138 3 of the 135 I had 23 Aged 60 and upwards, of 
the 138, 34 3 both which Numbers Multiplied by 6 the 
one at Kinnardfey was 138, he other at Donington would 
have been 144- I had nothing very remarkable at Do- 
nington, fave the Royal Oak, which hood at Bof cobell 
within the Parifh, and the Owners thereof paid 6 s. 6 d. 
yearly, in lieu of their T y thes and Offerings : T he Royal Oak 
was a fair fpread thriving Tree, the Boughs of it were ail 
lined and covered with Ivy $ here in the Thick of ruefe 
Boughs the King fate in the Day-time with Colonel Carlos , 
and in the Night lodged in Bofcobel-Houfe, fo that they 
are ftrangely miftaken, who judged it an old hollow Oak, 
whereas it was a gay and flourishing Tree, furrounded 
with a great many more^ and as I remember in Mr. Eve- 
lyns Hifto-y of Medals, you have one of King Jams I. 
or King Charles I. where there is a fine fpread Oak with 
this Epigraph, Serbs Ncpotibns Umbra 3 which I leave to 
your Thoughts. 
The People here live to great Ages 3 I faw in one Houfe 
three Healthful People, whofe Ages numbred together 
made 278, and 1 think they lived fome Years after 3 they 
were the Man and his Wife, and his Wife’s Brother. 
I was at Donington about 13 Years and fome Months 3 
in all that time I Buried but 27 People, of which Num- 
ber 4 came from Neighbouring Parilhes, 4 were Young 
ones, and of the remaining 19 the youngeft was about 
60, andtheeldeft 96 Years of Age. I was there the fourth 
Legal Incumbent in Succeflioa from the Reformation 5 
and as I remember at one Triennial Vifitation of the Bi- 
Ihop, we had neither Burial or Wedding to return into 
the Regiftry at Litchfield : The Country is very Healthful 
in thofe Parts, and tho it feems to the Eye of a Traveller 
to be but of a moderate height, yet in riding between 
Donington and Wolver-Hampton, which is but five Miles, 
you crofs four Rills or Brooks in the Compafs of three 
14 Z Miles, 
