1808.] 
his education. When his excellent pre- 
decessor, Bishop Lloyd, filled the see of 
Worcester, a lease of a portion of the 
tithes of Sheriffs Lench, valued at about 
35l.a year, and an estate at White Lady 
Aston, estimated at about 30]. a year, 
were forfeited to the bishops by the exe- 
cution of Mr. Palmer, May 8, 1708, for 
the murder of his mother and her maid- 
servant. Bishop Lleyd, who had a fa- 
muily, and was not very rich, unwilling to 
receive, as he called it, ‘‘ the price of 
blood,” gave both estates to charitable 
uses, ‘There was no fund provided for 
renewing the lease: but, on its expi- 
ration, Bishop Maddox, who also had 
children, at that time, renewed the lease 
in the most generous manner, not suffering 
his secretary. to take any fee from the 
charity, but paying for the lease himself*. 
Ne was generous, hospitable, and very 
charitable, both in public and private. 
‘To the London hospitals he was a great 
benefactor. He was a great encourager 
of trade, engaging in the British fishery, 
by. which he lost some money. To the 
first proposal for erecting an infirmary at 
Worcester, he gave his zealous and gene- 
rous support, in 1745, at a season when 
on account of the internal commotions 
and rebellion in the kingdom, few pub- 
lic works were set on foot. “ ‘The chari- 
table, indefatigavle spirit of Bishop Mad- 
dox, (says the historian,) thought no sea- 
30n improper to do good.”+ 
In 1735, Bishop Maddox published a 
large Svo. volume of Animadversions on 
Mr. Neal’s History of the Puritans. Con- 
cerning the accuracy and judgment with 
which they were made, and the weight 
they carry, the reader of the new edition 
of Mr. Neal’s work in five volumes, 8vo. 
will candidiy determine. 
The other pubiications of his lordship 
were four single sermons. One of these, 
on asingular subject, viz. against the use 
of spirituous liquors, preached before the 
lord mayor, on Easter Mouday, 1750, en- 
titled “ The Expediency of preventive 
Wisdom,” was_ particularly expressive of 
a virtuous and patriotic spirit. To it 
were added adedication and an appendix 
* Nash’s History of Worcestershire, vol. 
Il. p. 438, note. This author teils us, that 
in 1770 another bishop, Dr. James Johnsen, 
suffered the lease to expire ; extinguished part 
of the charity, viz. the portion of tithes, and 
put the money in his own pocket. However, 
Bishop Maddox’s renewa! saved the estate at 
Aston, 
¢ The same, Appendix, p. 154. 
Memorrs of Bishop Maddox. 
43. 
on the same subject. “ This (says the 
critic of the day), is a most excellent 
pamphlet. Its nature and tendency are 
sutliciently obvious from thé words of its 
title-page. The dedication is to the lord 
mayor, in which the right reverend au- 
thor, most pathetically, expatiates or the 
evils which the common people have 
drawn upon themselves and consequently 
upon the whole nation, by excessive 
drinking; and warmly presses for the 
taking some measures to put an effectual 
check to the progress of this destructive 
and general vice,””* 
There is an anecdote of the private 
life of this prelate, which shows that he 
was not ashamed of bis origmal destina- 
tion, and indicates pleasant and face 
tious manners. A gentleman once din- 
ing with him at Hartlebury, after a hand- 
some entertainment, some tarts were 
placed upon the table; the bishop very 
much pressed his company to taste his 
pastry, saying pleasantly, that “ he be- 
lieved they were very good, but that they 
were not of his own making.” This wa 
a joke he was fond of repeatingf. oy 
The character of this prelate is fully 
delineated in the epitaph on his monu- 
ment; and it specifies or alludes to facts 
which give credit to the encominm, 
though it is evident that warm and par- 
tial affection guided the pen. 
In the south transept of the great 
cross aile, in Worcester cathedral, is the 
monument of Bishop Maddox. it con: 
sists of a female figure of white marbie, 
leaning with her right elbow on a sarco- 
phagus of black marble, on which is the 
story of the merciful Samaritan, in white 
basso-relievo. In her lef hand she 
holds an inverted torch, behied which 
Tises a pyramid of grey marble, about 
twenty feet in height, as a back ground, 
on the top of which are the arins of the 
see of Worcester; ona tablet is the iol- 
lowing inscription : 
May this marble 
Record to future times 
The excellent endowments and beneficent 
virtues 
Of Dr. Isaac Manppox, Bishop of this 
Diocese. 
Anexact knowledge of the constitution of this 
National Church, 
-And an active zeal for its support and 
prosperity, 
* Monthly Review for February, i751, 
p. 512, 313. 
+ Anecdotes of Mr. Bowyer, p. 639. 
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