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lowed by (fol. 47 b) "An answere to Oxford men's 'Bonny Nell,'" in 16 stanzas of 8 lines each; a little, and only a little, better than the composition to which it is an answer. Fol. 48 b contains "A Courtier's censure of the King's intertaynment at both the Univer"sities," in 20 stanzas of 4 lines each, with a refrain. At fol. 50 is "A collection of suche poynts as have been "mis-liked in my Lord of Buckhurst's negotiation, "with his Auns weres thereunto, and my Lord of Leycester's Reply to the said Aunsweres.' Fol. 60: "Award of Sir Edward Cooke, Attorney General to the Queen, and John Brograve, Esquire, Attorney to the Duchy of Lancaster, between the towns of Cambridge "and Lynn." Fol. 74 a contains "The King's Letter to the Universitie, when the Maior of Cambridge in"devored to have pruved the towne to be a citie," in Latin, date 1616. Fol. 75: Oration of Spinola--“ to his

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army, when he brake his bridge of boats, haveinge past over the river, neere to the confines of the "Pallatinat 1620." Fol. 77: "Some lines on a Dean preaching before the King, who had a ring on his "band-strings, which he handled more than his text." Fol. 78: English and Latin lines on "The [ill-paid] curate of Dr. Hall." Fol. 79: "The Attorney"General's [Yelverton] answer to the Letter sent him "by the University, and the Lord Keeper's [Bacon] 66 answer thereto.' Fols. 81-85: A long Letter addressed to the Marquis of Buckingham [George Villiers], and signed-"By him that is not ambitious because not "worthie, nor afraid, because not ashamed to be knowne "to your Lordshippe in the businesse. Tho: Alured." Fol. 106: "The Senses;" a bitter, but covert, attack in verse, upon James the First. Some of the foulest charges that were made against him are here alluded to. Various speeches in Parliament then follow; after which, at fol. 123, is, "A Lyst of such Lordes and "Ladies as are appointed to attende the Queene [Henrietta Maria] landing att Dover, and are now actually presente there." It ends,-" The Earle of Clanricarde " and his sonne are likewise there, though not in the "list. For knights and gentlemen, they are sands "nomber [sic], and therefore omitted." Following this, are some written lines,-" found in Leiftenaunt Fel"ton's hat-band, when he slewe the Duke of Bucking"ham, the xxiiith of August 1628." Fol. 142 contains "A Benevolence obtayned att the paines and travell of "Talbot Pepys, Recorder of Cambridge, and Richard "Foxton and John Wickstede, Aldermen of the same.' The town having been impoverished by reason of the University breaking up and leaving the Colleges, on account of the plague, liberty is thereby granted to print and issue briefs for the collection of the benevolent contributions of charitable persons.

A thin folio paper volume, in half binding of the latter part of last century, labelled "Newton Diary "MS." being the Diary of John Newton, of Cambridge, in the latter part of the 17th, and beginning of the 18th, century. On the first fly-leaf, otherwise in blank, is written,-"This MS. was purchased of a "Mrs. Newton, of St. Edward's Parish, 1780, a pret. "2.12.6. J. Bowtell;" and below, Samuel, the son of John Newton, was baptized 27 Dec. 1684. "Samuel, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Newton,

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baptized 1 Feb. 1688. Vid. Benedict Parish Regis"ter." This Diary appears to be written somewhat in the Pepysian style, and is well deserving of notice. The following are some extracts from, and particulars relative to, the earlier part of it. It begins with the "Form of a pass from the Lord Mayor of London," 1671 (the year of Newton's Mayoralty at Cambridge), as directed to the Mayor of Cambridge, in favour of a poor man, having occasion to travel. Next follow, in page 3, extracts, made about 1680, from "An ancient "book of accounts for St. Edward's Parish in Cambridge, beginning the first Sondaie of October in the "4th yeare of the reigne of King Edward the VIth." One extract is,-"The first Sunday in October, in ye "4th yeare of King Edward the 6th, by ye assent of ye Churchwardens and parishioners here assembled were sold as follows.-Inprimis, to Mr. Sander, an "old chest, viid. Item, to Semen ye elder, an alter "cloathe, vis. viiid. Item, to William Bright, Jack a Lentt's Croose, iiii d." In p. 5 is entered, in apparently a contemporary hand,-"In ye yeare of Mr. Row"land Simpson's Majoralty, presents sent to him against New Yeare's Day, Dec. 30, 1665. Given to ye messengers [in the respective instances], 2d., 18d., "12d., 2s., 28., 12d., 12d., 12d., 12d., 2d. [From] Mr. "Allin, i cagg of sturgeon; Mr. Chapman, 4 pulletts "and 1 goose; Mr. Tifford, 1 hinde quarter of veale "and a chine of porke; Mr. Finch, 1 cock turkey, 2

capons, and 1 little sugar loafe; Mr. Crabb, 2 turkey DOWNING cocks, 2 couple of rabitts; the Bayliffes and Tresorers, 24 bottles of sack [nothing being given to the messengers, who brought the present, in this instance]; Mr. John Bridge, attorney, 2 very good capons; Mr. Spalding, 1 sugar loaf, about 10 lb. of sugar; M. Ewin, 2 small sugar loafes; my brother Hughes, one cagg of sturgeon; Mr. Hering, 1 large "dish of ffigs." Against the names of Mr. Crane and Mr. Sell there is left a blank. In p. 7, written in the same hand apparently as the preceding, that of Alderman Newton, then Mayor of Cambridge, is the following:-"Goodes of ye Corporation received at my coming in Mayor. The great mace, with ye stand. The "basin and euer. 13 small keyes, being in a brasse chayne. One silver seall with an ivory handle. "Recd ye 2 October 1671, by ye handes of ye 3 senior serjants, eleven bookes, viz: the Crosse Booke, of parchment, 1 booke of Statutes at large, being ye "2nd volume," with nine others, enumerated.

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At this part of the volume there is a leaf inserted, with the following memorandum, probably by Alderman Newton :--"On Fryday the 11th May 1660, King "Charles the Second was proclaymed King by John "Ewen, chandler, then Mayor of Cambridge. The "Maior himself read the Proclamacion, the Towne "Clerk more audibly spoke it after him. With the "Maior was the Recorder in his gowne, and all the "Aldermen in their scarlet gownes, on horsebacke, "and all the freemen on horseback. They proclaymed "twice (in 2 severall places) in the great Markett "Place: once on the Pease Hill, and against St. But"tolph's Church, and beyond the Great Bridge, against "Jesus Lane, and against Trinity Church. In all these places was Hee proclaymed. At night many bonfires "in towne, 4 on the Great Market Hill. Great expres"sions and acclamations of joy from all sorts. On Thursday the 10th of May 1660, it was, the King was proclaymed by the University, about 3 of the clock in the afternoon, 1st on the Crosse at the Great Mar"ket Place, and then in the middle of the Market "Place, against the Rose. On Saturday, the 12th May "1660 the King was proclaymed at King's College “[Mr. Fairbrother, the senior Fellow, as we learn from "another source, giving a feast on the occasion]: all ye souldiers were placed round on the topp of their "Chappell, from whence they gave a volley of shott."

Alderman Newton, the writer of the Diary, was elected one of the two Treasurers for the town for the year beginning Michaelmas 1664. The following are some further extracts:-" 1664, March 9, Thursday. "The same day was Roger Peapys, Esquire, Recorder "of Cambridge, bound over by recognizance to his "good behaviour, for speaking words slightly of my "Lord Cheife Justice Hide; which wordes was sworne against Mr. Peapys by Dr. Eade; occasioned by Dr. "Eade's nedles complaint at the Sessions about he being overrated to the poor; and the wordes, as "Dr. Eade swore, were spoken by the Recorder at the "Sessions, before the Assizes."

1665.--" March 11. Saturday. John Patteson, an Attorney at law, stood on the pillory, on the Pease "Hill in Cambridge, from about a quarter after 11 in "the forenoone to about halfe an houre after 12 of the "clock, haveing fastened to ye forepart of his hat, being on his head, a paper written in capital letters "(a common Barretter), being sentenced by Judge Keiling at the said Assizes, on Wednesday the 8 March 1664, to the said punishment for barretry." The following is an allusion to the victory gained over the Dutch Fleet off Harwich; when Admiral Opdam, with his ship, was blown up :

1665.-" June 3. Saturday. All day long was heard ye noyse of gunnes in ye ayre, and I myself heard ye noyse of them between 4 and 6 in the afternoone, and again between 9 and 10 the same night. It was generally thought here at Cambridge that the English "and Dutch were at the same time engaged in fight." The pressing of soldiers in the town for the war with the Dutch is also mentioned, and there are several notices of the Comet of 1665. "September 1. Saturday. Was seen posted up in Cambridge the King's Proclamation that Sturbridge Fayre should not this yeare be kept, because of the great Plague "at London, thereby prohibiting all Londoners from coming to the same. Great danger was also then "heer in Cambridge, several dyeing then heer, etc." Under October 13th, 1666, there is a long description of what was deemed a singular phænomenon in the heavens; to all appearance, an Aurora Borealis. The

death of Mr. James Valentin, of Trinity College, from falling down stairs, at about the same date, is also mentioned.

Under May 9th and 11th 1667, there is a long and curious account of the funeral of Dr. Matthew Wren, Bishop of Ely, and of his body lying in state; it being finally enclosed in a stone coffin, and laid in a vault under the Chapel of Pembroke Hall. The mourners at the funeral" had, each of them, boxes of banquett [con"fects for dessert] to the number of 500, and to the "value of about 58. a box."

Great quantities of sack are mentioned as being drunk at the frequent meetings of the Corporation, being fetched from various inns.

"17 April 1668. Fryday morning. Dyed Mr. John "Ewen, chandler, Alderman of Cambridge, and was "buried on Sunday in the afternoone, following, being "the 19th of April 1668, in All Hallows [All Saints,

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'June 16, 1668. Tewsday. The Mayor, Aldermen, "and 24ty [four and twenty] went to Barnewell Abbey, according to custome, where they had 4 gamons of "bacon and stewed pruens. The towne sent wine, the Mayor only went in his gowne, with the mace before "him."

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"5 July 1668. Sunday. Preached at Great St. Mary's in Cambridge, both the Doctor Stilling fleetes, "the senior in the morning, and the junior, who was "minister of St. Andrewes Holbourne, in London, in "the afternoon. Both preached well, but the junior "most eloquent."

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August 20. Thursday. I bought of Mrs. Sarah Simpson, widdow, her husband's scarlett gowne, and a plush seated new saddle, with the bridle, foot cloath, " and other riding furniture; for all which I paid her "the day following 9li. in full; for which she gave mee an acquittance, which is upon the file." August 25. I made my 24ty man's gowne serve for my Alder"man's gowne, and paid Mr. Legg for 17 yards of lace "for it, at 1s. 6d. per yard, 1l. 58. 6d., for silk 38. 6d., "for facing the sleeves 1s., and for altering and setting

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on the tufts 10s. I paid also to Mr. Scott for 1 lb. "and a halfe and 3 ounces of Naples throse silk for "the tufts, and making the tufts, accounting the silk at "17. 78. per lb.-21. 9s.; soe the whole charge of altering my gowne stood me in 4li. 98. Od." From a long account of the dinner given by him at his house, upon his election as Alderman, the following is an extract:— And there dyned all or the most in one room; the Mayor and Mr. New Elect sat at the upper end, and "Mr. New Elect sat next his wife on the side. At "dinner, wee had first 2 dishes of boyled chickens, "then a leg of mutton boyled, then a peece of rost "beafe, then a mutton pasty, then a glasse of clarrett "round, then 2 couple of rabbetts, 2 couple of small "wild foule, and 2 dishes of tarts, 3 in a dish. This was the entertainment; and by this time it was about "2 a'clock; soe the Aldermen putt off their scarlett gownes, and sent home for their black gownes, and went immediately to the Hall for the Common Day. First, the Aldermen went into the parlor, and then considering what was fitt to be expounded, all the "Aldermen went into the Hall, and there with them, according to my juniority, I took my place uppon the "bench. When Common Day was over, Mr. Addams "and myself desired the Mayor, Aldermen, 24ty, and "all other gownemen, to go into the parlor, and the "freemen to tarry in the Hall, to take a glass of wine, "which they did. We had between us 14 bottles of "sack, from the Miter, and then 3 quarters of a pound "of tobacco, with pipes, candles, and 3 flaggons of beere, (for some desired to drinke beere)."

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After 1712, the hand in which the Diary is written becomes feeble, and year by year more shaky and infirm; the last entry being in 1717. In 1724 Alderman Newton died. It was probably the widow of a grandson of his, who, in so readily parting with it, seems to have set but little value upon this curious record of Cambridge town life a century before.

HENRY THOMAS RILEY.

SIDNEY SUSSEX

SIDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. In the Return of the year 1800 made by the Master COLLEGE. of this College to the Commissioners of Public Records, it is stated that the only records possessed by the College, were-An attested copy of an Act of Parliament, anno 1593, enabling Trinity College to sell the site of the Grey Friars at Cambridge to Lady Sidney's Executors, for the erection of a College there. A grant from Queen Elizabeth for founding the College, and Licence in Mortmain for holding lands, July 25th 1594. Letters of Mortmain, granted by Charles I. for holding the manor of Pilling, April 20, 1627. Letters of Mortmain, granted by Queen Anne, for holding certain advowsons, May 5, 1706. Grant of Gridling Park, by King Charles, to Cary, Earl of Monmouth :-All of which were then preserved in the Library of the College, constituting its sole archives.

By the kind favour of Dr. Phelps, the Master-for an introduction to whom I am indebted to my friend the Rev. J. F. Hardy, Fellow of the College — I have had an opportunity of examining at my leisure the College Registers, or Admission-books; from the various matters of interest in which I have made the following extracts :

The First College Register is a small folio volume, with leaves of paper, in good condition. The entries begin at page 131; those from 1598 to 1619 (pp. 131156), as pointed out to me by Dr. Phelps, are evidently not the original entries, but substitutes for them, compiled probably from various sources then existing, and copied in hands of, apparently, from 1645 to 1660. This portion, on the first binding of the volume, was placed before the original entries, commencing in 1619.

The first entry is as follows:-"1589, the names of "such as were admitted in Sydney College from September 1, 1598 to the year of our Lord 16-[the "latter part erased with a pen]. James Mountagu, "3rd son of Sir Edward Mountagu, of Boughton, in Northamptonshire, Knight, and nephew to ye "Foundresse, being Master of Arts of Christ's College "in Cambridge, was made the first Master of this College by the Executors of the Foundresse,_anno "38 Eliz. Reginæ, Feb. 14. After that, he was Deane "of ye King's Chappell, then Bishop of Bath and "Wells, and, last of all, Bishop of Winchester. Mr. "James Mountagu commenced Dr. in Divinity 159-.' This entry is squeezed into a small space, and its writing is somewhat later than the next, or second entry, as it now stands :-" Mr. Edward Harrington, eldest son "of Sir James Harrington, and son of the sister of the "Foundress, admitted Fellow-Commoner 1st Septr. "1598." In the same page (p. 131) 1598, “Mr. Edward "Noell (afterwards Lord Viscount Cambden) admitted "Fellow-Commoner, ye first weeke of ye seconde "moneth." It may be here remarked that, in nearly all these supplementary entries, the particulars given of each person admitted are very meagre, as compared with those of a later date.

In p. 132.-" Daniell, a Sussex man, admitted pen"sioner, ye seconde weeke of ye first month." The terms "first month," "second," "third," repeatedly appear in this part; but whether from pure mannerism, or because the writer (1645-60) may have been a disciple of George Fox, it is probably impossible to

The next entry of note is at p. 134, A.D. 1600.-"Mr. George Goring admitted Fellow-Commoner, the 4th "weeke of the first month; he was afterwards ad"vanced first to ye degree of a Knight, yn being lievtenaunt of ye band of Gentlemen Pensioners, and "Vice-Chamberlaine to ye King's Majesty. He was "created Lord Goring of Hurst-Pierpoint, viz. April 14, Anno Domini 1628, Regis Caroli 4to, and lately, viz. November 28, Anno Domini 1644, Regis "Caroli 20mo, was created Earl of Norwich." Clarendon in his History, speaks of this Lord Goring as noted for his drunkenness and incapacity, when defending the royal cause. In these earlier entries, it may be remarked, the Christian name is often omitted. At p. 138, the hand changes, and the entries, still very brief, are now in Latin. In this page (A.D. 1604) occurs," Johannes Higden, pensionarius admissus, "Octob. 9mo;" deserving notice as a comparatively recent instance of a well-known surname of nearly three centuries earlier date.

P. 139, A.D. 1606, "Henricus Napier, pensionarius "admissus, Maii quinto-decimo." Qy. if this was one of the six sons of John Napier, Baron Merchiston, the inventor of Logarithms,

P. 150, A.D. 1615. "Gulielmus Waller, pensionarius, "admissus eodem die, mensis Maii 18mo." This is probably identical with Sir William Waller, the Parliamentary general. If so, his residence at Cambridge seems to have been hitherto overlooked; Hart Hall, and Magdalen Hall, Oxford, being named as the places of his education. Waller would then be 18 years of age.

P. 151, A.D. 1616. "Oliverus Cromwell, Hunting"doniensis, admissus ad Commeatum Sociorum, Aprilis "vicesimo tertio, Tutore magistro Richard Howlet." To this entry, of Oliver Cromwell's admission as a FellowCommoner, is added the following note, in a hand of the latter part of the 17th century (that of Thomas Fowler, probably, Prælector of the College in 1673):-" Hic *fuit grandis ille impostor, carnifex perditissimus, qui, pientissimo Rege Carolo Primo nefaria cæde sublato, ipsum usurpavit thronum, et tria regna per 5 ferme annorum spatium, sub Protectoris nomine, indomita tyrannide vexavit." This note, though by no means now printed for the first time, is here transcribed, as it has been asserted that the entry of Cromwell's admission does not exist, and that therefore no such comment upon it could be in existence. That the original entry does not exist is certainly the fact, but the remarks of the indignant royalist, as seen above, are annexed to that which, at an early date, was substituted for it. Among the original entries,

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P. 173, A.D. 1622. "Adamus Sprakelynge, Cantuaria natus, in Thanuto insula, in Parccia Sancti Laurentii, "filius natu maximus Roberti Sprakelinge Armigeri, ... annum agens 17, admissus est pensionarius major." The youth, thus entered as Greater Pensioner," was, no doubt, the same Adam Sprakelyng, who, having drunk and gambled away his fortune, was hanged at Sandwich in 1653, for deliberately murdering his wife, the daughter of Sir Robert Leuknor, by hewing her to pieces with a chopping-knife; see Wanley's Wonders of the Little World, p. 332, ed. 1788.

P. 173, A.D. 1622. In gilt letters upon a ground of green, inserted.-" Mountaguus Berty, Ordine Balniensi Eques auratus, natus Grimsthropiæ in Comitatu "Lincolniensi, filius natu maximus honoratissimi viri,

Roberti Berty, Baronis Willoughby de Eresby, lit"teris humanioribus privatim instructus sub Magistro "Patricio Hayo, Scoto-Britanno, annum agens 15, ad"missus est pensionarius major Feb. 1, tutore ac fide

jussore Magistro Paulo Micklethwaite." P. 174, in similar gilt letters, the name of Roger Berty, succeeds.

P. 204, A.D. 1628, Charles Gataker, son of Thomas Gataker, B.D., formerly Fellow of this College, born at Rotherhithe, educated first by his father, and then 2 years at St. Paul's School, under Master Alexander Gill [Milton's schoolmaster] admitted pensioner, aged 15. The father was Rector of Rotherhithe, and was chosen to sit in the Assembly of Divines, at Westminster, in 1642. He also published an edition of the "Meditations" of Marcus Antoninus. His son, Charles, published his father's Opera Critica, in two volumes folio, at the Hague, in 1698.

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P. 210, A.D. 1630. Thomas Fuller, filius Thomæ "Fuller, Sacro-Sanctæ Theologiæ Baccalaurii, quondam Collegii Sanctæ et Individuæ Trinitatis apud Canta"brigiam Socii, Rectoris ecclesiæ Sancti Petri in villa "de Aldwinckle, in Comitatu Northamptoniensi, litteris grammaticis in schola privata in dicta parochia, præceptore Magistro Arthuro Smith, Oundeliensis ecclesiæ post Vicario, per quadriennium plus minus "institutus, admissus est in Collegio Reginali anno "1622, sub tutela Reverendissimi viri Jo. Davenantii, "SS. Theologiæ Professoris, Episcopi Sariberiensis, "et Collegii Magistri, avunculi sui; usus dein tutoribus

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Magistro Edwardo Davenantio, et Magistro Thorpe, "ibidem gradu Baccalaureatus primo, postea Magister "in Artibus, insignitus, admissus est in hoc Collegium "ad convictum Sociorum, anno 1629, Nov. 5, Tutore et fidejussore Reverendo Collegii Præfecto, Samuele "Ward, S. Theologiæ Professore:" after which, is the following entry in reference to the plague at Cambridge:--Propter pestem in oppido Cantabrigiensi graviter sævientem, factum est ut pauci hoc anno admitterentur."

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P. 228, A.D. 1633. Entered in gold letters, the admission of Henry Roper, son of Thomas Viscount Baltinglas in Ireland; born at his father's house, called "Roper's Rest," near Dublin.

P. 253, A.D. 1637. Theophilus Dillingham is admitted M.A. at this College from Emmanuel College, where he has been for seven years, and is soon after elected a Fellow and becomes Tutor of the College. He was afterwards chosen Master of Clare Hall, in 1654.

P. 256, A.D. 1639. Francis Quarles, admitted pensioner, aged 17, son of Francis, late "Sacellanus" of Gonville and Caius College, and now Rector of Newton, in Suffolk.

P. 273. At the end of the year 1643 this entry occurs, -"Grassante bello civili, cesserunt armis togæ, nec plures hoc anno admissi sunt."

P. 277, A.D. 1644. Francis Pordage, of London, son of Samuel, shoemaker, is admitted as a sizar from St. Catherine's Hall. Qy. if a kinsman of John Pordage, the mystic, and follower of Jacob Behmen.

'P. 278, A.D. 1644. Thomas Lucy, of Charlecot, admitted in 1640 at Queen's College, Oxford, now enters this College, as a Fellow-Commoner.

P. 210, A.D. 1645. Peter Pett, son of Peter, the King's" Archinaupegus," or Head Shipwright, educated at St. Paul's School, enters as a pensioner, aged 15. The Petts are mentioned, more than once, in Pepys's Diary.

ceptore Guilielmo Crab, Collegii Gonvillo-Caiensis "Socio, admissus est sizator Octobris 3o, anno ætatis 15, "sub Guilielmo Wells, Artium Bacallario." Qy. if any, and what, kinsman to Richard Sterne, of Jesus College, Cambridge, Archbishop of York?

P. 302, A.D. 1650. Ralph Wicliffe, son of William, gentleman, born at Sunderland, and educated at Alnwick, in Northumberland, admitted sizar June 13, aged 18.

P. 305, A.D. 1651. Edmund Calamy, son of Edmund S. T. B. [formerly of Pembroke Hall], educated at St. Paul's School, admitted a pensioner 28th March, aged 17: afterwards eminent as one of the Nonconformists.

P. 331, A.D. 1661. Benjamin Calamy, second son of Edmund, S. T. B., minister of Aldermanbury, admitted a pensioner 9th May, aged 15, having been educated at St. Paul's School. In contradiction to the opinions entertained by his elder brother, Edmund, he became equally distinguished as a supporter of High Church principles.

P. 384, A.D. 1670. Thomas Kettlewell, eldest son of Roger, Clerk, of Nonmongton in Yorkshire, admitted sizar 5th October, aged 16; probably a kinsman of John Kettlewell, the eminent divine.

P. 402, A.D. 1675. William Wollaston, admitted a pensioner 19th June. He is still remembered as the author of "The Religion of Nature delineated."

P. 440, A.D. 1681. Nathaniel, youngest son of John Hooke, priest, born at Corbalis in the County of Dublin, in Ireland, educated at Dublin, at Dath, and at Kilkenny, admitted sizar, 6th July, aged 16, Qy if not the father of the writer on Roman history, of the same name, who died in 1764, and whose parentage, according to the biographers, is unknown?

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P. 453, A.D. 1685. "Thomas, filius quintus Henrici "Woolston, coriarii, natus apud Antonam, vulgo "dictum Northampton,' in Comitatu Northamptoniæ, per sexennium sub ferula Magistri Archer apud Antonam, oppidum prædictum, educatus, porro per spatium anni iisdem studiis operam navavit, sub inspectione Magistri Jackson de Daventry, donec, 16 annos natus, 11mo Junii cooptatus fuerat pensionarius "minor, fidejussore suo venerabili viro Jacobo Johnson, S. T. B." The following note has been written beneath this memorial of the commencement of the celebrated free-thinker's Collegiate career:-"Hic ille "fuit hæreticus, qui A.D. 1728-9, Salvatoris sui

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"miracula palam oppugnavit, ludibrio et habere non "erubuit."

P. 465, A.D. 1690. "Robertus, filius natu maximus Magistri Roberti Baylis, petopola (Angl. Tobac"conist'), Londinensis:" educated first at Merchant Taylors', then at St. Paul's School, he was admitted a scholar on the 4th of June. From a note added"Anno 1729, Prætor Londinensis, 1729," we learn that he was Lord Mayor of London in 1728-9. On being appointed a Commissioner of Customs, he resigned his Aldermanship, that of Bread Street Ward.

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P. 108, A.D. 1724. 'Gulielmus, filius Gulielmi "Pattison, de Peasemarsh in Comitatu Sussexiæ, agricolæ, ibidem natus; postquam literis grammaticis per triennii spatium apud Appleby in Comitatu West"moriensi sub Magistro Yates operam navavit, ad"missus est sizator Julii 6to die 1724, annum ætatis "agens 18mum, fide-jubente Johanne Bell A.M." A note is added, in a later hand :—“ Idem in lucem postea "edidit versus quosdam lingua vernacula conscriptos, "qui felicis satis ingenii venam indicarunt, bonumque "olim augurati sunt poetam. At juvenem, carmina famamque meditantem, sic Deo visum est, Abstulit "atra dies, et funere mersit acerbo.'

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Fol. 166, A.D. 1748. John, the son of John Coleridge, weaver, of Crediton, in Devonshire, was admitted a sizar on the 5th of July in this year, aged 29; identical probably with the Vicar of St. Mary Ottery, Devon, of that name, father of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

The earlier part of this volume, it deserves remark, contains the records of the migration of large numbers of Oxford Bachelors of Arts to this College, during the first half of the last century.

The following names of trades appear in the first volume of these Registers, and, as curious specimens of canine Latin, are worth preserving-" bestiator," a cattle-dealer, " acicularius," a needle-maker, “ pannifex," a clothier, "tabacconista," a tobacconist. HENRY THOMAS RILEY.

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THE CHURCHWARDENS', MOORWARDENS', AND CONSTABLES' ACCOUNTS FOR THE PARISH OF CHEDDER, IN SOMERSET, A.D. 1612-74.

Having received for inspection a volume containing the above Accounts, by the kind favour of Mr. Thomas Serel, of the Town Clerk's Office, at Wells, its present owner, and finding its contents deserving of a somewhat extended notice, I have added to my Reports from other parts of the County of Somerset, a number of extracts from its pages, by way of sample. They give us some insight into the details of country life, in a somewhat rude district, at the period above-mentioned.

The volume was given to Mr. Serel some years since, in the form of a number of loose and tattered paper leaves, by the late Mr. Jesse Hill, of Chedder : how he came into the possession of them is, I believe, unknown. These leaves have been repaired, sorted, and arranged, and now form a thin folio (half-bound in cloth) of about 200 pages; the contents of which range between the dates at the head of this notice, with the exception that there is one isolated leaf at the beginning, belonging to the Churchwardens' Accounts for the year 1599. Portions of the Accounts for some years are wanting, and in other instances, towards the end of the book, more particularly, those for several years together are lost. The accounts in general seem to have been carefully kept; and the writing, from the beginning, throughout the greater part of the volume, is remarkable for its clearness and general excellence. Many of the Churchwardens, probably, among whose names are those of members of the families of Durban, Spiring, Reeve, Chisman, and Comer, were comparatively well educated men; but a grant of 6s. 8d. is entered yearly as being paid to a clerk, "for keeping the book," whose duty it was, probably, among other things, to write out these accounts for each year.

v 8.," and "Given to a briffe to John Field . . vid.," are entries in the Churchwardens' Account for the same year, Field, no doubt, having a licence to beg. Notlacke's Bridge, Anthony's Close, Bulhurste, and Deanes Bridge, are localities mentioned at this date.

In 1613, extensive repairs were done to the Church tower. In the Churchwardens' Account for this year are the following items:-"Paid Webb for his judg"ment about ye tower. xii s. For one oke for the "tower. . xxxiii s. iv d. Paid Woolon for his labour "about the tower xxix 8. viii d. Paid John Rogers "for clymminge the tower. . viis. vid. Paid for spokes to make pinnes for the tower. . iv d." Among the Churchwardens' receipts for 1614 are-" For the "old Bible . . xiii s. iv d. For the whafer ire . . "xviii d.": the latter item meaning, no doubt, the iron with which the consecrated wafer had in former times been heated. Among the items of expenditure, in this and the following year:-" For our dinner at Bristoll is. Given a soldyer. . iid. Paid Sir Thomas "Thinn for cheife rent. . iv d.," an item which occurs each year. Sir T. Thynne was had of the manor of Cheddar, now the property of the Marquis of Bath, "Paid Samuel Crooker for mendinge ye tower, and "for whitlyminge the church. XXXV 8. iv d."

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Among the Chargis" of the Churchwardens in 1616, are several payments to poor men that had a licence ;—" To Thomas Mary and his boye.. xx d. To "the sparrow catcher.. xii d. To Henry Collings for whipping ye dogges. . v s. To a poore man that had "lost by fire. . vid."

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Among the Receipts of the Churchwardens in 1617 :"Received more for the new seats on the north ylle of "the Chauncell, of these persons as followeth, for their "lives. . iis. iv d." From several items, apparently belonging to this year, (the exact date being on a leaf now lost,) we find that the church bells were then recast. "To Robert Wiseman for casting the bells. . iv li." Several items occur of gifts to poor men that had a pass, "Paid William Conant towards the settinge up of the Cage.. xlis. Given a man that had the Kinge's "Seale xii d. Paid for crampes for the pinacells [of the tower].. xii d. Paid Polidory Garment for a tree.. iv s. For diett for the ringers' dinner the v th of November.. iis. ivd." Among the " Chargis" for this year,-"For a table for the degrees of mariage.. "iv d."

Chargis Among the " of the Churchwardens in 1618 is," Paid for pitchinge the Crosse... v s. iid." The old Market Cross, of stone, still exists: it would be its timber work, probably, that was pitched.-" Given "Mr. Reed for his Sermons .. xs. Paid for a Prayer "booke for Mr. Arundell . . vi s. viii d.”

In 1624 apparently (the date not being given) the gifts in charity are comparatively numerous. Among them,-"Item, paid a sayler that came from Turkey. “iid. Paid a sayler that had the Broade Seale. . iv d. "Paid a blind woeman that was carried about upon a "horse. . vid. Paid a blind preacher. . iii s. iv d." Also, "paid Richard Hardwich for mending the church "hutch, and for nayles.. vid." "Paid to a sayler "that had the Lord Debetyes Lessons. . iv d." The Accounts appear to be lost between this year and 1631.

Among the Churchwardens' Receipts for 1631:"Received for the buriall of Charity Durban. "vis. viii d." (The death of Agnes Durban had been previously recorded.) There are also receipts of sums of 2 shillings for grants of seats in the church to Thomas Reeve and George Tibbet, for life. Among the payments;-"Paid Mr. Clun for playinge the organes. "iis. Paid John Backwell for a prayer for the Queene.. "iid. Paid a minister's widdow, which had her hus"band killed in Fraunce, for standinge for our religion.. vid. Paid an Irishman that travayled with a passe.. iii d. Paid John Backwell for a prayer for "the Lady Mary [daughter of Charles I., afterwards "Princess of Orange].. iid." In the "Morewardins'" Accounts for this year, fines, of varying amounts, are exacted of those Commoners "who were absent at "Comon worke."