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of Merton college, and fucceffively Bifhop of Rochefter, Chichester, and London. Wood fays, he died in a good old age in 1522, after good deeds had trod on his heels even to Heaven's gates." Fr. Gough, Bishop of Limerick, Ireland, in 1626, died 1634. Sir Walter Buckler, B.D. in 1534,, though not in priest's orders; fent by Henry VIII. to Paris on state affairs; knighted by Edward VI.; privy-counfellor to Elizabeth. He married Lady Tame,

widow to the lord of the manor of Fairford, in Gloucestershire, where he died and was buried. Dr. Robert Huyck, phyfician to Queen Elizabeth, was Fellow of Merton college; took the degree of M.D. at Cambridge; and was incorporated at Oxford in 1566. Sir Arthur Atey, orator of the university, and feveral years principal of this hall; fecretary to Robert, Earl of Leicester; and, after his death, connected with Lord Elfex, and on that account obliged to abfcond in 1600: but, at the beginning of James's reign, May 11, 1603, Aley was knighted at the Charterhoufe. He died about 1604, and was buried at Harrow on the Hill.

The celebrated fpeaker, W. Lenthall, is introduced leaning on his mace. A diffufe account of him is given in the Athena. He was born at Henley on Thames in 1591; was commoner of this hall, and then ftudent at Lincoln'sinn; member for Woodstock, and Speaker in the Long Parliament, whence he obtained feveral beneficial places. In 1648, he gave his cafting vote in favour of a treaty with Charles the Fift in the Ile of Wight. In 1653, Cromwell diffolved the Houfe, and fqueezed from him 15,000l. In 1654, he was elected for the county of Oxford, and continued Speaker to that and the Rump parliament. In 1660, he failed in his canyas for the univerfity of Oxford, and afterwards led a very retired life at his houfe at Burford, in that county, affociating principally with fcholars, and the neighbouring clergy. He died in 1662, and was buried, according to his own defire, without any funeral pomp. His manfion is yet occupied by a refpectable family of his defcendants; and inany of your correfpondents could, no doubt, inform you whether they have any authentic portrait of this, the moft diftinguished among their ancestry. It ought to have been mentioned, but was overlooked, that a note, ending Mr. Granger's lift of portraits not engraved, men

tions two of Bishop Warner being preferved in Magdalen college. Some account was given of that prelate in p. 1000 of your last volume. It becomes eafy for gentlemen to form fome idea whether engravings are authentic or fac. titious, by comparing them with origi nal paintings fo near at hand.

1749. Magadalen-hall. Mr. Granger has hence alone taken his portraits of Pemble and Dr. Plott. The Rev. Dr. Henry Wilkinfon appears holding a fketch of the library, which was built at his expence. He was born at Adwick, Yorkshire, 1616; continued principal of this hall from 1642 to 1662, when he was difpoffeffed for refufing the oath of conformity. Wood fays," he was fo public-fpirited that he minded the common good more than his own concerns; a rare thing in a Prefbyterian (he might have added, or in any other fect); and, after fuffering much by fines and imprisonments, he died very devoutly at Great Connard, Suffolk, in 1690."

Jofiah Pullen, M. A. vice principal and tutor, who flands next him, is curforily mentioned in the Athene as having been domeftic chaplain to Bishop Sanderion. His tree at the top of Hedington hill, which terminates the pub. lic walk, is better known.

Of the three following benefactors fcarce any thing occurs beyond names and dates; Rev. Dr. T. Whyte, 1621; John Mecke, M. A. 1665: Henry Brunfell, LL.D. 1660, first a phyfician, then prebend of Ely, and rector of Chaworth, Nottinghamshire.

Dr. John Longland, confeffor to Henry VIII. bishop of Lincoln from 1520 to 1547, when he died aged 74. Dr. Jof. Henshaw, born in Suffex about 1603, entered at this hall, was chaplain to the Duke of Buckingham at the time of his being ftabbed by Felton. During the civil wars he fuffered much in the royal caufe. He was made Bishop of Peterborough 1673, and died in 1678. Wood fays, he left behind him the character of being a learned man, and a good preacher, but extremely proud and inhofpitable.

Sir Robert Hyde, lord chief-juftice of the Common Pleas in the reign of Charles II. Wood juft mentions; and North, in his Life of lord keeper Guilford, calls him a Western man.

1750. New-inn hall. John Trilleck, Bishop of Hereford 1344 founded this hall in 1349, and died inteftate in 1360.

His brother, Thomas Trilleck, Bishop of Rochefter from 1363 to 1372, stands facing him. There is no farther account of them in Godwin.

Arthur Bulkeley, LL.D. Bishop of Bangor from 1541 to 1542. A man, whom he calls gravifinus affared Godwin, that this prelate, not content with felling the bells of his cathedral, went to the fea-coaft to fee them shipped off. At his return he was ftricken blind, and ever after remained fo. But Anflis's MS, cited by Dr. Richardfon, in contradition to this holy legend, fys, he was a worthy man, and could fee clearly till the day of his death. He is a grily. looking figure with a long beard, and flands near a pedestal whose front tablet prefents Toffice with her fword and deftal leans Dr. Rowland Merrick, princip of this hall in 1534, and from 1559 to 1565 bishop of Bangor,

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Next him is Richard Davyes, who fled in Queen Mary's time, but was made bishop of St. Asaph in 1559, in the room of Goldwell, difplaced by Elizabeth. In 1561 he was tranflated to St. David's. This groupe is closed by John Budden, reias profiler of civil law. He was principal of this hall from 1609 to 1618. He died 1620, and was celebrated in an eloquent fpeech by Richard Gardiner, the deputy-orator.

In the left compartment we have Hugh Jones, bishop of Landoff from 1566 to 1574, the firft Welchman who had been bithop there for about three hundred years. His portrait is followed by that of his fucceffor, William Ble thin, another Welshman, bishop from $576 to 1590.

William Stone, LL.B. principal in 1663, founder of the hospital in St. Clement's, leans on a pedestal with a Charity in its front. He and Budden are diftinguished at firft fight by having their heads uncovered, as is meet in the prefence of fo many prelates.

At the moment I am clofing this lift, it gives me pleafure to find that the Univerfity are preparing for the fplendid public reception of their new chancellor, who is certainly intitled to our refpe&t, on account of his having long been, and ftill continuing to be (even in these times of apoftacy), the main pillar of the Whig Club, Degrees on thofe occafions are fcattered abroad as thick as filver among an election mob, Should my labours be rewarded with the rank of doctor in mufick, it will

equal my moft fanguine hopes. The Corellis or Handels of the present hour may as reasonably be expected to give mehe right-hand of fellowship" as the Wennes and Scotts to own as one of their brethren Mr. James Beattie, who was made LL D. for writing an effay, which he called "The Immutability of Mora' Truth," while the publick farcatically led it "Vi egar mixed with Water gruel." Mr. Beattie, indeed, went further than I feel difpofed to do, by having his full denoth portrait fuck up, flaunting in farlet robes, during the whole featon of a Pa'l mall exhibition, for the company to ask, 'What unknown perfonage from Doctors Commans have we here?" In my mind it would have been cheaper, and certainly as much to the purpose, to have emploved Michael Rooker, the Harlequin, who at that time engraved thefe annual views of the colleges, to have reprefented him either as the Man in the Moon, or as that gure encircled by the twelve figns of the zodiack, vulgarly called the Man in the Almanack, who has fo repeatedly decorated the pages of our fludents in the occult fciences.

L. L.

P. S. May 1. The letter in p. 299, expreffly acquitting me of the fpecific charge which had been alleged, but attempting to renew it in general terms, however concife, is by far too vague and irrelevant to admit any answer.

In regard to what is fiid, in p. 334, of Hackney College, it is now peculi arly incumbent on the trustees of every infiitution, not basking in the funthine of minifterial favour, to cut their coat according to their cloth. If the vicinity of London is tound too expensive, an academy is not less likely to profper by being removed into a cheaper fituation. Amid thefe days of bankruptcy and univerfal diftrefs, all have not the fame means of recruiting their deficient incomes as the Oxonians found during the American war, while they were under the protection of Lord North; for, no fooner had the Legislature tripped them of their ufurped monopoly in almanacks than an additional flamp-duty was impofed, in order to raise 500l. a year for the Clarendon prefs. Though they looped to follow Geneva in ponting the Olivet edition of Cicero, and to other publications, fuch as only the inferior clafs of book fellers engage in, the delegates might otherwife have found themfelves in a ftate of poverty. We now, indeed, pay an additional

4. Johannes, qui duxit in uxorem Winifredum, fil. Will. Burcheir, Arm.

5. Alicia defunéta, innupta.

6. Johanna, nupta Samfoni Hele, Arm. 7, Thomas.

Arms; 1. B. three faltiers O. a mullet for difference. Glanvil.

2. The fame impaling B. a chevron between three martlets.

3. A Saltier engrailed Erm. impaling Glanvil.

The Barony of Abergavenny, enquired after in your laft Index Indicatorius, is a fort of Barony by tenure, entailed ages ago on heirs male, with the Caftle of Abergavenny; as may be feen in Coke's Reports, temp. Jam I. When the heir general of that, and the Barony of Def penfer, claiming both, was difallowed the former, and confirmed in the latter, which the carried by marriage into the family of rane, by whofe defcendant Sir Thomas Stapleton it is now enjoyed.

Your excellent correfpondent, R. P. has my beft thanks for his continuation of my Lift of Heraldic Writers, for which he is fo much better qualified than myfelf. Meanwhile, I request from the curious (what was once folicited in vain in your former volumes) fome information