[497]William, lord viscount Brouncker of Lions in Ireland: he lived in Oxford when 'twas a garrison for the King: but he was of no university, he told me. He addictedhimselfe only to the study of the mathematicks, and was a very great artist in that learning.
His mother was an extraordinary great gamester, and playd all, gold play; she kept the box herselfe. Mr. ... Arundall (brother of the lord Wardour) made a song in characters of the nobility. Among others, I remember this,
Here's a health to my lady Brouncker and the best card in her hand,And a health to my lord her husband, with ne're a foot of land.
Here's a health to my lady Brouncker and the best card in her hand,And a health to my lord her husband, with ne're a foot of land.
He was president of the Royall Society about 15 yeares[BI].
He was ... of the Navy office[BJ].
He dyed April the 5th, 1684; buried the 14th following
in the vault which he caused to be made (8 foot long,
4 foot broad, and about 4 foot high) in the middle of the
quire of Saint Katharine's, neer the Tower, of which
convent he was governour. He gave a fine organ to this
church a little before his death; and whereas it was
a noble and large choire, he divided
[498]Sir,
These are to give notice that on Friday next the thirtieth day of this instant November, 1677, being St. Andrew's day, the council and officers of the Royal Society are to be elected for the year ensuing. At which election your presence is expected in Gresham Colledge at nine of the clock in the forenoon precisely.
(For John Aubrey, esq.)Brouncker, P. R. S.
Notes.[BI]He was President, 1663, from the incorporation of the Royal Society, to 1677.[BJ]He was a Lord of the Admiralty in 1680, and again in 1682.[BK]The signature is in long sloping letters, like the children's puzzles of thirty years' back, which could be read only when the paper was held edgeways. It has beaten Anthony Wood, who notes at the side:—'What this name is I know not.'
[BI]He was President, 1663, from the incorporation of the Royal Society, to 1677.
[BI]He was President, 1663, from the incorporation of the Royal Society, to 1677.
[BJ]He was a Lord of the Admiralty in 1680, and again in 1682.
[BJ]He was a Lord of the Admiralty in 1680, and again in 1682.
[BK]The signature is in long sloping letters, like the children's puzzles of thirty years' back, which could be read only when the paper was held edgeways. It has beaten Anthony Wood, who notes at the side:—'What this name is I know not.'
[BK]The signature is in long sloping letters, like the children's puzzles of thirty years' back, which could be read only when the paper was held edgeways. It has beaten Anthony Wood, who notes at the side:—'What this name is I know not.'