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FOOTNOTES:[1]See the Extract in page vi.[2]In Church-street, at Ashborne, is an Alms-house, originally founded by Christopher Pegge, Esq. The name occurs also on the table of Benefactors in Ashborne Church.[3]Docquet-book in the Crown-office.[4]See Sandford, p. 647, edit. 1707. Granger erroneously calls himCarlo; and also, by mistake, gives him the name ofFitz-roy.[5]See Mr. Lysons's Environs of London, vol. I. p. 537.[6]Dart's History of Westminster Abbey, vol. II. p. 55.[7]There is a half-length portrait of the Earl, in a robe de chambre, laced cravat, and flowing hair (with a ship in the back ground of the picture), by Sir Peter Lely, now in the family: and also two of his Mother, Lady Greene; one a half-length, with her infant Son standing by her side; the other, a three-quarters; both either by Sir Peter Lely, or by one of his pupils.[8]Dr. Burton was President (i. e.Vice-master of the College) when Mr. Pegge's Son was admitted of it, 1751; but soon afterwards took the Rectory of Staplehurst in Kent, which he held till his death in 1759.[9]ThePlatt-fellowshipsat St. John's are similar to what are calledBye-fellowshipsin some other Colleges at Cambridge, and are not on the Foundation. The original number wassix, with a stipend of 20l., per annumeach, besides rooms, and commons at the Fellows' table. They were founded by William Platt, Esq. (Son of Sir Hugh Platt, Knt.) an opulent citizen of London, out of an estate then of the annual value of 140l.Being a rent-charge, the Fellowships cannot be enlarged in point of revenue, though the number has been increased toeight, by savings from the surplus. There is a good portrait of Mr. Platt in the Master's Lodge at St. John's, with the date of 1626, æt. 47. He died in 1637. More of him may be seen in Mr. Lysons's Environs of London, vol. III. pp. 59, 66, 70, 71, 110, 376.[10]Of this little academical literary Society the late Samuel Pegge, Esq. possessed a particular History in MS.Edit.[11]In 1733, his Life of Archbishop Kempe was in forwardness for press, and he solicited assistance for it from MSS.In 1734, he sent them a critical letter on the name and town of Wye.In 1739, an Account of a Religious House in Canterbury, not noticed before, his conjectures on which were approved by Mr. Thorpe.An Account of the Endowment of the Vicarage of Westfield in Sussex, by Richard second Bishop of Chichester, 1249, in the hands of Sir Peter Webster, Bart.Account of the Amphitheatre in the Garden of the Nuns of Fidelite at Angers: the arena 150 feet diameter, outer wall 20 feet thick, the caveæ 14 feet long and wide, with layers of Roman brick and stone 3 or 4 feet asunder.[12]Afterwards Sir Edward Dering, the sixth Baronet of that Family, who died Dec. 8, 1798.[13]The Bishop's Inhibition took place soon after the decision of the cause at Derby, and was not revoked till late in the year 1758, which was principally effected by Mr. Pegge's intercession with his Lordship, stating Mr. Ellis's distressed circumstances, and his having made a proper submission, with a promise of future good behaviour. This revocation is contained in a letter addressed to Mr. Pegge, under the Bishop's own hand, dated Oct. 30, 1758.[14]We believe this witness to have beenGeorge Mower, Esq. of Wood-seats, in this county, who served the office of Sheriff in 1734.[15]Dr. George's letter to Mr. Pegge on the occasion has been preserved, and is conceived in the most manly and generous terms. On account of the distance, Mr. Pegge then residing in Kent, the Dean was so obliging as to concert matters with Bishop (Frederick) Cornwallis, who then sat at Lichfield, that the living mightlapsewithout injury to Mr. Pegge, who therefore took it, in fact, from his Lordship bycollation.[16]Mr. Pegge became known, at least by name, to Dr. Herring, when Archbishop of York, by an occasional Sermon (which will be adverted to among Mr. Pegge's writings), on the publication whereof his Grace sent him a letter in handsome terms. When the Archbishop was translated to Canterbury, Mr. Pegge was, most probably, personally known to him as the Diocesan.[17]More usually calledBrindle.[18]The person who actually succeeded to the Vicarage of Godmersham was the Rev.Aden Ley, who died there in 1766.[19]Soon after the fourth Duke of Devonshire came of age, 1769, finding that he had many friends of his own to oblige, it was suggested to the Senior Chaplains that a resignation would be deemed a compliment by his Grace. Mr. Pegge, therefore (among some others), relinquished his Chaplainship, though he continued to wear thescarf.[20]It is rather a singular coincidence, that Mr. Pegge should have been at the same timeRectorofWhittingtoninDerbyshireandPrebendaryofWhittingtoninStaffordshire, both in one Diocese, under different patronages, and totally independent of each other. These twoWhittingtonsare likewise nearly equidistant from places of the name ofChesterfield.[21]The Prebend ofLouthcarries with it thePatronageof the Vicarage of theParishofLouth, to which Mr. Pegge presented more than once. On the first vacancy, having no Clerk of his own, he offered the nomination to his Benefactor BishopGreen; at the last, he gave the living, uninfluenced, to the present Incumbent, the Rev.Wolley Jolland, son of the Recorder of Louth.[22]It was said at the time, as we recollect, that this piece of preferment was so peculiar in its tenure, as not to be strictlyoptionable; for, had theSeeofLichfieldbeen possessed by a Bishop inimical to the Archbishop or to Mr. Pegge at the time of the vacancy of the Stall, such Bishop might have defeated hisGrace'sintentions. The qualifications of the Residentiaries in this Cathedral we understand to be singular, dependent on the possession of certainPrebendal Houses, which are in the absolute disposal of the Bishop, as asine quâ non, to constitute the eligibility which is vested in theDeanandChapter. As matters stood, in this case, at the death of Mr.Seward, the present Bishop of Lichfield (Dr. James Cornwallis), Mr. Pegge's warm Friend, co-operating with the Dowager Mrs.Cornwallis, removed every obstruction.[23]The very just character of Mr.Knightgiven in the Gentleman's Magazine, vol. LI. p. 147, was drawn by Mr.Pegge, who had been intimate with him very nearly half a century.[24]This Print has the following inscription:"Samuel Pegge, A.M. S.A.S.A.D. MDCCLXXXV. Æt. 81.Impensis, et ex Voto, Gustavi Brander, Arm.Sibi et Amicis."We cannot in any degree subscribe to the resemblance, though, the print is well engraved. There is, however, a three-quarters portrait in oil (in the possession of his grandson, Sir Christopher Pegge, and much valued by him) painted in 1788, by Mr. Elias Needham, a young Provincial Artist, and a native of Derbyshire, which does the Painter great credit, being a likeness uncommonly striking. Dr. Pegge being an old gentleman well known, with a countenance of much character, the Portrait was taken at the request of Mr. Needham; who, after exhibiting it to his Patrons and Friends, made a present of it to Mr. Pegge. Those who knew Dr. Pegge, and have had an opportunity of comparing the Portrait with the Print, will agree with us, that no two pictures of the same person, taken nearly at the same point of life, and so unlike each other, can both be true resemblances.—A faithful Engraving from Mr. Needham's Portrait is prefixed to the present Volume.[25]He specified, in writing, about fourscore of these volumes, which were chiefly what may be called Library-books; the rest were added by his Son.[26]In this year he printed "A Narrative of what passed at the Revolution-house at Whittington in the year 1688, with a view and plan of the house by Major Rooke (reprinted in Gent. Mag. vol. LIX. p. 124)." [See the Appendix.][27]See the Appendix to this Memoir.[28]In this Discourse the venerable Preacher, taking for his text Psalm cxviii. 24, first recites, in plain and unaffected language, the blessings resulting from the event here commemorated to Church and State; and then points out the corruptions of the present age, with advice for their reformation.[29]This solemnity took place onWednesday; and, the Church being crowded with strangers, the Sermon was repeated to the parochial congregation on the followingSunday.—Mr. Pegge was then very old, and the 5th of November N. S. was his birth-day, when he entered into the 85th year of his age.[30]Mr. Pegge, at the time, was on a visit to his Grandson, the present Sir Christopher Pegge, M. D. then lately elected Reader of Anatomy at Christ Church, Oxford, on Dr. Lee's foundation.[31]The only Member of the Society at the time of its Incorporation, who survived Dr. Pegge, wasSamuel Reynardson, Esq.[32]The first Piece that appears to have been, in any degree,publishedby Dr.Pegge, was, ALatinOde on the Death of King George I. 1727. See "Academiæ Cantabrigiensis Luctus" Signature Z. z. fol. b. [Dr. Pegge was then lately elected Fellow of St. John's College (the first time) as he signs it "Sam. Pegge, A. B. Coll. Div. Joh. Evang. Soc." See before, p. xiii.]—1731. Anirregular EnglishOde on Joshua vi. 20, which he contributed to a Collection of "Miscellaneous Poems and Translations," published (with a numerous subscription) by the Rev. Henry Travers, 1731, octavo, p, 170. [See "Anonymiana," p. 327, for an account of Mr. Travers, and this publication.] A marginal note in Dr. Pegge's copy of Mr. Travers's publication tells us, that thisOdewas anacademical exercise, when the Doctor was anunder-graduateat St. John's, which was sent to theEarlofExeter. His Lordship's Ancestors had been Benefactors to the College, a circumstance which, we presume, gave rise to the custom of sending suchperiodical exercisesto the then Earl; though the practice, as far as we know, does not continue. Thus much of this Commemoration, as we believe, remains, thattwoSermons are still annually preached (the one atHatfield, and the other atBurleigh) by Fellows of the College, which we apprehend to have been enjoined by the Benefactor. TheOde, of which we have spoken, became some years after anauxiliarycontribution to Mr.Travers'sCollection from Dr. Pegge, jointly with other contemporaries, to relieve the Editor from some pecuniary embarrassments.—An Examination of "The Enquiry into the meaning of Demoniacks in the New Testament; in a Letter to the Author," 1739. An octavo (of 86 pages), with his name prefixed. [This controversy originated from the Rev. Dr. Arthur-Ashley Sykes, who published "An Enquiry into the Meaning of the Demoniacks in the New Testament" (1737). under the obscure signature of "T. P. A. P. O. A. B. I. T. C. O. S." The interpretation of this is,ThePrecentorAndPrebendaryOfAlton-Borealis,InTheChurchOfSalisbury. Dr. Sykes had been vicar of Godmersham; so thattwovicars of Godmersham became, incidentally, parties in the controversy. The question engaged several other Writers;viz.Rev. Leonard Twells, Rev. Thomas Hutchinson, and Rev. William Winston, who were followed by Dr. Pegge. He, however, entered so late into the lists, after the subject was almost worn out, that his Publication was not much attended to, though it attracted the applause of several competent judges, such as the Rev. Dr. Newcome, Master of St. John's College, Cambridge; Rev. Dr. Taylor (late Residentiary of St. Paul's); the very learned Bp. Smalbroke; and some others.]—A Sermon on St. John i. 5: "The Light Shineth in Darkness," preached on St. John's-day, 1742, atCanterburycathedral, and inscribed to his much-respected friend, Thomas Knight, Esq. ofGodmersham, inKent.—A Sermon, preached also atCanterburyCathedral during the Rebellion, 1746. [The avowed design of the Discourse was, to prove that "Popery was an encouragement to vice and immorality." This Sermon attracted the civilities (mentioned in p. xxxi.) which Dr. Pegge received fromArchbishopHerring. These are the principalprofessionalPublications by Dr. Pegge; to which ought to be added some shortpastoralandgratuitousprinted distributions at various times;viz.1755. A Discourse on Confirmation (of 23 pages, octavo), being an enlarged Sermon, preached atChesterfieldpreviously to the Bishop's triennial Visitation, and dispersed.—1767. A brief Examination of the Church Catechism, for the Use of those who are just arrived at Years of Discretion.—1790.]Frivolous as many detachedmorsels, scattered up and down in theGentleman's Magazine, may appear to some Readers, they may be called the ruminations of a busy mind; which shews an universality of reading, a love of investigation, A short Paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer (4 pages octavo), first addressed to his Parishioners of Brindle, in Lancashire, 1753; and afterwards reprinted and distributed in his three parishes of Whittington, Heath, and Wingerworth, in Derbyshire, 1790.[33]An accurate list of these detached publications may be seen in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1796, pp. 979, 1081.[34]We shall here specify Mr. Pegge's several Memoirs printed (by direction of the Council of the Society of Antiquaries) in the Archæologia, as being the principalcombinedwork to which he contributed. Herein we shall proceed as they successively occur in those volumes, rather than by the times at which the communications themselves were actually read before the Society.Vol. I. No. XXXVII. p. 155. Some Observations on an antique Marble of the Earl of Pembroke.—No. XXXVIII. p. 161. Dissertation on an Anglo-Saxon Jewel.—No. LV. p. 319. Of the Introduction, Progress, State, and Condition, of the Vine in Britain.—No. LVII. p. 335. A Copy of a Deed in Latin and Saxon of Odo, Bishop of Baieux, with some Observations thereon.Vol. II. No. IX. p. 68. Observations on the Mistakes of Mr. Lisle and Mr. Hearne in respect of King Alfred's Present to the Cathedrals. The late use of the Stylus, or metalline Pen. Mr. Wise's Conjecture concerning the famous Jewel of King Alfred further pursued; shewing it might possibly be part of the Stylus sent by that King, with Gregory's Pastorals, to the Monastery at Athelney.—No. XIII. p. 86. The Bull-running at Tutbury, in Staffordshire, considered.—No. XVI. p. 100. Observations on Dr. Percy's (afterwards Bishop of Dromore) Account of Minstrels among the Saxons. [See vol. III. Art. XXXIV. p. 310.]—No. XIX. p. 124. Observations on Stone Hammers.—No. XXV. p. 171. A Dissertation on the Crane, as a Dish served up at great Tables in England.—No. XXXVI. p. 276. A succinct and authentic Narrative of the Battle of Chesterfield [co. Derby], A. D. 1266, in the Reign of K. Henry III.Vol. III. No. I. p. 1. Of the Horn, as a Charter, or Instrument of Conveyance. Some Observations on Mr. Samuel Foxlow's Horn; as likewise on the Nature and Kinds of those Horns in general.—No. X. p. 39. On Shoeing of Horses among the Antients.—No. XI. p. 53. The Question considered, whether England formerly produced any Wine from Grapes. [See vol. I. Art. LV. p. 319. This Question was answered by the Hon. Daines Barrington in the 12th article of this volume, p. 67.]—No. XIV. p. 101. Remarks on Belatucader.—No. XVIII. p. 125. Memoir concerning the Sac-Friars, orFratres de Pœnitentiâ Jesu Christi, as settled in England.—No. XIX. p. 132. [Greek: Alektruonôn Agôn.] A Memoir on Cock-Fighting; wherein the Antiquity of it, as a Pastime, is examined and stated; some Errors of the Moderns concerning it are corrected; and the Retention of it among Christians absolutely condemned and proscribed.—No. XX. p. 151. An Inscription in honour of Serapis, found at York, illustrated.—No. XXXIV. p. 310. A Letter to Dr. Percy (afterwards Bishop of Dromore), on the Minstrels among the antient Saxons, occasioned by some Observations on the Subject printed in the second Volume, p. 100. [In this short Letter, Dr. Pegge very candidly acknowledges that the Bishop had removed all his doubts in the most satisfactory manner, by a more copious discussion of the subject in a subsequent edition, which the Doctor had not seen when he wrote the Memoir in vol. II. p. 100]—No. XXXVI. p. 316. Remarks on the first Noble (coined 18 Edw. III. A. D. 1344) wherein a new and more rational Interpretation is given of the Legend on the Reverse.—No. XLII. p. 371. Observations on two Jewels in the Possession of Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bart.Vol. IV. No. III. p. 29. An Enquiry into the Nature and Cause of King John's Death; wherein it is shewn that it was not effected by Poison.—No. IV. p. 47. Illustrations of a Gold enamelled Ring, supposed to have been the Property of Alhstan, Bishop of Sherburne, with some Account of the State and Condition of the Saxon Jewelry in the more early Ages.—No. VIII. p. 110. Observations on Kits Cotty House in Kent.—No. XVII. p. 190. A Dissertation on a most valuable Gold Coin of Edmund Crouchback, son of King Henry III.—No. XXVI. p. 414. Remarks on the Bones of Fowls found in Christ-church Twynham, Hampshire.Vol. V, No. I. p. 1. Observations on the History of St. George, the Patron Saint of England; wherein Dr. Pettingall's allegorical Interpretation of the Equestrian Figure on the George, and the late Mr. Byrom's Conjecture, that St. George is mistaken for Pope Gregory, are briefly confuted; and the Martyr of Cappadocia, as Patron of England, and of the Order of the Garter, is defended against both. [N. B. Dr. Pegge's Name to this Article is omitted in the Contents to the Volume; but see the Signature, p. 32.]—No. V. p. 95. On the Rudston Pyramidal Stone.—No. VII. p. 101. Remarks on Governor Pownall's Conjecture concerning the Croyland Boundary Stone.—No. XIII. p. 160. An Examination of a mistaken Opinion that Ireland, and [The Isle of] Thanet, are void of Serpents.—No. XXI. p. 224. Observations on the Stone Coffins found at Christ Church [in Hampshire].—No. XXVII. p. 272. An important Historical Passage of Gildas amended and explained.—No. XXXVI. p. 346. The Question discussed concerning the Appearances of the Matrices of so many Conventual Seals.—No. XXXIX. p. 369. Remarks on the ancient Pig of Lead [then] lately discovered in Derbyshire. [The Date is 1777.]—No. XLI. p. 390. The Penny with the name of Rodbertus IV. ascribed to Robert Duke of Normandy, and other Matters relative to the English Coinage, occasionally discussed.Vol. VI. No. VIII. p. 79. Observations on the Plague in England—No. XX. p. 150. The Commencement of the Day among the Saxons and Britons ascertained.Vol. VII. No. II. p. 19. Illustration of some Druidical Remains in the Peak of Derbyshire, drawn by Hayman Rooke, Esq.—No. IX. p. 86. Observations on the present Aldborough Church, in Holderness; proving that it was not a Saxon Building, as Mr. Somerset [i. e.John-Charles Brooke, Esq. Somerset Herald] contends.—No. XIII. p. 131. A Disquisition on the Lows, or Barrows, in the Peak of Derbyshire, particularly that capital British Monument called Arbelows.—No. XVIII. p. 170. Description of a Second Roman Pig of Lead found in Derbyshire, in the Possession of Mr. Adam Wolley, of Matlock, in that County, with Remarks.—No. XXIV. p. 211. Observations on the Chariots of the Antient Britons.—No. XXXVIII. p. 362. Observations on a Seal of Thomas, Suffragan Bishop of Philadelphia.Vol. VIII. No. I. p. 1. A Sketch of the History of the Asylum, or Sanctuary, from its Origin to the final Abolition of it in the Reign of King James I.—No. III. p. 58. Observations on the Stanton Moor Urns, and Druidical Temples.—No. XX. p. 159. A circumstantial Detail of the Battle of Lincoln, A. D. 1217 (1 Henry III).Vol. IX. No. V. p. 45. Description of another [a third] Roman Pig of Lead found in Derbyshire.—No. IX. p. 84. Observations on some Brass Celts, and other Weapons, discovered in Ireland, 1780.—No. XVIII. p. 189. Discoveries on opening a Tumulus in Derbyshire.Vol. X. No. II. p. 17. Derbeiescira Romana.—No. IV. p. 50. Some Observations of the Paintings in Brereton Church.—No. XIX. p. 156. On the hunting of the antient Inhabitants of our Island, Britons and Saxons.—No. XXIII. p. 177. Observations on an antient Font at Burnham-Deepdale, in Norfolk.The following articles appear to have been contributed by Mr. Pegge to that useful and interesting reservoir of British Topographical History, theBibliotheca Topographica Britannica; viz.No. XVII. A Memoir on the Story of Guy Earl of Warwick [1783].—No. XXI. The History and Antiquities of Eccleshal-Manor and Castle, in the County of Stafford; and of Lichfield House in London [1784]. [This Memoir is inscribed to four successive Bishops of Lichfield: the Right Rev. Dr. John Egerton (then Bishop of Durham); Hon. and Right Rev. Dr. Brownlow North, then (and still) Bishop of Winchester; Right Rev. Dr. Hurd, then Bishop of Worcester; and the Hon. and Right Rev. Dr. Cornwallis, the present Bishop of Lichfield, who has done Dr. Pegge the honour to deposit a copy of it among the Archives belonging to that See.—No. XXIV. The Roman Roads (Ikenild-Street and Bath-Way) discovered and investigated through the Country of the Coritani, or the County of Derby; with the Addition of a Dissertation on the Coritani. [1784.]—No. XXV. An Historical Account of that venerable Monument of Antiquity, the Textus Roffensis; including Memoirs of Mr. William Elstob, and his Sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Elstob. [1784.]—No. XXVIII. Some Account of that Species of Prelates formerly existing in England, usually called "Bishopsin Partibus Infidelium." [1784.] [The article before us is combined with some others to consolidate what has been written on the subject. It begins with a Letter from the Rev. Thomas Brett, LL. D. on Suffragan Bishops in England, extracted from Drake's Antiquities of York (p. 539), which is followed by a Memoir on the same Topick from the Rev. Mr. Lewis, of Margate. To these is subjoined Dr. Pegge's Account of "Bishopsin Partibus Infidelium." [N. B. This Number closes with "A List of the Suffragan Bishops in England, drawn up by the late Rev. Henry Wharton, M.A. and extracted from his MSS. in the Lambeth Library."]—No. XXXII. Sketch of the History of Bolsover and Peak Castles, in the County of Derby (in a Letter to his Grace the Duke of Portland), illustrated with various Drawings by Hayman Rooke, Esq. [1785].—No. XLI. A Sylloge of the authentic remaining Inscriptions relative to the Erection of our English Churches, embellished with Copperplates. Inscribed to Richard Gough, esq. [1787.]Independent Publications on Numismatical, Antiquarian, and Biographical Subjects: 1756. No. I. "A Series of Dissertations on some elegant and very valuable Anglo-Saxon Remains." [42 pages, 4to. with a Plate.] 1. A Gold Coin in the Pembrochian Cabinet, in a Letter to Martin Folkes, Esq. late President of the Royal Society, and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. [Dated Godmersham, 1751.] 2. A Silver Coin in the Possession of Mr. John White. [Dated Whittington, 1755.] 3. A Gold Coin in the Possession of Mr. Simpson, of Lincoln, in a Letter to Mr. Vertue. [Dated Godmersham, 1751.] 4. A Jewel in the Bodleian Library. [No place or date.] 5. Second Thoughts on Lord Pembroke's Coin, in a Letter to Mr. Ames, Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries. [Dated Whittington, 1755.] [These Dissertations are prefaced by a Question, candidly debated with the Rev. George North, Whether the Saxons coined any Gold?]—No. II. 1761. "Memoirs of Roger de Weseham, Dean of Lincoln, afterwards Bishop of Lichfield; and the principal Favourite of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln." [60 pages, 4to.] [This work (as we are told in the title-page) was intended as a prelude to the Life of that most excellent Bishop, Robert Grosseteste; which accordingly appeared (as will be mentioned) in the year 1795. These Memoirs were compiled soon after Dr. Pegge was collated, by Bishop [Frederick] Cornwallis, to the prebend ofBobenhull, in the church of Lichfield, 1757, (founded by Bishop Weseham) and gratefully inscribed to his patron the Bishop of Lichfield, and to his friend Dr. John Green, then Dean of Lincoln, as Roger de Weseham had successively filled both those dignities.[35]Both these are engraved in the "Antiquaries Museum," from drawings made by Mr. Schnebbelie.Edit.[36]It appears, from traditional accounts, that Lord Delamere, an ancestor of the present Earl of Stamford and Warrington, was also at this meeting.H. Rooke.[37]Kennett.[38]A Provincial name for aMagpye.[39]Rapin, XV. 199.[40]Deering's Nottingham, p. 258.[41]Son and heir of Conyers Earl of Holderness.[42]For the Earl of Devonshire's proceedings at Derby and Whittington see Mr. Deering's History of Nottingham, p. 260. Mr. Drake, p. 177 of his Eboracum, just mentions the Earl of Danby's appearance at York.[43]Sir John Dalrymple's "Continuation of Memoirs of Great Britain."[44]Samuel Pegge.[45]Whittington Moor.[46]Earl of Devon, Earl of Danby, and Mr. John D'Arcy.[47]Birth-day of the Rev. Samuel Pegge, 1704.[48]Father Paul.[49]"The Committee appointed by the Lords and Gentlemen at the last Chesterfield Races, to conduct and manage the Celebration of the intended Jubilee, on the Hundredth Anniversary of the glorious Revolution, at the Revolution House in Whittington, in the County of Derby, where measures were first concerted for the promotion of that grand constitutional event, in these midland parts, have this day met, and upon consideration, come to the following resolutions:That General Gladwin do take the chair at this meeting. That the Rev. Samuel Pegge be requested to preach a Sermon on the occasion, at Whittington Church, on the 5th day of November next. That the Gentlemen who intend to honor the meeting with their company, do assemble at Whittington Church, exactly at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of that day to attend divine service. That immediately after service, they meet at the Revolution House, where a cold collation will be provided. That they go in procession from thence to Chesterfield, where ordinaries will be provided at the Angel, Castle, and Falcon inns. That the meeting be open to all friends of the Revolution. That letters be written to the Dukes of Devonshire and Leeds, and the Earl of Stamford, to request the honour of their attendance at that meeting. That there be a ball for the Ladies in the evening at the Assembly Room in Chesterfield. That a subscription of one guinea each be entered into for defraying the extraordinary expenses on the occasion, and that the same be paid into the hands of Messrs. Wilkinson's, in Chesterfield. That the Committee do meet again on Wednesday the 8th of October next, at the Angel Inn, in Chesterfield, at one o'clock. That these resolutions be published in the Derby and Nottingham newspapers, and in the St. James's of Whitehall, and Lloyd's Evening Posts, and the London and English Chronicles.Chesterfield, Sept. 27, 1788.Henry Gladwin, Chairman."[50]Another son, Christopher, died an infant in 1736.[51]Who died in 1775, in his 89th year.[52]Who married Anne-Katharine, Mr. S. Pegge's only sister.[53]She died Oct. 23, 1807, in her 82d year.[54]A few extracts from his Letters are given in p. lxxxiii.[55]Had Mr. Pegge lived to have completed his whole design, the Title would have run thus: "Hospitium Regis; or, a History of the Royal Household, and the several Officers thereof, principally in the Departments of the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole. Collected and digested by Samuel Pegge, Esq. F.S.A."[56]The History of Somerset House was with Mr. Pegge a favourite subject; and to this, with the exception of the two concluding pages, he had put the finishing hand.[57]Announced by the Author in his Introduction to Part III. and by himself very nearly completed for the press.[58]Of this Elegy Mr. Pegge printed only a few copies to be given to particular Friends; but, by his permission, it was re-printed for sale by Mr. Joseph Bradley, of Chesterfield.[59]See the "Illustrations of Literature," vol. I. p. 427.[60]The Books in the Library at Whittington had, probably, not been dusted for 20 to 30 years.[61]Mr. Gough was then Director of the Society of Antiquaries.[62]This striking resemblance of my worthy old friend Dr. Pegge, which I have often had the agreeable opportunity of comparing with the Original when conversing with the good Doctor at Whittington, is now in the possession of his Grandson, Sir Christopher Pegge; by whose kind permission a faithful Engraving from it, admirably executed by Philip Andinet, accompanies the present Publication.[63]Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. John Bourne, of Spital, was married, Jan. 1, 1800, to Robert Jennings, Esq. of Hull.[64]Mr. John Belt, of York, Surgeon, died Jan. 23, 1800.[65]So he humourously styled the Printer's Errand Boys.[66]Henry II.[67]William Rufus.[68]See Letters concerning the present state of Poland, printed for T. Payne, 1773, Letter iii. p. 57.[69]Lord Corke's Letters from Italy, published 1773, p. 52.[70]Dr. Burney, in his Present State of Munich, in Germany, vol. I. pp. 205, 295.[71]Called Codex Wintoniensis. See Sir John Spelman's Life of Alfred.[72]Lord Lyttelton's Life of Henry II. vol. i. p. 74; edit. 8vo.[73]Domesday Book.[74]Rapin.[75]"Pro more suo, extorsit multum pecuniæ suis subditis ubicunque haberet aliquem pretextum, sive jure sive aliter." Chron. Sax. p. 187. In another place the writer says, he extorted money, "partim justè, maximâ verò ex parte injustè, rebus parùm urgentibus." p. 191.[76]Lord Lyttelton's Henry II. vol. i. p. 74.[77]Gentleman of the Bed-chambermeans what we now call aLord of the Bed-chamber; which last is a title of a late introduction. When theGentlemanwas the superior, the next subordinate Officer was theGroom; which last title continues to this day. Had the first been originally calledLords, the latter would probably have been styled theGentleman. William of Malmsbury speaks of theCubiculariusin that ridiculous instance of William Rufus's absurd profusion with respect to the price of a pair of hose; by whom, I should suppose, he means an inferior Officer of theBed-chamber, by the rough language he uses to him; no less than calling him ason of a whore.—Filî, ait, meretricis.[78]Life of Henry II. vol. i. p. 74.[79]Dividens Familiam in tres Turmas, singulis Turmis singulos Principes imposuit; et unusquisque Princeps cum suâ Turmâ per unum mensem in Regis Ministerio Palatium conservavit. Uno mense completo, exiens ad proprios agros cum suâ Turmâ, propriis negotiis per duorum mensium spatium intendebat; et interim secundus Princeps per unum mensem, et tertius Princeps per alium mensem post illum in Regis Palatio ministrabat: ut postea propriis utilitatibus per duos menses quælibet Turma vacaret. Hâc revolutione Servorum suorum, totiusque familiæ suæ rotatione, usus est omni tempore vitæ suæ. Ingulph. Hist. p. 870.

[1]See the Extract in page vi.

[2]In Church-street, at Ashborne, is an Alms-house, originally founded by Christopher Pegge, Esq. The name occurs also on the table of Benefactors in Ashborne Church.

[3]Docquet-book in the Crown-office.

[4]See Sandford, p. 647, edit. 1707. Granger erroneously calls himCarlo; and also, by mistake, gives him the name ofFitz-roy.

[5]See Mr. Lysons's Environs of London, vol. I. p. 537.

[6]Dart's History of Westminster Abbey, vol. II. p. 55.

[7]There is a half-length portrait of the Earl, in a robe de chambre, laced cravat, and flowing hair (with a ship in the back ground of the picture), by Sir Peter Lely, now in the family: and also two of his Mother, Lady Greene; one a half-length, with her infant Son standing by her side; the other, a three-quarters; both either by Sir Peter Lely, or by one of his pupils.

[8]Dr. Burton was President (i. e.Vice-master of the College) when Mr. Pegge's Son was admitted of it, 1751; but soon afterwards took the Rectory of Staplehurst in Kent, which he held till his death in 1759.

[9]ThePlatt-fellowshipsat St. John's are similar to what are calledBye-fellowshipsin some other Colleges at Cambridge, and are not on the Foundation. The original number wassix, with a stipend of 20l., per annumeach, besides rooms, and commons at the Fellows' table. They were founded by William Platt, Esq. (Son of Sir Hugh Platt, Knt.) an opulent citizen of London, out of an estate then of the annual value of 140l.Being a rent-charge, the Fellowships cannot be enlarged in point of revenue, though the number has been increased toeight, by savings from the surplus. There is a good portrait of Mr. Platt in the Master's Lodge at St. John's, with the date of 1626, æt. 47. He died in 1637. More of him may be seen in Mr. Lysons's Environs of London, vol. III. pp. 59, 66, 70, 71, 110, 376.

[10]Of this little academical literary Society the late Samuel Pegge, Esq. possessed a particular History in MS.Edit.

[11]In 1733, his Life of Archbishop Kempe was in forwardness for press, and he solicited assistance for it from MSS.In 1734, he sent them a critical letter on the name and town of Wye.In 1739, an Account of a Religious House in Canterbury, not noticed before, his conjectures on which were approved by Mr. Thorpe.An Account of the Endowment of the Vicarage of Westfield in Sussex, by Richard second Bishop of Chichester, 1249, in the hands of Sir Peter Webster, Bart.Account of the Amphitheatre in the Garden of the Nuns of Fidelite at Angers: the arena 150 feet diameter, outer wall 20 feet thick, the caveæ 14 feet long and wide, with layers of Roman brick and stone 3 or 4 feet asunder.

[11]In 1733, his Life of Archbishop Kempe was in forwardness for press, and he solicited assistance for it from MSS.

In 1734, he sent them a critical letter on the name and town of Wye.

In 1739, an Account of a Religious House in Canterbury, not noticed before, his conjectures on which were approved by Mr. Thorpe.

An Account of the Endowment of the Vicarage of Westfield in Sussex, by Richard second Bishop of Chichester, 1249, in the hands of Sir Peter Webster, Bart.

Account of the Amphitheatre in the Garden of the Nuns of Fidelite at Angers: the arena 150 feet diameter, outer wall 20 feet thick, the caveæ 14 feet long and wide, with layers of Roman brick and stone 3 or 4 feet asunder.

[12]Afterwards Sir Edward Dering, the sixth Baronet of that Family, who died Dec. 8, 1798.

[13]The Bishop's Inhibition took place soon after the decision of the cause at Derby, and was not revoked till late in the year 1758, which was principally effected by Mr. Pegge's intercession with his Lordship, stating Mr. Ellis's distressed circumstances, and his having made a proper submission, with a promise of future good behaviour. This revocation is contained in a letter addressed to Mr. Pegge, under the Bishop's own hand, dated Oct. 30, 1758.

[14]We believe this witness to have beenGeorge Mower, Esq. of Wood-seats, in this county, who served the office of Sheriff in 1734.

[15]Dr. George's letter to Mr. Pegge on the occasion has been preserved, and is conceived in the most manly and generous terms. On account of the distance, Mr. Pegge then residing in Kent, the Dean was so obliging as to concert matters with Bishop (Frederick) Cornwallis, who then sat at Lichfield, that the living mightlapsewithout injury to Mr. Pegge, who therefore took it, in fact, from his Lordship bycollation.

[16]Mr. Pegge became known, at least by name, to Dr. Herring, when Archbishop of York, by an occasional Sermon (which will be adverted to among Mr. Pegge's writings), on the publication whereof his Grace sent him a letter in handsome terms. When the Archbishop was translated to Canterbury, Mr. Pegge was, most probably, personally known to him as the Diocesan.

[17]More usually calledBrindle.

[18]The person who actually succeeded to the Vicarage of Godmersham was the Rev.Aden Ley, who died there in 1766.

[19]Soon after the fourth Duke of Devonshire came of age, 1769, finding that he had many friends of his own to oblige, it was suggested to the Senior Chaplains that a resignation would be deemed a compliment by his Grace. Mr. Pegge, therefore (among some others), relinquished his Chaplainship, though he continued to wear thescarf.

[20]It is rather a singular coincidence, that Mr. Pegge should have been at the same timeRectorofWhittingtoninDerbyshireandPrebendaryofWhittingtoninStaffordshire, both in one Diocese, under different patronages, and totally independent of each other. These twoWhittingtonsare likewise nearly equidistant from places of the name ofChesterfield.

[21]The Prebend ofLouthcarries with it thePatronageof the Vicarage of theParishofLouth, to which Mr. Pegge presented more than once. On the first vacancy, having no Clerk of his own, he offered the nomination to his Benefactor BishopGreen; at the last, he gave the living, uninfluenced, to the present Incumbent, the Rev.Wolley Jolland, son of the Recorder of Louth.

[22]It was said at the time, as we recollect, that this piece of preferment was so peculiar in its tenure, as not to be strictlyoptionable; for, had theSeeofLichfieldbeen possessed by a Bishop inimical to the Archbishop or to Mr. Pegge at the time of the vacancy of the Stall, such Bishop might have defeated hisGrace'sintentions. The qualifications of the Residentiaries in this Cathedral we understand to be singular, dependent on the possession of certainPrebendal Houses, which are in the absolute disposal of the Bishop, as asine quâ non, to constitute the eligibility which is vested in theDeanandChapter. As matters stood, in this case, at the death of Mr.Seward, the present Bishop of Lichfield (Dr. James Cornwallis), Mr. Pegge's warm Friend, co-operating with the Dowager Mrs.Cornwallis, removed every obstruction.

[23]The very just character of Mr.Knightgiven in the Gentleman's Magazine, vol. LI. p. 147, was drawn by Mr.Pegge, who had been intimate with him very nearly half a century.

[24]This Print has the following inscription:"Samuel Pegge, A.M. S.A.S.A.D. MDCCLXXXV. Æt. 81.Impensis, et ex Voto, Gustavi Brander, Arm.Sibi et Amicis."We cannot in any degree subscribe to the resemblance, though, the print is well engraved. There is, however, a three-quarters portrait in oil (in the possession of his grandson, Sir Christopher Pegge, and much valued by him) painted in 1788, by Mr. Elias Needham, a young Provincial Artist, and a native of Derbyshire, which does the Painter great credit, being a likeness uncommonly striking. Dr. Pegge being an old gentleman well known, with a countenance of much character, the Portrait was taken at the request of Mr. Needham; who, after exhibiting it to his Patrons and Friends, made a present of it to Mr. Pegge. Those who knew Dr. Pegge, and have had an opportunity of comparing the Portrait with the Print, will agree with us, that no two pictures of the same person, taken nearly at the same point of life, and so unlike each other, can both be true resemblances.—A faithful Engraving from Mr. Needham's Portrait is prefixed to the present Volume.

[24]This Print has the following inscription:

"Samuel Pegge, A.M. S.A.S.A.D. MDCCLXXXV. Æt. 81.

Impensis, et ex Voto, Gustavi Brander, Arm.Sibi et Amicis."

We cannot in any degree subscribe to the resemblance, though, the print is well engraved. There is, however, a three-quarters portrait in oil (in the possession of his grandson, Sir Christopher Pegge, and much valued by him) painted in 1788, by Mr. Elias Needham, a young Provincial Artist, and a native of Derbyshire, which does the Painter great credit, being a likeness uncommonly striking. Dr. Pegge being an old gentleman well known, with a countenance of much character, the Portrait was taken at the request of Mr. Needham; who, after exhibiting it to his Patrons and Friends, made a present of it to Mr. Pegge. Those who knew Dr. Pegge, and have had an opportunity of comparing the Portrait with the Print, will agree with us, that no two pictures of the same person, taken nearly at the same point of life, and so unlike each other, can both be true resemblances.—A faithful Engraving from Mr. Needham's Portrait is prefixed to the present Volume.

[25]He specified, in writing, about fourscore of these volumes, which were chiefly what may be called Library-books; the rest were added by his Son.

[26]In this year he printed "A Narrative of what passed at the Revolution-house at Whittington in the year 1688, with a view and plan of the house by Major Rooke (reprinted in Gent. Mag. vol. LIX. p. 124)." [See the Appendix.]

[27]See the Appendix to this Memoir.

[28]In this Discourse the venerable Preacher, taking for his text Psalm cxviii. 24, first recites, in plain and unaffected language, the blessings resulting from the event here commemorated to Church and State; and then points out the corruptions of the present age, with advice for their reformation.

[29]This solemnity took place onWednesday; and, the Church being crowded with strangers, the Sermon was repeated to the parochial congregation on the followingSunday.—Mr. Pegge was then very old, and the 5th of November N. S. was his birth-day, when he entered into the 85th year of his age.

[30]Mr. Pegge, at the time, was on a visit to his Grandson, the present Sir Christopher Pegge, M. D. then lately elected Reader of Anatomy at Christ Church, Oxford, on Dr. Lee's foundation.

[31]The only Member of the Society at the time of its Incorporation, who survived Dr. Pegge, wasSamuel Reynardson, Esq.

[32]The first Piece that appears to have been, in any degree,publishedby Dr.Pegge, was, ALatinOde on the Death of King George I. 1727. See "Academiæ Cantabrigiensis Luctus" Signature Z. z. fol. b. [Dr. Pegge was then lately elected Fellow of St. John's College (the first time) as he signs it "Sam. Pegge, A. B. Coll. Div. Joh. Evang. Soc." See before, p. xiii.]—1731. Anirregular EnglishOde on Joshua vi. 20, which he contributed to a Collection of "Miscellaneous Poems and Translations," published (with a numerous subscription) by the Rev. Henry Travers, 1731, octavo, p, 170. [See "Anonymiana," p. 327, for an account of Mr. Travers, and this publication.] A marginal note in Dr. Pegge's copy of Mr. Travers's publication tells us, that thisOdewas anacademical exercise, when the Doctor was anunder-graduateat St. John's, which was sent to theEarlofExeter. His Lordship's Ancestors had been Benefactors to the College, a circumstance which, we presume, gave rise to the custom of sending suchperiodical exercisesto the then Earl; though the practice, as far as we know, does not continue. Thus much of this Commemoration, as we believe, remains, thattwoSermons are still annually preached (the one atHatfield, and the other atBurleigh) by Fellows of the College, which we apprehend to have been enjoined by the Benefactor. TheOde, of which we have spoken, became some years after anauxiliarycontribution to Mr.Travers'sCollection from Dr. Pegge, jointly with other contemporaries, to relieve the Editor from some pecuniary embarrassments.—An Examination of "The Enquiry into the meaning of Demoniacks in the New Testament; in a Letter to the Author," 1739. An octavo (of 86 pages), with his name prefixed. [This controversy originated from the Rev. Dr. Arthur-Ashley Sykes, who published "An Enquiry into the Meaning of the Demoniacks in the New Testament" (1737). under the obscure signature of "T. P. A. P. O. A. B. I. T. C. O. S." The interpretation of this is,ThePrecentorAndPrebendaryOfAlton-Borealis,InTheChurchOfSalisbury. Dr. Sykes had been vicar of Godmersham; so thattwovicars of Godmersham became, incidentally, parties in the controversy. The question engaged several other Writers;viz.Rev. Leonard Twells, Rev. Thomas Hutchinson, and Rev. William Winston, who were followed by Dr. Pegge. He, however, entered so late into the lists, after the subject was almost worn out, that his Publication was not much attended to, though it attracted the applause of several competent judges, such as the Rev. Dr. Newcome, Master of St. John's College, Cambridge; Rev. Dr. Taylor (late Residentiary of St. Paul's); the very learned Bp. Smalbroke; and some others.]—A Sermon on St. John i. 5: "The Light Shineth in Darkness," preached on St. John's-day, 1742, atCanterburycathedral, and inscribed to his much-respected friend, Thomas Knight, Esq. ofGodmersham, inKent.—A Sermon, preached also atCanterburyCathedral during the Rebellion, 1746. [The avowed design of the Discourse was, to prove that "Popery was an encouragement to vice and immorality." This Sermon attracted the civilities (mentioned in p. xxxi.) which Dr. Pegge received fromArchbishopHerring. These are the principalprofessionalPublications by Dr. Pegge; to which ought to be added some shortpastoralandgratuitousprinted distributions at various times;viz.1755. A Discourse on Confirmation (of 23 pages, octavo), being an enlarged Sermon, preached atChesterfieldpreviously to the Bishop's triennial Visitation, and dispersed.—1767. A brief Examination of the Church Catechism, for the Use of those who are just arrived at Years of Discretion.—1790.]Frivolous as many detachedmorsels, scattered up and down in theGentleman's Magazine, may appear to some Readers, they may be called the ruminations of a busy mind; which shews an universality of reading, a love of investigation, A short Paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer (4 pages octavo), first addressed to his Parishioners of Brindle, in Lancashire, 1753; and afterwards reprinted and distributed in his three parishes of Whittington, Heath, and Wingerworth, in Derbyshire, 1790.

Frivolous as many detachedmorsels, scattered up and down in theGentleman's Magazine, may appear to some Readers, they may be called the ruminations of a busy mind; which shews an universality of reading, a love of investigation, A short Paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer (4 pages octavo), first addressed to his Parishioners of Brindle, in Lancashire, 1753; and afterwards reprinted and distributed in his three parishes of Whittington, Heath, and Wingerworth, in Derbyshire, 1790.

[33]An accurate list of these detached publications may be seen in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1796, pp. 979, 1081.

[34]We shall here specify Mr. Pegge's several Memoirs printed (by direction of the Council of the Society of Antiquaries) in the Archæologia, as being the principalcombinedwork to which he contributed. Herein we shall proceed as they successively occur in those volumes, rather than by the times at which the communications themselves were actually read before the Society.Vol. I. No. XXXVII. p. 155. Some Observations on an antique Marble of the Earl of Pembroke.—No. XXXVIII. p. 161. Dissertation on an Anglo-Saxon Jewel.—No. LV. p. 319. Of the Introduction, Progress, State, and Condition, of the Vine in Britain.—No. LVII. p. 335. A Copy of a Deed in Latin and Saxon of Odo, Bishop of Baieux, with some Observations thereon.Vol. II. No. IX. p. 68. Observations on the Mistakes of Mr. Lisle and Mr. Hearne in respect of King Alfred's Present to the Cathedrals. The late use of the Stylus, or metalline Pen. Mr. Wise's Conjecture concerning the famous Jewel of King Alfred further pursued; shewing it might possibly be part of the Stylus sent by that King, with Gregory's Pastorals, to the Monastery at Athelney.—No. XIII. p. 86. The Bull-running at Tutbury, in Staffordshire, considered.—No. XVI. p. 100. Observations on Dr. Percy's (afterwards Bishop of Dromore) Account of Minstrels among the Saxons. [See vol. III. Art. XXXIV. p. 310.]—No. XIX. p. 124. Observations on Stone Hammers.—No. XXV. p. 171. A Dissertation on the Crane, as a Dish served up at great Tables in England.—No. XXXVI. p. 276. A succinct and authentic Narrative of the Battle of Chesterfield [co. Derby], A. D. 1266, in the Reign of K. Henry III.Vol. III. No. I. p. 1. Of the Horn, as a Charter, or Instrument of Conveyance. Some Observations on Mr. Samuel Foxlow's Horn; as likewise on the Nature and Kinds of those Horns in general.—No. X. p. 39. On Shoeing of Horses among the Antients.—No. XI. p. 53. The Question considered, whether England formerly produced any Wine from Grapes. [See vol. I. Art. LV. p. 319. This Question was answered by the Hon. Daines Barrington in the 12th article of this volume, p. 67.]—No. XIV. p. 101. Remarks on Belatucader.—No. XVIII. p. 125. Memoir concerning the Sac-Friars, orFratres de Pœnitentiâ Jesu Christi, as settled in England.—No. XIX. p. 132. [Greek: Alektruonôn Agôn.] A Memoir on Cock-Fighting; wherein the Antiquity of it, as a Pastime, is examined and stated; some Errors of the Moderns concerning it are corrected; and the Retention of it among Christians absolutely condemned and proscribed.—No. XX. p. 151. An Inscription in honour of Serapis, found at York, illustrated.—No. XXXIV. p. 310. A Letter to Dr. Percy (afterwards Bishop of Dromore), on the Minstrels among the antient Saxons, occasioned by some Observations on the Subject printed in the second Volume, p. 100. [In this short Letter, Dr. Pegge very candidly acknowledges that the Bishop had removed all his doubts in the most satisfactory manner, by a more copious discussion of the subject in a subsequent edition, which the Doctor had not seen when he wrote the Memoir in vol. II. p. 100]—No. XXXVI. p. 316. Remarks on the first Noble (coined 18 Edw. III. A. D. 1344) wherein a new and more rational Interpretation is given of the Legend on the Reverse.—No. XLII. p. 371. Observations on two Jewels in the Possession of Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bart.Vol. IV. No. III. p. 29. An Enquiry into the Nature and Cause of King John's Death; wherein it is shewn that it was not effected by Poison.—No. IV. p. 47. Illustrations of a Gold enamelled Ring, supposed to have been the Property of Alhstan, Bishop of Sherburne, with some Account of the State and Condition of the Saxon Jewelry in the more early Ages.—No. VIII. p. 110. Observations on Kits Cotty House in Kent.—No. XVII. p. 190. A Dissertation on a most valuable Gold Coin of Edmund Crouchback, son of King Henry III.—No. XXVI. p. 414. Remarks on the Bones of Fowls found in Christ-church Twynham, Hampshire.Vol. V, No. I. p. 1. Observations on the History of St. George, the Patron Saint of England; wherein Dr. Pettingall's allegorical Interpretation of the Equestrian Figure on the George, and the late Mr. Byrom's Conjecture, that St. George is mistaken for Pope Gregory, are briefly confuted; and the Martyr of Cappadocia, as Patron of England, and of the Order of the Garter, is defended against both. [N. B. Dr. Pegge's Name to this Article is omitted in the Contents to the Volume; but see the Signature, p. 32.]—No. V. p. 95. On the Rudston Pyramidal Stone.—No. VII. p. 101. Remarks on Governor Pownall's Conjecture concerning the Croyland Boundary Stone.—No. XIII. p. 160. An Examination of a mistaken Opinion that Ireland, and [The Isle of] Thanet, are void of Serpents.—No. XXI. p. 224. Observations on the Stone Coffins found at Christ Church [in Hampshire].—No. XXVII. p. 272. An important Historical Passage of Gildas amended and explained.—No. XXXVI. p. 346. The Question discussed concerning the Appearances of the Matrices of so many Conventual Seals.—No. XXXIX. p. 369. Remarks on the ancient Pig of Lead [then] lately discovered in Derbyshire. [The Date is 1777.]—No. XLI. p. 390. The Penny with the name of Rodbertus IV. ascribed to Robert Duke of Normandy, and other Matters relative to the English Coinage, occasionally discussed.Vol. VI. No. VIII. p. 79. Observations on the Plague in England—No. XX. p. 150. The Commencement of the Day among the Saxons and Britons ascertained.Vol. VII. No. II. p. 19. Illustration of some Druidical Remains in the Peak of Derbyshire, drawn by Hayman Rooke, Esq.—No. IX. p. 86. Observations on the present Aldborough Church, in Holderness; proving that it was not a Saxon Building, as Mr. Somerset [i. e.John-Charles Brooke, Esq. Somerset Herald] contends.—No. XIII. p. 131. A Disquisition on the Lows, or Barrows, in the Peak of Derbyshire, particularly that capital British Monument called Arbelows.—No. XVIII. p. 170. Description of a Second Roman Pig of Lead found in Derbyshire, in the Possession of Mr. Adam Wolley, of Matlock, in that County, with Remarks.—No. XXIV. p. 211. Observations on the Chariots of the Antient Britons.—No. XXXVIII. p. 362. Observations on a Seal of Thomas, Suffragan Bishop of Philadelphia.Vol. VIII. No. I. p. 1. A Sketch of the History of the Asylum, or Sanctuary, from its Origin to the final Abolition of it in the Reign of King James I.—No. III. p. 58. Observations on the Stanton Moor Urns, and Druidical Temples.—No. XX. p. 159. A circumstantial Detail of the Battle of Lincoln, A. D. 1217 (1 Henry III).Vol. IX. No. V. p. 45. Description of another [a third] Roman Pig of Lead found in Derbyshire.—No. IX. p. 84. Observations on some Brass Celts, and other Weapons, discovered in Ireland, 1780.—No. XVIII. p. 189. Discoveries on opening a Tumulus in Derbyshire.Vol. X. No. II. p. 17. Derbeiescira Romana.—No. IV. p. 50. Some Observations of the Paintings in Brereton Church.—No. XIX. p. 156. On the hunting of the antient Inhabitants of our Island, Britons and Saxons.—No. XXIII. p. 177. Observations on an antient Font at Burnham-Deepdale, in Norfolk.The following articles appear to have been contributed by Mr. Pegge to that useful and interesting reservoir of British Topographical History, theBibliotheca Topographica Britannica; viz.No. XVII. A Memoir on the Story of Guy Earl of Warwick [1783].—No. XXI. The History and Antiquities of Eccleshal-Manor and Castle, in the County of Stafford; and of Lichfield House in London [1784]. [This Memoir is inscribed to four successive Bishops of Lichfield: the Right Rev. Dr. John Egerton (then Bishop of Durham); Hon. and Right Rev. Dr. Brownlow North, then (and still) Bishop of Winchester; Right Rev. Dr. Hurd, then Bishop of Worcester; and the Hon. and Right Rev. Dr. Cornwallis, the present Bishop of Lichfield, who has done Dr. Pegge the honour to deposit a copy of it among the Archives belonging to that See.—No. XXIV. The Roman Roads (Ikenild-Street and Bath-Way) discovered and investigated through the Country of the Coritani, or the County of Derby; with the Addition of a Dissertation on the Coritani. [1784.]—No. XXV. An Historical Account of that venerable Monument of Antiquity, the Textus Roffensis; including Memoirs of Mr. William Elstob, and his Sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Elstob. [1784.]—No. XXVIII. Some Account of that Species of Prelates formerly existing in England, usually called "Bishopsin Partibus Infidelium." [1784.] [The article before us is combined with some others to consolidate what has been written on the subject. It begins with a Letter from the Rev. Thomas Brett, LL. D. on Suffragan Bishops in England, extracted from Drake's Antiquities of York (p. 539), which is followed by a Memoir on the same Topick from the Rev. Mr. Lewis, of Margate. To these is subjoined Dr. Pegge's Account of "Bishopsin Partibus Infidelium." [N. B. This Number closes with "A List of the Suffragan Bishops in England, drawn up by the late Rev. Henry Wharton, M.A. and extracted from his MSS. in the Lambeth Library."]—No. XXXII. Sketch of the History of Bolsover and Peak Castles, in the County of Derby (in a Letter to his Grace the Duke of Portland), illustrated with various Drawings by Hayman Rooke, Esq. [1785].—No. XLI. A Sylloge of the authentic remaining Inscriptions relative to the Erection of our English Churches, embellished with Copperplates. Inscribed to Richard Gough, esq. [1787.]Independent Publications on Numismatical, Antiquarian, and Biographical Subjects: 1756. No. I. "A Series of Dissertations on some elegant and very valuable Anglo-Saxon Remains." [42 pages, 4to. with a Plate.] 1. A Gold Coin in the Pembrochian Cabinet, in a Letter to Martin Folkes, Esq. late President of the Royal Society, and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. [Dated Godmersham, 1751.] 2. A Silver Coin in the Possession of Mr. John White. [Dated Whittington, 1755.] 3. A Gold Coin in the Possession of Mr. Simpson, of Lincoln, in a Letter to Mr. Vertue. [Dated Godmersham, 1751.] 4. A Jewel in the Bodleian Library. [No place or date.] 5. Second Thoughts on Lord Pembroke's Coin, in a Letter to Mr. Ames, Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries. [Dated Whittington, 1755.] [These Dissertations are prefaced by a Question, candidly debated with the Rev. George North, Whether the Saxons coined any Gold?]—No. II. 1761. "Memoirs of Roger de Weseham, Dean of Lincoln, afterwards Bishop of Lichfield; and the principal Favourite of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln." [60 pages, 4to.] [This work (as we are told in the title-page) was intended as a prelude to the Life of that most excellent Bishop, Robert Grosseteste; which accordingly appeared (as will be mentioned) in the year 1795. These Memoirs were compiled soon after Dr. Pegge was collated, by Bishop [Frederick] Cornwallis, to the prebend ofBobenhull, in the church of Lichfield, 1757, (founded by Bishop Weseham) and gratefully inscribed to his patron the Bishop of Lichfield, and to his friend Dr. John Green, then Dean of Lincoln, as Roger de Weseham had successively filled both those dignities.

Vol. I. No. XXXVII. p. 155. Some Observations on an antique Marble of the Earl of Pembroke.—No. XXXVIII. p. 161. Dissertation on an Anglo-Saxon Jewel.—No. LV. p. 319. Of the Introduction, Progress, State, and Condition, of the Vine in Britain.—No. LVII. p. 335. A Copy of a Deed in Latin and Saxon of Odo, Bishop of Baieux, with some Observations thereon.

Vol. II. No. IX. p. 68. Observations on the Mistakes of Mr. Lisle and Mr. Hearne in respect of King Alfred's Present to the Cathedrals. The late use of the Stylus, or metalline Pen. Mr. Wise's Conjecture concerning the famous Jewel of King Alfred further pursued; shewing it might possibly be part of the Stylus sent by that King, with Gregory's Pastorals, to the Monastery at Athelney.—No. XIII. p. 86. The Bull-running at Tutbury, in Staffordshire, considered.—No. XVI. p. 100. Observations on Dr. Percy's (afterwards Bishop of Dromore) Account of Minstrels among the Saxons. [See vol. III. Art. XXXIV. p. 310.]—No. XIX. p. 124. Observations on Stone Hammers.—No. XXV. p. 171. A Dissertation on the Crane, as a Dish served up at great Tables in England.—No. XXXVI. p. 276. A succinct and authentic Narrative of the Battle of Chesterfield [co. Derby], A. D. 1266, in the Reign of K. Henry III.

Vol. III. No. I. p. 1. Of the Horn, as a Charter, or Instrument of Conveyance. Some Observations on Mr. Samuel Foxlow's Horn; as likewise on the Nature and Kinds of those Horns in general.—No. X. p. 39. On Shoeing of Horses among the Antients.—No. XI. p. 53. The Question considered, whether England formerly produced any Wine from Grapes. [See vol. I. Art. LV. p. 319. This Question was answered by the Hon. Daines Barrington in the 12th article of this volume, p. 67.]—No. XIV. p. 101. Remarks on Belatucader.—No. XVIII. p. 125. Memoir concerning the Sac-Friars, orFratres de Pœnitentiâ Jesu Christi, as settled in England.—No. XIX. p. 132. [Greek: Alektruonôn Agôn.] A Memoir on Cock-Fighting; wherein the Antiquity of it, as a Pastime, is examined and stated; some Errors of the Moderns concerning it are corrected; and the Retention of it among Christians absolutely condemned and proscribed.—No. XX. p. 151. An Inscription in honour of Serapis, found at York, illustrated.—No. XXXIV. p. 310. A Letter to Dr. Percy (afterwards Bishop of Dromore), on the Minstrels among the antient Saxons, occasioned by some Observations on the Subject printed in the second Volume, p. 100. [In this short Letter, Dr. Pegge very candidly acknowledges that the Bishop had removed all his doubts in the most satisfactory manner, by a more copious discussion of the subject in a subsequent edition, which the Doctor had not seen when he wrote the Memoir in vol. II. p. 100]—No. XXXVI. p. 316. Remarks on the first Noble (coined 18 Edw. III. A. D. 1344) wherein a new and more rational Interpretation is given of the Legend on the Reverse.—No. XLII. p. 371. Observations on two Jewels in the Possession of Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bart.

Vol. IV. No. III. p. 29. An Enquiry into the Nature and Cause of King John's Death; wherein it is shewn that it was not effected by Poison.—No. IV. p. 47. Illustrations of a Gold enamelled Ring, supposed to have been the Property of Alhstan, Bishop of Sherburne, with some Account of the State and Condition of the Saxon Jewelry in the more early Ages.—No. VIII. p. 110. Observations on Kits Cotty House in Kent.—No. XVII. p. 190. A Dissertation on a most valuable Gold Coin of Edmund Crouchback, son of King Henry III.—No. XXVI. p. 414. Remarks on the Bones of Fowls found in Christ-church Twynham, Hampshire.

Vol. V, No. I. p. 1. Observations on the History of St. George, the Patron Saint of England; wherein Dr. Pettingall's allegorical Interpretation of the Equestrian Figure on the George, and the late Mr. Byrom's Conjecture, that St. George is mistaken for Pope Gregory, are briefly confuted; and the Martyr of Cappadocia, as Patron of England, and of the Order of the Garter, is defended against both. [N. B. Dr. Pegge's Name to this Article is omitted in the Contents to the Volume; but see the Signature, p. 32.]—No. V. p. 95. On the Rudston Pyramidal Stone.—No. VII. p. 101. Remarks on Governor Pownall's Conjecture concerning the Croyland Boundary Stone.—No. XIII. p. 160. An Examination of a mistaken Opinion that Ireland, and [The Isle of] Thanet, are void of Serpents.—No. XXI. p. 224. Observations on the Stone Coffins found at Christ Church [in Hampshire].—No. XXVII. p. 272. An important Historical Passage of Gildas amended and explained.—No. XXXVI. p. 346. The Question discussed concerning the Appearances of the Matrices of so many Conventual Seals.—No. XXXIX. p. 369. Remarks on the ancient Pig of Lead [then] lately discovered in Derbyshire. [The Date is 1777.]—No. XLI. p. 390. The Penny with the name of Rodbertus IV. ascribed to Robert Duke of Normandy, and other Matters relative to the English Coinage, occasionally discussed.

Vol. VI. No. VIII. p. 79. Observations on the Plague in England—No. XX. p. 150. The Commencement of the Day among the Saxons and Britons ascertained.

Vol. VII. No. II. p. 19. Illustration of some Druidical Remains in the Peak of Derbyshire, drawn by Hayman Rooke, Esq.—No. IX. p. 86. Observations on the present Aldborough Church, in Holderness; proving that it was not a Saxon Building, as Mr. Somerset [i. e.John-Charles Brooke, Esq. Somerset Herald] contends.—No. XIII. p. 131. A Disquisition on the Lows, or Barrows, in the Peak of Derbyshire, particularly that capital British Monument called Arbelows.—No. XVIII. p. 170. Description of a Second Roman Pig of Lead found in Derbyshire, in the Possession of Mr. Adam Wolley, of Matlock, in that County, with Remarks.—No. XXIV. p. 211. Observations on the Chariots of the Antient Britons.—No. XXXVIII. p. 362. Observations on a Seal of Thomas, Suffragan Bishop of Philadelphia.

Vol. VIII. No. I. p. 1. A Sketch of the History of the Asylum, or Sanctuary, from its Origin to the final Abolition of it in the Reign of King James I.—No. III. p. 58. Observations on the Stanton Moor Urns, and Druidical Temples.—No. XX. p. 159. A circumstantial Detail of the Battle of Lincoln, A. D. 1217 (1 Henry III).

Vol. IX. No. V. p. 45. Description of another [a third] Roman Pig of Lead found in Derbyshire.—No. IX. p. 84. Observations on some Brass Celts, and other Weapons, discovered in Ireland, 1780.—No. XVIII. p. 189. Discoveries on opening a Tumulus in Derbyshire.

Vol. X. No. II. p. 17. Derbeiescira Romana.—No. IV. p. 50. Some Observations of the Paintings in Brereton Church.—No. XIX. p. 156. On the hunting of the antient Inhabitants of our Island, Britons and Saxons.—No. XXIII. p. 177. Observations on an antient Font at Burnham-Deepdale, in Norfolk.

The following articles appear to have been contributed by Mr. Pegge to that useful and interesting reservoir of British Topographical History, theBibliotheca Topographica Britannica; viz.No. XVII. A Memoir on the Story of Guy Earl of Warwick [1783].—No. XXI. The History and Antiquities of Eccleshal-Manor and Castle, in the County of Stafford; and of Lichfield House in London [1784]. [This Memoir is inscribed to four successive Bishops of Lichfield: the Right Rev. Dr. John Egerton (then Bishop of Durham); Hon. and Right Rev. Dr. Brownlow North, then (and still) Bishop of Winchester; Right Rev. Dr. Hurd, then Bishop of Worcester; and the Hon. and Right Rev. Dr. Cornwallis, the present Bishop of Lichfield, who has done Dr. Pegge the honour to deposit a copy of it among the Archives belonging to that See.—No. XXIV. The Roman Roads (Ikenild-Street and Bath-Way) discovered and investigated through the Country of the Coritani, or the County of Derby; with the Addition of a Dissertation on the Coritani. [1784.]—No. XXV. An Historical Account of that venerable Monument of Antiquity, the Textus Roffensis; including Memoirs of Mr. William Elstob, and his Sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Elstob. [1784.]—No. XXVIII. Some Account of that Species of Prelates formerly existing in England, usually called "Bishopsin Partibus Infidelium." [1784.] [The article before us is combined with some others to consolidate what has been written on the subject. It begins with a Letter from the Rev. Thomas Brett, LL. D. on Suffragan Bishops in England, extracted from Drake's Antiquities of York (p. 539), which is followed by a Memoir on the same Topick from the Rev. Mr. Lewis, of Margate. To these is subjoined Dr. Pegge's Account of "Bishopsin Partibus Infidelium." [N. B. This Number closes with "A List of the Suffragan Bishops in England, drawn up by the late Rev. Henry Wharton, M.A. and extracted from his MSS. in the Lambeth Library."]—No. XXXII. Sketch of the History of Bolsover and Peak Castles, in the County of Derby (in a Letter to his Grace the Duke of Portland), illustrated with various Drawings by Hayman Rooke, Esq. [1785].—No. XLI. A Sylloge of the authentic remaining Inscriptions relative to the Erection of our English Churches, embellished with Copperplates. Inscribed to Richard Gough, esq. [1787.]

Independent Publications on Numismatical, Antiquarian, and Biographical Subjects: 1756. No. I. "A Series of Dissertations on some elegant and very valuable Anglo-Saxon Remains." [42 pages, 4to. with a Plate.] 1. A Gold Coin in the Pembrochian Cabinet, in a Letter to Martin Folkes, Esq. late President of the Royal Society, and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. [Dated Godmersham, 1751.] 2. A Silver Coin in the Possession of Mr. John White. [Dated Whittington, 1755.] 3. A Gold Coin in the Possession of Mr. Simpson, of Lincoln, in a Letter to Mr. Vertue. [Dated Godmersham, 1751.] 4. A Jewel in the Bodleian Library. [No place or date.] 5. Second Thoughts on Lord Pembroke's Coin, in a Letter to Mr. Ames, Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries. [Dated Whittington, 1755.] [These Dissertations are prefaced by a Question, candidly debated with the Rev. George North, Whether the Saxons coined any Gold?]—No. II. 1761. "Memoirs of Roger de Weseham, Dean of Lincoln, afterwards Bishop of Lichfield; and the principal Favourite of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln." [60 pages, 4to.] [This work (as we are told in the title-page) was intended as a prelude to the Life of that most excellent Bishop, Robert Grosseteste; which accordingly appeared (as will be mentioned) in the year 1795. These Memoirs were compiled soon after Dr. Pegge was collated, by Bishop [Frederick] Cornwallis, to the prebend ofBobenhull, in the church of Lichfield, 1757, (founded by Bishop Weseham) and gratefully inscribed to his patron the Bishop of Lichfield, and to his friend Dr. John Green, then Dean of Lincoln, as Roger de Weseham had successively filled both those dignities.

[35]Both these are engraved in the "Antiquaries Museum," from drawings made by Mr. Schnebbelie.Edit.

[36]It appears, from traditional accounts, that Lord Delamere, an ancestor of the present Earl of Stamford and Warrington, was also at this meeting.H. Rooke.

[37]Kennett.

[38]A Provincial name for aMagpye.

[39]Rapin, XV. 199.

[40]Deering's Nottingham, p. 258.

[41]Son and heir of Conyers Earl of Holderness.

[42]For the Earl of Devonshire's proceedings at Derby and Whittington see Mr. Deering's History of Nottingham, p. 260. Mr. Drake, p. 177 of his Eboracum, just mentions the Earl of Danby's appearance at York.

[43]Sir John Dalrymple's "Continuation of Memoirs of Great Britain."

[44]Samuel Pegge.

[45]Whittington Moor.

[46]Earl of Devon, Earl of Danby, and Mr. John D'Arcy.

[47]Birth-day of the Rev. Samuel Pegge, 1704.

[48]Father Paul.

[49]"The Committee appointed by the Lords and Gentlemen at the last Chesterfield Races, to conduct and manage the Celebration of the intended Jubilee, on the Hundredth Anniversary of the glorious Revolution, at the Revolution House in Whittington, in the County of Derby, where measures were first concerted for the promotion of that grand constitutional event, in these midland parts, have this day met, and upon consideration, come to the following resolutions:That General Gladwin do take the chair at this meeting. That the Rev. Samuel Pegge be requested to preach a Sermon on the occasion, at Whittington Church, on the 5th day of November next. That the Gentlemen who intend to honor the meeting with their company, do assemble at Whittington Church, exactly at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of that day to attend divine service. That immediately after service, they meet at the Revolution House, where a cold collation will be provided. That they go in procession from thence to Chesterfield, where ordinaries will be provided at the Angel, Castle, and Falcon inns. That the meeting be open to all friends of the Revolution. That letters be written to the Dukes of Devonshire and Leeds, and the Earl of Stamford, to request the honour of their attendance at that meeting. That there be a ball for the Ladies in the evening at the Assembly Room in Chesterfield. That a subscription of one guinea each be entered into for defraying the extraordinary expenses on the occasion, and that the same be paid into the hands of Messrs. Wilkinson's, in Chesterfield. That the Committee do meet again on Wednesday the 8th of October next, at the Angel Inn, in Chesterfield, at one o'clock. That these resolutions be published in the Derby and Nottingham newspapers, and in the St. James's of Whitehall, and Lloyd's Evening Posts, and the London and English Chronicles.Chesterfield, Sept. 27, 1788.Henry Gladwin, Chairman."

That General Gladwin do take the chair at this meeting. That the Rev. Samuel Pegge be requested to preach a Sermon on the occasion, at Whittington Church, on the 5th day of November next. That the Gentlemen who intend to honor the meeting with their company, do assemble at Whittington Church, exactly at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of that day to attend divine service. That immediately after service, they meet at the Revolution House, where a cold collation will be provided. That they go in procession from thence to Chesterfield, where ordinaries will be provided at the Angel, Castle, and Falcon inns. That the meeting be open to all friends of the Revolution. That letters be written to the Dukes of Devonshire and Leeds, and the Earl of Stamford, to request the honour of their attendance at that meeting. That there be a ball for the Ladies in the evening at the Assembly Room in Chesterfield. That a subscription of one guinea each be entered into for defraying the extraordinary expenses on the occasion, and that the same be paid into the hands of Messrs. Wilkinson's, in Chesterfield. That the Committee do meet again on Wednesday the 8th of October next, at the Angel Inn, in Chesterfield, at one o'clock. That these resolutions be published in the Derby and Nottingham newspapers, and in the St. James's of Whitehall, and Lloyd's Evening Posts, and the London and English Chronicles.

Chesterfield, Sept. 27, 1788.

Henry Gladwin, Chairman."

[50]Another son, Christopher, died an infant in 1736.

[51]Who died in 1775, in his 89th year.

[52]Who married Anne-Katharine, Mr. S. Pegge's only sister.

[53]She died Oct. 23, 1807, in her 82d year.

[54]A few extracts from his Letters are given in p. lxxxiii.

[55]Had Mr. Pegge lived to have completed his whole design, the Title would have run thus: "Hospitium Regis; or, a History of the Royal Household, and the several Officers thereof, principally in the Departments of the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole. Collected and digested by Samuel Pegge, Esq. F.S.A."

[56]The History of Somerset House was with Mr. Pegge a favourite subject; and to this, with the exception of the two concluding pages, he had put the finishing hand.

[57]Announced by the Author in his Introduction to Part III. and by himself very nearly completed for the press.

[58]Of this Elegy Mr. Pegge printed only a few copies to be given to particular Friends; but, by his permission, it was re-printed for sale by Mr. Joseph Bradley, of Chesterfield.

[59]See the "Illustrations of Literature," vol. I. p. 427.

[60]The Books in the Library at Whittington had, probably, not been dusted for 20 to 30 years.

[61]Mr. Gough was then Director of the Society of Antiquaries.

[62]This striking resemblance of my worthy old friend Dr. Pegge, which I have often had the agreeable opportunity of comparing with the Original when conversing with the good Doctor at Whittington, is now in the possession of his Grandson, Sir Christopher Pegge; by whose kind permission a faithful Engraving from it, admirably executed by Philip Andinet, accompanies the present Publication.

[63]Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. John Bourne, of Spital, was married, Jan. 1, 1800, to Robert Jennings, Esq. of Hull.

[64]Mr. John Belt, of York, Surgeon, died Jan. 23, 1800.

[65]So he humourously styled the Printer's Errand Boys.

[66]Henry II.

[67]William Rufus.

[68]See Letters concerning the present state of Poland, printed for T. Payne, 1773, Letter iii. p. 57.

[69]Lord Corke's Letters from Italy, published 1773, p. 52.

[70]Dr. Burney, in his Present State of Munich, in Germany, vol. I. pp. 205, 295.

[71]Called Codex Wintoniensis. See Sir John Spelman's Life of Alfred.

[72]Lord Lyttelton's Life of Henry II. vol. i. p. 74; edit. 8vo.

[73]Domesday Book.

[74]Rapin.

[75]"Pro more suo, extorsit multum pecuniæ suis subditis ubicunque haberet aliquem pretextum, sive jure sive aliter." Chron. Sax. p. 187. In another place the writer says, he extorted money, "partim justè, maximâ verò ex parte injustè, rebus parùm urgentibus." p. 191.

[76]Lord Lyttelton's Henry II. vol. i. p. 74.

[77]Gentleman of the Bed-chambermeans what we now call aLord of the Bed-chamber; which last is a title of a late introduction. When theGentlemanwas the superior, the next subordinate Officer was theGroom; which last title continues to this day. Had the first been originally calledLords, the latter would probably have been styled theGentleman. William of Malmsbury speaks of theCubiculariusin that ridiculous instance of William Rufus's absurd profusion with respect to the price of a pair of hose; by whom, I should suppose, he means an inferior Officer of theBed-chamber, by the rough language he uses to him; no less than calling him ason of a whore.—Filî, ait, meretricis.

[78]Life of Henry II. vol. i. p. 74.

[79]Dividens Familiam in tres Turmas, singulis Turmis singulos Principes imposuit; et unusquisque Princeps cum suâ Turmâ per unum mensem in Regis Ministerio Palatium conservavit. Uno mense completo, exiens ad proprios agros cum suâ Turmâ, propriis negotiis per duorum mensium spatium intendebat; et interim secundus Princeps per unum mensem, et tertius Princeps per alium mensem post illum in Regis Palatio ministrabat: ut postea propriis utilitatibus per duos menses quælibet Turma vacaret. Hâc revolutione Servorum suorum, totiusque familiæ suæ rotatione, usus est omni tempore vitæ suæ. Ingulph. Hist. p. 870.

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