To Dr. DUCAREL.

"DEAR DOCTor, Faversham, April 21, 1771. "I will have patience till the Transactions come out, and not give you the trouble of sending your answer, which I am not in the least dubious will lay your doughty Opponent * as flat as a timber-log. I had not Mr. Gough's + book, when you desired my information, but have since procured it; and it pleases me very much, and I can make but little additions to it. Johnson's Second Iter Cantianum, 1634; Sir George Sondes's own Narrative of his Son's Murder; a Sheet of the Fossils in Kent, among the Memoirs for the Curious;' and Mr. Lewis's Ecclesiastical Map, are all that occur to me at present. I am possessed of Dr. Plot's MSS. and Sir Roger Twisden's from Warburton's Collection. Some few he mentions I want, and will procure when I can.

"I bought at Mr. Webb's sale, by a Friend, a curious book of Kentish Arms, on vellum, by Mr. Southouse, son of the Author of the Monasticon Favon. which I value highly. There were two Visitations, &c. of Kent, in a late Herald-painter's sale, which I knew not of, otherwise I should have become a purchaser, I doubt not, as I do not value going a little out of the way for pleasure on my Hobby.

"I have to beg the favour of your informing me who is Lessee to the Archbishop for the Tithes or Parsonage of Tong in our neighbourhood, and where he dwells. I beg this, presuming you may be easily informed by his Grace's Secretary. If you can learn, the earliest notice will oblige me. It is to serve a Friend I inquire; and I shall gladly return the favour when in my power. That this may meet you in perfect health, is the true wish of, dear Sir, your obedient humble servant, E. JACOB." "DEAR DOCTOR, Faversham, June 1, 1772.

"Farrer has agreed to sell the walls of Richborough; but the purchaser made the contract, with a proviso that he could separate the stones, which on trial he could not accomplish, and so the bargain is off, if I am rightly informed. My drawing is a very coarse and untrue one of Mr. Warburton. Mr. Boys, of Sandwich, has been very busy about the place, and his account bye and bye I shall have, for which I can be answerable, he is so exact in what he undertakes. I never saw Gostling's by Muxted, nor ever heard him speak of it. I wonder whether Grose has taken any drawings of it. I shall long for the 8th, when I shall get Marsh to meet you. In the interim I remain

"Your very humble servant, "DEAR DOCTOR,

EDW. JACOB." Faversham, May 20, 1773. "The MS. you sent for my perusal was undoubtedly Filmer Southouse's. I have perused him carefully, and find some new information, though not much, as Lewis had perused it, and made good use of it, and myself had collected whatever he says * On the subject of the Chesnut being indigenous in this Kingdom. See the "Literary Anecdotes," vol. VI. p. 385.

+ The first Edition of "Anecdotes of British Topography.”

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of the Town. It is the very book I have been in search of these 30 years. It was in Godfrey's Library, which Mr. West bought, but could not be found there on enquiry some years since *.

"I am in the same situation as I was when I acquired his Father's Monasticon with his MS notes, disappointed in both. There is in it An Account of the Riches of the Church in 1556;' and I have one before the Reformation, so have transcribed that, and taken copies of the few Arms I had not before, that were in the windows. All his Monumental Inscriptions are in Lewis, so that you will perceive, though it is a rarity as a MS. yet as it has mostly been printed, it is not of the use one might wish; yet, as a local curiosity, I should like to have it, if you would choose to part with it, as I have his Notes on the Monasticon, and his very curious book of painted Kentish Arms bought at Mr. Webb's Sale.

"Thanks for your account of the Tradescants. I have the Catalogue without the Heads; wish they had been there, as they would have been much at your service. This comes by means of a Friend, carefully I doubt not. I should have been glad to see you under my roof on the Visitation; as that cannot be, I will, if possible, see how you are when at Canterbury. In the interim, I am your obliged humble servant, EDW. JACOB."

From WALTER JOHNSON †, Esq.

Spalding, Dec. 7, 1754.

"WORTHY DOCTOR, "As in your obliging Letter to my Father you desire an early answer, I have the pleasure at his instance (who hath long been much indisposed, and as yet continues unable to write himself), to acknowledge that favour received in due time, with the ingenious account of your Tour through Normandy,' with your judicious remarks thereon, which he did us the pleasure at our last meeting on Thursday at our Society to communicate, and which gave us great pleasure.

"What notices may from his Collections in any ways contribute to illustrate our Norman Antiquities, he will, when able, himself send you an account of. They may some of them prove the more worthy your notice, as Ivo Talbois, Earl of Anjou, was Lord of this place, and of all the remains of the Mercian Kingdom, in the right of the Lady Lucy his wife, Countess of Lincoln and Leicester, and Lady of Coventry; and the Patron of this rich Benedictine Monastery, which, as Ingulphus Abbot of Croyland reports at large, he injuriously asserted against the Abbot of Croyland, and by favour of his Uncle William the Conqueror, whose Sister's Son he was, subjected our Convent here to his Abbey of St. Nicholas at Aungiers.

* Indorsed, "Presented this MS. to Mr. Jacob. It is an 8vo, with drawings of some Monuments, &c. long since destroyed, and is of the hand-writing of Filmer Southouse, Steward of the Court at Feversham, A.D. 1701. A. C. D."

† Of whom see the "Literary Anecdotes," vol. VI. p. 92.

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"On scouring out the channel of the River Welland, which runs through this town, and was a navigable creek to the sea (not many years since), were found and produced at our meetings many matters, some of which he takes to be Norman.

"That Lady, and her after-husband Earl of Lincoln, resided at her Castle here, where Ivo Talbois (and she long after) died, and were buried near the High Altar at the Conventual Church, of which Church he hath a drawing on vellum or parchment, very ancient. Nothing is now remaining of the said Church or Castle, save the Foss of the Keep, and some ruins of the great Gate and Office of the Convent.

"The true descent of this Ivo Talbois Earl of Anjou my Father certainly knows not, but from some Memoirs of the Family of Sablon in Normandy,' and what Dodsworth hath said of him in the first Monasticon Anglicanum, nor when or upon what occasion this Castle was demolished.

"He hath preserved several carved stones, which came out of the Castle and Foundations of the Conventual Church; and amongst his Collection of Coins, hath several brass or copper pieces of different sizes, and very various figures (some of which seem to he Norman), dug out of the Castle Fields, the Abbey Yard, and out of the bed of the River Welland, of which, as soon as he shall be able, he will send you a farther account. These pieces, commonly esteemed jettons, or counters, were (as several of the Venetians, and likewise of the Hans Towns), he supposes, by their being found in such plenty, here used in traffick.

"We join in services to yourself and to the Antiquarian Society, whom my Father says, if he can serve in relation to your undertaking, he will most willingly do it. I am, Sir,

"Your most humble servant,

WALTER JOHNSON."

Rev. Dr. BENJ. KENNICOTT* to Dr. Ducarel.

Sept. 6, 1761.

"SIR, "I thank you for your obliging letter of the 29th of last month, particularly about Mr. Meerman's intentions. I hope to send the answer to his enquiries some time next week, and shall, at last, I persuade myself, satisfy him on that point.

Any accounts of Hebrew MSS. which your regard for my Work and me shall very kindly procure, either from Sweden, or Gottingen, or Brunswick, or any other place, will be highly acceptable. When I revisit London next Winter, I shall not forget my first volume, in testimony of my obligations.

"I was lately favoured with a very obliging letter from Mr. A. Hervey Milles, whom you invited to meet me at your table. As you are his intimate acquaintance, and, I presume, see him frequently, I beg you to express my best thanks to him in return for the civility of his Letter, and for his wishes to assist my Work. "I here inclose two copies of the Latin Proposals, agreeably to your friendly request; and am, Sir, &c. B. KENNICOTT."

* See the "Literary Anecdotes," vol. VII. pp. 214. 608.

Letters

Letters to and from Sir GEORGE LEE*.

To Dr. DUCAREL.

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"SIR, St. James's Square, July 10, 1755. "Having, in conversation with my Lord Chancellor, mentioned that I had seen Sir Nathaniel Lloyd's Account of Lord Keeper Wrighte's Decree upon the Dissolution of the Savoy,' his Lordship expressed a great desire to see it; and begged I would endeavour to procure him a copy of it. I shall be very much obliged to you if you can supply me with a copy for my Lord Chancellor's use. I shall go out of town next Saturday, but shall return again in five or six days. I am, Sir,

"Your most obedient humble servant,

To the Right Hon. Sir GEORGE LEE.

GRO. LEE."

July 11, 1755.

"SIR, "I am very sorry I happened to be out yesterday when your servant brought your most obliging Letter, in answer to which I have herewith taken the liberty of sending you a copy of Sir Nath. Lloyd's Account of Lord Keeper Wrighte's Decree upon the Dissolution of the Savoy,' for the use of my Lord Chancellor ; and if you are desirous of one for yourself, be pleased, Sir, to command it at any time. To this, Sir, give me leave to add, that I know where some old Records and Statutes relating to the Savoy might be found, if such were thought necessary to be consulted at this time.

"I am very glad, Sir, I had an opportuity of conveying these papers to your hands before you went into the Country. I heartily wish you a pleasant journey, and beg leave to subscribe myself your most obedient servant, A. C. DUCAREL."

To Dr. DUCAREL.

« SIR, St. James's Square, July 11, 1755. "I return you a great many thanks for your very obliging Letter, and for the copy of Lord Keeper Wrighte's Sentence, &c. which I shall send to my Lord Chancellor's. When you are quite at leisure, I shall be glad to have a copy of it for my own use; but I beg you will not let me interfere with any other business. I will inform his Lordship of what you mention concerning Records and Statutes relating to the Savoy. Possibly they may be of use on the Trial of the Curate of the Savoy now in custody, if he should put his defence upon a right of jurisdiction. "I am, with great regard, &c. GEO. LEE."

*This eminent Civilian was educated at Christ Church, Oxford; B. C. L. 1724; D. C. L. and admitted at Doctors Commons, Oct. 23, 1729. He was elected M. P. for Brackley in 1734, and again in 1741; appointed a Commissioner of the Admiralty in 1743; elected M. P. for Leskard in 1747; and for Launceston in 1754. In 1751, on the death of Dr. John Bettesworth, he obtained the offices of Dean and Official Principal of the Arches, and Judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, with the title of a Knight, and the dignity of a Privy Counsellor; and died Dec. 18, 1758, aged 64. See more of him in the "Literary Anecdotes," vol. VII. pp. 226. 613.

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Mr. WILLIAM MASSEY✶ to Dr. DUCARel. "Wandsworth, Feb. 16, 1754. "I am very much obliged to you, Doctor, for the hints you have given me in your kind letter, and beg the continuance of your further notices. The quotation from Hickes's Thesaurus indicates, that the Reed (Calamus) was used to write withal, when Eadwin's picture was drawn; but I want to know when Quill-pens were first introduced; and I request your observation in reading books above 300 years old, in Latin or French (I think, Doctor, you understand French), where you find penna, or pluma, or une plume, put for a pen. I imagine Mr. Wanley is wrong in joining the epithet Metallinum† to Calamum; for, if it were an iron style that Eadwin held in one hand, what occasion had he for a penknife in the other?

"If I could be certain that some of the plates in your old book were copper, and that they were engraved in England, I should gain several years to my former reckoning. Pray be so good as to examine that particular critically for me; and, if you can, discover any name of the sculptor upon them.

"I should think that the word triquadrum in the Inscription signifies no more than triplex; supposing the MS text to be divided into three columns; which, as I have not seen, I cannot be positive in. Triquadrus is a corruption of triquetrus, i. e. threefold, or tripartite; Holioke and Littleton cite Cerd for their authority. So that the Inscription may in English be thus rendered: Mailbrite Mac-Durnan has well (or worthily) expounded this Book of our Lord (expressed) in three columns.

"If this explanation should be any way satisfactory, I shall be glad, who am, with due respect, your real friend, W. MASSEY." "DR. DUCAREL, Wandsworth, March 26, 1754.

"Your favours of the 22d instant lie before me. As the MS. was not divided into three columns, it is very probable, you have hit upon the sense of the word triquadrum, unless, as I have since been thinking, it relates to a threefold explanation of the text; for writers of those times were fond of such interpretations, by giving a literal, analytical, analogical, &c. exposition of the Scriptures; but this I only offer as a second suggestion. I have likewise been enquiring after this Mailbright; who and what he was, but do not find that any of our Biographers mention his name. I am obliged to you for the information about Edwin, and further request of you, when your leisure will permit, to let me know, if you can, at what time our Court and Chancery Hands were first used; or, of what date the oldest specimens that you have seen of them are; and also in what Courts they are now principally continued. But if I should come to town in the interval, I will take the freedom to call * See Dr. Ducarel's Note in p. 660.

"By the bye, Metallinum is a barbarous word." W. M.

La Cerda was a Spanish Jesuit, who wrote three volumes of Commentaries upon Virgil.

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