Swift (Godwin, uncle to the Dean), ii. 226. His
widow, xxii. 85. See Pedigree, ii. 222. Some par-
ticulars of his famous iron-works, xiv. 310.
(Adam, uncle to the Dean, ii. 227. XV. 24.
He and Mr. Lownds married two sisters, xxi. 223.
His daughter Nanny married a Mr. Perry, ibid.
(Jonathan). Father to the Dean, i. 79. ii. 227.
See Pedigree, ii. 222.
(Abigail, the Dean's mother), ii 228. Her
death. xv. 85. Anecdote of her, 87.
(Jane, sister to the Dean), xv. 16. The
Dean engages to use his credit in a request she
had made in a very difficult matter, xxi. (9.
The Dean much displeased with her, 260. De-
sired him to get her son into the Charterhouse,
29. Lost her hearing, 308.
(Thomas, rector of Puttenham.
count of him, iii. 4. 8. Affected to be thought
author of the Tale of a Tub, iii. 4. xv. 93. A
sermon of his printed to pass for the Dean's,
ee Pedigree, ii. 222.
(Deane, grandson to Godwin by the sole
heiress of admiral Deane). Recommended by the
Dean to Mr. Pope, xx.221. His character, ibid.
The paternal estate in Herefordshire in his pos-
sesion, ibid. Has several works of sir Charles
Wogan in manuscript, xviii, 142.
(William). A cousin of the Dean's, xx. 206.
212.214.215.
(Willoughby), xv. 8.
SWIFT (JONATHAN), descended from a younger
branch of an ancient family in Yorkshire, i. 79.
Anecdotes of his family, ii. 222. Family and
arms, viii. 158.
1667. May His father Jonathan (who, with four
of his brothers, went to Ireland to practise
the law) died; leaving his widow (Abigail
Erick, of Leicester, to whom he had been
married about two years) one child, a
daughter, and pregnant with another, i.79.
See Pedigree, ii. 222.
1667. Nov. 30. Jonathan born seven months after
his father's death, i. 79. ii. 228.
1668. Carried to Whitehaven, at a year old, by his
nurse, a native of that place, i. 80.
1673. At six years of age, sent to school at Kil-
kenny, i. 80. ii. 229.
1681. At about fourteen years of age, admitted in
the university of Dublin, i. 80. Where
he became attached to a miss Waryng,
ii. 4.
1685. Denied his bachelor's degree there for insuf-
ficiency; but obtained it at length, speciali
gratia, i. 82. ii. 229.
1686. Drew the first sketch of the Tale of a Tub,
i. 84.
1688. Came to Leicester, to take advice from his
mother what course of life he should pur-
sue; she advised him to go to sir William
Temple, who immediately took him under
his protection, 89.
1689. In June, addresses an ode to sir William,
1690. Had the honour of conversing familiarly with
king William at Sheen, who offered to
make him a captain of horse, and probably
promised him ecclesiastical preferment, 92.
1691. By the advice of his physicians, went to Ire-
land, for his health, ii. 230.
Feb. 11. Having been returned seven weeks,
asserts that he had, in that time, written
on all manner of subjects, more than per-
haps any other man in England, xv. 2.
Suspected of an intention to marry a Lei-
cester woman, which he with some warmth
denies, ii. 3. xv. I.
Admitted ad eundem at Oxford;
and, July 5, took his master's degree there
at the same time with his cousin Thomas,
who was then of Baliol College, while our
author was at Hart Hall, i. 93. See Pedi-
gree, ii. 222.
Acknowledged the civility he met with at
Oxford, xv. 6.
1693. Dispatched by sir William Temple to Ken-
sington, to explain to the king the nature
of the bill for shortening the duration of
parliaments, ii. 231.
Mortified by sir William Temple's censure
and contempt of burlesque writing, iii.
1694. Thinking himself neglected by his patron
(who offered, however, to make him his
deputy as master of the rolls in Ireland.)
went to Ireland, and took orders, i. 95. ii.
231. XV. 8. His letter to sir W. Temple,
requesting a certificate for this purpose, 9.
June 3.
Wished to have been chaplain to
the factory at Lisbon, xv. 8.
Presented by lord Capel to the prebend of
Kilroot; but was soon persuaded by sir
William Temple to resign it, and return to
him in England, i. 95. ii. 232. XV. 21.
1697. Wrote the Battle of the Books, in compliment
to his friend and patron, whom he makes
his hero, and digressions in the Tale of a
Tub, i. 101. His studies during this year,
Imbibed his aversion for Bentley from sir
Wiliam Temple, xxiv. 29.
1699. Sir William Temple dying, Swift presented
a memorial to king William, reminding
him of his promise to promote him to a
prebend of Canterbury or Westminster, but
without effect, i. 102. 106. 107. ii. 232.
1699. Invited by the earl of Berkeley to go with
him as chaplain and private secretary to
Ireland; but turned out of the latter office,
to make room for one Bush, 107. 1:8.
Rejected from being made dean of Derry, and
presented to the livings of Laracor and
Rathbeggan, 108. 109. ii, 232.
Wrote his Resolutions for Old Age, xiv. 62.
1701. During his residence at Laracor, invited miss
Johnson to Ireland, i. 11. See Stella.
Took his doctor's degree in Ireland; and
soon after went to England, with lord
Berkeley, for the first time after his settle-
ment at Laracor, i. 112. vi. 274.
Wrote The Contests and Dissensions of the No-
bles and Commons in Athens and Rome, which
he sent very privately to the press, i. 113.
vi. 279.
1702. Hearing of the great approbation his pam-
phlet had received, acknowledged himself
to be the author; which introduced him
to the familiar acquaintance of the lords
Halifax and Somers, bishop Burnet, and
other great men, vi. 279.
1703. Wrote the Meditation on a Broomstick, and
Tritical Essay on the Faculties of the Mind,
i. 17. Also against the bill against occa-
sional conformity, but did not publish this
tract, xv. 32.
1704. The Tale of a Tub first published in London,
His character of Mrs. Johnson, in three let-
ters to his rival Dr. Tisdall, xv. 26. 2y. 34.
1708. Published his Argument against abolishing
Christianity, i. 126. Contents of a volume
he had intended to publish at this time,
i. 129.
In November, was in hopes of going secre
tary to Vienna; but proposed, if he was
disappointed, to solicit the living of St.
Nicholas, Dublin, 131. XV. 54. 55.
Thought of for bishop of Virginia, i. 131.
xv. 66.
1709. Published his Project for the Advancement of
Religion, i. 131.
Became acquainted with Vanessa. See Van-
homrigh.
1710. Receives an account of his mother's death,
xv. 86.
Empowered by the primate of Ireland to so-
licit the queen to exonerate the clergy of
Ireland from paying the twentieth part of
their first-fruits, an office executed by him
with punctuality and success, though in
vain attempted before by two bishops from
Ireland, vi. 283. xiii. 259. xxi.3. See
First-fruits.
Got himself represented to Mr. Harley, to
whom his name was well known, as one
who had been extremely ill used by the
late ministry, i. 137. 175.
Received by Mr. Harley with great kindness
and respect, i. 137. xxi. 26:
Equally caressed by both parties, xv. 98.
Requested by Mr. Harley to exert his pen
in
vindication of the new measures of govern-
ment, vi. 283.
Became personally acquainted with the rest
of the ministry, who all courted and cares-
sed him with uncommon assiduity, i. 138.
Wrote the Examiner No. 14-45, from Nov.
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