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  June8th。——Mr。JenkinsandMr。J。Martyr{71}dined。

  9th。——ToGuildford;dinedatMr。Martyr’s;Mr。JenkinsandMr。

  Hawesthere;tothehorserace。

  10th。——GeneralEvelyn,Mr。Dyson,andCaptainWilliamsdined;tothecourse。

  July19th,Sunday。——ToChurch;walkedintheMuseumGardenswithMr。Austen。

  26th,Sunday。——ToChurchatShere;dinedatMr。Duncumb’s;drankteaatMr。Godschall’s。LordandLadyOnslowandMr。andMrs。

  Onslowthere。

  1780,Jan。16th。——InachaisetotheSpeakeratWonersh,anddined;

  toLoseleyintheevening。

  27th。——AntiquarySociety,suppedwithMr。WaddiloveatMundy’sCoffeeHouseinMaidenLane;paid1s。

  Feb。8th。——ToDruryLane,withMrs。GardinerandPolly,’PlainDealer’and’Fortunatus。’

  March28th。——ToGeneralEvelyn’s,andbreakfasted;toTurnpikemeetingatGuildford;dinedatthe’WhiteHart,’withMr。PageandCaptainOnslow;toLoseleyandlay。

  April2nd。——DinedatMr。Lomax’s。

  15th。——BreakfastedatMr。Lomax’s;rodewithhimtotheHurtwood。

  17th。——Totherace。

  18th。——Do。

  June6th。——LordMansfield’shouseburnt,upallnight。

  Nov。22nd。——DrankteawithMr。Jenkins。TotheRollsCoffeeHouse,andsupped;quadrille。

  Dec。11th。——Mr。andMrs。EyreandMr。andMrs。Meuxsuppedhere;

  quadrille。

  1781,Jan。8th。——EdwardwenttotheGuildfordBall。

  11th。—TothefirstmeetingoftheAntiquarySocietyinSomersetHouse;suppedatCoffeeHouse,withMr。Gough,Mr。Topham,&c。

  March22nd。——ToKingstonAssizes;dinedwiththeGrandJury;Mr。

  Budgen’scausetried。

  May11th。——SuppedatMr。Meux’s;whist,won9s。

  June16th。——ToSirEdwardEvelyninPiccadilly,andwithhiminhisphaetontoLeatherhead。

  July2nd。——WithDr。OsborneinhiscoachtoMr。RiceatTooting,anddined。

  Aug。3rd。——ToMr。JamesatEnfield,andlay。

  4th。——RodetoMr。Jenkins,atHampstead。

  16th。——Mr。Manningsuppedandlayhere。

  17th。——WithMr。Manning{72}toAnstedCamp;hedinedandlayhere。

  18th。——DinedatMr。Pollen’s;drankteaatMr。Polhill’s(Albury)。

  23rd。——Mr。andMrs。ShawandMr。Polhilldrankteahere。

  24th。——ToColonelClarkeatStanestreet,andbreakfasted;dinedandsuppedatMr。Duncumb’s。

  25th。——ToLoseley,andbreakfasted;dinedatthe’WhiteHart’withtheClub。

  Sept。14th。——ToMr。Page{73}atCobhamtobreakfast;toSheretodinner。

  15th。——GeneralEvelyn,Mr。andMrs。Lomax,andMr。Duncumbdinedwithus。{74}

  16th,Sunday。——DinedatMr。Godschall’s。

  17th。——BreakfastedatWotton;dinedatthe’King’sHead,’Epsom。

  1782,Feb。10th。——WalkedtoHampstead;dinedatMr。Jenkins’s;

  thencewalkedhomewithhim。{75}

  March31st。——MybrotherandIdrankteaatCapt。Finch’s(AlburyPark)。

  Sept。15th。——BreakfastedatLordGrantley’s;dinedatMr。

  Shurlock’s;drankteawithmybrother;toWotton,andlayatSirFrederick’s。

  1783,June7th。——Setoutat7forShere;breakfastedatEpsom;

  dinedatthe’WhiteHorse,’Dorking{76};paidforbreakfast,1s。;

  barber,6d。;horses,10d。;atDorking,dinnerandwine,3s。8d。;

  horses,1s。

  July3rd。——ToHarrowspeeches{77};breakfastedatthe’King’sHead,’dinedwithDr。Heath。

  Dec。30th。——Mrs。EvelynandHughdinedhere。

  1784,March11th。——TotheAntiquarySociety;suppedatHolylandsCoffeeHouse,withMr。Gough{78},Mr。Ord,Mr。Turner,Dr。

  Hamilton,Mr。Grose,Dr。Nash,andothers。

  22nd。——ToBathbycoach,setoutat4,arrivedat8。

  July24th。——RodewithMr。Topham{79}toTunbridgeWells;Mr。

  Gough,Mr。Ord,andMr。Brooke,inachaise;weallsawKnowle,anddinedatthe’WhiteHart,’Sevenoaks。

  Aug。19th。——DinedattheClubatDorking;DukeofNorfolk,SirWm。

  Gray,&c。

  Dec。26th。——Athome;physick。{80}

  1785,Jan。3rd。——Mr。andMrs。Polhillandnephew,Mr。andMrs。

  DuncumbandJohnDuncumbdinedhere。

  4th。——EdwardandIrodetoSirFredk。Evelyn’s;dinedatMr。

  Godschall’s。

  5th。——Thetenantsdinedhere。

  6th。——EdwardandIrodetoMr。Polhill’s,anddined。

  7th。——EdwardandIdinedatCaptn。Finch’s;LadyAylesfordandtwodaughters,Captn。EdwardFinch,andMr。Mordenthere。

  Feb。19th。——ToDruryLane;’Macbeth’Mrs。Siddons。

  June26th(Sunday)。——EdwardandIwalkedtoAlburyChurch;dinedatMr。Polhill’s;withhiminhischaisetoShereChurch;{81}wenttoCaptn。Pitt’s;{82}drankteaatSirFrederick’s。

  July13th。——AttendedtheSessions;dinedwiththeJusticesatthe’WhiteHart;’layatLoseley。

  14th。——BreakfastedwithMr。Mellersh;dinedatLoseley;drankteaatMr。Shurlock’s。

  1786,Jan。7th。——EdwardandIrodetoGuildford,andtheninachaisetoPepperharrow,andlaythere。ToChurchatPepperharrow。

  Chaisecame。IdinedatMr。Webb’s;drankteaatMr。Manning’s,andlayatthe’WhiteHart,’Guildford;Mr。Mellershsuppedwithme。

  June6th。——Guildfordraces。Veryunwell;didnotgouptotheDowns。

  July14th。—ToTooting,andheldacourt;dinedanddrankteaatMr。Rice’s。{83}

  Aug。2nd。——ToEatonBray。{84}

  31st。——ToCanterbury。

  Dec。28th。——DinedandlayatMrs。Tucker’s,SirHenryandLadySt。

  John;{85}whist,won9s。

  1787,Jan。10th。——ToQuarterSessionsinBorough;dinedwiththeJustices;whist,SirJosephMawbey,{86}Pardon,Lawson,andothers,till10,won10s。6d。

  Aug。28th。——Dinedathome。MissMalthus,andMissMenzies,Mr。R。

  Malthus,{87}andMr。JohnDuncumb,dranktea。

  29th。——DinedatMr。Godschall’s;Mr。andMrs。PolhillandMr。

  Wollastonthere;whisttill10;won8s。

  30th。——DinedattheClubatDorking,SirFredk。Evelyn,&c。;paidfordinner,4s。6d。

  31st。——Setoutat6;breakfastedatEpsom;homeat1;paidforbreakfast,1s。;baitofhorses,1s。

  Oct。26th。——DinedatMr。Godschall’s,between8and9;receivedbyexpressMrs。Oglethorpe’sdeath;sentforachaisefromDorking;

  setoutat2,gottoRussellStreetpast7{88};breakfasted;toMr。Sharp{89},withhimtoCranham。

  1788,June9th。——DrankteaatMr。Ruding’s。{90}

  10th。——WithMissAdees,MaryandCaroline,toVauxhall;homeat12。

  Aug。25th。{91}——Mr。andMrs。Shurlockdined。

  26th。——DinedatMr。Taylor’s。

  27th。——Mr。Godschalldinedwithus。

  28th。——ToMrs。Haynes,anddined。

  29th。——Mr。Prickett,Mr。Woodroffe;andMr。T。Duncumbdinedwithus。

  30th。——ToReigate,andlayatthe’WhiteHart。’

  31st。——DinedwithMr。Barnes;toMr。Fanshawe,{92}andlay。

  Oct。24th。——WealldinedandsuppedatMrs。Malthus’s;whist,won3s。6d。

  1789,Feb。10th。——CouncilattheSocietyofAntiquaries;{93}totheHouseofCommons。

  April28th。——DrankteaatMr。Malthus’s。

  29th。——DrankteaatMr。Shurlock’s。

  30th。——DinedatMr。Webb’s。{94}

  May1st。——ToMr。Leech,atWitley;layatMr。Webb’s。

  2nd。——Afterbreakfast,toMr。Manning;dinedatMr。Mellersh’s。

  3rd。——DinedatMr。Duncumb’s;toMr。Malthus;drankteaatMr。

  Godschall’s。

  14th。——MissAdees,Mr。RobertMalthus,andMr。Martyr,dinedwithus;suppedatLincoln’sInnCoffeeHouse(withhisantiquaryfriends)。

  June18th。——DinedwiththeDukeofNorfolk;{95}homeat8。

  July3rd。——CalledatMr。Eckersall’s;{96}drankteaatDorking。

  Aug。10th。——ToHazlegrove;laythere(SirHy。StJohnMildmay’s)。

  Nov。7th。——ToSirH。Mildmay,atDogmersfield,andlay。

  Dec。25th。——MydeardaughterCarolinediedthismorning,afterafeverofafewdays。{97}

  1790,July24th。——DinedatSirFredk。Evelyn’s。

  25th,Sunday。——DinedatCaptn。Finch’s;drankteaatMr。Malthus’s。

  26th。——DinedatMr。Duncumb’s。

  27th。——Mr。R。MalthusandtheMissesdinedhere,withCath。andMr。

  andMrs。Polhill,andMr。S。Godschall。

  28th。——DinedatMr。Shurlock’s。

  29th。——DinedatMr。Thompson’s。

  30th。——Mr。DuncumbandMr。Thos。andRobt。Duncumbsuppedhere。

  31st。——DrankteaatMr。Malthus’s。{98}

  Sept。1st。——ToMr。Jenkins’,atPutney,anddined;homeat8。

  3rd。——TookupMr。Clutton,atWalworth,andwentwithhimtoSirPeterBurrell’s,{99}atBeckenham。

  1791,June9th。——DinedatSirCharlesGould’s,withthedirectorsoftheEquitableSociety。SuppedattheCoffeeHouse,Brand,Turner,andothers。

  Sept。29th。——DinedatSirWm。Hillman’s,LordSayandSele,Mr。

  Jenkinson,Mr。Fanshawe,sen。;drankteaatMrs。Molyneux’s。

  30th。——SirWilliamHillman,Mr。Willis,Mr。Jenkinson,andMr。

  Saml。Dyson,dinedhere。

  Oct。16th,Sunday。——DinedatCaptn。Finch’s,Mr。Onslowthere。

  23rd,Sunday。——DinedatCapt。Finch’s。

  1792,Jan。2nd。——SetoutgroundtowidenSherborneLane。IntheeveningrodetoCapt。Onslow’s,atRipley,andlaythere。

  3rd。——Breakfastedthere,andtotownintheGodalmingcoach。

  Feb。8th。——DinedatEdward’s,withMr。Malthusandfamily;childchristened;whist,won3s。;paidnurse,&c。,3pounds3s。

  18th。——ToLordSydney,andwithhimtoFrognal,andlaythere。

  19th,Sunday。——Returnedat2。

  March1st。——Mr。Willisdinedhere;withhimtotheAntiquarySociety;suppedattheCoffeeHouse,LordLeicester,&c。,there。

  April12th。——ToMr。Strode,atLoseley,anddined;toMr。Webb,atMilford,andlay。

  1796,Dec。14th。——Mywifediedabout5intheafternoon;themostaffectionateofwives,tenderestofparents,andmostsincereofChristians;tohergreatprudenceanddiscretionIowetheprosperitywithwhichGodhasblessedme。

  24th。——Veryhardfrost。{100}

  1797,Feb。25th。——DinedatEdward’s,Mr。Godschall,senior,&c。;

  Reginaldchristened;paidEdwardDuncumbforadrawingofCombeBottom,2pounds2s。;frameandglass,10s。6d。

  March21st。——Dinedatthe’CrownandAnchor’(Antiquaries’Club),Dr。Hamilton,SirWm。Musgrave,Mr。CharlesTownshend,Mr。Weston,Seward,Brand,Ord,Lysons;teaattheCoffeeHouse(Holyland’s)

  paid,fordinner,2s。;tea,11d。

  Aug。14th。——InSouthamptonlongcoachtotownat6;breakfastedatAlton;dinedat’CatherineWheel,’atEgham;drankteaatHatchett’s。

  24th。——RodewithEdwardtoMr。Jenkins’s,atPutney,dinedanddranktea。Homeat8。

  Oct。13th。——ToLeatherheadtoMr。Cooper’s;toShere;nodinner。

  14th。——Dinedatthe’WhiteHart,’Guildford;drankteaatMr。

  Polhill’s(Albury)。

  15th,Sunday。——ToAlburyChurch;dinedatMr。Malthus’s。

  22nd。——ToMr。CurrieatEastHorsley;dinedandlaythere。

  Nov。3rd。——ToMr。Austen’s;hediedabout9。

  11th。——WithMr。HalseyandDr。Benamoreat1;fromMr。Austen’shousewiththefuneral;dinedatKingston;layatthe’WhiteLion,’

  Cobham。

  12th。——Mr。CoussmaherandMr。Martyrmetusatthe’GreenMan’;gottoShalfordby1。

  16th。——WithMasterAustentoHarrow。

  Dec。16th。——ToGuildford;dinedattheClub;whist;paid5s。;won3s。

  17th。——DinedandlayatMr。Martyr’s。

  20th。——WithEdwardincoachtoLordGrantley’s,inSloaneStreet,anddined;paidcoachandturnpike,4s。2d。

  1798,Jan。19th。——ToLordGrenville,theDukeofPortland,{101}

  &c。;dinedatMr。Harrison’s。

  23rd。——Dinedatthe’CrownandAnchor’withtheAntiquaries’Club,Dr。Hamilton,SirWm。Musgrave,Dr。Halifax,Topham,Brand,Lysons,CharlesTownshend,&c。

  30th。——DinedwiththeAntiquaries’Club,Weston,Townley,&c。

  Feb。18th。——Inflammationintheeye;paidforgoldenointment,1s。

  9d。

  March4th,Sunday。——ToChurch;Mr。Bayley{102}andMr。Baxendalecalled。

  1799,Jan。14th。——SuppedatMr。Baxendale’s;whist。

  15th。——DinedatMr。Ord’s,Brand,Sabine,&c。

  16th。——Mr。HogarthandMr。andMrs。Harrisondinedhere。

  17th。——DinedatGeneralRainsford’s,SirGeorgeOsborn,ColonelSloane,andMr。RoseFuller。

  Feb。19th。——Dinedatthe’CrownandAnchor,’SirJosephBanks,Lysons,&c。

  July2nd。——Mr。Waddilove{103}andSalterdinedhere。

  3rd。——Mr。Peach,Dealtry,{104}Brand,andMrs。Davisdinedhere。

  4th。——DrankteaatMrs。Austen’s。

  5th。——DinedatMr。Dealtry’s,Mr。JamesFarrar,Mr。Blake,&c。

  6th。——ToMr。Ruding’s(atMaldon),andbreakfasted;dinedatMr。

  Filewood’s;drankteaatDr。Taylor’s。

  12th。——Mr。andMrs。DuncumbandMr。T。Duncumbdinedhere。

  13th。——BreakfastedwithMr。Currie;dinedandlayatSirJohnFrederick’s。

  14th,Sunday。——Afterbreakfast,toPeto,{105}atStokeD’Abernon,andtoChurchthere;dinedanddrankteaatMr。Cooke’s。

  31st。——DrankteaatMr。Malthus’s;walkedthroughhiscoppices,MissDaltonthere。

  Sept。19th。——ToLordSydney(inGrosvenorSquare),anddined;drankteaatMr。Andrewes’s。{106}

  Nov。17th,Sunday。——ToChurch;Dr。WillisandSerjeantBayleycalled。

  19th。——Mr。Jebbdinedhere。

  20th。——CharitySchoolMeeting。

  21st。——MajorMolyneux,CaptainVincent,Mr。Fanshawe,Mr。Willis,Mr。Andrewes,andMr。Rudingdinedhere。

  22nd。——Mr。andMrs。Godschalldinedhere;paidforlotterytickets,8pounds4s。

  23rd。——DinedandsuppedatMrs。Davis’s,SirNashGrose,&c。;

  whist。

  24th。——ToChurch;Dr。Willis,Mr。Penneck,andMr。Baxendalecalled。

  Dec。22。——Notwell。{107}

  Mr。Brayleftnotesofhistravelsboundtogether,andmakingalargebook。Mostofthehouseshesawarefullydescribed。HewasneverontheContinentorinIreland。

  HisfirstexcursionafterhistourinWalesin1769,wasin1774,intoLeicestershireandtheadjoiningcounties,whenhevisitedtheFieldofBosworth,whereitissaidthatSirReginaldBraypickedupKingRichard’scrown,andgaveittoLordStanley,whopresentedittotheDuke。

  Inthesameyear1774,hewenttwicetotheLakes。Numberofmilestravelled,703and657。

  1775。——Thetourofwhichhepublishedanaccount。

  1776。——Gloucestershire,&c。,506miles。

  1777。——Northamptonshire,Leicestershire。

  1778。——Wales,637miles。

  1779。——Matlock,Buxton。

  1780。——Nottinghamshire。

  1781。——ThePeak。

  1782。——Bath,Worcester,Malvern,406miles。

  1783。——Hastings,TunbridgeWells,IsleofWight,659miles。

  1784。——Brighton,225miles。

  1785。——Bristol,302miles。

  1786。——Cambridge,Dover,Ramsgate。

  1787。——Essex,410miles。

  1788。——Luton,Dunstable,346miles。

  1789。——Glastonbury,Weymouth,Lyme,520miles。

  1790。——Winchester。

  1792。——Oxford。

  1793。——Colchester,Lowestoft,312miles。Woburn,Eton,Bray,Wales。

  1794。——Yorkshire。

  1795。——Arundel,Petworth。

  1796。——Ross,Ledbury,392miles。

  1797。——Shrewsbury,Dovedale,614miles。

  1798。——Norwich,Ipswich,285miles。

  1799。——Brecon,Llandovery,441miles。

  MEMORANDA

  1806,Nov。15th。——Thisday,Icompletedmy70thyear,withouthavingevermetwithanyaccidentofconsequenceandwithverylittleinterruptiontomyhealth,exceptinJanuarylast,whenI

  hadaveryseriousattackbyaninflammationinmylungs,butfromwhichIamperfectlyrecovered。MyeyesightissogoodthatIcanandgenerallydousemyeyesinreadingorwritingfromthetimeofgettingupinthemorningtill10atnight。Myhearingisinnowayimpaired。Ihavenotlostonefronttoothandveryfewothers。

  Iamabletowalkorride4or5hourstogether,butIdonotridefast。Mymemoryisperhapsnotsogoodasithasbeen。OnthewholeIseemtobeinaperfectgoodstateofhealth,thanksbetoGod。

  1808,Nov。15th。——ThisdayIcompletedmy72ndyear;andthankstoGod’smerciesIfindmyselfinasperfecthealthasIeverenjoyedinmylife,andtheonlyperceivabledifferenceinanyofmysensesthatIamawareofisalittledegreeofdeafnessinmyrightear,butastheotherisperfect,Idoprettywell。MylefteyeIthinkhasnotperfectlyrecoveredthesevereinflammationwhichIhadtwoorthreeyearsago,buttheotherbeingsound,Ireadandwriteaswellandasmuchasever。Myteethremainperfectinfrontandwithoutanyadditionallosstothosewhichdecayedsomeyearsago。

  1810,April5th。——IquittedtheBoardofGreenCloth,afterhavinghadaplacetherefor49yearsandahalf。Iwasputonthesuperannuationlistatmyrequest,theLordStewardhavingkindlyprocuredleaveforit。Healso,unsolicited,gavemeleavetoresignmyplaceofClerkoftheVergetomyson。

  Nov。14th。——Afterdinner,Ifoundagiddinessinmyheadmakingmeunabletowalk,andakindofdumbconfusioninmyhead。IwrotetoMr。Heavisidetocome,whichhedidandorderedimmediatecupping。{108}Thenextmorningmycomplaintwasgone。

  1814,May30th。——ReceivedfromMr。SydenhamMalthusthemelancholynewsofmyson’sdeathatExmouth,fromtheruptureofablood—

  vesselinthelungs。

  1817,Feb。15th。——MygrandsonHenrydiedthismorning。

  1826,June16th。——InchaisetoGuildford,theCountyelection,votedforMr。SumnerandMr。Denison。{109}

  Sept。19th。——WithMaryandMissDavis,inachaise,byHorshamandHenfoldtothe’Albion’atBrighton。Dinedandlaythere;walkedontheChainPier。

  20th。——ToSeaford,Eastbourne。Dinedandlayatthe’Hope’intheSea—houses。

  21st。——TotheCastleHotel,Hastings;throughWinchelseatoRye;

  NewRomney,dinedandlaythere。

  22nd。——ToHythe,throughFolkestonetoDover;sawtheharbour;

  returnedtoHythe,the’Sun,’dinedthere。ToAshford,andlaythere。

  Sept。23rd。——ToLenham’Star’atMaidstone;WrothamHeath;

  Sevenoaks;GodstonetoReigate;CalledonMr。Glover;Dorking;

  Sherebefore7。{110}

  1828,Dec。24th。——SuchhasbeenthedecayinmyeyesightthewholeofthisyearthatIhavenotbeenabletoreadeitherprintorMS。,thoughIhavecontinuedtowriteletters,asIamwritingonthis24thofDecember。Icannotreaditwhenwritten。Ihavealsolostmyhearinginoneearinagreatdegree;subjecttothis,mybodilyhealthhasbeenwhatmaybecalledgood。Ihavebeenobligedtopaymorethan1,100poundsbythetreacheryofaclerk,andthemaliceofonewhohadbeenlongattempting,andatlasteffectedalossoflongfriendshipwithMrs。Wigzell。{111}

  1832,July5th。——Mr。Linnell,aportraitpainterwassentbymygrandsonReginaldtopaintaportraitofme。Ihadfivesittings。

  Oct,18th。——IsentmycuriousMS。oftheBishops’estatesseizedandsoldbyCromwelltoMr。Ellis,{112}tobepresentedtotheTrusteesoftheBritishMuseum。

  MR。BRAY’SLASTMEMORANDUM

  Dec。17th。——Alittlerain;athome。PaidHiggins{113}8s。3d。

  Footnotes:

  {1}ItappearsfromhisaccountoftheEvelynFamily,inthesecondvolumeofthe’HistoryofSurrey,’thathehadreadtheseMemoirsaslongbeforeas1809。

  {2}Whomheafterwardsmarried。ShewasthedaughterofMr。

  Stevens,ofPerryHill,Worplesdon,andlivedwithheraunt,Mrs。

  Norwood,atGuildford。ShewastwoyearsolderthanMr。Bray,whowasthenonlytwomonthspast19。

  {3}Mr。FlutterandhisbrotherwereMayorsofGuildfordmorethanonce,andthenameofFlutterappearstwiceinthelistofMayorsinthereignofCharlesII。

  {4}Aladofnineteen。

  {5}Mr。DuncumbwasRectorofShere。HisfatherhadpurchasedtheadvowsonfromMr。EdwardBray,andwasaconnexionbymarriage。

  {6}Mr。WilpleywaswhatwasthencalledanApothecary。

  {7}Mr。Emilywashiscousin,theirgrandfathershavingmarriedthedaughtersofVincentRandyll,ofChilworth。

  {8}JackywasMr。Martyr’sson。HewascalledtotheBar,andlivedatGuildfordtoanadvancedage。

  {9}Themedicalchargefortheinoculationwas4pounds4s。

  {10}HehadverylittletodoatMr。Martyr’s。InthesummerhewasoftenattheBowling—green,andtooklongwalkswithhisfriends,maleandfemale。Itwasnotrequiredthatanymarriedladyshouldjointhewalkingparties。

  {11}AHessianregimentwasquarteredatGuildfordforsometime。

  Theirbandwasagreatattraction。

  {12}AnattorneyatGuildford。GrandfatheroftheRev。JohnChandler。

  {13}BeingofageandoutofhisarticlestoMr。Martyr,hewenttoLondon,andtooklodgingsthere。Mr。Adderley,ofNewInn,receivedhiminhischambersforinstructioninhisprofession,buthisattendancetherewasnotregular。

  {14}Mr。JenkinswasinMr。Adderley’soffice,andafterwardsenteredintopartnershipwithMr。Bray。Mr。Jameswasalsointhesameoffice。

  {15}HewenttohisFrenchmasterforsomemonths,anhouratatime;notregularly。

  {16}Aboutthistimeheboughtmanybooks,allatlowprices,atstallsandauctions。

  {17}Playingatcardsalmosteverynight,andalwaysforcoin,hehadapurseonpurpose。

  {18}WhilstatGuildfordhelodgedatBaptist’sfor7s。aweek。

  Hedinedatthe’WhiteHart,’for10d。

  {19}Hesoldthisstocktopay23pounds12s。6d。forViner’s’AbridgmentoftheLaw。’

  {20}HevisitedMissStevensalmosteveryday,buthewasnotmuchlessinothersocietythanformerly,andhewasseldomaloneatanytimeofthedayorevening。

  {21}DaughtersofDr。Adee,aphysician,whoafterwardswenttoOxfordandpractisedthere。

  {22}HewenttothemorningserviceonWednesdaysinmostweeks,usuallytotheMiddleChurch。

  {23}Mr。WebbwasSolicitortotheTreasury。Thisappointmentisnowgiventobarristers。

  {24}Heonlypaid10d。forhisdinners(withoutwine)atthe’WhiteHart’andthe’Tuns,’and6s。aweekforhislodgingsinthetown。

  {25}MissAdeeandBetsyStevenswerethebridesmaids。

  {26}Mrs。C。’swasthelodgingMr。JenkinshadtakenforhiminLothbury。

  {27}Heleftaparticularaccountofhisexpensesonhismarriage。

  Thefollowingaresomeofthem:—

  Poundss。d。

  Licence1116

  Pairofgloves010

  Mr。Burdett’sfee110

  TheclerkO106

  Mrs。Norwood’smaidO76

  MiddleParishringers110

  DinneratEpsomO56

  ChaisefromEpsomtoLondonO14O

  DriverandhostlerO2O

  TwobottlesofLisbonatthe’WhiteHart’O34

  ForfiftyoystersOO7。5

  ApoundofcheeseOO3。5

  Apoundandahalfofsalmon010

  PaidJenkinsfortheringO66

  [Jenkinsgottheringandsentittohimwithahumourousletter。]

  Mr。Shrubbforatabbynightgown714O

  Ear—ringsandnecklaceO14O

  CoffeewithBoughtonattheLincoln’sInnCoffeeHouse(ontheafternoonofhiswedding)OO5

  {28}Theyreceivedfriendstoteaeveryeveningthisweek。Theylivedinahousewithagarden,inwhichMr。Brayplantedfruittreesandshrubs,butwhereitwasdoesnotappearintheDiary。

  {29}HewenttotheBowling—greentoplayatwhistinthewinter,andathowlsinthesummer。

  {30}HehadbeenthefirstperformanceofMarplotbyGarrick。

  {31}WhenhetookthehorseasfarasDorkingitwas2s。6d。

  {32}ThesonoftheMemberfortheCounty。

  {33}Mr。Godschall,ofWestonHouse,Albury。Anaccomplishedgentleman,LL。D。ofOxford,cousinofLadyPalmerston,themotherofthelateLordPalmerston。

  {34}OfParkhurst,whereRousseauwashisguestforsometime。

  {35}WhobuilttheLeithHillTower,andwasburiedthere。

  {36}Itisremarkablethatayoungattorneyof22shouldhavebeeninvitedtothesocialmeetingsofelderlyandmiddle—agedgentlemenofthehighestpositionintheneighbourhood。Hisgrandson,thelateMr。EdwardBray,inheritedhiscompanionablequalities,andwaswelcomeineveryhousehevisited。

  {37}TheMemberfortheCounty。

  {38}OfBetchworthCastle。Theauthorof’TheLightofNature。’

  {39}ThefatherofthelateSirHenryAusten。Hehadbeenarticled,aswellasMr。Bray,toMr。Martyr。HeafterwardspurchasedaClerkshipintheSixClerks’OfficeinChancery。

  {40}Mr。Bray’smarriagemadelittledifferenceinhishabitsthisyear。Hewasalmosteverynightwithhisfriendsatcardsorbackgammon;inthesummereveningsatbowls;frequentlyatthemorningservicesonweekdaysattheMiddleChurch。Hehadverylittletodoatthistimeinhisprofession。

  {41}Mr。Lane,ofEastHorsleyPark。

  {42}Mr。Evelyn,afterwardsSirJohn,thenM。P。forHelstone,hadofferedhimanappointmentattheBoardofGreenCloth,whichheatfirst,bythewishofhiswife,declinedtoaccept;butafewdaysafterwards,beingbetteradvised,hewasgladtofindthathecouldstillhaveit。ThefollowingnotewasamongtheMemorandawhichheleftofhisearlylife。——’NothingcouldbepleasanterthanoursituationattheBoardofGreenCloth。ThePrincipalswereallmembersoftheHouseofCommons。Wesatinthesameroom,atthesamegreenclothtable,withthem,bywhomweweretreatedratherasassociatesthanasclerks。’Mr。Braywasatfirstonlyanassistant,togetherwithMr。Selwyn,abarrister,afterwardsinlargepractice;Mr。Blenman,alsooftheBar,andMr。Fanshawe,buttheyrosetobechiefclerks。Hisusualattendancewasfrom11to3。HetookahouseinHollesStreet,andsettledthereDecember14th,butinthefollowingyearhemovedtoGreatRussellStreet。

  {43}ThischilddiedinJuly,{44}AfteraRoyalbirthcaudlewasgiventotheClerksoftheGreenClothandothersinofficeatSt。James’s。

  {45}OfBuryHill,nowMr。Barclay’s。

  {46}OftheRookery,nowMr。Fuller’s。Hisson,ThomasRobertMalthus,wasthegreatwriteronPopulation。HisyoungestdaughtermarriedMr。Bray’ssonEdward。

  {47}HissonEdward,whomarriedMissMalthus,andleftalargefamily。Hisothersonsdiedinchildhood。Mr。Brayhadnocollateralrelationsofhisnameafterthedeathofhisuncleandbrotherswithinmanygenerations。Hisancestor,SirEdwardBray,wastheheirmaleofEdmund,LordBray,andsucceededtothefamilyestates;butthetitledescendedtoLordBray’sdaughters,andwasinabeyanceuntilobtainedbythelateBaronessBray。Mr。BraywasoneofthefewdescendantsthenlivingofSirThomasMore,whosegranddaughter,thedaughterofMargaretRoper,marriedSirEdwardBray。Histwodaughters,MaryandCatherine,werenotmarried。

  {48}Hewasnowgettingintothesocietyofliterarymen。

  {49}AfterwardsAdmiralBrodrick。

  {50}HehadenteredintopartnershipwithhisfriendMr。Jenkins,whosechamberswereinNewInn。

  {51}TheGuildfordRacesweretheninMay。

  {52}Mr。Sturtwasabarrister,andarelationofMr。Bray’s。Mr。

  Budgen,Mr。Talbot,andMr。Scawen,weretrusteesofthecharity。

  {53}AtourwithMr。JenkinstoOxford,Bath,Gloucester,Salisbury,Blenheim,Fonthill,Longleat,Chepstow,&c。Theyhiredacarriageandhorsesforthejourney;and,inarhyminglettertohiswife,hewrites:—

  ’WehiredfromfriendBryantaverygoodchaise,Intendingthustravellingquiteatourease。

  Jameswasmountedbehindonafineprancingsteed,Totakecareofthebaggageandhelpusifneed。’

  Mr。BraywroteaparticulardescriptionofFonthill,Stourton,andotherhousesvisited。

  {54}Someofhisintimatefriendsdinedwithhimeveryweek。Thedinnerwasoverat5or6,andheoftenwentafterwardstoacoffee—house。Healsowentfrequentlytothetheatres,andsometimesinthesummertoVauxhall。HismorningswerespentattheBoardofGreenClothorinNewInn。

  {55}ThehousewhichMr。Jacobsonbuilt,called’Lonesome,’hasbeenpulleddown。

  {56}Mr。Braywenttomanydifferentcoffee—houses,butmostfrequentlytothePercyandMundy’s。OnSundayshewentforanhourtotheBuffalo。

  {57}HehadahouseatShere,whichhismotherlivedin,andmadeahomeforhimduringhisfrequentvisits,andatlittleexpense,forridingroundintheneighbourhoodhegothisdinneratonehouseandteaatanother。TogeneralinformationhecouldnowaddthegossipofSt。James’s,andhewaswelcomewhereverhewent。

  {58}Hekeptwhathecalledachaiseorwhisky,andtwohorses。

  {59}Mr。PenneckwasKeeperoftheReading—roomattheBritishMuseumandRectorofAbinger。

  {60}BetchworthCastle。

  {61}HehadbecomeacquaintedwithDr。OsbornandDr。PriceontheinstitutionoftheEquitableAssuranceOffice,ofwhichhewasadirector。Hefrequentlyrodewithhisfriends,sometimesapartyofsix。

  {62}Hewroteamostparticulardescriptionofit。

  {63}Mr。Planta,PrincipalLibrarianattheBritishMuseum。

  {64}Thiswasthetourthathepublishedanaccountof。Herodeonhorseback1,800milesthisyear。

  {65}ThiswasasocietywhichmetatSt。Paul’sCoffeeHouse。Thesubscriptionwasfiveguineasayear。

  {66}ThisplantationsowedallthefirtreesbetweentheWindmillandPislake。AnotherplantationadjoiningtotheWestChurt,sowedallthegroundwestoftheroadtoCranley。

  {67}Thiswasforhisfather。

  {68}ForapieceoflandatthetopoftheplantationofbeechesabovePicket’sHole。

  {69}Dr。Parr。

  {70}DistinguishedAntiquaries。

  {71}FormerlyJacky。

  {72}TheRev。Mr。Manning,whobeganthe’HistoryofSurrey。’

  {73}Mr。PagehadboughttheManorofCobham,andlivedatPointers。

  {74}Whenhewasinthecountryheseldomdinedathomeunlesshehadfriendswithhim。

  {75}HispartnershipwithMr。Jenkinswasdissolvedin1774,butwithoutanyinterruptionoftheirfriendship。

  {76}Toneartheendofhislifehewouldoftenstoptodine,andsometimestosleep,attheinnatDorking,orGuildford,insteadofgoinghometoShere。

  {77}HisonlysurvivingsonEdwardwasatHarrow。

  {78}Thesewerealleminentantiquaries。

  {79}HewasoneoftheTrusteesoftheBritishMuseum。

  {80}Hewassubjectallhislifetoinflammatorydisorder,andfrequentlytookphysic。

  {81}HewenttoChurcheverySunday,buthedidnotthinkitwrongtousehiscarriageandhorses,ortotravelonthatday。Mr。

  Polhill,theRectorofAlbury,usedtogotochurchinhiscarriage。

  {82}AbingerHall。AfterwardsLadyDonegal’s。

  {83}Mr。RicewaslordoftheManorofTooting。

  {84}TheEatenBrayestatewasinheritedbyMr。Bray’sancestor,SirEdwardBray,asheirmaleofLordBray,andsoldbyhim。

  {85}Theybecameclients,andthefamilyhaveremainedamongthebestclientsofMr。Bray’sfirm。

  {86}SirJosephMawbeywasmemberforSurrey;madeafortunebyadistillery。Mr。BriscoederivedthemanorofEpsomfromhisdaughter。

  {87}Mr。MalthushadlefttheRookery,andwaslivingatAlbury,inthehouseafterwardsColonelClive’s。

  {88}AninstanceofMr。Bray’sactivity。

  {89}GranvilleSharp。GeneralOglethorpelivedforsomeyearsatWestbrook,Godalming。

  {90}Theauthorof’TheCoinageofGreatBritain。’

  {91}Hisengagementsforaweek。

  {92}OfShabden,fatheroftheMissFanshawes。

  {93}HehadbeenchosenoneoftheCouncil。

  {94}Oneofhisusualroundsofvisiting。

  {95}ThedinnerhourinLondonwasgettinglater。

  {96}OfBurfordBridge。

  {97}Forthefollowingninedaysthereisnoentrybut’Athome。’

  {98}Theseeightconsecutivedayswerespentinsociety。WheninLondonhedinedeveryweekatthe’CrownandAnchor’withhisantiquaryfriends,andoftenreceivedthemtodinner。Heplayedatwhiststill,butnotsooften。

  {99}SirPeterBurrellmarriedtheBaronessWilloughbyofEresby,andwasmadeLordGwydir。HeandhisdescendantswereamongthebestclientsofMr。Bray’soffice。

  {100}Thethermometerfelloneandahalfdegreebelowzero。

  {101}AsoneoftheClerksattheBoardofGreenClothhehadtocollectthelandtaxfromtheOfficersofState。Hereceived520

  poundsfromLordGrenvilleforfourquarters’landtax,at4s。inthepound;fromtheDukeofPortland,923pounds;Mr。Pitt,twoquarters,456pounds15s。;LordThurlow,do。,1,425pounds17s。

  9。75d。

  {102}AfterwardsaJudgeandaBaronet。HewasaveryfrequentSundayvisitor,aswellasMr。Baxendale。

  {103}AfterwardsDeanofRipon。

  {104}RectorofClapham。

  {105}Fatherofthegreatbuilder。

  {106}AfterwardsDeanofCanterbury。

  {107}Hewasconfinedtothehouseformorethanaweekbyabadcold,whichwasfollowedbyinflammationinoneofhiseyes。TheinflammationwassubduedwithdifficultybythegreatoculistMr。

  Phipps,afterwardsSirWatkenWaller。Theeyeaffectedbecamegraduallyweaker,andthesightofitwasentirelygoneforsomeyearsbeforehisdeath,althoughexactlywhenhedidnotnotice。

  Atthebeginningofthe19thcenturyhewas64;andhisson’sattentiontothebusinessoftheofficeinGreatRussellStreetenabledhimtolivemoreatShere,butwheninLondonhishabitswerelittlechanged。HedinedwiththeAntiquaries’Clubalmosteveryweekduringtheseasonuntilhewas90。Hedidnotsofrequentlytakehismealsatthehousesofhisfriends,butathisowntabletheywerealwayswelcome,andmanycame。

  {108}Hewasfrequentlybledaccordingtotheusualpracticeinthosedays。Hewasbledthelasttimewhenhewas84。

  {109}Mr。Braycaredverylittleforpolitics,buthewasnotaTory,andwouldnothavevotedforMr。Summerifhehadnotrepresentedthecountyformanyyearsandbeenmuchrespected。

  {110}Mr。Braywaswithinafewweeksof90。Hetooknoservantwithhim。

  {111}Afterthisshamefulaffair,neitherMr。Taylorhisclerk,norMr。WigzellhadanycommunicationswithMr。Brayorhispartners;butasamarkofrepentanceMrs。WigzellleftMr。Bray’sgrandsonalegacyof100pounds,andMr。Taylorleft100poundstothefirmofBrayandWarren。

  {112}PrincipalLibrarianattheBritishMuseum;afterwardsSirHenryEllis。HewasMr。Bray’soldestfriendthenliving。Hediedin1868ataveryadvancedage,havingduringhislongliferenderedmostvaluableservicestothepublic,andparticularlybyhiscontributionstoEnglishhistory。

  {113}Mr。HigginswasemployedbyMr。Brayinwritingforhim。

  HislastguestatSherewashisoldfriendMr。Carlisle,oneoftheSecretariesoftheAntiquarySociety,whocametoShereonSaturday,the28thofOctober,andremainedtillMonday。HisgrandsonReginaldwaswithhimforadayortwoeveryweek,andplayedatpiquettewithhimthreedaysbeforehisdeath,whichtookplaceonthe21st。

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