第2章

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。