37. Wishes that the reign of Richard II. might be better cleared than in the printed books.-The English affairs from Rich. II. to Hen. VII. more obscure than any other parts of history since the Conquest, July 23, 1727. fo. 42.
50. Sees no reason why Antony Wood's Diary should be burnt.-Some remarks on Sir Simonds Dewes and his MS. Life in Lord Oxford's collection. Decem. 15, 1727. fo. 66.
60. Sends up fragments from a little book on the translations of the Scriptures, and wishes they may be of service to Mr. Granger.-He thinks the Black book not the same with the Red book, Sir W. Dugdale having quoted them as different.-Thinks the original of the Black book is quite lost, and mig...
66. That Mr. Smith's book is a studied rhapsody of tics, and that he is sorry it should have come from a member of the University.-That all Smith has said of his Life of Alfred is false, and that he "was an innocent young man when he published that work, &c. July 17, 1728. 105.
71. More on Dr. Jebb.-Hears that he designs to edit the physical works of Dr. Caius of Cambridge.- He is uncertain about the author of Pyers Plowman's Exhortation, and supposes there may be some notable things in it.-Some account of a supposed MS. of Tho. de la Mor's Life of Richard II., belongi...
76. That he is pleased with a letter in the Evening Post to Mr. Smith, which is only a single instance, among many, of the falshoods in his book. Feb. 11; 1728. fo. 112.
78. He is surprised to hear that Mr. Lowe drowned himself, and wishes to know if he had taken the oaths, and if his conscience was troubled on that account.-A critique on Mr. Twining's book on Avebury, which he thinks should be Abury.-That Twining is poorly versed in antiquity. March 4, 1728. fo...
84. That the remark, on Woodward's shield in the London Journal are just.-Cannot imagine why they have reprinted Bale's book about Sir Jofin Oldcastle, as he really thinks it is not worth more than twopence, but his such things as often come from the London presses.-That Dr. Rawlinson had told h...
88. That all the copies of Arnold's Chronicle begin without a title.-He gives a further account of that work, in which we have nothing new but his conjecture that Thomas Elmham, the historian of Hen. V., might have been the author of the Nutbrown Maid; but that this being only surmise, he did no...
92. Enquiries about a copy of Edw. II's. wardrobe Account in the hands of Mr. Murray, and about another that Mr. West had mentioned to him.-Desires Mr. West to consult some MSS. in the Cotton library for him, &c. Sept. 22, 1729. fo. 139.