Add MS 5831

Volume XXX of Cole’s [Reverend William Cole] Collections, folio, ff. 234, consisting of miscellaneous topographical and literary articles, copies of correspondence, etc.

1. Copy of a roll in the possession of John Arderme, of Torporley, esquire, containing the procession of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal to ‘The Parliament holden at Westminster, the fourth of February the third yeare of our Soveraigne Lord Kinge Henry the eight,’ with a coloured drawing of the abbat of Thorney, and the arms of most of the peers, emblazoned: illustrated with notes by Mr. Cole, who has collated this roll with another of the same sort in Trinity College, Cambridge. ff. 1-40. +++ A similar roll is preserved in the Ashmolean Museum. See an account of it in Add MS 5758. *F. 8.

2. Church notes, and memoranda, relating to Fulham in Middlesex. ff. 40b-52.

3. Copies of epitaphs in Eton College Chapel, and memoranda relative to the college and fellows. ff. 52b-81.

4. Church notes, and memoranda, concerning Passenham, in Northamptonshire. ff. 81b-87.

5. Similar notes, and memoranda, concerning Milbrook, in Bedfordshire. ff. 87b-90.

6. Similar notes, and memoranda, relating to Ashdon, in Essex. ff. 90b-94.

7. Similar notes, and memoranda, respecting Eynesbury, in Huntingdonshire. ff. 94b-99.

8. Similar notes, and memoranda, relating to Radwinter in Essex. ff. 99b-102.

9. Epitaph on George Frederick Handel, the celebrated musical professor, with copies of verses and memoranda concerning him. ff. 102b, 103, 104.

10. Note respecting some manuscript volumes of original letters, etc., in the possession of Dr. Zachary Grey (from which the greatest portion of the remaining contents of this volume is copied), with some memoranda of Dr. Grey’s family. f. 105.

11. Copies, and extracts, of letters from Dr. Charles Ashton, Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, to Dr. Moss, Dean of Ely, between the years 1709 and 1720, chiefly relating to ecclesiastical affairs, with notes by Cole. ff. 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118.

12. Copies, and extracts, of letters from Dr. R. Jenkins (Master of St. John’s College, Cambridge?) to the Rev. Mr. Baker, Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge, 1715-1721, on literary subjects. ff. 121, 122, 123, 124, 125.

13. Copies, and extracts, of letters from Dr. William Wotton to Dr. Waller, Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge, 1715-1721, on literary subjects. ff. 121, 122, 123, 124, 125.

14. Copies of letters from Father Montfaucon to M. de Beuvoir, aumonier of the English Ambassador. Paris, 26 Aout 1718, and M. Du Pin to the same (?) 2 Dec 1718. f. 125.

15. Copies of letters from Rev. J. Lewis of Margate in Kent, to Dr. Zachary Grey, 1736-1739, on literary subjects. ff. 125, 126, 127, 128.

16. Copies, and extracts, of letters from Dr. Ashton to Dean Moss, 1707-1715, and of some other papers of the latter, with notes by Cole. ff. 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136.

17. Copies of letters from Dr. Stephen Weston, Bishop of Exeter, to Dr. Moss, and from Dr. Moss to Dr. Ashton, 1715. ff. 136, 137, 138.

18. Copies of a letter from Dr. Thirlby, Fellow of Jesus College, to Dr. Moss. Dec 1721. ff. 138, 139.

19. Extract from the church books belonging to the parishes of St. Andrew’s the Great and St. Mary’s the Great, Cambridge. ff. 139, 140.

20. Receipt from George Hippesley to Susan Tooley of London, widow, for 7 £ paid for the fifth part of lands in Woodall and Leybourne. 3 Sept 1644. f. 140.

21. A satirical poem on several Cambridge men entitled ‘The Session of Criticks’ (1723), with notes by Cole. ff. 140-142.

22. Copy of a letter from Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury, to Mrs. Paul, widow of Dr. Paul, Bishop of Oxford. Lambeth, 15 June 1665. f. 143.

23. Receipt from Archbishop Bancroft to Sir John Boyes, knight, for ½ year’s rent for Bettishanger and Finglesham, 1606. Ib.

24. Note of the declaration of Thomas Clerk, clerk, about to be instituted to the rectory of Kildale, county Yorkshire, 1667. Ib.

25. Copy of a letter from Archbishop Wake to the Rev. Mr. Baker of St. John’s College, relative to a work of Father Courayer. Lambeth, 17 Dec 1726. f. 144.

26. Copies of two letters from Sir William Dawes, Archbishop of York, to the Rev. Mr. Burton, Vicar of Halifax, in Yorkshire, and another. 3 Jan 1718 and 13 Aug 1722. ff. 144, 145.

27. Note of the order of induction of Nicholas Darell, L.L.D., to the rectory of East Woodhay in Hampshire. 25 Apr 1618. f. 146.

28. Declaration of Dr. John Cosins, Bishop of Durham, concerning his intention of giving 500 £ towards the erection of a new commencement house at Cambridge. 2 Feb 1668. ff. 146, 147.

29. Notes of a licence to preach granted to John Pomfret, Rector of Mamhead in Devonshire, by Dr. Jonathan Trelawney, Bishop of Exeter, 25 Nov 1689, and of declarations of conformity by the same John Pomfret in 1685 and 1702. f. 147.

30. Note of declaration of conformity by Thomas Cremer, Vicar of Barrington, in Cambridgeshire. 23 Aug 1662. f. 148.

31. Note of letter of orders of Thomas Clarke, A.B., ordained priest. 16 Feb 1667. Ib.

32. Copy of two letters from Dr. Symor Patrick, Bishop of Ely, to Rev. Dr. Williams, Rector of Dodington. 22 Aug 1697 and 30 Sept 1704, with Mr. Williams’s reply. ff. 148, 149.

33. Copy of a letter from Dr. Thomas Watson (afterwards Bishop of St. David’s) to Rev. Dr. Nalson, Rector of Dodington, Isle of Ely. 1681 (?) f. 149.

34. Copies of several letters from Dr. Francis Attenbury, Bishop of Rochester, to Dean Moss, 1722. ff. 150, 151, 152, 153.

35. Copy of a letter from Dr. G. Burnet, Bishop of Sarum, to Rev. Thomas Baker. London, 29 Jan 1714/1715. f. 154.

36. Copy of a note from Dr. Adam Ottley, Bishop of St. David’s, to Dean Moss. Cound., 21 Feb 1718/1719. Ib.

37. Copies of three letters from Dr. Thomas Green, Bishop of Ely, to Dean Moss, 1723-1727. ff. 154, 154b, 155.

38. Copies of three letters from Dr. Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London, to Dr. Zachary Grey, 1734-1736/1737. f. 156.

39. Copy of a letter from Dr. Thomas Herring, Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Rev. Mr. Castle, Master of Benet College, Cambridge. 3 Dec 1747. f. 157.

40. Copy of a letter from Dr. Thomas Sherlock, Bishop of Sarum, to Dr. Zachary Grey, on his ‘Examination of Neal’s History of the Puritans.’ 5 Apr 1739. f. 158.

41. Copy of a summons from Dr. Benjamin Hoadley, Bishop of Sarum, and Chancellor of the Order of the Garter, to the Earl of Lincoln, to attend a chapter of the order. 4 July 1724. Ib.

42. Copy of a letter from Dr. White Kennet, Bishop of Peterborough, to the Rev. Thomas Baker. Westminster, 13 June 1728. ff. 158, 159.

43. Copies of two letters from Dr. Richard Reynolds, Bishop of Lincoln, to Dr. Zachary Grey, 1737-8. ff. 159, 160, 161.

44. Copy of a letter from Dr. John Thomas, Bishop of Lincoln, to Dr. Grey. 29 June 1747, with some account of the writer. ff. 161, 162.

45. Copy of a letter from Dr. Thomas Tanner to Rev. Dr. Moss, Dean of Ely. 13 March 1722. ff. 162, 163.

46. Copy of a letter from Dr. Isaac Madox, Bishop of St. Asaph, to Mr. Archdeacon - . East Burnham, 18 June 1739. ff. 163, 164.

47. Copy of a letter from the same to Dr. Grey (?) Spring-Garden, 15 Apr 1740. ff. 164, 165.

48. Copies of four letters from the same, when Bishop of Worcester, to Dr. Zachary Grey. 1740-1753. ff. 165, 166.

49. Copies of four short notes from Sir Thomas Gooch, Bishop of Ely, to Dean Moss, Dr. Grey, and Dr. Hubbart (?), 1716, 1735, 1740, 1746. f. 167.

50. Copy of a note from Dr. Matthew Mawson, Bishop of Chichester, to Rev. Mr. Castle (not dated). Ib.

51. Copy of a letter from Dr. William Sherlock, Dean of St. Paul’s, to some tradesman, respecting a rash vow. Temple, 27 Oct 1791. ff. 168, 169.

52. Transcript of a paper, entitled ‘Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, their Proportion in paying a Debt 1642.’ Signed by ‘Isaac Bargrave,’ ‘Mesric Casaubon,’ and five more. f. 169.

53. Copy of a summons, from Dr. John Spencer, Dean of Ely, to Dr. Nalson, Prebendary of Ely, to attend the election of a new bishop of that Sec. 1684. (Latin). ff. 169, 170.

54. Copy of a letter from Dr. Henry James, Master of Queen’s College, Oxford, to -. 7 May, 1705. f. 170.

55. Copies of five letters from Dr. Daniel Waterland, Master of Magdalen College, to Dr. Zachary Grey. Windsor, 1734/1735-1738/1739, and of one to Dr. Williams, President of St. John’s College, Cambridge. 15 Feb 1739-40. ff. 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176.

56. Copy of a letter from Dr. William Stanley, Dean of St. Asaph, to Dean Moss. Hadham, 3 July 1725. ff. 176, 177.

57. Copy of a letter from Dr. Andrew Snape, Provost of King’s College, to Dr. Grey, relative to Dean Moss. 11 Jan 1731/1732. f. 177.

58. Copy of a letter from Dr. J. Davies, Master of Queen’s College to Dr. Moss, Dean of Ely. 21 July 1725. f. 178.

59. Copy of a letter from Dr. Edward Lany, Master of Pembroke, to the same. G. Cressingham, 5 Aug 1727. ff. 178, 179.

60. Copy of a letter from Dr. J. Newcome, Master of St. John’s College, Cambridge, to Dr. Zachary Grey, respecting a defence of the versification of Hudibras. 26 May 1744. f. 179.

61. Copy of a note from Dr. J. Richardson, Master of Emanuel College, to Dr. Grey. 15 Jan, with some account of the writer, by Cole. f. 180.

62. Copy of a note from Dr. J. Wilcox, Master of Clare Hall, to the same. 26 Feb 1746. f. 181.

63. Copy of a letter from R. Venn to the same, in part relating to Bishop Gibson’s disgrace at court. St. Antholins, 29 May 1736. ff. 181, 182.

64. Copies of several letters from Dr. Richard Warren, Archdeacon of Suffolk, to Dr. Grey. Cavendish, 1744, 1745, with an account of the writer. ff. 183, 184, 185.

65. Copy of a letter from Dr. William Warren, Master of Trinity Hall, to the same, relative to the death of the Rev. Thomas Baker. 4 July 1740. ff. 185, 186.

66. Copy of the will of Rev. Thomas Baker. ff. 186-188.

67. Copy of a letter from Dr. J. Tunstall to Dr. Grey. 1743 (?) ff. 188, 189.

68. Copies of several letters from Dr. Leonard Twells, Rector of St. Matthew’s, Friday Street, to the same. 1734-1737. ff. 189, 190, 191, 192.

69. Copy of a letter from Dr. Edward Oliver to Mr. Windsor. 18 July. f. 193.

70. Copy of a letter from Dr. Thomas Mangey, Prebendary of Durham, to Dr. Grey (?) Westminster, 24 Mar 1720. ff. 193, 194.

71. Copies of two letters from Dr. Philip Williams to Dr. Grey, the last enclosing a catalogue of the pictures bequeathed by Mr. Baker to Dr. Grey. 1740. ff. 194, 195.

72. Copies of several letters from Dr. Samuel Knight, Canon of Ely, to Dr. Maddox (?), Dr. Grey and Dean Moss. 1725-1743. ff. 196, 197, 198, 199.

73. Copy of a letter from Dr. Clement Tookie, Canon of Ely, to Dr. Mosse. Chippenham, 5 July 1726. ff. 200, 201.

74. Copy of a long letter from Dr. George Reynolds, Chancellor of Peterborough, to Dr. Grey, containing the plan of his intended work entitled ‘a series of matters introductory to the Reformation during the time of Archbishop Warham, with Historical observations.’ Buckden, 1 June 1740. ff. 201, 202, 203, 204, 205.

75. Copies of several letters from Dr. William Webster to Dr. Grey. 1732. ff. 205, 206.

76. Copy of a letter from Dr. J. Johnson, Prebendary of Durham, to Dr. Grey. Hurworth, 20 July 1738. f. 207.

77. Note of articles of covenant executed between Herbert Thorndyke of G-felde, county Lincolnshire, gentleman, and Thomas Toolye of Clements Inn, by which the former sells some lands in Leyburne, county Lincolnshire, to the latter. 20 Nov 45 Elizabeth. Ib. +++ The whole of the articles from 11 to 77, inclusive, were copied by Cole from the folio manuscript of Dr. Grey, and each letter, etc., is illustrated by him with biographical and literary memoranda.

78. Copies of seventeen original notes and letters of Mr. Thomas Baker, B.D., of St. John’s College, Cambridge, to Thomas Watson, Bishop of St. David’s, Sir Edward Williams, knight, M.P., and John Tredenham, esquire (none dated). ff. 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217.

79. Copy of a letter from Archbishop Secker to Mr. Browne Willis; a letter of advice at the close of life. Lambeth, 15 Jan 1760, with some memoranda respecting the Archbishop by Cole. ff. 217, 217b.

80. Account of a book written by Mrs. Willis (wife of Browne Willis) entitled ‘The established Church of England the time Catholic Church,’ etc., octavo. 1718, with a copy of the dedication or letter to Dr. Wells, Rector of Blecheley, which was not printed with it. ff. 218, 218b.

81. Copy of a letter from Dr. Wells (?) to Mrs. Willis, relative to her work. 12 Feb 1718-19. ff. 218b, 219.

82. Notes on Mrs. Willis’s book, by the Rev. Mr. Wasse. f. 219b.

83. Copy of Mr. Cole’s letter to the Hon. Horace Walpole, with observations on his anecdotes of painting. Blecheley, 16 May 1762. ff. 220-222b.

84. Copy of reply from Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 20 May 1762. (Printed in his Correspondence, quarto, 1818, p. 5). ff. 222b, 223.

85. Letter from Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole, with additional observations on the anecdotes of painting. Blecheley, 31 July 1762. ff. 223b-225b.

86. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 5 Aug 1762. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 8). f. 225b.

87. Notes respecting some portraits of the Digby family (particularly of Lady Venetia Stanley) at Mr. Wright’s Gothurst, near Newport Pagnel, county Buckinghamshire, taken in 1762. ff. 225b-226b.

88. Letter from Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 1 July 1763. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 12). f. 226b.

89. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole, with remarks on his ‘Noble Authors.’ Blecheley, 3 July 1763. ff. 226b-228.

90. From the same to the same, with an account of the monument of Mr. Walpole’s great grandmother (Lady Dorothy Allington) at Horsheth church, and of Herbert Tuer, the painter. Blecheley, 1 Dec 1763. ff. 228, 228b.

91. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 8 Aug 1763. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 14). f. 229.

92. From the same to the same. 16 July 1764. (Printed ib., p. 20). Ib.

93. From the same to the same. Arlington Street, 21 July 1764. (Printed ib., p. 20). Ib.

94. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole, with remarks on his edition of Lord Herbert’s Life. Blecheley, 2 Aug 1764. ff. 229b, 230.

95. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 29 Aug 1764. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 21). f. 230.

96. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole, with an account of Herbert Tuer, the painter. Blecheley, 2 Sept 1764. ff. 230, 230b.

97. From the same to the same. Blecheley, 28 Oct 1764. f. 230b.

98. From the same to the same, with further observations on the first volume of the Anecdotes of Painting. Blecheley, 4 Nov 1764. f. 231.

On the intermediate pages of this volume are entered the following articles:

i. Short account of Dr. Thomas Hayter, Bishop of London. f. 51b.

ii. Derivation of the adjective arrand or errant. f. 52.

iii. Memoranda relative to the Rev. Roger Huggett, Rector of Hartley-Wasphill, county Southampton [Hampshire], and Librarian of Eton College. f. 52b.

iv. Copy of the Magdalen Hall Oath, drawn up by John Oxenbridge, enclosed in a note from Mr. Lort to Mr. Cole. 26 Jan 1774. ff. 60b, 61b.

v. ‘A Fanatical Citizens Prayer,’ copied from an old number of Fog’s Journal. f. 62b.

vi. Account of Mr. Cole’s disagreement with Mr. Knight of Milton, 1776, including copies of the letters that passed on the occasion. ff. 64b, 65b, 66b, 67b, 68b.

vii. Copy of the epitaph on Dr. Henry Stebbing, Archdeacon of Wiltshire, in Salisbury Cathedral. ff. 76b, 77b.

viii. Italian epitaph made by the Milanese author of ‘Voyage d’Espagne’, on the ass which carried his books, and was drowned; with a French and Spanish translation by ‘the Pere de Livoy.’ f. 78b.

ix. Epitaph on Sarah Bramstone of Eton, 1765. f. 79b.

x. Memoranda relating to Dr. Richard Forester of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. f. 81b.

xi. Epitaphs in Banbury Church, Oxfordshire; from Baker’s manuscripts. ff. 83b, 84b.

xii. Epitaph on Dr. William King, Principal of St. Mary Hall, Oxford, written by himself. ff. 85b, 86b.

xiii. Memoranda respecting the families of Williamson and Tipping. ff. 87b, 144b.

xiv. Pedigree of Tipping. ff. 88b, 143b.

xv. Drawing of a pane of painted glass in Eymesbury Church, county Huntingdonshire. f. 94b.

xvi. List of adherents to Lord Bute’s administration, from the Cambridge Chronicle. 31 Aug 1765. f. 103b.

xvii. Memoranda respecting Miss Mary Grey, Mrs. Susannah Grey, widow of Dr. Zachary Grey, and Christopher Hatton. f. 104b.

xviii. Letter from Mr. Cole to Rev. Thomas Phillips, Canon of Tongres, containing observations on the first part of the latter’s Life of Cardinal Pole. Blecheley, 6 Aug 1764. ff. 106b, 107b.

xix. Reply from Mr. Phillips to Mr. Cole. Spetchley near Worcester, 5 Sept 1764. f. 107b.

xx. Note from the same to the same. Spetchley, 21 Nov (1764). f. 108b.

xxi. Letter from Mr. Cole to Mr. Phillips. Blecheley, 29 Nov 1764. Ib.

xxii. Reply from Mr. Phillips to Mr. Cole. 24 Dec (1764). Ib.

xxiii. Letter from Mr. Cole to Mr. Phillips, with observations on the second part of Cardinal Pole’s Life. Blecheley, 20 Jan 1765. ff. 109b, 114b.

xxiv. Reply from Mr. Phillips to Mr. Cole. Spetchley, 9 Feb 1765. ff. 114b, 115b. (See the original, Add MS 6401, f. 167).

xxv. Letter from Mr. Cole to Mr. Phillips. Blecheley, 17 March 1765. ff. 115b, 116b.

xxvi. Letter from the same to the same. Blecheley, 21 Apr 1765. ff. 116b, 117b.

xxvii. Observations on the answers to Phillips’s Life of Cardinal Pole, by Mr. Cole. ff. 117b, 118b.

xxviii. Letter from Mr. Phillips to Mr. Cole, concerning his work entitled ‘The study of Sacred Literature fully stated, etc. 3rd edit. to which is added an answer to the objections to the life of Cardinal Pole.’ Octavo. London, 1765. Spetcheley, 1 March 1766. ff. 118b, 119b.

xxix. Letter from Mr. Cole to Mr. Phillips, on the same subject. Blecheley, 15 Apr 1766. ff. 119b, 120b.

xxx. Remarks by Cole, on the above work of Mr. Phillips, and the attacks on Cardinal Pole’s life, with some account of Mr. Phillips, the author. ff. 120b, 121b, 122b, 123b.

xxxi. Anecdote concerning Dr. Wotton. f. 123b.

xxxii. Letter from Mr. Phillips to Mr. Cole. Heythorp, Oxon, 31 Dec 1766. f. 124b.

xxxiii. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Phillips. Blecheley, 4 Jan 1767. ff. 124b, 125b.

xxxiv. Copy of a letter from Dean Moss to Mr. Jones, respecting moveable seats used in the nave of Ely Cathedral. 21 July 1724. ff. 110b, 111b, 112b.

xxxv. Anecdote of Matthew Prior, esquire, and epigram on Dr. Jenkin, Master of St. John’s College. f. 113b.

xxxvi. Letter from the Rev. Mr. (afterwards Dr.) Michael Lort, of Trinity College, Cambridge, to Mr. Cole. Whitehall, 6 Feb 1773. f. 125b.

xxxvii. Letter from Mr. Cole to Mr. Lort. Milton, 12 Feb 1773. ff. 125b, 126b.

xxxviii. Letter from Mr. Lort to Mr. Cole. 16 Apr 1775. f. 126b.

xxxix. Letter from Dr. Jeremiah Milles, Dean of Exeter, to Mr. Cole, respecting his son’s standing as a candidate for a Vinerian scholarship, at Cambridge. 3 Apr 1775. f. 127b.

xl. From the same to the same. 23 June 1775. Ib.

xli. From Mr. Cole to Dr. Milles. Milton, 3 July 1775.

xlii. Letter from Mr. Cole to Mr. John Nichols, printer. Milton, 4 Apr 1781. (Printed in the ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ vol. I, p. 661). f. 128b.

xliii. From the same to the same, with corrections of his ‘Select collection of Miscellaneous Poems.’ 14 Apr 1781. (Partly printed, ib., p. 662). ff. 128b, 129b, 53b.

xliv. Reply from Mr. Nichols to Mr. Cole. 30 Apr 1781. ff. 53b, 54b. (See the original in Add MS 6401, f. 150).

xlv. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Nichols. 6 May 1781. (Printed in the ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ 1, 663). f. 54b.

xlvi. From Mr. Nichols to Mr. Cole. (May 1781). f. 55b.

xlvii. Reply from Mr. Cole, consisting of observations on the 5th, 6th and 7th volumes of the select collection of poems, and particulars, of Sir Thomas Higgons. June, 1781. ff. 55b, 56b, 57b, 58b.

xlviii. From Mr. Nichols to Mr. Cole. 2 Aug 1781. f. 69b.

xlix. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Nichols. 4 Aug 1781. (Printed in ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ 1, 664). Ib.

l. From the Rev. William Cole of Ely to Mr. Cole. Ely, 6 Aug 1781. ff. 69b, 70b.

li. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Nichols, with remarks on his ‘History of Hinckley.’ 24 Sept 1781. (Partly printed in ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ 1, 665). ff. 70b, 71b, 72b.

lii. From Mr. Nichols to Mr. Cole. 10 Jan 1782. f. 72b.

liii. From the same to the same. 7 June 1782. Ib.

liv. From the same to the same, relating to Anthony Blackwall. 26 Sept 1782. Ib.

lv. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Nichols. Milton, 4 Oct 1782. (Printed in ‘Literary Anecdotes,’ vol. VI, p. 200). f. 73b.

lvi. From Mr. Nichols to Mr. Cole. 7 Oct 1782. f. 183b. (See the original in Add MS 6401, f. 152).

lvii. From the same to the same. 22 Oct 1782. Ib.

lviii. From Mr. Cole to Mr. Nichols. 29 Oct 1782. (Printed in ‘Literary Anecdotes’, VI, 201). ff. 183b, 184b.

lix. Latin verses by Dr. Moss upon Bishop Burnet’s history of his own times. (From a book entitled ‘Newmarket, or an Essay on the Turf,’ 1771). f. 130b.

lx. Copy of a letter from Dean Moss to Dr. C. Ashton, concerning the subject of angels (not dated). f. 130b, 131b.

lxi. Reply from Dr. Ashton to Dean Moss, including a criticism on the expression ‘ante brumam’ in Geero De Divinatione. Ely, 20 Oct 1722. ff. 131b, 132b, 133b.

lxii. Account of the Earl of Rosebury’s son (Lord Dalmeny), and a clergyman’s wife in Essex (from the Cambridge Chronicle, 7 Oct 1752). ff. 134b, 135b.

lxiii. Verses on Dr. Bentley, Master of Trinity College, entitled ‘The Trinity Triumph.’ ff. 136b, 137b.

lxiv. Memoranda relative to the opposition of Parliament to the Duke of Buckingham’s being made Chanceller of the University of Cambridge, 1626, his purchase of the manuscripts of Erpenins, etc. ff. 145b, 146b.

lxv. Memoranda respecting Dr. Watson, Bishop of St. David’s, and of a work published in vindication of him, in quarto 1702, and of an abridged manuscript in octavo of the same work, 1703. ff. 148b, 149b, 150b.

lxvi. Memoranda relating to Dr. Newcome, Master of St. John’s College, Cambridge. (See vol. XLIX, p. 225). f. 155b.

lxvii. Life of Archbishop Herring, extracted from the Cambridge Chronicle, 2 Apr 1763, and Gents Magazine, with Cole’s remarks. ff. 156b, 157b, 158b, 159b, 160b.

lxviii. Some account of Dr. Samuel Squire, Bishop of St. David’s (from the Whitehall Evening Post, 5 June 1766). ff. 161b, 163b.

lxix. Account of the attack on Dr. Farmer of Hadleigh by a madman (from the Cambridge Chronicle, 25 May 1765). f. 162b.

lxx. Anecdote of Sir William Gooch, Bishop of Ely (from the Cambridge Chronicle, 8 Sept 1764), and notice of Bishop Manson. f. 166b.

lxxi. Bishop Hoadley’s letter to the Duke of Newcastle about a Mass-House in the St. James’s Chronicle, 4 May 1765, with three other letters in the same paper, relative to Dr. Hoadley. ff. 171b, 172b, 173b, 168b.

lxxii. Notice of Tinkler Ducket, A.M., (see vol. XXI), and account of Joseph Ames, author of the History of Printing. ff. 174b, 175b.

lxxiii. Short note from Dr. Ralph Perkins to Dean Moss. Queen’s College, 23 July 1725. f. 177b.

lxxiv. Note relating to Mr. Thomas Potter. ff. 181b, 182b.

lxxv. Concerning Rev. Thomas Baker, of St. John’s College, Cambridge (from Baker’s manuscripts, vol. 41). f. 187b.

lxxvi. Account of Dr. Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury, from the Cambridge Chronicle, 6 Aug 1768, and Gazetteer, 23 Aug 1768, with two copies of epigrams on him, and a letter from the London Chronicle, 27 Aug 1768. ff. 190b, 191b, 192b, 193b, 168b, 217b.

lxxvii. Notice respecting the will of Dr. Richard Walker, Vice-Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. f. 195b.

lxxviii. Memorandum of a work entitled ‘An Historical Essay upon the Government of the Church of England’, etc. Octavo, London, 1743. (See Cole’s Collections, vol. XXXII, p. 93). f. 201b.

lxxix. Copy of a satirical poem entitled ‘The nature and Proceedings of Sectarys, from their original to the present time. Bya Jesuit, 1690.’ ff. 201b, 202b, 203b, 204b.

lxxx. Copy of a letter from Henry Newman to Rev. John Strype, of Low Layton, in Essex, respecting the society for promoting Christian knowledge. London, 25 July 1709. ff. 204b, 205b.

lxxxi. From the same to the same. Same subject. 6 Aug 1709. f. 205b.

lxxxii. From the same to the same. 29 Aug 1709. Ib.

lxxxiii. From the same to the same. Same subject. 4 Oct 1709. ff. 205b, 206b.

lxxxiv. Letter from the Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Strawberry Hill, 28 Feb 1765. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 20). f. 208b.

lxxxv. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Blecheley, 3 March 1765. ff. 208b, 209b.

lxxxvi. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. 9 March 1765. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 27). ff. 209b, 210b, 211b.

lxxxvii. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Blecheley, 17 March 1765. ff. 211b, 212b.

lxxxviii. From the same to the same. 3 Sept 1765. ff. 212b, 213b.

lxxxix. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. 5 Sept 1765. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 30). ff. 213b, 214b.

xc. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Blecheley, 11 Sept 1765. ff. 214b, 215b.

xci. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Paris, 18 Sept 1765. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 32). ff. 215b, 216b.

xcii. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Blecheley, 5 Jan 1766. ff. 216b, 196b, 197b.

xciii. From Hon. Horace Walpole to Mr. Cole. Paris, 18 Jan 1766. (Printed in Correspondence, p. 33). ff. 197b, 198b.

xciv. From Mr. Cole to Hon. Horace Walpole. Blecheley, 11 Feb 1766. ff. 198b, 199b, 200b. See the remainder of this letter in vol. XXIII, f. 185b.

At the end of this volume is a general alphabetical index of contents. ff. 231b-234b.