and sitting in a chair, and white coif on his head, and half length with the same arms in the corner, and W. B. They were at a loss to know for whom it was designed, till I found it out by the arms; which shews the usefulness of having them, or the name put upon the canvas; otherwise half a century destroys the merit of them, as to their persons, tho' they may be good portraits of they know not whom. By Dugdale's Chronica Series, p. 89, it appears that Wm. Bendloes went out Sergeant at Law, 1554, 1 and 2 Philip and Mary. And in the fine bow-window of Benet College are still these arms remaining, with this date, 1583. v. my vol. vi. p. 25. It seems he, the Sergeant, gave 207. at that time towards building the chapel of Corpus Christi College: but the historian of that society does not say that he was ever a member of it. As the picture was sent hither, it is more natural to suppose that he had received his education at St. John's: however that may turn out, there is this character of him under his arms, impaled with Palmer, viz. Or on two bars g. six trefoils slipped a. in chief a grey hound currant sable. Instead of a cinquefoil on the bend is a fleur de lis inter two martlets azure, in Sergeant's Inn Hall. Dugdale's Origines Juridiciales, 327.

"Will's Bendlowes Serviens ad Legem (quum plures annos inter alias) eximius, annis reginarum Mariæ ultimo, et Elizabethæ primo superfuit et claruit solus, conscripsit Casuum in jure sui temporis Relaciones, quibus hodie apud juris-consultos fides et usus est non vulgaris, vir doctus, probus, pius, legavit huic hospicio quinquaginta libras, quas Wills ejus filius præstitit vicesimo die Maij, anno 1596.

The arms of Lord Chancellor Audley, Lord Chancellor Bromley, and Sergeant Bendlowes are constituted so much alike, and all three great Lawyers and contemporaries, one would be almost tempted to think they were taken out of compliment by two of them from the Bromley arms, which are simple, and had great Lawyers in it in Henry Ist's time. The arms of Edward Bendlowes before his Theophila, have nothing on the bend, and as well as I can remember, there are none on Sergeant Bendlowe's picture: I am sure there is none on the still-life piece.

Benlowes, Edward Joannensis, armiger Cantabr. has an

epigram on R. Winterton's Metamorphosis of Hippocrates his Aphorismes, 1633.

"The said Dr. Winterton in 1632 dedicated his translation of Drexelius upon Eternity to him, to the Right Worshipful and truly religious Esq. Mr. E. Benlowes of Brent Hall in Essex. He was bred and brought up in the Roman Catholic religion, and sent beyond seas to be confirmed in it; but was yet brought home again by divine providence, and restored to his mother the Church of England, and was singled out of his kindred to be a most zealous Protestant. He was born to good fortunes, and yet not given to pleasures: wedded to his books and devotions; spending what some call idle time in the best company, for the edifying himself or others: taking more care to lay out his money for the good of others, than others in laying up money for themselves. In short, a Gentleman, whose conversation is in heaven, his discourse on things above, and his thoughts are eternity. He was as remark able for those christian virtues, piety and temperance, charity and bounty: for many poor scholars, godly and devout ministers in the University, and abroad, of several Colleges, felt the effects of his bounty; besides those, many excellent books, together with other rare monuments, purchased at a great price, which, without any solicitation, out of meer affection you bore to St. John's College in Cambridge, where you were sometimes a student, you have: bestowed on their Library.

"In 1633 Phineas Fletcher dedicated his Purple Island to him; before which book are many verses by E. B. to the author, between which two there was a most firm friendship.

Vide Anecdotes of British Topography, p. 431, where said to be of Oxon. Vide Mr. Granger on English engraved Heads, vol. ii. p. 64."

3. John Baret.

"An Alvearic, or Quadruple Dictionary, containing four sundry Tongues; namely, English, Latin, Greek, and French: Lond. 1580. fo. Lat. ded. to Wm. Cecil Lord Burghleigh, with

his arms before it, a crest in the title-page, curiously ornamented with flowers, fruit, bee-hives, and bees flying about the flowers: signed Jo. Baretus Cantabrigiensis. Verses before it in Latin by John Cocus, Ric. Mulcaster, Ric. Gard, Edw. Grant, John Leech. Arthur Golding has a copy of English verses: In Latin also Ralph Waddington, Nich. Leigh, Tho. Spight, and Abr. Fleming, who have also some observations at the end of it relating to some additions to the Alvearie. N. L. and Tho. M. have each a copy of English verses before it, by the last of which it appears, that the author was then dead, as it does also by Abr. Fleming's and other verses, it being a second edition since his death. In the preface he says, that about eighteen years ago, having pupils at Cambridge, he collected the Alvearie, which at London the Right Worshipful Maister Powle and Maister Garth encouraged him to publish, which he did by the assistance of Sir Tho. Smith, principal Secretary to the Queen, and great patron of learning, with the Right Worshipful Mr. Nowell, Dean of St. Paul's.

"V. Tanner's Bibliotheca, p. 73, 74."

4. John Bunce, Trinity Hall, 1726.

"Now in May, 1780, Vicar of St. Stephen's near Canterbury. He has some verses prefixed to Mr. Hughes's Poems, in the English Poets.

"In Gent. Mag. for 1780, p. 195, he has a copy of verses to Mr. Highmore the painter, who lived in the latter part of his life with his son-in-law, Mr. Duncombe.

"Mr. Bunce was a good draughtsman while at College, where Dr. Warren now and then employed his pencil in drawing some monuments in Trinity Hall Chapel, some of which are in that gentleman's MS. history of that society to this day." Cole.

I remember him. He left a son, who died one of the Ministers of Sandwich; and another an attorney at Canterbury: both of whom have left sons. There is a cousin William of his own surname, a frequent correspondent to Gent. Mag. 1815.

6. Charles Beckingham, Sidney College.

"Born July 25, 1699; admitted to Merchant Taylor's School Jan. 20, 1707. Author of some stage performances, poems, &c. Rawl. W. K. Miscell. 674."

7. Wm. Burrell, LL.D.

Cole says" is my friend and acquaintance, and Member of the House of Commons. He is of the Commons, and is Chancellor of some diocese. An active, stirring man; a good antiqua ry. He is rather low, and squints a little; but very ingenious, and scholar-like. The first time I was acquainted with him was meeting him at Paris, at Mr. Horace Walpole's. I often met him since at Lord Montfort's at Horseheath.

"Chancellor to the Bishop of Worcester. In 1773 married Sophia, daughter of Charles Raymond of Valentine House in Essex, who was created a Baronet, May 3, 1774, with remainder in default of heirs male to Wm. Burrell, who married his daughter." He succeeded to the Baronetage. His eldest son is now M. P. for Shoreham; and his 2d. son, Walter, M. P. for Sussex.

His splendid collections for a History of Sussex are in the British Museum. (1815.)

8: Osmund Beauvoir, St. John's, about 1740.

"He was a cheerful companion, sung a good song, and understood music well.

"I have several of his father's papers, given to me forty years ago, by Dr. Zachary Grey, containing bundles of gazettes, &c. translated. I think he was a Jersey man." Cole.

He first married Miss Boys of Hode Court, and was many years Head Master of Canterbury School, till about 1781. He afterwards married Miss Sharp, the great heiress.

He was a man of very quick and lively talents; and an ad

mirable classical scholar, as the Editor can speak from intimate knowledge. See Additions to Kent in the new edition of Fuller's Worthies. He died about 1789.

8. Nicholas Breton. Qu. 1577.

"See Warton's Hist. E. P. iii. 484, 485."

This is all that Cole's entry contains. I know not on what ground he is inserted among the Cambridge writers.

O... 9. Sir Aston Cokayne, Fellow of Trinity College.

"See Dodd's Church History of England in regard to Catho lics, vol. iii. p. 248. Also Biog. Dram. A. Wood, and Granger."

10. Tho. Cheek, Esq. Queen's College. Poet.

Such is the bare entry of Cole, without date, or other particular reference.

11. Thomas Campion.

Incorporated at Oxford about 1624.

" A Relation of the Royal Entertainment, &c. at Causham,” &c. by Thomas Campion, 1613, 30 pages. See Wood, i. 229, &c. All that can be collected of Campion will be found brought together by the industry of Mr. Haslewood, in the preface to the forth-coming reprint of Old Tracts of Criticism on English Poetry. Editor.