and had been ordained Minister (Priest, I

suppose) by Wm.

Wickham, Bp. of Lincoln, Sept. 24, 1584. King James being at Hawnes in Bedfordshire, he preached before his Majesty, July 30, 1605, and was the same day, by the King's command, sworn one of his Majesty's Chaplains in ordinary. In 1623, he made a vault for himself in the chancel of Houghton-Conquest, and added his epitaph in 1628 in English and Latin verses. I suppose he survived but few years after, as his obituary ends at 1630. I have large extracts from his diary, obituary of eminent persons deceased in his time, and his account of the parish and neighbour hood: the original was lent to me in 1760 by his worthy successor, Dr. Zach. Grey, and I suppose belonged to the Rectors, or parish chest. He seems to have been a very worthy, good man, and a noted preacher. In one part of the MS. are the initials of his name, enclosing an arrow; which looks as if arrows were part of his arms, being well known to belong to the name of Archer, and alluding to it. In the book are many curious anecdotes."

16. Dr. Edw. Barnard, Provost of Eton, St. John's Coll.

"Son of Mr. Barnard, schoolmaster at Luton in Bedfordshire, and Vicar there. He was Fellow of St. John's College, after having been educated at Eton school: somewhat lame in one of his joints: very lively, ingenious, and a great scholar, but subject at times to great depression and lowness of spirits. He was chosen for his firmness and scholarship to be Head Master of Eton school, which he brought to that point of glory and reputation, as to have near six hundred boys at one time; and was lucky enough to succeed Dr. Sleech in the Provostship at a time when Lord Granby, on a change of the ministry, was able to get it for him, it having been long promised by Lord Sandwich to my old friend Dr. Rich. Lyne; who dying soon after, it was believed by many that the disappointment shortened his days; but Dr. Lyne had been declining for some time; yet I think it hurt his spirits, and might hasten his death. Dr. Barnard brought in his brother soon after to be Fellow of Eton, who had been also educated at St. John's

College: a bold, noisy man, and settled and married at a living in Maryland, with many children; and on Dr. Burton's going to Warplesden I think presented to the Rectory of Maple-Durham.

"Dr. Barnard married a West Indian, who died and left him a son, now about ten or twelve years of age. Dr. Roberts, Fellow of Eton, about two years ago printed a little book, and inscribed it to Dr. Barnard, calling him in the exordium-Servant of God; which though Dr. Barnard may as justly claim to be stiled, as most clergymen of these times, yet he is not so singularly eminent in that notion, as to be nominated so: and indeed almost every one judged it a very odd kind of expression at this time of day, where ecclesiastics, no more than laity, seem to value themselves on such distinctions. It might have been proper and characteristic a century and half ago, when religion and fanaticism would either of them have supported the appellation: but Dr. Barnard, though a very decent and orderly Clergyman, is rather noted for a jolly, laughing, witty, sneering, merry companion, than at all complicated with the severe idea of a devout Christian, or formal Sectary. Dr. Worthington, in his preface, p. vi. and vii. to Mr. John Smith's Select Discourses, gives Mr. Smith the same title of Servant of God; and justifies the name from its having been given to Moses, for too many reasons to be here taken notice of, and few of which would serve to apologise for the same being given to a modern Divine, and King's spruce Chaplain.

"About January, 1777, he resigned the Vicarage of Ospringe, in Kent. He was about the same time confined, as I was, with a shabby sort of gout, which left such a weakness, though without pain, that he had no use of his feet on occasion of weakness of his ancles.

"About Oct. 1777, presented by the Dean and Chapter of Windsor to the Vicarage of Isleworth, Middlesex.

"In a letter from my sister, Jane Cole, who has for many years altogether resided at Bath, is the following paragraph, dated Bath, Jan. 11, 1778.

" I saw some Windsor ladies yesterday, who told me that Dr. Barnard was going to be married to Miss Sleech. The lady is

about twenty, and so disproportioned to his own age, that I thnk he has more sense than to confirm such a report."

"In 1743 he was presented by the Hon. Tho. Townshend to the Rectory of Paul's Cray in Kent, which he holds, 1779. In 1760, Canon of Windsor.

"In Gent. Mag. for 1779, p. 559, is a copy of verses on the death of Queen Caroline, signed E. Barnard, St. John's Coliege.

"This, says Dr. Kippis, the Editor of the new edition of Biographia Britannica, 1780, in vol. ii. p. 650, where is inserted the life of Mr. Isaac Hawkins Brown, 'Dr. Edward Barnard, the present learned and worthy Provost of Eton College, told Mr. Brown, both by writing and in conversation, that, in treating a very interesting and important subject, (De Animi Immortalitate) he had adopted, with great judgment, the manner of Lucretius, but that his arguments were conducted with more logic and perspicuity; and that he had very happily enriched the didactic style with many sentiments and expressions from the more glowing parts of Cicero's Philosophical Pieces.'

"On Saturday last (Dec. 2, 1781) died suddenly the Rev. Edward Barnard, D. D. Provost of Eton, Canon of Windsor, and one of his Majesty's Chaplains in ordinary."*

17. Isaac Madox, Bishop of Worcester.

"Bred at Aberdeen, and married Bishop Waddington's niece. D. D. Cantab. Rector of Vedast, Foster Lane, Bp. of St. Asaph and Worcester.

"Sermon preached before the Society, corresponding with the in

corporated Society in Dublin, for promoting the English Protestant working schools in Ireland, at St. Mary-le-Bow, Mar. 19, 1739, on Isa. xi. 13. L. 1740. 4to.

See an admirable character of Dr. Barnard by Mr. George Hardinge, in vol. viii. of Nichols's Literary Anecdotes, p. 543-551. His only son, the Rev. Edw. Barnard, a most amiable man, went into orders late in life, having been formerly Major of the Romney Fencible Cavalry, 1795—1798, He now lives at Bexley in Kent.

"A Vindication of the Government, Doctrine, and Worship of the Church of England, established in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, and mistakes in that performance. L. 1733, 8vo. Pages 262. An excellent book.

"He lived for many years in my parish of Burnham near Windsor in Bucks. Daughter married to the Hon. James Yorke, now Bishop of Gloucester, being a large fortune."

18. Thomas James Mathias, Trinity College, 1779.

"Son of Vincent Mathias, Esq. Receiver at the office of Queen Anne's bounty. They are of a musical family. Mr. Mathias of Trinity is a small, thin man, very ingenious, and has gained many of the prizes and academical honours. In 1779 he printed this Oration in quarto of seven pages-Oratio habita in sacello Coll. Trin. Cant. Festo S. S. Trinitatis redeunte 1779.” *

19. Anthony Shepherd, D. D. Fellow of Christ's College,

1772.

"In 1774, Captain Cook, in his Voyage round the World, discovered some small islands in the South Seas, near the Isle of Apee, one of the New Hebrides, which, in honour of Dr. Shepherd, he called after his name. In his 2d vol. p. 39, are these words: "And having weathered three hills, stood for the group of small isles, which lie off the S. E. point of Apee. These I called Shepherd's Isles, in honour of my worthy friend, Mr. Shepherd, Plumian Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge." Two yols. 4to. Lond. 1777.

"In July 1777, the King gave him a Canonry at Windsor on the Death of Mr. Fulham. In the Vice Chancellorship of Dr.

• Mr. Mathias's subsequent literary labours are well known to the world; which attributes to him The Pursuits of Literature.

Plumptre, 1778, the Fellows of Christ Church appealed to him against the Master, for not declaring the Fellowship of Dr. Shepherd void, having so great emoluments; but as Dr. Thomas was then very ill, it was desired by him to be laid aside for a time: and the present Vice Chancellor, calling upon me at Milton this morning, Nov. 16, 1778, told me, that just before he came out, the Fellows had lodged their appeal with him. Dr. Plumptre had sent to the College of Windsor, to know the value of one of their Canonries. They thought that by their statutes they were forbid revealing it.

"In 1780, after the election of Mr. Barker to the Mastership, he cut his name out of the list of Fellows: but he appealing to the Visitors, the Vice Chancellor, Dr. Yates of Catherine Hall, and two Doctors, viz. Dr. Smith, Master of Caius, and Dr. Hay of Sidney, they reinstated him in Oct. 1780. In Nov. 1782, presented by George Finch Hatton, Esq. late of Christ College, to the Rectory of Eastling in Kent.-Barker, the Master of Christ's College, though repeatedly disappointed, was preparing again to apply to the Visitor, Dr. Beadon, Vice Chancellor, to turn him out of his Fellowship. I suppose this living will vacate it.”

20. John Cowper, Fellow of Bene't College, 1770.

"On Tuesday last (March 20, 1770) died in the thirty-third year of his age, the Rev. John Cowper, A. M. and Fellow of Bene't College and Minister of Faxton. He was an excellent scholar and a worthy man; and as such his death is deservedly regretted by his own society, and the University in general.

"Mr. Cowper was the son of Dr. Cowper of Berkhampsted in Hartfordshire, of the Earl of Shaftesbury [Cowper's] family, an ingenious man, and a good poet and orator. I heard the Master, Dr. Bernardiston, say, that he had employed him to write the congratulatory letter to Mr. Charles Yorke, on his being appointed Lord Chancellor, and which his sudden death prevented being presented. Mr. Cowper had been for above a twelvemonth in a decaying way; and for these last three months so bad as to give no