48. Philip Williams, D. D. Fellow of St. John's College and Public Orator of the University.

"He was presented by his College to the Rectory of Barrow in Suffolk; and about 1747 to that of Long Sutton in Lincolnshire by Sir Thomas Peyton. He died Sunday morning, May 21, 1749, and was buried in the church at Barrow on Tuesday following, aged -56. He married a daughter of Dr. Diton of Newmarket, by whom he left three children. He married when 48 to a young girl of about 18. He laid out near a thousand pounds on his house at Barrow. His widow married Dr. Gordon, Archdeacon of Lincoln, and has two sons by her: they live altogether at Cambridge. Dr. Williams's son was sent to Winchester school, was elected off to New College, and became Fellow there, and about 1770 was elected Fellow of Winchester College.

"In 1746 he solicited Henry Howard, Earl of Suffolk, for the Mastership of Magdalen, at which time I had also a prospect of it from Colonel Vachell's alliance to Lady Portsmouth, of the Griffin family."

49. Edmund Castell, S. T. B. Emanuel College.

"Dr. Brian Walton, in his preface to his Polyglot Bible, says he assisted him much in correcting the press, and helping forward that great work in 1657. He speaks thus of him: Virum in quo eruditio summa magnaque animi modestia convenere; qui in Samaritanis, Syriacis, Arabicis, et Æthiopicis, nullam non abhibuit diligentiam; Cantici Canticorum Æthiopici versionem Latinam produxit, nec non annotationes doctissimas in earundem lingnarum versiones elaboravit.' He also assisted in the Latin version of the Ethiopic Testament in 1669, being then D. D. King's Chaplain, Professor of Arabic in Cambridge, founded by Sir Thos. Adams, Bart. and his father, he being the first Professor, and Canon of Canterbury. Dedicated to King Charles 2d, in which he tells him that it was now the seventeenth year since he left his native country by his Majesty's leave, by reason of the civil wars;

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that his papers were burnt of many years by the fire of London; and that he had suffered much many ways; and when he was at the height of this miseries his Majesty had recommended his work to all the clergy and laity of rank, by which means he had 7001. and that of that sum Seth Ward, Bishop of Sarum, got 400 within 14 days' time. By means of his Chaplainship to his Majesty several privileges towards forwarding his work were acquired: his Canonry of Canterbury, given by his Majesty, and a dispensation for absence; partly on occasion of his charge at Cambridge, in which he says, there was much labour and little profit; and partly for his many infirmities; for all which he thanks the King. Lond. fol. 1669.

"Lexicon Heptaglotton, in two folio volumes.

"In a letter from Dr. Worthington to Mr. Hartlib, about 1660, says, p. 232, 'I am heartily sorry for Mr. Castell's difficulties: I hear that, for the carrying on of his great work, he has. been forced to sell part of his estate, viz. 201. per annum; and he writes that he shall be constrained to dispossess his family of the whole estate, which his ancestors left him, except the work be encouraged with more subscriptions, or by the generous beneficence of some great persons. And is there no Mecenas in this part of the world? None that has any sense and relish of what is of more universal influence for the increase of knowledge and deriving it to those of different tongues and nations? None that considers the universal pains and inconquerable industry of such laborious persons who waste their health, their estate, their all, for the good of others? I have written and spoken to some of my acquaintance concerning this particular, desiring them to recom mend it as they have interest.''

"Second son of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, educated at Hackney under Dr. Newcome, Fellow Commoner of C, C. C. G. Member for Ryegate, and since for the University of Cambridge: one of the clerks of the crown in chancery: Solicitor and Attor

ney General. In autumn, 1755, he married the only daughter and heiress of the late William Freeman of Hamels in Hertfordshire, Esq. brother to the Rev. Dr. Ralph Freeman, now in si possession of the estate for failure of male issue by his brothers but which it is supposed, as the Dr. has no children by his wife, r sister to my friend, Dr. Puller Forester, will fall into Mr. Yorke's family, as he has several children by his wife; who dying some five or six years ago, (I write this Dec. 20, 1768) he is since remarried.

"From the London Gazette.

"At the Court at the Queen's House, Jan. 17, present the King's most excellent Majesty in Council.

His Majesty in Council was this day pleased to deliver the Great Seal to the Right Hon. Charles Yorke, Esq. who was thereupon, by his Majesty's command, sworn of his Majesty's most Hon. Privy Council, and likewise Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, and accordingly took his place at the board.

"St. James's, Jan. 18. The King has been pleased to grant unto the Right Hon. Charles Yorke, Esq. Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, and the heirs male of his body, lawfully begotten, the dignity of a Baron of Great Britain, by the name, stile, and title of Lord Morden, Baron of Morden, in the county of Cambridge.'

On Saturday evening, Jan. 20, 1770, died at his house in Bloomsbury Square, after a very short illness, and supposed bursting of a vessel within, the Right Hon. Charles Yorke, Esq. Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. He died in the 48th year of his age, His great uncle, the Lord Somers, and his father, the first Earl of Hardwicke, had both filled that important office with the highest reputation, abilities, and lustre. His Lordship was second son of the late Earl of Hardwicke, and had, with his brother John, the office of Clerk of the Crown in the Court of Chancery, a place for life, conferred on them, June 27, 20 Geo. II. He was chosen Member for Ryegate in Surrey, in the 10th, 11th,

and 12th parliaments of Great Britain, and in the present, for the University of Cambridge. On Nov. 6, 1756, he was appointed Solicitor General, and Dec. 27, 1761, was promoted to that of Attorney General; but he resigned it on Nov. 2, 1763. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, one of the Trustees of the British Museum, and Recorder of Dover. He married first, Miss Freeman, daughter of -Freeman, Esq. of Hartfordshire, by whom he had a son and a daughter; secondly, in December 1762, Miss Johnson, sister to the lady of Sir Wm. Beauchamp Proctor, Bart. by whom he has left a son and a daughter. An express was sent to Sir Joseph Yorke, at the Hague, on Saturday morning, informing him of his brother's being appointed Lord Chancellor, and in the evening another with the melancholy account of his death.

"Mr. Yorke was of the University of Cambridge, where he resided longer than persons of his rank usually do, and there laid the foundation of the great character which he sustained through life, by the improvements he made in all good learning, and the constant attention he paid to all the duties of morality and religion: which so endeared him to the whole University, that, as soon as he was capable of it, he was complimented with the office of standing counsel to that learned Body; and, upon the very first vacancy, was unanimously elected their Representative in parliament: having before served in three parliaments for the borough of Ryegate in Surrey. Very soon after his removal to Lincoln's Inn, he wrote a book, called-Considerations on the Law of Forfeitures for High Treason; which was much taken notice of at the time, and has passed through many editions. In a few years he came into very large and extensive practice: and, what is particularly worthy of remark, his business increased greatly upon his noble father's resignation of the Great Seal. After having served the office of Solicitor and Attorney General, (the latter of which he resigned some years ago) he was now, by the immediate choice of his Sovereign, and the universal expectation of the public, called to the highest honours in his profession; which were 'conferred upon him absolutely, without any conditions either asked or accepted by him.

We are informed of the following intelligence from a cor

respondent. Lord Morden, the late Lord Chancellor, (since Lord Camden's removal was determined on) received hourly invitations from the Ministry, to accept the Seals, which he not only declined,. but assured several Members in the opposition (particularly Lord Rockingham) that he never would, or could, on terms which he could not but look on as derogatory to his particular sentiments, at well as the interest of his country. On Wednesday morning last, he received a particular message immediately from his Majesty, desiring his attendance at the Queen's palace; and there was so warmly solicited by him in person, that, unable to withstand such repeated requisition, he assented. On his way home, he called at Lord Rockingham's; when meeting several Members of the Opposition, he told them what had happened, at which they all upbraided him in such poignant terms of his infidelity, that he was instantly taken ill; from whence he was removed to his own house, where he continued so till Saturday evening, when he died. The Duke of Grafton, being informed of this circumstance, about eight the same evening, he, with Lord Weymouth, and several` others at the head of administration, immediately waited on his Majesty; when it was there resolved, that the Seals should not be disposed of till after the ensuing term.

The original cause of Mr. Yorke's illness was a slight fever, for which he had, on a cold morning, taken salts, and too soon afterwards walked out as usual, in a retired field near Montague House; where being met by a friend, he was apprised of his danger, and desired to take care of himself. This circumstance, it is little to be doubted, checked the eruption he was subject to, and threw it upon his bowels.

A similar circumstance happened to the late Sir Dudley Ryder, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, as has now happened to the late Lord Chancellor Yorke; both alike having received his Majesty's grant for a peerage, but died before their patents were sealed.

Last Saturday, at one o'clock, the Right Hon. the late Lord Chancellor signed above an hundred writs, which was only a few hours before his Lordship expired.'

"All the foregoing paragraphs are taken from Lamb's Cambridge Journal of Saturday, January 27, 1770, where is also a