June8th。——Mr。JenkinsandMr。J。Martyr{71}dined。
9th。——ToGuildford;dinedatMr。Martyr’s;Mr。JenkinsandMr。
Hawesthere;tothehorserace。
10th。——GeneralEvelyn,Mr。Dyson,andCaptainWilliamsdined;tothecourse。
July19th,Sunday。——ToChurch;walkedintheMuseumGardenswithMr。Austen。
26th,Sunday。——ToChurchatShere;dinedatMr。Duncumb’s;drankteaatMr。Godschall’s。LordandLadyOnslowandMr。andMrs。
Onslowthere。
1780,Jan。16th。——InachaisetotheSpeakeratWonersh,anddined;
toLoseleyintheevening。
27th。——AntiquarySociety,suppedwithMr。WaddiloveatMundy’sCoffeeHouseinMaidenLane;paid1s。
Feb。8th。——ToDruryLane,withMrs。GardinerandPolly,’PlainDealer’and’Fortunatus。’
March28th。——ToGeneralEvelyn’s,andbreakfasted;toTurnpikemeetingatGuildford;dinedatthe’WhiteHart,’withMr。PageandCaptainOnslow;toLoseleyandlay。
April2nd。——DinedatMr。Lomax’s。
15th。——BreakfastedatMr。Lomax’s;rodewithhimtotheHurtwood。
17th。——Totherace。
18th。——Do。
June6th。——LordMansfield’shouseburnt,upallnight。
Nov。22nd。——DrankteawithMr。Jenkins。TotheRollsCoffeeHouse,andsupped;quadrille。
Dec。11th。——Mr。andMrs。EyreandMr。andMrs。Meuxsuppedhere;
quadrille。
1781,Jan。8th。——EdwardwenttotheGuildfordBall。
11th。—TothefirstmeetingoftheAntiquarySocietyinSomersetHouse;suppedatCoffeeHouse,withMr。Gough,Mr。Topham,&c。
March22nd。——ToKingstonAssizes;dinedwiththeGrandJury;Mr。
Budgen’scausetried。
May11th。——SuppedatMr。Meux’s;whist,won9s。
June16th。——ToSirEdwardEvelyninPiccadilly,andwithhiminhisphaetontoLeatherhead。
July2nd。——WithDr。OsborneinhiscoachtoMr。RiceatTooting,anddined。
Aug。3rd。——ToMr。JamesatEnfield,andlay。
4th。——RodetoMr。Jenkins,atHampstead。
16th。——Mr。Manningsuppedandlayhere。
17th。——WithMr。Manning{72}toAnstedCamp;hedinedandlayhere。
18th。——DinedatMr。Pollen’s;drankteaatMr。Polhill’s(Albury)。
23rd。——Mr。andMrs。ShawandMr。Polhilldrankteahere。
24th。——ToColonelClarkeatStanestreet,andbreakfasted;dinedandsuppedatMr。Duncumb’s。
25th。——ToLoseley,andbreakfasted;dinedatthe’WhiteHart’withtheClub。
Sept。14th。——ToMr。Page{73}atCobhamtobreakfast;toSheretodinner。
15th。——GeneralEvelyn,Mr。andMrs。Lomax,andMr。Duncumbdinedwithus。{74}
16th,Sunday。——DinedatMr。Godschall’s。
17th。——BreakfastedatWotton;dinedatthe’King’sHead,’Epsom。
1782,Feb。10th。——WalkedtoHampstead;dinedatMr。Jenkins’s;
thencewalkedhomewithhim。{75}
March31st。——MybrotherandIdrankteaatCapt。Finch’s(AlburyPark)。
Sept。15th。——BreakfastedatLordGrantley’s;dinedatMr。
Shurlock’s;drankteawithmybrother;toWotton,andlayatSirFrederick’s。
1783,June7th。——Setoutat7forShere;breakfastedatEpsom;
dinedatthe’WhiteHorse,’Dorking{76};paidforbreakfast,1s。;
barber,6d。;horses,10d。;atDorking,dinnerandwine,3s。8d。;
horses,1s。
July3rd。——ToHarrowspeeches{77};breakfastedatthe’King’sHead,’dinedwithDr。Heath。
Dec。30th。——Mrs。EvelynandHughdinedhere。
1784,March11th。——TotheAntiquarySociety;suppedatHolylandsCoffeeHouse,withMr。Gough{78},Mr。Ord,Mr。Turner,Dr。
Hamilton,Mr。Grose,Dr。Nash,andothers。
22nd。——ToBathbycoach,setoutat4,arrivedat8。
July24th。——RodewithMr。Topham{79}toTunbridgeWells;Mr。
Gough,Mr。Ord,andMr。Brooke,inachaise;weallsawKnowle,anddinedatthe’WhiteHart,’Sevenoaks。
Aug。19th。——DinedattheClubatDorking;DukeofNorfolk,SirWm。
Gray,&c。
Dec。26th。——Athome;physick。{80}
1785,Jan。3rd。——Mr。andMrs。Polhillandnephew,Mr。andMrs。
DuncumbandJohnDuncumbdinedhere。
4th。——EdwardandIrodetoSirFredk。Evelyn’s;dinedatMr。
Godschall’s。
5th。——Thetenantsdinedhere。
6th。——EdwardandIrodetoMr。Polhill’s,anddined。
7th。——EdwardandIdinedatCaptn。Finch’s;LadyAylesfordandtwodaughters,Captn。EdwardFinch,andMr。Mordenthere。
Feb。19th。——ToDruryLane;’Macbeth’Mrs。Siddons。
June26th(Sunday)。——EdwardandIwalkedtoAlburyChurch;dinedatMr。Polhill’s;withhiminhischaisetoShereChurch;{81}wenttoCaptn。Pitt’s;{82}drankteaatSirFrederick’s。
July13th。——AttendedtheSessions;dinedwiththeJusticesatthe’WhiteHart;’layatLoseley。
14th。——BreakfastedwithMr。Mellersh;dinedatLoseley;drankteaatMr。Shurlock’s。
1786,Jan。7th。——EdwardandIrodetoGuildford,andtheninachaisetoPepperharrow,andlaythere。ToChurchatPepperharrow。
Chaisecame。IdinedatMr。Webb’s;drankteaatMr。Manning’s,andlayatthe’WhiteHart,’Guildford;Mr。Mellershsuppedwithme。
June6th。——Guildfordraces。Veryunwell;didnotgouptotheDowns。
July14th。—ToTooting,andheldacourt;dinedanddrankteaatMr。Rice’s。{83}
Aug。2nd。——ToEatonBray。{84}
31st。——ToCanterbury。
Dec。28th。——DinedandlayatMrs。Tucker’s,SirHenryandLadySt。
John;{85}whist,won9s。
1787,Jan。10th。——ToQuarterSessionsinBorough;dinedwiththeJustices;whist,SirJosephMawbey,{86}Pardon,Lawson,andothers,till10,won10s。6d。
Aug。28th。——Dinedathome。MissMalthus,andMissMenzies,Mr。R。
Malthus,{87}andMr。JohnDuncumb,dranktea。
29th。——DinedatMr。Godschall’s;Mr。andMrs。PolhillandMr。
Wollastonthere;whisttill10;won8s。
30th。——DinedattheClubatDorking,SirFredk。Evelyn,&c。;paidfordinner,4s。6d。
31st。——Setoutat6;breakfastedatEpsom;homeat1;paidforbreakfast,1s。;baitofhorses,1s。
Oct。26th。——DinedatMr。Godschall’s,between8and9;receivedbyexpressMrs。Oglethorpe’sdeath;sentforachaisefromDorking;
setoutat2,gottoRussellStreetpast7{88};breakfasted;toMr。Sharp{89},withhimtoCranham。
1788,June9th。——DrankteaatMr。Ruding’s。{90}
10th。——WithMissAdees,MaryandCaroline,toVauxhall;homeat12。
Aug。25th。{91}——Mr。andMrs。Shurlockdined。
26th。——DinedatMr。Taylor’s。
27th。——Mr。Godschalldinedwithus。
28th。——ToMrs。Haynes,anddined。
29th。——Mr。Prickett,Mr。Woodroffe;andMr。T。Duncumbdinedwithus。
30th。——ToReigate,andlayatthe’WhiteHart。’
31st。——DinedwithMr。Barnes;toMr。Fanshawe,{92}andlay。
Oct。24th。——WealldinedandsuppedatMrs。Malthus’s;whist,won3s。6d。
1789,Feb。10th。——CouncilattheSocietyofAntiquaries;{93}totheHouseofCommons。
April28th。——DrankteaatMr。Malthus’s。
29th。——DrankteaatMr。Shurlock’s。
30th。——DinedatMr。Webb’s。{94}
May1st。——ToMr。Leech,atWitley;layatMr。Webb’s。
2nd。——Afterbreakfast,toMr。Manning;dinedatMr。Mellersh’s。
3rd。——DinedatMr。Duncumb’s;toMr。Malthus;drankteaatMr。
Godschall’s。
14th。——MissAdees,Mr。RobertMalthus,andMr。Martyr,dinedwithus;suppedatLincoln’sInnCoffeeHouse(withhisantiquaryfriends)。
June18th。——DinedwiththeDukeofNorfolk;{95}homeat8。
July3rd。——CalledatMr。Eckersall’s;{96}drankteaatDorking。
Aug。10th。——ToHazlegrove;laythere(SirHy。StJohnMildmay’s)。
Nov。7th。——ToSirH。Mildmay,atDogmersfield,andlay。
Dec。25th。——MydeardaughterCarolinediedthismorning,afterafeverofafewdays。{97}
1790,July24th。——DinedatSirFredk。Evelyn’s。
25th,Sunday。——DinedatCaptn。Finch’s;drankteaatMr。Malthus’s。
26th。——DinedatMr。Duncumb’s。
27th。——Mr。R。MalthusandtheMissesdinedhere,withCath。andMr。
andMrs。Polhill,andMr。S。Godschall。
28th。——DinedatMr。Shurlock’s。
29th。——DinedatMr。Thompson’s。
30th。——Mr。DuncumbandMr。Thos。andRobt。Duncumbsuppedhere。
31st。——DrankteaatMr。Malthus’s。{98}
Sept。1st。——ToMr。Jenkins’,atPutney,anddined;homeat8。
3rd。——TookupMr。Clutton,atWalworth,andwentwithhimtoSirPeterBurrell’s,{99}atBeckenham。
1791,June9th。——DinedatSirCharlesGould’s,withthedirectorsoftheEquitableSociety。SuppedattheCoffeeHouse,Brand,Turner,andothers。
Sept。29th。——DinedatSirWm。Hillman’s,LordSayandSele,Mr。
Jenkinson,Mr。Fanshawe,sen。;drankteaatMrs。Molyneux’s。
30th。——SirWilliamHillman,Mr。Willis,Mr。Jenkinson,andMr。
Saml。Dyson,dinedhere。
Oct。16th,Sunday。——DinedatCaptn。Finch’s,Mr。Onslowthere。
23rd,Sunday。——DinedatCapt。Finch’s。
1792,Jan。2nd。——SetoutgroundtowidenSherborneLane。IntheeveningrodetoCapt。Onslow’s,atRipley,andlaythere。
3rd。——Breakfastedthere,andtotownintheGodalmingcoach。
Feb。8th。——DinedatEdward’s,withMr。Malthusandfamily;childchristened;whist,won3s。;paidnurse,&c。,3pounds3s。
18th。——ToLordSydney,andwithhimtoFrognal,andlaythere。
19th,Sunday。——Returnedat2。
March1st。——Mr。Willisdinedhere;withhimtotheAntiquarySociety;suppedattheCoffeeHouse,LordLeicester,&c。,there。
April12th。——ToMr。Strode,atLoseley,anddined;toMr。Webb,atMilford,andlay。
1796,Dec。14th。——Mywifediedabout5intheafternoon;themostaffectionateofwives,tenderestofparents,andmostsincereofChristians;tohergreatprudenceanddiscretionIowetheprosperitywithwhichGodhasblessedme。
24th。——Veryhardfrost。{100}
1797,Feb。25th。——DinedatEdward’s,Mr。Godschall,senior,&c。;
Reginaldchristened;paidEdwardDuncumbforadrawingofCombeBottom,2pounds2s。;frameandglass,10s。6d。
March21st。——Dinedatthe’CrownandAnchor’(Antiquaries’Club),Dr。Hamilton,SirWm。Musgrave,Mr。CharlesTownshend,Mr。Weston,Seward,Brand,Ord,Lysons;teaattheCoffeeHouse(Holyland’s)
paid,fordinner,2s。;tea,11d。
Aug。14th。——InSouthamptonlongcoachtotownat6;breakfastedatAlton;dinedat’CatherineWheel,’atEgham;drankteaatHatchett’s。
24th。——RodewithEdwardtoMr。Jenkins’s,atPutney,dinedanddranktea。Homeat8。
Oct。13th。——ToLeatherheadtoMr。Cooper’s;toShere;nodinner。
14th。——Dinedatthe’WhiteHart,’Guildford;drankteaatMr。
Polhill’s(Albury)。
15th,Sunday。——ToAlburyChurch;dinedatMr。Malthus’s。
22nd。——ToMr。CurrieatEastHorsley;dinedandlaythere。
Nov。3rd。——ToMr。Austen’s;hediedabout9。
11th。——WithMr。HalseyandDr。Benamoreat1;fromMr。Austen’shousewiththefuneral;dinedatKingston;layatthe’WhiteLion,’
Cobham。
12th。——Mr。CoussmaherandMr。Martyrmetusatthe’GreenMan’;gottoShalfordby1。
16th。——WithMasterAustentoHarrow。
Dec。16th。——ToGuildford;dinedattheClub;whist;paid5s。;won3s。
17th。——DinedandlayatMr。Martyr’s。
20th。——WithEdwardincoachtoLordGrantley’s,inSloaneStreet,anddined;paidcoachandturnpike,4s。2d。
1798,Jan。19th。——ToLordGrenville,theDukeofPortland,{101}
&c。;dinedatMr。Harrison’s。
23rd。——Dinedatthe’CrownandAnchor’withtheAntiquaries’Club,Dr。Hamilton,SirWm。Musgrave,Dr。Halifax,Topham,Brand,Lysons,CharlesTownshend,&c。
30th。——DinedwiththeAntiquaries’Club,Weston,Townley,&c。
Feb。18th。——Inflammationintheeye;paidforgoldenointment,1s。
9d。
March4th,Sunday。——ToChurch;Mr。Bayley{102}andMr。Baxendalecalled。
1799,Jan。14th。——SuppedatMr。Baxendale’s;whist。
15th。——DinedatMr。Ord’s,Brand,Sabine,&c。
16th。——Mr。HogarthandMr。andMrs。Harrisondinedhere。
17th。——DinedatGeneralRainsford’s,SirGeorgeOsborn,ColonelSloane,andMr。RoseFuller。
Feb。19th。——Dinedatthe’CrownandAnchor,’SirJosephBanks,Lysons,&c。
July2nd。——Mr。Waddilove{103}andSalterdinedhere。
3rd。——Mr。Peach,Dealtry,{104}Brand,andMrs。Davisdinedhere。
4th。——DrankteaatMrs。Austen’s。
5th。——DinedatMr。Dealtry’s,Mr。JamesFarrar,Mr。Blake,&c。
6th。——ToMr。Ruding’s(atMaldon),andbreakfasted;dinedatMr。
Filewood’s;drankteaatDr。Taylor’s。
12th。——Mr。andMrs。DuncumbandMr。T。Duncumbdinedhere。
13th。——BreakfastedwithMr。Currie;dinedandlayatSirJohnFrederick’s。
14th,Sunday。——Afterbreakfast,toPeto,{105}atStokeD’Abernon,andtoChurchthere;dinedanddrankteaatMr。Cooke’s。
31st。——DrankteaatMr。Malthus’s;walkedthroughhiscoppices,MissDaltonthere。
Sept。19th。——ToLordSydney(inGrosvenorSquare),anddined;drankteaatMr。Andrewes’s。{106}
Nov。17th,Sunday。——ToChurch;Dr。WillisandSerjeantBayleycalled。
19th。——Mr。Jebbdinedhere。
20th。——CharitySchoolMeeting。
21st。——MajorMolyneux,CaptainVincent,Mr。Fanshawe,Mr。Willis,Mr。Andrewes,andMr。Rudingdinedhere。
22nd。——Mr。andMrs。Godschalldinedhere;paidforlotterytickets,8pounds4s。
23rd。——DinedandsuppedatMrs。Davis’s,SirNashGrose,&c。;
whist。
24th。——ToChurch;Dr。Willis,Mr。Penneck,andMr。Baxendalecalled。
Dec。22。——Notwell。{107}
Mr。Brayleftnotesofhistravelsboundtogether,andmakingalargebook。Mostofthehouseshesawarefullydescribed。HewasneverontheContinentorinIreland。
HisfirstexcursionafterhistourinWalesin1769,wasin1774,intoLeicestershireandtheadjoiningcounties,whenhevisitedtheFieldofBosworth,whereitissaidthatSirReginaldBraypickedupKingRichard’scrown,andgaveittoLordStanley,whopresentedittotheDuke。
Inthesameyear1774,hewenttwicetotheLakes。Numberofmilestravelled,703and657。
1775。——Thetourofwhichhepublishedanaccount。
1776。——Gloucestershire,&c。,506miles。
1777。——Northamptonshire,Leicestershire。
1778。——Wales,637miles。
1779。——Matlock,Buxton。
1780。——Nottinghamshire。
1781。——ThePeak。
1782。——Bath,Worcester,Malvern,406miles。
1783。——Hastings,TunbridgeWells,IsleofWight,659miles。
1784。——Brighton,225miles。
1785。——Bristol,302miles。
1786。——Cambridge,Dover,Ramsgate。
1787。——Essex,410miles。
1788。——Luton,Dunstable,346miles。
1789。——Glastonbury,Weymouth,Lyme,520miles。
1790。——Winchester。
1792。——Oxford。
1793。——Colchester,Lowestoft,312miles。Woburn,Eton,Bray,Wales。
1794。——Yorkshire。
1795。——Arundel,Petworth。
1796。——Ross,Ledbury,392miles。
1797。——Shrewsbury,Dovedale,614miles。
1798。——Norwich,Ipswich,285miles。
1799。——Brecon,Llandovery,441miles。
MEMORANDA
1806,Nov。15th。——Thisday,Icompletedmy70thyear,withouthavingevermetwithanyaccidentofconsequenceandwithverylittleinterruptiontomyhealth,exceptinJanuarylast,whenI
hadaveryseriousattackbyaninflammationinmylungs,butfromwhichIamperfectlyrecovered。MyeyesightissogoodthatIcanandgenerallydousemyeyesinreadingorwritingfromthetimeofgettingupinthemorningtill10atnight。Myhearingisinnowayimpaired。Ihavenotlostonefronttoothandveryfewothers。
Iamabletowalkorride4or5hourstogether,butIdonotridefast。Mymemoryisperhapsnotsogoodasithasbeen。OnthewholeIseemtobeinaperfectgoodstateofhealth,thanksbetoGod。
1808,Nov。15th。——ThisdayIcompletedmy72ndyear;andthankstoGod’smerciesIfindmyselfinasperfecthealthasIeverenjoyedinmylife,andtheonlyperceivabledifferenceinanyofmysensesthatIamawareofisalittledegreeofdeafnessinmyrightear,butastheotherisperfect,Idoprettywell。MylefteyeIthinkhasnotperfectlyrecoveredthesevereinflammationwhichIhadtwoorthreeyearsago,buttheotherbeingsound,Ireadandwriteaswellandasmuchasever。Myteethremainperfectinfrontandwithoutanyadditionallosstothosewhichdecayedsomeyearsago。
1810,April5th。——IquittedtheBoardofGreenCloth,afterhavinghadaplacetherefor49yearsandahalf。Iwasputonthesuperannuationlistatmyrequest,theLordStewardhavingkindlyprocuredleaveforit。Healso,unsolicited,gavemeleavetoresignmyplaceofClerkoftheVergetomyson。
Nov。14th。——Afterdinner,Ifoundagiddinessinmyheadmakingmeunabletowalk,andakindofdumbconfusioninmyhead。IwrotetoMr。Heavisidetocome,whichhedidandorderedimmediatecupping。{108}Thenextmorningmycomplaintwasgone。
1814,May30th。——ReceivedfromMr。SydenhamMalthusthemelancholynewsofmyson’sdeathatExmouth,fromtheruptureofablood—
vesselinthelungs。
1817,Feb。15th。——MygrandsonHenrydiedthismorning。
1826,June16th。——InchaisetoGuildford,theCountyelection,votedforMr。SumnerandMr。Denison。{109}
Sept。19th。——WithMaryandMissDavis,inachaise,byHorshamandHenfoldtothe’Albion’atBrighton。Dinedandlaythere;walkedontheChainPier。
20th。——ToSeaford,Eastbourne。Dinedandlayatthe’Hope’intheSea—houses。
21st。——TotheCastleHotel,Hastings;throughWinchelseatoRye;
NewRomney,dinedandlaythere。
22nd。——ToHythe,throughFolkestonetoDover;sawtheharbour;
returnedtoHythe,the’Sun,’dinedthere。ToAshford,andlaythere。
Sept。23rd。——ToLenham’Star’atMaidstone;WrothamHeath;
Sevenoaks;GodstonetoReigate;CalledonMr。Glover;Dorking;
Sherebefore7。{110}
1828,Dec。24th。——SuchhasbeenthedecayinmyeyesightthewholeofthisyearthatIhavenotbeenabletoreadeitherprintorMS。,thoughIhavecontinuedtowriteletters,asIamwritingonthis24thofDecember。Icannotreaditwhenwritten。Ihavealsolostmyhearinginoneearinagreatdegree;subjecttothis,mybodilyhealthhasbeenwhatmaybecalledgood。Ihavebeenobligedtopaymorethan1,100poundsbythetreacheryofaclerk,andthemaliceofonewhohadbeenlongattempting,andatlasteffectedalossoflongfriendshipwithMrs。Wigzell。{111}
1832,July5th。——Mr。Linnell,aportraitpainterwassentbymygrandsonReginaldtopaintaportraitofme。Ihadfivesittings。
Oct,18th。——IsentmycuriousMS。oftheBishops’estatesseizedandsoldbyCromwelltoMr。Ellis,{112}tobepresentedtotheTrusteesoftheBritishMuseum。
MR。BRAY’SLASTMEMORANDUM
Dec。17th。——Alittlerain;athome。PaidHiggins{113}8s。3d。
Footnotes:
{1}ItappearsfromhisaccountoftheEvelynFamily,inthesecondvolumeofthe’HistoryofSurrey,’thathehadreadtheseMemoirsaslongbeforeas1809。
{2}Whomheafterwardsmarried。ShewasthedaughterofMr。
Stevens,ofPerryHill,Worplesdon,andlivedwithheraunt,Mrs。
Norwood,atGuildford。ShewastwoyearsolderthanMr。Bray,whowasthenonlytwomonthspast19。
{3}Mr。FlutterandhisbrotherwereMayorsofGuildfordmorethanonce,andthenameofFlutterappearstwiceinthelistofMayorsinthereignofCharlesII。
{4}Aladofnineteen。
{5}Mr。DuncumbwasRectorofShere。HisfatherhadpurchasedtheadvowsonfromMr。EdwardBray,andwasaconnexionbymarriage。
{6}Mr。WilpleywaswhatwasthencalledanApothecary。
{7}Mr。Emilywashiscousin,theirgrandfathershavingmarriedthedaughtersofVincentRandyll,ofChilworth。
{8}JackywasMr。Martyr’sson。HewascalledtotheBar,andlivedatGuildfordtoanadvancedage。
{9}Themedicalchargefortheinoculationwas4pounds4s。
{10}HehadverylittletodoatMr。Martyr’s。InthesummerhewasoftenattheBowling—green,andtooklongwalkswithhisfriends,maleandfemale。Itwasnotrequiredthatanymarriedladyshouldjointhewalkingparties。
{11}AHessianregimentwasquarteredatGuildfordforsometime。
Theirbandwasagreatattraction。
{12}AnattorneyatGuildford。GrandfatheroftheRev。JohnChandler。
{13}BeingofageandoutofhisarticlestoMr。Martyr,hewenttoLondon,andtooklodgingsthere。Mr。Adderley,ofNewInn,receivedhiminhischambersforinstructioninhisprofession,buthisattendancetherewasnotregular。
{14}Mr。JenkinswasinMr。Adderley’soffice,andafterwardsenteredintopartnershipwithMr。Bray。Mr。Jameswasalsointhesameoffice。
{15}HewenttohisFrenchmasterforsomemonths,anhouratatime;notregularly。
{16}Aboutthistimeheboughtmanybooks,allatlowprices,atstallsandauctions。
{17}Playingatcardsalmosteverynight,andalwaysforcoin,hehadapurseonpurpose。
{18}WhilstatGuildfordhelodgedatBaptist’sfor7s。aweek。
Hedinedatthe’WhiteHart,’for10d。
{19}Hesoldthisstocktopay23pounds12s。6d。forViner’s’AbridgmentoftheLaw。’
{20}HevisitedMissStevensalmosteveryday,buthewasnotmuchlessinothersocietythanformerly,andhewasseldomaloneatanytimeofthedayorevening。
{21}DaughtersofDr。Adee,aphysician,whoafterwardswenttoOxfordandpractisedthere。
{22}HewenttothemorningserviceonWednesdaysinmostweeks,usuallytotheMiddleChurch。
{23}Mr。WebbwasSolicitortotheTreasury。Thisappointmentisnowgiventobarristers。
{24}Heonlypaid10d。forhisdinners(withoutwine)atthe’WhiteHart’andthe’Tuns,’and6s。aweekforhislodgingsinthetown。
{25}MissAdeeandBetsyStevenswerethebridesmaids。
{26}Mrs。C。’swasthelodgingMr。JenkinshadtakenforhiminLothbury。
{27}Heleftaparticularaccountofhisexpensesonhismarriage。
Thefollowingaresomeofthem:—
Poundss。d。
Licence1116
Pairofgloves010
Mr。Burdett’sfee110
TheclerkO106
Mrs。Norwood’smaidO76
MiddleParishringers110
DinneratEpsomO56
ChaisefromEpsomtoLondonO14O
DriverandhostlerO2O
TwobottlesofLisbonatthe’WhiteHart’O34
ForfiftyoystersOO7。5
ApoundofcheeseOO3。5
Apoundandahalfofsalmon010
PaidJenkinsfortheringO66
[Jenkinsgottheringandsentittohimwithahumourousletter。]
Mr。Shrubbforatabbynightgown714O
Ear—ringsandnecklaceO14O
CoffeewithBoughtonattheLincoln’sInnCoffeeHouse(ontheafternoonofhiswedding)OO5
{28}Theyreceivedfriendstoteaeveryeveningthisweek。Theylivedinahousewithagarden,inwhichMr。Brayplantedfruittreesandshrubs,butwhereitwasdoesnotappearintheDiary。
{29}HewenttotheBowling—greentoplayatwhistinthewinter,andathowlsinthesummer。
{30}HehadbeenthefirstperformanceofMarplotbyGarrick。
{31}WhenhetookthehorseasfarasDorkingitwas2s。6d。
{32}ThesonoftheMemberfortheCounty。
{33}Mr。Godschall,ofWestonHouse,Albury。Anaccomplishedgentleman,LL。D。ofOxford,cousinofLadyPalmerston,themotherofthelateLordPalmerston。
{34}OfParkhurst,whereRousseauwashisguestforsometime。
{35}WhobuilttheLeithHillTower,andwasburiedthere。
{36}Itisremarkablethatayoungattorneyof22shouldhavebeeninvitedtothesocialmeetingsofelderlyandmiddle—agedgentlemenofthehighestpositionintheneighbourhood。Hisgrandson,thelateMr。EdwardBray,inheritedhiscompanionablequalities,andwaswelcomeineveryhousehevisited。
{37}TheMemberfortheCounty。
{38}OfBetchworthCastle。Theauthorof’TheLightofNature。’
{39}ThefatherofthelateSirHenryAusten。Hehadbeenarticled,aswellasMr。Bray,toMr。Martyr。HeafterwardspurchasedaClerkshipintheSixClerks’OfficeinChancery。
{40}Mr。Bray’smarriagemadelittledifferenceinhishabitsthisyear。Hewasalmosteverynightwithhisfriendsatcardsorbackgammon;inthesummereveningsatbowls;frequentlyatthemorningservicesonweekdaysattheMiddleChurch。Hehadverylittletodoatthistimeinhisprofession。
{41}Mr。Lane,ofEastHorsleyPark。
{42}Mr。Evelyn,afterwardsSirJohn,thenM。P。forHelstone,hadofferedhimanappointmentattheBoardofGreenCloth,whichheatfirst,bythewishofhiswife,declinedtoaccept;butafewdaysafterwards,beingbetteradvised,hewasgladtofindthathecouldstillhaveit。ThefollowingnotewasamongtheMemorandawhichheleftofhisearlylife。——’NothingcouldbepleasanterthanoursituationattheBoardofGreenCloth。ThePrincipalswereallmembersoftheHouseofCommons。Wesatinthesameroom,atthesamegreenclothtable,withthem,bywhomweweretreatedratherasassociatesthanasclerks。’Mr。Braywasatfirstonlyanassistant,togetherwithMr。Selwyn,abarrister,afterwardsinlargepractice;Mr。Blenman,alsooftheBar,andMr。Fanshawe,buttheyrosetobechiefclerks。Hisusualattendancewasfrom11to3。HetookahouseinHollesStreet,andsettledthereDecember14th,butinthefollowingyearhemovedtoGreatRussellStreet。
{43}ThischilddiedinJuly,{44}AfteraRoyalbirthcaudlewasgiventotheClerksoftheGreenClothandothersinofficeatSt。James’s。
{45}OfBuryHill,nowMr。Barclay’s。
{46}OftheRookery,nowMr。Fuller’s。Hisson,ThomasRobertMalthus,wasthegreatwriteronPopulation。HisyoungestdaughtermarriedMr。Bray’ssonEdward。
{47}HissonEdward,whomarriedMissMalthus,andleftalargefamily。Hisothersonsdiedinchildhood。Mr。Brayhadnocollateralrelationsofhisnameafterthedeathofhisuncleandbrotherswithinmanygenerations。Hisancestor,SirEdwardBray,wastheheirmaleofEdmund,LordBray,andsucceededtothefamilyestates;butthetitledescendedtoLordBray’sdaughters,andwasinabeyanceuntilobtainedbythelateBaronessBray。Mr。BraywasoneofthefewdescendantsthenlivingofSirThomasMore,whosegranddaughter,thedaughterofMargaretRoper,marriedSirEdwardBray。Histwodaughters,MaryandCatherine,werenotmarried。
{48}Hewasnowgettingintothesocietyofliterarymen。
{49}AfterwardsAdmiralBrodrick。
{50}HehadenteredintopartnershipwithhisfriendMr。Jenkins,whosechamberswereinNewInn。
{51}TheGuildfordRacesweretheninMay。
{52}Mr。Sturtwasabarrister,andarelationofMr。Bray’s。Mr。
Budgen,Mr。Talbot,andMr。Scawen,weretrusteesofthecharity。
{53}AtourwithMr。JenkinstoOxford,Bath,Gloucester,Salisbury,Blenheim,Fonthill,Longleat,Chepstow,&c。Theyhiredacarriageandhorsesforthejourney;and,inarhyminglettertohiswife,hewrites:—
’WehiredfromfriendBryantaverygoodchaise,Intendingthustravellingquiteatourease。
Jameswasmountedbehindonafineprancingsteed,Totakecareofthebaggageandhelpusifneed。’
Mr。BraywroteaparticulardescriptionofFonthill,Stourton,andotherhousesvisited。
{54}Someofhisintimatefriendsdinedwithhimeveryweek。Thedinnerwasoverat5or6,andheoftenwentafterwardstoacoffee—house。Healsowentfrequentlytothetheatres,andsometimesinthesummertoVauxhall。HismorningswerespentattheBoardofGreenClothorinNewInn。
{55}ThehousewhichMr。Jacobsonbuilt,called’Lonesome,’hasbeenpulleddown。
{56}Mr。Braywenttomanydifferentcoffee—houses,butmostfrequentlytothePercyandMundy’s。OnSundayshewentforanhourtotheBuffalo。
{57}HehadahouseatShere,whichhismotherlivedin,andmadeahomeforhimduringhisfrequentvisits,andatlittleexpense,forridingroundintheneighbourhoodhegothisdinneratonehouseandteaatanother。TogeneralinformationhecouldnowaddthegossipofSt。James’s,andhewaswelcomewhereverhewent。
{58}Hekeptwhathecalledachaiseorwhisky,andtwohorses。
{59}Mr。PenneckwasKeeperoftheReading—roomattheBritishMuseumandRectorofAbinger。
{60}BetchworthCastle。
{61}HehadbecomeacquaintedwithDr。OsbornandDr。PriceontheinstitutionoftheEquitableAssuranceOffice,ofwhichhewasadirector。Hefrequentlyrodewithhisfriends,sometimesapartyofsix。
{62}Hewroteamostparticulardescriptionofit。
{63}Mr。Planta,PrincipalLibrarianattheBritishMuseum。
{64}Thiswasthetourthathepublishedanaccountof。Herodeonhorseback1,800milesthisyear。
{65}ThiswasasocietywhichmetatSt。Paul’sCoffeeHouse。Thesubscriptionwasfiveguineasayear。
{66}ThisplantationsowedallthefirtreesbetweentheWindmillandPislake。AnotherplantationadjoiningtotheWestChurt,sowedallthegroundwestoftheroadtoCranley。
{67}Thiswasforhisfather。
{68}ForapieceoflandatthetopoftheplantationofbeechesabovePicket’sHole。
{69}Dr。Parr。
{70}DistinguishedAntiquaries。
{71}FormerlyJacky。
{72}TheRev。Mr。Manning,whobeganthe’HistoryofSurrey。’
{73}Mr。PagehadboughttheManorofCobham,andlivedatPointers。
{74}Whenhewasinthecountryheseldomdinedathomeunlesshehadfriendswithhim。
{75}HispartnershipwithMr。Jenkinswasdissolvedin1774,butwithoutanyinterruptionoftheirfriendship。
{76}Toneartheendofhislifehewouldoftenstoptodine,andsometimestosleep,attheinnatDorking,orGuildford,insteadofgoinghometoShere。
{77}HisonlysurvivingsonEdwardwasatHarrow。
{78}Thesewerealleminentantiquaries。
{79}HewasoneoftheTrusteesoftheBritishMuseum。
{80}Hewassubjectallhislifetoinflammatorydisorder,andfrequentlytookphysic。
{81}HewenttoChurcheverySunday,buthedidnotthinkitwrongtousehiscarriageandhorses,ortotravelonthatday。Mr。
Polhill,theRectorofAlbury,usedtogotochurchinhiscarriage。
{82}AbingerHall。AfterwardsLadyDonegal’s。
{83}Mr。RicewaslordoftheManorofTooting。
{84}TheEatenBrayestatewasinheritedbyMr。Bray’sancestor,SirEdwardBray,asheirmaleofLordBray,andsoldbyhim。
{85}Theybecameclients,andthefamilyhaveremainedamongthebestclientsofMr。Bray’sfirm。
{86}SirJosephMawbeywasmemberforSurrey;madeafortunebyadistillery。Mr。BriscoederivedthemanorofEpsomfromhisdaughter。
{87}Mr。MalthushadlefttheRookery,andwaslivingatAlbury,inthehouseafterwardsColonelClive’s。
{88}AninstanceofMr。Bray’sactivity。
{89}GranvilleSharp。GeneralOglethorpelivedforsomeyearsatWestbrook,Godalming。
{90}Theauthorof’TheCoinageofGreatBritain。’
{91}Hisengagementsforaweek。
{92}OfShabden,fatheroftheMissFanshawes。
{93}HehadbeenchosenoneoftheCouncil。
{94}Oneofhisusualroundsofvisiting。
{95}ThedinnerhourinLondonwasgettinglater。
{96}OfBurfordBridge。
{97}Forthefollowingninedaysthereisnoentrybut’Athome。’
{98}Theseeightconsecutivedayswerespentinsociety。WheninLondonhedinedeveryweekatthe’CrownandAnchor’withhisantiquaryfriends,andoftenreceivedthemtodinner。Heplayedatwhiststill,butnotsooften。
{99}SirPeterBurrellmarriedtheBaronessWilloughbyofEresby,andwasmadeLordGwydir。HeandhisdescendantswereamongthebestclientsofMr。Bray’soffice。
{100}Thethermometerfelloneandahalfdegreebelowzero。
{101}AsoneoftheClerksattheBoardofGreenClothhehadtocollectthelandtaxfromtheOfficersofState。Hereceived520
poundsfromLordGrenvilleforfourquarters’landtax,at4s。inthepound;fromtheDukeofPortland,923pounds;Mr。Pitt,twoquarters,456pounds15s。;LordThurlow,do。,1,425pounds17s。
9。75d。
{102}AfterwardsaJudgeandaBaronet。HewasaveryfrequentSundayvisitor,aswellasMr。Baxendale。
{103}AfterwardsDeanofRipon。
{104}RectorofClapham。
{105}Fatherofthegreatbuilder。
{106}AfterwardsDeanofCanterbury。
{107}Hewasconfinedtothehouseformorethanaweekbyabadcold,whichwasfollowedbyinflammationinoneofhiseyes。TheinflammationwassubduedwithdifficultybythegreatoculistMr。
Phipps,afterwardsSirWatkenWaller。Theeyeaffectedbecamegraduallyweaker,andthesightofitwasentirelygoneforsomeyearsbeforehisdeath,althoughexactlywhenhedidnotnotice。
Atthebeginningofthe19thcenturyhewas64;andhisson’sattentiontothebusinessoftheofficeinGreatRussellStreetenabledhimtolivemoreatShere,butwheninLondonhishabitswerelittlechanged。HedinedwiththeAntiquaries’Clubalmosteveryweekduringtheseasonuntilhewas90。Hedidnotsofrequentlytakehismealsatthehousesofhisfriends,butathisowntabletheywerealwayswelcome,andmanycame。
{108}Hewasfrequentlybledaccordingtotheusualpracticeinthosedays。Hewasbledthelasttimewhenhewas84。
{109}Mr。Braycaredverylittleforpolitics,buthewasnotaTory,andwouldnothavevotedforMr。Summerifhehadnotrepresentedthecountyformanyyearsandbeenmuchrespected。
{110}Mr。Braywaswithinafewweeksof90。Hetooknoservantwithhim。
{111}Afterthisshamefulaffair,neitherMr。Taylorhisclerk,norMr。WigzellhadanycommunicationswithMr。Brayorhispartners;butasamarkofrepentanceMrs。WigzellleftMr。Bray’sgrandsonalegacyof100pounds,andMr。Taylorleft100poundstothefirmofBrayandWarren。
{112}PrincipalLibrarianattheBritishMuseum;afterwardsSirHenryEllis。HewasMr。Bray’soldestfriendthenliving。Hediedin1868ataveryadvancedage,havingduringhislongliferenderedmostvaluableservicestothepublic,andparticularlybyhiscontributionstoEnglishhistory。
{113}Mr。HigginswasemployedbyMr。Brayinwritingforhim。
HislastguestatSherewashisoldfriendMr。Carlisle,oneoftheSecretariesoftheAntiquarySociety,whocametoShereonSaturday,the28thofOctober,andremainedtillMonday。HisgrandsonReginaldwaswithhimforadayortwoeveryweek,andplayedatpiquettewithhimthreedaysbeforehisdeath,whichtookplaceonthe21st。