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negan 200 guineas for the use of them, when in his possession; and I believe Mr. Cadell the bookseller made him a very handsome present for the same favour: and hence Mr. M'Pherson made his extracts. Thomas Carte was a member of this University, being matriculated here in 1698, and taking the degree of A. B. in 1702. He was incorporated at Cambridge, where he took the degree of A. M. in 1716. His father Samuel Carte was of Magdalen College, but he himself of University. With respect to Camden's Picture, I can only say that I think it a very good one; you have some account of it in Wood's History and Antiquities of Oxford, part 11. p. 43, or thereabouts. A copy of it may be easily obtained, if a proper person could be found to take it off here*. As Dr. Smith's papers (who formerly wrote his Life) are all with us, and several books with MS. notes, besides some MSS. of his, I have no doubt but many unpublished notices † might be found among them.

"As to Northamptonshire, I only know that Mr. Prince, who has been at a great expence with it, is determined to print no more till he is paid for what is already donet. He has copy to go on, but not enough to finish it. Mr. Whalley, Vicar of Horley, near Reigate, Surrey, (who is the author of this History,) can give you a better account of this affair if desired.

"Dr. Milles will shortly receive an account of the Stonesfield Pavement, and other discoveries made there, from Mr. Thompson, of Christ Church. These, I suppose, will be communicated to the Society of Antiquaries, and therefore I shall say nothing more of them.

"I take this opportunity of acknowledging your very obliging present § to the Library, which I received some time ago from

p. 45. Mr. Carte's account of Cardinal Wolsey's burial-place at Leicester, and some other antiquities of the borough. Qu. Browne Willis's Papers?-MSS. Ballard. Vol. XVIII. p. 86, on the back of Browne Willis's letter in the hand-writing of Mr. Rawlins, of Pophill, in Warwickshire. Samuel Carte's Antiquities of the borough of Leicester, as I saw in the sale of Mr. Bridges' books, of Lincoln's Inn; and the MS. was placed in Burton's Leicestershire, but sold separately at the sale, in 1726.

T. Carte. MSS. Ballard. Vol. XVIII. several anecdotes of him. Vol. XXXVII. more anecdotes of him.

Mr. T. Carte died April 2, 1754. In vol. XXXVIII. No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, all Letters. The first about the death of Hen. VI. dated May 1751. The second acquits Queen Elizabeth of the charge of having bastards. See Sir Robert Shirley's Restitution of Church Lands in Leicestershire. MS. Tanner, 130, p. 18. Burton's Collections relating to Leicestershire. MS. Rawlinson, 1350.

MS. Carte, C. C. 4to. p. 331. Livings in Leicestershire."

* It was afterwards engraved by Basire for Mr. Gough's Britannia.

+ See Mr. Gough's Life of Camden, prefixed to the Britannia.

On this subject see the "Literary Anecdotes," vol. II. p. 107: and

vol. VI. pp. 400, 401.

The Second Edition of the "British Topography."

Mr. Nichols. It is indeed a most noble work, and I often consult it with great pleasure and satisfaction. You have our best thanks for this instance of your kind attention to Alma Mater. Wishing you much health and happiness in all your useful undertakings, I remain yours, &c. J. PRICE."

26. Mr. PRICE to Mr. NICHOLS.

"DEAR SIR, Oxford, Oct. 5, 1780. "I have many apologies to make for not answering your letter sooner, but I trust you will excuse me when I tell you, that I have been absent from the University most part of the summer, and that your little packet did not find me out till about a month ago; and then I only came hither on Election business, and immediately after returned again to Gloucestershire. Thus I deferred writing to you, till I had time to collect something worth sending, which I hope these few anecdotes of the Cartes, and the short account of Leicester, will be deemed. As to Thomas Carte, I know nothing more of him, but what must be well known to every body-except that we have all his MSS. and that I believe Jernegan had fifty pounds for his right in them. Moses was a character totally unknown to me. I could wish that scandal relative to All-Souls was omitted in his Life, for it can do him no credit, and I am sure its omission will oblige some Gentlemen of that Society.

"If I have omitted any thing you wish to learn, pray tell me so; I have not your letter by me, and therefore cannot be certain whether I have answered all your queries. In short I hope you will upon all occasions freely use me, and believe me to be, with great sincerity, your much obliged, and most obedient servant, "J. PRICE.

"P. S. The History of Leicester is taken out of a manuscript (being a transcript) of Browne Willis's in this Library; but is not to be found among Carte's MSS."

27. Mr. GOUGH to Mr. DANIEL PRINCE.

"SIR, Enfield, April 18, 1781. "The application to me, in your name, by my Friend Mr. Nichols, about the Saxon publications which you have lately purchased *, gives me an opportunity of commencing a correspondence with you, in the new light of a British Antiquary; who, I am happy to be informed, has made British Biography his study, and from whose opportunities and leisure, as well as readiness to assist other inquirers in congenial pursuits, one may hope for considerable additions, not only to the Athenæ Oxonienses, but to every other biographical article of the great Republic

This alludes to a letter from Mr. Prince to Mr. Nichols, in the Literary Anecdotes," vol. VIII. p. 476.

of Letters. Had I been taught to view Mr. Prince in this light before, I should have solicited his assistance in the British Topography. I now solicit it; I hope not too late, both to correct the errors, and make the additions unavoidable in such a work. "In the indispensible imperfections of science it is the first praise of its professors to be open to conviction and information. "The sheets you inquire about, are undoubtedly part of the Homilarium undertaken by Mrs. Elstob, at the desire of Dr. Hickes (see Introduction to Archæologia, I. xxvi. n.) which every student in Saxon literature must regret she did not live to finish. They bear evident marks of the Typography of the time like Hickes's Thesaurus, and I wish I could be of any service to you in fitting them for publication. Perhaps by letting me know out of whose library you had them, some further progress might be made with them. I hope the intended bounty of Parliament to the University will enable them to prosecute many laudable purposes. Am mortified at the delay of the History of Northamptonshire. Pray inform me why it stops, and if there is any chance of its being completed, what other literary works are sub prelo, and believe me ever ready to concur with any design for the promotion of Literature.

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Proposals for a beautiful view of Croyland West front, by a very ingenious modest young artist *, whom I wish to place in a conspicuous light, were lately sent to you, and hope will find some encouragement. R. GOUGH."

28. Mr. PRICE to Mr. GOUGH.

"DEAR SIR, Oxford, June 13, 1781. "Your letter found me in the country, where I have been for a few days upon a visit to a friend. This I mention as an apology for not writing to you sooner.

"As to the discoveries at Stonesfield, I do not recollect telling you that draughts, &c. were made of them for the Antiquarian Society; but perhaps I might say that his Grace of Marlborough had such done,-but for what purpose I know not. They are now at his house in town, and may be seen by any one that wishes to see them, when Mr. Walker (his Grace's Steward) is there. And as to Camden, I can only say that I know of no other picture of him, but that in the Historical School, which is deemed a good one; and that mentioned by Granger in his Biographical History, vol. I. p. 298, which is an original, and preserved in Painters' Hall.

"I have only to add that I shall be happy to see you whenever business or pleasure lead you this way; and that I am, with best good wishes to attend you, yours very sincerely,

This was honest John Carter.

J. PRICE."

29. Mr. GoUGH to Mr. PRICE.

"DEAR SIR, July 30, 1781. "It is now time that I should call on you about the Camden transcripts, or the possibility of getting them, and the progress Mr. Thompson's young artist has made with the portrait. I have sent you the additions to Oxfordshire, lest I should be guilty of great and unavoidable errors in the account of the University. The counterpart goes to Mr. Warton; but if neither of you are in the University, they must remain till you return, otherwise I shall be glad to receive them by Mr. Prince, as soon as convenient to you. Second volume of Stukeley: If not to be had with the first, should be glad of a list of the Camdenian Professors, with dates and particulars. Suppose my sheet not yet received from Mr. Meyler. The lists of Bishops, &c. educated at the several Colleges from Wood, are attempted to be brought down to the present time. Hope for the satisfaction of hearing a good account of your health; and with thanks for your late civilities, am yours sincerely, R. GOUGH."

30. Mr. GoUGH to the Rev. THOMAS WARTON. "DEAR SIR, July 30, 1781. "Can you tell me when Mr. Jones or Evans (for I have forgot the name) will be at Beachwood? Will you allow me to avail myself of your intimate acquaintance with the antiquities of Oxford, to make the additions to the Britannia as complete as possible. I have inclosed the sheets to Mr. Prince, by whose London parcel they may be returned to Mr. Nichols. Any additions you may have for subsequent Counties will be esteemed a favour by your obliged humble servant, R. GOUGH.

"I should be glad of a list of the Works printed at the Clarendon press, with dates and anecdotes."

31. Mr. PRICE to Mr. GOUGH.

"DEAR SIR, Oxford, June 11, 178[1]. "We have not in the Library Harding's book and so I cannot tell what difference may be between it and that you mention. The MS. is supposed to be the presentation book to Edward IV. (see Tanner's Bibliotheca Britannica-Hibern.), and the map and all done at the same time; for it is certainly the same hand throughout.

"I cannot learn what is become of Rawlinson's Weever. I find, by a printed catalogue of his books, that it was sold for eighteen shillings, but not a word of the manuscript notes being in his own hand.

"Warton's Observations, &c. as in the note in the middle of his second dissertation, are ready for the press; but the History of Architecture is not yet finished. How soon he will publish them, I cannot say. As to Rawlinson's continuations, &c. of the Athenæ, nothing more can be said of them; they still remain

in statu quo. His History of Oxford City is a mere transcript of Wood's, in the Museum; and that of the County chiefly collected from Wood's Papers, &c. &c.

"The Colleges that have subscribed for the History of Dorset, will soon send for copies. I hope the Bodleian Library will not be forgot, for the author received great assistance from thence.

"I am sorry we had not the pleasure of your company last week; and the more so, because, I fear I must not expect that pleasure this summer, for I shall be absent for some time after this month.

"I am credibly informed that at Mr. Sheldon's house, called Weston, in Warwickshire, there is a room hung with antient Tapestry representing maps of the Counties of Oxford and Warwick, on a very large scale, done in Queen Elizabeth's time.

*

"I have now before me two little books, which, I believe, are not in the Anecdotes of "British Topography:"

1. "The Rights of his Majesty's Forest asserted, in a charge given at Swanimote Court, held in the Castle Court belonging to the Honor and Castle of Windsor, before the Verderers of the forest of Windsor, the 27th of September, 1717, by Nathaniel Boothe, Esq. Steward of the Court. London, 1719, 8vo.

2. "A List of all the Offices and Places within the City of London; together with their respective prices, as they are now sold by the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London, 1697; eight pages in 12mo."

On a separate paper Mr. Price transcribed the following title of an earlier tract or MS.:

"In this Booke is conteyned the names of ye Baylifs, Custos, Mairs, and Sherefs of the cite of Londo', from the tyme of Kyng Richard the Furst; and also th' artycles of the Chartur and Libarties of the same Citye. And of the Chartur and Liberties off England wyth odur dyuers mat's good and necessary for euery Citeze' to undirstond and knowe. Which ben shewid i' chaptirs after the fourme of this kalendir folowing.

"The Names of ye Balyfs, Custos, Mayers, and Sherefs o' ye Cite of London from the tyme of Kynge Richard the First called Cure de Lyon, whiche was crowned ye 111 daye of Septe❜bre ye yere of oure Lorde God 1189. Ca.pprio." J. PRICE."

32. Mr. PRICE to Mr. NICHOLS.

"DEAR SIR, Badminton, Sept. 9, 1781. "I have had the favour of your letter, and your obliging present of the Supplement to the Origin of Printing, some time; but deferred acknowledging them, in hopes of being able to

* This very curious Tapestry was purchased by Mr. Walpole, by whom it was presented to Earl Harcourt, who afterwards gave it to Mr. Gough, by whose last Will the Tapestry was bequeathed to the Bodleian Library. See "Literary Anecdotes," vol. VI. pp. 325-330; and "The Progresses of Queen Elizabeth," vol. I. p. xvii.

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