Lamotte, Rev. his Dissertation on the Keys
of the Antients, iv 495
Lamplugh, Thomas, Abp. of York, iv 77 Lancaster, John of Gaunt, Duke of, notice of, iv 449; v 531
Rev. Peter, his work on "The Revelations of St. John," iv 329 Landaff, on the proposed removal of that see to Cardiff, iv 113
Landon, Mr. (1797), his letter to Mr. Thorpe noticed, vi 714 Lane, George Fox, iii 596 Lancham, John, his " Kenilworth," vii 420 Lanesborough, Dorcas Viscountess, iv 404 George Lane Viscount, notices
Humphrey Earl of, iv 404 James Lane Viscount, letter to Dr. R. Busby, his schoolmaster, iv 404. account of, ibid Langbaine, George, his "Account of Eng- lish Dramatic Poets," with Oldys's MS. notes, 569 and note
Langbek's "Scriptores Danici," vii 845 Langdale, Mr. distiller, his fire in the riots of 1780, vi 396
Thomas, bookseller, Ripon, vi 606
Langdon, Robert, iv 154 Langhorne, Dr. John, i 785; v 790 Langley, Dr. Thomas, Bp. of Durham, v 611 Langres, Bp. of, viii 300
Langston, Sir Stephen, Alderman of Lon- don, v 226, 228. notice of, 231 Langtoft, Peter, his " Chronicle," iv 172, 183, 186
Langton, Bennet, vi 598 Langwith, Rev. Dr. i 298
Lansdowne, William 1st Marquess of, iv 839, 868. a visitant of Dr. Lettsom at Grove Hill, ii 664. supposed to be the author of Junius, vi 269. his MSS. purchased for the British Museum, viii 66. dismissed
Lany, Rev. Dr. Edward, iv 274,282,283,286 Lardner, Dr. Nathaniel, iv 180 Large, Sir Robert, iv 155, 157 Largus, Scribonius, v 492
Larpent, John, inspector of plays, i 468 Lasaux, Mr. de, iii 672
Latham, Dr. his "Academy" noticed, iv 835
John, M.D. of Dartford and Rom- sey, vi 613, 644, 648, 652, 653, 659, 672, 682, 693, 708, 711, 718, 754, 759, 835. his drawings and descriptions of Romsey church, 626. letter from the Soc. Imp.
Dr. William, of Eltham, F.S.A. notice of, iv 680 Lathbury, Rev. Joseph, vi 854 Latimer, John Neville Lord, allusions to, vi 384
Latin verse, by Moderns, remarks on by Mr. Hardinge, i 613
Latouche, Mr. of Bellevue, vii 106
Latton, Mr. (1700), his Letters regarding Ghosts, iv 73
William (1728), letter to Dean Moss, iv 734
Laud, Archbishop, iv 176, 326, 327, 451, 859; v 553. commissioned Greaves to buy MSS. in the East, ii 71, 72 Lauder, William, his work on Milton, ii 177. letter to Dr. Mead relating to the forgery said to be committed by Mil- ton against the memory of Charles I., iv 428, his proposals for printing " Hu- gonis Grotii Adamus Exsul, Tragœdia," 430
Laughton, Rev. John, letter to Dr. Nalson, iv 81
Rev. Richard, D.D. notice of,
Dr. George Henry, Bp. of Chester and Bath and Wells, vi 253
Henry Hoadly, vi 762
Rev. Henry, LL.B. notice of, vi 762 Dr. John, Bp. of Clonfert, iv 871; vii 703, 832; viii 15, 423. his portrait by Robinson, viii 423
John, of Lauriston, the financier, notice of, ii 112, 845
Rev. John, D.D. Archdeacon of Ro- chester, vi 660, 670, 676, 697, 701, 707, 720, 727, 729, 733, 756, 766, 770, 776, 778. memoir of, 695. inscription on a vase presented to him by his clergy, 696. extracts from two letters to Rev. Samuel Denne on the marriage of his daughter, &c. 763
Martha, vi 763 Stephana, vi 766
Stephen, vi 695, 763, 766, 895
Rev. William (1731), v 156 Lawry, Rev. John, writer in the Athenian Letters, i 33, 92
Lawson, Mr. Surveyor-General of India, his melancholy murder, iv 489, 492 Laxton, Rev. Rob. account of, iv 356 "Layman's Letter" (the), given to Mr. Throckmorton, vii 513
Layton, Rev. Wm. noticed, i 768. ac- knowledgment to, iv vi. dedication to, vi iii. noticed, 868, 869 Leach, Dr. naturalist, vi 719
League and Covenant of 1638, brought to the British Museum, i 139 Leake, Martin, notice of, ii 806 Learning, Society for the encouragement of, ii 97, 116, 119
Le Blanc, Sir Simon, v 841
Le Bruyn's Voyage to the Levant, vi 746 Le Clerc, Mons. Sir Isaac Newton's let- ters to, iv 61
"Le Costume," remarks on that work, vii 543, 544
Ledwich, Dr. Edward, vi 430, 433, 718; vii 106, 108. his remarks on the Ship Temple, 467. his letters to Bp. Percy, 816-819, 821, 842. collects materials for "Ireland," 698. of service to Mr. Gough, 702. his work, 714. preparing papers for the "Dublin Transactions," 714, and note. his intention of joining with Mr. Beaufort in ridicule of Col. Vallancy, 782, and note. his review of Col. Vallancy's "Collectanea," 783. memoirs of, 809. his "Anthologia," 816. his arguments against Scrutator, ib. his "Introduction to the second volume of Grose's "Ireland," ib. wishes to place his son with Mr. Stott, ib. his Preface to his Works, 817. takes possession of an estate, 821. can- not assist Dr. Anderson's enquiries, 824. sells his books, 826. contemplates a new edition of his "Antiquities," and Camp- bell's "Strictures," ib. his "Antiqui- ties," 827, 828, 832, 835, 841. edition of, 842. death of his infant son, 829. his illness, 835. withdraws from the Irish Academy, 841. purchases a villa at Dundrum, ib. letters to Mr. Gough, 844, 846-851, 853, 855. his fail- ure in the "History of Queen's County,' and proposes to send his collections to Mr. Gough, 844. commends Mr. Gough's Sepulchral Monuments, 845. desires Mr. Gough's opinion of Langbek's "Scripto- res Danici," ib. describes his plan of materials for Mr. Gough, and mentions those who can assist, 846. caution re- specting Col. Vallancy, ib. suggests a Supplement to Ireland, and promises ma- terials, 849. engages Messrs. Beauford, Walker, and Austin Cooper's assistance, ib. suggests the publication of Camden's other works, 850. his own works enu- merated, ib. plan and materials of his work, 851. his "History of Kilkenny," 852. his contribution to the Archæolo- sends materials to Mr. gia, 853, 854, Gough, 855 Ledyard, Mr. vii 497 Lee, Sir George, D.C.L. iii 318, 694-699; iv 446, 673. letters to and from Dr. Du- carel relative to Lord Keeper Wrighte's Decree upon the dissolution of the Savoy, 657. notice of, ib. contributed a plate to Battely's Bury, iv 91
John, called "Honest Jack Lee," let- ter to Dr. Calder, offering his interest to
serve him, iv 832. biographical notices of, ib.
Lee, Sir Thomas, iv 253
William, the inventor of the stocking frame, i 220
Leech, the printer, recommendation of, by Garrick to Dr. Birch, i 824
Leeds, Dr. (1781), ii 681
Francis 5th Duke of, falsely accused of gambling, vii 22. letters to Bp. Percy, viii 314. notice of, ib. note
Leek, Sir Simon, vi 235
Legend, or Miracle Play, a curious old one, vii 390
L'Hopital, Marquis de, notice of, iv 4, Leibnitz, Godfrey William de, borrowed his method of Fluxions from Newton, iv 4. noticed, 23, 24, 25, 49
Leicester, the early Earls of, their Lives, in Nichols's "Leicestershire," iii 751-755 Earl of, Chancellor of Oxford
Sir Francis, i 370 bis, 371, 373,
George Earl of, Pres. Soc. A., allusions to, v 683; vi 358, 385, 386, 405, 415, 426, 652, 768, 771, 776, 777, 780; vii 161
John Sydney Earl of, letter from Rev. George Kelly announcing his escape from the Tower (1736), v 152. of, 148
Roman Miliary at, vii 405, 407,
408, 409 Leicestershire, original Visitation of, 1619, vii 394
materials for the History of,
Leigh, Rev. Dr. Charles, letter to Dr. Rich- ardson, i 315
Charles (1738), v 166
Rev. Dr. Archdeacon of Salop, no-
Rev. Dr. of Oxford the LXX. iii 282, 283
Rev. Dr. Egerton, of Cambridge, letters to Dr. Z. account of, iv 329. Grey, ibid.
Rev. Dr. Vicar of Halifax, vi 852
Mr. of Leghorn (1740), iv 596 Leighton, Rev. Francis, v 655, 660 Leke, Mr. (1732), v 353
Leland, John, his Itinerary, iv 166. his De Viris Illustribus, 326
Rev. Dr. Thomas, his answer no- ticed, ii 815. four letters to and from Dr. Ducarel, iii 547-549
Lely, Sir Peter, iii 295; iv 708; vi 592 Leman, Captain, iii 413
John, vi 443
Rev. John, vi 435, 436 Sir John, vi 435 Philip, vi 435
Philippa, vi 435
Robert, vi 435
Rev. Thomas, F.S.A. iv 703, 707,
708; vi 458, 602. memoir of, 435. count of his family, ib. assisted Mr. J. Nichols, Mr. Clutterbuck, Mr. Surtees, Mrs. Ogborne, Sir Richard Hoare, Messrs. Lysons, and Mr. Brewer in their different works, 437. list of books left by him to the Bath Institution, 440. tribute to, by Rev. Joseph Hunter, ib. inscription on, by Bp. Bennet, with an account of his monu- ment, 443. eleven letters to John Ni- chols, 443-448. three letters to James Norris Brewer, 449, 450. recollections of, by Mr. Brewer, ib. three letters to Dr. Sam. Parr, 453, 454. letter to Bishop Percy, viii 287, and note Leman, Wm. of Beccles, vi 435 Sir Wm. vi 435
Le Mesurier, Rev. Thomas, v 689 Lemker, Mr. of Luneburgh, iv 391, 392 Lemoine, Henry, on Minstrels and Min- strelsy, viii 148
Le Neve, John, letter to Peter le Neve, iii 561. four letters relative to his edition of "Fasti Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ," v 342- 344
Peter, iv 27; v 354, 518; vi 626. -For his correspondence see Gibson (Bp.), Le Neve (John), Martin (T.), Mo- rant (P.), Tanner (Rev. John), Tanner (Bp. T.), Woodward (Dr.), Wright (T.) Lenge, Nic. printer, iv 222 Lennox, Mrs. Charlotte, " Female Quixote," vii 161. a Shaksperian critic, iii 19 Esme Duke of, vi 518
Matthew Earl of, iv 130-132 Charles, afterwards 4th Duke of
Lesse, Professor, iii 495
L'Estrange, Sir Roger, iv 349, 534.
ters to Dr. Nalson, 68-70. letter regard. ing Dr. Nalson, 83
Letherland, Joseph, M.D. iv 249, 250 Lethieullier, Smart, iv 232, 475; vi 692. two letters to Rev. Francis Wise, Rad- cliffe Librarian, iii 632, 633. twelve let-
ters to and from Dr. Ducarel, 637-645 Letsome's "Preacher's Assistant," vi 677 Lettice, Rev. John, D.D. notices of, vi 141, 152, 165; vii 233; viii 372. had in his possession some epistles of Ovid translated by Dr. Grainger, vii 48. tutor to the family of Mr. Beckford, 49. instructs the daughters of Mr. Beckford, 53, and note. about to leave Hampstead, 55. his lectures on Artificial Memory, on the plan of Grey's "Memoria Technica," which he was about to republish, 63
Lettsom, John Coakley, M.D. ii 838; v 803,
806. memoir and portrait of, ii 657. his
Pickering, 3rd son, marriage, ii 670. death and character, 671
Lever, Sir Ashton, vi 322, 326. his Mu- seum, vii 469
Rev. Thomas, iii 708, 709, 710 Levett, Dr. Robert, friend of Dr. Johnson, vi 147; vii 324
Lewenhoek, his discoveries, iv 73
Lewis, Charles, bookbinder, vi 609 David, v 208
Rev. George, vi 690
Henry Greswold, v 208
Rev. John, iv 90, 154, 156, 159, 160, 184, 198, 211, 229, 234; v 848; vi 628, 652, 656, 665. his History of Thanet, iv 89. letter to Rev. N. Battely, 103. letter to Rev. O. Battely, 106-109. letter to Mr. Joseph Ames, 168. his "Dissertation on Seals," ib. and 169. letter to Professor Ward, 169. letter to Mr. Ames with a list of Oxford printers, ib. letters to Mr. Ames, 171-194. hints to Mr. Ames, 194-197. his opinion of Mr. Bagford and his writings, 173. mas- ter of Eastbridge Hospital, 192. his Life of Caxton, 210, 213-217. letter to Dr. Z. Grey relative to a Chaplaincy in the army, 329
Mrs. wife of Rev. J. Lewis, iv 175 Rev. Marmaduke, vi 690, 692 Rev. Robert, of Hackney and Ching- ford, notice of, v 848; vi 893
Lewisham, George Viscount (afterwards 3rd Earl of Dartmouth), vi 768, 776, 777, 834 Lewyn, Dr. notices of, iv 611
Leycester, Countess of, her letters (temp. Charles I.), iii 809
Leyden, Dr. friend of Sir W. Scott, sails for the East Indies, vii 103, 602 Lhuyd, Edw. i 344, 346, 801; v 585; vi 474. memoir of, and letters to Dr. Richardson, i 316-321. allusion to his correspondence, iv 788
Liancourt, Duke de, his two sons sent to be educated in England, vii 556 Lichfield Museum. See Greene (Richard) Robert Lee last Earl of, notice of,
iii 195 Lightfoot, Rev. Mr. Chaplain to Duchess of Portland (1784), v 536 Lilford, Thomas Powys 1st Lord, vi 89 Lilly, George, iv 218
Henry, vi 386 William, vi 569 Limbeake, Walter, vi 412 Linacre, Dr. notice of, ii 794
Lincoln, Roman hypocaust at, ii 120
Lind, Mr. the traveller (1765), friend of David Earl of Buchan, vi 498
Lindsay, Sir David, iv 154. his works, v 515, 516; vi 563
Peregrine Bertie Marquess of, ii 789,794. letter to Dr. Stukeley (1715), 769
Lindsey, Rev. Theoph. noticed, i 763, 774 bis; vi 479. his resignation, iv 841, 842, 844. notice of, v 415. five letters to John Nichols, on the Memoirs of Thomas Hollis, Esq. by Archdeacon Blackburne, 416, 417. his "Liturgy," adopted by the Episcopalians in New England, vii 486 Lingen, Henry, letter to Bp. Percy, viii 391 Linnaus, interesting notices of, in 1735, i 815. a correspondent with Dr. Lett- som, ii 660. account of the collections
Robert, vii 106. his "Odes," 275 Rev. Dr. Bartholomew, Provost of Trinity Coll. letter to Bp. Percy, viii 415. notice of, ib. note
William, letter to Daines Barring- ton on Nennius's History, v 600
Hon. and Rev. Lumley, of Cheam and Covent Garden (1721), i 375
Rev. William, Curate of Llanfro- then. See Herring (Abp.)
William, LL.B. keeper of Ashmo- lean Museum, v 517 Lluyd, Humphrey, M.D. vi 474
Dr. Peirson, cotemporary with Bp. Newton and Rev. John Church, iv 265 Lobley, Michael, printer, iv 168
Locke, John, vi 167, 168. sent to Hol- land the MS. of Newton's letters to Le Clerc, iv 61
Lockhart, J. (son-in-law of Sir Walter Scott), vi 12
Lockier, Francis, Dean of Peterborough, his epitaph for Sir Isaac Newton, iv 17 Lockman, John, a coadjutor of Dr. Birch, in bis "General Dictionary," ii 67 Loddington, Rev. Mr. of Morpeth, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, iv 348 Lodge, Edmund, Norroy King-at-Arms, vi 424-426. epitaph on J. C. Brooke, F.S.A. 358
Rev. Edmund, master of Newcas- tle-upon-Tyne Grammar School, v 123 John, new edition of his "Peerage of Ireland" proposed, vii 700 Lodwick, Mr. his alphabet, iv 755 Loe. See St. Loe
Lofft, Cupell, nephew to Mr. Capell, the Shakspeare editor, i 473. letter to Mr. Nichols, iii 840
Lombe, - vi 297
London, its nuisances, vii 490
the Roman antiquities of, iv 102 Londonderry, Frances 2nd wife of first Marquess, iii 30; viii 10, 15
Robert Ridgway 4th Earl of, allusions to, vi 67, 71, 114. notice of, 116 Robert 1st Marquess of, viii 10
Long, Andrew, notice of, iii 788 Beeston, vi 283
John, notice of, v 175, 176 Rev. Dr. Roger, iv 250
Longeland, Robert, iv 150
Longman, Thomas, bookseller, v 441, 442; vii 27. notice of, iv 819. See Calder (Dr.) Thos. Norton, vii 29.
phical notice of, ib. note
Longueville, Lord, iv 711
Lonsdale, James 1st Earl of, appoints Mr. Boswell recorder of Carlisle, vii 3
Catharine Thynne Lady, iv 73
Henry 3rd Viscount, iv 73
Richard 2nd Viscount, iv 73
William 2nd Earl of, vii 482
"Lord John and Proud Ellen," and "Child Waters;" their similarity, vii 89 Lorimer, Dr. J. iv 755
Lorraine, Charles Prince of, notices of iv 663, 664
Lort, Rev. Dr. Michael, iv 428, 580, 665, 729; v 710; vi 152, 155, 288, 289, 299, 412, 420, 605, 654, 664; vii 457, 469, 517, 531, 537; viii 152, 285. notice of, vii 438. his marriage, 457. thinks of visiting Dromore, 470. letters to Bp. Percy, 438-517. his ill health, 498. his tour to the North, 502. his severe acci- dent, 511. journey to Chester, 471. not a Trustee of the British Museum, 483. journey to Cambridge and Ely with Bp. Barrington, ib. letters to and from Dr. Birch, 519-524. his proposed "Life and Correspondence of Dr. Bentley," 519. letter to Richard Cumberland, 525. let- ters to Horace Walpole, 529-556. his sermon before Cambridge University, 531. sends Mr. Walpole prints of Wilson the painter, and St. Paul's Cross, 535. his
Paper on Celts, 537. appointed Chap- lain to Archbp. of Canterbury, 546. leaves Lambeth, 550. his intended journey to Boulogne to see antiquities, 552. his "Vindication of Mr. Walpole with regard to Chatterton," 556-563. his death, vii 517. sale of his books, viii 285, and note Lort, Mrs. Susanna, her marriage, vii 457. letter to Bp. Percy, 518. her death, ib.
Lottery Ticket, inquiry into the fate of one, viii 225
Loudon, Lord (1757), iii 319 Loughborough, Alexander Wedderburne Lord (Lord Chancellor), v 215, 685; vi 104, 105, 121, 532, 760, 865; vii 22. letter to Justice Hardinge, iii 153 Love, Dr. his portrait etched by Rev. Mr. Tyson, iv 728
Loveday, John, of Caversham, iv 632; v 530 John, his tour to Scotland (1732), forty-one letters to and from
i 310. Dr. Ducarel, iii 646-676
Dr. John, iii 450; vii 407. the defender of Abp. Secker, iii 478-481 Loveden, Loveden, v 226
Lovell, Sir Thomas, notice of his funeral, vi 362, 398
Robert, brother of the Dean, vi 721 Robert, son of the Dean, v 484 Capt. William, R. N. eldest son of the Dean, v 484; vi 720 Lumby, Mr. draftsman, vi 302, 303 Lunn, Archdeacon Edward, iv 389
Dr. William, iv 350, account of, iv
363 Lushington, Sir Stephen, D.C.L. vi 252 Luss, Mr. v 407
Luxmore, Dr. John, Bishop of Hereford, vi 728
Luzarnes, in female dress, what it is, vii 16 Luzerne, M. de La, Bishop of Langres, viii 300, 301. prospectus of a work of his, ibid
Lycophron, its collation, viii 41
Lovett, Verney, letters to Bishop Percy, Lydall, Rev. of Magdalen College, Oxford, viii 294
Lowe, Arthur, his prayer book, a curious Lydgate, John, the poet, iv 575 family relic, viii 349
Rev. T. H. Vicar of Grimley, v 698. his character of Dr. John Milner, 702
Rev., Canon of Windsor, vi 311 Family, anecdotes of them, viii 349, and note; 350, 351, 355, 356, 357 Lowman, Rev. James, Dissenting Minister, of Clapham, iii 447 Lowndes, Mr. (1704), iv 76
Louth, Dr. Bp. of London, iii 482; v 345, 737, 765, 798, 805, 810. three letters relating to the controversy between him and Bp. Warburton, iii 711-714. his Prælectiones, v 811, 812. letter to Bp. Percy, viii 209
Lowtheon, Mr. (1772), v 425 Lowther, —, M.D. (1726), iv 315
Sir James, iv 64, 588, 589, 676 John 1st Viscount, iv 73 Rev. Sir W. viii 482
Lucan, Lady, vi 428
Mr. Steevens's copy of Lucan's
"Pharsalia," vii 46
Lye, Rev. Edward, the Saxonist, notices of, iii 655, 657; iv 166, 440. his " Anglo- Saxon Dictionary," vii 130, 294, 571 Lymington, Catherine Viscountess, Sir Isaac Newton's niece, iv 1, 13
Lynch, Rev. George, vi 625, 685, 802. his death, 612
John, D.D. vi 625, 685. Dean of Canterbury, notice of, iv 90. letter to Dr. Ducarel, 94. to Rev. Oliver Battely, 105
· Dr. Robert, vi 743, 749 Lynde, Sir H. iv 118
Lynn, Rev. James, notice of, vi 255 Mr. surgeon (1810), v 484 Lyon, John, printer, iv 196
Rev. John, v 814, 815, 818. memoir of, 820, 821. inscription on his tomb-stone, ib. eight letters to and from Rev. Weeden Butler, 821-831
Rev. Dr. of Dublin, v 375, 377 Rev. Dr. of Killeshill, his death (1790), vii 778
Lyons, Dr. of Ireland, v 397
Israel (1763), notice of, iv 475 Lysons, Daniel, vi 624, 631, 770, 772, 781 Messrs. Daniel and Samuel, as- sisted in the " Magna Britannia" by Rev. Thomas Leman, vi 437
Samuel, iv 567, 568 Lyster, Thomas, iii 475
Lyttelton, Rev. Dr. Charles, Bishop of Car- lisle, ii 155; iii 535, 685; iv 448, 456, 666; v 530, 863; vi 285, 314. cor-
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