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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

of, iv 404

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

Rev. Dr. iv 205

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

as minister, 441, 445

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.

Nat. Cur. 641

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,

vi 788-791

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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

third

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

(1585), iv 169, 180

378, 379

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

notice

Roman Miliary at, vii 405, 407,

408, 409
Leicestershire, original Visitation of, 1619,
vii 394

vii 427

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-

ticed, i 714

Rev. Dr. of Oxford
the LXX. iii 282, 283

(1716), editor of

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,

K

ac-

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

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Lesse, Professor, iii 495

L'Estrange, Sir Roger, iv 349, 534.

let-

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

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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

Mr. (1814), vi 448

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

of, vi 832

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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

biogra-

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.

note

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

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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

iii 662

Lowe, Arthur, his prayer book, a curious Lydgate, John, the poet, iv 575
family relic, viii 349

George, 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

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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

John, v 624

short

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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