he went to my Lord Fitzharding's*, and there married Mr. Chetwynd+to my Lord's daughter; after Dr. Smalridge had been applied to, and had refufed to do it, it being an uncanonical hour and place, and there being no extraordinary difpenfation to warrant him. Dr. Birch overleaped all thefe formalities, for the fake of five or ten guineas, which helped to bear the charges the next day of his wife's interment.

John Berkley, Viscount Fitzharding.

Walter Chetwynd Efq; created Viscount Chetwynd of the kingdom of Ireland June 29, 1717. He died without iffue Feb. 21, 1736.

Mary.

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LETTER XXXIV.

To Bp. TREĻA W NY.

Chelfea, June 5, 1703,

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR LORDSHIP,

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R. Middleton, the Duke of Bedford's gentleman, hath been with me, with his Grace's commands, to return his humble services and thanks to your Lordship, for communicating the matter of Sandercock to him. His Grace utterly disavows the knowledge of the thing, or his intentions in the leaft to countenance him in it. On the contrary, he defires that his contempt of the rules of the Church in this cafe may be punished. So, if your Lordship pleafes, I will fall to work with him. Upon enquiry, I now find, that the Dean of Canterbury fays he will keep the Præcentorship in Commendam but two years, though at liberty to keep it longer.

The Scotch Prefbyterians begin to move; a few of them have met together at the market cross of the town belonging to the Duke of Queensborough, and declared for the covenant. And we expect to hear, by

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the next Scotch poft, of the like done in fome other place.

I communicated the letter (of which your Lordship ordered me a copy) to Dr. Edisbury immediately, whom I have not yet seen. I believe your Lordship hath effectually checked all fuch faucy nameless applications for the future; and will no more be preffed by any of them to be the promoter. I hope your Lordship hath, ere this time, heard from Dr. Jane. I am fure, I was not negligent in tranfmitting a copy of your Lordship's letter to him, on the very day in which I received it.

It is faid now that Gibfon is to fucceed the Dean of Canterbury in Lambeth. The Archbishop, it is certain, puts in very hard for him; and fays, that fince that living is not only in his patronage, but his parish church, he fhall think it very hard if he is not listened to in behalf of his Chaplain *. I am your Lordship's ever obliged and moft dutiful fervant,

FR. ATTERBURY.

*Archbishop Tenifon had juft before obtained. for Dr. Gibson the Præcentorship of Chichester. He now rewarded him with the valuable Rectory of Lambeth; and in 1710 advanced him to the Archdeaconry of Surrey.

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LETTER XXXV.

To Bp. TRELAWNY.

Chelsea, June 8, 1703,

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR LORDSHIP,

fent you lately a letter which I had from Ireland. Since that, in answer to some of mine, I have received another from the fame hand*; one part of which I think worth your Lordship's perufal, and have therefore transcribed it.

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"I waited lately on the Archbishop of 66 Dublin, and defired to know of him, whe"ther he had taken any measures, or thought any thing about a Convocation in this

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kingdom. He told me, he had had some

thoughts, and was well enough inclined. "that way, if some points might be agreed

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upon. I found no difficulty to come up "to him in thofe points. I then told him, "I had difcourfed feveral Bishops, who

The Bishop of Killaloo. See p. 110.

"were of my mind; and that, in cafe a

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greater man should be of a different opinion (which he seemed to fear), we would all "wait upon him (the Archbishop of Dub

lin) to his Excellency the Duke of Ormond, "when he pleased to order us, to press on "what we thought was fo neceffary to the prefervation of the Church. In fhort, I "fettled matters with him; and that very night I fent for three Deans of my acquaintance, and roufed them up to get all "their brother Deans in and about the "town together, in order to forward this "matter, and to go in a body to the Primate, "and exprefs their earnest desire for a Con"vocation, and of his affiftance to procure "it. They all promifed me to do their "beft. So I left them; and yesterday, be"ing upon another occafion at a meeting of "nine Bishops, I propofed the consideration "of a Convocation to them, and defired that every one amongst us might come to a particular declaration, whether he was for "it, or no. I told them, we ought not to "defer coming to a refolution in this point "because I found there was a defign in "the Clergy to call upon us; that they had

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