EXTRACTS FROM CHURCHWARDENS' BOOKS. NO. 9. (vоL. п., р. 48.) Linstead Parva, Suffolk, continued. There is also part of a book belonging to the same parish, commencing in 1764, containing some most strange and extraordinary entries, made by the churchwarden of the time, who must have been crazed, or a coarse queer fellow, and a thorough parson and church hater; the most conspicuous of them are between 1764 and 1786. Sept. 11. paid a Church Theif, commonly Call'd, a Parson for finding falt with the Chapple Ol. 38. 2d. 177 July 4. paid Morfew 48. 2d. for finding fault with the Chapple ol. 48. 2d. 1773 June 11. 1781 paid at Yoxford, six shillings, for six years not apearing To the Honor of Eye Court-parker stewerd paid for Bread and Wine for our Sheppard April the 18, 1782, paid fourteen shillings for fourteen weeks keeping Beet Warner's whore Bird, in Shipmeadow house, the pay Begun January the 10, By an order from Maning N.B. 1782 Mar. 14. 1783 Dec. June 17 1784 1785 the whore's Bird Died Before the next week was up. paid the Parson two Dinners, hope will be his last paid the R-g-e More for signing Briefs Remain Due from the Divel, Ten shillings of 1783 rent paid Curtis for Bleding the Comon gate, by Gilders (or Gildert) paid to the Taylor's Wife, for a Brige Cross the Brook Receipts. Recd since the Last town Meeting, of John Re'ved one shilling for the Divel's great Chair Mr. Tho. Rosse, Vicar of Westleton, gave me the old belonging to ye Church of St. Peter's, Dunwich, a spacious now devoured by ye Sea, ye chancelles end falling vpon ye 1 Anno 1688, & in ye winter 1697, halfe of ye steeple fell so yt ye sea in 9 years space gott that church wch was n Blyburgh. I have been often [to] itt but never before ye r were down & all ye gravestones gone. Mr. Brown, 20: Wenhaston, was ye last yt preached in or about ye [year] as Mr. Driver, a very ancient inhabitant there living to abo age has very often told me, & yt ye church was curious painted glass quite thro' & many gravestones wth inscriptio wth 4 bells wch he said he help to remove to All Saints Cl Church now in vse. Mem. in handwriting of Thos. Leman, Esq., of Wenhast The Edwards Family.-Your correspondent, ENQUIRER account of the Edwards family in Burke's Extinct Baroneta Edwards, of Reedham Hall, Norfolk, was created a Baronet married twice; and dying in 1702, left with several daugh 1. James, who died in 1718, 8. p. 2. Nathaniel, who t to the baronetcy. On his death (unmarried) in 1764, th extinct. Arms:-Ermine, a lion rampant guardant Azure, E. J. S. EPITAPH IN WITCHINGHAM CHURCH, NORFOL On Thomas Allyn and his two Wives, 1650. QUERIES. Grantham Killingworth-A Physician at Norwich, but who appears to have resided occasionally at London and Yarmouth, published various theological pamphlets 1737 to 1766. At his death, he left £2,400 to the General Baptist Meeting House, White Friars Yard, Norwich. 1. When did he die? 2. Was he the son of Mr. Killingworth, who died 4th November, 1725, aged 57 (Blomfield's Norfolk, iv., 423)? 3. What was the christian name of the last named gentleman? Of Grantham Killingworth's works, which are rare and very curious, there is a complete and perhaps unique collection in the library of this University (1. 50. 76). Cambridge. C. H. & THOMPSON COOPER. Dr. Zachary Brooke.-Was for many years Fellow and Tutor of St. John's College, Cambridge; Chaplain in Ordinary to George II and III; Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity; and Rector of Forncet St. Mary and St Peter, in the county of Norfolk. He was born in or about the year 1716; married on the 25th June, 1765, a Miss Susanna Hanchet (who died 20th March, 1812, æt. 75), and in the same year obtained his Fellowship; and died at Forncet 7th August, 1788. By his wife he had issue two sons and a daughter: viz.— (1) The Rev. Zachary Brooke, B.D., also Fellow of St. John's; 11th Wrangler in 1788; Rector of Great Hormead, in Herts; Chaplain to the Prince Regent, &c. He was born 24th Dec., 1766; and on 16th December, 1800, married Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Francis Gunning (Rector of Triplow Newton cum Hawkestone, near Cambridge, and great nephew of Peter, Bishop of Ely), by Eleanor Whish, his wife. He died 12th April, 1842, having had issue by his wife Elizabeth (who died 2nd March, 1863, æt. 85), two sons, Zachary Brooke (father of Zachary and others), and Horace John Brooke, and seven daughters. (2) The Rev. John Brooke, Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge; Rector of Elmstead, Essex. Born 28th January, 1773; married 16th May, 1811, to Maria Bowen (who died 12th April, 1847, æt. 76); and died 23rd Nov., 1821; having by her had issue one daughter only, Frances Charlotte, who died in infancy. (3) Susanna Brooke, born 18th March, 1768; and died 17th June, 1839; unmarried. Can any one help me in tracing the parentage of the first Zachary Brooke, who was born about the year 1716? He was one of a large family, having seven brothers and a sister, whose christian names I do not know. It is supposed he was of Norfolk extraction. The Rev. John Brooke bore, Gules, three fleur-de-lis 2 and 1, on a chief a lion passant guardant, impaling Sable, on a chevron embattled between three fleur-de-lis 2 and 1, two lions combattant (?), for Bowen. King's Road, Chelsea. WALTER RYE. THE EAST ANGLIAN. DECEMBER, 1864. NOTES. MATTHEW BRETTINGHAM, THE ARCHITECT OF HOLKHAM, The following interesting particulars relating to Matthew Brettingham, the architect, form the postscript of a letter addressed by his son Matthew, to the Rev. Anthony Freston, of Mendham, by whom this character of his grandfather was highly prized, and carefully preserved amongst his papers.-T. W. F. 66 P.S. Writting to a friend, your Grandfather was accustom'd to say, was like talking aloud to one's self," which I think I am now doing in writting to you, and were I to recount to you all the Traits of his Character, you would esteem him as I do, for one of the best of Men. For benevolence of disposition, and good will towards all his fellow Creatures, I believe he was never exceeded. This appears not only in his honest dealings but in his behaviour to his Tenants, whom he never distress'd for Rents, tho' three or four of them were very backward in their payments, and died considerably in his Debt. His Sister Decarle, her old Husband, and Son, he long maintained, and he once presented an cther Sister who had married a Baker and was in distress, with a whole Last of Wheat (20£), and I have heard him declare before Lord Egremont, then Secretary of State, and his Countess, that were he the Ruler of this Country, there should not be a Weeping Eye nor an Aking heart in the Kingdom (he undoubtedly meant from mear Poverty of circumstances). I remember his Lordship smil'd, probably thinking him no politician, and my Lady look'd grave, not choosing to enter into an Argument that admitted of much discussion, but such was the Goodness of his heart, that he would have attempted to have reliev'd all the Poor in the Kingdom, I verily believe, had he been in Circumstances to have done it, For Compassion was the Master passion of his Soul. A Tale of distress would have melted him into Tears, and he once was supposed to have reliev'd an Old Widow Gentlewoman and her maiden Daughter, greatly in Want, and reduc'd to their last Morsel, by a present of a 50£. bank Note, but in so delicate a manner that it was never known to them from what hand they received so great a benefit. In constancy of Friendship he was very remarkable, for he never chang'd the Tradesmen that Work'd under him all the while he did business in London, but always endeavour'd to introduce them when ever he was call'd to a new Jobb, and even lent them money to go on with the Work when their Patron was behind hand in his payments. These were great Things for a Man to do who began with little or nothing, and loaded with a large Family; it argued much good management and great frugality, which indeed, for the sake of his Wife and Children, he studied all the Days of his Life. Every Wise Sentiment that he heard or read of, he endeavour'd to make his own by frequently repeating them. The three Italian Proverbs struck him deeply as a Man of Business, and once when he had heard Mr. Roubiliac, the great Statuary, say (talking of the Ignorance of some Artist), "That they did not know enough to know they knew nothing," he adopted the Phrase and made use of it ever after. The Three Italian Proverbs are said to have been the Maxims of the Great Cosmo de Medici, who from a Merchant, by his good Conduct and Riches, became Grand Duke of Florence, they are as follows :— Never do that by an other, which you can do yourself. Never defer that till morrow, which should be done to Day. Never neglect small matters, nor expences. I observ'd that your Grandfather melted at a Tale of distress, So does your Aunt Anne-And did also your Father. We enherit this Sensibility from your Grandfather, and our Milkyness of temper from your Grandmother, but none of us have the Vigour of Mind and Spirit of Activity equal to your Grandfather. Excuse all faults, as I have neither time to study composition, nor to write this Scrawl over again.—M: B: For the first twenty years of his life, Holkham was the joy of his heart, caress'd by the Earl, who equally made building his Amusement, the hours he spent there were the pleasentest of his days; while I was a Boy, his custom was to ride over there alternately every other week, going on the Monday and returning to Norwich on the Saturday. The Week that he was at home he usually employ'd in Gardening, Farming, and following business in the City where he had many Friends. He was consult'd in all Publick Works, built several Bridges in the Connty, employ'd by Bishop Gooch and the Dean, to direct the Repairs of the Cathedral, erected the Shirehouse on the Castle hill, and put on the battlements to the Castle, for which business he never got fully paid for his trouble, through the opposition of some of the County Gentlemen, and the ill behaviour of his Brother Robert, who did the flint Stone Work of the Shirehouse. Mr. Crow, the rich Manufacturer, was his particular Friend; they kept a Club together at the Maid's head, call'd No. 6. Dr. Brooks was one of the Members, and some of the most brilliant Spirits of the City. I remember your Grandfather's going there ev'ry Saturday Night whenever he was absent from Holkham; he was also distinguish'd as a Free Mason, attended a Club of them at Norwich, and was introduc'd to that in London (the first in the Kingdom), when the Duke of Norfolk (his Patron) was Grand Master therof. In the City of Norwich he built Dwelling houses, one for Mr. Crow, in Surry Street, a second for Dr. Peek, one ditto in St. Giles, for a Mr. Stannard, and that Ironmonger's Shop, now standing at the corner of the Dove Lane, for Mr. Pattison. Latterly (so late as the year 1753) he began to be disgusted with Holkham, the Earl (devoted to building and planting, and spending his days almost wholly in the Country) Complain'd |