^{page 226 note *} Clogie's Memoir, ut supra, p. 4.* This letter and a draft of Laud's reply are in the Public Record Office, and are above quoted in Chapter VII. p. 159, in reference to the improvement of the revenue of the Bishopric of Ardagh under Dr. Richardson.

^{page 229 note *} The letter of Dr. Samuel Warde to which this is a reply would seem to have been written in a querulous tone. William Bedell however completely exonerates himself from the charge of neglect. I do not know whether he was ever able to make his promised visit to his godfather, but I fear that Dr. Warde remained dissatisfied with him, otherwise he would have left him a ring as he did to several other personal friends. I must confess that I felt disappointed on reading Dr. Samuel Warde's will (supra, p. 95) to find that he did not mention his godson William Bedell. The Bishop in his will did not forget Dr. Warde.

^{page 230 note *} The Bishop here referred to was William Chappel, B.D., Fellow of Corpus Christi, Cambridge, Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, Feb. 1634–5, and Bishop of Cork and Ross, 1638. When the rebellion broke out he went from Cork to Dublin, whence he escaped to England in December. This was the Bishop of Corke who was so “very sharpe against y^e offence” of the Bishop of Killal: see note, p. 54. Bishop Chappel was one of the persons supposed to have been the author of “The Whole Duty of Man.” He died at Derby in 1649, aged 67.

^{page 232 note *} For this and the following extracts from the Parish Register of Rattlesden, relating to the Rev. William Bedell's family, I am indebted to the kindness and courtesy of the Rector, the Rev. John Barney.

^{page 232 note †} He succeeded his uncle John Bedell, his father's brother, in the family property in Essex. In an old rate-hook of the parish of Black Notley in the possession of Mr. Watkinson of Staunton's, who obligingly permitted me to look through it, I found under the year 1670 a “Mr. Bedle” rated at sixteen shillings and eight pence. I have not found any later trace of Essex property being in possession of the family. The Bishop in his will refers to a property named “Whiteheads ” belonging to himself, apparently in the parish of Black Notley. In the will of Mathew Elliston, or Alliston, of Castle Hedingham, the Bishop's uncle, dated Sept. 29, 1621, certain lands in the parish of Black Notley belonging to the Bishop's brother John, which the testator held in mortgage, are transferred to his second son John Alliston. This John Alliston, who was buried at Black Notley on the 15th October 1625, in his will proved at Braintree May 2, 1626, describes the said lands under the name of “Dewlands,” and leaves them to one of his sons, unless they should be redeemed by John Bedel. John Alliston states that though the time for the redemption of the lands had already passed, his will, nevertheless, “is that if my said Cosen Bedel doe pay or cause to be payd unto mine executor the said sume of two hundreth pounds, and the rent behind at the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary next coming, that then my said Cosen Bedel to have and injoy the said lands as in his former right.”

^{page 233 note *} For the verification of this entry I am indebted to the kind courtesy of the Rector, the Rev. T. J. Steele.

^{page 234 note *} The Prebends of Iniscattery and of Tullagh are in the Diocese of Killaloe. The Bishop of Killaloe from 1669 to 1674 was Daniel Witter, previously Dean of Down. Dr. Witter was succeeded in his Deanery by Dr. William Sheridan.

^{page 234 note †} First Fruits Books, Record Office, Dublin.

^{page 235 note *} For procuring me this record of John Bedell's presentation to Rattlesden, and also for that of his father's presentation, as well as for the extract relating to his grandfather's presentation to Horninger, I am indebted to Mr. Cadge of Norwich.

^{page 235 note †} That is the December preceding February 1682–3.

^{page 237 note *} This was testator's niece Penelope.

^{page 238 note *} For reference to Abp. King's work I am indebted to C. S. K. in N. and Q. for June 18,1870.

^{page 238 note †} Advertisement on the last page of the London Gazette, for Tuesday, April 12, to Saturday, April 16, 1721.

^{page 239 note *} This interesting volume was purchased by its present possessor of the late Mr. Lilly, the Bookseller, April 2, 1861.

^{page 239 note †} The Bill was filed in Chancery June 21, 1728, under the following title:— John Stanford and Ellen his wife, the Rev. John Fletcher, Clerk, Mary his wife, and Susanna Britton, widow,

Plaintiffs;

Richard Geering, Thomas Bedell, Merchant, and Thomas Bedell Cooke,

Defendants.