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Dr Stonehewer: Richard Stonehewer (d. 1769), who was son of the
bishop of Durham's steward and father to that Richard who was tutor
and afterwards private secretary to the third duke of Grafton. He was
rector of Houghton-le-Spring 1727-69 [Horace Walpole's Correspondence
with the Reverend William Cole, ed. W.S. Lewis and D. Dayle Wallace
(New Haven, 1937), I, p. 231].
Ld Crewe: Nathaniel Crew (1633-1721), who had been bishop of
Durham from 1674 until his death. He is believed to be the first instance
of a peer holding a bishopric, which he purchased from Nell Gwynne.
Horace Walpole scathingly described him "as abject a tool as possible"
(G. E. C., Complete Peerage).
Accession of Geo. 2 took place on 11 June 1727.
Dedimus: a writ or commission empowering the person named therein
to perform certain acts. The name is taken from the words, dedimus
potestatem, "we have given the power. ..."
Ralph Allen (1694-1764): a Cornishman of modest origins, who made a
fortune, chiefly by his reorganization and improvement of the cross
country postal services. He was very influential in the city of Bath where
he served as mayor (1742), and near which he built his mansion, Prior
Park. An intimate friend of the elder Pitt, he was patron of Pope and
William Warburton. Allen served as a model for squire All worthy in
Tom Jones (D.N.B.).
Dean Stanhope: George Stanhope (1660-1728), who was educated at
Eton and King's college, Cambridge, proceeding D.D. in 1697. He
served as chaplain to William and Mary, dean of Canterbury 1704-28,
and was prolocutor in the convocation that censured Dr. Samuel Clarke
in 1714, and Benjamin Hoadly in 1717. He was a high churchman who
published a certain amount of devotional literature, including the Jesuit
Robert Parsons's Christian Directory in an expurgated form ("omitting
Romish passages") in 1703, and much used versions of Thomas ä
Kempis and Lancelot Andrewes. He died 18 March, 1728 [D.N.B.;
GM., L (1780), p. 463].
Sir John James (c. 1692-1741), second baronet, of Creshall, County
Essex, was educated at St. John's college, Oxford, where he matriculated
in 1709. He died unmarried, and the baronetcy became extinct
[G. E. C., Complete Baronetage].
Mr Dalton: John Dalton (1709-1763), who was elected fellow of
Queen's college, Oxford, in 1741, and made prebendary of Worcester