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132 The Autobiography of Archbishop Thomas Seeker
one" (T.B. Chandler, Life of Samuel Johnson, p. 187: Seeker to Johnson,
n.d., and p. 199: 22 May, 1764).
Bp Trevor: Richard Trevor (1707-1771), bishop of St. David's 1744-52
and of Durham 1752-71, who had a reputation for eloquence and
magnificence. When his claims to Durham had been pushed by
Newcastle in 1752, the king at first refused, dismissing Trevor as "a
high-church fellow, a stiff, formal, fellow, and nothing else" (Sykes,
Church and State, p. 39).
to kiss the Kings Hand: on Tuesday, 28 March, Seeker had his formal
audience with George II and kissed hands, as did Dr. John Hume,
bishop designate of Oxford, and Dr. Philip Yonge, appointed bishop of
Bristol [GM., XXVIII (1758), p. 143].
the Levee: in Great Britain a court assembly held in the early afternoon
for men only.
a volume of sermons was Nine Sermons preached at St. James's Church
Westminster on occasion of the late War and Rebellion, which was published at
3 shillings in March 1758 [GM., XXVIII (1758), p. 136].
Bow Church was St. Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside which was the site of
the confirmation of those elected bishop in the province of Canterbury.
John Gilbert, archbishop of York, and eight other bishops acted as royal
commissioners in Seeker's confirmation, and afterwards, with several
doctors of the civil law, dined with him at the deanery of St. Paul's,
while "the Proctors were elegantly entertained at the Queen's Arms
tavern in St. Paul's Churchyard" [Lloyd's Evening Post, II (1758), p.
387].
Confirmation Tickets: see fol. 26.
FOLIO 50 (1758)
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, more commonly the
S.P.C.K., was founded in 1698 not only to forward the building of
charity schools, but also to disseminate, at home and abroad, religious
tracts and Bibles. The society was the first organized and systematic
attempt to provide educational and missionary work overseas.
a large 4° Parochial Book, written in Seeker's own hand, is usually
referred to as the Speculum (L.P.L. VG 2/5).