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The Autobiography of Archbishop Thomas Seeker
afterwards so noted; & with Dean Stanhope, by whose Bedside I stood at
his Death, in March 1727..8 3 )[& with Mr, afterwards Sir John, James;
& with Mr Dalton; who, with Dean Berkeley, were here a considerable
Part of the Winter.] From Bath, I returned (with my family) to
London, my wife being much recoverd: & thence to Durham in June
1728, ^[where I preached the Assize Sermon at the Cathedral that
Summer. ] Bp Talbot & his Lady came down
FOLIO 18 thither the same Summer: & we were with them the latter
1728-30 part of the time (to Oct. 2) at Auckland, & never saw them
afterwards. I went frequently to Ryton on Saturdays, to
preach on Sunday; & returned that Evening, or Monday morning. Our
Abode was at Durham till Dec. 1730, about two Years & a half. In
{Spring} (March) 1728..9 I went for a little while into Nottinghamshire,
about Mr Frosts Affairs, to very little Purpose. 2 )[And we were
from Aug 19 to Sept 12 at Stanhope.] About the beginning of Nov. 1729,
Dr Barrett drowned himself in the Thames, probably on some Failure of
Success in Business. His Brother had destroyed himself before. In the
Winter of 1728 or 1729, Mr Benson & I took a great deal of Pains in
putting part of the ancient Deeds & Writings of the Church of Durham
in Order. These two Winters my Breast was very weak, & I sometimes
spit Blood: particularly in February 1729. .30; & I had a Pain & Soreness
in my Breast; on which Account I seldom went out of the House, &
spoke very little & low. But I grew{ing} better as the Spring came on; &
found Reason to think, that the Blood, & a little Pus, which I brought up
sometimes, came rather from the Parts about the Throat, than from the
Lungs. In May 1730, I went with my Family to Ryton, and stayed there
about three Months. ^[In (part of August &) September 1730 we were
all at Stanhope.] Bishop Talbot died Oct. 10. 1730. I directed him to be
prayed for in the Cathedral, as soon as I heard that his Illness was
dangerous; & had it put in Mourning on his Death, & preached a
Funeral Sermon for him there, {the Sunday after the news of it came}
(Oct. 18. 1730). His Lady outlived him about six weeks. 3 )[The
Archdeacon of Durham died some time before him. And Mrs Talbot
wrote to him, without my Knowledge, to desire that he would give me
that Archdeaconry. But he refused her, & gave it to Dr George Sayer,
who was on that account, to give up his Prebend, of almost equal Value,
to Dr Sharpe.]
FOLIO 19 About the middle of Dec. 1730, we came in 11 Days from
1730-32 Durham to London. In the Beginning of Apr. 1731 we
went to Bath: ^[in the Beginning of July] {about Midsummer}
to Mrs Sandys's at Miserden in Gloucestershire: stayed there
till after July 18:] thence to the Hot Well at Bristol: thence to Bath again