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by Sept. 1. & thence to London in (the first part of) November. There
we stayed the Winter. 4 )[In the beginning of January 1731 ..2 my Wife &
I went to Mr Showers at Mickleham for a few days.] In May (1732) we
were some time at Dr Hulses at Edmonton. In {June} (May 30) by his
Advice, we went to Tunbridge Wells on my Wifes Account: & stayed
there till after the beginning of July, but were at Durham before the
{23d} (18th>. On the 28th, I was appointed, by the Duke of Grafton,
Chaplain to the King. This Favour was procured for me by Dr Sherlock,
then Bishop of Bangor, with whom I became acquainted at Bath in
1731. Dr Bland also, Dean of Durham, had recommended me to Sir
Robert Walpole. Along with me were appointed Mr Inett at Worcester,
& Dr Shuckford in Norfolk: & our Month was August. I was in
Residence: but set out Aug. 14, the Day that it ended, in the Stage
Coach, & got to London Aug. 19. & read Prayers & preached to the
younger part of the Royal Family (at Kensington) the next day. But the
Hurry threw me into a Fever, which confined me till Thursday the 24th.
But I finished my Sermon in the Remainder of the Week, & preached on
Sunday the 27th before the Queen, the King being abroad. A few Days
after, she sent for me, & enterd into a long & gracious Conversation with
me. 3 )[I took an Opportunity in it of mentioning Mr Butler to her. She
said, she thought he was dead. I assured her he was not. Yet she
afterwards asked ABp Blackburne, if he was not dead. His answer was,
No, Madam: but he is buried. Dr Benson went to Spa in Germany this
Autumn, & stayed there all the Winter.]
FOLIO 20 I returned to Durham {in} (by the 14th of) Sept. 1732: &
1732-33 stayed there, going often to Ryton, where I always kept a
resident Curate, till I was appointed to preach in St
James's Chapel in Lent 1732..3. The Day before I set out for that
Purpose (which was Feb. 5)1 had the offer of the Rectory of St James,
Westminster. Dr Tyrwhit, who succeeded Dr Clarke there in 1729,
found that Preaching in so large a Church hurt his Lungs. And therefore
Bp Gibson, his Father in Law, proposed to the Crown, that he should
exchange it for a Residentiary ship of St Pauls, & that I should succeed
him. But Dr Tyrwhit, having come in soon after Easter, kept it till after
Easter. After preaching at Court, I returned to Durham (abt March
12:) brought up my Family to St James's in (the beginning of) May, &
was instituted Rector the 18th of that month. !)[I gave an Entertainment,
(which cost above 15 11 ,) to the lower Part of the Vestry & Parish
Officers on the 19th, the Day of my Induction. But I never went to any
Entertainment made by them. And Mr Ludbey, who was the first Senior
Churchwarden chosen in my time, refused, in Concert with me, to
spend any Parish Money in Treats, which had been shamefully done