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worth 150 11 . The Vicarage of Hernhill, weh was void by his taking All-
Hallows, I gave in 1760 to Mr Hebbes, Lecturer of Kensington,
recommended by Princess Amelia.] Dr Plumptre, son of my good
Friend Mr Plumptre, had been my nominal Chaplain some Years, to
enable him to hold two Livings, one of which at least was given him by
Lord Hardwicke, with whose Sons he was very intimate. Therefore I
thought my self bound to make him the Offer of being my Cambridge
Chaplain. He accepted it, contrary to my Expectation, & his own
Inclination, as I understood afterwards, by the Advice of Mr Charles
Yorke; but grew weary of the Attendance; & complained that I had
slighted him, in taking Dr Hall, instead of him, to attend me in my
Visitation, & when I went afterwards to confirm in the City, & in some
other imaginary Articles. So he left me the next Summer. I gave him,
Nov. 10. 1763, the Sine-Cure Rectory of Orpington, worth 40^ a year,
besides *)[the Profits of Renewals,] and I took in his Stead Mr,
afterwards Dr, Wray, who had been ABp Huttons Cambridge Chaplain,
but was left without a sufficient Provision. 2)[To him I gave in 1760 the
Rectory of Ruckinge, worth 150* 1 a Year, to hold with Great Chart, wch
ABp Hutton had given him: & in 1761, Witresham R. worth 220 1 * a
year, instead of Ruckinge: & in 1762, the Vicarage of Rachdale, by wch
both the former became vacant.]
Finding on my Visitation, that Ash, a Curacy of small Value, which
therefore had Service but once a Sunday, was a large Parish, I have
added to the Curates Salary 25 ]l a Year ever since, that the Service might
be twice.
In the beginning of 1759 ^[Application was made by the D. of
Newcastle for my Opinion, whether the Son of the famous Mr Gideon,
might properly be made a Baronet. His Father was a Jew, his Mother a
Christian: he had been baptized in his Infancy, instructed in Christian
Principles, & was then at School under the Care of a Clergyman. I
advised, that as he was of a proper Age, he shd be first confirmed. He
was brought to me for that Purpose: but I was ill of the Gout. So he was
made a Baronet first; & confirmed afterwards, I think by the Bp of
Rochester. The King had refused to make the Father a Baronet, because
he was a Jew. In the Beginning of this Year also I applied to the D. of
Newcastle, at the Request of Mr Wollaston, for a change in the
Lease of the Rectory of E. Dereham. The Duke promised it immediately,
& often after, but did it not in more than a Year. Now also] I paid
Mr Leadbetter, on Account, 905**, chiefly, & I believe almost wholly, for
Repairs. But what I have paid on that Account in following Years, must
be found
FOLIO 53 in the great general Book of Accounts, kept between
1758-59 Tegetmeyer & Mrs Talbot; to whom I paid money as she
called for it, leaving the Disposal of it to her, & settling the