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1717. Sept. 24th. BcverageO^ has writt all the canons of the
church in two volumes, but they are abridged in one 8vo., well done.
Origen believed the devils would be at last saved — grounded upon
{I believe) I. Cor. iii. 15, And he shall be saved, vet so as by
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fire.'
1717. Sept. 25th. Uncle told Mr. Nicholson that Mr. Kothery'o
was a scun-ilous, frothy, sottish fellow—but Maleverer might make
something on't. Maleverer'''^ bears the same coat of arms with us,
uncle supposed that either they or we have changed our names, but
more likely we, for theirs is the better and ancienter family.
1717. Sept. 26th. Mr. Nicholson told uncle he heard a good
character of me—uncle replyed I was a very good scholar. Mr.
Henderson, who had several conferences with King Charles I.,
when at Newcastle upon Tine, desired he might preach before him
he did, one took his prayer and sermon down in short hand—the king
showed him the prayer afterwards and asked him his opinion of it,
Mr. Henderson'2 did not approve of something in it—the king told
him it was his own, etc.
1717. Sept. 27th. A lady prevailed with a gent, once to go
with her to a meeting—when they came home she asked him, Do's
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not he pray like an angel,' etc. He r&plyed he did not like it, did
she joyne with him when he said we had all broke all the commandments
10,000 times over both in thought, word, in deed ; she said
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yes,' why not—he said ' then you are a whore,' etc.
1717. Sept. 28th. The Spanish in possession of Sardinia—the
pope, instead of joining the Venetians, has gone to the Spandiards
and so (I believe) the king of Sicily has joyned them, notwithstanding
both these had declared to the emperour they were not concerned,
etc.
1717. Sept. 29th. The Turks have now no thoughts of a peace,
^ William Beveridge, D.T). (1637-1708), bishop of St. Asaph, who, in 1672,
published a weighty work on the Apostolic Canons and Decrees.
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The l>ev Joseph Rothery, M.A. of Queen's College, Oxford, was vicar of
Bromfield in Cumberland from 1714 to 1717, which benefice he exchanged for a
Fellowship at Queen's with Jeremias Nicholson, who held the vicarage of Bromfield
from 1717 to 1733. Mr. Joseph Nicholson, vicar of Whittingham, was
brother to Mr. Jeremias Nicholson.
" The arms of Mauleverer of Arncliffe, are Sable three rjreyhonndx courant
in pale argent. Cf. Dugdale's Visitation of YorJcthire. The family of Thomlinson
of Birdforth in North Yorkshire claimed to bear Per pale irav]/ anjent
and vert three tjrei/hoiinds coiirant convter-chaiKjed, a chief azure. Cf. Dugdale's
Visitation of Yortshire, ed. Clay, vol. i., p. 200. In the church of Bromfield,
in whicli parish Blencogo is situated, there is a small brass with the arms
of Thomlinson, per pale (plain not wavy) argent and vert three greyhounds
courant in pale counter-changed. Crest, a demi savage holding in hia dexter
hand a spear on bend point doumwards.
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The Rev. Alexander Henderson, chaplain to Charles I. when at Newcastle,
died at Edinburgh, 19 Aug., 1646. Cf. Terry, Visits ' of Charles I. to
Newcastle.' Arch. Ael., 2nd series, vol. xxi. p. 117.
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