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 also published in London, the latter by Moxon in 1866.

[Apart from My Life as an Author (1886), autobiographical material abounds in Tupper's works. See also Foster's Alumni Oxon. 1715–1886; Lincoln's Inn Registers, ii. 146; Burke's Landed Gentry, 1894, ii. 2060; Tupper's Hist. of Guernsey, 1876 passim; Times, 30 Nov. 1889; Athenæum, 1889, ii. 781; Spectator, lxiii. 803; Biograph and Review, vi. 149; Photographic Portraits of Men of Eminence, 1865, vol. iii.; St. James's Gazette, 27 June 1881; Mitford Corresp. ed. L'Estrange, ii. 266; Holmes's Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, 1859, pp. 307, 317, 361; Hamilton's Parodies, vi. 88–91; Allibone's Dict. of English Lit.; Brit. Mus. Cat. Some Letters from Tupper to Philip Bliss, dated 1847, are in Addit. MS. 34576.]  TURBE, WILLIAM (d. 1175), bishop of Norwich. [See .] TURBERVILLE, DAUBENEY (1612–1696), physician, born at Wayford in Somerset in 1612, was the son of George Turberville of that place. He matriculated from Oriel College, Oxford, on 7 Nov. 1634, graduating B.A. on 15 Oct. 1635 and M.A. on 17 July 1640. On the outbreak of the civil war he took up arms for the king, and assisted in the defence of Exeter in 1645. On its surrender to Fairfax in April 1646 he retired to Wayford, and practised medicine there and at the neighbouring town of Crookhorn. He eventually removed to Salisbury, and at the Restoration on 7 Aug. 1660 took the degree of M.D. at Oxford. He made a speciality of eye diseases and acquired considerable fame. According to Walter Pope [q. v.] he cured Queen Anne, when she was a child, of a dangerous inflammation in her eyes, after the court physicians had failed. He was also consulted for his eyes by Pepys, to whom ‘he did discourse learnedly about them’ (, Diary, 1848, iv. 472, 482, 483). He died at Salisbury on 21 April 1696, and was buried in the cathedral. His wife Anne, whom he married at Wayford about 1646, died without issue on 15 Dec. 1694.

[Pope's Life of Seth Ward, 1697, pp. 98–109; Foster's Alumni Oxon. 1500–1714; Le Neve's Monumenta Anglicana, 1719, v. 175.]

 TURBERVILLE or TURBERVILE, EDWARD (1648?–1681), informer, born about 1648, came of an ancient Glamorganshire family, his father being a native of Skerr, Glamorganshire. A Roman catholic and a younger brother (his elder, Anthony, being a monk at Paris), he entered the family of Lady Molyneux, daughter of William Herbert, earl and afterwards first marquis of Powis [q. v.], and remained in that household until the close of 1675. It was then proposed that he should assume the tonsure, but upon crossing the Channel he took service as a trooper in the French army, receiving his discharge at Aire after six months' service in August 1676. After this he went to Douai to the English College, and then to Paris, where he alleged that he met Lord Stafford and was importuned by him to return to England upon a design of killing Charles II. This improbable story he first told at the bar of the House of Commons on Tuesday, 9 Nov. 1680, when they were hearing any evidence that might be forthcoming against the five popish lords. Bedloe having recently died, anxiety was expressed as to Turberville's safety, and, as a measure of precaution, application was made to the king to grant the witness a general pardon for all treasons, crimes, felonies, and misdemeanours that he might have committed. Nine days later it was noticed with suspicion that the word 'misdemeanour ' had been omitted from the pardon, and this oversight was rectified upon a resolution of the house (, Debates, 1769, vii. 438, viii. 31). In the meantime 'The Information of Edward Turbervill' had been printed in quarto by command of the house (imp. 10 Nov.) In the follow- ing month Turbervill gave evidence at the trial of Lord Stafford. His evidence was open to very serious objection, for his dates differed materially from those printed in the affidavit. With a view, like Oates, of supplying local colour, he swore that Stafford was suffering from gout at the time of their interviews, whereas it was shown that the earl had never been so afflicted. Above all, though this was not known to the court, when Turbervill was converted to protestantism he expressly told Bishop Lloyd [see, 1627-1717] that, apart from a few vague rumours, he knew nothing whatever of the details of catholic intrigue. He was very poor in 1680, and was stated at Stafford's trial to have recently remarked to a barrister named Yalden that no trade was good but that of a 'discoverer.' Early in 1681, after Stafford's execution, one of Turbervill's friends, John Smith, who was also well known as an informer, wrote a vindication of his evidence called 'No Faith or Credit to be given to Papists ' (London, 1681, fol.) After the trial of Fitzharris, Turbervill read the signs aright, or, as Burnet expressively puts it, he and other witnesses came under another management.' On 17 Aug. 1681 he felt constrained to give evidence against Stephen College in opposition to his old ally, Titus