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the choice of going into the custody of Arch- bishop Parker again or into that of Bishop Grinlal, and that he preferred to remain in the Tower.

On 15 September, 1563, the plague then being prevalent in London, and it being thought well to remove the prisoners for religion from the Tower, Boxall was com- mitted to the custody of Archbishop Parker at Bekesbourne in Kent, being made to pay for his board and lodging. He was there a prisoner 3 June, 1564. In October, 1 567, he was still in the Archbishop's custody, although it had been in some ways relaxed.

In a letter to Bullinger dated 10 August, 1571, Parkhurst writes that he " died at Lambeth, where also Thirlby. . . .died before him " ; but Parker says that he had allowed him to go in his illness to a friend's house in London, where he died. The date of his death is variously given as the 3rd or 4th of March, 1570/71.

JOHN B. WAINE WRIGHT.

SIR CHARLES HANBURY WILLIAMS, SIR WOODBINE PARISH, AND THOMAS CARLYLE. The recent publication of ' A Life of Sir Woodbine Parish ' by his grand-daughter, the Hon. Nina Kay Shuttleworth, reminds me that I have in my possession an interest- ing volume that was formerly in the library of that distinguished diplomatist, and bears his book-plate. This volume is made up of extracts from the third volume of ' The Works of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams,' 1822 (pp. 61-109, 208-40, and i-lxxxi), together with a MS. account of the Court of Vienna contained in a letter from Sir Charles Hanbury Williams to the Duke of Newcastle, which extends to 55 octavo pages. This letter is undated, but as Sir Charles was in Vienna in 1752, it was ascribed by Sir W. Parish to that year. The volume is prefaced by the following note :

" This volume contains some Memorials written by Sir C. H. W ms relative to the foreign Courts and Countries where he was employed on H. M y ' 8 Diplomatic Service Saxony, Poland, Russia.

" The poems which formed the remainder of the publication are only remarkable for their in- decency, and have been cut out.

" The MS. account of the Court of Vienna has never been published. W.P."

Before the MS., which is not in the hand- writing of Sir Woodbine Parish, is the follow- ing note by him :

" The following Despatch is copied from one furnished to Sir .George (afterwards Earl) Macart- ney on his proceeding on his Special Mission to Russia in 1766 in my possession. W. Parish."

At the end of the volume the following letter is inserted :

St. Leonard's, April, 1865.

DEAR BLAKISTOX, I have long intended send- ing yo>j this Volume, w h contains an unpub- lished despatch of Sir Chas. Hanbury Williams to the Secy of State the Duke of Newcastle in 1752, giving a very interesting account of the Court of Vienna at that time, thinking it would be of interest to your friend Carlyle ; but I fear now it will arrive too late to be of any use to him,, seeing that he has completed his great Work, but you may send it to him, and he is quite at liberty to take a copy of it, if he wishes for it. Yrs- sincerely, WOODBINE PARISH.

Carlyle wrote the following remarks on the blank page of this letter :

" I have not taken any copy: but feel greatly obliged to Sir Woodbine Parish for his goodness.

"It is pity the letter were not dated ; the real year of it must be 1753 (not '2) ; and to German readers the chief novelty in it is Hanbury's complete mistake as to the real purposes notions and position of Kaunitz in regard to the matters handled between them. Sharp political spectacles on Hanbury's part, on Kaunitz's a perfect cloak of darkness ! T. C. (Chelsea, 11 May)."

W. F. PRIDEATJX.

THE GREEN PARK LODGE. So little seems to be known about the Deputy Ranger's Lodge in the Green Park that the following unpublished facts about it, from the Pitt Papers (P.R.O. bundle 139), may be useful to London topographers. They were written by Lord William Gordon, who was the brother of Lord George, and who had made the town talk by bolting with Lady Sarah Bunbury a few years before. Dating from " Green Park Lodge," 20 April, 1789, he wrote :

" Lord William Gordon presents his compli- ments to Mr. Pitt, and sends enclosed a statement of his situation as Deputy Ranger of the Parks, and wishes very much that Mr. Pitt would take the first opportunity of mentioning it to his Majesty. Lord William begs Mr. Pitt to recol- lect that his Majesty was graciously pleased to give him a grant of the premises upwards of ten years ago, and Lord William would wish to obtain a permanent grant of the same, including the House, for such term of years as might be thought reasonable, instead of holding it on the present precarious terms. As Lord and Lady William are extremely anxious on this subject, they wish to know as soon as possible the result of the application which they flatter themselves Mr. Pitt will make to his Majesty on their behalf.

" [The application :] Lord William Gordon is bound to pay to the Hon. Mr. Shirley 400 per annum during the life of Mr. Shirley. In consequence of the above agreement Mr. Shirley resigned his appointment of Deputy Ranger to Lord William Gordon. The above arrangement was previously laid before his Majesty, who was graciously pleased to approve it. Lord Oxford, as Ranger, also approved it, and appointed Lord William Deputy Ranger in consequence.