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t orient is Winton, xiiii anno rum in fe.sto Nat dornini preterito " (Reg.)- Scholar anc Fellow (July 24, 1511) of New College Oxford, as " do villa de Wedonbrika in com Northarnpt.," i.e., Weedon-Beck or Weedon- on-the-Street ; vacated 1514, civilista (Liber S. et D.)- Fellow of Winchester College probably admitted in 1514, but the date of his admission is recorded neither in Reg. O nor in the ' Liber Albus,' and the Account-roll oi 1513-4 is missing. He accompanied the Warden on several journeys during 1514-5. Vacated Fellowship upon appointment as Fromond's Chaplain. Appointed as Huls' Chaplain in Salisbury Cathedral, Jan. 7, 1529/30 (L.A., f. 62), and was still acting there in 1545-6, when Huls' obit was kept for the last time.

In an inventory of 1556, relating to " ye Stuff e that Mr. Warden hath in hys custody e of the College," the following entry occurs :

" Item in Dunstones Chamber [one standynge bedstede, struck out], v cortaynes of yellow and redde sylke, iii fether beddes, ii bovvlsters, one mattryes, a payre of fustyan blankettes, one standinge cowberde & olde hangynges of stayned clothes."

I cannot say whether this chamber took its name from St. Dunstan or from Richard Dunstall. Possibly it took it from neither of them, but from Mr. John Durston, who became a Fellow on July 22, 1553, and resigned before May 6, 1554.

9. Dom. Richard Phyllyps, 1524 (?)-46. First paid by name in 1526-7. Probably identical with a Scholar admitted in 1491 as " Ricardus Philype de Eston, filius tenentis in soka Winton, xi annorum in festo Annun- ciationis preterito." Cf. will of Elizabeth Fylip, 1508 (Bishop's Court), who desired to be buried at Eston (Easton, Hants), and mentioned " Sir Richard my son " (ex rel. Mr. J. Challenor Smith). Apparently not a Fellow at either of Wykeham's Colleges. Rector of St. Swithun-upon-Kingsgate, Winchester, in 1535 (' Valor Eccles.'), being Rector there as early as 1520 and as late as 1555 (' Archdeacon's Visitation Book,' ex rel. Dr. S. Andrews). Remained Fro- mond's Chaplain until the suppression of the Chantry under the 37 H. VIII. c. 4 and the 1 E. VI. c. 14. The Account-roll of 1546-7 contains, under ' Custus Capelle,' the some- what obscure entry, " Item pro obfuscatione fenestre capelle fromonde, xrf."

Payment of the Chaplain's stipend was revived in 1550-1, but the recipient is not named. It was paid for the last time in respect of the third quarter of 1558-9, but was paid on that occasion to the Fellows and

Chaplains of the College : " item so hit. decem sociis et capellanis celebrant ibus in capella fromoncl hoc termino, xxxiiis. iiiirf." (' Sti- pendia Capellanorum '). H. C.

Winchester College.

MATERIALS FOR A HISTORY OF THE WATTS FAMILY OF SOUTHAMPTON.

(See ante, pp. 101, 161.) 3. Isaac Watts, D.D.

ISAAC WATTS, the eminent Nonconformist minister and hymn-writer, and the eldest son of the foregoing, was born July 17, 1674, at Southampton (house now called 22 French Street), and baptized at the Above Bar Chapel, Southampton, about September of that year.

From 1680 to 1690 he was educated at the Southampton Grammar School under the Rev. John Pinhorne.

Finishing his education in an academy near London under Mr. Rowe, he became at the age of 22 tutor to the son of Sir John Hartopp at Newington.

In 1698 he was chosen assistant to Dr. Chauncey, whom on Jan. 15, 1701/2, he succeeded in his Meeting.

He then went to live with Sir Thomas Abney, of Newington, and continued in that family till his death in 1748. As we have already seen, he was mentioned in his father's will, 1735.

On July 23, 1746, he made his will, which was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (384 Strahan) in 1748 by his brother Enoch Watts and Nathaniel Neal of London, the executors.

He died unmarried on Nov. 25, 1748, and was buried at .Bunhill Fields. A handsome tomb was erected over his grave by Lady Abney and Sir John Hartopp.

For further particulars see his many Biographies.

4. Richard Watts, Brother of Dr. Isaac Watts.

He was born Feb. 10, 1675/6, and baptized about May of that year at the Above Bar Chapel, Southampton. In 1735, as we have seen, he was mentioned in his father's wiJl as having received a considerable sum of money as a marriage portion.

His wife, Mary, is also mentioned in

that will. She survived her husband.

Richard Watts died April 14, 1750. His will is dated Nov. 27, 1746, and was proved n the Prerogative Court of Canterbury