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 JOURNALIST AND PRINTER. 209 duced a public controversy and procured young Cave the reputation of a writer.' 1 It seems probable that the ' Norwich Gazette ' was the paper referred to, for Cross-Grove con- tinually advertised Cave's e Gentleman's Magazine/ and frequently quoted from it. There can be little doubt that Cross-Grove had much assistance from Cave, and it is not possible to refer the personal attacks in the ' Courant ' to Cave. Another great friend of Cross-Grove's was Strype, the ecclesias- tical historian, who, by the bye, was a whig, and gave Cross-Grove some good advice. Strype was vicar of Low Leyton, Essex, where Cross-Grove was born, and had baptized him. Henry Cross-Grove was born on I4th August, 1683, his father, Patrick, being an Irishman. His mother, Elizabeth, was the daughter of Henry Gutteridge of Leyton, and the widow of John Fellows of London. Patrick Cross-Grove lost his life in the Revolution in 1688, and Mrs. Cross- Grove married again three times, her last husband being one Charles Carr, silk-throwster, of Cock Lane, Shoreditch, whom she married on aist April, 1715. At first, Cross-Grove entitled his periodical ' Gazette,' simply, and it was merely a piece of paper printed on both sides. Few copies of the earlier numbers exist. Later on it bore the title 1 It has been suggested that Cave conducted the 'Norfolk Courant,' I think on no better authority than that the publisher of the c Courant ' was also named Collins. It is not, however, in the least likely that the deputy alderman would have left London to commence business in Norwich. Nor could he have been a Whig.