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mony to the Wardrope on purpose to pay for the Garter robes, &c., so I have sent Mr. Ellison to day to claime them, for I am told that is the custom ; as to the Coller I can borrow won in case it should be wanting. Sir Jacob Banks was here this morning for he cam to town as soon as he had my brother's letter,*, , ,.

��St. James's Square, January [sic, February f\ 13, 1713.

I receaved my dearest life's letter of the i8th this morning and thank you for that to Dr. Chamberlain. t This letter will be a very dismall won to Capt. Powell since it brings the news of poor Lord Cornbery's death ; he dy'd yesterday morning of a feavour got by a surfit of drinking, for he and a good many more drank as many quarts of Uskquebath as is usall to be drank of wine, and was never cool after. Lady Theodotia will now be a great fortune, for Cobham is settled on her, and she is now Baroness of Cliffton, .... I have got your Garter robes from the Great Wardrope, but I don't hear

any time set for the instalment I was a Tusday at Sir

Godfry Kneller's, and there's the Duke of Buckingham drawn in his Garter robes, and I found out that Mr. De Garr has left out the Cross and Garter on the outward mantle, so I went to him and showed him where he had omited it and order'd him to put it in.

Lord Strafford's proxy at the coming installation of Knights of the Garter. Sir James Wishart was the other substitute proposed,
 * Bankes, member for Minehead, a zealous Tory, was about to act as

+ Hugh Chamberlen, a noted physician, Who attended the Queen of James 11. at the birth of the prince afterwards known as the Pretender. Lady Wentworth was very anxious to secure his attendance on Lady Strafford on an approaching event of family interest, but, writes she to her son, " he is so proud he won't go to any body except the husband writes to him," and "he won't take less than loO guineas to be always ready to come." In another letter we read thatCDr. Chamberien " keeps his coach and two footmen and is very much courted. Lord Bathurst invites him often to dinner and drinks a bottle with him, for he loves a glass of good wine. He is very great also with Lord and Lady Masham." He died in 1728 ; his epitaph in Westminster Abbey was written by Bishop Atterbury.

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