July 14. Caer-fily Castle, probably built by Edward 1. N. B. Not a Roman work, though perhaps a Roman situation. "The younger Spencer, favourite Edward of II. died possessed of it. Held it out against the Queen, and Roger Mortimer surrendered it. Upon his attainder it escheated to the King. See the Escheat Rolls. With other moveables, a Library of books came into the King's hands. N. B. The walls and some of the chief towers seem to have been blown up with gunpowder, in the time of the Civil Wars. (Th. Walsingh. Hyp. Neustr. p. 504. Tho. Walsingham, Edw. II. p. 125. Ed. Camb.) "15. Ruperra. Seat of the Morgans, Summer-house on the hill above it. "Keven-Mabley. Sir Ch. Kemis Tynte. Remarkable oak. "Newport. "Caerleon. (v. Girald. Camb. p. 836.) Square Roman city. Walls and Keep. Amphitheatre. Roman bricks with LEG. II. AVG.' Bridge. "Tinterne Abbey. " "16. By water to Chepstowe. Chepstow castle and bridge. By water still to New Passage. " Rocky cliff. 70 feet high at low water. "St. Treacle's church. Qu. if St. Thecla? S. Tereudacus. (Leland, vol. VI. fol. 5.) Terendake, (fol. 8.) Roman coins found on the cliffs at New Passage Ferry, Claudius, Vespasian, &c. "An old round Roman fortification, washed away by the sea (which has here gained considerably upon the land), only a semicircle remaining, strong and large: the ruins of the other half visible at low water. [See Phil. Holland's Additions to the Britannia.] This formerly a noble work, designed for a guard to the conflux of the two rivers Wye and Severn. The church of Sudbroke just by. "Port-Skeweth. [v. Simeon Dunelm. de Haroldo temp. Edw. Confess.] "Caldecot Castle.-Mem. The stones brought out of the sea, i. e. from the ruins of an old fort at New Passage, as I suppose. "Caerwent, a square Roman city, no Keep. Venta Silurúm, an University. [See the Life of St. Tathaius. Lib. Landavensis.] Tesselated pavement. "Pentrettan, Went Land, Wentset, Gwent Wood, Caer Went. "Matherne. Old Palace of Bishop of Landaff. Gate with arms cut in stone. Moyne's Court, or Curtum Monachorum. Roman inscriptions. (See Camden). N. B. Story of King Theodoric buried here, wounded at Kil Bedw............ His monument restored by Bishop Godwin, as I suppose. [v. Holland's Additions to the Britannia.] "17.. Tinterne Abbey. "Trillick parish-from three stones-Tre Lech, i. e. three stones. A Druid Monument standing just without the town : a mount or barrow, probably of the same age, though some Antiquary (probably the Vicar of the place) has set up by the house next the Church the figures of the stones and mount upon a column, with an inscription attributing the design of them to commemorate a victory of Earl Harold's: 'MAGNA MOLES MAIOR SAXIS HIC VICTOR HARALDVB' Vide Girald. Camb. Ang. Sac. vol. II. Salmon's New "N. B. Upon Trillick common, another very remarkable stone, arising above a carn. This sort of monument I never saw before. It is of the time of the Druids, and may be called a COVENANT STONE, denoting some league or agreement to have been here made between two British Princes, which was solemnized with a banquet upon the carn. See the history of Jacob and Laban. Gen. xxxi. "MONMOUTH. Albimunnum. "Goodrich Castle. "July 18. Pengethly, i. e. Caput Sylræ. Hen-lhan, prope Pengethly, Q. Vetus Ecclesia? "Ross. "Glevum. "19. Stowe. Rolwright stones. Near the King-stone some artificial pits, exactly round. Qu. For what use designed? Dr. GILBERT PARKER* to EDWARD WISE †, Esq. "WORTHY SIR, Trinity College, Nov. 6, 1776. "When I had last the pleasure of conversing with you here, you mentioned some Coins of the late Mr. Wise, your uncle, that were to be disposed of. I then thought of a friend of mine that is somewhat of a collector, but was apprehensive they would be above his pocket, and so, in a letter I was favoured with last night, he seems to apprehend himself; however, would be glad to know the price affixed, and whether the Coins be scarce and curious, as there is a gentleman of his acquaintance who is a great Antiquary, and may probably purchase. If you will therefore favour me with a line upon the subject, I will write to my friend. I remain, good Sir, "Your obliged humble servant, GILBERT PARKER." * Of Trinity College, Oxford; M. A. 1745; B. D. 1755; D. D. 1760. + See before, p. 452. Letters Letters to and from the Rev. W. HUDDESFORD*. TO EMANUEL MENDEZ DA COSTA, Esq. "SIR, Trinity College, Oxford, Nov. 30, 1757. "I think myself extremely unfortunate in being absent from Oxford when you did us the honour of a visit, as I make no doubt but I should have had great advantages from your conversation on the subject of Natural History. You were then acquainted, I suppose, of my having some design of re-printing I.huyd's Lythophylacium.' I find this a task of no small difficulty, as the Author, by reason of a multiplicity of other business, left it a very incorrect and unfinished work. I cannot, after a most diligent search, find any of the manuscript sheets of it in the Museum. Most of his papers, I am told, were purchased by Sir Thomas Sebright: I have a promise from Dr. Lyttelton that he will examine them for me. I think you told my Father that you also had some letters of his. I should be much obliged to you for an account of them if they relate to our Cabinet. "If you will do me the honour of a letter on this subject, I will then acquaint you with the method I propose to take in this publication, and shall beg your advice and free admonitions on this matter. As to what letters we have in the Museum from several persons to Mr. Lhuyd, they chiefly relate to his Archæologia; and those concerning Natural History contain only a few sarcasms on the Woodwardian hypothesis. I am highly obliged to you and Dr. Wright for the honour of your names. "I hope I shall give satisfaction in this undertaking. It is a bold one, and what would not have been attempted by so young and raw a Fossilist if he had not been encouraged by yourself and other persons of eminence in this way. I fiatter myself that you found some things in the Museum worth your attention, and that it did not appear the nasty confused heap of trifles it has been invidiously represented to be. If you will favour me with a line on this subject, you will greatly oblige "Your most humble servant, WM. HUDDESford." This industrious and learned Antiquary (son of the Rev. Dr. George Huddesford, p. 457) was a Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. He proceeded M. A. in 1756; was Senior Proctor in 1765; B. D. 1766; and in 1767 was elected Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum.-In 1760 he re-published Lhuyd's Catalogue of Fossils." There having been in 1699 but 120 copies of this book printed at the expence of the Author's Patrons, it became very scarce; and the second Edition was published by Mr. Huddesford, with some new plates of specimens, and the Author's "Prælectio de stellis marinis oceani Britannici, necnon de asteriarum entrochorum, et encrinorum origine, habita quondam in Museo Ashmoleano." In 1761 he published" Catalogus Librorum MSStorum viri clarissimi Antonii à Wood; being a minute Catalogue of each particular contained in the MS Collections of Anthony à Wood deposited in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford," 8vo. His "Description of Oseney Abbey" is printed in Gent. Mag. vol. XLI. pp. 153. 202.-He died Oct. 6, 1779; and bis Library was sold, by Mr. Fleteber, by a marked Catalogue. Τα To the Rev. WILLIAM HUDDesford. "SIR, London, July 20, 1758. "I am really ashamed to own the receipt of your greatly esteemed letter of the 30th Nov. last past; but I beg you will permit me to offer some reasons to extenuate the fault of my delaying so long to answer your said favour, and further hope your goodness will prompt you to accept those reasons as a plea for my breach of decency. "When I received your letter, I was ill in the country: after that, a multiplicity of affairs intervened all at once of all kinds ; so that though your letter lay daily on my desk, and my full intention was to pleasure myself by minutely answering it, yet so unlucky was I that I could not find a spare hour to accomplish my design. Thus much premised, which I earnestly intreat you to receive as an apology for my neglect in respect to your good self, I will beg of you before I enter on the subject of my letter to present my respects, as also my fellow traveller Dr. Wright's (and who set out for Scotland last week), to the Rev. Dr. Huddesford *, your father, and the rest of the family, for the extreme kind friendships shewn to us while at Oxford; and assure them we shall think ourselves very happy could we be at any time of any pleasure to the Huddesford family. Pray, Sir, make our services also acceptable to Mr. Hollings, for his affable behaviour towards us. "Now to the letter:-My fellow traveller and I thought ourselves as unfortunate in not meeting you at Oxford, for we proposed to ourselves much satisfaction from your conversation, and also wanted much to discourse with you fully about your scheme of publishing a new Edition of Lhuyd's Lythophylacium.' "Mr. Francombe was the first gentleman who advised me of your said design, which I approve of greatly, for the book is become so scarce as hardly to be got; besides, it is so very incorrect, that it really wants much to make it of the utility it should seem to promise by the frequent quotations of Authors from it. "I am, therefore, entirely of your opinion, that to collate, digest, &c. the book agreeable to his Cabinet (till of late so much neglected) in the Ashmolean Museum, and to add what is necessary, and purge some errors, will not only be a difficult task, but even a work of time. This task, we now hope, will be completed by you, and I heartily wish you great success in the prosecution of it. I desired Mr. Francombe to intimate to you, that to add my mite to the impression, I would be a subscriber for six copies, and the money for them is at your orders whenever you please to demand it, *The Rev. George Huddesford, of Trinity College, Oxford; M. A. 1721. He was Proctor in 1729; was elected President of his College in 1731; and obtained the degrees of B. and D. D. in 1737. He was also Rector of Glympton in Oxfordshire in 1741; and Vice-Chancellor in the years 1752, 1753, and 1754. He died April 24, 1776, æt. 80; and was buried in the Chapel of his College. "It is well known that, as there were only 120 copies printed off by Lhuyd himself (too small a quantity for the demands of the curious), the German Nation printed another Edition of it at Leipsic, which indeed I find is full as scarce as Lhuyd's edition; for I could never get a sight of it. On hearing of your design, I repeated my endeavours to procure it (as I think it may be of service to you to peruse); and I now expect it soon from Germany, and as soon as I have it, shall send it to you for your information. I have likewise (since I heard of your design) told many gentlemen, as Mr. Francombe, Mr. Platt*, &c. &c. desiring them to inform you that there is an original Dissertation of Lhuyd's of Fossil parts of Stella Marinæ, as Entrochi, Asteriæ, &c. printed in Linckius de Stellis Marinis; and only in that book it is published. This Dissertation was published from a MS copy of Lhuyd's of an Ashmolean Oration of his, communicated to Linckius. With submission, I should think the re-printing this Dissertation in your Edition would not be only agreeable to the Learned, but greatly useful, as Linckius's book is also very rare. ་ "I informed your Father that I had a quantity of Lhuyd's original papers, which came to my hands the night before I set out for Oxford, so that I could not just then give a right account of them; and I added, that any you might want should be at your commands. I shall now give you an account of them:-they consist of two very large port-folios full of letters, I believe about 500, and are all the letters written by several learned men to Mr. Lhuyd, but not one of his (Mr. Lhuyd's) own. There are letters from Bishop Gibson, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Aubrey, Dr. Lister, Dr. Robinson, &c. (but none from Mr. Ray, they being, I suppose, had thence by Dr. Derham, and inserted in Ray's Philosophical Letters'). These letters are relating to all parts of Literature; great numbers about his Archæologia,' and about his 'Natural History of Wales,' with queries, &c. &c.; many about books then printed, and about Woodward and others; but not one as I have yet found (for I have not to this moment had time carefully to review them) immediately relative to his Lythophylacium.' As I design soon to review them carefully, and digest them, if I meet with any letters relative to your design, you shall have the free use of them. About a year ago at a sale of a gentleman's effects, who it seems was a distant relation of Dr. Lister's, there were found put up in band-boxes, confused like waste paper, several bundles of Dr. Lister's papers, consisting, like my parcel, of letters from several learned men to him. Among them was a bundle of letters from Mr. Lhuyd to him on Fossils. All these papers were bought by, and are now in the custody of Dr. John Fothergill, who, I do not doubt, will readily communicate them if application be made, which, if you think proper, you may do through my means. "On viewing Lhuyd's Collection, I just noted the three following things to inform you of; viz. in many places he says Mr. Doody gave him such and such a specimen ex cretaceis Richmon* I have many of Mr. Platt's Letters to Mr. Dacosta. dianis, |