[120] 'Norton:' Sir Fletcher Norton, Attorney-General from 1763 to
1765, created a peer in 1782 by the title of Lord Grantley.
[121] 'Mansfield:' the celebrated Murray, Lord Mansfield. See Junius.
[122] 'Rochester:' Pearce, Bishop of Rochester, mentioned above as a foe to Churchill.
[123] 'Ayliffe:' a forger of the period, said to have been ill-used by Lord Holland. Churchill intended to write a poem, entitled, 'Ayliffe's Ghost,' but did not live to accomplish his intention.
[124] 'Mighty name:' Pope, referring to his famous attack on Addison.
[125] 'Fathers:' Thomas Potter, Esq., a man of splendid abilities, was disinherited by his father, the Archbishop of Canterbury, on account of his dissolute life.
[126] 'Martin:' Samuel Martin, Esq., F.R.S., M.P. for Camelford; the hero of 'The Duellist.'
[127] 'Webb:' Philip Carteret Webb. Esq., Solicitor to the Treasury.
[128] 'C——:' name not known.
[129] 'Pratt:' Charles Pratt, Earl Camden, Chief-Justice of the Common
Pleas, friendly to Wilkes. See Junius.