[36] In the capacity of a chaplain.
[37] The earlier and more proper sense of the word—a person of pleasing eccentricity.
[38] I.e. stripped of his livery, dismissed.
[39] Cast-off.
[40] I.e. humorous on this matter.
[41] I.e. while the man was wearing that coat.
[42] Economist. The verb is still used in that sense.
[43] A fine, in English law, is a sum of money paid by a tenant at the beginning of his tenancy, usually to reduce his rent.
[44] When the right to occupy a house or lands terminates, by expiration of lease or otherwise. The usual term is "falls in." The meaning of the whole passage is that when a tenement—house or lands—is to be rented, Sir Roger often grants it to one of his servants without requiring payment of the customary "fine" on taking possession; or, if the servant choose to remain with Sir Roger, he may have the fine paid by the "stranger" who leases the property.
[45] Recent, former.