[539]. Unpublished letter.

[540]. The Leytonstone estate, valued at £3,000; and that bequeathed by her grandmother, valued at £2,500.

[541]. Unpublished letter.

[542]. Ibid.

[543]. Ibid.

[544]. Ibid.

[545]. Mr. Crosse had been acquainted with Miss Bosanquet when she resided at Leytonstone, and, from that time to this, a warm friendship had existed between them. (“Life of Crosse,” by Morgan, p. 8.)

[546]. “Life of Rev. John Crosse,” by Morgan, p. 9.

[547]. Unpublished letter.

[548]. Cross Hall still exists; at all events, it did a few years ago, when the present writer visited it—a square, substantial, two-story edifice, built of stone, shaded with trees, and having a good garden behind it.