[123] Cf. Cole's diary, 1 July, 1769: "Mr Gray's ode exceedingly elegant and well set to music."

[124] Wordsworth, Scholae Academicae, p. 153. See also Stokes, Esquire Bedells, pp. 116, 117.

[125] Literary Anecdotes, VIII, 414.

[126] Published in London, 1771.

[127] See Cambridge Historical Register, p. vii.

[128] Collectanea, vol. III, Part VII (Oxford Historical Society), where a full account (by Horace Hart) of Stanhope's invention and of his connection with the Clarendon Press will be found.

[129] Details of Wilson's bill may be seen in Registry ms 33. 7. 24, and have been printed in Bowes, Biographical Notes, p. 327.

[130] Registry ms 33. 7. 26.

[131] The provision of refreshment at meetings of the Syndicate had also been introduced by this time. A receipt for tea, coffee, muffins, and toast provided during the years 1815 and 1816 is preserved at the Press.

[132] In recognition of his services Hansard was presented by the Syndics with "a handsome silver inkstand with an appropriate inscription."