[396] Some of the matrices are without sides, which were probably supplied by a peculiar adaptation of the mould.
[397] Bagford (writing in 1714) states that Walpergen “was succeeded by his son, who has long since been succeeded by Mr. Andrews.” If this be the case, the Peter Walpergen whose death occurred in 1714 was probably the son, of whom nothing is known as distinguished from his father.
[398] We are indebted to the kindness of Mr. F. Madan, of the Bodleian Library, for our transcript.
[399] The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, etc. Oxford, Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, for Great Britain; and to the University, 1717, 1716. 2 vols., folio. The running title of Luke xx reads, “The parable of the vinegar.”
[400] This, in all probability, was the fount used for printing the “Vinegar” Bible.
[401] The contents of this very interesting document were communicated to the Athenæum of September 5, 1885, by Mr. J. H. Round, in whose possession the original is.
[402] Timperley’s Songs of the Press. London, 1833, 8vo, p. 85.
10. THOMAS AND JOHN JAMES, 1710
[403] Nichols’ note on the James family (Anecdotes of Mr. Bowyer, pp. 585, 609) is at variance with the account given by Rowe Mores. According to the former, Thomas, John and George James were all brothers, and sons of the notorious half-crazy Elianor James, whose husband, Thomas James, the printer, was a large benefactor to Sion College, and died in 1711. On this point, however, Mores, whose relations with the family gave him special opportunities for information, may be considered as more correct in representing Thomas and John as sons of the Rev. John James. George James, the son of Thomas and Elianor, was City Printer in 1724. His office was in Little Britain, where he wrote and printed the Post Boy. He was Common Councilman for the Ward of Aldersgate Without, and died in 1735. His greatgrandfather, Dr. Thomas James, Dean of Wells, was the first Keeper of Bodley’s Library at Oxford in 1605. Portraits of this Dr. Thomas James, and of Thomas and Elianor, the parents of George James, are preserved in Sion College, as is also a portrait of Elizabeth, their daughter, who married Jacob Ilive, the printer, and who was herself a benefactor to the College. Nichols mentions another member of the family, one Harris James, who, he says, was originally a letter-founder, and “formerly of Covent Garden Theatre, where he represented fops and footmen.”
[404] Dissertation, p. 51, et seq.