Robert Dodsley (Vol. vii., p. 237.).—In the Biographia Dramatica it is stated that "this author was born near Mansfield, in Nottinghamshire, as it is supposed;" and this supposition was,
not improbably, founded on the following lines, which occur in one of his poems, as Mansfield is situated in the forest of Sherwood:
"O native Sherwood! happy were thy Bard,
Might these, his rural notes, to future time,
Boast of tall groves, that nodding o'er thy plain,
Rose to their tuneful melody."
Tyro.
Dublin.
Lord Goring (Vol. ii., pp. 22. 65.; Vol. vii., p. 143.).—In the order-books of the council of state, I find that William Killegrew was, on the 1st Oct., 1642, appointed lieutenant-colonel of the regiment of Colonel Goringh, vice Thomas Hollis, deceased; and that, on the 26th March, 1647, he was named colonel of the same regiment, vice Colonel Goringh, resigned. That the last-mentioned colonel is George Goringh we learn from the war-budget (Staat van Oorlog) of 1644, where the salaries of
| Colonel George Goringh | iijc£ |
| William Killegre, Lieutenant-Colonel | lxxx£ |