Sept. 23rd.—To Lenham ‘Star’ at Maidstone; Wrotham Heath; Sevenoaks; Godstone to Reigate; Called on Mr. Glover; Dorking; Shere before 7. [52b]
1828, Dec. 24th.—Such has been the decay in my eyesight the whole of this year that I have not been able to read either print or MS., though I have continued to write letters, as I am writing on this 24th of December. I cannot read it when written. I have also lost my hearing in one ear in a great degree; subject to this, my bodily health has been what may be called good. I have been obliged to pay more than £1,100 by the treachery of a clerk, and the malice of one who had been long attempting, and at last effected a loss of long friendship with Mrs. Wigzell. [53a]
1832, July 5th.—Mr. Linnell, a portrait painter was sent by my grandson Reginald to paint a portrait of me. I had five sittings.
Oct. 18th.—I sent my curious MS. of the Bishops’ estates seized and sold by Cromwell to Mr. Ellis, [53b] to be presented to the Trustees of the British Museum.
MR. BRAY’S LAST MEMORANDUM
Dec. 17th.—A little rain; at home. Paid Higgins [53c] 8s. 3d.
LONDON: PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
AND PARLIAMENT STREET
FOOTNOTES
[6] It appears from his account of the Evelyn Family, in the second volume of the ‘History of Surrey,’ that he had read these Memoirs as long before as 1809.
[7a] Whom he afterwards married. She was the daughter of Mr. Stevens, of Perry Hill, Worplesdon, and lived with her aunt, Mrs. Norwood, at Guildford. She was two years older than Mr. Bray, who was then only two months past 19.