[230] Letter from Rawlinson to T. Rawlins, Jan. 25, 1749/50; Ballard MS. ii. 115.
[231] The same volume (now A. 139b) also contains Monmouth's acknowledgment, written and signed by himself on the day of his execution, that Charles II had declared that he was never married to his mother; witnessed by Bishops Turner and Ken, together with Tenison and Hooper. This is now exhibited in the glass case at the entrance to the Library.
[232] In his delight at his new purchase, Rawlinson seems to have exaggerated the interest of these volumes.
[233] Letter to T. Rawlins, Feb. 24, 1742/3; Ballard MS. ii. 78.
[234] To the same; Ibid. 59.
[235] Gough, Brit. Topogr. i. 370, 345.
[236] Letter, June 24, 1741; Ballard MS. ii. 59.
[237] Including some letters from Ken while Chaplain to Princess Mary. These papers of Compton are in class C.
[238] For the description of the contents of three of the Irish volumes, the author was indebted to an experienced Irish scholar, Standish Hayes O'Grady, Esq.
[239] A volume of collections by him relating to the early versions of the Bible was bought in 1858 for five guineas.