ongregation at
Curriers' Hall, London Wall.

7 The Windsor Prophecy, in which the Duchess of Somerset (see Letter 17,
note 10) is attacked as "Carrots from Northumberland."

8 Merlin's Prophecy, 1709, written in pseudo-mediaeval English.

9 See Letter 3, note 18.

10 Dorothy, daughter of Sir Edward Leach, of Shipley, Derbyshire.

11 Sir James Long, Bart. (died 1729), was at this time M.P. for
Chippenham.

12 The number containing this paragraph is not in the British Museum.

13 Joseph Beaumont (see Letter 1, note 2, Letter 26, Jul. 6, 1711 and
Letter 35, note 26)

14 See Letter 4, note 13.

15 Apparently a misprint for "whether."

16 See Letter 32, note 19.

17 James Compton, afterwards fifth Earl of Northampton (died 1754),
was summoned to the House of Lords as Baron Compton in December 1711.
Charles Bruce, who succeeded his father as third Earl of Aylesbury in
1741, was created Lord Bruce, of Whorlton, at the same time.

18 James, Lord Compton, eldest son of the Earl of Northampton; Charles,
Lord Bruce, eldest son of the Earl of Aylesbury; Henry Paget, son of
Lord Paget; George Hay, Viscount Dupplin, the son-in-law of the Lord
Treasurer, created Baron Hay; Viscount Windsor, created Baron Montjoy;
Sir Thomas Mansel, Baron Mansel; Sir Thomas Willoughby, Baron Middleton;
Sir Thomas Trevor, Baron Trevor; George Granville, Baron Lansdowne;
Samuel Masham, Baron Masham; Thomas Foley, Baron Foley; and Allen
Bathurst, Baron Bathurst.

LETTER 38.

1 Juliana, widow of the second Earl of Burlington, and daughter of the
Hon. Henry Noel, was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Anne. She died in
1750, aged seventy-eight.

2 Thomas Windsor, Viscount Windsor (died 1738), an Irish peer, who had
served under William III. in Flanders, was created Baron Montjoy, of the
Isle of Wight, in December 1711. He married Charlotte, widow of
John, Baron Jeffries, of Wem, and daughter of Philip Herbert, Earl of
Pembroke.

3 The Hon. Russell Robartes, brother of Lord Radnor (see Letter 3, note
7), was Teller of the Exchequer, and M.P. for Bodmin. His son became
third Earl of Radnor in 1723.

4 Gay (Trivia, ii. 92) speaks of "the slabby pavement."

5 See Letter 17, note 1.

6 George Granville (see Letter 14, note 5), now Baron Lansdowne, married
Lady Mary Thynne, widow of Thomas Thynne, and daughter of Edward, Earl
of Jersey (see Letter 29, note 3). In October 1710 Lady Wentworth wrote
to her son, "Pray, my dear, why will yo