lieutenant
colonel of the Belgic Legion, and formerly keeper of the Royal Military
Academy at Chelsea."

{121} The gates here represented have now given place to a light iron
railing, and the posts have been surmounted by balls.

{128} No. 276, vol. xi. p. 301.

{131} Todd's 'Spenser,' viii. 23.

{133} MS.

{138} Pickering, 1829.

{139} Mr. Rocque, the florist, was brother to the surveyor of that name,
who published a plan of London, Westminster, and Southwark, on
twenty-four sheets, in 1747; and a map of London and the country ten
miles round, in sixteen sheets, the following year. He also published a
road-book of Great Britain and Ireland in 1763.

{144a} "This tree was first introduced into England in 1753, by Mr.
James Gordon."--_Lysons_.

{144b} "The foliage more resembles that of the _juglans nigra_ than of
the Illinois-nut in Kew Gardens."--_Ibid_.

{144c} "At two feet from the ground it was seven feet two inches, and
now (1810) seven feet five inches."--_Ibid_.

{144d} "The girth of this tree was taken in 1808 at two feet and a half
from the ground."--_Ibid_.

{144e} "At two feet and a half from the ground."--_Ibid_.

{145} James iv. 14.

{155a} On the same page of the 'London Magazine' which chronicles this
occurrence, may be found the announcement of the death of "Mr. Joseph
Miller, a celebrated comedian."

{155b} Lysons, on the authority of the parish books, states that a Sir
Michael Wharton was living at Parson's Green, anno 1654.

{159} The ground has been recently levelled.

{160} L. E. L.

{171} Died, 1858.

{188a} He died there in 1813.

{188b} Since this sketch was made, the gateway, with the coat of arms
over it, has been removed, and a battlemented and Gothic entrance, more
in accordance, perhaps, with the architecture of both church and mansion,
has been erected in its stead.

{196} Died 20th October, 1777, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

{213} Copied from a picture in oil in the possession of George Bunnett,
Esq., of Fulham.

{218} John, the fifth Marquis of Winchester, sustained a siege in his
seat at Basing from August, 1643 to 16th October, 1645, when the place
was taken by storm and burned to the ground, "money, jewels, and
household stuff" being found therein to the value of 200,000 pounds,
among which was a rich bed worth 14,000 pounds.

{227} Now in the South Kensington Museum.

{235} Antony and Cleopatra, act ii. sc. 5.

{236}