ought to be the good education of children. ii. Examples of good children. This is the story book with proverbs. J. J.]”. D. At the same place. “1. The book of temperance, by way of dialogue. [One or two stories in it. J.J.] 2. Another book of dialogues, with many stories. Beginning with The treble admonition. With an index of the stories at the end. 3. Of the education of children, many stories. Also, wise and witty sayings and actions included in stories. Part ii. Outlandish proverbs &c. 4. Conversations concerning the true end'and design of human life and the contempt of the world. Interspersed with many useful stories. [At the beginning are the young ladies' letters, &c. At the end, an index. J. J.] 5. The instruction of children, translated from the Italian, &c. 1634." 25. The translations of Valdesso and Lessius, and Ferrar's preface to Herbert's Temple. (See below.) Additional Notes. Page 3. n. 3. The other sister was named Joyce. She seems to have died before N. F. took his farewell of the family in 1613. See page is $ 6. An only sister. Page 7. Barnabas Oley was a most laborious tutor at Clare at the outbreak of the civil war. (See the list of freshmen, nearly all pupils of his, preserved in the college.) See Walker's Sufferings, ii. 141, 142, Wood's Ath. ii. 667, Bentham's Ely, i. 27, Barwick's Life, 26 n., Baker in Hearne's Caius, 690, bis will in Baker’s MS. xii. (or xvi? the Index gives both volumes) 191, his letter to Dr. Gower, ibid. ii. 146. “[I] can satisfy you that the rich man that desired to print Dr. J[ackson]'s works was Mr. Nettleton of University College, and the Cambridge man that solicited it, Mr. Oley of Clare Hall, who lives in the north privately, near the place of 1[ady] Savil's demolished habitation.”—Hammond's letter of Jan. 7. (1652–3] in the Theologian and Ecclesiastic, xiii. 328. Lady S. lived at Altrop (Ibid. vii. 60). “Mr. Oley is living, and, I think, now in L[ondon), but I know not where.”Hammond, March 4. (1650–1). Ibid. vii. 285. Page 9. line 12. Officiate himself in person. “I had likewise observed it ordinary in the universities to preach long without orders as probationers, &c., and accordingly thought myself obliged not to refuse any inoffensive opportunity of doing good by preaching, where it was wanted, &c.” Life of Edmund Trench (London, 1693), 51. Page 11. Mrs. Collett. A few only of the Collett letters 1 To 1 For the following table of contents I am chiefly indebted to Mr. Hopkinson. Date. Place. From 1. 28 Aug. 1600. Buttolph Susanna Mrs. Elizth. Banderlo, written Lane, Collett. soon after her marriage to London the lady who taught her the French language. She concludes : “Voster amme Tres affectionat.” II. July 1616. Bourne. Do. her brother Richard at Ham borough. 111. 14 Jan. 1627-8. Gidding. Do. her eldest son Thomas, on his intended marriage with Miss Sherington. 21 Do. Do. Do. Do., on the same subject. Do. her cousin, Arthur Wood noth, inclosing the above letter to her son Thomas, VI. Do. Do. her cousin Mrs. Stead, still on the same subject. VII. 30 Do. Do. her son Thomas. VIII. Feb. 1627-8. Do. Do. lady Bodley*. • Wife of Sir John Bodley, of Streatham, co. Surrey; his mother, a daughter of Humphrey Collett of Southwark, was cousin to John C. Sir J. B. was knighted at Warwick, Sept. 5, 1617. Nichols's Progr. of James I. iii. 435. Cf. Manning and Bray's Surrey, iii, 432, 438. can here be given; they will suffice to prove that she was not unworthy of her race. From Do. her son Edward : good advice to him as an apprentice. her son Thomas, on his recent marriage: the pair are ex pected at Gidding. her cousin Arthur Woodnoth. her son Edward. her son Nicholas, then in ser vice with Arthur Woodnoth. her daughter Susanna Maple toft, soon after her mar riage. lady Bodley, on Susanna Mapletoft's marriage, sent by her son. her daughter Anna, then at Margetting, (or Margaretting, in Essex), on a visit to her sister Mapletoft. her son Edward. N. F. her daughter Mapletoft, who has her sister Margaret with her. Do. ; speaks of Mrs. M.'s daughter, “little Nan:" “We thank God for your own and my dear Peggie's recovery." lady Bodley, proposing in July to visit with her daughter lady B. in Essex. Aunt Collett, written during a visit (with her daughter Hester) to the Mapletofts. She had hoped to have borne a part in the training of her aunt's daughter Julia. From a letter to “aunt Collett,” Febr. 1627-8. “I suppose you may have expected to have heard from me upon occasion of the late business touching my son ; and To Do. Do. Do. Do. Date. Place. From xxv. Aug. 1629. Margetting. Mrs.Collett. her mother, Mrs. Ferrar, an nouncing the birth (on the Friday) of Mary Maple toft. XXVI. Do. Do. her brother Nicholas. XXVII. Sept. 1629. Do. Do. Do. XXVIII. 5 Oct. 1629. Gidding. Do. her daughter Mapletoft: who has her sister Hester with er. XXIX. 26 Oct. 1629. Do. Do. N.F. unexpectedly called to London. XXX. Nov. 1629. Do. Do. N. F. in London. XXXI. 23 Nov. 1629. Do. Do. her son (in law) Mapletoft. XXXII. 13 Dec. 1629. Do. Do. her daughter Mapletoft. XXXIII. 18 Dec. 1629. Do. Do. N. F. had returned home in good health. XXXIV. 24 Jan. 1630-1. Do. Do. her cousin lady Smart. (Anne wife of sir Ned Fracy S. who died in 1628.] XXXV. 11 Jan. 1626-7. Do. her son Nicholas: who is going on well; his brother Ned's conduct causes her much trouble. Xxxvi. 22 Feb. 1629-30. Do. Do. her daughter Mapletoft ; mentions “Little Mall and Nan." XXXVII, 1 Mar. 1629-30. Do. Do. N. F. XXXVIII. 1 June 1630. Do. Do. her son Edward. xxxix. 19 July 1630. Do. her son Nicholas; his master has given a good ac count of him. XL. 26 July 1630. Do. Do. her son Edward, who has not written to his parents for one whole year. XLI. Do. Do. her daughter Mapletoft. XLII. 6 Sept. 1630. Do. Do. her son Edward, “who still after so many admonitions neglects to write a letter." XLIII. Do. Do. Do. her daughter Mapletoft. XLIV. 4 Oct, 1630. Do. Do. The same. “Your sister Anna has had some fits of Do. Do. indeed I had performed it, but that the answering my son's letters every week hath taken up that space of time which the carrier affords us between the delivery of his letters and the calling for of our answer. And now my brother Nicholas Do. Do. Date. Place. Brom To an ague-Dorothy's quar tain continues.” XLV. 4 Oct. 1630. Gidding. Mrs. Collett. her cousin Wright: speaks of “the perfect health and (I may well say, and bless God for it) the great strength and ability both of body and mind of my dear mother." XLVI. Do. her aunt Collett: her son Thomas and his wife are resolved to leave Gidding and keep house in London. XLVII. 18 Oct. 1630. Do. Do. lady Bodley, at Streatham. “I understand my cousin Parkes is with you at Streatham.” XLVIII. Do. Do. Do. her son Nicholas: has been much comforted by his let ters. XLIX. Do. Do. her daughter in law) Collett. L. Do. her daughter Mapletoft. LI. 16 Nov. 1630. Do. LII. 22 Nov. 1630. Do. her son Collett. LIII. 28 Nov. 1630. Do. Do. her son Nicholas. LIV. 6 Dec. 1630. Do. her daughter Mapletoft. Lv. 10 Jan. 1630-1. Do. Do. her son Collett: his wife is exhorted to nurse her child herself. A copy of a prayer offered in their behalf at Gidding was sent with the letter. LVI. Do. Do. Do. her daughter Mapletoft; on her sickness. Do. her daughter Mapletoft. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. |