The Diary of William Bray: extracts by William Bray
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pay more than 1,100 pounds 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. {111} 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, {112} to be presented to the Trustees of the British Museum. MR. BRAY'S LAST MEMORANDUM Dec. 17th.--A little rain; at home. Paid Higgins {113} 8s. 3d. Footnotes: {1} 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. {2} 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 |
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