{103} Afterwards Dean of Ripon.

{104} Rector of Clapham.

{105} Father of the great builder.

{106} Afterwards Dean of Canterbury.

{107} He was confined to the house for more than a week by a bad
cold, which was followed by inflammation in one of his eyes. The
inflammation was subdued with difficulty by the great oculist Mr.
Phipps, afterwards Sir Watken Waller. The eye affected became
gradually weaker, and the sight of it was entirely gone for some
years before his death, although exactly when he did not notice.
At the beginning of the 19th century he was 64; and his son's
attention to the business of the office in Great Russell Street
enabled him to live more at Shere, but when in London his habits
were little changed. He dined with the Antiquaries' Club almost
every week during the season until he was 90. He did not so
frequently take his meals at the houses of his friends, but at his
own table they were always welcome, and many came.

{108} He was frequently bled according to the usual practice in
those days. He was bled the last time when he was 84.

{109} Mr. Bray cared very little for politics, but he was not a
Tory, and would not have voted for Mr. Summer if he had not
represented the county for many years and been much respected.