the restauration of his Majestie he was made Master Surveyor of his Majestie's ordinance and armories. A. D. 167. he received the honour of knighthood. He was a good mathematician, and a good fellowe. He dyed at Godalming, comeing from Portsmouth to London, and was buried Septemb. 2, 1679, at the Tower Chapell, with sixtie pieces of ordinance.*

He always intended to have left his Library of Mathematicall bookes to the Royall Societie, of which he was a member; but he happened to dye without making a will, whereby the R. Societie have a great losse. His only sonne, Jonas, had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him, August 9, 1680, at Windsor; his Majestie being pleased to give him this marke of his favour as well in consideration of his owne abilities, as of the faithfull service of his father deceased, (but young S: Jonas, when he is old, will never be old Sir Jonas, for all the Gazette's eulogie).†

Mem. Speake to S Chr. Wren to gett the wooden sphere that was made for Prince Hen. by Mr. Wright, out of young S: Jonas Moore's handes, into the King's again.

I remember S: Jonas told us that a Jesuite (I think 'twas Grenbergerus, of the Roman College) found out a way of flying, and that he He was tall and

Equall to the number of his yeares. very fat, thin skin, faire, cleare grey eie.

↑ London Gazette, N° 1537.

made a youth performe it. Mr. Gascoigne taught an Irish boy the way, and he flew over a river in Lancashire (or thereabout), but when he was up in the ayre, the people gave a shoute, whereat the boy being frighted, fell downe on the other side of the river, and broke his legges, and when he came to himselfe, he sayd, that he thought the people had seen some strange apparition, wch fancy amazed him. This was A: 1635, and be spake it in the Royal Societie, upon the account of the flying at Paris, two yeares since. Vide the Transactions.

SIR THOMAS MORE, LD CHANCELLOUR.

His countrey-house was at Chelsey, in Middlesex, where S John Danvers built his house. The chimney-piece of marble, in St John's chamber, was the chimney-piece of S Thomas More's chamber, as S John himselfe told me. Where the gate is now, adorned with two noble pyra, mids, there stood anciently a gate-house, wch was flatt on the top, leaded, from whence is a most pleasant prospect of the Thames and the fields beyond on this place the Ld Chancellour More was wont to recreate himselfe, and contemplate. It happened one time, that a Tom of Bedlam came up to him, and had a mind to have thrown

him from the battlements, saying, "Leap, Tom, leap." The Chancellour was in his gowne, and besides ancient, and not able to struggle with such a strong fellowe. My La had a little dog with him, sayd he, "Let us first throwe the dog downe, and see what sport that will be;" so the dog was throwne over. "This is very fine sport," sayd my L, "fetch him up, and try once more;" while the madman was goeing downe, my L fastened the dore, and called for help, but ever after kept the door shutt.

His discourse was extraordinary facetious. One night riding, upon the suddaine he crossed himselfe, majori cruce, crying out, "Jesu Maria, doe not you see that prodigious dragon in the skye?" they all lookt-up, and one did not see it, nor the other did not see it, at length one had spyed it, and at last all had spyed; whereas there was no such phantome, only he imposed on their phantasies.

After he was beheaded, his trunke was interred in Chelsey church, neer the middle of the south wall, where was some slight monument erected, wch being worne by time, about 1644 S.

Laurence, of Chelsey (no kinne to him), at his own proper costs and chardges, erected to his memorie a handsome inscription of marble. His head was upon London bridge: there goes this

story in the family, viz. that one day as one of his daughters was passing under the bridge, looking on her father's head, sayd she, "That head has layne many a time in my lappe, would to God it would fall into my lappe as I passe under;" she had her wish, and it did fall into her lappe, and is now preserved in a vault in the cathedral church of Canterbury. The descendant of Sir Thomas, is Mr. More, of Chelston, in Herefordshire, where, among a great many things of value plundered by the soldiers, was his chap, wch they kept for a relique. Methinks 'tis strange that all this time he is not canonized, for he merited highly of the church.

In the hall of S: John Lenthall, at Bessilslye, in Berks, is an original of S: Tho. and his father, mother, wife, and children, donne by Hans Holbein. There is an inscription in golden letters of about 60 lines, wch I spake to Mr. Tho. Pigot, of Wadh. coll. to transcribe, and he has done it very carefully. Aske him for it.

About the latter end of Erasmus's Epist. Antwerp edition, pag. 503, 504, 505, is an Epitaph for S. Th. More, and another for his lady.

Mem. S: Thomas More's father had a countrey house at Gubbins, in Hertfordshire, wch is in the familie still; who are still Catholiques; whether he was borne there or no, non constat. (Seth Ward, Eps. Sar.)

SIR THO. MORGAN.

Sir Jo. Lenthall told me, that at the taking of Dunkyrke, Marshall Turenne, and, I thinke, Cardinall Mazarine too, had a great mind to see this famous warrior. They gave him a visit, and whereas they thought to have found an Achillean or gigantique person, they sawe a little man, not many degrees above a dwarfe, sitting in a hutt of turves, with his fellowe soldiers, smoaking a pipe about 3 inches, or neer so long, with a green hatt-case on. He spake with a very exile tone, and cryed out to y° soldiers, when angry with them, "Sirrah, I'le cleave your skull!" as if the wordes had been prolated by an eunuch. He was of meane parentage in Monmouthshire. went over to ye Lowe-Countrie warres about 16, being recommended by some friend of his to some commander there, who, when he read the letter, sayd, "What has my cosen recommended a rattoon to me?" at which he took pett, and seekt his fortune as a soldier with Saxon Weymar. He spake Welch, English, French, High Dutch, and Lowe Dutch, but never a one well. He seated himselfe at Chewston, in Herefordshire.. Obiit about 1679.

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