NOTES TO THE LETTERS. P. 1. Lord Brooke. -FulkeGrevile, Lord Brooke, was great-uncle to the lady Brilliana, her grandfather, Sir John Conway, having married his sister Eleanor. Collins, Peerage, vol. v. p. 225. Lond. ed. 1768. Beaetham's Court. -Beauchamp Court, co. Warwick, the seat of Lord Brooke. Toddington.-Toddington, co. Gloucester, the seat of her grandfather, Sir John Tracy. P. 2. I hope the Parlament has spent as much time as will satisfy them in Booing nothing.-Sir Robert Harley sat in the second Parliament of that year for the county of Hereford, from 6 Feb. 1625-6, to 15 June, 1626. (Willis, Notitia Parliamentaria.) Thepayling of the nwe parke is made an end of. -The park adjoining Wigmore Castle was in a very decayed and neglected state, when it was granted to Sir Robert Harley. P. 3. I hope your clocke did you saresis betwne C; lostre and my brother Brays. --Sir Giles Bray, of Barrington, in the county of Gloucester, son of Edmund Bray, Esq. by Dorothy, daughter of Sir John Tracy, who married, secondly, Sir Edward Conway. P. 4. Mr. Pirson.-The Rector of Brampton Bryan. P. 5. Present nay beest love to my sister Wacke. -A contraction, probably, of Hele- genwagh, the third daughter of Lord Conway, wife of Sir W. Smith, of Hill Hall, co. Essex. P. 6. Bagley. -The seat of Lord Viscount Conway, in Warwickshire. Lady Veere. -She was the third daughterof Sir JohnTracy, of Toddington, and aunt to the Lady Brilliana. Collins, Life of Vere, p. 342. P. 7. Ned Smith. -Son of Sir Wm. Smith, by Helegenwagh, sister of Lady Brilliana. P. 8. Mrs. Willkinson.-Wifeof Dr. Willkinson, Principal of Magdalen Hall, Oxford. See Notes to the Introduction, p. xlix.
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