the Angel-hill, and displays greater industry in the collection of materials than skill or judgment in their arrangement. It is on the whole, however, highly creditable to the talents of the pains-taking writer; and provides the curious traveller with a very useful guide to those venerable remains of architectural beauty, which at almost every step arrest the attention of the admirer of antiquity. ISAAC GILLINGWATER, the elder brother above alluded to, resided in Lowestoft, and for many years carried on the trade of a barber. In the latter part of his life he was in very distressed circumstances, and indebted to many of his friends for occasional assistance. Here he ended his days on the 14th of May 1813, and his "Collections," which appeared to me but of little value, and which were in a very dirty state, came into the possession of Mr. Robert Reeve, an attorney of that town *. His remains were interred in the Church-yard of Lowestoft, with the following inscription to his memory, as well as to that of his parents: "This gentleman is possessed of a great variety of scarce prints, drawings, and papers, illustrative of the History of Lowestoft and its neighbourhood. This selection must have been attended with perseverance and industry, and is highly creditable to the taste and talents of its possessor." Druery's History and Topographical Notices of Great Yarmouth, &c. p. 281. 550 REV. THOMAS BISHOP, D. D. Thomas Bishop was a native of Lincolnshire, and received his academical education at Sidney Sussex-college, Cambridge, where he proceeded to the degree of A. B. in 1700; to that of A. M. in 1704; and to that of S. T. P. in 1725. In 1706 he was presented to the consolidated Rectories of Creeting All Saints and Creeting St. Olave; in 1707 he was licensed to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Mary at Tower in Ipswich; and in 1720 was instituted to the Rectory of Gosbeck, all in Suffolk. He married Elizabeth, the daughter of the Rev. John Fowle, Rector of Creeting St. Peter, in that county, by whom he left issue two sons, Thomas and Richard, and one or more daughters. He deceased on the 29th of June 1737, in the 56th year of his age, and his remains were interred in the south aisle of St. Mary at Tower, where, on a mural tablet, is the following inscription to his memory: Arms: Argent, on a bend, cotised Gules, three bezants. Crest On a wreath a griffin sejant Argent, resting the dexter claw on a bezant. M. S. Thomæ Bishop, S. T. P. Hic procul sub arâ, ubi filios duos et spe certâ felicis resurrectionis. ille die XXIXO Junii, A. D. 1737, hæc die 10 Junii, A. D. 1749, ætatis anno 62o. Nihil opus est ut hoc marmor virtutes testetur viri, testentur Parochiani qui uno ore filium in patris locum eligebant. in Scholarum severioribus disciplinis testetur clara illa Vox Academiæ Cantabrigiensis Mr. Bishop was the author of the following works, viz. "The Errors and Absurdities of the Arian and semi-Arian Schemes, and especially the Politheism and Idolatry by which they have corrupted the Christian Faith; represented in Eight Sermons preached at the Cathedral of St. Paul in London, in the years 1724 and 1725. At the Lecture founded by the worthy Lady Moyer. To which is added, Concio ad Clerum in Ecclesia Beatæ Mariæ Cantabrigiensis habita quinto nonas Julii, anno Salutis humanæ 1725. London, 1726," 8vo.; "An Abridgement of the Exposition of the Creed; written. by the Right Reverend Dr. John Pearson, late Lord Bishop of Chester. More especially designed for the Use of English Readers. London, 1729," 8vo.; "A Plain and Practical Exposition of the Catechism of the Church of England. London, 1736," Svo. His creation to the degree of a Doctor in Divi-> nity at Cambridge was attended with this singular circumstance, which is alluded to in his monumental inscription, -that there were six others who were created with him, viz. Ellis* and Mawsont, of Corpus Christi; Waterland, of Magdalene; and Mangey §, Newcome ||, and Palmer, of St. John's-college. It formed the opening of the * See "Literary Anecdotes," vol. III. p. 668. + Ibid. vol. IV. p. 459. § Ibid. p. 136. Ibid. vol. I. p. 215. Speech of the then Regius Professor, the celebrated "Dnus Procurator, Venerande Pater, ad Creationem. Ad Creationem vocas? Ego vero, dignissime Procurator, volens obtempero; eo minus gravate hoc Creandi munus obiturus, quod tot et tales hos filios meos almæ Matri Academiæ sisto. Nam superioribus quidem temporibus, prope summa votorum decessori meo erat, ut singulis apud vos annis jus trium liberorum obtinere posset. Mihi vero felicitas illa perpetuo obtingat, ut septem pluribusve liberis quotannis fiam auctior." The Rev. John King, a short memoir of whom is given in the fifth volume, p. 125, of this Work, was married to the Doctor's granddaughter. THE RIGHT REV. THOMAS PERCY, D.D. This learned and venerable Prelate has been frequently noticed in the "Literary Anecdotes *." He was descended from a family which had been for several generations resident at Worcester; and which it was his ambition to connect with that of his illustrious patron and namesake, the Duke of Northumberland †. He received the rudiments of his education at the Grammar-school of Bridgnorth, his native town; * See memoirs of Bishop Percy in that work, vol. III. pp. 160, 752; and various notices referred to in vol. VII. pp. 317, 649. The portrait now engraved is from a very interesting wholelength in Dibdin's Decameron, representing the Bishop when an old man, and nearly deprived of sight, walking in his garden, and about to feed his swans. + Dr. Percy took great pains in the investigation of his descent, a pedigree of which he communicated to Dr. Nash (see H |