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DIARIES    AND    LETTERS 


PHILIP    HENRY,    M.A. 


OF  BROAD    OAK,   FLIXTSHIRE 


A.D.    1631-1696 


EDITED   EV 


MATTHEW    HENRY   LEE.  M.A. 


VIC.AE   OF   HANIIER 


"  Bene  vixit  qui  bene  latuit "' 

Thomas  X  Kempis 


LONDON 
KEGAN  PAUL,  TRENCH  &  CO.,  i,  PATERNOSTER  SQUARE 

18S2 


(^Thc  rights  of  translation  and  of  reproduction  arc  reserved.) 


PREFACE. 


It  is  now  nearly  sixty  years  since  the  Life  of  Philip  Henr}^ 
— founded  upon  the  account  given  by  his  son,  Matthew- 
Henry — was  written  by  Sir  John  Bickerton  Williams,  F.S.A. 
It  is  hoped  that  the  great  interest  which  that  volume  excited 
will  be  extended  to  the  Diaries  and  Letters,  which  are  now 
for  the  first  time  printed,  almost  as  they  stand  in  the 
originals.  The  present  phase  of  public  taste  is  rather  to 
hear  what  men  of  note  say  for  themselves,  than  what  others 
say  of  them.  Philip  Henry's  motto  from  Thomas  a  Kempis, 
Bene  vixit  qui  bene  latnif,  will  explain  why  Anthony  a  Wood 
does  not  mention  his  name  ;  why  people  often  describe  him 
now  as  Matthew  Henry's  father  ;  why  the  late  Dr.  Words- 
worth should,  with  a  wise  instinct,  have  included  his  life  in 
the  first  edition  of  the  "  Ecclesiastical  Biographies,"  and  why 
Churchmen  generally  should  have  called  for  its  removal 
from  that  series. 

It  cannot  be  expected  that  the  charm  of  the  little  manu- 
script volumes — of  which  a  friend  wrote  that  he  "  felt  a  wish 
to  devour  them  " — should   be   transferred    to   print.       The 


VI  PREFACE. 

interest  of  diaries  is  unequal,  especially  where  the  same 
phrases  are  often  repeated.  Giraldus  de  Barri  mentions 
how  William  de  Braose,  in  the  reign  of  Henry  II.,  "  loaded, 
or  rather  honoured,  his  letters  with  words  expressive  of  the 
divine  indulgence  to  a  degree  not  only  tiresome  to  his  scribe, 
but  even  to  his  auditors  ;  for  as  a  re\\-ard  to  each  of  his 
scribes  for  concluding  his  letters  with  the  words  '  by  divine 
assistance,'  he  gave  annually  a  piece  of  gold  in  addition  to 
their  stipend."  To  have  omitted  these  expressions  from 
Philip  Henry's  diaries  would  very  much  have  altered  their 
character  ;  they  have,  therefore,  been  in  a  great  measure 
retained. 

To  many  persons  Philip  Henry  appears  to  have  been 
not  only  a  man  of  very  high  intellectual  ability  and  culture, 
but  also  of  a  real  integrity  and  virtue,  the  antique  simplicity 
of  which  can  hardly  be  admired  enough.  One  gentleman 
writes:  "The  name  of  Philip  Henry  is  ever  fragrant  and 
refreshing  to  those  who  are  acquainted  with  his  beautiful 
life  ;  "  and  a  lady — one  of  the  descendants — adds,  "We  need 
the  devout  thoughts  of  our  forefathers  to  help  us  in  these 
days  of  material  improvements  and  material  prosperity." 
Though  he  could  not  see  his  way  in  the  matter  of  re-ordina- 
tion, there  was  nothing  about  him  of  a  separatist  spirit. 
Both  he  and  his  son  speak  of  ]\Ir.  George  Herbert  with 
reverence  and  affection,  partly,  no  doubt,  as  of  Lord  Pem- 
broke's family,  but  far  more  on  account  of  his  well-known 
piety. 


PREFACE.  VU 

At  the  time  that  Philip  Henry  was  at  Worthenbury  and 
Broad  Oak,  another  remarkable  person,  Trevor  Hanmer — 
afterwards  Lady  Warner — was  living  at  Bettisfield,  not  far 
distant.  In  her  inquiries  after  truth  she  was  carried  in  the 
opposite  direction  to  Philip  Henry,  and  joined  the  Roman 
Communion.  Bishop  Lavington  notices  that  in  her  life 
(which  is  one  of  painful  interest)  the  religious  fervour  of  the 
Methodist  movement  was  anticipated  by  a  whole  century. 
One  cannot  but  wish  that  this  lady  and  Philip  Henry  had 
been  able  to  exchange  opinions  about  religious  subjects,  and 
thus  been  preserved — both  of  them — to  the  Church  of  their 
fathers.  The  extreme  modesty  of  Philip  Henry  withheld 
him  from  publishing  anything ;  but  this  is  more  than  made 
up  to  his  descendants  by  the  large  quantities  of  manuscript 
sermons  that  each  branch  of  the  family  possesses.  He  took 
great  pains  in  preparing  these,  even  when  intended  for  none 
but  his  own  family  circle,  for  he  held  strongly  to  the  Scrip- 
tural rule  that  he  would  not  offer  to  the  Lord  his  God  of 
that  which  cost  him  nothing  ;  and  having  made  these  notes, 
he  did  not  think  it  right  to  destroy  them.  The  wide  dis- 
persion of  the  manuscripts  applies  also  to  the  Diaries,  which 
should  extend  from  1657  to  1696,  but  of  which,  at  present, 
only  twenty-two  arc  forthcoming.  Several  others  arc  known 
to  be  in  existence,  but  no  clue  to  their  present  owners  has 
been  found.  Any  one  who  has  met  with  them,  and  can  tell 
where  they  now  are,  will  confer  a  favour  by  doing  so.  They 
arc,  most  of  them,  written  with  a  crowquill  in  Goldsmith's 


viii  PREFACE. 

pocket    almanacks,    which    measure    four    inches    by   two 
inches. 

I  am  much  indebted  to  those  ladies  and  gentlemen  who 
have  entrusted  me  with  diaries  and  letters  for  the  purposes 
of  this  work,  and  for  the  kind  assistance  that  I  have  met 
wath  from  others.  For  the  loan  of  Emral  manuscripts  I  have 
to  thank  my  neighbour,  Mr.  Pulcston. 


PHILIP     HENRY. 


The  ancestry  of  such  a  man  as  Philip  Henry  can  hardly 
fail  to  be  a  matter  of  interest,  both  to  his  numerous  de- 
scendants and  to  that  large  number  of  English-speaking 
people  who  honour  his  memory. 

It  has  been  assumed,  rather  hastily,  that  he  was  of 
obscure  origin,  owing,  perhaps,  to  the  conversation  that 
passed  between  his  future  father-in-law  and  future  wife 
with  respect  to  him.  "  I  do  not  know  w^here  he  comes 
from,"  said  the  old  gentleman  ;  but  "  I  know  where  he  is 
going  to,"  said  the  lady,  "  and  should  like  to  go  with 
him." 

From  a  conversation  of  a  similar  kind,  Fletcher  of 
Madeley  was  thought  by  his  wife  to  be  the  son  of  a  common 
soldier,  and  it  was  not  till  many  years  after  their  marriage 
that  she  accidentally  discovered  her  error. 

In  the  case  of  Philip  Henry,  we  find  that  in  the  year 
1662  he  learned,  for  the  first  time,  from  some  papcr.^,  that 
his  grandfather's  name  was  Henry  Williams,  of  Briton 
Ferry,  in  Glamorganshire,  and  that  his  son — the  father  of 
Philip  Henry — had  left  home,  with  a  groat  in  his  pocket 
to  make  his  way  as  well  as  he  could.  There  is  no  evidence 
to  show  that  any  ill  v.'ill  was  intended,  and  we  may  con- 


2  PHILIP   HENRY. 

elude  that  John  Henry  was  one  of  a  large  and  poor  family. 
As  the  parish  registers  at  l^riton  Ferry  do  not  begin  earlier 
than  1680,  and  no  wills  of  any  members  of  the  family  have 
been  found,  there  is  no  information  to  be  gathered  from 
those  sources.  Briton  Ferry  itself  seems  to  have  belonged 
to  a  family,  one  of  whose  names  was  William  or  Williams, 
which  merged  eventually  into  that  of  the  Earl  of  Jersey. 
Mr.  G.  T.  Clark,  of  Dowlais  House,  has  kindly  given  me 
the  sketch  of  the  family,  beginning  with 

Evan  ap  Syson  =  Janet  d.  of  Rees  ap  Llewelyn, 
7th  in  descent 
from  lestyn. 

and  though  I  do  not  find  the  name  of  Henry  Williams  in 
it,  I  think  it  not  improbable  that  this  was  the  source  whence 
Philip  Henry  descended.  It  would  be  quite  in  accordance 
with  the  jealousy  still  existing  between  North  and  South 
Wales,  and  with  Puritan  contempt  for  worldly  position, 
that  Philip  Henry  should  be  thought  to  be  of  humble 
extraction,  and  that  he  should  not  take  the  trouble  to 
correct  the  mistake.  He  did  not  either,  as  it  would  seem, 
take  any  lively  interest  in  antiquarian  subjects.  Whereas 
his  son  Matthew  Henry  was  only  prevented  by  unceasing 
occupations  from  devoting  much  attention  to  them,  we  find 
his  father  living  at  Emral  and  Worthenbury  nine  years, 
and  at  Broad  Oak  for  thirty-four  years,  without  noticing 
once  the  great  College  of  Bangor  close  by,  from  which 
flowed  forth  the  Christian  teachers,  not  of  Britain  only,  but 
of  Ireland  and  Caledonia,  and  whose  last  abbot,  Dinoth, 
withstood  Austin  the  monk,  at  the  end  of  the  sixth  century, 
when  he  came  to  bring  the  British  Church  under  the  yoke 
of  Rome.  That  such  a  ripe  scholar  as  Philip  Henry,  with 
so  much  time  upon  his  hands,  and  living  in  a  country  that 
teems  with  evidences  of  an  early  Christianity,  should  not 
have  had  his  attention  dra\\n  to  the  subject  seems  in  many 


ririLIP  HENRY.  3 

respects  a  misfortune.  Had  it  been  otherwise  with  him, 
many  a  dull  hour  would  have  been  exchanged  for  one  of 
keenest  interest,  as  he  gathered  up  information  that  would 
have  been  of  the  greatest  value  to  us  in  the  present  day. 

It  has  sometimes  been  tliought  that  Henry  Williams 
was  parson  of  Briton  Ferry.  The  arms  borne  subsequently 
by  Philip  Henry  and  by  his  son  throw  no  light  upon  their 
descent.  Philip  seals  with  the  chequers  of  the  Warrenne 
family,  with  a  fleur  de  lis  for  crest,  which  will  be  accounted 
for  aftenvards.  Matthew  Henry  bears  three  battle-axes 
ppr.  per  fess  upon  a  field,  gules — a  shield  that  I  have  looked 
for  in  vain  in  several  collections  of  coat  armour.  The 
Welsh  custom  of  taking  the  father's  Christian  name  for  a 
surname,  instead  of  the  alternative  system  of  "  John  ap 
Thomas  ap  Jenkin,"  seems  to  have  been  generally  adopted 
in  the  seventeenth  century,  and  will  account  for  the  tribes 
of  Evanses,  Williamses,  Joneses,  Prices  (ap  Rys)  that  wc 
now  have.  In  the  notes  to  "  The  Fortunes  of  Nigel,"  Sir 
Walter  Scott  remarks  that  in  the  seventeenth  century 
pages  ceased  to  be  the  sons  of  gentlemen.  There  were, 
however,  many  exceptions  to  this  that  will  occur  at  once  ; 
and  in  the  case  of  royal  pages  the  old  rule  always  held 
good — that  they  must  be  of  good  birth.  The  attempt  now 
being  made  by  a  lady  in  South  W'ales  to  provide  domestic 
employment  for  the  daughters  of  poor  gentlemen  is  worthy 
of  all  praise,  though  with  the  present  facilities  for  emigration 
a  colonial  life  would  seem  preferable  and  more  useful. 
Within  the  last  thirty  years  farmers'  families  have  left  off 
dining  at  the  same  board  with  their  labourers,  a  distinction 
which  the  latter  feel,  and  are  disposed  to  resent.  Wealth 
is  the  great  destroyer  of  social  friendship  and  good-will, 
and  if  we  would  return  to  the  old-fashioned  customs  of 
past  centuries  we  must  return  to  their  simple  manner  of 
living. 


4  PHILIP  HENRY. 

The  records  of  the  Chamberlain's  Office  do  not  reach  back 
to  the  year  1650.  Mr.  J.  E.  Nightingale  thinks  "that  John 
Henry  might  well  have  been  attached  to  the  household  of 
Philip,  Earl  of  Pembroke,  in  the  same  way  as  the  elder 
Massinger  was  to  Philip's  elder  brother,  William,*  the  third 
earl, '  serv'ing  '  him  in  the  sense  of  being  a  private  secretary. 
Philip  certainly  required  this,  for,  although  Chancellor  of 
the  University  of  Oxford,  he  was  no  scholar."  John  Henry 
was  born  at  Briton  Ferry,  July  20,  1 590,  as  his  son  tells 
us,  and  it  is  his  death,  no  doubt,  that  is  recorded  at  St. 
Margaret's,  Westminster,  in  the  following  entry  : — "  Buried. 
165.V,  March  2.  Mr.  John  Hcndrick."  Between  these  dates 
we  have  little  to  record. 

A  letter  in  the   Cecil   Papers  (^     \  at  Hatfield  House 

(for  permission  to  copy  which  I  am  indebted  to  the  Marquis 
of  Salisbury),  written  by  the  Earl  of  Shrewsbury  to  John 

*  In  the  picture  gallery  of  the  Bodleian  Library  there  is  a  bronze  figure  of 
this  earl,  six  feet  six  inches  high  and  four  feet  ten  inches  round  the  hips,  with 
this  inscription : 

"GuLiELMUs  Pembrochie  Comes 

Regnaxtibus  Jacobo  et  Carolo  Primis, 

HospiTii  Regii  Camerarius, 

ET    SeNESCALLUS   ACADEMIC   OXONIENSIS. 

Hanc 

Patrui  sui  Magxi  effigiem 

au  formam  quam  finxit 

Petrus  Paulus  Rubens 

Aere  fuso  expressam 

Academi.-e  Oxoniensi 

D.D. 

Thomas  Pembrochiv*;  et  Montgom.  Comes 
honorum  et  virtutu.m.  h/eres 

A.D.    MDCCXXin." 

He  was  born  15S0:  made  K.G.  1603;  Governor  of  Portsmouth,  7  Jac.  I.  % 
Lord  Chamberlain,  15  Jac.  I.  ;  Chancellor  of  Oxford  University,  15  Jac.  I.  ; 
Lord  Steward  of  king's  house,  about  1625  ;  Warden  of  Forests  south  of  the 
Trent,  5  Car.  I.  :  he  died  in  1630,  leaving  no  surviving  issue  by  his  wife,  Mary 
Talbot,  eldest  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Gilbert,  Earl  of  Shrewsbury.  He  was 
author  of  a  volume  of  poems  published  in  1660.  For  the  position  he  occu- 
pied, and  general  character,  see  Clarendon's  "  Rebellion,"  lib.  i. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  5 

Henry,  A.U.  1606,  disappoints  any  expectations  that  might 
be  raised,  for  the  name  of  the  recipient  turns  out  to  be 
Hercy,  not  Henry.  In  1623,  June  12,*  there  is  the  burial 
of  a  ]\Irs.  Dorothy  Henrick  at  St.  Margaret's,  who  may 
have  been  an  unmarried  sister,  or  his  brother's  wife.  On 
December  10,  1623,  he  was  married  to  Mrs.  Magdalen 
Rochdale.  At  St.  Margaret's  Church  we  find  the  following 
^entries : — 

Baptized,  162^,  W^  i.  Ann,  dan.  of  John  Herrick. 
Baptized,  1629,  Ap'  9.  ICatherinc,  dau.  of  John  Kenrick. 

After  this  there  is  a  gap  in  the  register  from  March  23, 
163^,  to  Januar}'  i,  163-J,  so  that  Philip's  baptism  docs  not 
appear.  He  was  born  on  Wedncsda}-,  August  24,  1631, 
in  Whitehall.  ' 

The  various  spellings  of  the  surname  ma)'  arise  from 
the  scribe's  efforts  to  Latinize  the  Avord.  As  the  dates 
correspond  with  those  given  by  Philip  Henry  for  the 
births  of  his  two  sisters,  we  cannot  but  suppose  that  they 
refer  to  the  same  persons  in  each  instance.  "  Prince  Charles 
and  the  Duke  of  York  being  nearly  of  his  age,  he  was  in 
his  childhood  an  attendant  upon  them  in  their  Play :  they 
were  often  with  him  at  his  Father's  house,  and  were  wont  to 
tell  him  what  preferment  he  should  have  at  Court,  as  soon 
as  he  was  fit  for  it.  He  kept  a  book  to  his  dying  da\-, 
which  the  Duke  of  York  gave  him,  and  I  have  heard  him 
(says  his  son)  bewail  the  loss  of  two  curious  pictures  whicli 
he  gave  him  likewise.  Archbishop  Laud  took  a  particular 
kindness  to  him  when  he  was  a  child,  because  he  would  be 
very  officious  to  attend  at  the  Water-gate  (which  was  part 
■of  his  father's  charge  in  White-hall)  to  let  the  Archbishop 
through,  when  he  came  late  from  Council,  to  cross  the 
Avater    to    Lambeth  ;    and    when    the   Archbishop    was    a 

*  Colonel  J.  L.  Chester  kindly  gave  me  these  register  extracts. 


6  PIIILir  HENRY. 

prisoner  in  the  Tower,  his  father  took  him  with  him  to  sec 
him,  and  he  would  remember  that  the  Archbishop  gave 
him  some  new  money." 

From  the  dates  of  eight  letters  written  by  King  Charles- 
to  foreign  princes,  of  \\'hich  copies  have  been  preserved 
among  the  Henry  manuscripts,  it  would  seem  that  John 
Henry  was  in  the  king's  service  in  1625.  We  are  told  that 
when  the  king  in  after  years  was  going  to  Westminster,  to 
that  which  was  called  his  trial,  Mr.  John  Henry  w^as  ready 
to  pay  his  respects  to  him,  and  prayed  God  to  bless  his 
majesty,  and  to  deliver  him  out  of  the  hands  of  his  enemies, 
for  which  the  guard  had  like-to  have  been  rough  upon  him. 
In  1647  his  son  mentions  that  he  was  in  straitened  circum- 
stances, and  it  is  probable  that  the  following  order  refers  to 
some  application  made  by  him  for  the  payment  of  arrears. 

Die  Saturni,  13°  July,  1650. 

AT    THE    COUNCEI.L    OF    STATE    AT    WHITEHALL. 

Ordered, 

That  the  Peticon  of  Edmund  AVin-stanley,  Edward 
Jolley,  Robert  Mansell,  and  John  Henry  be  referred  to  the  Con- 
sideracoii  of  the  Comittee  for  Whitehall 

Ex'"-    GuALTER  Frost,  s'e'r. 

Whatever  success  attended  his  petition,  he  remained  at  his 
house  in  Whitehall  until  his  death,  February  28,  1652, 
having  survived  his  wife  nearly  eight  years. 

The  following  sketch  of  his  family,  and  of  his  own  life 
down  to  the  year  1657,  is  given  by  Philip  Henry  in  a  small 
book  belonging  to  Joseph  H.  Lee,  Esq.,  of  Redbrook,  near  to 
Broad  Oak,  in  the  county  of  Flint,  and  in  a  more  extended 
manuscript  of  the  same  period  belonging  to,  and  kindly 
lent  by,  J.  H.  Rowland,  Esq.,  of  Neath,  South  Wales. 

My  Father,  ]\lr.  John  Henry,  Avas  borne  July  10,  1590.  He 
was  the  son  of  Henry  Williams  of  Britton's-ferry,  not  far  from 


Pin  LI r  HENRY.  7 

Swansey  in  Glamorgan-shire ;  hee  took  his  flxthers  Christen-name 
for  his  Sir-name,  after  the  Welsh*  manner;  hee  left  his  native- 
countrey  and  Father's  house  very  young  and  never  saw  it  again, 
that  I  ever  heard  of,  but  his  Relations  divers  of  them  came  up  to 
London  to  him,  and  were  there  by  him  provided  for,  particularly 
a  brother  William  and  three  sisters,  Ann,  Joan  and  Jane,  Jane 
])y  a  latter  wife  who  married  one  Elliot  and  hath  issue,  a  son  and 
two  daughters,  the  rest  had  none  unless  it  Averc  a  4""  sister  who 
was  the  mother  of  cosin  Michael  Mitchcl. 

'When  hee  left  his  Father  hee  had  from  him  as  I  have  heard 
but  one  groat,  which  God  was  pleas'd  to  multiply  to  a  considerable 
income  before  his  death,  and  yet  when  hee  dy'd  as  hee  carry'd 
nothing  with  him,  so,  his  debts  being  payd,  hee  left  little  or 
nothing  behind  him  for  provision  for  his  children,  but  God  took 
them  up  and  they  have  not  wanted. 

Hee  was  first  a  Servant  to  a  Welsh  Gentleman,  a  Courtier  whose 
name  was  Palmer,  there  were  two  Brothers  of  them,  the  one 
James,  the  other  Roger,  I  think  hee  serv'd  t  them  both  successively, 
and  that  they  were  both  knights.  Sir  Roger  a  Knight  of  the 
Bath,  by  whom  he  was  preferr'd  to  Philip,  J  Earl  of  Pembrook, 

*  In  I.  O.  Westwood's  "Lapidarium  Walliii;,  or  Inscribed  Stones  of  Wales," 
p.  110,  there  is  an  instance  of  this  in  the  Cilgerran  stone,  which  stands  on 
the  south  side  of  the  church,  within  the  churchyard  of  Cilgerran,  two  and  a 
quarter  miles  south-south-east  from  Cardigan.  It  is  formed  of  the  hard  green- 
stone of  the  neighbouring  Preselen  hills,  and  half  of  its  length  was  buried 
in  the  ground  and  had  to  be  excavated.     It  is  to  be  I'ead  : — 

"  T7-eneguffi.  fili 
Macutreni  hie  jacet.''^ 

"  Here  lies  [the  body]  of  Trencg\\?i\vA  the  son  of  ]\Iacui?;Y«7«."  If  this  last 
is  a  composite  word,  three  generations  would  bear  the  name  of  Trenus  in 
different  forms.     There  is  a  farm-house  called  Penallt  Trede  in  the  parish. 

t  Compare  "Antiquities  of  Myddle  Parish,  Salop,"  page  46:  "This  Sir 
Vincent  Corbett  was  a  very  eminent  person  in  this  county.  In  his  time  he  had 
tlie  sons  of  Esquires  and  worthy  gentlemen  to  wayte  on  him  as  his  servants." 

%  The  Honouralile  Philip  Herbert  was  made  Knight  of  the  Bath  at  the 
coronation  of  King  James  I.,  and  Gentleman  of  the  King's  Bed-chamber,  Earl 
of  Montgomery,  and  Lord  Herbert  of  Shurland  in  the  third  year  of  his  reign. 
"  He  pretended  to  no  other  qualifications  than  to  understand  horses  and  dogs 
very  well,  and  to  be  believed  honest  and  generous.  .  .  .  The  King  com- 
mended him  to  his  son  at  his  death,  as  a  man  to  be  relied  on  in  point  of 
lionesty  and  fidelity  ;  though  it  appeared  afterwards,  that  he  was  not  strongly 
liuilt,  nor  had  sufficient  ballast  to  endure  a  storm"  (Clarendon,  "  Histoiy  of 
Rebellion,"  i.  128).     "  About  the  time  of  the  dcatli  of  King  James  he  received 


8  ririLIP  HENRY. 

whose  servant  hee  was  many  years,  waiting  on  him  in  his 
chamber ;  Hee  being  afterwards  Lord  Chamberlain  of  the  Kings 
lioushold,  hee  was  preferd  by  him  to  bee  the  King's  servant,  and 
was  made  Keeper  of  the  Orchard  at  Whitehal,  for  w"*"  he  had 
besides  a  dwelhng  house  at  the  Garden  stairs,  with  the  perquisites 
of  the  water-gate  and  lodgings  of  considerable  yearly  value,  and 
y*"  Profits  of  y''  Orchard,  ten  groats  p.  diem  standing  wages  with 

livery  payable    out    of  the  Wardrobe, ■  p.   annum,  insomuch 

that  hee  lived  plentifully,  and  in  good  repute  but  layd  by  nothing. 
Hee  was  afterwards  by  like  procurement  of  the  sayd  Earl  made 
one  of  the  Pages  of  the  Back  Stayres  to  the  King's  second  son 
James  Duke  of  York,  which  was  of  considerable  advantage  to 
him  while  hee  enjoy'd  it,  but  having  leave  granted  him  by  y*" 
King  to  sell  it,  hee  sold  it  to  one  Mr.  Howard  for  600  lb.  which 
prov'd  a  great  mercy  to  him  and  was  his  mayntenance  for  several 
yeares  after  y^  war  began,  w"  his  other  incomes  fayld. 

My  dear  Mother  Mrs.  Magdalen  Rochdale,  daughter  of  Henry 
Rochdale,  was  baptized  at  the  parish  of  Martin  in  the  Fields, 
London,  October  19,  1599.  (I  know  little  of  what  Family  shee 
was  ;  her  Mother  had  a  second  Husband  whose  name  was  Denny) 
living  in  the  Court  where  shee  had  opportunity  of  enjoying  worldly 
delights  extraordinary  shee  was  dead  to  them,  shee  look'd  wel  to 
the  wayes  of  her  houshold,  pray'd  with  them  daily,  catechis'd  her 
children  and  brought  them  daily  to  publique  ordinances. 

Deccmb.  10,  1623.     They  were  married. 

Ja72.  27,  Thursday,  i62f.     My  sister  Cicely  was  borne. 

Feb.  23,  Thursday,  i625-.     My  sister  Anne  was  borne. 

Mar.  28,  Saturday,  1629.     My  sister  Katharine  was  borne. 

Aug.  24,  Wednesday,   1631.     I  was  borne,  in  ^^'hitehall,  near 

the  staff  of  lord  chamberlain,  held  before  by  his  brother"  (whom  he  succeeded 
also  as  fourth  Earl  of  Pembroke,  A.D.  1630),  but  was  "deprived  of  it  by 
Charles  I.  in  1641,  on  account  of  a  quarrel  with  Lord  Mowbray  in  the  House  of 
Lords."  "It  was  fear  that  induced  him  to  side  with  the  Parliament ; "  "he 
gave  himself  up  into  the  hands  of  Lord  Say."  In  1643  he  was  one  of  the  twenty- 
two  peers  who  attended  Parliament.  In  1644  the  Earls  of  Pembroke  and 
Salisbury  were  so  totally  without  credit  or  interest  in  the  Parliament  or  countiy, 
that  it  was  no  matter  which  way  their  inclinations  or  affections  disposed  them."' 
"  In  1647,  though  he  had  taken  an  oath  to  defend  the  privileges  of  the 
University  of  Oxford  (of  which  he  was  chancellor),  he  suffered  himself  to  be 
made  a  property  in  joining  with  Brent  and  Prj'n,  and  two  or  three  other 
Presbyterian  ministers,  in  reforming  its  discipline  and  doctrine  "  (Clarendon). 


PHILIP  HENRY.  9 

die  Garden-stayres  before  mentioned.  The  witnesses  at  my 
baptisme  were,  the  Earl  of  Pembroke,  Philip,  who  gave  mee  my 
name  and  was  kind  to  mee  to  the  Day  of  his  Death.  James  Earle 
of  Carlile.  The  Countesse  of  Salisbury. 

July  2  2.  Tuesday,  1634.     My  Brother  John  was  borne. 

Atig.  I,  Munday,  1636.     My  Brother  William  was  borne. 

June  24,  Sunday,  1638.     My  Brother  John  dyed. 

Aug.  24,  Friday,  1638,     My  Brother  William  dyed. 

June  26,  Friday,  1640,     My  sister  Mary  was  borne. 

Mar.  28,  Munday,  1642.     My  sister  Sarah  was  borne. 

Mar.  6,  Thursday,  164*.  My  deare  mother  dy'd  of  a  con- 
sumption, betweene  y^  howres  of  twelve  &  one  in  the  morning, 
&  lyes  interred  in  Margaret  Church,  Westminster. 

Note.  Shee  was  a  woman  of  extraordinary  piety  and  prudence, 
a  loving  A\ife,  a  kind  neighbour,  a  good  Mother ;  the  memory  of 
ber  virtues  remajTies  exceeding  deare  &  precious  with  all  that 
were  acquainted  with  her.  My  head  is  in  Heaven  &  my  Heart 
is  in  Heaven,  tis  but  one  step  more  &  I  shal  bee  there  too,  was 
her  saying  a  little  before  her  departure. 

The  first  latin-school  I  went  to  was  at  St.  IMartins  church  under 
the  teaching  of  one  Mr.  Bonner,  who  Avas  very  loving  to  mee,  and 
took  paynes  with  mee. 

From  thence  I  was  remov'd  for  one  summer  to  Batterscy 
where  I  tabled  at  one  Mr.  Heyboms  by  ye  water  side  and  went  to 
school  to  one  Mr.  Wells. 

Thence  to  Westminster  in  the  year  1643  ^vhere  I  was  admitted 
in  the  4*  Form,  under  Mr.  Tho.  Vincent,  who  was  usher  there, 
the  most  able  diligent  School-Master  that  I  ever  knew  ;  a  while 
after  I  was  taken  to  the  upper-school  under  ]\Ir.  Richard  Busby. 

There  was  at  that  time  and  before  a  daily  morning  lecture  at 
the  Abbey  betw.  7  &  8  a  clock  carry'd  on  by  7  worthy  Ministers 
in  course,  Mr.  Marschal,  Mr.  Palmer,  I\Ir.  Herl,  Dr.  Stanton, 
Mr.  Nye,  Mr.  Whitaker,  ISIr.  Hil  :  I  was  their  constant  hearer, 
at  the  request  of  my  dear  Mother  to  the  Master  who  dispens'd 
with  my  absence  from  school  that  while,  and  wrote  their  sermons 
as  wel  as  I  could.  Shee  took  mee  also  with  her  every  Thursday 
to  Mr.  Tho.  Case  his  lecture  at  St.  Martin's  Church,  and  every 
.monthly  Fast  to  St.  Marg''^  'Westm''  which  was  our  Parish  church 


lO  PHILIP  HENRY. 

where  preacht  the  ablest  men  of  Engl''  before  the  then  H.  of 
Commons. 

One  remarkable  deliverance  I  remember  while  I  was  at 
Westm""  School,  which  was  this,  lying  in  the  Common-chamber 
there  wee  had  a  custom  for  one  or  two  or  more  to  sit  up  y" 
former  p"^  of  the  night  at  study,  and  at  1 1  or  1 2  a  clock  to  goe  to 
bed  and  call  others,  and  they  others  at  2  or  3,  as  they  were 
desir'd.  My  desire  was  to  bee  cal'd  at  12,  and  I  was  so,  and 
being  awak'd  I  desir'd  my  candle  might  bee  lighted,  and  I  would 
rise  presently,  but  having  stuck  the  candle  to  the  Beds-head  I  lay 
down  again  and  fell  asleep,  and  the  candle  fel  and  burnt  part  of 
ye  bed  and  bolster  ere  I  awaked,  but  then  having  help  wee  soon 
quench'd  it  and  I  received  no  harm.  The  usual  severityes  of  the 
school  I  had  but  smal  share  of.  Once,  being  Monitor  of  the 
Chamber,  and  being  sent  forth  to  seek  one  that  play'd  truant 
(twas  Nath.  Bui.  afterwards  a  Master  of  Pauls  school)  I  found  him 
out  where  hee  had  hid  hims.  and  at  his  earnest  request  promised 
I  would  say  I  could  not  find  him,  which  I  wickedly  did  ;  the  next 
morning  being  examin'd  by  Mr.  Busby,  where  hee  was  and 
whether  hee  saw  mee,  hee  sayd,  yes,  hee  did,  at  which  I  wel 
remember  Mr.  Busby  turn'd  his  eye  towards  mee  and  sayd  Kai  crv 
tIkvov  and  whipt  mee,  which  was  the  only  time  I  felt  the  weight  of 
his  hand  and  I  deserv'd  it :  Hee  appointed  mee  also  a  Penitential 
copy  of  Latin  verses  w"''  I  made  and  brought  him  and  then  hee 
gave  mee  six  pence  and  received  mee  again  into  his  Favor.  April 
14  (or  yer.abouts)  1647.  The  Lord  was  graciously  pleased  to 
bring  mee  home  effectually  to  himself  by  y*"  meanes  of  my 
Schoole-master,  Mr.  Richard  Busby  *  at  the  time  of  y^  solemne 
preparation  for  y"  Communion  then  observ'd.  The  Lord  recom- 
pense it  a  thousand  fold  into  his  bosome.  I  hope  I  shal  never 
forget.  There  had  been  Treatyes  before  between  my  soul  and 
Jesus,  with  some  weak  overtures  towards  him,  but  then,  then  I 
think  it  was  that  the  match  was  made. 

In  May  that  year,t  I  was  chosen  to  Oxford  with   4  others, 

*  There  is  a  portrait  by  Riley  in  the  hall  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford,  of  Dr. 
Eusby  with  the  young  Philip  Henry  standing  beside  him.  A  partial  copy  of 
this  is  among  the  pictures  at  Westminster  School. 

t  As  the  only  records  of  the  seventeenth  century  relative  to  Westminster 
School  are  the  names  of  those  elected  to  Oxford  and  Cambridge,  it  is  only  at 
that  date — May,  1647 — that  "Philip  Henry"  occurs. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  II 

John  Busby  nephew  to  ]\Ir.  Busby,  John  Vincent,  brother  to  Mr. 
Vincent,  2**  usher,  John  Carrick,  and  George  Annesley,  son  to  the 
Viscount  Valentia,  Brother  to  him  who  was  aftenvards  Earl  of 
Anglesey,  and  Lord  Privy  Seal.  Of  these  I  had  the  second  place. 
Five  more  were  chosen  at  the  same  time  to  Cambridge,  Palmer, 
AVickham,  Stone,  Stacey,  Chandler.  The  December  following  I 
went  to  Oxford,  lay  the  first  night  in  my  journey  at  Maidenhead, 
where  being  a  yong  Traveller,  never  so  far  before  on  Horse-back, 
and  riding  hard  for  Company  sake,  I  swoon'd  and  was  much  made 
of  though  by  strangers  ;  The  next  day,  p. ting  with  them  at  Dor- 
chester, whence  6  or  7  miles  to  Oxford,  I  was  much  concern'd 
that  I  must  ride  so  far  alone,  and  not  knowing  what  to  doe,  it 
pleased  God  so  to  order  it  for  mee  that  at  the  Townes-end  I 
overtook  Mr.  Annesley  and  his  man,  whom  I  miss'd  of  at  my 
setting  forth  from  London,  and  had  their  company  which  I  then 
and  often  since  look'd  upon  as  a  gxeat  mercy  though  in  a  small 
matter. 

Anno  Domini. 

1647. 

The  Earle  of  Pembroke  at  my  coming  downe  gave  mee  10 
pound,  a  seasonable  mercy,  in  regard  of  some  straits  whereinto 
God  in  His  Providence  had  brought  my  deare  Father. 

Decern.  15.     I  came  to  Oxford. 

1648. 

Mar.  24.  I  was  admitted  Student  of  y"  Colledge  by  Doct. 
Hammond,*  then  Sub-Deane,  Dr.  Fell,  Deane  &  Vice-Chan- 
cellour. 

Shortly  after,  was  the  Visitation  by  Authority  of  Parliam'  wliich 
changed  the  Face  of  the  University,!  many  were  tum'd  out,  that 

*  Dr.  Henry  Hammond  called  Philip  Henry  his  god-brother,  the  Earl  of 
Pembroke  being  his  godfather  also,  and  Prince  Henry  the  other  who  gave  him 
his  name.  He  was  afterwards  Bishop-elect  of  Worcester,  and  died  in  April, 
1660,  just  before  the  king  came  in. 

t  The  sole  question  proposed  to  each  person  in  every  college  that  had  any 
place  of  profit  was  this  :  "  Will  you  submit  to  the  power  of  Parliament  in  this 
present  visitation  ?"  Philip  Henry's  reply  was,  "I  submit  as  far  as  I  may  with 
a  safe  conscience  and  without  perjury."  This  answer,  by  the  favour  of  the  Earl 
of  Pembroke,  the  chancellor,  was  accepted.  See  Clarendon,  x.  123,  showing 
that  the  action  of  the  university  at  that  lime  covered  it  with  eternal  renown. 


12  Pin  LIP  HENRY. 

refused  to  submit,  and  others  put  in  their  places, — Dr.  Samuel  Fel, 
the  Dean  removed,  and  Dr.  Edw.  Reynolds  put  in,  also  Dr. 
George  Morley,  and  Dr.  Rich.  Gardiner  and  Dr.  Morris  and  Dr, 
Sanderson,  and  Dr.  Payn,  besides  Dr.  Hammond  and  one  more 
that  were  Canons  turn'd  out,  only  Dr.  Wal  spar'd  ;  There  were 
then  put  into  their  places  Dr.  Henry  Wilkinson,  Mr.  Cornish,  INIr. 
Langley,  Mr.  Rogers,  Mr.  Button,  Dr.  Mills,  Mr.  Pocock. 

Amongst  other  Student  Masters  remov'd,  my  Tutor  Under- 
wood was  one,  which  was  very  ill  for  mee,  for  hee  was  an  ingenuous 
person  and  a  good  scholar ;  but  I  was  put,  by  what  meanes  I  know 
not,  into  the  hands  of  one  Mr.  Wil.  Finmore,  who  dy'd  in  the  year 
1686,  Prebend  of  Chester,  a  person  able  enough,  but  not  willing 
to  imploy  his  abilityes  for  our  good,  that  were  committed  to  his 
charge.  Only  it  pleas'd  the  Lord  to  give  mee  interest  in  the 
affections  of  a  yong  man,  an  Undergraduate  then,  being  about  two 
or  three  yeares  my  senior  from  Westminster,  Mr.  Richard  Bryan. 
Avho  took  mee  to  bee  his  Chamber-fellow,  who  read  to  mee  and  over- 
look'd  my  studyes,  and  was  an  instrument  of  much  good  to  mee. 

1648-9. 

At  the  later  end  of  the  year  1648  I  had  leave  given  mee  to  goe 
to  london  to  see  my  Father,  &  during  my  stay  there  at  that 
time  at  Whitehal  it  was  that  I  saw  the  Beheading  of  King  Charles 
the  first ;  He  went  by  our  door  on  Foot  each  day  that  hee  was 
carry'd  by  water  to  Westminster,  for  hee  took  Barge  at  Garden- 
stayres  where  wee  liv'd,  &  once  hee  spake  to  my  Father  & 
sayd  Art  thou  alive  yet  1  On  the  day  of  his  execution,  Avhich 
was  Tuesday,  Jan.  30,  I  stood  amongst  the  crowd  in  the  street 
before  Whitehal  gate,  where  the  scaffold  was  erected,  and  saw 
what  was  done,  but  was  not  so  near  as  to  hear  any  thing.  The 
Blow  I  saw  given,  &  can  truly  say  with  a  sad  heart ;  at  the 
instant  whereof,  I  remember  wel,  there  was  such  a  Grone  by  the 
Thousands  then  present,  as  I  never  heard  before  &  desire  I  may 
never  liear  again.  There  was  according  to  Order  one  Trooji 
immediately  marching  froiii-^cards  rZ/rt-ring-cross  to  Westm''  &  an- 
other from-wards  Westm''  to  charing-cross  purposely  to  masker 
the  people,  &  to  disperse  &  scatter  them,  so  that  I  had  much  adoe 
amongst  the  rest  to  escape  home  without  hurt. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  15 

1650. 
Janu.  23.     Philip,*  earle  of  Pembroke,  dyed. 

1651. 

Feb.  7.  I  Wcis  presented  Batchelour  of  Arts  in  y*"  University, 
and  determined  the  lent  following. 

The  Lord  raysed  mee  up  Friends  that  \\€i\i\.  mec  out  in  the 
expenses,  a  seasonable  mercy. 

May  8.  Mr.  John  Owenf  succeeded  Dr.  Reynolds  in 
y*  Deanery  of  Ch.  Ch.  Dr.  Reynolds  remov'd  for  not  taking  the 
engagement. 

Oct.  I.  Having  long  through  wicked  company  beene  drawne 
aside  from  y*  practise  of  y^  power  of  Godlinesse,  upon  w''''  I  once 
had  entred,  it  pleas'd  the  Lord  by  his  good  spirit  to  bring  mee 
home  againe  from  my  wanderings  ;  Which  when  I  seriously 
consider,  both  how  hainous  they  were  &  of  how  long  continu- 

*  The  account  given  of  this  Earl  of  Pembroke  by  Clarendon  shows  that  the 
times  were  too  difficult  for  such  a  character  as  his.  He  died  in  1650,  and  had 
then  become,  together  with  the  Earl  of  Salisbury,  a  political  nonentity.  The 
contrast  between  his  facile  disposition  and  the  strong  principle  of  his  second 
wife,  Anne  Clifford,  must  have  been  very  marked.  On  the  Countess's  Pillar, 
near  Penrith,  is  the  following  inscription  : — "  This  pillar  was  erected  anno  1656 
by  y*^  hono'''"  Anne,  Countess  Dowager  of  Pembroke  &c.  daughter  and  sole 
heire  of  y*^  R''  Hono"^'"  George,  Earl  of  Cumberland  &c.  for  a  memorial  of 
her  last  parting  in  this  place  with  her  good  and  pious  mother,  y'=  R'  Hon'''" 
Margaret  Countess  Dowager  of  Cumberland,  y°  2"'^  of  April  161 6.  In  memory 
whereof  she  also  left  an  annuity  of  four  pounds  to  be  distributed  to  y*  poor 
within  this  parrish  of  Brougham,  every  2"''  day  of  April  for  ever  upon  y" 
stone  table  here,  hard  by.  Laus  Deo."  Anne  Clifford  married  Richard  Saville, 
Lord  Buckhurst,  afterwards  third  Earl  of  Dorset,  who  was  born  in  1589,  and 
died  in  1624.  Two  daughters  alone  survived,  of  whom  one  married  the  Earl  of 
Northampton,  the  other  (Margaret,  who  eventually  inherited  the  Clifford  estates) 
John,  Lord  Tufton.  By  her  marriage  in  1630  with  Philip,  Earl  of  Pembroke 
and  Montgomery,  Anne  Clifford  had  two  sons,  who  died  young.  From  1650 
she  remained  a  widow  for  twenty-five  years,  living  upon  her  estates  in  West- 
morland, and  repairing  her  five  castles,  Brougham,  Appleby,  Brough,  Pen- 
dragon,  and  Skipton.  Her  message  to  the  Mayor  of  Appleby,  who  was  bringing 
forward  a  member  for  that  borough  without  consulting  her,  is  said  to  have  been 
as  follows  : — "  I  have  been  bullied  by  an  usurper,  and  neglected  by  a  court,  but 
I  won't  be  dictated  to  by  a  subject  :  your  man  shan't  stand."  She  died  March 
23,  1675  '  ^  good  woman  in  a  bad  age. 

t  On  July  9,  1654,  Evelyn,  who  had  heard  Dr.  French  preach  at  St.  Mary's, 
Oxford,  in  the  morning,  notes,  "  In  the  afternoone,  the  famous  Independent, 
Dr,  Owen,  perstringing  Episcopacy.    He  was  now  Cromwell's  Vice-Chancelor." 


14  nil  LIP  HENRY. 

ence,  I  am  sometimes  ready  to  doubt,  whether  the  former  work 
were  saving  yea  or  no  this  I  hope  was,  through  grace. 

Oct.  5.  Being  at  London  I  receiv'd  the  Sacrament,  though 
amidst  many  distractions  yet  I  blesse  God,  much  to  y®  estabUshm' 
of  my  late-broken  bonds,  at  INfartin's  in  y**  Fields.  Mr.  Sangar, 
^Minister. 

1652. 

Feb.  28.  My  deare  Father,  Mr.  John  Henry,  dyed  at  liis 
house  in  White-hall.  A  very  great  affliction,  both  to  mys*^  and 
sisters,  especially  y"  two  little  ones.     The  Lord  provide  for  us.* 

June  8.     Being  in  great  straits  it  pleased  y^  Lord  to  move  y^ 
heart  of  y'  young  Earle  of  Pembroke,!  who  bestowed  upon  me 
y''  summe  of  10  pounds,  a  seasonable  mercy. 
Decern.  10.     I  proceeded  M'"  of  Arts. 

1653- 

Janu.  9.  I  preacht  my  first  Sermon  %  at  South-Hincsey  in 
Oxford-shire,  the  Text,  John  8.  34. '  The  Lord  make  use  of 
mee  as  an  instrument  of  His  glory  and  His  Churches  good  in  that 
calling. 

July  9.  I  supply'd  the  Office  of  Junior  of  y""  Act.  Dr.  Owen, 
Vice-chancelour. 

*  From  this  it  might  seem  that  he  kept  an  occasional  diaiy  while  at 
Oxford. 

t  Phihp,  who  succeeded  as  fifth  Earl  of  Pembroke  in  1650,  was  fourth  son 
of  Philip,  the  fourth  earl,  by  his  first  wife  Susan,  daughter  of  Edward  de  Vere, 
Earl  of  Oxford,  married  in  1604.  He  also  was  married  twice,  and  his  successor, 
William,  sixth  earl,  was  the  son  by  his  first  wife  Penelope,  sole  daughter  and 
heir  of  Sir  Robert  Naunton,  Kt.,  Secretary  of  State  to  King  James  I.,  a  widow. 
Clarendon  says  of  the  fifth  earl,  "  This  young  Earl's  affections  were  entire  for 
His  Majesty."  Pepys  says  (May  4,  1660)  that  "  he  and  Lord  Salisbury  were 
put  out  of  the  House  of  Lords,"  with  other  interesting  notices  of  him.  He  died 
in  1669. 

X  ' '  The  irregularity  of  preaching  before  ordination  was  only  tolerated  by  the 
Presbyterians  so  far  as  trial  was  concerned  ;  Calvin  ('  Institut.,'  iv.  4,  13)  is 
express  that  the  priest  shall  be  elected  by  the  people  before  he  is  ordained.  The 
election  required  some  acquaintance  with  the  candidate's  merits  :  hence  the  irre- 
gularities in  the  Bury  Classis  of  which  Walker  ('  Sufferings  of  the  Clergy,'  p.  39) 
gives  so  singular  an  account,  where  ten  unordained  ministers,  being  distributed 
to  '  try  their  faculties,' were  forgotten  and  preached  for  years  "  (Introduction 
to  Newcome's  Diary,  p.  vii.). 


PHILIP  HENRY.  15 

IMr.  Ward  of  Ch.  Ch.  my  I'^riend  )  ,-,    ■      ^. 

'  1  rocto  . 
Mr.  Gorge  of  Saint  John's  ) 

I  received  for  it  betweene  8  and  9  "'.     Another  seasonable 

mercy. 

Sept.  30.     By  the  meanes  of  ]\Ir.  Frances  Pahner*  I  came  to 

Emerall  in  Flint-shire,  to  Judge  Fuleston,f  to  teach  his  sons  and 

to  preach  at  'Worthenbury.     Stipend  60  "'"  p.  annu. 

The  lord  be  with  mee  there  ! 

Dccon''-  30,   )  My  sister  Cicely  was  married  to  Mr.  John  Dickins, 

or y"'aboiiis.  j     of  Twitnam  necre  London. 


1654. 

Jime  3. — The  lady  Puleston  %  and  her  5  sons  came  to  Oxford, 
the  two  eldest  under  my  charge  in  the  Colledge. 
July.     I  p.form'd  y"  office  of  Magister  Replicans. 

Dr,  Owen  vice-chancellour. 

Mr.  Cracroft,  of  Magd.  Iprocto'^ 

Mr.  Charnock,  of  New  Coll.    ) 

Sept.  27.     I  saw  my  sisters  and  Friends  at  london. 

*  In  the  Oxford  "  Ten  Year  Book  "  this  name  occurred,  as  of  Christ  Church 
in  1660,  and  Professor  of  Moral  Philosophy. 

t  The  Salop  family  of  De  Pyvelesdon  received  lands  in  Worthenbury,  and 
especially  the  demesne  of  Emral,  from  King  Edward  I.,  which  they  resigned 
into  his  hands,  A.D.  1279.  He  bestowed  them  upon  Robert  de  Crevecoeur, 
who  held  them  till  his  death  in  1317  (Kals.  of  Exchequer).  It  is  prol^able, 
however,  that  they  recovered  Emral  in  1309.  John  Puleston  was  made  Justice 
of  the  Common  Pleas  after  the  execution  of  King  Charles  I.  in  1649.  In  Foss's 
"Judges  of  England,"  liis  mother  is  said  to  have  been  Alice,  daughter  of  David 
Lewis,  of  Bulcot,  Oxon.  There  are  references  to  Dugd.,  "Orig. ,"  220;  to 
Clarendon,  iii.  407;  to^\^litelock,  342,405;  and  "State  Trials,"  iv.  1249.  Foss 
has  some  strong  words  about  his  want  of  justice  and  humanity.  He  was  the 
grandson  of  George  Puleston,  of  Emral,  Esq.,  who  was  baptized  at  Hanmer 
Church,  September  30,  1572. 

X  This  lady's  name  was  Elizalicth  Wohyche,  of  Dudmaston,  Salop.  Foss 
says  she  was  daughter  of  Sir  /.  W. ,  but  as  there  is  frequent  reference  to  hei" 
■"sister  Grey,"  viz.  Maiy,  daughter  of  Sir  Francis  Wohyche,  Bart.,  and  wife 
of  Henry  Grey  of  Enfield,  who  was  grandson  of  Lord  Grey  of  Groby,  she  was 
perhaps  the  Elizabeth  who  married  for  her  first  husband  George  Grey,  third 
son  of  Henry,  first  Earl  of  Stamford.  This,  however,  is  uncertain;  and  since  in 
the  Wolrj'che  pedigree  to  hand  there  is  no  mention  of  an  Eleanor  who  was  at 
Emral  in  1644,  when  it  was  attacked  by  the  Royalists,  Lady  Puleston  and 
"  sister  Grey  "  may  have  been  cousins. 


1 6  PHILIP  HENRY. 

Oct.  21.  My  sister  Mary  came  to  dwell  w"'  mee  at  the  lady 
Pulestons. 

Nov.  22.  Mr.  John  Puleston  sickned  of  y''  small-poxe,  his 
danger  very  great,  but  God  in  mercy  restor'd  him.  A  signall 
Answer  of  prayers.     Wee  were  then  at  Oxford. 

1655. 

Jan.  I.     Sister  Mar^-  came  first  to  live  at  Emeral. 

In  this  month,  Thomas  Perkins,  was  (I  hope)  savingly  brought 
home  to  God.  The  Lord  make  mee  faithful  and  succesfull ! 
however  faithful.  This  Thomas  Perkins  hath  since  Apostatiz'd. 
the  lord  knows  them  that  are  his. 

Feb.  21.     I  preacht  at  Wrexham.     T.  i  Cor.  vi.  11. 

Mar.  25.  Being  surprised  with  a  Distemper,  a  violent  cold, 
long  breeding  and  supposing  it  a  Pleurisy,  I  was  let  bloud,  the 
first  time  I  lost  three  ounces,  1 2  hours  after  I  swoon'd. 

Apr.  22.     I  went  abroad  and  preacht  twice,  blessed  bee  God. 

Jtine  25.  I  Avent  towards  Oxford,  after  three  weeks  I  returned. 
The  lord  was  with  mee. 

I  left  Mr.  John  Puleston  under  y"  Tuition  of  Mr.  Esay  Ward. 
O  y'  God  would  blesse  him  indeed  ! 

Sept.  II.  Deare  Mr.  Ambrose  Lewis  and  myselfe  made 
entrance  upon  a  monthly  exercise  at  'Worth enbury,  The  Lord 
owne  it. 

Wee  were  evill  spoken  of  by  some,  as  if  by-ends  were  in  it  in 
ref.  to  Mr.  Fogg,  but  the  Searcher  of  Hearts  knowes  there  were  none. 

About  this  time  the  Brick  barn  at  Emeral  was  finisht. 

Oct.  6.  The  Judge  made  a  Settlement  of  ;,^  100  p.  Ann.  during 
my  stay  at  Worthenbury.  Lord,  I  seek  not  their's  but  them — give 
mee  the  soules,  let  who'se  will  take  the  Goods  to  themselves. 

O  that  God  would  adde  some  Scales  to  my  Ministry,  that  I 
may  know  I  am  sent  of  God  ! 

Oct.  23.  The  lady  Puleston  set  forward  towards  London  for 
advice  concern,  a  sore  Breast.  At  her  returne  shee  brought  my 
sister  Sarah  along  with  her. 

JVo7'.  6.  The  Judge,  the  lady,  &  their  son  Roger  being  all 
gone  to  london,  I  was  left  alone  at  Emeral. 


PHILIP  IIEXRY.  17 

Nov.  14.  I  began  a  monthly  exercise  at  Elsmere,  they  & 
Holt*  are  both  destitute  of  a  faithful  Pastor. 

Nov.  27. — A  day  of  secret  Fasting  and  humbling  my  Soule  for 
Sin,  my  God  accept  mee  in  Christ. 

Many  speciall  requests  were  put  up  in  behalfe  of  Sundry  deare 
Relations.     The  lord  from  heaven  give  in  an  Answer  of  Peace. 

Decemb.  About  this  time  hopes  were  given  of  a  saving  change 
wrought  in  Mr.  Tho.  Puleston  the  Judge's  fourth  son. 

The  Lord  perfect  the  work  in  mercy  ! 

Hee  hath  since  wofully  miscarr}''d  and  is  become  the  saddest 
instance  of  Apostacy,  that  ever  I  knew,  wee  judge  according  to 
appearance  but  y^  lord  judges  righteous  Judgem'. 


1656. 

Jan.  I.  I  mett  in  communion  with  the  Lord's  people  in  Holt. 
The  day  was  mostly  spent  in  prayr  many  requests  put  up,  the 
lord  give  in  an  answer  of  peace. 

Jan.  6.  One  Edward  Robert  Ralph,  a  Tenant  of  Judge 
Puleston's  fell  off  Bangor-Bridge,  and  was  drown'd ;  He  was  drunk 
and  'twas  the  lord's  day.     6  !  shall  men  heare  and  feare  ? 

Feb.  5.  About  this  time  I  began  Communion  with  the 
lord's  people  at  Hanmer  in  monthly  conference  and  monthly 
humiliation.  I  dreamt  I  was  condemn'd  to  bee  crucify'd  &  in 
order  thereunto  had  a  crosse  upon  my  shoulder  in  my  way  to  exe- 
cution with  a  bible  tyed  to  the  end  of  it.     lord  fit  for  tryals. 

Feb.  In  our  Parish  of  Worthenbury,  there  was  this  observable 
Providence.  At  y*  Beginning  of  the  month,  Mr.  John  Broughton  f 
dyed,  aged  70  y.  About  the  middle,  a  son  of  Randle  Meredith's  aged 
about  30.  Towards  the  end  a  child  of  Mr.  Lloyd f  of  Halghton, 
aged  14  months.  I  see  no  age  secures  from  the  stroke  of  Death  ; 
hee  comes  sometimes  at  midnight ;  sometimes  at  noon,  sometimes 
at  Cock-Crowing.     Lord,  fit  us  for  our  change. 

*  There  is  a  letter,  without  date,  upon  this  subject,  addressed  by  Philip 
Henry  to  a  friend  in  Oxford,  supposed  to  be  Ur.  Owen. 

t  Broughton  of  Broughton  in  Worthenbury,  and  Lloyd  of  Halghton  in 
Hanmer,  were  two  ancient  families,  descended  from  Tudor  Trevor,  a  chieftain 
who  owned  the  whole  of  English  Maelor  in  930. 

C 


1 8  PHILIP  HENRY. 

Roger  Puleston,  son  of  Roger  Puleston,  of  Worthenbury  was 
admitted  Student  of  Ch.  Ch.  Oxon.  The  Judge  and  his  lady 
writt  to  Dr.  Owen  in  his  behalfe,  but  I  desire  to  look  through 
Instum*^  up  to  God,  who  proidcs  for  those  that  feare  his  name,  as 
I  hope  hee  doth. 

March.  I  went  to  Enfield  in  Stafford-shire,  where  the  lady 
and  my  two  sisters  were.  Shortly  after  my  returne,  Ap''  ii,  I  fell 
sick  of  a  Burning  Ague,  which  held  mee  severall  dayes  in  great 
extremity,  but  the  lord  had  mercy,  to  him  be  Prayse  ! — A  letter 
lost,  an  afifiicting  providence. 

Apr.  2  2.  Richard  Puleston,  the  Judges  third  son  dyed  at 
Emeral  of  the  small  Pockes,  his  mother  being  then  absent  at 
Enfield,  lord  sanctify  the  stroke  to  her  and  the  whole  family ! 
27.  the  lady  came  from  Enfield,  shee  brought  with  her  my  sister 
Sarah. 

May.  I  bought  a  study  of  Bookes  of  Mrs.  Lewis  of  Estlas  in 
Denbigh-shire,  it  cost  £,\o. 

June.  Great  Breaches  between  JNIr.  Roger  Puleston  and  his 
mother,  Lord  heale  them  !  for  because  thereof  the  Family  shakes. 

Wee  began  a  Day  of  Conference  to  bee  kept  up  for  edification, 
lord,  set  in  with  thy  blessing. 

July.  Uncleanesse  discovered  between  two  of  the  servants  of 
the  Family,  the  one  turn'd  away  before,  the  other  still  in  the  house, 
lord  bring  the  offenders  to  repentance,  that  their  soules  may  bee 
sav'd  in  the  day  of  the  lord  Jesus,  and  through  the  Blood  of 
Christ,  let  Guilt  bee  wip't  off  from  the  Family.  Amen  !  so  be  it, 
good  lord ! 

Mr.  John  Puleston  left  the  CoUedge  and  came  home  to  his 
Friends,  Our  God  season  his  heart  with  Grace. 

Sept.  16.  R.  P.  assaulted  mee  in  A\Tath,  wherby  my  unruly 
passions  being  stir'd  I  strook  againe  and  hurt  his  face,  against  the 
command  of  our  lord  Jesus,  w'''  requires  the  turning  of  the  other 
cheek,  the  occasion  was,  zeale  for  God,  though  in  circumstances 
ill  manag'd  lord,  lay  no  sin  to  either  of  o'  charge.  The  day 
following  I  preacht  at  Wrexham. 

Oct.     My  chamber  took  fire,  the  Hearth  of  y'  chimney  *  being 

*  The  front  of  Emral  seems  of  the  date  of  Queen  Anne';  the  side  next  the 


PHILIP  HENRY.  1 9 

ill  layd,  but  the  lord  in  mercy  prevented  the  danger.  Blessed  bee 
God! 

Nov.  24.  Mr.  Fogg  *  said  to  mee,  that  hee  was  Minister  of 
Worthenbury,  lord,  what  shall  I  doe  ?  cleare  to  mee  what  the  way 
is  wherein  thou  would'st  have  mee  to  walk  &  cause  mee  to  walk 
in  it ! 

As  to  the  state  of  my  Soule,  this  yeare  now  ending,  and  the 
yeare  before,  my  sins  and  failings  have  been  many,  even  against 
Convictions  and  Covenants,  wherby  my  conscience  hath  been 
much  wounded,  and  my  Peace  often  broken  and  my  Christ  and 
the  spirit  griev'd,  and  my  Ministry  hindred,  but  the  lord  hath 
recover'd  mee  by  Repentance,  and  I  trust,  through  the  blood  of 
Christ  they  are  all  pardon'd,  and  shall  never  bee  remembered  more, 
Amen,  lord  !  for  sweet  Jesus  sake  !  I  think  never  did  poore 
creature  passe  through  such  a  mixture  of  Hope  and  feare,  Joy  and 
Sadness,  Assurance  and  Doubting,  downe  and  up,  as  I  have  done 
for  these  two  last  yeares,  and  still  I  wayt,  that  I  may  see,  what  the 
lord  may  doe  ^nth  mee.  My  Foot  is  taken  in  a  snare,  lord  save 
mee  for  thy  mercy  sake. 

As  to  my  labours  in  the  Ministry,  I  have  had  much  assistance, 
to  him  that  gave  it  I  returne  Prayse,  Not  unto  mee  lord  ! — and  for 
successe,  the  lord  hath  given  mee  a  vrilling  people,  and  I  hope 
there  is  more  seed  under  the  clods  then  yet  appears,  the  Harvest 
-svill  come,  whether  I  live  to  bee  the  Reaper  or  not.  The  will  of  the 
lord  be  done  ! 

moat,  where  the  principal  rooms  are,  is  Elizabethan.  At  Sundome  Castle, 
Salop,  there  is  a  picture  of  a  house,  supposed  to  be  Emral,  with  a  west  frontage 
considerably  longer  than  that  of  the  present  house. 

*^The  arms  of  Fogg  are  given  in  the  Salesbury  manuscripts  at  Wynnstay.  See 
"Annals  of  Windsor,"  vol.  ii.  pp.  169,  170,  by  Tighe  and  Davis  (London, 
1858,  8vo):  "  On  the  23rd  of  October,  1642,  according  to  Ashmole,  Sir  John 
Seyton  having  that  day  seized  on  Windsor  Castle  for  the  Parliament,  one 
Captain  Fog  came  immediately  to  the  College  and  demanded  the  keys  of  the 
Treasury,  but  not  finding  the  3  Key-Keepers,  he  caused  a  smith  to  make 
strong  bars  of  iron,  who  with  them  brake  down  the  stone  jambs,  forced  open 
2  doors,  and  carried  thence  all  the  rich  chased  and  other  plate  made  sacred 
and  set  apart  for  the  service  of  God  :  except  two  double  gilt  chalices  weighing 
62  ounces,  and  two  double  gilt  Flagons  weighing  98  ounces  one  half." 
Ashmole  ("  Order  of  Garter  ")  "also  states  (p.  149)  that  "  Edward  IV. 's  coat  of 
mail,  richly  gilt,  covered  over  with  crimson  velvet  &c.  was  carried  away 
by  Captain  Fogg  one  of  the  officers  of  the  Parliamentary  forces,  on  Oct.  23, 
1642." 


20  PHILIP  HENRY. 

A  volume  published  by  the  University  of  Oxford  upon, 
the  peace  concluded  with  Holland  in  1654,  contains  the 
following  verses  by  Philip  Henry.  The  title  of  the  volume 
referred  to  is  thus  expressed  :  "  Musarum  Oxoniensium 
'EXa(o(popia,  sive,  ob  fcedera  auspiciis  Serenissimi  Oliveri 
Reipub.  Aug.  Scot,  et  Hiber.  Domini  Protectoris  inter 
Rempub.  Britannicam  et  Ordines  Foederatos  Belgii  feliciter 
stabilita,  Gentis  togatai  ad  vada  Isidis  Celeusma  Metricum. 
Oxonize  excudebat  Leonardus  Lichfield,  Academiae  Typo- 
graphus  :   1654." 

"  Noli  time  re  Musa!  quid  trepido  pede 
Seazontis  instar  claudicas  ? 
I,  pende  ventis  carbasa  et  totos  sinus  ; 
Tranquilla  jam  sunt  omnia, 
Nulli  tumultus,  nuUus  hostium  furor, 
Pax  undique,  et  mare  liberum  est : 
Mercator  a\'idus,  dum  silentium  -s-idet 
Serenioris  yEquoris,. 
Se  somniare  putat,  et  haud  credit  sibi, 
Sollicitus  et  plenus  metu 
Ne  forte  fallax  error  aut  evanidn; 
Felicitatis  umbra  sit ; 
Gemmas,  Smaragdos,  orbis  alterius  opes,. 
Nunc  ultro  securus  j>etit, 
Et  post  tot  annorum  otia,  laboris  sui 
Majora  sperat  proemia, 
Sperat,  coloni  more  Messem  duplicem 
Post  sic  peractas  ferias. 
Toto  Britannos  orbe  divisos  adhuc 
Tandem  coire  vidimus 
Terrasque  pelago  separatas  arctior 
Compensat  animorum  unis  ; 
Et  quam  negant  Term,  juncturam  facit 
Melior  Amoris  Copula, 
Bellique  lites  nuperi  (bono  omine) 
Pacis  redintegratio  est. 

Philip  Henry,  A.JM.  ex  .^de  Christi." 

At  this  point  it  will  be  necessary  to  insert  some  other 
documents   in  order  to  show  the  ecclesiastical  position  of 


PHILIP  HENRY.  21 

AVorthcnbury  at  that  time,  and  thus  to  explain  how  the 
benevolent  designs  of  Judge  Puleston  towards  Philip  Henry 
were  eventually  frustrated.  The  small  piece  of  Flintshire 
which  lies  to  the  east  of  the  Dee  was  made  part  of  that 
county,  A.D.  1284.  During  Saxon  times  it  had  been  divided 
between  Salop  and  Cheshire,  as  Domesday  Book  shows. 
But  the  name  by  which  it  was  known  to  the  Welsh  was 
INIaelor  Saesneg,  or  English  IMaelor.  That  name  it  retains 
to  the  present  day.  The  word  Maelawr  means  a  place  of 
traffic,  and  there  was  a  district  of  undefined  extent  upon  the 
west  side  of  Dee  that  was  called  Alaelor  Cymraeg  (Welsh). 
Upon  an  island  in  the  river  Dee,  but  with  some  principal 
buildings  also  upon  the  right  bank  of  the  river,  lay  the 
ancient  Bancornbury,  as  St.  Bede  calls  it,  known  generally  as 
Bangor-is-y-coed  (the  high  choir  under  the  trees)  or  Bangor 
Monachorum.  This  was  the  British  Oxford,  and  from 
thence  Christianity  flowed  forth  far  and  near.  We  are  told  in 
Domesday  Book  that  in  the  reign  of  Edward  the  Confessor, 
and  before  then,  it  formed  part  of  the  see  of  Lichfield.  It  is 
probable  that  this  eastward  inclination  of  Maelor  Saesneg 
is  in  accordance  with  historic  precedent,  for  although  critics 
will  not  allow  us  to  speak  any  longer  of  Britannia  Secunda, 
yet  from  the  fact  that  the  "  Cornavii  of  Ptolemy  possessed 
that  detached  region  which  adjoins  the  village  of  Banchor, 
all  Cheshire,  all  Shropshire,  etc.,"  we  may  see  that  its  being 
made  a  part  of  the  county  of  Flint  in  1284,  and  added — 
with  the  exception  of  two  districts — to  St.  Asaph  diocese  in 
1849,  ^^'^^  '"'ot  historically  justifiable.  It  is  true  that  the 
bulk  of  the  people  were  of  British  origin,  and  spoke  W^elsh, 
perhaps,  till  the  reign  of  Henry  VIIL,  but  that  would  not 
prove  them  to  be  of  the  same  descent  as  those  on  the  west 
side  of  the  Dee  ;  and  from  Wales  being  much  of  a  noverca 
to  Maelor  Saesneg,  and  the  inhabitants  of  the  latter  indig- 
nantly repudiating    any   Welsh   ancestry,   it  may  at  least 


22  PHILIP  HENRY. 

be  surmised  that  they  came  of  a  different  strain.  In  the 
year  1288  Pope  Nicholas  V.  granted  the  tenths  to  King- 
Edward  I.  for  six  years,  towards  defraying  the  expenses  of 
an  expedition  to  the  Holy  Land.  Within  the  deanery  of 
Wye  Mauban  and  Brexins  occur  the  churches  of  Malus 
Passus,  Tilleston,  Codynton,  Totenhale,  Aldeforde,  Hameme, 
Bankeburn-cum-capella.  Whether  the  capella  was  Worthen- 
bury  or  Overton  does  not  appear.  At  the  Reformation 
Maelor  Saesneg  became  part  of  the  new  diocese  of  Chester. 
In  the  valuation  of  benefices,  A.D.  1600,  there  are  only  two 
parishes  in  Bangor  deanery,  Bangor  and  Hanmer ;  and 
in  1635  Bishop  John  Bridgeman  of  Chester  gives  George 
Snell,  Archdeacon  of  Chester,  authority  over  the  rural 
deans  of  Frodsham,  Bangor,  Malpas,  Middle-wich,  and 
Wich  Malban.  With  respect  to  the  advowson  of  the  rectory 
of  Bangor,  it  belonged  generally  to  the  superior  lord  of  the 
soil.  In  1270  this  was  Gruffudd  Maelor,  Prince  of  Powys,, 
and  a  sum  of  money  was  allowed  out  of  the  revenues  of  the 
living  towards  the  education  of  the  youngest  son,  Owain, 
who  was  about  to  take  Holy  Orders,  and  to  be  inducted 
into  the  living.  He  died,  however,  and  the  Powys  estates 
being  alienated  by  King  Edward  I.,  we  find  the  same 
process  repeated  with  respect  to  a  son  of  the  Lord  St.  John. 
In  the  diocesan  registers  at  Lichfield,  under  date  20  April, 
29  Edward  I.,  there  is  "  a  sequestration  of  the  profits  of 
Bangor  Parsonage,  that  of  the  same  the  cure  might  be  dis- 
charged, and  mayntenance  given  to  William,  son  of  John 
Lord  St.  John,  to  bring  him  up  in  study,  who  could  not  yet 
be  fully  admitted  to  that  church,  because  of  his  non-age." 
Upon  the  death  of  William  St.  John,  18  Edward  II.,  the 
king  presents  to  the  living.  In  3  Edward  III.  there 
is  also  a  vacancy,  but  it  does  not  appear  this  time  who  it 
was  that  nominated.  From  that  date,  however,  till  1653, 
or   soon  after,  the  presentation  was    in    the  hands   of  the 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  23 

Lestranges,  or  their  successors,  the  Stanleys.  It  was  then 
made  over,  with  the  manorial  rights  of  the  western  parts 
of  the  English  Maelor,  to  the  ancient  family  of  Lloyd  of 
Halghton.  At  the  same  time  Sir  Thomas  Hanmer  purchased 
from  the  Countess  of  Derby  the  lordship  of  the  parish  of 
Hanmer,  and  it  is  probably  owing  to  this  circumstance 
that  the  Commissioners  were  uncertain  whether  or  not 
he  had  a  share  in  the  patronage  of  the  living  of  Bangor. 
From  the  following  papers  it  will  be  seen  that  there  had 
been  a  long-standing  feud  between  the  Emral  family  and 
the  rectors  of  Bangor,  which  was  in  no  way  diminished 
when  the  incumbent  was  a  Presbyterian.  Judge  Puleston 
having  secured  the  consent  of  Mr.  Lloyd,  the  patron 
of  Bangor,  to  his  exercising  the  right  of  nomination  to 
the  chapelry  of  Worthenbury,  and  finding  his  hands  much 
strengthened  by  the  report  of  the  Commission,  which  had 
been  issued  doubtless  at  his  instance,  thereupon  built  a 
house  for  the  Incumbent  of  Worthenbury,  and  settled  ;^ioo 
per  annum  upon  him.  The  way  in  which  his  claims  were 
met  at  an  earlier  date,  when  Bishop  John  Bridgeman  of 
Chester  held  also  the  rectory  of  Bangor,  will  show  the 
difficulties  of  the  case.  We  shall  find  Philip  Henry  after- 
wards expressing  great  doubt  as  to  his  own  legal  position 
at  Worthenbury. 

Puleston. 

This  Ondenture  made  the  foureteenth  day  of  March  in  the 
yeare  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  six  hundred  fifty  &  eight 
Betweene  Thomas  Lloyde  of  Halghton  in  the  County  of  fflynt 
Esq*  of  the  one  part  and  John  Puleston  of  Emrall  in  the  said 
County  of  fiflynt  Serjeant  att  Law  of  the  other  part.  Witnesseth 
that  the  said  Thomas  Lloyd  for  divors  good  consideracons  him 
thereunto  moveing  hath  granted  released  and  confirmed,  and  by 
these  presents   doth   grant  release  and  confirme   unto   the   said 


24  PHILIP  HENRY. 

John  Puleston  All  the  Adwowson  and  right  of  patronage  of  the 
Parish  Church  of  Worthenbury  in  the  said  County  of  fflynt  To 
have  and  to  hold  the  said  Adwowson  and  right  of  patronage  of 
the  said  Church  of  Worthenbury  to  the  said  John  Puleston  his 
heires  and  assignes  forever  To  the  onely  use  &  behoofe  of  the 
said  John  Puleston  his  heires  &  assignes  for  ever,  In  Witnesse 
whereof  the  parties  above  named  have  to  these  presents  inter- 
changably  put  their  hands  and  seales  the  day  and  yeare  first  above 
written. 

Sealed  and  Delived 
in  the  presence  of 

Griffith  Jones 

Thomas  Beckett 

John  Holliman, 

To  the  Sheriffs  of  the  County  of  fiflint. 

Whereas  wee,  and  others  are  appoynted  and  Authorized  by  a 
Comicon  out  of  the  High  Courte  of  Chancery  dated  the  i8th  of 
ffebruary  1657,  To  enquire  by  the  Oathes  of  good,  and  lawful! 
men  of  the  County  of  fiflint  (amongst  other  things)  how  many 
chappells  are  belonging  to  the  Parish  Church  of  Bangor  and 
wh*  are  fitt  to  bee  united  or  divided  from  the  saide  Parish  Church 
of  Bangor  and  how  the  said  Church  and  Chappells  are  supplied 
with  preachinge  Ministers,  that  course  may  bee  taken  both  for 
preachinge  and  mainteiTnce  where  it  shall  bee  needefull.  "\^'ee 
therefore  intendinge  to  execute  the  said  comicon  accordinge  to 
the  tenor  thereof  doe  appoynt  Monday  the  Nineteenth  day  of 
Aprill  next  at  the  dwellinge  house  of  Robert  ap  Prichard  in 
Bangor  in  the  County  of  fifliint  to  meete  and  pceede  in  th'  exe- 
cucon  of  the  said  Comicon.  W^ee  therefore  by  virtue  of  the  said 
Comicon  require  «&  comand  you  the  Sheriffe  of  the  County  of 
fflint  that  upon  the  said  1 9"'  day  of  Aprill  next  by  eight  of  the 
Clocke  in  the  morninge  at  the  dwellinge  house  of  Robert  ap 
Prichard  aforesaid  you  cause  to  come  before  us  such  and  as 
many  honest  and  able  men  of  yo''  Bayliewick  (as  well  within 
liberties  as  without)  by  whom  the  truth  in  the  p''misses  may  be 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  25 

knowne  and  enquired  of.     In  wittnes  whereof  we  have  hereunto 
put  our  hands  and  Seales. 

John  Broughton  f   J 


Owen  Barton 
Richard  Basnet 
Roger  Puleston 
Ow.  LLOYD 


o 

o 
o 
o 


The  execution  of  this  precept  appeares  in  a  certain  Schedule 
to  this  writ  annexed. 

Ra:  Hughes  Esq'., 

Sherriffe. 


The  names  of  the  Jury  to  inquire  for  His  Highness  the 
Lord  Rtector  touching  Ecclesiasticall  R  motions. 

Andrew  EUise  of  Hanmer  gent 
Thomas  ap  John  of  Beachfield  g 
Edward  Kinaston  of  the  same  g 
Thomas  Young  of  Croxon  g  fn: 
John  Aldersey  of  Bronington  g  fn: 
Thomas  Jackson  of  the  same  g 
Randle  Edowe  of  Iscoed  gen 
Edward  Palyn  of  Haulghton  g  fn: 
Randle  Key  of  Willington  g 
John  Mathewes  of  the  same  g  fn: 
Randle  Moyle  of  Worthenbury  g  fn: 
Edward  Tona  of  Bangor  g 
John  Lewis  of  the  same  g  fn: 
John  ap  Wm  ap  Eoa  of  the  same  g 
John  Price  of  Overton  fforren  g  fn: 
Humfrey  Shone  of  the  same  g  fn: 
Humfrey  Rob*'"  of  the  same  g  fn: 


26  PHILIP  HENRY. 

William  Butler  of  Tybroughton  g  fn: 
Edward  ap  Robert  of  Overton  g  fn: 
Thomas  powell  of  Knowlton  g  fn: 
Eaa  ap  Ead  of  the  same  g 
Edward  ap  Roger  of  Arbistock  g 
Griffith  Jones  of  Worthenbury  fn: 
Robert  Yale  of  the  same  gt  fn: 
Tho:  ap  Hugh  of  Owton  gent,  fn: 
John  Jehings  of  Willington  g  fn: 
Stephen  Rudenhurst  of  the  same  g  fn: 
Jo.  ap  Edward  of  Owton  Villa  ^io  3-oun 

yio  yena 

Return  of  the  Jury  upon  the  Commission  of 
Ecclesiastical  Promotions. 

The  Jurors  upon  their  Oaths  say 

That  the  Church  of  Worthenbury  in  the  County  of  fflint  is  a 
pish  Church  to  w'^''  the  cure  of  soules  is  anexed.  And  that  John 
Puleston  Sergeant  at  Lawe  is  seised  in  his  demeafne  as  of  ffee  of 
an  Auncient  Mefsuage  called  Emerall  in  Worthenbury  in  the 
County  of  fflint.  And  of  diverse  lands,  meadows,  and  pastures 
thereunto  belonginge.  And  that  the  said  John,  and  all  those 
whose  estate  hee  hath  p'misses  by  all  the  tyme  whereof  the  memory 
of  man  is  not  to  the  contrary,  Have  collated  a  Clarke  to  the  said 
Parish  Church  of  Worthenbury,  as  oft  as  the  same  became  voyde 
(excepting  the  tyme  of  the  late  Ladie  Pulefton's  Widdowhood) 
who  held  the  said  house  of  Emerall  in  dower  dureinge  her  life. 

And  they  likewise  say  that  the  Clerks  see  collated  by  all  the 
tyme  aforesaid  have,  or  ought  to  have  enjoyed  the  tyeth  Hay 
ariseinge  within  the  said  pish  of  Worthenbury,  and  all  the  Tithe 
wooll,  Lambe,  and  other  smale  Tyeths  ariseinge  within  the  said 
pish  or  a  Composicon  for  the  same,  w*  Tyeths  are  worth  20"  b)- 
the  yeare. 

They  further  say,  That  Phillip  Henry  Master  of  Aites  a 
learned  and  diligent  preacher  of  the  gospell  is  Minister  and 
Incumbent  of  the  Church  of  Worthembury  by  the  collacon  of  the 
said  John  Pulefton. 


and  the  following  written 
•  That  Rob'  ffogg  is  y*" 
minister  of  Bangor  by 
the  sequeftracbn  of  yiv. 
H.  B.  &  preaches  & 
officiates  there.'" 


PHILIP  HENRY.  2/ 

They  further  find  that  in  the  said  Parish  of  Worthembury  there 
is,  and  by  all  the  tyme  whereof  the  memory  of  man  is  not  to  the 
contrary  hath  beene  an  Ancient  Chappell  anexed  to  the  <|}ish 
church  of  Bangor,  and  that  the  said  John  Pulefton  and  all  those 
whose  Estate  hee  hath  m  the  said  Mefsuage  of  Emerall  and 
p'mifses  have  had  and  enjoyed  the  tyeth  corne  groweinge  within 
the  said  pish  of  Worthembury  payeinge  yearly  for  the  same  20"  to 
the  Parfons  of  Bangor,  for  the  tyme  beinge  as  in  right  of  the  said 
Chappell  The  said  Tyeths  being  ordinarj-ly  worth  60"  by  the 
yeare. 

'•  This  is  drawn  through  j  "They    likewise     find     that    IMr. 

Henry  Bridgman  is  pfon  of  Bangor, 
and  that  Robert  ffogg  Gierke  doth 
serve  the  Cure  and  take  the  Tyeths 
of  Bangour  to  his  own  ufe  by  seques- 
trac'on  for  the  delinquencie  of  Mr. 
Henry  Bridgman." 

They  find  that  the  Tyeths  of  the  pfonage  of  Bangor  are  worth 
150"  by  the  yeare.* 

They  find  that  the  church  of  Worthembury  and  the  chappell 
in  Worthembury  are  distant  two  myles  from  the  church  of  Bangor. 
And  that  the  chappell  of  AVorthembury  is  distant  from  the  pish 
Church  of  Worthembury  about  a  myle. 

They  likewise  say  that  the  Chappell  in  ^Vorthembur)'  hath  cure 
of  soules  :  and  that  the  pfons  of  Bangor  for  ought  they  can  find 
have  not  p'formed  any  divine  service  there. 

They  also  find  That  Thomas  LLoyde  Esq''  {sic)  is  Patron  of 
the  Church  of  Bangor  and  the  Chappell  in  Worthemburye  there- 
unto anexed.  And  that  John  Puleston  Sergeant  at  Law  is  Patron 
of  the  Donative  Church  of  Worthembury.  And  the  Jurors  further 
say  that  they  hold  it  fitt  that  the  said  Chappell  in  Worthembury, 
and  the  said  pencbn  of  20"  by  the  yeare  should  bee  sev.ed,  and 
taken  from  the  said  Parsonage  of  Bangor,  and  bee  settled  to  the 
Parish  Church  of  Worthembury  in  the  same  manner  as  they  were 
settled  and  anexed  to  Bangor. 

And  the   said  Jurors   say  that  they  doe   not   know  of  any 

*  Vide  infra,  where  they  are  said  to  be  worth  ;^200  per  annum  exclusive 
(if  Overton,  which  was  of  the  value  of /'120. 


28  PHILIP  HENRY. 

spirituall  or  ecclesiasticall  benefices,  liveings,  and  Donatives  with 
or  without  the  Cure  of  Soules  within  the  said  Parish  of  Bangor,  or 
the  Limits  thereof.  Neyther  have  they  any  Evidence  given  them 
of  any  other  Ecclesiasticall  benefices. 

The  case  concerning  the  Parish  Church  of  Worthenbury  and 
the  Chapellry  of  Emerall  truly  stated. 

John  Puleston,  Sergeant  at  law  is  seised  of  an  ancient  Mansion 
House  called  Emerall,  within  the  Parish  of  Worthenbury,  and  that 
hee  and  all  those  whose  Estate  hee  hath  in  the  said  Mansion 
House  have,  for  all  the  tyme  whereof  the  memory  of  man  is  not 
to  the  contrary,  collated  a  fitt  Parson  to  the  said  church  and  that 
the  Parsons  soe  collated  have,  for  all  the  tyme  aforesaid,  receaved 
and  enjoyed  all  the  tyeth  hay,  and  all  the  small  tyeths  yearly 
growing  within  the  bounds  and  precincts  of  the  said  parish,  the 
value  whereof  is  not  much  more  than  20^^  per  annum.  There  is 
likewise  within  the  said  Parish  an  auncient  Chappell  belonging  to 
the  said  Mansion  house  of  Emerall,  which  Chappell  is  anexed  to 
the  Parson  of  Bangor  and  that  for  tyme  out  of  mynde,  the  said 
Parson  hath  receaved  20^  per  annum  from  the  said  John  Puleston 
and  his  Predecessors  for  the  tyeth  corne  of  the  Parish  of  Worthen- 
bury, and  for  the  performeing  of  Divine  service  in  the  said 
Chappell— which  service  the  Incumbent  never  performed.  The 
Parsonage  of  Bangor  is  worth  200^^^  per  annum  and  hath  anexed 
to  it  the  Parish  Church  of  Owton,  worth  120^  per  annum.  The 
desire  of  the  said  Mr.  Puleston  is  that  the  said  Chapellry  might 
be  reunited  to  the  Parish  Church  of  Worthenbury  out  of  which  it 
was  taken,  and  that  the  Tyeths  worth  40^  [?]  may  be  granted 
and  united  to  the  Parson  of  the  Parish  Church  of  Worthenbury 
and  his  successors,  and  that  200,;^  formerly  paid  to  the  Parish  of 
Bangor  may  be  extinguished,  and  that  a  certayne  close  called  the 
Coateor.  .  .  in  Worthenbury  being  the  Inheritance  of  the  said  John 
Puleston  may  likewise  be  settled  to  the  Parson  of  the  said  Parish 
Church  of  A\' orthenbury,  and  his  successors  for  ever,  upon  whicli 
the  said  John  Puleston  intends  to  build  all  necessary  houses  for 
the  accomodacon  of  the  said  Parson  and  his  successors. 

John  Puleston. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  29 

An  exemplification  of  a  verdict  dated  the  i6th  of  January  in 
the  1 6th  (or  loth)  year  of  King  James  for  John  Puleston  Esq. 
against  Prichard  Minister  of  Bangor. 

Another  exemphfication  of  a  verdict  dated  the  1 6th  of  January' 
in  the  15th  year  of  King  James  betwixt  the  same  partys  for  takeing 
the  tyeths  of  Come  in  Worthenbury. 

The  other  papers  contain  the  answers  to  John  Puleston,  ^\'nl. 
Phillips,  Thos.  Phillips,  Edward  ap  David,  John  Allarte  to  a  bill 
of  complainte  apparently  filed  by  John  Bishop  of  Chester  or  by 
Thomas  Prichard,  Curate  of  Bangor  in  his  own  court  respecting 
the  tithes  of  hay  in  the  Pitties,  the  two  Llanvarreds,  and  the 
Tallarne  Pasture,  and  the  Bishop's  replication  to  the  same. 
The  Bishop's  reply  maintains  that  the  statements  in  his  bill  of 
complaint  are  true,  denies  that  there  is  a  Manor  of  Einerall,  except 
in  name,  denies  the  custom  alleged,  saying  that  the  Tythe  was 
sometimes  paid  in  kind,  sometimes  sold  for  different  sums  of 
money. 

A  coppy  of  an  instrument  dated  1683  from  John  Bishop  of 
Chester  and  Thos.  Lloyd  patron  of  the  Rectory  of  Bangor  for  the 
annexing  the  House,  Gleab  land  tithes  lying  and  ariseing  in  the 
Parish  and  Township  of  Worthenbury  to  the  Rector  there. 


19th  Sept.  1653. 
CosiN  Palmer, 

Ye  Messeng''  w*'''  brought  mee  a  letf  fro  y"  brought 
y"  judg  one  also  fro  his  Nephew,  Mr.  Hamlet  Puleston.  But  no 
motio  of  a  Schoolm"".  However  I  rely  so  much  on  y''  choice  of 
y*  gent*"  pposed,  y*  thers'  no  need  to  trouble  Mr.  H.  Puleston.  I 
am  content  to  abate  one  of  y®  sermons,  hoping  hee  will  pray  in  y" 
family,  instead  thereof,  w*'*'  is  so  easy  to  a  Christian  y'  hee  's  rather 
lead  than  drawn  therto,  and  if  y"  expositions  of  Chapters  or 
Psalmes  bee  easyer  to  him  then  preaching,  I  shal  like  it  (as  ever  I 
have  done)  bett"  than  y^  other.  Im'  confident  wee  shall  not  differ 
heerin  fifor  I  shall  eyther  wait  ffor  y"  guifts  and  calling  of  God  in 
him,  (w'"  are  w"'out  repentance)  or  wholly  indulg  him  ffro  y*"  ffor- 
malities  of  preaching,  praying,  &c. — as  some  use  y".  please  to  send 
him  away  ffor  y''  half  year  ffro  y''  time  hee  comes  till  26  weekes  be 


30  PHILIP  HENRY. 

compleat :  his  allowance  shall  be  half  y*^  revenue  pposd,  and  other 
accomodations  mentiond  formerly.  This  time  of  probatio  will 
conclude  us  eyther  on  a  ffarther  time,  or  repayring  to  Oxford  at 
Spring.  .  .  .  Please  to  keep  y"  letter  ...  as  an  evidence  of  our 
bargain.  I  have  delivered  y"  Bearer  5;^  ffor  y"  Gentleman  in  part 
of  y''  first  quarteridg.  What  y'^  charge  of  y®  journey  takes  out  of  it 
I  will  supply  at  y"  quarters  end  when  I  pay  y*"  rest  to  make  out  151^. 
I  have  sent  a  horse  and  a  ffootman  to  wait  on  him  hither.  Mr. 
Roberts  is  grown  a  worthy  Christian  and  I  greatly  value  him. 
if  y"  have  a  mind  to  see  what  works  God  hath  done  in  him,  y" 
shall  finde  him  at  one  Mr.  Courtneys  Lodging  in  Milbanck  neer 
Tuttle-Fields.  God  can  do  as  much  ffor  Mr.  Henry  y"  know.  I 
pray  y"  hasten  him  hyther.  If  pleas  God  to  give  success  to  y^' 
endeavours  I  shal  bee  glad.  I  wish  y**  Gentlem"  to  take  his 
journey  on  Fryday,  and  rest  at  my  Sister  Grayes  on  Lord's  day  so 
hee  may  bee  at  Emral  on  Munday  night.  I  desire  a  good-journey, 
ffrancis  Palmer  (Juni.  and  Tremeli.)  notes  upo  y*"  Bible  I  desire 
y"  to  send  mee,  &  y''  Bible  in  Greek  w'^''  y"'  learned  ffriends, 
Septuagint,  translated  ffor  Ptolomy. 

I  thank  y"  ffor  y''  respect  and  shall  ever  rest 
To  my  much  respected  Y'"  welwishing  Cosin, 

Kinsman  Mr.  Francis  Palmer  Elizabeth  Puleston. 

a  Master  of  Arts  If  y"  will  come  to  see  how 

at  Christ's  Church  in  Oxford  wee  thrive  y"  shal  bee  wel- 

or  in  his  absence  to  one  Mr.  Henry      come.    My  Roger  Puleston 
Master  of  Art  &  of  y"  same  House.      love  to  y"  &  so  y"  rest. 

The  following  letter  from  Lady  Puleston  shows  plainly 
what  Philip  Henry  gave  up  by  leaving  Oxford,  and  taking 
up  with  such  work  as  he  found  at  Emral  and  Worthenbury. 
The  reply  from  Dr.  Owen  is  also  given. 

From  Lady  Puleston  to  Dr.  Owen,  Dean  of  Christ  Church, 
Oxford. 

My  much  Honored  Cosin, 

I  was  in  hopes  I  should  have  seen  you  here  as  you 
purposed  the  last  Spring,  and  am  very  sorry  it  fell  out  otherwise ; 


PHILIP  HENRY.  3 1 

it  hath  pleased  the  lord  to  lay  mee  low  under  his  hand,  by  much 
payn  and  many  months  sicknesse  from  a  Cancer  in  my  Breast, 
and  I  am  wayting  every  day  till  my  change  cometh,  but  if  we  meet 
no  more  on  earth,  I  hope  wee  shall  in  the  Amies  of  Jesus  Christ. 
There  is  a  Friend  of  mine  whose  name  is  Edward  Thomas  of 
Wrexham,  who  brings  his  son  to  your  CoUedge,  and  I  request  you 
to  countenance  him  with  your  Favour,  the  youth  is  very  hopefuU 
both  in  learning  and  Grace,  and  his  Father  an  ancient  Professor 
of  Godlinesse  in  these  parts,  and  one  of  approv'd  Integrity,  and  I 
know,  Sir,  that  such  and  what  concernes  them  lyes  near  your 
Heart  upon  far  greater  and  better  interests  then  mine,  and  I 
persuade  my  selfe,  what  your  opportunityes  will  permitt  you  to 
doe  in  his  behalfe,  you  will  receive  a  full  recompence  of  re- 
ward for  from  him,  who  Iiath  promis'd  to  requite  even  a  cup  of 
cold  water  given  in  the  name  of  a  Disciple.  i\Ir.  H.  is  here 
with  mee,  what  my  Husband  intends  concerning  him  is  not  yet 
settled,  but  I  hope  shortly  it  will  bee,  in  the  mean  time  I  am  loth 
hee  should  leave  a  certainty  in  the  Colledge  for  an  uncertainty 
here,  and  doe  therefore  desire  you  to  continue  his  Place  to  him 
for  a  while  longer,  that  seeing  the  lord  hath  made  him  willing  to 
lay  out  himselfe  in  the  work  of  the  Gospel  so  far  remote  from  his 
Friends  in  this  poor  dark  comer  of  the  land,  hee  may  not  in  any 
thing  bee  prejudic'd  for  our  Sakes.  My  husband  is  at  London  or 
in  his  way  home,  wee  and  our's  are  much  engag'd  to  you  for  your 
love,  and  I  should  have  beene  very  Glad  if  it  might  have  fallen 
within  the  compasse  of  my  Abilityes  to  make  known  other  then 
by  words  my  sense  of  your  many  Kindnesses  ;  but  'tis  the  lords 
wll  I  should  dye  your  Debtor ;  With  my  true  unfayned  respects 
and  service  to  your  lady  and  Selfe, 

I  rest 
Your  affectionate  Cosin  &  Friend, 

E.  P. 

To  Lady  Puleston  wife  of  John  P.  one  of  y"  Judges  of 
y"-'  Common  Pleas. 
Madam. 

Whilst  I  was  in  hopes  to  have  waited  upon  you,  and 
your  worthy  husband,  at  your  o^\^^e  house,  I  reservd  my  begginge 


Z2  PHILIP  HENRY. 

of  your  pardon,  that  I  had  not  made  my  acknowledgements  of  y'' 
favour,  in  owning  and  minding  a  relation  of  kindred,  and  sundry 
other  respects,  unto  that  season.  Being  by  the  providence  of  God 
prevented  as  to  those  resolutions,  I  am  bold  to  lay  hold  on  this 
opportunity,  of  returning  my  hearty  thanks  for  your  kind  remem- 
brances of  him,  who  is  in  no  way  able  to  deserve  your  respects, 
though  he  will  at  all  times  ow^ne  as  hearty  and  entire  an  honor  and 
regard  to  y""  Lad^  &  your  noble  husband  as  any  person  living,  I 
hope  you  both,  with  my  Cousins  your  sons,  are  in  health  ;  and  are 
resolved,  (if  y*"  lord  please)  to  see  you  at  y**  beginning  of  the 
Springe,  my  wife  presents  her  faithfull  service  and  respects  to  your 
LadyP  and  is  glad  to  hear  of  your  name,  for  my  part,  it  is  some 
contentment  to  me,  that  whilst  I  am  in  this  place,  I  have  some 
little  opportunity  to  express  a  regard  to  that  relation  you  are 
pleased  to  allows  me  the  honor  of,  by  taking  the  best  care  I  can  of 
him,  w^ho  bears  the  name  of  your  family,  my  young  cousin  Puleston 
&  humbly  begg  y'  pardon  of  this  trouble,  and  leave  to  subscribe 
myself 

Madam, 

y''  most  humble  servant 
My  most  humble  service  and  affectionate  kinsman 

&  respects  to  w'^''  many  thanks  John  Owen. 

for  his  kind  invitation,  to 
Your  worthy  husband. 

The  following  diary  belongs  to  Miss  Lewis,  of  Croydon, 
to  w^hom  my  best  thanks  are  due  for  the  loan  of  it,  and 
of  other  manuscripts. 

1657. 

This  w^as  the  first  yeare  in  which  I  began  to  keep  an  Account 
of  my  Time  in  this  method.  If  the  Lord  blesse  mee  I  meane  to 
hold  on,  and  I  hope  Use  will  make  mee  more  and  more  perfect  in 
it,  'tis  a  pleasing,  profitable,  heavenly  Art. 

6  Deus,  Doce  me  numerare  dies  meos. 

The  Day  of  a  Deliverance  is  to  bee  remembred,  and  God 
takes  it  ill  when  wee  doe  not  remember  it.     See  PsaL  78.  42. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  33 

If  I  am  a  Reprobate  I  shall  bee  damiid  But  T am  not  a  Repro- 
bate ergo,  negatur  minor  thou  canst  not  prove  it,  the  Book  is  kept 
secret.  Though  the  Godly  may  by  their  calling  know  their  Elec- 
tion, yet  none  can  know  in  this  life  their  Reprobation. 

i\Ir.  Ball  the  Preacher's  sons,  when  y"  left  the  University  and 
came  forth  to  preach,  kept  a  day  of  Humiliation  with  their  godly 
freinds  in  the  Country,  to  implore  mercy  for  their  University  sins, 
so,  lord,  forgive  mee  my  University  sins  ! 

I  was  told  of  a  Godly,  faithfull  minister  of  whom  the  Drunkards 
made  songs,  if  I  doe  my  Duty,  I  must  look  for  the  same. 

A  Gentleman  was  wont  to  repell  temptation  with  this  word  / 
am  Baptiz'd. 

When  a  fire  is  first  kindled  there's  a  great  deale  of  smoke  and 
smother  that  afterw.  weares  away.  So  in  young  Converts,  much 
peevishnesse,  frowardnesse,  Darknesse.  So  it  hath  beene  with  my 
soule,  and  so  it  is  yet  in  great  measure,  lord,  pity  !  don't  cjuench 
smoking  flax,  though  as  yet  it  doe  but  smoke. 

A  tree  cut  up  by  y"  roots  yet  may  have  the  leaves  green  upon 
it  a  great  while.  So  a  people  or  person  devoted  by  God  to  ruine 
may  yet  retaine  many  of  their  outward  comforts  for  a  time,  but 
y^'  are  withering.     Saul  though  rejected  obtayn'd  many  victoiyes. 

Luther  was  a  man  of  a  very  hot  fiery  spirit,  suteable  to  the 
work  hee  was  called  out  to. 

]\Ielancthon  was  more  Slow  and  moderate  and  remisse,  which 
very  much  temper'd  luther's  Zeale. 

B**  Jewell  a  little  before  his  Death,  sang  the  71"  Psalm. 

Dr.  Willett  y^  146.     hee  dyed  of  a  Fall  from  off  his  horse. 

Dan.  Rogers  a  man  eminently  Godly  yet  somet.  would  bee  very 
vaine  and  light  as  if  no  gi-ace  at  all  in  his  heart. 

Quar.  A  man  makes  a  vow,  upon  his  Daughter's  marriage 
against  his  will,  never  to  leave  her  any  thing  of  his  estate.  His 
Daughter  afterw.  behaves  hers,  so  as  to  recover  his  Favour,  is  hee 
or  may  hee  bee  releas't  of  his  Vow  ? 

Queer.  A  Gentlewoman  having  strong  affections  towards  one, 
and  earnestly  desiring  him  for  her  husband,  suffers  y*"  fire  to  burne 
inward  and  conceales  her  love.  Shortly  after,  being  sick,  shee 
makes  a  Vow,  never  to  entertayne  such  thoughts  any  more ;  it 
pleases  God,  shee  recovers  and  notwithstanding  all  endeavours 

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34  PHILIP  HENRY. 

w"'  hers,  to  tlie  contrary,  her  aftections  stir  againe,  being  made 
knowne  to  y''  Party,  hee  inchnes  to  have  her,  qucerie,  may  they 
marry  without  Breach  of  vow. 

the  Gentlewoman  is  under  y''  Government  of  her  IVIother,  being 
ahve. 

Qucvr.  whether  it  bee  lawfull  in  triviall  matters  to  cast  lots. 

Queer,  what  am  I  to  doe,  if  I  receive  brasse  money  and  know 
not  of  whom,  may  I  put  it  off  if  I  can  to  others,  or  must  I  suffer 
losse  by  it  ? — Suffer. 

Queer.  Concerning  Private  Baptism. 

Queer.   Concerning  Preaching  on  Christmas-day. 

Three  things,  which  if  X"-""  doe,  they  may  prove  mistaken — 

1.  if  they  look  for  that  in  thems.  which  is  to  bee  had  in 
another,  viz.  Righteous ncs. 

2.  if  they  look  for  that  in  the  law  w'"'  is  to  be  had  only  in 
y*^  Gospel,  viz.  Mercy. 

3.  if  they  look  for  that  on  earth  w"''  is  to  bee  only  in  Hea\-en. 
viz.  Perfection. 

Carnall  Gospellers  are  Gospel-Spillers. — Boiton. 

Non  videtur  Adam  pecasse  in  Bonaventura. 

A  Speech  of  Mr.  Sam.  Hieron's  a  little  before  his  Death  ;  I 
confesse  in  publike  I  have  been  somewhat  full  in  reproof,  in 
admonition,  in  instruction,  but  in  private  my  backwardnesse,  my 
bashfulnes,  my  dastardlinesse  hath  been  intolerable,  and  I  may 
say  that  if  any  th.  lyes  as  a  burthen  upon  my  conscience,  this  is  it, 
but  I  praise  my  God,  I  know  upon  whose  shoulders  to  cast  it  with 
the  rest  of  my  Transgressions. 

A  Speech  of  Mr.  Dod's,  /  would  to  God  I  were  tlie  worst 
Minister  in  England. 

It  was  a  saying  of  one  of  the  Kings  of  France,  viewing  his 
Stately  buildings,  pleasant  Gardens  <.\:c.  T/iese  are  tJie  things  that 
nia/ce  men  mnvilling  to  dye. 

July  6.  I  made  addresses  to  the  Presbytery  in  Shrop-shire  for 
Ordination. 

They  mett  at  Frees,  there  were  present  Mr.  Porter*  Pncsident, 
Mr.  Houghton,  Mr.  Parsons,  Mr.  Binney,  Mr.  Steel,  f 

*  Mr.  Porter  was  "bred  at  Cambridge  :"  presented  to  the  living  of  Ilan- 
mcr  by  Sir  Thomas  Hanmer,  Bart.,  in  1625  ;  "was  forced  to  withdraw  during 


PHILIP  HENRY.  35 

Inquiry  was  made.  i.  concerning  the  work  of  grace  upon  my 
Heart. 

A\'hereunto  I  reply'd,  The  Spirit  has  been  deaUng  with  mee 
while  I  was  very  young,  not  only  in  the  publique  Ministry,  but  by 
y''  private  Instructions  of  a  Godly  mother  also,  &  I  hop'd  had 
convinc't  mee  of  my  sin,  &  discovered  to  mee  my  need  of 
X'  and  bow'd  my  will  in  some  measure  to  close  with  him  upon  his 
owne  Termes,  in  sincerity,  unfaynedly,  and  that  having  taken  him 
to  bee  mine,  I  had  also  resign'd  mys.  up  to  him  to  bee  his,  to  bee 
guided  &  governed  by  him,  and  resolved  by  his  grace  to  continue 
in  his  wayes  unto  y^  Death. 

2.  Concerning  my  skill  in  the  Originall  languages  of  the 
Scripture. 

for  the  Hebrew,  I  read  &  construed.  Ps.  2.  i.  2. 
for  the  Greek,  I  read  &  construed.  Ink  16.  i.  2. 

3.  for  logique,  I  was  askt,  quottiplex  est  Syllogisniits  ?  I  answer'd, 
7'el  Categoricus  vel  HypoiJieticiis.  Item,  Probabilis  vcl  Deiitonstra- 
tivus.  quoe  sunt  leges  legitimi  Syllogismi.  Resp.  nihil  concluditur 
nisi  altera  propositio  sit  universalis — c\:c. 

A.  For  Philosophy.  Quid  est  elenientum  ?  Resp.  est  sub- 
stantia pura  (potiiis ;  est  corpus  simplex)  ex  qua  omnia  fiunt  (I 
should  have  added,  et  in  quam  ultimo  resolvuntur).  An  sit  eadem 
materia  coeli  et  Terrce  ?  Resp.  non.  Materia  coeli  est  incorruptib. 
— Err. 

An  detur  elementum  ignis  ?  Imo  !  ubi  ?  sub  concavo  luna;. 
Ut  probas?  quia  e.  elem.  levissim  &c.  &c.  &c. 

the  heat  of  the  wars,"  and — according  to  tradition — appointed  to  Whitchurch 
by  the  Protector  in  1650.  In  1656  he  had  a  ptd^hc  dispute  in  Ellesmere  Churcli 
with  one  Haggar,  an  Anabaptist,  concerning  infant  baptism,  occasioned  by  a 
sermon  Mr.  Porter  had  preached  on  that  subject.  In  "  1653,  ffeb.  11.  Jebes, 
s.  of  Tho.  Porter,  pastor  heare,"  is  buried  at  Whitchurch.  In  "  1657,  Sep.  5. 
Mary  wife  of  Tho.  Porter  Min"" "  is  buried  ;  and  in  "  1660,  Mar.  26.  Thomas 
Porter,  the  elder,  of  this  par.  and  Susan  Chve  of  the  par.  of  Baschurch  "  are 
married. 

t  Richard  Steel  of  Barthomley,  Cheshire,  took  his  M.A.  degree  at  St.  John's 
College,  Cambridge,  and  an  "  ad  eundem  "  at  Oxford,  July  5,  1656  (Anthony 
a  Wood).  In  "Collections  for  Walker's  Suff.  of  Clergy,"  Bodleian,  vol.  i. 
No.  203,  we  are  told  that  Mr.  Porter  placed  him  at  Hanmer,  but  the  date 
is  not  given.  Newcome  visits  him  there,  June  10,  1654,  and  wishes  to  imitate 
his  "kindness."  He  assisted  at  the  ordination  of  Philip  Henry  in  1657,  and  of 
^latthew  Henry  in  1687. 


^6  PHILIP  HENRY. 

5.  What  Authors  in  Divinity  I  had  read.  A.  Somet.  in 
Wollebius,  Amesius,  Calvin. 

Qit.  Avhat  are  the  parts  of  X''  Mediatorship.  A.  three,  his 
priestly,  kingly,  prophetic  office. 

Q.  w'  doth  X'  doe  as  prophet  ? 

A.  teaches  his  Church.  Q.  immediately  ?  A.  no.  by  his  Spirit 
in  his  word,  what  are  the  parts  of  his  Preistly  office.  A.  two. 
his  Death  &:  his  Intercession. 

6.  What  was  my  Judgem'  in  ref.  to  Infant-Baptisme,  ought  any 
children  to  bee  baptiz'd. 

A.  I  believe  they  ought  &  I  am  clear  in  it. 

7.  what  in  refer,  to  y*"  controversy  betw.  Presbyterian  and 
Independant. 

Answ'"  was  made  for  mee,  if  I  had  not  approved  of  the  Pres- 
byt.  way,  I  would  not  have  come  thither. 

I  reply'd,  in  most  things  according  to  my  present  light  I  did,  but 
I  had  not  had  opportunity  to  search  into  y*"  bottom  of  y*"  contro\-. 

8.  the  place  of  Script  propos'd  was  i  C07:  10.  26.  28.  Qii. 
how  come  y''  same  Avords  of  the  Psalmist  to  bee  a  reason  why 
y"  should  eat  &  why  y^'  should  not. 

A.  in  a  different  sense,  i.  you  may  eat,  for  the  earth  is  y"  lords 
q.d.  ever}'  creature  of  God  is  good  if  receiv'd  with  Thanksgiving 
by  y^'"  y'  know  y*"  truth.  2.  if  your  brother  bee  offended,  you 
may  forbear,  for  y"  earth,  q.d.  there  are  other  th.  enough  which 
you  may  eat  freely  of  without  offence. 

9.  This  case  of  Conscience  was  propounded.  Suppose  one 
should  come  to  you  &  make  complaint  of  his  condition,  6  Sir, 
I  am  undone,  'tis  to  no  purp.  for  mee  to  wayt  upon  y**  meanes  of 
Grace,  I  am  a  Reprobate,  &  if  a  Reprobate,  no  salvation. 

A.  I  would  deny  his  minor,  e\:  endeavour  to  shew  him,  that 
though  a  man  may  know  his  own  election  yet  hee  cannot  his 
Reprobation, 

Ob.  Suppose  hee  should  reply,  I  have  y'  mark  of  a  reprobate, 
much  guilt,  a  hard  heart,  a  seared  Conscience. 

A.  I  would  endeavour  to  convince  him,  there  is  nothing  which 
befalls  a  reprobate  but  may  befall  one  that  is  elect  before  Con- 
version except  the  Guilt  of  y*"  sin  agt  y''  holy  Gh. 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  '37 

lo.  Concerning  church-history  I  was  only  askt  whether  I  liad 
read  Eusebius  &:c. 

I  answered,  I  had,  some  of  him,  but  not  all  over. 

These  were  the  Occurrences  of  that  day's  meeting. 

They  gave  mee  a  Qu.  to  provide  a  Thesis  upon  against  the 
next  meeting. 

Qu.  an  Providentia  divina  extendat  se  ad  omnia.     Aff. 

There  were  examin'd  the  same  day  Mr.  Hall  of  New-castle  in 
Staffordshire  and  Mr.  Jones  of  llanarmon  in  Denbigh-shire. 

The  lord  prosper  all  my  undertakings  that  are  accor.  to  His  will ! 

Aug.  3.  I  exhibited  my  Theses  upon  the  aforesaid  Question, 
An  Providentia  divina  extendat  se  ad  omnia,  concerning  which, 
Disputation  was  held  for  about  the  space  of  halfe  an  houre  or 
more,  there  oppos'd  Mr.  Parsons,  Mr.  Binney,  Mr.  Houghton, 
and  Mr.  Porter  moderated ;  The  maine  thing  insisted  on  was  If 
God  concur  by  his  Providence  to  every  action,  how  is  hee  not 
then  the  Author  of  Sin,  to  which  Answer  was  given,  the  materiality 
of  y^  Action  is  from  God,  but  the  formality  w*^""  is  y^  sinfulnesse  of 
it,  is  from  the  sinner  himselfe. 

lord,  I  desire  thou  mayest  have  the  glory  of  all  my  abilityes, 
naturall,  morall,  spirituall ;  if  they  were  more,  thou  shouldst  have 
more  glory ;  and  I  beg  of  thee  to  overlook  my  failings,  especially 
the  Pride  and  selfishnesse  that  is  often  stirring  its.  in  my  poor 
soule  for  Christ  his  sake. 

I  left  two  Certificates,  w*  Mr.  Eevaii,  the  Register  to  the 
classis,  One  from  Oxford,  subscrib'd  by  Dr.  Wilkinson,  Dr. 
langley,  Mr.  Cornish,  Mr.  Button,  the  other  subscrib'd  by  Mr. 
Steel,  Mr.  Orl.  Fogg,  Mr.  Jenkyn, 

both  testifying  of  my  conversation  &c.  the  lord  forgive  mee 
that  it  hath  not  been  more  exemplary,  as  it  ought,  for  piety  and 
Industry.     Amen,  lord  !   in  Christ. 

The  day  for  Ordination  was  appointed  to  bee,  Wednesday, 
Sept.  16.     the  place,  Prees. 

I  would  very  faine  have  been  ordain'd  at  Worthenbury,  the 
place  where  God  hath  cast  my  lott,  which  I  beleeve  comes  nearest 
the  Institution  but  it  might  not  bee,  rebus  publicis  sic  stantibus 
— Hopes  thereof  was  one  mayn  motive  to  mee  to  defer  being 
ordayn'd  so  long. — The  lord  prosper  mee  in  his  works. 


35  PHILIP  HENRY. 

Sept.  14.  Upon  Publication  of  my  intentions  to  bee  ordayn'd 
Mr.  Fogg  put  in  a  Caveat  against  raee,  not  in  reference  to  tlie 
thing  its.  but  in  reference  to  the  Place,  hee  conceiv'd  it  an  in- 
trenchm*  upon  his  right  to  Worthenbury  and  a  prejudice  to  his 
proceedings  for  y''  recovery  of  it,  in  a  course  of  law. — Much  was 
said  before  the  Classis,  p7-o  and  con. ,  the  result  whereof  was  this, 
that  if  I  would  desire  his  consent  hee  would  freely  give  it,  I  conde- 
scended for  peace  sake  and  it  was  done  in  Scriptis  in  this  forme, 

Whereas  the  Inhabitants  of  Worthenbury  in  the  County  of 
Hint,  have  desired  mee  Philip  Henry  to  bee  their  Minister  I  doe 
desire  the  consent  of  Mr.  Fogg  rector  of  Bangor,  that  I  may  bee 
ordayned  thereunto. — P.  H. 

I  am  contented  that  Mr.  Phil.  Henry  doe  officiate  in  the 
Chappel  of  Worthenbury,  and  doe  humbly  beg  a  blessing  from 
the  lord  upon  his  labours  and  endeavours  there. — R.  F. 

the  Original  remaynes  in  the  Custody  of  Mr.  Bevan,  Scribe  to  y'^ 
Classis. 

I  expect,  hee  should  talk  big  of  my  submission  to  him  herein, 
but  I  value  it  not. 

Sept.  16.  I  was  ordayn'd  Minister,  being  solemnly  set  apart 
thereunto  by  Imposition  of  Hands.  Mr.  Porter  began  the  day  in 
Prayer  ;  Mr.  Parsons  preacht.  Text,  i  Tim.  i.  1 2.  /  tJiank 
Christ  Jesus  our  lo7-d  ivho  hath  enabled  inee,  for  that  hee  counted 
niee  faithfull,  putting  mee  into  the  Ministry.  After  Sermon  they 
proceeded  to  Ordination,  I  was  ordayn'd  first,  Mr.  Parsons 
(according  to  the  Forme)  requir'd  of  iiiee  a  Confession  of  my 
Faith  which  I  made,  and  propounded  several  1  Quaestions  to  meet 
to  which  I  gave  Answer  ;  thereupon  hee  prayed,  and  in  Prayer 
Hee,  and  Mr.  Porter  and  Mr.  Houghton  and  Mr.  Maiden  and 
Mr.  Steel  layd  their  hands  on  me;  and  so  successively  on  five 
more,  Mr.  Jones  of  llanarmon,  Mr.  Dickens  of  Mortonsay,  Mr. 
Bradley  of  Nesse,  Mr.  Hall  of  Newcastle,  Mr.  Hanmer  *  of  Whit- 

*  In  his  "Antiquities  of  Mj-ddle,"  p.  160,  Richard  Gough  says,  "John 
Ellice  because  he  came  hither  from  Hanmer  was  called  Elhce  of  Hanmer,  and 
then  ElHce,  alias  Hanmer.  His  second  son  Thomas  was  brought  up  to  be  a. 
good  English  scholar.  Thomas  Hanmer  had  a  son  [Joseph]  who  was  sent  to 
Oxford,  and  was  at  last  made  Doctor  of  Divinity,  and  married  a  wife  [at  Whit- 
church, March  27,  1659]  whose  maiden  name  was  [Martha]  Eddowes,  of  a  good 
family  in  Cheshire.     Hee  was  parson   of  ^laurwheale  near  Wrexham,  a  good 


PHI  LI r  IIEXRY.  39 

Avell  chappell — thereup.  j\Ir.  Maiden  clos'd  the  day  with  an 
exhortation,  directed  specially  to  us,  and  so  dismist  the  Congre- 
gation.— They  gave  us  Instrum'^  of  this  in  Parchment  subscribd 
with  their  severall  Hands. 

INIee  thoughts  I  saw  much  of  dod  in  the  carrying  on  of  the 
work  of  this  day,  6  how  Good  is  the  lord,  hee  is  Good  and  bee 
doth  Good,  the  Remembrance  of  it  I  shall  never  lose,  to  him  bee 
( ilory. 

I  made  many  promises  of  Diligence,  Industry,  faithfulnes, 
zeale,  in  some  things  concerning  my  selfe,  in  some  concerning  my 
family  (when  God  shall  call  mee  to  it)  in  some  concerning  my 
people,  but  I  lay  no  stresse  at  all  on  them,  but  on  the  lord's 
promise  to  mee,  that  hee  will  bee  wdth  his  Ministers  alwayes  to 
the  end  of  the  world. 

Amen,  lord,  so  bee  it. 

make  good  thy  word  unto  thy  servant  wherein  thou  hast 
caused  mee  to  put  my  trust. 

Qui  non  valet  in  rere,  solvet  in  corpore. 

Bntaimia* — Brit  or  Birth,  in  the  old  British  language 
signifies  blew-coloured,  &  tania  is  added  for  y"  Signification  of 
such  a  region  or  Country — as  lusilania,  Mauritania,  Aquitaiiia,  So 
that  Britannia  is  as  much  as  the  country  of  Blew  people ;  bee.  the 
inhabitants  instead  of  clothes  w-ere  wont  to  besmear  their  bodyes 
with  woad,  a  thing  that  dyes  blew.     Burr,  on  Has.  i  pt.  p.  175. 

January  8.  Dr.  Roger  Puleston  dyed  suddenly  at  Chester, 
lord  teach  us  to  number  our  Dayes  ! 

Jan.  17.  I  heard  two  sermons  at  Bangor,  the  one  from  Act. 
17.  31.     Hee  hath  appointed  a  day  ivhercin  hee  will  judge  the  world. 

my  heart  was  very  dead  in  hearing,  (the  lord  in  mercy 
forgive  it). 

but  the  truth  made  up  to  mys.  is  this,  I  would  faine  bee 
certifyed.  Am  I  ready  for  that  day  ? 

'twill  bee  terrible  to  sinners, 

henehtt,  and  hee  was  a  good  preacher,  hut  Uvcd  a  troublesome  life  being  always 
in  the  law  with  his  parishoners,  especially  with  the  Broiigtons.  Hee  dyed  att 
Maurwheale."  There  is  a  curious  letter  of  his  in  Harl.  manuscript  1971, 
p.  131. 

*  British  traditions  say  that  it  was  called  by  one  IJrulus  "  Ynys  Brut,"  i.e. 
Brut  Ynys  =  Brutus'  island,  and  hence  Britannia. 


40  PHILIP  HENRY. 

'twill  bee  comfortable  to  the  Godly, 

tis  not  long  to  it, 

where  shall  I  then  appeare  ?  6  lord,  let  mee  bee  found  in 
Christ  !  at  his  right,  not  at  his  left  hand  !  among  the  sheep,  not 
among  the  Goats  ! 

Ay  mee,  I  have  beene  a  wandring  sheep  (if  yet  a  sheep)  6 
save  mee  for  thy  mercyes  sake  ! 

The  other  from  Act.  24.  25.  Felix  trembled.  much  was 
spoken  that  reacht  my  heart  and  present  condition,  as  if  the  lord 
had  sent  y*"  Minisf  to  preach  purposely  to  mee,  blessed  bee  God  ! 

Tis  a  dreadful  thing  to  sin  against  Conviction,  and  that  I  have 
done  many  a  time  ;  Father,  forgive  mee  !  though  I  can't  say, 
I  knew  not  what  I  did  !  A  convinced  person  finds  a  great  deale 
lesse  pleasure  in  sin,  then  others  doe ;  I  can  set  my  scale  to  that 
Truth,  and  acknowl.  mys.  theref.  so  much  the  more  a  foole  to 
Transgresse  without  a  cause,  sure  my  sin  is  the  greater. 

Sins  against  Conviction  border  upon  y^  sin  against  the  Holy 
(ihost ;  6  how  neare  then  have  I  beene  to  mine  ;  there  hath  beene 
but  a  step  between  mee  &  Death,  but  God  hath  had  mercy. 

Saving  Convictions  melt  the  Heart,  set  the  soule  a-praying, 
subdue  the  will  to  live  accor.  to  y^"" — mine  this  day  produc't  the 
two  former  effects  w"^  hearty  unfayned  Resolutions  touching  y*" 
later,  lord,  undertake  for  mee  ! 

I  was  told,  I  must  not  stay  till  some  remarkable  time  from 
w'^''  to  Date  my  Conversion  to  God,  as  many  doe,  but  I  must 
make  this  day  remarkable  by  doing  it  now !  After  dangerous 
backslidings,  loe  !  I  come  to  y'"''  for  thou  art  y^  lord  my  God  !  my 
God  in  Christ ! 

Ja7i.  13.  I  heard  Mr.  Icivis  preach  at  WorthenhHry^htWi^  the 
day  of  our  monthly  lecture. 

The  lesson  from  Esa.  48.  17  was  this,  //  is  the  lord  that  teacheth 
his  People  to  Profit. 

Hee  teacheth  by  his  Spirit  in  the  use  of  meanes,  for  though 
Paul  may  plant  and  ApoUos  water  yet  tis  God  alone  that  gives 
the  increase. 

lord,  I  look  up  to  thee  in  all  my  endeavours  for  the  Good  of 
those  I  preach  to,  praying  thee  to  concur  with  thy  Blessing,  that 
the  work  may  prosper. 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  41 

A  good  Guid  doth  not  only  tell  y*  way,  but  goes  along  in  the 
way.  the  nurse  doth  not  only  tell  y*  child  how  to  goe,  but  takes 
it  by  the  Hand. 

lord,  lead  mee  in  thy  way.     Psal.  27.  11. 

26.  INIin''^  mett  at  Hanmer.     y*  Question  wee  disputed  of  was, 
An  Dccretiiin  Dei  tollat  libertatem  nostram.     Neg. 

27.  wee  mett  at  our  monthly  Conference.  Qu.  what  are  the 
Priviledges  that  Beleevers  have  right  to  by  J.  X'. 

30.  I  was  ill,  I  thought  unto  death,  but  the  lord  had  mercy : 
it  was  the  occasion  through  inordinate  fear  &  grief  of  Sist.  ISIary's 
fitts  of  y"  Mother,  in  y^  first  whereof  shee  continued  near  8  houres, 
without  sign  of  life. 

Jan.  4.     I  preacht  at  Penley. 

10.     I  preacht  at  Gresford  at  the  Burj'all  of  Dr.  Puleston. 

21.  I  visited  John  Griffith  of  Worthenbury  being  sick  & 
pray'd  with  him,  if  the  lord  restore  him,  I  am  to  put  him  in  mind 
of  promises  of  new  obedience,  lord,  help  him  to  performe.  lord, 
restore  him. 

27.  Note.  It  pleas'd  the  lord  hee  did  Recover,  6  that  hee 
might  remember. 

February.  These  following  sins  were  in  this  month  sett  home 
with  power  upon  my  Conscience. 

1.  Omissions  innumerable,  I  fall  short  of  Duty  in  ever)' 
relation. 

2.  much  frowardnesse  upon  every  occasion  which  fills  my  way 
with  thorns  &  snares, 

3.  Pride,  a  veine  of  it  runs  throughout  my  whole  Conver- 
sation, 

4.  Selfe-seeking,  corrupt  ends  in  all  I  doe  applause  with  men 
more  regarded  then  the  Glory  of  God,  oftentimes. 

5.  My  owne  Iniquity,  many  Bubblings  up  of  Heart — Corru})- 
tion,  and  Breakings  forth  too, 

o  lord,  Shame  hath  covered  my  face, 
Pardon  and  Purge  for  sweet  Jesus'  sake. 
The  lord  in  this  month  shook  his  Rod  over  me,   i.  in  a  violent 
Distemper  upon  mys.     2.  in  much  danger  of  life  to  Sister  Mary, 
and  I  have  heard,  someth.  of  y^  Voice  of  it,  so  that  I  know  partly 
what  it  saith, 


42  PHILIP  IIEXRY. 

Lord,  help  mee  to  yeeld  obedience. 

I  have  beene  in  the  Furnace,  if  I  come  out  againe  and  leave 
no  drosse  behind,  it  will  bee  sad, 

Tis  a  great  losse  to  lose  an  Affliction. 

Feb.  lo.  I  heard  ]\Ir.  lewis  preach  at  Worthenb.  it  being  the 
day  of  our  monthly  lecture. 

The  lesson  from  Zech.  7.  13.  where  God  is  said  to  cry  upon 
men,  was  this,  the  lord  is  very  affectionately  importunate  for  y'' 
good  of  poor  soules. 

6  how  often  have  I  heard  him  cry  upon  mee  in  his  word  and 
by  his  Rod, 

blessed  bee  his  name,  hee  hath  not  yet  left  mee  alone. 

February  i.  Another  violent  Fit,  it  was  the  Lord's  day, 
towards  Evening  some  Godly  Freinds  being  present,  I  prayed 
with  them  ;  lord,  hear  in  heaven. 

2.  I  began  to  mend,  having  some  ease,  but  Sister  ]\Iary 
continued  ill. 

— much  peevishnesse,  it  becomes  mee  not,  and  which  is  worse 
it  greives,  and  vexes  the  good  Spirit  of  Ciod,  lord,  pardon  and 
subdue. 

• — 20.  Sister  Mary  very  weak  and  in  much  danger,  the  lord 
bee  her  support. 

I  doe  verily  beleive  shee  is  in  Christ  and  therefore  best  for 
her  to  bee  with  Christ. 

— her  Distemper  turned  about  this  time  from  the  ffitts  of  the 
mother  to  a  violent  Ague. 

— My  sister  Kath.  WTOte  to  mee,  that  having  overlov'd  there 
was  danger  lest  I  should  overgreive  for  usually  much  Affection 
brings  much  Afiiiction  :  Twas  a  seasonable  word  then  when  it  was 
wTitten,  and  may  bee  of  use  hereafter. 

26.  I  wrote  to  Mr.  lewis  to  intreat  Mr.  Moston  to  Baptize  a 
child  of  Robert  Bycklys  but  hee  refus'd  ;  his  grounds  I  know  not. 

February  i.  I  being  ill  my  Freind  Mr.  lewis  having  ingagd 
to  spend  the  Sabb.  at  Bangor,  the  peopl  of  Worthenb.  mett  early 
&  hee  preacht  to  them  before  hee  went  to  Bangor  and  againe  in 
the  Evening  at  the  Chappell,  after  his  returne,  about  which  time 
sister  Mary  fell  ill. 

■  10.     Having  kept  my  chamber  since  friday  J-'^n.  30.  this  daj- 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  43 

])eing    our    monthly    lecture    I    went    forth    &    preacht.      Text. 
Ps.  2^,.  I. — blessed  bee  God — 

15.  wee  began  the  Duty  of  reading  the  Avord  in  the  Family, 
long  omitted,  lord  Pardon. 

17.     Sister  Mary  lett  bloud. 

20.  A  day  of  publike  Thanksgiving  for  the  Deliverance  of 
Oliver  lord  Protector  from  a  Plot  to  take  away  his  life. 

March  i.  Having  intermitted  Repetition  upon  the  Evening  of 
the  Sabbath  bee.  of  winter,  this  day  wee  reviv'd  it.  lord,  owne  us 
with  Strength  and  a  blessing. 

3.  A  child  of  Robert  Bycklfs  was  baptiz'd  by  Mr.  Mamvaring 
of  Malpas,  the  name  Philip.  I  was  present  &  exhorted  &  pray'd 
— 6  lord,  let  this  child  live  in  thy  sight  ! — The  more  publikely 
that  Ordinance  is  administred,  the  better. 

17.  A  child  oi  Joseph  Ridgen.'ay' s  was  baptiz'd  by  Mr.  Keeling 
of  Cockshiit*  the  name  Hannah.  I  was  present  &  preacht,  it  was 
at  Shocklach.*  Lord,  let  this  child  also  live  in  thy  sight!  Our 
Baptisme  is  then  made  effectuall  to  us,  when  wee  are  baptized 
with  the  holy  Ghost. 

19.  a  Day  of  Prayer  at  Hannier,  I  was  much  straitened,  no 
life  at  all  in  the  Duty,  many  \^•andrings ;  if  my  Prayers  were 
written  downe  in  a  Paper,  and  then,  my  vaine  distracting  Thoughts 
in  time  of  Duty  interlin'd,  6  what  incoherent  non-sence  would 
there  bee  1    I  am  asham'd,  lord,  I  am  asham'd  !  6  pity  and  pardon  ! 

Towards  the  close  of  the  same  day,  I  mett  w*"^  a  Friendly 
seasonable  Admonition,  blessed  bee  God  !  my  heart  was  then  in 
somewhat  a  better  frame  then  Ordinary  for  y^  receiving  of  it  and 
I  hope  it  hath  done  mee  Good. 

The  lord  is  very  gracious,  in  that  hee  foUowes  mee  thus  from 
time  to  time,  sure  hee  is  not  willing  I  should  perish. 

The  eyes  of  many  are  upon  mee,  some  for  one  end,  some  for 
another.  Some  for  good,  some  for  Evill — I  had  need  bee  w^atch- 
fuU ;  lord,  hold  up  my  goings  in  thy  path,  that  my  footsteps  slip 
not !  lord,  thou  tellest  all  my  wandrings,  for  Jesus  sake,  let  y™' 
bee  forgotten  ! 

Mar.   4.    I  heard  two  Sermons  at  Bangor.     The   one  from 

*  Cockshute  and  Shocklach  are  chapelries — the  one  in  Salop,  south-east  of 
Ellesmere  ;  the  othei"  in  Cheshire,  north-west  of  Malpas. 


44  PHILIP  IIE.YRY. 

I  Jo/ui  3.  I.  behold,  ivhat  manner  of  love  the  Father  hath  bestoiued 
npon  us,  y^  ^vee  should  bee  called  the  Sons  of  God.  Tis  wonderful! 
rich  mercy  that  such  unworthy  Creatures  as  wee  are,  should  bee 
taken  into  so  high  and  glorious  Relation,  accompanyed  with  so 
many  choyce  and  precious  Priveledges.  Behold !  wee  doe  not 
enough  consider  it,  wee  can  never  enough  admire  it. 

One  Priveledge  of  sons,  I  was  told  is  this,  the  Father  will 
correct  them,  Heb.  12.  6.  Blessed  be  my  Father,  I  have  not  beene 
altogether  without  chastisem*  yet  not  the  thousandth  part  of  what 
I  deserve,  I  have  been  very  undutifull,  very  untoward  ; 

All  beleevers  are  Heires  yet  the  Inheritance  not  diminished. 

Heires  of  God,  hee  gives  other  th.  to  others,  hims.  to  them, 
lord,  give  mee  thy  selfe  ! 

The  other  from  Rom.  3.  24.  Being  J u stiff  d  freely  by  his 
Grace. — Grace  not  Infused,  but  Imputed,  not  within  us,  but  with- 
out us,  Inhaerent  grace  though  true  yet  is  not  pfect,  it  shines  bright 
when  acted,  like  Gold,  yet  put  it  into  the  Refining  pan  and  Drosse 
will  appeare. 

Whereas  that  upon  y'"  account  of  v\''''  wee  are  Justifyed,  is  such 
as  hath  no  mixture  of  Urosse,  namely,  the  Righteousness  of  y*" 
lord  Jesus. 

We  may  know  our  Justification  by  our  Sanctification. 
Justitia  mea  misericordia  tua,  Doviine. 

Wee  are  no  where  said  in  Script,  to  be  Justif  Sto,  rr/v  iriunv 
but  alwayes  r^  irifnu.  the  Spouse  in  the  Canticles  came  leaning 
upon  her  beloved,  lord  Jesus,  my  soule  leanes  upon  thee  for 
acceptation  with  the  Father. 

Mar.  10.  I  heard  Mr.  lewis  preach  at  Worthenb.  Text.  Zech. 
7.  13.  Doct.  there  are  many  men  who  will  not  heare  God,  though 
hee  cry  to  them. 

not  heare,  i.e.  not  obey.  ^67'.  7.  23.  24. — 6.  16  &c. 

Reason  from  the  Corruption  of  y'  will,  that  refuses  the  feare 
of  the  lord — God  sets  life  and  death  before  men,  they  chuse 
Death,     lord,  I  chuse  life  ! 

A  naturall  man  may  doe  more  y''"  hee  doth  tow.  his  ownc 
salvation,  and  that  hee  doth,  hee  may  doe  better,  yet  not  well. 
No  man  ever  perisht  that  did  his  utmost.  God  leaves  every  man 
the  Casting  Voice,  will  you  or  will  you  not. 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  45 

Here's  our  undoing,  In  all  worldly  matters  our  wills  are 
guided  by  our  understandings  ;  only  in  the  th.  of  our  soules  our 
underst.  are  guided  by  our  wills. 

^^'hen  wee  obey  the  lords  call,  that  Calling  is  Effectuall,  and 
tis  effectuall  calling  that  evidences  our  Election.     2  Fct.  1.  10. 

Mar.  17.  I  heard  Mr.  Keeling  preach  at  ShocJd.  Text. 
Jam.  i,  21. — I  learnt  that  sin  is  a  filthy  thing,  it  pollutes  the  soule, 
it  robs  us  of  our  beauty,  makes  the  lord  to  abhor  us, 

6  Sin,  my  greatest  enemy,  bee.  God's  greatest  enemy. 

When  the  glorious  Angels  had  upon  them  but  one  Spot  of  it, 
Heaven  was  no  longer  a  place  for  them. 

Lord  Jesus,  wash  mee  in  thy  Bloud,  purge  mee,  cleanse  mee, 
take  away  all  my  defilem'^  I  abhor  mys.  I  loath  mys.  much  more 
doth  the  lord  loath  mee  !  Create  in  mee  a  clean  heart,  6  God, 
this  heart  I  have  is  all  dirty,  give  mee  a  better.  I  am  asham'd 
to  come  w""  it  into  my  fathers  presence. 

23.  The  Ministers  mett  at  Flanmer.  Qu.  An  usura  sit  licita  ? 
Neg.  I  answefd.  Great  need  of  y"  Spirit  of  love  and  meek- 
nesse  amongst  us,  in  forbearing  one  another. 

31.  wee  mett  in  Conference  at  Worthenb.  Qu.  %o'  is  it  that 
keepes  men  from  seeking  after  God.  much  was  said  in  answer  to  it, 
both  by  my  selfe  and  others  ;  the  lord  blesse  it  to  y*"  that  heard 
it.  A  strange  Mayd  that  was  present,  weeping  much,  Spake  these 
words,  wee  read  thus  Jer.  4.1.  If  thou  tvilt  return  6  Israel,  saitli 
the  lord,  return  unto  mee.  I  replyed  nothing  to  her,  as  I  am  wont 
to  doe  to  others,  w"  y"  speak  in  Conference,  not  approving  of  her 
speaking  bee.  of  that  of  y^  Apost.  i  Ti7n.  2.  11.  12.  i  Cor.  14. 
34.  35.  yet  by  this  meanes  a  reproach  was  raysd  by  those  that 
watch  for  our  baitings,  that  wee  suffer  women  to  speak  in  the 
church.     Though  Qua;ro —     Shee  is  since  turn'd  Quaker. 

Ma?:  10.     This  week  Mr.  lewis  spent  w*  us  at  Emerall. 

12.  We  visited  Mrs.  Eyton  newly  recovered  from  a  dangerous 
sicknesse. 

14.     Books  from  Oxford. 

25.  I  began  y^  Duty  of  Instructing  the  Servants  in  the  Family 
Thursday  morning,     help  lord. 

At  our  return  from  Conference  the  Judge  spake  much  against 
it ;  my  Answercs  were  not  so  discreet  and  convincing  as  I  could 


46  PHILIP  HENRY. 

wish  they  had  l^een,  it  repents  mee,  lord,  forgive  mee  for  X^' 
sake. 

April.  A  Scripture  ground  for  singing  Psahiis  in  familyes 
may  be  taken  from  Ps.  ii8.  15.  TJie  voice  of  rejoycing  is  in  the 
Tabernacle  of  y"  righteous. 

tis  a  way  to  hold  forth  GodUnesse,  like  the  Scarlet  Thread. 
Josh.  2.  18.  to  such  as  passe  by  our  windows. 

I  heard  concerning  a  very  old  man  in  the  north  parts  of 
England,  a  minister,  whose  age  was  very  strangely  renew'd. 

About  this  time,  one  inquiring  of  mee  concerning  the  successe 
of  my  Ministry  in  the  Place  where  I  am,  I  am  afraid  the  Pride 
and  Haughtinesse  of  my  Heart  discover'd  it  selfe ;  lord  pardon 
&  subdue.  I  am  more  afraid  of  y'^  breakings  forth  of  that  sin, 
then  almost  any  other  ;  for  X'  his  sake,  lord,  give  mee  strengtli 
against  it. 

Apr.  30.  I  preacht  in  Dr.  langley's  course  in  Ch.  Ch.  Chappel. 
Blessed  bee  the  lord  God  of  all  my  Enlargements,  and  let  my 
faylings  in  every  Duty  bee  forgiven,  6  my  Father,  for  thy  mercy 
sake. 

Apr.  I.  I  heard  two  Sermons  at  Bangor.  The  one  from 
Ps.  119.  37.  quicken  thou  vice  in  thy  7C'ay. 

In  the  Prayer  before  Sermon  this  confession  was  put  up,  which 
my  Heart  clos'd  with, — lortl,  wee  want  ■tuisdonie  to  carry  ours,  as 
wee  ought  in  the  ^corld,  by  reason  whereof  the  work  of  y"  Gosp.  in 
our  hands  is  much  hindred,  6,  my  God,  bestow  upon  mee  a  wise 
&  an  understanding  heart. 

Doct.  Gods  people  often  want  quichiing  in  God's  way.  I  am 
sure  I  doe  very  often.  6  when  had  I  cause  to  complayn,  my 
heart  is  dead  to  the  world,  Creatures,  pleasures,  sin,  but  to  duty, 
praying,  preaching,  wlien  almost  is  it  otlierwise.  lord,  thou  gavest 
life  at  first,  give  more  life — 

The  other  from  Mai.  4.  2.  The  sun  of  righteous nesse.,  i^'c. 
'Y'vf,  a  sign  the  Sun  is  tow.  setting,  i.  when  wolves  are  abroad. 
2.  when  workmen  are  weary.  In  both  resp.  tis  thus  with  us  this 
day  in  England,  lord,  prevent  our  Feares  &:  take  not  away  the 
light  from  us. 

Apr.  II.  I  heard  a  Serm.  at  Shockl\yx.Q\\\.  Heb.  12.  4  striding 
against  Sin.     a  X*''"'"  life  is  a  life  of  difficulty,  wee  have  hard  work 


PHILIP  HENRY.  47 

to  doe,  many  mighty  encmyes  to  encounter  \vitli,  sin  especially, 
y"  more  a  sin  is  twisted  with  o''  nature,  calling- — &c. — the  more  we 
are  to  strive  w"'  it,  bee.  y"  more  likely  'tis  to  doe  us  mischeif. 
lord,  save  mee  from  my  Iniquity. 

Apr..  14.  From  Zech.  7.  13.  they  would  not  hcare.  An  Hypo- 
crite may  goe  very  far  tow.  Grace  in  underst.  &  affection,  only 
y°  work  stickes  at  his  will,  lord,  I  will,  doe  thou  conquer  my 
unwillingnesse  ! 

Apr.  15.  Wrexham.  From  Gal.  3.  10.  Cursed  is  every  one — 
I  clearly  saw  by  what  was  said  from  this  Text,  that  I  am  in  my 
selfe  a  poor  lost  undone  creature,  under  many  a  Curse,  lord  Jesus 
I  beleeve  thou  wert  made  a  Curse  for  mee,  help  my  unbeleef. 
who  shall  lay  anything  to  my  charge. 

From  Matt.  25.  10.  Dod.  not  a  man  shall  goe  to  Heaven  that 
is  not  ready  for  Heaven.  6  my  Soule  !  art  thou  ready  for  Heaven, 
what  if  X'  should  call  this  night,  is  my  lamp  burning.  lord,  fit 
mee  for  thy  appearance,  Heaven  is  ready  for  them  that  are  ready 
for  it. 

2  1.  I  set  forward  from  Emral  towards  Oxford  with  Mark 
Loyd. 

24.  Wee  arriv'd  safe  and  well  at  Oxford,  blessed  bee  the  lord, 
many  were  the  mercyes  of  this  Journey ;  o  w'hat  want  have  I  of 
a  thankfull  Heart. 

Apr.  26.  Oxon. — From  i  Cor.  13.  11.  Doct.  the  state  of 
beleevers  in  this  life  is  a  State  of  Childhood.  &  children  must  bee 
Humble,  6  that  I  had  an  Humble  Heart,  there's  a  kind  of  base, 
creeping,  crouching  carriage  that's  far  from  true  Humility.  I  am 
much  afraid  lest  I  bee  deceiv'd. 

From  Jam.  5.  13.  Doct.  Singing  of  Psalmes  a  Gospel-Duty. 
I  am  convinct  of  it,  lord,  forgive  my  past  neglect,  coldnes, 
slightnes,  deadnesse.  I  purpose  through  grace  to  be  more 
frequent  and  serious  in  that  performance  than  ever,  both  alone  & 
with  others.  Amen,  lord,  so  be  it.  Sweet  Jesus,  undertake  for  mee. 

At  S'  Maryes.     From   i  Pet.   i.   8.  Doct.  Joy  unspeakable  d-' 

/////  of  Glory  is  the  Fruit  i>  effect  of  an  active  faith  in  Jesus  XK 

Many  that  feare  God  are  oftentimes  naturally  timorous,  &  that 

much  interrupts  their  Joy ;  The  way  to  keep  up  Joy  is  to  kee]) 

up  Faith,  also  Gosp.   Obedience.    John  15.  9.  10.  u.     Sin  will 


48  PHILIP  IIEXRY. 

eat  out    Joy — lord,   let  mee   have  the   Joy   of  thy   salvation  &: 
establish  mee  with  thy  free  spirit. 

From  Gal.  i.  15.  when  it  pleased  God.  i.  Doct.  There  is  a 
season  for  conversion.  We  cannot  know  it  before,  wee  may  know 
it  after.  There's  our  time  and  God's  time,  Our  time  wee  may 
outslip,  God's  time  wee  cannot.  Fsalni.  no.  3.  2.  Doct.  the 
impulsive  cause  of  Conversion  is  God's  good  pleasure.  John  i.  13. 
many  times  when  men  have  given  us  over.  allu.  Ps.  27.  10  ~  ! 
For  ever  blessed  bee  my  good  God,  that  hath  beene  pleased  to 
reveal  his  Son  in  mee  ! 

From  Zech.  13.  7.  No  wonder  if  God  tiirne  his  hand  upon  the 
Utile  ones,  when  hee  deales  so  severely  with  the  Sliepheard :  a 
Sioord,  a  Sword  awakened,  awakened  to  Smite,  and  all  this  by  the 
lord  of  Hosts.  If  this  bee  done  to  the  green  Tree,  6  what  shall 
bee  done  to  such  a  dry  Tree  as  I  am.  lord  make  mee  patient 
under  every  turne  of  thy  Hand. 

May.  In  this  month  I  heard  of  Dr.  Crook  formerly  Minister 
of  Ammersara,  neare  london,  who  being  in  Ireland,  was  cal'd  to 
preach  there  before  y^  lord  Deputy,  his  Text,  behold  the  day  of 
y"  lord  conieth  as  a  Theif  in  the  night ;  After  sermon  before  Dinner 
hee  dyed.  6  my  Soule  !  what  Preparations  art  thou  in  for  Dis- 
solution, what  if  my  lord  should  come  this  night  ? 

May  27.  Mr.  Jenkins  at  Penley.  From  Math.  11.  6.  Among 
many  other  occasions  of  Oifence  at  J.  X'  which  were  spoken  of 
this  was  one,  from  his  followers,  who  for  the  most  part  are  i.  Silly. 
2.  poor.   3.  young.   4.  women.   5.  wicked  formerly. 

Among  many  other  motives  spoken  of,  not  to  bee  offended  in 
X"^  this  was  one,  hee  is  not  offended  in  us,  our  poverty,  beggar}^, 
filthinesse,  blood,  notwithst.  these  hee  loved  us. 

lord,  let  mee  never  live  to  bee  an  occas.  of  Offence. 

May  3.  at  Corpus  X*\  From  i  John  3.  8.  ~.  Doct.  Tis  the 
niayne  end  of  the  manifestation  of  the  Son  of  God  to  destroy  the 
workes  of  the  Devil.  Great  encouragem*  to  mee,  6  my  soule,  bestir 
mys.  more  vigorously  y""  ever  in  my  conflicts  with  Corruption,  the 
lord  Jesus  is  on  my  side.  I  know  hee  hath  already  unty'd  the 
knot  betw.  my  sin  and  the  Curse,  and  I  beleeve  and  hope  in  due 
time  hee  will  untye  the  knot  betw.  my  sin  &  my  nature,  in  the 
use  of  meanes.     Amen  !  so  bee  it,  lord. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  49 

From  Rom.  i.  i6.  Dod.  There  is  a  power  in  t/ic  Gosp.  to 
save  men,  w"  God  concurs  lu""  it.  it  convinces,  searches,  quickens, 
humbles,  comforts,  restraynes,  renewes.  lord,  let  it  doe  all  this 
work  in  my  soule,  and  in  the  soules  of  those  I  preach  to. 

Yxo\Ti/o/in  15.  4.  Tis  the  great  concernem'  of  the  lords  people 
to  abide  in  J.  X'  to  draw  strength  and  virtue  from  him  in  every 
duty,  in  every  condition,  hee  hath  enough  for  all,  and  hee  hath  it 
purposely  to  communicate.  When  wee  have  done  anything  in 
his  Strength  wee  must  bee  carefuU  hee  may  have  the  glory,  lord, 
thats  the  desire  of  my  soule,  not  unto  mee,  not  unto  nice,  but  to 
thy  name  give  the  praise  ! 

May  ^.  diX  Brainford.  From ///Zv  17.  26.  &c.  Doct.  Reign- 
ing Sensuality  ///  the  last  Age  is  an  Infallible  Signe  of  X^'  approach 
to  Judgement ;  especially  when  it  raignes  amongst  Professors,  as  in 
the  dayes  of  Noah  when  the  posterity  of  Seth  also  were  Flesh. 
Gen.  6.  3.  Sure  tis  so  with  us  at  this  Day.  Sensuality  is  when 
our  hearts  goe  after  our  Sense,  when  the  mayne  and  most  of  our 
care  is  to  please  and  satisfy  them ;  Flesh-pleasing  hath  been  an 
undoing  sin  to  my  poor  Soule,  lord,  pardon  and  Subdue. 

Maj  6.  At  TJiistleworth.  From  Math.  6.  10.  Thy  will  bee 
done — In  this  Petition  wee  pray  that  the  secret  will  of  God,  which 
is  alwayes  wise,  may  be  done  upon  us,  and  that  the  revealed  will 
of  God,  which  is  always  righteous,  may  bee  done  by  us,  the  will  of 
his  purpose  &  the  will  of  his  command. — in  earth  as  in  Heaven 
a  true  Christian  hath  perfection  in  his  eye  though  he  cannot  reach 
it,  so  Paul.  Phil.  3.  that  if  possible  hee  might  attaine  the 
Resurrection  of  the  Dead.  6  lord,  when  shall  I  bee  perfect,  when 
shall  that  that  is  in  p'  bee  done  away. 

May  9.  At  the  Abbey  IVest/n.  from  Heb.  7.  25.  Those  that 
come  to  God  for  Salvation  must  come  by  J.  X'  through  his 
Mediation,  hee's  the  way,  by  his  Assistance,  hee's  the  life,  with- 
out him  no  Acceptance  with  the  Father,  in  him  hee  is  well 
pleased.  Blessed,  for  ever  blessed  bee  God  for  J.  X' — if  it  were 
not  for  J.  X'  I  would  not  give  one  Pin  for  my  soul. 

May  10.  At  TJiistleworth.  From  Math.  12.  36.  Docl.  Idle 
words  must  bee  accounted  for :'  \iox^'s,  that  are  unprofitable,  bring  no 
glory  to  God,  no  reall  good  to  ours,  or  others,  very  sinfull,  bee. 
the  abuse  of  our  best  member  our  Tongue,  which  is  our  glory  ; 

E 


50  PHILIP  HENRY. 

very  many,  every  day,  in  every  Company.  From  hence  was 
inferd,  what  need  there  is  for  us  to  reckon  with  ours,  eveiy  night 
for  the  idle  words  and  other  faihngs  of  y"  day  before,  tis  no 
wisedome  to  defer,  if  wee  reflect  not  quickly,  wee  shall  forget. 
— My  heart  accuses  mee  of  much  guilt  in  this  respect.  I  have 
formerly  been  very  talkative  and  in  multitude  of  words  y**"  wants 
not  sin.  lord,  cleanse  my  soule  in  y"  blood  of  X'  and  mortify 
that  corruption  for  mee  by  thy  Spirit  every  day  more  and 
more. 

From  Gal.  2.  20.  D.  the  life  which  Christians  live  is  a  life 
of  faith  in  J.  X' — i.  They  live  the  life  of  Justification,  2.  of 
sanctification,  both  by  Faith  ;  A  Life  of  Faith  is  a  noble  super- 
naturall  life  ;  X"o  living  by  a  dead  faith,  lord,  quicken  mee  in 
beleeving. 

From  I  Pet.  4.  18.  D.  Tis  no  easy  matter  to  bee  sav'd. 
TA\'as  difficult  work  to  J.  X'  to  work  redemption  for  us,  Tis  diffi- 
cult work  to  the  Spirit  to  work  Grace  in  us,  and  to  carry  it  on 
against  corruptions,  temptations,  distractions.  I  was  exhorted  to 
inquire,  i.  Can  I  chuse  to  undergo  the  greatest  suffering 
rather  than  commit  the  least  sin.  2.  Can  I  imbrace  X'  with  his 
Crosse.  3.  Can  I  work  for  God,  though  there  were  no  wages.  4. 
Can  I  swim  against  the  stream,  bee  good  in  bad  times  and 
places.  5.  Can  I  pull  out  right  eyes  for  X'  and  cutt  off  right 
hands.   &:c. 

I  can  doe  all  this  and  much  more  through  X'  strengthening 
mee. 

From  Rev.  3.  10.  The  word  of  the  Gosp.  is  the  word  of  X'^ 
patience,  therein  is  discover'd  how  patient  hee  is  towards  elect 
sinners,  called  saints,  perishing  world.  This  wee  are  to  keep, 
hold  fast,  make  much  of  as  our  Treasure,  and  if  we  doe  so,  wee 
.shall  bee  kept  by  God,  held  fast,  made  much  of  in  y*"  houre  of 
Temptation,  the  houre,  i.e.  greatest  strength,  force,  efficacy,  comp. 
hike  22.  53.  which  though  violent  for  the  time  }-et  shall  bee  but  of 
very  short  continuance,  lord,  keep  mee  from,  if  not  from,  lord 
keep  mee  in  the  houre  of  Temptation. 

May  17.  Yxova.  Math.  12.  36.  Idle  words  must  bee  accounted 
for.  Tis  a  Proverb,  Words  are  but  wind,  and  tis  truth,  that's  an 
ill  wind,  an  ill  word,  that  brings  nobody  good.     Tis  easy  to  bee 


PHILIP  HENRY.  5 1 

observ'd  how  the  lord  hath  follow'd  mee  two  Sabbaths  together  in 
severall  places  with  the  same  truth ;  The  lesson  is  profitable  and 
hard  and  I  am  dull  to  learne. 

May  I.  I  had  leave  for  absence  from  the  Canons  till  April 
next. 

4.  I  set  forth  of  Oxford  tow.  london. 

5.  I  was  ill  at  Thistleworth. 

14.  I  came  back  to  Oxford.  INIr.  Tho.  Puleston  with  mee 
whom  I  setled  at  St.  Mary-hall,  where  hee  had  been  entred  before. 

19.  I  preacht  in  Ch.  Ch.     Mr.  Bagshaw  turnd. 

20.  I  set  forth  of  Oxford  towards  Emerall.  I  came  safe  to 
Emerall, 

25.  Monthly  disput.  at  Hanmer,  Q.  An  lex  mora  lis  obligat 
Christiaiios, 

26.  Monthly  confer,  at  Worthen.  Q.  What  use  a  Christian 
is  to  make  of  God's  all  seeing  Eye  over  him. 

June  2.  a  Day  of  Prayer,  -^X.  Joseph  Ridgiuayes  house,  many 
petitions  put  up  in  my  behalfe  there,  lord,  give  in  an  answer  of 
peace,  I  want  skill  to  winne  soules,  I  want  power  to  deale  with 
temptations,  I  want  an  humble  self-denying  heart,  I  do  not  eye 
God  &  his  Glory  as  I  ought,  in  all  I  doe,  lord,  pardon  &  help 
&:  supply  for  thy  Christ's  sake. 

18.  a  Day  of  Prayer  at  Randle  Kefs  house.  I  was  present 
there,  though  in  the  midst  of  much  deadnesse  and  many  dis- 
tractions, my  owne  heart  condemnes  mee,  lord,  thou  art  greater 
then  my  heart  and  knowst  all  things.  Tis  a  sad  signe  I  am  in 
great  measure  if  not  wholly  carnall  that  I  tast  no  more  of  sweet- 
nesse  in  Dutyes — 6  what  should  I  doe  if  I  were  in  heaven,  to  bee 
alwayes  praysing  God,  lord,  fit  mee  for  heaven  by  changing  my 
nature,  or  else  Heaven  will  bee  as  bad  as  Hell  to  mee. 

29.  This  was  the  day  of  the  monthly  meeting  of  Ministers, 
wee  mett  at  Gresford.  the  Question  controverted  was  an  sancti 
sint  adoratidi. 

29.  This  was  the  day  of  our  monthly  conference  at  Worthen- 
bury.  Qit.  What  are  the  ordinary  vices  of  y*  Tongue  w''"'  Chris- 
tians ought  to  beware  of  A.  much  speaking,  foolish,  filthy,  flatter- 
ing, false  speaking,  swearing,  cursing  &:c.  Set  thou  a  watch  6 
lord,  over  the  door  of  my  lips  that  I  offend  not  with  my  Tongue  ! 


52  PHILIP  HENRY. 

June  I.  at  Bangor.  From  I'hiL  i.  27.  D.  //  is  the  great 
Duty  of  Christians  to  have  their  Conversatio7i  as  becomes  the  Gospell. 
i.e.  clothed  with  the  graces  of  the  Gosp.  Faith,  love,  humility, 
meeknesse,  selfe-denyall,  patience,  and  in  these  to  abound  & 
grow,  tis  an  uncomely  sight  to  see  an  Old  Professor  a  young 
saint,  wee  discredit  our  keeping,  lord,  water  mee  every  moment, 
lord,  keep  mee  night  &  day,  that  I  may  thrive  to  thy  prayse, 
having  my  conversation  not  only  as  becomes  the  Gosp.  but  which 
is  more  as  becomes  a  Minister  of  y''  Gosp. 

From  Ps.  74.  19.  D.  God's  people  are  as  Doves,  i.  in  Inno- 
cency.  2.  in  Faithfulness  to  their  mate.  3.  in  feeding  cleane. 
w"  persecuted  they  mourn  and  flee  to  the  rock  and  shelter  thems. 
there.  O  lord,  deliver  not  the  soule  of  thy  Turtledove  into  the 
will  of  her  enemyes  ! 

Jime  9.  at  Worthenb. — From  Ifeb.  3.  7,  8.  D.  There  is 
much  safety  in  present  attendance  to  what  God  requii-es  of  us. — 
Delayes  may  breed  danger — To-day  is  of  short  continuance  and 
withall  fitted  for  work,  in  regard  of  light  and  livelinesse,  which  the 
night  wants.  Now  is  i.  time  of  Acceptation.  2.  of  Salvation. 
6  how  often  hath  God  invited  mee,  now,  now,  when  I  have  putt 
him  off,  blessed  bee  his  Name,  hee  hath  not  sworne  concerning 
mee  that  I  shall  never  enter  into  his  rest. 

Jzme  10.  at  Elsmer.  From  Math.  5.  6.  D.  Hungry  thirsty 
soules  shall  he  filled,  partly  here,  perfectly  hereafter,  with  Grace,. 
Comfort,  Glory,  such  put  a  great  value  upon  X',  Avill  part  with 
any  th.  for  food,  goe  far  for  it,  take  paines  to  get  it.  lord,  ever- 
more fill  my  soule  with  thy  selfe ;  Creatures  will  not  satisfy. 

From  Eph.  4.  4.  D.  The  mystical  body  of  X*  is  but  one  Body. 
X'  y^  head,  beleevers  the  members,  knitt  together  by  y^  Spirit, 
increasing  alwayes  in  number  &  endowm*"  but  one  church 
through  all  the  world  ;  lord  let  mee  bee  a  member  of  this  one 
Body,  any  member,  y''  lowest,  y"  meanest,  so  I  may  but  receive 
influence  from  the  Head  &  bee  any  way  useful!  to  my  fellow- 
members,  lord  translate  mee  out  of  the  Kingdom  of  Darkness 
into  the  Kingd.  of  thy  dear  Son. 

June  17.  at  JVrexham.  From  i  John  i.  8.  Doct.  Selfe- 
Justifyers  are  selfe  deceiv".  There  is  not  a  just  man  upon  earth 
that  doth   Good  and   sinneth    not.     Wee   deceive   ourselves,    if 


PHILIP  IIE.VKY.  53 

wee  say,  wee  are  without  Original  sin,  or  without  actuall  sin,  in 
Externall  Conversation,  in  internall  Inchnation.  Legendl  stmt 
homilies  lit  libri,  the  fayrest  printed  Bookes  have  their  Errata, 
lord,  I  am  so  far  from  thinking  my  selfe  without  sin,  that  all  my 
feare  is,  least  I  have  too  much  sin,  too  much  I  am  sure  for  my 
selfe  or  any  other  to  satisfy  for,  excepting  only  my  deare  lord 
Jesus — in  him  is  all  my  hope. 

From  Amos  7.  14.  15.  I  am  710  Prophet  neWier  a  Prophets  son 
hut  a  hcardsman.  Note— the  Gifts  and  calling  of  God  are  free, 
hee  chuseth  not  as  man  chuseth ;  by  the  foolish  things  of  the 
world  hee  confounds  the  wise,  by  the  weak  those  that  are  mighty, 
by  th.  which  are  not  hee  brings  to  nought  things  which  are,  and 
the  reason  is,  that  no  flesh  may  glory  in  his  presence,  lord,  I  have 
no  cause  to  glory. 

In  this  month  I  had  the  remembrance  of  much  guilt  set  home 
upon  my  Conscience  in  refer,  to  the  Sabbath  day.  I  us'd  to  lye 
longer  in  bed  then  I  ought,  which  hath  beene  caus'd  by  sitting  up 
over-late  the  night  before,  and  that  by  neglecting  to  make  pre- 
parations for  preaching  sooner  in  the  week.  I  am  often  put  to  it 
to  slubber  over  truths.  So  two  sermons  were  provided,  I  have 
not  car'd  how  poorely,  lord,  I  confesse  it  to  thee  with  Shame  and 
beg  thy  grace  that  it  may  bee  so  no  more.  Amen  !  blessed  Lord 
Jesus ! 

Jiiuc.  In  this  month  Mr.  Langley  of  Middlewich  and  Mr. 
Beake  of  Tamworth  dyed,  two  worthy  Instruments  in  their  (jenera- 
tion,  lord,  raise  up  more  to  make  up  y®  sad  losse  of  y*"*. 

July  4.  A  company  of  vayne  people  in  the  parish  of 
worthenb.  mett  together  on  y*"  evening  of  the  Sabbath  to  dresse 
the  church  with  Flowers.  I  foresaw  before  it  might  bee  an  oc- 
casion of  sin  to  them  and  an  Offence  to  others,  and  theref  did 
someth.  to  prevent  it,  but  not  so  much  as  I  might,  done  it  was, 
lord,  lay  it  not  to  o''  charge,  they  were  quickly  taken  downe, 
but  it  had  beene  better  if  y"  had  never  bin  set  up  ;  a  report  was 
rays'd  y'  I  had  consented  to  it,  the  lord  knowes  I  did  not. 

16.  a  strange  whirl-wind  and  darknesse  more  then  ordinary 
at  Wrexham. 

1 7.  A  night  of  much  Thunder. 

20.     1  went  to  preach  at  Welsh-poole  in  Montgomery-shire, 


54  PHILIP  HENRY. 

the  lord  was  with  mee  and  brought  mee  safe  back  againe,  blessed 
bee  his  name. 

23.  I  preacht  an  exercise  at  Penley  chappell,  the  lord  bestow 
a  blessing. 

July  I.  at  Bangor.  From  Math.  13.  44.  ~  D.  They  that 
have  fotmd  X*  ought  to  hide  X'  not  from  others,  but  within 
thems.,  in  y^  Safest  inmost  room  of  their  hearts,  to  lay  him  up  and 
keep  him  there,  not  to  let  him  goe  ;  This  is  done,  by  faith,  love, 
humility,  obedience,  entertaynm'.  All  the  reason  in  the  world  for 
it,  hee  is  a  Treasure  worth  hiding,  there  are  great  endeavours  to 
rob  us  of  him,  if  once  lost,  not  easily  found  againe,  till  hee  bee 
found  againe  y''"'  can  bee  no  true  peace — Some  lodge  X'  as  they 
doe  beggars  in  their  out-houses,  by  making  a  visible  profess,  but 
sin  dwells  in  the  heart.     The  lord  grant  I  bee  not  one  of  those  ! 

From  I  Thess.  2.  16.  Queer,  why  is  preaching  there  called 
speaking.  A.  to  shew  that  ministers  Speaking  should  bee 
preaching  their  discourses,  should  bee  heavenly,  savoury  for  the 
use  of  Edifying,  as  Christ's  was.  Mine  hath  not  been  such,  lord, 
pardon.  Doct.  Tis  a  gren'ous  sin  to  have  a  ha>id  in  hindring  mens 
Salvation,  the  worst  kind  of  murther,  lord,  let  mee  be  never  in 
any  resp.  so  much  as  accessary  to  it,  it  thwarts  the  designe  of  Crod, 
X',  the  Spirit,  6  that  I  might  bee  a  winner  of  soules. 

July  14.  at  Worthenb.  From  Col.  i.  19.  It  pleased  the  Father 
that  i7i  him  should  all  Fulnesse  dwell.  There's  enough  in  X*^  for  y" 
Supply  of  the  emptinesse  of  poor  Creatures,  wee  are  to  goe  to  him 
as  the  Egyptians  in  time  of  Famine  to  Joseph,  lord  Jesus,  I  come  to 
thee,  fill  mee  with  the  knowledge  of  thy  will,  fill  mee  with  all  Joy 
and  peace  in  beleeving,  fill  mee  with  thy  Spirit,  blessed  Saviour, 
bee  not  angry ;  I  will  speak  but  this  once  more,  fill  mee  with  all  the 
fulnesse  of  God. 

15.  at  Wrexham.  From  Rom.  12,  i.  /  beseech  you  there/. 
Brethren  by  ye  mercy es  of  God  y*'  yee  present — Note  i.  Ministerial! 
exhortations  are  somet.  to  bee  manag'd  with  all  gentlenesse — 
Somet.  not  alwayes,  some  men  being  like  Nettles  tlie  more  gently 
toucht,  y*"  more  like  to  sting,  lord,  give  mee  Skill  and  wisdom 
that  I  may  know  when  to  bee  gentle  «&  when  not ;  lord,  I  want 
this  wisedom  &  have  much  fayl'd  for  lack  of  it.  Note  2.  The 
mercyes  of  God  ought  to  bee  engagem'''  to  us  to  obedience.    6  let 


PHILIP  HENRY.  55 

mee  never  bee  as  a  Dunghil  to  stink  y"  more  bee.  y*"  sun  shines 
upon  it.     I  have  been  so,  lord,  pardon. 

From  Eccles.  i.  2. — There  is  iiot/iing  under  the  sun  hut  what  t's 
full  of  the  vayncst  7'anity,  unsatisfying,  unprofitable,  unsuteable, 
uncertaine,  not  worthy  our  Affections  w"  wee  have  them,  nor  our 
Afflicting  ours,  when  wee  want  them  ;  The  saints  have  alwayes 
thought  so,  dying  men  will  not  fayle  to  tell  us  so  ;  6  w'  cause  have 
wee  to  blesse  God  that  hath  revealed  this  unto  us  to  take  us  off 
from  th.  here  below,  which  otherw.  wee  might  have  ventur'd  our 
soules  for  &  so  have  perisht  for  ever- — ^I  blesse  God  tis  as  if  a 
Freind  had  stopt  mee  from  giving  all  I  have  for  a  counterfeit 
pearle,  o  doe  not  venture,  it  is  but  counterfeit. 

July  3.  I  preacht  at  Iscoyd-chappell.*  T.  Gal.  4.  19.  Then 
I  first  saw  Mr.  Morgan  lloyd,  hee  pursued  what  I  had  delivered  in 
many  profitable  practicall  truths,  Christians  ought  to  beware  of 
a  light  Spirit,  a  heavy  Spirit,  a  peevish  Spirit,  and  a  desjDonding 
Spirit,  our  end  in  coming  together  in  Duty  ought  to  bee,  that  wee 
may  see  the  face  of  God,  the  face  of  our  owne  hearts  &  y'^  faces 
of  one  another.  After  him  Mr.  Moston  taught  from  i  Pet.  i.  14. 
as  obedient  children.  True  Christians  ought  to  bee  obedient  to  the 
faith  of  the  Gosp.  in  both  parts  of  it,  beleef  of  heart  &  confession 
of  mouth,  &  to  y"  holines  of  the  Gospel. — Many  of  these  y*  were 
present  were  members  of  ye  congregated  church  at  Wrexham, 
who  disowne  singing  of  Psalms  in  mixt  Assemblyes,  I  was  much 
put  to  it,  whether  to  offend  them  by  giving  forth  a  Psalm,  or 
others  that  were  present  &  my  owne  light  &  convictions  by 
omitting  it,  but  the  lord  came  in  with  power  and  I  hope  I  chose 
the  right  way,  wee  sang  Fs.  90.  12.  &c.  and  I  observ'd,  some  of 
them  joynd  with  us.  lord,  let  mee  know  in  every  thing  what 
thou  wouidst  have  mee  to  doe,  esp.  in  thine  own  worship. 

1 1.  Remember  this  day,  as  a  Day  of  more  then  ordinary  en- 
gagem*^  made  &  Strong  resolutions  taken  up  of  closer  walking 
&  more  watchfullnes.  6  my  God,  undertake  for  mee,  6  bee 
surety  for  thy  servant  for  the  lords  sake.     Amen  and  Amen  ! 

16.     a    Day  of  Prayer   at    Hanmer.     sin  confessed,  I    hope 

*  This  chapel  is  more  generally  called  Whitewell.  The  name  of  the  town- 
ship preserves  the  Welsh  pronunciation  rather  than  the  spelling,  which  would 
he  "  is-coed,"  and — like  the  proper  name  Moyle  for  Moel — shows  what  a  long 
time  must  have  elapsed  since  Welsh  was  spoken  in  that  part  of  English  Maelor. 


56  PHILIP  HENRY. 

pardoned  through  X',  mercyes  beg'd  &  I  hope  obtayn'd  through 
X',  blessed  bee  (xod  for  such  sweet  and  precious  Opportunityes. 
lord,  overlook  my  many  faylings,  for  Jesu's  sake. 

4.  lady  Cholmley  buryed. 

31.  I  hurt  my  leg  with  an  Iron  mawle,  it  was  the  great 
mercy  of  God  it  was  not  much  worse,  blessed  bee  his  name. 

Aug.  7.  having  been  pretty  well  before  the  sore  brake  out 
againe,  y"  payne  and  swelling  whereof  disabled  mee  from  y''  work 
of  the  Sabbath,  Mr.  Roan  *  preacht,  but  on  Tuesday,  being  o' 
lecture  day,  the  lord  gave  strength. 

25.  A  day  of  Conference  at  Worthenbury.  Qu.  what  are  the 
causes  of  God's  hiding  his  face  from  his  people  ! — 6  lord,  despise 
not  the  day  of  small  things  in  this  place  !  here's  some  willingnes, 
but  much  weaknesse,  help,  lord  ! 

In  this  Vv'eek  was  lay'd  the  Foundation  of  a  dwelling  house  at 
AVorthenbury,  w*  is  intended  for  my  use  ;  I  pray  the  lord,  to  fit 
mee  for  the  mercy  of  a  settled  condition  either  there  or  some- 
where else  for  at  Emerall  where  I  now  am,  though  in  man}- 
respects  my  condition  is  very  comfortable,  if  I  had  a  heart  to  see 
it  and  bee  thankful,  yet  in  some  other  respects,  I  lye  under 
great  Temptations,  and  there  are  many  snares  in  my  way,  the  lord 
deliver  mee  &  in  his  owne  time  if  it  bee  his  will,  open  a  door 
for  mee  to  escape,  for  Jesus  Sake.     Amen  ! 

Aug.  5.  At  Bangor.  Yxovsx  Psal.  127.  i.  D.  Except  tJie  lord 
build  the  House  they  labotir  in  value  that  build  It. — the  House,  I.e. 
y"  Family,  build,  i.e.  constitute,  mayntayn,  preserve,  augment— If 
wee  would  have  Ciod  to  build  our  Houses,  wee  must  bee  carefull 
T,  to  build  God's  house,  by  caring  for  his  worship,  ordinances, 
interests.  Hag.  i.  9  (2  Sam.  7)  Hag.  2.  18. — 2.  to  ayme  at  his 
Glory  in  our  Buildings,  not  at  selfe,  as  Nebuchadn.  Da?i.  4.  30 — 

3.  to  build  in  faith,  relying  upon  y'^  Promises.    Heb.    11.   9,   10. 

4.  in  the  feare  of  God.  Exod.  i.  2\.- — 5.  in  righteousnes  &  honesty. 
Prov.  TO.  25.  Hab.  2.  12.  6.  wee  must  fetch  in  God  by  Prayer, 
and  keep  him  there  by  family  dutyes.  Jos.  24.  15.  Psal.  ioi.~ 

Memoraud.     There   was  never  truth  more  seasonable  to  any, 

*  The  Rev.  John  Roan,  of  Brasenose  College,  Oxford,  had  been  presented 
to  Hanmer  in  1644,  but  was  not,  though  a  native  of  the  parish,  accepted  by  the 
people.     In  1675  he  was  made  Bishop  of  Killaloe. 


PHILIP  ITEXRY.  57 

then  tliis  was  to  mee.  That  very  week  wherein  this  sermon  was 
preacht,  nay,  the  very  night  before,  workmen  came  out  of 
Shropshire,  to  begin  the  building  of  a  House  at  Worthenbury, 
which  is  intended  by  Judge  Puleston  for  my  use.  lord,  let  the 
Foundations  of  it  bee  layd  in  mercy,  and  doe  thou  bring  forth  the 
Head-stone  thereof,  and  I  will  cry  Grace,  Grace  unto  it.  Keep 
my  Affections  loose  both  while  'tis  doing  and  when  tis  done,  that 
it  may  not  at  all  incroach  upon  thy  interest  in  my  heart.  vSecure 
those  y'  labour  about  it  from  bodily  danger  y*  none  of  them  may 
receive  any  the  least  harme.  Get  glory  to  thy  selfe  from  it,  and 
command  a  speciall  Blessing  upon  it,  for  the  lord  Jesus  X'  his 
sake.     Amen. 

I  doe  earnestly  desire,  that  y''  Judge  may  give  Mr.  Fogg 
all  reasonable  satisfaction,  y'  y"  may  bee  no  appearance  of  wrong 
to  him  or  any  in  y''  th. 

From  _/«-;//.  5.  9.  Behold  the  Judge  stands  before  the  Door.  i.e.  is 
ver}'  neare,  there's  but  a  Hands-breadth  of  time  betw.  us  and  our 
Account,  this  wee  ought  to  behold,  with  an  eye  of  Faith,  thereby 
to  bring  it  near  to  us  and  make  it  as  present ;  wee  must  not  think 
in  y"  meane  time  y'  Forbearance  is  payment,  Patience  dotli  not 
take  away  sin,  only  y"  Pardoning  Grace  of  God  doth  that.  The 
time  to  come  will  bee  every  jot  as  swift  as  that  hath  been  that  is 
past,  and  concern,  that  wee  usually  say,  it  was  but  t'other  day — 

&c. — though  it  may  bee  twas  30  or  40  y.  why  so  it  will  bee. 

This  should  quicken  us  up  to  ply  time-filling  work.  The  lord  write 
this  truth  in  my  Heart,  and  help  mee  to  see  the  Judge  not  sitting 
but  standing  before  the  door,  in  a  moving  posture,  that  I  may 
Study  &  Preach  &  Pray  &  live  accordingly.  Amen  !  for  X* 
his  sake. 

Aug.  II.  At  Worthenb.  From  John  17.  4.  D.  Jesus  X 
liath  finisht  the  work  which  his  Father  gave  him  to  doe.  This  work 
was  I.  fulfilling  work,  in  ref.  to  Promises,  Prophesyes,  Types, 
Cseremonyes,  hereby  wee  know  him  to  bee  the  X'.  2.  Obeying 
work.  3.  suffring  work,  hence  wee  have  incouragem'  to  rely 
upon  him  for  Pardon,  Peace,  &  Acceptation  unto  etern.  life. 
4.  example  worke.  herein  wee  are  to  follow  him,  walking  in  his 
steps,  doing  as  hee  hath  done  before  us  :  See  an  Argum'  to  prove 
wee  are  not  justif  eith""  from  Etern.  or  at  the  Death  of  X*  Rom.  3. 


58  FHILIP  HENRY. 

30.  y'  shall  justify,  tis  spoken  of  as  Future.     The  lord  Teach  me 
ever)'  Truth. 

Aug.  24.  Mr.  John  lewis  having  left  the  charge  of  the  chil- 
dren at  Worthenbury,  a  brother  to  ]\Ir.  Joseph  Hanmer  entred 
upon  it,  hee  is  somew'  young  and  raw  but  the  place  will  afford 
encouragement  for  no  better,  lord,  succeed  his  endeavours  with 
a  blessing. 

Aug.  24.  This  day  compleats  my  Age  of  twenty  sixe  yeares  ;  I 
have  been  so  long  in  the  world  &  yet  how  little  can  I  shew  of 
service  done  for  God  ;  6  what  cause  have  I  to  bee  ashamd.  Note. 
The  Scripture  mentions  but  two  that  I  know  of  y'  observ'd  their 
Birth-day  with  feasting  &  they  were  both  wicked  men,  Pharoh, 
Gen.  40.  20.  &  Herod  Mat.  14.  6.  I  doe  not  so  observe  it,  but 
rather  as  a  day  of  mourning,  damnatus  a7ite  quam  natus. 

25.  a  day  of  Humiliation  &  Conference.  Qu.  what  are 
the  causes  of  God's  hiding  his  face  from  his  people.  Father, 
strengthen  &  incourage  the  day  of  small  things  amongst  us,  they 
are  very  small. 

31.  Meeting  of  Ministers  at  Gresford.  Q.  An  Aliquis  possit 
esse  perfectus  in  hac  vita,  a  Petition  agreed  upon  to  be  presented 
at  the  next  Sessions  of  Pari,  for  setting  up  of  Discipline. 

September.  About  this  time  at  Swansey  in  Glamorganshire 
(the  place  at  or  neer  to  which  my  Father  was  borne)  fourscore 
children  sickned  together  of  this  new  disease,  whereof  many  dyed. 
— It  was  told  mee  by  Capt.  Barbour  of  AVrexham,  hee  had  it  from 
Mr.  Morgan  lloyd. 

16.  I  was  ordayned  Minister  of  y*"  Gospel  with  the  laying  on 
of  the  Hands  of  the  Presbytery,  at  Frees  in  Shropshire. 

a  Day  never  to  bee  Forgotten. 

19.  Mrs.  Joan  Evans  of  Northop  sister  to  Judge  Puleston  v/as 
bur}-ed. 

25.  A  verdict  brought  against  the  Judge  at  Denbigh-Assize 
before  Justice  Bradshaw,  in  a  suit  concerning  lands  in  May  betw. 
him  and  Sir  Thomas  Trevor.  Justice  Bradshaw  was  supposed  to 
bee  partiall. 

29.  I  preacht  a  lecture  at  Frees  (Salop). 

30.  A  day  of  Publike  Humiliation  throughout  the  nation  in 
reference  to  the  present  sicknesse,  lord,  hear  prayers  and  in  the 


PHILIP  HENRY.  59 

midst  of  wrath  remember  mercy  !  6  deliver  us  from  the  plague  of 
a  hard  heart ! 

Alemor.  two  buryalls  at  ^Vorthenb.  y''  same  day,  y"  lord  preacht 
both  to  eares  and  eyes.     6  that  all  might  be  for  good. 

Sept.  2i  at  Bangor.  From  hike  12.  32.  fear  not  little  Flock, 
for  it  is  your  Father's  good  pleasure  to  give  you  the  Klngdome.  The 
people  of  God  in  this  world  are  like  a  flock  of  Sheep,  worryed  by 
Dogs,  fleec'd  by  buyers,  fed  by  Jesus  X' — yet  a  little  little  Flock, 
not  many  chosen,  (some  comfort  to  mee  in  the  small  successe 
which  the  lord  hath  given  of  my  Ministry  hitherto,  if  but  two  or 
three,  if  but  one  abundant  recompense  to  all  my  poor  labours). 
The  flock  of  X'  need  not  feare  the  want  of  any  th.  in  their  way  to 
the  Kingdome,  which  the  Father  will  give  freely,  without  money, 
or  money-worth,  qui  dabit  regnuvi  non  dabit  etiam  viaticimi  ?  hee 
that  spared  not  his  owne  son — &c.  lord,  stay  up  my  heart  in 
dependance  upon  thy  selfe,  against  all  base,  carnall,  sinfull  feares 
— The  lord  is  my  Shepheard  I  shall  not  want. 

The  other  Sermon  was  preacht  by  Mr.  Glendall's  son  of  Chester, 
Text.  2  Cor.  2.  16.  and  who  is  sufficient  for  these  things  1  the 
words  that  follow  (ver.  17)  are  these,  y^r  wee  are  not  as  many  which 
corrupt  the  tuord  of  God— I.  judge  not  the  person  of  the  man,  but 
it  greiv'd  my  heart  to  hear  y^  word  corrupted  with  inticing  ex- 
pressions of  humane  Invention,  which  tickle  the  eare  but  touch 
not  the  heart,  lord,  pardon,  and  teach  him  &  mee  and  all  that 
look  towards  the  Ministry,  to  divide  the  word  aright,  that  wee  may 
both  save  our  selves  and  those  that  heare  us.  Amen,  for  Jesus 
sake  ! 

Sept.  8.  at  Worthenb. — From  hike  15.  17.  naturall  men  are 
besides  thems.  mad,  frantick  men,  unreasonable,  foolish,  voyd  of 
Spirituall  understanding,  unruly,  inconstant,  inconsiderate,  at  the 
brinke  of  danger  &  not  aware  of  it,  stupid,  gracelesse, — Blessed 
bee  God,  that  hath  cur'd  mee  in  any  measure  of  this  Disease,  alas, 
much  of  this  madnesse  still  remaynes,  lord,  perfect  the  Cure  for 
X'  his  sake.  If  wicked  men  are  mad  men  then  what  need  wee 
trouble  ours,  with  their  reproches ;  they  count  Religion  madnesse, 
the  word  counts  their  way  madnesse,  whether  shall  wee  beleeve. 

lord,  bestow  a  blessing  upon  thy  word  for  the  (rood  of  y'' 
people  of  this  place. 


60  PHILIP  HENRY. 

Sept.  1 6.  At  Precs. — Upon  the  day  of  my  Ordination.  —  Text. 
I  Tim.  I.  12.  And  I  thank  X"  Jesus,  our  lord,  luho  hath  enabled 
inee,  for  that  hce  counted  nice  faithfull  putting  7nee  into  the  Afifiistrv. 
Note.  The  putting  men  into  the  Ministr)'  is  the  work  of  J.  X'. 
Hee  is  y*  lord  of  the  Harvest,  hee  sends  forth  none  but  such  as 
are  in  some  measure  Gifted  for  y"  work  though  not  all  Grac't,  two 
Ciifts  especially,  Knowledge  and  Utterance,  of  which  though  some 
may  have  more  and  others  lesse,  yet  all  are  to  have  some ;  Hee 
puts  immediately,  by  men  authoris'd  thereunto  by  y"  rule  of  y'' 
word,  and  what  they  doe  herein  is  as  valid  as  if  X'  hims.  in  person 
should  lay  hands.  Ohs.  Our  Ordination  is  deri\^d  from  Bishops 
and  by  y™'  from  the  Pope. — A.  tis  not  the  worse  for  that,  no  more 
then  our  Baptism,  or  to  find  Rahab  &  Tamar  in  y®  Genealogy  of 
Jesus  X'.  I  thank  thee,  6:  my  lord  Jesus,  for  putting  mee  into  the 
Ministry. — I  did  this  day  receive  as  much  Honor  and  Work  as 
ever  I  shall  be  able  to  know  what  to  doe  with,  lord,  Jesus  give  in 
strength,  enable  every  day  more  &  more,  proportion  supplyes 
accordingly,  I  must  learn  to  care  naturally  for  y*"  state  of  my 
people,  lord  Jesus,  teach  mee.  Two  Scriptures  were  left  witli  us 
to  be  well  thought  upon,  2  Cor.  6.  3.  4.  5.  &c.  it  should  seem 
as  if  there  were  no  end  of  a  Minister's  Duty.  Also  2  CJiron.  29.  1 1. 
lord,  write  them  by  thy  Spirit  in  my  heart. 

There  was  an  Exhortation  given  afterwards  in  the  close  of  y'' 
day,  in  which  this  word  v%-ent  near  my  heart.  As  the  Nurse  puts 
the  meat  first  into  lier  owne  mouth  &  chewes  it  &  y"  feeds  the 
child  with  it,  so  should  Ministers  doe  by  y®  word,  preach  it  over 
before-hand  to  their  owne  hearts,  it  loses  none  of  y^  virtue  of  it 
hereby,  but  rather  probably  gaynes.  As  that  milk  nourishes  most 
which  comes  warm  from  the  warm  breast,  so  that  sermon  which 
comes  warme  from  a  warme  Heart ;  lord,  quicken  mee  to  doe  thy 
will  in  this  thing. 

Sept.  29.  At  Frees,  lecture. — From  Hch.  12.  17.  Doct.  The 
time  of  God's  Grace  to  sinners  doth  many  time  expire  before 
death  &  when  once  tis  at  an  end  all  their  After-endeavours  are 
to  no  purpose. — FajTCs,  Markets  doe  not  last  alwayes. — 6  w'  cause 
have  I  to  blesse  God  that  I  have  knowne  in  any  measure  my 
day  of  visitation,  lord,  pity  my  Freinds  and  dear  relations,  the 
people  which  tliou  hast  set  mee  over,  that  they  may  know  the 


PHILIP  HENRY.  6 1 

th.  of  their  peace  before  y"  are  hid  from  their  eyes.  Amen, 
lord,  Jesus. 

October  6.  Our  day  of  Monthly  Conference,  Qii.  how  may 
it  bee  provd  there  is  a  God.     from  Ps.  14.  i. 

25.  My  Friend  Mr.  Ambr.  lewis  taught  in  y''  Afternoon  at 
Worthenb.  (it  was  y''  lords  day).  Text,  Psal.  84.  11.  the  lord 
will  give  Glory — the  soule  shall  bee  made  glorious  in  its  compleat 
deliverance  from  all  sin  &  sorrow,  &  in  its  likenesse  to  God  ; 
the  Body  shall  bee  made  glorious,  inasmuch  as  it  shall  beconi 
immortal,  incorruptible,  spirituall;  further,  a  3fold  glory,  i.  Con- 
fession to  bee  own'd  by  J.  X'  before  God,  Angels  and  men.  2. 
Vision.  3.  Fruition.  And  all  this  for  ever.  6  w'  encouragem'  is 
here  to  abound  alwayes  in  y''  work  of  y"  lord,  to  bee  willing  to  doe 
or  suffer  any  th.  for  God,  what  proportion  is  there  betw,  y*"  light 
Afflictions  of  y"  present  life  which  are  but  for  a  moment  and  this 
eternall  weight  of  Glory ;  lord,  fit  mee  for  Glorj- ;  I  find  my  earthy 
Tabernacle  tottering  and  when  tis  taken  downe,  I  shall  have  a 
building  in  Heaven  that  shall  never  faile;  Blessed  be  God  the 
Father  &  my  lord  Jesus  X'  &  y*"  good  Spirit  of  Grace — even  so. 
Amen. 

Oct.  5.  At  Welsh-Hampton.  From  Col.  3.  8.  N.  It  is  the 
great  Duty  of  all  Christians  to  put  off  Anger.  It  unfits  for  Duty, 
a  little  jogging  puts  a  clock  or  watch  out  of  frame,  so  a  little 
Passion  the  Heart.  A  man  cannot  wrestle  with  God  &  Avi-angle 
with  his  neighbour  at  the  same  time. — Short  sins  often  cost  us 
long  &  sad  sorrowes — An  Angry  man  is  like  one  in  a  crowd  that 
hath  sore  Bile,  every  one  thrusts  him  &  troubles  him. — with  the 
froward  thou  wilt  shew  thys.  froward,  a  dreadfull  Scripture  to  a 
peevish  froward  man.  Those  that  are  too  merry  when  pleas'd 
are  commonly  too  Angry  when  Crost. — Blessed  lord,  subdue  this 
lust  in  my  Heart,  I  am  very  weake  there,  lord  there  strengthen 
mee,  turne  the  streame  of  my  Anger  agt  selfe  and  sin.  6  how 
doth  my  iVnger  at  men  make  God  angry  at  mee,  lord  pardon  in 
Christ. 

From  I  Pet.  4.  18.  The  Best  of  men  are  hardly  sav'd,  but 
sav'd,  &  no  more  ;  it  was  hard  work  to  J.  X'  to  work  out  our  Sal- 
vation, tis  hard  combating  with  Satan,  world,  Flesh,  that's  gotten 
hardly  that's    gotten  w*""   y**  Sword.     This  makes  Salvation    the 


62  PHILIP  HENRY. 

sweeter,  teaches  us  to  live  every  day  upon  free  grace,  our  journey 
is  up-hill,  with  a  dead  body  upon  our  backes,  the  Devill  doing 
what  hee  can  to  pull  us  downe. 

Succiirre  Domi7ie — lord  Jesus  supply  with  strength,  lord  Jesus 
lead  mee  in  thy  Hand.  Carry  mee  through  all  the  difficultyes 
that  lye  in  my  way,  rid  mee  of  every  weight,  and  the  sin  that 
doth  so  easily  beset  mee,  that  I  may  run  my  race  with  patience 
and  in  the  end  obtayne  the  crowne. 

Oct.  13.  At  Worthenb.  From  litke  15.  17.  The  Spirit's 
first  work  upon  the  soule  in  Conversion  is  to  bring  it  to  serious 
selfe-reflection.  it  is  a  duty  that  men  are  very  unwilling  to,  lest  it 
should  help  to  make  them  out  of  love  with  themselves,  6:  but 
that's  a  thing  that  must  bee  done,  else  never  brought  in  love  with 
J.  X'.  the  whole  need  not  the  Physician  but  they  that  are  sick. 
6:  that  I  were  more  out  of  love  with  my  selfe  &  more  in  love  with 
my  dear  lord  Jesus. 

Oct.  21.  At  Wrexham.  From  Joliu  4.  34.  It  is  meat  to 
a  Gracious  Heart  to  bee  doing  y"  will  of  God.  His  desires  are 
towards  it,  his  delight  in  it,  his  satisfaction  from  it,  hee  hath  as 
good  a  Stomach  to  Family-prayer  as  to  Family-meales.  My  soule 
breaketh  for  y*^  longing  that  it  hath  unto  thy  judgem''  at  all  times. 
Ps.  119.  20.  I  have  esteemed  the  words  of  thy  mouth  more  y*^" 
my  necessary  food.  Job.  23.  12.  not  only  more  then  my  after- 
dishes.  A  true  Christian  hath  no  distinct  Interest  of  his  owne 
from  that  of  (xod's  in  y"  world,  if  Jesus  X'  gaine  I  cannot  lose ; 
There  is  no  duty  requir'd  of  us  but  what  an  Angel  may  bee  seen 
doing. 

The  lord  blesses  his  people  with  all  his  Heart  &  with  all  his 
soule.  Jer.  32.  40.  reason  Good  y"  should  serve  him  with  all 
their  heart  &  with  their  soule.  As  much  as  a  man  delights 
more  then  hee  should  in  a  creature  comfort,  so  much  hee  delights 
lesse  then  he  should  in  God.  When  a  man  can  say,  not  only, 
this  is  a  sweet  Promise  but  this  is  a  sweet  Precept,  a  sweet 
Duty,  that's  a  good  sign  of  grace,  lord,  write  thy  law  &  shed 
abroad  thy  love  in  my  heart  that  I  may  serve  thee  with  delight. 
Amen. 

October  5.  I  preach't  at  Welsh  Hampton  in  more  then  ordi- 
nary weaknes  and  distraction,  lord,  pardon  the  sin  of  it.     'twas 


PHILIP  HENRY.  6^ 

made  up  in  those  that  joynd,  Mr.  lawrence  and  Mr.  Macham  ; 
in  y'^  whole  I  saw  much  of  God.  That  night  Mrs.  Grey  of 
Enfield  came  to  see  y°  lady  her  sister  ill  with  a  sore  Breast,  lord, 
spare  in  much  mercy. 

27.  Our  day  of  monthly  Conference,  (^u.  what  are  the 
scripture  markes  of  those  that  shall  bee  sav'd.    from  Ps.  15.  i. 

October  4.  Two  children  Baptiz'd  at  Worthenb.  one  a  son 
of  Rog""  Edge,  named  Roger,  the  other  of  Edw.  y*^  Thatcher, 
alias  Edw.  ap  Richard,  named  Joseph — the  first  that  ever  I 
baptiz'd. 

19.  My  good  Freind  Mr.  Madocks,  usher  of  Wrexham-school 
dyed. 

November  12.  John  Pagett  &  the  rest  of  y"  workmen  having 
finisht  the  House  of  Worthenbury  went  away  homewards. — 
I  doe  from  my  heart  blesse  God  that  no  Harme  or  Hurt  befell  any 
of  them  in  the  Building. 

At  Bangor.  N'ov.  4.  ~  From  Heb.  11.  6.  God  is  the  rewarder 
of  those  that  diligently  seek  him,  that  doe  anything  for  him  ;  Great 
encouragem'  to  bee  alwayes  abounding  in  the  work  of  the  lord, 
forasmuch  as  wee  know  our  labour  shall  not  bee  in  vayne  in  the 
lord ;  It  cannot  bee  in  vayne,  for  the  work  its.  if  there .  were 
nothing  else,  is  its  owne  Reward  ;  Our  servants  work  for  us,  God's 
servants  work  for  themselves  ;  Amor  mercedis,  non  est  amor 
mercenarius.  qui  amat  aliqidd prater  Deiim  quod  7wii  amat propter 
Deum,  non  amat  Deum.  As  the  mother  of  Moses,  though  engag'd 
by  naturall  affection  to  nurse  the  child,  yet  w"  Pharoh's  daughter 
had  commanded  her  to  doe  it  &  promis'd  to  pay  her  for  doing 
it,  had  then  a  further  additionall  engagem' — In  like  manner  is  it 
with  the  people  of  God. 

I^xovcl  Math.  9.  12.  They  that  are  whole  need  not  a  Physician 
but  y"  y*  are  sick,  sin  is  the  sicknesse  of  the  soule  and  sin-sick 
soules  stand  in  great  need  of  a  Physician,  and  that  Physician  is  no 
other  but  Jesus  X'.  lord  Jesus,  heale  my  soule,  for  I  have  sinned 
against  thee. 

At  Worthenb.  Nfov.  13.  From  luke  15.  17.  the  Spirit  brings 
to  consideration  not  only  of  the  State  of  the  soule,  but  also  the 
wayes  of  the  soule,  thus  saith  the  lord  of  hosts,  Consider  your  wayes, 
the  way  in  wliich   the  prodigal  walked  before  conversion  was  a 


64  PHILIP  HENRY. 

way  of  Pride,  idlenesse,  riot,  wantonesse,  the  way  in  which  hee 
walked  after  Conversion  was  a  way  of  Repentance,  Humility, 
Obedience ;  lord,  evermore  let  mee  bee  led  in  that  way.  I  know 
1  cannot  be  better  any  where  then  in  my  Father's  House,  lord, 
keepe  mee  at  home  with  thy  selfe. 

24.  Our  day  of  monthly  conference  at  Robert  Byckley's 
House.  Qii.  wherein  consists  the  Happines  of  Heaven  !  much 
was  said  concerning  it,  but  behold  the  one  halfe  was  not 
told  us. 

29.  John  Hughes  mantayned  (contrary  to  what  was  delivered 
in  publike  that  day)  that  it  is  no  blessing  but  a  Curse  for  one  that 
never  shall  bee  sav'd,  to  bee  kept  by  restrayning  Grace  from  open 
scandalous  sins,  his  reason  was  bee.  such  a  one  is  more  unlikely 
to  bee  convinc't  then  another. — ^I  think  it  to  bee  a  mercy,  bee. 
God  is  lesse  dishonoured,  his  people  lesse  greived,  the  sinner  lesse 
punished. — lord,  teach  us  thy  will,  and  let  mee  bee  cursed,  if  it 
bee  a  curse  with  thy  Restrayning  Grace,  keep  in  my  Corruptions, 
but  withall  let  mee  have  renewing  grace  too  to  change  my 
nature. 

2.     the  Judge  set  forth  for  london. 

14.     Dr.  Rock  of  Hampton  came  to  y''  lady,     a  Papist. 

1 6.     Mrs.  Golson  of  Lincolnshire  came  to  y^  lad}-. 

18.     the  lady's  Breast  bled  much  ;  suppos'd  to  be  a  cancer. 

23.  About  this  time  a  child  of  Rich.  Humphryes  which  was 
to  bee  baptiz'd  on  the  Sabbath  day  dyed  on  Friday  night. 

28.  Mr.  Roger  Puleston  came  home — from  london  before 
his  Father. 

December  i.  A  day  of  Prayer  at  Joseph  Ridgway's  *  house  in 
Shocklach,  many  sweet  enlargements  vouchsafed,  blessed  bee  God. 
Among  other  mercyes  beg'd  for  ourselves,  the  Church,  the  nation, 
relations,  Freinds,  some  weak  and  sick,  others  in  other  troubles, 
this  was  specially  insisted  on  that  the  lord  would  find  out  a  way 
for  y^  settlement  of  an  able  Faithfull  Ministry  in  that  Parish,  which 
was  desired,  not  out  of  any  evill  will  to  him  that  Officiates  y^"" 

*  This  veiy  old  English  name,  which  shows  that  the  British  ways  followed 
for  the  most  part  the  ridges,  was  represented  at  Shocklach,  for  many  genera- 
tions, by  a  family  who  were  descended  from  the  Ridgways,  earls  of  Lon- 
donderry, and  settled  afterwards  in  the  parish  of  Hanmer. 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  65 

though  very  unworthy,  Mr.  Rob'  Thornton,  but  out  of  good  will 
to  the  Peoples  soules  which  are  Hke  to  perish  for  want  of  whole- 
some food  ;  lord,  hear  in  heaven  thy  dwelling-place  and  if  thou 
hast  any  lost  Groats  in  that  parish,  light  a  Candle  and  seek  them 
and  find  them,  for  thy  Cloodnesse  sake  6:  lord. 

8.  Our  monthly  lecture-day  at  ^^'orthenb.  the  lord  i)rosper  his 
( Josp.  to  this  people,  they  have  it  preacht  amongst  them  in  season 
and  out  of  season,  even  so,  Amen,  lord  Jesus  !  Mr.  lewis  taught 
from  hike  15.  17.  ///  my  Fathers  House  there  is  bread  enough, 
Jesus  X'  is  the  true  Bread  that  came  downe  from  heaven,  by  him 
wee  are  fed,  nourished,  strengthned,  were  men  truly  hungry  they 
would  part  wdth  any  thing  rather  y*"'  want  it,  but  here's  our  misery, 
wee  are  full  of  other  things,  sin,  selfe,  earth  and  no  wonder  if  the 
full  soule  loaths  the  Honey-combe,  lord,  evermore  give  mee  this 
Bread  I 

After  Sermon  was  ended  a  child  of  Mr.  Holliman's  was  to  bee 
Baptized  ;  I  thought  once  to  have  done  it  in  publike  and  in 
regard  the  father  was  absent  in  london  and  the  mother  sick  in 
bed,  I  yeelded  y'  some  fit  person  (Mr.  Orlando  Fogg  was  pitcht 
upon)  should  represent  y^  Parents  in  undertaking  for  the  education 
of  the  child,  but  upon  second  thoughts,  I  altred  my  purpose 
(though  I  found  it  sutable  to  the  Directions  of  y"  Assembly  of 
Divines)  fearing  lest  those  who  could  not  know  y'^  Grounds  I  went 
upon,  might  happily  look  upon  it  as  a  Presedent  for  y'^  Use  of 
(iod-fathers  &  God-mothers,  and  in  that  resp.  it  might  have 
beene  an  Offence,  wherefore  I  went  to  the  House  and  there 
Baptiz'd  it  the  Child's  name  was  Edward,  and  the  Mother  under- 
took for  the  education  in  the  nurture  and  Admonition  of  the  lord. 
— I  hold  it  fittest  that  that  Ordinance  bee  administred  publikely  on 
the  lord's  day  in  the  presence  of  the  whole  Congregation,  but  yet 
neverthelesse  the  Rule  not  being  Scripturall,  but  only  Prudential, 
it  may  admitt  of  Variations  from  it.  'Tis  somew'  inconvenient  on 
y*  lord's  day,  unlesse  the  people  would  agree  to  putt  off  y"  feasting 
part  of  y''  Solemnity  to  some  other  time.  I  find  Abraham  feasted 
when  hee  wean'd  the  child — Gen.  21.  8. — lord,  .shew  mee  what 
thou  wilt  have  mee  to  doe. 

17.     Sister   Mary  return'd   from   SIn-ewsl)ury,   not  rid   of  her 
Mother-fits  which  shee  had  before ;  the  time  of  her  being  there 

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66  PHILIP  HENRY. 

Avas  chargeable,  it  cost  between  thirty  and  forty  pounds ;  I  blesse 
<jod,  I  had  it  for  her  use.* 

29.  Our  day  of  monthly  Conference  at  John  Hughes  house 
xipon  Threapwood,  Qii.  How  may  wee  know  whether  wee  are 
of  those  that  have  their  Portion  in  this  life — The  Duty  was  carryed 
on  with  much  love  and  meeknes,  and  I  hope  w"'  some  comfort 
and  ^edification  to  those  that  were  present.  O  lord,  let  not  the 
things  of  this  life  bee  my  portion. 
Usury,  Saint  Dunstans,  Pauls,  Christ  Church,  Salsbur}^,  ^^'indsor, 
Worcester,  ^Vestchester,  Banbury,  Bangor,  Asaph. 

Dr.  White's  livings. 
Qui  sermonavit  vivus  sine  Think — sine  Thank  :  o 
Mortuus  in  foveam  jacitur  sine  clink  sine  clank  :  o. 
Epitaph.  INI"  L.  Itineran. 
Hippocrates  for  y"  Spleen  i.e.  Kparos  i-n-Trov. 
In  a  Feaver,  if  the  Tongue  cannot  be  held  out  steady,  tis 
commonly  mortall. 

For  the  Spleen. 

Of  Sena,  halfe  an  Ounce,  of  lycoris  as  much,  a  SpoonfuU  of 
Coriander-seed,  enfused  over  night  in  a  quart  of  fayre  water,  to  bee 
drunk  y"^  next  morning  at  three  draughts,  an  houre  between  each 
draught.     Probatnm. 

For  a  Cold. 

Drink  Peny-royall  water,  warm'd,  with  a  little  sugar. 

For  Convulsions. 
Conserve  of  Rue,  morning  &  evening. 

I'or  Coliquc. 
Decoctum  florum  Camomeli  in  cerevisia,  in  dolore  Colici  est 
instar  incantamenti. 

I  purpose  this  ])resent  yeare  1657  (as  I  did  theyeare  forgoing) 
to  set  by  the  Tenth  of  all  the  moneyes  I  receive  for  charitable 
uses,  viz,  two  shillings  in  every  pound. 

My  God  accept  it  in  Christ.     Amen. 

*  AVhat  p.  true  spirit  of  Christian  cliarity  is  tliis,  wliicli  knows  no  limit  hut 
that  of  actual  ability  !     St.  Malt.  \\v.  36. 


PHILIP  HENRY. 


67 


Anno  1657. 


Mar. 

10. 

At  Oxon  .. 

:Mar. 

24. 

at  Emerall 

Apr. 

6. 

at  Emerall 

Jun. 

10. 

at  Oxon 

Sept. 

10. 

at  Oxon  .. 

Oct. 

I. 

at  Emerall 

Dec. 

8. 

at  Emerall 
at  Emerall 

lOec. 

12. 

at  Oxon  .. 

,, 

14. 

at  Emerall 

5> 

15- 

at  Emerall 

Received.  Set  by. 

314  060 

500  o  10    o 

35    o    o  3  10    o 

4  12    6  090 

4  14    6  o    9    o 

10    o    o  100 

10    o    o  100 

500  o  10    o 

387  070 

13    o    o  160 

700  o  14    o 


100  16  II 


10       I 


1658.  Jan.  25.  A  motion  was  first  made  to  Mrs.  K.  M.  on 
my  behalf.     Shee  desir'd  time  to  consider. 

Feb.  8.  Shee  return'd  answer  shee  would  speak  with  mee 
liers.     15th.    a  book  sent  (Ambrose  Prima)  and  a  time  appointed. 

In  September,  1658,  the  lady  Puleston  died.  "She 
was/'  said  he,  "  the  best  friend  I  had  on  earth,  but  my 
friend  in  heaven  is  still  where  he  was,  and  he  will  never 
leave  me  nor  forsake  me."  He  preached  her  funeral  sermon 
from  Isaiah  iii.  26.  He  has  noted  this  expression  of  hers 
not  long  before  she  died,  "  My  soul  leans  to  Jesus  Christ  ; 
lean  to  me,  sweet  Saviour."  The  following  statement  in 
Philip  Henry's  hand  has  been  lent  me  by  Mr.  R.  P.  Greg, 
of  Coles  Park,  Herts.  It  seems  to  have  been  written  at  the 
lady's  dictation. 

Sept.  2,  1658. 
It  is  my  earnest  desire  to  my  Husband 

1.  That  hee  will  bee  pleased  to  pay  the  moneyes  wliich  I  owe 
xiccordirg  as  will  appear  by  a  paper  written  with  my  own  hand. 

2.  That  hee  will  give  to  the  Three  maydes  w'''  tended  mee  in 
my  sicknesse  five  pounds  apeice,  Mary  Xewton,  Sarah  Prichard, 
Mary  Prichard. 

3.  That  hee  will  satisfy  Mrs.  Morgan  for  her  very  great  care 
concerning  mee,  there  is  three  pound  due  to  her  by  promise. 


68  PHILIP  HEXRY. 

4.  That  hee  will  give  to  Sarah  Henry  fifty  pounds,  and  xwy 
Cloaths,  and  whatsoever  is  mine  in  my  Chamber. 

The  ground  of  these  my  desires  is  besides  his  Generall  love  to 
mee,  a  particular  Promise,  that  in  case  I  should  dye  before  him, 
hee  would  give  mee  leave  to  bestow  as  far  as  two  Hundred  pounds 
would  goe  according  as  I  should  please. 

There  were  present  when  this  was  spoken  Mrs.  Horsey,  Mrs. 
Morgan,  Mar}'  Newton,  and  my  selfe,  P.  H. 

A  note  of  what  is  in  my  ladye's  chamber. 

Her  Avearing  Clothes —         Bedding — 

A  Damask  Table  Cloth  and  4  Napkins. 

Bookes. 

A  Silver  Damask  Cup,  a  Silver  Porrenger,  Two  Silver  Tasters,. 

Five  silver  spoones,  a  Tankard. 

Her  Strong-Avater  Cabinett — 

An  Amber- Bracelett  with  a  Sergeaiit's  Ring. 

Two  Diamond  Pinns—         Bodkin, 

The  watch. 

a  saphire  Ring,  a  gold  seal  &:  wedding  ring,    a  Diamond-Ring- 

a  necklace  of  Corall  and  a  Pomander  Bracelett. 

a  Drinking  Shell,     a  spur-royal  beaten  out. 

a  Cabinett  with  Tills,     a  silk  cushnett. 

Physique-Baskett. 

He  removed  from  Emral  to  the  house  in  Worthenbur\- 
uhich  the  Judge  had  built  for  him  in  February,  1658-59. 
In  the  following  March  he  was  much  solicited  to  lea\'e 
Worthcnbury,  and  to  accept  of  the  Vicarage  of  Wrexham, 
and  the  same  year  he  had  an  offer  made  him  of  a  consider- 
able living  near  London  ;  but  he  declined  both  offers.  That 
year  he  had  some  disturbance  from  the  Quakers,  who  were 
set  on  by  others  who  wished  ill  to  his  ministry-'.  The 
Cheshire  rising  under  Sir  George  Booth,  afterwards  Lord 
Delamerc,  and  that  of  North  Wales  under  Sir  Thomas. 
Middlcton,  could  not  but  affect  W^orthenbury  and  the 
countr}'  thereabouts.     Mr.  Henry's  prayer  for  them  in  his 


PHILIP  HE.\RY.  6g 

diary,  the  day  of  their  first  appearing,  is,  "  Lord,  ow  n  them  if 
they  truly  own  Thee."  He  notes  that  Lambert's  forces,  which 
came  down  to  suppress  them,  did  in  that  neighbourhood 
espouse  the  Quakers'  cause,  and  offer  injury  to  some  mini- 
sters ;  and  therefore  saith  he,  "  unless  God  intend  the  ruin  of 
the  nation  by  them,  they  cannot  prosper."  Nor  did  they 
long,  though  in  that  expedition  they  had  success.  In  their 
return  some  of  Lambert's  soldiers  were  at  Worthenbury 
Church,  and  one  of  them  sat  with  his  hat  on  while  they 
were  singing  psalms,  for  which  he  publicly  admonished  him. 
The  first  rising  of  the  Cheshire  forces  was  August  i,  1659, 
and  the  19th  following  they  were  worsted  and  scattered  by 
Lambert's  forces  near  Northwich,  a  strange  spirit  of  fear 
being  upon  them,  which  quite  took  off  their  chariot  wheels. 
The  country  people  called  it,  not  the  "  Cheshire  Rising," 
but  the  "  Cheshire  Race." 

On  September  5,  1659,  Judge  Puleston  died,  and  all 
Philip  Henry's  interest  (as  his  son  tells  us)  in  the  Emeral 
family  was  buried  in  his  grave.  He  preached  the  judge's 
funeral  sermon  from  Nehemiah  xii.  14:  "Wipe  not  out  my 
good  deeds  that  I  have  done  for  the  house  of  my  God, 
and  for  the  offices  thereof ;  "  the  design  of  which  was  not  to 
.applaud  his  deceased  friend,  but  to  show  that  deeds  done 
for  the  house  of  God  are  good  deeds,  and  to  press  people, 
according  to  their  ability  and  opportunity,  to  do  such  deeds. 
One  passage  in  that  sermon  ought  to  be  recorded — that  it 
had  been  the  practice  of  a  worthy  gentleman  in  the  neigh- 
bouring county  in  renewing  his  leases,  instead  of  making 
it  a  condition  that  his  tenants  should  keep  a  hawk  or  a 
dog  for  him,  to  oblige  them  that  they  should  keep  a  Bible 
in  their  houses  for  themselves,  and  should  bring  up  their 
children  to  learn  to  read  and  be  catechized. 

The  change  in  the  relations  of  Philip  Henry  to  the 
l^mral  family  after  this  date  calls  for  some  passing  notice. 


yo  PHILIP  IIEXRY. 

In  the  diary  for  i68i  he  refers  to  a  time  "  when  he  was  a 
Ca\-ah'er;"  and  that  he  should  have  ceased  to  be  one 
after  his  earl)-  Hfe  at  Whitehall,  after  witnessing  the  execu- 
tion of  the  king,  after  losing  everything  in  the  cause  of 
ro}alt}-,  may  perhaps  have  been  owing  to  the  influence  upon 
a  \-outh  of  the  words  and  conduct  of  Lord  Pembroke,  and 
afterwards  of  the  persuasive  arguments  of  Lady  Puleston. 
It  is  evident  that  she  was  a  person  of  no  common  intellect. 
The  Puleston  family  had  been  on  the  side  of  the  Parliament 
in  the  late  troubles,  and  Emral  had  been  taken  by  the 
Royalists  in  1644,  and  unnecessary  harshness  used,  as  was 
alleged.  But  from  the  way  in  which  the  judge  criticizes 
the  proceedings  of  the  prayer-meeting  which  Mr.  Henry 
had  established,  we  may  perhaps  conclude  that  it  was  the 
courtly  manner,  with  the  solid  learning  and  genuine  piety, 
of  the  young  Oxonian  which  enlisted  his  sympathies,  rather 
than  the  precise  doctrinal  views  that  he  held.  With  the 
lady  it  would  be  otherwise  ;  and  in  the  tone  of  her  letters 
to  Mr.  P'rancis  Palmer  of  Christ  Church,  and  to  Dr.  Owen, 
the  Vice-Chancellor  of  Oxford,  we  recognize  a  person  of 
decided,  if  not  extreme,  opinions,  in  whose  Avords  and 
advice  Philip  Henry  might  seem  to  hear  his  own  mother's 
voice  over  again,  and  be  much  influenced  by  them. 

That  the  next  generation,  who  had  become  in  some 
way  Royalists  and  Episcopalians,  .should  dislike  their 
Presbyterian  tutor,  is  not  remarkable.  They  only  antici- 
pated by  one  j^ear  the  verdict  of  the  nation  in  breaking  the 
yoke  which  neither  their  fathers  nor  the}'  A\-ere  able  to  bear. 
He  was  a  hearty  well-wisher  to  the  return  of  the  king  in 
April,  t66o,  and  much  affected  with  the  mercy  of  it.  Oic 
the  26th  of  this  month  he  was  married,  at  Whitewell  Chapel, 
to  Katherine,  the  only  daughter  and  heir  of  Mr.  Daniel 
Matthews,  of  Broad  Oak,  in  the  county  of  Flint.  Some 
opposition  was  made  h\  her  fatlicr,  owing  partly  to  offers 


PHI  LI r  HEXRY.  yi 

havint^"  been  made  for  his  daughter's  hand  by  others  of  con- 
siderable estate,  partly  too  that  he  did  not  sympathize  with 
Philip  Henry's  religious  opinions  ;  but  these  difficulties  were 
overruled,  and  with  his  own  hand  he  gave  her  in  marriage. 
The  Broad  Oak  property,  which  Mr.  Matthews  had  obtained 
with  his  wife,  Eleanor  l^enyon  (as  heiress  of  the  Howell 
family,  who  had  held  it  for  many  generations),  was  settled 
upon  this  marriage,  and  the  remainder  of  his  property  in 
Hanmer  parish — "lands  of  ancient  inheritance,"  as  Phili}) 
Henry  calls  them — came  to  them  also  at  his  death  in  1667. 
The  purpose  of  marriage  was  published  in  the  church 
three  Lord's  days  before — a  laudable  practice,  which  he 
greatly  approved,  and  persuaded  others  to.  The  day  before 
his  marriage  he  kept  as  a  day  of  secret  prayer  and  fasting. 
He  used  to  say,  "  Christ  will  be  present  at  the  wedding  if 
he  be  invited  by  prayer." 

The  first  letter  I  find  addressed  to  Mrs.  Henry  after 
their  marriage  is  dated  "London."  It  well  exhibits  the 
affection,  the  happiness,  and  the  piety  of  the  writer. 

London,  October  9,  1660. 
Dear  Heart, 

I  bless  God,  I  am  safe  and  well  at  London.  I  came 
from  Oxford  yesterday  morning  alone,  but  the  Lord  was  with 
mee  ;  it  was  a  long  journey  but  I  was  stirring  betimes.  I  was 
nine  miles  on  my  way  before  eight  o'clock,  and  came  an  hour  or 
two  before  sun  set  to  Thistleworth.*  Towards  the  end  of  my 
journey,  for  three  or  four  miles,  where  was  most  danger  it  pleased 
(rod  I  had  Company,  which  was  a  great  mercy.  I  met  many 
soldiers  upon  the  way,  going  homewards  .  upon  their  disband- 
ing,t  towards  their  several  countries,  and  I  w^as  sometimes  afraid 

*  This  place  is  frequently  mentioned  by  Philip  Henry,  but  has  not  yet 
been  identified.     Evelyn  mentions  it  in  his  diary,  Februarj'  28,  164S. 

t  "  The  troops  were  now  to  be  disbanded.  Fifty  thousand  men  accustomc<l 
to  the  profession  of  arms,  were  at  once  thrown  on  the  world  ;  and  experience 
seemed  to  warrant  the  belief  that  this  change  would  produce  much  miseiy  and 
crime.  .  .  .  But  no  such  result  followed.  In  a  few  months  there  remained  not 
a  trace  that  the  most  formidable  army  in  the  world  had  just  been  absorbed  into 


72  PHILIP  HENRY. 

of  them.  They  were  by  two  &  three  in  a  company,  but  the  Lord 
preserved  mee.  This  morning  I  came  to  Chelsea,  where  I  saw 
my  sisters,  in  heahh,  blessed  bee  Clod,  and  overjoyed  to  see  me  ; 
from  thence,  this  afternoon,  to  London.  I  have  been  with  cousin 
Thomas  Hotchkis,  from  whom  I  received  a  letter  to  S""  Orlando 
Bridgman  from  Mr.  Eddow ;  and,  to-morrow,  I  purpose,  God 
willing,  to  wait  upon  his  Lordship,  expecting  a  charge  from  him, 
in  the  first  place,  about  conformity,  wherein  yet  I  shall  do  as  I 
see  cause,  in  case  I  should  be  continued  at  Worthenbury.  The 
ministers  here  are  generally  unanimous,  and  resolved.  Dr. 
Sheldon  was  installed  Bishop  of  London  to-day.  The  King  is 
gone  into  the  country  for  a  fortnight  during  the  trial  of  his  father's 
Judges  to  prevent  petitions.  I  sleep  to-night  at  Mrs.  Kingstons 
who  desires  to  be  remembered  to  you,  and  to  Mr.  Puleston,  and 
his  wife.  I  wrote  to  you,  by  the  last  post,  from  Oxford.  Com- 
mend me  to  sister  Mary,  and  all  that  ask  of  me.  Dear  heart, 
make  much  of  thyself,  and  love  me  ;  and  the  Lord  everlasting  be 
thy  Sun  and  Shield  !     So  prayeth. 

Thine,  in  all  affection, 

Philip  Henry. 

In  September,  1660,  Mr.  Fogg,  Mr.  Steele,  and  Mr. 
Henry  were  presented  at  Flint  assizes  for  not  reading  the 
Common  Prayer,  though  as  yet  it  was  not  enjoined.  They 
entered  their  appearance  and  it  fell,  for  the  king's  declara- 
tion touching  ecclesiastical  affairs  came  out  soon  after, 
which  promised  liberty  and  gave  hopes  of  settlement  ;  but 
the  spring  assizes  following  they  were  presented  again. 

In  November  of  that  year  he  took  the  oath  of  allegiance 
at  Overton,  before  Sir  Thomas  Hanmer  and  two  other 
justices,  of  which  he  has  left  this  memorandum  in  his  diary  : 
"  God  so  help  me,  as  I  purpose  in  my  heart  to  do  accord- 
ingly." One  of  the  chief  characteristics  of  Philip  Henr\' 
^vas  his  belief  in  the  power  of  prayer.     He   was  resolved 

the  mass  of  the  community.  Tlie  Royalists  themselves  confessed  that,  in  every 
<lc]-)artment  of  honest  industry,  the  discarded  warriors  prospered  beyond  other 
men." — Macaulay's  "History,"  cap.  ii.     .See  diary  for  1667,  March  15  (note). 


PHILIP  IIKNKY.  'J  I 

'that  he  and  his  liousc  should  serve  the  Lord.  There  was, 
therefore,  family  worship  night  and  morning.  He  would 
say  sometimes,  "  If  the  worship  of  God  be  not  in  the  house, 
write  '  Lord  have  mercy  on  us  '  upon  the  door,  for  there  is 
a  plague,  a  curse  in  it."  He  always  began  with  a  short 
prayer  imploring  the  Divine  presence ;  next  he  sung  a 
Psalm  ;  then  he  read  a  portion  of  Scripture,  taking  the  Bible 
in  order,  explaining  it  and  catechizing  the  children.  He 
then  prayed,  always  kneeling,  which  he  looked  upon  as  the 
fittest  gesture  for  prayer.  In  family  prayer  h,e  was  usually 
most  full  in  giving  thanks  for  family  mercies,  confessing 
family  sins,  and  begging  family  blessings.  He  used  to 
observe,  concerning  Job,  that  he  offered  burnt-offerings  for 
his  children,  according  to  the  number  of  them  all — an  offer- 
ing for  each  child.  Family  prayer  he  called  family  duty, 
and  he  did  not  allow  the  presence  of  strangers  to  interfere 
with  it.  "  Prayer  and  provender  hinder  no  man's  journey," 
he  would  say. 

Besides  this,  he  and  his  wife  constantly  prayed  together 
morning  and  evening,  according  to  St.  Peter's  rule,  "  Live  as 
heirs  together  of  the  grace  of  life,  that  your  prayers  be  not 
hindered."  Above  all,  he  made  conscience  of  closet- 
worship.  It  was  the  caution  and  advice  which  he  fre- 
quently gave  to  his  children  and  friends,  "  Be  sure  you  look 
to  your  secret  duty :  keep  that  up  whatever  you  do  :  the 
soul  cannot  prosper  in  the  neglect  of  it."  He  observed  that 
"  Apostasy  generally  begins  at  the  closet  door." 

As  the  diaries  for  165  8-1660  arc  not  forthcoming,  I  can 
■only  give  a  very  slight  sketch  of  those  years,  and  must  pass 
on  to  that  for  1661,  which,  with  those  for  1663,  1667,  167 1, 
1672,  1674,  1678,  belonged  (till  her  decease  in  February, 
188 1 )  to  Mrs.  Lee  of  Redbrook,  a  descendant  in  the  fourth 
degree  from  Matthew  Henry,  and — with  her  two  sisters — 
the  co-heiress  of  Broad  Oak  and  other  lands. 


Fin  LIP  IIEXKY. 


i66i. 


January  i.  This  day  begins  the  new  year,  the  lord  make  it 
a  year  of  mere}". 

2.  Hanmer-exercise,  lord,  a  day  in  thy  Courts  is  better  than 
a  thousand.  It  was  rumord  that  there  would  be  a  disturbance 
but  the  lord  some  way  or  other  prevented.  6  that  o''  opportunityes 
might  yet  a  while  bee  continued  to  us  1  and  that  wee  may  have 
( "irace  to  use  them  to  thy  Glory. 

3.  Mr.  Richard  Taylor  return'd  from  London,  v,-here  h.e  was 
ordayn'd  by  D''  Sanderson  Bishop  of  Lincoln.  Friends  well  there,, 
blessed  bee  God.  About  this  time  Mr.  Davis  of  Jesus  Coll.  lodg'd 
a  night  with  mee,  I  lent  him  half  a  crown  at  his  departure,  hee 
saying  hee  was  poor  and  wanted  it. 

4.  I  went  to  Whitchurch  to  speak  w"'  Mr.  John  Eddow  to  w'" 
the  affay''  of  "W'orthenb.  is  refer'd  but  hee  was  not  at  home,  lord, 
w"  I  come  to  thee  about  that  or  any  other  of  my  concernm''  I  am 
sure  to  find  thee  at  home. 

6.  A  stir  was  made  about  a  collection  for  a  poor  woman  of 
Bangor  without  Mr.  Puleston's  leave,  lord,  I  cannot  doe  what  I 
would,  I  desire  to  doe  what  I  can  for  thy  Glory. 

7.  I  visited  Tho.  Prichard  an  aged  weak  man — lord  fit  him 
to  dye. 

8.  I  find  in  every  prayer  greater  pronesse  to  Thanksgiving- 
then  either  to  confession  or  Petition — which  I  fear  is  not  well  tSc 
argues  I  am  little  acc^uainted  with  myself.  This  time,  twelve- 
month, it  was  quite  contrary  lord  make  mee  truly  humble  c\: 
truly  thankful. 

9.  I  was  at  the  house  of  mourning,  visiting  Richard  Hum- 
phryes,  long  sick  &  sore,  &  pray'd  w"*  him  to  his  Comfort  &  my 
own  Edification.  God  hath  mixt  mercy  to  him  with  his  affliction 
in  giving  him  a  careful  tender  wife. 

10.  Lord,  how  are  they  increased  that  trouble  mee,  but  in 
thee,  lord,  doe  I  put  my  trust,  somet.  fear  and  somet.  faith  prevails, 
lord  Jesus  increase  my  Faith. 

11.  I  was  at  Whitchurch,  Mr.  Eddow  waves  the  Reference  left 
with  him  by  D''  B""  yet  advises  mee  to  defer  distreyning  till  his- 
return.     Newes  of  an  Insurrection  at  london  last  Sabbath  day  at 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  75 

night  by  fifth-Monarchy  men.  \\ho  declar"d  for  King  Jesus,  some 
were  kild,  more  affrighted ;  the  King  at  Portsmouth  with  liis 
Mother,  tis  probable  this  may  give  occasion  to  those  that  seek 
occasion  to  restrayn  our  libertyes  hitherto  indulg'd — In  my  wa\- 
home  with  Capt.  Taylor  and  John  Wright  Mr.  Pul:  overtook  us 
c\:  drew  his  sword  &  would  needs  fight  saying  wee  were  all 
Traytors,  swearing  desperately :  o  the  infinite  patience  of  Y  eternal 
(;od. 

14.  Capt.  Barbor  my  Friend  dyed,  a  great  misse  of  him,  hee 
was  a  pious  (Sc  jjrudent  X"'"'  and  had  the  good  word  of  all  even 
)•''  vilest,     help  lord  for  the  (rodly  man  ceaseth. 

15.  Mr.  Bruce  wrote  to  mee  about  y"  Order  hee  had  received 
prohibiting  private  Dayes  and  about  his  personal  Avants,  which  are 
pressing,  lord,  thou  knowest  how  ready  I  would  bee  to  help  him. 
if  I  had  it,  or  any  poor  member,  much  more  any  poor  Minister  of 
the  lord  Jesus,  help,  lord  ! 

16.  This  day  I  was  not  well,  I  am  prone  to  look  upon  ever}- 
1  )istemper  as  a  Summons  to  mee  to  give  up  my  stewardship  and 
I  hope  it  is  for  my  good  so  to  reckon.  Lord  grant  I  may  not  bee 
found  unprovided  for ;  I  know  neither  day  nor  hour.  I  pray'd 
with  the  Old  Folkes  at  John  Barns  Avhere  4.  make  above  300. 
yeares. 

17.  I  went  to  Wrexham,  where  I  jj.formed  the  last  oftlce  of 
my  love  to  my  dear  deceased  Friend,  Capt.  Gerard  Barbor,  the 
Saint  of  the  lord,  accompanying  him  to  his  grave  where  hee 
rests  as  in  a  bed  of  spices  till  the  day  of  y*"  restitution  of  all  things. 
&  then  I  hope  to  see  him  again  &  so  wee  shall  bee  together  for 
ever  with  the  lord.  I  iiass'd  through  many  dangers  by  reason  of 
water  &  fowl  wayes,  but  y*"  lord  was  with  mee  blessed  bee  his 
name. 

19.  God  hath  denyed  mee  &  others  for  two  sick  p.  sons 
this  week  for  w"'  prayer  was  made,  the  will  of  y*^  lord  bee  done. 

20.  I  finisht  the  exposition  of  leviticus  blessed  bee  Ciod. 

A  word  of  terrour,  knowing  which,  wee  perswade  men,  lord, 
prosper  ! 

21.  I  went  with  my  wife  to  Broad-Oak,  where  wee  stay'd  all 
night  &  return'd  the  next  day  safe  and  well,  blessed  bee  God. 

2X.     Sam  Hanmer  of  Ch.  Ch.  came  to  visit  mee.     I  would 


76  PHILIP  HENRY. 

gladly  doe  for  him  tow.  his  mayntenance  but  my  power  is  straitened. 
So  is  the  will  of  (lod,  wherein  I  acquiesce. 

24.  25.  A  time  of  trouble  in  the  nation.  ]\Iany  good  men 
imprison'd  cSc  restrayn'd,  some  with  some  without  cause,  I  am 
yet  in  peace  blessed  bee  Czod,  but  expect  suffring,  lord,  prepare 
mee  for  it  &  grant  I  may  never  suffer  as  an  evil  doer,  but  as  a 
Christian. 

26.  27.  Hell  the  subject  preacht  upon  this  day  that  from  the 
'i'errour  of  the  lord  I  might  perswade  men.  the  lord  perswade 
them  from  sin  to  Christ. 

28.  I  was  at  Broughton  but  knew  not  how  to  order  visits  to 
tlie  advantage  of  Religion  as  I  desire  &  as  I  ought. 

29.  I  was  at  Wrexham,  where  I  pray'd  with  Mrs.  Mostyn  not 
well  &  visited  Mrs.  Barbour  in  sorrow  &  Mrs.  Weld  in  sorrow  also 
for  her  youngest  son,  Michael,  the  lord  comfort  his  poor  people 
&:  make  up  all  their  losses  from  hims^,  who  is  God  All-sufficient. 

30.  I  was  at  Shocklach  *  at  y*"  Baptizing  of  a  child  of  Joseph 
Ridgwayes,  named  Sarah,  Mr.  Taylor  baptizd  it,  wee  both  taught 
from  Act.  2.  38.  I  of  repentance,  hee  of  bapt. 

31.  Things  are  low  with  mee  in  the  world,  but  3*^  left,  but 
my  hope  is  yet  in  the  lord,  that  in  due  time  ticc  will  supply  more. 
Amen. 

About  this  time  Venner  f  &  others  were  executed  in  london, 
for  the  Insurrection  there — J^n.  6.  &:  9.  Alarms  in  the  country  but 
without  cause,  blessed  bee  (iod.  Many  Quakers  in  prison  because 
refuse  the  Oath  of  Allegiance. 

February  2.  3.  Assistance  vouchsafed  in  study  &  preaching 
blessed  bee  Cod !  the  lord  pardon  my  manifold  failings — yet  surely 
I  know  it  shall  bee  well  with  them  that  fear  God,  that  fear  before 
him. 

*  This  interesting  church  and  Edstaston,  near  Worn,  are  the  only  two  in  this 
neighbourliood  which  may  lie  called  Norman.  Shocklach  is  now  (1S81)  being 
restored,  under  the  care  of  the  Honourable  W.  Trevor  Kenyon,  Rector  of 
^lalpas. 

t  Venner  was  a  wine  cooper  of  the  city,  who  went  about  with  some  thirty 
companions  proclaiming  "  King  Jesus."  Every  one  at  first  tied  before  them. 
One  man,  who  being  questioned  said  "he  was  for  God  and  King  Charles," 
was  instantly  murdered  by  them.  This  sect  persuaded  their  hearers  that  now 
the  critical  time  of  the  millennium  was  come,  and  their  prayers  were  not  only 
necessary,  but  their  arms  for  bringing  on  of  this  work,  and  encouraged  them  by 
saying  that  one  of  them  should  chase  a  thousand,  etc. 


PHIT.IP  HENRY.  yj 

4.  I  went  to  Chester,  where  I  spent  S  houres  that  day  i\' 
the  day  followhig  with  Dean  Brid — and  return'd  as  far  from  any 
result  or  determination  as  w"  I  went  thither.  It  seems  at  present 
as  if  the  lord  were  about  to  remove  mee  hence,  father  thy  will  be 
done  it  is  not  his  but  thy  doing :  I  spake  with  INIr.  Ratcliff  &' 
Mr.  Golborn  about  distreyning  &  receiv'd  directions  in  order 
thereunto. 

6.  Minist"  meeting  at  Bangor.  Q.  an  sit  Transubstantiatio 
in  sacra  coena.  The  last  wee  are  likely  to  have  till  God  mend 
things  in  the  nation,  would  wee  had  priz'd  &  impv'd  y*^"'  l)etter 
while  wee  had  y"  liberty  of  y™'.  I  din'd  with  my  wife  &  sister  at 
Broughton.  I  pay'd  Mr.  Steel  his  jQ^,  &  arbitrated  y'^  businesse 
betw.  Mr.  Fog  &  Mr.  Jenkyn,  paying  a  mark  to  Mr.  Fogg  this 
day  &  a  Mark  to  Mr.  Jenkins  formerly.  Blessed  arc  y"  Peace- 
makers. 

Lent  enjoyned  by  Proclamation  to  bee  observ'd. 

8.  Mr.  P.  made  one  of  the  Deputy-leiftenants  of  the  Countv, 
sent  to  Search  my  house  for  Arms  not  openly  but  slily  by  his 
brother  E.  but  found  none.  Hee  beleiv'd  a  lying  report,  that  wee 
had  a  meeting  that  day  at  John  Hugh's,  &  caus'd  the  bells  to  ring 
for  Joy,  hoping  for  great  advantage  against  us  thereby,  but  it 
prov'd  nothing  so,  lord  make  us  wise  as  serpents  &  harmlesse  as 
doves. 

9.  Studying  day,  assistance  vouchafed,  to  God  bee  Glorw 
Passion  somew'  prevayled  in  my  transactions  with  Tho:  Hale, 
which  I  am  now  sorry  for,  lord  lay  not  this  sin  to  my  charge. 

10.  Sabbath-subject,  concerning  Anger,  lord,  mortify  that  &; 
all  my  unruly  affections.  Bells  rung  for  pleasure,  a  sin,  lord 
pardon,  I  endeavour'd  to  prevent  it,  but  could  not. 

13.  I  walkt  to  Capt.  Taylors  &  from  thence  to  Bangor  dt 
so  home.  My  heart  is  very  barren  of  good  thoughts,  when  I  am 
alone,  but  fruitful  enough  of  vayn  thoughts. 

14.  Thursday,  One  sermon  finisht  tliis  night  for  y^  Sabbath 
being  to  goe  from  home  on  the  morrow,  blessed  bee  God — I  spake 
Avith  David  Philips  about  Arrears,  but  have  no  hopes  by  fair  meanes 
— I  told  him,  his  M""  and  hee  must  not  bee  angry  with  mee,  if  in 
pursuit  of  my  just  right  I  should  bee  forct  to  doe  that  which 
they  might  wish  undone.     Friends  advise  to  Article  agt  Mr.  V. 


78  PHILIP  IIEXRY. 

either  at  the  iVssizes,  or  to  the  Chanccllo'  or  to  the  Council,  but 
as  to  my  own  temper,  I  hst  not  to  Uve  in  the  fire,  if  I  could 
help  it. 

15.  I  went  to  Chester  Rob.  Eyck.  w*''  mee,  the  Dean  & 
Chancello''  D''  Baldwin  pswaded  with  mee  to  conform,  telling  mee, 
else  my  preferm'  *  was  gone  and  what?  are  you  wiser  then  the  King 
«S:  Bishops,  but  God  grant  I  may  never  bee  left  to  consult  with 
flesh  and  bloud  in  such  matters.  I  visited  Mr.  Brown  a  Prisoner, 
as  disaffected,  who  said,  fear  not  to  suffer  for  God,  tis  sweet,  his 
presence  makes  a  Prison  a  Palace. 

16.  I  visited  Mr.  Cook,  full  of  zeal  agt  B^'"  liturgy — in  my  own 
busines  I  could  effect  nothing,  it  is  y*^  will  of  God  I  should  still 
bee  kept  in  uncertaintyes,  theref.  wait  jDatiently — I  returned  home 
safe,  bless  God. 

17.  One  other  Sabbath  spent  without  disturbance,  blessed 
bee  Ciod  ;  might  our  enemyes  have  their  will,  it  should  not  be  so, 
but  our  God  chaynes  th'". 

18.  Ministers  met  at  Hanmer,  to  discourse  about  the  lawful- 
nes  of  re-ordination — Mr.  Orl.  Fogg  re-ordayn'd,t  as  for  mys'' 
I  am  at  present  of  the  mind  it  ought  not  to  bee,  the  former  being 
sufficient,  lord  shew  us  what  thou  wouldst  have  us  to  doe. 

19.  Peic't  again  with  Thomas  Hale,  I  am  jealous  hee  will 
not,  but  wish  hee  may  perform  bargain  with  mee. 

20.  Rich.  Humphiyes  buryed.  Text.  Job  33.  19.  it  pleased 
God  long  to  Chasten  him  with  payn  &  3-et  after  all  I  hope  was 
gracious  to  him,  <^  delivered  him  from  going  down  to  y"  pit,  his 
wife  was  diligent  &  tender  in  looking  to  him,  though  long,  even 
to  admiration. 

*  This  was  not  ihe  line  of  argument  to  convince  such  a  conscientious  man 
as  riiilip  Henry,  whose  fear  of  "conferring  with  flesh  and  blood"  in  the  things 
of  God  prejudiced  his  judgment  in  this  matter. 

t  In  the  chancel  of  St.  Mary's  Church,  Shrewsbury,  is  the  following 
inscription: — "Orlando  Fogg,  ecclire  Hardinensis  in  Comit.  Flint.  Rector  et 
pecul.  jurisdic.  ibid,  ordinarius,  lil'"  Rob*'  Fogg,  ecclia:.  Bangor.  ^Nlonac. 
Rectoris  :  Hue  ad  sanitat.  recuperand'"  accedens  dum  vitam  diuturnior.  quicsivii 
aternam  invenit.  flens  posuit  fil'  charissimo  pater  mrestissimus.  Nov"'  10,  A.D. 
1666."  Orlando  Fogg  became  Rector  of  Hawarden  in  1662,  on  the  ejection  of 
his  brother  Lawrence,  ^^■ho,  however,  afterwards  conformed,  and  died  Dean  of 
Chester.  Their  father  had  been  chaplain  to  Dr.  H.  Bridgeman,  and  it  was  by  the 
interest  of  his  son,  Sir  Orlando  Bridgeman,  Mith  the  patron  of  Hawarden,  Sir 
John  Glynne,  that  this  his  namesake  got  it.  Calamy  has  erroneously  substituted 
'Rowland  for  Lawrence  (Owen  and  Tilakeway's  "  Salop,"  ii.  405). 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  79 

21.  I  spake  to  Mrs.  Barb,  concer.  y'^  loan  of  ;^ioo  in  April 
next  which  shee  partly  2)romised,  I  visited  Uncle  Edwards  at 
Eyton. 

2  2.  Feasted  at  Bangor,  with  ray  wife  &  sister  where  was 
-Mrs.  Fogg  of  Hawarden. 

24.  Sabbath-mercyes — I  publisht  a  citation  about  probate  of 
wills  &:  Publishing  Banns. 

25.  26.  At  Chester.  A  release  of  y"  Tithes  tendred  by  ]\Ir. 
P.  to  D''  B'  but  not  accepted.  I  gave  10'  to  I\Ir.  Ratclifif,  re- 
tayning  him  for  my  counsel,  if  I  must  to  suit ;  lord,  shew  thys'. 
Dod  knowes  I  had  rather  preach  for  nothing  then  not  at  all. 

27.  28.  At  Broad-Oak,  Whitch.  Ash  with  my  dear  wife,  taking 
her  leave  Avith  Friends,  bee.  drawing  near  the  time  of  her  Travel. 
I  was  not  well,  but  God  restored  mee. 

Two  hundred  of  (Joose  Kids — cost  6-  8''. 

24.  Catechism  reviv'd.  a  comfortable  appearance  of  children, 
bless  lord. 

March  i.  the  cross  repayring  in  the  churchyard  of  A\'orthenb. 
by  Mr.  P.  and  y*"  (xovernor  his  serv'.  lord,  I  mourn  for  that  which 
I  cannot  help.  I  return'd  home  &  left  my  dear  wife  at  Broad 
O.  behind  mee,  lord,  preserve  her,  form  y''  child  in  her  and  X'  in 
y''  child,  Amen. 

3.  A  collection  for  one  lewis  ap  Hugh  of  Skiviok,  6'  gathered. 
The  Sabbath-subject,  of  Meeknesse,  lord,  give  mee  a  meek  i\: 
<]uiet  spirit. 

4.  I  fetcht  my  dear  wife  from  Broad-Oak,  wee  came  home  well 
iS:  in  safety,  blessed  bee  God.  My  Father  not  yet  marryed  bur 
moving  towards  it,  the  will  of  y"  lord  bee  done. 

5.  lent  observ'd  according  to  Proclamation,  the  earth  is  the 
lords  &  the  fulness  y^'of — Mr.  Fogg  came  to  advise  with  mee 
about  Bangor,  D''  B""  would  gladly  be  rid  of  him  thence,  bee.  of 
the  allowance  hee  is  in  bonds  to  give  him,  but  I  think  it  best,  hee 
should  stay  there  as  long  as  hee  can. 

6.  My  dear  wife  every  way  my  helper,  blessed  bee  God. 

7.  Mr.  Holliman  promised  to  endeavour  reconciliation  betw. 
my  Father  «S:  my  Uncle  Benion,  I  wish  hee  might  effect  it  it 
seemes  to  stick  at  this  onlv,  mv  Father  will  no  cease  unlesse  mv 


So  PHILIP  HENRY. 

Uncle  acknowl.  (implicitly  at  least  by  paying  him  costs)  that  hee 
hath  done  him  wrong. 

8.  Contests  about  the  liturgy,  an  everlasting*  bone  of  conten- 
tion, till  remov'd  or  mended.  My  sister  Mary  went  to  Whit-church 
— I  received  letters  from  London,  Friends  well  there,  blessed  bee 
(iod. 

9.  Studying-day,  in  much  infirmity,  things  are  not  with  mee 
as  they  should  bee,  nor  as  they  have  been — help  lord. 

10.  Many  sick  desired  prayers,  Daniel  lloyd,  Edw.  ap  Ellis, 
a  son  of  John  ap  Ellis,  John  (Iriffith,  Tho.  Griffith,  Mrs.  Holliman 
for  her  daughter,  lord,  hear  in  heaven.  I  will  hearken  1  Blessed 
bee  God  for  liberty  &  hel])  this  day. 

12.     A  stir  intended  about  the  Font,t  Ned  ap  Edw.  church- 

*  A  Royal  Warrant  was  issued  appointing  twelve  bishops  and  twelve  Presby- 
terians, with  nine  coadjutors  on  each  side,  to  meet  in  the  Savoy  Hospital  with 
powers  to  review  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  comparing  the  same  with  the 
most  ancient  Liturgies  which  have  been  used  in  the  Church  in  the  primitive  and 
purest  times.  The  Presbyterians  demanded  the  discontinuance  of  all  responses 
and  similar  divisions  in  the  Litany  ;  an  abolition  of  saints'  days ;  an  introduc- 
tion of  extemporaneous  prayer  ;  a  change  as  to  several  of  the  Epistles  and 
Gospels  ;  lengthening  of  the  Collects  ;  the  rejection  of  the  Apocrypha  ;  the 
removal  from  the  office  of  the  word  "regenerated,"  as  applied  to  all  baptized 
persons  :  and  a  similar  rejection  of  the  giving  thanks  for  brethren  taken  by 
Cod  to  Himself,  as  embracing  all  alike  who  were  interred.  They  would  have 
the  liturgy  be  more  particular  and  the  Catechism  more  explicit.  They  consented 
to  give  up  the  Assembly's  Catechism  for  the  Thirty-nine  Articles  somewhat 
altered,  and  they  finished  with  the  request  that  the  cross,  the  ring,  the  surplice, 
and  kneeling  at  the  Holy  Communion  should  be  left  indifferent.  The  Church 
commissioners  replied  (see  Cardwell's  "  History  of  the  Conferences"),  adding 
that  they  would  even  give  up  the  ceremonies  if  any  shadow  of  objection  could  be 
brought  forward  on  the  score  of  their  sinfulness  or  impropriety.  This  the  others 
could  not  do,  but  would  not  come  to  terms.  The  conference,  therefore, 
terminated  in  mutual  dissatisfaction.  In  Hunter's  "  I>ife  of  Oliver  Heywood  " 
(1842),  p.  354,  we  see  that  it  was  not  so  much  a  dislike  of  symbolism  as  of 
authority  wliich  distinguished  the  Presbyterians.  At  the  ordination  of  his 
son,  Oliver  Heywood  delivers  to  him  a  Bible  to  intimate,  etc.,  and  also 
takes  him  by  the  hand  to  express,  etc. 

t  What  the  difficulty  was  we  are  not  told.  Perhaps  the  font  had  during  the 
Rebellion  been  thrown  aside,  as  was  the  case  with  the  one  at  Whitewell.  In 
the  beginning  of  Christianity  people  were  baptized  at  fountains  or  in  lakes.  In 
English  Maelor  there  are  at  least  eight  names  of  places  which  refer  to  this.  Then 
for  many  centuries  the  baptistery  formed  jjart  of  the  exedm  or  places  adjoining 
to  the  church.  After  this,  fonts  were  introduced,  and  by  Canon  81  they  "must 
be  of  stone,  and  placed  in  every  church  and  chapel  where  baptism  is  to  be 
ministered  in  the  ancient  usual  position  ;  in  which  only  font  the  minister  shall 
baptize  publickly."  In  England  fonts  are  generally  jilaced  near  the  west  door, 
to  signify  that  it  is  by  baptism  we  are  ad  milted  into  the  Cluirch. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  8i 

warden  set  on  by  Mr.  P.  would  have  it  us'd  as  formerly,  I  have 
someth.  to  say  Pro.  &  someth.  Con.  &  doe  rather  incline  to  doe 
it  there,  if  there  bee  no  remedy  that  becoming  all  things  to  all  in 
indifferent  things,  I  may  gain  some. 

I  receiv'd  an  old  Debt  of  40'  from  Mr.  Philips  of  Mulsford, 
in  good  season.  I  was  at  Broughton.  Tis  a  great  mercy  that 
hee  &  his  family  doe  yet  continue  to  own  &  countenance  y" 
best  th.  lord,  fill  him  with  zeal  more  &:  more,  especially  as  a 
magistrate. 

14.  15.  Garden  prepar'd,  I  sow,  God  knows  who  may  reap ; 
the  lord  make  mee  wise  to  sow  to  the  spirit  &  then  of  the  spirit 
I  shal  bee  sure  to  reap  life  everlasting. 

16.  Freedom,  quietness,  &  Assistance  in  study  this  day, 
blessed  be  God.  John  y^  son  of  David  Peter  baptiz'd  in  y" 
way  as  formerly,  &  whatever  was  design'd  noth.  was  executed, 
blessed  bee  God,  who  hath  the  hearts  &  hands  of  all  my  ad- 
versaryes  in  a  chayn,  &  hath  broken  this  snare  also  &  I  am 
delivered. 

19.  I  went  to  Br.  Oke  where  I  delivered  to  my  Father  a  Bond 
of  his  of  ;^ioo.  w*  hee  owd  to  Aunt  Adams,  to  w""  I  made  a  new 
one,  also  two  Rings  of  my  mother  in  laws,  which  hee  desir'd  of 
my  wife  &  had  according  to  his  desire. 

20.  Garden  finisht,  in  time  of  an  ecclipse,  lord  lift  up  upon 
mee  the  light  of  thy  countenance,  &  let  noth.  cloud  it  towards 
my  soul. 

21.  I  met  Mr.  St.  return'd  from  London,  I  hope  rather 
strengthened  then  shaken,  lord,  tis  a  day  of  tryal  with  us  and 
snares  are  layd  in  our  way  &  temptations  are  multiplyed,  help 
lord. 

22.  I  receiv'd  all  writings  concer.  Br.  Oke  both  from  my 
father  Matthewes  &  Uncle  Benyon.  Peace  being  made  betw. 
them,  blessed  bee  the  Peace-makers. 

23.  Mr.  Mason  advertiz'd  us  that  our  appearance  at  the 
Assize,  where  wee  stand  indited  for  non-conformity,  might  bee 
wav'd,  through  the  Indulgence  granted  in  the  Kings  Declaration, 
now  blessed  bee  God  that  hath  broken  this  snare  also. 

24.  Peace  &  liberty  vouchsafed  one  Sabbath  more,  lord, 
what  shall  wee   render.     Mr.   Orl.   Fogg   was  design'd   to  have 

G 


82  r HI  LIP  HENRY. 

preached  at  Emeral  Chappel,*  but  was  prevented  by  sicknesse. 
I  fear  a  snare  therby  to  others  but  none  to  mys'.  God  is  lord  of  all. 

25.  This  day  there  is  due  to  mee  from  Mr.  Puleston  ;;^i5. 
but  my  reward  is  with  my  God.  Chosen  for  y**  Pari,  in  Cheshire, 
y^  Baron  of  Kinderton  &  lord  Brewerton. 

26.  I  heard  of  the  goodnes  of  God  to  sister  Sarah  &  find  it  is 
not  in  vayn  to  wayt  upon  him,  hee  is  the  father  of  the  fatherless. 

27.  I  was  at  Chester.  The  lord  is  pleas'd  as  yet  to  afford 
mee  favour  in  the  sight  of  the  man  without  a  snare  to  conscience, 
&  hee  can  doe  it  still. 

28.  29.  Assizes  at  Hawarden,  where  ]\Ir.  Steel  &  I  were 
presented  for  not  reading  Com.  Pra.  hee  that  hath  delivered  doth 
deliver,  and  I  trust  also  hee  will  yet  deliver. 

April  I.  I  was  at  Fenns,  where  I  payd  rent  to  Mr.  Hanraer 
— 26'  8'' — for  y'=  lease-land  at  Br.  Oke.  In  my  return  I  was  in- 
form'd  by  John  Jenings  of  several  passages,  wherein  y"  Church- 
warden, Edw.  Dav.  in  my  presentm'  forswore  hims^I  shall  inquire 
further  about  it. 

2.  IMr.  Orl.  Fogg  weak  and  ill,  lord,  take  him  not  away  in  the 
midst  of  his  dayes. 

3.  Hanmer-Exercise,  Mr.  Porter  &  Mr.  Steel  taught,  I  was 
designed  to  it  but  twas  much  better  as  it  was.  S'  Tho.  Hanmer 
signif.  his  dislike  of  it,  which  made  it  doubtful  whether  wee  should 
have  any  more,  but  at  parting  I  never  saw  such  a  face  of  sadnes, 
as  was  upon  those  that  were  present,  sure  God  heares  the  sighs 
<S:  sees  the  tears  of  his  poor  people. 

*  There  are  names  still  remaining  near  Emral  which  would  seem  to  show 
that  there  had  been  anciently  a  church  or  chapel  there  dedicated  to  a  Welsh 
saint  named  Gwerydd,  and  another  to  the  Ijlessed  Virgin  Mary.  "The  chapel  " 
here  referred  to  by  Philip  Henry  "  was  dedicated  to  St.  Thomas  the  Martyr.  It 
had  a  tithe  apportioned  to  it  and  a  cure  of  souls,  and  the  duty  was  done  at  one 
time  by  the  parson  of  Bangor.  i\mong  the  Emral  manuscripts  there  is  a  petition 
that  the  Worthenbury  minister  should  officiate  instead.  In  1443  it  was  used 
by  the  family  as  a  burial-ground."  Mr.  Joseph  jNIorris,  of  Shrewsbury,  writes  : 
"  Captain  John  Puleston,  the  last  male  representative  of  the  family,  who  died 
in  iSoo,  pulled  down  the  old  consecrated  chapel  of  the  mansion,  where  several 
servants  of  the  family  were  buried,  and  upon  the  foundation  and  with  the 
materials  built  the  present  dog-kennel.  The  altar  table  was  placed  in  the 
laundry,  where  it  still  remains  as  an  ironing  board.  Returning  home  from 
hunting  one  day,  he  was  thrown  off  his  horse  and  pitched  against  the  kennel- 
wall,  became  icliotic,  and  in  that  state  died.  This  was  looked  upon  by 
deserving  persons  as  a  judgment  from  Heaven." 


PHILIP  HENRY.  S3 

4.  I  was  at  Broughton  where  hapned  to  bee  Mrs.  Puleston — 
Mr.  lewis  cal'd  to  see  mee,  my  ancient  Friend. 

This  week  at  Ruthyn  y*^  Judge  was  more  moderate.  Quakers 
releast  upon  Subscription  to  y**  tenor  of  y*  Oath  without  swearing 
formally  to  it. 

7.  Sabbath  mercyes  vouchsafed  once  more,  notwithst.  all  y" 
power  &  policy  of  tliose  that  hate  us.  Text — I  beseech  you 
brethren  by  the  mercyes  of  y'"  lord,  lord  pardon  sin  &  blesse  y'' 
word. 

8.  Two  of  our  Kine  calv'd  together  and  all  well — I  bless  God  ; 
Mee  thinks  I  see  even  our  common  mercyes  flowing  in  to  us  in  a 
Covenant-way  which  puts  both  sweetnes  in  &  value  on  them. 

9.  A  copy  of  the  lease  and  Release  concer.  Br.  Oak  was  de- 
livered to  my  Uncle  Benion  by  ]\Ir.  Holliman,  &  I  hope  an  end 
is  put  to  that  strife. 

10.  Several  strangers  of  other  parishes  that  have  heretofore 
communicated  \\ith  us  being  informed  of  y^  Canon  forbidding  it 
were  much  sadned  by  it,  but  for  y*^  present  continue  to  come,  till 
th.  be  settled  in  y"  church,  which  God  hasten  &  grant  it  bee  for 
y^  better  &  not  for  y"  worse. 

11.  Commissioners  for  y"  Militia  met  at  Hanmer,  where  I  was 
Summon'd  to  bee,  to  bear  a  3''  pt.  in  a  light  horse,  for  Broad-Oke, 
Noth.  done  at  present,  only  a  4"'  added,  afterw.  taken  away, 
leonard  Perkins  told  mee,  the  book  of  Com.  Pr.  tendered  to  mee, 
was  his,  &  that  hee  had  had  it  in  his  house  ever  since,  whereas 
Edw.  David  Swore,  as  Tho.  Jackson  &  Will  Butler  tell  mee,  that 
twas  y^  parish  book  &  was  in  readines  for  mee  to  have  read  at  any 
time  since,  w"  I  would. 

12.  I  was  at  Chester,  where  I  received  orders  from  D''  Br. 
about  nominating  a  Church-warden  for  this  next  year — heard  Mr. 
Jackson  preach  Heb.  12.  2. — &  returned  that  night,  late  but  well, 
blessed  bee  God. 

This  day  was  spent  in  Prayer  at  My  House  by  my  dear  Avife, 
Sarah  Prichard,  Mrs.  Welsh  Etc.  lord  hear  in  heaven  and  grant 
an  Answer  of  peace,     for  thou  never  saidst.  Seek  ye  mee  in  vayn. 

13.  Preparation-day,  in  Publique,  without  disturbance,  I  hope, 
not  in  vayn,  6  lord  prepare  my  unprepared  heart,  my  family,  & 
this  whole  Congregation.     Amen. 


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84  PHILIP  HENRY. 

14.  A  day  in  thy  courts  is  better  th"'  a  thousand^  such  a  day 
as  this,  better  then  ten  thousand.  Wee  had  tlie  hberty  of  all  Gods 
Ordinances,  Prayer,  Reading,  Expounding,  Preaching,  singing, 
Supper,  Catechising,  Baptism,  blessed  bee  God,  &  may  wee  yet 
see  many  such  dayes  :  Edw.  David  tendred  again  y^  Common- 
prayer-book.  The  child  baptized,  Thomas  the  son  of  Thos.  Hale. 
I  was  afraid  of  snares  in  y"  supper,  but  the  lord  prevented,  Jane 
Dee  Avas  present  expecting  it,  but  I  pass'd  by  her,  knowing  some 
&  being  inform'd  of  more  miscarriages  in  her  conversation,  & 
besides  doubting  of  her  Knowl.  concer.  w'^''  she  came  not  to  render 
satisfaction. 

15.  Church-wardens  chosen,  Mr.  Puleston  named  one  in  his 
right  &  I  another  in  1)''  B'.  but  which  shall  stand,  sub  judice 
lis  est. 

16.  Evan  Thomas  Randle  an  old  man  of  evil  name  was 
bury'd  with  Common  P''.  by  Mr,  O.  Fogg,  at  the  desire  of  Mrs. 
Puleston  of  Emeral ;  lord,  I  am  sorry  for  what  I  cannot  help,  it 
caused  great  Offence,  and  woe  bee  to  him  by  w'"  Offenses  come. 

17.  I  went  to  Wrexham  about  Moneyes  for  Father,  but  came 
home  w"'out. 

18.  Carpenters  laying  Chamber-floores,  God  knowes  who 
shall  enjoy. 

19.  20.  \  time  of  Temptation  with  many  in  the  parish  betw. 
their  Minister  i.\:  landlord,  lord  strengthen  the  weak  &  confirm  the 
wavering. 

21.  A  promiscuous  Sacram'  was  at  Emeral,  lord  pardon  un- 
worthy receivers.     Mr.  Bonniman  administred  it. 

22.  I  received  ^100  wch  I  borrowed  of  Mrs.  Barbor  & 
brought  it  home  in  my  pockets  weary  enough.  The  Hebrew  word, 
to  bee  rich,  signifies,  to  bee  heavy. 

23.  King  crowned,  great  joy,  much  sin,  the  lord  pardon, 
Twas  a  very  wett  evening,  which  prevented  someth.  of  God's 
Dishono''. 

24.  I  mett  Mr.  Mostyn  at  Bangor  for  w"'  God  hath  at  present 
provided  a  little  sanctuary  at  lord  Say's  in  Oxford-shire. 

25.  David  Philips  sick,  rejoyce  not  w"  think  enemy  falleth,. 
neither  let  thy  heart  bee  glad  w"  hee  stumbleth,  lest  y^  lord  see 
it  &  it  displease  him.  &  hee  turn  away  his  wrath  from  him,   I 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  85 

desire  to  walk  accord,  to  this  rule,  father  forgive  him,  as  I  forgive 
him  from  my  heart,  &  spare  liim  to  doe  better,  not  worse. 

26.  This  day  twelvemonth  I  was  marry'd,  a  good  day.  The 
first  year  God  took  order  that  marry'd  Persons  should  not  goe 
forth  to  war,  neither  have  I,  but  now  I  must  prepare  to  endure 
hardship  as  a  good  soldier  of  X*  Jesus. 

23.  Covenants  of  new  Obedience  solemnly  made  by  H. 
Peter,  lately  fallen,  lord  bee  surety. — broken  fowUy — w'  will  bee 
y^  issue. 

Great  Thunder  at  London  that  night  the  King  was  crowned 

May  I.  David  Philips  bury'd,  Mr.  Bonniman  at  my  desire 
preacht,  I  stay'd  y''  sermon.  T.  Ink.  16.  2.  but  went  forth  w" 
Common  ?"■  was  to  bee  read  at  the  grave,  some  expressions  in  the 
Prayers  I  cannot  approve,  especi.  upon  some  occasions  and 
particularly  this. 

3.  Upon  this  day  my  dear  wife  was  delivered  of  her  first  child, 
short  payn,  much  mercy.  I  was  y^"  at  Chester,  but  God  was  here 
at  Worthenb.  a  present  help. 

6.  7.  My  dear  wife  &  little  one  strengthen  apace,  blessed  bee 
God.  Shee  is  willing  to  give  him  suck  &  hath  breasts  &  milk  for 
it,  which  is  a  double  mercy. 

8.  Parliam'  began,  Clerks  for  Chester  Dioces  for  y*  Con- 
vocation, D''  Samwayes  D""  Smalswood. 

9.  10.  A  very  wett  season,  God  is  angry  w**  us,  now  prepare 
to  meet  thy  God — 6  England,  &  good  lord,  in  the  midst  of  wrath, 
remember  mercy.  &  say  it  is  enough — Barley  much  abused  in 
Drunknes,  &  now  Barley  seedness  hindred,  God  is  Righteous. 

12.  This  day  my  dear  little  one  was  baptized,  named  John, 
lord,  Stamp  thy  image  on  him  &  give  him  that  new  name- — Mr. 
Mainwaring  baptized  him  &  preacht  in  y*"  morning  from  Zech: 
13.  I.  &  in  the  afternoon  from  Ps.  51.  5.  lord  wash  mee  &  my 
Jittle  one  in  that  fountayn  opened  from  o"'  unclearTe. 

13.  little  one  not  well,  the  lord  heard  prayer  &  made  him 
well — I  desire  to  sit  loose  from  him,  having  given  him  to  God,  & 
knowing  him  to  be  but  a  flower  in  y"  field — I  read  of  some  people 
lately,  that  made  no  account  of  their  children  til  y^*'  were  7*  years 

*   Cf.  H(U.  i.  136  :  TivTai^r\s. 


86  PHILIP  HENRY. 

old  &  I  am  bid  to  expect  to  see  him  often  at  Deaths  door,  the 
will  of  y''  lord  bee  done. 

14.  Neighbours  din'd  with  us,  &  rejoyced  in  Gods  Good- 
nesse  on  our  behalf — The  same  night  my  dear  wife  began  to  bee 
ill  of  an  ague,  I  see  there  are  no  comforts  but  what  are  mixt  &: 
checquer'd,  till  wee  come  to  Heaven,  tis  the  Evening  commends 
the  day.    theref.  serve  the  lord  with  fear  &  rejoyce  with  Trembling. 

15.  Mr.  Barnston  of  Churton,  &  this  week  Sir  Francis 
Kinaston  of  Otely,  were  bury^ed,  great  men  &  young  men,  stopt 
in  y"  full  career  of  their  pleasure,  lord,  awaken  those  y'  survive. 

1 6.  My  dear  wife  ill  again,  lord,  rebuke  the  Ague  &  perfect 
her  strength  more  &  more.  In  y'*  way  to  Churton,  I  had  a  fall, 
but  received  no  harm,  blessed  bee  God. 

17.  I  distreyned  at  Shocklach  for  moneyes  due  to  mee  from 
Mr.  P.  The  Bayliff  was  not  faithful,  John  Ince,  I  wish  I  sufter 
no  prejudice  by  it  in  the  cause,  hee  had  lo". 

18.  My  dear  wife  ill  again,  lord,  hear  &  have  mercy, 
Studying  day ;  my  work  done  thankes  bee  to  God  in  due  time. 

20.  I  was  at  Chester,  &  the  lord  was  with  mee,  preserving 
mee  from  danger,  succeeding  my  journey.  It  was  an  111  day 
with  my  dear  Avife  at  home,  having  a  sharp  fit  of  an  Ague,  I 
returned  late,  &  found  her  someth.  better. 

21.  John  Ince  y*"  Baylifif  came  not  according  to  promise  to 
demand  y"  Cattle,  a  Replevin  was  fetcht  by  Mr.  Pulestons  servant 
from  Chester. 

22.  I  went  mys^  to  demand  the  cattle  of  Richard  Phillips  & 
William  Pova,  who  had  promised  they  should  bee  forthcoming  but 
they  refus'd  to  render  them,  whereupon  Mr.  P.  bayliff  demanded 
charges.  Friends  came  to  see  us  from  Ash  &  Whitchurch,  a  very- 
wett  season,  famin  threatned  by  Death  of  Cattle  &  Dearth  of  Corn, 
if  mercy  prevent  not :  O,  England,  prepare  to  meet  thy  God. 

23.  I  heard  of  several  votes  pass'd  in  Parliam'*  concern. 

*  There  were  two  classes  of  nonconformists,  Popish  and  Puritan,  each 
demanding  the  toleration  which  was  promised  to  all ;  but  though  the  Church 
and  State  had  actually  been  overthrown  by  the  Puritans,  while  the  Papists  had 
as  a  body  been  true  to  the  State,  and  had  not  injured  the  Church,  the  jealousy 
against  the  Papists  was  so  great  that  the  Puritans  would  not  be  prevailed  upon 
to  receive  relief  which  they  must  share  with  their  brother  recusants.  The  king 
pressed  for  liberty  to  all,  and  was  obliged  at  last  to  deny  it  to  alL 


PHILIP  IIEKRY.  87 

Covenant,  Common-Prayer,  Militia,  which  what  they  may  produce, 
God  knowes.  The  members  order'd  to  receive  y"  sacram*  together 
at  Margarets  Westmin''  else  not  to  sit  in  y^  house,  according  to  y*" 
rites  &  ceremonyes  of  y"  church  of  England,  at  which  many  stumble, 
lord  bee  y*''  Counsels. 

24.  Sin  confessed,  Prayer  made  for  health  for  my  dear  wife, 
for  fa}T  weather,  for  successe  in  my  Affa}T  with  Mr.  P.  all  with 
this  caution,  if  it  bee  thy  will,  6  God. 

25.  More  wett,  which  caus'd  a  great  Floud,*  lord,  say  it  is 
enough. 

26.  Waters  hinder  many  from  publique  Ordinances,  prayer 
made  for  fair  weather,  lord,  hear  in  heaven.  Text  Ps.  24.  3.  4. 
what  to  think  I  know  not  concern,  the  Affayrs  of  y*  Nation,  a  cloud 
rises,  but  lord,  mine  eyes  are  unto  thee. 

27.  I  saw  an  order  from  the  House  of  lords  for  burning  the 
covenant  See  Jer.  36.  23.  32.  which  was  done  in  London  by  y*" 
common  hangman. 

May  24.  I  had  discourse  with  Mr.  Pu.  but  could  conclude 
nothing — expecting  further  Overtures. 

28.  Marg*  Fenton  an  aged  woman  buryed  Text.  P'  16.  31. 
'l"he  hoary  head  is  a  crown  of  glory,  if  it  bee  found  in  the  way  of 
righ.  In  that  way  was  her  hoary  head  found,  whereof  I  could 
not  but  give  my  publique  Testimony.  This  day  unknown  to 
ntee  John  Ince  distreyned  at  Shocklach,  which  gives  occasion  to 
those  who  seek  occasion,  for  y*  day  before,  I  promised  to  forbear 
this  week,  but  God  knowes  hee  did  it  Avithout  acquainting  mee 
with  it. 

29.  The  day  of  annual  Commemoration  of  God's  mercy  in  re- 
storing the  king,  which  I  cannot  yet  but  call  mercy,  considering 
his  right,  also  y^  sad  condition  wee  were  in,  through  usurpers,  & 
y"  manner  of  his  coming  in  without  bloudshed. 

29.  (cont'')  I  preacht.  Text.  Mar.  12.  17.  render  to  CKsar  the 
things  that  are  Caesar's,  &  to  God  the  th.  that  are  Gods. 

30.  31.  My  dear  wife  escapt  her  Ague,  blessed  bee  God,  who 
saith  not,  seek  ye  mee  in  vayn.  This  last  week  it  pleas'd  God 
most  dayes  were  fayr. 

*  On  the  Dee  floods  are  caused  as  often  by  wind  as  from  any  other  cause. 


88  PHILIP  HENRY. 

June  I.  I  wrote*  to  Mr.  Pul.  making  tenders  of  a  reference, 
having  learnt  'tis  no  disparagement  but  an  Honor  for  y^  party 
wronged  to  bee  the  first  in  seeking  reconciUation,  the  lord,  if  it  bee 
his  will,  incline  his  heart  to  peace. 

2.  Sabbath  Subject — Ps.  29.  i.  concer.  tongue  sins,  I  hope, 
profitable  to  my  hearers  whereas  many  seem'd  much  affected. 

3.  Two  irregular  marriages  about  this  time,  Rich.  Eytons  & 
Mary  Moyls,  from  both  whom  I  hoped  better  th.  God  grant  their 
rash  entrance  upon  that  condition  may  not  embitter  it  to  them 
hereafter. 

4.  I  was  this  day  at  Bronnington  where  I  never  was  before, 
&  hard  by  the  house,!  it  came  into  my  heart  to  pray,  that  God 
would  mortify  in  mee  all  inordinate  desires,  c^  expectations  on 
earth,  &  that  hee  would  secure  to  mee  my  house  in  heaven,  which 
is  best  of  all, 

5.  Cosin  Eddow  Chambers  &c.  came  to  see  us  &  Mr.  Fogg 
sollicited  to  accept  ;^8o.  &:  leave  Bang''  I  advised  him  not,  it 
having  appearance  of  evil,  but  to  wayt  the  will  of  God. 

9.  Sabbath  subject  concer.  swearing  &  lying,  lord,  convince 
the  Guilty,  &  make  y^"'  that  are  in  any  measure  free,  truly  thankful 
&  still  watchful — take  praise  for  praise,  liberty  &  Assistance  & 
goe  on,  good  lord. 

10.  I  went  to  Chester  to  acquaint  D''  Br.  with  the  intended 
reference,  who  promised  never  to  remove  mee  till  the  law  remov'd 
mee  &  yielded,  if  Mr.  P.  would  pay  mee  y*"  ^100  hee  should 
enjoy  the  corn-tith,  which  was  the  most  I  did  or  could  expect. 
I  saw  the  mines  of  the  Deanes  &  Bishops  house,  &  am  glad 
they  are  restor'd  to  y^  church  though  I  think  they  may  bee  putt  to 
better  use  than  at  present  they  are. 

11.  Sir  Thos.  Hanmer  and  my  Father  mett  Mr.  P.  &  mys 
where  discourse  was  had  about  my  affair,  but  noth.  done.  The 
reason  given  for  witholding  my  annuity  was  my  not  reading  Com- 
mon-Pr.  w*  they  think  sufficient  but  let  God  be  judge. 

*  The  letter  is  at  the  end  of  this  diary. 

t  Maes-llwyn  ("field  of  the  wood")  House  in  Eronington  was,  together 
with  some  lands  in  Willington,  the  ancient  inheritance  of  the  Matthewes,  but 
whether  obtained  from  Matthew  Gough  (the  companion  in  arms  of  the  great 
Talbot),  whose  name  they  had  adopted,  or  from  Bleddyn  ap  Cynfyn,  King  of 
Wales,  who  was  their  male  ancestor,  I  have  no  means  of  judging. 


PHILIP  IIEXRY.  89 

Though  my  wages  bee  abated  my  work  &  paynes  have  not 
hitherto  been  abated,  blessed  bee  God. 

16.  Common-prayer-book  tendred  again,  w^hy,  I  know  not — 
lord,  they  devise  devices  against  mee,  but  in  thee  doe  I  put  my 
trust,  father  forgive  them,  My  Hands  are  yet  clean  from  the 
Pollutions  of  y*"  times,  lord,  keep  y^"  so,  &  let  no  Iniquity  prevayl 
agst  mee. 

17.  Dear  Mr.  Lewis  came  to  Worthenb.  to  see  mee  &  wee 
were  mutually  refreshed,  lord,  spare  thy  people — I  heard  of 
y"  death  of  y*"  Marques  of  Argyl  beheaded  at  Edinburgh  &  I\Ir. 
Guthry  Minisf  there,  wee  have  not  yet  resisted  unto  bloud. 

The  lords  order  for  burning  the  Covenant  was  hang'd  up  in  the 
church  by  Mr.  Pu.  appointm'  near  the  reading  Desk. 

19.  Appointed  by  y*  King  for  a  day  of  publique  fasting  & 
thanksgiving  in  reference  to  the  weather,  but  in  few  places 
observ'd  for  lack  of  timely  notice. 

20.  My  dear  little  one  in  health,  &  thriving — blessed  bee  God. 

21.  Goods  left  at  Oxford  with  Mr.  Slater  by  the  lady 
Puleston's  appointm'  A.  1655.  were  at  last  fetcht  home  and  hee 
satisfy'd  for  the  Custody  of  them.  I  was  afraid  lest,  if  any  of  them 
had  miscarry'd,  malice  might  have  question'd  mee,  though  con- 
scious to  mys*^  in  noth.,  6  learn  to  trust  God. 

22.  A  Hovell  rear'd  at  the  stables  end,  I  build  for  I  know  not 
who,  but  chuse  it,  the  counsel  of  y"  lord  that  shall  stand,  help  in 
study,  blessed  bee  God. 

23.  Strong  reports,  I  should  not  bee  suffred  to  preach  to-day, 
but  I  did,  &  no  disturbance,  blessed  bee  God,  who  hath  my 
enemyes  in  a  chayn.  I  took  down  the  lords  Order,  knowing  no 
Authority  but  malice,  that  caus'd  it  to  bee  hang'd  there  where  it 
was. 

24.  I  went  with  my  wife  to  Bronington — the  first  time  shea 
rode  abroad  since  her  lying  in,  &  blessed  bee  God  I  return'd  with 
her  in  safety.  Several  women  being  mett  this  day  in  Prayer  at 
Widow  Prich.  they  were  disturb'd  by  Mr.  Pul.  meanes,  lord  hear 
&  see. 

26.  The  Governo""  attemted  to  take  his  Oath  for  Church 
warden  but  was  refus'd.  My  Enemyes  are  plotting  against  mee 
but  the  lord  is  my  stay. 


90  PHILIP  HENRY. 

30.  This  day  twas  fully  expected,  I  should  have  been 
hindred,  but  was  not.  Chapf  exp.  seasonable.  Num.  23.  I 
finisht  y^  subject  of  Sanctif.  from  2.  Cor.  5.  17.  lord,  pardon,  lord 
bless.  I  know  not  what  to  doe  but  my  eyes  are  ujd  unto  thee, 
help,  lord. 

17.  18.  County-Court-dayes  at  Chester,  the  Replevin,  I  sup- 
pose, was  entred,  I  was  not  there. 

July  I.  Hearing  of  some  neglect  in  my  business  the  last 
County  Court  day  I  went  to  Chester  to  inquire  about  it,  but 
presum'd  there  was  none,  by  y"  way  I  mett  with  one  Mr.  Duboys 
a  londoner ;  by  whom  I  received  information  in  many  things 
concer.  present  publique  Affayrs.  I  saw  Dr.  Bridgman,  who  told 
mee,  I  must  speedily  conform  or  there  would  bee  no  staying  at 
Worthenb.  lord,  shew  mee  w*  thou  wilt  have  mee  to  doe,  for 
I  am  afraid  of  nothing  but  sin. 

2.  I  visited  Mr.  Mainwaring,  at  his  dwelling,  I  can  hardly 
say,  at  his  house,  but  God  hath  made  him  contented.  6  what 
cause  have  I  to  be  thankful,  who  am  more  equally  &  comfortably 
yoak'd. 

3.  The  first  day  of  my  son  John's  putting  on  a  coat,  cloth 
him,  lord,  with  grace,  with  righteousnes,  with  Christ  Jesus. 

4.  I  was  at  Whitch.  at  y^  Marriage  of  Tho.  Talbot  &  Cosin 
Jane  Wittar,  IMr.  Porter  preach t.  Heb.  13.  4.  the  lord  give  them 
his  blessing. — Newes  from  london  of  speedy  severity  intended 
agt  Non-conformityes,  the  lord  can  yet.  if  hee  will,  break  the 
snare,  if  not  welcom  y'^  will  of  God. 

5.  I  was  at  Brougton — It  pleases  God  yet  to  keep  that 
family  in  amity  towards  mee,  which  I  count  a  mercy. 

A  collection  for  Southwould  in  Suffolk,  burned — 6'  2''. 

8.  I  receiv'd  a  letter  from  D''  Br.  wherein  hee  informed  mee, 
if  I  did  not  speedily  conform,  his  power  would  no  longer  protect 
mee,  to  which  I  wrote  a  dilatory  Answer,  hoping  yet,  my  God  may 
find  out  some  way  to  break  the  snare,  however,  I  had  rather  lose 
all  &  save  my  conscience,  then  contra. 

9.  I  advised  with  Friends,  R.  B.  told  mee,  though  hee  desir'd 
my  stay  above  any  outw.  th.  in  y''  world,  yet  hee  could  wish  rather 
I  would  bee  gone,  then  conform.     I  was  with  Mr.  St.  with  whom 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  91 

I  spent  one  or  two  hours  in  discourse  about  it  &  returned  home 
strengthen'd.     I  can  suffer  better  then  dispute  agt  Conformity. 

15.  I  went  to  Chester,  it  being  the  County  Court  day,  a 
Declaration  was  entred  by  Mr.  P.  in  order  to  a  tryal  at  y^  Assizes 
for  my  Annuity,  concerning  the  success  whereof,  I  bless  God,  I 
am  not  over  soUicitous,  for  though  it  bee  my  due  &  I  bee  worthy 
of  it  (see.  luk.  10.  7.)  yet  twas  not  that  which  I  preacht  for  & 
besides  I  know  assuredly  God  will  make  it  up  to  mee  some  other 
way,  If  I  should  bee  cast  in  y^  suit — I  shall  use  all  fair  &  lawful 
meanes  &  let  God  alone  to  work  his  will.  I  discoursed  also 
w"'  !)'■  Br.  concer.  my  stay  at  Worthenb.  who  told  mee  hee  would 
not  remove  mee  till  some  publique  Act  of  State  remov'd  mee,  which 
hee  was  confident  would  bee  very  speedily,  lord,  the  kings  heart  is 
in  thy  hand,  turn  it. — I  came  home  by  night  but  the  lord  preserv'd 
mee,  blessed  bee  his  name. 

iS.  little  one  very  ill,  but  the  lord  had  mercy,  o  help  us  to  sit 
loose  from  him  for  his  breath  is  in  his  nostrils,  lest  overloving  end 
in  overgrieving.  Father,  spare  him  to  us  if  it  seem  good  in  thine 
eyes,  nevertheless  not  as  wee  will  but  as  thou  wilt,  only  let  his  soul 
bee  saved  in  the  day  of  the  lord  Jesus. 

19.     Seasonable  weather  for  Hay,  blessed  bee  God. 

21.  lord  bless  y"  word,  they  say  tis  to  bee  y"  \o.%\.,fiat  voluntas 
tiia  domine  modo  in  riiinani  vieani — A  direct  Answer  given  to  a 
pray"'  about  a  C.  R.  praise  y^  lord. 

22.  Mr.  Jo.  Bro.  having  swallowed  stones  which  came  not 
through  him,  was  under  strong  apprehensions  that  it  would  kill, 
&  sent  for  mee  to  pray  with  &  for  him,  which  I  did,  &  hope  the 
lord  will  doe  him  good  by  it,  hee  said,  if  it  would  please  God  to 
spare  him,  hee  would  live  better,  lord  keep  it  in  the  imaginations 
of  y^  Thoughts  of  his  heart  and  spare  him. 

23.  I  visited  Uncle  Edwards  &  Mr.  John  Uoyd,  &:  learnt  by 
seeing  him  sick  that  cures  so  many  others,  that  tis  not  hee  but  God 
that  doth  the  cures,  for  were  it  in  him,  sure  hee  would  cure  hims^ 

24.  Great  expectations  about  a  severe  Act  about  imposing  y* 
Common  prayer  &  Ceremonyes  pass'd  both  houses  of  Parliam' 
but  not  sign'd  by  y*"  King,  lord,  his  heart  is  in  thy  hand,  if  it  bee 
thy  will  turn  it,  if  otherwise,  fit  thy  people  to  suffer  &  cutt  short 
the  work  in  Righteousnes. 


92  PHILIP  HENRY. 

Mr.  Tho.  Pul.  lay  at  my  house,  fain  I  would  have  fastned  con- 
victions on  him  but  could  not,  lord,  yet  recover  him,  if  hee  belong 
to  thee,  else  better  for  him  hee  had  never  known  the  way  of 
righteousnes. 

30.  Ri.  Jones  his  wife  of  Kidditon  hall,  at  the  loss  of  an  only 
daughter,  being  full  of  grief  almost  to  distraction,  come  to  mee  for 
advice,  I  did  the  best  I  could,  both  to  quiet  her  sorrow  &  to  turn 
her  grief  into  the  right  Channel,  bless  lord, — lord  give  mee  the 
tongue  of  the  learned. 

31.  a  sweet  day  of  Prayer  at  Capt.  Tayl.  wee  were  but  few, 
but  y**  lord  was  one  with  us,  lord  hear  &  help. 

August  I.  2.  my  enemyes  are  busy,  plotting  mischief  tow. 
mee,  lord,  turn  the  Counsels  of  iVchitophel  into  foolishness. 

3.  4.  precious  liberty  &:  peace,  in  study  &  preaching,  yet  con- 
tinued, blessed  bee  the  lord.  I  heard  about  this  time  of  the  Death 
of  my  Uncle  Elliot,  lord,  bee  a  father  to  the  fatherless  &  a 
husband  to  y"  widow. 

5.  I  was  at  Chester,  took  out  a  copy  of  Mr.  P.  declaration, 
which  cost  8''  deliverd  it  to  Mr.  Ratcl.  with  a  fee  of  10^  to  draw 
an  Avowrey,  visited  D''  B',  had  expressions  of  love  &  promises 
of  favour  from  him,  return'd  in  safety  Home  my  sister  with  mee, 
for  advice  touching  a  sore  leg,  bitten  w"'  a  leech  for  these  &  all 
other  mercyes,  blessed  bee  God. 

9.  Things  are  very  low  w*''  mee  at  present,  but  I  wayt  upon 
God! 

10.  Studying-day,  I  forgot  explicitely  and  expresly  when  I 
began  to  crave  help  from  (rod,  and  y**  chariot  wheeles  drave 
accordingly  lord  forgive  my  Omissions  &  keep  mee  in  the  way  of 
Duty.  II.  One  Sabbaths  liberty  more,  6:  how  good  is  the  lord, 
many  hearers  from  AVrexham,  forct  to  wander  for  bread,  lordj  pity 
y*""  &  provide  for  them.  A  collection  for  a  ministers  widow  & 
family  plundred  in  Isla  Island,  gather'd  8'  i'' — the  script,  opened 
Math.  6.  19,  20. — 12.  I  went  to  Broad-Oak  about  rating  y®  Corn 
of  3.  fields  sown  to  parts,  my  Father  to  have  two  sheaves,  the 
Tenant  the  third,  they  could  not  agree,  I  thought  the  Afternoon 
ill  spent,  &  in  multitude  of  words  there  wanted  not  sin,  forgive 
mee,  father,  for  y*^  lord's  sake.  13.  I  sent  to  Mr.  Golborn,  about 
removing  my  action  to  y*"  Assize,  wherein  hee  was  careful  &  it  was 


PHILIP  HENRY.  93 

done  ;  now  y"  lord  judge  rigliteous  Judgem'  for  unto  him  doe  I 
commit  my  cause. 

14.  I  went  to  Wrexham  where  I  tarry'd  all  night,  &  from 
thence  y^  next  day  to  Chesf  at  Wrexham,  I  met  with  Mr.  AV. 
Jones  of  Denbigh,  silenc't,  lord  keep  not  thou  silence.  I  saw  y** 
heads  of  y^  Act,  for  restoring  Jurisdiction  to  Bishops. 

19.  I  occasionally  cal'd  at  Tho.  Griffiths,  thinking  noth  & 
found  him  dying,  I  pray'd  w*''  him  &  exhorted  him  to  repent  & 
believe  in  y"  lord  J.  hee  died  within  an  hour  after  6  how  hard  is  it 
to  deal  with  people  in  that  condition,  &  how  uncertain  what  event 
it  hath.  I  mov'd  Mr.  Hen.  Egton  to  bee  of  Council  for  mee,  but 
hee  refus'd,  being,  as  hee  said,  engaged  to  &  partly  also  by  Mr.  P. 
ha\ing  seen  the  counterpart  of  my  Deed,  which  was  an  implicit 
Retayning  of  him  on  their  side.  I  had  little  to  rejoyn,  but  refer  y** 
whole  matter  to  the  will  of  God. 

21.  Cosin  John,  Thomas,  &  Rich.  Hotchkis  came  to  see  us, 
Thomas  newly  out  of  his  time,  his  liberty  sweet,  much  more 
spiritual  liberty  which  wee  have  by  X'  Jesus.  22.  Mr.  St.  came 
to  see  us.  wee  are  in  doubt  what  to  doe  in  poynt  of  conformity, 
lord,  say  unto  us,  this  or  that  is  the  way,  &  wee  will  walk  in  it. 

23.  Two  great  concernm*^  of  mine  are  now  upon  y*"  wheel,  one 
in  reference  to  my  mayntenance  for  time  past,  the  other  in  ref  to 
my  Continuance  for  time  to  come,  lord,  bee  my  Friend  in  both, 
but  of  the  two  rather  in  the  later.  24.  This  day  compleats  the 
thirtieth  year  of  my  Age  ;  so  old  &  no  older  Alexander  was  when 
hee  had  conquer'd  y^  great  world,  &  I  have  not  yet  conquer'd  the 
little  world,  myself-^so  old  Christ  was  w"  hee  began  to  preach,  & 
according  to  y*"  present  face  of  th.  I  am  now  as  if  I  had  done 
preaching,  many  of  greater  grace  &  gifts  then  I,  are  layd  aside 
already,  and  when  my  turn  comes,  I  know  not,  the  will  of  y'^  lord 
bee  done,  hee  can  doe  his  work  without  us. 

25.  Common-prayer  tendered,  God  knowes  how  loth  I  am  to 
goe  off  my  station,  but  I  must  not  sin  agt.  my  conscience.  *  many 
, hearers  from  Wrexham,  a  welch-man  sent  to  Bangor  to  read 
Common-prayer.     27.      I   went   to   Whitch.    &    thence   to   Ash, 

•'  From  this  it  seems  that  Philij)  Henry  had  already  for  himself  reached  the 
conclusion  that  conformity  was  wrong.  In  other  passages  he  does  not  con- 
demn those  who  saw  the  matter  difterently. 


94  PHILIP  HENRY. 

where  I  stay'd  all  night  &  was  much  made  of,  Offence  taken  at  Air. 
Hanmer  saying  more  y*""  needed  about  Conformity,  hee  shall  bee 
Lot's  Avife  to  mee.  28.  I  cal'd  at  Brunnington  in  my  return 
home,  my  father  seemes  to  have  little  care  for  us  or  our  Concern- 
ments, God  grant  wee  may  never  stand  in  need  of  him.  29.  ]Mr. 
Bruce  after  great  professions,  and  high  expressions  to  y*"  contrary, 
I  heare  is  reordayned,  hath  subscrib'd  &  reads — wherefore  let 
him  that  thinkes  hee  stands,  take  heed  lest  hee  fall — I  conceive 
want  &  Freinds  were  urgent  with  him,  which  are  trying,  lord  keep 
mee  in  the  critical  time — Mafg'  the  daughter  of  Richard  Y  Clerck, 
sick,  I  pray'd  for  her  &  by  her,  but  shee  hardly  understood  mee 
through  extremity.  I  know  not  how  to  deal  with  persons  in  sick- 
ness, lord  help  mee. 

31.  Studying  day,  peace  without  disturbance,  health  without 
Sicknes,  and  many  many  mercyes  vouchsafed,  blessed  bee  y®  name 
of  y'^  lord. 

24.  Sister  Mary  went  to  Chester  to  a  Shirurgion,  having  a 
sore  foot  bitten  with  a  leech. 

September  3.  The  Clerks  daughter  buryed.  They  first  carry'd 
her  into  y^  Church,*  whereupon  I  went  away,  judging  it  my  duty 
not  to  Countenance  them  in  superstitious  vanityes,  afterw.  y^''  bury'd 
her,  then  I  spake  to  y''  people,  witnessing  agt  w'  they  had  done. 
Those  that  were  present,  were  divided,  pro  &  con,  the  refuse,  rabble 
for  it,  the  sober  serious  persons  of  y"  place  agt  it,  it  raysd  a  great 

*  The  Puritans  "  would  have  no  minister  to  bury  their  dead,  but  the  corpse 
to  be  brought  to  the  grave,  and  there  put  in  by  the  cleric,  or  some  other  honest 
neighbour,  and  so  back  again  without  anymore  ado  "  (Cosin's  Works,  v.  168) ; 
they  wished  to  restrict  the  ceremonies  to  exhortation  and  preaching  onl)-.  They 
objected  to  the  Psalms,  and  these  were  given  up  from  1560  to  1661 ;  but  as  they 
had  a  peculiar  aversion  to  the  celebration  of  the  Lord's  Supper  on  any  but  very 
rare  occasions,  so  its  celebration  at  funerals  was  very  distasteful  to  them,  being 
associated  in  their  minds  with  the  Roman  doctrine  of  purgatory.  In  the  Latin 
Prayer-book  of  1560,  the  old  title  was  translated,  with  an  addition,  "Celebratio 
coenffi  Domini,  in  funebribus,  si  amici  et  vicini  defuncti  communicare  veliut." 
There  was  an  Epistle  and  two  Gospels,  the  alternative  one  being  St.  Matt.  xxv. 
24-29.  When  the  Psalms  were  again  printed  in  the  office,  in  1661,  after  a 
hundred  years'  suppression,  the  Gospel  and  Epistle  were  not,  and  the  funeral 
Communion  had  almost  passed  out  of  memory  in  the  first  half  of  the  nineteenth 
century,  the  only  relic  of  it  being  the  funeral  offertory,  which  still  retained  its 
hold  upon  the  Church  in  Wales.  It  may  be  mentioned  that  no  liturgy,  yet 
come  to  light,  is  without  this  office  ;  showing  the  belief  of  the  Church  in  tlie 
Communion  of  Saints. — See  Annotated  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  p.  296. 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  95 

dust  for  y''  time,  &  it  may  bee  I  shall  hear  of  it  again,  but  my  own 
heart  condemns  mee  not.  4.  Mr.  Thomas  from  Tilstock,  Mr. 
Raph  Weld  from  Wrexham  came  to  see  mee,  Mr.  Bridg  &  Mr. 
Hannier  were  on  y""'  way  but  fearing  where  no  fear  was,  return'd 
again. 

7.  I  met  uncle  Burroughs  at  Brunnington  who  gave  me  some 
light  in  ref  to  my  suit,  tis  seldom  I  goe  from  home  on  Saturday, 
but  my  work,  blessed  bee  God,  was  in  some  good  forwardnes 
before.  About  this  time  Mr.  John  Puleston  dy'd  having  wasted 
away  his  body  upon  his  lusts,  lord,  let  those  that  remayn  behind 
take  warning,  hee  left  Edw.  his  heir. — 8.  This  morning  I  verily 
thought,  I  should  have  been  hindred  from  preaching  but  was  not, 
the  lord  heard  prayers.  D''  Bridgman  sent  mee  a  prohibition  from 
y''  Chancelour,  to  peruse,  upon  complaint  from  S''  Tho.  Hanmer, 
y'  fanatiques  from  Wrexham  flockt  hither,  but  twas  not  publisht, 
]\Ir.  Taylor  hindred  at  Holt,  Mr.  Adams  at  Penley,  lord,  think  of 
y"  vineyard.  They  took  y*  Cushion  from  mee  but  y*"  Pulpit  was 
left,  blessed  bee  Ciod. — 10.  I  was  at  Chester,  confer'd  with  D'' 
Br.,  gave  him  what  light  I  could  touching  Worth enb.  affayres 
hoping  it  may  bee  a  meanes  to  keep  him  from  agreeing  w**"  Mr.  P. 
there  being  possibility  nay  i^robability  of  recovering  the  Tithes 
another  way  with  the  house  &  ;^2  5o.  left  by  will  for  the  finishing 
of  it  for  I  well  know  w"  y''-  agree  it  must  bee  upon  condition  of  my 
removal,  which  I  am  labouring  agt  if  possible,  to  prevent  it,  not 
for  my  own  but  Worth  enb.  sake.  After  I  was  gone  S'  Tho. 
Hanmer  &  Mr.  P.  came  &  with  Mr.  Harper,  y^*'  concluded,  as  1 
heard  afterw.  that  D""  Br.  should  remove  mee  by  y*  i*'  of  Novemb. 
next  (Sc  that  hee  should  have  all  y*  Tithes  to  Bangor  to  him  &  his 
successors,  &  mutual  bonds  were  given  of  ;,^5oo.  for  p.formance  of 
Articles.  Mr.  P.  promising  withal,  that  whatsoever  his  father  had 
done  for  y''  church  besides,  by  will  or  otherw.  hee  would  confirm 
&  make  good  for  which  no  thankes  to  him  if  done  before — Thus 
hath  D"'  Br.  rendered  mee  evil  for  good,  lord,  lay  it  not  to  his 
Charge.     11.     D""  Bryan  Walton  B''  came  to  Chester. 

12.  Family  humiliation.  16.  I  went  to  Chester  where  I 
tarry'd  4  dayes,  it  being  assize  week  hoping  for  a  tryal  with  Mr. 
P.  but  miss'd  of  it,  tis  y'^  first  time  I  ever  went  to  law,  wherein 
though  I  know  noth.  by  mysf.  yet  am  I  not  thereby  justify'd. 


96  PHILIP  HENRY. 

1 6.  The  sermon  before  the  Judges  full  of  bitternes,  from 
Gen.  49.  5.  7.  the  charge  full  of  meeknes  «S:  moderation  com- 
paratively. 19.  D''  Br.  first  acquainted  mee  of  his  agreem'  with 
Mr.  P.  w*  though  it  troubled  mee  for  y''  present  yet  upon  second 
thoughts  I  blessed  God  for  y^  good  w'^'*  I  am  perswaded  hee  will 
fetch  to  mee  out  of  it  in  the  issue— Amen,  so  bee  it.  20.  21. 
Cold  tS:  Tooth-ake  caught  at  Chester,  yet  assisted  in  Study, 
blessed  bee  God. 

22.  jSIr.  Taylor  restor'd  to  Holt  by  y'^  B^  who  barkes  not  bee. 
hee  cannot  bite — lord,  stir  up  thy  strength  &  come  &  help  us,  in 
vain  is  Salvation  hoped  for  from  y*"  hills  &  from  y*  mountaynes. 

Bishops  restor'd  by  proclamation  in  Scotland,  contrarj-  to  the 
solemn  league  &  Covenant,  as  the  Scots  say ;  the  lord  is  Judge. 

23.  I  went  to  Bronnington  w"*  my  dearest,  my  Fathers 
countenance  is  not  towards  us.  I  pray  God  wee  may  bee  in 
nothing  wanting  in  our  Duty  to  him,  &  let  the  lord  work  his  will 
with  us. 

24.  25.  I  was  not  well  of  y^  cold,  sickness  doth  not,  as  it 
should,  make  mee  more  fervent  &  earnest  but  rather  more  remiss 
in  secret  dutyes,  y®  reason  is,  tis  not  extremity,  lord,  sanctify  every 
twig  of  thy  rod,  and  let  all  th.  work  together  for  my  spiritual  & 
eternal  advantage. 

26.  27.  Somewhat  better,  blessed  bee  God.  I  count  it  a 
great  mercy,  that  w"  the  sun  sets,  there  is  a  moon  to  rise  to  p.form 
duty  in  the  Family. 

An  order  was  brought  to  mee  to  bee  publisht  inhibiting 
Strangers  from  coming  hither  to  church,  but  I  publisht  it  not, 
lord  provide  for  poor  Congregations  that  are  as  sheep  without  a 
shepheard — 30,  Upon  this  day  8.  year,  I  came  first  to  Emeral, 
since  which  time  I  have  past  through  variety  of  providences,  both 
mercyes  &:  crosses,  wherewith  the  lord  hath  exercised  mee. 
Many  dangers  I  have  been  deliver'd  from,  both  in  my  inward  & 
outward  man,  and  many  Comforts  &  benefits  I  have  receiv'd  and 
enjoy'd,  several  wayes,  but  my  returns  have  not  been  answerable, 
father  forgive  mee,  and  lay  not  my  sin,  my  sin  to  my  charge — 
A  falling  out  in  London  for  precedency  betw.  French  &  Spanyards, 
some  kild,  more  wounded. — 4.  I  borrowed  ^j^io.  of  Mr.  Steel 
for  y'^  charges  of  my  suit,  which  I  repay'd.  Oct.  17. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  97 

October  i.  Mr.  Tho.  Bold,  son  to  ]\Ir.  Bold  late  of  Hard, 
came  to  see  mee,  to  w'"  I  gave  the  best  directions  I  could  in  his 
studyes  &  desire  of  God  that  hee  may  rise  up  in  his  Fathers 
place,  a  useful,  faithful  instrum'  in  y"  house  of  God  in  his  genera- 
tion. 2.  1  went  to  Wrexham,  heard  of  y"  death  of  Mr.  Vaughan 
of  Cludyatt,  a  great  &  rich  man,  but  a  leper,  &  his  name  will  rott. 

4.  I  went  to  Chester,  took  a  copy  of  the  articles  betw.  Dr. 
Br.  &  Mr.  Pu.  which  it  may  bee  may  stand  mee  in  some  stead 
hereafter.  Hee  hath  merely  betrayd  mee,  lord  lay  it  not  to  his 
charge,  I  searcht  in  y"  office  after  a  presentm'  this  last  Assize 
but  there  was  none  of  mee  but  of  Mr.  Steel  y'^'"  was  for  not  reading 
the  book  of  Common  Prayer.  7.  Mr.  Adams  of  Penley  came  to 
see  mee,  God  hath  done  well  for  that  poor  place,  imploying  first 
Mr.  Broster  &  now  him  amongst  them,  I  hope  not  in  vayn — 8. 

1  preacht  the  third  donative  sermon  of  Mr.  Tho.  Broughton, 
for  which  I  received  ten  Shillings — Text.  Luk.  19.  41.  when  hee 
was  come  near  hee  beheld  the  City  and  wept  over  it — It  is  a 
grief  of  heart  to  J.  X'  to  see  the  misery  and  danger  of  poor  im- 
penitent sinners.  10.  Wee  kept  a  day  of  Private  prayer  and 
humiliation  in  the  family,  &  the  lord  was  with  us — this  Confession 
much  affected  mee,  that  things  are  not  so  amongst  us  As  they 
should  bee  amongst  those  that  are  the  Relations  of  a  minister  of 
J.  X*.     lord,  pardon  &  grant  for  time  to  come  it  may  bee  better. 

14.  D""  Br.  was  at  Worthenb.  saw  the  house,  gave  mee  fair 
words,  but  intends  my  removal  to  gratify  Mr.  Pu.  malice  &  his 
own  profit,  now  y"  lord  the  God  of  the  Spirits  of  all  flesh  get  a 
man  over  the  Congregation — 15.  Upon  y*  evening  of  this  day, 
\y  Bernard,  Parson  of  Whitchurch  dyed,  it  seemes  suddenly,  the 
lord  provide  for  that  people — 17.  I  was  cited  to  appear  at  y^ 
B"'  court  as  upon  this  day,  but  went  not ;  my  fault  was  hindring 
the  publishing  of  the  Deans  Order  for  hindring  Strangers,  if  I  had 
hindred  it,  it  had  been  a  small  fault,  but  I  did  not,  only  refused  to 
pubL  it  my  self. 

19.     Day  of  preparation  for  the  sacramen'  I    preacht   from 

2  Chr.  30.  1 8.  &c.  the  good  lord  pardon — full  of  feares,  lest  wee 
bee  hindered,  &  lest  someth.  fall  betw.  the  cup  and  the  lip,  for  x 
our  adversaryes  bite  the  lip  at  us.     20.     Through  the  good  hand 
of  our  God  upon  us  wee  have  this  day  enjoyd  one  sweet  sacra- 

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98  PHILIP  HENRY. 

men'  more — They  did  us  all  y*'  hindrance  they  could,  bringing  a 
Corps  to  bee  bury"''  just  after  the  sermon,  the  grave  near  y''  very 
place  where  the  Communion  table  should  have  stood,  &  after  all  a 
Quaker,  brother  to  the  party  bury'd,  spoke,  saying,  holy  men  of 
God  never  us'd  to  preach  by  the  hour-glass  &  more  to  that  purp. 
which  was  a  design  from  Satan  to  discompose  us,  but  notwithst. 
afterw.  wee  proceeded  &  had  liberty,  blessed  bee  God — y^  young 
man  bury'd  was  son  to  Tho.  Andrewes,  servant  to  S""  John 
Hanmer,  who  upon  this  day  fortnight  was  at  Worthenb.  Church, 
this  day  sennight  at  Worthenb.  Alehouse  &:  this  day  in  his  grave, 
hee  dy'd  suddenly — Robert  Yale  presented  hims^  to  y^  Sacra- 
men  but  was  not  with  mee  before,  yet  I  gave  it  to  him,  in  regard 
hee  hath  been  a  Communicant  at  Bangor  with  Mr.  Fogg  &:  I 
believe  hath  knowl:  &c. 

21.  I  was  not  well  in  y*"  evening  of  this  day,  &  thought,  it 
may  bee  tis  death — 22.  At  Bangor  I  had  a  discharge  from  D""  Br. 
after  y^  next  Sabbath,  I  spake  with  S'  Tho.  Hanmer  about  my  charge 
in  y"  Militia,  tis  no  matter  how  little  I  deal  in  y®  world,  for  I  know 
not  how.  the  lord  make  mee  wise  for  heaven  w*^""  is  y*^  best  wise- 
dom.  23.  I  went  to  Whitch.  with  my  dear,  where  wee  discharg'd 
our  scores,  visited  o''  friends  &  return'd  in  safety,  blessed  bee  God 
— 24.  D""  Br.  came  to  Worthenb.  sent  for  mee  to  y'^  Governo''^  & 
before  a  Rable  there  again  repeated  &  read  over  my  discharge, 
the  circumst.  whereof,  place,  maner,  witnesses  somew*  griev'd 
mee,  hee  cal'd  it  peevishnes,  I  justify  not  mys^  lord  lay  not  my 
sin  to  my  charge,  nor  his  sin  to  his — 25.  I  heard,  S""  Tho. 
Hanmer  was  fallen  sick,  rejoice  not  w"  thine  enemy  falleth — 
26.  help  vouchsafed  in  study,  to  God  bee  Glory.  27.  Farewel- 
sermons — Text  Phil.  i.  27.  my  desire  was  to  profit  rather 
y™  to  affect,  it  fell  out,  wee  just  finisht  y^  Catechism  this  day — 
y^  lord  y^  God  of  y^  spirits  of  all  flesh,  set  a  man  over  y^  Congre- 
gation— I  trust  twill  turn  to  y*"  furtherance  of  y®  Gosp.  28.  Mr. 
Pu.  warn'd  mee  out  of  y''  house,  I  took  time  to  consider.  29. 
Several  were  with  mee  to  Advise  about  Com.  Pr. — lord,  shew  thy  ■ 
people  what  thy  will  is.  30.  I  visited  Richard  Griffith,  Clerk, 
sick,  but  could  fasten  noth.  on  him  to  doe  him  good. 

31.     Colkins — alias,  ignes  fatui. 

November  i.  I  went  to  Chester,  Cheifly  to  advise  about  my  lease, 


PHILIP  HENRY.  99 

Mr.  Ratcl.  thinkes  it  will  not  hold,  if  I  am  legally  discharg'd  from 
Worthenb.  to  advise  also  about  coming  to  hear  Common  Prayer. 
A  new  snare  is  layd  for  y"'  few  Minisf^  y'  remayn  in  places  &  are 
faithful,  y*>'  are  requir'd  to  publish  an  Act,  wherein  y'=  Covenant  is 
declar'd  an  unlawful  Oath  &  y^  Cause  of  y'^  long  Parliam'  nuUify'd, 
w'=''  many  stick  at,  lord,  break  snares.  2.  I  return'd  home,  Mr. 
Hilton  my  successo''  with  mee,  endeavouring  to  possess  him  with 
right  thoughts  of  his  work  here — this  morning,  y''  old  Clerk  dy'd, 
mee  thinks  tis  somew'  remarkable  y'  hee  &  I  should  have  our 
dismission  together,  only  hee  by  death  &  I  in  another  way.  3. 
-Mr.  Hilton  preacht,  well — read  Com.  Pr.  which  was  bad,  bury'd 
after  y^  mode  which  was  worse — I  think  wee  ought  in  our  Place  to 
witness  agt.  y*"'  Corrup.  but  not  theref  to  separate  from  Gods  pub- 
lique  worship — 5.  day  of  annual  commemoration  of  our  deliverance 
from  y*  Powder  treason,  a  mercy  never  to  be  forgotten,  Mr.  Hilton 
preacht,  his  subject  y''  same  with  that  which  I  preacht  upon  the 
first  5.  of  November  y*^  I  came  hither,  mans  extremity  Ciods  oppor- 
tunit}-.  6.  Mr.  Hilton  gave  mee  a  visit  &  stay'd  w"'  mee  all  day, 
I  deliverd  to  him  y''  Register  book  *  &  advis'd  him  y''  best  I  could 
in  y^  small  affayres  of  this  people,  the  lord  make  him  faithful  & 
save  him  from  snares.  7.  I  was  at  Whitchurch  at  the  buryal  of 
D"'  Bernard,  Mr.  Bridge  preacht.  Ink.  19.  44.  I  slept  at  night  at 
Ash,  Friends  are  earnest  with  mee  to  make  addresses  at  Court, 
but  know  not  what  I  know  of  y^  strength  of  temptation  &  my 
own  inability  to  deal  with  it — qui  bene  latuit  bene  vixit.  (f^. 
Saturdays  were  wont  to  bee  otherwise  spent  by  mee,  so  is  y*  will 
of  God.  I  was  sollicited  to  preach  at  Bangor  but  am  loth  to  dis- 
courage the  Min""  here  or  to  encourage  y^  people  to  separation. 
10.  Two  Acts  of  Parliam'  were  publisht,  in  y^  one,  y*"  Cove- 
nant was  declar'd  illegal,  and  the  others  of  y®  long  parliam'  null 
ab  initio — a  new  clerk,  John  Griffith,  brother  to  y"  old.  11.  &c. 
Spent  at  home  in  study,  I  find  already  that  usus  promptos  facit, 
lord,  let  not  thy  gifts  in  mee  dwindle  away,  though  at  present  not 
exercised  as  heretofore.  16.  Mr.  Puleston  of  Emeral  made 
sheriff  of  this  county,  his  wife  deliver'd  of  a  daughter,  I  went  to 

*  This  register  is  carefully  preserved  at  Worthenbury,  and  the  pages  where 
Philip  Henry's  beautiful  handwriting  is  seen  are  at  once  noticeable  among  the 
others. 


lOO  PHILIP  HENRY. 

Tilstock  in  order  to  preaching  the  next  day,  slept  at  Mr.  Thomas' 
house  y"  present  Minister  there.  17.  I  preacht  at  Tilstock.  Text. 
Ps.  145.  17.  the  lord  is  righteous  in  all  his  wayes ;  many  of 
"W'orthenb.  came  hither  though  far.  I  went  from  thence  to  Light- 
each  to  Mrs.  Hassals  where  I  was  much  made  of  18.  It 
seemes  there  was  no  preaching  at  Worthenb.  the  day  before, 
it  did  not  use  to  bee  so,  lord,  let  every  Providence  work  for  good 
to  those  that  fear  thee.  21.  22.  Spent  at  home  in  study.  I 
perus'd  the  london  Ministers  exceptions  agt.  the  common-prayer, 
to  w*  I  subscribe,  as  also  their  new  draught  of  a  liturgy,  which  for 
y"^  mayn  I  approve  of,  lord  heal  our  breaches  &  bless  thy  people 
with  peace.  I  sent  to  Chester  to  Mr.  Golborn,  who  return'd 
Answer,  that  Hopley  had  put  in  his  declaration  &:  hee  my 
Avowrey,  lord  let  right  take  place,  for  y"  righteous  lord  loveth 
righteousness. 

24.  Sabbeth-mercyes  as  a  hearer,  though  not  as  a  preacher  as 
formerly,  Mr.  Puleston  was  at  Church  in  the  forenoon  where  hee 
hath  not  been  of  a  long  time,  if  y^  word  from  him  who  now 
preaches  may  doe  his  soul  that  good  which  from  mee  it  would  not, 
6:  how  should  I  therein  rejoyce.  25.  A  day  of  prayer  at  Bryn,  few 
were  present,  but  the  lord  was  there,  according  to  his  Promise,  with 
two  or  three,  assisting  and  I  hope  accepting  in  X'  Jesus — I  went 
that  evening  to  Wem,  late,  but  no  evil  befell  mee  blessed  bee  God. 
26.  Much  opposition  at  Wem,  y'^  lecture  forbid  but  after  a  while 
liberty  was  granted,  not  without  difiiculty — I  preacht  first  from 
Job.  36.  21.  then  Mr.  lawrence  from  Ps.  62.  5.  I  slept  that  night 
at  y*  Parsonage,  where  was  Mr.  Porter,  Mr.  Campion  &:c.  men  of 
far  greater  abilityes  then  I,  yet  layd  aside  as  I  am,  return  6  lord 
how  long.  27.  at  lappington.  where  the  next  day,  at  my  coming 
thence,  I  heard,  the  rest  of  my  Bretliren  living  in  that  county 
were  warn'd  to  Shrewsbuiy  for  what  was  done  at  Wem.  28. 
Newes  of  my  danger  gott  home  before  mee,  which  caus'd  some 
fear  to  my  dear  wife,  but  our  heavenly  Father  careth  for  us.  30. 
Small  Pox  in  Shrewsbury,  many  dye,  a  publique  fast  intended, 
but  forbidden,  lord,  say  it  is  enough. 

December  i.  Mr.  Hilton  preacht  from  Mar.  8.  15.  agt.  false 
teachers  &  false  Doctrines  which  are  as  leaven,  but  not  declaring 
Avho  hee  meant,  it  gave  offence  to  many,  though  none  to  mee,  con- 


.  PHILIP  HENRY.  10 1 

sidering  mys^  lest  I  also  bee.  2.  I  visited  Uncle  Edwards  of 
Eyton,  who  with  the  best  Argum"  hee  had,  perswaded  mee  to 
Conform,  &  those  were  taken  from  the  common  Topique  of  Interest 
&  Preferm*  but  blessed  bee  God  I  have  learnt  to  deny  mys^  &  can 
heartily  chuse  rather  to  suffer  y*^"  sin. 

3.  I  hear  y"  Shropshire  Ministers,  who  were  many,  10  at 
least,  that  were  present  at  ^A^em  Exercise  were  sent  for  in  to 
Shrewsbury  by  y*"  deputy  leivetenants  and  for  some  time  confined 
there,  the  reason  of  my  escape  was  in  my  being  out  of  their  verge, 
blessed  bee  God,  6:  how  sweet  and  precious  is  liberty,  lord,  I 
have  not  priz'd  it,  near  the  value  of  it.  4.  Mr.  Taylor  at 
Worthenb.  I  read  Mr.  Bagshawes  papers,  about  the  power  of  the 
Civil  Magistrate  to  impose  in  th.  indifferent  &  received  much 
satisfaction  from  them.  5.  ]Mr.  Pulestons  daughter  baptiz'd  in 
y*"  house  &  named  Susanna.  6.  I  was  at  Broughton  barren  of 
good  discourse,  little  gotten,  little  done.  8.  I  heard  the  newes 
of  y^  Death  of  D"'  Bryan  Walton  Bishop  of  Chester.  I  cannot  get 
my  heart  into  such  a  spiritual  frame  upon  Sabbath-dayes  as 
formerly,  which  is  both  my  sin  &  my  Affliction,  lord  quicken  mee 
with  quickning  grace. 

9.  Study  in  History,  tis  pleasant,  the  lord  make  it  profitable. 
I  find  Afflictions  and  persecutions  have  been  always  the  lot  of  the 
people  of  God,  but  God  hath  still  upheld  his  Church  &  will  doe 
to  the  end. 

10.  A  child  of  Mr.  Hollimans  was  baptiz'd  privately,  by  Mr. 
Hilton,  nam'd  Robert,  I  was  invited,  but  went  not,  lest  I  should 
now  build  up  that  Avhich  formerly  I  have  been  pulling  down. 

11.  I  advised  Mr.  Hilton  to  beware  in  his  Ministry  of  such 
subjects  &  expressions  as  might  grieve  y"  godly  or  harden  y"  pro- 
fane, hee  seem'd  to  take  it  well,  I  am  sure  I  meant  it  so. 

12.  I  read  a  book  cald  Annus  inirabilis  *  contayning  a  narrative 
of  several  strange  Appearances  of  the  great  God  this  last  year  in 
all  the  Elements,  chiefly,  witnessing  agt.  Prophanes  &:  persecution, 
lord,  when  thy  hand  is  lifted  up,  men  will  not  see,  but  they  shall 
see,  true  and  holy  are  thy  wayes,  just  and  rigliteous  are  thy  judge- 
ments, thou  King  of  Saints. 

*  Evelyn  writes  at  the  end  of  168S  :    "Post   Annum    1588— 1660 — 168S, 
Annus  Miraliilis  Tertius." 


102  PHILIP  HENRY. 

13.  I  went  to  Chester,  payd  20'  to  Mr.  Golb.  for  fees,  but  for 
hims^  hee  would  take  none,  visited  Mr.  Cook,  Avho  inform'd  mee 
of  several  votes  pass'd  in  Parliam'  that  none  that  hath  taken  -f 
Covenant  shall  bear  Office  in  State  or  church,  unless  y*"^  declare 
thems*^  free  from  the  obligation  of  it.  Also  a  vote  repealing  the 
Act  of  y**  late  Convention,  not  Parliam*,  concer.  Minisf^  which 
setled  some  by  whomsoever  ordayn'd  without  institution  & 
Induction — &c.  God  sittith  in  y''  Congi-egation  of  y"  Gods. 
14.  I  had  an  acquittance  from  D''  Br.  for  8'  n''  payable  for  Tith 
hay  for  y''^  two  last  yeares  ;  I  found  him  busy  in  repairing  the 
Deanes  house,  as  if  hee  were  to  live  in  it  for  ever,  alas,  a  short  ever 
— D""  Fern  like  to  succeed  in  y**  Bishoprique. 

15.  I  find  it  in  some  respects  easier  preaching  y""  hearing, 
especi.  a  junior,  doe  what  I  can,  my  heart  is  not  lively  as  I  would 
desire  it. 

16.  At  home,  in  study,  time  is  precious,  lord  give  mee  skill 
and  wisedom  to  redeem  it.  17.  I  inform'd  T.  Pr.  of  y®  state  of 
publique  affaires,  as  to  the  late  war  &  Covenant,  concerning  which 
hee  knew  little,  the  result  whereof  was,  that  though  partic. 
Instrum"  might  miscarry,  yet  twas  in  general  the  Cause  of  God  & 
Religion,  and  will  in  due  time  bee  made  so  to  appear.*  ig.  I 
visited  Mr.  Steel  and  my  father,  qui  recipit  vie  aperta  domo,  sed  ut 
mthi  videtur  clan  so  vidtii. 

22.  No  preaching  at  ^Vorthenb.  I  offred  mys'  but  was 
refused,  in  the  afternoon  wee  went  to  HannV  where  preached  Mr. 
Rushworth.  T.  Eph.  2.  3. 

25.     Service   at   Worthenb.    afore-day,  an   old   custome,  the 

ground  of  it  I  know  not ;  the  christians  in  time  of  persecution 

had   their  hymnos  antelucanos,   Tertull,   Sermon  at   10.   rt-clock. 

Text.  Zech.  13.   i.     child  baptiz'd  and  sign'd  with  y"  sign  of  y" 

Crosse,  I  stay'd,  not  daring  to  turn  my  back  upon  Gods  Ordinance, 

while  the  essentials  of  it  are  retayn'd,  though  corrupted  circum- 

*  Compare  with  this  the  words  of  Hume,  chap.  Ixii. :  "  No  people  could 
undergo  a  change  more  sudden  and  entire  in  their  manners,  than  did  the 
Enghsh  nation  during  this  period  [the  Commonwealth].  From  tranquillity, 
concord,  submission,  sobriety,  they  passed  in  an  instant  to  a  state  of  faction, 
fanaticism,  rebellion,  and  almost  frenzy.  .  .  .  'Your  friends,'  said  a  Parlia- 
mentarian to  a  Royalist,  '  are  very  dissolute  and  debauched.'  '  True,' replied 
the  Royalist ;  '  they  have  the  infirmities  of  men  :  but  your  friends  have  the  vices 
of  devils,  tyranny,  rebellion,  and  spiritual  pride.'  " 


PHILIP  IIEXRY.  103 

stantially  In  the  Administration  of  it,  w'=''  God  amend.  26.  Mr. 
Lewis  of  Wrexham  &  Mr.  Thomas  of  Tilstock  came  to  see  mee, 
&  stayd  all  night. 

28.  Preparation  for  Sacram'  at  Hanmer.  T.  Ps.  51.  5.  lord,  I, 
was  shapen  in  iniquity,  6:  pardon  &  heal — 29.  Sacram'  at 
Hanmer,  the  lord  was  pleas'd  to  come  in  with  much  sweetnes 
upon  my  soul,  &  my  soul  was  carry'd  out  with  some  precious 
breathings  towards  him,  his  is  y"  glory.  Vow  &  pay  unto  the 
lord — 30.  Being  convinct  of  neglect  in  orderly  reading  the  Script. 
alone  (for  with  my  wife  I  read  one  chapter  daily  &  with  my  family 
another)  this  day  I  began,  lord,  keep  mee  from  backsliding  again 
&  bless  y'  Ordinance,  I  began  f  N.  T.— Visiting  Mr.  Hollim.  I 
saw  him  in  y'  condicoh  through  dr.  w'*'  I  could  hardly  have 
believ'd,  had  I  not  seen,  lord,  pardon  &  turn  him  from  it,  for  his 
own,  for  his  family,  for  Religion,  for  X^  sake, 

3.  Newes  of  one  Tames  a  Minister  executed  for  Treasonable 
words.     Es.  29.  20.  21. 

Feb.  3.  Mr.  Owen  Minisf  of  Wrexham  administred  the 
Sacramen*  (as  I  was  inform'd)  to  y''  Gentlemen  of  y^  Parish,  &  the 
sabbath  following  to  the  poor — which  to  mee  seemes  very  irregular 
— Mr.  Wyn  of  Otestay  speaking  of  y®  Kings  Declaration  concern. 
Church  affayres,  said  they  had  private  Orders  to  y'^  contrary,  to 
which  it  being  objected,  that  the  king  did  then  only  mock  the 
world,  hee  answer'd,  nay,  doe  wee  not  know  that  God  hims^  hath 
his  Voluntas  signi  &:  his  Voluntas  Beneplaciti. 

Jane  Humphryes  most  affectionately  tender  of  her  Husband 
who  lay  14.  months  sick  &  sore,  hee  dying — Feb.  18.  the  week 
after  a  sister  of  his,  named  Elizabeth  Matthewes  of  Sutton  Green, 
dyed,  being  well  at  her  brothers  buryal,  &  by  her  Death  land  fell 
to  Jane  Humphryes,  which  I  look  upon  as  a  small  token  from  y* 
lord  to  let  her  know,  how  well  pleas'd  hee  was  with  her  love  & 
care  towards  her  afflicted  husband,  being  yet  perswaded,  hee  hath 
a  better  thing  in  store  for  her — A  father  of  the  fatherlesse  a  Judge 
of  the  widow  is  God  in  his  holy  habitation.     Amen. 

Apr.  14,  Evan  Thomas  Randle,  a  notorious  evil  liver,  dyed 
accordingly,  qualts  vita,  fiiiis  ita.  the  memory  of  the  Just  shall  bee 
blessed  but  the  name  of  the  wicked  shall  rot. 

Apr.   29.      David  Phillips  dyed,  I  went  to  see  him  y"  same 


104  PHILIP  HENRY. 

evening,  but  finding  him  in  extremity  I  could  say  but  little  to  him, 
partly  through  straitnes  of  Spirit,  &  partly  thinking,  whatever  I  had 
said  it  would  have  been  taken  with  prejudice — however  it  cost  mee 
many  sad  thoughts  afterwards  for  my  omission,  the  lord  forgive 
mee,  Time  is  gone  I  shall  see  him  to  sj^eak  to  him  no  more.  The 
manner  of  his  Death,  for  there  were  no  bands  in  it,  had  hardned 
many,  lord,  thy  righteousnes  is  a  great  mountayn  but  thy 
Judgem'^  are  a  great  deep  and  unsearchable.  Hee  was  bury'd  on 
May-day,  y"  same  day  on  which  hee  was  to  have  entred  on  a  new 
Tenem*  w*  his  master  had  given  him ;  his  son  a  fool. 

July  14.  Two  or  three  drownd  near  Chester  bathing  thems' 
on  y^  Sabbath  day.  Aug.  21.  Mr.  Roger  Grosvenor  was  kild 
by  Major  Roberts'  son  of  Wrexham,  his  Cosin  German  upon  a 
quarrel  about  a  Foot-race. 

Aug.  29.  I  was  told  of  the  Death  of  Mr.  Thomas  of  Shropsh. 
a  Minister  Kild  by  a  Fall  from  off  his  Horse — Unsearchable  are 
thy  Judgm*^  6  lord. 

Sept.  18.  Also  of  another  Minister  near  london  that  came  to 
y''  same  end  the  same  way — about  Brentwood  in  Essex,  drunk. 

Apr.  12.  About  one  a  clock  in  y**  morning  two  moones  were 
seen  at  Chiswick.  Also  the  same  month  near  Aulton  in  Hamshire 
about  4.  or  5.  a  clock,  in  y"  evening  4.  perfect  rainbowes.  at 
Northallerton  in  Yorksh. — ten  rainbowes  &  4  or  5.  half-ones. 

May  14.  From  5.  till  7.  in  y"  morning  at  Kingston  upon 
Thames  were  seen  three  suns.  May  24.  at  Hensworth  in  Hert- 
fordshire, Caddington,  &:  other  places  adjacent,  Avas  a  terrible 
whirlwind,  which  did  much  mischeif.  Apr.  26.  at  Spalding  & 
Bourn  &  several  other  places  in  lincolnshire  it  rayn'd  great  quan- 
tityes  of  Wheat.  In  the  same  month  about  Chesterfield  in 
Derbysh.  it  rayn'd  white  Ashes. 

May  21.  Great  Rayn  in  london  w"''  did  harm  in  Cellars.  &c. 
many  thousand  pounds,     the  next  day  the  Coven*  was  burn'd. 

May  29.  at  Wincanton  in  Somers.  Mr.  Sacheveral.  min''  there 
preaching  from  i  Sa.  12.  25.  offended  the  prophane  of  y''  Town, 
Avho  to  revenge  thems*^  on  him  made  his  Effigies  of  Straw  attempt- 
ing to  burn  it  but  of  a  long  time  could  not,  till  they  had  tore  it 
into  pieces.  March  4.  at  Kingston,  the  undersheriff  the  first  day 
of  the  Assize  being  a  bitter  p.secutor  was  struck  with  sudden 


PHILIP  HENRY.  IO5 

death  drinking  in  a  Tavern.  March  23.  at  Ashover  in  Derbysh. 
one  Dorothy  Mately,  using  to  wish,  I  would  the  earth  might  open 
&  swallow  mee  up  * — was  washing  lead  ore,  &  having  stollen 
two  single  pence  out  of  a  youths  pocket,  stiffly  denyd  it,  by  &  by 
y^  earth  open'd  «Sc  swallow'd  her  up  4.  yards  within  the  ground, 
the  money  found  in  her  pocket,  the  ground  adjoyning  firm. 
(Excerpt,  ex  libr.  diet — Annus  jMirabilis  t  quorum  omnium  fides  sit 
penes  authorem.) 

June  14.  Three  Suns  were  seen  at  Reading  between  eight  & 
nine  of  y"  clock  in  the  forenoon.  June  15.  At  lewes  in  Sussex 
&  elsewhere  thereabouts  about  3.  of  y"  clock  in  the  morning  the 
Heavens  were  seen  by  several  persons  as  all  on  ^x^.—June  29.  in 
the  western  parts  of  Somersetshire,  the  moon  shined  in  the  night 
which  was  clear,  without  reflecting  the  least  shadow,  either  of 
house,  tree,  hedge  or  man — &c.t 

Aug.  29.  Three  suns  seen  in  the  morning  by  a  minister  at 
Ipswich  also  the  like  about  Exeter.  Octob''  25 — Oct.  31.  A 
Blazing  star  seen  at  Canterbury.  Another  the  month  following  at 
lambeth.  Another  Dec.  20.  between  Bishops-Castle  &  Mont- 
gomery. Several  dreadful  appearances  of  Fiery  meteors  in  the 
air,  one  of  a  Sword  in  a  Cloud  with  the  point  downwards  near  y" 
Isle  of  wight,  another  of  men  &  horses  in  a  warlike  posture. 
About  the  same  time  Mr.  Martin  of  Devon  son  to  S"  Nicholas 
Martin  was  assaulted  by  two  Ravens,  picking  at  his  eyes,  suddenly 
after  fell  sick  and  dy'd,  the  bell  tolling  before  of  its  own  accord 
for  3  hours  togeth"".  In  Decemb""  this  year  there  were  growing  in 
several  gardens,  young  quinces,  peares,  apples,  also  hatcht  young 
Rooks,  Ravens — 6000  Gentleman  slayn  in  duels  in  France  in  ten 
yeares.     (Boys.) 

Dec.  20.     near  montgomery  about  Sunsett  was  seen  by  several 

*  In  the  market  square  at  Devizes  is  the  record,  upon  a  central  pillar,  of  a 
woman  who,  trying  to  cheat  her  neighbour,  gave  utterance  to  an  impious  wish 
and  fell  down  dead.     This  happened  about  1722. 

t  Evelyn  notices  the  Annus  Mirabilis.  Lord  Clarendon  also  acknowledges 
the  hand  of  God  in  restoring  in  1660  the  peace  which  had  been  disturbed  for 
Iwenty  years. 

\  See  Standard  newspaper  for  September  10,  1881,  p.  4:  "Our  New  York 
correspondent  telegraphs  an  account  of  some  remarkable  phenomena  which 
accompanied  the  recent  intense  heat  in  the  United  .States  and  Canada. 
Although  the  sky  was  cloudless,  one  day  at  noon  the  sun  cast  no  shadow,  and 
it  was  too  dark  to  read.     Many  people  thought  the  last  day  was  at  hand." 


I06  PHILIP  HENRY. 

p.  sons  a  compleat  body  of  horse  marching  two  on  a  breast  between 
500.  &  1000.  in  y''  Road,  but  no  sign  thereof  visible  upon  y^  ground 
the  next  morning  ;  affirm'd  upon  Oath.*  On  the  same  day  there 
was  a  double  Tide  at  london-Bridge.  July  17.  a  great  Porpus 
leaped  into  a  watermans  wherry  in  lee-Road.  April.  Two 
persons  designd  to  make  Oath  agt.  Mr.  Revel  Min''  of  uval  in 
Cornwal  fell  out  before  y**  sessions,  y"  one  slayn,  y®  other  fled. 

July  22.  fowr  who  did  swear  a  Riot  agt.  y"  inhabitants  of  leeds 
endeavouring  to  bring  in  Mr.  Bowles  to  bee  their  Min''  three  dy'd 
within  few  dayes,  the  fourth  sick. 

July  30.  at  Wanford  in  Suffolk  at  Mr.  Absolom's  house  Sir 
John  Rouse  a  Parliam'  man  &  other  gentlemen  mett  to  drink, 
&  rayling  agt.  Phanatiques,  there  arose  a  storm  with  thunder, 
as  a  warning,  by  &  by  a  flash  of  lightning,  which  wounded  one, 
Kild  another,  &  amazed  all,  &  breaking  through  the  hedge  went 
away.  \ 

Mr.  Cook  told  y*'  Bp.  y'  though  his  Ordination  by  Presbyters 
were  not  legal  yet  it  was  Evangelical.  Mr.  Glendals  Argum'  agt. 
Common  Prayer,  was,  y'  it  imposes  upon  God,  either  this  hee 
must  have  or  none,  whereas  in  conceived  Prayer,  wee  ask  of 
God  to  give  us  that  w*  wee  are  to  give  him  &  wee  give  it  in 
his  strength. 

Mr.  Ashborn  Min''  of  Norton  active  in  Inditing  Mr.  Taylor  of 
Bury  for  a  Conventicle  before  the  end  of  y**  Assize  was  kild  by  one 
Ward  then  under  Cure  with  him  for  madness,  but  in  a  way  of 
recovery.  July  29. 

About  y*"  same  time  two  witnesses  agt.  Mr.  Ince  of  Dunhead 

*  In  the  "  Histoiy  of  Cumberland  and  Westmorland  "  (Whellan)  a  similar 
account  is  given  of  troops  being  seen  upon  Souter-fell  'wy  the  year  1735.  They 
seemed  to  be  exercising,  but  upon  examination  no  trace  of  their  having  been 
there  could  be  found. 

t  Compare  with  these  the  case  of  Lord  Brooke  at  Lichfield.  He  had  been 
heard  to  say  that  he  hoped  to  see  all  cathedrals  so  utterly  destroyed  that  not 
one  stone  should  be  left  upon  another.  On  March  2,  1643,  he  was  going  to 
make  onset  upon  the  close  of  the  cathedral,  and  was  taking  view  of  the  place 
from  a  window  opposite,  when  he  was  shot  in  the  eye  by  a  chance  musket-ball 
— "a  certain  man  drew  a  bow  at  a  venture  "  and  hit  this  Ahab — and  he  fell 
dead  without  speaking  a  word.  Thus  on  St.  Chad's  Day,  before  the  cathedral 
of  St.  Chad,  which  he  hoped  soon  to  destroy,  fell  this  notorious  enemy  to 
cathedrals. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  10/ 

in  Wilts  were  suddenly  smitten  by  y"  just  hand  of  God,  one  of 
them  dy'd  repenting.  Another,  one  MouHns  y'  said,  To  morrow 
when  Ince  goes  I'le  keep  y^  merryest  day — broke  his  leg  by  a  fall 
y'  morning  w*  gangren'd  &  of  it  within  two  or  three  dayes  hee 
dyed.  Capt.  Benet  another  opposer  of  Mr.  Ince  assaulting  Mr. 
Dimon  a  londoner  upon  y''  Road  was  by  him  Kild,  se  defendendo. 
Mr.  Ince  said  of  him  not  long,  before,  that  hee  believed  hee  would 
not  dye  y''  common  death  of  other  men.  Ex  libro  dicto — Annus 
Mirabilis  secundus. 

Jan.  2.  ]\Irs.  Welsh  desir'd  Prayer,  that  God  would  give  her 
Wisedom  &  Patience  in  her  present  condition. 

The  twelve  great  Companyes  of  london. 

Mercers.  Grocers.  Drapers.  Fish-mongers.  Goldsmiths,  skinners. 
Taylors.  Haberdashers.  Salters.  Iron  mongers.  Vintners.  Cloth- 
workers. 

Non  Argus,  largus,  non  Magdalena  Methusal. 
Non  Habacuc,  lazarus,  Caseus  iste  bonus. 

The  following  letters,  etc.,  belong  to  Dr.  Davies  Colley, 
of  Newton,  Chester,  to  whom  my  best  thanks  are  due  for 
permission  to  use  them. 

June  I,  1 66 1.     To  Mr.  Puleston. 

Sir,  if  it  please  you  to  accept  of  the  motion,  I  am  willing  and 
doe  desire,  before  the  Differences  betw.  us  grow  greater,  and  the 
wound  wider  then  yet  it  is,  to  referr  it  to  two  Indifferent  uncon- 
cerned p'sons,  who  may  compose  and  compromise  it,  Or  else  my 
self  to  give  you  the  meeting  when  and  where  you  shall  appoint  this 
next  week :  hoping  it  may  yet  prove  no  very  difficult  matter  (if 
meanes  bee  used  for  it)  to  revive  a  right  underst:  between  us,  for 
truly,  Sir,  whatever  you  may  think  of  mee,  I  know  mys.  to  bee 

An  unfayned  well-wisher  to  your 
Person  and  Family, 
P.  H. 
refer'd  to  Sir  Thomas  Hanmer, 
and  My   father  in  law,    Mr. 
Dan,  Mathewes." 


I08  PHILIP  IIEXRY. 

Mr.  RatclifYe,  Recorder  of  Chester,  to  whom  i\Ir. 
Henry  had  submitted  his  case,  had  advised  him  to  com- 
mence an  action  against  Mr.  Puleston  for  the  assertion  of 
his  rights,  but  the  above  letter  was  tendered  instead  as 
a  peace-offering.  It  was  agreed  to  refer  it  to  the  two  parties 
named,  and  the  following  memorandum,  the  joint  compila- 
tion probably  of  Mr.  Ratcliffe  and  his  client,  and  in  the 
latter's  neat  autograph,  was  to  be  the  basis  of  settlement 
from  Mr.  Henry's  point  of  view  : — 

1.  I  desire,  the  true  end  and  Intent  of  the  meeting  may  bee 
stated,  and  that  S''  Thos:  Hanmer  may  declare  what  power  hee 
hath  from  Mr.  Puleston  to  conclude  and  determine. 

2.  I  Desire,  before  any  Proposal  be  made  concerning  the 
Future,  that  wee  may  bee  at  a  Poynt  concerning  the  Arrears  already 
Due.     This  to  be  insisted  on. 

3.  For  the  Arrears,  there  is  100//.  due  this  Midsummer,  which, 
— I.  I  desire  may  bee  payd  intire,  the  rather  because  Mr.  Puleston 
had  the  whole  Com  Tith  the  last  year.  2.  If  it  bee  urg'd  hee 
payd  20  //.  to  \)\.  Bridgman  (the  Judge  payd  20  //.  p'  ann.  to  Mr. 
Fogg,  while  ye  100  was  p'd  to  mee),  I  answ'r  hee  might  have 
chosen  ; — however  I  shall  yeeld  to  abate  the  Half  thereof,  nay  the 
whole,  if  ye  Half  bee  not  accepted,  so  ye  remaynder  bee  payd 
forthwith ;  And  lower  then  this  I  cannot  yeild. 

4.  This  being  concluded,  for  time  to  come,  I  would  first  know 
what  proposal  they  would  make.  If  for  mee  to  quitt  the  place, 
whatever  the  terms  bee,  I  cannot,  I  dare  not,  assent.  If  to  give 
up  the  Deed,  I  would  know,  upon  what  consideration,  and  what 
Mayntenance  I  shall  have  instead  of  it.  Here  press  the  Validity 
&  Equity  of  the  Deed  ;  my  leaving  the  Colledge  for  it,  &c.  Pro- 
pose, what  if  Mr.  Puleston,  paying  this  Hundred  pounds,  enjoy 
the  Com-Tith,  as  formerly,  the  Reversion  should  bee  secur'd  to 
the  Church  when  the  Annuity  expires. 

Going  over  the  ground  again,  he  sends  the  following 
instructions  to  his  representative  : — 

I.  I  can  prove  the  paym't  of  20  //.  p'  ann'  for  two  yeares  to  !Mr. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  IO9 

Fogg ;  as  Parson  of  Bangor,  after  this  hundred  pound  p'  Ann'  was 
confer'd  on  mee  ;  which  evidences  it  to  be  the  Judges  Intent  that 
I  should  suffer  no  prejudice  therein  by  any  claim  that  way. 

2.  For  the  future,  I  would  propose,  if  Mr.  P.  pleases, — i.  That 
the  House  (S:  Corn  Tithes  in  reversion,  w'n  my  Annuity 
determines,  accor[ding]  to  ye  Judges  intention  &  Deed  .  .  .  fact 
bee  settled  on  the  Church.  2.  That  Mr.  P.  may  in  the  mean 
time  enjoy  them.  3.  That  Dr.  B.  may  have  ye  profit  of  ye  small 
Tithes.  4.  That  the  hundred  pounds  p'  Ann'  may  bee  payd 
to  mee. 

3.  Let  the  Arbitrators  pitch  vpon  any  other  more  equal  way, 
I  shall  submit  to  it ;  provided  it  bee  not  in  any  case  to  the  giving 
up  of  my  Deed,  whatever  abatem't  I  make,  nor  to  my  voluntary 
removal,  neither  of  w'ch  dare  I  in  conscience  yeeld  to  especially 
not  the  latter. 

4.  Let  it  bee  considered,  v.-hat  I  have  been  inform'd  by  learned 
Council,  though  I  were  removed,  yet  the  Annuity  remaynes 
payable  to  mee,  whilst  I  continue  unpreferred  otherwise. 

5.  There  is  further  this  to  be  consider'd,  that  I  left  my 
Prsefermt  in  Oxon,  at  ye  Judges  desire,  whose  letter  I  have  to  shew, 
to  accept  of  this  ;  &  also,  w'n  I  was  put  to  my  choyce  by  ye 
Coll[ege],  I  acqu[ainted]  Mr.  P.  with  it,  who  said,  'stay  &  w't 
my  Father  hath  Done,  I  will  make  good  to  the  uttermost,'  without 
w'ch  promise  from  him,  I  think  I  had  not  stay'd. 

6.  Dav:  Phil:  hath  often  said,  so  his  Master  were  eas'd  in 
the  Hundred  pound,  hee  did  not  care  though  I  stayd  in  the 
Place. 

Endorsed  on  back  "  Treaty  with  Mr.  P."  The  document 
is  written  on  the  torn  fly-leaf  of  a  letter,  which  is  inscribed 
with  the  following  address,  apparently  in  the  hand  of  his 
once  brother-parson  and  neighbour,  Mr.  Robert  Fogg,  of 
Bangor : — 

ffor  his  much  Esteemed 
and  Reverend  good  friend 
]Mr.  Henry,  minister 

Of  ^^^orthenbury, 
present  these. 


no  PHILIP  HENRY. 

The  arbitration  moved  on  but  slowly,  there  being  little 
hope  from  the  first  of  any  agreement ;  and  no  wonder, 
for  of  the  "two  Indifferent  unconcerned  p'sons"  who 
had  it  in  hand,  one  was  the  young  parson's  father-in-law, 
and  the  other  a  sworn  friend  of  Dr.  Bridgman  and  Mr. 
Puleston,  so  there  was  little  ground  in  common  between 
them. 

The  next  paper  in  the  series  is  a  set  of  "  Reasons," 
arranged  by  Mr,  Henry  in  three  columns  side  by  side,  under 
the  following  heads  : — 

1.  Why  I  should  not  yeeld  to  a  composition  with  Mr.  P. 

2.  "Why  I  should. 

3.  Why  Mr.  P.  should  yeeld  to  a  Composition  with  mee. 

These  points  are  very  fairly  put  and  reasoned  out  by 
the  poor  parson.  There  follows  a  letter,  which  has  not 
been  printed  before,  addressed,  as  it  would  seem,  to  one  of 
the  arbitrators : — 

Sir,  I  have  considered,  the  proposal  which  you  were  pleas'd 
to  make  of  endeavouring  a  Composition  for  mee  with  Mr.  Puleston 
by  meanes  of  a  Friend  of  your's,  who  hath  Interest  in  him  ;  and  doe 
diankfully  acknowledge  your  very  great  respect  and  favour  towards 
[me  therein].  The  Condition  on  which  you  have  to  effect  this  is 
it  seemes,  no  other,  than  a  full  and  absolute  r[esigna]tion  of  my 
whole  claym  and  Title  both  in  the  Annuity  and  House  also, 
which  if  valuable  Consideration  may  bee  had  for  it,  I  am  willing 
to  yeeld  to ;  and  the  loss  shall  be  accounted  valuable  to  purchase 
Peace  and  his  Favo'r  !  'Twas  a  year  and  half,  within  few  weekes, 
that  I  Officiated,  since  the  last  Payment,  and  for  what  is  future,  I 
shall  refer  my  self  to  you  and  your  Friend,  only  desiring,  you  would 
but  suppose  the  Case  to  be  your  own.  For  Arguments,  I  conceive, 
whilst  I  have  so  much  Probability  of  Recovering,  'twill  be  ap- 
parently found  to  bee  for  Mr.  Puleston's  Advantage  to  lighten 
his  estate  from  the  Burthen  of  such  a  charge,  beside  the  incident 
charges  of  law  ;  to  which  I  might  adde  also  some  kind  of  obliga- 
tion that  lyes  upon  him  in  poynt  of  Honor,  considering  the  relation 


PHILIP  HENRY,  III 

wherein  I  stood  to  him,  and  that  I  left  my  Place  at  the  University 
upon  the  Grant  of  this  from  his  Father.  On  each  of  these,  Sir,  as 
Occasion  is  given,  I  presume  your  own  or  your  Freind's  Prudence 
may  enlarge ;  and  whatever  the  success  bee,  you  will  acquire  the 
Blessing  of  a  Peace  endeavourer,  if  not  a  Peace-maker,  and 
withal  oblige 

Your  Kinsman  and  Servant. 
Worthenb:  Jan.  15,  1661.  Philip  Henry. 

May  7,  1 66 1.     To  Dr.  Brid[gman]. 

Sir,  At  my  return  from  you  upon  Friday,  I  found  a  not- 
so-soon-expected  addition  to  my  family,  a  son  which  God  hath 
given  mee,  which  hath  occasion'd  my  hindrance  at  present  in 
making  a  Formal  Draught  of  our  Agreement  as  I  intended,  Never- 
thelesse  for  substance,  this  is  it  I  have  yeilded  to,  and  this,  God 
willing,  I  shall  perform;  whereas  100"  p  annu*"  is  conferred  on 
mee  by  Judge  Puleston  in  consideration  of  my  Preaching  at 
Worthenb:  and  whereas  it  is  by  your  favour  and  Permission  that  at 
present  I  enjoy  the  liberty  of  Preaching  there,  for  which  liberty 
given  mee  you  sufter  detriment  at  present  in  the  Tithes  &  Profits  of 
the  Place,  I  doe  hereby  promise  to  allow  you,  whilst  you  continue 
to  mee  that  liberty  and  whilst  you  continue  to  suffer  that  detriment, 
the  summ  of  thirty  pounds  ^  annu"  out  of  the  hundred  aforesayd, 
in  those  proportions  as  I  receive  it,  which  allowance  is  to  com- 
mence at  Midsummer  last,  you  bearing  with  mee  in  regard  I  am  to 
enter  suit  for  it,  a  proportionable  part  of  the  costs  &  charges 
incident  for  the  Recovery  of  it.  This  I  think,  Sir,  is  the  whole  of 
what  is  contayned  in  the  Paper  which  you  drew,  and  I  hope  will 
bee  sufficient  at  least  till  your  return,  to  satisfy  you,  if  it  bee  not, 
I  shall  be  ready  to  adde  what  more  you  shall  require  to  the  same 
intent,  for  I  assure  you.  Sir,  though  some  have  told  mee  I  needed 
not  to  doe  this  being  secur'd  of  my  Annuity,  though  you  should 
remove  mee,  yet  I  freely  yeeld  to  it  as  in  equity  to  you  by  way  of 
recompence  for  your  losses,  so  also  hoping  it  may  bee  a  motive 
for  my  continuance  here,  at  least  in  y*"  second  place,  for  you  have 
told  mee  you  have  a  higher  end  in  granting,  as  I  also  have  in 
desiring  it. 


112  PHILIP  HENRY. 

Ty  Br.  draught  of  the  case. 

John  Puleston  of  Emerall  Esq''  about  January  in  the  year 
1658  signed  and  sealed  a  lease  and  release  of  all  the  Tythes 
both  of  Corne  and  hay  together  with  an  house  and  Croft  thereunto 
belonging  built  by  him  on  purpose  for  the  Minister  of  Worthen- 
burye  to  live  in,  Mr.  John  Holyman  being  then  his  Clarke  drew  it 
and  sales  it  was  sealed  and  left  in  the  Judge's  Chamber,  and  was 
delivered  to  Mr.  Holyman  in  the  name  of  the  rest  of  the  feoffees, 
who  left  it  in  the  said  Judge's  Chamber  amongst  the  rest  of  the 
writeings  in  a  box. 

It  was  drawne  for  the  substance  of  it  according  to  a  former 
ffeoffm'  made  by  the  said  Judge  the  yeere  before  unto  the  same 
ffeoffees,  viz.  John  Broughton  of  Broughton  Esq'',  Thomas  Puleston 
and  Edward  Puleston  sonns  of  the  said  Judge,  Roger  Puleston  of 
AVorthenburye,  Edward  Phillips  of  Mullsford,  and  John  Holyman, 
genf,  w'^''  ffeoffment  was  by  the  said  Judge  Puleston  sealed  and 
delivered  unto  Mr.  Roger  Puleston,  and  John  Holyman  in  the 
name  of  the  rest  of  th'  aforenamed  ffeoffees,  and  was  by  him 
comitted  to  the  custody  of  Phillip  Henry  minister  there,  to  w'^''  the 
said  Phillip  Henry  was  witnes  amongst  others,  viz.  Mr.  Roche  an 
Irishman  now  living  at  Congleton  then  the  said  Judges  physitian, 
D''  of  physick,  and  Rob'  Berley,  serv'  to  the  said  Judge,  w*  re- 
mained with  the  said  Phillip  Henry,  5  months,  viz.  from  July  to 
Januarie  1658,  when  the  said  Judge  desiring  to  confirme  it  to  the 
Church  more  strongly  call'd  for  it  again,  and  seal'd  the  said  lease 
and  release  that  the  house  whereof  Mr.  Phillip  Henry  had  before 
a  lease  for  60  yeares,  if  hee  so  long  continue  minister  of  Worthen- 
burie  or  did  not  accept  of  better  p'ferment,  might  bee  the  better 
secur'd  to  the  said  Church  of  "W'orthenburye  for  ever,  for  the  Tythes 
were  sufficientlie  before  secur'd  by  the  said  feoffm'  though  Mr. 
Ratcliffe  the  Recorder  of  Chester  having  a  sight  of  the  Copie  of 
the  feoffm*  tould  Mr.  Henry  his  opinion  of  it  being  insufficient  as 
to  the  house  because  of  the  lease  in  being,  it  was  also  insufficient 
as  to  the  Tythes,  ffor  that  in  Law,  where  two  things  are  conveyed 
whereof  the  Conveyor  had  no  power  to  convey  the  one,  hee 
invalidated  the  other  if  putt  into  the  same  deed. 

John  Puleston  of  Emerall  Esq''  made  a  nuncupative  will  in 


PHILIP  HENR  Y.  1 1 3 

w*  hee  gave  250"'  to  finisli  the  Vicars  House  in  Wortlienbuiye, 
and  to  build  out-houses  for  the  same.  The  Judge  dictated  the 
will  himselfe,  and  Mr.  Holyman  the  witnes  and  the  unadvantaged 
executor  wrote  it  verbatim  as  hee  dictated — This  will  compared 
with  a  lease  of  the  said  House  to  Mr.  Philip  Henry  for  60  years  if 
hee  so  long  continued  minister  of  Worthenburye  and  not  accepted 
of  better  preferment,  dated  and  sealed  the  March  before,  will 
evidence  that  it  was  the  Parsonage  of  Worthenberye. 

Yet  this  House,  w**"  the  moneyes  intended  by  Justice  Puleston 
for  the  Church  doth  his  Son  Roger  intend  to  alienate  from  so 
pious  a  use,  and  to  give  it  to  a  pot  companion,  for  whom  hee  saith 
hee  hath  land  enough,  but  wants  a  convenient  house  for  him  to 
bee  neare  him. 

Quere,  Whether  my  best  course  will  not  bee  to  make 
Mr.  Roger  Puleston  to  bring  in  y^  lease  and  release,  w'""  tis  more 
then  probable  hee  has  by  him,  for  p'"sently  after  his  ffather's  decease 
hee  bragged  (as  Mr.  Rob'"  Bukley  of  Worthenburye  Serv'*'  to  Mr. 
Lloyd  of  Halton,  and  sometyme  bailiffe  to  the  Judge  affirmeth) 
that  hee  would  not  for  2  or  300"',  but  hee  had  found  certain 
writings,  w*  were  then  comonlie  beleived  to  bee  these  of  the 
Lease  and  Release. 

And  in  order  thereunto  Whether  it  will  not  bee  convenient  to 
send  out  processe  for  jNIr.  Holyman  and  I\Ir.  Phillips  to  prove  the 
nuncupative  Will. 

The  above  document,  written  in  a  legal  hand,  seemed 
to  be  founded  upon  notes  supplied  by  Philip  Henry,  who 
writes  as  follows  : — 

Sir, 

I  have  followed  your  instructions  in  writing  the  letter 
and  inclosing  this  with  it,  entreating  you  to  make  use  of  them  as 
you  shall  see  cause.  I  have  mentioned  no  particular  summe  but 
surely,  Sir,  in  the  whole,  lesse  then  200"'  can  hardly  be  judged  a 
valuable  consideration  and  my  Father  and  Freinds  are  of  the  same 
mind,  if  both  Deeds  bee  included.  And  if  you  find  that  more  may 
bee  had  upon  Bond  within  reasonable  time  then  in  present  pay- 
ment (as  tis  probable  there  may)  I  shall  bee  willing  to  accept  of 

I 


114  PHILIP  HENRY. 

Bond — I  would  desire  also,  it  may  bee  brought  to  as  speedy  an 
Issue  as  may  bee,  because  the  Assize  drawes  on,  and  twill  bee 
shortly  time  to  prepare  for  it,  if  an  end  may  not  bee  had  otherwise, 
so  craving  your  pardon  for  my  boldness,  I  rest,  Your  servant, 

P.  H. 
Notes 

1.  that  the  said  R.  P.  about  that  time  was  heard  to  say  (Sec.  &c. 

2.  that  David  Phillips,  servant  to  him  the  said  R.  P.  told  one 
speaking  of  ye  writings  that  hee  hoped  his  master  would  bee  so 
wise  as  never  to  let  them  see  the  light  again  or  to  that  purpose 
implying  as  much  as  if  hee  knew  of  his  once  having  the  possession 
of  y'™. 

To  prove  that  it  was  the  intention  of  the  said  J.  P.  in  building 
the  said  house  to  bestow  it  on  y''^  church  for  y*"  use  aforesaid,  these 
following  Argum"  may  bee  worthy  consideration. 

1.  That  he  caus'd  the  people  of  y"  said  place  to  help  him  with 
the  carriage  of  Materials  thither,  viz.  much  of  y^  Brick,  Timber, 
Slates,  having  declar'd  to  several  of  them,  that  he  built  it  for  their 
minister. 

2.  that  he  took  to  hims.  the  Cote  aforesaid  cald  the  Priests 
Chamber,  and  made  a  lease  of  it  to  A.  D.  for  her  life,  shee  paying 
to  him  5"  in  y^  nature  of  a  .  .  .  which  hee  would  not  have  done 
but  that  hee  intended  this  other  of  his  own  building  in  lieu  of  that 
for  the  use  of  the  ]\Iin'. 

3.  That  hee  actually  settled  it  by  Feoffm'  aforesaid  wliich  had 
been  good  if  livery  &  seisin  had  been  executed — the  reason  it 

,was  not  was,  bee.  being  sick  hee  hop'd  every  day  to  mend  &  to 
goe  abroad,  and  do  it  hims.  but  hee  never  went  abroad  after. 

4.  .  .  . 

5.  That  hee  the  said  John  Puleston  did  write  a  letter  bearing 
date  Nov.  22.  1658.  to  the  Trustees  for  Uniting  and  dividing  of 
Parishes,  wherein  is  this  passage — I  have  also  built  a  fayr  brick 
house  with  necessary  Outhouses  for  y°  use  of  y^  IMin""  which  I 
have  likewise  granted  to  the  same  Feoffees — a  copy  of  wliich 
letter  is  yet  producible  if  there  bee  occasion. 

Mem.  The  reason  why  the  sealing  of  the  lease  &:  release  as  to  y" 
circumstances  of  it  is  so  hard  to  bee  made  out,  is  bee.  of  the  rage 


PHILIP  HENRY.  115 

of  the  said  Ro.  P.  threatning  to  kill  any  that  should  offer  to  speak 
a  word  to  his  Father  about  it,  as  also  that  he  would  not  suffer 
those  to  come  near  him  that  hee  thought  likely  to  promote  or 
further  it 

Persons  to  bee  sworn  &;  examin'd  concern,  the  said  ^\Titings 

S"^  Tho.  Hanmer  John  Holliman 

Roger  Puleston  Esq''  Roger  Puleston 

John  Royden  Robert  Byckley 

Edward  Philips  Katharin  Paynter 

Mr.  J.  F.  Beever,  of  Beaumaris,  has  kindly  supplied  the 
following  extracts  from  the  diary  for  1662.  The  diary 
itself  seems  to  be  lost,  for  Mr.  Jos.  Morris,  of  Shrewsbury,  in 
a  letter  of  February  13,  1857,  to  Mr.  Beever,  says,  "I  am 
told  that  my  copy  of  Mr.  Philip  Henry's  diary  for  1662  is 
unique.  Sir  John  Bickerton  Williams  had  not  met  with 
one  of  that  year  when  he  published  his  work,  and  he  never 
could  find  one  except  mine,  which  I  put  into  his  hands 
a  few  years  ago."  Whether  Philip  Henry  continued  his 
diary  this  year  as  usual,  or  whether  the  anxieties  and 
troubles  which  he  underwent  caused  him  to  neglect  it,  we 
cannot  say,  but  it  is  certainly  unfortunate  that  his  records 
of  this  year,  above  all  others,  should  be  so  meagre. 

1662. 

Jan.  2.  My  Father  sent  for  me  to  go  to  Uncle  Edwards  of 
Eyton  upon  overtures  of  composition  with  Mr,  Puleston.  I  took 
time  to  consider. 

17.  18.  I  received  letters  from  London  of  the  recovery  of 
Sister  Sarah  Avhich  I  have  often  prayed  for,  &  the  Lord  hath 
heard  prayers.  I  will  love  the  Lord  because  he  hath  heard  the 
voice  of  my  supplication. 

Feb.  19.  I  saw  my  Father  at  Bronington  &  heard  of  his 
intentions  for  London  on  Friday  next,  but  he  himself  said  nothing 
to  mee  of  it,  nor  I  to  him.  I  acquainted  my  dearest  with  it, 
whereupon  the  next  day  she  went  to  take  her  leave  of  him. 


Il6  PHILIP  HENRY. 

March  i.  Sometime  in  the  night  before  this  day  Aunt  Adams 
departed  in  a  good  old  age.  Shee  was  not  well  the  day  before, 
but  hath  several  times  in  appearance  been  far  worse.  The  first 
that  died  in  this  house.  The  Lord  might  have  begun  at  the  other 
end  of  us  &  smitten  us  with  a  sore  breach. 

4.  Aunt  Adams  was  buried  according  to  her  desire  in  her 
will,  at  Malpas.  Mr.  Bridge  preach't — twas  the  first  buryal  of 
which  I  was  supervisor,  and  I  was  forc't  in  some  things  to  submit 
to  custom,  tho'  against  my  own  inclination.  Concerning  dole  I 
gave  groats  apiece  to  about  20.  poor  of  this  parish,  and  at  Malpas 
gave  20s.  to  poor  there  at  pence  apiece  &  yet  they  were  not 
satisfied  :  many  from  neighb.  parishes  went  away  from  the  house 
clamouring  w*  I  was  troubled  at.  I  desired  Mr.  Bridge  shee 
might  be  buried  before  the  sermon,  but  it  was  not  granted.  After 
sermon  I  was  one  (with  my  Uncles)  that  brought  her  round  to  the 
grave,  which  it  may  be  did  not  become  me.  At  Worthen''^  in  the 
morning  I  rather  permitted  than  desired  the  ringing  of  the  bells, 
but  after  a  peal  or  two  they  were  forbidden  to  proceed  by  Mr. 
Hilton,  upon  what  account  I  know  not,  Mr.  P.  came  to  Malpas 
&  animadverted  u^Don  those  that  accompanyed  us  thither,  as  if 
the  same  that  Avere  my  friends  could  not  be  his.  Let  the  righteous 
Lord  judge  righteous  judgment. 

6.  I  took  an  inventory  of  Aunt  Adam's  Goods  at  Worthenb. 
&  more  at  Broad  Oake. 

11.  Aunt  Adam's  goods  were  prized  by  John  Hughs  and 
Dan.  Prichard,  the  whole  whereof,  with  what  ready  money  she 
left  came  to  something  like  ^40.  There  were  two  remarkable 
events  of  Providence  concerning  it.  That,  as  I  found  afterwards 
John  Howel's  goods,  her  Father,  were  priz'd  upon  this  very  same 
day  March  1 1,  1635.  2.  That  when  I  made  my  Aunt  a  new  bond 
of  a  hundred  pound,  upon  delivering  the  old  to  my  Father  this 
time  twelve  month,  the  day  nominated  in  the  bond  for  payment 
was  Mar.  i.  this  present  year,  &:  as  it  fell  out  upon  that  very  day 
viz.  March  i,  1662,  shee  dyed.  Lord  my  times  are  in  Thy  hand,. 
&  Thou  ordereth  them  as  seemeth  good  in  Thine  eyes. 

12.  Cousin  Cay  &  Cousin  John  Hotchkiss  came  to  see  us 
and  lodg'd  here  two  nights. 

24.     I   went  with  my  dear  Wife    to   Whixall   to  my  Cosin 


PHILIP  HENRY.  Wj 

Brayn,*  who  lies  in,  having  a  son  the  heir  of  the  family  named 
WilUam.     We  went  &  came  in  safety,  blessed  be  God. 

25.  I  rec"^  Letters  concerning  the  death  of  my  dear  Sister 
Dickins,  who  dyed  on  the  13"'  day  of  this  month,  Lord  come  in 
her  stead  to  her  little  ones,  and  fit  us  for  our  change  that  are  left 
behind. 

April  2.  I  went  with  my  dear  wife  to  Whitch:  where  I  visited 
D''  Heylin  now  parson  there,  &  took  leave  of  him  with  Cosin 
Sarah  Hotchkis  going  to  London  to  live  with  her  bro:  Thomas— 
I  wrote  letters  with  her  to  all  my  sisters  there.  Lord  send  me 
good  news  from  them  &  let  their  souls  live  in  Thy  light.  Wee 
came  home  late  but  safe,  blessed  be  God. 

II.  I  went  with  my  dear  wife  to  Cousin  John  Jennings  whose 
dau'r  Mary  was  lately  put  to  bed  of  two  dau'rs. 

19.  My  Father  returned  from  London — I  went  not  to  meet 
him,  not  because  I  am  not  willing  to  give  him  all  due  respect,  but 
because  he  shows  himself  not  willing  to  receive  it  from  mee. 

21.  I  went  with  my  dear  to  Bronington,  where  wee  saw  my 
Father  &  had  common  respect  &  countenance  from  him  &  that 
was  all,  hee  never  so  much  as  ask't  how  the  child  did,  nor  how 
it  far'd  with  mee  in  my  affayres ;  but  my  Father  which  is  in  Heaven 
careth  for  us. 

23.  We  went  to  Cosin  John  Jennings  to  rejoice  with  him 
in  his  daughter  Mary's  mercy  to  whom  the  Lord  hath  given  two 
children  at  a  birth — Lord  make  them  doubly  thankful. 

May  21.  Saw  Cosin  Thomas  Hotchkis,  a  Conformist  upon 
this  principle — that  whatever  our  magistrate  f  commands  which 
the  word  doth  not  forbid  tis  our  duty  to  obey ;  which  I  confess  is 
not  clear  to  mee  in  the  th.  of  God. 

August  7.  Wee  went  to  Ash,  our  friends  are  very  loving  & 
respectful  towards  us,  which  in  some  measure  countervayls  the 
unkindness  of  nearer  relations. 

Sept.  9.     I  went  to  Eyton,  Mr.  Wm.  Edwards  J  dyed  the  night 

*  This  was  an  ancient  family  in  Wliixall  and  in  Myddle  (Salop)  that  had 
taken  the  side  of  the  ParHament. 

t  This  seems,  to  use  Philip  Henry's  own  expression,  verbtim  super  rotas  in 
respect  of  recent  differences  (1881). 

\  The  Edwards  (ap  Edward)  family,  descended  from  Tudor  Trevor,  had 
extensive  estates  at  Chirk,  St.  Martin's,   Dudleston,  Eyton,    and    Plasffron. 


Il8  PHILIP  HENRY. 

before,  leaving  all  his  estate  real  &  personal  to  a  bastard  except- 
ing some  few  Legacies.  Ps.  49.  10.  Mr.  Lewis  came  thither  at 
the  same  time  on  the  same  errand,  but  both  too  late. 

16.     I  went  to  Chester  ;  hir'd  a  coach  for  Sister  IMary. 

22.  Sister  Mary  set  forward  from  Worth enb.  towards  London 
not  without  much  grief  of  friends  at  parting ;  the  little  one  more 
than  ordinarily  apprehensive. 

23.  She  went  from  Whitch.  in  the  coach — I  accompany'd 
her  to  Sanford  :  the  Lord  be  her  good  speed. 

October  2.  We  went  to  Whitch.  on  foot,  saw  our  friends  & 
returned  refreshed  &  in  safety.  Aunt  Hotchkis  recover'd  as 
t'were  from  the  grave — Lord  unto  Thee  belong  the  issues  from 
Death. 

3.  The  child  went  to  Whitch.  &  Ash  where  he  was  much 
desired  &  made  off.     The  Lord  make  him  His  servant. 

4.  Sister  Mary  came  safe  to  London  ;  blessed  be  God  that 
hears  prayers. 

18.  About  three  o'clock  this  morning  my  wife  was  delivered 
of  her  second  son.  He  was  born  before  the  midwife  came, 
but  God  was  there. ,  We  have  no  reason  to  call  him  Benoni — I 
wish  we  had  not  to  call  him  Ichabod.  He  hath  all  his  parts 
&  is  a  comely  child  for  in  Thy  book  all  his  members  were 
Avritten.  Lord  sanctify  him  from  the  womb,  and  let  him  be  a 
Jedediah  beloved  of  the  Lord — Amen. 

19.  Mr.  Holland  preacht  at  the  Chappel.  He  baptiz'd  my 
son  there  &  I  named  him  Matthew — Wee  had  no  God-father 
for  what  needed,  but  he  signed  him  with  the  Cross,  which  I 
could  not  help,     ipse  viderit. 

Nov.  12.  Mr.  Sadler,  Cosin  Brayn,  Mr.  Luke  Lloyd  &c. 
came  to  see  us.  'tis  a  great  mercy  we  have  yet  so  much  liberty, 
blessed  bee  God. 

18.  After  long  expectation  I  received  a  letter  from  Sister 
Mary  &  am  glad  to  hear  of  the  health  of  my  Sisters,  blessed 
bee  God.  I  went  to  Bronington  to  see  my  Father  who  will  not 
come  hither  to  see  us. 

The  lands  at  Chirk  passed  by  marriage  to  the  Pulestons  ;  those  in  Dudleston, 
inchiding  the  old  house  of  Kilhendre,  to  the  Morralls.  Sir  John  Edwards  of 
Machynlleth,  and  Sir  Herbert  Edwardes,  C.B.,  were  of  this  house. 


PHILIP  HENR  Y.  1 1 9 

Dec"  2.  About  this  time  we  heard  of  the  death  of  m}-  Cosin 
Joshua  Lea,  who  dy'd  in  Yorkshire  ^:  I  beUeve  is  at  rest  in  the 
Lord. 

3.  I  went  to  Ash  where  I  was  much  made  of,  and  return'd 
the  next  day  refresh'd,  &  found  all  well  at  home,  blessed  bee 
God. 

17.  I  went  with  my  dear  to  Whitchurch:  saw  Aunt  Man- 
ning, sick,  a  right  Dorcas,  the  lord  spare  her,  and  return'd  in 
safety  which  was  a  great  mercy  considering  the  slipperiness  of  the 
wayes, 

22.     Cosin  Talbot  came  to  see  mee, 

26.  I  went  to  Chester  by  Malpas,  having  the  company  of 
Uncle  Wittar  &  Cosin  Talbot. 

The  Acts  of  Uniformity  are  i  Elizabeth,  c.  2,  and  14 
Charles  IL  By  the  first,  if  any  parson,  vicar,  or  other 
minister  that  ought  to  use  the  Common  Prayer,  or  to 
minister  the  Sacraments,  shall  refuse  to  do  the  same,  or 
shall  use  any  other  form,  or  shall  speak  anything  in  dero- 
gation of  the  same  book,  he  shall,  for  the  first  offence,  forfeit 
to  the  queen  one  year's  profits  of  all  his  spiritual  promo- 
tions and  be  imprisoned  for  six  months  ;  for  the  second 
offence,  be  deprived  of  all  his  spiritual  promotions,  and  be 
imprisoned  for  one  year ;  and  for  the  third  offence  be  im- 
prisoned for  life. 

By  the  same  Act,  if  any  person  shall  in  plays,  songs, 
or  by  other  open  words  speak  anything  in  derogation 
of  the  same  book  or  anything  therein  contained,  he  shall 
for  the  first  offence  forfeit  to  the  queen  a  hundred  marks, 
etc.,  etc. 

All  the  Puritan  objections  to  the  Church  as  it  existed 
before  the  wars  remained  in  full  force  in  1662  :  The  Book 
of  Common  Prayer  remained  unchanged,  except  in  a  few 
trifling  particulars,  which  made  it  in  no  way  more  accept- 
able to  its  critics  ;  the  use  of  it  was  now  imperative  ;  the 
exercise  of  free  prayer  in  public  assemblies  was  forbidden  ; 


I20  PHILIP  HENRY. 

no  preaching  of  unordaincd  persons  was  permitted,  and  no 
ordination  held  valid  except  by  bishops.  That  they  should 
dislike  the  liturgy  of  the  English  Church  only  showed  that 
they  were  not  in  their  right  places  in  holding  various  posts 
which  they  had  seized  upon  in  1643,  and  held  ever  since 
to  the  exclusion  of  their  rightful  occupants. 

The  indenture  made  March  5,  1657,  by  which  the  judge 
assigned  him  the  house  at  Worthenbury  (of  which  the  study 
still  remains  and  is  part  of  the  present  rectory),  is  inserted 
here,  because  on  September  6th  of  this  year  Philip  Henry 
was  induced  to  give  it  up.  It  is  impossible  without  emotion 
to  peruse  the  original  deed,  endorsed  on  the  back  in  the 
well-known  hand.  One  seems  brought  face  to  face  with 
the  matter,  after  the  interval  of  more  than  two  centuries, 
in  a  very  real  manner. 

Piileston. 

This  Indenture  made  the  fift  day  of  March  in  the  yeare  of  our 
Lord  one  thousand  six  hundred  fifty  &  seaven.  Betweene  John 
Puleston  of  Emerall  in  the  county  of  Fflint — Sergeant  at  Lawe  of 
the  one  part  And  Phillip  Henry  of  Worthembury  in  the  said 
County  of  Fflint  Clerk  of  the  other  parte.  Wittnesseth  that  the 
said  John  Puleston  for  divers  good  causes  and  consideracons  him 
heerunto  moveinge  Hath  demised  granted  leased  and  to  farms  lett 
— And  by  these  pr-sents  doth  demyfe  grante,  Lease  and  to  farms 
lett  unto  the  said  Phillipp  Henry  All  that  his  New  built  Brick  house 
in  Worthembury  and  the  Croft  whereon  the  Same  now  standeth 
with  all,  and  singular  th'  appertimses  to  have  &  to  hold  the  said 
house  and  croft  with  th'  appertimses  unto  the  said  Phillip  Henry 
from  the  makinge  heerof  for,  and  dureinge  the  full  end  and  tenne 
of  threescore  yeares  from  thence  next  ensueinge  fully  to  bee  com- 
pleate  and  ended  (iff  the  said  Phillipp  Henry  doe  or  shall  soe  longe 
continue  minifter  at  Worthombury  aforesaid,  and  not  accept  of 
better  prferment)  yeldinge  and  payeinge  therefore  yearely  to  the 
said  John  Puleston  and  his  heires  at  the  feast  of  St.  Michaell  th' 
archangell  the  Rent  of  six  pence  if  it  bee  demanded     In  wittnes 


PHILIP  HENRY.  121 

whereof  the  parties  above  named  have  to  these  prsents  inter- 
chaingably  put  their  hands  &  scales  the  day  and  yeare  first  above 
written. 

John  Puleston. 

[Outside.]  Sealed  &:  delivered 

September  6th,  1662.  in  the  p'sence  of 

ffor  diverfe  good  Consideracons  mee  Edmonde  Lewis 

hereunto  moueing  I  doe  surrender  i,i3 

&  deliver  upp  thes  p'fsent  Lease  &  deuife  Robert  t  Buckley 

to  the  use  of  Roger  Pulefton  of  Emerall  m^e 

in  the  County  of  fflint  Esq''  his  heires  John  Holliman 
«&  assignes 

Philip  Henry. 

Witnesse  hereof, 
John  Roydon 
Jo^  Carter 
Thomas  Williams 

(Emral  MS.) 

Articles  of  agreem'  Indented  concluded  and  made  between 
D'  Henry  Bridgman  rector  of  Bangor  Monach.  in  y**  county  of 
Flint  of  y"  one  pt  v.  Philip  Henry  of  Worthenb.  in  y*"  same  county 
clerk  this  12*  day  of  May  a.d.  1662.  on  the  other  part. 

1.  That  hee  the  said  Philip  Henry  shall  yeeld  Possession  to 
him  the  said  D""  Henry  Bridgman  of  the  new  brick  house  in 
Worthenb.  aforesayd,  wherein  hee  the  said  Philip  Henry  doth  at 
present  dwell,  &  the  croft  whereon  it  stands. 

2.  Whereas  .  an  Action  is  commenc't  against  him  the  said 
Philip  Henry  concerning  the  said  House  and  croft  by  Roger 
Puleston  of  Emral  Esq"*  that  hee  the  said  D''  Henry  Bridgman 
shall  save  harmless  him  the  said  Philip  Henry  from  all  expences 
and  charges  whatsoever  to  y'^  same,  or  any  other  on  the  account 
of  the  said  House  and  shall  enter  into  sufficient  bond  so  to  doe. 

3.  Whereas,  it  is  hop'd  sufficient  evidence  may  be  produc'd 
of  y'^  settlem'  of  y''  said  house  and  Croft  for  the  churches  use  by 
John  Puleston  Esq''  who  built  it,  that  hee,  the  said  D'  Henry 
Bridgman  shall  prosecute  a  suit  to  that  purpose,  and  shall  not 


122  '  PHILIP  HENRY. 

make  any  agreem'  or  composition  about  it  with  Roger  Puleston 
aforesaid  or  any  other  person  whatsoever,  without  the  Concurrence 
and  Consent  of  him,  the  said  Phihp  Henry. 

4.  That  hee  the  said  D''  Henry  Bridgman  shall  make  unto 
him  the  said  Philip  Henry  a  good  and  sufficient  lease  of  the  said 
house  and  croft  under  the  rent  of  five  shillings  yearly  for  and 
during  the  full  end  and  term  of  3  yeares  next  ensuing  the  date 
hereof,  and  for  as  much  longer  time  afterwards,  as  till  the  lawful 
incumbent  of  y"  said  Church  of  ^^'orthenbury  shall  come  himself 
in  person  to  inhabit  there. 

The  house  *  of  Broad  Oak,  where  Philip  Henry  and  his 
wife  went  to  live  in  September,  1662,  was  the  ancient 
inheritance  of  the  Howell  family. 

It   stood    on    rising    ground    above    the    road    leading 

from  Whitchurch  to  Bangor,  from  which  the  first  range  of 

the   Welsh    hills    is    clearly  seen.     Its    situation   was  very 

favourable    for   the    exercise    of   hospitality,    to   which    its 

owner  often  refers,  and   in  which  he  took  great  pleasure. 

At    that    time,    as    now,    it    was    within    the   township    of 

Iscoyd  in  English  Maelor,  and  in  the  Cheshire  parish  of 

Malpas.     In  the  reign  of  Edward  II.  it  had  been  included 

in    the    parish    of  Whitchurch,    Salop,    and    in    A.D.    1078 

it    formed,    in    all    probability,    a    part    of    the    parish    of 

Hanmer.     On  the  north  side  of  the  township   are  names 

which   show  that  there  had   been,  many  centuries   before, 

some    ecclesiastical    settlement — a  colony,  no  doubt,  from 

Bangor  Is-y-coed.     The  names  are  Maes  y  groes  ("  Field  of 

the  Cross  ")  and  Hen  grwys  ("  the  Old   Crosses  ").     Their 

situation  above  the  Wich  Valley  and  the  river  Elf  would  be 

owing  to  the  population  drawn  together  by  the  salt  traffic. 

*  To  the  west  of  Broad  Oak  are  some  scattered  houses  to  which  the  name 
of  "  The  Chequers  "  attaches.  The  origin  of  this  may  be  that  when  Iscoed  was 
part  of  the  manor  of  Whitchurch  and  lielonged  to  the  De  Warrenne  family, 
some  inn  stood  there,  with  their  arms — the  chequers — as  its  sign.  Philip 
Henry  may  thus  have  become  possessed  of  some  seal  of  theirs,  and  used  it 
commonly.  The  marriages  of  the  Matthewes  so  far  back  as  they  are  known 
(viz.  the  time  of  King  Henry  V.)  were  witli  Welsh  ladies. 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  123 

Afterwards,  when  the  Hen  grwys  came  to  an  end,  a  chapel 
was  built  about  a  mile  south,  which  was  called  from  the  salt 
spring  the  Wich  well  or  Whitewell  Chapel.  The  ample 
endowments  of  the  place  were  lost  for  the  most  part  in  the 
time  of  Canute,  and  this  will  account  for  its  being  attached 
to  three  different  parishes  in  succession.  The  picturesque 
old  black-and-white  building  where  Philip  Henry  and  his 
wife  used  to  attend  was  standing  in  1830,  and  fell  down 
when  an  attempt  was  made  to  enlarge  it. 

The  fortunes  of  the  manor  of  Iscoed  have  been  no  less 
varied  than  its  ecclesiastical  arrangements.  We  are  told 
in  Welsh  history  that  Maelor,  the  grandson  of  King 
Cunedda  (whose  date  is  generally  given  circa  350,  and 
who  was  the  first  to  endow  the  Church  in  Wales),  had 
Maeloron — that  is,  the  two  Maelors — for  his  inheritance. 
When  the  Saxon  counties  were  formed,  English  Maelor 
was  divided  unequally  between  Shropshire  and  Cheshire, 
and  both  belonged,  at  the  time  that  Domesday  Book  was 
drawn  up  in  1078,  to  Earl  Edwin.  The  Saxon  rights 
were  then  transferred  to  the  Norman  Earl  of  Chester, 
and  he  again  passed  on  all  the  manors  in  English 
Maelor  which  belonged  to  Cheshire  to  his  natural  son, 
Robert  Fitzhugh,  Baron  of  Malpas.  Iscoyd-with-Ty- 
broughton,  now  a  township  of  Hanmer,  formed  the  manor 
of  Burwardeston.  In  the  unsettled  reign  of  Stephen, 
Iscoyd  was  seized  by  the  Warrenne  family,  and  thereby 
attached  to  Whitchurch.  Meanwhile  the  house  of  Powys, 
princes  of  the  Welsh  March,  exercised  their  own  hereditary 
rights,  without  let  or  hindrance,  down  to  the  year  1281, 
when,  the  two  young  princes  being  drowned  by  express 
order  from  Edward  I.,  the  lordship  of  Maelor  Saesneg, 
with  their  other  possessions,  came  into  the  hands  of  the 
king.  After  temporary  grants  to  the  Lestrange  family 
it  was  finally  bestowed  upon  them,  4  Edward  HI.     From 


124  PHILIP  HENRY. 

them  it  descended  to  the  Stanleys,  who  sold  the  manor 
of  Iscoed  to  the  Breretons  of  Malpas,  41st  Elizabeth, 
from  whom  it  passed  by  marriage  to  Sir  Richard  Egerton 
of  Ridley,  whose  son  sold  it,  with  the  ancient  house  of 
Wolvesacre  in  Iscoyd,  to  Bishop  John  Bridgeman  in  the 
year  1635. 

Besides  these  manorial  rights  which  had  come  from  the 
princes  of  Powys,  there  were  those  which  belonged  to 
the  Norman  lord  of  Malpas  in  1087.  The  Maelor  share 
of  those  which  the  Breretons  had,  by  inheritance  from 
the  Egertons,  passed  in  marriage  to  Holford  of  Holford, 
and  was  by  Thomas  Holford,  soon  after  1635,  sold  to 
Mr.  John  Adams,  of  London  and  Wem.  He  had  married 
Eleanor  Howell,  of  Broad  Oak,  great-aunt  of  Philip  Henry's 
wife,  who  died  at  their  house  in  Worthenbury,  March  i, 
1662.  When  her  sons  Walter  and  John  died  at  Iscoyd 
Hall  in  1670,  these  also  passed  into  the  possession  of  Sir 
Orlando  Bridgeman,  Bart,  the  son  of  the  bishop.  One 
moiety  of  the  Malpas  barony  still  remains  to  be  noticed, 
being  the  inheritance  of  the  Cholmondeleys  by  direct  de- 
scent. These  rights,  as  regarded  lands  in  Iscoyd  and  the 
township  of  Willington  in  Hanmer,  were  exercised  in  the 
present  century.  I  hope  to  enter  more  fully  into  these  and 
other  kindred  subjects  in  writing,  if  I  am  enabled  to  do  so, 
a  history  of  Maelor  Saesneg. 

That  the  old  house  of  Broad  Oak  should  be  no  longer 
standing  is  much  to  be  regretted.  It  was  pulled  down 
about  1746,  by  an  agent  of  Philip  Henry  Warburton,  and 
the  timber  in  it  was  sufficient  to  supply  the  requirements 
of  four  houses  now  standing,  viz.  the  present  farmhouse 
at  Broad  Oak,  the  Maes-llwn  house  in  Bronington — the 
ancient  property  of  the  Matthewes — the  Iscoyd  Green 
Farm,  called  "  Eastwick's  Tenement,"  which  was  bought 
by   Philip    Henry  from    Mr.    Lloyd,    of  the    Bryn,  and   a 


PHILIP  HENRY.  1 25 

house  in  tlie  outskirts  of  Whitechurch,  called  "  The  Mount." 
Only  one  old  oak  remains  near  the  place — the  prevailing 
tree  being  the  sycamore — and  that  one  overhangs  the  lane 
leading  from  Whitewell  to  Whitchurch.  It  is  quite  hollow, 
and  has  one  bough  of  a  different  shade  of  green  to  the  rest. 
The  following  report  of  the  Commissioners  gives  us  the 
state  of  ecclesiastical  affairs  in  Iscoyd  up  to  the  Restora- 
tion : — 

ISCOYDE. 

And  the  saide  Jurors  upon  their  Oaths  doe  finde  that 

1.  the  chappel  of  Whitewell  in  the  Township  of  Iscoide  is  in 
y*"  County  of  tiiint,  and  that  y*"  tithes  of  y**  Township  of  Iscoide 
are  annexed  and  belonging  to  y''  pish  church  of  Malpas  wh.  is 
in  y*^  County  of  Chester. 

2.  And  that  jMr.  Holland  and  Mr.  Manwaring  are  Jointe  or 
fellow  Incumbents  of  y''  s?  pish  church  of  malpas. 

3.  And  that  y**  Lord  Breerton  and  others  are  patrons  thereof. 

4.  And  that  heretofore  the  cure  of  y"  said  Chappell  of  White- 
well  was  supplied  by  Curates  apointed  by  y"  Parsons  of  Malpas 
who  had  some  small  salaries  for  their  paines.  But  that  now  the 
said  Parsons  of  Malpas  of  late  placed  to  bee  curate  there  one 
Mr.  Joseph  Hanmer  to  whom  they  allow  all  the  tithe  corn  and 
hey  of  y"  said  Township  of  Iscoide  reserving  to  themselves  y'^  rest 
of  y*"  small  tithes  and  a  certaine  rent  of  fforty  shillings  a  yeare. 

5.  And  the  s''  Jurors  upon  their  Oaths  doe  further  finde  that 
y"  s**  pish  of  Malpas  is  a  very  great  pish  containing  in  it  22  town- 
ships over  &  besides  y^  s**  Township  of  Iscoide,  &  y**  Townsliips 
of  Bickerton  &  Broxton  (wh.  said  two  townships  are  lately  severed 
from  Malpas  &  anexed  to  Harthill). 

6.  And  that  the  tithes  of  y*^  said  Parish  are  worth  neare  400"  a 
yeare  besides  y°  said  Townships  of  Iscoied,  Bickerton,  &  Broxton, 
and  that  there  is  at  least  50"  p.  ah  (besides  the  Tithes)  in  Gleabe 
lands  belonging  thereunto,  &  two  very  faire  Parsonages  houses 
thereupon,  all  now  enjoyed  by  y"  s''  Incumbents. 

7.  And  that  y®  Tithes  of  y''  s"^  Township  of  Iscoide  are  worth 
about  50''  p.  Ann.,  &  y*  y*'  Chappell  of  Whitewell  is  three  miles  or 


126  PHILIP  HENRY. 

thereabouts  distant  from  y''  said  Parish  Church  of  Malpas  &  that 
some  part  of  y^  said  Township  of  Iscoid  is  about  fower  miles  dis- 
tant from  y|;  pish  church  of  Malpas. 

8.  That  there  is  noe  church  nor  chappell  neare  whereto  it  may 
be  ahexed,  but  that  therefore  they  think  fitt  and  convenient  that 
y"  said  chappell  of  Whitewell  (in  y''  Township  of  Iscoide  aforesaid 
in  y"  County  of  fifiint)  bee  separated  from  y"  Parish  of  y^  Malpas, 
and  that  y*"  said  Chappell  of  Iscoide  be  made  a  Parish  Church. 
And  that  y'^  tithes  of  y"  s**  Township  of  Iscoide  be  ahexed  to  y*^  s'' 
Parish  Church  of  Whitewell  for  y'^  maintenance  of  a  preaching- 
Minister  there. 

9.  And  further  wee  find  that  there  is  a  river  called  y*"  river 
of  Elfe  *  w"'  another  dangerous  brooke  w'^  lieth  betweene  Iscoid  & 
Malpas  whereby  y*"  passage  (as  it  is  dangerous)  soe  often  hindreth 
the  Inhabitants  of  Iscoide  from  goeing  to  Malpas  to  ptake  of 
Ordinances  in  publique. 

Luke  Lloyd.  Owen  Barton.  Edward  Phillips.  Roger  Puleston. 
Jo.  Eddows.  John  Madocke.  Thomas  Price.  Thomas  Kinaston. 
D.  Hollman.  (Emral  MS.) 

At  the  Restoration  Mr.  Joseph  Hanmer  seems  to  have 
conformed,  and  in  1667  obtained  the  benefice  of  Marchwiel, 
near  Wrexham.  At  Malpas,  the  Presbyterian  George 
Mainwaring-  rendered  back  the  higher  mediety  to  its  former 
incumbent,  Thomas  Bridge.  Mr.  Holland  continued  at  the 
lower  rectory  as  before. 

1663. 

January  i.  I  heard  a  marriage  sermon  at  Tilstock  ^Mary 
Talbot  to  Richard  Chamberlayn  of  Drayton.  T.  Eph.  5.  22.  &:c. 
Husbands  ought  to  love  their  wives  as  Chi-ist  loves  y'^  Church, 
and  wives  ought  to  be  in  subjection  to  their  husbands  as  y" 
Church  is  in  subjection  to  X*. 

3.  I  went  to  Emeral  where  I  received  the  remayning  j[,^o.  k. 
payd  it  to  Mrs.  Barbour,  shee  would  take  no  Interest,  though  more 

*  This  name  appears  to  have  been  derived  from  the  root  hal  (whence 
halen  —  salt),  ctAy,  sal ;  and  to  have  given  to  Nantwich  its  Welsh  name  Nant 
yr  Hcledd  Wen  ("  the  Stream  of  the  White  Salt-pit  ").  The  epithet  "white  " 
is  noticeable  from  the  neighbourhood  of  the  Elfe  to  our  White-well. — D.  K. 
Tho.mas, 


PHILIP  HENRY.  12/ 

then  ^10.  was  due  but  I  gave  her  two  Angels  of  Gold,  one  for 
each  of  her  Children. 

3.  I  went  to  Worthenb.  to  meet  with  D'  Br.  but  missed  of 
him,  the  place  is  destitute  at  present.     Jehova-ijreh. 

4.  Mr  Bridg.*  preacht  at  chapel. f  T,  Ps.  122.  3.  not 
calculated  for  y*^  meridian  of  this  Auditory. 

5.  I  went  this  morning  to  Emeral,  Mr.  Roydon  told  mee, 
D''  Br.  had  submitted  to  Mr.  Puleston.  &  hee  must  have  y"  keyes, 
I  s''  w'  I  thought  fit  in  point  of  conscience  &  promis'd  hee  should 
have  them. 

In  y"  afternoon  I  went  to  Cap'  Heneage  where  was  Mr.  Talants 
Mr.  laurence,  IMr.  parsons,  Mr.  Steel,  wee  discourst  all  night, 
especi.  upon  this  Qu:  whether  our  relation  doe  yet  remayn  to  our 
people,  in  y"  close  wee  were  divided  in  our  opinions  about  it. 

6.  I  came  home  &  went  thence  to  Ash,  drowsy  &  unfit  but 
engag'd  by  promise.  My  company  is  not  desireable  bee:  not 
profitable. 

7.  I  heard  of  y'^  burning  of  Mr.  Delawn's  house  near  lothbury  in 
london,  in  y^  flames  whereof  perisht  hims''  wife  children  &  servants 
to  the  number  of  10.  or  12.  twas  a  brick  house,  the  fire  began  in 
y**  lowest  roomes,  twas  on  Dec.  25.  at  night. 

9.  I  read  y**  K.  declaration  of  Dec.  26.  wherein  hee  promises 
to  mantayn  y*"  Act  of  oblivion,  to  govern  by  law  not  by  sword,  to 
procure  liberty  from  y"  Pari,  for  tender  Consciences,  to  take  off 
sanguinary  lawes  agt.  Papists — 

II.  I  went  to  Tilstock,  Mr.  Thomas  preacht  about  living  by 
Faith  under  Afflictions,  I  had  fainted  unless  I  had  believed. 

*  Thomas  Bridge,  incumbent  of  the  higher  rectory  of  Malpas  during  the 
troubles  of  the  great  rebellion,  was  ejected  from  his  living,  but  restored  in  1660. 
He  was  also  Vicar  of  .St.  John's  Chester,  "  rebuilt  the  parsonage,  and  gave  ^50 
towards  erecting  the  grammar  school,  and  ;^50  to  the  poor." 

t  Philip  Henry  attended  the  services  at  Whitwell  Chapel  for  nearly  thirty 
years  after  going  to  live  at  Broad  Oak.  His  son  tells  us  that  he  used  to  stand 
during  the  whole  service,  even  while  the  chapters  were  read.  To  this  the  Rev. 
W.  Turner  adds  that  "he  stood  up  commonly  during  the  prayers."  In  his 
family  he  always  prayed  kneeling.  Cf.  Bingham's  "Antiquities  of  the  Christian 
Church,"  vol.  iv.  book  xiii.  chap.  viii.  sect,  iii.:  ".Standing  (in  prayer)  was  the 
general  observation  of  the  whole  Church  on  the  Lord's  day  and  the  fifty  days 
between  Easter  and  Pentecost,  in  memory  of  our  Lord's  resurrection.  This 
custom  may  be  traced  as  high  as  Irenoeus,  who  derives  it  from  apostolical 
authority."  "There  was  an  exception  to  this  rule  in  the  case  of  penitents" 
(Bingham,  vol.  vi,  book  xviii.  chap.  ii.  9). 


128  PHILIP  HENRY. 

1 8.  Mr.  Bridge  preacht  at  chapel.  Cant.  5.  8.  two  sermons 
which  cost  him  little,  lord  if  thou  hast  Interest  in  him,  revive  it ; 
hee  hath  gifts  but  if  repentance  on  his  part  &  Mercy  on  God's 
part  prevent  not,  they  will  quickly  wither  &  come  to  nothing. 

19.  I  went  to  Worthenb.  &  deliver'd  y*"  Possession  of  y*"  House 
to  Mr.  Roydon  for  Mr.  Puleston  use,  for  I  could  not  doe  otherwise. 
Mrs.  Puleston  was  there  &  agreed  to  give  me  30^  for  y^  Parler 
Table.  &c.  w'^''  I  left  there.  Tis  clear  y*"  settlem*  w*  y''  Judge  made 
is  voyd  in  law  by  y^  statute  of  mortmain,  &  besides  y*"  Original  Deed 
is  not  to  bee  had. 

20.  I  fell  two  Ashes  &  an  Oak  for  implem"  for  Husban- 
dry, in  falling  one  of  y"  Ashes,  it  pleased  God  wonderfully  to 
preserve  Daniel  Powel  y"  Son  of  Marg*  Powel,  aged  8.  years,  the 
Tree  fell  upon  him  but  hee  scapt  the  body  &  fell  under  y^  outmost 
boughs,  so  that  hee  received  no  harm,  blessed  be  y"  name  of  y^ 
lord. 

2  2.  Payd  Randall  Tanna  6'  6''  being  my  Fathers  share  &  mine 
towards  y''  Muster  of  one  Horse  y''  last  year. 

23.  My  heart  condemnes  mee  that  I  doe  no  more  for  God  in 
y'^  place  &:  state  of  life  into  w*  I  am  cast,  lord  open  to  mee  an 
effectual  door,  for  there  are  many  adversaryes,  within,  without. 

24.  Ann  Hale  deprehended  in  two  or  three  thefts,  a  cup,  a 
dish,  scollop-work,  all  trifling  matters,  yet  see  y**  powere  of 
temptation. 

25.  Mr.  Adams  preacht  at  Whitwel-Chapel  in  the  morning, 
T.  John  I.  12.  Fatherly  correction  is  a  branch  of  our  Priveledge 
as  sons,  in  the  Afternoon  wee  went  farther,  to  Whitchurch,  but 
far'd  worse,  only  by  y^  way  I  had  opportunity  to  instruct  &  exhort 
y"'  that  were  in  company  with  us,  blessed  bee  God.  26.  Robert 
Wyn  ill,  say  w'  I  would  I  could  not  fasten  on  him,  lord  grant  hee 
may  mend  y'  hee  may  mend.  27.  About  this  time  a  great 
appearance  of  fire  was  seen  in  this  neighbourhood  &  elsewhere^ 
what  it  portends  God  knowes.  28.  one  about  Shrewsb.  (they 
say)  foretells  three  battles  this  year,  one  whereof  upon  Prees  heath 
and  I  am  asked,  what  I  think  of  it,  I  answ''  I  cannot,  let  the  event 
speak.  29.  my  Father  being  again  askt  to  give  Acquittance  of 
y®  ^100.  receiv'd  or  to  endorse  y*^  Bond  refus'd.  30.  I  went  to 
Tilst.  to  y''  humiliation,  where  I  saw  &  mett  with  God,  blessed  be 


PHILIP  IIEXRY.  129 

his  name.     31.     an  exceeding  bitter  cold  season,  the  Frost  con- 
tinuing Avith  small  intermissions  these  many  weekes. 

23.  I  sent  my  Avatch  to  london  by  Raph  Mansel  to  change 
for  a  clock. 

February  i.  no  preaching  at  the  chapel,  I  went  to  Tilstock. 
where  Mr.  Thomas  is  still  preserved  in  his  liberty  blessed  bee  God 
and  the  place  is  a  little  Sanctuary  to  us  ;  the  lord  continue  it  soe. 
2.  I  sent  10'  to  Mr.  Taylor  of  Wem  by  Thomas  Moor,  being 
v*"  remaynder  of  what  was  in  my  hands  of  y*  money  given  by 
( ien' Venables  &  Mr.  Golborn  of  Chester — to  Mr.  Heeling  20' 
to  Mr.  laurence.  20'.  This  day  the  second  year  of  Tho:  Hales' 
bargain  in  Br.  Oke  expiring  at  his  desire  to  be  releas'd  it  returns 
into  my  own  hand,  the  lord  bless  mee  with  it  cs:  bless  it  to  mee. 
4.  Mr.  Steel  Mr.  Thomas  and  Cosin  Talbot  met  &  din'd  at  my 
liouse  wee  had  opportunity  of  talking  but  not  of  praying  together 
as  I  could  have  wished  bee:  of  Inmates.  A  motion  made  by  Mr. 
Hilton  concer:  Deberah  Eddow  to  her  ]\Iother,  shee  came  to 
advise,  but  for  my  p'  I  could  give  her  no  encouragemen*  nor  did 
I  discourage  her  but  spake  the  Truth.  6.  7.  an  extraordinary 
cold  season,  sowing  &  other  country  work  arc  much  put  back. 
}et  tending  to  Fruitfulnes  in  summer. 

8.  Mr  Adams  preacht  in  the  morning  at  the  Chapel,  a  good 
sermon  ;  in  the  aftern:  wee  went  to  Whitch:  where  preacht  Mr. 
Cole.  T.  I  John.  2.  20.  10.  uncle  Burroughs  son  Charles  about 
year  &:  quarter  old  dyed,  long  sick — hard  matter  to  submit,  twas 
their  only  child,  lord  sanctify — 11.  great  talk  about  the  intended 
Dispute  in  Parliam'  concerning  Toleration  for  Papists  by  taking 
off  sanguinary  lawes,  lord  over-rule  their  Counsells.  13.  At  the 
request  of  Lydia  lenkins  I  went  to  Shotwick  with  Cosin  W™  Benet. 
to  move  her  Brother  to  doe  someth.  for  her  tow.  her  marriage  with 
Arthur  Hincks,  but  though  I  believe  hee  could  not,  yet  hee  said 
hee  would  not  &:  with  that  answer  wee  parted — 14.  At  Chester  1 
heard  of  y*  Imprisonm'  of  Mr.  Yates  Min""  of  Harrington,  upon  the 
malicious  information  of  a  person  of  small  credit,  who  swore,  hee 
niov'd  him  to  take  up  Arms  agt.  y""  King  for  y"  Presbyterians  cSr 
promis'd  him  40^^  p.  week  pay.  14  (cont'')  Tis  only  from  Gods 
Providence  holding  y'  Chayn*   that  tis  not  every  ones  case  y' 

*   How  very  true  is  this,  and  liow  little  remembered  by  Christians  I 

K 


I30  PHILIP  HENRY. 

leares  God,  considering  our  own  impotency  to  gainsay  &  tlie 
enemyes  malice  to  accuse.  Wee  came  home  well  &  found  our 
familyes  well,  blessed  bee  the  name  of  y"  lord.  15.  I  went  to 
Tilstock  *  where  ?^Ir.  Thomas  preacht  in  y*  morning  &  in  }'' 
afternoon  at  Whitch.     blessed  bee  God  for  y"  libertyes. 

16.  went  to  see  Mr.  Adams  of  Iscoyd  Hall,  whose  House  had 
been  rob'd  y"  last  week,  Bacon  and  Beef  taken  away.  17.  morn- 
ing-prayer with  my  wife  omitted  for  some  weekes,  this  day  reviv'd — 
lord  never  let  mee  alone  in  sin.  I  met  Mr.  Steel  at  W"  Benets 
where  hee  repeated  sermons  &  pray'd,  blessed  bee  God.  18.  This 
day  twelve  month  was  y"  great  wind  ;  f  This  day  the  Parliam*  mett 
again,  lord,  rule  in  y"  midst  of  them.  19.  I  went  to  Ash,"| 
intending  to  goe  further  to  Stych  %  to  meet  Mr.  Porter  but  uncle 
Benyon's  occasions  would  not  permit  him  to  goe  with  mee,  so  I 
returned  home  y''  same  night.  20.  John  Beard  of  Whitch.  bury'd 
two  children  of  y*  small  Pox  in  y*"  compasse  of  one  week,  lord, 
what  mercy  is  it  mine  are  spar'd.  21.  Hathorn-sets  planted  to 
liedge  in  y*"  Ortyard,  lord  bee  thou  a  wall  of  fire  round  about  thy 
Church,  &  let  not  y"  wild  boar  out  of  y"'  Forrest  devour  thy  tender 
plants.  Fodder  scarce  &  dear,  wee  did  ill  not  to  provide  in 
Summer  for  Winter.  22.  no  preaching  at  Chapel,  the  weather 
wett,  in  y''  morning  I  exercis'd  at  home,  I  hope  to  edification, 
in  y*  afternoon  wee  went  to  Whitch:  for  still  y'^  gates  of  Sion 
are  better  then  all  y'  dwellings  of  Jacob.  24.  being  holy-day,§ 
hee  &  others  [?  not]  at  work,  for  mee  fear'd  being  presented. 
26.  Mr.  Hanmer's  son  Thomas  came  first  to  Fenns,  I  saw  him, 
they  say  hopeful,  hee  went  this  day  towards  london,  having  the 
Kings  evil  upon  his  Thigh.       I  mett  Mr.  Hilton  |1  at  my  Fathers  : 

*  Tilstock  and  Ash  Magna  have  now  churches  and  districts  of  their  own  ; 
formerly  parts  of  Whitchurch  parish. 

+  Evelyn  writes,  March  24,  1662,  "  Return'd  home  to  repaire  my  house, 
miserably  shatter'd  by  the  late  tempest." 

X  Ash  Hall  was  the  seal  of  the  ancient  family  of  Benyon  (ap  Enyon)  : 
Styche  (which  Richard  (lough  would  spell  Stits  or  Stich),  of  the  Clives. 

§  The  Saturday  lialf-holiday,  the  Bank  holidays,  and  the  early  closing  move- 
ment ought  to  be  so  many  proofs  to  us  that  our  ancestors  were  wiser  than  we 
in  making  the  various  saints'  days  times  of  enjoyment  and  rest  from  work. 

II  Mr.  Richard  Hilton,  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford,  had  succeeded  Philip 
Henry  at  Worthenbury  in  1661,  and  Mr.  R.  Steel  at  Hanmer  in  1662.  The 
"motion  about  Cosin  Deborah  Eddow' "  seems  to  have  been  dropped,  for  he 
afterwards  married  Mrs.  Anne  Whitehall,  of  Hanmer;  but  his  daughter  Anne 


PHILIP  HENRY.  13  I 

lice  communicated  to  mee  liis  motion  about  Cosin  Deborah  Eddow 
&  askt  my  opinion  of  her,  I  could  say  noth:  concern:  her,  yet 
know  not  what  to  think  of  the  thing,  liee  hath  someth.  in  him  y' 
will  not  let  him  doe  so  bad  as  others.  27.  Mr.  Hohiman 
returnd,  friends  at  lond.  well,  blessed  bee  God.  28.  day  of 
humiliation  &  pray""  at  Tho.  Talb.  lord  hear  &  have  mercy.  Talk 
of  a  bill  for  y*'  Sabb.  &  agt  pluralityes,  God  grant  they  may  bee  to 
purpose. 

Feb.  17.     At  Elsmer.  3.  measures  of  Rye.  11'. 

9.  A  bushel  of  Oats  borrow'd  of  Ann  Mathewes  to  bee  payd 
in  Kind  or  money  wlien  shee  calls  for  it.  the  price  of  Oats  is 
now.  7^ 

21.  Three  measures  of  wheat  borrowd  of  Ann  Mathewes  the 
market  price  4"  4''. 

25.     John  Cliff  7.  dayes  work  7.  groats.* 

Alarch  i.  I  went  to  Tilstock  where  Mr.  Thomas  is  }et  con- 
tinued ;  hee  taught  of  living  by  Faith,  and  exhorted  to  try  our 
Faith,  if  it  bee  such  as  wee  may  bee  like  to  live  by. 

2.  Trees  receiv'd  from  Mr.  Hammond.  6.  Apples.  6.  Gorans. 
6.  Goosberryes.  8.  Roses,  two  vines.  This  day  Mrs.  Jane  Done 
dy'd  of  Torperly,  aged  63.  a  great  support  to  Gods  poor  people  in 
y"'  ueighbourhood. 

6.  Day  of  Prayer  at  Mr.  Thomas,  with  many  meltings  iS: 
much  Enlargm',  lord  hear  us  for  thy  poor  Church  wch  lyes  wast. 
At  my  going  forth  in  y*  morning  my  wife  spake  a  seeming  hasty 
word,  wch.  y"  Devil  made  use  of  to  distract  mee  several  times  y' 
day.  Shee  went  to  Whitch.  payd  scores  at  Uncle  Hotchk.  bought 
malt,  Pease.  &c.  &  my  heart  safely  trusteth  in  her,  blessed  bee- 
God.  7.  William  making  y"  Garden,  I  spent  more  time  with 
him  then  needed,  &  which  might  have  been  better  spent,  and  at 
night   I  smarted  for   it   in   payn   in   my  Teeth,    &  the  lord  is 

married  Robert  Eddow,  by  whom  the  Gredington  estate  came  with  Jane 
Eddow  to  Mr.  Lloyd  Kenyon,  father  of  the  Chief  Justice.  Mr.  HiUon  built 
the  porch  to  Hanmer  Church,  with  the  chamber  over  it. 

*  The  price  of  corn  and  the  rate  of  wage  are  about  half  what  Macaulay 
mentions  in  chapter  iii.  of  his  '■  History,"  as  prevailing  between  the  Restoration 
and  the  Revolution.  Philip  Henry  may  have  given  John  Clifif  his  food  a> 
well  as  the  se\en  groats.  The  wages  in  Wales  may  have  been  lower  than  in 
lunjland. 


132  PHILIP  HENRY. 

righteous.  8.  The  Morning  at  Whitw.  chap.  John.  i.  13.  AH 
adopted  are  also  regenerated.  The  Aftern.  at  Whitch.  where 
preached  Mr.  Bowers  a  Printed  sermon  of  Mr.  loves  verbatim, 
I  A".  14.  13.  10.  I  went  to  Joseph  Ridgwayes  house  at  Shockl. 
where  mett  mee  Mr.  Roberts  iS:  John  Farrar.  wee  spent  3.  or  4, 
howres  in  discourse  &  prayer  &  that  night  I  slept  at  Mr.  Roberts. 
Ti.  I  went  to  Wrexham  with  intentions  to  sell  my  marc  at  the 
fayr,  but  could  not.  It  grieves  mee  very  much  to  see  liow  the 
Presbyterian  Interest  there,  Avhich  I  judge  the  middle  l)etween 
two  extreames,*  is  of  late  ecclipst  <!t  clouded,  the  cause  I  judge  to 
bee  want  of  communion  amongst  them,  &  y''  cause  of  that,  want 
of  a  Faithful  Min''  thereabouts  to  goe  before  them  ;  my  spirit  was 
much  sadned  at  y''  consideration  of  it,  help  lord.  12.  Mr.  Steel 
baptiz'd  a  child  of  liis  hims'  named  Salomon,  notwithst.  the  Inter- 
dict ;  it  was  more  than  I  durst  venture  to  doe,  when  ISIathew  was 
born,  but  the  truth  is,  I  was  surpris'd,  &  if  it  were  to  doe  again,  I 
think  I  should  venture  far,  rather  then  suffer  the  cross,!  though 
I  then  judg'd,  twas  no  sin  of  mine,  I  being  Passive  in  it,  &  besides 
I  was  loth  to  have  it  done  in  private  y'"  if  I  could  have  had  it 
done  without  y"  Cross.  15.  Wee  expected  Mr.  Bridg  at  Chapel, 
but  in  the  morning,  hee  sent  word,  hee  could  not  come,  hee  had 
been  sick  all  night,  I  heard  hee  had  been  drinking  y"  day  before, 
lord  save  thy  church  out  of  such  hands,  y''  morning  wee  spent,at 
home,  in  y''  Aftern,  I  went  to  Whitch.  T.  i  Cor.  9.  24.  so  run 
yet  ye  may  obtayn.  17.  I  went  to  see  Marget  Bedward:]:  sick  & 
tempted.  I  judge  it  a  melancholy  humor  prevayling,  which  the 
devil  workes  upon  to  the  disturbing  of  her  peace,  shee  thought 
y*  Devil  pswaded  her  to  give  hers'  to  him  with  all  y^  heart  in  her 
heele,  which  troubled  her  worse  then  before;  I  told  her,  the  Devil 

*  The  extremes  here  inleiided  must  be  the  Episcopalian  and  the  Indepen- 
dent. The  Calvinist  wovdd  have  little  scruple  in  denying  the  possibility  of 
salvation  to  a  Romanist,  nor  would  he  condescend  in  any  way  to  notice  the 
(Quakers— a  sect  that  seemed  specially  designed  to  show  him,  as  in  a  glass,  the 
inconsistencies  of  his  own  system. 

t  Because  the  Papist  bowed  down  l)eforc  a  crucifix,  the  Presbyterian  de- 
nounced the  cross.  It  has  taken  two  centuries  to  convince  men  that  the  cross 
is  the  "  sign  of  the  Son  of  man."  In  the  beautiful  cemeteries  that  are  to  be 
seen  in  Scotland,  the  broken  column  or  broken  bough,  the  jar  to  receive  the^ 
ashes  of  those  who  have  been  burned,  are  common  devices,  while  the  emblem 
of  our  Chiistianity  is  most  rare. 

+  This  name  is  the  English  form  of  ap  Edward. 


niif.ir  iJENRY.  133 

Avas  a  proud  spirit  <S:  ccjulcl  not  endure  to  bee  so  slighted,  &  it  may 
bee  shee  should  hear  less  from  him  y""  formerly.  I  pray'd  w"'  her 
— lord  hear  prayer.  19.  I  mett  two  or  three  Freinds  at  Cosin 
Benets  to  seek  God  in  behalf  of  our  poor  tempted  Friend,  lord, 
<:ommand  y"  Messenger  .Satan  to  depart  from  her,  &  bring  good 
out  of  it.  20.  1  first  attempted  to  graft,  &  try'd  two  several 
wayes,  accord:  to  Austins  direction.  21.  great  Oak  fallen  by  y'' 
Turf-house,  many  yeares,  tis  likely,  scores  of  yeares  growing  to  that 
JDigness,  yet  cutt  down  in  a  day,  though  not  without  much  adoe. 
Ps.  76.  6.  hee  slips  off  y""  s]Mrit  of  Princes,  as  a  man  would  slip  off 
a  flower  between  his  fingers  with  ease.  22.  people  mett  at 
Chapel  but  no  ]\lin''  my  spirit  was  mov'd  to  preach,  but  I  forbore 
— only  after  a  Psalm  sung,  which  Mr.  Katheralthe  Schoolm'read, 
1  si^ake  a  few  words  standing  in  my  seat,  w'''  it  may  bee  I  may 
hear  of  again,  but  chuse  it,  my  heart  is  fixed,  trusting  in  the  lord. 
25.  I  finisht  y"  reading  of  y"  new  Testament  in  secret,  but  for 
want  of  Meditation  with  it,  it  hath  profited  mee  little.  The  lord 
pardon  !  28.  I  visited  Marg'  Bedward,  someth.  better,  blessed 
bee  God.  29.  At  Tilstock  preacht  Mr.  Bowers  y"  same  printed 
sermon  of  Mr.  love's  w'^''  hee  preacht  at  Whitch.  this  day  3.  weekes. 

April  I.  I  went  with  my  wife  to  see  Mrs.  Steel,  returning  as 
from  the  grave,  few  thought  shee  would  have  recovered,  but  the 
lord  was  merciful.  2.  I  went  to  Cosin  lolm  lenings,  agreed  w"' 
him  for  a  Cow  &  Calf,  which  is  to  cost  ^^3.  14.  8. 

5.  Mr.  Holland  preacht  at  Chapel  two  good  sermons,  in 
y'^  morning  law.  Gal.  3.  10.  in  the  afternoon  Gospel.  John  3.  17. 
Hee  gave  notice  of  a  Sacram'  at  Malpas,  my  soul  thirsts  for  the 
Ordinance,  but  y"  gesture  &  some  other  circumstances  trouble  mee, 
lord  w'  wilt  thou  have  us  to  doe.  6.  I  mett  some  Freinds  at  Mr. 
Thomas,  where  wee  pray'd  together,  but  my  heart  was  out  of 
frame,  lord,  let  not  my  sin  hinder  the  success  of  that  day,  I  see 
y''  spirit  blowes  when  &  where  it  listeth.  my  Father  sent  to  us 
for  y*  remaining  ;^ioo.  lord  thou  hast  befriended  us  in  6.  «Sc  in  7. 
forsake  us  not  now  in  this  8"'  also.  I  saw  a  petition  from  y'' 
Parliam'  to  y"  K.  to  banisli    Po]jish    Preists    &   Jesuites,*  whicli 

*  In  156S,  November  21,  a  jicrson  nanieil  Thomas  Jlcth  preached  a 
sermon  at  the  cathedral  church  of  our  l-Jii^lish  city  of  Rochester.  After  lie 
had  left  the  pulpit  a  letter  addressed  to  him  (as  was  afterwards  discovered) 


134  PHILIP  HENRY. 

swarm  amongst.  Amen.  Fiat.  7.  I  pay'd  5'  for  Chimneyes,^-  4. 
of  my  own,  one  of  Margt.  Powels,  the  next  I  purpose  shea  shall 
])ay  hers*^  accord,  to  y''  Act. 

10.  D''  Mathew  Fowler  came  to  bee  Preacher  at  \Miitch:  in 
the  stead  of  D"'  Heylin,  lik't  better  then  he  was  if  it  hold.  13.  I 
walkt  to  Mr.  Steel's  where  was  Cosin  Rushworth ;  its  query'd  what'.s 
JKst  to  doe  about  the  approaching  Easter  Communion,  for  mys^  I 
am  not  free  to  kneel,  yet  dare  not  condemn  those  that  are. 
14.  hearing  of  ;^ioo.  to  bee  had  w"'  W.  B.  I  went  to  him  &  had 
promise  of  it,  accounting  it  a  mercy  &  that  in  return  of  prayers. 

19.  Wee  went  to  Whitch. — it  grieves  mee  to  turn  my  back 
upon  y*"  lord's  supper.  Mr.  Steel  &  many  more  tendred  thems*^ 
sitting  at  Hanmer  &  received.  I  borrowed  ;^ioo  of  Will.  Butler 
jun.  <S:  gave  bond  wherein  Robt.  Bickley  is  bound  with  mee  to 
repay  it  at  Mich,  next,  I  fayed  it  to  my  Father  Math,  the  last 
which  I  owe  him,  &  took  up  y"'  bond,  which  Avas  of  400"'' 
unindors'd  though  I  had  payd  him  100"'  at  Mich,  last  whicli 
was  not  fayr ;  The  Lord  convince  him  of  all  his  hard  dealing  with. 

under  a  false  name,  and  signed  by  Samuel  Malt,  a  Spanish  Jesuit,  was  found 
there  by  the  sexton,  in  which  it  was  stated  that  "  certain  persons  familiar  to 
Ifeth,  viz.  riallingham,  Coleman,  and  Benson,  had  set  up  a  faction  among  the 
Crerman  heretics."  These  three  persons  are  mentioned  by  P'uller  (ix.  9)  and 
Ileylyn  ("  Hist,  of  Presbyter.,"  book  vi.)  as  being  accounted  the  chief  leaders  of 
the  Puritans  of  the  time.  On  searching  Heth's  lodgings  there  were  found  ia 
Ills  boots  certain  papers — one  being  a  licence  from  the  Fraternity  of  Jesuits;: 
another  a  bull  of  Pope  Pius  V.,  authorizing  him  to  preach  any  doctrine  which 
the  Jesuits  might  direct,  for  sowing  divisions  in  England  (Robert  Ware's- 
*•' Foxes  and  Firebrands,"  London,  1682,  pp.  31-47). 

In  1646,  above  a  hundred  Romish  priests  were  sent  into  England  to  pla) 
the  part  of  Independents,  Anabaptists,  and  Presbyterians  to  foment  divisions,, 
etc.  Many  of  these  joined  the  Parliament's  army,  and  corresponded  with 
other  Romanist>  who  were  in  the  king's  (Archbishop  Eramhall's  Works, 
p.  xcvii.,  ed.  Oxford,  1842). 

Oliver  Heywood  mentions  a  case  that  came  under  his  notice  in  1672,  where 
a  man  ordained  by  the  Presbytery,  without  knowledge  of  his  previous  life,  was 
supposed  from  what  followed  to  be  a  Jesuit  (Hunter's  "Life  of  Oliver  Hey- 
wood," page  397,  n.). 

""■  Pepys  writes  under  date  ]\Iarch  3,  1662:  "I  am  told  that  this  day 
the  Parliament  hath  voted  is.  per  annum  for  ever}'  chimney  in  England,  as  a 
constant  revenue  for  ever  to  the  Crowne;"  and  on  October  15,  1666, 
"This  day  .  .  .  one  moved  that  the  Chimney  money  might  be  taken  from  the 
king,  and  an  equal  revenue  of  something  else  might  be  found  for  the  king,  and 
people  be  enjoyned  to  buy  off  this  tax  of  Chimney  money  for  ever  at  eight 
years'  purchase,  which  will  raise  present  money,  as  they  think.  1,600.000,  and 
the  State  be  eased  of  an  ill  burthen."' 


PHILIP  IIEXRY.  135 

ITS,  and  the  lord  help  us  out  of  that  Debt  hito  which  his  unjust 
exaction  hath  brought  us  and  in  y"  mean  time  estabhsh  our  hearts 
b)'  believing,  for  unto  thee  6.  God  I  commit  my  waj-. 

22.  Tho.  Halt  &  his  family  removed  from  us  to  Alghtree  ;* 
I  agreed  with  him  &c.  though  upon  hard  termes ;  better  buy 
peace  then  want  it ;  f  wee  visited  Eleanor  Ratcliff  &  Cosin  John 
Madocks  sick  ;  lord  spare. 

23.  Day  of  Prayer  &  Preaching  at  Mr.  Adams  of  North-wood, 
where  were  present  several  of  the  Congregational  way  wholh- 
unsatisfy'd  about  coming  to  hear  y"  service  book  or  any  that  read  it. 

25.  Heifer  sent  for  from  Ash,  where  shee  hath  been  sinci- 
Twelftide  ;  a  very  wett  season  after  a  very  dry  before  ;  yesterda}' 
came  two  Oxen  of  Cosin  Ann  Mathewes,  which  wee  are  to  keep 
a  while  for  their  work. 

26.  This  day  wee  have  been  marry'd  three  y.  blessed  bee  God. 
Mr.  Thomas  threatned  at  Tilstock  by  D'  Fowler,  if  hee  should  bee 
remov'd  twill  bee  ill  not  with  that  i)lace  only  but  w"'  the  neighbour- 
hood also  ;  theref  spare  lord. 

27.  Dwelling-house^  &  shore  clay'd  for  John  Green,  cost. 
4^  besides  windings  &  my  servants  work.  Mr.  Sadler  came  to 
see  mee,  exprest  great  fear  of  approaching  trouble,  the  lord 
prevent  if  it  bee  his  will. 

29.     I    went    to  lapi^ington,  where    I    lay  all  night    at  Cosin 

""■  This  place,  generally  written  "Althrey,"'  is  upon  the  Dee,  and  about  a 
mile  to  the  north  of  Bangor  Monachorum.  The  word  comes  from  allt  =  a  steej) 
]ilace,  and  i/i/rj'  =  the  town.  Its  Latin  equivalent  is  a//a  ripa,  which  has  often 
melted  into  haiiton,  haidtoii,  and  haughton.  There  is  said  to  have  been  a  giant 
called  Althrey,  whose  grave  is  pointed  out  in  the  Castle  Wood  below  Gwern- 
haeled. 

+  As  He  who  said,  "  Swear  not  at  all,"'  was  yet  not  silent  when  the  high- 
priest  put  Him  upon  oath  (St.  Matt.  xxvi.  63,  64),  so  when  He  bids  us  "  not  to 
resist  evil,"  and  to  "  turn  the  other  cheek,"  He  bids  us  check  all  personal 
feelings  of  hatred  and  revenge  ;  those  who  press  the  literal  expressions  ought 
also  to  cut  off  their  right  hand  and  right  foot,  and  pluck  out  their  right  eye,  when 
these  hinder  their  salvation.  A  regard  for  public  justice  and  the  welfare  of 
society  and  of  the  offender  himself  may  render  it  necessary  to  restrain  and 
jiunish  crime — Genesis  ix.  6,  will  always  tell  us  how  murderers  are  to  be 
treated  ;  and  the  number  of  Christian  soldiers  in  the  Roman  armies  shows  that 
the  modern  idea  of  "  peace  at  any  price  "  was  unknown  to  them  as  part  of  their 
religion,  though  exceptional  instances  to  the  contrary  may  be  brought  forward. 

J  Wattlesborough  Castle,  Salop,  is  supposed  to  have  got  its  name  from 
this  kind  of  building,  which  is  found  still  at  Penlcy  Hall,  in  English  Maelor, 
and  elsewhere. 


136  rillLir  HENRY. 

Chambers,*  visited  Mrs.  Tristram  a  good  woman  long  sick  ii:  weak. 
Saw  Mr.  laurence,  who  beares  witness  to  the  love  &  care  of  our 
lieavenly  father  providing  for  him  in  his  present  condition  beyond 
expectation. 

3.  This  day  my  son  John  is  two  years  old,  blessed  bee  God  for 
the  mercy  of  this  day  two  year  to  mother  &  child  &  mee  in  them. 
Mr.  Thomas  took  his  farewel  of  Tilstock,  great  sadnes  &  many 
teares  in  y"  Congreg.  lord,  let  the  spirit  of  life  enter  again  into  y" 
witnesses.  I  went  thence  to  Ash,  where  I  stayd  all  night,  my  x\unt 
\ery  ill,  in  y"  morning  better,  I  pray'd  again  with  her  &  parted. 

4.  Thomas  Hale  fetcht  away  more  of  his  goods  &:  brought 
part  of  his  Rent  behind,  w''''  I  refus'd,  with  more  anger,  I  fear,  y" 
needed,  bee  angry  &  sin  not.  his  carriage  is  provoking  but  mine 
should  bee  patient, 

5.  At  10.  a  clock  I  was  sent  for  to  Ash,  where  I  came  at  11. 
and  found  my  worthy  dear  Aunt  alive  &  that  was  all,  wee  went  to 
prayer  &  her  life  &  prayer  ended  together.  Shee  was  without 
comparison  the  best  Friend  I  had  in  this  country  ;  and  tis  no 
small  loss  to  lose  such  a  one  ;  lord  make  up  y'^  loss  to  mee  &:  all  her 
relations,  &  humble  us  for  sin  that  KilbFriend. 

6.  Randle  yongs  wife  bury'd  at  Hammer. 

7.  My  dear  Aunt  Benyon  was  bury'd  at  Whitch.  Mr. 
Thomas  preacht  T.  i.  Cor.  3.  22.  lord  take  up  the  children  and 
come  in  her  stead  to  all  her  relations  and  to  mee.     Amen. 

8.  I  went  to  Worthenb.  where  I  visited  some  of  y*"  cheifest  of 
my  Friends,  but  am  sensible  of  great  want  of  skill  to  doe  in 
occasional  discourse. 

10.  At  Whitch.  where  preacht  Mr,  Binny,  y'  leaves  too  big 
for  y"  fruit,  T.  Ps.  86.  11  :  I  heard  of  William  Nixon,  who  yester- 
day attempted  to  cut  his  own  throat  from  discontent  at  his  wife, 
hut  escapt  alive.  I  went  to  Mrs.  Figes,  where  Friends  met  cS: 
pray'd,  a  sweet  day  it  was,  lord  hear  in  heaven.  Before  wee  parted 
her  husband  came  unexpectedly. 

13.  A  very  wett  season,  wee  arc  well  neither  full  nor  fasting. 
tis  not  many  dayes  since  y''  earth  was  parcht  with  drought,  now 

*  "  The  advowson  of  Myddle  Church  did  formerly  belong  to  the  ancient 
and  worthy  family  of  the  Chambres  of  JV-tton,  many  of  which  family  are 
interred  in  the  Chancel  t]iere."--K.  C.ougli's  >•  History  of  Myddle,"  p.  14. 


PHILIP  IIEXRY.  137 

drown'd  with  water.     It  is  }'  lord,  let  him  doe  with  us  as  seemeth 
Ljood  iu  his  eyes. 

14.  I  went  with  Cosin.  Nixon  &  Cosin  Benet  to  see  W"'  Nixon, 
&  found  him  under  terrors,  but  I  fear,  not  kindly — Wee  pray'd 
w"'  him,  hear  lord — My  wife  went  to  Bronn.  but  my  father's  coun- 
tenance was  less  serene  y"  of  late  it  hath  been,  whatever  is  y" 
matter,     lord  lift  up  the  light  of  thy  countenance  upon  us. 

15.  I  wrote  to  'SVx.  ^V'ashborn  of  Orial  to  befriend  Dan.  JSrown. 

16.  Day  of  prayer  at  John  Butters  of  the  wood-houses,  my 
lieart  much  out  of  frame,  cumbred  with  many  th.  but  blessed  bee 
( iod,  wee  are  under  a  Coven'  of  grace. 

17.  At  Whitch.  where  preacht  D''  Fowler  concerning  the 
nature  &:  abuse  of  X"""  liberty.  Gal.  5.  13.  asserting  y"  power  of  y*" 
magistrate  about  Indifferent  th.  wliich  is  p.tly  to  bee  deny'd  viz. 
in  sacris. 

18.  My  glass  is  running  and  my  time  hastning  into  Eternity, 
but  I  doe  nothing,  father  glorify  thys.  by  me. 

21.  I  went  to  light-edge  &  saw  Mrs.  Hassal,  a  vertuous,  good 
woman,  to  whom  I  was  welcome,  but  it  troubles  mee,  I  do  no 
more  good  where  I  goe. 

22.  I  went  with  my  wife  to  Malpas  to  the  buryal  of  Richard 
Palyn,  aged  103,  as  his  relations  say.  Mr.  Ralph  Weld  cald  on 
mee,  I  admonisht  him  to  beware  of  being  insnar'd  by  unprofitable 
company,  lord  sett  it  home  for  his  good,  I  p.swaded  him  also  to 
revive  their  ancient  christian  fellowship  in  Wrexham,  decay'd. 

23.  I  visited  uncle  Benyon,  unresolved  w'  to  doe,  lord  bee 
his  comforter,  lord  bee  his  counseller,  my  advice  was  to  contract, 
not  to  break  up  house — letters  from  london  by  Cosin  John  Hotck. 
sisters  well,  blessed  bee  God ;  Sarah  come  from  lady  Buckhurst. 

24.  Mr.  Adams  preacht  at  chapel  in  y''  morning,  in  y"  aftern. 
wee  went  to  Whitch.     work  out  your  own  Salvation. 

25.  Day  of  prayer  at  Mrs.  Figes,  lord  hear  in  heaven,  near 
Wrexham  lately  y"  were  surprised,  wee  have  hitherto  escaped, 
Eben-ezer. 

26.  I  went  with  m)-  dear  to  Whicksoo  to  Mr.  Sadlers,  from 
thence  to  Mrs.  Braynes,  not  well ;  wee  are  under  engagem"  to  that 
family,  y'""  eldest  son  Cieneral  W"'  Brayn  left  my  wife  lOo""  which  I 
:had  of  her  ^^  mv  fither  Mathcwcs  of  mee. 


138  PHILIP  IIEXRY. 

28.  Great  vanity  &  folly  up  &  down  the  countiy  at  Proces- 
sions.*    Mrs.  Welsh  came  from  "Wrexham  to  see  us. 

29.  Thanks-giving  day  for  y*'  K.  return,  a  mercy  in  its.  for 
which  the  lord  bee  praysed,  though  I  &:  many  more  suffer  by  it — 
>[arket  kept  at  Whitch.  after  sermon,  which  should  not  beef 

31.  Mr.  Holland  at  chapel,  T.  Ps.  30.  6.  a  prosperous  condition 
a  dangerous  condition  &;  so  it  is.  prosperity  ensnares,  entangles, 
dcstroyes,  lord  give  mee  neither  riches  nor  poverty,  but  feed  mee 
with  food  convenient  for  mee. 

June  I.  AVilliam  brought  a  marc  t'rom  Mr.  laurcnccs  upon 
tryal,  ]jrice  5"'. 

2.  I  went  to  Bryn,  Mrs.  Rushworth  near  v''  time  of  travel, 
l)rayer  made  for  her,  lord,  hear,  motion  of  marriage  made 
between  Mrs.  Elizabeth  lloyd  &  jNIr.  Kirk,  now  Min""  of  Acton. 
Advice  sought  &  given,  that  whereas  y'  man  though  a  Conformist 
yet  is  hopeful  for  Godlines,  it  might  bee  lawful  to  proceed,  yet 
with  most  comfort,  if  hee  allow  p*  of  y''  profits  of  the  place  to 
Mr.  Burghal  1  ejected — lord,  counsel  &  determine  y°  matter. 

3.  INIin"^  mett  at  Br.  O.  Mr.  Steel.  Mr.  Sadler,  Mr.  Thomas 
Mr.  Rushworth,  wee  pray'd  together,  lord  hear  &  pardon,  pardon 
specially  our  sins  as  Min'"*  &  doe  not  curse  our  blessings  for  wee 
desire  to  hear  &  lay  to  heart  &  to  give  glory  to  thy  name. 

5.  reports  of  my  fiather's  marriage  to  Jane  Eddow — nee  metuo 
diem  nee  opto. 

9.     Seasonable  rayn,  a  great  mercy,  blessed  bee  God. 

7.  Mr.  Bridge  at  chapel  T.  i  /('//;/.  2.  15.  a  playn  text  a 
lac't   Sermon   the   matter  scarce  visible  for  words  ;  lord  write  y" 

*  The  chief  times  for  processions  were  at  funerals,  and  during  the  Roga- 
tion days,  when  God's  blessing  was  aslced  upon  the  crops,  and  the  boundaries 
of  parishes,  etc.,  were  marked.  "Before  1543  the  boundaries  of  fields  "  also 
would  be  noticed  (Owen  and  Blakeway's  "  .Salop,"  iv.  p.  199). 

+  One  might  think  that  prayer  and  sermon — if  people  would  attend — would 
be  as  suitable  before  market  as  at  any  other  time  ;  or  is  it  once  more  a  case  of 
Scylla  and  Charybdis?  Because  the  Roman  Catholic  market-woman  kneels- 
at  the  roadside  cross  and  says  her  prayer,  is  the  true  Protestant  to  go  to  market 
and  not  to  pray  'i 

X  lidward  Burghall  was  the  Puritan  minister  of  Acton,  near  Xantwich.  His 
diary  of  the  war  is  a  most  interesting  document.  In  "  Nonconformity  in 
Cheshire,"  p.  122,  we  fmd,  "This  aged  and  eminent  .servant  of  Christ  did  not 
long  survive  his  ejectment  in  1662.  Having  patiently  endured  the  poverty  to 
which  he  was  reduced,  hut  which  was  alleviated  by  the  assistance  of  sympathizing 
friends,  he  died  in  the  year  ibbf." 


PHILIP  IIEXRY.  139 

Text  in  my  heart  &  Aveed  out  all  inordinate  love  of  }'"  world  & 
all  th.  in  y''  world.  In  y''  aftern.  we  went  to  ^^'hitch.  D'  Fowler 
l)reacht,  with  more  playne'ss  &  codification  Act.  2.  i.  Mr.  Booth 
entertayn'd  curate  there.  Assisted  in  administriny  y*"  Sacram',  not 
ordayn'd.* 

8.  Motion  of  marriage  betw.  'I'ho.  Moyl  &:  Debo.  Eddow,  lur 
mother  came  to  ask  my  counsel,  I  did  as  I  would  bee  done  by.  I 
went  to  \\'hitch.  Fayr,  where  I  bought  a  black  mare,  4.  year  old, 
cost  5"'  10'  o. 

9.  Wee  returned,  having  visited  Cosin  Wickstead,  old  Mr, 
Hotchkis  &  other  friends  by  whom  we  were  refreshed  but  to 
whom  our  Society  is  little  profitable. 

10.  I  heard  of  the  Death  of  W"  Juxon,  Arch''^'  of  Canterbur\-. 
who  dyed  Jun.  4.  the  same  day  Mrs.  Puleston  of  Emeral  was 
brought  to  bed  of  her  first  son. 

12.  I  went  to  Wrexham,  saw  some  Friends,  lodged  at  Mr. 
lewis  discourst  with  several  concern,  y"  scruples  of  y''  times,t 
lord  thy  people  are  of  different  p.swasions  &  apprehensions  in 
many  th.     lord  heal  &  help. 

13.  I  spake  with  Mr.  Davis  of  Wrexham  concerning  Tabling 
Cousin  Dan.  Benyon  &:  two  sons  of  Mrs.  Figes,  who  are  to  goe  to 
school  to  Mr.  lewis. — I  acquainted  Mr.  lewis  with  my  opinion  of 
Cock-fights.  John  Jones  &  others  excommunicated  for  noncon- 
formity— I  came  home  with  my  father  Mathewes  blessed  bee  y"  lord. 

14.  at  Whitch.  where  preacht  D''  Fowler  well — Lord  keep 
back  thy  servant  from  presumptuous  sins. 

15.  My  father  bestowed  new  coats  upon  y''  children  cost  about 
2o\  I  heard  of  y"  death  of  a  mayd  in  Nantwich  who  coming 
from  milking  fell  down  with  the  Bowk  I  on  her  head  &  dyed. 

*  This  seems  to  indicate  a  scarcity  of  clergy,  as  we  know  was  tlie  case  aftc]- 
the  ejectment  of  1662.  During  the  war,  services  were  held  now  and  again  by 
ministers  who  went  from  place  to  place.  "In  1657,  after  being  minister  of 
C'olcy  for  seven  years,  Oliver  Heywood  is  convinced  of  the  duty  of  restoring  the 
Lord's  Supper,  which  had  not  been  celebrated  for  fifteen  years." 

t  Ot  SiOKi^ovTes  tov  Kuvanra,  t7)v  5e  Ka/xriKov  KaTairiuoi'Tes.  The  result  of 
this  temperament  is  a  tyrannical  contempt  for  the  conscientious  scruples  of 
others.  The  same  spirit  that  forbad  the  use  of  the  Book  of  Common  I'rayer, 
either  in  public  or  private,  in  1644-45,  "'ifler  heavy  penalties,  raised  its  voice  in 
the  House  of  Commons  in  November,  1S74,  against  Church  of  England  en- 
dowments to  Hertford  College,  Oxford. 

+  Bowk  =  milk-pail.     There  is  a  surname  JSowkcr. 


140  Pin  UP  IIEXRY. 

19.  Mr.  Edw'  Philips  of  Mulsford  dy"d  of  y'^  spotted  feavor. 

20.  Eleanor  Ratcliff  buryed — wee  visited  Mrs.  Rushworth, 
lately  brought  to  bed  of  a  Daughter,  named  Katharin,  hee 
baptized  her  hims.  as  I  should  have  done  my  son  Mathew,  if  I  had 
•done  well. 

21.  at  ^\'hitch.  T.  Ileb.  4.  13.  concer.  God's  omnisciency,  a 
lesson  which  I  have  been  long  learning  but  am  not  yet  com'n  to 
y*"  knowl.  thereof. 

22.  fu'st  journey  to  y''  coles  with  a  Team  of  mv  own,  tlie  lord 
bee  y'"'  good  speed.  23.  they  return'd  in  safety,  though  w""  diffi- 
culty by  reason  of  y"  fowl  wayes.    blessed  be  (iod. 

25.  Reports  of  great  mortality  in  is:  about  Chester,  spare  us, 
i,^ood  lord,  sjjare  thy  people.  Mrs.  Row  of  Barrel  being  with  child 
a  leaping  down  from  off  a  horse  dyed  this  week,  y'^  child  living  in 
lier  after  shee  was  dead. 

26.  sent  by  Mr.  Holliman  to  sister  Mary  two  Coralls  to  change, 
a  Diamond  ring  to  sell. 

27.  new  coats  given  to  y"  children  by  my  father  Mathewes  at 
y'^  request  of  Aunt  Hochkis,  cost  20^  6''. 

28.  Mr.  Holland  at  chapel.  T.  hik.  23.  34.  38.  a  good 
examp.  to  love  &  pray  for  enemyes  in  y'  prayer  of  our  lord  Jesus, 
Father  forgive  them  for  y"  know  not  what  y"  doe. 

29.  Mrs.  Elisab.  Puleston  now  marry'd  to  W"  Farrar,  with 
Mary  Mear  &:c.  came  to  see  us.  Mr.  Sam.  PMwards,  son  of  my  old 
Christian  Freind  Edward  'Hiomas  being  motion'd  by  mee  to 
Whitch.  School,  I  went  with  him  to  y""  Feoffees,  &  hope  it  may 
doe  well  both  for  y*"  I'own  &  him. 

30.  I  saw  the  school-house.  Mr.  Thomas  of  ubley  hath 
added  15""  p.  ann.  to  y"  maintenance  with  a  desire  to  have  certain 
])ious  Orders  of  his  own  drawing  to  bee  observed  there. 

fitly  I.      Favr  weather  after  much  wett,  a  great  mercy,  blessed 

bee  God. 

2.     Mr.  Thomas  came  to  see  me,  I  have  begun  to  teach  him 

"■'  A  liousc  in  the  Watergate,  Chester,  where  the  plague  is  said  to  have 
slopped,  has  still  inscribed  upon  it  "  God's  Providence  is  mine  inheritance. 
A.D.  1652."     (It  was  restored  in  1862.) 

"  In  1648,  between  June  20  and  April  20,  2099  people  had  died  of  plague. 
Cabins  for  the  infected  were  built  under  the  Avater-iower  nnd  in  the  adjoining 
salt-inarsh." — Ormerod's  "•  Clieshire,"  i.  209. 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  141 

Hebrew,  as  far  as  my  skill  will  reach,  which  though  but  small,  yet 
I  count  far  better  than  none. 

3.  j\Ir.  Edwards  sent  a  messenger  w"'  a  letter  to  mee  to 
signify,  that  hee  could  not  accept  of  Which,  school,  which  I  am 
sorry  for,  hee  motion'd  a  son  of  D""  Winter's  -whom  I  like  not. 

4.  my  wife  receiv'd  1"'  14'  o''  of  my  Father  for  y*'  Brick 
meadow,  for  which  I  was  ofifred  by  John  Mathewes  2"*  5'  8'^,  }-et 
more  y*-"  so  much  hee  would  not  give,  yet  had  a  desire  to  have  it, 
1  know  not  what  to  doe,  yet  chose  rather  to  sit  down  l)y  ye  loss 
then  displease  him. 

5.  at  Whitch.  T.  JoJin  13.  34.  35.  J.  X' hath  loved  mee,  theref. 
I  ought  to  love  him,  theref.  I  ought  to  love  my  Brother. 

6.  great  rayn  again;  report  of  much  harm  done  in  y"-'  up- 
countryes  by  late  rayn. 

7.  day  of  prayer  at  Mrs.  F.  with  much  sweetness,  lord  hear  cV* 
have  mercy.  Esa.  16.  4.  much  upon  my  heart,  let  my  outcasts 
dwell  with  y^,  Moab.  i.  God's  people  ma\-  bee  an  outcast 
people,  cast  out  of  men's  love,  out  of  y'"'"'  synagogues,  out  of  v'" 
Countrj-.  2.  God  will  own  his  people  w"  men  cast  them  out,  m\ 
outcasts.  3.  God  will  provide  a  dwelling  for  his  outcast  people. 
4.  even  Moab  an  enemy  shall  bee  a  shelter  to  God's  people  when 
y"  lord  speakes  y"  word. 

8.  This  last  night  Mathew  fell  out  of  bed,  not  hurt,  a  won- 
derful preservation,  blessed  bee  God,  even  our  God.  I  went  to 
see  Mrs.  Thomas  not  well,  where  hapned  to  bee  many  Friends 
without  design,  wee  pray'd  together,  lord  hear  in  heaven. 

9.  I  went  to  speak  with  Mr.  Broughton  about  sending  in  a 
foot-souldier  wherewith  I  am  charg'd,  thence  to  Worthenb.  where 
I  saw  some  Freinds,  &  hope  there  are  yet  a  few  in  that  place  y"^ 
have  not  defil'd  their  Garments,  lord,  strengthen,  stablish. 

10.  at  home,  making  hay,  ye  weather  seasonable,  blessed  bee 
( ;od. 

11.  Nurse  Trim  suddenly  taken  ill  this  evening  at  Br.  Oke, 
but  God  had  mercy.  Wee  know  neither  time  nor  place,  when, 
where  nor  how. 

12.  At  Whitch.  T.  I  John  2.  i.  a  profitable  sermon,  lord 
grant  that  I  sin  not.  Mr.  Booth  rctayn'd  Curate  y"*".  preacht  in 
the  aftern.  indigested. 


142  PHILIP  IIEXRY. 

13.  Mr.  Adams  like  to  come  into  trouble  for  baptizing  a  child 
of  John  Huxley. 

14.  a  child  of  W'"  Taylor,  ill  of  convulsion  fits,  I  went  to  see 
him,  tS:  6  what  evil  is  there  in  sin  that  produces  such  effects  upon 
poor  Innocent  little  ones,  if  this  bee  done  to  y"  green  tree  w'  shall 
be  done  to  y^  dry.  It  dyed  this  night — blessed  bee  God  y*  my 
little  ones  are  in  health. 

15.  Mr.  Sadler  came  to  see  me  ;  It  rayn'd  y'^  morning,  being 
Swithyn's  day,  it  should  bode  rayn,  soe  vulg.  40  dayes  after,  w'=''  I 
shall  observe.  For  y*  7  or  8  following  dayes  ii  did  rayn  daily  more 
or  less,  for  y*"  10  next  it  miss'd  most  dayes — enough  to  show  y*" 
vanity  of  such  predictions. 

16.  Will.  Griffith  ill  of  a  swelling  in  his  Throat,  wee  fear'd  it 
was  a  Squinancy,  John  Barker  lett  him  bloud. 

17.  Reports  of  Bristol's*  Impeachm'  of  y''  chancellor,  for 
befriending  Papists,  misimploying  publique  moneyes,  over-strayning 
his  power,  marrying  his  daughter  to  ye  D.  of  York,  tszc.  judge's 
0]jinion  y*  it  amounts  not  to  Treason,  y"  K.  sides  w"'  ye  Chancellor. 

18.  William  better,  blessed  bee  God.  if  y"  least  wheel  in  our 
watch  bee  out  of  order  what  trouble  is  it  to  all  y"  Family,  o,  what 
a  mercy  is  health. 

19.  At  Whitch.  where  preacht  ]\Ir.  Bridg.  Jun'',  two  empt\-, 
frothy,  flashy  unprofitable  sermons,  I  am  asham'd  to  give  sucli 
Epithites  to  sermons,  but  truly  such  they  were,  lord  pity  preacher 
&  hearers. 

20.  I  was  not  well,  it  held  mee  like  an  Ague,  my  leg  sore. 
Mr.  Holliman  brought  letters  from  Sister  Mary.  Coral's  chang'd 
two  for  one  besides  half  a  crown  given  for  exchange. 

21.  Mr.  Steel  &  Cosin  Rushw.  presented  for  baptizing  their 
children  thems. 

23.  Day  of  Praise  &  Prayer  at  Cos.  Rushw.  Praise  for  y^  safe 
delivery  of  his  wife.  Prayer  for  Guidance  in  y''''  intended  remove 
to  Henly.  Also  in  y**  Marriage  affayr  betw.  Cosin  Elis.  Tloyd  «S: 
^Ir.  Kirk  now  preacher  at  Acton  near  Nantwich. 

*  This  was  John,  the  youngest  son  of  Sir  George  Digby  of  Shirebourne,  and 
created  Earl  of  Bristol,  September  15,  1662.  His  friendship  with  Clarendon 
during  their  exile  had  been  lessened  since  the  Restoration  by  the  chancellor's 
refusal  of  some  grants  which  Bristol  had  applied  for.  The  charges  that  lie 
brought  forward  on  this  occasion  only  damaged  his  own  character  irretrievably. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  1 43 

24.  I  went  with  Mr.  Steel  and  Mrs.  Lloyd  ^:(^  into  Woral  to 
Capt.  Shipleyes,  wee  cal'd  at  Ches.  Saw  Mr.  Cook,  Prison  no 
Prison. 

This  day  dy'd  Will.  Figes.  at  school  at  Wrexh.  of  y*  small  pox, 
'tis  not  long  since  their  mother  brought  him  thither  Naomi,  &:  now 
returns  Marah. 

25.  wee  went  to  Clayton,  to  Mr.  Glegg's,  heard  of  y''  execution 
of  3.  Plotters  in  Ireland,  Tomson,  Jephson,  Warren,  also  of  y''  sad 
condic'on  of  many  English,  turn'd  out  of  house  &  home. 

26.  Mr.  Green  preacht  at  Nesson.  T.  John  3.  1.  i.  y''  sum  of 
man's  desire,  life.  2.  y"  sum  of  God's  bounty,  X'.  3.  Y"  sum 
of  man's  duty,  Faith.  I  believe  in  y"  lord  J.  X'  hoping  to  obtain 
by  &  through  him  everlasting  life.  Ill  y'*  night,  tooth-ake — it 
grieves  mee  I  can  doe  no  more  good  amongst  Freinds. 

27.  I  went  to  Hawarden,  saw  &  pray'd  in  secret  with  Mr.  I'^ogg, 
lord,  hear  in  heaven,     much  made  of. 

28.  I  returned  home,  found  all  well,  &  pretty  well  m}s.  home 
is  home  indeed  to  mee,  blessed  bee  God — my  wife  is  much  ni}- 
helper,  present,  absent,  &  my  heart  doth  safely  trust  in  lier,  the 
lord's  most  holy  name  bee  blessed  &  praysed. 

30.  Cosin  Ashton  came  to  see  us  from  Chester,  I  have  been 
often  welcom  to  her  house. 

31.  Seasonable  hay-weather,  all  ye  week  past,  a  great  mercy, 
blessed  bee  God.     crab-mill  still  altred,  better  so  y'^"  worse. 

The  6-day  Math,  so  called,  proves  8-day  Math. 
August  I.     Hay  carry'd  in  out  of  ye  great  meadow,  three  trole- 
fuls  in  p'  and  no  harm,  blessed  bee  God. 

2.  Mr.  Bridge  Sen''  preacht  at  chapel.  T.  Luk.  21.  19.  In 
your  Patience  possess  yee  yo''  soules,  lord  I  have  need  of  Patience. 

3.  much  distemper'd  with  payn  in  my  head  &  teeth,  how 
seasonable  was  ye  word  of  yesterday  to  the  Providence  of  to 
day,  and  how  good  is  ye  lord  that  first  tells  the  remedy,  »Sc  then 
wounds. 

4.  I  went  to  Wrexham  with  Uncle  Benyon  to  see  his  son 
J^aniel,  sick  there ;  lord  spare  him,  I  had  discourse  with  him 
concerning  his  soul,  &  hope  hee  is  in  X'.  I  pray'd  over  him  in  y' 
name  of  y''  lord,  6,  y'  prayer  m'  save  the  sick.  Mr.  Golborn  bury'd, 
my  Freind. 


144  PHILIP  IIEXRY. 

IVIr.  Bostock  sick  in  Town  of  a  drunken  surfet  wliich  hee 
brousjht  with  him  from  ye  quarter  Sessions  at  llanroost  where  Y 
Conventiclers,  so  called,  were  huspeld.     Math.  i8.  6. 

5.  This  day  I  was  at  Brunn.  where  I  have  not  been  these 
many  dayes.  saw  my  Father  whose  wart,  thought  to  hee  cured, 
returns  again. 

6.  Cosin  Tho.  Jackson  payd  for  his  p*  in  y*  meadow  i"'  8*  8'* 
I  thought  it  worth  more,  hee  thought  it  not  Avorth  that  by  2^—1 
would  not  that  2'  should  occasion  any  unkindnes  where,  I  must 
confess,  I  am  obliged  for  former  courtesyes. 

7.  I  thought  to  have  gone  to  Wrexh.  but  was  turn'd  back  by 
Cosin  Talbot,  Cosin  Dan  better,  lord  spare  him. 

8.  busy  at  Hay,  lord  let  mee  not  lose  thee  or  my.s.  in  that  or 
any  business. 

9.  At  Whitch.  Mr.  Bower — two  weak  indigested  unprofitable 
sermons,  lord  help  us. 

10.  ]\Ir.  Bridge  sent  to  desire  Barn-room  for  his  Tythesin  this 
Township,  to  which  I  condescended  the  Terms  to  bee  determin"d 
of  hereafter,  when  wee  see  w'  I  can  spare. 

11.  great  payn  in  my  head  these  two  or  three  last  dayes,  fron\ 
y'  time  I  wak't  till  towards  noon. 

12.  At  Ash,  where  mctt  at  Mrs.  Figes,  several  Freinds,  Mr, 
For.  Mr.  St.  Mr.  Tho.  <Scc.  and  a  comfortable  day  it  was,  blessed 
bee  God  1  y"  partic.  occasion  was  to  mourn  with  her  y'  mourns  & 
to  counsel  &  comfort  her.  lord  grant  shee  may  hear  y*  rod,  judge 
hers.  &  justify  thee.  The  meeting  was  known  in  Town,  welcom  y'" 
will  of  God. 

13.  new  suit,  lord,  cloth  mec  with  thy  Righteousnes,  which  is 
a  comely  costly  lasting  everlasting  Garm'. 

14.  Turfes  begun  to  bee  carryed — first  Pigeons  taken  of  this 
season. 

15.  I  visited  Mr.  Adams  lately  com"n  from  london.  hee  hath 
1  irought  with  him  great  store  of  bookes. 

16.  Mr.  Bridg.  jun.  at  chap.  T.  Col.  -i,-  2.  lord  raise  up  my 
Affections  from  earth  to  heaven,  from  s"  world  to  X'  who  best 
deserves. 

17.  This  day  begins  y''  Assize  at  Wrexham  &  this  da\  Mr. 
Bostock  was  bur\ed.  a  Persecutor  &•  Prosecutor  of  those  bound 


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over,  hut  God  hath  cut  him  off,  so  let  all  thine  enemyes  perish,  6 
lord. 

1 8.  If  some  occasions  had  not  hindred,  I  should  have  been 
this  day  at  J.  B's.  lord,  let  them  that  tarry  at  home  divide  the  spoyl. 

ig.  a  day  of  great  rayn  which  threatens  much  harm  to  the 
Country,  it  is  y^  lord. 

20.  fayr,  &  drying  weather  again,  which  prevents  fears  & 
repayres  y"  damage  blessed  bee  God. 

21.  the  last  of  my  hay  was  carry'd  in.  the  lord  prseserves  &: 
provides  for  y'^  Cattle  for  y'^  service  of  man,  blessed  bee  his  name. 

2  2.  I  find  in  noth.  more  of  y^  deceitfulnes  of  my  heart  y"  in 
secret  worship.  6.  how  hardly  am  I  brought  to  it  &  how  little  sweet- 
nes  &  delight  doe  I  find  in  it  for  the  most  part  1  lord,  I  blush  e^ 
am  asham'd  before  thee  ;  lord,  pity  &  pardon  &  help  for  with  my 
mind  I  serve  the  law  of  God,  though  with  my  flesh  the  law  of  sin. 

23.  Mr.  Bridg.  jun.  at  chap,  two  better  sermons  then  ordinary 
from  Rev.  3.  5.  &  17.  18.  lord  Jesus,  cloth  mee  with  y"  white 
rayment  of  grace  here,  that  I  may  bee  clothed  with  the  white 
rayment  of  glory  hereafter. 

24.  This  day  thirty  two  yeares  I  was  born,  this  day  twelve- 
month I  d\ed,  that  fatal  day  to  y*"  Godly  painful  faithful  Minist"  of 
England  amongst  whom  I  am  not  worthy  to  bee  numbred — we 
mourn'd  and  pray'd  before  the  lord  at  W.  Ben's  House,  if  so  bee 
there  may  bee  hope.  Zech.  7.  3.  comp.  Jer.  i.  3.  The  Jewes  in 
their  captivity  fasted  in  the  fifth  month,  bee.  in  y"  fifth  month 
Jerusalem  was  carryed  away  captive,  &  in  y^  7""  month,  ZecJi.  7.  5. 
bee.  in  y"  7"'  month  Gedaliah  was  slayn — Jci:  41.  i. 

26.  Corn  in  y"  Oak  feild  divided  with  Tho.  Hale.  7  to  5.  in 
which  bargain  hee  over-reacht  mee  but  I  consider  Ps.  15.  4. 

27.  jNIathew  not  well — like  as  a  father  pityes  his  children,  so  y" 
lord  pityes  y^'"  y'  fear  him.    better  at  night,  thankes  bee  to  God. 

28.  I  heard  from  london — sister  Mary  &  Sarah  &:  two  other 
Gentlew.  walking  abroad  in  y^  Even,  Horsmen  rode  over  y""",  drunk 
as  was  suppos'd,  Hurt  ye  two  Gentlew.  &  frightened  sister  Mary 
into  Mother-fits  for  several  dayes,  the  lord  bee  praised  it  was  no 
worse. 

29.  a  fayr  day  after  a  wet  night,  the  lord  is  pleas'd  to  inter- 
change else  ye  Creatures  would  bee  consumed. 

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146  PHILIP  HENRY. 

30.  at  Whitch.  Dr.  Fowler.  T.  i  Jolin  2.  3,  4.  hereby  wee 
know  y*  wee  know  him  if  wee  keep  his  commandments.  The  lord 
give  mee  if  not  a  great  yet  a  good  understanding  such  as  all  the)' 
have  y'  doe  thy  commandm".     Amen. 

31.  a  great  rayn,  a  hindrance  to  harvest,  a  disappointm'.  to 
my.s.  who  thought  to  have  had  corn  gathered  this  day,  but  y**  lord 
is  righteous. 

Scptcmhc)-  I.  Cosin  Benet  reviv'd  by  good  newes  in  an  Affayr 
which  concernes  him,  gives  God  ye  glory,  for  hearing  Prayers  & 
saith  tis  not  in  vayn  to  see  to  him,  to  trust  in  him,  to  depend  on 
him,  so  say  I  also,  blessed  bee  his  name. 

2.  Cousin  Butler  caFd  for  ye  hundred  pound  which  I  owe 
him,  also  Mr.  Yates  for  30"'.    I  am  in  strayts  but  I  wayt  upon  God. 

3.  I  heard  of  100'"  which  I  may  have  of  Robert  Benyon's 
brother — it  shall  come  to  pass,  before  yee  call  I  v/ill  answer. 

4.  Oats  inn'd,  lord  doe  not  blow  upon  y'"'  but  bless  them,  & 
nil  the  increase  of  my  ground,  else  what  is  brought  home  will  come 
to  little. 

5.  John  Green  carry'd  in  his  p'  of  Corn  by  Cliffe's,  which 
Tho.  Hale  should  have  carry'd  or  I — it  prevented  strife,  which  I 
am  glad  of  who  desire  peace. 

6.  D''  Fowler  at  A\'hitch.  i  John  2.  5.  6.  concer.  our  union 
with  X'  &  y''  obligacoii  lying  on  us  to  walk  as  hee  walked,  hee 
urg'd  wee  are  no  more  to  imitate  his  gesture  y""  his  vesture  in 
y°  Sacram*.      lord  make  thy  way  playn. 

8.  I  was  at  Bronnington,  my  Father  seemes  pleas'd,  &  I 
know  no  cause  hee  hath  to  bee  otherwise,  but  God  grant  I  may 
never  have  need  of  him. 

9.  great  store  of  Plums  about  y*^  house  this  year,  beyond  w* 
hath  been  ordinary,  lord,  make  mee  as  fruitful  to  thee  as  ground, 
trees.  <.\:c.  are  to  mee,  herein  would  my  father  bee  glorifyed. 

10.  I  heard  of  strife  at  Worthenb.  betw.  Mr.  Puleston  & 
D"'  Br.  about  y'^  Tith  of  Emeral  demeasn,  which  yet  D''  Br.  took 
in  kind,  although  with  some  difficulty. 

11.  Ill  all  day,  in  like  manner  as  formerly,  lord  forgive  sin — 
better  at  night,  blessed  bee  God.  Cosin  Dan  Benyon  from 
Wrexham,  recover'd,  to  him  bee  praise  y'  heard  prayer. 

12.  Mr.  Parsons,  Mr.   lawrence   Mr.  Thomas   din'd  w"'  us, 


PHILIP  HENRY.  1 4/ 

Candles  under  a  Bushel,  lord,  set  us  up  again  y"^  wee  may  give 
light  in  thy  house.  In  y**  afternoon  wee  visited  Mr.  Sadler  in  the 
same  predicam*^ — They  compute  above  too.  Ministers,  y"'"'  wives 
«.K:  children  within  few  miles.    Jeliova-ijnh. 

13.  D""  Fowler  at  Whitch.  in  y^  morning.  ^t7.  26.  28.  Shew'd 
what  it  is  to  bee  a  Christian,  to  bee  annointed  as  X',  to  bee  a 
follower  of  X'  lord  make  mee  such  an  one.  In  y'=  aftern.  preacht 
Mr.  John  \\'hitehal,  a  beginner  in  y''  work,  lord  increase  his  gifts  & 
make  him  faithful,  and  being  a  Novice  lord  let  him  not  bee  lifted 
up  with  pride,  lest  hee  fall  into  y''  condemnacoh  of  y''  Devil. 

19.  at  home  in  health  &  peace  with  Freinds  &  many 
comforts  about  us,  blessed  bee  God. 

T  7.  I  went  with  my  wife  to  light-edge,  saw  Mrs.  Hassal,  Mr. 
Thomas  &  his  wife  with  us,  tis  much  shee  is  not  asham'd  of  such 
poor  Outcasts,  I  told  her  so,  &  shee  answer'd  they  were  y"  best 
guests  y'  come  to  her  house. 

18.  This  week  Cosin  Betty  lloyd  was  marry'd  to  Mr.  Kirk, 
now  Preacher  at  Acton,  near  Nantwich. 

1 9.  The  last  of  my  harvest,  which  was  three  load  of  Fitches, 
brought  into  y^  Barn,  blessed  bee  God  who  is  lord  of  y''  harvest  also. 

20.  Mr.  Holland  at  chap. — T.  Join.  2.  21.  Our  ^isons  are 
justify'd  by  Faith  before  God.  Our  Faith  by  workes  before  men. 
Also  Ink.  17.  20.  The  Kingd.  of  X'  in  y''  world  is  not  with  outward 
pomp  &  splendour  as  other  kingdoms  are. 

21.  I  went  with  my  wife  to  Brunnington,  my  Father  ownes  us 
&  that's  all,  blessed  bee  God  wee  have  no  need  of  him.  Eddish 
set  to  a  drove,  16''  a  score — drovers  lodg'd  in  y"  house,  scorners  of 
Godlines,  bee.  y"  know  it  not,  lord  ^id6n. 

22.  meeting  about  subsidyes — I  was  return'd  y*'  same  w"'  Mr. 
Jenings — 25'"  p.  ann.     Randle  Tonna  50"'. 

23.  my  dear  Freind,  Jone  Bickley  bury'd,  lord  make  up  y^ 
breach — Mr.  Humphryes  preacht,  better  y^"  I  expected,  lord  doe 
good  in  thy  good  pleasure  to  poor  W'orthenb. 

24.  at  Bryn,  where  was  Capt.  Shipley  &  his  wife,  Cosin  Kirk 
&  her  husband. 

25.  Mr.  Hanmer  was  mov'd  y'  y^  moneyes  collected  in  this 
Township  for  y"  poor,  might  bee  bestow'd  at  least  p'  on  y'^  poor  of 
the  Township. 


148  PHILIP  HENRY. 

26.  Roger  Burroughs  wife  bury'd  at  Malpas,  where  wee  saw 
y'  Register,  my  wife  baptiz'd  Apr.  5,  1629.*  &  payd  the  Clerk 
Arreares. 

28.  wee  went  to  Ash,  where  I  saw  with  greif  the  miss  of  a 
good  wife,  mother,  mistris,  and  doe  bless  God  that  all  these  are 
yet  spared  in  my  family. 

30.  I  was  at  Bangor  at  y*"  muster,  being  charg'd  with  a  cors- 
lett,  I  expected  Arms  there,  but  am  put  to  buy  for  mys.  it  may 
bee  t'will  bee  cheaper.  I  saw  the  subsidy  roll,  where  I  am  re- 
turn'd  after  y''  rate  of  i"'  in  land  and  am  to  pay  4^^  for  each 
subsidy. 

October  A,,  reports  of  a  Plot.f  Mr.  lloyd,  Mr.  Steel  secur'd,  I 
am  yet  at  liberty,  if  trouble  come  lord  thou  knowest  my  innocency 
— hie  murits  ahciiciis  esto  vil  coiisc/'ir  sibi. 

6.  Cosin  Benet  in  fresh  trouble  about  his  business,  tis  ill 
giving  way  to  carnal  base  feares,  for  y"  are  incroaching — tis  my 
own  infirmity,  help  lord. 

7.  S.  a  very  wett  season,  the  lord  is  angry  with  us.  seedness 
hindred.     spare  us  good  lord,  spare  thy  people. 

9.  William  went  to  A\'em  to  buy  a  pike. 

10.  This  morning  I  was  fetcht  to  HannV  by  Randle  Milton.. 
who  said  his  Capt.  S'  John  Hanmer  must  speake  with  mee.  hee 
brought  mee  to  Susan  Croxton's  house,  an  Ale  house  in  y*"  Town,, 
whether  several  others  were  brought  also  this  same  day.  The 
prjetence  is  that  there  is  a  Plot  to  rise,  the  lord  knowes  I  know 
noth.  of  any  such  thing. 

11.  wee  were  deny'd  liberty  to  goe  to  church,  wherefore  wee 
spent  y"  day  together  in  y"  prison,  as  y"  lord  enabled. 

12.  my  man  William  Griffith  being  sent  for  when  I  was, 
came  not  till  this  day  being  from  home,  which  caused  suspicion. 
Mr.  HoUiman  examin'd  but  not  releas'd. 

13.  'tis  sweet  being  in  any  condition  w"'  a  clear  Conscience — ■ 
the  sting  of  Death  is  sin,  &  so  of  Imprisonmen*  also.     Tis  y*"  first 

*  In  the  eighteenth  century  and  the  nineteenth,  tliere  were  descendants  of 
Philip  Henry  born  and  married  almost  at  the  same  time  as  he  was,  and  with 
the  same  difference  in  the  ages  of  husband  and  wife. 

t  It  is  little  wonder,  after  such  a  successful  and  prolonged  rebellion,  that 
rumours  of  plots  should  be  circulated  from  time  to  time,  and  the  innocent  suffer 
with  the  guilty. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  149 

time  I  was  ever  a  Prisoner,  but  perhaps  may  not  bee  y^  last — Wee 
felt  no  hardship,  wee  know  not  what  wee  may. 

14.  Wee  were  cal'd  to  appear,  S''  Thomas  Hanmer  &  Mr. 
W'"  Hanmer  of  Fenns  were  present,  S''  Tho.  told  us  y*  occasion  of 
our  confinem'.  viz.  reports  of  a  Plot,  &  to  mee  hee  spake  of  my 
frequenting  conventicles  &  partic.  within  y'^'  month  which  I  deny'd 
— then  releas'd  us,  finding  verbal  security  for  a  fortnight,  y*  wee 
shall  bee  forthcoming  within  24  houres  after  wee  are  cal'd  for. 
Rob*  Byckley  past  his  word  for  mee  &  my  man  &  Mr.  Holliman. 
It  cost  me  about  7  or  8.  sh.  besides  Damages  at  home  by  trespas. 
This  Evening  I  return'd  to  my  Tabernacle  safe  &  well,  blessed 
bee  God.  lord  forgive  my  enemyes  &  turn  their  hearts.  John 
Da\-is  was  listed  to  trayn  for  mee  &  had  Arms,  a  Pike  &  a  sword, 
y*  Pike  cost  8'  y*  sword.  3'. 

15.  This  day  dyed  S""  Evan  lloyd  Governo'"  of  Chester,  of  a 
drunken  surfett,  the  first  wheel,  as  I  hear,  in  our  late  trouble,  by 
his  instigation  of  his  Cosin  S""  Tho.  Hanmer  ;  so  that  men  shall  say, 
Verily  thou  art  a  God  that  judgest  in  y"  earth. 

iS.  In  y*"  afternoon  I  heard  Cosin  Kirk  at  Hanmer,  con- 
cerning pleading  with  God  in  prayer — like  to  make  an  able  IMin' 
of  y"  New  Testam*,  if  God  bless. 

19.  The  first  Corn  I  ever  sold  in  Market  two  measures  of 
wheat,  at  3'  i*^  y^  measure,     blessed  bee  God  for  such  plenty. 

20.  I  went  to  Bryn  to  see  y*"  Acts  concerning  chimneyes, 
intending,  if  I  can,  to  get  off  Marg'  Powel. 

21.  I  went  to  ^Nlalpas,  procur'd  a  Certificate  of  Mr.  Holland 
— &c. 

22.  I  inquir'd  of  Mr.  Hanm'"  concer.  that  wherewith  I  was 
charg'd  as  having  Conventicles  at  my  house  by  night,  hee  said  hee 
knew  nothing,  if  it  had  been  so,  I  should  neither  deny,  nor  bee 
asham'd. 

23.  There  being  4"'  19'  charg'd  upon  this  Township  for 
church  &  poor,  y"^  churchwardens  would  take  all  for  y''  church  «S: 
leave  for  y*  poor  little  or  noth.  I  became  the  poore's  advocate, 
to  smal  purpose  yet — but  my  reward  is  with  my  God. 

26.  I  went  to  S'  Tho.  Hanm",  spake  about  y''  mear  hedge 
betw.  John  Rees  «S:  mee,  hee  promis'd  to  inquire  &  said  I  should 
have  no  ^\Tong.  wee  discours'd  about  y"  late  Imprisoning  us 
>&c.  &c. 


150  PHILIP  HENRY. 

28.  the  Queen'reported  to  bee  dead,  recovered.* 
Nov.  I.  AtWhitch.  T.  i  John.  i.  7.  if  I  walk  in  the  Hght  as 
God  is  in  the  Hght,  in  resp.  of  sincerity  and  cordial  endeavour, 
then  wee  have  fellowship  one  with  another,  union  &  communion, 
1  with  him  &  hee  with  mee,  (S:  y'^  blood  of  X'  his  son  cleanseth 
mee  from  all  sin. 

2.  3.  I  kept  y''  house  ;  my  distemper  is  heat  of  bloud,  inclining 
to  y*"  Feavour ;  lord  my  times  are  in  thy  hand  &  I  am  glad  in  my 
heart  that  y"  are  so,  my  time  of  healtli  tS:  sicknes,  my  time  of 
life  &  Death. 

4.  being  threatned  with  y''  Constableship  of  Tybroughton, 
w-''  John  Green  sh'^  have  serv'd,  but  y'  hee  is  thought  obnoxious, 
I  went  to  S''  Tho.  Hanmer  to  seek  a  Repreive,  till  next  year,  but 
twas  not  absolutely  granted.  Hee  told  mee  John  Rees  had  been 
w*  him,  &  thought  y"  hedge  were  mine,  several  of  y^  Trees  were 
his,  &  hee  would  keep  y™  nevertheles,  hee  promis'd  to  meet  mee 
y^''  to  see  further. 

5.  At  Malpas.  T.  Psal.  9.  11.  blessed  bee  God  for  y" 
mercy  of  y'-"  day.  Conclusion  made  with  y''  church-wardens  about 
y*"  ley  for  y''  poor,  24'  accepted  of,  y"  rest  in  regard  y'^  Township  had 
so  much  allow'd  y''  last  year,  &  in  regard  of  present  extraordinary 
repayTes  for  y^  church  they  kept  (y*"  whole  4"'  19'.) 

6.  7.  extream  payn  in  my  head  and  Teeth,  lord  give  ease,  & 
in  y'^  mean  time  patience,  much  wett.  a  great  judgm'.  seednes 
hindred. 

8.     Mr.  Bridge  at  chap,  in  y*"  morning.     T.  Rom.  5.  i.  a  most 

*  See  Pepys"  Diary,  October  17th  :  "Some  discourse  of  the  Queene's  being 
veiy  sick. "  October  1 9th  :  ' '  Waked  with  a  very  high  wind,[and  said  to  my  wife, 
I  pray  God  I  hear  not  of  the  death  of  any  great  person,  this  wind  is  so  high." 
"  Coming  to  St.  James'  I  hear  that  the  Queene  .  .  .  was  so  ill  as  to  be  shaved 
and  pidgeons  put  to  her  feet,  and  to  have  the  extreme  unction  given  her  by  the 
priests  who  were  so  long  about  it  that  the  doctors  were  angry.  The  King  they 
all  say  is  most  fondly  disconsolate  for  her,  and  weeps  by  her  which  makes  her 
weep."  October  20th  :  "  The  Queene's  sickness  is  the  spotted  fever,  as  full  of 
the  spots  as  a  leopard."  October  22nd:  '"This  morning  hearing  that  the 
Oueene  grows  worse  I  sent  to  stop  the  making  of  my  velvet  cloak,  till  I  see 
whether  she  lives  or  dies."'  October  24th  :  "  The  Queene  is  in  a  good  way  of 
recovery  and  Sir  Francis  Pridgeon  hath  got  great  honour  by  it,  it  being  all 
imputed  to  his  cordiall  which  in  her  dispaire  did  give  her  rest."  October  26th  : 
"Dr.  Pierce  tells  me  that  the  Queene  is  in  a  way  to  be  pretty  well  again,  but 
that  her  delirium  in  her  head  continues  still ;  that  she  talks  idle  not  by  fits, 
but  always,  which  in  some  lasts  a  \\  eek  after  so  high  a  fever,  in  some  more, 
and  in  some  for  ever." 


PHILIP  HENRY.  151 

full  Text,  a  most  empty  Sermon,  in  y"  aftern.  hee  came  not,  Wee 
stay'd  at  home,  lord,  water  y"  seed  ;  111  at  night  in  head  &  teeth, 
no  rest  till  after  sweating. 

9.  Bargain  made  w"'  Mr.  Tho.  Bridg.  for  Barn-room  at  6^  8'' 
a  bay.  5^  allow'"*  for  Tith-hay, — y^  rest  to  bee  pay'd  in  winter 
straw,  at  8"*  a  threave  for  thatch. 

10.  I  went  to  Robert  Bickley,  my  Freind,  lord,  bless  his 
Family  &  shew  kindness  to  him  &  his  children  for  Jesus  sake. 

12.  Wee  finislit  y"  reading  of  y"  old  Testam'  in  y''  family. 

13.  wee  began  y''  reading  of  y"  new  T.  lord  assist,  lord 
accept,  as  for  me  &  my  house  wee  will  serve  y"  lord. 

14.  winter  seedness  not  finisht  till  this  day. 

15.  much  rayn  all  da)',  w'^''  hindered  our  attendance  on 
publique  ordinances,  lord  meet  &  bless  at  home. 

16.  more  rayn,  a  great  judgm'  hindring  seedness  threatning 
scarcity. 

18.  I  went  to  Chester  with  Cosin  Jane  Benet,  y"  lord  preserv'd 
us  by  y^  way,  alone,  double,*  blessed  bee  his  name  ;  I  saw  Mr. 
Ratcliff,  Mrs.  Golborn  a  widow  indeed. 

19.  Cosin  Jane  Benet  prov'd  her  father's  will,  George  Mat- 
thewes,  dead  long  since,  but  Mr.  Hilton  put  her  to  it,  shee  took 
her  oath,  shee  gave  y''  10"'  (left  to  her  discretion)  to  Mr.  Steel 
to  dye  with  him.     wee  returnd  late  but  safe,  thankes  bee  to  God. 

22.  at  Whitch.  T.  i  Jolin  2.  25.  this  is  the  promise  which 
hee  hath  promis'd  us  (us  who  continue  in  y*  th.  which  wee  have 
heard  from  y""  beginning)  even  eternal  life.  Reports  of  a  Plot  in 
Yorkshire,  many  imprisoned,  lord  clear  up  y''  innocency  of  y^ 
innocent,  &  let  y^  sin  of  y*"  guilty  find  them  out. 

23.  24.  at  home,  not  well !  I  have  had  many  Items  of  dis- 
temper of  late,  blessed  bee  God  it  is  not  worse. 

26.  I  went  to  Malpas  to  see  Mrs.  Figes,  &  pray'd  with  her; 
lord  bless  the  meanes  &  spare  her  life,  to  her  family,  to  her 
friends,  to  y^  Church  of  God,  for  thy  mercy  sake  ;  y^  wayes  were 
very  fowl,  and  I  escaped  many  apparent  dangers,  blessed  bee  God. 

27.  I  sent  to  Mr.  Thomas,  out  of  my  poverty,  a  measure  of 
Pease  &  some  verjuice,  lord  provide  for  him  «S.:  all  thy  poor  out- 
casts throughout  the  three  nations. 

*  Pillions  were  in  common  use  up  to  1820. 


152  PHILIP  HENRY. 

28.  I  bless  God  for  quietness  in  my  house,  wherwith  a  dry 
morsel  is  better  then  a  house  full  of  sacrifices  without  it. 

29.  At  Whitch.  T.  I  John  2.  26.  concerning  seducers,  what 
hee  meant  I  know  not  but  I  know  how  I  apply  it — lord  give  us 
Pastors  after  thine  own  heart,  &  keep  me  6c  all  thy  people  in  y" 
way  of  truth  &  godliness  for  ever. 

30.  Time  is  running  into  eternity,  6  what  wisedom  tis  to 
redeem  it,  &  how  much  am  I  wanting  in  that  wisedom. 

12.  Rec'^  of  W"'  Benet  for  a  musket  w*  Mr.  Steel  gave 
mee,  8'. 

December  i.  \Vhereas  John  Green's  House  should  have  serv'd 
y^  Constableship  for  Tybroughton  this  year,  which  in  regard  of 
John  Green's  present  obnoxiousnes  would  have  been  my  charge, 
S""  Tho.  Hanmer  was  pleas'd  to  find  out  another,  but  next  year 
John  Stocton  is  to  serve,  e^  I  am  to  allow  him  5I 

2.  I  went  to  Whitch.  saw  some  freinds,  particularly  old  Mr. 
Hotchkis,  Mnason,  an  old  disciple. 

3.  Servants  dressing  hemp;  blessed  bee  God  for  my  wife 
every  way  my  helper. 

4.  Mr.  Holliman"  from  London,  where  hee  saith  liberty  is  in 
agitation  in  y"  Council,  God  grant  it. 

5.  The  first  considerable  frost  this  year.  Cattle  fodder'd 
abroad,  not  taken  in  yet. 

6.  Mr.  Bridge  at  chapel  in  y"  morning,  only  read  prayers  in  y'' 
aftern.  I  went  with  my  wife  to  Whitch.  in  y''  evening  I  taught 
my  family  from  2  Pet.  i.  4.    bless  lord. 

7.  I  had  an  ill  fitt  this  morning.  Colique  and  swooning,  but 
([uickly  over,  blessed  bee  God.  lord,  make  mee  to  know  my  end 
and  the  measure  of  my  dayes  what  it  is  that  I  may  know  how 
frayl  I  am. 

8.  Uncle  Benyon  sent  us  two  measures  of  malt.  Cosin 
Talbot  came  to  see  us.  lord  let  all  my  Freinds  bee  Freinds  to 
J.  X'. 

9.  Mr.  Steel's  mother  dyed,  sick  but  two  or  three  dayes — Mary 
Powel  thought  by  some  to  bee  bewitch't,  her  dame  (cal'd  Katharin 
of  y^  Pinfold)  is  said  to  have  kneel'd  down  &  curst  her ;  it  seemes 
shee  told  some  storyes  of  her  about  stealing — whether  true  or 
false  doth  not  yet  appear. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  1 53 

10.  workmen  cropping  in  Kay.  Shon.  morris,*  that  which  hath 
teen  growing  many  yeares  is  cut  down  in  a  moment. 

1 1.  nothing  troubles  mee  so  much  as  that  I  am  so  unprofitable 
in  my  generation,  lord  give  mee  wisedom,  that  seeing  I  may  not 
otherwise,  I  may  preach  in  all  my  discourses. 

12.  I  heard  of  y''  Death  of  my  worthy  Fr.  Mr.  Ambrose 
Moston,  who  dy'd  y''  last  week  at  london,  and  is  now  at  rest  in  y" 
lord  being  taken  away  from  y"  evil  to  come. 

13.  Mr.  Daxton,  of  Brasen  Nose,  an  Initiate  in  Theology, 
jireacht  at  chapel,  many  good  things  but  weak  utterance,  lord 
thrust  forth  faithful  skilful  labourers  into  the  Vineyard — Tis  mercy 
wee  have  bread,  though  it  be  not  as  it  hath  been  of  y''  finest  of  y*^ 
wheat. 

14.  a  begging  Min''  out  of  lancashire,  who  preacht  at  Hanmer 
yesterday,  &  had  a  colection  cal'd  on  mee  to  w"'  I  gave  a  mite 
to  make  way  for  a  word  of  reproof  &  counsel,  for  I  likt  not  ye 
narrative  of  his  case. 

15.  I  visited  Mr.  Adams.  Woodroft"  Eddow  of  the  lower  wich 
buryed  at  Malpas,  a  wicked  man  in  his  life,  &  I  hear  of  no  dis- 
coveryes  of  Repentance  at  his  Death,  lord  open  the  eyes  of  his 
companions  in  y*^  their  day. 

16.  Mr.  Lewes  came  to  see  mee  &  tarry'd  all  night,  wee  had 
much  discourse  together  of  present  things.  Dr.  Griffith  B""  of  y' 
Diocese  is  his  Freind  &  keepes  him  in  salvd  conscicntia. 

17.  I  went  with  him  to  uncle  Benyon's,  where  wee  tarry'd  all 
night,  my  wife  with  us,  Mathew  in  y'^  weaning. 

18.  wee  return'd,  all  well  at  home,  blessed  bee  God — lord 
spare  my  dear  wife  to  mee,  for  I  see  what  a  sad  miss  there  is  of 
my  Aunt  Benyon  at  Ash. 

19.  lord  cleanse  mee  from  my  Omissions,  the  world  thinkes 
iDetter  of  mee  then  I  doe  of  mys.  God  knows. 

22.  hopes  of  liberty  like  to  come  to  noth.  I  expect  wee  shall 
first  suffer  yet  harder  th.  then  these,  lord  fit  for  it,  &  get  thys. 
glory. 

24.  As  busy  as  people  are  to  prsepare  their  houses  for  christmas, 
so  &  much  more  busy  should  I  bee  to  praepare  my  heart  for  X'. 

25.  No  Preaching  at  chapp.  wherefore  I  stay'd  at  home,  making 

*  i.e.  field  of  John  Morris. 


154  PHILIP  HENRY. 

no  Conscience  of  ye  day  as  a  day  to  bee  kept  holy,  for  want  of 
divine  Institution.* 

26.  day  of  Prayer  at  W.  E.  lord  hear  in  heaven  &  pardon  the 
sins  of  this  good  bad  time. 

27.  At  ^Vhitch.  where  preacht  D''  F.  T.  i  Tim.  i.  15.  hee 
prov'd  y*"  Messiah  to  bee  come  &  that  Jesus  of  Nazareth  is  hee, 
which  I  doe  stedfastly  believe. 

29.  I  mett  Mr.  Sadler  at  Tilst.  where  wee  discourst  a  while 
together  and  blessed  bee  God  Avee  have  so  much  libert)-. 

30.  I  mett  Mr.  St.  at  llynbedith  f  where  wee  discourst  & 
pray'd  together,  lord  hear  in  heaven. 

31.  lord  forgive  mee  all  y'^  sins  of  this  year  past  in  y*"  bloud  of 
X'  &  accept  of  prayses  for  ye  mercyes  of  this  year  to  mee  &  mine 
and  to  all  y''  Israel  of  God.     Amen. 

Jan.  18.  I  heard  of  a  woman  that  continued  dumb  from  ye 
birth  of  her  first  child  till  ye  moment  of  ye  birth  of  her  second  &: 
then  shee  cry'd  out,  Two  mercyes,  meaning  speech  &  a  child. 

I  understand  since,  twas  John  Gough's  wife  of  Tilstock,  wham 
I  very  well  know. 

Agnoscit  se  Roma  ream,  non  miror,  amici 
Ad  cantum  Galli  pcenituisse  Petrum 

upon  y'  Pope's  submission  to  y'^  French. 

Christus  dixit  quodam  loco 
Vos  non  sic,  nee  dixit  joco. 
Dixit  suis,  ergo  isti, 
Cujus  sunt?  non  certe  Christi ! 

of  y^  Prelates. 

Hee  that  remembers  not  to  keep  y''  Christian  Sabbath  in  y" 
beginning  of  the  week,  will  bee  in  danger  to  forget  before  the  end 
of  y*^  week  that  hee  is  a  Christian.  Sir  Edw.  Turner.  Speaker,  in 
his  speech  at  y"  Prorogation.  July.  27. 

*  There  is  Httle  more  authority  in  the  Xew  Testament  for  observing  the 
first  day  of  the  ^^•eek.  Both  come  to  us  by  tlic  appointment  of  the  Church, 
though  at  different  dates. 

+  Llynbedydd  =  lake  of  baptism,  one  of  three  lakes  in  Hanmer  parish.  It 
is  probable  that  the  Bangor  monks,  and  St.  Chad,  the  great  missionary  in 
Mercia,  and  Bishop  of  Lichfield,  brought  their  converts  here  for  baptism. 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  155 

Sept.  14.  Reports  of  a  created  crop.  A  feild  of  Col.  Norton's 
near  Portsmouth  in  Hampsh.  sown  y*"  last  year  with  barley  this 
>ear  lay  fallow,  brought  forth  upon  the  fallow  a  Crop  of  wheat, 
which  being  ripened  in  a  fortniglit's  space,  was  ground  &:  bakt,  &: 
y'"  bread  good. 

Mr.  Sadler  told  mee  of  a  Hen,  near  ludlow,  which  being  black- 
before  gradually  became  all  white,  since  Bartholomew- — 62.  vs:  now 
lately  begins  in  y"  same  manner  to  turn  black  again. 

Reports  of  a  puddle  of  water  in  lancash.  which  burns  to  a 
coal  what  stickes  and  wood  are  put  into  it.  Mr.  Hills  man  put  in 
his  staff  &  when  hee  took  it  out  lighted  Tobacco  with  it. 

Octob.  27.  Two  only  children  of  Thomas  Richards  of  linea  one 
seven  yeares  old,  t'other  in  y'' weaning  were  drown'd  near  a  Mill,  y'" 
former  not  baptiz'd  till  ye  later  was  born. 

John  Alcroft  an  Inn  Keeper  in  Knutsford  forct  to  drink  healths 
by  some  company  in  his  House  (Capt.  Needham.  Cornet  Stringer 
&c.,  as  I  am  inform'd)  fell  down  dead  amongst  them  with  y''  cup 
in  his  hand. 

Tis  obvious  to  observe,  At  fowr  seA-eral  times  &  upon  4.  several 
occasions  ]\Iin"  have  been  silenc"t  &  turn'd  out  of  their  places, 
and  yet  still  after  a  time,  more  or  less,  restor'd  again.* 

1.  in  Q.  Mary's  dayes,  bee.  they  would  not  close  with  Poper\- 
at  y*  return  of  it,  but  that  interdict  lasted  under  5.  yeares  being 
taken  off  upon  Q.  Elisabeth's  coming  to  the  Crown. 

2.  in  Q.  Elisabeth's,!  K.  James'  &  King  Charles'  dayes,  bee. 
y"  could  not  conform  to  y"  Hierarchy  &  C^remonyes,  and  this 
Interdict  lasted  long,  even  till  the  long  Parliam'  A.  1640.  but 
was  y'"  taken  off. 

*  "The  tendency  of  the  Puritans  was  to  ally  themselves  with  the  French 
and  Swiss  Calvinists,  and  with  them  to  make  their  sole  appeal  to  .Scripture,  as 
interpreted  by  each  man's  reason  and  conscience.  This  French  system  has  been 
found  in  practice  to  favour  mental  servitude.  For  the  obedience  claimed  for  the 
mere  letter  of  a  book  becomes,  ere  long,  inevitably  transferred  to  the  inter- 
preting of  that  book,  and  the  despotism  of  a  Pope — who  may  at  least  die — is 
replaced  by  that  of  an  oligarchy  whose  watchful  dogmatism  never  dies,  and  whose 
tyranny  leaves  open  only  one  way  of  escape — secession.  This  the  Englishman 
of  the  sixteenth  century,  confused  and  deafened  by  the  clamour  of  a  Puritanism 
which  could  never  make  up  its  mind  whether  to  conform  or  to  secede,  was  not  slow 
to  adopt." — Curleis,  "  Bam]3ton  Lectures  "  for  1871,  p.  64. 

t  The  Independents  seceded  in  156S  from  the  English  Church;  the 
Romanists  in  1570;  the  Baptists  in  1633. 


156  PHILIP  HENRY. 

3.  under  y*"  long  Parliam'  many  ]\Iin''  were  sequestred  & 
silenced,  for  Malignancy  &  not  covenanting.* 

4,  many  others  after  y*^  K.  death  for  not  engaging,  to  bee  true 
to  the  Common-wealth,!  as  then  establisht,  both  which  restraynts 
though,  much  remitted  before,  yet  quite  ceas'd  at  the  coming  in  of 
the  King.  A.  1660. 

And  now  more  Min''^  are  silenc't  i  &  with  more  severity  y"" 
ever,  by  the  Act  of  Aug.  24.  and  who  amongst  us  can  tell,  for 
how  long.  This  only  I  know,  hee  that  hath  deliver'd  doth  deliver 
.&:  wee  trust  also  hee  will  yet  deliver. 

Script.  Mar.  31.   1663. 

The  lord  is  my  rrotection,  I  sliall  not  fall 

what  need  I  fear. 
The  lord  is  my  Portion,  I  shall  not  want 
what  need  I  care. 

The  6  day  math  (which  prov'd  8  days  in  y*"  mowing)  yeelded 
this  year  12  good  jags  of  hay,  for  half  whereof  I  had  of  Cosin 
Thomas  Jackson  &  Mr.  Thomas  together  2"*  3'. 

A  list  of  my  fellowT-*risoners  at  Hanmer.  Oct  10.  1663 — 
Mr.  luke  lloyd  Nicholas  Hemlock 

Mr.  Rich  Steel  Richard  Bloud 

*  It  is  said  that  eight  thousand  episcopal  clergy  were  ejected.  This  numlier 
is  derived  from  White,  the  author  of  the  century.  Gauden's  calculation  is  founded 
on  his  assertion  that  "one-half  of  the  clergy  were  sequestered."  Bishop  Short 
thinks  a  smaller  number  (Short's  "  History  of  Church  of  England,"  chap.  xiii. 
p.  443).  "  Clergymen  of  respectable  character  were  not  only  ejected  from  their 
Ijenefices  by  thousands,  but  were  frequently  exposed  to  the  outrages  of  a 
fanatical  rabble"  (Macaulay's  "  History  of  England,"  vol.  i.  chap.  ii.). 

t  It  is  a  curious  fact  that  the  Presbyterians  themselves  were  in  their  turn 
called  malignants  in  and  after  1649,  and  treated  accordingly.  Reynolds  was 
turned  out  of  the  deanery  of  Christ  Church.  Prideaux'  views  of  Archbishop 
Laud  underwent  a  complete  change  when  he  had  to  pass  through  something  of 
the  same  kind  of  treatment  as  the  archbishop. 

%  It  is  hard  to  judge  correctly  of  one's  own  losses.  The  hint  given  by 
Philip  Henry  has  been  made  the  most  of  by  "bicentenary"  orators.  "A 
careful  examination  of  Calamy's  list  shows  that  for  all  statistical  purposes  it  is 
worthless.  In  London  lie  represents  the  ejectments  as  amounting  to  293,  the 
truth  being  that  on  the  highest  possible  computation  they  only  amount  to  127. 
In  Essex  more  than  half  the  cases  which  stand  upon  his  roll  were  not  true 
cases  of  ejectment.  In  Hertfordshire  four-fifths  of  his  list  disappear  under 
investigation.  In  short,  .  .  .  unbiassed  incjuiry  would  strike  off  from  the  cele- 
brated catalogue  of  '  two  thousand  confessors  '  no  less  than  twelve  hundred 
names"  (Curteis,  "  Bampton  Lectures,"  p.  68,  n.). 


PHILIP  HENRY.  1 57 

Mr.  John  Holliman  Thomas  Bartlam 

John  Haddocks  William  Philips 

Thomas  Bedward  ^^■illiam  Griffith 

John  Fletcher  Edward  Smith  a  quaker 
John  Green 

Jime  12.  I  heard  of  a  cow  in  Dyffijn  Clwyd,  which  calved 
lately  fowr  calves  at  once  &  all  alive.* 

A  woman  in  Wrexham  having  been  long  distemper'd  &  taken 
much  Phisique,  took  someth.  of  an  Italian  Mountebank  wh.  caus'd 
her  to  voyd  a  worm  7.  yardes  long,  which  Mr.  lewis  told  mee  hee 
saw,  and  shee  is  since  recovered. 

— Mr.  Cook  imprison'd  in  Chester,  by  letter  from  y*"  Bishop 
according  to  y^  Act  for  uniformity,  his  fault  was  repeating  in  his 
House,  where  many  people  were  present,  hee  chose  y"  common 
Prison,  where  hee  hath  liberty  to  preach  every  day  to  ye  Prisoners, 
his  chamber  is  cal'd  y''  Freeman's  chamber. 

Mr.  Taylor  &  many  more  about  "Wrexham  bound  over  to 
appear  at  Quarter-Sessions,  for  a  private  meeting  in  which  yei  were 
deprehended. 

Jidy  14.  hX  quarter-sessions,  with  much  opprobrious  language, 
especially  from  S"  Richard  ^V'in  f  of  Guedur,  they  were  bound 
over  to  ye  great  Assize,  &  to  y*^  good  behavior,  &  some  y'  being 
strangers  could  not  find  suretyes,  for  twas  at  llan-rust,  were  com- 
mitted to  prison.  At  y''  Assize  y"  who  took  y*"  Oath  of  Allegiance 
were  acquitted,  y^  rest  imprison'd  :  Mr.  Bostock  y^  Prosecutor 
was  bury'd  y^  first  day  of  y^  Assize — Digitus  Dei. 

Ju7ie  24.  This  week  dyed  in  Chester  a  servant  to  Giovanni, 
an  Italian  Mountebank,  known  by  y®  name  of  his  Apothecaiy,  who 
received  some  blowes  about  3.  weekes  since  upon  y"  stage  in  Wrex- 
ham, in  a  scuffle  with  Mr.  Puleston  of  Emeral  ('twas  June  4,  y*^ 

*  This  sort  of  cow  is  called  liy  country  peo])lt;  a  "free-martin."  Of  the 
calves  the  males  will  not  procreate,  hut  the  females  will. 

t.This  Sir  Richard  Wynn  succeeded  his  father  Sir  Owen  Wynn  in  1668. 
By  his  wife  Sara,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Myddclton,  Bart.,  of  Chirk  Castle, 
he  left  one  child,  Mary  Wynn,  who  married  Robert  Bertie,  Duke  of  Ancaster, 
and  Gwydir  thus  descended  to  the  Baroness  Willoughby  d'Eresby. 

It  must  have  been  by  Sir  Richard  Wynn  that  the  Duke  of  Beaufort — the 
last  but  one  of  the  Lords  President  of  the  Welsh  March — was  entertained  at 
Gwydir  in  1684.     Sir  Ricliard  Wynn  \\as  chamberlain  to  Queen  Katharine. 


I  5  8  rillL  IP  HENR  V. 

day  on  which  liis  eldest  son  Roger  was  born — )  since  wliich  hee 
hath  been  sick  and  is  now  dead. 

y?//}'  I.  This  day  WiUiam  Ball  was  found  dead  by  y"  way  side 
near  Malpas  not  far  from  his  house,  snppos'd  to  have  bin  drunk. 

y///i'  2.  this  week  lord  Buckhurst  &  S''  Chas.  Sidley  were 
arrayn'd  at  y''  King's  Bench  &  fined  for  Debauchery.  Being  in 
Covent  Garden  at  a  house  known  by  y"  name  of  Oxford  Kate's 
they  had  six  dishes  of  meat  brought  in  by  six  naked  women,  after 
dinner  y"  went  forth  in  their  shirts  into  y**  Balcony  &  there  shewing 
Bottles  of  wine  y"  proclaym'd,  Ho  every  one  y*  thirsteth  come  yee 
to  ye  waters- — &c.  they  drank  a  health  to  y*"  salvation  of  Judas  & 
another  to  y"  Babe  of  Bethlehem,  after  all  y"  said,  come  now  let 
us  goe  in  &  make  lav.-es  for  y''  nation,  the  one  or  both  being,  as 
y"  say,  Parliam'  men. 

This  was  written  in  a  letter  from  Mr.  Joshua  Hotchkis  to  his 
Brother  in  law  Ralph  Eddow — 

I  hear  since,  only  .S''  Charles  Sidley  was  arraigned  &  fin'd 
4000"",  lord  Buckhurst  having  made  an  escape. 

This  is  that  lord  Buckhurst  who,  tis  said,  murther'd  y"  Tanner 
last  year  upon  ye  road  near  london  * — if  so,  evil  men  wax  worse 
&  worse. 

J^u/j'  27.  Parliam'  prorogued  till  March  &  subsidyes  given  to 
ye  King — two  to  bee  jmyd  November  next,  two  in  May.  Great 
expectacoh  of  an  Act  about  Conformity  &  Conventicles,  but  they 
were  not  compleated  &  so  not  pass'd :  An  Act  call'd  an  Act  for 
y*"  Sabbath  was  made  ready,  but  somehow  or  other  was  missing 
w"  ye  King  should  have  pass'd  it,  utrum  gaudendum  an  dolendum 
nescio,  for  yei  say,  it  did  declare,  what  sports  were  to  bee  accounted 
lawful  on  ye  Sabbath  day. 

*  On  February  25,  i66-^,  Pepys  writes  :  "This  day  in  the  Xews-booke  I 
fmd  that  my  lord  Buckhurst  and  his  fellows  have  ]3rinted  their  case.  .  .  .  that 
they  were  in  ]3ursuit  of  thieves,  and  that  they  took  this  man  for  one  of  them, 
and'  so  killed  him.  .  .  .  but  I  doubt  things  will  be  proved  otherwise  than  they 
say."  The  character  of  this  Charles  Sackville,  afterwards  sixth  Earl  of  Dorset, 
is  drawn  by  Prior,  and  by  Johnson  in  his  "  Lives  of  the  Poets."  The  hitter, 
referring  to  the  scandal  in  Covent  (harden,  says  that  they  were  intoxicated,  and 
that  Sedley  was  lined  five  hundred  pounds  for  the  misdemeanor,  the  sentence 
upon  the  others  being  not  known.  He  also  adds,  ".Sedley  employed  Killigrew 
and  another  to  procure  a  remission  from  the  King  ;  but  (mark  the  friendship 
of  the  dissolute)  they  begged  the  fine  for  themselves,  and  exacted  it  to  the  last 
groat."     See  Pepys'  Diary  for  July  i,  1663. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  159 

The  contest  between  the  Chancellor  &  Digby,  liusht  for  a  time. 
July  2  2.  Archibald  Johnston  laird  Vv'arton  *  was  executed  in 
Scotland  upon  a  Clibbet  two  &  twenty  foot  high.  An  active  man 
in  ye  time  of  y"  long  Parliam',  especially  in  Promoting  y*  solemn 
league  and  Covenant  which  hee  professedly  acknowledged  at  his 
Death,  as  appears  by  his  speech,  without  regret,  but  for  his  com- 
plyance  in  the  usurpation  afterwards  hee  declar'd  his  sorrow  for  it 
<S:  crav'd  of  God  forgivenes  for  ye  same. 

Aug.  14.  Mr.  George  Bostock  of  Holt,  Justice  of  Peace,  dyed. 
His  death  occasioned  by  a  surfet  of  drink  which  hee  took  at  ye 
time  of  ye  quarter-sessions  at  Uanrust  whither  hee  had  bound  over 
certain  of  ye  Inhabitants  in  &  about  Wrexham  who  were  depre- 
hended  at  y''  meeting  to  their  no  small  trouble;  And  now  just 
before  ye  Assize  ye  lord  took  him  away  by  a  remarkable  stroke  for 
verily  hee  is  a  God  y'  judgeth  in  the  earth;  6  that  men  might 
hear  &  fear,  &  lord,  goe  on  to  plead  ye  cause  of  thy  poor  sufifring 
people  in  all  the  three  nations  for  Jesus  sake — This  Bostock  I 
have  heard  formerly  at  Emeral  wickedly  glorying  in  his  shame  & 
boasting  of  filthiness  which  I  dare  say  hee  was  not  guilty  of,  such 
a  height  of  ungodlines  was  hee  come  to. 

Sept.  25.  Reports  of  sad  inrodes  made  by  ye  Turkes  upon 
Germany,  Vienna  beseig'd  and  Prague,  &  Presburgh.j 

Oct.  26.  Reports  of  ye  Death  of  Queen  Katharin  it  prov'd 
otherwise. 

Nov.  9.  ^Ir.  Morgan's  wife  of  Whitch.  was  brought  to  bed  of 
three  sons,  baptized  Hananiah,  Azariah,  &  Mishael — they  all 
three  dy'd  within  the  fortnight — all  very  like  in  face  to  one 
another. 

It  is  reported  of  the  grand  Segnior  Mahomet  the  4"',  hearing 
of  ye  restitution  of  Charles  y*^  2''  that  hee  should  say,  If  hee  were 
to  chuse  his  God  or  his  Religion,  hee  would  chuse  the  King  of 
England's. 

It  is  suppos'd  the  present  expedition  into  Plungary  is  like  to 
bee  the  fore-runner  of  great  mutations  &  changes  in  the  Christian 
world. 

*  See  Burnet's  "  History  of  his  Own  Time,"'  vol.  i.  p.  203,  fol. 

t  From  1661  to  1664  there  was  war  with  Austria  for  the  supremacy  of  Tran- 
sylvania. There  was  a  great  defeat  of  the  Turks  in  1664,  Ijut  it  was  not  till 
1684  that  Xeuhaussel  was  recovered. 


l6o  rniLIP  HENRY. 

Sept.  14.  New-hausel  was  taken  upon  Articles,  after  the  loss- 
of  17.  or  18000  men  in  two  Assaults. 

Dec.  16.  Mr.  lewis  told  mee  concerning  S''  Evan  Uoyd,  who 
dy'd  in  October  last  that  not  long  before  his  death  hee  told  him  in 
Wrexham,  hee  was  struck  suddenly  upon  his  leg,  as  he  was  walking 
in  the  feilds,  and  that  hee  did  beleive  it  did  bode  his  Death,  like 
as  a  stroke  in  y''  same  place  had  done  his  wife's  not  long  before, 
three  weekes  before  shee  dy'd,  which  came  to  pass  accordingly. 

May  5.  my  dear  aunt  Benyon  dy'd.  Shee  was  daughter  to 
Mr.  Knight  of  Shrewsb.  &  had  been  marry'd  about  2  7,  y.  to  my 
uncle  Benyon  by  whom  .shee  had  issue  now  living  Daniel,  Martha, 
Mary,  Sarah,  Elisabeth  :  Shee  was  the  fittest  wife  for  him  in  the 
world  being  patient  &  prudent  in  opposition  to  his  passion  &  rash- 
ness. Shee  was,  I  verily  beleive,  one  that  truly  feared  God,  and 
was  taught  to  doe  so  from  her  youth.  Shee  was  of  y"  mourners  in 
Sion,  laying  much  to  heart  y*"  sins  &  sufferings  of  ye  times.  Shee 
Avas  provident  &  diligent  in  family  Affayres,  laying  her  hands  to  y'' 
spindle,  &  her  hands  held  ye  distaff.  Shee  was  an  inward,  real, 
true  hearted  friend,  eminent  for  humility  &  self  denyal :  witness  y' 
expression  of  hers,  w"  speaking  of  her  children.  I  said  I  did  not 
doubt  but  God  had  a  kindness  in  store  for  y"'  for  her  sake,  shee 
answer'd,  for  my  sake,  alas  !  poor  things  if  it  bee  not  for  another's 
sake  then  mine  y"'  are  undone.  She  enjoyn'd  mee  to  write  to  Col. 
Hunt  to  bee  a  Freind  to  them  ;  the  lord  bee  their  Freind. 

The  diary  for  1665,  as  well  as  those  for  1680-1684, 
belong-  to  Miss  Osborn,  of  Foregate  Street,  Worcester, 
to  whom  I  am  much  indebted  for  the  loan  of  them,  and 
of  other  manuscripts. 

1665. 

Covenants  renewed  in  y"^  particu:  i.  by  y*-'  lords  help  &  purpose 
to  bee  more  substantial  in  secret  worship. 

2.  more  sparing  of  precious  time. 

3.  more  constant  in  reading  the  scrip,  alone  «!'  meditating  in. 
them. 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  l6l 

4.  more  careful  to  improve  all  opportunityes  of  doing  good 
to  souls,  not  only  taking,  but  seeking  them. 

5.  less  fearful  about  events,  when  in  a  way  of  duty,  in  all  w'''  I 
have  lately  mist  it,  but  y*  lord  has  pardoned  mee  in  X  Jesus. 

When  Y  fl^il  of  Affliction  6:  lord  is  upon  mee,  let  mee  not  bee 
as  y*  chaff  that  flyes  in  the  face,  but  as  y*"  Corn  that  lyes  at  thy  feet. 

To  one  complayning  of  weakness  in  dut}-,  remember  two  th. 
I.  That  you  are  not  under  the  law,  but  under  grace.  2.  That 
you  are  on  earth  &  not  in  Heaven. 

Hee  that  would  not  dye  when  hee  must  &  hee  y'  would  dye 
when  hee  must  not,  both  these  are  alike  Cowards. 

January  8.  The  Quasstion  was,  what  are  good  Argum.  against 
Sin? 

A.  I.  one  sayd,  to  consider,  if  I  sin  I  must  repent  of  it,  and 
repentance  is  made  up  of  shame  &  sorrow  iNc  hath  much  bitternes 
in  it,  et  ego  not  tanti  emam  pcenitere. 

2.  To  consider,  sin  is  against  God,  &  how  shall  I  doe  this 
great  wickednes  &  sin  against  God,  the  gi'eat  God  &  a  great  King 
above  all  Gods. 

3.  Another  sayd,  to  consider  that  sin  is  pleasing  to  the  Devil, 
and  shall  I  doe  that  which  gratifyes  him,  who  doth  all  hee  can  to 
destroy  mee. 

4.  Another  sayd.  To  consider  y''  reflection  of  sin  upon  J.  X' 
how  it  greives,  peirces,  &  openly  shames  him,  my  dear  redeemer 
who  shed  his  bloud  to  redeem  &  ransom  my  soul  from  sin. 
And  of  this  it  was  sayd,  as  of  Goliahs  sword,  none  like  it. 

5.  Another  sayd.  To  consider  y'^  vowes  of  God  which  are  upon 
us,  especi.  y^  great  vow  of  our  Baptism. 

6.  To  consider,  though  I  may  not  bee  damned  for  this  sin  here- 
after, yet  I  may  bee  sorely  chastned  for  it  here ;  as  David. 

7.  The  consideration  of  Death  &  Judgm'  &  y^  account  that 
must  bee  rendred  w"  ever)'  secret  th.  shall  bee  reveal'd. 

8.  If  it  bee  a  publique  Sin,  to  consider  the  Scandal  of  it  to 
Religion,  besides  y*  harm  it  may  doe  as  a  bad  example  &c. 

Questions  in  family-Conference 
Saturday-Evenings. 
Feb.  4.     Q.   How  far  a  man  may  goe  tow"''  Heaven  and  yet 
fall  short. 

M 


1 62  PHILIP  HENRY. 

A.  in  general,  a  great  way. 
Mar.  12.  34.  almost.     Acts.  26.  28. 
in  particular.     1.  A  man  may  have  a  great  deal  of  knowledge, 
I  Cor.  13.  I.  2.  even  so  much  as  to  teach  others.      Mat.  7.  22. 

2.  Hee  may  bee  free  from  many  nay  from  any  gross  sin. 
Ink.  18.  II. 

3.  Hee  may  perform  not  only  some  but  all  manner  of  external 
Dutyes  of  Religion,  Pray,  Fast,  give  Almes,  Math.  6.  1.  2.  &c. 

4.  Hee  may  bee  a  lover  of  good  men — as  Herod,  Pharoh, 
Darius.  5.  Hee  may  repent  after  a  sort,  as  Ahab,  and  believe 
after  a  sort,  as  Simon  Magus. 

6.  Hee  may  suffer  much  for  Religion,  as  no  doubt  Judas  did, 
whilst  a  retayner  to  X*. 

1.  use.  If  a  man  may  goe  thus  far  and  yet  fall  short,  then 
what  will  becom  of  those  that  goe  not  near  so  far. 

2.  Then  what  need  have  wee  to  look  about  us,  and  to  make 
sure  of  Regeneration  &  Sincerity,  wliich  are  things  that  certainly 
accompany  Salvation. 

Feb.  II.  Q.  what  are  the  common  Hindrances  of  mens 
Salvation  ? 

A.  I.   Ignorant.    John  4.  10. 

2.  Unbelief— y^i/^//  5.  40. 

3.  love  of  y"  world — 2  Tim.  4.  10. 

4.  Pride— men  will  not  stoop  to  bee  saved  by  y"  righteousnes 
of  X'  Rom.  10.  3.  nor  to  bee  rul'd  by  the  lawes  of  X'  hi.  19. 14 

5.  Prsejudice,  agt  y"  wayes  of  God,  &  agt  y"  company  that 
walkes  in  them,  their  paucity,  their  poverty. 

6.  Praesumption,  upon  God's  mercy,  &:  upon  long  life. 

use.  See  that  none  of  y''  hinder  us,  especially  now  being  fore 
warned. 

Feb.  I S.     Q.  what  are  y''  Ingredients  of  true  repentance  ? 
A.    I.  Inward,  hearty  sorrow — Zech.  12.  10. 

2.  Hatred  of  sin  &  of  self  bee.  of  sin.    Job.  42.  6. 

3.  apprehension  of  y"  mercy  of  God  in  X'  Math.  3.  2. 

4.  partic.  confession  w*''  shame  &  blushing  i  John.  i.  7. 

5.  a  special  eye  to  original  sin.     Ps.  51.  5. 

6.  reformation  of  life.     Pr.  28.  13.  Heb.  6.  i. 


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7.  restitution  in  case  of  wrong  to  man.     Ink.  19.  8, 
Feb.  25.     Q.  what  motives  to  Repentance? 
A.  I.  the    shortnes    of    life    &  imcertainty  of   y"   Space,  for 
Repentance.     Rev.  2.  21. 

2.  the  misery  &  danger  of  Inpoenitency.     Ink.  13.  3.  5. 

3.  the  command  of  God.     Act.  17.  30.  31. 

4.  the  goodnes  of  God.    Rom.  2.  4.    his  readines  to  forgive  us 
upon  our  rep.     Ps.  86,  5. 

5.  the  Gosp.  gracious  Invitations  of  J.  X'.     Math.  3.  2. 

6.  there  is  no  other  way  to  pdon  &  reconciHation — tis  unica 
Tabula  post  naufragiu. 

Mar.  4.     Q.  what  is  it  to  beleive  in  J.  X'  for  salvation. 
A.  I.  tis  to  come  to  X}  Math.  11.  2Z.  John.  6.  37 — 5.  40.     by 
unbelief  wee  depart  from  him.     Heh.  3.  12. 

2.  tis  to  lean  upon  X'  Cant.  8.  5.  forsaking  all  other  leaning 
stockes  whatsoever. 

3.  tis  to  look  upon  X'  John.  3.  14.  15.  look  unto  mee  & 
bee  yee  saved. 

4.  tis  to  receive  &  accept  of  X'  as  hee  is  offred  in  y*"  pro- 
mise to  bee  lord  &  King  as  well  as  Preist  &  Savior,  giving  ours, 
to  him  2inreservedly.     2  Cor.  8.  5.     Hos.  3.  3. 

Mar.  II.     Q.  What  is  required  to  an  acceptable  good  work? 
A.  I.  That  y"  pson  bee  accepted.    Math.  12.  34. 

2.  Sincerity — -i.  in  eyeing  the  command  of  God  as  y"  rule. 

2.    y^    glory   of   God    as    y''    end.   i    Cor.   10.  31. 
habitually  if  not  alwayes  actually. 

3.  faith  in  J.  X'  both  for  As.sistance,  y^//;^  15.  5  and  Accept- 
ance.    Math.  3.  17. 

4.  The  love  of  X*  2.  Cor.  5.  14. 

Mar.  18.     Q.  What  evidences  of  love  to  God. 
A.  I.  Hatred  of  Sin.   Fs.   97.   11.    and  that  esp.  bee.  it  dis- 
honors him. 

2.  care  to  keep  his  commandm"  John  14.  15.  &  that  of 
•choice  &  with  delight,     i  Johji.  5.  3. 

3.  love  to  the  people  of  God,  qua  tales,      i  Joh.  3,  14. 

4.  willingnes  to  p'  with  any  th.  for  his  sake.     Gen.  22.  12. 

5.  desire  of  fellowship  w"'  him  in  his  Ordinances,  Cant.  i.  2. 


164  PHILIP  HENRY. 

6.  greif  w"  hee  withdrawes,  as  one  Freind  in  the  absence  of 
another. 

7.  love  &  longing  for  y*^  appearance  of  X'. 

8.  mourning  that  wee  can  love  him  no  more. 

Mar.  25.     Q.  How  to  express  love  to  our  neighbour? 
A.  I.  by  praying  for  him,  even  for  all  men.      i    Tim.   2.    i. 
even  for  enemyes.     Math.  5.  44. 

2.  by  reproving  him.  lev.  ig.  17.  unless  hee  bee  a  scorner,  w"' 
wee  are  not  rashly  to  conclude. 

3.  by  not  envying  him,  because  either  of  what  hee  is,  or  hath,. 
or  doth,  I.  Cor.  13.  4.  but  rather  rejoycing.     Rom.  12.  15. 

4.  doing  to  him  as  we  would  have  him  to  doe  to  us.  Math. 
7.  12. 

5.  being  tender  of  his  name,  neither  to  raise  nor  receive  an 
ill  report  agt.  him.     Pr.  25.  23. 

6.  if  a  superior,  wee  are  to  honor  &  respect  him,  if  an  equal 
or  inferior  to  bee  affable  &  courteous  &  condescending  tow'' 
him. 

7.  if  good  to  associate  with  him,  Ps.  16.  2.  if  bad  to  pity  him 
is:  pray  for  him,  but  not  bee  over-familiar  Avith  him. 

see  y*"  rest  elsewhere. 

1665. 

January  2.  3  men  at  work — 500  iS:  40.  Shingles.  5  score  &:  4 
bottoms,  and  40.  bowk  staves,  which  came  to  iil 

4.  Cosins  with  us  from  Whitch.  I  have  hopes  of  Cosin 
M  .  .  .  H  .  .  .   y'  God  hath  begun  a  good  work  in  her. 

8.  Mr.  Daxton  at  chap.  T.  Act  14.  22.  and  that  wee  must 
through  much  affliction  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God,  then  the 
will  of  the  lord  bee  done  !  so  that  may  bee  the  End  of  my  Journey, 
let  the  way  bee  such  as  pleases  God,  nunc  deprimuntur  electi  ut 
olim  assurgant  instar  palmarum. 

9.  I  visited  Mr.  Adams,  askt  him,  w"  hee  meant  to  preach 
again,  hee  answer'd,  av"  y*"  weather  is  warmer ;  pity,  such  a  Candle 
should  put  hims.  under,  especially  now  ay"  so  many  are  put  b>- 
others  under  a  Bushel. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  165 

10.  !\Ir.  Edw.  J'uleston,  yongest  son  of  my  Patron  iS:  Freind 
Judge  Puleston,  was  buryd  this  day  at  Gresford. — bee  dy'dycw.  6. 
his  \\{<i  was  bad  and  his  badnes  of  life  hastened  his  end.  not  merito- 
riously only  but  efficiently.  Hee  was  once  a  part  of  my  immediate 
charge  and  I  fear  I  did  not  doe  my  duty  towards  him,  wherein 
y''  lord  forgive  mee  ! 

11.  I  went  to  Tilstock,  purposing  to  goe  thence  to  Cos. 
Talbots,  but  did  not,  I  went  to  light-each  &  return'd  at  night  to 
my  own  hive,  blessed  bee  God. 

14.  I  went  to  Whitch.  Some  smal  difference  'tween  y" 
Feoffees  and  Mr.  Edwards,  which  I  endeavour'd  to  compose. 
Wee  came  to  Wil.  Turners,  who  had  newly  Swooned  with  a  prick 
of  an  awl  in  y^  palm  of  his  hand  &:  yet  escapt  with  life  in 
Hamilton's  invasion  though  a  Bullet  were  shot  through  his 
Body. 

15.  At  Whitch.  Dr.  Fowler  T.  i  Tim.  3.  16.  Seen  of  angels  ; 
blessed  bee  God  for  y"  Guardianship  and  all  the  other  Ministryes 
of  the  Angels  to  mee  &  to  all  the  Elect  of  Ciod. 

16.  Wee  din'd  at  Bronn.  where  was  Uncle  Hotchkis.  Two 
Kine  from  Mr.  Mainwaring  at  7"'. 

17.  exchang'd  with  Mr.  Thomas,  my  common-place-book, 
wherein  someth.  written,  for  a  larger  of  clean  paper. 

18.  war  like  to  bee  with  the  Dutch,  the  lord  of  hosts  is  the 
God  of  Jacob — Capt.  Holmes  *  imprison'd  in  y"  Tower,  who  tis 
said  began  the  quarrel  at  Ginny. 

19.  New  Common-place-book  t  ruld  and  prcepared,  wherein  I 
purpose  to  take  payn'es — non  sera  si  seria. 

*  In  1664  Sir  Robert  Holmes  was  secretly  despatched  with  a  squadron  of 
twenty-two  ships  to  the  coast  of  Africa.  He  not  only  expelled  the  Dutch  from 
Cape  Corse,  to  which  the  English  had  some  pretensions  ;  he  likewise  seized  the 
Dutch  settlements  of  Cape  Verde  and  the  Isle  of  Goree.  Going  to  America, 
he  possessed  himself  of  Nova  Belgia,  since  called  New  York,  a  territory  which 
James  I.  had  given  by  patent  to  the  Earl  of  Stirling,  but  which  had  never  been 
])lanted  but  by  the  Hollanders.  When  the  States  complained,  the  king,  un- 
willing to  avow  what  he  could  not  well  justify,  pretended  to  be  ignorant  of 
Holmes's  enterj^rise.  He  likewise  confined  that  admiral  to  the  Tower,  but 
some  time  after  released  him. 

t  This  book  is  seventeen  inches  by  eleven  and  a  half.  There  are  1264  pages, 
double  columns,  and  it  is  about  one-third  filled  with  notes  in  Philip  Henry's 
close  handwriting.  On  the  last  page  are  the  words,  "  scribere  est  agere."  It 
belonged  till  lately  to  Mrs.  Grace  Keay  Lee,  of  Redbrook. 


1 66  PHILIP  HENRY. 

20.  I  heard  of  y*^  Death  of  S''  Richard  Grosvenor,*  a  bitter 
enemy  unto  God's  people,  in  Cheshire — sic  omnes  inimici. 

21.  I  visited  Margt  Bedward,  who  hath  layn  long  under  sore 
buffetings  of  temtation,  and  under  sad  perplexing  doubts  and 
feares  and  will  not  be  comforted,  lord,  doe  thou  speak  peace  to 
her  &  let  y*"  bones  which  thou  hast  broken  rejoyce.  Shee  hatli 
had  sometimes  blasphemous  injections  from  y**  evil  spirit,  & 
somet.  hath  spoken  folly  w"'  her  tongue  but  mournes  for  it  afterw. 
&  I  believe  hates  it,  lord,  set  her  free. 

2  2.  At  Whitch.  T.  I  Tim.  3.  16.  preached  unto  the  Crentiles, 
beleived  on  in  y"  world.  6  y*  it  were  so  to  all  y*"  Gentiles  &  in  all 
the  world. 

John  Madocks,  Tho.  Kinaston,  &  Andrew  Ridgway,  excom- 
municated at  Hanmer. 

23.  I  went  with  freinds  to  Alsager,  vulg.  Auger,  near  Bar- 
tomley  in  Chesh.  in  safety,  blessed  bee  God  iS:  with  a  full 
purpose  to  doe  good. 

24.  Elizabeth  Alsager  bury'd,  y"  eldest  daughter  of  y*"  family, 
aged  above  20.  Mr.  Cawdrey  preacht.  T.  i  Thes.  4.  14.  lord 
sanctify  this  providence  for  their  good. 

25.  Avee  return'd  safe  &:  well,  blessed  bee  Ciod,  though 
through  much  danger  by  reason  of  Ice — and  I  trust  the  lord  was 
pleasd  to  doe  some  good  by  mee  in  y*"  journey,  to  him  bee  the 
glory. 

30.  The  lord  forgive  y''  sin  w*  is  cald  to  remembr.  this  day 
i\:  let  y'^  Innocency  of  y"^  Innocent  bee  cleared  up. 

31.  John  Ratcliff  dy'd,  I  pray'd  with  him  before,  but  hee 
knew  mee  not. 

February  2.  Ann  Nixon  ill,  I  am  still  to  seek  how  to  deal 
effectually  with  dying  people,  I  could  not  doe  it  well  heretofore 
when  I  had  Authority,  much  less  now ;  lord,  give  mee  the  tongue 
of  y""  learned  for  this  purpose  as  for  others.  I  pray'd  with  her,  6: 
y'  y"  prayer  of  faith  might  save  the  sick  ! 

'■  Sir  R.  Grosvenor,  second  baronet,  had,  during  the  lifetime  of  his  father,, 
called  out  the  posse  coniitatiis  in  1644,  as  sheriff"  of  Cheshire,  to  oppose  the 
Parliament  army  under  Lord  Fairfax.  After  a  series  of  lo)'al  exertions  he  was 
ejected  from  Eaton,  and,  having  suffered  a  sef|uestration  of  his  estate,  was 
sheltered  in  the  house  of  a  neighbouring  genilenian  until  the  Restoration 
(Ormerod's  "  Cheshire  "  (fol.),  ii.  451). 


PHI  LI r  HENRY.  l6j 

3.  At  Hanm'  at  y^'  buryal  of  John  Ratcliff,  Mr.  Hilton  preacht 
T.  Fs.  73.  24.  thou  wilt  guid  mee  in  thy  counsel  &  afterward.s 
receive  mee  into  glory.  In  heaven  we  shall  have  y"  company  only 
of  good  men  &  those  perfectly  good  &  an  innumerable  company 
of  them  !  my  soul,  dost  thou  not  long  to  be  there. 

4.  At  Ash  w"'  Mrs.  Figes  who  had  been  ill  this  week,  I 
trust  shee  is  on  y*'  growing  hand  towards  heaven.  Is  there  not 
danger  lest  frequent  converse  with  sick  and  dying  psons  should 
abate  my  sense  of  that  condition,  pity  it  should,  see  it  doe  not, 
but  rather  the  contrar}\ 

5.  Mr.  Daxton  at  chap.  T.  Hcb.  11.  13.  and  confessed  that 
they  were  strangers  in  y^  earth,  lord  I  confess  it,  give  mee  grace- 
to  carry  it  as  such,  that  my  Affections  may  bee  at  home. 

6.  serious  in  trifles,  trifling  in  the  most  serious  things,  undoes 
thousands,  undoes  mee. 

7.  I  deferd  going  to  Worthenb.  from  one  day  to  another  & 
this  day,  when  I  verily  intended  it,  I  could  not  for  y*"  weather. 
non  est  procrastinandum,  eras  o  e  tuum. 

8.  Hee  that  will  suffer  hardship  when  hee  is  called  there- 
unto, must  use  every  day  to  deny  hims.  in  lesser  matters,  and 
therein  I  am  wanting. 

9.  I  went  to  Worthenb.  escapt.  dangers  by  y*^  way,  through 
Ice,  saw  freinds  y^'',  and  admonisht  H.  P.  a  backslider,  iv: 
retumd  safe  at  night,  full  of  Comfort,  blessed  bee  God. 

12.  my  mind  was  much  distemperd  &  discomposd  both 
night  &  morning  through  praevayling  fear,  for  w''"'  I  blame  mys. 
but  in  the  end  y*  lord  gave  victory.  It  was  y'^  worse  for  being 
Sabbath-day.  At  AMiitch.  T.  Math.  4.  i.  2.  to  justify  y^  observa- 
tion of  lent*  for  w*"''  no  warrant  from  y"  word,  as  to  any  religious 
account,  that  I  know  of 

13.  A  child  of  one  llewellyn's  of  Ash  about  five  years  old 
was  scalded  to  Death  in  a  Kettle  of  Wort,  one  day  y"  last  week 
&  mine  prseserved.     Eben-Ezer  ! 

14.  reading  the  life  of  old  Mr.  Bruen  of  Staple-ford  I  mett 

*  In  St.  Matt.  vi.  the  Lord  tells  His  disciples  how  to  do  alms,  how  to  piaj-, 
how  to  fast  ;  and  in  St.  Matt.  ix.  15,  he  looks  forward  to  "days  when  the)- 
will  fast."  The  date  and  duration  of  "  those  days  "  may  very  well  be  left  to 
the  wisdom  of  the  C"hurch  Catholic,  and  will  be  so  except  by  those  who  think 
its  rulers  "  unworthy  to  judge  the  smallest  matters." 


j6S  PHILIP  HENRY. 

with  some  th.  that  shame  mee,  some  th.  that  confirm  mee,  & 
some  th.  that  quicken  mee,  blessed  bee  Czod  for  the  cloud  of 
\\'itnesses. 

15.  Head-ake,  Indigestion,  &  other  bodily  distempers,  fruits 
of  sm,  fore-runners  of  dissolution.  I  thought  once  this  day,  I 
could  not  only  bee  willing  but  rejoyce  to  dye,  that  I  might  bee 
ever  w"*  y"  lord. 

16.  Mr.  Tho.  &  Cos.  Fi.  came  to  see  us,  y"'  Subscrib'd  a 
c-ertificate  that  Sarah  was  baptized  by  a  lawful  Min''  I  mett  Mr. 
Edwards  at  W"  Turners. 

17.  a  restless  night  this  last  night,  through  pain  in  my  limbs 
like  a  Cramp.  I  made  my  will,  not  knowing  but  it  may  bee  a 
Summons  to  Death,  however  tis  not  amiss  to  have  my  house 
alwayes  in  order ;  welcom  the  will  of  God  ! 

18.  Better  this  day,  but  not  well.  I  went  to  Bronn.  and  am 
still  plagu'd  with  an  unprofitable  Heart. 

20.  Day  of  Pr.  at with in  y''  number — his  Son 

Tho.  prayd  uno  avulso  not  deficit  alter  Aureus,    blessed  bee  God  ! 

21.  As  fast  as  time  goes.  Eternity  comes,  the  lord  help  mee 
to  redeem  time  &  to  make  ready  for  Eternity. 

22.  Son  John  not  well,  I  made  a  fresh  deed  of  gift  resigning 
liim  up  to  the  lord,  my  soul,  remember  &:  forget  it  not,  when 
there  is  occasion  ;  hee  is  but  put  to  nurse  to  us,  lord,  hee  is  thine, 
save  him. 

23.  Son  John  better,  blessed  bee  God !  poor  Margaret 
Bedward  of  Bronn.  an  object  of  pity,  for  y"  hand  of  God  hath 
touched  her,  lord,  give  mee  a  truly  sympathizing  heart  &  hear 
])rayers  for  her,  for  y"  lords  sake,  o:  thou  that  hearest  prayer  I 
oc  Succor  a  poor  tempted  disconsolate  soul. 

24.  I  hear  of  God's  Afflicting  hand  upon  many  familyes  & 
mine  in  health,  6:  w'  shall  wee  render  !  the  lord  help  us  to  improve 
y"  present  season. 

25.  a  meeting  at  'WTexham  surprisd,  Sabb.  day  was  sennight, 
some  payd  5^"  some  went  to  prison  for  3  months  accord,  to 
the  Act.  lord  let  y"  libertyes  of  thy  people  bee  precious  in  thy 
sight. 

26.  Mr.  Booth  at  chap.  T.  Ps.  92.  12.  lord  make  mee  in 
til  is  as  y'  Palm  quce  crescit  sub  pondere,  et  depressa  resurgit.     I 


PHILIP  HENRY.        .  1 69 

did  a  work  of  mercy  in  y"  Even,  visiting,  counselling  &  praying 
■with  Ann  Xixon  in  i)ayn  Job.  ^iZ-  i9-  ^^-'t  -^fter  all  an  unprof. 
«erv'. 

27.  the  greatest  p'  of  y*  day  spent  with  my  servants  in  garden- 
work,  SouXeuetv  tw  /caipw  to  bee  redeem'd — first  beanes  set — the 
long  frost  going,  scarce  yet  gone. 

28.  6:  who  is  burthen'd  as  I  am  with  an  unprofitable  heart ! 
an  Embassador  for  Christ  by  Office,  but  Alas  !  how  much  wanting 
am  I  to  y**  Duty  of  y*  Office  !  it  troubles  mee,  the  good  lord  for- 
give mee  for  Jesus  Sake  &  mend  this  matter  with  mee.     Amen  ! 

March  i.  I  had  occasion  this  day  to  discover  another  of  y* 
sins  w'''  doe  so  easily  beret  mee,  &  that  is  fearfulnes,  I  am 
often  afraid  where  no  fear  is,  lord  help  mee  !  D'  Ham''  observes, 
in  evil  times  it  fares  best  with  them  y'  are  most  careful  about 
Duty  &  lest  about  safety. 

2.  I  went  to  Wrexha.  with  Mr.  St.  where  mett  us  .  .  .  wee 
had  talk  together,  &  blessed  bee  (lod  for  so  much  liberty.  At 
night  being  weary  I  was  ill  cS:  fainted  at  pray'',  lord  consider  my 
frame. 

3.  I  walkt  on  foot  to  Malpas, hearing  of  a  citation — by  y"  way 
read  Barlow  agt  Baxter,  y'  Common  &  saving  grace  differ 
specifically,  not  gradually  only. 

4.  I  heard  of  y^  Death  of  Mr.  Hoskins,  vicar  of  Elsmere,  who 
dy'd  somewhat  suddenly;  lord,  for  mee,  however  I  dye  for  cir- 
cumstance, let  mee  dye  in  X'  Amen  I 

5.  Freinds  spending  y*^  Sabb.  with  us  .  .  .  whose  company 
is  sweet  now,  what  then  will  it  bee  in  Heaven,  the  lord  bring  y™' 
thither  w"'  us. 

6.  I  went  to  Elsmer,  where  I  mett  with  ]\Ir.  Fogg  &  his 
son  lawr.  who  is  unsatisfyed  about  y'^  obligation  of  Poenal  lawes, 
such  as  that  about  Conventicles  &y'  about  ejected  Min"  preaching, 
to  w'''  I  added  &  it  seem'd  to  clear  the  rest,  about  eating  flesh  in 
lent. 

7.  ]\Ir.  Edwards  and  ?klr.  Tapping  came  to  visit  mee  t\:  stayd 
all  night ;  both  Conformists  but  I  hope  Conscientious ;  That  w'' 
wee  see  not,  lord  teach  y"  us. 

8.  I  want  a  Spiritual  heart  to  improve  natural  objects  for 
heavenly  purposes,  lord,  work  such  a  heart  in  mee  ! 


I/O  PHILIP  HENRY. 

9.  Cocking  at  Whitch.  not  without  much  excess  ^'  riot,  for 
which  I  am  sorry  &  that  for  my  sweet  Jesus  sake. 

10.  a  child  of  John  Butlers  dead  &  mine  yet  spar'd,  blessed 
bee  God.  My  heart  vain  in  y"  morning,  made  somew'  more 
serious  by  meanes  of  good  company  &  affecting  Providences  ; 
lord  set  mee  free  from  a  vayn  heart. 

11.  Dum  quid  sis  dubitas,  jam  potes  esse  nihil.  The  day 
lost  in  irresolutions  about  this  or  that  ...  a  very  great  weakness ; 
sin  pardon'd,  strength  renewed,  blessed  bee  God. 

13.  I  find  decayes  already,  y''  good  w'''  I  would  doe  y'  doe  I 
not,  and  y''  evil  which  I  would  not  doe,  y'  doe  I,  6:  wretched  man 
y'  I  am  I 

14.  At  Malpas  upon  Citation  for  baptizing  Sarah,  a  certificate 
from  Mr.  Holland  *  took  it  off,  that  I  had  leave  from  him  to  get 
another  to  doe  it ;  Fees  3''  2'^  I  own  their  power  no  othenv.  y"" 
as  delegates  from  y''  King  who  hath  to  doe  circa  sacra  and  so  far 
is  to  bee  obey'd  Iv  tois  efw.. 

15.  sadness  upon  my  spirit  this  evening,  the  lord  doth  seem 
to  threaten  us  with  desolation  ;  newes  of  y*"  london  Frigat  burnt 
at  sea  by  an  Accident,  many  men  lost,  perhaps  ominous  ;  lord, 
take  care  of  y*"  Church. 

16.  day  of  praise  at  Cos  .  .  .  where  I  should  have  been  to 
pay  my  vowes  on  her  behalf  but  y*"  Messenger  fail'd  &  I  knew  not 
of  it,  nevertheles,  lord,  I  subscribe,  thou  art  good  &  dost  good. 

17.  I  heard  of  y*'  Death  of  I\lr.  Holliman  at  lond.  being  at  his 
house  in  AVullington  w"  y''  newes  came,  hee  dy'd  J/^'/'.  12.  suddenly 
of  an  Apoplexy,  w"  every  one  hoped  y*"  worst  of  his  late  sicknes 
had  been  past.  The  lord  forgive  to  mee  my  Omissions  towards 
him  &:  provide  for  his  poor  Orphans.  4  sons  >!t  a  daughter. 

18.  I  visited  Margt  Bedward,  a  poor  Melancholy,  drouping 
soul,  the  lord  revive  her  in  his  due  time  iSc  let  her  end  bee  peace. 

*  William  Holland  is  described  in  the  register,  February  27,  164!  as 
minister  of  God's  Word  at  the  lower  rectory  of  Malpas.  His  loyalty  and 
orthodoxy  may,  however,  be  presumed  from  his  having  been  selected  to  preach 
at  the  death  of  a  distinguished  loyalist,  the  founder  of  the  house  of  ^'ale  Royal 
— a  sermon  yet  extant,  replete  with  l)eautiful  descriptions  of  the  virtues  and 
sufferings  of  the  deceased,  but  reprobating  with  the  most  incautious  zeal  "the 
heresies,  schisms,  and  personated  holiness  of  the  ruling  party  in  the  greatest 
plenitude  of  their  power  "  (Ormerod's  "Cheshire'"  (fol.),  ii.  342).  Mr.  Holland 
was  a  contributor  of^ioo  to  the  poor  of  JNIalpas. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  I/l 

19.  At  Whitch.  where  was  good  fare,  thankes  bee  to  (iod  !  T. 
I  Cor.  II.  23.  &c.  hee  took,  cS:  brake  iS:  gave  &  the  receiver  takes 
&  feedes  by  Faith,which  in  this  Ordinance  is  all  in  all.  I  found 
aftenv.*  whefe  y^  substance  was  borrowed  viz.  in  Dr.  Reynolds 
Treatise  of  y^,  Sacram'. 

20.  Mr.  St.  inform'd  mee  of  y"  remarkable  hand  ofClod  upon. 
^^Ir.  Planner  y'^  Dean  rural,  Avhereas  hee  fully  determin'd  to  bee  at 
Bangor  y''  13  instant  &  then  to  issue  out  y''  Significavit  agt  Cosin 
John  Madocks  <S:c.  &  would  not  bee  pswaded  to  defer  it,  the  ver\ 
night  before  hee  was  struck  with  a  fit  of  y^  Stone.  Digitus  Dei. 
Herein  mys.  also  was  concernd  for  if  hee  had  been  at  Malpas  the 
next  day  I  had  not  gott  off  but  with  more  difficulty  if  at  all  : — Mr. 
Hilton  was  his  substitute. 

21.  Margt  Bedward  somew'  better,  who  knowes  by  whom, 
which  way  &  when  it  will  please  y'^  lord  to  speak  peace  to  her 
soul. 

22.  Mr.  lewis  my  ancient  Fr''  &  his  wife  came  to  see  us  & 
tis  great  mercy  w"  so  many  are  gone  into  Eternity  y'  wee  are  here  ; 
lord  make  our  coming  together  profitable. 

22.  At  Whitch. — Heautontimf  acted  by  y"  children,  it  may 
bee  some  may  blame  mee  for  being  present,  but  I  judged  it  both 
lawf.  &  expedient  to  incourage  being  desifd. 

24.  Time,  how  precious  in  y*  Theor}',  yet  lavisht  away  as  if 
little  worth — lord,  pardon  !  lord,  help  mee  yet  to  redeem. 

29.  At  Worthenb.  at  y®  Bur}'al  of  my  loving  Freind  John 
Barbor  above  80.     '^-  Job  14.  5. 

30.  I  saw  &  shew'd  my  Family  towards  evening  this  day  an 
extraordinary  brightness  colour'd  as  y''  Rainbow,  first  on  one  side 
of  y"  Sun  northwards,  then  on  the  other  side  southwards,  which 
continu'd  each  of  them  more  y*"'  a  quart''  of  an  hour,  distant  from 
)■"  sun  as  it  were  10  or  12  y'*'. 

31.  I  reed  a  warrant  to  bee  Collecto"'  of  y*"  royal  Ayd  in 
Iscoyd,  &  Mr.  Steel  in  Hanm'' — vid  alibi. 

*  The  patience  of  Philip  Henry  in  listening  to  poor  jireachers,  and  their 
knowledge  of  the  keen  critic  they  had  among  their  audience,  might  be  su]5- 
posed  to  balance  one  another,  pro  and  con.  But  he  was  at  once  disarmed  by 
the  earnestness  of  good  men. 

t  Terence's  ' '  Heauton  Timorumenos  "  (the  self-tormentor).  This  shows  what 
a  hold  his  Westminster  school-days  still  had  upon  him.  There  is  not  the  leasi 
doubt  that  his  friends  would  blame  him  for  being  present. 


172  Pin  UP  HENRY. 

4.     War  solemnly  proclaymd  agt  the  Dutch.* 
II.     behold  winter  instead  of  spring,  the  lord  is  angry. 
April  2.     Mr.  Bruen  sayd,  if  every  day  were  a  Sabb.  or  a  fast- 
ing  day,   y'"  I    should   bee    well,    w''*  is  a  th.    I   have  not  yet 
attayn'd  to,  for  though  there  bee  some  willingnes  yet  y"'  is  much 
unwillingnes.  which  the  lord  pardon  &  amend. 

3.  Mr.  Mainwarings  two  sons  came  again  to  table  with  us. 

4.  a  restles  night  through  payn  in  head  &  teeth,  it  is  not 
often  so,  w'''  makes  it  y''  more  irksom  but  I  deserve  it  should,  sin 
is  y"  mother,  payn  the  daughter,  o:  y'  y'^  daughter  might  kill 
y*"  mother.     Maj.  Eyton  with  us. 

5.  Day  of  Humil.  for  success  of  navy  agt  y^  Dutch  | — the  war 
just,  tliough  offensive,  &  tis  our  duty  to  seek  y*"  welfare  of  our 
K.  t\:  nation. 

6.  agreed  with  Ran.  Stocton  for  2'  to  gather  this  present  3 
months  pay.  This  morning  I  saw  another  blazing  star,  tayl 
upwards  after  day,  Eastward. 

7.  Plums  grafted  by  Y  Kiln,  y"  lord  knows  who  shall  gather 
the  fruit. 

8.  At  Malpas  at  a  parish-meeting  as  it  hapned,  three  mizes 
sess'd  for  y*"  ensuing  year,  old  church-ward'"  gave  in  y'^"'  accounts. 
Certificate  subscrib'd  concer.  Margt.  Powels  chimney.  I  went  to 
Mr.  Mainwarings,  saw  his  new  house,  tit  return'd  in  safety,  blessed 
bee  God  !  the  lord  pardon  y''  barreness  of  my  heart  &  life,  for  in 
all  this,  I  bring  forth  fruit  to  self. 

10.  The  first  day  of  my  son  John's  going  to  school,  hee  sets 
out  upon  a  long  Journey,  if  hee  have  life  &  cai)acity,  wherein  the 
lord  bee  his  good  speed.     Amen  ! 

14.  Cos.  Dan.  Benyon  set  forward  for  Oxf  God  Almighty 
prosper  his  studyes  cs;  let  him  doe  worthily  in  Ephrata  &  bee 
famous  in  Bethlehem. 

15.  Fain  would  I  redeem  more  time  on  Saturday  evenings  for 
l)reparation  for  )'''  Sabb.  with  my  famil}',  but  one  th.  or  other  inter- 

*  The  States  had  secretly  despatched  orders  to  De  Ruyter  to  retaliate  on 
llie  English,  and  all  the  new  acquisitions  except  Cape  Corse  were  recovered 
from  them.  As  soon  as  certain  intelligence  arrived  of  De  Ruyter's  enterprises, 
Charles  II.  declared  war  against  the  Slates.  The  fleet,  consisting  of  a  hundred 
iind  fourteen  sail,  was  commanded  by  the  ]  )ukc  ot  York. 

t  The  Dutch  had  nineteen  ships  sunk  and  taken  ;  the  victors  lost  one. 


rniLir  henry.  173 

poses.  Aunt  Manning  and  other  Freinds  at  W'hitch.  in  trouble 
through  a  false  oath  of  Jenings  &  Uewelhn,  mark  y''  end  of  such 
men.     bound  over  to  Sessions. 

16.  At  ^Vhitch.  T.  Math.  6.  2,Z-  Seek  first,  first  every  morn- 
ing I  am  to  begin  the  day  alw.  -with  God,  else  early  up,  never  y'^ 
near. 

17.  At  Orton — paying  the  first  3  months  pay  to  Mr.  Philips 
being  Head-collector  for  W.  hee  gave  an  acquittance  «S:  a  peny  in 
the  pound  according  to  the  Act.  Time  hath  been  when  I  was- 
employ'd  about  another  Kind  of  pubhque  work,  which  had  more 
both  sweetnes  &  honor,  but  this  I  take  up  amongst  my  Crosses. 

18.  To  be  afraid  where  no  fear  is,  is  sometimes  the  sin  of 
God's  people,  &  oftentimes  the  punishment  of  wicked  men — 
Fro.  28.  I. 

19.  the  lord  bee  a  sanctuary  to  his  poor  people  &  a  covert 
from  y^  Storm. 

20.  Rumors  of  Plots  abroad,  I  know  not  whence.  Cos.  Mad, 
house  searcht  at  midnight,  the  most  innocent  are  most  suspected. 
Wee  lay  down  in  expectation,  but  y**  lord  prevented. 

2 1 .  Mr.  St.  going  for  london  was  stopt  and  searcht.  y"  warrant 
was  for  mee  also.  His  Diary  was  taken  from  him,  the  lord  prce- 
vent  any  prejudice  from  it  either  to  hims.  or  any  other.  I  ha\'e 
found  a  great  deal  of  Good  by  this  way  of  Review  daily  &  am  loth 
to  give  it  over,  but  I  shall  take  warning  &  bee  more  Cautious,*  for 
Malice  may  take  that  with  the  left  hand  which  is  written  with  the 
right.     His  miiruc  aheiieus  esto  nil  conscire  sibi. 

May.    A  great  noise  in  y  country  concer.  Mr.  Steels  almanack, f 

*  The  fear  of  sharing  the  fate  of  his  friend  in  tliis  respect  led  Philip  Henry 
to  make  large  erasures  in  his  diaries,  and  possibly  to  stop  writing  altogether  for 
a  time.  It  has  been  thought  that  the  blanks  may  have  been  filled  in  with  white 
or  sympathetic  inks  (of  which  Burnet  mentions  the  use  in  his  time),  but  as 
yet  no  discoveries  of  manuscript  have  thus  been  made. 

+  In  Newcome's  Diaiy,  i.  154,  we  find:  "...  his  business  was  to  tell  me 
of  the  fearful  things  he  heard  of  my  dear  bro.  Steele.  It  was  upon  his  diaiy 
being  taken  off  him,  and  some  passages  in  it  that  they  interpreted  to  the  worst 
of  actions,  as  this — that  such  a  day  he  went  to  such  a  place  on  a  carnal  account, 
and  God  turned  it  to  a  spiritual.  This  they  interpreted  to  be  some  woman  de- 
sign and  no  other.  The  truth  was  he  went  to  a  fair  to  have  bought  a  cow  ;  he 
missed  of  that  and  went  home  with  a  gentlewoman,  and  they  had  some 
opportunity  for  the  soul  together.  Now  this  was  formed  into  a  dreadful 
stor>'." 


174  PHILIP  HENRY. 

a  copy  whereof  I  saw  &  transcrib'd,  wherein  hee  had  kept  account 
of  meetings  which  had  been  many  since  Jan.  i.  of  iaylings,  which 
being  in  somew'  obscure  characters  were  misinterpreted  to  his 
great  prejudice,  not  without  reflections  upon  Rehgion,  but  some 
that  saw  it,  who  did  not  know  him,  judg'd  him  a  holy  man,  others 
said  they  got  a  great  deal  of  good  by  it  &  lov'd  *  him  better  than 
they  did  before,  but  hee  absented  hims.  which  increas'd  the  bruit 
among  the  vulgar — sed  et  hoc  etiam  in  bonum.     Psal.  37.  5.  6. 

29.  I  set  forward  towards  london  in  company  of  Mr.  Joshua 
Hotchkis. 

June  I.  I  came  into  london,  safe  &  well,  blessed  bee  the 
lord.  At  y"  same  time  was  y''  funeral  of  S''  Tho.  Viner  f  with  great 
solemnity. 

I  had  sight  of  all  my  sisters,  &  of  diverse  of  my  Freinds,  witli 
a  great  deal  of  comfort,  thanks  bee  to  God. 

The  plague  not  yet  raging,  but  increasing  gradually^ — 0: 
london,  london,  how  often? 

12.  a  great  victory  obtayned  at  Sea  agt  y"  Dutch,  J  tliough  with 
y"  loss  of  many  persons  of  quality. 

Cos.  Hotchkis  &  cousin  Darack  had  each  of  y™'  a  daughter 
born  while  I  was  there. 

I  return'd  homewards  through  Oxford,  thence  to  Stanton  in 
Wiltshire  where  pr.  pub.  &  Jun.  21.  found  all  well  at  home,  praised 
bee  the  name  of  y"  lord. 

July  21.  I  was  at  Shrewsh.  Assize,  a  witness  in  a  cause  betw. 
Mr.  Nevet  of  london  &  Mr.  Eyton  of  leeswood,  concer.  lightwood 
hall,  being  present  w"  Judge  Puleston  seald  y"  deed  of  Annuity  to 
liis  son  Thomas,  who  sold  y**  reversion  of  it  to  Mr.  Nevet.  I  had 
8'  towards  charges  and  y"  Verdict  was  brought  in  for  Mr.  Nevet, 
before  Judge  Tyrrel. 

*  A  worthy,  good  man.  (If  any  one  has  met  with  these  diaries,  and  will 
inform  the  editor,  he  will  confer  a  favour.) 

t  Pepys  speaks  of  being  present  at  the  funeral,  "  the  greatest  I  ever  did  see 
for  a  taverne."  Sir  Thomas  Viner  was  Sheriff  of  London,  1648  ;  Lord  Mayor, 
1654. 

\  The  victory  was  on  June  3,  1665.  See  Pepys'  Diary  for  June  8th  :  "  We 
have  taken  and  sunk  about  24  of  their  best  ships  :  killed  and  taken  near  8  or 
10,000  men  and  lost  we  think  not  above  700-  The  Earl  of  Falmouth  and 
Richard  Boyle  were  killed  with  one  shot.  The  Earls  of  Portland,  and  of 
I^Iarlborough  [James  Ley,  third  earl],  and  Captains  Kirby  and  Ableson.  On 
the  Dutch  side  Admiral  Opdam  Tromp,  and  all  the  rest  but  Everson." 


PHILIP  HENRY.  I/; 

20.     Dyd  of  y"  Plague  in  london  y*^  last  week — 10S9. 
////)'.  27.     Dy'd— 1843. 


Aug. 

3- 

Dy'd  of  Plague 

3010 

of  all  diseases 

3014 

Aug. 

10. 

Dy'd  of  Plague 

2S17 

of  all  diseases 

4030 

Aug. 

17- 

Dy'd  of  Plague 

38S0 

of  all  diseases 

5319 

Sister  Sarah  went  into  Ireland  with  lady  Broghil,*  to  Cliarle\'il 
in  Mimster.     God  Almighty  bee  her  good  speed. 

September,  my  man  william  Griffith  was  marryd  about  this 
time  to  one  of  Baschurch,  to  whom  hee  had  been  sure  since  before 
hee  came  to  mee,  which  at  Christmas  next  w'ill  bee  3  yeares. 

^lany  silenct  Min''^  and  others  in  prison  throughout  y''  nation. 

25.  I  was  fetcht  from  my  own  house  f  to  John  Hawkins  of 
Hanmer  by  leiften'  Rich.  Eddow  by  warrant  under  the  hands  of 
S'  Thomas  &:  S'  John  Hanmer.  Mr.  luke  lloyd  &  his  son  &  Mr. 
Steel  were  secur'd  y"'  y"  day  before.  John  Madocks,  "W'il  Philips, 
Nich.  Hemlock  and  Stephen  Morice  the  same  day.  Andrev^' 
Ridgway  &  Th.  Kinaston,  two  dayes  after.  Our  restraynt  was  not 
strict,  for  Freinds  came  to  us  &  wee  had  liberty  of  Pray''  &  con- 
ference together,  which  through  the  lord's  mercy  wee  did  improve, 
I  hope  to  every  ones  edification.  Thus  out  of  y"  eater  came  forth 
meat  &  out  of  the  strong  sweetness,  &  wee  found  hone\'  in  the 
carkass  of  the  lion. 

30.  The  deputy  leiftenants  mett ;  S""  Thomas  &  S"'  John  i 
Hanmer,  Mr.  lloyd  of  Halghton  <Jv:  Mr.  Hanmer  of  Fenns.     I  was 

*  Under  date  June  21,  1660,  Pepys  quotes  :  "  The  Protector  (Ricliard)  said 
that  whatever  G.  Montagu,  my  Lonl  Broghill,  Jones  and  the  Secretary  would 
have  him  do  he  would  do  it,  be  it  what  it  would."  Roger  Boyle,  Lord  Brog- 
hill, was  created  Earl  of  Orrery,  1660  ;  ohiit  i66g. 

+  Newcome  writes:  "About  this  time  sundry  ministers  were  clapped  into 
prison  as  my  bro.  Steele  in  Flintsh.  my  bro.  Leadbeater  in  Cheshire.  I  could 
not  but  be  grieved  that  I  was  no  more  affected  at  it." 

%  Sir  John  Hanmer,  Knight,  succeeded  his  father  as  third  baronet  in  1678. 
He  was  a  distinguished  cavalier.  In  1660,  when  the  King  was  expected,  and 
];efore  Monk  had  declared  himself,  he  got  together  a  body  of  60  horse.  He 
was  M.P.,  at  different  times,  for  Carlingford,  Evesham,  and  Flint.  He 
joined  Schonberg  8th  September,  1689,  and  was  at  the  battle  of  the  Boyne. 
He  died  s.p.,  and  was  buried  at  Hanmer,  August  12,  1701. 


1/6  rillLIP  HEXRY. 

examin'd  first  about  meetings,  then  about  letters  ;  for  letters  I 
had  received  none  of  a  great  while,  for  meetings  I  could  not  so 
expressly  answ.  having  once  or  twice  of  late  been  present  where 
y*"  number  exceeded.  S''  Thomas  challeng'd  mee  with  a  promise 
made  a  while  since  that  I  would  forbear,  to  w''''  I  answ"'  i.  y*"  occa- 
sion was  extraordinary'  in  regard  of  y^  hand  of  God  upon  y''  nation 
t\:  some  of  my  own  Freinds  in  great  danger,  2.  my  promise  had 
reference  to  a  plot  w*^""  hee  said  y"  y^"  was,  during  y''  danger  of  w*"''  I 
thought  I  might  in  prudence  &  did  forbear.  3.  I  had  kept  promise 
about  home,  &  w"  I  did  transgress,  t'was  not  in  this  county,  to  w*^''  I 
might  have  added  4.  y''  promise  was  not  absolute,  for  I  said  if  I 
doe  transgress  I  know  y"  penalty  ;  Nevertheless  a  great  matter  was 
made  of  my  breach  of  promise,  wherein  T  blame  mys.  (S:c.  S'"  John 
charg'd  mee  with  administring  y'=  Sacram'  out  of  ]Mr.  St.  Almanack, 
to  w*^''  I  answer'd  if  by  y^  Sacr.  hee  meant  y"  bread  &  wine  in 
y*'  lord's  supper,  I  had  not  administred  them  since  I  was  disabled. 
Also  Avith  going  a  back  way  to  y^  Bryn  w*''in  a  fortnight  w'^''  I  denyd 
for  I  was  not  there  since  Aug.  17.  &  y*""  I  went  no  back  way. 
In  y^  close  I  was  releasd,  upon  recognisance  of  2o"'-  Allen  Sheret 
(S:  Tho.  Davies  suretyes  to  bee  forthcoming  within  two  or  3  dayes 
after  notice  under  y''  hands  of  two  or  more  Deputy  leiften*'  and  to 
live  peaceably  as  a  good  subject  between  &:  Christmas  next,  Also 
paying  5^  to  Mr.  Tho.  Yong,  cal'd  our  Marshal,  charges  besides 
came  to  about  6'  8''  Mr.  Steel,  Nich.  Hemlock  &  And.  Ridgwa\- 
were  sent.  Oct.  2.  to  Northop,  as  dangerous  &  disaffected  |;sons 
the  rest  were  released  Avhen  I  was  <Sr  on  the  same  terms,  except  Mr. 
lukelloyd  jun.  who  was  releast  y*"  AVednesday  before  &:  bound  over 
to  y*"  great  Assize,  for  charging  Mr.  Hilton  with  l)eing  a  lyar  by  the 
communion  Table,  just  after  y''  Sacram'. 

November.  6.  Cosin  Dan  Benyon  came  to  sojourn  with  us  for 
awhile  at  Br.  Oke. 

December.  4.  Mathew  not  well,  wee  feared  the  Smal  pockes, 
but  mercy  prevented. 

6.  Mr.  Mainwarings  two  sons  went  home. 

7.  It  pleas'd  God  to  add  another  daughter  to  my  Famih', 
Shee  was  bom  about  one  a  clock  this  morning,  my  wife  had  short 
&:  easy  labour  in  comparison  with  many  others,  blessed  bee  his 
name. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  lyy 

17.  I  baptiz'ci  her  &  nam'd  her  Katharin,  lord,  baptize  her 
with  the  Holy  Ghost. 

23.  Mr.  Steel  appear'd  &  gave  his  Testimony  in  the  B''' 
Court. 

24.  hee  was  pronounct  in  Hanmer  Excommunicate. 
Sold  a  yoke  of  oxen  7.  19.  6. 

The  diary  for  1666  belongs  to  Hcnr\-  Witton  Tyndall, 
Esq.,  of  Birmingham,  who  represents  the  family  of 
Tyndall  of  Stinchcomb,  county  Gloucester,  being  de- 
scended from  a  brother  of  the  translator  of  the  Bible. 
He  is  also  descended  from   Philip  Hcnr\-. 

Philip  Henry's    Diary    for    1666. 

Quseryes  touching  the  Act  of  Residensc. 

1.  Whence  are  we  to  date  the  Act  of  ObliYi.  from  the  time 
when  it  was  sign'd  c\:  made  publick  which  was  in  August  1660, 
or  from  June  24  until  which  time  it  pardons. 

2.  what  miles  are  to  be  understood,  reputed  miles  or  measured 
miles  ;  if  measured  miles  how  much  is  a  measured  mile. 

3.  whether  the  Informer's  Oath  alone  be  sufincient  conviction, 
or  ^vhether  hee  bee  not  a  party. 

4.  whether  such  Borough  Townes  as  concur  with  other 
Borough  townes  in  sending  a  Burghess  to  the  Parliam'  bee 
intended  by  the  Act — as  Holt. 

5.  what  is  a  Corporation,  or  Town  Corporate  in  the  law. 

Reasons  why  I  do  not  communicate  in  the  pres'  Administra- 
tion of  the  Lords  Supper — 

I.  bee.  I  am  not  satisfy  "d  to  kneel*  in  the  Act  of  receiving. 

*  "Tlie  ancients  received  sometimes  standing.  We  learn  this  directlj- 
from  Dionysius  of  Alexandria,  who  speaks  of  a  communicant  '  standing  at  the 
Lord's  Table,'  and  from  Habertus,  who  undertakes  to  prove  that  the  whole 
divine  Liturg)-  was  celebrated  standing — that  they  consecrated  standing  and 
received  standing.  Indirectly,  since  they  prayed,  standing  on  the  Lord's  days, 
they  received  standing.  They  also  received  kneeling,  though  the  evidence' f)f 
this  from  St.  Chrysostom  is  not  so  clear.  Addressing  communicants,  he  says, 
'  let   us  fall  down  and  confess  our  sins  ....   let  us  come  with  a  becoming 

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178  PHILIP  HENRY. 

1.  bee.  it  hath  no  warrant  in  the  least  from  the  Script,  neither 
by  Prtecept  nor  Prcecedent  whereas  sitting  *  hath,  at  least  by 
Pr£ecedent  in  y"  Practise  of  X'  hims.  &  the  Apost.  clearly,  and 
probably  in  y"  Practise  of  y''  first  churches  for  it  seems  the 
Agapje  or  love  feasts  Avere  us'd  together  with  the  Eucharist,  see 
r.  Cor.  1 1. 

2.  bee.  it  doth  no  way  suit  with  the  nature  of  the  Ordinance, 
which  is  a  Supper;  an  Ordinance  wherein  the  blessed  Jesus  calls 
us  to  the  nearest  Familiarity  &  fellowship  w"'  hims.  to  eat  with 
him,  and  therf  to  sit,  not  to  kneel,  with  him  at  his  Table. 

3.  bee.  it  hath  been  grosly  abus'd  even  to  Idolatry,  by  the 
Papists  in  worshiping  the  consecrated  Host,t  which  in  all  pro- 
bability brought  it  first  into  the  Church,  &  moreover  gives  them 
advantage  to  argue,  as  Eellarmine  expresly,  we  do  no  more  in 
kneeling  before  an  Image  than  y"  Protestants  doe  in  kneeling  at 
the  Sacram*,  [erjgb,  if  we  are  Idolators,  so  are  they. 

4.  Bee.  having  made  tryal  mys.  of  both  gestures,  kneeling 
lieretofore  in  y"  days  of  my  Ignorance  &  sitting  of  late  since  y" 
lord  hath  inlightned  mee,  I  dare  not  sin  against  my  Conscience 
which  tells  mee,  I  ought  not  to  quit  the  liberty  wherewith  X' 
hath  made  mee  free. 

that  I  know  that  is  said  for  it,  is  the  command  of  my  .Supe- 
riors, to  which  I  oppose  the  Command  of  my  Supreara,  saying, 
bee  not  yee  y'"  Servants  of  men,  &  call  no  man  ^Master ;  which 
I  then  doe  when  I  give  a  blind  Obedience  to  their  Injunctions 
for  the  Authority  sake  of  the  injoyndrs,  rendring  mee  no  reason 

reverence  as  to  (lur  heavenly  Kinj^. """  There  is  no  instance  \vhere  they 
received  sitting  (Bingham's  "Antiquities  of  the  Christian  Church,"  hi:),  xv. 
chap.  V.  3). 

*  Our  Lord  and  his  disciples  reclined  probably.  "The  Arians  in  Poland 
are  said  to  receive  sitting,  to  show  that  they  do  not  believe  Christ  to  be  their 
(jod,  but  only  their  fellow-creature."  "  We  are  likewise  told  by  Bona,  that  it 
is  the  singular  privilege  of  the  poj:)e  to  communicate  sitting,  whenever  he  per- 
forms the  office  of  consecration  "  (Bingham,  ut  supra). 

t  Jeremy  Taylor,  speaking  of  the  real  presence  of  Christ  in  the  Holy 
Communion,  says  (vol.  vi.  pp.  11,  12):  "It  was  happy  with  Christendom 
when  she  in  this  article  retained  the  same  simplicity  which  she  was  always 
bound  to  do  in  her  manners  and  intercourse  ;  that  is,  to  believe  the  thing 
heartily  and  not  to  enquire  curiously,  and  there  was  peace  in  this  article  for 
almost  a  thousand  years  together,  and  yet  that  Transubstantiation  was  not 
determined,  I  hope  to  make  evident.  It  is  a  famous  saying  of  Durandus, 
Verbuni  audimus,  molum  sentimus,  modum  nescimus,  prcesentiam  credimus." 


PHILIP  HENRY.  1 79 

why  or  wherefore,  but  only  sic  volo,  sic  jubeo;  and  to  do  this  in 
the  things  of  God's  worship  I  conceive  to  bee  sinful. 

2.  if  I  were  satisfied  to  Kneel,  yet  not  at  the  Rayles,*  which 
is  us'd  in  our  Parish  church  of  Malpas,  bee.  it  is  an  Innovation, 
warranted  by  no  law,  neither  divine  nor  humane,  civil  nor  Canoni- 
cal, and  also  smells  rank  of  Popish  superstition  yea  of  Judaism 
it  self,  whereas  by  Jesus  X'  y''  vayl  is  rent  &  all  such  like  walls  of 
Partition  broken  down. 

3.  Though  before  God  I  am  the  chiefest  of  sinners,  and  dare 
not  say  to  any,  stand  off,  for  I  am  holier  than  thou,  yet  since  the 
Script,  enjoynes  mee  with  such  &  such  no  not  to  eat,  &  saith 
withall,  that  a  little  leaven  leavens  the  whole  lump,  whilst  so 
many  are  admitted  grosly  prophane,  yea  none  indeed  excluded 
that  will  receive,t  I  ^'^ni  afraid  as  on  the  one  hand  of  defiling 
myself,  so  on  the  other  hand  of  hardning  them,  by  eating  & 
drinking  into  the  same  body  with  them. 

Questions  for  Conference. 
\Vhat  are  to  be  accounted  vayn  Thoughts. 
What  evil  there  is  in  vayn  thoughts. 
What  remedyes  agt  va}Ti  thoughts. 

What  are  the  common  sins  of  y''  Tongue. 
WTiat  rules  in  governing  the  Tongue. 
How  is  the  Sabbath  to  bee  sanctify'd. 

*  The  early  Churches  seem  to  have  followed  very  much  the  plan  of  the 
Jewish  Temple.  Where  those  who  ministered  to  the  others  stood  was  sepa- 
rated from  the  other  part  by  rails  of  wood,  which  the  Greek  writers  term 
KiTf'SjZis,  the  Latins  caiicelli.  St.  Ambrose  would  not  allow  the  Emperor 
Theodosius  to  communicate  in  this  part,  but  obliged  him  to  retire,  as  soon  as 
he  had  made  his  oblation  at  the  altar.  In  the  third  century,  however,  Diony- 
sius  of  Alexandria  speaks  of  men  and  women  standing  at  the  Holy  Table,  and 
reaching  forth  their  hands  to  receive  the  Eucharist  there  (Bingham,  vol.  ii.  lib. 
viii,  chap.  vi.).  "One  of  the  injunctions  of  Queen  Elizabeth  is  that  the  Holy 
Table  be  set  in  the  place  where  the  altar  stood."  The  altar  rails  were 
introduced  by  Archbishop  Laud  to  protect  the  Holy  Table  from  the  irreverence 
of  the  Puritans.  Hats  and  gloves  were  thrown  upon  it  ;  churchwardens  were 
writing  their  accounts  thereon,  the  processioning  boys  eating  their  loaves  and 
cakes,  and  dogs  leaping  up  at  the  bread,  to  the  great  scandal  of  our  Reformation 
(Nicholls).  There  was  no  dispute  in  the  primitive  Church  as  to  the  name 
"altar"  or  "table."  Mede,  in  his  "Discourse  of  Altars,"  p.  386,  says  that 
"  the  name  '  table '  is  not  to  be  found  in  any  author  for  the  two  first  ages." 

t  He  might  also  have  remembered  how  the  Founder  of  the  feast  did  not 
send  Judas  away. 


l80  PHILIP  ITEKRY. 

Wherewithal  shall  I  come  before  God  ? 

What  shall  I  do  unto  thee  6:  thou  preserver  of  men. 

Why  art  thou  cast  down  6  my  soul  ? 

Memorand. — The  Hedge  between  John  Stocktons  and  John 
Rees  in  Tybr.  being  a  foot  hedge,  was  acknowledged  to  bee  mine, 
but  several  trees,  the  quick  wood  being  thrust  away  from  them, 
were  now^  quite  out  of  y"  hedge.  &:  challeng'd  by  John  Rees  to 
bee  his,  though  Randle  Stockton  did  aver,  hee  had  cropt  them 
(.^  known  them  cropt  by  our  Tenants  in  that  house  above  these 
40  years. 

This  I  acquainted  S''  Thomas  Hanmer  w"'  who  came  and 
view'd  the  place  &  sayd,  whatever  they  had  been,  now  twas  clear 
they  were  his,  growing  as  they  doe,  out  of  the  hedge,  where- 
upon I  propos'd  it  might  bee  ditcht,  to  prevent  future  strife,  which 
hee  yielded  to,  his  Tenant  to  take  and  ditch  the  one  half,  mine 
the  t'other.  Accordingly  it  was  divided  by  Cosin  I'homas  Jack- 
son Sen'.     I  took  the  half  next  the  house  being rood — and 

this  year  it  was  ditcht  &  where  quickwood  was  Avanting,  sett  with 
quick-setts  by  John  Stockton,  which  cost  mee  in  all  for  the  doing 
of  it . 

Jan.  I.  William  Griffith  went  from  us,  having  liv'd  with  us 
three  yeares,  an  able  and  faithful  servant,  but  sometimes  walful 
iv  testy — nemo  sine  crimine  vivif.  Cosin  Thomas  Jackson  came 
in  his  stead,  his  wages  3"''  5'  ,p  annu.      i'  hee  had  in  earnest. 

5.  I  sent  to  london  by  Cos.  Thomas  Hotchkis  (who  received 
great  mercy  from  the  Lord  in  his  preservation  from  the  Pestilence 
(for  his  man  dyed)  &  hath  been  since  in  y**  country  with  his 
Friends).  God  hath  been  very  gracious  to  them  hitherto,  in 
giving  them  their  lives  for  a  prey,  when  Thousands  have  fallen 
on  their  right  hand  &  scores  of  thousands  on  y"''  left,  the  lord 
Almighty  bee  still  unto  tliem  a  sun  iS:  shield  I 

7.  Mr.  Daxton  at  chap.  T.  Luk.  23.  42.  lord  remember  mee 
when  thou  comes t  into  thy  kingdom.  Dens  qni  peenitenfi  Tcma}n 
proniisit,  peccanti  O'astimnn  non  proniisit. 

8.  This  morning  departed  Mnason  the  old  disciple,  ]\Ir.  John 
Hotchkis  of  Whitch.  aged  91,  who  got  to  Heaven,  as  i<:\\  doe,. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  l8l 

without  a  blot.  Being  askt,  if  hee  were  willing  to  dye,  hee 
answer'd,  yes,  what  else  ?  Being  askt  w'  hee  thought  of  present 
th.  &  whether  his  Freinds  might  safely  venture  to  suffer  rather 
than  conform,  hee  answ'''  yea  by  all  meanes  for  the  cause  is  Gods. 
His  last  word,  being  askt,  how  he  did  was,  well. 

lo.  Dr.  Fowler  preacht  at  his  buryal  T.  Gen.  15.  ver.  15. 
Thou  shalt  goe  to  thy  flithers  in  peace  &  shalt  bee  buryed  in  a 
good  old  age.     so  did  hee. 

14.  Mr.  Bold  at  chap.  T.  Luk  12.  Hell  is  a  prison  from 
whence  there  is  no  release  for  ever.  O  what  cause  have  I  to 
love  the  lord  Jesus,  who  hath  payd  my  debt  &  delivered  mee 
from  that  condemnation.  This  evening  Cosin  Ann  Nixon  dyed, 
having  been  sick  more  than  a  year  &  c^uarter  ;  whilst  I  live  &  am 
in  health ;  lord  what  shall  I  render  ? 

17.  Shee  was  buryed  at  Malpas.  T.  Rev.  14.  13.  blessed 
are  y*  dead  that  dye  in  the  lord. 

21.  At  Whitch.  Mr.  Cumins.  T.  2  Pet.  i.  10.  election  may 
bee  made  sure  by  making  our  calling  sure,  for  else  who  hath 
ascended  into  heaven  ? 

Multi  volunt  venire  ad  Deum,  pauci  verb  post  Deum. 

25.  measur'd  a  mile  by  Paces.  2000  Paces  from  the  begin- 
ning of  y"  Pavement  by  the  Pit  to  the  hither  end  of  the  y"  Pave- 
ment on  y"  little  green  on  this  side  Richard  Ratcliffs  house.  Will 
Griffith  measur'd  it.      Teste  Cos.  Daniel  Benyon  ! 

26.  Hee  went  on  &  measur'd  from  thence  to  Sarn-Bridge, 
•which  made  7500  paces,  in  all  from  y"  Pit  to  y"  Sarn-Bridge. 
•9500  paces.     Six  of  his  paces  being  measur'd  made  5  yards. 

Note.   Y"  English  mile  is  1760  yards. 

16  foot  &  a  half  or  5  y''''  &  half  make  a  pole  or  perch. 
40  perches  a  furlong.  320  pch"'  which  is  8  furlongs  make  a  mile. 
The  english  mile  contaynes  280  foot  more  than  the  Italian  mile. 

27.  Mr.  Steel's  family  broke  up  «Sc  remov'd  from  his  dwell- 
ing in  Hanmer.  his  children  scatter'd.  The  lord  bee  their  portion, 
his  freinds  sorry,  the  lord  be  their  comfort,  hisself  expos'd — the 
lord  be  his  protection. 

28.  At  ^Vhitch.  Dr.  Fowler  preacht.  T.  2  Thn.  3.  2  blas- 
phemy (Sc  disobedience  to  Parents,  natural,  civil,  spiritual,  are 
like  to  bee  two  of  the  reigning  sins  in  the  later  dayes. 


1 82  PHILIP  HEXRY. 

29.  At  Bronn.  Jane  Eddow  publish't  to  bee  marry'd  to 
Thomas  Wright  of  Whitch.  my  fatlier  is  Hke  to  have  miss  of  her 
in  some  th.  &  shee  of  him  in  other  th. 

30.  publ.  Fast,  lord  I  profess  my  detestation  of  that  horrid 
murther,  which  is  cal'd  to  remembrance  this  day,  &  whereof  I 
was  a  spectator,  but  I  bless  God,  not  in  the  least  an  approver, 
tlie  lord  pdon  in:  lay  it  not  to  y''  nation's  charge.  T.  at  AMiitch. 
Matth.  22.  21. 

31.  I  went  from  Ash  to  Shrews,  to  advise  concerning  send- 
ing of  Cos.  Dan.  Ben.  to  y''  University,  which  some  of  his  Freinds 
are  averse  to,  bee.  of  snares  there,  but  I  hope  he  is  in  some 
measure  forearm'd. 

January.  Those  dyed  of  the  plague  in  London  &  the  suburbes, 
the  last  week  of  this  month  56.  the  week  before  79. 

Trinity-Steeple  in  Coventry  blown  down  in  this  month. 

February  i.  I  return'd  from  Shre//sb.  bewayling  my  unprofit- 
ableness, for  who  is  the  better  for  mee.  a  child  of  Belial  is  hee, 
in  whom  there  is  no  profit.     6  that  I  should  bee  such  a  one. 

3.  Edw.  Newton  is:  cosin  Alice  Hotchkis  contracted.  Gen. 
24.  50.  then  Laban  and  Bethuel  answered  &  sayd,  the  thing 
proceedeth  from  the  lord,  wee  cannot  speak  unto  thee  bad  or 
good. 

4.  A  day  in  thy  courts  is  better  then  a  thousand  elsewhere, 
such  a  day  better  then  ten  thousand  ;  what  time  I  am  afrayd  I  will 
trust  in  thee ;  Thy  vowes  are  upon  mee  6  God,  thy  vowes  are 
upon  mee !  I  desire  to  know  nothing  but  X^  Jesus  «S:  him 
crucifyed. 

6.  Edw.  Newton  &  cosin  Alice  Hotchkis  marry'd  at  Ight- 
feild.  The  lord  make  her  like  Rachel  &  like  Leah,  which  two 
did  build  tlie  house  of  Israel,  &  may  hee  doe  worthily  in 
Ephratah  and  bee  famous  in  Bethlehem. 

7.  Monthly  fast  should  have  been,  but  not  observ'd  at 
Whitch.*  Tis  well  if  our  humiliation  dayes  doe  not  prove  to  be 
provocation  dayes,  through  the  general  neglect.  It  had  been 
observ'd,  the  Plague  hath  still  increas'd,  for  several  months,  just 
the  week  after  y^  Fast.      Ki'ptc  IX^-qa-ov. 

*  In  1661  Newcome  writes  :  "  Christians  to  your  Bibles  :  sad  if  our  zealc 
to  our  Bibles  and  the  flames  of  persecution  goe  out  together." 


PHILIP  HENRY.  1 83 

10.  war  proclaym'd  about  this  time  betw.  us  and  France, 
lord  bee  thou  a  wall  of  fire  round  about  us  &  y''  glory  in  the 
midst  of  us.  Salvation  will  hee  appoynt  for  walls  &  bulwarkes, 
but  then  it  followes,  Open  y^  gate  that  y*"  righteous  nation  which 
keepeth  the  truth  may  enter  in. 

1 1.  Mr.  Bold  at  chap.  T.  i  JoJui  3.  4.  N'eJi.  9.  Ty^^.  How- 
beit  thou  art  just  in  all  that  is  brought  upon  us.  for  thou  hast  done 
right  but  wee  have  done  wickedly. 

12.  Term  adjournd  from  Oxford  to  Windsor,  from  Windsor 
this  day  to  AA'estminster,  whither  wee  hear  the  court  also  is 
removd. 

13.  At  Ac.  Cast  thy  burthen  on  y*  lord  &  hee  shall  sustayn 
thee — ferd  ic — hee  shall  bear  thee  up  under  it,  if  hee  doe  not 
deliver  thee  from  it.     Amen. 

14.  my  little  children,  these  things  write  I  unto  you  that  yee 
sin  not.  Of  all  the  Arguments  agt  sin,  none  like  this,  X'  hath 
dyed. 

My  son  John  finisht  his  first  reading  over  of  his  Accidence, 
reades  English  well,  not  i  year  till  April  since  he  went  to  school, 
blessed  bee  God. 

16.  At  y'-'  quarter  Sessions  for  Middlesex  .  .  .  Min""'  & 
Schoolm"^  of  less  account  took  the  Oath  in  y*"  morning,  in  the 
afternoon  13  more,  D""  Bates,  Mr.  Pool,  Bastwick,  Clarke, 
Sheffeild,  Rood,  Rolls,  Church,  Sarcliff,  Ayler,  Overton,  Brookes. 
That  which  mov'd  y""  was  S'"  Orl.  Bridgman's  declaring  upon  y" 
Bench,  that  by  endeavor  was  meant  only  seditious  &  tumultuous 
endeavor.  W"  all  had  subscrib'd  Chief  Justice  Keeling  spake  to 
this  purpose,  well  now.  Gentlemen,  I  am  glad  to  God  so  many  of 
you,  a  whole  Jury,  have  taken  this  Oath,  you  have  now  renounct 
that  abominable  wicked  Covenant  &  I  hope  will  never  speak  a 
word  for  it  any  more,  I  hope  others  will  doe  likewise  by  your 
example,  &  that  you  will  proceed  further  to  conform. 

this  narrative  I  saw  in  a  letter  from  Mr.  Arthur  Jackson.  At 
y''  Quarter  Sessions  for  Northamtonsh.  eleven  took  the  Oath,  upon 
a  like  Assurance  from  Bish.  Reynolds,  the  chief  whereof  was  D'' 
Conant. 

A  paper  cald  y"  Sober  ghess  concludes,  the  Spirit  of  life  from 
God  shall  enter  into  the  slayn  witnesses  about  y*"  24.  of  this  month 


184  PHILIP  HENRY. 

when  y''  3  dayes  &  a  half,  a  day  for  a  year  are  accomplisht — but  I 
like  not  such  Chesses,  it  is  not  for  you  to  know  y*"  times  &  seasons. 

17.  At  Bronn.  my  father  ill,  suppos'd  to  bee  an  ulcer  in  his 
kidneyes.  lord  spare  !  his  life  I  beg,  if  it  bee  thy  will ;  his  sal- 
vation however;  and  for  his  estate  doe  with  it  as  pleases  thee, 
nee  habeo,  nee  careo,  nee  euro. 

Mr.  Hunt  not  clear  for  Cos.  Dan.  Ben.  going  to  the  University 
bee.  of  snares  there,  yet  hee  hims.  being  desirous  of  it,  hee  con- 
descended to  it.     the  lord  bee  his  good  speed. 

I  say  to  you  my  Freinds,  There  is  a  Covenant  of  Freindship 
betw.  X'  &  Beleivers.  Hee  hath  said,  I  will  never  leave  thee  nor 
forsake  thee  !  lord,  by  thy  grace,  I  will  never  leave  thee  nor  for- 
sake thee. 

25.  At  Whitch.  T.  2  Tim.  3.  2.  unthankful  unholy.  D'' 
sick,  no  sermon  in  y'^  aftern. 

28.  (jreat  mercy  to  my  wife  in  her  last  deliverance  acknow- 
ledg'd  this  day.  Unto  thee  doe  wee  give  thankes,  unto  thee  doe 
wee  give  thankes  ! 

March  22.  This  day,  mee  thought,  it  was  made  more  clear 
to  mee  than  ever  by  the  hand  of  my  (jod  upon  mee,  and  I  note  it 
down  that  I  may  remember  it. 

I.  That  the  Covernm'  of  the  Church  of  Christ  ought  to  bee 
manag'd  by  the  Ministers  of  Christ*     Heh.  13.  7. 

*  One  might  suppose  that  this  was  written  by  a  Churchman  in  the  present 

dav,  except  that  his  conclusion  is  faulty ;  schism  carrying  with  it  this  .deadly 

evil that  when  the  original  excuses  for  separation  are  removed,  Christians  are 

no  nearer  to  one  another  than  they  were  before. 
Compare  the  following  suggestions  : — 

(I.)  "That  the  clergy  and  lay  communicants  of  the  English  Church  should 
have  a  real  voice  in  the  election  of  their  bishops,  instead  of  having 
bi.-.hops  arbitrarily  imposed  on  them  by  the  Prime  Minister  of  the 
day." 

(2.)  "That  the  bishops  thus  chosen  should  govern  their  dioceses  constitu- 
tionally, with  the  advice  of  their  diocesan  synods,  the  necessity  for  the 
restoration  of  which  is  in  no  way  lessened  by  the  assembling  diocesan 
conferences  of  clergy  and  laity,  useful  as  these  gatherings  are." 

(3.)  "That  the  provincial  synods  of  Canterbury  and  York  should  be  reformed, 
so  as  to  proxide  for  a  more  adequate  representation  of  the  parochial 
clergy,  both  beneficed  and  unbeneficed." 

{4.)  '•  That  the  rightful  position  of  the  Convocations  (thus  reformed)  in  regard 
to  ecclesiastical  legislation  should  be  recognized  by  Parliament,  in 
accordance  with  our  constitution  in  Church  and  State." 

(5.)  "That  Church  courts  should  be  appointed— for  the  diocese,  by  the 
authority  of  the  diocesan  synod  ;  for  the  province,  by  the  authority  of 


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2.  That  in  Prelacy  Ministers  have  not  the  managem'  of  Church 
(lOvernm*  not  in  the  least  being  only  the  Executioners  of  y'' 
Prelates  Decrees,  as  in  Excommunication  and  Absolution,  which 
Decrees  are  given  forth  by  lay-Chancelors  and  lay  Deanes 
rural. 

3.  Therefore  that  Prelacy  is  a  Usurpacoh  in  the  church  of 
•Clod  upon  the  Crown  &  Dignity  of  Jesus  X'  &  upon  y'  Gospel- 
rights  of  his  servants  the  Ministers. 

4.  And  therefore  I  ought  not  to  subscribe  to  it,  nor  to  swear 
not  to  endeavour  in  all  lawful  wayes  y'  Alteration  of  it,  i.e.  by 
praying,  &  pswading  when  there  is  opportunity, 

5.  but  may  safely  venture  to  suffer  in  the  refusal  of  such  an 
Oath,  committing  my  soul,  life,  estate,  liberty,  all,  to  him  who 
judges  righteously. 

7.  Of  y"  plague,  28.  |  14.    of  y*^  plague,  29.  |  22.    ofy"^  plague,  33. 

24.  A  sad  day  amongst  poor  Min"  up  &  down  these  Nations, 
who  by  this  Act  of  Restraynt  are  forc't  to  remove  from  amongst 
their  Freinds,  Acquaintance,  Relations,  People,  and  to  sojourn 
amongst  strangers,  as  it  were  in  JNIesech  &  in  the  Tents  of  Kedar. 
But  there  is  a  God  who  tells  their  wanderings  &  will  put  their 
teares  &  the  teares  of  y"'""  wives  &  children  into  his  Bottle.  Are 
they  not  in  his  book  ? 

Lord  be  a  little  Sanctuary  to  them  &  a  place  of  refuge  from 
the  storm  &  from  the  tempest,  and  let  not  their  removes  bee 
figurative  of  any  evil  to  these  nations  as  Ezekiel's  was — cap.  12. 
I.  2.  3.  and  pity  those  places  from  which  they  are  ejected  &  come 
thou  &  dwell  where  y"'  may  not.  There  is  great  danger  of  de- 
cayes,  declinings,  Apostasyes,  w"  y'=  guides  are  gone,  prevent  lord. 

29.  At  Ash.  unskilful  in  redeeming  time,  lord  teach  mee  to 
number  my  dayes. 

30.  Of  ye  Plague  17. 

31.  At  O  .  .  .  the  world  is  our  sojourning  place— Heaven 
our  home — 6 — how  much  sweeter. 

April  I.  Publique  Sabbaths  are  to  mee  more  beautiful  & 
more  comfortable,  but  there  is  a  promise  to  two  or  three. 

the  provincial  synod  ;  and  as  a  Court  of  Appeal  for  the  whole  Church 
of  England,  by  the  joint  authority  of  the  two  provincial  synods." 
A  seat   in  the   House  of  Lords,  with  ^^5000  a  year,  is  not— /arc  Lord 
Houghton — of  the  essence  of  the  episcopal  office. 


1 86  PHILIP  HENRY. 

2.  Sisters  remov'd  to  Kensington  from  little  Chelsey,  wee 
have  here  no  continuing  city,  but  wee  seek  one  to  come. 

4.  a  signal  answer  of  prayers  in  y*"  recovery  of  Sarah  Benet, 
extream  ill  of  y"  smal  Pox,  I  will  love  the  lord  because  .  .  . 
Publique  Fast  should  have  been  but  now  wee  are  not  slayn,  wee 
seek  not, 

6.  Abraham  follow'd  God  by  Faith  into  a  strange  countrey  not 
knowing  whither,  I  lack  foith  to  follow  him  fully  even  amongst  my 
own  people. 

though  the  Shepheard  bee  smitten,  lord  let  not  my  little  Flock 
at  home  bee  scatter'd.  bee  Husband  to  wife,  Father  to  children, 
iVIaster  to  servants.  |  6.     Of  y*"  plague  26. 

7.  Welcome  at  Ash — I  should  doe  ill  to  call  myself  an  exile, 
Ash  is  neither  Mesech,  nor  Kedar,  nor  Patmos,  lord  fit  me  for  even 
such  a  banishment. 

8.  Whitch,  T.  I  Cor.  11.  26.  The  Sacram'  is  a  memorial 
of  the  Death  of  X'  worthy  to  bee  had  in  everlasting  remembrance. 

9.  troubl'd,  I  am  so  unprofitable,  of  little  or  no  use  in  my 
generation,     how  long  lord,  holy  &  true. 

10.  At  Tils[tock]  Eza.  26.  8.  yea  in  the  way  of  thy 
Judgm'^  6  lord  have  wee  wayted  for  thee — tis  good  that  a  man 
should  both  hope  and  quietly  wayt  for  the  salvation  of  the  lord  ; 
lord  my  soul  wayteth  for  thee,  more  than  they  y'  wayt  &  watch 
for  y''  morning. 

14.  Of  ye  plague  28. 

15.  Mr.  Edw.  at  Cockshute.  T.  Ecd.  7.  i.  The  day  of 
ones  death  is  better  than  the  day  of  ones  birth,  bee.  our  Birth-day 
lets  us  into  a  vayn  world,  w"''  death  lets  a  believer  out  of  &  opens 
a  door  into  eternal  rest  in  the  bosom  of  (rod.  which  is  best  of  all. 

22.  At  Aulam,  where  preaches  one  ]\Ir.  Cole  affectionately  & 
to  cedification,  which  I  am  glad  to  see  anywhere,  prais'd  bee  God. 
Tit.  2.  3. 

24.  At  Acton.  COS.  K  .  .  .  a  2'"'  daughter,  p.  G.  thence  to 
Nantv.-.  Rom.  12.  i.  God's  mercyes  to  our  bodyes  should  engage 
us  to  serve  God  with  our  bodyes.  though  bodily  exercise  alone  in 
wors"  profits  noth.  yet  I  must  glorify  (iod  both  with  my  body  <S: 
with  my  spirit,  for  both  are  his,  and  I  must  not  in  anyth.  sin  agt 
him  with  my  Body,  and  I  must  bee  ready  to  suffer  for  him  with 
my  Body.     Amen. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  1 8/ 

29.  Sabbath  spent  at  I'orperley  where  preaches  Mr.  Sherrot. 
T.  Col.  3.  3.  the  hfe  of  a  X"-'"  a  hidden  Hfe,  theref.  judge  not.  for 
without  all  doubt  many  whom  wee  now  take  to  bee  Godly  shall  at 
y^  last  day  bee  found  Hypocrites  <S:  many  whom  wee  now  con- 
demn as  Hypocrites  shall  bee  found  godly. 

April.  I  v.-as  bound  in  a  bond  with  Robert  Bickley  my  freind 
to  Elizabeth  Yardley  of  Whitch.  for  30"'  which  hee  had  of  her,  to 
bee  paid  at  Mich,  next.  Salomon  saith,  hee  that  hateth  suretiship 
is  sure  but  hee  saith  also,  hee  that  hath  Freinds  must  show  hims. 
Freindly.  I  am  bound  with  him,  for  other  30"'  to  y''  parish  of 
Hanmer,  and  besides  that  for  no  other  that  I  know  of  in  this 
world;  nor  no  other  for  mee  but  the  same  Robert  Bickley  for  130. 
which  I  owe  to  Timothy  Adams. 

May  I.  I  went  with  my  wife  to  Hakos  to  Cos.  Talb.  whom 
God  hath  blessed  with  a  second  son  nam"d  Richard,  p.  G.  thence 
to  Ash. 

3.  ;My  son  John  five  yeares  old  this  day.  6  w'  yeares  of 
mercy  have  they  been  to  us  in  resp.  of  children,  given,  preserv'd, 
thriving,  health,  mercy  and  noth.  but  mercy. 

6.  Air.  Edw.  at  Tilst.  T.  Hos.  5.  15.  the  great  God  takes 
it  for  granted  that  a  people  or  ,pson  in  affliction  will  turn  to  him. 
twere  well  if  alwayes  it  might  bee  so,  twere  well  if  it  were  so  with 
this  nation,  with  london  at  this  day.  My  wife  present  also,  parted 
at  Even,  shee  to  O,  I  to  A.  blessed  bee  God,  it  hath  been  other- 
wise !     I  Cor.  7.  29. 

7.  remayning  10"'  payd  by  my  wife  to  JNIr.  Yates. 

8.  I  went  from  A.  circum  circa,  whilst  a  rolling  stone,  God 
grant  I  may  gather  moss  to  my  soul,  and  doe  Good  to  my  Freinds, 
some  way  or  other.     Amen. 

14.  Mr.  Whitehal  had  a  great  deliverance  near  Ightfield.  his 
horse  threw  him  into  a  ditch  &  then  lay  upon  him,  almost  half  an 
hour.  I  was  present  at  the  getting  of  him  out,  t\:  no  great  harm, 
a  mercy  never  to  bee  forgotten  by  him,  God  grant  it  may  not. 

15.  I  wrote  to  my  wife  to  go  to  Sir  T.  H,  &:  to  Mr.  H.  of 
Fenns,  to  acquaint  them  with  my  Desire  that  they  would  either 
nominate  another  Collector  or  indemnify  mee,  the  form''  they 
would  not,  the  later  they  would  not  promise,  but  I  suppose  the 
last  change  in  the  Act  of  Restraynt,  if  need  bee,  will  reach  y''  case. 


1 88  PHILIP  HENRY. 

14.  I\Iy  wife  appeafd  for  me  at  Malp.  Visit,  paid  y''  Fees  & 
procur'd  my  discharge  out  of  their  bookes,  where  I  was  presented 
by  Mr.  Tanat  &  Mr.  Bromley  for  not  coming  to  the  Sacram*. 

In  this  month  sickned  &  dy'd  John  Kinaston  of  Otely  Esq"'  the 
iifth  heir  of  that  House  in  25  year.  Sir  Edward.  Sir  Francis,  ISIr. 
Edward.  Sir  Francis  and  Mr,  John,  the  next  now  succeeding  is 
Edward. 

16.  At  A.  not  well.  Head  Ake,  payn  in  shoulder  &  Breast, 
-a  cold  taken  in  my  wandr.  but  tlie  lord  is  righteous  &  tis  meer 
mercy  I  am  not  consum'd.  Through  freinds  kindness  I  wanted 
noth. — as  like  home  as  could  bee,  but  that  it  was  not.     p.  G. 

24,  At  Sta[nwardine]  *  with  Uncle  B.  thence  at  night  ad- 
la:  Qu:  safe  &  well,  blessed  bee  God. 

26.  Mrs.  Steel  brought  to  bed  at  her  own  house  in  Hanmer  t 
of  a  son,  whither  her  husband  may  not  come  to  her,  a  great  afflic- 
tion :  but  shall  wee  receive  good  at  the  hand  of  y"  Lord  (Sc  shall 
wee  not  receive  evil  also  ? 

— baptized  the  week  after,  named  Josiah. 

■ — dy'd  Jun.  3.  &  bury'd  at  Hanmer,  its  two  brothers  !Moses  & 
Samuel  laying  it  in  the  grave,  which  much  affected  those  who  were 
present. 

28.  Mr.  Heath,  late  Minister  of  Julians  in  Shrewsb.  was 
bury'd  at  Wellington,  where  he  had  been  an  exile  since  Mar.  24 — 
Being  askt  by  ]\Ir.  Eaurence  what  reflections  hee  had  on  his  death- 
bed upon  his  non-conformity,  hee  said  hee  would  not  but  have 
•done  as  hee  did  for  a  thousand  worlds.  Hee  was  trium  linguarum 
peritissimus  ;  the  best  Hebricean  in  these  p'^  of  England.  Hee 
read  the  liturgy  till  Aug.  24. — 62  and  then  went  off,  refusing  to 

*  Stanwardine,  Salop,  belonged  to  the  family  of  Horde  of  Walford.  It 
•came  by  marriage  to  Kinaston  of  Hordley,  and  with  Jane,  second  daughter  of 
Thomas  Kinaston  of  Walford,  it  came  to  Robert  (son  of  Roger)  Corbett,  of 
.Shawbury,  Esq.,  who  built  the  fine  hall  which  is  still  standing(i8Si). 

t  By  Richard  Steele's  will,  proved  in  the  Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury, 
December  10,  1692,  it  appears  that  he  had  a  tenement  of  his  own  in  Hanmer. 
This  will  account  for  the  painful  separation  referred  to.  At  that  time  there  was 
no  vicarage  house  there.  In  the  Gciitlcma)i's  Magazine  for  1762,  Candidus 
writes:  "Richard  Steel  was  the  vicar  here  (Hanmer)  in  the  grand  rebellion, 
and  when  obliged  to  quit  the  ]3lace  by  the  Five-mile  Act,  he  wrote  the  twenty- 
fifth  and  twenty-sixth  verses  of  the  fifteenth  chapter  of  2  Samuel  in  a  pane  of  a 
window  of  the  house,  with  liis  name  at  bottom,  in  the  year  1665,  which  very 
pane  is  yet  remaining." 


nil  LIP  IIEXRY.  1 89. 

declare.     He  had  great  confidence  that  God  would  provide  for  his 
widow  <5c  children,  according  to  promise. 

The  week  before,  Mr.  York  dy'd  in  Shrewsb.  a  holy  good  man,. 
&  well  approved  in  y"  Ministry,  who  wasted  his  own  Candle  in 
giving  light  to  others,  even  whilst  under  y''  Bushel,  lord  is  this 
y*"  meaning  of  Rev.  11.  12.  concern,  the  witnesses.  6  stay  thy 
hand.     Ps.  39.  /. 

Easter-Tithes  pavd. 

s.  d. 
Cowes  &  Calves  ...  ...  ...  ..09 

Offerings  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  o     4 

Plow-seat         ...  ...  ...  ...  ...     o     3.^/ 

A  colt       ...  ...  ...  ..  ...  o     I. 

Bees  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ..      03 

Dove-house  ...  ...  ...  ...  06 


Pigeons  taken  since  Mar.  30.  to  this  time  about.  14  dozen, 

from  July  31.  to  the  end  of  the  year,  taken  more — 18  dozen. 
In  all,  32  dozen. 

An  unhappy  difference  between  Uncle  Hotchkis  &  cosin' 
Raph  Eddow  about  a  legacy  left  in  old  Mr.  Hotchkis  Will,  their 
Brother  Mr.  Tho.  Hotch.  came  over  to  mediate,  and  my  endeavours 
were  used  with  his,  but  bee  returned  re  infecta.  A  brother  offended 
is  harder  to  be  won  than  a  strong  city,  and  their  contentions  are 
like  the  bars  of  a  Castle. 

A  terrible  sea-fight  between  us  &  the  Dutch,*  wherein  accord.- 
to  the  first  report  wee  had  the  better  which  caused  great  joy,  but 
it  proved  afterwards  wee  had  the  worst,  many  ships  and  men  lost,, 
which  caused  great  sadness. 

*  A  fleet  of  seventy-four  sail  was  equipped  in  May,  of  which  Prince  Rupert 
took  twenty  sail  to  the  Mediterranean,  while  the  Duke  of  Albemarle  was  sur- 
prised to  find  the  Dutch  fleet  of  more  than  eighty  ships  off"  the  North  Foreland. 
He  fought  till  night  (June  i),  with  gi-eat  loss.  The  next  day  the  enemy  were 
reinforced  with  si.xteen  sail,  and  Monk,  again  sustaining  the  attack  witli  his  usual 
determination,  fought  as  long  as  the  light  of  day  served.  He  then  with  difficulty 
commenced  a  retreat.  On  the  evening  of  the  third  day,  Rupert  returned  with 
his  twenty  .ships,  and  the  fight  was  resumed  ;  they  separated  at  last  under  cover 
of  a  thick  fog.  The  advantage  had  been,  on  the  whole,  with  the  Dutch.  On 
the  25tli  of  June  they  met  again,  and  the  Dutch  were  defeated.  Holmes,  with  a 
squadron  of  boats  and  five  ships,  entered  the  Baltic  and  burned  two  men-of-war 
and  a  hundred  and  fifty  merchantmen  and  their  cargoes.  The  rage  of  De  Wilt 
indicates  the  greatness  of  the  loss. 


190  PHILIP  HENRY. 

Feares  of  sudden  invasion  follow'd  whereupon  the  Countryes 
were  arm'd  but  it  pleas'd  God  to  scatter  the  cloud  for  present,  lord 
bee  England's  God  and  Guid,  .Sun  and  Shield.     Amen. 

Reasons  of  my  venturing  at  home  notwiths.  the  penalty  of  the 
Act. 

1.  a  Warrant  requiring  mee  to  collect  the  Royal  Ayd,  which 
I  cannot  doe  unless  present.  The  last  clause  of  y"  x^ct  provides 
that  personal  appearance  in  obedience  to  a  Warrant  shall  not  bee 
construed  an  offence. 

2.  having  measur'd,  I  find  it  5  miles  to  the  bounds  of  the 
Parish;  reckoning  1760.  yards  to  a  mile,  accord,  to  the  Statute. 
35  Eliz.  cap.  6.  &  Tis  Mr.  Ratclifs  opinion  which  I  have  under 
his  hand  and  Mr.  Tho.  Jones  of  Shrewsb.  as  I  am  credibly  inform'd 
(both  which  are  Lawyers  cs:  Parliam'  men)  that  the  miles  men- 
tioned in  the  Act  are  to  bee  measur'd  miles. 

3.  It  is  doubtful  whether  I  were  either  Parson,  Vicar,  Curate, 
or  Stipendary  at  Worthenb.  since  the  Act  of  Oblivion,  preaching 
there  a  while  only  gratis,  by  permission  not  substitution  of  Dr. 
Bridgman. 

July.  Armour  from  Shrewsb.  Back  &  Breast  &  Head-peice. 
cost  i"'  13'  4*.  Muster  at  Flint.  4  dayes.  Randle  Stocton  trayn'd 
for  mee  at  16''  ,p  diem. 

Early  harvest,  the  like  scarce  remembered. 

August  4.  I  was  summon'd  by  warrant  to  Hanmer  to  sub- 
scribe to  the  loan  for  the  urgent  occasions  of  the  Dutch  war ;  I 
appear'd  and  pleaded  I  had  it  not,  neither  have  I,  and  therefore 
desired  to  bee  excus'd  ;  I  was  told  my  denyal  proceeded  from 
disaffection,  but  it  doth  not.  some  little  I  would  have  lent,  but 
less  than  20"'  would  not  bee  accepted.  My  Father  Mathewes 
refus'd  to  lend  also,  which  gave  Sir  T.  H.  occasion  to  say,  wee 
know  where  money  is  and  if  the  King  have  need  of  it,  hee  must 
and  shall  have  it. 

13.  I  went  towards  Flint  being  served  thither  with  a  sub- 
poena to  witness  in  a  cause  betw.  Mr.  Nevet  of  london  &  Mr. 
Eyton  of  leeswood  concerning  lightwood  Farm,  settled  by  Mr. 
Sergeant  Puleston  on  his  son  Thomas,  and  by  him  sold  to 
Mr.  Nevet  for  455.  Mr.  Eyton  claymes  by  an  entayl  made  by 
Mr.  Geortre  Puleston. 


PHILIP  IIEXRY.  T9I 

17.  It  was  heard.  I  attested  my  hand,  beuig  witnes  to  Mr. 
Puleston's  deed  to  his  son,  and  declar'd  moreover  being  required 
to  it  w'  I  had  heard  him  say,  vis.  the  reason  why  hee  settled  it  on 
liis  son  Thomas  was  ptly.  for  his  name  sake,  it  having  been  the 
.Vnnuity  of  his  uncle  Thomas,  &  thought  it  might  be  (juestion'd, 
yet  hee  had  by  a  commission  &  depositions  made  it  so  clear  that 
the  right  might  easily  bee  defended.  After  3.  or  4.  houres  hearing, 
the  Jury  brought  in  their  Verdict  for  ]\Ir.  Eyton,  the  Judge  sent 
them  forth  again,  then  press'  a  reference  which  was  at  last  yielded 
to,  referees  were,  ^Nlr.  Fr.  Manley,  and  Mr.  Walcot  &  y*"  Judge  to 
name  a  moderator. 

August  15.  Mr.  Luke  Lloyd  jun.  indited  at  the  Assizes  at 
Flint  for  disturbing  Mr.  Hilton  at  Hanmer  in  y''  time  of  Adnii^tion 
of  y*  Sacram'^*   witnesses  sworn  deposed  tliat  tlie  blessing  was 

*  The  following  letter  from  Sir  Thomas  Hanmer  to  Judge  Charlton  shows 
that  the  disturbance  had  taken  place  two  years  previously.  It  shows  also  who 
they  were  that  distrusted  the  Nonconformists,  and  resented  the  injuries  brought 
by  them  upon  the  country. 

"My  LoRii, 

"About  Michaelmas  last  complaint  being  made  to  me,  &  other 
justices  of  the  peace  in  this  neighbourhood  of  a  strange  irreverent,  &  bold 
carriage  of  one  Mr.  Luke  Lloyd  the  Younger  towards  the  Vicar  of  Hanmer 
Parish  on  a  Sunday  in  the  Church  of  Hanmer,  we  met  together  &  examined 
several  witnesses,  whose  depositions  are  here  enclosed  &  thereupon  thought  it 
our  parts  to  bintl  the  said  Mr.  Lloyd  to  his  good  behaviour  to  appear  before 
your  Lordship  the  next  Assizes  in  Flintshire.  The  reasons  inducing  us  were, 
that  the  giving  the  lie  was  a  great  provocation  to  the  breach  of  the  peace,  and 
being  given  in  a  sacred  place  &  to  a  sacred  person  at  the  Communion  board, 
we  thought  it  fitt  to  be  transmitted  over  to  jour  Lordship  to  f)roceed  as  in  your 
Avisdom  should  seem  meet.  Besides  the  former  reasons  we  had  at  that  very 
time  orders  from  His  Majesty  &  the  Lord  President  to  have  a  special  eye  over 
such  as  conformed  not  to  the  Church  or  State,  &  to  secure  the  most  dangerous, 
•&  had  many  Nonconformists  in  this  parish  of  Hanmer,  who  we  feared  would 
grow  insolent,  if  such  an  affront  to  the  Church  should  pass  unpunished. 

"  Having  given  your  Lordship  this  account  of  our  proceedings  against  Mr. 
Lloyd  I  must  now  acquaint  your  Lordship  that  I  am  very  credibly  informed 
that  Mr.  Lloyd  hath  been  with  our  Bishop,  my  lord  of  Chester,  and  hath  shewn 
sorrow  for  his  carriage  &  hath  promised  Conformity  to  the  Church  for  the 
future  :  the  like  he  hath  also  done  to  me,  &  I  hope  his  professions  are  real, 
divers  of  his  friends  having  engaged  their  words  for  him,  &  upon  their 
entreaties  I  am  prevailed  with  to  desire  your  Lordship's  gentle  usage  of  him, 
which  is  all  I  have  to  trouble  you  with  at  present ;  therefore  I  conclude,  & 
remain,  V  faithful  serv* 

"Tho.  Hanmer. 

"Hanmer,  March  12,  1665." 


192  FHILIP  HEXRY. 

pronounc't  &  >''  people  gone,  only  some  few  rema}n"d  accord,  to- 
y*^  Ruhr,  to  eat  w*  was  left  of  y''  consecrated  bread,  which  the  Judge 
declar'dto  bee  ,p'  of  y'' Sacram* :  the  Jury  brought  him  in  not  guilty,, 
sent  out  again  by  y"  Judge,  the  second  time  y''  brought  him  in 
guilty.  Tho.  Jenkins  depos'd,  Mr.  Hilton  was  talking  with  Randle 
Eddow  w"  Mr.  Lloyd  came  to  him,  if  talking  not  administring. 
Mr.  Hilton  refusing  to  give  him  the  Sacram'  in  his  pew,  hee 
came  up  to  know  the  reason  &  after  some  other  discourse,  had 
occasion  to  tell  him  &  told  him,  hec  was  a  lyar  &  hee  would  prove 
him  one,  w'^''  was  y*"  disturbance. 

Much  prophaness  in  the  Town,  drinking,  swearing,  revelling, 
night  &  day,  such  as  I  have  not  seen  tliis  long  time,  and  that  it 
should  be  so  in  y''  very  face  of  Justice,  is  a  sign  that  wickednes 
hatli  a  high  hand,  &  then  tis  time  to  cry  help  Lord. 

16.      I  went  to  Holliwel,  a  wonderful  spring ;  pity,  so  abus'd. 
iS.     I  return'd,  found  my  family  well,  and  am  for  ever  bound 
to  love  &  praise  the  God  of  my  mercyes.     Amen. 

24.  This  day  compleats  y"'  35  year  of  my  Age,  lord  teach  mee 
so  to  number  my  dayes  that  I  may  yet  apply  my  heart  to  wisdom. 
Tis  now  4  yeares  since  the  Decree  was  put  in  execution  agt.  the 
Ministers,  how  long  lord,  holy  and  true  ! 

September  2.  A  lamentable  fire  began  in  london,  in  a  Baker's 
house  in  l^udding  lane  behind  the  King's  Head  Tavern  in  new 
Fish-Street,  which  continu'd  burning  till  'I'hursday  following,  laying 
wast  that  famous  and  beautiful  City,  excei)t  a  \ery  smal  remnant 
of  it,  in  its  own  rubbish. 

The  use  I  would  desire  to  make  of  this  sad  providence  is  as 
followelh, 

1.  to  get  my  heart  deeply  affected  Avith  it  and  with  sin  the 
cause  of  it,  the  nations  sin,  the  sin  of  london,  my  own  sin. 

2.  to  weep  with  those  that  weep  and  to  mourn  with  those 
that  mourn,  as  being  myself  also  in  the  body.  How  many  thou- 
sand familyes,  that  have  not  where  to  lay  their  head  ! 

3.  to  see  herein  as  in  a  glass,  what  a  pittiful  portion  is  a 
portion  in  this  world,  and  how  far  it  must  needs  bee  from  making 
a  man  happy,  seeing  in  one  moment  it  makes  to  itself  wings  and 
fly's  away. 

4.  to  bless  God  for  liis  wakeful  eye  of  Providence  over  my 


PHILIP  HENRY.  1 93 

house  &  goods  continually  from  morning  to  Evening  and  from 
Evening  to  morning  again. 

5.  what  a  terrible  day  will  it  bee  when  all  the  world  shall  bee 
on  fire  and  the  elements  shall  melt  with  fer\-ent  heat,  the  earth 
also  and  all  the  works  that  are  therein  shall  bee  burnt  up. 

6.  was  there  not  mercy  in  it  to  poor  silenc'd  Ministers,  that 
they  were  banisht  out  of  the  City  before  this  sweeping  Judgment 
came  upon  it,  and  is  not  the  case  somewhat  like  that  of  lot  fetcht 
out  of  Sodom.      Goi.  19.  15.  16. 

7.  may  it  not  be  a  further  voice  to  our  Governors,  like  that  to 
i'haroh,  saying  let  my  people  goe  that  they  may  serve  mee,  and  if 
ye  will  not,  behold  thus  &  thus  will  I  doe  unto  you. 

8.  is  there  not  someth.  to  bee  observ'd  in  the  circumstance  of 
time  that  it  began  on  the  Sabbath  day,  as  if  the  lords  controversy 
w*"*  london  was  more  particularly  for  prophaning  that  holy  day. 

Chronogram.  totV-  MVnDVs  Conflagrabit  MDCLXVI. 

The  account  given  by  y*  City  to  the  King  and  Council.  Burnt 
within  the  walls  273  acres  of  building,  standing  65.  without  the 
walls  burnt  75  acres  &  some  odd  roods.  |  dwelling  houses  in  all. 
13200.  1  churches.  89.     standing.  11. 

I  received  5"'  of  Mr.  Hunt  of  Boreatton  for  my  white  mare. 

October.  Receiv'd  from  Mr.  Jackson  of  Shrewsb.  120.  welsh 
bookes  to  bee  distributed  freely,  in  North  Wales,  tis  Mr.  Baxter's 
call  to  the  unconverted,  Ex  dono  Authoris. 

Sent  to  Mr.  lewis  to  bee  given  about  Wrexham,  &  in  Anglesey     60 
to  Mr.  Jones  for  Denbigh    ...  ...  ...  ...     20 

to  Mr  Spark  for  about  Northop  ...  ...  6 

occasionally  to  partic.  psons. 

to  !Mr.  Ellis  Rolands  for  Carnarvon. 

The  Termes. 

1.  to  read  it  over  twice 

2.  to  lend  it  if  desir'd. 

Several  Fires  about  the  beginning  of  y*"  month  in  &  about 
london,  one  in  the  Stables  over  against  Whitehal ;  Behold  the  lord 
God  calls  to  contend  by  fire,  6  lord  Ciod  cease,  I  beseech  thee. 

— children  all  not  well,  especially  John  ;  our  feares  of  parting 
with  them  were  renewed  upon  us,  and  wee  made  a  fresh  Deed  of 

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194  PHILIP  HENRY. 

gift,  resigning  them  up  to  the  will  of  God,  and  once  more  it 
pleas'd  the  lord  in  mercy  to  give  them  back  to  our  prayers,  bless 
the  lord  6:  my  soul,  I  will  love  the  lord  because  hee  hath  heard 
the  voice  of  my  supplications. 

1667. 

Mar.  I.  A  youth  of  1 7  or  1 8  y.  of  age  riding  near  after  Another 
in  y''  way  betw.  Shrewsb.  c!c  Wrexham,  there  hanging  a  bough  of  a 
tree  over  y"  way,  hee  put  it  back  with  his  hand  and  it  flurted  in 
the  youth's  face  &:  strook  him  into  his  eye  &  brayn  whereof  this 
day  hee  dyed  at  Wrexham,  the  youth's  name  was  Bowen. 

4.  William  lack  told  mee  of  a  woman  in  Hope  parish,  sister 
to  John  Griffith  of  Hawarden  of  a  prophane  life,  who  hearing 
those  words  pronounc't  at  y'^'  Sacram'  wherby  Scandalous  livers 
are  warn'd  not  to  come  at  that  holy  Table  v\'as  struck  in  Con- 
science &  fell  into  great  terrors,  the  Min'  Mr.  Jones  being  sent 
for  told  her,  hee  did  not  mean  her  why  should  shee  take  it  to  hers. 
gave  her  an  Amulet  viz.  some  verses  of  John  I.  written  in  a  paper 
to  hang  about  her  neck,  as  also  certayn  herbes  to  drive  the  Devil 
out  of  her,*  but  all  in  vayn,  her  Ih'other  and  \\'illiam  lack  being 
sent  for,  they  gave  her  counsel  &:  pray'd  with  her  several  times  till 
at  length  shee  was  much  better,  and  they  hope  a  good  w^ork  is 
wrought  in  her,  her  husband  saying  hee  knows  not  but  hee  is  sure 
she  is  a  better  wife  since  than  shee  ever  was.  The  Min"  threatned 
to  Indite  J.  G.  &  W.  L.  at  the  great  Assize  for  Seducers. 

8.  wee  remov'd  to  W  hitch,  from  Broad-Oke,  God  almighty 
goe  along  with  us  &  bee  our  Sun  and  Sheild.  As  wee  passed  over 
the  red-brook,  it  somew  affected  mee  to  remember  how  with  my 
Staff  I  pass'd  it  awhile  since  &  now  I  am  become  two  bands, 
blessed  bee  God.  The  occasion  of  our  remove  is  partly  with 
reference  to  the  late  Act  of  restraynt  from  the  penalty  of  w*  I  am 
not  altogether  secure,  but  cheifly  for  the  childrens  sake,  the  school 
being  taken  now  from  Whitw.  chap,  to  Wigland  by  S'  0[rlando] 
B[ridgeman].f 

*  Cf.  Tobit  vi.  6,  7;  Josephus,  "Antiquities,"  book  viii.  ch.  ii.  5,  and 
"Wars  of  Jews,"  book  vii.  ch.  vi.  3. 

t  Bishop  John  Bridgeman  of  Chester,  father  of  the  lord  keeper,  Sir  Orlando 
Bridgeman,  purchased  from  Richard  Egerton,  Esq.,  in  1635,  the  manor  of 
rvialpas,  as  also  Wolvesacre,  Wigland,  and  Bryne-pits.  Mr.  Egerton  was  heir 
to  the  Breretons. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  1 95 

9.  A  sad  welcome  to  Town,  by  reason  of  a  Fire  breaking 
forth  in  y*"  evening  of  this  day,*  which  caus'd  a  great  fright  for  the 
time,  &  t'was  y^  more  affecting  to  mee  bee.  t'was  in  a  Kil.  belonging 
to  Mr.  Moxon,  a  non-conformist  in  Town,  though  not  living  as 
such — lord,  grant,  though  I  may  bee  esteem'd  wrongfully,  yet  I 
may  never  be  found  justly  among  the  troublers  of  Israel  on  any 
account  whatsoever. 

15.  my  wife  not  comm.  to  us  yet  to  ^\^■litch.  by  reason  of  the 
weaknes  of  her  Father  but  y"^  less  must  give  place  to  y"  greater. 

17.  This  day  about  2  clock  after  noon  my  Father  Mathewes 
departed  this  life,  having  endur'd  much  tormenting  payn  for  a 
long  time. 

18.  The  6  Feoffees  mett  &  perus'd  the  will  &  finding  my  son 
John  sole  Execuf  &:  thems.  only  desir'd  to  bee  ayding  &  assisting, 
they  thought  the  power  would  naturally  devolve  to  mee  as  Gardian, 
which  I  profess  I  am  no  way  desirous  of,  bee.  of  trouble  &  ac- 
count which  it  brings  with  it,  but  there  being  none  else,  I  under- 
take it,  begging  grace  &  wisdom  of  God,  that  I  may  bee  found 
faithful.  400"'  was  in  ready  money  in  his  trunk  &  no  more 
though  reports  were  otherwise. 

20.  This  evening  dyed  Jane  Woods,  who  had  been  a  servant 
to  my  father  40  y.     Two  dead  in  the  house  together. 

21.  my  Father  buryed  at  HannV  Mr  Hilton  preacht.  T. 
I  Cor.  19.  44.     Jane  Woods  bury'd  the  next  day. 

26.  my  good  old  Cosin  Tho.  Jackson  dyed  after  only  one 
dayes  sickness.  Hee  was  present  at  the  two  former  buryals  in  the 
begin,  of  y*"  week.  &  dead  hims.  by  y"  end  of  it.    lord  what  is  man  ! 

29.  I  prov'd  my  Father's  will  at  Chester  being  made  ad- 
ministrator, in  regard  my  son  the  execut'"  is  an  Infant.  I  had 
also  letters  of  Tuition  of  him  &  y*"  other  children  and  took  the 
oath  to  bring  y""  up  in  y''  fear  of  God  according  to  the  lawes, 
which  God  enable  mee  to  doe.  Another  kind  of  Oath  was 
tendred  which  I  refus'd. 

February.  Goods  priz'd,  some  under,  some  over.  Wearing 
apparel  distributed  according  to  the  will.  About  this  time  I  was 
discharg'd  from  my  Office  of  Collector  through  my  remove  to 

*  The  house  occupied  by  Philip  Henry  is  said  to  be  the  one  oijposite  to 
the  new  Independent  Chapel  in  the  street  of  Dodington,  ^^'hitchurch. 


196  FHILIP  HENRY. 

Whitch.     I  gave  up  the  warrant  to  Sir  Tho.  Hanm"',  the  Acquit- 
tances hee  returu'd. 

9.  Mr.  Francis  Kinaston  of  Pant-y-byrsley  at  the  impor- 
tunate request  of  his  mother  &  Mr.  Edw"''  of  Kylhendrey  came  to 
us  to  Whitch.  to  sojourn  with  us  for  a  time ;  I  pray  God  make 
mee  Instrumental  to  doe  him  some  real  lasting  good. 

Luke  22.  62.  and  Peter  went  out  &  wept  bitterly.  Peter's 
sin  recorded  for  Admonition,  Peters  Repentance  for  Imitation. 

I  r.  Health  &  peace  in  my  Family,  blessed  bee  God  1  wee 
find  his  goodness  the  same  here  as  fonnerly  elsewhere,  to  his 
name  bee  y''  praise. 

14.  See  Jon.  i.  6.  what  meanest  thou  6.  sleep,  arise  call 
upon  thy  God.  J.  H.  when  the  storm  is  risen  as  at  this  day,  its- 
no  time  to  bee  secure  asleep,  but  each  member  is  to  improve  his 
partic.  Interest  in  his  God  in  behalf  of  y"  common  ship  of  church 
and  state. 

Jam.  I.  4.  let  patience  have  tier  pfect  work. 

Esa.  I.  13.  14.  Sanctify  the  lord  of  hosts  hims. 

19.  Expectation  of  peace  with  the  Dutch  w''*'  God  grant  & 
scatter  the  people  that  delight  in  war. 

20.  Tis  observable  how  zealous  people  were  for  y"  observa- 
tion of  lent  a  while  since  and  how  cold  they  are  towards  it  now  ; 
what  hath  no  foundation  will  not  last ;  but  in  that  which  is  good 
'"is  duty  to  bee  zealously  affected  alwayes. 

24.  If  I  may  doe  any  good  in  this  place  I  have  what  I 
desire,  lord  use  mee  !  Prov.  23.  17.  let  not  thy  heart  envy 
sinners  but  bee  thou  in  the  fear  of  y''  lord  all  the  day  long. 

25.  A  very  dry  season  considering  the  time  of  year  which 
threatens — if  mercy  prevent  not.     Wee  are  sick  of  plenty. 

Ma7-c]i  I.  I  went  with  Mr.  C.  beyond  Dee  where  wee  had 
precious  opportunityes  both  of  doing  &:  getting  good.  2.  sow  in 
teares.  3.  reap  in  joy.  It  is  good  for  mee  to  draw  near  to  God- 
lord  pity  scatter'd  sheep  that  have  no  shepheard. 

8.  Cease  from  anger  &  forsake  wrath.  I  have  a  froward 
peevish  spirit  unto  this  day  impatient  of  contradiction,  6  y'  it 
were  mortify'd,  y'  the  grace  of  meekness  might  abound  in  mee 
more  &  more. 

10.  It  is  y''  blessing  of  blessings  to  bee  turn'd  away  from  sin,, 
lord  turn  mee  away  from  mine  iniquity. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  1 97 

15.  Poll-money*  assest  &  gather'd,  every  Gentleman  to  pay 
20'  &  Q\ ery  pson  having  a  hundred  pounds,  either  in  ready  money 
or  clear  debts  20'  on  which  accounts  both  my  self  &  children 
should  have  been  likely  to  have  pay'd,  if  at  Broad-Oke,  but  here 
wee  scapt  for  12''  a  peice,  if  there  bee  not  a  review.  The  chil- 
drens  hundred  pounds  is  not  yet  pay'd  though  it  bee  to  bee  pay'd. 

Articles  seal'd  with  William  Butler  &  bond  taken  for  ,pform- 
ance ;  his  rent  55""  p.  ann.  I  to  pay  taxes — Hee  would  have  had 
bond  from  mee  for  i^iformance  on  my  p'  which  being  not  usual 
I  refus'd. 

16.  My  son  IMathew  sicken'd  of  y"  ^Measils  wherwith  most 
children  are  visited  in  the  Town,  &  mine  no  better  y""'  others. 

19.  I  went  w*''  Mr.  Kinaston  to  Kylhendry  thence  to  Pant-y- 
Byrsleys.  At  Kylhendry  they  were  in  Sorrow  at  the  sicknes  of 
a  little  child,  wee  pray'd  but  the  lord  was  pleased  not  to  hear, 
or  at  least  not  to  grant  w*  wee  askt  in  kind  for  y"  child  dyed — a 
forward  child,  nam'd  Kath. 

21.  Mathew  ill,  we  were  afraid  of  him,  &  pray'd  that  the 
lord  would  not  yet  break  y*"  Knott  of  us,  but  hee  is  wise  &  his 
will  bee  done. 

25.  W.  B.  Zech.  4.  7.  who  art  thou  6  great  mountayn ;  lord 
Jesus  make  playn  the  mountaynes  of  Opposition  that  are  in  the 
•way  of  the  churches  salvation.  This  day  was  bury'd  my  dear 
Friend  Mr.  Griffith  Roberts  of  Holt,  an  old  servant  of  J.  X'.  Hee 
left  most  of  his  estate  to  publike  pious  uses,  and  now  sleepes  in 
Jesus. 

27.  ]Mr.  Lawrence  111  of  y"  ague,  lord  purge  us  by  thy  fires 
&  purely  take  away  our  dross  &  tin. 

30.  My  good  Friend  Robert  Bickley  was  drownd  at  Eaton- 
boat,  riding  late  hee  slept  on  horse-back  &  the  Horse  taking  y" 
Avater  both  sunk  together,  its  sayd  this  very  day  12.  m.  hee  was 
in  y^  same  danger  but  escapt.  Hee  dy'd  much  in  debt  but  hath 
left  wherewithal  to  discharge  it,  if  his  son  deal  honestly. 

April  2.  I  acquainted  S""  Tho.  Hanm""  &  Mr.  Hilton  i, 
that  Billings  his  legacy  of  66""  13*  4*^  for  Hanmer  Schools  de- 

*  Evel}m  wrote,  October  6,  1660  :  "  I  paide  the  greate  Tax  of  Poll  Money 
levied  for  disbanding  the  Army  till  now  kept  up.  I  paid  as  an  Esquire  ;^lo, 
and  one  shilling  for  eveiy  servant  in  my  house." 


jgS  PHILIP  HENRY. 

volv'd  to  my  wife  as  heir  and  I  should  bee  responsible  for  it. 
2.  that  y"  40"'  to  y®  poor  given  by  Tho.  Math,  should  bee  made 
loo""  because  of  Dan  Math,  intention  to  augm'  it.  all  which 
together  might  purchase  some  Ten  em'.  S""  Tho.  Hanm''  propos'd 
one  of  his  in  Orton. 

3.  My  son  John  ill,  the  jNIeasils  came  out  &  after  a  day  or 
two  disappear'd  again  and  left  a  dulnes,  praeter-natural  heat,  &: 
shortnes  of  breath  upon  him.  wee  sent  for  D''  Archer,  who 
administred  to  him. 

5.  Wee  thought  hee  had  been  dying,  having  many  Symp- 
tomes  of  Death  upon  him,  intermittent  pulse,  blacknes  of  nayles 
(S:c.,  but  the  lord  repriev'd  him. 

7.  ill  still  yet  not  without  some  hope,  his  head  light,  talking 
continually  which  spends  his  spirits,  yet  not  a  wicked  word  nor 
once  taking  the  name  of  God  in  vain,  but  all  his  complaynt  6: 
dear.     This  morning  dy'd  John  Figes  an  only  son. 

10.  ill  still  yet  not  without  some  hope,  though  but  little, 
unless  in  the  absolute  power  of  the  infinite  God,  to  whom  prayer 
is  made  by  many  on  his  behalf. 

12.  At  Sun-sett  this  day  hee  dy'd,  our  first  born  and  the 
beginning  of  our  strength,  a  forward  child,  manly,  loving,  patient 
under  correction.  6:  that  I  could  now  bee  so  under  the  correct- 
ing hand  of  my  heavenly  Father,  lord  wherefore  is  it  that  thou 
contendest,  show  mee,  show  mee.  have  I  over-boasted,  over- 
loved,  over-prized — my  heart  bleeds,  lord  have  mercy. 

Immodicis  brevis  est  retas,  et  rara  senectus, 
Quicquid  amas,  cupias,  non  placuisse  nimis. 

14.  I  attended*  on  publike  Ordinances  though  sad  in  Spirit, 
as  Job  who  after  all  the  evil  tidings  that  were  brought  him, 
whereof  Death  of  children  was  y"  last  but  not  y*^  least  yet  fell 
down  &  worshipped. 

15.  my  dear  child,  now  mine  no  longer,f  was  layd  in  the 
cold  earth  in  y*"  middle  He  in  Whitch.  church  betw.  y^  Desk  &: 
chancel,  not  lost,  but  sown  to  bee  raysd  again  a  glorious  body 
and  I  shall  goe  to  him  but  hee  shall  not  return  to  mee.  Mr.. 
Edwards,  his  school-master  preacht.     Text.  Mar.  13.  35. 

*  What  a  fine  example  is  this  to  those  suftering  in  mind,  liody,  or  estate, 
t  See  page  203. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  1 99 

1 6.  A  fire  at  Drayton,  above  30  dwelling  houses  burnt, 
lord  thy  judgm*^  are  in  the  land,  6:  that  the  Inhabitants  thereof 
might  learn  righteousnes  !     6:  that  I  might ! 

22.  Sarah  la^\Tence  dyed,  a  hopeful  niay'd,  giving  good 
evidence  of  a  work  of  grace  ^\Tought  upon  her  soul,  &  6:  how 
willing  may  parents  bee  to  p'  with  such  when  y"  lord  calls,  they 
are  not  amissi  but  pra^missi.  lord  thou  hast  made  thy  poor  serv*^ 
that  have  been  often  companions  in  thy  work  now  companions 
in  tribulation,  the  very  same  tribulation,  mee  for  my  sin,  him  for 
his  tryal.  o:  let  everlasting  amies  bee  under,  and  come  instead 
of  dead  children  and  bee  our  comforter.  Dr.  FowF  preacht.  T. 
Ps.  116.  25. 

29.  my  daughter  Sarah  yet  ill  of  y*"  Ague  but  wee  hope  better 
than  shee  hath  been,  lord  spare  the  remnant. 

30.  Expectation  of  peace  with  Holland  6:  that  peace  might 
bee  with  God  ! 

May  3.  If  my  dear  child  had  liv'd  to  this  day  hee  had  been 
Six  yeares  of  Age,  but  hee  lives,  I  trust,  a  better  life  in  the  Armes 
of  Jesus,  accord,  to  the  termes  of  the  Covenant  of  grace.  The 
day  was  then  a  day  of  rejoycing,  now  of  mourning,  but  the  same 
God  both  gave  &  took  away,  blessed  bee  his  name. 

5.  Freinds  flock  in  to  us  on  Sabbath-Evenings,  &  to  will 
is  present,  but  to  doe  them  the  good  I  would  I  am  not  able,  lord 
enable,  and  spin  out  this  thred  of  opportunity,  if  it  please  thee  ! 

6.  Tho.  Bickley  had  16"'  of  Dav.  Philips  for  6  months 
Roger  Jenkins  surety,  either  fame  misrepresents  him  or  hee 
takes  ill  courses,  which  I  am  sorry  for,  &  y"  rather  bee.  religion 
suffers. 

7.  Alice,  y"  daughter  of  Cosin  Newton  about  6.  w.  old  was 
smother'd  in  bed  by  y"  nurse,  a  great  affliction,  greater  than  mine, 
though  I  the  greater  sinner,  t'was  their  first  &  only  one  &  the 
death  untimely. 

11.  at  A.  Zcch.  12.  10.  sorrow  for  sin  should  bee  like  parents 
sorrow  at  such  a  time  &  w*  y'  is  God  hath  let  mee  now  by  ex- 
perience know,  that  I  might  teach  others. 

12.  Covenants  solemnly  renew'd  with  God  in  Jesus  X'  who  is 
mine,  mine,  &  I  am  his,  and  who  shall  separate  ! 

14.     G.  W.,   in   bitternes  for   sin,  unbosom'd  hims.  to    mee 


200  PHILIP  HENRY. 

4>  M  ^  and  through  mercy  it  did  mee  good  and    I  spake  that 
to  him  which  through  the  same  mercy  did  him  good  also,  to  God 

bee  glory. 

15.  About  this  time  my  son  Math,  began  his  Accidence, 
bless  lord,  &  let  it  bee  sayd,  uno  avulso  non  deficit  alter  Aureus. 

16.  great  zeal  a  while  since  in  procession,  now  much  abated, 
bee.  wants  foundation. 

19.  Freinds  forbear  to  come  in  to  us  bee.  hee  offended  who 
should  rather  have  rejoyced,  if  by  any  meanes  the  work  might  bee 
carryd  on  in  his  peoples  soules. 

21.  At  Bick.  Ps.  145.  17.  The  lord  is  righteous  in  all  his 
wayes,  &  holy  in  all  his  workes.  That  evening  to  Che''  where 
advis'd  with  Mr.  Ratcl.  concerning  Bronington-Estate,  who  in- 
form'd  mee  that  in  regard  of  a  former  Entayl  by  Tho.  Mathewes 
which  I  shew'd  him  &  no  fine  levyd  upon  it,  for  which  I  made 
search  in  the  Office,  the  Feoffm*  made  by  my  Father  was  void  as  to 
the  land  of  Inheritance  both  in  Bronn.  &  Willington,  but  re- 
mayn'd  good  as  to  w*  hee  purchas'd  of  which  advice  given  under 
his  hand  I  may  or  may  not  make  use  as  there  is  occasion. 

28.  upon  payment  of  one  hundred  markes  to  and  for  Tho. 
Bickley  hee  seald  unto  mee  this  day  with  livery  &  seizin  a 
mor<yage  of  two  feilds  in  Mulsford  called  Kay  glas,  the  rent 
expected  from  it  is  4"'  which  I  intend  for  y''  School-use,  till  some 
other  way  bee  found  out  for  y^  better  disposing  of  it  to  y**  content 
of  the  Parish  of  Hanm''  accord,  to  ]\Ir.  Billings  his  will. 

About  this  time  dyd  y"  D.  of  Kendal  *  2"^  son  of  the  D.  of 
York,  his  eldest  the  D.  of  Cambridge  not  likely  to  recover,  his 
only  daughter  either  quite  or  almost  blinded  with  the  Kings  Evil, 
lord,  Shew  the  Family  wherfore  thou  thus  contendest  with  them. 

/u/ie  5.  a  very  cold  wind  &  rayn,  whicli  caus'd  the  Death 
of  many  Sheep  &  other  cattle. 

yong  Mr  Yates  childless,  his  wife  also  not  like  to  live,  marry'd 
since  wee,  hath  had  4.  children,  and  now  they  are  not. 

n.     The  Dutch  f  appear'd  upon  the  English  coasts,  assaulted 

*     See  Pepys'  Diary  for  INIay  14,  1667,  and  Philip  Henry's  diary  for  1671, 

t  Charles  II.  having  received  from  his  Parliament  ;i^i, 800,000,  which  was 
insufficient  to  maintain  his  fleet  and  pay  past  debts,  and  trusting  to  the  prospect 
of  peace  from  negotiations  opened  at  Breda,  laid  up  several  of  the  largest 


PHILIP  HENRY.  20I 

the  Isle  of  Shepey,  burnt  &  sunk  several  of  our  best  Ships,  that 
lay  in  harbour,  which  caused  great  distraction  in  &  about  I>ondon, 
men's  hearts  generally  fayling  tliem  through  fear. 

Papists  promise  thems.  a  day,  lord,  in  the  pit  which  they  dig 
let  their  own  foot  bee  taken.     Amen. 

12.  I  went  with  micle  Benyon  to  Boreatton,  bought  of  Capt. 
Heneage  a  parcel  of  law-bookes  for  Cosin  Daniel. 

13.  with  j\Ir.  Talants  to  Churton,  became  acquainted  with 
Mr.  Barnston  &  his  wife,  shee  drouping  &  complayning.  Lord  lift 
up  the  light  of  thy  countenance  upon  her  soul  &  give  her  peace. 

18.  mourning  ones  shall  bee  marked  ones,  Ezek.  9.  4.  Ps. 
119.  136. 

19.  Mr.  Tho.  Porter*  late  j\Iin''  of  Whitch  dy'd.  at  Shrewsbury 

vessels.  This  was  De  Witt's  opportunity  for  vengeance.  He  collected  seventy 
ships,  and  the  13th  of  June  saw  the  Dutch  fleet  advancing  triumphantly  up  the 
river.  They  destroyed  three  large  ships  at  Chatham,  and  did  much  mischief ; 
for  six  weeks  they  insulted  the  English  coast,  attempting,  but  in  vain,  to  burn 
the  ships  at  Portsmouth,  Plymouth,  and  Torbay.  Macaulay  writes,  "  Had 
there  been  a  general  election  while  the  nation  was  smarting  under  so  many 
tlisgraces  and  viisfortiaies  [the  plague  and  the  fire],  it  is  probable  that  the 
Koundheads  would  have  regained  ascendency  in  the  State." 

*  "  Born  in  Northamptonshire  and  bred  at  Cambridge  "  (Calamy). 
There  are  three  of  this  name  in  the  Oxford  register  at  the  beginning  of 
the  seventeenth  century,  which  leaves  it  doubtful  whether  he  took  an  ad 
ciindem  degree  in  that  university.  On  the  15th  of  March,  1625,  he  was  pre- 
sented to  the  living  of  Hanmer,  in  Flintshire,  by  Sir  Thomas  Hanmer  (so  written 
in  the  Chester  Diocesan  Registiy,  but  Sir  Thomas  was  then  only  thirteen 
years  of  age),  and  remained  there  until  the  "heat  of  the  war  forced  him  to 
withdraw  "  (Calamy).  It  may  be  noticed  that  in  the  Hanmer  register  he 
signs  himself  "  Vicar,"'  or  "  Vic.,"  down  to  1632,  after  which  it  is  "  Minister." 
The  first  time  this  title  is  put  after  his  name,  it  is  not  in  his  own  writing.  His 
last  signature  is  at  the  end  of  1640,  and  his  entries  continue  as  far  as  March  20, 
1641.  He  was  presented  to  Whitchurch,  in  1650,  by  Cromwell,  according  to 
tradition,  and  at  the  same  time  (as  may  be  supposed)  "took  to  himself  the 
right  of  putting  into  Hanmer,  and  made  Mr.  Steele  his  deputy  "  ("  Collections 
for  Walker's  Sufferings  of  the  Clergy  "  (Bodleian),  vol.  i.  No.  203).  He 
"preached  his  farewell  sermon  at  Whitchurch,  August  28,  1660"  (Philip 
Henry's  diary). 

In  Dudleston,  Salop,  there  were  estates  belonging  to  a  family  of  Porter  for 
several  generations,  and  in  1726  they  were  in  the  possession  of  one  of  the  same 
name  :  "  Mr.  Porter  was  so  excellent  a  preacher,  in  Mr.  Baxter's  judgment, 
that  he  declaimed  he  thought  few  arrived  to  his  degree  that  ever  he  had  heard  " 
(Calamy).  He  had  two  sons  of  the  name  of  Jabez,  one  born  at  Hanmer  in 
1639,  the  other  at  Whitchurch  in  1653,  who  died  soon  after  their  birth.  "A 
son  of  his  preached  sometimes  at  Tilstock,  one  of  his  Chappels,  but  whether 
so  long  as  his  father  remained  at  Whitchurch  is  uncertain  :  He  went  after- 
wards to  Bunbury,  and  the  B''  of  Chester  would  not  (says  Mr.  Tallents)  give  him 


202  PHILIP  IIEXRY. 

in  a  good  old  age  ;  a  man  much  honored  by  Crod  with  success  in 
his  ministry,  there  being  many  Avho  call  him  Father — Hee  was 
exercis'd  long  with  payn  upon  his  bed  &  y"  multitude  of  his  bones 
witli  strong  payn,_so  unsearchable  are  thy  Judgm"  6:  lord  &  thy 
wayes  past  finding  out  for  if  this  bee  done  to  the  green  tree,  what 
shall  bee  done  to  the  dry.  His  dying  counsel  to  the  lords  people 
was,  to  stick  to  Christ  &  not  to  let  him  goe,  tide  life,  tide  death. 

Trayned-soldiers  cald  in  to  Hanmer  for  7  dayes,  stay'd  but  three. 

22.     Robert  wyn  buryed  at  Hanmer. 

July.  II.  Martha  Yates  bury'd  who  sleepes  in  Jesus,  shea 
Avas  a  good  woman  &  y''  death  of  such  is  precious  in  y*^  sight  of  y^ 
lord  &  should  bee  so  in  ours. 

12.  Mr.  Roger  Puleston  of  Emeral  dy'd,  in  y''  31.  y.  of  his  age. 
Tis  some  trouble  to  mee  y'  I  have  been  so  strange  to  him,  but  hee 
would  not  bee  otherwise.  God  forgive  to  mee  all  my  omissions 
of  duty  towards  him.     Amen. 

14.  Sealing-day,  to  God  bee  glory  !  Thy  vowes  are  upon 
mee  6:  God.     StoUen  *  waters  are  sweet. 

17.  wee  removed  from  Whitch.  to  Broad-oke  partly  on  my 
wife's  account,  who  rather  chuses  to  lay  her  yong  in  her  old  nest, 
partly  on  Harvest-account,  that  wee  may  the  better  oversee  the 
getting  of  it  in,  partly  on  y"'  children's  account,  the  Small  pox 
increasing  in  the  Town,  now  the  good  lord  bee  with  us  here  & 
preserve  &  bless  us  for  his  names  sake. 

Orders  till  he  solemnly  i-enounced  his  former  Ordination  from  his  Father  and 
the  Classis,  zchic/i  he  submitted  to  do.'''' 

These  last  words  exhibit  unpleasantly  the  spirit  with  which  the  Puritans 
met  the  invitation  to  be  reconciled  to  the  Church.  It  was  siibmissioit,  and  they 
would  not  submit.  If  any  individual  was  disposed  to  show  a  Christian 
humility,  the  leaders  would  hinder  him  if  they  could.  Contrast  with  all  this, 
what  IJede  tells  us  of  Chad  (book  iii.  chap,  xxviii-),  that  "he  was  consecrated 
Bishop  of  York  by  two  bishops  of  the  British  nation,  and  by  Wini,  Bishop  of 
the  West  Saxons,  in  A.n.  665  ;"  that  in  669,  Theodore,  Archbishop  of  Canter- 
bury, upbraided  him  that  he  had  not  been  properly  consecrated  (because  it  had 
been  done  according  to  the  rites  of  the  British  Church,  and  by  British  bishops), 
to  which  he,  with  great  humility,  answered,  "  If  you  know  I  have  not  duly 
received  episcopal  ordination,  I  willingly  resign  the  office,  for  I  never  thought 
myself  worthy  of  it  ;  but  though  unworthy,  in  obedience,,  submitted  to  under- 
take it ;"  and  what  Burnet  (vol.  i.  pp.  139,  140,  fol.)  tells  us  of  the  heavenly 
minded  Leighton,  who,  having  Presbyterian  orders,  submitted  to  be  ordained 
deacon  and  priest  before  his  consecration  as  bishop.     Si  sic  omnes. 

Mr.  Porter  had  a  saying  which  Philip  Heniy  preserves  :  ''  He  that  prays 
most  will  preach  best.      Spiritual  beggars  are  special  preachers. " 

*  Cf.  Psalm  xlii.  2  :  "  My  soul  thirsteth  for  God." 


PHILIP  HENRY.  203 

23,  my  wife  was  safe  delivered  of  a  daughter,  blessed  bee 
God  who  was  present  with  her  in  that  time  of  need. 

July  27.  the  child  was  ba/'tiz'd  by  Mr.  Jonathan  Edwards  of 
Jesus  Coll.  Oxon.  and  named  Eleanor,  according  to  the  appointm* 
of  her  Grandfather  Mathewes,  who  left  her  loo""  by  his  will  on 
that  condition. 

September,  peace  concluded  about  this  time  with  y''  Dutch  ; 
wee  were  secure  before,  God  grant,  wee  bee  not  now  much  more  ! 

Edw.  Hide  E.  of  Clarendon  &  lord  Chancellor  impeacht  by 
y"  Commons  of  High  Treason,  the  House  of  lords,  his  Freinds, 
delay'd  prosecution,  till  hee  fled. 

To  propagate  Hathornes. 

Between  Michaelmas  &  Christmas  take  a  quantity  of  ripe 
Hathorn-berryes  &  putt  them  in  a  hole  in  the  Earth,  either  in  a 
pott  or  vessel  or  without,  and  that  time  1 2  month  take  them  out, 
viz.  y"  seeds,  for  the  Huskes  will  be  rotted  off,  then  sow  them, 
either  in  beds  to  bee  shifted,  or  in  the  place  where  you  will  have 
a  Hedge  to  bee. 

JoHX  Hexrv. 

Hee  was  born  at  Worthenbury  in  the  County  of  Flint.  May 
3.  1 66 1,  being  Friday,  betwixt  the  howres  of  5.  and  6.  in  the  even- 
ing, some  dayes  sooner  then  was  expected,  by  reason  Avhereof 
things  were  somewhat  unready  but  God  was  gracious,  and  his 
Mother  was  deliver'd  of  him,  before  the  midwife  could  come, 
though  living  but  a  mile  off;  I  was  that  day  at  Chester ;  His  com- 
plexion was  observ'd  then  to  bee  sweet  and  ruddy,  his  countenance 
compleat,  his  eyes  lively,  which  gave  them  occasion  then  to  say, 
that  hee  would  not  live. 

Hee  was  baptiz'd.  May  12.  by  Mr.  Georg  Mainwaring,  late  of 
Malpas,  who  cal'd  him  ever  after,  his  Boy ;  I  preacht.  Text.  Ps. 
51.  5.  My  Father  Mathewes  being  present  would  have  his  name 
to  bee  Henry  Mathewes,  I  reply'd,  his  Sir-name  must  bee  Henry, 
because  it  was  mine,  but  whatever  Christen  name  pleas'd  him,  hee 
should  have  ;  but  hee  refusing  to  mention  any  other,  hee  was 
named  John,  the  name  of  my  Father,  John  Henry,  and  the  name 
of  his  mother's  Cirand-father  John  Benyon  and  great  Grand-father, 
John  Howel,  at  which  my  father  Mathewes  took  such  offence 


204  PHILIP  HENRY. 

though  in  so  small  a  matter,  that  from  that  time  hee  never  darkned 
our  doores  after,  to  the  day  of  his  Death, 

when  hee  was  about  lo.  weekes  old  somewhat  ayl'd  him,  which 
wee  thought  would  have  parted  him  from  us  then,  but  God  had 
mercy.  Though  the  nursing  of  him  was  somewhat  tedious  yet  the 
•lord  enabled  his  Mother  to  undergo  it  until  shee  wean'd  him  which 
was  in  April.  1662.  In  September  following  wee  remov'd  to 
Broad-Oke  to  dwell  by  which  time  hee  had  in  a  great  measure 
obtaynd  both  his  feet  tSr  tongue. 

In  the  beginning  of  65.  hee  went  to  school  to  JNIr.  Sam. 
catheral  at  Whitwel  chapel  and  by  the  end  of  that  year  had  learnt 
to  read  English. 

In  the  beginning  of  66.  hee  began  his  Accidence,  which  hee 
dispatcht  in  that  year,  with  some  of  his  Grammar  also.  That 
Spring  hee  was  dangerously  ill  of  the  chin-cough,  and  wee  gave 
him  up  to  God,  who  was  pleas'd  for  a  while  to  lend  him  to  us 
again. 

In  Januaiy.  i665-.  wee  remov'd  to  Whitch.  in  Shrop-shire, 
partly  to  satisfy  the  law,  ^ptly  to  have  convenient  schooling  for  him 
.&  his  Brother,  in  regard  Mr.  Cateral  was  appointed  by  S"'  Orlando 
Bridgman  to  teach  in  Wigland  in  a  House  new-built  by  him  for 
that  purpose  which  was  too  far  off  us.  I  entred  him  at  the  Free 
school,  being  yet  in  Coates,  w*  had  never  been  known  there 
before. 

Within  3.  weekes  his  Grand-father  dy'd,  on  which  occasion  hee 
was  put  into  Breeches  being  to  put  on  mourning. 

Mar.  24.  being  Sabbath-day  hee  sickned  of  the  measils, 
attended  with  a  Feaver,  whereof  hee  dy'd.  Apl.  12.  about  sun-sett, 
and  was  bury'd  the  Munday  after,  towards  the  upper  end  of  the 
Middle-lie  in  Whitchurch  church. 

The  Act  requiring  to  bury  in  woolen,  being  then  new,  was 
generally  observ'd  though  soon  after  layd  aside,  and  hee  wrapt  in 
white  fiflannen  to  satisfy  the  law. 

Hee  was  remarkable  for  fowr  things. 

I.  forwardnes  in  learning  having  all  the  three  requisites,  Appre- 
hension, Judgment,  memory,  even  beyond  his  Age,  &  withal  a  great 
love  to  it,  never  seeking  at  any  time  to  stay  from  school.  ;prcetei-qu. 
atatem  nil  puerile  fuit. 


.PHILIP  HENRY.  205, 

2.  tenderness  of  disposition,  apt  to  melt  into  teares  at  the 
least  show  of  displeasure  though  but  in  a  frown. 

3.  Patience  under  Correction,  which  hee  had  not  often  bee. 
hee  did  not  often  deserve  it,  and  when  hee  did  his  pcenitence  prse- 
vented  it,  if  not  altogether  yet  in  the  severity  of  it.  And  this 
consideration  taught  me  something,  by  way  of  Instance,  in  bearing 
the  will  of  God  in  taking  him  from  mee. 

4.  love  to  his  Brother  and  Sisters,  when  Mathew  sickned  first, 
hee  went  to  bed  with  him  of  his  own  accord,  sooner  then  ordinarj^ 
and  wept  over  him. 

He  was  of  a  strong  healthy  constitution,  not  smaying  for  cold 
in  school,  like  other  children,  as  his  master  hath  told  me.  Hee 
was  full  of  action,  stirring  ;  always  doing  something,  and  what  hee 
did,  hee  did  with  all  his  might  His  Grand-father  made  him  sole 
Executor  of  his  will  &  heir  of  his  real  estate,  saying  oft,  I  have- 
a  love  for  that  child,  and  the  law  making  mee  his  tutor  and 
gardian,  the  dispose  of  things  at  least  for  present  fell  to  mee 
besides  Intention,  and  hee  under  God  the  Instrument,  and  when 
that  was  done,  hee  fell  asleep.  His  sickness  quickly  took  away 
the  use  of  his  understanding,  hee  talkt  much,  most  of  his  Bookes 
&  School  fellowes,  and  once  repeated  distinctly  the  4"*  com- 
mandm'.  Hee  had  learnt  without  book  and  would  rehearse  often 
the  following  verses,  (printed  in  Mr.  AMiite's  book  of  the  power  of 
Godlines.) 

"  Not  twice  twelve  yeares  full  told,  a  weary  breath, 
I  have  exchanged  for  a  happy  death. 
Short  was  my  life,  the  longer  is  my  rest, 
God  takes  them  soonest  whom  hee  loveth  best, 
Hee  that  is  born  to-day  and  dyes  to-morrow, 
Loses  some  howres  of  joy  but  monthes  of  sorrow  ; 
Other  diseases  often  come  to  greive  us, 
Death  strikes  but  once,  and  that  stroke  doth  releive  us." 

My  hope  is,  through  the  everlasting  Covenant  of  mercy,  that 
I  shall  meet  him  again  with  comfort,  at  the  right  hand  of  Jesus 
Christ  at  the  last  day.* 

*  See  Evelyn's  lament  over  his  eldest  son  Richard,  in  the  diary  for  1658, 
January  27. 


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PHILIP  HENRY. 


An   exact   and  true  Account  of  the  Execution    of  the  said   last 
Will  and  Testament  of  Daniel  Alathewes  Gent,  by  mee  Philip 
Henry  Administrator  in  the  right  of  my  son  John  Henry  sole 
executor  thereof. 
First  the  Body  of  the  said  Daniel  Mathewes  was  decently 

interred  in  the   Parish  Church  of  Hanmer  in  the   Middle  Isle. 

Tan.  2  1.  i66y.  the  Expences  whereof  were  as  foUoweth, 


Impr.  In  dole  to  the  Poor... 
It.  To  M''  Hilton,  y<^  Min'"  who  preaclu  ... 
the  clerk 
the  .sexton 
the  Ringers    ... 
It.   For  the  Coffin 
for  wine 

.Sugar  and  .spice    ... 
IJiskets  and  Cakes 
meat  bought 
Beer  in  Hanmer  spent 
To  the  church-wardens,   payd,  for  burying  in 
llie  church 
for  ringing  more  then  two  peales 
To  the  Minister  in  the  name  of  a  Mortuary*... 
(Jone  Wood's    Coffin  and  Buiyal,  an  ancient 
servant,  buryed  the  next  day) 
l"or  mourning  clothes  for  myself,  my  wife, 
my  son  John,  and  Cosin  ^Martha  Warter, 
as   was  thought  fit  by  the  overseers  of 
the  will      ... 
For  six  small  Gold  Rings  given  to  the  sayd 
over-seers,  with  this  inscription,  Daniel 
Matthewes.  1666 
Payd  to   S""  Thomas   Hanmer    as    lord   of 
^Taylors   in    the    name    of    a    Relief  or 
Herriot 


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O — upon  inquiry  of  ISIr. 
Porter  formerly  incum- 

0  bent  there,  it  appear'd 
hee  had  received  it  & 
the  statute  saith  it  .shall 
bee  payd  there  where 
it  hath  been  accustomed 
to  bee  payd. 


*  "A  mortuary  is  a  composition  for  oblations  wrongly  detained  or  forgotten 
tithes  ;  a  principal  legacy  or  bequest  for  the  soul  of  the  dead  made  to  the 
Church  "  (Walcotl's  "  .Sacred  Archreolog}-,"  p.  362).  "  By  the  21  Henry  VIII. 
c.  6,  this  was  commuted  into  money  payments,  l)ut  the  Welsh  bishoprics  and 
the  diocese  of  Chester  were  excepted  at  that  time  from  the  operation  of  the 
statute.  At  the  death  of  any  priest  in  the  archdeaconry  of  Chester,  the  bishop 
had  a  mortuary  of  his  best  beast,  saddle  and  bridle,  and  best  gown  or  cloak, 
hat,  and  ujjper  garment  under  the  gown  "  (Jebli). 


PHILIP  HENRY.  20/ 

For   Probate  of  the  Will,  and  letters  of 

Tuition — and  for  journey  to  Chester    ...     215     6 

For  a  Grave-stone  ...  ...  i    10     o— it  was  fetcht  from  Grin- 

sel  in  Shropsh.  layd 
down  and  afterward 
taken  up  again  because 
too  bigg,  being  made 
less  it  was  layd  the 
second  time,  Ncrn.  i. 
1670.  and  certify'd  in 
the  Church-book  that 
wee  claym  no  peculiar 
right  of  burj  ing  there, 
it  being  Parish-ground. 


Memorand. 

Thomas  Matthewes  of  Bronnington  gent  Father  of  Daniel 
Maniel  Matthewes  did  in  his  life  time  for  several  yeares  give  the 
Interest  of  ^ojQ.  yearly  to  the  poor  of  Hanmer  parish  and  at 
his  death  left  the  sayd  siunm  of  40^.  for  the  same  use  for  ever, 
as  appeares  in  Amting  in  a  label  of  parchment  written  with  his  own 
hand  though  without  name,  date,  or  seal.  .  .  .  This  is  here 
inserted,  i.  as  an  instance  of  the  pious  care  of  the  donor  Thomas 
^Slathewes,  2.  as  a  guid  &  rule  to  his  heires  from  time  to  time  in 
what  manner  to  discharge  the  said  trust  in  them  reposed  and  not 
to  shift  it  from  themselves  to  others  because  of  any  trouble  that 
•doth  or  may  accompany  the  same. 

The  said  Thomas  Mathewes  did  also  before  his  Death  pro- 
vide by  Will  concerning  the  Gift  aforesaid  bearing  Dec.  3.  1617. 
Executors  Eleanor  his  wife  and  Daniel  his  son. 

In  a  book  of  Accounts  is  this  entry, 

"  ^Vee  received  no  money  for  the  poor  untill  after  the  Purifica- 
con  viz.  y''  ii"*  of  Febr.  1621.  when  wee  received  50' weekly  untill 
the  stock  and  use  came  up  being  53^.  which  3^.  wee  distributed 
at  Easter  1622.     the  whole  stock  being  50;^.  lyeth  in  my  hands 

"  Daniel  Mathews." 

the  same  is  also  in  another  Book  of  accounts  sett  down  by 
way  of  memorand.  under  the  hand  of  Thomas  Bedow. 

In  the  table  of  memorials  of  pious  charity  kept  in  the  church 
.at  Hanmer  there  is  mention  of  40^  only  being  given  by  Thomas 
Mathewes,  nor  was   the   other   10^  known  of  till  I  found  the 


2o8  PHILIP  HENRY. 

aforesaid  evidences  thereof  amongst  the  Papers  of  my  Father 
in  law  Daniel  Mathews  aforesayd  after  his  Death,  but  it  appeares 
hee  did  distribute  3^.  being  the  present  Interest  of  50^  at  6.  p. 
cent,  allow'd  by  the  statute. 

In  January  i66f  Mr.  Daniel  Mathews  dy'd,  at  which  time,  the 
Trust  aforesaid  devolv'd  to  mee,  P.  H.,  in  the  right  of  Katharin 
my  wife  his  Heir  at  law,  wherein  I  purpose  through  God's  Grace, 
whilst  it  so  remaynes  in  mee,  to  bee  faithful,  and  I  desire  and 
charge  those  of  mine  to  whom  it  shall  come  hereafter,  that  they 
bee  faithful  also,  and  that  for  conscience  sake  towards  God. 

In  that  year  accordingly  I  putt  the  sayd  moneyes,  being  50;,^. 
into  the  hands  of  Mr.  Luke  Lloyd  of  Bryn  jun''  and  took  security 
from  him  for  it  in  my  own  name,  the  Interest  to  bee  payd  in 
December  yearly.  His  Father  Mr.  Luke  Lloyd  bound  in  the  Bond 
with  him. 

Memorand.  Sept.  3.  1670.  Being  cited  to  appear  before  the 
Bishops  Court  to  give  an  account  of  the  said  trust  I  appear'd 
accordingly  and  satisfy'd  them  how  it  devolv'd  to  mee,  and  how, 
till  then,  I  had  perform'd  it,  promising  also  to  see  the  same  entred 
by  way  of  memorandum  for  the  satisfaction  of  the  Parish  in  the 
church-book  at  Hanmer,  which  was  accordingly  done  Sept.  12.  by 
Mr.  Rich.  Hilton  present  A'icar  there, 

Apr.  26.  1686.  Memorand.  This  Fifty  pounds  is  and  hath 
been  for  several  yeares  in  the  hands  of  Humphry  Dymock  of 
Willington  Esq.  for  securing  whereof  hee  hath  morgaged  to  my 
son  Matthew,  in  whom  the  Trust  vested  when  hee  came  to  the 
Age  of  one  &  twenty,  a  small  Tenem'  in  Iscoyd  called  Price's 
Tenem'  wherein  IMorgan  Stant  now  dwels.  [From  Philip  Henry's 
Day-book,  in  the  possession  of  Matthew  Heniy  Lee.] 

1668. 

The  following  notes  are  by  hi.s  son  Matthew  Henry  : — 

He  made  the  best  of  the  Sermons  he  heard  in  Publick,  It  is 
a  mercy,  (saith  he)  we  have  Bread,  though  it  be  not  as  it  hath 
been,  of  the  finest  of  the  Wheat.  Those  are  froward  children 
who  throw  away  the  Meat  they  have,  if  it  be  wholsom.e,  be- 
cause they  have  not  what  they  would  have,     ^^'hen  he  met  with 


PHILIP  HENRY.  209 

Preaching  that  was  weak,  his  Note  is,  That's  a  poor  Sermon 
indeed,  out  of  which  no  good  Lesson  may  be  learned.  He  had 
often  Occasion  to  remember  that  verse  of  Mr.  Herbert's 

The  worst  speaks  something  good,  if  all  want  Sense, 
God  takes  the  Text,  and  prcacheth  Patience. 

The  world  was  told  long  since,  by  the  Conformist's  Plea,  that 
the  worthy  Mr.  Laurence  (Mr.  Henry's  intimate  Friend)  when  he 
was  turn'd  out  of  Baschurch,  and  (if  he  Avould  have  consulted 
with  Flesh  and  Blood)  having  (as  was  said  of  one  of  the  Martyrs) 
Eleven  good  Arguments  against  Suffering,  viz.  a  Wife  and  Ten 
Children,  was  ask'd  how  he  meant  to  maintain  them  all,  and 
chearfuUy  reply'd,  they  must  all  live  on  the  6*''  of  Matthew,  Take 
no  thought  for  your  Life  etc.  and  he  often  sung  with  his  Family, 
Psal.  xxxvii.  16.  And  Mr.  Henry  hath  noted  concerning  him  in 
his  Diary,  some  time  after  he  was  turn'd  out,  that  he  bore  Witness 
to  the  Love  and  Care  of  our  Heavenly  Father,— providing  for  him 
and  his  present  Condition  beyond  Expectation. 


i66i. 

In  February,  i66f,  Mr.  Laurence  and  he  Avere  invited  by  some 
of  their  Friends  to  Betley  in  Staffordshire,  and  (there  being  some 
little  publick  confitsance  at  that  time)  with  the  Consent  of  all  con- 
cerned, they  adventured  to  preach  in  the  Church,  one  in  the 
Morning,  and  the  other  in  the  Afternoon  of  the  Lord's  Day,  very 
peaceably  and  profitably.  This  Action  of  theirs  was  presently 
after  reported  in  the  House  of  Commons,  by  a  member  of  Parlia- 
ment, with  these  Additions,  that  they  tore  the  Common-Prayer 
Book,  trampled  the  Surj^lice  under  their  Feet,  pull'd  the  Minister 
of  the  Place  out  of  the  Pulpit,  &c.  Reports  which  there  was  not 
the  least  Colour  for.  But  that,  with  some  other  such  like  false 
Stories,  produced  an  Address  of  the  House  of  Commons  to  the 
King,  to  issue  out  a  Proclamation,  for  the  putting  of  the  Laws  in 
Execution  against  Papists  and  Nonconformists,  which  was  issued 
out  accordingly ;  tho'  the  King,  at  the  opening  of  that  Session,  a 
little  before,  had  declared  his  Desire,  that  course  might  be  taken 
to  compose  the  minds  of  his  Protestant  Subjects  in  ]\Latters  of 

P 


210  PHILIP  HENRY. 

Religion  ;  which  had  raised  the  Expectation  of  some  that  there 
\v0ui4  be  speedy  Enlargement ;  but  Mr.  Henry  had  noted  upon 
it,  We  cannot  expect  too  little  from  Man,  nor  too  much  from  God. 

1668. 

In  May  1668,  he  returnVI  again  with  liis  Family  from  Whit- 
church to  Kroad-Oak  which,  tlirough  the  good  Hand  of  his  Crod 
upon  him,  continued  his  settled  Home,  without  any  Remove  from 
it,  till  he  was  removed  to  his  long  Home,  above  twenty-eight  years 
after.  The  Edge  of  the  Five  Mile  Act  began  now  a  little  to 
^'rbate,  at  least  in  that  country,  &  he  was  desirous  to  be  more 
useful  to  the  Neighbours,  among  whom  Clod  had  given  him  an 
Estate,  than  he  could  be  at  a  distance  from  them,  by  relieving  the 
Poor,  emi^loying  the  Labourers,  especially  instructing  the  Ignorant, 
&  helping  as  many  as  he  could  to  Heaven.  He  made  that 
Scripture  his  standing  Rule,  and  wrote  it  in  the  Beginning  of  his 
Book  of  Accounts,  Prov.  iii.  9,  10.  Honour  the  Lord  with  thy 
Substance,  &c.  And  having  set  apart  a  Day  of  secret  Prayer  and 
Humiliation,  to  beg  of  God  a  wise  and  an  understanding  Heart, 
and  to  drop  a  Tear  (as  he  expresseth  it)  over  the  sins  of  his  Pre- 
decessors, formerly  in  that  Estate,  he  laid  out  himself  in  doing 
Good.  .  .  .  He  was  very  useful  in  the  common  Concernments  of  the 
Township  and  Country,  in  which  he  was  a  very  prudent  Counsellor; 
it  was  indeed  a  narrow  Sphere  of  Activity,  but  (such  as  it  was)  to 
him  as  to  Job,  chap.  xxix.  21,  22.  Men  gave  ear  and  waited,  and 
kept  Silence  at  his  Counsel ;  after  his  words  they  spake  not  again  ; 
and  many  of  the  Neighbours,  who  respected  him  not  as  a  Minister, 
yet  lov'd  and  honour'd  him  as  a  knowing,  prudent  and  humble 
Neighbour.  .  .  .  Such  was  his  Prudence,  and  such  his  Patience 
and  Peaceableness,  that  all  the  Time  he  was  at  Broad-Oak,  he 
never  sued  any,  nor  ever  was  sued ;  but  was  Instrumental  to 
prevent  many  a  vexatious  Law-suit  among  his  Neighbours.  He 
used  to  say,  There  are  four  Rules  to  be  duly  observed  in  going  to 
Law  5  (i)  We  must  not  go  to  Law  for  Trifles,  as  he  did  who  said, 
he  would  rather  spend  a  Hundred  Pound  in  Law,  than  lose  a 
Pennyworth  of  his  Right,  Matt.  v.  39,  40,  41.  (2)  We  must  not 
be  rash  and  hasty  in  it,  but  try  all  other  Means  possible  to  com- 
pose Differences ;  wherein  he  that  yields  most,  as  Abraham  did  to 


PHILIP  HENRY.  211 

Lot,  is  the  better  man,  and  there  is  nothing  lost  by  it  in  the  End, 
I  Cor.  vi.  I,  2.  (3)  We  must  see  that  it  be  without  MaUce  01' 
Desire  of  Revenge.  If  the  Undoing  of  our  Brother  be  the  End 
of  our  going  to  Law,  as  it  is  with  many,  'tis  certainly  Evil,  and  it 
speeds  accordingly.  (4)  It  must  be  with  a  Disposition  to  Peace, 
whenever  it  may  be  had,  and  an  Ear  open  to  all  Overtures  of  that 
kind.  The  two  Motto's  proper  for  the  great  Guns  are  applicable 
to  this,  Ratio  ultima  Regum,  and  Sic  qua^rimus  Pacem.  .  .  .  He 
was  noted  for  an  extraordinary  neat  Husband  about  his  House 
and  Ground ;  which  he  would  often  say,  he  could  not  endure  to 
see  like  the  Field  of  the  Slothful,  and  the  Vineyard  of  the  Man 
void  of  Understanding.  And  it  was  strange,  how  easily  one  that 
had  been  bred  up  utterly  a  Stranger  to  such  things  ;  yet  when  God 
so  order'd  his  Lot,  acquainted  himself  with,  and  accommodated 
himself  to  the  Affairs  of  the  Country,  making  it  the  Diversion  of 
his  vacant  Hours,  to  over-see  his  Gardens  and  Fields ;  when  he 
better  understood  that  known  Epode  of  Horace,  Beatus  ille  qui 
procul  negotiis,  than  he  did  when  in  his  Youth  he  made  an 
ingenious  Translation  of  it.  .  .  .  Concerning  Repentance,  he 
hath  sometimes  said,  "  If  I  were  to  die  in  the  Pulpit,  I  would 
desire  to  die  preaching  Repentance ;  as  if  I  die  out  of  the  Pulpit, 
I  would  desire  to  die  practising  Repentance."  And  he  had  often 
this  Saying  concerning  Repentance  ;  He  that  repents  every  day, 
for  the  Sins  of  every  day,  when  he  comes  to  die  will  have  the  Sins 
but  of  one  day  to  repent  of.    Even  Reckonings  make  long  Friends. 

To  these  notes  by  his  son  may  be  added  the  following 
(though  the  date  is  uncertain)  about  Dr.  Busby,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  eighty-nine,  in  1695,  and  of  whom  it  was  said 
that  when  Charles  L  visited  Westminster  School,  he  pre- 
ceded the  king  covered,  while  the  king  followed  uncovered. 
No  sooner  had  they  left  the  room  than  he  begged  his 
Majesty's  pardon  for  his  conduct,  saying,  "If  the  boys  thought 
there  was  any  one  greater  than  me,  I  should  not  be  able  to 
manage  them  "  : — "  I  have  heard  him  tell,  how  much  he 
surprized  the  Doctor,  the  first  time  he  waited  upon  him 
after  he  was  turn'd  out  by  the  Act  of  Uniformity :    For 


212  PHILIP  HENRY. 

when  the  Doctor  ask'd  him,  Pry'thee  Child,  \vhat  made  thee 
a  nonconformist  ?  Truly  sir,  saith  Mr.  Henry  you  made  me 
one  ;  for  you  taught  me  those  things  that  hindred  me  from 
conforming." 

The  diary  for  1669  belongs  to  Mr.  Bunting,  of  North- 
ampton, who  kindly  lent  it  for  the  purposes  of  this  work. 

Mr.  Hugh  M'Kail,  one  of  y'^  35.  executed  in  Scotland.  Decemb. 
1666.  for  y*  rising  in  Galloway,  a  Probationer  for  the  Ministry,, 
aged  26,  say'd  the  night  before  hee  sufifred,  If  there  were  any  th.  in 
y^  Avorld  sadly  and  unwillingly  to  bee  left,  it  were  the  reading  of 
y"  Script,  but  where  wee  goe  the  lamb  will  bee  instead  of  it.  Hee 
sadly  bewayld  to  his  Father  his  transgressions  of  y"  5*  Comni. 
considering  them  in  y'"  power  &  pure  light  of  y"  spiritual  law  of 
God,  saying  with  many  groans  that  through  coming  short  of 
keeping  the  5"'  comm.  he  had  comm  short  of  y®  promise  of 
having  his  dayes  prolonged  upon  earth. 

I  owe. 

lb 

To  y"  poor  of  Hanmer.  in  Mr.  luke  lloyd's  hands        ...  ...         50     o     o 

To  y''  school  of  Ilanmcr.  in  IMr.  lloyd  of  Halghton's  hands  C6  13     4 

January  27.  "William  Robinson  servant  to  Randle  Tonna  of 
Iscoyd-hall  kild  his  fellow  servant  John  Hall  with  the  plow  staff 
in  the  feild  as  hee  was  driving  the  plow,  found  by  the  Coroner's 
inquest  to  bee  a  misadventure  for  twas  averd  upon  Oath,  that  hee 
threw  the  plow  staff  at  the  Oxen  &  that  it  recoyld  from  the  Oxe 
upon  the  lad  &  hit  him  under  the  ear,  wherwith  hee  dyd  imme- 
diately, lord  wash  away  the  guilt  of  bloud  from  y''  soul  of  the 
yong  man  &  from  this  Town  &  Countrey  for  Jesus  sake.     Amen. 

March  I.  This  day,  as  is  suppos'd,  determines  the  Act  against 
Conventicles,  the  Parliam*  being  prorogu'd  by  Proclamation  from 
tliis  day  to  Oct.  19.  which  Prorogation  makes  a  Session,  and  the 
Act  was  to  continue  for  3  yeares  &  to  the  end  of  y"  next  Session 
after  w*  is  this. 

And  blessed  bee  God,  that  hath  let  mee  live  to  see  it  dye,  * 
for  though  but  few  in  these  ,p*'  have  sufifred  much  by  it  yet  some 
have,  and  to  others  it  hath  been  as  a  Bridle  of  restraynt,  hin- 
*  Another  Conventicle  Act  was  passed  in  22  Charles  II. 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  213 

•dring  Iheni  in  tlie  free  exercise  of  their  duty,  which  is,  as  tliey 
have  occasion  to  assemble  thems.  together  for  mutual  asdification, 
wherby  Clod  hath  had  great  dishonor  and  poor  Soules  no  small 
loss  in  heavens  way. 

It  seemes  the  lord  hath  inclin'd  the  King's  *  heart  to  this, 
which  is  in  his  hand  and  hee  turneth  it  whithersoever  hee  pleaseth, 
to  him  bee  glory. 

I  am  somewhat  fearful  lest  any  ill  use  should  bee  made  of  this 
Indulgence  by  intemperate  spirits,  especially  now  at  first,  which 
(Jod  prevent  for  his  own  name,  mercy,  and  Gospel-sake. 

13.  This  day  dyed  John  Jenings  of  Willington,  an  honest, 
upright  man.  I  was  with  him  several  times  some  dayes  before, 
and  left  him  after  some  few  conflicts  with  temptation,  in  the  sweet 
possession  of  a  well-grounded  peace,  which  continu'd  to  his  dis- 
solution, and  prov'd,  I  hope  the  ioxit-tasts  and  first-fruits  of  that 
full  crop  which  hee  is  now  reaping  in  glory  with  precious  Jesus. 
Hee  was  bury'd  Mar.  1 7.  according  to  his  own  desire  in  the 
church-yard  of  Hanmer,  by  y®  side  of  Randle  Key  of  Willington 
his  neighbour  and  companion  in  Godliness. 

16.  This  day  not  without  some  difiiculty,  through  God's 
blessing  I  compos'd  a  difference  between  Mr.  Grif  Roberts  and 
Nathan  Cook  of  Chester  Feoffees  concern,  his  house  &  lands 
left  to  y"  Min''  of  Holt,  but  for  4  y.  put  to  another  use  by  an  in- 
competent will ;  they  had  entred  suit  at  ludlow — agreed  thus,  3 
pounds  pd.  in  hand  to  Nathan  Cook  for  two  Orphans  of  Mr 
Roberts  kinred  &  other  3.  pounds  secur'd  to  bee  payd  by  bill  this 
time  twelve-month,  w'^''  bill  is  in  my  hands,  subscribd  by  Mr.  Lewis, 
Mr.  Speed  &  Mr.  Crue,  whereupon  I  went  to  Holt  &  saw  him 
deliver  the  possession  to  Mr.  Jeffreyes  now  Min'' 

thanks  bee  to  God  !  Math.  5.  9. 

April  12.     This  day  dy'd  the  worthy  Col.  Thomas  Hunt  j  of 

*  Burnet  (lib.  ii.  pp.  196,  197,  fol.)  affinns  that  Digby,  Lord  Bristol,  knew 
in  1663,  at  the  time  that  he  was  impeaching  the  chancellor,  that  the  king  was 
a  pervert ;  but  this  is  generally  discredited.  It  was  not  till  his  death  that  he 
took  that  step. 

t  Colonel  Thomas  Hunt,  cjf  Shrewsbury  and  Betton  Strange,  descended 
from  the  Hunts  of  Longnor,  Salop,  was  one  of  Cromwell's  Ironsides,  and  a 
member  of  the  Long  Parliament  for  .Shrewsbury,  1645  '  nrayor,  1657  ;  Pligh 
Sheriff  of  .Salop,  1656.  His  son,  Rowland  Plunt,  obtained  the  estate  of 
Boreatton,    probably    by   composition    with    Sir  Thomas   Harries,    Bart.,    in 


214  PHILIP  HENRY. 

Shrewsbury,  a  true  Nathaniel,  in  whom  was  no  guil,  a  Caleb  that 
follow'd  the  lord  fully,  abounding  in  good  workes,  and  his  memory 
is  blessed.  His  death  was  sudden,  he  was  twice  at  publique  Or- 
dinances the  day  before,  worshipt  God  with  his  Family  in  y*"  even- 
ing, and  went  to  bed  well  as  at  other  times  about  two  or  three 
o'clock  in  y'^  morning  hee  wake,  was  sick,  and  before  five  fell  asleep 
in  the  lord. 

13.  I  went  to  Shr.  upon  an  appointm*  of  his  but  (iod  pre- 
vented, the  newes  of  his  Death  mett  mee  by  the  way;  lord,  what 
is  man  ! 

15.  hee  was  buryed,  Mr.  Roberts  preacht  T.  Num.  23.  10.  let 
mee  dye  y"  death  of  y''  righteous,  &  let  my  last  end  bee  like  his.. 
Amen. 

The  same  day  was  two  yeares  dy'd  &  was  buryed  my  dear  son 
John. 

16.  Fast  kept  in  his  house,  now  his  no  more,  The  lord  fill  up 
his  place  to  all  his  relations  &  to  thy  poor  church  in  these  parts 
that  hath  lost  a  pillar. 

14.  About  this  time  my  dear  sister  Ann  took  her  journey 
with  the  Earl  of  Middlesex  *  by  the  advice  of  Physicians  to  Mont- 
pelier  in  languedoc  in  France,  they  intended  to  goe  all  y"  way  by 
Sea,  God  Almighty,  who  is  lord  of  Sea  &  land  bee  her  Sun  & 
Sheild  &  bring  her  back  to  us  again  in  due  time,  if  it  bee  his 
will.    Amen. 

By  reason  of  cross  winds  they  were  driven  to  Calice  &  from 
thence  by  land. 

1664,  and  Imilt  the  old  hall  there.  In  the  "  History  of  Myddle,"  p.  46^ 
"George  Clive,  Esq.,  sells  it  to  the  Onslows  ;  Sir  Wm.  Onslow  sells  it,  15 
Jac.  I.,  to  Sir  Thomas  Harries."  Sir  Paul  Harries,  of  Boreatton,  Knt.  and 
Bart.,  succeeded  his  father  in  1629,  espoused  the  king's  cause,  and  died 
1644.  His  son.  Sir  Thomas,  compounded  for  his  estates  for  ^1642.  In  1655 
he  was  in  the  rising  against  Cromwell,  and  joined  Ralf  Kynaston  in  the 
imsuccessful  attempt  to  seize  Shrewsbury.  In  Blakeway's  "  Sheriffs  of 
Salop,"  p.  118,  Colonel  Thomas  Hunt  is  mentioned  as  having  Boreatton  in 
1656.  Newcome,  who  corresponds  with  the  colonel  on  the  subject  of  taking 
charge  of  the  Shrewsbury  Presbyterians  in  1656,  does  not  by  any  means  speak 
of  him  in  the  glowing  terms  that  Philip  Henry  does. 

*  Lionel  Cranfield,  second  son  of  the  first  Earl  of  Middlesex,  succeeded  as 
third  earl  in  1651.  He  married  Rachel,  daughter  of  Francis,  Earl  of  West- 
morland, and  widow  of  Hemy,  Earl  of  Bath,  and  died  without  issue  in  1674, 
when  the  estates  went  to  his  nephew,  Charles  Sackville,  son  of  his  sister 
Frances,  \\\\o  had  married  Richard,  fifth  Earl  of  Dorset. 


FIJI  LIP  HENRY.  21$ 

24.  A  commission  at  Whitch.  on  y"  behalf  of  Mr.  Nevet  agt 
Mr.  Eyton,  coroner,  Lightwood.  I  own'd  my  hand  as  witness  to 
y"  lease  and  release  made  by  Judge  Puleston  to  his  son  Thomas. 

I  testify'd  my  knowledge  of  some  passages  at  the  two  Tryals  at 
Shrewsbury  &  Flint  as  far  as  I  could  remember. 

May  3.  Flint  Assize,  where  I  was  a  witness  in  the  Tryal 
betw.  Mr.  Eyton  Plaintiff  &:  Mr.  Nevet  Defendant  concer.  light- 
wood,  t'was  try'd  May.  6.  began  betwixt  8.  &  9.  was  ended  about 
2.  I  oAvnd  my  hand  to  Judge  Puleston's  lease  &  release  to  his 
son  Thomas.  I  depos'd  I  had  heard  Judge  Puleston  say  being 
askt  why  hee  would  leave  it  to  his  younger  son  seeing  hee  knew 
twould  bee  a  matter  of  controversy,  hee  said,  hee  had  made  it  so 
clear  by  a  commission  out  of  chancery  for  examination  of  wit- 
nesses that  any  one  might  defend  it,  nevertheless  hee  said  he 
would  charge  his  eldest  son  with  a  thousand  pound  for  maintayn- 
ing  y^  sute  which  hee  never  did,  bee.  I  believe  hee  thought  there 
was  no  need. 

I  was  askt  whether  I  knew  y*'  reason  why  hee  left  this  farm  to 
this  son,  I  answ**  I  had  heard  him  say,  for  his  name's  sake,  in 
remembr.  of  his  Uncle  Thomas  Puleston,  who  liv'd  &  dy'd  there. 
As  also  to  engage  him  the  more  to  the  study  of  the  law  which  was 
the  Profession  hee  had  design'd  him  for. 

Hereby  twas  thought  I  prejudict  Mr.  Nevet  in  saying  hee  would 
have  looo"'  &  engage  his  son  to  study  y"  law,  which  did  intimate 
danger  &  difficulty  in  y*  case,  but  if  I  did,  t'was  Truth,  for  I  have 
heard  him  say. 

At  the  sitting  of  y^  Court  in  y"  afternoon  betw.  4  &  5  a'clock 
the  Jury  brought  in  their  verdict  for  Mr.  Eyton.  whereupon  the 
Judge  sayd,  let  it  lye  at  your  door.     The  same  evening  I  came 
from  Flint  about  5  a'clock  &  came  home  betw.  10  &  11. 
blessed  bee  God. 

7.  I  visited  Mr.  Hanm''  of  Fenns,  ill,  since  Munday,  his  rea- 
son taken  away. 

10.  at  night  hee  dyed,  in  y"  46  y.  of  his  age.  his  son  Thomas 
21.  two  dayes  after,  a  hopeful  Gentleman,  lord  preserve  him  from 
y*  sins  of  his  Age  &  Place.     Amen. 

18.     buryd  at  Hanmer.     D""  Fowler  preacht  2.  Pet.  3.  10. 

July  13.     A  stone  was  layd  on  my  Father  in  law  his  grave  in 


2l6  PHILIP  HENRY. 

the  middle  Isle  in  Hannier  church  which  would  not  be  suftred  by 
the  then  vicar  Richard  Hilton,  but  upon  promise  made  that  I 
would  subscribe  a  certificate  that  I  claym'd  no  peculiar  right  of 
burying  there  (for  why  should  I,  it  being  Parish  ground)  where- 
upon I  subscrib'd  a  Certificate  to  that  purpose.  Sept.  17.  adding 
moreover  these  words,  though  I  judge  this  to  bee  more  than  needes, 
yet  for  the  satisfaction  of  those  who  require  it  I  subscribe  my 
name.  P.  H. 

This  instead  of  satisfying  pro vok't,  where lip  Sept.  21.  the  Stone 
was  taken  up  again  and  rear'd  at  the  church  door. 

the  church  wardens  were  John  Powa  and  Fabian  Philips,  who 
helpt  both  to  lay  it  and  to  take  it  up  again. 

July  14.  John  Caldecott  came  to  sojourn  w"'  us,  I  to  help 
him,  hee  to  help  the  children,  the  lord  bee  our  speed. 

August  24.  now  7  yeares  past,  a  full  Apprenticeship  of  re- 
straynt.  lord,  in  thy  time  hasten  our  Freedom.  Day  of  solemn 
fasting.  Zcch.  8.  19.  shall  bee  joy  cSc  gladness  &  chearful  feasts, 
theref  I  will  love  the  truth  &  peace. 

September  13.  going  from  home  with  Cosin  Margt  Hotchkis 
behind  mee  on  horse-back,  wee  fell  betw.  the  house  &  y"  broad- 
Oke,  having  no  hurt  through  God's  goodness  by  y''  fall,  but  after 
shee  was  down,  the  Horse  in  turning  from  us,  trod  upon  y''  fore- 
part of  her  head  &  hurt  her  sorely,  but  not  so  bad  as  might  have 
been,  blessed  bee  God  ! 

lord,  I  see  by  this  more  than  I  saw  before  what  need  I  have  of 
thy  presence  &  providence  every  day  in  my  going  out  &  coming 
in,  for  even  this  might  have  lodg'd  us  in  eternity,  if  mercy  had  not 
prevented,  blessed  bee  God. 

Mary  the  Qu.  Mother  dy"d  in  this  month  in  France.  Pallida 
viors  cequo  pulsat pede. 

October.  About  this  time  sister  Sarah  return'd  wi'  her  lady, 
the  lady  Broghil,  into  England,  safe  and  well,  blessed  bee  God, 
whose  is  the  earth  and  the  fulness  thereof. 

18.  This  day  my  son  Mathew  is  seven  yeares  old,  the  lord 
of  Heaven  bless  him  with  spiritual  blessings.    Amen. 

19.  Parliamen'  meet,  great  expectations  what  they  will  doe — 
if  they  shall  not  make  us  better,  lord  let  them  not  make  us 
worse. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  217 

Mrs.  Puleston  of  Emeral  marry'd  to  Mr.  John  Trevor  of  Bryn- 
Kynault. 

25.  This  day  about  noon  dy'd  Uncle  Benyon  of  Ash,  after 
more  than  3  weekes  sicknes  which  took  away  from  the  begin- 
ning the  use  of  his  reason  &  understanding  for  y"  most  part. 

27.  hee  was  bury'd  in  the  same  place  in  Whitch.  Church 
where  my  dear  child  was  layd,  whose  Coffin  was  remov'd  to  make 
way  for  his,  and  then  laid  down  again  by  his  side,  where  they  both 
Sleep  in  Jesus. 

November.  Sir  Thomas  Hanmer  chosen  Knight  of  the  Shire 
for  Flint-shire  in  the  room  of  S*'  Henry  Conway  deceased. 

Reports  abroad  of  great  severity  intended.  Father  if  that  bee 
the  way  to  thy  own  glory  thy  will  bee  done !  As  for  mee  let 
Christ  bee  magnify'd  in  my  Body  living  &  dying. 

I  7. .  Ill  of  y''  cold,  which  provok't  other  distempers,  insomuch 
that  for  a  time  I  despayr'd  even  of  life.  Apt  to  faint  &  what  is 
Death  but  a  very  little  more,  lord  I  bless  thee,  that  I  can  look 
death  in  y"  face  with  comfort,  knowing  that  my  redemption 
draweth  nigh. 

18.  William  Wickstead  of  Cholmley,  Church-warden  of  Mal- 
pas,  drown'd  hims.  in  a  Pit  in  his  own  ground,  through  melan- 
choly and  discontent. 

28.  I  was  abroad  at  Chap,  recover'd  blessed  bee  God.  Mr. 
Green  preacht  T.  luk.  19.  10.  lord  I  have  gone  astray  like  a  lost 
sheep  seek  mee  and  save  mee  that  I  may  not  forget  thy  proscepts. 

December  8.  sick  day  with  my  daughter  Ann,  freely  given  up 
to  the  will  of  God,  lord,  doe  thy  pleasure  with  mee  &  mine. 

9.     better  again,  thankes  bee  to  God  ! 

Admonition  given  to  &  prayer  made  in  Family  for  David 
Philips  as  yet  my  servant,  drunk  yesterday  at  Malpas  fayr  &  guilty 
of  swearing,  lord  forgive  &  have  mercy  for  Jesus  sake. 

18.  Parliam'  prorogu'd  till  Feb.  14.  to  y'''^  great  displeasure  & 
discontent,  in  regard  being  made  a  Session,  they  must  begin  all 
again  at  their  next  meeting  &  besides  tis  to  their  charge  either 
to  stay  with  tliem  in  london  or  to  return  home  &  y"*  come  up 
again.  But  it  seemes  a  great  mercy  to  us,  agt  whom  a  severe 
Act  was  in  pra^paring,  if  not  ready  for  Royal  Assent,  making  it  the 
3'"''  time  no  less  y*^"  Treason  to  preach  in  a  Conventicle. 


2l8  PHILIP  HENRY. 

lord  that  ever  such  counsels  should  enter  into  a  Christian 
Protestant  Parliam'  but  hee  that  hath,  doth,  and  I  trust  will  yet 
deliver. 

25.  I  parted  with  David  Philips,  not  unwillingly,  though  hims. 
first  made  the  motion,  praetending  his  Age  disfitting  him  for 
service.  God  Almighty  have  pity  on  his  soul,  that  that  may  bee 
saved  in  the  day  of  y*'  lord  Jesus. 

Mar.  I.  Roger  Davy  came  to  bee  my  servant — aw  6e.ia.  I  am 
to  give  him  2""  2^^  o''  till  Christmas,     hee  had  6''  earnest. 

Dec.  25.      I  hird  him  for  )''  year  following  at  2"'  13''  4'*  wages. 

Put  Conscience  upon  an  Answer  &  not  like  Pilate  onl)- 

ask  y**  Question  &  then  goe  away. 

Philip  Henry  Lawrence,  Esq.,  of  Lincoln's  Lin,  has 
kindl}'  sent  me  a  copy  of  the  diary  for  1670,  which  belongs 
to  him. 

1670. 

About  the  beginning  of  this  year  I  heard  of  the  death  of 
Richard  Tapping,  whose  mother  lived  in  Wrexham  where  he  was 
brought  up  under  Mr.  Lewis,  being  very  hopeful.  About  the  year 
55  or  56  hee  went  to  Oxford  &  was  entered  servitor  at  Ch.  Ch.  in  y" 
year  60.  hee  served  Dr.  Dolben,  then  Canon ;  about  62  being  Master 
of  Arts  hee  came  down  into  the  country  and  lived  with  Squire 
Mitton  of  Halston  *  &  preached  at  his  Chapel  awhile,  till  growing 
dissatisfy'd  with  common  prayer  &  Ceremonyes  about  64  hee 
resolv'd  to  cast  them  off  &  did  so,  I  perswaded  him  to  doe  it  in 
such  a  manner  as  that  hee  might  still  preserve  the  liberty  of  his 
Min'"-''  that  if  possible  he  might  bee  doing  good,  which  hee  pro- 
mis'd  hee  would.  Not  long  after,  being  desired  to  preach  at 
Wrexham,  hee  took  for  his  text  ATat  15.  7.  8,  and  from  thence 
took  occasion  to  reprove  the  present  way  of  worshipping  God, 
w*^"^  gave  great  offence  so  that  for  a  time  hee  was  fayne  to  hide 
hims.     In  y"  beginning  of  66  hee  went  to  london  with  intention 

*  Hallestan,  or  Holy  Stone,  was  from  veiy  early  times  a  noted  sanctuary 
(see  Pennant's  "  Tours  in  AVales  ").  The  Kniglits  Hospitallers  were  introduced 
here  before  1165.  At  the  dissolution  it  came  into  the  hands  of  Alan  Horde, 
who  exchanged  it  for  other  lands  with  Edward  Myttcjn,  of  Habberley  (Thomas's. 
"Diocese  of  St.  Asaph,"  678). 


PHILIP  IIEXRY.  219 

for  new  England  if  it  might  bee.  In  September  tliat  year  I 
receiv'd  a  letter  from  him  bearing  date  the  Tuesday  in  which 
london  was  burning  by  w'''  I  understood  hee  was  turned  Quaker 
by  w'hose  pswasion  or  by  w'  temptation  I  know  not,  but  I  imagine 
it  might  be  through  want  &  by  the  Instigation  of  .  .  .  Buttars, 
his  acquaintance.  Here  .  .  .  wrote  to  him  as  soon  as  I  could 
,  .  .  him  off,  but  t'was  too  late,  hee  was  quickly  settled  upon  the 
lees,  and  being  naturally  melancholy  he  was  both  the  more 
capable  &  the  more  tenacious  of  the  Impression.  I  wrote  to  him 
several  times,  but  in  vayn.  In  April  68  I  saw  him  at  Westminster 
in  a  poor  condition,  imployed  to  teach  children  &  as  I  supposd 
to  sell  B.ookes  of  their  way  &  I  doubt  not  but  hee  might  bee  other- 
wise of  great  use  to  them  being  a  man  of  parts  &  learning ;  I 
reason'd  with  him  but  could  doe  no  good ;  since  then  I  hear  hee 
is  dead,  without  repentance  that  I  know  of  for  his  great  Apostasy 
from  the  truth,  denying  Babt.  and  lords  supp.  to  bee  Gosp.  ordi- 
nances, expecting  Justification  by  a  righteousnes  within  him,  as 
appeares  by  a  letter  under  his  own  hand.  And  what  use  to  make 
of  the  whole  I  know  not  unless  it  bee  to  admire  at  the  wayes  of 
God  in  leaving  a  man  of  such  parts  &  profession  &  I  had  hoped, 
Grace,  to  himself,  therefore  to  cease  from  man,  and  though  at 
present  I  think  I  stand  yet  to  take  heed  lest  I  fall.     Amen  ! 

A  daughter  of  Capt.  Bartons  *  of  Orton  not  long  since,  about 
7  or  8  y.  old,  by  a  casual  blow  on  y*  nose  dy'd  bleeding,  not 
withst.  all  means  imaginable  us'd  to  stench  it. 

Mr.  Sadler  told  of  a  child  at  ludlow  born  with  y"  print  of  a 
horse-shoe  with  7  nayles  in  it,  y*^  mother  when  big  being  frightned 
with  a  blow  from  a  horse. 

John  Barker  told  of  an  Inn-fole  mare  which  hee  cutt  up  &  saw 
in  the  colts  navil  green  grass. 

The  E.  of  Pembrok  at  an  entertaynment  w*''  B"  Abbot  \  sayd, 

*  The  family  of  Barton  had  been  settled  for  many  generations  at  Knolton 
in  Overton  Maddock  in  English  Maelor.  On  their  seat  in  Overton  Church 
was  carved  "  0[liver]  C[romwell]  P[rotector],"  by  whose  authority  probably 
they  had  invaded  the  chancel. 

t  "Abbot  had  been  head  of  a  small  College  at  Oxford  ;  was  a  man  of 
morose  manners  and  sour  aspect,  which  in  that  time  was  called  gravity  ;  on  the 
recommendation  of  the  Earl  of  Dunbar,  the  king's  first  Scotch  favourite,  was 
preferred  by  James  I.  to  the  bishopric  of  Coventry  and  Lichfield,  and  presently 
after  to  London,   before  he  had  ever  been  parson,  vicar,  or  curate  of  any 


220  PHILIP  HENRY. 

Peter  &  Paul  never  had  sucli  rich  plate,  hee  reply'd,  they  never 
entertayn'd  such  noble  ghests. 

The  Act  against  meetings  which  commenc't  May  lo.  was 
carry'd  on  in  the  two  Houses  with  much  heat  by  the  Bishops  & 
their  partisans.  Air.  Waller  spake  agt.  it  to  this  purpose,  Mr. 
Speaker,  tis  manifest  that  this  Kcl  is";  in  your  own  Apprehension 
agt.  the  grayn  with  y*^  people  ;  else  what  mean  these  penaltyes  of 
5'"  upon  y^  constab.  &  100"'  upon  y^  Justices  if  they  doe  not 
execute  it.  wee  haAe  lawes  agt.  Felony  &  Murther  &  they  can 
execute  them  readily  &  carefully  &  no  such  threatnings  to  inforce 
it,  but — 

Another  said  of  it,  that  it  pass'd  accord,  to  the  votes  but  agt. 
the  reason  of  y'^  house. 

D"'  Reynolds  B"  of  Norwich  being  sick  sent  his  reasons  agt.  it, 
manag'd  by  D''  Wilkins  B"  of  Chester,  D''  Cosins  also  of  Durham 
against  it  &  D''  Rainbow  of  Carlile. 

Hard  to  the  inhabitants  of  london  that  have  no  churches  as 
yet  built  for  publique  Avorship  &  now  must  not  meet  in  houses. 

Monkes  Epitaph. 

Here  lyes  ]\Ionk* 
WIio  dy'd  Drunk 
And  left  his  Trunk 
To  his  old  Punk 

'tis  sayd  he  dy'd  with  cards  in  his  hand,  &  that  his  last  words 
were,  who  must  have  the  stock  ? 

parish  church  in  England  ;  and  indeed  was  totally  ignorant  of  the  true  con- 
stitution of  the  Church  of  England.  He  liad  scarcely  performed  any  part  of  the 
office  of  a  bishop  in  London  when  he  was  snatched  from  thence,  and  promoted 
to  Canterbury,  upon  the  never  enough  lamented  death  of  Dr.  Bancroft,  that 
metropolitan  who  understood  the  Church  excellently  ;  and,  if  he  had  lived, 
would  quickly  have  extinguished  all  that  fire  in  England,  which  had  been 
kindled  at  Geneva.  .  .  .  That  temper  in  the  archbishop  [Abbot],  whose  house 
was  a  sanctuary  to  the  most  eminent  of  the  factious  party,  and  who  licensed 
their  most  pernicious  writings,  left  his  successor  [Laud]  a  very  difficult  work 
to  do,  to  reform  and  reduce  a  Cliurch  into  order  that  had  been  so  long 
neglected." — Clarendon's  "  History  of  the  Rebellion,"'  i.  185-187. 

*  "  It  was  the  king's  great  happiness  that  he  [Monk]  never  had  it  in  his 
purpose  to  serve  him  till  it  fell  to  be  in  his  power,  and  indeed  till  he  had 
nothing  else  in  his  power  to  do.  If  he  had  resolved  it  sooner,  he  had  been 
destroyed  himself;  the  whole  machine  being  so  infinitely  above  his  strength, 
that  it  could  be  only  moved  by  a  divine  hand  :  and  it  is  glory  enough  to  his 
memory  that  he  was  instrumental  in  bringing  those  mighty  things  to  pass,  which 
he  had  neither  wisdom  to  foresee,  nor  courage  to  attempt,  nor  understanding  to 
contrive." — Clarendon's  "Rebellion,"  xvi.  115.  Evelyn  mentions  that  he 
stayed  in  London  during  the  plague. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  221 

Hee  gather'd  a  great  estate*  in  a  short  time,  being  possest  at 
his  death  of  24000"'  p.  Ann.  c^  200000"'  in  ready  money. 

His  wife  was  challeng'd  after  his  death  by  another  man,!  a 
mean  p. son,  whose  shee  liad  been,  before  shee  was  his. 

QuarUis  quintus  qualis 
Tota  luna  talis. 

King  James,  ahvays  averse  to  latin  poetry,  made  the  following 
distich  in  his  sleep. 

Sexte,  verere  Deum,  nam  vita;  terminus  instat, 
Cum  tuus  ardenti  fiagrat  carbunculus  igne. 

fulfil'd  not  long  before  his  death,  w"  his  hatt  button'd  up  with  a 
carbuncle,  fell  off  his  head,  as  hee  sate  sleeping,  into  y"  fire. 
I  am  a  slave  to  Reason,  K.  James  was  wont  to  say. 

A  Breviat  of  this  yeares  law  in  Engl. 

agt.  Conventicles. 

[A  blank  of  a  i)age  left  here]. 

A  Breviat  of  this  yeares  laws  in 

Scotland  agt.  Conventicles. 

Aug.  3.     'Tis  declar'd  that  all  are  oblig'd  in  conscience,  duty, 

&  by  y^  Allegiance  of  subjects  to  declare  their  knowledge  of  all 

crimes   agt.    y*  lawes  yet  so  as  not   to   infer  Punishment   upon 

thems. 

*  Vide  infra,  Januarj'  4,  1670,  and  Evelyn's  diary  for  September  iS,  16S3, 
where  he  speaks  of  the  "prodigious  waste  the  son  had  made  of  his  estates 
since  the  old  man  died." 

t  This  story  is  given  by  Eurke  in  his  extinct  "Baronetage"  :  "The  name 
of  Monk's  wife  was  Ann  Clarges.  Her  brother  Thomas  was  knighted  at  Breda, 
May  18,  1660,  and  afterwards  made  a  baronet.  He  died  1695,  at  his  house  in 
Tall  Mall  (see  vol.  of  'Knights' — Le  Neves  pedigrees — published  by  Harl. 
Society,  1873).  Christopher  Monk  succeeded  as  second  duke,  and  died  in  1688. 
In  1687  his  share  of  a  Spanisli  galleon  had  brought, him  some  ;^90,ooo."  On 
February  11,  1694,  Evelyn  writes,  "Now  was  the  greate  trial  of  the  appeal 
of  Lord  Bath  and  Lord  Montagu  before  the  Lords,  for  the  estate  of  the  late 
Duke  of  Albemarle;"  and  June  iS,  1696:  "The  estate  was  ^^i  1,000  a  year. 
^20,000  has  been  spent  in  several  trials  :  the  Earl  of  Bath  was  cast  on 
evident  forgeiy."  "On  May  10,  1700,  was  the  trial  between  Sir  Walter 
Clarges  [son  of  Sir  Thomas  Clarges,  the  brother-in-law  of  George,  first  Duke 
of  Albemarle]  and  Mr.  Sherwin,  concerning  the  legitimacy  of  the  late  Duke, 
on  which  depended  an  estate  of  ^1500  a  vear.  The  verdict  was  given  for  Sir 
Walter." 


223  PHILIP  HENRY. 

Aug.  13.  whereas  the  Assembling  of  his  Ma*^'^''  subjects  with- 
out his  Ma'**"'  warrant  is  a  dangerous  practise  &  prohibited  by  the 
lawes  &  yet  divers  such  are  under  a  pretence  of  rehgion,  w*  are 
the  ordinary  seminaryes  of  separation  &  RebeUion,  bee  it  enacted, 
that  no  outed  Min"'  not  Hcenst  by  y''  council  &  no  other  pson  not 
authoris'd  or  tolerated  by  y*'  B"'  of  y''  Dioces,  shall  presume  to 
preach,  expound  or  pray  in  any  meeting  except  in  their  own  houses 
&  there  to  those  only  of  their  own  family,  and  that  none  shall  bee 
present  at  any  meeting  without  y^  family  to  w"*"  y"  belong  where 
any  such  shall  pray  or  preach,  if  they  bee  they  are  judg'd  guilty  of 
keeping  Conventicles.  The  Preacher  to  be  fin'd  &  imprison'd  till 
y*"'  find  y"  Caution  of  5000  marks  not  to  doe  the  like  hereafter,  or 
else  enact  thems.  to  remove  out  of  y''  kingdom  never  to  return 
without  his  majestyes  license.  All  present  to  bee  fin'd  &:  im- 
prison'd at  the  Council's  pleasure,  those  y'  have  lands  not  exceeding 
a  4"'  pt.  Tenants  20""  Scotch,  Cottars.  12.  Servants  a  4*''  pt.  of 
their  yearly  fee,  cheif  tradesmen  in  burroughs  not  royal  as  Tenants, 
inferior  as  Cottars,  in  burroughs  royal  at  y"  council's  pleasure.  All 
that  meet  in  feilds  or  that  stand  without  doors  near  a  house,  all 
y'  pray,  expound,  or  preach  there,  or  gather  them  together,  to  bee 
punished  with  death  &  confiscation  of  goods.  Hee  that  appre- 
hends any  such  is  to  have  for  each  500  marks  out  of  y*"  exchequer 
&  is  indemnify'd  if  any  slaughter  bee.  All  others  present  fined 
double  to  house  meetings.  All  magistrates  to  see  to  this.  To 
continue  for  three  years,  unless  the  K.  continue  it. 

Aug.  17.  If  any  have  their  children  baZ-'tised  except  by 
y*  Min''  or  some  other  establ.  by  the  B'''  or  Council,  having  lands 
he  forfeits  a  4"^  pt.  of  his  yearly  rent,  others  100,  50  or  20"' Scotch. 

Au^'.  20.  If  stay  from  Church  3  weekes  w"'out  lawful  hin- 
drance having  land  loses  an  8"'  pt,  others  12.  6  or  2""  Scotch. 

If  absent  a  year,  then  to  appear  before  y^  council  &  seal  Bond 
not  to  take  Arms  agt.  his  Ma*^  or  countenance  any  that  shall ;  if 
refuse  this,  their  estates  escheated  to  continue  for  3  y.  unless  King 
continue  it  and  this  not  to  hinder  y""  censures  of  the  Church. 


PHILIP  HENRY. 


1670. 

January  2.  Vowes  renew'd  this  day  of  better  obedience, 
lord  give  a  new  heart  this  year  that  the  life  may  be  new  also. 

4.  Georg  Monk  *  Duke  of  Albemarle  dyed,  his  son  marry'd 
the  Thursday  before,  his  wife  dy'd  lords  day  fortnight  after.  Tis 
said  hee  warn'd  the  king  on  his  death-bed  to  beware  of  y''  Fana- 
tiques,  lest  y"  cutt  off  his  head  as  they  did  his  Father's. 

14.  To  Boreatton  to  bless  God  for  his  great  mercy  to  the  lady, 
for  whom  prayer  was  made  in  time  of  distress  &  danger.  I  will 
love  the  lord  bee.  hee  hath  heard  the  voice  of  my  supplication  & 
6  that  I  could  learn  to  bee  affected  with  other's  miseryes  &  mercyes 
as  with  my  own. 

17.  Great  contest  in  Cheshire  betw.  Sir  Philip  Egerton  &  Mr. 
Tho.  Cholmley  of  vale-royal  for  Knight  of  the  shire,  in  y"  stead  of 
y^  Baron  of  Kinderton  deceas'd.  They  were  polling  3  days.  Mr. 
Cholmley  carry'd  it  by  many  voices. 

February.  About  this  time  the  old  lady  Middlesex  f  dy'd, 
sister  Ann  absent  from  her  in  France  with  the  Earl. 

Clock  from  london,  which  cost  2"'  9'  o,  besides  2'  6'"  y"  carriage. 

12.  This  morning  fell  an  extraordinary  great  snow,  very  deep 
in  many  places,  about  two  foot  upon  the  Pavement  before  the 
house  door,  much  deeper  elsewhere  &  not  in  drifts,  lord  how 
wonderful  art  thou  in  all  thy  workcs,  which  show  tliy  eternal  power 
&  Godhead. 

14.  Parliament  met  accord,  to  Prorogation,  great  expecta- 
tion of  what  they  will  doe,  lord  thy  will  bee  done. 

16.  Cause  committed  to  God.  Ps.  35.  20.  his  people  are 
a  quiet  people  in  the  land,  &  God  continue  them  so,  yet  deceitful 

*  Sir  George  Smith  was  Slieriffof  Exeter  in  1583,  and  his  daugliter,  by  her 
marriage  with  Sir  Tliomas  jVIonlc,  of  Potlieridge,  l)ecame  mother  of  the  famous 
general  (Burke's  "Anecdotes  of  the  Aristocracy,"  vol.  i.  p.  143,  n.).  "He 
died  at  Newhall,  in  Essex,  after  a  languishing  illness,  ret.  62.  He  left  a  great 
estate  of  ;^i  5,000  a  year  in  land,  and  ;i{^6o,ooo  in  money,  acquired  by  the 
bounty  of  the  King,  and  increased  bj'  his  own  frugality  in  his  later  years  " 
(Hume's  History).  Cf.  also  Burnet's  "History  of  his  Own  Time,"  vol.  i. 
p.  98  (fob). 

t  This  would  be  Anne,  daughter  of  James  Brett,  Esq.,  of  Hoby,  county 
Leicester.  She  was  second  wife  of  tlie  lirst  earl,  and  mother  of  the  second 
and  third  earls. 


224  PHILIP  HENRY. 

matters  are  devis"d  agt.  them,  o  my  God,  make  the  devisers  Uke  a 
wheel ! 

28.  This  day  INIrs.  Lawrence  was  dehver'd  of  a  son,  named 
since  Nathanael,  safe  and  speedily,  a  mercy  often  begd  on  her 
behalf  both  alone  &  with  others,  lord,  I  thank  thee.  Behold, 
here's  one  more  to  bee  mantayn'd  out  of  y"  6.  of  Math. 

March  i.  This  day  I  began  to  bee  not  well,  which  afterwards 
prov'd  an  Ague.* 

3.  Ill  again.  Mr.  Wood  came  to  see  mee  who  stay'd  till  after 
Sabbath  &  taught  a  few  from  Eph.  i.  7.  8.  accord,  to  the  riches  01 
liis  grace  wherein  hee  hath  abounded  towards  us. 

7.  Ill  again,  esp.  the  burning  fit  after  wh.  I  sweat  much — 
having  the  sentence  of  Death  within  myself  that  I  might  trust  in 
the  living  God,  who  raises  from  the  dead. 

9.  A  worse  fit  than  the  former,  reason  distemper'd  somewhat 
from  vapors  seizing  on  tlie  liead,  yet  of  this  also  there  was  an  end 
blessed  bee  frod,  whose  everlasting  Amies  were  under  else  the 
Spirit  had  fayld. 

10.  Well  dayes  not  improved  to  spiritual  advantages,*  my  own 
or  others. 

11.  This  day  William  Farrar  of  Chorlton  husband  to  Betty 
Puleston,  coming  from  ^^'hitcllurch  market  in  the  evening  in  drink 
had  a  fall  off  his  horse  whereof  hee  dyed  the  next  morning,  hee  fell 
at  the  corner  of  the  Turf-house  Croft  neer  to  the  Broad-Oak. 
IMar.  14  the  Coroners  Inquest  past  upon  him,  who  found  it  a 
casualty,  o  that  all  tliat  hear  may  fear  &  doe  no  more  pre- 
sumptuously !  T'was  within  a  few  yards  of  the  place  where  cosin 
Margt.  Hotchkis  tS:  I  fell  y*"  last  year,  shee  was  with  us  this  night 
coming  in  but  just  before,  the  more  to  affect  us  Avith  God's  mercy 
to  us,  blessed  bee  his  name. 

14.  This  morning  dy'd  my  worthy  Freind  Mr.  Georg  Main- 
waring  t  a  faithful  min''  of  Jesus  Christ  in  a  good  old  age,  gatherd 

*  The  frequent  mention  of  ague  shows  how  ill  drained  the  country  was.  A 
century  earlier,  Leyland  had  written  of  Hanmer,  "  There  is  a  XL.  Gentilmen 
yn  this  paroch  y'  have  praty  landes  :  and  every  Gentihnan  hath  there  his  fayre 
pooles."  Every  field  also,  till  the  middle  of  this  century,  had  its  proportion  of 
rushes. 

t  During  the  ejectment  of  Mr.  Bridge  from  tlie  higher  rectory  at  Malpas, 
the  office  was  served  by  George  Mainwaring,  a  native  of  Wrenbury,  and  mem- 
ber of  the  University  of  Cambridge,  chaplain  to  Sir  Henry  Delves,  afterwards 
rector  of  Baddeley  and  chaplain  to  Sir  T.  Mainwaring. 


PHILIP  IIEXRY.  225 

as  a  shock  of  Corn  is  gatherd  in  his  season.  Hee  left  two  sons 
Georg  &  Joseph,  the  one  viciously  inclin'd  if  grace  prevent  not, 
the  other  hopeful.  I  stand  oblig'd  by  promise  to  have  an  eye  to 
them,  which  I  shall  accordingly,  for  the  dead-sake. 

Mr.  Mathew  Jenkyn  once  min"'  of  Gresford,  late  of  Stoke  in 
W'yr-al  a  conformist  dy'd  about  the  9.  of  this  montli,  a  good  man 
as  I  doe  verily  believe,  but,  through  prevalying  melancholy  a 
p.fect  Humorist,  which  made  him  burthensome  to  those  with 
w"  hee  had  to  doe.  In  lodging,  diet,  apparel,  cynical  below  the 
calling  of  a  Gospel  min''.  Hee  was  long  sick  of  a  pining  sickness 
but  preacht  to  the  very  last,  being  carry'd  in  a  chayr  from  his 
house  to  the  pulpit.  'Tis  sayd,  hee  told  a  freind  of  his  in  the 
Town  not  long  before  his  death  that  his  conformity  was  a  trouble 
to  him. 

April  I.  Much  better  ;  Ague,  I  hope,  left  mee,  blessed  bee 
God,  and  o:  that  I  could  say,  it  leaves  me  better  then  it  found 
mee. 

4.  this  day  was  bury'd  at  Elsmere  my  worthy  freind  Mr.  John 
Adams,  of  Northwood  Min''  of  y"  Gospel,  long  in  a  declining  weak 
condition,  lord,  thou  com'st  upon  us  with  breach  after  breach,  o: 
stay  thy  hand  and  pluck  no  more  stakes  out  of  our  hedge,  for  if 
the  pillars  fail,  how  can  y®  house  stand,  but  the  truth  is,  thou  hast 
no  need  of  any  of  us ;  father,  doe  thy  will. 

8.  After  a  weekes  respite,  through  some  cold  taken,  ill  again ; 
relapses  into  sin  call  for  relapses  into  sickness. 

9.  I  received  the  first  volume  of  Mr.  Poole's  Synopsis,  bound 
at  Shrewsbury,  which  stands  mee  (besides  50^  payd  to  him)  in  11". 
more  for  carriage  &  binding  (binding  7"*).  I  am  to  pay  at  y''  receit 
of  y^  2'"*  volume  w"  finished,  15^  more,  &  of  y'^  3"^  15^  more. 

10.  As  sick  a  sabbath  as  to  my  best  remembrance,  I  ha\c 
known,  but  sinning  sabbaths  I  liave  known  many,  cV'  the  lord  is 
righteous. 

14.  better- — blessed  bee  God  1  at  whose  dispose  T  am  tor 
health  &  sickness,  life  &  death. 

37.  I  visited  Mr.  Walter  Adams,  ill,  yet  walking  about  tlic 
house,  pswaded  him  to  set  his  house  in  order,  wh.  was  undone, 
hee  promised  hee  would  speedily,  saying,  for  his  real  estate,  it  was 
done  already. 

o 


226  PHILIP  IIEXRY. 

30.  Duke  of  Albemarle  bury'd  *  with  'great  solemnity  but 
smal  sorrow. 

May  3.  This  day  dy'd  Mr.  Walter  Adams  of  Iscoyd  an 
ingenuous  &  worthy  neighbour  &  my  good  Freind.  Hee  made 
his  will  but  y"  night  before,  leaving  his  land  to  Alice  Tonna  his 
neece  only  charging  it  with  legacyes  considerable  to  her  Parents, 
Brothers  <Sr  sisters,  &  his  Bookes  much  to  y*"  discretion  of  his 
executors  which  were  D""  Fowler  &  Mr.  Edw.  Newton. 

A  little  before  his  death  hee  burnt  all  his  sermon-notes  with 
liis  own  hands,  &  in  his  will  appointed  that  nothing  should  be 
said  of  him  at  his  grave,  both  which  I  impute  to  his  A-ery  great 
modesty  &  y°  mean  thought  hee  had  of  himself  which  is  a  mani- 
fest argument  of  his  true  worth. 

7.  D''  Fowler  preacht  at  his  Buryal  Text  Esa.  57.  i.  The 
first  time  I  have  been  at  \Vhitch.  these  9  or  10  weekes. 

10.  This  day  commences  y*"  new  Act  of  restraynt  f  made  last 
session,  but  4  to  meet  besides  y''  family,  if  more,  y*"  preacher 
20"',  y''  house  20"'  each  one  present  above  16  y.  old,  5**  for  y"  first 
offence,  for  y^  2'"'  all  double.  One  justice  to  execute  by  distress, 
penaltyes  on  him  &  Constable,  if  they  doe  not.  No  appeal  : 
every  th.  to  bee  construed  agt.  y*"  offender.  Such  wised,  in  y"  con- 
trivance y'  some  can  but  admire,  but  hee  that  sits  in  heaven  laughs 
&  even  this  also  shall  bee  for  good.  I  hear  since,  this  day  was 
kept  by  many  in  London  as  a  Day  of  fasting  &:  prayer,  lord  hear 
in  heaven  &  have  mercy. 

Sister  Ann  return'd  in  this  month  out  of  France,  where  shee 
hath   been  this   1 2   month  w"'  the  H   of  Middlesex  |  for  health 

*  In  Westminster  Abbey. 

t  With  these  passages  shoukl  lie  compared  F.velyn's  account  of  things 
(luring  the  Commonwealth.  Under  date  August  3,  1656,  he  says,  "I  went  to 
London  to  receive  the  B.  Sacrament,  the  first  time  tlie  Church  of  England  was 
reduced  to  a  chamber  and  conventicle,  so  sharp  was  the  jjerseculion.  The 
Parish  Churches  were  fiU'd  with  Sectaries  of  all  sorts,  blasphemers  and  igno- 
rant meclianics  usurping  the  pulpits  everywhere."  And  on  Christmas  Day  in 
the  same  year,  "as  he  was  giving  us  the  Holy  Sacrament,  the  chapell  was 
surr(junded  with  souldiers,  and  all  the  communicants  and  assembly  surpriz'd  and 
Icept  prisoners  by  them  .  .  .  some  they  committed  to  the  Marshall,  some  to 
prison."  Ever  since  January  3,  1643,  ^^  ^'^^^  of  'li^  Book  of  Common  Prayer, 
cither  in  public  or  private,  had  been  forl^idden,  and  lieavy  penalties  were  added, 
August  23,  1645. 

J  Lionel  Cranlield,  third  and  last  Earl  of  Middlesex,  was  one  of  the  com- 
mittee sent  by  Parliament  to  wait  on  Charles  IE  at  the  Hague,  in  1660. 


PHILIP  IIEXRY.  227 

sake.  K  at  Dover  to  meet  his  sister  Henrietta  *  Dutchess  of 
Orleance. 

Mr.  John  Crew  of  Utkinton  dy"d,  a  worth)-  patriot. 

22.  Mr.  lawrence  in  trouble  at  ^^'hitch.  for  a  meeting  this  clay, 
at  Ralph  Eddow's,  upon  pretence  y'  Sarah  Eddow  lately  com'n 
from  Chester  was  none  of  her  father's  family. 

27.  Convented  at  Frees  &  fin'd  by  Justice  Sandford  X: 
Justice  Hill. 

3*1.  Distress  made  upon  y"'"' troods.  Ralph  Eddow  20"'  5'  o. 
Mr.  lawrence  10"',  John  Bird  cK:  Thomas  Kettle  5"'  apeice.  Elis 
Vardly  5'  by  Constables  i\:  Churchwardens. 

The  town  (!\:  country  full  of  noise  about  it.  also  many  else- 
where in  trouble  on  y"  like  occasion,  lord,  preserve  thy  people  in 
y*  way  of  peace  tv:  holiness,  &  lay  not  this  sin  to  the  enemyes 
charge. 

Mrs.  Martha  Hunt  at  Broad-Oke,  the  v.orthy  daughter  of  a 
worthy  Father. 

The  Joyner  had  of  mee  for  working  up  y*'  long  Table,t  the 
Press  in  y^  parlor,  ^:  y''  skreen  (^c  two  Skutcheon  frames  14'  2''  at 
10''  a  day  &  meat  &  drink. 

June  I.  With  wife  at  Ash,  where  mett  occasionally  divers 
other  Freinds,  noys'd  to  bee  a  Conventicle,  church-wardens  «S: 
other  officers  came  to  search,  but  y''  company  was  gone  before. 

1 6.     Tit/lings  paid.  — 

d 

6  Cowes  «S;  Calves  ...         ...         . .          9 

6  lambcs        ...          ...  ...          ...          ...     3 

7  Sheepe.s-fleece  ...         ...         ...         7 

Dove-house            ...  ...         ...         ...     6 

Bees        ...         ...  ..         ...         ...         3 

Plow-share            ...  ...         ...         ...     3''' 

Offrings              ...  ...          ...          ...         4 

2  lid 


*  The  chief  agent  between  the  English  and  French  courts  was  the  beau- 
tiful, graceful,  and  intelligent  Henrietta,  Duchess  of  Orleans,  sister  of  Charles, 
.sister-in-law  of  Lewis,  and  a  favourite  with  both  (Macaulay's  History,  cap.  ii.). 

t  It  is  curious  to  find  here  particulars  of  the  manufacture  of  one  of  those 
old  hall-tables,  at  which — twenty  feel  long  or  more — 'be  whole  family  would 
jissemble. 


228  PHILIP  HEXRY. 

Poor  london  much  distrest  !  Tlie  noise  of  war  amoiTgst  them 
in  time  of  i)eace,  and  their  flight  on  the  Sabbath  day.  Gards  sett 
on  their  meeting  places,  divers  disturb'd  in  praying,  preaching, 
divers  fin'd.  divers  imprisoned — -Mr.  Watson  &  ISIr.  ^"incent 
charg'd  witli  treason  for  using  these  words — Heh.  \2.  4.  yee  have 
not  yet  resisted  unto  bloud  striving  agt.  sin. 

A  fire  at  }''  Savoy — 12  or  14  houses  burnt,  the  K.  present  at 
c[uenching  of  it,  which  was  by  blowing  up  a  house  or  two  with 
( iunpowder. 

S'  Tho.  Hanmer  ill  through  a  swelling  between  his  neck  &  his. 
shoulder,  hard  to  bee  rightly  affected  under  such  a  providence,, 
so  as  not  to  miss  it  either  on  y'^  right  hand  or  y""  left,  lord  la)-  not 
his  sin  to  his  charge. 

Cosin  Mary  Benyon  return'd  to  Ash,  from  london,  for  gone  in 
consumption,  lord  how  easy  is  it  with  thee  to  change  our  counte- 
nance, y*"  youngest,  y°  strongest,  &  send  us  away. 

15.  At  Nantwich  to  visit  dear  Mr.  Thomas,  who  hath  been 
long  under  God's  afflicting  hand  by  pining  sickness  ;  my  heart  is 
hard  &  melts  not,  as  I  would  it  should,  under  a  fellow-feeling  of 
his  Afflictions,  wee  sickned  both  at  y"  same  time,  &  I  free  &  hee 
still  in  y^  furnace,  &  why  so  father,  bee.  it  pleaseth  thee,  o  spare 
a  little  that  hee  may  recover  strength  ! 

24.  Received  20"'  of  W"  Butler,  his  last  stage.  I  returned 
him  the  other  7"'  10  o  in  consideration  of  his  bargain,  which  bee:  it 
was  not  more  hee  would  scarce  so  much  as  thank  mee  for,  but  no- 
matter,  I  endeavour'd  to  doe  it  for  conscience  sake.  I  gave  him 
up  his  Articles  &:  bond,  &both  are  well  pleased  that  wee  are  5. ted. 

I  rejoyce  in  this  that  though  the  Rent  bee  less  yet  y^  House  is 
now  a  House  of  prayer.  Mevi.  hee  is  to  pay  a  yeares  chimney 
money  which  is  behind,  being  6". 

Kings  Sister  *  dead  in  France,  suddenly,  e^-  as  is  supposed,  by 

*  "She  was  seized  with  the  malady  upon  drinking  a  ghiss  of  succory  water. 
Strong  suspicions  of  poison  arose  in  the  court  of  France,  and  were  spread  all 
over  Europe.  Charles  himself,  during  some  time,  was  entirely  convinced  of  his 
guilt;  hut,  upon  receiving  the  attestation  of  physicians  who, on  opening  her  body, 
found  no  foundation  for  the  general  rumour,  he  was,  or  pretended  to  l)e,  satisfied. 
The  Duke  of  Orleans,  indeed,  did  never  in  any  other  circumstance  of  his  life 
betray  such  dispositions  as  might  lead  him  tt)  so  criminal  an  action  ;  and  a 
lady,  it  is  said,  drank  the  remains  of  the  glass  without  feeling  any  incun- 
venience  "  (Hume). 


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the  niL-ans  of  a  iealous  husband,  tlie  D.  of  (Jiieance,  brother  to  the 
King  of  France,  lewis  14. — Her  death  much  resented  by  the  King, 
iind  (iod  grant  it  may  doe  him  good. 

28.  \Vitli  wife  at  Shrewsb.  where  much  made  of,  among 
Freinds,  &  .Sunda\s  opportunityes  of  being  good,  but  a  barren 
lieart  mars  all. 

July  I.  Whereas  100"'  of  my  childrens  nione),  left  them  by 
their  (Grandfather,  is  in  uncle  Hotchkis  hand  by  bond  bearing  date 
June  1667.  for  y"'  first  y'"  I  took  no  interest,  for  y'"  2'"'  5"'  (\:  now 
for  ye  3"'  other  5"',  it  is  some  trouble  to  mee,  not  knowing  what  to 
doe.  On  y"  one  hand,  hee  is  my  Freind  &  relation  near  mee,  on 
the  other  hand,  tis  my  childrens  money,  who  are  nearer,  (S:  what 
account  the  world  &  they  will  expect  from  mee  hereafter,  I  know- 
not.  The  thing  itself,  with  certayn  cautions,  which  I  shall  en- 
dea\our  to  observe,  I  judge  lawful,  but  for  mee  as  Min''  4)ha{)s 
inexpedient  &  on  that  account,  were  it  my  own,  I  should  refrayn, 
but  being  their's  &  so  great  a  summ  &  so  long  in  his  hand  (\:  hee 
able  &;  gaining  by  it  in  trade,  upon  advice  from  such  as  are 
judicious  &  godly,  so  much  I  have  received,  way  ting  for  further 
light  &  convictions  about  it  from  y"  lord  in  y^  use  of  means  accord- 
ing to  which  I  shall  either  continue  to  receive  it  or  else  make 
restitution  of  what  I  have  received  already. 

Peter  Micklewright  of  Whitch.  much  in  debt  left  house  & 
■calling  unadvisedly,  a  great  blemish  to  his  Profession,  he  ow'd  mee 
3"'  which  I  lent  him  in  Novemb.  last,  whereof  I  am  never  likely  to 
see  a  farthing,  yet  still  judge  it  my  duty  to  lend  /at^Scv  uTreXm^oji/ 
Ink.  6  despayring  noth. 

14.  Mr.  Will.  Heaths  son  of  Slirewsb.  came  to  table  at  cos. 
Jackson's,  I  promised  to  direct  him  in  learning  Hebrew. 

3.  Mr.  John  Adams  d\'d,  brother  to  Mr.  Walter  Adams  of 
Iscoyd,  bury'dat  Hanmer. 

In  this  month  dy'd  Robert  Corbet  eldest  son  of  Tho.  Corbet 
■of  Stanwardin,  a  hopeful  cliild,  at  school  at  Newport  with  his  uncle 
Edwards,  of  y'^  small  Pox.  A  great  greif  to  y''  family,  lord  sanctify 
it  for  good. 

My  son  John  &  hee  were  about  an  age,  Quiccjuid  amas, 
cupias,  non  placuisse  nimis. 

Many  fires  at  london  about  y'^  time.     In  one  house  behind  ye 


230  PHILIP  HENRY. 

exchange,  y''  master,  a  nurse,  &  two  children  were  burnt  in  y^"'  beds. 
Also  12  or  13  houses  near  y*"  Georg  Inn  in  Southwark. 

August  7.  Randle  Tonna's  eldest  daughter  marry'd  to  Mr. 
Deaves,  somew'  too  soon  after  her  uncle  Mr.  Walter  Adams'  death, 
considering  what  mone  shee  seem'd  to  make  for  him. 

8.  to  Torperly  &  home  again,  in  safety,  blessed  be  (lod; 
great  miss  of  Mr.  John  Crew  in  that  neighbourhood  ;  John  Read 
who  marry'd  his  wive's  neece  under  y''  Min'^'*  censure  for  it,  Avho 
deny'd  him  y*'  sacram'.  I  wisht  him  to  bee  well  advis'd  in  that 
case. 

Seasonable  harvest  for  y''  most  pt.,  to  (rod  bee  glory. 

4.  To  Stanwardin  as  to  a  house  of  mourning,  shall  wee  receive 
good  at  the  hand  of  y**  lord,  &  shall  wee  not  receive  evil  also  ? 

22.  I  visited  Mr.  Andrew  Ellis  of  y'^  Wern,  who  thought  him- 
self past  y*'  worst  but  dy'd  y"  second  day  after,  an  upright,  peaceable, 
useful  man  in  his  place.  Hee  seemed  to  reflect  with  little  comfort 
upon  his  conformity,  telling  mee,  hee  had  forborn  above  two  years. 
Hee  left  5"'  by  will  to  bee  distributed  by  Mr.  luke  lloyd  &:  mee 
among  poor  min". 

24.  The  black  day  of  min"  restra)-nt,  now  eight  years,  how 
long  lord  ! 

28.  To  Bo[reatton]  where  present  Mr.  Hampden  &  Mr.  S\\in- 
itw  two  worthy  members  of  Parliament. 

September  3.  I  appeard  at  INIalpas  at  y"  B''"  court,  gave  an 
account  of  Hanmer  parish  moneyes  in  my  hands,  charg  2'  6''. 

5.  Nag  sold  to  cosin  Eenyon  for  9"'  5'  pd.  9'^ 

A  sickly  time,  many  sick  &  weak,  many  fallen  asleep. 

8.  To  ^Vrexh.  lodg'd  at  Mr.  lewis  whose  kindness  to  Mr. 
lawr.  in  keeping  &  teaching  his  son  John  I  am  concern"d  to 
acknowl:  &  requite. 

12.  Memorandum  entred  in  Hanmer  p.ish  Ijook  y*  50"'  poores 
money  «&  100.  mark.  School-money  are  in  my  hand. 

14.  this  day  my  worthy  freind  Mr.  Zeck:  Thomas  fell  asleep 
in  y"  lord  at  Nantwich,  Avhither  hee  return'd  the  week  before  from 
Shrewsb.  where  hee  had  been  some  time  in  y''  use  of  meanes  in 
vayn.  Hee  dy'd  of  a  Consumption  ;  in  y*"  41  }•.  of  his  age.  Hee 
said  to  those  about  him  on  y'  Munday,  that  towards  ^\'ednesday 
hee  should  take  his  leave  of  them,  w'''  was  accordingly. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  231 

15.  Mr.  lukc  llo}d  &  liis  daugh.  Mrs.  Rushwortli  at  Br.  O. 
her  husband  plac't  near  Petworth,  ([ui  bene  latuit,  bene  vixit. 

16.  At  Nantw.  at  Mr.  Tho:  buryal,  at  Acton,  Mr.  Kirk  preacht, 
gave  him  a  worthy  character,  for  uprightness,  humiUty,  moderation, 
prayer,  faithfulness  in  reproving,  patience  under  Affliction,  and  in 
saying  hee  was  a  true  Israelite  without guil,  hee  said  all;  lord  make 
mee  a  follower  !     Amen  ! 

17.  W"  Heath  dy'd  at  Salop,  another  true  Nathaniel — Heli> 
lord  for  y''  faithful  fail. 

William  Turner  came  to  us  in  this  month  from  Oxford  to 
sojourn  with  us  a  while  &  to  teach  the  children  ;  hee  is,  I  hope, 
the  better,  though  some  that  went  at  the  same  time,  the  worse  for 
the  uni\'ersity. 

Mr.  Steel  absolv'd  at  Hanmer,  rejjorts  spread  through  mistake 
that  hee  had  conform'd. 

October  i.  Cosin  John  Beddow  sent  50"'  to  mee  to  bee  dis- 
pos'd  of  for  the  use  of  his  sister  Buckley  &  her  4.  yonger  children, 
to"'  a  peice,  at  my  discretion,  which  trust  I  accepted  of  &  shall 
endeavour  to  bee  faithful  in  it  accordingly. 

2.  Ralph  Eddow,  John  Beard  with  others  excommunicated 
at  Whitch:  U''  Fowler  protesting  hee  did  it  unwillingly  yet  by  his 
own  procurement.  They  did  not  presently  depart  y""  congregation, 
whereupon  hee  sayd,  unless  y"'  did,  hee  would  be  gone,  &  so  went 
forth  his  Desk. 

5.  Madam  Penelope  Pagett*  marry'd  at  Boreatton  to  Mr. 
Philip  Foley.  7.  I  went  thither,  shee  sending  for  mee  &:  spent 
y''  Sabbath  with  them  there,  at  coming  away  shee  sent  my  wife  a 
2o'-  peice  of  gold,  y-  week  after,  they  went  to  his  Freinds  in  Wor- 
cestersh.  where  I  have  promis'd  to  see  them  at  Spring,  if  God 
permitt. 

8.  Mr.  lawrence,  Ralph  Eddow  &c.  having  su'd  the  Justices 
for  recovery  of  their  goods  taken  from  them  in  June  last,  they 
endeavour  their  excommunication  to  prevent  proceedings  at  law, 
the  former  hitherto  escapes,  not  without  a  special  providence ;  the 
lord  bee  seen  in  y*  affayr  &  putt  a  good  issue  to  it,  that  the  inno- 
cency  of  y^  innocent  may  bee  cleared. 

*  She  was  daughter  of  the  fiftli  Luid  Paget,  and  sister  to  I-'iancis  Flunt's 
%vife,  of  Boreatton,  Salop. 


232  PHILIP  IIEXRY. 

Amongst  other  discourse  D''  Hacket  the  present  B''  told  Mr. 
lawrence  y'  y"  proceedmgs  of  I)''  Fowler  would  doe  no  good  but 
hurt  in  his  parish,  that  hee  was  29  ys.  min'"  at  St  Andrewes  in 
Holborn  yet  never  presented  one  neither  Papist  nor  Puritan  in  all 
that  time. 

24.  Parliam'  mett,  lord  let  their  meeting  bee  not  for  y"  worse 
liut  for  y'  better  to  thy  poor  Min''  &  people.  Amen!  36  of  their 
number  dead  since  their  last  adjournm',  6:  that  the  living  might 
lay  it  to  heart. 

The  occasion  of  their  meeting,  for  raising  of  moneyes,  the 
summ  given,  2,100,000"'. 

November  i.  Ralph  Eddow,  John  Beard,  Robert  Benyon,  & 
others  lately  excommunicated  at  Whitch.  Mr.  lawrence,  ag'  whom 
especially  the  design  was,  by  a  special  providence  escap'd.  ^^'ithin 
a  few  days  after  B''  Hacket  dy'd. 

5.  a  day  which  ought  to  be  remembered  far  ever,  but  is 
almost  forgotten  by  these  unthankful  nations,  which  bodes  ill  in 
my  eye,  ingentia  beneficia,  ingentiaflagitia,  ingentia  snpplicia. 

13.  Ralph  Eddow  &c.  absolv'd  by  S'  Walter  littleton  chan- 
celour,  Dr.  Fowler  refus'd  to  publisli  their  absolutions,  neverthe- 
less they  came  to  Church.  The  wound  is  wide  there  between 
Pastor  and  people,  lord  heal  &  help,  &  let  contentions  cease. 
Their  absolution  is  but  till  Hilary  Term  ne.xt. 

December.  Sir  Walter  littleton,  chancellor  of  lichfeild,  dy'd 
about  this  time,  within  few  weekes  after  the  Bishop. 

In  a  letter  from  a  Freind  after  his  being  at  Br.  O. 

— The  observation  of  Gods  goodness  &  Bounty  towards  you, 

hath  occasioned  mee  (as  i  K.  10.  the  Qu.  of  Sheba)  to  praise  the 

lord   in  your   behalf,  cheifly   seeing   how  punctually  his   promise 

Ps.  124.  3.  4.  is  verify'd  in  your  family.    Truly  God  is  to  you  not 

only  a  place  of  broad  rivers  li:  streames  for  your  preservation,  <S: 

.safety,  but  also  a  river  &  stream  for  Plenty,     o  blessed  are  you  & 

blessed  bee  his  name  for  you. 

R.  F. 

Hee  is  no  fool  who  parts  with  that  w"""  hee  cannot  keep  to 
jnirchase  that  w*  hee  cannot  lose — in  works  of  charity. 

Sept.  2.  1670.     AVilliam  Pen*  &  William  Mead  t  were  arraigned 

*  William  I'enn  was  born  in  I.ondon   in    1644,  and  was  the   only  son  of 


PHILIP  HENRY.  233 

in  the  Old  Baily  for  a  Riot  Aug.  14  caus'd  by  \Villiam  Pen's 
preaching  in  Gracious  Street  to  3  or  400  psons.  They  pleaded 
not  guilty  in  maner  &  form — two  or  three  witnesses  depos'd,  they 
were  present  &  saw  William  Pen  speaking,  but  what  hee  sayd  the\' 
knew  not — ^^'hereupon  the  Jury  found  William  Pen  guilty  of 
speaking  in  Gracious  Street — which  verdict  not  satisfying  y"  court, 
they  were  kept  without  meat,  drink,  fire,  or  tobacco  from  Friday 
to  Munday  «^  after  appearing  5  times,  (!v:  standing  still  to  y"  same 
verdict  iS:  no  other,  they  were  fin'd  40  markes  apeice  (Iv:  to  lye  in 
prison  till  payd — Also  Pen  &  Mead  lin'd  40  markes  apeice  for  not 
putting  off  their  hats  in  the  court — As  they  came  in,  their  hats 
Avere  pul'd  off  by  command  &  put  on  again. 

j)resent  Thomas  Howel  recorder. 

Sir  Sam.  Starling  Mayor 

Sir  John  Robinson,  Sir  Thomas  Kludworth  &:c. 

Recorder  Howel  sayd,  well  now  I  see  cause  to  admire  the 
wisdom  of  y"  Spanish  Inquisition  &  twill  never  bee  well  in  Eng- 
land, till  some  such  thing  bee  stablisht  here — Hee  sayd  also,  the 
next  session  there  will  bee  an  Act  of  Parliament  that  none  shall 
have  y"  benefit  of  y*^  law  that  will  not  conform. 

A  narrative  of  their  tryal  was  printed,  with  some  votes  of 
y*  House  of  Commons  A.  1667  wherby  twas  judg'd  illegal  in 
judge  Keeling  to  fine  &  imprison  Juryes  &  hee  order'd  to  bee 
try'd  for  doing  it. 

Eight  of  y*  Jury  payd  their  fine,  the  other  four  were  imprison'd 
<\:  had  a  hearing  in  \\'estm'  hall  this  Mich.  Term. 

William  Penn,  county  Wilts,  \'ice-Adniiial  of  England  in  the  time  of  Crom- 
well, and  afterwards  knighted  by  King  Charles  II.  for  his  successful  services 
against  the  Dutch.  He  fell  under  the  influence  of  Thomas  Loe,  an  eminent 
preacher  among  the  people  called  Quakers.  In  1668  he  first  appeared  as  a 
preacher  and  an  author.  He  was  imprisoned  in  the  Tower  for  seven  months, 
during  which  he  wrote  "  No  Cross,  No  Crown."  In  1670  the  meetings  of 
Dissenters  were  forbidden  under  heavy  penalties,  in  spite  of  which  he  preached 
in  (Gracious  Street  on  August  14th.  In  1682  ^Villiam  Penn  founded  a  colony, 
having  previously  obtained  a  charter  from  Charles  II.  He  died  in  1718. 
After  more  than  one  application,  the  .State  of  Pennsylvania  has,  in  1881,  again 
sought  permission  to  transfer  the  bones  of  its  founder  from  their  quiet  resting- 
place  at  Chalfont,  Bucks,  across  the  Atlantic. 

t  ^Villiam  Mead  was  a  Dissenting  minister,  and  father  of  Richard  Mead,  a 
celebrated  physician,  who  was  born  at  Stepney  in  1673.  Dr.  Mead  interested 
himself  in  the  introduction  of  inoculation  for  the  sniall-po.\,  and  assisted  in 
-the  preliminary  experiments  made  on  condemned  criminals. 


2  34  PHILIP  IIEXRY. 

Magna.  Charta  grants  that  no  man  sliall  be  amerc'd  but  accord: 
to  the  ofTence,  nor  imprison'd  ex'  by  y'"  Judgem'  of  his  peers. 

Memor.  From  y*"  i"  of  J^inuary  y'°  year,  1670,  I  purpose  to 
liestow  1 2''  out  of  every  pound  Rent  w'^''  I  receive  in  charitable 
uses,  having  respect  especially  to  my  poor  suffring  brethren  in  the 
ministry  (S:  to  y^  poor  of  Bronington,  A\'illington  &  Iscoyd. 

1671. 

Ego  cum  homine  tali  nee  amicitiam  a  elim  nee  inimicitiam. 
Erasin.  Epist. 

Tota  vita  mea  nil  aliud  est  c|uam  peccatum  et  sterilitas. 

Fortunam  fatigo  ferendo. 

S''  'l"ho.  Edwards  of  Salop  visiting  his  old  Tutor  1)"'  Prideaux, 
after  y''  wars,  at  parting,  hee  gave  him  liis  fatherly  advice,  for 
memory  sake  in  three  Scripture-names,  Mishma.  Dumah,  and 
Massah — i.e.  hearing,  silence,  bearing,  this  I  had  from  Mr.  John 
Bryan  to  w"'  S'  Tho.  related  it. 

Edward  Francis,  the  old  Pavier  of  Braden-heath,  tis  said,  had 
the  same  pson  for  his  Father,  his  Grandfather,  his  ( iod-father  and 
his  uncle  (his  (irand-father  (Jc  his  reputed  Father  manying  two 
sisters). 

All  acknowledge  there  is  at  this  day  a  number  of  sober  *  peace- 
able men  both  ministers  and  others  among  dissenters,  but  who 
either  doth  or  saith  anything  to  oblige  them?  who  desires  or 
endeavours  to  open  the  door  to  let  in  such?  nay  doe  they  not 
rather  provoke  them  to  run  into  the  same  extravagancyes  with 
others  by  making  no  difference,  laying  load  on  them  as  if  th.c}- 
were  as  bad  as  the  worst. 

A  libel  set  up  in  Westm''  hall. 

— The  Acts  &  Monum'"  of  this  present  ParlianV— wee  ha^•e 
left  undone  those  th.  w*  wee  ought  to  have  done  &  wee  have 
done  those  th.  w'''  wee  ought  not  to  have  done,  and  there  is  no 
truth  in  us. 

If  all  that   had   been  said  eS:  written  to  prove  prelacy  Anti- 

*  "Noscitur  a  sociis."  It  was  the  consequence  of  their  not  breakins^; 
away  from  the  ineconcilables,  whose  fixed  determination  it  was  to  reduce  thc 
Ensrlish  Church  to  the  level  of  a  Genevan  sect. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  235 

Christian  <S:  the  common  prayer  unlawful,  had  been  to  persuade 
Bishops  to  study  ^v:  doe  the  Duty  of  Church-rulers  in  preaching  \: 
feeding  the  flock  accord,  to  the  word,  and  to  persuade  people  to 
bee  serious  tS:  inward  (.\:  spiritual  in  the  use  of  formes,  it  had  been 
better  with  the  church  of  Ciod  in  England. 

Spiritus  Sanctus  non  residet  super  hominem  mcestum — a 
common  saying  among  the  Jewish  Rabbins. 

2/  Mr.  Ric.  Hampden  of  Hampden  finding  a  picture  of  the 
Trinity  amongst  his  Grand-mother's  goods,  which  fell  to  him  &  his 
sisters  at  her  death,  for  which  hee  was  bid  500"'.  rather  threw  it 
into  the  fire  and  burnt  it. 

Sides-men  are  so  called  qu.  Synods-men. 

The  children  of  Norwich  betw.  6  yeares  old  \-  10.  gain  by 
working  each  year  12.  thousand  pounds  more  than  mantaynes 
them.      Chamhcrl.  present  state. 

— ratio  ultima  regum^ — -Henry  4  of  France  caus'd  written  on 
his  great  guns. 

Of  these  things  following  this  famous  Isle  is  full, 

IMountaynes,  Fountaines,  Bridges,  churches,  women,  wool. 

2.  an  unruly  spirit  let  loose  at  london.  Duke  of  Ormond  * 
taken  out  of  his  Coach  by  Ruffians  &  indanger'd.  S""  Johi-j 
Coventry  f  member  of  Parliam'  had  his  Nose  cutt  off,  tis  said  for 

*  '•  Ossoiy  soon  after  came  to  court,  and  seeing  Buckingham  stand  Iw: 
the  king,  his  colour  rose,  and  he  could  not  forbear  expressing  liimself  to< 
this  purpose  :  '  My  lord,  I  know  well  that  you  are  at  the  bottom  of  thi.^ 
late  attempt  upon  my  father,  but  I  give  you  warning  if  by  any  means  he  come- 
to  a  violent  end,  I  shall  not  be  at  a  loss  to  know  the  author  :  I  shall 
consider  you  as  the  assassin  :  I  shall  treat  you  as  such  :  and  wherever  I  meet 
you,  I  shall  pistol  you,  though  you  stood  behind  the  king's  chair  ' "'  (Hume)- 
The  chief  accomplice  was  "Blood,  a  disbanded  officer  of  the  Brotector's, 
who  had  been  engaged  in  a  conspiracy  in  Ireland,  for  which  he  had  l)een 
attainted  and  others  executed.  He  meditated  revenge  upon  Ormond,  the  lord 
lieutenant.  Blood  soon  afterwards  tried  to  carry  off  the  cro\\n  and  regalia 
from  the  Tower,  and  was  not  only  pardoned  by  Charles  H.,  but  received  a 
pension  of  ;i^500  per  annum.  Thus,  while  old  Edwards,  who  had  been  wounded 
in  defending  the  regalia,  was  forgotten,  this  man,  who  deserved  only  to  lie 
detested  as  a  monster,  became  a  kind  of  favourite  "  (Hume). 

t  "Sir  John  Coventry  had  sneered  at  the  profligacy  cf  the  court.  In  any 
former  reign  he  would  have  been  called  before  the  Privy  Council  and  com- 
mitted to  the  Tower.  A  different  course  was  now  pursued.  A  gang  of 
bullies  was  secretly  sent  to  slit  the  nose  of  the  offender.  This  ignoble  revenge 
raised  such  a  tempest,  that  the  king  was  compelled  to  ]iass  an  Act  which 
attainted  the  offenders,  and  took  from  him  the  power  of  pardoning  them"" 
(Macaulay). 


236  PHI  LI  1'  IIEXRY. 

words  spoken  in  y'  Iiouse  of  Commons.  Xel  Gwin  C.  R.  whipt 
«!s:  washt  in  y"  Chanel,  one  of  y"  life  gard  upon  his  duty  slayn  by 
3  Frenchmen,  such  doings  bode  ill. 

12.  Mr.  Tho.  Hanmer  came  to  live  at  Fenns.  Reported 
from  Ireland  by  one  present  y'  a  play  being  Acted  in  Dublin  in 
derision  of  y*"  fanatiques,  y"  play-house  fell,  7  kild,  many  hurt,  the 
lord  Deputy  Berkly  present,  his  son  crusht. 

30.  brings  to  remembrance  y"  horrid  murther  of  the  late 
King,  deliver  y''  nation  from  bloud-guiltines  6:  Cod. 

A  very  warm  Januaiy — little  or  no  frost  or  rayn,  but  great  winds. 

4.  Having  deliverd  20'  before,  I  deliverd  other  10'*  to  James 
Jackson  ^S:  took  his  Acquittance,  for  the  use  of  Mr.  Steele's 
children.*  Sal's  vest  cost  11^  10'' — ^in  all  2"'  i' — 10''  ex  dono 
iimicorum.  received  &  delivered  more — in  all  2"' 3' o — the  vest 
■on  my  account. 

14.  William  Turner  went  from  us  towards  Oxford,  having 
sojourn'd  with  us  for  y*"  most  ,pt  since  August  last,  in  which  time 
hee  entred  Katy  in  reading  English,  «&:  Sarah  in  Hebrew. 

I  pray  Crod  preserve  him  from  university  sins  <S:  snares.  Amen  1 

March  15.  buryd  at  London  Mr.  Wil.  Bridg.  of  yarmoutli  in 
a  good  old  age. 

19.  In  Isc[oed]  trans.  D[ce].  A  day  in  thy  courts  is  better 
than  a  thousand. 

22.  I  was  at  Shrops.  Assize,  summon'd  thither  to  bee  a  wit- 
ness for  Mr.  Nevet  agt  S''  Jolin  Trevor  of  Emral  concer.  lightwood, 
but  it  went  not  to  tryal. 

Tliis  day  was  heard  before  Judge  Twisden  the  AMiitchurch 
cause  between  Mr.  Eddow  <S:  Mr.  Lawrence  &  the  Justices  concer. 
their  goods  taken  from  y'"  on  pretence  of  a  Conventicle  in  May 
last  :  y''  Qu.  was  whether  Mr.  EddoAv's  daughter  was  one  of  his 
family,  as  also  whether  John  Beard's  son  a  youth  of  12  or  14  y. 
old,  there  present,  though  hee  was  not  to  be  jiunisht  yet  might  not 
make  the  meeting  unlawful  i!^:  so  expose  y*  rest  to  punishm'.  The 
former  was  made  clear  by  y"  oath  of  several  witnesses  y'  shee 
came  home  intending  to  stay,  concer.  the  later  y''  Judge  said  hee 

*  These  seem  to  have  l^een  presents  made  to  Mr.  Steel's  children  when 
llieir  father  liad  decided  t(3  go  to  London,  where  he  remained  working  dih- 

geiilly  to  the  end  of  his  life. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  237 

Avould  not  declare  his  Judgm'  y"  with  design  y'  if  j"'  Jury  did  not 
find  for  the  Justices  yet  however  y*"'  should  find  specially.  ^Mr.  John 
Thomas  late  of  Shrewsb.  being  one  of  y''  Jury  stood  it  out  on  y*" 
Plaintiffs  behalf  agt  y*'  rest  all  night  alledging  hee  was  fully  satis- 
fyd  y"  girl  was  of  y*"  Family,  saying,  hee  would  dye  rather  then 
yeild — in  ye  morning  at  Mr.  lawrence's  motion  in  private  to  y*"  Judge 
by  Mr.  Birch  it  was  referd  to  Serj.  Jones  &  Serj.  Baldwin.  Mr. 
Thomas  fin'd  lo""  &  bound  to  y*  behaviour  for  words  spoken  to 
one  of  y'  Jurors. 

There  was  great  mere}'  y'  y*"  Verdict  was  not  brought  agt  them 
bee.  of  treble  costs.  &c.  for  which  blessed  bee  Ciod,  thougli  y'^'  are 
still  like  to  bee  losers  till  God  plead  y^'""  cause. 

31.   Dutchess  of  York  *  dy'd. 

April.  In  this  month  Mrs.  \\'ard  of  Coton,  formerly  wife  to 
Mr.  Orlando  Fogg,  being  43  or  44.  yeares  of  age  was  deliver'd  of  a 
daughter  which  old  Vlx.  Fogg  saying  hee  would  bee  bound  to  keep 
all  the  children  that  ever  shee  should  have,  I  reply'd,  should  bee 
his  ward. 

May  5.  to  Boreatton — where  God  is  still  own'd  and  worshi])tr 
&  therein  I  rejoyce. 

About  this  time  the  Crown  &c.  was  attempted  to  bee  stollen 
out  of  the  Tower  but  recover'd  again  ;  the  Persons,  some  of  them 
Anabaptists,  one  Bloud,t  another  Perrott,  a  great  preacher. 

God  in  righteous  judgm*  leaves  men  of  corrupt  principles  tO' 
corrupt  practises. 

II.  extra-ordinary  great  hayl  in  diverse  places,  some  four. 
some  five,  nay  six  inches  about,  near  Whitch. 

15.     This  day  dy'd  cosin  John  Madocks  of  llynbedith  i  in  a 

*  Ann  Hyde,  the  daughter  of  Edward,  Earl  of  Clarendon,  had  been  married 
to  tlie  Duke  of  York  in  1660.  In  her  last  sickness  she  made  open  ]irofession 
of  the  Romish  religion.  Both  her  daughters  succeeded  to  the  English  throne. 
The  sons  both  died  in  1667,  viz.  James,  born  in  1663  and  created  Duke  of 
Cambridge  the  same  year,  K.G.  in  1666  ;  and  Heniy  Stuart,  born  and  created' 
Duke  of  Kendal  in  1664. 

t    Vide  siipj-a,  Januaiy  2,  note. 

X  On  the  sides  of  this  lake,  some  fields  called  "  Holy  Crofts  "  seem  to  mark 
the  ])lace  where  Bangor  monks  or  St.  Chad  baptized  their  converts.  A  British 
road  that  crosses  it  seems  to  have  been  the  cause  of  its  being  reduced  by 
drainage  from  a  mile  and  a  quarter  in  length  to  its  present  small  dimensions. 
It  must  originally  have  been  of  the  size  and  shape  of  the  lake  at  CcHiibermere. 

Llys-bedydd  ("court  of  baptism  ")  is  the  ancient  name  for  the  parish  now 
called  Betlisfield. 


,238  PHILIP  IIEXRY. 

good  old  age.  I  wondered  much,  liis  will  was  to  make,  which  hee 
dictated  hims.  this  morning  about  9.  or  10.  a  clock,  that  done,  I 
])ray'd  with  him  &  about  an  hour  or  two  after  hee  compos'd  hims. 
in  that  posture  wherein  hee  sweetly  about  5.  a  clock  gave  up  the 
Ghost  is:  fell  asleep  in  Jesus. 

I  hope  Heaven  growes  rich  by  it,  but  I  am  sure  Hanmer  parish 
growes  poor  in  men  of  piety  &  integrity — Help  lord  !     Ps.  12.  i. 

18.  I  accompanyd  him  to  his  grave.  Mr.  Green  preacht — 
T.  Col.  3.  4. 

23.  Mr.  Steel  with  us.  Mr.  Fogg  with  him  here ;  who  with 
myself  are  all  in  Flint-sh.  that  suffer  at  this  day  for  non-con- 
formity, lord  judge  in  tliat  matter  Ijctween  us  &  our  adversaryes. 
Amen  ! 

26.  About  this  time  Mr.  lawrence  *  removed  with  his  Family 
from  Whitch.  tow.  london  :  My  great  loss,  lord,  make  it  turn  to  his 
great  gain. 

[iiuc.  I.  (ireat  feares  of  scarcity  approching  prevented  by  a 
blessed  change  in  y*"  weather,  thankes  bee  to  our  good  God. 

Mr.  lawrence  rob'd  at  london  quickly  after  his  coming  thither 
of  linnen  &c.  to  y''  value  of  6  or  7  pound. 

his  Freind  ^n:  mine,  Mr.  Will  Hayward  of  Chester  dy'd  in  this 
iiionth,  hee  had  often  obligd  hims.  to  leave  the  substance  of  his 
estate  to  pious  uses,  &  I  often  w^arn'd  him  to  doe  it,  but  I  hear  it 
was  not  done  ;  many  good  purposes  lye  in  the  church-yard. 

T2.      Iff»ipcu  (loth  bought  at  Whitch.  fayr  for  sister  Katharin 

cost — i"'  6'  10'' 
whitn. — o. 

/mie  23.  Mr.  lawrence  son  Thomas  came  to  sojourn  with  us  a 
wiiilc — at  tirst  discontented  but  I  hope  by  degrees  it  will  wear  off. 

*  ^Ir.  Efhvaid  Lawrence,  of  Magdalen  College, Cambridge,  was  bom  at  jVIos- 
lon,  Salop.  He  \vas  ejected  from  Baschurch  in  1662,  and  removed  to  London  in 
1671.  Some  of  his  sayings  should  be  remembered  :  "  Make  no  man  angry  nor 
sad  ; "  "I  adore  the  wisdom  of  Cod  that  hath  not  seen  meet  to  trust  me  with 
riches."  When  he  saw  little  children  in  the  street,  he  would  often  lift  up  his 
heart  to  God  in  prayer  for  them.  \Vhen  a  friend  chose  to  ride  the  back  way 
into  town,  he  pleasantly  checked  him,  saying  his  heart  had  often  been  refreshed 
when  he  had  looked  out  at  the  window  and  "seen  a  good  man  go  along  the 
streets."  He  used  to  say  that  Cromwell  did  more  real  prejudice  to  religion  by 
his  hypocrisy  llian  King  Charles  H.,  that  never  pretended  to  it.  As  also, 
•thai  '"'he  feared  ike  sins  of  the  land  more  t1ian  the  French." 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  239 

Od.  3.     hoc  went  from  us  tow.  london. 
Jim.  26.     Tithings.— 

A  Iamb  out  of  1 1 .              ...              ...  ...026 

A  sheep  out  of  1 2     ...             ...             ...  010 

A  goose  out  of  9              ...             ...  ...006 

Pigeon  house             ...              ...              ...  006 

3  Hives  of  Bees                ...             ...  ...003 

5  Kine  &  Calves      ...             ...             ...  007 

Smoke  Garden  &  Offr.  &c.             ...  ...008 


060 

Side  of  y"  old  barn  next  the  house — basted  with  stone — cost 
stone,  lime  &  work  about  20'  the  rent  of  y"  said  barn  for  the  last 
year. 

the  rem''  of  y*'  other  side — basted  also — cost  other  20'.  The 
wliole  in  all  heretofore  and  now  about  4"'  besides  carriage  w'''  was 
by  my  own  Team  &  neiglibours. 

22y.      I  went  towards  Stafford,  lodgVl  this  night  at  Drayton. 

24.  At  Stafford  by  y*"  invitation  of  Mr.  John  Hudson,  Iron- 
monger ;  was  lodg'd  at  Mr.  Fowler's,  an  Inn,  with  comfortable 
accommodation,  liis  wife  a  hearty  freindly  good  woman. 

25.  In  publ.  I\Ir.  Bayley  Min'".  T.  Math.  11.  28.  I  endeavourM 
to  ^i.swade  to  bear  with  his  weakness,  which  I  judge  duty  rather 
y"'  separate,  asp.  considering  his  Age  &  that  tis  probable  his  parts 
<:^:  gifts  have  been  better  <S:  also  that  hee  is  quiet,  but  many  there 
dissent. 

In  private  in  the  Evening  Math.  25.  29.  an  awakening  word, 
lord  bless  &  give  repentance  for  misspent  Talents. 

I  observe,  there  is  oftentimes  now  a  dayes  a  great  deal  of 
precious  time  lost  among  professors  in  discoursing  of  y'^'"'  escapes 
(S:  adventures,  not  to  give  God  glory,  but  to  set  up  self — also  in 
telling  how  they  met  &  such  a  one  preacht  &  twas  a  good  sermon, 
but  no  profiting  by  it.  The  lord  in  mercy  make  up  our  sad 
breaches  at  this  day — is  there  no  balm  ? 

July.  I.  Mr.  Edwards  about  to  purchase  a  Tenem'  or  t\\() 
that  w^ere  lord  Brereton's  *  in  y"  Barony  of  Malpas. 

*  Evelyn  frequently  mentions  Lord  Brereton,  and  had  a  great  respect  for 
him.  Ov.ing  to  losses  in  the  civil  wars,  he  had  sold  his  Cheshire  estates.  lie 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Royal  .Society,  and  died  1679. 


240 


PHILIP  HENRY. 


8.  much  ravn.  judgm'  threatened,  however  guilt  causes  ex- 
jjectation  of  neither,  but  God  had  mercy. 

12.  with  wife  at  Stanwardine  * — much  made  of  there  but  httle 
good  done,  b)-  reason  of  a  vayn,  unfixt,  unfruitful  heart. 

I  accompanied  them  in  killing  a  Buck  in  their  own  park,  for 
from  being  taken  with  any  great  delight  or  pleasure  in  y'  Sport, 
they  sent  part  of  him  to  Broad-Oke  after  us. 

15.  Smith,  raynd  most  p'  of  y°  day  &  week  before,  yet  tlie 
next  da)'  fayr  &  fayr  many  da)es  after,  yet  People  will  not  be  taken 
off  their  old  groundless  observances. 

19.  all  night  at  Whitch.  at  uncle  Hotchk.  would  doe  good 
but  cannot.  Proposals  of  libert}',  each  one  to  pay  y*"  King  5'  p. 
ann.  nomine  pcence,  for  non-conformity — not  likely  nor  feasable. 

24.  I  visited  Allen  Sherott  ill,  face  swollen — about  two  y. 
since  hee  had  a  wild  wart  on  his  lower  lip,  cutt  off  by  Kenley 
woman,  &  heal'd,  the  humor  falling  lately  in  his  teeth,  hee  had 
payn  &  drew  two,  after  w'=''  y'"  holes  never  filling,  y""  gumms  swell'd 
&  a  sad  spectacle  hee  is  become — lord,  pity,  pardon,  save  ! 

28.  Mr.  Davis  late  of  Jesus  Coll.  now  Min''  in  Carnarvonsh. 
having  above  10  y.  since  at  Worthenb.  borrow'd  2^  6''.  of  mee, 
came  this  day  &  very  honestly  brought  it. 

August  13.  preacht  on  Jacob's  vow.  Geu.  28.  20  ivx.  with 
psonal  application,  saying,  If  God  will  be  with  mee  in  this  way^ 
that  I  goe — then  the  lord  shall  bee  mj-  God — hee  shall,  hee  shall, 
hee  shall  be  my  (iod. 

14.  I  sett  forward  tow.  london  with  cosin  Darack  &  his 
wife,  cosin  Yates,  cosin  Rich.  Hotchkis,  wee  lodg'd  this  night  at 
Wolverhampton,  whither  wee  came  safe  in  good  time,  no  hurt  or 
hindrance  by  the  way  blessed  bee  God. 

15.  to  Bromicham,  thence  to  Coventry.  At  Bromicham  Mrs. 
leather  told  mee  of  a  neighbour  of  theirs,  who  dy'd  suddenly  in 
bed  with  his  hand  on  his  wife's  breast,  which  shee  feeling  cold 
wakt  &  found  him  dead — Another  strucken  with  an  Apoplexy  in 
his  shop  counting  money. 

*  Thomas  Corbet  married  i\Iary  Cleranl,  of  Stroton-in-tlic-West.  Gough 
.adds,  in  his  "History  of  Myddle  Parish  "'(a.d.  1700),  "They  are  both  liveing  in 
the  county  of  Worcester,  for  Stanwardine  is  sold  to  Sir  John  Win  of  Watstay.''' 
It  is  now  (1S81)  the  property  of  Mr.  Sparling,  of  Petton.  Cf.  Newcome's 
diarv  (Chetham  Society)  for  December,  164S,  wiierc  an  amusing  account  of  his- 
experience  of  deer-hunting  is  given. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  24 1 

16.  To  Daventry,  thence  to  Stony  Stratford,  Eben-Ezer  ! 

17.  to  Barnett.  18.  to  london.  the  wayes  fayer  and  the 
weather  favourable  beyond'  expectation,  blessed  bee  God — spent 
by  the  way  self  and  horse  2o^ 

19.  to  Kensington,  sisters  well  there,  tis  in  my  heart  to  desire 
to  do  them  good  but  to  ^iform  is  not  present. 

20.  Sabbath'  spent  there,  T.  John  14.  6.  via  in  qua,  Veritas 
.|)quam,  vita  ad  quam,  vera  et  vivens  via. 

21.  Sister  Sarah  came  to  us,  told  mee  several  passages  con- 
cerning her  stay  in  Ireland.  God  that  hath  hitherto  Kept  her, 
Keep  her  still  from  all  evil.     Amen. 

24.  Solemn  fast  in  remembrance  of  y*"  sad  day  of  Min"  ejec- 
tion, Kept  at  Countess  of  Exeter's,  with  some  measure  of  hoi)- 
meltings  &  inlargem'^  lord,  hear  &  heal.  Amen  !  Dr.  Jacomb,  Mr. 
Steel,  Mr.  Mayo,  Mr.  Bull,  ]\Ir.  Pool  pray'd  &:  preacht  alternat"" 
T.  Ps.  51.  4.     39.  9. 

25.26.  refresht  in  y®  sight  &  society  of  Freinds.  27.  Preacht 
at  Mr.  Doelittles  meeting  place  T.  Math.  25.  29.  To  him  y*-  hatli 
— bless  lord — 28.  saw  sister  Ann.  spoke  with  lord  Middlesex. 
29.  saw  little  child  in  Earth olom.  fayr  5  y.  old  but  2  foot  ^  high. 
poor,  lean. 

30.  preacht  at  Mr.  St.  T.  i  Cor.  10.  12.  in  much  distraction, 
lord,  pdon — that  evening  at  Kensington — 31.  to  Thistleworth — 
at  night  all  4  sisters  together,  pray'd  &  pted.     1.  D. 

Septe77ibe7:  i.  This  day  dy'd  the  reverend  &:  my  truly  worth\- 
Freind  &:  Brother  Mr.  Joshua  Richardson,*  late  of  Middle  (as  wee 
heard  after,  and  this  day  I  first  heard  y''  newes  of  his  sicknes  in  a 
letter  to  Mr.  1.  &  another  to  myself — though  prayer  came  late 
from  us  yet  God  accepts,  and  he  had  then  no  need  of  it,  blessed 
bee  God  for  his  holy  life  &  happy  death.  Dr.  Fowler  preacht  at 
his  funeral  Dan.  12.  2.)  highly  praising  him,  as   hee  deserv'd,  for 


*  Joshua  Richardson,  r^I.A.,  was  son  of  Mr.  Joshua  Richardson  of  Brough- 
lon.  "He  was  an  able  and  laborious  minister,  whose  whoalc  employment  was 
about  the  concernes  of  his  ministr)-  ...  he  \\  ould  willingly  have  conformed  to 
the  discipline  and  constitution  of  the  Church  of  England,  but  could  not  with  a 
safe  conscience  subscribe  to  the  declaration  against  the  Covenant.  He  came  to 
live  at  Alkinton  neare  Whitchurch,  exercising  himself  in  religious  duties  and 
teaching  his  own  and  some  of  his  relations'  children  in  good  literature" 
(R.  Cough's  "Myddle,"p.  19). 

R 


242  PHILIP  HENRY. 

wisdom,  piety,  &  peaceableness  yet  w"'  black  reflections  upon 
others,  who  deserve  it  not.  This  evening  I  was  ill,  at  Cosin 
Darack's,  where  I  lodg'd  all  y"  while  I  was  in  london — much  dis- 
temper'd  all  night. 

2.  attempted  to  keep  y"  Annual  fast  this  day  in  remembr.  of 
y''  dreadful  fire  of  london.  A.  66.  but  strength  fail'd.  to  will  was 
present,  to  doe  was  not. 

Thankes  is  also  to  bee  given  for  ye  Strange  &  wonderful 
rebuilding  of  it  in  so  short  a  time,  which  but  that  my  eyes  saw,  I 
could  hardly  have  believ'd — Night  worse  distemperd  y'"  before, 
burning,  sweating,  in  payn,  so  y'  I  had  y"  sentence  of  Death  within 
mys.  &  was  in  some  measure  willing  to  it,  at  that  time  &  in  y'  place, 
though  a  stranger,  had  God  seen  good,  but  a  repreive  came  the 
next  day,  better. 

3.  I  should  have  preacht  &  communicated  with  Dr.  Ansley 
but  prevented — Miilta  cadiint  inter— Txmo.  was  when  I  might  & 
did  not,  now  I  would  &  might  not. 

4.  still  a  prisoner  to  house  though  not  to  bed,  prayers  of 
friends  heard  for  mee,  blessed  bee  God,  lord,  let  mee  live  to  thee 
(S;  for  thee. 

5.  I  went  abroad — accompany'd  cosin  Benyon  to  Southwark, 
spake  with  Mr.  Wliite  concer.  his  daughter,  who  yeilded  far,  only 
was  loth  shee  should  goe  so  far  from  him  as  Shropsh.  which  I  could 
not  prevayl  with  him  for  &  so  left  him. 

6.  passing  by  accidentally  I  saw  five  lusty  men  in  the  vray  to 
Execution,  &  thought  what  a  difference  is  there  betw.  suftring  this 
as  evil-doers  &  for  righteousness  sake. 

7.  To  Islington  where  was  bury'd  Mr.  Burghess  a  non- 
Conformist  min''  of  y"  west-countrey,  there  were  present  100  or 
6  score  Min'''  &  I  blest  Cxod  y'  for  one  dead  there  were  so  many 
Uving,  but  it  gi"eived  mee  to  see  y"'  divided,  p'  staying  y"  oflice 
for  y^  dead,  p'  going  out.  Here  I  saw  Mr.  Senior,  Mr.  Bull,  Mr. 
Rowles,  form''  acquaintance. 

S.  Advis'd  with  I)''  Nath.  Hodges  "*  concer.  y"  pain  in  my 
breast,  who  judg'd  the  cause  of  it  to  bee,  y*"  reliques  of  D''  Alport's 

*  Dr.  N.  Hodges  was  a  contemporary  of  Philip  Henry  at  Westminster  and 
at  Oxford.  His  father  was  buried  August  27,  1672,  at  Kensington,  of  which 
parish  he  was  rector,  as  well  as  Dean  of  Hereford. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  243 

mercurial  Vomit,  &  prasscrib'd  accordingly,  D''  Needham  differ'd. 
10.  Sabb.  kept  with  Mr.  Doelittle.  T.  John  8.  36.  |)s\vading 
sinners  to  bee  willing  to  bee  made  free.  In  y^  aftern.  several  Bills 
to  beg  prayers  for  psons  inclining  to  bee  willing. 

II.  much  rayn- — to  Kensington  with  sisf  Kath.  Saw  Dean 
Hodges,  .pswading  to  conform,  but  I  dare  not  on  such  Termes. 
12.  more  rayn.  13.  return'd  to  london.  14.  sett  forw''' 
homewards  with  Cosin  Madocks — Hockley.  15.  to  Coventry. 
16.  to  Prestwood,  to  ^Ir.  Phil.  Foley,  his  lady  lately  deli verd  of  a 
daughter.  17.  Sabbath  spent  there.  18.  Home,  where  found 
all  well,  blessed  bee  God,  who  by  promise  shall  bee  my  God. 

3.  Sad  fire  in  Thames  Street — sugar  house  burnt — 20000"' 
loss  awakening. 

8.  Fast  at  Mr.  Johnsons.  I)''  Ansley,  Mr.  Needier — ^Nfr. 
Grimes.     2  Sam.  23.  5.     Thankes  given  for  my  late  recovery. 

9.  Mr.  Humph.  Aldersea  promis'd  to  build  a  school  house 
for  Hanmer. 

October  23.  Thankes  return'd  to  God  with  two  or  three  at 
Cos.  Ben.  Ps.  68.  5.  wee  remembred  this  day  30  y.  was  the  break- 
ing forth  of  y*"  rebellion,  in  Ireland,  this  day  29  y.  was  y"'  day 
of  Edge-hill  batde.* 

26.  I  discours'd  w*""  S''  Th.  Hanmer  concer.  ]\Ir.  Aldersea's 
purpose  of  building  a  school-house,  the  Rowrey  y'^  place,  but  y'' 
form  yet  unresolved  on  &  the  manner  of  conveyance  of  y*"  ground. 

30.  John  Jackson  Keeper  of  Emral  had  a  dangerous  fall 
anenst  great  Barn  &:  off  a  horse,  in  drink,  taken  up  for  dead  but 
recoverd.     M.  I). 

November.  9.  london  Min''^  wdth  y^  King,  D''  Annesley,  Mr. 
Watson,  Mr.  Whitaker  &  y^  two  Vincents,  to  w"'  hee  said,  hee  was 
sensible  of  their  straits  &  would  endeavour  their  enlargm\  Amen, 
hee  said,  as  hee  would  not  willingly  bee  psecuted  hims.  for  his 
own  Religion,  so  neither  did  hee  like  to  psecute  others  for  theirs. f 

*  This  was  the  rebellion  under  Sir  P.  O'Xeil,  whicli  was  said  by  some  to 
be  contrived  by  the  king,  or  at  least  by  the  queen.  See  Clarendon,  iv.  31, 
with  Bishop  Warburton's  comments. 

t  In  1660  the  preachers  of  the  City  '"  desired  that  such  things  might  not  be 
pressed  upon  them  in  God's  worship  which  in  their  judgment  were  indifferent." 
The  king  spake  very  kindly  to  them,  and  said  that  he  had  no  purpose  to 
impose  hard  conditions  upon  them.     "But  .  .   .  they  told  him  that  the  Book  of 


244  PHILIP  HENRY. 

2  2.  i\Ir.  Sam.  Hanmer  came  to  see  mee,  a  conformist,  but  I 
suppose,  not  ex  toto  corde ;  hee  told  mee  formerly  hee  stood  out 
a  good  while,  and  I  then  said,  I  like  it  never  the  better.  I  per- 
suade mys.  there  are  many  more  in  his  condicoh  who  would  bee 
heartily  glad  things  were  otherwise,  but  the  stream  is  too  hard  for 
them,  God  unite  us  in  the  truth  and  in  true  love  one  to  another. 

Dece?nber  20.  I  lent  10"'  to  ]\Ir.  Hanmer  of  Fenns  til  ladyda}- 
next,  sent  by  his  Groom,  whom  hee  sent  for  it,  with  a  note  from 
-Mr.  Yate.  I  lent  this  same  day  lo"'  to  Cosin  Benyon  sent  by  his 
man  John  w'"  hee  sent  for  it. 

Texts  intended  (God  willing  &  enabling)  to  bee  preacht  upon. 

Esa.  8.  1 8.  behold  I  &  y^  children  for  signs  «Sc  wonders  ! 

Hos.  II.  7.  my  children  are  bent  to  backslide  from  mee. 

This  summer  Assizes  in  Denbigh-shire  were  hang'd  2  brothers 
twins  for  murthering  a  man,  who  had  taken  a  Tith  over  their  heads. 

Since  Mich,  was  brought  into  Oxford  Gaol  a  man  who  kild  his 
mother,  calling  her  out  of  y^  house  suddenly  to  y*"  barn  &  saying 
there  were  theeves  stealing  her  com,  shee  came  hastily  forth  & 
there  hee  stabd  her,  and  then  cry'd  for  help  saying,  the  Theeves 
had  murther'd  his  Mother.  Tis  sayd,  a  neighbour  gentleman  by 
a  dream  was  y''  occasion  of  bringing  this  to  light,  who  charging 
him  upon  suspition,  hee  confest.  A  murther  of  a  child  drown'd 
in  a  Pit  near  Cock-shot  was  discovTd  in  Octoh.  by  a  bundle 
swimming  on  y*"  water,  which  being  taken  up  was  found  to  bee  a 
womans  riding  hood  in  y"  Town  who  had  lent  it  to  y®  Murtherer 
not  knowing  his  intent  to  lap  y*"  child  in  a  week  or  fortnight  old, 
to  carry  to  nurse  in  a  rainy  night,  the  mans  name  Hinkes.  the 
child  a  bastard  child,  j"*"  mother  not  consenting.  Novemb.  12.  or 
thereabouts  a  child  in  Hamptons-wood  3.  y.  old  was  found  dead 
lying  with  his  face  on  y''  Ice  &  his  hands  spread  abroad,  near  y'" 
house,  v.'hither  not  half  an  houre  before  hee  had  com'n.  for  bread 
to  his  Mother. 

Dec.  27.  ]\Ir.  Aston  Min""  of  Acham  coming  to  Whitch.  to  see 
his  son  lately  entertain'd  curate  to  Dr.  Fowler,  t\:  being  at  his  Inn 

Common  Prayer  had  been  long  discontinued  in  England  \i.e.  .since  1644],  and 
it  would  be  much  wondered  at  if  the  king  should  revive  the  use  of  it  in  his  own 
chapel."  The  king  told  them  with  some  warmth  that  whilst  he  gave  them 
liberty,  he  would  not  have  his  own  taken  from  him  (Clarendon's  "Rebellion," 
xvi.  242,  243). 


PHILIP  HENRY.  245 

•the  George,  his  wife  wilh  liim,  cal'd  for  wine  to  drink  to  Mrs. 
Fowler,  who  was  com'n  up  from  the  Parsonage  to  his  Inn  with 
him  where  hee  meant  to  lodge  all  night,  suddenly  before  it  came, 
turning  his  head  on  one  side,  as  hee  sate  in  his  chayr,  dy'd  without 
word,  sigh,  or  grone ;  aged  63.  y.  tis  sayd,  hee  had  often  told  his 
Avife,  hee  did  beleive  hee  should  dye  in  that  year  of  his  age,  being 
his  great  Climacterique ;  lord  teach  mee  to  number  my  dayes  that 
I  may  bee  alwayes  ready.     Amen  ! 

A  prayer  of  y''  afflicted  when  hee  is  overwhelmed  &:  poures  out 
his  complaint  before  the  lord. 

Remember,  lord,  what  thou  hast  been,  ever  thinking  of,  even 
from  everlasting,  thoughts  of  peace  &  mercy  to  us-ward  &:  tlie 
number  of  them  cannot  bee  told,  which  thou  hast  been  ever 
thinlcing,  with  the  greatest  of  delights,  as  hee  tells  us  that  was  in 
thy  bosom  &  was  thy  counsellor,  Prov.  8.  31.  and  are  they  all 
now  on  y^  sudden  restrayned,  forgotten,  laid  aside,  as  if  they  had 
Tiot  been,  hast  thou  forgotten  thy  name,  gracious  and  merciful, 
abundant  in  kindnes,  Did  the  very  intent  of  shewing  mercy  so 
infinitely  before-hand  possess  thee  with  delights  &  now  when  thou 
■shouldst  come  to  put  it  in  execucon,  &  hast  so  fair  an  opportunity 
of  doing  it,  to  a  soul  as  full  of  misery,  as  even  was  any,  hast  thou 
now  no  heart,  no  mind  to  it  ? 

lord,  I  have  notice  given  mee  of  an  infinite  <S:  alsufficient 
righteousnes  in  thy  Son,  laid  up  in  him  &:  that  by  thy  own 
l)rocurem*  whereof  thy  son  never  had  nor  can  have  any  need 
hims.  bemg  God  blessed  for  ever,  &  for  whom  was  it  then 
appointed  but  for  the  sons  of  men,  those  who  are  wounded,  weary, 
sick,  broken,  lost,  these  thy  son  hath  put  into  his  will,  who  still 
lives  to  bee  his  own  executor ; 

lord  I  hear  also  that  his  Spirit  is  y*"  Comforter,  a  Ciod  of 
comforts  &  that  thy  Son  hath  bought  y'"  all,  his  whole  shop  &  all 
his  Cordials. 

Memor.  For  this  year,  as  for  y"  former  I  have  bestow'd  12'' 
out  of  every  pound  rent  which  I  have  receiv'd,  being  the  lord's 
tribute,  having  special  resp.  to  my  dear  Fellow  I\Iin"  eV'  to  y''  poor 
•of  Iscoyd,  Bronn.  &  Will. 

Accept  lord,  what  is  of  thine  own  in  Christ  Jesus  1     Amen. 

Dec.  31.  1671. 


246  PHILIP  HENRY. 

1672. 

Aug.  Xy  Fowler  said  «.\:  spread  y''  report  of  it,  which  I  have 
also  under  his  hand,  that  Mr.  Hilton  told  him,  that  Mr.  Green 
told  him,  that  I  said,  if  God  bee  God  wee — i.e.  the  Church  of 
Engl,  could  not  prosper.  I  askt  Mr.  Green  if  hee  told  any  such 
th.  to  Mr.  Hilton,  hee  said,  no,  hee  did  not ;  I  askt  ]\Ir.  Hilton  if 
hee  told  any  such  th.  to  D''  Fowler,  hee  said  no,  hee  did  not. 
A  lying  tongue  is  but  for  a  moment.  I  hope  some  good  is  done, 
bee.  y^  Devil  is  angr}-. 

Not  long  after  I  said  to  Mrs.  Figes  in  my  own  house,  speaking 
of  y^  offence  taken  at  the  meeting  place  in  "Wrexham  being  a  barn, 
that  wheat  in  a  barn  is  better  than  chaff  in  a  church,  her  brother 
Stephen  Morhal,  hearing  told  some,  that  told  some,  that  told  D' 
Fowler,  who  a  sabbath  or  two  after  took  notice  of  it  in  the  Pulpit 
<S:  said.  There  are  some  who  in  the  abundance  of  their  humility- 
have  said  lately,  there  is  noth.  but  chaff  in  churches,  whereas  chaff 
is  rather  to  bee  lookt  for  in  barnes,  or  to  that  purpose. 

wherby  I  see  how  words  innocently  spoke  may  bee  pverted, 
but  I  as  a  deaf  man,  heard  not,  for  I  said,  lord  thou  hearest. 

The  proper  posture  for  prayer  is  kneeling,  yet  lawful  to  sit  *  or 
stand,  but  what  if  ^Magistrate  should  command  mee  alwayes  to  sit 
in  publique  prayer,  else  not  sufifer'd  to  join  in  publique  prayer. 

ought  I  not  to  refuse,  bee.  though  lawful  yet  when  impos'd. 
in  exclusion  of  that  gesture  which  is  most  fitting,  doe  I  not 
by  my  submission  to  that  imposition,  harden  him  &  justify  him 
in  it. 

Qucere.  if  the  case  bee  not  the  same  concer.  Kneeling  at  the 
Sacram';  suppose  I  judge  y*'  proper  gesture  to  bee  sitting,  as  most 
agreeable  to  the  example  of  X'  &  his  Apostles  &  most  suteable 
to  y''  nature  of  the  Ordinance,  as  a  supper — yet  lawful  to  kneel  or 
stand, 

but  w"  y"  Magistrate  peremptorily  injoynes  Kneeling,  in  exclu- 
sion of  sitting,  the  most  proper  gesture,  ought  I  not  rather  to 
forbear  it  then  by  submission  justify  his  imposition. 

*  Sitting  was  not  a  posture  of  devotion  in  the  ancient  Church  (Bingham's 
"  Antiquities,'"  lib.  xiii.  cap.  viii.  7).  In  2  Chron.  xvii.  16,  we  find  "David 
the  king  came  and  sat  before  the  Lord,''  Inu  that  was  to  commune,  not  to  pray. 


riTILIP  HENRY.  247 

But  what  if  the  Magistrate  leave  it  free,  as  hee  doth  in  jjrayer, 
to  use  what  gesture  I  please, 

quaere — may  I  not,  though  I  doe  ordiiiaril)-  sit  at  ye  Sacram' 
as  best,  yet  somet.  at  liberty  either  Kneel  or  Stand,  judging  it 
lawful,  as  I  doe  now  ordiiiaril\-  Kneel  in  prayer  yet  somet.  either 
stand  or  sit. 

All  or  most  of  the  Conformity  have  said,  they  could  not  denj- 
us  Min"^  but  not  Min''  of  the  Church  of  England  without  Epis- 
copal Ordination.* 

By  a  Min""  of  y''  Church  of  England  can  bee  meant  no  other 
than  a  Min""  of  Christ  authoriz'd  to  preach  in  the  church  of 
England. 

Now  suppose  a  Dutch  or  French  Protestant  Min''  come  into 
England  to  preach,  hee  is  not  reordayn'd  but  only  licenst. 

*  To  the  claim  of  presbyters  to  "ordain''  the  answer  is,  "We  have  no 
such  custom,  neither  the  Churches  of  (rod."  When  tliey  had  thrown  off  the 
yoke  of  prelatism  and  begun  to  consider  their  position,  "Calvin,  Bullinger, 
and  others  wrote  in  1549  to  King  Edward  VI.,  offering  to  make  him  their 
defender,  and  to  have  bishops  in  their  churches  as  there  were  in  England.'" 
This  letter  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  Romish  bishops,  who,  writing  as  if  from 
the  Reformed  divines  of  those  times,  checked  and  slighted  the  proposal.  This 
correspondence  was  not  discovered  until  or  about  the  6  Elizabeth,  and  Her 
Majesty  much  lamented  it  was  not  found  sooner."  See  Stryne's  "Life  of 
Archbishop  Parker,"  p.  140.  How  wonderful  are  the  dealings  of  Providence- 
in  thus  permitting  the  author  of  all  evil  to  separate  those  who  desired  a  pure 
Christian  worship  !  Since  that  time  those  Christians  who  had  no  bishops  have 
tried  to  justify  their  position  by  various  pleas  :  i.  By  denying  to  the  Apostles  or 
to  their  immediate  successors  any  authority  that  is  not  expressly  specified  in  the 
New  Testament;  that  is  to  say,  that  the  men  who  were  permitted  by  the  head  of 
tlie  Church  to  appoint  the  order  of  deacons  (Acts  vi.  6)  and  of  deaconesses 
(Rom.  xvi.  i),  confirmation  of  those  baptized  (Acts  viii.  17),  and  the  order 
of  elders  (Acts  xiv.  23),  to  meet  in  council  for  Church  purposes  (Acts  xv.),  ta 
supplement  the  Lord's  words  by  baptizing  infants,  to  displace  the  Jewish 
Sabbath  by  the  Christian  Lord's  day,  to  appoint  one  of  their  presbyters  as  the 
angel  or  bishop  over  respective  Churches  (Rev.  ii.  and  iii.),  and  finally  to 
arrange  and  to  close  the  Canon  of  the  New  Testament — that  these  men  may  be 
snuffed  at  by  us  whenever  we  want  to  do  something  contrary  to  their  appoint- 
ments. The  second  plea  is  that  the  Apostles  were  presbyters  (i  Pet.  v.  i). 
That  is  true,  as  it  is  true  that  every  bishop  is  a  presbyter  now,  but  ever}- 
l^resbyter  was  not  an  apostle.  In  the  pastoral  epistles  we  find  the  words 
tiTiaKOirot  and  irpfo-fivrtpoi  applied  to  the  order  of  elders,  the  heads  of  Churches 
bearing  the  title  of  &yye\oi  (Rev.  ii.).  The  third  plea  is  from  antiquity.  This, 
however,  breaks  down  altogether.  One  of  the  last  suggestions,  that  in  the 
Church  of  the  West,  and  under  the  monastic  system,  the  bishop  and  presbyter 
were  identical,  has  been  shown  by  Mr.  W.  F.  Skene,  in  "  Celtic  Scotland,"' 
vol.  ii.,  to  be  an  entire  mistake.  The  bishop  was  always  what  he  was  from 
the  beginning,  and  what  he  is  now. 


248  PHILIP  HENRY. 

All  the  i)ower  to  bee  own'd  in  Bishops  is  derived  to  them  from 
the  King  *  &  in  those  th.  wherein  the  King  hath  power  in  Church 
matters,  in  those  th.  wee  may  obey  the  Bishops  as  his  Delegates 
<S:  vSubstitutes. 

In  King  James  time  w"  4.  scotch  presbyters  were  to  bee  con- 
secrated Bishops  at  Lambeth  t'was  mov'd  they  might  bee  first 
ordaynd  Presbyters  again,  but  over-rul'd,  t'was  without  need.f 

In  our  case  the  King  immediately  without  Bishops,  which  is 
y"  better,  gives  us  liberty  being  already  Min''"  of  X'  to  preach  in 
liis  Dominions,  where  hee  appoints. 

The  law  calls  the  King  Patron  general  of  England.  His 
appointing  mee  to  preach  supposes  I  must  have  hearers  &  those 
of  necessity  out  of  some  Parish  or  other. 

AVhat  wee  doe  is  to  serve  the  present  necessity  and  not  of 
rhoyce.  There  are  many  amongst  us  debard  by  impositions  from 
communicating  with  freedom  in  publick  in  y*^  lord's  supper,  the 
King  takes  i^ity  of  them,  authorises  mee  or  another  to  give  it,  in 
a  way  wherein  they  are  satisfyd  &  why  not  ? 

{Sept.)  many  soldiers  fetcht  out  of  Ireland — 70.  drown'd  in 
one  vessel  within  few  roods  of  Harbour. 

(Sept.  6.  1672.)  Having  receiv'd  20"'  from  Mr.  Aldersea  it 
was  thus  dispos'd  of  towards  the  erecting  of  a  School  at  Hanmer. 

For  50.  thousand  of  Brick  ...              ...  14.  S.  8 

for  10.  thous''  of  Slate  at  quarry  ...  2.  10.  o 

In  p' of  Carriage                    ..              ...  i.  5.  4 

To  y"  Carpenter  squaring — (Xic.      ...  I.  16.  O 

concer.  the  truth  of  w"''  account  Mr.  Lloyd  &  Mr.  Hilton  certify'd 
under  their  hands  this  day. 

Nov.  3.   Ri.  Steel  writes 

I  am  now  Father  to  ten  sons  (the  10^''  born  this  day)  five 
l)lac't  in  Heaven  &  five  unplac't  on  earth. 

January  i.  E.xchequer  stopt  from  issuing  forth  moneyes  to 
pay  debts  for  this  year,  a  snub  to  trade,  many  concern'd,  esp. 
merchants  who  find  thems.  aggreiv'd  at  it. 

■*  Their  spiritual  powers  are  derived  from  the  Lord's  commission  to  the 
A]iostles. 

t  l-^idc  supra,  the  case  of  Archbishoji  Leighton,  \\\\o  was  re-ordained  deacon 
and  priest  in  1661  (Burnet's  "  History  of  his  Own  Time,"  lib.  i.  139,  140  fol.). 


PHILIP  HENRY.  249 

9.  To  Drayton  with  Cosin  Jennings,  where  wee  mett  JNIr. 
Buckley,  with  his  Kinsmen  Georg  &  Joseph  Mainwaring.  I  advis'd 
that  Joseph  being  ready  might  bee  hastned  to  th'  university, 
30"*  |>  ann.  will  bee  had  for  liim,  I  promis'd  his  good  Father 
to  befreind  him  in  that  matter  (S:  shall,  God  willing,  accordingly 
to  my  power,  &  that  out  of  conscience  towards  God.  At  Stych 
that  night.  10.  home  again,  in  much  mercy,  but  a  barren, 
dead,  unprofitable  heart  is  stil  my  burthen. 

15.  to  Wrexham,  at  y"  request  of  Mr.  P.  whose  daughter 
being  marryd  to  Mr.  Dolb.  &  some  unkindness  growing  between 
them,  they  have  been  |ited  neer  a  twelve  month,  shee  complaines 
of  sin  &:  want  of  assurance,  I  advis'd  to  rectify  the  former 
matter,  return  into  God's  way,  else  in  vayn  to  expect  peace.  Her 
Frcinds  against  it,  but  I  am  very  confident  it  will  prove  so. 

It  gave  occasion  to  bless  God  for  my  own  conjugal  comforts, 
niarry'd  neer  twelve  yeares  &  never  yet  reconcil''  bee.  no  need 
oft. 

I  heard,  not  long  after,  the  wound  was  heald  and  they  came 
together  again. 

February.  Ten  pounds  receiv'd  by  return  from  Mr.  Humphry 
-Vldersea  of  london  tow.  y**  erecting  of  a  School-house  at  Hanmer, 
wherein  I  promis'd  him  to  bee  Assistant  to  my  power  in  the  laying 
of  it  out,  as  also  what  hee  yet  further  intends  (layd  out  accordingly). 

9.  Old  Mrs.  ^^'hitehal  of  \Miitch.  bury'd,  a  good  woman  & 
Avhich  is  not  ordinary,  continu'd  in  her  usefulness  to  the  last. 

27.  Joseph.  Mainw.  went  with  ^V"  Turner  tow.  Oxford,  also 
John  Eddow  at  same  time,  the  lord  prosper  their  studyes  &  keep 
them  from  present  sins  &  snares  !    Amen  ! 

16.  came  forth  the  K.  Declaration  for  Indulgence,*  the  Church 
of  Engl,  establisht,  poenal  lawes  suspended  agt.  all  non-conf.  & 
Recusants,  separate  places  promis'd  to  bee  licens'd,  Papists  to 
meet  in  private  houses  only  ;  The  reason  rendred  is,  the  in- 
effectualnes  of  rigor  for  divers  yeares  &  to  invite  strangers. 

*  "Meanwhile  rapid  strides  were  made  towards  despotism.  Procla- 
mations enjoining  what  only  Parliament  could  enjoin,  appeared  in  rapid 
succession.  Of  these  edicts  the  most  important  was  the  Declaration  of  In- 
dulgence. By  this  instrument  the  penal  laws  against  Roman  Catholics  were  set 
aside,  and  that  the  real  object  of  the  measure  might  not  be  perceived,  the  laws 
against  Protestant  Nonconformists  were  also  suspended." — Macaulay's  "  History 
of  England,"  chap.  ii. 


250  PHILIP  HEXRY. 

A  thing  diversly  resented,  as  men's  Interest  leades  them,  the 
Conformists  generally  displeas'd  at  it,  the  Presb.  glad,  the  Indep. 
very  glad,  the  Papists  triumph. 

That  the  K.  hath  power  herein  should  seem  from  his 
Supremacy  in  church  matters  esp.  since  recogniz'd  by  late  Act 
agt.  Conventicles,  however  if  the  lawes  hereby  suspended  as  to 
non-conf.  were,  as  some  say,  Avicked  lawes  ab  initio,  then  to  lay 
y'"  aside,  such  think  is  more  clear — The  danger  is,  lest  y'^  allow- 
ing of  separate  places  help  to  overthrow  our  Parish-order  which 
God  hath  own'd,  &  beget  divisions  &  animosityes  amongst  us 
which  no  honest  heart  but  would  rather  should  bee  heal'd. 

The  way  Avere  for  those  in  place  to  admit  y*"  sober  non-conf. 
to  preach  somet.  occasionally  in  their  Pulpits,*  which  would 
in  time  wear  off  praejudices  &  mutually  strengthen  each  others 
hands  agt.  y*"  common  enemy  y*^  Papist,  who  will  fish  best  in 
troubled  waters — wee  are  put  hereby  to  a  Trilemma  either  to  turn 
flat  Independents,  or  to  strike  in  with  ye  conformists,  or  to  sit 
down  in  former  silence  &  sufferings,  till  the  lord  shall  open  a  more 
effectual  door. 

April,  preacht.  at  Cockshut,  being  thereto  desir'd ;  Mr.  Main- 
waring  the  Min''  read  Prayers.  Ps.  119.  67.  bless,  lord  I  This,  if 
it  might  bee,  I  would  chuse  rather  than  a  separate  place  but — 
qiios  pcrdere  vult  Dais,  eos  denieutat. 

8.  to  Boreatt.  Mr.  Hunt  present  Sheriff  of  Sliropsh.  9.  to 
Shrewsb.  Gen.  22.  i.  in  much  weaknes  &  straitnes,  wherby  my 
God  humbles  mee. 

1 7.  Publique  Fast  in  ref  to  Dutch  war  begun,  concer.  which 
that  which  satisfyes  mee  is  i.  that  the  K.  at  least  now  hath 
a  declared  power  in  these  matters  concer.  war  &  peace.  2.  that 
the  reasons  given  are  of  consequence,  viz.  their  breach  of  late 
Treaty,  refusing  to  acknowl.  our  power  in  y^  narrow  Seas,  fishing 
herein  without  our  license,  &  allowing  scandalous  pictures,  medals 

*  This  had  been  tried  before  and  failed.  In  the  eighteenth  century  an 
amusing  story  is  told  of  a  Presbyterian  obtaining  permission  to  preach  in  the 
chapel  of  his  brother,  who  was  a  Socinian,  on  condition  that  he  did  not 
touch  upon  disputed  points,  and  beginning  his  address  with  these  words  :  "Now 
that  I  have  by  what  may  be  called  a  holy  stratagem  got  possession  of  this 
pulpil,  I  am  determined  not  to  leave  it  until  you  have  for  once  heard  the 
Gospel,"  and  then,  etc. 


PHILIP  IIEXRY,  251 

&c.  agt  his  Ma'-^'  honor.  May  3.  3.  that  our  duty  is  to  seek  y'" 
good  of  our  own  people,  though  it  were  a  Babylon.  4.  that 
even  y"  long  Pari,  did  wage  war  with  them  on  these  occasions, 
nay  on  worse,  one  offence  being  that  they  harbour'd  the  K's 
exild  Freinds,  wherein  wee  think  now  they  did  well.  But  they 
are  Protestants,  hinc  illae  lachryma;,  thou  God  of  peace,  make 
peace,  if  not,  thou  lord  of  hosts  cover  our  Armyes  in  the  day  of 
battle,  bee  a  wall  of  fire  round  about  us  &  y"  glor}-  in  the  midst 
of  us.     Amen  ! 

4.  with  John  Bill  to  Stafibrd,  good  discourse  by  the  way,  no 
liurt  or  hindrance,  blessed  bee  God. 

5.  preacht  twice.  Pro.  14.  9.  betwixt  12  &  2,  &  betwixt  4  &  6. 
also  twice  hearing  in  publique,  Mr.  Bailey  y''  Min.  T,  Ezek.  2,Z-  12. 
Jam.  5.  18.  this  I  thought  fit  to  doe,  with  ref.  to  some  freinds 
doing  otherwise  there,  if  ,phaps  ni)-  example  may  bee  moving 
to  any,  however  certainly  the  contrary  would  have  y'"  in  that 
wherein  I  judge  they  are  to  blame,  though  indeed  the  ]\Iin''  bee 
a  very  aged  weak  man. 

6.  wee  return'd  homewards,  cal'd  at  Okeley,  Mr.  Chetwood's^ 
thence  to  Siych. 

7.  This  day  I  receiv'd  my  license*  unsought  and  unexpected, 
procufd  by  Mr.  Steel,  sent  in  a  post  letter  to  Mr.  Yates,  who  had 

*  The  original  is  now  in  ihe  possession  of  E.  M.  Williams,  Esq.,  of  Hale 
Clift",  Liveqjool. 

"  Charles  R, 

"Charles  by  the  Grace  of  God  King  of  England,  .Scotland,  France,  and 
Ireland,  Defender  of  the  Faith  <.\:c.  to  all  Mayors,  Bayliffs,  Constables,  and 
other  our  Offices  and  Ministers,  Civil  and  JNIilitary,  whom  it  may  concern, 
Greeting — In  pursuance  of  Our  Declaration  of  the  15th  of  March  167^  We 
have  allowed,  and  We  do  hereby  allow  of  a  Roome,  or  Roomes  in  the  house 
of  Philip  Henry  in  Malpas  Parish  Flintshire  to  be  a  place  for  the  use  of  such 
as  do  not  conform  to  the  Church  of  England  who  are  of  the  Perswasion  com- 
monly called  Presbyterien  to  meet  and  assemble  in,  in  order  to  their  Publick 
Worship  and  Devotion.  And  all  and  singular  our  Officers  and  Ministers 
Ecclesiastical,  Civil  and  Military,  whom  it  may  concern,  are  to  take  due 
notice  hereof :  And  they,  and  every  of  them,  ai'e  hereby  strictly  charged  and 
required  to  hinder  any  tumult  or  disturbance,  and  to  protect  them  in  their  said 
iSIeetings  and  Assemblies. 

"  Given  at  our  Court  at  Whitehall,  the  30*''  day  of  April,  in  the  24"'  year 
of  Our  Reign,  1572. 

"  By  His  M.ijesties  Command, 

"  Meeting  Place  "  Arlington. 

in  Malpa-  Parish." 


253  PHILIP  HENRY. 

])ubli.sht  it  before  I   knew  it,  else  m}^  intention  was  to  have  said 
nothing,  a  while. 

II.  to  Torporley,  12.  where  wee  spent  the  sabb.  Mr.  Sheret 
askt,  without  my  privity,  to  let  mee  preach  in  publ.  but  refus'd, 
Evening.  Gen.  22.  i. 

21.  met  Mr.  Grimes  als  Chambers  from  london  going  with  his 
Family  tow.  Dublyn  to  his  congregation  there,  from  whence  long 
exil'd.     that  night  with  Mr.  Maiden  to  Nantwych. 

22.  a  liandful  of  seed  sown,  bless  lord.  Math.  25.  29.  cald 
at  Deerfold. 

June  I.  Newes  came  of  the  late  bloudy  fight  betw.  us  and  the 
Dutch,  near  our  own  costs.*  E.  of  Sandwych  slain  &  all  his  men 
near  1000.  in  y"  royal  Katharin,  which  was  burnt,  his  body 
afterw.  found  floting  in  y""  water  &  honorably  bury'd  at  his 
Majesty's  charges,  brought  by  water  from  Deptford  to  Westm'' 
many  ships  disabld  &  many  men  wounded  &  slain. 

2.  At  Cap.  Taylors,  a  Sac'.  T.  aftern.  Heb.  13.  9.  tis  a  good 
th.  y'  y*"  heart  bee  stablisht  with  gr. — lord,  establish  my  heart  for 
tis  very  loose  and  wavering  to  &  in  my  duty.  The  good  Gentle- 
woman there  ill,  I  am  afraid  not  like  to  be  long  in  the  land  of  the 
living,  but  twill  bee  Avell  with  her,  the  loss  will  be  theirs  that  must 
stay  behind. 

3.  Home  in  safety,  where  all  well,  blessed  bee  God.  Mrs. 
(jardiner  came  with  mee  &  stay'd  till  that  day  sennight,  told  mee 
by  the  way  of  what  various  afflictions  God  had  exercis'd  her  with 
in  y'^  Death  of  many  children  and  afterw'*^^  her  husband  in 
Icicestersh.  a  country  where  shee  was  a  stranger,  but  under  all  the 
lord  sustaynd  her. 

Strange  reports  of  the  success  of  the  French  agt  y'^  Dutch, 
many  Townes  taken  with  small  resistance. 

though  wee  are  to  love  our  own  nation  better  than  any  nation 

*  This  was  the  battle  of  Solebay,  on  May  28th.  The  English  and  P""rench 
fleets  lay  in  a  very  negligent  posture,  and  Sandwich,  an  experienced  officer, 
having  given  the  Duke  of  York  warning  of  the  danger,  was  told  in  reply  that 
there  was  more  of  caution  than  courage  in  his  ap]">rehensidns.  He  killed  Van 
Ghent,  a  Dutch  admiral,  and  beat  off  his  ship  ;  he  sunk  another  ship,  which 
ventured  to  lay  him  aboard  ;  he  sunk  three  fireships.  His  vessel  was  torn 
in  pieces  with  shot,  and  of  a  thousand  men  she  contained,  near  six  hundred 
were  laid  dead  upon  the  deck  ;  another  fireship  having  laid  hold  of  his  vessel, 
he  refused  to  make  his  escape  and  bravely  embraced  death  (Hume). 


PHI  LIP  HEXKY.  255 

in  the  world  yet  tis  matter  of  lamentation  that  a  Tribe  should  fall 
in  our  Protestant  Israel. 

lord,  by  whom  shall  the  Protestant  Israel  arise  for  it  is  low  ? 

Mr.  John  Griffith  marry'd  at  Dyches  to  Mrs.  Sarah  Richardson 
by  INIr.  !Mainwaring,  I  gave  them  afterw.  an  exhortation  sutable  to 
the  occasion,  i  Ct'r.  7.  39.  only  in  yc  lord !  lord,  give  thy  bless- 
ing. They  were  troubld  by  the  Bish.  Court,  that  twas  done  in  a 
house. 

Three  fires  in  london  within  few  dayes,  one  at  S'  Katharines 
near  the  Tower,  another  in  the  Minoryes,  another  in  Bishops-gate- 
street,   the  lord  is  still  calling  to  contend  by  fire,  how  long,  lord  1 

licenses  still  freely  granted  into  all  p*'  to  all  partyes.  There 
are  many  thoughts  of  heart  about  them,  what  may  be  in  the  end 
thereof,  but  let  us  mind  our  duty  &  let  God  alone  to  order 
events  which  are  his  work  &  not  ours.  I  have  often  said,  hee 
that  observes  the  winds  shall  not  sow  &  hee  that  regards  the 
clouds  shall  not  reap. 

Some  think  by  accepting  of  y™'  wee  give  y^  King  a  ])ower  abo\-e 
the  lawes,  so  wee  doe  above  such  bad  lawes  as  y'  of  uniformit}-. 
Others  think  twill  end  in  a  severe  Tax  upon  licens'd  meetings 
&  p.sons  distinct  from  others  :  Others  in  a  Massacre,  it  being 
now  known  where  such  people  may  bee  mett  with,  as  if  they  all 
had  but  one  neck. 

24.  I  preacht  at  Marton  in  Shrops.  where  was  a  great  appear- 
ance of  people.  T.  Act  9.  1 1.  behold  hee  prayeth- — D.  tis  ever- 
more the  companion  of  true  conversion  to  sett  people  a  praying. 
The  lord  was  pleas'd  to  give  his  gracious  assistance,  blessed  bee 
his  name,  &  if  any  one  soul  were  but  truly  set  praying  I  have 
abundant  recompence  of  my  poor  paines.  Having  been  long 
without  rayn  wee  prayed  earnestly  for  that  mercy,  &  the  lord  was 
pleas'd  to  answer  immediately  &  for  several  dayes  after,  his  holv 
name  bee  praised  for  it. 

I  went  that  evening  to  Boreatton  &  Avas  refreshed  there. 

25.  thence  to  Stanwardine,  where  wee  were  at  noon  feasted, 
present,  Mr.  Hunt,  Sheriff  \;c.  and  Min"''  Mr.  Bateman,  once  of 
Harrow,  near  london,  Mr.  Bee,  now  near  Plash,  Mr.  Taylor, 
Mr.  Sam.  Edwards  &  my  self  that  night  home  &  all  well,  blessed 
bee  God  ! 


254  PHILIP  HENRY. 

This  day  Sarah  went  to  Table  at  uncle  Hotchkis  to  goe  to 
school  to  Sarah  MicklewTight,  for  a  while  during  this  summer,  the 
lord  in  mercy  preserve  her  there  &  prosper  y*"  meanes  of  her 
education  &  give  her  &  y"  rest  of  them  that  better  p*  that  shall 
never  bee  taken  away  from  them.     Amen  ! 

July  I.  About  this  time  Cosin  Kirk  bringing  her  6  children, 
little  ones  to  Bryn,  one  fell  sick  there  of  small  pox,  y"  rest  re- 
turn'd  &  all  had  it  whereof  two,  an  only  son  &:  a  daughter  dy'd  & 
were  bury'd  together,  Bryn-children  also  all  sick,  and  mine  spar'd, 
blessed  bee  God  ! 

3.  I  preacht  at  Wrexha  at  Mr.  Hughs  house  having  first 
sliow'd  both  his  license  &  mine  to  the  Justices,  who  endors'd  their 
names  on  the  Back-side  ;  T.  Liik.  7.  31.  &c.  I  repeated  again  at 
Even.  7.  a  clock  &:  hope,  some  good  was  done. 

4.  to  Chester.  5.  discourst  with  Mr.  lawr.  Fogg  touching 
Conformity,  declaring  the  reasons  of  my  dissent,  which  are.  i. 
I  scruple  to  bee  reordayn'd,  however  in  y*"  present  way.  2.  to 
declare  my  assent  &  consent  to  y"  liturgy.  3.  to  renounce  y" 
Coven'  as  an  oath  in  its.  unlawful,  which  are  the  common 
stumbling  stones  to  mee  with  others.  Wee  reason'd  long  but 
neither  hee  proselyted  to  mee  nor  I  to  him — Home  that  night 
late  in  safety,  blessed  bee  God  ! 

9.  Cosin  Tho.  Hotchkis  &  liis  wife  &  two  daughters  with  us 
from  London. 

15.  Mr.  Randle  Shenton"s  house,  Kill  &  Barnes  were  burnt  at 
noon-day,  near  Nant-wych,  through  the  carelesness  of  servants 
drying  Hemp  upon  y*"  Kyll ;  Hee  was  then  at  Coventry  &:  saith 
about  I  a  clock  y'  morning  hee  arose  affrighted  with  a  light 
shining  in  at  window,  w"''  was  a  star  extra-ordinary,  supposing 
y""  Town  had  been  on  fire,  &:  that  meeting  one  of  his  neighb.  in 
his  way  homewards,  one  of  his  first  qu.  was,  is  my  house  safe  from 
fire — His  loss  is  generally  computed  to  neer  400"'  in  building, 
goods,  malt,  chees,  tow — (!s:c. 

lord,  what  poor  th.  are  these  which  a  spark  of  fire  extra- 
ordinary may  take  away  from  us. 

This  day,  I  wayted  on  S''  Tho.  Hanmer  to  shew  him  my  license, 
who  perus'd  it  but  said  little. 

31.     I  preacht  the  second  lecture  at  Wrexham  at  John  Hughs 


PHILIP  HEXRY. 


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house.  T.  Ink.  17.  26.  <^c.  security  &  sensuality  lil<^e  to  bee 
ra.igning  sins  in  Gosp.  times — lord,  awaken  people  to  see  it,  lest 
the  day  come  upon  them  at  unawares — Mr.  Goodwin  of  Bolton 
had  preacht  before  in  y''  morn.  &  repeated  again  in  the  evening. 

August  I.  At  Marchwiel  at  the  Buryal  of  my  dear  &  precious 
freind  Mrs.  Kath.  Taylor,  of  Plas-dio,  who  sleepeth  in  Jesus.  A 
great  miss  like  to  bee  of  her  both  in  House  and  neighbourhood, 
help,  lord. 

4.  Tis  good  for  mee  to  draw  near  to  God  !  the  oftener  &  the 
nearer,  the  better,  lord,  how  sweet  is  Heaven  indeed,  if  Heaven 
upon  earth  have  so  much  sweetness  in  it. 

8.  I  preacht  y®  i"  lecture  at  Mr.  Yate's  house  in  Whitch. 
T.  Hcb.  12.  15.  looking  diligently  lest  any  man  fayl  of  y'' grace  of 
Cod. 

9.  I  receiv'd  other  10'"  from  ]Mr.  Aldersea,  towards  the  erect- 
ing of  Hanmer-school,  the  former  being  dispos'd  of  in  making 
a  Kyi  of  Brick  &  part  of  this  also.     See  an  account  how  elsewliere. 

20.  Some  damps  in  my  work,  help,  lord,  thy  poor  servant 
that  my  faith  fail  not.  I  doe  not  know  that  I  ever  saw  my  way 
clearer,  why  then  art  thou  cast  down  6  my  soul ! 

September  2.  I  said,  my  present  lesson  that  I  am  learning  is  to 
redeem  time,  lord,  teach  mee  and  enable  mee  so  to  doe. 

My  team  went  to  Kenwick  park  for  a  load  of  Timber  towards 
Hanmer  new  school-house. 

5.  Mr.  Sadler  at  Alkinton,  Gen.  3.  9.  Adam  where  art  thou  I 
Sin  will  certainly  find  us  out.  Daughter  Ann  not  well  all  day,  it 
may  bee  the  small  Pockes,  lord,  fit  us  for  thy  will  &  bee  our 
Portion,  for  ever  !  I  contracted  Georg  Webb  to  Mary  "Wolrycli 
i.e.  receiv'd  from  them  before  witness  a  declaration  of  their 
intention  to  marry  each  other  in  convenient  time,  withal  exhort- 
ing them  &  praying  with  them  &  for  them.- — the  lord  hear  tv:  liave 
mercy. 

12.  I  exhorted,  lev.  10.  3.  &  prayd  with  Rich.  Taylor  of 
Xorman's  Heath  &  his  wife  with  some  few  others  on  occasion 
of  y"  sad  condition  of  their  daughter  Mary,  whose  Arraignm' 
approches  for  supposed  murther  of  a  bastard  child  that  God  would 
give  her  repentance  &  them  patience  to  undergoe  such  a  sad 
Providence.     Amen.     Shee  suffer'd  afterw.  Oct.  2,  &  gave  liopes 


256  PHILIP  HENRY. 

of  true  Remorse,  lord,  let  others  hear  &  fear  &  doe  no  more 
prsesumptuously. 

17.  To  Dyches  that  niglit,  where  I  lodg'd.  iS.  to  Marton. 
T.  Ad.  16.  9.  Mr.  Nevet  clos'd.  Act.  3.  1.  and  pronounct  the 
blessing,  which  somet.  hee  hath  not  done,  hee  spoke  by  way  of 
dislike  of  y''  ordinary  names  of  y''  dayes  of  y*"  week,  bee.  deriv'd 
from  Saxon  Idols,  Tuisco,  Woden,  Thor,  Friga,  which  I  beleive 
but  few  present  knew  before,     that  night  to  Dyches  again. 

21.     Son  Mathew  sickned. 

26.  to  Nantwych,  full  of  cares  &  feares  concer.  my  dear 
Child,  but  I  roll  mys.  upon  the  Almighty,  saying,  lord,  I  goe  in 
thy  name  to  doe  thy  work  abroad,  doe  thou  mine  at  home.  Amen. 
T.  Ad.  16.  9.  I  visited  Mrs.  Bronchal  dying  &  prayd  with  her, 
lord,  hear  &  help — Sweet  mettings  of  soul  in  the  night  season, 
sin  confest  &  bewayld,  attonem'  receiv'd,  resignation  made  of  son 
&:  all  to  y"  will  of  God  without  Reserve,  yet  crj-ing,  lord,  spare  ! 
27.  homewards  early  betw.  hope  &  fear  but  God  liad  mercy.  Son 
better,  blessed  bee  his  name  1 

17.  Seer.  m.  pr.  omitted  through  hast  &  carelesnes,  bewayld. 
,pdon'd,  not  bee.  seldom  guilty  that  way  but  bee.  X*  dyed. 

Odober.  I.  To  Drayton.  Pr.  17.  16.  Mr.  Cox  his  house 
licens't,  an  incouraging  Auditory,  several  Persons  of  c[uality,  'tis 
not  the  Poor  only  that  receive  y"  Gosp.  blessed  bee  God  ! 

2.  I  discourst  with  Mr.  Millington  y'^  Min''  who  distasted 
their  liberty,  prsetending  it  was,  bee.  they  had  not  first  askt  his 
advice,  brought  Mr.  Cox  to  him,  who  acknowledgd  they  had  done 
better  if  they  had,  which  skin'd  the  sore  at  present  but  I  expect 
twill  break  out  again,  for  his  Heart  is  not  with  it — I  din'd  at 
Stych,  thence  home  in  safety,  blessed  bee  God.  3.  At  Alkinton 
— Mr.  Taylor  T.  PJiil.  3.  20.  I  learnd  that  our  entrance  into 
Heaven  is  in  this  present  life  at  conversion  as  Heaven  is  a  State, 
not  as  tis  a  place  of  blessedness  ;  lord,  acquaint  mee  more  &  more 
with  that  blessed  life.  6.  a  very  wett  season,  much  of  harvest  out 
yet  in  many  places,  also  seedness  hindred — lord  hear  prayers  ds: 
|)don  sin  &  in  the  midst  of  WTath  remember  mercy.  10.  feares  of 
being  made  high  Constable  but  it  prov'd  otherw. 

15.  at  Bryn.  to  bless  God  for  y'  recovery  of  that  good  Gentle- 
man. E.xod.  23.  25.  tis  God  that  takes  sickness  away  from  }-* 
midst  of  us. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  257 

37.  Mr.  leigh  at  chap.  Ps.  130.  4.  There  is  forgiveness 
with  thee.  AFr.  Jenings  son  William  bapti/."d.  the  first  of  7  or  8 
that  lives. 

November  5.  a  day  of  thankful  rememhr.  of  God's  great 
niercy  to  these  nations — ibid,  conniiand  deliverances  for  Jacob. 

8.  Prffipar.  F.  at  Bo.  Ps.  51.  17.  concerning  brokeness  of 
Heart.  Newes  came  of  y*  death  of  lady  Pagett,  which  was  y" 
better  born,  after  a  praying  day,  blessed  bee  God  who  times  all  th. 

II.  home  by  Stanw.  &  Whottal  in  much  mercy,  to  God  bee 
glory.  Most  people  look  upon  marriage  onl\-  as  a  license  to  lye 
together,  which  they  might  not  before,  and  not  as  an  Ordinance 
of  God,  which  hee  blesses  for  the  making  of  two  one,  for  the 
endearing  of  hearts  &:  affections  &  for  the  bringing  forth  of  a  godly 
seed. 

I  conceive  it  is  a  fault  in  freeholders  that  are  wise  &  honest 
that  they  doe  not  appear  as  they  ought  at  Assizes  &  Sessions, 
which  would  praivent  many  wrong  verdicts — Tis  a  Duty  they  owe 
their  countrey — Reprove  for  y''  neglect  of  it  &  exhort  to  it.  Mr. 
Palmer  of  ^^'anlip  in  leicestsh.  told  mee  hee  had  the  following 
narrative  from  the  mouth  of  S""  Francis  Nethersole,  who  was  a 
Courtier  and  servant  to  Pr.  Henry  at  y"  time  of  y"^  Powder  treason, 
A.  1605.  namely,  that  K.  James  knew  of  y"  Design  all  along, 
being  discoverd  to  him  by  Hen.  4.  of  France,  to  whom  a  Jesuite 
declar'd  it,  hoping  for  his  Assistance,  but  hee  ,pceiving  y"  Span- 
yard  chief  &  fearing  it  might  make  him  too  great,  chose  rather 
to  discover  it.  That  the  King  did  purposely  prorogue  the 
Parliam*  once  &  again,  to  give  y"  Plotters  the  more  space  to  draw 
in  others  to  them.  That  the  letter  was  written  by  Cecil  & 
-sent  to  lord  Monteaglc  purposely  to  try  his  loyalty,  That  it  was 
the  reason  of  y"  murther  of  Hen.  4.  by  a  Jesuite  hand  not  long 
after. 

Hee  told  mee  of  one  Parrowdalc  a  sadlcr  in  lutterworth  in 
leicestersh.  a  wicked  liver,  lately,  since  Mich.  72.  who  heard  a 
voice  saying  to  him  as  hee  lay  in  his  bed,  goe  to  Mr.  Cross,  as 
Non-conf.  Min"'  in  y''  Town,  w*  hee  delaying  to  doe,  it  bid  him 
again  y^  2"''  time,  then  hee  went,  heard  him  preach,  c\:  is  become 
a  reformed  man.  this  hee  had  a  fortnight  since  from  ]Mr.  Cross 
hims.   Nov.    8.    1C72.    Nov.   9.    a  whale    at    Shrewsb.    taken    in 

S 


258  FIJI  LIP  HENRY. 

Severn   not  far  from  Glocester,  six   yards  long — seen   by  multi- 
tudes. 

Mem.     lent  tliis  year  to  the  lord  12''  in  every  pound  receivd. 

viz. 

from  Iscoyd  ...         ...  ...     3S"'     ...         ...     whereof  i"^  18"     o 

from  Bron.  &  Will 65"'     whereof  3"'    5'     o 


103  5     03    o 

Of  thine  OA\'n  lord  doe  I  give  thee. 

lb.      s.      d. 

to  ihe  School  of  Hanm.er  in  >Ir.  lloyds  hands  of  Halghtou       ,..     t)(>  13     4 
with  interest  for  7  y — s  entling  Mich.  1671 — ^bating  6''  S'^  ...       6  13     4 

The  diary  for  1 673  *  belong.s  to  the  Rev.  Alfred  Jame.s, 
[vector  of  Burwarton,  Salop,  who  ha.s  kindly^  allowed  me  to 
take  a  copy  of  it. 


1673- 

A  Knight  of  Cheshire  lately  being  imi)ortun"d  by  a  poor  widow 
to  forgive  her  ten  groats  of  Rent,  which  shee  Avas  behind,  was 
,[)swaded  to  it  by  one  y  stood  by,  saying,  S"'  shee's  a  poor  widow, 
use  her  well  <S:  shee'l  pray  for  3-ou,  hee  answ.  doe  you  use  her  well 
tS:  let  her  pray  for  you.  this  I  had  from  R.  B.  a  tenant  of  his  who 
heard  him. 

Feb.  10.     At  Chester,  cliusing  a  new  Burghess  upon  the  Death 

'^  \VriUcn  at  beginning  "of  this  vulunie  : 

"  1673- 

An  original  vol.  of  the  Rev""  l^hilip  Henry's  Diary  in  his  own  handwriting 
given  to  me  at  Worcestei-  by  Mrs.  Osborn  July.  1815. 

J.  ]'..  Williams. 


Lot  104  Eooks. 

Sotheby.  March.  1853. 

W.  TiTi:, 


Bought  al  Sir  W.  Tile's  sale  in  1S74  for  15/6 

A.  [ami; 


PHI  LIT  irEXRY.  259 

of  worthy  Mr.  Ratcliff,  10  men  were  trod  to  Death,  coming  down 
a  payr  of  Staires.     Col.  Worden  cV'  IMr.  Williams  stood  for  it. 

Mar.  20.  Dr.  Barrel  chancellor  of  York  &  Durham,  Parliam' 
man  for  Rippon,  made  a  bitter  speech  in  the  House  of  Commons 
agt  the  intended  liberty,  wherein  hee  reproched  Calvin,  calling 
him  Jack  Calvin  ;  That  night  hee  dyed  suddenly  in  his  chair  in 
liis  lodgings.     This  is  certain,     (letter  from  Mr.  E.  I.). 

Remember,  that  if  trouble  come  for  what  wee  doe  now  in  the 
use  of  present  liberty,  I  neither  shrink  from  it  nor  sink  under  it, 
for  I  doe  therein  approve  my  selfe  to  God  &  to  my  own  Con- 
science in  truth  &  uprightnes,  who  can  &  will  certainly  both  bear 
mee  out  &  bring  mee  off  with  comfort  in  the  end  ;  I  say,  re  - 
member  &  forget  it  not;  this  24*''  day  of  March  1675. 

May.  ^Mr.  John  Taylor  Min''  near  Dudley  in  Staffordsli.  having 
been  for  a  while  a  Non-conf  afterw.  did  all  &  was  prcesented  to 
a  living  by  y"  lord  Ward,  upon  y"  marriage  of  a  second  wife  with 
whom  tis  said  hee  had  1500"'.  hee  was  a  very  covetuous,  penurious 
man,  wrote  deeds  &:  bonds  &  took  y''  common  pay  for  doing  it. 
This  man  in  this  month  came  to  his  Brother's  house  in  Blimliil 
]jarish  near  Weston  and  there  hangd  hims.  in  the  chamber  where 
hee  lay,  with  a  hat-band  upon  a  Bucks-horn,  A  paper  was  left  by 
him  upon  y*"  Table  with  y'=  words  therein  written,  Blame  no  man 
for  my  Death,  you  know  my  hand-writing,  So  I  cease  to  bee,  John 
Taylor.  I  have  been  an  evil  doer  but  hope  to  find  mercy  witli 
God  for  Christ  his  .sake.  Tis  said  having  skil  in  the  law,  hee  had 
so  dispose!  of  his  .psonal  estate,  being  3000"',  y'  y'"  law  could  take 
no  hold  of  it. 

this  I  had  from  Mr.  Maiden  who  had  it  from  Mr.  Wood,  who 
was  there  and  saw  him  hang  in  the  place. 

A  passage  in  a  letter  of  D''  Fowlers  to  Mr.  Morgan  of 
W'hitch.  l-"eb.  3.  167 1  upon  occasion  of  his  desiring  him  to  give  way 
y''  his  child  might  bee  baptiz'd  without  the  Cross  and  Cod-fathers, 
if  hee  would  not  doe  it  hims.  botli  which  hee  refus'd. — For  my 
part  1  freely  profess  my  thoughts,  that  the  strict  urging  of  in- 
different Cssremonycs  hatli  done  more  harm  then  good,  and 
possibly  (had  all  men  been  left  to  their  liberty  therein)  there 
might  have  been  much  more  unity  tV  not  much  less  uniformit\-, 
But  w'  poviCr  h.ave  I  to  dispense  with  mys.  being  now  under  the 


26o  FHILIP  HEXRY. 

Obligation  of  a  law  &  an  oath. — I  am  much  gi-eived  at  the  un- 
happy Condition  of  mys.  <S;  other  Min"^  who  must  either  lose  their 
Parishioners  love,  if  y"'  doe  not  comply  with  them,  or  else  break 

their  solemn  Obligations  to  please  them 

Jan7iary  i.  At  Moston  at  John  lawrence's.  Col.  i.  i8. 
That  in  all  th.  hee  might  have  y*"  preeminence,  lord  Jesus,  thine 
it  is,  I  give  it  thee  this  day,  beginning  the  year  with  thee,  lord, 
make  it  to  mee  a  year  of  merc\-. 

1 1.  Mrs.  Richardson,  her  son  Joshua,  Mr.  John  Shenton  with: 
us,  shee  is  motion'd  to  marr}-  Steward  Jebb  of  Wem,  I  pray  God 
direct  her,  y'  shee  may  doe  noth.  to  greive  her  freinds,  to  reflect 
upon  her  first  husb.  or  that  may  prove  an  occasion  of  bitternes  to 
Iters. 

13.  To  Sweeney  alone  but  Cod  was  with  mee.  14.  preacht 
there  T.  Hcb.  12.  15.  looking  diligentl}-  least  any  man  fayl  of 
y''  gr.  of  God,  lord  if  it  bee  thy  will,  let  none  fayl  y'  heard 
mee.  15.  home-wards,  dropped  a  word  at  Elsmere  at  Fran. 
Woofes.  Rom.  19.  11.  kjio7i'ing y"  times,  lord  bless. 

21.  to  Capt.  Taylors,  where  I  miss  the  good  Gentlewoman 
who  sleepes  in  Jesus.  22.  to  ^^'rexham.  ////'.  19.  44.  tis  an  un- 
doing sin  not  to  know  y'"  time  of  our  Visitation.  23.  homewards, 
cald  at  Mr.  Joseph  Hanmer's.  content  but  not  pleasd  in  our 
present  libert}-. 

30.  wee  remembred  this  day  y*"  death  of  Charl.  I.  with  greif 
&  prayer  that  God  would  ]:)lease  to  forgive  it.  E.xod.  20.  5.  visif- 
//igy"  iniqjilty. 

Feb.  I.  Fs.  82  in  course  expounded,  a  seasonable  word  in 
this  juncture,  God  standeth  in  the  congregation  of  the  might)-. 
3.  a  letter  sent  to  Oxon.  to  John  AA'eld,  I  pray  God  to  give 
it  good  speed,  for  his  freinds'  &  for  his  souks  sake.  4.  to 
Boreatton,  full  of  the  goodness  of  the  lord  &  not  without  some 
inward  sense  of  it,  though  not  such  as  T  would— 5.  preacht 
at  Marton,  Fom.  2.  4.  I  hear  of  good  done  there,  since 
y''  lecture  came  amongst  them,  w^herein  I  greatly  rejoyce  &  let 
God  have  the  glory ;  In  y''  evening  I  spake  with  one  woman, 
under  trouble,  who  saith,  shee  will  never  doe  as  shee  hath  done  ; 
back  y'  night  to  Boreatton,  where  I  stayed  till  Sabb.  day  desiring 
to  doe  good,  but  the  good  which  I  would  doe  I  doe  it  not,  I  am. 


nil  LIP  HENRY.  261 

•.■>ure  I  receive  good.  7.  Mrs.  Richardson  marry'd  Mr.  Jebb  of 
\Vem,  contrary  to  the  advice  of  most  of  her  Freinds,  hee  being  a 
pson  quite  of  other  principles  from  her  former  husband  but  hee 
promises  fayr,  &  if  what  hee  hath  bee  cheif  in  her  aym,  either  God 
will  cross  her  in  it  or  hee  goes  out  of  his  ordinary  road.  9.  At 
Bo.  covenants  seal'd  afresh  with  the  lord,  Amen  !  Aftern.  in  pulp, 
at  Petton — full  of  distractions  but  bewayld,  the  lord  ,pdon,  &  water 
the  seed  !  That  night  to  Cousin  Chamber's,  my  Sabbath  even, 
are  best  to  nice  at  home. 

13.  To  Wrexham,  lodgd  at  ^Mr.  Mainw.  14.  Solemn  fast* 
there.  T.  /am.  3.  ;^8.  15.  Safe  home,  with  some  sweet  meltings 
of  soul  by  the  way,  for  w'''  God  bee  praised.  16.  Mr.  leigh  at 
chap,  discourse  at  noon  not  altogether  suteable  to  y'^  Sabb.  concer. 
cjerem.  but  someth.  sayd  in  publ.  led  to  it,  vis.  y'  y"  Magistr.  hath 
])0wer  in  imposing  gestures  &  vestures.  jVeg.  19.  home,  cald  at 
Stych,  chode  with  Mr.  Millingt.  with  more  heat  than  such  th.  arc 
worth.  20.  ]Mr.  ]Malden  at  Alkinton.  /a/iu  5.  40.  yee  will  not 
come,  lord  I  will,  I  doe  come  to  y"'"  y"^  I  may  have  life. 

26.  at  linea.  T.  Math.  24.  44.  bee  yee  also  ready,  hee  that's 
ready  to  dye  is  fit  to  live.  27.  at  AVillingt.  Mr.  Keeling.  Pr.  3.  6. 
glad  to  see  many  of  my  old  Parishioners  from  Worthenb.  there,  for 
whom  I  have  a  dear  love  &  whose  welfare  I  desire  with  my  whole 
lieart ;  but,  which  is  my  greif,  I  cannot  bee  to  them  what  I  would. 
I\[r.  Keel,  this  morning  baptizd  a  child  of  Tho.  Jackson  named 
(ieorg.  at  home,  four  present,  somcw.  irregular  but  better  so  than 
-kvorse.     Tis  like  they  may  hear  of  it  again.  When  time  serves. 

3.  Reports  of  Indulgence  intended  by  y"^  Pari,  but  not  in  the 
way  as  now  it  is.  Pro.  19.  21.  Tis  somew'  to  see  y"  same  psons 
who  awhile  since  layd  on  y*'  yoke  now  yeilding,  at  least  in  p*,  to 
take  it  off  again. 

10.  Difference  high  betw.  K.  c'v:  Pari,  touching  Papists, 
y'  King  yeilded,  the  lawes  agt  them  should  be  put  in  execution. 

12.      i\Ir.  Roger  Hanm'  dyd.f      V^.  39.  6. 

*  Why  was  this  self-appointed  fast  a  sohinn  one,  while  "the  season  of 
Lent  has  no  warrant  from  the  Word,  to  justify  its  observance"?  Cf.  diary  for 
1 065,  February  12.     The  answer  is  always  the  same — disregard  of  authority. 

t  This  was,  perhaps,  son  to  the  Roger  Hanmer — buried  at  Overton  Maddock. 
August  19,  1664 — who  left  Gredington  to  his  grand-nephew.  Sir  John  Ilan- 
jner,  by  whom  it  was  sold  to  Vicar  Ilylton. 


262  PHILIP  HENRY. 

15.  at  home  eac:h  night  this  week  &  last,  not  usual  of  late-. 
time  not  fil'd  up,  lord  ,pdon  !  This  day  twelve-month  y*^^  Indulgence 
bare  date,  cK:  wee  hear  now,  the  broad  seal  is  taken  off  from  it 
again  at  the  Parliament's  desire.  Out  of  y''  mouth  of  y*"  most  high 
proceedeth  not  evil  &  good  ? — Great  mercy  that  Health  hath 
l)een  thus  long  in  my  family,  to  God  bee  glory  !  16.  Mr.  leigh  at 
(  ha}x  Ma):  8.  26.  what  loss  is  comparable  to  y"  loss  of  the  soul 
(jr  what  gain  can  countervail  it  ?  lord,  w'ever  I  lose,  let  my  soul 
bee  saved  in  y"  day  of  X'  J.  17.  Reports  affrighten  as  if  an  after 
reckoning  must  come  for  y''  use  of  i)ast  liberty,  the  will  of  the  lord 
bee  done,  Amen  !    ,' 

18.  Mr.  Roger  Hanm''  Inu'v'd,  uncertain  who  shall  enjo}- 
wliat  hee  hath  left  behind  him,  relations  striving  already 
about  it — 19.  At  home  in  quiet  undisturbed  study,  blessed  bee 
God.  20.  At  Wem  &  Drayton,  I  hear  their  lecture  tliis  week  felE 
for  fear,  Procl.  agt  Papists  but  wee  not  mention'd.  21.  at  night, 
several  troubles  from  dreames,  lord  save  mee  from  the  hands  of 
tliose  that  hate  mee  &  more  now  than  ever.  23.  A  precious 
Sabb.  &  Sacr.  day,  perha]:)s  the  last.  Father  thy  will  bee  done,  tis 
good  for  us  to  be  at  such  uncertaintyes  for  now  wee  receive  our 
liberty  from  the  hand  of  our  Father  fresh  every  day,  which  is  best 
&  sweetest  of  all.  25.  Fast  at  Cos.  Bennett's.  Mr.  Maiden  preacht. 
T.  Ecdes.  7.  14.  God  hath  set  the  one  over  agt  the  other,  pro- 
sperity over  agt  Adversity,  sweetly  intermixing  the  one  with  tlie 
other  ct  all  for  y'' good  of  his  chosen.  Amen!  26.  To  Nantwich. 
Ex.  23.  25.  tis  a  great  mercy  w"  God  takes  sickness  away  from 
y"  midst  of  us.  27.  by  Deerfold  *  dt  Acton.  29.  Parliam*  pro- 
rogu'd  till  Oct.  20  next.  A  bill  of  ease  prepar'd,  not  finisht ;  Act 
past  to  incapacitate  Papists  from  Offices  of  power  &  profit. 

April.  I.  Great  scarcity  of  Fodder,  many  sustain'd  great  losses 
in  cattle.  The  weather  extra-ordinary  Cold  &  wett,  spring  back- 
ward, lord,  thy  hand  is  lifted  up  <S:  I  see  it,  6  contend  not  with  us 
in  thine  anger. 

4.  letter  from  london  w'''  saitli,  it  is  suppos'd  wee  are  to  take 
no  notice  of  any  th.  but  may  plead  our  licences  till  revok'd.  In 
y"  present  juncture  wee  are  at  great  uncertaintyes  but  for  my  part 
I  have  given  up  all  to  the  will  of  God  cV'  am  in  this  further  con- 

*  The  name  is  now  corrupted  inlo  Dorfold. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  263 

firm'd  by  \v'  y^  Pari,  did,  that  tis  now  it  seemcs  their  Opinion,  that 
tis  fit  wee  should  have  liberty  to  preach,  at  least  for  a  year  &  if 
>■'■  Quarter-sessions  grant  it. 

9.  Robert  Benyon  troubled  at  Quarter  Scss.  by  D""  F.  pro- 
curem*,  touching  accounts  for  highw.  7  or  8.  y.  since, — the  accounts 
found  &  found  true,  to  his  credit  <S:  his  Adversaryes  shame,  their 
spight  tow.  him  is  much  bee.  his  house  a  licenst  house,  but  if  so 
i\:  his  ends  therein  bee  right  they  cannot  hurt  him. 

23.  To  Newport,  alone,  but  y"  lord  was  with  mee  &  I  had 
often  sweet  communion  with  him  by  the  way  which  is  my  strcngtli 
.^  song. 

24.  preacht  there — Ps.  9.  17.  concerning  hell,  I  trust  not  in 
vayn,  many  seem'd  to  be  aifected  esj).  at  some  reflections  upon 
y"  late  great  fire  in  their  town,  lord,  work  with  the  word — home 
that  night  after  alone,  but  weary,  lord  thou  tellest  my  footsteps. 
At  Whitch.  I  mett  a  letter  of  encouragem*  y'  y"  K.  &  council  had 
order'd  a  letter  to  y"  Justices  to  forbear  disturbing,  lord,  thou 
keepest  us  at  uncertaintyes  y'  our  hope  might  bee  in  thee. 

May.  I.  Mr.  INIalden  at  Whitch.  T.  Ps.  4.  6.  there  bee  man}- 
that  say,  who  will  shew  us  any  good,  lord,  lift  thou  up  y''  light  of 
thy  coimtenance  upon  mee.  Amen  !  that  night  with  wife  to  Ash, 
where  comforted  to  see  Religion  uppermost. 

7.  At  Bryn — Mr.  Keeling — T.  Math.  19.  22.  worldly  posses- 
sions keep  many  from  X'  &  salvation,  lord,  let  not  mee  bee  kept 
by  them,     ^vife  ill  at  our  return,  but  God  had  mercy. 

12.  Mr.  Delaval  of  Wormbridge  in  prison  for  a  small  debt  at 
Shrewsb.  25*^  sent  tow.  his  relief 

15.  Mr.  Maiden  at  Alkint.  that  the  soul  is  a  man's  principal 
one,  theref  to  bee  car'd  for  above  all  &  by  no  meanes  to  bee 
neglected,  that  night  to  Stych,  yix.  Clive,  ill  lately,  but  at  pre- 
sent upon  recovery — laus  Deo. 

19.  Alice  Turner  ill,  pray'd  with  her,  next  day  shec  dy'd  ;  It 
troubles  mee,  that  by  reason  of  going  so  oft  from  home  &  being 
so  much  in  study  w"  I  am  at  home,  I  have  so  little  time  to  visit 
neighbours,  either  sick  or  well. 

26.  To  Oswestry,  lodg'd  at  Islx.  Nevets,  whom  though  in 
some  th.  hee  differ  from  mee,  yet  I  greatly  honor  in  y*  lord. 

27.  preacht    in   much    weakness    &    distraction,   more   than 


264  PHILIP  HENRY. 

ordinary;  lord,  to  mee  belongs  shame.  I  see  it  is  not  in  him 
y'  willeth  nor  in  him  y*  runneth  but  in  God  that  sheweth  mere  \-. 
The  wind  blowes  where  it  lists.  Tis  somet.  so  when  I  preach  a 
Sermon  y'  I  have  preacht  before,  esp.  if  any  be  present  who  had 
heard  it ;  Is  noth  of  s.  at  bottom,     lord  |}don. 

30.  to  Coo-lane,  upon  an  errand  from  Cosin  Benyon.  son 
JMathew  not  well,  given  up  sweetly,  had  again. 

June.  I.  Mr.  Green  at  chap,  seem'd  to  say  someth.  with 
reflection,  mark  them  that  cause  divisions,  serving  their  own  belly — 
lord,  I  can  only  appeal  to  thee  &:  say,  if  I  seek  mys.  in  what  I  doe 
or  my  own  th.  &  not  the  good  of  soules,  and  the  advancem*  of 
thy  glory,  if  I  doe  it  in  any  resp.  to  divide,  then  fill  my  face 
w"'  shame  e\:  let  my  enemies  have  power  over  mee,  but  if  othenv. 
lord  take  my  ]>'  &  plead  my  cause  &:  clear  my  integrity  for  th}- 
mercy  sake. 

3.  To  '\\'eston,  where  I  heard  y"  worthy  Mr.  Eerisford, 
once  Min''  of  Derby,  now  living  in  Salop,  riiil.  2.  15.  holding 
forth  the  word  of  life.  Cosin  Tho.  Jackson  ill.  lord,  spare,  if 
possible. 

4.  at  Eryn-rynnen.  MatJi.  13.  -XiZ-  '^^'ith  sweet  enlargem''  in  m\- 
poor  measure  c^  manner,  lord,  ^[idon  &  heal  &  help  &  le\en 
y*"  country  with  tliy  lioly  Gosp.     Amen. 

12.  It  pleasd  (iod  to  call  my  dear  Freind  &  kinsman  iS: 
neighbour  Thomas  Jackson  of  Bron  :  I  was  several  times  with  him 
in  his  sickness  and  prayd  with  him,  but  his  distemper  was  such  as 
took  away  his  speech  from  him,  so  that  hee  could  not  give  his 
Testimony  as  a  dying  Cliristian  should  to  the  good  way  wherein 
he  had  walked,  but  God's  will  was  it  should  l)ee  so,  wherein  I 
acquiesce.  Twas  well,  hee  had  nothing  of  his  great  work  to  doe 
tlien,  for  if  hee  liad,  I  know  not  liow  it  would  have  been  done. 
His  distemper  workt  also  into  a  continual  drowsines  for  several 
dayes  &  nights  before  hee  dy'd,  w'"''  though  it  may  bee  it  was  to 
him  a  meanes.  of  ease  from  payn,  yet  it  was  to  those  about  him 
\  ery  uncomfortable. 

26.  Cosin  Mitchel  came  to  us  out  of  Ireland,  had  not  seen 
him  in  more  than  20  y, 

27.  At  Ash.  Exod.  23.  25.  Bond  deliver'd  up  whereb\-  1 
was  bound  with  Cosin  Ecnyon  to  I\Ir.  Edwards  for  100"'  payd. 


PHI  UP  IIEXRY.  265 

I  am  now  in  Bonds  for  no  man  ^:  no  man  for  nice — a  great 
mercy,  blessed  bee  God. 

July.  8.  Cosin  Mitchel  went  towards  london,  I  lent  him 
horse,  saddle,  Buskins,  &:  20',  in  liew  whereof  hee  left  here — his 
Horse  &  Saddle  &  Boots. 

little  Nag  cost  i^*"  10'— saddle  o  6'  o — sold  for  as  mucli. 

August  24.  This  day  compleats  y^  42'^  year  of  my  age  ;  As 
-was  sayd  by  Sir  Rob.  Harley,  I  would  bee  loth  to  live  it  over 
again,  lest  instead  of  making  it  better,  I  should  make  it  Avorse, 
and  besides,  every  year  &  day  Spent  on  earth  is  lost  in  heaven. 

About  this  time  my  dear  Sister  Kath.  was  marry'd  to  Mr. 
Tobias  Ellis,  and  I  wisht  her  as  much  comfort  in  the  marry'd  State 
as  I  had  found  before  her  and  more  shee  need  not  desire. 

October.  Rich,  lewnes  of  Alkinton  wood,  having  taken  a  hard 
bargain,  distrusted  the  divine  Providence,  &  went  from  his  house, 
not  telling  whither  hee  went,  they  suppos'd  hee  had  made  away 
hims.  but  at  the  weekes  end  hee  return'd,  but  could  give  no 
-account  where  hee  had  been,  only  sayd,  wandring ;  hee  was  almost 
spent  through  cold,  hunger,  &:  watching,  but  after  a  week  or  10 
■dayes  recover'd  again,  din'd  w"*  mee  Nov.  5.  &  I  verily  intended 
some  discourse  with  him  concerning  his  afFayres,  but  had  not 
opportunity  that  day  &  so  put  it  off ;  within  few  dayes  after  hee 
fell  sick  &  dy'd. 

lord  help  all  thy  people  agt  their  evil  heart  of  unbelief,  &  mee, 
esp.  mee,  lord  !    Amen  ! 

November  24.  Cosin  Mitchel  went  from  us  towards  Ireland, 
1  hope,  better  than  when  hee  came  ;  I  had  much  comfort  & 
refreshment  by  him  in  talking  over  the  passages  of  my  Infant  age 
.S:  childhood,  wherein  hee  brought  many  things  to  my  remem- 
brance, which  I  had  forgotten,  and  in  lieu  thereof  I  heartily 
endeavour'd  the  good  of  his  soul  ;  hee  went  hee  said,  resolv'd  for 
(lod  &  for  Religion  bewayling  past  miscarriages,  one  especi.  from 
wjiich  the  lord  in  mercy  cleanse  him,  by  tlie  blood-shedding  of 
])recious  Jesus. 

I  payd  him  five  pounds  for  his  horse  which  with  20'  lent 
l)efore,  made  six  pounds,  and  took  a  note  from  him  of  the  receit 
■of  it. 

December.  9.    this  day  Mr.  Jenning's  wife  of  y'  Wych  was  bury'd, 


266  PHILIP  HENRY. 

at  Malpas,  shee  dy'd  of  the  Small  Pox.  The)-  had  been  marryVl 
lo  yeares  in  May  last  &  shee  had  had  lo  children  all  dead  before 
her  &  now  with  child  of  the  1 1"'. 

24.  Beatrice  Rees,  having  been  my  servant  13  yeares,  was 
marry'd  this  day  to  Francis  Wolf  of  Elsmere — my  hearts  desire  & 
prayer  to  God  for  them  is,  that  they  may  prosper  in  this  new  rela- 
tion &  condition,  but  cheifly  with  Soul  Prosperity — I  judge  y'" 
both  as  for  as  I  can  discern  to  bee  psons  fearing  God,  &  so  joyntly 
interested  in  y''  everlasting  Covenant  w*  is  y-  foundation  of  all 
true  happines.  Hee  seald  a  writing  whereby  hee  obliges  hims.  to 
settle  on  her  20"'  &  half  his  psonal  estate  by  his  last  will. 

Shee  had  better  y™  20"'  of  her  own,  to  which  I  added  a  yeare's 
wages,  being  i"'  16''  o. 

31.  to  Nantw.  through  fowl  wayes  &  much  danger,  but  the 
lord  was  with  mee.     i  Cor.  7.  29.  30. 

1674. 

Jan"  13.  To  Sweeney.  Rom.  6.  14.  my  soul  hath  oft  been  re- 
freshed with  that  sweet  word,  wee  are  not  under  the  law,  but 
under  grace — &  I  may  say  concern'  it  tis  all  my  salvation  &  all 
my  desire,  although  Hee  should  not  make  my  house  to  grow. 

Marcli  26.  Cos.  Mitchel  return'd  to  us  again  out  of  Ireland, 
where  hee  met  with  troubles— his  wife  refus'd  to  leave  her  Mother 
to  goe  elsewhere  from  Boyle,  to  some  other  Town,  there  to  livc 
with  him,  whereupon  he  resolves  now  for  Holland. 

April  15.  Cosin  Dan  Benyon  was  marry'd  to  Mrs.  Ellen  Ridg- 
way,  daug"'  of  Mr.  Will.  Ridgway  of  Cool  lane — her  portion  iioo"' 
wherewith  hee  discharged  all  or  near  all  his  debts.  800"'  being  due 
to  his  4  sisters — I  heartily  beg  of  God,  wisdom  &  grace  for  them 
both,  that  they  may  live  together  as  heires  of  y*-"  grace  of  life,  tS: 
that  I  also  may  have  comfort  in  it,  as  I  was  in  a  special  manner 
instrumental  in  bringing  it  to  pass,  through  some  difficultys, 
judging  it  likely  for  their  mutual  good. 

ATay  i.  Susan  Porter  came  to  us  from  ^\'em  to  teach  the 
children,  the  two  elder  to  sew,  the  two  young''  to  read,  for  which, 
blessed  bee  God,  they  have  capacity — Her  wages  to  bee  40'  p' 
ann.     Lord  make  it  a  mercy  to  her  as  well  as  to  our  dear  children. 


PHILIP  IIEXRY.  26y 

July  I.  Fastof^\'.  15.  of  Br. — Mr.  Ncvett  preacht.  John  19. 
Thine  they  were,  and  Thou  gavest  them  mee. — God  the  Father 
&  God  y"  Son,  did  from  all  Eternity  conclude  in  a  blessed  coven' 
Ijetween  them,  concern^'  the  salvation  of  a  Remnant  of  mankind — 
Lord  what  is  man  that  Thou  wert  mindful  of  him?  what  am  I? 
This  distinguishing  love  cuts  the  sinews  of  Pride  tS:  calls  for 
choice  returns  of  thankfulness  it  obedience — Amen  ! — Mem.  It 
had  not  rayn'd  of  many  weekcs  before,  &  there  was  great  drought, 
insomuch  y'  y"  grass  in  many  places  was  quite  burnt  up  &  the  corn 
languisht — we  sought  unto  the  Lord  in  our  trouble,  «!i:  cryd  unto 
him  &  hee  heard  us,  even  whilst  wee  were  speaking,  and  gave  us 
refreshing  rayn  that  Ev=  &  next  day,  for  which  for  ever  blessed  bc- 
his  holy  name  Ps.  116.  i.  2. 

2.  To  Whettal  w'here  I  met  j\Ir.  Lawrence  with  whose  good 
company  I  would  be  fiUd,  but  the  world  to  come,  not  this,  is  the 
filling  world,  with  the  Serv'*^  of  y*"  l,ord. 

6.  To  Hardwick,  where  I  met  him  again;  at  Mr.  Clive"s,  now 
Sheriff,  we  lodg'd  together  that  night  at  Maston,  pray"d  &  preacht 
together  next  dayPy.  119.  132.  Acts  18.  6.  thankes  bee  to  God  & 
so  parted. 

Aug'  23.  Mr.  Ridgway  of  Cool-lane  dy'd — It  pleased  God  to 
enable  him  in  his  sickness  to  give  an  affectionate  testimony  to 
J\.eligion — also  to  bear  his  payn  with  patience,  &  to  yeild  himself 
willingly  to  the  stroke  of  death,  in  hope  of  a  better  life  after. 

Before  he  dy'd,  he  desired  much  to  have  seen  his  daug""  Ben- 
yon,  then  at  London,  but  shee  came  too  late. 

He  sealed  a  Recpiest  to  his  Son  Will  which  was  given  into 
the  hands  of  Mr.  Cole,  that  he  would,  wh"  Coo-lane  Estate  came 
to  him,  pay  300'''  to  Mr.  Will"  Dod  of  Blechley  &  mee,  for  the  use 
of  Cos.  Benyon  &  their  younger  Children. 

Every  B''  dying  is  bound  by  law  to  leave  to  the  King.  6  th. 
I.  his  best  horse  or  Palfrey  with  Bridle  &  saddle.  2.  a  cloke 
with  a  cape.  3.  a  cup  w"'  a  Cover.  4.  a  Bason  <^  ewre.  5.  a 
ring  of  Gold.     6.  his  Kennel  of  hounds.     Cook. 

1674.  There  bee  3  th:  for  which  I  am  never  the  worse- — but 
am  often  worse  for  their  contraries. 


26S  rillLIP  HENRY. 

1.  I  am  never  the  worse  for  Abstinence,  but  often  am  for 
Fulness. 

2.  I  am  never  the  worse  for  licat  from  too  many  clothes,  but 
often  am  from  cold,  when  too  few. 

3.  I  am  never  the  worse  for  silence  but  often  am  for  speaking. 
There  are  three  things  which  I  would  not  for  a  world  ha\-e 

against  me. 

I.  My  own  Conscience.  2.  The  word  of  God.  3.  Y""  prayers 
■of  good  people. 

Alay  3.  j\Ir.  Beal,  one  of  the  Auditors  of  Revenue,  having 
been  long  afflicted  with  greivous  melancholy,  threw  himself  out  of 
his  garret-window,  into  liis  garden,  &  dy'd  immediately  of  the 
Fall.  Hee  was  a  good  inan  &  feared  God  above  many — An 
astonishing  Providence — Ford  I  how  terrible  art  Thou  sometimes 
to  thine  own  children — Some  drew  this  Inference  from  it,  If 
Religion  lead  people  to  this,  wee  will  never  be  religious.  Others 
contra.  If  this  bee  done  in  the  green  tree,  what  shall  be  done  in 
the  dry  ! 

Mr.  Ijaxter,  kissing  the  dead  Body  sayd,  he  did  believe  his  soul 
to  be  as  happy,  as  he  did  desire  his  own  soul  to  bee. 

One  that  had  stolen  a  horse  being  taken  was  brought  to 
Shrews''  Gaol,  going  over  the  bridge  at  the  Abbey  fore*^  he  leapt 
into  Severn  &  swame  tliinking  to  make  his  esca})e,  which,  when 
hee  saw  hee  could  not  hee  drowned  himself 

At  the  summer  Assizes  this  year  at  Salop  (Mr.  Clive  of  Stych 
Sheriff)  Mr.  Keeling  told  mee,  hee  was  with  one  condemned  to 
dye,  for  stealing  a  horse,  who  before  his  Execution  desired  of  him 
&  Mr.  Talents  to  give  him  the  Sacra',  which  they  endeavoured  to 
.satisfy  him  was  not  necessary,  whereupon  hee  cal'd  for  bread  & 
wine  &  himself  took,  eat,  (S:  drank,  in  remembrance  that  X'  dyed 
for  him. 

I  have  read  a  passage  to  like  purpose  of  one  in  tlie  book 
of  Martyrs  at  S'  Albans. 

June  25.  Two  youths  drowned  at  Chester,  bath=  themseh-es  ; 
they  were  fellow-apprentices  &  one  near  out  of  his  time. 

In  an  interesting  manuscript,  dated  February  16,  i67i,  he 
gives  full  particulars  of  a  farm  in  Iscoyd,  called  "  Estwick's 


PHILIP  HENRY.  269' 

Tenement,"  which  he  bought  from  his  friend  Mr.Luke  Lloyd, 
of  the  Bryn  in  Hanmer,  being  their  ancient  inheritance,  as 
a  younger  branch  of  the  Lloyds  of  Willington,  from  their 
progenitor,  Tudor  Trevor.  The  particulars  enumerated  in 
this  manuscript,  which  covers  twenty-four  pages  of  a  half 
octavo,  are  more  suitable  for  a  county  history  than  for  this 
book,  but  a  few  items  may  be  given. 

The  Bargain  concluded,  &c.,  I.  they  sufficiently  to  convey  to 
me  ye  sayd  Farm  w"*  th'  appurtenances,  as  also  a  Rent  of  5' yearly 
issuing  our  of  ye  Hen-vayes  &c.  II.  I  to  pay  to  them  for  y"  same 
y"  summ  of  670""'  viz.  165"*  before  y"  Assize,  at  sealing  the 
A\Titings,  165'"  at  y*"  Assize  y''  Fine  &c.  &  the  Remayning  340"' at 
Midsummer  following. 

Feb.  22  up  to  Jun.  25.  payd  accordingly. 

Apr.  19.  At  the  Assize  holden  at  Flint  Luke  Lloyd  Sen''  Luke 
Lloyd  Jun  and  Esther  his  wife  and  John  Pryce  acknowledg'd  a 
fine  before  S''  Job  Charlton. 

For  Council's  expenses — Mr.  John  Hunt  did  all  gratis,  only  I 
gave  him  a  sett  of  Golden-hand-buttons  worth  about  I5^ 

I  had  of  Mr.  Lloyd  from  Bryn,  6.  Timber-trees  which  was  part 
of  bargain,  out  of   which  the  place  on  y*"  Green   was- 

rayl'd  in  &c. 

I  gave  Oct.  28.  1675  more  y*"'  bargain  to  Mrs.  Lloyd  Sen''  & 
to  Mrs.  Lloyd  jun''  &  to  Cosin  Robert  Lloyd,  to  each  of  y*""'  a  broad 
twenty  shilling  peice  of  Gold,  &  s'^  a  peice  to  y''  two  daughf' 
Katharine  &  Sarah. 

The  reason  why  Mrs.  Lloyd  the  elder  joyn'd  not  in  tlic  Fine 
was  because  her  husband  by  his  Father's  settlement  was  but 
Tenant  for  life  to  y'^"  lands  «5v:c.  is:c. 

il/i'///''"'".  The  long  Table  which  stands  in  the  House  was 
given  to  me  by  Mr.  Lloyd  Sen"^.  Oct.  25.  1675. 

Apr.  9.  1675.  Thomas  Ratcliff  then  payd  to  Tho.  Burroughs 
ser\-ant  to  )"  lord  Cholmley  i'  8''  for  y"  half  year  ending  at 
lady  day  last,  for  w'''  hee  gave  ac(iiiittance.  I  lo  allow  it  in  his 
Rent. 

Mfin'^"'".     This  Rent  of  3'  4''  n.  ann'"  hath  been  long  payd  by 


2/0  rillLIP  UEXRY. 

y^x.  Lloyd  and  his  Ancestors  to  lord  Cholmley  &  his  Ancesf"", 
but  for  what,  why  or  wherefore  doth  not  appear,  only  y*  Ancient 
Deeds  call  it  a  Rent  payable  out  of  the  Demeanes  of  Iscoyd. 

Mem''""' — Y"  Baily  refus'd  to  give  .\cquittance,  bee.  'tis  not  us'd 
to  other  Tenants. 

This  seems  to  show  how  those  Welshmen  that  retained 
their  lands  paid  a  poll-tax  to  the  Norman  lord  at  Malpas 
in  and  after  A.D.  1066.  Luke  Lloyd's  ancestor,  Rh}^s  Sais, 
was  so  called  because  he  Saxon-ized,  thereby  saving  his 
lands,  when  the  Mercians  overran  the  country.  This 
poll-tax  paid  by  Philip  Henry  to  Lord  Cholmondeley  had 
its  origin  in  the  submission  of  Rhys  Sais.  But  the  princes 
(jf  Powys  claimed  a  lordship  over  the  same  lands,  and  (as 
we  have  seen)  their  rights  \\  ere  made  over  to  the  family  of 
Lestrange,  and  their  representatives  were  the  chief  lords  in 
English  Maelor. 

1675.  Alem''"'".  Widow  Ratclifl  holds  y'"  sayd  Farm  for  this 
present  )-ear  at  the  rent  of  32"',  to  bee  payd  at  Midsummer  and 
Martinmas  by  equal  portions.  I  to  allow  for  all  leyes  and  Taxes, 
except  hearth  money. 

May  4.  I  then  received  from  Thomas  Nixon.  2^  6''  being  due 
at  lady-day  last  from  the  Hen-vayes. 

1680.  Apr.  17.  Rec'^  the  same — Thomas  Nixon  told  mee 
this  day  that  there  is  mention  in  his  lease  of  this  five  shillings  \\ 
.mn.  ]jayable  out  of  his  Tenem^ 

1682.  Dec"  S.  Rec''  of  Mr.  Hanm'"  of  Fenns  5'  o  being  lady 
day  <S:  Mich,  rent  last  past  (hee  proposes  to  buy  it  off,  I  yeildcd 
hee  should  have  it  for  5''',  as  much  as  it  cost  mee)  a  lease  Avas 
made  of  y'^  Tenem'  to  Widow  Nixon  this  time  twelve  month  for 
21  yeares  at  29"'  p.  ann"',  but  no  mention  made  in  it  of  this  rent 
charge  of  mine  ;  yet  'twas  payd. 

Mr.  Hanm'  gave  mee  5"'  for  it.  Apr.  27.  1688. 

The  following  notice  is  also  put  in  : — 

Aug*  11"'  1 68 1.  This  day  the  Widow  Hamnett  of  Blacka. 
declar'd  in  tl'se  hearing  of  Peter  Fstwick,  Thomas  Ratcliff,  and 


PHILIP  HENRY.  2/1 

Richard  Hamnett  that  shee  dwelt  w*''  Sir  Tho.  Brereton  above 
50  y.  agoe,  at  which  time  there  dwelt  in  Air.  Lloyd's  house  one 
Randle  Beckett  who  was  appointed  by  Mr.  Lloyd  to  secure  his  seat 
in  tlie  cliurch  belonging  to  the  sayd  house,  and  that  upon  a  Whit- 
sunday the  Avidow  Mullock  came  forcibly  into  the  sayd  seat  and 
satt  down  upon  the  sayd  Randle  Beckett's  lap  whereupon  Ann 
Ratcliff,  being  in  the  next  seat  behind  the  sayd  ^^'idow  Hamnett, 
sayd  to  her,  what  needs  this  wrangling  for  they  (meaning  y"  widow 
Mullock  1^  her  family)  have  but  one  seat  in  this  form.  Sir  Tho 
Brereton  having  a  lease  of  the  sayd  Farm  did  appoint  his 
servants  to  sitt  in  Mr.  Lloyd's  right  in  that  seat  together  with 
Randle  Beckett  the  under  tenant ;  shee  also  sayes  shee  had  heard 
other  folkes  say  that  tlie  higher  part  of  the  sayd  Form  did  belong 
to  Mr.  Lloyd. 

The  manuscript  contains  also  the  particulars  of  the 
purchase  of  another  small  tenement  : 

from  this  time  forward  Sept.  14.  16S7.  it  becomes  my  son's, 
and  the  Rent  is  to  bee  payd  to  him,  viz.  this  Mich.  Stage  &  so 
forward.     God  bless  it  to  him.     Amen. 

I  having  received  from  him  of  his  marriage  portion  600"^  did 
resign  to  him  this  Tenem'  of  Robinson's  tSc  Francis  Huxley's  on 
the  Hall  Green  ;  both  w"^*"  cost  mee  to  ^Nlr.  Lloyd  and  David  Est- 
wick  750"'. 

The  rents  arising  from  Mr.  Daniel  Matthews'  lands  in 
Bronington  and  W'illington  were  also  held  in  trust  for  his 
son  by  Philip  Henry,  as. appears  elsewhere. 

The  diary  for  1676  belongs  to  Mrs.  Bunnell,  of  Croydon, 
to  whom  I  am  much  indebted  for  permission  to  copy  it. 

— to  know  how  to  j^ass  away  our  time  is  more  useful  then  to 
know  how  our  time  passes  away.      Mr.  Boyl.  Occas.  Refl. 

Apr.  28.  dy'd  Mr.  John  lancaster  of  Chester  Iron-monger  who 
by  his  last  will  <S:  Testam'  gave  a  legacy  of  40"  p.  ann.  for  14  y. 
next  ensuing  to  poor  Min"""— ye  words  of  ye  will  concer.  that 
matter  ^are  as  followeth— the  Feoffees'  names  George  Booth  Esq. 


2/2  rillLIP  HEXRY. 

John  Wittar  Apothec.  RancUe  Dicas  Linnen  Draper,  Jonathan 
Godson,  mercer,  Randle  Wilson.  Dyer.  John  Ludlow  Apothec. 

the  profits  of  such  a  Tenem'  in  the  County  of  Denbigh,  after 
repayres,  being  then  sett  for  ye  yearly  Rent  of  41"  6"  8'' 

— shal  give  and  distribute  yearly  according  to  their  discretion 
to  and  among  godly  preaching  Alin''^  of  the  Gosp.  which  Avant  and 
stand  in  need  of  relief  from  the  charity  of  others,  wherein  my 
mind  and  will  is  that  they  shall  have  a  special  respect  unto  and 
care  of  such  Ministers  as  shal  be  silenced  or  displaced  for  orby 
reason  of  his  or  their  non-conformity  to  the  C^eremonyes  required 
by  the  Book  of  Common-prayer.  And  after  the  expiration  of  14 
y.  then  to  the  Maior  and  Sheriffs  of  ye  city  of  Chester  for  ye  time 
being  for  ye  Releif  of  poor  <!s:  aged  Tradesmen  of  the  said 
City — iS:c. 

January.  Cosin  Benyon  &:  his  wife  went  from  us  after  a  year 
&  quarter's  sojourning  with  us,  I  hope  to  our  mutual  benefit  and 
advantage ;  o:  what  a  blessed  state  is  that  which  is  reserved  for 
us  in  the  t'other  world,  when  wee  shal  bee  together  for  ever  and 
Avith  the  lord,  tV'  each  one  w"'  his  graces  j^fect  &  no  mixture  of 
sin  or  folly  ;  usque  quo  Domine  ! 

30.  This  day  dy'd  at  london  suddenly  ]\Ir.  Edward  West  my 
very  worthy  good  Freind  pupil  to  ]\Ir.  Cole  at  Ch.  Ch.  &  Tutor  to 
Mr.  Tho.  Puleston  at  St.  ]\Iary-hall,  'twas  Sabbath-day  &  hee  had 
preacht  twice  at  his  meeting  place.  Hee  was  a  |)son  of  great 
ability  for  learning  &  of  great  prudence  in  conduct  of  Afifayres. 

February,  i.  Cosin  Ellen  Benyon  was  delivered  of  her  first 
born  child,  a  daughter,  named  afterwards,  Mary,  the  lord  give  her 
Mary's  part.  Both  Cosin  Benyon's  mother  &  also  his  wife's 
mother  was  named  Mary  Knight,  the  one  of  Salop,  the  other  of 
Barthomley  in  Cheshire. 

Mar.  17.  S' Tho.  Hanmer  told  mee,  that  hee  and  S'' Tho. 
Brereton  *    were  Justices   together    in    Maylors,   which   S''   Tho. 

■*  Sir  Thomas  Brereton  ^^as  brother  of  the  Inst  Sir  Ivandle  Brereton  of  Mal- 
pas.  He  lived  at  Wolvesacre  Hall,  in  Iscoyil,  and  was  high  sheriff  for  the 
county  of  Flint  in  1625.  "The  funerall  of  the  Lady  Alice  his  wyffe  had  heen 
ryally  solemnized  y''  14*''  of  Sepf  1622,  nocte,"  at  Malpas,  and  he  was  also 
huried  there  in  1643.  In  the  Patent  Rolls  (Chester)  of  12  Charles  I.  the  f;act  of 
his  having  lately  lived  at  Wolvesacre  is  mentioned.  Sir  Thomas  Hanmer, who 
was  godfather   to  him,    died   in    154S,  and   the  Sir  Thomas  Hanmer   who  is 


PHILIP  iiEXpy.  273 

Krereton  had  for  his  God-father  one  S''  Tho.  Hanmer  that  was 
among  the  Ancestors  of  the  present  S''  Thomas  the  Sixth  vipwards, 
So  that  either  S''  Tho.  Hanmer  was  then  a  very  yong  Justice,  hee 
sayd  about  20.  or  S'  Tho.  Brereton  ver}'  old,  or  the  Hanmers  his 
])redecessors  Hved  but  awhile.  Hee  said  his  father  S""  John  Han- 
mer dy'd  at  33. 

In  March  one  Banister  quarrelling  on  the  way  in  lancasli. 
with  a  sen'ant  of  S''  Ralph  Ashton's,  ran  him  through  the  Body, 
whereupon,  hee  drew  the  sword  hims.  out  of  his  own  Body  &  ran 
i'.anister  through  with  the  same  sword,  who  dy'd  presently  after, 
the  other  liv'd  two  or  three  dayes,  and  then  dy'd  also. 

This  Mr.  Green  told,  it  being  near  where  Mr.  Holland  lives  in 
lancashire. 

I  have  received  the  five  Volumes  of  Mr.  Poole's  Synopsis  and 
doe  acknowledge  my  self  thenvith  super-abundantly  satisfyd, 
returning  hearty  thankes  to  him  for  his  worthy  paynes  &  hearty 
praise  to  God  for  his  gracious  assistance,  without  which  it  could 
not  have  been  brought  to  pass. 

for  Mr.  Pool  P.  H. 

Oct.  31.  76. 

Mr.  Robert  Fogg,*  my  old  dear  Friend  was  buried  at  Acton 
near  Nantwich,  April  21.  1676,  he  died  in  a  good  old  age  about 
eighty.  He  was  minister  of  Bangor  in  Flintshire,  till  after  the 
King  came  in,  and  thence  forward  to  his  Death,  was  a  poor  silent 
Nonconformist,  but  of  a  bold  and  zealous  spirit,  giving  good 
counsel  to  those  about  him.  A  little  before  he  died,  he  had  this 
weighty  saying  among  others,  "  Assure  yourselves  the  spirit  of  God 
will  be  underling  to  no  sin." 


i67cS, 

Ja?i"  28.  The  K.  in  Pari,  declar'd  his  purp.  of  war  with  France 
in  ayd  of  the  Dutch.  29.  voted  a  supply  of  100  thous**  pounds 
p.  mensem  for  12  months. 

Feb"  26.     Earl  of  Shaftesbury  upon  his  submission  after  a  y" 

speaking  to  Philip  Henry  is  said  to  have  been  twelve  years  and  fifty-six  days 
old  at  his  father's  death  in  1624. 
*  Cf.  Appendix,  p.  395. 

T 


274  PHILIP  HENRY. 

Imprisonment  in  y^  Tower  *  was  released,  his  crime  was  mayn- 
tayning  that  the  Pari,  was  legally  dissolved  by  an  overlong  proro- 
gation, which  hee  acknowledg'd  was  an  ill  advised  Action,  as  also 
his  appealing  upon  a  Habeas  corpus  to  the  K.  Bench. 

5.  This  day  was  remembered  the  sad  &  lamentable  fire  at 
^Vem  t  which  was  about  y'  time  twelve-month,  though  it  bee  rising 
again  out  of  its  ashes,  yet  the  burning  of  it  sh''  not  bee  for- 
gotten, esp.  not  the  sin  that  kindled  it.     Prov.  3.  33. 

6.  Upon  this  day  33  >''  my  dear  Mother  dy'd.  When  Mother 
forsook  mee,  tlie  Lord  took  nice  up — the  thought  whereof  refresht 
mee  this  morn-. 

7.  I  planted  an  orchard  at  Tybr:  house  with  my  own  hand  1 1 
trees  most  of  them,  of  my  own  grafting — now  tlie  Lord  in  mercy 
make  y"'  to  prosper. 

— Drums  beating  at  Whit''  &  elsewhere  for  Volunteers  in  order 
to  a  war  w''  France,  few  but  such  listed  themselves  as  might  be 
well  s^jared. 

Poll-money  granted  by  y""  Pari'  to  carry  on  y''  war. 

lAarch  20.  This  day  ^Ir.  David  Morrice  of  Pennabont  J:P. 
in  Montgom:  &  Denb:  was  drown'd  in  Tannat  near  his  own 
house  being  on  horse-back  i\:  in  y"  daytime,  &  not  drunk  :  not  found 
quickly,  when  found,  much  bruised,  his  horse  had  thrown  him  in 
the  water — Hee  liad  been  very  bitter  towards  dissenters  &:  severe 
in  fining  them,  'twas  hee  y'  prosecuted  Mr.  Kinaston  &  Mr. 
Barnett  for  y"  meeting  2  yearcs  since  at  Brangwyn  and  fin'd  Mr. 
Barnett  2d^ioxprcac]niig,  wlien  he  had  only  pray'd  and  read  his  Text 
(because  that  was  a  sign  he  intended  to  preach)  and  cast  them  in 
an  appeal.  Hee  was  indited  last  x\ssize  at  Denbigh  by  his  fellow 
Justices  for  knavery  in  converting  y*"  poore's  jiart  of  y"  fine  to  his 
own  use.  it  is  not  long  since  hee  said  as  I  liear,  that  he  would 
mend  his  course  of  Ufe,  but  did  not. 

April  24.  publique  Past,  kept  by  command  from  authority, 
to  implore  a  blessing  upon  his  Majesty's  person  &  government,  & 
to  avert  those  judgments  that  are  justly  due  unto  us,  for  our  great 

*  When  the  railiamenl  met  in  Keliruary,  1677,  it  had  been  prorogued  for  a 
year  and  three  months.  Ijuckingham,  SaHsbury,  and  ^Vharton  were  also  com- 
mitted to  the  Tower,  but,  having  apologized,  were  released  after  a  few  months' 
imprisonment. 

t  See  Garbett'b  "History  of  Wem,  Salop." 


PHILIP  HENRY.  2/5 

.S:  crying  provocations — Mr.  Maiden  lielpt  us.  at  Br.  O.  T.  Mat. 
5.  47.  Also  Dan.  9.  17.  Lord  hear  in  heaven  thy  dwehing  place 
Csc  when  thou  hearest,  forgive  <S:  have  mercy  &  cause  thy  face  to 
shine  upon  thy  sanctuary  which  is  desolate,  for  the  Lord's  sake ! 

9.  The  wall  was  begun  betw.  )''  hayhouse  &  sheepcote  along 
the  lane  about  42  y'H*  The  Lord  give  good  speed  in  }"  un- 
dertaking, for  except  Ps.  127.  i. 

2 1 .  The  wall  was  finisht,  blessed  be  God  nor  hurt  done,  nor 
that  I  know  of  never  an  oath  sworn — It  cost,  y"  work  men's  wages 
at  4'^  p.  y*',  2""  7^  o'". 

October  I.  Rumours  of  a  Plot  discovered  ag"  the  life  of 
the  King  by  papists,  f 

6.     Sir  Thomas  Hanmer  %  dy'd  at  Red-liall. 

9.     ^Ir.  Chetwood  of  Oteley  in  Staff'''. 

I  o.     Sir  Peter  Leicester  in  Chesh''. 

II.  I  wayted  on  Sir  John  Trevor  at  Emral,  dined  with  him. 
had  a  deal  of  discourse  both  concerning  publique  affairs  &  other 

*  This  is  the  sole  relic  of  Philip  Henry  at  Broad  Oak,  if  we  except  the 
oak  staircase  and  other  fittings  of  the  present  farmhouse,  with  the  pulpii 
cushion  and  some  plain  brass  buttons. 

t  HumiHated  as  he  was  by  the  mortifying  ceremony  of  begging  pardon  of 
the  House  of  Lords  and  the  king  on  his  knees,  the  Popish  plot  gave  Lord 
Shaftesbury  the  opportunity  he  had  panted  for,  and  before  Parliament  met  in 
October  of  that  year,  he  was  himself  again.  "Such  men  as  Shaftesbury  and 
Buckingham  doubtless  perceived  that  the  whole  was  a  romance.  But  it  was  a 
romance  that  served  their  turn  ;  and  to  their  seared  consciences  the  death  of 
an  innocent  man  gave  no  more  uneasiness  than  the  death  of  a  jDartridge  " 
(Macaulay).     But  compare  2  Kings  xxiii.  26,  27,  and  xxiv.  3,  4. 

J  Sir  Tiiomas  Hanmer  was  the  second  baronet.  He  had  been  a  page  in 
the  court  of  Charles  L,  and  married,  before  he  was  of  age,  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Sir  Thomas  Whittingham,  in  Suffolk,  who  was  one  of  the  maids  of  honour. 
At  first  he  was  on  the  king's  side  ;  but  when  the  king  began  to  treat  with 
the  Scots,  he  communicated  the  matter  to  the  Parliament  (see  Thurloe 
Papers,  iv.  319,  Bodleian).  Li  1655  he  was  fined  ;^l637  3.f.  a,d.,  and  received 
acquittance  from  the  Protector.  Two  of  his  houses  had  been  held  for  the  king 
during  the  wars,  and  Hanmer  Hall  had  suffered  so  much  that  on  his  return 
he  lived  at  the  Red  Hall  (now  Bettisfield  Park),  so  called  to  distinguish  it  from 
Llys-bedydd,  or  Bettisfield  Hall,  which  stood  in  the  same  township,  and  had 
gone  by  an  heiress  to  the  Fowler  family.  \\\  Betham's  "  Baronetage,"  iii. 
430,  n.,  it  is  stated  that  Charles  H.,  among  other  marks  of  royal  favour,  be- 
stowed upon  him  an  extensive  coal-mine  grant  (on  the  Flintshire  coast). 
Evelyn  notes  :  "  1657,  April  21.  Came  Sir  Thomas  Hanmer  of  Hanmer 
in  Wales  to  see  me  "  (both  took  great  interest  in  their  flower  gardens),  and 
"  1685,  Jan.  24.  I  din'd  at  Lord  Newport's,  who  had  some  excellent  pictures, 
especially  that  of  Sir  Thos.  Hanmer,  by  \'an  Dyke,  one  of  the  best  he  evei- 
painted." 


2/6  PHILIP  HEXRY. 

matters  ;    He    allow'd  a  lease  made  by  Judge  Puleston  of   the 
Gover"  Tenem'  in  ^\'ortben'  to  Rob'  Bickley  &  his  Assigns. 

A  month  of  great  transactions  in  our  higli  places.  The  Par- 
liam*  sitting,  more  &  more  discovereyes  made  about  the  Popish 
])lot  by  Oats  and  Bedlow :  Mr.  Coleman  *  had  his  tryal  in  West- 
minster hall,  Avas  found  guilty  &  executed ;  five  Jesuits  &  preists 
AMiitbread  Fenwick  Grove  Pickering  Ireland  try'd  in  the  Old 
Baile}',  y*  two  former  acquitted^  bee.  but  one  witness  ag'*'  them, 
the  three  last  found  guilty  &  condemned,  not  as  Priests  but 
Plotters. 

20.  One  Harcourt  a  Priest  taken  about  Stoke  was  examined 
at  Whit''  by  the  Justices  &  committed  to  Shrews' — A  stranger 
coming  in,  knew  him  by  the  token  y'  y*"'"  had  played  together  one 
Sab.  day  at  a  Gent"'  house  at  cards  for  prayers,  by  the  same  token, 
hee  thought  much  to  stake  his  prayers  ag^'  the  Gent"  being  a  Pro- 
testant, unless  a  Gent"  standing  by  being  a  Papist  would  be  his 
surety  &  second. 

The  Treasurer  impeached  in  his  articles,  Sir  Thos.  Osborn,  noAv 
Earl  of  Danby,  for  obstructing  the  discovery  of  Popish  Traytors, 
for  engaging  the  King  in  unnecessary  expences,  for  appropriating 
to  himself  several  parcels  of  y^  Crown  inheritance,  for  subverting 
the  Govern*  &  seeking  to  set  up  a  standing  army,  hindering  its 
disbanding,  &:  tampering  with  Embassadors,  Hee  made  his  defence 
in  the  house  of  Peers. 

Dec"  24.  This  morn  dy'd  Mr.  Morgan  of  Whit''  suddenly,  a 
good  ISIan,  but  of  a  melancholy  spi'.  2  or  3  yeares  since  hee  com- 
l)layn'd  to  mee  of  a  bad  smell  hee  had  about  him  &  which  hee 
could  by  no  means  get  rid  of  I  imputed  it  to  his  fancy,  but  doe 
now  begin  to  think  that  there  might  be  something  more  in  it,, 
since  I  underst'  such  sudden  deaths  are  often  the  effects  of  damps 
arising  within  y^  body,  like  those  which  arise  in  pits  in  the  Earth;, 
ujwn  which  follows  suffocation. 

Dec.  28.  This  day  I  heard  of  the  deatli  of  my  good  friend 
Mrs.  Elenor  Horsey  of  lonston  in  Pemb''  who  dy'd  of  cancer  in 
the  breast  about  a  month  since.  ]\Ir.  Arthur  Owen,  Memb.  of 
Pari'  who  had  sojourned  with  her  many  years  dy'd  in  her  house,. 

*  Philip  Hemy  .said  that  "  the  country  was  swarming  with  Jesuits,"' and 
so,  in  naming  Coleman,  Oatcs  seems  to  have  made  a  lucky  hit. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  2/7 

iibout  a  month  before  her.  Shee  left  only  one  daughter  EU/"' 
marry'd  to  ]Mr.  Owen,  nephew  to  the  said  jMr.  Arthur  Owen. 

I  doe  not  conform  to  the  liturgy  &c.  as  a  ]\Iin'  to  read  it  that  1 
■may  bear  my  testimony  ag*'  Prelacy. 

I  doe  conform  to  y"-'  liturgy  as  a  private  person  to  hear  it  in 
public  Assembly  that  I  may  bear  my  Testimony  ag*'  Independency. 
— looking  upon  both  of  them  as  by  paths,  the  one  on  the  left  hand, 
the  other  on  the  right,  and  tlic  truth  *  between  them. 

I  hear  that  D''  Stern  Archb:  of  York,  hath  founded  15  Scholar- 
ships in  Jesus  Coll.  Camb"".  is"*  a  peice  p  ann.  for  Ministers'  Sons 
whose  fiithers  are  dead. 

Three  things  I  doe  not  like  in  the  Independent  way. 

1.  That  they  unchurch  the  nation. 

2.  That  they  pluck  up  the  hedge  of  Parish  order. 

3.  That  they  throw  the  Ministry  common  i\:  allow  persons  to 
preach  who  are  unordayned. 

In  2  things  they  are  to  be  commended — i.  That  they  keep  u^) 
discipline  among  them. 

2.  that  they  love,  &  correspond  with  one  another. 

If  I  were  an  Independent,  I  must  be  an  Anabaptist,  for  if 
Baptism  bee  the  door  into  the  Christian-church  cS:  I  am  no  church - 
Member  till  I  embody  in  that  way,  tlien  I  must  come  in  by  that 
■door. 

Scpf"  10.     I  rece''  from  Mr.  Bury  12  of  his  books  viz, 
6.  of  occasl.  meditations 
6  ags'  Drunkenness, 
for  which  I  sent  him  20""  Oct""  12. 

[Dormant  window  to  the  entry-chamber  May  20.] 

The  diary  for  1679  belongs  to  Thomas  Lawrence,  Esq., 
of  Birmingham,  to  whom  I  am  indebted  for  the  loan  of  it. 

i679. 

!Mr.  Baxter  sayes,  the  Parish  of  S'  Martins  in  which  hee  preacht 
<:^:  S'  Giles  in  which  hee  liv'd.  A.    1676.   are  supposed  to  have 

*  To  the  inquiry  of  a  papist,  "  ^Vhere  was  your  Church  before  the 
Reformation?"  an  Episcopalian  wittily  replied  by  another,  "  Where  was  your 
face  to-day  before  you  washed  it?"  l>ut  if  "  the  truth  "  lies  between  Epi>- 
copacy  and  Independency,  it  had  no  dwelling-place  amongst  men  until  tlie 
sixteenth  century. 


2/8  Fin  LIP  IIEXRY. 

loooooo.  soLiles  or  near,  of  whicli  it  is  supposed  that  not  above 
6000.  can  heare  in  the  Parish  churches  at  the  most — In  his  Reply 
to  Danvers.     an  o.  I  suppose  too  much/.  55. 

At  Drayton  this  summer  a  swarm  of  Bees  knit  upon  a  horse 
back  in  the  Pinfold  &  stung  him  to  Death.  Hee  that  impounded 
the  Horse  is  like  to  pay  the  price  of  him,  because  hee  put  a  bridle 
in  his  head  &  rode  him  thither  from  y*"  ground  in  which  hee  took 
liim,  which  it  seemes  hee  ought  not  to  have  done. 

January.  The  beginning  of  this  year  was  rough  and  un- 
pleasant, as  to  publique  Affayres ;  The  Parliam'  suddenly  pro- 
rogu'd  till.  Feb.  4.  in  the  midst  of  their  pursuits,  touching  y*  late 
I'lot,  the  impeachm*  of  y*"  Treasurer,  y"  E.  of  Danby.*  Twas  sayd 
\"  K.  had  pleased  three,  the  1).  of  York,  the  Dutchess  of  Ports- 
mouth, &  y"  Papists  &  displeas'd  tliree,  England,  .Scotl.  &  Irel. 
by  doing  this. 

Deborah  Brookfield  went  from  us  after  two  yeares  continuance 
with  us,  I  wish  I  could  say,  proportionably  better ;  Sarah  Probart 
came  again  to  live  with  us  in  her  stead,  lord,  let  her  soul  live  in 
thy  sight ! 

9.  I  had  a  great  deal  of  mercy  in  my  preservation  within 
sight  of  home  upon  y"  little  green,  my  mare  threw  mee  &  w"  I  was 
down,  in  getting  up  trode  upon  mee  witli  3  of  her  feet,  one  on 
}°  smal  of  my  back,  another  on  my  right  arm,  y*"  third  upon  m}- 
head,  from  each  of  which  I  felt  payn  for  several  dayes  but 
nothing  to  w*  might  have  been,  blessed  bee  (iod  I  All  my  bones 
shal  say,  lord,  who  is  like  unto  Y''- 

*  IMacaulay  (chap,  ii.)  say.-,  "  Tlic  French  court,  whicli  knew  Danby  to  be 
its  mortal  enemy,  artfully  contrived  to  ruin  him  by  making  him  pass  for  its 
friend  :  .  .  .  proofs  laid  before  the  House  of  Commons  that  the  Treasurer 
had  been  concerned  in  an  application  made  by  the  court  of  Whitehall  to  the 
court  of  Versailles  for  a  sum  of  money  j)roduced  their  natural  effects.  In 
their  view  he  was  the  broker  who  had  sold  England  to  France. ""  What  we 
now  know,  that  Charles  and  James  were  mere  pensioners  of  the  French  king, 
was  scarcely  suspected  at  that  time.  Macaulay  continues  :  ".  .  .  to  such  a 
temper  had  eighteen  years  of  misgovernment  brought  the  most  loyal  Parlia- 
ment that  had  ever  met  in  England.  It  was  thought  that  a  dissolution  would 
[Hit  a  stop  to  the  prosecution  of  the  Lord  Treasurer.  Accordingly,  in  January, 
1679,  the  Parliament,  which  had  been  in  existence  ever  since  the  beginning 
of  the  year  1661,  was  dissolved,  and  writs  issued  for  a  general  election." 
"In  1684  Danby  had  been  five  years  in  the  Tower,  and  had  moved  often 
for  lieing  let  out  upon  bail.  At  last  Jeffreys  bailed  him  :  and  upon  the  same 
grounds  all  the  Popish  lords  were  also  bailed  "'  (Burnet,  i.  591,  f(jl.). 


PHILIP  HENRY.  2/9 

March.  6,  new  Pari'  mett,  chose  their  speaker.  Mr.  Seymor, 
not  approv'd  of  by  y"  K.  which  caused  a  stumble  at  the  Threshold. 

17.  I  set  strait  w"'  .Mr.  Hanmcr  of  Fenns  having  payd  8""  15'  o. 
for  him  to  Cosin  Darrack  in  July  left  for  clover-seed,  the  last  3 
stages  of  Rent  for  Iscoyd  Tenem'  &  Mas  Newtons,  with  Rent  hens 
&  Average,  being  2'"  14  S**  a  stage,  was  stopt,  &  11''  remayning, 
which  hee  then  payd  mee. 

May.  In  this  month  at  Mr.  Wil  Figes  of  Ash  a  draw  wel 
being  in  the  sinking,  one  of  y''  workmen  was  below  fetching  up 
near  y*  last  basket  of  earth,  in  order  to  laying  the  stone,  w"  on  y'- 
sudden  y*  wind  blew  down  an  Apple-tree,  growing  not  far  off,  & 
together  with  it  a  great  quantity  of  earth  into  the  Pit.  It  so  pleas'd 
God  y'  the  man  standing  up  close  in  one  corner  of  y^  pit  was  sav'd 
under  one  of  the  plankes  which  lay  a-cross.  Two  of  Mr.  Morhals 
children  being  hard  by  saw  y*  fall  but  receiv'd  no  hurt.  They 
assurd,  the  man  was  underneath,  whereupon  they  fell  to  dig,  not 
imagining  in  y*  least  that  the  man  could  bee  alive,  twas  6  or  7 
houres  ere  they  could  come  at  him  to  get  him  out,  &  a  great  p'  of 
that  time  ere  they  could  hear  his  voice  shouting  or  hee  their's,  hee 
stood  up  near  to  y'  middle  in  the  earth,  &  yet  receiv'd  no  hurt, 
only  complayn'd  a  little  of  one  foot.  This  is  truth,  I  saw  y''  man 
afterw.  &:  spake  with  him.  lord,  how  wonderful  are  thy  workes,  let 
)"  man,  y^  family  never,  never,  never  forget  it ! 
Jime.     barb""  q""  s^ 

July.  17.  At  the  sessions  in  y'=  old  Bailey  Sir  George  Wake- 
man,  Marshal,  Corker,  and  one  Jesuite  more  acquitted,  the 
evidence  not  being  sufficient,  as  the  Judge  declar'd. 

19.  21.  About  this  time  were  executed  two  Priests,  condemn'd 
the  last  Assize  by  S'  Job  Charlton,  the  one  at  Denbigh,  the  other 
at  Chester, — they  were  hang'd,  drawn,  &  quarter'd— as  ^vere  also 
several  others  in  other  Countyes. 

22.  a  child  of  George  Pugh  of  Willingt.  9.  y.  old,  his  only  son. 
fell  off  y^  cop  of  y''  cart,  near  Odford,  his  father  driving  the  cart,  & 
was  kild,  yet  tis  sayd  no  appearance  that  the  wheel  had  gone  over 
him. 

September,     barb  q""  5'. 

October.  Owen  Brown  was  accepted  to  serve  for  mee  as  high- 
Constable  of  Maylors  for  y''  ensuing  year,  Mr.  Hanm''  of  Fenns 


2 So  PHILIP  HENRY. 

gave  him  y"  oath  which  was  to  doe  y^  office  of  liigh-Const.  to  the 
best  of  his  Knowl.  &  skil  accord,  to  law ;  I  undertaking  to  bee 
responsible  for  all  moneyes  foiling  under  his  charge.  Next  to  not 
having  been  putt  on,  I  was  glad  to  bee  thus  taken  off. 

November  2.  dy'd  the  good  lady  Wilbraham  of  Woodhey  in  a 
good  old  age.  No  sickness  but  a  payn  in  one  heel,  for  6  dayes, 
which  after  her  death  was  found  black — bury'd  Nov.  13.  ISIr. 
Edgeley  preacht.  T.  2  Cor.  13.  1 1.  which  was  as  is  reported  one  of 
three  Texts  shee  desir'd. 

Nov.  29,  1678.     'J'homas  Lewis'  Will  of  Bronington. 

It/  I  give  the  summ  of  five  pounds  tow.  y''  mayntenance  of 
some  poor  scholars  in  Hanmer  School  w*^*"  sayd  summ  I  would 
have  payd  into  the  hands  of  y''  Feoffees  of  y®  said  school  at  or 
before  lady  day  next  to  bee  for  the  sayd  use  for  ever. 

It/  I  give  y"  summ  of  five  pounds  for  y**  poor  of  Hanmer  .pish, 
which  sayd  summ  is  to  bee  putt  into  the  hands  of  Mr.  luke  lloyd  •■■ 
of  y^  Bryn  &  the  other  Feoffees  at  or  before  May  next  to  bee  for 
the  sayd  use  for  ever. 

Memd.  Thom.  lewis,  Jun.  scald  a  Bond,  dated  Apr.  i.  79  to 
y*"  school  Feoffees  for  5"'  for  six  months. 

Also  another,  dated  Apr.  30.  to  y''  poor  Feoffees  for  other  5"' 
t'or  six  months,  deliverd  by  mee  to  Mr.  luke  lloyd  sen. 

the  former  is  in  y"  Box  w"'  School  writings. 

1680. 

Jan.  I.  At  Ash — at  Cos.  Benyon's,  ego  et  omnes  mei  mecum, 
in  peace  (S:  safety,  blessed  bee  God. 

?  if  a  woman,  who  broke  a  piece  of  silver  wn'th  a  yong  man 
(5c  sayd  shee  meant  to  marry  him,  their  Friends  being  agreed  & 
writings  seal'd,  upon  motion  made  by  another,  may  refuse  y*' 
former  without  his  consent.  A.  I  suppose  not,  but  were  I  as  hee 
I  should  release  her.  I  read  Mr.  Dangerfeild's,  alias  Day's, 
alias  Willowby's  account  of  y''  late  Plot  t  of  a  design  by  Presby- 

*  Mr.  Luke  Lloyd,  of  llie  ISryn  in  llanmer,  represented  one  of  the  six 
families  of  that  name  in  English  Maelor,  of  which  four  were  in  Hanmer  parish, 
and  were  descended  from  Tudor  Trevor.  He  had  fought  on  the  side  of  the 
J\arliament. 

t  Burnet  (i.  475-6,  fol.)  writes:  "  Dangcrfield,  a  false  coiner,  undertook  now 
to  coin  a  plot  for  the  ends  of  the  ]>apists  ...  he  was  carried  to  the  Countess 


Tin  LIP  HENRY.  28 1 

terians  &  others  to  raise  forces  to  change  the  Governm^  wherby 
had  it  succeeded  many  innocent  Persons  had  been  undone,  but 
God  prevented — That  niglit  to  Whitch.  to  Cosin  Madocks,  the 
house  where  my  son  John  dy'd,  at  which  time,  I  remember 
Avell,  Mathew  «Sc  Sarah  being  sick  also,  that  Script,  lam.  3.  i. 
was  in  my  heart  and  mouth,  I  am  the  man  that  hath  seen  Afflic. 
by  y"  rod  of  his  wrath,  c\:  this  night  that  chapt.  fell  in  course 
to  bee  read  (S:  expounded  in  the  family — I  read  Mr.  Mansfeilds  * 
account  of  y"  sayd  Plot — the  person  in  whose  chamber  divers 
dangerous  Papers  had  been  put  by  the  above-mentioned  Willoughby 
■ — lady  Powis  a  principal  Agent  in  it  was  comitted  by  y"  Council 
to  y"  Tower  &  several  others  to  other  Prisons — I  heard  of  y'^  Death 
of  Hobs  y*  Atheist,  formerly  y"  Kings  Tutor  in  Mathematiques — 
by  the  recommendation  of  y"  university  of  Oxf  The  Author  of 
y*"  leviathan,  t  a  poysonous  book,  esp.  among  y"  Gentry. 

Children  return'd  home,  all  well,  to  God  bee  glory,  they  begin 
more  now  then  ever  yet  to  bee  the  bearers  of  our  cares  &  feares, 
the  lord  preserve  them  without  spot  &  blameless. 

5.  ';>.  Mic.  2.  10.  Arise,  dept,  this  is  not  your  Rest — no  rest 
for  a  soul,  no  where,  in  no  thing  under  y''  Sun,  theref  get  loose,  my 
soul,  from  these  th.  &  sitt  loose  to  them,  t\:  long  for  that  Rest  that 
remaynes. 

7.  sett  in  y"  Kitchin  garden  13.  wall  trees,  viz..,  i.  by  the  stable 
a  w^hiten  warden.  2,  a  French  warden.  3.  a  pound  payr.  (4.  a 
Boreatt.  p'')  5.  a  Mons""  John  payr.  6.  a  mids.  Burgamy.  7.  a 
winter  Burgamy.  (8.  three  pears  from  chest''  last  year)  9.  an  Apre- 
cock.  (besides  vines).  10.  three  cherryes — i.  Heart.  2.  May, 
3.  Amber  cher.  11.  three  plums,  r.  plum  morden.  2.  Qu.  Moth^ 
3.  j\Ialg.  the  thirteen  cost.  10'  from  Wil.  Broom  of  y^  Wych. 
whether  I  may  live  to  eat  the  Fruit  of  any  of  these  God  knowes  ! 

■of  Powis,  a  zealous,  managing  ])apisl,  and  after  he  had  laid  matters  with  her, 
was  carried  first  to  the  didce  and  then  to  the  king.  He  made  up  a  bundle  of 
seditious  but  ill -contrived  letters,  and  laid  them  in  a  dark  corner  of  his  room, 
and  some  searchers  were  sent  from  the  custom-house  to  look  for  forbidden 
goods.  There  were  no  goods  there,  but  they  found  the  letters ;  and  when,  upon 
inquiry,  it  appeared  they  were  counterfeited,  they  searched  into  all  Dangerfield's 
haunts,  and  in  a  meal  tub  found  a  paper  that  contained  the  scheme  of  the  whole 
fiction  :  hence  it  was  called  '  the  meal-tub  plot.'  " 

*  IJurnet  speaks  of  him  as  Colonel  Mansel. 

t  In  1653,  February  i,  Evelyn  writes  :  "  Old  Alex.  Rosse  (author  of  '  Vir- 
gilius  Evangelizans  '  and  many  other  little  bookes)  presented  me  with  his  book 
against  Mr.  Hobbs'  'Leviathan.'" 


283  PHILIP  HENRY. 

9.  sett  in  y*"  Hall-garden,  along  y^  North-hedge,  three  black 
cherry  trees  &  one  in  y*^  Pigeon  }-ard- — cost,  i'  6''. 

I  o.  Fallen  two  Oak  trees  in  the  Turf-house-croft  near  y^  lane 
growing  out  of  y*  hedge,  intended  for  the  fire,  but  prov'd  good 
Timber  for  use — (How  many  that  promise  little  &  wee  think  are 
for  Hell  yet  wil  prove  for  Heaven — et  contra — )  ditch  bank  puld 
down  &  sett  with  Hathernes.     6  Hundred  cost  2'. 

I  r.  $.  Gal.  5,  6.  Faith  working  by  love  is  a  main  matter  in' 
Christianity,  lord,  increase  my  Faith,  no  good  v.il  bee  done  with- 
out it. 

12.  Children  at  Book  again,  under  Mr.  Sam.  lewis,  viz.  Tho. 
Hunt,  Jolm  Thomas,  Wil.  Ridgway,*  let  their  profiting  appear — I 
visited  Mrs.  11.  of  Wil.  Cr.  ill  y'^  last  week,  but  now  better,  bewayling 
y''  change  in  resp.  to  meanes,  having  liv'd  formerly  in  Chester,  I 
endeavour'd  to  satisfy  her,  that  her  Duty  is  to  bee  content  &  the 
less  good  shee  is  in  a  capacity  of  receiving  the  more  good  .shee 
should  doe,  which  is  y"  more  blessed  of  y"  two. 

14.  a  Horse  of  John  Vaughan's  of  y*"  little  Green  kild  by  y"^ 
Fall  of  a  Bough  out  of  a  Tree  in  y*"  wind,  standing  imder  it  to 
shelter  him. 

18.  There  is  now  a  quarter  past  since  the  meeting  at  linea 
for  which  Mr.  Kinaston  threatened  prosecution,  the  act  sayes  the 
Offender  must  be  prosecuted  within  3.  months.  A  warrant  sign'd 
at  quarter  sess:  by  5.  Justices  to  levy  ^15.  for  repayr  of  high- 
wayes  near  Rudland  was  sent  hither  directed  to  mee  (not  knowing 
that  Owen  Brown  serves  High-Const,  for  mee)  the  neighb.  Justices 
forbid  obedience  to  it. 

1 7.  Five  Garrisons  order'd  to  be  disn^antl'd,  whereof  Chester 
one.  ^60000  p  Ann.  it  cost  y'^  King  for  divers  yeares  upon  y^  Corn 
Act.  (w*  gives  2'  ,p  meas.  for  each  meas.  of  wheat  transported 
w"  Corn  is  under  6'  p.  meas.  in  y''  Market).  Hee  receiv'd 
7^150000  ,p  Ann.  from  y"  Custom  of  French  Commodityes  im- 
ported.    Tlie  Excise  brought  in  in  y''  E.  of  Danbys  Treasure-ship, 

*  They  seem  to  have  been  brought  up  under  PhiHp  Henry's  care,  and  for 
tlie  benefit  of  his  example,  much  in  the  same  way  as  at  the  beginning  of  the 
century  young  men  were  sent  to  the  great  houses,  with  a  view  to  ])refenncnt. 
In  Cough's  "  History  of  JNIyddle,"  p.  46,  we  read,  "  Robert  Corbett  of  Stan- 
wardine.  Salop,  was  a  Justice  of  the  Peace,  and  a  Master  in  Chancery. 
Under  him  I  had  my  education  for  many  yeares,  and  served  him  as  his  clarke."' 


1 8. 


PHILIP  IIEXRY.  283 

^^600,000  p.  Ann.  Hearth-money.  ^162000.  ,p.  Ann.  The  Irish 
revenue.  ^242000  p.  Ann.  From  Easter.  1673.  to  March  1679.- 
there  is  accounted  for  in  y'^  Excheq""  as  appeares  by  y^  Polls  ex- 
pended. 8276767.  The  K.  hath  spent  of  late,  one  year  with 
another  for  secret  ser\-ice  by  Privy  Scales  ^80000.  ^_.  Ann.  this 
is  out  of  y*  E.  of  Danby's  case  imptially  stated. 

u    Cant.    I.   7.  S.  Joh.  13.  26.       Evil  tidings  beyond 

expectation  prevented,  6:  how  good  is  it  to  trust  in  God,  who  never 
tayles  those  that  doe  so. 

19.  last  week  a  petition  was  presented  to  y"  K,  for  y''  sitting 
of  y"  Parlm'  with  60.000  hands  in  a  scrol  of  Parchm'  300  foot  long 
by  S'  Gilb.  Gerard,  Mr.  Charlton,'&  Mr.  Ashurst,  &  6.  more — E.  of 
Shaftsb.,  E.  of  Huntington,  lord  Howard,  lord  Grey,  (S:c.  subscribers 
The  K.,  as  is  sayd,  told  S''  Gilb.  hce  thought  hee  had  been  a  more 
prudent  p. son  then  to  appear  in  y''  head  of  such  a  Faction,  who 
answerd  hee  had  an  Engl,  spit  &  a  loyal  heart  &  what  hee  did  hee 
did  with  that— &c.    the  K.  granted  not  their  request  then. 

20.  Purse  low,  supply'd  by  a  seasonable  income,  though  due 
some  time  since,  yet  cannot  but  obs.  y"  divine  Providence,  which 
is  good  &  doth  Good. 

21.  Sister  Ellis  ill,  her  husb.  unkind,  which  addes  affliction 
to  y**  afflicted.  <^Wh:  Exod.  4.  Rom.  8.  17.  if  children  then  heires. 

22.  Mrs.  Welsh  &  Mrs.  Esth.  Taylor  with  us.  y'^  former  near 
80.  came  on  foot  from  Wrexh.  &  returnd  on  foot  againe,*  her  soul 
also  in  good  plight,  to  God  bee  Glory  !  The  later  y^  only  child  of 
many  undisposed  of  but  y*  lord  takes  uj). 

23.  Strange  weather  for  this  time  of  )ear  warm  and  dr)-,  liker 
Apr.  than  January. 

28.  David  Estwick  bury'd  this  day  at  Whitch.  aged  85.  y. 
Oats  &  Bedlow  impeach  S''  W.  Scrog.  at  which  no  qu.  y*  Papists 
are  glad,  more  Priests  condcmn'd  in  y''  old  Baily,  Marshal,  Corker. 
iVx.  but  not  executed. 

29.  an  oak,  a  day,  &  a  man  arc  unknown  what  they  are  till 
they  are  try'd.     AVelsh  Proverb. 

30.  yearly  remembr.  of  K.  death,  concer.  which  my  opinion 
is,  with  all  due  reverence  to  j'^  law  makers,  y'  y'"'  is  no  warrant  or 

*  Nearly  fourteen  miles. 


284  nil  LIP  HENRY. 

president  for  such  an  observation  in  y®  word  of  God,  there  is  of 
Thankgiving  dayes  for  mercyes  receiv'd  as  those  of  Purim,  but 
not  of  HumiHation  dayes  for  sin  committed,  esp.  not  after  y' 
Judgm'  caus'd  by  that  sin  is  at  an  end— Z?^//.  8.  19.  Heb.  10. 
2.  3.  I  saw  y^  blow  given  but  abhor  the  Fact  upon  every  rememhr. 
yet  like  not  y"  annual  commemoration  of  it,  though  ^haps  many 
good  men  doe.     Rom.  14.  6. 

Feb.  I.  No  praying  to  Acceptation  without  Faith,  believing 
that  God  is  &  y'  hee  is  y''  rewarder  of  those  that  diligently  seek 
him. 

2.  I  read  INIr.  Math:  Ward's  Simi)le  Cobler,  wherein  are  many 
th.  exceeding  savory,  thougli  in  an  uncouth  strayn — partic.  this, 
that  the  worst  condicoh  an  Hypocrite  can  bee  in  in  this  world  is 
to  bee  a  Church-member  under  ]:)ure  Ordinances  with  an  impure 
lieart — ^:c. 

4.  invited  with  my  -wife  to  Willingt[on].  ]Mr.  Dymock  lately 
marry'd  to  Mrs.  Sarah  Houghton,  daughter  to  lady  Houghton  of 
lancash.  the  lord  make  her  a  blessing  to  y"  Family  &  a  wise 
repayrer  of  all  the  Breaches  of  it. 

5.  wee  enter'd  upon  y"  wood-ground  cal'd  Key-Shon-Morris 
much  overgi-own  with  wett  &  shadow,  which  to  rectify  wil  bee 
chargeable  but  tis  our  own,  the  lord  Bless  ? 

11.  At  the  same  time  I  receiv'd  a  letter  from  sister  Sarah, 
Avherein  she  wrote  mee  word  of  the  Death  of  my  dear  sister  Ellis, 
who  finisht  her  course  on  Friday.  Feb.  6.  in  Holborn,  to  bee  bury'd 
on  the  Sabb.  following  at  St.  Andrew's  Church— Shee  wrote  that 
Air.  Baxter  pray'd  with  her,  that  day — Her  husb.  has  been  very 
unkind  not  to  her  only  but  to  us  all,  w"''  Shee  forgave  him  &  so 
doe  I,  the  lord  forgive  him  !  Of  all  my  dear  Sisters  I  had  for  many 
yeares  the  most  constant  ^r  sweet  correspondence  with  her,  till  of 
late  yeares,  y'  hee  forbad  her,  either  to  send  letter  to  mee  or  to 
receive  letter  from  mee.  The  evil  tidings  hereof  mett  mee  in 
y'' close  of  a  solemn  fosting  day— /<^/'.  13.  26.  after  a  discourse 
suteable. 

12.  Yorkist  &  Anti-yorkist  like  to  bee  y^  Termes  of  con- 
troversy amongst  us,  lord  secure  the  Interest  that  is  thine  own. 

16.  Mary  Moody  serv.  to  Margt.  Adams  formerly  admitted  to 
communion  with    us,  joyn'd    4   times,  now  fallen  oif  &  turned 


PHILIP  IIEXRY.  285 

quaker  ;  Shee  &:  her  fellow  serv'  of  that  way  came  to  mec,  in  dis- 
course with  y'"  I  found  fault  with  their  casting  of  y'  lords  supp.  hee 
sayd,  twas  to  last  but  til  X.  came  in  the  spirit,  whereas  his  coming 
in  y°  spirit  was  long  before  that,  to  w*  hee  had  noth.  to  reply.  I 
chargd  her  with  breach  of  promise  at  her  admission  w*  was,  if 
she  saw  ought  amiss  to  tell,  shee  sayd,  shee  found  no  good  by  y'' 
Ordin.  &  theref.  left  it :  if  I  reason'd  with  more  earnestncs  then 
was  meet 

Feb.  21.  Cos.  Wil.  Ridgway  had  this  week  3.  fits  of  y"=  Ague,  to- 
day hee  mist,  blessed  bee  God.  This  week  my  Neighb''  Ralph 
Nixon  had  three  sheep  worry'd  to  death  in  one  night  in  Kay  Shon 
Morris  &  Mr.  W"  Eddow  one  &  twenty  in  one  night  in  Tybr. 

27.  I  began  of  y^  Ague,  lord  fit  mee  for  what  is  before  mee, 
health  not  priz'd,  not  improv'd  brings  sicknes. 

29.  A  sick  Sabb.  yet  not  a  silent  Sabb.  the  lord  was  pleas'd 
to  give  strength  in  y"  midst  of  weakness — I  quakt  of  y*^  Ague  from 
8.  to  II.  yet  preached,  neither  eat  nor  drank  bet^v.,  y"  afternoon 
better,  6  that  I  might  see  of  the  Travel  of  my  soul,  y™  should  I 
bee  satisfy'd. 

Mar.  I,  I  had  a  very  ill  fitt  of  y**  Ague,  but  y^  lord  was  pleas'd 
in  the  midst  of  ^^Tath  to  remember  mercy — tis  now-  about  10  y.  dc 
die  in  diem  since  I  last  began  of  y''  Ague,  a  long  day  of  Reprieve. 

6.  little  more  than  bare  remembrance  of  the  distemper,  lord, 
if  health  &:  strength  bee  returning  let  it  bee  in  mercy,  &  if  I  must 
out  of  y*  furnace,  let  all  y*  dross  bee  left  behind. 

9.  extraordinary  blustring  windy  weather  for  many  dayes, 
|)haps  a  mercy  to  sweep  &  cleanse  the  air  instead  of  Frosts. 

II.  Hstlesness  to  that  which  is  good;  the  old  grief,  lord,  when 
shal  it  bee  otherwise. 

14.  Faith  the  best  shield  for  quenching  the  fiery  darts  of 
Satan's  Temptations: 

15.  Report  of  reconciliation  betw.  the  two  Dukes,  \'ork  & 
Monmouth,  lord  reconcile  them  both  unto  thysf.  &  to  thy  People. 

19.  dy'd  cosin  John  Beddow  of  Tybr.  of  a  Hngring  distemper, 
the  last  of  his  Father's  children.  I  heard  of  y*  death  of  y*  worthy 
Mr.  Hugh  Rogers  formerly  min'  of  Newtown  in  Montg.  a  worthy 
faithful  min'  of  J.  X'  bury"d  at  Welshpool  on  Wednesd.  last. 
Ps.  12.  I. 


286  PHILIP  HENRY. 

a  lecture  in  london  at  5.  cl.  sabb,  even,  carry'd  on  by  a  com- 
binacon  of  young  men, — Probacc)ner.s  for  y"  Min'-''. 

Mr.  Baxter  preaches  every  4"'  Thursday,  esp.  to  yong  people. 
If  God  will  bless  endeavours  to  rayse  up  good  yong  Min""^  &  good 
yong  people,  there  will  bee  hopes  for  y'^  next  generacon,  whatever 
becomes  of  this. 

23.  at  buryal  of  Cos.  John  Eeddow  at  Hanmer  hee  forbad  the 
^Min""  Mr.  Hilton  (his  Execu''  to  bury  him  only)  to  say  any  th.  of 
him,  left  his  goods  &  cattle  to  his  servant  Benj.  "\^enables,  ;/^ioo  to 
Hanm''  poor  &c.  nt  fertur.  John  Brookf.  told  mee  hee  appointed 
y*'  candle  should  not  goe  out  in  y''  chamber  where  hee  lay,  till  hee 
was  carryd  out. 

24.  at  W — h — Cant.  ].  7.  8.  tis  good  to  draw  near  to  God. 
Fs.  73.  1.  tS:  that  in  X"-"'  connnunion  as  wee  have  opportunity. 

26.  dy'd  Mrs.  Hanmer  uf  Fenns,  after  few  dayes  sickness,  in 
her  best  state,     lord,  what  is  man. 

27.  John  Smith  upon  Iiis  Death  bed  repented  that  hee  had 
taken  so  much  Tobacco. 

31.  ;\Irs.  Hanmer  buryVl  at  Hanmer,  ]\Ir.  Bridge  preacht. 
Ezek.  24.  16. 

Apr.  2.  Mr.  Hunt  iS:  his  lady  return'd  from  london  whither 
they  went  in  y''  beginning  of  Febr. — Many  at  work  at  Tybr.  ^.v 
lytio  negotium.  tis  so  with  the  soul,  neglects  bring  decayes,  much 
adoe  to  keep  the  heart  in  anything  like  good  repayr,  lord  keep 
mine  for  mee,  above  all  Keepings. 

10.  Tomy  Hunt  went  home,  not  well,  having  had  3  or  4  fits 
of  the  Ague  ;  at  home  hee  had  no  more — An  exceeding  forward 
spring,  after  an  exceeding  favourable  winter,  two  great  mercyes, 
considering  the  scarcity  of  Fodder,  how  oft  doth  y"  lord  prevent  us 
with  the  blessings,  of  his  goodness. 

Col.  Robinsons  sister  a  mayden,  who  was  at  the  buryal  of  Mrs. 
Hanmer.  Mar.  31.  dy'd  about  a  fortnight  after,  in  her  best  state,  & 
a  sister  of  her's  a  widow  in  Southwalea  dy'd  the  very  same  day 
with  her  &  was  bury'd  there,  as  it  hapned,  the  very  same  day,  «S: 
the  messengers  that  went  from  each  to  each  of  the  surviving 
Relations  with  tidings  ii:  mourning  mett  in  the  mid-way — This 
]Mr.  lloyd  of  Bryn  told  mee,  of  a  truth,  a  Providence  not  ordinarily 
hnpning. 


rinup  iiEXRY.  287 

A  Fox  taken  in  P^enns  Park,  with  yong  ones,  6.  weekes  old. 
The  old  one  lying  dead,  One  of  y''  yong  ones  playing  by  they 
put  his  mouth  to  one  of  y*"  Teats  of  his  dead  dam,  whereupon 
immediately  hee  fell  a  cjuaking,  stagger'd  a  while,  &  dy'd. 

}vlal  Yates  this  month  ill,  after  being  here ;  I  know  not  that  I 
have  been  of  late  so  earnest  with  the  lord  for  any  temporal  mercy, 
as  for  her  life,  and  the  lord  was  pleas'd  to  hear  Prayer,  6:  w'  shal 
I  render !  I  wil  love  y*"  lord  bee.  hee  hath  heard  y''  voice  of  my 
supplic. 

19.  John  Thomas  went  home  not  well  of  y"  Ague.  I  wrote 
to  his  Father,  that  whereas  at  several  times  there  had  been  dis- 
bursd  for  his  use  about  47'  if  hee  pleasd  I  should  bee  glad  if  hee 
would  bestow  it  on  a  steel-malt-mill  for  mee. 

22.  Plint-quarter-sess.  Owen  Brown  Avent  as  high  Constable, 
I  lent  him  a  horse  &  offred  him  money,  hee  sayd,  I  should  have 
account  of  all  his  expences  together  at  the  end  of  the  year. 

A\"ill.  Ridgway  return'd  after  two  or  three  weekes  absence, 
taking  Physique. 

Parliam'  chosen  in  Octob.  last,  never  rnett  to  sitt  }et,  being 
adjourn'd  &  prorogu'd  from  time  to  time. 

24.  Tho.  Moor  came  to  live  at  I'ybr.  it  hath  cost  mee  much 
to  new  sill  &  thatch  &  dawb  &  glase  the  house  &  to  make  a  back 
Jiouse  &  Oven,  but  if  God  bee  with  him  there,  I  shal  rejoyce;  6: 
y'  every  house  in  y"  Neighborhood,  esp.  the  few  that  are  mine 
were,  as  that  is,  a  house  of  pray". 

Apr.  26.  This  day  wee  have  been  marry'd  twenty  yeares,  in 
vshich  time  wee  have  receivd  more  than  twenty  thousand  mercyes, 
to  God  bee  Glory. 

Reports  of  one  Justice  Arnold  of  Monmsh.  assaulted  A])ril.  15. 
in  Chancery  lane  &  dangerously  wounded,  bid  by  those  y'  did  it, 
to  remember  Father  lewis,  a  jjriest  hang'd  there  last  Summ''. 

30.  W"  Lawrence  of  Wem  brought  y'^  ^5.  w*  I  lent  him  3.  y. 
since,  whereof  I  took  the  one  half  ^S:  lent  him  the  other  for  another 
year. 

May  2.  Supply  expected  at  chapel  fayled,  Act.  17.  30.  bee. 
there  is  to  bee  a  day  of  Judgm'  theref  all  men  every  where  should 
repent. 

3.     If  my  son  John  had  liv'd  to  this  day,  hee  had  been  1  7.  y. 


288  r HI  LIP  HENRY. 

of  age,  but  Ciod  prevented  yet  I  desire  to  bee  thankful  tliat  I  had 

such  a  son. 

4.  unresolvedness  in  choyce  of  subj.  to  Pr.  on,  Iiath  been 
long  &  still  is  my  great  fault  much  to  bee  bewayled. 

5.  Should  have  mett  at  D.  but  rather  then  pro\'oke  authority 
was  defer'd.  There  is  a  mean,  if  wee  could  ahvaycs  hitt  it,  betw. 
fool-hardiness  «Sc  fliint-heartedness.     Hee  that  flyes  may  fight  again. 

A  son  &  daughter  of  my  old  good  Friend  Capt.  Clcrard  Barber 
of  Wrcxha.  were  at  Mr.  AMiitch.,  hopeful,  wherein  I  greatly  rejoyce  ; 
pit}^,  grace  should  not  run  in  the  bloud  always,  but  Clod  is  a  free 
agent  &  tis  his  own. 

26.  Thomas  Moor,  for  what  reasons  I  doe  not  Avell  know, 
left  the  Tenem'  at  T)br.,  having  stay'd  there  little  above  a  month  ;. 
seeing  him  sett  upon  it,  I  consented  to  it,  hoping,  it  may  not  tend 
much  to  my  prejudice,  though  if  I  could  have  foreseen  it,  I  think, 
I  should  not  have  been  at  so  much  charge  about  it.  I  have  y^  Testi- 
mony of  my  Conscience,  y'  y*"  th.  I  did  rejoyce  in  was  that  it  was 
likely  to  be  a  house  of  Prayer,  and  what  it  may  bee  now,  I  know 
not.  I  see,  the  best  of  men  are  but  men,  inconstant,  mutable,  not 
knowing  their  own  minds  ;  then  cease  from  man.  Three  th.  did 
concur  which  look  like  his  reasons,  i.  his  disappointm'  of  IMarriage 
with  Mrs.  Tr.  2.  his  daughter  Mary's  unacceptableness  to  him, 
3.  his  being  not  wel.  which  I  imputed  to  the  disturbance  of  his 
mind  &  not  only  to  his  coming  into  somew*  a  green  house. 

May  30.  One  Brookes  of  Nantwych  aged  about  55,  a  sawy'', 
a  loose  i^son,  went  with  others  on  this  day  being  Sabb.  day  in  'the 
afternoon  to  Chorley  hay  to  steal  a  pole  for  a  May-pole,  having 
agreed  with  a  fiddler  to  attend  y*"  setting  of  it  up  next  day  ;  After 
hee  had  given  a  few  strokes  with  an  Axe  towards  y*"  falling  of  it,  it 
pleas'd  Ood,  hee  was  struck  down  hims^  &  d)-'d  immediately 
without  speaking  one  word  in  y*^  very  same  place.  6  tliat  all  who 
hear,  might  fear,  &  doe  no  more  so  wickedly  ! 

June  T,  I  went  with  my  wife  to  Willington  whither  Mr. 
Dymock  hath  brought  a  yong  wife,  the  daughter  of  lady  Houghton 
of  lancashire,  &  w*  her  I  hope  Religion  &  Restoration  to  his  long 
declining  house  &  family.  The  lord  in  mercy  confirm  those  hopes 
&  make  her  like  Rachel  <S:  like  Leah  which  two  did  build  the 
house  of  Israel  ^v  let  him  doe  worthily  in  his  place  &  day. 


PHILIP  IIEXRY.  289 

7.  John  Probait  dy"d,  the  most  able  iv:  sufficient  tenant  wee 
had ;  his  disease  was  long  <S:  lingring,  the  black  J^iundice,  &  I 
trust  hee  did  make  a  good  use  of  his  time  in  making  ready,  6  what 
a  poor  vayn  thing  is  this  world,  the  more  wee  gripe  &:  grasp  it  the 
sooner  it  slips  away  through  our  fingers,  lord,  lift  up  upon  us  the 
light  of  thy  Countenance.  Children  this  first  fortnight  in  June  at 
IJoreatton,  my  care  &  fear  is,  lest  converse  with  such  so  far  above 
them,  though  of  y*  best,  should  have  influence  upon  them  to  lift 
them  up,  when  I  had  rather  they  should  bee  kept  low. 

Things  now  in  doing  as  to  Publ.  Affayres  are  clearing  the 
lllegitimation  of  y"  D.  of  Monmouth,*  against  which  a  printed 
sheet  declares  by  several  circumstances  it  was  not  so,  for  in  it  the 
King  publisht  a  manifesto  wherein  hee  avowes  again  &  again  as 
before,  that  hee  was  never  marry'd  to  any  woman  but  Q.  Kath.  at 
this  the  Papists  sing  lo  Ptean,  but  God  sees.  Tangier  in  danger 
to  bee  lost.  D"'  Stillingfl.  preacht  May.  2.  before  lord  May''  to  prove 
the  present  separation  sinful  both  in  Min"  &  people. 

June.  2.  dy'd  Mr.  ^foses  Steel  after  ten  weeks  marriage,  six 
weekes  weakness,  &  ten  dayes  languishm',  in  the  beginning  of  his 
work,  in  the  beginning  of  his  dayes,  much  desired,  much  lamented 
— lord,  w'  is  man  !  Ten  pound  left  to  my  dispose  by  Wil.  Probyn  of 
Wem  his  last  wil  for  needy  min"''  whereof 

Mr.  Sam.  Taylor  had  ;£,%. 

Mr.  Josh.  Barnet  \  — ^i. 

Mr.  Fran.  Keeling — £^\. 

Mr.  Edw.  Bur}' — ^i. 

D""  George  long — ^i. 

Mr.  John  Maiden  %  — ^i. 

June  8.  9.  10.  Trayn-bands  cald  in  to  Orton  for  these  3.  dayes, 
which  cost  mee  for  my  two  soldiers  8.  shillings. 

28.  Nehemiah  the  son  of  my  worthy  friend  Mr.  Hugli  Rogers 
formerly  Min""  of  Xewtown,  who  dyed  lately  at  Welshpool,  brought 
a  paper  A\Titten  by  his  Father,  wherein  hee  requests  Mr.  Bcnyon, 

*  Mr.  M.  Bloxam,  who  has  looked  into  the  evidence/;-^  and  con,  is  inclined 
10  think  that  Lucy  Walters  was  lawfully  married  to  Charles  II.  The  direct 
ilcscendant  of  the  Duke  of  Monmouth  is  the  Duke  of  Buccleugh  and  Qucen>- 
lierrj-.     See  ArchcEologia  Cawdreusis  for  October,  1874,  Appendix. 

t  There  was  a  family  of  this  name  living  at  Tenley  Hall  in  luiglish  Maelor. 

*  Ejected  from  Newport,  Salon,  in  1662. 

U 


290  PHILIP  ■  HEXR  Y. 

Mr.  Madocks  t\:  mys^  to  take  a  catalogue  of  Bookes  left  at 
Whitch.  in  a  'J'runk  &  to  sell  them  for  the  use  of  Hugh  the  son  of 
this  Nehemiah,  an  Infant,  aged  7.  yeares ;  This  day  accordingly 
wee  view'd  &  priz'd  y''  Bookes,  which  amount  in  Y  whole  to  about 
^/'y.     sold  for  j[^(i.  2. 

29.  I  relinquished  the  executorship  of  my  good  Friend  Ann 
Davis  of  Worthenb.  though  likely  to  have  been  to  my  considerable 
advantage,  yet  bee.  out  of  my  way  &  might  have  been  a  hindrance 
in  better  th.  however  would  have  made  a  great  noise  in  y''  Countrey, 
L  freely  wav'd  it  &  shee  made  her  neice  Ann  Clark  Exc.  <S:  mee 
overseer. 

July  3.  tliis  day  &  yesterday  brought  tidings  of  y"  Death  of 
Mr.  Heanes  late  of  Salop,  Wem,  &  new  chap,  in  Westmin''  a 
worthy  conformist  &  I  believe  gone  to  Heaven,  also  Mr.  Rich. 
Edwards  late  of  Oswestree,  an  honest,  peaceable,  good  man  &  of  y" 
same  Spirit,  who  did  conform  but  with  regret,  both  of  them  myworthy 
Friends,  lord  rayse  up  others  in  their  room  to  bee  <^  doe  better. 

Also  D''  Barrow  B^  of  St  Asaph,  an  insignificant  Cypher,*  hce 
forbad  extemp.  pray''  in  all  his  Diocess,  reprov'd  D''  H.  for  using 
it  in  his  Family,  appointed  to  bee  bury'd  in  the  church  porch  bee. 
observ'd  poor  people  praying.  Box  of  clothes  sent  to  london  for 
Math.  &  Cos.  Robt.  carr.  p''  4'  whereof  Cos.  Robt.  pay'd  2'.  also 
^20.  payd  to  Georg  Payn  who  gave  a  Bill  to  receive  as  much  July. 
20.  of  Mr.  Robt.  Rowles  without  Bish.gate  at  y°  sign  of  y''  Dolphin. 

Threatnings  breathed  out  agt  our  present  libertyes  here,  but 
hee  that  hath,  doth,  &  I  trust  will  deliver. 

25.  Tho.  Hunt,  John  Thomas  &  Wil  Ridgway  went  all  home, 
for  fear  of  Infection  by  my  son  Mathew,  who  came  this  day  from 
london. 

■'  Fran.  Flan,  consurgent,  simul  Hispan.  viriljus  urgent, 
Scotus  vastabit  sed  Wallus  suppeditabit, 
Ileresis  ob  crimen  mendax  Anglus  fugitabit, 
Ob  fidei  meritum  sed  Wallicus  ipse  manebit. 

*  The  great  Talbot,  Earl  of  Shrewsbury,  wished  to  be  buried  in  the  porcli, 
sii  thai  the  Whitchurch  (.Salop)  men,  who  had  followed  him  in  so  many  battles, 
might  think  of  him  as  they  passed  over  his  grave  ;  accordingly,  his  heart  was 
laid  there.  Many  others  have  expressed  a  similar  wish.  If,  however,  it  is 
because  of  his  wish  to  be  remembered  in  their  prayers  that  Philip  Ilcnr) 
condemns  the  bishop  so  strongly,  he  should  first  produce  a  passage  from  llnly 
Scripture  forbidding  the  Church  militant  to  jiray  for  their  brethren  that  have 
crossed  the  Hood. 


Pin  LIP  HEXRY.  291 

Nee  C.aiolus  ^ragnuhi,  ncc  Carolus  qnintus, 
Sed  Carolus  Agnus,  hie  jacei  intus." 

Mr.  Pryn's  dream  of  a  Pilot  forcing  a  ship  into  a  narrow  (Jrcek 

when  there  was  a  fayre  haven  just  by,  the  ship  sunk. 

Archy  sayd,  hee  would  change  caps  with  K.  James  for  letting 

his  son  goeinto  Spain,  who  answer'd,  heehop'd  his  return,  nay  then 

sayd  hee,  He  change  caps  with  the  K.  of  Spain. 

Omnes  introeuntes  hoc  Templum  Dei,  domum  orationis,  orate 

pro  conservo  vestro  Isaaco  Barrow,*  ut  misericordiam  invcniat  in 

Die  Domini — this  is  sayd  to  have  been  y^  Epitaph  found  written  in 

D""  Barrow's  own  hand,  Bish.  of  St.  Asaph,  who  dy"d  in  Salop  this 

1  >resent  June.  1 680.  &  was  carry'd  from  thence  to  St.  Asaph  to  bee 

hury'd,  appointed  to  bee  written  on  his  Grave-stone  &  his  (irave 

to  bee  in  or  near  y"  church  porch. 

D"  Herbert  Thorndike,  as  Mr.  Mareil  reports  in  his  Rchcrsall 

transpoz'd,  appointed  his  to  bee  and  is  in  Westminster  Abbey. 

— requiem  ei  in  Christo  et  beatam  resurrectionem  precare.  or 

to  that  purpose. 

Shropsh.  Mill'''  Non-conformists  dead  since  Aug.  24.  1662. 

Mr.  Hildersham.  Mr.  Maiden.  Mr.  Nevet. 

Mr.  Heath.  Mr.  ley.  Mr.  Hopkin. 

Mr.  Froysal.  Mr.  Porter.  Mr.  Campion. 

Mr.  Haughton.  Mr.  Wright.  -Mr.  Sadler. 

Mr.  Adams.  Mr.  York. 

Mr.  Richardson.  INIr.  Thomas. 

July  12.     wee  sett  forth  from  Br.  Oak.  towards  london,  mys', 

Rob.  Bosyer,  Math.,  &  Roger, — wee  lay  y=  first  night  at  Hampton, 

y*  2""  at  Stretford,  y"  3"'  at  Oxford,  y''  4'"  at  Wickham,  y"  5"'  at 

london.    the  lord  was  exxeeding  good  to  us  by  y''  way,  wee  had  no 

hurt  or  hindrance,  but  a  great  deal  of  mercy  in  every  step. 

the  charges  of  the  journey  in  all  was  about  10''  a  piece  ;  and 

while  wee  lodg'd  at    the  Inn,  which  was    from  Friday  night  till 

'i'uesday  morning,  about  5.  or  6'  ajncce  more,  one  with  anotlier. 

21.     Cosin  Robert  &  Mathew  lodg'd  first  at  Islington  at  ]\Ir. 

I  )ool[ittle]  house,  who  cheerfully  undertook  the  Care  &  Tutorage 

of  y"'.     Mr.  Baxter  told  mee,  I  could  not  have  plac'd  him  better. 

*  The  famous  Dr.  Isaac  Barrow,  Master  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge. 
1672-1677,  was  nephew  to  this  bishop,  and  died  May  4,  1677,  in  his  fmiy- 
seventh  vear. 


292  PHILIP  HENRY. 

lord  bless.  Their  Bed,  Bedstead,  Bed-clothes.  c\:c.  cost  in  alL 
^6.  13.  10. — for  w'^''  y"  payd  equally. 

Mr.  Hearn  sayd,  at  two  yeares  end  hee  would  take  y*"  bedding 
again  at  5-  loss.  The  3.  Sabb.  y*  I  was  in  Town,  I  preacht,  y*" 
t^'  at  Mr.  Dool. — lam.  3.  22.  f  2'"'  at  Mr.  St.  twice— Phil.  2.  21. 
v"  3'' at  Mr.  lawr.  Phil.  4.  n.  in  the  midst  of  many  weaknesses, 
lord  accept  &  bless.  I  bought  while  there  a  few  Bookes,  exchang'd 
y'  old  silver  Tankard,  which  weigh'd  about  47'*  for  a  new  silver 
cup,*  Avhich  weigh'd  about  50'.     bought  candle  st.  for  Math. 

Aug.  2.  I  set  forward  homeward  in  y""  Chester  coach  my  fare 
£^\.  15.  o.  travelling  charges  about  i2l 

13.  I  went  to  Bo[reatton]  where  T'  Paget  y""  Avas  &:  his  lady,. 
]\lr.  Foley  &  his  lady,  &  Mr.  Swinfen,  I  stay'd  with  them  there  til 
Aug.  24.  an  unprofitable  servant,  oblig'd  to  doe  good  but  falling  short. 

t6.  brought  tidings  of  Math.  ha\ing  had  a  fit  of  y**  Ague  c\; 
his  being  not  wel,  it  began  the  Thursday  before. 

17.  wife  came  to  Bo[reatton].  brought  a  letter  from  Cos.  Rob. 
Bosyer,  wherein  hee  wrote  y'  Math,  continued  ill — I  went  that  day 
to  Sw.  <!v:  return'd  at  night,  in  health,  blessed  bee  God  ! 

18.  19.  read  Mr.  Cheney  agt  Mr.  Baxt.  whose  opinion  is  y*  all 
requir'd  is  to  bee  done  rather  y"  quit  our  Min"^',  as  also  Mr.  Baxt"" 
reply  which  is  calm,  &  Mr.  Alsop's  which  is  somewhat  rough,  but 
both  convincing. 

19.  20.  I  read  Mr.  Rushworth's  collections,  esp.  his  history  of 
y*  tryal  of  y"  Earl  of  Strafford,  which  is  an  Instance  of  y*  Fall  of  a 
great  Man,  run  doAvn  by  Popular  disaffection. 

21.  life  of  Mr.  Marshal,  written  by  an  enemy  to  disgrace  his 
Memory,  near  upon  30.  yeares  after  his  Death ; 

21.  If  all  the  faults  &  failings  of  y"  best  of  men  &  those  only 
bee  thus  heap'd  together,  hee  Avil  bee  far  from  appearing  the  best 

*  This  cup,  which  is  of  elegant  design,  l)elongs  to  Joseph  II.  Lee,  Esq.,  of 
Kedbrook   and  has  upon  it  the  following  inscription  :  — 

"p,  II. 

sign's  god  bk 

thy  glory,  ims 

grace  and  mercy 

thy  defence,  peace 

and  truth  in  i.<)\k 

JiV  CHRIST  JESUS 

WHO  IS  AI.I. 

IN  AI.I.." 


jv/iLiP  i/j:a7^v.  293 

'jt"  men ;  But  God  judgeth  not  as  man  judgeth — I  Iiave  good 
reason  for  my  part  to  lionor  his  name,  for,  under  God,  his 
Ministry'  was  often  instrumental  of  mucli  good  to  ni)-  soul,  betwixt 
the  age  of  12.  &  15.  at  Margaret's  Westmin"". 

20.  heard  from  Math,  that  hee  was  l:)etter,  y"^  his  Ague  had 
left  him,  though  hee  remayned  feeble  &  indispos'd. 

24,  At  coming  home  wee  receiv'd  another  letter  from  Matli. 
dated  Aug.  21.  wherein  hee  wTites  hee  was  then  very  well,  & 
foiling  to  his  book  which  good  tidings  prevented  our  feares  <S: 
gave  no  occasion  to  say,  it  is  not  in  vayn  to  seek  the  lord. 

27.  a  letter  came  from  Cos.  Robert  Boyser  dated  on  Bar- 
tholomew day,  his  Birthday,  as  mine,  hee  is  now  23.  y.  old,  in 
which  as  to  hims*^  hee  takes  notice  of  Gods  Goodness  with 
ThankP  of  his  own  badness  with  Penitence,  yet  saying,  I  am  now- 
more  likely  y""  ever  to  bring  forth  some  kind  of  fruit  ;  As  to  ]\Iath. 
hee  relates  his  relapse  into  further  ilness,  which  was  read  with 
teares.  As  to  newes,  y'  E.  Pembr.*  had  Kild  one  if  not  two  at 
Turnham  green,  on  y"  18"'  instant,  y'-  kept  watch  cS:  that  hoe 
was  fled. 

29.  Another  letter  dictated  by  Math,  written  by  Cos.  Robt, 
which  ac(iuainted  us  with  y"  continuance  of  his  distem|).  iS:  that 
hee  was  taking  Phys.  of  Cos[in]  Tho.  Hotchkis,  (S:  had  a  mind  to 
•come  home. 

SeJ>^.  9.  (as  wee  heard  afterw.  Cos.  Robert  Bos:  began  to  bee 
not  well  at  least  so  as  to  yeild  to  his  distemper,  for  hee  had  been 
out  of  order  since  Sept.  4.  yet  was  at  y'=  meeting  Sept.  5.  where 
hee  heard  a  funeral  sermon  on  Cant.  l[ast]  l[ast]  at  y"  death  of 
Mrs.  Buckingh'"  who  had  been  a  communic.  with  Mr.  Dool.  since 
shee  was  13.  y.  old— aged  now  33.    y"  last  sermon  hee  heard. 

10.  Cos.  Tho.  Hotchk.  was  sent  for  to  him,  who  found  him 
in  a  high  Feaver,  sent  for  D''  Hawes  afterw.  D'  Sampson  sent  for, 
but  y"  Disease  prevayl'd  e\:  all  meanes  were  ineffectual  at  y"  same 
time  divers  others  sickned  in  y"  house,  divers  fell  asleep  in  Isl.  iS: 
london — y^  weeke's  bill  about  800. 

13.  about  12.  at  night  hee  fmisht  his  course,  a  hopeful  yong 
man,  serious  c^   religious,   to  tlie  great  grief  iV   disappointm'  of 

*  Evelyn  does  not  notice  this  ;  Ijut  on  July  4,  1696,  s:i}  ^  tliat  he  sitbscribcii 
^500  (as  L<jr(l  I'rivy  Seal)  towards  Greenwich  Ilospitnl. 


294  PI  HUP  HENRY. 

Relations  <:^  Friends,  who  had  promis'd  thems'  much  Comfort  \r\ 
him,  but  blessed  bee  God  for  y"  good  hope  that  wee  have  through 
grace  that  hee  is  in  heaven. 

14.  hee  was  bury'd  in  y"  new  church  yard  near  y^  Artillery 
ground.  And  now  my  dear  child  his  Alter  Idem  is  left  in  widow- 
hood &  besides,  not  well,  when  wee  heard  y''  tidings  which  was 
(17"*)  at  y"  time  of  morning  Famih-  worship,  it  caus'd  a  wett 
prayer  amongst  us,  after  man}-  dry  ones,  lord,  shew  us  wheref  thou 
liast  thus  contended  with  us. 

Hee  made  his  will  before  hee  went,  leaving  his  (irandmother 
Aldersey  &  mee  his  Execuf'. 

25.  Our  dear  child  return'd  again  to  Br.  O.  by  Chester  Coach, 
wee  were  in  care  concerning  him,  lest  hee  should  not  bee  able  to 
pform  y''  journe)'  i\:  fayn  would  but  could  not  cast  all  our  care 
upon  y'  lord,  nevertheless  hee  had  mercy  for  his  own  name  sake. 
'I'hus  in  a  short  time  was  y*'  lord  pleas'd  to  ruffle  and  overturn 
Avhat  wee  had  long  purpos'd  &  design"d  hoping  it  might  have  been 
for  good,  but  hee  gives  not  account  of  any  of  his  matters. 

Oct.  4.  I  joynd  with  Mrs.  Aldersey  in  pro\-ing  Cos.  Robt's^. 
wil  at  Malpas,  cost  in  all  19^  10'". 

6.  day  of  prayer  with  a  few  at  ^^'.  where  a  strange  Providence 
hath  befallen  y'^  yong  lady  there,  Who  being  with  child  hath  for 
several  weekes  past  been  depriv'd  of  sight,  lord,  shew  her  merc\-, 
as  shee  needs,     it  is  prov'd  not  with  child. 

7.  Rich.  Wilcockson's  rent  from  Over  was  receiv'd,  to  bee 
sent  to  london,  to  discharge  dues  there  ^28.  10.  6.  whereof  20^* 
was  sent  to  Mr.  Bosyer  towards  repayr  of  y*"  grave  stones  of  their 
Ancestors  at  Over. 

Noz'.  I.  to  y^  church-w.  of  Malpas  for  relief  of  captive 
slaves — -8'. 

26.  I  lent  Mr.  D}inock  ^30.  by  Randle  Iveay  w'''  I  j)urpose 
to  make  up  jQ^o.  as  soon  as  I  can  receive  it  &:  to  allot  it  for 
H  anmer-poor. 

Dec.  24.     made  up  Ov:  lent  accordingly. 

Oct.  21.  after  many  prorogations,  the  Parliam'  mett.  JNIr. 
^^'illiam  Williams,*  Recorder  of  Chester,  chosen  speaker. 

*   lie  Mas  fined  ^'10,000  f(jr  liaviiig  appointed  Ihe  printing  of  DangerfieKls 
infoiinatioTi.     The  joy  vhich  Judge  Jeffreys  showed  on  the  acquittal   of  the 


rniLip  HEXRY.  295 

N'av.  a  Bill  yxiX  to  disable  y''  D.  of  v.*  from  inheriting  the 
Impial  Crown  of  Engl.  &  Irel.  refus'd  by  y*  house  of  lords. 

Dec.  William  Viscount  Stafford  f  try'd  in  Westminster  Hall 
by  liis  Peeres  for  y^  late  plot  found  guilty  by  56  to  30  &  sentenc'd. 

10,  wee  first  saw  y*^  tayl  of  y^  Comet, "j:  smal.  15.  y*  Comet  its' 
])layn,  y'  tayl  large,  from  y"  Horizon  westw.  almost  to  y^  Zenith,  its 
motion  from  south  to  north,  after  8.  at  night  not  appearing.  The 
middlemost  star  in  y"  Viiltuj-  Volans  was  near  y'^  middle  of  y'' 
Comet's  tayl  for  an  hour  or  more. 

seven  bishops  in  1688,  was  because  of  the  disappointment  his  rival  Williams 
had  by  it.      He,  being  then  Solicitor-general,  ]irosecute(l  them. 

*  Burnet  (i.  481,  fol.)  says,  "In  the  winter,  eighty,  the  king  resolved  to 
hold  a  session  of  Parliament.  He  sent  the  duke  to  Scotland  a  few  days 
before  their  meeting"  (chap.  482).  "The  Bill  of  Exclusion  was  quickly 
brought  up  to  the  Lords.  The  earls  of  Essex  and  Shaftesbury  argued  most  for 
it,  and  the  Earl  of  Halifax  was  the  champion  on  the  other  side.  He  gained 
great  honour  in  the  debate  ;  and  had  a  visible  superiority  to  Lord  Shaftesbur\ 
in  the  opinion  of  the  whole  House,  and  that  was  to  him  triumph  enough.  In 
conclusion  the  bill  was  thrown  out  upon  the  tirst  reading." 

+  Younger  son  to  the  old  Earl  of  Arundell,  and  so  uncle  to  the  Duke  of 
Norfolk  (Burnet,  i.  48S,  foL).  Evelyn  writes,  November  30  :  "The  trial  was  in 
Westminster  Hall  before  the  King,  Lords,  and  Commons  just  in  the  same 
manner  as  40  yeares  past  the  greate  and  wise  Earle  of  Strafford  (there  being 
but  one  letter  diftering  their  names)  received  his  trial  for  pretended  ill  govern- 
ment in  Ireland.  .  .  .  My  Lord  Stafford's  two  daughters,  the  Marchionesse  of 
Winchester  being  one,  were  beside  him.  .  .  .  One  thing  my  Lord  said  as  to 
<  )ates,  which  I  confesse  did  exceedingly  affect  me,  that  a  person  who  should 
brag  that  though  he  went  over  to  the  Church  of  Rome,  yet  he  was  never  a 
I'apist,  nor  of  their  religion,  .  .  .  but  only  as  a  spie  ;  tho'  he  confess'd  he 
took  their  sacrament,  worshipped  images,  went  through  all  their  oathes  and 
discipline  of  their  proselytes,  &c.  &c.  that  the  witness  of  such  a  profligatc 
\Tretch  should  be  admitted  against  the  life  of  a  Peere,  this  my  Lord  looked 
upon  as  a  monstrous  thing."'  Burnet  (i.  492,  fol.)  says,  "  When  it  came  to  the 
judgment  above  fifty  of  the  peers  gave  it  against  Lord  Stafford,  and  above  thirty 
acquitted  him  :  four  of  the  Howards  his  kinsmen  condemned  him ;  Lord 
Arundell,  afterwards  Duke  of  Norfolk,  though  in  enmity  \\ith  him  did  acquit 
him"  (Lord  Arundell  had  been  called  up  to  the  House  of  Lords,  by  writ,  in 
the  barony  of  Mowbray). 

+  C)n  the  I2th  of  December,  Evelyn  writes  :  "  I  saw  a  meteor  of  an  obscure 
bright  colour,  in  shape  like  the  blade  of  a  sword.  .  .  .  Such  another  I  re- 
member to  have  seen  in  1640,  aboute  the  Triall  of  the  greate  Earle  of  .Straftbrd, 
]ireceding  our  bloudy  Rebellion.  I  pray  God  avert  his  judgements."  In  the 
]3arish  register  of  Crowhurst,  Sussex,  is  recorded,  "  iVljlazeing  Starre  appearefl 
in  y«  Ki^'dom,  in  ye  yeare  1680.  it  did  first  shew  itself  10'''  of  December  y^ 
yeare  80,  which  did  stream  from  y"^  south  west  to  y"'  middle  of  y"  heaven 
broader  y"  a  Rainebow  by  farre,  and  continued  till  y""  latter  end  of  Febniary." 
-Vt  East  lloathly,  Sussex,  is  written,  "A  parhelion  on  each  side  of  the  sun  was 
scene  by  many,  with  a  bow  over  the  true  sun,  with  the  ends  upwards  in  the 
morning,  in  this  forme  '"  (a  representation  given). 


296  PHILIP  HEXRY. 

JiDi.  13.  it  appears  stil  but  more  dim  then  before,  the  matter 
being  almost  si)ent.* 

Dec.  29.  lord  .Stafford  was  executed  on  Tower-hil — a  printed 
speech  in  Iiis  name  denyes  all.  A  vote  past  in  y"  House  of 
Commons  on  y''  day  of  their  dissolution,  that  the  putting  of  the 
pcenal  laws  in  execution  against  dissenters  at  this  time  is  un- 
seasonable and  a  meanes  to  strengthen  the  Popish  Interest,  or  to 
that  purpose.  In  opposition  to  which  there  came  out  in  April  a 
Declaration  by  the  K.  signif  his  dislike  of  it  &  saying  hee  hop'd 
tlie  Justices  would  make  more  conscience  of  their  oaths  binding 
them  to  put  the  lawes  in  execution,  then  of  the  aforesd  vote  of 
the  house  of  Commons  to  the  contrary,  accordingly  S""  Thomas 
Vernon  at  ^^'eston  was  pleas'd  to  discourse  June.  14.  comparing 
Y  s''  H.  of  commons  with  that  which  took  away  the  Kings  life. 
Hie  situs  est. 

Robertas  Bosyer  gener  de  Over  in  Comitat,  Cestr.  qui  ad 
Ingenij  c.ultum  hue  adveniens,  post  bimestre  spatium  mortem 
])raematuram  obijt,  optimce  Spei  Juvenis.  Sept.  13.  1680.  An.  ^'Et. 
34.  This  was  written  upon  his  Grave-stone  in  the  new  church 
)ard  london.      Cost^^s.    2.    2. 


1681. 

January  13.  As  to  publ.  Affayres,  many  Bils  in  Pad.  prepar'd, 
not  as  yet  sign'd,  The  K.  would  have  y^  succession  secur'd  in  y"" 
lineal  descent,  y^  Commons  would  have  y"  D.  of  y.  disabled,  but 
liis  children  to  have  it,  wherein  unless  the  K.  will  gratify  them. 
(Jan.  7.)  y'^  voted  no  money  to  relieve  Tangier. 

10.     The  Pari,  was  prorogu'd  for  10.  d.     Bil  about  Irish  cattle 

*  The  Christian  Herald  gives  the  foHowing  predielion  of  the  comet,  which 
lias  lately  appeared  (August,  18S1),  by  Demetiis  L'Ardottini,  the  celebrated 
astronomer  of  Northern  Italy,  in  16S3  :  "  Wherefore,  whence  these  erratic 
luminaries  come  and  whither  they  go  none  can  tell,  and  least  of  all  can  I,  who 
am  but  a  poor  mortal,  seeking  to  learn  what  I  may  of  the  wonders  of  creation. 
The  comet  we  lately  saw  in  the  heavens  for  the  space  of  twelve  nights  has  gone, 
never  to  return  in  our  lifetime.  I  gather  from  the  writings  of  great  men,  long 
since  dust,  that  this  same  fiery  messenger  was  last  seen  of  mortals  in  1481. 
during  the  reign  of  John  of  ^Mantua,  and  was  accompanied  by  floods,  tempests, 
and  earthquakes,  and  a  universal  war  of  the  elements.  It  will  not  again  revisit 
<nrth  till  1881,  but  whetlier  it  l)e  thus  followed  by  floods  and  calamities  or  not 
i  cannot  tell." 


rillLIP  HENRY.  297 

.X:  woolen-burying  pass'd— whether  y"-  shal  meet  at  y"  time  ap- 
jiointed  is  uncertayn,  but  the  lord  reignes  <S:  his  counsel  shal  stand. 

20.  It  pleas'd  y"  K.  to  disolve  y'"  ^:  to  appoint  another  to 
meet  at  Oxford  Mar.  2 1.  next.  The  Chichester  Burghesses  were 
mett  by  y"  inha])itants  on  Foot  &  thankt  c^-  promis'd  to  bee  chose 
■iigain. 

Feb.  1.  My  sister  Sarah  Henry  was  marry'd  to  IMr.  Hryaii 
^\'ade  servant  *  to  the  lord  Anglesey  lord  Privy  Seal. 

26.  I  wrote  a  letter  to  him  wherby  I  oblig'd  mys^  to  ]iay  him 
!br  Y  3.  next  yeares  beginning  at  C'andlemas  last  ^^7.  10.  o.  \^ 
-Ajin.  as  a  small  token  of  my  love,  if  shee  or  any  issue  from  her  so 
long  live.  payd. — I  had  given  _;^ 20  before  to  sister  Dyer.  Sister 
-■Vnn,  I  suppose,  made  y"  same  promise  on  y"  same  termes  to  Mr. 
Wade. 

Apr.  9.  Mr.  I'ho.  Yong  of  Croxton  f  dy'd — hee  was  10'  in 
my  debt,  borrow'd,  like  to  lose  it.  Mr.  Ri.  Ueaves — ^hee  sued 
Mr.  Yates  of  Hanmer  for  ^d.  being  a  y.  interest  for  i^ioo.  w"''  hee 
pleaded  hee  had  payd — first  in  common  law  y""  in  chancery  & 
recover'd  &  was  order'd  paym'  of  y"  sayd;2^6.  ^:;^i8.  charges,  all 
vv<^i'  Mr.  Deaves  had  together  with  ^/^  odd  money  more.  Also 
his  charges  of  a  sute  with  Mr.  Yates  &  John  Ratcliff  about  Timber 
from  which  hee  had  noth.  Mr.  Deaves'  Bil  came  \.q  ^\a,  odd 
money — love  is  cheap  law  is  dear,  upon  account  hee  abated  him 
in  tlie  whole,  six  pounds. 

June  21.  I  put  50.  tench  frey  (^  9.  carp  into  the  pond  in  y* 
Orchard  sent  by  Mr.  David  Pkldow,  I  gave  the  two  Messengers 
i'  apeice. 

[an.  28.  i68'^'.  Hugh  Jenings  the  Catchpole  was  kild  in 
^\'hitch.  by  one  Booth  of  Grindley  ])rook  Avhom  hee  had  arrested 
for  a  debt  of  ten  pounds  at  the  sute  of  an  Atturney  in  Nantw. 
Hee  stabd  him  in  y"  nose  with  a  Dagger — the  Coroners  inquest 
found  it  wilful  murther. 

Mar.     election  in  Chester,  with  great  Contest  between  Mr. 

■'  (^uery,  served  him  in  the  sense  of  being  his  secretary.  Burnet  notices  of 
this  earl  that  when  giving  his  vote  to  condemn  Lord  Stafford,  he  imprudently 
added  that  "he  did  not  believe  the  witnesses"  (i.  492,  fol. ). 

+  Yonge  of  Croxton  was  the  name  of  an  ancient  family  in  Ilanmer  parish, 
<lescended,  like  most  others  in  English  Maelor,  from  Tudor  Trevor.  A  brancli 
■of  the  family  is  settletl  at  Kingerby,  county  Lincoln. 


298  PHILIP  HENR\. 

P^ooth  eV-  S'  Rob.  Cotton  ^V-  Sir  Phil.  Egerton  e\:  S"'  Rob.  Lester— 
the  two  former  chosen,  for  Chester  Mr.  WilUams  «S:  Col.  Whitley, 
for  Denb.sh.  S'  John  Trevor,  not  Mr.  Midleton.  for  Flint  Sh.  S" 
John  Hanmer  &:  Mr.  Whitley  jun.  for  Shropsh.  Mr.  leveson  Go-vver 
<S:  Mr.  Newport.  Mar.  21.  they  met  at  Oxford.  Mar.  28.  the}- 
were  sent  home  again  disolv'd.  The  reason  suppos'd  to  bee  bee. 
tliey  would  not  wave  the  busines  of  disabling  y"  D[uke]  of  Y[ork]. 
Mr.  Williams  y*  Speaker  first  brought  y""  newes  to  AN'hitch.  y''  day. 

Mar.  30.     coming  from  Oxf  post. 

Mar.  31.  Edw.  langf.  bury'd.  AMiereas  ^Slalpas  church  is 
now  pew'd  &  mine  at  3'  6''  p  y'"  came  to  ii""  8''  my  wife  this  day 
payd  it  to  Tho.  Sherinton  of  A\'igl.  cliurch-warden — the  pew  is  in 
y'  North  Isle. 

Apr.  12.  this  day  was  14.  y.,  about  sun-sett,  tlie  lord  took  my 
first  born  son  from  mee,  the  beginning  of  my  strength,  witli  a 
stroke ;  In  y^  rememb.  whereof  my  heart  melted  this  evenings 
I  beg'd  ^i^don  for  y^  Jonah  y'  raysed  that  storm,  I  bless'd  y*  lord 
that  hath  spar'd  the  rest,  I  beg'd  mercy,  mercy  for  every  one  of 
them.  .X:  absolutely  iS:  unreservedly,  devoted,  &  dedicated  them, 
myself,  my  whole  self,  estate,  Interest,  life,  to  the  will  <!v:  service 
of  that  Cod  from  w'"  I  receiv'd  all  :  father,  hallowed  bee  thy 
name,  thy  Kingdom  come  ! 

May.  16.  it  pleasd  God  to  call  for  old  Mr,  John  Hotchkis. 
aged  76.  up  ^\:  as  well  as  usually  the  day  before  but  infirm.  The 
first  that  has  dy'd  out  of  that  house  for  above  40.  y.  Hims^  his 
Father  ^:  his  son  three  Johns,  Drapers,  eminent  in  their  time, 
beyond  many,  for  fewness  of  words,  smalnes  of  gain,  c\:  punctual 
dealing  in  bargaining. 

Alay.  23.  deceased  at  Alkinton  my  worthy  Friend  Mr.  Jolm 
Maiden  late  of  Newport  who  as  hee  liv'd  so  hee  dy'd  low  in  his 
own  eyes,  esteeming  hims'  good  for  noth.  though  really  good  for 
every  th.,  a  great  hindrance  visibly  both  to  his  own  comfort  &  to 
his  usefulness  to  others.  Hee  sayd  hee  was  far  from  repenting 
his  being  a  sufferer  agt  Conformity.  Hee  left  by  his  will,  that 
there  should  bee  no  sermon  nor  no  ringing  of  Bells,  no  more 
there  was  not — so  much  learning,  piety,  &  humility,  I  have  not 
seen  this  great  while  layd  in  a  grave ;  But  blessed  bee  God,  wee 
liad  such  a  one  so  lonu. 


PHILIP  IIEXRY.  299. 

May.  29.  Sab.  a  general  rayling  day  in  all  the  churches  & 
chapels  round  about,  which  I  am  A\el  assured  the  lord  hinis^  w;l 
ill  due  time  reckon  iox^  Jam.  5.  7. 

June  2.  a  time  of  great  drought  *  for  many  weekes,  scarcity 
threatened,  this  day  a  day  of  prayer,  at  A\'.  B'  many  petitions  put 
up  for  rayn,  thi^  evening  a  speedy  Answer  in  a  comfortable  show  r, 
praised  bee  God.     past  away  (juickly,  like  our  goodness. 

3.  lord  Cholmley  bury'd  at  Malpas,  dy'd  at  london.  D'  W  il. 
lloyd,t  B"  of  St.  Asaph  preacht,  being  Parson  of  S'  Martyns,  where 
hee  dy'd  ;  y*  same  y'  preacht  at  y^  buryal  of  S''  Edm.buiy-Oodfrey, 

7.  Henr)'  James  cut  his  own  throat  at  Hanmer  having 
l)urloynd  20^  of  his  M""  a  Butcher  in  Salop  &  being  pursu'd  tV 
taken  &:  his  M"  saying  to  him  hee  would  hang  him  if  hee  could. 
hee  did  it  with  a  rasor. 

9.  my  son  Math  was  with  him  &:  pray'd  w"'  him. 

10.  hee  sent  Rich.  Pova's  wife  to  mee  to  desire  mee  to  pra}' 
for  him.  15.  I  went  to  Braden-heath  to  see  him,  found  him  weak 
having  let  noth.  down  neither  wet  nor  dry  the  passage  being  cutt. 
yet  sayd,  hee  was  not  hungry,  nor  had  not  been  since  hee  struck 
the  stroke.  Hee  sayd,  hee  repented  &  was  sorr}'  for  that  &:  for 
all  his  sins,  but  was  ignorant  of  X'  as  y"  Mediator,  w'"  as  wel  as- 
y*  lord  enabled  mee  I  preached  to  him  &  prayed  with  him  (I  ga\-c 
liim  2').     17.  hee  dyed. 

14.  being  invited  to  preach  at  Tho.  ^lillington's  at  Weston 
beyond  Prees.  I  went  &  preached  there  Ps.  66.  18.  was  interrupted 
bv  two  Justices,  S'  Tho.  Vernon  &  Mr.  Charles  Manwaring,  who 
took  our  names,  143.  or  thereabouts  &:  threatned  us  with  the 
Execution  of  y'^  law  ;  Father  thy  wil  bee  done  !  while  tis  for  well- 
doing that  wee  suffer,  they  cannot  harm  us. 

26.  wee  heard  the  sad  tidings  of  y^  Death  of  Cos.  Sarah 
Hotchkis,  at  london  in  child-bed,  a  choyce  bough  of  Ash-Tree,f 
but  very  ripe  for  heaven — Also  the  same  howr  wee  heard  of  y^ 
I  )eath  of  Widow  Trim  at  Tilstock,  my  wife's  nurse. 

■*  May  25,  1681,  Evelyn  says,  "There  had  scarce  fallen  any  rainc  since 
Christmas  ;  "  and  June  12,  "It  still  continued  so  great  a  drought  as  had  never 
been  known  in  England,  and  it  was  said  to  be  universal." 

t  lie  was  one  of  the  seven  bishops  sent  to  the  Tower  in  16SS  by  James  II. , 
for  maintaining  the  liberties  of  the  English  Church.  There  is  freciuent  mention 
of  him  in  Burnet  and  by  Evelyn.  lie  was  afterwards  translated  to  Lichfield, 
and  thence  to  Worcester.     .See  Appenili\. 

X  Probably  she  was  a  Benyon  of  Ash,  .Salop. 


.300  PHILIP  IIEXRY. 

27.  in  expectation  of  the  distresse  Threatned  but  it  comes 
not.  some  would  have  us  to  submit  &  petition,  others  to  remove 
our  goods  &  secure  y'"  from  it.  I  rather  inchne  to  let  them  doe 
their  pleasure,  knowing  that  (lOd  is  able  to  make  it  up  again, 
whatever  loss  I  sustayn,  >S:  besides  twil  bee  a  meanes  of  discover- 
ing Friends  &  Foes,  (!s:  also  help  to  fill  the  measure  cSc  to  wipe  off 
the  reproach  as  if  wee  dreaded  suftering ;  I  have  often  sayd  little 
good  would  appear  from  our  preaching  til  it  bee  seald  to  &  if  this 
bee  the  occasion,  welcom  the  wil  of  God  I  twas  an  extraordinary 
dry  season,  God  hath  since  then  sent  sweet  «S:  seasonable  rayn,  to 
his  name  bee  the  glory. 

July  I.  Plunket  «.\:  Fitz-harris  *  executed,  y^  former  deny'd 
all.  the  later  refer'd  hims^  to  a  paper  left  with  Mr.  Hawkins  chapl. 
of  y'  Tower.  2.  E.  of  Shaftesb.f  committed  by  K.  &  Counsel  to 
tlie  Tower  for  high  Treason. 

4.  5.  <S:c.  workmen  rough-casting  y"  pigeon  house  &  point- 
ing the  slates,  both  needful  though  chargeable ;  it  cost  in  all 
al)out  28'. 

8.  I  deli^"erd  into  the  hands  of  Ann  Davis  from  amongst  her 
writings  which  shee  left  with  mee  a  bond  for  ^18.  due  to  her 
from  Mrs.  Alice  Puleston  &  her  son  Thomas.  I  heard  yesterday, 
that  at  Worthenb.  there  is  more  bowing  at  y*'  name  of  Jesus  in  the 
Creed  then  in  any  other  congregacon  in  the  neighborhood,  &  this 
day  I  heard  that  most  Sabbaths  in  Wallington  there  is  publ. 
playing  at  9.  pins,  w'''  I  am  griev'd  to  hear.  Roger  Th.  told  mee 
liearing  a  Min''  at  Malpas  at  y"  end  of  y"  wars  pressing  to  Charit)-, 
it  being  a  publ.  fast,  &:  hee  having  noth.  in  his  purse  to  give  was 
grievously  terrifyd  in  y*^  reflection  how  much  hee  had  often  spent 
idly,  gott  up  to  goe  into  y'  Town  to  borrow,  in  his  way  forth  in  y*" 
Isle  found  a  groat,  return'd  to  his  seat  again,  gave  2^  of  it  to  the 
Collection  &  the  other  2''  to  a  poor  woman  at  y'^  Wych.  A  Duke 
of  Saxony,  (quarreling  with  a  neighb.  B'',  sent  to  proclaim  war  agt 

*  Burnet  (i.  497,  fol.)  says,  '"  \  few  days  before  the  king  went  to  Oxford, 
Fitzharris,  an  Irish  papist,  was  taken  up  for  framing  a  malicious  and  treason- 
i\ble  libel  against  the  king  and  his  whole  family."  "  Plunkett  was  the  popish 
]irimate  of  Armagh  "  (i.  502,  fob). 

t  On  reaching  the  Tower,  some  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Peers,  confined 
there,  expressed  surijrise  that  he  had  now  come  to  join  them  ;  his  reply  was 
that  he  had  been  ordered  a  course  of  Jesuit  powders. 


nil  LIP  HEXRY.  301 

him,  inquir'd  v>"'  hee  was  doing  towards  it,  A.  "preaching,  jDraying. 
reforming  his  Diocess."*     Dasmon  ilium  invadat,  non  ego. 

11.  to  B.  where  I  saw  my  worthy  Fr**  Mr.  Y.  T.  heard  of  y° 
Death  of  Mrs.  B'' in  a  Phrensy,  cr\'ing  Fire,  Fircf  to  y"  last,  yet 
a  gracious  good  woman. 

12.  quarf  Sessions  at  Salop,  I  saw  y*"  copy  of  a  warrant  under 
y*  hands  &  seales  of  S''  Tho.  A'ernon  <S:  Mr.  Mainwaring.  wherby 
John  lawrence  is  oblig'd  to  pay  20^  for  hims*^  his  wife  &  two 
daughters  &  40'  p'  of  Tho.  Millingtons  fine  being  in  all  £,2^^. 
whereof;^2o.  for  his  house,  ^5.  as  Constable,  only  10.  is  layd 
on  him,  for  w*  they  took  cheese  &  y*  rest  on  others,  W"  Benyon 
of  Whicks.  jC^Ty.  Arthur  Hinks  30'  Joseph  Higginson.  40^*  &:c. 

22.  I  heard  of  y°  Distress  made  upon  Mr.  Berry  for  teaching 
i^  praying  at  Th.  Mil.  ;!^2o.  whereas  hee  sayd  not  one  word  but 
w'  hee  sayd  in  pray"",  they  took  10.  p''  of  sheets,  10.  dishes,  Bookes, 
two  Beds,  whereof  one  that  which  hee  lay  upon,  with  several  other 
th.  &  made  Procl.  on  Sab.  day  in  3.  churches  to  invite  people  to  bu\ . 

Addresse  sent  to  the  K.  from  q"'  sess.  in  Salop  oppos'd  by  S' 
Ed.  Acton,  another  from  Major  of  Shrewsb.  but  in  Chesh.  none. 
Col.  Dan.  saying  hee  knew  what  belong'd  to  Dressing  &  Un- 
dressing but  not  to  Addressing.  I 

25.  Edw.  Wilk.  &  Thom.  Pemb.  &  Rande  churt.  being  y 
High.  Const.  &  Overs,  brought  a  warr'  under  y*  hands  of  Will- 
Hanm""  &  Th.  Hanm"  Esq.  to  distreyn  uioon  mee  for  ^^40  for 
A\'eston  business  &  upon  Math,  for  5'  for  being  assembled  on  \'' 

*  This  parable  is  equally  suitable  for  the  English  Church  in  1881.  While 
the  pure  Word  of  God  is  preached  and  the  sacraments  are  duly  administered 
by  a  lawfully  ordained  ministiy,  we  are  to  remember  that  "the  ark  of  God  is 
still  in  the  midst  of  the  camp,"  and  that  it  "will  not  be  moved." 

t  '•  Thy  judgments  are  like  a  great  deep. "  In  the  "Pilgrim's  Progress" 
the  conversation  between  Ignorance  and  Christian  shows  the  great  experience 
of  the  writer,  who  was  not  deceived  because  the  man  of  the  world  has  often 
no  bauds  in  his  death,  while  the  saint  sometimes  walks  in  darkness. 

X  The  king  had  set  out  a  declaration,  in  which  he  reckoned  up  all  the  hard 
and  undutiful  things  that  had  been  done  by  the  three  last  Parliaments,  but 
assured  his  good  subjects  that  nothing  should  ever  alter  his  affection  to  the 
I'rotestant  religion,  as  established  by  law,  nor  his  love  to  Parliaments,  etc.  This 
declaration  raised  over  England  a  humour  of  making  addresses  to  the  king,  as 
it  were  in  answer  to  it.  Many  of  those  who  brought  these  up  were  knighted 
upon  it  :  and  all  were  well  treated  at  court.  Lord  Halifax  could  not  restrain 
himself  from  showing  his  contempt  of  it  in  a  saying  that  was  much  repeated  ; 
he  said,  "The  petitioners  for  a  parliament  spit  in  the  king's  face,  but  the 
addressers  spit  in  his  mouth  "  (Burnet,  i.  501,  fob). 


302  PHILIP  IIEXRY. 

16.  of  June  with  otliers  at  A\'[eston]  the  distress  eV:  Sale  to  bee  made 
on  y''  25.  of  July — -T.  P.  went  into  y''  feilds,  saw  6.  Kine  y",  chargd 
E.  ^^".  &  R.  C.  with  them  t\:  went  his  way.  they  sta\"'d  a  consider- 
able time  waiting  his  return,  hee  returning  not,  they  went  away,  in 
their  absence  wee  fetcht  y'^  Kine  away  ik  lockt  them  up,  about  12. 
a  clock,  after  3.  houres  absence  hee  came,  brought  John  Stocton 
>.\:  his  son  &  y^'""  cart  John  Simson  &  his  son  &  Randle  Stocton, 
w"'  hee  press'd  from  their  occasions  to  assist  him  (concer.  Avhich 
neither  Act  nor  A\'arrant  saves  noth.)  finding  y*  Kine  gone,  hee 
chid  tow.  E.  AV.  they  went  to  B.  to  Mr.  AV.  H.  who  threatned 
E.  A\".  with  imprisonm'  &  a  Eine  (for  his  wilful  neglect)  of  j£,^. 
note,  the  day  in  y*"  warr'  is  mistaken,  16  for  14. 

26.  newes  from  Salop  Assize  y'  y*"  K.  had  sent  to  y'^  Judges  not 
to  put  the  lawes  in  execution  agt  Protestant  Dissenters,  but  that 
his  pleasure  was  they  should  bee  left  to  his  mercy.  A  sudden 
change,  like  that  in  Esther,  which  wee  are  reading  this  week  in 
the  Family,     sic  parvis  componere  magna  solemus. 

27.  Kine  (S:  horses  in  feild  again,  not  secure,  but  wee  are 
wayting  upon  y''  lord,  his  wil  bee  done ;  Kindness  from  Jou.  Tn. 
iS:  Ro.  Th.  c\:  Sam. — all  concern'd  in  present  trouble,  w'^'  (iod  wil 
recompence. 

25.  The  Indulgence  spoken  of  by  y*  Judges  was  only  with 
ref  to  y"  execution  of  y''  Act  of  35.  Eliz. 

29.  Friends  Sympathising  with  us  in  our  p'sent  feares,  blessed 
bee  God — heMC  agere  cf  male  pati  7-eir  Christianiiiii  est.  Three 
eldest  children  went  to  see  Relations  in  Cheshire,  the  good  lord 
preserve  y'"  from  y'=  lusts  &  vanityes  of  youth. 

31.  abs.  Sab.  Pj.  a  poor  barren  fig-tree,  deserving  to  bee  cutt 
down. 

Aug.  I.  I  aci|u.  Mr.  T.  H.  with  my  doubts  concer.  proceed- 
ings in  present  distress  but  the  stream  is  strong  y^  other  way.  Our 
Smal  dairy,  to  begin  with,  broken  up,  the  Kine  scatterd  several 
wayes.  How  oft  have  wee  sayd  are  not  changes  at  y"  door  :  ( lod 
bee  prais'd  it  hath  no  sting. 

4.  another  Warrant  sign'd  by  y^  two  Mr.  H'  amended  in 
changing  3'"  day,  leaving  out  charges,  no  time  limited  for  y*"  force 
of  it,  w"  part  had  must  bee  payd  to  y^  Shropsh.  Justices. 

8.     Tho.  Pemerten  tS:  John  ^'ong  came  earlv  to  execute  it. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  303 

but  found  noth.  in  y*"  fcilds  &  y"  House  doors  shut,  searcht  y'' 
Outhouses  (Jv:  took  an  Inventory  of  w'  y-''  saw,  stay'd  til  near  11. 
clock,  &  return'd  re  infecta.  ^Vinter  C'orn  out  of  Key  Nants  tS: 
Turf  h.  croft  carry'd  in,  some  by  night,  it  did  not  use  to  bee  su. 
low.  Midnight  they  return'd  again,  to  fetch  w'  y^''  left,  partic.  4. 
lieifers,  but  they  were  otherwise  dispos'd  of,  by  a  special  Provi- 
dence, before ;  they  intended  also  to  have  watcht  y"  first  opening 
of  y*^  House  doors  in  y"  morning  &:  so  to  have  rush'd  in,  but  in 
iliat  too  were  prevented — AVee  are  beholden  to  our  Fr'''  yea  &  to 
our  enemyes  for  warning  given,  but  especi.  &  above  all  to  our 
good  God. 

10.  Pari'  sitting  about  y''  time  in  Scot),  chancclor  Rothes 
dyed,  several  lords  abjur'd  y"  Coven'.  1).  of  y.  there,  Pr.  of  Orange 
at  London. 

Noi'.  28.  John  Roberts  told  mee,  hee  saw  a  Eoy  of  18.  y.  old 
but  very  little,  with  his  feet  on  y"  ground,  bend  so  far  backward  as 
to  take  up  fowr  pins  stuck  upon  the  ground  with  liis  Eye-lids,  two 
in  one  &  two  in  t'other.  The  Boy  was  at  my  door  this  day  for  an 
.-\lmes.  Mr.  Roswel  a  N.C.  found  guilty  of  Treasonable  words 
but  not  condemn'd.  Mr.  Best  fin'd;^iooo.  &  stood  in  y*"  Pillory 
for  drinking  a  health  to  y"  pious  memory  of  his  Friend  Stephen 
Colledge.  Richard  Jackson  y*  son  of  Farmer  Jackson  of  Asli 
shot  hims*^  into  y"  head  with  a  pistol  c\:  dy'd  immediately  at  yong 
Mr.  Starkeys  house  near  Hodnet,  whether  volens  or  nolens 
appeares  not — bury'd  this  day.  Dec.  4.  about  iS.  y.  old  is  prentice 
to  a  Ciunsmith  in  Whitch.  whose  name  is  Robinson.  One  sus- 
])ected  to  have  done  it,  but  agt  his  wil,  is  bound  over  to  y*"  Assize. 

25.  Daughter  Eleanor  continues  under  y"  quartan  Ague  since 
Sept.  9.  not  missing  once,  lord,  weaken  y**  disease  &  strengthen  y* 
nature  &:  pardon  &:  kil  sin  in  her  &  us. 

24.  was  bury'd  Mr.  Zech.  Cawdrey*  Min""  of  Bart[homley]  in 
Chesh'  a  worthy  moderate  Divine,  for  his  Moderation  much 
rlowded  of  late,  though  formerly  a  great  sufferer,  his  Book  of 
Preparation  for  Martyrdom  gave  great  Offence,  as  also  his  Zeal  in 
keeping  up  the  monthly  lecture  at  Nantwych  &  Tarvin. 

*  Henry  Newcome  was  his  pupil.  ''  I  was  adinitted,"  he  says,  "in  the  very 
heat  of  the  wars,  May  lolh,  1644,  of  St.  John's  College  in  ("anihridge,  pupil  t<> 
that  ingenuous,  learned,  and  pious  man  Mr.  Zachary  Cawdrey,  fellow  of  thai 
college.'' 


304  PHILIP  HEXRY. 

After  some  time  of  foyr  open  weather,  a.  great  mercy,  now  frost 
&  snow  which  threatens,  if  continued.  Fodder  being  very  scarce. 

June  21.  was  bury'd  my  good  Friend  ]\Irs.  ^Miitehal  of  Whitcli. 
sister  to  Mr.  Broughton  of  Broughton  a  pious  gentlewoman,  of 
exemplary  meekness  «Sc  patience  under  long  &  sore  tryals. 

24.  was  bury'd  Mr.  Joshua  Barnett  formerly  of  Ironbridge. 
lately  preacher  in  Chesh.  who  marry'd  Mrs.  Cowper,  widow,  of 
AVem  &  now  a  widow  the  second  time. 

July.  4.  dy"d  at  Chester  IMr.  William  Cook,  an  aged,  painful, 
faithful  Min''  of  J.  X'.  his  sickness  cut  short  &  easy,  his  Death 
sweet  &  comfortable. 

12.  to  Randle  Stocton  two  dayes  pay,  at  his  going  forth  to 
Bangor  to  trayn.  22.  fowr  dayes  pay  more  at  his  going  to  meet  \'' 
D.  of  Beaufort.*  John  Green's  mayd  at  Fens  Kild  with  a  Cow's 
horn  goring  her  in  y"  Throat^ — shee  liv'd  4.  dayes. 

Sam.  Hughs  at  Salop  Assize  condemn'd  for  stealing  a  marc 
but  favor'd  to  bee  transported.  A  fire  at  Salop  in  Kil  lane  in  a 
stable,  one  Roger  Evans  burn'd  to  death,  in  y''  Assize  week  there. 
A  mayd  living  incontinently  with  her  M"'  &  they  agreeing  to  poyson 
y"  M"  she  was  condemn'd  to  bee  burn'd  &  hee  to  hang  in 
chaines.     30.     a  very  quick  harvest — our  winter  corn  all  in. 

Aug.  7.  was  bury'd  my  dear  Friend  &  Kinsm"  '\^''"  Bemiett, 
his  wife  was  bury'd  in  y*  Spring-Assize-week,  &  hee  in  y"  summer 
Assize-week — aged.  71 — a  Jacob  in  prayer,  great  miss  of  such— 
his  natural  temper  hasty  &  fearful,  which  betray'd  him  to  some 
miscarriages  both  tow.  God  &:  man,  but  this  was  eminent  in  him 
y'  w"  oftence  was  given  to  either,  hee  could  not  rest  or  sleep  til 
reconciliation  made.  Of  late  hee  hath  express'd  prevayling  doubts 
tS:  feares  touching  his  sincerity  &  Salvation,  but  in  his  sickness  hee 
told  mee  they  were  all  gone. 

Sept.  3.  Upon  Saturday  last  dy'd  at  london  Mrs.  Deborah 
church,  wife  to  Mr.  James  Church,  daughter  to  my  good  Friend 
loseph  Ridgway  of  Shockl.  a  holy  gracious  good  woman,  finisht 
well,  as  Avas  signify'd  by  letter  from  ]\Ir.  Thomas  Taylor  Min' of 

*  Henry  Somerset.  Z^Iarquis  of  Worcester,  and  in  16S2  created  Duke  of 
Ueaufort,  did  not  make  his  grand  progress  through  the  AVelsh  Marches  until 
1684.  In  the  year  1672  he  was  appointed  Lord  President  and  Lord-Lieutenant 
of  North  and  South  Wales  and  the  Marches,  and  held  the  office  till  16S8-S9. 
wlien  he  was  succeeded  by  Charles  Gerard,  Earl  of  Macclesfield. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  305 

v"  Gosp.  who  was  with  her  in  her  sickness — Praysed  bee  God  '. 
laudandus  Deus  in  Sanctis. 

In  y"  Flash  in  y*  higher  Feild  next  to  ^V'"  Kirkam.  seeking  for 
firwood,  wee  found  a  strait  Oke  16.  yards  long,*'  besides  y^  two 
ends  left  in  the  ground,  of  considerable  Bulk,  cloven  into  IJars  for 
gates.  9.  foot  long. 

18.  William  Hughs  of  Bron.  bury'd.  the  23''  in  that  Township 
since  this  time  12.  month. 

26.  To  Felton,  to  y*"  Interm'  of  my  dear  &  precious  Freind 
Mr.  Jonathan  Roberts  a  true  Nathaniel,  an  Israelite  indeed.  His 
Brother  Timothy  in  y^  Plague  year  dy'd  &  was  bury'd  in  y" 
high  way  at  Ness  clyff  three  miles  off,  none  taking  him  into 
House,  because  hee  came  from  london,  a  learned  faithful  IMin'' 
of  J.  C. 

Sicut  piscis  ad  hamum,  ubi  vitam  ([ua^rimus  soepe  mortem 
invcnimus. 

My  dear  Brother  Jonathan  before  mentioned,  for  3.  weekes 
before  hee  sickned  had  drunk  water,  to  prevent  infection  b\ 
}•'  Smal  Pocks  having  never  had  them,  &  at  y"  3.  weekes  end 
immediately  upon  his  drinking  a  draught  of  malt  drink  at  Osw. 
betwixt  that  &  Felton  became  not  wel,  went  cold,  as  in  an  Ague 
Cv:  so  continued,  without  burning  &:  sweating  as  is  usual  for  10. 
dayes,  &  then  dy'd,  with  comfort  in  his  non-conformity  &:  with 
confidence  of  a  return  of  mercy  in  Gods  due  time.  Hee  had  bin 
at  Oxf  Cambr.  &:  london  this  summer,  where  hee  heard  &:  saw 
ihat  w'"*  much  confirm'd  him  in  his  dissents,  leiftenant  Williams 
of  UangoUen  in  Denb.  having  layn  in  prison  some  time  upon  the 
writ  dc  excom.  cap.  was  sick  &  had  favor  by  y^  B"  to  return  home 
awhile  &:  dy'd  &:  after  10.  dayes  lying  in  y*"  church  yard  was,  by 
Commissary  Edwards  order,  taken  u]i  iV  bury'd  by  his  Friends  in 
his  garden.  Having  no  Coffin, |  it  was  y''  more  offensive  to  y*" 
sexton,  who  fel  sick  upon  it. 

Fowr   th.   given  in  charge  by  B""  Barlow  of  linroln   to    Mr. 

*  In  the  Fens  Moss,  hard  by,  which  is  reckoned  twelve  miles  round,  such 
tlnds  are  not  uncommon,  and  still  more  frequently  the  charred  stump  of  a  large 
tree,  showing  how  Edward  I.  cleared  the  country  before  him  when  invading 
Wales. 

t  Coffins  and  tombstones,  as  in  common  usage  now,  are  modern.  Sec 
f.  H.  IJurn'.s  "  Historj'  of  Parish  Registers"  [passim). 

X 


306  FIIILIP  HENRY. 

Kelsole  at  his  remove  from  Cheswardin  1,0  Quarringtoii — i.  to 
look  to  his  Conversacon  that  'twere  accord,  to  his  Doctr.  2.  Not 
to  quarrel  with  his  Parishioners  for  smal  matters  in  Tiths.  3. 
to  carry  it  mildly  tow.  dissenters.     4.  to  Catechise  y"  youth. 

Od.  I.  was  bury'd  at  london  worthy  Mr.  Andr.  Parsons,  for- 
merly Min"  of  VVem.  the  same  day  dy'd  here  Thomas  Morgan  of 
this  Town,  wel  at  Chapel  three  dayes  before,  lord  teach  us  to 
Number.  My  Daughter  Eleanor  afflicted  for  more  then  three 
weekcs  past  with  a  quartan  Ague  ;  lord,  cease  this  controversy. 

I  have  several  times  observ'd,  when  my  Purse  hath  been  low 
&  empty,  seasonable  supplyes  have  come,  by  special  Pro\"idencc. 
L[aus]  D[eo.] 

Oct.  3.  Mr.  Tallent's  Tables  of  History  came  forth  about  this 
time,  a  work  of  much  labor  &  cost.  I  read  one  which  hee 
bestow'd  on  mee,  with  fowr  more  to  bee  disposed  of  as  wee  can. 
— One  of  them  he  order'd  for  Cos.  Benyon. 

Oct.  16.  I  receiv'd  the  tidings  of  old  Ann  Davis  death  &  was 
y*  next  day  at  her  Buryal  at  Worthenb.  in  transitu,  where  I  ha\c 
not  been  these  many  yeares — shee  was  aged  86.  y.,  blind,  but  had 
!ier  memory  good.  A  sickly  season  stil,  many  snatcht  away  old 
iSryong.  22.  Mr.  Tilston  Bruen  *  of  Stapleford.  many  in  trouble 
at  London  &  elsewhere  both  ministers  and  others.  Job.  10.  2. 
I  sayd,  o  lord  doe  not  condemn  us,  shew  us  wherfore  thou 
contendest  with  us. — About  this  time  a  daughter  was  born  at 
Broughton  to  Mr.  John  Whitchal,  who  marry'd  S"  Andrew  Racket's 
(laughter  and  had  the  Reversion  of  Broughton  estate  settled  upon 
him.  S''  Roger  Puleston  also  lately  marry'd  to  Mrs.  Kath.  Edwards 
of  chirk,  settling  at  Emeral.  lord  let  these  two  Familyes  bee 
like  the  two  Familyes  of  Ephraim  &  Manassee  which  the  lord  did 
bless.  Cosin  Benyon  at  london  in  the  use  of  means  for  health 
iS:  recovery,  which  God  make  effectual,  that  his  Age  may  not 
]jass  away  in  restraynt  &  uselessness. 

Nov.  17.    Meeting  at  Malpas,  claym  layd  to  y''  Pew,  belonging 

*  The  Bruen  {o.x\v\y  gave  tlicir  name  to  a  Cheshire  manor,  showing  there! )}■ 
lh(  ir  extreme  antiquity.  They  were  jirobably  descended  from  Brwyn  (a  son 
of  Cunedda  Wlcdig)  in  the  fiflli  century,  and  tlie  house  called  the  Brunctt  in 
Uanmer  marks  their  tenure  in  the  Welsh  March,  from  whence  they  were 
driven  by  Llewelyn.  In  Ormerod's  "  Cheshire  "  there  is  reference  made  to  the 
saintly  life  of  Mr.  John  Bruen,  of  whom  a  memoir  was  written  in  1641. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  .307 

to  Isc.  tenem*-  by  y"  Ratcl.  for  lord  t;holmley,  noth.  done.     Mr. 
lloyd  sayes  it  was  his. 

Aug,  29.  This  day  ]\Ir.  Peni.  &  Jo.  y.  came  again  w""  y''  .same 
warrant  as  before  iS:  distraynd  upon  y"  Coles,  y"  Hay,  y*  ]Muck-Cart, 
-and  wheels,  the  great  Slead,  &  y**  Feild  of  Barley,  hee  distrayned 
also  upon  y"  Tith-Corn  in  y"  old  Barn,  &  would  fayn  have  gone 
into  y*-"  great  Barn  but  was  prevented.  In  the  afternoon  they 
came  again  &  to  make  sure  distraynd  again  on  the  same  th. 
the  second  time.  Hee  brought  also  a  warrant  to  y"  Consta]:)les 
of  Isc[oyd]  to  take  charge  of  y'"  Goods  distraynd  on  and  to  watt:h 
them  night  &:  day  til  such  time  as  they  should  bee  remov'd  : 
which  they  did  accordingly,  warning  in  divers  of  y"  neighb''  for 
that  purp.  by  tAvo  &  two,  night  &  day,  all  that  week  from 
Munday  til  Saturday.  (The  Constables  were  Tho.  Morgan,  Mr. 
Jenings'  Tenant  at  y'^  Wych,  &  John  Ratcliff,  our  own  Tenant 
at  Isc.  Green.)  Note,  notwithst.  their  watching  in  the  lane  wee 
might  have  secur'd  y"  Coles,  &  the  Cart,  «Sr  y"  wheeles,  and  y*'  slead, 
&  w'  wee  had  pleased  of  y"  Hay,  but  wee  did  not.  Sept.  i. 
being  Thursday,  they  began  to  carry ;  the  gate  next  y"-'  lane 
being  lockt  &  they  not  desiring  to  have  it  opened,  it  put  them 
to  y''  more  Trouble.  From  y''  lower  Hay-bay  &  Tavelett  they 
pitcht  it  &  carry'd  it  on  Pikehils  to  y''  Carts,  Six  Teames  cany'd 
it  away,  to  ^Ir.  Yong's  of  Croxton.  ]\Ir.  \\'ill.  Hanm"  Team 
•carryd  y*  first  load,  being  as  was  supposed  about  14.  hundred, 
(Hay  scarce  this  year;  Wid.  Payn  present  sayd,  she  chad  given 
30'^  for  about  y''  like  quantity  a  few  dayes  before)  John  Davyes, 
James  Higginbotam,  Tho.  Madocks.  each  of  y°'  1 2.  hundred,  Tho. 
Woods  &  Benyon's  together — about  10.  hundred — in  all  six  load, 
Ijeing  60.  hundred.  The  pitchers  &  Carryers  were  Griffith  Jones 
John  Cartwright,  John  Roberts,  Craven  Glutton,  Rodenhurst — 
^vho  were  promis'd  12''  a  peice.  In  y*^  Afternoon  three  of 
y"'  came  again  &:  carry'd  each  of  them  a  load  of  Coles,  viz.  Mr. 
H'  Davy's  &  Higginbotams,  valu'd  y"  first  to  13'  4''  y"'  other  to 
T  o^  apeice,  being  great  loads.  .\.lso  4.  other  load  by  4.  Teames 
press'd  for  y*"  purp.  upon  the  Road  in  Y  Ring's  name,  Mr.  Pern, 
shewing  them  the  old  warrant  with  two  hands  &  scales,  wherein 
not  a  word  mentioning  any  such  power  given  to  him,  whicli 
frii^htned  them   to  doe  it.     Fran.  Clark's.  Wid.  of  Baneor.  "\\"il. 


308  rillLIF  HENRY. 

Holloway.  Rich.  Booth,  valu'd  one  with  another  to  7"  6**  or  S- 
each  load.  Sept.  2.  They  sett  in  to  carry  y^  Barley  out  of  y^  Oak- 
feild  (Twas  lejes,  four  times  plow'd  &  .sow'd  with  20.  measures. 
John  Hall  by  Mr.  Pem.  order  puld  the  Hay,)  Thornes  away  from 
y"  Gap  under  the  Broad-Oke*  at  which  the  Teames  entred,  carryin;^ 
that  day,  Humphr.  Swanwick's,  John  Philips'  of  y*  feilds.  John 
Prideon's  of  y"  Wych,  Edw.  Dewy's  &  Tho.  Hognett's,  each  of  them 
two  loads  to  Mr.  Yong's  Barn  at  Croxton — Y®  rakers  were,  John 
Hal,  John  Roberts,  Grif.  Jones,  John  lloyd,  Wil.  Simson,  John 
Williams,  Roger  Gonsh.  Roger  Fox,  Edw.  Owen's  son.  The  After- 
noon three  Teames  from  Orton  having  bin  at  Whitch.  with  Pigs  of 
Iron  were  press'd  as  before  in  their  return  &  carry'd  each  of  them 
a  load  of  Coles,  valu'd  one  with  another  to  6**  8*^  apeice.  one  of  them 
was  named  Edw.  Roberts,  the  other  two  would  not  tell  their  names. 

Sept.  3.  made  an  end.  Croxton"s  Team,  &  John  Philips'  <S: 
Luke  Row's,  carr}''d  each  of  them  a  load  of  Barley,  my  neighbor 
Kalph  Nixon  carry'd  a  load,  ^t  of  Hay  &  ,pt  of  Barley — my 
neighb''  John  Simson  carry'd  a  load  of  Coles,  John  Yong  another. 
Croxton  another,  (S:  Wil.  Jarvis  another.     The  wheeles  were  carry'd 

by ,  the  Tumbrel  Draughts  &  Slead  by  Mr.  Tho.  Hanmer"s 

Team  of  y^  Fenns.  In  all  24.  Teames.  12.  Assistants.  In  Octob. 
following  they  began  to  thresh  the  barley,  having  sold  it  to 
Mr.  Fairbrace  a  malster  near  Orton  at  the  rate  of  3^  ^  measure, 
as  wee  hear,  only  2^  ^  meas.  to  bee  allowed  for  his  fetching- 
it.  About  the  time  w"  they  began  Mr.  Wil.  Yong  owner  of 
Croxton-house  cutt  his  own  Throat  near  london.  About  the 
middle  of  Novemb.  they  made  an  end,  tis  sayd  there  was  118. 
meas.  besides  the  light  corn,  which  was  not  a  little. 

Nov.  14.  Mr.  Mainwaring's  Kill  of  Ightfeild  was  burnt,  with, 
considerable  loss. 

[^Apr.  16.  82.  I\lr.  \\itherings  dy'd.  The  Barley  was  sold  to' 
Mr.  Fairgrace  of  Orton,  the  straw  to  Ja.  Higginbot,  Tho.  Philii)s 
the  Ha)-,  Mr.  Vs\  H.  of  Bettisf.  the  Coles,  S'  J.  H.  the  wheeles  : 
Tumbrel,  &  slead  Rich.  Pova.] 

Sept.  19.  began  Flint  Assize,  where  Wilkinson's  business  A\-as 
heard  ^:  hec  entred  his  Traverse.     iMr.  \\"\\.  Hanmcr  being  Forc- 

*  This  seems  to  identify  the  site  of  the  great  tree,  which  must  have  been  at 
the  opening  where  three  roads  meet,  and  a  younger  oak  is  now  growing. 


PHILIP  IIEXRV.  309 

man  of  }■*=  Graiid  Jury  presented  lady  Houghton  >,\:  lier  daughter 
^Irs.  Dymock  for  not  coming  to  Church  for  a  Twelve -month  i\: 
Tho.  Pemerton  the  high  Constable  presented  Wil.  Turner  for  not 
coming  to  the  Sacram'  &  Wil.  Benet  &  ]\Iary  Cartwr.  for  not 
coming  to  divine  ser\ice  <!v:  mee  for  Keeping  a  Conventicle  at  my 
liouse  &  for  saying  the  law  agt  conventicles  was  not  to  be  obey'd, 
iS:  that  there  is  never  a  word  of  God  &c.  in  it.  If  all  this  was  done 
without  malice  (accord,  as  the  oath  taken  expresses)  let  God,  who 
knowes  pfectly  for  hee  searches  the  heart,  bee  judge  ! 

Sept.  26.  I  mett  Cos.  Madocks  at  Alkintn  where  wee  \iew"d 
>\:  i)riz'd  ^Ir.  Maiden's  Bookes,  which  came  to  about  ^24. 

Sept.  27.  I  went  to  Osw[estry]  where  discourse  was  had  with 
B'"  lloyd  &  Mr.  Dodwel  by  ]\Ir.  Jonathan  Roberts,  Mr.  James  Owen, 
..S:  mys^*  concer.  our  Ordination  by  Presbyters,  without  a  Diocesan 
B'',  which  wee  endeavoured  to  justify.  It  continued  from  betw. 
2.  iJv:  3.  til  7.  &  8.  at  night  in  y'"  Town-hall — ^^'"  I  disir  d  to  bee 
excus'd  from  concer.  mys"^  at  that  time  &  in  those  circumstances, 
l:)eing  of  another  Diocess,  hcc  sayd,  it  was  the  common  cause  of 
Religion  &  I  must  concern  mys'. 

On  the  Thursday  following  I  recciv'd  a  letter  from  him  to 
desire  mee  to  meet  him  at  Wr[exham]  on  Friday,  which  I  did,  where 
discourse  past  to  the  same  purpose,  but  hee  no  l:)etter  satisfied 
with  my  Arguings  than  I  with  his.  Hee  sayd  hee  did  not  look 
upon  mee  as  o-;^icr/xaTtK-os  but  only  as  Trapaa-waywyo's.  And  that  if 
I  were  in  his  Diocess,  hee  did  not  question,  but  hee  should  find 
out  some  way  to  make  mee  useful.  Many  reports  past  far  and 
near  concer.  this  Conference;  for  my  own  part  upon  reflection  I 
find,  I  have  great  reason  to  bee  asham'd  of  my  manifold  infir- 
mityes  &  imperfections,  &  yet  doe  bless  God,  that  seeing  I  could 
manage  it  no  better  to  doe  the  'J>uth  more  scr\ice,  there  was  not 
more  sayd  «Sc  done  to  its  disservice,  to  Ciod  bee  glory. 

J?ec.  29.  I  sent  55^*  to  Cos.  Jane  Higginson,  by  order  from 
Cos.  Rich.  Hotchkis,  which  Cos.  Darrack  was  cozen'd  of  by  a 
'Counterfeit  letter  in  my  name  by  S.  P. 

1 5.    Recciv'd  from  Mr.  Ralph  \Veldt  of  W'rexh.  being  a  legacy 

*  Full  particulars  of  this  discussion  arc  given  in  Sir  John  NVilliams's  "  Life 
.of  Philip  Henry." 

t  The  Welds  had  married  w  ith  tlie  \\'ohycIie>,  Lady  Puleston's  family. 


3  I O  PHILIP  HE.YR  ] : 

left;  to  mce  b}'  his  Uncle  JS'Ir.  Ralph  Weld  my  good   Iriend,  who 

dyed  this  summer  past — ^5. .     16.     Philip  Bickley  went 

towards  london,  I  gave  him  2'  6''  &  for  y*"  3.  to.  o.  which  I  owe 
him,  hee  was  desirous  it  should  rema)n  stil  in  my  hands,  y"  lord 
bless  him  oc  keep  him  from  evil,  esp.  from  the  evil. 

23.  Reed  from  Mrs.  Aldersey  ^3.  to  pay  for  Cos.  Bosyer's 
( irave  stone,  it  cost  42',  I  return'd  ^2.  (of  w'  shee  sent)  back 
again,  it  being  equal  that  I  should  bear  the  one  half  with  her. 

Dec.  2.  81.  Dr.  John  Roan  B"  of  Killaloo  in  Ireland  v.rites 
in  these  words  to  his  Bro'  Richard — you  writt  to  mee  that  there 
was  some  dispute  betwixt  the  B''  of  S'  Asaph  &:  some  Pres- 
byterian Min''  concer.  that  point  of  Reordination.  B^'  Bromhal, 
our  late  Primate,  did,  as  I  conceive,  make  use  of  such  a  way  as 
could  not  well  be  rejected  by  any  dissenter  that  desired  the  peace 
of  the  church  &  brought  in  many  of  y'"  as  I  wel  know  ;  If  Mr. 
Henry  please  to  consult  his  Book  &  therein  in  the  narrative  of 
his  life  hee  may  find  what  was  the  tenor  of  his  letters  of  Orders, 
one  instance  is  as  foUoweth — non  annihilantes  priores  Ordines 
(si  quos  habuit)  nee  validitatem  aut  invaliditatem  eorundem  deter- 
minantes,  multb  minus  omnes  Ordines  sacros  Ecclesiarii  forinsecarii 
condemnantes  quos  proprio  Judici  relinquimus  sed  solummodo 
supplentes  quicquid  priiis  defuit  per  Canones  Ecclesite  Anglicane 
requisitum  et  providentcs  paci  Ecclise  ut  Schismatis  tollatur  occasio 
et  conscientiis  fidelium  satisfiat  nee  uUo  modo  dubitent  de  ejus 
ordinatione  aut  actus  suos  i)resbyteriales  tanquam  invalidos  aver- 
sentur.  In  cujus  rei  Testimonium  &c.  If  this  might  be  obser^^'d. 
1  understand  not  what  ground  of  scruple  might  bee  left  them. 

Ego  T.  P.  Art[ium]  Mag[ister]  et.  curat.  Ecclia;  parochialis  de 
'V.  in  Comit.  Cestr.  prcetensas  meas  Ordinationum  literas  a  qui- 
liusdam  Presbyteris  olim  obtentas  jam  penitus  renuncio  et  dimitto 
pro  vanis,  humiliter  supplicans  quatenus  Rev.  in  X'"  pater  et  I)"" 
J)"'Georg.  Permissione  divina  Cestr.  Episc.  me  ad  sacrum  Din- 
conatus  Ordinem  juxta  morem  et  ritus  Ecclesire  Anglicane  digna- 
retur  Admittere.     A.U.  1662. 

Jaji.  5.  i68i.  I  went  to  Hampton  Post  concer.  y^  Seat  in  y 
South  side  of  Malpas  church  belonging  to  Iscoyd  Tenem'  chal- 
leiigd  bv  v"  Ratcliffs,  where  I  discours'd  with  Mr.  Adams  steward 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  311 

to  y  yong  lord  Cholmley  &  propos'd  (to  silence  ail  future 
disputes  about  it,  which  have  lasted,  as  some  alive  remember  b\- 
lits,  these  50.  y.)  that  it  might  bee  divided,  I  to  have  the  one 
Moity,  the  other,  either  to  Mullock's  house  or  y''  Bank  house,  as 
lord  Cholmley  y"  landlord  should  appoint,  accord,  to  w'^''  agreem' 
it  was  so  entred  in  the  Church  book  (a  draught  of  y*"  whole 
in  Parchm'  being  designed,  as  a  record  for  future)  &  I  payd  to 
John  Kostock  y*^  late  churchwarden  seven  shillings,  being  y®  one 
Moity  of  what  it  was  charg'd  with  for  y*  wainscoting  of  it.  The 
same  day  was  buryed  old  Thomas  Nixon  of  the  Hen-vayes  at 
Malpas,  Mr.  Brookes  preacht.  Phil.  i.  21.  to  dye  is  gain. 

16.  I  went  to  Chester,  my  son  Mathew  w"'  mee,  though  some 
danger  by  reason  of  wind  &  water,  at  the  invitation  of  B"  "W. 
lloyd  of  S'  Asaph,  with  w'"  I  discoursed  in  his  chamber  several 
howTs  concer.  many  th.  in  difference,  but  after  all  am  not  ^iswaded 
to  be  reordayned  &  to  conform.  The  Min"  in  Chester  are  at 
])resent  restrayn'd  from  meeting  so  publiquely  as  heretofore,  the 
1^.''  Dr.  Peirson  moderate,  also  y"  Mayor  &  Recorder,  Mainwaring 
i\:  Williams,  but 

18.  a  dead  child  found  in  S'  Johns  church-y.  under  a  hea^' 
of  stones,  the  Mother  soon  discover'd  &  confess'd  —  afterw. 
executed.  There  have  been  6.  or  7.  executed  at  Chester,  the  tv.o 
last  Assises  for  this  Wickedness,  three  for  one  child,  the  Father, 
the  Mother  &  the  Grand-mother.  Great  harm  done  this  w-eek  by 
Flouds  both  of  Dee  &  Severn  ;  also  by  the  Wind  in  divers 
places — warnings,  warnings.  Feb.  2.  I  cancel'd  my  Bond  for 
y^6o.  to  Sister  Ann,  putting  ^20.  to  Mary  Prob"  cS:  ^40.  to 
l-"rancis  Probart  &  taking  Bond  from  them  to  her  use.  So  that 
now  I  am  in  bonds  to  no  one  nor  no  one  in  Bonds  to  mee  y*  I 
know  of,  which  was  more  then  I  could  say  these  two  &:  twent\- 
\'eares.  Old  Dan  Kempster  of  Alkinton  dy'd  this  last  month,  as 
did  also,  soon  after  him,  his  two  sons  Daniel  &  William,  the  one 
often  reckoning  what  hee  would  doe  when  his  Father  was  dead,  but 
liv'd  to  doe  nothing.  An  ancient  woman  in  Whitch.  nam'd 
rvlargt.  Ashton  poysond  hers^  with  Arsenick,  aged  85. 

Feb.  12.     being  Sabb.  at  8.  at  night,  Squire  I'hyn  *  was  kild  in 

*  Evelyn  %\  rites,  March  10,  1682:   "  Tliis  day  was  executed  Coll.  Vvrats. 
and  some  of  his  accomplices  for  the  execrable  murder  of  Mr.   Thynii,  set  on 


312  PHILIP  HENRY. 

}jel  mel,  coming  out  of  his  coach  by  Forrainers  as  is  sayd  hir'd  to 
doe  it  by  Count  Conigsmark,  his  Rival  for  y*=  lady  Ogle,  daughter 
to  y''  E.  of  Northumb.  now  in  Holland,  three  were  taken  Jvlar.  3. 
News  came  y'  y''  Count  was  acquitted  &  y"  3  condemned  — 
marryd  in  May  to  y*"  Duke  of  Somersett. 

13.  wee  found  16.  old  pigeons  dead  in  the  pigeon  house,  avcc 
think  poyson'd,  Sam.  Moyl  said  on  Thursday  Mar.  9.  in  the 
hearing  of  W"  Robarts  &  mine  that  hee  would  take  a  Course 
with  them  for  eating  his  Fitches.  Thou,  lord,  seest  I  hee  acknow- 
ledg'd  hee  had  done  it  &  would  doe  it  again.  The  law  takes 
(Cognizance  of  such  matters  but  I  forbear  to  complain,  lest  y'' 
remedy  bee  worse  than  y''  disease  &  because  I  trust  in  God.  23. 
Hugh  Dyas  bury'd,  Elis.  Morton  dy'd,  the  longest  in  dying  that 
ever  I  saw  or  knew  any.  29.  Cos.  Dan.  Hotchkis  dy'd,  by 
whose  Deatli  wee  have  one  life  the  less  in  the  lease  of  Brereton's 
Croft  &  might  have  had  also  in  Orton's  lease  if  God  in  his 
Providence  liad  not  order'd  otherwise.  30.  This  day  I  payd 
J^d.  to  Mr.  Catheral  Schoolm'  of  Hanmer,  due  in  January  Avas 
twelvemonth,  &  took  his  acquittance,  I  receiv'd  it  yesterday  of 
Randle  Key  l^y  order  of  Mr.  John  lloyd  of  Willington,  being  y' 
Interest  of  ^100.  which  Mr.  Jenings  gave,  for  securing  of  w''' 
Horsmas  Tenem'  is  in  Morgage.  Hee  owes  yet  for  the  last  year 
ending  in  Jan.  last.  I  gave  Randle  Key  an  Acquittance,  Cos. 
luke  lloyd  is  concern'd  with  mee,  but  acts  not.  Api:  1.  Stuff  suit 
lS:  Cloth  Cote  for  Math.  ^^4.  9.  o. 

1682.  May.  5.  Mr.  John  Kynaston  of  lee,  Barrister  at  law, 
going  homewards  in  the  evening  from  Hanmer  Hal  was  kild  by  a 
Fall  off  his  horse  upon  the  Rowrey,  near  to  Tho.  Yong's  house. 
To  Jo.  Wil.  for  mending  y"  Causey  to  y®  turf-bank  belonging  to 
Tenem'  on  Isc.  green,  iriy  pt.  i'  6'',  ^t.ners  Mr.  Deaves  &  John 
^Vyn.^ — Alay  6.  the  D.  of  York  narrowly  escap'd  drowning  in  his 
passage  from  london  to  Scotland,*  many  of  the  Passengers  that 
were  with  him  were  drown'd ;  some  say  200.  others  250. 

by  the  Konigsmaik.  .  .  .  Never  man  went  so  unconcerned  for  liis  sad  fate.'" 
There  is  a  marble  monument  in  Westminster  Abljey,  .south  aisle  of  the  choir, 
pourtraying  the  scene  of  the  murder. 

*  "The  duke  had  leave  given  him  to  come  to  the  l^ing  at  Newmarket  : 
;u.id  there  he  prevailed  for  leave  to  come  up  again  and  live  at  court.  As  he 
v.as  going  back  to  Ijring  the  duchess,  the  Glojicester  frigate  that  carried  hini 
struck  on  a  bank   of  sand  "  (Burnet,  i.   523,   fo].).     The  bishop  says  that    a 


PHILIP  HENRY.  313 

May.  17.  George  Richardson  an  old  man  was  drown'd  in  a 
<litch  near  y*  Twimleys,  going  over  a  foot-bridg  with  a  smal 
burthen  of  stickes  on  his  back  which  caught  in  an  Owler  bough 
bended  for  a  rayl  &  pul'd  him  backward,  as  was  suppos'd.  Many 
l^sons  in  trouble  up  &  down  y"  nation,  meetings  disturb'd,  divers 
imprisonxl  upon  writs  de  excomm.  cap.  6:  lord  (jod,  cease  I 
beseech  y*^  S'  WiUiam  Jones*  dy'd  in  this  month,  a  zealous 
stickler  agt  popery  &  about  ye  succession.  B^  Bridgmanf  dy'd  in 
this  month,  B^  of  Man,  Dean  of  Chester.  Prebend  of  York, 
Parson  of  Bangor  Orton,  "Worthenbury,  Barrow,  &c.  Hee  had  a 
son  born  a  little  before  his  Death,  named,  \Villiam  John  Henry 
l^ridgman,  his  own,  y"  E.  of  Derby's  &  the  B''  of  Chesters 
Prcenomina —  dy'd  in  December  following. 

Mr.  Cliurch  (to  w"'  his  Grandf.  lately  left  a  considerable  estate, 
near  ^1600.)  sent  ^3.  to  bee  given  by  mee  to  poor  Min".  given 
accordingly  to  Mr.  'J'aylor.  20'  to  ]Mr.  Roberts  20'  to  Mr.  Owen 

22.  The  last  week  one  David  (kiffith  of  Tilstock  being  de- 
prehended  in  the  stealing  of  some  sheep  near  Didlisson,  &  having 
sold  y'"  at  Drayton,  as  was  suppos'd  in  fear  of  further  prosecution, 
poyson'd  hims^  &:  dy'd  after  much  purging  &  vomiting  on  y'^  18. 
instant. 

24.  Mr.  Hanmer's  second  son  Thomas  of  the  Fenn  dy'd 
after  3  dayes  sickness,  as  was  supposed  by  the  Measils — the  lord 
sanctify  y"  sudden  stroke  to  y**  Father  &  to  y*  Family — bury'd 
/////.  25.    Jun.  5.    my  worthy  dear  Friend,  Mr.  Sam.  Jones  Min"".  of 

hundred  and  lifly  )5erson,s  perished,  and  lie  reflects  strongly  upon  tlie  in- 
humanity of  the  Duke  of  York.  Lord  Dartmouth  says  the  duke  would  not 
leave  the  ship  till  pressed  to  do  so  several  times  by  the  captain  ;  he  then 
"  ordered  a  strong  box  to  be  lifted  into  the  boat,  which,  besides  being 
extremely  weighty,  took  \\\>  a  great  deal  of  time  as  well  as  room.  My  father 
asked  him  with  some  warmth,  if  there  was  anything  in  it  worth  a  man's  life  ; 
to  which  he  replied  there  were  things  of  so  great  consequence  Ijoth  to  the 
king  and  himself,  that  he  would  hazard  his  own  rather  than  it  should  be  lost." 

*  Sir  William  Jones  summed  up  the  evidence  against  Lord  Stafford. 
Burnet  had  been  required  to  give  up  his  friendship  as  a  condition  of  court 
favour.      He  was  a  very  learned  man. 

t  This  was  Philip  Henry's  former  o])]5onent,  with  respect  to  whom  he 
seems  afterwards  to  have  thought  that  he  could  not  then  have  done  otherwise 
than  he  did.  Dr.  Henry  IJridgman  was  a]ii)ointed  to  Bangor  Monachorum 
in  1640,  and  .Air.  Fogg  was  his  chaplain  during  the  Commonwealth.  See 
Appendix. 


314  riniJi^  henry. 

X'  in  (ilaniorgan-shire  came  to  see  mee,  with  \v''  I  had  y"  sweet 
converse  of  a  few  howres,  which  was  sweet  indeed,  o:  what  wil 
it  l)ee  w"  wee  meet  together  &  no  corruption  or  darkness  cleaving 
to  us,  in  y*"  jDresence  of  our  father,  to  ,pt  no  more.  June.  25. 
-\Ir.  Brooks  preacht  at  cliapel  two  bitter  sermons,  after  the  first  it 
was  wonderd  I  would  come  to  hear  the  second,  but  though  hee 
doth  not  know  his  Duty,  I  thank  Clod,  I  know  mine  (S:  can  gather 
Honey  from  a  dead  carkass.  July.  i.  endeavours  to  out  Mr. 
Rich.  Catheral  from  being  School-M''.  of  Hanmer  &:  to  put  in  Mr. 
John  Burroughs,  a  Certificate  subscrilTd  to  tliat  ])urp.  by  the  cheif 
of  y'^  Parish. 

6.  a  most  dreadful  night  of  Thunder  (S:  lightning,  but  no 
hurt  done  that  I  hear  of,  blessed  bee  God  !  two  oxen  kild  near 
Orton.  a  Barn  burnt  near  Sturbr.  Contests  at  london  concer.  y" 
choyce  of  new  Sheriffs,  the  Mayor  claymes  a  power  of  nominating 
one,  which  is  deny'cl  him,  the  old  sheriffs  committed  to  y''  Tower, 
Shute  &:  Pilkinton  ;  out  again  upon  Bayl.  Papillon  &:  Du  Boys 
after  several  Polls  chose  before  North  &  Box  by  several  Hundreds 
— 10.  I  went  with  Math.  tow.  Prestw.  in  Staff,  near  Sturbr.  lodg'd 
at  Hales  at  Mr.  AVoodh.  dropt  a  handful  of  seed.  Pro.  14.  9.  lord 
bless.  II.  to  Prestw.  safe  and  wel,  to  God  bee  glory.  Madam 
h'oley  lyes  in  of  a  Daughter  named  Penelope — I  was  there  w"  shee 
lay  in  of  her  eldest  daughter  &  not  since  til  now.  Mr.  H.  &  his 
lady  t^  Mis  Betty  there — A  good  &  great  Family  wel  order'd. 
would  there  were  more  such. 

12.  to  Swinver.  &  Sturbr.  saw  y'"  Hospital,  y*"  gift  of  Mr.  Tho. 
Pole)-,  a  noble  Foundacon.  60.  childr.  taught  for  Prentices— saw 
Mr.  AMlsby  an  aged  N.C.,  weak.  13.  to  Bridgn.  saw  Mr.  John 
Nevet  &:  his  wife  &  mother  (Mrs.  Baker  first,  Mrs.  Hill  last)  a 
sister  of  !\Ir.  Th.  Foley,  with  a  Family  of  Daughters,  w"  God  bless  ! 

14.  pr.  jPj\  31.  15.  home  by  Enf  [ield].  saw  my  old  Friends 
Mr.  Hen.  (irey  &  his  wife  childless — y"  first  House  I  lay  in  in. 
y"  Countrey  in  my  way  from  Oxf.  in  Sept.  1653. — ^16.  pr.  lojii. 
3.  26.  heard  D''  Ford  Min"^  of  Swinford — my  Acqu.  in  Oxf  hee 
C'ensor,  I  an  undergrad.  hee  then  a  Roundh.  I  a  Cavaleir,  as  y*' 
names  of  P)istinction  then  were,  now  contra.  17.  to  Rushal  near 
A^'alsal  to  Mr.  Hen.  leigh. 

18.     home  in  peace  iS:  all  VvX'l  there,  to  God  bee  Glory  I 


nilLIP  IIEXRY.  315 

July.  9.  one  \\'ood  of  Arcal  Parish,  aged  60.  Kild  his 
A\'ife  aged  85.  with  a  blow  on  her  neck  with  a  Pestle — they  had 
quarreld  about  some  moneyes  &  a  bed,  try'd  &  acquitted,  as  dis- 
tracted. 

17.  one  Hanka  of  Orton,  a  jwor  man,  often  at  the  door 
begging  on  Horseback  being  lame,  hang'd  hims'. 

Mr.  Steele  &  his  wife  with  us  in  whose  compan)^  wee  were 
refresht.  as  were  also  many  more,  how  sweet  is  Heaven,  where 
are  all  Saints  and  those  <j}fect  &  none  but  such. 

3.  I  promised  Ralph  Nixon  that  Tho.  Merrick  should  re- 
move from  Roger's  Back-house  after  a  month  from  this  day,  hee 
was  unwilling  hee  should  come  in,  though  Mr.  H.  desir'd  it,  I 
told  him,  hee  did  a  worse  th.  at  his  desire  the  last  year. 

Aug.  5.  Sat.  in  y^  Even,  my  dear  wife  was  not  wel,  the  first 
Sympt.  of  a  Feaver  did  then  appear;  that  night  shee  burn'd  but 
slept. 

6.  Sab.  she  was  pretty  wel  cSc  below  stayres  but  slept  little 
that  night. 

7.  Mund.  !)"■  Brereton  came  to  her  (a  special  providence 
that  hee  was  in  y°  Country). 

8.  Tuesd.  shee  was  refresht,  gott  up  and  walkt  about  y'' 
chamber  &  rested  pretty  well  at  night.  9.  A\^ed.  shee  was  in 
patient  sweet  frame  all  y"  day ;  though  often  saying,  sick,  sick,, 
never  so  sick,  yet  by  «Jt  by,  now  I  am  better,  the  lord  is  good  & 
doth  good. 

10.  Th.  shee  sayd,  I  repent  of  all  my  sins  esp.  of  my  un- 
]jrofitableness  under  y"  meanes  of  grace,  which  Ciod  forgive  \n 
X'  Jesus  &  I  know  Death  cannot  hurt  me,  I  wil  endeavor  to  keep 
my  eye  upon  my  Christ  (S:  my  Crown. 

11.  Fr.  7.  a  clock,  shee  shook  &  was  chil  for  about  half  an 
liour,  then  burn'd  &  sweat,  often  saying  sick,  sick — at  night 
refreshed. 

12.  Sat.  a  better  day.  many  prayers  made  by  k'riends  for 
us,  lord,  hear  &  have  mercy  : 

13.  Sab.  about  4.  a  clock  in  y"  morning  )"  j-'itt  return'd, 
])'■  Brereton  (lodgd  in  y''  House)  rose  then. 

14.  Mund.  shee  was  pretty  wel  but  weak,  left  all  other 
meanes  but  a  little  Dioscordium  at  night  to  help  sleep. 


3l6  PHILIP  HENRY. 

15.  Tucsd.  the  Fitt  began  about  y*"  same  time  in  }'  morn. 
«&  continu'd  after  the  same  manner,  shee  sate  up  a  good  |}t  of 
y"  aftern.  18.  Fr.  should  have  been  her  better  day  but  prov'd 
otherwise,  feares  return'd,  but  God  had  mercy,  the  night  following 
shee  slept  well  til  about  midnight,  about  which  time  shee  began 
to  bee  cold  for  one  hour,  then  burn'd  another,  then  sweat  another, 
then  slept  &  was  refreshed.  19.  Sat.  she  sate  up  all  day  &  was 
chearful.  wee  heard  of  the  death  of  old  Aunt  Aldersey,  (xrand- 
mother  to  Cosin  Robert  Bosyer,  who  dy'd  yesterday  morning  at 
WoUarton. 

20.  Sal),  my  wife  being  uj)  in  the  chamber  heard  y*"  Scrmon% 
from  below  &  the  Avord  was  sweet  to  her ;  had  an  easy  Fitt  y'' 
night  following  about  midnight.  It  may  be  the  lord  wil  please 
to  look  upon  us  c\:  to  grant  us  a  Repreive.  21.  Mund.  a  better 
day,  that  night  wee  slept  together  again,  the  first  night  after  a 
fortnight's  separation,  to  God  bee  glory  !  22.  Tuesd.  not  well 
but  better  than  other  ill  dayes.  23.  I  went  to  Bo[reatton] 
the  occasion  extraordinary,  else  I  should  not  have  left  my  dear 
wife  in  her  present  circumstances.  a  mind  to  discourse  lord 
Paget  &  Mr.  Swinfen.  concer.  publi(]ue  aftayres,  by  them  both  1 
underst.  no  hope  but  upwards. 

7.  Mr.  Tho.  Bridge*  ]Min'  of  y"  higher  Parsonage  of  Malpas 
near  58.  y.  aged  82  y.  was  bury'd  this  day.  Mr.  Green  preacht. 
Text.  I  Tim.  i.  16.  told  what  he  had  declared  to  him  in  a  late 
fit  which  hee  had  concer.  his  Repentance ;  towards  his  later  end 
very  charitable,  a  taking,  poj^ular,  good  preacher,  preacht  often  <S: 
to  the  last,  could  read  y*"  smallest  print  without  spectacles,  IiaAing 
us'd  glasses  in  private  ever  since  40. 

Aug.  24.  now  twenty  years  since  wee  have  bin  lamenting  after 
Y  lord,  in  the  v.-ant  of  i)ubli(|ue  liberty  to  preach  X"  everlasting 
Gosp. 

25.  -Mr.  O.  «S:  ^Ir.  J.  with  nice  at  Bo.  expecting  a  congress 
witli  B.  11.     1  advised  it  ratlier  by  writing. 

*  He  died  aged  cighty-lwo,  having  Ijcen  rector  nearly  fifty-eight  years.  A 
fine  portrait  of  him  was  in  possession  of  his  descendant,  Ralph  Bridge,  who  in 
1816  had  been  curate  of  Malpas  for  forty  years.  The  family  seem  to  have  held 
lands  in  Hanmer  parish.  Mr.  Richard  Bridge  being  rated  in  16S7  for  tin. 
Farm,  and  Mr.  Thomas  Bridge  for  the  Brunctt,  both  in  the  township  of 
Tybroughion . 


PHILIP  IIEXRY.  317 

26.  'lomy  Hunt  not  well,  but  much  alter'd  in  seriousness, 
lord,  let  these  early  blossoms  bee  good  Fruit  in  due  time. 

27.  Col.  iii.  II.  X'  is  all  &  in  all — for  Justific.  Acceptation, 
salvation.  I  took  liim  this  day  to  bee  so  to  mee,  heartily,  un- 
faynedly.     xVmen  ! 

28.  to  Shw.  saw  my  Avortliy  Fr'^  Mr.  Tal.  lieard  of  the 
I  )eath  of  Duke  lauderdale.  29.  Home  in  much  mercy,  found 
wife  better,  noth.  but  work  for  Crod  in  such  circumst.  could  have 
kept  mee  so  long  from  her.  30.  lord  Anglesey  about  this  time 
removed  from  being  lord  Pri\-y  seal  by  y"  prosecution  of  y''  D.  of 
Ormond,  for  giving  other  accounts  of  y®  Irish  wars  y"  hee  would 
have  had  him— Wil[lington]  Cr[oss].  Ps.  145.  17.  Y  lo^d  's 
righteous  in  all  his  wayes.  Sept.  4.  about  2.  clock  in  y^ 
morning  dy'd  Cosin  Wil  Ridgway  at  Nantwych  suddenly,  hee 
cat  his  supper  well  &  went  wel  to  bed  (only  for  some  weekes 
troubled  with  a  Cough)  but  then  rose  out  of  his  bed,  went  to  y*^ 
chamber  where  Mrs.  Cartw.  la}-,  cry'd.  Mother,  Mother,  &  dy'd 
lileeding  at  y"  mouth,  without  saying  one  other  word.  I  hope, 
God  did  his  soul  good  while  hee  was  with  us  here  &:  since.  Hee 
is  y^  5th  of  our  sojourners  y'  hath  dy'd  yong,  yet  none  of  y'".with 
us,  John  Dickin,  John  Caldcott,  John  Eddow,  Robin  Bosyer  tv 
now  hee.  6.  bury'd  at  Audlem — Mr.  Cole  preacht.  Ecd.  7.  2. 
9.  D.  of  Monm.*  past  through  Nantw.  tow.  Chesf — some  ap- 
plauding others  vilifying — studia  in  contraria  vnlgns — Mr.  W" 
Han''  with  his  Family  went  tow.  london,  Mr.  Cath.  not  thought 
sufficient  for  Hanm""  Sch.  proposal  made  to  divide  y"  mayntenancc 
betw.  him  &:  another  that  shal  teach  latine,  not  accepted  by  him. 
many  kind  visits  from  Friends  (.K:  neighbours  congratulating  m\- 
dear  A\-ifes  recover)^ 

12.  At  Ash  all  night  a  difference  feard  betw.  Cos.  B[enyon] 
iK:  ]Mr.s.  C[artwright]  concer.  y<^.  R.  aftayres,  how  much  better  is 
one  handful  with  quietness  y"  both  hands  full  with  strife.  14. 
at  Bry.  EpJi.  2.  13.  I  would  desire  to  bee  of  that  people  }'  are 
near  to  God,  here  &:  for  ever.  15.  a  great  apple-year  in  most 
]>laces,  which  hath  influence  upon  y*  Corn-markt  to  keep  it  down. 
Assize  this  week  at  Wr[exham]  next  at  Holt,  a  mercy  y'  wee  are 
(|uiet.  D.  of  Monmouth  in  y*  Countrey  slighted  by  some,  respected 
*  Called  for  distinction  "The  Protestant  Duke." 


3l8  PHI f. IP  HENRY. 

l)y  others.  Trouble  threatned  to  those  that  respected  him — 
Winning  the  race  at  WaUisee  iv  being  Godf.  to  y"  Maior  of 
Chester's  child  Mr.  ]\rainwaring,  hee  gave  it  y'  plate  won,  valu'd 
to  65.  Pound. 

19.  y"  Pit  in  y"  Ortyard  begun  to  bee  fiFd,  y"fish  not  prosper- 
ing for  want  of  vent  for  y°  water,  too  Uit  for  y'"  (so  prosperity  (S: 
fulness  doth  hurt) — in  a  week's  time  finisht  by  4.  men  &  one  cart, 
more  done  afterw.  22 — Saw  -\Ir.  Finch,  Min''  near  Manchester  & 
was  refresht ;  Cos.  PJenyon  &  his  wife  seal'd  a  lease  to  mee  of 
certayn  lands  in  Ash  for  9.  )-.  to  pay  his  debts  &  provide  for  his 
yongest  child.  I  am  not  pleas'd  to  bee  concern'd  in  such 
matters,  but  hee  would  have  it  so,  (S:  besides  I  have  been  using 
his  name  in  a  like  matter. 

28.  Assize  week  in  Chester — strict  inquiryes  after  y"  y'  shew'd 
Kindness  to  y''  D.  of  M.,  their  names  to  bee  returnd  to  the  council, 
hims*  sent  for  by  a  Pursevant,  &:  committed,  as  is  reported,  but 
out  again  upon  Bayl.  Stirs  at  london  concer.  sheriffs  &  Maior,* 
for  y*"  next  year,  y"  majority  chuse  on  one  side,  y^  Court  and  Court- 
party  on  y"  other,  &  at  y"'  flames  our  Common  enemyes  sit  by  c\: 
warm  their  Fingers — -The  lord  in  n)ercy  j^revent  w'  wee  have 
cause  to  fear. 

Sept.  29.  delivered  to  my  wife.  ^^.  for  houshold  expences. 
as  long  as  it  wil  last  [not  done].  To  my  4.  daughters  to  husband 
in  lesser  matters  of  Apparel  for  thems''  til  lady-day,  &  that  the\ 
may  learn  to  deal  for  thcms.,  beginning  with  a  little.  God  give 
y'"  wisedom  for  Heaven  l\:  y"  better  p'  y'  shal  never  bee  taken 
away  from  them. 

Oct.  14.  In  y''  rei)ayr  of  a  draw-wei  at  Hanm''  hal,  two  men 
were  kild  by  y'  earth  falling  upon  them.  Rich.  Bloor  &  —  Ank- 
hurst.  jun.  Also  one  man  kild  travelling  on  y"  road  near  Mr. 
Tannat's  of  Broxton  (now  S''  Phil.  Egerton's),  a  guid  to  Mr.  Bostock 
of  Whicks.  into  a  pit  newly  made  for  marie,  steep  but  dry  &:  near 
the  High-way ;  his  Florse  fell  not. 

29.  The  two  men  bury'd  in  y'^  ^\'ell  pit  were  bury'd  indeed 
there,  it  being  thought  dangerous  to  the  Hall  to  sink  again  to  take 
them  thence. 

Nov.  4.     Reports  from  london  of  more  trouble  to  the  Min" 
*  Tlicy  wove  cnn-ied  l)y  tlic  cmiri  :  llic  -.licrilTs  were  North  nml  Rirli. 


PHI  LI r  liE.VRY.  319 

upon  y''  5.  mile  Act.  several  in  Prison,  several  living — Prichard 
declar'd  Maior. 

22.  several  meetings  &  many  arguings  betw.  ]Mrs.  C.  &  Cos. 
V>.  concer.  W.  Ridgway's  estate — my  desire  &  endeavour  hath  been 
iV  is,  if  it  may  bee,  to  compose  it,  that  they  may  not  goe  to  law. 
lor  fear  of  charge,  trouble,  &  guilt  to  thems.  <!<:  scandal  to  pro- 
fession, but  hitherto  I  cannot  prevayl.     lord,  sett  in  &  effect  it ! 

24.  Talk  of  the  K'^  resigning  the  crown  in  his  life  time  to 
prevent  effusion  of  Bloud.  Mr.  Bold  of  Dorsetsh.  suspended  for 
his  sermon  about  persecution.  A  lamentable  Fire  at  Wapping 
vvherein  many  houses  burn'd  &  many  persons  destroy'd,  it  began 
on  Sabb.  night.  Nov.  19.  30.  Orders  publisht  in  churches  in 
Cheshire  to  present  all  that  come  not  to  church  &:  to  the  Sacr'  if 
above  16.  Mr.  Tho.  Hanm''  prickt  for  sheriff  of  Flint,  (gott  off. 
Mr.  Ll[oyd]  on.) 

1683. — Events. 

Jdii.  1.  Tlie  \ear  began  with  mercy,  present  health,  dv:  oppor- 
tunity to  God  bee  glory.  3.  twenty  Bibles  distributed  in  Hanrner 
Parish,  sent  by  Mr.  St.  in  Br[onington]  4.  Tybr[oughton]  3.  b}- 
mee — in  Han[mer]  5.  Wil[lington]  3.  by  Ja.  Jacks,  in  Bet[tisfield]  2. 
in  Hal[ghton]  3.  by  Ri.  Roan.  5th.  Sanders,  cheif  Just,  instead 
of  Pemerton,  Pemerton  Com.  PI.  instead  of  North,  North  Keeper 
instead  of  Finch,  dead.  8.  Cosin  Benyon's  son  &  daughter  went 
from  us,  lord,  form  X'  in  them.  Difference  not  composed  witli 
Mrs.  Cartwr.  but  widening  rather.  There  dy'd  this  month  of 
our  Neighbours  &  acquaintance,  ^Irs.  Ellen  Bromley,  daughf 
of  Mr.  Rich.  Whitehal  of  Whitch.  a  virtuous  woman.  Also  John 
Evans,  servant  w"  I  liv'd  at  Emeral  to  Mr.  Roger  Puleston  &: 
since  to  his  son,  now  S""  Roger.  Also  Rich.  Roan  of  Hanmer, 
a  good  man.  Also  Mr.  Edw.  Kinaston  *  of  Bradenheath,  who 
wasted  his  estate  by  sin  &  dy'd  a  Beggar. 

Feb'"  I.  About  this  time  there  was  a  conjunction  of  Saturn  & 
Jupiter  in  Cancer. f     D'  Dove  agt  Atheism  sayes  the   like  was 

*  His  house — the  Ashes — is  still  standing,  and  the  story  is  still  told  thai. 
having  sold  it,  he  had  been  known  to  beg  at  his  own  door. 

t  This  year,  i88r,  there  has  been  a  conjunction  of  Saturn,  Jupiter,  Alars, 
■and  Venus  in  Aries. 


320  PHILIP  HENRY. 

6.  y.  before  Y  death  of  X'^  spoken  of  by  Astrologers  then  as  a 
Prognostique  of  the  alteration  of  Religion  in  y*  world.  I  doe  not 
much  heed  such  th.  but  I  mett  with  it  accidentally  in  his  Book 
written  long  since,  as  I  read  it  last  week. 

Feb.  8.  I  brought  to  }''  lady  Trevor  of  Emeral  a  Silver  cup  iV 
patten  given  to  mee  long  since  by  her  predecessor  the  lad\ 
Elizab.  Puleston  to  bee  disposed  of  as  I  should  see  good.  I  in 
tended  to  have  joyn'd  it  to  y*  like  at  A\'orthenb.  &  to  have  made- 
one  of  Both  for  communion  use,  but  by  my  removal  was  prevented. 
Since  then  it  hath  layn  by  mec,  but  was  never  lookt  upon  as  mine. 
Perhaps  it  was  my  Fault  &  may  turn  to  my  Reproach  y'  I  kept  it 
so  long,  but  no  one  in  the  world  knew  of  mj-  having  it,  &:  I  think 
I  have  done  wel,  to  bring  it  to  light  at  last. 

14.  Tidings  of  great  trouble  to  Min"«S:  people  both  at  londoii 
&:  elsewhere,  how  long,  lord  !  howbeit  thou  art  just — 6  qiiaiii 
JHsta  sunt  jitdicia  tua,  Doniiue  ! 

27.  Cos.  Benyon  went  from  us  after  22.  weekes  being  here 
for  which  bee  left  ^6.  Our  Converse  was  not  so  comfortable  as 
it  might  have  been  bee.  of  the  troublesom  business  with  Mrs. 
Cartwr.  which  often  discompos'd.  6:  how  sweet  wil  heaven  bee 
where  none  of  these  th.  shal  disquiet,  last  week  dy'd  my  good 
-pj.d  T^'m  |^(,|-,  Qf  Dodleston  in  Cheshire,  a  star  amongst  Christians 
of  y®  first  Magnitude,  eminent  in  gifts,  parts,  grace,  cSr  usefulness, 
try'd  in  trying  times,  few  such  of  my  Acquaintance,  time  to  cr) . 
lielp  lord. 

last  month  dy'd  in  london  Edw.  Bickley  son  of  my  old  Friend 
Robert  Bickley,  no  son  left  now  but  Philip. 

Mar.  16.  Broughton-house  rob'd  last  week,  the  Theif  taken, 
hang'd. — Margt.  Bedward  robd.  Mar.  16.  the  things  sold  at  the 
Higher  Wych,  retreiv'd  there.  24.  Min"  presented  at  Salo])- 
Assize  by  y"  Grand-Jury,  as  also  in  other  places.  Betty  Shilling 
fin'd  for  words,  notice  given  in  churches  in  london  that  all  above 
1 6.  must  communicate  at  Easter  or  else  bee  prosecuted. 

Apr.  4.  newes  of  D.  of  y.  made  Admiral,  lord  Hide  Treasurer, 
lord  Dartmouth  leift.  of  the  tower — &c. 

Wrexham  Assize  this  week,  where  many  presented  for  not 
coming  to  church  &  Sacram*.  S^  John  Trevor  cast  in  a  Suit  by 
Egerton — yong  Mr.  Jeftrycs  of  Acton.  Sheriff.     9.     Flint  Assize, 


nil  LIP  HEXRY.  321 

Mr.  lloyd  of  Halghton,  Sheriff— Three  condemn'd,  one  for  Robbing 
Mr.  Broughton's  house,  another  an  old  woman  ^t.  70.  for  Killing 
her  Grandchild  two  yeares'  old  upon  the  loss  of  a  sum  of  money 
put  out  for  it,  at  the  mediation  of  B''  lloyd  repreiv'd  as  being 
distracted,  a  third  for  stealing  a  Mare,  brought  in  on  Friday,  try'd 
on  Saturday,  &  condemn'd,  but  transported. 

15.  Restraynts  in  all  places,  righteous  art  tliou  6:  lord,  yet 
let  us  plead  with  y"''.  "Wee  heard,  my  wife  &  I  &  many  more  are 
presented  at  Flint  Assize  for  not  coming  to  the  Sacram'.  Dy'd  of 
our  Neighb""^  &  acquaintance  y''  month  Mr.  Hervey  Min''  of 
Wrenbury,  suddenly,  preacht  twice  on  Sabb.  &  dy'd  on  Tuesd. — 
17"'  Rich.  Heath — Hugh.  Suckley — Mrs.  Povey.  Mrs,  Gregory 
(Owen  Taylors  daughter)  coming  from  london  to  see  her  Father, 
sickned  at  Newp.     a  week  after  carry'd  to  london  to  bee  bury'd. 

May.  2.  Francis  Huxley  came  to  Iscoyd  not  with  a  staff  but 
with  two  Bands,  the  God  of  Jacob  bee  with  him  there.  I  am  wel 
pleasd,  it  is  like  to  bee  a  house  of  Pray''.  29.  W"  Turner  bouglit 
a  Mare  for  mee  at  Elsmer  fayr — cost — -^4.  9.  o. 

In  Decemb.  last  Mr.  St.  sent  20.  Bibles  for  Hanmer  ^jiish  thus 
dispos'd  of — Han""  by  Rich.  Roan,  to  W™  Wright  Wid.  Jones 
Wid.  Corbichley,  Dor.  Bradshaw,  Abel  Owen.  Betsf  by  Rich. 
Roan  to  John  Peat.  &  Halgh.  by  i\Ir.  lloyd  to  Wid.  leigh.  Eliz. 
Mackenel  &:  Joseph  Hayward.  Wil.  by  James  Jacks,  to  Sam. 
weaver,  to  Hannah  large  to  Mafgt.  Paynter.  Bron.  by  P.  H.,  Mary 
Mathewes  Rowl.  Yong.  Sarah  Madocks'  daughf  Marg'  Hunt. 

Tybr.  by  P.  H.,  W"  Owen,  Mary  Eddow,  Tho.  Butler's  son. 

May.  31.    a  Rheam  of  Paper  at  6'  6*  Carr.  8''  from  Whitch.  4,1. 

JjuL  2.  Sadler  mending  Saddles  12''  a  day  &  meat  &  drink — 
new  stirrup  leather.  9.  other  stuff  9'^  in  all  2'  d*" — Rich.  Allen. 

Dy'd  in  August  Cos.  Harry  Swinerton — Aug.  24.  \Y  Owen. — 
in  Sept.  Mrs.  Touchett.  of  Whitley — Mr.  Jeffry  Williams  of 
AV'rexh. — in  Oct  Ann  Nixon — Nov.  24  old  Ralph  Nixon.  A.  at. 
69.     John  Barker  jun.  1^  Math.  Fowler.  Dec.  26. 

1684. 

Jan.  I.  A  new  Nature  beg'd  of  (Jod  for  a  new  year  for  my  s 
<.l'  all  mine,  that  old  th.  may  pass  away  &  all  th.  become  new.     1 

V 


322  PHILIP  HENRY. 

Iieard  that  a  month  since  one  of  y°  mayn  Beames  of  y*"  Roof  of 
Nantwych  church  falHng,  beat  y''  Pulpit  &  desk  all  to  peices,  not 
])ast  half  an  hour  after  the  Min""  Mr.  Stringer  &:  y"  congregation 
were  gone  out  from  morning  pray''  on  a  Tuesday. 

2.  ^Vritings  seald  with  my  son,  dated  Oct.  30.  Hee  to  enter 
on  Bron.  estate,  discharging  mee  for  time  past.  Witn.  ]\Ir.  Hool. 
oi  Bunbury,  Edw.  Peirs  &  Francis  Huxley. — 3.  U'"  Fowler* 
appointed  to  bee  bury'd  in  linnen  &  left  five  pounds  in  dole  to  the 
poor  in  consideration  thereof  [Er]go  :  either  hee  thought  under- 
going the  Penalty  satisfyes  the  law  or  hee  dy'd  in  disobedience. 
!)'■  Zanchy  succeeds. — 11.  one  John  Wyn  of  Penley  brake  his 
neck  by  a  Fall  out  of  a  Tree,  cropping. ^ — 18.  I  heard  of  y''  Death 
of  Mrs.  Baker  of  Sweeney  concer.  w'"  this  was  remarkable,  y'  being 
in  debt  &:  in  a  too  much  expensive  way  of  living  it  pleas'd  God 
about  3.  y.  since  to  lay  upon  her  such  a  distemper  of  Body  as 
disfitted  her  for  busines,  caused  her  to  retire  into  privacy  so  y'  by 
this  time,  I  suppose  her  Debts  are  near  if  not  quite  payd.  The 
heyr  of  Sw.  estate  is  now  Mr.  Brown  y**  Grandchild  of  a  wortliy 
pious  (jrand-father — 19.  a  very  sharp  season,  long  frost  &  snow, 
Fuel  scarce  in  many  P'amilyes,  wee  comfortably  provided  for,  to 
<  rod  bee  prayse.  I  heard  that  in  Wem,  since  y''  fire,  w'"'  in  March 
next  wil  bee  7.  y.  since,  there  have  dy'd  4.  score  \Mdowes,  wives, 
(S:  Husbands  that  were  Heads  of  Familyes. 

Upon  Dec.  25.  last,  there  were  bury'd  3.  at  Malpas,  two  men 
0\:  one  woman,  whose  ages  together  made  betwixt  13.  &  14.  score. 
Roger  Burroughs  our  Neighbor  y"  yongest  of  y"  Three. 

Feb.  I.  great  frost  for  divers  weekes  past,  the  Thames  frozen 
over,  booths  built  on  it.  40  Coaches  seen  on  it  at  a  time — a  hard 
time  with  many  poor  workmen.  Divers  Oaks  cleft  in  divers 
places,  some  in  my  own  ground.  Frost  fayr  at  lond.  5.  it 
began  to  thaw  ;  a  great  mercy.     M.  D. 

6.  I  gave  30'  to  Math.  tow.  his  Watch.  15.  I  heard  of  y'" 
1  )eath  of  i\lr.  Jo.  Tho.  of  Winnington  after  several  yeares  disablem' 
for  business,  a  man  formerly  y"  most  eager  &  unwearyed  in  worldly 
pursuits  that  I  ever  saw.  Ps.  39.  6.  49.  6.  Tho.  llewellyn's  son 
4.  3'.  old  standing  by  him  as  hee  drew  hay,  was  Kild  by  y"  fall  of 
the  stack  (S:  his  own  leg  l)roke  with  the  Pole. 

*   Rector  of  W'liiiclnircli.     There  is  an  epilapli  to  him  in  the  nortli  aisle  of 
lie  church. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  ^l^, 

20.  I  heard  of  a  murtlier  near  Salop  on  Sabb.  day  y''  lo. 
instant,  a  woman  fathering  a  conception  on  a  Mihier  was  Kild  by 
him  in  a  feild,  her  Body  hiy  there  many  da}es  by  reason  of  y" 
Coroner's  absence. 

23.  S""  Tho.  Middleton  bury'd  this  week  at  Chirk,  brought 
from  London:  ]\Ir.  Crew  of  Crew  dead.  Mr.  John  Hanmer  of 
Fenns  bury'd  this  day.  Greatnes  is  no  security  from  the  Stroke 
of  Death  but  Grace  is  from  the  Sting.  I  heard  of  6.  gentlemen 
in  Lancashire,  whereof  Mr.  HoUond's  only  son  one,  who  drank 
unto  excess  in  a  frolique  upon  the  Ice,  three  or  four  of  y'" 
dead.  Mr.  Newcom's  son,  Mr.  leigh,  Mr.  Byrom.  To  one  who 
sayd,  I  have  no  plea  but  one,  Guilty,  it  was  answ'''  yea  but  one 
other  th.  must  bee  pleaded  &  that  is  a  Surety;  The  former  by 
Repentance,  the  later  by  beleiving — Those  two  wil  doe.  Mar. 
7.  my  loving  Tenant  &  Neighbor  under  the  oke  John  Morton 
finisht  his  course  &  I  trust  is  at  rest  in  the  lord.  His  children 
whom  Father  &  Mother  have  forsaken,  y"  lord  wil  take  up.  John 
&  Margt.  John  had  a  dangerous  fal  a  few  dayes  since  out  of 
y*"  mayd's  armes  going  up  y"  ladder  into  }'^  loft,  but  no  hurt  God 
bee  pravsd.  their  Uncle  Rich.  Morton  execuf.  Hee  left  in 
money  and  goods  above  ;^ioo.  whereof  50.  to  his  daughter,  the 
rest  to  John.  13.  dy'd  Mr.  John  Tilston  of  Alkint.  a  knowing- 
good  man  &  a  stout  defender  of  Absolute  free  election.*  aged.  77. 
21.  Ill  of  a  payn  in  my  left  shoulder.  23.  a  Bed-Sabbath,  few 
such,  cup'd  &  blister'd  by  Jo.  Barker,  wherby  ease  given,  to  God 
bee  the  praise.  27.  dyed  my  dear  Friend  and  Sister  in  X'  Jane 
Bennet,  a  holy  gracious  good  woman  who  feared  God  above 
nian\-.  A.  J£X.  72.  April  21.  dy'd  William  Figes  of  Ash,  also  Mar)- 
Kirkham,  of  Iscoyd,  Capt.  Cartwright  within  less  y"  a  week  after 
hee  had  assisted  in  laying  Mr.  Figes  in  his  Grave.  Cos.  Brayn's 
•daughter  who  marry'd  Mr.  Payn's  Son  of  Edstaston  had  a  child  l)orn 
about  this  time,  to  w'"  its  grandmother  Brajn  gave  suck  &  which 
liad  then  living  three  Great  Grand  Mothers,  Mrs.  Payn,  Mrs.  Brayn 

*  On  May  28,  1682,  Evelyn  writes  :  "  At  the  Rolls  Cliapell  preached  the 
famous  Dr.  Burnet  on  2  Peter  i.  10,  describing  excellently  well  what  was 
meant  by  election,  viz.,  not  the  effect  of  any  irreversible  decree,  but  so  call'd 
because  they  embraced  the  Gospel  readily,  by  which  they  Ijecame  elect  or  pre- 
•cious  to  God.  It  would  be  very  needlesse  to  make  our  calling  and  election  >iure 
were  they  irreversible  and  what  the  rigid  Presbyterians  pretend." 


324  PHILIP  HENRY. 

^  ^Irs.  Eddow.     R)e  iii  y''  Oke-feild  observ'd  )''  Best  within  man\ 
miles,  much  having  niiss'd.     I[aus]  D[eo].     twas  y'^  Feild  out  of 
whicli  y*'  Barley  was  taken.  A.  8i.     Repayres  at  Bronington,  &c. 

(Memorand.  William  Jones  had  a  fayr  scape  for  his  life 
through  God's  mercy,  falling  off  y''  ladder,  the  staff  breaking,  as 
hee  was  carrying  a  very  big  slate  before  him,  it  falling  one  wa)- 
\'  hee  another,  on  his  Back,  upon  the  Stone  at  the  house  door, 
to  God  bee  glory.)  A  peice  of  new  wainscot  set  up  in  the  Parlor 
at  Br.  O.  Jul)-.  2.  y'^  pannels  &  rayles  my  own,  made  by  W"' 
Edge —  6.  y"''  in  all  at  12''  ,p  yard- — 6'. 

1682-1693. 

1682. 

Soon  after  tliis,  was  the  Assizes  for  Flintshire,  held  at  JMold, 
where  Sir  George  Jeffries,  afterwards  Lord  Chancellor,  then  Chief 
Justice  of  Chester,  sat  Judge.  He  did  not  in  private  Conversation 
seem  to  applaud  what  was  done  in  this  Matter,  so  as  was  expected  ; 
whether  out  of  a  private  Pique  against  some  that  had  been  active 
in  it,  or  for  what  other  Reason  is  not  known  ;  but  it  was  said,  he 
pleasantly  ask'd  some  of  the  Gentlemen,  b\-  what  new  Eaw  they 
pressed  Carts,  as  they  passed  upon  their  Occasions  along  the 
Road,  to  carry  away  Goods  distrain'd  for  a  Conventicle  ?  It  was 
also  said,  that  he  spoke  with  some  Respect  of  Mr.  Henry ;  saying, 
he  knew  him  and  his  Character  well,  and  that  he  was  a  great 
Friend  of  his  Mother's,  (Mrs.  Jeffries  of  Acton  near  Wrexham, 
a  very  pious,  good  W^oman)  and  that  sometimes,  at  his  Mother's 
Request,  Mr.  Henry  had  examin'd  him  in  his  learning,  when  he 
Avas  a  School-Boy,  and  had  commended  his  Proficienc)-.  And 
it  was  much  wonder'd  at  by  many,  that  of  all  the  times  Sir  George 
Jeffries  went  that  Circuit  (tho'  tis  well  enough  known  what  was 
his  temper,  and  what  the  Temper  of  that  time)  yet  he  never  sought 
any  Occasion  against  Mr.  Henry,  nor  took  the  Occasions  that 
were  offer'd,  nor  countenanced  any  Trouble  intended  him,  tho'  he 
WMs  the  only  Nonconformist  in  Flintshire.  ...  It  seems  there  are 
some  Men,  whose  ^^'ays  so  please  the  Lord,  that  he  makes  even 
their  Enemies  to  be  at  Peace  with  them  ;  and  there  is  nothing 


PHILIP  HENRY. 


0-:> 


lost  by  trusting  in  (lod.  ...  In  this  time  of  treading  down,  and  of 
Perplexity,  he  stirred  little  abroad,  being  forced  (as  he  used  to 
express  it)  to  throw  the  plow  under  the  Hedge  ;  but  lie  preached 
constantly  at  home  without  Disturbance ;  and  often  comforted 
himself  witli  this,  When  we  cannot  do  what  Ave  would,  if  we  do 
what  we  can.  Clod  will  accept  of  us ;  when  we  cannot  keep  open 
shop,  we  must  drive  a  secret  Trade.  And  he  would  sa)-,  There  is 
a  Mean,  if  we  could  hit  it,  between  Fool-hardiness  and  Faint- 
Heartedness.  While  he  had  some  Opportunity  of  being  useful  at 
Home,  he  was  afraid  lest  he  should  prejudice  that  by  venturing 
Abroad.  One  of  his  Friends  in  London,  earnestly  soliciting  him 
to  make  a  Visit  thither  in  this  time  of  restraint  in  the  Country,  he 
thus  Avrote  I  should  be  glad  once  more  to  kiss  my  Native  Soil, 
tho'  it  were  but  with  a  Kiss  of  Valediction  ;  but  my  indisposedness 
to  travel,  and  the  small  Prospect  there  is  of  doing  (iood  to 
countervail  the  Pains,  are  my  prevailing  Arguments  against  it.  I 
am  here  ('tis  true)  buried  alive,  but  I  am  quiet  in  my  (irave,  and 
have  no  mind  to  be  a  walking  (ihost.  We  rejoice,  and  desire  to 
be  thankful,  that  (jod  hath  given  us  a  home,  and  continued  it  to 
ais,  when  so  many,  better  than  we,  have  not  where  to  lay  their 
Head,  having  no  certain  dwelling-Place.  .  .  . 

1685. 

At  the  time  of  the  Duke  of  Monmouth's  Descent,  and  tlie 
Insurrection  in  the  West,  in  the  Year  1685,  ]Mr.  Henry,  as  many 
others  (pursuant  to  a  general  Order  of  the  Lord  Lieutenant,  for 
securing  all  suspected  Persons,  and  particularly  all  Nonconformist 
Ministers,)  were  taken  up,  by  a  Warrant,  from  the  Deputy  Lieu- 
tenants and  sent  under  a  Guard  to  Chester  Castle  where  he  was 
about  three  Weeks  a  close  Prisoner.  He  was  lodg'd  with  some 
■Gentlemen  and  Ministers  that  were  fetch'd  there  out  of  Lancashire, 
who  were  all  Strangers  to  him ;  but  he  had  great  Comfort  in  the 
Acquaintance  and  Society  of  many  of  them. 

He  oftenspoke  of  this  Imprisonment,  not  as  Matter  of  Complaint, 
but  of  thanksgiving,  and  blessed  God  he  was  in  nothing  uneasy 
all  the  while.  In  a  Sermon  to  liis  Family,  the  Day  after  he  came 
.home,  he  largely  and  affectionately  recounted  the  Mercies  of  that 


326  PHILIP  HENRY. 

Providence  :  As  for  Instance ;  "  That  his  Imprisonment  was  for 
no  Cause ;  tis  Guilt  that  makes  a  prison  :  That  it  -was  his  Security 
in  a  dangerous  time  :  That  he  had  good  Company  in  his  Sufferings, 
•\vho  pray'd  together,  and  read  the  Scriptures  together,  and  dis- 
coursed to  their  mutual  Edification  :  That  he  had  Health  there, 
not  Sick  and  in  Prison  :  That  he  was  visited  and  pray'd  for  b}' 
his  Friends :  That  he  was  very  chearful  and  easy  in  his  Spirit, 
many  a  time  asleep  and  quiet,  when  his  adversaries  were  disturb'd 
and  unquiet :  That  his  enlargement  was  speedy  and  unsought  for ; 
and  that  it  gave  Occasion  to  the  Magistrates  who  committed  him, 
to  give  it  under  their  Hands,  that  they  had  nothing  in  particular 
to  lay  to  liis  Charge ;  and  especially  that  it  was  without  a  snare, 
which  was  the  thing  he  fear'd  more  than  anything  else. 

It  was  a  Surprize  to  some  that  visited  him  in  his  Imprisonment, 
and  were  big  with  the  Expectations  of  tlic  Duke  of  Monmoutlf  s 
Success,  to  hear  him  say,  I  would  not  have  you  to  flatter  yourselves 
■with  such  Hopes,  for  God  will  not  do  his  Work  for  us  in  these 
Nations,  by  that  Man  ;  but  our  Deliverance  and  Salvation  will 
arise  some  other  way.  .  .  . 

It  was  the  latter  end  of  the  Year  1685,  when  the  Stream  ran  so 
very  strong  against  the  Dissenters,  that  Mr.  Henry  being  in  Dis- 
course with  a  very  great  man  of  the  Church  of  England,  mentioned 
King  Charles's  Indulgence  in  1672,  as  that  which  gave  Rise  to  his 
stated  Preaching  in  a  separate  Assembly ;  and  added,  if  the  pre- 
sent King  James  should,  in  like  manner,  give  me  Leave  I  would  do 
the  same  again.  To  which  that  great  Man  reply'd  "Never  expect 
any  such  thing  from  him  ;  for  take  my  word  for  it,  he  hates  you 
Nonconformists  in  his  heart."  Truly  (said  Mr.  Henry)  I  beheveit, 
and  I  think  he  doth  not  love  you  of  the  Church  of  England,- 
neither.  .  .  . 


1687. 

However  the  Indulgence  granted  to  Dissenters  in  April  16S7. 
must  needs  be  a  Reviving  to  those  who  for  so  many  Years  had  lain 
buried  in  Silence  &  Restraint ;  nor  can  any,  -vvho  will  allow  them- 
selves the  Liberty  of  supposing  the  Case  their  own,  wonder  they 
should  rejoice  in  it,  though  the  Design  of  it  being  manifest  they 


PHILIP  HEXRY. 


J-V 


could  not  choose  but  rejoice  with  trembhng.  Mr.  Henry's 
sentiments  of  it  were  ^Miatever  Men's  Ends  are  in  it,  I  beheve 
Ciod's  End  in  it  is  to  do  us  good. 

When  King  James  came  his  Progress  into  that  country  iii 
September  1687,  to  court  the  Comphments  of  the  People,  Mr. 
Henry  joined  with  several  others,  in  &  about  "Whitchurch,  Nant- 
wich  &  Wem,  in  an  address  to  him,  which  was  i)resented  when  he 
lay  at  Whitchurch,  the  Purport  of  which  was,  not  to  Sacrifice  their 
Lives  and  Fortunes  to  him  &  his  Interest,  but  only  to  return  him 
thanks  for  the  Liberty  they  had,  Avith  a  promise  to  demean  them- 
selves quietly  in  the  use  of  it. 

Some  time  after  Commissioners  were  sent  abroad  into  the 
Country,  to  enquire  after  the  Trouble  Dissenters  had  sustain'd  b\' 
the  Penal  Laws  ;  iS:  how  the  money  that  was  levy'd  upon  them 
was  disposed  of;  little  of  it  being  found  in  the  Exchequer;  they 
sent  to  Mr.  Henry  to  have  an  Account  from  him  of  his  suffer- 
ings ;  he  return'd  Answer  by  Letter,  that  he  had  indeed  been 
Fined  some  Years  for  a  Conventicle  &  distrain'd  upon  &  his  Goods 
carried  away ;  which  all  the  Country  knew,  &:  to  which  he  referred 
himself  But  being  required  to  give  a  particular  Account  of  it 
upon  Oath;  though  he  said  he  could  be  glad  to  see  such  instru- 
ments of  Trouble  legally  removed ;  yet  he  declined  giving  any 
further  Information  concerning  it ;  having  (as  he  A\T0te  to  the 
Commissioners)  long  since,  from  his  Heart,  forgiven  all  the  Agents. 
Instruments,  &  Occassions  of  it ;  &  having  purposed  never  to  say 
aiiything  more  of  it. 

1688. 

In  May,  1688,  a  new  Commission  of  the  Peace  came  down  for 
the  County  of  Flint,  in  which  (by  whose  Interest  or  Procurement 
was  not  known)  Mr.  Henry  was  nominated  a  Justice  of  Peace  for 
that  County.  It  was  no  small  Surprise  to  him,  to  receive  a  letter 
from  the  Clerk  of  the  Peace,  directed  to  Philip  Henry  Esquire, 
acquainting  him  with  it,  and  appointing  him  when  and  whither  to 
come  to  be  sworn.  To  which  he  return'd  Answer,  that  he  was 
very  sensible  of  his  Unworthiness  of  the  Honour,  and  his  Unfitness 
for  the  Office  which  he  was  nominated  to,  and  therefore  desir'd  to 


328  PHILIP  HENRY. 

be  excused ;  and  he  was  so.  and  did  what  he  could,  that  it  might 
not  be  spoken  of  in  the  Country.   .  .   . 

Another  tribute  to  his  character  must  have  been  paid 
him  about  this  time  by  Riley,*  the  painter,  in  associating  his 
name  with  that  of  Dr.  Busby.f  The  history  of  the  picture, 
which  hangs  in  Christ  Church  Hall,  seems  forgotten,  but 
the  fact  remains  that  Bushy  s  favourite  pupil  is  represented 
standing  beside  his  old  master,  and  helping  him,  as  we  arc 
told  he  did,  in  collecting  words  for  his  dictionary. 

For  two  years  after  this  Liberty  began,  Mr.  Henry  still  continued 
liis  Attendance,  as  Usual,  at  AMiitwell  chappell,  whenever  there  was 
preaching  there;  and  he  preached  at  his  own  House  only  when 
there  was  no  supply  there,  and  in  the  Evening  of  those  Days  that 
tliere  was.  For  doing  thus  he  was  greatly  clamour'd  against  by 
some  of  the  rigid  Separatists,  and  called  a  Dissembler,  and  one 
that  halted  between  two  and  the  like.  Thus  (as  he  notes  in  his 
Diary)  one  side  told  him,  he  was  the  Author  of  all  the  Mischief,  in 
drawing  People  from  the  Church ;  and  the  other  side  told  him,  he 
was  the  Author  of  all  the  Mischief,  in  drawing  People  to  the 
Church  :  And  which  of  these,  saith  he,  shall  I  seek  to  please? 
Lord,  neither,  but  thyself  alone,  and  my  own  Conscience,  and 
while  I  can  do  that,  I  have  enough. 

In  a  Sermon  at  Whitwell-Chappel  one  Lord's  Day  in  the 
Afternoon,  where  he  and  his  Family,  and  many  of  the  Congregation 
were  attending,  much  was  said  with  some  keen  Reflections,  to 
prove  the  Dissenters  Schismaticks,  and  in  a  damnable  State. 
When  he  came  immediately  after  to  preach  at  his  own  House, 
before  he  begun  his  Sermon,  he  expressed  himself  to  this  Purpose  ; 
Perhaps  some  of  you  may  ex^^ect  now  that  I  should  say  something 
in  Answer  to  what  we  have  heard  by  which  we  have  been  so 
severely  charged ;  but  truly  I  have  something  else  to  do  ;  and  so, 
without  any  farther  Notice  taken  of  it,  went  on  to  preach  Jesus 
Christ,  and  him  crucified. 

It  was  not  without  some  Fear  and  Trembling,  that  Mr.  Henry 
received   the   Tidings   of  the   Prince   of  Orange's   Landing,    in 

■•■  John  Riley  was  ])orn  in  London,  1646,  raxl  died  1691. 
t  Dr.  Busby  died  1695,  aged  89. 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  329 

November  1 688,  as  being  somewliat  in  the  Dark  concerning  the 
Clearness  of  his  Call,  and  dreading  what  might  be  the  Con- 
sequence of  it.  He  used  to  say,  (live  Peace  in  our  Time,  i) 
Lord,  was  a  Prayer  that  he  would  heartily  set  his  Amen  to.  But 
wlien  secret  Things  are  brouglit  to  Light,  and  a  regular  Course  was 
taken  to  fill  the  Throne  with  such  a  King  and  such  a  Queen,  none 
rejoiced  in  it  more  heartily  than  he  did.  He  celebrated  the 
National  Thanksgiving  for  that  great  Deliverance,  with  an 
excellent  Sermon  on  that  Text,  Rom.  viii.  31.  A\'hat  shall  wc 
then  say  to  these  things?  If  Cod  be  for  us,  who  can  be  against 
us?  .  .  . 

In  June  1689  was  the  Act  of  Indulgence,  which  not  only 
tolerated,  but  allowed  the  Dissenters'  Meetings,  and  took  them 
under  the  Protection  of  the  Ciovernment.  Soon  after  which, 
though  he  never  in  the  least  changed  his  Judgment,  as  to  the 
Lawfulness  of  joining  in  the  Common-Pra}er,  but  was  still  read^' 
to  do  it  occasionally ;  yet  the  Ministers  that  preached  at  ^Vhitwell- 
Chappel,  being  often  uncertain  in  their  coming,  which  kept  his 
]Meeting  at  Broad-Oak  at  like  Uncertainties,  to  the  frequent  Dis- 
appointment of  many  of  his  Hearers  that  came  from  far,  he  was  at 
last  prevailed  with  to  preach  at  publick  time  every  Lord's  Day, 
which  he  continued  to  do  while  he  lived,  much  to  his  own  Satis- 
faction and  the  Satisfaction  of  his  Friends.  An  eminent  Minister 
in  Lancashire,  who  did  in  like  Manner  alter  his  Practice  about 
that  time,  gave  this  for  a  Reason,  That  he  had  been  for  Twenty 
seven  Years  striving  to  please  a  Ceneration  of  Men,  who,  after 
all,  would  not  be  pleased ;  and  therefore  he  would  no  longer 
endeavour  it  as  he  had  done. 

5.  He  preached  a  great  many  Lectures  in  the  Country  about, 
some  stated,  some  occasional  in  supplying  of  which  he  was  very 
indefatigable.  He  hath  sometimes  preached  a  Lecture,  ridden 
eight  or  nine  Miles,  &  preached  another  and  the  next  Day  two 
more.  To  quicken  himself  to  Diligence,  he  would  often  say  our 
Opportunities  are  passing  av.-ay  and  we  must  work  while  it  is  Day, 
for  the  Night  cometh.  Once  having  very  wet  and  foul  weather  to 
go  thro,  to  preach  a  Lecture,  he  said  he  comforted  himself  with 
two  Scriptures ;  one  was  2  Tim.  ii.  3.  Endure  hardness  as  a  good 
soldier   of  Jesus    Christ;    the    other  (because   he   exposed  and 


330  PHILIP  HENRY. 

hazarded  his  Health,  for  whicli  some  blamed  him)  was  2  Sam.  vi. 
2\.   It  was  before  the  Lord. 

Lastly.  As  he  was  an  excellent  Preacher  himself,  so  he  was 
an  exemi)lary  Hearer  of  the  A\'ord,  when  others  preached,  though 
e\'er\-  way  his  inferiors  ;  so  Reverent,  Serious  and  Attentive  was  he 
in  hearing,  and  so  Obser^-ant  of  what  vras  spoken. 

I  have  heard  him  say  he  knew  one  (and  I  suppose  it  was 
as  Paul  knew  a  Man  in  Christ),  who  could  truly  say,  to  the  Glory 
of  God,  that  for  Forty  Years  he  had  never  slept  at  i' sermon.  He 
was  Diligent  also  to  improve  what  he  heard  afterwards  by  Medi- 
tation, Repetition,  Prayer  &  Discourse,  and  he  was  a  very  great 
Incourager  of  young  Ministers,  that  were  humble  and  serious, 
though  their  Abilities  &  Performances  were  but  mean.  He  hath 
noted  in  his  Diary  (as  that  which  affected  him)  this  Saying  of  a 
Godly  INIan  a  Hearer  of  his  "  I  find  it  easier  to  go  six  Miles  to 
hear  a  Sermon,  than  to  spend  one  quarter  of  an  Hour  in  medi- 
tating and  Praying  over  it  in  secret  (as  I  should)  when  I  go 
Home." 

As  to  the  Circumstances  of  his  Family  in  these  last  nine  Years 
of  his  Life,  they  were  somewhat  different  from  what  they  had 
been  ;  but  the  same  Candle  of  God  which  had  shined  upon  his 
Tabernacle,  continued  still  to  do  so.  In  the  Years  16S7,  and 
1 688,  he  married  all  his  five  Children;  the  three  eldest  in  four 
Months  time,  in  the  year  16S7,  and  the  other  two  in  a  Year  and  a 
half  after ;  so  many  Swarms  (as  he  us'd  to  call  them)  out  of  his 
Hive  ;  and  all  not  only  with  his  full  Consent,  but  to  his  abundant 
Comfort  and  Satisfaction.  He  would  say,  he  thought  it  the  Duty 
of  Parents  to  study  to  oblige  their  Children  in  that  Affair.  And 
though  never  could  Children  be  more  easy  and  at  rest  in  a 
Father's  House  than  his  were,  yet  he  would  sometimes  say  con- 
cerning them,  as  Naomi  to  Ruth,  Ruth  iii.  i.  Shall  I  not  seek 
rest  for  thee  ? 

Two  Advices  he  us'd  to  give,  both  to  his  Children  and  Others, 
in  their  Choice  of  that  Relation  :  One  was,  Keep  within  the 
bounds  of  Profession,  such  as  one  may  charitably  hope  is  from  a 
good  Principle.  The  other  was,  look  at  Suitableness,  in  Age,. 
Quality,  Education,  Temper,  Etc.  He  us'd  to  observe  from  Gen. 
ii.  iS.   I  will  make  him  a  Heh)  meet  for  him  :  that  where  there  is- 


rniLIP  HEXRY.  331 

not  ]\Ieetiiess,  tliere  will  not  be  much  Help.  And  he  would  com- 
monly say  to  his  Children,  with  reference  to  that  choice,  Please 
God  and  please  yourselves,  and  }-ou  shall  never  displease  me  ;  and 
greatly  blamed  those  Parents,  who  conclude  Matches  for  their 
Children,  and  do  not  ask  Counsel  at  their  Mouth,  He  never 
aim'd  at  great  things  in  the  World  for  his  Children,  but  sought  for 
them  in  the  first  place  the  Kingdom  of  God,  and  the  Righteousness 
thereof.  He  used  to  mention  sometimes  the  Saying  of  a  pious 
Gentlewoman,  that  had  many  Daughters  :  The  Care  of  most 
People,  is  how  to  get  good  Husbands  for  their  Daughters ;  but 
my  care  is  to  fit  my  Daughters  to  be  good  Wives,  and  then  let  God 
provide  for  them.  In  this,  as  in  other  things,  Mr.  Henry  steered 
by  that  Principle;  That  a  man's  Life  consisteth  not  in  the 
abundance  of  the  things  that  he  possesseth.  And  it  pleased  God- 
so  to  order  it,  that  all  his  Children  were  disposed  of,  into  Cir- 
cumstances very  agreeable  and  Comfortable,  both  for  Life  and 
Godliness.  He  was  greatly  affected  with  the  Goodness  of  God  to 
him  herein,  without  any  forecast  or  contrivance  of  his  own.  The 
Countn,-  (saith  he  in  his  Diary)  takes  notice  of  it,  and  what 
then  shall  I  render  ?    Surely  this  is  a  Token  for  good. 

All  his  four  Daughters  were  mamed  at  '\^^'litwell-Chappel,  and 
he  preach'd  a  Wedding  Sermon  for  each  of  them,  in  his  own 
Family  after;  he  would  often  tell  his  Friends,  that  those  who- 
desire,  in  the  married  Condition,  to  live  in  the  Favour  of  God. 
must  enter  upon  that  Condition  in  the  Fear  of  God.  For  it's  an 
ill  Omen  to  stumble  at  the  Threshold  ;  and  an  Frror  in  the  first 
Concoction,  is  seldom  amended  in  the  second. 

His  3-oungest  Daughter  was  married  April  26,  1688,  the  same 
Day  of  the  Year  (as  he  observes  in  his  Diary),  and  the  same  Day 
of  the  week,  and  in  the  same  place,  that  he  was  married  to  his 
dear  Wife,  Twenty-eight  Years  before  :  upon  which  this  is  hi? 
Remark,  I  cannot  desire  from  them,  that  they  should  receive  more 
from  God  than  we  have  received,  in  that  Relation  and  Condition  ;. 
but  I  would  desire,  and  I  do  desire,  that  they  may  do  more  for 
God  in  it  than  we  have  done.  His  usual  Compliment  to  his 
New-married  Friends,  was,  others  wish  you  all  Happiness,  I  wish 
you  all  Holiness,  and  then  there  is  no  doubt  but  you  Avill  have  all 
Happiness.     A\'hen  the  Marriage  of  the  last  of  his  Daughters  was 


23^  l^HILIP  HEyRY. 

about  to  be  concluded  on,  he  thus  writes ;  but  is  Joseph  gone, 
and  Simeon  gone,  and  must  Benjamin  go  also  ?  And  when,  some 
time  after  she  was  married,  he  parted  with  her  to  the  House  of 
her  Husband,  he  thus  writes ;  We  have  sent  her  away,  not  as 
Laban  said  he  would  have  sent  his  Daughters  away,  with  Mirth, 
and  with  Songs,  with  Tabret,  and  with  Harp,  but  with  Prayers  and 
Tears,  and  liearty  good  Wishes  :  And  now,  (saith  he  in  his  Diary) 
we  are  alone  again  as  we  were  in  our  Beginning ;  God  be  better 
to  us  than  twenty  Children.  Upon  the  same  Occasion  he  thus 
writes  to  a  dear  Relation  ;  \\'c  are  now  left  as  we  Vvere,  One  and 
One,  and  yet  but  one  One  ;  the  Lord,  I  trust,  that  has  brought  us 
thus  for,  will  enable  us  to  finish  well ;  and  then  all  will  be  well, 
and  not  till  then. 

The  greatest  Affliction  he  saw  in  his  Famil}-,  was  tlie  Death 
of  his  dear  Daughter-in-Law,  Katherine,  the  only  Daughter  of 
Samuel  Hardware,  Esq. ;  who  about  a  Year  and  a  half  after  she 
was  transplanted  into  his  Family  (to  which  she  was  the  greatest 
Comfort  and  Ornament  imaginable)  died  of  the  Small-Pox  in 
Child-Bed,  upon  the  Thanksgiving  Day  for  King  William's  coming 
in.  She  died  but  a  few  weeks  after  INIr.  Henry  had  married  the 
last  of  his  Daughters,  upon  which  marriage  she  had  said.  Now  we 
have  a  full  Lease,  God  only  knows  which  life  will  drop  first.  She 
comforted  herself  in  the  Extremity  of  her  Illness  with  this  Word 
Well,  when  I  come  to  Heaven,  I  shall  see  that  I  could  not  have 
l^een  without  this  Affliction. 

He  had  in  Eight  Years  time.  Twenty-four  Grand-Children 
born,  some  by  each  of  his  Children ;  concerning  whom  he  would 
often  bless  (iod,  that  they  were  all  the  sealed  ones  of  the  God  of 
Heaven,  and  enrolled  among  his  Lambs. 

It  was  not  long  after  his  Children  were  married  from  him, 
but  his  House  was  fiU'd  again  with  the  Children  of  several  of 
his  Friends,  whom  he  was,  by  much  Importunity,  perswaded  to 
take  to  table  with  him.  All  that  knew  him,  thought  it  a  thousand 
Pities,  that  such  a  Master  of  a  Family  should  have  but  a 
small  Family,  and  should  not  have  many  to  sit  down  under  his 
Shadow.  He  was  at  first  almost  necessitated  to  it,  by  the  Death 
■of  his  dear  Friend  and  Kinsman,  Mr.  Benyon  of  Ash,  who  left  his 
Children  to  liis  Care.     Some  he  took  gratis,  or  for  small  Con- 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  333 

sideration  :  And  when  by  Reason  of  the  Advances  of  Age,  lie 
could  not  go  about  so  much  as  lie  had  done,  doing  Good,  he  laid 
out  himself  to  do  the  more  at  home.  He  kept  a  Teacher  to 
attend  their  School-Learning ;  and  they  had  the  Benefit  not  only 
of  his  Inspection  in  that,  but  (which  was  much  more)  his  Famih- 
"Worshij),  Sabbath  Instructions,  Catechizing,  and  daily  Converse, 
in  which  his  Tongue  was  as  choice  Silver,  and  his  Lips  fed 
many.  Nothing  but  the  Hopes  of  doing  some  Good  to  the 
rising  Generation,  could  have  prevailed  with  him  to  take  the 
Trouble  upon  him.  He  would  often  say,  We  have  a  busy  House, 
but  there  is  a  Rest  remaining.  We  must  be  doing  Something  in 
the  World  while  we  are  in  it  ;  but  this  Fashion  will  not  last  long, 
methinks  I  see  it  passing  away  .  .  . 

Sometimes  he  had  such  with  him  as  had  gone  through  their 
Course  of  University  Learning  at  private  Academies,  &  desired  to 
spend  some  time  in  his  Family,  before  their  Entrance  upon  the 
JNIinistry,  that  they  might  have  the  Benefit  not  only  of  his  Publick 
&  Family  Instruction  but  of  his  Learning  and  pious  Converse,  in 
which,  as  he  was  thoroughly  furnish'd  for  every  good  ^^'ord  iS: 
work,  so  he  was  very  Free  &:  Communicative.  The  great  thing 
which  he  used  to  press  upon  those  who  intended  the  Ministry, 
was  to  study  the  Scriptures  and  make  them  familiar.  Bonus 
Textuarius  est  bonus  Theologus  was  a  Maxim  he  often  minded 
them  of  For  this  Purpose  he  recommended  to  them  the  Study 
of  the  Hebrew,  that  they  might  be  able  to  search  the  Scriptures 
in  the  Original.  He  also  advised  to  the  Use  of  an  Interleaved 
Bible,  wherein  to  insert  such  Expositions  or  Observations,  as 
occur  occasionally  in  Sermons  or  other  Books,  which  he  would 
say,  are  more  happy  and  considerable  sometimes,  than  those  that 
are  found  in  the  professed  Commentators.  When  some  young 
IMen  desired  the  Happiness  of  coming  into  his  Family,  he  would 
tell  them.  You  come  to  me  as  Naaman  did  to  Elisha  expecting 
that  I  .should  do  this  &:  t'other  for  you,  and  alas  !  I  can  but  say 
as  he  did  "  Go  wash  in  Jordan "'  Go,  study  the  Scriptures.  I 
profess  to  teach  no  other  Learning  but  Scripture  Learning.  It 
was  but  a  little  before  he  died  that  in  reading  Isa.  i.  he  obsen^ed 
from  V.  4.  "  The  I>ord  God  hath  given  me  the  Tongue  of  the 
Learned"  &c.,  That  the  true  Learning  of  the  Gospel  Minister 


334  PI  HUP  HENRY. 

consists  not  in  being  able  to  speak  Latin  fluently,  and  to  dis- 
pute in  Philosophy,  but  in  being  able  to  speak  a  \\^ord  in  Season 
to  weary  Souls.  He  that  knows  how  to  do  that  well  is  a  Learned 
^Minister. 

The  following  letters,  formerly  belonging  to  Miss  Bache, 
of  Great  Malvern,  and  bound  up  in  one  volume,  have  been 
kindly  lent  for  the  purposes  of  this  work  by  W.  R.  Anstice, 
Esq.,  of  Ironbridge,  Salop.  One  or  two  of  them  that  belong- 
to  other  gentlemen  or  ladies  are  separately  endorsed. 


]\[r.  Henry  to  his  son,  at  Mr.  Doolitol's,  Islington — .Ltat.  i8. 

My  dear  Child, 

Your  letter  to  me  I  rec''  (S:  y''  mother  also  her's,  in  tlie 
former  an  account  of  your  being  busy,  at  which  we  were  glad,  in 
the  later  of  your  being  not  well,  &  that  troubles  us,  but  wee  arc- 
in  hope,  that  this  night's  post  will  bring  us  better  tidings,  that  it 
proves  not  an  Ague,  as  you  fear,  but  a  sudden  ake  the  effect  of 
your  being  wett  in  the  show'r  (Is:  not  shifting  more  then  your  shooes 
when  you  came  to  Isl.':  however  wee  desire  to  acquiesce  in  the 
will  of  God  in  whose  hand  our  times  are,  and  at  whose  dispose  are 
all  our  wa)-es,  who  doth  always  that  which  is  just  &  righteous,  & 
always  that  which  is  best  to  those  that  lo^■e  him.  I  am  at  the 
writing  of  this  at  Boreatt[on]  where  I  expected  your  mother  this 
morning,  as  wee  appointed,  but  instead  of  coming  herself,  shee 
sends  Roger  with  your  two  letters,  &  her  dezire  to  mee  to  answer 
them  from  hence  by  the  way  of  Shrewsb.  they  are  all  well,  blessed 
bee  God,  both  there  (S:  here,  my  Lord  Paget  intended  to  have 
gone  from  hence  tomorrow,  which  hastned  mee  hither  a  week 
sooner  than  I  expected  tv:  caus'd  a  fayleur  at  home  yesterday,  on 
Chapel-day,  but  his  stay  now  is  till  next  week ;  I  am  comforted 
that  you  acknowledge  God  in  )-our  distemper,  and  are  prepared  to 
receive  with  patience  what  he  ai)points  ;  I'he  two  last  subjects  wee 
were  upon  when  you  left  Br.  O.,  Faith  e\:  Repentance,  I  hope  were 
made  profitable  to  you ;  hee  that  truly  Rei)ents  of  sin  and  truly 


PHILIP  HENRY.  335 

believes  in  the  Lord  J.  X^  nothing  can  come  amiss  to  him,  things 
present  are  his,  things  to  come  are  Iiis,  Life,  Death,  this  world 
and  t'other  world ;  Though  you  are  at  distance  from  us,  you  arc 
near  to  him  who  according  to  his  promise  is  a  present  help  to 
those  that  fear  him  in  every  time  of  need  ;  our  poor  prayers  for 
you,  you  may  bee  sure  are  not,  shal  not  bee  wanting,  that  if  the 
Lord  please  you  may  have  health  to  ply  the  work  you  came  about, 
that  you  may  serve  the  will  of  God  in  your  generation,  if  otherwise, 
that  you  may  be  satisfied,  in  what  hee  doth,  and  so  wee  by  his 
grace  shal  endeavour  to  bee  also.  Commend  us  to  Mr.  Doolitol 
tK:  his  wife,  whose  tender  love  to  you  &  care  concerning  you,  wee 
shal  alwayes  acknowledge  with  all  thankfulnes ;  also  to  Coziii 
Ro^t,  who  I  know  wil  help  to  bear  your  Burthen  ;  The  Lord 
Almighty  bless  you,  my  dear  child,  and  cause  his  face  to  shine 
upon  you,  and  send  us  good  newes  in  your  next  concerning  you. 
Amen.     This  from 

Yr.  'Loving  Father 

Aug.  ID.  1680.  f  •  H. 

2. 
My  Lord, 

The  experience  which  I  have  had  of  your  very  great 
Candor,  together  with  the  particular  leave  you  were  pleas'd  to  give 
mee  of  Applying  myself  to  you,  as  there  might  bee  occasion  of 
this  nature,  are  my  encouragem*  to  trouble  your  Lordship  with 
these  few  lines.  I  understand,  there  are  several  Protestant 
Dissenters  of  your  Diocess,  that  being  excommunicate,  are  in 
danger  of  being  cast  into  Prison  by  writs  remayning  in  the 
Sheriffs  hands  for  that  purpose;  concerning  whom,  when  I  was 
with  you  at  Chester,  you  were  pleas'd  to  say,  it  was  not  for  their 
meer  non-conformity  but  for  witholding  their  Church  dues ; 
liaving  made  Inquiry  about  it,  I  doo  find  that  there  are  but  few 
of  them  chargeable  with  that  neglect,  &  of  those  few,  there  is  one 
William  David  of  Myvod  on  whose  behalf  the  Min""  of  the  Place 
hath  A\Titten  the  inclosed,  whereby  it  wil  appear,  that  his  default 
therein  was  not  wilful  &  usual  but  meerly  accidental,  which  when 
your  Lordship  sees,  I  hope,  it  wil  prevayl  to  obtayn  from  you  his 
discharge.  And  for  the  rest,  who  suffer  for  not  conforming,  I 
Iiave   personal   acciuaintance   with    divers    of  them,    both   about 


336  PHI r. IP  HEXRY. 

Wrexham  in  Montgom-shire,  particularly  with  INIr.  A\'alter  (iriffiths 
&  Richard  Gardiner,  &  Evan  Roberts,  and  have  reason  to  believe 
concerning  them,  that  they  are  Religious,  sober,  peaceable  men, 
though  under  Dissatisfactions  in  the  things  imposed,  and  being 
such,  I  would  intreat  your  lordship  on  their  behalf  that  your  lenity 
may  be  extended  towards  them,  and  the  rather  considering,  that 
the  casting  of  them  into  the  J^yl  is  like  to  be  the  Ruine  both 
of  themselves  and  of  their  Familyes  as  to  this  world,  which  I  am 
confident  can  be  no  way  pleasing  to  you  in  the  Reflection. 
Besides,  the  Proc'''"  agt  them,  if  I  bee  not  misinformed,  are  upon 
Presentm'^  made  in  your  Predecessor's  dayes  long  since,  and  if  in 
other  cases,  the  Action  dyes  with  the  Person  it  were  but  reasonable 
it  should  in  this  also.  Would  your  Lordship  please,  to  forbear  but 
for  a  while  highest  Act  of  Severity  towarde  them,  it  may  be  upon 
further  conference  w.  them  and  knowledge  of  them  you  wil  find 
them  other  Persons  then  they  are  Represented  to  you  to  bee.  1 
humbly  beg  your  lordship's  pardon  for  my  Boldness  with  you 
herein  and  subscribe  myself 

]\Iy  Lord, 
Your  servant  much  obliged, 

Philip  Henry. 

j\Iar.  25.  16S2. 

For  the  Right  Reverend 

W"  lord  Bishop  of  S'  Asaph.  * 


Mr.  Henry's  first  letter  to  his  son  on  going  to  Gray's  Inn. 

For  Mr.    Matthew  Henry  to  bee  left  with  Mr.  Darrack  at  tlie 
Golden  Trumpet  within  Aldersgate.  London. 
Son  Matthew, 

I  received  both  your  letters,  the  one  on  Friday,  the 
other    yesterday,    rejoycing    to    understand    thereby   the   great 

*  Dr.  William  Lloyd  was  one  of  those  who  attended  the  English  court  in 
France  in  1651,  called  by  Evelyn  "one  of  the  most  deepe  learned  divines  of 
this  nation  in  all  sorts  of  literature,"  and  in  16S0  spoken  of  as  Dean  of  Bangor 
and  Vicar  of  St.  Martin's-in-the-Plelds.  Afterwards  Bishop  of  St.  Asaph, 
Bishop  of  Lichfield,  and  Bishop  of  Worcester,  frequently  mentioned  by  Burnet. 


r HI  LIP  IIEXRY.  337 

goodness  of  God  to  you  in  your  journe)-,  &  particularly  that  your 
Company  prov'd  no  worse,  than  it  seemes  it  did,  which  wee  were 
much  afrayd  of.  I  hope  you  wil  now  in  the  first  place  cri'j/  ^€w  make 
a  business  of  fixing  somewhere,  so  as  may  best  conduct  to  your 
great  end  in  going,  wherein  -wee  beg  direction  for  you  from 
Heaven,  which  appoints  the  bounds  of  our  Habitation ;  forget  not 
the  rules  given  you,  consult  health  &  wholesomness,  conveniency 
(S:  honesty,  your  next"  I  trust  wil  tel  us  you  are  so  fitted.  The 
Omens  you  mention  doe  little  affect  mee,  supposing  them  all  true, 
which  I  much  question,  but  perhaps  they  doe  others  ;  I  would  be 
now  glad  of  a  fuller  account  of  the  Substantial,  as  far  as  they  are 
yet  or  may  bee  known.  Wee  remayn  as  yet,  thankes  bee  to  God, 
in  the  same  circumstances  of  Mercy  in  which  you  left  us,  Avishing 
you  some  of  our  sweet  aire,  which  is  now  more  then  at  other  times 
of  the  year  perfum'd,  instead  of  your  offensive  town-smels,  against 
which  you  have  need  to  arm  your  self,  especially  at  first  til  you 
are  us'd  to  them. 

Your  loving  Father, 
May  4.  .85.  6.  cl.  P.  H. 


7- 
SoN  Math. 

My  jealousy  over  you  was  the  effect  of  my  dear  love 
to  you  and  the  account  you  give  mee  of  j-our  company  comforts 
mee,  for  I  apprehended  &  doe  so  stil,  that  your  Danger  in  London 
wil  lye  much  that  way,  theref  stil  keep  up  your  watch  &  bee 
strong  in  the  grace  of  J.  X'.  for  when  you  trust  to  sf  you  are  gone. 
I  like  it  wel  that  you  spent  last  Tuesday  as  you  did,  onl)- 
supposing  Dr.  T.'s  lecture  to  bee  in  the  Aftern.  I  understand  not 
where  you  din'' ;  if  with  Dr.  Humph,  it  was  not  wel,  for  fasting  (S: 
esp.  going  so  into  Assemblyes  may  bee  y&cv  prejudicial  to  your 
health  ere  you  are  aware,  theref  by  no  means  use  it  not.  I  slial 
long  to  hear  from  your  Aunt  Ann,  how  you  ,pformed  in  that 
journey,  &  what  shee  thinkes  as  to  her  coming  hither  ;  might  you 
not  cast  to  come  down  together,  either  in  Coach  or  on  Horse- 
back, either  from  London  (}0u  coming  back  from  Oxf  thither 
to  have  her  company)  or  from  Oxf  I  sending  a  double  Horse  & 

Z 


338  FHILIP  HENRY. 

shee   coming  by    Coach  thither,  or  how  else  y"   can  contrive  it 
between  y",  for  the  truth  is,  I  much  desire  to  see  her. 

Our  good  God,  that  orders  all,  orders  it  for  good  to  them 
accord  to  his  wil.  last  night  was  bury'd  in  Whitch.  Mr.  Ralph 
Tushingham,  who  broke  his  neck  by  a  fal  from  his  Horse,  no 
body  with  him,  betw.  Wrenb.  mil  &  Bromhal  Clreen,  coming  from 
an  Ale  house  at  Wrenb.  where  Mr.  Star.  I\Ir.  ^^'idden  &  hee  had 
drunk  hard ;  there  is  talk  that  many  are  like  to  lose  much  by  him ; 
Mr.  Corb'  sends  to  mee  to  write  to  you  to  hearken  them  out  a  min'". 
for  Cockshute  either  at  London  or  Oxf.  you  know  their  circum- 
stances &  what  a  one  wil  please  them.  Wee  did  not  goe  to  Rhuabon 
on  Wednesd.  in  regard  of  the  discomposures  that  were  in  the 
Neighborhood,  which  are  now  allay'd,  upon  occas.  of  the  D.  of.  M** 
invasion  &  the  proclayming  of  him  Trayf  which  the  Post  before 
brought  tidings  of;  I  keep  home,  hear  little,  (S:  say  less  ;  'Tis  our 
unhappiness,  to  bee  suspected  p.  sons  without  cause  &  to  be  expos'd 
accordingly,  though  quiet  in  the  land,  but  God  is  righteous  &  wise 
&  good,  &:  knowes  how  to  bring  glory  to  hims.  &  good  to  the 
remnant  out  of  all  events  whatsoever,  even  out  of  the  eater  meat, 
&  out  y'^  strong  sweetness,  &  out  of  the  lyon's  carkass,  honey. 
This  night  wee  expect  to  see  Cos.  Th.  Bowker  &  his  new  Bride. 
Have  you  not  taken  a  turn  at  Whitehal  yet,  to  see  the  nest  in 
the  Ortyard,  whence  your  poor  Father  came  ?  your  uncles  either  of 
them  or  your  Aunts,  would  accompany  you.  Commend  us  all  to 
them ;  I  write  not,  because  by  you  they  hear  of  us.  Wee  hear 
that  Chester  Fayr  is  forbidden  which  is  a  disappointm'  to  many 
landoners  &  others.  Your  Mother  gives  you  her  Blessing, 
your  Sisters  their  kind  love.  I  suppose  by  this  time,  you  are  in 
the  Hal  again  in  commons,  where  you  must  bee  careful  to 
behave  yours,  with  all  soberness,  for  many  eyes  are  upon  you ; 
you  want  your  Supper-companion,  your  individuus  comes  there, 
to  whom  we  desire  to  bee  remembered,  beseeching  the  lord  to 
direct  your  way  in  everything  &  to  keep  you  humble,  &  serious, 
&  in  his  fear  alwayes,  which  is  the  daily  prayer  of 

Yr.  Affcc.  lov.  Fa'" 

Jun,  20.  .55-  B.  H. 


PHILIP  HENRY. 


To  Philip  Henry  in  Chester  Castle  from  M.   H. 

HoN'^  Sir, 

We   receiv'd   y'""  last   night    by   Ann    Huxley,    and 
though  it  troubles  us  to  think  y'  y""'  are  there  *  (and  'tis  the  more 
grievous  because  you  have  us'd  to  bee  so  little  abroad)  yet  the 
account  you  give  of  your  circumstances,  doth  somewhat  comfort 
us,  wee  can  see  the  cup  mix't,  and  cannot  but  acknowledg  the 
goodness  of  y'  God  y'  mixes  it,  and  especially  that  puts  hony  upon 
y*'  Rod,  hoping  that  as  afflictions  abound,  consolations  will  abound, 
no  Bars  nor  bolts  nor  guards  can  exclude  him.     I  am  very  sorry 
I  cannot  come  to  see  you,  indeed  many  of  my  friends  are  against 
it  and    therefore  I  submit,  hoping  and  praying  &  waiting  for  a 
comfortable  meeting  in  God's  due  time,  and  yet  am  apt  to  think 
I  could  come  without  danger.     ]\Iy  Mother  is  just  now  gone  to 
Hanmer  to  y"  Burial  of  old  Aunt  IMaddocks,  who  dy'd  on  Sat. 
night.     Cosin  Benyon  call'd  of  her,  and  left  her  service  to  you. 
"We  are  all  well  (blessed  bee  God)  Sis.  El"  ague  returns  not.     My 
^Mother  thinks  to  send  Sister  Sarah  to  see  you,  upon  Thursday,  if 
room  will  be  had  in  the  Chester  Coach,  if  not,  it  must  be  defer'd 
till  there  is,  but  shee  is  overjoy'd  to  think  of  seeing  you.     Wee 
think  to  send  this  week  for  my  Sisters,  and  I  think  to  go  y^  day 
before,  and  so  bring  y"'  home  with  mee,  if  Mr.   H.  &  my  Lady 
would  let  y*"  daught""^  or  (w"''  |)haps  would  bee  better  at  y^  time) 
some  one  of  y"'  come  hither,  wee  could  send  (for  one)  with  my 
sisters,  if  wee  have  orders  fr"  y"  by  y*  Bearer  Owen   Brown  & 
should  bee  glad  of  it.     Wee  expect  y^  chimney-men  here  to-day, 
for  y*''  are  come  into  our  Town,  y"^  gave  an  account  of  y^'""  bu/jness 
to  y*  Justices  yesterday,  who  for  ought  I  understand  could  not  or 
would  not  gainsay  them,  &  so  there's  no  remedy  but  patience. 
Edw.  Pears  has  paid  for  y"  Bak-house  chimney  at  Bron  :  They  are 
now  carrying  y"  last  load  out  of  y"  little  meadow.  5  Load  in  all. 
No  more  but  affectionate  love,  duty,  service  from  us  all  as  due 

*  In  Chcsler  Castle. 


340  PHILIP  HEXRY. 

wishing  the  eternal  God  may  bee  }'  Refuge  &  underneath  may  bee 
y^  Everlasting  Arms  I  rest 

V  e\er  dutiful  son, 

M.  H. 

July  7.  -SS- 

I  forgot  to  tel  y"  y'  I  was  yesterd.  at  Will.  Cross,  my  Lady  *  talks 
of  going  to  see  her  friends  in  Bonds  but  when  I  know  not,  shee 
offers  to  take  my  ]\Io.  along  av"'  her  in  her  Coach  at  any  time. 

You  are  enquir'd  for  by  fr'"'"  &  neighb''  w**"  no  small  con- 
cernedness.  The  Chimney  men  are  just  now  gone  :  and  are  pay'd 
4*  for  y*"  Kill-chimney,  and  much  adoe  I  had  to  save  Tho.. 
Matthew.s'  Bake  house. 


From  Phili})  Henry  in  Chester  Castle  to  Mrs.   Heniy 
at  Broad  Oke. 

July.  S.   16S5. 

Dear  Heart, 

I  continue  very  well,  at  present,  thankes  bee  to- 
God  !  and  feel  nothing  yet  of  the  Inconveniences  of  a  prison  ; 
Ave  are  better  accommodated,  as  I  acquainted  you  in  my  last,  then 
Avee  could  have  expected,  though  Avee  must  pay  for  it.  Just  noAv 
six  Min"  N.  C.  are  brought  in  hither  from  lancashire,  more  than 
before,  so  far  are  Avee  from  enlargm*,  but  our  times  are  in  God's 
hand,  A\'ho  hath  sent  us  hither,  I  am  confident,  for  good,  though 
hoAV  or  Avhich  Ava}-  or  Avhcrein  I  know  not,  but  hee  is  faithful  that 
hath  promis'd.  My  Chamber  felloAvs  cK:  I  differ  someth.  in  our 
apprehensions  of  things  past,  A\'hich  Avil  not  bee  helpt,  but  for  the 
unseen  th.  that  are  to  come  that  are  Eternal,  Avee  are  all  one. 
Our  Afternoones,  til  late,  are  fild  AAuth  visitants,  A\'ho  love  us  & 
Avish  us  Avel  &  are  kind  to  us,  but  Avee  cannot  doe  Avith  them  AA'hat 
Avee  Avould.  Cos.  Crue  hath  been  an  hour  Avith  mee  this  morning 
shee  brought  mee  a  cjuart  of  Aqu.  Mirab.  Avhich  I  Avould  haAe 
had  her  take  back  again,  til  more  need,  but  shee  Avould  not.  I 
have  not  yet  opened  y'  little  bottle  I  brought  Avith  mee,  since  1 
came,  not  Avanting  it,  (S:  being  more  afrayd  of  Avhat  might  heat. 

*  This  was  Mrs.  Llovd  of  Willia2;toii. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  34I 

mee,  in  regard  wee  have  no  drink  but  strong  (unless  very  seldom) 
neither  morning,  noon,  nor  night,  w*^''  may  turn  to  Feavorish  dis- 
tempers, wanting  exercise — I  have  not  trodden  on  the  ground 
since  Sat.  which  using  m)S.  to  in  mornings  I  thought  y*  want  of 
it  might  bee  prejudicial,  but  hitherto  it  is  not ;  I  have  not  tasted 
Butter  yet  with  bread  since  I  came  from  home.  This  dinner  wee 
had  Beanes  and  Bacon,  Sammon  &c.  but  I  am  careful  w'  I  eat, 
not  Fishes  &  Fleshes.  Mrs.  Wenlock  was  to  see  mee  yesterday  & 
brought  mee  a  bottle  of  wine.  I  bestow  all  of  that  kind  in 
Common,  my  Companions  strangers  here.  This  Aftern.  j*"  Citizens 
meet  on  Rood-dee  with  Halberts,  they  think  to  take  the  Oath. 
-Mrs.  Clive  is  here,  Mr.  ^\"oodh.  I  hope  recovers,  &  w"  wel  comes 
in  again.  I  have  seen  Mr.  H.  but  'tis  at  distance.  Let  mee 
hear  from  you,  how  you  doe  &  the  children  (Sec.  as  oft  as  you  can. 
Shew  not  my  letters.  When  )ou  think  fit  to  send  for  them  from 
.Salop,  Send  love  to  Matth.  Our  Gards  change  every  howr,  which 
makes  it  so  very  hard  to  come  to  us,  else  wee  might  oblige  them. 
I  would  gladly  see  him,  but  when  or  how  I  know  not,  I  think 
there's  little  danger  of  any  harm  to  him  here,  if  there  bee  none  at 
liome,  at  his  return.  Love  to  Sarah  &  El'nor,  &  to  Ann  D.  &  to 
all  y"  rest  of  you,  doe  w'  you  can  to  get  to  heaven  your  selves  & 
to  help  one  another  thither.  Prepare  for  further  Sufferings,  to 
which  it  may  bee  these  th.  are  but  the  Preamble  but  all  is  well 
that  ends  everlastingly  well.  Thankes  for  all  y''  love  &  faithfulnes 
to  mee,  &  Patience  with  mee ;  the  lord  wil  reward  it.  One  of 
my  Fellow  Prisoners  last  night  receiv'd  a  letter  from  his  wife  sub- 
scrib'd — so  I  rest  dear  Husband  in  all  Duty  &  Obedience  your 
Obedient  wife — Such  is  lancashire  kindness,  but  deeds  exceed 
words — I  am  in  short  most  intirely  «S:  most  affectionately  thine. 

P.  H. 


To  Matthew  Henry  at  Gray's  Inn. 

Sox  Matthew-, 

Wee  are  glad  to  hear  of  Gods  goodness  to  you  in 
your  journey,  going  out  &  coming  in,  &  of  the  pleasing  circum- 
■stances  which  hee  hath  brought  you  to  in  the  place  where  you  are, 
concerning  Avhich  you  doe  wel  not  to  call  it  settlement,  for  our 


342  PHILIP  HENRY. 

present  state  here  below  is  &  must  be  a  Tabernacle-state,  wee 
are  but  strangers  &  pilgrims,  as  all  our  Fathers  were,  the  world  is 
our  Inn,*  &  the  place  wherein  you  are,  bearing  that  name,  it  should 
mind  you  daily,  what  your  condition  is  in  it;  you  are  to  count 
upon  being  there  but  a  while  &  to  manage  your  self,  your  time,, 
your  Affections,  your  conversation  accordingly ;  whilst  you  reckon, 
you  have  no  continuing  City  here,  you  are  the  more  concern'd  to 
make  one  sure  that  is  to  come.  It  pleases  God  to  lengthen  out 
his  displeasure  towards  us  in  this  neighbourhood  in  the  continuance 
of  the  Smal  Pox  which  hath  taken  away  many,  our's  are  yet  pre- 
serv'd,  to  his  name  bee  the  praise,  in  whose  hand  our  times  are  & 
at  whose  dispose  are  all  our  wayes. 

Tho.  Hensh.  was  here  to-daj-,  paying  his  Rent,  honestly;  the 
rest  I  hope,  will  bee  had  ere  long,  but  the  general  complaint  is, 
that  nothing  takes  money,  The  price  of  Cattle  &  Corn  is  low,  «S: 
pity  'tis  that  Plenty  should  bee  a  grievance ;  'tis  but  a  little  while, 
I  am  sure,  since  the  complaint  was  high  &  lo7e'd,  the  other  way. 
God  in  mercy  secure  the  Gospel  to  us,  though  he  feed  us  with  the 
Bread  of  Adversity  &  give  us  Teares  to  drink  in  other  matters  ! 
The  D""  gave  them  a  good  Sermon.  Nov.  5.  from  2  Cor.  i.  10. 
There  was  generally  in  all  the  Country  hereabouts,  especially  on 
the  Welsh  side,  greater  expressions  of  joy  then  ordinary,  &:  many 
Pulpits  ful  of  sharp  Reflections  upon  the  People  concern'd,  only 
one  I  hear  of  whose  Text  was,  Goe  teach  all  nations  Baptizing 
them — what  he  infer'd  from  thence  sutable  to  the  occasion  I  know 
not.  My  love  to  your  chamber-fellow  unknown,  help  one  another 
what  you  can  especially  for  heaven,  remembering  wherein  two  are 
better  then  one.  When  you  have  leasure  and  can  conveniently, 
goe  see  your  Aunts,  but  not  by  water,  lest  you  catch  cold,  however 
write  to  them,  if  there  bee  such  a  Avay  thither,  by  the  Peny-post. 
What  if  you  should  call  sometime  at  new  Serj.  Inn  on  Serj.  Rig''-'' 
or  accost  him,  if  you  see  him  in  "Westm"'  hal,  only  to  tel  him  who 
you  are  &  what  circumstances  you  are  in,  cS:  to  present  my  service 
to  liim  &  to  inquire  of  the  health  &:  welfare  of  our  fellow- Prisoners, 
as  far  as  known  to  him.  This  is  not  to  cutt  you  out  impertinent 
work,  nor  to  engage  you  in  inconveniences,  but  to  intimate  to  you 
what  you  may  doe,  as  there  is  occasion  &  if  it  fall  in  your  way. 
*  Cf.  Archbishop  Leighton. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  343 

your  Mother  gives  you  her  love  and  Blessing,  your  Father  also  his, 
The  lord  bee  gracious  to  thee,  my  Son  !  Should  you  not  pay 
respect  some  time  to  our  land-lord  ? 

S"'  Roger  Pu.  went  hence  on  Munday,  his  sister  marry'd  to  Mr. 
Thelw.  Br^'n  t\:  Bron.  are  commended  to  you.  Bee  careful  of 
your  health,  remember  the  rule  vciiienti  occurrere — but  esp.  neglegt 
not  the  mayn  matter,  the  Soul  is  the  man,  if  that  doe  well,  all's 
wel. 

Your  letter  escaped  opening,  write,  but  bee  cautious  what  & 
how. — NozK  13.  85. 

P.  H. 
[this  letter  answered  Nov.   17/85.] 


II. 

Dec  II.  ..85. 
So>f  Matthew, 

I  imagine,  your  present  circumstances  make  it  more 
difficult  to  your  Friends  to  find  you,  else  you  would  have  more 
Visitants.  'Twas  a  good  Item  written  over  a  studious  Person's 
study  d.oox  Amice,  quisqins — Commend  mee  to  Mr.  law'',  what  you 
appoint,  as  to  your  Debt  to  him,  shal  bee  observ'd,  but  as  to  the 
other  Affayr,  which  hims''  writes  about,  I  can  give  no  encouraging 
Answer,  for  several  reasons,  some  of  which,  his  own  Consideration 
though  not  Affection,  may  suggest.  Wee  have  hearty  Sympathy 
with  our  Afflicted  Friends  in  their  Afflictions,  weeping  with  those 
that  weep,  as  being  our  selves  also  in  the  Body,  Natural,  Mystical. 
T'was  a  good  Prayer  of  luther's  when  Melanct.  &  hee  were  entering 
the  Place  of  Meeting  at  Spire,  Domine  Jesu,  Tu  ipse  prospice 
Rebus  tuis  !  In  reading  Baza's  Epist,  I  find,  about  120.  y.  since, 
things  were  much  at  the  same  pass  in  the  same  climate,  hee  that 
hath  deliver'd,  doth  deliver,  &:  I  trust,  wil.  Amen  !  wee  are 
thoughtful  where  &  how  you  wil  spend  this  cold,  dark,  long  vaca- 
tion, without  prejudice  to  .  .  .  your  studyes,  your  health  ;  Our 
Prayer  to  God  for  you  is  that  of  Jabez  for  hims'  daily,  that  the 
lord  would  bee  with  you  &  bless  you  indeed  &  enlarge  your  coast 
&  keep  you  from  the  evil,  from  all  evil,  that  it  may  not  hurt  you, 
even  that  the  lord  would  preserve  (.\:  keep  your  Soul  !  Amen  & 
Amen  !     Dec.  11.  .8^. 


344  PHILIP  HENRY. 


12. 

Son  Matthew, 

Mr.  Hanm''  hath  distrayn'd  upon  Mr.  Aldersey  for 
his  7'  Rehef  &  hee  hath  replevyd  &  sayes,  hee  wil  stand  suit,  which 
if  he  doe,  I  know,  who  wil  get  the  better.  Though  few  visitants 
knock  at  your  door,  I  hope,  you  find  sufficient  company  within  ; 
a  good  Book  is  a  good  companion  at  any  time,  but  especially  a 
good  God,  who  is  always  ready  to  hold  communion  with  those 
that  desire  &:  seek  communion  with  him.  Keep  low  &  humble 
in  your  thoughts  &  opinion  of  yours*^  but  a)m  high  in  your  desires 
&  expectations,  even  as  high  as  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven,  &  resolve 
to  take  up  with  nothing  short  of  it.  ^Vee  Both  give  you  our  love 
t\:  Blessing,  beseeching  the  lord  to  go  in  &  out  before  you  in  all 
your  wayes  &  to  preserve  you  blameless  to  his  heavenly  Kingdom. 
Amen  !     Nov.  27.  10.  at  night  1685. 

[answered  by  M.  H.  Dec''  i.   1685.] 


In  reply  to  his  son's  of  December  15  th. 

Dec^  ig/85. 
Son  Matthew, 

Your's  came  safe  to  hand  ^:  in  due  time  this  forenoon, 
finds  us  all  in  health,  praysed  be  God,  e\:  is  as  welcom  to  us,  as 
cur's  can  possibly  be  to  you  ;  They  flock  about  it,  as  bees  about  a 
honey-comb,  &  are  as  much  refreshed  by  it.  I  like  not  to  have 
mine  double-charg'd  to  you  &  to  bee  as  dear  as  your  dinner j  had 
they  been  all  in  one  sheet  without  slitting,  I  suppose,  it  had  been 
otherwise.  I  am  glad  you  have  satisfy'd  your  curiosity  in  the 
sight  of  the  Jewes'  worship,  but  more  that  you  make  such  im- 
provem*  of  it  for  the  ends  of  true  Piety ;  They  are,  certainly,  to 
bee  pity'd  by  us,  being  under  the  sad  influences  of  a  dismal  curse 
iS:  judicial  hardning,  which  yet  there  is  hope  wil  in  due  time,  & 
therefore  room  for  prayer,  that  it  may,  bee  taken  off  when  Popish 
Idolatry  &  Protestant  Profaness,  the  great  bars  that  hinder,  shal 
come  to  an  end,  which  God  hasten  for  his  mercy  sake,  &  for  their 
sake  !     AVil  you  write  a  letter  by  the  Post  to  Mr.  Charles  ■\^Tlliams 


PHILIP  HENRY.  345 

•of  Xewp-  in  Moiiinoulhshire  to  know  of  him,  how  "lis  with  him 
iv:  whether  his  Son  bee  bound  'Prentice,  if  hee  bee,  to  whom  &for 
what,  &  where  a  legacy  may  bee  payd  in  london  for  his  use, 
giving  a  legal  release ;  desire  a  line  or  two  from  him  directed  to 
you  at  Crr.  Inn.  ]\Ir.  W.  H""  sent  his  Servant  to  mee  this  week, 
for  an  old  Acquittance  I  had  of  a  Releif  or  herriot  1/  to  y^  E. 
of  Derby  64.  yeares  since,  which  I  sent  him,  whereby  hee  sayes 
I  have  much  oblig'd  him  &  I  am  veiy  glad  to  doe  it.  Mr.  Al. 
intends  to  stand  suit  with  him,  but  I  think,  your  counsel  were 
better,  to  make  peace ;  His  Sister  ]\Iary  is  ill  at  present  of  the 
Smal  Pox,  so  are  many  more  both  in  Town  &  Country,  «S:  our's 
yet  spar'd,  blessed  bee  the  lord  for  it !  his  mercy  to  us  therein 
is  singular.  Old  Mrs.  Bruerton,  of  Bella  hil,  Mr.  The.  Dod's 
^ [other,  dy'd  on  Sabb.  day  last,  her  son  is  expected  from  London 
^l  her  Interm'  defer'd  til  Tuesday  next,  as  wee  hear.  Our  usual 
yearly  distribution  is  wel  perform'd  &  an  account  taken ;  that 
which  puts  the  true  value  on  it,  is  di\'ine  Acceptance,  which 
is  not  wanting  where  there  is  uprightness ;  tis  a  good  work,  as 
^Ir.  Herbert  sayd,  when  hee  had  built  a  church,  if  it  bee  sprinkled 
Avith  the  Bloud  of  J.  X'  without  which  all  is  nothing ;  See  your 
need  of  him  more  &  more  &  live  upon  him ;  no  life  like  it,  so 
sweet,  so  safe ;  christus  mens  iiii/ii  in  omnia ;  Wtt  cannot  be  dis- 
charged from  the  Guilt  of  any  evil  wee  doe,  without  his  Merit 
to  satisfy;  wee  cannot  move  in  the  jjerformance  of  any  Good 
requir'd,  without  his  S.|?it  &  grace  to  assist  &  enable  for  it,  & 
when  wee  have  done  all,  that  all  is  nothing,  without  his  INIediation 
&  Intercession  to  make  it  Acceptable,  so  that  every  day  in  every 
th.  hee  is  All  in  All. 

Now  the  lord  God  everlasting  bee  your  Sun  is:  Shield  in  all 
your  wayes ;  see  time  hasting  away  apace  towards  eternity,  &  the 
Judge  soon  at  the  door,  &  work  accordingly ;  wherever  you  are, 
alone  or  in  company,  bee  alwayes  either  doing  or  getting  good, 
sowing  or  reaping.  As  for  mee,  I  make  no  other  reckoning  but 
that  the  time  of  my  departure  is  at  hand  &  what  Trouble  I  may 
meet  with  before,  I  know  not,  the  wil  of  the  lord  bee  done ;  One 
of  my  cheif  cares  is,  that  no  Iniquity  of  mine  may  bee  layd  up  for 
you,  which  God  grant  for  his  mercy  Sake  in  Christ  Jesus.     Amen  ! 

[Answered  Dec'  22.  1685.] 


346  PHILIP  HENRY. 

14. 

Son  Math., 

.  .  .  Both  of  us,  to  AMiitch.  to  meet  the  Tidings  of 
your  letter  &  found  it  as  we  desir'd  &  hop'd,  &  at  our  return 
home  this  evening  your  sisters  had  it  after  patient  expectation  all- 
day  &  wee  are  now  rejoycing  together;  And  must  it  bee  thus 
alwayes  !  Shal  wee  never  bee  moved  ?  doth  our  mountayn  stand 
so  strong !  wee  must  not  think  so,  nor  say,  to  morroAV  shal  bee  as 
this  day  &  much  more  abundant,  because  wee  know  not  what  a 
day  may  bring  forth  ;  The  highest  degree  of  bodily  health  is  the 
next  step  to  sickness,  &  so  of  peace  to  trouble,  'tis  good  therefore 
to  rejoyce  with  trembling,  &  to  bee  making  ready  for  changes, 
esp.  when  the  cup  is  passing  round  ;  Ilk  /iodic,  ego  a-as ;  Wee 
have  yet  a  living  Son,  &  you  a  living  Father  &  Mother,  but  how 
soon  it  may  bee  otherwise  wee  know  not,  but  this  wee  know,  wee 
have  here  no  continuing  city,  our  Breath  is  in  our  Nostrils,  our 
time  hasting  away  apace  &  as  time  goes  Eternity  comes,  &  what 
then  ?  then  what  thy  hand  finds  to  doe,  doe  it,  work  while  it  is 
light,  walk  while  it  is  day,  blessed  is  that  servant,  whom  his  lord 
when  hee  comes  shal  find  watching !  I  read  your  ingenious  Proof 
of  the  S'"  Perseverance  from  Gosp.  grounds  in  law  Termes  with 
some  delight  &  pleasure,  not  only  as  to  the  Doctrin  itself,  which 
is,  Articulus  stantis  et  cadcntis  solatij  cJiristiani,  but  also  to  see, 
that  you  make  so  good  use  of  Cook  &:  littleton,  that  you  keep  the 
handmaid  in  such  due  subserviency  to  the  Mistris,  Hagar  to  Sarah, 
goe  on  stil  to  doe  so,  bring  all  your  Egyptian  Jewels  &  ear-rings 
to  adorn  the  lord's  Tabernacle ;  use  your  studyes  in  humane 
learning  as  the  captive  mayd,  when  to  bee  made  a  wife,  was  to  be 
us'd,  her  head  was  to  be  shav'd  &  her  nailes  par'd,  &:  then  shee 
Avas  to  bee  taken  home  to  house ;  Oiuucs  Uhri  ScHpti  sunt,  vt 
■units  intcUigatiir ;  have  that  rule  often  in  your  eye  &  steer  accord- 
ingly ;  If  you  proceed  in  learning  the  French  language,  I  am  in 
hope  it  may  be  of  use  to  you,  in  reading  their  Authors,  &  for  that 
reason,  I  give  my  consent  &  wish  you  good  speed;  How  glad 
would  I  have  been  lately  of  so  much  skil  in  it,  as  to  have  been 
able  to  have  read  &  understood  their  church-catechism  Avhen  the 
B"  of  S'  A[saph]  urg'd,  that  in  one  of  the  Dimanches  there,  the) 
doe  assert,  that  to  deny  or  disuse  the  Sacr"  is  sufficient  to  denomi- 


PHILIP  HENRY.  347 

nate  a  man  no  christian,  which  I  had  a  great  desire  to  see  in  their 
own  words,  but  could  not  spel  it  from  them,  though  I  had  the  Book 
by  mee  &  so  was  forced  to  take  it  as  represented.  If  you  sett  your 
mind  to  it,  I  hope  it  wil  bee  no  work  of  time  to  conquer  it,  esp. 
having  a  good  Teacher  &  so  good  compan)-  to  learn  Avith  you, 
however,  to  conquer  so  much  of  the  dithculty  of  it,  as  wil  make  it 
easy  to  you  to  proceed  in  it  your  self  afterwards  but  remember 
alwayes,  Omnia  <tx'v  Oew.  One  Turner  a  Bayliff  was  kild  this  week 
near  Whitch.  in  arresting  a  man  at  his  suit,  by  a  third  Person,  who 
is  fled  which  is  some  trouble  to  him,  though  hee  did  particularly 
give  order  that  that  Person  should  not  bee  imploy'd  in  doing  it. 
'Tis  likely  at  present  to  be  a  Match  betw.  Mis.  Fra[ncis  Hunt]  iv: 
Mr.  John  Hardware,  (not  Trevice,  as  you  suppos'd,)  a  hopeful 
yong  Gentleman,  of  your  year,  &  the  Termes  not  altogether  to  bee 
mislik'd  ;  If  the  th.  proceed  from  the  lord,  my  prayer  is,  that  there 
may  bee  spoken  agt  it  neither  good  nor  bad.  You  Avrite  no  more 
in  this  than  in  }-our  last  concer.  your  Aunts,  that  is,  just  nothing, 
Avhich  makes  mee  either  to  hope  'tis  wel  with  them,  or  to  fear,  you 
are  too  much  out  of  the  way  of  inquirv-  after  them.  I  would  not 
have  you  by  any  meanes  to  venture  yet  upon  the  water,  as  Avarm 
&  tempting  as  the  weather  is,  lest  you  catch  cold,  but  you  may 
write  a  line  or  two  now  &  then  by  the  Peny-post,  without  that 
danger,  if  it  bee  only  to  let  them  know,  that  you  hear  from  us,  that 
wee  are  wel,  &  would  bee  glad  to  hear  that  they  are  so  too.  The 
Smal  Pocks  continues  yet  in  Whitch.  Mrs.  Morgan  bury'd  a  child 
of  it  lately,  our's  are  yet  preserv'd,  blessed  bee  God  !  'tis  on  the 
other  hand  of  us  also  at  H"^  &  elsewhere.  The  Hathorn  hedge 
anenst  the  Hal  window  hath  not  only  Buds  but  green  leaves  ap- 
pearing, which  is  not  usual ;  I  hear  of  the  like  in  other  places. 
I  make  no  apology  for  writing  so  much  to  you,  nor  tel  you  not,  I 
wil  bee  no  longer  tedious,  bee.  I  think  not  the  longest  of  yours 
too  long,  &  suppose  you  think  the  same  of  mine.  Shal  I  now 
conclude  with  much  in  a  little  ?  Worship  God  in  the  Spirit, 
rejoyce  in  X'  J.  (^'  have  no  confidence  in  the  Flesh ;  Use  things 
below,  but  enjoy  the  things  that  are  above ;  Love  the  Book  of 
God  above  all  Bookes,  the  Day  of  God  above  all  Dayes,  &  the 
People  of  God  above  all  People;  While  you  live,  live  to  God, 
&  then  when  you  dye,  you'l  dye  to  God,  &  bee  rcceiv'd  to  live 


348  PHILIP  HEXRY. 

for  ever  with  him  in  everlasting  mansions,  which  hee  grant  that 
dearly  lov'd  us  &  dearly  bought  us,  Jesus  Christ  the  Righteous. 
Amen ! 

Your  Mother  sends  you  her  love  c\:  blessing. 

Jan.  15.  l685. 

The  original  of  this  belongs  to  H.  W.  Tyndall,  Esq. 


May.  Ri  1686. 

Son  INIatthew, 

The  contents  of  your  last  doe  a  little  trouble  us,  not 
so  much  that  you  were  let  Bloud,  though  I  think  it  might  have 
been  better  had  it  been  done  sooner,  as  that  you  did  mis-manage 
yourself  after,  both  in  going  in  the  morning  to  lawrence  Jury  &  in 
writing  so  much  both  to  us  &  to  Eo[reatton]  in  the  Evening,  it 
being  convenient  after  Blood-letting  to  bee  sedate  &  compos'd 
for  some  time  til  Nature  bee  come  to  itself  again ;  Therefore  in 
your  next  I  shal  expect  to  hear,  that  you  were  worse  after  it,  & 
that  the  Feebleness  &  Dulness  you  mention  were  the  immediate 
Symptoms  of  it,  which  God  in  mercy  prevent !  Wee  are  all  wel 
here,  thankes  bee  to  God  1  The  Divine  Providence  watching  about 
our  tabernacle,  and  compassing  us  about  with  Favor  as  with  a 
Sheild.  Our  great  Inquiry  is,  what  shal  we  render  !  Alas,  our 
rendrings  are  nothing  to  our  receivings  ;  wee  are  like  the  Barren 
field,  on  which  much  cost  is  bestow'd,  but  the  Crop  is  not  accord- 
ingly ;  Our  heavenly  Father  is  Loding  us  with  his  Benefits  &  wee 
are  Loding  him  with  our  sins,  greiving  him  that  comforts  us,  & 
how  long,  how  long  shal  it  be  so  !  6:  that  it  might  bee  otherwise ! 
that  our  Mercyes  might  bee  as  Oyl  to  the  wheeles,  to  make  us 
so  much  the  more  active  is:  lively  in  our  Master's  work,  especi. 
considering  how  it  is  with  our  fellow-servants  ;  They  empty  & 
wee  ful,  they  Marah,  &  wee  Naomi.  Our  dear  Friends  Mr.  Ja. 
Ow.  at  Osw[estry]  &  -Mr.  Jo.  ^\■ils.  at  Nantw[ich]  upon  beds  of 
sickness,  (S:  in  the  valley  of  the  shadow  of  death,  &  wee  well; 
They  had  hopes,  when  wee  heard  last,  of  the  recovery  of  both 
of  them  though  remayning  dangerously  ill.  I  am  glad  to  hear 
your  Aunts  are  in  health,  but  sorry  they  are  in  any  thing  uneasy. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  349 

this  is  not  the  world,  wherein  wee  must  have  everything  that 
M-ee  would  have,  but  there  is  such  a  state  before  us,  the  happi- 
ness whereof  eye  hath  not  seen  nor  ear  heard  neither  hath  it 
enter'd  into  the  heart  of  man  to  conceive ;  I  would  have  you, 
as  you  have  opportunity  to  bee  a  Comforter  &  a  Counseller 
to  them,  &  as  you  can  to  help  their  Burthens.  Tel  Cos.  Hobs, 
wee  shal  supply  her  son  with  such  clothes  as  hee  hath  need 
of,  &  are  fit  for  him,  though  shee  hath  not  mention'd  it ;  you 
know  your  mother  s  wa\-,  shee  suffers  nothing  to  spoyl  for  want  of 
mending  in  time.  I  saw  Mrs.  Tils,  the  other  day,  shee  heare's- 
her  son's  Intentions  for  Holland  are  diverted  for  present,  and  y' 
hee  wil  not  bee  at  London  till  August ;  It  seemes,  hee  is  unfixt,. 
what  should  bee  the  reason?  Her  Sister  Ben.  seemes  to  bee  in  a 
declining  condition  &  I  fear  wil  not  bee  long  in  this  world,  but 
hath  good  hopes  through  grace  of  a  better.  Mr.  Corbet  had 
thoughts  of  sending  his  Horses  back  again,  if  so,  it  might  doe 
some  Friend  a  kindness  that  looks  toward  the  Countrey,  if  you 
know  of  any  such,  &:  them  no  unkindness,  to  embrace  the  Oppor- 
tunity, tho  hee  was  not  resolv'd.  Hearty  renewed  respects  to  the 
worthy  Trios  of  approv'd  Friends  mention'd  in  my  last,  whom  I 
pray  God  to  continue  in  their  Integrity  &  Usefulness.  There 
may  a  day  come  when  it  may  cost  dear  to  be  hon//est,  but  after 
all,  to  fear  god  &  keep  his  Comraandm"*  is  the  whole  duty  of  man. 
I  therefore  commend  it  to  you,  &:  you  to  God,  who  is  a  shield  &: 
Buckler  to  them  that  fear  him.     "Eppojo-o  !  * 

Though  wee  have  not  yet  receiv'd  Cos.  Hobsen's  token,  yet 
l)ray  give  her  Thankes  for  it  :  Her  son  is  wel  in  health  &  learns 
his  Catech.  hee  can  say  about  half  the  first  part  &:  creepes  on  b)' 
degrees  ;  wee  should  bee  glad,  if  hee  might  get  some  good  here^ 
that  might  stick  by  him,  Hee  rode  your  Mare  on  '\\'ednesd.  (with 
your  Sister  Sarah  on  the  little  mare)  to  Ash  &  perform'd  very  wel 
&  last  night  hee  rode  to  "W'hitch:  &:  fetch'd  your  letter,  which 
pleases  him ;  Hee  is  glad  to  hear  of  his  Mother  &  grandmother  &: 
hopes  by  this  time  they  wil  have  received  his  by  Mr.  Lawrence, 
who  went  hence,  wee  think  on  ]\Iunday.  Mr.  Corbet  goes  not  till 
Tuesday  next ;  Mr.  Tong  promises  to  cal  on  you ;  Tis  now 
"\\acation  time,  &  though  nulla  dies  sine  Linea,  jet  Arcum  non: 

*  FaiewcII. 


350  FHILIP  HENRY. 

semper  iendlt  Apollo  suiiin.  'Tis  not  for  mee  to  sit  here  &  prescribe 
neither  when,  nor  how  much,  nor  how  long,  but  remember  the 
counsel  of  my  last,  to  bee  always  either  doing,  or  getting  good ; 
you'l  find  his  Company  savory,  else  I  should  not  commend  it  to 
you,  for  I  know  you  doe  not  want  Company  &  I  hope  not  good 
ones.  Mr.  Bentley  was  here  yester-morning,  told  mee  hee  saw 
you  &  sate  a  while  with  you  ;  Tis  Mercy  wee  may  doe  so  in  peace, 
si  lion  data  ultra :  Mr.  Birch  came  not  to  Wil.  last  night,  as  expected, 
but  at  Preston  hee  say'd  hee  must  bee,  God  willing,  on  Sabbath 
day. 


1 6. 

May  7.  1686. 
S.  M.— 

wee  read  this  morning  in  course,  when  wee  had  just 
newly  experienc'd  the  Truth  of  it,  by  the  receit  of  your  letter  (for 
wee  sent  early  to  Whit,  for  it)  Prov.  25.  25.  As  cold  waters  to  a 
thirsty  soul,  so  are  good  newes  from  a  far  country.  Since  Friday 
last  wee  have  been  in  cequilibrio,  between  hope  &  fear,  not  know- 
ing what  to  think,  that  wee  heard  not  from  you  ;  sometimes  wee 
thought  all  was  not  wel  &  then  wee  fear'd,  expecting  stil  by  each 
Post  some  evil  tidings,  but  when  both  Sat.  &  Mund.  night  brought 
noth.  wee  then  began  to  conclude  &  hope  it  was,  as  it  proves,  but 
a  miscarriage  ;  But  one,  did  I  say  ?  I  am  loth  to  determine  where 
to  fix  it,  neither  can  I,  but  as  the  Club-footed  Philosopher  whose 
shot'es  were  stollen  from  him,  only  wisht  they  might  fit  him  that 
had  them,  so,  not  as  hee  intended  but  as  the  wish  innocently 
seem'd  to  mean  at  first  hearing,  I  really  innocently  wish  him  that 
intercepted  it  this  kindness,  that  the  good  sermons  in  it  may  doe 
his  soul  good,  &  that  nothing  else  in  it  may  doe  you  or  us  any 
hurt  It's  being  the  first  made  it  somewhat  the  worse.  I 
am  glad  of  the  account  you  give  of  Westniin'"  Election,  being 
])leas'd  with  the  story  of  it  cold,  tho'  not  as  you  were,  who  had 
it  hot ;  Only  one  thing  I  miss,  &  that  is  the  mention  of  my 
old  Master,  who  us'd  to  bee  the  Principal  verb,  whether  hee  bee 
yet  in  vivis  ;  I  don't  remember  that  the  second  day  was  wont  to 
bee  like  the  first  &  theref  your  loss  thereof  was  the  less,  esp. 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  351 

having  so  good  a  sermon  in  exchange  for  it.  'Twere  not  amiss  if 
Ph.  Bickl.  would  present  hims.  in  propria  persona  to  S'  Rog"^ 
Puleston  at  the  Rolls  for  his  Satisfaction  for  'tis  certainly  believ'd 
here  that  hee  is  dead,  &  two  Tenem'^  in  which  his  life  alone  is, 
are,  the  one  actually  seiz'd  on  &  the  profits  detayn'd  for  these  two 
yeares  past,  the  other  which  is  John  Griffiths  of  Addavellyn  *  is 
threaten'd  in  like  manner.  John  Griff,  is  so  much  concern'd,  that 
a  Friend  of  his  told  mee,  hee  would  give  Phil,  a  good  peice  of 
money  could  hee  but  see  his  Face.  'Tis  reported  here,  that  S"" 
Job  is  for  Chester  again,  is  it  so  ?  Wee  missed  y""  changes  in  y'' 
Hal,  besides  all  the  rest.  As  to  your  Journey  to  Sussex,  I  know 
not  what  to  say,  bee.  I  know  not  how  you  are  dispos'd  ]  Is  there 
a  flying  Coach  thither  ?  if  so  it  may  bee  that  were  better  than  to 
hire  a  Horse  ;  What  company  can  you  promise  your  s^  ?  alone  I 
would  not  have  you,  by  no  meanes,  to  venture  in  a  strange  country ; 
The  weather  also  is  to  bee  consider'd,  if  it  should  continue 
dropping,  the  wayes  would  bee  bad  there,  either  for  Coach  or 
Horse  ;  so  that  after  all,  I  must  refer  it  to  your  s^ ;  only  Acknow- 
ledge God  in  all  your  wayes  &  hee  sb.al  direct  your  steps  ;  His 
Father  talkes  sometimes  of  a  Journey  into  Suffolk  to  lady  ff  &so 
to  Sussex  all  under  one,  but  I  see  little  likelihood  of  it.  By  this 
time,  I  suppose,  ls\x.  T"  is  with  you  from  Oxon.  remember  to 
bee  like  fire-stickes  together,  provoking  one  another  to  love  &  to 
good  workes,  &  to  study  at  studying  times,  that  your  profiting 
may  appear  to  all  men.  I  am  heartily  sorry  for  the  Death  of  the 
worthy  Doctor,  i.e.  for  the  churche's  loss  in  him,  as  for  hims.  hee 
is  now  no  longer  a  stranger  in  a  strange  land  ;  but  at  rest  at  home 
in  his  Father's  house.  Bee  sure  improve  your  Munday-evenings 
wel  &  wisely,  by  sucking  hard  &  pumping  hard;  you  have  not 
such  Breasts  every  day  &  are  to  have  those  but  a  while,  for  our 
fashion  passes  away ;  If  a  wish  would  doe,  I  would  be  with  you 
the  very  next,  but  it  will  not ;  Give  my  most  Affectionate  respects 
there  however  &  to  Mr.  St.  &  Mr.  1.  &  their  yoke-fellowes.  Your 
Father  &  Mother  send  you  their  Blessing,  your  sisters  wil  some  of 
them  tel  you  thems.  what  they  send  you  on  the  other  side.  Lord 
Del[amere]  was  at  another  Race  last  week  at  Farn,  as  I  hear, 

*  Aditus  =  the  approach  ;  velyn  =  mill.     Trevalyn  in  Denbighshire,  and 
Trevelyan  in  Cornwall,  are  both  of  them  Mill-town  (>Iil-ton). 


352  PHILIP  HENRY. 

■where  hee  won  considerabl}-  of  Squire  Egerton  :  His  Fr*^'  doe 
much  wonder  at  the  humor  of  it,  X:  I  think  I  told  you  formerly 
what  the  old  woman  sayd.  A\'hat  Fruit  wee  are  like  to  have  this 
summer  upon  the  Trees,  I  cannot  tel,  they  are  yet  but  in  Blossom,. 
&  Blossoms  you  know  are  not  Fruit,  but  a  sad  Face  of  Barreness 
is  upon  our  Congregations,  many  waxing  worse  &  worse,  few 
better  better,  And  is  the  Axe  layd  to  the  Root  ?  lord,  let  it 
alone  this  year  also  I  Seeing  your  letters  are  so  expos'd,  I  need 
not  renew  the  former  caution  to  bee  careful  what  you  write ;  yet 
glad  Avee  are  to  hear  how  it  fares  with  the  poor  people  of  God  in 
this  gloomy  day,  who  are  our  avyKXrjpovoixoL  koI  a-va-croifxoL,  that 
wee  may  rejoyce  with  tliem  when  they  rejoyce  &  weep  Avith  them 
when  they  weep.  As  for  any  thing  else,  tho'  wee  are  suspected 
to  bee  !Men  of  Design,  the  Troublers.  &:c.  our  rejoycing  is  this, 
the  Testimony — and  let  (iod  alone  in  his  way  &  time  to  clear 
the  trath. 

P.  H. 
[Answered  INIay  ii.  1686.] 


17- 

To  M.  Henry  at  Gray's  Inn. 

May.  ji.  ..S6. 
Sox  jSLvih. 

The  weather  hath  been  wett  here  of  late,  as  it  seemes 
it  hath  been  with  you,  but  these  two  dayes  last  past  have  been 
fayr  &  Summer-like  &  they  that  can  are  busy,  tho'  it  bee  late, 
sowing  barley ;  were  there  the  same  care  taken  of  the  soul,  in 
doing  what  Avee  can,  when  wee  cannot  doe  what  wee  would,  &  to 
observe  the  Rule,  better  late  than  never,  how  Avel  Avere  it.  INIr. 
Church  Avent  hence  on  Munday  last,  A\-hom  I  suppose  by  this  time 
you  may  have  seen,  hee  took  a  letter  for  you  &  a  Ginney,  sup- 
posing you  might  have  occasion.  The  chees-market  is  quite  dead 
at  present ;  something  ayles  the  londoners  Avith  Cheshire,  thus  to 
punish  them.  The  Collection  for  y'^  Fr[ench]  Prot[estants]  hath 
not  reacht  us  yet,  but  I  suppose  is  coming ;  I  saAv  the  Narrative 
&  could  not  chuse  but  think,  that  things  Avere  made  the  Avorst  of, 
for  though  I  knoAv  Avhat  manner  of  spirit  the  people  are  of  yet 


PHILIP  HE.vpy.  355 

there  were  some  passages,  that  would  hardly  consist  with  meer 
Humanity.  I  saw  also  the  answer  to  the  three  Papers,  &  suj)- 
pose  by  y'  style  its  Author  to  bee  D'  Sh.  It  confirmes  that  which 
\ou  have  somet.  heard  a  Friend  of  yours  say,  that  there  are  some 
men,  on  whom  if  it  should  please  Authority  to  Frown  but  half  so 
much  and  half  so  long,  as  it  hath  done  on  some  of  their  Neighbors, 
they  would  hardly  hold  their  hand,  so  as  they  have  done,  however 
not  their  Tongues  &  Pens.  Our  Clod  in  all  these  events  is 
bringing  to  pass  his  own  wil  &  counsel,  which  is  for  certain  the 
advancem'  of  his  own  Kingdom  &  Glory,  All  which  is  prayd  for  in 
the  three  first  Petitions  of  the  lord's  Prayer,  to  which  all  that  love 
him  wil  most  heartily  say,  Amen  !  Though  you  have  nothing  of 
mine  in  y""  hand  now  wherwithal  to  doe  it,  yet  you  must  not 
forget  to  bring  with  you,  if  not  to  send  before  you  on  my  account 
some  smal  charity-Bookes  (the  quid  esp.)  for  I  am  now  quite 
out  of  stock,  I  gave  6^  for  one  at  Salop,  whereas  of  Brome  hims.  I 
bought  6.  for  7  groats.  Also  some  smal  Bibles — I  can  buy  them 
here  for  2^  lo**  which  is  e'en  cheap  enough,  but  they  are  ill  bound. 
I  have  not  been  in  England  this  long  time  but  purpose  a  salley 
shortly,  God  willing  !  Wee  had  a  report  of  some  disturbance  in 
Coventry  last  Sabb.  upon  occasion  of  mass  there,  what  truth  is  in 
it  or  what  the  circumstances  were,  wee  hear  not  :  Tis  like  Mr.  Ch. 
may  inform  you,  Avho  was  there  a  day  or  two  after.  You  say  no 
more  of  Pr",  was  the  report  of  his  Conf[ormity]  true  or  false  ?  Wee 
both  send  you  our  Blessing,  your  sisters  &  all  y*  rest  their  love  & 
service.  You  have  yet  a  Home  here,  cS:  dear  Relations  together 
iS:  not  scatter'd  nor  broken  up,  how  long  it  may  bee  so,  ( iod  onl\ 
knowes,  our  times  are  in  his  hand,  wee  shal  begin  shortly  to  doe 
as  the  lads  at  Westm''  were  won't  to  doe,  <^  it  may  bee  do  stil,  by 
the  word  Electio.  Macte  virtute,  mi  Fili,  et  vale !  Dominus 
tecum  I 

[This  letter  answered  May  18,  1686.] 


ly. 
Sox  Mat. 

we  recciv'd  y''  tidings  this  morning  of  God's  (ioodness 
to  you  in  y""  Journey,  for  which  wee  desire  to  bee  thankful ;  also  a 

2   A 


354  nil  LIP  HENRY. 

further  account  of  the  late  Fire  tv:  your  loss  therein  &  doe  liless 
( ;od  it  was  no  worse.  If  your  Gown  had  been  burnt,  it  might 
liave  been  lookt  upon  as  a  tacit  super  Sedceas  to  your  further  Pro- 
gress in  those  studyes,  but  'tis  wel  it  was  not,  however  every 
Providence  hath  a  voice  &  sayes  something.  Your  kind 
entertainm*  with  INIr.  A,  at  your  first  coming  up  must  not  divert 
vou  from  your  former  methods,  but  get  as  soon  as  you  can 
into  the  geares,  7'o/ai  irrevocahilis  hora.  As  to  the  Ch""  business,  I 
can  say  no  more  then  I  sayed  both  to  them  &  to  you  together, 
when  you  were  here,  w"''  was,  that  for  the  present  )0U  are 
under  an  engagemV another  way;  what  may  bee  hereafter,  (iod 
only  knowes;  Tis  not  at  all  likely,  that  I  should  doe  as  you 
mention  in  the  mean  time,  but  if  there  bee  a  door  of  Opportunity 
I  know  none  so  fit  to  make  use  of  it,  as  hee  who  is  already  with 
them  upon  the  place,  who  knowes  them  &  is  known  of  them. 
Ann  walkt  a-foot  to  Alalpas  to  the  buryal  of  Widow  Brinley 
c\:  back  again  ;  Avhen  shee  was  dying,  shee  askt,  was  the  mone}-  «S: 
y*  Candle  ready,  the  one  whereof  was  put  in  the  one  hand  &  the 
other  lighted  in  the  other,  at  the  time  of  her  departure  ;  they  also 
sprinkl'd  her  &  y°  Bed  &  room  with  their  holy  water  &  fel  a  sweep- 
ing y"  room  with  besoms,  as  hard  as  they  could,  to  sweep  all  her 
sins  away ;  6  that  ever  there  should  bee  such  darkness  in  the  midst 
so  much  light  !  wee  hear,  the  new  lord  Deputy  was  in  some 
danger  in  his  passage  to  Beaumaris,  but  escap'd.  The  Whitchurch 
Curate  took  occasion  on  ]\Iunday  last  in  his  sermon  to  reflect  upon 
the  worth  Mr.  Baxter  by  name.  One  of  our  greatest  Clergy-men 
lately  being  reprov'd  for  Associating  hims.  so  much  with  Papists, 
nnswer'd,  To  inquire  what  Religion  a  man  is  of  is  as  rude  as  to  ask 
him,  what  money  hee  hath  in  his  Pocket,  rememb"'  us  to  Mr. 
Thomas  Hunt,  also  tel  him  hee  must  bee  busy,  for  now  is  his 
gathering  time.  Wee  Both  send  you  our  dear  love  &:  Blessing, 
making  mention  of  you  in  daily  Prayer  that  you  may  bee  serious 
iS:  sincere,  humble  &  fruitful  !     Amen  ! 

Feby.   4.  S!i. 


PHILIP  HENRY. 


20. 
Son  Math. 

Wee  Iiavo  at  present  a  Calm  here,  ail  the  noyse  is 
ooncer.  many  who  are  com'n  lately  out  of  Ireland  ;  Two,  who 
have  brought  their  stock  with  them  have  bin  bidding  this  week  for 
^Vil[lingto^]  Cross,  whether  a  Bargain  or  no  I  know  not.  One 
-Moor  is  expected  to  bee  made  Provost  of  y"  College  at  Dublin, 
upon  the  lord  Tyrconel's  arrival.  I  thought  'six.  Tyls[ton]  would 
have  defer'd  his  Journey  North-ward  til  nearer  April,  in  regard 
the  winter  is  not  yet  over ;  These  two  or  three  last  dayes  have 
been  very  cold  here.  I  do  not  apprehend  a  D'^-ship  likely  to 
bee  of  any  great  advantage  to  him  as  yet,  til  hee  hath  yeares  for 
It  &  more  experience,  but  tis  hard  to  get  to  bee  mortify'd  to  a 
thing  cald  worldly  honor,  though  it  bee  indeed  but  a  shadow. 
AVee  all  remember  service  to  Mr.  Thomas  Hunt ;  tell  him  what 
Elizabeth  Parsons  sayd  to  Geor.  Illidge  about  the  Picture,  turn 
away  mine  eyes  from  beholding  vanity.  The  more  dead  hee 
is  to  the  gay  nothings  of  the  Town,  the  more  alive  hee  wil 
bee  to  Cod  t\:  to  his  Duty.  Mind  him  of  what  the  Angel  sayd 
to  Elijah,  what  dost  thou  here  Elijah  ?  Wee  are  much  beholden 
to  Mr.  A.s'  for  his  great  kindness  in  so  befriending  you,  but  tis 
neither  Portion  nor  relation,  I  would  have  you  so  much  to  look 
at  in  that  matter,  as  the  Person,  that,  as  much  as  may  bee, 
shee  be  sutable  &  try'd,  wherein  wee  pray  to  God  to  direct  you. 
There  are  more  wil  have  to  say  to  you.  as  an  Inns-of-Court 
(Gentleman,  then  either  as  an  N.  C.  M.  or  the  son  of  one.  (;i\c 
my  affectionate  remembrance  to  the  worthy  Mr.  Tal.  &  bee  as 
oft  with  him,  as  you  have  opportunity,  while  you  stay  in  Town  : 
hee  that  walkes  with  wise  men  shal  bee  wise.  No  tidings  of  late  in 
any  of  your  letters,  as  formerly,  from  Westm"'  Hal,  I  suppose,  the 
reason  to  bee  your  not  being  in  commons  iSc  theref  not  in  a 
( 'lown ;  who  succeeds  cheif  J.  Bedingf  ?  Tis  reported  here  that 
.S""  Tho.  Jones  doth,  his  Predecessor  &  his  successor.  Wee  send 
you  our  Blessing,  commending  you  to  him,  who  Blesses  indeed, 
in  whose  Favor  life  is.     .Amen  ! 

Feby.  18.  .8£. 


356  PHILIP  HENRY. 

To  M.  H.  at  Gray's  Inn. 

Feb.  II. 
Son  Math. 

Tho  the  ingagem'  was  not  for  once  a  week  as  formerl) .. 
yet  til  there  bee  some  orrassional  Reason  for  the  contrary,  wee  are 
AviUing  to  keep  up  the  old  wont.  Thankes  bee  to  God,  wee  are 
as  yet  as  you  left  us,  only  the  Ague  hath  changd  places  &  instead 
of  El'nor,  shakes  at  present  your  Sister  Ann,  who  hath  had  a  fit  or 
two,  not  in  extremity,  praysed  bee  God.  Since  the  receit  of  yours 
this  morning  I  sent  to  Bo[reatton]  &  just  now  receive  answer.  8. 
clock,  they  are  all  wel  &  I  understand  you  have  thoughts  of 
removing  to  y''  T. ;  is  it,  that  you  may  bee  utriusque  Academias 
Magister?  I  have  noth.  to  object,  but  pray  God,  y*  wherever  you 
are,  you  may  doe  Avel.  I  wish  the  ayr  of  the  water  may  not  bee 
to  your  prejudice,  'twas  not  to  your  F'  who  breath'd  his  first 
Breath  just  close  by  it. 
P.  H.  to  M.  H. 


Apr.  29.  16S7. 

Son  Matth. 

Yours  came  to  us  last  night  in  our  return  from  the 
AV'ood,  where  wee  had  been  to  see  your  Sister,  whom  wee  found  &: 
left,  I  hope  wel  pleas'd  in  the  goodness  of  God  to  her  in  present 
Circumstances  ;  not  that  any  place  is  Heaven  on  this  Side  Heaven, 
for  all  things  under  the  Sun  are  both  mixed  &  uncertain,  &  there- 
fore both  wee  &  shee  must  rejoyce  with  trembling,  but  as  God 
hath  order'd  it  for  her  her  lines  are  fallen  in  a  pleasant  place  & 
shee  hath  love  with  it.  which  helpes  to  sweeten  it;  your  Sister 
Ann  is  yet  with  her,  the  other  two  are  now  at  home.  There  went 
with  us  Mr  Hardware  &  his  wife,  Avho  expected  a  letter  also  in 
answer  to  their  last  &  were  a  little  disappointed,  that  they  had 
none.  Every  place  and  condition  is  that  to  us  which  God  makes 
it  to  bee,  but  I  see  no  other  likelihood  but  it  may  bee  comfortable 
to  her  Her  Husband  is  very  affectionately  kind  &:  tender  towards 
her,  and  I  doubt  not  but  other  Relations  will  see  it  to  be  their 
Avisedom  &  their  Duty  to  further  their  mutual  comfort  by  being  so 
too.    Shee  visits  the  child  most  daves  &  sometimes  hee  is  brought 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  357 

hither  to  her,  &  great  deUght  shee  takes  in  him  ■  liee  comes 
on  apace;  give  my  service  to  Mr.  Hunt  &:  my  lady  &  acquaint 
them  herewith,  that  god  may  have  prayse,  who  is  the  god  &  giver 
<jf  all  our  Merceyes.  I  went  on  Sat.  to  Mr.  H"'  ti:  acquainted  him 
with  my  Intention  &  desir'd  a  certificate  from  him  of  my  so  doing, 

which  hee  gave  mee,  so  that  now .  .  .  Mrs.  Figes  hath  enter'd 

lier  house  at  Whit,  for  one  to  meet  at,  else  I  hear  of  no  other  here- 
abouts ;  what  should  wee  doe  with  Candle  Stickes  without  candles, 
or  Bells  without  clappers?  Trepi  y^.  I  doe  most  heartily  wish  you 
i;ood  speed  in  the  way  you  mention,  seeing  wee  must  doe  what 
■wee  can,  when  wee  cannot  doe  what  wee  would. 


May  14  1687. 
Sox    M.A.TH. 

I  took  all  the  two  last  to  my  Sf  but  now  I  shal  have 
help  for  ye  filling  vp  of  a  half  sheet.  I  rejoyce  in  what  you  heard 
■&  felt  &  saw  of  ( 7od  on  Munday  last,  &  hope  it  hath  left  upon 
you  a  truly  indelible  character  &  sucli  impressions  as  no  time  nor 
^iny  thing  else  shall  be  able  to  wear  out.     Remember,  Assisted  by 

thy  strength,  6  God  I  wil As  to  the  manner  &:  circumstances  of 

your  return,  wee  cannot  order  them  here  but  must  leave  it  to 
yoursf  to  doe,  as  you  shal  see  cause,  beseeching  the  Lord  in 
every  th.  to  make  your  way  playn  before  you,  but  as  to  the  th. 
itsf  wee  rejoyce  in  hopes,  it  wil  not  bee  long  now,  ere  wee  shal 
see  you  here  (tho  luidta  cadiint  inter — )  and  I  must  not  say,  bee 
filled  with  your  company,  for  this  is  not  the  world  that  wee  must 
bee  together  in;  your  Dear  Mother  hath  no  great  joy  in  the 
thoughts  of  your  closing  with  them  at  Chester  upon  the  termes 
propos'd,  her  reasons  are  weighty,  &:  in  other  th.  have  many  times 
swa}'d  with  mee  against  my  own,  .Jc  it  hath  done  wel,  what  they 
are  in  this  matter  you  shal  hear  immediately  from  hersf  As  to 
your  North*"  affayr  wee  are  no  little  concerned  about  it,  making 
mention  of  it,  in  every  prayer,  to  our  heavenly  Father,  who  wee 
have  learn'd,  besides  a  common  Providence  hath  a  special  hand  in 
such  disposals — Prov.  19.  14.  And  wee  say,  if  you  of  all  the  other 
should  miss  'twould — Gen.  26.  35 — Mr.  Bentley  had  not  his  20. 
.til  Thursday  last,   hee  is  now  among  the  mountaynes  but  wee 


^S^  PHILIP  HENRY. 

expect  liim  l^.ere  to  morrow.  I  attended  Mr.  Sh"  on  AVed.  last  tc/ 
liis  grave  &  heard  INIr.  jNIa.  there  declare  concer.  him  to  this 
jjnrpose,  y'  though  hee  had  a  favor  for  those  of  the  separation  yet 
the  humor  was  wearing  off  &  not  long  before  his  Death,  hee 
express'd  a  Kindness  for  the  Church  of  Eng''  as  hee  was  inform'd, 
by  whom  &  wherein.  &:  how  flir,  &  wh}-,  I  know  not. — Should  you 
not   leave  some   smal  token  of  grateful  remembr.  a  Book   or   a 

S]>oon  or  some  th.  in  the  hands  of  your  worthy  Fr'''  that The 

Clergy  in  Ch[eshire]  &  8hr[opshire]  are  hammering  an  Address 
of  Thankes  but  divers  of  them  wil  not  strike — They  begin  to 
feel  now  for  their  oaths'  sake,  &  by  our  law  he  ought — Our  love 
^r  Blessing  is  all  here's  room  for  and  "Eppuxro  I  "Eppucro  !  twice, 
within — without. 

Tor  Mr.  Matthew  Henry  at  Moldsworth  about  to  bee  ordained  b\- 
the  Presbyter}-,  and — the  following  week  to  be  married  to 
Kath.  d.  of  Samuel  Hardware  of  Bromborough.  Esquire.* 

Jul.  1687. 
Son  Math. 

I  am  very  much  concern'd,  that  Two  such  great  Affayres 
are  at  this  time  mett  together  upon  your  hand,  that  of  the  next 
Sabb.  &  that  of  the  week  after  ;  you  know  which  of  the  two  should 
111  you  most,  &  I  hope  it  wil  accordingly,  &  if  it  doe,  you  may 
the  more  comfortably  expect  a  Blessing  upon  the  other  for  ever. 
Since  I  knew  anything  in  those  matters,  I  have  found  it  true  that 
when  I  have  been  most  careful  in  doing  God's  work,  Ciod  hatli 
l)een  most  faithful  in  doing  mine.- — I  have  not  seal'd  but  subscrib'd 
a  Draught  of  Articles  with  Mr.  Hardware,  drawn  after  a  fashion,, 
but  so,  as  may  direct  a  better  Pen,  yet  not  without  your  help,  & 
'tis  wel  you  are  so  near  to  give  it,  for  it  seemes  to  mee  so  intricate 
as  to  some  things,  that  a  stranger  who  knows  us  not  nor  our  cir- 
cumstances may  very  easily  mistake ;  Therefore  see  to  it,  as  near 
as  you  can,  that  there  bee  none  :  Mr.  H''  declares  his  meaning 
to  bee  that  the  6  months  bee  mention'd,  yet  the  Portion  shal  bee 
rcckon'd,  as  due  from  the  day  of  Marriage,  on  which  accounts- 
consideration  is  to  bee  had  as  to  the  Rent  of  the  land.  "Wee  were 
together  yesterday   at    each  place  and  upon  vie\s-    found    every 

'"   The  original  i--  in  tlic  possession  of  R.  V.  Clieg.  Esq.,  of  Coles  I'ark,  Herts.. 


nil  UP  HKXRY.  359 

thing,  not  worse,  but  rather  better  then  represented.  I  have 
mov'd  but  cannot  preva}  1,  that  seeing  tis  so  much  insisted  on  that 
competency  should  bee  for  the  heir,  that  Probart's  ^:  Paynter's, 
should  bee  so  allotted,  besides  w'"'  if  y"  lo"'  p.  ann.  from  Broad- 
Oke  become  payable  there  wil  bee  a  ful  hundred,  as  wee  reckon 
it,  for  ye  joynture.  Peirs  &  Hughs  (!\:  Henshaw — 50.  Huxley  iV 
Robinson  40.  &  y^new  feild  &:  chapfeilds  w"''  Huxley  may  use— 10 
A:  y"  400  :  &  w'  more  you  think  fit  of  the  600  for  yonger  children  ; 
l>ut  by  all  meanes  let  that  bee  plainly  &  clearly  express'd,  that  it 
shal  bee  dispos'd  of  at  such  times  &:  in  such  proportions  to  y** 
children,  as  you  shal  think  fit,  with  our  Advice  ;  for  Paternal 
Authority  must  bee  preserved.  As  to  time  &  Place  of  sealing,  I 
would  meet  half  way  on  Munday,  but  Wednesd.  being  the  first  da\- 
appointed  at  Hanmer,  I  must  needs  attend  that.  If  you  would 
not  think  it  too  long  to  defer  til  the  week  after,  i.e.  to  y"  19"^  in- 
stant, I  should  hope  by  that  time  (your  next  Sabb.  work  &  your 
AVarrington  journey  &  our  engagem''  here  being  all  over)  there 
would  bee  much  more  of  clearness  &  freeness  without  hurry  as  to 
each  circumstance,  but  I  must  not  move  it,  however  not  insist  on 
it,  lest  the  heart  bee  made  sick ;  therefore  doe  as  you  see  cause, 
only  in  everj'thing  take  Ood  along  with  you  &  doe  all  in  the  name 
of  the  lord  Jesus.  Give  my  kind  respect  to  your  good  Friend, 
whom  I  hope  to  cal  by  another  name  shortly.  The  lord  Bless 
\()U  Both,  &  first  fit  you  for  &  then  give  you  to  each  other  in  much 
Mercy  !     Amen  ! 

Mr.  ;M.  Henry  was  married  July  19"'. 

Advice. 

From  a  Pious  Aged  Father  to  his  Son  a  Minister 
netvly  marryd.      1687. 

Dear  Pair,  whom  God  hath  now  of  two  made  One 

Suffer  a  Father's  exhortation. 

In  the  first  Place  see  that  with  joynt  indeavor — 

You  set  yourselves  to  serve  the  Lord  together, 

You  are  yoakt  to  work  but  for  work  ^\'agcs  write, 

His  yoak  is  easie,  &  his  burden  light, 

Love  one  another,  Pray  oft  together,  and  sec, 

You  never  both  together  Angry  liee — 


360  riULir  IIEXRY. 

If  one  speak  fire  t'other  with  water  come, 

Is  one  provok'd  be  tother  soft  or  dumb — 

Walk  low,  but  aim  high,  spotles  be  your  life 

You  are  a  ]SIinister,  and  a  Minister's  Wife 

Therefore  as  Beacons  set  upon  a  Hill — 

To  Angels  and  to  men  a  spectacle — 

Your  slips  will  falls  be  calld,  your  falls  each  one 

Will  be  a  blemish  to  Religion — 

Do  good  to  all,  bee  affal)le  and  meek 

Your  converse  must  be  Preaching  all  the  week — 

Your  Garb  &  Dress  must  not  be  vain  or  Gay, 

Reckon  good  w^orks  your  richest,  best  array — 

Your  House  must  be  a  Bethel,  and  your  Door 

Alway  stand  open  to  releive  the  Poor 

Call  your  estate  God's,  not  your  own,  ingrave 

Holines  to  the  Lord  on  all  you  have. 

Count  upon  suffering,  or  you  count  amis. 

Sufficient  to  each  day  its  evil  is. 

All  are  born  once  to  trouble,  but  saints  twice, 

And  as  experience  shews  JMin"  thrice. 

But  if  you  suffer  with  and  for  your  Lord, 

You'l  reign  with  him  according  to  his  Word. 

34- 
For  Mr.  Matthew  Henry  in  Chester. 

Nov.  28.  1087. 
My  dear  Son, 

Wee  were  glad  to  hear  by  both  your  last,  concerning 
yours  &  my  Daughter's  health  in  your  new  habitation,  beseeching 
(jod  to  continue  it  to  you,  to  your  mutual  comfort ;  wee  also 
&  our's  here,  are  at  present  wel,  ( iod  bee  praysed !  What  joii 
\\rote  concerning  the  Ordinacon  at  Warrington  was  welcom 
newes,  &  wee  rejoyce  in  it,  both  that  yong  ones  are  laying  their 
hands  at  this  time  of  day  to  the  Closp.  plough  &  that  the  Gosp. 
way  of  their  Admission  to  it  is  so  pul)liquely  own'd ;  I  hear  of  two 
elsewhere  that  are  in  like  circumstances  &  heartily  pray  the  lord 
of  the  Harvest  to  thrust  forth  more  &  more,  tho'  there  bee  that 
tlirust  hard  agt  them.  Shortly  I  expect  Mr.  Ashurst's  son  here, 
may  wee  not  hope,  you  wil  give  him  &  us  a  visit,  when  hee  comes, 
being  the  younger  (S:  better  hors'd  then  I  am  at  present.  I  goe, 
("lOd  willing,  in  the  morning  to  A\'em,  to  a  Fast  there,  &:  whether 
thence  to  Koreatton,  or  to  Hampton,  where  D''  Long  is  to  bee  on 


PHILIP  HEXRY.  361 

Wcdnesda}-,  1  am  not  yet  resolv'd — The  waves  are  yet  so  exceeding 
l)ad/or  Women's  travel  that  wee  send  not  your  sister  Ann  as  you 
expect  &:  shee  desires.  I  am  troubld  you  have  not  more  of  the 
Hookes,  my  horse's  weakness,  &:  y^  wayes'  fowlness  agree  not,  li: 
that's  v"  reason — you  must  digest  those  you  have  the  better  ;  esp. 
the  Book  of  Bookes  ;  Study  that  most  &  your  own  heart  &:  the 
People's  circumstances,  is;  that  wil  doe  much. 

51- 

To  Mr.  Matthew  Henry  at  Chester. 

June  7.  16S8. 
My  dear  Son, 

The  Tidings  of  your  growing  illness,  which  mett  mee  at 
my  return,  abated  much  of  the  Comfort,  which  was  wont,  after  a 
Journey,  to  make  Home  welcom,  but  blessed  bee  God,  though 
Trouble  &:  Fear  lasted  for  the  night,  yet  Joy  came  in  the  morning 
by  my  Son  Hulton,  who  first  told  us  of  your  being  better  ;  God 
in  mercy  perfect  what  hee  hath  begun,  and  sure  you  should  bee 
•careful  of  yourself,  for  Prayers  ought  to  be  seconded  with  endeavors-; 
I  doe  not  mean,  you  should  spare  yours,  in  the  sense  in  which  the 
Satan  spake  to  Peter,  for  I  see  our  Opportunityes  passing  away,  & 
1  cannot  say  whatever  others  think,  that  you  doe  too  much  & 
should  abate ;  but  one  thing,  which  I  gave  you  a  hint  of,  when 
with  you,  I  again  mind  you  of,  &  that  is,  in  the  loose  you  take, 
in  your  earnestness,  keep  the  reines  upon  it  &  let  it  neither  run 
too  for,  nor  last  too  long,  for  I  have  mys.  by  experience  found 
some  prejudice  by  it,  especially  in  my  sight ;  And  another  thing, 
as  to  your  Health,  is,  that  being  subject  to  Feavors  as  you  are,  I 
think  you  should  not  when  you  are  warm'd  with  preaching,  either 
drink  smal  Beer,  which  is  an  error  on  one  hand,  or  Sack 
which  is  commonly  offer d,  on  the  other,  but  both  together,  not  a 
ful  draught  but  a  little  at  a  time,  by  degrees,  &  a  little  warm'd 
not  hott,  which  I  find  doth  best,  &  I  believe  so  wil  you ;  As  to 
your  daily  dyet,  your  Brother  T.  I  perceive,  hath  advis'd  you,  but 
remember  your  sister  S.  &  take  heed  of  the  extream,  which  I 
believe  shee  is  stil  the  worse  for  ;  Shee  is  your  sister.  Thence  to 
Newp.  on  Munday,  where  the  Nett  cast  (&  again  at  Weston  on 
Tuesday)  over  many  Fish,  in  hope ;  to  God  bee  glory. 


362  PHILIP  IIEXRY. 

56. 

Sept.  26.  ss. 
Mv    DEAR    Sox, 

I  have  herewith,  after  twice  reading  them,  return'd  you 
Aour  Pai)ers  concerning  Schism,  and  I  am  fully  of  your  mind, 
that  that's  it,  which  you  define  to  bee  so,  namely,  breach  of  love, 
only  tis  to  bee  consider'd  whether,  what  some  others  adde,  bee  not 
also  to  bee  taken  into  the  constitution  of  it,  viz.  that  it  bee  breach 
of  love  towards  those  that  are  of  the  same  numerical  Body  or 
communion  with  mee,  and  that  breach  of  lo\-e  towards  others  is  to 
bee  cal'd  properly  by  another  Name. 


62. 

June.  1.  89. 
Mv  DEAR  Sox, 

I  doe  Avillingly  neglect  no  opportunity  of  writing  to 
)0u,  nor  doe  not  you  to  mee,  though  Paper  bee  growing  dearer. 
Son  Radf.  (for  whose  safe  return  wee  bless  God)  showes  mee  the 
new  Act  of  Indulgence,  directed  to  you,  conccr.  which  I  .say,  as 
wee  us"d  to  say  at  School,  when  a  whole  play-day  was  expected 
iv:  wee  could  have  but  an  afternoon,  est  aliquid  prodire  tenus,  si 
non  datur  ultra.  There  are  several  th.  in  it  very  acceptable, 
partic.  freedom  from  Juryes  &  Offices.  i.\:c.  but  "tis  a  great  wa\' 
from  hence  to  Flint  ^\:  how  long  wee  may  bee  made  to  attentl 
there,  I  know  not ;  The  quarrel  is,  wil  you  let  my  people  goe,  that 
they  mav  serve  mee  ;  wee  wil,  but  let  them  not  goe  very  far  away, 
the  men  l.)Ut  not  the  women  &:  children  ;  the  women  «S:  children 
but  not  the  cattle,  but  let  not  Pharoh  deal  deceitfully  any  more  ; 
When  (lod  judges,  hee  wil  overcome,  ^\'hen  you  wTite  to  any  of 
our  law-makers,  acknowl.  their  kindness  ^^  paines  in  procuring  it 
with  all  thankfulness,  but  til  the  Sacramental  'Pest  bee  taken  off. 
our  Business  is  not  done.  Tis  off  by  sea.  I  hear,  why  not  by  land 
also?  I  publisht  last  Sabb.  the  Paper  from  S'  Pa.  Ward.  &c. 
concer.  the  Irish  Collection,  adding  I  could  say  no  more  to  inforce 
it  then  is  sayd  there,  for  tis  wel  pen'd,  but  our  Parish-Officers 
either  have  not  the  Breif  or  are  slow  in  reading  it  :  for  I  doe  not 
hear  thai  an}-  thing  is  done  as  yet,  in  pursuance  of  it.     I  should 


r HI  LIP  IIEXRY.  363. 

aclde  more  but  the  Bearers  hast  forbids — Our  love  cS:  Blessmg  to 
you  all.  (iod  fitt  us  for  partuig  Providences,  by  one  for  another  \ 
Amen  1 

June.  20.  89. 
Ah"    DEAR    Sox. 

Your  Mother.  I  thank  ( Iod,  mends  but  tis  but  fair  i\: 
softly,  shee  is  \-ery  weak  stil — Old  Mr.  lloyd  is  fallen  down,  of 
much  the  same  distemper.  I  was  to  see  him  this  afternoon  <S: 
doe  fear  him  ;  I  pray,  forget  him  not  at  the  Throne  of  Grace,  for* 
if  God  call  for  him,  wee  lose  a  Mnason.  I  have  sent  by  W"' 
Turner  5^  wherewith  procure,  if  it  bee  to  bee  had,  the  new  Edition 
of  the  Greek  Epigrams,  «.\:  send  mee  some  wafers— A\'ee  hear  last 
night  of  the  surrender  of  Edinb.  Castle,  is  it  so  ?  And  what  tidings 
from  Dern,-  ?  Next  Tu.  Lord  L)el[amere]  is  expected  at  Nantw. 
which  wil  have  some  influence  ujjon  the  Wood,*  yet  however,  if 
you  have  not  a  Prohibition,  }ou  are  expected  there  according  to 
appointm'.  let  not  your  little  sister  Avith  you  want  your  com- 
forting, incouraging  help  in  her  present  perils  ;  cal  on  her,  to  cast 
her  Burthen  on  him,  who  cals  for  it  &  who  wil  sustain  her — Send 
the  Greek  Catechism.     God  assist  V  studves  &:  work.     Amen  ! 


64. 

MV    DEAR    Sox, 

I  bless  God,  I  have  no  evil  tidings  to  send  you  con- 
cerning your  Mother  but  rather  good  ;  Shee  is,  wee  hope,  creeping 
up  the  hil  again  &  gathering  by  degrees  a  little  strength  &  wee 
must  not  despise  the  day  of  the  smallest  things,  it  being  greater 
i\:  better  then  wee  deserve.  I  did  not  think  in  the  least  to  have 
widened  our  Family,  but  I  know  not  how,  it  proves,  wee  doe.  Sa. 
A\'ats.  is  come  to  us,  besides  Cos.  Ben^  I  askt  her  Father,  whether 
if  Mr.  P.  came,  hee  might  have  freedom  with  her,  hee  sayd,  hee 
could  not  yet  reconcile  his  mind  to  it,  in  regard  of  her  Age  ;  I 
sayd  little  to  ,pswade  him  now,  having  sayd  enough  formerly  ;  that 
comes  best  that  comes  freely  ;  nothing  against  the  grayn  :  the 
world  is  wide.     Wee  heard  of  your  sally  to  tlie  ^^'ood.  &:c.  this- 

*  Wrcnbiuv  Wood,  in  Cheshire. 


364  rniLip  HJixRY. 

Aveek  tS:  shal  bee  glad  to  hear  a  journal  of  it,  especially  that  you 
are  wel  after  it,  this  soultry,  sickly  season.  The  Com"  have  thought 
tit  I  should  commence  "•  Gent."  though  the  Sessors  return'd  mee 
otherwise  ;  The  old  spirit  of  enmity  remaynes  &  workes  stil,  as 
far  as  there  is  Opportunity,  is^  whilst  they  that  hate  us  bear  Rule 
-over  us,  tis  easy  to  tel  what  wee  must  look  for,  but  blessed  bee 
(jod  the  tedder  is  anything  shortned  !  I  hear,  the  Bil  of  Compreh. 
is  on  foot  again,  &  much  prosecuted  by  some,  both  Friends  ^: 
Foes,  the  rather  bee.  it  breakes  the  neck  of  the  Sacramental  Test. 
•God,  I  hope,  will  turn  all  for  good  yet.  Your  Sisf  T[ilston]  is 
here  yet,  whether  to  stay  til  shee  is  lighter,  they  are  not  yet 
resolv'd.     Her  Husb'"  is  gone  this  even,  to  Boreatton.     Farewel ! 

P.   H. 

Jun.  27.  .89. 

66. 

July  12.  89. 

My  dear  Son, 

AVee  had  not  heard,  when  I  wrote  last  by  James,  of 
the  Death  of  your  good  Friend  Mr.  Edw''  Greg ;  I  hope  you  are 
learning  by  it  to  cease  from  man,  whose  Breath  is  in  his  Nostrils. 
&  to  rest  «S:  stay  your  self  on  God  only,  who  is  the  rock  of  Ages, 
<S:  who  alone  lives  for  ever.  Hee  is  both  Jachin  &  Boaz  too,  our 
Greature-props  are  neither.  Your  Mother  hath  been  afflicted  this 
night  w"'  a  Bee-sting  *  yester-evening  in  her  cheek,  which  not 
only  made  her  f.ice  swel,  but  affected  her  all  over,  as  you  were 
once,  not  without  but  within  also,  for  shee  was  perfectly  sick  with 
it ;  I  have  not  seen  the  like  ;  how  great  a  matter  a  little  Fire 
kindles,  w"  arm'd  with  a  Commission — I  hear  from  Salop,  not  that 
the  Min'""  there,  but  many  others,  are  dissatisfy'd  with  y*  Articles  ; 
wee  must  never  all  bee  of  a  mind,  till  wee  come  to  Heaven ;  The 
3.  8.  &:  16  have  someth.  in  y'"  which  without  a  candid  construction 
would  somewhat  scruple  mee,  so  would  the  Bible  its.  strictly  taken 
<S:  in  the  letter,  in  those  places  which  seem  contradictory,  were  it 
not  for  such  an  Interpretation  ;  yet  I  could  wish  it  had  not  been 
requir'd,  bee.  it  divides  us. 

Can  you  not   send   mee   word   by  Mr.  Booth   or  Mr.   Parrj-'s 

*  Query,  if  she  tried  the  remedy  of  cutting  a  raw  onion  nnd  rubbing  briskly 
ihc  wound,  after  first  removing  the  sting  itself. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  365 

information,  when  our  Sessions  are  ?     I  hear  your's  Is  past  &  alf 
done.      I  Cfoe  tomorrow,  (loci  willing,  to  Oswestrv. 

P.  H. 


For  -Mrs.  Kathcrin  Henry  at  Chester. 

Apr.  20.  1693.  I.  clock. 
Mv  DE.^R  Heart, 

Every  day  a  letter  would  bee  a  Book  in  time.  I  wrote 
\esterday  by  Son  Tylst.  which  I  hope  you  received  ;  I  forgot  to 
lei  you  the  malt  is  ready  for  my  Son,  but  no  Barley  bought  yet  for 
ours,  tlie  reason  is  the  dearness ;  8  groats  y*  least  in  "Whitch. 
did  not  1  hear  Mr.  BoUand  say,  hee  had  in  CHiester  for  2.  3''  ?  if 
so  might  not  the  same  Horses  bring  us  20  of  Barley  from  thence, 
that  brings  y*  20  of  Malt  from  hence,  if  so  cSc  you  please, 
get  it  bought  on  Sat.  iVo  swine  John  bought  at  "Whitch. 
vv:  Hempseed,  to  day  hee  begins  to  sow  Barley ;  I  am  more 
vS:  more  for  son  Tylst.  pulling  the  old  house  down,  rather  v'-' 
repayring  it,  a  new  one  wil  bee  cheaper  then  hee  thinkes  d'  I 
am  sure  much  more  inviting  to  a  Tenant,  esp.  for  warmth  upon 
that  wet  &  cold  bank,  'twil  need  no  repayring,  a  little  wil  fit  what 
wil  bee  needful  while  'tis  as  'tis  ;  the  rest  by  degrees  at  leasure. 
50.  thous.  of  brick  lo'^,  4  cart-load  of  lime,  the  workman  tels  mee 
to  day  wil  lay  y'"  which  is  20",  l)esides  y^  carriage,  &  10'^  the 
workmanship,  which  wil  bee  the  wals.  The  old  Timber  wil  most 
of  it  serve  (the  rest  may  bee  sold)  joysts,  doores,  Boards,  y*  car- 
])enters'  work  about  it  cannot  bee,  for  present  15'^  &  the  Covering 
not  15.  more,  which  is  all,  besides  glazing  what  is  to  bee  us'd,  the 
rest  brick't  up.  A  trusty  man,  such  as  Randle  Catheral,  to  oversee 
both  pulling  down  and  rearing  would  bee  had  for  a  little,  sum- 
mering there  or  thereabouts.  The  building  10.  yards  square,  & 
8.  y'''  high,  for  3  storyes  besides  y*  Cellar,  would  bee  a  mean  ;. 
You  know,  who  sayd,  I  only  propose,  y ester-morning  in  the  same 
hour  5.  clock,  w"  Mr.  Bradley  departed,  a  grand-son  was  born  to- 
his  Daughter  Mathewes.  I  am  told  they  arc  to  have  one  of  the 
hundreds.  The  church-warden  at  Whitch.  sent  for  leave  to  bury 
iiim  to  morrow  in  the  burying  place  of  y"  Family,  w'^''  I,  supposing 
my  son  will  not  den}-,  granted.     John  K  .  .  .  went  yesterday  to 


366  PHILIP  HENRY. 

Oxford  \\\\\\  a  'J'roup  of  W'hitcli.  Minims,  but  would  have  my 
leave  first.  My  bones  are  not  yet  eas'd  of  yesterd.  riding,  else 
(zod  bee  praysed,  wel.  lo^•e  lV-  blessing  to  all  <S:  each,  again  & 
^gain  &  again. 

P.  H. 

Sarah  Green's  little  one  is  ill.  Sisters'  love  to  you  c\:  to  all  y*" 
rest.  I  hope,  John  may  bee  with  you  by  9.  or  10.  clock,  which 
wil  bee  as  soon  as  you  wil  bee  ready.  Mr.  ^^'right  comes  in  stead 
oi  Sam.  Wayt ;  Farewel,  The  God  of  love  iv:  peace  bee  with  you. 
Amen  ! 

().  Whether  a  stinted  liturgy  or  set  form  of  Prayer,  pul)lique 
or  private  bee  lawful — Mr.  Ball's  I'ryal. 

A.  It  is.  1/  Bee.  all  things  essential  to  Prayer  may  bee 
observ'd  in  it,  desires  poured  forth  to  ( lod  in  y^  name  of  X',  for 
things  agreeable  to  his  will. 

2.  tis  the  breach  of  no  Gommandm'  neither  direct  nor  by 
consequent — if  of  any  of  the  second,  but  not  of  y"  second  bee.  no 
false  worship,  being  a  matter  of  order  only. 

3.  if  it  bee  lawful  to  sing  Psalms  in  a  stinted  form,  why  not 
to  pray — both  are  parts  of  divine  worshi]),  to  bee  pform'd  accord, 
to  y^  will  of  God. 

4.  the  script,  in  several  cases  pnx^scribes  forms  both  Jewish  c\: 
Xtian. 

Obj.  I.  Devices  of  men  are  not  to  bee  brought  into  y^  worship 
of  God.     God  did  never  command  nor  promise  to  accept  this  way. 

2.  Script,  forms  mentioned  were  only  for  partic.  occasions, 
drawn  up  In-  men  divinely  inspir'd 

3.  it  stints  the  spirit — derogates  from  y*"  honor  of  X''s  Ascen- 
sion in  y''  benefits  of  it,  viz.  gi^■ing  gifts  to  men 

4.  Pray''  should  bee  various  accord,  to  present  emergencyes 

5.  it  makes  the  Ministry  idle 

6.  as  twere  a  ridiculous  th.  for  a  child  to  pen  a  form  of  words 
to  his  Father  &  read  it  out  of  a  paper — so 

7.  book  i)rayer  is  generally  layd  aside  in  y'  familyes  of  y'  best 
Christians. 

Q/  whether  people  may  be  present  at  a  stinted  liturgy. 

A.  they  may       i     bee.   noth.   hinders    but  y"  may  follow   in 


PHILIP  HENRY.  iGy 

heart  lV-  say  Anieii  in  faitli.  2/  the  J  ewes  had  a  liturgy  «S:  X' 
resorted  to  their  Synagogues.  3/  to  sejjarate  is  schism,  X'  goes 
not  before  us. 

Q/  whether  people  may  bee  present  at  such  a  liturgy  as  is 
faulty,  cV'  defective  i\:  which  tis  unlawf.  for  y*^  Min''  to  use. 

A.  they  may — supposing  y*'  faults  not  in  fundam''*''*  nor  in  th. 
i)ordering  thereupon,  but  such  th.  as  may  bee  tolerated  amongst 
Brethren — tis  one  th.  to  approve,  another  th.  to  tolerate — suppose 
a  chapter  unfitly  divided,  ill  translated — the  Minisf  in  conceiv'd 
])rayer  may  utter  unfitting  expressions,  w*^''  the  people's  presence 
doth  not  approve  —  to  joyn  in  publique  prayer  is  duty,  y'' 
faults  are  but  accidental — how  was  it  in  y""  primitive  times,  w" 
liturgies  were  not  without  their  defects,  yet  y"  faithfull  withdrew 
not — Obj.  the  defects  are  foreknown,  so  yei  are  not  in  conceiv'cl 
j>rayer.  A.  )''  may  bee,  t^  yet  wee  are  to  pray  for  Reformation 
v\:  to  endeavour  it  in  our  places,  but  not  for  want  of  it  to  separate. 

ToucHixi;  J  HE  Oath  of  Supremacy. 

As  for  Oaths  in  general  they  are  things  lawful  but  not  de- 
sirable, &  it  were  to  bee  wisht  there  were  no  need  of  them  among 
Christians. 

This  Oath  for  the  kind  of  it  is  partly  promissory  and  parth- 
assertory,  &  partly  renunciatory. 

1.  it  asserts  the  king  to  bee  supream  Governor  in  his 
dominions  in  all  causes,  &:  over  all  |)sons  as  well  Spiritual  as  civil. 

by  causes,  &  })ersons  spiritual  are  meant  causes  and  Persons 
ecclesiastical. 

2.  it  promises  to  defend  him  to  our  power  in  the  exercise  of 
that  Authority  which  it  asserts  hee  hath  in  all  causes  <.\:  over  all 
jisons  as  well  ecclesiastical  as  civil. 

3.  it  renounces  all  forrayn  Jurisdiction  of  the  Pope  or  of  an\- 
other  clayming  under  him  in  any  cause  or  over  any  ,pson  in  tlie 
King's  Dominions. 

The  Original  of  this  Oath  was  in  the  reign  of  King  Henry  8"' 
<\:  was  intended  to  bee  a  discovery  of  such  as  were  disaffected  to 
the  Reformation  &  would  continue  subject  to  y''  Church  of  Rome 
^ind  to  the  Pope's  supremacy. 


T,6S  nil  LIP  HEXRY. 

It  was  then  refuh'd  to  bee  taken  by  many. 

S'  Tho.  More  &:  B''  Fisher  chose  rather  to  dye  then  take  it. 

The  Convocation  of  ^'ork  Province  wrote  two  letters  to  K. 
Henry  declaring  the  reasons  of  their  dissent  concerning  it — (Edw. 
lee,  a  virulent  Papist,  being  Arch  B'' — )  to  which  hee  return'd 
Answer,  explayning  in  what  sense  hee  stiled  hims.  supreme  head 
of  y'  Church,  namely,  clayming  nothing  more  thereby,  then  what 
X"'"'  Princes  in  the  primitive  times  assumed  to  thems.  in  their  own 
Dominions. 

whereupon,  for  ought  appeares,  they  yeelded  &  took  it. 

Since  then  wee  read  (!v:  hear  of  none  but  Papists  that  refused 
it,  all  Ministers  taking  it  at  their  Ordination.  Scholars  at  taking 
their  Degrees  &c. 

But  only  now  of  late,  many  fearing  God,  <!v:  no  Freinds  but 
unfayned  enemyes  to  the  Pope  &  Popery,  &  no  Enemyes  but 
unfayned  Freinds  to  the  King's  Majesty  &  his  just  Authority,  are 
found  scrupling  at  it. 

As  to  myself.  I.  I  think  it  is  not  to  bee  doubted  but  that  the 
Power  of  the  Civil  ^^lagistrate  extends  to  matters  of  Religion. 

proved.  I.  Paul  appealed  to  Caesar  in  a  controversy  about 
Religion. 

2.  Hee  is  God's  minister  to  us  for  good.      Rom.   13. 

indefinitely  for  all  good. 

3.  Tis  Prophesyed  of  (iosp.  times  that  Kings  should 

bee  nursing  Fathers. 

4.  Kings  amongst  the  Jewes  did  govern    in  Churcli 

Affayres. 

5.  U'ce  are  to  pray  for  Kings  that  Avee  may  live  under 

them,  not  only  in  honesty  but  in  Godhnes. 
II.   I  think   the    Power  of  the  Civil  Magistrate  in  matters  of 
Religion  is  not  Absolute  &  universal  but  bounded  &  limited. 
I.  There  is  someth.  which  hee  may  not  doe. 

1.  Hee  can  not  appoint  any  new  office  or  officer  or  or- 
dinance in  the  church  other  then  X'.  hath  appoynted. 

2.  Hee  can  not  limit  any  Office  or  Officer  of  X"s  ap- 
poyntm*.  bounding  y""  how  far  to  act  &:  how  far  not. 

3.  Hee  can  not  hims.  execute  the  Office  of  any  Church 
Officer,  as  Baptize  &c. 


FHILIP  HENRY.  369 

which  hee  might,  if  they  were  all  virtually  in  him  i^  did  all  hold 
from  him,  as  from  their  proper  Head. 

2.  There    is  someth.  which    hce    may  &  ought    to   doe  in 
Church  affayres 

as.  I.  Defend  &  protect  y"  church  &  members  thereof  re- 
moving all  external  Impediments  whether  ,psons  or 
th[ings]  countenancing  &  incouraging  the  publique 
exercise  of  God's  Ordinances. 

2.  Order  &  regulate  Churcli  matters  in  a  Political  way. 
reforming  y"  church  when  corrupted 

calling  Synods,  ratifying  their  just  decrees 

&:  enjoyning  their  observation  under  civil  penaltyes 

judging  &:  determining  definitively  with  a  Consequent 

Political  Judgm*  concer.  th.  antecedently  judged  by  y'' 

Church, 
causing  Ecclesiastical  Persons  to  doe  their  Duty. 

3.  compel,    correct,   punish   with    political    punishm'    all 

,psons  delinquent  in  any  th.  cone,  religion. 
being  custos  utriusq.  Tabulae, 
circa  sacra,  but  not  in  sacris. 

Yet  Note,  the  lavves  hee  makes  for  ordering  the  church  are  not 
binding  to  ye  Conscience  so  as  X"s  lawes  are,  being  theref.  to 
bee  obeyed  bee.  commanded — but  if  w'  y"  command  bee  left 
undone,  1/  without  contempt  &  scandal.  2/  with  submission  to 
Penalty,  Conscience  is  free  before  God. 

Rom.  13.  5.  tis  not  said  obey,  but  bee  subject  for  Conscience 
sake  not  resisting. 

Obj.  I.  How  can  wee  say  y"  King  is  supream  ? 

A.  The  word  expressly  saith  so.     i  Pet.  2. 

Ob.  2.  How  can  wee  say  hee  is  y'"  Head — 

A.   I.  the  Oath  calls  him  not  so,  but  only  Governor. 

2.   how  is  y"  Husband  head  of  his  wife,     i  Cor.  11. 

luther,  Calvin  &  others  were  much  offended  at  y''  Term,  the 
King  is  head  neither  as  X'  is,  nor  as  ye  Pope  clayms  to  bee — 
hoc  me  semper  graviter  vulneravit — Calv. — D""  Reyn  answ''* 
him. 

Obj.  3.  The  King  clayms  power  in  placing  &  displacing 
Bishops. 

2    B 


370  PHILIP  HENRY. 

A.  So  did  Salomon  &  other  Kings  in  placing  and  displacing 
Preists  under  y"  law. 

Obj.  4.  The  King  not  competent  Judge  in  case  of  appeals. 

A.  hee  may  judge  as  to  matter  of  fact  whether  wrong  bee 
done  or  no- — as  if  a  Physician  question"^  for  poysoning  a  man 
may  judge  him  though  hims.  no  Physician. 

The  great  contention  in  tJiis  last  age  of  y"  Cliurch  is  like  to  hee 
about  the  Head-ship  of  X^  in  resp.  of  Rule  6^  Government — which 
is  layd  down  hut  darkly  in  Script,  the  better  to  make  7uay  for 
Anti-X^'s  incroacJwient — and  Xtians  may  possibly  suffer  most  about 
if,  bee.  it  seemes  but  a  small  matter. 

Anti-Christ  is  one  that  sets  up  hims.  instead  of  Xt.  {Xapcv  avrl 
Xuptros). 

There  can  not  bee  a  ]\Iinisterial  Head  of  ye  Churcli,  Christ  is 
ahvayes  present. 

there  can  not  bee  a  Delegation  of  Power  in  Ecclesiastical  as 
in  Civil  Jurisdictions,  the  civil  power  is  by  way  of  Coaction,  the 
ecclesiastical  hath  to  doe  with  Conscience. — Burroughs  on  Hos. 
i.   II. 

One  Smith  subscribing  toy*"  39  Articles  (so  far  forth  as  y*"  same 
were  agreeable  to  y*^  word  of  God)  it  was  resolved  by  all  the 
Judges  of  England  that  this  subscription  was  not  according  to  the 
statute,  w'^''  requires  absolute  &  not  conditional  subscription. 
Cook,  Wray,  Dyer. 

Wee  subscribe  not  to  Acts  of  State  w*  yet  wee  obey, 
why  then  to  Canons — &:c. 

The  Articles  are  in  some  th.  Doubtful 
in  many  th.  Defective. 

We  arc  tolcl  that  Philip  Henry  did  not  think  it  right  to 
destroy  .sermon  notes.  There  were  therefore  large  stores 
of  them  at  his  death,  and  few  of  his  descendants  but 
possess  one  or  more  copies.  He  seems  always  to  have 
preached  from  notes  (which  he  carefully  prepared),  not,  as 
he  says  in  one  passage,  "  because  we  need  it,  but  for  the  sake 
of  our  hearers."     He  gave  no  encouragement,  therefore,  to 


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the  so-called  extempore  addresses  that  are  popular  in  some 
quarters.  The  Rev.  S.  S.  Lewis,  of  Corpus  Christi  Col- 
lege, Cambridge,  is  the  fortunate  possessor  of  a  little 
volume  of  such  sermon  notes  that  were  written  in  1691-92. 
Inside  the  book,  on  the  first  page,  is  written  as  follows  : — 
"  What  Christ  is  made  of  God  to  true  Beleivers  in  forty 
real  Benefits." 

"  Preached  at  his  Meeting  place  at  Broad  Okc  in  Flint- 
shire by  my  Honored  Father,  Mr.  Henry,  thus  written  with 
his  own  dear  hand  and  left  to  mee  S[arah]  S[avage]  by  his 
last  will  to  the  end  I  may  learn  Christ,  and  love  Christ, 
and  live  Christ,  and  be  eternally  happy  with  him.     Amen."' 

The  interest  and  value  of  this  volume,  not  merely  to 
those  who  love  the  memory  of  Philip  Henry,  but  to  all 
lovers  of  godliness,  can  hardly  be  over-estimated. 

The  index  contains  the  following  heads  and  texts  : — 


Foundation.  I  Cor.  iii.ii. 
Food.    John  vi.  5. 
Root.     John  XV.  7. 
Raiment.     Rom.  xiii.  14. 
Head.     Col.  i.  13. 
Hope.     I  Tim.  i.  i. 
Refuge.     Heb.  vi.  13. 
Righteousness.  Jer.  xxiii. 

Light.     Joh.  xii.  46. 
Life.     Col.  iii.  4. 
Peace.     Eph.  ii.  14. 
Passover,     i  Cor.  v.  7. 
Portion.     Lam.  iii.  24. 
Propitiation.  I  John  iv.  10. 
Freedom.     John  viii.  36. 


Fountain.     Zach.  xiii.  i. 
Wisdom.      I  Cor.  i.  30. 
Way.     John  xiv.  6. 
Ensign.     Esa.  xi.  10. 
Example,     xiii.  15. 
Door.     X.  9. 
Dew.     Hosea  xiv.  5. 
Sun.     !Mal.  iv.  6. 
Shield.     Mai.  v.  i. 
Strength.     Phil.  iv.  13. 
Song.     Psal.  cxviii.  4. 
Horn.     Luke  i.  69. 
Honor,      i  Pet.  ii.  7. 
Sanctification.     i  Cor.  i. 
30. 


Supply.     Phil. 
Resurrection. 

25. 
Redemption. 


IV.  19. 
Joh.    xi. 

I   Cor.  i. 


Lesson.     Eph.  iv.  20. 
Ladder.     Gen.  xxviii.  12. 
Truth.     John  i.  17. 
Treasure.     Matt.  xiii.  44. 
Temple.     Rev.  xxi.  22. 
Ark.     Heb.  xi.  7. 
Altar.*     Heb.  xiii.  10. 
All.     Col.  iii.  II. 


The  following  is  a  specimen  of  Philip  Henry's  sermon 
notes,  and  though  the  charm  of  the  original  is  much 
diminished  by  its  reproduction  in  print,  yet  the  teaching 
remains  the  same.  It  will  be  seen  that  even  Philip  Henry 
sometimes   condescended  to  old  sermons,  this  one  having 

*  This  was  not  Richard  Baxter's  interpretation, who  writes  ("Christian  Insti- 
tutes," i.  p.  304):  "We  have  an  altar,  etc.  (Heb.  xiii.  10),  seems  plainly  to 
mean  the  sacramental  communion."' 


3/2  .PHILIP  HENRY. 

been  delivered  in  Bronington  and  in  W'illington  (both  of 
them  at  that  time  divisions  of  Hanmer  parish),  as  well  as 
at  Whitchurch,  Salop. 

Nov.  82.     Bro.    Whit.   Wil.   {Esa.  49.   14.    15.  16.     But  Zion 

sayd,  the  lord  hath  forsaken  mee  <S:  my  lord — The  prophet 

Isaiah  of  all  the  Prophets  liad  a  Gosp  call  &:  a  Closp  Spirit. — 
I — call — see  cap.  6.  like  y'  of  y*"  Apost.  Act.  2. 

2.  spirit — as  appeares  all  along  by  his  Discourses,  which  aym, 
though  somet.  at  Conviction,  yet  most  an  end  at  Consolation — 
his  sermons  Comfortable  sermons,  esp.  from  cap.  40 — here  hee 
tells  us — I.  w'  Zion  sayd  concer.  God  in  a  way  of  Distrust  & 
Despondency — the  lord. 

2.  w'  God  said  concer.  Zion,  in  a  way  of  comfort  &  encouragem' 
implying  also  a  tacit  reproof,  Can  a  woman — Zion  here  is  put  for 
y"  church  of  God,  there  was  y*"  old  T.  ch.  &:  there  is  y*"  new  T.  ch.  & 
both  have  been  somet[imes]  saying  on  this  manner — But  I  shal 
cheifly  apply  it  as  most  profitable  to  y''  sons  &:  daughters  of  Zion 
in  ref  to  their  own  partic.  cases  and  circumstances. 

1.  Doct.  there  is  a  Proness  in  God's  dear  servants  esp.  at 
some  times  &  in  some  cases  to  say  concer.  God  y'  hee  hath 
forgotten  &  forsaken  them, 

2.  That  there  is  at  no  time  in  no  case  just  cause  for  saying  so. 
For  y'  i"- — I.  The  truth  of  this  appeares  from  y"  frequency  of 

such  Kind  of  complaints,  wee  have  many  Instances — Job — cap.  6. 
4  .  .  7.  12,  14,  20  .  .  13.  26,  27  .  .  16.  II,  12  .  .  19.  6.  David— 
Ps.  13.  I,  2  .  .  I  Sam.  27.  i—Ps.  31.  22.  /;/  ///)'  Flight.  Asaph. 
Ps-  77-  3?  7-  '^'^-  Jeremy  in  Lamenta.  cap.  3.  i.  &c.  Jonah. 
cap.  2.  4. 

2.  the  grounds  of  this  Proness. 

1.  from  Satan's  Temptations— it  hath  been  his  design  all  along 
(S:  stil  is  to  beget  &  cherish  in  us  hard  Thoughts  of  God.  to 
Eve — Gen.  3.  to  Job — cap.  2.  curse  God — to  Jesus — Math.  4.  if 
thou  bee 

wee  should  bee  aware  of  }''  &  watch. 

2.  from  y"  Corrup.  of  nature — this  affords  the  Tinder, 
my  Infirmity — Ps.  77.  10. 

I.  Ignorance  &  darkness  in  the  underst. 


PHILIP  IIEXKY.  IJl 

jMy  people  doth  not  know — did  wee  know  God,  his  nature, 
good  &  gracious,  his  promises  free  &:  ful  &  precious,  his  coven' 
Relations,  his  pity,  power,  faithfulness. 

2.  Inconsideracoii. 

wee  know  many  th.  that  wee  doe  not  consider,  considera.  is 
bringing  of  Known  th.  to  present  meditacoh — did  wee  but  con- 
sider, wee  would  not  say  so — consider  what  hath  been  y"  way  of 
(jod  with  his  people  in  all  ages. 

3.  Enmity. 

Rom.  8.  7.   enemyes  neither  think  nor  speak  wel, 

4.  Sense  of  Ciuilt. 

wee  know  wee  deserve  to  bee  forgotten  &  forsaken. 

5.  Unbelief 

the  only  cure  for  such  Thoughts  is  a  lively  active  Faith — the 
Object  of  y"^  Faith  is  y*"  everl.  Coven*^  seald  in  y''  Bloud  of  a 
Mediator.     Ilab.  2.  4. 

3.  at  what  times  &  in  w'  cases. 

I.  under  imvard  desa-tions — w"  God  withdrawes  y*'  light  of  his 
countenance,  though  cause  for  it,  yet  .jjhaps  may  bee  for  Tryal, 
apt  to  say,  never  return  again.  2.  under  outward  Affl.  esp.  such 
as  these — (i.)  sharp  &  sudden  such  as  Job's  were — (2.)  singular 
&  extraordinary,  such  as  Jonahs  was— (3.)  staying  &  continuing, 
such  as  Davids  were. 

4.  the  Evil. 

(i.)  a  great  Dishonor  to  God,  grieve  his  spirit — noth.  more — 
Avould  you  take  it  wel — (2.)  a  blemish  to  our  Profession — weaken 
y''  hands  of  Brethr.  harden  y  hearts  of  Enemyes.  (3.)  a  disturb- 
ance to  ours,  hinder  peace  &  progress. 

5.  the  Remedy. 

(i.)  to  chide  oursf  for  it- — (2.)  to  charge  oursf  agt  it.  act 
Faith — one  good  word,  my  God.  allu.  Gen.  18.  12 — so— X'^ 
Math.  27.  46.  as  Jonah — cap.  2.  4.  yet — not  by  sense — Apply  it 
also  to  publ.  Affayres. 

The  following  notices  of  some  of  his  friends  who  died 
shortly  before  him  are  added  : — 

Mrs.  Hunt  of  Shrewsbury,  the  relict  of  Colonel  Hunt,  another 
rare   pattern  of  zealous  piety,  abounding  charity,  and   eminent 


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PHILIP  IIEXRY. 


usefulness  in  her  place,  finished  her  course.  October  23.  1690. 
after  two  days'  sickness. 

The  reverend,  and  learned,  and  holy  Mr.  Richard  Baxter* 
died  at  London,  December  8.  1691,  aged  seventy  six,  and  one 
month  ;  as  much  vilified  by  some,  and  magnified  by  others,  as 
most  men  that  ever  were.  But  it  is  a  small  thing  to  be  judged 
of  man's  judgement.  He  was  buried  at  Christ-Church  London, 
with  great  honour. 

Mr.  Richard  Steele,|  my  old  and  dear  friend  and  companion 
in  tribulation  and  in  the  kingdom  and  patience  of  Jesus  Christ, 
died  at  London,  Nov.  16"'  1692,  in  the  sixty-fourth  year  of  his 
age.  A  man  that  had  been  greatly  useful  in  his  generation  both 
in  the  country  and  at  London. 

Luke  Lloyd.  Esquire  of  the  Bryn  in  Hanmer  parish,  my  aged 
worthy  friend,  finished  his  course  with  joy.  March  31.  1695, 
being  Lord's  day.  He  was  in  the  87"'  year  of  his  age,  and  had 
been  mairied  almost  sixty  nine  years  to  his  pious  wife,  of  the 
same  age  [a  daughter  of  Tlios.  '\\'hitley,  of  Aston]  who  still  survives 
him.  He  was  the  glory  of  our  little  congregation,  the  top  branch 
in  all  respects  of  our  small  vine,  and  my  friend  indeed. 

When  he  made  his  will,  under  the  subscription  of  his 
name  he  wrote  Job  xix.  25-27,  on  which  text  of  Scripture 
Mr.  Henry,  at  the  request  of  some  of  his  relations,  preached 
a  sermon  at  the  licensed  house  near  Hanmer,  some  time 
after  his  funeral. 

A  tomb  to  him  and  his  wife  is  on  the  south  side  of  the 
tower  of  Hanmer  Church,  and  there  is  also  a  monument  to 
his  grandfather,  Robert  Lloyd,^  dated  1597  ;  but  both  monu- 
ments  probably  were    erected    in   the  eighteenth   century. 

*  A  small  miniature  of  him  in  oils,  upon  copper,  is  in  the  possession  of 
the  editor,  and  would  seem  to  be  a  companion  painting  of  the  one  fonnerly 
in  the  possession  of  Mr.  .Stedman,  and  one  of  the  six  (said  to  have  been) 
painted  at  the  same  time. 

t  A  picture  of  this  good  man  is  preserved  at  the  Presbyterian  Library  in 
Grafton  Street,  Gower  Street,  W.C.  Any  one  who  possesses  his  diaries, 
^\  hich  were  written  in  the  same  sort  of  almanacks  as  Philip  Henry's,  will  much 
oblige  by  communicating  with  the  editor  on  the  suliject. 

X  The  original  monument  was  noticed  by  Dineley  in  16S4. 


PHILIP  HENRY.  375 

He  is  said  to  have  fought  under  the  Parh'amentary  standard, 
and  was,  perhaps — though  Httle  is  known  of  him — of  a 
similar  temperament  to  Colonel  Hunt,  of  Boreatton.  The 
pulpit  in  Hanmer  Church  is  said  to  have  been  given  by 
]\Ir.  Lloyd  as  an  atonement  for  threatening  the  parson 
during  divine  sen'ice,  when  he  prayed  for  the  king.  This 
pulpit,  which  is  of  carved  oak,  with  a  cover,  is  described  by 
Dineley  (who  accompanied  the  Duke  of  Beaufort  in  his 
progress  through  North  Wales  in  1684).  Around  it  are  the 
words — "  Blessed  ar-e  they  that  Jicare  ;  "  "  Take  Heed  how 
ye  heare  ;  "  "  Be  ye  doers  of  the  worde  and  not  Hearers  only.'' 
Within,  behind  the  preacher's  head,  is  the  name  "  ^esus," 
with    the  date    "  1627."      Outside,    at   the  back,    are    the 

A\ords — 

"  Christus  est  Agiius  Dei ; 
Qui  tollit  peccata  mundi." 

The  story  told  about  this  pulpit  is  supported  in  some 
degree  by  the  fact  that  at  Upton-on-Severn  a  bullet  may 
still  be  seen  imbedded  in  the  pulpit  cover.  It  was  in- 
tended to  find  its  resting-place  in  the  parson's  head  by 
a  zealous  Puritan,  who  wasted  no  words  over  the  matter, 
but  snapped  his  pistol  at  the  man  who  dared  to  pray  for 
the  king. 

These  little  facts  throw  floods  of  light  upon  the  state  of 
public  affairs,  which  those  "  who  darken  counsel  by  words 
without  knowledge  "  seek,  ineffectually,  to  explain  away. 

In  September  21,  1695,  he  writes,  "  I  heard  of  the  death 
of  two  holy  and  aged  Bartholomew  witnesses  Mr.  Richard 
Mayo  of  London  and  Mr.  Henry  Newcome  of  Manchester. 
Psalm  xii.  i." 

His  son,  Matthew  Henry,  thus  describes  his  father's  last 
days : — 

"  Mr.  Henry's  constitution  was  but  tender,  and  yet  by  the 
Blessing  of  God  upon  his  great  Temperance  and  care  of  his  Diet, 


1"]^  PHILIP  HENRY. 

and  moderate  Exercise  by  walking  in  the  Air,  he  did  for  many 
Years  enjoy  a  good  Measure  of  Health  which  he  used  to  call 
"The  Sugar  that  sweetens  all  Temporal  Mercies,"  for  which 
therefore  we  ought  to  be  very  thankful  and  of  which  we  ought  to 
be  very  careful.  He  had  sometimes  violent  Fitts  of  the  Colick, 
which  would  be  very  afflictive  for  the  Time.  Being  once  upon 
the  Recovery  from  an  ill  Fitt  of  that  Pain,  he  said  to  one  of  his 
Friends,  who  asked  how  he  did,  he  hoped,  by  the  Grace  of  God 
he  should  now  be  able  to  give  one  Blow  more  to  the  Devil's 
Kingdom,  and  often  profess'd  he  did  not  desire  to  live  a  Day 
longer  than  he  might  do  God  some  Service.  He  said  to  another 
when  he  found  himself  recovering  "  Well,  I  thought  I  had  been 
putting  into  the  Harbour  but  find  I  must  to  Sea  again." 

He  was  sometimes  suddenly  taken  with  fainting  Fitts  which 
when  he  recovered  from,  he  would  say  "  Dying  is  but  a  little 
more." 

^Vhen  he  was  in  the  Sixty  third  Year  of  his  Age,  which  is 
commonly  called  the  Grand  Climacterick,  and  hath  been  to  many 
the  Dying  Year  and  was  so  to  his  Father,  he  numbred  the  days 
of  it,  from  August  24  1693  to  August  24  1694,  when  he  finished 
it.  And  when  he  concluded  it,  he  thus  wrote  in^  his  Diary  This 
Day  finisheth  my  commonly  Dying-Year,  which  I  have  numbred 
the  Days  of,  and  should  now  apply  my  Heart,  more  than  ever  to 
Heavenly  Wisdom.  He  was  much  pleased,  with  that  expression, 
of  our  English  Liturgy,  in  the  Oflice  of  Burial  and  frequently 
used  it;  "In  the  Midst  of  life  we  are  in  Death."  .  .  . 

For  some  Years  before  he  died  he  used  to  complain  of  an 
habitual  Weariness,  contracted,  he  thought  by  his  standing  to 
preach,  sometimes  very  uneasily,  and  in  inconvenient  Places, 
immediately  after  Riding.  He  would  say  every  Minister  was 
not  cut  out  for  an  Itinerant ;  and  sometimes  the  manifest  Atten- 
tion &  Affection  of  People  in  hearing,  enlarged  him  both  in 
Length  &:  Fervency,  somewhat  more  than  his  strength  could 
well  bear.  It  was  not  many  Months  before  he  died,  that  he  wrote 
thus  to  a  dear  Relation,  who  enquired  solicitously  concerning  his 
Health ;  "  I  am  always  habitually  weary,  and  expect  no  other  till 
I  lie  down  on  the  Bed  of  Spices."  And  (blessed  be  God)  so  the 
Grave  is  to  all  the  Saints,  since  he  lay  in  it,  who  is  the  Rose  of 


PHILIP  HENRY.  2)77 

Sharon,  and  the  Lily  of  the  ValHes.  When  some  of  his  friends 
persuaded  him  to  spare  himself  he  would  say  "  It's  time  enough 
to  rest  when  Fm  in  the  Grave ;  what  were  Candles  made  for,  but 
to  burn  ? "' 

It  doth  not  appear  that  he  had  any  particular  Presages  of  his 
Death;  but  many  Instances  there  were  of  his  actual  gracious 
Expectation  of  it,  somewhat  more  than  Ordinary  for  some  time 
before.  .  .  . 


1696. 

It  was  in  April  1696,  a  few  Weeks  before  he  died,  that  his 
Son's  Father-in-Law,  Robert  ^^'arburton  Esq.,  was  gather'd  to  his 
Grave  in  Peace  in  a  good  old  Age.  Upon  the  Tidings  of  whose 
Death,  Mr.  Henry  wrote  thus  to  his  Son;  "Your  Fathers,  where 
are  they  ? — Your  Father-in-Law  gone,  and  your  own  Father  going ; 
but  you  have  a  Godfather,  that  lives  for  ever  :  he  was  wont  some- 
times to  subscribe  his  letters — -Your  ever-loving,  but  not  ever- 
living  Father." 

The  last  time  he  administered  the  Lord's  Supper  a  Fortnight 
before  he  died  he  closed  the  Administration  Avith  that  Scripture 
I.  Job.  iii.  2.  "  It  doth  not  yet  appear,  what  we  shall  be  ; "  not 
yet,  but  it  will  shortly.  .  .  . 

The  Tuesday  following  June  23.  he  rose  at  Six  o'Clock  accord- 
ing to  Custom,  after  a  better  night's  sleep  than  Ordinary  and  in 
wonted  Health.  Between  Seven  and  Eight  of  the  Clock,  he  per- 
formed Family-Worship,  according  to  the  usual  Manner  :  He 
expounded  very  largely  the  former  Half  of  the  civ"'  Psalm,  and 
sung  it ;  but  he  was  somewhat  shorter  in  Prayer  than  he  used  to 
be,  being  then  (as  it  was  thought)  taken  ill.  Blessed  is  that  Ser- 
vant, whom  His  Lord,  when  he  comes,  shall  find  so  doing. 

Immediately  after  Prayer,  he  retired  to  his  Chamber,  not 
saying  anything  of  his  illness,  but  was  soon  after  found  upon  his 
Bed  in  great  Extremity  of  pain  in  his  Back,  Breast,  Bowels ;  it 
seem'd  to  be  a  complicated  Fitt  of  the  Stone  and  Colick  together, 
in  a  very  great  Extremity.  The  Means  that  had  been  used  to 
give  him  rehef  in  his  Illness,  were  altogether  ineffectual :  He  had 
not  the  least  Intermission  or  Remission  of  Pain,  neither  up,  nor 


22 S  PHILIP  HENRY. 

in  Bed  :  but  in  a  continual  Toss.  He  had  said  sometimes,  that 
God's  Israel  may  find  Jordan  rough  ;  but  there's  no  Remedy,  they 
must  through  it  to  Canaan  ;  and  would  tell  of  a  good  Man  who 
used  to  say,  he  was  not  so  much  afraid  of  Death  as  of  Dying.  .  .  . 

It  was  two  or  three  hours  after  he  was  taken  ill,  before  he 
would  suffer  a  Messenger  to  be  sent  to  Chester  for  his  Son,  and 
for  tlie  Doctor ;  saying,  he  should  either  be  better,  or  dead,  before 
they  could  come ;  but  at  last  he  said,  as  the  Prophet  did  to  his 
importunate  Friends,  Send.  About  eight  o'Clock  that  Evening 
they  came,  and  found  him  in  the  same  Extremity  of  Pain  which 
he  had  been  in  all  Day.  And  Nature  being  before  spent  with  his 
constant  and  indefatigable  Labours  in  the  Work  of  the  Lord,  now 
sunk,  and  did  perfectly  succumb  under  its  Burden,  and  was  quite 
disabled  to  grapple  with  so  many  Hours  ?mcessant  Pain.  What 
farther  Means  were  then  used  proved  Fruitless,  and  did  not 
answer  the  Intention.  He  apprehended  himself  going  apace,  and 
said  to  his  Son  when  he  came  in,  O  Son,  you  are  welcome  to  a 
dying  Father :  I  am  now  ready  to  be  offer'd,  and  the  Time  of  my 
Departure  is  at  Hand.  His  Pain  continued  very  acute,  but  he 
had  Peace  within.  I  am  tormented,  (said  he  once)  but,  blessed 
be  God,  not  in  this  Flame  ;  and  soon  after,  "  I  am  all  on  Fire," 
(when  at  the  same  time  his  extreme  parts  were  cold)  but  he  pre- 
sently added,  "  Blessed  be  God  it  is  no.t  the  Fire  of  Hell."  .  .  . 

Toward  Ten  or  Eleven  o'Clock  that  night  his  Pulse  and  Sight 
began  to  fail ;  of  the  latter,  he  himself  took  Notice,  and  inferr'd 
from  it  the  Approach  of  his  Dissolution.  He  took  an  affectionate 
Farewell  of  his  dear  Yoke-Fellow,  with  a  thousand  Thanks  for  all 
her  love  and  care,  and  Tenderness  ;  left  a  Blessing  for  all  his 
dear  Children,  and  their  dear  Yoke-Fellows,  and  little  ones,  that 
were  absent.  He  said  to  his  Son,  who  sate  under  his  Head,  Son, 
the  Lord  bless  you,  and  grant  that  you  may  do  worthily  in  your 
Generation,  and  be  more  serviceable  to  the  Church  of  God  than 
I  have  been  \  such  was  his  great  Humility  to  the  last.  And 
when  his  Son  reply'd  "O  Sir,  pray  for  mc,  that  I  may  but  tread 
in  your  steps ; "  he  answered,  "  Yea,  follow  Peace,  and  Holiness, 
and  let  them  say  what  they  will." — More  he  would  have  said  to 
bear  his  dying  Testimony  to  the  AVay  in  which  he  had  walked ,; 
But  Nature  was  spent,  and  he  had  not  strength  to  express  it. 


Fill  LIP  HENRY.  379 

His  Understanding  and  Speech  continued  almost  to  the  last 
Breath,  and  he  was  still  in  his  dying  Agonies,  caUing  upon  God,, 
and  committing  himself  to  him.  One  of  the  last  words  he  said, 
when  he  found  himself  just  ready  to  depart,  '  O  Death,  where  is 

thy ; '    with    that,   his   Speech   falter'd,    and   within   a    few 

-Minutes,  (after  about  sixteen  Hours  illness)  on  June  24,  he 
quietly  breathed  out  his  precious  Soul  into  the  Embraces  of  his 
dear  Redeemer,  whom  he  had  trusted,  and  faithfully  served  in 
the  Work  of  the  Ministry,  about  Forty-three  Years.  .  .  . 

On  the  Saturday  following  being  ^wno.  27.  the  earthen  Vessel, 
in  which  this  treasure  had  been  lodg'd,  was  laid  up  in  the  Grave 
in  Whitchurch  Church,  attended  thither  with  a  very  great  Com- 
])any  of  true  ^lourners,  all  the  County  round  ;  many  from  Chester 
iv  Shrewsbury  &:  the  Towns  about,  came  to  do  him  Honour  at 
his  Death  :  And  besides  the  floods  of  Tears  that  were  shed,  there 
were  abundance  of  Testimonies  given  to  him  by  Persons  of  all 
Sorts,  like  that  Jehoiadah  2  Chron.  xxiv.  16.  That  he  was  one 
who  had  done  good  in  Israel.  And  there  were  those  who  said 
He  was  a  Man  that  nobody  did  or  could  speak  Evil  of,  except  for 
his  Nonconformity.  He  was  us'd  to  sa}-  to  his  Relations,  when 
I  am  dead  make  little  ado  about  me,  a  few  will  serve  to  bring  me 
to  my  Grave  ;  but  his  mind  c''  not  be  observed  in  that ;  twas 
impossible,  such  a  burning  &  shining  TJght  extinguished,  but 
there  must  be  an  Universal  Notice  taken  of  it.  Multitudes  came 
unsought  unto,  not  to  fill  their  eyes  (as  Mr.  Vines  expresseth  it,) 
but  to  empty  them,  nor  was  there  anj-  other  noise  there,  but  that 
of  General  Lamentation. 

That  Morning  before  the  Removal  of  the  corpse,  a  most 
affectionate  Sermon  Avas  preached  in  Mr.  Henry's  Meeting-Place 
by  his  Dear  &  Worthy  Friend  Mr.  Tallents  of  Shrewsbur)-.  He 
was  willing  to  take  that  opportunity,  to  testify  the  great  Love  & 
Honour,  that  he  had  for  i\Ir.  Henry,  whom  he  call'd  "  A  Friend 
that  is  nearer  than  a  brother."  His  Text  was  Rom.  viii.  23. 
*'  And  not  only  they,  but  ourselves  also,  which  have  the  first  fruits 
of  the  Spirit,  even  we  ourselves  groan  within  ourselves,  waiting 
for  the  Adoption,  to  wit  the  Redemption  of  our  Body."  .  .  . 


380  PHILIP  HENRY. 

The  following  inscription  was  drawn  up  by  his  son-in- 
law,  Dr.  John  Tylston,  a  physician  in  Chester  : — 

M.S. 

PHILIPPUS    HENRY,    DE    BROAD    OAK,    IN    COMITATU    FLINT.     A.M. 

SACRI    MINISTER    EVANGELII,    PASJOR    OLIM    WORTHENBURIENSIS 

IN    AULA    REGIA    NATUS    PIIS    ET    HONESTIS    PARENTIBUS 

SCHOL^   WESTMONASTERIENSIS,    INDEQ.    ^DIS    CHRISTI    OXON 

ALUMNUS    REGIUS 

VIR    PRISCA    PIETATE    ET    VERE    CHRISTIANA, 

JUDICIO    SUBACTO    ET    LIMATO, 

MEMORIA,    PR.ESTANTI,    INIAGNO    ET    FfECUNDO    INGENIO, 

ERUDITIONE  PERPOLITA,SUiMMO  ANIMI  CANDORE,  MORUM  VENUSTATE 

IMPRIMIS    SPECTABILIS,    ET    IN    EXEMPLUM    NATUS  : 

GUI    SACRA    SEMPER    SUA    FIDES,    ALIORUMQUE    FAMA  : 

DIVINI    NUMENIS    CULTOR    ASSIDUUS  ; 

DIVINI    VERBI    INTERPRES    EXQUISITISSIMUS  ; 

ALIORUM    AFFECTUS    MOVERE    NON    MINUS    POLLENS 

QUAM    SUIS    MODERARI  : 

CONSCIONANDO    PARITER    AC    VIVENDO    PALAM    EXHIBENS 

CRISTI    LEGEM    ET    EXEMPLAR    CHRISTUM  : 

PRUDENS    PERITUSQUE    RERUM,    LENIS,    PACIFICUS,    HOSPITALIS 

AD    PIETATIS    OMNIA    CHARITATISQUE    OFFICIA    USQUE    PARATUS  ; 

SUIS    JUCUNDUS  ;    O.MNIBUS    HUMANUS  ; 

CONTINUIS    EVANGELII    LABORIBUS    SUCCUMBENS    CORPUS, 

NEC    TANTiE   JA]M    PAR    AMPLIUS    ANIM^ 

IN    DORMITORIUM    HIC   JUXTA    POSITUM    DEMISIT 

JUN.     24    ANNO    DOM.    M.DC.XCVT    /ETATIS    LXV  * 

rviRO    OPT.    MULTUMQUE    DESIDERATO  ~| 

Lm-erens  posuit  gener  ejus  I.  T.  M.   D.fJ 

vSacred  to  the  memory  of  Philij^  Henry,  of  Broad  Oak,  in  the 
county  of  Flint,  Master  of  Arts,  and  Minister  of  the  Holy  Gospel, 
formerly  Chaplain  of  'Worthcnbury,  born  in  the  Royal  Palace  of 

*  He  wanted  two  months  of  65.  One  of  his  descendants,  who  much 
resembled  him  both  in  appearance  and  character,  died  ahnost  as  suddenly,  and 
wanting  three  months  of  65. 

t  The  following  words  were  afterwards  sulistituted  :— 

"  rOSUIT   HOC    MARMOR   IN   VERIS    rACHRYMIS 
KATHARINA   CONJUX   VIDUATA." 


PHILIP  IIEXR  y.  381 

pious  and  honourable  parents,  of  Westminster  School,  and  thence 
of  Christ  Church,  Oxford,  King's  Scholar,  a  man  for  primitive 
piety,  and  that  truly  Christian,  for  a  solid  and  polished  judgment, 
for  an  excellent  memory  and  great  and  fruitful  genius,  for  fine 
learning,  candid  temper,  and  grace  of  manner  especially  remark- 
able and  born  to  be  an  example  :  to  whom  his  own  word  and  the 
reputation  of  others  was  alwajs  inviolable ;  a  diligent  worshipper 
of  God  ;  a  most  exact  interpreter  of  the  Divine  Word  ;  no  less 
happy  in  touching  the  hearts  of  others  than  in  chastening  his 
own  :  whose  life  was  a  constant  sermon,  setting  forth  Christ  by 
word  and  deed,  and  his  law  as  a  pattern  :  prudent  and  skilful  in 
the  conduct  of  affairs,  mild,  peaceable,  and  hospitable ;  to  all  calls 
upon  his  piety  and  charity  ever  ready  to  respond ;  pleasant  to  his 
friends,  courteous  to  all  ;  yielding  to  his  unceasing  labours  in 
the  cause  of  the  (iospel  his  body — no  longer  a  match  for  so  great 
a  soul — found  a  resting-place  in  the  adjacent  tomb,  June  24, 
1696,  aged  65. 

To  this  best  of  men,  and  one  sadly  missed,  his  sorrowing  son- 
in-law,  J.  T[ilston],  M.D.,  has  placed  this  monument. 

[His  widowed  wife  Katherine  placed  this  marble  with  true 
grief.] 

It  might  have  been  thought  that  when  Philip  Henry- 
had  been  laid  peacefully  in  the  grave,  any  further  conten- 
tion with  respect  to  him  would  cease.  This,  however,  has 
been  very  far  from  being  the  case.  In  Matthew  Henry's 
diary,  1704-5,  he  writes  :  "  I  had  a  letter  from  Mr.  Travers 
of  Lichfield  that  the  chancellor  there  designed  to  attempt 
the  demolishing  of  my '  father's  monument ; "  and  again, 
"March  22.  17 12.  Wrote  to  Coz.  P'ddow  to  return  him 
thanks  for  his  care  this  week  of  the  remains  of  my  dear 
father  and  mother  in  Whitchurch  church,  where  they^are 
laynng  the  foundation  of  a  new  one  and  have  unworthily 
invaded  my  right  there."  In  both  points  his  opponents 
succeeded  :  the  marble  tablet  was  removed  to  the  porch, 
and  the  honoured  remains  were  (as  is  commonly^  believed) 
transferred  to  the  churchyard,  the  exact  place  being  kept 


382  PHILIP  HENRY. 

secret  for  fear  of  further  molestation.  It  is  quite  possible 
that  in  rebuilding  the  parish  church  in  171 2,  the  vault  or 
grave  where  Philip  Henry  had  been  buried  may  have  in- 
terfered with  the  plans  of  the  architect  ;  but  it  is  plain, 
from  the  words  of  his  son,  that  at  that  date  there  was  at 
Whitchurch  a  strong  prejudice  against  him.  Some  wave 
of  feeling  was  then  rolling  up,  which  reminded  men  of  the 
enormous  injuries  both  to  Church  and  State  which  had 
been  inflicted  by  the  men  with  whom  Philip  Henry  had 
allied  himself,  and  how,  in  professing  a  zeal  against  super- 
stition, they  had  torn  up  faith  by  the  roots  at  the  same 
time.  In  calmer  moments  it  might  have  been  remembered 
that  the  savage  Jeffreys  withheld  his  hand  from  Philip 
Henry  ;  that  Anthony  a  Wood,  the  faithful  chronicler  of 
the  seventeenth  century,  passed  him  in  silence,  knowing 
nothing  against  him  but  his  nonconformity.  Then  the 
tide  began  to  turn.  When  ]\Ir.  John  Ireland,  the  editor 
of  Hogarth's  works,  was  introduced  to  Dr.  Johnson,  and 
it  was  stated  that  he  was  a  descendant  of  Philip  Henry, 
the  doctor  said,  in  his  emphatic  manner,  "  Sir,  you  are 
descended  from  a  man  whose  genuine  simplicity  and  un- 
affected piety  would  have  done  honour  to  any  sect  of 
Christians,  and  as  a  scholar  he  must  have  had  uncommon 
acquirements  when  Busby  boasted  of  having  been  his 
tutor."  It  was  not,  however,  till  the  present  century  that 
the  monument  to  his  memory  was  restored  to  its  proper 
place  in  the  church  ;  and  when  that  was  done,  a  complaint 
was  raised  that  many  visitors  could  not  read  the  Latin 
inscription,  and  that  an  English  one  would  be  more  ac- 
ceptable. In  accordance  with  that  wish,  expressed  by  the 
Rector  of  Whitchurch  in  1844,  and  by  others,  a  marble 
tablet,  inscribed  with  the  P2nglish  version  of  the  epitaph, 
was  erected  in  the  north  aisle  of  the  Church,  and  the 
original   monument  was  restored   to  Joseph   Lee,  Esq.,  of 


PHILIP  HENRY.  383 

Redbrook  (whose  wife,  Grace  Keay  Parsons,  was  a  co- 
heiress of  Broad  Oak),  and  by  him  placed — with  the 
consent  of  the  rectors  of  Malpas — in  Whitewell  Chapel, 
where  it  still  remains,  with  a  few  words  mentioning  the  fact 
of  its  transference  from  Whitchurch. 

There  are  original  paintings  of  Philip  Henry  and  his 
wife  still  remaining,  from  which  engravings  were  taken  and 
circulated  soon  after  his  death.  These  portraits  are  now 
in  the  possession  of  Mrs.  Philip  Henry  Lee,  having  been 
given  to  the  late  Rev.  P.  H.  Lee,  of  Stoke  Bruern,  by  Mr. 
Ashton,  of  Wootton,  a  co-descendant.  Though  the  old 
Broad  Oeik  House  and  the  old  Whitewell  have  both  passed 
away,  yet  it  cannot  truly  be  said  that  the  place  which 
once  knew  Philip  Henry  knows  him  no  more.  The  name 
of  Philip  is  preserved,  with  special  reference  to  him,  at 
Worthenbury,  Hanmer,  Malpas,  and  in  all  that  neighbour- 
hood, and  he  lives  in  the  memories  and  hearts  of  many  as 
an  upright,  God-fearing  man,  whose  daily  life  was  a  living 
epistle,  the  good  effects  of  which  have  not  yet  passed  away. 
It  is  known  that  towards  the  end  of  his  life  he  prayed 
much  for  his  descendants,  still  unborn,  and  those  whose 
names  have  been  brought  together  by  Miss  Sarah  Lawrence 
in  her  interesting  book  containing  the  successive  genera- 
tions down  to  1843,  may  well  think  that  in  their  descent 
from  such  a  man  they  have  an  inheritance  far  more  valuable 
than  what  falls  commonly  to  the  lot  of  men,  and  that  in 
imitating  his  humble  Christianity  they  have  the  best 
guarantee  for  a  useful  life  and  a  glorious  future. 

Post  tenebras  lucem  speramus. 


APPENDIX. 


In  Philip  Henry's  day-book  is  the  following  : — 

"  Philip  Henry  was  born  at  Whitehall.  Aug'  24.  1631.  London. 

Katharine  Mathewes  was  born  at  Broad  Oke.  March  25.  1629. 

Philip  Henry,  and  Katharine  Mathewes  were  married  at 
Whitewell  Chapel.  April  26,  1660, 

and  had  issue  which  are  the  heritage  of  the  Lord 
John  Henry,  born  at  Worthenbury,  on  Friday,  May  3.  1661,  about 

5  of  the  clock  in  the  evening  [he  died  at  Whitchurch,  April 

12.  1667]. 
Mathew  Henry  born  at  Broad  Oke,  on  Saturday.  Oct.  18.  1662, 

about  3  of  the  clock  in  the  morning. 
Sarah  Henry  bom  at  Broad  Oke  on  Lord's  day.  Aug.  7.  1664, 

about  sun-sett. 
Katharin  Henry  born  at  Broad  Oke.  on  Thursday  Dec''  7.  1665, 

about  one  of  the  clock  in  the  morning. 
Eleanor  Henry,  born  at  Broad  Oke.  on  Tuesday  July  23.  1667, 

about  two  of  the  clock  in  the  afternoon. 
Ann  Henry,  born  at  Broad  Oke.  on  Wednesday.  Nov.  25.  1668 

about  eleven  of  the  clock  in  the  forenoon." 

Of  these,  Matthew  Henry  was  married  in  August,  1687,  to 
Katharine,  daughter  of  Samuel  Hardware,  of  Bromborough,  in  the 
county  of  Chester,  Esquire,  who  died  on  Thursday,  February  14, 
aged  25,  1689;  and,  secondly,  to  Mary,  daughter  of  Robert  and 

-^   2  C 


386  APPENDIX. 

grand-danghter  of  Peter  Warburtoii;  of  Hefferstone  Grange,  in  the 
county  of  Chester,  Esquires,  on  July  8,  1690. 

Sarah  Henry  was  married,  March  28,  1687,  to  Mr.  John 
Savage,  of  Wrenbury  Wood,  in  the  county  of  Chester. 

Katharine  Henry  married,  in  1687,  Dr.  John  Tylston,  of 
Trinity  College,  Oxford,  a  physician  in  Chester,  who  died  1699. 

Eleanor  Henry  married,  in  1688,  Mr.  Samuel  Radford,  of 
Chester.     She  died  August  i,  1697,  and  he  in  1699. 

Ann  Henry  married,  in  1688,  John  Hulton,  Esq.,  of  Chester. 
She  died  September  6,  1697. 

"  Mr.  Philip  Henry's  Relict  survived  him  almost  eleven  years. 
She  continued  to  the  last  at  her  house  at  Broad  Oak,  where  she 
was  born,  a  great  example  of  wisdom,  piety,  and  usefulness,  and 
abounding  in  good  works,  happy  in  a  constant  calmness  and 
serenity  of  mind,  which  as  it  was  a  singular  gift  of  divine  grace, 
and  an  instance  of  her  wisdom,  so  it  contributed  very  much  to  her 
close  and  comfortable  walking  with  God,  and  her  doing  good. 
She  lived  and  died  rejoicing  in  Christ  Jesus,  and  in  a  pleasing 
expectation  of  the  glory  to  be  revealed.    She  died  May  25,  1707." 

Further  particulars  will  be  given  of  her  in  "  Matthew  Henry's 
Letters  and  Diaries,"  which  are  shortly  to  be  published. 


At  the  Independent  Chapel  in  Shrewsbury  there  is  a  portrait, 
unknown,  which  may  be  the  one,  "ex  musaeo  Rev.  J.  Orton," 
from  which  the  engraving  is  taken  which  stands  at  the  beginning 
of  Matthew  Henry's  "  Life  and  Death  of  Philip  Henry,"  4th  edition 
(Salop :  printed  by  J.  Cotton  and  J.  Eddowes  for  J.  Buckland 
and  T.  Longman,  in  Paternoster  Row,  London,  and  sold  by  W. 
Grigg,  in  Exeter,  1765). 


APPENDIX.  iZy 


THE  WILL  OF  PHILIP  HENRY. 

In  the  Name  of  god ;  Amen  !  I,  Philip  Henry,  of  Broad  oak, 
in  the  County  of  Flint,  an  unworthy  minister  of  Jesus  Christ, 
having  attained  this  day,  to  the  sixty-fourth  year  of  my  age,  in 
bodily  health ;  god,  be  praised  !  but,  sensible  of  the  decays  of 
nature,  and  desirous  to  be  found  ready,  when  death  comes,  that  I 
may  have  nothing  else  to  do  but  to  die,  do,  with  my  own  hand, 
make  this  my  last  will  and  testament,  in  the  usual  manner  and  form 
following.  First,  I  recommend  my  soul  into  the  hands  of  god, 
my  heavenly  Father,  trusting  only  to  the  merit  and  mediation  of 
Jesus  Christ  my  Lord,  whose  I  am,  and  whom  I  serve  for  accepta- 
tion and  salvation  ;  my  body  to  the  earth,  whence  it  was  taken, 
to  be  laid  up  there,  as  in  a  bed  of  rest,  to  sleep  in  Jesus,  till  the 
last  trump  shall  sound ;  my  wife  and  children  to  the  divine 
blessing  and  providence,  together  with  all  my  children's  children, 
to  be  brought  vp  in  the  nurture  and  admonition  of  the  Lord; 
and,  out  of  the  worldly  estate,  which  god  hath  given  me,  I  give 
and  bequeath  to  each  of  my  four  daughters,  Mr.  Poole's  English 
Annotations  upon  the  Bible,  in  two  volomns,  of  the  last  and  best 
edition  that  shall  be  to  be  had  at  the  time  of  my  decease,  together 
with  Mr.  Barton's  last  and  best  translation  of  the  Singing  Psalms, 
one  to  each  of  them,  requiring  and  requesting  them  to  make 
daily  vse  of  the  same,  for  the  instruction,  edification,  and  comfort 
of  themselves,  and  of  their  families  ;  and,  to  each  of  all  their 
children,  that  shall  be  aUve  when  I  die,  I  bequeath  a  well  bound 
English  Bible,  together  with  an  English  Practical  Divinity  Book, 
in  quarto,  out  of  my  books,  such  as  their  Fathers  shall  please  to 
choose  for  them,  praying  that  the  word  of  Christ  may  dwell  7-ichly 
in  tJwn,  in  all  wisdom,  and  spiritual  vnderstanding.  To  my  son, 
Matthew  I  give  and  bequeath  all  my  books  and  papers,  except 


388  APPENDIX. 

what  is  otherwise  by  this  my  will  given,  and  except  what  my  dear 
wife  A\ill  please  to  have  for  her  own  use,  and  except  the  four 
following,  of  which  I  give  one  to  each  of  my  four  daughters, 
according  as  in  seniority  they  shall  choose;  viz.  the  Sermons 
vpon  the  Parable  of  the  Prodigal ;  The  Baptismal  Covenant  ex- 
plained ;  the  Four  and  Twenty  Good  and  the  Four  and  Twenty 
Naughty  Spirits ;  and  What  Christ  is  made  of  God  to  True 
Believers  in  Forty  Particulars;  each  to  be  transcribed  by  them, 
in  their  own  hand,  if  they  have  leisure  and  see  cause ;  however  to 
be  transcribed  into  their  hearts  and  lives.  To  my  dear  daughter 
in  law,  and  to  each  of  my  dear  sons  in  law  I  give  twenty  shillings 
to  buy  each  of  them  a  ring  or  what  else  they  please  as  a  small 
remaining  token  of  my  great  love  to  them,  beseeching  the  Lord 
as  he  hath  begun,  so  to  go  on  to  build  them  up  into  families,  but 
especially  to  build  them  up  in  holiness  and  comfort,  and  to 
continue  them  still  in  brotherly  love,  as  a  bundle  of  arrows  which 
can  not  be  broken.  To  each  of  my  servants  living  with  me  at 
the  time  of  my  death,  that  can  read,  I  give  a  good  book,  or  to 
each  of  them  five  shillings  to  buy  one,  at  my  dear  wife's  discretion. 
To  each  of  my  three  dear  sisters  I  give  and  bequeath  as  fol- 
loweth ;  to  my  dear  sister  Ann  Henry,  I  give  a  gold  ring  with  this 
posy,  Tliy  Brother  shall  rise  again,  John,  xi.  23.  And,  to  my 
other  two  sisters,  Mary  Dyer,  Widow,  and  Sarah  Wade,  I  give  and 
bequeath  the  profits  of  my  small  tenement  in  Iscoyd,  called 
Kaywilkin,  which  I  purchased  lately  of  John  Probart,  to  be 
divided  equally  between  them,  when  taxes  and  repairs  are  first 
discharged  and  allowed  for,  so  long  as  they  both  shall  live ;  and, 
when  either  of  them  dies,  then  the  whole  to  the  survivor,  during 
her  natural  life  to  be  paid  quarterly,  the  first  payment  to  commence 
from  the  quarter's  end  from  the  time  of  my  death.  And  from, 
and  after  their  decease,  and  the  decease  of  the  longest  liver  of 
them,  I  give  and  bequeath  the  inheritance  of  the  said  tenement 
with  its  appurtenances,  and  all  my  estate  and  interest  therein,  and 
all  my  right  and  title  thereunto  to  my  dear  wife,  to  be  disposed  of 
by  her  to  such  of  my  dear  children,  or  to  such  of  their  children 
as  she  shall  think  in  her  discretion  to  have  most  need  of  the 
same,  whether  by  will,  deed,  or  otherwise,  as  soon  as  she  shall 
please  after  my  decease,  and  not   deferring  the  making  of  the 


ArFEXDIX.  389 

said  settlement  till  my  said  sisters'  decease.  And  lastly  my  will 
is,  that  all  my  just  debts,  and  funeral  expences,  being  first  dis- 
charged, the  remainder  of  all  my  goods,  cattle,  arid  chattels, 
whatsoever,  shall  be  to  my  dear  wife,  to  whom,  accordingly,  I  do 
give  and  bequeath  them,  acknowledging  her  past,  and  relying 
upon  her  future  faithfulness  to  me  in  all  things  ;  and  I  do  nominate 
and  appoint  her  my  said  dear  wife  Katherine  Henry,  to  be  tlie 
sole  executrix. 

Witness  my  hand  and  seal  this  twenty-fourth  day  of  August, 
1695,  being  the  day  of  the  year  in  which  I  was  born,  1631,  and 
also  the  day  of  the  year  in  which  by  law  I  died,  as  did  also  near 
two  thousand  other  faithful  ministers  of  Jesus  Christ,  1662. 

Declared  and  published  &c. 

Philip  Hknrv.   L.S, 


2  C   3 


390  APPENDIX. 


I\IARRIAGE  REGISTER  AT   MALPAS,  CHESHIRE. 

"  W[edding].      Philip  Henry  marry'd  to   Katharin    Matthewes  at 
Whitwell-chapel.  April  26.  1660." 


In  the  Bodleian  Library  there  is  the  following  list  of  his  works  : — 

"  I.  Henry  (Philip),  M.A. 

"  Skeletons  of  Sermons,  now  first  published  from  the  original 
manuscript,  with  a  memoir  of  his  life.     London,  1834.     8vo. 

'•  2.  Henry  (Philip),  M.A. 

"  An  Exposition  with  Practical  Observations  upon  the  first  Eleven 
chapters  of  the  Book  of  Genesis.  Published  from  a  manuscript  in  the 
handwriting  of  Matthew  Henry,  by  John  Lee.     London,  1839.     i2mo. 

"3.  Henry  (Philip),  A.M. 

"  Remains  from  Unpublished  Manuscripts,  by  Sir  John  B. 
WiUiams.     London,  1848.     8vo." 

To  these  must  be  added,  "  What  Christ  is  made  of  God  to  True 
Believers,  in  40  real  Benefits."     London.     i2mo. 


In  Wordsworth's  "  Ecclesiastical  Biography,'"  vi.  344  (first  edition), 
there  is  the  following  quotation  from  Phihp  Henry's  sayings  :— "  Not- 
withstanding the  sad  divisions  in  the  Church,  all  the  Saints  so  far  as 
they  are  sanctified  are  one  ;  one  in  their  aims,  one  in  their  askings, 
one  in  amity  and  friendship,  one  in  interest,  one  in  their  inherit- 
ance. .  .  .  The  things  in  which  they  are  agreed  are  many  more,  and 
more  considerable  than  the  things  in  which  they  differ.  They  are 
all  of  a  mind  concerning  sin,  that  it  is  the  worst  thing  in  the  world ; 
concerning  Christ,  that  he  is  all  in  all ;  concerning  the  favour  of  God, 
that  it  is  better  than  life  ;  concerning  the  world,  that  it  is  vanity ; 
concerning  the  W^ord  of  God,  that  it  is  very  precious." 


APPENDIX.  391 


HENRY  AND  MATTHEWS'  DEEDS. 

From  S.  Leigh  Sotheby's  and  John  Wilkinson's  catalogue  (now 
in  British  Museum)  of  manuscripts  belonging  to  Sir  John  Bickerton 
Williams,  Knt.,  on  Saturday,  March  5,  1853  : 

"  Lot  64,  bought  by  Sir  W.  Tite. 
71.  „         Wilson. 

■J2,.  V         Thorpe,  containing  deeds  and  documents  re- 

lating to  the  property  and  families  of  Philip  and  Matthew  Henry,  viz. 

"  L  A  conveyance  dated  27  Charles  II.  from  Luke  Lloyd  of  Bryn 
—the  ancestor  of  Lord  Kenyon — and  his  son,  to  the  Rev.  P.  Henry, 
April,  1673.     Vellum. 

"  II.  A  release  from  Sir  Ed.  Kynaston  of  Oatley  Park  to  Daniel 
Matthews,  the  father  (in  law)  of  Mr.  P.  Henry.     Vellum. 

"III.  The  lease  of  Breton  Castle  from  Sir  T.  Breton  to  Mr. 
Matthews,  Nov.  2,  15  Charles  I.     Vellum. 

"  IV.  A  lease  from  the  Earl  of  Leinster  to  Mr.  Matthews,*  May  i, 
24th  Charles  I.     Signed.     Vellum." 

*  Mr.  Daniel  Matthews  was  under-sheriff  for  Flintshire  in  162S. 


392  APPENDIX. 


HENRY    RELICS    SENT   TO    THE    WHITCHUCH    (SALOP) 
EXHIBITION,  AUGUST,  1880. 

Philip  Henry's  day-book. 

Two  volumes  of  his  diaries. 

His  silver  cup. 

Pair  of  medalHon  gold  bracelets,  with  initials  of  several  members 
of  the  Henry  family. 

Sermon  note-book  of  his  daughter  Catherine. 

Ei;^'ht  original  letters  from  Philip  Henry  ;  Katherine,  his  wife  ; 
Anne,  his  sister ;  Matthew,  Catherine,  Eleanor,  Sarah,  Anne,  his 
children. 

Matthew  Henry's  bands. 

Counterpane  in  crewel  work  of  Theodosia  Henry. 


APPEXDIX. 


393 


EMRAL    NOTES. 


W.  B.  M.  Thoyts,  Esq.,  of  Sulhampstead,  Berkshire,  has  favoured 
me  with  some  notes  about  Emeral  and  the  Puleston  family. 


Page  15. 


(20  Feb.  1525) 
Roger  Puleston       =  Alner  or  Anne,  d.^ir 
ob' Aug.  20,  1572^     I     of  Rich<i  Grosvenor  of  Eaton 


Roger 
/  ob'  Ap'.  20,  ■) 

.  ••       ="587     .  / 
"  a  wise  gent,  buried  at 
Gresford."    [H' Reg".] 

I 
Roger  Puleston,  Knt. 
/x*  at  Hanmer  '. 

\    Jan.  9,  1565  > 

lob'  17"'  Dec.  1689  -> 


Richard,  =  Alice,  daur  of  David  Lewis 
b.  1548  of  Burcot,  C"  O.\on 


George 
/xd  at  Hanmer') 
^  Sep.  21,  1572  J 


elder  son 

John, 

(  succeeded  his  \ 

-.      first  coz.         / 

(    George  P.      ' 


1635.  Elizabeth, 
daur  of  Francis 
Wolrjxhe  of 
Dudmaston,  Salop, 
by  ISIarg',  d.  of 
j,  Sir  George  Bromley 


(D^)  Roger, 

of  Worthenbury 


"  From  the  old  records  copied  in  the  Salesburj^  Book  the  Pulestons 
were  in  possession  of  Emral  in  1294,  as  a  grant  of  land  to  Philip 
de  Chet^\ynde  and  Isabella  daughter  of  Richard  de  P.  is  dated  at 
Embrall. 

"a.d.  1295.  By  letters  patent  dated  at  Westminster,  certain  lands 
at  Worthenbur)'  are  given  to  Richard  de  P. 

"In  1284  some  lands  at  (rwillington  (in  Hanmer  parish)  are 
described  as  adjoining  the  forest  of  Roger  de  Pyvylston."' 

Page  18.  "  The  side  of  Emral  next  the  moat  (to  the  west),  with  the 
old  vaulted  rooms  and  kitchen,  appear  much  older  than  Elizabeth. 
The  dining-room,  with  the  drawing-room  above  it,  are  more  difficult 
to  assign  to  a  particular  date,  being  built  so  like  a  chapel  with  the 
cross  on  the  gable.  The  two  wings  were  built  in  the  beginning  of  the 
last  centurj'  by  Thomas  Puleston,  who  died  1735,  the  last  direct  heir 


394  APPENDIX. 

of  the  judge.  Bills  for  them  are  among  the  papers  at  Emral.  The 
work  was  finished  about  172 1." 

Page  21.  "Temp.  Hen.  VII.  (Hengwrt.  MSS.  213  ;  Harl.  MSS. 
197 1)  Richard  ap  Zvloris  and  his  brethren  of  Beaumaris  are  certified 
to  be  of  English  descent  by  Sir  Roger  Puleston  of  ^Nlaelor,  Knt.,  John 
Puleston  of  Wrexham,  Esq.,  and  John  ap  Edward  ap  INIadoc  of 
Bromfeild,  Gent. 

Page  39.  "  Dr.  Roger  Puleston  of  Worthenburj'  was  brother  of  the 
judge." 

Page  82.  "  The  spot  where  the  chapel  stood  has  had  many  trees 
planted  on  it,  but  none  of  them  have  ever  lived.  It  stood  facing  the 
north  end  of  the  house  on  the  other  side  of  the  road,  and  joining  the 
mill  and  garden,  which  was  between  the  chapel  and  the  brook." 

Page^-i)-  ^''  Mrs.  Pidesion.  Jane,  daughter  of  Sir  Thos.  Most^m, 
married  1658.  She  married,  secondly.  Sir  John  Trevor  of  Bryn  Kinalt, 
Master  of  the  Rolls,  and  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Commons." 


Page  299.  William  Lloyd,  son  of  Rev.  Richard  Lloyd,  Henblas, 
Anglesey  ;  born  1627  ;  made  Dean  of  Bangor,  1672  ;  ^Residentiary 
Sarum,  1674 ;  Bishop  of  St.  Asaph,  1680 ;  Lichfield  and  Coventry,  1692  ; 
Worcester,  1699.  Died  17 17,  ninety-one  years  of  age,  at  Hartlebury 
Castle  ;  buried  at  Fladbury,  near  Evesham  ;  his  son  rector  there. 


Page  313.  Henry  Bridgeman,  third  son  of  (Bishop)  John  Bridgeman, 
was  born  at  Peterborough,  in  the  residentiary  house  of  his  father,  then 
first  prebendary  of  that  church,  and  there  baptized,  at  the  consecration 
of  the  new  font  in  the  nave  of  the  cathedral,  A.D.  1615.  He  was 
admitted  to  Oriel  College,  Oxford,  1629  ;  B.A.,  October  20,  1632  ; 
M.A.,  16  June,  1635  5  Fellow  of  Brasenose,  December  6,  1633-39; 
Rector  of  Barrow,  county  Chester,  December  16,  1639  (sequestered 
1643),  ^nd  of  JNIonk's  Bangor,  January  9,  1640  [sequestered  1646]; 
chaplain  to  the  seventh  Earl  of  Derby  (the  martyr);  Archdeacon  of 
Richmond,  May  20,  1648  (resigned  1660)  ;  petitions  House  of  Lords 
for  the  restoration  of  the  rectories  of  Bangor  and  Barrow,  June  23, 1660; 
Dean  of  Chester,  July  13,  1660  ;  D.D.,  August,  1660  ;  and  Prebendary 
of  Hillington  in  the  Church  of  York,  September  20,  1660.  He  also 
held  the  sinecure  of  Llanwrst.  Consecrated  Bishop  of  Sodor  and 
Man  (with  leave  to  hold  his  deanery)  on  Sunday,  October  i,  1671. 
He  and  Bishop  Isaac  Barrow,  of  St.  Asaph,  founded  a  school  in  the 
Isle  of  ]\Ian,  endowing  it  with  ^60  per  annum,  circa  1670.  He  gave  a 
Communion  cup  to  the  Church  of  St.  German,  Peel,  Isle  of  Man,  and 


APPENDIX.  395 

a  paten  on  which  were  his  arms — ten  balls,  a  lion  passant  in  chief. 
"  A  careless  person  called  Dr.  Hen.  Bridgeman  "  (Anthony  ti  Wood, 
iii.  38).  The  Chancellor's  letters  (1660)  say  that  "  He  had  done  good 
service  to  the  king." 

He  married  =  (i)  Kntherine,  daughter  =  (2)  Margaret, 

I  of  William  Laver,  remarried  1687 

I  of  Kersal  Lane,  to  Mr.  John  Allen, 

j  living  1665. 


three  daughters,  one  of  whom 
married  Thomas  Green. 
See  Adam  Martindale's  Life, 
p.  194. 

"  By  an  order  of  the  Committee  of  Plundered  Ministers,  22  July, 
1646,  Katherine,  wife  of  Hen.  Bridgman,  was  appointed  to  have  fifths 
of  Bangor  Rectory." — Baker  MSS.,  Cambridge  University  Library. 

He  died  May  15  (or  18),  1682,  and  was  buried  in  Chester  Cathedral. 


Page  273.  "  Robert  Fogg  admitted  to  the  Rectory  of  Eccleston, 
Lancashire,  on  the  presentation  of  the  king,  October  26,  1627."  As 
Robert  Fogg  was  born  circa  1596,  query  whether  the  above  is  not  the 
same  person. 

Robert  Fogg,  Rector  of  Hoole,  Lancashire,  paid  his  first-fruits, 
October  21,  1641  (a  successor,  Samuel  Jones,  appointed  1647). 

Fogg  was  at  Bolton,  Lancashire,  when  Prince  Rupert  took  it.  The 
prince  "  had  a  particular  aim  at  him  "  (Calamy). 

July  I,  1646,  he  was  presented  to  Bangor  Is-y-coed  (sequestered 
from  Dr.  Henry  Bridgeman)  by  the  Committee  for  Plundered  Ministers. 

From  Philip  Henr3''s  diarj'  for  March  5,  1661,  it  appears  as  if  he 
stood  to  Dr.  Bridgeman  in  the  position  of  chaplain  at  Bangor.  See 
also  the  finding  of  the  Jury,  on  page  27. 

Fogg's  second  wife  proved  a  Papist,  and  her  sons  were  in  the  king's 
army.  After  resigning  Bangor  in  i66r,  "he  lived  in  the  vicinity  of 
Nantwich,  and  went  constantly  to  church  at  Nantwich  or  Acton,  and 
preached  after  sermon  on  the  Lord's  day,  and  also  on  week  days. 
In  the  latter  part  of  his  time  he  lived  alone ;  and  kept  his  coffin  by 
him." 


INDEX. 


Abbot,  Archbishop,  219 
Absalom's,  Mr.,  house,  106 
Acton,  186,  262,  273, 395 

Sir  Edward,  301 

Addavellyn,  351 

Adams,  Aunt,  81  ;  death  of,  116 

Mr.,  of  Penley,  95,  97 

Mr.  John,  of  Northwood,   135, 

142,  225 
Mr.  John,  of  London  and  Wem 

and  Iscoyd  Hall,  124 

Mr.   (Walter),  of  Iscoyd  Hall, 

124,  128,  129,   130,  137,   144,  153, 
164,  225,  226,  229,  230 

Mr.  John,  of  Iscoyd  Hall,   124, 

229 

Mr.,  310 

Albemarle,    George,   first   Duke    of, 

221,  226 
Christopher,    second    Duke   of, 

221 
Aldersey,  John,  25 

Mr.  Humphry,  243,  249,  255 

Mrs.,  294,  316 

^Ir.,  344 

Alghtree,  135 

Alkinton,   255,    256,    261,   263,    298, 

309>  3ii»  323 

wood,  265 

Altar-rails,  179 

Ambrose  prima,  67 

Ammersam,  48 

Andrew's,     St.,    in     Holborn,    232, 

284 


Anglesey,  Earl  of.  Lord  Pri\7  Seal, 

II,  297 
Ann,  Sister,  226,  311,  388 
Annesley,  George,  11 
Annotated  Book  of  Common  Prayer, 

94 
Annus  Mirabilis,  loi,  105 
Ansley,  Dr.,  242,  243 
Anstice,  Mr.  W.  R.,  334 
Appleby  Castle,  13 
Aqua  Mirabilis,  340 
Arcal,  315 

Arguments  good  against  sin,  161 
Argyll,  Marquis  of,  beheaded,  89 
Arians  in  Poland,  178 
Arlington,  Lord,  251 
Armour,  190 
Arundel,  Earl  of,  295 
Asaph,  St.,  Isaac,  Bishop  of,  290,  291 
William,  Bishop   of,  299,    305, 

309,  311,  321,  336,  394 
Ash,  79,  86,  99,  119,  127,  130,   136, 

148,  153,  167,  182,  185,  217,  227, 
264,  279,  280 
Ashborn,  Mr.,  minister  of  Norton,  106 
Ashes,  the  (Bettisfield),  319 
Ashover  (Derbyshire),  105 
Ashton,  Cosin,  143 

Sir  Ralph,  273 

Mr.,  of  Woolton,  3S3 

Aston,  374 

,  Mr.,  minister  of  Atcham,  244 

Aulam,  186,  (Audlem)  317 
Aulton  (Hants),  104 
Austria,  159 
Ayler,  Mr.,  183 

2    D 


398 


INDEX. 


B 


Bache,  Miss,  of  Great  Malvern,  334 
Baddeley,  224 

Bagshawe's,  Mr.,  papers,  lOl 
Batley,  Mr.,  251 

Old,  279 

Baker,  Mrs. ,  of  Sweeney,  322 
Ball,  Mr.,  366 
Baldwin,  Dr.,  78 

Serjeant,  237 

"  Bampton  Lectures,"  155,  156 
Bancornbury,  21 
Bangor  bridge,  17 

College  of,  2 

Deanery,  22 

■ ■  Is-y-coed,  21,  52,  54,  56,  59,  79, 

99,  145,  273>  395 

Monachorum,  313 

Banister,  one,  273 
Baptists,  secession  of,  155 
Barbour,  Captain,  58  ;  death  of,  75 

Captain  Gerard,  288 

John,  171 

Barlow  against  Baxter,  169 
Barnett,  Mr.,  274 

Mr.  Joseph,  289 

Mr.  Josh.,  304 

Barnston,  Mr.,  of  Churton,  86 

Barri,  Giraldus  de,  vi. 

Barrow,  Bishop  of  St.  Asaph,  290 

Dr.  Isaac,  291 

Barthomley,  303 
Barton,  Owen,  25,  126 

Captain,  219 

Baschurch,  175 

Basnet,  Richard,  25 

Bastwick,  Mr.,  183 

Bateman,  Mr.,  253 

Bates,  Dr.,  183 

Battersey,  9 

Baxter,  Mr.,  268,  277,  291,  354 

Richard,   371  ;   death  of,   374; 

portrait  of,  374 
Beake,  Mr.,  of  Tamworth,  53 
Beal,  Mr.,  268 
Beard,  John,  232 
Beaufort,  first  Duke  of,  1 57,  304 
Beaumaris,  354 
Beddow,  231,  285 
Bede,  202 

Bedingfield,  Chief  Justice,  355 
Bee,  Mr.,  253 
Beever,  Mr.  J,  F.,  of  Beaumaris,  115 


Bell  tolling  of  its  own  accord,  105 
Benet,  Cosin,  146,  148,  262 

Cosin  Jane,   151 

William,  304 

Captain,  107 

Benson,  a  Jesuit,  134 

Bentley,  Mr.,  350 

Benyon,  Sarah,  71 

Uncle,  79,  81,  83,  130,  143,  153, 

201,  217 

Aunt,  136,  160 

Cosin  Dan,  139,  146,  172,  242, 

244,  266,  267,  306,  317 

Cosin  Ellen,  272,  339 

Robert,    146  ;    excommunicate, 

232,  263 

William,  of  Whicksal,  301 

Berisford,  Mr.,  of  Derby,  264 
Berkeley,  Lord  Deputy,  236 
Bernard,  Dr.,  of  Whitchurch,  death 

of,  97  ;  burial,  99 
Berry,  Mr.,  301 
Betley,  209 
Bettisfield,  237 
Bevan,  Mr.,  37,  38 
Bicentenaiy,  156 
Bick(erton),  200 
Bickley,  Robert,  187,  197 
Billings'  legacy,  197 
Bingham's   "  Christian    Antiquities," 

127,  178,  179,  246 
Binney,  Mr.,  34,  136 
Birch,  Mr.,  350 
Bishop's  Castle,  105 
Bishopsgate  Without,  290 
Blacka,  270 
Blakeway's  "Salop,"  138 

"  Sheriffs  of  Salop,"  214 

Bleddyn  ap  Cynfyn,  88 
Bloud,  one,  237 
Bloxam,  Mr.  M.,  289 
Bludworth,  Sir  Thomas,  233 
Bold,  Mr.,  97,  181,  183 

Mr.,  of  Dorset,  319 

BoUand,  Mr.,  of  Chester,  365 

Bonner,  Mr.,  9 

Bonniman,  Mr.,  84,  85 

Booth,  Mr.,    curate   of  Whitchurch, 

139,  141,  168 

M.P.  for  Chester,  29S 

Sir  George,  68 

Boreatton,   201,  223,   230,  250,  257, 

260,  292,  316,  356,  360,  364,  375 
Bosier,  Robert,  291,  292,  293 


INDEX. 


399 


Bostock,  :Mr.  (George,  of  Holt),  157, 

159 
Bourn,  104 

Bowers,  Mr.,  132,  133 
Bowing  at  name  of  Jesus,  300 
Bowk,  139 

■  staves,  164 

Bowles,  Mr.,  106 

Boyle,  Richard,  174 

Bradenheath,  234,  299,  319 

Bradley,  Mr.,  of  Nesse,  38 

Bradshaw,  Justice,  58 

Brainford,  49 

Bramhall's,  Archbishop,  Works,  134 

Brangwyn,  274 

Braose,  William  de,  vi. 

Brayne,  General,  137 

Cosin,  117,  323 

Brentwood  in  Essex,  104 
Brereton  of  Malpas.  124,  194 

(Bruerton),  Lord,  82,  125,  239 

Sir  Thomas,  271,  272,  273 

Lady  Alice,  272 

Sir  Randle,  272 

Dr.,  315 

Old  Mrs.,  of  Bella  Hill,  345 

Breton  Castle,  391 

Brett,  Mr.  James,  of  Hoby,  223 

Brexins,  22,  (Broxton)  125 

Bridge,  Mr.,   95,  99,  116,   126,   138, 

143,  144,  151,  316 
Mr.,  jun.,   132,   138,    142,   144, 

145.  150 

Mr.  William,  of  Yarmouth,  236 

Bridgeman,  Bishop  John,  22,  124,  194 

394 

Mr.  PIenr>',  27 

Dean,  77,  78 

Dr.,  74,  79,  88,  90,  92,  95,  97, 

102,  146,  313 

Bishop,  394 

Sir  Orlando,  72,  124,  1S3,   194, 

204 
Bristol,  Earl  of,  142,  213 
Britannia,  39 
Briton  Ferry,  i,  2 
Broad  Oak,  2,  70,  71,  73,  75,  81,  83, 

122, 176,202,204,227,294,340,371 
Broghil,  Lady  (and  my  Lord),  175,216 
Bromborough,  358 
Bromley,  Mrs.  Ellen,  319 
Bromwicham,  240 
Bronchal,  Mrs.,  256 
Bronington,  88,  89,  94,  96,  115,  117, 


iiS,  147,  16S,  182,  1S4,  200,  234, 

245,  271,  324,  343,  372 
Brooke,  Lord,  106 
Brookes,  Mr.,  183,  314 

one,  288 

Brough  Castle,  13 

Brougham  Castle,  13 

Broughton,  76,  81,  83,  90,  loi,  306 

family,  1 7 

John,  25,  112 

Mr.  Thomas,  97 

Mr.,  141,  304 

House,  320 

Brown,  Mr.,  78 

Bruce,  Mr.,  75 

Bruen,  old  Mr.,  of  Stapleford,  167 

Mr.  Tilston,  306 

Bninett,  306,  316 

Bryan,  Mr.  Richard,  12 

Bryn,   100,    13S,    147,   176,  256,  263, 

269,  343.  374 
Bryn  Kinalt,  394 
Bryn-rynnen,  264 
Buccleugh,  Duke  of,  289 
Buck  killing,  240 
Buckhurst,  Lord,  158 

Lady,  137 

Buckingham,  Mrs.,  293 

Duke  of,  274 

Buckley,  ^Ir.,  249 

Bull,  Mr.,  242 

Bunbury,  322 

Bunnel,  Mrs.,  of  Croydon,  271 

Bunting,  Mr.,  212 

Burghall,  Mr.,  138 

Burghess,  Mr.,  242 

Burke's  "Extinct  Baronetage,"  221 

Burn's  "  History  of  Parish  Registers," 

305 
Burnet's  "Own  Time,"  159,  202,  213, 

223,  248,  278,  280,  281,  295,  297, 

300,  301,  312,  323,  336 
Burrel,  Dr.,  Chancellor,  259 
Burroughes,  Uncle,  95,  129 

Roger's  wife,  148 

Burwardeston,  123 
Bury,  Mr.  Edward,  289 
Busby,  Mr.  Richard,  9 

Dr.,  211,  328,  382 

Butler,  Cosin,  146 

Button,  Mr.,  12,  37 

Byckley,  Robert,  64,  78,  149,  151 

Thomas,  200 

Byrom,  Mr.,  323 


400 


INDEX. 


Caddington,  104 
Calamy,  156,  201 
Caldecott,  John,  216 
Calvin,  259,  369 
Calvin's  "  Institutes,"  14 
Cambridge,  11,  303,  305 

Duke  of,  200 

Campion,  Mr.,  lOO 

Canterbuiy,  105 

Captive  slaves,  relief  of,  294 

Carnarvon,  193 

Carrick,  John,  11 

Case,  Mr.  Thomas,  9 

Catechizing,  306 

Cateral,  Mr.,  204,  (Catheral)  Master 

of  Hanmer  School,  312,  314 
Catharine,  Queen,  157 
Cawdrey,  Mr.  Zechariah,  303 
Cay,  Cosin,  116 
Cecil,  Mr.,  257 
Chad,  St.,  154,  202     . 
Chamberlayn,    Richard,  of  Drayton, 

126 
Chambers,  Cosin  Eddow,  88 

•  Mr.,  340 

Chancellor,  y",  142,  159 
Chandler,  11 
Charles,  Prince,  5 

I.,  King,  letters  of,  6,  12,  21 1 

II.,  (coronation  of)  84  :  200,  227, 

22S,  243,  251  ;  religion  of,  159 
Charlton,  Judge,  191 

Sir  Job,  269,  279,  351 

Charnock,  Mr.,  of  New  College,  15 
Charta,  Magna,  234 
Chelsea,  72  ;  (Chelsey)  Little,  186 
Chester,  79,  83,  85,  86,  88,   90,  95, 

102,  157,  254;  assize,  318;  castle, 

325>  339,  340 
Chesterfield,  104 
Cheswardine,  306 
Chetwood,  Mr.,  251 
Chetwynde,  Philip  de,  393 
Chichester  burgesses,  297 
Chimney  money,  134,  149 
Chirk,  117,  323 
Chiswick,  104 
Cholmeley,  Lady,  buried,  56 

Mr.    Thomas,   of  Vale  Royal, 

223 

the  Lord,  269,  299,  307 


Cholmeley,  the  young  Lord,  311 

Cholmondeley  family,  124 

Christ  Church  chapel,  46 

Chiysostom,  St.,  177 

Church  of  Christ,  government  of,  184 

Church,  Mr.,  183,  313 

Mrs.  Deborah,  304 

Churton,  201 

Citation,  170 

City  preachers,  243 

Clarendon,  Earl  of,  203 

Clarendon's  "  History  of  Rebellion," 

7,  II,  105,  220,  243,  244 
Clarges,  Ann,  221 

Sir  Walter,  221 

"Clergymen  ejected  by  thousands," 

156 

Clive,  Mr.,  267 

Sheriff,  268 

Club-footed  Philosopher,  350 

Cockshute,  43,  186,  244,  250 

Coffin  without  (a)  burial,  305 

Cole,  Mr.,  186 

of  Christ  Church,  272 

Coleman,  134 

a  Jesuit,  276 

Colique,  remedy  for,  66 

Colley,  Dr.  Davies,  107 

Comet,  295 

Commission,  Ecclesiastical,  Crom- 
well's, for  English  Maelor,  25,  26, 
27,  125 

Commonwealth,  156 

Communion,  Easter,  134  ;  kneeling 
at,  178 

Conant,  Dr.,  183 

Conformity  and  Conventicles  Act, 
158  ;  another,  212 

Conigsmark,  312 

Coo  Lane  Estate,  267 

Cook,  Mr.,  102,  106,  143,  157,  213, 

304 
Corbet,  Robert,  229 
Thomas,   of  Stanwardine,  229, 

240 

Mr.,  349 

Corker,  279,  283 

Cornavii,  21 

Cornish,  Mr.,  12,  37 

Corpus   Christi  College,  Cambridge, 

371 
Cosins,  Bishop,  (Works)  94  :  220 
Cotton,  Sir  Robert,  298 
Countess's  Pillar,  13 


INDEX. 


401 


Covenant,  burned,  104  ;  that  wicked, 

183 

Coventry,  (Trinity  Steeple)  1S2  :  240, 

254 

Sir  John,  235 

Cox,  ]\Ir.,  256 

Cracroft,  Mr.,  of  Magdalen,  15 

Cranfield,  Lionel,  214 

Crewe,  ^Ir.  John,  of  Utkinton,  227 

Crook,  Dr.,  48 

Crop,  created,  155 

Cross,  Mr.,  of  Lutterworth,  257 

Crowhurst,  295 

Croxton,  25,  297,  307 

House,  308 

Susan,  148,  308 

Cumberland,       Margaret,     Countess 

Dowager  of,  13 
Cumins,  Mr.,  181 
Cunedda  Wledig,  123,  306 
Cup,  silver,  Philip  Henry's,  292 
Curteis'  "  Bampton  Lectures,"    155, 

156 


D 


Danby,  Earl  of,  276,  278,  282 

Dangerfeild,  Mr.,  280 

Darrack,  Cosin,  240 

Dartmouth,  Lord,  313;  Lieutenant  of 

Tower,  320 
Daughters,  married,  331 ;  in  law,  332, 

385 
Daventry,  241 

David,  WiUiam,  of  Myford,  335 
Davis,  Mr. ,  of  Wrexham,  1 39 
late  of  Jesus  College,   Oxford, 

240 

Ann,  of  Worthenbury,  290 

Daxton,   Mr.,  of  Brasenose   College, 

153,  164,  167,  180 
Deane's  House  (Chester),  102 
Deaves,  Mr.  Richard,  297 
Deerfold,  252,  262 
Delamere,  Lord,  68,  351,  363 
Delaval,  Mr.,  263 
Delawn's,  Mr.,  house,  127 
Delves,  Sir  Henry,  224 
Denbigh,  193,  274,  279 
Derby,  Earl  of,  345 
Devil,  y*  angry,  246 
Devizes,  105 
Dickens,  Mr.,  of  Morton  Say,  38 


Dickins,  Mr.  John,  of  Twitnam,  15 

Sister,  117 

Digby,  159,  213 

Digitus  Dei,  157,  171 

Dimon,  Mr.,  a  Londoner,  107 

Dionysius  of  Alexandria,  177 

Dioscordium,  315 

Dod,  Mr.  William,  of  Bletchley,  267 

Dodington,  195 

Dodwell,  Mrs.,  309 

Doelittle,  Mr.,  243,  292,  334 

Dolben,  Canon  of  Christ  Church,  218 

Mr.,  249 

Domesday  Book,  21,  123 

Done,  Mrs.  Jane,  of  Torperley,  131 

Dorset,  sixth  Earl  of,  158 

Dover,  227 

Drayton,  (fire  at)  199,  249,  256,  262, 

278 
Drovers,  147 
Dublyn,  252 
Dudleston,   117,  201,    (Dodleston  in 

Cheshire)  320 
Durandus,  178 
Dutch,  war  proclaimed  against,  172  ; 

victory  over,  174;  loan  for  war,  190; 

peace  with,    196;   Dutch  triumph, 

201  ;  peace,  203  ;  bloody  fight  with, 

252  ;  success  of  French  against,  252 
Dyches,  253,  256 
Dyer,  Mary,  38S 
Dyffryn  Clwyd,  157 
Dymock,  Humphrey,  of  Willington, 

Esq.,  208 
Mr. ,  284,  294 


Eastwick,  David,  death  of,  283 
Eastwick's  Tenement,  124,  269 
Eaton,  166,  (boat)  197 
Eddow,  Mr.,  72,  74 

Jo.,  126 

Deborah,  129,  139 

Jane,  138,  182 

Woodroff,  153 

John,  249 

Ralph,  158,  227,  231 

Richard,  Lieutenant,  175 

Randle,  192 

Sarah,  227 

Coz.,  381 

Edgehill,  243 


402 


.INDEX. 


Edgeley,  Mr. ,  2S0 

Edstaston  Church,  76,  323 

Edward  I.,  123,  305 

III.,  123 

Edwardes,  Sir  Herbert,  C.B.,  118 

Edwards,  "  Uncle,"  79,  91,  loi,  115, 
117 

Mr.  Samuel,  140,  141,  253 

Mr.  Jonathan,  of  Jesus  College, 

Oxford,  203 

Mr.,  schoolmaster,  of  "Whit- 
church, 198 

Sir  Thomas,  234 

Mr.,  of  Oswestry,  290 

Mr.,  Comissary,  305 

Mrs.  Catherine,  of  Chirk,  306 

Sir  John,  of  Mach3'nlleth,  iiS 

Edwin,  Earl,  123 

Egerton,  Sir  Richard,  of  Ridley,  124 

Richard,  Esq.,  194 

Sir  Philip,  223,  298,  318 

Egton,  Mr.  Henry,  93 

Electio,  353 

Elf  river,  122 

Elizabeth,  Queen,  124,  155 

Elliot,  Uncle,  death  of,  92 

Ellis,  i\lr.  Andrew,  of  Hanmer,  25 

Mr.  Andrew,  of  the  Wern,  230 

Mr.  Tobias,  265 

Sister,  2S3,  284.    See  Katharine 

Henry 

Elsmere,  17,  (church)  35,  131,  169, 
225 

Emral,  viii.,  2,  1 5,  45,  47,  51,  68, 
(chappel)  82,  84,  96,  126,  127, 
159,  236,  275,  306,  319,  393 

Enfield,  18,  314 

Essex,  156 

Evans,  Mrs.  Joan,  died,  58 

Evelyn's  Diary,  13,  71,  loi,  105, 
130,  197,  205,  220,  221,  226,  239, 
275,  281,  293,  295,  299,  311,  323, 
336 

Excommunicated,  166,  177,  232 

Exeter,  105  ;  Countess  of,  241 

Exhibition,  Whitchurch,  392 

Eyton,  117 

Mrs.,  45 

■  Mr.,  215 

Major,  172 

Mr.,  of  Leeswood,  190 


Falmouth,  Earl  of,  174 

Fanatiques,  223 

Farrar,  William,  140,  224 

Fast  for  Dutch  war,  250 

Fel,  Dr.  Samuel,  12 

Felton,  305 

Fenns,  82 

Fens  Moss,  305 

Feoffees  of  Whitchurch  School,  140, 

165 

Fern,  Dr.,  102 

Figes,  Mrs.,  136,  151,  246 

Finch,  Lord  Keeper,  death  of,  319 

Finmore,  Mr.  Wil.,  12 

Fire  in  Thames  Street,  243 

Fisher,  Bishop,  368 

Fitz-harris,  300 

Fitz-hugh,  Robert,  Baron  of  Malpas, 
123 

Fletcher  of  Madeley,  i 

Flint  Assize,  215,  321,  324 

Fodder,  scarcity  of,  262 

Fogg,  Mr.,  19,  (Robert)  27,  38,  57, 
72>  77,  79  ;  solicited  to  leave 
Bangor,  ZZ,  169 ;  kept  his  coffin 
beside  him,  395  ;  death  of,  273,  313 

Mr.  Orlando,  37,  65 ;  re-ordained, 

78,  81,  82,  84,  143,  237 

Mrs.,  of  Hawarden,  79,  237 

Mr.  Lawrence,  169,  254 

Foley,  Mr.  Philip,  231,  243 

Mr.,  292 

Madam,  314 

Mr.  Tho.,  314 

Ford,  Dr.,  of  Swinford,  314 

"Foxes  and  Firebrands,"  134 

France,  war  with,  273 

French,  96 

Fuller's  works,  134 


Galloway,  212 

Gardiner,  Dr.  Rich.,  12 

Garrisons,  five  to  be  dismantled,  282 

Gauden,  156 

Gerard,  Sir  Gilb.,  283 

George,  the  (Whitchurch,  Salop),  245 

Germany,  159 

Ghent,  Van,  252 


JNDEX. 


403 


Giles,  St.,  277 
Giovanni,  157 
Glendall,  Mr.,  59,  106 
Golbom,  Mr.,  \oo,  102,  129,  143 

Mrs.,  151 

Goodwin,  Mr.,  of  Bolton,  255 
Gorge,  Mr.,  of  St.  John's,  15 
Gough,  Matthew,  88 
Gower,  Mr.  Leveson,  29S 
Grandchildren,  twenty-four,  332 
Graye,  Sister,  30 

■ Mr.  Henry,  314 

Gray's  Inn,  336,  341,  352 
Gredington,  261 
Green,  Mr.,  143,  23S,  246,  273 
Greg,  Mr.  Edward,  364 
Gresford,  41,  51,  58,  165,  225 
Griffith,  Richard,  98 

John,  99,  (of  Addavellyn)  351 

Dr.  (Bishop),  153 

Grimes,   I\Ir.,  243 ;  alias  Chambers, 

252 
Grinsel,  207 
Grosvenor,  Mr.  Roger,  104 

Sir  Richard,  166 

Guthry,  Mr.,  death  of,  89 
Gwernhaeled,  135 
Gwillington,  393 
Gwin,  Nel,  236 

H 

Habertus,  177 

Hacket,  Dr.  and  Bishop,  232 

Sir  Andrew,  306 

Haggar,  an  Anabaptist,  35 

Hague,  the,  226 

Halifax,  Earl  of,  295,  301 

Hall,  Mr.,  of  Newcastle,  38 

Hallingham,  one,  134 

Halston,  218 

Hamilton's  invasion,  165 

Hammond,  Dr,  Henry,   11,   12,   169 

Mr.,  131 

Hampden,  Mr.,  230 

Mr.  Ric,  235 

Hampton,  291,  (post)  310,  360 

Hanmer,  17,  23,  45,  51,  55,  82,  83, 
148,  167,  (parish)  187,  190,  195, 
201,  230,  339,  359,  383  ;  church, 
216,  374  ;  pulpit,  375  ;  school,  249, 
255  ;  poor  of,  280  ;  hall,  312,  318  ; 
churchyard,  213 

Sir  Thomas,  72,  82,  88,  95,  98, 


149,  150,  152,  175,   180,  187,  196, 

197,    198,   (Knight  of   Shire)  217, 

228,  243,  254,  273,  275 
Hanmer,  Sir  John,  98,  148,  175,  261, 

298 
Mr.  Joseph,    38,  94,   95,    125, 

126,  260 
Mr.  Sam.,  of  Christ  Church,  75, 

244 
Mr.  William,  of  Fens,  147,   149, 

175,  187  ;  death  of,  215 
Mr.  Thomas,  of  Fens,  130,  236, 

244,  270,  279,  301,  344 
Jane,  Mrs.,  of  P'ens,  death  of, 

286 
Thomas  (second  son  of  Thomas, 

of  Fens),  death  of,  313 
Mr.  John,  of  Fens,  death  of, 

323 
Mr.  William,  of  Bettisfield,  301, 

345 

Mr.  Roger,  261 

Harcourt,  one,  a  popish  priest,  276 
Hardware,    Samuel,   Esq.,    of  Brom- 

borough,  332 

Mr.  John,  347 

Mr.,  35^>358,  385 

Hardwick,  267 

Harley,  Sir  Robt.,  265 

Harries,  Sir  Thomas,  213 

Harthill,  125 

Har\-est,  early,  190 

Hassal,  Mrs.,  100,  147 

Hathorns,  to  propagate,  203 

Hawarden,  82,  143 

Hawes,  Dr.,  293 

Hawkins,  Chaplain  of  Tower,  300 

Hayward,  Mr.  William,  238 

Heanes,  Mr.,  of  Salop,  290 

Hearn,  Mr.,  292 

Hearth-money,  283 

Heath,  Mr.,  of  Julians,  Salop,  death 

of,  188 

Mr.  William,  death  of,  231 

Hefferstone  Grange,  386 
Heneage,  Captain,  127 
Hen-grwys,  122 

Henrick,  Mrs.  Dorothy,  burial  of,  5 
Henrietta  of  England,  227 
Henry,  Ann  (sister),  8,  214,  388 

Ann  (daughter),  255,  385,  386 

Eleanor,  203,  303,  306,  385,  386 

John,  Mr.,  2  ;  birth,  4  ;  respect 

for  the  king,  6 ;  petition,  6 ;  Lord 


404 


INDEX. 


Chamberlain  of  king's  household, 

8 ;  marriage,  8  ;  death,  6,  14 
Henry,  John  (of  Worthenbury),  (birth 

and  baptism)  85,   90,    16S,  (school) 

172,    183,    193,    195,   (death)    198, 

203,  3S5 
Katharine,      Mrs.     (Matthews), 

386 

Kath.  (Hardware),  358,  385 

Kath.  (daughter),  177,  385,  (Mrs. 

Tylston)  386 
Kath.  (sister),  238,  243,  265.  See 

Ellis 
Matthew,  2,  (birth  and  baptism) 

118,  140,  141,   145,   153,   176,  216, 

256,  264,  291,  301,  311,  322,  336, 

341, 358, 375.  n^,  381, 385, 3S7 

Philip,  his  ancestry,    I  ;  record 

of  baptism  lost,  5  ;  birth,  8  ;  bap- 
tism and  sponsors,  9  ;  admission  to 
Westminster  school,  9 ;  accident 
there,  10 ;  severities  of,  10 ;  his 
conversion,  lo  ;  admission  to  Christ 
Church,  Oxford,  11  ;  witnessed 
the  execution  of  Charles  I.,  12; 
took  his  B.A.,  13 ;  preached  at 
St.  Hinksey,  14 ;  took  office  of 
Junior  of  y"=  Act,  14,  15  ;  came  to 
Emral,  15  ;  performed  the  office  of 
Magister  Replicans  at  Oxford,  15  ; 
writes  for  the  Oxford  'E\aio(popLa, 
20 ;  examined  by  the  Presbytery 
for  ordination,  34 ;  ordained  at 
Prees,  58 ;  married  at  Whitewell 
Chapel  to  Katherine  Matthews,  of 
Broad  Oak,  70 ;  presented  at  Flint 
Assizes  for  not  reading  Common 
Prayer,  72  ;  and  at  Hawarden,  82  ; 
Hanmer  meeting  stopped,  82;  birth 
of  first  child,  85  ;  advised  to  con- 
form, 90 ;  thirty  years  old,  thinks 
conformity  wrong,  93  ;  objects  to 
funeral  customs,  94  ;  burial  during 
service,  98;  discharged  from  Wor- 
thenbury, 98  ;  urged  to  make  ad- 
dresses at  Court,  99  ;  succeeded  by 
Mr.  R.  Hilton,  99  ;  much  opposi- 
tion at  Wem,  loO  ;  as  to  late  war 
and  covenant,  102;  hymnos  antelu- 
canos,  102;  cross  in  baptism,  102  ; 
correspondence  with  Dr.  Bridge- 
man  and  Mr.  Puleston,  107-115; 
birth  of  second  son,  118;  surrender 
of  Judge  Puleston's  deed  by  which 


the  house  at  Worthenbuiy  was  as- 
signed to  him,  121  ;  the  exercise  of 
hospitality  at  Broad  Oak,  which 
was  now  his  home,  122;  attendance 
atWhitewal  Chappie,  127;  the  two 
extreames,  132  ;  grieved  to  be  absent 
from  Lord's  Supper,  134  ;  imprison- 
ment at  Hanmer,  148  ;  selling  corn 
in  market,  149  ;  threatened  with 
the  constableship  of  Tybroughton, 
150  ;  objects  to  services  in  Lent, 
167  ;  sub-collector  of  tax  for  royal 
aid  for  Flintshire,  171  ;  rumours 
of  plots,  173  ;  imprisoned  at 
Hanmer,  175 ;  9500  paces  from 
Broad  Oak  to  Sam  Bridge,  181  ; 
summoned  to  Hanmer  to  sub- 
scribe to  the  loan  for  Dutch 
war,  190  ;  removed  to  Whitchurch, 

194  ;     death      of     father  -  in  -  law, 

195  ;  death  of  son  John,  198  ;  re- 
turned to  Broad  Oak,  202 ;  dis- 
charge of  trusteeship,  208 ;  con- 
versation with  Dr.  Busby,  21 1  ;  the 
new  Act  of  restraint,  226  ;  at  Stan- 
wardine,  240;  fast  day  at  Countess 
of  Exeter's,  241 ;  good  done  because 
the  devil  angry,  246 ;  king's  declara- 
tion of  indulgence  to  all  Noncon- 
formists, protestant  and  papist, 
249  ;  license  to  preach,  251  ;  dis- 
claims any  wish  to  cause  divisions, 
264  ;  buys  Iscoyd  Green  farm,  269; 
a  substitute  provided  as  high  con- 
stable of  Maylors,  279  ;  at  Willing- 
ton  Hall,  28S  ;  his  silver  cup,  292  ; 
preaching  at  Weston  beyond  Prees, 
and  interrupted  by  Justices,  299  ; 
distrained  upon,  301,  307;  discourse 
with  Bishop  Lloyd  at  Oswestry, 
309  ;  at  Chester,  311  ;  at  Madam 
Foley's,  314  ;  at  Mr.  Henry  Grey's, 
314  ;  wife  ill  of  ague,  315  ;  brought 
Worthenbury  cup  and  patten  to 
Lady  Trevor  of  Emral,  320  ; 
gave  Math.  Henry  30s.  tow.  his 
watch,  322  ;  Judge  Jeffries'  opinion 
of  the  late  distraint,  324 ;  and 
opinion  of  Philip  Henry,  324;  Duke 
of  Monmouth's  descent,  325  ;  indul- 
gence to  Nonconformists,  326  ;  Mr. 
Henry  nominated  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  327  ;  Riley's  picture  of  Dr. 
Busby  and  him,  328  ;  continues  at- 


INDEX, 


405 


tendance  at  Whitewell  till  1679, 
328  ;  Prince  of  Orange's  landing, 
328 ;  Philip  Henry  preaches  regu- 
larly at  Broad  Oak  and  elsewhere, 
329 ;  his  children  married,  330 ; 
prevailed  on  to  receive  the  sons  of 
other  people,  332  ;  Lord  Paget, 
334  ;  correspondence  with  Matthew 
Henry,  334,  etc.  ;  imprisoned  in 
Chester  Castle  (in  July,  16S5),  339  ; 
lines  to  a  newly  married  pair,  359  ; 
as  to  a  set  form  of  prayer,  366 ;  as 
to  the  oath  of  supremacy,  367  ; 
specimen  of  sermons,  371  ;  friends 
who  died  shortly  before  him,  374 ; 
his  last  days,  376-378  ;  death,  379  ; 
epitaph,  380;  burial,  381  ;  portrait 
of,  383  ;  list  of  descendants,  383 ; 
his  family,  385 ;  his  will,  387 ; 
works  published,  after  his  death, 
by  others,  390  ;  Henry  and  Mat- 
thews' deeds,  391  ;  relics,  392. 

Henry,  (sister)  Sarah,  68,  1 15,  137, 
199,  254,  297 

IV.  of  France,  235,  257 

Vni.  of  England,  367 

Hensworth  (Herts),  104 

Henvayes,  269,  311 

Herbert,  Mr.  George,  vi.,  209,  345 

Heriot,  206,  345 

Herrick,  Ann,  baptism  of,  5 

Katherine,  baptism  of,  5 

Herl,  Mr.,  9 

Hertford  College,  Oxford,  139 

Heth,  Thomas,  133 

Heyborn,  Mr.,  9 

Heylin,  Dr.,  parson  of  ^^^^itchurch, 

117,  134 
Heywood,  Oliver,  80,  134,  139 
Hide,  Edward,  203  ;  Lord  Treasurer, 

320 

Ann,  237 

Hil,  Mr.,  9 

Hill,  Justice,  227 

Hilton,  Mr.    Richard,  99,   100,    lOl, 

129,  130,  150,   171,   176,   191,  192, 

195.  197.  206,  208,  246,  248,  261 
Hincks,  Arthur,  129,  244 
Hinckscy,  South,  14 
Hoathley,  East,  295 
Hobsen's,  Cos.,  token,  349 
Hockley,  243 
Hodges,  Dr.  Nath.,  242 
Dean,  243 


Hod  net,  303 
Hogarth,  3S2 
Holborn,  284 
Holland,  349 
Mr.,   of  Malpas,  118,  125,  126, 

133,  138,  147,  170,  273;  Mr.  H.'s 

son,  323 
Holliman,  John,  24,  65,  79,  83,  loi, 

(clerk  to  Judge  Puleston)  112,  131, 

149 

Mr.,  170 

Holliwell,  192 

Holmes,  CaiDtain,  165 

Holt,  17 

Hoskins,    ]\Ir.,   Vicar   of   Ellesmere, 

death  of,  169 
Hotchkis,  Uncle,  165,  189,  239,  240, 

254 

Old  Mr.,  152 

Thomas,  Cosin,  72,  117,  180,  254 

John,  Cosin,  116,  137 

Sarah,  Cosin,  117 

Margaret,  Cosin,  216 

Joshua,  Mr.,  158 

Houghton,  Mr.,  34 

Lady,  284,  288 

Howel,  John,  116 

Eleanor,  124 

Walter  and  John,  124 

Thomas,  Recorder  of  London, 

233 
Hughes,  John,  64,  66,  77 
Hulton,  Son,  361 

Hume's  Histoiy,  102,  228,  235,  252 
Humphryes,  Mr.,  147 
Hungary,  159 
Hunt,  Colonel,  160,  213,  375,  (Mr.,  of 

Boreatton)  193,  (Mr.  Thomas)  354 
Rowland,     213 ;       Mr.,      now 

Sheriff,  250,  253 

Mrs.  Martha,  227 

Tomy,  317 

Miss  Frances,  347 


Idols,  Saxon,  256 
Ightfield,  182,  187,  308 
Illidge,  George,  355 
Ince,  Mr.,  of  Dunhead,  106 
Independents,  secession  of,  155 
Indulgence,    king's    declarations    of, 
249.  326,  329 


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INDEX. 


lonston  in  Pemb.,  276 

Ipswich,  105 

Ireland,  rebellion  in,  243,  264 

Mr.  John,  382 

Ironbridge,  304,  334 
Iscoyd,    122,    123,     208,    226,    234, 
(poor  of)  245  :   268,  321,  38S 

Chappell,  55 

Green  Farm,  124 

Hall,  124,  212 

trans.  Dee,  236 

with  Tybroughton,  123 

Islington,  242,  334 

J 

Jackson   of    Shrewsbury,    193 ;  Cos. 
Tho.,  195 

John,  keeper  of  Emral,  243 

James  I.,  King,  248,  257 

II.,  327 

Rev.  A.,  258 

Jebb,  Steward  of  Wem,  260 
Jeffreyes,  Mr.,  Minr.  of  Holt,  213 
Jeffreys,  Judge,  294,  382 
Jeffries,  Sir  George,  324 

Mrs.,  324 

Jenkyn,  Mr.,  37,  48,  77 

Lydia,  129 

Mr.  Mathew,  minr.  of  Gresford, 

225 
Jennings,  Cosin  John,   117,  (of  'Wil- 

hngton)  213 

and  Llewellyn,  173 

Cosin,  249,  (Cosin  Wm.)  257 

Mr.,  of  y'^  Wych,  265 

Hugh,  the  catchpole,  297 

Jesuit  powders,  300 

Jesus  College,  Oxford,  203,  240 

John's,  St.,  College,  Cambridge,  303 

Chester,  311 

Johnson,  Dr.,  158,  382 

Johnston,  Archibald,  executed,  159 

Jones,  Mr.,  of  Llanarmon,  38 

W.,  of  Denbigh,  93 

Sergt.,  237 

Sir  Wm.,  313 

SirThos.,  355 

Julian's,  Shrewsbury,  1 88 
Juxon,  Archbp.,  death  of,  139 

K 

Kalharin  of  y*"  Pinfold,  152 
Sister,  238,  243,  265 


Katharine,  Queen,  reported  death  of, 
159 

Katharine's,  St.,  253 

Katherol,  M.,  133 

Keeling,  Mr.,  43,  45 

Judge,  233 

Mr.,  261,  263,  26S 

Mr.  Fran.,  289 

Kelsole,  Mr.,  306 

Kempster,  Dan,  of  Alkinton,  311 

Kendal,  Duke  of,  200 

Kensington,  186,  241 

Kenwick  Park,  255 

Kenyon,  Lord,  391 

Honourable  W.  Trevor,  76 

Key,  Randle,  of  Willington,  25,  51, 
213,  294,  312 

Kilhendre,  1 18,  196 

Killaloe,  56,  310 

Killigrew,  158 

Kinaston,  Thos.,  126,  175 

John,  of  Oteley,  death  of,  188 

Raft",  214 

Fr.,  of  Pant-y-byrsley,  196 

■ Mr.,  282  ;  Mr.  John,  of  Lee,  312 

Mr.  Edwd.,  319  ;  Mr.,  274 

• (Kynaston)  Sir  Francis,  of  Ote- 
ley, 86 

Sir  Edward,  391 

Kinderton,  Baron  of,  82,  223 

I-Lingerby,  297 

Kingston,  Mrs.,  72 

upon  Thames,  104 

Kirk,  Mrs.,  of  Acton,  138,  147 

Cosin,    (preached     at    Hanmer) 

149,  1S6,  254 

Knight,  a,  of  Cheshire,  258 

Mr.,  of  Shrewsb.,  160 

Knutsford,  155 


Lack,  Wm.,  of  Dodleston,  320 
Lambert,  General,  69 
Langley,  Mr.,  12  ;  Dr.,  37,  46 

Mr.,  of  INIiddlewick,  53 

Lappington,  100 

Laud,  Archbishop,  (kindness  to  Philip 

Heniy)  5,  156,  179 
Lauderdale,  Duke  of,  317 
Lavington,  Bishop,  vii. 
Lawrence,  JNIr.,  100,   127,   129,    146, 

197,  227,  231,  238,  260,  267 


INDEX. 


407 


Lawrence,  Sarah,  199,  383 

Thos.,  277 

Nathanacl,  224 

Wm.,  of  Weill,  2S7,  292,  300,349 

•  Philip  Henry,  218 

Lea,  Cosin  Joshua,  119 

Lee,  Edwd.,  Archbishop  of  York,  368 

Mrs.  Grace  Keay,  73,  165 

Joseph,  Esq.,  382 

Joseph  H.,  Esq.,  6 

Rev.  P.  H.,  383 

Mrs.  P.  H.,  3S3 

Leeds,  106 

Leeswood,  174 

Leigh,  Mr.  Hen.,  of  Rushal,  314 

Mr.,  257,  262,  323 

Leighton,  Archbishop,  202,  248 

Lent,  167 

Lester,  Sir  Rob.,  29S 

Lestrange,  23,  123,  270 

Lewes  (Sussex),  105 

Lewis,    Mr.  Ambrose,   16,   (Mr.)  40, 

42,  44,  45,  (Amb.)  61,  83,  89,  171 

Mr.  John,  58,  (Mr.)  139,  153, 2l8 

Rev.  S.  S.,371 

Lewnes,  Richd.,  of  Alkinton,  265 

Leyland,  224 

Lichfield,  106,  154 

Lighteach,  100 

Lightwood  Hall,  174,  190,  215 

Linea,  155,  261,  282 

Littleton,  Sir  Walter,  232 

Llanroost,  144 

Llewellyn  and  Jennings,  173 

Lloyd  of  Halghton,  17,  23,  113,  175, 

212,  258,  321 

Owen,  25 

Mr.  Morgan,  55,  58 

Mr.  John,  91 

Mr.  Luke,  118,   124,   126,  (Mr.) 

148,  156,  175,  212,  248,  269,  286, 

374 

Mr.  Luke,  jun.,  191,  374 

Cosin  Robt.,  269 

Esther,  269 

Bp.  William,  of  St.  Asaph,  299, 

309,  321,  394 
Mrs.  Eliz.,  138, 142  (Cosin  Betty) 

147 

Mrs.,  of  Willington  Cross,  282 

Mr.,  of  Willington,  312 

Sir  Evan,  149,  160 

Mr.  Robert,  374 

Llynbedydd,  237 


Llysbedydd,  237 

Loan  for  Dutch  war,  190 

London,  96,  156,  272,  336,  337;  fire 
of,  192  ;  other  fires,  193,  228  ;  fires 
at,  229  ;  great  rayn  in,  104  ;  three 
fires  in,  253 

Long,  Dr.  George,  289 

Lothbury,  127 

Ludlow,  213,  219 

Luther,  343,  309 

Lutterworth  (Leicestersh.),  257 


M 


Macaulay's  "  History  of  England," 
72,  131,  156,  201,  227,  235,  249, 
275>  278 

Macclesfield,  Earl  of,  Charles  Gerard, 

304 
MacKail,  Mr.  Hugh,  212 
Madock,  John,  126 
Madocks,  Mr.,  63;  Cosin  John,  135, 

171  ;  house  searched,    173  ;  death 

of,  237 

Aunt,  339 

Cosin,  243 

Maelor,  Enghsh,  17,    21,    122,    135, 

270,  279,  289 

grandson  of  Cunedda^Vledig,  123 

Grufifudd,  22 

Maeloron,  123 

Maes  y  groes,  122 

MaesUwjTi,  88,  124 

Mahomet  IV.,  159 

Maidenhead,  11 

Ma(i)nwaring,    ]Mr.,    of  Malpas,  43, 

90,  125,  126,  165,  172,  203,  224 
(Mr.    Charles),  299,  (Mayor  of 

Chester)  318 
Mainwaring,  Geo.  and  Jos.,  249 

Mr.,  250,  253,  261 

Maiden,  Mr.,  38,  252,  259,  261,  275 

Mr.  John,  289,  298 

Malignancy,  156 

Malpas,   122,   123,  (parsons  of)   125, 

147,  149,  153,  170,  172,  (visitation) 

188,    251,    266,  294,  (church  new 

pewd)  298,  306,  322,  354,  383,  390 
Malt,  Samuel,  134 
Manley,  Mr.  Fr.,  191 
Manning,  Aunt,  119,  173 
Manscl,  Raph,  129 
Colonel,  281 


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INDEX. 


Mansfield,  Mr.,  2S1 

Marches,  Welsh,  304,  306 

Marchwiel,  39,  126,  255 

Margaret's,  St.,  9,  87 

Market  after  sermon,  138 

Marlborough,  Earl  of,  174 

Marriage  verses,  359 

Marschal,  Mr.,  9 

Marshal,  one,  279,  2S3 

Martin,  Mr.,  of  Devon,   attacked   by 

ravens,  105 
Martin's  in  the  fields,    14,  (St.)  277, 

299 
Martin's,  St.  (Salop),  117 
Marton  (Salop),  253 
Mary,  Queen,  155 
Sister,  9,  it»,  41,  42,  43,  65,  72, 

94,  118,  140,  145,  388 
Mary's,  St.  (Oxford),  13,  47 
Mason,  Mr.,  81 
Mateley,  Dorothy,  105 
Matthewes,  Ann,  131,  135 
Mr.   Daniel,   70,81,    137,    139; 

death  of,  195,  206-208,  271,  391 
Matthews,  Thomas,  200,  207 

Elizabeth,  of  Sutton  Green,  103 

George,  151 

Katharine,  67,  70,  (Henry)  365, 

385,  390 
Mayo,  Mr.  Richard,  375 
Mead,  William,  232,  233 

Richard,  233 

Mear,  Mary,  140 

Mede,  179 

Melanchthon,  343 

Mercia,  154 

Meteors,  fiery,  105 

Middlesex  Quarter  Sessions,  183 

Middlesex,  Earl  of,  214,  226 ;  Lord, 

241 

Lady,  223 

Middleton,  Sir  Thomas,  68,  323 

Mr.,  298 

Milbanck,  30 
Millington,  Mr.,  256,  261 
Mills,  Dr.,  12 
Minister  begging,  153 
Minoryes,  the,  253 
Mitchel,  Cosin,  264,  266 
Mitton,  of  Halston,  218 
Monk,   George,  first  Duke  of  Albe- 
marle, 220,  223 
Christopher,    second    Duke  of 

Albemarle,  221 


Monmouth,  Duke  of,  285,  2S9,  317, 

325,  326 
Monteagle,  Lord,  257 
RIontgomery,  105 
More,  Sir  Thomas,  368 
Morgan,  Mr.,  259,  276 
Morley,  Dr.  George,  12 
Morrall,  family  of,  118 

Stephen,  246 

Morrice,  Mr.  David,  of  Pennabont,  274 
Morris,  Mr.  Josejih,  Salop,  82,  115 

Dr.,  12 

Morton,  Richard,  323 
Mortuary,  206 
Moston,  Mr.,  42,  55,  84 

Mr.  Ambrose,  death  of,  153 

Mostyn,  Mrs.,  76 

Jane,  394 

Moulins,  one,  107 
Moxon,  Mr.,  195 
Moyle,  55 

Mary,  88 

Thomas,  139 

Samuel,  312 

Mulsford,  81,  112,  200 

"  Myddle  Parish,  Antiquities  of,"  7, 

38,  136,  214,  240,  241,  282 
Myvod,  335 


N 


Nantwich,  230,  252,  254,  256,  266, 
273, 288,  303, 3 1 7, 327, 348,  363,  395 

Neath,  6 

Needham,  Captain,  155 

■ Dr.,  243 

Needier,  Mr.,  243 

Ness  Cliff,  305 

Nesson,  143 

Nethersole,  Sir  Francis,  257 

Neuhaussel,  159 

Nevet,  Mr.,  174,  215,  263,  267 

Newcome  (Diary),  173,  175,  182, 
214,  240,  303 

son,  323 

Mr.,  death  of,  375 

Newport,  263,  2S9,  (^lonmouth)  345 

Newton,  Cosin,  199 

Mr.  Edward,  226 

Newtown,  289 

New  York,  105 

Nicholls,  179 

Nightingale,  Mr.  J.  E.,  4 


INDEX. 


409 


Nixon,  William,  136 

Thomas,  of  the  Henvayes,  311 

Nonconformists,     orders     to    secure, 
191 ;  list  of  Salopians  then  dead,  291 
Norman's  Heath,  255 
North,  Lord  Keeper,  319 
Northallerton,  104 
Northamptonshire  Quarter  Sessions, 

183 

Northop,  58,  176,  193 
Northumberland,  Earl  of,  312 
Northwich,  69 
Northwood,  225 
Norwich,  235 
Nye,  Mr.,  9 


Oaks  cleft  by  frost,  322 

Oats  and  Bedlow,  276 

Odford,  279 

Ogle,  y"  lady,  312 

Okeley,  251 

Oliver  Cromwell,  219 

O'Neil,  Sir  P.,  243 

Opdam,  174 

Orleance,  Duchess  of,  227 

Ormerod's  "Cheshire,"  166,  306 

Ormond,  Duke  of,  235,  317 

Osbom,  Miss,  of  Worcester,  160 

Sir  Thomas,  276 

Ossory,  Lord,  235 

Oswestr)',  263,  305,  309,  348 

Oteley,  188 

Over  (Cheshire),  294 

Overton,  26,  (Owton)  26,  28,  (Orton) 
173,  198,  289,  308,  314 

(Maddock),  219 

Mr.,  183 

Owen,  Dr.  John,  13  ;  Vice  Chan- 
cellor, 15,  18,  30,  32 

Mr.,  of  Wrexham,  103,  313 

Mr.  Arthur,  M.P.,  276 

Oxen,  135,  212 

Oxford,  II,  14,  15,  16,  17,  20,  30, 
45.  47,  5i>  71,  172,  183,  (gaol)  244, 
249,  260,  291,  (parliament  at)  297, 
305 


Pagett,  John,  63 

Lady,  death  of,  257 

Lord,  231,  292,  334 


Pagett,  Penelope,  231 
Palmer,  Sir  James,  7 

Sir  Roger,  7 

Mr.,  9 

Francis,  15,  29 

Mr.,  of  Wanlip,  257 

Palyn,  Edward,  of  Haulghton,  25 

Richard  (set.  103),  137 

Papists,  201,  (plot)  275 
Parker,  Archbishop,  247 
Parliament  (prorogued  1669),  217 
Parsons,  Mr.,  34,  127,  146 

Mr.  A.,  of  Wem,  306 

Grace  Keay,  383 

Patent  Rolls,  Chester,  272 

Patten,  Communion,  320 

Payn,  Dr.,  12 

Paynter,  Katharin,  115 

Peace,  buy,  135 

Pembroke,  William,  third  Earl  of,  4 

Philip,  fourth  Earl  of,  4,  219; 

character,  7,  13  ;  kindness  to  Philip 

Henry,  il  ;  death,  13 

Anne,  Countess,  character  of,  13 

Philip,  fifth  Earl  of,  kindness  to 

Philip  Henry,  14  ;  notice  of,  14 

Philip,  seventh  Earl  of,  293 

Thomas,  eighth  Earl  of  (gift  to- 

Greenwich  Hospital),  293  iiote^  and 

errata 
Pemerton  of  Com.  Pleas,  319 
Pen,  William,  232 
Pendragon  Castle,  13 
Penley,  41,  48,  54,  95;  hall,  135,  289 
Pennsylvania,  233 
Penny-post,  342 

Pepys'  Diary,  134,  150,  174,  175,  20a 
Perrott,  an  Anabaptist,  237 
Peter  and  Paul,  220 
Petworth,  231 
Phillips,    David,    77,   84;    death  of, 

103  ;  burial,  85 
Edward,     of    Mullsford,    I12, 

126,  (Mr.  E.)  140 
"  Pilgrim's  Progress,"  301 
Pilkington,  314 
Pillions,  151 

Plague,  deaths  by,  175,  182,  185 
Plots,  148,  (in  Yorkshire)  151  :  173, 

275 

Plundered   Ministers,  Committee  of, 

395 
Plunket  (popish  primate  of  Armagh), 
executed,  300 


410 


INDEX. 


Pocock,  Mr.,  12 

Pole's  "  Synopsis  Crilicorum,"  225, 

273,  387 
Poll-money,  197,  274 
Porter,  Mr.  Thomas,  34,  S2,  90,  100, 

130,  144,  (death  of)  201,  202,  206 

■ Susan,  266 

Portland,  Earl  of,  174 
Powel,  Thomas,  26 

Daniel,  128 

Powis,  Countess  of,  28 1 

Povvys,  22,  123 

Prcelates,  y%  154 

Prague,  159 

Prayer,  Common,  Book  of,  119 

standing  at,  127 

for  two  sick  persons  denied,  75 

secret,  256 

Prees,  37,  58,  60,  227 

Presburgh,  159 

Presbyterians  called  jNIalignants,  156 

Presbyters,  ordination  by,  202,  247 

Price,  Thomas,  126 

Prichard,  Mayor  of  London,  319 

Thomas,  Curate  of  Bangor,  24, 

29 
Prideaux,  Dr.,  156,  234 
Processions,  138 
Protestant  Israel,  253 

French,  352 

Pryn's,  Mr.,  dream,  291 

Pugh,    Mr.    George,    of    Willington, 

279 
Puleston,   John,  Judge,    15,    16,  23, 

27,  45>  57>  (death  ot)  69,  112,  114, 

174,  215,  276 
Elizabeth,    the    lady,     15,     16, 

18,  30,  31,  64,  67,  68,  70,  89,  320, 

393 
Roger,    16,    18,    64;    Mr.,    74, 

75;  Deputy  Lieutenant,  77;  Mr., 

79,  82,  84,  87,  88,  89,  95  ;  Sheriff, 

99,  100,  114,  115,  146,  157  ;  death 

of,  202 
Mrs.  (Jane),  83,  84,   128,   139, 

217,  (Lady  Trevor)  320 

Mrs.  Elizabeth,  140 

Mrs.  Alice,  300 

John,  16,  18;  death  of,  95 

Richard,  death  of,  18 

Thomas,  17,  92,  112,  190,  215, 

272 
Edward,  77,  95,  112;  death  of, 

165 


Puleston,  Roger,  ofWorthenbury,  18, 
25,  (death  of)  39,  112,  126,  393 

Roger,  son  of  Roger  of  Wor- 

thenbur}^,  18 

Susanna,  loi 

Roger,  Sir,  139,  (marriage)  306, 

319,  343.  351 

Hamlet,  Mr.,  29 

John,  Captain,  82 

Theophilus  H.  G.,  Rev.,  viii. 

George,  of  Emral,  Esquire,  190 

(Pyvelesdon  de),  family,  15 

Puritans,    94,    1 19,    155  ;    a   zealous 

puritan,  375 


Quaker,  a,  Edward  Smith,  157 

a,  Richard  Tapping,  219 

a.  Alary  Moody,  285 

Quakers,  68,  76,  83 

Quarrington,  306 

Queen  Katharine,  reported  dead,  150 


R 


Radford,  son,  362 

Rainbow,  Bishop  of  Carlisle,  220 

Ratclifif,  Mr.,  79,  108,  151,  200,  259 

John,  death  of,  166 

Eleanor,  buried,  140 

Reading,  105 

Redbrook,  6,  73,  194,  383 

Red  Hall,  in  Bettisfield,  275 

Revel,  Mr.,    of   Uval,   in  Cornwall, 

106 
Reyn,  Dr.,  369 
Reynolds,  Dr.  Edward,  12,   13,   156; 

Bishop,  183,  220 
Rhys  Sais,  270 
Richardson,  Mr.  Joshua,  241 

Mrs.,  260,  261 

Ridgeway,   Joseph,   43,    51,    64,    76, 

304 
Andrew,  excommunicated,  166, 

175 

Cosin  Ellen,  266 

Mr.,  of  Cool  Lane,  267,  285, 

317 
Rigby,  Serjeant,  342 
Riley,  John,  10 ;  the  artist,  328 
Rippon,  259 


INDEX. 


411 


Roan,  Mr.,  56,  (Dr.  John)  310 
Roberts,  Mr.  Griffith,  of  Holt,   197, 

2i3>  313 

Major,  of  Wrexham,  104 

Mr.  Jonathan,  305 

Robinson,  Sir  John,  233 
Rochdale,  Mrs.  Magdalen,  8,  9 
Roche,  Mr.,  at  Congleton,  112 
Rock,  Dr.,  of  Hampton,  64 
Rogers,  Mr.,  12 

Dan,  33 

Mr.  Nehemiah,  2S9 

Mr.  Hugh,  of  Newtown,  289 

Rolls,  (Chapel)  323  :  351 

Mr.,  183,  (Rowles)  242 

Romanists,  secession  of,  155 

Rood,  Mr.,  183 

Roodee,  341 

Roswell,  Mr.,  303 

Rothes,  Chancellor,  303 

Rouse,  Sir  John,  106 

Row,  Mrs.,  of  Barrel,  death  of,  140 

Rowland,  J.  H.,  Esq.,  6 

Rowrey,  243,  312 

Royden,  John,  115,  (Mr.)  127,  128 

Rushal,  314 

Rushworth,  Mr.,  102,  134,  292 

Mrs.,  138,  231 

Ruthin,  83 
Ruyter,  De,  172 


S 


Sacheveral,  Mr.,  104 

Sackville,    Charles,    sixth     Earl     of 

Dorset,  214 
Sadler,  Mr.,  118,  137,  13S,  154,  219, 

2.55 

Salisburj^,  Marquis  of,  4,  (Earl  of) 
274 

Samson,  Dr.,  293 

Samvayes,  Dr.,  85 

Sanders,  Chief  Justice,  319 

Sanderson,  Dr.,  12,  (Bishop  of  Lin- 
coln) 74 

Sandford,  Justice,  227 

Sandwich,  Earl  of,  slain,  252 

Sarah,  Sister,  9,  16,  68,  115,  145. 
175,  241,  284,  388 

Sarcliff,  Mr.,  183 

Sam-Bridge,  181 

Savage,  Sarah,  371,  386 

Savoy,  the,  228 


Saxons,  West,  202  ;  idols  of,  256 

Saxony,  a  duke  of,  300 

Scotland,    (Bishops  restored  in)   96 : 

312 
Scott,  Sir  Walter,  3 
Scrog,  Sir  W. ,  283 
Seat  disputed  at  Malpas,  271,  306, 

310 
Senior,  Mr.,  242 
Serjeants'  Inn,  new,  342 
Seymor,  Mr.  (Speaker),  279 
Shaftesbury,  Earl  of,  in  Tower,  274, 

275 

Sheffield,  Mr.,  183 

Sheldon,  Dr.,  installed  Bishop  of 
London,  72 

Shenton,  (Mr.  Randle)  254,  (^Mr, 
John)  260 

Sheppey,  Isle  of,  201 

Sherrot,  Mr.,  187,  (Allen)  240 

Shipley,  Captain,  143,  147 

Shocklach,  43,  45,  46,  64,  76,  86 

Short,  Bishop,  "History  of  Eng- 
land," 156 

Shrewsbury,  100,  174,  182,  229,  230, 
320 

Earl  of,  4 

Shute,  Sheriff  of  London,  314 

Sidley,  Sir  Charles,  158 

Sitting  at  prayer,  246 

Skipton  Castle,  13 

Smallpox  in  Whitchurch,  347 

Smalswood,  Dr.,  85 

Smith,  Sir  George,  223 

Snell,  George,  Archdeacon  of  Chester, 
22 

Soldiers,  seventy,  dro%vned,  248 

Solebay,  252 

Somerset,  H. ,  Marquis  of  Worcester, 

304 

Duke  of,  312 

Sotheby,  258 

Souter-fell,  Cumberland,  106 

Southwark,  242 

Southwould,    Church   collection    for, 

90 
Spalding,  104 
Spaniards,  96 
Spier,  343 
Stacey,  1 1 
Stafford,  239,  251 
William,    Viscount,    295,    296, 

313      ■ 

Standard,  newspaper,  105 


412 


INDEX. 


Stanley,  23,  124 
Stanton,  Dr.,  9 

Wilts,  174 

Stanwardine,  188,  240,  253,  257 
Starling,  Sir  Sam.  (Mayor  of  London), 

233 

Stedman,  i\Ir.,  374 

Steel,  Mr.  Richard,  34,  72,  77,  82, 
93>  96,  127,  132,  134,  138,  144, 
148,  151,  154,  156,  169,  171,  173, 
175,  241,  248,  251  ;  death  of,  and 
portrait,  374 

children  of,  181,  236 

Moses,  289 

Mrs.,  188 

Stephen,  King,  reign  of,  123 

Stern,  Archbishop  of  York,  277 

Stinchcomb,  177 

Stoke  in  Wirral,  225 

Stolen  waters  are  sweet,  202 

Stone,  II 

Stoney  Stratford,  241 

Strafford,  Earl  of,  292 

Stretford,  291 

St.  John,  Lord,  22 

Stryne's  Works,  247 

Styche,  130,  251,  261,  268 

Supremacy,  Oath  of,  367 

Swansea,  7,  58 

Sweeney,  260,  266,  322 

Swinerton,  Cos.  H.,  321 

Swinfen,  230,  292 

Swinford,  314 

S>aiod's-men,  235 

Syson,  Evan  ap,  2 


Table,  the  long  oak,  269 

Talbot,  Thos.,  90;  Cosin,  119,  165 

Maiy,  126 

Tallents,  Mr.,  127,  201,  268,  306,379 
Tames,  one,  executed,  103 
Tapping,  Richard,  218 
Tarvin,  303 

Taylor,    Mr.  Richard,    74,   (Mr.,    of 
Holt)  76,  95,    96,    loi,  253,  256, 

313 

Mr.,  of  Bury,  106  ;  of  Warn,  129 

Mr.  John,  near  Dudley,  Staff. , 

259 
. Dr.  Jeremy,  1 78 


Taylor,  Captain,  75,  77,  252,  260 

Mr.  Samuel,  289 

Mrs.  Kath.,  of  Plas  Dio,  255 

Tertullian,  102 

Thames,  frozen  over,  322 

Street,  sad  fire  in,  243 

Thelwell,  Mrs.,  343 

Theodore,  Archbishop  of  Canterbuiy, 

202 
Thistleworth,  49,  51,  71,  241 
Thomas,    Mr.,  of  Tilstock,   95,    100, 

104,  127,  130,  135,   136,   138,   140, 

144,  146,  147,  151 

Mr.  Zechariah,  death  of,  230 

Mr.,  of  Ubley,  140 

Thorndyke,  Dr.  Herbert,  291 

Thornton,  Mr.  Robert,  65 

Thoyts,  W^  B.  M.,  Esq.,  393 

Threapwood,  66 

Thurloe  papers,  275 

Thyn,  Squire,  311 

Tilstock,  95,  100,  126,  127,  130,  135, 

136,  154,  165,  186,  299,  313 
Tilston,  Mr.  John,  of  Alkinton,  323 

Mrs.,  349  ;  Mr.,  355  ;  son,  365 

Dr.  John,  of  Chester,  3S0 

Tite,  Sir  W.,  258,  391 

Tithings,  239 

Tong,  Mr.,  349 

Tonna,     (Randle)     147,     212,   (eldest 

daughter  of)  230,  (Alice)  226 
Torperley,  187,  252 
Transylvania,  159 
Travers,  Mr.,  of  Lichfield,  3S1 
Trevor,  Tudor,  17,  280 

Sir  Thomas,  58 

Mr.  John,  of  Bryn  Kinault,  217  ; 

Sir  John,  236,  275,  298,  320,  394 

Lady,  of  Emral,  320 

Trilemma,  250 

Trim,  Nurse,  141,  (Widow)  299 

Tristram,  Mrs.,  135 

Tromp,  Van,  174 

Turks,  159 

Turner,  Rev.  W.,  127,  (William)  236 

Sir  Edward,  154 

Tuttlefields,  30 
Twimleys,  y'',  313 
Twisden,  Judge,  236 
Tybroughton,  150,  285,  316 
Tyndall,    Henry  Witton,    Esq.,    177, 

348 
Tyrconel,  Lord,  355 
Tyrrel,  Judge,  174 


INDEX. 


413 


Upton-on-Severn,  375 
Utkinton,  227 


Valentia,  Viscount,  li 

Vaughan,  Mr.,  of  Cludyalt,  97 

Venables,  General,  129 

Venner,  76 

Verjuice,  151 

Vernon,  Sir  Thomas,  296,  299,  30X 

Victory  against  Dutch,  174 

Vienna,  159 

Vincent,  Mr.  Thomas,  9 

John,  1 1 ,  y*^  two,  243 

Viner,  Sir  Thomas,  his  funeral,  174 
Vines,  Mr.,  379 
Vultur  volans,  295 
Vvrats,  Colonel,  311 


W 


Wade,  Mr.  Bryan,  297 

Sarah,  388 

Wages,  rate  of,  131 

Wakeman,  Sir  George,  279 

Wal,  Dr.,  12 

Walcot,  Mr.,  191 

Walcott's  "  Archccology,"  206 

Walker's  "  Sufferings  of  the  Clerg}," 
14,  35,  201 

Waller,  Mr.,  220 

Walsal,  314 

Walters,  Lucy,  289 

Walton,  Dr.  Bryan,  Bishop  of  Ches- 
ter, 95  ;  death  of,  loi 

Wanford,  in  Suffolk,  106 

Wanlip  (Leicest.),  257 

Wapping,  319 

War  with  France,  183 

Warburton,  P.  H.,  124 

Bishop,  243 

Robert.  377,  386 

Peter  (Judge),  386 

Ward,  Mr.,  of  Christ  Church,  15 

Mrs.,  of  Coton,  237 

Mr.  Matth.,  "Simple  Cobler," 

284 

one,  106 

Warner,  Trevor,  Lady,  vii. 


Warrenne,  family  of,  3,  123 

Warrington,  359,  360 

Warton,  laird  of,  159 

Washborn,  Mr.,  137 

Watson,  Mr.,  243 

Wattlesborough  Castle,  135 

Weld,  John,  260 

Mr.  Raph,   from  Wrexham,  95, 

I37>  309 

Mrs. ,  76 

Wells,  Mr.,  9 

Welsh,  Mrs.,  of  Wrexham,  138 

Welsh-Hampton,  61,  62 

Welshpoole,  53 

Wem,  100,  loi,  262,  266,  274, 322, 327 

Wenlock,  INIrs.,  341 

West,  Mr.  Edward,  272 

Weston,  259,  296,  361 

Westminster,  1S3  ;  Abbey,  9,  49,  226, 

312  ;  Hall,  233,  295,  342 

St.  Margaret's,  9,  87,  293 

Election,  353 

Westwood,  J.  O.,  7 

WTiale  at  Shrewsbury',  258 

\Vharton,  Earl  of,  274 

Whattal,  257,  267 

Whitaker,  Mr.,  9,  243 

Whitchurch,    79,    86,   99,    119,    123, 

128,  171,  194,  198,  202,  327,  372 
White,  author  of  "  Century,"  156  ;  of 

"  Power  of  Godliness,"  205 
Whitehall,  12,  193 

Mr.  John,  147,  187,  193,  306 

Mrs.,  130,  304 

Mr.  Richard,  319 

\Vhitley,    Thomas,    of    Aston,     374, 

(Colonel)  29S 

Mr.  W.,  junr.,  298 

Whitwell  Chapel,  38,   70,   123,   125, 

204,  32S,  331,  383 
Whixall,  116,  (Whicksoo)  137 
Wickham,  291 

of  Westminster  School,  1 1 

Wickstead,  Cosin,  139 

William,  of  Cholmley,  217 

Wigland,  194,  204 

Wilbraham,  Lady,  of  Woodhey,  280 

Wilkins,  Bishop  of  Chester,  220 

Wilkinson,  Dr.  H.,  12,  37 

Willett,  Dr.,  33 

Williams,     Henry,     i,     2 ;     perhaps 

parson  of  Briton  Ferry,  3 
Sir  J.   Bickerton,  v.,   115,  258, 

391 

2    E 


414 


INDEX. 


"Williams,  Mr.  (Recorder  of  Chester), 

294,  298 

Lieutenant,  of  Llangollen,  305 

Mr.  Charles,  of  Newport,  344 

Willington,    124,    200,   213  (poor  oO 

234,    261,    269,    271,    279,    (hall) 

2S4,  350.  372 

Cross,  282,  317,  340,  355 

Wincanton  (Somerset),  104 

"Windsor,  183 

Wini,  202 

Winnington,  322 

Winter's,  Dr.,  son,  141 

Wirral,  225 

Witt,  De,  189,  201 

Wittar,  Jane,  90 

Uncle,  1 19 

Wolryche,  family  of,  15,  309 

Mary,  255 

Wolverhampton,  240 

Wolvesacre,  in  Iscoyd,  124,  194,  272 

Wood,  Anthony  a,  v.,  382 

Mr. ,  259 

Woods,  Jane,  195 

Woollen,  burying  in,  204,  297 

Woolton,  383 

Wordsworth,  Dr.,  v.,  390 

Worm  7  yards  long,  157 

Wormbridge,  263 

Worral,  143 

Wort,  kettle  of,  167 

Worthenlnury,  2,  15,  17,  38,  (decorate 
church)  53,  54,  (parsonage)  56,  57, 
68,  (baptism  at)  65,  (cross  repayr- 
ing)  79,  (font)  80,  (register-book) 
99,  136,  147,  167,  171,  203,  261, 
276,  300,  320,  383 


Wrenbury  wood,  363 

Wrexham,  16,  18,  (whirlwind  at)  53, 
54,  62,  (school)  63,  (vdcarage  of) 
68,  75,  92,  139,  157;  meeting  sur- 
prised, 168 ;  barn  for  meeting - 
place,  246 ;  fast  at,  261  ;  assize, 
317 

Wullington,  170,  (Wallington)  300 

Wyche,  122 

lower,  153 

Wyn,  Mr.,  of  Otestay,  103 

Sir  Richard,  of  Guedur,  157 

Robert,  202 

Sir  John,  of  Watstay,  240  note 


Yates,  Mr.,  minister  of  Harrington, 

129,  146,  200,  251 
Cosin,  240,  (Mr.  Yates'  house) 

255,  (Mr.,  of  Hanmer)  297 
Yong,  Thomas,  of  Croxon,  25,  (Mr. 

Thomas)  176 

Randle,  136 

Mr.,  of  Croxton,  297,  307 

Mr.  William,  308 

York,  Duke  of,  5,  142,  200,  312,  313 

Dutchess  of,  dy'd,  237 

Bishop  of,  202 

^  Mr.,    189,  278,   285,  296 

Yorkist  and  Anti-'Yorkist,  284 


Zanchy,  Dr.,   Rector  of  Whitchurch, 


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„  IS,  note  t,  lines  lo,  ii,  /or  "He  was  the  grandson  "  read  "  He  was  first 
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