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Pembroke College, his father died. During the seven years that intervened before the son could take upon himself the duties of the living, Francis Eyre held the benefice, which finally in 1704, passed to Arthur Collier, the fourth of his family to hold the office. The years that followed seem to have been uneventful. From the dates of his sermons one may argue that, until his death in 1732, he discharged the duties of his parish with regularity, and the allusions in his brother William's diary, give a hint of his daily life. This brother, who had been his college mate and close friend, was "rector of Baverstock, about two miles and a half to the south of Langford; and his Ms. remains form by far the greater portion of the Collier papers."^[1] The brothers evidently were much together, and joined in the diversions of the neighborhood, attending the races and country dances and taking a hand at cards with their friends. Arthur, at least, seems to have been "intimate at the palace of Salisbury during Bishop Burnet's time; and we learn that he occasionally filled the cathedral pulpit."^[1] There is no mention in either his brother's papers or his own of travels, or even prolonged absence from home; so it is reasonable to conclude that his outward life was bounded by the limits of his parish. He was married to Margaret, daughter of Nicholas Johnson, a paymaster of the army, and his wife, a sister of Stephen Fox. The parish