The Gentleman's Magazine/Volume 1/Issue 4/Deaths

April 1. THE Rev. Mr Cha. Bearn, A.M. Chaplain to the Pr. of Wales.

The Wife of Justice Mercer, in Brownlow-street, near St. Giles's.

Joseph Vickers, Esq; at Cobham in Surry, a Gent. of a good Estate in Yorkshire.

3. Sir Gerard Roetiers, a Dutch Merchant, at his house in Laurence Pountney-Lane, knighted by his late Majesty.

Alexander Seymour, Esq; third son of Sir Edward Seymour, of Maiden Bradley, in Wilts, Bart. at Exeter.

4 Miss Thomas, a young Lady of 30,000 l. Fortune in Scotland-yard.

At Hamstead, Robert Packer, of Shellingford-castle in the county of Berks, Esq; who for 25 Years past had been constantly chosen Kt. of the Shire for that county. He married a Daughter of Sir Henry Winchcomb, Bar. sister to the late Lord Bolingbroke's first Lady.

5. Francis Lynn, Esq; Secretary to the Royal African Company.

6. The Rev. Mr. Jenks, preacher of St. Dunstan's in the West, and Rector of Grately in the county of Southampton.

Mr. John Levett, a Merchant, lately died at Constantinople.

7. The Rev. Mr. Wm Gissard, a Non-Juring Clergy-man.

8. Mrs. Elizabeth Cromwel, aged 82, daughter of the late Richard Cromwell, Once Lord Protector of these Realms.

The Rev. Mr. Murphy, A.M. Rector of Shoreham in Kent.

The Relict of Sir Francis Pemberton, Kt. Ld Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas, and King-bench, daughter of Sir Jeremy Whichcote, Bar.

9. John Nicholl, Esq; in Hatton-Garden, a Director of the Bank.

The Relict of Francis Tysson, late of Hackney, Esq.

Thomas Robson, Esq; at Car near Lancaster.

The Lady Katharine, Wife of Sir Wm Wyndham, Bar. She was second daughter to the D. of Somerset and sister to the countess of Thomond.

Robert Benson, Lord Bingley, Treasurer of the Houshold, and one of the Hon. Privy Council, formerly Chancellor of the Exchequer. He marry'd the Sister of the present E. of Aylesford. The Honour is become extinct. His last will and Testament having been open'd, he did thereby bequeath 100,000l. to Miss Harriet Benson, his Daughter, which is to be laid out in the Purchase of Lands for her; to his Widow, her Mother, 400 l. per annum over and above her Jointure, which is 1000l. per ann. 7000 l. to a young Lady; and another considerable Legacy to the Mother of the said Lady: besides many other great Legacies: He hath also left to his Steward 100 l. per ann. for his Life, and to all his Houshold Servants one Year's Wages. His Grace the Duke of Hamilton, Counsellor Hamilton, and Mr. Hoar the Banker, are Executors of the Will.

10. Anthony Lybbe, of Checkington in Oxfordshire, Esq; at Brentford.

11. The Lady of the A. Bp of Canterbury at Lambeth.

The Revd. Mr. Foxwell, Rector of Wrattlesden in Suffolk.

14. Mr. Latham, Clerk in the Inrollment Office in Chancery-lane.

17. Sir Baldwin Neville, at his House in George-street, Hanover-square.

17. The Lady Hecksletter.

11. The Hon. Oliver St. George, Esq; Member of Parliament for Dungannon in Ireland, Brother to the Lord St. George of that Kingdom, and of his Majestys Privy-Council, at his House in Grosvenor-Square. He was descended of an ancient Family that has flourished in Cambridgeshire, and other Parts of England, above 600 Years.

19 Mrs. Meggot, Relict of Mr. Meggot, the great Brewer, formerly Member of Parliament for the Borough of Southwark, at Hadley in Surry.

​19. The Lady of the Lord Onslow, in Great Marlborough street.

Sir Baldwin Conyers, of Horden in Durham, and of Great Stoughton in Huntingdonshire, Bart.

Mr. Roger Lynch, Wine-merchant, one of the Governours of Bethlehem and Bridewell Hospitals, and Common-Council man for Billingsgate Ward.

Mr. Christopher Hussey, Apothecary in Black Friars, who prepared all the Galenical Medicines for the Navy.

20. Mr. Samuel Delme, only son of the late Sir Peter Delme by his last Lady, by whose death about 60,000 l. falls to his two brothers and sisters.

The Revd Dr. Little, one of the prebendaries of the cathedral at Norwich.

21. James Nicholson, Esq; pewterer to his Majesty, and chief clerk of the annuity pell office in the Exchequer.

22. Miss Meyrick, Daughter of Owen Meyrick, Esq; formerly Member of Parliament for Beaumaris in Wales. The Revd Dr. Biss, in Herefordshire, formerly Preacher of the Rolls.

The Lady Price in Childbed, Wife of Sir Thomas Price of Newton-Hall in Montgomeryshire, Bart. Daughter of the late Sir Thomas Powel, Knt one of the Justices of the King's Bench in the Reign of K. James II. who signaliz'd himself in delivering the Seven Bishops from the Tower.

23. Mrs Higginson, a dealer in Timber, and relict of Capt. Wm Higgins who lost his Life at the Siege of Lisle 1708.

24. Sir Wm Morgan, Bart, Knt. of the Bath, Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum for the counties of Monmouth and Brecon, and one of the Knights of the shire for the said county of Monmouth, at his seat at Tredegar in Monmouthshire: He marry'd the lady Rachel, sister to the Duke of Devonshire.

Phil. Bampfield sen. Esq; Collector of the Excise at Bristol.

Orlando Bridgman, of Comb-Hall, near Ipswich in Suffolk, Esq; formerly Member of Parliament for that Borough.

25. Sir Henry Dutton Colt, Bart. created a Baronet at the revolution. He was several times Member of Parliament for the city of Westminster, was is the commission of the peace, but leaving no Issue male the title is extinct.

Sir Jermin D'ewes of Stow-Hall in Suffolk, Bt. descended from Otho Des Ewes of the Dutchy of Guelderland; but dying a batchelor the title is extinct.

The Wife of Henry Holt Henley, Esq; Representative in Parliament for Lyme.

Mrs Andrews, late Wife of ——— Andrews, Esq; of great Ormond street.

Samuel Steel, Esq; at his seat at Orton on the hill, in Leicestershire.

26. Richard Backwel, of Grays-Inn, Esq; eldest son of Alderman Backwel

Mrs Harrington, Wife of Hen. Harrington, Esq; Daughter of Rich. Backwel, Esq;

Mr. Daniel De Fue, sen. eminent for his many Writings.

Mr. Caleb Lowdham Surgeon and Man-Midwife, at Exeter; He left 4000l. the greatest part of his Estate from his own Daughter, a virtuous young Gentlewoman, to Sir Wm Courtnay's youngest Children.

Mr. Denton, a Counsellor, at his house in Grevil street.