materials towards the lives of the old Lord Burghley, and Mr. Foxe, the Martyrologist, which he wished he could have finished, but most of his papers are in character, and his grandson is learning to decypher them."

Again, John Strype writing to the Rev. Thomas Baker of Cambridge under date May 1728, says: "I am much decayed by reason of my great age, and the distemper of the strangury chiefly, and therefore am forced to keep at home and to be as free from study (which hath been my delight)

and all other business as I can, though I do often divert myself in looking over my vast collections. But I have done writing books, and I pray God what I have done may be of use to the Church and true Religion."

In August 1737, about four months before his death, John Strype being at his son-in-law's house at Hackney, was visited by William Oldys, Norroy King of Arms, who says: "I was invited by Dr. Harris to his brother's house at Hummerton where old Mr. Strype, author of many voluminous pieces of

Ecclesiastical History, is still alive, and has the remainder of his once rich collection of tracts, MSS., &c."

Had he not possessed some private property in addition to the sum gained by his publications, Strype would have been in great poverty in Leyton. When he first came there the living was worth only £16 a year, and there was no parsonage house fit for anyone to live in, for the minister's house was in a dilapidated conditon. Strype's vicarage, which is still standing, and now used as a Church House, and which he occupied first in September 1768, was built partly at his own expense. It was then rather smaller than at present, as an additional room was added in 1849. Out of the £216 which it cost, he contributed £143. Since the Rev. W. T. H. Wilson has been vicar of Leyton, a new and more commodious vicarage has been erected on land adjoining John Strype's old house.

Leyton church has been altered, renovated, restored several times, and is still anything but a pretty building. The old churchyard is full of tombs, and many noted persons are buried around and in the church. Since Strype's time almost all the old mansions have been pulled down, and the extensive parish of Leyton has been built over. Leyton is now inhabited by a large suburban population who are mostly employed during the day in the city of London.

STRYPE'S PORTRAIT.

Enquiring some time ago at Leyton Vicarage for any information of John Strype, I was shown the original portrait reproduced here as frontispiece. So far as I can ascertain, it has never before been published. It is drawn in pencil and Indian ink, is 5in. by 4in. in size, and was then in a little old frame. The present vicar, the Rev. W. T. H. Wilson, kindly lent it me for the purposes of copying and publication. Some handwriting which is on a piece of paper pasted on the back of the frame, is blurred considerably, probably through damp, but being easily decipherable it has been photographed and shows positively that it is a portrait of our old antiquary. The inscription was written by the Rev. Thomas Keighley, vicar of Leyton from 1738 to 1754, and is as follows:

"The Reverend John Strype, F.A.S. was born in the year 1643 and died in the year 1737, aged 94 years. The present

Vicar bequeaths this strong likeness of the great antiquarian to his successors. T. Keighley."

The artist's name and date, J. Robins 1820, on the picture, adds much to its value. The portrait has since been cleaned and remounted and now hangs in the vestry of Leyton parish church.

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS BY JOHN STRYPE.

Works of John Lightfoot, D.D., Vol. 2, published by the care and industry of John Strype. London, 1684, folio.

HANDWRITING ON BACK OF PORTRAIT.

Assize Sermon [On I. Samuel, xii.7]. London, 1689, 4to.

Memorials of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury: wherein the history of the Church and the Reformation of it during the Primacy of the said Archbishop are greatly illustrated. London, 1614, folio, 2 vols., London, 1853, 8vo.

Oxford, 1812, 8vo.; new ed. by P. G. Barnes. David and Saul: a sermon preached on the day of National Thanksgiving for the deliverance of the King's Majesty from an Assassination and the Kingdom from a French invasion. London, 1696, 4to.

Life of the Learned Sir. T. Smith, principal Secretary of State to Edward the Sixth and Queen Elizabeth. London, 1698, 8vo.; Oxford, 1820, 8vo. Lessons Moral and Christian, for youth and old age. In two sermons preached

at Guildhall Chappel. London, 1699, 12mo.

Some genuine Remains of J. Lightfoot, D.D.; with a large preface concerning the author. London, 1700, 8vo.

Historical collections of the life and acts of J. Aylmer, Lord Bishop of London
in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. London, 1701, 8vo., Qxford, 1821, 8vo.
A Preface to J. Bonnel's, Harmony of the Holy Gospels. London, 1705, 8vo.
Life of the learned Sir J. Cheke, first instructor, afterwards Secretary of State
to King Edward VI. London, 1705, 8vo.; Oxford, 1821, 8vo.
Annals of the reign of Queen Mary. Additional Notes by John Strype.
Translated by J. H. from the Latin of F. Godwin, in "a Complete
History of England" Vol. II. London, 1706, folio.
Lessons proper for fallible Man: a sermon (Prov. xiv., 12) preached at Hackney
Sep. 21st, 1707. London, 1708, 8vo.

History of the life and acts of .

Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury to which is added an Appendix of original MSS. London, 1710, folio. The Thankful Samaritan: a sermon. London, 1711, 8vo. The Life and Acts of Matthew Parker

Archbishop of Canterbury. London, 1711, folio; 3 vols Oxford, 1821, 8vo., republished 3 vols. Oxford, 1821, 8vo.

The life and acts of John Whitgift

Archbishop of Canterbury .

with a large Appendix of papers, &c. London, reprinted 1718, 1717, folio; Oxford, 1822, 8vo.

Ecclesiastical Memorials, relating chiefly to Religion and the Reformation of it. &c. 3 vols., London, 1721, folio; republished with a new vol., 1733, folio. In some copies of the first edition of this work there is as frontispiece, a copperplate portrait of Strype by G. Vertue, the Eminent Engraver. Further, the title pages of different copies vary. In the copy in the Guildhall Library, London, there is no portrait, and there is no evidence of there ever having been one. The copy in the London Institution Library has the portrait, and so has the British Museum copy. Underneath the portrait are the words :-" Johannes Strype MA, Londinensis; Natus Anno Christi MDCXLIII Ad huc in Vivis, Philalethes et Philarchoeus."

Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion during the first twelve years of Queen Elizabeth's Happy Reign. London, 4 vols, folio. Vol. I., 1709. Vol. II., 1725. Vol. III., 1728. Vol. IV. 1731. 2nd Edition, London, 1725-1731, folio; 3rd with additions, vols. I and 2, 1735; another edition, Oxford, 1824, 8vo.

A Survey of the cities of London and Westminster, [By Stow] brought down to the present time, with a life of the author.

from the year 1633,

London, 1720, 2 vols., folio. 6th Edition, 1754-55, folio.

Although this work went through many editions, I have only seen copies of the first and sixth editions.

For the republication of Strype's works, in 20 vols. above indicated, by the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1812—1824 an elaborate index was prepared by R. F. Laurence, 2 vols., Oxford, 1828, 8vo.

Book i. is somewhat irregular between 1623 to 1636; and from 1643 to 1646. Book ii. is the 66 'Civil Register's" Book, not well kept by him-it is very irregular again till 1673. No details were given in 1830.

Book i. has some small gaps; Book ii. has gaps between 1758 and 1778. The earlier part of the Baptismal entries in Book iii. is a copy of Book ii. more or less complete, but the Book was begun in 1793.

There are many gaps in Book i., as is noticed in the Return of 1830, e.g., 1563 to 1566 and 1653 to 1662. A memorandum in Book ii. by "John Bott, Curate," states that "in 1732 it was found that a Marriage Register Book was missing." This Register from 1538 to 1700 was printed by Mr. F. A. Crisp, F.S.A., 1896, folio.