To Hugh Earl of Marchmont, my manor, &c. in Buckingham, late the estate of Sir John Witteronge, Bart.; and also my manor, &c. in the same county, late the estate of Sir Thomas Tyrrel. To Thomas Lord Bishop of Oxford, my manor, &c. in Bedford. To Beversham Filmer, Esq., my manors, &c. in Leicester and Northampton, late the estates of Sir Thomas Cave. To Dr. James Stephens, my estates, &c. in Berks and Huntingdon. And all other undisposed of estates or effects to John Spencer, his heirs, &c. SARAH MARLBOROUGH. Dated August 15th, 1744. (Witnessed by) SANDWICH. GEO. HEATHCOTE. HENRY MARSHALL. RICHARD HOARE. THE END. ----- Footnote 1: Royal and Noble Authors, art. Peterborough. Footnote 2: Pope’s Letters to Swift, p. 76. Footnote 3: Noble, vol. ii. p. 43. Footnote 4: The Earl married, first, Carey, daughter of Sir Alexander Frazer, and, secondly, the accomplished Anastasia Robinson, the daughter of a painter. The story of his lordship’s lovesuit to this lady shows at once the licentiousness and the eccentricity of his character. Whilst he admired the virtues of Miss Robinson, and her efforts in her vocation as an opera singer and a teacher of music and Italian, to support an aged father, he did not deem it beneath him to endeavour to make her his mistress. His arts were unsuccessful, and Anastasia became privately his wife. In 1735 it suited his fancy to proclaim his marriage. Being at Bath, in the public rooms, a servant was ordered to call out distinctly, “Lady Peterborough’s carriage waits;” on which every lady of rank and respectability rose, and wished the new Countess joy.—Granger, vol. ii. p. 45. Footnote 5: Private Correspondence, vol. i. p. 4. Footnote 6: Lady M. W.’s Letters, vol. ii. p. 168. Footnote 7: Coxe, vol. i. p. 232. Footnote 8: Cunningham, b. vi. p. 328. Footnote 9: Noble, vol. ii. p. 36. Footnote 10: Boyer, App., p. 46. Footnote 11: Correspondence, vol. ii. p. 197. Footnote 12: Cunningham, b. vi. p. 328. Footnote 13: Boyer. Footnote 14: Walpole’s Letters, vol. ii. p. 401. Footnote 15: Coxe, vol. i. p. 284. Footnote 16: Cunningham, book vi. p. 350. Footnote 17: Conduct, p. 159. Footnote 18: Conduct, p. 141. Footnote 19: Burnet. Footnote 20: Conduct, p. 171. Footnote 21: Conduct, p. 172. Footnote 22: Coxe. Footnote 23: Cunningham, b. vi. p. 351. Footnote 24: Ibid. Footnote 25: Examiner, No. 26. Footnote 26: Boyer, p. 472. Footnote 27: Coxe, p. 280. Footnote 28: Coxe, p. 279. Footnote 29: Ibid. Footnote 30: Coxe, p. 294, and Cunningham.