[302] In reference to this charity, the following paragraph from the ‘Monthly Chronicle’ of the _European Magazine_ for January, 1790, is interesting: ‘At a meeting held in London of the trustees of John Stock, Esq., of Hampstead, who bequeathed a bounty of £100 a year to be divided amongst ten poor curates of the Church of England, whose incomes should not exceed £40 per annum ... thirty-eight petitions were presented and read from poor curates to partake of his benevolence, many of whose stipends were not more than £25 yearly, with which they have to support numerous and burdensome families. As ten only could receive the gift, twenty-eight were unsuccessful candidates.’ [303] In the winter of 1727 Voltaire was lodging at the White Peruke, Covent Garden, and visiting Pope at Twickenham. It may have been on this occasion that he made the acquaintance of Mr. Pitt. [304] ‘A Pamphlet on the Unequal and Partial Assessments; or, The Book of Assessments to the Poor Rates of the Parish of St. John, Hampstead, in the County of Middlesex, laid open by A. Abrahams, 1811, with a view to Meliorate the Situation of the Middling and Lower Classes by a New Assessment.’ [305] At this time twenty loads per day passed through Hampstead, besides what went other ways. [306] Abrahams mentions Miss Baillie at Frognal, and G. Paxon the Flask—the Lower Flask, of course. [307] The reason for the name of this avenue has been gravely questioned, and the legend attached to it is looked upon as a mere fable. But in 1859 Sir Francis Palgrave, then Deputy-Keeper of the Record Office, discovered a full account of the assize which was held under these memorable trees in the year 1662—Communicated by G. W. Potter, Esq. [308] ‘Endymion.’ INDEX. Abbey Fields, 346 Abel, James, 100, 333 Abraham, Mr., ‘Book of Assessment’ by, 66 Adam and Eve, The, 15 Adelaide, Queen, visits Hampstead, 231-233 Addison, 45, 121, 261, 280 ‘Additional Notes,’ Crosby’s, 2 Aikin, Dr., 67 Aikin, Dr. John, 67 Aikin, Lucy, 67, 75, 166, 343 Ainsworth, Harrison, 4, 14 Airy, Julius Talbot, 89 Akenside, Dr., 95, 176, 314 Albert, Prince, 56 Alexander, William, 87 Alfred, King, 6 Alvanley, Lady, 36, 89 Alvanley, Lord, 89 Ampthill Square, 14 Andrews, Alderman Sir J. W., 90 Angler’s Lane, 3 Arbuthnot, Dr., 121, 261, 272, 273, 280 Argyle, Duke of, 219 Armstrong, Dr., 312 Askew, Dr., 83 Assembly Room, 145, 270, 300-302 Assessment, Abraham’s Book of, 66 Atye, Sir Arthur, 345 Baillie, Agnes, 157 Baillie, Dorothea, 153 Baillie, James, D.D., 153 Baillie, Joanna, 81, 100, 143, 154-158, 315 Baillie, Matthew, 153 Baillie, W. H., 158 Baines, 2 _et passim_ Baker, William, 121 Ballantyne, Mr., 76 Barbauld, Mrs., 67, 153, 159, 313 Barbauld, Rochemont, 58, 67 Bartholomew, Valentine, 15 Battle Bridge, 13