"September y^e 11th, 1745. Edwd. ---- and Elizabeth ---- were married, and would not let me know their names, y^e man said he was a weaver, and liv'd in Bandy leg walk in the Borough. Pr. E. Ashwell." He was so famous that he was honoured with an obituary notice in the press, _vide_ the _General Advertiser_, Jan. 15, 1746. "On Monday last, died, in the Rules of the Fleet, Doctor Ashwell, the most noted operator in Marriages since the death of the never-to-be-forgotten Dr. Gaynam." John Floud, or Flood, did a good business from the time of Queen Anne, 1709, to Dec. 31, 1729, when he died within the Rules of the Fleet. He was a very queer Character, keeping a mistress who played jackall to his lion, and touted for couples to be married. He died suddenly whilst celebrating a wedding. Yet even he seems to have had some compunction as to his course of life, like Walter Wyatt: for, in one of his pocket books is the following verse. "I have Liv'd so long I am weary Living, I wish I was dead, and my sins forgiven: Then I am sure to go to heaven, Although I liv'd at sixes and sevens." John Floud had a peculiarity; if ever he wanted to make memoranda, which were not convenient to introduce into his ordinary Register he partially used the Greek character, as being "Caviar to the general," thus: "13 Jan. 1728. [Greek: marr]: [Greek: t]h[Greek: rêê s]h[Greek: illings] & [Greek: onê] [Greek: d]^o [Greek: chêrti]_f_[Greek: ichatê]. Th[Greek: ê] [Greek: bridêgroom] w[Greek: as t]h[Greek: ê brot]h[Greek: êr] o_f_ [Greek: t]h[Greek: ê mêmorablê] J[Greek: onat]h[Greek: an] W[Greek: ild] E[Greek: chêchutêd at] Ty[Greek: burn]." Marr.: three shillings and one ditto Certificate. The bridegroom was the brother of the memorable Jonathan Wild, Executed at Tyburn. "8 Mar. 1728. [Greek: Not]h[Greek: ing but a notê o]_f_ h[Greek: and] _f_[Greek: or t]h[Greek: is marriagê] wh[Greek: ich]h [Greek: nêuêr] w[Greek: as phaid]." Nothing but a note of hand for this marriage, which never was paid. "27 August, 1728. [Greek: marriagê t]h[Greek: irtêên s]h[Greek: illings] & [Greek: onê] & [Greek: sichphênchê chêrti]_f_[Greek: ichatê. t]h[Greek: ê] w[Greek: oman not charing to bê marriêd in t]h[Greek: ê phlêêt] I h[Greek: ad t]h[Greek: êm marriêd at mr bro]w[Greek: ns at mr] H[Greek: arrisons in pheidgêonê chourt in t]h[Greek: ê Old Bailê]y [Greek: at] _f_[Greek: our achlochch in t]h[Greek: ê morning]." Marriage thirteen shillings, and one and sixpence Certificate. The woman not caring to be married in the Fleet, I had them married at Mr. Brown's, at Mr. Harrison's in Pidgeone Court, in the Old Bailey at four a'clock in the morning.