{90} Many names still in the locality, or that have died out within the last half century, are to be found in these Registers; it may be serviceable to note a few:—Aley, Arnold, Baber, Beadle, Briscoe, Britten, Burton, Coppin, Cowell, Cromwell, Danvers, Dexter, Faulkner, Gunter, Gwin, Hipsley, Lilly, London, Merriman, Morland, Perrin, Pope, Rouse, Thorowgood, Timberlake, Whitehead, Wise, Woolley. From their imperfect condition it is useless to attempt a statistical analysis of the baptisms, but of the marriages I have made a few notes, as follow:—In 1659 there were 36 marriages; in 1661, 81; in the half-year ending December 31st, 1665, they had increased to the large number of 335. For about twelve years they continue very numerous, but in 1696 there were 394 marriages, two years after the number fell to 155; in 1704 they decreased to 45, and such decrease continued till, in 1747, only five entries are made, in 1751 only _one_, and in 1752 but _two_. {92} When the foundation stone was laid they amounted to about £12,000; among the contributors were Earl Fitzwilliam, £500; the Earls of Bradford, Brownlow, Burlington and Winchelsea, Geo. A. Haldimand, J. A. Smith, and E. J. Shirley, Esqs., each £200; Duke of Montrose, Marquis Camden, Earl Sefton, Earl Carlisle, Sir J. Mordaunt, Sir J. Heathcote, T. Cubitt, T. Cundy, Esqs., each £100; and Geo. Drummond, Esq., £200. {104} This inscription, through various means, I have traced back nearly a century: another century makes us contemporary. Would all recollection of such momentous times die away in that time? The writer of this spoke to an old man in 1845, who remembered the bells ringing for the capture of Quebec by Wolfe in 1759. {106} See the Appendix. {109} See for further notices of Sterling, Carlyle’s “Life of John Sterling;” and “The Fourth Estate,” by F. K. Hunt. {112a} A number of these are in my possession. {112b} There was a very old wooden gate, opening from the yard at the back into the park; the bodies of those drowned in the Serpentine were brought in through it. {114} Afterwards bought by the well-known Andrew Mann, and placed by him on the top of a public house at the corner of Warwick Street, Pimlico. {117} See “Gentleman’s Magazine,” 1810; “Life of Romney,” by his brother; “Johnsoniana,” &c. Of Part XIV. of this work Humphry was author. {118} Afterwards called the “Life Guardsman.” {120a} “Letters to Julia,” by Henry Luttrell. {120b} “Year Book,” 1826. {129} “King’s Anecdotes of His Own Times.” {147} See “Faulkner’s Kensington,” and “Notes and Queries,” vol. xii., p. 186. {148} See “Symmons’ Life of Milton,” 2d edit., 1810, pp. 122–124. {149a} Cooke’s Preface to “Conversation: a Didactic Poem.” 1807. {149b} Quoted by Faulkner, “Hist. Chelsea.” {149c} “Journey to London,” quoted by Mr. Peter Cunningham. {149d} “Notes and Queries,” v. 487. {154} “Belgravia: a Poem.”