The Cathedrall at Winchester is one of y^e biggest in England and is to be admired for its Largeness, not its neatness or Curiosity, there is an ascent of 20 steps up to the quire that is finely Carved in y^e wood, and on the top all round stands in ffine painted Chests the bones of the Kings of England y^t were buried there; for Winchester was the Regal Citty w^{ch} now it has lost, as also a peculiar art of dying y^e best purples. In the Church there are no good Monuments worth notice, the body of the Church is very large, y^e Steeple Lookes Noble, but y^e Spire is not a neare so high as Salisbury. In the town is a new building begun by K. Charles the Second for a Palace when he Came to hunt and for aire and diversions in the Country. I saw y^e Modell of it w^{ch} was very fine and so would it have been if ffinished; but there is only y^e outside shell is set up, there were designed fine apartm^{ts} and two Chapples but its never like to be finish’d now. There is a good river runns thro’ the town, at y^e backside the Castle stood high, but there now remaines only y^e ruined walls and banks on w^{ch} they make gardens and hopp yards, w^{ch} runnes a great Length on the side of y^e brow of the hill that some part of y^e town is built on—it Lookes pretty. Here is a good Colledge it is on y^e same foundation y^t New Colledge in Oxford are; both built and Endowed by Great Will^m of Wickam an ancester of y^e ffiennes and Lord Say and Seale. So all the founders Kindred by his own Statutes are first to be Chosen and have a Right to many priviledges—its only in default or want of any of his Kindred or of Such and Such Parishes w^{ch} he names that any other person ought or Can be Chosen a Child of this Colledg. They have such a Number above 100—they have their Diet and a gown every year, and so much mony Every quarter, and here they have their Learning and provision. There are also fellowships—w^{ch} as they become vacant they who are fitt its bestowed on them—on w^{ch} a young Man May Maintain himself well and so improve his Learning. These fellowships at New Colledg are forfeited if they do not live there, or for y^e most part; and also as soone as they are Marryed they are put out in number fellows and master and warden, but at winchester the fellowships are of greater value and do appertaine to a person during Life in Case he Comes and resides for y^e most part there, even when they are marryed. I thinke there are but 7 fellowships here. There is a warden of y^e Colledge and a Schoolemaster and usher at Winchester. Y^e Colledge is a good Pile of Building there is a very pretty Chapple in it and a very fine Library w^{ch} is in y^e Cloysters y^t are very good for walking.