5. Mr. Broughton the Lawyer, _i.e._ Richard Broughton, Justice of North
Wales, called by Sir John Wynne, in the _History of the Gwedir Family_,
"the chief antiquary of England."
6. Mr. Leigh, probably James Leigh, author of several tracts on
heraldry, preserved in Hearne's _Curious Discoveries_.
7. Mr. Bourgchier. Query, Sir Henry Bouchier, afterwards Earl of Bett?
or Thomas Bouchier, the learned Roman Catholic divine, who died at Rome
about 1586?
8. Mr. Broughton the Preacher. Could this be the learned divine Hugh
Broughton, author of _The Consent of Scriptures_, born in 1549, ob.
1612?
9. Joseph Holland, a native of Devonshire, an excellent herald,
genealogist, and antiquary, of the Inner Temple, living in 1617.
10. Mr. Gartier. Sir Gilbert Dethick, Knight of the Garter, Principal
King-at-Arms, who was well skilled in antiquities, is perhaps intended.
He died in 1584, at eighty-one. Or more probably his son and successor,
Sir William Dethick, Knight, who was one of a select number of
antiquaries who entered into a society in 1593 (the cradle of the
present Society of Antiquaries). Sir William died in 1612.
11. Sir Robert Cotton, the founder of the Cottonian Library, died in
1631.
12. Francis Thynne, Esq., Lancaster Herald, died 1608. "An excellent
antiquary, and a gentleman painful and well deserving of his office
whilst he lived." (_Camden._)
13. John Stow, author of _The Chronicles of England_ and _The Survey of
London_; died in 1605.
14. -- Combes. Query, Thomas Combe, author of a _Book of Emblems_, reg.
Eliz.
15. -- Lloyd, Humphry Lluyd or Lloyd, "a most noted antiquary, and
person of great skill and knowledge in British affairs," ob. 1570.
(_Wood._)
16. Mr. James Strangeman, of Hedley Castle, Essex, cited by Salmon as an
Essex antiquary. (_Gough._)