These Morgans of Wells were 'cousins' of Aubrey: see in the life of Sir
Edmundbury Godfrey. The William Morgan who is there mentioned I take to
be William Morgan (son of John Morgan, gent., of Worminster, co. Som.)
who matriculated at Christ Church on Dec. 13, 1639, aged 17, to be the
Captain (or Major) William Morgan of this notice. William Morgan, the
son, of this notice, is probably William Morgan (son of William Morgan
of Wells, co. Som., gent.) who matriculated at Trinity College, May 27,
1669, aged 16.
=John Morton= (1410-1500).
[369]Cardinal Morton:--lettre from A. Ettrick, esq., 9 July 1681:--'The
grant of Morton's coate was not to the cardinal, but I beleeve he
like other great new clergie-men tooke the libertie to use what coate
he pleased; but about the 7th of Henry VIII <1515>, the coate is
granted by three heralds to one of the same family with a _gratis
dictum_ recital in the grant of a descent of a pretty many auncestors
ingraffing him into the family of Bawtry (vide [Illustration][370] of
Bawtry) in Yorkshire. This Sir Edward Bysh shewed me in the Heralds'
Office.'--Quod vide.
Vide _Utopia_, pp. 49, 50, an immortall elogie; Sir Thomas More in aula
ejus educatus.
[371]In my last I gave you some memoirs of cardinall Morton, and that
the tradicion of the countrey people in Dorset, when I was a schooleboy
there at Blandford, was that he was a shoe-maker's son of Bere in com.
praedict.: but Sir William Dugdale ... sayes 'by no meanes I must putt
in writing hear-sayes.'
His coate is this[372], 'quarterly, gules and ermine, in the first
quarter a goat's head erased ...': which something resembles the
shoemakers' armes, who give 'three goates' heades,' as you may see in
the signe without Bocardo.
This coate of Moreton is in the west chamber of the Katherine-wheele
Inne at Great Wiccomb in Bucks, with (as I remember) the cardinall's
cappe.
=Thomas Mouffet= (1553-1604).
[373]... Muffett, M.Dr., lived in his later time at Bulbridge (at
the west end of Wilton--it belongs to the earle of Pembroke) at the
mannor-house there, which is a faire old-built house. This Bulbridge is
adjoyning to Wilton; the river[374] only parts it.
At this place he dyed and lyes ☞ buryed at Wilton, but no memoriall of
him--vide the Register.
The earl of Pembroke's steward told me that he findes by the old bookes
and accounts that a pension of ... was payd him yearly. He was one of
the learnedest physitians of that age. He writt a booke in Latin in
folio _de insectis_ which Dr. John Pell told me (quaere) heretofore was
first begun by a friar.... There was printed, long since his death, his
booke _Of Meates_ (in quarto, English), about 1649. Vide; I have it.
[375]... Mouffet:--quaere brother[376] Tom; vide the register at
Wilton; write to Mr. Gwyn[377] de hoc.--Thomae Moufeti, Londinatis,
Opera sumptibus Theodori de Mayerne edita, 1634.
=... Munday= (16---166-).
[378]Mr. ... Munday, a merchant, was a great traveller, and travelled
from Archangel to the East Indies by land. He wrote _Memoires_ of all
his journeys, a large folio, wherein he had draughts of their cities,
habits[379], customs, etc.
He had a great collection of natural rarities, coynes, prints, etc.
Mr. Baker[380] knew him.
He died at Penrhyn in Cornwall about 20 yeares since. Quaere for
them[381].
=Robert Murray= (1633-1725).
[382]Mr. Robert Murray is a citizen of London, a milliner, of the
company of cloathworkers. His father, a Scotchman; mother, English.
Borne in the Strand, Anno Dni. 1633, December; christened <Dec.> 12ᵗʰ.
The penny-post was sett up anno Domini 1680, Our Lady day, being
Fryday[383], a most ingeniose and usefull project. Invented by Mr. ...
Murray[384] first, and then Mr. Dockery[385] joyned with him. It was
set up Feb. 1679/80.
Mr. Murray[386] was formerly clarke to the generall company for the
revenue of Ireland, and afterwards clark to the committee of the grand
excise of England; and was the first that invented and introduced
into this city the club of commerce consisting of one of each trade,
whereof there were after very many erected and are still continued in
this city. And also continued[387] and sett-up the office or banke of
credit at Devonshire house in Bishopsgate Street without, where men
depositing their goods and merchandize were furnished with bills of
current credit on 2/3 or 3/4 of the value of the said goods answering
to the intrinsique value of money, whereby the deficiency of coin might
be fully subplyed: and for rendring the same current, a certaine or
competent number of traders (viz. 10 or 20 of each trade, wherof there
be 500 severall trades within the citty) were to be associated or
formed into such a society or company of traders as might amongst them
compleat the whole body of commerce, whereby any possest of the said
current credit might be furnisht amongst themselves with any kind of
goods or merchandise as effectually as for money could do elsewhere.
=Richard Napier= (1559-1634).
[388]Dr. Richard Napier[AE]:--he was no Doctor, but a divine (rector
Lindfordiensis) and practised physick--natus Maii 4, 1559, 11 h. 4´
P.M. in urbe Exoniae.
[389]Dr. Napier was uncle and godfather to Sir Richard Napier.
_Note._