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[29] This solemnity took place on _Wednesday_; and, the Church being
crowded with strangers, the Sermon was repeated to the parochial
congregation on the following _Sunday_.--Mr. Pegge was then very
old, and the 5th of November N. S. was his birth-day, when he
entered into the 85th year of his age.

In the year 1791 (July 8) Mr. Pegge was created D. C. L. by the University of OXFORD, at the Commemoration. It may be thought a little extraordinary that he should accept an advanced Academical Degree so late in life, as he wanted no such aggrandizement in the Learned World, or among his usual Associates, and had _voluntarily_ closed all his expectations of ecclesiastical elevation. We are confident that he was not ambitious of the compliment; for, when it was first proposed to him, he put a _negative_ upon it. It must be remembered that this honour was not conferred on an unknown man (_novus homo_); but on a _Master of Arts of_ CAMBRIDGE, of name and character, and of acknowledged literary merit[30]. Had Mr. Pegge been desirous of the title of _Doctor_ in earlier life, there can be no doubt but that he might have obtained the superior degree of D. D. from Abp. Cornwallis, upon the bare suggestion, during his familiar and domestic conversations with his Grace at Lambeth-palace.

[30] Mr. Pegge, at the time, was on a visit to his Grandson, the
present Sir Christopher Pegge, M. D. then lately elected Reader of
Anatomy at Christ Church, Oxford, on Dr. Lee's foundation.

Dr. Pegge's manners were those of a gentleman of a liberal education, who had seen much of the world, and had formed them upon the best models within his observation. Having in his early years lived in free intercourse with many of the principal and best-bred Gentry in various parts of Kent; he ever afterwards preserved the same attentions, by associating with respectable company, and (as we have seen) by forming honourable attachments.

In his avocations from reading and retirement, few men could relax with more ease and cheerfulness, or better understood the _desipere in loco_;--could enter occasionally into temperate convivial mirth with a superior grace, or more interest and enliven every company by general conversation.

As he did not mix in business of a public nature, his better qualities appeared most conspicuously in private circles; for he possessed an equanimity which obtained the esteem of his Friends, and an affability which procured the respect of his dependents.

His habits of life were such as became his profession and station. In his clerical functions he was exemplarily correct, not entrusting his parochial duties at _Whittington_ (where he constantly resided) to another (except to the neighbouring Clergy during the excursions before-mentioned) till the failure of his eye-sight rendered it indispensably necessary; and even _that_ did not happen till within a few years of his death.

As a Preacher, his Discourses from the pulpit were of the didactic and exhortatory kind, appealing to the understandings rather than to the passions of his Auditory, by expounding the Holy Scriptures in a plain, intelligible, and unaffected manner. His voice was naturally weak, and suited only to a small Church; so that when he occasionally appeared before a large Congregation (as on Visitations, &c.), he was heard to a disadvantage. He left in his closet considerably more than 230 Sermons composed by himself, and in his own hand-writing, besides a few (not exceeding 26) which he had transcribed (in substance only, as appears by collation) from the printed works of eminent Divines. These liberties, however, were not taken in his early days, from motives of idleness, or other attachments--but later in life, to favour the fatigue of composition; all which obligations he acknowledged at the end of each such Sermon.

Though Dr. Pegge's life was sedentary, from his turn to studious retirement, his love of Antiquities, and of literary acquirements in general; yet these applications, which he pursued with, great ardour and perseverance, did not injure his health. Vigour of mind, in proportion to his bodily strength, continued unimpaired through a very extended course of life, and nearly till he had reached "_ultima linea rerum_:" for he never had any chronical disease; but gradually and gently sunk into the grave under the weight of years, after a fortnight's illness, Feb. 14, 1796, in the 92d year of his age.

He was buried, according to his own desire, in the chancel at _Whittington_, where a mural tablet of black marble (a voluntary tribute of filial respect) has been placed, over the East window with the following short inscription:

"At the North End of the Altar Table, within the Rails,
lie the Remains of
SAMUEL PEGGE, LL. D.
who was inducted to this Rectory Nov. 11, 1751,
and died Feb. 14, 1796;
in the 92d year of his Age."

Having closed the scene; it must be confessed, on the one hand, that the biographical history of an individual, however learned, or engaging to private friends, who had passed the major part of his days in secluded retreats from what is called _the world_, can afford but little entertainment to the generality of Readers. On the other hand, nevertheless, let it be allowed that every man of acknowledged literary merit, had he made no other impression, cannot but have left many to regret his death.

Though Dr. Pegge had exceeded even his "_fourscore_ years and ten," and had outlived all his more early friends and acquaintance; he had the address to make new ones, who _now_ survive, and who, it is humbly hoped, will not be sorry to see a modest remembrance of him preserved by this little Memoir.

Though Dr. Pegge had an early propensity to the pursuit of _Antiquarian_ knowledge, he never indulged himself materially in it, so long as more essential and _professional_ occupations had a claim upon him; for he had a due sense of the _nature_ and _importance_ of his _clerical_ function. It appears that he had read the Greek and Latin _Fathers_ diligently at his outset in life. He had also re-perused the _Classicks_ attentively before he applied much to the _Monkish_ Historians, or engaged in _Antiquarian_ researches; well knowing that a thorough knowledge of the Learning of the _Antients_, conveyed by _classical_ Authors, was the best foundation for any literary structure which had not the _Christian Religion_ for its _cornerstone_.

During the early part of his incumbency at Godmersham in Kent, his reading was principally such as became a _Divine_, or which tended to the acquisition of _general knowledge_, of which he possessed a greater share than most men we ever knew. When he obtained allowable leisure to follow _unprofessional_ pursuits, he _attached_ himself more closely to the study of _Antiquities_; and was elected a Fellow of the SOCIETY of ANTIQUARIES, Feb. 14, 1751, N. S. in which year the _Charter_ of _Incorporation_ was granted (in November), wherein his name stands enrolled among those of many very respectable and eminently learned men[31].

[31] The only Member of the Society at the time of its
Incorporation, who survived Dr. Pegge, was _Samuel Reynardson_, Esq.

Though we will be candid enough to allow that Dr. Pegge's _style_ in general was not sufficiently terse and compact to be called elegant; yet he made ample amends by the matter, and by the accuracy with which he treated every copious subject, wherein all points were matured by close examination and sound judgment[32].

[32] The first Piece that appears to have been, in any degree,
_published_ by Dr. _Pegge_, was, A _Latin_ Ode on the Death of King
George I. 1727. See "Academiæ Cantabrigiensis Luctus" Signature
Z. z. fol. b. [Dr. Pegge was then lately elected Fellow of St.
John's College (the first time) as he signs it "Sam. Pegge, A.
B. Coll. Div. Joh. Evang. Soc." See before, p. xiii.]--1731. An
_irregular English_ Ode on Joshua vi. 20, which he contributed to
a Collection of "Miscellaneous Poems and Translations," published
(with a numerous subscription) by the Rev. Henry Travers, 1731,
octavo, p, 170. [See "Anonymiana," p. 327, for an account of Mr.
Travers, and this publication.] A marginal note in Dr. Pegge's
copy of Mr. Travers's publication tells us, that this _Ode_ was an
_academical exercise_, when the Doctor was an _under-graduate_ at
St. John's, which was sent to the _Earl_ of _Exeter_. His Lordship's
Ancestors had been Benefactors to the College, a circumstance which,
we presume, gave rise to the custom of sending such _periodical
exercises_ to the then Earl; though the practice, as far as we
know, does not continue. Thus much of this Commemoration, as we
believe, remains, that _two_ Sermons are still annually preached
(the one at _Hatfield_, and the other at _Burleigh)_ by Fellows
of the College, which we apprehend to have been enjoined by the
Benefactor. The _Ode_, of which we have spoken, became some years
after an _auxiliary_ contribution to Mr. _Travers's_ Collection from
Dr. Pegge, jointly with other contemporaries, to relieve the Editor
from some pecuniary embarrassments.--An Examination of "The Enquiry
into the meaning of Demoniacks in the New Testament; in a Letter to
the Author," 1739. An octavo (of 86 pages), with his name prefixed.
[This controversy originated from the Rev. Dr. Arthur-Ashley Sykes,
who published "An Enquiry into the Meaning of the Demoniacks in the
New Testament" (1737). under the obscure signature of "T. P. A.
P. O. A. B. I. T. C. O. S." The interpretation of this is, _T_he
_P_recentor _A_nd _P_rebendary _O_f _A_lton-_B_orealis, _I_n _T_he
_C_hurch _O_f _S_alisbury. Dr. Sykes had been vicar of Godmersham;
so that _two_ vicars of Godmersham became, incidentally, parties
in the controversy. The question engaged several other Writers;
_viz._ Rev. Leonard Twells, Rev. Thomas Hutchinson, and Rev. William
Winston, who were followed by Dr. Pegge. He, however, entered so
late into the lists, after the subject was almost worn out, that
his Publication was not much attended to, though it attracted
the applause of several competent judges, such as the Rev. Dr.
Newcome, Master of St. John's College, Cambridge; Rev. Dr. Taylor
(late Residentiary of St. Paul's); the very learned Bp. Smalbroke;
and some others.]--A Sermon on St. John i. 5: "The Light Shineth
in Darkness," preached on St. John's-day, 1742, at _Canterbury_
cathedral, and inscribed to his much-respected friend, Thomas
Knight, Esq. of _Godmersham_, in _Kent_.--A Sermon, preached
also at _Canterbury_ Cathedral during the Rebellion, 1746. [The
avowed design of the Discourse was, to prove that "Popery was an
encouragement to vice and immorality." This Sermon attracted the
civilities (mentioned in p. xxxi.) which Dr. Pegge received from
_Archbishop_ Herring.

These are the principal _professional_ Publications by Dr. Pegge;
to which ought to be added some short _pastoral_ and _gratuitous_
printed distributions at various times; _viz._ 1755. A Discourse
on Confirmation (of 23 pages, octavo), being an enlarged Sermon,
preached at _Chesterfield_ previously to the Bishop's triennial
Visitation, and dispersed.--1767. A brief Examination of the Church
Catechism, for the Use of those who are just arrived at Years of
Discretion.--1790.

A short Paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer (4 pages octavo), first addressed to his Parishioners of Brindle, in Lancashire, 1753; and afterwards reprinted and distributed in his three parishes of Whittington, Heath, and Wingerworth, in Derbyshire, 1790. and a fund of knowledge, more than would have displayed itself in any greater work, where the subject requires but _one_ bias, and _one_ peculiar attention[33].

[33] An accurate list of these detached publications may be seen in
the Gentleman's Magazine for 1796, pp. 979, 1081.

Frivolous as many detached _morsels_, scattered up and down in the GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, may appear to some Readers, they may be called the ruminations of a busy mind; which shews an universality of reading, a love of investigation,

It is but justice to say, that few men were so liberal in the diffusion of the knowledge which he had acquired, or more ready to communicate it, either _vivâ voce_, or by the loan of his MSS. as many of his living Friends can testify.

In his publications he was also equally _disinterested_ as in his private communications; for he never, as far as can be recollected, received any _pecuniary_ advantage from any pieces that he printed, committing them all to the press, with the sole reserve of a few copies to distribute among his particular Friends[34].

[34] We shall here specify Mr. Pegge's several Memoirs printed (by
direction of the Council of the Society of Antiquaries) in the
Archæologia, as being the principal _combined_ work to which he
contributed. Herein we shall proceed as they successively occur in
those volumes, rather than by the times at which the communications
themselves were actually read before the Society.

Vol. I. No. XXXVII. p. 155. Some Observations on an antique Marble
of the Earl of Pembroke.--No. XXXVIII. p. 161. Dissertation on an
Anglo-Saxon Jewel.--No. LV. p. 319. Of the Introduction, Progress,
State, and Condition, of the Vine in Britain.--No. LVII. p. 335.
A Copy of a Deed in Latin and Saxon of Odo, Bishop of Baieux, with
some Observations thereon.

Vol. II. No. IX. p. 68. Observations on the Mistakes of Mr.
Lisle and Mr. Hearne in respect of King Alfred's Present to the
Cathedrals. The late use of the Stylus, or metalline Pen. Mr.
Wise's Conjecture concerning the famous Jewel of King Alfred
further pursued; shewing it might possibly be part of the Stylus
sent by that King, with Gregory's Pastorals, to the Monastery
at Athelney.--No. XIII. p. 86. The Bull-running at Tutbury, in
Staffordshire, considered.--No. XVI. p. 100. Observations on Dr.
Percy's (afterwards Bishop of Dromore) Account of Minstrels among
the Saxons. [See vol. III. Art. XXXIV. p. 310.]--No. XIX. p. 124.
Observations on Stone Hammers.--No. XXV. p. 171. A Dissertation on
the Crane, as a Dish served up at great Tables in England.--No.
XXXVI. p. 276. A succinct and authentic Narrative of the Battle of
Chesterfield [co. Derby], A. D. 1266, in the Reign of K. Henry III.

Vol. III. No. I. p. 1. Of the Horn, as a Charter, or Instrument
of Conveyance. Some Observations on Mr. Samuel Foxlow's Horn; as
likewise on the Nature and Kinds of those Horns in general.--No. X.
p. 39. On Shoeing of Horses among the Antients.--No. XI. p. 53. The
Question considered, whether England formerly produced any Wine from
Grapes. [See vol. I. Art. LV. p. 319. This Question was answered by
the Hon. Daines Barrington in the 12th article of this volume, p.
67.]--No. XIV. p. 101. Remarks on Belatucader.--No. XVIII. p. 125.
Memoir concerning the Sac-Friars, or _Fratres de Pœnitentiâ
Jesu Christi_, as settled in England.--No. XIX. p. 132. Ἀλεκτρυόνων
Ἀγών. A Memoir on Cock-Fighting; wherein the Antiquity
of it, as a Pastime, is examined and stated; some Errors of the
Moderns concerning it are corrected; and the Retention of it among
Christians absolutely condemned and proscribed.--No. XX. p. 151. An
Inscription in honour of Serapis, found at York, illustrated.--No.
XXXIV. p. 310. A Letter to Dr. Percy (afterwards Bishop of Dromore),
on the Minstrels among the antient Saxons, occasioned by some
Observations on the Subject printed in the second Volume, p. 100.
[In this short Letter, Dr. Pegge very candidly acknowledges that
the Bishop had removed all his doubts in the most satisfactory
manner, by a more copious discussion of the subject in a subsequent
edition, which the Doctor had not seen when he wrote the Memoir in
vol. II. p. 100]--No. XXXVI. p. 316. Remarks on the first Noble
(coined 18 Edw. III. A. D. 1344) wherein a new and more rational
Interpretation is given of the Legend on the Reverse.--No. XLII. p.
371. Observations on two Jewels in the Possession of Sir Charles
Mordaunt, Bart.

Vol. IV. No. III. p. 29. An Enquiry into the Nature and Cause of
King John's Death; wherein it is shewn that it was not effected by
Poison.--No. IV. p. 47. Illustrations of a Gold enamelled Ring,
supposed to have been the Property of Alhstan, Bishop of Sherburne,
with some Account of the State and Condition of the Saxon Jewelry in
the more early Ages.--No. VIII. p. 110. Observations on Kits Cotty
House in Kent.--No. XVII. p. 190. A Dissertation on a most valuable
Gold Coin of Edmund Crouchback, son of King Henry III.--No. XXVI. p.
414. Remarks on the Bones of Fowls found in Christ-church Twynham,
Hampshire.

Vol. V, No. I. p. 1. Observations on the History of St. George,
the Patron Saint of England; wherein Dr. Pettingall's allegorical
Interpretation of the Equestrian Figure on the George, and the
late Mr. Byrom's Conjecture, that St. George is mistaken for Pope
Gregory, are briefly confuted; and the Martyr of Cappadocia, as
Patron of England, and of the Order of the Garter, is defended
against both. [N. B. Dr. Pegge's Name to this Article is omitted in
the Contents to the Volume; but see the Signature, p. 32.]--No. V.
p. 95. On the Rudston Pyramidal Stone.--No. VII. p. 101. Remarks
on Governor Pownall's Conjecture concerning the Croyland Boundary
Stone.--No. XIII. p. 160. An Examination of a mistaken Opinion
that Ireland, and [The Isle of] Thanet, are void of Serpents.--No.
XXI. p. 224. Observations on the Stone Coffins found at Christ
Church [in Hampshire].--No. XXVII. p. 272. An important Historical
Passage of Gildas amended and explained.--No. XXXVI. p. 346. The
Question discussed concerning the Appearances of the Matrices of so
many Conventual Seals.--No. XXXIX. p. 369. Remarks on the ancient
Pig of Lead [then] lately discovered in Derbyshire. [The Date is
1777.]--No. XLI. p. 390. The Penny with the name of Rodbertus IV.
ascribed to Robert Duke of Normandy, and other Matters relative to
the English Coinage, occasionally discussed.

Vol. VI. No. VIII. p. 79. Observations on the Plague in England--No.
XX. p. 150. The Commencement of the Day among the Saxons and Britons
ascertained.

Vol. VII. No. II. p. 19. Illustration of some Druidical Remains in
the Peak of Derbyshire, drawn by Hayman Rooke, Esq.--No. IX. p.
86. Observations on the present Aldborough Church, in Holderness;
proving that it was not a Saxon Building, as Mr. Somerset [_i.
e._ John-Charles Brooke, Esq. Somerset Herald] contends.--No.
XIII. p. 131. A Disquisition on the Lows, or Barrows, in the Peak
of Derbyshire, particularly that capital British Monument called
Arbelows.--No. XVIII. p. 170. Description of a Second Roman Pig of
Lead found in Derbyshire, in the Possession of Mr. Adam Wolley,
of Matlock, in that County, with Remarks.--No. XXIV. p. 211.
Observations on the Chariots of the Antient Britons.--No. XXXVIII.
p. 362. Observations on a Seal of Thomas, Suffragan Bishop of
Philadelphia.

Vol. VIII. No. I. p. 1. A Sketch of the History of the Asylum, or
Sanctuary, from its Origin to the final Abolition of it in the
Reign of King James I.--No. III. p. 58. Observations on the Stanton
Moor Urns, and Druidical Temples.--No. XX. p. 159. A circumstantial
Detail of the Battle of Lincoln, A. D. 1217 (1 Henry III).

Vol. IX. No. V. p. 45. Description of another [a third] Roman Pig of
Lead found in Derbyshire.--No. IX. p. 84. Observations on some Brass
Celts, and other Weapons, discovered in Ireland, 1780.--No. XVIII.
p. 189. Discoveries on opening a Tumulus in Derbyshire.

Vol. X. No. II. p. 17. Derbeiescira Romana.--No. IV. p. 50. Some
Observations of the Paintings in Brereton Church.--No. XIX. p. 156.
On the hunting of the antient Inhabitants of our Island, Britons
and Saxons.--No. XXIII. p. 177. Observations on an antient Font at
Burnham-Deepdale, in Norfolk.

The following articles appear to have been contributed by Mr. Pegge
to that useful and interesting reservoir of British Topographical
History, the _Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica; viz._ No. XVII.
A Memoir on the Story of Guy Earl of Warwick [1783].--No. XXI. The
History and Antiquities of Eccleshal-Manor and Castle, in the County
of Stafford; and of Lichfield House in London [1784]. [This Memoir
is inscribed to four successive Bishops of Lichfield: the Right Rev.
Dr. John Egerton (then Bishop of Durham); Hon. and Right Rev. Dr.
Brownlow North, then (and still) Bishop of Winchester; Right Rev.
Dr. Hurd, then Bishop of Worcester; and the Hon. and Right Rev. Dr.
Cornwallis, the present Bishop of Lichfield, who has done Dr. Pegge
the honour to deposit a copy of it among the Archives belonging to
that See.--No. XXIV. The Roman Roads (Ikenild-Street and Bath-Way)
discovered and investigated through the Country of the Coritani,
or the County of Derby; with the Addition of a Dissertation on the
Coritani. [1784.]--No. XXV. An Historical Account of that venerable
Monument of Antiquity, the Textus Roffensis; including Memoirs
of Mr. William Elstob, and his Sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Elstob.
[1784.]--No. XXVIII. Some Account of that Species of Prelates
formerly existing in England, usually called "Bishops _in Partibus
Infidelium_." [1784.] [The article before us is combined with some
others to consolidate what has been written on the subject. It
begins with a Letter from the Rev. Thomas Brett, LL. D. on Suffragan
Bishops in England, extracted from Drake's Antiquities of York (p.
539), which is followed by a Memoir on the same Topick from the Rev.
Mr. Lewis, of Margate. To these is subjoined Dr. Pegge's Account
of "Bishops _in Partibus Infidelium_." [N. B. This Number closes
with "A List of the Suffragan Bishops in England, drawn up by the
late Rev. Henry Wharton, M.A. and extracted from his MSS. in the
Lambeth Library."]--No. XXXII. Sketch of the History of Bolsover
and Peak Castles, in the County of Derby (in a Letter to his Grace
the Duke of Portland), illustrated with various Drawings by Hayman
Rooke, Esq. [1785].--No. XLI. A Sylloge of the authentic remaining
Inscriptions relative to the Erection of our English Churches,
embellished with Copperplates. Inscribed to Richard Gough, esq.
[1787.]

Independent Publications on Numismatical, Antiquarian, and
Biographical Subjects: 1756. No. I. "A Series of Dissertations on
some elegant and very valuable Anglo-Saxon Remains." [42 pages,
4to. with a Plate.] 1. A Gold Coin in the Pembrochian Cabinet, in a
Letter to Martin Folkes, Esq. late President of the Royal Society,
and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. [Dated Godmersham,
1751.] 2. A Silver Coin in the Possession of Mr. John White.
[Dated Whittington, 1755.] 3. A Gold Coin in the Possession of Mr.
Simpson, of Lincoln, in a Letter to Mr. Vertue. [Dated Godmersham,
1751.] 4. A Jewel in the Bodleian Library. [No place or date.]
5. Second Thoughts on Lord Pembroke's Coin, in a Letter to Mr.
Ames, Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries. [Dated Whittington,
1755.] [These Dissertations are prefaced by a Question, candidly
debated with the Rev. George North, Whether the Saxons coined any
Gold?]--No. II. 1761. "Memoirs of Roger de Weseham, Dean of Lincoln,
afterwards Bishop of Lichfield; and the principal Favourite of
Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln." [60 pages, 4to.] [This
work (as we are told in the title-page) was intended as a prelude
to the Life of that most excellent Bishop, Robert Grosseteste;
which accordingly appeared (as will be mentioned) in the year 1795.
These Memoirs were compiled soon after Dr. Pegge was collated, by
Bishop [Frederick] Cornwallis, to the prebend of _Bobenhull_, in
the church of Lichfield, 1757, (founded by Bishop Weseham) and
gratefully inscribed to his patron the Bishop of Lichfield, and to
his friend Dr. John Green, then Dean of Lincoln, as Roger de Weseham
had successively filled both those dignities.-- No. III. 1766. "An
Essay on the Coins of Cunobelin; in an Epistle to the Right Rev.
Bishop of Carlisle [Charles Lyttelton], President of the Society of
Antiquaries." [105 pages, 4to.] [This collection of coins is classed
in two plates, and illustrated by a Commentary, together with
observations on the word _tascia_. N. B. The impression consisted
of no more than 200 copies.]--No. IV. 1772. "An Assemblage of Coins
fabricated by Authority of the Archbishops of Canterbury. To which
are subjoined, Two Dissertations." [125 pages, 4to.] 1. On a fine
Coin of Alfred the Great, with his Head. 2. On an Unic, in the
Possession of the late Mr. Thoresby, supposed to be a Coin of St.
Edwin; but shewn to be a Penny of Edward the Confessor. [An Essay
is annexed on the origin of metropolitical and other subordinate
mints; with an Account of their Progress and final Determination:
together with other incidental Matters, tending to throw light on a
branch of the Science of Medals, not perfectly considered by English
Medalists.]--No. V. 1772. "Fitz-Stephen's Description of the City of
London, newly translated from the Latin Original, with a necessary
Commentary, and a Dissertation on the Author, ascertaining the exact
Year of the Production; to which are added, a correct Edition of
the Original, with the various Readings, and many Annotations." [81
pages, 4to.] [This publication (well known _now_ to have been one
of the works of Dr. Pegge) was, as we believe, brought forward at
the instance of the Hon. Daines Barrington, to whom it is inscribed.
The number of copies printed was 250.]--No. VI. 1780. "The Forme of
Cury. A Roll of antient English Cookery, compiled about the Year
1390, Temp. Ric. II. with a copious Index and Glossary." [8vo.] [The
curious Roll, of which this is a copy, was the property of the late
Gustavus Brander, esq. It is in the hand-writing of the time, a
facsimile of which is given facing p. xxxi. of the Preface. The work
before us was a _private_ impression; but as, since Mr. Brander's
decease, it has fallen, by sale, into a great many hands, we refer
to the Preface for a farther account of it. Soon after Dr. Pegge's
elucidation of the Roll was finished, Mr. Brander presented the
autograph to the British Museum.]--No. VII. 1789. "Annales Eliæ de
Trickenham, Monachi Ordinis Benedictini. Ex Bibliothecâ Lamethanâ."
To which is added, "Compendium Compertorum. Ex Bibliothecâ Ducis
Devoniæ." [4to.] [Both parts of this publication contain copious
annotations by the Editor. The former was communicated by Mr.
John Nichols, Printer, to whom it is _inscribed_. The latter was
published by permission of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, to whom
it is _dedicated_. The respective Prefaces to these pieces will best
explain the nature of them.]--No. VIII. 1793. "The Life of Robert
Grosseteste, the celebrated Bishop of Lincoln." [4to.] [This Work
we have justly called his _chef-d'œuvre_; for, in addition to
the life of an individual, it comprises much important history of
interesting times, together with abundant collateral matter.]--The
two following works have appeared since the Writer's death: No. IX.
1801. "An Historical Account of Beauchief Abbey, in the County of
Derby, from its first Foundation to its final Dissolution. Wherein
the three following material Points, in opposition to vulgar
Prejudices, are clearly established: 1st, That this Abbey did not
take its name from the Head of Archbishop Becket, though it was
dedicated to him. 2d, That the Founder of it had no hand in the
Murder of that Prelate; and, consequently, that the House was not
erected in Expiation of that Crime. 3d, The Dependance of this House
on that of Welbeck, in the County of Nottingham; a Matter hitherto
unknown." [4to.]--No. X. 1809. "_Anonymiana_; or, Ten Centuries of
Observations on various Authors and Subjects. Compiled by a late
very learned and reverend Divine; and faithfully published from the
original MS. with the Addition of a copious Index." [8vo.]]

In the following Catalogue we must be allowed to deviate from chronological order, for the sake of preserving Dr. Pegge's _contributions_ to various _periodical_ and _contingent_ Publications, distinct from his independent WORKS; to all which, however, we shall give (as far as possible) their respective dates.

The greatest honour, which a literary man can obtain, is the _eulogies_ of those who possessed equal or more learning than himself. "_Laudatus à laudatis viris_" may peculiarly and deservedly be said of Dr. Pegge, as might be exemplified from the frequent mention made of him by the most respectable contemporary writers in the _Archæological_ line; but modesty forbids our enumerating them.

_Gent. Mag. Supp. 1809. Pl. II, p. 1201._

_Schnebbelie del. 1789._]