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      the * History of Leicestershire , ' and made a considerable progress in the volumes , in which this article appears , he bad a final adieu to civic honours ; intending also to withdraw from a business in which he had been for 54 years assiduously engaged ; and hoping { Deovolente ) to pass the evening of ; life in the calm

      enjoyment of . domestic tranquillity . He was married , in 1766 , to Anne , daughter of Mr . William Gradock , of Leicester ; and again , in 1778 , to Martha , daughter of Mr . William Green , of Hinckley . By the first , wife , who died in 1776 , he has two daughters living , 1812 ; by the second ,

      who died in 1778 , one son * and four daughters . He never affected to possess any superior share of erudition , or to be profoundly versed in the learned languages ; content if in plain , intelligible terms , either in conversation or in writing , he . could . contribute his quota of information or entertainment . *'

      Tn addition to the » facts which Mr . Nichols has recorded , we ; may add , that he was a Fellow of the London Society of Antiquaries , and long an active manager of that * excellent Institution , the Literary Fund . From the list of his publications , which Mr . Nichols has subjoined to this auto-biography , it will be seen that from an early age he was an ; industrious and

      multifarious writer . He began his literary career , like many other youths , as the votary of the . muses ; but he soon abandoned the flowery meadows of Parrnassus , for . the more rugged fields of antiquarian research . His largest original work is his History of Leicestershire , published in seven parts , and making four thick volumes , in folio . The next , in

      point of extent , and probably the most interesting of . his publications , is his Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century , in 6 volumes , 8 vo . j a work rich in biographical' information . Mr . Nichols had a very extensive knowledge of men and books , and his writings will , on this account , form a valuable store of materials

      for future biographers and historians . His chief merit as a literary man was that of being an industrious and careful com- ^ piler , which qualified him for the duties of an editor , which he so frequently undertook . The Gentleman ' s Magazine , which he so long and so ably conducted , shews him to have been a High Church

      * Mr . John Bowyer Nichols , F . S . A ., his father's partner in the printing business / , a gentleman of very extensive literary information , and of the highest respectability of character . Ed .

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      Tory in his religion and politics . Btt * though he occasionally admitted papers , probably forced upon him by his connexions , which displayed in its worst features the spirit of intolerance , he was himself , we really believe , the Mr . Urban whom he personated . We wish his successor in the editorial office may possess his mildness of temper and be nevolence of heart .

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      72 Obituary . —Mr . Pendrill . —Mrs . Shore . —Rev < - William WTihear .

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      " Mr . Pendrill , a shoemaker , late of Newgate Street , was buried on Sunday , December 3 , at Creed Church , Leadenhall Street , , with masonic honours . He was descended from the family of the Pendrills , in Nottinghamshire ; one of whom , Mr . Pendrill , of Beskell House , secreted Charles II ., and saved him , by

      making him assume the character of his servant . In this disguise he was conveyed beyernd the reach of his enemies . For the services then performed , the family of Pendrill receive a pension at this day from Government . Integrity , seems to have descended from father to son as an inheritance ; for at a time when a reward of j § 1000 was offered for the

      apprehension of young Watson , Mr . Pen * drill secreted him in his house in Newgate Street , dressed as a female , watched over him to prevent the approach of every intruder , accompanied him to America , and never left him till he saw him in a place of safety . ' * What bump would the Craniologists expect to find hereditary in this family ?

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      " We have the melancholy task of recording the death of Harriet , the beloved wife of Samuel Shore , Esq ., of Norton Hall . She departed this life on Saturday evening , December 9 , 1826 , aged 65 . Her loss will be deeply regretted by her family , with whom she affectionately

      lived in the faithful and active discharge of all her duties ; by society , of which she was an ornament ; and by the poor , to whom she was a kiud and liberal friend . We believe that this lady was the last surviving branch of the Foys , an eminent and very respectable family in the South of England . " Sheffield Mercury .

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      December 10 , in the prime of life , leaving a widow and four children , at Starston , near Harleston , Norfolk , the Rev . Wm . Whitear , Hector of th « for-

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      MR 8 . Harriet Shore .

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      Mr . ' Pendrill .

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      Rev . William Whitear .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1827, page 72, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1792/page/72/