23 February

Thursday, 23^d. At Mus^m. Began Harl. 1704. A Mr _^^Nichs. Harris Nicholas,

F. S. A. has lately been very civil to me at the Mus^m. He is about

to edit the Roll of Carlaverok, – which has already been printed, but

imperfectly in the Antiqⁿ Repertory, & by #####^{Rowe Mores} The ###^original is

in Calig. A. 18. #### written at the period. There is a recent transcript

in the Herald’s College. I was of some ##^use to M^r. N. in reading the MS.

for him, & extracting for him a passage #^from the Lanercost Chronicle. He asked

me to accompany him to the Antiqⁿ. Society ####^{in the evening} – which I agreed to ##

M^r P. came to Mus^m. & we went on _^^{with our} collation, ##^&c. – At 7oC. we^I

went with M^r Nicolas to ### Somerset House, to attend the

_^^{meeting of the} Antiqⁿ. Society. M^r Hallam was in the chair, & a great many

^mem###bers present. A paper was read by the Secretary (Ellis) ###^written

by Mr. Nicholas, on a MS. Diary of Edw. I. Journey into Scotland,

Ao. 1294, &c. The Royal Society met immediately afterwards,-

Sir H. Davy in the chair, – which I attended, – & heard several papers

read on Philosophical Subjects. Five or 6 ######^candidates were ballotted

for, and admitted, – amongst them, D^r. Alexander Nicol of Oxford.