24 May

Wednesday 24^th. Received a parcel from Bliss, & to my great

pleasure, found he had obtained & forwarded to me testimonials

from D^r. Jones, the Rector of Exeter; from D^r Macbride, the Principal,

& James, the Vice Princ^l. of our Hall; all of which, together

with a letter from myself, I sent off in the course of the day

to _^^Dr. D’Oyly, to lay before the Abp. _^^{(I have annexed copies of each of them.)} Bliss also tells me the Vice

Chanc^r. of Oxford _^^{(Dr. Jenkins)} has very kindly offered to speak to the

Bp. of London for me, with whom he dines on Friday. Besides

this, D^r Bandinel wrote yesterday to D’Oyly _^^{[to the Abp. See p. 441.]} on my behalf,

& Bliss himself wrote a very strong letter to Ld Spencer,

& will write another to Vaux, the other of the Abp‘s chaplains.

Bliss also sent me up the Proofsheet of Blore (^Thos. Arundel).

which I took to the Mus^m. & there collated the letters with

the Origls. in Nero B.I. It rained hard the whole of the

Evening.