Diary of Thomas Bellingham, an officer under William III . s of Parliament for Preston from March 1689-90 toNovember 1695, and was knighted whilst Ye 30th.—A frost. Dean Ward was here. He tould me of yediscorse between Dr Owens and one Lancaster, att Prescott, aboutye birth of ye P. of W, wch a woman overheard, and that it was asham and nothing more. A statement had been made public to the effect that Mary, Queen ofJames II, was confined on June loth, and had given birth on that day to aprince—the Prince of Wales; but the nation over which, according to theordinary course of succession, h
Diary of Thomas Bellingham, an officer under William III . s of Parliament for Preston from March 1689-90 toNovember 1695, and was knighted whilst Ye 30th.—A frost. Dean Ward was here. He tould me of yediscorse between Dr Owens and one Lancaster, att Prescott, aboutye birth of ye P. of W, wch a woman overheard, and that it was asham and nothing more. A statement had been made public to the effect that Mary, Queen ofJames II, was confined on June loth, and had given birth on that day to aprince—the Prince of Wales; but the nation over which, according to theordinary course of succession, he would have reigned was fully persuadedthat the mother was not really pregnant. (Macaulays Histor> ofEngland.) This view of the case was, however, incorrect: there was bornon the day named the most unfortunate of princes, destined to seventy-seven years of exile and wandering, of vain projects, of honours moregalling than insults, and of hopes such as make the heart sick. (Ibid.)This prince was the one now historically known as the Old SMALL DRAWING ROOM. LEVENS, Cuiilainiiif; Caneil OiU- thninirv /iiir. nnlrally .sin iiiuiditiii nilli ^haiii {i^c. Dec, 1688.] The Bellingham Diary. 33 Dec. ye fayr day, but cold. My paine in ye shoulder continues, forwhich I sweat ; and att evening I treated cousens Johnson andPatten wth oysters and wine, and playd att Cards pretty late. Ye 2nd.—A dry, cold day. I was not att church in ye morning,but heard yt ye vicar preachd a very factious sermon. Ye curate made a good serm : in ye afternoon. The Rev. Thomas Birch was the vicar, and Mr. Farrand was the curate. Ye 3d.—A dry, cold day. I tooke Physick for my paine, whichcontinues very violent. In ye evening my cousens Johnson andPatten came, and sate wth mc and playd cards till it was late. Ye 4th.—A cold, dry day. We had an account of Bristol! Plymouth, Hull, Newcastle, Carlisle, and severall other places sur- rendred for ye P of O. Proclamations
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