REPLY1850
Arminian Nunnery in Huntingdonshire.
By J. D. N. N. (Renfrewshire)
Dr. Peckard appears to have had the use of some of Peck's MSS. (perhaps those referred to by DR. RIMBAULT), but he regrets the loss of a MS. which he had lent to the Rev. Mr. Jones, of Sheepshall, being, a *Life of Nicholas Ferrar*, by Peck, prepared for the press, but which, after near twenty years' inquiry, he had been unable to recover. This suggests the Query, Has it ever yet been recovered? DR. RIMBAULT'S inquiry regarding Thomas Hearne has been answered by Dr. Dibdin (*Bibliomania*, London, 1811, p.381.) who informs Dr. Peckard, Dr. Wordsworth, and his Quarterly Reviewer (p. 93), that He…
Topics: Genealogy, Historical Customs, Literature
Locations: Sheepshall, Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire, London, Oxford