Dictionary of National Biography, 1904 errata/Volume 61

Dictionary of National Biography

ERRATA IN VOLUME LXI

WHICHCORD—WILLIAMS

N.B.— f.e. stands for from end and l.l. for last line

Page	Col.	Line
v	ii	10 f.e.	List of Writers: for B.D. read D.D.
4	ii	39	Whiddon, Jacob: for (fl. 1585-1595) read (d. 1595)
		l.l.	for It is probable that he was read He was
5	i	1-4	for the expedition against Cadiz . . . . is not mentioned, read but he died on the return journey, and was buried by Ralegh, who styles him 'a man most honest and valiant,' in the island of Trinidad (Discoverie of Guiana, in Raleh's Works, viii. p. 398)
7	i	12	Whinyates, Sir Edward C.: for first captain read post-captain
13	ii	36	Whiston, William: for Grabes's read Grabe's
20	ii	33	Whitaker, Tobias: for (fl. 1634-1661) read (d. 1666)
21	i	11	Whitaker, William: for seventeenth read sixteenth
		12	for Bromley read Burnley
33	i	13 f.e.	White, Charles: for (1695- read (1696-
	ii	4	for Royal College of Surgeons read Corporation of Surgeons (now the Royal College of Surgeons)
		48	for 13 Feb. read 20 Feb.
		51	for 1759 read 1757
34	i	16	for 1733 read 1773 and for 1785 read 1784
		18	for 1773 read 1793
56	i	2	White, John (1576-1618): for Hinlip read Hindlip
70	i	36-52	White, Richard (d. 1584). There seems reason to believe that the Richard Gwyn of St. John's College, Cambridge, whose career is described in the lines indicated is to be distinguished from the martyred Richard White who, to the college register, matriculated as a pensioner from Christ's College, Cambridge, in May 1571, graduating B.A. and M.A. (1578).
103	i	13	Whitehead, John (1630-1696): for 1764 read 1704
127	ii	9 f.e.	Whitford, Walter: omit by the
128	ii	18-19	for queen's scholar read king's scholar
151	ii	18 f.e.	Whittingham, William: for Italian read Roman
		18-12 f.e.	for omitted, as were the names . . . . the calendar prefixed, read differentiated, as regards its authoritative value, from the rest of the Old Testament,
		7 f.e.	for Some sixty read More than sixty
153	ii	39	for Doré's read Dore's
158	i	21 f.e.	Whittington, Robert: for 1528 read 1521, 1525
180	ii	26-7	Widdrington, Ralph: for before 30 Aug. 1688, when read on 10 June 1688: on 30 Aug. following
182	ii	5 f.e.	Widdrington, Sir Thomas: omit perhaps
		4 f.e.	after who insert matriculated as a pensioner in April 1617, and
197	i	17 f.e.	Wiglaf: for Hambury read Hanbury
203	i	23	Wilberforce Robert I.: for Brown read Browne
	ii	2 f.e.
207	i	6-5 f.e.	Wilberforce, Samuel: for denied the bishop's right to refuse institution to read reversed the sentence of a year's suspension passed by the Court of Arches on some of
221	ii	38	Wild, George: after old age. insert Several plays that he wrote for St. John's College, Oxford, are extant in Brit. Mus. Addit. MS. 14047.
256	i	16	Wilkie, Sir David: for seized for the rent of the room, read unfairly seized for rent owing by a previous tenant of the room.
265	ii	13	Wilkins, John: for probably read became in 1663
		14-15	for though some authorities . . . . this appointment; read (cf. Sloane MS. 1326, f. 40 b)
267	ii	40	Wilkins, William: for Oxberton read Osberton
271	i	25	Wilkinson, Henry: for Kennet's read Kennett's
272	i	29	Wilkinson, James J. G.: for A bust read A bust by F. Leifchild
287	i	2 f.e.	Willes, Sir John: for Bishop's Ickington read Bishop's Itchington
306	i	25-26	William II: for and the duchy of Normandy were read was
314	i	50-51	William III: for Kennet read Kennett and so through article
331	i	15	William IV: for of Victoria read Victoria
367	ii	33	William de Fors, Earl of Albemarle: for King Stephen read Count Stephen
369	ii	21 f.e.	for Beforth read Beeford
379	i	35	Williams, Sir Charles H.: after (1664-1734) insert [q. v.]
396	i	6 f.e.	Williams, Edward E.: for Elliker read Ellerker
		4-2	for His father, a merchant . . . . attained his majority, read His father Captain John Williams, a captain in the East India Company's army, died on his voyage home from India in June 1809.
396	ii	8	for the lady read Jane, sister of General John Wheeler Cleveland, of the Madras army
		34	for Bysshe], Williams left a son, read Bysshe]. Mrs. Williams subsequently formed an union with Thomas Jefferson Hogg [q. v.J Williams's children included, besides a daughter (Mrs. Lonsdale), a son, Edward Medwin,
		36	for a daughter, married to read a daughter, Rosalind, married to Henry Sylvan Leigh,
		18 f.e.	after cemetery add in 1884. Williams kept a diary from 21 Oct. 1821 till 4 July 1822, four days before his death. The original MS. was presented, with other relics of Williams, to the British Museum by his grandson, Mr. J. W. Williams. The diary was edited in 1902 by Dr. Richard Garnett.
409	i	32	Williams, Isaac: for The college historian read James Pycroft, in 'College Memories'
410	i	27	after (d. 1871). insert A portrait painted about 1850 by W. H. Cubley, of Newark, was lately presented to Trinity College to be hung in the Hall.