Sir William Dugdale (1605-1685/6)
Memorandum that Sir William Dugdale did not tell his son or Mr. Gibbons de Edward the Confessor and he laught at it—quod N. B.
‘SirED William Dugdale was borne September 12, 1605’—from Mr. Gibbons, Blewmantle. That afternoon a swarme of bees pitch’t under his mother’s chamber window, as it were an omen of his laborious collections.
Notes
EC This is a note in the handwriting of John Gibbon (‘Blue Mantle’ pursuivant, 1668); followed by a memorandum by Aubrey.
ED A note by Gibbon, correcting the previous one: followed by a memorandum by Aubrey.
Notes
893Sir William Dugdale, Garter, <born> 12 Sept. 1605, 3h 15´ P.M.
894’SirEC William Dugdale avow’d to mee <that> at the time of his birth (10 September, as I thinke, which was the birth day of Francis the first) a swarme of bees came and settled under the window where hee was borne, September 18. Johan. Gybbon.’