favour, resided in the college, and by degrees gained the good opinion and favour of the government. He even obtained a patent under the great seal, giving the office of garter to him, and his son John Anstis junior, esq. and to the survivor of them: this passed June 8, 1727, only two days before the death of George I. He died at his seat, at Mortlake in Surrey, on Sunday, March 4, 1744-5, and was buried the 23d of that month, in a vault in the parish church of Dulo in Cornwall. In him, it is said, were joined the learning of Camden and the industry, without the inaccuracy, of sir William Dugdale. He was certainly a most indefatigable and able officer at arms; and though he lived to the age of seventy-six, yet there is room to wonder at the extent of his productions, especially as he was a person of great consequence, and busied with many avocations out of the college. In 1706, he published a "Letter concerning the honour of Earl Marshal," 8vo. "The form of the Installation of the Garter" 1720, 8vo. "The Register of the most noble Order of the Garter, usually called the Black-Book, with a specimen of the Lives of the Knights Companions," 1724, 2 vols. folio. "Obser vations introductory to an historical Essay on the Knighthood of the Bath," 1725, 4to, intended as an introduction to the history of that order, for which it is there said the Society of Antiquaries had begun to collect materials. His "Aspilogia," a discourse on seals in England, with beautiful draughts, nearly fit for publication, from which Mr. Drake read an abstract to the Society in 1735-6, and two folią volumes of Sepulchral Monuments, Stone Circles, Crosses, and Castles, in the three kingdoms, from which there are extracts in the Archæologia, vol. XIII. were purchased, with many other curious papers, at the sale of Mr. Anstis's library of MSS. in 1768, by Thomas Astle, esq. F. R. and A. S. Besides these he left five large folio volumes on the Office, &c. of Garter King at Arms, of Heralds and Pursuivants, in this and other kingdoms, both royal, princely, and such as belonged to our nobility," now in the pos session of George Nayler, esq. York herald, and genealogist of the Order of the Bath, &c. "Memoirs of the Families of Talbot, Carew,'Granvile, and Courtney." "The Antiquities of Cornwall." "Collections, relative to the Parish of Coliton, in Devonshire," respecting the tithes, owing to a dispute which his son, the Rev. George Anstis, the vicar, then had with the parishioners, in the court of VOL. II. 66 X exchequer in 1742. The late Dr. Ducarel possessed it. "Collections relative to All Souls' college, in Oxford." These were very considerable, and purchased by the college. Sixty-four pages of his Latin Answer to "the Case of Founders' Kinsmen," were printed in 4to, with many coats of arms. His "Curia Militaris, or treatise on the Court of Chivalry, in three books :" it is supposed that no more than the preface and contents were ever published. Mr. Reed had those parts; the whole, however, was printed in 1702, 8vo: probably only for private friends. Mr. Prior mentions this Garter in an epigram : "But coronets we owe to crowns, And sons of Anstis by election." In the picture gallery at Oxford is a portrait of him; there is another in the hall of the College at Arms. In the copy of his letters concerning the honour of the Earl Marshal, purchased by George Harrison, esq. Norroy, for 17. 2s. at the sale of George Scott, of Woolston hall, esq. were many MS letters of Mr. Anstis to Dr. Derham. In Gutch's Coll. Curiosa is a curious history of visitation books, under the title of "Nomenclator Fecialium qui Angliæ et Walliæ Comitatus visitârunt, quo anno et ubi autographa, seu apographa reperiuntur, per Johannem Anstis, Garter, principal. Regem armorum Anglicanorum," taken from a MS. in the library of All Souls' college in Oxford. He married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Mr. Richard Cudlipp, of Tavistock in Devonshire, by whom he had, 1. John Anstis, jun. esq. who succeeded him as garter; 2. the Rev. George Anstis, vicar of Coliton, in Devon, who became heir to his eldest brother; 3. the Rev. Philip Anstis, born in the college, and the same day, December 15, 1717, baptized and registered at St. Bennet's Church, Paul's Wharf *; 4. Mary; 5. Catherine; and 6. Rachael, born in the college, May 17, and baptized June 11, 1721, at St. Bennet's. T One of the above brothers, who was in the church, died at Axminster in Somersetshire, October 14, 1758. One of them married Elizabeth, daughter of sir William Pole, of Shute in Devonshire, bart. There was a George Anstis, B. LL. rector of Bradwell in Es Nichols's Bowyer, vol. V. p. sex, November 8, 1736, resigned it He ANSTIS (JOHN), esq. LL.D. and F.A.S. eldest son and heir of the preceding, succeeded by virtue of the grant passed in 1727. He had been educated as a gentleman commoner at Corpus Christi college in Oxford. At the revival of the order of the Bath he was made genealogist and registrar. He was presented by Dr. Brookes, regius professor of civil law in Oxford, with the degree of LL.D. April 22, 1749, being the opening of the Radcliffe Library. July 21, 1736, he had been elected a member of the Society of Antiquaries. The margrave of Anspach, when invested with the order of the garter, presented him with 300 ducats, the gold-hilted sword his highness then wore, and gave him 100 ducats in lieu of his upper robe, which Garter claimed as belonging to him, by virtue of his office. He spent most of his time at Mortlake, where, indulging himself too freely with wine, it shortened his life, dying there December 5, 1754, aged only forty-six. He was undoubtedly a man of abilities, but harsh in his temper, especially towards the members of the college. Never having married, his brother, the Rev. George Anstis, became his heir. The manuscripts and well-chosen collection of books which had been possessed by his father were disposed of at his death. ' ANTELMI (JOSEPH) a French ecclesiastic and antiquary, was born at Frejus, July 25, 1648. When he had finished his studies, he succeeded an uncle, in a canonry of the cathedral of that city, and wrote a treatise "De periculis Canonicorum," on the dangers to which the lives of canons are liable: this curious piece his brother Charles intended to publish, but it remains in manuscript. In 1680, he published, what was accounted more valuable, a Latin dissertation on the foundation of the church of Frejus, and its history, lives of the bishops, &c. This was intended as an introduction to a complete history of the city and church of Frejus, which is still in manuscript. In 1684, on the recommendation of father La Chaise, under whom he had studied theology at Lyons, he was appointed grand-vicar and official to J. B. de Verthamon, bishop of Pamiers, who employed him in restoring peace to his diocese, which had been disturbed by the regale, a right so called in France, by which the French king, upon the death of a bishop, claimed the revenues and fruits of his see, and the colla 1 Nichols's Bowyer, vol. V. p. 269.—Noble's College of Arms, tion of all benefices vacant in the diocese, before the appointment of a new bishop. Antelmi was so successful in this undertaking, that the bishop on his arrival found his diocese in perfect tranquillity. He then continued to prosecute his studies, and wrote several works, particularly his disquisition concerning the genuine writings of Leo the Great, and Prosper Aquitanus, "De veris operibus, &c." 1689. In this he maintains that the Capitula concerning the grace of God, the Epistle to Demetrius, and the two books of the Calling of the Gentiles, ascribed to Leo, were really written by Prosper. Father Quesnel was his opponent on this subject, and was the first who ascribed these books to Leo, while Baronius, Sirmond, Labbe, and Noris, conjectured that pope Celestine was the author. Quesnel answered Antelmi, and, in M. du Pin's opinion, with success. Antelmi's other and more interesting work, was on the authorship of the Athanasian Creed, "Nova de Symbolo Athanasiano disquisitio," Paris, 1693, 8vo. Quesnel ascribed this creed to Virgilius or Vigilius Thapsensis, an African bishop in the sixth century; Antelmi, and Pithon before him, to a French divine. The General Dictionary gives a summary of the arguments on both sides. Of Antelmi's other works, the titles may suffice: 1. "De sanctæ maximæ Virginis Callidiani in Forojuliensi diœcesi cultu et patria, Epistola ad V. Cl. Danielem Papebrochium." This letter is published in the Antwerp edition of the Acta Sanctorum, 16th of May. 2. "De translatione corporis S. Auxilii, Epistola ad V. Cl. Ludovicum Thomassinum de Mazauge." The bishop of Grasse, who mentions this letter, does not tell us when it was printed. 3. “ De Etate S. Martini Turonensis Episcopi, et quorundam ejus gestorum ordine, anno mortuali, nec non de S. Priccio successore, Epistola ad R. P. Ant. Pagium," Paris, 1693, 8vo. Antelmi and father Pagi laboured in conjunction on this work; one of them engaged in the examination of Gregory Turonensis, and the other in that of Sulpicius Severus. "Assertio pro unico S. Eucherio, Lugdunensi Episcopo. Opus posthumum. Accedit Concilium Regiense sub Rostagno Metrop. Aquensi anni 1285, nunc primo prodit integrum et notis illustratum opera Car. Antelmi designati Episc. Grassens. Præpos. Foroj." Paris, 1726, 4to. This work was the only one found entirely finished among our author's MSS. to which the editor has added a Preface, and a short account of the life and writings of Antelmi's brother, the author. Antelmi died at Frejus, June 21, 1697, leaving the character of a man of acuteness, learning, and integrity, but credulous, and too ready to deal in conjecture. ANTESIGNANUS (PETER), an industrious grammarian, was born at Rabasteins in the 16th century. His Greek grammar went through several editions, and he afterwards published an universal grammar, which proved less useful from the confused arrangement. We have likewise by him an edition of Terence, which proves him to have been a writer of a very laborious turn. He published the co medies of this poet in three different methods: first, with short notes, and the arguments of every scene, and he marked the accents upon every word which had more than two syllables, and likewise at the side of every verse the manner of scanning it. In the second place, he published them with the entire notes of almost all the authors who had written upon Terence: and lastly, he published them with new marginal notes, and a French translation and paraphrase of the three first comedies. He puts between crotchets whatever is in the translation, and not expressed in the original: and marks with letters all the references from the translation to the paraphrase. The various readings have likewise each their parentheses, and their notes of reference. This edition, which is not noticed by Dr. Harwood, appears to have been printed at Lyons, by Matthew Bon-homme, about the year 1556.2 ANTHEMIUS, an eminent architect of the sixth century, was born at Tralles in Lydia. His father had five sons, Olympius, a lawyer, Dioscorus and Alexander, physicians, Metrodorus, a grammarian, and our Anthemius, who was an excellent mathematician, and availed himself of that science in the works which he erected. It appears likewise that he was acquainted with the more modern secrets of philosophy and chemistry, as historians inform us that he could imitate thunder and lightning, and even the shock of an earthquake. In consequence of a trifling dispute with Zena, his neighbour, respecting the walls or windows of their contiguous houses, in which Zeno appeared to have the advantage, Anthemius played him a trick, which is thus described: he arranged several vessels or cauldrons of water, each of them covered by the wide |