May 1704

Dr. Bathurst, President of Trinity College, Oxford, now died, I think the oldest acquaintance now left me in the world. He was eighty-six years of age, stark blind, deaf, and memory lost, after having been a person of admirable parts and learning. This is a serious alarm to me. God grant that I may profit by it! He built a very handsome chapel to the college, and his own tomb. He gave a legacy of money, and a third part of his library, to his nephew, Dr. Bohun, who went hence to his funeral.

The Bailiff of Westminster hanged himself. He had an ill report. On the death of the Emperor, there was no mourning worn at Court, because there was none at the Imperial Court on the death of King William.