Note 218 — JOURNAL OF ELIZABETH LADY HOLLAND (continued 4)
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It was written by Nathaniel Hooke, who is said to have received 5000l. for his assistance. David Mallet, a writer of plays and miscellaneous poems, was selected by the Duchess a short time before her death to write a life of the Duke in collaboration with Richard Glover. She left 500l. to each in her will to continue the work, but though Mallet accepted the money he never carried out his contract, and the task was practically uncommenced at the time of his death.