INDEX TO VOL. I.

Abney, Lady, 58

Sir Thomas and Lady, 201

Abraham, Old, at Oathall, 319

Akenside, Dr., 136

Aldwincle living and Mr. Kimpton, 413

Andrews, Mr., and Bishop of Gloucester, 480

Anecdote of Lord Bolingbroke and Dr. Church, 179

of Newton’s preaching at Leeds, 271

of Captain Scott, 317, 381, 484

of Conversion of an old Inn Keeper at Aldwincle Church, 420

of Dr. Doddridge on leaving Bath for Falmouth, 450

of George I. and Lady Chesterfield, 463

of Mr. Venn, 479, 486

Articles of Peace, 437

Ashby-place, Lady Huntingdon at, 119

Ayscough, Dr., Dean of Bristol, and Doddridge, 175

Baddelley, Mr., Letter of Whitefield to, 120

Baptists, General, 44

Bath, Earl of, impressed under Whitefield’s preaching, 465

the Countess’s Chapel at, 443, 467

Batty, the Messrs., account of, 247

Belcher, Governor, of New Jersey College, 140

Bell and Maxfield, Fletcher’s regard for, 321

Bennett, Mr., visits the Countess at Donnington Park, 45

Berridge and the Countess, 216

Letters to the Countess, 323, 336, 359, 386, 388

Extracts of Letters from, 358

and the Bees, 366

Character of, wit and labours, 367

and the Bishop, 369

Letter to, from Mr. Thornton, 371

—— from, to Mr. Thornton, 373

Illness of, 381

Singular effects of the preaching of, 397

Bishops, Conduct of, 38

of London, Oxford, and Gloucester, 196

—— Death of, 231

Seat of, in Bath Chapel, 477

Blair, Dr., 58

Bliss, Mr., impressed under Dr. Haweis, 391

Bowers, first lay preacher among the Methodists, 32

Bolingbroke, Lord, hears Whitefield, 90

Death of, 178

Bretby Hall, the Countess at, 466

Brethren, the United, 246

Brighton, Chapel re-opened, 378

Broughton, Rev., Bryan and Whitefield, 196

Browne, Rev. Moses, Chaplain to the Duke of Somerset, 127, 164

Buchan, Lady, 427

Buckingham, Duchess of, 27

Burder, Rev. George, and Romaine, 273

Burnet, Bishop, 39

Burnett, Rev. G., impressed under Mr. Walker of Truro, 276

Burr, President, of New Jersey College, 140

Cambridge, Progress of piety at, 421

Campbell, the Hon. Hume, 205

Carteret, Lord, Letter to the Countess, 67

Cavendish, Mrs., visits the Countess at Bath, 461

Cennick, Mr., 32, 198, 262

Chancellor, Lord High, found guilty of corruption, 6

Chapel of the Countess, at York, 310

at Brighton, 314, 390

at Lewes, 364

at Chichester, Petworth, Guildford and Basingstoke, 393

at Gloucester, Worcester, and Cheltenham, 440

Charges against the Countess, 424

Cheltenham, Whitefield, Madan, and Venn preached there, 429

Chesterfield, Lord, 90, 99, 115, 458

Lady, impressed under Whitefield, 462

Church, Dr., 179

Clanricardes, Pedigree of, 3

Clergy, awakened under the preaching of Whitefield and Wesley, 61

Coachman of George III., Anecdote of, 131

Cobb, Lady Betty, influence over the Bishops, 477

Colne, Vicar of, and Messrs. Grimshaw and Ingham, 259

Conference, First Methodist, 62

at Leeds, 267

Convict, the Countess’s exertions in behalf of a, 227

Conyers, Dr., commencement of Evangelical Ministry of, 277

Visitation Sermon displeases the Archbishop of York, 280

Letter from, to the Countess, 281

Cooper, Miss; Death of, 52

Cotton, Dr., and the Countess, 157

Cruttenden, Robert, Esq., Account of, 448

Darracott, Rev. R., Letter to, from the Countess, 114

Dartmouth, Lord, 276, 326, 429

Davies, Howell, 486

Deane, Mrs., Character of, 296

De Courcy, Mr., 381, 411

Delamotte and Charles Wesley, 243

Delitz, the Countess, 462

Derry, Bishop of, 33

Dodd, Dr., 401

Doddridge, Dr., Letter to, from the Countess, 64

Letter of, to Mr. Fawcett, 154

Ill health of, visits the Countess at Bath, 448, 449

embarks at Falmouth and lands at Lisbon, 451

his views when near death, 452

his peaceful dissolution, 452

Downes, Mr., Death of, in the pulpit, 63

Dream of a lady respecting Lady Huntingdon, 313

Earthquake in London, 128

Edwin, Mrs., 86

Edwin, Lady Charlotte, 175

Erasmus, Bishop of Arcadia, 331

Erskine, Dr., and Dr. Robertson, 184

Evangelical Magazine commenced, 214

Exeter, Bishop of, 95, 125

Extraordinary occurrence, 205

Fast, the public, 395

Ferrers, the, 4

Ferrers, Lord, tried—visited by the Countess—singular conduct—execution, 402, 409

Fletcher, Mr., introduced to the Countess by John Wesley, 231

Letter of, to Whitefield, 289

—— to his Flock at Madeley, 469

Letters of, to Charles Wesley, 232, 235

—— to the Countess, 234, 241, 295, 357, 487

preaches & celebrates the Communion at the Countess’s, 232

appointed vicar of Madeley, 234

visits Berridge, 236

Success of, in the Ministry, 237

and Mr. Venn preach at Everton, loud cries in the Congregation, 400

Labours of, at Bath, 468

Foote, the player, 208

Ford, Dr., 216

Fox, Mr. Charles, 210

Frankland, Lady Anne, 20

Galatin, Colonel and Mrs., 156

Gardiner, Colonel, 59

Marvellous Conversion of, 60

Death of, 66

Gardiner, Lady Frances, 410

Garrick and Dr. Stonhouse, 139

George II., 67

Gertrude, Lady, 456

Giardini, 229

Gibbon, Mrs. Hester, 147

Gibbons, Dr., 111

Gill, Dr., 113

Glascott, Mr., 310

Glenorchy, Lady, 411

Lord and Lady, 470

Lady, Letter from, to the Countess, 471

Gloucester, Bishop of, 18

Gloucestershire Association, 434

Godwyn, Rev. Charles, 423

Government, Liberal conduct of, to the Welsh Methodists, 110

Grafton, Duke of, 210

Graves, Mr., his Recantation and Letters, 48–51

encourages John Nelson, 255

Grenfield, Mrs., 453

Grimshaw, Mr., 252

Opinions of, 259

Account of, 267, 271, 286

Letter of, 284

and his friend Robertshaw, 286

Death of, 286

Gumley, Colonel, 94

Gwynne, Marmaduke, Esq., 110

Halifax, Lord, 210

Hammond, the Poet, 22

Handel, 229

Harris, Howel, 378

Hartley, Mr., 172

—— Dr., 450

Hastings, Lady Margaret, 14

George and Ferdinando (sons of the Countess), Death of, 62

Lady Frances, 84

—— Anne, 122

—— Betty, 248

Hon. Henry, Death of, 311

Lady Selina, Illness and death of, 331

Colonel George, 332

Haweis, Dr., 223

preaching at the Lock, 326

and the living of Aldwincle, 414

itinerates for the Countess, 487

Hertford, Countess of, Letter of, 197

Hervey, Mr., Letter of, to the Countess, 123

at Ashby with the Countess, 153

commences “Theron and Aspasio”, 187

method of preaching, 191

Letters to the Countess, 188, 189

Hill, Mr. Rowland, great popularity, 211

style of preaching, 212

great success at Tabernacle and Tottenham-court Chapels, 212

Ordination by the Bishop of Bath and Wells and first Sermon, 212

Hill, Sir Richard, 423

Hinchingbroke, Lady, 30

Horne, Dr., Bishop of Norwich, 423

Hotham, Lady Gertrude, 160, 454

Sir Charles, 375

—— Marriage of, and death, 456, 457

Miss, Happy death of, 456

Lady, Death of, 456

Lady Gertrude, Happy death of, 457

Huntingdon Family, 7

Earl of, his family, 8

—— his character, 17, 50

—— visits Ledstone Hall, 254

—— remarkable dream, and death, 74

—— epitaph, 75

Young Lord, comes of age, tour to France, &c., 115

—— his high appointments under George III., 458

—— his Infidelity, interview with Grimshaw, and death, 459

Lady—her birth—early character—first religious impressions—grave of youth—piety—private prayer—fashionable life—marriage, 7–10

Letter from, to Charles Wesley, 41

—— to John Wesley, 46

—— of, respecting a penitent, 55

—— respecting Mr. Harvey, 192

—— to Dr. Doddridge, 64

—— to Mr. Wesley, 71

—— to Dr. Doddridge, 78–83, 102, 150

—— to Mr. Venn, 225

—— to Romaine, 305

—— to Mr. Milner, 307

—— to Mr. Wren, 309

—— to Gabriel Harris, 443

—— to Mr. Brewer, 438

—— to Mr. Wesley, 475

and the Moravians, 201

Illness of, and recovery, 122

Letters of, to Lord Dartmouth and Mr. Madan, 417, 418

her first acquaintance with Mr. Fletcher—Letter of, concerning Mr. Fletcher—her request to him to preach to the French prisoners at Tunbridge, 231

liberates John Nelson from prison, by her influence, 258

visits Yorkshire, with Whitefield, 265

visits Aberford, with Romaine, 273

visits Yorkshire and Lancashire, with Romaine, Mr. Ingham, and Lady Margaret, 273

visits Yorkshire again, has frequent meetings with the pious Clergy there, 281

attends the 19th Conference at Leeds, with Messrs. Romaine, Madan, Venn, Whitefield, John and Charles Wesley, 281

visits Aberford again—takes an excursion to Haworth, Fletcher and Townsend preach in the churchyard—visits Huddersfield, 290

Illness of, 290

and Mr. Venn, respecting Mr. Ingham’s state of mind, 301

sends students to Yorkshire, 303

Chapel of, at York, 310

—— at Lewes, opened, enlarged, and re-opened, 364

—— at Gloucester, Worcester, and Cheltenham, 441, 442

—— at Bath, 443

exertions at Brighton, 312

sells her Jewels to build a Chapel at Brighton, 314

Gratitude of, respecting Mr. Romaine’s success at St. Anne’s, Blackfriars, 363

—— at Chichester, Guildford, and Basingstoke, 393

Extracts from letters respecting the Fast, 395

visits Mr. Berridge, with Mr. Madan, 399

visits Earl Ferrers in prison—her exertions to save his life, 405

purchases the Advowson of Aldwincle, and writes to Mr. Thornton, 416

Charges against, respecting the six expelled Oxford Students, 424

Letter of, respecting them, 442

Illness of, greatly blest, 14

Schools of, 51

Anecdote of one of her workmen, 54

Death of the Sons of, 62

her attachment to the Church of England, 83

Huntingdon, Lady, Nobility meeting at her house, 108, 228

the Wesleys, and Whitefield, 474

the Nobility attend her Chapel at Bath, 477

Hurd, Dr., Bishop of Worcester, Anecdote of, 18

Hyatt, Mr. John, his settlement at Tabernacle, and Tottenham Chapel, 214

Incident, Singular, concerning Dr. Doddridge, 154

Ingham, Mr., 28, 242

Marriage of, to Lady Margaret Hastings, 248

leaves the Moravians, 263

chosen General Overseer, 269

Melancholy state of, 301

Lady Margaret, Illness and death of, 302

Inghamite Churches and Discipline, 269

Preachers, 270

Impostor, an, 114

Irvine, Lady, 297

Itinerants, 33

Jesse, Mr., Letter of, 363

Jews, the, 114

John, Lord St., attendant at the Countess’s, Death of, 97

Johnson, Dr., on Bolingbroke’s Works, 181

Johnson, Mr., the Murder of, by Lord Ferrers, 402

Jones, Mr., the death of, 54

of St. Saviour’s, the death of, 325

Thomas, 394

Joss, Captain, unites in the Ministry with Whitefield, 212

Keene, Mr., 213, 468

Kilmorey, Lady, 81

King, Elizabeth, 453

Knight, Mr. Joel Abraham, 214

—— Titus, 283

Larwood, Mr., 446

Law, Mr., 148, 223

Lee, Mr., 483

Levi, David, 114

Levinges, the, 6

Lewes, the Countess procures an opening for Messrs. Romaine, Madan, and Fletcher at, 363

Lewes, Chapel of the Countess at, opened and re-opened, 364

Lindsay, Theophilus, 459

Lisburne, Lord, 30

Long-Acre Chapel, 203

Lothian, Marquis of, 100

Luxborough, Lady, 181

Lyttleton, Lord, 150

—— Mr., 177

Madan, Mr. Martin, his family, conversion, ordination, &c., 165, 166, 323

Madan, Mr. Martin, opens the Chapel at Brighton, 314

and Dr. Haweis, Musical taste of, 364

Letter of the Countess to, 418

Reply of, 420

Letter of, to John Wesley, 433

Magistrates and John Nelson, 255

Mallet, Mr. David, and Bolingbroke’s Works, 181

Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of, 25

Mason, Mr. William, Letter of, to Dr. Free, 364

Maxfield, Mr., 32

and Bell, 321

Maxwell, Lady, 411

Methodists, the, 12, 31

the first Society of, 19

Welsh, Persecution of, 110

Societies, 195

Conference, 446

Methodism, Rise of, in Yorkshire, 242

in Scotland, 410

Milner, Mr., 267

Mr. Joseph, attends the Countess’s Preachers, and begins to preach the Gospel, 303

Ministers, the German, 115

Minor, The, publication of, 209

Mitchell, Mrs., 40

Mohegan Indians, 411

Moira, Countess of, 460

Montague, Lady Mary Wortley, 22

Moravians, the, 36, 453

and Charles Wesley, 41

Settlement of, at Fulneck, 250

Nobles, 262

More, Mrs. Hannah, 293

Moorfields, Preaching of Whitefield and Wesley in, 36, 199

Murray, Grace, marriage to Mr. Bennett, 45

Nash, Beau, 445

Nelson, John, 46, 251

Spirit of, encouraged by the Countess, 255, 256

imprisoned, 257

liberated through the influence of the Countess, 258

Newton, Rev. John, Anecdote related by, respecting Whitefield, 92

visits Yorkshire, 270

Letter of, to John Wesley, 270

Nimmo, Mr. and Lady Jane, 185

Lady Jane, Letter of, to the Countess, 186

Nobility, Scotch, 185

Nobility attend preaching at the Countess’s, 108, 228, 477

Northampton, Lord, 132

Oathall, 316

Occum, the Indian Preacher, 298, 411

Okeley, Mr. Francis, 244

Oliver, Dr., 450, 451

Oratorio, at the Lock Chapel, 364

Oxford, Lord, 29

Oxford, Students of, 421

Progress of piety among, 226

St. Edmund’s Hall, the expulsion of, 422

Penitent’s Death Bed, 55

Pentycross, Mr., 393

Perfection, Christian and sinless, 321, 329

Perronet, Vincent, 387

Piety, Progress of, at Cambridge, 421

Pitt, Mr., 210

Pope, the poet, 26, 444

Potter, Dr., Archbishop of Canterbury, 446

Powys, Mr. and Mrs., 375

Preaching, Lay, 32

Preachers, Lay, 60, 198

Mr. Wesley’s Defence of, 61

Welsh, 84, 198

Pretender, the, 65

Queensbury, Duchess of, 28

Religion, Revival of, in the Establishment and among the Methodists, 220

Riddell, Mr., Letter of, to the Countess, 303

Robinson, Miss, 29

Rogers, Mr., 244

Romaine, Mr., Family of, 130

Letters of, to the Countess, 323, 324, 327, 330, 362

—— to Mrs. Medhurst, 302, 333

Great popularity of, 130

appointed Chaplain to the Countess, 132

Opinion of, respecting the Inghamite Churches, 273

preaches in Mr. Ingham’s Chapels, 273

at Haworth, preaches in the open air, 274

Wesley, Madan, Whitefield, &c. in Yorkshire, 281

Connexion of, with the Countess, 315

driven from the chapel of the Broadway, 326

and the Lectureship at St. Dunstan’s, 360

Lord Mansfield’s decision in favour of, 360

Influence of the Bishop of Peterborough for, 361

Election for St. Ann’s Blackfriars living on behalf of, 361

Probation Sermon; contest, canvassing and scrutiny, 361

Second Election on behalf of, 362

view of his preferment in a letter to the Countess, 363

Romaine, Mr., Suit in Chancery against, but decided in his favour, 362

preaches at Bristol and Cheltenham, 388

and Madan visit Everton, 398

Rowley, Mr., 310

Sandeman’s letters, 274

Scarborough, Lord, 20

Scawen, Mrs., 448

Scott, Captain, 299, 317

and Mr. Venn, 485

Secker, Archbishop, 19

Shent, Mr. William, 291

Shirley, Family of, &c., 1

Lady Fanny, 22, 115, 191, 444

Mr., 363

Shrapnell, 467

Shunamite, the London, 299

Shuter, Mr. Edward, the comedian, Anecdote of, 207

Simpson, Mr., Mr. Wesley’s opinion of, 47

Society at Fetter-lane, Separation of, 35

Soldiers, Christian, 93

Somerset, the Duchess of, 82

the Duke of, 127

Somerville, the Poet, 22

Southey, Dr., 18

Reflections of, on Berridge, and their refutation, 367

Steward, Mr., 193

Stillingfleet, Mr., 478

Stonehouse, Lady, 155

Dr., 170

Suffolk, Lady, 98

Sunderland, Lord, 258

Sutherland, Lord and Lady, Death of, 472

Tabernacle and Tottenham-court Chapels, History of, commencement, opening, &c., 196–206

Talbot, Rev. W., 381

Taylor, David, 43

Temples, the, 21

Thompson, Mr., 126

Thorne, Rev. Thomas, 393

Thornton, Mr., 280

—— Letter of, to Berridge, 371

Thorold, Sir John, 77

Thorpe, Mr., mimics Whitefield, and is converted, 149

Toplady, Mr., 331, 390

Tottenham-court Chapel opened, 206

Townsend, Lady, 22

Townsend, Mr., sent to Edinburgh, 411

Townsend, Mr. and Mr. Jesse, 466

—— Whitefield, &c., 467

Trapp, Dr., 179

Trinder, Mr., 431

Tyler, Mr., 305

—— Labours of, at Hull, 306

Union among the Evangelical Clergy proposed, 409

Venn, Mr., begins to attract notice, 219

Acquaintance of, with Mr. Broughton, one of the original Methodists, 223

Illness of; accompanies Mr. Whitefield to Bristol; remains with the Countess at Clifton, 224

removes to Huddersfield, 276

Letters of, to the Countess, 282, 287, 336, 359, 430

publishes “The Complete Duty of Man”, 359

Letter of, 486

Irregularities of, 291

Defence of, 294

Whitefield and Fletcher, 375

and Fletcher preach at Everton, 398

at Trevecca, 482

Wales, Death of the Prince of, 173

Wall, Joseph, 313

Walpole, Horace, 465

at Bath, 477

Warburton, Dr., Bishop of Gloucester, 444

Wardrobe, Mr., 187

Watts, Dr., 58

Letter of, to Dr. Doddridge, 82

Anecdote of, 200

Wells, Mr. Samuel, 431

Wesley, Charles and Mr. Ingham, 28

—— and the Moravians, 41

John, Opinion of, respecting Mr. Maxfield’s call to the Ministry, 34

—— of, respecting Mr. Simpson, 47

preaching on his father’s tombstone, 57

defence of Lay-preaching, 60

and Whitefield, 118

and Whitefield, Breach between, 197

on sinless perfection, 329

preaching at Everton, 398

Letters of, to Lady Huntingdon, 398, 427

—— to Lady Maxwell, 411

Interesting anecdote of, at Bath, interrupted in preaching by Beau Nash, 445

Wesley, John, Whitefield, and Lady Huntingdon, 474

Whitefield, the preaching of, 17

arrives in England, 89

Letters of, 88, 89

—— to Mr. Baddeley, 119, 153

—— to the Countess, 225, 311

Letter of, to Lady Townshend, 105

—— to Lady Fanny Shirley, 116

—— to Dr. Haweis, 226

—— to Robert Keene, Esq., 468

—— to Mr. Madan, 432

preaching of, Anecdote, 102

nobility hear him, 108

and Wesley, 118

Success of, at Rotherham, 148

at Ashby, 163

visits Scotland, 183

in London, 196

and Wesley, Breach between, 197

preaches in Moorfields on St. Bartholomew’s day, 199

the Will of, 216

returns to England, and writes to Mr. Ingham, 264

visits Yorkshire, preaches at Leeds, York, Bradford, Haworth, &c., 267

visits Yorkshire again, 291

First visit of, to Brighton, 314

Fletcher, Venn, and Sir C. Hotham, 375

Wesley, Maxfield, and others hold prayer meetings for the nation, 396

Wilks, Matthew, 213

Wills, Mr., 310

Wilson, Mr., 300

Wordsworth, Mrs., 467

Wren, Mr., 308

Wynn, Sir Watkin Williams, 109

York, Chapel of the Countess at, 308

Duke of, 400

Young, Dr., 21

Zinzendorff, Count, 244

visits the Countess, 454

—— Yorkshire, 261