It was the hope and intention of the Editor to have proceeded with some other Portions of the "Curialia;" but the fatal event which (in February 1808) overwhelmed him in accumulated distress put a stop to that intention. Nearly all the printed Copies of the "Curialia" perished in the flames; and part of the original MS. was lost.
A few detached Articles, which related to the College of Arms, and to the Order of Knights Bachelors (which, had they been more perfect, would have formed one or more succeeding Portions) have since been deposited in the rich Library of that excellent College.
The Volume now submitted to the candour of the Reader is formed from the wreck of the original materials. The arranging of the several detached articles, and the revisal of them through the press, have afforded the Editor some amusement; and he flatters himself that the Volume will meet with that indulgence which the particular circumstances attending it may presume to claim.--If the Work has any merit, it is the Author's. The defects should, in fairness, be attributed to the Editor.
"Having the Copy-right of my little Work called _Curialia_ in myself, I hereby give and bequeath all my interest therein, together with all my impressions thereof which may be unsold at the time of my decease, to my Friend Mr. John Nichols, Printer, with the addition of as much money as will pay the Tax on this Legacy. I also request of the said Mr. John Nichols, that he would carefully peruse and digest all my Papers and Collections on the above subject, and print them under the title of _Curialia Miscellanea_, or some such description.--There is also another Work of mine, not quite finished, intitled _Anecdotes of the English Language_, which I wish Mr. Nichols to bring forward from his Press. SAMUEL PEGGE."
PARENTALIA: or, Memoirs of the Rev. Dr. Samuel Pegge, compiled by his Son Page ix-lviii
Description of The Revolution House at Whittington ibid.
Extracts from Letters of Dr. Pegge to Mr. Gough lxxiv
Memoirs of Samuel Pegge, Esq. by the Editor lxxvii
Appendix of Epistolary Correspondence lxxxiii
HOSPITIUM DOMINI REGIS: or, The History of the Royal Household.
A Barber for the King's most high and dread Person 86