Register of the Inn. The only Drakes entered during his time are John Drake, "son of Barnard Drake, of Mountdrake, Devon," Richard Drake, "of Middlesex," both admitted 12 Feb. 1578, and "George Drake of Littleham in Devon," admitted 20 July, 1580. These, coming from the same county, may have been connections of the admiral, and may have been among the "generosi" assembled to welcome him on the above occasion. It does not seem clear from the entry whether the admiral came by invitation to the Hall, or merely "dropped in." The expression "accessit," without qualification, seems to imply the latter case. The date of the occurrence shows that it must have been in the interval between the admiral's victorious return from the West Indies, when he captured the cities of St Jago, St. Domingo, Carthagena, and St. Augustin (in 1585), and his setting out in 1587 in command of the Fleet to Cadiz to perform the operation which he termed "singeing the king of Spain's beard." Drake was born at Tavistock about 1539 (Stow says 1545), knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1580, and died Jan. 28, 1595-6.
Admitted 14 January, 1702-3.
Son and heir of Lionel Duckett of Hartham, co. Wilts. He for some time represented Calne in Parliament, but devoted himself more to literature than politics. In 1717 he published A Summary of all the Religious Houses in England and Wales, with their values at the time of their dissolution and an estimate of their present values. He was an opponent of Pope, who satirised him in the Dunciad in conjunction with Sir Thomas Burnet (q.v.), with whom he promoted two weekly papers called the Pasquin, and the Grumbler (Dunciad, iii., 179).
Admitted 21 November, 1776.
Eldest son of the Rev. Henry Bate of Chelmsford, Essex. He was born at Fenny Compton, 25 Aug. 1745, and till 1784 bore the name of Bate, when he added that of Dudley. Having taken Holy Orders he succeeded his father as Rector of North Fambridge, Essex, but spent his time chiefly in London as a man of pleasure, and in journalistic work, and became known from his habits as the "fighting parson." He was one of the earliest editors of the Morning Post, and the originator of the Morning Herald, the Courrier de l'Europe, and the English Chronicle. In 1804 he obtained preferment in Ireland and became Chancellor of the Diocese of Ferns. In 1812 he obtained the living of Willingham, in Cambridgeshire, and was created a Baronet, and in 1817 was given a prebendal stall at Ely. He died in Cheltenham 1 Feb. 1824. He was a friend of Garrick and most of the wits and celebrities of the day, and he was the author of numerous Comedies, Comic Operas, Songs and other writings of vogue in their day, but now mostly forgotten.
Admitted 6 November, 1771.
Fourth son of Bartholomew Duhigg of Ballyhigh, co. Limerick. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1775, and was for a long time Librarian of the King's Inns, Dublin, during which time he wrote Observations on the Insolvent Laws and Imprisonment for Debt; Letter … on the Arrangement of Irish Records (1801); An Account of the Irish Judges (1805); and a History of the King's Inns (1806). He died 1813.
