Excerpt from The Works of Thomas Secker, LL. D. Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Vol. 1 of 6: To Which Is Prefixed, a Review of His Life and Character On the death, of Sir George Wheeler, in 1723-4, the'bishop gave his'prebend of Durham to Mr. Ben son and the rectory of Houghton le Spring to Mr 1 Seeker. This valuable piece of preferment putting it in his power to fix himself in the world in a manner agree able to his inclinations, he soon after made a pr0posal of marriage to Mrs. Benson abovementioned; which being accepted, they were married by Bishop Talbot in King -street chapel, October At the earnest desire of both, Mrs. Talbot and her daughter consented to live'wjth them, and the two families from that time became one. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.