Authority Cited: Eachard [Laurence Echard]Author name and dates: Laurence Echard (1670?-1730)
BKG Bio-tweet: Cambridge M.A.; Linolnshire cleric; trans. Latin playwrights; compiled histories; SJ adds quotes re Lydiat, Hough in 4th ed.
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: No Laurence Echard cites identified in the 1755 Dict. Two cites (as Eachard) added in the 1773 Dict. indicated in bold italic below.]
BKG Bio-tweet: Cambridge M.A.; Linolnshire cleric; trans. Latin playwrights; compiled histories; SJ adds quotes re Lydiat, Hough in 4th ed.
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: No Laurence Echard cites identified in the 1755 Dict. Two cites (as Eachard) added in the 1773 Dict. indicated in bold italic below.]
- History of England; [BKG Note: SJ makes ambiguous (and incorrect) citations to Eachard: should be Laurence Echard (1670?-1730); The history of England. From the first entrance of Julius Cæsar and the Romans, to the end of the reign of King James the first. Containing the Space of 1678 Years. With a compleat index. By Laurence Echard, A. M. Prebendary of Lincoln, and Chaplain to the Right Reverend William, Lord Bishop of that Diocese, 1718, London : printed for Jacob Tonson, within Grays-Inn Gate next Grays-Inn Lane. Vol. 2 (of 3) title page reads: The history of England. from the beginning of the Reign of King Charles the Fist, to the Restoration of King Charles the Second, containing the space of above 35 years, Volume the Second, with a Compleat Index, By Laurence Echard, A. M. Arch-deacon of Stowe, 1718, London : printed for Jacob Tonson, at Shakespear's Head over against Katharine-street in the Strand; mighty (added in 1773 Dict., inexact quote (the text says Lydiat was a "match for" rather than "excell'd" the mighty Scaliger and Selden), p.[566] of Vol. 2 in this title). Vol. 3 (of 3) title page reads: The history of England. From the Restoration of King Charles the Second, to the conclusion of the Reign of James the Second, and Establishment of King William and Queen Mary, containing the Space of near 29 Years, Volume the Third, with a Compleat Index, By Laurence Echard, A. M. Arch-deacon of Stowe, 1718, London : printed for Jacob Tonson, at Shakespear's Head over against Katharine-street in the Strand; huff (added in 1773 Dict., inexact quote, perhaps from memory, (Dict: "The Commissioner at Magdalen College said to Dr. Hough, you must not presume to huff us." The text reads: "Sir, you must not think to huff (Hough) us"), p.835 of Vol. 3 in this title). [BKG Note: See also the note under Eachard for a possible relation to SJ's library.]
- Echard (no work cited)