to various parts of the kingdom for the purpose of
obtaining information for an enlarged edition of Camden's _Britannia_,
which he published in London in 1789. In 1767 Gough was elected a Fellow
of the Society of Antiquaries, and in 1771, on the death of Dr. Gregory
Sharpe, Master of the Temple, was nominated Director, a post he held
until 1797, when he left the Society altogether. He was also chosen a
Fellow of the Royal Society in 1775, but resigned in 1795. He died at
Enfield on the 20th of February 1809, and was buried in the churchyard
of Wormley, Hertfordshire.

Gough wrote, and assisted in the production of numerous topographical
and antiquarian works, and contributed many articles to the
_Archaeologia_ and the _Vetusta Monumenta_ of the Society of Antiquaries.
A history of that institution by him is prefixed to the first volume of
the first-named publication. The _Gentleman's Magazine_ also contains
many papers and reviews from his pen. In addition to his edition of
Camden's _Britannia_, which occupied seven years in translating and in
printing, his more important works are _Anecdotes of British
Topography_, published at London in 1768, which was afterwards enlarged
and reprinted in 1780 under the title of _British Topography: or an
historical Account of what has been done for illustrating the
Topographical Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland_; and _The
Sepulchral Monuments of Great Britain_, London, 1786-99.

Gough possessed a considerable fortune, which enabled him to form an
extensive library, as well as a fine collection of maps, drawings,
prints, coins, and other antiquities. He left to the Bodleian Library
'all his topographical collections, together with all his books relating
to Saxon and Northern literature, for the use of the Saxon Professor,
his maps and engravings, and all the copper-plates used in the
illustration of the various works published by himself.[82] This
collection, which numbered upwards of three thousand seven hundred
volumes, was placed, in accordance with the wish expressed in his will,
in 'The Antiquaries' Closet,' with the collections of Dodsworth,
Tanner, Willis, and other antiquaries. Gough also gave to the library a
splendid series of early printed Service-books of the English Church,
among which is a beautiful vellum copy of the _Hereford Missal_, printed
at Rouen in 1502, and which is believed to be unique. A catalogue of the
collection was published by Dr. Bandinel in 18