ustry that the master of the school, the Rev. Hugh
Moises, with the assistance of some friends, sent him to Lincoln
College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1775. He had been ordained
some time previously, and, after filling several curacies, in 1784 he
was presented by the Duke of Northumberland to the rectory of the united
parishes of St. Mary-at-Hill and St. Mary Hubbard in the city of London.
In the same year he was elected resident secretary of the Society of
Antiquaries, an office he held until his death on the 11th of September
1806. He was buried in the chancel of his church. Brand had a very
extensive knowledge of antiquities, and he accumulated a large library,
which was very rich in old English literature.

Among the rarer books were the _Knight of the Tower_, printed by Caxton
in 1484; the _Dyalogue of Dives and Pauper_, and Arnold's _Chronicle of
the Customs of London_, printed by Pynson in 1493 and 1521; _A Plaister
for a Galled Horse_, London, 1548; John Byshop's _Beautiful Blossomes_,
London, 1577; Thomas Bentley's _Monument of Matrones_, London, 1582; _A
Booke of Fishing with hooke and line_, London, 1600; Mrs. Fage's
_Poems_, London, 1637; and _A Juniper Lecture_, London, 1639. The
collection also contained some curious works on witches.

After Brand's death, the library was sold in two parts by Stewart of 194
Piccadilly. The first sale took place on May 6th, 1807, and thirty-six
following days, 'Sundays, the King's Birthday, and May 21-26 excepted.'
It consisted of eight thousand six hundred and eleven lots of printed
books, and two hundred and forty-three of manuscripts, which realised
four thousand three hundred pounds. The second part, containing
duplicates and pamphlets, was sold on February the 8th, 1808, and
fourteen following days, 'Sundays and the Fastday excepted.' There were
four thousand and sixty-four lots in this portion, and the sum obtained
for them was eighteen hundred and fifty-one pounds. _The Knight of the
Tower_ was purchased by Mr. Payne the bookseller for Earl Spencer for
one hundred and eleven pounds, six shillings; Arnold's _Chronicle_
fetched eighteen guineas; the _Dyalogue of Dives and Pauper_, four
pounds, three shillings; Bentley's _Monument of Matrones_, eight pounds,
eighteen shillings and sixpence; and Mrs. Fage's _Poems_, five pounds,
fifteen shillings and sixpence. A copy of Brand's own work on _Popular
Antiquities_, with additions for a new edition, sold, with the