ENp. 20
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many sources, and has sometimes an antiquarian
and historical importance, and it is very natural,
that it might partake of the same hereditary
character as had been annexed to the office,
or lands, with which it has been associated;
as Suggate might possibly come from Surrogate
Latin (Surrogatus), one substituted or appointed
in room of another, a deputy.
My Grandfather had two sons only, my father
William the eldest, and my uncle Henry [illegible?]. My father
followed the business of farming, and my uncle the
profession of medicine, and after the usual and
necessary course of instruction in the hospitals
of London, was appointed assistant surgeon on
board the old Asia man of war, at that time a
vessel of some renown.
My father purchased a little farm in the parish
of Carlton Colvile, near Lowestoft, Suffolk, and I was
born in 1806, and as soon as I was big enough
my occupation was fetching the cows home from
their grazing grounds for milking, and driving
back to the same, also keeping designing pigs
in authorized bounds. Eight youngsters of whom
I was the eldest, left our good parents, after
finding food and raiment for us, but little
money to spare for our schooling, nevertheless
Whenever I could be spared from the duties
of the farm, I was sent either to a school
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