CHAMBERLAYNE, John, son of the author of The Present State of England, and continuator of that useful work, was admitted into Trinity College, Oxford, in 1685; but it does not appear that he took any degree. Besides the Continuation just mentioned, he was author of "Dissertations, historical, critical, theological, and moral, on the most memorable events of the Old and New Testaments, with Chronological Tables," one volume folio; and translated a variety of works from the French, Dutch, and other languages. He was likewise Fellow of the Royal Society, and communicated some pieces, which were inserted in the Philosophical Transactions. It was said of him that he understood sixteen languages; but it is certain that he was master of the Greek, Latin, French, High and Low Dutch, Portuguese, and Italian. After a useful and well-spent life, he died in the year 1724.