ARTHUR, a learned English antiquarian, born at Tofton in Derbyshire in the year 1540. His fondness for English antiquities induced him to make many large collections; and his office as deputy chamberlain of the exchequer, which he held 45 years, gave him great opportunities of acquiring skill in that study. Similarity of taste brought him acquainted with Sir Robert Cotton and other learned men, who associated themselves under the name of The Society of Antiquarians, of which society Mr Agard was a conspicuous member. He made the Doomsday book his peculiar study; and composed a work purposely to explain it, under the title of Tractatus de usu et obfcurioribus verbis libri de Domeday: he also compiled a book for the service of his successors in office, which he deposited with the officers of the king's receipt, as a proper index for succeeding officers. All the rest of his collections, containing at least twenty volumes, he bequeathed to Sir Robert Cotton; and died in 1615.