A fortune bequeathed to him by his uncle , Mr. Brown , a wholesale linendraper of Exeter , gave him financial independence .
He regularly attended the Norfolk circuit for some years , and was appointed recorder of King 's Lynn .
A fortune bequeathed to him by his uncle , Mr. Brown , a wholesale linendraper of Exeter , gave him financial independence , but he regularly attended the Norfolk circuit for some years , and was appointed recorder of King 's Lynn .