Another document that is key to understanding how the various versions of the Dunckerley narrative fit together is the little sketch collected by William Bray. Bray was a student of human nature, and his fascination with our foibles is amply illustrated in the rough draft of an essay he intended to write about Thomas Dunckerley. The similarity between this sketch and five related contributions to the Gentleman's Magazine in the months following Dunckerley's death suggest Bray was the anonymous author of some or all of those pieces as well. What appears below with the kind permission of the Surrey History Centre, is a direct transcription. The erratic spelling and punctuation are faithful to the original.

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Dunckerley, Mr having some resemblance to ye royal family pretended to be a son of ye late k/G2 & by that means obtained a pension of £400 a yr & apartments in Hampton Crt. His history is this; His grandmother's name was Bonus, she was nurse to Sr. Ed. Walpole as soon as born & continued to 6 years. In this time she recommended one of her daus. To be a chambermaid at Houghton, an uncommonly plain & homely girl. The D. of Devonshire was on a visit to Sr. Rob. At xmas when a servant of his, Adam Dunkerley took a liking to the girl & married her.