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ATHENE OXONIENSES
THE
THIRD EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS.
VOLUME THE SECOND.
T. Beiuley, Printer,
Bolt Coun, Fleet Street, London.
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ATHENE OXONIENSES.
AN
EXACT HISTORY
OF ALL
THE WRITERS AND BISHOPS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR EDUCATION
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.
TO WHICH ABE ADDED
THE FASTI,
OB
ANNALS OF THE SAID UNIVERSITY.
BY
ANTHONY A WOOD, M. A.
OF MERTON COLLEGE.
A NEW EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS,
* AND A COHTINDATIOM
By PHILIP BLISS,
FELLOW OF ST. JOHn'S COLLEGE.
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ATHENiE OXONIENSES.
THE
HISTORY
OF THE
WRITERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,
FROM THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1500.
ILLIAM BUR-
TON, a native of
the city of Win-
chester, was edu-
cated in Wyke-
iiain's school
there, ndinittcd
|)cri)etual fellow
of New college,
1563, and left
that house after
he had taken one
degR'e in arts.
This person I
take to be the same A\ ill. Buiron who was n mi-
nister in ]$nstol, and afterwards at Reading in
Berks, and author of these things following.
Several Sermons, ns (1) Sermon preached at
Nurwich 21 Dec. 1,589, on Jer. 3. 14. Lond. in
oct. (2) David's Evidence: or, the assurance of
God's Love, in 7 Sermons on Psal. 41. 11, 12, IS.
Vol. II
Lond. 1592. oct. l602. qu. (3) J Caveat for Sure-
ties, two Serin, at Bristo/, on Prov. 6. /"rom 1 to
the 5 verse. Lond. 1593. oct. lG02. qu. (4) The
rousing of the Sluggard, in 7 Sermons, on Pmv. 6.
from O to the 1 1 verse. Lond. 1595, oct. (5) Ser-
mons on the Church's l^ovc to Christ her Hn^hand,
on Cant. 3. I, 2, 3, 4. Lond. 1595. oct. and UkYi.
qu. these Sermons are cntit. God's It'iyoinj; hit
Church, (fi) David's Thanksgiving for the arraign-
ment of the Man of Earth, tiro Sermonn on Psal.
10. 17, 18. Lond. [IJtKi, 4to.] 1598. oct. [UckU.
8vo. E. 34. Til.] dedicated to sir \V'ill. IVriaui,
knight, lord chief baron of tlic Lxchequor, a fa-
vourer of the author's inusc. (7) Ten Seramns oh
Mallh. 5. 3, 4. Lond. 1602. qu. (8) The Anutomif
of Belial, in 10 Sermons on Prm. <i. 12, 13, 14, l.i.
Loud. l602. (|U. dedio. to Ralph V\'ar<-upp of
English in Oxl<)rd>iiire, esq; a great favourer of
the author. (9) The Cluislian's Heavenlif Sarri-
fce, on MctUh.ti. 19,20,21. Lond. l608."oct. de-
dicated to'sir Drue Drurv, knight.
li
3
Bl KTON.
MONSON.
4
Clur.
lOod'.
Catechism lontaiiiing certain Questions and An-
steers concerning the Knuuledge of God, and the
right Use of the Law. Lond. 1591. oct.
Conc/itsions of Peace hetween God and Man, con-
taining comfortable Meditations for the Children of
Gudun Proi.7. 1,1. Loud. 1 jf)5.oct. anfl H)03.((u.
Exposition of the Lord's l'rai/er, draun into
Questions and Answers. Loud. 1.3<)4. oct. lf)02. cju.
Certain Questions and Aimcers concerning the
Attributes of God Loud. Ifi02. qu. second edit.
Questions and Answers concerning the right Use
of the Late of God. Lend. H>02. qii.
An Abstract of the Doctrine of the Sabbath,
briejiy,^iet fully and plainly, set forth. Load. 160(5.
oct. '\ hese are all, and cnougii, whicii I have
seen published by Will. Burton, a minister in
Bristol, and afterwards in Reading. Whether he
be the same Will. Burton of the parish of St. Se-
pulchre without Newgate in Lond. clerk, who '
died in that parish in Oct. or Nov. in 1612, (16
Jac. L) and left behind a widow called Dorothy,
I know not. " One William Burton translated
" from Latin into English Certain Dialogues of
«' Erasmus. Lond. qu. in an English charac-
" ter, the first dialogue is of Fish-eating."
[Burton was admitted at New college, April 5,
1563,^- and left it in 1565. Nov. 25, 1591; he was
inducted to the vicarage of St. Giles's, in Read-
ing, vacant by the resignation of Edward Younge.
When or where he died I have been unable to
discover, although it is clear that there must be
»ome error in Wood's date of 1612, which was
the 10th, not the l6th year of James the first.
Add to which, our author has quoted for his au-
thority a Book of Administrations ' beginning in
.Tan. 1614,' which consequently could not contain
any notice of a death in 1612. All that we now
know is, that he died intestate previous to the 17th
of May,l6l6,as on tiiat day admonition was grant-
ed in the prerogative court of Canterbury 'to the
effects of William Burton, of St. Sepulchre's, infra
Newgate, London, clerk, to his son, Daniel Bur-
ton.' For this extract I am indebted to Edmund
Lodge, esq. of the Herald's college.
AVood omits one work of Burton's, (7</7e-D«/ce,
or Trueth's Libertie, Lond. 1606, 4to.3 From the
dedication to this it appears that the author was a
preacher at Norwich when a young man.]
WILLLAM MONSON, a Lincolnshire man
born, a knight's son, and of the same family with
those of South Carleton in that county, was a
gent. com. or at least a commoner of Baliol col.
where he continued for at least two years. But
his mind being more martial than mercurial, he
applied himself to sea-service, wherein he attained
to great perfection, was a captain ♦ in several ex-
• B|K.k ofaclministrat. in the will-office near S. Paul's ca-
the<lral,bcgiriiiinKin Jan. I6l4.
» [.MS.llawl.Tiibl. Bodl. Misc. 130. fol. 68.1
[•Among Tanner's books in tlic Bodleian 1
♦ Canibd. in Annal. Jiee. Elk. an. J 597, i6o? &c
peditions against the Spaniard, vice-admiral and
admiral. In 1594, he was actually created master
of arts, and in 15yG he received the honour of
knighthood from Robert earl of Essex at the
sacking of Cadiz. In 1602, when Leland was
clearecf of the Spanish forces, he was appointed
vice-admiral untler sir Rich. Levison admiral, to
carry on the war by sea against the Spaniard, lest
they should invade England, wherein he perform-
ed most admirable service, especially in the taking
of a great carac of I6OO tun from them at Cezim-
bria against Baibarum, the promontory of Portu- [337]
gal. This heroical person left behind him at his
death, written with his own hand,
A true and exact Account of the Wan with Spain,
in the Reign of Q. Elizabeth, being the Particulars
of what happen'd between the English and Spanish
Fleets, from the Year 1585, to 1602; shewing the
Expeditions, Attempts, &c. Lond. 1682. fol. dedi-
cated to his son Joh. Monson. In some copies s
of this book the title runs thus, Megalopsychy ;
being a particular and exact Account of the fast
xx'ii Yeats of Qu. Elizabeth's Reign, both Military
and Civil. Lond. 1682. fol. [Bodl. R. 1. 11. Jur.]
The first written by sir Will. Monson, the other
by Heywood Townshend. This worthy knight Clar.
was in great renown in the beginning of the reign 1606.
of K. James I. and the last time I find him men-
tioned in his sea-service, is in 1605, in which year
he conveyed over sea Edward the old earl of
Hertford, when he was sent embassador to the
archduke for the confirming of a peace : in which
voyage, it is observed by a certain * person that
the royal ships of England did then (being the
first time as he saith) suffer an indignity and af-
front from a Dutch man of war, as he passed by
them without vailing. Of the same family was
Will. Monson a knight or esq. (father to Will.
Monson vise. Castlemain) who died in the parish
of St. Martin's in the Fields near London, in
January, or thereabouts, 1642.
[An enlarged' edition of Monson's Wars in
Spain, &c. will be found in Churchill's Collection
of Voyages and Travels, vol. iii. Lond. 1704. (Bodl.
D. 7. 6. Art.) which contains five other treatises
by the same author, published from the original
MSS. These are, ^
1. Actions of the English after King James his
Accession to the Crown; and several Discourses upon
that Subject. This he dedicates to liis second
son.'
2. The Office of the Lord High Admiral of
England, and all Ministers and ^inferior Officers
' [The copies should all have both these title-pages, which
Wood has reversed, the second, as here given, standing first
in the original.] °
* S'ir Ant. Wekkn in The Court and Character of K.James.
Lond. 1650. oct. p. 48, 49.
' [These dedications contain some excellent advice on the
coiiduct and pursuits of young men on entering into life. Sir
Wilhani's second son was then lately married to a lady of fa-
mily, accomplishment, and fortune.]
FORSET.
NKWTON.
6
Clar.
1606.
Wider him, and what belongs to each Man's Office ; of Newton) by A lire his wilV, \v;i> linrii in thai
with ruani/ other Particuiars to thai purpose. Dc- county, educuted in ^raiuniuiicals iiii<i( r John
dicatcd to all captains, masters, pilots, &c. Brownswerd, (whom I liavc mtntionvd under the
3. Discoveries and Enterprises of the Spaniards year 1389,') sent while very yotnig to Oxon, but
and Portugueses, and several other remarkable making little stay there, he went to Cunibridge,
Passages ond Observations. where lie settled in Qucen'ii coll. and became to
4. Divers Projects and Stratagems tendred for much renowned for his I.atiii jMietry, that he wa«
the Good of the Kingdom. Ded. to the projectors numbered by scholars of hi* time amoiiij tht; inoil
of the age. noted poets in that language. Afterwards taking
5. Oj a Fishery to be set up on the Const of Oxon in his way, (where he contiimed for nome
England, Scotland and Ireland, with the Benejit time,) he retired to liis own country, uught school
that Kill accrue by it to ail his Majesty's Three at Macclesfield, or near it, with gixxl »acce**,
Kingdoms : with many other things concerning Fish, practised physic, and was encouraged in hi« un
Fishins, and Matters if that Nature. Ded. to the
King.
Fuller^ mentions sir William's engagement
with the Spanish carac as a most courageous at-
chievement. She was placed apparently in an in-
vincible situation, was herself a giant in compari-
son to her opponents, and manned with tlirec
hundred Spanish gentlemen : add to which, the
marquis De Sancta Cruce lay near with thirteen
ships, and the whole were well guarded by a
strong fort. His bravery however was well re-
warded, for he captured no less than ten hundred
thousand crowns.
I have not been able to discover the exact date
of his death, but he was certainly in repute long
after the time mentioned by Wood, as he informs
us himself that he was in the fleet under the earl
of Lindsey, in the year 1635.']
EDWARD FORSET, a gentleman's son of
Lincolnshire, and of the same family with the
Forsets of Billesby in that county, became a com-
moner of Line. coll. in 1590, or thereabouts, aged
18, but leaving that house without the honour of
a degree, retired at length to his patrimony, and
dertakings by Robert carl of E«scx. At length
being beneliccd at llford in Essex, taught school
there also, as it seems, and continued at tliat place
to the time of his death. This person hath writ-
ten several things, and titinslated more, the title*
of which, such that have come to mv hands, you
shall have, though he is rather to be numberud
among the writers of Cambridge than of Oxon.
J notable History of the Saracem, See. dravn
out of August. Curio [and sundry other good Ju-
tltours,] in 3 Books. Loud. 1375- qu-
j4 summary or brief Chronicle oj' the Saraceiu
and Turks, continued from the birth of Mahomet,
to an. 1575. rrinted with the former book.
Approved Medicines and cordial Precepts, with
the Nature and Symptoms, &c. Lond. 1.580. oct.
Jllustrium aliquot Jnglorum Encomia. Lond.
1.589. qu. [Bodl. 4to. L. 37. Art. Seld.] At the
end of Jo. Lelaiul's Encomia, Trophaa, &c. [and
reprinted by Thomas llearne at the end ot Le-
land's Collectanea, being the first volume of the
appendix, or the fifth oi that work. Bodl. 8vo. F.
59. Jur.]
AtropoioK Delion : or, the Death of Delia, with
the Tears of her Funeral. A poetical excnnive
Discourse of our late Eliza.' Lond. l603. qu. [Bodl.
wrote, i>^,i,n/i..oi ., .<». ....<. ^.
A comparative Discourse oftheBodies naturaland gvo 't"^7^ Art SclcT]
politic. Wherein, out of the principles of Nature, is j J^;„;„f „g^ History: or, a fragrant Posie
set forth the true Form oJ" a Common-weal, with the ^„Jcof threejiowers, Ro^, Rosalynd^ and Rom-
^ ' '^'' " ' ' ' ' ' - - w/ary. "Lend. 1604. He also viewe'd and corrected
Duty of the Subjects, and the Right of the Sovereign ;
&c. Lond. 1606. qu. [Hodl. 4to. T. 13. Art.]
and other things as 'tis probable, but such I have
not yet seen, " unless this author be the same with
" Eclward Forset, esq." who wrote A Defence of
" the Right of Kings, wherein the Power of the
" Papacy over Princes is refuted, and the Oath of
" Allegiance justified, Loncf. l624. qu." The next
person that must begin the year of 1607, was in
his time esteemed a most excellent Latinist and
poet, as was by all acknowledged.
THOMAS NEWTON, the eldest son of Edw.
Newton of Butlev in the parish of Prcsbury in
Cheshire (descended originally from the Ncwtons
» [irorlhies, vol. ii. p. 18. edit. 4to. 1811.]
9 Churchill's Foyngct, iii. p. 371.]
' [I take this Edward Forset to be the same to whom king
James the first, in l6u, grante<l the manor of East Green-
wich. See Kewcourt's Repcrtorium, 1708, vol. i. p. ()93-]
Embryon relimatum, written by Joh. Stanbridge,
* [Sec vol. i. col. .^52.]
' [Some extract from Newton's funeral irilmte ♦•> rjtww .
Elizabeth may appear necessarv, and I have accor.r i
one sonnet. If this be not sufticienl, tlie curiou* •
refer to the third volume of Nichols's Frogretsn, wiurc iii»
whole tract has been reprinted.
« Cease, nyinphes with tearci to oucrcharj^e vour eie$.
For Delia weepes not now that --he hath left ye:
Comfort your sclucs inearth, for shv in =.kic»
Comforted [is] by them which late bereft ye.
So many yeeres the' Gods did let ye keciw her.
In lender loue for to supjiort vour (leacc;
But, being gone, it naught auailes to weepe her,
She now cnioves a crownc of longer lease.
Let this sutfice how loolh she was to prt
So long as she had tongue, hand, eye or breath.
Till when our quire of angels tooke her heart,
Shee then bid welcome ioyes, and farwell earth.
Where once cch soule His Delias soulc sliali sec
Crowrnld iu another kinde of majcslie.' j
[338]
NEWTON.
8
and was author, as a certain ♦ writer saith, of two
tragedies, viz. of the first and second parts of Ta-
mtrlhie the great Siythia?i Emperor, but false. For
in Tho. Newton's time the said two parts were
performed by Christop. Mario, soinetinjes a stu-
dent in Cambridge ; afterwards, first an actor on
the stage, then, (as Shakespear, whose contempo-
rary he was) a maker of plays, though inferior
both in fancy and merit. This Mario, by the way
it must be known, was author (besides the said
two tragedies) of(l) The rich Jew of Malta. Trag.
published at Lond. by Tho. Heywood. (2) The
tragical History of the Life and Death of Dr. ,/o.
Famtus, several times printed. (3) Lust's Domi-
nion, &c. Trag. Lond. l66l.oct. then published
by Franc. Kirkman, junior, a bookseller, and a
great trader in plays. From which tragedy was
another stolen, or at least the better part, eiitit.
jihdelazer, or the Moor's Revenge, Lond. 1677,
published under the name of mistress Jpkora
Behn. (4) Trag. of K. Ed. 2. (5) Trag. of Dido
Qu. of Carthage. In the composure of which
Tom Nash joyned with him. But in the end, so
it was, that this Mario giving too large a swing to
his own wit, and suffering his lust to have the full
reins, fell to that outrage and extremity, as Jo-
delle a French tragical poet did, (being an epicure
and an atheist,) that he denied God and his Son
Christ, and not only in word blasphemed the Tri-
nity, but also (as it was credibly ^ reported) wrote
divers discourses against it, affirming our Saviour
to be a deceiver, and Moses to be a con j urer : The
holy Bib/e also to contain only vain and idle sto-
ries, and all religion but a device of policy. But
see the end of this person, which was noted by all,
especially the precisians. For so it fell out, that
he being deeply in love with a certain woman,
had for his rival a bawdy serving-man, one rather
fit to be a pimp, than an ingenious amoretto as
Mario conceived himself to be. Whereupon Mario
taking it to be an high affront, rush'd in upon, to
stab, him, with his (Jagger: But the serving man
being very quick, so avoided the stroke, that
withal catching hold of Mario's wrist, he stab'd
his own dagger into his own head, in such sort,
that notwithstanding all the means of surgery that
could be wrought, he shortly after died of his
wound, before the year 1593.* Some time before
* Edw. Phillips, in his Theatrum Poetarum, or colled, of
Pods, &c Lond. l675, Oct. p. 182. among the modem poets.
' See in Tho. Beard's Theatre of God's Judgments, lib. 1 .
chap. 23.
* [Marlow's tragical end is related somewhat differently by
William Vaughan, who lived sufficiently near the time to be
correct. Speakingof God's judgmenton atheists, he says, • Not
inferior to these was one Christopher Marlow, by profession a
play-maker, who, as it is rejmrted, about 14 ycrcs agoe, wrote a
booke against theTrinitie, but see the effects of God's iustice ;
it so ha))ned, that at Detford, a litle village about three miles
distant from l»ndon, as he meant to stib with his ponyard
one named Ingram, that had inuitcd him thither to a feast,
and was then playing at tal)les; hec quicklyperccyuing it, so
auoyded the thrust, that willjall drawing out his dagger for
his death he had began and made a considerable
progress in the pocni called Hero and Leander,
which was afterwards finislied by George Chap-
num, who fell short (as 'tis said) of the spirit and
his defence, hce stab'd this Marlow into the eye, in such fort,
that his braynes dimming out at the dagger's point, hee sliortly
after dyed ' The Gnldi-n Grour moratizcd, Hvo. Lond. l008.
Bo<11.8vo. U. 10. .\rt BS.
Aubrey, on the authority of sir Ed. Sherburne, says, that
Ben Jonson killed Marlow on Bunhill, coming from the
Green curt;iin pl.w house For this Lilc, however, there seems
not the slightest (ciundattoii. Letters from the Bodleian Li-
brary, with .iubrcy's Lives, 8vo. 1813, h 415.
For the fiiUowing list of Alarlow's plays I am indebted to
Mr. Haslewood.
1. Tumhurlaine the Create, who from the stale of a shep-
heard in Scythia, ly his rare and wonderfull eongueils became
n most noted puissant and mighty monarque, 1590, 1605, 4to.
first part.
2. Tamburtaine the Create. Jf'itk his impuMionate furie
for the death of his Lady and Lour, J'aire Zcnocratc, &c.
1590, 1593, 1(>0C, 4to. second part.
3. The tragedic of Dido, Queene of Carthage,\5C^, ]o\t\l\y
with Thomas Nash.
4. The troublesome raigne and lamentable death of Edward
the second. King of England, with the tragicallfall ofptoud
Mortimer, kc. 1598, iBl'J, lG22, 4to.
5. The Massacre at Paris with the death of the Duke of
Guise, die. 8vo. no date, 12mo. no date.!
C. The tragicall Historic nf the life and death of Doctor
Fausius. idoi, 1611, lOid, i6i9j i(j24, i63i, 1661, 1663,
4to.
7. The famous tragedy of the Kick lew of Malta, &c. .
1633, 4to.
8. Lust's Dominion in the Lascivious Queen, a tragedie,
&c. 1(557, iGfil, 12nio.
g. The Mayden's Iloladay. Entered on the books of the
stationers' company April 8, l6a4, and insetted in Warbur-
ton's list of plays destroyed by his servant.
I extract one specimen of his dramatic powers, from tlie
Jew of Malta, act 2, a co))y of which is in St. John's college
library.
' Thus like the sad presaging rauen, that tolls
The sicke man's passeport in her hollow beake;
And in the shadow of the silent night
Doth shake contagion from her sable wings,
Vext and tormented, rmines jxiore Barabas
With falall curses towards these Christians.
The incertaine pleasures of swift-footed time
JHaue tane their flight, and left me in despaire;
And of my former riches rests no more
But bare remembrance ; like a souldier's scarre.
That has no fiirtlier comfort for his maime.
Oh ihou, that with a fiery pillar led'st
The sonnes of Lrael through the-dismall .shades ;
Liglit Abraham's off-sjirlng, and direct the hand
Of Abigail this night, or let the day
Turne to eteniall darkncssc after this.'
His beautiful song beginning
' Come live with me and be my love,'
is too well known for insertion in the present place. It has
been well observed, that this composition is not so purely pas-
toral as it is generally supposed to be : golden buckles, coral
clasps, silver dishes, and ivory tables, beuig rather too refined
and luxurious for rural retirement and simplicity. This song
is alluded to in a very scarce tract in the Bodleian called Choice,
Chance and Change, or Conecites in their Colours, 4to. Lond.
IG06. — In answer to an invitation ' I prav thee let vs be merry
and let vs liue together?' we have, ' Why, how now, doe
you take me for a woman that you come vpon me with a
ballad of Come liue with me and he my loue?' page 3.
We may add, that Marlow translated Coluthus's Rape of
Helen, 1587; C'er/oisc o/0!)!rf's£/eg!fs, Middleburgh,l2mo.
9
N EWTON.
10
invention of Mario in the performance thereof.
It was printed at Loud. iHoO. in qu. [Bodl. Bvo.
T. 27. Art. Sold.] and whcllicr before lliat time, I
know not.7 " Otliers say, that this transiaticm of
" Hero and Lcander was done by Cha[>man alone
" without Mario."" 15ut all this I speak by the
bye. Our author Tho. Newton, whom and his
works I am further to mention, hatli also trans-
lated from Latin into English. (\) A Direction for
the health of Magistrates and Students, u<imeli/,sHch
lis he ill their consistent age, or near ihereuulo.Lum\.
1574. in tw. written [in Latin] by Giil. Cirataro-
lus.9 (2) Cotiimentari/ or exposition upon the ttco
Episths general of S. Peter and that of S. Jude ;
gathered out of the lectures and preachings of Dr.
Martin Lulher hi/ Jliionifinns. Lond. 1581. <|u.
(3) Touchstone of Complexions, containing must
easie rules, and readi/ tokens, wherehy everi/ Man
may peifectli/ try and throughly know as well the
exact state, hahit, dispositi m and constitution of
his body outwardly, as also the iiidicaliom, Stc of
the mind inwardly. Lond. [1576. Bodl. Crynes 87 1.]
1581. oet. written [in Latin] by Levinus Lemnius.
no date, of which a second edition completed, appeared ia
the same year; and I.ucans First liooke, rendered line for
line, 4to. 1593 and ifiOO. His translaiion of Ovid was burnt
at staiioners" hall by order from the archbishop of Canterbury
and the bishop of London, dated June 1, 41 Lli/,.]
' [It was printed 4to. 15()8 (Herbert 7yp. Antig. 1287),
J6OO, l6()C, i()2'2, l62(); and in 8vo. 1637.J
* [It is not generally known, that Chapman not only
finished Marlow's poem of Hero mid Lcander, (which is not
a translation) but afterwards translated what had been before
written in Latin on the same subject by Musa;us. As this
is one of the rarest books we now meet with, 1 shall give the
full title :
The divine Poem of Mus(rv3, First of all Bookes. Traru-
lated according lo ihr originall. By Geo. Chapman. Lon-
don, printed by Isaac laggard. iClG. It contains to sign. H.
and is printed in the smallest size 1 remember to have seen
at this early period. Chapman dedicates it to the well known
Inigo Jones, and subscribes himself liis ' ancient |)Oore friend."
] n his preface he warns the reader that what is now offered
is nothme like ' that partly excellent poem of maister Mar-
loe's — a different character being held through, both the stile,
matter, and inuention.' Tnc first line or two of this rare but
worthless piece « ill be sufficient :
' Goddesse relate
the witncsse-bearing light
Of loncs, that would not beare
a humane sight.
The sea-man
that transported marriages
Shipt in the night,
his bosome ploughing th' seas — ' kc.
Tiic volume whence this is taken will be found in the Bod-
leian, 8vo. C. 125. Art.
Henry Petowe also added a second part to Marlow's poem
of Hero and Lcander, which was printed by Thomas Pur-
foot, London, l.'igS. (Bodl. 4to. L. 12. Art.) This was ex-
ecuted much more poetically than Chapman's. Take four
lines only :
' Tliis imprisoning cauc, this woefull cell.
This house of sorrow and increasing woe,
Griefe's tearie chamber, where sad care doth dwell.
Where lifjuid ttars, like top-fil'd seas doe flow' — ]
' [See extracts from this book in the British Bibliographer,
ii. 414.3
(4) Third Tragedy of L. Ann. Seneca, entit. The-
hais. Lond. 1581. c|u. in old veriw, and printed in
an English iharaeler. Note lluit the fourth, m-
venth, eighth ' and tenth tragedies, of the said
author, were in the like manner translated by John
Studley of Trin. eoll. in Cambridge, a noted iioet
in (|u. i^iizabeth's time. Tlie fifth ealled Uedipiit
was translated by Alex. Nevii of Cambridge, tiie
same person, 1 mean, who was author of Ketlut,
site de furorihits Noif>lcien$ium, &c. lib. I. an.
15H'2. '('heyth trag. was translated i)y Tho. Nuce,
eontemporary with .Studley and Nevill, and three
more by Jasp. Heywood, as i have told you el»e-
where.' (5) Of Christian Frienrbhip, At. with an
Invective uguinat Dice-play and other prophane
Games. Lond. 158G. oet. written [in Latin] by
Lamb. Dana'us. (6) Tryal and examination of a
Man's oicn self, &e. Lond. 1587. tw. by Andr.Hi-
perius. (7) llerbal of the Bible, containing a plain
and familiar exposition of such similitudes, parables,
Ac. that are borrowed and taken from tlerbt.
Plants, 8w. Lond. 1587. oet. by Levinus Lem-
nius. These are all the translations, as I coneeive,
that Tho. Newton hath made. At length having
gotten a eonsiderable estate by his endeavours,
eoncluded his last day at Little Ilford in lisse.x,
in the month of .May in si.xteen hundred and se-
ven, and was buried in the churcli belonging to
' The eighth trag. called Agamemnon was first of all pub-
lished by the said Jo Studley, at \m\A. l.lGtJ. in tw. [Bodl.
8vo. H.44. Art. Scld. It is most likely, that all the playt
were printed separately at first. Hepvood'i we know were,
(see vol. i. col. 664.) and Studley in his preface to Agamem-
non, notices Nevill'sas set Jurlkehefon, which undoubtedly
means in print.]
' [Seneca his lenne Tragedies irantlaled into Englytke.
London by Thomas Marsh, 1581 ; Bodl. 4to. A. 46. Jur. Of
this volume Newton was the editor. The tragetlies were cx&-
ctited as follows : Hercules Parens by Ja-sjier Heywood ;
Thycstes by the same; Thebais byNowion; Hippolilui by
John Studley; Oedipus by Alexander Neville; Troas 1^
Heywood; Mcdca by Studley; Agamemnon by tlie same;
Oc/avia by Thomas Nuce, first prmted in l.i()6; and Her-
cules Octcus by Studley. Of Heywoo<l we have already had
an accoimt in vol i. col. 663. Studley was educated at
Westminster school, and was afterwards of Trinity college,
Cantbridge. In what capacity he went to Flanders wc know
not, but It has been said that he had a command under prince
Maurice, and was killed at the siege of Breda in I.')87. Be-
sides the plays of Seneca, he translated Bale's Pageant of
Popes, conlayninge the Lyues of all the Bishops of Rome
from the Irginriing of them to the yeare of grace 1555. Lond.
1574, 4to. (Bodl. 4to. P. 58. Jur.); and wrote two copies of
Latin verses on the death of Nicholas Carr, the Greek pro-
fessor at Cambridge, which were appended to the professor's
translation of Dcmostliene.s, 4to. 157 ' • (B<xll. 4to. B. 9. .\rt.
B S.) Thomas Nuce, or Newce, was fellow of Pembroke
hall in 13()2, afterwards rector of Oxburgh, Norfolk; of Bec-
cles, Weston Market, and vicar of Gaysley, Suffolk ; and
finally, Feb. 21, 1384-5, Iwcamc prebendary of Ely. He died
Nov. 8, 1C17, at Gaysley, where he was buried. From his
epitaph, preser\cd in Bentham's History of Fly, we learn
that ne had five sons and seven daughters by his wife .\nn,
who died in I6l3. Of the translation of Seneca, thus jointly
executed, the curious reader will find an. ample account in
Warton's History of Kng. Poetry, iii, 382; Ccnsura Lite-
rariu, ix, 386 ; aad British Bibliographer, ii, 372.]
[339]
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NEWTON.
RAINOLDS.
12
that village, leaving behind him a son named
Abel,' and a legacy to the parishioners of the said
place to buy ornaments for their church.
[Newton was sent, accordinu; to Warton,^ when
abont thirteen years of aii;e to Trinity college, Ox-
ford. He removed to (Queen's, Cambridge, but
returned within a very few years to Oxford, when
he was readmitted to Trinity. On the 4th of June
1583,^ he was nrcsentcd by queen Elizabeth to
the rector}- of llford parva, Essex, which he re-
tained till his death. Wood notices his son Abell,
but not his elder son Emanuel, to whom he ad-
dressed the following lines, and who probably died
before his father.
Emmanuel, patriis praebe his hortatibus aurem,
Et memori nostra ha;c dicta reconde sinu.
Sit tibi cura Deum prccibus, vcl prima, rogandi,
Ut tua propitio flamine cuncta rcgat.
Sis humilis, mitis, sis clcmens, diligc pacem,
Et pricceptori morigerarc tuo.
Detractor ne sis, mendstx, sycophanta, cjmoedus,
Turpiloquus, jurax, torvus, alastor, iuers :
Non linguax, furax, rerum vendaxque tuarum,
Ncc caperata truces frons ferat ista minas.
Obsequium cunctis prajstes pro viribus, omnes
Devincire stude moribus ingenuis.
Sic acccptus eris cunctis et amabilis: ergo
Auscultes monitis (ut decet) hisce meis.*
To his publications may be added,
1. Marcus Tuliius Ciceroes bookes,fovvre several
of, conteyninge his most learned and eloquente Dis-
courses of Friendshippe, old Age, Paradoxes and
Scipio hisDreame. Lond. by Marshe, 1577, 8vo.
2. A Hew of Valuaunce: describing the famous
Feates and martial Exploites of two most mightie
Nations, the Romans and the Carthaginians, for the
Conquest and Possession of Spayne. Lond. 1380.
8vo. This was a translation from the Latin of
Rutilius Rufus ' a Romaine gentleman, and a cap-
taine of charge vnder Scipio in the same warres.'
It is here given to Newton, on the authority of
Oldys, who, in the Catalogue of the Harleian
Pamphlets, No. 265, speaks confidently of his
being the translator. Some detached pieces of
this Rutilius w^ill be found in Fragment. Histori-
corum Veterum Latinorum, Amst. 1620, 8vo.
3. The old Man's Dietarie. a translation also.
Printed at London, 1586, 8vo.
4. Joannis Brunsuerdi Maclefeldensis Gymnasi-
archa, Progymnasmata quicdam Poetica. Sparsim
* [Ad Abelcm Newtonvim, filiolum.
Mi fill, mi dulcis Abel, mea magna voluptas,
Ut (.'hristo placeas, ut placeasque mihi,
Per\igil insudes noctuque diuque libellis.
Qui possint doctum reddcre, quique pium.
Hinc tibi contigerit quando maturior Eetas,
Ingens accrescet gloria, dulcis Abel.
En ego prsstabo, quae sunt praoslanda parenti,
Tu sape, ncc desis nunc Ul)i dulcis Abel.]
♦ [Hist, of En". Poetry, iii. 39I,]
' rNewcourt, Repertorium, ii. 34o.] \
Encomia illustr. Firorum, 1589, !'• 126.]
CoUecta, et in Lucent edita Sfc. Tho. Newton.
Lond. 1589, and 1590, 4to. See vol. i. col. 552.
Newton wrote also commendatory lines on Bat-
man's Go/den Booke of the Leaden Goddes, 4to.
1577: Hunnis's //yte of Hunnye, 1578: Mun-.
day's Mirror of Mat ah ilitie, 1579: Bullein's iiw/-
warke of Defence, 1579: Mirror for Magistrates,
1587, I6IO: Ives's Instructions for the Warres,
1589: Tymme's Brief e Description of Hierusatem,
1595: and a Metrical Epilogue to Heywood's
Workes, 1587.
The following lines prefixed to Blandie's trans-
lation of Osorius' Discourse of Ciuill and Chris-
tian Nobilitie. Lond. 1576, 4to. [Bodl. C. 17. 27.
Line] are not inserted in the author's Encomia,
which they would have been,if Hearnehad known
of their existence previous to the publication of
his edition of Leland.
Magna est nobilibus laus esse parentibus ortum,
E studiis majus stemma decusque fluit ;
Maxima sed Pietas et vera insignia laudis
Vendicat, hand una concelebranda chely ;
Qui tribus his claret titulis, ter maximus ille,
Ter merito foelix, ter venerandus erit.
Percitus Aonio facundus Osorius astro,
Ha;c panxit, calami dexteritate sui ;
Divite quem vena glaucopis Athena beavit,
Quique ardet Clarii totus amore chori ;
Quem juga Parnassi lambentia vertice Stellas,
Quem capit alati fons pede factus equi ;
Graudisouo cujus splendent monumenta cothurno,
Prajcipuumque tenent a Cicerone locum ;
Cujus voce loqui cupiunt, si voce Latina
Quicquam efterre velint, ipsa; Heliconiades;
Quo tellus tanto Lusitanica jactat alumno.
Qui Tartessiaco condecoratur agro.
Romulidis, Gallis, Germanis, notus et Anglis,
Pannoniis, Dacis, atque Caledoniis,
Verborum phaleris, phrasibusque uberrimus,
omnes
iEquiparat veteres, exuperatque novos ;
Nee sapit obscurum genus aut ignobile stemma
Sermo suus, sua mens, docta Thalia sua.
Ille, ille est nostri Phoenix et Tuliius aevi,
Alpha disertorum dicier ille potest.
Numine Blandaus Phoebaeo concitus, hujus
Scripta Latina docet verba Britanna loqui;
Perspicue, nitide, succincte et Apolline digne,
Cunctaque plectro agili et blandisonante tuba;
Cuius melliflua celebratur Osorius arte,
Namque etiam hunc fovit diva Minerva sinu.
Vivite uterque igitur fcelices, pergite plures
Omine tam fausto scribere uterque iibros.]
JOHN RAINOLDS, [orREYNOLDs,]calledby
Latin writers Reginaldus, the fifth son of Rich. Rai-
nolds, and he (who was yoimger brother to Thom.
Rainolds, D. I), and warden of Merton coll.) the
third son of another Richard, was born at Pinhoe,
alias Pinhawes near to the city of Excester in
Devonshire, became a student in Merton coll.
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RAINOLDS.
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[340]
1562, aged. 13, or thereabouts, admitted scholar
of C. C. coll. 29 Apr. fiS, prob. fellow 1 1 Oct. «(),
and six years after proceeded in arts, being then
senior of the act, and about that time Greek
reader in his college. In 1579, lie was admitted
to the reading of the sentences, and six years af-
ter proceeded in divinity, being then in great
esteem for his profound learning.? In 1598, he
was made dean of Lincoln in the place of one
Ralph Griffin; about which time he lodged and
studied in Queen's coll. But being unwilling to
part with an academical life, he changed that
deanerj' in tlie year following, with Will. Cole,
for the presidentship of C. C. coll. where being
settled, he had more leisure to follow his studies
and have the communication of learned men, than
at Lincoln. So temperate then were his aft'ec-
tions, notwithstanding of very severe conversa-
tion, that he made choice rather to be head of
that house, than to be made a bishop, which
queen Elizabeth offered to him. He was a person
of' prodigious reading' and doctrine,and the very
treasury of erudition ;' and what Tiilly spoke of
Pompey's noble exploits in war, that they could
not be matched by the valiant acts of all the Ro-
man commanders in one year, nor in all years, by
the prowess of one commander ; so it might be
truly said of Jewell, Hooker and this our author
Rainolds, that thej' could not be parallel'd by the
students of all countries, brought up in one col-
lege, nor the students in all colleges, born in one
county. The two former mainlj' opposed the ene-
mies of the doctrine, the third, of the discipline,
of the church of England with like happy suc-
cess, and they were all three in several kinds ver}'
eminent if not equal. As Jewell's fame grew from
the rhetoric lecture, which he read with singular
applause, and Hooker's from the logic, so Rain-
olds from the Greek, in (•. C coll. The author
that he read was Aristotle, whose three incompa-
rable books of rhetoric he illustrated with so ex-
cellent a commentary so richly fraught with all
polite literature, that as well in the commentary,
as in the text, a man may find a golden river of
things and words, which the prince of orators tells
us of. As for his memory also, it is most cer-
tain '^ that he excelled to the astonishment of all
that were inwardly acciuainted with him, not only
for S. Augustin's works, but all classic authors.
So that in this respect, it may be truly said of
him, which hath been applied to some others, that
* he was a living library and a third university.'
I have heard it very credibly reported, that upon
occasion of some writings which passed to arul
fro, between him and Dr. Gentilis then professor
' [Strj-pe, Life of IFIiitgi/l, p. 3R2, mentions him about
this time as regius professor ofUivinity; but this is a mistake,
as he never filled that ollice.]
^ Dan. Tcatly in Funehri Graf. D. Rainoldi.
' See in Dr. George Hakcwill's Apot. of the Power and
Prov. of God in the Government of the }Vorld, printed 1035.
p. 154.
of the civil law, in tlie university of Oxon, that
he |)ublicly avow'd that he thought Dr. KuinoldA
had read and did reineinl)er more of the civil and
canon law, than himself, tho' they were his pro-
fession : Dr. Hall also bishop of Norwich reports'
that ' he alone was a well-fiirnish'd library, lull of
all faculties, of all studies, of all learning;
the men)ory and reading of that man were near
to a miracle,' &c. The truth is, he was most
prodigiously seen in all kind of learning, and had
tum'd over all writers i>rofane, eeelesiastical, and
divine, nil the councils, fathers and histories of
the church. He was also most excellent in nil
tongues, of a sharp aiut nimble wit, of mature
judgment, indefatigable industry, exceeding there-
in Origen, siniiimed Aduniantius, and so will seen
in all arts and sciences, as if he luul spent his whole
time in each of them. The learned Cra('anthor|>^
tells ' us also, that for virtue, probity, integritVt
and which is above all, piety and sanctity of life,
he was so eminent and conspicuous, that us Na-
zianzen speaketh of Athanasius, it might be said
of him, to name Rainolds is to commend virtue
it self. \n a word, nothing can be spoken against
him, only that he with Tho. Sparkc were the ])il-
lars of puritunism, and grand favourers of non-
conformity, 5 as the general part of writers say,
yet •• one of late date reports that Rainolds pro-
fessed himself a conformist, and died so. His
works are.
Sermon of the destruction of the Idumauns; On
Obad. ver. 5. 6. Loud. 1584. oct. «
Sex Theses de S. Scriptura 3f Ecclesia. Rupelite
1 586. \ut publicts in academia Oxonieitsi dispiila-
tionihus eiplicatec, sic editic ante annos vieinti,
nunc autem recognitte et apologia contra pontijirios
Eli/mas Stapletonnm, Martiuum, Btironium, Jus-
turn, Calvinum Vetera castrensem auct(e.'\ Lond.
1602. oet. [Bodl. 8vo. R. 35. Th. Seld.] Printed
in English at London 1598. [Bodl. A. 7. 35. Line.
and again in I6O9. Bodl. 4to. R. 13. Th. Seld.]
qu. with a defence of such things as Tho. Staple-
ton and Greg. Martin have carped at therein.*
' In his Epistles, First Decad. Ep. 7-
* III Drfens. Eccles. Angl. &c. cap. Cg.
3 [C'racanthorp denies this in very |X)sitivc temw. He
tells us that at the moment he was writing his Dcfensio Ec-
clrsia: Anglicante, he had in his possession a letter from fUi-
nolds to archbishop Bancroft * in qua se huic Anglicana- eo-
clesiiB confonnem esse, libenter ct ex animo, rtiani conscien-
tia sua sic eum moncnte ultro profiletur.' Add to which lie
was a strict observer of all the ordinances and forms of the
church and imiversity, and in his last moments received ab-
solution according to the manner prescribed in oftr liturgy.
But tlie whole of Cracanthorp's account of our author it
well worth |X!rusal. See it in Defensio Ecel. Angt. I<ja5.
Bodl. 4to. T. 2. Th. chap. Op.]
♦ See The friendly Debute between a Conformist and Noit-
conformist, part 2. Lond. lO()t), .'>th edit. p. 201.
' [// Sermon upon part of the Prophesie of Otadiah touch-
inc; t/ie destruction as of Idumieans so of Papists, and meant
icliereby it must he wrought . Preached at St Maries in Oxford,
on the 29 ofOcloier last, 1584. Printed 1584, 8vo. KENVsr.]
<> [Editio altera Load. 158U, excudebat Heo. Middlelontis.
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RAINOLDS.
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LS41]
Sermon preached to the public asiemblu of Scho-
lars in the Unirerxiti/ oj Oxon. tilt, --fug- 158G.
upon occasion of' their meeting to give thiink.t for
the late detection and apprehension of Tray tors,
who vickedlif conspired against the Queen's Ma-
jesty, 7 &c. On Psal. 18. 48, 49, 50, 51. Oxon.
1586. oct. [and 0.\lord 1613. Bodl. 4to. S. 46.
Til.]
Orationesdiia in Coll. Corp. Ch. Ox. 1587. oct.
[Bodl. 8vo. R. 22. Art. Sold.]
Sum of a Conference between Joh. Rainolds and
Joh. Hart, touching the Head and the Faith of
the Church, &c. Lond. [1584] 1588. 98 [Bodl. A.
7. 35. Line] and 1609, qu. [Bodl.4to. R. 13. Th.
Sold.] approved (as 'tis said) by Joh. Hart to be a
true conference, and translated into Latin bv Hen.
Parry of C. C. C. [afterwards bishop of Glonces-
ter. This was printed at Oxford in 1610, folio,
Bodl. S. 9. 5. Th.]
De llomanec Ecclesite idolatria, in cultu Sanc-
torum, Reliquiarum, Imaginum, Sic. lib. 2. Oxon.
1596. qu.
The overthrow of Stage-Plays, bi/ zcnif of con-
trovcrsie betzci.it Dr. dager and Dr. Rainolds,
uherein all the reasons that can be made for them,
are notably refuted, &o. — Finished 1593, and said
to be printed at Middleburij in 1599- [Hodl. 4to.
r.. 14. Th. Scld. and 160«.] qu. I'rinted also at
Ox. 1629. qu. [Hodl.4to. C.39. Th.] Wheicunto
arc added certain Latin letters between him and
Dr. Alb. Gentilis, concerning the same matter.
See more in Will. Gager, under the j'ear 1610.
j4pologia Thesium de Sacra Scripturd 6r Eccle-
siu. Lond. l602. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. R. 35. Th. Seld.]
Epistle to Tho. Pye — at the end of Rob. Bur-
hill's Book entit. In controversiam S^'c. in sex com-
mentationes. Oxon. 1606. qu. [Bodl. A. 7- 9-
Line] ^^'ritten upon Pye's submitting his Lat.
epistle against Dr. Howson's Tliesis, to his cen-
sure and approbation. It contains also several
emendations and corrections of Pyc's Epistle, be-
fore it went to the press. See more in Tho. Pye,
under the year I609.
Defence of the judgment of the reformed Churches,
that a Man may lazcfully, not only put away hii
Wife for her Adultery, but also marry another:
Wherein Rob. Bellarmine the Jesuit's Latin Trea-
tise, and an English pamphlet oJ' a nameless au-
thor, maintaining the. contrary, are confuted.
Printed I6O!). qu. [Bodl. 4to. R. 37. Th'. and I6IO.
Bodl. 4to. S. 57. Art. Sold.]
Censura librorum Apocryphorum veteris Testa-
me.nti, adversus Pontifcius, imprimis liobertum Bel-
/ar/rtiM. &.C. Oppenheiin I6II, 2 tom. [Bodl.AA.
This edit. Mr. Wood had not seen, penes me. Baker. Nor
w,is it known to Amos or Herbert.]
' [This was the conspiracy of Ballard and Babington ;
(a j^ood account of which sec in Carte's fli.1t. nf Eng'and,
iii. tiOO.) for the discovery of whicli a form of prayer and
thanksgivin|>, for the prcstrvation of the queen and the realm,
was drawn up bv order of archbishop VVliitgift. See Strypc's
Life of fnHjii/t, p. 2(iy . ]
70, 71. Th. Seld.] Which book was consulted by
Matthew Pool when he composed his third vo-
lume of Synopsis, who saith that the said Censura,
&c. was written ' multijuga &. stupentla erudi-
tione,' &c. whicli is very true, for the author was
seven years in writing and composing it.
The Prophesie of Obadiah, opened and applied
in sundry learned and gradoiis Sermons, preached
at Jllhallous and S. Mary's in Oxon. Oxon. 1613,
qu. Published bv Will. Hind of Queen's coli.
[Bodl.4to. S. 46."Th.]
Letter to his Friend containing his advice j'or
the study oJ' Divinity, dat. 4. Jul. 1577. Lond.
1613, in tw. in one sheet. [Bodl. 8vo. M. oti.
Th.]
Orationes duodecim in C. C. C. Oxon. 16 14,
[Bodl. 8vo. R.35. Art. 16 19,] and 28,in oct. Among
which are the two beforc-mention'd, printed. The
rest were corrected and published by Hen. Jack-
son bach, of divinity. The first of those which
Jackson published, which is the third of the said
twelve, and hath this beginning ' Si quis adsit in
hoc conventu,' &c. was translated into English by
Joh. Leicester of Cheshire, for the use of all such
that affect the studies of logic and philosophy —
Lond. 1638, in tw.
Epistohe ad Guliel. Rainoldum, f rat rem suum,
Guliel. IVhittakerum, &; Elizab. Reginam. Printed
with Orationes duodecim.
The discovery of the Man cf Sin, a Sermon on
2 Thes. 2. 3. 3." Ox. 1614, qu. Published by 'Will.
Hinde before-mentioned.
Letter to Sir Franc. Knollys concerning some
passages in Dr. Rich, Banrrojt's Scrm. at Paul's-
cross, 9 Feb. 1588.' Lond. 1641, qu. [Bodl. 4to.
W. 5. Th. BS.]
The original ifBifhops and Metropolitans briefly
laid dozen. Ox. 1641, qu. [Bodl. C. 13. I2.
Line] 'Tis but a little thing, and included in
archb. Usher's discourse of that mutter. Other
titles have it thus ; Dr. Rainolds his judgment
touching the original of Episcopacy, more largely
confirmed out of antiquity by .James Usher Arch-
bish. of Armagh.
Judgment concerning Episcopacy, whether it be
God's ordinance. In a Letter to Sir Franc. Knollys
Kt. 10 Sept. 1598. Lond. I64I, qu. [Bodl. 4to.
W. 5. Th. BS.] which sir Franc, was son of sir
Fr. KnolU's knight.
Prophesie oJ' llaggai interpreted and applied in
15 Sermons. Lond. 1649, qu. [Bodl. 4to. H. 10.
Th. BS.] Published by Edw. Leigh esquire, who
had the copy from Nath. Hinde a minister of
' [In this sermon the preacher maintained that the bishops
of England had superiority over their infcriour brethren,
jure du'ino, and directly from God. It has been supposed
that archbishop Whilglft gave directions to the author to
{)reacli a sermon of this nature, in order to counteract tlie
oud clamours that were at this time made against the sacred
calling of the linglish bishops. For some account of the
controversy on this subject see Stryjic's LiJ'e of IVhilgi/f,
jxige 292, &c.]
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RAINOLDS.
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Staftbrdshire, son of Will. Ilinde before-men-
tion'd, who had vicw'd and perfected it. What
else is printed under Rainold's name, unless a
Treatise against the Cracovian Catechism (as some
say, which I doubt) I know not. Among the MSS.
which he left behind him, I find these;
Commentarii in tres lib. Aristot. de Rhctorica,
Answer to Nich. Sounder's his Books De Schis-
mate Anglicano, in defence of our Reformation, 8tc.
Defence of our English Liturgy against Roh.
Browne his Schismatical Book. — This Browne,
who was a knight's son of Rutlandshire, and edu-
cated in Cambridge, and afterwards father of the
sect called Brownists, did use to say that the true
Protestants had no church in England, yet after-
wards he found the way into their church and
became pastor of a place in Northamptonshire
called Aychurch : ' Bonum nomen, bonum omen,
Ss quantum mutatus ab illo.' And then he used
to say that there was no church in England but
his, and that was A Church. He died in prison
in Northampton (after he had been in very many
before) about the year of his age 80, and the year
of our Lord 1630, or, as some say, 34.'
'Treatise of the beginning and progress of Popish
Errors, and, that, for the first 300 Years after
Christ, Bishops ruled their own Dioceses, without
subjection to the Pope.
Collectanea quoidam, potissimh Theologica. MS.
in the libr. of Dr. Tho. Barlow.
Collectanea continent, divtrsa Rhetorica 4r Theo-
logica. MS. in oct. in the same library: where
* [Sept. 6, 1591, admissus fuit Rob'tus Brown, clericus,
ad rect. de Achurch vac. per. laps. temp, ad pres. D. reginae.
lice. Pelriburg.
Mr. John Cotton, in his Answer to Mr. Hoger Williams,
4to. 1647, page 122, says thus: ' The first inventor of that
way which is called Brownisme, from whom the sect took
its name, fell back first from his own way to take a parsonage
of a parish church in England in Northamptonshire, called A
^-church. God so, in a strange yet wise providence, ordering
that he who had utterly renounced all the churches in iing-
land as 'No church, should afterwards accept of one parish
church amongst them, and it called A church. And from
thence he fell to organs in the temple of his own church,
as I have been credibly informed; and from thence to dis-
cord with his best hearers, and bitter persecution of them at
the last.'
A Book which sheweth the Life and Manners 0/ all true
Christians unci how unlike they are to Turkes and Papists
and Heathen J-'olke. Also there poeth a Treatise before, of
Reformation without tarying for any, and nf the wickedness
of those Preachers who will not reform themselves and their
charge because they will larie till the Magistrate commauud
and compell them. By me Robert Browne. Middlcburgh,
Imprinted by Richard Painter. 4to. 1582. Kennet.
Browne was not a knight's son, as Wood tells us. His
father was Anthony Browne, esq. sheriff of Rutlandshire in
tlje 14th of Eliz.: his mother, Dorothy daughter of sir Philip
Butler, of Woodhall, Hertfordshire. (Wright's Jhsl. of the
County of Rutland, l684, p. 129) Browne was committed
to gaol for an assault on the constable who came to demand
the payment of a parish rate. Wood was right as to the fre-
quency of liis visits to prison, for he boasts tiimself, that he
had been in ihirti/two, in some of which he could not see
his hand at noonday. BMges'ihist.ofNorlhamplorishire,
1791, vol. ii. p. 386.]
Vol. II.
also I have seen some of his orations and decla*
mations, which have not been yet printed, iic
also translated into Latin, Plutarch'n two boolu,
viz. (\) De utilitute ex hostibus cupienda. (2) De
morbis animi Si corporis. This last was also trao»-
lated by the before-mentioned Men. Jackson, some
time after Ruinolds's death, but diifiTH much, by
the comparing, which I have made, between them.
Our autiior Rainolds also translated into Latin
Maximus Tyrius his Three Disputaliont : which
translations, with his epiAtle-s to his brother Wil-
liam,Will. Whittaker and Q. Eli/aln-th, arc |)rinted
at the end of his Orationes duodecitn.——Ox<m.
1628, oct. [The first edition was printed in Ox-
ford 1614. Bodl. 8vo. R. 3.5. Art. with his Ora-
tiones duodecim.] The translation of Plutarch'*
two books, were also printed at Ox. I6l4, in oct.
" Dr. Rainolds also had a hand in translating part
" of the Old Testament, by the command ot K.
James I." At length, after he had lived many
years a severe student, and a mortified devout
person, he surrendered up his last breath to him
that first gave it, on Thursday next after the as-
cension, being then the 21st of May, in the year
sixteen hundred and seven. On the Monday fol-
lowing his corps was carried to S. Mary's church,
where a funeral sermon was preached by Dr. Hen.
Ayray the vicechancellor. Which being ended,
the corps was removed into the chancel of the
said church, where Isaac Wake the orator of the
university made an elegant oration ' in praise of
the defunct. Which being ended also, it wjis car-
ried to C. C. coll. where (the chappel being not
spacious enough) an oration was excellently well
delivered from a pew, covered with mourning, in
the middle of the quadrangle, by Dan. Featly
fellow of that house, containing a brief history of
the life and death of our most admired author.
He was buried in the inner chappel of the said
coll. under the North wall, and had a monument,
with his bust, fastned to the said wall, bv Dr. Joh.
Spenser his successor in the presidentship of the
said coll. with an inscription thereon in golden
letters ; a copy of which you may see in Hist. 8f
Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 244. D.
[Two declamations by Reynolds on the follow-
ing subjects are in the Bodleian. MS. E Miiseo 142.
1. His first soleme Lecture for his Degree, On
the second chapter of St. Paul to the Oolossians,
verse eight.
ii. Ultima PralectiodeFidei Controversiis contra
Jesuitas.
Orationes Ann. 1567, 1568, 1569, 1570, are in
MS. in the hands of Dr. Martin Routh, president
of Magdalen.
His monument is a half-length figure in the
doctoral habit, with this inscription :
Virtuti sacrum
Jo. Rainoldo S.Theol. D. Eruditione, Pietate,
' [Which oration was printed with Rainolds's Orationes
duodecim, l6l4, and at the end of ^^'ake■8 Rex Platomcus.}
c
[S4«l
1607.
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COGAN.
POPHAM.
20
1607.
Infcgritate incomparabili, hujus Coll. Praes.
Qui obiit Mail 21° An" 1<)07, ^tat. susc 58°.
Jo. Spenser, Successor, Virtiitmn et Sauctitatis
Admirator H. M. Amoris ergo posuit.
Granger mentions an original portrait of Rey-
nolds in the Bodleian gallery: but this is only one
of the fictitious heads painted on the wall. It
does however bear some slight resemblance to
the print in the Heroo/ogia, which is the best.
There was another in small 8vo. probably by
Payne, and a third in the continuation of Bois-
sard.]
THOMAS COGAN, a Somersetshire man
bom, of the same family with those of Chard,
was elected fellow of Oriel coll. 1563, being then
bach, of arts. Afterwards proceeding in that fa-
culty, he entred on the physic line, and took a
degree in that faculty 1574. The year after
[October 8] he resigned his fellowship, being
about that time chief master of the school at
Manchester in Lancashire, where also he prac-
tised his faculty with good success. He hath
written.
The Haven of Health, made for the comfort of
Students, and consequentlif for all those that have a
care of their health, &c. Lond. 1586, qu. there
again [in 1589,] l605, and 1612, qu.
A Preservative from the Pestilence, rcith a short
censure of the late Sickness at Oxford Printed
with the former. The said sickness hapned in
1575.
Epistolantm familiarium Ciceronis Epitome, se-
cundum tria genera libro secundo Epist. 3 proposita.
Cantab. l602, oct.
Epistolte item alia familiares Ciceronis ad tria
causaruin genera, demonstrativum, deliberutivum,
Sfjndiciale redactee.
Orutiones aliquot faciliores Ciceronis, in eadem
tria genera Rhetoribus iisilata, disponta. What
other things he wrote, I know not, nor any thing
else of him, only that he deceased at Manchester,
in sixteen hundred and seven, and was buried in
the church there 10 June, leaving behind him the
character of an able physician and Latirist, a
good neighbour, and an honest man.
[•"'ogan took his degree of B. A. Jan. 14, 1562.
Dr. James Mackenzie, in his History of Health,
Svo. Edinburgh 1758, page 300, mistakes our au-
thor for a Thomas Morgan, of whom I can dis-
cover no trace. Unless Mackenzie has erred in
the name (and of this I have no doubt), there was
a Thomas Morgan, educated at Oxford, who wrote
a treatise with the same title as Cogan's, as well
as gave an account of the sickness in Oxford," who
escaped the researches of Wood. But this is very
♦ [Mackenzie says that Morgan wrote on the Black As-
tizes at Oxford, which was an infectious damp or plague that
occurred during the assizes in 1577, and destroyed above five
hundred souls Here again he seems to have mistaken a date,
for Wood expressly tells us, Cogan wrote on the sickness that
hjppened in 1575.J
improbable: for, first, we cannot suppose that
two authors wrote so near together two works
with corresponding titles; and, secondly, the in-
dustrious Herbert, who had in his own collection,
and particularly registers, Cogan's Haven of
Health, had never tliscovered or heard of any
writer of that period with the name Thomas Mor-
gan. It is, however, difficult to account for Mac-
kenzie's error (which must be more than that of
the press, for he repeats it in three places), since
he had evidently seen the work itself, and quotes
several passages from it. ' His (Cogan's) rules of
health,' says Mackenzie, ' are taken for the most
part from Hippocrates and Galen, especially from
the latter. He treats of exercise particularly in
a concise and masterly manner, blending his own
observations with the precepts of the ancients.'^
Mackenzie had never seen Wood's life of Co-
gan, for he supposes him (or Morgan) not to have
proi^ceded regularly in the faculty of medicine.
I am indebted to the Rev. Edward Copleston
B.D. fellow of Oriel, for the following entry in the
register of the Dean of that college, which shews,
that the affection of our author towards his society
was not lessened by his ceasing to be one of its
members. ' Octob. 1 1™. Anno a partu Virginis
1595°. Opera omnia Galeni quinque voluminibus
novissime compactis, umbilicatis, et catenis ap-
pendentibus : Item Anatomiam Gemini, et Ma-
thioli in Dioscor. Comment, novis pariter integu-
mentis et umbonibus communita et catenis alli-
gata ex dono ornatissimi viri M" Thom* Cogan,
olim hujus collegii socii, summo cum consensu
propositi et socielatis in bibliotheca recepta sunt
et reposita : parique omnium assensu remissum ei
est et condonatum 40* debitum quo collegio tene-
batur, adeoque in testimonium gratitudinis decre-
tum est chirothecis donaretur, quod et factum est
die et anno supradictis.'
It may be added that these books are all in Oriel
library at this time, in their original bindings.]
JOHN POPHAM, second son of Edw. Pop-
ham esq. of the ancient and genteel family of his
name living at Huntworthy in Somersetshire,
spent some time in study among the Oxonians,
particularly, as it seems, in Baliol coll. being then
observed to be given at leisure hours to manly
sports and encounters. Afterwards he retired to
the Middle-Temple, lived a loose life for a time,
but taking up soon aft^r, his juvenile humour was
reduced to gravity. Sb that making great profi-
ciency in his studies, became a barrester, Summer
or Autumn-reader of the said inn, an. 1568, Ser-
jeant at law soon after, solicitor general in 1579,
attorney general two years after, and treasurer of
the Middle-Temple. In 1592 he was made L. ch.
justice of the King's Bench, as * Cambden tells
if
' [HisLofHeallli, page 301.]
Annul. Keg. Elhab. au. 1692. Vide etiam in Bri-
tannia in com. Soin.
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POPHAM.
LYTK
22
[343] us, (tho' others ' say of the Common Pleas) in the
place of sir Christop. Wray deceased, and tho
same year he received the honour of knighthood
from her majesty. While he held that honour-
able office of L. ch. justice, he administred it to-
wards malefactors with such wholsome and avail-
able severity, that England was beholding to him
a long time for a part of her private peace and
home security. For the truth is, the land in his
days did swarm with thieves and robbers, (whose
ways and courses he well understood when he
was a young man,) some of whom being con-
demnecf by him to die, did gain their pardons,
not from qu. Elizabeth, but from K. James;
which being soon discovered to be prejudicial to
justice, and the ministers thereof, this our worthy
judge complained to the king of it: whereupon
granting of pardons were not so often afterwards
issued out.' His works that are extant are these.
Reports and Cases adjudged in the time of Qm.
E/izal/eth. Lond. 1656, fol. To which are added
Remarkable Cases and Reports of other /earned
Pens since his Death.'' These Reports were after-
wards printed again [in folio, 1682. Bodl. C. 8.
15. Jur.]
Resolutions and Judgments upon Cases and Mat-
ters agitated in all Courts at Westminster in the
latter end of Qu. Elizabeth. Lond. in qu. col-
lected by J oh. Goldesburg ' esq. one of the pro-
tonotaries of the Common Pleas. At length our
author Popham dying on the 10 of June in six-
ie07. teen hundred and seven, aged 76 years, was buried
in the South isle of the church at Wellington in
Somersetshire: which town he had, for several
} rears before, graced by his habitation. By his
ast will and test, dated 21 Sept. 1604, and proved
17 June 1G08, (wherein he stiles himself chief
justice of the Pleas) he makes provision for an
hospital to be at Wellington for 6 men and 6 wo-
men, and for other works of charity. Afterwards
was a noble monument erected over his grave ;
with a short inscription thereon, wherein he is said
' Dugdale in Citron. 5en'e ad finem Orig. Jurid. an. 1592,
& alii.
' [Neither did he onely punish malefactors, but provide
for them, says Lloyd ; for observing that so many suffered
and died for none other reason but because they could not
live in England, now grown too populous for itself, and
breeding more inhabitants than it could keep, he first set up
the discovery of New England to maintain and employ those
that could not live honestly in the old; being of opinion,
that banishment thither would be as well a more lawdul,
as a more effectual remedy against those extravagancies, the
authors whereof judge it more eligible to hang, than to
work, to end their days in a moment, than to continue them
In pains. Statesmen and Favourites, edit. 1665, p. 536.]
' [The additional cases to Popham are of no authority.
Lord Holt, 1 Peere Will. \~. Worrall's Law Catalogue, 1788,
i. 248j •
' [Or, as he wrote it himself, Goldesborough. He was
author of, 1. Reports, with Directions how to proceed in
many intricate Actions. Lond. l651, 4to. Taken in con-
junction with Richard Brownlow, who was also a protho-
notary of the Pleas. 2. Reports from the 28th to the 43rd
year of Elizabeth. Lond. 1653, l682, 4to.]
to have been privy councellor to qu. Elizabeth
and king James.
[Aubrey tells us » that he waa ' wont to take a
purse ' himself in his youth, which accounu for
Wood's insinuation. It is said that he did not
begin to study the law till he won thirty yean
old, when being a very strong man he applied
day and night without any prejudice U> hit
health. Sir John was the first person, as has
been observed, who invented the plan of sending
convicts to the plantations, whien, says Aubrey,
he ' stockt out o^ all the gaoles in England.'
In the year I600 he was sent, with some others,
by the queen, to the earl of Essex, to know the
cause of the confluence of so many military men
unto his house ; the soldiers therein detained him
for a time, which some made tantamount to an
imprisonment. This, his violent detention, sir John
deposed upon his oath at the earl's tryal ; which,
says my author,' ' I note the rather for the rarity
thereof, tliat a lord chief justice should be pro-
duced as witness in open court.']
HENRY LVTE esq. son of John, son of Tho.
Lyte, was born of, and descended from, an an-
cient family of his name living at Lytes-Carey in
Somersetshire, became a student of this university
in the latter end of Hen. 8, about the year 1546,
but in what coll. or hall, I know not as yet, or
whether he took a degree, the registers of that
time, and in Ed. 6., being very imperfect. After
he had spent some years in logic and philoso-
phy, and in other good learning, he travelled
into foreign countries, and at length retired to
his patrimony, where, by the advantage of a good
foundation of literature made in the university
and abroad, he became a most excellent scholar
in several sorts of learning, as by these books fol-
lowing it appears, most ot which I have seen and
perused.
Records of the true Original of the noble Britains
that sprang of the Remains of the Trojans, taken
out of Oblivion's Treasure MS. The beginning
of which is ' Isis the principal river of Britain,' Sic.
The copy of this that I saw, was written with the
author's own hand very neatly, an. 1592, the cha-
racter small, lines close, some words in red ink,
and others only scored with it.
The mi/stical Oxon. of Oxonford, alias a true
and most ancient Record of the Original of Oxford
and all Britain. Or rather thus; Certain brief
conjectural Notes touching the Original of the Uni-
versity of Oxon, and also of all Britain called
Albania and Calydonia Sylva. — MS. The be-
* [Letters from the Bodleian Library, with Aubrey' i Lives,
&c. 1813, vol. ii. page4<)2.]
' [^L\oyi\, Statesmen and Favourites, l665, p. 535. There
are Letters from I'opham in the Harleian MSb. 286, ('><l<).i,
6996 and 69(17, dated in 1592, 1593 and 1595: and one to
the lord president in behalf of Justice Saxey, dated May 20,
1600. MS. Lambeth 6l5, fol. 225. Sfx'toMi Catalogue
of the Archiepiscopal MSS. folio, 1818, page II9, col. a.]
C2
23
LYTE.
POWELL.
24
ginning of which is, ' The ancient city and fa-
mous university of Oxford in Britayne,' &c. The
copy also of this that I saw was w rittcn with the
author's own hand in 1592, like the former. Tlie
said two books being written in a small character
and very close, arc contain'd but in a little
quantity of paper. In the last of which, are
many pretty fancies which may be of some use
as occasion shall serve, by way of reply for
Oxon, against the far-fetch'd antiquities of Cam-
bridge. Tlicy were both sometimes in the library
[344] of Miles Windsore formerly fellow of C. C. coll.
after wiiose death they came into the hands of
Bcr. Twyne, and after his, to the university of
Oxon.
. The Liaht of Britain, beiiig a short Siinim of the
old English History Dedicated to qu. liliza-
beth.
He also translated from French into English,
The History of P/ants, wherein is contained the
whole discourse and perfect description of all sorts
of Herbs and Plants, &c. Lond. 1578, fol. written
by Rembert Dodonseus.-* It was then printed
with sculptures from wooden cuts ; and without
sculptures by Ninion Newton Lond. 1589, qu.
printed the third time in fol. at Lond. I619.
This book, which hath been taken into the hands
of curious physicians, had an epigram ^ made on
its first edition by that noted poet Tho. Newton,
friend to the translator. What else our author
Henry Lyte hath written and translated I know
not, nor any thing of him besides, only that pay-
ing his last debt to nature in sixteen hundred and
>607. seven, aged 78, was buried in the North isle of
the church of Charlton-Mackerel in Somerset-
shire ; which isle belongs to the Lytes of Lytes-
Carey. He left behind him two sons (or more),
one was named Thomas, of whom I shall speak
elsewhere, and the other Henry Lyte gent, a
teacher sometimes of arithmetic in London, who
published a book entit. The /Irt of Tens and De-
cimal Jrithmetick. Lond. 1619, oct. [Bodl. 8vo.
B.31. Med.]
[The Lytes are originally from Dutch or Al-
maigne extraction. Sydenham.
The manor of Lytes-Cary had its name from
the ancient family of Lyte,- who had their habi-
♦ [y< nievv Herlall, or Historie of Planles : wlierin is con-
tayned the vrhole DiscouTse and perfect Description of all
Sorlet vf Herbes and Ptantes : their diners and sundry kindes :
their slraunge Figures, Natures, Operations and Fcrtues :
and that not onefy of thofe whiche are here growyng in this
OHT Countrie of hnglande, hut of alt others also nf forruyne
Realmes, commonly used in Physicke. First set foorth in
the Doutch or Almaigne tongue, by that learned D. Rembert
Dodoens, Physition to the Emperour. And nowe first trans-
lated out of French into English, by Henry Lyte Ksquyer.
At London by my Gerard Dea'es, dwelling in Paviles Church
Yarde.atthesigneoftheSwanne. 1578. Colophon. Im-
printed at Antwerpe by Hen. Loe, Bookeprinter, and are
lo be solde at London in Povvles churchyarde, by Gerard
Drvoes.']
> In Illustrium aliquot Anglorum Encomiis, p. 131.
tation here in a large mansion, in which was a
chapel, with their arms, (viz. Gules, a chevron
between three swans argent,) with many of their
intermarriages, were depicted. Much of their pro-
perty came into the family by the marriage of
Thomas Lyte with the heiress of Drew, whose
family derived great estates from that of Horsey.
The said Thomas Lyte left issue several children,
the eldest of whom, John, (the father of Henry,
the subject of the present article) married Edith
the daughter of John Horsey, esq. A stone in the
church of Charlton Mackarell informs us, that
Thomas Lyte (son of Henry) was the fourteenth
in lineal descent of this very ancient family.*]
GABRIEL POWELL, son of Dav. Powell,
mentioned under the year 1390, was born at Ru-
abon in Denbighshire (of which place his father
was vicar) and baptized there 13 Jan. 1575, edu-
cated in grammar learning in those parts, entred
into Jesus coll. in Lent term 1592, took the de-
gree of bach, of arts, and then departed for a
time. It must now be known that Gabr. Good-
man dean of Westminster' having founded a free
school at Ruthyn in Denbighshire, in 1595, he
appointed one Hob. Griffith to be the first master
thereof. To him succeeded Rich. Parry, after-
wards dean of Bangor and B. of St. Asaph, and
to him, as 'tis said, Gabr. Powell our author, but
in what year I find not.' Sure 'tis, that while he
remained in the country, he did exercise himself
much in the reading of the fathers, and in the
studies of philosophy, and laid a foundation for
several books that he intended afterwards to pub-
lish. But being not in a possibility of compleat-
ing his endeavours where he remained, he there-
fore retired to Oxon, became a commoner of St.
Mary's hall, published certain books while he was
there, and supplicated to be bach, of divinity, but
whether really admitted, it appears not. So that
his name being famous for those things he had
published, especially among the puritans. Dr. Rich.
Vaughan, B. of London, called him thence, and
made him his domestic chaplain, gave him a dig-
nity, and would have done much for him had he
lived, but he dying in l607, our author lived not
long after. He was esteemed a prodigy of learn-
ing in his time, being but a little above 30 years
of age when he died ; and 'tis thought, had he ,
lived to the age of man, he would have gone be- ' "
yond Jo. llainolds or any of the learned heroes of
that age. His works are these,
* [CoUinson's History of Somersetshire, 4to. I79I, vol. iiL
p. 193.]
' [Gabriel Goodman prebendar. 12etultimi stall! in eccli'a
Westman. inde ad decaiiatum provectus ISOl : full prebendar.
de Cliiswick in eccl. Pauli. Obiit 17 Jul. I6OI, ffitat. 73.
Kennet.]
" [Hugh Goodman was immediate predecessor to Rich.
Parry, in the school of Ruthin, and Goodman's predecessor
was John Price : and 1 do not find any mention of Gabriel
Powcl in our registers, and therefore I do not believe, that he
was schoolmaster at all at Ruthin. Humphreys.]
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POWELL.
BISSE.
96
The resolved Christian, exhorting to Resolution,
&c. Lond. 1602. oct. third edit. There again,
16IG, &c.
Prodromus. A Logical Resolution of the first
Chapter of the Epist. of St. Paul to the Horn.
Lond. lf>(X). Ox. 1002. oc. [Bodl. 8vo. P. 70.
Th.]. Printed there again in Lat. 16 15. oct.
Theological and Scholastical Positioiu concern-
ing Usury. Pr. wilii Prodromus.
The Catholic's Supplication to the King for Tole-
ration of Catholic Religion, with Notes and Ob-
servations in the Margin. Lond. 1603. qu. [Bodl.
4to. P. 9- Th.]
A Supplicatory parallel-wise, or Counterpoise of
the Protestants to the said King, Printed witli
the Cath. Supplic.
Reasons on both Sides for, and against, Tolera-
tion of Divers Religions. Pr. with the Cath.
Suppl.
A Consideration of Papist's Reasons of State
and Religion, for a Toleration of Popery in Eng-
[345] land, intimated in their Supplication to the King's
Maj. and the State of the present Parliament.
Oxon 1604. qu. [Bodl. A. 20. 5. Line.]
The Unlaufulness and Danger of Toleration of
divers Religions, and Connivance to contrary Wor-
ship in one Monarchy or Kingdom. Printed l605.
Refutation of an Epistle Apologetical, written
by a Puritan-Papist to persuade the Permission
Of the promiscuous Use and Profession of' all Sorts
of' Heresies, &c. Lond. l605. qu. [Bodl. B. 7- 13.
Line]
Consideration of the deprived and silenced Mini-
ster's Arguments for their Restitution to the Use
and Liberty of their Ministry, exhibited in their
late Supplication to this present Parliament.
Lond. 16O6. qu. [Bodl. A. 13. 1. Line.]
Disputationes Theologica de Anlichristo &f ejus
Ecclesia, Lib.<2. Lond. 1605. [Bodl. 8vo. P. 65.
Th.] and I6O6, oct. See the History of the
Troubles and Tryal of Archbishop Laud. cap. 40.
p. 375. In the preface to this book, dedicated to
the university of Oxford, the author doth enu-
merate all those of the said university, that have
wrote or acted against the pope and court of
Rome. But therein having fixed most of them
on certain colleges and halls, as if they had stu-
died and been educated in them, hatii committed
many errors. Among them, are, (1) That Gualo
Britannus studied in the King's hall in Oxon,
before 1170. (2) That John Beaconthorpe was
of Oriel college, which cannot be, because he
was a Carme, and was in great renown before
that coll. was founded. (3) That cardinal Philip
Repingdon was of Merton coll. whereas it appears
from record that he was of Broadgate's hall, now
Pem. coll. (4) That Pet. Payne and Hen. Parker
were of Alls. coll. whereas they were in great
renown, and far in years, before that coll. was
erected, &c.
De Adiaphoris Theset Theologica S( Scholaitiea,
&c. Lond. 1606. Translated into Engliuli by
T. J. of Oxon.— Lond. 1607- qu. [Bodl. 4to.
L. 8. Th. BS.]
Rejoinder unto the mild Defence, jn ' the
Consideration of the silenced Ministei - _._, na-
tion to the Parliament. [At London, by Felix
Kyngston for Edward White. Bodl. 4to. L. 8.
Th. B.S.]
Comment on the Decalogue. — Printed in oct.
This I have not yet seen, and other things, which
probably he hath written. He departed this
mortal life at London, in kixteen hundred and
seven, but where buried I know not yet. His iSW.
patron Dr. Vaughan bishop of London died in
the beginning of that year, and Gabr. Powell
died very shortly after, as I have been informed
by one or more ancient divines that remembered
him.
[1609. 14. Oct. Gabriel Powell, S.T.B. coll.
ad preb. de Portpole, per mortem Ric. Wood.
clerici. Reg. Bancroft.
Gabr. Powell admiss. ad vie. de Northall com.
Midd. 15. Oct. 1610.
1611, 18. Dec. Will. Pierce, S.T.B. coll. ad
vicariam dc Northall, per mort. Gabrielis Powell,
S.T.B. Reg. King.
161 1, 31. Dec. rho. Saunderson, S.T. P. coll.
ad preb. de Portpole, per mort. Gabrielis Powell.
Ibid.
Powell died in December, I6I 1. Kennet.
There can be very little doubt of Wood's having
been misinformed as to the date of Powell's death,
unless the person noticed in the Registers above
quoted be a different Gabriel Powell from the
author, and this appears very improbable. The
words ' very shortly after,' used by Wood's in-
formers in this case, admit of a larger latitude
than usual, for Powell died nearly four years after
his patron Vaughan. See Newcouri's Rtperto-
rium, i. 201.
Powell wrote the following commendatory lines
to Vaughan's Golden Groue, (Bodl. 8vo. U. 10.
Art. BS.)
Cum tria, forma, modus, situs omnia sidera
librent,
Jusque triplex, triplex Gratia, Parca triplex :
Cum Sophiae triplex sit pars, partusque tri-
formis
Matris Opis; Stygii tela trisulca Dei:
Quis vetet hunc tucum triplicem te dicere?
libras
Sidera, Jus tribuis, fata, Charinque refers.
Auro deducis Sophiam, Vaughanne: Jehov»
Regna, maris ftnes, Daemonis arma canis.]
JAMES BISSE, a Somersetshire man bom,
was elected demy of Magd. coll. in 1570, aged
eighteen, made fellow when bach, of arts, in 74,
and proceeding in that degre three years after,
became a noted preacher nere and at London,
27
PARKES.
LEYSON.
PALMER.
[WILLOUGBY.]
28
siihdean and canon residentiary of Wells, where
he was much followed for his fluent and eloquent
way of preaching, and well beneficed in that
diocese. This person, who proceeded D. of D.
in 1596, hath published several sermons, and per-
haps other things, but all that 1 have hitherto
seen are only,
Y'tt'o Sermons : One at Paul's Cross, on John 6.
27. T/ie other at Ch. Ch in London on the same
Subject. Lond. [1,581, 1584,] 1585. [and without
date'] oct. He died about the beginning of Dec.
)t)07. j^ sixteen hundred and seven, and was buried, as
I presume, at Wells. He had a son, or near
kinsman, of both his names, who became rector
of Croscomb in the said dioc. 1623, on the death
of VV'ill. Rogers.
RICHARD PARKES, a Lancashire man bom,
was chosen scholar (king's scholar) of Brasen-nose
coll. 1574, aged sixteen, entered into holy orders
when bach, of arts, and proceeding in that degree
1585. became a godly divine, a noted preacner,
and admirably well read in theological and pole-
mical authors. His works are,
^n Apo/ogu of three Testimonies of Holy Scrip-
ture, concerning the Jrticle of our Creed, (He de-
scended into \\e\Y)frst impugned hi/ certain Objec-
tions sent in Writing by a Minister unto a Gent,
in the Country, and lately seconded by a printed
Pamphlet, under the Name of Linibo-mastix.
Lond. 1607. qu. [Bodl. 4to. R. 37- Th.] An-
swered by Andr. Willet of Cambridge in his
Loidro-Mastix.
[346] A second Book containing a Rejoinder to a Re-
ply made against thej'ormer Book, lately published
in a printed Pamphlet entit. Limho-Mastix. Lond.
1607. qu. The same year was published at
Cambr. in qu. A Scourge for a Railer, written
by the said Willet, against our author Parks.
What else he hath written, it appears not, nor
any thing besides.
[A Richard Parke, perhaps the same author,
translated into English from the Spanish, The
Historie of the great and mightie Kingdome of
China, and the Situation thereof, &c. Lond. 1588,
in 4to.]
THOMAS LEYSON, an eminent poet and
physician of his time, received his first breath at
Neath in Glamorganshire, was educated in gram-
maticals in the famous school of Will. Wyke-
ham, admitted perpetual fellow of New coll.
[August 24.] 1569, took the degrees in arts, en-
tred on the physic-line, and in 1583 was proctor
of the university, in which year he shewed him-
self an exact disputant before Alb. Alaskie prince
of Sirad, when he was entertained by the Oxonian
muses. About thiit time taking one degree in
physic, he settled within the city of Bath, where
he became as much noted for his happy success
in the practice of physic, as before he was for
» [Herbert, Typ. Antij. 1 109.]
his Lat. poetry in the university. He wrote in
Lat.
A Poem describing the Scite and Beauty of St.
Donat's Castle in Glamorganshire. — Which poem
coming to the sight of Dr. John David Rhese his
worthy acquaintance, who stiles it ' venustum
poema,' he turned it into Welsh, and gave the au-
thor of it this character, * vir ciim rei medica;, tAm
poetices meritissimus.' I have seen much of his
poetry scattered in several books ; which, if ga-
thered together, might make a pretty manual.
Sir John Harrington, the famous epigrammatist,
had an especial respect for his learning, and so
had Sir Edw. Stradling of St. Donat's castle, who
never failed in all his life-time to encourage
learning and ingenuity. John Stradling also,
whom I shall anon mention, hath several epi-
grams written unto him, one ' especially, upon
the sending to him a poem of a Grott, which was
paraphrased by Charles Thynne. This Mr. Leyson
died at Bath, and was buried in St. James's
church there, near to the body of his wife ; but
the year when, I cannot tell. 1 have been credi-
bly informed by several scholars of Wales, that
he hath written divers other things, but what,
they could not justly tell me.
" EDWARD PALMER, son of Palmer
" of Compton Scorfen in the parish of Ilmington
" in Warwickshire, ^ (where, and in the neigh-
" bourhood his ancestors have flourished for a
" long time in good repute) was educated in
" Magd. hall, where I find him in 1570, but
" taking no degree he receded to his patrimony,
" where his genie directing him to the studies of
" heraldry, history, and antiquities, which were
" in a manner natural to him, became known to,
" and respected by, the learned men of his time,
" particularly to Cambdon, who stiles ^ him a cu-
" rious and diligent antiquary; as he really was.
" What he hath published 1 know not; sure I
" am that he made excellent collections of English
" antiquities, which after his death coming into
" the hands of such persons who understood them
" not, were therefore, as I have heard, embezzled,
" and in a manner lost. He had also a curious
" collection of coins and subterrane antiquities,
" which in like sort are also embezled."
[In the Cotton MS. Otho E.x. fol. 301, b. ii.
Mr. Palmer's Note on the Valuation of Coins cur-
rent. This, as Mr. Ellis informs me, is in a hand-
W'riting coeval with our author Edward Palmer,
and may therefore be ascribed to him with much
probability.]
[JOHN WILLOUGBY, a member of Broad-
gate's hall, now Pembroke college, wrote a
pamphlet intituled ©sof fsatov ; or the anlienl and
' In lib. I. Epigram. ' [See the Pedigree of this
family in Dugdale's fVarwicksh. p. 033. edit. 1730.]
^ lu Britannia in Gloucestershire.
29
HARWARD.
[347]
SACKVILLE.
and rtie early Registers of Broadgates liall are W'ifi. qu. [Bodl. 4to. D. a2. Art.] Thi. was
lost. Ihis article is taken from tlic papers of published after the autlior's death (as it teeau)
our well-known antiquary Thomas Hearne, and, by one Will. Lawson, at the end of his New
short as it is, 1 must record, with much gratitude, Orchard and Garden, &.c. VVliat other tliinn our
the friendly, yet unsuccessful, endeavours of author S. PFarward hath written, I cannot vet
the master ot Pembroke, (I3r. Hall) to discover find; nor do I know how to trace liim to hi»
some memorials ot his academical life and situa- grave, because he died not at Tanridge, as a
^'""•J worthy knight of that town, (sir VV. Huwurd) hath
SIMON HARWARD, whose native place is '"formed me, but removed thence to another
to me as yet unknown, became one of the chap- P'''^c> whicii I think was Blechingley before-
lains of New coll. in 1577, was incorporated bach, mentioned,
of arts the same ye<ir, as he had stood elsewhere, t^'l*' ^^ Simon Harward the following works:
but in what uiiiv. or academy, it appears not.
Afterwards he proceeded in arts as a member of
the said coll. left the university soon after, and
became a preacher at Warington in Lancashire.
1. Latin Verses addressed to John (Whitgift)
archbishop of Canterbury, and George, earl of
Cumberland. Prefixed to his So/ace for the Sol-
dier and Say lour, \b[)'2..
Thence he removed to Bansted in Surry about 2. Apologia in defemiionem Marlit Angli contra
the latter end of Q. Elizabeth, and thence, hav- Calumiiias Mercurii Gallo- lielgici in qua conti-
ing a ramblinw head, to Tanridge in the said «*'"'' oralio panegeretica ad heroas militenque An-
county, where I find him in 1604, to be a school- Sf^^> "^ ^^ verba sibi certo persiiasum hubeaiit nava-
master, and, as it seems, a practitioner in physic. ^'" *"'^ '" Ilispanos pralia aqua esse, el justa,
His works are these, legique divinte consentanea, non autem piralica
Two godly Sermons preached at Manchester in ^'omine insignienda, ut nuper placuit jansenio
Lane. The First contuineth a Reproof of the subtle J^risio in Ltbro cui ut velocissimo de rebus genii*
Practices of dissembling Neuters, and politic IVorld- ^untio Mercurii titulum prtejixit. Dedicated to
lings, on Mom. 10. 19- The other, a Charge and *''" Thomas Egerton, lord keeper of the great
Instruction to all unlearned, negligent, and disso- ^*^!^^- Rawlinson (who had it in MS. bound up
lute Ministers, on Luke 20. 2. Lond. 1582. oct. ^'^h t^|c following:)
Exhortation to the common People to seek their , 3. Enchiridion Morale; in quo virtutes quatuor
Amendment by Prayer with God. — Printed with the Cardinales ex clarissimis oratoribus, et Poetis
two sermons before-mentioned. He purposed Gr<ecis, Latinis, Itulicis, Ilispanis, Gallicisque
then also to write the second part of the afore- 7*"'l^'^'>y'"<-'^s,tieicribunlur: &c. Lond. 1596, 12mo.
said text, on Rom. 10, IQ. but because he had ^ed. to the archbishop of Canterbury. (A copy
occasion to intreat more at large of that article ^^^^ '"J Trinity college library, Cambridge.)
of justification in another work, which he did 4- Three Sermons upon some Portions of the
determine to publish, he then thought good to jf"'"'"''',". J^^^^ons appointed for certairi Sabbaths:
omit it for that time. Jfi^ P^rst containing a Display of the ttilfull De-
Sermons, viz. [The Summum Bonum or chief '"ises of wicked and vain Horldfings ; preached at
Ilappines of a Faithfull Christian.'] preached at '^o'ridge in Surry, ' *'-'• ' -"■' ''''■- '-" '
Lond. 1592. oct.
-Printed 1590. in
1 Feb. \J97.~ The two latter
describing the Dangers of Discontent and Disobe-
dience ; preached the one at Tanridge, and the other
at Crowhurst, in July then next following. Lond.
1599, 12mo.]
Crowhurst, on Psal. 1. vcr. 1
and another on 1 Sam. 12, 19.
oct. &c.
Solace for a Soldier and Sailor, containing an
Apology out of the Word of God, how we are to
esteem of the valiant Attempts of Noblemen atid
Gentlemen of England, which incurr so many dan-
gers on the Seas to abridge the proud Power of
Spain. Lond. 1592. qu.
Phlebotomy : or, a Treatise of letting Blood.
Lond. 1601. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. F. 49. Med.] , ., , , , , , , r »* r *
Discourse concerning the Soul and Spirit of bridge, where he had the degree of M. of A. con-
Man, wherein is described the Essence and Dignity ^"""^ "P"" }""'}• ^''O"* 'V^ f "f "'"^' •**"}"§ .»
thereof ^c Lond 1614 oct student m the Inner- lemple, he became a bam-
Discourse of the several Kinds and Causes of ster, travelled into foreign parts, and was detained •
Lightning. mitten by Occasion of a fearful for a time a prisoner in Rome ; whence, his liberty
Lightning, 17 Nov. 1()06, which in short time burnt
the spire-steeple of Blechingley in Surrey, and in * Tho. Milles in his Cat. of Honour, p. 418.
THOMAS SACKVILE, a person bom to
good letters, received his first being at or near,
Withyam in the county of Sussex, educated in
this university in the time of Q. Mary, (in Hart-
hall, as it seems,) where he became an excellent
poet. Afterwards he retired for a time to Cam-
SO
Cbr.
1007-
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SACKVILLE.
32
was procured for his return into England, to pos-
sess the vast inheritance left to him by his father,
an. 15()6. The next year he was advanced to the
degree and title of the lord Buckhurst ; and after
he had been employ'd in several embassies, (par-
ticularly into France 1371.) he was incorporated
M. of A. of this university, in Jan. 1591, having a
little before been chosen chancellor thereof. In
the 41 of Q. Elizabeth he was constituted lord-
treasurer of England ; and in the beginning of K,
James was created earl of Dorset. Erom his
puerile years to his last, he was a continual fa-
vourer and furtherer of learning : And having
been in his younger days poetically inclined, did
write, while he continued in Oxon, several Latin
and English poems, which though published,
either by themselves, or mixed among other men's
poems, yet I presume they are lost or forgotten,
as having either no name to them, or that the
copies are worn out. He had also an excellent
faculty in composing tragedies, and was esteemed
the best of his time for that part of the stage.
But what remains of his labours in that way, that
are extant, 1 could never see but this following,
J'he Tragedy of Ferrex and Porrex, Soiis to
Gorboduc King of Britain. — Acted before the
queen by the gentlemen of the Inner-Temple, at
White-hall, 18 Jan. 1361. It was printed at Lond.
without the consent of the authors, and so conse-
[348] quently very imperfectly, an. 1565. Afterwards
being made perfect, it was printed there again in
1570, or thereabouts, and after in qu. In the compo-
sure of this tragedy (written in old English rhime) '
our author Sackvile had the assistance of Tho.
Jsorton, who made the three first acts, I mean the
same Norton who made some of the Psalms of
David to run in rhime, as 1 have told you before.
[See vol.i. col. 185, 186.] However Sackvile be-
ing afterwards a noted man in the eye of Q. Eli-
zabeth, (to whom be was an allie " by the Boleins")
and in the state, the composition of the whole was
attributed to him, and the ingenious men of that
age did esteem the tragedy to be the best of its
time, even in sir Philip Sidney's judgment, who
tells * us, tliat ' it is full of stately speeches, and
well sounding phrases, dimyng to the heighth of
Seneca's stile, and as full of notable morality,
which it doth most delightfully teach, and so ob-
tain the very end of poesy ; yet in truth it is very
defectious in the circumstances,' &c. Our author
Sackvile also wrote,
" A Preface in Prose, and Introduction in Verse,
r J ,■ , " set before the Second Part of t lie Mir-
the Mirrour ''<'"'■ ^f Magistrates. i\ ot to tliat edi-
of Magi- tion of the Mirrour published by Will.
strates, first Baldwyn, but to that, I suppose, which
was published by Joh. Higens an emi-
edition.
' [This Tragedy is not in rhyme : Probably Drydcii led
our author into this mistake, vvlio says the same.
Whalley.]
• In his Apology for Poetry. Lond. 1595. qu.
nent poet of his time, whom I shall farther men-
tion in Rich. Nicolls, an. I6l5. Which Induc-
tion, with the Mirrour it self, were highly valued
by scholars in the time of Q. Elizabeth. What
else this noble person hath made public, i know
not, nor any thing besides material of him, only
that dying suddenly at the council-board (being
one of the privy-council to K. James) on the 19th
of April in sixteen hundred and eight, was buried i^Qt.
in the church of Withyam before-mentioned,
" leaving then the character behind him of a man
of rare wisdom an4 most careful providence."
From him is lineally descended Charles Sackvile,
now earl of Dorset and Middlesex, a person that
hath been highly esteemed for his admirable vein
in poetry, and other polite learning, as several
things of his composition, while lord Buckhurst,
shew.
[Thomas Sackville a nobleman, distinguished
both as a politician and a man of letters, was born
at Buckhurst, which is in the parish of Withyam,
in 1527, as appears from the inquisition on his
father's death 1556.' He was the son of sir
Richard Sackville by Winifred Brydges, after-
wards marchioness of Winchester, and grandson
of John Sackville, esq. by Anne Boleyne, sister
of Thomas Boleyne, earl of Wiltshire.'
That he was educated in Oxford we have his
own authority, since in a letter to the university,
written after lie was chancellor, he complains that
' verie few retaine the old academical habit, which
in my time was a reverend distinction of your de-
grees,' &C.9
Previous to his leaving England he was elected
one of the knights of the shire for the county of
W^estmoreland ; in the first year of Elizabeth was
chosen for Sussex, and in the fifth was returned for
the county of Buckingham."
In the 14th of Elizabeth, 1572, he wiis sent as
ambassador to Charles the ninth of France, to
congratulate him on his marriage with Elizabeth,
daughter of the emperor Maximilian II. of which
embassy a particular account will be found in
Holingshed's Chronicle. And in the same year was
one of the peers who sat on the trial of Thomas
Howard, duke of Norfolk.
In 1586 he was nominated one of the commis-
sioners for the trial of Mary queen of Scotland,
but it does not appear that he sat on that occa-
sion. He was however the peer deputed (together
with Iieale the clerk of the council,) to inform
her of the result of this proceeding, and of the
sentence found against her ^.
In 1388 he went as ambassador to the Low
' [Collins's Peerage of England, by Brydges, ii, lOg, 1 10.]
' Brilish Bibliographer, li 2i)5.J
9 [Wood's Annals, by Gutch, ii. 248 : and see tliese
Fasti under the year lA;)!.]
' [Collins, ut supra, p. I 13. Sir Egerton Br)da;es, (Bri-
tish Bibliogrupher) says he was representative for the county
of Kent. Sed qii.]
» [Hume, Hist, of England, v. 303.]
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SACKVILLE.
34
Countries to conciliate the provinces, who were
disgusted witli the earl of Leicester. He dis-
cliargcd this important and dangerous trust with
more honest fidelity than state prudence, for he
accused the favourite of misconduct, and by this
openness displeased the queen, who actually
confined him to his liouse for more than nine
months'.
It may, however, be presumed that Elizabeth
soon became sensible of Sackville's merits and
her own injustice, for, in the following year, 1589,
we find him elected one of the knights of the
Smarter, and this without his being present, or even
laving any knowledge of it.« To this honour
he was installed Dec. 18: and in tVie same year
sat on the trial of Philip earl of Arundel.
On the death of lord Burleigh in 15J)8, he was
appointed lord high treasurer of England.
It has been said that the merit of discovering
the designs of the earl of Essex is to be ascribed
to Sackville, who was constituted lord high
steward at the trial of this unfortunate young
nobleman, and executed his task with a just mix-
ture of prudence and humanity. At the earl's
death, the place of earl marshal becoming vacant,
the ofiice was put in commission, and lord Buck-
hurst was appointed one of the lords commis-
sioners for the exercise of its duties'.
At the death of queen Elizabeth, lord Buck-
hurst, in conjunction with the other counsellors
on whom the administration of the kingdom de-
volved, signed the recognition and proclamation
of king James, who rewarded his fidelity by the
renewal of his patent of lord treasurer for life,
as well as his commission for executing the office
of earl inarshall. James also consulted him on
the formation of his new administration, and
placed the greatest confidence in his wisdom and
experience.
March 13, 1603, he was created earl of Dorset.
He continued to execute the important trusts
committed to his care, no less to the interests of
his royal master, than to the satisfaction of the
public, till his sudden death, which happened at
Whitehall, surrounded by the first officers of
state, and in the presence of the queen herself.
He was first buried at Westminster Abbey, where
a characteristic funeral sermon was preached by
his chaplain, Dr. George Abbot: but his body was
afterwards, according to his will, removed to the
chapel of Withyam, on which he bestowed a
legacy of a thousand pounds.
Few statesmen have left a fairer character
behind them than lord Buckhurst; few perhaps
had more wisdom, or vigour, or vigilance ; few
more power, and few more extensive opportuni-
ties to exert it; yet none are there who used their
influence with greater moderation and integrity
' [Birgraphia Brilannica, 3547.]
♦ |Aslimole's Order of the Garter, edit, folio, p. 301.]
5 'Rymer's Fcedera, xvi. 384.1
Vol. II.
than himself. He exliibit« a rare ipeciinen of
talent united witli virtue, of spirit nttcinpcred
with gentleness, of high authority accompanied
with that singleness of mind which alone can
render a statesman worthy of tin- esteem of
his contemporaries and the adoiiratioa of po>-
terity.
Having; thus briefly dismiued lord BuckhuntV
public cnuractcr, we are now to mention iiitn a*
an Oxford Writer, and in this light lie will be
found equally to merit our attention and applause.
His productions may lie thus eiiiim»-ratttl:
1 . Sonnets. Tlu'se, as Wood supposes, are pro-
bably lost or worn out. Warton, indeed, conjec-
tures that the title signifies nothing more than his
portion of the Mirror for Magiitratei, hut the
metrical preface to Hey wood's translation of the
Thyestes expressly mentions
' Sackvylde's Sonnets, sweetly saufte :'
an allusion which seems to warrant the supposition,
that these poetical pieces were publishea distinct-
ly, or, at least, included in some collection not now
to be ascertained.
2. The Tragedie of Ferrex and Porrtx tet forth
xoithout addition or alteration but altogether as the
same teas shewed on stage before the Queenes mates-
tie, about nine ycarea past, viz. the xviij daie of
Januarie, 1561. /;y the gentlemen of the Inner
Temple. Imprinted at London by John Dayc,
dwelling over Aldersgate. No date, but printed
1571. (Bodl. 8vo. C. 94. Th.) This is the second
edition; the first was printed in 1565 for William
Griffith, in 4to, with this title. The Tragedie of
Gorboduc, nhereof three actes were written hif
Thomas Nortone,^ and the two last by Thomas
Sackuule, &c. 'riiis is the imperfect copy noticed
by Wood and animadverted on in the printer's
preface to the corrected edition : It was reprinted
(with The Serpent of Division) by Alldc, 4to. 1590.
The corrected play was printed in 8vo. 1736,
edited bySpence; again in ll&wWms'iOrigin of the
English Drama, 1773; vol. ii, 285; and lastly in
Dodsley's Old Plai/s hy Reed, 1780, vol. i.99.
3. Induction to the Mirror of Magistrates. First
trinted with the second edition of that work,
,ond. 1563. (Bodl. 4to. B. 81. Jur.) And with the
succeeding editions. The whole of this beautiful
poem is here given in a note?, nor can 1 offend the
' [Notwithstanding this assertion, I cannot fancy that
Norton has the slightest claim to any share in this drama.
The style is uiiifornily that of lord Buckhurst, whose poetical
abilities were so far superior lo Norton's, as to admit of no
mistake in the appropriation of iheir respective productions.]
' [INDUCTION BY Thomas Sackvillk, Loi(DBt;cK>
HURST, TO TltB MlRROtlR FOR MaGISTB\TS«.
Printe<l from the edition in 1563.
The wrathfull winter, nrochinee on a pace.
With bUistring blastes, and al ybarcd the treen ;
And olde Saturnus, with his frosty face.
With chilling colde had pearst the tender green :
The mantels rent, wherein enwrapped been
The gladsom groves, that nowe lave ouerthrowen.
The tapcis tonic, and eucrv tree downe biowen.
D
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36
taste and judgment of the reader by any apology
for the length of the quotation.
4. The Complai/nte of Henry, Duke of Ihick-
ingham, a Poem. In the same work.
The soyle that earst so seeniely was lo seen.
Was all (lespoylcd of her beauties hcwe ;
And soot freshc flowers (wherwith the S«niiner's queen
Had clad the earth,) now Boreas' blastes dowiie blcwc :
And small fowles flocking in theyr son^ did rewe
Tlie winter's wrath, wherwith eche thing defaste
In woful wise bewayld the soinmer past.
Hawthorne had lost his motley lyverye,
The naked twieges were shivering all for colde
And dropping downe the teares abundantly :
Eche thing (me thought) witli weping eye me tolde
The cruell season, bidding me witnholde
Myselfe within, for I was gotten out
Into the feldes, where as I walkte about :
When loe the night, with mistie mantels spred,
Gan darke the daye, and dim the azure skycs,
And Uenus in her message Hermes sped
To bluddy Mars, to wyl him not to ryse ;
While she her selfe api)rocht in speedy wise :
And Uirgo, hiding her disdaineful brest,
V^ith Thetis nowe had layd her downe to rest.
Whiles Scorpio dreadin« Sagittarius dart
Whose bowe prcst bent in sight, the string had slypt,
Downe slyd into the ocean flud aparte.
The Beare that in the Iryshe seas had dipt
Hisgriesly feete, with spede from thence he whypt.
For Thetis hasting from the Uirgine's bed.
Pursued the Bear that ear she came was fled.
And Phaeton nowe, neare reaching lo his race,
\^Mth glistering beames, gold streamynge where they bent.
Was prcst to enter in his resting place.
Erythius that in the carl fyrste went
Had euen nowe attaynde his iourneyes stent.
And fast declining hid away bis head,
While Titan couched him in his purple bed.
And pale Cinthea, with her borowed light.
Beginning to supply her brother's place,
V\'as past the noone-steede syxe degrees in sight.
When sparklyng starres amyd the heauen's face
With twinkling liaht shoen on the earth apace :
That whyle they brouj^ht about the nightes chare.
The darke had dimmed the daye ear I was ware.
And sorowing I to see the sommer flowers.
The liuely greene, the lusty leas forlorne ;
The sturdy trees so shattered with the showers.
The fieldes so fade, that floorisht so beforne !
It taught me wel, all earthly thinges be borne
To dye the death, for nought long time may last :
The sommer's beauty yeeldts lo winter's blast.
Then looking upward to the heauen's leames
With nightes starres thicke powdred euery where,
^^ hich erst so glistened with the golden streames.
That chcarefuU Phebus spred downe from his sphere.
Beholding darke, oppressing day, so neare ;
The sodayne sight reduced to my minde
The sundry cliaunges that in earth we fynde.
That musing on this worldly wealth in thought.
Which conies and goes more faster than we see
The flyckering flame that with the fyer is wrought;
My busie minde presented vnto mc
Such fall of pieres, as in this rcalme had be;
5. Verses to the Reader, in Commendation of
Thomas Hohi/'s Translation of Castillo's Courtier.
Lond. 15fil, 1577. (Bodl. 4to. Z. 125. Med.) 1588.
6. Letter in Latin addressed to Bartholomew
That ofte I wisht some would their woes descryue.
To warne the rest whom fortune left aliue.
And strayl forth stalking with redoubled pace.
For that 1 sawe the night drewe on so fast,
In blacke all clad, there fell before my face
A piteous wight, whom woe had al Ibrwaslc ;
Furth from her iyen the cristall teares outbrast.
And syching sore her handes she wrong and folde.
Tare al her neare that ruth was to beholde.
Her body small forwithered and forespent.
As is the stalke that sommers drought op|)rcst ;
Her wealked face with woful teares besprent.
Her colour pale, and (as it seeind her best)
In woe and playnt reposed was her rest;
And as the stone that droppes of water weares.
So dented wtre her cheekcs with fall of teares.
Her iyes swollen with flowing streames aflote.
Wherewith her lookcs throwen vp full piteouslye.
Her forceles handes together ofte she smote
With dolefull shrikes that eckoed in the skye:
Whose playnt such sighes dyd strayl accompany.
That, in my dooine, was neuer man did see
A wight but halfe so woe begon as she.
I stoode agast, beholding all her plight,
Tweene dread and dolour so distreynd in hart.
That while my heares vpstarted with the sight.
The teares out streamde for sorowe of her smart.'
But when I sawe no ende that could aparte
The deadly dewle, which she so sore dyd make,
With dolefull voice then thus to her 1 spake.
Unwrap thy woes, what euer wight thou be !
And stint, betime, to spill thy selfe wyth nlaynt.
Tell what thou art, and whence ; for well I see
Thou canst not dure wyth sorowe thus attaynt.
And wiih that worde, of sorrowe all forfaynt.
She looked vp, and prostrate as she laye.
With piteous sound, loe! thus she gan to saye:
Alas, I wretch whom thus thou seest distreyned
With wasting woes, that neuer shall aslake,
Sorrowe 1 am, in endeles tormcnies payned.
Among tlic furies in the infernall lake ;
Where Pluto, god of htl, so griesly blacke.
Doth holdc his throne, and Letheus tieadly taste
Doth rieue remembraunce of eche thyng torepast.
Whence come I am, the drery destinie
And luckeles lot for to bemone, of those
Whom Fortune in this maze of niiserie.
Of wretched chaunce, most wofull myrrours chose:
That when thou seest how lightly they did lose
Theyr pope, theyr power, and that they thought most sure.
Thou mayest soone deeme no earthly ioye may dure.
Whose rufull voyce no sooner had out brayed
Those wofull wordcs, wherewith she sorrowed so.
But out, alas ! she shpighl, and never stayed.
Fell downe, and all to dasht her selfe for woe.
The colde pale dread my lyms gan overgo.
And I so sorrowed at her sorovves eft,
That, what with griefe and feare, my wittes were reft.
I stretcht my selfe, and strayt my hart reuiues.
That dread and dolour erst did so appale ;
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Gierke, prefixed to his Latin translation of Cas-
tillo, 1571, IGIC). Bodl. 8vo. S. 125. Art.
7. ^n Epilogue to Junsun's Everi/ Man in his
Humour, 1598.
Lykc him that with the feruent feiier stryucs
When sickenes seeUes his castell health to skale,
With gathered spiritesso forsi I fearc to auale.
And rearing Iter, with anguishe all fordone.
My spirits returnd, and then I thus begonne :
O Sorrowe, alas, sith Sorrowe is thy name,
And that to thee this dreredoth well i>ertayne,
1 II vayne it were to seeke to ceas the same.
But as a man, hyni selfe wilh sorrowe slayne.
So I, alas, do comfort thee in payiie,
That here in sorrowe art forsonke so depe,
'i'hat at thy sight I can but sigh and wcpe.
T had no sooner spoken of a stike.
But that the storme so rumbled in her brest.
As Eolus could neuer roare the like ;
And showers downe rayned from her ivcn so fast.
That all l)edreynt the place, till at the last
Well eased they the dolour of her uiinde,
As rage of rayne doth swage the stormy wynde.
For furth she paced in her fearfull title,
Cum, ciun, (quod she) and see what I shall ahewe.
Cum heare the playning and tiie bytter bale
Of worthy men, by fortune ouerthrowe.
Cum, thou, and see them rewing al in rowe.
Tiiey were but shades that erst in minde thou rolde;
Cum, cum with me, thine iyes shall them beholde.
What could these wordes but make me more agast.
To heare her tell whereon 1 nuisde while eare?
So was I mazed thcrewyth, tyil at the last
Musing vpon her wurdes and what they were.
All sodaynly well lessoned was uiy fcare :
For to my minde returned, how she telde
Both what she was, and where her wun she heldc.
Whereby I knewe that she a goddesse was.
And therewithal! resorted to my minde.
My thought that late presented me the glas
Of brittle state, of cares that here we finde.
Of thousand woes to silly men assynde;
And howe she nowe byd me come and beholde
To see with iye thstf erst in thought 1 rolde.
Flat downe I fell, and wilh al rcuerencc
Adored her, perceyuing nowe that she
A goddesse, sent by godly prouidence,
In earthly shape, thus showed her selfe to me.
To wajle and rue this worldes vncertavnlye :
And while I honourd thus her godhed's might,
With playning voyce, these wurdes to me she shryght.
I shal the guyde first to the griesly lake.
And thence vnto the blisful place of rest ;
Where thou shall see and heare the playnt they make
That whilom here bare swinge among the best.
This shalt thou see : but great is the vnrest
'I'hat thou must bvde, before thou canst allayne
Unto the dreadfull place where tliese reiuayne.
And with these wurdes as I vprtiyscd stood.
And )>an to folowe her that strayglit furth paced,
Kare I was ware, into a desert wood
We nowe were cum ; where, hand in hand imbraced.
She led the way, a;id through tlie thickc so traced
As, but I had bene guyded by her might.
It was no waye fur any mortiill wight.
8. Various Letters. They are to be found in
the Cada la ; llov/nnVs Collection; MS. Wood in
liie Ashuiole Museum, H4[)'3; M.SS. Harl. G77,
703, 20y;3, 6995, (MMd, f»997 ; MSS. Cotton, C*-
Rut loe ! while thus amid the docrt darke
We jiassed on, wilh steppes and [lacc vnmetc,
A rumbling roar, confuvle wilh nowie and barke
Of dogs, shoke all the ground viider our feele.
And stroke the din within our cares so deepc.
As halfe distraught vnlo thcgromid I fell,
Besought retourne, and not to visile hell.
But she forthwith, vpliftin^ mc apace,
Kemoued my dread, and with a sledfast minde
Bad nie come on, for here was now the place.
The place where we our Irauayle ende should finde.
W'herewith I arose, and to the place assynde
Astoynde I staike, when strayt we upprochcd nere
The dredfull place, that you wil dread to here.
An hydeous hole al vaste, withouten shape.
Of endles depth, orewhehnde with rasged stone,
Wyth ougly mouth and grisly jawes doth gape.
And to our sight confounds il selfe in one.
Here entred we, and yeding forth, anone
An horrible lotidy lake we might discerne.
As blackeas pitche, that clepeu is Auerne.
A deadly eidfe where nought' but rubbishe growes.
With fo\vle blacke swelth in thickned lumpes y' lyes,
Which vp in the aycr such stinking vapors throwes.
That ouer there may flye no fowie out dyes,
Choakt with the jiestilent sauours that aryse.
Hither we cum, whence forth we still dyd pace
In dreadful feare, amid the dreadfull place.
And first within the portche and iawea of hell
Sate die|>e remorse of consciekce, al besprent
With tearcs, and to her selfe oft would she tell
Her wretchednes, and cursing neuer stent
To sob and sigh, but euer thus lament
With thoughtful care ; as she that, all in vayne.
Would weare and waste contiimally in paync.
Her iyes vnstedfast, rolling here and there,
Whurld on eche place, as place that vengeauns brought.
So was her minde continually in feare ;
Tossed and tormented wilh the tedious thought
Of ihose detested crymes which she had wrought :
With dreadful chcare, and lookes throwen to the skye,
Wyshyng for death, and yet she could not dye.
Next sawe we Dread, al tremblyng how he shooke,
Wilh foote vncertayne, profered here and there ;
Benumde of speache, and, wilh a gaslly lookc,
Searcht euery place, al pale and dead for fcare.
His cap borne vp wilh suiring of his heare : ^
StoTnde and amazde at his owne shade for dreed.
And fearing greater daungcrs than was nede.
And next, within the entry of this lake.
Sale fell Reuenge, gnashing her teeth for yre ;
Deuising meanes howe she may vengeauncc uke;
Neuer in rest tyll she haue her desire ;
But frets within so far forth with the fyer
Of wreaking flames, that nowe determines she
To dye by death, or vengde by death to be.
When fell Reuege, with bloudy foule pretence.
Had showed her selfe as next in order set.
With trembling limmes we softly parted thence,
Tyll in our iyes another sight we met :
W hen fro my hart a sigh forthwith 1 fel,
D 2
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ligula D ii, 503. E viii, 175, 519. Nero B vii,
169. Galba C ix, 230 b; xi,6l, 337,348,352:
D i, 15, .35, 51, 96, 107, 119, 132 b; ii, l63 b;
iii, 113; iv, 241; v, 149, 177; xiii, 'i'27. Vesp.
Rewing alas vpon her wofuU plight
Of MlSEKiE, that next appcred in sight.
His face was leane, and sum deale pyned away.
And eke his handes consumed to the Iwne,
But what his bo<ly was I can not say,
For on his carkas raynient he had none
Saue clouies and patcl\es peiccd one by one.
With staffe in hand, and skri|> on shoulders cast.
His chiefe defence ag.\ynst the winters blast.
His foode, for most, was wylde frtiytes of the tree,
Unles sumtime sum crvimmcs fell to his share,
Which in his wallet long, God wotc, kept he.
As on the which full dayntlye would he faro :
His drinke the nmning streame, his cup the bare
Of his palmc closed, his bed the hard cold grounde :
To this poore life was Miserie ybound.
Whose wretched stale when we had well bchelde.
With tender ruth on him and on his feres,
In thoughtful cares furth then our pace we helde;.
And, by and by, an other shape appcres
Of greedy Care, stil brushing vp llie breres :
His knuckles knobd, his fleshe deepe denied in.
With tawed handes, and hard ytanned skyn.
The morrowe graye no sooner hath begiuine
To spreade his light, euen |)eping in our iyes.
When he is vp, and to his worke yrunne,
But let the nightcs bfacke mistyc mantels rise,
And with fowle darke neuerso much disguyse
The fayre bright day, yet ceasseth he no wliyle.
But hath his candels to prolong his toyle.
By him l?y heauy Slepe, the cosin of death.
Flat on the ground, and still as any stone;
A very corps, save yelding forth a breath ;
Small kepe tooke he, whom Fortune frowned on»
Or whom she lifted vp into the trone
Of high renowne, but, as a lining death.
So dead aly ve, of lyef he drewe the breath.
The bodye"s rest the quyete of the hart,
The travayle's ease, the still nighle's feer was he.
And of our life in earth the better parte ;
Reuer of sight, and yet in whom we see
Thinges oft that tide and ofte that neuer bee ;
Without respect, esteming equally
Kyng Cresus pompe and Jrus' pouertie.
And next, in order sad, Olde Age we found;
His beard al hoare, his iyes hollow and blyndc.
With drouping chere still poring on the ground.
As on the place where nature hnn assinde
To rest, when that the sisters had vnlwynde
His vitall threde, and ended with theyr knyfe
The fleting course of fast declining life.
There heard we him, with broken and hollow playnt,
Rewe with him sctfe his ende approching fast.
And, all for nought, his wretched minde torment
With swete remembraunCe of his jilcasures past.
And frcshe delites of lusty youth forwaste:
Recounting which, how would he sob and shrike.
And to be yong againe of Joue besekel
But, and the cruell fates so fixed be
That tioie forepast can not retoume agayne.
F xii, 209. Titus B ii, 353; vi, 101; xiii,
5G5.
After the long extract already given ot" Sack-
ville's poetry, a few lines only shall be offered
This one request of Joue yet prayed he ;
That in such withered plight, and wretched paine.
As elde (accompanied wiih his lolhsom trayne)
Had brought on him, all were it woe and griefc.
He myght a while yet linger forth his lieff
And not so soone descend into the pit;
Where Death, when he the mortall corps hath slayne.
With retchclcs haiidc in grave doth couer it;
Thereafter neuer to enioye agayne
The gladsome light, but, in the ground ylayne.
In depth of darkenes waste and weare to nought.
As he had neuer into the world been brought.
But who had scene him sobbing howe he stoode
Unto him selfe, and howe he would bemone
His youth forepast, as though it wrought hym good
To talke of youth, al wer his youth foregone ;
He would h;me mused, and mcruayld muche whereon
Tliis wretched age shoidd life desyre so fayne.
And knowes ful wel life doth but length his payne.
Crooke-backt he was, toothshaken, and blere iyed ;
\\'ent on three feete, and sometime, crept on fower;
With olde lame bones, that railed by his syde;
His skalpe all pilde, and he with elde forlore.
His withered fist still knocking at Deathe's dore;
Fumbling and driucling, as he drawes his breth.
For briefe, the shape and messenger of death.
And fast by him pale Maladie was plaste;
Sore sicke in bed, her colour al forgone.
Bereft of stoinake, sauor, and of taste ;
Is'e could she brooke no meat, but brothes alone ;.
Her breath corrupt, her kcpers eueryone
Abhorring her, her sickenes past recure.
Detesting phisicke, and all piiisicke's cure
But, oh, the doleful sight that then we see !
We turndeour looke, andon the other side
A griesly shape of Famine mought we see;
With greedy lookes, and gaping mouth, that cryed
And roard for meat, as she should there haue dyed :
Her body thin and bare as any bone,
Wherto was left nought but the case alone.
And that, alas, was knawen on euery where.
All full of holes; that I ne mought refrayne
From tcares, to se how she her armes could teare.
And with her teeth gnashe on the bones in vayne.
When, all for nought, she fayne would so sustayne
Her starven corps, that rather seemde a shade.
Then any subsUmnce of a creature made.
Great was her force, whom stone wall could not stay;
Her tearyug nayles snatching at all she sawe;
W^ilh gaping jawcs, that by no nieauesymay
Be satisfyed from hunger of her mawe,
But eates her selfe as she that hath no lawej
Gnawying, alas, her carkas all in vayne.
Where you may count cche sinow, bone, and vayne.
On her while we thus firmely fixt our iyes.
That bled for ruth of such a drery sight,
Loe, sodaynelye she shryglit in so hugh wyse.
As made hell gates to snyver with the myght:
Wherewith, a darte we sawe, howe it did lyght
Ryght on her brest, and therewithal pale DeatH-
Euthcyllyng it, to revc her of her breath ;
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from his Ferrer and Porrex, which may, with
justice, be considered as the first rcgiihir drama
in the English language. They are taken from
the chorus which terminates the fourth act :
And, by and by, a dum dead corps we sawc,
Heaiiy and colde, the shape of death aryght.
That dauntes all earthly creatures to his lawe,
Agaynst whose force in vayne it is to fyght;
Ne piers, ne princes, nor no mortall wyght,
Ne towncs, ne realmes, cities, ne strongest tower.
But al, perforce, must yeeld vnto his power.
His dart, anon, out of the corps he tooke.
And in his hand (a dreadfull sight to see!)
With great tryumphe eftsoncs the same he shooke.
That most of all my fcares affrayed me :
His bodie dighl with nought but bones, perdye.
The naked shape of man there sawe 1 playne.
All save the flcshe, tlie synowe, and the vayne.
Lastly, stoode Warre, in glitteryng amies yclad.
With visage grym, sterne lookes, and blackely hewed;
In his right hand a naked sworde he had.
That to the hikes was al with blud erabrewed ;
And in his left, (that kinges and kingdoines rewcd)
Famine and fyer he held, and thercwythall
He razed townes, and threwe downe towers and all.
Cities he sakt, and realmes (that whilom flowred
In honor, glory and nde above tlie best)
He overwhelmde, and all theyr fame deuowred.
Consumed, destroyed, wasted, and neuer ceast
IVll he theyr wealth, theyr name, and all, opprest.
His face forhewcd with woundes ; and by his side
There hunge his targe, with gashes depe and wyde.
In mids of which, depaynted there wefounde
Deadly Debate, al ful of snaky hcare
That with a blouddy fillet was ybound,
Outbrething nought but discord eucry where:
And round about were [wrtrayd here and there-
The hugie hostes, Darius and his power,
His kynges, prynces, his pieres, and all his flower.
Whom great Macedo vanquisht, there in sight.
With diepe slaughter dispoyling all his pryde,
Pearst through his realmes, and daunted all his might.
Duke Hanniball beheld I there, beside.
In Cannas field, victor howe he did ride ;
And woful Romaynes that in vayne withstoode,.
And consull Paulus covered all m blood.
Yet sawe I more, the fight at Trassmcne,
And Trebury fyeld, and eke when Hanniball
And worthy Scipio last in armes were scene
Before Carthago gate, to trje for all
The worlde's enipyre, to wliom it should befal.
There sawe I Pompeye and Cesar clad in armes,
Theyr hostes alyed, and al theyr civil harmes.
With coquerours hands forbathde in their owne blood,.
And Cesar weping ouer Pompeyes head,
Yet sawe I Scilla and Marius where they stoode,,
Theyr great crueltie, and the diepe bludshed
Of frendes, Cyrus 1 sawe, and his host, dead.
And howe the quecne with great despyte hath flonge
His head in bloud of them she overcome.
Xerxes, the Percian kyng, yet sawe I there
With his huge host that dranke the riuers drye.
Dismounted nilles, and made the vales vprere;
His hoste and all yet sawe I slayne, perdye.
Thebw I sawe all razde, howe it dyd lye
Whan greedy Lust, in royal! seatc to reigtie,
Hath reft ail care of goddes, and eke of men,
And Cruel] Hart, VV'ratli, Treason, and DiMUuflC,
Within ambicious brest are lodged, then
In heapes of stone*, and Tjrnu put to ipoylc.
With wallci and tower* flat eucned wtih the toyU.
But Troy, alaal (me thought) aboue them all.
It made myne iyo in very tcarc* coniume)
When I beheld the woful! werd befall
That by the wrathful! wyl of Godi wa* come.
And Jovcs vnmoovcd Kntcnce and foredoomc
On Priam kyng, and on his (owne io bent,
I could not lyn but I mutt there lament :
And that the more, aith Destinic wai to tteme
As, force perforce, there might no force auayle
But she must fall, and by her fall we learoc
That cities, towres, wcaltti, world, and all iliall quayle.
No manhoode, might, nor nothing motight preuayle
Al were there prest, ful many a pryncc and pierc.
And many a knight that solde his death full deere.
Not wurthy Hector, wurlhycsl of them all,
Her hoi>e, her ioyc, his force is nowe for nought :
O Troy, Troy, there is no t>ooic but bale !
The hugie horse within thy wallcs is brought ;
Thy turrets fall, thy knyghtcs that whilom fotight
In armes amyd the fyeld, and slayne in bed ;
Thy Gods defylde, and all thy honour dead.
The flames vpspring, and cruelly they crepe
From wall to roofc, till all to cindres waste ;
Some fyer the houses, where the wretches slepe.
Sum rushe in here, sum run in there as fast;
In euery where or sworde, or fyer, they taste:
The walles are torne, the towers whurUl to y " ground ;
There is no mischiefe but may there be found.
Cassandra yet there sawe I howe they halctl
From Pallas house, with sjicrclcd tressc viidone.
Her wristes fast boud, and with Greek's rout empaled;
And Priam eke in vayne howe he did runnc
To armes, whom Pyrrhus with despite hath done
To cruel death, and bathed him in the bayne
Of his Sonne's blud, before the altare slayne.
But howe can I desciyve the doleful sight
That in the shyldc so liuelikc fayer did shynef
Sith in this world I thinke was neuer wyght
Could haue set furth the halfe not halfe so fyne.
Lean no more but tell howe there is scene
Fayer Ilium fal, in burning red gledes, downe.
And from the soyle great 'I roy, Neptunus towne.
Herefrom when scarce I could mine iye« wllhdrawe,.
That fylde with teares as doeth the spryngyng well.
We passed on, so far furth, tyl we sawe
Rude Acheron, a lothsome lake to tell,
That boyles and bubs vp swellh as blacke M hell :
Where grisly Charon at theyr fixed tide
Stil ferreies ghostcs vnto the farder side.
The aged God no sooner Sorowe spyed.
But hasting sirayt vnto the bankc apace.
With liollow call vnto the rout he crjctl
To swarve apart, and geue the goddesse place :
Strayt it was done, when to the shoar we pace.
Where, hand in hand, as we then linked fast.
Within the boate we are together plasle :
And furth we launch, ful fraughied, to the brinke.
Whan with the vnwonled weyghi the rustye keele
43
SACKVILLE.
TOMSON.
44
Beholde how Miscliiefe wide her selfe displayes,
And with the brother's hand the brother slayes.
When blond thus shed doth staine the heauens
face,
fiegan to cracke, as if the same should sinke;
We hoyse vp mast and sayle, that in a whylc
We fet the shore, where scarcely we had wliile
For to arryve, but that we heard anone
A thre sound barke confounded al in one.
We had not long furth past but that we sawe
Blacke Cerberus, the hydeous hound of hell.
With bristles reard, and with a thre mouthed jawe,
Foredinning the ayer with his horrible yel,
Out of tlie diepe darke cave where he did dwell :
The goddesse strayt he knewe, and by and by
He peaste, and couched while that we passed by.
Thence cum we to the horrour, and the hel.
The large great kyngdomes, and tlie dreadful raygne
Of Pluto, m his trone, where he dyd dwell ;
The wyde waste places, and the hugye playne;
The waylinges, shrykes, and sundry series of payne;
The syghes, the sobbcs, the diepe and deadly groane;
Earth, ayer, and all, resounding playnt and moane.
Here pewled the babes, and here the maydes vnwed
With folded handcs, theyr sory chaunce bewayled ;
Here wept the gyllles slayne, and louers dead
That slewe them selues when nothyng els auayled ;
A thousand sortes of sorrowes here that wayled
With sighes and teares, sobs, shrykes, and all yfere.
That, on, alas! it was a hel to heare.
We stayed vs strayt, and wyth a rufull feare
Beheld this heauy sight, while from mine eyes
The vapored teares downstilled here and there.
And Sorowe eke, in far more woful wyse,
Tooke on with playnt, vp heauing to the skyes
Her wretched handes, that, with her crye, the rout
Gan all in heapes to swarme vs round about.
Loe, here, (quoth Sorowe,) prynces of renowne
That whilora sat on top of Fortune's wheele,
Nowe layed ful lowe, like wretches whurled downe
Euen with one frowne, that stayed but with a smyle;
And nowe behold the thing that thou erewhile
Saw only in thought, and what thou now shah heare,
Recompt the same to Kesar, king 8c pier.
Then first came Henry, duke of Buckingham,
His cloke of blacke, all pilde, and quite forworne.
Wringing his handes, and Fortune ofte doth blame.
Which of a duke hath made him nowe her skorne;
With gastly lookes, as one in maner lorne.
Oft sprcd his armes, stretcht handes he ioynes as fast.
With ruful chere, and vapored eyes vpcast.
His cloke he rent, his manly breast he beat;
His heare al tome, about the place it laye ;
My hart so moke to see his griefe so great.
As felingly, me thought, it dropt awaye :
His iyes they whurled about withouten staye :
With stormy syghes the place dyd so complayne.
As it his hart atechc had burst in twayne.
Thryse he began to tell his doleful tale.
Ana thrise the sighes did swalowe vp his voyce;
At eche of which he shryked so wylhal.
As though the heauens rived with the noyse:
Tyll, al the last, recovering his voyce;
Supping the te-ires that all his brest beraynde
On cruel Fortune, weping, thus he playnde.]
Crying to loue for veiigeiuice of the deede,
The mightie God euen moueth from his place
With wrath to wreke. Then sendes he forth with
spede
The dreadfuU Furies, daughters of the Night,
With serpentes girt, carying the whip of ire,
With heart of stinging snakes, and shining bright
With flames and blond, and with a brand of fire.
These for reuenge of wretched murder done.
Do make the mother kill her onely sonne !
Blood asketh blood, and death must death re-
quite :
Joue, by his iust and euerlasting dome,
Justly hath euer so requited it ;
The times before recorde, the times to come
Shall finde it true, and so doth present proofe
Present before our eyes for our behoofe.
Sign. F. iv, b ; and G. i.
There is a head of lord Dorset by Vertue, but the
best will be found in Lodge's IlhistriousPersoiiages,
which is engraved from the original at Knowle.]
LAURENCE TOMSON was born in Nor-
thamptonshire, elected demy of Magd. coll. 1556,
aged 1 7, and soon after, being a great proficient
in logic and philosophy, was admitted proba-
tioner, 11 Sept. 1559, and the year after perpetual
fellow of the said coll. In 1564, he proceeded in
arts, was with sir Tho. Hoby in his embassy to
France ; and in 1568 he resigned his fellowship.
What became of him afterward let his epitaph
following speak, while I tell you that he trans-
lated from Latin into English (1) Sermons on the
Epistles to Timothy and Titus. Lond. 1579. qu.
written by John Calvin. (2) Version and Anno-
tations on the 'New Test. Lond. [1576, 1577]
1589- in Oct. [and frequently afterwards.] Which
Version and Annot. were made in Lat. by Theod.
Beza.' He also translated from French into
English (1) A Treatise of the excellency of a
Christian Man. Lond. 1576, [Bodl. 8vo. P. 17.
Th. BS.] 85, [and 89,] in oct. written by mon-
sier Peter de la Place one of the king's council,
and chief president of the court of Aides in Paris.
(2) The Life and Death of Pet. de la Place, &c.
Lond. 1576, 85, [and 89] in oct. What other
things he hath translated, or what he hath writ-
ten, I cannot tell. He concluded his last day in
sixteen himdred and eight, and was buried in the
' \TheNewe Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ translated
out ofGreeke ly Theod. Beza: fVhereunto are adjoyned large
Expositions of the Phrases and hard Places by the Author
and others. Together with a Table or Concordance concern-
ing the principatl Wordes and Matters comprehended hereitt.
Englished by L. Tomson. Imprinted at London by the De-
puties of Christ. Barker, printer to the Queen's most excel-
lent Majestic. \5QQ. 4to. With a large Epist. ded. to the
right hon'^''-' sir Francis Walsingham Knight, principall Se-
cretary to her excellent Ma''*' &c. Kennet. It was first
printed in 1583, 4to. but seldome varies so much as a word
from the Geneva translation. Baker. Peck, in a Letter to
Dr. Kawhnson, mentions an edition of the same date, 1083,
in folio.]
45
VVAUFOIU).
WILKES.
46
chancel of the cliiirch at Chcrtscy in Sumy.
Over his grave was a bhick marble with iliis epi-
taph in gold letters soon after fastened on the
east-wall of the said chancel, ' Laurcntio Toni-
sono honestii Tomsonioruin fainilia in agro Nor-
thamptonionsi oriundo, incollegio Magdul.Oxon.
educato, peregrinatione Sucvia^, Kussiie, Dania',
fiemiania', Italia-, (jalliac nohilitatu: duodccini
hnguarum cognilione instructo ; Thcologia*,
Juris civilis &. niunicipalis nostri, totiusqne litcra-
turae politioris scicntia; claro : ingenii acumine,
disputandi subtilitate, eioquendi suavitate & le-
pore, virtute omni pietateque insigni : linguae
Hebraica; publica Geneva; professione celebri :
accurata f^Jovi Tcstamenti translatione notabiii :
In politicis apud Walsinghaniuin Elizabetha; re-
ginae scribam pra?cii)uum diu mnltunujue exerci-
tato : post cujus mortem vitu; privatte umbrati-
lisque jucunditate annos XX. ' continuos Lala-
1^34!)] mia; Middlesexiae perfuncto, & septuagenario
placidissime religiosissimeque defuncto quarto
calendas Aprilis an. 1608. Uxor Jana, & Jana
filia ex quinque una superstes filiabus, anioris
ergo posuerunt 8t piotatis. Vivunt qui Domino
moviuntur.' The report at Chertscy is, that he
built the !}ouse which now stands on the top of
S. Ann's-hill in Chertscy parish, out of the ruins
of S. Ann's chapel, and on the very place where
that chapel stood ; having a ])rospect into several
counties : In which house, tiie inhabitants of the
neighbourhood will tell you, that this learned
author died.
[The following may be added to Wood's list
of Tomson's worKs :
1. Mary, the Mother of Christ, her Tears.
Lond. 1596. 8vo.
2. jin Amrter to M. FecknanCs Objection to
Mr. Cough's Sermon, preached in the Tower,
15 Jan. 1570. Made by L. T. Lond. by Bynne-
man, without date, 8vo.
.3. Propositions taught and mayntained by Mr.
Hooker, (author of The Ecclesiastical Politic.)
The same brieflu confuted by L. T. in a private
Letter ; Maich 2o, 1585. MS. Harl. 291.
fol. 183.
In the Cotton MSB. are the following docu-
ments relating to his embassies :
Instructions upon which Tomson, Secretary Wal-
singham's Man, should confer uith an Italian at
Bologne; and Thomson's Proceedings thereupon.
MS. Cotton, Caligula C v, fol. 113.
Brief Demands on the State of the Loic Coun-
tries made by Mr. Tomson to Evert Monkkoven of
Jntwerp; and his Anszcer thereto. July 1590.
MS. Cotton, Galba D vii, fol. l63.]
WILLIAM WARFORD received his first
breath in that part of Bristol which is in Somer-
eetshire, was admitted a scholar of Trinity coll.
' Sir Fr. Walsingham died ISQO, and therefore he lived
not there 20 years.
1.') June 157(i, [>ri)bationer two yeiu't after, bMBft
tiicn bach, of arts, fellow 1579, aud nuuter <7
arts in 82. But having more a mind tu the R.
Cath. religion, in which he wa» partly educated,
than to Protestancy, he left the college, hia
friends and the nation, went to Home, and ob-
taining entrance into the Kngiij>li coll. there,
profited very much in divinity. At length lieing
ordained priest, lie was sent into the niiitHion of
England, where making but little stay, he returned
to Home, and in the year 159-1 he wa» entred
into the society of Jesui. Afterwardii being sent
by his superiors into Spain, he spent the remain-
der of his time in the English seminaries there.
He hath written,
A short Institution containing the chief Myrtt-
ries of Christian lieligion, collected from the iloly
Scriptures and Fathers. Sevil KKK), and at S.
Omers in l6lG. Translated into Latin by Tho.
More a Jesuit, descended from the famous sir
Tho. More, sometimes lord chancellor of Eng>
land; — Printed at S. Omers in 1617- The said
Warlord also translatetl into English several of
the Histories of Saints, written by Pet. Ribade-
nira, but died, before he could finish them, at
Valladolid in Spain on the 3 Nov. (according to
the accompt there followed) in sixteen hundred ifioe.
and eight, and was buried in the college of the
Jesuits there, leaving behind him other matters,
which were in a matter fit for the press, and the
character among those of his profession of a godly
and learned man.
[Scripsit Anglicc, snb nomine Geo. Douleii,
sacerdotis, 1. Brevem fnstitntionem, &.c. Hispali
1600, 12mo. 2. Hrevem Tractatum de Poeniten-
tin, &,c. Aiidomari l633, in Ifimo. Sotwellus,
Bibl. Script. Soc. Jesu, p. 321. Baker.]
WILLIAM WILKES, a most excellent
preacher in the court of K. James I. was bom
within the diocese of Litclifield and Coventry,
elected probationer-fellow of Merton coll. m
1572, entred into the sacred function when mas-
ter of arts, and in 1580 became vicar of the
church of S. Peter in the Ejist, within the city
of Oxon, by the presentation thereunto of the
warden and society of the said coll. where for his
excellent scnnons he was much frequented by
schoUars and citizens. Afterwards taking the
degrees in divinity he resigned the said church,
being well beneficed in W iltshire, and dignified.
After K. James came to the English crown he
was made one of his chaplains in ordinary,
preached often before him to his great content,
and wrote.
Of Obedience or Ecclesiastical Union. Lond.
1605. oct.
J Second Memento for Magistrates, directing
how to reduce all Offenders; and being reduced,
how to preserve them in the Unity and Iatcc both
in Church and Coinmon-tcealth. Lond. 1608.
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CORDEROY.
BARNES
48
Clar.
1608.
f.SoO]
Clar.
j608.
Clar.
jeo8.
(oct.) As for the first Memento I have not yet
seen it, iinless it be meant of the Book of Obe-
dience, &c. He died at Barford S. Martins in
AV'ihshire, of whiclr he wivs rector, leaving be-
hind him only one daughter named Mar^-, who
was married to John Marston of the city of Co-
ventry, gentleman. Which John dying 2o June
1634, was buried in the church belonging to the
Temples in London, near to the body of John
Marston his father, sometimes a counsellor of the
Middle Temple.
JEREMY CORDEROY, a gentleman's son
of \\ iltshire, of the same familj' with those of
Chute in that county, became a commoner of S.
Albans-hall, in 1577. or thereabouts, took the
degrees in arts, studied divinitj^ many years, and
being a frequent preacher in Oxon, was made
one of the chaplains of Merton coll. in 1590, at
which lime, and during his stay in 0.\on, (which
was at least 13 years after) his life and conversa-
tion was without e.xception. He hath written,
A short Dialogue, zcherein is proved, that no
Man can be saved without good Works, Oxon,
1604. in tw. second edit. [Bodl. 8vo. C. 108. Th.]
The dialogue is between a gallant and a scholar of
Oxford and a church Papist, wherein is proved
that good works are necessary to salvation.* He
wrote another book also, entit.
A fVarnifig for Worldlings, or a Comfort to the
Godlif and a Terror to the Wicked, in a Dialogue
between a Scholar and Traveller. Lond. 1608. in
tw. [Bodl. Bvo. C. 108. Th.] At which time
tho' the author was a deserving person, yet he was
not preferr'd to a living, and whether he was
afterwards, (he being scrupulous of taking one) I
know not, nor of any other books that ne hath
published.
. BARN ABE BARNES, a younger son of
Rich. Barnes bishop of Durham, was a York-
shire man born, and at about 17 years of age,
1586, became a student in Brasen-nose coll. but
left the university without a degree, and what
became of him afterwards I know not. His works
are these,
A divine Centun/ of spiritual Sonnets. Lond.
[Printed by John Wmdet] 1595. 4to. dedicated
to Tob. Matthews B. of Durham. ^
Four Books of Offices ; enabling private Persons
for the special Service of all good Princes and
'Polities. Lond. 1606. Fol. [Bodl. AA. 100.
Art.]
The DeviVs Charter : a trag. containing the life
and death of P. Alex. 6. Lond. 1607. oct. One
Barnabe Barnes of the city of Coventry died in
the time of the civil war (about 1644.) leaving
behind him a widow named Margery, but what
• [So says the title, which Wood had given incorrectly.]
' [To these Sonnets is added A Hymne to the glorious
Honor qf the blessed Trinitie, Park.]
relation there was between this and the former
Barnabe, or whether the saine, I cannot tell.
[In 1591, Barnes accompanied the carl of
Essex in a military capacity into France, where he
remained till 1594, and, if we may believe Nash,
with little or no credit for his courage or honesty,
for •• he is accused not only of running away from
the enemy, but of stealing a ' nobleman's stew-
ard's chayne at his lord's installing at Windsore.'
On the other side, however, we arc to remember,
that he took part with Nash's antagonist Gabriel
Harvey, which probably roused the resentment
thus vented in IJave with you to Saffron Walden.
Barnes wrote in addition,
1. Parlhenophel and Parihenophe. Sonnettes,
Madrigals, Elegies and Odes, 1593; of which
there is a very brief and unsatisfactory account
in Beloe's Anecdotes of Literature, ii. 77.
2. Three sonnets in Pierce's Supererogation,
1593.
3. A Friend's Gratulation to his beloved Friend
master John Florio,for that which God hath sent
him, and he us. Prefixed to Florios' Worlde of
Wordes, 1598.
4. Madrigale prefixed to Forde's Fame's Me-
moriall, I6O6.
Oldys informs us ^ that he translated the Spa-
nish Councell, and writ a Poem on Shoris Wife in
the year 1596.
Having never seen any of Barnes's poetical
works in their original form, I am compelled to be
satisfied with the following lines from his Par-
thenophel, extracted by Beloe. They give so
favourable an idea of his style, that it is to be la-
mented the editor of the Anecdotes of Literature
did not oblige his readers with a more particular
analysis of, and further specimens from, a volume
of as great merit as rarity.
Ah! sweet Content, where is thy mylde abode.''
Is it with shepheards and light harted swaynes
Which sing upon the dounes, and pj'pe
abroade.
Sending their flockes, and calleth onto
pla^'nes ?
Ah! sweet Content, where doest thou safely
rest .?
In heaven with angels which the prayses sing
Of him that made, and rules, at his behest,
The mindes and parts of every living thing?
Ah! sweet Content, where doth thine harbour
hold?
Is it in churches with religious men
Which please the goddes with prayers ma
nifold.
And in their studies meditate it then?
♦ [See various extracts in support of this position in Cen-
suru Litcraria, vi, 120, &c.]
' [MS. Nolc to Langbaine, with which I was favouted by
Mr. Haslewood.]
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OVEHTON.
STIIADLINO.
50
Whether thou dost in heaven or earth appeare,
Be where thou wilt, thou wilt not harbour here.]
WILLIAM OVERTON, one of the prime
preachers in the reign of Q. Elizabeth, was born
m London, became demv or semicommoner of
Magd. coll. '25 Jul. 15;)9, aged 15, perpetual
fellow in 1551, being then bach, of arts. After-
wards proceeding in that faculty, he took holy
orders, left the coll. and absented" himself during
the reign of cju. Mary. In 1565 he took the de-
grees in divinity, being then well beneficed and
dignify'd, and in 1579'' was made bishop of Litch-
field and Coventry, where he was much coni-
mended for his hospitality to the poor, and the
good reparation he kept of his house, which a
married bishop, as he was, seldom did, or doth.
He hath published.
Sermon against Discord. On Rom. xvi. verse
17. Lond. in oct. [without date, but printed by
Ralph Newbery.]
Orutio docliss. ^- graviss. habila in dorno capitit-
lari Lichfield ad Prtebendarios S; re/itjiium C/erum
in visilatione Ecc/esia: sua cathedralis congregatum,
an. ICOO. Lond. IGOO. He died in a good old
age in the beginning of April, in sixteen hundred
lOog. aod nine, and was buried in the church of Eccle-
shall in Staffordshire, near to the bodies of his
two wives. In the see of Litchfield succeeded
Dr. Rob. Abbot, as I shall tell you elsewhere.
[XX die martii 1569, D'nus Matth. Cant.
Ar'ep'us, admisit Will'um Overton S. T. P. ad
eccl. de Rutherfeld, ad pres. D. rcgina;. liegist.
Parker, Cant, fol. 201 . K en n et.
He was admitted treasurer of the church of
Chichester, May 7, 1567'.
William Overton S.T. P. says Willis', brought
up by the charity of Glastonbury abby, preben-
dary of Chichester, Sarum, and Winchester, and
rector of Stoke on Trent, and Rotherfield, elected
bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, Septemb. 10.
confirmed the l6th, and consecrated the 18th,
An. 1580. Of whom this character is given in
sir John Harrington, ' that he kept good hospita-
lity, and his house in good re[)air,' which he com-
mends no other married bishop for; and inti-
mates, he has seldom heard of any that did cither
of these. He died April 9, 1609, and was buried
at Eccleshall, where a tomb is erected to his
memory, containing his efligies in his episcopal
habit, and this inscription, which he put up in his
own life-time:
' [Strype says in tlie following year 1380. ' Also William
Overton, a learned and a pious man, D. D. a dignilary in
the churches of Chiclieswr and Salisbury, was upon the
death of Bcnthani, the last bishop of Coventry an(l Litch-
field, appoiiUcd to succeed in tlie sec, and was confirmed
Friday the Kith of Scptcmb. in Bow churcli, and conse-
crated Sept. 18 folloxving by the archbishop; John bishop of
London, and .John bishop of Rochester, assisting. Li/e of
Archh. Grindal, 1710, pa<^c256.]
' [Le Neve. Fusti.Qi.'] » ICalhedrah, 393.]
Vol. H.
Hoc sibi spe in Chri«to returgcndi po«uit Wil-
helmus (Jverion, Covcnt. & Lichf. Epi«conu», ifir^.
Maria I'xorsecunda Palrem habuit lulmundum
Hradstock Arm. Eli/abetham Scrimitherc,<>x Aiin.i
Talbot rilia.)olmnnisTalboi .Militii,cx nobiliMima
I'amilia comitum Salopicn prognata.
To Overton's literary contributioni I can only
add : ^
Carmlnn in mortem diiontm Fratrum Siiffol.
ciemium, Uenrici et Caroli lirandon'). Ixmd.
15,52. Bodl. 4to. B. 9. Art. Scld. Signature I), iv!
Overton has three conies, in the first of which,
containing fifty lines, he has uniformly made the'
|icntameter to end with the word ' tuia.' The
following are the concluding verses.
Sed tibi nunc loquimur quasi te dcflerc velimui,
Aut quasi sint abs te hac damna profccu tuis?
Nos sumus 6 flendi, nos nostri causa doluris:
Tu mala non infers, sed Deus ista tuis,
Et Deus hicc merito quern cum resonemus ubiqu«
Est tamen ex animo lapsus ubique tuis.
Tu foelix igitur jam dulci pace frueris.
Si miser est quisquam contigit esse tuis.
O Henrice, vale, virtutis maxinie splendor,
Temporis 6 nostra; gemma valeto tuis
Tuque, bcnigne parens, quern sic commovimus irn,
I^unc depone animos, et plus esto tuis.
Redde tuum reguum, perituris redde salutem,
Et tua filiolis gaudia redde tuis.]
EDWARD STR A DLING, son of sir Tho.
Stradling knight', by Cath. his wife, daughter of
sir Tho. G'amage of Coyty, knight, was born of,
and lineally descendetl 'from, an antient and
kniglitly family of his name, living at S. Donat's
castle in Glamorganshire, educated in several
sorts of learning in this university, but before lie
took a degree, he left it, travelled into various
countries, spent some time at Rome, returned an
accomplished gentleman, and retiring to his patri-
mony, which was large, did build a firm structure
upon that foundation of literature that he had
laid here and elsewhere. In 1575, or the year
after, he received the honour of knighthood, was
made a justice of peace, became a very useful
man in his country, and was at the charge of such
Herculean* works for the public good, that no
man in his time went beyond him. But above all
» [See vol. i. col. 378, and Strype's EccUtiastical Mtwto-
rials, vol. ii. |)age 278.]
' [Of St. Donat's castle in Glamoipinshire. He w»»
knighted Feb. 17, 3rd of E<lw. VI. When qiiecu Mary
succeeded to the crown, 1553, he was appointed, with others,
a muster-master to the queen s army, and a commissioner for
the marciies of Wales. In the same year he was representa-
tive in parliament for East Grinstead in Sussex ; and, the
followin;: year, for Arundel in the same cotmly. In 1558,
he was joined with sir Thomas Pope, and others, in a com-
mission for the suppression of heretics. When he died streiiis
uncertain, biU he was burie«l in the chapel added by himself
to the parish, clmrch of St. Donate. Warton, Life of Sir
Thomas Pope, Lond. 1780, 219.]
' See iu Jo. Stradhng's Epigrams, lib. 4. p. 151, I6I, tec.
51
RENNIGCU.
52
he is to be rtmembrcd for his singular knowledge
iu the British language and antiquities, for his
eminent encouragement of learning and learned
men, and for his great expence and indefatigable
r35n industry in collecting together several monuments
and aiicicnt manuscripts of learning and anti-
quity. All which, with other books, were reduced
into a well ordered library at St. Donat's, to the
great credit and renown of that place and his
family. He hath written,
A IVelsh Grammar. AVhen or where printed
I know not. Of which book, written mostly in
Latin, one of his ' countrymen gives this charac-
ter; ' Hae institutiones grammatical ade6 con-
cinnfe sunt compositse, & omnibus suis numeris
absolutse, ut nee eis addi quicquam, nee ab eis
demi (meo judicio) c[uicquam poterit ; nisi secun-
dam hujus operis author in posterum editionem
maturet.' " Qua;re, Whether this passage is not
" spoken of John David llhese's grammar, not of
" sir Edward Stradling's ?" He hath also written,
The wifiniiig of the hordship of Glamorgan or
Morsaniiwe out of the Wehh-meiCs hands, Stc.
Of \vnich book you may sec more in The History
of Cambria, now called Wales, &c. Printed 1584,
p. 122, and 141, " to which book sir Edw. Strad-
" ling gave his assisting hand, especially in the
" matter of pedigree." This learned and worthy
person hath written other things, but such 1 have
not yet seen, nor can I sa^' more of him, only
that he paid his last debt to nature in the summer
i6iK). time, in sixteen hundred and nine, aged 80, or
more, and was buried in a chappel built by his
father, (dedicated to the Virgin Mary,) joining to
the parish church of St. Donate, between the
bodies of his great-grandfather and grandmother
on the north-side, and the bod}' of riis father on
the south-side. He died without male issue,
whereupon the estate went to his next kinsman
sir John Stradling knight, who was soon after
made a baronet : From whom was descended sir
Edw. Stradling baronet, (a colonel in the army of
K. Charles I.) buried in Jesus coll. chappel, 2 1
June, 1644.
MICHAEL RENNIGER, commonly called
Rhanger, received his first being in this world
in Hampshire, became perpetual fellow of Magd.
coll. in 1547, afterwards master of arts, and a
preacher in the reign of K. Ed. 6. being then
esteemed, bj' those tliat knew him, a person truly
pious, and of singular erudition. But when Q.
JVIary came to the crown, he, with others of the
said coll. vohmtariiy left the land for religion
sake, and lived mostly at Str.isburgh in Germany.
After her death he returned, was made one of the
chaplains to Q. Elizabeth, became a zealous asser-
tor of the Protestant religion, but refusing consi-
derable preferments that were then offer'd to him,
he accepted only of a prebendship in the church
» Humph. Prichard in his pr«f. to Dr. Jo. Dav. Rhese bis
of Winchester'' for the present, as also [Jun. I,
1559-00: See Rymer's Foedera xv, 5(J3.] the
rectory of Crawley near to the said city. In the
year 1573, he took the degrees in divinity, and in
75 was, upon the resignation of Dr. Joh. Ebden,
made archdeacon of \\ inchester. His works are,
Carmina in mortem duorum fratrum Siiffolcien-
siuin, Henrici ^ Caroli Brandon, ike. Lond. 1552.
qu. [Bodl. 4to. B. 9- Art. Sold/]
De Pit V. &; Gregorii Xlll.fnroribus contra
Elizabetham Reginam Anglia. Lond. 1582. oct.
[Bodl. 8vo. R. 66. Th.]
/In Exhortation to true hove, Loi/alty, and Fide-
liti/ to her Majesti/. Lond. 1587. oct.
Treatise against Treasons, liebellions, and suck
Disloyalties. Printed with the Exhortation to,
&c.
Syntagma Hortationum ad Jacobum Regem An-
glia. Lond. 1604. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. R. 68. Th.]
and translated from English into Latin, Jn Apo-
logy or Defence of Priest's Marriages, written by
Jon. Poynct or Ponet B. of Winchester. The
other works, done by him, may be seen in a cer-
tain ^ author who knew Renniger well, which
made him therefore say of him, ' In omni bona-
rum literarum ac linguarum genere ita se exer-
cuit, ut famam non vulgarem inde meruit.' He
died on the 26th of Aug.'^ in sixteen hundred and
nine, aged 89 years, and was buried in the chan-
cel of his church at Crawley before-mentioned,
under the communion-table. Over his grave was
soon after a marble stone laid, with an inscription
thereon in prose and verse ; a copy of which you
may see in Hist. Sf Antiq. Univ. Uxun. lib. 2. p.
197. b. This Dr. Renniger died rich, left a fair
estate, (some of which lay in Lincolnshire,) and a
son named Samuel to enjoy it. In his archdea-
conry of Winchester succeeded Dr. Ranulph
l?arlow of Cambridge. " There was one Samuel
" Renniger of Magd. hall. 1638, son of Michael
" Renniger of Spalding in Lincolnshire."
[Renniger was admitted to the degree of B. A.
March 1545'. He was installed precentor and
prebendary of Rmpingham, in the church of Lin-
coln, June 28, 1567,'*" and July 7, 1583' had the
1)rebend of Reculverland in the church of St.
\iul, London, bestowed on him.
His verses on the Brandons are the longest in
that very rare v'olume, consisting of more than
three hundred lines. I'hey commence,
book, entit. Camhrolmtannica Cymno'cave Linguce Insti-
tutiones, &c. Lond. 1592.
♦ [I5O0, 29 Jul. D'nus admisit Mich. Reniger A. M. ad
canonicatum ct preb. in eccl'ia Wynton, quos Tlio. Hyde
niiper habuit, per deprivat. cjusd. Thome, ad pres. D. ceginae.
Kennbt.]
' Joh. Baleus, in cent. Script. Mag. Erit. g. nu. 73.
' [1609, 1 Oct. Leonard Hutton, S. T. P. coll. ad preb,
dc Ueeulvcrslond in eccl. Paul, per uiort. Mich. Reniger,
S.T. P. Reeist. Bancroft, fol. I. Kennet.]
' [MS. Gough, Oxford 1. p. 87.]
* 'Willis, Survey of Lincoln, &c. p. 183.]
' [Newcourt, Jicptrturium i. p. 204.]
l60p.
[352]
53
SMITH.
54
Quiimvis luctificos ostendunt carminn vultus,
Funostamque gcrit pnllidu chartn luem:
Ne trcmebunda tumeii refcras vestigia, lector,
Seu tibi perplexes larva sit atite pedes :
Ne tibi perculsos quatiat timor porridiis urtus,
Vellicet aut teneras aspera cura fibrns :
Plena timoris enitn res est, et plena doloris,
Hie timor ipse tremit, plangitct ipse dolor.
Res lachriinosa leves querulus ululatibus auras
Implet, inexhaustis atque redundat aquis.
Ipse cavernosis immiigit luctiis in antris
Et dolor borrisono squallidus ore fremit.
Tutamen enervi, lector, ne cede dolori,
Aut pallcscenti carmina fronte legas.
Ne tibi surrectos crispct tbnnido capillos,
Aut timida intortam ventilet aura comam ;
Nam ploranda legis truculentae funera mortis,
Et taciunt istas msesta sepulchra schsedas.]
THOMAS SMITH was bom of sufficient pa-
rents in a town called Abington in IJerkshire,
educated in grammar learning there, (in the free-
school founded by Joh. Royse, citizen and mer-
cer of London, an. 1563,) became a student of
Ch. Ch. in \570, took the degrees in arts, that
of master being compleated in 78, and six years
after was elected one of the proctors of the uni-
versity. About that time, he being esteemed a
religious and discreet gentleman, was made secre-
tary to that popular count, Robert carl of Essex,
who had an especial respect for him. So that
being thereupon introduced into the court, he
raised himself, meerly by his own merits, to consi-
derable cmincncy, as first, to be clerk to the high
court of parliament, afterwards to be one of the
clerks of the council, a knight in 1603, secretary
of the Latin tongue, and one of the masters of
the requests. 'Tis supposed by some, and confi-
dently reported by others, that are learned, that
tho' he lived not to publish any thing, yet several
matters he left behind him fit for tlie press, but
of what subject or faculty they treat, I could
never learn. He deceased in the prime of his
years (whereby a stop was given to his farther
promotion) at his house called Parsons Green near
ifm to London, 28 Nov. in sixteen hundred and nine;
whereupon his botly was buried in the chancel of the
parish church of Fulham in Middlesex, on the 7
Dec. following. Over his grave, " on the South-
side," was soon after erected a comely monument',
' [In the chancel of the church of Fulham, on a polished
£tooe, this inscription :
D. O. M.
Thoma- Smitho Equiti Aurato
Regia; Majcstati a biippliciiin
Libelliset ab Mpistolis Latinis
Viro doctrinu priidentianue
siiigulari :
Francisca Guil. Baronis Chandoj
Filia
Optimo Marito Conjux moestissima
plorans posuit.
. Obij t XX V 1 1 1 d ie Novcmb.
M DC IX.
Kenset.]
by his disronsoiate widow FrancM the daugh-
ter of William lord Chnndoifi, (afterward* the
wife of Thorn, earl of Exeter,) by whom he
had a son named Robert, who was entrod a
gent. com. of Ch. Ch. in Mich, term, an. I620,
aged \5, and became an inheritor for a time of
several lands which his father left to him, par-
ticularly the man«)r of Barwick upon TeaKc in
Yorkshire. The sai<l »ir Thomas ' beciucathed a
considerable sum of money to this univentity to
buy books for the new or liast part of the public
library, as also a mathematical instrument gilt,
besides 100/. to the poor of Abington for tneir
relief. All which was accordingly done and
setled by his younger brother Kichard Smith,
sometimes a member of Ch. Ch. also, who liud
been prime mourner at his brother's funeral.
I (iud another sir Tho. Smith to Itave been of
Bidborough in Kent, second son of Tho. Smith
of Ostcnhanger, in the same county, esq ; (who
dying' 7 June 1591, was buried in the church of
Ashford adjoining) son of John Smith of Corsham
in Wilts, gent. Which sir Thomas (who had *
farmed the customs in the reign of Q. Elizaljcth,
and therefore by some called Customer Smith)
was so much in favour with K. James that he
sent him ambassador* to the emperor of Russia,
19 March 1604. From whence returning, lie was
made governor of the society of merchants, trad-
ing to the East-Indies,* Muscovy, the French
and Summer Islands, and treasurer for the colo-
nies and companies of Virginia. There goe«
under this man's name a book entit. Sir Thomoi
Smith's Voyage and Entertainment in Rusna,
with the tragical Ends of two Emperors, and one
Empress, within one Month, during his being there,
&c. Lond. 1605. qu. [Bodl. 4to. L. 70. Art.] But
him I take not to be the author, because it was
published unknown to him, and without his con-
sent. What else I find of him is,' that his fair
and magnificent house at Deptford near to Lon-
» Ree. Dorset in offic. pracrog. Cant. Qu. 1 13.
J Lib. Certif. in offic. Arm. J. 10. fol. 33.
♦ Vid. Camb. in Annal. Ree. Elhab. an. 1590.
5 Idem. Cambd. in Annal. Reg.Jac. 1. MS. sub. an. J60*.
'• [Chamberlaine in a letter to sir Ralph Winwood dated
Feb. 13, IfiOg, writes thiis, 'Our F.a5t India marchaius
have lately built a goodly ship of above 1?(X) tun ; to the
launching whereof the king and prince were invited, and had
a bountiful bankquctt. The king graced sir Thomas Smith,
the governor, with a chaine, in manner of a collar, better
then 200/. with his picture hanging at it, and put it about
his neck with his own hands, naming the great ship Trade' t
Increase; and the prince a pinace oifSiOtuti (built to waif
upon her) Pepper Com.' VVinwood'j Memorials 17*5, vol.
iii. p. 118.]
' [On the south side of Sutton at Hone church, Kent, it
a most stately monument inclosed with iron rails, and under
an arch of alabaster richly ornamented and supported by co-
lumns of black marble, of the Corinthian onler, is a gentle-
man cumbent in his robes, &c. with the following inscrip-
tion :
MS. To the gl«ry of GSod, and to the pious memorieoflhe
honourable sir Thomas Smith, knt. (late govemour of
the East Indian, Muscovia, French and Sommcr Island
£ 2
55
SMITH.
56
don was burnt' on 30 Jan. l6 1 8, and that upon
sevenil complaints ae;ainst him for certain frauds
used l)V liini, in witliidrawing sums of money in
his rectorsiiip, and place of treasurer, beforemen-
f3o3] tionod, lie Wiis' removed from those impioyments
in April iGiy. His eldest son, sir Job. Smith,
married Isabel daughter of Rob. earl of Warwick,
and another the natural daughter of Ciiarles
Blount lord Mountjoy, without the consent of
his father, in Nov. 1018, but in the middle of July
following, he, upon some discontent, left' En-
gland without leave of iiis father or wife.
Besides these two, I find another famous sir
Tho. Smith, who went before them, not only in
time, but eminence, as being most learned every
way. His native place was SaftVon-Walden in
Essex, his parents John Smith of the same place,
and Agnes the daughter and heir of one Charnock
gent, and the place of his academical education.
Queen's coll. in Cambridge, whereat riper years
he was made choice of (such was his proficiency
in learning) to be sent into Italy at the king's
charges, and there to be educated in certain kinds
of learning, which our universities at home could
not then yield, or rather for the compleat polish-
ing of his parts and studies. After his return, he
became so eminent for his acquired learning,
that lie was not only made the public orator of
companies, treasurer for the Virginian plantation, ])rinie
undertaker (in the year l6l2,) for that noble cleii^ne the
discoverie of the North-West passage, principall com-
missioner for the London expedition against the pirates,
and for a voiage to the ryver Senega, upon the coast of
Africa; one of the cheefe commissioners for the navie-
roial, and sometyme ambassadour from the majestie of
fir. Brit, to the emperour, and great duke of Russia and
Moscovia, &c.) who havingejudiciously, conscionably,
and with admirable facility managed many difficult and
weighty affairs to the honour and profit of this nation,
rested from his labours the 4th dayofSeptem. I0'si5,
and his soul returning to him that gave it, his body was
here laid up in the hope of a blessed resurrection.
From those large kingdomts where the sunn doth rise,
I'rom that rich new-found world that westward lies.
From Volga to the floud of Amazons,
From under both the |«)les and all the zones.
From all the famous rivers, lands, and seas
Betwixt this place and our antipodes,
He gott intelligence what might be found
To give contentment through this massie round ;
But finding earthly things did rather tire
His longing soul, then answer her desire,
To this obscured village he with drewe.
From hence his heaveulie voiage did persue ;
Here summ'd up all ; and when his gale of breath
Had left becalmed in the port of death
The soule's fraile bark, (and safe had landed here.
Where faith his factor and his harbinger
Made place before) he did (no doubt) obtain
That wealth, which here on earth we seek in vain.
Thorpe's Regislrum Hiiffense, Lond 1769, p. 972.
There is a rare print of this sir Thomas Smith by Simon
Pas«, dated in 1C17. He is represented in a fur robe, with
his hat on, and a roll of maps in his hand.]
• lb. [Camhden in Annal Reg. Jac. 1 ] sub. an. I619.
•lb. eod. aji.
■ Ibid.
Cambridge, but also the king's professor of the
Greek tongue, and at length the King's professor
of the civil law, in which faculty he was incorpo-
rated doctor at Cambridge, iti ] J42, and after-
wards at Oxon, but the particular time when, it
appears not, through the imperfectness of the
registers of that time. In the reign of Ed. 6. he
found so much favour with the duke of Somerset,
that he was made one of the secretaries (sir Will.
Cecill being the other) to that king, a knight,
steward of the stannaries, and dean of Carlisle
in the place of one Lancelot Salkeld then ejected.
About the same time also he ^ became provost of
Eaton coll. whereof he had very well merited, but
when Q. Mary came to the crown she deprived
him of those dignities, assigning him an 100/. per
an. pension for his life, howbeit on condition that
lie should not depart the realm. In the begin-
ning of Q. Elizabeth, he was called again to the
service of the commonwealth, was restored to his
deanery, was present with the divines at the cor-
recting of the English liturg}-, and afterwards
with great commendations performed several em-
bassies. At length being one of the .secretaries
of state again, and chancellor of the order of the
Garter, and several times a parliament man, be-
came very beneficial to the commonwealth of
learning, by procuring the laws concerning com
for the colleges of students in both the univer-
sities^. This person, who was a noted orator,
Grecian, and civilian, and worthy to be remem-
bred for other learning, hath written, 1. The
Commonwealth of England, and the Manner and
Government, thereof, in three hooks. Printed in
an old Engl, character at Lond. 1583, [1589,
Hearne's copj', 8vo. Rav.d. 428. in bibl. Bodl.j
94, in qu. and several times in oct.-* notwithstand-
ing it was left unfinished by the author. Trans-
lated into Lat. by Dr. Jo. Budden, who caused
it to be printed at Lond. in oct. [Bodl. 8vo. S. 88.
Art.] 'Twas also published in Lat. by John Laet
of Antwerp, at Leydcn 16SO. in tw. [Bodl. 8vo.
S. 15. Art. BS.] 2. De recta &,- emendala LinsriKz
Grieea P'onuntiatione, ad Gardinerum Ep. tvin-
ton. Epistola. Lutet. 1568. qu. [Bodl. 4to. S. 19.
' Cambd. in Annal. Beg. EHz. sub. an. 1.577-
^ [Anno 1377 that excellent act pnssi'd whereby it was
provided. Thai a third part of the rent upon leases in.idc by
coUedges, should be reserved in corn, paying it either in kind
or in money, after the rate of the best prices in Oxford or
Cambridge markets, the next m '.rket-days before Michaelmas
or our Lady day. For the pa?sing of this act, sir Thomas
Smith surprised the hou^c, and whereas many conceived not
the differtnte telween the pay nicnt of rents in corn or money,
the knowing patriot took the advantage of the present cheap
year, knowing that hereafter grain would grow dearer, niaii-
kiude dayly multiplying, and license b.ing lately given for
transportation ; so that now when the univir-itics have least
corn they have most bread. Lloyd, Stalcstncn and Favou-
rites, l(fe, p. 37 1. J
* [The 12mo. of l()35 has (according to the title-page)
additions nf ttie chief Courts in England, and the offices
thereof, by the said author. Loveday.]
57
SMITH.
SANSBURY.
58
Art. Seld.] 3. De recta Sfeinendata Lingua An-
g/ictB Scriptione. Printed dialogue-wise with the
toniicr hook. 4. De Re Nummtiria. 5. 'the an-
thoriti/,form and miiiiiier of holding I'urliamentn.
This book heing liiteiy (l68j) published, may be
doubted whether sir Tho. Smith was the author
of it.' He hath also extant many Letters in the
Comp/eat Jnihasmdor, &,c. colleetcd by sir Dud-
ley Diggcs. 'I'here is a MS. in bibliotheca Ash-
rnolffianii, n. 829, ascribed to this sir Tho. Smith,
viz. A Dialoiiuc of the Marriage of Queen Eliza-
beth.^ He cleparted this mortal lite in the cli-
maoterical year of his age, in the month of July?
1577, and was buried in the church of Theydon-
Mouiit, or Theydon at Mount in Essex. All his
Lat. and Greek books he gave to Queen's coll. in
Cambridge, as also a great globe of bis own mak-
ing, besides maintenance for two scholars to come
from SafiVon-VValden to that house. There was
a very fair niouument ordered to be put over the
bodies of him and his wife, and no doubt there
' [This hook is nothing more than the second and third
chapter of the second bonk of his Cnmmonivcallh of Ensland,
which are prefixed to Arcana Parliameitlaria, 12mo. Lond.
1685.]
* [He wrote four orations on this subject, i. Agamus, or
Wedlpitc, his oration for the queen's single life. ii. Phi-
loxenus, or Love-alien, his oration for the queen's marrying
with a stranger, iii. Another on the same snbjcct. \v. Axe-
nius, or llome-friend, his oration for the queen's marrying
with an English nobleman, rather then uny foreign prince.
These were all published in the appendix to Strype's Life of
Sir Thomas Smith, 8vo. lG()6.
Camtlen also mentions An excellent Commentary of Mat-
ters, worthi/ to he published. Elizaieth, 1577.]
' [He died Aug. 12, 1577, and was burie<l at MonntThey-
don CO. Essex, on the North side of the chancel, with this
inscription on his monument, on which lies his effi^jies in
marble in a cumbent posture.
Thomas Smithus, eques auratus, hujus manerii dominus,
cum regis Edw. VI. turn Elizabeiha; reginaeconsiharius,
ac prinii nominis secretarius ; eorundemque principmii
ad maximos r>'ge3 legatus ; nobiliss. ordinis gartcrii can-
ciUarius ; Ardx australisque Claneboy in Hibernia colo-
ncllus ; juris civilis supremo titulo etiamniim adolescens
insignitus ; orator, matheraaticus, philosophus, exctl-
lentissimus ; linguarum Latina;, Grascae, Hcbraica:, Gal-
licae etiam & Italicoe, callentissiuius ; proborum & ingc-
niosorum hominum fautor eximius j pluriniis commo-
dans, nemini nocens, ab injiiriis ulsciscendis alienissi-
nius ; denique, sapientia, pietate, integrilate insignis, &
in omni vita, seu oeger seu valens, intrepidus mori, Cum
aetatis su;c LXV annum coniplevisset, in aedibus suis
Montaulensibus 12 die Aug, An. salutis MDLXXVII.
pie & suaviter in domino obdormivit.
In his will I find no charity given to Eaton college, of
which he had been formerly provost, or to this church, but
all to his family. Willis, Survey of the Cathedral of Carlisle,
4to. Lond. 1727, page 303.
Smith is said by Ritson {Bill. Poelica, 335,) to have turn-
ed some of the psalms into metre, and written certain songs,
&c. when prisoner in the Tower, 1549- MS. Reg. in mus.
Brit. 17 .V xviii. Some commendatory lines of his writing
were also prefixed to /'Hiarton's Dreame, 4to. Lond. 1878.
Htrbert Typ. Anlio. 10g4.
There are heads of Smith 1. before Sirype's Life, 8vo.
without date, but I fancy by White. 2. Houbraken, folio.
3. A wood-cut in Gabriel Haney's Smithus, vet Musarum
Lachrymce, &c. 4to. 1578.]
is but that it was done aceordingly, yt-i what ilie
inscription on it is, I cannot yet leurn,* nor aiiy [334]
tiling else of him, only that Jo. Ix-lnml doth
highly e.\tol him, in his' AWom/a of lUuktriou* '
and learned men of Mngland.
JOHN SANSBURY, or Sandsbitby, an emi-
nent and ingenious Latin poet, was bom in Lon-
don, educated in -Merchant-Taylor's school, be-
came scholar of St. John's coll. in Midsummer
term, an. I.'jIj.I, aged 17, took the <!• 1 arU,
became vicar of the church of S. ^ . 1 the
north suburb of O.\on, lGf)7, and the year after
Wiis admitted -bach, of divinity. He liatli w ritlen,
Ilium in Ilalium Oiunia ad protect ioiiem regit
sui omnium optimi Jilia, pediaequa. O.\on. I(i08.
oct. [Bodl. 8vo. S. 22. Art. BS.] In the (aid
book are the arms of each coll. aiid verse* under
them.
Tragedife diversep. MS. Acted several time*
by the scholars of the aforesaid coll. in the com-
mon refectory in the time of Christmas. He wa»
buried in the church of S. Giles bcfore-ntention'd,
in the month of Jan. in sixteen hundred and
nine.
[This is not the first time I have had occasion
to remark Wood's industry or research. Of iliia
author, Sandsbury, f>erhaps no other record re-
mains than a short account of him in an ancient
Catalogue of the Fellows and Scholars of St.
John's, from which he evidently derived his in-
formation. I am enabled, by the kindness of the
president, Dr. Marlow, to give this in its original
form.
' Anno 1593 Johannes Sandsburye Mr. Artiu
ifiOl, Bacch. Theol. IGOB. Poeta ingenio-
sissimus, cuius prxterTragaedias multas apud
nos actas, etia" Libcllus prodijt de Insignibus
Collegioru*, additis Epigraniatis. Vicarius
Ecel'a: S'' .^gidij in subnrbijs Oxon. vbi
sepultus, lC09.
SansDury's book is one of very uncommon oc-
currence : perhaps the copy in the Bodleian (for-
merly Scldca's) is the only one now existing. It
consists of three sheets only. At tl»e top ot each
page are the arms of the college, and beneath
verses giving an explanation of Uiem, each copy
containing some compliment to his majesty king
James.
Acad. Oxon.
Talis pes triduum felix, academia nuper
Oxoniensis eram, cum tempore Trinus' eodem
Princeps per triduum, hoc cingebat more volu-
men
Encyclopaideiae nostrum ; clavosque sigilUs
Septem tirmatos, omniscius ipse Jacobus
• [Sec this inscription, with many other particntarj of
Smith's Kfe and writings in the Biographia Britanmca, page
3719, and Stniw's Li/f.J
''In Principum ac illustrium aliquot V rrudilorum Anglut
virorum Lncomiis, iic. Lund. 1589, 1"- P- 87.
' [Jacob. II. .\fc_a. Reg. Henric. Pr.]
59
PYE.
AG LION BY.
60
Tractaret, rex in solio, doctorque cathedra :
Rex nrtis sapiens, felix. Hinc nobilis, illinc
Doctiis consessiis campum coclesticolorem
Fecere ; Hunc librum, rex, has defcnde coronas.
Sign. A. 2.
Nor. Coll.
Flos return mundi, rex, vel Jove judice, florum
Qui facis egregium regali stirpe rosetum,
Stenima mrumquc triplex regnum de hacrcde
Jacobus
Securum faciens, dum Scota, Britannica jungis
Tigna tibi totidem propriis pulchra ambo rose-
tis,
Wintoniense illud, Marianum hoc, magnerosa-
rum
(Sj'mboia quae sophite) dupHcatarumque domo-
rum ;
Protector (ilorente rosa nam est tempus amoris)
Pcrpetuo facias florere, et dilige semper.
Sign B. 1.
S. Joh. Coll.
Annulus est primum jungendi pignus amoris;
Hunc dignare fides ut prtecursoria jiingat
Oxonia; matri. Nostra: alia Ciconia c4-istaB
Tarde adventantes punit. Leo noster in ipso
Vestibulo occursu vestri praesultat eUntis
Stellatam in cameram, qua; nunc acadcmia, et
ilium
Raro visa ad te pretiosa animalcula cingunt.
Sic primum viso, qui primi vidimus, istam
Quinquagint.i, fidemque, et gaudia nostra sa-
cramus.
Sign. C. 1.]
THOMAS PYE, who is the next writer ac-
cording to time, that is to be mentioned, is one,
that had learning enough to be a dean or bishop,
j'et could never rise nigher than a vicar and
pedagogue. He was born at Darlaston near
Wetlnesbury in Staffordshire, educated for the
most part in logicals and philosophicals in Mer-
ton coll. of which he became one of the chaplains
in 1581, being then esteemed among the learned
to be one of them. Afterwards taking the degrees
in divinity as a member of that house, he became
vicar and schoolmaster of Bexhill near Hastings
in Sussex about 1590, being then, and before, ac-
counted an eminent linguist, excellent in sacred
chronology, in ecclesiastical histories and polemi-
cal divinity. His works are,
A Computation from the beginning of time to
Christ, by ten Articles. Lond. 1597- qu. [Bodl.
4to. P. 40. Art. Seld.]
A Confrmation of the same for the Times contro-
verted before Christ : As also that there wanteth a
Year after Christ in the usual Computation. Print-
ed with the former book, and both under the ge-
neral title of An Hour-glass.
Epistola ad ornatiss. virum D. Johan. Howso-
num S. T. D. Acad. Oxon Procancellarium, qua
Dogma ejus novum 8; admirabile de Judworum di-
vortiis refutatur, if suus SS. Scripturce nativus
sensusab ejus glossematis vindicatur. * Lond. 1603.
qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 27- Th.]
Epistola responsoria ad clariss. virum D. Alb,
Gentilem MS. 'Tis on the same subject with the
former, and are both answered by Rob. Burhill.
Usury's Spright conjured; or, a Scholastical De-
termination of Usury. Lond. l604. qu. [Bodl.
4to. U. l.Th. Seld.]
Answer to a Treatise written in defence of Usury.
Printed there the same year. He gave way to
fate at Bexhill, in the latter end of sixteen hun-
dred and nine, at which time he by his will (dated
20 Dec. and proved 20 March, an. 1609-) desired
that ills body might be buried in the school-house
at Bexhill beforementioned, lately repaired and
new paved by him. In his said will he leaves
certain moneys to the poor of Brightling neiu"
Battle in Sussex, at which place, as 'tis probable,
he had a cure. About two years before nis death
he bestowed much money in building the cam-
))anile or tower at Darleston before-mentioned,
which before was btiilt of timber.
[Pye dedicates his Houre Glasse to the most
gracious and reverend father in Christ, John, by
the providence of God, lord archbishop of Can-
terbury, &c. ' which labours of mine (if the low-
nesse thereof in regard of your highness, breed
not too great a disparage,) I hight as wholly due
to your grace, in respect not only of the common
right, in that you are the highest person and
chiefest patron of my profession, or of that spe-
cial interest in that you are the visitor and over-
seer of Merton college, my tender parent, but
also even of a certaine property, which your grace
in regard of man}' benefits above other, hath in
me now that I am bereft of that reverend father
D. Bicklie, late L. bishop of Chichester, Qui
nobis hcEc otia fecit. — September 1597- Your
grace's most bounden Thomas Pie. Ken net.]
JOHN AGLIONBY was born of a genteel
family in Cumberland, became a student in
Queen's coll. in 1583, where, after he had gone
through the servile duties several years, was made
fellow; whereupon entring into holy orders be-
came a most polite and learned preacher. After-
wards, travelling, he was introduced into the
acquaintance of cardinal Bellarmine, who shew-
ing to him the picture of the profound William
W hittaker of Cambridge, which hung up in his
* [The following controversial tracts on this epistle will
be found in the Bodleian.
1. Johannis Howsoni Defensio Theseuis, Uxore dimissa
propter fornicaiionem , aliam non licet superinducere. Oxon.
1602, 8vo. ^Y• 6l. Th. & ieo6. 4to. Y. 2. Th. Seld.
2. Johannis liaynoldi Epistola ad Th. Pyum. Printed in
the former.
3. Alherti Gentilis Epistola ad Howsonum de lilro doclo-
ris Pye. A. 7. 9- Line.
4. Defrnsio Theseujs J. Howsoni contra Reprehensionem
Tliomw Pi/!. Auctore Roberto Burhilto. Oxon. 1606. 4to.
Y,2.Th."Seld.]
61
RHESE.
[PRICHAHD.]
69
[355]
1609-10.
library, told him, pointing to the picture, that
he was the most learned heretic that ever he
read, or to that effect. After his n-t urn lie was
made chaplain in ordinary to Q. Elizabeth, took
the degree of D.D. in \(iOO, was made principal
of S. Edmund's-hall the year after, being about
that time rector of Islip near to, and in the
county of, Oxon, and soon after chaplain in ordi-
nary to K. James I. He was a person well nc-
complished with all kind of learning, profoundly
read in the fathers, and in school-divinity, an
exact linguist, and of an aquiline acumen, as one'
who is profuse in his praise tells you. What he
hath published I find not ; however the reason
why 1 set him down here, is, that he had a most
considerable hand in the translation of the IVerr-
Teslament, appointed by K. James, in Uj04, which
is all that 1 know material of him, saving only
that he dying at Islip, to the very great reluct-
ancy of all learned and good men, on the fi Eeb.
in sixteen hundred and nine, aged 43, was buried
in the chancel of the church there. Soon after
was set up an inscription, to his memory, on the
east-wall of the said chancel, (by his widow, I
think,) wherein being nothing of him, but what I
have mentioned already, 1 shall pass it by for
brevity's sake.
[Mag^ Joh. Aglionby, S.T.P. ad eccl. dc Ble-
chingdon institutus, 18. Nov. iGOl, per resign.
Erasmi AVebb. ad ])res. pra;pos. et scolar. coll.
Regin. Oxon. Iteg. WIntgift, Cant. Ken net.
in MS. Harl. Mus. Brit. N" 847, article 7, is
jin Oration made at fVarwicke before Q. Eliza-
bet he the 11 ])ai/ of Jugust,J.D. 1572, bt/ Ed-
ward Aglioubi/e, Esq. wherein he gives a short
History of the Place. Probably some relation of
our author.]
JOHN DAVID RHESE, or Jo. David or
Davis, was born at Lanvaethlcy in the isle of
Anglesea, elected student of Ch. Ch. after he had
been conversant among the Oxonians for three or
more years, in the month of Dec. 1555, aged 21,
travelled beyond the seas before he took a degree
in this university, became doctor of physic of
Senes or Sienna in Tuscany, and public modera-
tor of the school at Pistoia in that country, whose
language there, which is Italian, he understood as
well as any native. Afterwards he returned to
his country, where he practised his faculty with
admirable success, and was held in high esteem
by learned men, for his excellent knowlege in all
kind of literature, especially for physic, poetry,
the grammatical part of the Welsh tongue, aud
curiosity in various criticisms; yet by the gene-
rality, he being not understood, his rare parts
and curious learning was in a manner bin'icd where
he lived. He hath written in the Florentine lan-
guage.
' Is. Wake in lib. cui tit. Rtjr Platonicua, in act, seciin-
tlae diei.
Rulet for obtaining of the Latin 'J'otigne^—
Printed at Venice : And in Latin theae two Dook«
following;
J)e Jtalica; Lingua: Pronunciatione. Printed
at Padua. Both were, in their time, held in
great repute by the ItalianH, and the last by
strangers that occasionally lravelle«l into Italy.
Cainbro- liritnnnica, Cymertrctcve, Lingua htMti-
tutiones S>; Jiudimenla, i^c. ad intelligrnd. lliblia
sacra nuper in Carnbro-liritanniiUin \ermonem
elegant er versa Lond. I5'J2. fol. Written to
sir E<lw. Stradling of St. iJonat'i, castle in CJIamor-
panshire, a great favourer and furtherer of learn-
ing, as I have elsewhere told you. Before which
book is a large preface, written by Huin|ih. Prich-
ard of Bangor in North Wales, »onu-times an
Oxford scholar. Our author Rhese liath also
written in the British language;
Compendium if Aristotle's Metaphtfsic$. — MS.
formerly in Jesus coll. librarj*. In which bo*jk
the author saith, that the British language is a*
copious in expressing congruous terms, as the
Greek, or any language whatsoever. He hath
written other excellent things, but arc lost, as I
have been assured by O1.0K IscANLs,<and there-
fore I cannot say any thing else of him, only that
he died a Rom. Cath. (as he lived) at, or near,
Brecknock, (where he mostly dwelt and practised
physic) in the reign of K. James I. scil. about six-
teen hundred and nine, and that he is much cele- 1609.
hatred by ^ Stradling the epigrammatist for his
learning, while he lived, who stiles^ him ' novum
anticjUO! lingua" lumen,' and by Cambden who
calls him,' 'clariss. is. eruditissimus lingua; vir D.
Johannes David.' See more of him in Tho.
Ley son under the year I6O7. Col. 27.
[It is commonly sayd that Dr. John Da. Rhese
wasa Papistjbutone can scarce believe it, that reads
the preface to his Grammar by Humph. Prich-
ard, wherein it is sayd, that John Da. Rlusc made
that book purposely for the i)roinoting and better
understanding of that excellent translation of th«
Bible into \Velch, and that also principally for
the sake of the ministers, and to make the Scrip-
ture more intelligble to them and the people.
And it is also there said, that he was ' sincerse
religionis propagandae avidissimus,' by which
Prichard, who was a Protestant, and a minister
of the church of England, must mean the Pro-
testant religion. Humphreys.]
[HUMPHREY PRICHARD. We are in-
debted to bishop Humphreys for the following
article, giving some account of the person no-
ticed in the life of Rhese. After a considerable,
* ,rrhat is, Hehrt Vaooham, comnionly called ih«
Silurist, who wrote a rollection of poems entiluled Olar
Jscaniis. See these Athens under the year 169-5-]
' In lib. 1. Epigram. ' In lib. 1. Df filtr V
Morte contemncnd. ' Sec in the Addkienal Collection nf
Leilas, at the end of Dr. Jam. Usher's Life printed in wl.
1680, let. 2. p. !/.
as
[PUICHARD.J
PERSONS.
64
vet unavailing search, I am sorry not to have it
III uiv power to add any information whatever to
the ()nef iiicnioranduuis that follow. ' He was
in his youtli (as it seems) instituted to the rectory
of Llonbenhan in Anglesea (by the name of
Humph. Prichard ap John, clerk) by bishop Ar-
thur Bulklev. His institution bears date at Ban-
gor, Aug. 6. 1348, he being then, it seems, but
in some of the inferiour orders. For 1550, bishop
Bulkelcy gives him letters dimissory, ' ut ad oni-
nes saoros ordines, quos nondum assecutus fuit,
promoveri valeat.' After this, viz. 1552. Oct. 30.
he is ordained deacon at Bangor by the same bp.
After this, it should seem, he studied in O.xon.
For in the year 1554, Dec. 22, he was ordained
subdeacon at Clrrist Church, in Oxon, by Tho-
mas, Sidofi. Ep'us. Suftraganeus, as he is called
in the letters of orders. 1 here are two things odd
in these orders. First, that he is ordained sub-
deacon, after he was made deacon. Secondly,
that his letters of orders are in the name, and
under the seal, of Robert bp. of Oxon. testifying
that Thomas, Sidoii. E'pus, &c. had ordained
him ' vice et nomine nostris.' 1565. April 13, he
was ordained priest, by Thomas Achadeu ? Ep'us
in Hibcrnia, m the chappel of London liousc,
and hath his letters of orders in the name, and
under the test and seal, of Edmund (Bonner) bp.
of London. In all his orders, it is said ' ad titu-
him rectoriae suae de Llanbenlan.' Anno 1570,
Nov. 6, being the 13th of queen Eliz. he appeared
before bp. Robinson at Bangor, and subscribed
the 39 articles. He continued rector of Llanben-
lan till 1586. For Sept. 28th. that year he ap-
peared at a visitation as such. But then advan-
tage being taken at his non residence, and the
irregularity of his institution and orders, one
Hugh Edwards was instit.ited into Llanbenlan,
'jure legitime vacantem,' the last of June 1587.
But Mr. Prichard kept Iris possession against him,
till he was summoned to the bp's court ; and
then, npon a full hearing of Mr. Prichard, and
his allegations and proofs, it was finally adjudged
by Dr. Henry Moston, then chancellor, that Mr.
Prichard was a meer layman at the time of his
institution, and that, by consequence, his institu-
tion and title to the said rectory was null and
void, and order given for the institution of Ed-
wards. This was m court held at Bangor, Oct. 13.
1587. We have no farther mention of Prichard
in our books, tho' he lived some years after, his
prefatory epistle to Job. Dav. Rhese's Grammar,
being writ between 1590 and 1592.' Hvm-
PHKEVS.]
[35()] ROBERT PERSONS, or Parsons, a most
noted and learned writer of his time, and the or-
nament of the English nation in the opinion of
tliosc of his society, must according to time have
llie next place to be niention'd. Concerni;ig
whom several R. priests and others, who have
^ [Vulgo Achonry^
written bitterly against, and scurrilously of, him,
have peremptorily said, (as Tho. ' Bell, and Tho.»
James from them hath done the like,) that he was
basely born of mean parentage at Stokersey in
Somersetshire, that Ins supposed father was a
blacksmith, his right, the palish priest of Stoker-
sey; by means whereof he was binominous,
sometimes called Rob. Parsons, sometimes Rob.
Cowbuck, &,c. that he was ' one of the dregs of
the eommonaltv, a fellow of a most seditious dis-
position, a sycoj)hant, an equivocator, and one
that would set kingdoms to sale, &c. But these
things, with many others, not now to be named,
having been written out of malice against him,
I shall by no means follow, or embrace them for
truths, but recede to that collection of his life,
which I have made partly from his own writings,
partly from record, and partly from impartial
writers. Born therefore he was ^ at Stowey com-
monly called Nethcr-Stowey near to Bridgewater
in Somersetshire, an 1546. His father was a ple-
beian of honest repute, and an enemy to the
church of Rome, but by Alex. Bryant reconciled
thereunto. His mother was a known grave ma-
tron living divers years in flight and banishment
for religion, died therein at London, very aged,
about 1599.^ The son Robert being a child of
very great towardliness and exceeding apt to
learn, was by his father's endeavours trained up
in the English tongue, and having a good me-
mory, could repeat what he had read once or
twice, very readily. About that time, it hapned
that one John Hayvvard, a virtuous good priest,
who before had been a canon regular in Devon-
shire, became vicar of Nether-Stowey, who per-
ceiving that Robert had pregnant parts, did teach
him the Latin tongue, and after had a special
affection for him ; for he living to the beginning
of the j-ear 1575, endeavoured to get him into
Baliol coll. did exhibit unto him, as 'tis said, and
was not against the resignation which he made of
his fello\vship. In the latter end of 1563, our
author R. Parsons being fitted for academical
learning was sent to the said coll. but whether he
was at his first coming a servitor, or scholar, I know
not. Sure it is, that by the heli) of good natural
parts, accompanied with unwearied industry, he
became in short time a smart disputant, not only
in the coll. but public schools, as occasion served.
In the latter end of May 1568, he was admitted
bach, of arts, and the same year probalioner-
' In the Anatomy of Popish Tyranny. Lond. l603. lib. S.
can. 5. sect. I. 'In the l.ife of Father Parsons, at
the end o{ The Jesuits Dowifall. Ox. I6l2. p. 52.
■ Sec Camden's Annals of Q. E/ii. under the vvslt 1(502,
and in Watson's Quodtibets of State. * Rob. Persons
in his Manifestation of Folly- printed ifiOl. fol. Cg. b.
cap. 7-
3 [This account of Wood's is set aside by tlie evidence of
Dr. Abbot, wlio, in a letter which will he fc.mid at note*,
informs us, that a regular certificate of bastardy was produced
to the college meeting previous to his removal from Balliol.]
65
I'l-KSONS.
66
^
fellow of the said coll('c;e; which heing tcrnii-
iiatcd, he was made eiia|)lain-fcllow, and so con-
geijuently (I presume) went inio orders, heiiig then
n noted tutor in the coll. In Mi<-haelmas-term
l.^y'-i he was admitted master of arts, stood in the
net celebrated 12 Oct. 1.373, and on the 13 Feb.
following he resigned his fellowship of his own
accord (as the register of 13al. coll.'' saith, tho'
♦ lirg. Aclor Coll. littl. p. 125. See the whole story of
tiis expulsion, which was no oiher than a rcsigiintion in Fa.
Person's Uriif Apoloii^, fol. 1()'J, 193, 1()4, &c. [The follow-
ing IcUcr from archhishop Abbot, wlio had Ijcen a fellow of
BalUol, toDr.Hussye, puts this afl'.iirof the expulsion or re-
signation in a stronger and clearer light, than any other docu-
ment 1 have yet met with. It was transcribed by Henry
foulis, fellow of Lincoln college, from the original paper, and
ublished by him in his History of Romish Treasons and
Usurpations, Londoa iC?!, folio. (Bodl. C. 1. 14. Th.)
page 680.
To my worshipful loving friend, Mr. Dr. Hussye, at
Mr. Maiden's house, who dwelleth at the sfgn of
the tunn in Watling-strcct ; give these.
You write unto mc to know what is in record any way
against Mr. Parsons ; and I return you here inclosed, word
for word, so much as is in the register of Baliol colledg. In
the resignation, as you may see, he had written spontc it
coacius i but now it is spontc non coarlus (et) being blotted
out, and (non) being set* over. Which
, ' I am deceived if it be not alter'd by
|,,_ some body else of late, in as much as
I am verily pcrswadcd, that since my
coming to the colledg, I have seen it sponte et coacius ;
which although it carry a contradiction, yet intimateth that
he resigned against his will. The particufar re.asons whereof
. , ,° ... no man can tell belter than Dr. Tiir-
+ In the proctor s book , ,,. • ,. ,, _ , ,„ , „,
I find one Tho. Hyfle "er, now dwelling in I'etter lane; or
proceeded master of arts Dr. f Hide of Sarum ; for, as 1 take
the s.ime year with Rob. it, they were both present at his re-
Parsons, viz. 1573. moving.
The causes and manner of his giving over, as far as I
could ever comprehend, were these:
J Christopher Bag- Bagshaw.J being a smart young man,
»haw admitted fellow g^j „„£ jyi,o thought his penny good
1.57J; left the colledg -^^.^ ^f^^,^ ,^01 he had his grace to
IriSlx was made priest ■ , , i i- . J? „
in France, lived a while be batchclor of arts ; was with some
jn the English colledg dcspiglit swindijcd by I'arsons, Ijeing
at Rome ; proceeded dean of the colledg : Jloc nianet alia
doctor, some say at menlc repostum : And Bagshaw afler-
Padoa (A. P. Rc^y, ^^,,^^1 co,i,ing to be fellow, was most
r:s; an^d t^Z.'lu^ hot in prosecution against Parsons. It
faculty at Sorbonne. was the more forwarded bv Dr. Inquire s
He was active against displeasure, who was llien master of
the arch-priest in the Baliol colledg, and thought liinuelf to
stirrs at Wisbich : He ^.^y^ (jg^,! i„i,(.l, bitten by vile libels,
lived to be very old. ^j^^ ,^^^^^^^^ whereof he conceived Par-
sons to be ; who in truth was a man at that time wonder-
fully given to scoffing, and that with bitterness, which also
was tlie cause that none of the company loved him.
Now Dr. Stpiire and Bagshaw beiii" desirous of .some oc-
casion to trim him, this fell out: In the year 1572, Pai|sons
had been bourser and being joyn'd in office with one St.in-
clif, a very simple fellow, he took the adv.mtage of the
weakness of his colleague, and falsified the reckonings nuich
to the damage of the colledg, as also deeply polling the com-
nioners names, whereof there was store in the colledg; and
withall, not sparing his own scholars: By all which means it
•was thoiiglit, that he had purloin'd one hundred marks.
His office expiring at St. Luke's tide, there were s<inic that
between that and February 1,'>73, scauncd over the booki.
Vol. II.
certain authors tell ns, that he resigned to prevent
e.v pulsion), being then, if nut bcfurc, about to
being moverl thrrrln by the trerel compUinU of loine of ih«
commoners their irholarii and fin' Aut
being now reriificd, that he wu i I itw
first i|U.-ility there requimi by ttai...- , i ..... .. ., , i,.,«r
should be Ugitimo thoro nalui, tliry proceeded to lijtr his
expulsion soleinnly. Where, by the way, you luay add, that
Parsons w.xs not of the best fame cunoeming inoontU
nency, § as I have heard some s.iy who
lived in Oxon at that time: liut whe- i^ Sjudxrs «r/#.
ther that were then objected against Jjj J^.'SST'
him, I have not heard. ' '^'
Parsons being put to this push in the colledg ehappel, and
ways sufficient concurring to cx|iell him, arid in truth nn
man standing for hiiA, uiakctli humble rcqueni, 'J1iat he
might be suHercd to resign; which, with some a-tio, waa
yeelded to him; and then iic wrote as you luve here iu-
closed.
Afterwards, W-forc the assembly broke up, he entreatnl
that his giving over might be conceal'd, by reason that it
would be disgraceful unto him with all men, but especially
with his scholars and their friends, and for these causes hum-
bly prayed. That he might keep his scholars, chanil>er, fitc.
and be reputed as a fellow in the house, the matter being
concealed from all the boys and the younger sort in the
house ; which then in words was yeelded unto, and that other
decree which now you see razed, was enacted for the time,
but afterward was soon crossed, as you may behold.
And soon after their coming out of the cha|>pel, by Bag-
shaw's means a peal of bells was rung at Magdalen parish
church, being the parish wherein Balliol colledg standeth;
the reason of which ringing, as it was im)>aried to some few,
to be to ring out Mr. Parsons, so generally it was not known
to the world, or in the colledg, which gave occasion to thi*
farther jest:
When Parsons was expcll'd, he was one of the deans of
the colledg, and so by his place was to keep corrections in
the hall on the Saturdays. The next lime therefore of cor-
rections, which was the day of Parsons his expulsion, or
.soon after. Dr. Squire causeth Parous lo go into the hall a*
dean, and to call the book and roll, Sec. and then cometh
Dr. Squire himself in, and as if it had been in kindncia
to countenance him (but in trith more profi>undly to
deride him) he calleth him at every word, Mr. Dean, and
desireth him often to have a strict care to the giiod govern-
ment of the ytnilh ; and not only for a fit, but all the lime of
his vear that he was toconiirmc in office.
Some of the commoners knew all this pageant, and laughl
the more sweetly ; and Parsons, in the end, spying how he
was scorned, and nothing concealed; nay, undersuiiidina all
his knell which was rung out for him, for very 5h.?me got
liiin away to London ; and there, not knowing what course
at first to take, at length resolved to try his fortune lieyond
's.ia, pnrjiositiij;, as ii should seem at his dc)>arture, to study
physick ; but ~ afterward, when he came into Italy, resoly-
ing rather lo study the civil law ; which he did for a time at
Bonoiiia, as himself in that place told Mr. Da vers, brother
to the late sir John Davers.as the said .Mr.Daveti hatli him-
self told me; but afterwards, be-like wanting means of con-
liimanre, he tum'd to be a Jesuit. ,. , , .
Presently upon his de|Kirture out of hngland, he sent a
letter, or rather a notable libel lo Dr. Squire ; and he had so
ordered the matter, that many copies of the letter were taken
and abroad in the hands of others, bi-fore the letter came to
the doctor; which was the true cause that many very' lewd
things were falsely reported of Dr. Squire, although in Uulh
he was such a man as wanted no foults, &c.
Your very loving friend,
I'ebruarv 1. I()<)l. UboRSB AbbOT.
At Uuivcr^ity colledg.
r
67
J»ERSONS.
68
change his rehijion.' In June 1574 he left Eng-
land, went to Calais, and thence to Antwerp ; at
vhich place after he had continued for some weeks,
he diverted himself for a time with a journey to
Lovain, where, being no sooner arrived, but he
fell into the company of father Will. Good his
country-man, by whom he was kindly received,
and with him spent some days in spiritual exer-
cise. So that whereas then, and before, he had
addicted his mind to the study of physic, and did
intend to prosecute it at Padua, (to which place
he had then intentions to go,) he, by Good's ad-
vice, made some doubt of that matter. At length
he went there, and was for some time not only
conversant in that faculty, but also in the civil
[3*7] law. Upon second thoughts he relinquished
those studies, went to the English coll. at Rome,
was there admitted into the society of Jesus
4 July 1575, went thro' the several classes of di-
Ainity, and in 1580 journied into England with
Edm. Campian and others to advance the Ro-
mish affair.s, with power then given by P. Greg.
XIII. for moderating the severe bull of P. Pius
V. While he continued there, which was in the
quality of a superior, he travelled up and down
in the country to gentlemen's houses, disguised
in the habit sometimes of a soldier, sometimes
like a gentleman, and at other times like a minis-
ter and an apparitor. And being a person of a
seditious and turbulent spirit and armed with a
confident boldness, tampered * so far with the
R. Catholics about deposing Qu. Elizabeth that
some of them (as they afterwards confessed)
The inclosed resignation, mentioned in the letter, runs
thus
Ego Robertiis Persons socius collegii de Balliolo, resigno
otnne mcum jus, tilulum ct clameum, quern habco vel
habere potero societatis me^ in dicto collegio, quod qui-
" Here rf is duh'd
out, and/wnnritten over
it. [Through the kind'
non«
dem facio sponte et coactus, die
decimo tertio mensis Februarii Anno
Dom. 1573.
Per me Rob. Parsons.
ness of the rev. William
Vain, fellow of Balliol
Collere, these extracts
Uud t^th ^r::!gi^:!; The Indoscd decree, mentioned in the
letter, take thus:
P^odera tempore decretumest unani-
mi consensu m' et reliquorum so-
ciorum, ut magistcr Robcrtus Par-
sons nuperriuie socius retineat sibi
siia cnbicula et scholares quosque
voluerit, et commuiiia sua de col-
legio habeat usque ad festum Pas-
schatis immediate sequenlis.
But this last decree was presently after cancell'd or cross'd,
and so remains in their Register book."
' [Xtoph. Bagshaw, his fellow coU^. and fellow priest,
gives thel)est account of his behaviour and expulsion at Ox-
ford, which had Mr. Wood seen, he could hardly have been
thius partial in favour of this Jesuite. See Dr. Bagshaw's
Answer lo Ajiologie, at end of Dr. Ely's Notes, 1602, 8vo.
p. 32. Kknnet. Yet surely Bagshaw's evidence should be
received with some distrust, when we remember that he was
the personal antagonist and enemy of Persons. Edit.]
* Camden in Annal. Reg. Eliz. sub an. 1580.
lated with tlie origi
preserved in the college
they prove to be mi-
nutely correct, except,
that, at present, tne
word fion docs not ap-
pear, althougli it is clear
that there has been
some erasure imme-
diately above the word
tt. Edit.]
thought to have delivered him up into the magis-
trate's hands. About which time Campian be-
ing seized and committed, he made haste out of
England for fear of being snap'd also, and forth-
with went to Rome, where making profession of
the four vows, he was constituted rector of the
English coll. there, an. 1587. Afterwards he
went into Spain, where by his great learning ex-
pressed in Disputing, writing, and promoting the
cause, he became Known to, and respected by,
the king of that place. About 1597 he returnetl
to Rome, in hopes of a cardinal's cap,' but missing
it, died, as 'tis said, with grief. He was a rest-
less active man, and tho' of a violent fierce na-
ture and rough behaviour, yet he was more zealous
for the promoting of the Jesuits' interest than
any of, and perhaps before, his time; witness
his unweariea endeavours of instituting novices
of the society at Sevill,' Valladolid, Cadiz, Lis-
bon, Doway, S. Omers, and at Rome. Also his
continual publishing of books, as well as in the
Latin, as m the English tongue, which did no
great good to the cliurch of England, and the
noted professors thereof. And lastly his endea-
vours of keeping Spain and England in differ-
ence, and of liis melting the Spaniards to invade
England or Ireland again, of breaking the law-
ful succession of the crown, by confirming the
right of it to a daughter of Spain, and what not,
to promote the interest of that country and his
society. As for those books which he hath writ-
ten (published either without a name, or else in
the names of other persons,) I shall here give
you the titles of as many that have come to my
hands, and they are these ;
A brief Discourse containing the Reasons, why
Catholics refuse to go to Church. — Said to be printed
at Doway, but really, at Lond. 1580. m oct.
[Bodl. 8vo. M.59.Th.] published under the name
of Jo. Howlet, and dedicated to Qu. Elizabeth
with a large epist. subscribed by the said J. How-
let. See more in the Fasti, 1.569. I have seen a
book in Bodley's lib. (being one of the copies
which was seized before the title page was
printed) intitlcd in the first page of the book it-
self, thus, Reasons that Catholics ought in any
wise to abstain from heretical Conventicles. The
' [His ambition and steps towards a cardinal's cap are best
represented by the same Dr. Ely. Notes, &c. p. g4.
Of his false pretensions to loyalty to queen Elizabeth, and his
extraordinary courtship to her, see B.igshaw's /instt'er, at the
end of Dr. Ely's A'o/«, page II. Kennet. R. C. the ati-
thor of A Hislory oftheEng. College at Doway, ISmo. 1713,
says, that Persons was ' subtle, powerful, indefatigable, and
designing,' and that although disappointed in the attainment
of the cardinalship, he obtained his end so far, that he had
the thing without the name, and found a way to govern all
the clergy b\' the proxy of his creatures, p. 13.1
' [Yet D. Cecil attributes the beginning of the seminariei
in Spaine to his own Industrie, and that father Parsons did
but build upon his foundation. Dr. Ely's Notes on the Britft
Jpology, 8vo. l603. p. 2U. Kennbt.]
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70
running title at the top of every leaf of the book
is A Treatise of Schism. Printed at London by
Will. Carter, (executed for treason in the year
1.584) who confessed, when that book came to be
seized on in his house on Tower-hill near London,
that there had been printed 1250 copies of the said
hook. At that time the searchers found the ori-
ginal, sent from Kheimcs, and allowed under J)r.
Will. Allen's own hand to be truly Catholic and
(it to be published. This book without doubt is
the same which a certain ' author stiles Nine rea-
fons why Catholics should abstain from heretical
Conventicles, said by liim to be written by Uob.
Persons. The same year that the Brief Discourse
containing;, &c. was published, came out an answer
to it entit. A Check to Mr. Howlet's Screechings
to her Majesti/, Sec. but whether any reply fol-
lowed I know not. The next books that i". Par-
sons wrote were,
Reasons for his coming into the Mission cf Eng-
, land, with a Proffer or Challenge to dispute with liie
Protestants. I'his book or treatise, tiio' after-
wards put under the name of Kob. Persons in the
Bib. Soc. Jesu, yet in the answer to it made by
[358] ^.Mer. Hanmer and Will. Charke, it is by them
said to be written by E. Campian.
Brief Censure upon the txco Books of W. Charke
and M. Hanmer, written against the Reasons and
Proffer. Lond. 15S1. oet.['Bodl. 8vo. R. 80. Th.J
To which W. Charke made a reply, printed in
Oct.
A Discovert/ of Joh. Nichols Minister, misreport-
ed a Jesuit. Printed 1581. in oct. Answered by
Tho. Lupton in a book entit. Jnstrer against a
Jesuit's Hook, entit. ' A Discovery,' ik.c. Lond. 1582.
qu. See more in Job. NichoUs an. 1583. [Vol. i.
col. 49(i.J
A Defence of the Censure, given upon two Booki
of Will. Charke and Meredith Hanmer Ministers,
which they wrote against Mr. Edmund Campian
Priest, oj the Society of Jesus and against his Offer
of Disputation. Printed 1582. oct. [Bodl. 8vo.
/\. 18. Th. BS.] Taken in hand since the death
of Campian. Against tliis book came out another
entit. A Treatise against the Defence of the Censure,
&.C. Cambr. 1586. oct".
De Persecutione Anglicand Epistola. Qua expli-
cantur Ajjiictiones, Mrumna S; Calamitntes gravis-
simcp, &c. Rom. & Ingolst. 1582. Printed also
in a book entit. Coucertatio Ecclesia; Catholica in
Anglia, &.C. Aug. Trev. 1583. in oct. p. 79- [and
1.594, in quarto. Bodl. 4to. C. .32. Th. folio 19,
b.] Both which editions, the former I am sure,
were published under the name of the English
' Ant. Possevin. in Apparat. Sac. lom. 2. in Rob. Per-
sons.
' [See A Treatise against the Defence of the Censure
given upon &c. in ISmo. printed at Cambridge, no year
mentioned. This book Dr. Neve, in liis Animadversions
on Mr. Phillipp's Life of Cardinal Pole, p. ig. calls, a
eool, wcU-writt«n, sensible pctlbrwance. Cole.]
coll. at Rome. See more in Joh. Bridgewatcr,
an. 1.594. [Vol. i. col. ^i'25.]
A Christian Directory or Exercise guiding Men
to eternal Salvation, commonly culled The Rtnt-
lution, first published in 158.). in oct. Froa
which edition and book, were framed two more,
published an. 1584. One of which was done by
a Catholic gent, living at Roan in Normandy,
full of errors, but in sense the hame. Another by
Edm. liiinney of Merton coll. in Oxon, [Ix)nu.
1609, Bodl. 8vo. Crynes 124.] but all altered to
the Protestant use, as may be seen in tin- preface
to Rob. Persons's edition of tiie same book in the
year 1585. [Bodl. 8vo. P. 145. Th.]
The second Part of a Christian Directory or Exer-
cise, ii.c. Lond. 1591,92. in tw. Printed also in
1560. in a large oct. [Bodl. 8vo. G. 8. Line]
But these two parts, as it seems, being falsir
printed at London, the author came out again with
them, bearing this title.
yl Christian Directory, guiding Men to their
Salvation; divided into three Books. The first
thereof pertaining to resolution, is only con-
tained in this volume, and divided into two parts,
and set forth now again with many corrections
and additions by the author himself, with reproof
of the falsified edition lately published by Mr.
Edm. Bunney. Lovain 1598. in a thick oct. &c.
These books of resolution, won our author (Per-
sons) a great deal of praise, not only in the judg-
ment of R. Catholics, but of very learned Pro-
testants ^ Yet not to heap more praises upon
him than he justly deserves, his enemies, and
those of the Protestant party, say, that he was but
a collector or translator at most, and that the
book was not of his own absolute invention, but
taken out of other authors. They say farther
also, that ' his praise was for well translating,
close couching, and packing it up togetiier in a
very smooth stile, and singular good method ;'
and add, that ' the platform of the said resolution
was laid to his hand, by L. de Granada, who gave
him the principal grounds and matter thereof, and
the peiniing by one Brinkley,' &c.
Responsio ad Elizabethan lieginee Edictum contra
Catholicos. Rom. 1593. in oct. [Bodl. 8vo. P.
* [An abridgement or rather alteration of this work ajv
peared in 1700. Parsons, liis Christian Directory, being a
Treatise of Holy Resolution. In two parts. Put into me-
dcrn English; and now made pMick , for Ike Instruction of
tlie Ignorant; tlie Conviction of the Unbelieving; the .4wak-
nine and Rertaiiniiig the yicious, and for Confirming tht
Retigiotit in their good Purposes. London: Printed for
Richard Sare at Gray's-Inn-Gate in Ifolbom, 1700. (Bodl.
8\o. A. 4. Th.) In the preface, we are told thai this work
is entirely new modelled, and rendered fit for good Christians
oi ail denominations. If, says the editor, F. Parsons do not
speak here as a Papist, yet he is not made to speak as a Pro-
testant ; tliat is, he says only such things as suit a good
Christian a: l.Tr-.;c, uiilioiit engaging in such others, as dis-
linxiiisli him to be of any particular sort, and relate to con*
trovertcd |K)ints, foreign to practical religiou, and too evi-
dently destructive of it.}
^ Fa
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PERSONS.
72
97. Th. and in quarto. BoiU. 4to. P. .'51. Th.Scld.]
'&c. Published under the name of Audr. Plii-
lopater.
J Conference about the next Succession of the
Croicn oj England. In two parts 3. Printed 1593,
Q\. in oct. [IJodl. 8vo. D. 4. Art. Seld.] under
the name of N. Dolcman.'and is known by the
name of The Book of Titlc.i. The first pari is for
chastising of icings, "and proceeding against theni,
fee. and was reprinted before the time lluit K.
Ch. 1. was beheaded, by Rob. Ibbotson living in
Smithfield, under this title, Several Speeches made
at a Conference, or several Speeches delivered at a
Conference concerning the Poaer of Parliaments to
proceed against their King, for Mis-Government.
" Lond. 1648, 10 sheets qu.' [Bodl. C. 3. 3. Line.
" bishop Barlow's eopy.] They were licens'd by
" Gilbert Mabbot the 31 of January 1647. Ur.
" Barlow's note is this, in a spare leaf before the
" title. ' This base and traiterous pamphlet is,
" ' verbatim, the first part of Francis Doleman
" ' (Parsons was the man under that name) toueh-
r«)5Ql "' ingsuecessiontothe crown. These nine speeches
" ' (as here they call them) are the nine chapters
" ' in Doleman. And this was printed at the
" ' charge of the parliament, 30 pound being paid
" ' by tnem to tne printer in perpetuam eorum
" ' infamiam. See the collection of his majesty's
*' ' gracious messages for peace, p. 125, 126. The
" ' messages were collected and printed, with ob-
" ' servations upon them by ^Vir. Simons.
" ' The said traiterous pam'phlet (Several Speeches)
" ' was put out by Walker an ironmonger
*' ' (from that he came to be a cowherd.) VVhen
" ' the king came into London about the five
" ' members, he threw into his coach a traiterous
" ' paniphlet, call'd To thy Tents O Israel (vid.
" ' Lambert ^V'ood's History.) He afterwards
" * writ The perfect Occurrences, and now (1649) is
" ' made a minister by the presbyterians. Mr.
" ' Darby a Yorkshire and parliament man bought
" ' Doleman of Corn. Bee at the King's-arms in
" ' Little Britain, and gave it to Walker.
" ' Doleman (before-mentioned) was an honest
" ' secular priest, who hated such traiterous doc-
" * trines, and father Parsons hated him, and (to
" ' make him odious) did use his name, as if Dolc-
" ' man had been the author, when Parsons indeed
" ' made the book." ' The second part was to
prove that the Infanta of Spain was the legal heir
to the crown of England ; the penning w hereof
did much endear him to the K. of Spain. But
so soon as this book peeped forth, which was ac-
counted a most haiuous and scandalous thing, the
parliament enacted 35 Elizab. " as I have some
" where read," that whosoever sliould be found to
have it in his house should be guilty of high-trea-
son. And whether the printer of it was hang'd,
' [I.ord Burleigh's censure of ihis book. See ia a Letter
to his son, sir Rob. Cecil. Mb. JiJif.M ]
drawn, and quartered (as some say he was) I can-
not afiirni. K. Cliarles 1. in his * Messages for
Peace, doth mention and insist upon that book,
called Several Speeches, &.c. and Mr. VV. Prynne
in his speech to the committee 4 Dec. 1648, af-
firmed 5 that he himself and others did complain
of it, but nothing was done to vindicate the houses
from that gross imputation, &.c. The said Confe-
rence about the next Succession, &c. put out under
the name of Doleman, was answered by sir Joh.
Ilayward, knight, LL. D. an. 1603, under this
title, The Right of Succession asserted, &c. [Bodl.
4to. II. 9- Th.] Wiiieh answer Wcos reprinted
for the satisfaction of the zealous promoters of
the bill of exclusion. Lond. 1683. oct. The
Conference it self also was reprinted at Lond.
1681, Oct. purposely to lay open the author's
pernicious doctrines in that ^juncture of time
when the parliament was zealously bent to ex-
clude James D. of York from the imperial crown
of England. And how much some of the
then fanatical applauded pieces in politics have
traded with, and been beholding to, that Confe-
rence, written by Doleman alias Persons, (not-
withstanding their pretendedly great hatred of,
and seeming enmity to, Popery,) by asserting many
of the self-same most damnable and destructive
principles laid down therein, is at large, by a just
and faithful comparing of them together, made
apparent in a piece entit. The Jpostate Protestant^
in a Letter to a Friend occasioned by the late re-
printing of Doleman. Lond. 1682. in 8 sh. in qu.
[Bodl. C. 9.7. Linc.5 Said to have been wrote
by Edw. Pelling, rector of S. Marthi's church near
Ludgate in London, chaplain to the duke of
Somerset, and a Wiltshire man bom. Among
the said fanatical applauded pieces in politics
before-mentioned, must be reckoned a pamphlet
entit. A brief History of Succession, collected out
of the Records, and the most authentic Historians,
written for the satisfaction of George earl of Hal-
lifax, in 5 sh. in fol. To which, tho' no place or
time was set, to shew when or where 'twas printed,
yet, as I then observed, 'twas published in 1680.
It was answered by Rob. Brady doctor of physic,
master of Gonvil and Caius coll. and the king's
professor of physic in the university of Cambridge,
and burgess for that university to sit in the par-
liament that began at Oxon. 21 March I68O, in
a book entit. The great Point of Succession discus-
sed, &c. Lond. 1681. in a thin fol. and by ano-
ther excellent tract written by Anon, called Reli-
gion and Loyalty supporting each other. Another [360]
pamphlet atso, which was mostly borrowed from
Doleman alias Persons was that entit. The great
and weighty Considerations relating to the Duke of
York, or Successor of the Crozcn, Sfc. considered.
Lond. I68O. in 9 sh. in fol. which is quoted also
in the Brief History of Succession, before-men-
Ptinted by 11. Iloystou, p. 125.
' P. 108, 109.
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74
tionecl. Which Great and weitrfitj/ Considerations,
S)C. considered, were renriiUetl at LdiuI. 1()82, in
Oct. and annexed to the second edition oC tlie
]'ostscri|)t, written hy Thorn. Hunt of Grays-inn
esq ; who, therein, tho' he makes use of Dole-
man's principles, yet in a new e[)istle before llie
said second edition of the Considerations, he owns
them to be his. This person (Tho. Hunt) who
had an ingenious pen, and was commonly called
Postscript Hunt, was forced to leave England in
the fanatical plot, which broke out 12 June 1()3J.
Afterwards settling at Utrecht in Holland, we
heard no more of him till Se[)t. 1688, and then an
express coming to my hands, dated 13 of that
month, I was thereby instructed that he then died
lately at Utrecht before-mentioned, being big
with expectation of returning shortly after to his
native country, under the conduct of the prince
of Orange, then about to make his expedition
into England. But to return, I find other noted
Eamphlels, which weic about that time published
y some ill-designing scriblers, who are shewn to
have taken many of their dangerous tenets thence,
I mean from Doleman alias Persons, which is a
well furnished common-place book for such tur-
bulent authors to enlarge on, as their respective
Srojects and interests should suggest. Also that
ohn Bradshaw's long speech spoken at the con-
demnation of K. Ch. 1. and also the Treolise con-
cerning the broken Succession of the Crown of Eng-
land'' &c. to make way for Oliver the usurper,
were most taken out of .Doleman alia.-, Persons,
msiy be seen in Dr. George Hicks's sermon' on
the 30 Jan. l68l, before the L. Mayor of London.
The truth of this, as to the last, a note placed at
the end of the said treatise, hath put beyond all
donbt. . At length several positions in the said
Conference written by Persons, being looked
upon as dangerous and destructive to the sacred
Cersons of princes, their state and government,
y the university of Oxford, particularly that
which saith, ' birthright and proximity of blood
do give no title to rule or government,' &c. the
members thereof condemned them, and that in
particular, by their judgment and decree passed
in convocation 21 July 1()83. Which beiug so
done, they caused the book it self to be publicly
burnt in their school-<|uadrangle. As for the other
books that our author Uob. Persons hath written,
they are these following ;
Jf temperate fVardword to the turbulent and
seditious Watclwordof Sir Franc. Hastings Knight,
Printed at Loml. l655. qu. [Bishop Barlow's copy,
(Jl. C. 3. 3. Line.) has the followina; MS. note in the
e
(Bodl. C. 3. 3. Line.) has the tollowuig
prelate's own hand. ' This treatise is the same with the
former, {Several Speeches, &c.) a little alter'd ; soe willing
they were (those pretended saints) to make nse of the Ijasest
arlcs, and Jesuiticall amies against the estahlishcd gouern-
ment of their owne conntry, and haueing murdered thi'ir
kingc, by these and snch other traitorous artes, they iudcauour
to keepe liis sonne from the succession.']
' Printed at Load. iCJ82. first edit. p. 28.
&c. prititcd 1599, qu. [Bodl. 4to. W. 24. Th.]
under the name of N. Doleman, that i* I'ir dolo-
rum, in respect of the grief and iKjrrow thai Fn.
Persons bore in his heart for llic aftiiclion and
calamity of iiis country, as a certain author U-il*
me, tho' • others say that the reason why he put
the name of Doleman tu suine of hiit b«>uki>, wa*
because he bore great malice to', and hntcd iiim,
card. Allen, and sir Fr. Iiiglcficid usi biilcr ene.
mies. Of tliis Nic. Doleman, who wu* a grave
priest, and of u mild diitpositioii, you may read
111 a book entit. A Relation of a I'uctiun Oc^an al
IVisbieh, 159.>, iScc. p. 12, 13, 14, &c. .32, 47, &c.
A Copi/ of a Letter urilten bif a Mmter of Art$
of Cambridge, to his Friend in lAindon, tonrerning
i-orne Talk passed of late beltceen two tcorthipfuland
grave Men, about the present State, and some Pro-
ceedings of the Earl oj Leicester and his Friends in
England, &c. AV'rittcn iu 1584,' but the ccrtaiu
* Vide Camdcnum in Annal. Peg. F.lizab. tub. nn. 1.M)4.
' [This religious man father Parsons borrowed M. Dolc^
man s name (a secular priest) and dedicated hU !.■ ' ' e
E. of Ksvcx, when he was in his rulTc, the «
Ijrought ihat priot into some danger then. Dr. L.. , .......
on the Titirfe Aliatogy, 8vo. l603. p. i8. Kenset.)
' [\\ ood seems wrong in this dale, at least if we may tnut
the autliority of Dr. Farmer's Sale Catalogue, 8vo. Lond.
■ 798, numh. 3847, where an edition dated 1583, with a MS.
note by its late |>osse$sor, was sold for W. I \i. (id I'he next
edit. I have seen ; it is dated 1584, (Bodl. Svo. L. 70. Art.)
Whether there were anjr subseournt to thi», and prrviom to
i(i4l, I know not; but in this latter year two apjieared, on*
in 4to. the other small 8vo: with this title, Leyeeitir't Com-
monwealth : conceived, tpuken and pulliihed irilli the mett
earnest Protestation qf all dutifull Cood-ffitl and jlffectioH
towards this Realm, for whole Good onely, it is made common
to many. To this was first appended Leicester's Ghost, x
poem written in the style of the Mirror Jor Magistrates, in
which Parsnns's name is placed as author, though ccrtsinly
without foundation, for the Jesuit was no poet. The Com-
munweal/h was again reprinted (without The Ghost) with a
long preface by Dr. James Drake, Lond. 8%-o. I706. Secret
Memoirs of Holer t Dudley, tic. trriiten during hit Lift and
now published from an old Manuscript never lefore printed,
I con)ecture.that this attempt of Dr. Drake did not succeed,
for 1 have seen copies of this volume with a new title, The
Perfect Picture of a Favourite, lie. In the Rxlleian arc
two MS. cr.pies oi^ 7'//c Commonwealth, rawl. Mkc. C). ami
10 ; and several will be found in the Harkian collection in
the British Museum.
It is rather singular, that before I had resided in the uni-
versity a fortnight, chance threw in my way a .MS. copy of
the (ihost which contained a Supplement of a very cunoui
and interesting nature. This MS. was delivernl to a penoa
in Oxford with orders to transcribe it, and from the marks on
the volume 1 conjecture it came from some college library.
The transcriber could not read it, and brought it to inc for
assistance in decvphcring the abbreviations. I immediately
knew it to be a MS. copy of Leicester's Ghost, and lent the
writer my own printed copy on condition of being allowed
to trnnscribe the Supplement. The person who paid fof
his transcript h.is probably been deceived by the subsliluti.in
of a text alrc-idv prnite<l (for I do not accuse the iranscriUr
of a collation ottlie test, although I recommended it to him.)
whilst I obtained the Pillowing contem|X)rary st.iicmetir,
' The author hath omitted the end of the earle, i'
mjiy thus and Iruely bee supplyed : the counte^tsc Lc •
louc with Christopher BUmte gent, of the carle's Iut^, .: .'J
they had many secret meetings and much w^iotou inui-
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76
vcar when printed, unless in 1600. 1 cannot tell.
It was also printed in oct. (as the other was) in
1631 % and hath this running title on the top of
over)' leaf of the book, ji Letter of State of a
Scholar of Cambridge. The first edit, and per-
haps the second, was printed beyond the seas, and
most of the conies beine sent into Encland bound,
with the outside of tiie leaves coloured with green,
the book was commonly called Father Persons's
[36l] Green-Coat. 'Tis the same book with that entit.
Leicester's Common-wealth, being a Dialogue be-
tween a Scholar, a Gent- and a Lawyer. Lend.
1641. qu. This book, tho' commonly reported
to be Persons's, (and that he had most of his mate-
rials for the composition thereof i'rom sir Will.
Cecil, lord Burleigh,) which, I presume, did arise
from Dr. Tho. James his affirmation' that he was
the author of it, yet Persons himself saith, in his
preface to the Warnword to Sir Franc. Hastings
WastKord, that * he did not write Leicester's Com-
monzccallh.' And certainly if he had been the
author of it, Pitseus, and Ribadeneira with his
continuators, would have mentioned it in their
respective catalogues of our author's works, where-
as they are altogether silent in that matter.
liarity, the which being discoiiered by the earle, to preuent
the pursute thereof, when generall of the Lowe Cuiitcrves,
hee tooke Biuiil with him and iheire purposed to haue him
made away, and for this plot there was a riiffan of Burgondy
suborned, whoe watching him in one night goeing to his lod-
ging at the Hage, followed him, and strucke at his head with
a halbcrt, or batleaxe, intending to cleaue his head. But the
axe glaunced and withall pared of a greate peace of BUmt's
ckull . which wound was very daingerus and longe in heale-
ing, but hee recoucred and after maryed the countesse, who
tooke this soe ill, as that shee, with Blunt, deliberated and
resohied to dispatch the earle ; the earle, i;ot patient of this
great wronge of his wife, purpojcd to cary her to Kenelworth
and to leaue her thcire vntill her death by nalurall or by
violent meanes, but rather by the last. The countesse also hau-
ine suspition or some secrett intelligence of this trechery
against her, prouided artificiall nieancs to preuent the earle,
which was by acordiall, the which she had noe fitt opertu-
nitie to offer him, till he came to C'ornbury hall in Oxford-
shire; wheare tho carle, after his glouttonus manner, surfet-
jng with excessiue eating and drincking, fell so ill that hee
was forced to stay theire. Then the deadly cordiall was pro-
rnunded vnto him by the countesse. As Mr. William
laynes some tymes the earle's page and then a gent, of his
chamber tould me, who protested hee saw her giue that fatall
cup to the earle which was his last draught, and an end of his
plott against the countesse, and of his iorney, and of hiuiselfe ;
and soe
Fraudis fraude sua prcnditur artlfex.'
Although 1 have been tempted to say so much on this really
interesting volume, there seems no reason to suppose that
Parsons was the author of either, and the curious reader will
do well to satisfy himself on this head by the perusal of two
letters by Dr. Ashton, master of Jesus college, Cambridge, »
and dean RIosse, anion!; Coles MS. Collections in the Britfsh
Museum, (Vol. XXX. p. 129.) fully proving that it was
written by some subtle couriicr ni Parsons's name]
[So says a MS. note in Wood's own copy, which want-
ed the title page, &c. but which was the edition of 1584.
Mus. A^hm(>le, No. 450.J
^ In the life of Fa. Persons, printed at th« end of The
Jetuilt Down/jl, au. lOl'.*. p. 65, 56, &c.
Leicester's Commonxcealth. Lond. l64I. oct.
written in verse. This is a small thing, and con-
taincth not the same sense with the former".
Leicester's Ghost, in verse also. To both which,
tho' the name of Rob. Persons Jesuit, is set in the
title, yet 1 cannot any where find that he was the
author.
Jpologetical Epistle to the Lords of her Maj.
Council, in Defence of his Resolution in Religion,
printed 16OI. oct.
Brief Apologi/ or Defence of th£ Catholic Eccle-
siastical Hierarchy and Subordination in England,
erected these latter Years by P. Clem. Vlll, and
impugned by certaiii Libels printed and published
of late, ^c. S. Omers )601. in oct. [Bodl. 8vo.
C. 46. Th.] Soon after were certain notes wrote
on this by Humph. Ely.
Manifestation of the Folly and bad Spirit ofcer-^
tain in England, calling them Secular Priests,
Printed l602. qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 18. Th.] Thia
is called a libel in a reply made to it by W. C.
Erinted 160.3. qu. And it was animadverted upon
y A. C. in his Second Letter to his Dis-Jesuited
Kinsman, concerning the Appeal, State, Jesuits, &c.
Printed 1602. qu.
A Decachordon of 10 Quodlibelical Questions,
about the Contentions between the Seminary Priests
and the Jesuits. Printed 1602. qus.
De Pere<rrinatione lib. I. Printed in tw. Thia
I have not yet seen, and therefore know not whe-
ther it be in Lat. or Engl.
TheWarnwordto Sir Franc- Hastings' Wastword.
Pr. 1602. in oct. [Bodl. 8vo. W. 10. Th.]
Answer to O. E. whether Papists or Protestants
be true Catholics. Pr. (160.3.) in oct. [Bodl. 8vo.
R. .37. Th.]
Treatise of the three Conversions from Paganism
to Christian Religion, published under the name
of N. D. that is INic. Dolcinan, in three volumes
in oct. The first vol. which containeth two parts
of the said treatise, was printed at S. Omers an.
I6a'3. [Bodl. 8vo. P. 93. Th.] The second vol.
which containeth the third part of the treatise,
and an Examen of the kalendar or catalogue of
Protestant saints, martyrs, and confessors, devised
by Joh. Fox, &.C. for the first six months, was
printed at the said place in 1604. [Bodl. 8vo. P.
95. Th.] And the third vol. which containeth
also the third part of the treatise, and an Examen
of the said kalendar of John Fox for the last six
months, was printed at the same place in the same
year, under the initial letters of IS . D. [Bodl. Svo.
P. 94. Th.] When the said three volumes were
first published, they were sold in Oxon for 20
shillings, but some years after the restauration of
K. Ch. 2. 1 bought them for 3 sh. The stune
year (1604) came out A round Answer to Parsons,
* [I have never been able to see a copy of this book, and
am of opinion, that Wood has confounded it with the
C/iost.']
♦ ^Wi ote by WLlliatn Watson, secular priest Baiur.]
77
PERSONS.
78
alias Doletnan the Noddy, in qii. but whether to
w\y of" the fornur treatises, I know not.
j4 Relation of a Tn/al made before the K, of
Fiance, in the Year l(iOO. hettpeen the Bishop of'
Hureiix and the Lord Plesds Moriiai/ ; alioiit cer-
tain Points of corrupting and falsifying yJuthors,
whereof the said Plessis teas openly convicted, S.
Omcrs lG04. in oct: published under the initial
letters of N. L). [Bodl. 8vo. P. 95. Th.J
A Defence of the precedent Relation of a Confe-
rence about Religion. Printed with the Relation
of a Tryal, See.
Rcviezc of ten public Disputatiom or Conferences
held within the Compass of' four Years, under K.
Ed. and Q. Mart/, concerning some principal Points
£3G2] »" Religion, especially of the Sacraii.ent and Sncri-
jice of the Altar. S. Oiners l(i04. in oet. under
the name of N. D. [Bodl. 8vo. P. 94. Th.]
Fore-runner of Bell's Downfal; or an Answer to
Tho. Bell's Downful of Popery.'- I'r. iGOo. in oct.
(Bodl. 8vo. D. 57. Th.]
An Answer to tliefflh Part of Reports lately set
forth by Sir Edw. Coke Knight, the King's Attor-
ney-gen. &c. S. Omers l606. in qu. [fiodl. 4to.
C. 21. Jur. Seld.] published under the name of a
Cath. divine.
De Sacris alienis non adeundis, Questiones dua:
Ad Usurn Praximq ; Anglia breviter explicatee.
Audonare 1607. in oct.
Treatise tending to Mitigation tozcards Cath.
Subjects in England, against Tho. Morton, pr. 1G07.
qu. [Bodl. 4to. B. 86. Th.] The said Morton was
afterwards bishop of Durham.
The Judgment of a Catholic Gent, concerning K.
James his Apology for the Oath of Allegiance. S.
Oiners 1608. in qu. Answered by \V ill. Barlow
bishop of Lincoln.
Sober Reckoning with Mr. Tho. Morton. Pr.
1609. qu. [Bodl. 4to. M. 41. Th.]
Discussion of Mr. Barlowe's Ansxeer to The
Judgment of a Catholic English-man concerning the
Oath of Allegiance. S. Omers l6l2. [Boftl. B.
7. 2. Line] This book being almost finished
before Pcrsons's death, was afterwards compleatcd
and published by Tho. Fitzherbert. Sec more in
Tho. Fitzherbert under the year 1640.
The Liturgy of the Mass, of the Sacrament of
the Mass, pr. 1620. in qu.
A Memorial for Reformation : or, a Remem-
brance for them that shall live when Catholic Re-
ligion shall be restored in England. In 3 parts.
'Tis the same, I suppose, that is called ' The iiigh
Court or Council of Reformation for England.'
The author of it, tho' twenty years (as 'tis said)
« \TheDolefvl Knell of Thomas Bell. Thai is , A full and
sounde answer to his Pamphlet intituled The Popes Feneral,
which he published agni'ist a Treatise of myne, called Ike
Fore-runner of Bcls ^Dofvnefal. Printed at Roune 16O7.
Bodl. 8v(). Z. 404. Th. This, although the title professes it
to have Ixiii written by B. C. student in divinity, wa« un-
doubtedly the production of Parsons.]
in compiling it, (all which time and after, it woa
secretly kept) yet it was never printed in hi* lime.
'Twas tinislied by him 1596,' and, an 1 liavc beca
informed, 'twas published itomt- yeani after hit
death. At length a copy of it coming into the
hands of lidw. (Jce rector of S. Benedict, near
Paul's VN'harf in Lond. and chaplain in ord. to K.
Will, and Q. Mary, he published it under thi*
title : A Memorial of the Reformation of England (
containing certain Notes and Adverli^ententi,ahich
seem" miglil be proposed in thejint Parliament, and
National Council of our Country, after Cod, of
his Mercy, shall restore it to the Catholic Faith,
for the better Establishment and Preservation of the
said Religion. Lond. I69O. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. Z.
284. Th.f To which the said Edw. Gee hath put
before it an introduction, and added some animad-
versions.
ControversitcnostriTemporisin Epilomen redacta.
MS. in Baliol coll. library, written with the au-
thor's own hand. In the front of which is this
written : ' Compilator hujusce epitomes est Ro-
bertus Personius, ut patet ex Johaivie Rainoldo
in censura librorum Apochryphorum, pralectione
secunda, pag. 22. ex cditione Hierouimi Galleri
^ [A copy in manuscript, be.iring that dale, will be fonnd
among Dr. Hawlinson's collection in the Bodleian, Misc.
149. This was presented to some person by an anonymous
possessor, who has prefixed the following account of the book.
' This ensuing treatise was written by Robert Persons, the
first mohile (while he liued)of our English Jcsuiu : and all.
though it containe many notable good point* of good order,
yetareUieir many of them injurious to the stale, and to all
religions orders, against the practise of holy church, new
fangled, and directly 0|>po5ing. the vnion of the church, at I
shall shew to y' honour, in a particular treatise of vnion, so
soon as my health shall giue my time to vnfold my thought*
in writing vnto you. VVhich I iherfore intend to ao, becaoM
I pcrccaue your honour desirous to do good, and most vnwil-
ling to do any harmc in this matter.
' Only thus much it is expedient y' honour should know :
That at the very time this book was written and read dayly at
dinner time in the colle^ of Valladnlit, vnder the Jesuit's
gouernment, the king of Spaine had prooided a great armada,
or nauy, which lay at Ferrol, a port of Gala-cu, to inuade
England, yf it had not bean dissipated by tem|)e3te5. Into this
armada did the principall men of our English Jesuits at thai
time enroll ihemselucs, and did not stick in their common
talk, what monastery liuinpp they would apply to their order.
And about that veiy lime did they procure, that all the scho-
lars, English, of the seminary of Valledolit (very, likely of
other seminaries) to subscribe to the right of the late infanu
Isabella to the crowne of England ; according to the ground*
layd by the same F. Persons \n another bookc of hia which
he printed vnder tlie name of Doleman, in wliich the line of
Scotland and all other rezall lines were som way or other
excluded, and the line of bpaine, by the house of Lancaster
established. An originall copie written of this l>olemaii,
doctour Gifford, a BeneHictine, and after archebishoji of
Rhemes, sent vnto king Jami-s of noble memorie, residing
yet in Scotland." This note was apparently written about
l600 ; the MS. probably at the time It u dated, ISgC.or near
that time.] ■.,,.■■
» So it IS in the copy. [In the Bo<llcian MS. it is evi-
dently a contraction, thusjwwe.pit'bably for teemelj/, tettor
ingly.]
79
KNOLLES.
80
in nobili Openhemio.'' He also translated from
En2;!ish into the Spanish tongue, A Relation of
ceitain Martyrs in Emr/and. Madrid 1590. oct.
At length after lie had spent his life in continual
agitation for the cause, he gave up the ghost at
itonic 15 An. according to the acconipt there fol-
lowed, which is the Hffli day of the same month
with us, in sixteen hundred and ten, and was bu-
ried in the church or chappel belonging to the
iGlO. English coll. there. Soon after was a monument
put over his grave, with a large inscription there-
on, which for brevity's sake 1 shall now pass by.
In the rectorship of the said English coll. suc-
ceeded Tho. Owen a Welsh-man.
[It is unnecessary to add any thing to the life
of Parsons, in addition to what will be found in
the notes; for Wood appears to have incorpo-
rated all the information that can be authenti-
cated, and, on the whole, has given us an accurate
relation of facts and events that marked the busy
hfe of this celebrated Jesuit.
I have never yet seen an engraved portrait of
him, if we except the miserable head in Frcherus,
but Bromley' registers two; I . in folio engraved
by Neiffs, €. in 12mo. by AV'ierx.]
RICHARD KNOLLES of the same funnily
with those of his name, living at Cold-Ashby in
Northamptonshire, made his first entry into this
university, in 156o, or thereabouts,' took one de-
gree in arts four years after, and then was elected
fellow of Lincoln college, where, after lie had
proceeded in that faculty, did purpose to per-
form (if God granted him life) something that
might be profitable to the Christian common-
wealth, as in time God should give hiui means
and occasions. In the mean while, sir Peter ^
' [The hand of the MS. is not like the hand in the rcajis-
tcr of the oollefce, and the writer of t]ic MS. is mciiiioncd in
• tlie end of the first part. MS. note hy Cliarles Godwin, B. D.
rector of.AU Saint's Colchester, and fellow of Balliol college,
in his copy of Savage's BnWo/prgHS, 4to. iGGs, p. 112. now
in tlie Bodleian. 1). 4. 24. Line]
■ [^Calalnme of Engraved British Portraits, 4lo. Lend.
1793, p. 54/1
* [Richard Knovvlis and Frincis Holmeby, it appears from
the parish rcizister, were married at Cold-.\shl)v, June 17.
loGO: p.obahly our aulhor's father to a second wife. See
^nd'^es's Norlhamptoyishirc, i. 553, note*]
^ [Watts proposes to read Sir /^ogcrManwood, afterwards
lord chief baron of the Kx(he<jucr,' but he is wrong. Sir
, Uo;»C' Man wood was one of the chief promoters of the fonn-
dation of S.indwieh school, but he died in ISgg, and was
succeeded liy his son sir Peter Manwood, Knollcs's patron,
who, as well as his father, having been a very liberal bene-
ftetor to the town of Sandwich, had probably inlerest to ob-
<aiii the mastership of the school for our author. For a ])ar-
licular account of ihe Man woods, see Bovs' Hiifcnj of Sand-
uicli, p. 1()<): and for a history of the school, Strype's Life
of Arcldisliop Parlcer, p. 138, and Hasted's Ilist.' vf Kent,
Vol. iv. p. 273. By the kindness of Dr. Talham, the rector
of Lincoln, I have obtained access to an early Register of
that college, which roniains several letters from the mayor
and jurats of Sandwich, \v\k> are governors of the school, on
subjects connected with the foundation. Tlie college have,
for a long time, nominated the master, although of late years.
Manwood of St. Stephens near to Canterbury,
knight of the Bath, minding to be a favourer of
his studies, called him from the university, and
was by him preferred to be master of the free- [•'563]
school at Sandwich in Kent, where being settled,
he did much good in his profession, and sent many
young men to the universities. And tho' he was
there in a world of troubles and cares, and in a
place that afforded no means of comfort to pro-
ceed in great works, yet he performed much for
the benefit of history at his vacant hours, upon
the desire of the said sir Peter, as it doth ap-
pear by these his works following.
The History of the Turks, Lond. 16 10. &c.
fol. [Fifth edit. Lond. 1638, folio, Bodl. F. 4. 8.
Art. with Nabbes's continuation. But the best
edition was that published in three folio volumesiy
with a continuation by sir Paul Rycaut, Lond.
1687, folio. Bodl. Godwin, 138, &c.] which book
he composed in about twelve years time:" And
tho' it all goes under his name, yet some there be.
that think he was not the sole author of it, be-
cause therein are found divers translations of
Arabic histories, in which language he was not at
all seen, as some that knew liiin have averr'd.
Li other editions of this book, for there have been
at least five, it beareth this title, T/te general
Hislorif of the Turks, from the first Beginning of
that J^ation, to the Rising of the Ottoman Family,
&c. It hath been continued from Knoiles's death
by several hands ; and one continuation was
made from the year 1628, to the end of the year
1637, collected out of the dispatches of sir Pet.
Wyche, Kt. embass. at Constantinople, and
others, by Tho. Nabbcs a writer (for the mo.st
part comical) to the English stage in the reign of
K. Ch. L^ A continuation of the Turkish Hist;
it is feared, the school has been totally ^leglccted, owing to
the inadequacy of the funds for its support. By the will of
Mrs. Joan Trapp, one scholar should be sent to Lincoln
college, but in Kitil, and .it several oilier time's, it appcara
from the Rep;ister above quoted, that no person properly qua-
lified could be found, in which case the rector and fellows
fill up the vacancy.]
* \T/ic Gen. Historic nf Ike Turkiis from the first Beginning
of that Nation, &'c. unto Ihe Yeir I()10. Written by Rich.
Knolles, some time fellow of Line, coll in C.xford 2'"' edit,
lOlO. Lp. did. to the king (James 1.) — ' by the encou-
ragement of the right worshipfull my most espcciail good
friend S^ Peter Manwood, k'. of the Bath, the first mover of
me to take this great work in hand, and my continuall and
onlv comfort, stav and helper therein.' And again in his
indiiction — ' this History had perish'd in the birth, had 1 not
manv times, fainting in the long and painfull tiavell ibere-
vvitli', by my especiall good and hon'''"" friend, S'. Peter Man-
wood of S'. Stephens in the countie of Kent, k*. of the Bath,
a great lover and tavourer of learning (and in whose keeping,
it so for the most part many yeares in safety rested) been still
comforted and, as it were, again revived, and finally encou-
raged to take it in hand, and as at first to perfect it, so now
again to continue it, unto whom (being the only furthcrer,
stay and hope of these my labours) thou art — and I for ever
bounden. From Sandwich the last of March, JGIO.
Kennet.I
5 [Nabbes seems to have been secretary, or other domestic,
to some nobleman or prelate at or near Worcester. Partly
81
KNOLLES.
HASTINGS.
S<2
from 1623. to Ui77, was made by Paul Rycuut,
esq; late consul at Smyrna. — Loud. Ki79-
The Lives and Conquests of the Ottoman Kings
and Emperors, to the Year 16 10. Lond. iG'iJ.
Continued from that time (1610.) to 1621, by
another hand.
A brief Discourse of the Greatness of the Turk-
ish Empire, and where the greatest Strength thereof
consisteth, &c.
Grammat. Latinrr, Graces &i Ilebr. Compen-
dium, cum Radicibus. Lond. in oct. He also
translated from the French and Lat. copies, into
English, The Six Books of a Commonwealth.
Lond. 1606. fol.* written by'Joh. Bodin a famous
lawyer. At length this our author Knolles dying
at Sandwich, before he had quite attained to the
l6iO. age of man, in sixteen hundred and ten, was bu-
ried in St. Mary's church there, on the second
of July the same year, leaving behind him the
character of an industrious, learned, and religious
person.
[The first edition of Knolles's excellent Turk-
ish History was printed in folio, Lond. 1603; the
only copy I have ever seen is that presented by
the author to the library of the rectors of Lin-
coln college. I cannot deny myself the satisfac-
tion of transcribing Johnson's character of this
work, which I am tlie more emboldened to do, as
it is quoted in almost every copy of the Athene,
I have yet seen, with MS. additions or references.
Rambler, No. 122. ' But none of our writers can,
in my opinion, justly contest the superiority of
Knolles, who, in his History of the Turks, has
displayed all the excellencies that narration can
admiti His style, though somewhat obscured by
time, and sometimes vitiated by false wit, is pure,
nervous, elevated, and clear. A wonderful mul-
tiplicity of events is so artfully arranged, and so
hinted in his poem ' nn losing his way in a forest after he was
intoxicated with drinking m-rry : wherein he says, 'I am
a servant of my lord's.' Oldys, MS. Notes lo Langlaine.
The following is a list of liis dranwlic productions :
1. Microcosmus, a m;isrinc. Lond. l637- 4to.
2. HaniMat and Scipio, a trag. Lond. I(i37. Bodl. 4to.
S. 2. Art. BS.
3. Corenl Garden, a comedy. Lond. lfi38. 4to.
4. Spring's Glory, vindicating Love by Temperance, a
masque. Lond. l638. 4to
5. Presentatinnon llic Prince's Birth-Day. honA l638,4to.
6. Tottenham Court, a com. Lond. lC38, 4to; lOSQ,
4to; 1718, 12nio.
7. Entertainment on the Prince's BirllinDay, a masque.
Lond. lO'3(). 4to.
8. The Vnforliinnfe Mother, a trag. Lond. l640, 4to.
9 The Bride, a com. Lond. \(iW. 4to.
Sir .lolin Suckling was a great favourer of Nabbcs, who,
it is affirmed by Langbaine, drew on his own invention only
for the plols arid language of his dramas :
* He justifies that 'tis no borrow'd strain
From the invention of another's brain.
Nor did he steal the fancy.' —
Prologue to Covcnt Garden. In the same prol. he hints at
the short time in which his plays were composed.^
' [See the dedication and an extract from this work in
Censura Literaria, vol. i. 349.]
Vol. IL
distinctly explained, that each fucilitalev the
knowledge of the next. Whenever a new livt-
sonage is introduced, the rcjuler i» prepared l)y
his ciiaraetcr for his actions; when a nuliun i»
first attacked, or city besieged, he u inudc ac-
quainted with its history, or situation; ao that a
great part of the world u brought into view.
The descriptions of this author are without mi-
nuteness, and tiie digressions without ostentation.
Collateral events are so artfully woven into the
contexture of his principal story, that they can-
not be disjoined without leaving it lacerated and
broken. There is nothing turgid in his dignity,
nor superfluous in his copiousness. His orations
only, which he feigns, like the ancient histo-
rians, to have been pronounced on remarkable
occasions, are tedious and languid ; and since
they arc merely the voluntary sports of imagina-
tion, prove how much the most judicious and
skilful may be mistaken, in the estimate of their
own powers.
Nothing could have sunk this author in obscu-
rity, but the remoteness and barbarity of the
people whose story he relates. It seldom hap-
pens, that all circumstjinces concur to happiness
or fiune. The nation which produced this great
historian, has the grief of secmg his genius em-
ployed upon a foreign and uninteresting subject ;
and that writer who might have secured perpe-
tuity to his name, by a Instory of his own coun-
try, has exposed himself to the danger of oblivion,
by recounting enterprises and revolutions, of
which none desire to be informed.'
Although Knolles did not actually employ him-
self in writing an English historj-, yet the anti-
quities of his native country were, it may be pre-
sumed, a favourite study with him, for be made
a translation of our Camden's famous liiitannia.
This work seems to have escaped all the persons
who iiave hitherto noticed our author, althou);h
the original MS. most beautifully written, is stdl
preserved in the Ashmoleaii Museum at Ox-
ford:
Britannia ; or a Chorographicall Description of'
the most Jlorishing Kin^domes of England, Scot-
land and Ireland, and of the Hands adiacenl,
drawne out of the most inward Secrets of Antiqui-
tie. Written in Latin by William Camden, and
translated into English by Richard Knolles. Folio,
MS. Ashmole 849. In the title is the following
note. ' This being Mr. William Camden's manu-
script, found in his owne librarj-, lock't in a ciip-
bord, as a treasure he much estemed, and sine
his death sufferd to se light.']
FRANCIS HASTINGS, fifth son of Francis
earl of Huntingdon, was bom, as it seems, in
Leicestershire, where his father mostly lived, edu-
cated in Magd. coll. under the tuition of Dr.
Laur. Humphrey, in the beginning of Q. Eliza-
beth's reign, from whom sucking in many Calvi-
G
83
HASTINGS.
POWNOLL.
84
nistical opinions, proved, when he was ripe in
years, a severe puritan and predestinarian, (as his
elder brother George was, wiio was trained up at
Geneva under Theod. Bcza,) and a most zealous
man for the reformed religion. Two other bro-
thers also were as zealous for the church ot Rome,
yet all for a time lived friendly together. After-
• wards our author Francis was knighted by Q.
Elizabeth, and being several times chosen a par-
liament-man in her reign, became a frequent
speaker in them, and at first a violent man
against the Papists, tho' afterwards a favourer,
especially at that time, when he and sir Rich.
Knightly of Northamptonshire presented a peti-
tion'to the parliament for favour, or a toleration
to be given to them, \^'hereby it appeared then
to the observer, that the puritan could joyn with
the Papist against the church of England. He
was a learned gentlemen, well read in authors,
especially in those relating to the controversies
between the Protestants and Papists, as it appears
by his works, the titles of which follow.
The Wacchtcord to all true-hearted Englhh-tnen.
Lond. 1698. oct. \\ hich title did imitate that
belonging to a book printed at Lond. in qu. an.
1584, running thus, A lYcitchward to England to
beware of Traytors, and treacherom Practices, &c.
But the Watchword of sir F. Hastings being
answered by Nic. Doleman alias Rob. Persons
in his Temperate JVardword, our author came out
with,
Jn Jpologi/ or Defence of the Watchword,
against the virulent and seditiom Wardword, pub-
lished by an English Spaniard under the Title of
[S64] N. D. Lond. l600. qu. [Bodl. 4to. H. 37. Th.] In
which year came out also another book in defence
of Hastings, entit. J brief Reply to a certain
odious and scandalous Libel, lately published by a
seditious Jesuit, calling himself, N. 1). 6)C. entit.
A temperate Wardword. — Printed at Lond. in qu.
but who the author of it was, I know not. Ano-
ther also who writes himself O. E. published a
second reply the same year against the said Te?7i-
perate Wardword. [Bodl. 4to. W. 33. Th.]
Against which, or another book relating to the
said controversy, came out, A Coifutation of a
vaunting Challenge made by O. E. unto JV. D.
Pr. 1603. in oct. [Bodl. 8vo. R. 37. Th.] written
by W. R. Rom. Catholic. Our author sir Francis
also wrote.
The Wardword, &c.— Pr. at Lond. 1601. oct.
Answered by Persons's book called The Warn-
word, an. l602.
Meditations.— Vrinted several times in 16""°.
Several Speeches in Parliament. — Some of
which are printed in H. Townshend's Collections.
[Bodl. R. 1. ll.Jur.]
Remonstrance to his Majesty and Privy Council
on the Behalf of persecuted Protestants, setting
forth his Majesty's Interest lying safely in protect-
ing them, and mcouraging the Preaching of the
Gospel, and in being more watchful against the
Papists. — MS. in qu.
Discourse of Predestitw'ion. — MS. in the hands
of the present earl of Huntingdon, with other
things. All or most of which books were written
at North-Cadbury in Somersetshire, where he
mostly lived after he was married, being also a
justice of peace for that county. He died in the
month of Sept. in sixteen hundred and ten, and
was buried on the 22d of the said month in the
chancel of N . Cadbury church, near to the body
of his lady, who died 14th of June 1596. To the
memory of whom, sir Francis put up a monu-
ment in the wall over her grave, with an inscrip-
tion thereon, engraven on a brass plate, leaving
then a blank for his own name to be put after his
death, but was never performed.
[' Sir Francis Hastings was fourth brother to
Henry carle of Huntington. I ihinke he marryed
Maud, daughter of sir Ralph Langford, widow of
sir Geo. Vernon. This sir Era. was chosen kni";ht
for the county of Leicester, together with his
brother sir George Hastings in Eliz. 28. He was
also of diners parliaments both in Q. Eliz. and in
king James's reigne.
Henry earl of Huntington who dyed in anno
1,J95. Sir Geo. Hastings his brother who dyed
in anno l604, and sir Francis Hastings another
brother, were all three persons of great fame and
renown, and left many manuscripts touching the
proceedings in church and state in queene Eliz.
reign.' MS. Carte in bibl. Bodl. MMMM.
■b
155.
Sir Francis gave a metrical description of his
wife's virtues in her monumental inscription, of
which I now give the fifth verse only, as the
whole has been printed in Nichols's valuable
History of Leicestershire, vol. iii. part 2. page
588.
This ladle's bed, that heare you see thus made.
Hath to itself received her sweete guest :
Her life is spente, which doth like flower fade,
Freede from all storms; and here she lies at
rest,
Till soul and body joined are in one:
Then farewell, grave! from hence she must
be gone.]
NATHANIEL POWNOLL, a Kentish man
born, (in, or near, Canterbury,) was entred a bat-
ler of Broadgate's-hall in Michaelmas-term, an.
1599, aged 15, and two years after was made a
student 'of Ch. Ch. where being an indefatigable
plodder at his book, and ruiming through, with
wonderful diligence, all the forms of philosophy,
took the degree of M. of arts, an. \607. His life,
as it deserved well of ail, so it was covetous of no
man's commendation, himself being as far from
pride, as his desert was near it. He lived con-
stantly in the university ten years, in which time
he learned eight languages, watched often, daily
85
FERNE.
HILL.
80
exercised, always studied, insomuch that he made
an end of himself in an over-fervent desire to
benefit others. And tho' he had, out of himself,
sweat all his oil for his lamp, and had laid the sun
a-bed by his labours, yet he never durst adven-
ture to do that, after all these studies done and
ended, which our young novices, doing nothing,
count nothing to do; but still thought nimself as
unfit, as he knew all men were unworthy of so
high an honour, as to be the angels of Gocl. And
since in him so great examples of piety, know-
ledge, industry, and unaffected modesty have
been long since fallen asleep, there is no other
way left, but to commend the titles of his monu-
ments to posterity, which arc these,
The young Divine's Jpologiffor his Continuance
in the tluiversity.
Meditations on the Sacred Calling of the Mini-
Comment or Meditation on the first seven Peni-
tential Psalms of David.
His Daily Sacrifice. — All which were printed
at Cambridge, an. I6l2, [Bodl. 8vo. A. 28. Th.
BS.] and the two first at Oxon. 1658. oct. He
died in the prime of his years, to the great grief
of those who well knew his piety and admirable
parts, about the year sixteen hundred and ten,
but where buried, unless in the chan. of Ch. Ch.
I know not. One Nathaniel Pownoll of the city
of Bristol gent, registrary of the diocese of Bristol,
died 28 March l6l 1, and was buried in the chan-
cel of Little S. Austin's church there, but of what
kin he was to the former, 1 know not.
[Wood has copied his character of Pownoll
from the address to the reader prefixed to the
treatises printed at Cambridge. This address is
eigned G. F. Among Selden's books in the Bod-
leian is a sumptuous copy of Pownoll's works,
(probably a present from the editor) with the fol-
lowing Sis. Epitaphium.
Flos juvcnum, decus Oxonii, spes summa pa-
rentum,
Te tegit ante diem (m.atre parante) lapis.
Hoc satis est cineri : reliqua immortalia coelo,
Condit amorque hominum, condit amorque
Dei.]
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"JOHN FERNE, son of Will. Feme of
" Temple-Belwood in the isle of Axholme in
" Lincolnshire, esq; by Ann his wife, daughter
" and heir of John Sheffield of Beltoft, brother of
" sir Rob. Sheffield of Buttcrwick in the same
"county, knight, was sent to Oxon at about 17
" years of age, and placed, as I conceive, either
" in S. Mary's-hall, or in Univ. coll. but leaving
" the university without a degree, he went to
" the Inner Temple, studied for some time the
" municipal law, and in the year 1578 did mostly
" write,
" The Blazon of Gentry, divided into Two
"Parts. The first named the Glory of Genero-
" sity, the lecond Lacy'n Nobilili/, (or the Nobilitj
" of the Laryes earls of Lincoln) Compreheiitiing
" the Disoouries of .Irms and Gentry, Ulc. L^mS.
" loWi. qu. [Bodl. 4t<). M. 50. Art.] dedicated to
" Edniond Sheflii-ld, afterwards earl of Mulgrave.
" In the beginning of the reign of K. Jaincii I.
" he received the iionour of knightho^xl, beina
" about that time secretary, and keeper of hi»
". majesty's signet, of the council establish'd at
" York for the North parts of England. He died
" as I conceive about sixteen hundred and ten,
" leaving then several sons behind him, of whom
" Henry was one, and the youngest, afterwards
" bishop of Chester, as I shall tell you under the
"year l66l."
NICHOLAS HILL, a native of the city of
London, was educated in grammaticals in Mer-
chant-Taylors school, in acaxjemicals in St. John's
coll. of which he became scholar in 1587, and in
that of his age 17. In 1592 he took a degree in
arts, being then fellow of that house, left it be-
fore he proceeded in that faculty, and applying
himself to the study of the Lullian doctrine, be-
came most eminent in it. About that time he
was a great favourite of Edward the poetical and
prodigal earl of Oxford, spent some time with
him, while he consumed his estate beyond the
sea and at home. After that count's death, or
rather before, he was taken into the retinue of
that most noble and generous person Henry earl
of Northumberland, with whom lie continued for
some time in great esteem. At length being
suspected to comply with certain traytors against
K.James I. fled beyond the seas an^ there died.
He hath written a book entit.
Philosophia Epicurea, Democritiana, Theo-
phrastica, proposita simpliciter, nan edocta. Par.
1601. Col. Allobr. 16 IQ. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. C. 86.
Art.] &c. Dedicated to his little son Laurence
Hill. With the hist edit, and perhaps with others,
is printed, Angeli Politiani Preclectio, ciii tit.
Panepistemon. He left behind him in the hands
of his widow, various matters under his omti
hand-writing, but nothing that I can learn, fit for
the press. Among them are imperfect papers
' concerning the eternity, infinity, &c. of the
world,' and others ' of the essence of God, 8ic.'
Some of which coming into the hands of William
Backhouse of Swallowfield in Berks, esq; from
the widow of the said Nich. Hill, living behind
Bow church in London, about 1636, various co-
pies were taken of them, and Edm. earl of Mul-
grave about Uiat time having a copy, another
was taken thence by one Dr. Job. Everard,' part
of which I have seen under another hantl. This
is all, of truth, that I know of Nich. Hill, only
' [Oralio Ilalila Roma a Rolrrlo Tumerou Deconio ad
rfverendum P. F.verardum, prcrfectum sodrtatit Jcsu, mm
Anglicani cnllrgii curam susciptrct. Vide Roberti Turoeri
Panegyr. Sic. 8»o. 1599. Kenjtet.]
G 2
lOia,
87
GAGER.
88
that his name is mentioned by ' Ben. JoJinson
thus:
Those atomi ridiculous,
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1610.
Whereof old Democrite, and Hill Nioholis,
One said, the other swore, the world consists.
There are several traditions going from man to
man concerning this Mcii. Hill, one of which is
this, that wliile he was secretary to the earl of
Oxford before-mentioned, he, among other ac-
compts, brought in this to him. Item for makins
a Man 10/. — 0 — 0. Which, he being required
to explain by the count, he said he had meerly
out of charity given that sum to a poor man, who
had several times told him, that ten pounds would
make him axnan. Another is this, which I had
from Dr. Joseph Ma) iiard, sometimes rector of
Exeter coll. (younger brother to sir Joh. Maynard
Serjeant at law,) who had it from Mr. Rob. ilues,
author of the book De Glohis, (an intimate ac-
quaintance of Hill,) while he continued in Oxon
in his last days, that is to say, * That he was one
of those learned men who lived with the earl of
Northumberland, that he fell into a conspiracy
with one Basset " of Umberly in Devonshire,
" descended from Arthur Plantagonet, viscount
" Lisle, a natural son of K. Edward IV." who
1)retenclcd some right to the crown. Upon which
le was forced to fly into Holland, where he set-
tled at Roterdam, with his son Laurence, and
practised physic. At length his said son dying
there of the plague, did so much afflict him, that
he went into an apothecary's shop, swallowed
poison, and died in the place, &.c. wliich by seve-
ral is supposed to be about sixteen hundred and
ten. But leaving these reports to such that de-
light in them, antl are apt to snap at any thing to
please themselves, I shall only say that our au-
thor Hill was a person of good parts, but humor-
ous, that he had a peculiar and affected way,
different from others, in his writings, that he en-
tertain'd fantastical notions in philosophy, and
that [as] he had lived most of his time in theRomish
persuasion, so he died, but cannot be convinced
that he should die the death of a fool or mad-
man.
WILLIAM GAGER was elected a student of
Ch. Church from Westminster school in 1574,
took the degrees in arts, and afterwards entring
on the law line, took the degrees in that faculty
also, in 1589. About which time, being famed
for his excellencies therein, became chancellor of
the diocese of Ely, and much respected by the
bishop thereof Dr. Martin Heton. He was an
excellent poet, (especially in the Lat. tongue, as
several copies of verses, printed occasionally in
various books, shew,) and reputed the best come-
dian 9 of his time, whether it was Edward earl of
Oxford, Will. Rowley the once ornament for wit
* In his 'Epigrams, numb. 134.
» \T\a.\.\i Dramatic Poet:\
and ingenuity of Pembroke-hall in Cambridge,
Rich. Edwards, Joh. Lyiie, Tho. Lodge, Geor.
Gascoignc, Will. Shakespear, Tho. Nash, or Joh.
Heywood.' He was also a man of great gifts, a
good scholar, and an honest person, and (as it
should seem by Dr. Joh. Rainolds's several an-
swers and replies to what this doctor hath writ-
ten,) hath said more for the defence of plays than
can be well said again b}' any man that should
succeed or come after iiim. The cause for the
defence of plays was very wittily and scholar-like
U)aintained between the said two doctors for some
time, but upon the rejoynder of Rainolds, Gager
did let go his hold, and in a Christian modesty
and humility yielded to the truth, and quite al-
tered his judgment. He hath written several
plays, among whieh are,
Uh/sses remix.
Rtva/es. Both which were several times acted
in the large refectory of Ch. Ch. but whether
ever printed, I cannot 3^et tell. The last was
acted before Albert Alaskie, prinfce of Sirad, a
most learned Polonian, in June 1583, in which
year he purposely came into England, to do his
devotions to, and admire the wisdom of, queen
Elizabeth. After he had beheld and heard the
play with great delight in the said refectory,
he gave many thanks in his own person to the
author.
Maleager, Trag. Written also in Latin, as the
two former were, and acted publicly in Ch. Ch.
hall, an. 1581. or thereabouts, before the earl of
Pembroke, Rob. earl of Leicester, ehanc. of the
univ. of Ox. sir Ph. Sidney, and many other
considerable persons. This tragedy giving great
delight, was shortly .after acted there again, and
at length in 1592, 'twas printed at Oxon in oct.
[Bodl. 8vo. R. 22. Art. Seld. i to the great con-
tent of scholars. A copy of the said tragedy,
with two letters, being sent by the author to Jo.
Rainolds, (in which letters, as 1 conceive, were
many things said in defence of theatre sights,
stage-plays, &.c.) the said doctor drew up an an-
swer, dated at Queen's coll. 10 Jul. 1592. ^^'here-
upon our author Gager making a reply, " dated
" at Christ church the last of July 1592," with a
desire to Rainolds to forbear any farther writing
against him, yet Rainolds came out with a re-
joinder in July 1593. As for Gager's letters and
replv, I think thev were not printed, ^
" but among ray searches, 1 nave seen „y scarcUcs I
" a copy of them in MS. containing could never see
" six sheets in folio in the hands of acopyofikem.
" Mr. Will. Smith, fellow of univer- Fi'stEdit.
" sity coll." ^ The answ er of Rainolds w ith his
rejoinder, I am sure were printed under the title
of, The Overthrow of Stage-Plays, &c. [Bodl. 4to.
' [This odd jumVilc of names is borrowed from the ' Com-
parative discourse of our En:;lish Poets,' &c. in 2'Ae Sewnd
Part of Wits Common Wealth, 1598.]
» [Bibl. Coll. Univ. MS. J. 18 ]
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HEALE.
SCORY.
GENTILIS.
90
Clar.
1010.
Clar.
ItlO.
K. 14. Til. Sekl.] This is all that I know of our
author Ua^or, only that lie was livini; in, or near
to, the city ol' Ely, in sixteen hundred and ten,
and tliat he wrote the Latin Epistle [to the earl
of" Leicester, then chancellor of the university,]
before the book of verses made by the university
of Oxon. entit. Exet/uia; D. PfiHippi Sidnai.
Oxon. 1587. qu. [Bodl. 4to. H. 17. Art.] In
which book also he hath copies of verses on the
death of that famous knight; who, while he was
in being, bad a very great respect for tlie learning
and virtues of Gager; of whom you may see
more in Job. llainoids, under the year lf)07, and
in Will. Heale, who next follows. In l6l5, was
published a book at London in qu. entit. A liefti-
tatiori of the Ajwlogtffor /Icfors, [Bodl. 4to. H. 18.
Art.] but by whoni written I know not, for only
the two letters J. G. arc set to it.
[It is probable that all Gager's dramas were
printed, though Wood has only registered one of
them. In the library of Francis Douce, esq. is
Vlisses Redux, Tragadia Nova. In sEdo Christi
Oxonite pub/ice Jcademicis recitata, octavo Idas
Februarii, IH)'- Printed at Oxon, 1592, and
dedicated to lord Buckhurst.
Gager wrote Latin verses on almost every public
occasion during his residence in the university.
Besides those on the death of sir Phili]) Sidney,
of which he has the greatest share, and would ap-
pear to have been the editor, others in particular,
will be found in the Oxford collections on the
decease of sir Henry Unton, in 1596, and on that
of queen Elizabeth, in l603. See a curious vo-
lume of these funeral tributes, Bodl. 4to. H. 17.
Art.]
WILLIAM HEALE, a zealous maintainer of
the honour of the female sex, was a Devoiiian
bom, being originally descended from an ancient
and genteel family of bis name, living at South-
Heale in the same county, became a sojourner of
Exeter coll. in 1599, aged 18, took tlie degrees in
arts, and became chaplain-fellow of that house,
wherein he wrote and compiled.
An Apologu for Women: Or, an Opposition to
Mr. Doctor G. (Gager) his Assertion, who held in
the Act at Oxford, lfi08, That it teas latcfid for
Husbands to'beat their Wives. Oxon. 1609. ciu.
[Bodl. 4to. R. 17- Th.] What preferment lie
afterwards bad in the church, or w hether he wrote
any thing else, I find not. He was always esteemed
an ingenious man, but weak, as being too much
devoted to the female sex.
" EDMUND SCORY, son of Silvan Scory,
" esq; and grandson to Job. Scory, bishop of
" Hereford, was born in Herefordshire, and edu-
" cated in Bal. coll. left it without a degree, tra-
" veiled, and was patronized by William viscount
" Cranbourne, afterwards carl of Salisbury, to
" whom he dedicated a book by him written,
•" entit.
" A Extract out of the Uinlory of the lait French
" King Hen. 4. according to an uiilhrntic ('opy
" written in his Life-time. To tchich it added,
" his Murder tdth a Knife in hi» Coach at Pari*,
" 14 A/oy 16I0. styl. Horn. &c. Lond. I6l0. qu.
" A\'hat other things he hath written, 1 cannot
" tell, unless various Lat. copies of verse* di»-
" nerscd in several books near his end, l)ecaa9e
" tie had no fixed place of residence, but spent
" his time in hanging on gent, and noble-
" men."
ALBERICUS GENTILIS, the most noted
and famous civilian, and the grand ornament of
the university in his time, brother to the eminent
writer Scipio Gcntilis, and botli the sons of
Matthew Gentilis doctor of physic, by Lucretia
his wife, was bom at La Chastell St. Genes in a
province of Italy called La Marca d'Ancona,
educated mostly in the university of Perugia,
where being made doctor of the civil law, in 1572,
aged twenty one, soon after left his country for
religion sake, with his father and younger brother
Scipio before-mentioned. The father and Scipio
settled in Germany, but Albericus going into
England found relief from several persons in
London, and, by recommendations, obtained the
patronage of Robert Dudley, carl of Leicester,
chancellor of the university of Oxon. But out"
learned author being desirous to lead an acade-
mical life, he procured the chancellor's letters for
that purpose, dated 24 Nov. 1580, wherein it ap-
pears, that ' he left his country for religion sake,
and that his desire was to bestow some time in
reading and other exercises of his profession in
the university,' &c. Soon after the date of the
said letters, he journey'd to Oxon, and by the fa-
vour of Dr. Dan. Donne, principal of New-Inn,
and his successor Mr. Price, he had a convenient
chamber allowed to him in thesaid inn, and notonly
moneys given towards his maintenance by several
societies, but soon after 6/. 13*. 4d. per an. from
the common chest of the university. In the lat-
ter etid of 1580, he was incorporated doctor of the
civil law of this university, as he had stood before
in that of Perugia; and after he had continued
some years in the said inn, where he wrote certain
books, and laid the foundation of others (of w hich
the students thereof have gloried in my hearing)
he receded either to C. C. or to Ch. Ch. and be-
came the flower of the university for his profes-
sion. In 1587, the queen gave' him the lecture
of the civil law for his farther encouragement,
which he executed for about 24 years with great
applause. As for the books by him published,
which speak him most lesirned beyond the seas,
were all written in the university of Oxon ; the
titles of which are these,
De luris Interprctibus Dialog! sex. Lond. 1582.
qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 4. Jur.] Dedicated to Rob.
» Vide Hisl. & Anliq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 40.
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91
GENTILIS.
92
E. of Leicester, being the author's first fruits of
liis lucubrations.
Lectioiium Sf Epistolarum qua ad Jus Civile
peitiiieiit. Lib. 1. Loud. 1583. oct. [Bodl. 8vo.
G. 23. Jur. Seld.]
De LegatioHibusLib.3. Lond. 1585. qu. [Bodl.
4to. G. "y. Jur.] Hannov. 1607. oct. [Bodl.
8vo. G. 14.Jur.]
Legalium Comitiorum Oxoniensium Actio. Lond.
1585. oct.
De nascendi Tempore Disputatio. Witeberg.
1586. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. G. 10. Jur.]
De diversis Temporum Jppellationibus Liber.
Witeberg. 1586. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. M. 25. Jur.
Seld.]
Conditionum Lib. unm. Lond. 1587. oct. [Bodl.
8vo. G. 10. Jur. Seld.]
De Jure Belli Comrnentatio prima. Lugd. Bat.
1588. qu. &c.
De Jure Belli Com. sec. Lond. 1588. qu. &c.
De Jure Belli Com. ter. Lond. 1589- qu. &c.
[The three were collected and printed together
at Han. 1598, Bodl. 8vo. G. 6. Jur. Seld. and
again in l6l2. Bodl. 8vo. G. I9. Jur.]
De Injustitid Bellied Romanorum Actio. Ox.
1590. qu. before which is an epistle dedic. to Rob.
earl of Essex, wherein the author saith, that he
had then lying by him fit for the press, Defensio
Romanorum, 6; Disputatio de ipsorum Justitia Bel-
lica. But whether afterwards printed I cannot
tell.
De Armis Romanis, Lihri duo. Hannov. 1599'
oct. &c. [Bodl. 8vo. G. 10. Jur.]
Disputationes duee. 1. De Actoribus If Spec-
tatorihus Fabularum non notandis. 2. De Abusu
Mendacii. Hannov. 1399. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. G.
12. Jur. Seld.] &c.
Duce Literce ad Joh. Rainoldum de Ludis Sce-
nicis. Middleb. 1599- Ox. I629. qu. They are
at the end of a book called, The Overthrow of
Stage-Plays. [Bodl. 4to. R. 14. Th. Seld.] See
more in Jo. Rainolds and Will. Gager.
Ad primum Maccabteorum Disputatio. Franc.
1600. qu. [Bodl. 4to. D. 3. Th. Seld.] It follows
the notes of Joh. Drusius made on the said
book.
De Liiiguarum Mixturd, Disputatio Parergica.
This disputation, with the other immediately go-
ing before, are remitted into the fifth vol. of
Criticks, p. 1073, 8093. [Bodl. BS. 203.]
Disputatiomtm de Nuptiis Libri vii. Hannov.
1601. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. G. 1. Jur. Seld. and again
in 1614. Bodl. 8vo. G. 35. Jur.]
Lectionis VirgHiana^ varia. Liber. Hannov.
1603. [Bodl. 8vo. G. 19- Art. Seld.] Written to
Rob. Gentilis his son.
Ad Tit. Cod. de Malejicis 4" Math, de ceteris
similibus Comment arius. Hannov. 1604. [Bodl.
8vo. G. 10. Jur.]
Item Argumenti ejusd. Comrnentatio ad Lib. 3.
Cod. de Professoribus 8f Medicis, Han. 1604.
[Bodl. Bvo. G. 10. Jur.]
Laudes Academice Perusiana 6( Oxoniensis.
Hannov. 1605. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. G. 7. Jur. Seld.]
Dedicated to J)r. Ralph Hutchinson president of
S. John's coll. bj' Rob. Gentilis his son, then a
student in that house.
Disputationes tres. 1 . De Libris Juris Cano-
iiici. 2. De Libris Juris Civilis. 3. De Latinitate
veteris Bibliorum Jersionis maU accusatd. Han-
nov. 1605. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. P. 9- Art. BS.]
Disp. 3. 1. De Potestate Regis absolutd. 2. De
Unione Regnorum Britannice.* 3. De Vi Civium
in Regem semper injustd. Lond. 1605. qu. [Bodl.
4to. G. 9- Jur.]
In Titulos Codicis, Si quis Imperatori male-
dixerit, ad Legem Juliam Majestatis, Disputationet
decern. Hannov. I607. [Bodl. 8vo. G. 16. Jur.]
Epistola ad Joh. Howsonum S. T. P. In which
epistle our author doth learnedly interpose liis
judgment concerning Dr. Pye's book of divorce.
I'rinted at the end of Dr. Burhill's book entit.
In Controversiarum, &c. an. I6O6. qu. [Bodl. A.
7- 9. Line.] See more in Tho. Pye, an. I6O9, and
in Rob. Burhill, an. 1641. The reader is to note,
that besides the answers of Pye and Gentilis,
one Joh. Dove^ did prepare a third answer, but
whether it was ever printed, I cannot tell.
Hispanic^ Advocationis Libri 2. Hannov. 16 1 3.
qu. [Bodl. 4to. G. 9- Jur.]
Comm. in Tit. Digestorum Sf Verborum Signiji- [369]
catione. Hannov. l6l4. qu. [Bodl. 4to. G. 10.
Jur. Seld.]
Discourse of Marriages by proxy. Written to
Egerton L. chancellor of England. These are all,
and enough too, that I have seen written by this
eminent doctor Gentilis, and whether any title is
omitted, I cannot justly say. He concluded his
last day in the beginning of the year (either in the
latter end of March, or beginning of Apr.) in six- jgjj
teen hundred and eleven, but where buried, unless
in the cathedral of Ch. Ch. in Oxon, is yet uncer-
tain. " Geo. Matth. Konigius in Biblioth. Pet.
" S; Nova saith that Alb. Gentilis died at London
" June 19, I6OB, and was buried near his father
" Matthew Gentilis, Carniolap, Ducatus Archiater."
I have seen a copj' of his * will, written in Italian,
date 14 June I6O8, wherein he desires his body
to be buried in the place, and in such manner, as
his father's was, as deep and as near to him as
may be, &c. Where his father Matth. Gentilis
died, or was buried, it doth not yet appear to me.
Sure it is, if the information of Sir Giles Sweit,
LL. D. who well remembred Alb. Gentilis, be
right, it is evident, that he the said Alb. Gentilis
died in Oxon. He left behind him a widow,
named Hester, who afterwards lived at Rickmans-
worth in Hertfordshire, where she died in 1648,
(ult. Car. L) and two sons Robert and Matthew,
♦ [A MS. copy of Chese two Disputations among the
royal MSS. in the British Museum, 1 1 A iv.]
5 [iflll. ult. Martis, D. .loh'es Dove cap. ad. vie. de
Wcslhiih per resign. De .Toh'is Hedde ult. incumb. Ad pres.
Will'i Warham archid'i Cant. Regist. IVurham. Kennet.]
' In offic. praerog. in Reg. Cope, part 2. qu. 12.
93
MULCASTER.
94
the first of which, being afterwards a translator of
books, 1 sliall elsewhere remember.
[Alherici GeHtilia ./. C. ProJ'essoris regit ad pri-
tnum Macbcronim Dispittatio, ad illuslrem el reve-
reiid/ss. D. Tohiam Matthteum Episcopum Dunel-
mensem Fniiick. I GOO, 4to.
Tobiu doetissime et reverendissime, debentur
certe eu tibi, ct alia a me pliiria (|uaB suo tempore
consequentur. Dcbeo me tibi pliiriinum at(|ue
phirimum qui per favorem tiium t'uiidamenta ha;c
quantulajcunquc eruditionis poiiere potui non pe-
nitus ineelebns et illaudataj. Tua humanitas siii-
gularis, tua per omne genus oftieiorum liberalitas,
tua amicitia nobilissima fovit peregrinum me, et
in Anglia novum ; protcxit iiifirnium ; erexit et
animavit afflictum exulem ; fecit in ca studia litte-
rarum incumbere, quas fernie abjeceram, et deplo-
raram ; in hunc me propemodum erexit splendi-
dissimi locum anlccessoris, quern licet potuissem
desidcrare, spcrare non potuissem. Salve, Mat-
thajc illustris, salve : et ha;c a Gentili cape tuo,
6 et prBEsidium et dulce decus meum.
1587. Elizabeth &c. to all &,c. Know ye that
we of our speciall grace, certain knowledge and
meer motion, do give and graunt unto Abericus
Gentilis doctor of lawe the office or room of read-
ing of our civil lecture in our univ. of Oxford,
together with one yearly fee of fourty poundcs
during his life. Witness ourself, 8th of June, reg.
29. 1587. Kennet.
Sec an Italian Letter by Alberic Gentilis, and
another from Benedetto Spinola, in Mr. Baker's
MS. Collections, Vol. VIIl. Numb. 10. now in
the British museum at London (MS. Harl. 7035,
217.) Cole.
He wrote also lines in Italian, prefixed to FIo-
rio's World of Words, Lond. 1611, folio. (Bodl.
F. 2. 26. Art. Seld.) and the following in the
Funebria Ilenrici Untoni, Oxon. 1596, 4to. are
by this author,
Scioglie Errico il mortale, e regi, e regni,
Che facondo aggiungea, cosi discioglie }
Opar che I'alme a piu bei nodi inuoglie,
Susii dal cielo e plachi gl' odii indegni f
Tronca algenti sospetti, ardcnti sdegni
Attuta Errico : e le contrarie voglie
Spirto celeste hor liga: e frutto accoglie
Delle sante fatiche; e ne da segni.
Vidi quel grande alia cui spada inchina
Quanto regge I'Hispano, e ch' a noi fraude
Tolse da santo nodo ? ei pace chere.
Tu, la medesma sempre, alta regina.
Pace a lui doni e rechi tanta laude
Al tuo buono orator, buon cavaliere.
Del S. Alberico Gentile D.]
RICHARD MULCASTER, son of Will. Mul-
caster of Carlisle in Cumberland, esq ; was born
in tliat city, or at least in tlie county, educated
in grammaticaLs in luiton sciiooi near Windsor,
electe<i scholar of King's coil, in Cambridge, in
1548, took one degree in arts there, retired iil'ter-
wards to Oxon, where lie was elected student or
Ch. Ch. an. 1555, and the next year Ix-ing incor-
porated baeli. of arts here, was lieeniied to pro-
ceed in that faculty in Dec. J 550. Which degree
being compleateu by his standing in the Act
celebrated 5 Jul. in the year following, he became
eminent among the Oxonians for his nirc and pro-
found skill in the Greek tongue. Afterward*
spending more than four years in Oxon, in a con-
tniual drudgery at his book, made so greut profi-
ciency in several sorts of learning, which wu
exceedingly advanced by his excellencies in gram-
mar, poetry, and philology, that he wa.<k unani-
mously chosen master of the school erected io
London 1561, in the parish of St. Laurence
Pountney, by the worsliipful company of the
Merchant-Taylors of that city, in which place
exercising his gifts in a most admirable way of
instruction, till 1586, (28 Elizab.) in all which
time it happily prospered under his vigilancy, St.
John's coll. in Oxon. was supplied with such
hopeful plants, that it soon after flourished, and
became a fruitful nursery. In 1596 he succeeded
one Joh. Harrison in the chief mastership of St.
Paul's school in London, (being then prebendary
of Yatesbury in the church of Sarum,) and soon
after(if not haply before) had the rich parsonage
of Stanford-Uivers in Essex bestowed on him by
Q. Elizabeth, which he kept to his dying day.
He hath written,
Positions, wherein those primitive Circumstances
be examined, which are necessaru for the training
up of Children, either for Skill tn their Book, or
Health in their Body. [ded. to queen Elizabeth.]
Lond. 1581, 87. qu.
The first part of the Elementary, which inlreat-
eth chiefly of the true Writing of the English Tongue.
[ded. to the earl of Leicester.] Lond. 1582. qu.
[Bodl. 4to. M. 35. Art.] Whether there was a
second part publish'd I know not, for 1 have not
yet .seen such a thing. '
Catechismus Paulinits, in Usum Scholec Paulin/e
conscriptits. Lond. 1599, I6OI, [Bodl. 8vo. T.
48. Th.] &c. oct. Written in long and short
verse. He died at Stanford-Rivers before-men-
tioned, 15 Apr. in sixteen hundred and eleven, • i^f ^
(having resign'd Paul's school three years before,)
and was buried the 26th of the same month in
the chancel of the church there, under a stone,
which he two years before had laid for his wife
Katharine, on which he caused to be engraven,
' that she was wife to Richard Mulcaster, by
~7""ri do not find the author erer prosecuted this subject by
printing a second part. Hcrheit, TypograpMcal AiUiquilit;
page 1073.1 ^
» [Joh. Brown S. T. D. admiss. ad rect. de Stanford Riren
com. Ess. 19 Apr. 1611. vac. per mort. Ric. Mulcaster^
ad pres. regis. Itegitt. Ablnt. Kekxet.]
95
COOK.
BLAG RAVE.
96
[370] anticnt parentage and lineal descent an esquire
born, who by the most iiunous Q. 1 Elizabeth's
prerogative-gift was made parson of this church/
&x:.
[Ric.Mulcaster, art. bac. Cant. 155.'3,4. Bakijr.
lie was schoolmaster to bishop Andrews, who
greatly honoured him as you may see in the said
bishop's funeral sermon by bish. Buckeridge.
His Positions he promised in Latin.
He had a son, Peter. Vide Funeral Sermon.
Sydenham.
Richard Mulcaster was presented to the vicar-
age of Cranbrooke in Kent, April 1, 1590, which
he resigned the year following.
The following couplet in commendation of his
jnipil, Henry Dow, was upon a brass plate in Christ
x-hurch cathedral, Oxon.
Richardiis Mulcaster praceptor.
Qualis in Autumno judex Acadeuiia, certe
Nobilis in primo palmite gemma fuit.
In the Harleian MSS. (6996) is a letter from
Edward Heyborn to the lord keeper, in behalf of
Richard Mulcaster, who begged his interest to
secure to him the prebend of GatesBury in the
diocese of Salisbury, 13 Sept. 1593: also, Richard
Mulcaster to the lord keeper upon the subject of
the foregoinc; letter. Ibid. Gilchrist.
See a further account of him, as master of St.
Paul's school, in Strype's additions to Stow's
Survey of London. He was an excellent scholar,
■ and highly distinguished for his philological
attainments; these are sufficiently evident from
his treatise on the true writing of the English
language, a work of great learning, and contain-
ing many admirable criticisms and judicious re-
marks. His Latin verses, prefixed to the works
of many of his contemporaries, are very numerous;
?erhaps some of his best are those in The Princelj/
Pleasures of Kenilrcorth Castle, 1576; on Ocland's
.Elizabetha, 1582, and in Ntenia Consolans, 1603.
The last, which contains some English as well
as Latin lines, I have never been able to meet
with.
There was a Robert Mulcaster who translated
Fortescue's Commendation of the Politique Lawes
of England, 12mo. 1567, and 1573.]
JAMES COOK, who writes himself Cocus,
received his first breath at Chale in the Isle of
Wight, his grammatical education in Wykeham's
school, his academical in New coll. of which he
became perpetual fellow in 1592, being then ac-
counted a good Latin poet, as several of his copies,
which afterw^ards were printed, testify. In I6O8,
he proceeded in the civil law, being about that
time rector of Houghton in Hampshire, and in
good esteem for his profession and excellencies
in the Greek tongue. His works are,
Juridica trium Quastioniim ad Majestatem per-
tinentium Determinatio, in quaium prima Sf ultima
Processus Judicialis contra II. Garnetum inslitutus
ex Pure Livili Hf Canonico defenditur, &c. Oxon.
1608. qu. [Bodl. 4to. B. 93. Th.] Dedicated to
Bilson bishop of Winchester, to whom he was
then chaplain.
Poemata varia. He gave up the ghost in six-
teen hundred and eleven, but where buried, unless
in his ('hurch of Houghton, I know not. One
James Cook of VVarv.ick chirurgeon, and a pre-
tender to physic, hath published certain matters
relating to physic and chirurgerj', in tiie reign
of Oliver and after ; and therefore not to be taken
for the same wilhtlie civilian.
JOHN BLAGRAVE, the second son of John
BlagraVe of Bulmarsh-court, near to Sunning in
Berkshire, by Anne his wife, daughter of sir Anth.
Hungerford of Downe-Ampney in Glocestershire
knight, was born in Berks, educated in school-
learning at Reading, in philosophical among the
Oxonians, particularly, as it seems, in St. John's
coll. about the time of its first foundation. But
leaving Oxon without the honour of a degree,
retired to his patrimony, which was at Southcote
Lodge in the parish of S. Mary at Reading, and
prosecuted with great zeal his mathematical
genie to so considerable an height, that he was
esteemed the flower of mathematicians of his age.
He hath written and published these books fol-
lowing,
A Mathematical Jezcel, skewing the Making and
most excellent Use of an Instrument so called ; the
Use of which. Jewel, is so al>oundant,that it leadeth
the direct Pathwath through the whole Jrt of
Astronomy, Cosmography, Geography, &.c. Lond.
1585, fol.
[ Bacnlum Familliari, Catholicon sive generale :]
Of the Making and Use of the Familiar Staff so
called, as welt for that it may be made usually and
familiarly to walk with, as for that it performeth
the Geometrical Mensurations of all Altitudes,
&c.' Lond. 1590. qu. [and again 4to. without
date.]
Astrolabium Uranicum generale. A necessary
^md pleasant Solace and Recreation for Navigators
in their long journeying, containing the Use of an
Instrument or general Astialabe, &c. compiled
1596. Printed in qu. [by Thomas Parfoot for
Will. Matts. Bodl. 4to."A. 4. Art. BS.]
The Art of Dyalling in tteo Farts. The first
shezeing plainly, &ic. Lond. 1609. qu. [Bodl. 4to.
A, 4. Art. B.S.] with other things as 'tis probable
which I have not yet seen. This worthy mathe-
matician, who had a most generous love for his
kindred, gave way to fate in sixteen hundred and
eleven, and was buried in the church of S. Lau-
rence within the antient borough of Reading.
Soon after was a fair monument erected in
the wall (with his bust to the middle) over
against the desk there, Avhere his mother was
before buried. His epitaph which is engra-
ven under his said bust or proportion runs thus :
1611.
i6u.
I
97
BLAG RAVE.
FORMAN.
I
[37 IJ
' Johannes Blagravius totus mathcmaticu.s, cum
matre sepiiltus : Obiit9 Aug. Ifill.
Here lies his corps, which living had a spirit,
" Wherein much worthy knowledge did inherit.
By which, with zeal, one God he did adore,
Left for maid-servants, and to feed the poor ;
[His virtuous motlier came of worthy race,
A Hungerford,9 and buried near this place.
When God sent death their lives away to call,
They liv'd bclov'd, and died bewail'd by all.']
From one of the brethren of this mathematician,
was descended Daniel Blagrave a counsellor at
law, who running with the rout in the beginning
of the rebellion, was chosen a burgess for Read-
ing, to serve as a recruiter in the parliament, be-
gan at Westminster 3 Nov. 1(540. About the
same time he was made steward of Reading,
and treasurer of Berks, and had given to him the
exegenter's office of the Common-Pleas, then
esteemed worth 500/. per an. Afterwards he was
one of the judges of K. Ch. L bought the king's
fee-farm of the great manor of Sunning 'l)efore-
mentioned, and other estates at very easy rates,
was master extraordinary in Chancery, a constant
rumper, and a great persecutor of the ministers
in and near Reading, especially when an act
of parliament issued out for the ejection of such,
whom they then (1654) called ' scandalous, igno-
rant, and insufficient ministers and schoolmas-
ters.' At length, upon the approach of his ma-
jesty's restauration, in 1659-60, he fled from jus-
tice, retired to Aeon in Germany, where living
some years under a disguised name, died in an
obscure condition, an. 1668, and was buried in
a certain piece of ground, somewhat distant from
that city, appointed to receive the bodies of such,
whom they there call, heretics.
[I cannot find by any evidence that Blagrave
was ever a member of" St. John's, although it is
very probable he might enter that society as a
commoner, whilst some of his relations were fel-
lows. A George Blagrave was admitted fellow,
as of kin to the founder, in 1594; in U)03 Wil-
liam Blagrave was elected, as was another of both
his names the following year.
In a copy of Blagrave's Mathematical Jewel,
1585, in the Ashmole museum, (G. 7.) is the fol-
lowing MS. account of the family.
' Here stands Mr. Gray master of this house
And his poore catt, playing w"' a mouse.
John Blagraue mariyed this Graye's widdowe,
(she was a Hungerford,) this Joiin was symple;
had yssue by this widdowe :
1. Anthony, who marryed Jane Borlass.
2. John, the author of this booke.
3. Alexander, the excellent chess player in
England.
Anthony had sir John Blagraue kt. who caused
his teeth to be all diawne out, and after had a sett
of ivory teeth sett in agaync.'
s TThe daughter of s r Anthony Hungerford, knight.j
TOL. 11.
veriM
Prefixed to this work are two copies of _
by Blagrave. 1 . The Authour in hi% ottne Defentt.
2. The Authour t Dumpe. In the former of these
he seems to deny haviug liad the advantage of an
university edm'ntion.
Though that my name be nut among the learn-
ed rold* ,
Let not tltat bee a blot, 'ere that my ule be told.
Yet Zoylus sccuie* to say, why, what .' and
whence is he ?
A childe but yesterday, and now to scale the
skie ?
Where gathered he his skill i what tutor tol'Je
him in f
The vniuersities denie, that 'ere he dwelt there-
in.
And London laughcs tothiukc,shc scarce doiU
knowe his face ;
How commes he then to linke with Vranc'*
worthy grace ?
My aunswearc shall bee short— my paiue ibis
peece hath pcnd :
God lent it to ray lot, and hee shall mee d«l
fcnde.
In the dedication to lord Burleigh, and again
in his address to the reader, he complains bitterly
of some attempts by ' a famous lewde pettifogge?
to dispossess his family and himself of their pos-
sessions, by stealing their evidences, and endea-
vouring ' to entitle the queen thereto as con-
cealed lands.' The attempt was however frus-
trated, after seven years litigation, and the Bla-
grave family retained their estates, which our
author declares had cost his ancestors three
thousand pounds, forty ye^rs preceding the
action.]
« SIMON FORMAN, son of William, son of
" Richard, son of sir Tho. Forman of Leeds, son
" of another sir Thomas of Furnivalc, was born
" at Quidhampton near ^\'ilton in Wiltshire, on
"the 30 Dec. 6 Ed. 6. Dom. 1552, troubled
" much with strong dreams and visions in his
" sleep when at six years of age and after. At
" eight he was sent to school to learn English
" under one Will. Riddout, alisus Ridear, origi-
" nally a coblor, but wiicn Q. Elizabeth came
" to tiic crown he was made a minister and had a
" cure in Saiisburv; but when the plague raged
" in that city, an. i5(J0,hc left Salisbury and went
" and dwelt at the priory of S. Giles, near to the
" habitation of Simon's father. Of him, I say,
" did Simon learn English, and afterwards some-
<' thing of the accidence, and then being taken
" awav, because Riddout could teach him no
" higher, he was sent to the ^'c-school in the
" close at Salisbury with one Dr^.John Boole or
" Bowie, a severe and furious man, and conti-
" nued with him two years. Then he went to
" one of the prebends called Minteme, who bc-
•' in -^ a covetous person would remove his w«k(
U
k
99
rORMAN.
100
" from one place to another in his house, and so
" gaining lieat would save fire, and this course he
" would make Simon take to gain heat also. In
" 156;3, about the time of Christmas, Simon's
" father died, and his mother not caring for him,
" she would make him keep sheep, plow, and
•* pick up sticks. When he was 14 years of age,
" ne put himself an apprentice to a trader in Sa-
" lisbury, who followed several occupations, sold
" grocery- wares, apothecaries druggs, &c. whcre-
" by Simon learned the knowledge of the last,
" and his master finding him caicful, did often-
" times commit to him the charge of the shop.
" While he was in this condition, and had one or
" more apprentices under him, he gave himself
" much to reading, but was chid for so doing by
" bis master, who took away his books. At that
" time one Hen. Gird, a kersey-man's son of Cre-
" diton in Uevonshire, boartfed with his master,
" and went to school in Salisbury, and Simon
" being bedfellow with him, he learnt all at night
" which Henry had learnt at school in the day-
*' time, by which Simon kept what he had got,
" yet gain'd but little. At that time one A. Y. a
" daughter of a sufficient neighbour, was exceed-
** ingly enamour'd with him, but Simon being
" bookish and minding his business, did not love
" her so well as she did Simon. Afterwards upon
" some falling out between him and his mistress,
" or dame, he with his master's leave relinquish'd
" bis trade, and at 17 years ol<l and an half he
" retook himself to his book, and for 8 weeks
" space he followed it with great sedulity at the
" free-school ; but then again his iil-natur'd and
" clownish mother denying him maintenance, he
" was put to his shifts, and at 18 years of age he
" became a school-master at the priory of S.
" Giles, where he first of all learn'd English, and
" there teaching 30 boys for half a year, got forty
" shillings in his purse. On the 10th of May
" 1573, he and an old school-fellow of his called
" Tho. Ridear confederated together, and both
" went on foot to Oxon, where they became poor
" scholars, Thomas in Corp. Ch. coll. and Simon
" in Magd. coll. and there in the free-school
"joining to the common-gate, Simon improv'd
" himself much in learning. Now it must be
" known that two bachelors of arts were the chief
" benefactors that maintain'd Simon, one of them
** was a Salisbury man born called John Thorn-
" borough, a demy of Magd. coll. and the other
" was his kinsman called llob. Puikney, a com-
" moner of S. Mary's-hall, and a Wiltshire man
[372] " horn. These two loved Simon well, but being
" given much to pleasure, they would make him
" go to the keeper of the forest of Shotover for
" bis hounds to go on hunting from morning to
** night. They never studied (as Simon saith)
*' nor gave themselves to their books, but spent
** their time in the fencing-schools, dancing-
" schools, in stealing deer and conies, in hunting
the hare, and wooing girls. They went often
to the house of Dr. Giles Jiawrence at Cowley
near Oxon, to see his two fair daughters Eliza-
beth and Martha, the first of which Thornbo-
rough woed, the other Pinkney, who at length
married iicr, but Thornborough deceived the
other. This was their ordinary haunt, and
thither did Simon go almost every day early
and late with bottle and bag, to the great loss
of his time. Rut he being weary of this em-
' ploynient, he left Magd. coll. at two years
' standing, at which time being 20 years of age
' he became a school-master, and began to study
' astronomy-, physic, magic and philosoph3',where-
' in he much profited, as also in chirurgery and
' other arts. Rut these his studies, especially ■
* astronomy and magic, being but little used in
' those days, he suffered much trouble, and for
' practising physic withall, he lost all his books
' and goods three times. He travelled much
' into the Eastern countries to seek after know-
' ledge, and was often at sea; and in his return
' from the Portugal voyage, an. 1589, he settled
' in London about Michaelmas, and dwelt in a
' stone house in Philpot-lanc about 14 jears, and
' had much trouble with the doctors of physic,
' because he was not free among them, or gra-
' duated in the university. He was by them four
' times imprisoned and once fined, yet at the last
' he overthrew them all in the common law, as
' also in the Chancery. On the 27th of June
' 1603, he being then in Cambridge, and a lodger
' for a time in Jesus coll. he had the degree of
' doctor of physic and astron. conferr'd upon
him, and had then a licence to practise physic
under the seal of the university, from which
time none durst meddle with him. About that
time he left London, and settled at Lambeth in
Surrey, to the profit and benefit of many, hav-
ing some years before married Jane the daugh-
ter of John Raker, gent, a civilian of Canter-
bury, by whom he had a son named Clement,
born the 27th of Oct. 1606, and lived to his
last in very good report of the neighbourhood,
especially of the poor to whom he was charita-
ble. He was a person that in horary questions
(especially thefts) was very judicious and for-
tunate, so also in sicknesses, which indeed was
his miisterpiece ; and had good success in re-
solving questions about marriage, and in other
questions very intricate. He was a person of
indefatigable pains, and was always doing some
thing relating to his profession. I have some-
times seen half a sheet of paper wrote of his
judgment upon one question; in writing of
which he used much tautology, as you may see
if you'll read a great book ' of Dr. Rob. Eludd,
who had it all from the MSS. of Forman; who,
had he lived to have methodized his own papers,
' In musxo Ashn^olcauo.
101
FORMAN.
1(H
£373]
" I doubt not but lie would liave iidvaiK-cd tlio
" latroiuiilbcinatioal part thereof very eomplent,
" for he was very observant and kept notes of the
" success of his judgments, as in many of his
" figures I have observed. He ]>rofessed to his
" wife that there would be much trouble about
" sir Rob. Carr, earl of Somerset, and the
" lady Frances his wife, who frequently re-
" sorted to him, and from whose company he
" would sometimes lock himself in his study one
" whole day. He had compounded things upon
" the desire of Mrs. Anne Turner, to make the
" said sir Rob. Carr callid fjuo ad hanc, and Ro-
" bert earl of Essex frigid quo ml hanc, that is,
" to his wife the lady Frances, who had n mind
" to bo rid of him and be wedded to the said sir
" Robert. He had made also certain pictures in
" wax, representing sir Robert and the said lady,
" to cause a love between each other, with other
" such like things; but Forman dying before he
" could eftect the matter, Mrs. Turner found out
" one Edward Gresham an .astrologer to conclude
" the matter; but he also, if 1 mistake not, dropt
" away before the marriage of sir Robert and the
" said lady was concluded. Dr. F'onnan hath
" written,
" De Arte Geomantica.
" Of the Natures of the 12 Houses for Judgment
" of Diseases, &c. — 'Tis a large fair MS. in qu.
" De Revolulione Mundi.
" The Astrological Judgments of Phi/sic and
" other Questions, containing his Experience for
" 20 Years, an. 1606.— In alarge folio MS.
" Judicia de Servo Fugitivo, &c.
" Of hidden Treasure, of Geomancy, deFurto,
<'&c.
" R'!ception of Planets, &c.
" Judgments of Diseases, according to the 12
*' Houses.
" De Amore ^- Arte.
" De Fugitivo, ^- de Re amissa, Sec.
" Instructions to knoxe in zchat stale a Ship is,
" thai is at Sea, &c.
" Dialogue between him and Death in his Sich-
" ness, an. 1585, Sept. 4.'— 'Tis a poem, and to it
" is joiu'd another poem.
" Of Antichrist, &c.
* [From Simon Forman's Argumenle heltcen Forman and
Deaihe in his Sicknes, 1685. Stpl. the 4"'.
Forman.
Yet, Death, on r,uestion more of thee
1 will aske, er ihou soe :
Howe hadstc thou thy beginning.
And wher, 1 wold fain knowe?
Deaihe.
My sonn, according to my skill.
My entrance showe I shall.
When God created angells bright
In Heaven's imperiall.
He mad on angell, Lucifer,
That was soc fair and bright.
Who to compare to God the lord
He thought thcr soiic he Diiglitf .
" Mattert of Armt and Gentility Mgrngiilf to
" his Familif.
And, thnrowf prid, hi» chaier Mrt
Inio the Nonh'- -'•■■ f.rr,
That he cncorr. r'-»t wrath.
And grewr in ;. , 'if'
Wherforc from llcaven Gud did him caM«
Into the lowckt hell.
And many a thounaiul at that lime
With him from Heaven ther fell.
Some in the aytr, torn in ihe earth.
Some in the water tiaie ;
And tlins ul Adam envied alle.
That God made (nit of cl.iy.
Perceyuinftc Adam and hit wni
Tlieyr |>larr* should iiicceerl,
For envy that ihey had ther at,
Devit'd this >liifte with s\rtA.
The serpent was the sublillest
Of all the bcastes that hcnl,
And Satan he, to work his will,
Gotc into that serpent.
Imaginig'e some crafiie nrille,
Vnto the woman wente.
And, with fairc spceche, caused here la
Ureitkc God's commaundemcntc.
What is the cause, Madame, (quoth he)
Tliat ye this tree forbeare,
Whos I'ruyte is most delycyous,
To cate ye ncad not spare?
Wee eale of all, saue only that.
Which God did vs deny;
The contrary, what time we doe,
God said that we should die.
The ser|ient said, beliue not that,
Thoughc he it youe forbod,
Yf that youe doc, for wisdom youe
Shal \k lykc vnto God.
She hcaringe that, did straight belyue
The scr|>cnt in his ulke.
And eatc ther of, and Adam gaue
In place wher he did walke.
But when their eyes once opeaol were
They kne«e they had done yll.
For which God put them out of Par*diee,-
The ground abrod to idl.
And made them subicct vnto Death,
Because thev had done sin ;
And soc by fall of Adam firste
I 1>EATH did enter in.
On Abel first I showed my power.
Whom Caine his brother slewe.
And hauc done since on yongc and old
That Adam's fall due rewe :
And shall doe, till the wordle be don.
Not man can scape my hand,
Wher he doc slejie, wher he doe wake,
Orlyiie bvsi'a ar land.
In Ma'mrc in that luilic valle,
Which since is Jewishe land,
I Death, with spite, did showe my mign
On Abell bie Caine slaind.
And thus to thee I haue declarj
The questions that ihou askt.
When thou hast done, forget not thia,
Lyke a man in a mask*
Which subtilly dothe shifts him selfc
To Protheus' shapes and formes.
And at iho laste forgets the tirste
Before aboutc he tornes.
Like those that to a sermon com*
To sec, and to be sine;
And er they lorne what them was tau^
■Tbev have forgoilen cleane.
li 2
103
FORMAN.
104
" Of Ciants.
" De Lapide I'kiiisophico,
" Of Alchtimy.
" l')e Ltipiiie Phi/osup/ioruin : Or, the TVork of
" Kako. — Written uii. KiOi.
" A Discourse if the Plague.
" Of the Spleen : Also of the Materia Metlica,
^ imc.' An. 1593.
" A Treatise of the Plague and its Si/mptoms,
" an. 1607. qu.
" Of Adam and Eve.— 'A divinity tract.
" A Discourse of Antichrist. — A div. tract, with
" other fragments of tiie same author.
" Ars iSlotoria. — Written in large vellom,
*' mentioned by W. Lilly in his own life, p. 31.
" Onus magnum. — Written 10 Nov. I098.
" The first IVay to the Mineral Stone.
" Prodigies of Birds, viz. Eagles, Crozes, &c.
" Calculation of Nativities— with many other
" things which are among the MSS. in Ashmoie's
" mus£eum, among which must be mention'd his
" Letters to Mr. Rich, Napier. — Of whom, by
" the w'ay, I must desire the reader to know, that
" he was a younger son of sir Rob. Napier of
" Luton-Hoe in Bedfordshire, baronet, and bred,
" I think, in Cambridge,' of which he was master
" of arts, but whether doctor, as he was commonly
" called, I know not. After he had left the uni-
" versity he became rector of Great Linford in
" Buckinghamshire, well skill'd in astrology and
" mathematics, was a person of great abstinence
" and piety. He outwent Dr. Forman in physic
" and holiness of life, cured the falling-sickness
" perfectly by constellated rings, and some dis-
" eases by amulets. He spent every day two
" hours in family -prayer, and when patient or
" querent came to him, he presently went to his
" closet to pray, and after told, to admiration,
" the recovery or death of the patient. It ap-
" pears by his papers that he did converse with
" the angel Raphael, who gave him the responses.
" Elias Ashmole had all his pa[>ers, wherein is
" contained all his practice for about 50 years,
" which Mr. Ashmole carefully bound up accord-
" ing to the years of our Lord in several volumes
" in fol. which are now in his musa;um. Before
" the responses stand this mark R. R" that is lie-
" spotisnm liophaelis. He told Dr. Job. Prideaux
" in 1621, that 20 years after that year he should
' [llic. Sandy, alias Napier, was fellow of Exeter coll.
Vide my xxviii. vol. of MS. Collections, p 92. Cole.]
Forget not this therefore,
1 Death E shall be thy end,
Haue care therefore that thou malste lyue.
When that thy time is spende.
Forman.
And that we may soe doe indead,
God praiint vs all his grace;
Then after death wee shall be suere.
With him to haue a place.
Finis per Simone Forman. MS. Ashmole ccriii. xiii. b.j
be a bishop, and accordingly he was made a
bishop in 1641. He tlie said Rich. Napier
died at Great Linford before-mention'd pray-
ing on his knees, on the first day of Apr. 1634,
aged 75 or more, leaving then his estate to sir
Rich. Napier his nephew. John Cotta, Dr. of
physic ot Northampton, doth in his Tryal of
IVitch-Craft obliquely inveigh against Mr.
Napier and his practices. At length Dr. For-
man dying suddenly was buried in the church
at Liimbetii in Surrey, on the I'ith of Sept. in
si.xteen hundred and eleven, leaving then be- 16"-
hind him a little son named Clement, and
money and goods worth 12001. for the main-
tenance of him ; as also divers rarities and
MSS. which the said Mr. or Dr. Rich. Napier,
who had formerly been his scholar, got into
his hands : All which, coming after his death
into the hands of sir Rich. Napier his nephew
and heir, were by his son Thomas given to Elias £374]
Ashmole before-mentioned. I have been in-
formed by a certain '* author that the Sunday
night before Dr. Forman died, he the said
Forman and his wife being at supper in their
garden-house, she told him in a pleasant hu-
mour, that she had been informed that he
could resolve whether man or wife should die
first, and asked him, Whether I should bury you
or no ? Oh, said he, you shall bury me, but thou
wilt much repent it : Then said she. How long
will that be? to which he made answer, / shall
die before next Thursday night be over. The next
day being Monday all was well : Tuesday earner
and he was not sick: Wednesday came, and
still he was well ; and then his impertinent
wife did twit him in the teeth with what he had
said on Sunday. Thursday came, and dinner
being ended he was well, went down to the
water-side and took a pair of oars to go to some
buildings he was in hand with at Puddle-Dock:
And being in the middle of the Thames, he
fresently fell down, and only said ; an Impost ! an
mpost! and so died; whereupon a most sad
storm of wind immediately followed. Thus my
author here quoted; but the reader must know
this, that the 12th of Sept. I6l2, on which day
he was buried, was then Thursday, and 'tis
very unlikely that his body was buried the same
day on which he died, or that it was kept a
week above ground."
[The greater portion of this Life of Forman is
taken from a curious MS. in his own hand, pre-
served, with an immense number of other works
and calculations by this astrologer, in the Ash-
molean museum. To give a catalogue of these
papers, most of which are of no value, would far
exceed the limits of these volumes. I add there-
fore only one work of Forman's, and that printed,
which has escaped my predecessor.
♦ Will. Lilly, astrologer, \a his own Life, MS. p. 17.
105
BUCKLAND.
106
The Grounds of the Lonaitude, with an Admo-
nition to all those that are incredulous, and heJieve
not the Truth of the same. Li(;ciiso(l to 'rhonias
Dawson, 4to. 1591. Herbert, Ti/p. Anti//. 1128.
A curious paper entituled Of Lucifer's Creation,
and of the fVordle's Creation, from tliu orij^iiial
MS. in St. Jolm's college library, was comnuini-
cated by the Editor of the present work to Mr.
(now Sir Samuel Egerton) Brydges, and has been
printed in the fourth volume of the Centura Li-
teraria, 8vo. 1807, page 410.]
RALPH BUCKLAND, an esquire's son, was
born of, and descended from, an antient and gen-
teel family of his name (living at VVcst-Harptre)
in Somersetsliire, became a commoner of Mag.
coll. in Mich, term 1579, aged 15 or thereabouts;
but before he took a degree, he went to London
and studied the municipal laws for some time.
At length being inflam'd with a love to the Rom.
Cath. religion, he left his parents, country, and
the prospect of a fair inheritance, (for ho was the
first heir to his father) and went forthwith (by
the instigation, without doubt, of some priest) to
the English coll. at Rheitnes; in which place,
and at Rome, he spent about 7 yciirs in the eager
obtaining of knowledge in philosophy and divi-
nity. Afterwards being made priest and sent
into the mission of England, lived chiefly, I
presume, in his own country, and spent above
twenty years in doing offices belonging to his
profession. The things that he hath written and
published are these,
Seven Sparks of the cnkind^
led Soul. \Drarcn out of the
Four Lamentations, which,\ Holy Scriptures
composed in the hard Times of\ after the form of
Qu. Elizabeth, maube used at aill Psalms. — Print-
Times, when the Church happen-] ed in twelves.
eth to be eitreamly persecuted. ^
In the title, or end, of these two little things
(with which was printed A Jesus Psalter, but by
whom written or published it appears not) there
is no place or time mentioned, where, or when,
they were printed, neither is the epistle dedica-
tory to his mother B. B. dated. However, that
they were printed after king James I. came to
the crown of England, appears in the first Psalm,
J, 12, thus: ' By the hand of thy great servant
ames, shake off" our yoake; that we may find
him an honourable comforter, — Beautify him with
a name, more precious than his crown: by the
true name of a good king,' &c. A copy of the
said two little things, which contain ejaculations
very full of most fervent devotion for the recon-
cilement of England and Scotland to the Rom.
church, coming afterwards into the hands of the
most learned Dr. Usher, primate of Ireland, he
took occasion in a' sermon preached in S. Mary's
' MS. ia bib. Tho. Marshall^ nuper lect. coll. Line.
church in Oxon, 5 Nov. 1640, Ut tell the Icamrii
auditory then present, that the naid two bftok*
having been printed nt Rome in WiO.i, or thrre-
abouts, the Ounpowdcr-'I'reajion, which wa« di««
covered two years after in England, wa* tlicn
there known, and prayers sent up to fJod Al-
mighty for a prosperous succeas thereof, from
certain passagex therein (' drawn,' an 'tii !>.tid in
the title, 'out of the Holy Scriptures'^ which he
then publicly read before them, nome, if not nil,
of which are these. — I'sal. 2. p. 2,5. ' Confirm
their hearts in hoi>e for the redemption i* not fnt
off". The year of visitation drawelh to an end :
and jubilation is at hand.' — Psal. 2. ii. 32. 'But
the memory of novelties shall penah with a
crack : as a ruinous house falling to the ground. —
Ibid. p. 33. ' He will come as a flame that burn-
eth out beyond the furnace,' JScc. ' His fury shall
fly forth as thunder.'— Psal. 4. p. 54. ' The crack
was heard into all lands; and made nations (juake
for fear.' — Ibid. p. 06. ' In a moment canst thou
crush her bones,' &c. All which passages, deli-
vered from the pulpit, by that learned and g(jdljr
archbishop, being then generally believed, I
must make bold to tell the render, being an eager
pursuer of truth, that by the several copies of
the said books which I have seen, it doth not ap-
pear at all, that they were printed at Rome, or
where else : and if it may really be guessed by
the make or mould of the letter, wherewith they
were printed, 1 should ratlier take them (as one
or more doctors of this university do the like) to
have been printed, either at Rheimes or Douay,
or not unlikely at Antwerp; for at Rome there
were seldom before that time, then, or since, such
fine or clear letters used, as, by multitudes of
books, which I have seen, that were printed at
that place, appears, nor indeed ever were, or are,
any English books printed there.
Our author Buekland hath also written,
An Embassage from Heaien, trherein our Lord
Christ givetk to understand his Indignation ugaimt
all such, as being Catholicly minded, dare yield
their Presence to the Riles and public Prayer.^ of
the Malignant Church. — Printed in octa\o, but
where, or when, it appears not, either in the be-
ginning, or end, of the said book, [iioill. 8vo.
C. 637. Line] He also translated from Lat. into
English a book entit. De Persecutione landelica.
lib. 3. Written by Victor bishop of Biserte or
Benserte in Africa. Which bishop was in great
renown according to Bellannine^ an. Ch. 490.
Also the six tomes of Laur. .Surius emit. De t itit
Sanctorum. Which translation I have seen often
quoted, under the name of Robert (instead of
Ralph) Buekland. What else our zealous author
hath written and translated, I find not as yet, nor
any thing else*of him, only that he dying in six-
teen hundred and eleven, was buried, 1 presume,
'' In lib. cui tit. est. Dt Scriptorilut Eccletiatt. C^
/grip. 1631. p. 166.
rs75i
107
TIIYNNE.
108
in his own country near to the graves of his an-
cestors, who were nil zealous It. Catholics, but
since not. He left behind him among the bre-
thren the character of * most pious and scraphi-
cal person, n person who went beyond all of his
time for fervent devotion.'
[Ritson was not aware that Buckland is entitled
to a i»lace in his Bihliographia foetica : his claim
is founded on a metrical epilogue to his Embas-
sage from Heaven, of which the reader will be
pleased to accept the first and two last stanzas
only.
Shal this embassage be of no regard,
Sent from a God, and from a man besides?
Who, for thy sake, in loue, he hath not spard
His head, his amies, his legs, his sacred sides,
liut al haue bcene embrued in dearest blood
To saue thy soule, and worke thy greatest
good.
* * * #
What loue, what terrour, al the world may yeeld,
Al are but shadowcs glaunsing on a wal;
Or like the winde, stowping the corne in field.
They haue short time, of no regard at al.
The loue of heauen, the dreadful judge-
met da^-.
These, these are they, whose endes canot
decay.
Choose now of whether thou wilt haue thyshare;
Of that which endeth in a moment's blast,
Or of those treasures, which 1 doe prepare
For my true champions, which shall euer last.
The world is gone, thy Saviour shal
remaine;
Stand fast to him, and heauen is thy gaine.]
FRANCIS THYNNE was lineally descended
from Tlioin. at the Irine, otherwise Thynne, of
Strettoii in Shropshire, son of Ralph Botevill of
the same place, descended from an auticut and
genteel family of his name living elsewhere, was
educated in gramaticals in Tunbridge school in
Kent, (in which county, as it seems, he was born,)
where being fitted for higher learning by Jo.
Proctor, master thereof, (whom I have men-
tioned elsewhere,') was thence sent to this uni-
versity, at which time several of his siniame of
AVilts, studied there; and one of both his names,
and a knight's son of the same countv, was a com-
moner ot Maj^. coll. in 1577. "Whether our
author Franc. Thynne went afterwards to Cam-
bridge, or was originally a student there before
he came to Oxon, 1 cannot justly say. Sure it is,
that his genie tempting him to leave the crabbed-
ness of logic and philosophy, and to embrace
those delightful studies of histories and genealo-
gies, he became at length one of the officers of
arms, by the title of Blanch-Lyon, and afterwards
' [See vol. 1. col. SSf)."]
herald by that of Lancaster,' which he kept to his
dying day. His works are,
The Annals of Scotland in some part, continued
from the Time in which Ra. llolinshed left, beint
an. 1571, unto the Year 1586. Lond. i58(i. fof.
Tliere are also the Catalogues of the Protectors, [37S]
Governors or Regents of Scotland during the King's
Minority, orthe Minoritif of several Kings, or their
insujjicienct/ of Government. These are also the
Catalogues of all Dukes of Scotland bi/ Creation or
Descent; of the Chancellors of Scotland; Archbi-
shops of St. Andrews; and divers Writers of Scot-
land.
Catalogue (f English Cardinals — Set down in
R. Holinshed's Chronicle at the end of Q. Mary :
Used and followed in many things by Francis
bishop of LandafF, in his cat. or hist, of them,
at the end of his book De Preesuiibus Antrliea
C< o
om.
Cat. of the Lord Chancellors of England. — MS.
From which, as also from the endeavours made
that way by Rob. Glover, sometimes Somerset
herald,^ and of Tho. Talbot, formerly clerk of the
records in the Tower of London, Job. Philpot,
Som. herald, did frame his Catalogue of the Chanc.
of England, &c. Lond. 1636. qu.
The perfect Ambassador, treating of the Anti-
quitif, Privileges and Behaviour of Men belongin<r
to that Function, Sic. This was published in
12mo. in the times of the late usurpation, and
therefore is supposed to be very imperfect. [It is
dedicated to William lord Cobham ; and was
printed in UJ51.]
A Discourse of Arms, wherein is shewn the Bla-
zon, and Cause of divers English, Foreign, and de-
vised Coats, together zcith certain Ensigns, Ban-
ners, Devises, and Supporters, of the Kings of
England. — MS. sometimes in the library of Halpli
Sheldon of Beoley, esq; now (by his gift, 1684.)
among the books of the eollegeof arms near St.
Paul's cath. in Lond. The beginning of this MS.
written to sir A\'ill. Cecill lord Burghley, is this,
' I present unto your rare judgment (right honour-
able and my singular good lord) no vulgar conceit
of armory,' &c. The Discourse is dated from
Clerken well-Green, 5 Jan. 1593.
Several Collections of Antiquities, Notes concern-
ing Arms, Monumental Inscriptions, &c. — MS. in
Cotton's lib. under Cleopatra. C. 3. p. 6'i.
Miscellanies of the Treasury. — MS. written to
Tho. lord Buckhurst, an. 1599.
" A Discourse of the Duty and Office of an
" Herald of Arms, A. D. l605. MS. in biblioth.
" Ashmol. n. 835. [This and the following treatise
were printed in Hearne's Collection of Curious
Discourses.']
' [Rob. Glover Somerset herald, lies buried in the church
ofSt. Giles without Crippl^ate, London, over whose grave
is a comely monument, iri the South wall of the quire, with
an inscription to be seen in Weaver Funerul Monuments,
p. 314, whereby it appears, that he died April 10. 1588,
wlat. 45. Kennet.")
109
TIIYNNE.
no
" Matters concenniig llemlth, and Tri/al of
" j4rms and the Court Military, MS. Ibul. [ct
MS. 4176.]
" Names of the Earls Marshals of England,
*' J. D. 1()01. MS. Ibid. n. 8,'>G.
" A Discourse upon the Philosophers Arms,
" written in English Verse, an. 158:3, MS. Ibid,
n. 1374."
Epitaphia, sive Monumcnta Sepulchrorum An-
glic^Sf halini qnam Galtici. — MS. in a thin fol.
in the hands of sir Henry St. George Clarciiecnux
K. of arms. Tiio said inscriptions, witli arms
and epitaphs, were collecled in tiis travels througii
several parts of England, and through some of
France, and have been ever acce[)tablc to such
curious men, and antiquaries, that have had the
happiness to see them. Several of his collec-
tions were transferred to obscure hands, which
without doubt would be useful if they might be
perused ; but 'tis feared by some, that they
are turned to waste paper. I have seen di-
vers collections of monuments, inade by him
from Peterborough cath. in 1592, several of
which mon. were lost and defaced before sir
Will. Dugdale, or Sim. Gunton made their re-
spective surveys of that antient edifice, an. 1()40,
41. What otlier things our author Thynne hath
written, I know not, nor any thing else of him,
only that he died in sixteen hundred and eleven.
But that which I have forgotten to let the
reader know farther of him, is, that he had seve-
ral Notes on, and Corrections of, Chancers Works
lying by him : with the helps of which, he did
rntcnd to put out that author, with a comment in
our English tongue, as the Italians have Petrarch
and others in their language. But he having
been taken off from that good work, did assist
Tho. Speght of Cambridge with his notes and
directions, as also with considerable materials for
the writing of Chaucer's life. Whereupon the
said Speght published that author again in lG02,
(having in the former edition 1597 had the notes
and corrections of Joh. Stow the chronologer for
his assistance,) whereby most of Chaucer's old
words were restored, and proverbs and sentences
1-377-1 marked. See more in Will. Thynne, under the
year 1542,' from whom, if I mistake not, this
Francis was descended.
[When Thynne left Oxford, he became a
member of Lincoln's Inn. The first preferment
that he obtained, was that of Blanche Lyon pour-
suivant, after which, when he was hfty-seven
years, he was on the ea-* of April, 1600, with
great ceremony, created Lancaster herald at
arms, having previously obtained a patent for
that office, dated the 23'' October, 44 Eliz. Wood
places his death in I6I 1, but it must have hap-
pened sooner, since he never surrendered his pa-
» [Vol. 1. col. 136.J
tent, and that granted to hi§ succnior in office
bears date in November IGO8.'
In the CastratiouH to Hotiingshcd'i Chronieln
are tiie four following diitcour»e* by tliiit author,
wliieii were su|>preHsed from political inutile*.
They have been added to the late quarto edi-
tion.
I . The Collection of the Earh of Ijeicuter ;
compiled in 1585.
SJ. The Lives of the Archbithitpt of Canterburif ;
written in 1580. TIiIk is chiefly taken Uitm
archb. Parker's book l)e Antiquitate liritannica
Ecclesicc.
3. Treatise of the Lord Cohhams.*
4 The Catalogue of the lAjrd Wardens of tht
Cintfae Ports, anil Constables of Doier Cuxlte, at
Kelt in the Time of King Eduard, surnamed
the Confessor, as since the lieigu of the Conqueror.
Compiled in 1586. The original MS. of tlii*
was, according to bishoo NiehoUon in the
library of More, bishop of Ely.
Besides these he wrote,
5. Of Sterling Moneu.
6. Uf what Antiquilif Shires were in Eng-
land.
7. Of the Anliquitif and Eli/mologu of Terms,
and Fines for Administration if Justice in Eng-
land.
8. Of the Antiquity of the Houses of Law.
y. Uf Epitaphs.
10. On the Antiquity, Sfc. of the High Steward
of England.
I I . The Antiquity and Office of Earl Mar-
shall.
These seven are printed in the etlition of
Heame's Curious Discourses, 2 vol. 8vo. Loud.
1775.
12. Discourse of Bastardy; MS. in mus. Bri-
tan. 4176, fol. 139', b.
13. Collections out of Domus Regni Ang/ia —
Nomina Episcoporum in Somerset — hiomina
Sa.ronica de Donutionibus a Regibus Eadfrido,
Eadgare et Edwardo — Cataloans Episcoporum Ba-
ton et Wells — A Book of Collections and Com-
mentaries dc llistoria et Rebus Britaunicis-—
The Plea bettceeen the Advocate and Anti- Advo-
cate, concerning the Hath and Batchelor knights.
14. Collections out of Manuscript Historians,
• [See his Life at the cnJ of the lot edition of Hcarnc*
Collection of curious Discourses. Lond. for Benjamin
White, 177.i, vol. ii. jwge 444.] ,_ j, ,. . ... • ,
^ [Uui whereas it is insmualed m the fcnphsh Mistoric«|
Library, that there arc no more sheets supprcs-^ed than what
relate to the lords C'ohham, and that this wm occasioned be-
cause of the then lord Coliham beiiiR in disgrace, 1 must beg
leave to assert, that this is one of the great number of mi*-
takes in that work, it being plain from wliat hath been al-
ready said, that there were many sheets besides suppressed;
i>nd it Ix-ing wiihal as plain from our English historj, thai
the lord Cot)ham was at that time in favour, and not in di»-
gcaee, with queeu Liizabelh. Ilcarne, ut supra.]
Ill
HOLLAN D
PENNE.
112
Regitten ofAbbies, Ledger Books, and other an-
tietit Maii'uscriptx. In 4 vol. folio.']
rcheremth the honour of this Realme hath beene
vncharitably traduced bj/ some of our adversaries
THOMAS HOLLAND was bom at Ludlow
in Shrophire, elected Socius Sacerdotalis com-
moi.lv called chaplain-fellow of Baliol coll.
13 Jan. 1573, being then bach, of arts, and a most
noted disputant in that house, and m 1575 pro-
ceedinff in that faculty, he became a solid
preacher. Afterwards he took the degrees in
divinitv, left his fellowship in 1583, succeeded
Dr. Humphrey in the divinity-chair 1589, and
Glasier in the rectory of Exeter coll. an. 1592.
In which house continuing almost 20 years, there
appeared in sight under him at one time these
noted scholars, Edw. Chetwind, Dan. and Samp.
Price, Rich. Carpenter, Tho. Winniff, Joh.
Flemming, Joh. Standard, Joh. Whetcombe, Joh.
Prideaux°&c. all doctors of divinity. Sim. Bas-
kervill, Uob.Vilvaine, &c.eminent physicians,with
others, to the great credit of our common mother.
This learned Dr. Holland did not, as some, only
sip of learning, or, at the best drink thereof, but
was mersus in libris ; so that the scholar in him,
drown'd almost all other relations. He was
esteemed by the precise men of his time, and
after, ' another ApoUos, mighty in scriptures,
and so familiar with the fathers, as if he himself
was a father, and in the schoolmen, as it he had
been a seraphical doctor.' He hath published,
Oratio cum Henricus Episc. Sarisburiensis Gra-
ditm Doc tor is sufccpent habita. Oxon. 1599, qu.
[Hodl. 4to. H. 22. Art.]
Sermon on Matt. 12. 42. Oxon. 1601, qu.
[Bodl. 4to. H. 38. Art.] He had also a consider-
able hand in the translation of the Bible, ap-
pointed by K. Jam. 1. an. l604, and left behind
liiin at his" death, several things fit for the press.
He departed this mortal life on the 17th of March
in sixteen hundred and eleven, and was on the
efith of the said month (an. I6l2.) buried in the
chancel of St. Mary's church in Oxon ; where
being then present all the degrees of the uni-
vcrsitv, Dr. Kilbie, rector of Line. coll. laid open
to them, in a sermon, the great learning and vir-
tues of him the said Dr. Holland.
[Holland's sermon is now so scarce, that I am
■ tempted to print the whole title ; particularly as
it gives us notice of a treatise annexed to it
which was not known to Wood, who probably
never inspected the volume.
l\a.yr^yv(is D. Elizabeths, Dei gratia Angha
Francia, et Hibernia Reginx. A Sermon preached
tit Pauls in London the 17. of 'November, Ann.
J)om. l.VJt). the one and fortieth Yeare of her
Maieslies Reigue, and augmented in those Places
wherein, for the shortnes of the Time, it could not
there be then delivered. IVherevnto is adioyned an
Jpotogeticult Discourse, vchereby all such sclander-
oiis Accusations are fully and faithfully confuted,
» [Curious Discourtes, pp.44G.447-]
in Forraine Nations, and at Home, for observing
the 17. of November Yeerely in the forme of an
IIoly-Day, and for the ioifull Exercises, and
courtly Triumphes on that Day in the honour of
'■— Maiestie exhibited. By Thomas Holland,
her X..U-....... —J
Doctor of Divinity, and her Highnes Professor
thereof in her University of Oxford. At Oxford,
Printed by Joseph Barnes, &.c. I6l0. The Dis-
course, overlooked by Wood, comprises above
one half of the volume.
Towards the close of the sermon, speaking of
queen Elizabeth, he says—' by whose honour-
able stipend I have been relieved these many
years in this famous university, and by whose
magnificence, when I served the churcji of God
in the Netlierlands, being chaplain to the earl
of Leicester, his honour, I was graciously re-
warded.'
Dr. Kilbie, in his Funeral Discourse, gives us
a strong proof of the hatred Holland bore to-
wards the Catholics. ' His common farewel,'
says he on the relation of Holland's contempo-
raries to the fellowes of his college, ' when he
tooke any longer iourney, was this, Commendo
vos dilectioni Dei, et odio papains et supersti-
tionis.'
N umerous copies of verses by Holland will be
found in the Oxford Collections of that period ;
and he wrote commendatory lines to Case's,
Summa Veterum Interpretum in Univ. Dialect.
Aristotelis, 1598.
There is a head of our author in his namesake s
Ileroologia.']
JOHN EENNE, a noted translator from Lat.
and Ital. into English, and from English into
Latin, was born at Montacute near A\"dls in
Somersetshire, educated in the rudiments of gram-
mar and music, in the condition of a choirister
within the precincts of the cathedral there. Af-
terwards at riper vears he was sent by his relations
to Wykeham's school near Winchester, to the
end that he might be fitted for the university.
Where, in a short time making great proficiency,
he was elected probationer of New coll. in 1550,
(4 Ed. 6.) and two years after being made per-
petual fellow, was then appointed one of those
that were to study the civil law, which the sta-
tute of that house stiles civilista, but whether
he took a degree in that faculty, it doth not
appear in the university registers. In the reign
of Q. Mary he became schoolmaster of St. Ed-
numdsbury in Suffolk ; where, by his excellent
fiu-'ulty in teaching, the boys were advanced
very much in grammatical learning. But upon
tlie alteration of religion in the beginning of Q.
Elizab. he was forced thence by the giddy zeal
of two Scots, that were then settled in those
parts. At length he gave a farewel to England^
113
FENNE.
CAUTVVRIGHT
HOLLING.
114
wont into tlie Low Countries, and iil'tcTwards into
Italy, where spending (our years in study, re-
turned to the Low Countries again, where, partly
at Lovain, (at which niace lie was at length made
confessor to the English nuns) and partly in the
cities adjacent, he spent about 50 years, as an
exil'd person, doing extraordinary benefit in the
way he professed. He hath written,
yittE quorundam Marty mm jinglitt. — Whicli,
with other matters by him written, may be seen
in a book entit. Coucertatio Eccta. Catholictt in
Jius,lia, &.e. [Bodl. 4to. C. 32. Th.] See more
in Jo. Bridgewatcr, an. 1594. [vol. i. col. 625.]
He also translated from English into Latin seve-
ral of the books of cardinal Jo. Fisher, as, (1.)
Commentarif on the Seven Penitential Psulins.
IV^hich book F'isher wrote at the desire of Mar-
garet countess of Richmond — Pr. 15W, in qu.
(2.) Sermcn of the Passion of our Saviour. (.'}.)
Serm. concerning the Justice of the Pharisees and
Christians, &c. Also from Lat. into Ei>g. (1.)
[378] -i'/'f Catechism of the Council of Trent. (2.) ji
learned and very eloquent Treatise, written [in
Latinl by Hieron Osorius, Bishop of Sy/va in Por-
tugal, zcherein he confutetb a certain Answer, made
by Mr. Walt. Iladdon, against the Epistle of the
taid Bishop vnto the Queen's Majesty, Lov. \5(iS,
Oct. in three books. And lastly from Italian into
English, (1.) The Life of the Blessed I'irgin S.
Catherine of Sienna. — Print. 1609, oct. originally
written by Dr. Caterinus Senensis. (2.) Treatise
of Tribulation. Written by Caecia Guerra. (3.)
The 15 Mysteries of the Rosary. Written by Gasp.
Loart. And, lastly, collected from divers an-
tient English books, Spiritual Treatises, for the
Use of the Nuns of the Order of St. Bridget ;
and other things which I have not yet seen.
Chr. He ended his days at Lovain, after the year six-
lOll. teen hundred and eleven, and was, as I presume,
buried within the precincts of the monastery
belonging to the English nuns there. He had
a younger brother named Rob. Fenne,* who was
admitted perpetual fellow of New coll. in 1555,
but removed thence by the queen's commis-
sioners, for being a R. Catholic an. 1562, having
a little before been honoured with the degree of
bach, of the civil law. Another brother also he
had, called James Fenne, who was first a choi-
rister of New coll. and afterwards scholar of that
of C. C. an. 1554, " and fellow an. 1558," but put
aside from the degree of B. of arts, and from his
place in the said coll. for refusing to take the
oath of supremacy. Afterwards Tie settled in
Glocester-hall, where he had several pupils com-
mitted to his charge, and was had m great re-
spect by the seniors of that house. Thence, being
forced, he retired to his native country, (Somer-
setshire) where he taught a private school, and
soon after married. But his wife dying, he went
♦ [Robert wa» likewise a priest. Baker.1
Vol. II.
beyond the seus, settled at Riiciiiiex for a iimr,
and wait made a priext. AfterwarcU returning
into England, he settled in iiis nuiive country,
but being soon after apprehended, was conveyed
to London, and tliere kept in prison Mveral
weeks. At lengtli being condemned to die, ac-
cording to the statute against seminaries, waa
executed ut Tyburn with George Haddock, Tho.
Emcrferd, and Joh. Nutter, 12 Febr. 1582-3.
All which are inrolled among the H. Catholic
martyrs, that suflcred during tlic reigu of Q.
Elizabeth.
JOHN CARTWRIGHT, who seems to have
been descended from the CartwriglitA of Wash-
bourne in Glocestershirc, receive*! ni» acaileniical
education in Magd. coll. but whether lie took a
degree in this university, it appears not. After-
wards he travelled, was, as it seems, in holy
orders ; and after his return published tliese books
following.
The Preacher'* Travels : Wherein is lel dotm a
true Journal to the Confnes of the Eait ludUi
through the great Countries of Syria, MetopotO'
mia, Armenia, Media, Hircania, and Parthia,
&c.
A Relation of Sir A nth. Sherley's Entertain-
ment in the Court of the King of Persia.
Description of the Port tn the Persian Gulf
commodious for the East-India Merchants of
England.
Rehearsal of some gross Absurdities in the Turk-
ish Alcoran. — Which four treatises were printed
in one vol. at London, l6ll. in qu. At which
time the author of them was living in Southwark
near London. Afterwards the said treatises be-
ing contracted, were remitted into Sam. Purchas'i
second part of Pilgrims, lib. 9- p- 1422. — Lond.
1625. fol.
" EDMUND HOLLING, a Yorkshire man
born, became a batlcr, or commoner of Qa.
coll. in 1570. aged 16 years or thereabouts,
took one degree m arts four years after, deter-
mined in Schoolstreet, went beyond the seas,
studied physic, was doctorated in that faculty
at Ingolstad in Bavaria, as it seems, where he
was highly venerated for his great knowledee
and success he obtained in that faculty. He
hath written,
" De Chylosi Disputatio, &c Ingolstad. 159«,
in oct.
" De Salubri Siiidiosonim Victu, Libellus, &c.
Ibid. 1602, oct.
" Medicamentorum Oeconomia iwva. Ibid. 1610
and 15, in oct.
" Ad Epistolam quondam a Martina Rulando,
Medico Casario, de Lapide Bezoar: Etfomite
luis Vngarite. Ingolst. l6ll, in oct. and other
things, which, being printed beyond the sea«,
we seltlom see them in these parts."
CUr.
l6ll.
[379]
CUr.
i6ii.
115
BOND.
116*
1612.
JOHN BOND (Bondius) a most notwl critic
ID Greek and Liitin leaniing ofhis time, was born
in Somersetshire, educated in grammaticals in
Wj'keliam's school near Winton, became a stu-
rfeiit in this university about the nineteenth year
of his age, an. 1569, took a degree in arts four
Tears after, being either one of the clerks or chap-
Jains of New coll. and much noted for his pro-
ficiency in academical learning. In 1579 he
proceeded in arts, and had soon after the master-
ship of the free-school of Taunton St. Mary
Magd. in Ijis own country conferred on him by
the warden and society of New coll. At which
place continuing many j'ears, he did exercise such
an admirable way of teaching, that many depart-
ed thence so excellently well grounded in humane
learning, that they proved afterwards eminent
either in church or state. At length being in a
manner worn our with the drudgery of a school,
he did for diversion, I cannot say profit, practise
physic, tho' he had taken no degree in that fa-
• Chief se- ^"'ty in this university, and became
ereiary to the at length* eminent therein. As for
}md chancel- his writings, which are used by the
'""', "/ ^"g- juniors of our universities, aiid in
tTn)'ifone^"c} '"any free-schools, and more admir-
his admirers ^" ^"^" prmted beyond the seas, than
may be credit, in England; they are these,
*<i- Cnmmentarii in Poemuta Q. Hora-
TiltJnhis^t ^" ^^""^' P""'^'* '^*^» oct. and
2^ from the *^^*^'"^' ^"'"f ^''^'^^ beyond the sea,
Court of the ^nd at London.
Comment, in sex Sati/ras A. Persii.
Lond. 1614, oet. published after the
author's death, by Rog. Prows, who
married his daughter Elizabeth. He
hath at least written, if not published, other
things, bnt such I have not yet seen. He yielded
np his last breath on llie third of Aug. in sixteen
hundred and twelve, (being then possessed of
several lands and tenements'in Taunton, Wilton
near Taunton, and in Newenton,) and was buried
in the chancel of the church at Taunton before-
mentioned. Over his grave was this epitaph soon
after put.
Qui medicus doctus, pnidentis nomine clarus,
Eloquii splendor, Pieridumque deeus.
Virtutis cultor, pietatis vixit amicus;
Hoe jacet in tumulo, spiritus alta tenet.
The reader is now to know that there was ano-
ther John Bond ; ' but after the time of the for-
, .' JT*''* •'*'• ^"""^ was bof" at ChaW in Somerset. See
his Ep]st. diilic. before a Sermon entitled Occusus Occidental
la, pr. Lon.l. I(j45 ; he being then B. L. ministtr of the
Savny and a member of the assembly of divines.
Johes Bond, Auls S « Caiherinse LLD. KHG. Resist.
Acad. Cantab.
An. iSf'S. Mr. Dennis Bond and his wife J. G. born.
An. 1610. Dennis Bond mnrryed to loane Gould.
An. 1611. Joliii Bond of Cambridge born (at Dorches-
Great Mogul,
&c. Lond.
1616, p. 45,
First Edition.
mer, son of Dennis Bond of Dorchester in Dor-
.setshire, who having been educated in his youth-
ful years under John AA'hite, commonly called
The Patriarch 0/ Dorchester, and from him sucked
in most dangerous principles, was sent to Cam-
bridge, and placed, I think, in St. John's coll.
where he took the degree of bach, of civ. law.
Afterwards lie was ma<le a lecturer in the city of
Exeter, and carried himself conformable for a
season. But when the times turned in 1641, and
he saw that the puritan began to be uppermost,
then did he preach very seditiously, aiul published
what he had said under this title, A Door 0/
Hope: Also holif and lot/al Activity. Tuo Trea-
tises delivered iu several Sermons in Exeter. The
first on Psal. 126. 1, 2. and the other on E.xod. 17.
11. Lond. 1641, qu. Both which do contain most
scandalous and rebellious stuif, besides what he
preached in a Se7)n. in the said City before the
Deputy- Lieutenants. — Lond. 1643, qu. So that
having thus began his pranks, and shewed him-
self a zealous brother for the cause, and a rank
covenanter, he was made preacher or minister
of the Savo)' in the Strand near London, (in the
place of Joh. White before-mentioned, when he
passed over the water to Lambeth, to take posses-
sion of the rectory there, belonging to Dr. Dan.
Featly,) one of the assembly of divines, and about
that time doctor of the laws. This J. Bond, by
the way, you must know, being scarce warm in
the pulpit, but he began to threaten heaven with
some of his divinity, by telling the auditory with
great zeal, that ' they ought to contribute, and
pray, and do all they were able, to bring in their
brethren of Scotland, for the settling of God's
cause; I say this is God's cause, and it ever God
had any cause, this is it ; and if this be not God's
cause, then God is no God for me, but the devil
is got up into heaven,' &c. About the same lime
he became a frequent preacher before the long-
parliament, and hath three or more sermons
preached before the members thereof published,
as (1.) Salvation in a Mystery, &.c. On Jer. 45. 25
Lond. 1644, qu. It was a fast serm. pr. before
the H. of commons, 27 Mar. 1644. (2.) Ortus
Occidentalis, or a Dareniiig in the West, &c. On
Isa. 25. 9. Lond. 1645, qu. 'Twas a thanks-
giving scrm. for the parliament forces their gain-
ing of Bath, Bridgwater, Slierbourne castle, &c.
preached before the H. of commons, 22 Aug.
1645 ; and on the eleventh of Dec. following the
said Jo. Bond was made master of the hospital
called the Savoy under the great seal. (3.) A
ter). See my MSS. vol. xxxvi. page 378. Baker. See also
my MSS. vol. vi. p. Ktg. Cole.
As this John Bond has so little to do with the Oxford
writers we may be excused from saying more respecting him.
VV^ooti however is wrong in the date of his death, which
happened July 30, l()7'i. He was professor of law in
Gresham college, and the curious reader may refer to Ward's
Lives of the Professors ofC. C. folio. Loud. 1740, page 247,
for further infyrmalion.]
[380]
117
BON l>.
WllYTL,
118
Thanksgiving Serm. before the II. of Com. On
Psal. 30. 2v'3. Loncl. 1(J48, qu. prcaclietl on tlic
19th of July 1648. In whidi year lie iiada serm.
published, entit. Grapes among Thoriu, preached
tefore the house of commons. In all which «er-
mons, as in others, which he dclivere<l in London
and Westminster, are contained many strange
positions, rebellious doctrines, religious cantings,
and I know not what. About that time he was
made* master of Trinity-hall in Cambridge, which
Mr. Jo. Selden refused, and in ltij4 he was made
l^n assistant to the comniissioners of Middlesex
and Westminster, for the ejection of such, w horn
they then called scandalous and ignorant minis-
ters and schoolmasters. These thmgs i thought
•fit to let the reader know, that posterity may dis-
tinguish between the said two IJonds, the first
a polite and rare critic, whose labours liave ad-
vanced the commonwealth of learning very much;
and the other an impudent, canting, and blasphe-
mous person, who by his doctrine did lead people
to rebellion, advance the cause of Satan much,
and in iiue, by his, and the endeavours of his
brethren, brought all things to ruin, mecrly to
advance their unsatiable and ambitious desires.
He lived, as I conceive, to the restoration of K.
Ch. II. an. 1660, being then about 49 years of
• But when *^g«2 '* " when he retired to Lutton
he died I can- " in Dorsetshire,and died there about
not yet learn. « 1680." His father, Dennis Bond
First Ediuon. before-mentioned, who was son of
Joh. Bond of Lutton in Dorsetshire, and he the
aon of Dennis of the same place, was bred uj) to
the trade of a woollen-draper in Dorchester;
being then a constant hearer and admirer of Jo.
White aforesaid, was elected burgess (with Denzil
HoUis) for the borough of Dorchester (of which
he was then alderman) to serve in that unhappy
parliament which began at Westminster Nov. 3,
1640. In which, shewing himself an active per-
son, first under the opinion of a presbyterian,
and afterwfirds of an indcpendant, was design'd
and prick'd down for one of the judges of K.
Ch. I. an. 1648, but whether he sat, when sen-
tence was passed upon him, I cannot justly say,
notw ithstanding one or more authors say, that he
did then sit, and was numbred among the judges.
On the 14th of Feb. next following the decolla-
tion of that king, he was appointed one of the
30 persons for the council of state, and ever after
shewed himself a devotee to Oliver's interest.
On the 30th of Aug. 1658, bein^ then Monday,
and the windiest day that had before hapncd for
SO 3'ears, he paid his last debt to nature, being
then tormented with the strangury and much
anxiety of spirit. At which time, as the then vul-
gar talk was, the devil came to take away Oliv.
* One Joh. Bond doct. of the law, was a recruiter in the
long-parliament for Mclcorabc llegis in. Dorsetshire, and
to he coatinued till 1653.
Cromwell, who then lay on lii* desth>bed, but
being not pre{)nred for him, he gav« Bond for
his future a|)pcarancc, and accordingly on Fiidar
following, being the 3d of Sept li' ' ' hi»
promise. The carcjuis of D<'nui^ I \vA
in the abbey church of St. !'•
where continuing about tln'
the bodicD of other Crom wel . i Ik:
month of Sept. 1()<JI, and buii , . t'i
church-yard atljoining, before the back-door of
the lodgings belonging to one of the canons of
W'estmmster. I Undone John Ikind to be nullior
of n pamphlet entit. A h'hip fur the Judges,
Bishops, and Papists, iac Lond. 1641. (.)r ano-
ther also called. The Dounfal of the old Common-
Conncil-Men. — Pr. there the same year, nnd of a
third entit. The Poet's Iteainlulion. I ;2,
uu. but I titke this John Bond to t rut
trom the other John who was a presbytcriau, and
aftenvards an inde^KMidaiit. I find another John
Bond later than all the former, who is now, or
at least was lately, a barrester of CJrays-Itm, who
wrote and published, A comple.al (Juidefur Jut-
tices of the Peace, &c. in two parts. Loud. 168^,
in ocu [Bodl. 8vo. B. 37- Jur.]
RICHARD WHYTE, or Vitus as he wriua
himself, the son of Henry' Whyte of Basingstoke
in Hampshire, (by Agnes his wife, daughirr of
Rich. Capelin of Hampshire,) tlic son of Tho.
WHiyte, tne son of Jenkin (sometimes called John)
Whyte, (who had almost half the town of Ba'iing*
stoke in his own possession,) the son of Tho.
Whyte of Purvyle ni Hampshire, (which Tliomaa •
was gr. grandfather to John Whyte sometime
bishop of Winton,) was born in the town of
Basingstoke before-mentioned, trained up in gram-
mar learning in AVykeham's school, admitted
perpetual fellow of New coll. in 1557, took one
degree in arts, but before he had that of master
conferred on him, he absented himself from his
college, and the time limited for his absence being
spent, his place was pronounced void in 1564.
A little before that time he went to Lovain, and
afterwards to Padua in Italy, where applying hit
muse to the study of the civil and canon law,
became doctor of them. At length going to
Doway he was constituted the king's proh^sor
of those laws, (in which place he continued above
20 years,) married two rich wives, (of which one
was an inheretrix) grew wealthy, was made, by
order of the pope, magni/iciis rector, tho' out of
his ordinary tuni, and about the same time wa«
created comes palatinus. Which title is com-
monly conferred by the imp<-rialists on their
Erofessors. At length having buried two wives,
e was, by the dispensation of P. Clem. 8., made
a priest, and about the same time had a canonry
in St. Peter's church in Doway bestowed on him.
' The said Hen. Whyte died in the tiegc of Bulloigne,
«n. 1544.
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WHYTE.
FITZHERBEllT.
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The first thing that made him known to curious
schohirs, was his exposition of an antient enig-
matical epitaph, whicli was in his time remaining
near to Bononia, the title of which is,
jElia Lttlia Crispis. Epitaphium Antiquum
quod in Agro Bononiensi adhuc videtur ; a diver-
sis hactenus interpretatum varie : novissimh autem
a Ric. Fito Basinstochio, Amicorum Precibtis
explicalum. Pctav. Ii68, in six sh. and a half
in qu.[and Dur. I6I8, 8vo.] Dedicated to Chris-
top. Johnson chief master of Winchester school.
Afterwards he wrote and published,
Orationes quinque, de Circulo Artium 8f Pkilo-
sophim — De Etoquentia 8f Cicerone. Pro Divi-
tiis Regum, Pro Doctoratu, De sttuliorum
Finibus, cum Notis. Atrebat. 1596, oct. The
two first, which were spoken at Lovain, were
published* b}' Christoph. Johnson before-men-
tioned, about 1564, and commanded by him to
be read publicly in the said school near Winton,
by the scholars.
Nota ad Leges Decem-virorum in xii. Tabulis,
Atrebat. 1597, oct.
Historiaruiit Britannia Libri. 1. Ab Originead
Brutum. 2. Ab illo ad Malmutium. 3. Ab hoc
ad Heliam. 4. Ab isto ad Lucium. 5. Ab eo ad
Constantium, cum Notis Antiquitatum Britanni-
carum. Atreb. 1597, oct.
Historianim Britannia hiber seitus. Quo Vis
Armorurn in Campis, S{ Authoritas Literarum in
Scholis, atque Religio Christiana in Orbe Terra-
rum publicata, demonstratur : cum Notis. Duac.
1598, oct.
Histor. Britan. Lib. 7. Quo versus ad cam In-
sulam Saronum Ingrcssus,lf Permansio declaratur;
cum Notis- Duac. I6OO, oct.
Hist. Biit. Lib. 8. Quo vera Causa Excidii
Regni Britonum in Insula demonstratur; cum
Notis. Duac. 1600, oct. [See these eight books
Budl. 8vo. U. 4. Art.]
Hist. Brit. Lib. nonus. Quo Fundamenta Regni
i) Ecclesia Anglorum in Insula Brit, exponuntur,
cum Notis. Duac. 1602, oct. After this last was
published, all the nine books were bound toge-
ther, and had this general title put to them.
Historiarum Britannicee Insula ab Origine Mundi
ad Annum Domini octingentesimum, Libri novem
priores. Duac. 1602, in a thick oct. [Bodl. Svo.
U. 3. Art Scld.] Before llie preface to the reader
is the autlior's picture, and before the begin-
ning of the work itself are his arms, viz Parted
f)er Chevron enibatled arg. and gul. three Roses,
eaved vert, counter-changed ot the Field, on a
chief of the second^ a Lyon passant, or; all within
a bordure Ermine. The crest is, A stork or
crane standing, resting its right foot on the top
of an hour-glass. With this motto under all,
Pius vigila. Allowed to our author count Rich.
• [With two epistles from White to Johnson and John-
•on to White, dated 16(54, 1565. Baker.J
Whyte, with two dragons for the supporters, by
sir Will. Dethick, garter principal king of arms,
in allusion to the arms of nis kinsman. Dr. John
Whyte, sometimes bishop of \^'inton, whose
arms are quite different from those of his brother,
sir Job. VVhyte lord mayor of London, an. 1563.
Explicatio brevis Privilegiorum Jtiris 6; Consue-
tudinis circa ven, Sacramentum Eucharistia. Duac.
1609, oct.
De Reliquiis ^ Veneratione Sanctorum. Duac.
1609, aiul other things as you may elsewhere'
see. At length this learned person dying at
Doway in sixteen hundred and twelve, or there-
abouts, was buried in the parish church of St.
James there. Contemporary with him in New
coll. was one Will. Pomerell chaplain of that
house, who taking the degree of bach, of arts
in 1557, went afterwards to his native country of
Ireland, and became beneficed in Drogheda.
From thence he went to Lovain, where by con-
tinual hearing of lectures and disputations, more
than by private stud}', he obtained great know-
ledge in divinity, gaining thereby (as 'twas usually
said of him) all his learning by hearsay. He
died at Lovain in 1573, being then bach, of divi-
[27 Martij 1557, dominus admissit magistrnm
Ricardum Whit, S. T. B. ad vie. de Goodhurst,
Cant. dioc. per resign. Steph'i Baker, cler. Reg^
Po/e, fol. 71. Kennet.
There are a tenth and eleventh book of the
Hist. Britannia, exceeding rare, in the library
of James West esq. of Lincolns Inn. MS. note
in Rennet's copu, but not in his hand writing.
Whyte died in I6II. See a monument for
him in the abbey church of St. Bertin at St.
Omer, and my MS. Collections, vol. ii. p. 92.
Cole.]
NICHOLAS FITZHERBERT, second son
of John Fitzherbert, second son of sir Anth.
Fitzherbert, knight, (the great lawyer,) son of
Ralph Fitzlicrbert of Norbury in Derbyshire,
esq ; was a student in Exeter coll. and exhibited
to by sir Will. Petre, about 1568, but what con-
tinuance he made there 1 know not. Sure 'tis,
that his bare name stands in the register called
Matricula, under the titile of coll. Exon, in
1571, and 72, he being then the senior under gra-
duate of that college. About that time he left
his native country, parents and patrimony for re-
ligion sake, and went beyond the seas as a volun-
tary exile. At first he settled at Bononia in
Italy, purposely to obtain the knowledge of the
civil law, and was living there in 1580. Not
long after he went to Rome, took up his station
there, and in the year 1587 began to live in the
court of Will. Alan the cardinal of England,
(whose person and virtues he much adored) and
continued with him till the time of his death,
9 In Jo. Pits. De illuslr. Angl. Script, xt. 17. nu. 1057.
121
BLACKWELL.
I2i
being then accounted eminent for his kiiowloflQ;c
in both the hiws, and for human literature, llis
works are,
Oroiiicnsis in jInffUa jlcadctnix Descriptio.
Horn. l()f)2. in 3 sheets and u half,' in o(!t.
[Bodl. 8vo. C. 95. Art. Seld. and MS. Laud
D. 142.]
De Aiitiqiiitate <?f Couliiiuatioiie Cutholicx Re-
ligiojiis in yJm^life, Rom. 1608, in oct. [Bodl. 8vo.
F. 9. Th. Seld.]
Vitef Cnidinalis Alani Epitome. [Bodl. 8vo.
F. 9- Th. Seld.] He also translated from the
Italian into the Latin tongue, Joh. Casa Galateus
De MurUiuH. Rom. 1595. He was drowned in a
l6l«. journey taken from Rome in sixteen hundred and
twelve, but where or in what church buried, I
know not, nor what his employment was after the
death of the said cardinal, notwithstanding I
have sent more than once to the English coll. at
Rome for resolution, but have received no an-
swer.
[Fitzherbert died at Florence (as he was going to,
" and not as he was returning from, Rome) and w as
there buried, viz. in the abbey church of the Bene-
dictines. So I am informed by my learned friend
Dr. Richard Rawlinson, who was pleased to com-
municate the epitaph to me as he transcribed it
at Florence in his travels, sending me also at the
same time another epitaph (much like that to the
famous English lady, Rosamond Cliftbrd, com-
monly called fair Rosamond) that he met with at
Ravenna. They both here follow.
On a grave stone in the church of the abbey of
Benedictines at Florence, is this inscription at the
entrance.
D. O. M.
NICOLAO FITZHERBERTO Anglo, qui ne
patria teterrima impietate detenta ossa quidem
naberet, Romam iiergens, ut in piae matris gre-
mio deponeret, Fiorentiae obiit anno l6l2. aet.
suae L. orthodoxam Religionem voluntarii exi-
lii diuturnitate testatus, Monachi Angli, quo-
rum studio (an, studia vel studium?) in propa-
ganda fide mirifice coluit, viro optimo, nobili,
et de Cassinensi Familia, ac Christiana Re-
publica opt. mer. P. P.
Tlie arms are a fountain playing water in an
eschocheon. No colours.*
In a church at Ravenna.
Hie jacet in tumba Rosimvnda, et non Rosa
munda Non redolet, set olet, qua- redolere solet.
Heabne, Adam de
Domeram, 1727. ii. 720, 721.]
' [Reprinted by Mr. Thomas Hearne in the ninth volume
of Mr. .John hchnA's Itinerary, 1712, 8vo. from a copy lent
him by Mr. Kichard Rawlinson, B. A. of St. John's college,
Oxon. Rawlinson.]
* [These arms arc rather a device. Those of Fitzherbert
of Derbyshire are Arg. a chief vaire Or et Gut, a bcndlct over
all Sable. Cole.]
GEORGE BLACKWELF., a Middle^-x man
born, wa& udmitted »<:holar of Trinity coll. at 17
years of age, 27 May \Mi, probationer in 66,
being then bnch of art<t, perpetual fellow the year
following, imd master of niit faculty in 67. But his
mind bemg more tuldicted to the Cutholic, tlian
reformed religi;jn, he left his fellowship, and re-
tired to Gloucester-hall for a time, where he wh
held in good repute by Edm. Rainoldn and Tbo.
Alleti, the two learned itciiiors. Afterwards go-
ing beyond tlie seas, where he spent mjtnt titn« in
one of the English seminaries, newly erected to
receive exil'd Catholics of the English natioo,
was at length, in the year 1598, constituted by
Henry, cardinal Cajetane, protector of the Eng-
lish nation at Rome, (with Iruvc first obtained
from P. Clem. 8.) the superior of the English
clergy, with the power and name of ' arehprie»t
of England,' and by the said pope made notary
of the apostolic seat. This matter being taken
very ill by the ecclesiastical papists of our nation,
and the rather for this reason, that Blackwell was
altogether at the beck of Henr. Garnet,' provin-
cial of the Jesuits of England, they fell * together
by the cars in their own country in a most griev-
ous manner. For the Jesuits again.'it the secular
priests fought continually with sharp pens, poi-
soned tongues, and contumelious books, insomuch
that they detracted in an high degree from Black-
well's authority. Hereupon he degraded them
of their faculties, so that afterwards they appeal-
ing to the pope of Rome, he caused them in n
book to be declared schismatics and heretics.
This aspersion they soon wiped ofl", having the
censure of the university of Paris approving tlie
satne, which was answered by Blackwell, as I shall
tell you anon. The office of archpriest he kept
till 1GU7, at which time George Birket, a learned
priest, succeeded. And the reason * of the change
was, because our author having been tak^n near
Clerkenwell by London 24 June the same year,
was committed first to the Gatehouse in V('e«t-
minster, and afterwards to the Clink in South-
wark, and conscquctitly deprived of liberty re-
quired to act in his office. Soon after, upon his
taking the oath of tdlegiance, he was freed I'rom
the Clink, and set at liberty. Concerning « liicb
' [Hen. Garnet, Oxon. acad. V. fiombiouin, lit. Cam-
piani, p. 47. C:ip. 11. Haker.
Foulis, in his Rom. Treasons, givc^ a Life of father Gar-
net; at p. 6ti6 says, that he was educated al Winchester
schole, but never entered at Oxford. CoLi.]
♦ Vide Camh. Jmial Rrg. Elh. sub. an. \6ot. [Edit, by
Hearne. p. })0().] See also A ndaiion of a Faction trguf al
WisHch, an. 1595, &c. Printed KiOl. p. 57.
' [The reason, rather, seems to me to have been, because
of the suspicions the EnKlish Catholics, as wcU as cardinal
BcUarmine, had uf him in uikin^ the oath of allcgiauce. Sec
that cardinal's Letters tu him, wuh his .Answer, and his Ex-
aminaiion before the privy council, Fobr. I. lC07, in a 4to.
book, printed ihat year, in my possession, containing hi*
Examination of 170 pages, exclusive of the said Lruert. V..
my miicellany paaiphlets, vol. xxv. N'2. Cole.]
[S8S)
123
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124
matter there was a book published entit. The Ex- the hand of Blackwell, and subscribed by him as
amination * of George Blackwell, upon Occasion fit for the press. So that no other name being
of kit answering a Letter sent bt/ Cardinal Bellar- put to it, hath caused our Hbrarians to insert him
mine, who blamed him for taking the Oath of m the Catalogue of MISS, as the author of it;
jlllegiance.'' Lond. 1607, qu. As tor those things whereas he Wiis not, but rather Franc. Tresham,
which were written by our autlior Blackwell, who as I have told you elsewhere. He, the said Black-
was by those of his persuasion, and others too, well, died suddenly, (iiaving been much troubled
accounted a learned and pious man, and a good with swooning fits) on the 12th of January in
preacher, the titles of them follow. sixteen hundred and twelve, and was buried, as
Letter to Card. Cajetane in Commendation of I conceive, in some church in London. [■''84]
the English Jesuits. — Written 159(). {^An Amwer nuide bj/ one of our Brethren, a secular
Ansnvrs upon sundry Examinations, while he Priest nozc in Prison, to a fraudulent Letter of M
teas a Prisoner. Lond. l607, qu.
Approbation of the Oath of Alle-
the Romish Priests f ,
glance
Letters to
ted with
touchin<r the Lan fulness of takine?' """ c,
the Oath of Allegiance. ^V "P^"' ^cc.
Another to the same Purpose. ^
Epistolre ad Anglos Poutificios. Lond. l009, qu.
Epistolee ad Rob. Card, liellarmiuum. See
more in the third tome of the works* of Melch.
Goldasti Haiminsfeldii, from pag. 3(i5, to 605.
[Bodl. E. 2. 6. Art. Seld.]
George Blackzcell, written to Cardinal Cajetane,
lo9G. Newly imprinted l602,4to. 1*. 3. ' Your fa-
ther was indeed a pewterer by Newgate, in London,
a man of honest occupation it is most true, but
not the best neighbour to dwell by. — About
twenty years since, to my remembrance, you
were imprisoned in London, but your brother,
being the bishop of London's register, by favour
procured your release very shortly after.'
' Touching M. Blackwell, who you praise for
quietness, learning and vertue, true it is, that for
such a one lie was taken before these stirres be-
Answer to the Censure of Paris in suspending gan, and for such a one I have known hiui many
the Secular Priest's Obedience to his Authority. — veers together. And if the bishop or archbishop
dat. 29 May 1600. Replyed upon by Joh. Dorel nad been made by election, I should have given
or Darrel, dean of Agen, the same year. See my voice to him, so soon as to any man 1 know
more in a book intit. Relation of a Faction begun in England. But,'&c. Dr. Ely, Notes on Apolo-
at Wisbich, in 1595, &c. Printed 1601, in qu. gie, 8vo. p. 104. Kennet.
p. 81. Afterwards was a book printed intit. In
Geor. Blackcellum Questio bipartita, written b^'
Joh. Milson. — Lond. l609, but whether it relates
to the said controversy, 1 cannot tell, for 1 have
not yet seen it.
A Treatise against Lying, and fraudulent Dissi-
mulalion.-^—Mii. among those given to Bodley's
lib. by archb. Laud. qu. E. 45.' At the end of
which is the approbation of the book written by
* \^Examinalion ofJIr. Gen. Blackwell befors llie L. Areh-
lishi'p of Canterbury , in Dec. lf)07, with K.. Fames' s viargiital
notes upon it, in his »iajrsli/'s oun hand, wherein by reason (if
exceptions against Card. lielarmine he sets down his judgment
concerning the duties which subjects owe to their soi:ereign ^
consequentli/ nil Catholic Englishmen to K. James. MS.
Harl. 6807," 190.]
A Letter concerning Popish Plots, written by
Blackwell, will be found in MS. Cotton, Titus,
B vii. 466.]
THOMAS BODLEY, another Ptolemy, is the
next person, according to time and order, that
must crave place; who, tho' no writer worth
the remembrance, yet hath he been the greatest
promoter of learning that hath yet appeared
m our nation. He was eldest son of John Bud-
ley of the city of Exeter (b\- Joan his wife,
daughter and heir of Rob. Hone of Otterie
S. Mary in Devon, esq;) son of Joh. Bodiey
of Tiverton, second son of John Bodiey of
Dunscumbe, near Crediton in Devon, gent, was
born in the said city of Exeter, 2 Mar. 1544,
' [In 1574, hi quitted his fellowship and was admitted P.'>'"^ly educated in grammar learning in the said
in Dowgatc college; so that supposing he went to Borne that C'ty, but mostly HI Geneva, wlule his father lived
year, in 1()07 it was only thirly-three years since the com-
mencement of the acquaintance between cardinal Bellarmine
and him. However that cardinal, in the gross, reckons it
about 40 years: his words in his Letter to him from Rome,
28. Sept. l6u7, are these ' Venerabilis in Christo Domine
frater, Anni stmt fere quadraginta quod inviceni non videri-
mus ; sed ego tamen vetetis nostra consuetudinis nuaquam
oblilus sum,' &c. Coi,i!.]
» Francof. l6l3. in fol.
' [Many words and sentences wrere blotted out in this MS.
(by Henry Garnet the Jesuit, who was the corrector there-
of), but so as ihcy might plainly be read and understood ;
which are underscored, and what was written and added, by
the said Garnet, are put down, in their several places, in the
margin of the copy 1 have, very fairly written by William
Walker, notary public. See his advertisement to the reader.
*V AlfLEY.]
there as a voluntary exile in the time of Q. Marv;
where, tho' he was then very young, yet he was
an auditor of Chcvalerius in Hebrew, of Beroal-
dus in Greek, of Calvin and Beza in divinity, and
of some other professors in the university there,
(then newly erected,) besides his domestical
teachers in the house of Philebertus Saracenus, u
famous physician in that city, (with whom he was
boarded,) where Rob. Consumtinus, that made
the Greek Lexicon, read Homer to him. After
the death of Q. Mary he returned into England
with his father, and was sent to Magd. coll. in
1559, where making great proficiency in logic
and philosophy mider Mr. Laur. Humpluey, was
i
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196
admitted bach., of arts in Jul. 1.563, and soon after
being elected probationer of Merton coil, deter-
mined in the Lent following. In 15().5, he, by
the perswasion of some of the fellows of that
house, and for his private exercise, did read
publicly for some years a (jireek lecture in the hall
of that coll. williout expectation of any reward or
stipend for his labour : Nevertheless it pleased
the society to allow him soon atier, of their own
accord, four marks by the year. In 15WJ, he was
admitted master of arts; which degree being com-
pleated, he read nat. philosophy for an year iti
the pub. schools then situated on the East side of
Schoolstreet, in 1.5()<) he was elected junior
proctor of the university; which ofHce he per-
tormingwith great commendations, bestowed some
time in the study of sundry faculties, without any
inclination to profess an}' one above the rest. At
length being desirous to travel beyond the seas,
for the obtaining of the knowledge of some spe-
cial modern tongues, and for the increase of liis
experience in the managing of affairs, (to no other
end but to imploy himself, and all his cares, in
the public service of the state,) did, with the leave
from warden and society of his coll. depart Eng-
land, with the allowance belonging to a traveller,
an. 1576, and continued near 4 years in Italy,
France, and Germany. Afterwards returning to
his coll. he remained there for some time in
studying politics and historical affairs, and in 1583
he was made esquire of the body to Q. Elizabeth.
At length in 1585, having about that time married
Anne the daughter of Carew of the city
of Bristol, (the rich widow, as I have heard, of
one Ball) was imployed by the queen to Erederick
K. of Denmark, J nlii's duke of Brunswick, Wil-
liam lantgrave of Hesse, and other German
princes. Which imployment being faithfully
performed, he was sent to K. Hen. 3. of Erance,
at what time he was forced by the duke of Guise
to leave Paris. In 1588, he was sent to the Hague
for the better conduct of the queen's affairs in
the United Provinces; where making his resi-
dence for some years, was admitted one of their
council of state, took place in their assemblies
next to count Maurice, and gave a suffrage in all
that was proposed. Jn 1593, he returned into
England for a time, to look after his private csUite,
but w as soon after remanded to the Hague again
by the Q. where continuing near one year, re-
turned again to deliver some secret overtures to
her, and to perforin thereupon an extraordinary
service. Soon after, she applauding the fruit of
his discoveries, he was presently commanded to
return to the states, with charge to pursue those
affairs to performance, which he had secretly pro-
posed. At length, all things being concluded,
and brought to the desired issue, he procured his
last revocation, in 1597. At his return, as beft)re
in his absence, Burleigh, the lord treasurer, tlid
several times tell the queen, that there was not
any man in Engliuid ito meet oit Budlcy to no* [385]
dergo the office of secretury, by reason of hit
well-trycd wisdom in the Low-Country afTairn, in.
tending that he Mhould be colleague witli his hoq
Hob. Cecill. But the earl of l>scx coinmeiidiug
him also to the (lueen in a higher manner, not
without biting calumnintionit of ('erill, Burleigli
found means to divert llie queen'ii mind frun
him, sup|>oi*ing tiiat E-hkcx endeavoured to gaio
him to his jtarty against Burleigh and Cecil). So
that Mr. Iknlley being eaM.-d of ever expecting
that troublesome oihce, he retired from the <-ourt,
and wholly commended himself to the cart- aiul
provision for learning, worthy indeed llie care of
the greatest king. For alnjut that time i>^-iting
up his staff at the library door in Oxford, did re-
store, or rather new found it ; the particular* of
which I have ' elsewhere told you. After K. James
came to the crown, he received the honour of
knighthood from him, and a few year» before hU
death, wrote,
His Life, — an. l60f). Which being kept aa a
choice rarity in the archives of his library was
published at Oxon. 1647- qu. [Bodl. 4to. VV. 14.
Art. 8eld. and again by Heame, in the Relii/uim
liodteianec, 8vo. 1703. J But this little thing, is
not the reason that I put him among the Oxford
writers, but because by his noble and genenios
endeavours, he hath been the occasion of making
hundreds of public writers, and of advancing in
an high degree the comm<mwealth of learning ; in
which respect he should have craved the iirst
place : but I have put him liere, according to the
time of his death, which is the method I ob-
serve.
Letters of State. — Some of which I have seen
published, not in one vol. but scattcredly.
Letters relating to Books and Leariiittg. Writ-
ten to Mr. Tho. James — MS. in his lib. He paid
his last debt to nature 28 Jan. in sixteen hundred
and twelve, and was buried with very great solem-
nity at the upper end of Merton coll. choir. The
manner of wliich you may sec at large in Hist, if
Jiitiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p. .3'2(). The reader
may be pleased now to untlerstand tliat Dr. Job.
Morris, canon of Ch. Ch. did bequeath to the uni-
versity of Oxon. a rent-charge of 5l. per an. tt) be
given to a master of arts that should make and
speak a speech in praise of sir Tho. Bodlev, every
year on tlie 8ih of Nov. (on which day the visi-
tation of his library is commonly made,) to be
nominated by the dean of Ch. Ch. and confirme>d
by the vice-chancellor for the time being. But
the said gift was not to take place till the death
of his w idow. At length upon her decease, which
was at Great Wolford in Warwickshire, II Nov.
1681. (she being then the wife of Tho. Keyt of
that place, gent.) the said annuity fell to the uni-
■ In Ilitt. £5f /fn/ij. Unic. Oxoa. lib 1. p. 308. Lb. ».
p. 60, 51.
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VVAUMINGTON.
128
versity. AVlierciipon the year following, Dr.
Fell, dean of C'li. Cli. nouiinating one of his own
house, (Tho. Sparke, M.A.) there was a solemn
Seech made by him in the schola linguarum, on
e 8 Nov. 1G8'2. Which speech is yet conti-
nued by Ch. Ch.'men, without any regard had
to those of All-souls coll. wherein Dr. Morris had
much of his education, and had been chaplain
thereof, or to any master of another coll. of hall.'
The said sir Thorn. Bodley had a younger bro-
ther named Josias Bodley, who having received
part of his education in Merton coll. became af-
terwards a soldier of note in Ireland, a knight,
and overseer of the trenches when the English
laid siege to Kingsale, Baltamore, Bcrchaven,
and Castlehaven in Ireland, holden against them
bj' the Irish, assisted by the Spaniard, an. l601.
at which time Bodley behaved himself bravely
both in their works and battle. He left behind
him to posterity, (1) Observations concerning the
Fortresses of Ireland, and the British Colonies of
Ulster. MS. fol. sometimes in the library of sir
Jam. Ware, now perhaps in that of Henry E. of
Clarendon. (2) ^jocular Description of a Jour-
ney by him taken to Lecale in Ulster, an. 1602.
Ms. Sometimes in the same library.
[Of Tho. Bodley, see Winwood's Memorials,
vol. ii, p. 45, 57, &c. vol. iii, p. 429, 432, &c.
See Prince's Worthies, p. 84. Baker.
Reliquite Bodleiana, or some genuine Remains
of Sir Tho. Bodley, containing his Life, Sfc. and
Letters to Dr. James, Sfc. published from the Ori-
ginals in the Bodley Library, Lond. 8vo. 1703.
pages 383. besides a preface of 14 pages. From
this Life and Letters, Mr. Wood has taken the
chief materials of this article. It appears from
letters 184, p. G9B, and 229, p. 35ti, that sir
Thomas was of the Calvinistical party in the
University. Out of 234 Letters not above 2 are
dated; which renders the little historical matter
in them of less value : they wholly turn on
buying and sorting books, building the li-
brary and other matters relating to that subject.
Cole.
It is surely unnecessary to repeat the praises of
such a man as sir Thomas Bodley, a man whose
name will only perish with that of his country.
The obligations which literature owes to the ex-
ertions of this individual can only be estimated
by those who have opportunity as well as occasion
to consult the inestimable treasures he bequeathed
to the place of his education. And it is with a
mingled sensation of gratitude and pride, that
the Editor of these Athene acknowleges the
» Viz. Zacheus Isham, an. l683. Char. Hickman, l684.
Tho. Newey, IfiSS. Tho. Burton, 1686. Will. Bedford
i?f^-«?i''^- "'''•^O'^ay. '688. Rog. Altham, jun. 1680.
Edw. Wake, l6<)0. j »
. . ' n^'V^^'^'^'^'°" ™^^ ^^'■'^ been spared : Dr. Morris, in
his will, havin-^cxpressly directed, that this speech should
be spokea by a Chnst-church man. Tanner.]
assistance he receives from the Bodleian Li-
brary, an institution which he boldly asserts to
be the most useful as well as the most magnificent
in the universe.
We only add, 1 . jin Account of an ./Agreement
bcticeen Q. Elizabeth and the United Provinces,
therein she supported them, and they stood not to
their ylgreement. Printed by Heame in his edi-
tion of Camden's Elizubetha, page 928.
2. Various Letters on public aH'airs in the Cot-
ton MSS. Lambeth MSS. and Hari. MSS.
An original portrait of Bodley by Cornelius
Jansen is preserved in his library. This has been
engraved by Burghers in the frontispiece to the
Catalogus MSS. Angl. et Ilibern. And in a very
superior style by Scriven for the Illustrious Per-
sonages of Great Britain by Lodge. In the
Bodleian library is a marble bust of Bodley given
to the university by Sackville, earl of Dorset, then
chancellor.]
WILLIAM WARMINGTON, a Dorsetshire f38G]
man bom, was, as a member of Hart-hall, (then
presided by one, who was always in animo Catho-
licus,) matriculated, 20 Dec. 1577, aged 21 or
more, having been there a student for some time
before. Shortly after he left the nation, and his
religion, and spending some years in a seminary,
in philosophical and theological studies, was made
a priest, and sent into the mission of England ;
but being soon after taken, he was, with others,
conveyed on shipboard in the month of Feb. 1584,
and sent beyond the seas, with great menaces of
utter ruin if they returned again. Afterwards
being noted in foreign countries by those of his
own nation for his learning and piety, he was
made chaplain to cardinal W. Allen, with whom
continuing till about the time of his death, did
return again into England, being then, as he stiles
himself, ' an oblate of the holy congregation of
S. Ambrose,' and did execute his function very
zealously among the brethren. At length bein"
apprehended by two pursevants 24 Mar. 1607,
and committed prisoner to the Clinke in South-
wark, the next day, according to the English ac-
compt, by the bishop of London's order, he en-
tred somewhat more deeply into consideration of
the controversy about the oath of allegiance, than
he had done before, while at liberty. So that in
the end, making sufficient proof of his loyalty to-
wards his majesty, by accepting of the oath, when
it was required of him, he did thereupon preme-
ditate and provide reasons for so doing; and, at
length, reducing into method, for the help of his
memory, certain notes in scattered papers that
he had collected concerning that matter, did
frame thence a compleat discourse. At length,
after it had lain by him for some time, did publish
it under this title, (tho' he knew 'twould dis-
please his holiness, who in his breves had either
admonished or prohibited all Rom. Catholics to
129
WOLCOMHl':
TWYNE.
130
take the oath of allegiance, or to teach the law-
fulness of it)
A moderate Defence of the Oath of A/legiaiice :
Wherein the Author proveth the said Oath to be
most lawful, notwithstanding the Pope's Breves,
&t;. — Printed by permission of the superiors, in
l(il2. qu. Wliereunlo is added, The Oration of
P. Sixtus V. in the Consistory of Home, upon the
Mnrther of K. Hen. 'J. the French King, bu a
Fryer. [Bodl. 4to. C. 60. Tli.]
Strange Reports, or News from iJo/ne.— Printed
with the former book. Upon the publishing of
these things, the friends of the author VVar-
mington, and his kindred of the Rom. persua-
sion, became his enemies, and withdrew from
him all the benevolence they used to allow him.
Warmington therefore being put to his shifts for
maintenance, for this his loyalty and obedience,
petitioned •• the king for some allowance. His
petition thereupon was received, and he com-
mended by his majesty to Dr. Bilson, bishop of
Winchester, with order to take him to himself to
his own house, there to provide for him. The
bishop obeyed, Warmington lived with him,
wanted nothing, had his liberty as he pleased, and
freedom of his religion.
ROBERT WOLCOMBE,or Wollocombe,
born of, and descended from, the antient and
genteel family of the Wollocombes of Wollo-
combe in Devonshire, was educated for a time in
Exeter coll. left the university without a degree,
and became beneficed in his own country, wliere
he was much resorted to, especially by the precise
party, for his frequent and edifying way of preach-
mg. His works are.
Sinners Salve, which applied and practised, as
well of Impenitent, may be moved to Conversion,
as the Penitent armed against Disputation. Load.
1595. in tw.
% Armour for the Soul against the Assaults of
Death. — Printed with Sinners Salve, 8cc.
A Glass for the Godly ; containing many com-
fortable Treatises to perswade Man from the Love
of' this World, to the Love of the World to come,
[387] &c. Lond. 1612. oct. in two parts. [Bodl. 8vo.
W. 25. Th.] The first dedicated to sir Edw.
Seymour of Bury-pomery in Devon, containeth
7 treatises, which are no other than the effect of
sermons. The first is entit. The Seeking of Heaven,
on Mat. 6. 33. The second part dedicated to sir
Edward Giles, Kt. containeth likewise 7 treatises,
the first of which is entit. Spiritual Balm for the
afflicted, on Job. l6. 20.
A Letter to a pensive Friend. — Printed and
bound with the former parts. He also translated
from Lat. into English, The Restitution of a Sin-
ner, entit. The Restoring again of him that was
fallen. Lond. 1581. [and 1588 s] oct. Written
♦ Rog. Widdrington in his Dispulalio Theologica dejur. Fi-
del, cap. 10. Sect. 4. p. 397.
Vol. H.
by St. John Clirysostome. What other thirxgs lie
hath written and translated, i cannot tell, nor
when he died. I find one of both his names, a
minister's son of J>evonshire, to have been matri-*
culated as a member of Exeter coll. an. 1584.
aged l6, whicii 1 take to be son to the writer.
[State of the Godly both in this Life, and in the
Life to come: delivered in a Sermon at Chudleigh
in Devon, at the Fiineralls of the right Korshipfull
the Ladie Elizabeth Courtney the W.of November,
IG05. And published for the Inst nut ion and
Consolation oj the Faithfull. By R. fV. Minister.
W hereunto is annexed the Chrutlan Life and godly
Death of the sayd worshipfull Lady Elizabeth
Courtney. London, \(Mi, 8vo. Text, llev. vii,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17. Dedicated to the worshipfull
his good friend Thomas Clifford esq.']
THOMAS TWYNE, son of Joh. Twyne,
mention'd under the year 1581, was born in the
city of Canterbury, admitted scholar of C. C.
coll. 6 Jul. 1560, and probationer y Nov. 1564,
being then bac. of arts. Afterwards proceeding
in his faculty, he applied his muse to the study
of medicine, retired to Cambridge, where he con-
tinued for a time, and then settling at Lewes in
Sussex, where his patron Tho. lord Buckhursc
lived, practised his faculty and became success-
ful therein. In 1593, he was admitted bach, of
physic of this university, and afterwards being
doctorated at Cambridge, was famed not only for
medicine, but astrology, and much respected bj
Dee and Allen. He liath written.
Almanacks and Prognostications for divers
Years. — Printed in the time of qu. Elizabetli, and
then much valued, as Dee's were.
The Garland of' Godly Flowers, carefully col-
lected out of the Garden of the Holy Scripture, 8tc.
Lond. [1574, Imprinted by William How, Bodl.
8vo. Z. 103. Th.] 1589. [1602] in tw. And did
also translate from Lat. into English ( 1 ) The Bre-
viary of Britayne, &,c. containing a learned Dis-
course of the variable Estate and Alteration there-
of, &c. Lond. 1573. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. L. 36. Art,
Seld.] Written by Hump. Lhuyd. This trans-
lation being esteemed very good of its time, was
usher'd into the world by the copies of verses of
Thorn. Brown, prebendary, and Edw. Grant,
ach(X)lmaster of Westminster, Lodowick Lhuyd,
Laurence and Joii. Twyne, brethren to the trans-
lator. (2) The Dialogue of IVitches, in Fore-time
called Lot-tellers, now commonly called Sorcerers.
Lond. 1575. oct. written by Lamb. Dana^us.
(3) Christian natural Philosophy concerning the
Form, Knowledge, and Use of all Things created,
&c. Lond. 1578. qu. written by the said Dana;us.
(4) New Counsel against the Plague. Lond. in
oct. written by Pet. Droet. (5) Ine Tragedies of
Tyrants, exercised upon the Church of God, from
' [Herbert, Typ. Antiq
^ [Hearne's MS
p. 1358.]
CoUeclions, vol. Ixxxvi, p. 43.1
K
131
WILLIAMS.
132
i6i3.
the Birth of Christ, to 1572. Lond. 1575. oct.
written by Htn. Bullcnger. (6) Physic against
Fortune, as well prosperous as adverse. Lib. 2.
Lond. 1579. qu. [Bodl. 4to. P. 57. Jur.] Writ-
ten by Franc. Pctrark. (6) The Eleventh, 12,
and 13 Hooks of Virgil's Aineids.'' Lond. [1573,]
1584, [1596,] and 16^0. qu. \\ hich translation
shews him (Tho. Twyiic) to be a tolerable Eng-
lish poet. The nine first books of the .said author
were translated by Thom. Phaer, as I iiave be-
fore told you under the year 1560 ; the tenth also
was began by him, but he dyin^ before he had
done half of it, it was taken in hand by our au-
thor Twyne, and by him finished 2.3 May 1573.
At length after he had obtained a considerable
estate by his practise at Lewes in Sussex before-
mentioned, died there on the first of Aug. in
si.\teen hundred and thirteen, aged 70, whereupon
his body was buried in the chancel of the church,
usually called S. Anne, but more properly S.
Peter and S. Mary Westout in Lewes. Over his
grave was soon after a brass fixed to the East w.iU
of the said chancel, having engraven thereon 14
verses ; a copy of whi<,'h, you may read in Hist.
Sf Jridq. Univ. Oion. lib. 2. p. 238. a.
[Tho. Tw\me, A. M. Oxon. incorporat. Cant.
1580, et M. D. anno sequenti. Regist. Baker.
He was a great benefactor to the Bodleian
library the year previous to his death, when he
S resented it with about a hundred and twenty
ISS. We may add to his publications :
1 . The Sitrvrye of the World, or Situation of
the Earth, no nmrhe as is inhabited, &c. First
TCritten in Greeke by Dionise Alexandrine, and now
englished hyTho. Twine Gentl. Imp. at Lond. by
Hen. Bynncman, 1572. (Bodl. 8vo. B.278. Line.)
Ded. to William Lovelace, esq. serjeant at law.
2. Address to all Students of the Frenche Tongue,
prefixed to Holly bande's French Schoolemaister,
8vo. 1573.
3. The Schoolemaster, or Teacher of Table Phi-
losophic: A most pleasant and merie Companion,
wel worthy to be welcomed, &c. Gathered out of
divers the best approved Auclours. Lond. 1576, 4to.
See account of, and extracts from, this book in
Censura Literaria, v. 126, &c.
4. A skorte and pithie Discourse concerning the
engendering Tokens and Effects of all Earthquakes
in generalt: Particularly applied to that 6 April
1580. 4to. Licensed in that year. See Herbert's
Typ. Antiq. pag. 1043.
5. Dedication, to lord Buckhurst, of his father's
Lib. de Rebus Alhonicis, 8vo. 1590.
6. Epitaph vpon the Death of the worshipfull
' [Anth. a Wood, in his account of Thomas Phayer and
Thomas Twyne, hath committed a very great mistake in
making XIII books of Virgil's ^n. There being but XII,
and the 13th book of JV.th. being a supplement by Maphseus
Vcgius. Hearne. Ms. Collect. Ixxxvi. p. 20. Wood
had never seen the book itself, as the title-page gives us pre-
cisely what Hearne has just advanced. See Herbert's Typ.
Anttq. p. 777.]
Mayster Richarde Edzeardes, late Mayster of the
Children in the Queene's Maiesties' ChiipeH. (See
vol. i. col. 353) from which I extract the follow-
ing :
If teares could tell my thought,
or plaints could paint my paine.
If doubled sighes could shew my smart,
if wayling were not vaine ;
If gripes that gnaw my brest
coulde well my griefe expresse,
My teares, my plaints, mj' sighes, my way-
ling neuer should surcesse ;
By meane whereof I might
vnto the world disclose
The death of such a man (alas!)
as chaunced vs to lose, &c. &c.
Tliis is sufficient, it is hoped, to be given as an
example of Twyne's original poetry. It is taken
from Turberviile's Epitaphes, Epigrams, Songs
and Sonets, Svo. 1570, fol. 77, b. a copy of which
is among Wood's books, N° 89-]
JOH>J WILLIAMS, a Cacrmarthenshire-
man born, became a student in the university
1569, was elected fellow of All-souls coll. in 1579,
being tlien master of arts. Afterwards he was
made parson of Llanderico, Margaret professor,
dean of Bangor (in the place of Rich. Parry,
promoted to the see of S. Asaph) doctor of div. [388]
and at length principal of Jesus coll. He hath
written,
De Christi Justitia <Sr in Regno spirituali Ec-
clesiee Pastorum Officio, Concio ad Clerum, Oxon.
in cap. 10. Rev. vers. 1. Oxon. 1597. qu. He
also published Kog. Bacon's book De retardandis
Senectutis Accidentibus, Sf Sensibiis confirmattdis.
Oxon. 1590. in oct. He died on the fourth of
Sept. in sixteen hundred and thirteen, and was i6l3
buried, as I suppose, in the church of S. Michael
in Oxon. In his Margaret professorship suc-
ceeded Dr. Seb. Benetield, in his deanery Edra.
Griffith, and in his principality Griffith Powell,
of all whom, mention shall be made in their re-
spective places.
[He (Jo. Williams) was vicechancellor of Oxon.
1604, and installed dean of Bangor, May the 8th
1605. The parsonage, which j'ou call Llanderico
is Llandrinio in com. Salop, and dioc. of St.
Asaph, to which he was instituted Jan. 30. 1692,'
being then B. D. Humphreys.
Libellus Rogerii Baconi Angli doctissimi, Ma-
thematici,et Medici, de retardantis Senectudis Acci-
dentibus, et de Se/isibus conservandis. Item Li-
bellus Ursonis Medici, de primarum Qualitatvm
Arcanis et Effectibus. Uterque affxis ad Margi-
nem notulis illustratus et emendatus, in Lucem pro-
diet Opera Johannis Williams Oxoniensis, Cujus
sequitvr Tractatus Philosophicus de Humorum Nu-
mero et Ncrtura, &i.c. Oxoniae 1590, Svo. pp. 134.
(Bodl. 8vo. B. 5. Med. Seld.) In epist. ded.
• [Sic. apog. forsan 1602, Hearme.]
133
OVERIJURY.
134
* Inclytissimo heroi suinina pietate et sapientia
prajdito, domino Christophero Hattono, magno
Anglise Cancellario, &.c. — Ante aliquot annos —
quod unicum habcri ineipsum tibi ut aluninum
obtuli. Ab eo tempore sub alis et velo amplitu-
dinis tuae summo ocio literario usus, acadeuiicis
studiis laete et libefre incubui: ita ut ingratitudinis
nota ia me videretur, tantum beneflcluni, tantum
officio non conipensare, stuporis non meminisse,
negligentiae per silentium praaterire malitise non
agnoscere.' Kennet.
The following commendatory lines are pre-
fixed to Vaughan's Golden Grove, I6O8. Bodl.
Bvo. V. 10. Art. BS.
Carmen Etnblematicum.
Aureum longe nemus hoc amoeno8
Vincit hortos Hesperidum nitore,
Aureus fructus pariunt quotainiis
Arborcs coelo radios ab alto
Hie habent frondes. Locus his amoenus,
Quo Deum Musa; recolunt sub umbris,
Quo canunt laetac volucres sub umbris,
Quo novum lumen rutilat sub umbris
Non vepres, spina;, tribuli, myricae
Hie vigent, musis locus est dicatus.
Aureas plantas alit hie sacrato
Rore Vaughannus, pietatis liortus
Crescit e plantis : pietatis author
Servet has plantas, precor, a malorum
Fulmine tutas.
Johannes Williams S. TheologiiE doctor
et publicus professor in Academia Oxoniensi.]
THOMAS OVERBURY, son of Nich. Over-
bury of Boorton on the Hill, near to Morton in
Marsh, in Glocestershire esquire, by Mary his
wife, daughter of Giles Palmer of Comptou-
Scorfen in the parish of Ilmington in Warwick-
shire, was born at Comptoii-Scorfen in the house
of his mother's father, and educated partly in
grammar learning in those parts, in Michaelmas
term, an. 1595, he became agent, commoner of
Queen's coll. in the year of his age 14, where by
the benefit of a good tutor and severe discipline,
he made great proficiency in logic and philoso-
phy. In 1598, he, as a squire's son, took the
degree of bach, of arts, which being compleated
by determination in the lent following, he left
• In one of the university, and settled for a time
the Temples, in* the Middle-Temple, where he
First Kdit. i,aji before been entred in order to
study the municipal laws. Afterwards he tra-
velled for a time, and returned a most accom-
Elished person, which the happiness" of his pen
oth in poetry and prose doth declare. About
the time of the coronation of king Jam. I. he
became familiar with sir Rob. Carre Kt. ofthe
Bath, who perceiving him to be a person of good
parts and abilities, and withal sober and studious,
did take him nearer to him, and made iiim liii
bosom friend. Soon after Carre being in great
favour with the king, he not only procured Over-
bury to be knighted at Greenwich ly June H)<)8,
but his father to be made one of the Judges ia
Wales about that time. But so it was tluit a fa-
miliarity being made between Carre, then vis-
count llochestcr, and the lady Frances, duugliicr
of Thomas earl of Suffolk and wife of Robert E.
of Essex, it did so much distaste Overbury, who
knew her to be a woman of no good rcputittion,
that lie endeavoured out of pure affection and
friendship to dissuade Carre from her company,
fearing withal (upon very good grounds then on
foot) that he might in the end marry her, and so
consequently ruin his honour and himself, adding
that ' if he went on in that business, he would do
well to look to his standing.' Which advice
Cane taking impatiently, because thereby he liad
touch'd the lady in her honour, discovered all
to her. Whereupon she thinking that he might
prove a great obstacle to their enjoyment of each
other, and to the marriage then design'd, she
never ceased, till she had procured his overthrow.
It hapning therefore about that time, that Over-
bury being designed to be sent embassador into
Russia, " or as others say to the arch-duke in the
" Netherlands," by the king, which was pro-
posed to him by the lord chancellor, and the
earl of Pembroke ; Carre, (whose counsel he asked)
advised him to refuse the service, by making
some fair excuse. Which advice he followed,
supposintj that it did proceed out of kindness ;
but for his refusal he was committed to the Tower
21 Apr. 1613. Soon after he being closely con-
fin'd, she by her instruments endeavoured to
work his ruin by poyson,(the particulars of which
are now too many to enumerate)' but nature
being very strong in Overbury, it was repcll'd by
breaking out in botches and blains on his body.
At length by a poison'd clyster given to him
under pretence of curing him, he was dispatch'd
in Sept. following. But before two months were
past, all being discovered, his death was closely
examined, and several persons being found guilty
of, and consenting to, it, were afterwards exe-
cuted, viz. sir Jerviee Elwaies lieutenant of the
Tower consenting. Rich. Weston and James
JVanklin, who attended Overbury in his cham-
ber, and gave him the meats and broths wherein
the poyson was mingled, and Anne Turner widow,
the preparer of them, actually concerned in the
matter. Some time after, Carre, then earl of
Somerset, and his lady Frances before-mentioned,
were brought to their tryals for contriving his
death, and hiring others to make him away ; who
being both found guilty, had the sentence of
death passed on them, but, through the clemency
' [See a very full account of this horrid transaction in the
Staii: TriaisA
K 2
[389J
J 35
OVERBURY
136
of the king, being spared, they were only ba-
nished tlie court. As for our author Overbnry,
who in learning and judgment excelled any of
his years (which, as 'twas generally thought, made
him while living in the court to be proud, to
overvalue himself, undervalue others, and aflect-
cd, as 'twere, with a kind of insolence,) hath
written,
A W'ift. Behig a most exquisite and singular
Poem of the Choice of' a IVi/c, &c. Printed seve-
ral times at Lond. while the author lived. In I6l4.
it was printed there again in qu. being the fourth
or fifth impression, bearing this title, A Wife,
now the Widow of Sir Tho. Overbury, being, &c.
[Bodl. 4to. L. 08. Art.]
Characters : Or, witty Descriptions of the Pro-
perties of sttndn/ Persons. Which characters,
as 'tis observecf, were the first that were written
and published in England.' To them arc added,
(1) Certain Edicts from a Parliament in Eutopia ;
written by the Lfidy Southwell. (2) News from
any whence; or old Truth under a Supposal of
"Novelty, occasioned by divers essays and private
passages of wit, between sundry gentlemen upon
that subject. (3) Paradoxes, as they were spoken
in a Mask before his Majesty at Whitehall. (4)
The Mountebank's Receipts. (5) Songs.
Of the Remtdy of hove : In two parts. A poem.
Lond. 1620. in about 2 sh. in oct. [Bodl. 8vo. B.
ig. Th. BS.]
Observations in his Travels upon the State of
the 17 ' Provinces, as they stood, an. 1609- — Print-
ed 1627. qu. This goes under his name, but
doubted by some, whether he wrote it.
Observations upon the Provinces united, And
on the State of !• ranee. Lond. 1651. oct.' with
his picture before it, by S. Pass, an. aetat. 32.^
This also is doubted, whether ever he wrote
it.
The Arraignment and Conviction of Sir Walt.
Raleigh at the King's Bench Bar at Winchester,
17 Nov. 1603. &c. Lond. 1648. in 5 sh. in qu.
[Bodl. C. 1. 2. Line] Said to be copied by Tho.
' [See a list of several editions of Overbury's Characters,
&c : with some account of various other works of the same
nature, in Earle's Microcosmugraphy , or a Piece of the
ff^or Id discovered, Lond. 1811. 8vo.]
' [ Dr. Woodward of Gresham hath lent me Sir Thomas
Overhury his Observations in his Travniles upon the State of
the Xy/l Provinces as they stood Anno Dom. 1609. The
Treatie of Peace leing then on fuote. Printed M.DC.XXVl.
4to. Aeit. a Wood had not seen this edit. Hearne, MS.
Collections, vol. Ixii., p. 133.]
* [Observations upon the State of the Low Countries and
if France. MS. Lambeth 841, 15.]
' [Under tliis portrait are the following lines, sufficiently
obvious to all wiio know the unhappy fate of sir Thomas
Overbury.
A man's best fortune or his worst 's a wife.
Yet I, that knew nor marriage peace nor strife.
Live by a good, by a bad one lost my life.
A wife like her I writ, man scarce can wed :
Of a iaU« frkad like mine, raaa scarce liath rcad.jl
Overbury, but doubtful. He yielded up his last
breath, occasioned by poison, as I have before
told you, on the 13 Sept. in sixteen hundred and 1613.
thirteen, and was buried, as some authors say,
presently and very unreverently in a pit digged
in tin obscure and mean place. * But the register
of the Tower-chappel, oedicated to S. Peter ad
vincula, saith he was buried in the said chappel
1,5 Sept. an. 16 i 3. as I have been informed by
the letters of that learned gent, sir Edw. Sher-
burne knight, late clerk of his maj. ordnance and
armories within the kingdom of England. Over
his grave tho' no memory by writing was ever
put, yet Ben. Johnson's epigram J written to him
will eternize it, and other verses by the wits of
his time, set before his poem called A Wife, and
in particular that epigram written by Owen^ the
Welsh bard, running thus :
Uxorem culto describis carmine, talem,
Qualem oratorem Tullius, ore potens.
Qualem describis, quamvis tibi nuberet uxor,
.Squalls tali non foret ilia viro.
Our author sir Tho. Overbury had a nephew of
both his names, a knight, and justice of the peace
for the county of Glocester, who lived, and in-
joyed the inheritance of the Overburies at Boor-
ton on the Hill before-mentioned. He wrote,
(1) A true atid perfect Account of the Examination,
Tryal, Condemnation, and Execution of Joan Per-
ry and her two sons John and Rich. Perry, for
the supposed Murder of Will. Harrison, Gent. &c.
Lond. 1676. in 4 sh. and half in qu. [Bodl. C.
17. 7 Line] V\'^ritten by way of letter to Thom.
Shirley, doctor of physic in London. (2) Queries
proposed to the serious Consideration of those zcho
impose upon others in Things of divine and super-
natural Revelation, and prosecute any upon the
Account of Religion ; with a Desire (f their candid
and Christian Resolution thereof. Printed 1677. [3901
Answered by George Vernon rect. of Boorton
on the Water, the same year, in his Ataxia; Ob-
staculum. Whereupon sir Tho. came out with
a reply entit. Rutiocinium Vernaculum: or, a
Reply to Ataxice Obstaculum. Being a pretended
Answer to certain Queries dispersed in some Parts
in Gloucestershire. Lond. 1678. oct. This sir
Tho. Overbury was not educated in any univer-
sity, only was a great traveller in parts beyond
the seas, and afterwards a favourer of Protestant
dissenters; which is all I know of him, only that
he sold his inheritance at Boorton on the Hill to
Ale.x. Popham esq ; about I68O, and afterwards
retiring to an estate that he had at Adniinton in
♦ [To which add^^or as others say, that his body was
thrown into a lowsie sheet, into a coffin, and buried without
knowledge or privity to his friends, upon the Tower-hill. See
14 Yeares of K James I., p. 54, p. II7. Wood, MS. note in
Tanner's copy.]
' In the first vol. of his works, epigr. 1 13.
''In Epigram ad Hen. Princ. H^all. &c. nu. 48. S€«
also in Char. Fits Geoffry's AJfania, &c. lib. 1 .
137
OVERBURY.
IIAIIMAR.
138
Queintuii parish in Glocestershirc, died there 28
Feb. 1680, and was buried in Queinton chureh.
[Sir Thomas Overbury's works were printed in
a small 8 vo. London 175G.
The best account of tJie transactions that pre-
cceded his murder will be found in IJrydges's
Memoirs of the Peers of England, during the
Reign of James I., Svo. London 18 -page
&c.
I copy the following lines, wliich have much
merit, from the edition of his IVife in 4to. lGl4.
Of the Choice of a Wife.
If I were to chuse a woman,
(As who knowes but I may marry)
I would trust the eye of no man,
Nor a tongue that may miscarry :
For in way of loue and glory,
Each tongue best tells his own storie.
First, to make my choice the bolder,
I would have her child to such
Whose free virtuous lives are older
Then antiquitie can touch :
For 'tis seldom seen that bloud
Giues a beauty great and good.
Yet an ancient stocke may bring
Branches, I confesse, of worth,
Like rich mantles shadowing
Those descents tliat brought them forth ;
Yet such hills though gilded show,
Soonest feele the age of snow.
Therefore to prenent such care,
That repentance soone may bring.
Like merchants, I would chuse my ware
Vsefull, good ; not glittering.
He that weds for state or face,
Buyes a horse to loose a race.
Yet I would haue her faire as any,
But her owne not kist away :
I would haue her free to many,
Looke on all like equall day.
But, descending to the sea.
Make her set with none but me.
If she be not tall 'tis better.
For that word a goodly ziioman
Prints itselfe in such a letter
That it leaues vnstudied no man.
I would haue my mistresse grow
Only tall, to answer, no.
Yet I would not have her loose
So much breeding, as to fling
Vnbeconiing scorne on those
That must worship euery thing :
''_ Let her feare loose lookes to scatter.
And loose men will feare to Hatter.
• « • •
Such a one as when ghee's wood
Blushes not for ill thoughts past.
But so inn<x;ently good
That her dreames are euer chaste ;
For that maide that thinke a sin,
Has betraid liie fort shee's in.
When the priest first giues our hands,
I would have her thinke but thus —
in wiuit iiigh and holy bands
Heauen, like twins, hath planted ys :
Tliat, like Aaron's rod, together,
Both may bud, grow greets and wither.
One engraved portrait of Overbury has already
been mentioned : The next in merit and aiithcn*
ticity is by R. Elstracke, and tliere is a third in
the Hist, of the last fourteen Years of K. Jametj
4to. lG5l']
JOHN HARMAR, a most noted Latinist,
Grecian and divine, was born at a markct-towo
called Newbury in Berks, educated in Gramma-
ticals in Wykeham's school, admitted perpetud
fellow of New coll. 1574, took the degree in arts,
made the king's professor of the Greek tongue in
this university, 1585, (being then in holy orders,)
one of the proctors thereoftwo years alter, chief
master of Winchester school for nine 3'ears, war-
den of the coll. there 1? years, and at lertgth
doctor of divinity, being always iiecounted a most
solid theologist, admirahly well read in the father*
and schoolmen, and in his younger years a sub-
tile Aristotelian. The chiei actions of his life,
an account of his travels, of his disputing at Paria
with the great doctors of the Rom. party, and
also of the things that he had written and pub-
lished, his nephew John Harmar (whom I shall
mention under the year 1()70,) promised to give
unto me a full narration in writing ; but sickness
and death soon after, following, prevented him.
He hath published, (1) Chrysostomi Jrchiep. Con'
St nut, Homilifc Sex, ex MSS. Cod. in Bib. Coll.
Novi. Oxon. 1586. (2) Chrysostomi Homilia ad
poputum Antiucheuum, onuies, exceptu prima, cum
Latino. Versione llomilim decima nana, qua in
Latinis etiain Exemp/arilius hactenus desiderata
est. Lond. 1590. [Hodl. 8vo. C. 133. Th.] He
also translated from French into English, Sermons
on the three frst Chapters of the Canticles. Ox.
1587. qu. Written by Theod. Bcza: And from
Lai. into English, [Sixteen] Sermons on the 10
Commandments. Lond. [1579] 1581. qu. writteu
by J oh. Calvin ; and had a prime hand in the
translation of the N ew Testament into English,
at the command of K. Jam. I. an. 1604. At
length paying his last debt to nature on the ele-
venth of Oct. in sixteen liundred and thirteen,
was buried at the upper end of New coll. choir.
His epitaph you jaay read in a book entit. /i»$-
1
I6i3.
1S9
BREREWOOD.
140
loria Sf Antiquit. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 152. a.
He was a considerable benefactor to the libraries
of both Wykeham's colleges.
[Ill the epistle dedic. of Bcza's Sermons on the
Canticles, to the earl of Leicester, he gives the
following account of his patron's exertions in his
behalf: ' The ground and foundation of my first
studies laid in XViiichester by your honour's only
means, in obtaining her highness' letters for uiy
preferment unto that school; the rearing of the
further frame of them in this college, wherein,
placed by your lordship's favour, I yet continue ;
my time spent to my great desire and content-
ment in the parts beyond the seas, by your ho-
nour's intercession ; my roome and degree I doe
enjoye in the univorsitie, being one of her niajes-
tie's publick professors, purchased by your lord-
ship's favourable mediation, do everie of them
in particular, deserve a volume of acknowledg-
ments.' Ken NET.]
EDWARD BREREWOOD, son of Rob. Br.
wet-glover, thrice ma^'or of the city of Chester,
was born, and educated in grammar learning,
there ; applied his muse to academical studies in
Brasen-nose coll. in the latter end of 158 1, aged
16, or thereabouts, where continuing an indefa-
tigable student several years, took the degrees in
arts, [M. A. 1590,! and then, as 'tis said, tran-
slated himself? to St. Mary's-hall. In 1596, he
became the first astronomy professor* in Gresham
coll. in London; — wherein, as in Oxon, he always
led a retired and private course of life, delighting
with profound speculations, and the diligent
searching out of hidden verities. It was also
observed, that tho' he never published any thing,
while he injoycd this earthly tabernacle, yet to
avoid the fruitless curiosity of that which some
take upon them, to know onl}' that they may
know, ne was ever most ready in private, either
by conference or writing to instruct others, re-
pairing unto them, if they were desirous of his
resolution in any doubtful points of learning,
within the ample circuit of liis deep apprehen-
sion.' The things that he wrote were many, the
first of which that was published, was, as I con-
ceive, this,
De Ponderibus, &( Pretiis reterum Niimmorum,
eorumqiie cum Tecciilioribus Collatione, Lib. 1.
Lond. 1614. qu. Published by his nephew Rob.
' [Fuller insimiales that he left Brazen-nose on account
of having been an uiiMicccssful candidate for a fellowship in
that society. He lost it, however, says our author, without
loss of credit.]
' [I have heard a great scholar in England say, • that he
was tne fittest man whom he knew in England, to sit at the
elbow of a professor to ) rompt him.' But, in my opinidn,
he was a very proper person to discharge the place himself.
Fnllcr, ff'ortliies, i. 202. edit. 4to.]
* [This character is given of him in the preface to Enqui-
ries cone. Ike Diversity of Lang, publisht by his nephew
and heir Mr. Robert Brtrewood. Kennet.]
Brcrewood of Chester* remitted into * ff'lio was
the eighth vol. of the Criticks, and f^ commoner of
in the Apparatus before the first vol. „'Z\-
of the Polyalot Bible, [by Brian i^rst Edit.
Walton.] He also wrote,
Enquiries touching the Diversity of Languages,
and Religion, through the chief' Parts of the yVorld
Lond. 1014. [Bodn4to. M.57. Th. 1622, Bodl.
4to. T. 1.3. Jur.] 23,35. &c. qu. and in 1647. &c.
in Oct. published by the said Rob. Brerewood,
who, if I mistake not, hath written a large antl
learned preface to it.' " This Robert Brerewood
" son and heir of Robert Brerewood ' of Cheshire
." gentleman, was admitted into Brasen-nose col-
" lege 1605, ajtatis fere 17, and after two years
" stay there, was admitted into the Middle-l'em-
" pie 1607, where at seven years standing he was
" called to the bar. In the beginning of Septem-
" her 1637, he was constituted one of the justices
" for the counties of Anglesey, Camarvan, and
" Merionith, and in the Lent following was lea-
" dcr in the Middle-Temple, and in the week
" after Easter 1039, he was elected recorder of
" Chester. In Trinity term 1640, he was made
" Serjeant at law, and in Hilary term 1641," he
" was made the queen's serjeant. On the 5 of
" December 1643, he was made a knight, and on
" the 31 of January following he was constituted
" one of the justices of the Common Pleas, sworn
" the 6 of February to the said office at Oxon,
" He died the eighth of September, 1654, aetatis
" 67, buried in St. Mary's church at Chester."
Elementa Logicee, in G rat/am studiosa Juven-
tutis in Acad. Ox. Lond. 1614, [Bodl. 8vo. B.
91. Art.] and 15, [Bodl. 8vo. B. 71. Art. Seld.
1628. D. 19. 11. Line.] &c. in oct.
Tractatus quidam Logici de Pradicabilibus Sf
Prtedicameiitis. Oxon. 1628. 37. &c. oct.
Treatise of the Sabbath. Oxon. 1630. qu. [Dodl.
■ [Of this book and the author, sec Crakanthorpe, Defen-
sio contra Spalat. cap. 18. p. 104. Baker.
See Melanges d'Htstoirc iSf de Literature par Dom. Bona-
venture d'Argogne. Tom. i. p. 147. Edit. Paris I725.
Cole.
This book was afterwards translated into Latin by John
Johnston (an author well known on other accounts) who
first published the Enquiries into the Diversities of Religions,
under the title of Scrutinium Religianum ; Francofurti ad
Maenum l630; and afterwards the Enquiries into the Di-
versities of Languages, entitled Scrutinium Linguarum,
Franc, ad Maen. 16.59. In this latter the Scrutinium lieli-
gionum is included, and both editions are iti duodecimo.
Some remarks were also made upon the Enquiries into the
Diversities of Religions by father Simon (under the feigned
name of le sieur de Mimi) in a French treatise, called His-
toire Critique de la Creance et dcs Coutumes des Nations du
Levant. Franc. lC84, in duoze. Tho', as Fabricius sais,
this book was printed at Amsterdam, and not at Francfort,
as is pretended in the title. Ward, Lives of the Professors
of Gresham College, page 75.1
' [Wood is wrong hire. 'Ihc nephew Robert, afterwards
sir Robert Brcrewuod, who was the editor of his uncle'i
book, was the son <{ John Brereivood, elder brotlur of Ed-
warO, the author ; he was sheriHf of the city of Chester. See
Leycester'a Antiquities, Lond. 1()72, p. 87.]
[391]
141
WESTERMAN.
DUNSTEIl.
SYMONDS.
142
4to. B. 56. Th.] Which coming in MS. into the
hands of Nich. Byficld, a minister in Chester,
and by him answered, was replied upon by our
author in,
A second Treatise of the Sabbath. Ox. lG32.
qu. [Bodi. 4to. C. 6. Th.] The puritans, it
seems, tlien (before our autlior's dealli 1(J13.) did
verily think there was a plot against the power of
godliness, but could never be pulled down, whilst
the sabbath stood upright, and therefore the pa-
trons of impiety (as they said) did rightly project
to take that out of the way, which stood so much
in theirs. Rich. Byfield did vindicate his bro-
ther against Brerewood, and Job. Ley wrote partly
against liim in Suiidat/ a Sabbath. [Bodl. 4to. H.
33. Th.] An old and zealous puritan named
Theophilus Brabourne, an obscure schoolmaster,
or, as some say, a minister of Suffolk, was very
stiftfor a sabbath in his books published 1628,
and 31, and endeavoured to take off all objections
that might be said against one ; ^et by maintain-
ing the indispensable morality of the fourth com-
mandment, and consequently the necessary ob-
servation of the Jewish sabbath, did incline seve-
ral of his readers to Judaism. Tho. Broad, who
was esteemed an Anti-Sabbatarian, did write al-
most to the same effect that Brerewood did, tho'
Brerewood's first book did dissent from his opi-
nions in those points, opposed by George Abbot
in his Viudkiee Sabbathi, wherein are also sur-
veyed all the rest that then had lately written on
that subject concerning the sabbath, viz. Francis
White, B. of Ely, Pet. Heylin, I). D. and Chris-
top. Dowc, whose several treatises on the said
subject, he calls Aiiti-Sabbutarian.
I'ractatus duo, quorum primus est de Meteoris,
secundns de Octilo. Oxon. 1631. Published by
Tho. Sixesmith, M. A. and fellow of Bras. coll.
Commenlarii in Ethica Aristotelis. Ox. 1640.
qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 82. Art.] Published by the
said Sixesmith, and 'tis called by some Berezcood
de Moribus. The original MS. of which written
with his own hand, in the smallest and neatest
character that mine eyes ever vet beheld, was by
him finished 27 Oct. 1586. [Tliis MS. is now in
Queen's coll. library.]
The Patriarchal Government of the antient
Church declared by way of Avsreer unto four
Questions, Sec. Oxon. 1641. qu. [Bodl.4to.C. 13.
T2. Line. Lond. 1647. and Bremen 1701, 8vo.] He
ended his days in Gresham coll. of a leaver, to
the great relilctancy of all good men, that knew
the learning and the excellencies of the person,
on the fourth of Nov. in sixteen hundred and
1613. thirteen, and was buried the eighth day of the
same month, near to the reader's pew, in the
chancel of the church of Great S. Helen, within
the city of London. In his lectureship of astro-
nomy in the said coll. succeeded Emd. Gunter, as
I shall tell you elsewhere.
[392] WILLIAM WESTERMAN was entered a
commoner of Glocester-hail, in the latter end of
1583, took one degree in arts, translated himself
to Oriel coll. proceeded in that fac»dty, and by
continual study and unwearied industry, he be-
came a proficient in divinity, and minister of
Sandridge ' in Hertfordshire. Afterwards hi*
merits introducing him to the knowledge of Dr.
Abbot, archbishop of Canterbury, was by him
made his chaplain, so that taking the degree of
doctor of div. was also by him prefcrr'd to a dig-
nity. He hath published,
Several Sermons, as, {\) A Prohibition of Re-
venge, on Rev. 12. 19. Lond. 1600. oct. [Bodl.
8vo. W. 48. Th.] (2) Srvord of Maintenance, on
Amos 5. 15. Lond. 1600. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. A. 17.
Th. BS.] (3) Faithful Subject, or Mephihoshet/i,
onQ. Sam. 19.29,30. Lond. iWJS.oct. [Bodl. Hvck
W. 49. Th.] (4) Salomon's Porch, or a Caveat,
&c. on Eccks. 4. 17.« Lond. Kj(J8. oct. [Bodl.
8vo. T. 100. Th.] (5) .tacob's Well, on ./oh.4. 6. Clar.
Lond. 1613. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. H. 23. Th.] &c. »6»3-
What other things he hath published, I know
not, nor any thing else of the author.
[Will. Westerham S. T. B. admiss. ad eccl. de
Bushey, com. Hartf. 6. Maij, Ifi09; per depriv.
Ric. Scott, ad pres. Jo. Scott, gen. Reg. Grindall.
Ken NET.]
JOHN DUNSTER, born of a family of his
name living at Doneat, near to liminstcr in So-
mersetshire, was made demy of Magd. coll. iu
1598, aged 16, perpetual fellow 1602, afterwards
master of arts, proctor of the university I6II,
and at length chaplain to archb. Abbot, who be-
stowed on iiim a benefice or dignity about 1613,
in which year Dunster resigned his fellowship.
He hath published,
Coisar's Penny ; Senn. on I Pet. 2. 13, 14.
Oxon. 1610. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. 1). 59. Th.]
Prodromus. Or a literal Eipof^itioti of the 79
Psalm, concerning the Destruction of Jerusalem.
Lond. 1613. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. D. 58. Th.] lo q^^
his younger days, being esteemed a noted poet by jg,3*
his contemporaries, had several copies of verses
printed in various books, especially in that made
by the society of Magd. coll. on the death of a
noble voung man of that house named VV ill.
Grey, son of Arth. Grey, baron of Wilton, who
died' 18 Eeb. iGOj.'
WILLIAM SYMONDS, an Oxfordshire-man
born, was elected demy of Magd. in 1573, and
' [Or Sandridoie, in the archilearonry of St. Albans, and
hundred cpf Cjis-ho. He wns succeeded by Joli. Ledinjjton,
S.T.B. May 8, l630, per priv. }Veiterm. Newcourt, Heper-
lorium, 1. 882.]
• [So the title ; but the Text is on Eccles 5. I.]
' [A John Dunsicr, who died Oct. 14. l62o, and was
buried in the churrli of Alhalli \vs, Rre.>d-streei, Loudon,
gave (inter alia) 200/. wl.icli purchased 12/. per ann. forever
towards the reparation nf the same ; besides 200/. which he
then gave towards the llien building thereof. Newcoutt,
Repertorium, i. a44.]
I
1-13
cmiEKli.
HARCOURT.
HOVEDEN.
144
Clar.
I6l3.
Clar.
l£l3.
perpetual fellow six years after, but whether he
was M. of A. it appears not. About the time
that he was made follow, he entrcd inio holy or-
ders, and had a spiritual cure bestowed on him
at Halton Holgate in Lincolnshire, by sir Rob.
Bertie lord Wi'»!oncl>by ; where continuing seve-
ral years, was called thence and became at length
preacher at S. Saviour's church in Southwark,
and I), of D. 1613. He was a person of an
holy life, grave and moderate in his carriage,
painful in the ministry, well learned and of rare
understanding in prophetical scriptures. He hath
written,
Pissah Evangc/ira, according to the Method of
the Revelation, presenting the History of the
Church, and those Canaanites over whom she shall
triumph. Lond. l605. qu. [Bodl. 4to. S. 28. Th ]
Virginia. Serm. at White-chapel in the pre-
sence of many honourable and worshipful, the
adventurers and planters for Virginia, 2.5 Apr.
1609. on Gen. 13, 1, 2, 3. Lond. KJOQ.qu. [liodl.
4J». F. 34. Th.] What other things he pub-
lished, I cannot yet find, nor to what year he
lived.
[Will. Symonds, cler. admiss. £*d rect. de Stock,
com. Essex, 14 Nov. 1587, ex coll. ep'i Lond.
per laps, Reg. Grindal. Kennet.
Some extracts from the Observations of William
Simmons, doctor of Diuinitie, will be found in
Smith's History of Virginia, 1624, (Bodl. E. 1.
13. Art.) page 105; from which it is clear, that
Symonds was, for a time, resident in that
country.]
WILLIAM CHEEKE, who writes and en-
titles h\va%e\i Austro-Britanmts, became a student
in Magd. coll. in the beginning of the year 1592,
took one degree in arts, as a member of Magd.
hall in Lent term 1595, which being compleated
by determination, he left the university, and after-
wards wrote and published certain matters, of
which, one is entit.
Anagrammata &; Chronogrammata Regia. Lond.
1613. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. B. 97- Th.] In which
book are several copies of Latin and Greek verses,
which shew the author to have been a good poet
in the time he lived.
[I transcribe one specimen of Cheek's very
scarce volume :
Henbicvs Stvabtvs
Chron.
VIVIt CanDor aMor.
ECCe CLara LaVs, fLos LILIoLFM.
Epi.
Candido-purpureus veluti flos floribus horti
Pra;stat odore sacer, prsestat honore Deis.
Vere reflorebat juvenum sic optimus, ore
Primulus, ingcnio, pectore, more, manu.
Alma coronatis cupiit dum messis aristis
Gratari, heu! periit flamine flos et honos.]
« ROBERT HARCOURT, son and heir of
" Walt. Harcourt, esq; of the antient and noble
" family oftheliarcourtsofStauntonHarcourtnear
" to, and in the county of Oxford, and of Eilen-
" hall in Staffordshire, was born at Ellenhall, be-
" came a gent. com. of S. Alban's-hall in the
" beginning of the year 1589, aged 15 years,
" where he continued about three years. But
" the geny of this person inclining him to see and
" to search out hidden regions, he procured of K.
" James I. a grant of letters patents for the plant-
" ing and inhabiting of all that tract of land and
" part of Guiana, between the river Amazones
" and Dessequebc, situated in America under the
" equinoctial line. Which being so done, he
" began his voyage in the very beginning of the
" year 1609 with 23 land-men, (of whom his
" younger brother, called capt. Michael Harcourt,
" then lately of Bal. coll. was one) two Indians,
" and 23 mariners and sailors, all in a ship called
" the Rose, a pinnace and a shallop. After he
" had taken jK>ssession of the place, and had
" continued with his company near three years,
" he wrote,
" A Relation of a Voyage to Guiana ; describing
" the Climate, Situation, Fertility, Provisions, anil
" Commodities of that Country, containing Seven
" Provinces, and other Seigniories within that Ter-
" ritory, &c. Lond. 16 13, in eleven sheets in qu.
" [Bodl. 4to. C. 106. Art.] remitted into the 4th
" book of Purchas's Pilgrims. [Bodl. K. 5. 8.
he hath
1267.] W^hat other
things
" Art. pas
" written I cannot tell, nor any thing else of him,
" only that dying
" at which time he left behind him a son called
" Simon Harcourt, afterwards a knight and a
" valiant commander, who dying at Dublin in
" Ireland in Apr. 1642, after he had done excel-
" lent service against the rebels there, was there
" buried, leaving then behind him a son called
" Philip, afterwards a knight, father to Simon
" Harcourt, esq; sometimes a gent. com. of Pemb.
" coll. afterwards a counsellor, recorder of Abing-
" ton, and a parliament man in the reign of K.
" Will. 3.
[Purchas, p. 1283, says, ' I haue the copie of
master Harcourt his patent, and he published also
certaine Articles for the Aduentures, &c. which
for breuity are omitted.']
ROBERT HOVEDEN, a Kentish man
born, was elected fellow of All-souls coll. in 1565,
took the degrees in arts, that of master being
compleated in 1570, and in the year following,
being then 27 years of age, he was elected and
confirmed warden of the said coll. About the same
time entring into holy orders, he was made do-
mestic chaplain to Matthew archb. of Canterbury,
afterwards prebendary of the cath. there, preben-
dary of Henstridge in the church of Wells, pre-
bendary of Clifton in the church of Lincoln, and
at length doctor of div. He hath written,
Henrici Chichleii Cantuar. Archiepiscopi, Col-
[393]
Clar.
1()13.
145
SPENSER.
BAT I IF,.
Mi)
legiique Omnium Animariim apnd Oxo/iieiises Fiiit-
datoris Vita. Written in I)ec. 1574, and liatli
this beginning, ' Henricus Chicliloius in pago
prope Nortliamntoniam,' &c. It is a short tiling,
and is kept in MS. under the author's hand in
Alls. coll. and served as an apparatus of a larger
lite, written by Dr. Arth. Duck.
Cata/ogus Custodiim <Sf Sociorum Coll. Om.
Animariim. — MS.* It commences at the founda-
tion of the college, and reaches down to 1 love-
den's days, and by othurs continued to these
times. "^I'liis catalogue, tho' it is trite and slender,
and now and then faulty, yet it hath instructed
me in man}' things, when I was composing this
and a precedent work. . It is commonly in the
custody of the warden, and hath in the beginning
of it the life of the founder before-mentioned.
This wortliy doctor died on the 25th of March in
l8l4. sixteen hundred and fourteen, and was buried to-
wards the upper end of Alls. coll. chappel. A
copy of liis epitaph you may sec iu IJist. 4" /Intiq.
Univers. Oxoii. lib. 2: p. 185. a.
[Robertas Hovenden, A. M . ad sacros diacona-
tusordines admissus per Johannem Sarum ep'um
vice et auctoritate Matthei Cant, ar'epi, in capella
de Lambeth, dominica Trinit. x Junij 1571. Re-
gist. Parker.
Rob'tus Hovenden, A. M. Cant. dioc. ad sa-
cros presbiteratus ordines admissus per Thomam
Line, ep'um, in capella de Lambhith, die domi-
nica. xviii Novemb. 1571. iWrf. fol. 298.
In the chancell of Stanton Harcourt church
in Oxfordshire : ' Christophero Hoveden e Can-
cio oriundo, artium magistro, coUegii Omn. Anim.
Oxon. olim socio, ac postmodum juris municipa-
lis advocato, ac demum hujus rectoriae Stanto-
niensis incolw, vita functo xvi die Octob. 16 10.
Pise memoriie ergo posuit Robcrtus Hoveden,
S.T. D. coll. Omn. Animarum custos, fraterpien-
tissimus.' Kennet.]
JOHN SPENSER, a Suffolk man born, was
originally one of the clerks of C. C. coll. and be-
ing bach, of arts in 1577, was elected Greek
reader of the same, C June in the year following,
not without great opposition of Mr. Joh. Rainolds,
whose resignation it was. On the 7 May 1579,
he was admitted fellow, and the year after took
the degree of master of arts. So that, entring
into orders, he became a noted preacher, chaplain
to K. James I. and a great admirer of Rich.
Hooker and Rainolds before-mention'd. On the
death of the last he was elected president of the
coll. and reverenced by all good men for his
knowledge, learning and piet)'. At the time of
his death he left several things fit for the press,
among which was a sermon publish'd by Hamlet
Marshall his curate, bearing this title,
A learned and godly Sermon at PauFs Cross on
Isaiah 5. 2,3. Lond,l6lo, qu. [Bodl.4to. S.46.Th.]
* f A transcript of this and the precedinp; MS. aatong
Wood's MSS. ia the Ashmole museuai, N° 8490.]
Vol. a.
But this i« not all that he is to be remembretl
for, for, for several years Infore his death, he
took extraordinary pains, together with a mcwt
judicious and compleat divine, named R. Hookrr
before-mention'<i, about the compiling of a learned
and profitable work, which he published, (I mean
some of the books of Ecclesiastical Politif) yet
would not he be moved to put his naine to, tho'
he had a special hand in, it, and therefore it fell
out that ' tulit alter honores.' Our author Spenser
also did about four years after Hooker's death
publish the five books of Ercles. Polili/ together
ui one volume, with an epistle before them, sub-
scribed by J. S. and reprinted at London with
some of his smaller works (which had been be-
fore published) by Hen. Jackson, an. 1622. fol.
He the said Dr. Spenser gave way to fate 3 Apr.
in sixteen hundred and fourteen, and was buned
in Corp. Cli. coll. chappel. Over his grave is a
fair monument, with his bust, and an inscription ;
a copy of which you may read in Ilistor. ^- jin-
tiq. Univers. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 244. b. His picture
is painted on the wall or the school-gallery in
Oxon, among our eminent English divines.
" One Dr. Spenser of Westminster was appointed
" by K. James I. anno 1604, to be one of the
" translators of the New Testament. Quaere,
" Whether the same ?"
[Joh. Spencer cler. admiss. ad vie. de Alvelej
com. Essex, 5 Jan. 1589, ex coll. ep'i Lond. Reg.
Grindall.
1592, 16 Sept. Tho. Awsten, A. B. admiss. ad
vicariam «le Alveley per resign. Joh. Spenser,
A. M. Reg. Filmer.
Eodem die Joh. Spenser, A. M. coll. ad vica-
riam de Broxbom, per mortem Henr. Hammond
A. M. Ilnd.
1599, 12 Jun. Joh. Spenser, S. T.B. admiss.
ad vicariam S. Sepulchri extra Newgate, per mor-
tem Will'i Gravett. Reg. Bancroft.
1614, 12 Apr. Tho. Westfield,S.T.B. coll. ad
preb. de Eald-strcct, per mortem Joh. Spenser,
S.T. V. Reg. King. Kennet.
Spencer was inducted to the prebend of Eald.<
street, in the cathedral church of St. Paul, No-
vember 13, l6l2. Newcourt, after giving an
accoimt of him, from these Athen.e, adds, whe-
ther he was the same with John Spencer, clerk,
vicar of Ardlcy, Essex, in 1589; or with John
Spencer, A. M. vicar of Broxbome, Hertford-
shire, in 1592; or with John Spencer, S.T. B.
vicar of St. Sepulchre's, London, m 1599, I knowr
not : but I do take him to be the same with John
Spencer, S.T. P. one of the first fellows of Chel-
sey college, appointed by king James I. aim. I6l0<
Repertorium, i. 150.]
WILLIAM BATHE was bom within the
city of Dublin in Ireland, studied several j-ears in
this university with indefatigable industry, but
whether in any of the three houses wherein Irish
men of his time studied, viz. ia Uoiv. coll. Hurt,
lOU.
147
BATHE.
REINOLDS.
148
i6u.
or Glocester-hall, or whether he took a degree, 1
find not. Afterwards, under pretence of being
weary with the lieresy professed in England (as
he usually call'd it) left the nation, the religion
that he was brouglit up to, and entred himself
into the society of Jesus, in 1596, being then be-
tween 30 and 40 years of age. After he had
spent some time in that order, he was sent from
Flanders to Padua to increase his studies : which
being conipleated, he went into Spain, where at
Salamanca he presided the seminary of that na-
tion ' ad formationem spiritus.' He was endowed
with a most ardent zeal for the obtaining of souls,
and was beloved of, and respected by, not only
those of his own order, but of other orders for
his singular virtues and excellencies of good con-
ditions. He hath written.
Introduction to the Art of Musv, wherein are
set down exact and easy Rules, with Arguments
and their Solutions, for such as seek to knozv the
Reason of the Truth : which Rules, he means,
whereby any, by his own Industry, may shortly,
easily, and regularly, attain to all such 'Things,
as to this Art do belong. Lond. 1584. qu. This
book he wrote while he was a young student in
Oxford, being then much delighted in the faculty
of music.
Janua Linguarum: sen Modus maxime accom-
modatus, quo patejit Aditus ad omnes Linguas in-
tellisendas. Salam. 16IJ. Published by tlic care
of the Irish fathers of the Jesuits order living at
Salamanca, and is used at this time there for the
instruction of youth. He also wrote in the Spa-
nish tongue.
Preparation for the administring of the Sacra-
ment, u:ith greater Facility and Fruit of Repent-
ance, than hath been already done. Milan. 1604.7
Published by Joseph Creswell ' under the name
of Pet. Manrique. He also (W. Bathe) wrote in
English, [and Latin] but his name is not put
to it,
A methodical Institution concerning the chief
Mysteries of Christian Religion.
Method for the performing of general Coifes-
■sion. — At length our author taking a journey to
Madrid in Spain about several concerns of the
order, died there 17 June in sixteen hundred and
fourteen (according to the accompt there fol-
lowed) and was buried, I presume, among the
brethren in their house there, who had a most en-
tire respect for him and his learning, while he was
living.
[This person was a branch of a very ancient
family in the counties of Dublin and Meath, and
' [Rather lG!4, as appears at the end of the work.
graphia Brilanuica, eiht. Kippis, vol. 1. p. G9I.]
' [Of this man sec Winwood's Memorials, vol. ii. passim.
His real name was Arthur Creswell, but, upon turning Je-
iiiit, he railed himself Joseph, the only instance, says sir
Edward Coke, of a man's changing his Christian name. He
died at Gent in I62S. Foulis's History of Romish Treatoni,
folio, Lond. 1671, lib. x. capr. 2. pag. 692.]
immediately descended from the Bathes of Dul-
lardston. He was born at Dublin in 1564. The
writer of his life in the Diographia Brilannica
tells us, from tradition, that he was of a sullen,
saturnine temper, and disturbed in his mind on
account of the decay of his family, which had
fallen from its pristine rank by rebellions, extra-
vagance, and other misfortunes. This statement
is given on the authority of a brother citizen,'
who had doubtless good grounds for the asser-
tion, otherwise Bathe's early habits, and propen-
sity to music, in which ' he much delighted,' seem
to warrant a supposition that he was rather of a
more lively habit. It appears moreover, that, in
later life, he was ' beloved and respected by all
orders, for his singular virtues and excellencies :'
ISow a sullen, saturnine man is not generally an
object of such universal esteem, nor docs it seem
probable, that one of such a temper would be
fixed on to transact public business for the bene-
fit of his society. On the whole I cannot but think
that this censure of our author is built upon a
very slender foundation, and I am the more ready
to believe my supposition correct, since no autho-
rity whatever has been adduced in support of the
censure.
Wood has only given us the first edition of
Bathe's treatise on music, which he dedicated to
his uncle Gerald Fitzgerald, earl of Kildare. The
author, however, some years after, re-wrote it
entirely, insomuch, that he scarcely retained a
single paragraph of the former edition.' This
second ed. is thus registered by Herbert:* A
brief e Introduction to the Skill of Song, concerning
the Practise. Set forth by William tiathe, Gent.
London, printed by Thomas East in 8vo. without
date.
Wood's supposition of the place of Bathe's
burial is perfectly right. He was interred in the
Jesuits' convent at Madrid. ^]
JOHN REINOLDS," the most noted epi-
grammatist next to Joh. Owen and sir Jo. Har-
rington of his time, received his first being in this
world at Tuddington in Bedfordshire, was elected
probationer of New coll. from Wykeham's school
near to Winchester, in I6OO, and two years after
was admitted perpetual fellow, being then noted
for a good Grecian, orator, and poet. Afterwards
he took the degree of bach, of the civil law, and
wrote attd published,
Disticha Classis Epigrammatum, sive Carminum
Inscriptorum. Centurite duce. The first part was
printed at Oxon I6II. in oct. [Bodl. 8vo. C. 122.
Bio- _ ' [Mr. Harris, of Dublin, was the author of Bathe's life
in the Biog. Brit.']
' [Kippis, in his additions to the article in the Biog.
Brit.}
* VTypngraphical Antiquities, page 1021.]
5 [Sotvellus, BM. Script. Soc.Jesu. sub nomine Bathei.]
♦ [Quidam Jo. Reynolde, coll. Jo. adinissus in matricu-
lam aclid. Cant. Maij 22. ib&4. Reg. Acad. Baker.}
[395]
■n
149
REINOLDS.
150
Art.] and contains 110 cpiu;riims concerning tlic
British and English kinjjs, eacii epigram consist-
ing but of two verses. The other part was printed
at the same place in l6l2, in oct. Besides which
epigmnis, lie hath much of his poetry * printed in
divers books, particularly in that made by cer-
tain i'ellows of New coll. on the death of Raljih
Warciip, esq; an. 1605, wherein lie Hourishes in
his (ireek poetry. He ended his days in the
l6l4. prime of his years in sixteen hundred and four-
teen, and was buried, as it seems, in New coll.
cloyster. I find another of both his names, and
equal almost in time with him, who was born
within the city of Exeter, and by the books that
he published, hath gained a famous name among
the vulgar scholars, gentlemen, and women of
love and mode. The titles of them are, (I) The
Triumphs of God's Revenge, against the crying
and eiecrah/e Sin of Murder, Sic. Lond. 1()21.
qu. [Bodl.4to. G. 29. Art.] the first book. Five
more came out afterwards at several times, mostly
taken from French printed copies, which he had
gathered in his travels into France. All the six
books were printed at London in one fol. 1635,
and several times after. At length the sixth edi-
tion being adorned with cuts, was published at
Lond. 1679, fol. by Sam. Pordage of Lincoln's-
inn, son of Joh. Pordage, rector of Bradfield in
Berks, and formerly head steward of the lands to
Philip, 2d earl of Pembroke.'" (2) God's Revenge
' [To John Reiiiolds, I should have little difficulty in
ascribing Do/(.r«i/'s i'nmooir, ur the Jlrst part of the pas-
sionate Hermit, Sic. I.ond. 1606. 4to. Of this work several
extracts will be found in the Jirilish Biiliographer, vol. i.
p. 153. Whence I transcribe the following :
When Howring May had, with her morning dcawes,
Watred the meadowcs and the vallies greene.
The tender lanibes, with ninible-footed eawes,
Came forlh to mecte the wunton Sommer's queenc;
The liuely kidds came with the little fawues,
Tripi>ing with speed ouer the pleasant lawnes.
At this enticing season the author of the ]X)em rambles
into the fields, where he meets with an old personage who
relates a conversation he formerly held with a hermit, and
this, in verse, forms the subject of the tract. I give one
stanza, out of eleven, on a skull, the usual appendage to a
hermitage.
Why might not this haue beene some lawier's pate.
The which, sometimes, brib'd, brawl'd, and tooke a fee.
And lavve exacted to the highest rate?
Why might not this be such a one as he?
Your nuirks and quillets, now, sir, where be they?
Now he is mute, and not a word can say.]
* [John Pordage, the father, was tried for insufficiency be-
fore the committee for plundered ministers, appointed during
the inter-rcgnum.and thecausedismissedinhis favour, March
27, 1651 About three years after, the same charges were
revived with additional contemptible matter, founded upon
visions and witchcraft. After several adjourned meetino;3,
»nd long examinations equally puerile and inconsistent, ne
was finally ejected Dec. 8. 1634, as 'ignorant, and very in-
sufficient for the work of the ministry.' The report of the
proceedings, as drawn up by himself, is inserted in the State
Trials, vol.2, p. 217, and proves the common adage appli-
anninsl the ahominnlile Sin of .tdulleri/, containinf^
Ten several lli.\li)iiri. J.k)II(I. 1679. f<»l. Tlu»
being never printed before, was illustrated wiih
cuts, and published by the suid S. Pordaiic with
the former hook. (.3) I'he Flower of Jidrtili/:
diaplai/ing in a rontinuate Uistori/, the variout
Adventures of three J'oreign Princes. Lond. 1630.
oct. Dedicated to his father-in-law, Kich. W'al«
cable to him, He was no conjurer. He, moreover, publithol
a defence, entitled John Pordage, his Sarralive of the unjuil
Proceedings against him for liluiphemy, Deiilisin, Vc.
Lond. 1655. fdio. Notwithstanding the result of thii pro-
secution, the family ap|K-ars to have coniinued at Hr-dfield, for
Saiiuicl Pordage, tlieson, (ubscribes the preface 10 hi> trjnjU*
tion of the 7Voai of Seneca, 16OO, ' liraJficldx, col. No\cm-
bris.' This |)erson also wrote /"(/cmj on jiri'fra/OcfojioFu, lion-
don 1660, 8vo. Stanzas on the Coronation n/Charlet II. Elia-
na, a romance. Herod and Mariamne, a tragedy, 1G7.1, Hto.
Siege of Balylon, a tragi-comedy, lft78, 4to. He u-emi 10
have been as meddling as he was a niidlinz writer (.Sec icvc-
ral specimens in Censura Litaaria, vol. viii pge 849, &c ),
for he put forth a libel on the subject of sir l'.dinond-burf
Godfrey's murder, for which his bookseller had to make a
publick apology as follows: " Whereas I had the nii>forliine
in May last, through great inadvertency, to print and publish
a libel, intituled A new Apparition of Sir Edmund-hir^
Godfrey's Ghost to the K. of I), in the lower, and being then
ignorant that the same did reflect upon the right honourable
the earl of Dauby ; I do hereby acknowledge myself to hav»
been guilty of a very great crime, in having published the said
libel, and do accordingly submit myself to his lordshio't
mercy, and declarf, that the said libel was i^cnt to mc by Mr.
Samuel Pordige, and was in the hand-writing of the said Mr.
Pordigc. All which I shall be ready to testifie when ever
I shall be thereunto required by the said carl of l>anby.
Thomas Benskin. — From Bens/tin's Domestick Intelli-
gence. July 18-21. 1681.
In the Ohservator of Wednesday, Aprils, l682, S. Por-
dage is attacked on account of A brief History of all the fa-
pists Bloudy Persecutions, Huts, and Massacres, throughout
Europe. He is called ' limping Pordage, a son of the famous
familist, about Reading; and the author ot' several libells.
One i>articularly, enlerhn'd with the paw of scurrilous C'.nre
(who published a periodical Mercurj) against L'Eslrange ;
and violently sus|)e(ted for the Medall Revers'd: but it is not
written with his father's spirit, for there's nothing in't of the
comuror.'
This paper was a defence of L'Estrangc, who had refused
to license the work just referred to. The author is said to
have had a prating fellow to his brother, ' who obtained the
manuscript with some difficulty from L'Eslranee, when it
was published, notwithstanding the license being refused.'
Hence the Ohservator remarks; ' He says, I know the bi-
shop's chaplain licensed it, aitd that it was printed with that
license, and at the author's own charge ; but 'tis no new
thing with these shufflers to get a license for one book, and to
clap to it another ; or who knows but Care might counterfeit
the chaplain's license as he had done L'Estrange's ? Now the
truth is, there was no license at all, cither printed with the
book, or shew'd to the printer; nor was it the author's charge
neither ; but the author's brother went half with the printer
for work and paper ; and tlie whole charge under ei;:ht |>ound.
He took his half of the books home with iiim ; and has own'd
the printing of 'cm off, above two years ago; but the poor
printer has 3 or 400 left still upon his hands for waste paper.'
Pordage would probably have been forgotten, but (or the
nitch obtained in the Biogruphia Dramatica, and his contu-
melious attack ui)on Dryden, in two poems, wliich are all that
remain to be mcnlionei, Azariuh and Hushai, and The Medal
Reversed, of which see an account in Sci tt's Dryden, vol. ix.,
p. 373. Langbaine notices him in \Gq\, as lately, if uol ac
that time, living. Uaslewood.]
L 3
151
HOPTON.
J 52
tham, esq. justice of peace of Devon, and other
things which I have not yet seen. Among the trans-
lations that he hath made from French into Eng-
lish, is A Treatise of the Court,'' written by mon-
sieur de Refuges, and by tlic translator dedicated
to prince Char'les, afterwards K.Ch.I. Whether the
said John Reynolds was ever a student in Oxon,
1 cannot in my searciies yet find. However some
of the antients of Exeter coll. who knew the man,
have averred several times, that he had received
some academical education, but before he could
take a degree, was call'd away to travel into
France, lie was " a merchant of Exeter"
living in the times of usurpation, but whether
in those of the restauration ot K. C. II. I cannot
tell.
ARTHUR HOPTON, fifth son of sir Arth.
Hopton, knight of the Bath, (by Rachel his wife,
daughter of Edm. Hall of Gretford in Lincoln-
shire) son of sir Owen Hopton, sometimes lieu-
tenant of the Tower near London, was born in
Somersetshire, (at Wytham as it seems) became a
gent, commoner of Lincoln coll. in Michaelmas
tenn, an. 1 604, aged 15 or more; where falling
under the tuition of a noted and careful tutor, be-
came the miracle of his age for learning. In
1607, he was admitted bach, of arts, and then left
the university to the great sorrow of those who
knew the wonderful pregnancy of his parts. Af-
terwards he settled in London, in one of the Tem-
pies, as I conceive, where he was much admired
f^ and beloved by Selden and all the noted men of
KJ that time, who held him in great value, not only
' for Tiis antient and genteel extraction, but for
the marvellous forwardness of his mathematical
geny, which led him to perform those matters at
one or two and twenty years of age, which others
of forty or fifty could not do, as in these books
following of his composition may appear,
[2961 Baculum Geodeticum sive Viaticum. Or, the
Geodetical Staff, containing eight Books. Lond.
]6lO, in a pretty thick qu. [Bodl. 4to. H. 30.
Art.]
Speculum Topographicum. Or, the Topogra-
phical Glass; containing the Use of the Topogra-
phical Glass, Theodelitus, plain Table and Cir-
cumfereiitor. See. Lond. I6II. qu. [Bodl. 4to.
M.33. Art.]
A Concordance of Years; containing a new,
easy, and a most exact Computation of Time, ac-
cording to the English Accompt. Lond. [1615.
Bodl.8vo.H.9.Art.Seldand.] iGlG.oct. Towhich
were additions made by Joh. Penkethman.* Lond.
' [This Treatise of the Court, consists of two books, both
which are in the Bodleian, 8vo. C. 123. Art. London, l()S2.
'I'hc translator dedicates his second booI< to sir Robert Oxen-
V)rogge ot Husburne, in Hampshire, knight, whom he terms
his very honourable friend. Reynolds bestows a sixain and
jiu acrostick sonnet on his author, neither of which deserve
preservation.]
' (This ' lover of learning," as he styles himself, pub-
li Jied The Epigrams of P. Rrgilius Maro, and others, with
1635. in qu. in one sh. and half. He hath also
divers copies of verses scattered in books, which
shew that he was a tolerable poet of his time.
" By the name of Arthur Hopton of Clement's-
" Inn near the church of St. Clement-Danes,
" student in the mathematics, he wrote,
" Prognostications for the Year 1607, and so to
" 1614, and to the time of his death, and perhaps
" before 1607. He was bach, of arts I607. That
" Prognostication in l607 is referred to the town
" of Shrewsbury (as if born there, qu.) The rebus
" at the end of it is a stalk of hops grown out of
" a tan. See in biblioth. Ashmol. num. 63. A
" Prognostication for ly Years ; see epistle dedi-
" catory to his Concordance. Selden in his verses
" calls him a young man, see verses before the
" Concordance." He ended his days in the prime
of his years, within the parish of St. Clement-
Danes, without Temple-Bar near to London, in
the month of Nov. in sixteen hundred and four-
teen, and was buried (if I mistake not) in the 1614.
church there. His untimely death, as I have
been informed by those that remember him, was
much regretted by all those, who were acquainted
with him, and knew his extraordinary //,, nephew
worth. Ralph Hopton, son of Ro- Ralph Hop-
bert, was a gent. com. also of Line, 'on, first edit,
coll. and after the rebellion broke out in 1 642,
he was a general of an army under K. Ch. I. and
by him made a baron.
[Arthur Hopton addressed some verses to ' his
endeared friend and kinsman,' sir William Leigh-
ton, knight, which were prefixed to his Teares or
Lamentations of a soroufull Soule, 4to. I6l3.
Eve"" as some curious image, wrought in gold.
Is a rich obiect stately to behold,
And we not only doe the wealth desire.
But doe as much the workmanship admire.
Yet if it turn'd be to a vse prophane
What men did loue, as soone they loath y*
same :
For all the cost and curious art bestow'd
Is counted base if worship to 't be show'd.
So stately posey oft is put in vse
To sing laciueously her owne abuse ;
And, being rich and curious, often times
Is wrong'd with base and fovle vnchristian
rimes.
Then, poets all, this heauenly verse come view.
Which bringes sweet art imd ripe conceipts to
}'0U, &c. &c.]
the Praises of Mm and his Worlccs. Lond. l624, 12mo. Also,
Ojiomulnphylacium ; or the Christian Names of Men and
IVomen, now used witliin this licatme of Great Britaine,
alphabetically expressed, as well in I.aline us in English, with
the true Interprctatiotis thereof, digested in three set crall Ta-
bles, (Sfc.bt/ J. P. publike writer. Lond. iGsfi. 12mo. And,
Thefairesl Fairingfor a Schoole-bred Sonne, ii'hereby Praise,
Ease, and Profit may be wonne: that is to say, the Schoote-
master's Precepts, or Lillie's Lessons to his Scholars. Trans-
lated by J. Penkethmun, Lover of Learning. Four leave*
only. Park.]
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UOlJKirr ( ;(K)K v., who wHuh himHcir Cwu*,
WM IxTii al, or iiciir to, Diciiioii in Yorkitliirc,
WM ctitr(5(l a Hliidi-ril in |{riiHCii.iio)M- coll. in \t>(\T,
Mcd 17( or ili<T«'ul»oul», wlicn', wjtii iinw«'iiri<<l
diliKf^ticc, Imvclllti^ lliioijuli till- viirioiiitcliimitH
of logir- iiriil |»lii|o)(0|iliy, lu- |,c<(irni ijic |iiii;«t
nol<'<l (li»|>iiliinl o( liiH liiMc. {)i\ llic '<! l/cc. \r>T.)
fiC! wnn (iriiiiiiitioiiitly elected |irol»(itioner-('cllow
of timt coll. mill llirci! yearn al'ifr look ilie At-urvi'.
of M. of arU. About wliicli liiiid critrio^ into
lioiy ordcrit, itnd being n(»t<'d lor liii« lulniirable
tnnrninp, whh tbfreCon; elected one ol' llie |(roe-
torM ol llie iiiiiverHily. In whir b ollicc be be-
liaveri biintelf ho admirably well, ibat bin boune
j^ained <redit by it. In 1,'jfU, be wan adinitl/-d l<»
tbe reading ot'ilie %v.\iU:\uv*, nnri in thi- beginning
oCJiiiM' IM>'), reitigning hilt relloWHbi|>, retired to
liiit new obtained vi<-uridge of i.eed<t in York'
■hire; where making the; bei«l lulvaniage oi bi»
time, became a man learned in llie <'liiirch, Hiii'
giilarly well Hludied in the diit(|iii4ttioii oi' uiili-
j|iiilv, exjieeiall^ Cor llic diHceriiing of tbe |>ro|»cr
work* o( tbe latberh Croin the (orged and C(jun-
terleit, as it muy n|>peur in u book which h« wrote,
«ntit,
C*iiiiurf$r/uorumIam Sf rijjl Drum, qua »iib Nitfrii'
nihui SiimtiiTum, Hf vrlr.runt /lurttmim, a I'onli/ifiiii
pfi>»im in foriirn Siiipti*, ni'il putinnlwuiii in Liuirii-
tiiiniliin huilir ('iin/rovrmA lilari no/i-nl. (,ond.
Ifil4, (Modi. 4io. C. 44. Th. Seld.l and 2.'), on.
fUorll. 4io. (;. r/i. 'I'll. Held.''J VVhidi i» all I
think be bath piibliitlM'd. lie gave way to fate at
LfA.'iU berore^ineritioned, on ifiir Wr»t of Jan, in
Ifll4-1A. nixfeen hundred and fourteen,' and watt buried tbe
•lay following in (he ebiireb there, Alex, (Jooke
liiN brother, whom I Mball mention under the yeai
Kiti'i, Hueeeeded him in tbe vi<;aridge (»f l^tiln,
and (here died,
f Kobert i'txiUr vfiut the »on of William (.', of
Beeiiton. in the |)urii»h of IaviI*; where he wan
bnpli/rff July 2.1, I.^.V), lie wax imilituled to hi*
vii^arage I)e<embef 18, l!i^)(). hih\ v. ax after ward*
eollated by l)r, Jtiiuvn^ bi4io(» of Durham (to
whom be riedieated hiit Vrnmra,) lo the kixth
prebend in thai <albedr(il, July 'Z(> \(')\\.*
Tboretiby nay* that the rei'orination went on
very nlowly in I^-edii, till ' the denervedly fumoim
Mr. Robert C.'ookc revived a dc«p MMiwof trtu;
religion and piety/
A pedigree of the family will be found in the
Durtiliit l^oil. p, '^10,
'I o liiH workit we may uM :
A l.riiini^(l Dinjiutatton ht-lrcixt Rolirrt Cook
ff.lJ. riwJ It I'opith I'tiftt, lii'fon- liin M/iji'it/i/'»
Cuunril mid ulhrr kiiine.d Min at Yurkr, An. If) 10.
MS. formerly in TlK^rctthy'o mij»euni jit f^'edii.
"w/l, tlwl th«r« H«r« tlur* Mhrr
See Diicntiit JaiiuI. p. /»,1.1. Therr are line» by «.
Mob, Cooke, before Kiltin'it H/miinhift of ifry^
liliiw, \r>HH. IlilBon, ////;/. t'ort. I?.), but it "i,
not clear that tliii it the jienton noticed in tha
Atiii'.n/k.]
MAITIIKW HLADK, «econd • .on «d' Joh.
Slade of ibe VVe»i-eomitry, Hon of Joh, HIade of
llougbliy in Stafl'ordiibire, the M<eoml nonof Joh.
■Sliulu ol the aniieiit and genl4-el family of lh«
.SladcH of Norton-Nlade in /,«iica»bire, wn» boru
in Oevoniihire, became a ballei (d.Si. Allmn»-bull
in l/jH4, and in that of bm age 17, look a d«Kr«« [3073
in art* lour^ear* uller, and about tliui limo wa«»
candidate lor a fc||ow»biji <d Merlon coll. but
what put liim by, uiiIch* iIm; want of friend*, for
pbiloHopby be bad *ullicirnt, 1 kiwiw not. Aftvr*
ward* be retired lo hi* native country, taught
•cliool for a time, and married, a* 1 kballanon tell
you. At length uoon an invitation, he went lo
AniHlerdain in Holland, where hy llie high and
mighty .Stale* he became rei;l<,r of llie b-arneci
tu.'iwlemy or gymniMiuni, *ituated and l>4-iiig m
the old imrt of that fumou* city ; where he wa%
enU-etiieUy by all that knew him, an excellent
l.fttini»t, a good Clr«('iaii, on« wvll read in pro*
found author*, a »u{\ enemy to the Mofdntan*,
and a walking library, ill* work* are llie«« ;
i'lint (Joiiiodo f orilio S. 'I', I), ih Ilia jdirmiii,
llfirfil/im, if /lllifimnii) li .hunho Ufnf Aiiyjnt I,
in rjund. P'ortlii ilr iJii 'I'ruclutu, Hff, Hr/in/iu-
tic/r Din/iiilutioni'i I'liri jiriinit. In i/iia l''iik> ()r-
Ifindota di: vera Imnirntitair tf lii/initate triuitiut
Dri opf/onilur, tit-. Amalel. lOl'i, ipi.
yljmetulir priori* Dinrptatiotiit. Am»tel, lOl4v
(|ii. Which i* »et before till* bo'
Ditrrptaliiiniii rum donrudo I [),
l'ar» aflrra, dr Immulalnlitiilt' If Stmplti ilulr Dei;
Qua diir.i'lur II. ,lae. \. junle Sf menlo nolatit
Hlmjdii'inum {''omlii Dogma ; ' Drum t>$€ miUal/i»
Irm 6t ac.cedr.Hlibui tubjeclum adurtrUii.' Amit«l,
Uil4, oM.
C. yoritii k I'. Soeini Cnmentui, live niilnU
I'liKmiilum : rum lirriim, f^rrf/orurn, ati/iir Tinliiim
Ntfllahii, Printed with tlnr former, vi/. Diirep- (j^,,
(ationif allrnt I'an. 'rbe»e thing* were replied |0l4»
upon by VorKliit*, in lOl.'/, but wbeiber our author
rdii.'.
•vo.J
Ifrldxt. ib&b, l(ht:i, «ii<i 1 04 1,
' niAUmn CiKik ttUili I Jan, ill Jtc. llobatl, llrport;
Hhitif put out a rdoinder, 1 know not a* yel, or
any thing el»<: thnt he hath publuhed, " exceot
" (Ujmment. in Sumliolum yHltuiintii llkiO*," lie
took to wife Aleibea dauKbler of Kieh. Kirford
of, or near to, II(/niion in ifevoii. on lh<
He(»t, i'/i)li, by wliom he hiwl i»«ue <
Mladr horn in ui 14 0< >
rector of tile ;; Mim lber< ,
death of hi* fatiier) on ilic f;ih ni' .May \'inH, who
taking to wife (ieririide the daughter of l.uke
Ambro««r a preaelur of Ain*t4<rdum, la-got on her,
* M" ! . (ii( ty III iiuitti
ill-Ill IW ,<f will* lA til*
4 •
luiii, y»i. wNvti."
A>
155
FREEMAN.
156
[398]
among other cliiUlren, Matthew Sladc born 9 June
1628, and being strictly educated in learning,
became a doctor of physic and a learned man,
and thereupon often mentioned with honour by
Swammerdam, as also by Scrader, who dedicates
a book to him. This Matthew Slade did publish,
imder the borrowed name of Theodorus Aides
(Slade) Anghis, a book entit. Dksertatio Ephto-
lica dt Generatione Aiiimaliwn contra Haneium.
Amstel. I6()(i. in tw. Reprinted with other ana-
tomical works at Francfort, twice in the year
1668. in qu. [Bodl.4to. A. 38. Med. BS.] and is
extant in the Bib/iotficca Anatomica. [Bodl. M.
3. 1. Med. pag. 729.] The collectors of which
have unveiled him, and put him down under his
true name Matthaeus Sladus, Amstelodaraensis,
M. D. He hath also written Observationes in
Ovem. Amstel. l673. in tw. which is also in the
said Bihliotheca, and Sciojriapkia Ntitritionis
Fcetus in Utero ; S^ de ejus Uniiu. Ibid. At length
coming into England in Sept. or Oct. 1689,
retiring to Oxon. in Dec. following, to see it, the
colleges, libraries, and learned men there : And
after he had tarried at that place about a fortnight,
went in the stage-coach towards London, but
being taken suddenly with an apoplcctical fit
on Shotover-hill, two miles distant from Oxon.
died thereof before he came to Wheatley, on
Friday the 20th day of the same month, being
the eve of St. Thomas the apostle. Whereupon
his body being lodged in a common inn there,
was, by the care of James Tyrrell esq ; and Dr.
Edw. Bernard one of the Savilian professors, con-
veyed thence the ne.xt day to the Angel-inn in
Oxon, where lying till the day following, was
buried in the yard (near to, and behind the West-
door leading therein,) belonging to the church of
St. Peter in the East ; at which time were present
certain doctors of, and graduats in, physic, and
masters of arts.
THOMAS FREEMAN, a Gloucestershire
man born ', of the same family with those of
Batsford"' and Todcnham near to Morton in
Marsh, became a student in Magd. coll. an. l607,
aged l6 years, or thereabouts, and bach, of arts
four years after. At length retiring to the great
city, and setting up for a poet, was shortly after
held in esteem by Sam. Daniel, Owen the epi-
grammatist, Dr. Joh. Donn, Shakespeare, George
' [He speaks very slightingly of his native place in one of
his epigrams, addressed to Oxford.
48.
£ach man his country loues : Vlisses' wish
Was to see Ithaok's smoke, (smoke little worth !)
Each cares for countrey — I care not a rush ,
I loath to Hue where I was first broueht forth.
Now goe 1 home as Hinnibal once went
To natiiie Affrick, sad and discontent.
We hate our countries — would you neds know why?
My loue Is Oxford ; his was Italy.]
* [See Atkyns's Gloucestershire, 1718, page 256.]
if'U.
Chapman, Tho. Heywood the playmaker and
others. To some of whose judgments he submit-
ted these his two books of epigrams following.
Rub and a great Cast. In 100 Epigrams.
Lond. 16)4. qu. [Bodl. 4to M. 3. Art. BH.]
Run and a great Cast. The Second Bowl, in an
1 00 Epigrams. — Printed with the former epigrams, Cbr.
and both dedicated to Thomas Lord Windsor,
who seemed to patronize his studies. The reason
for Rub and Run, he gives in these four verses,
Sphsera mihi, calamus; mundi sunt crimina
nodi.
Ipse sed est mundus Spha:romachia mihi.
Sive manere jubes. Lector, seu currere sphaeram
Lusori pariter, curre maneque placent.
[Freeman's Epigrams are so extremely rare,
that except a copy in the late Mr. Brand's col-
lection,' and that in the Bodleian, I know not
where to refer for one. On this account 1 have
ventured to give the following extracts. His
best piece, in praise of Cornwall, has been already
published by Ellis in his Specimens of Early
English Poetry, iii. 113: some of his shorter will
be found in the Censura Literaria, iv. 129, 8tc.,
and one, displaying the increase of London in
the year 1614, in Warton's Hist, of Eng. Poetry,
iv. 74.
Epigram 63.
Vive tibi : Consansuineo sua.
Looke to thy selfe and learne to Hue at home ;
Haue fellowship, henceforth, with few or none.
See, see, to what a passe the world is come,
Friendship abides not, bee thy fortunes gone.
Be thou like Winter, that like Sommer wast ;
The swallowes flie that flockt before so fast.
Friends swim, like fishes, as the streame doth run,
And like slye serpents lurke in fairest greene ;
They onely reuerence the rising sunnc,
Scarse looking to'ards him when he dotVi decline.
'Tis wealth preserues good will, that from
thee taken.
Thou that wast followed shalt be soone for-
saken.
Nay, marke ! eu'n now, the very bird of loue
Betakes her selfe vnto the fairest building.
And her owne home abandoneth the doue.
If once she sees it ruinous and yeelding ;
No maruell then though faith faile in the
triall
When Loue's true turtle is turn'd thus dis-
loyall.
This vile, hart-gnawing, vultur-age then flye :
Feed not the hounds whose teeth may after tear«
thee :
Let not the serpent in thy bosome lye,
» fSale Catalogue, No. 3S80, where it sold for 4/. 12t. Orf.]
I
157
CHALONER.
WEB HE.
158
1616.
Lest, stinging;, thou repent he lay so neere thee.
Be thine ownc neighbour, and bo tliis tliy
doome —
To lookc vnto thy selfc; to Hue at home.
Epigram 4.
O tempora! O mores!
Had I an hundred mouthcs, as many tongues,
An iron voyce, then should this iron age
Be mou'd, or I would thunder out their wrongs.
And breath out boysterous accents, full of rage.
I would inueigh against fowle vsurors,
As those that liue by causing other's wants ;
I would defie the filthy flatterers
That shew themselucs dissembling sycophants:
The lawyer too my lauish tongue shuuin lash.
And auaricc should not auoid the scourge ;
And with the courtier would I haue a crash,
But, most of all, the atheist would I vrgc.
Yea, euery one (as cuery one is faulty,)
Should bide the brunt of my all biting tongue,
It should be no excuse t' alledge then frailty,
Sufiiz'd they sin'd, and I must tell the wrong.
Yet wel I wot, when words had done their
worst,
Lewd men (like foxes) fare best when tli' are
curst.]
THOMAS CHALONER, son of sir Thom.
Chaloner knight, by Ethelreda his wife, daughter
of Edward Erodsham of Elton in Cheshire, was
educated in Mag. coll. where he was held in
esteem for his poetry; but taking uo degree,
travelled beyond the seas, and at his return be-
came a compieat gentleman. In 1591 he received
the honour of knighthood, and being esteemed a
learned, prudent, and sober person, when K.
James the first came to the English crown, he
therefore by him was appointed tutor (and after-
wards chamberlain) to his son prince Henry, the
lively joy and delight of Britain, and about that
time was actually created master of arts, as in the
Fasti, under the year 1605, I shall tell you.
This person, who was a learned searcher into
nature's works, did first discover an alhnn-mine
near to Gisburgh in Yorkshire, (being possessed
of land there,) about the latter end of Q. Eliza-
beth ; but being adjudged to be a inine-royal,
was rented by several, and little benefit came to
sir Thomas. At length the long parliament,
which began in 1()40, voted it a monopoly, and
restored the benefit thereof to the former proprie-
taries. He hath written several things, but all
that I have seen is only.
The Fiiliie of Nitre, wherein is declared the sun-
dry Cures bt) the same (ffected. Lond.'1584. qu.
and other matters pertaining to virtuosity, and
something, as it seems, to pastoral, but whether
extant, I cannot tell. He died about the 17 Nov.
ia sixteen hundred and fifteen, and was buried
in the parish church of Chcswick in Middlesex,
near to the body of Elizabeth jiis first wife,
daughter of Will. Fleetwood, sometimes recorder
of London, by whom he had issue W ill. Chaloner
of Gisburgh in Yorksiiire (soon after his father's
death made a baronet) Thomas, James, &c. which
two last were of the nutnber of judges that sate
in judgment on king Charles \. of blessed me-
mory, as I shall tell you at large. He had also
several children by his second wife Judith, daugh-
ter of Will. Itlount of London, some of whose
posterity (as I think) liveth at, or near, Steeple-
Claydon in Bucks, where sir Thomas had u fair
estate.
[On the South wall of the chancel of Chiswick
church is the monument of sir Thomas Chaloner,
whose effigies, and that of his wife, are repre-
sented kneeling at a fald-stool under a pavilion,
the curtains of which arc supported by two armed
soldiers. On a tablet beneath, the following
inscription :
' Here lieth the bodey of sir "Thomas Chaloner
who was knighted in the warres of France, by
kinge Henry the fourthe, a". 1591, and after
governor in the minority, and chamberlayne to
the late prince of famous memorey, Henrey prince
of Wales, duke of Cornewall, and carle of Ches-
ter. He married to his firste wife Elizabeth,
daughter to William Fleetwood, serjeant at lawe
to y. Eliz. and recorder of London, by whom
he had yssue, Thomas, deceased ; WiUiam ; Ed-
ward ; 1 homas ; Henry, deceased ; Arthurc, de-
ceased ; James ; Elizabeth, deceased ; Mary, wife
to sir Edward Fisher, knight; Elizabeth; and
Dorothey; and died the 2'i'' of June, a". 160:},
aged 35 yearcs : and to his second wife he married
Jude, the daughter to William Blunt of London,
esfjuier, bj' whom he had .ilso yssue, Henrev ;
Charles; Fredericke ; and Arthure; AJine; Ka-
thirine ; and Frances ; and she deceased the 30
di»y of June, a''. I6l5, aged 36 years; and the
aforesayed sir Thomas Clialoner died the 18th
day of November 1615, being of the adge of 51
years.' This monument was repaired, in the year
17'21, by Edwaril Chaloner of Gisbrough, York-
shire, esq. in grateful remembrance of his honour-
able ancestor.
Puttenham and Meres both mention master
Challoner with praise for his ' PasXorall Poesie,'
but it does not seem that any of his productions
in verse have been lianded down to us.
Ritson notices a translation by him from Ovid ;
the Epistle of Helen to Paris, in MS.]
" RICHARD WEBBE, a Glocestershire man
" born, received his academical education in Bras.
" coll. left it without a degree, became minister
" of God's word at Rodborough in his native
" couiitrv, and wrote and published,
" Christ's Kingdom described in seven Sermons.
" On the second Psalm. Loud. I6IO, 11. in qu.
159
DRUSIUS.
160
" dedicated to Dr. Singleton and the fellows of
" Bras. coll. and to Mr. Will. Duttoii, Mr. Rich.
" Dayton ju.stices otUie peace, and others.
" Other Sermons, as (I) Tko Sermons of Chris-
" tian Love awl Life. On Cantic.2. 10. Lond.
" 1613. qu. [Bodl. 4to. N. 12. Th.] preached at
" Tedbury in Glocestershire, on Christ's Ascen-
" sion-day, an. 16 12. (2) The Lot or Portion of
"the Ki^htemis. On Psal. 34, 19- LonA. iGK).
<:i«r. «' qu. [Hodl. 4to. P. 49- Th.] jjreached in the cath.
|6IS. u ^.j, of Glocester, 5 Aug. I6l5 ; in which church,
" if I mistake not, he was dignify'd."
JOHN DRUSIUS, orDRitsscHUS, common-
ly called Vander Driesche, the most noted critic,
linguist, and theologist of his time, was born at
Oudenard a city of Flandera, situated between
Ghent and Tournay, 28 June 1550, educated in
{399] grammar learning in Ghent, in academical in the
univer-sity of Lovaiii, where he took the degree
of bach, of arts. About which time his father
Clement Driesche, being proscribed for religion,
and deprived of his estate, fled into England, and
took this son with him. When he came to Lon-
don, he met with Anth. Cevallerius a professor at
Caen in Normandy, exceeding skilful in the
Hebrew tongue, who residing there to several
scholars and laics, our author attended him, w cnt
also with him to Cambridge, where he read the
(■aid language, and afterwards for a time into
France, and by his diligence became an e.xact
proficient in the Hebrew, as well as in the Greek
language. Soon after he returned to London,
and when he purposed to go. back into France he
heard of the massacre at J^aris, which made him
alter his mind. So that turning his course to
Oxon, in the beginning of the year 1572, he was
entertained by the society of Merton coll. admit-
ted to the degree of bach, of arts, as a member
of that house, \t\ July the same year, and in the
beginning of Aug. following had a chamber set
apart' for him by the society; who then also
decreed that he should have forty shillings yearly
allowed to him, so long as he read a Hebrew lec-
tuie in their common refectory. For four years,
at least, he lived in the said house, and constantly
read (as he did sometimes to the scholars of Magd.
coll. upon the desire of Dr. Laur. Humphry pre-
sident thereof) either Hebrew, Chaldee, or Syriac
lectures. In 1573, he was, as a member of the
said house of Merton, licensed to proceed in arts,
and in the year following was ' recommended by
the clmnccUor of the university to the members
of the convocation, that he might publicly read
• the Syriac language in one of the public schools,
and that for his pains he receive a competent
stipend. Soon after, upon consideration of the
matter, tliey allowed him twenty marks to be
equally gathered from among them, and ordered
» Beg. 2. act. colt. Mrrlon, p. 27, 35, 47, 53, &C
» Reg. Univ. Oxon. KK. fol. 177, b.
that the same respect be given to him, as to any
of the lecturers. In 1576 he left Oxon, and in
the year following the states of Holland chose
him to be the proicssor in Hebrew, Chaldee, and
Syriac in the univ. of Leyden. Soon after, being
married, the states of Friesland, who had erected
an university at Franeker, invited him thither to
be a professor ; where continuing many years, he
was held in high esteem of all scholars and fo-
reigners, that repaired thither. He was an excel-
lent Hebrician, and well versed in the Rabbins,
and hath given great light to a large part of the
scriptures, as these books following shew ; most
of which are remitted into the several tomes of
the Critics.
Comm. ad Voces Jlebraicas Noti Testam. viz.
Pars prior.
Coin, ad Foe. Hebr. N. Test. viz. Pars posterior.
Antw. 1582. qu. Both printed together at Franek.
I6l6. fol. [Bodl. AA. 21. Th. Seld.]
Qua.stionum Hebraicarum Libri 3.' In quibus
varia S. Scriptura: explicantur. Lugd. 1533. oct.
[Bodl. 8vo. B. II. Th. Seld. and 1599, Bodl. Bvo.
D. 36. Th.J
Animadversionum Lib. 2. Lugd. 1585. oct.
[Bodl. Rawl. Bvo. 290.]
Com. in Librum Esther. Lugd. Bat. 1586,
oct. Additioues Apocryphee Latini Versx, cum
Scholiis.
Miscellanea Locutionum Sacrarum, Franek.
1586. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. D. 4. Th. Seld.]
Versio &; Com. in Lib. Ruth, ejusquc Translatio
Greeca cum Notts ad eaiidem. tranek. 1586. oct,
[Bodl. Bvo. D. 14. Th.] &c.
Alphabetum Hehraicum Fetus, &, FeterumGnomte,
Heb. Lat. Franek. 1587- [Bodl. 4to. D. 6. Th.]
Parallela, sen Lncorum Fet. Testamenti qua
Novo citantiir, conjuncta Commemoratio. Franek.
1588. qu. [Bodl. 4to. D. 1. Th.]
P roverbiorum sacrorum Classes 2. seu Explica-
tio Proverb. Salomonis. Franek. 1590. qu. [Bodl.
4to. D.l.Th.]
Lectiones in Amos, Nahum, Habuc, Sophoniam,
Joel, .Jonatn, 8^ Abdiam. Lugd. Bat. 1591. oct.
[1595, Bodl. 8vo. D. 14. Th.] &.e.
Liber Tobias Creech, cum Castisationibus.
Franek. 1591. qu. [Bodl. 4to. T. 17- Th. Seld.]
Lectiones in Jonam. Lugd. Bat. 159 •• oct.
[Bodl. 8vo. D. 7. Th. Seld.]
Observationum Sacrarum Lib. l6. Franek.
1594. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. D. 4. Th. Seld.]
Carmina Ilebraica in Obiium Jos. Scaligeri.
Franek. 1591 • qu.
De Qutcsitis per Epistolam. Printed 1595. oct.
[Bodl. 8vo. D. 4. Th.]
Ecclesiasticus Graci, cum Versione Sf Notis.
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DRUSIUS.
ROGERS.
lti%
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Catechesis Ileligionis Chriitiana Ueb. Gr. if ImI.
f>r. 1591. oct. Other things, as 'tis probable, he
latli published, but such i have not yet seen.
He surrendred up his pious soul to God, on the
12th of Febr. in si.xtecn hundred and fifteen, and lfll4-l«.
was buried, as 1 suppose, at Franeker, after he
had lived there a most severe student, and in
continual labour for the good and benefit of lite-
rature about 31 years. He left behind him a son
of both his names, bred partly in this university,
but not to be numbred among most learned men,*
especially such as was his father, as also a daugh-
ter named Agnes, the wife of Abel Curiander
author of the Latin life of his father-in-law, John
Drusius, printed at Franeker I616. qu. In which
the reader may see more of his life and works,
than are here set down by me.
[Jo. Driseus, Flander, admissus in matriculant
Acad. Cantabr. Aug. 3. 1569- Regist. Acad.
Venit in Angliam 1567. Mr. Rodolphus Ceval-
lerius admissus eodem die et anno. Baker.
A letter of comphment, in Latin, addressed to
sir Thomas Bodloy, dated June 5. 1594. MS.
Harl. 6996, art. 85.]
THOMAS ROGERS, a most admirable theo-
logist, an excellent preacher, and well deserving
every way of the sacred function, was bom, as 1
conceive, in Cheshire, and came full ripe to the
university before 1568. About which time being
made one of the students of Ch. Ch. took holy
orders very early, and afterwards the degree of
master of arts, scil. an. 1576, before which time
he was a sedulous and constant preacher of God's [401!
word. What bis preferments were successively
afterwards, I know not, only that he was chaplain
to doctor Bancroft bishop of London, and at
length rector of Horninger near to S. Edmonds-
Bury in Suffolk, where and in the neighbourhood
he was always held in great esteem for his learn-
ing and holiness of Ufe and conversation. His
works are these,
A Philosophical Discourse, entit. The Aitatomu
of the Mind. Lond. 1576. oct. [Bodl. Svo. H.
18. Art. BS.] Before which is a copy of verses
in praise of it, written by his contempory Will.
Cambden of Ch. Ch.
Of the End of the World, and second Coming
' [He wrote Carmina Hcbraica in Ohitum JosrpU
Scalteer. Printed Franek. iGog. Bodl. 4to. D. 38. Art.
Seld.]
M
163
ROGERS.
164
of Christ, &c. Lond. 1577, qu. [Bodl.4to. E. 5.
Th. BS. again 8vo. 1582 and 1583.']
The Ene:lish Creed ; tcherein is contained in Ta-
bles an Exposition on the Articles which every
Man is to subscribe unto. Where the Articles are
expounded by Scripture, and the Confessions of all
the reformed Churches; and Heresies are dis-
played. Lond. 1379, and 85, fol.
General Session, containing an Apology of the
comfortable Doctrine concerning the End of the
IVorld and second Coming of Christ. Lond. 1581. qu.
The English Creed; consisting with the true,
anticnt Catholic and Apostolic Church in all the
Points and Articles of lieligiun, which every Chris-
tian is to know, and believe that would be saved,
&c. — In two parts. The first printed at London
in 1585, the second there 1587, and both in fol.
[Bodl. N.2.7. Jur.]
An Exposition on the 39 Articles of the Church
of England. Lond. 1586, &c. qu.' Which book,
at the first appearance, met not with that wel-
come entertainment, which seemed due to the
author's endeavours. For besides the two ex-
treams, Papists and Schismatics, who were highly
inraged, many Protestants of a middle temper
were much offended thereat. Some conceived it
presumption for a private minister to make him-
self the mouth of tne church, to render her sense
in matters of so high concernment. Others were*
offended, that his interpretation confin'd the cha-
ritable latitude, formerly allowed in those articles.
Howsoever it was, sure it is, the work in some
years wrought it self in good esteem, as dedicated
to, and countenanced by, Dr. Bancroft before-
mentioned. 5
* [In this work is a translation of some old ' Germanical
rliytnmes by John Stoffler,' which Rogers says he heard re-
cited by Melancthon.
When after Christes birth there be expirde
Of hundreds fifteen, yeeres, eightie and eight.
Then corucs the tvme of danngers to be fcrde
And all mankind with dolors it shall fraight.
For if the world in that ycere doo not fall,
If sea and land then perish ne decaic,
Yet empires all and kingdomes alter shall.
And man to ease himselfe shall haue no way.
fol. 16.
These have not been noticed by Ritson, who, probably,
had not seen The Anatomy nf the Mind, which adds two
other names to his Bihliographia Poclica.
1. Abraham Fowler, who prefixed an alliterative poem,
(imperfect in the Brxlleian copy) entitled Keedeles Uadera.
2. Josua Hutten, who also contributed a Dialogue he-
tween himself and the Book.'\
' [My edition is, London printed by John Legatt, l621,
4to. the dedication to Dr. Bancroft, archb. of Cant, is dated
at Horniger, near St. Edm. Bury in Suff. 1 1 of March, ann.
1607. ' Your grace's poor cha|)laine alwaies at command,
Thomas Rogers.' Kennet.]
♦ SeeTho. Fuller's Ch. Hist. lib. 9. an. 1584.
' [There are two copies of this book in the Bodleian. One
nrinted London l633, 4to. R. 2g. Th. The other at Cam-
nridge in 169I. 4to. Kawl. 132. The latter is interleaved
and contains a MS. comparison between Rogers's view of the
subject and bishop Burnet's, drawn up by Nidiolas Adams of
Corpus Chriiti coll. Oxon. in 1704.]
A Golden Chain taken out of the rich Treasure-
House of the Psalms of David. Lond. [1579]
1587, intw.
The Pearls of K. Solomon, gathered into com-
mon Places. — Taken from the Proverbs of the said
King. Printed with the former book.
llistorical Dialogue touching Antichrist and
Popery ; drawn and published for the Comfort of
our Church, &c. Lond. 1589, oct [Bodl. 8vo. B.
169. Th.]
Serm. on Rom. 13. ver. 6, 7, 8. Lond. 1590,
qu.*
Miles Christianus, Or, a Defence of all necessary
Writings and Writers, zciitten against an Epistle
prefxed to a Catechism made by Miles Moses.
Lond. 1590, qu. This Miles Moses was bach,
of div. and published besides the former things.
The Arrangement of Usury in six Sermons, Lond.
1595, qu.
Table of the lawful Use of an Oath, and the
cursed State of vain Swearers. Lond.
Two Dialogues, [or Conferences concerning
kneeling in the veru Act of receiving the Sacra-
mental Bread and Wine in the Supper of the Lord.']
Lond. 16O8. [Bodl. 4to. M. 17. Art.] He also
translated into English, (1.) A Discourse of the
End of the World and Second Coming of Christ.
Lond. 1577, 78, oct. written by Scheito k Geve-
ren of Emden in Friesland. (2.) General Dis-
course of the damnable Sect of Usurers, &c. Lond.
1578, qu. written by Philip Caesar. To which is
added, A Treatise of the lawful Use of Riches :
written by Nich. Heming. (3.) The Profession
of the true Church, and Popery compared. Lond.
1578, oct. (4.) Exposition on the S4tk Psalm.
Lond. 1581, oct. written by Nic. Heming for the
instruction of the ignorant in the grounds of reli-
gion ; and confutation of the Jews, Turks, &c.
(5.) iS. Augustine's heavenly Meditations, calfd,
A private Talk with God. Lond. 1581, intw. pu-
rified by our translator T. Rogers, and adorned
with annotations of scripture. (6.) Of the Fool-
ishness of Men and Women in putting qfi the\Amend-
meutof their Lives Jrom Day to Day. Lond. 1583,
and 86, oct. written by Job. Rivius. (7.) Of the
Imitation of Christ. Lond. 1584, 89, [1592 and
1596] in tw. [and 4to.] written in three books by [402]
Tho. de Kempis ; and for the worthiness thereof
oft since translated into sundry languages. Now
newly translated by Tho. Rogers, corrected, and
with most ample texts and sentences of holy
scripture illustrated. (8.) A Method to Mortifi-
cation, called heretofore The Contempt of the World,
&,c. Lond. 1586, in tw. written by Didac. Stella.
(9.) S. August in' s Prayers. Lond. 1591, in tw.
&c. Purged by our translator (T. Rogers) from
divers superstitious points, and adorned with ma-
nifold places of scripture. (10.) .S. Augustine's
* [A copy in the library of the archb. of Canterbury a»
Lambeth.]
165
ROGERS.
NICCOLLS.
I6t)
t6i5-i6.
Manual, containing special and picked Meditatiom
and godly Prayers. Loncl. [1581] 159!, in tw.
with corrections by tlie translator. (11.) Enemy
of Security ; or, a daily Exercise of Godly Medi-
tations. Lond. 1.580,' and 91, in tw. written by
Joii. Avenar, public professor of" the Hebrew
tongue in the university of VVittenberge. (12.)
Enemy to Atheism : or. Christian Godly Prayers
for all Degrees. Lond. 1591, in tw. written in
the German language by Jo. Avenar, translated
out of Lat. by our author, T. Rogers. (13.) So-
liloquium Anima : The fourth Book of the Imi-
tation of Christ. Lond. 1592, in tw. written by
Tho. de Keinpis before-mentioned. A\hat other
thingsourauthorhath written and translated, 1 know
not ; nor any thing else of iiiin, only that he was
a zealous opposer of the doctrine ot the sabbath,
and the first that publicly stood up against Dr.
Kiel). Bownd's opinion of it in his preface to the
Exposition on the 39 Articles, Sac. which mtide the
other party (the Puritan) angry, and so far to be
enraged, as maliciously to asperse and blemish
him. Whereupon he wrote a vindication of him-
'self in MS. now in the hands of a near relation of
his. At length after a great deal of pains taken
for the benefit of the church, he gave up the ghost
at Horninger before-mention'd, otherwise called
Horningshearth; whereupon his body was bu-
ried in the chancel of the church there, under a
rough, unpolished and broken grave-stone, with-
out name or epitaph, 22 Feb. in sixteen hundred
and fifteen, as the register of that church tells
us; which, 1 presume, follows the English acr
compt, and not the common, as many country
registers do. I find one Tho. Rogers, a Cheshire
man born, to have been admitted student of Ch.
Ch. 1547, aged 24, or more, being then bac. of
arts, and soon after made master. What relation
he had to the former Tho. Rogers, I know not.
Another Tho. Rogers I find, who was born in
Glocestershire, in, or near to, Tewksbury, lived
mostly in his latter days, in the parish of S. Giles
in the Fields near London, and published a poem
entitled. The Tears or Lamentations of a sorrow-
ful Soul. Lond. 1GI2, qu. written by sir Will.
Leighton, knight, one of his majesty's band of
pensioners. To whicii, the said Tho. Rogers
added, of his own composition, a poem called
C/ocester's-Mite.^ But this Tho. Rogers is quite
difl'erent from the divine before-mention'd.
^ [I have this book printed in 1579, small 8vo. or I2mo.
newlie corrected, with a dedication to sir Francis Walsing-
ham. Cole.]
* [Wood is certainly wrong in this statement, that Thomas
Rogers was the publisher of sir Will. Lcighton's poem. He
was misled by the Bodleian copy of these two poems, which
are bound together, and so misplaced by the binder, as to
render it difficult to distinguish the one from the other.
They are however veiy different works. Ghucesler's Myte
is a funeral tribute to the memory of prince Henry, and was
printed in 1612. The Teares, &c. are various religious
poems, and sonnets wliich were set to music by Leighton,
who, in his preface, declares his intention to print the notes
[Tho. Rogers, A. M. institutuii ad rectoriam
de Horningherth, dioc. Norw. 11 Dec. 1581.
Reg. Vac. Bakkii.]
RICHARD NICCOLLS, esteemed eminent
for iiis poetry in his time, was born of genteel pa-
rents in London, and at eighteen years of age,
an. 1602, was entred a student in Mag. coll. in
Michaelmas tenn, but making little stay there he
retired to Mag. hall, and took the degree of bach,
of arts in \Gob, being then numbred among the
ingenious persons of the university. After he
had remained there for some time, he retired to
the great city, obtained an employment suitable
to his faculty, and at length nonuurcd the de-
votees to poetry, with these things following,
The Cuclcow, a Poem. Lond. \fy07, in qu.
[Bodl. 4to. G. 8. Art. BS ] Dedicated to Mr.
(after sir) Thom. Wroth, a favourer of his muse.
The Fall of Princes. Lond. 1610, qu. [Bodi.
4to. B. 80. Jur.]
A Winter Night's Vision. Lond. l6lO, qu. ' be-
ing an addition of such princes, cs|)ecially famous,
who were exempted in the former history,' mean-
ing in the history called The Mirror of Magi-
strates, written in verse by John Higens of Wince
ham, an. 1586, qu. "This mirror, which waa
esteemed the best piece of poetry of those times,
(if Albion's England, which was by some pre-
ferred, did not stand in its way) contained the
lives of some of our kings and queens, and was
exceedingly admired by ingenious scholars and
others, " and was now the third time published [403]
" by this Ric. Niccols I6l0, where, after his epis-
" tie to the reader, follows his Induction in verse,
" and then the lives of certain princes, with their
" pictures wrought from wooden cuts: The (I.) is
" king Arthur. (2.) Edmund Ironside, &c. the
" last Richard III. written with arguments be-
" fore each, all in verse. To them is added En<r.
" land's Eliza, or the glorious and triumphant Reign
" of that Virgin Empress of sacred Memory Eti-
" zabeth Queen of Englattd, written by tfiis au-
" thor."
by which his hymns, &c. are to be sung or played. This
work was printed one year after Rogers's prouuclion, with
which it has not the smallest connexion.
A very sufficient specimen of Leighton 's Teares will be
found in the British Bibtiographer, i. .378 ; but that our
readers may have no occasion to regret the scarcity of the
book, four lines shall be offered to their religious contem-
plation.
Our fathers. Lord, were comforted.
Strengthened, relieved, and blest
Onely by grace, and iustificd
As righteous men, in Jesus Christ. —
It is now only iust to Rogers, that he should not be omit-
ted entirely, and tJie concluding stanza of his Myte shall end
this note.
Our soules are siluer plates thy fame to hold ;
Our zeall rich diamonds to make th' impression ;
The characters we print, refined gold
To keep thy name all ages in succession.
Then sleepc, sweet Henry, prince of endless fame.
Whilst we record thy eueilasting name.]
M 2
167
NICCOLLS.
EVANS.
HEATH.
168
Monodia, or IValtham's Complaint upon the
Clar. Death of the most virtuous and noble Ladif, late
l6l6. deceased, the Lady Honor llay. Lond. 1G15, oct.
[Bodl. 8vo. S. 136. Th.] I Hnd another Rich.
Niccolls who is stiled the elder, and of tlie Inner
Temple, gent, who wrote, {\.) A Treatise setting
forth thel^yslery of our Salvation. (2.) J Day
'Star for dark uandring Souls : shewing the Light by
a Christian Controversy. Botii wiiich were pub-
lished after the author's death at Lond. I6l3, in
oct. [Bodl. 8vo. S. 107. Th.] But whether this
R. Nico/h the elder, was ever of this university, I
find not as yet.
[NieoUs is said by Mr. Park, in Cens. Literaria,
iii. IfiO, to be * a melodious versifier, if not a first-
rate poet.' He was so fond of melody in poetry,
that ne regTilarly, almost, altered all the rugged
lines in the Mirrour for Magistrates, when he
reprinted the several parts; and occasionally re-
wrote a stanza, dropt whole lines, added a foot,
or lopt one oft", &c. The edition of l6lO is cer-
tainly his own. Haslewood.
The follow ing circumstance is stated by a mar-
ginal note to be ' recorded by the author then
present:' and furnishes a proof, that he was at
the attack upon Cadiz by lord Effingham and
the earl of Essex in 1597.
As that thrice happie bird, the peaceful doue,
When the old world, groaning beneath the
raigne
Of giant's raging rule, was drown'd by Joue,
Brought heav'nly newes of a new world againe
Viito the arke, then floting on the maine ;
So now, a doue did with her presence greet
Elizae's arke, then admirall of the fleet.
Tor loe, the fleet, riding at seas, in sight
Of Cadiz towers, making that towne the marke
Of their desire, the doue did stay her flight
Vpon the maine yard of that stately barke.
Which long before that time was term'd the
arke.
Whose vnexpected presence did professe
Peace to the fleet, but to the foes, distresse.
England's Eliza, page 86 1.
To Nicolls's works we can only add,
1. London's Artillery, briefly containing the
noble Practise of that worthie Societie; with the
moderne and ancient martiall Exercises, Natures
of Armes, Vertue of Magistrates, Antiquitie,
Glorie and Chronography oj this honourable Cit-
tie. Lond. I6l6, 4to. l3ed. to sir John Jolles,
knight, lord mayor of London, of whom he craves
' no further fauour of protection, then within the
liberty of my natiue London to liue.' See ex-
tracts from this work in the British Bibliographer,
i. 364, 8cc.
2. Sir Thomas Overbury's Vision, with the
Ghosts of IVeston, Mistress Turner, the late Lieu-
tenant of the Tower, and Franklin. Lond. I6l6,
4to. Reprinted in the Harleian Miscellany,
vol. vii. The following lines may be quoted as
some of his best.
Is it not wealth ye seek? and doth not gold
Ingenious wits, oft times, in bondage hold?
The stout sea rangers on the fearful flood.
That hunt about through Neptune's wat'ry
wood.
And, o'er a thousand rocks and sands that lie
Hid in the deep, from pole to pole do fly;
Who often, when the stormy ocean raves,
Fight with fierce thunders, lightnings, winds,
and waves.
Having but one small inch of board to stand
Betwixt them and ten thousand deaths at han4,
• Expose themselves to all this woe and pain.
To quench the greedy thirst of golden gain.
O strong enchantment of bewitching gold!
For this, the sire by his own son is sold :
For this, the unkind brother sells the brother;
For this, one friend is often by another
Betray'd to death : yea, even for this, the wife
Both sells her beauty, and her husband's life.
And I, woe's me, for this did work thy fall, &e.]
EDWARD EVANS, a noted preacher of his
time in the university, was born " at Lhanrwst,"
in Denbighshire, " and educated in that school
" in grammar learning," applyed his eager mind
to academical studies in Ch. Ch. an. 1398, aged
sixteen, took the degrees in arts, that of master
being compleated l607, and afterwards pub-
lished.
Verba Dieruni : Or the Day's Report of God's
Glory. In four sermons or lectures upon one
text in the imiversity of Oxon. on Psal. IQ. 2.
Oxon. I6l5,qu. [Bodl. 4to. M. 28. Th.] Ano-
ther of both his names I find to have been born
at Westmeane in Hampshire, admitted fellow of
New coll. 1595, and that he took the degree of
M. of A. 1602. But this person leaving his fel-
lowship in l604, and so consequently the uni-
versity, he is not to be taken for the same who
published the four sermons before-mention'd.
JOHN HEATH, more famous for his poetry
than the former for his preaching, was born at
Stalls (whether a hamlet or house . 1 know not) in
Somersetshire, educated in Wykeham's school,
admitted perpetual fellow of New coll. 1607,
aged 22, took the degrees in arts, that of master
being compleated in l6l3, and three years after
left his fellowship. But before that time, when
he was bach, of arts, he wrote and published,
Two'Centuries of Epigrams. Lond. 16I0, in tw.
and had verses printed in several books that occa-
sionally were published, particularly in that on
the death of sir Tho. Bodley, knight. He hath
also made a translation from Spanish into English,
which 1 have not yet seen, and wrote other mat-
ters tit for the press, but whether ever printed, t
cannot tell.
Clar.
1615.
Clar.
iei5.
169
BILSON.
170
[404]
[Heath is mentioned by B. Jonson in his Disco-
veries, and by Davies in his Scourge of Folly,
page 252.
To my dear friond Mr. J. H. (i.e. John Heath)
epigrammatiiit, tor u farewell tu him and his re-
membrance.
Thou laud'st thine epigrams for being chast:
No marvel, for the dead are ne'er embrac'd,
And penal 'twere to ojfer liglit abuses
*Mong doctors, proctors, and grave heads of
houses. WUALLEY.
Jo. Heath translated into Engl. Peler Du
Moulin his Accomplishment of the Prophecies of
Daniel and the Revelations, in Defence of K. James
aeaimt Bellarmine. 12ino. Oxon. It)l3. Dr.
Zachery Grey and Sir i'liii.ii' Sydenham.
From his Tuv Centuries 1 extract
Epigr. 84.
Ned will not keep the Jewish sabbath, hec,
Because the church hatli otherwise ordaia'd:
Nor yet the Ciiristian, for lie does not see
How alt'ring of the day can be maintain'd.
Thus, seeming for to doubt of keeping either,
He halts between them both, and so keeps
neither.
It is very j)robable that Heath was author of
The House ofCorrecion, or certain saturicull Epi-
grams, Lond. Kiiy, 12mo. to which he prefixed
only his initials, J. H.]
THOMAS BILSON, son of Harman Bilson,
(the same, 1 suppose, who was fellow of Merton
coll. an. 1536.) son of Arnold Bilson, son and heir
of Arnold Bilson, a native of High Germany, by
his wife, the daughter (natural or legitimate, 1
know not) of the duke of Bavaria, was born in the
city of Winchester, fitted for the university in
Wykeham's school there, admitted perpetual
fellow of New coll. after he had served two years
of probation, an. 15(Jo, took the degrees in arts,
holy orders, and became a most solid and con-
stant preacher in these parts and elsewhere.
Afterwards he was schoolmaster, (say some) then
prebendary of Winchester, warden of the coll.
there, doctor of divinity, and at length bishop of
Worcester; to which see being consecrated 13
June, 159(5, was translated thence to Winchester
in the year following, and made one of his ma-
jesty privy counsellors, lie was as reverend and
learned a prelate as England ever afforded, a deep
and profound scholar, exactly read in ecclesiasti-
cal authors, and with Dr. Rich. Field of Oxon (as
Whittaker and Fulke of Cambridge) a principal
maintainer of the church of England, « hilc Jo.
Rainolds and Tho. Sparke were upholders of pu-
ritanism and nonconformity. in his younger
years he was infinitely studious and industrious in
poetry, philosophy and physics; and in his elder,
in divinity, 'lo which last his geny chiefly in-
Titing him, lie became so compleat in it, so well
skill'd in languages, so read in the fathers and
schoolmen, ho judicious in making u»e of hia read-
ings, that at length he was found to !>e no longer
a soldier, but a coniniander in chief in the npiri-
tual warfare, e«pe<-ially when lie b<'came ft bishop,
and carried prelatuie in his very aspect. His
works are.
Of the true Difference between Christian Sub-
jection and Unchristian Rebellion, wherein the
Prince's laufnl Power to command and hear the
Sword, are defended, against the Pope's Censure,
and Jesuit's Sophisms in their Apologif and Defence
of English Catholics. Also a Demonstration that
the Things reformed in the Church of England bif
the Laws of this Realm, are truly Catholic, against
the late lihemish Testament. Oxon. 1585, [Bodl.
4to. B. 29. Th.Seld.] Lond. 1586, in 4 parts, in
a thick oct. [Bodl. 8vo. B. 85. Th.] In the third
part of which, is answer'd Dr. Will. Allen's De-
fence of En'^l. Cath. before mention'd. It must
be now noted that whereas in England the inte-
rest of the state had a great influence upon the
doctrine of obedience, Qu. Elizabeth therefore,
conceiving it convenient for her worldly designs to
take on her the protection of the Low-Countries
against the king of Spain, did employ our author
Bilson to write the said bo^k of Christian Subjec-
tion, &c. in which, to justify the revolt of llol-
land, he gave strange liberty in many cases, espe-
cially concerning religion, tor subjects to cast off
their obedience. But this book w Inch served her
designs for the present, did contribute much to
the ruin of her successor K. Ch. i. (which one»
calls 'a just judgment of God'). For there is
not any book that the presby terians have mode
more dangerous use of against their prince (Ch. I.)
than that which his predecessor commanded to
be written to justify her against the king of Spaui.
However, our author's (Bilson) successor in \?in-
chester, I mean i3r. Morley ' saith, that tho'
bishop Bilson was in an error, yet he was not so
much for the resisting of kings, as Mr. Rich. Bax-
ter is.'
Of the perpetual Government of Christ his
Church, wherein are handled, the j'atherly Supe-
riority which God jirst established in the Patri-
archs, and aj'ter continued in the Tribe of l^evi,
&c. Also the Points in Question at this Day,
touching the Jetcish Synedrion, &c. Lond. 1593,
qu. Sic. Printed in Lat. at Lond. I6IO.
The Effect of certain Sermons, touching the full
Redemption oj' Mankind by the Death and Blood
of Christ Jesus ; wherein besides the Merit of
Christ's Sufferings, the Manner of his Offering,
the Power oJ' his Death, the Comfort of his Cross,
the Glory of his Resurrection are handled, Stc.
Lond. 1599, 'qu. [Bodl.4to. B. 34. Th.Seld.] T/te
9 Hug. Paul de Cressey in his Eiomologrsis, &c. can. 18.
' In lii» yindicatioii of hxmulj' againsl divers scandalous
Reflections made upon liim by Mr. Hic/i. Baxter, Cap. 3.
Sect. 6. . ,
' [A Treatise of the Sufferings and Victory of Christ in tke
Worke of our ll'edemplio'n, declaring by the Scriptures these
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172
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i6i6.
Clearing of certain Ohjectiom made againut the
aforesaid Doctrine. — Tlie said sermons being
preached at Paul's cross, made great alarms
Muoug the puritannical brethren. Whereupon
thev ijiasteriiig their forces and comparing their
notes, seur them to Hen. Jacob, an old dissenter,
to have them published, with his collections,
under his own name. But the matter of the con-
troversy coming to the queen's knowledge, (she
being at Farnham castle, belonging to the B. of
Winchester) she signified her pleasure to Bilson,
that he should neither desert the doctrine, nor
suffer the function, which he had exercised in the
church of England, to be trodden and trampled
under foot by unquiet men, who both abhorred
the truth and despised authority. Upon which
command, the bishop did set himself upon the
%vriting of that learned treatise (chiefly also deli-
vered by him in sermons) entitled,
A Survey of Christ's Sufferings and descent into
Hell. Lond. 1604, fol. " [Bodl. B. 1. 7- Jur.
Seld.] See more in Hen. Jacob. He also pub-
lished,
Sermon at JVeUm. before the K. and Qn. at
their Coronation on St. James's Dai/, 28 Jul. iCiOS.
On Rom. 13. 1. Lond. l603, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. R.
52. Th.] and wrote,
Orationes
Urationcs "j
Carmina varia. VMS. in my libr.
Vulgaria, &c. J
He also, with Dr- Miles Smith, added the last
hand in the translation of the Bible, commanded
by K. James I. At length after he had gone
through many employments, and had lived in
continual drudgery, as 'twere, for the public
good, surrendred up his pious souf to God on the
18 of June in sixteen hundred and sixteen, and
was buried saith ' one, on the South side of West-
minster abbey church near to the monument of
K. R. 2. or as the register hath it, near to the
entrance into S. Edmund's chappel. One John
Dunbar, a Scot, who writes himself ' Megalo-
Britannus,' hath a learned epigram " on him,
which may serve for his epitaph.
[Dunbar's epigram, which Wood recommends
as an epitaph, is as follows :
Ad Thomam Bilsonum, episcopum Vinto-
niensem.
Castalidum commune decus, dignissime pra^sul,
Bilsoni, leternis commemorande modis:
Quam valide adversus Christi, impertenitus,
hostes
Bella geras, libri sunt monumenta tui.
two Q,uesions, that Christ suffered for us the Wrath of God,
which toe may tcell lerme the Paynes of Hell or Hellish Sor-
rows: 2. That Christ after his Death oti the Cross, went tioi
into Hell in his Soule, contrarie In certaine Errours in these
Points publickly preached in London. Anno. 1597- Printed
1598, 8vo. pp. 174. Kennet.]
' Fr. Godwin in Append, ad Com de Prcesul. Anglice.
♦ In lib. Epigr. Lond. 1616. in oct. cent. 2. epigr. 4
His Hydrae fidei quotquot capita alta resurgunt,
Tu novus Alcides, tot resecare soles.
p. 42.
We may add,
1 . Letters on the Elections of Wardens to Win-
chester and New Colleges. MS. Lambeth 943,
page 149.
Letter to the Lord Treasurer, soliciting his In-
terest for the Bishoprick of Worcester,, in Strype's
Jnnals of the liformation, vol. iv. p. 227.]
JOHN PITS, or Pitsecs as he writes him-
self, a grand zealot for the R. Cath. cause, son
of Hen. Pits by Elizabeth his wife, sister to Dr.
Nich. Saunders, was born at a market town called
Aulton in Hampshire, educated in juvenile learn-
ing in Wykeham's school near to W^inton, ad-
mitted probationer-fellow of New coll. in 1578,
being then about 18 years of age, but leaving
that liouse before he was admitted perpetual fel-
low, which was to be in 1580, he went beyond
the seas as a voluntary exile, and going to Doway
was kindly received there by the learned Tho.
Stapleton, who then gave him advice what course
to take relating to his studies. Thence he went
to Rheims, and after one year spent in the Eng-
lish college he was sent to Rome, and continued
in the English coll. there also in the zealous pro-
secution of the studies of philosophy and divinity
for seven years, and was made a priest. Thence
he returned to Rheimes where he taught rhetoric
and Greek for two years. But troubles arising in
France, he withdrew himself into Lorain, and took
the degree of master of arts (which before he had
neglected) at Pont-a-musson, and was soon after
made bach, of divinity. Thence taking a jour-
ney into High-Germany, he continued at Triers
an year and an half, where, after he had performed
certain exercises, he was made a licentiat of di-
vinity. Thence, after he had seen several of the
best cities in Germanj'^, he removed to Ingolstadt
in Bavaria; where remaining 3 3'ears, did in that
time, after he had performed solemn disputations,
take the degree of doctor of his faculty. So that
b}' that time having viewed several parts of Italy
and Germany and learned their languages, he
returned to Lorain ; where by Charles, cardinal
of Lorain, he was made canon of Verdun. After
two years spent there, he was called thence by
the illustrious princess Antonia, daughter to the
duke of Lorain and wife to the D. of Cleve, and
was by her made her confessor. And that he
might be the better serviceable to her, he learned
the French tongue most accurately; so that it
was usual with him afterwards to preach in that
language. In her service continuing about 12
years, he had leisure to turn over the histories
of England, whether ecclesiastic or republic.
Whence making several collections and observa-
tions, he wrote and digested four great volumes.
One was of the kings, another of the bishops, a.
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174
third of apostolical, and a fourth of illustrious and
learned men of this nation. At 12 years end the
said duchess dying, he went a third time into
Lorain, where, by the favour of John bishop of
Toul, sometimes his scholar, he was promoted to
the deanery of Liverdune of considerable value ;
which, with a canonry, and an officialship of the
said church, he kept to his dying day. He hath
written,
De Legibits, Tract. Theoloskus. Trev. 1592.
De Beat Undine; Tr. Th. Ingols. 1595.
De Peregriiiatione, lib. 7- Dusseld. 1604. in
tw. [Bodl. 8vo. P. 207. Th.] dedicated to Antonia,
dutchess of Cleve.
Relatiomim Htstoricarum de Rebus Anglicis,
Tom. 1. qtiatuor Partes complectens, &c. Par. I6l9-
in a thick qu. [Bodl. 4to. P. 56. Art. Seld.] pub-
lished by Dr. Will. Bishop, of whom I shall speak
elsewhere. This book is the same with that De
illuslri/jus jdjigli(c Scriptoribus, commonly called
Pitseiis de Scriptoribus. And hath in the begin-
[406] i^i'ig of it certain prolegomena, containing (1) De
Laudibus Historic^. (2) De Antiquiiate Ecciesice
Britannia;. (3) De Academiis, tarn aiitiquis
Britonum, quatn recentioribus Aiiglorurn. This is
the first part. The second part containeth the
lives and characters of English writers. The third
containeth an appendix, of which I shall speak
more anon ; and trie fourth, fifteen indices, wnicli
are, as 'twere, the epitome of memorable things
of the said first tome. Concerning which, I shall
make these observations following. (1) That
according to the time wherein 'twas written,
things arc expressed in eloquent Latin. (2) That
the most part thereof, especially concerning the
writers, is taken from Joh. Bale's book De Scrip-
toribus Majoris Britannia, notwithstanding he
declares ^ an abhorrence of him and his book.
(.1) That therein he omits Wycleve and all the
Wyclevists, Irish and Scotch writers, which Bale
for the most part commemorates ; and in their
room he gives us an account of R. Cath. writers,
such for the most part, that had left their country
upon the reformation of religion made by Q.
Elizabeth, and after, which is the best and most
desired part of his book. (4) That several writ-
ers in the Appendix, are taken from a book
entit. Ecloga Oxonio. Cantabrigiensis, written by
Tho. James of New coll. Of which book also
he makes use, when he tells you in what libraries
the MS. of certain authors, which he mentions,
are preserved. (5) That tho' he pretends to give
3'ou an account only of R. Cath. writers, espe-
cially about the time that reformations were made,
or endeavoured to be made, yet he sets down (for
want of full information I presume) some that were
sincere Protestants, or at least more Protestants
than Papists, as sir Anth. Cope who died 1551.
[See vol. i. col. 192.] Jo. Redman who died the
same year. [vol. i. col. 193.] Tho. Key or Cay,
' In prima parte, Relat. Historic, p. 53, 54, &c.
master of Univ. coil, who died 1572. [vol. i. col,
397.] Joh. Leiand the antiquary, [vol. i. 197.]
Rob. Record, mathematician, fvol. i. col. 255.]
Dr. Alb. Hill, [vol. i. col. 308.] an intimate ac-
quaintance with Jo. Bradford the martyr, Joh.
Cay the antiquary of Cambridge, Pet. Morwyn
or Morwyng of Magd. coll. [vol. i. col. 454.]
Sic. and in the Appendix, George Coriat, rather
a Puritan, than a true son of the church of Eng-
land. Robert (for Roger) Taverner, whom I have
mention'd in Rich. Taverner, an. 1575. [vol. i.
col. 424.] Timothy Bright of Cambridge, doct.
of Physic, ' and rector of Methley in \ orkshire,
''[Bright has been passed over by all our biographical
writers except Pitts among the earlier, and Chuhiiers among
the latter. What they have told us concerning him is *ery
imiKrfect. Perhaps a place may be found in the Atheva
for a man who appears to have been of eminence in his own
day, and the following parlicuUrs may not be unaccept-
able.
Where he was born, 1 have not discovered, but presume
that it was in the neighbourhood of Sheffield in Yorkshire,
where the name was frequent in the time of Kenry VIII, at
indeed it is at present. He was of Cambridge. In 1572 be
was at Paris, probably pursuing his medical stodies, and
narrowly escaped the St. Bartholomew massacre, taking re-
fuge, as did many of the English, at sir Francis Walsing-
ham, the English ambassador's house. See Strj'pe's Annalt,
ii. 151, but cipccialiy the dedication ofhis Abridgment of
Fox, to sir Francis Walsingham. It appears also, from that
dedication, that he had found a patron in Walsingham, for to
him he ascribes it, that his life had iKit only been |>rescrvcd,
but better sustained, and that he had been defended from
wrong, which others designed to do unto him, Mr. Peter
Osborn was also a patron of his, and his obligations to hiia
are acknowKd^ed in the dedication ofhis Treatise on Melan-
cholu. This IS dated from St. Bartholomew's, London,
1580: hence, probably, he practised in town. His work
entitled Characlerie he dedicates to queen Elizabeth 1588.
Julys, 1591, thcqueen presented him to the rectoir of Meth-
ley in Vorkshire, then void by the death of Otlio Ilunt, and
on the 30th Dec. 15g4 to the rectory of Ber^vick in Klmet,
in the same county. He held both these livings till his death;
the latter seems to have been his usual place of abode; there,
at leabt, he made his will, g Aug. l6l5, in which he leaves
his body to be buried where God pleases. It was proved at
York on 13 Nov. lOlS. No memorial is to be found of him
in either of his churches. He left a widow whose name was
Margaret, and two sons, Timothy Bright of Melton-suiier-
Montcm in Yorkshhre, esq. barrister at law, and Titus
Bright, who was also an M.D. and, 1 apprehend, settled at
Beverley. He had also a daughter, Elizabeth.
His writings are,
1. Medicina Therapeutics Pars de Duscrasia Corporis
Humnni. Lond. 1583. (Bodl. 8vo. S. 42. Med.)
2. Animadversiones irt G. A. Scrilonii Physicant. Cantab.
1584. (Bodl. 8vo. B. 65. Art.)
3. Treatise of Melancholy. honi.lbiG. (BodL 8vo.B.S5.
Med.)
4. Ilygieina ; seu de Sanitate luenda, Medicince Pars
prima. Lond. 1688. It appears from Vanden Linden, De
Scriptis Medicis, Amst. 1637, 8vo. Bleau, that the Hygieina
was printed at Frankfort again in 1598 in l6mo.
5. Therapcutica, hoc est de Sanitate restituenda, Medi-
cince Pars altera. 1589 and 1,598.
6. Chaiaclrrie, or the Art of short, swift, and secret fPrit-
ing. Lond. 1583. 8vo.
'7. Abridgement of the Book of Acles and Monuments.
Lond. 1589. 4to. (Bodl. B. 17. 9. Line.) Hunter.
For this, and several other xaluable notes in this work, which
have the name of the contributor appended to them, I ara
under great obligations to the rev. Joseph Hunter, of JBatb,]
I
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176
by the death of Otho Hunt, in July 1391. Tho.
Moufi'et, a doctor of physic, contemporary with
Uie former, [vol. i. col. 574 ] Joh. Huntington,
a zealous reformer and ' the beloved son in Christ
of Joh. Bale.' [vol. i. col. 241.] Sec among the
wii ers under the year 1556, &c. (6) That where-
as he pretends to follow Jo. Leland his Collectanea
de Scriplorihus Anglia, (for very many times he
familiarly mentions and quotes them,) 'tis only
that he may avoid the naming of Bale, for whom
all IJ. Catholics, nay zealous Protestants, liave
little or no kindness at all, because his book is
stulTd with revilings and such language that befits
rather a huckster at Billingsgate, than the meanest
or worst of scholars. The truth is, our author
Pits never saw the said Collectanea, he being but
ao years of age, or little more, when he left the
nation, neither was it in his power afterwards,
if he had been in England, because they were
kept in such private hands, that few Protestant
antiquaries, and none of those of the church of
Rome, could see or peruse them. (7) That in the
said toine are very many errors, misnomers, &c.
and so consequently in Bale, whom he follows,
too many now to reckon ; and how he and Bale
are most egregiously deceiv'd in what they men-
tion of Amphibalus' Junior, and of Giibas Bado-
nicus, you may at large see in the learned Usserius,
in his book De Primordiis Ecclesiannn, &c.
printed in qu. an. 1G39; p. 539, 5^3, 477,539,
557, and 1144. (8) That whereas Pits pretends
to set down in the said book or tome, only Eng-
lish writers, he hath mix'd among them some that
• are outlandlish ; among which are these, Herber-
tus Losinga, num. 182, born, as he saith, in Suffolk,
but false, for the MS. which I follow in my mar-
ginal notes and additions of, and to, the bishops
of Norwich, mentioned by Franc. [Godwin]
bishop of Landaff in his book De Frasulibus
Anglice Commentaritis, saith that he was born in
' pago Oxinnensi, or Oximcnsi in Normannia.' —
[407] •'o* Erigena, nu. 133. said by him and many
others to be born in the city of S. David in
Wales, but the generality say in Ireland, &.c.
At the end of the book of illustrious writers, our
author Pits hath,
Jppendix illustrium Scripforum trecentoium
octoginta circiter, Ordine alphabetico per Centuiias
continens. Made up mostly from Bale, and
partly from Dr. Tho. James his Ecloga before-
mentioned. But therein are many authors put,
which are before in the work it self, De Script,
illust. Aiiglm, as (I) Godfridus Historicus, cent.
2. num. 94. p. 844. is the same with Godfridus
Arturius, or de Monmouth, in the body of the
work, nu. 212. (2) Gualt. Cepton, cent. 2. nu. 4.
p. 846. the same with Walter Catton in the body,
nu. 550. (3) Gulicl. Califord, cent. 2. nu. 18. p.
851. is the same with (Jul. Cockisford, nu. 653.
(4) Guliel. de Dunelmo cent. 2. nu. 27. is the
^ Vide Piu nu, 56. & 59.
same with Gnl. Shirwood in the body of the work,
nu. 348. (5) Gul. Worcestrius, c. 2. nu. 53. the
same with Gul. Buttonerus in the work it self, nu.
848. p. 648. (6) Joh. Anglicus, cent. 2. nu. 78.
seems to be the same with Joh. Hoveden, nu.
396. p. S5Q. (7) Joh. de Alton, cent. 2. nu. 94.
seems to be the same with Joh. Acton, nu. 416.
p. 372. (8) Joh. Yorcus, cent. 3. nu. 10. is the
same with Joh. Eboraccnsis in the same Appendix,
p. 874. nu. 1. (9) Joh. Uton, cent. 3. nu. 35.
IS the same with Joh. Stone in the body of the
work, nu. 862. p. 657. (10) Rich, de Montibus,
cent. 3. nu. 80. seems to be the same with Will,
de Montibus, nu. 302. p. 285. (11) Rich. Ruys,
c. 3. nu. 92. tho same with Rich. Rufus, nu. 380.
p. 348. (12) Rob. Bridlington, c. 3. nu. 100. the
same with Rob. Scriba, nu. 244. p. 242. (13)
Rob. Cestrensis c. 4. nu. 2. the same with Rog.
Cestrensis, nu. 514. p. 438. (14) Miserorum
Simplissimus, c. 3. nu. 52. seems to be the same
with Joh. Wethamstede, nu. 818. p. 630. (15)
Rob. Dominicanus, c. 4. nu. 8. the same with
Rob. Holcot, nu. 333. p. 463. (1 6) Rob. Here-
fordiensis, c. 4. nu. 1 1. the same with Rob. Eoliot
B. of Hereford, nu. 236. p. 236. (17) Robertus
Prior, c. 4. nu. 13. is the same with Rob. Canutus,
nu. 234. p. 234. Which R. Canutus also is sup-
posed to be the same with Rich. Greekladensis,
p. 397. nu. 448. and that Rich, to be the same
with Rob. Greekladensis, mentioned by Leland
in vol. 3. Collect, p. 36. where 'tis said that the
said Rob. wrote 40 Homilies, and a tract. De
Connubio Jacob, which makes me think that
the said Robert Prior, may be the same with the
said Rob. Greeklade, and the same R. Greeklade
to be the same with Rob. Canutus. (18) Rog.
Junius, c. 4. nu. 23. seems to be the same with
Rog. Hcrefordiensis, nu. 238. p. 237. See more
fully in Hist. Sf Jntiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 53.
(19) Roger Varro, c. 4. nu. 27. seems to be the
same with Gul. de Waria, nu. 384. p. 349. (20)
Simon Dominicanus, c. 4. nu. 35. is the same
with Sim. Henton, nu. 591. p. 486. (21) Steph.
Anglicus, cent. 4. nu. 38. seems to be the same
with Steph. Langton, nu. 326. p. 302. (22) Tho.
Wicket, c. 4. nu. 68. the same with Tho. Wiccius,
nu. 425. p. 379- (23) Anonymus alter, c. 1. nu.
20. the same with Rich. Canonicus, nu. 283. p.
267. &c. And as our author Pits hath repeated
many writers in the said Appendix, which were
before in the work it self, so hath he mixed a
great many outlandish writers among them, sup-
posing them to be English, among whom are,
(1) Alacenus, cent. 1. nu. 8. who was an Arabian,
as from his works maybe gathered. (2) Anonymus
Sacerdos, c. 1. nu. 26. who hath written In
Apocali/psim S. Johannis. Lib. 8. Which book
divers writers do attribute to Peter Scaliger bish.
of Verona. (3) Joh. de Muriis, c. 2. nu. 97.
Who was a French-man of Paris. (4) Joh. Major,
c. 3. nu. 15. he was a Scot born. (5) Joh. Mea-
rus, c. 3. nu. 18. whom I take to be Joh. de
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178
lCi6.
[408]
Meara an Irish-man. (G) Guido Folia episc.
Eliensis, c. 2. riii. 13. He is the same with Guido
Eliiensis in Majoiica, who sometimes writes him-
self Guido Peipinian Elnensis. No Guido Folia
was ever bish. of" Ely. (7) Gilla Lincolniensis,
c. 2. nu. 93. He was an Irish-man, was bishop
of Limerick, and died about 1139. (8) Anton.
Pacinus, c. 1. nu. 28. he was an Italian, 8c.c.
At length after our author Jo. Pits had spent
most of his time in rambling, and but little at
Liverdune, he gave way to fate there, on tlie 17
Octob. according to the accompt there followed,
in sixteen hundred and sixteen, whereupon his
body was buried in the collegiat ch. at that
place, and had soon after this inscription put over
nis grave : * Hie jacet D. Pitz, quondam decanus,
ofKcialis, & canonicus hujus ecclcsioe, doctor SS.
thcoiogiae, qui dccessit ex hac vita 17 Oct. an.
I6l6.' As for the other volumes, which our author
saith he hath written, viz. a vol. of the kings,
another of the bishops, and a third of apostolical
men, of England ; they were not buried with him,
as he desired, in case he should not live to finish
them, but were saved, and are to this day preserv-
ed as rarities in the archives of the coll. or church
at Liverdune. One of the said volumes, if not
more, were used and quoted by Edward Maihew
a Benedictine monk, sometimes scholar to our
author Pitscus, in a book which he published at
Rheimes, an. Itil9. en tit. Congregationis Angli-
canee Ordinis S. Benedicti Trophaa. Which
Maihew was a Salisbury man born, and a pro-
fessed monk of the congregation at Cassino,
called by the French, Mount Cassin, about 48
miles distant from Naples. The other book of
bishops, which our author wrote, and often refers
to, in his book De Scriptorihm, is chiefly a collec-
tion taken from the Catalogue of the Bishops of
^w^/an^/, published by Francis Godwin sub-dean
of Exeter, an. 1601. as I have been informed
by one that hath seen and perused the book.
HENRY AIRAY was born in Westmorland,
educated in grammatical learning by the care of
Bernard Gilpin the Northern apostle, and by him
sent to S. Ldmund's-hall, an. 1379, aged 19, or
thereabouts, of whose benefaction he did not only
then participate, but also of his legacies in his last
will, dated 27 Oct. 1582. Soon after our author
Airay was translated to Queen's coll. where he
became ' pauper puer serviens,' that is, a poor
serving child that waits on the fellows in the
common-hall, at meals, and in their chambers,
and do other servile work about the college.
After he was bachelor's standing, in 1583, he was
made pauper puer, or tabardus or tabardarius;
that is, a tabarder or tabitter, (so called because
anciently they wore coats, or upper gowns, much
according to the fashion of those belonging to
heralds,) and in the year 1586, master of arts and
fellow. Which servile work belonging to pauper
puer serviens, when under-graduats, all are to
Vol. II,
undergo before tliey can be fellow*. About ihe
time he was master, he entred into holy orders,
and became a fre(|uent and zealous |>rencher in
the university, particularly in the church of S.
Peter in the liast, joyning to Qu. coll. and taking
the degree of B. of div. in 1594, was four yean
after cnose provost of his college. In 1600 he
proceeded in divinity, and six years after did
undergo the office of vice-chancellor, wherein,
as always before, he sliewed himself a zealous
Calvinist,' and a great maintainer of such that
were of his mind, which then went beyond the
number of those that were true English ch. men.
He is reported by those of his party, e«pecialljr
such that had an admiration for him, that he con-
demned himself to obscurity, and affected a re-
tired and a private life, but being generally noted
and esteemed for his holiness, integrity, learning,
gravity, and indefatigable pains in the discharge
of his ministerial function, &c. he could not hide
himself from the eyes of the world. Also that,
by his singular wisdom and dexterity in the go-
vernment of his college, many learned ministers
were sent thence into the church, and many wor-
thy gentlemen into the common-wealth, &c. To
pass by other commendations, which are needless
now to repeat, I shall only tell you of his writings,
which were published after his death, viz.
Lectures upon the whole Epistle i>/' Ht. Paul to
the Philippians. Lond. 1618. qu. [Bodl. 4to. A.
68. Th.] Which lectures having been preached
in the church of St. Peter in the East in Oxon
were published after his death by Christop. Potter,
fellow of Queen's coll. with an epistle before
them of his composition.
The just and necessary Apology touching his
Suit in Laic for the Rectory of Charlton on Ot-
more in Oifotdshire. Lond. 1621.oct. [Bodl.Svo- [409]
F. 12. Art. BS.] Published also by the said Pot-
ter, a great admirer of this author and his doc-
trine.
Treatise against bowing at the Name of Jesut.—
When printed I know not, for I have not yet seen
it. Tho. Beacon, an old Calvinist, had long
before written on that subject, and about Airay's
time Dr. W. Whittaker, and Andr. Uillet, did
the like. As for our author he died in Queen's
coll. on the sixth of the ides of Octob. in sixteen igig.
hundred and sixteen, aged 57, and was buried in
the inner chappel of the said coll. Over his grave
were soon after put two monuments, one on the
ground, and another in the South wall, with in-
scriptions on both of them, the copies of which
you may see in Hist, i^ Antiq. Univers. Oxou.
lib. 2. p. 124. b.
[There is an engraved print of Airy, from his
monument in the old chap|)el at Queen's coll. in
which he is represented as kneeling on a pedestal,
with an inscription beneath.]
' See Hist. tS" Antiq. Vnivcrs. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 300. b.
309. b. 312. b.
N
^
379
TATE.
180
FRANCIS TATE, son of Barthol. Tate of
Delapre in Northamptonshire esq; was born
there, or at least in that county, became a com-
moner of Magd. coil, in 1377 aged 17, where
laying a fountlation of learning, for a greater
structure to be erected thereon, departed without
a degree to the iMiddie Temple, and in lime
• A person of became a noted counsellor,* a person
great hartiing of great learning in the antiquity of
tn the law, and our law, and eminent for his kiiow-
eminent/orhis i^-d^e in the Saxon language. In
knowledge t« the'latter end of Q. Elizabetirhe was
anttgutties ana i • i ^ i
in the Saxon » parliament man, and m the 5 Jac.
/an^uage. First I. ho was Lent-rcader of the Middle
JEdit. Temple, and about that time one of
the justices itinerant for S. Wales. He hath
written several matters relating to antiquity,
which being crept into private hands, the public
is thereby rob'd of the benefit of them. How-
ever some of them 1 have seen, which bear these
titles,
Nomina Hydarum in Com. Northampton. — MS.
much used by Augustine Vincent son of Will.
Vincent of Wellingborough and Thingdon in
Korthamptonshire, in his intended Survey, or
Antiquities of NortJiamptonsldre, I have a copy
of this lying by me.
Explanation of the abbreviated Words in Dooms-
day Book. — Used also by the said Vincent, who
after he had been Rouge Croix and Windsor
Herald, as also had published, A Disoven/ of
Errors in two Editions of tlie Catalogue of i\obi-
lity, written by Ralph. Brook, did yield to nature
on the 1 1 Jan. in 1625, and was buried in the
church of St. Bennet near to Paul's Warf in
London. The said two MSS. of Franc. Tate
were reserved as rarities in the library of Christop.
lord Hatton of Kirkly in Northamptonshire, but
where they are now I know not.
His Opinion touching the Antiquity, Tower,
Order, State, Manner, Persons, and Proceedings
of the High Court of Parliament in England. —
See more in Joh. Doderidge, under the year
1628.
Learned Speeches in Parliaments, held in the
latter End of Q. Elizab. and in the Reign of K.
Jam. I. — with other things which I have not yet
seen. He lived a single man, and dying so on
l8i6. the « l6 Nov. in sixteen hundred and sixteen, was
buried, I suppose, in the church belonging to the
Temples. He had a nephew, son of his elder
brother sir William Tate of Delapre, called
Zouch Tate, who became a gentleman commoner
of Trinity college in 1621, aged 15 "years," but
took no degree. In 1640 he was chosen a bur-
gess for Northampton to serve in that unhappy
parliament, which began at Westminster the 3d
of November the same year, where siding with
the factious crew, took the covenant, and became
* Cambden ta Anaal. Reg. Jac. I. MS. sub. an. l6l6.
a zealous enemy to the king and his cause.
" This is the person who first mov'd in the house
" of commons in 1644, That no member of each
" house of parliament should, during the war then
" being, enjoy or execute any oflTice or command
" military or civil ; which afterwards being voted,
" an ordinance was brought in, and pass'd accord-
" ingly. This motion of Mr. Tate wiis brought
" with a similitude of a boyl upon his thumb,
" Being set on by that party, who contriv'd the
" outing of the captain general of the parliament
" army called Robert earl of Essex, and to bring
" on their own designs, which they could no other
" way efiect but by passing a self-denying ordi-
" nance (as they called it) which would serve [4101
" their turn, both as a specious pretence of their
" own integrity, and waving all self-ends, which
" would be plausible to the people, and also com-
" prehend the said general and the rest ; as also
" without naming him, which for shame and in-
" gratitude they could not think fit to be done."
Two or more speeches of this Mr. Tate are
printed, one of which was spoken in a common-
hall at London, the third of July l645, containing
Observations on the King and Queeti's Cabinet of
Letters, Lond. 1645. qu. Which speech, with
that of John J-iisle and John Brown (of Dorset-
shire) were animadverted upon by Thomas Brown
of Christ Church, as hereafter it shall be told yon.
There were also annotations printed at the end of
the said Cabinet of Letters taken at Naseby Bat-
tle, where the king was worsted, printed 1645.
qu. but who the author of them was I cannot
tell.' " See more in W hitlock, p. 113."
[Add to Tate's writings :
1. The Antiquity, Use and Privilege of Cities^
Boroughs and Towns. Dated Feb. Q. 1598. MS.
Tanner, vol. fol. 248. Printed in Gutch's Col-
lectanea Curiosa, 1781, vol. i.
2. The Antiquity, Use and Ceremonies of larcf nil
Combats in England. Written Feb. 13. 1600.
MS. Tanner vol. 85, fol. 95, and vol. 279,
page 283. Printed in the Collectanea Curiosa,
1. 6.
3. Of Knights made by Abbots. Dated June
21, 1()06 Printed in Hearne's Curious Dis-
courses, vol. 1. page 84, edit. Lond. 1775, 8vo.
4. Questions about the Ancient Britons ; which
with the answers by Jones, are printed in Curious
Discourses, vol. 1. p. 126, &c.
5. Of the Antiquity of Aims in England. Dated
Nov. 2. 1598. Printed in the same, vol. 1. p. 168.
6. Of the Antiquity, Variety and Ceremonies of
Funerals in England. Dated April 30, 1600.
Printed in the same, vol. 1. p. 215.
7. The Antiquity, Authority and Succession of
the High Steward of England. Dated June 4.
l603. Printed in the same, vol. ii, page 30.]
' [See a character of Zonch, of a very unfavourable na-
ture, iu Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy, part i. page Qi.
where be is said to be the auUior of these aotcsj
181
FIELD.
IMi
•ncfintf. "RlCHAIin FIELD,* son of
ittkn contains " .John, son of Tliomas, soil of ano-
a very imprr- " tiler Tlioinas, and lie the son of
feet account nf it RaJph Field of llernpsted, about
r'''ikod"i7 " ^'^ '"''•^'^ *'■'"'" ^- -^"^'»'* '» ^'-■"-
J!re liel/iain- " ^^ordshirc, was, as his ' son hath
fd Nai/i(^nicl " informed me, born in the said
Field's MX. " town of Hcmpsted, on the 15 of
life. It has not " Ootob. 15(31, and being while a
lea deemed ,, ,.,,i,^j ^f ^ , j f
point out the " ''"*" ordinary parts, he was, by the
additions here, " care of his father, educated in
nor indeed " grammar learning, and when fitted
would it have «' for the university was sent to Oxon,
tr/o'Zrjor " i» '577, in wKich year being set-
Wood re-wrote " l^l^d in Magdalen coll. he was at-
the article, and " terwards matriculated ' as a Kent-
greatly impro- '< ]s\\ man born, and a member of
ved It, as it u ^Y^n^ house ; wherein continuing in
710W stands. -, j j • \ i- \ i .ii i
" drungmg at his book, till he was
" bachelor's standing, retired to Magd. hall and
" took the degrees in arts ; at which time he was
" a man of a strong and healthful constitution,
" but his studies, together with multiplicity of
" business, and frequent journies, after he had left
"the hall, hindred him from taking that care of
" iiis health, which otherwise he might have
" done. After he had taken the magisterial
" degree, he, for about seven years together, was
" not only a daily reader of logic and philosophy,
" but also a moderator, and every Sunday a dis-
" cuss of controversies against Bellarmine and
" other pontiliciaus before his feilow-aularians,
" and many others ; among whom was the famous
" Dr. Job. Rainolds, who tlu)' his senior by far,
" yet he delighted to hear him read. He was
" at that time esteemed one of the best disputants
" in Oxon, and so eminently the best that most
" scholars did acknowledge him to be so : And
" when for recreation sake he would usually go
" to the schools, and there take the questions of a
" bachelor or under-graduatc to dispute, those
" that knew his customs would follow him pur-
" posely to hear him argue. Afterwards he be-
" came well skill'd in the knowledge of school-
" divinity, and yet withal he was a singular
" preacher, (tho' it be a rare thing for the same
" man to attain unto perfection in both those
" kinds) which made him to be esteem'd the
" honour of the university that bred him, and
" particularly of that house whereof he was a
" member, equal in his time, and after, for num-
" ber of students, with most colleges in the
" university, as also for eminent men, (not that
" I shall take notice of those that have been ene-
" mies in their writings and practices against the
' " Nathaniel Field, rector of Stourton, com. Wilts, in a
" little MS. written by him, entit. Some short Memorials con-
" cerningthe Life of that Rev. Divine, Dr. Rich. Field Prth.
" of Windsor and Dean of Gtoc. &c."
» " Beg. Maine. Univ. Oxon. P. p. gO."
" church of England) aa it is very well known.
" After he had spent 7 V'-'ars while ne wan M. of
" A. in Magd. hall, he became reader of divinity
" for a time in the cath. church at W inchcBter,
" and in 1.394, he being then bach, of div. woa
" chosen reader of that faculty to the honourable
" society of Lincolns-Inn in London, where he
" took his diet at the bencher's table. While lie
"continued there he gave very j/i
" ment to the judicious and learned .. I
" gained many friends among them : 1 i
"that Rich, kingamill esq; one of the ! i
" and surveyor of the court of wards, did, without
" miy solicitation, bciitow on him the parsouagtf
" of Burrowclerc in liampshirc, about a mile
" distant from Highclcere, (tlie habitation of the
" said Kingsmill) as being desirous to have him
" near unto him, purposely that he miL' ' f+M]
" his company, and the benefit of his i
" the ministry. After he was settled at liuirow-
" cleere, he had the olFer of the parsonage of S.
" Andrews church in Holbourn near London, a
" place of greater value and more in the wa^ to
" preferment, but he chose rather to continue
" where he was, as liking a more retired life,
" where he might with more freedom serve God
" and follow his studies. In 1598, our author
" Field being then doctor of <liv. was made
" chaplain to Q. Elizabeth, and prca<hing before
" her to her creat liking he was admitted chap-
" lain in ordinary 27 of Sept. the same year.
" About that time there was a friendship between
" him and the famous Mr. Rich. Hooker, and
" the more that their judgments agreed together,
" were both of a suitable temper, of deep and
" profound learning and of remarkable humility,
" In the beginning of K. Jam. 1. he was made
" chaplain in ordinary to him, and by his majes-
" ty's own appointment he was sent for to be at
" Hampton court. In the beginning of Aug.
" 1604, ' he became canon of Windsor on the
" death of John Chamber, and in the year after,
" when the said king was to be entcriain'd at
" Oxon with all manner of schoiastical exer-
" cises, he was sent for out of the country to
" bear a part in the divinity-act. His antagonist
" in that disputation was the learnetl Dr. John
" Aglionby principal of S. Edm. hall, and the
" question disputed on was ; * An sancti & angeli
" cognoscunt cogitationes cordium.'' which bein"
" learnedly handled on both sides, was esteemed
" the best disputation that ever was heard, as sir
" Nath. Brent then a master of arts of some years
" standing used to report. In l(i09, lie became
" dean of Glocestcr in the room of Dr. Tho.
" Morton promoted to the deanery of Vs'in-
" Chester, but never resided on that dignity, only
" preached there 4 or 5 times in an year. The
' [Installatus in canonioatu Windsor 3 Aug. l604, loco
Chainl)cr. Kensjbt.]
N a
183
FIELD.
184
" greatest part of his time he spent at his par-
" sonage, and part of tlie winter at Windsor,
" where he had the company of learned men, who
" often had recourse to him for resolution in
" sundry points of divinity. Dr. Ralph Barlow
" (afterwards dean of Wells) writing to him to
" know his opinion in a point of divinity, tells
" him in the close of his letter, that ' he much
" esteemed his learning and judgment ever since
" lie had been his auditor at Magd. hall, and
" in the church of S. Martin (commonly called
" Carfax) in Oxon.' Dr. Crakanthorp also, ad-
" vising with him by letter about sometiiing
" wliicli he met with in his books Of the C/niirh,
" tells him that he longs to confer again and often
" with him. An able divine who did frequently
" use to visit him, told him, that he always loaded
" himself with questions w herisoever he went unto
" him ; and a judicious divine, preb. of Wind-
" sor, used often to say that he was the most
" profitable person that he ever conversed with
" m his life, and that from him most difficult
" things were to be learned, &,c. The famous
" sir Hen. Savile was his intimate acquaintance,
" and sir Hen. Nevill who liv'd not far from
" Windsor, a man of great learning and eminent
" parts, who had been employed embassador into
" France by qu. Eiizab. did rejoice in no man's
" company more than in his. When K. Jam. I.
" (to whom he was chapl. in ordinary) heard
" him the first time preach, he said. This is a
" Field for God to dwell in, an expression not
" much unlike to that in the book called The
" Holy War, where in lib. 4. cap. 5. the author
" (Tho. Fuller) citing something out of the third
" book Of the Church, written by our author
" Field, he stileth him that learned divine, whose
" memory smelleth like a Field the Lord hath
" blessed. W^hen K. James came to Windsor he
" was commonly appointed to preach before, be-
" cause he usually delighted to discourse with,
" him in points of divinity. He had once a
" purpose of sending him into Germany for the
" composing of the differences between the Lu-
" therans and the Calvinists, many of them being
" such, as might be composed, if men would but
" rightly understand one another. What moved
" him afterwards to alter his purpose, I know not,
" but his good opinion of our author continued
" to the last. Not long before his death his
" majesty was very willing to bestow upon him
" the bishoprick of Salisbury, but the solicita-
" tions of some great persons prevailed with
" him to give it to Dr. Rob. Abbot. About
" which time the bishop of Oxon being like to
" die, he was resolved to bestow that see upon
" him : And sir George Villiers, afterwards duke
T4121 " ^^ Buckingham, did bv his letters to him, dated
*-^ *•» " at Wansted on the eleventh of Jul. I6l6, tell
" him that if he w as minded to take that see upon
" him, he should repair to the court, kiss the king's
" hand, and keep those benefices he had in Com-
" mendain with it ; but God was pleased to pre-
" fcr him to a better place, for soon after he
" died, as 1 shall tell you anon. He was in his
" time esteemed a principal maintainer of Pro-
" testancy, a powerful preacher, a profound school-
" man, exact disputant, and so admirable well
" knowing in the controversies between the Pro-
" testants and Papists, that few or none went
" beyond him in his time. He had a great me-
" mory, and any book which he read he was able
" to carry away the substance of it in his memory,
" and to give an account of all the material pas-
" sages therein. As his memory was great, so
'' his judgment greater, and was able to penetrate
"into. the most subtile and intricate disputes,
" yet not to make use of his party for the in-
" creasing of controversies, but rather for the
" composing of them. He was much against dis-
" puting about the high points of predestination
" and reprobation, which have troubled the church
" of late years : ^ior did he like that men should
" be busy in determining what God's decrees
" in heaven are, whose councils are unanswerable,
" and whose ways are past finding out. When
" upon a time he was at Oxford act and heard
" Dr. Rob. Abbot the king's professor read upon
" points, commonly called Arminian points, he
" seemed to be much offended at it when he
" return'd to his lodgings, and told one that was
" in his company, named Rob. Bostock (after-
" wards D. D.) that he was a young man, and
" may live to see great troubles in the church
'* of England occasioned by those points; add-
" ing that Oxford hath been hitherto free from
" such matters, tho' Cambridge hath been dis-
" quieted with them, &c. He was one that much
" laboured to heal the breaches of Christendom,
" and was ready to embrace truth, wheresoever
" he found it. His desire, his prayers, his endea-
" vours were for peace, to make up the breaches
" of the church, not to widen differences but
" to compose them. He was a good and faith-
" ful pastor, and his care reached unto all the
" churches. He was a loving husband, a tender
" father, a good master and neighbour, and
" ready and willing to do good to all, &c. His
" works are,
" Of the Church, four Books. Lond. 1606. fol.'
" f Bodl. 4to. F. 20. Th.] To which he added a
" fifth book. — Lond. I6l0. fol. with an appendix
" containing A Defence of such Passages of the
"former Books that have been excepted against, or
" wrested to the Maintenance of the Romish Errors.
"All which were reprinted at Oxon. 1628. fol.
" [Bodl. J. 5. 16. Th.] The said four books Of
" the Church coming into the hands of the learned
" Dr. Joh. White, he was so much taken with
" them that in a marginal note to his epistle
" set before his book entit. The Way to the true
" Church, he saith thus of them, ' If any maa
185
FIELD.
HAKLUYT.
186
\
" desire to see all these and other questions more
" scholasticaliy and accurately handled, let liiin
" read Dr. Rich. Field, Of' the Church, printed
" 1606, a book that 1 rccoinniend to our zeal-
" ousest adversaries to read with diligence, and
" to compare with the learnedest that liave writ-
" ten of their own side.' — Our author Dr. Field
" hath also published,
" j4 Sermon preached before the King at JVhite-
" hall. On Jude, ver. 3. Lond. 1(J04. qu. And
" a little before his death had for the most part
" composed a book entit.
" ^ View of the Controversies in Religion,
" which in these last Times have caused the lament-
" able Divisions of the Christian World. — But
" this book being not perfected, it was never pub-
" lished, tho' a preface was written to it by its
" author. At length this learned divine surrend-
" ri[ig up his pious soul to the great God that
1616. " first gave it, on the 21 1 of Nov. in sixteen hun-
" dred and sixteen, was buried in the outer chap-
" pel of S. George at Windsor, a little below the
" choir, near to the body of his sometimes wife
" named Elizabeth, daughter of Rich. Harris,
[413] " sometimes fellow of New coll. and afterwards
" rector of Hardwick in Bucks, and sister to Dr.
" John Harris, sometimes warden of Wykeham's
" coll. near Winchester : which Elizabeth dying
"in 1614, aged 41, the said Dr. Field her hus-
" band took to him for his second wife, (about a
" month before he died) the w idow of Dr. Job.
" Spenser, president of Corp. Ch. coll. in O.von.
" In the deanery of Glocester succeeded Dr. Will.
" Laud, and in the canonry of Windsor, Edmund
" Wilson, doctor of physic, and fellow of King's
" coll. in Cambridge. When K. James L heard
" of Dr. Field's death he seemed to be very sorry,
" and said to his attendants near him, ' l should
" have done more for that man,' Dec. Over his
" grave was soon after laid a plank of black mar-
" ble, and thereon this inscription engraven on a
" copper-plate fastned thereunto, ' Richardus
" Field luijus olim collegii canonicus, & occle-
" sie Gloucestrensis decan. vere doctor theolo-
" giae, 8c Author librorum quinque De Ecclesia.
" Una cum Elisabetha Harrisia sanetissima charis-
" sima conjuge, ex qua sex reliquit filios, filiam
" unicam. Hie sub communi marmore expectant
" Christi reditum, qui felicitatem, quam ingrcssi
" sunt, adventu suo perficeat, ac consummet.
" Obierunt in Domino, ille anno salutis 16 16.
" aetatis sua; 55. Haec anno salutis l6l4. aetatis
" suae 41."
[The MS. life of Field, from which Wood de-
rived the materials for the account given in the
♦ Cat. Ctistodum sive Decanorum Capella regire S. Geor-
gii infra Casfrum de Jf'indsore, nccnun Canonicorum sive
Vrel: ibid. MS. script, per Tho. Frith, c. 3. bac. & can.
ejusd. cap [Since printed at the end of the third volume of
Ashmole's Antiquities of the County of Berks, Lond. 17)9»
8vo. Rawlinson.]
second edition of these ATHF.NiE, Wiis printed at
London in the year I7lfi-17, Bvo. by John Lc
N<!ve, under tlie following title: Some short Me-
morials concerning the Life of that reverend Di-
vine, Dr. Richard Field, Prebendarie of fViiul-
sor, and Dean of Gloucester, the learned Author of
Five Hooks 0/ the Church. Tiiis was dedicated
to White Kennet, then dean of Peterborough.
It contains little that is omitted by Wood, yet
it dill'er.s from him in one circumstance, stating,
that Field was entirely educated at Magdalen
hall, and taking no notice of his entrance at Mag-
dalen college, in which assertion Wood was un-
doubtedly correct, as the following extract > from
the matriculation book proves:
' Coll. Magdal. Richardus Fycid, Cantiui,
pleb. fil. an. 19- V.'
Wood states, that he died on the 2l8t, his ion
that it was on the 13lh, of November. He suf-
iered no previous illness, being suddenly de-
prived of all sense and motion by a fit of apo-
plexy.
In Le Neve's publication is given the preface
of Field's Fiett) of the Controversies in Relieiou,
with some propositions and conclusions of Elec-
tion and Reprobation ; all that now remain of the
work.
Le Neve adds one circumstance from Fuller,
unknown to Wood ; namely, that Dr. Field was
one of the first fellows nominated by king James
the first, for the intended foundation of Chelsey
college.]
RICHARD HAKLUYT was born of, and
descended from, an antient and genteel family of
his name living at Yetton in Herefordshire,
elected student of Ch. Ch. from M'^estminster
school, in 1570, took the decrees in arts, lived for
some time in the Middle-Temple, where, I pre-
sume, he studied the municipal law. Afterwards
he entred into holy orders, and at length became
prebendary of the fourth stall in the church of
vVestminster, in the place of one Dr. Rich. Web-
ster,* an. 1605, and rector of Wethcringset in
Suffolk.' But that which is chiefly to be noted
of him is this, that his geny urging him to the
study of history, especially to the marine uart
thereof, (which was encouraged and furthered by
sir Francis Walsingham,) made him keep con-
stant intelligence with the most noted seamen at
Wapping near London. From whom, and many
small pamphlets and letters, that were published
and went from hand to hand in his time, con-
' [For which I am indebted to the rev. John Gutch, regi-
strar of the university.]
* [Ric. Webster, S. T. B. admiss. ad. red. S. Clementis
Dacorum, I^ndon 22. Maij, 1589, cui siiccessit Jo. LayfieW,
S. T. B. 23. Mar. 1601, per raort. Webster. Reg. Lond,
Kennet.]
' [Ric'us Hackluyte, M. A. institutus ad Wethcringsett
cum Blockford dioc. Norwic. SO. April 1590. Bakeb and
Wanlky.]
187
llAKLUYT.
SMITH.
188
1616.
ceming the voyages and travels of several per-
sons, he compiled a book entit.
English Foyases, Navigations, Traffics, and
Discoveries. Lond. J598,» y9, and I6OO, in throe
vol. in fol. [Bodl. 11. 8. 15, 16. Art.] Which
work being by him performed with great care
and industry, cannot but be an honour to the
realm of England, because possibly many ports
and islands in America, that are base and barren,
»nd only bear a name for the present, may prove
rich places in future time.
Notes of certain Commodities in good Hequest
in the Eastt-Indies, the Molucca's, and China. —
MS. among those given by Selden's executors to
the public library at O.xon. [Arch. Seld. B. subt.
N° 8.] He also illustrated by diligent observa-
tion of time, and with most useful notes, Peter
Mart. Anglerius, his eight decades De novo orbe.
Par. 1587. oct. "> and corrected and much amended,
and translated into English, The Discoveries of
the World front the first Original, unto the Year
of our Lord 1555. Lond. 16OI. qu. briefly writ-
ten in the Portugal tongue, by Anth. Galvano,
governor of Ternate, the chief island of the Mo-
lucca's : As also from the said language into our
English tongue, Virginio richli/ valued by the
Description of' the main Land of Florida, her next
Neighbour. Lond. I6O9. qu. [Bodl. 4to. F. 2.
Art. BS.] He paid his last debt to nature, 23
Nov. in sixteen hundred and sixteen, and was
buried in the abbey church of Westminster, dedi-
cated to S. Peter, on the 26th of the same month,
leaving behind him a son named Edmund, be-
gotten on the body of Frances his wife, to w horn
he left his manor of Bridgplace; and several te-
nements in Tuttlcstreet within the city of West-
minster. Oliver Hackluyt, brother to the said
Richard, was a student of Ch. Ch. also, and being
graduated in physic had an happy hand in the
practice of it. In R. Hackluj t's prebendship of
Westminster succeeded Joh. Holt of Cor. Ch.
coll. as I shall tell you elsewhere.
[K. James I. by letters patent, dated 10. April
1606, did incorporate sir Tho. Gates, sir George
Summers, knights ; Mr. Richard Hackluit, clerk,
preb. of Westminster, and Edward Maria Wing-
field, esq. adventurers, of the city of London, and
such others as should be joined unto them, to be
called * the first colony,' to begin their plantation,
and beat, upon any part of the coast of Virginia.
Kennet.
The same volume among Selden's MSS. just
referred to, contains two pieces overlooked by
Wood:
1. The chief e Places where sondry sortc of Spices
■ ' [The first edition of the first volume of these Voyages
was folio, Lond. 1589, (Bodl. H.8. 14. Art.); it differs,
however, very considerably from the second and best. A new
edition, with additions, apoeared in folio. Lond. 18 .]
» [Dedicated to sir Walter Raleigh. He wa» then at
Paris. Baker.]
do growe in the East Indirs, gathered out of sondry
the best and latest Authours, by R. Hackluyt.
2. A liemembrance of what is good to bringe
from the Indyas into Spayne, beinge good Mar-
chandize, and bowght by him tfuit is skillfull and
trusty.
Herbert registers also the following tract.
Divers Voyages touching the Discoverie of
America, and the Hands aaiaccnt vnto the same,
madefrst of all by our Englishmen, and afterward
by the Frenchmen and Britons : and certain Notes of
Aduertisements for Obseruatiom, necessarie for
such as shall hereafter make the like attempt.
Lond. 1582, 4to. Dedic. to sir Philip (then Mr.)
Sidney.
Besides which he translated, A Notable Ilisto-
rie, containing foure Voyages made by certayne
French Captuynes vnto Florida : TV herein the
great Riches and Fruitfulues of the Countrey,
with the Maners of the People hitherto concealed,
are brought to Light. Written all, sauing the
last by Mens. Laudonnier. Loud. 1587- 4to.
Ded. to sir Walter Ralegh.]
JOHN SMITH was born in Warwickshire,
elected scholar of a. John's coll. into a Coventry
place, an. 1577, aged 14, and at length was made
fellow, and highly valued in the university for
piety and parts, especially by those that excelled
m both. Soon after he grew to that note, that he
was chosen (being then bach, of div.) to be lec-
turer in S. Paul's cathedral in London, n the
place of that great man Dr. Lau. Andrews, which
he discharged not only to tlie satisfaction, but
applause of most judicious and learned hearers,
witnessed by their fiequency and attention. Not
long after he was removed to a pastoral charge at
Clavering in Essex, where being fix'd, he shincd
as a star in its proper sphere, and was much reve«
renced for his religion, learning, humility, and
holiness of life. He was skilful in the original
languages, an excellent text-man, well read in
writers that were of note in several ages of the
church, which may partly appear from these things
followine;, that he wrote, viz.
The Lsaex Dove, presenting the World with a
few of her Olive-Bianches, or a Tastofthe Works
of the Reverend Mr. John Smith, late preacher of
the Word at Clavering in Essex, delivered in three
several Treatises. (1) The Grounds of Religion.
(2) An Exposition on the Lord' s-P ray er, or the
Substance and Pith of Prayer, being the Sum
and Marrow of divers Sermons on Matth. 6.
0. (3)* A Treatise of Repentance, or , ,. . . ,.
,, ^ D -i . I .1 ■ X- In the first edtt.
the poor remtent preached in jour- ^„„/ mcnti-
teen Lectures. Published by John ons this second
Hart. Lond. I629. qu. [Third cdi- treatise as a
tion, corrected and amended, Lond. distinct work,
1637. Bodl. 4to. T. 69. Th.]
Exposition on the Creed.
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whereas it is
onlya portion
o/"The Essex
Explanation of the Articles of our Dove. Tliis
SPA UK E.
190
mistake arose Christian PaiVA.— Which two last
fromanimpcr- j,(,(,|(s v,.ere delivered in 7') sermons,
•(r'; 77 £ "ntJ printed Lond. 1632. fol. [Bodl.
the cook VI the ' ^ mi n.i • . i- i i i
Bodleian. o.5. 12. Hi. 1 his was imblisheu by
Anthony Palmer, whoniarried Smith's
widow.] He concluded his last day in the
i6iC. month of Nov. in sixteen hunded and sixteen,
and was buried in the church of Clavering before-
mentioned, leavins; then, by his will, several books
to St. John's coll. library. 1 have mentioned
several John Smiths in this work, that were
divines. See under the year 1596, and else-
where.
[Johannes Smith, Warwicensis, pro Couen-
tria, Mr. Artium 1585, bach, theol. loOl. rector
ecclesiae paroch. de Clauering in Essex. His last
will and testament is in the college tower x. 33,
dated October 28, l6l6. In which he bequeatlied
a few books to the college, with 20s. for a feast
on the next election-day after his decease. There
is also this remarkable bequest. He gives to 10
faithfull and good ministers, that have been de-
prived upon that unhappy contention about the
ceremonies in question 20/. i. e. 40s. to each,
and hopes, ttiat none will attempt to defeat those
parties of this his gift, considering God in his
own law hath provided that the priests of Aaron,
deposed for idolatry, should be uiaintain'd ; and
that the Canon law saith, Si <|uis cxcommuiiica-
tis in sustentationem dare aliquid voluerit, non
prohibeuius. ']
THOMAS SPARKE received liis first breath
in Lincolnshire, (at South-Somercote, as it seems,)
became perpetual fellow of Magd. coll. in 1570,
in which year he was admitted bach, of arts.
Soon after, by the favour of Arthur Lord Grey,
he was preferred to the parsonage of Bletchley
in Bucks, where he was held in great esteem for
his piety. In the year 1575, he was admitted to
the reading of the sentences, without ruling in
arts, and about that time was chaplain to Dr.
Cooper, bish. of Line, who, that year, bestowed
the archdeaconry of Stow on him, in the place of
Rog. Kelke, bach.ofdiv. who had succeeded John
Harrison in that dignity, 1563. In 1581 he pro-
ceeded in that of divinity, being then in great
renown for his learning. But his dignity being
remote from his cure, and therefore could not
well attend it, he gave it up out of conscience
sake, in 1582, and contented himself only with
Bletchley ; whereupon Job. Farmery, B. t). suc-
ceeded him therein. This Dr. Sparke was the
person, who, being noted for a great nonconfor-
mist, and a pillar of puritanism, was, by letters
from the king's council, called to the conference
at Hampton-Court, an. 1603, where apj>earing in
' [Calalogus SocioTum Coll. Div. Job. Bapt. Oxon. MS.
in ftilio, p. 8. The latter part, relating to Smilli's will, in
the han<l-%vriting of Dr. Thoiaa3 Fry, formerly presideat of
the college.]
the behalf of the millinaries (as 'tia said,) or ra-
ther with Jo. Kainoldh, as a proctor for \\w pre-
cise party, not in a priest's gown or canonicai
coat, but such that 'turky merchants wear, re-
ceived then so great satisfaction from his ma-
jesty'd most ready and apt answers to the doubts
and objections there and then purposed, that he
(tho' he spoke not one word) ditf not only, for
the time following, yield himself in liis practice
to universal conformity, but privately by word or
writing, and publicly by his brotherly persuasion.
He was a learned man, a solid divine, well read
in the fathers, and so much esteemed for his pro-
fotmdness, gravity and exemplary life and con-
versation, that the sages of the university thonght
it fit, after his death, to have his picture painted
on the widl in the school-gal lerj' among the
English divines of note there, viz. between that
of Dr. Joh. Spenser of C. C. coll. whom I have
mentioned under the year I6l4, [see cwl. ]
and that of Dr. Rich. Eedes of Ch. Ch. He hath
written,
A comfortable Treatise for a troubled Con-
science. Lond. 1580. Oct.
Brief Catechism, with a Form of Prayer for
Householders. — Taken, as it seems, from the Ca-
techism of Ursinus. [Printed with the former.]
Sermon preached at Cheyneys in Bucks, at the
Burial of the Earl of Bedford, U Sept. 1585.
On Apoc. 14. 13. Lond. 1585. oct. 8tc. [Oxon.
by Joseph Barnes, 1594. Bodl. 8vo. S. 151. Th.]
Treatise to prove that Ministers publicly, and
Householders privately, are bound to catechise their
Parishioners and Families, See. Oxon. 1588. oct.
Answer to Mr. Joh. de Albine's notable [US'
course against Heresies. Oxon. 1591. qu. [Bodl.
4to S. 34. Th.]
Serm. at the Funeral of the Lord Grey. On
Tsaiah57. 1,2. Ox. 1593. oct. [Bodl. 8vo.S. 151.
Th.]
The High-way to Heaven by the clear Light of
the Gospel, Sic. against Bellurmine, and others,
in a Treatise made upon 37, 38, and 39 rerses of
the 7 .John, Sec. Lond. 1597. oet,
A brotherlif Persuasion to Unity and Unifor-
mity in .Judgment and Practice, touching the re-
ceived and present Ecclesiastical Government, and
the authorized Rites and Ceremonies of the Church
of England. Lond. l607. qu. [Bodl. 4to. S. 45.
'Ph.] Answered by Anon, in a book entit. The
second Part of the Defence of the Ministers Rea-
sons for refusal of Subscription and Conformity to
the Book of Common-Prayer, Su;. Printed 1608.
qu. And by another Anon, in a book entit.
A Dispute upon the Question of kneeling in the Act
of receiving the Sacramental Bread and Wine,
&c. Pr. 1608. qu. Our author also (I mean
Sparke) had in Q. Elizabeth's time wrote a book
of succession. For which being brought into
trouble, king James, who before had received in-
timation of Uie mattery «eBt for him, the next day
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191
TIN LEY
PARRY.
192
after the conference at Hampton-Court, and talk-
uig with hiin about it, the king at length was so
well satisfied with what he had done, that he
then gave him his most gracious countenance.
He died at Bletchley betore-mention'd, in the
1616 AV inter time, in sixteen hundred and sixteen,
and was buried in the church there, leaving then
behind him three learned sons, which then, or
soon after, had been trained up in the schools of
the prophets,* viz. Thomas, fellow of New coll.
in Oxon, Andrew of Peter-house in Cambridge,
and Will. Sparke of Magd. co)l. whom i shall
mention hereafter.
[OurauthorSparkewas installed into the prebend
of Sutton in Marisco, in the church of Lincoln,
Sept. 26, 1582. He was buried in Blechley chan-
cel October 17, I6I6, with a large epitaph on a
plate of brass, on which are several types and
figures. The inscription, which is too long for
present insertion, will be found in Willis' Survey
aj' Lincoln Cathedral, 4to. p. 249.]
ROBERT TINLEY, a Kentish man born,
became a commoner of Magd. hall in the latter
end of 1578, aged 17, or thereabouts, was trans-
lated soon after to Magd. coll of which he be-
came demy, and at length fellow. In 1595, he
was elected one of the proctors of the university,
being then esteemed a man of parts, and an elo-
quent preacher. Afterwards being made vicar of
Wytham or Victham in Essex, as also, if I mis-
take not, minister of Glemsford in Suffolk, and
at length archdeacon ol" Ely, took the degrees
in divinity, and had then the general character of
a person well read in the fathers, but withal, a
most bitter enemy to papists. He hath written
and- published, .
0/ the fuischievoiis Sublilti/ and larharoua
Cruelty of the Romish Synagogue. On Psal. 124.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. Lond. I609. qu. Of the
false Doctrines and refined Heresies of the Rom.
Synagogue. On Matth. 7. 15, 16. — Printed
there the same year. ' In the first are examined
divers passages of that English libel, written by
a certain fugitive against the j4pologyforthe Oath
of Allegiance. In the other are answered many
* [See a dedication of a Sermon by Charles Richardson,
preacher aiS. Katherincs neer the Tower of London, 1616,
4to ' To my reverend good friend, Mr. D. Sparke, minister
'of God's word at Bletchley in Buckinghamsliire. You shall
sur\'ive in those three worthy sons of your's, whom you have
been carefull to train up in the schooles of the prophets, two
of them being already profitable ministers in the cliurch, and
the third hath altayned toagreat mesure of learning: Mr.Tho.
Sparke, of New coll. in Oxford; Mr. Andrew S|)arke, of
Peter house in Cambridge; Mr. William SjarUe, of Magda-
len college in Oxford. Kennet.]
^ [The true title of this book, which I have in my |X)s-
session, is; 7'a'o learned Sermons, the one, of the misclticvous
Sultit/ie and barbarous Crueliie ; the other, of the false
Doctrines and refined Ihereses of the Romish Synagogue.
Preached, the tne at Paul's Cross 5 Nov. 1CO8, the other at
the Spittle 17 ^/>r. 1609, Cole.]
of the arguments published by Rob. Ciiambers,
priest, concerning Popish miracles. He hath
written other things, as 'tis said, but such I have
not yet seen, nor do I know any thing else of
liini, only that he concluding his last day in six- 1616.
teen hundred and sixteen, was buried, as I pre-
sume, at Wytham before-mentioned, leaving
then behind him a son named Martin Tinley,
afterwards a member of Ch. Ch. in this uni-
versity.
[1607, ult Febr. Robertus Tynley, S.T. P.col-
latus ad vicariam de W'ytham, com. Essex, per
mortem Domini Job. Sterne, nuper Ep'i Colcestre
suffraganei. Reg. Bancroft, Lp. Lond.
1608, 23 Aug. Rob. Tynley, S. T. P. coll. ad
preb. de Cantless alias Kentish-town, per mortem
Edwardi Stanhope, militis. Ibid.
1616, 1 Dec. Rog. Webb, A. M. coll. ad
vie. de W^itham per mort. Rob. Tynley. Reg.
Lond.
Joh. King, A. M. coll. ad preb. de Kentish-
town, 23 Decemb. 1616, per mort. Tylney.
Kennet.
Rob. Tynley, S. T. P. institutus ad rectoriam
de Glemford, dioc. Norw. 12 Feb. l602, pre-
sentutus ab ep'o Elien. Feb. 8, 1602. Regist.
Elien. Collatus ad archidiaconatum Eliens.
Jul. 17, 1600. Ibid. Admissus ad rectoriam de
Duxfoith S" Petri, Mar. 27, I6OI. He died be-
fore March I6, I616, which day and year he was
succeeded in his archdeaconry and prebend.
Probably buried at Ely. Baker.]
HENRY PARRY, son of Hen. Parry," son
of Will. Parry of Wormebridge in Herefordshire,
gent, was born in Wilts, 20 Dec. or thereabouts,
an. 1561, admitted scholar of C. C. coll. 13 Nov.
1576, and probationer 23 Apr. 86, being then
master of arts. Afterwards he was Greek reader
in that coll. chaplain to Q. Elizabeth, doctor of
divinity 95, dean of Chester in 1605, in the place [4l6]
of Dr. Will. Barlow, promoted to the see of
Rochester, and at length, through Glocester, was
made bishop of Worcester, an. 1610. He was
reputed by all of his time an able divine, well
read in the fathers, a thro-pac'd disputant, and
so eloquent a preacher, that K. James I. always
professed he seldom heard a better. The king of
Denmark also, who was sometimes present at our
king's court, gave him a very rich ring for a ser-
mon that he preached before him and K. James
at Rochester, an. I6O6. He hath published,
♦ [Mag'r Henr. Parry, prncurator clcri dioc. Sariim, inter-
fuit convocationi cleri, 5, Nov. 1647, 1- Edw. 1.
1554, CO Maii, Will'us Jcfferie, L.L.D. ad preb. de
Bricklesworth in dioc. Petriburg. per deprivat. Henrici
Perry ; ud pres. Joh. Sarum Ep. tteg. Pctritutg.
1559, 17 Febr. Rev.™"' admisit Henricum Parry in legibus
licentialuin ad eccl. de Sutton, per deprivat. Edmundi
Marvyn Clerici, ult. rect. ad pres. Thomae Wyndesor de
BcrycoU in com. Southampton, sedc Winton. Vacanle.
lieg. Parker, Cant. Kennet.]
193
MOORE.
IIOBY.
194
Concio de Regno Dei, in Matlh. 6. 33. Lond.
1606. qu.
Concio de Fictorin Christiana, in Apoc. 3. 21.
Oxon. 1593. 94. Lond. IGOG. He also translated
from Eiiglisli into Latin, The Sum of a Conference
between Joh. liaino/ds and Jok. Hart, touching
the Head and the Vailh of the Church. Oxon.
1619. foi. [Bodl. S. 9. 5. Th.] Also from Lat.
into English, J Catechism, wherein are debuted
and resolved the Questions of zchatsoever Moment,
which have been, or are, controverted in Divinity.
Oxon. 1591. oct. Which catechism was origi-
nally written by Zach. Ursinus. This worthy
bishop died of a palsey at Worcester, 12 Dec. in
1616. sixteen hundred and sixteen, and was buried in a
little chapel joining to the North-side of the
choir of the cathedral church at Worceste'r. In
his epitaph over his grave (a copy of which you
may see in Hist. ^ Jntiq. Univer. Oxon. lib. 2.
p. 238.) he is characterised to be ' trium lingua-
rum cognitione, assidua verbi divini praedicatione,
provida ecclesia; gubernatione, mentis pietate,
morumquc integritate spectatissimus,' 8cc.
[Parry was, as far as Willis ' could discover, a
single man, bestowed much on the poor of Glou-
ster, and in other acts of charity ; and, among
other things, built at his own cost and charges,
the pulpit in the body or nave of the church.
MS. note in m^' copy of Godwin De Presulibus,
in a hand-writing temp. Caroli primi. Transtu-
lit Colloq. Rainoldi cum Harto, cum adhuc ep's
erat Glocestr. jussu D. Bancroft, archiep'i, typis-
gue mandavit I6IO. Vide Rainoldi vitam.
Magno sui desiderio relicto. Hen. Parry paraly-
ticus decepit Wigornio annos natus 55, Dec. 12,
1616; et in capella B. Mariaj jacet humatus e
regione tumuli Bullingamlani. Sororem habuit
Pascham, Petro Turnero, Gul. filio (utrique,
M.D.) nuptam, cujus viri epitaphium hie episco-
pus scripsit. Videte illud in ecclesia S" Olavi,
in Hart street, et apud Stow, p. 135. Hunter.]
" JOHN MOORE was educated in Univer-
" sity coll. but taking no degree, he left the uni-
" versity, and at length, thro' some petite em-
" ployments, became parson of Knaptoft in Lei-
" cestershire. He hatli written,
" A Target for Tillage, briefly containing the
" most necessary, precious, and prof table Lise
" thereoj, both for King and Slate; Serm. on
" Ecclesiastes 5. 8. Lond. I0l2, and UJ13. oct.
" ded. to Will. Turpiii, by his epist. dated from
Cl^r " Sheasby, Apr. I6I 1. He was living an old man
1616. " at Knaptoft in sixteen hundred and sixteen.
" Of the same college of University was one.lolin
" More (not Moore) who after he had taken the
' [Survey of the Cath. of Gloucester, Cathedrals, p. 723.
The author derived his information from a MS. account of
the bishops of this see, written by a minor canon named Tom-
kins, who much commends Parry, and his predecessor Kav is,
for being excellent bishops.]
Vol. H.
" degrees in arts, entred on the physic line, took
" one degree therein 159fi: afterwards he went
" to London, where lie was called by the name of
" Dr. More, practised in St. Brides parish, and
" was'numbred anicmg the Popish physicians iu
" the latter end of K. Jam. I. an. 1624, being
" then ' a man much employ 'd and insinuating
" with great persons in our state' He had then
" a kinsman living in London, known by the name
" of father More, a secular priest. Another Joh.
" More 1 find to have lieen bred in Cambridge,
" and afterwards to be a preacher in Norwich,
" author of {\.) A Table from thi Beginning of
" the World, to this Day ; wherein I'l declared Jrt
" what Year of the World every Thing was done,
" both in the Scripture mentioned, as also in Pro-
" phane Matters. Camb. 1593. in oct. (2.) Three
" Sermons. Two of which are on 2 Cor. 5. 10.
" and the third on John 13. 34, 35, &c. Lond.
" 1594. oct. Later in time I find another John
" More, author of certain sermons, among which
" is one on S. John 12. G. Lond. 1653. qu. whe-
" ther the same with Joh. More, who was ad-
" mitted bachelor of arts, as a member of Ch. Ch.
" 17 Dec. an. 16 19, 1 know not. Quaere."
EDWARD HOBY, a person much noted in
his time to all learned men, for his eminent en-
dowments of mind and body, was the eldest son
of sir Tho. Hoby, knight, (mention'd under the
year 1566.) by Elizab. his wife, daughter of sir
A. Coke, Kt. was bom in Berks, particularly, as
I conceive, at Bysham near to Maj'denhead, be-
c.ime a gentleman commoner of Trinity coll. in
the beginning of 1574, aged 14 years, where,
after he had spent 8 terms in the study of logic
under a noted tutor, he became so great a profi-
cient, that he was admitted in the latter end of
the year 1575 bach, of arts of the university. The [417]
next year he proceeded in that fiiculty, and was
the senior master in the comitia (whom we usually
call the senior of the act) celebrated the same
year. Afterwards spending some time in Trance,
and in other countries, as I suppose, w.is, some
time after his return, honoured with the degree of
knighthood, an. 1582, made constable of the
castle at Queenburgh in the isle of Shepy, was
an officer at the taking of Cadiz, a parliament
man several times in the latter end of ou. Eliza-
beth, and upon K. James his coming to the crown
(if not liapply before) was made one of the gent,
of the privy-chamber. He was a person of great
reading and judgment, especially in the contro-
versies between Protestants and Papists, a singu-
lar lover of arts, substantial learning, antiquities,
and the professors thereof, particularly the learned
Cambden, who had sulheiently received of his
bounty, as he himself ' acknowledgeth, having
* " Sec at the end of a book emit. The Foot out of the
" Snare, &c. Lond. IC24. qu. written by Joh. Gee."
7 In his Britannia, in Berks.
o
195
HOBY.
196
dedicated his Hibernia ' to him, and publicly told'
the world that he had polished his excellent wit
with learned studies. He hath written,
A Letter to Mr. Theoph. Jlygons, late Minister,
noTC a Fugitive, in Anmer to his First Motive.
Lond. 1609. qu. [Bodl. C. 1.4. Line]
A Counter-Snarl for Iihmael Rahshakeh a Ce-
eropedian Lycaonite, being an Answer, to a R.
Catholic^ who writes himself J. R. Lond. 1613. qu.
In which book, or in another, which 1 have not
yet seen, our author treating of purgatory, was
answered by Joh. Floyd, commonly called father
Fludd, a Jesuit, in a book which he published
tjnder the name of Daniel k Jesu, printed at S.
Omer's in 1613. quarto.
Curry-comb for a Coxcombe: Or Purgatory's
Knell. In answer to a Libel by Jebal Rachel
against Sir Edw. Hoby's Counter-Snarl, entit.
Purgitory's Triumph over Hell. Lond. 1615. qu.
Several Motions, Speeches and Arguments in
the four last Parliaments in Queen Elizabeth. —
Published in tlie Historical Collections of Hayw.
Townsend, esq; [Bodl. R. 1. 11. Jur.] He trans-
lated from French into English, Politique Dis-
courses upon Truth and Lying : An Instruction to
Princes to keep their Faith and Promises. Lond.
1586. qu. Composed by sir Mart. Cognet, knight,
one of the privy-council to the most Christian
king, master of the requests to his houshold, and
lately ambassador to the cantons of Switzers and
Grisons. And also from Spanish into English,
The Origine and Practice oj War. Lond. 1597.'
oct. Written by don Bernard de Mendoza. At
length he giving way to fate in Queenburgh castle
J616-17. on the first day of March (St. David's day) in
sixteen hundred and sixteen, his body was con-
vey'd to Bysham before-mentioned, and buried
there in a chappel called Hoby's chappel on the
South-side of the chancel there, near to the body
He married Mary, daughter of Henry Carey,
lord Hunsdon, who died 1605, and was buried at
Bithani. Sydenham.
Mr. Wood should have told us that sir Edw.
Hoby w'as of Eaton school before he came to
Oxon. And that he was also of the Middle
Temple. So sir Edw. himself, in his Counter-
Snarl, p. 61 and 72, wiiich Counter-Snarl I have,
and 'tis learned. But he doth not treat of purga-
tory in it, as one would think from Mr. Wood.
Heaene.3
Hoby was entered a gentleman commoner of
Trinity college, in 1574, at the age of fourteen,
and patronised Thomas Lodge, the poet, who
was his cotemporary there. He presented to the
library of that society sir Henry Savile's sump-
tuous edition of St. Chrysostom ; on a blank leaf
of the first volume of which, is written, in Hoby's
own hand, the following Latin epistle, from Queen-
borough castle, to the president of the college, Dr^
Ketell.
' Admodum reverendo antistiti, D. Ketello, col-
legii Trinitatis, Oxon. vigilantissimo pra?sidi. —
Sanctae Trinitatis collegii in me merita, (mi
Ketelle,) non benevolentiae sed obsequii pignora
efflagitant. Quadraginta jam annis elapsis, ex
quo primum in eodem scholaris fui. Scholaris ?
Alumnus. Si quod unquam cum Musis habui
commercium, apud vos rudimenta suscepisse,
suscepta crevisse, fateri fas est. Arctiori etiam
vinculo constrinxit, praenobilis Heroina, vestra
Fundatrix, quo tempore, Bernardum Adamum,
nunc Limbricensem prsesulem, proamoreinme
•suo, in Albo vestro conscripsit, aluit, sustentavit.
Nae, hue usque, nihil compensationis : negligen-
tremity could one come from? or what greater felicitie might
one come to? She that was sent for from Ashridge; with
commandement to be brought either aliue or dead ; she that
was committed to the tow re of London ; she that was so often
same such another pageant ; she that doubted murdering, if
her Iteeper had bene an ill disposed man ; she that sent word
to her seriiants that came to know how she did tamquam
ovis ; lastly, she that wrate in the window at Woodstock«
with a diamond.
of his father sir Thomas. The said sir Edward a . i, 1 • 1 u u j .,-,.. , .
1 r» i,„i • J u- t 1 J T> . and so straightly examined; she that demanded if the lady
Jett behmd him a natural son named Peregrin Jane's scaffold were taken downe, doubling to play on the
Hoby, born of the body of one Katharine Pink- ' '
ney, an. 1602. From which Peregrin are the
Hobyes now of Bysham descended.
[Hoby was educated at Eton school with sir
Jojin Harrington.^
' Etlit. Lond. 1587. oct.
® In Britan. in Kent, in Queenborough.
' [Also in 4to. with a Spanish Epistle to sir John Carew
ofTotness. Sydenham.]
[That he was educated at Eton, the following extract
from Harrington's translation of Orlando Furioso proves;
see book xlv, notes, edit, folio l607, page 303. (Bodl. A. A.
35. Art. Seld.)
' Mathia Coruino was kept in close prison by Vladislaus,
kmg of Hungarie, because his elder brother had slaine the
earle of C;yglia, vnkle to the said king, but the king dying
young, and without issue, this Mathia was made of a pri-
soner, a prince : but of this kind of sodaine change, our
realme hath one example, that patseth not onely these, but
all (Ithinke) that hauc been heard of, or written: and that is
thequeene's most excellent maiestie that now is, who from
the ex[iectation of a most vndeservcd death, came to the pos-
session of a most renowned kingdome ; for what greater ex-
Much suspected bv me, ") , T^,. , ,
Nothing proued can be. jl"°* Elizabeth, prisoner,
became of the sodaine a crowned queene, Avith greater ap-
plause then either Lewes in France, or Coruino in Hungarie,
and not onely hath raigned, but doth raigne most happily.
All which her highnesse troubles, my self haue the better
cause to remember, because the first worke I did after I could
write Latin, was to translate that storie out of the Banke of
Martyrs into Latin, as Mr. Thomas Arundell and sir Ed-
ward Hobby can tell, who had their parts in the same taske,
being then schollars in Eaton as I was, and namely that last
verse I remember was translated thus :
Plurimi de me mal^ suspicantur,
Atlameii de me mala non probantur.
Eliza betha
carcere clausa.
This little booke was giuen to her majestie.'l
5 MSS. Collections, vol. xci, 211.]
197
EGERTON.
198
[4181
tiae iiimiuin. En, tandem, emendationis ansam ;
deinceps, forsan, uberiorem. Nuperrimein vicinia
nostra, D. Chrysostomi Opcruin Graeco nova et
iiccurata compjiruit editio : cuia suninia, fide
solita, iinpensis ingentibus, solertia infatigabili,
nobilis nostri Henrici Savelii, equitis aurati, de
academicis, republica, Europa, optima meriti.
Eandem igitur cum primis ad te def'ercndam cu-
ravi; et in bibliotheca vestii collegii rcpoiiendam,
velut amoris mei seu pietatis tesscram, et ^nj^oo-u-
jj-ov. Frucre, vive, vale ! Raptim ex Castro
Burgi-Keginae in agro Cantiano. Pridie Calen-
das Martii Julianas, MDCXII.—Vere tuus, Edw.
H0BY.']4
THOMAS EGERTON, the natural son of
sir Rich. Egerton of Ridlejr in Cheshire, was born
in that county, apply'd his muse to learning in
this university, about 1556, particularly, as 'tis
said, in Brasennose coll. of which he was a com-
moner, in the year of his age 1 7, or thereabouts ;
where continuing about three years, laid a foun-
dation whereon to build profounder learning.
Afterwards going to Lincoln's-Inn, he made a
most happy progress in the municipal laws, and
at length was a counsellor of note. In 158 1 , June
28, he was constituted ^ by the queen her solici-
tor-general, and soon after he became Lent-reader
of the said inn. In 1592, June 2, the said queen
made him her attorney-general, in 1594, (being
then a knight) he was made master of the rolls,
and two years after lord keeper of the great-seal.
In which eminent office he continued during the
whole remainder of qu. Elizabeth's happy reign.
On the 21st of Jul. l603, he was raised to the de-
gree of a baron of this realm, by the title of L. •
Ellesmere, and upon the 24th ol the said month,
he was made lord chancellor of England. In the
beginning of Nov. 16 10, he was unanimously
elected chanc. of the university of Oxon. and in
14 Jac. 1. Dom. I6l6, he was ad:vanced to the dig-
nity of viscount Brackley. He was a most grave
and prudent man, a good lawyer, just and honest,
of so quick an apprehension also, and profound
judgment, that none of the bench in his time
went beyond him. He hath written,
Speech in the Exchequer-Chamber, touching the
Postnati.* Lond. 1609. inqu. in 16 sheets. [Bodl.
4to. E. l.Jur.]
Certain Observations concerning the Office of
lord Chancellor. Lond. 1651. oct. [Bodl. 8vo.
P. 46. Jur.] and left behind him at his death four
MSS. of choice collections, fit to be printed,
concerning (1) The Prerogative lioyal. (2) Pn-
♦ [For the transcript of this letter I am indebted to the
rev. John Walker, fellow of New college.]
5 Baronaec, Tom. 3. p. 414. b.
* [In Robert Calvine's cause, son and heir apparent of
James, lord Calvine, of Colcross, in the realm of Scotland.
Park, from Hargravc, Slule Trials, v. 75.]
vileges of Parliament. (S) Proceedings in Chan-
cery.i (4) Tlie Power of the Star-Chamher. He
resigned up liis last breath, in York-house in the
Strand near London 15 March, in hixteen hun- Ifilfl-I7.
dred and sixteen, and was buried in the church of
Dodleston in Cheshire. His memory was much*
celebrated by epigrams while he was living, and
after his death all of the long-rube lamented hit
loss. We have his picture, drawn to the life, in
the habit of lord chancellor, .sitting in a chair,
hanging in the gallery belonging to Uie Bodleian
library, called tlie school-gallery.
[Tho. Egerton, jun. coH. S. Petri (convict. 2.)
admissus m matric. acad. Cant. Oct. 1564.
Qua:re; ^tas non satis con ven it, si recte com-
putetur. Vid. Epistolam abacademia M.S. vol. iii,
p. 500, ubi nostrum esse satis aperte indicator.
Sed qusBre, whether not as high steward .'
Maii 21. 1586, conceditur magistro Tho. Eger-
ton et Edw. Cooke, jurisperitis, ut sint de con-
silio universitatis. Registr. Cantai. Baker.
In a work like the present, professing only to
give facts, it would be presumption to enlarge on
such a character as lord Ellesmere. We have there-
fore, only to add the two following tracts which,
it seems, yet remain in MS.
Observations on Coke's Reports.
Notes and Observations on Magna » Char/a.
Several Letters will be found in the Cotton'
Harleian and Lambeth MSS. in the Ashmole
museum, and in the Cabala: many others are
also, probably, deposited in the Bridgewater col-
lection. His Letter to the earl of Essex, is among
the Royal MSS. 17 B liii.
Lord chancellor Ellesmere's household book,
beginning July 11, 1596, and ending December
30, 1597, kept by Morgan Colman his steward,
and signed weekly either by his lordship or by
lady Elizabeth Egerton, is now among Dr. Raw-
linson's MSS. in the Bodleian, Misc. 406. This
work is kept with the greatest neatness and regu-
larity, ana is very curious. It contains warrants
to permit his fishrtionger to provide fish for him
at certain ports, viz. Foulkston, Hyde, Win-
chelsey and Brighthemsteed ; for his collier to
pass free with his carts, and for his farmer to pro-
' [The Prit'iledges and Prerogativet of the High Court of
Chancery, Lond. l641. 4to. I»rd Orford in his Royal and
Nolle Authors, gives it in l6l4, and is followed by Rrk, on
the authority of the Harleian Catalogue ; but on referring to
the Catal. it' will be found that the error was first made by
his lordship. See BibL Harl. vol ii, p. 651, N" 10826.]
' Vide in Epigram. Jo. Stradling, lib. 3. p. 90. lib. 4.
p. 141. & in Epigram. Johamiis Dunlari Megato Britanni,
cent. 2. epigram 52.
» [See Park's edition of Walpole'i Royal and Noble Au-
thors, ii, 172.]
' [His Letter to James I. desiring his dismission, deeming
himself superannuated, dated l6l2; and a note on the same
subject, dated March 8, I6l3, MS. Cotton, Titus, C. vii,
fol. 27 and 4<), have both been printed by Park,_ in hi« edi-
tion of lord Orford's Royal and NoUe Authors, ii, 174.]
0 2
199
MARTYN.
BUNNEY
200
ceed without ' lett interruption or molestation'
with 70 quarters of" wheat, &c.
The sums received and disbursed by his stew-
ard were as follow :
From July 11, to December 30, 1596—779/.
7s. 4d.
From December 31, 1596, to December 29,
1597—1993/. 45. 7d.
Of this great and good man we may men-
tion the following portraits — 1 by Hole; 2 by
Pass, 3 by Trotter, 4 by Bocquet, the two last in
8vo.]
WILLIAM MARTYN, son of Nich. Mar-
tyn of the city of Exeter, (by his first wife Mary,
daughter of Leonard Yeo of Hatherley in Devon)
son of Rich. Martyn of the said city, and he the
second son of William Martyn of Athelharapton
in Dorsetshire, knight, was born, and educated in
grammar learning, within the said cit}' of Exeter :
where making early advances towards academical
learning, was sent to Broad-gate's-hall (now Pemb.
coll.) an. 1579, aged 17. In which place falling
under the tuition of a noted master, laid an
excellent foundation in logic and philosophy.
Afterwards, going to the inns of court, he became
a barester, and in 1605 was elected recorder of
Exeter, in the place of John Heale serjeant at
law. But his delight being much conversant
in the reading of English histories, he composed a
book of the kings of England, as I shall tell you
anon. Upon the publication of which, K. James
(as 'tis said) taking some exceptions at a passage
therein, either to the derogation of his family,
or of the realm of Scotland, he was thereupon
brought into some trouble, which shortened his
days. He hath written.
Youth's Instruction. Lond. 1612. qu. [Bodl.
4to. D. 17. Art.] Dedicated to his son Nich.
Martyn then a student in Oxon. [Second edition,
Lond. l6l3, 4to.] In the said book is shewed a
great deal of reading, and consequently that the
author was no loser of his time.
The History and Lives of the Ki7igs of England,
from William the Conqueror to K. Hen. 8. Lond.
1616. and 28. fol. [Bodl. AA. 22. Art. Seld.]
usher'd into the world with the copies of verses
of Nicholas, William, and Edw. Martyn the sons
of the author, and by Pet. Bevis his son-in-law.
To this history was afterwards added the History
of King Edw. 6. Qu. Mary, and Qu. Elizabeth,
by B. R. master of arts.— Lond. 1638. fol. [Bodl.
H. 7. 13. Art.] At the end of all the impressions
was printed,
The Succession of the Dukes and Earls of this
Kingdom of England, from the Conqueror, to the
nth of James I. with the then Viscounts, Barons,
Baronets, &c. which was drawn up by the author,
and continued after his death by B. R. before-
mention'd. What other books the said Will,
Martyn hath either written or published I know
not, nor any thing else of him, only that he was
buried in the church of S. Petrock in the city
of Exeter 12 Apr. in sixteen hundred and seven-
teen. The inscription which was on the stone,
supposed to be laid for him, is worn out, and .'i
new inscription cut thereon for one of the same
family buried there. The next who must follow
according to time was a severe Puritan, as Mar-
tyn was :
FRANCIS BUNNEY, younger brother to
Edmund, whom I shall anon mention, was born
in an antient house called the Vache in the parish
of Chalfont S. Giles in Bucks, on the 8 May
1543, became a student in the university in the
latter end of the reign of Q. Mary, an. 1558,
and perpetual fellow of Magd. coll. in 1562, being
then bach, of arts. Afterwards proceeding in
that faculty he took holy orders, and began to
preach God's word on the first of Nov. 1567.*
Whose sermons being noted among many, he
became soon after chaplain to the earl of Bed-
ford, but continuing with him not long, he left
his fellowship in 1571, and retiring into the
North parts of England, where he preached the
word of God very constant, as his brother Ed-
mund did, was inducted into a prebendship of
Durham 9 May' 1572; made archdeacon of Nor-
thumberland, on the resignation of Ralph Lever,<
20 Oct. 1573, and on the eleventh of Sept. 1578
lie was made rector of Ry ton within the bishoprick
of Durham. This person was very zealous in
the way he professed, was a great admirer of Jo.
Calvin, a constant preacher, cnaritable, and a stiff
enemy to Popery. He hath written and pub-
lished,
Survey and Tryal of the Pope's Supremacy.
Lond. 1590. qu. Written against card. Bellar-
mine. [Second edition, Lond. 1595, 4to. a copy
with many MS. notes by Peter Smart, canon of
Durham, in the Bodleian, Rawl. 4to. 1 19.]
Comparison between the antient Faith of the
Romans and the new Romish Religion. Lond.
1595. qu. [with MS. notes by Peter Smart, 4to.
Rawl. 119.] This is commonly called Truth and
Falshood. ^
' [He was subdean of York in the year 1570, and held
that office above eight years. Willis, Survey of Fork,
i. 89-1
» [May 13th according lo Willis, Calh. 270.]
♦ [Lever was made archdeacon 21 Aug. 1566, and it is
probable, that he resigned both his archdeaconry and prebend.
Because he would not subscribe when archbishop Grindal
strenuously pressed conformity 1-571, at the same time his
brother Tho. Lever, master of Sherboin hospital, was de-
prived of his prebend. Slrype's Life of Parker, page 275.
Watts.]
' [The fact is there were two editions of this book ; the
one entitulcd A Comparison, &c : the other Truth and Fats-
hood; or a Comparison, &c. both printed in the same year.
To the latter was appended, j1 short Answer to the Reasons,
which commonly tnc Popish Recusants in these North Parti
alleadge, uhy they will not come to our Churches. Dated
from nyton upon Tine, Feb. 7, 1592.]
1617
[419]
201
SAVILE.
202
Answer to a Popish Lihel, called A Petition to
the Bishops, Preachers, and Go'^pellers. Oxon.
1607. oct. [l5o(il. 8vo. B. Ujg. Th.]
Exposition on the 28th Verse of the third Chapt.
of the Epistle to the Romans, wherein is manifestlj/
proved the Doctrine of Justifiiation by I'aith, &,c.
Lond. 1610. qu.
[A Guide unto Godlinesse : or o] Plain arul
familiar Exposition of the Ten Commandments,
by Questions and Answers. Lond. 16 1?- oct.
[Bodl. 8vo. B. 145. Th.]
In Joelis Prophetiam Enarratio. Written by
the author an. 1595, and by his epistle dedicated
to Tobie bishop of Durham, in which he saith he
hath preached sermons at Berwick about 20 years
before that time, upon Joel, of whicli this book
is the sum : and if printed, (for 'tis in MS.)
would contain about 3 quire of paper. He de-
parted this mortal life, at Ryton bcforemcntion'd,
•tJl?. 16 Apr. in sixteen hundred and seventeen, and
was buried in the chancel of the church there,
near to tlie graves of four of his sons, which he
had by Jane his wife, daughter of Henr. Priestly.
Over his grave was soon after set up, in the wall
adjoining, a table or plate of brass, whereon are
engraven certain trite verses. The first stanza
runs thus :
My bark now having won the haven,
I fear no stormy seas,
God is my hope, my home is heaven.
My life is happy ease, &c.
By his will, he bequeathed to the university of
Oxon. 100/. towards their building of the new
schools, and 331. to Magd. college.
HENRY SAVILE, sometimes of Shawhill
in Yorkshire, commonly called Lons Harry
Savile, was born of an antient family of his name,
living at Banke near Halifax in that county,
entred a student in Merton coll. (of which his
kinsman Mr. Hen. Savile was warden) in 1587,
and was soon after made one of the portionists,
commonly called postmasters. After he had
taken the degree of bach, of arts, he left it, and
retired to S. Albans-hall, and as a member thereof,
he took the degree of M. of arts, in 1595. All
which time being under the inspection of his
kinsman, he became an eminent scholar, espe-
cially in the mathematics, physic, (in which fa-
culty he was admitted to practise by the univer-
sity) chymistry, painting, heraldry and antiqui-
ties. Afterwards, for the compleating and ad-
vance of his knowledge, he travelled into Italy,
France, and Germany, where spending his time
very profitably, returned the most accomplished
person of his time, and therefore his company
was" oesired, and sought after, by all learned
and virtuous men. 'He had written several things
fit for the press, but whether ever pubiished/l
find not as yet. It must be now known that thi«
Henr. Savile being an intimate friend with the
learned Cambden, he* communicated to him [*^]
the antient exemplar of Asser Menevensis, which
contains the story of the discord between the
new scholars that Grimbald brought with him to
Oxon, at the restoration of the university by K.
Alfred, with the old clerks that the said Grimbald
found when he came to that place. Which
exemplar being discovered to be genuine, by
the said Cambden, (who afterwards ' stil'd it
' optimum exemplar Asserii,') he did therefore
make it public, an. I()02. But to it was, that as
soon as it peep'd forth, certain envious Canta-
brigians (lid not stick to report, that the said
story concerning the dissention between the old,
and new scholars, was foisted into Asser by the
said Long Harry Savile, and which is more, that
Cassage also was put bv him into the printed
ist. of In^ulphus, whicli maketh much for the
antiquity of the university of Oxon. ' Ego Ingul-
phus, 3fc. pro Uteris addiscendis in teneriore etate
constitutus, primum Westmonasterio, postremo
Oxoniensi studio traditus sum, &c.' But for
the clearing of the said vain reports, much hath
been ' said already : and therefore I shall trouble
the reader no more, but only tell him, that after
the said Long Hany had lived for some years,
after his return from foreign countries, witliin
the parish of S. Martin in the Fields near Lon-
don, he died there, to the great reluctancy of
all learned men, on 29 Apr. in sixteen hundred >6l7.
and seventeen, aged 49- Whereupon iiis body
being buried in the chancel of the church of
that parish, had soon after a monument set over
his grave, on the North wall, with his bust to
the middle, carved out from stone and painted.
The reader is now to know that there was one
Hen. Savile esq ; who was employ'd as a captain
in one of her majesty's ships, called the Adven-
ture, under the conduct of sir Francis Drake
and sir John Hawkyns against the Spaniard in
the West-Indies. \Vhich Henry wrote a book
entit. A Libel of Spanish Lies found at the Sack of
Cales, discoursing the Fight in the kVest- Indies
between the English and the Spaniard, and of the
Death of Sir Franc. Drake, with an Answer
confuting the said Spanish Lies, &c. Lond. 1596.
qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. Ifi. Art. BS.] But this Capt.
Henry Savile must not be understood to be the
same with Long Harry, or with sir Hen. Savile
warden of Merton college, but another, of the
same house, as I conceive, for three Hen. Saviles
of Yorkshire were matriculated as members of
that coll. in the time of Qu. Elizabeth, viz. one,
who is written the son of a plebeian, 1588, a
second, the son of an esquire, in 1593, and a
third an esquire's son also, in 1595. The said
« Vide Hisl. & Jntig. Univ. Ox. lib. 1. p. 9, 10.
^ In Britannia, in Dobunis.
' In Hisl. ^ Anliq. Univ. Oxon. at supr.
203
JAMES.
PAGET.
204
capt. Savile, or else Long Harry, was engaged
in the earl of Essex his treasons; for which,
he was forced to abscond and withdraw for a
time.
[We may add to Long Harri; Savile, Letter to
Camden comeruing Antiquities near Otlei/, in
Yorkshire. MS. Cotton, Julius F. vi, fol. 299-]
WILLIAM JAMES, son of John James of
Little On in Staffordshire, by Ellen his wife,
daughter of Will. Boll of Sandbach in Cheshire,
was bom at Sandbach, admitted student of Ch.
Ch. in 1559, or thereabouts, and took the degrees
in arts. Afterwards entring into holy orders, he
was admitted to the reading of the sentences
1571, being then divinity reader of Magd. coll.
The next year he was elected master of Univ.
coll. and in 1577, Aug. 27, he became archdeacon
of Coventry, on the death of Thorn. Lewes. In
1584, he was made dean of Ch. Ch. in Oxon, and
in 1596, June 5, he was installed dean of Durham,
after that place had lain void for some time,
upon the promotion of Tob Matthew to the see
of Durham. In 1G06, he succeeded the said
T. Matthew in the bishoprick of Durham, to
which see he was consecrated 7 Sept. the same
year. Whereupon sir Adam Newton, afterwards
a baronet, was installed dean of Durham the 27th
of the same month. Which deanry he keeping
till 1620, did for a certain sum of money' resign
it, and thereupon Dr. Rich. Hunt, prebendary
of Canterbury, was installed in his room 29 May
the same year. Dr. W. James hath published.
Several Sermons, as, (1) Sermon before the Q.
Maj. at Hampton- Court, 19 Feb. 1578. On
Ezra, 4. 1, 2, 3. Lond. 1578, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. L.
104. Th.] (2) Sermon at Paul's-Cross, 9 Nov.
1589. On 1 Cor. 12. 25, 26, 27. Lond. 1590.
qu. and others, as 'tis said, which I have not
£4213 yet seen. He died on the 12th of May in sixteen
hundred and seventeen, and was buried in the
*^''- choir of the Cath. ch. of Durham". He had
a younger brother named Francis James fellow
of Alls. coll. whom I shall mention in the F'asti
1587, and a son of both his names by his first
wife, (named Katharine, an Abington woman,)
who was student of Ch. Ch. and orator of the
university, an. 1601. Another son also he had,
named Francis James, begotten on the body of
his third wife, named Isabel ; which Francis was
student of Ch. Ch. also, afterwards a minister
and well beneficed. He published j4 Proclama-
tion to the King, in a Sermon preached 1 5 June
1647, before his Maj. On Jonah 3. 7, 8. Lond.
1647. qu. About which time losing all his spiri-
tualities, lived poor and bare, till the king's
return, 166O. There was another Fr. James,
whom I shall mention in the Fasti 1612.
• Canbden in AnnalJac. I. MS. sub an. 1620.
* £See his epitaph in Willis's Cathedrals, page 248.]
[Pat. 17 Eliz. 1575, \Vinielmus James habet
literas reginae de pro's, ad rectoriam de Kingham,
Oxon. dioc. Rymer, xv, 742.
1601, 4 Nov. Geo. Moorccroft presbyter, A. M.
ad Eccl. de Kingham dioc. Oxon. per resign.
Willelmi James S. T. P. decani Dunelm. Reg.
Whitgif't. Kennet.
From a letter t6 Burleigh, lord treasurer, from
the chaplains and fellows of the Savoy, dated
1573. ' May it therefore please your good lord-
ship, there is one Mr. James, B. D. and reader
of the divinity lecture in Oxon ; his living, learn-
ing, and zeal in religion, is so well known, that
the same needs not our commendation. His wis-
dom and policy in restoring and bringing to happy
quietness the late wasted, spoiled and indebted
University college in Oxon, whereof he is now
master, d!oth not only give us hopes of great
good, that he shall be able to do us, but also do
make us the more bold humbly to pray your
honour to be the means, that her majesty may
be moved for the said Mr. James, that he may be
our master.' ']
EUSEBIUS PAGET was born at Cranford
in Northamptonshire, sent to Oxon at 12 years of
age in the rei^n of Q. Mary, was made choirister,
and afterwards, as it seems, student of Ch. Ch.
where making a considerable progress in logic
and philosophy, departed without a degree, (tho'
a noted sophister,) and at length became rector
of the parish church of St. Anne and St. Agnes
w ithin Aldersgate, in London, where he continued
many j'ears a constant and faithful preacher of
God's word. He hath written and published.
The History of the Bible, briefly collected by
Way of Question and Answer. — When first print-
ed I know not. Sure 'tis, that one edition of it
came out " at Cambridge in oct. with an epistle
" before it dated from his house at Deptford,
" Ang. 1602. (Quaere, Whether beneficed there.')
*' and another at" Lond. 1627. oct. In the title
of which, 'tis said, that it was corrected by the
author. Another edition came out in 1657, in
tw. and one or more afterwards.
Sermon of Tithes. On Gen. 14. 20, 21. Lond.
1583. oct. J
Serm. of Election. On Gen. 25. 23. Lond. in
oct. [Prmted by Robert Waldegrave, without
date.]
Catechism. Lond. 1591. oct. He also trans-
lated from Latin into English, Harmony on Matth.
Mark, and Luke, written by John Calvin, [and
* [Strype's Annals of the Reformation, iv. Supplement,
No. 5. page 10.]
' \_A godly and fruitfull Sermon made upon the 20 and
21 Ferses of the 14 Chapter of the first Book of Genesis,
wherein there is taught what Provision ought to be made for
the Ministcrie : very necessary to he learned of' all Christians.
Lond. 1583. 8vo. 1 find no name of author or printer; but
it must be the same which Mr. Wood here calls Sermon qf
Tithes. Kennbx,]
205
PAGET.
KILBY.
TIG HE.
206
printed Lond. 1584. 4to.<] Other things, as 'tis
said, he hath either written or translated, but
such I have not yet seen. He died in a good old
age, eitlier in tiie latter end of May, or begin-
j6i7. nuig of June, in sixteen hundred and seventeen,
and was buried in his church of SS. Anne and
Agnes before-mentioned, leaving llien behind him
a son named Ephraim Paget, whom 1 shall here-
after mention, a godly and learned minister, and
one that suffered by the Presbyterians, in the
beginning of the grand rebellion raised by them.
[Eusebius Pagyt habet lit. regina* de praes. ad
rectoriam de Barnewell Sanctorum, Pctriburg.
dioc. 19 Junii 1375- Kymer, Fctdera, xv. 742.
1604,21 Sept. Euseb. Paget A. B. admiss. ad
eccl. sanctarum Annas et Agnetis infra Alders-
gate, percessionem Mich. Hill. Reg. Bancroft.
1617, 20 Junii. Ric. Clewel A. M. coll. ad
ecclesiam sanctarum Annaj et Agnetis infra Al-
dersgate, per mortem Eusebii Paget. Reg.
Lona.
The information exhibited before the ecclesias-
tical commissioners against Eusebius Pagitt, mi-
nister, for not conforming. The answer exhibited
11 January, 1384, 27 Eliz. to the archbishops
and other high commissioners upon questions
made to him whether he would observe and use
the Book of Common Prayer. MSS. Harley
61. C. 21, and 62. A. 8. Kennet-^
Quidam Euseb. Paget coll. Chr. admissus in
matriculam Acad. Cant. Feb. 22, 1563. Itegist.
A. B. 1367. Baker.
In the year 1 59 1 , Paget suffered great trouble
from the very rigid enforcement of subscription.
He seems to have been one of those preachers
who, though they duly complied with the cus-
toms and devotions of the church, yet could not
approve of every particular right and usage.
Strype* mentions him as ' a lame, but a very
goon, quiet and learned man, who met with very
Hard usage from both sides. For his refusal of
subscription he was forced to leave his living,
and then taught school. Which way of liveli-
hood he was at length deprived of also : for it
was now thought convenient, to prevent the
influence the Puritans might have upon the
minds of children, that those that took licences
» to teach school, should first take the oath of
♦ [The Eng. translation of Calvin's Harmony, is in the
title said to be by E. P. Maunsel in his Catalogue, gives
Eusebius Paget as the translator. There is a copy in bion
college library in Ato. Lond. impensis Geor. Bishop 1584.
BowLE.]
5 [Papers relating to the Case of Mr. Euselius Pagett Mi-
nister of Kilkhampton in the diocese of Exeter, who was about
A. D. 1684. called before the High Commission {and, as it
seems, deprived) for omitting to read divers Parts of the
Common Prayer, &c. MS. Harl. 813.1fol. 14, b. This title
gives lis one of Paget's prcferinents, or at least curacies,
hitherto unnoticed.]
' [ij/e of JVhitgift, Lond. 1718, folio. Book iv, page
377-1
supremacy and subscribe the articles of the con-
vocation, concerning the consent of religion.
And by this means the poor man was in danger
of begging for his and his families livclihwid.'
In the same work ' we have Paget's Letter to the
Lord Ailmiral, dated June 3, 1591, in which he
professes his love for the church, and his constant
attendance on its riles, and entreats for favour,
that he be not turned out of house and calling,
to go, as an idle rogue and vagabond, from diKir
to door, to beg his bread, while he is able, in a
lawful calling, to get it.]
KICIIAKD KILBY received his first breath
from a plebeian family in Warwickshire, and his
juvenile education there, at the cost and charges
of Hob." Olney of Tachbrook in that county.
Thence he was sent to Glocester hall, where he
spent near four years in logic and philosophy.
Afterwards he went to Emanuel coll. in Cam-
bridge,' where taking the degrees in arts, he
taught a school in Kent. About that time taking
holy orders, (an. 1596.) he became' curate of
Southfleet there, where he was much followed for
his familiar way of preaching. At length he re-
moved, and was first made minister of S. Alk-
monds, then of AUhallows, in the antient borough
of Derby. He hath written
The Jiurthen of a loaden Conscience, or t/ie
Miserif of Sin. Lond. 1608. Camb. I6l4,» l6l6,
[Bodl. 8vo. D. 53. Th.] in all, at least six editions,
in Oct. 3
The Unhurthening of a loaden Conscience.
Printed with the former book. With other things
which I have not yet seen. He died 21 Oct. in
sixteen hundred and seventeen, and was buried
in the chancel of the church of AUhallows in
Derby before-mentioned. Over his grave is a
brass plate fastened to the midst of the North-
wall of the said chancel, with eight home-spun
verses engraven thereon, the four first of which
run thus :
Loe Richard Kilby lieth here,
Which lately was our minister.
To th' poor he ever was a friend,
And gave them all he had at's end, 8lc.
ROBERT TIG HE was born at Deeping in
Lincolnshire, received part of his academical
education, as it seems, in Magd. coll. whence
going to Cambridge, he took the degrees in arts
Ibid. Appendix, Book iv. No. xi. page l66.]
Tanner.]
\\. ChudwicK 1
Will. T;
Dr. Ch. ChadwicTc his tutor. Tanmeh.]
"Curate of Southfleet in l6o6. Tanner.]
This was the fifth impression. TannerTJ
' [In this work the author gives a very open confession
of his own follies and vices from his youth upw,irds ; yet n i
particulars of his life are to be gleaned from it, except, that
atone period he became a member of the church of Rome,
and afterwards rt-canted his opinions and commenced Puri-
tan. A MS. note at p. 85 of the Bodleian copy, »ay» he
entered into orders in the year IS97.]
Ifl7.
[422]
207
FLAVEL.
CORYATE.
208
there, and then returning to the said coll. again,
was not only incorporated in that degree, but ad-
mitted to tiie reading of the sentences, in 1596.
Afterwards he went to Cambridge again, took
the degree of D. of D. being about that time
vicar of Allhallows Barkin, near to tlie Tower of
London, and going to Oxon again, was incorpo-
rated there, an. 16 10, at which time he was arch-
deacon of Middlesex. He was an excellent tcx-
tuary, and a profound linguist, which was the
reason (as 'tis said) why he was cmploy'd by king
James 1. in the translation of the BinLE, in 1604.
What else he translated, or wrote, I know not,
nor any thing besides, only that he died about
I6l7. the beginning of Nov. in sixteen hundred and
seventeen, after he had been vicar of the said
church from 1604, to the beginning of I6l6,
leaving behind him a widow named Mary. In
his archdeaconry succeeded Dr. Will. Goodwin,
dean of Ch. Ch. Oxon.
[Rob. Tighe, S. T. B. admiss. ad vicar. Om-
nium Sanctorum Berkin, Lond. 22 Maii, 1598,
per resign. Tho. Rayis. Ex coll. domini archie-
piscopi Cant. Reg. Grindal.
Ed. Abbot, A. M. ad eandem cccl. 4 Maii l6l6,
per mort. Rob. Tyghe. Res. Bancroft.
Robertus Tighc, S.T.P. obiit die ult. Aug. 14,
Jac. 1. seisitus in manerio de Carleby et advo-
cat. ecclesie de Tho. com. Exon. ut de man. suo
de Burne. Collect. Rob. Sanderson, MS. Ken-
net.]
JOHN FLAVEL, a native of Bishops-Lid-
diard in Somersetshire, was entrcd a student in
Trinity coll. in l6lO, aged 14, and soon after be-
came the forwardest youth in that house, for his
quick and smart disputations in logic and philo-
sophy. At length tlie foundress ofWadham coll.
having been often told of the pregnancy of his
parts, she made him one of her first scholars
thereof, in 1613. In the year following he took
the degree of bach, of arts, and became very use-
ful among the juniors by his frcnuent reading of
logic lectures, and presiding in pnilosophical dis-
putations in the public refectory. In 16 1 7, he
proceeded in arts, being then esteemed a good
Greek and Latin poet, was senior of the act that
year, and chose public professor of grammar in
the university, in which faculty he was excellent,
and took great delight. He hath written,
Traclatus de Demonstratione mct/iodicus S^ pole-
miens. Oxon. 1619- [Bodl.8vo. C. 126. Art.], &c.
in 4 books, not intended for the press, only for
the use and profit of private auditors. But so it
was, that after his death, his notes coming into
the hands of Alex. Huish of the same coll. he
put them into order, digested, and sent them to
the press, which since hath been taken into the
hands of all juniors, and have undergone several
impressions.
Grammat. Grac. Enchj/ridion. in oct. This
Roes under the name of John Flaveli, but whe-
ther written by the former, I know not, for I have
not vet seen it. He died in the flower of his
youth on the 10 Nov. in sixteen hundred and
seventeen, and was buried in VVadham coll. chap- i()i7.
pel. 1 find another Job. Flaveli, after the former
m time, author of a little thing entit. A Prayer
or Treatise of God's mighty Power and Protection
of his Church and People, &c. Lond. l642; and
another,* author of Husbandry spi- * If not the
ritualiz'd, Hiv. Lond. 1669. qu. of same. First
J Saint indeed, &c. Lond. 1670. edit.
oct. and of several other things, but whether he
was ever of this university, 1 ]fcnow not. He oc-
curs minister of Dartmouth in Devon. 1672, and
several years after.
THOMAS CORYATE, son of George Cory-
ate, mentioned under the year 1606, was born in
the parsonage house at Odcombe in Somerset-
shire, became a commoner of Glocester-hall in
the beginning of the year 1596, aged 19, where
continuing about three years, he attained, by the
help of a great memory, to some competency in
logic, but more by far in the Greek tongue, and
in humane learnmg. Afterwards he was taken
home for a lime, then went to London, and was
reeeived into the family of Henry, prince of
Wales. At which time falling into the company
of the wits, who found him little better than a
fool in many respects, made hin> their whetstone,
and so became iwtus niniis omnibus. In the be-
f inning of the year l6()8, he took a voyage into
ranee, Italy, Germany, &c. and at his return
published his travels under this title.
Crudities hastily gobled up in Jive months Travels [423]
in France, Savoy, Italy, Rhetia, Helvetia, some
Parts of High-Germany and the Netherlands.
Lond. 1611. qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 28. Art. Seld.]
Which book was then usher'd into the world by
an Odcombiant- Banquet, consisting of near 60
copies of excellent verses made by the poets of
that time : (which did very much advantage the
sale of the book) .among them were Ben. John-
son, sir Jo. Harrington of Kelston near Bath,
Dudl. Digges, afterwards master of the Rolls,
Rich. Martin, recorder of London, Laur. Whit-
taker, Hugh Holland the traveller. Job. Hoskyns,
sen. Inigo Jones the surveyor,^ Christop. Brook,
Rich. Corbet of Ch. Ch. John Chapman, Thom.
Campian, Dr. of phys. Jo. Owen the epigram-
matist, Sam. Pag. of C. C. C. Tho. Bastard of
New coll. Tho. Parnaby, sometimes of Mert. coll.
Jo. Donne, Mich. Drayton, Joh. Uavys of Here-
ford, Hen. Peacham, &c. ^ In the year follow-
♦ [Tliere is a copy of verses by .lones, prefixed to Coryat's
Crudities, among many others by the wits of that age, who
all aflccted to turn Coryat's book into ridicule, but which, at
least, is not so foolisii as their verses. Walpole, Anecdote*
of Pdinting, ii, 172. Cole.]
' [The following lines, which do not appear in the printed
collection of verses, were evidently intended for a place in the
209
CORYATE.
210
ing (16 12) after he had taken leave of his coun-
trymen by an oration spoken at tlie cross in Od-
combe, lie took a long and large journey, with
intentions not to return to liis native country, till
he had spent 10 years in travelling to and IVo.
The first place he went to* was Constantinople,
where he took special notice of all things there
observable. In which place he found very great
respect and encouragement from sir Paul Pindar,
then and there ambassador. Being there for some
time he took his opportunities to view divers parts
in Greece ; and in the Hellespont he took spe-
cial notice of those two castles directly opposed
to each other, called Sestos and Abycfos, which
stand on the several b.inks that bound that very
narrow sea. Which places Musseus makes fa-
mous in his very antient poem of Hero and Lean-
der. He saw Smirna famous at that time for
trade, but not religion, and what then remain'd
of the ruins of sometimes great Troy, but the
very ruins of that place were almost ail gone to
ruin. From Smirna he found a passage to Alex-
andria in Egypt, and there, near Grand Cairo,
(antiently called Memphis) he observed what re-
main'd of the once famous pyramids. Returning
thence back to Alexandria he found a passage by
sea to Joppa, and travelling thence 20 English
miles, he arrived at Jerusalem, but found it a very
solitary, rocky and uncomfortable way, full of
danger, by reason of the wild Arabs, who keep
about those passages, to make poor travellers
their prey and spoil. In Jerusalem he saw Mount
Calvary (where our Saviour suffered) then en-
closed within the walls; Bethlehem, where he was
born, about five English miles from Jerusalem ;
and Mount Olivet, whence he ascended. From
Jerusalem he took his way to take a view of the
dead sea, the place where Sodom and Gomorrah,
and Admah and Zeboim once stood. Thence he
went to have a sight of the river Jordan, which
disehargeth it self into that most uncomfortable
lake, and from thence he journied North-East
through the Ten Tribes, till he came to Mount
Libanus. Thence back to Sidon, where he got a
passage by sea unto Alexandretta, now called
Scanderoon, which is one of the most unwhole-
some places in the world. Thence he took his
original work. They are transcribed from a manuscript in
the Bodleian, Rawl. Poet. 120.
In laudem libri et itineris primi Thome Coriati.
As Eloquence vpon a trotting nagge,
out-ambles Wisedom in a morris daunce,
or, as the waves doe over-flush the crag-
gie rocks of fortune on the shoares of t'raunce \
or, as your monkie, playing with his tayle,
shewes a fayr body, and beraycs a scholler,
so have you here the man and his travavle,
who had no leader, nor shall have a foll'or.]
* See in Edward Terry's Voyage into Enst-India, printed
at I ond. I6ft5, n oct. p. 60, &c.
Vol. II.
way to Aleppo in Syria, about 70 miles distant
from Scanderoon, where he was kindly received
by the i^nglish consul, and tarried with him till
he coidd get tire benefit of a caravan, which con-
sists of a great multitude of people from divers
parts, which get and keep together travelling for
fear of the incursions and violences by thieves
and murderers, which they would uncfoubtedjy
meet withal, if they travelled single, or but few
together. \\'ith tiicse, he after set forward to-
wards, and to that city antiently called Nineveh
in Assyria, which we find in the Prophecy of
Jonah was sometimes ' a great and excellent city
of three days journey,' but then so exceedingly
lessen'd and lodg'd in obscurity, that passengers
could not say ' tnis was Nineveh.' From thence
he journied to Babylon in Chaldxa, situated upon
the river Euphrates, once likewise so great, that
Aristotle called it a country, not a city, but now
very much contracted. From this place he pro-
ceeded through both the Armenia's, and either
did, or else he was made to, believe, that he saw
the very mountain Ararat, whereon the ark of
Noah rested after the flood. From thence he
went forward towards the kingdom of Persia, and
there to Uspahan, the usual place of residence for
that * king. Thence to Scras, an- • That great
tiently called Shushan, where the King. First
great king, Ahasuerus, kept his royal "l''-
and most magnificent court. Afterwards to Can-
dahor, the first province, North-East, under the
subjection of the Great-Mogul, and so to Lahore
the chiefest city but one, belonging to that great
empire, of very great trade, wealth and delight.
From Lahore lie went into Agra, which is 400
English miles "distant," planted with great trees
on both sides, which are all the year cloathed
with leav€s, exceeding beneficial unto travellers
for the shade they afford them in those hot climes.
At Agra he made an halt, being there lovingly
received in the English factory, where he staid
till he had gotten to the Turkish, and Morisco or
Arabian languages, some good knowledge in the
Persian and Indostan tongues, in which study he
was always very apt, and in little time shewed
much proficiency. The first of those two, the
Persian, is the more quaint ; the other, the In-
dostan, is the vulgar language spoken in East-
India. In both these he suddenly got such a
knowledge and mastery, that it did exceedingly
afterwards advantage him in his travels un and
down the Mogul's territories, he wearing always
the habit of that nation, and speaking their lan-
guage. In the first of these, the Persian tongue,
he made afterwards an oration to the Great
Mogul, and in the Indostan he had so great a
command, that he undertook a landry-woman
(belonging to the English ambassador in that
country) who had such a liberty and freedom of
speech that she would sometimes scould, brau!
and rail from sun-rising to sun-set: I say that
P
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211
CORY ATE.
212
[425]
Tom Corvate undertaking her in her own lan-
guage he clid so silence her by eight of tlie clock in
the morning, that she had not one word more to
speak, to the great wonder and mirth of those
present. After he had visited several places in
that country, and had been courteously received
by sir Tho. Roe, ambassador there for the K. of
England, he went at length to Surat, lying on the
banks of Swally Road, which is in E. India under
the empire of the Gr. Mo^ul, where he ended his
days. He was a man ot a very coveting eye,
that could never be satisfied with seeing, tho' he
had seen very much, and yet he took as much
content in seeing, as many others in the enjoying
of great and rare things. He had got (besides
the Latin and Greek) the mastery ot many hard
languages, in which, if he had obtained wisdom
to husband and manage them, as he had skill to
speak them, he had deserved more fame in his
generation. But his knowledge and high attain-
ments in several languages made him not a little
ignorant of himself, he being so covetous and
ambitious of praise, that he would hear and en-
dure more of it than he could in any measure
deserve; being like a ship that hath too much
sail, and too little ballast. However had he not
fallen into tlie smart hands of the wits of those
times, wherein he lived, he might have passed
better. That itch of fame which engaged this
man to the undertaking of those very hard, long,
and dangerous travels, hath put thousands more
(and therefore he was not alone in this) into
strange attempts, only to be talked of. 'Twas
fame, without doubt, that stirred up this man
unto these voluntary, but hard undertakings, and
the hope of that glory which he should reap after
he had finished his long travels, made him not at
all to take notice of the hardship he found in
them. That hope of name and repute for the
time to come did even feed and feast him for the
time present. And therefore any thing, that did
in any measure eclipse him in those high con-
ceivings of his own worth, did too too much
trouble him ; which you may collect from these
following instances; Upon a time' one Mr. Rich.
Steel, a merchant, and servant to the East-India
company, came to sir Tho. Roe, the ambassador
at Mandoa, the place then of the Mogul's resi-
dence, at which time our author, Tho. Coryate,
was there. This merchant had not long before
travelled over land from East-India, through
Persia, and so for Constantinople, and so for
England, who in his travels homeward had met
with T. Coryate as he was journeying towards
East-India. Mr. Steel then told him, that when
he was in England, K. James (then living) en-
quired after him, and when he had certified the
king of his meeting him on the way, the K. re-
aed, ' Is that fool yet living .'' which, when our
, grim Coryate heard it, seemed to trouble
' Ibid, in Edw. Terry, p. 73.
him very much, because the K. spake no more
nor no better of him ; saying, that kings would
speak of poor men what they pleased. At ano-
tner time when he was ready to depart from M an-
doa, sir Tho. Roe the ambassador gave him a let>-
ler, and in that a bill to receive ten pounds at
Aleppo when he should return thither. The let-
ter was directed to Mr. Libbeus Chapman there
consul at that time, in which, that which con-
cern'd our traveller was thus, * Mr. Chapman,
when you shall hand these letters, I desire you to
receive the bearer of them, Mr. Tho. Coryate,
with courtesy, for you shall find him a very ho-
nest, poor wretch; and further, I must intreatyou
to furnish him with ten pounds, which shall be
repayed,' &c. Our pilgrim liked the gift well,
but the language by which he should have re-
ceived it, did not ail content him, telling his
chamber-fellow, Mr. Terry, that ' my lord ambas-
sador had even spoiled his courtesy in the car-
riage thereof; so that if he had been a very fool in-
deed, he could have said very little less of him than
he did. Honest poor wretch ! and to say no more of
him was to say as much as nothing.' Further-
more also he told him, that when he was formerly
undertaking his journey to Venice, a person of
honour wrote thus in his behalf to sir Hen. Wotton
then and there ambassador, ' My lord, good wine
needs no bush, neither a worthy man letters com-
mendatory, because whithersoever he comes, he
is his own epistle,' &c. This did so much please
the pilgrim, that ' there' (said he) ' was some lan-
guage in my behalf, but now for my lord to write
nothing of me by way of commendation, but
honest poor wretch, is rather to trouble me, than
to please me with his favour.' And therefore
afterwards his letter was phras'd up to his mind,
but he never lived to receive the money. By
which his old acquaintance might sec, how tender
the poor man was to be touched in any thing
that might in the least measure disparage him.
O, what pains he took to make himself a subject
for present and after discourse! Being troubled
at nothing for the present, unless with the fear of
not living to reap that fruit he was so ambitious
of in all his undertakings. And certainly he was
surprized with some such thoughts and fears (as he
afterwards told the company) when upon a time
he being at Mandoa with the English, and there
standing in a room against a stone pillar, where
the ambassador was, upon a sudden he fell into
such a swoon, that they had very much ado to
recover him out of it, but at last he came to him-
self, and told them, that some sad thoughts had
immediately before presented themselves to his
fancy, which, as he conceived, put him into that
distemper; like Fannius in Martial, — ' Ne mo-
riere mori.' For he told them that there was
great expectation in England of the large accounts
he should give of his travels after his return home,
and that he was now shortly to leave them, and
he being at present not very well, if he should dye
213
CORYATE.
PULTON.
SU
in his way toward Surat, whither he was then in-
tending to go (which place lie had not yet seen)
he might be buried in obscurity, and none of his
friends ever know what became of him, travelhng
then, as usually he did, alone. Upon which tiio
ambassador willed him to stay longer with him,
but he then thankfully refused that offer, and
turned his face presently after towards Sural,
which was 300 miles distant from the place where
the ambassador was, and he lived to come safely
thither. But being there over-kindly used by
some of the Englisli, who gave him sack, which
they had brought from Engand, he calling for
some, as soon as he first heard of it, and crying,
' Sack, sack, is there such a thing as sack i I pray
give me some sack;' and drinking of it moderately
(for he was very temperate) it increased his flux
which he had then upon him; and this caused
him within few days after his very tedious and
troublesome travels, (for he went most on foot)
at that place to come to his journey's end. What
[426] became of his notes and observations, which he
had made in his long journeys, I know not, only
these following which he sent to his friends in
England, who printed them in his absence.
Letters from A&inere, the Court of the Great
Mogul, to several Persom of Quality in England,
concerning the Emperor and his Countri/ of E.
India. Lond. I6l6, qu. [Bodl. 4to. L. 62. Art.]
In the title of which is our author's picture, rid-
ing on an elephant. The first letter is written to
sir Edw. Philips of Montague in Somersetshire,
Kt. master of the rolls.
A Letter to his Mother Gertrude, dated from
Agra in E. India, nit. Oct. I6l6. containing a
Speech that he spoke to the G^. Mogul in the Per-
.nan Language. — See in the Pilgrimages of Sam.
Purchase, part 1. book 4. chap. 17. and also at
tlie end of his Letters from Asmere before-men-
tioned. 'Tis reported * that in an oration which
our author Coryate did speak to the said Mogul,
he brought in that story of the queen of Sheba,
1 Kings 10. (in which parts of that sacred history
the Mahometans have some knowledge) and told
him that as the queen of Sheba having heard of
the fame of K. Solomon, came from far to visit
him ; which when she had done, she confessed
that tho' she had heard very much of him, and
many things beyond her belief, yet now seeing
what she aid, acknowledged that she had not
heard half of that which she now saw concerning
the wisdom, and greatness, and revenue, and
riches of Solomon : so our orator Coryate told
the Mogul, that he had heard very much of him
before he had the honour to see him (when he was
very far off in his own country) but now what he
beheld did exceedingly surmount all these former
reports of him, which came to his ears at such a
distance from him. Then larding his short speech
with some other pieces of flattery, which the
' Ibid, in Ed. I'erry, p. 70.
Mogul liked well, concluded. Afterwards the
Mogul gave him one hundred roopus's, which
amounts to the value of 12/. lOj. of our English
money, looking upon him as a dcrveese, or votary,
or pifgrim, (for so he called him) and such that
bear that name in that country seem not much
to care for money, and that was the reason (I
conceive) that he gave him not a more plentiful
reward.
Certain Observations from the MoguFt Court
and E. India. — See in Purchase before-men-
tion'd.
Travels to, and Observations in, Constantinople
and other Places in the W(iu thither, and in his
Journeu thence to Allepo, Damatcus and Jerusa-
lem, lb. parts, lib. 10. cap. 12.
Ills Oration, purus, put us Coryatus; quintet-
sence of Coryate. — Spoken extempore when Mr.
Hob. Itugg dub'd him a knigiit on the ruins of
Troy, by the name of Thomas Coryate, the first
English knight of Troy. lb. cap. 12.
Observations of Constantinople abridged. lb.
cap. 12.
Divers Lat. and Greek Epistles to learned Men
beyond the Seas. — Some of which are in his Cru-
dities, as those to Gasp. Waserus, Radolp. Hospi-
nian. Hen. BuUinger, descended from the famous
Henry Bullinger, Marc. Buellerus, &c. At length
our author Coryate giving way to fate, occasion'd
by a flux, at Surat in E. India before-mentioned,
in the month of December in sixteen hundred and
seventeen, was buried there under a little monu-
ment,« like to one of those that are usually made
in one of our eh. yards. Sic exit Coryatus: hence
he went off the stage, and so must all after him,
how lone soever their parts seem to be. For if
one shoidd go to the extreamest part of the world
East, another West, another North, and another
South, they riust all meet at last together in the
field of bonis, wherein our traveller hath now
taken up his lodging, and where I leave him, to
make way for the next, as eminent almost for the
law, as he for his travels.
[Mr. Browne Willis told me that in 174/5 he
was in the church of Odcombe, which is small,
consisting only of an embattelcd tower, in which
hang about 3 bells, standinjj between the church
and chancel, which are tj-led. : Tho. Coryate's
shoes, which were hung up in the church were
taken down about 1702, as he was informed by
the inhabitants, who have a tradition that a great
traveller was borne there ; but he could learn little
else about him. Cole.
An original letter of Coiyate's has been printed
in Censura Literaria, viii, p. 73.]
FERDINANDO PULTON, alias Poulton
(son of Giles Pulton, esq; who died 1560.) was
» [He lies buriwl on a small hill, on ihc left hand side of
the road, leading from Surat by Broach gate. See Fryer's
AVjo Account q/' East India and Persia, Lond. idgs, page
lOO.l
P2
l6l7.
215
PULTON.
216
bom at Deusborougli in Northamptonshire, be-
[427] came ' commoner ot Brascnnose coll. in the be-
ginning of qu. Mary's reign, laid there a founda-
tion of academical literature, which he found use-
ful to him afterwards when he grew eminent in
the common law. But leaving that house before
he took a degree, he went to Lincoln's-inn, stu-
died the said law, took the usual degrees, and
became eminent for his knowledge in, and prac-
tice of it, not only in London, but the usual place
of his residence in the country, viz. at Borton in
the parish and county of Buckingham. He hath
written and published.
An Abstract of all the Penal Statutes which be
general, &c. Lond. [1579, 1581, Bodl. 4to. A. 23.
3ur. and with additions 1586, and] 1600. qu.
[Bodl. 4to. P. 7. Jur.] Digested alphabetically
according to the several subjects they concern.
Abridgment of the Statutes of England, that
have been made and printed, from Magna Charta
to the End of the Sessions of Parliament, 3 Jac.
1. Lond. 1606, [Bodl. KK. 32. Jur.] and 42.
[Bodl. T. 11. 13. Jur. and, continued to l6 Jac. 1.
in two vol. Lond. I6l8. Bodl. MM. 12, 13. Jur.]
&c. fol.
Collection of Statutes repealed and not repealed.
Lond. 1608. fol.
De Pace Regis ^ Regni, declaring rchich be the
general Offences and Impediments oj Peace. Lond.
J610. and 15 fol. [Bodl. P. 2. 11. Jur.]
Collection of sundry Statutes frequent in Use :
with Notes in the Margin, and Reference to the
Book, Cases and Books of Entry and Registers,
where they be treated of. Lond. l6l8. in two vol.
in fol. [B'odl. MM. 10. 1 1. Jur.] there again 1632.
fBodl. X.2. 7. Th. and a^ain Lond. 1636. The
Bodleian copy, M. 2. 10. Jur. with MS. notes by
Thomas Barlow, bishop of Lincoln.] fol. &c.
which collection reaches from 9 H. 3. to
7 Jac. 1.
The Statutes at large, concerning all such Acts
which at any Time heretofore have been extant in
Print from Magna Charta, to the \6 of Jac. 1.
^c. divided into tioo Vol. with marginal Notes, &c.
Lond. 1618, &c. fol. He departed this life, on
1617-8. the 20 January in sixteen hundred and seventeen,
aged 82, and was buried in the chancel of the
church of Deusborougli, bcfore-mention'tl. Over
his grave was a large plain stone soon after laid,
with an epitaph engraven thereon, wherein 'tis
said that he was * vir omni virtutis & doctrinarum
genere, (&,) quondam illustrissimus necnon seduhis
.scriptor 8c propagator legum hujus regni.' But
if you are minded to read his English epitaph,
see in sir Joh. Beaumont's Taste of the Variety of
Poems, at the end of his Bosworth-field. Lond.
1629. oct. The said Ferdinando Pulton left behind
him several sons, whereof two were R. Cath.
priests.
• Reg. 1. Coll.MneiNas. fol. 92. a.
[The following observations on this article are
taken from Hearne's Robert of Gloucester's Chro-
nicle, pref. p. xxiv. ed. 1724.
Ann now I mention this Nuremberg Chronicle,
I cannot but take notice of a copy of it, that was
given to Christ's college in Cambridge by the
great common lawyer Ferdinando Pulton. Be-
fore which copy is an inscription, that is very-
remarkable, and had it fallen into the hands of
the industrious author of Athen.e Oxonienses,
he would not, surely-, have rang'd this eminent
lawyer among the Oxford writers. I shall give
the inscription, with some other particulars, just
as they were all sent me by my foresaid friend,
the reverend Mr. Thomas Baker, the great anti-
quary of Cambridge.
In turning my papers (saith Mr. Baker) I like-
wise find, we have another copy of Hartman
Schedel, &c. at Christ's coll. given the coll. by
Ferd. Pulton, with this inscription before the
book. ' Ferdinando Pulton, esquier, admitted
scholar in his youth into Christ's colledge in
Cambridge, the last yeere of the raigne of king
Edward the sixt, continued there untill the
last yeere of the raigne of queene Marie, and
made fellowe of the same colledge one yeere
before he departed thence. Became afterwards
a paynfull student and professor of the common
and statute lawes of this realme (as maye appeare
by severall bookes or workes by him com-
posed and published in print, tending to the
knowledge and divulging of the same lawes) even
untill his age of fourscore yeeres and upward: For
the love and affection which he did beare to the
said colledge, his nurse and schoolmistriss, and
in token of good will to the same house, did,
upon the si.xt daie of September, anno Domini
1617, and anno regni regis Jacobi 15, bestowe
this booke uppon the master and fellowes of the
aforesaid colledge and their successors, too meane
a guifte for so worthie and well deserving a place,
intended nevertheles to have been much greater,
had it not been extenuated by the charges and
expenses of his travell and labors in the workes
aforesaid, willinglie bestowed uppon the professors
of the same stuaie, for the benefitt of his countrie
and commonwelth thereof.
By me,
Ferdinando Pulton, of Borton in the
countie and parishe of Buckingham.'
The subscription is in a different hand, and, I
presume, his own.
Nov. 23, 1552. Ferdi. Pulton coll. Chr.admis-
sus in Album sive Matriculam Acad. Cant.
An. 1555,6. conceditur Ferdinando Pulton, ut
12 termini, in quibis lectiones ordinarias audivit,
licet non omnino secundum formam statuti, cum
oppositionibus & respons : requisitis sufficiant ei
pro completis gradu & forma bac. in artibus :
sic quod exaraiiietur & approbetur, convivetur,
8c coetera peragat juxta forman statuti, quoniam
217
WYRLEY.
218
determinationem finalcm sine maxiino suo ilis-
peiulio expectare non potest. Rfg- Acad.
Pulton actu bac. ante determinationem Rcgr.
Acad. Tliis great dispateh was, I presume, in
order to his being elected fellow, for in a cuta-
jogue of their fellowes I find, Ferd. Pulton elec-
tus socius an. 1553. That is, 1 suppose in Jan.
Ftbr. or March 1555,G.
Mr. Wood quotes a Register in Brazen-nose
coll. and liis quotation is mithfuil enough, as I
find by this meniorandum, that, upon this occa-
sion, a worthy friend writ out of it for me : ' No-
mina admissorum in coll. 1556, Junii28°. Fer-
dinandus Pulton Northampt. Reg. A. Coll. At.n.
Nns. fol. 92. But then Mr. Wood builds too
much upon it, it being very clear, from the in-
scription and notes above, that Pulton was one of
the Cambridge writers, and not an Oxford one,
where he only resided a little while, and entered
himself of Brazen-nose coll. tho', at the same
time, he was actually a member of the university
of Cambridge.]
WILLIAM WYRLEY, son of Au^ustin
Wyrlcy of Netherscille in Leicestershire (by Mary
his wife, daughter of W^alt. Charnells) son of
Will. Wyrley of Handsworth in Stafl'ordshire,
descended from an antient family of i)is name,
sometimes living at Rowley in the said county,
was born ^ in Staftbrdshire ; and in those parts
educated in grammar learning. This person,
whom we are farther to mention, having from his
childhood had an excellent geny for arms and
armory was entertained in the fapily of Sampson
Erdeswyke of Sandon, esq; (mentioned under the
year l603.) called then by some the antiquary of
Staffordshire, where making a considerable pro-
gress in heraldical and antiquarian studies under
his inspection, published a book under his owu
name entitled,
The true Use of Armory, shewed by History, and
plainly proved by Example, &.c. Lond. 1592. qu.
[Bodl. 4to. A. 33. Art. J Reported by some to be
originally written by the said Erdeswyke, but he
being then an antient man, thought it fitter to
have it published under Wyrley's name than his.
However the reader is not to think so, but rather
to suspend his thoughts (being only a bare report
that came 3 originally from Erdeswyke's mouth,'')
and to know this, that Wyrley was an ingenious
man, and fit to compose such a book, and that
Erdeswyke being oftentimes crazed, especially in
his last days, and fit then for no kind of serious
business, would say any thing which came into
his mind, as 'tis very well known at this day
* Reg. Matric. Univ. Oxon. P. pag. 447.
' See sir Will. Duadale's book eiitit. The antient Usage
and Bearing of such Ensigns of Honour, as are called Arms,
kc. Oxon. 1681, and 82, in oct. p. 4.
+ [Mr. Burton, the author of the History of Leicestershire,
told Uup;dale, that Erdeswyke had acknowledged himself tlie
writer of this book before liim.]
among the cliief of the college of arms. Soon
after the publication of that book, Wyrley left
him, and retired to Buliol coll. purposely to ob-
tain academical learning, where Dciiig put under [428]
the tuition of a good tutor, and in great hope to
obtain the grounds of the said learning, was ma-
triculated in the university ^ as a member of that
house in act term, an 1595, he being then about
29 years of age. How long he continued there,
or whether he took a degree, it appears not.
However for diversion sake, he employed his time
so admirably well <luring his abode in that liouse,
that he made several ' collections of arms from
monuments and windows in churches and else-
where in and near Oxon, which have given me
much light in my searches after things of that
nature, in order to the finishing the great work
that 1 have been many years drudging in. He
also made divers remarks and collections from
various leiger books, sometimes belonging to
monasteries in these parts, and elsewhere. The
original of which, written with his own hand, I
have in my little library, [now in the Ashmole
museum.] which, tho' partly perished by wet and
moisture, yet I shall always keep them as monu-
ments of his industry. On the 15 May, 2 Jac. I.
Uom. 1()04, he was ' constituted Rouge-Croix,
officer or pursivant of arms. Which place he
holding several years, was always reputed among
those of the coll. of arms, a knowing and useftil
person in his profession ; and might, had a longer
life been spared, have published several matters
relating thereunto, but being untimely cut off in
the midst of his endeavours, about the beginning
of Feb. in sixteen hundred and seventeen, we 1617-H
have enjoyed only (besides the printed book and
collections already mentioned) various collections
of arms and inscriptions made in and from seve-
ral churches and gentlemens habitations in his
own county, Leicestershire, (which have assisted
Burton the antiquary thereof) and in other coun-
ties, and from churches in and near to London.
Some of which I have seen and perused in the
Slieldonian library, I mean in that library which
belonged sometimes to that most worthy and
generous person, (my friendly acquaintance ne-
ver to be forgotten) Ralph Sheldon of Beoly,
escjuire, the same Ralph (tor there are several of
his family of both his names) who died in Mid-
summer-day, an. 1684, aged 6I, or thereabouts.
Which library, the MSS. only, to the number of
about 300, besides very many parchment rolls
and pedigrees, he bequeathed to tne coll. of arms
situated on Bennet-hill, near to St. Paul's cathe-
dral in London, where they yet remain. As for
the body of Wyrley, 'twas buried, as I have been
informed, in the church of S. Bennet, near to
Paul's Wharf.
' lb. in Reg. Matric. ut sup. * In manibtu D.
Hen. St, George Ciareni. Arg. Arm.
' Pat. S. Jac. 1 . p. 1 .
219
BUNNEY.
220
[WooH hns omitted to rpcor<l Wyrlev us n
poet, although there were two piceen of tfiiit tle-
Bcription aliixcd to \m Unn of Armorif, both
whieh were eertninly written byliiniHeU'.
1. Lord Chando). The glorioiu Life find ho-
nnuriible Drnlh of Sir John Chandos— Knight of
the honournhir Order of the Garter, elerted hi/
the fimt founder King Edward the third at his
Jnnfitiition thereof
2. Capitall dc fltiz. The hononrnhlf J.ife mid
langiiiihing Death of Sir John de (irnl/ii/ Capitall
de But, one of the Knights elected In/ the first
Founder of the darter into that nohle Order, and
Bometime one of the principalt Governors of Giii/en,
Ancestor to the French King that now is.
Tlic two hint stiuizuH of Lord Chandos sliall suf-
fice as n Hpcciiuen :
396.
Ah ! througiifure full of baleful miseries,
Hard passage, cover'd with sharp threat'ning
rocks,
Vile toilsome life, subject to destinies,
Mad fools oil stage whom flouting fortune
mocks.
Poor silly sheep to slaughter led by flocks ;
Drunk peevish men, whom safety's thought
confound.
Dreaming they never shall consume in ground.
397.
As silent ni^hl brings (piiet pause at last
To painful travels of forepassed day.
So closing death doth rest to labours east
Making of all our toilful work a stay ;
Thouglits, griefs, sad eares are bandon then
away ;
In pomp and glory though brave days we
spend ;
Yet happy none, until be known his end.]
EDMUND BUNNEY, elder brother to Tran-
cis Bunney before-mentioned, [eol. 2(X).] was the
son of Rich. Bunney of Newton, otherwise called
Bunney-hall in the parish of Wakefield, and of
Newhmd in the parish of Normanton, in York-
shire esq ; by Bridget his wife, daughter and
coheir of Edw. Keslwold of the Vaehe near to
Chalfont St. Giles in Hueks, (who <lie(l 1547)
descended from Richard and IMiilip de la Vaehe,
knights of the illustrious order oi the Garter in
the lime of K. Rich. 2. These Bunneys (by the
way it must be known) pretend that their ances-
tors, descended froni the Bunneys of Hunney,
a town so called, near to the ripe of the river Loir
by Orleans in I'rtinee, »iime with William the
eoiuiueror into lingland, and settled themselves
at a place in Nottinghamshire called from them
Bunney Rise; hut how they can make that out,
seeing their name is not in the original and ge-
nuine <'opy of Battle-Abtx y roll, I eaniiul yet
understand. This our author Edin. Bunncv, whom
I am farther to mention, was l)orn at a house
called the Vaehe before-mention'd, (being then
imparted) an. 1.540, sent to this university at IG
years of age, in the fourth year of Q. Mary, and
about the time he took the degree of bach, of
arts, he was elected probationer fellow of Mngd.
coll. being then noted to be very forward in logic
and philosophy. Soon after he went to Staple
inn, and thence to Grays-inn, in either of which
lie spent about two years, for his father intended
him for the common-law, being his eldest son,
i)Ut he resolving for divinity, was east off by his
father, (tho' a good man, as he the son ' saith,
and one that tied for his religion in qu. Mary's
days) so that returning to Oxon, he took the
degree of master in llie latter end of l.'>()4, and
in the year following was elected fellow of Mer-
ton coll. at whi<.'h tune Hen. Savile was elected
probationer. I'or whieh act, tho' the 80<;iety had
no precedent, yet there was a necessity for it,
because there was not one then in that society,
that could, or would, preach any public sermon
in the college turn, such was the scarcity of
theoiogists, not only in that house, but generally
throughout the university. In the year 1570,
he was admitted to the reading of the sentences,
and about that time became chaplain to Dr.
Grindall archb. of York, who gave him a nre-
bendship of that church and the rectory of Bolton
Percy, about six miles distant thence. Which
rectory after Ik^ had enjoyed 2.5 years, lie re-
signecf, and maintaining himself with the profits
of his prebendship, (being also subdean of York,)
and other dignities, mention'd in his epitajih fol-
lowing, he |)rcached and catechized wliere there
was most need. I have heard Dr. Barten Holi-
day say,' that when he was a junior in the univer-
sity, this our author Bunney (who had a bulkey
body and a broad faee) did several times come to
Oxon, accoinpaiiied with two men in black live-
ries with horses, and did preach or catechize
in some churches there, and near to it, where was
n(mc to do that office, particularly in Allsaints
church, to whom many resorted ana took notes.
Also, that whatsoever he had given to him by
way of gratuity, he would bestow on his men;
aiul farther added that by his seeming holiness of
life and soundness of doctrine, many scholars
(particularly himself) were indut-ed afterwards
to take holy orders. lie would travel over most
parts of England like a new apostle, and would
endeavour to act as the apostles did. So that
being blniued for it by many, as if there were
none to be found to do that oHiee hut he, and
looked upon by others as a forward, busy and
conceited man, he tlu-ielure wrote his Defence
of his Jjobonr in the IVork of the Ministry, and
• In the Diftncc of his Labour in lite fVork of the Minit-
Inj. MS.
» [Sec Heiirne'8 £ift(?r Niger Scaccarii, vol. ii, pag. .576,
for Wood's niemoraiMl\im on this s«l)jeoi. j
[429]
221
BUNNEY.
222
[430]
dispersed several copies of it abroad among his
friends and acquaintance. Tiie truth is, lie was the
most fluid preaclier in the reign of iiu. lilizabetl),
for he seldom or never stud ien for wliat lie was to
deliver, but would preach and pray extempore,
us our beloved saints did in the time ot th(;
rebellion under K. Ch, I. and after; insomuch
that many were pleased to say he was troubled
with the divinitif squirt. 1 have heard some of
our antients, who remember him, report, that he
was a severe Calvinist, and that bv the liberty
he took, he did a great deal of harm by his preach-
ing in corporation-towns, as many then did, and
some gentlemen also, with licenses obtained from
the queen, under pretence of a scarcity of divines.
He hath written.
The Summ of Chrislia7i Religion, in two parts.
The first iiUreateth of the Trinity, and the second
of the Commandments. Lond. 1576. oct.
Abridgment of Joh. Calvin's Institutions. Lond.
1580. oct. Translated into Engl, by Edw. May.'
Sceptre of Judah, or what Manner of Govern-
ment it was, that, unto the Commonwealth or
Chunh of Israel, was by the Law of God appoint-
ed. Lond. 1584. oct.
Of the Coronation of K. David, wherein out
of Part of the Histortj of David, that sheweth how
he came to the Kingdom, we have set out what is
like to be the End of thfse Troubles that daily
arise for the Gospers Sake. Lond. 1588. qu.
Necessary Admonition out of the Prophet Joel,
concerning that Hand of God that of late was
upon us, and is not clean taken off as yet, &c.
Lond. 1588. oct. The reader is to unclerstand
that Rob. Persons a Jesuit did put out a book
entit. Christian E.rercise appertaining to Resolu-
tion, 2tc. in two parts. The first of wliich coming
forth before the other, our author liunney did
correct, alter, and made it tit for the use of
Protestants, adding thereunto of his own compo-
sition,
A Treatise of Purification. Lond. 1584. in
oct. [again in 1585, 1586, 1594, and at Oxford in
1585, 24mo. The second part was printed sepa-
rately in 1594, and 1598.] But the Jesuit in the
next edit, of the said Resolution, did much com-
f)lain of our author for assuming to himself the
abours of another person, and of spoiling his
work and the impression thereof. Whereupon
our author put out another book entit.
A brief Answer unto those idle and frivolous
Quarrels of R. P. against the late Edition of the
Rtsolution. Lond. 1589- oct. ^ He hath also
written,
' [He wrote Epigrams divine and morall. Lond. l633,
12mo. Rawmx-ox.]
' fThouias tjubbiii had license in 1587. to print A
Irief .'Insivere vnio t/ins" yd/e and Jryuolous Quarrcls'oJ' R.
P. against Ihe lute Edition f >hc Kesoliition by Ed- liuny.
ff-^herecnto are pnji.ied the liooke of tieso/ution, and the
Treti/ce i>J Pacific ac'ou perused and noted i?i the in' gent ou'all
the Places as are mistiked of' H. f. thewing in what Section
Of Divorce for Adultenf, and Marrying again,
that there is no sufficient it^arranl so to do. Oxon.
I6l0. qu. [Bodl. 4to. B. 48. Th.] At the end
of whicii is a note to shew, that ' Rob. Persons
was niiiiiy years since answered.'
The corner Stone : Or, a Form of teaching Jesus
Christ out of the Scriptures. Lond. l6ll. fol.'
[Bodl. B. 19. 2. Th.]
A Defence of his jMbour in the Work of the
Ministry. — MS. written 20 Jan. 1602. He a]«o
translated, as some say, into the English tongue,
or as others, perverted it, that excelTenl book of
Joh. Gerson, or rather ot- The. de Kempis, entit.
Of the Imitation of Christ ; but whether true I
know not, for I have not yet seen such a thing.
He ended his days at Cawood in Yorkshire 26
Febr. in sixteen hundred and seventeen, and was i6l7-i(
buried in the South isle joyning to the ciioir of
York cathedral. Over his grave is a fair monu-
ment in the wall, with his ettigies carved from
stone, and this inscription by it, ' Edmundus
Bunnaius ex nobili Bunnseorum familia oriuiidus,
S. Th. Bac. coll. Mertonensis in Oxon. olim
Socius, Parochiae de Bolton- Percy Pastor, Eccle-
siarum' B. Pauh Londin. B. Petri Ebor. 8c B.
Mariae Carleol. Praebendarius dignissimus; con-
cionator frequentiss. vicatim 8t oppidatim preedi-
cando multos annos consumpsit, cum ob amorem
Christi haereditatem paternam fratri Richardo
junior! reUquisset. Obiit die mensis Febr. 26. an.
I6l7.
Hsec senis Edmimdi Bunney est quem cernis
imago,
A quo Bunnaei villula nomen habet.
Clarus erat tanti, tumuit neque sanguinis sestu,
Haeres patris crat, profuit esse nihil.
Denotat aetatem gravitas, resolutio mentem,
Zclum scripta, aciem pulpita, facta fidem.
Vasa sacro librosque dealt post funera templo,
Et bona paupenbus, caetera seque Deo.'
[1564, 30 Mar. Edm. Bunney A.M. coll. ad
preb. de Oxgate per mortem Jon. Braban. Reg-
Grindall Ep. Lond.
1618, 6 Jun. Will. Paske S. T. P. coll. ad
Sreb. de Oxegate per mortem Edm. Bunney. lb.
lENNET.
Add to his works :
Certaine Prayers and Godly Exercises for the
xrii of November wherein tee solemnize the blessed
Reign of our gracious Sorereigne Lady Elizabeth,
by the Grace and Providence of God. — Imprinted
liy the Queen's Printer, 1585. With a dedication
to the archb. of Cant, bv Edmund Bunney, dated
York 27 Sept. 1585. Ken net. This book, as I
take it, gave birth to the accession form. Peck.
We claim the two Bunnys,< as Yorkshire men,
though Wood says, they were born at the Vache
of this Answere following tnose Places are handled.
Herbert, '/yp. Aiilig Ubi ]
3 Preb. of Oxgate in the church of St. Paul.
♦ [See Francis Bunny coll. 200.]
dec
223
BUNNEY.
ABBOT.
224
in Buckinghamshire. From what he says of the
origin of the family, I conclude he had read the
very laboured epitaph on the father and maternal
grandfather of the two authors in the church of
Nornianton near Wakefield (too long to be trans-
cribed here) which was doubtless composed either
by Edmund or Francis Bunny.
Richard Bunny, their father, was much em-
ployed in j>ublic services in the North, during
the reigns of Henry Vlll. and Edward Vf.
During his absence, his wife might reside with
her own family at the Vache. Hence, that
place boasts the birth of these two excellent
men.
There has fallen into my hands a very curious
volume which once belonged to Richard Bunny
the father, and contains accompts of his treasu-
rership at Berwick, and various miscellaneous
matters relating to his public engagements. Like
his son, he was a zealous Protestant, and a suf-
ferer in queen Manx's reign. One of these papers
is A Copt/e of my Letter to my Lord and Maistre,
Earle oj Lacestre, beginning thus — ' My singler
good lorde. Would to God it might pleas yo'
bono" nowe that the M^ of requests, M'. Wilson
is expectinge to haue audience of her ma"", that
ye would put hym in mynde of me, olde Bunny,
that have had souche losses as I have hadd, and
never yet in all her ma"" reigne dyd once craue
anythinge, but raither soulde my livinge to con-
tynewe me in her ma"'' s'vice, and have bene a
suiter synce before Easter (savinge the progres-
sion tyme) and I doubt not of some good and
spedie ende if her ma"' might understand my
staite, and howe I served her ma''" father in good
credit a longe tyme before his death: and likewise
kinge Edward all his tyme: and what 1 had
wonne therby was all taken from me by qwene
Marie, my selfe caste in prison, my lands extended,
and three howses spoyled, and my goods soulde
for nought (under pretence of an accompte ;) and
yet after my accompts taken, and when she had
undone me, I was tounde in a surplusage,' &c.
Dated 14 Dec. 1573.
This is followed in the MS. by a memorial
dated 10 June 1574, in which he sets forth his
services, referring the queen to whom it is ad-
dressed, to several honourable persons, who had
known him. In this he says, that he was the first
person who ventured to proclaim the two Nor-
thern earls traitors. Among other things he says,
concerning his children, ' Item, What service
twoo of his sonnes, being preachers, doo in the
cuntrie, where their name ys well knowne and
beloved (thone of them being his eldest sonne)
he referreth to the report of others, and the thirde
serveth your highness as feodary of the honor of
Pontefract.'
In this memorial he pleads very earnestly, and
not without success, for on the l6th of June, the
fjueen's privy seal was issued for a lease, in rever-
sion, for the term of 31 years, without fine, of
so many manors &c. as shall amount to the clear
yearly value of 26/. This lease he sold, which
* sett him a cleare man.'
He lived till 1584. Richard Bunny, his second
son and heir, resided at Newland, where the
family continued till near the end of the seven-
teenth century, when, being very much reduced,
this estate of their forefathers was passed into the
hands of strangers. Newland is now the seat of
sir Edward Smith, bart.
See in Drake's Eboracum an inscription for
a daughter of Francis Bunny. Hunteh.]
ROBERT ABBOT,s the eldest son of Mau-
rice Abbot, sherman,* (who died 25 Sept. iGoG.)
by Alice March his wife, was born at Guiklforel
in Surrey, in an house now an ale-house, bearing
the sign of the three mariners, by the river's side
near to the bridge, on the North side of the street,
in St. Nicholas's parish ; educated in the free
school there, (founded by K. Ed. 6. 1551.) under
Mr. Franc. Tayler schoolmaster thereof, became
a student in Baliol coll. 1575, aged 15 years,
elected socius sacerdotalis of that house 16 Jan.
1581, took the degree of M. A. in the year fol-
lowing, became a noted preacher in the univer-
sity, and a constant lecturer at St. Martin's
church in the quadrivium, and sometimes at
Abington in Berks. Afterwards being made lec-
turer in the city of Worcester and rector of All-
saints church there, he resigned his fellowship
8 March 1588, and not long after became rector
of Bingham in Nottinghamshire b}' the favour
of Joh. Stanhope esquire, and afterwards took the
degrees in divmity, thiit of doctor being com-
pleated in 1597. In the beginning of the reign
of K.James I. he was made chaplain in ordinary
to him, in the year 1609 he was unanimously
elected master of Baliol coll. and in the begin-
ning of Nov. 1610 he was made prebendary of
Normanton in the church of Southwell. In I6l2,
he was appointed doctor of the theological chair,
usually called the king's professor of divinity,
by his majesty; and in i6l5, he was nominated
by him to be bishop of Salisbury, meerly, as 'tis
said, for his incomparable lectures read in ihe
divinity school concerning the king's supream
power, against Bellarmine and Suarez, and for
Iiis Afitilogia which he a little before had pub-
lished. So that being consecrated thereunto on
the third of Dec. the same year, sate there till
the tin»e of his death, which was soon after. He
was a person of unblameable life and conversa-
tion, a profound divine, most admirably well read
in the fathers, councils and schoolmen, and a more
' [In the old register of St. Thom.is Apostles, Loncl. there
is this entry under the year 1541, Jnly, ' Robert Abolte, the
son of John Abotte, was christend the xxiii daye of Julye.*
Kennet.]
* [Or clothier. Lovedat.]
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ABBOT.
226
moderate Calvinian flian either of his two prede-
[431] censors (Holland and Humphrey) in tiie Divinity-
chair were; vliich he expressed hy eountcnaneing
the Sid)lapsari;iu way of Predestination. His
works are,
The Mirror of Popish Sul/ti/lies ; discovering
rrrtain wretched and miserable Evasions and Shifts,
which a secret cavilling Papist in the Behalf of
one Paul Spence, Priest, t/cf living, and lateli/ Pri-
soner in the Castle of Worcester, hath gathered out
of Sautiders and liellarmine, Sfc. concerning the
Sacraments, &.e. ' Lond. 1594. qu. [Bodl. 4to. S.
46. Th.]
The Exaltation of the Kingdom and Priesthood
of Christ. Sermons' on Psalm 1 10, from tlie 1 to
the 7 ver. Lond. 1601. qu. [Bodl. 4to. K. 1
Th.]
Anlichristi Demonstratio, contra Fabulas Pon-
ti/icias, &; ineptam Hob. liellurntini de Antichristo
Disputationem. Lond. l603. qu. [Bodl. A. 18. 8.
Line.] 1608 oet. [Bodl. 8vo. A. 73. Line.]
Defence of the Reformed Catholic of Mr. Will.
Perkins latcttj deceased, against the bastard Coun-
ter-Catholic of Dr. Bish(ij) Seminary Priest. The
first part, Lond. 1606. qu. The second part was
printed at the same place, 1607. qn. and tlie third
part, 1609. (111.
The old Way: Serin, at S. Mary's Oxon, on
Act-Sunday 8 Julv 161O. on .Icrcm. 6. 16. Lond.
1610. qu. [Bodl. 4to. A. 54. Th.]
The true aniient Rom. Catholic, being an Apo-
logy against Dr. Bishop's Reproof of the Defence
of the Reformed Catholic. Lond. idll. qu. [Bodl.
' [In his dedication to archbishop Whiigift (who had
recommended him to the place wherein lie was, Worcester,)
and to Fletcher the then bishop of tliat diocese (who h.id
yielded him special ])alronage and countenance) he shewed
the occ.ision of his writing, which was sonic private discourse
betwixt him and a Romish priest, one Paul S|)ence, detained
then in the castle of Worcester, but now living at his liberty
abroad. Which, when by speech and report it was drawn
to occasion of publicli scandal, the adversary bragging in
secret of a victory, and others doubting what to think thereof,
because they saw nought to the contrary, he judged it neces-
sary, after long debating and deliberating witli himself, 10 let
all men see how little reason there was of any such insolent
triumph ; supposing it might be returned u|K)n him lor a
matter of reproof and blame, if his concealing thereof should
caiuse any disadvantage to the truth, or discredit to that
ministry or service that he exercised mider their lordships,
in the place where he was. .And this his doing, he professed
was oijy for the city of Worcisler, and oilier [leople there-
abouts, for their satisfaction in this cause, wherein he knew
many of them desired to be satisfied. 'I'his was Mr. Abbot's
first-fruits, being a young man, not much upwards, then,
of thirty years olitl. Strj'pe, LiJ'r of fVldtgift, page 42().]
* [Savage, in hh BallioJ'cigiis, 1()0'8, p. 113, says, 'He
wrote all his sermons in Latin only, and preached them out
of the Lalin copy : they were begun to be translated into
English by a fellow of this colledge, (.Mr. Chapman a worthy
person) but he receiving small encouragement from whence
lie expected much, went not through with the work.' The
former part of this information is evidently incorrect, for
these Sermons, as well as one mentioned presently, were both
preached and published in English, by the author himself]
Vol. n.
4to. A. 79. Th.] See more in Will. Bishop, an.
1624.
Antilogia advertnt Apologiam Andrete Euda-
mon-Johannis Jesuitte pro Jtenrico Garnetto Jt'
suitd proditorc ; qua mendacissime, 8ic. Lond.
161.). qu. [Bodl. NN. 10. Th.]
Exercitationes de Gratia Sf Freseverantiii Sanc-
torum, &c. Lond. IGIB. qu. [Bodl. A. 10. 15.
Line.]
In Richardi Thomsoni Angli- Be/gici Diatribam,
de Amusione 6i Intercessione Justifcationis if Gra-
tia-, Animadversio brevis. [Bodl. A. 10. 15. Line.}
The former of which two, viz. Eierc. de Gratia,
&c. was printed at Francfort 1619- under thii
title, Exercitationes Academics de Gratia Sf Per-
severantid Sanctorum, itemqne de Interceuione
Justijicationis. in oet. As for Rich. Thomson
you may sec more of him in the Fasti, an.
1596.
Dc supremd Proteslate regia, Exercitationes ha-
bit(C in Acad. Oxon. contra Rob. Bellarminum t(
Plane. Suarez. Lond. 1619- qu. [Bodl. A. 10.
15. Line.] He also wrote a most accurate com-
mentary (in Latin) upon the epistle to the Romans,
with large sennons upon every verse, in which
he handled, as his text gave him occasion, all
the controverted points of religion at this day. »
This commentarj-, which is in 4 volumes in MS.
was given to Bodlcy's library by Dr. Edw. Corbet
rector of Ha.selcy in Oxfordshire, who married
Margaret, the daughter of sir Nath. Brent knight,
by his wife Martha the only daughter and heir
of the said Dr. Rob. Abbot. Other matters also
he left behind him fit for the press, but whether
they were all printed I know not. At length
through a too sedentary life, which brought him
to the terrible disease of the stone in the kidneys,
he gave way to fate on the second of March in
sixteen hundred and seventeen, ajid was buried
in the eath. church of Salisbur}', over against the
bishop's seat, having in less than two years before
married a second wife, for which he gained the
great displeasure of his brother. Dr. Geo. Abbot,
aiehb. of Canterbury. I find another Rob. Ab-
bot, who was a frequent writer, but after the
former in time. He was originally of Cambridge,
and afterwards a minister of God's word, first
in Kent, then in Hampshire, and at length in
' [Pralectiones Sacrtr in F.pistolam B. Pncli ad Rotnanot.
In ouibvs, prater vrriim el acntratoT Apmloti I'rrlorum lix-
posiiionem, omties ridei Articuli ad f'^tam etternan tiecrstaria
pertinentes perspicue declarantiir el Iractantr. Et Advfrsa-
riorum omnium praterlim Puntijiciornm Fraudes ei y equilia,
quihus perverlunt I'idem, examinantur, delrgunlur el rrfit-
tanlur. Per vere referendum in Chro Palrrm ac Dominum
Do. liohertvm Ailolt nuper Sarisbvrice Episcopur». Et
tandem cum Indicibus, lam Reriim, qiiam I.ocnrum, tocuple-
tissimis, in t'sum T/ieologorum editce el publicala, Jvssv reve-
rendissiiiii in Christo Palris ac Domini Dom. Georgii Abboll
Cantiiaricnsis Archiepiscopi totius Anelia Primal, el Metrop.
&c. Studio et Labore Guilielmi Walkeri, Aulhori AmanueW'
sis. MSS. Bodl. E Museo \0. II. 12 and 13.]
16J7-18.
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BASTARD.
228
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London, as I shall more at large tell you in the reader, that noted poet sir Joh. Harrington of
Fasti I607. " Under the name of Rob. Abbot Kelston made one' or more epigrams, dedicated
'■ was printed, A Hand of Fellowship to keep out to the author of them.
"Sin and Antichrist, in certain Sermons. Lond. Poeimi,entit. Magna Brjianiiia. Lit), n. Lond.
I6O0. qu. [Bodl. 4to. M. a. Art. BS.] Dedicated
1."
)>ermons. Lond. I6l5. cju. Tlie three first
" l(i23. qu." ^ , ,, ,-
[Robert Abbot D. D. was nominated one of the to K. Jam
fellows of Chelsey coll. in the king's charter of Fhe Se,
foundation, May 8. 1610. Kennet.
The best portrait of Abbot is that in 4to. en-
graved by Francis Delaram, with some verses
beneath, and ' are to be sould by J. Sudbury and
J. Humble.']
THOMAS BASTARD, a most ingenious and
facetious person of his time, was born at a market
town in Dorsetshire called Biandford, educated in
on Luke 1 . 76. are called, The Marigold and the
Sun. The two last on Luke 7. 37, '38. are entit.
The Sinner's Looking-Glann.
Twelve Sermons. Lond. 16 15. qu. [Bodl. 4to.
B. 72. Th.] The first on Ephes. 4. 26. is entit.
A Christian Exhortation lo innocent Anger. The
second on Exod. 3. 1,2, 3, 4, 3, is, The Calling of
Moses, &c. This poet and preacher being to-
wards his latter end crazed, and tliereupon brought
Wykeham's school, admitted perpetual fellow of Jnto debt, was at length committed to the prison
New coll. in 1588, and two years after bach, of Jn AUhallows parish in Dorchester, where dying
arts. But this person being much guilty of the very obscurely, and in a mean condition, was
vices belonging to poets, and given to libelling, buried in the church-yard belonging to that pa-
he was in a manner forced to leave his fellowship, rish, on 19 Apr. in sixteen hundred and eighteen,
1591. So that for the present being put to his leaving behind him many memorials of his wit
and drollery. In my collection of libels or lam
shifts, he was not long after made chaplain to
Thomas earl of Suffolk, lord treasurer of England,
by whose favour and endeavours he became vicar
of Beer-Regis, and rector of Amour or Hamer
in his native country, being then M. of A. He
was a person endowed with many rare gifts, was
an excellent Grecian, Latinist, and poet, and in his
elder years a quaint preacher. His discourses
were always pleasant and facetc, which made his
company desired by all ingenious men. He was
a most excellent epigrammatist, and being always
ready to versify upon any subject, did let nothing beginning thus
material escape his fancy, as his compositions
running through several hands in MS. shew.
One of which, made upon his three wives, runs
thus,
Terna mihi variis ducta est setatibus uxor,
Hebc juveni, ilia viro, tertia nupta seni.
Prima est propter opus teneris mihi juncta sub
annis.
Altera propter opes, tertia propter opem. '
The things that he hath written and published
are many, but all that I have seen are only
these.
Epigrams. * — Which being very pleasant to the
poons, made by divers Oxford students in the
reign of Q. Elizabeth, I meet with two made by
this author. One of which is entit. An Admoni-
tion to the City of Oxford : Or his Lihel entit.
Marprelate's Basterdine. Wherein he reflects
upon all persons of note in Oxon that were guilty
of amorous exploits, or that mixed themselves
with other men's wives, or with wanton huswives
in Oxon. Another also, was made after his ex-
pulsion, wherein he disclaimeth the aforesaid libel,
' Jenkin why man.'' WhyJenkin.''
■ [This is ascribed by some foreigners to Stephen Pasquier,
who made it on Beza, with a little alteration.
• Theodore de Beze fut tout de bon triumvir, c'est i diu,
qu'il fut Marie trois fois : il mount a Geneve I'an l605.
Voici les quatre vers qu' Etienne Pasquier fit sur ce sujet.
Uxores ego trcs vario sum tempore nactus.
Cum juvenis, turn vir factus, et inde senex.
Propter opus prima est validis mihi juncta sub annis.
Altera propter opes, tertia propter opem.*
Faliniana, p. 49. VVhalley.]
' \_Clirestoloros ; Seven Bookes of Epigrammes writlcn ly
T. B. Lond. I698, ISmo. 184 pp. A prose dedication,
• to the right honourable sir Cha. Blunt, Knt. lord Mountjoy,'
concludes with an epigram signed Thomas Bastard. Seven
of his epigrams are addressed to the same person, who appears
to have been his patron. Several are also inscribed to O.
Elizabeth, and the earl of Essex. Many of tliem contain
much shrewd satire, and fully serve to justify Wood's com-
mendation of their author's ingenuity. He frequently speaks
of his own poverty, and thus of his situation in lib. i. epig. 2.
After mentioning those belter days, when ihe furor poeticus
predominated, he adds,
' But nowe left nnked of prosperitie,
And subject unto bitter injurie,
So poore offense, so bare of wit I am,
Not neede herself can drive an epigram.'
In lib. viii, ep. 23, he mentions a place called Nulam as his
residence. Park.]
3 In his Witty Epigrams, in 4 harks. Lond. 16I8. lib. 2.
epig. 64. [See this reprinted by Brydges, Ceusura Literaria,
vol. ii, page 13.] See also epig. 84. in lib. 2.
[To mastrr Bastard, taxing him of flattery.
It was a s lying vs'd a great while since,
The subiects euer imitate the prince,
A vertuous muster makes a good disciple.
Religious prelates breede a godly people :
And euermore the ruler's inclination
Workes in the time the workes and alteration.
Then what's the reason. Bastard, why thy rimes
Magiiifie magistrates, yet taunt the times?
I thinkc that he, to taunt the time that spares not.
Would touch the magistrate, saue that he dares not.]
♦ [A MS. copy of this poem MS. Reg. in Muf. Brit. 12
A xxxvi]
16I8.
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I
fie for shame,' &,c. But tlie reader uiust know
that none of tliesc were printed.
[Alter inueh fruitless seareh, I nin rehictaiitly
conij)olled to give tip all hopes of (inding the
voliinie of Oxford Libells referre<l to, in the text,
which certainly should be among Wood's iVlSS. in
the Asinnolc museum. I must, therefore, content
my readers with one epigram from Bastard's print-
ed collection.
Ad T/iomam Stranmaies.
Strangwaies, leave London and lier sweet contents.
Or bring them down to me, and make me glad,
And give one month to country-merriments;
Give me a few days for the years I had.
The poet's songs and sjjoris we will read over,
V\ hieh in their golden cpiire they have resounded,
And spill our rea(rings one upon another.
And read ours])illmgs, sweetly so confounded.
Tsulam sliall lend us ligiit in midst of day.
When to the even valley we repair;
\Vhen we deliglit ourselves with talk or play.
Sweet, with the infant grass and virgin air:
These in the heat, but in the even, later,
\\ e'li walk the meads, and read trouts in the
water.]
JOHN DOVE, a Surrey man, born of ple-
beian jiarents, was elected from Westmhister
school a student of Ch. Ch. an. 1680, aged 18,
and after he had taken the degrees in arts became
a preacher of note in the university. In 159t)
he proceeded in divinity, being at that time well
beneficed, if not dignified, but where I cannot yet
tell. His works are,
A Perszcasion to the English Recusants to re-
concile themselves to the Church of Rome. Lond.
lOO.-J. qu.
Confutation of J theism. Lond. 1 605. and 1640.
Oct. [Bodl. 8vo. T. 48. Th.]
Defence of Church-Government, tcherein the
Church-Government iti Emrland is proved direct 1 1/
consonant to the Word of Got/, &c. Lond. l607. '
Defence of the Cross in Bap/ ism, as 'tis used in
the Church of England. J'rinted with the De-
fence.
jidvertisement to the English Seminaries and
Jesuits, shercing their loose kind of t^' ritings, and
negligent handling the Cause of Religion, &c.
Lond. I6l0. qu.
The Conversion of Salomon. A Direction to
holiness of Life, handled by wai/ of Commentary
upon the tthule Book of Canticles, ik.c. Lond.
1613. qu. [Bodl. KK. 42. Jur.]
Sermons. On Ezek. 33. 11. and S. Matth. 19-
9. Lond. l,-:i97. KiOl.oct. &c. See more in Alb.
Gentilis, an. l6l 1, where you will find him author
of another book, but whether printed I know not.
He concluded his last day in Apr. (about the 19th
' [Among Sclden's books in the Bodltian, (4to. C. 32.
Theol.) is a copy dated in lOof), wliicli is the inore rt-mark-
abie, as, upon collation, it was undoubtedly printed witli the
idi-ntical types (the litjurc excupitd) of lli.it hf iCo; .]
day) in .sixteen iiundrcd and eighteen, but where
buried 1 know not as yet. I find one John Dove
to be author of Poludorion, or a Miscellany of
Moral, Philotophical, and Theological Senteiuei.
Printed I6.il, uct. iiut whether he wan the Miinc
with the dotrlur, or another, 1 cannot tell, unleM
I see the book itself, which I have not yet done.
[Joli. Dove S.T. I*, adiniss. ad cccl. B. Marur,
Aldermary, \m\\A. 5 Nov. 1596, e.x coll. arch.
Cant, (uiu; vacavit, per mortem ipsius, ante 2£.
Apr. 1618. Reg. If' hitgift.et Abbot. Kennet.
Jo. Dove left his student's place (at Chriit
church) for tlie rectory of Titlworth in V\'ilt»
1596, June 2a. He was presented to it by lord
ehan. Egertoii. Tanneu. Add to iiis works,
1. John Doue his Sermon at Paulei Crotie, on
the 1 John 2. vers. 18. Lond. I.';94, 8vo.*
2. ()/' Divorcement, a Sermon, preached at
Panics Crosse, Ihe 10 of May 1601, Lond. l60»,
12mo. On St. Matth. xi.x, 9- Rawlinson.
3. A Sermon preached at Paules Crosse the third
ofNoveml/. 1594, intreating of the second Comming
ot' Christ, and the Disclosing of Antichrist, with a
Confutation of divers Conjecture* concerninge the
End of the IVorlde. Imprinted by Peter Short,
for II illiam Jaggurd, 12mo. Ep. ded. * to mais-
ter Fraunces Gorges — your's, in the Lord, Jolm
Dove.' Kennet.]
" LAWRENCE KEYMIS was bom of suffi-
" cieiit (and, I think, genteel) parents, in Wiltsh.
" became a student m Bal. coll. in 1579, aged
" sixteen or thereabouts, was elected probationer
" fellow tiiereof at three years standing, took the
" degrees in arts, that of master being compleated
" in 1586, at which time he was well read in
" geography and mathematics. In 1591 he re-
" sign'd his fellowship, became acquainted with
" several uiatliematicians of liis time, particularly
" with Th. Hariot the universal pliilosopher :
" who introducing him into the acquaintance of
" the heroic knight, sir Walt. Raleign, he in little
" time had so great an estimation for him, that he
" took him close into his acqiiaintatice, and bc-
" came companion to him in his travels, and eoun-
" sellor in his designs. On the 26 Jan. 1595,'
" he began his voyage to Guiana in America,
" which being porform'd with good success, he
" wrote an account of it, entit.
" A Relation of the second Voyage to Guiana
" Lond. 15<J6, qu. [Bodl. 4to. L. 80. Art.] aftcr-
" wards remitted into the third vol. of The Voy-
" ages. Navigations, 'Irajficks, Sac. of Rich. Hak-
" luyt, printed at Lond! in 1600, p. 666, ()67, &c.
" arid mostly turn'd into Latin by Gotard Artus
" of Dantzick, and printed at Francfort 1599, fol.
" &c. Whellicr Keymis wrote of the first voyage
«' taketi to that place, I cannot tell ; for I have
* [Maunscll's Catalogue, page C)9.\
' [.Vniong the Harlcian JMSS. N" 39- fol. 341, ie «n
Agrermiiit betweenSirH'alteT Jlaleigh and the Lor<U,/or tht
Journey of Guiana. Dated l6ll.]
Q 2
I0IS.
231
KEYMIS.
MOKET.
232
1618.
[434]
" not yet seen such a thing. In l6l7 he the said
" Keymis being then esteemed a prudent and
" most valiant captain, shewed ' sir Waiter Ra-
" ieigh, then a pnsoner in the Tower of Lond. a
" piece of ore of a golden complexion, assuring
" him he could bring him to a mme in Guiana of
" the same metal. Sir Walter soon after obtain-
" ing his freedom, he went with Keymis, divers
" persons of quality, and many others of the ple-
" beian sort ; and being, not without much dan-
" ger, arrived at the expected place, at which
" time many men being very sick and weak with
" the voyage, as sir Walter was, (who could not
" go without being carried in a chair) he there-
" tore commanded Keymis to go up into the coun-
" try with a party to discover the golden mine :
" whereupon he went, and took a town called S.
" Thome, possess'd by the Spaniard ; in which
" enterprize capt. Walter Raleigh, son of sir
" Walter, lost nis life ; and being successless in
" his progress after that, sir Walter, upon his re-
" turn, was perplexed to the vcr^' soul, telling
" Keymis he had undone him, and wounded his
" credit with the king past recovery; but he must
" think (he told him) to have the weight of the
" king's anger as well as himself, for he must
" avow that Keymis knew the mine, and that with
" little loss he might have possess'd it. Keymis,
" much troubled in his mind, retires to his cabin,
" which he had in sir Walter's ship, and presently
" after his being there, he shot himself 9 with a
" pistol : sir Walter hearing the noise, ask'd what
" pistol it was ? Answer was made, that captain
" Keymis shot it off in his cabin to cleanse it;
" but Keymis's man going into the cabin, found
" his master lying in his own blood. The
" pistol having a little bullet, did only crack
" the rib, which being too slow for his fury, he
" desperately thrust a knife in after it up to the
" haft,andwithhimtheglory of thevoyage expired,
" This was in the summer time in sixteen hun-
" dred and eighteen. A certain ' author tells us,
" that ' sir Walter being not capable of his advice
" in one thing abroad, he chose (and an ill choice
" it was) rather to become J'elo de se, than scrup-
" ling in auroj^Ei^ia, to return home and become
" a state-criminal. This fact of Keymis was like
" that of Torquatus Silanus, who kill'd himself
" upon a bare accusation. Tacit. Hist. lib. 15.
" c. 8. of whom Nero said, that he should have
" had life granted, if he would have expected the
"judge's clemency. Here was the difference,
" that the case of Torq. Sil. was better, but his
" judge's worse, than that of Keymis."
" See The Hist, of Great Britain : or. The Life and
" Reien of K. Jam. I. Lond. l653. p. U2."
» [He killed himself, and this aflair brought sir Walter
Raleigh to an untimely end. Watts.]
• " Batiofergus : or, Commentary upon the Foundation,
" Founders and Affairs ofBal. Coll, &c. Written by Hen.
"Savage, p. 114."
RICHARD MOKET was born in Dorset-
shire, in the dioc. of Salisbury, elected from
Brazen-nose, to be fellow of All-souls coll. in
1599, being then near four years standing in the
degree of bach, of arts. Afterwards he proceed-
ing in that faculty, took on him the sacred
function, became domestic chaplain to George
[Abbot] archb. of Canterbury, warden of All-
souls, rector of Monks-Hisborow in Bucks, and of
Newington near Dorchester in Oxfordshire, D. of
D. and one of the king's commissioners concern-
ing ecclesiastical affairs. He published in the
Latin tongue,
T/ie Liturgy of the Church of^
England.
Greater and Lesser Catechisms.
Thirty Nine Articles. I Lond. iGlG,
Book of Ordination of Bishops, ( fol.
Priests, and Deacons.
Doctrinal Points extracted out of ]
the Book of Homilies.
To which he added his own book, written ia
Latin, entitled,
De Pol it id Ecclesite Anglicana.'^ Reprinted at
Lond. 1683, oct. W^hich collection he published
in a pious zeal for gaining honour to the church
of England amongst foreign nations. But this
his zeal was so little accompanied in the consti-
tutions of the said church, or so much byassed
towards those of Calvin's platform, that it was
thought fit not only to call it in, but to expiate
the errors of it in a public flame. And the true
cause which was conceived why the book was
burn'd, was, that in publishing the twentieth arti-
cle concerning the authority of the church, he
totally left out the first clause of it, viz. ' Habet
ecclesia ritus &, caremonias statuendi jus, & in
controversiis fidei authoritatem.' By means
whereof the article was apparently falsified, the
church's authority disowned, and consequently a
wide gap ' opened to dispute her power in all ner
canons and determinations of what sort soever.
He yielded up his last breath, (with grief, as 'tis
thought, for what had been done to his book) on the
day before the nones of July, in sixteen hundred
and eighteen, and was hurried at the upper end
of All-souls coll. chappel, just below the steps
leading to the high altar. In his wardenship
succeeded Richard Astley, D. of D. who dying in
Feb. 1635, was succeeded by Gilb. Sheldon, who
was afterwards bishop of London, and at length
archbishop of Canterbury.
[1610, 29 Dec. Ricardus Mokat, S.T. P. coll.
ad eccl. S. Clementis, Eastcheap, per mortem
Petri Firmin. Peg. London.
1611, 9 Dec. Job. Speight, S. T. P. collatus ad
* [Ricardi Moket, S.T. D. Disciplitia el Politeia Ecclesia
Anglicance, in capp. xi. MS. Lambeth, N" 1/8. See
Todd's Catalogue nf the Arcliiepiscopal MSS. page 22.]
' See in Archb. Laud's Life, by Pet. Jleyliu, hb. 1.
an. 1617.
16I8.
^33
SMITH.
GOLDESBURG.
234
[435]
eccl. Sancti Clementis, Eastcheap, per resign.
Ric. Mocket, S. T. P. Ibid.
Ric. Mocket coll. ab. Arch' Cant, ad eccl. S.
Mich. Crooked lane, Lond. 1. Oct. l6l 1, quain
resign, ante 17 June, 1614. Kennet.]
" WILLIAM SMITH, a Cheshire man born,*
" was educated for a time in this university, but
" in what house, unless in Brazen-nose, whore
" several of his sir-name and time studied, I can-
" not tell. One Will. Smyth was admitted bach.
" of arts, 8 Feb. 1560, another Will. Smith was
" admitted to that degree 15 Oct. 1568, being the
" same, as it seems, who was admitted master of
" that facujty 17 May 1572. And another Will.
" Smith was admitted bach. 10 of June 1572, but
" whether either of these was the author whom I
" am now speaking of, I cannot tell. After he had
" left the university, he retired to his patrimony,
" and having a natural geny to heraldry and an-
" tiquities, drew up a brief and little book an. .
" 1585, entit.
" T/ie Vale Royal of England, or the County
" Palatine of Cliester, containing a Geographical
" Description of the said County and Shire, with
" other Things thereunto appertaining. — The ori-
" ginal manuscript of this book was sometimes in
" the Cottonian library, whence being taken out
" by sir Tho. Cotton, the owner thereof, and be-
" stowed on a certain person, came afterwards
" into the hands of Elias Ashmolc, esq; who giv-
" ing it, among other MSS. to the musaeum in
" Oxon, it remains there to this day as a rarity,
"numb. 76.'). It begins with a catalogue of the
" kings of Mercia, and afterwards follows the
" description it self, beginning thus, ' This county
" Palatine of Chester,' &c. It ends with an alpha-
" betical catalogue of the arms of the gentry of
" Cheshire, among which are the arms of this
" Will. Smith the author, of Oldough, viz. parted
" per pale or, and gules, three Flower de Luces
" counterchanged of the Field (quartering those
" of Oldough of Oldough) with a crcssant for a
" difference, to distinguish that family from the
" eldest or first house living at Cuerdley in Lan-
" cashire, where sir Tho. Smith about that time
" lived. A copy of this book coming afterwards
" into the hands of Daniel King of Cheshire, was
" by him published in fol. at Lond. 1556, together
" with another book on the same subject, entit.
" also The Fate Royal of England, &c. pen'd by
" Will. Webb, sometimes a clerk in the mayor's
" court at Chester. [Bodl. Cough, Cheshire, 2.]
" About the year 1597, our author W. Smith
♦ [From the Smiths or the Smyths of Oldhough, in the
parish of Warmincham, Cheshire, a numerous and respect-
able family who deduced iheir line from the house of Cuerd-
ley, and wore the same arms ; viz. party per pale, or and
gules, three fleurs de lis counterchanged, with a crescent for
distinction : crest, on a torce, a fleiu de lis, or and gules as
the field. Chunon'i Founders of lirasen-nose College, 8vo.
Oxford, 1800, pp. 2. 4]
" became Rouge-Dragon, purxevant at arm*, and
" dying on the first day of Octob. in sixteen hun> i6is
" dred and eighteen, was, I presume, buried in
" the church or church-yard of S. Benedict neaf
" Paiir.s-Wharf in London, in which parish the
" coll. of arms was then, as 'tis now, situated.
" The learned Will. Cambden, sometimes K. of
" arms, had a respect for him, and therefore there
" is no doubt but that he was cmiacnt in liis pro-
" fession in his time."
[Wc may add to Smith's literary and heraldic
labours : 1. The Image of IIeraldrye,»heainge divers
serretl Matters, ana Secretles touching IJcraldrye,
tcherein is described the true Path-uayc to ublaine
that excellent Science ft for to be known and readde
of all those zchiche are desirous to searche therein.
\V'ritten An~o Domini 1586. Ms. Rawl. in bibl.
Bodl. B. 120. This formerly belonged to Anstis,
who has added the following note at die begin-
ning : ' This was wrote by William Smith, Rouge
Dragon, a very industrious officer in the college
of arms. Temp. Eliz. Reg.'
2. Genealogies of' the different Potentates of
Europe, 1578.' MS. Rawl. B. 137. Formerfy
Peter Le-N eve's.]
JOHN GOLDESBURG, descended originally
from those of his name,^ living at Goldesburg in
Yorkshire, was born 18 Oct. 1568, spent some
time among the Oxonians for fdrm-sake about
1584, went thence to the Middle Temple, where
after he had continued in the degree ot Barrester,
and for some years been resorted to in matters
relating* to his profession, was made one of the
prothonotaries of the common pleas. He wrote
and left behind him fit for the press.
Reports, or. Collection of Cases and Matters
agitated in all the Courts in Westminster, in the
latter Years of the Reign of Q. Elizabeth, with
learned Arguments at the liar, and on the Bench.
Lond. 1653,* &c. qu. Published by Will. Shepp-
hiird, esq; Upon which cases and matters sir
Edm. Anderson and sir Jo. Popham, judges,
wrote Resolutions and Judgments, Our author
Goldesburg concluded his last day on the 9th of
Oct. in sixteen hundred and eighteen. Where- Ifil*-
upon his body was buried near to the high altar
of the church belonging to the Temples. He left
behind him other things, as 'tis said, fit for the
press, but in whose hands they are, I could never
learn.
' [See a good pedigree of this famih', MS. Dodsworth,
in bibl. Bodl. iii, fol. 82, b; and 83.] '
' \Heports of diverse choice Cases i« Law taken ty /Most
late and must judicious Prothonotaries of the Common Pleat,
Richard Brownlow and John GoUlesiorough, Ksifrs. with
Directions how to proceed in many intricate Actions, loth
reall and personall, shewing the Nature of those Actions and
the Practise in them, &c. London 1051. (Bodl. 4lo. N._ 1.
Jur.) with a head of Brownlow, by Cross, a:tat. Sti. \Vor-
rall, in his Bii7io//it'ca /.cgum //ng/i<r, mentions editions in
1632 and l6j4. but does not seem to have beard of that ia
the Bodleian.]
235
RALEIGH.
236
WALTER RALEIGH, [orRALEGii,'] a per-
son in his time of a good natural wit, better judg-
ment, and of a plausible tongue, son of Walt.
Raleigh, esq. by Katharine his wife, daughter of
sir Pliilip Chanipernoon, kut. was born at a place
called Hayes, in the parish of East-Budeleigh, in
Devonshire, an. 1552. Which Hayes is a farm.
yet sure I am, from an epistle, or copy of verses
of his composition, which I have seen, that he
was abiding in ihc said Temple, in Apr. 1576, at
which time his vein for ditty and amorous ode
was esteemed most lofty, condolent and pas-
sionate.' As for the remaining part of his life,
it was sometimes low, and sometimes in a middle
[43G]
and his father having had a remnant of a lease of condition, and often tossed by fortune to and fro,
80 years in it, it came after the expiration thereof
to one Duke: unto whom afterwards, our author
W. Raleigh, having a desire to purchase it, wrote
a letter dated from the court 16 July 1584,
wherein he says, that for t\ie natural disposition
lie has to that place, being born in that house, he
had rather seat himself there, than any where
else, &c.* His father was the first of his name
that lived there, but his ancestors had possessed
Furdell in the same county for several generations
before, where they lived in ' genteel estate, and
were esteemed anticnt gentlemen. In 1568, or
thereabouts, he became a commoner of Oriel coll.
at what time C. Chanipernoon, his kinsman, stu-
died there, where his natural parts being strangely
advanced by academical learning, under the care
of an excellent tutor, became the ornament of the
juniors, and was worthily esteemed a proficient
m oratory and philosophy. After he had spent
about three years in that house, where he had laid
a good ground and sure foundation to build
thereon, he left the university without a degree,
and went to the Middle-Temple to improve him-
self in the intricate knowledge of the municipal
laws. ' How long he tarried there, 'tis uncertain.
^ [As he himself spells it in the first leaf of a very fine
missal formerly in his possession, now in the Bodleian library.
Arch. Bodl. B. 88.]
' [A Copic of S'. W. Ralegh's letter, sent to Mr. Duke in
Devon. (Writ with his owne hand.)
Mr. Duke,
1 wrote to Mr. Ptidcaux to move vou for the pur-
chase of Hayes, a farnie sometime in my father's possession.
I will most willingly give whatsoever in your conscience you
shall deeme it worth ; and if at any time you shall luive occa-
sion to use me, you shall find me a thankcfull friend to you
and yours. I am resolved, if I cannot entreat you, to build
and seldom at rest. He was one that fortune liad
pick'd up on purpose, of whom to make an ex-
ample, or to use as her tennis-ball, thereby to
shew what she could do; for she tost him up out
of nothing, and to and fro to greatness, and from
thence down to little more than to that wherein
she found him, a bare gentleman, not that he was
less, for he was well descended, and of good al-
liance, but poor in his beginnings : as for the jest'
of Edw. earl of Oxon. (the jack, and an upstart
knight)-" all then knew it savoured more of emu-
lation, and his humour, than of truth. France
was the first school wherein he learn'd the rudi-
ments of w'ar, and the Low-Countries and Ireland
(the military academies of those times) made him
master of that discipline : for in both places he
expos'd himself aftenvards to land-service, but
that in Ireland was a militia, which then did not
yield him food and raiment, nor had he patience
to stay there, tho' shortly after (in 1580) he went
thither again, and was a captain there under Ar-
thur, lord Grey, who succeeded sir Will. Pelhaiu
in the deputy-ship of that kingdom. Afterwards
gaining great credit, he was received into the
court, became a person in favour, and had several
boons bcstow'd on him aftenvards, particularly
the castle of Shirebornc in Dorsetshire, taken
from the sec of Salisbury. In the latter end of
1584, he discovered a new country, which he, in
honour of the queen, called Virginia, received
the honour of knighthood from her, and was af-
terwards made captain of her majesty's guards,
seneschal of the dutchies of Cornwall and Exe-
ter, lord warden of the Stannaries of Devon, and
Cornwall, lord lieutenant of Cornwall, and go-
vernor of Jersey. In 1588, he shew'd himself
atColliton; but for the natural! disposition 1 liavc to that active against the invincible armada of the Spa-
.t.hr^, h" '^T 7Ti had rather seate my selfe ^j^^,.^, * j ; j^go j^ j ^out that time a
there than any where els. I take my leave, readie to coun- .. ' i • • i ,.
any where els. i take my
tervaile all vour courtesies to the utter of my power. Court
yexxvi of July, ISS-i,
Your very willing friend
in all I shall he able,
Walter Ilalegh.
Aubrey's MSS. in the Ashmole museum. Lives, part i.
fol. 47.J
' See in Jo. Hooker's epistle dedicated to sir Walt. Raleigh,
set before his translation of Girald. Cambrensis his yw.«/i
History. Printed in the 2d vol. of Ralph. Hoiingshed's
Chronicles — Lond. l.=)87. fol.
' [Sir Walter, at his trial, in answer to the attorney gene-
ral, uses this expression, • If ever 1 read a word of the law,
or statute before I was prisoner in the Tower, God confound
me.* This disproves Wood's assertion of his having studied
the law, although it is still possible that he may have resided
at the Temple as a private gentleman. Oldys, who carefully
inspected the Registers of the Middle Temple, informs us.
parliament man, wherein as in other parliaments
in the latter end of Q. Eliz. he was a frequent
sj)eaker, he went to America with fifteen men of
war to possess himself of Panama, where the Spa-
that no person entered as a student of the law in that, by the
name of Walter Ralegh, or any name like it. See his Life
prefixed to the Hist, of the IVorld, folio 1736, page xi.]
* [This is taken from Pultenham's .4r< of Etigtish Piiesu.
But in the original it is insolent, here changed to condotenl,
for what reason 1 know not.]
^ fragm. Rejiatia, &c. by sir R. Naunton, printed at
Lond. in tw. 16.0O, p. 5?.
* [When queen Klizabeth was playing on the virginals,
lord (Oxford, remarking the motion of the keys, said, in co-
ven allusion to.Raleigh's favour at court, and the execution
of the earl of Essex, ' IVhen jacks sluit up, heads go (/off.'!.']
237
RALEIGH.
238
niui'ils sliip tlicir riches, or to intercept them in
their passage homewards, hut returned success-
less, and was out ot' favour for a time, not oidy
for that, but fordevirginating a maid of honour,'
(Elizabeth, daughter of sir Nich. Throci»mortoii)
wiioin he afterwards married, and for some few
months being kept under custody, was at length
set free, but banished the court. Afterwards to
follow the directions of his own geny, that was
always inclined to search out iiidden regions, and
the secrets of nature, he undertook a navigation
to Guiana that bears gold, in 1595, purposely for
the improvement and honour of his country, both
by getting store of wealth, and by molesting tiie
Spaniard within the inward coasts of America,
which he thought woidd be more profitable than
on the sea coasts, where there are never any
towns laden with any riches, but when they are
conve^'ed thither to be carried over into Sj)ain.
He set out from Plymouth '"on the Gth of Eebr.
and arrived at the island Trinidada, 2'2 ±\larch.
There he easily took a little city called S. Joseph,
and the governor thereof Don Antonio de Bereo,
but found not so much as a piece of silver there.
Having enquired many things of this Antonio
about the mines of gold in Guiana, he left his ship
in Trinidada, and entred the vast river Oronocjue,
with little barks, and some hundred soldiers. He
searched up and down Guiana for the space of
four miles among the crooked and short turnings
of the water several ways : where, being parched
with the reflecting beams of the sun, just over his
liead, and too much wet sometimes with showers,
and having long wrestled with such like difficul-
ties, he yet continued so long, till that it growing
wintry cold in Apr. the waters all over-spread the
[4S7] earth ; insomuch that now he could pass away in
no less danger of the waters, than he came thither
in danger of his enemies. After his return he
was constituted one of the ' chief persons in the
expedition to Cadiz; where he performed not-
able service, and obtained to himself at home a
great name. In l603 he presented to K.James,
at his entrance to the crow^n of England, a manu-
script of his own writing, containing valid argu-
ments against a peace to be made with Spain,
which was then the common discourse. But the
king being altogether for peace, 'twas rejected,
and the same year, just after he had been de-
j)rived of the captainship of the guard, (which K.
5 [But in vain she did conjure him
To depart her presence so,
IIa\ing a thousiuid tongues t'allure him.
And but one to bid him go.
When lips invite.
And eyes delight,
And cheeks as fresh as rose in June,
Persuade delay,
What boots to say,
' Forego me now, come to me soon !'
Poems, by Brydgcs, IC'mo. p. 60.]
* Cambden in Anna/. U. Eiisab. an. 15y5.
' ViJe ibid. an. 1396.
James bestowetl on sir Tho. Erskine, viscount
Fenton iu Scotland) we find him in a plot against
the king, generally called sir \\'alter Halt ij,!,',
treason, for which being brought to his tr\al
(with others) at Winchester in 1003, wa» at length
found guiltv and condcmn'd to die. But being
reprieved, he was committed prisoner to tlie
Tower of London for life, where he improved his
confinement to the greatest advantage of learn-
ing and in(|uisiiive men. In Apr. 1014 he ' pub-
lished the Histuri/ of the World, a. book, which
for tlie exactness of its chronology, curiosity of
its contexture, and learning of all sorts, seems to
be the work of an age. In I6l7> power was
granted to him to set forth ships and men for the
undertaking an enterprize of a golden mine in
(iuiaiia, in the Southern parts of America, ami
on the asth of March, in uie year following, he
left London in order for that voyage, notwith-
standing Didacus Sarmiento de Acunna, earl or
count of Gundamore, the Spanish ambassador to
the K. of England, endeavoured to hinder him,
with many arguments proposed to his majesty.
But at lengtli sir Walter going beyond his com-
mission in taking and sacking the town of St.
Thome, belonging to the Spaniard, which was
much aggravated by Gundamore, the king on the
9th of June If) 18 published his royal proclamation
for the discovery of the truth of Raleigh's pro-
ceedings, and for the advancement ot justice.
Whereupon, when Baleigh arrived at Plymouth,
sir Lewis Stucle^', vice-admiral of the county of
Devon, seized him, and brought him up to Lon-
don 9 Aug. following. But Raleigh finding the
court wholly guided by Gundamore, as 'tis said,
(notwithstanding I find elsew here ' tlmt he kit
England \Q July going before) he could hoj)e for
little mercy. Whereupon wisely contriving the
design of an escape, was betrayed by Stucley,
taken on the Thames and committed to a close
)rison. Afterwards being often examined by the
Old chaijcellor and privy-council, ' was at length
on the 24th of Oct. warned by them (as they had
been commanded by the king) to prepare for
death. The particulars of which proceedings, as
also of his voyage to Guiana, you may see at
large in a book eiitit. A Declaration of the Dc-
meanour ami Carriage of Sir IV. Raleigh, Knight,
as well in his J'oi/age, as in, and sithence his Re-
turn ; and of the true Motives and Indticem'.tits
K-hich occaswn'd his Majesty to proceed in doing
Justice upon him. Lond. I6I8, in 8 sh. in qu. On
the 28th of the month of Oct. he was conveyed
to the court called the Kings-bench in Westmin-
ster, where it being proposed to him what he had
' W. Cambden in .<4nna/. Joe. 1. MS. tuban. I6l4.
9 Ibid. an. I618.
' [The most free account of the trial of sir Walter Halci^
is delivered in a letier from one friend to another, published
in the Letters of Sir Tolit Mathtws, 8vo. 1060, p. 1'/^.
Kesjset.]
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240
to say for himself, why the sentence of death pro-
nounced against him in 1603 should not be put
in execution, he fell into a long discourse, and
vindicated himself so much, that most wise men
thought then (and all historians since) that his
life could not be taken away u]>on that account.
Afterwards bcintj conveyed to the Gatehouse,
suffered death tlie next day, notwithstanding
David Noion, lord of Chesne, acted much to
save liim.^ Authors are pcrplcx'd (as some are
pleased to say) under what topic to place him,
whether of statesman, seaman, soldier, chymist,
or chronologer; for in all these he did excell.
And it still remains a dispute, whether the age
he lived in was more obliged to his pen or his
sword, the one being busy in conquering the
new, the other in so bravely describing the old
world. ' He had in the outward man, (as an
[438] observing ' writer saith) a good presence, in a
liandsome and well compacted person, a stron
natural wit, and a better judgment, with a bol
and plausible tongue, whereby he could set out
his parts to the best advantage; and to these he
had the adjuncts of some general learning, which
by diligence he enforced to great augmentation
and perfection ; for he was an indefatigable
reader, whether by sea or land, and none ot the
least observers both of men and of the times :
and I am confident that among the second causes
of his growth, that variance between him and the
lord Grey, in his descent into Ireland, was a prin-
cipal, for it drew them both over to the council
table, there to plead their cause, where he had
much the better in telling of his tale; and so
much that the qu. and the lords took no slight
mark of the man and his parts : for from thence
he became to be known, and to have recess to the
qu. and the lords ; and then we are not to doubt
how such a man would comply and learn the
way of progression. Sac. He had gotten the
queen's ear at a trice, and she began to be taken
with his elocution, and loved to hear his reasons
to her demands : and the truth is, she took him
for a kind of an oracle, w hich nettled them all ;
yea, those that he relyed on began to take his
sudden favour for an allarum, and to be sensible
of their own suppiantation and to project his. —
So that finding his favour declining, and falling
* [Archbishop Sancroft had an original letter from queen
Anne to the favourite, Buckingham, on this subject, which
does her much honour.
• Anna K.
My kind Dogge; If I have any power, or credit with
you, I pray you let me have a trial of it, at this time, in deal-
ing sincerely and erncstly with the king, that sir Valter Ra-
leigh's life may not be called in question. If you do it so,
that the success answer my expectation, assure yourself, that
I will take it extraordinarily kindly at your hands, and rest
one, that wisheth you well, and desires you to conlinew still,
as you have been, a true servant to your master.
To the marquis of Buckingame." MS. Tanner, 299,
page 87.1
' R. Naunton in Fragm. Regal, ut sup. p. 59.
into recess, he undertook a new peregrination to
leave that terra injirma of the court, for that of
the wars, and by declining himself, and by ab-
sence, to expect his, and the passion of his ene-
mies, which in court was a strange device of re-
covery,' &c. The truth is he was unfortunate in
nothing else but the greatness of his wit and ad-
vancement : his eminent worth was such, both
in domestic polity, foreign expeditions and dis-
coveries, arts and literature, both practive and
contemplative, that they seem'd at once to con-
quer both example and imitation. Those that
knew him well, esteem'd him to be a person born
to that only which he went about, so dexterous
was he in all, or most of his undertakings, in
court, in camp, by sea, by land, with sword, with
pen ; witness in the last, these things following,
tho'some of them, as 'tis credibly believed, were
written by others, with his name set to them for
sale sake.
Discovery of the large, rich, and beautiful Em-
pire of Guiana, with a Relation of the great and
golden City of Manoa, and of the Provinces of
Etneria, Arromaia, Amapaia, &.c. performed in the
Year 1595, Lond. 1596, qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 106.
Art.] Printed at Francf. and Norimb. in Latin,
1599, qu. [Bodl. 4to. M. 23. Art.J This book of
Guiana, with the author's prefatory epist. to the
Hist, of the World, are (as 'tis said) full of proper,
clear, and courtly graces of speech.
History of the World, in five books, Lond. 1614,
&c. fol. [Bodl. K. 3. 6. Art. But the best edi-
tion, on every account, is that printed at London,
for G. Conyers, J. J. and P. Knapton, and other
booksellers, in two volumes folio, 1736. This was
edited by Mr. Oldys, author of the British Libra-
rian, and other works pertaining to literary anti-
quities. The text was given from a copy revised
by the author, a life of whom, with his trial, was
prefixed. A fine copy of this valuable book was
bequeathed to the Bodleian by the late Charles
Godywn, B. D. fellow of Balliol, and vicar of All
Saints, Colchester. Godu\ 218, 219-] Abbre-
viated and animadverted upon by Alex. Ross, a
Scotchman, in a book entit. The Marrow of Ilis-
tory. Lond. 1662, oct. 2d edit. But of Raleigh
and his history hear what an ingenious ■• writer
saith — ' Hos autem sequi possunt nonnulii ex
recentioribus : quos inter, principem locum obti-
nere meretur Gualterus Raulajus nostras, eques
auratus, vir clari nonnnis, &, ob singularem forti-
tudinem ac prudentiam meliori fato dignus. Is
universalem historiam ab initio mundi usque Ma-
cedonici imperii, sive tertia; monarchiae occasum,
ex probatissimis auctoribus coagmentavit, nostrae
quidem gentis idiomate vernaculo, sed accurate
admodum judicio, methodo perspicua, stylo ele-
ganti ac virili,' &.c. He was delivered of that
♦ Deg. Wheare, in lib sue De Ratione (S^ JHet'.cdo legenili
Historias. Sect. C.
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exquisite Minerva during liis tedious imprison-
ment in the Tower of Lundon ; for being clapt up
there for treason during his life, as I have before
told you, did improve his confinement, far better
tlian liis enlargement. He had eoniposed a se-
cond part, which reached down to the time he
lived, but he burnt it a little before his death. ^
Afterwards Alex. Ross, before-mentioned, conti-
nued it in a book entit. The History of the World,
the second Part, in six Books, being a Continuation,
&ic. beginning nhcre he left, viz. at the End of the
[439] Macedonian Kingdom, and deduced to these latter
Times, that is, from the Year of the florid 3806,
or 160 Years befoie Christ, till the End of the Year
1640 ajter Christ, S(c. together rtith a Chronology
of those Times, &.c. Lon(t. Uij'i, fol. Here, hav-
ing made twice mention of Alexand. Ross, I de-
sire the reader to observe, by the way, these things
of him; that he was D. D. and a native and mi-
nister of Aberdeen in Scotland, which country he
leaving, (upon what account 1 know not) came
into England, succeeded Tlio. Parker (son of
Robert) author of the book De Traductione Pec-
catoris in the mastership of the free-school at
Southampton,* and was chaplain in ordinary to
K. Ch. I. a little before the civil war began. He
hath written many books in Latin and English,
and in prose and verse, the titles of which are now
too numerous to insert. He died in the park-
house at Brauisell in Hampshire, belonging to
one Andrew Henley, one of the prothonotaries,
in the beginning of the j'ear lG54, aged 04, or
thereabouts; at which time he bequeathed many
rich legacies by his' will, (dat. 21 Feb. 1653, and
proved 19 Apr. j6o4,) among which were 200
fivres to the senate of Aberdeen, to remain for
ever towards the maintenance of two scholars
that shall be born in the town of Aberdeen, and
educated in (Jranimar there, 50/. to the town of
Southampton, for the better maintenance of the
' [There seems litlle or no ground for this cominonlv re-
ceived assertion, that Ralegh burnt the remainder of his la-
bours. See Oldys's Li/lf, |). clxxxvi.]
* [God s House, or the House of Prayer vindicated from
Profaneness and Sacrilege. Delivered in a Sermon tin 24
da>/ of Fcir. Anno 1()4I, in Soiilliamplon, by Ale.vander
Bosse, his Majesties Chaplain in Ordinary. Lond. Printed
in tlie year l642 4to. ' I am forced to publish this Sermon,
partly by the slanderous speeches of some new upstart secta-
ries in this towne. — I have s|ient twenty-five years in this
peaceable and well govern'd corporation. I have studied di-
vinity tlteso thirty-six yeares, and till now 1 never knew
that 1 delivered erroneous doctrine.'
(Jod's house made a Den of'J'heeees, delivered in a Second
Sermon in Soiilliamplon, by Alex. Rosse. — ' To my judicious
and co'iscioiiablc hearers at Southampton ; 1 have now spent
almost twenty-six yeares amongst you, how diligently In my
callinu;, how inoffensively in my conversation you all know,
and my conscience cloth witness, and now being to depart
from you, I thought good to bequeath this Sermon aa a legacy
to vf>u.' Kennet-I
* In the will-office near to St. Paul's cath. in Reg. Alchin,
part 2. qu. p3.
Vol. H.
schoolmaster, 50/. to the poor houHholdkeopcrt
of All-saints parish there, 50/. to the public li-
brary at Cambridge, 5l. to that of Oxon, file.
Andrew Henley, son of the aforesaid Henley,
was his executor, who had his library remaining
at Bramsell, wherein, mostly in the books, he
found, as I have been credibly informed, about
a thousand pound in gold. I shall now proceed
to give you a farther account of sir W. Raleigh's
works :
The Prerogative of Parliaments in England,
proved in a Dialogue between a Counsellor of State
and a Justice of' Peace. Middleburgh (some co-
pies have it Hamburg) 1628. [Bodl. A. 10. 4.
Line, and 4to. E. 1. Jur,] Lond. 1640, qu.
Instructions to his Son and Posterity. Lond.
1632, [Bodl..8vo. P. 75. Art.] .36, 1651, oct. 56,
in tw. [and Lond. 1722, BodK 8vo. A. 199.
Line.]
The Life and Death of Mahomet, the Conquest
of Spain, together with the Rising and Ruin of' the
Sarazen Empire. Lond. 1637, in tw. [Botll. 8vo.
L. 45. Line] In another title printed the year
following 'tis called. The History oj Mahomet.
The Prince, or Maxims of State. Lond. 1642,
in 7 sh. in qu. there again in 51 and 56, in tw.
'Tis the same with his Jlphorisms of State. Lond.
1661, oct. Published by John Mdton.
The Sceptic, or Speculations.'s
Observations of the Magnif-
cency and Opulency of Cities.
State of Government.
Letters to the King, andothers
of Quality.
Demeanour before his Exe-
cution.
His Pilgrimage, in Verse.
Certain Verses.
Observations on the first Invention of Shipping,
or inva-nve War, the Navy-Royal, ana Sea-
Service. Lond. 1650, [Bodl. 8vo. U. 9. Art. BS.]
and 1667, oct.
Apology for his VoyagetoGuiana. — Printed with
the Observations, &c. 'Twas by him penned (at
Salisbury) in July 1617. I have a copy of it in
MS. bound with his Confession, which is in MS.
also, and begins thus, ' 1 thank God of his infi-
nite goodness that he hath sent me to die in the
light, and not in the darkness,' &.c.
Observations touching Trade and Commerce tcith
the Hollanders and other Nations, as it was pre-
sented to King James. Lond. 16.j3, 56, in tw.
The Cabinet-Council, containing the chief Arts
of Empire and Mysteries of State. Lond. 16>8,
oct. This book was published by John Milton
before-mentioned ; of whom you may see more
in the Fasti, an 1635.
Historical and Geographical Description of the
great Country and River of the Amazons in Ame-
rica, &c. Lond. l66l, published by W. H.
J
Lond. 1651, and
56, in tw.
£"
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r440] Wars with Foreign Princes dangerous to our buried in the chancel there, at the upper end al-
" ' ' '* " ^ T- __;-.. H/— jnost, near to the altar. Over wliose grave, tho'
there was never any epitaph put, yet tliis follow-
ing, among others, was made for him :
Here lieth hidden in this pit.
The wonder of the world for wit :
It to small purpose did him serve ;
His wit could not his life preserve.
He, living, was belov'd of none,
Yet at his death all did him moan.
Heaven hath his soul, the world his fame.
The grave his corpse, Stukley his shame.
Some writers in the long rebellion under K. Ch. I.
especially such who were not well-wishers to mo-
l6l8.
Commoimealth. Or, Reasons for T'oreign Wars
ansvcered.^ — When printed I know not. [At Lon-
don in 1657, Bodl. 8vo. C. 425. Line]
Various Letters. — See in the Cabala, or Scrinia
Sacra. Lond. J 663, fol.
Divers Speeches and Arguments in several Par-
liaments towards the latter End ofQ. Elit. —Sec in
H. Townsend's Historical Collectious. Lond. 1680,
fol.
The Son's Advice to his Father.
The great Cordial. — Upon which N. le Feburc
hath written an English discourse. Lond. 1664,
oct. I have seen a book in MS. containing sir
Walter Raleigh's Speech at the Time of his Death;
and his Ghost, or a Conference between Sir Gun- narchy, have reported that his death was no less
damore, his Maj. Ambassador of Spain, the Fryer than a downright murder, having had his blood
Confessor, and Father Ba/dwipi the Jesuit, at Ely spilt upon a scaffold meeriy to satisfy some un
House in Holbourn in 1622; but whether ever
printed I know not. However, the reader is to
understand that sir Walter's Ghost before-men-
tioned is not the same with his Ghost or Appari-
tion to his intimate Friend, willing him to translate
into English the learned Book oj Leonard Lessius,
worthy ends, and the revenge of the Spaniard.
Nay, and farther, they have not stuck to say that
the conspiracy of Gowry, seemed rather a con-
spiracy of the K. of Scots against Gowry, as many
of that nation have declared. The said sir Walt.
Raleigh left behind him a son named Carew Ra-
entit. De Providentia Numinis 4f Animi Immorta- leigh, born in Middlesex, (in the Tower of London,
litale. Lond. 1651, in tw. translated in compliance it seems, while his father was prisoner there,)
with sir Walter's late request, because he had became a gent. com. of Wadham coll. in 1620,
teen often foully aspersed for an atheist. There aged 16, but proved quite different in spirit from
is also a MS. going about from hand to hand, his father. Afterwards he was gent, of the privy
said to have been written by our author sir Wal- chamber to K. Ch. L who honoured him with a
ter, which is concerning, kind token at his leaving Hampton Court, when
The present State of Spain, with a most accurate he was juggled into the Isle of Wight, cringed
Account of his Cath. Majesty's Power and Riches, afterwards to the men in power, was made go-
8tc. — Whether this, or his
Discourse touching a Consultation about Peace
with Spain. — MS. (sometimes in the libr. of
Arthur, earl of Anglesey,) were ever printed, I
know not. He hath also written.
The Life and Death of Will, the Conqueror. —
MS. sometimes in the library of sir Ken. Digby,
vernor of Jersey, by the favour of general George
Monk, in the latter end of January 1659) and
wrote a book (as 'twas generally reported) entit.
Observations upon some particular Persons and
Passages in a BooJc lately made public, entit. A
compleat History of the Lives and Reigns of Mary
Q. of Scotland, and of James K. of England,
afterwards in that of George, earl of Bristol, written by William Sanderson, Esq; Lond. 1656,
[Printed London 1693, and 1728, Svo. Wan ley.] in 3 sh. in qu. I have seen also some sonnets of
Of Mines, and Trials of Minerals. — MS. &c. his composition, and certain ingenious discourses,
with other things which I have not yet seen. But but whether ever printed I know not. 1 have
I say it again, that I verily think, that several of seen also a poem of his, which had a musical
those things before-mentioned, which jjo under composition of two parts set to it, by the incom-
parable Hen. Lawes, servant to K. Ch. I. in his
public and private music,' sir Henry Wotton
his name, were never written by him. At length
he was beheaded in the Old Palace-yard in West-
minster, on 29 Octob. in sixteen hundred and
eighteen, aged 66. Whereupon his body, (which
he sometimes designed to be buried in the cath.
church at Exeter,) was conveyed to St. Marga-
ret's church in the said city of Westminster, and
* [This book when first printed, Svo. l657, having sir
Walter's picture prefixed, has misled some to insert it into
the catalogue of his writings. It was written by sir Rob.
Cotton, and in a second edit. Svo. l665, in a different title,
sir Walter's picture is very properly exchanged for sir Ro-
bert's. Vid.Oldys's !.{/■« of Sir W. Ralegh, p. l66. Con-
INGESBY.]
9 [It is in Lawes's Ayres and Dialogues, Lond. l633»
folio; page 11, and is now given.
Careless of Love, and free from fears,
I sate and gaz'd on Stella's eyes.
Thinking my reason, or my years.
Might keep me safe from all surprize.
But Love, that hath been long despis'd.
And made the baud to other's trust.
Finding his deity surpriz'd
And chang'd into degenerate lust.
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246
gives ' him the character of a ge^itieman of dex-
terous abilities, as it appeared in the management
of a puhUc concern in sir Henry's time; and so
by otiiers he is with honour mentioned ; but far,
God wot, was he from his father's parts, either as
to the sword or pen. He was burred in iiis fa-
ther's grave in the month of Decemb. (or there-
abouts,) an. 1666, leaving issue behind him a
daughter.
[Add to the list of Ralegh's pieces the fol-
lowing.
Jdvice to his Son: His Son's Advice to his
Father.
Observations concerning the Causes of the Opu-
lencif of Cities.
Sir Walter Raleigh's Observations touching
Trade and Commerce with the Hollanders and
•other Nations; proving that our Sea and hand
Commodities enrich and strengthen other Countries
■against our own.
His Letters to divers Persons of Quality. The
Prerogative of Parliaments in England, proved in
a Dialogue between a Counsellor of State and a
Justice of Peace. Lond. 1702. 12mo. again 1726.
12mo. with the additions of some Letters never
printed before. Wanley.
Political, Commercial, and Philosophical Works,
together with his Letters and Poems, were pub-
lished by Tho. Birch, M.A. F.R.S. in two vo-
lumes 8vo. Lond. 1751, to which was prefixed a
new account of his Life.
Some of his detached pieces, with extracts
from others, will be found in Caley's Life, 2 vol.
4to. Lond 1806.
His Poems have been collected, as far as possi-
ble, by sir Egerton Brydges, and printed at a
private press at Lee Priory in Kent, 4to. 1814,
and Lond. 1814, in 8vo. Prefixed to which is
a brief, but very satisfactory, account of the
author.
To the works bearing Ralegh's name, already
registered, we may add the following, and still pro-
bably the list is imperfect.
1. A Discourse of Tenures, which were before
the Conquest, namely, Knight-Service, Soccage,
and Frank-almoign : and the Effect of those Te-
nures, Wards, Reliefs, Heriots, Escuage, or War-
faring by Tenure, Reservations of Rent or Victuals
Summon'd up all his strength and power.
Making her face his magazine,
Where Virtue's grace, and Beauty's fiowre
He plac'd, his godhead to redeem.
So that, too late (alas!) I iinde
No steeled armour is of proof.
Nor can the best resolved minde
Resist her beauty dnd her youth.
But yet the folly to untwist.
That loving I deserve no blame.
Were it not Atheismc to resist
Where Godds themselves conspire her flame?]
' la hii I.e//;rj printed, 1672, p. 481.
and Provisions, or Purveyors in the Saxon Time* ;
that the same Estates in the Soil of this Land were
due unto the Subjects, by Pirtli-Right of their An-/
cestors, the Inhabitants of the iMiid, before Duke
William's Time ; namely, to have Land in Fee
Simple, Free-holders, Copie- holders. Customary
Tenants and Villeins, before the Year 1066 ; toge-
ther with the Resemblances Or Disresemblances of
those, in outlandish, ancient or modern Estates.
MS. Tanner 278, page 439. Printed in Gutch's
Collectanea Curiosa,\7S\ , i. 51.
2. Report of the Truth of the Fight abovl the
Isles of Azores. 4to. 1591. reprinted in Hakluyt'H
Voyages.
3. Relation of Cadiz-action in the Year I69G.
Printed in Caley's Life, chap. 5.
4. Dialogue between a Jesuit and a Recusant,
shewing how dangerous are their Principles to
Christian Princes. In Genuine Remains of Ra-
legh, subjoined to an abridgment of his Hist, of
the World, by Philip Ralegli, esq. his grandson,
Bvo. 1700.
5. Memorial touching the Port of Dover.
Printed in Sheers's Essay on Ways and Means to
maintain the Honour and Safety of England, 4to.
1701.
6. Sir Walter Rauleigh's Apologie, written to
the King and the Councill, in Defence of his last
Action in Guiana, since his last Coming into the
Towne. MS. Tanner, in bibl. Bodl. N" 299,
p. 53.
7. Discourse of the Words Law and Right.
8. Treatise of the Soul. These two in the Ash-
mole museum.
9. Discourse touching the Marriage of Prince
Henry, with the eldest Daughter of the D. of
Savoy ; and the Marriage of the Lady Elizabeth
with the Prince of Piedmont. In two parts. MS.
Cotton, Vitellius, C. xvii, 7 ; and C. xvi, 23.
10. Journal of a Second Voyage to Guiana.
MS. in the Cotton library, Titus, B. viii.
11. The present State of Things as they now
stand between the three Kingdoms, France, Eng-
land and Spain. MS. Harl.
12. Chemical and Medicinal Receipts. MS. in
the British musqum. (Ayscough's Catal.
N" 359.)
13. Considerations of a Voyage to Guiana.
MS. in the British museum, (Ayscough'a Catal.
:Nm133.)
14. Discourse of the Spaniard's Cruelties to the
English in Havanna. MS. formerly in lord Cla-
rendon's library.
15. Treatise of the Art of War by Sea. Not
known, either in print or manuscript.
16. Discourse of a maritimal Voyage, and the
Passages and Incidents therein. Not known.
17. Discourse how War may be made against
Spain and the Indies. Not known.
18. Treatise of the West Indies. Not known.
I cannot deny myself the satisfaction of record-
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248
ing the last raoinents of this great man. The
account docs not redound more to tlie credit of
the unfortunate sufltier, than to the eternal dis-
grace of the weak and cowardly monarch, who
thus murdered one of the brightest ornaments of
his court and nation. It is taken from Brydges's
Life prefixed to Raleigh's Poems. Even here
his heroism did not forsake him. To some wiio
deplored his misfortunes he observed, with calm-
ness, that ' the world itself is but a larger prison,
out of which some are daily selected for execu-
tion.' When conducted to the scaffold, his
countenance was cheerful ; and he said, ' I desire
to be borne withal, for this is the third day of my
fever ; and if I shall shew any weakness, I beseech
you to attribute it to my malady; for this is
the hour, in which it was wont to come.' He then
addressed the spectators in a long speech, which
ended thus :
' And now I intreat you to join with me in
prayer to the great God of heaven, whom I have
grievously offended, being a man full of all vanity,
and have lived a sinful life, in all sinful callings;
for I have been a soldier, a captain, a sea-captain,
and a courtier, which are courses of wickedness
and vice, that God would forgive me and cast
away my sins from me, and that he would receive
me into everlasting life. So I take my leave of
you all, making my peace with God.'
Wlien he had bade farewel to his friends, he
said ' I have a long journey to go, and there-
fore I will take my leave.' Having asked the
executioner to shew him the axe, which the
executioner hesitated to do, he cried, ' 1 prithee
let me see it! Dost thou think I am afraid of
it?' He then took hold of it, felt the edge,
and, smiling, said to the sheriff, ' This is a sharp
medicine ; but it is a physician for all evils.' He
forgave the executioner, and being asked which
way he would lay himself on the block, he an-
swered, ' So the heart be right, it is no matter
which way the head lies.' At two strokes liis
head was taken off without the least shrink, or
motion of his body.
Dr. Tounson, dean of Westminster, afterwards
bishop of Salisbury, has given a relation of this
dreadful execution, in a letter to sir John Isham
of Lamport, in Northamptonshire, dated Novem-
ber 9, 1618.
' He was,' says the dean, ' the most fearless of
death, that ever was known ; and the most re-
solute and^^onfident, yet with reverence and con-
science. Wlien I began to encourage him against
the fear of death, lie seemed to make so light
of it, that I wondered at him. And when I
told him that the dear servants of God, in bet-
ter causes than his, had shrunk back, and trem-
bled a little, he denied not; but yet gave God
thanks he never feared death, and much less then.
For it was but an opinion and imagination, and
the manner of death, though to others it might
seem grievous, yet he had rather die so than of a
burning fever. With much more to that purpose,
with such confidence and cheerfulness, that 1 was
fain to divert my speech an}' other way; and
wished him not to flatter himself; for this ex-
trat)rdinary boldness, I was afraid came from
some false ground. If it sprang from the assu-
rance he had of the love and favour of God,
of the hope of his salvation by Christ, and his
own innocency, as he pleaded, I said he was a
happy man. But if it were out of an humour
of vain glory, or carelessness, or contempt of
death, or senselessness of his own estate, he were
much to be lamented &c. For I told him, that
heathen men had set as little by their lives as he
would do, and seemed to die as bravely. He
answered, that he was persuaded, that no man
that knew God, and feared him, could die with
cheerfulness and courage, except he were as-
sured of the love and favour of God unto him.
That other men might make shews outwardly,
but tliey felt no joy within; with much more to
that effect very Christian ly, so that he satisfied
me then, as I think he did all his spectators at
his death,' &c.
' He was very cheerful that morning he died,
and took tobacco, and made no more of his
death than if he had been to take a journey.
And left a great impression in the minds of
those that beheld him, insomuch that sir Lewis
Stwkely and the Frenchman grew verj' odious.'
Another account says, ' In all the time he
was upo*. the scaffold, nor before, there appeared
not the least alteration in him, either in his voice
or countenance ; but he seemed as free from all
manner of apprehension, as if he had come thither
rather to be a spectator than a sufferer : nay,
the beholders seemed much more sensible than
did he. So that he hath purchased here, in the
opinion of men, such honour and reputation, as
it is thought, his greatest enemies are they that
are most sorrowful for his death, which they
see is like to turn so much to his advantage.'
The following lines are given to Ralegh, on the
authority of a MS. in the Bodleian, Rawl. Poet.
85. They are now, I believe, printed for the first
time.
As you came from the holy land
Of W^alsinghame,
Mett ydu not with my true loue.
By the way as you came ?
How shall I know your true loue.
That haue mett many a one.
As I went to the holy lande.
That haue come, that haue gone i
She is neyther whyte nor browne,
Butt as the heauens fayre :
There is none hathe a forme so deuine,
In the earth, or the ayre.
249
RALEIGH.
MARTIN.
250
.Such a one did I meet, good sir,
Suche an angclyke face,
Who lyke ii qiit'cne, lyke a nymph did appcrc,
By her gate, by her grace.
She hath lefte me here all alone,
All alone, as vnknowne.
Who somtymes did nic lead with her selfc.
And me loudc as her owne.
What 's the cause that she Icaues you alone,
And a new waye doth take ;
Who loued you once as her owne,
And her ioye did you make i
I liaue loude her all my youth.
Butt no - ould as you see ;
Loue lykes not the fallyng frute
From the wythered tree. '
Know that loue is a careless chyld,
And forgets promysse paste :
He is blynde, he is deafl" when he lyste.
And in faythe neuer faste.
His desyre is a dureless contente.
And a trustless ioye;
He is wonn with a world of despayre,
And is lost with a toye.
Of women kynde suche indeed is the loue,
Or the word loue abused,
Vnder which, many chyldysh desyrcs
And conceytes are excusde<
But true loue is a durable fyre.
In the niyndc cucr burnynge,
Neuer sycke, neuer ould, neuer dead,
From it selfe neuer turnynge.
Finis.
S' W. R.
In the same volume is another piece, with the
like initials, commencing,
Fayne woulde 1, but I dare not ;
I dare, but yet I maye not ;
I maye, although 1 care not
For pleasure, when I playe not.
Ralegh's portrait has been engraved by various
persons. 1 shall only mention
1 . By S. Pass in 4to.
2. By Houbraken.
3. By Vcrtue, 173j; prefixed to Oldys's Life.
4. In Lodge's Illustrious Heads.
' rSic pro now.']
^ tVery similar are Raleigh's expressions on this subject in
his Instructions to his Son, ' Let thy time of marriage be in
thy young and strong years ; for believe it, ever the young
wife betrayelh the ofd husband, and she that had thee not
in thy flower, wiH despise thee in thy fall." fVorks by
Birch, Lond. 1761. (Bodl. 8vo. C. 914, Line.) page 345.]
RICHARD MARTIN, son of Will. Martin,
(by Anne his wife, dnuehter of Rich. Farker of
Sussex,) fourth 8on of Rich. Martin of the city of
Fxcter, second son of Will. Martin of Athelhamp>
ton in the parish of I'uddletown, in Do rs«'t shire,
knight, was born at Otterton in Devonshire, be-
came a commoner of Kroudgate's hall (now Pem-
broke coll.) in Michaelmas term 1385, aged 15,
(and not in Trinity coll. as I have furmerly, by a
mistake, told* you,) where by natural parts, and
some industry, lie proved in short time a noted
disputant. But he leaving the said house before
he was honoured with a degree, went to the Mid-
dle Temple, where, after he had continued in the
state of inner barrister for some years, was elected
a burgess to serve in parliament l60l ; wat con-
stituted Lent-reader of the said Temple, 13 Jac.
1. and upon the death of sir Anth. Benn, was
made recorder of the city of London, in Sept.
I(il8, which place he enjoying but little more
than a month, was succeeded therein by sir Rob.
Heath. There was no j)erson in his time more
celebrated for ingenuity than R. Martin, none
more admired by Selden, serjeant Hoskins, Ben.
Johnson, &c. than he ; the last of which dedicated
his comedy to him called The Poetaster. K.
James was much delighted with his facetiousness,
and had so great respect for him, that he com-
mended him to the citizens of London to be their
recorder. He was worthily characterized, by the
virtuous and learned men of his time, to be ' prin-
ceps ' amorum, principum amor, legum lincfua,
lexque dicendi, Anglorum alumnus, prteco Vir-
ginise ac parens, &c. magni orbis os, orbis minoris
corculum. Bono suorum natus, extinctus suo, &c.
He was a plausible linguist, and eminent for seve-
ral speeches spoken in parliaments, for his poems
also and witty discourses. AIJ that I have seen of
his are.
Speeches and Discourses in one or more Par-
liaments in the latter end of Q. Elizab.
Speech delivered to the King, iu the Name of
the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex. Lona.
1603. 1643, qu.
Various Poems.'' — He died to the great grief
of all learned and good men, on the last day of
Octob. in sixteen hundred and eighteen, and was
buried in the church belonging to the Temples.
Over his grave was soon after a neat alabaster
monument erected, with the effigies of the defunct
kneeling in his gown, with 4 verses engraven
thereon under him, made by his dear friend Ser-
jeant Hoskins before-mentioned ; a copy of which
you may see' elsewhere. This monument was
repaired in 1683, when the choir and isles adjoia-
♦ In Hist. & Antiq. Univ. Oxun. lib. 2. p. 296. a.
' By which is to be understood, that he had been Prince
D' Amour of the Middle Temple in the time of Chri^tInas.
' [None of which I have, as yet, been able to meet with.]
' See Orig. Jurid. by sir W. Di^dale, in his Discoonc of
the Temples.
161s.
251
MAN DEVIL.
STANYHURST.
252
ing, belonging to the Temple church, were new-
wainscoted and furnished with seats. He gave
by will to the churcii of Ottcrton, where he re-
ceived his first breath, 5/. and to the church of
Culiiton-Raleigh in Devon, where his house and
seat was, 5/.
[Add
An Epistle to Sir Hen. fVotton. Printed in
Coryat's Crudities, page 237. Loveday.
There is a very scarce head of Martin by Simon
Pass, engraved in the year lG20, a fine impression
of which (though not a proof as stated by Gran-
ger) in Aubrey's Lives, MS. in the Ashmole
museum. Aubrey, in his very short memorandum
of his life, says, that he died from excess of
drinking. The inscription on Pass's print is cu-
rious, and should have been given here, had not
Granger copied it into his Biographical Hist, of
England, a work in the hand of every reader of
taste.]
ROBERT MANDEVIL, a Cumberland man
bom, was entred either a batler or servitor of
Queen's coll. in the beginning of the year 1595,
[4421 aged 17, where remaining a severe student till he
was bach, of arts, he retired to St. Edmund's hall,
and as a member of it, proceeded in that faculty.
In July 1607 he was elected vicar of Abby Holme,
commonly called Holm-Cultram in his own
county, by the chancellor and scholars of this
university. Where being settled, he exercised,
with great zeal, his parts in propagating the gos-
pel against its oppugners, not only by communi-
cation and preaching, but by his exemplary course
of life, and great piety. He shewed himself also
a zealous enemy against Popery, and the breaking
of the Lord's day by prophaning it with mer-
chandizing and sports, and endeavoured as much
as in him lay, (for he was a zealous puritan,) to
persuade his parishioners and neighbours to do
those things on Saturday, which they used to do
on the Lord's day. The truth is, he was, in the
opinion of those of his persuasion, a great man
in his profession, for he solely bent himself to his
studies and discourses, for the promotion of re-
ligion, and the word of God. He hath writ-
ten,
Timothy's Task; two Sermons Preached in two
Synodal Assemblies at Carlisle; On 1 Tim. 4. 16,
and on Acts 20. 28. Oxon. I619, qu. [Bodl. 4to.
M. 28. Th.] Published by Tho. Vicars, fellow of
Qu.coll.
Theological Discourses. He died in sixteen
1018. hundred and eighteen, and was buried at Holm-
Cultram before-mentioned. Here you see I have
given you a character of a zealous and religious
puritan. The next in order who is to follow,
IS one who was a most zealous R. Catholic, but far
more learned than the former, and not to be
diamed or compared with him.
RICHARD STANYHURST, son of James
Stanyhurst, esq ; was born within the city of
Dublin in Ireland, (of which city his father was
then recorder,) educated in grammar learning
under Peter Whyte, mentioned under the year
1590,' became a commoner of University coll. in
1563, where improving those rare natural parts
that he was endowed with, wrote Commentaries on
Porphyry at two years standing, being then 18
j'ears ot age, to the great admiration of learned
men and ouiers. After he had taken one degree
in arts, he left the college, retired to London,
became first a student in lurnival's inn, and after-
wards in that of Lincoln, where spending some
time in the study of the common law, he after-
wards went into the country of his nativity for a
time. But his mind there changing, as to his
religion, he went beyond the seas, (being then a
married man,) and in the Low Countries, France,
and other nations, he became famous for his
learning, noted to princes, and more especially
to the archduke of Austria, who made him his
chaplain, (his wife being then dead,) and allowed
him a plentiful salary. He was accounted by
many (especially by those of his persuasion) an
excellent theologist, Grecian, philosopher, histo-
rian, and orator. Cambden stiles » him, ' erudi-
tissimus illenobilis Rich.Stanihurstus'; and others
of his time say, that he was so rare a poet, that
he, and Gabr. Harvey, were the best for iambics
in their age. He hath written and transmitted to
posterity,
Harmonia, sive Catena Dialectica in Porphy-
rianas Constitutiones. Lond. 1570, [and 1579]
fol. Which book being communicated to Edm.
Campian of St. John's coll. before it went to the
press, he gave this character ' of the author,
' Mirifice Itetatus sum, esse adolescent€m in acad.
nostra, tali familia, eruditione, probitate ; cujus
extrema pueritia cum multis laudabili maturitate
viris certare possit.'
De Rebus in Hibernia gestis. Lib. 4. AntW.
1584, qu. [Bodl. 4to. T. 21. Art. Seld.] Dedi-
cated to his brother P. Plunket, baron of Dun-
sany.
Rerum Hibernicarum Appendix, ex Silvestro
Giraldo Cambrensi collecta, cum A nnotationibus
adjectis. Printed with De Rebus in Hib. &c.
Descriptio Hiberniee.'' Translated into Eng-
lish, and put into the first vol. of Raphael Holing^
shed's books of Chronicles. Lond. 1586. fol.
De Vita S. Patricii Hybemiie Apostoli. Lib. 2.
Ant. 1587.
Hebdomada Mariana, ex Orthodoxis Catholicce [443]
^ [See vol. i. col. 575.]
9 In Hibernia, in com. West-Meath.
' In Epist. suis, edit. Ingolst. 1(502. p. 50.
^ [One Barnaby Rich published a new Description of
Ireland, 4to. 161O, wherein he falls on Stanyhurst, and takes
him to task for his accounts. Whalley.j
253
STANYHURST.
254
Rom. Ecclesife Patribm colhcta ; in Memoriaml.
Festorum Beatiss. Virginia Maria, &c. Antvv,
lfi09. oct. [Bocll. 8vo. S. 1 J4. Tli.] In tlic front
of which book our author writes himself, ' »ere-
nissiuioruni principum saecllanus,' meaning duke
Albert and Isabel iiis princess.
Hebdomada Eucharktka. Duac. 16 14. oct.
[Bodl. 8vo. S. 155. Th.]
Brevis Pramiinilio pro futura Concerlatione cum
Jacobo Usserio Hyberno Dubliensi. Duac. 1615.
in about 3 sheets in oct. [Bodl. 8vo. S. 76. Art.
Seld.] 'You may note that IJr. James Usher's
raotlier, Margaret Stanyhurst, ' was sister to our
' [A Palre neutiquam sejungcnclus vidclnr Kichardus Sta-
nihurstus, Jacobi nostri avunculus, vir quulcm insienitcr duc-
tus, & in patriis antiquitalibus.qua! tantoequcrunl illuslralore,
eruendis maxiinc industrias & felix. Hie verb, ut paucis
de illo again, florente juveuta, in collegio uuiversitatis apud
Oxonicnscs studuit : & non multo post, pro gcnioistius aevi,
quod Aristolelicam doctrinam, inutilibus perplexisque diffi-
cidlalibus uiirJ; obsitam, ex ignoratione inelioris saniorisque
Philosophi.T, non ex otiosoruni hominum, quid libet pro
lascivia ingcnii singentiam cercbeliis, sedex natura rerum
cruendss", deperibat, Commentarios, sive Catenam Diafecti-
cam in Porpht/ria/ias Consliiutiones, Londoni MDLXX.
edidit. Scd uiaturescente cum annis judicio, ex veterno quasi
expcrgefacliis, excussiis scholasticoruin nu^is, pooticisque,
3uibis se induUerat, praestigiis relictoque ctiam, cui h patrc
estinabatiir, leguin municipaliuin studio vetenim seculoruni
historiis, (ut hie omittam Descriptionem, quam adornavil,
Hibernice, inscriptain D. Henrico Sidneio Proregi, & in
Hisloricis Js" Chronicis Ri»ph.ielis Hollingshedi Collectaneis,
Londini editis A. MDLXXXVI. insertam) majorum gesta
stilo inornato & planb barbaro refereiitibus, legendis, quae
carie, situ & tineis exesas, in lenebrosis bibliolhecarum. reces-
sibus bactcnus delituerant, intenta oculorum & mentis aeic
invigila vit, qiiatuorque libros, in eodcm voluniinc congestos,
De Reins in l/ibernia gestis, cum Ilihernicarum Rerum
appeniiice, ex Siheslro Giraldo, Cambrensi, collecla, cum
Adnotaliotiihus ad finem singutorum (apiliim addilio, Tynh
Plantinianis, Antuerpia-, juris publiei fecit A. MDI.XXXlV.
Nam ante paucos annos, larva, quam induerat, detracts, in
Hiberniam reversus est; deinde in Belgium se subduxcrat, &
post mortem uxoris sacris ordinibus initiatus, tandem serenis-
simis Principibus Alberto Archiduci & Clara; Isabellas
Eugenia?, factiis est a^sacris, quorum munificaliberalitate no-
bile otium nactus, vitam jucund^ sustentavil; obiitque Brux-
ellis A. MDCXVIIl. • Interim istud sentcntiarum de dog-
mat ibus religionis divortium non abslabat, quominus cum
Avunculo de rebus ad Historias & Antiquitates Hibernicas
spectantibus literarium exercere commercium sibi licere, pro
icquitate & prudentia sua Vsserius nostcr judicaverit, uti pos-
tea videbimus.
Non dissimulandum arbitror, matrem Jacobi nostri, d»m
illeaberat in Anglia, quorundum Emissariorum vcrsutiis cap-
tiosisque technis, quibus retundendis plane impar erat mulie-
bre ingenium, miserfe delusam ac circumvcntam, cujus con-
scientiani diris votis, ne meluis docta resipisceret, illigaverant,
ad Romany Ecclesiie communionem transiisse: quotl nati
pienlissimi animo non mcdiocrem luctum doloremgue incus-
sit; eo quidem acriorem rcdditum, cum post reperissot iUam
utpote feminani [>crvicacem & obatinatam, nullis suasionibus,
argumentis nullis ad sanam mentem revocari |X)tiiisse. Hi
quideni zelalie de victoria fraudulentis malisque artibus pepor-
tata, triumphosej^ere, & Usserio banc matris obstinalionem,
quam constantiwn inflexilemque mentis firmitatem interpre-
• [De reliquis illius scriptis vide & Jacobum Waracura de
Scriptoribus lliberniiE pap. 80. & Usserii Armachani ad Sta-
niburstum I'^pistolaro primam in SvHoge Londoni edita
M.DC.LXXXVl.]
author Ric. Stanyhunt ; who being a zcalouH
Komnnigt, and Usher (afterwardH primate of Ire-
land) a zealous Protestant, passed several learned
letters between them concerning religion, .Stany-
hurst endeavouring to his utmost to gain him to
his o|>inion ; but 'tis thought, and verily believed
by some, that Usher was too liard for his uncle in
controversial points relating to divinity.
The Principlei of Cuth. lieligion. — ^^fhis I have
not yet seen, and therefore I cannot tell you when,
or where, it was nrinted. lie also translated into
English heroical verse. The Jir it four Books of
FirgH'i Mneis. Lond. 158.S. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. U.
71. Art.] Dedicated to Plunket before-men-
tioned, the learned baron of Dunsany, at which
time the translator was then living at I.ieyden in
Holland.* This translation being accounted well
performed for that age, yet because the verses do
not rhime, doth cause a noted » writer, and a
professed buffoon of his time, to say, that ' Mr.
Stanyhurst (tho' otherwise learned) trod a foul
lumbring boisterous wallowing measures in liis
translation of Virgil. — He had never been praised
by Gabriel Harvey for his labour, if therein he
had not been so famously absurd. ■* Our author
Stanyhurst also translated into English, Certain
Psalms of David (the four first) according to the
observation of the Latin Verses ; that is, without
"rhime; printed at the end of the translation of
Virgil's Mneis before-mentioned. And at the
end of tlxe aforesaid psalms are of his composi-
tion.
Poetical Conceits. Lond. 1583, in Latin and
English, as also
Certain Epitaphs, framed as veil in JmI. as
English. ' — 1 he first of which (in Latin) is on
James earl of Ormond and Ossory, who died at
Ely-house in Holborn 18 Oct. about 1546^ and
tati sunt, editio libellis exprobarunt : sed quSUn iniqui, quam
absurde, judicent omnes xnui bonique amanle* Sc ttiiaiosi.
Non parum ipsi doluit, quoJ sacris Ecclcsix ncgotiis in Urbe
detentus, matri dilectissimx in agone mortis DtoghedK ex
improvise fatiscenti non .iilcsset, quo abiturienlem animain,
prius spiritualibus consiliis adjutam, precibus suis Dm com-
mendaret : hoc laraen commodi ex malo domesiico Ecclesia
accrevit, quod ille novo quasi zelo animatus contra Pontifi-
ciorum iiisidias, ne alii sive sanguinis, sive amicitix, tive
communi Christianx charitatas nrxu conjuncti, quomin
saluti maximfc consuluit, ab Integra side abducti, ista lab«
contabescerent, soliciotore animo salagcret. Smith, fifa
Usserii, Ix)nd. 1707, 4to. pag. 7» &e.}
♦ [From an entry in the Stitioner's Re«?isters, it seems thai
his Transl.ofyireil, was first printed at Leyden.]
5 Tho. Nashe in The Apology of Pierce Pcnnilest. Or
strange News, &c. Lond. lSt)3. au. not paged-.
' fNash ridicules him in his Address to Ihe Students ^
both Uiiiversilies, prefixed to Greene's Arcadia :
Then did be make heaucns vault to rebound
with rounce, robble, bobble.
Of ruffe raffc roaring
with thwicke, thwack, thurlerie, bouncing.].
'' [See a full enumeration of the contents of this vol. in thft
fourth volume of Censura Literaria.'].
Q55
STANYHURST.
Q5d
was buried in the church of St. Thomas Acres.
Another on the author's father, James Stanyhurst
esq; who died at Dubhn 27 Dec. 157.'3, aged 51,
&c. But as for tlie epitapli of our author, (which
he should have made while living) none doth
appear there, neither at Brussels, (as I can yet
i6l8, learn,) where he died in sixteen hundred and
eighteen. 1 find one Will. Stanyhurst, who was
bom in the said city of Brussels, an. 1601, and
entred into the society of Jesus, in 1()I7, whom I
suppose to be son to our author R. Stanyhurst.
He was a comely person, endowed with rare parts,
and a writer and publisher of several things, as
a&t. Southwell tells you in his ' Supplement to
Bib. Soc. Jesu, who aods that the said Stanyhurst
died in January l6G5. " Contemporary with this
" Richard Stanyhurst, in University college, was
" William Adlington, who translated from Latin
" into English, The eleven Books of the Golden-
" Ass, containing the Metamorphosu of Lucius
* Apuleius, &c. Lond. 1596. qu. It is dedicated
" by the translator to Thomas earl of Sussex, by
" an epistle dated from University college the I8th
" of September 1566, in which year the translation
" was perhaps first published. The said William
" Adlington hath also an epistle to the reader,
*' following the epistle dedicatory, containing
"several matters of Lucius Apuleius; but whe-
" ther he was a graduate of this university I
" know not."
[He (Stanyhurst) went to Antwerp, where he
profest alchemy, and the philosopher's stone, but
failing in that, he went afterwards to Spain, and
as it is said, practised physic. Whalley.
He married Genet, daughter of sir Christopher
Barnewal, knight, who died in child-birth, at the
age of nineteen, August 26, 1579, and was buried
at Chelsea. At the end of his Virgil, is her epi-
taph, in Latin, written by her husband.
Although Stanyhurst's translation of Virgil has
been amply noticed in Warton's Hist, of iiig/ish
Poetry, and still more fully in the Censura Lite-
raria, iv, 225, 354, 385, it is too curious to be
omitted, and I have accordingly ventured to add
some few specimens of his singular versification.
The reader of these volumes will not, it is hoped,
object to the introduction of the various extracts
given from our old poets, as I have rarely suffered
them to extend to any length, unless the volumes
from which they are transcribed be of such rarity
as to preclude the probability of their falling in
the way of the general collector. Stanyhurst's
Virgil is one of the many instances of the truth
of what I advance, as I know that a copy was
sold, not many weeks since, for no less than
twenty guineas ! and it may be doubted whether
the reader of these lives could procure one, even
at that sum, if he were inclined to be the- pur-
chaser.
• Edit. Rom. 1675. fol.
The work was published with the following title,
Thejirst fonre Bookes of Virgil's jEneis, translated
into English heroical verse by Richard Stanyhurst,
with other poetical deuises thereto annexed, 8vo.
London, Printed by Bynneman, 1583. He thus
commences :
I that in old season, wyth reeds oten, harmonye
whistled
My rural sonnet; from forrest flitted, I forced
Thee sulcking swincker thee soile, though crag-
gic, to sunder;
(A labor and a trauaile too plowswains hartily
welcoom,)
Now manhod and garboils I chaunt, and mar-
tial horror.
I blaze thee, captayne, first from Troy cittie
repairing,
Lyke wandring pilgrim, to famosed Italic trudg-
ing.
And coast of Lauyn, soust wyth tempestuus
hurlwynd.
On land, and sayling, by God's predestinate or-
der.—
Neptune rebukes the winds.
What, sirs ? your boldnesse dooth your gentili-
tie warrant ?
Daie ye, lo ! curst baretours, in this my seigno-
rie regal
Too raise such racks lacks on seas, and danger
vnorder'd ?
Wei, sirs ; — but tempest I wil first pacific ra-
ging-
Bee sure, this practise wil I nick in a freendly
memento.
Pack hence, doggie rakhels, tel your king, from
me, this errand ;
Of seas thee managing was neauer alotted his
empire.
That charge mee toucheth, but he maystreth
monsterus hildens.
Your kennels, good syrs, let your king iEolu>^
hautye
Execut his ruling in your deepe dungeon hardly.
Thus say'd, at a twinckling thee swelling surges
he calmed. —
The second book begins :
With tcntiue listning cache wight was setled in
harckning
Thus father iEneas chronicled from loftie bed
hautie
You me bid, O princesse, too scarrifie a fes-
tered old soare
How that the Troians wear prest by Grecian
armie
Whose fatal miserie my sight hath witnessed
heauie
In which sharp bickring myself, as partic, re-
mained
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GEC.
258
What ruter of Dolopans weare so cruel harted
in liarckning
What curst Myrmidoues, what kame of canck-
re<l Vlysses,
That void of al weeping, could eare so mortal
an hazard f
The reader may now form some judgment of
the merits- of Stanyhurst's translation, which,
although it certainly hoars no resemblance to the
style, rarely departs from the sense, of the author.
Various other instances of his pedantic singularity,
and even still more lidiculous, may be produced.
Achates tell Eneas —
. Thou seest, al cocksure, thy fleete, thy coompa-
nie salued.
And after Venus has amended her son's bush
with trimming, Dido, very politely, invites him to
her lodgings, where she receives him, not so mo-
destly, on a bedstead.
He translates the line,
Infandum, rcgina, jubes, renovare dolorem.
You me bid, princesse, too scarrifie a festered
old soare —
And we find Dido reviling Eneas, when he is
about to leave her, in these elegant terms:
Thou shalt bee punnisht — Il'e with fire swartish
hop after.
When death hath vntwined my soule from car-
cas his holding,
I wil, as hobgoblin, foloe thee, thou shalt be
soare handled.
I shal heare, I doubt not, thy pangs in lymbo
related.
Her talek in the mydel, with this last parlye she
throtled.
We will conclude with the departure of the
Trojans from Carthage.
Thus he sayd, then naked his edgd sword
Brandisht from the scabard hee drew : the cabil
he swappeth :
Al they the like postc haste did make, with
scarboro scrabbling,
From the shoare out saile they, thee sea with
great fleet is hoouel'd,
Flouds they rake vp spuming, with keele froth
fomie they furrow.
Thus much for his Firgil, I will only add one
of his originals, which in any other form than that
in which he has disguised it, would not be unplea-
Bing.
jin endevovred Description of his Mistresse.
Nature in her woorking soomtime dooth pinch
like a niggard.
Disfiguring creatures, lims with deformitic
dusking :
This man is vnioyncted, that swad like a mon-
ster abideth :
Vol. II.
Shee limps in the going, thii ilut with a cam-
moiscd haucks nose.
And, as a cow wasted, plods on, with an head
like a lutecaae.
Theese faults fond hodipecks impute too Na-
ture, as if she
Too frame were not habil gems with rare dig-
nitie lustring.
Wherfor in nduis'ment laboring too cancel ai
old blots,
And to make a pattcmc of price, thee maistree
to publish,
For to shape a peerelesse paragon shec minded,
asembling
Her force and cunning, for a spirt lands sundrie
refusing,
And, with al, her woorckmats trauailing, she
lighteth in Holland,
Rou"d too the Hage posting, to the world Marie
match Ics auau'cing.
In body fine fewter'd, abraue Brownnetta, wel
handled ;
Her stature is coomly, not an inch to super-
fluus holding;
Gratius in visadge, with a quick eye prettily
glauncing;
Her lips, like coral, rudie, with teeth lillie whit
eeu'ned.
Yoong in age, in manners and nurture sage she
remaineth;
Bashful in her speaking; not rash, but watchful
in aunswer;
Her looks, her simpring, her woords, with cur-
tesic swcetnmg.
Kind, and also moaest; liking with chastitie
lineking,
And in al hergestursobseruing coomly decorum.
But to what eend labor I, me to presse with bur-
den of /Etna ?
Thee stars too number, poincts plaiuely vn-
counctabil o'pningf
Whust, not a woord ; a silence such a task im-
possibil askcth :
Her vertu meriteth more praise than parly can
vtier.]
ILDWARD GEE, was a Lancashire man
born, entred a servitor of Merton coll. in Lent-
term 1582, aged 17, elected fellow of Brasen-
nose coll. when he was about two years standing
in the degree of bach, of arts, and after some
standing in that of master, was unanimously
elected proctor of the university 1598. Two years
after he was admitted bach, of divinity, and in [444]
1G03 he resigned his fellowship, being about that
time rector of Tedbourne S. Marice in Devon-
shire. In 16 1 6, he proceeded in divinity, having
been before that time made one of the society of
Chelsea coll. founded by Dr. Matth. Suteliffe,'
' [On this subject 1 have been favoured with the follow-
ing original leuer from Lancelot Andrews, bisliop of Ely, lo
Dr. Gagcr, chancellor of that diocese. The original was for-
s
259
GEE.
DA VIES.
260
Rnd chaplain in ordinary to his majesty. He was salion, generalit3'of learning, gravity of judgment,
a person well known for his sincerity in conver- and soundness of doctrine. iJe hath written,
-_ _ ._ . .. .. Steps of Ascension to God: Or, a Ladder to
Iletiven ; containing Prai/ers and Meditations Jot-
evert) Day in the H eek, and for all other Times and
nifrlv in tlie collection of Dr. Grey of Cambridge, and is now
in the hands of my friend Williani Wilcox, esq. of St. John's
college, Oxford.
Ri);ht reverend fTalhcr in God, my vcr)- good L'' and
brother, 1 have received letters from the kings ma"- , the tenure
whereof here followelh.
Right trustie and welbeloved councellor, we greet yon
well. AVhereas the enemies of the Gospel have ever bin
forward to wriie and publish bonl;es for confirminj; iheir
erroneous doctrine, and impu2nin;i llic truth; and now
of late seeme more careful! then before lo send dayly
into our realme such their writinfis, whereby our lovmg
subjects, though otherwise disposed, might be seduced,
unless some remedy thereof should be provided. We,
by the advice of our councell, have lalv'ly graunted a
corporation and given our allowance for ereiiing a col-
ledge at Chelsey for learned divines to h? imploved to
write as occasion shall require for maynlcvuing the re-
ligion professed in our kingdomes, and confuting the im-
pugners thereof. Whereupon Dr. Sulcliflc designed
provost of the said coll. hath now humbly signified vnto
us, that vpon divers promises of help and assistance to-
wards the erecting and endowing the said colledge, he
hath, at his own charge, begun and well proceeded in
the building, as doth suiRciently appeare by a good part
hereof already sett vp in the place appoynted for the
same : we therefore being willing to favour and further
so religious a worke, will and require you to write
your letters to ye bishops of your pro\ince, signifying
rnto them, in our name, that our pleasure is, they ucale
with the clergie and other of their dioceses to give their
charitable benevolence for the perfecting of this good
worke so well begunn : and, for the belter performance
of our desire, we ha>e given order to the said pro\ ost
and his associates to attend you and others vnto whom it
may apperteyne, and to certlfie vs from time to time of
their proceeding. And thus, nothing doubting of your
care herein, we bid you farewell. Tbetford the fifih of
May I6l6.
Now because this is so pious and religious a worke, con-
ducing both lo God's glorie and the saving of many a soule,
within this kingdome, I can not but wish, that all devout
and well-affected persones should both by yourself and by tlie
preachers in your dioces, as well publickly as otherwise be
excited to contribute in some measure to so holy an intentle-
ment now well begun. And although these and the like
motions haue ben frequent in these latter times, yet let not
those whom God hath blessed with any welth be weary of
well doing, that it may not be said, that the idolalrous and
superstitious Papists be more forward lo advance their false-
hoods then we are to maynteyne God's truth. Whatsoever
is collected, 1 pray your LoP may be carefully brought vnto
me, partly that it passe not through any defrauding hands,
and partly that his Ma'^''^ may be acquainted what is done in
this behalfe. And so forbearing to be further troublesome, I
leave your lordship to the Almightie. From Lambilh,
December 20. l6l7.
Yotir very loving brother,
G. Cant.
(George Abbot, archbishop of Canterbury.)
This Letter, and the breefes perteyning to it, I have kept
by me till Easter was past, and St. Marke's day and May
Day, to th' end the collec ion may be lesse greevous. Have
all due care 1 pray of that which is raysed, that we may take
good account of our trust. And lett me be advertised what
successe it hath. And I recom'end you to God's blessed keep-
ing. Ely house, ly'Maij, l6'18.
Your verie louing frend,^
L. Elien.
To the right wor." my verie loving
frend Mr. Do.' Gager, chanceler
of y"^ dioces of Ely at his house
in Cambridge ad.]
Olid
Occasions. — Printed at least 27 times, mostly in a
manual, or in a vol. called twenty-fours : the 27th
edit, came out in 1677.
The Cnrse and Crime of Meroz ; Serm. at an
assize holden in Exeter, on Jiidg. 5. 23. Lond.
1620. qu. [Bodl. 4to. II. 32. Th.]
Sermon of Patience ; Preached at S. Mary's in
O.Kou. on James 5. 7- Lond. 1620. qu. [Bodl. 4to.
H. 32. Th.] Both which sermons were published
by his brethen John and George Gee, ministers,
w ho had his notes after his death ; which ban-
ning in Wintcr-tiinc, in sixteen hundred and eigh-
teen, was buried, as I conceive, in his church at
Tedbourne before-mentioned. He left behind
him a widow named Mary, and a son, I think, of
both his names. See more in John Gee under
the year 1625.
[fidwaid Gee was chaplain to lord chancellor
Egerton, and as such presented by his lordship
to a prebend in the church of E.xeter, I6l6.
Tanner.]
JOHN DAVIES, who writes himself of Here-
ford, because he was born in that city, was, from
the grammar school there, sent to this university,
but to what house of learning therein, I know
not. After he had remained with us for some
years, without the taking of a degree, he retired
for a time to his native country, having then,
among scholars, the character of a good poet, as
by those poems, which he then made, and were
shortly after published, was manifested. Sir John
Davies, whom I shall mention under the year
1626, was more a scholar than a lawyer; butthis
John Davies was inore a poet than a scholar, and
somewhat enclined towards the law ; which hath
made some unwary readers take the writings of
one for the other. But our author finding not a
subsistance by poetry, he set up for a writing-
master, first in his own country, and afterwards in
London, where at length he was esteemed the
greatest master of his pen that England in his
age ' beheld, first for fast-writing, (2) fair-writ-
ing, which looked as if it had been printed, (3)
close-writing, (4) various writing, as secretary,
Roman, court and text-hand.* In all which he
' Tho. Fuller in his IForlMes, in Herefordshire.
* [At the end of Microcosmos, 1603, are some lines 'in
love and affection of master John Davies, mine approved good
friend, and admiration of his excellence in the art of writing,'
by Nicholas Deeble, among which are the following, which
give the names of other most celebrated fine writers of foreign
nations.
To him, from Paris, moue thine antique station,
Beauchcne, the perfeclst pen-man of thy nation .
To him, from Venice, bring those guifts of thine,
Kenoun'd for wondrous writing, Camerine.
Warne thou the Romanes, that thou must be gone
To vi»ile England, curious Curion.
I61S.
261
DA VIES.
262
foil.
lowing
w.ns exceeded after his death, by one (Jething his
counU"yjn;iu and scholar. Sometimes he made pret-
ty excursions into poetry, and could flourish matter
with his fancy,' as well as letters with his j>en, the
titles of which do follow,
• S. Peter's " St.* Peter's Complaint, rcilh other
Complaint, " Poems, Lond. l.iyj. (ju. before it is
newly aug- « an epistle of the author to his loving
ment€(l, with « (jg^^j,, subscribed by a written
other rocms. ... , ' , . /•> -^ • u ■
Lond. in gu. hand, i/our loving Loumn, uobert
But when " Southwell, but the i'oem was writ-
printed it ap- " ten by John Davies. ♦ The other
Come, all at once, that all at once may learne
To mend your hands, and rightly to (lisccrne
Between tlieKOod, and most most-excellent!
Nor will (perhaps) your travaile be mispent,
Silh each, in 's native hand, may gain perfection,
Uy practising his counsell and direction.
' [Freeman seems to allude to Davies in the
epigram. Rub. (Sf a Great Cast, lCl4, Kpig. 76.
In Thuscum.
Thnscus writes faire, without blurre or blot.
The raseall'st rimes were ever read, G<xl wot!
No marvell — many with a 8w,nn's quill write.
That can but with a goose's wit endite.]
♦ [Wood is undoubtedly wrong. These poems were writ-
ten by Robert Southwell, nor has Davies the slightest ciaim
to thein.
The copy, which formerly belonged to our author, 1 have,
at length, discovered to be preserved in Jesus college library.
It is the first edition. Saint Peters Complaint, v;ith other
Poemes. London, Imprinted hy John tVolfe, 15().'), 4to. In
the same library are also, 1 . i'aj;j/ Peter's Complaint, newly
augmented. IViih other Poems. London, Printed iy II L.
for William Leake; and are to ie sold at his shop in Paules
chmch-yard, at the siane of the Holy Ghost, 4to, without
date. This contains, in addition to the poems enumerated
by Wood. 21. A Phansie turned to a Smner's Complaint.
22. Dauid's Peccaui. 23. Sinnes heauie Loade. 23. Jo-
seph's Amazement. 24. New Prince, new Pompe. 25. The
burning Babe. 26. New Heauen, new Warre.
2. Moeonice, or certain excellent Poems and spirituall
Uymnes : omitted in the last hiipresiion of Peter s Complaint ;
being needefull thereunto to le annr.rrd, as being both Diuine
and ^Fittee. All composed by It. S. London, Printed by
Valentitie SimsJ'or Johti Butbie, 15<)5.
3. The Triumphs over Death : or A Consolatorie Epistle,
for afflicted Minds in the Affects of dying Friends. First
written for the Consolation of one, but now published for the
generall Good of all, by li. S. the Authnur of S. Peter's
Complaint, and Maoniw his other Ilymnes. London, Printed
by (Valentine Simmes for John Busbte, and are to be sold at
Sicholus Lin'^'s shop ut the IFest End of Paules Church,
JAQO.
In two copies of verses and a poetical dedic. to Edw. Cici-
lie, and Anne Rich. Sackuile, the hopefull issues of that ho-
nourable gentleman matster Robert Sackuile, esq. by John
Trusscll, Southwell is expressly named as the author, and
there can be no reasonable doubt of his claim. Where Wood
obtained his incorrect information I cannot learn.
In the Bodleian rsvo. I). 47. Th ) we have St. Peter's
Compluintc, Mary Magdal. Teares, u ith other Workes of
the Auihor, R. S. London, Printed for W. Barrett, 1<J20.
Tlie following are transcribed from the first edition :
From Fortune's Reach.
Let fickle Fortune runne her blindest race,
I settled hnue an vnreinoued mind ;
I scorne lo be the game of Phansie's chase.
M*fy
" poems mentioned in the title that pear 1 not. If^iih
" follow after St. Peter's Complaint ">"
" are,(l) Mary Magdalen'k blush. (8) "p"?
" Mary Magdalen's complaint at Magd
" Christ'8 death. (.S) Times go by and iherrfort
" turns. (4) Look home. (5) For- In'PPotetwts
" ttine's felshood. (<j) Scorn not the "■■■""" 7 "^
,, , _v rT>i V • • !• rt\ ■ same hand.
" leost. v7) I he Nativity of Christ. Fi„t edit
" (8) Christ's childhood. (9) A child
" my choice. (10) Content and rich. (II) Lo««
"in delays. (12) Love's servile lot. (l.S) Life
" is but loss. (14) I die alive. (15) What joy
"to hve. (Ifi) Life's death loves life. (17) At
" home in Heaven. (18) Lewil love is lo«s.
" (19) Love's garden grief. (40) From fortune's
" reach."
Minim in Modum. A Glimpse ofGod't Glory
and the Soul's Shape. Lond. I(j02, 4to. and 16 16.
Oct. a poem.
Microcosmus. The Discovery of the little
World, with the Government thereof. Ox. 1603.
qu. a poem, f Bodl.4to. D. ,3. Art. BS.] Usher'd
into tiie world by the verses of Jo. Sanford of
Magd. coll. Charles Fitz-Geffry of Broadgate's
and Rob. Burhill of C. C. coll. Which last
wonders why Davies our author, who was lately
(as he saith) ' Oxoniae vates,' should write him-
self of Hereford, as if Oxon was a disgrace to
him.^
The holy Roode, or Christ's Crosse, containing
Christ crucified, described in speaking Picture.
Lond. Kjoy. qu. [a poem].
Sonnets — printed with the former poem, and
both contained in 10 sheets.
Humours Heavat on Earth, with the civil Wars
of Death and Fortune, &c. London I6O9. A poem
in oct.
Or vtaine to shew the chaunge of euery winde.
Light giddie humors stinted to no rest.
Still cnaunge their choyce, yet neuer chose the best.
Mv choyse was guided by fore-sightfidl heede.
It was auerred with approuing will ;
It shal be followed with performing deed.
And scal'd with vow, till death the chooser kilL
Yea death, though finall date of vainc desires.
Elides not my choyse which wlh no time expires.
To beautic's fading blisse I am no thrall ;
I bury not my thoughts in mettall mynes;
I aiine not at such fame as feareth fal ;
I seeke, and tind a light, that euer shines,
Whose glorious beames display such hcjuealy sighted
As yeeld my soule a summc of all delights.
Mv light lo loue, mv loue lo lyfc doth miyde.
To life that Hues by loue, and louetli light:
By loue to one lo whom all loues are tyde
By dcwest debt, and neuer equall right.
Eyes light, hen's loue, soulc's truest life lie is,
Consorting in three ioycs one perfect blisse.]
» [Thereare also commendatory verses by Nicholas Derble,
John James, T R , Doughis Castilion, Charles Fitz-Jefl'ry,
Nathauad Tutukin^, his brother Richard Davies and Eit.
Lap worth.]
S 2 .
[445]
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DAVIES.
264
1618.
The Triumph of Death, or the Picture of the
Plague according to the Life, as it was in An.
1603. — Printed with Humours Heaven and Earth,
&c.
Wit's Pilgrimage (by poetical Essays) through
a World oj amorous Sonnets, Soul- Passions and
other Passages, Divine, Philosophical, and Poeti-
cal. Lond. in a pretty thick qu. but not expressed
when printed. — 'Tis dedicated to Philip, earl of
Montgomery. [See British Bibliographer, vol. ii.
pa^e 247, &c.]
Muse's Sacrifice, or divine Meditations. Lond.
I6l2. in tw. [See Censura Literaria, vol. i.
page 40, &C.J
The Muse's Tears for the Loss of their Hope ; the
heroic and never too much praised Henry, Prince of
Wales. Lond. 1613. qu. [Bodl. 4to. P. 35. Th.]
Time's Sobs for his (Pr. Hen.) untimely Loss,
with Epitaphs. — Printed with The Muse's fears.
Consolatory Straim to wrest Nature from her
Vent in immoderate Weeping. — Printed with that
also.
Eclogues. Lond. 16 14. oct. They are at the
end of The Shepard's Pipe, written by Will.
Brown of the Inner-Temple. [Bodl. 8vo. T. 21.
Art.]
j4 select second Husband for Sir Tho. Overbury's
Wife, now a matchless Widow. Lond. I6l6. oct.
Dedic. to Will. E. of Pembroke. [See Censura
Literaria, v. 367.']
Elegies on the Death of -x Printed with the for-
Sir Tho. Overbury. > mer Book l6l6. oct.
Speculum Proditori. J [Bodl.Svo. O. 34.Th.]
Several copies of verses of his are also pub-
hshcd in other books, as a large copy before Ph.
Holland's translation of Canibden's Britannia,
another in the Odcombian Banquet, another be-
fore Speed's Chronicle, and in divers other books,
&c.* He died about the year sixteen hundred
and eighteen, and was buried, as one ' tells us,
within the precincts of S. Giles's ch. in the fields,
near Lond. I find one Joh. Davies, gent, to have
lived in the parish of S. Martin in the fields, who
dying in the beginning of July (or thereabouts)
in I6l8, was buried near to the body of Mary, his
sometimes wife, in the church of St. Dunstan in
the West. Whether the same with the poet I
cannot justly tell, because my author here quoted
(Tho. Fuller) saith, but upon what authority I
know not, that he was buried at S. Giles's in tlie
fields. One John Dunbar, a Latin poet of Scot-
land, hath an * epigram on J. Davies the poet,
which may serve for an'epitaph, wherein he tells
us that he was another Martial, and that he out-
stript in poetry Sam. Daniel, Josh. Silvester the
• [We may add to these lines prefixed to Withers and
Browne's Shepheard's Pipe, l6l4, and to Gwillim's Display
of Hcraldrie, edit. l638.]
' Th. Fuller.
• In Epigrammat. ib. edit. Lond, l6l6. in oct. cent. 3.
nu. SO.
merchant adventurer, &c. " See more of Robert
" Southwell, in my discourse of William War-
" ner."
[Add to Davies :
1. Sunt a Totalis, or all in all, and the same for
ever: or an Addition to Mirum in Modum. Lond.
1607. 4to. a poem.
2. Bien Venn. Create Britaines Welcome to hir
greate Friends and deere Brethren the Danes,
Lond. l606. 4to. a poem. Loved ay.
A1.S0,
JVits Bedlam,
Where is had
Whipping Cheer to cure the mad.
Lond. 1617, 8vo. An account of this book
will be found in the British Bibliographer, ii.
262.
The Scourge of Folly, co7isisting of satyrical Epi-
grams, and others in honor of many noble and wor-
thy Persons of our Land. Lond. Svo. without
date. With this was printed'
A Scourge for Paper Persecutors : or
Paper's Complaint, compil'd in ruthfull rimes,
Against the Paper spoilers of these times :
Which appeared in 4to. London lG2o, separately,
and which Wood conjectures, in another part of
this work, to have been John Donne's compo-
sition.
See a long extract from Davies's Funeral Elegy
on Mrs. Elizabeth Dutton, in the Censura Litera-
ria, vol. ix, page 173, in wiiich the author gives
some lamentable proofs of his distrcs.sed situation.
Poverty and suffering, he there tells us, had
turned his locks grey before he was five and
thirty.
Wood was wrong in supposing, that Davies was
a member of the university of Oxford, since he
only repaired thither in his professional capacity of
a writing master. At the end of liis Microcosmos
are several sonnets addressed to persons of rank,
&c: (much in the manner of Lok) among others,
one
To my much honored and intirely beloued patro'
nesse the most famous vnivcrsitie oJ Oxford.
To mount aboue ingratitude (base crime)
With double lines of single-twisted rime,
1 will (though needlesse) blaze the sun-bright
praise
Of Oxford, where I spend some gaining dales :
Who entertaincs me with that kind regard,
That my best words her worst deedes should
reward :
For, like a lady full of roialtie,
Shee giues me crownes for my characterie.
» [So T. P. (Thomas Park) in Censura Literaria, vi, 275-
I have never yet seen The Scourge of Folly. A full account
of the volume will, however, be found in the British Biblio-
grapher, vol. ii. p. 256, &c.]
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THOMPSON.
STL C LEY.
'ie0
Her pupils crownc inc for directing them,
Whore hkc a king I line without a reahne.
They praise my precepts, and my icssos learne,
So doth the worse the better wel governc.
But, Oxford, O I praise thy situation,
Passing Pernassus, muse's habitation!
Tiiy bougii-deckt, dainty walkes, with brooks
beset,
Fretty, like christall knots, in mould of iet.
Thy sable soile's like Guian's golden ore.
And gold ityeelds, manur'd, no mould can more.
The pleiisant plot wlicre thou hast footing found,
For all it yeelds, is yelkc of English ground.
Thy stately colleges, like princes courtes.
Whose gold-embossed, high-cmbattl'd ports.
With all the glorious workmanshippe within.
Make strangers deem, they haue in Heaven bin,
When out they come from those celestial places,
Amazing them with glorie, and with graces.
But, in a word, to say how [much] I like thee
For place, for grace, and for sweet companee,
Oxford is Heav'n, if Hcav'n on eaith there
be.
From two subsequent sonnets, it seems that the
members of Magdalen college were his particular
patrons.
There is a head of Davies prefixed to his j4na-
tomy of fair Writing, 4to. 1631.]
THOMAS THOMPSON, a very noted
preacher in the time he lived, was born in the
county of Cumberland, wedded to the muses in
Queen's coll. in Mich, term 1589, aged 15,
made a poor serving child of that house in the
year following, afterwards tabarder, and in 99
fellow, being then master of arts. About that
time, addicting his mind severely to the studies of
the superiour faculty, became a noted disputant,
schoolman, and very familiar with the fathers.
At length leaving the coll. about the time he was
admitted bach, of div. (which was 1609,) he be-
came one of the public preachers in the city of
Bristol, and minister of S. Thomas's church there,
where he was much followed and admired for his
edifying and orthodox doctrine. Afterwards
leaving that city, in 1612, (upon what account I
know not) he became minister in the town and
liberties of Montgomery in Wales,' where, if I
mistake not, he continued till the time of his
death. He hath written and published,
Concio ad Clenim de Clavibus Regni Ccelorum,
habita, pro forma, Oxoii. in TempJo B. Maria
16 Feb. An. iGog. in Matth.Ui. Fer. 19. Lond.
I6l<2. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. H. 80. Th.]
De Votis Monasticis. Theses disputatee sub Pre-
sidio Tho. Holland Reg. Prof Printed with the
former Latin sermon.
' [On the recommendation of sir Edward Herbert, lord
chancellor Egerton, presented him to the rectory of Mont-
gomery. Tanner.]
Besides tiicsc two things, he hath, several tct- [446]
mons in English, as (1) A Diet for a Drunkard,
in two sermons in the church of S. Nich. in Bris-
tol, on Esther 1. 8. Lond. I6l2. ciu. [Bodl. 4to.
M. 28. Th.] (2) Friendly farewell to a faithful
Flock, taken in a sermon preached in St. rhomos
church in Bristol, on Easter Tuesday, 6 April
1612, on 2 Cor. 13. ver. 14. Lond. I6l6. (|u.
[Bodl. 4to. A. 73. Th.] (.<!) Antichrist arraigned;
Sermon at Paul's Cross, on I Joh. 2. 18, 19, 20.
Lond. 1618. c|u. [Bodl. 4to. P. 61. Th.] (4) The Clar.
Trial of Guides by the Touchstone of Teachers, &c. '"'*•
Serm. on Luke 6. .39,40. Lond. 16I8. i\u. [Bodl.
4to. J'. 61. Th.] dedicated to Uichard, bisliop of
St. As<ipli, his patron. These arc all that I have
seen going under his name, and all lliat I yet
know of the author.
" LEWIS STUCLEY or Stukeley was born
" of a genteel family in Devonshire, became a
" gent. com. of Broadgate's hall, in the year 1588,
" aged 14 years, at wliich time he was matricu-
" lated an esquire's son, left it without a degree,
" retired to his patrimony, was knighted, became
" a man of note, and vice-admiral of his county ;
" in which office he shew'd himself false, as 'tis
" said, when sir Walt. Raleigh came under his
" custody. See more in what I have said of
" that knight, in this vol. under the year 1618.
" Under sir L. Stukely's name, I find these things
" following,
" His Petition and Information touching hit
" own Behaviour in the Charge committed unto
" him for the bringing up of Sir IValt. Raleigh,
" and the scandalous Aspersions cast upon him for
" the same. — l*rintcd in 1618. in qu. [Bodl. 4to.
" L. 66. Art.]
" His Apology— \\\c original of this, under his
" own hand, I have seen in the Ashmolean mu-
" sapum, and hath this beginning, ' I know full
" well that all actions of men,' 8ic. It is writ in
" excuse of himself for what he had done relating
" to sir W^alt. Raleigh. Of the same faiuily of
" this Lewis Stucley, was Tho.Stucley, a j'ounger
" brother of his name living near llfercombc in
" Devonshire, a person of some parts, but vain,
" defam'd througliout most parts of Christendom,
" and a meer braggadocio, who, after he had spent
" his estate, and committed several notable pira-
" cies, he went to Rome, became great with P.
'.' Pius 5. who, upon great promises made to him
" of reducing Ireland to the Romish see, made
" him marquis of Leicester, furnished him with
" 800 soldiers to be paid by the K. of Spain for
" his expedition, which proved vain. Afterwards
" we went with Sebastian, K. of Portugal, and
" two Morish kings into Africa, where, in the
" battle of Alcazar, their army was defeated, and
" Stucley lost his life, about the year, as some
" say, 1578. I have by me a little book printed:
" in an English character, eiitit. The famous His-
Clar,
ItiiS.
267
JACKSON.
[NEWMAN.]
DANIEL.
268
" ton/ of Stout Stucley ; or, his valiant Life and
" Death. At tlie end of which is a ballad on
" him, to the tune of K. Henry's going to
" Bulloin: the beginning of which is this:
In England in the West,
Where Phoebus takes his rest,
There lusty Stucley he was born ;
By birth he was a clothier's son,
Deeds of wonder he hath done,
Which with lasting praise his name adorne, Sic.
" See also The Battle of Alcazar, fought in Bar-
" ban/, betzceen Sebastian, King of Portugal, and
*' Abdelmelec, K. of Morocco; with the Death of
" Capt. Stucley. — Lond. 1594. qu."
" ABRAHAM JACKSON a Devonian bom,
" and a minister's son, became either a sojourner
" or batler of Exeter coll. an. l607, aged 18 years,
" and took the degrees in arts, that of master
" being conipleated, as a member of Ch. Ch. an.
" 16 16. I take this person to be the same Abr.
" Jackson, who, while he was bach, of arts, was
" a retainer to the family of John lord Har-
" rington, and when master of arts, preacher of
" God's word at Chelsea near London, and author
« of,
" Sorrow's Lenitive. Lond. I6l4. oct. [Bodl. 8vo.
" N. 15. Th.] 'Tis a poem written upon occasion
" of the death of that hopeful and noble young
" gentleman John lord Harrington, baron of
" Exton, who dying 27 Feb. I6l3, was buried at
" Exton in Rutlandshire, on the last day of March
" 1614.^
* [This poem, which consists only of two sheets and a
half, is perhaps as rare as any piece of the same date. It is
dedicated to the lady Lucy, countess of Bedford, and the lady
Anne HarrinWon, and the autfioE gives us to understand,
that he has addressed them before in some >vork of the same
nature : ' Your fauourable acceptiince of my poore endea-
uours, in an office of the like nature, hath animated mee
againe to, put pen to paper, with a puroose to lencfie that bit-
ter pill of passion (which naturall affection hath once more
caused you to swallow) with the sweet iulip of consola-
tion,' &c. He commences.
When awlesse Death, with poyson-pointed dart.
Had pierc't Fame's fauouritc, young /{arringlon,
That plant of honour, through his gen' rous hart;
Two mournfull ladies, in affection one,
(His wofull mother, and his sister deerc)
From troubled thoughts, shed torrents christall cleere:
And, as a day-long-labouring husband- man
That with heart-fatting ioy doth feast his eyes.
To see his full-car'd corn (with Zephyr's fanne)
Blowne on to ripenesse, if a storme arise
That with sterne blasts destroyes the forward graine.
Sits downe and wailes the losse of his long pame.
Or, as a merchant, standing on the shore.
His long absented ship doth new behold
Em ring the haucn's mouth, full fraught with store
Of Orient pearle, and purest Indian gold ;
If, in his sight, the vessell suffer wracke,
Straines out with crycs, till heart with sorrow cracke :
So did the wofull lady Harrington,
'When she was reft of hiin that was her ioy.
" Several sermons, as (1) God's Call for Man's
" Heart, on Prov. 23. 26. Lond. I6l8. oct. [Bodl.
" 8vo. C. 172. Th.] And others.
" I find one Abrah. Jackson to be author of
" The pious Prentice : or, the Prentice's Piety.
" Wherein is declared, how they that intend to be
" Prentices, mat/ ( 1 ) Rightly enter into that Call-
" ing. (2) Faithfulli/ abide in it,'is.c. Lond. 1640.
" in tw. [Bodl. '8vo.'G.40. Th.] but whether this
" Abr. Jackson be the same with the former, I
" cannot tell. Qu."
[ARTHUR NEWMAN is entitled to a place
under this year as author of
The Bible Bearer, by A. N. sometimes of Tri-
nity College in Oxford. Lond. 1607, 4to.
Of the author 1 can discover no particulars, as
his name does not occur in the matriculation
books of the university, and his treatise aflbrds no
information whatever as to his county or situa-
tion. It appears that he left Trinity college in
the year l6l8, as his caution money was returned
to him in that year,' from which time we are left
in perfect ignorance of his fate.]
SAMUEL DANIEL, the most noted poet and
historian of his time, was born of a wealthy fa-
mily tin Somersetshire, and at 17 years of age, in
1579, became a commoner of Magd. hall, where
he continued about three years, and improved
himself much in academical learning by the bene-
fit of an excellent tutor. But his geny being
more prone to easier and smoother studies, than
in pecking and hewing at logic, he left the uni-
versity without the honour of a degree, and ex-
ercised it much in English history and poetry, of
which he then gave several ingenious specimens.
After his departure, I find nothing memorable of
him for several years, only that at about 23 years
of age he translated into English V'Ae u^orthy Tract
of Paulus Jovius, contayning a Discourse of rare
Inventions both military and amorous called Im-
Her loue, her life, her decre and onely sonne.
Her case in mourning, comfort in annoy.
Her greatest solace in her most di^tress,
Her curing cordiall in heauinesse.
The poet goes on to point the feelings of the mother and
sister of the deceased, and records their lamentations at tlie
visitation with which they had been inflicted. He then
sum ms up the virtues and accomplishments of the youngnoble-
man, and enforces the necessity of submission to the decrees
of Providence.
And you, sad ladies, that are clad in blacke,
Best suting with those weights that sorrow feeds.
Think what this worthy hath, and what yon lack.
And you wil find your own case wants such weeds:
For, mortall, you in cares do draw your breath,
Iminortall he, needes none to waile his death.]
' [From an entry in the Bursar's Book of Trinity college,
communicated to nic by the rer. J.Ingram, fellow of tliat
house, and late Saxon professor.]
♦ [Near Taunton, according to Fuller, who says that his
father was a 'master of music' tVorlhies, in Somerset,
p. 28.]
[447]
Clar.
I6l8.
269
DANIEL.
270
prese. Lond. 1585. oct. To which he hatli put an
ingenious preface of" his own writing. lie was
afterwards, for his merits, made gentleman extra-
ordinary, and afterwards one of the grooms, of
the privy-chanibcr to Anne, the queen consort of
king .lames 1. who being for tlie most part a fa-
vourer and cncourager of liis muse, (as she was
of Jo. Florio, who married Sam. Daniel's sister,)
and many times delighted with his conversation,
not only in j)rivate, but in public, was, partly for
those reasons, held in esteem by the men of that
age, for his excellencies in poetry and history,
and partly in this respect, tliat * in ' writing the
history of English affairs, whether in prose or
poetry, he had the happiness to reconcile brevity
with clearness, ([ualities of great distance in other
siuthors.' This is the opinion of a late author;
but one* who lived in Samuel Daniel's time tells
us, that ' his works contain somewhat a flat, but
yet withal a very pure and copious English, and
words as warrantable as any man's, and fitter
perhaps for prose than measure.' Our author
Daniel had also a good faculty in setting out a
mask or play, and was wanting in nothing that
might render him acceptable to the great and in-
genious men of his time, as to sir Joh. Harrington
tlie poet, Camden the learned, ? sir Rob. Cotton,
sir tl. Spelman, Edm. Spencer, Ben. Johnson,
John Stradiing, little Owen the epigrammatist,'
&c. " Spencer, as 1 have been ' informed, was
" poet laureat to queen Elizabeth. When he
" died, Samuel Daniel succeeded him, and him
" Ben. Johnson, and Ben. Johnson sir \Vill. Davc-
" nant, and sir Will. Davenant John Dryden
" 1668, and John Dryden Thomas Shadwell 1689,
" and Thomas Shadwell, Tate. See what is said
" of Samuel Daniel in the Latin copy in ' Mag-
" dalen-hall, in Histori/ and Antiquities of the
" Universiti/ of Oxford, lib. 2. p. 311." He,
" Samuel ])aniel," hath written.
The Complaint of liosamorid. Lond. [1592]
' Fuller in his Worthies, in Somersetsh.
* The nameless author of Ilypcrcritua: or, a Rule of
Judgment for IVriling or Reading our llisluries, MS. in my
library. Address. 4 sect. 3. [Edmund Bolton.]
' [Camden styles him the English Lucan.]
' [ Francis Davison addressed an encomiastic tril)ute to
Daniel, which is printed in the Poetical Ra/modie, iCll.
and other commendatory compliments ajipeared in Barne-
field's Poems, I098. Bastard's Chrestoteros, I5gs. Fitz-
gcffr)''s Affanicr, l(JOI. The Return from Parnassus, ItJoO'.
Freeman's Epigrams, l6l4. and Hayman's Quodlibels, l628.
Sir John Harrington has an epigram ' to his good friend Mr.
.Samuel Daniel, book ii, 32, and the following lines are
found in Audoeni Epigrammata Edit. l633, p. Cg.
Ad. Sam. Daniel, poetam.
Cui calamum Iractus dcxtra, gladiumque sinistra.
Est tibi Mars loevus, de.xler Apollo tuus ]
» [By Mr. Ed. Joyner. flood's MSS. in Mus. Ashm.']
' [Mr. Loveday points out the confusion of this passage,
and judiciously proixjses that we should read ' in the Latin
copy of the History, &c. under the article of Magdalcn-
hair.]
1594, [oct.] 98, [qu. 1605. 7. 9.] I6II. [oct.]
antl 23. qu. [with]
VarioHi Sonnets to Delia. — Wherein, as Par-
thenius Nicicus did excellently sing the praises of
Arete, so our author in this piece, hath divinely
sonneted the matchless beauty of liis Delia.*
Tragedif of Cleopatra. Lond. 1594, [tw.] 98.
[99] i\\x.[Wn fol. lfj05. 1611. tw. 162;). 4to.]
Of the Civil Wars between the Houses of Lan-
caster and York. Lond. 1604, [I609.] oct. and in
1623. qu. Written in eighth books in verse, witl»
his picture before them.
Tilt Vision of the Twelve Goddesses, presented iit
a Mask, &c. Lond. 1604. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. L. Ki.
Art. B.S.] and 1623, qu. Some copies have it,
The Wisdom of the Twelve Goddesses in a Mask at
llampton-Couit. 8 Jan.
Panegj/ric congratulatory delivered to K. James
at Burleigh Harrington in Rutlandshire. Lond.
[1603. twl] 1604, and 23. qu.
Epistles to various great Personages in Verse. [448]
Lond. 1601, [l603.] and 23. qu.
Musophiliis, containing a general Defence of
Learning. — Printed with the former, [and in 1599,
qu.]
Tragedy of Phihtas. Lond. [1605, 1607,] l6n,
&c. oct.
Hymen's Triumph. A pastoral trag.-com. pre-
sented at the queen's court in the Strand, at her
majesties magnificent entertainment of the king's
majesty, being at the nuptials of the lord Roxbo-
rough. Lond. 1623. qu. second edit.
Musa, or a Defence of liltime. Lond. [l603.
fol. and Oct.] I6II. oct.
The Epistle of Octavia to M. Antonius. Lond.
[1599. 1602. 1605.] 1611. oct.
The First Part of the History of England, in 3
Books. Lond. I6l3. qu. [Bodl. 4to. S. 42. Art.]
reaching to the end of king Stephen, in prose.
To which afterwards he added a second part,
reaching to the end of K. Ed. 3. — Lond. 16 18,
21, 23, and l6;34. fol. continued to the end of K.
Rich. 3. by Joh. Trussel, sometimes a Winchester
scholar, afterwards a trader and alderman of that
city. — Lond. 1638. fol. &c. Which Trussel did
continue in writing a certain old MS. belongingr
to the bishops of Win ton, containing,, as itwere^
* [This passage is copied from Meres' Witt Trrasuru„
licjs. The Sloan .MS. 39-t2 (see Ayscough's Cat. p. 842,) in
the British museum, contains forly-six of Daniel's Sonnets,
and appears to have been a transcript or coeval copy of the
second edition of Delia in 15<)4, which comprises fifty-five
soniieti. Twenty-seven of Daniel's Sonnets were first printed
in 1591, 4to. with the Astrophel and Stella of sir Philip Sid-
ney : fifty were printed in the edition of laQS; fifty-five in
that of 1^94, (witli one omission.) The editions of 1592and
4 arc both inscribed to Mary, countess of Pembroke, but the
dedication of that in 1392 is prose, whilst that in 1594 tikes
the form of a sonnet. Park.]
^ [Of these ' the first fowre bookes' were printed, in two
editions, by P. Short, for S. VVaterson, 1595, 4lo. A fifth
book was added iit an impression of 1599, ^ sixth, in lCiU2^
and two others in iCoy. Rits-m, Bill. Poet. p. 179.]
271
DANIEL.
272
an history of the bishops and bishoprick, which
continuation was made by him to bisliop Curie's
time. He also wrote, A Description of the Ctty
of Winchester, with an historicnl Relation oj divers
memorable Occurrences touching the same. fol.
Also a preamble to the same. Of the Origin
of Cities in general. MS. Sam. Daniel also
wrote, •
The Queen's Arcadia. A pastoral trag.-com.
presented to her majesty and her ladies, by the
university of Oxon. in Christ Church, in Aug. an.
1605. Lond. [1606. tw. 1611.] 1623. qu.
Funeral Poem on the Death of the Earl of Devon.
Lond. [1611. tw.] 1623. qu. Towards the end of
our author's life, he retired * to a country-farm
which he hadat Beckington ncarto Philips-Norton
in Somersetshire,^ (at, or near to, which place he
was born,) where, after he had enjoy'd the muses
and religious contemplation * for some time with
very great delight, surrendered up his soul to him
•6l9' that gave it, in sixteen hundred and nineteen,
and was buried in the church of Beckington be-
fore mentioned. On the wall over his grave was
this inscription afterwards put: — Here lies, ex-
pecting the second coming of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ, the dead body of Samuel Daniel,
esq.; that excellent poet and historian, who was
tutor to the lady Anne Clifford in her youth, she
that was daughter and heir to George Clifford
earl of Cumberland, who in gratitude to him,
erected this monument in his memory, a long
time after, when she was countess dowager of
Pembroke, Dorset, and Montgomery. — He died
in Oct. an. 1619. By the way it must be noted
that this Anne countess of Pembroke was the
same person who lived like a princess, for many
years after, in Westmorland, was a great lover
and encourager of learning and learned men,
hospitable, charitable to the poor, and of a most
generous and public temper. She died 22 Mar.
1675, aged 87,' or thereabouts, and was buried
under a splendid monument, which she in her
life-time had erected, in the church of Appleby
in Westmorland. It must be also farther noted,
that there was one Samuel Daniel, master of arts,
who published a book entit. Archiepincopal Prio-
rity instituted by Christ ; printed an. 1642; [Bodl.
AA. 2. Th. Seld.] and another, if I am not mis-
taken, called. The Birth, Life and Death of the
* [Whilst in London he rented a small house and garden in
Old-street, where he composed most of his dramatic pieces.
Lan^baine, Dram. Poets.]
5 [Fuller says ' near the Devizes, in Wiltshire.' fforthirs,
* [Sam. Daniel being for the most part in animo Catholi-
cus, was at length desired to shew himself openly a Roman-
Catholic ; but he denied, because that when he died he
should not be buried in Westminster Abbey, and lie interred
there like a Roman-Catholic. Woon, MS. in mus. Ashm.]
' [She was born in Skipton Castle, in Craven, Jan. 20.
1589. Dugdale, Baronage. 1. 34C]
Jewish Unction. But whether he was of the uni-
versity of Oxon I cannot yet find.
[It has not been noticed, that Samuel
Daniel's will is preserved in the prerogative
court of Canterbury (N" 12, Soane), which was
made the 4 Sep. 1619, and proved the 1st Teb.
1620. In this testament he appointed his bro-
ther, John Daniel (a musician of eminence,
whose life will be found in Hawkins's History of
Musick), his sole executor; and Simon Water-
son, a well-known bookseller, and John Phillipes,
his brother-in-law, the overseers of his will. He
becjueaths to Susan Boure a bed and furniture,
ana all such linen as he shall leave at his house at
Ridge, and several ten pounds to other Boures,
who may be supposed to have been his rela-
tions.
It has not been hitherto observed by the edi-
tors of the Biographia Dramatica that Daniel's
pastoral was originally called Arcadia Reformed.
The following account is found in Preparations
for the King's Reception at Oxford, Aug. 1603. —
Veneris, 30 Aug. l605.
There was an English play acted in the same
place (St. Maries church) before the queene and
young prince, with all the ladies and gallants
attending the court. It was performed by Mr.
Daniell, and drawn out of Fidm Pastor, which was
sometimes acted by King's coUegemen at Cam-
bridge. I was not there present, but by report
it was well acted, and greatlie applauded. It was
called ' Arcadia Reformed.' It is worth remark-
ing, from the same authority, that the play began
about six in the morning.
In Rymer's Fadera is found a patent granted
to Daniel for the exclusive printing of his History
of England duv'mg the term often years. Vol. xvii.
p. 72.
His salary as groom of the chamber to the
queene was sixty pounds per annum.
I am not prepared to call out 'clubs!' when
I express my inability to account for the con-
tempt which Ben Jonson appears to have enter-
tained for Daniel. In his conversation with
Drummond, Jonson spoke of Daniel as being
' no poet ;' and in Every Man in his Humour he
introduces Clement reading a parody of the two
first lines of Daniel's first sonnet to Delia ' to
make them, as he says, absurder than they were.'
Daniel was not without admirers : Camden says,
that Rosamond was eternized by master Daniel's
muse; and Nash, in his Piers Penilssie's Suppli-
cation to the Devil, observes that ' some dull-
headed divines deenie it no more cunning to
write an excellent poeme than to preache pure
Calvin, or distill the juice of a commentary into
a quarter sermon : — but, he adds, you shall find
there goes more exquisite paynes and puritie of
wit to the writing of one such rare poem as Rosa-
mond than to a hundred of your dimistical ser-
mons.' Folio 17. 4to. 1592. Gilchrist.
273
DANIEL.
PANKE.
'274
Daniel's Poems were collected and published
in IfiOl. fol. (Bodl. CC. 23. Art.) and by his bro-
ther in H)23. (Bodl. 4to. P. 60. Art.) They were
reprinted with the Defence of Uhyine,* in 2 vol.
Lond. 1718. 8vo. Besides the pieces already
noticed, Daniel wrote » Tethys' lestival, or the
Qtieene's Wake, acted at Whitehall, June 5,
1610. 4to. and Panegj/iic c/ ngratu/aloiy to A.
James 1. M.S. Reg. 18 A Ixxii. Detached verses
by him are found in Jones's Neniiio, 1595; Dy-
mock's // Pastor Fido, lf)05; Edmondcs' Ob-
servations on Ctesar's Commentaries, 1 60{) ; Plo-
rio's translation of Montaigne's Essays, 1G13;
and Sylvester's Du liartas, 16 13. An original
letter also to lord keeper Egerton, with a present
of his works, has been printed in tiie rev. r'rancis
Egerton's Illustrations of the Life and Character
oj Lord Chancellor Egerton.
Tethj/'s Festival is the scarcest of all Daniel's pro-
ductions, as it was not inserted in any collected
edition of his works. It is appended to The Order
and Solemnilie of the Creation of the high and
mightie Prince lienrie, Eldest Sonne to our sacred
Soueraigne, Prince of Wales, Duke ctf Cornercall,
Earle of Chester, i;c. j4s it was celebrated in the
Parliament House, on Munday the Fourth of
Junne last past. Together uith the Ceremonies of
the Knights of the Path, t.nd other Matters of
speciall Regard, incident to the same. Whereunto
IS annexed the Roi/all Maske, presented by the
Queene and her Ladies, on Wednesday at Night
following. Printed at Hritaine's liuise for John
Budge, and are there to be sold. I6l0. A copy of
this is among Garrick's collection in the British
museum, from which I extract the following.
Youth of the Spring, milde Zephirus, blow faire,
And breath the joyfull ayre.
Which Tethys wishes may attend this day.
Who comes her selfe to pay
The vowes her heart presents,
To these faire complements.
Breath out new flowers, which yet were neuer
knowne
Vnto the Spring, nor blowne
Before this time, to bewtifie the earth.
And as this day giues birth
Vnto new types of state.
So let it blisse create.
Beare Tethys' message to the ocean king.
Say how she ioyes to bring
Delight unto his ilands and his seas,
' [I'his defence was written in answer to Campion's Ol-
seroallons in the Art nf English Poesie lt)02.]
' [Mr. Park supposes the queen of James (Acne of Den-
mark,) to be allegorized under this name, as the cara sposa of
Occanus. Sec some further account of it in the first vol. of
Jirydges's Reslitiila, 1814 1
Vol. II.
And tell Meliadcs
The of-spring of his hood,
How slie ap(>Iaudes his good.
2.
Are they shadowes that we see .'
And can shadowes pleasure giue ?
Pleasures only shadowes bee
Cast by bodies we conceiue,
And are nia^lc the thinges wee deemc,
In those figures which they seeme.
But these pleasures vanish fast.
Which by shadowes are exprest.
Pleasures are not, if they last :
In their passing, is their best.
Glory is most bright and gay
In a flash, and so away.
Feed apace then, greedy eyes,
On the wonder you behold ;
Take it sodaine as it flies
Though you take it not to hold :
W^hen your eyes haue done their part
Thought must length it in the hart.
There is a portrait of Daniel by Cockson, pre-
fixed to his Civil Wars, Sac. engraved in I609.J
JOHN PANKE was a very frequent and
noted preacher of his time, and well read in theo-
logical authors, but withal a very zealous enemy
in his writings and preachments against the Pa-
pists, but in what college or hall educated, I
cannot as yet find. After he had left the univer-
sity he became minister of Broadhinton, after-
wards of Tidworth, in Wilts, and at length had
some cure in the church of Salisbury. His works
are,
Short Admonition, by rcay of Dialogue, to all
those, who hitherto, upon Pretence of their Un-
wonhiness, have dangerously, in respect of their
Salvation, withdrawn themselves from coming to
the Lord's Table, &c. Oxon. lt)04. oct. [Bodl.
8vo. D. 50. Th.]
The Fall of Babel, by the Confusion of Tongues,
directly proving against the Papists of this, and
former Ages, that a View of their Writings and
Books being taken, it cannot be discerned by any
Man living, what they zeould say, or hoze be under-
stood, in the Question of the Sacrifice of the Mass, '
the real Presence, or Transubstantiation, &c. Oxon.
1608. qu. [Bodl. 8vo S. 45. Th.] Dedicated to
the heads of colleges and schools of this univer-
sity of Oxon.
Collectancfc, out of S. Gregory the Great, and S.
Bernard the Devout, against the Papists, who ad-
here to the Doctrine of the present Church of Rome,
in the most findamcital Points between them and
us. Oxon. I6I8. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. T. 50. Th.]
With other things, as 'tis probable, but such 1
have not 3'et seen, nor do I know any thing else
of the author.
[449]
Clar.
\6ll.
275
MEARA.
MASON.
CHAiMBEKS.
276
DERMITIUS MEARA, or de Meara, who
•was born at Ormond in Ireland, whence being sent
to this university, continued there in philosophi-
cal studies several years, but whether in Univ.
coll. Gloc. or Hart, hall, (receptacles for Irish-
men in his time,) I know not. For tho' he writes
himself in the first of his books which I shall anon
mention, ' lately a student in the university of
Oxon,' yet in all my searches I cannot find him
matriculated, or that he took a degree. Some
years after his retirement to his native country, he
wrote in Latin verse, having been esteemed a good
poet during his conversation among the Oxonians,
these things following,
Ormoniiis ; site illustriss. Herois ac Domini, D.
Thomee Butler Ormonix (^ Ossorite Comitis, Vice-
corn, de Thurles, Baronis de Arcklo, i^c. Prosa-
pia Laborumgue pracipuorum ab eodem pro Patria
i^ Principe susceptorum Commemoratio, heroico
Carmine conscripta. Lond. I6l5. oct. [Bodl. 8vo.
F. 42. Art.]
Epicedion in Obitum Tho. Butler Ormonia iif
Ossoria Comitis, &c.
Anagrammaticon, Acrosticon bf Chronologica in
eundem Tho. Butler. These two last were print-
ed with Ormonius, and are dedicated to Walt.
Butler earl of Ormond and Ossory. Much about
the time when these poetical things were printed,
the author practised physic in his own country,
and gained great repute for his happy success
therein. In that faculty he wrote several books,
but all that I have seen is only this,
De Morbis hareditariis Tractatus Spagyrico-
C'"- dogmaticus. Dubl. 1619. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. W. 26.
1019- Med.] &c. He was father to Edm. de Meara an
Ormonian born, sometimes a practitioner in phy-
sic in the city of Bristol, being the same person
who answered Dr. Tho. Willis's book, entit. Dia-
tribe du<B Medico-Philosophica, &c.
" THOMAS MASON was born of plebeian
" parents in Hampshire, became a servitor of
" Magd. coll. in 1594, aged 14, left it without a
" degree, and, thro' some petit employments, be-
" came minister of Odyham in his own country.
" He hath written,
" A Revelation of the Revelation, wherein is
" contained most true, plain, and brief Manifesta-
" tion of the Meaning and Scope of alt the Revela-
riar " '''"'' '''**^ every Mystery of the same. Lond.
I'ciy. " 1619. pet." [Bodl. 8vo. M. 108. Th.]
[Qu. if he be not the author of Nobile Par, or
the Funeralls of two noble Personages, the Right
Honourable Lord, the Earle of Hertford; and the
Lady Marie, his worlhie Sisier. 2 Sermons, the
first on Gen. 1. 7. (1st pt.) 'To the memory of
the right honourable and truly noble lord Edward
Seymour, baron Beauchamp, earle of Hertford,
and lord lieut. to his majesty for the counties of
Wilts and Somerset, who deceased April 6th
1621, in the yeare of his age 84, and lieth buried
at Sarum.' The second on Job 1.21. * To the
memory of the truly ennobled with virtue and
honour, the lady Mar}-, daughter to the illustrious
Edward duke of Somerset, &c. who after a godly
life ended her naturall days in Christian peace
and piety, and was honourably buried in West-
minster, Jan. 18. 1619. These sermons were both
preached at Letley by Thomas Mason attendant
in ordinary upon that honourable family. There
were but few of them printed. Wan ley.
Wood was certainly wrong in designating Ma-
son the son of plebeian parents, for in the dedica-
tion to a work, the title of which will be given
below, he signs himself ' preacher of God's word
in Odiham, in the county of Southampton, whose
father was heire vnto sir John Mason, sometime
a priuy councelor vnto queene Elizabeth.' This
was an abridgment of Fox, which Wood had
never heard or,
Christ's Victorie over Sathan's Tyrannie. Where-
in is contaitied a Catalogue of all Christ's faithfvll
Sovldiers that the Divell either by his grand Cap-
taines the Emperovrs, or by his tnost deerly beloued
Sonnes and Heyres the Popes, haue most cruelly
martyred for the Truth. With all the poysoned
Doctrius zcherewith that great redde Dragon hath
made drunken the Kings and Inhabitants of the
Earth, with the Confutations of them. Together
with all his trayterons Practises and Designes
against all Christian Princes to this Day, especially
against our late Queeti Elizabeth of famous Me-
morie, and our most religious Soueraigne Lord
King James. Faithfully abstracted out of the
Book of Martyrs, and diuers other Books. Lond.
1615, folio. (Bodl. Art.)
' Probably Wood thought none but a plebeian
could write so illiberally, and so very unlike a
gentleman ; for his epistle to the reader is full of
quotations from the Revelations, as probably his
other book mentioned by Mr. Wood is also, to
prove, in a most unmannerly style, that the pope
is Antichrist. In this epistle he calculated that
Antichrist's reign was to be at an end in I66O, but
this seems to hint at the English sectaries, rather
than the pope.' Cole.]
SABIN CHAMBERS, a Leicestershire man
born, took the degrees in arts, as a member of
Broadgate's-hall, that of master being compleated
1583, at which time he had the vogue of a good
disputant. But soon after being dissatisfy'd in
many points relating to the Protestant religion,
he entred into the society of Jesus at Paris, an.
1588, aged about 30. Afterwards he taught divi-
nity in the university of Doll in Burgundy,
and at length was sent into the mission of
England, to labour in the harvest there. He hath
written.
The Garden of the Virgin-Mary. St. Om. 16 19. Clar.
oct. Which contains certain prayers and medi- iGiji.
tations. Other matters, as 'tis said, he hath writ-
277
FARREAIl.
THOMAS.
HUTTON.
278
Clar.
ten, but being printed beyond sea, we have few
copies of them come into these parts.
[Sabinus Chambers, natione Anglus, patria Lei-
cestrensis, societatem (Jesu) an. 1588, aetatis 28,
ingressus, cum prius Oxonii magister in artibus
phiiosophiam docuissct in Domino obdormivit in
AngUa, X Martii 1(J33. Scripsit Anglice, Horlum
B. f^irgiins. Sotveilus, Bibl. Script. Soc. Jesu.
pag. 731. Baker.]
" ROBERT FARREAR, a French man, and
" sojourner in Oxon, wrote for the use of his
" scholars whom he taught French, a booiv entit.
[450] " ^ brief Direction to the French Tongue, &c.
" Oxon. 1618. oct. in the title of which book he
" wrote himself M. A. but whether he took that
" degree, or was incorporated therein, in Oxon, I
" find not."
LEWIS THOMAS, a frequent preacher in
his time, became a poor scholar or exhibitioner of
Brasen-nose coll. in 1582, or thereabouts, took
one degree in arts, holy orders soon after, and at
length was beneficed in his native county of
Glamorgan, and elsewhere. His works are.
Certain Lectures upon sundry Portions of Scrip-
ture, &c. Lond. 1600. oct. Dedic. to sir Tho.
Egerton, lord keeper of the great-seal, who was
one of his first promoters in the church.
Seven Sermons, or the Exercises of Seven Sab-
baths. The first, entit. 17ie Prophet David's
Arithmetick, is on Psal. 90. 12. The second, cal-
led Peter's Repentance, is on Matth. 26. 75, &c.
Which Seven Sermons were printed at London
several times in the latter end of Q. Elizabeth,
once in the reign of K. James (I619) and once in
the reign of K. Ch. L (1630.)
A short Treatise upon the Commandments, on
Rev. 22. 14. Lond. I6OO, &c. oct. This is some-
times called A Comment on the Decalogue. I find
Clar, another Lewis Thomas of Jesus college, who took
l6i9' the degree of bach, of arts, as a member of that
house 1597, and that of master, as a member of
St. Edm. hall, I6OI. But what relation he had
to the former, or whether he hath published any
thing, I know not.
[There was one Lewis Thomas, suffragan bp. of
Salop, who was instituted to the rectory of Llan-
Twroc in the deanery of Arvon (then vacant by
the death of William Glyn, archdeacon of Angle-
sey) Sept. 26, 1537, by bp. Capon, and who died
about 1560 or 61, for on the 2'' of May that year
61, Llan-Twroc was voyd. Ue illo quaere, ct de
successore ejus in LLan-Twroc, viz. Jacobo Ellis,
tunc A. M. postea LL. doctore, et, ni fallor,
Oxouiensi. Humphreys.]
" HENRY HUTTON was born in the county
" Palatine of Durham, of an antient and genteel
" family, spent some time with us, either as an
" hospes, or aularian, but minding more the
" smooth parts of poetry and romance than logic,
" departed as it seems, without a degree, and
" wrote,
" Follj/'s Anatomtf : Or, Satyrs and Satyrical
" Epigrams. Lond. 1619. oct. [Bodl. 8vo, B.
"31. Med.]
" A compendious History of Ixion's Wheel.
" This is also written in verse, and both dedicated
" to sir Tim. Hutton, by the author, his friend
" nomine & re."
[This rare volume is ushered into the world
with a copy of commendatory verses signed R.
IL The oafyrea commence with the following:
I vrge no time, with whipt stript Satyrs lines.
With furies scourge whipping depraued times :
My Muse (tho fraught) with such shall not
begin
T'vncase, vnlace the centinel of sin,
Yet, let earth's vassailes, pack-horse vnto shame.
Know I could lash their lewdnesse, euil fame,
Reade them a lecture should their vice imprint
With sable lines in the obdured flint.
Their mappes of knauery and shame descry
In liuely colours, with a sanguine die,
And tell a tale should touch them to the quick
Shold make them startle, fain the'selues cap-
sick,
But that no patron dare, or will, maintaine
The awfull subiect of a satvre's vaine.
Clar.
lOig.
What have we here ? a mirror of this age,
Acting a comick's part vpon the stage !
What gallant's this ? his nature doth vnfold
Him to be framed in Phantastes mold :
Lo how he iets ; how sterne he shewes his face,
Whiles from the wall he passengers doth chase!
Muse, touch not this man, nor his life display,
Ne, with sharpe censure, 'gainst his vice inuey ; —
For, sith his humor can no iesting brooke.
He will much lesse endure a Satyre's booke.
Beshrew me, sirs, I durst not stretch the streete,
Gaze thus on conduit's scrowls, base vintners
beat.
Salute a mad-dame with a French cringe grace,
Greete, with God-dam-me, a confronting face.
Court a rich widow, or my bonnet vaile,
Conuerse with bankrupt mercers in the gaile;
Nor in a metro shew my Cupide's fire.
Being a French-pox't ladie's apple-squire ; —
Lest taxing times, (such folly being spide,)
With austere Satyres shoula my vice deride.
Ntre breath, I durst not vse my mistrissc fan,
Or walke attended with a Hackney man ;
Dine with duke Humfrey in decayed Paules,
Confound the streetes with chaos of old braules,
Dancing attendance on the Black-friers stage.
Call for a stoole with a commanding rage ;
Nor, in the night time, ope my ladie's latch,
Lest I were snared by th' all-seeing watch,
T 2
279
NORDEN.
280
Whicli criiick knaues, with lynxe's pearcing
eye,
Into men's acts obsernantly do prye.
The second satire characterizes a parasite ; the
third, the letcher's obsccene shame ; the fourth, a
spendtlmti.; the fifth, mounsier Bravado; the
sixth, a poetaster; the seventh, a glutton; and
the last, a woman creature most insatiate. Sixty
Sattfricalt Epigrams follow, from which I select
the following,
21.
Tom vow'd to beat his boy against the wall.
And as he strook, he forthwith caught a fall :
The boy deriding, said, I will auerre
Y'have done a thing you cannot stand to, sir.
32.
Neat barber. Trim, I must commend thy care.
Who doest all things exactly, to a hayre.
53.
Shoo-makers are the men (without all doubt,)
Be't good or bad, that set all things on foot.
54.
A glazier which endeauours to rcape gaines
Endureth toyle— is troubled much with panes.
Ixion's Wheele is merely a recapitulation of the
fabulous tale, in very indifferent verse, wholly
unworthy of notice.
Perhaps we may ascribe to Hutton This World's
Folly ; or a JVaniing Peece discharged vpoii the
Wickednesse thereof. By J. H. Lond. 1G15. Bodl.
4to. L. 62. Art.]
JOHN NORDEN, was born of a genteel fa-
milj-, but in what county, unless in Wilts, I can-
not tell, became a commoner of Hart-hail in 130'4,
and took the degrees in arts, that of master being
complcated 1373. This person I take to be the
same John Norden who was author of these books
following, some of which I have perused, but
therein 1 cannot find that he entities himself a
minister of God's word, or master of arts.
Sinful Man's Solace, most sweet and comfortable
for the sick and sorrowful Soul, &c. Lond. J 385.
in oct.
Mirror for the Multitude, or a Glass, wherein
may be seen the Violence, the Error, the Weakness,
and rash Consent of the Multitude, &c. Lond. 1386.
in oct.
Antithesis, or Contrariety between the Wicked
and Godly, set forth inform of a Pair of Gloves^
ft for every Man to wear, 8cc. Lond. 1387.
Pensive Man's Practice, wherein are contained
very devout and necessary Prayers for sundry godly
Purposes, &c. Lond. 1591. in tw.— Printed there
again 1629. in tw. which was the fortieth impres-
sion.
Poor Man's Rest ; founded upon Motives, Me-
ditations, and Prayers, 8cc. Printed several times
in oct. and tw. The eighth edit, was printed at
Lond. 1620. in tw.
Progress of Piety, whose .Jesse's Lead into the
Harborough of heavenly Hearts-ease, to recreate
the ajfiicted Souls of all such as, &c. Lond.
in tw.
Christian Comfort and Encouragement unto all
English Subjects, not to dismay at the Spanish
Threats. Lond. 1596.
Mirror of Honour, wherein every Professor of
Arms, from the General, to the inferior Soldier,
may see the Necessity of the Fear and Service of
God. Lond. 1397. qu. [Bodl.4to. C. 111. Th.] '
Interchangeable Variety of Things. Lond. l600.
qu.
The Surveyors Dialogue, very profitable for all
Men to peruse, but especially Jor Gentlemen, Far-
mers, and Husbandmen, &.c. hi 6 books. Lond.
1607. [Bodl. 4to. N. 9- Art. Seld.] 10 and 18 in
qu. [Bodl. 4to. B. 32. Art. and reprinted fre-
quently.}
Labyrinth of Man's Life : or Virtue's Delight,
and Envy's Opposite. Lond. I6l4. qu. [Bodl.
4to. A. 36. Art.] 'Tis a poem dedic. to Rob.
Carr earl of Somerset.
Loadstone to a Spiritual Life. Lond. I6l4. in
sixt.
Pensive Soul's Delight : Or, a devout Man's
Help, consisting of Motives, Meditations, and
Prayers, ii.c. Lond. 1615. in tw. [Bodl. 8vo. N.
16. Th.]
An Eye to Heaven in Earth. A necessary Watch
for the time of Death, consisting in Meditations
and Prayers fit for that Purpose. With the Hus-
baiuTs Christian Counsel to his Wife and Children
left poor after his Death. Lond. I619. in tw.
[Bodl. 8vo. N. 24. Th.] &c.
Help to true Blessedness.
Pathzcay to Patience in all manner of Afflictions,
Sec. Lond. 1626. oct. This John Norden lived
at Hendon near to Acton in Middlesex in most
of the reign of king James L being patronized in
' [The contents of this tract are as follows : It is dedi-
cated to the earl of Essex.
1. A briefe motiue to the consideration of the necessitie of
this vvorke, and of the different effects of peace and warre.
2. How necessarie the feare and true seruice of God, and
the vse of all diuine vertues are in euery chiefe gouernour
in amies, and wherein true honor consisteth.
3. That all men should be readie to defend their prince and
countrie, and how iuferiour officers in armes, the common
and priiiate souldiers should bchaue themselues, as touching
their obedience to God, their prince and superiour com-
manders.
4. That prayer is necessarie among; men of armes, as a
principall and chiefe meane both to defend themselues, and
to annoy the encmie, and that after victorie they ought to
praise God.
3. A most necessarie motiue to stirre vp all men that con-
tinue at home, to serue the lining God, and to seeke to
winne his fauour as well in regarde of the safetie and eood
successe of their brethren, souldiers abroad, as of their owae
at hoiue.j
Clar.
1619.
281
NORDEN.
BUDDEN.
2«2
his studies by, or as some say was servant to,
Will. Cecill lord Burleigh, and Rob. earl of
Salisbury his son. I take liini to be the same
John Norden gent. " that most skilful ehorogra-
pher," who hatli written Spenilam Uritaiiiiia : or,
an Historical and C/iorograjihiait Description of
Middlesex. Lond. 15<),T. in about 7 sh. in (\\\.
[Bodl. 4to. C. lOtj. Art ] And of A Choro^^rapbi-
cal Description of Hertfordshire.'^ Printed much
about the same time in 4 sh. in qu. [and reprinted
with the Df script, of Middlesex, 172.'3.] " He was
one of the surveyors of the king's lands, A. 1).
1614."
f J)r. Norden On the Secular Priests in the
Castle of fVi-ibeach, tcho died in Prison, &.C. See
Dr. Bagsliaw's Answer, at the end of Dr. Ely's
Notes, 8vo. p. 20. Ken net.
Complement to K. James I. upon his Accession
to the Crown ; and Harangue against Papists, 4to.
MS. Reg. 18 A xxiii.
Historical Description of Cornwall. Lond.
and 1728, 4to.
Description of Virtue and Env^y.
(From the Labyrinth of Man's Life.)
Her lookes were louing, beauty sun-like bright ;
Her stature tall, aboue the cloudts in height ;
Her amies extended infinitely farre,
And on her brest a brazen shield for warre.
One hand a scepter, her other hand did hold
A sword, her head a diadem of gold ;
Insteed of pearlc, rich, to adorne the same,
There stream'd from it a farre extending tianie.
Ouer her head a rich pauilion set.
Azure coulor'd, which in a circle met;
Vnder her feet a pauement strangely spred
Layd, and compact ^ of ghastly bodies dead.*
Attendant on this ladie grauc, I sawe
Ahidious hagge, clad with rent leaues of lawe.
For impious ones, that only worke disdaine,
To seeme vpright, seeke shrowde for outward
staine.
This hagge was ougly, colour'd pale and wan,
Her face, puft vp, she couer'd with a fan ;
Her eyes were fiery, teeth of gastfull shape,
A sword-like tongue, scene when the hagge did
gape ;
' [Reprinted together in 1 723 4to. There is also a De-
scription of Norlhiimptunshire, printed at London in 1720,
8vo, without any m;ip, and another Description of Cornwall,
printed with several excellent maps of the hundreds, and neat
prints of its rarities, printed at Lond. 17 . 4to. of which four
were printed on velom, one in my hands, the other with the
earl of Oxford, a third with Mr. Richardson, apothecary in
Aldersgate street, and a fourth with the rev. Mr. John
Blackbourne. Rawlinson. Dr. Rawhnsoa's copy above
mentioned is in the Bodleian.]
' [Formed.]
♦ [The poet afterwards explains this :
The pauement of the corpes of dead men showes
She hath her foes, aud them she ouerthrowes.]
Lyon-like, her clawea in handes and feete were
set,
And when she gryp'd her ougly tallandes met.
Hernosthrels wide, her breath a stinking sent;
Her stature lowe, her bodic corpulent.
Her hands were both the left, she had no right,
Her amies scem'd great, with bowe andarrowes
dight.
Her life slie leades in darke and dismall den,
She comes among but scldome scene of men.
She counterfeits chamelion-hke her hew,
'J'luit none may know her by the outward view.
She's ahvaies dry, and only drinkes of bloud,
W hereof there flowes, where she abides, a
floud.]
JOHN BUDDEN, son of Joh. Budden of
Canford in Dorsetshire, was born in that county,
entred into Merton coll. in Mich, term, 1582,
aged Id, admitted scholar of Trinity coll. 30 of
May following, took the degree of bach, of arts,
and soon after was translated to Gloc. hall, for
the sake, and at the request, of Mr. Tho. Allen,
where being mostly taken up with the study of
the civil law, yet he took the degree of M. of
arts, as a member thereof. At length he was
made philosophy reader of Magd. coll. proceeded
in the civil law 1G02, made principal of New
Inn 1609, the king's professor of the civil law
soon after, and principal of Broadgate's-hall.
He was a person of great eloquence, an excel-
lent rhetorician, philosopher, and a most noted
civilian. He hath written and published,
Gulielmi Patteni, cut IVai/iifleti Agnomen fail,
Witoniensis Ecclesice. Prasulis, 6; Colt. B. Maria
Magd. apud Oxon. Fundatoris, Vita Obitusque.
Oxon. 1602. qu. [Bodl. 4to. P. 24. Art.] Re-
printed in a book entit. Vitee selectorum aliquot
Virornm, &c. Lond. 1681. in a large qu. [Bodl.
A. A. 124. Art. Pag. 49-] Pubhshetl by Dr.
Will. Bates a Cambridge man, a learned and
moderate nonconformist, living then at Hackney
near London, an eminent writer, and worthy of
much praise.
Reverendiss. Patris ac Domini Johannis Mor-
toni Cantuariensis olim Aichiep. Magni Angliee
Cancellarii, trium Regum Connliarii, Vita Obi-
tusque. Lond. l607. in 3 sh. in oct. He also
translated from English into Latin, (1) Sir Tho.
Bodlty's Statutes of the Public Library, which
is remitted into the body of the statutes of the
university. (2) Sir Tho. Smith's book entit. The
Commonwealth of England, and the Manner and
Government thereof; in 3 books. Printed at Lond.
in oct. [Bodl. 8vo. S. 88. Art.] and beyond sea
in tw. Also from French into English, A Dis-
course for Parent's Honour and Authority over
their Children. Lond. I6l4. oct. [Bodl. 8vo.
F. 103. Line] Written by Pet. ^rodius, [or
Ayrault,] a renowned French civilian. This
Dr. Budden died in Broadgate's-hall, on the
283
SMITH.
POWELL.
CAREW.
284
1620.
[452]
i6?o.
eleventh of June in sixteen hundred and twenty.
From which place his body being carried to the
divinity school, Rich. Gardiner of Clir. Ch. the
deputy orator delivered an eloquent speech in
praise of him, before the doctors, masters and
scholars of the university. Which being done,
the body was conveyed thence to St. Aldgate's
church near to the hall of Broadgate, and there in
the chancel was interred on the 14 of the same
month. In the professorship of the civil law
succeeded Dr. Rich. Zouch, and in the principa-
lity of Broadgate's, Dr. Tho. Clayton.
SAMUEL SMITH, a gentleman's son, was
born in Lincolnshire, entred a commoner in
Magd. hall in Michaelmas term 1604, aged 17,
became fellow of Magd. coll. 1609, proctor of
the university in 1620, being then bach, of phy-
sic, and accounted the most accurate disputant,
and profound philosopher in the university. He
wrote divers things pertaining to logic and
philosophy, but none of them were printed,
only,
Aditus ad Logicam, in Usum eorutn qui primo
Academiam salutant. Oxon. 1613.21. [BodL 8vo.
E. 46. Line] 27. 33. 39, &c. oct. He died much
lamented 17 June (according as he himself had
foretold some weeks before he died) in six-
teen hundred and twenty, being then newly en-
tred on his proctorship, and was buried in Magd.
coll. chappel. I find another Sam. Smith equal
in time with the former, a frequent preacher
and writer, who living many years after, is not
to have a place among these writers, till the year
1663.
GRIFFITH POWELL, a younger son of
Tho. Powell of Lansawell in Caermarthenshire,
esq; was born there, entred a commoner of Jesus
coll 1581, aged 20, became the first fellow of the
said coll. by election, took the degrees in arts,
and one in the civil law, and at length (after some
controversies had passed) was settled principal of
his college in 16 13, being then accounted by all
a most noted philosopher, or subtile disputant,
and one that acted and drudged much as a tutor,
moderator, and adviser in studies among the ju-
niors. He hath transmitted to posterity.
Analysis Analyticorum posteriorum, sen Libro-
rum Aristotelis de Demomtratione, cum Sckoliis.
Oxon. 1594. oct.
Analysis Libri Aristot. de Sophisticis Elenchis.
Ox. 1594. [1598. Bodl. 8vo. P. 101. Art.] and
1664. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. P. 18. Art. BS.] Con-
cernmg which two books these verses were
made,
<3rJffith Powell, for the honour of his nation,
Wrote a book of Demonstration.
And havmg little else to doe,
■He wrote a book of Elenchs too.
lie also wrote several other matters of philoso-
phy, which would have been very useful for no-
vices, but the author being taken up too much
with his charge, he could not spare time to put
them in order for the press, much less to publisii
them. He paid his last debt to nature, 28 June
in sixteen hundred and twenty, and was buried in 'C20.
the church of St. Michael (in Jesus coll. isle I
think) near to the North gate of the city of Oxon.
By his nuncupatory will he left all his estate to
that coll. amounting to 648^. 17*. 2d. with
which, and certain monies, were lands purchased
for the maintenance of one fellow of the said
coll.
RICHARD CAREW, the son of Tho. Carew
by Elizab. Edgcombe his wife, was born of an
anticnt and genteel family at East-Anthony in
the East parts of Cornwall, an. 1555, became a
gent. com. of Ch. Ch. very young, but had his
chamber in Broadgate's hall, much about the
time that his kinsman George Carew (afterwards
E. of Totness) and Will. Cambden studied there.
At 14 years of age he disputed ex tempore with
the matchless Philip Sidney, (while he was a
young man, I suppose,) in the presence of the
carls of Leicester, Warwick, and other nobility,
at what time they were lodged in Ch. Ch. to re-
ceive entertainment from the muses. After he
had spent 3 years in Oxon, he retired to the Mid-
dle Temple, where he spent 3 years more, and
then was sent with his unkle " (sir George Carew
" as it seems)" in his embassage unto the king of
Poland ; whom, when he came to Dantzick, he
found that he had been newly gone from thence
into Sweden, whither also he went after him.
After his return, and a short stay made in Eng-
land, he w as sent by his father into France with
sir Hen. Nevill, who was then ambassador leiger
unto K. Hen. 4. that he might learn the French
tongue, which by reading and talking he over-
came in three quarters of a year. Some time after
his return, he married Juliana Arundel of Trerice,
an. 1577; was made justice of the peace 1581 ;
high-sheriff of Cornwall 1586, and about that
time was the king's deputy for the militia. In
1589, he was elected a member of the coll. of an-
tiquaries, and about that time he made an histo-
rical survey of his native county, which was after- [453]
wards printed, he being then accounted a religious
and ingenious man, learned, eloquent, liberal, stout,
honest, and well skili'd in several language
as
also among his neighbours the greatest husband,
and most excellent manager of bees in Cornwall.
He was intimate with the most noted scholars of
his time, particularly with sir Hen. Spelman,
who, in an epistle J to him [dated September 18,*
1615.] concerning tithes, doth not a little extol
* In his Apol. of the Treatise De non temerandis Eccle-
stis, &c. Loud. 1646. qu. « [Watts.]
285
CAREVV.
286
him for his ingenuity, virtue, and learning. ♦ Pal-
mam igitur cedo (saith he) 8c (juod Graici ohm in
Caria sua gente, admirati sunt, nos in Carifi nostra
gente agnoscinius, ingcnium splendidum, bella-
rum<|ue intcntionum faicundissiniuni,' [commune
enim ilUid (quod scrihis) mihi tecum Cantabrigia-
mater— ]7 &c. Further also for the book he wrote
and published, entit.
Tfie Survey of Cornwall, &c. Lond. 1602.' qu.
[Bodl. 4to. S. 17. Art.] the learned Cambden is
pleased to honour ' him with this character, —
' Sed haec, &.c. But more plainly and fully in-
structed are we in these points, by Rich. Carew
of Anthony, a gentleman iunobled no less in re-
gard of his parentage and descent, than for his
virtue and learning ; who hath published and
perfected the description of this county (Corn-
wall) more at large, and not in a slight and mean
manner, whom 1 must needs acknowledge to
have given me much light herein.' " Among the
" letters Cambdeni Sf illiistrium virorum ad Camfi-
" denum numb. 58. is an epistle of this Richard
" Carew, dated from Anthony in Cornwall 13
" May 1606, in which he writes thus: ' The first
" publishing of my Survey of Cornwall was volun-
" tary; the second, which I now propose, is of
" necessity, not so much for the enlarging it, as the
" correcting mine and the printer's oversights.
"And amongst these the arms, not the least;
" touching which mine order, suitable to the di-
" rection, was not observed, and so my self made
" an instrument, but not the author, of wrong and
" error." Our author Carew hath also written.
The true and ready Way to learn the Lat. Tongue ;
in anszcer to a Quere, zvhether the ordinary Way by
teaching Latin by the Rules of Grammar, be the
best Tcayfor Youths to learn it'^' This is involved
in a book published by a Dutch-man called Sam.
Hartlib, esq; entit. The true and ready Way to
learn the Lat. Tongue, &c. Lond. 1654. qu. bur
author Carew translated also from Italian into the
English tongue. The Examination of Men's Wits.
In lehich, by discovering the variety of Natures,
is shewed for what Profession each one is apt, and
how far he shall Profit therein. Lond. 1594. [1596,
Bo(H. B. 21. 2. Line] and l604. qu. written ori-
ginally in Spanish by Joh. Huarte, " and trans-
" latcd into Italian by M.Camillo Camilli." But
1 [Baker.]
' [His Survey of Cornwall was reprinted in 1/23, with
his Epistle of the Excellencies nf the English Tongue, and
his life by H. C. esq. a|;ain in 1769. and lastly in 1811, edit-
ed by Francis, lord DeDunstanville.]
9 In Britannia, in the latter end of his discourse of Corn-
wall.
' [An Answer to the Question whether the ordinary Way
of teaching Latin by the Rules of GTammar is the best ? —
It was communicated to me by Mr. Dez Maizsaux, who in-
formed me that it was not written by Richard Carew, the
celebrated author of the Survey of Cormcall, as is affirnied by
Mr. Wood in liis Ath.Oxon; but by Rich. Carew, his son.
J. T. Philipp's ndvfrlisemeut to the reader prefixed to A
compendious iVuy of teaching ancient and modern Languages,
&c. 8vo. 1723. 2" edit. Wanliy.]
this translation, as I have been informed by some
persons, was mostly, if not all, performed by The.
Carew his father ; yet Richard's name is set to it.
He died on the si.xth day of Nov. in sixteen
hundred and twenty, and was buried in the
church of East-Anthony among his ancestors.
Shortly after he had a splendid monument set
over his grave, with an inscription thereon, writ-
ten in the Latin tongue; which being too large
for this place, I shall now omit, as also the epi-
gram made on him by his ' countryman, and ano-
ther by a ' .Scot. Which last stiles our author
Carew another Livy, another Maro, another Pa-
pinian, and highly extoUs him for his great skill
in history, ana knowledge in the laws. Besides
this Rich. Carew, was another, but later in time,
author of Excellent Helps by a Warming- Stone.
Printed 1652. qu.
[Richard Carew, the topographer, translated
also Godfrey of Hvlloigne,orthe Recouerie of Hierv-
salem — written in Italian by Tasso, ' imprinted
in both languages.' Lond. without date, and 1594,
4lo. It was licensed, January 25, 1593. Al-
though a few verses by Carew are found in his
Survey of Cornwall, the following will, perhaps,
give some idea of his poetry.
Description of Armida.
' Not Argos, Cyprus, Delos, ere present
Patternes of shape, or bewtie, could, so deere ;
Gold are her lockes, which in white shadow
pent
Eft do out glimpse, eft all disclosde appeare:
As when new clensde we see the element.
Sometimes the sun shines through white cloud
vncleere.
Sometimes fro' cloud out gone his raies more
bright
He sheads abroad, dubling of day the light.
The wind new crisples makes in her loose haire,
Which nature selfe to wanes recrispelled.
Her sparing looke a coy regard doth beare.
And loue's treasures, and her's vp wympelled.
Sweete rose's colour in that visage faire,
With yuorie is sperst and mingelled :
But in her mouth, whence breath of loue out
J;oes
y alone, and single, bloomes the rose.
Herbosome faire musters his < naked snow.
Whence fire of loue is nourisht and reuiues.
Her pappes, bitter vnripe, in part doe show.
And part th' enuious weed from sight depriues
Enuious ; but though it close passage so
To eyes, loue's thought, vnstaid, yet farder
striues,
» Carol. FiUgeffry, Cornub. in J/faniij, lib. 3.
3 Joh. Dunbar, Megalo-Britannus, in Epigrammatd:
siiis, edit, in Oct. apud. Lond. 1C16. cent. 6. num. i3.
♦ [Her.]
I6t0.
^2P>7
KILBYE.
jCARPENTER.
TOOKER.
288
[4o4j
ifico.
Mliich outward hewtv taking not for pay,
Ev'n to his secrets hid endeeres a way.
Prefixed to the last edition of the Siirirt/ is a
head of Carew by Evans, from an original picture.]
RICHARD KILBYE, was born at RadciifF
on the river Wreake in Leicestershire, elected
fellow of Lincoln coll. 18 Jan. 1677, being then
about three years standing in the university. Af-
terwards he took the degrees in arts, holy orders,
and became a noted preacher in the university.
In 1590, he was elected rector of his college,
took the degrees in divinity, was made preben-
dary of the cath. ch. at Lincoln, and at length
Hebrew professor of this university. He hath
written,
Commeiitarii in Lihrum Exodi. Part 2. MS.
in the hands sometimes of Will. Gilbert, fellow of
Line. coll. The chief part of which is excerpted
from the monuments of the rabbins and Hebrew
interpreters. He also continued Jo. Mercer's
Notes on Genesis, and would have printed them,
but was denied ; had a hand also in the translation
of the Bible, appointed by K. James I. an. l604.
and did other very laudable matters relating to
learning.
Serm. in S. Mary's Church, Oxoti, 26 Mar.
I6l2, at the Funeral of Tho. Holland the King's
Professor of Divinity in this Univ. On 1 Cor. 15.
55, 56, 57.— Oxon. \Q\S. qu. [Bodl. 4to. K. 1.
Th.] He, the said Dr. Kilbye, was buried in that
chancel in Allsaints church in Oxon, which is
commonly called ' the college chancel,' (because
it belongs to Line, coll.) on the 17 Nov. in six-
teen hundred and twenty, aged 60 or thereabouts.
Whereupon Paul Hood, bac. (afterwards D.) of
divinity succeeded him in his rectorship, and
Edward a Meetkerk,^ bach, of div. of Ch. Ch. in
his professorship. Besides this Rich. Kilbye was
another of both his names, and a writer too, as 1
have, under the year l6l7, told you.
[Kilbye must have died previous to the day
mentioned by Wood. See Rymer's Foedera,
vol. xvii, p. 271, w'here is the patent of James I,
conferring the office of Hebrew professor on Ed-
ward Meetkerke, vacant * per mortem naturalem
Richardi Kilby.' This is dated at Westminster
on the eighth day of November, 1620.]
JOHN CARPENTER received his first breath
in the county of Cornwall, was entred a batler in
Exeter coll. about 1570, where going thro' the
courses of logic and philosophy for the space of
four years or more, with unwearied industry, left
the university without a degree, and at length
became rector of an obscure town called North-
leigh, near to Culleton in Devon. He hath
written and published,
* [Son of Ad. Meetkcrk, ambassador from Holland, temp-
Eliz. SlTDENHAM.]
l()20-2
A sorroieful Song for sinful Souls, composed
upon the strange ana wonderful Shaking of the
Earth, 6 Apr. MSd.'' Lond. in oct.
Remember Lot's IVife : Two Sermons on Luke
17. 32. Lond. 1588. oct, [Bodl. 8vo. C. 184.
Th.]
Preparative to Contentation. Lond. 1597. qu.
[Bodl. 4to. C. 91. Th.]
Song of the Beloved concerning his Vineyard ;
or, two Sermons on Isa. 5. Lond. 1599- oct. [Bodl.
8vo. C. 184. Th.]
Christian Contemplations ; or, A Catechism.
Lond. 1601. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. C. 184. Th.]
K. Solomon's Solace. Lond. 1606. qu. [Bodl.4to.
C. 90. Th.]
Plain Man's spiritual Plough. Lond. 1607. qu.
[Bodl. 4to. C. 92. Th.] He gave up the ghost
at Northleigh before-mentioned in the latter end
of the year, viz. in March, in sixteen hundred
and twenty, and was buried in the chancel of the
church there, before the 25 of the said month, as
it doth partly appear in the register of that place;
leavi;ig then behind him a son named Nathaniel,
whom I shall mention under the year 1628. I find
another Job. Carpenter who wrote a book Of
Keeping Merchants Accompts, by Way of Debtor
and Creditor. Printed 1 632. fol. but him I take
not to be an academian.
WILLIAM TOOKER, second son of Will.
Tooker, (by Honora Eresey of Cornwall his wife)
son and heir of Rob. Tooker, was born in the city
of Exeter, educated in Wykeham's school near
to Winchester, admitted perpetual fellow of New
coll. in 1577, took the degrees in arts, that of
master being compleated in 1583, in which year
he shewed himself a ready disputant before Al-
beitus Aiaskie, prince of Sirad, at his being en-
tertained by the Oxonian muses in S. Mary's
church. In 1585 he left his fellowship, being
about that time promoted to the archdeaconry of
Barnstaple in his own country. Afterwards he
was made chaplain to Q. Elizabeth and preben-
dary of Salisbury, took the degrees in divinity
1595, became canon of Exeter, and at length
dean of Lichfield, on the death (as it seems) of
Dr. George Boleyne, in the latter end of 1602.?
He was an excellent Grecian and Latinist, an
able divine, a person of great gravity and piety,
and well read in curious and critical authors, as
may partly appear by these books following, whicii
he wrote and published.
Charisma, site Donum Sanationis, seu Eiplica-
tio totius Q,ua:stionis de mirabilium Sanitatuni
Gratia, &c. Lond. 1597, qu. [Bodl. 4to. T. 8.
Th. Seld.] In this book he doth attribute to the
kings and queens of England a power derived
* [But it should rather be 1580. See Cambden's Eliz.
Watts.]
' [He succeeded James Montague, who held the deanery
not more than half a year after Boleyn's death. Tooker wai
installed Feb. HI, l601. Willis' Cathedrals, p. 400.]
p
289
SWINBURNE.
WIG MORE.
290
[455]
1C20-1.
unto them, by lawful succession, of healing, \lhe
Kins;'s J'jvil^] &c. Which hook is reflected upon
by Mart Anton. Delrius the Jesuit, who thinks
it not true that kings can cure the evil. With
him asiree most fanatics.
Of the Fabrick of the. Church and Church-mens
Livings. Lond. \G04. oet. [ IJodl. 8vo. T. 12.
Singulare Cerlamen cum Marlino liecano Je-
suitu, futililer refutante Apologium &; monitoriam
Prtefationem ad Iniperatorem, lieges, Sf Piiitcipes,
4r (jU(cdam Uithuduia Dogmata Jacobi Regis
Magna, liritunniie. Loud. lOll. oct. ' Tliis
learned author. Dr. Tooker, died at Salisbury on
the ly of March, or thereabouts, and was buried
in the eath, ch. there, 21 of the said month, in
sixteen hundred and twenty, leaving behind him
a son named Robert Tooker of East-Cirinsted in
Surrey. In June following^ Dr. Walt. Curie of
Cambridge succeeded him in the deanery of Lich-
field, and him Dr. Augustin Lindsell another Can-
tabrigian, an. 1630.
HENRY SWINBURNE, son of Thomas
Swinburne of the city of York, was born there,
spent some years in the quality of a commoner in
Hart-hall, whence translating himself to that of
Broadgate's, took the degree of bach, of the civil
law, married Helena, daughter of Barthol. Lant
of O.xon, and at length retiring to his native
place, became a proctor in the archbishop's court
there, commissary of the exchequer, and judge
of the prerogative court at York. He hath
written.
Brief Treatise of Testaments and last Wills. In
7 parts. Lond. 1590, [Bodl.4to.A.30.Jur.] iGll,
35, [Bodl. HH. 42. Jur.] 40,77, [1728,] &c.
^"- . . ,
Treatise of Spousals, or Matrimonial Contracts,
&c. Lond. 168G. qu. [Bodl.4to. R. 87. Th.] In
» [Watts.]
* * 1.0/' t lie Fttlritjue of the Church and Church Men's Liv-
ing's. By IFit/iam Tooker, Dr. in Divinily, his Majesties
Chaplai7i in ordinary. London, l(j04. 8vo. He begins his
dedication, with tliis account of himself, to the king. ' Most
gracious sovereign, in all humility, I offer to your learned
censure the fnuts of my labour, the first fruits whereof, as
likewise of niv dutifull disposition, seven years before your
inajestie's coining, as messengers of uiy devoted afi'ection, I
sent into Scotland to meet with you, as it were, a farre off.
Secondly, I presented you with a booke, at mv waiting upon
you, in your late progress, and now again in lime of parlia-
ment and synode, the time of representation of all our church
and commonwealth, I have presumed of the like gracious
acceptance. Loudon, 2. April.' In the (J8th page of the
said lxx)k, he writes thus: ' 1 was lately called before a right
honourable presence of lords and others of his majesties
counsel, by commandment, to satisfie the scrupulous con-
sciences of certain discontented persons, who proposed many
things against the authority and government of bishops, but
in fine would neither oppose nor answer in the doubts which
themselves proposed. Kennet.]
' [Dedicated to Henry, prince of Wales. Rawliksox.
Bodl. 8vo. G. (J3. Th.l ■
Vol. II.
which two books the author shews himself an
able civilian, and excellently well read in authors
of his facultv- He paid his last debt to nature
at York, and was buried in the North isle of the
(-athedral there. Soon after was a comely monu-
ment fastned to the wall near to his grave, witli
his efligies in a civilian's gown kneeling before
a desk, ^ with a book thereon, and these verses
under,
Non vidua; cariiere viris, non patre pupillus,
Dum stelit hie patria; virque patenjue sua;.
Ast quod Swiiiburniis viduarum scripsit in usum,
Longius a-'tcrno marmore vivet opus.
Scribere supremas hinc discat quisque tabellas,
£t cupiat qui sic vixit, ut ille niori.
There is no day or year on the monument to
shew when this H. Swinburne died, neither any
register belonging to the cathedral, and therefore
I have put him under the year 1620, wherein he
was in great esteem for his learning.
[Henry Swinburne of York, doctor of the civil
law, matie his last will, dated May 30, 1623, and
proved June 12, 1624, whereby he commended
his soul to God Almighty, his Creator, Redeemer
and Comforter, &c. and his body to be buried
near his former wife, and constituted Margaret
his then wife executrix. And by a codicil there-
unto annexed, dated July 15, 1623, he gave to his
son Toby his dwelling house in York, to hold to
him and the heirs of Yds body, with remainder to
his son's uncle John Wentworth and to his heirs
for ever, paying yearly to the lord-mayor of York
for the time being, the sum of four or five pounds,
to be yearly distributed for ever amongst the
poor of the city of York as he directs. Drake,
Eboracum, page 377-]
MICHAEL AVIGMORE was bom 3 of a gen-
teel family in Somersetshire, entred a commoner
in Magd. hall l602, aged 14, elected when bach.
of arts (as a native ot the dioc. of Gloucester)
fellow of Oriel coll. an. I6O8. After he had pro-
ceeded in his faculty, he took upon him the sa-
cred function, and became a painful and zealous
preacher, and a publisher of.
Several Sermons, as, (1) The holy Cilt/ disco-
vered, besieged and delivered. On Eccles. 9- 14,
1,5. Lond. 1619. qu. [Bodl. 4to. W. 8. Th.] (2)
The Way of all Flesh. On Prov. 4. 1. Lond. I619.
qu. [Bodi. 4to. W. 10. Th.] (3) The good Ad-
venture On Rev. 4. 2, 3. Lond. I6CO qu. &c.
One Mich. Wigniore was author of a serni. entit.
The Dissection of' the Brain. On Isa. 9- 15. printed
1641. which person I take to be the same with
the former. When our author Mich. Wigmore
* [This has been engraved for Drake's Eloracum, folio,
1736.]
» lUg. Matric. p. pag. 592.
u
CUr.
1630.
CI«r.
1620.
291
STAFFORD.
GYFFARD.
292
Clar.
l6S0.
[456]
of Oriel died, or where he was beneficed, I can-
not yet tell. Quaere.
[rte was rector of Thorseway in Lincolnshire,
and wrote.
The Meteors, a Sermon preached at a visita-
tion, on Matth. v. 14. Lond. 1633, 4to. Dedi-
cated to Tho. lord Coventry, lord keeper, 15 Dec.
1632. Rawlinson.]
ROBERT STAFFORD, a knight's son, was
bom within the city of Dublin in Ireland, entred
a sojourner in Exeter coil, under the tuition of
Mr. Job. Prideaux, an. l604. aged 16, but took
no degree as I can yet find. He published,
A Geographical and Anthologicul Description
of all the Empires and Kiugdoms, both of Conti-
nent and Islands in this Terrestrial Ghtbe, &.c.
Lond. 1618. and 34. qu. [Bodi. B. 8. 10. Line]
Usher'd into the world by the commendatory
verses of Tho. Rogers, Caspar Thonuvnnus of
Zurich (sometimes an Oxf. student) J oh. Glanvill
and Joh. Prideaux. Which last was supposed
to have had a chief hand in the compiling the
said book, as the tradition goes in Exeter coll.
The said Rob. Stafford lived afterwards in Devon,
(at Dowlton, I think) and had a son of the same
coll.
GEORGE GYFFARD, or GiFPord," was a
student in Hart-hall several years before 15fi8,
(10 Eliz.) at which time did also study there
others of his sirname and allies, as Humphrey,
Walter, and Rob. Gilford, but whether our author
George was originallj' of this university, or that
he took a degree in arts, law, physic, or divinity
therein, it doth not at all (perhaps by the imper-
fectness of the registers) appear. Several persons
in his time and before, did, tho' they were bene-
ficed, retire to this university purposely to im-
prove themselves in learning and by conversa-
tion, and 'tis supposed that this Gilford did the
like. Afterwards he became minister of Maldon
in Essex, a very noted preacher,' and one most
admirably well vers'd in several sorts of learning,
which were rare and much in esteem in his time,
but withal a great enemy to Popery. His works
are.
Country Divinity, containing a Discourse of
certain Points of Religion, which are among the
common Sort of Christians, with a plain Coiiftita-
tion thereof . Lond. 1581. [and according to Her-
bert, Typ, Antiq. 1123, in the following year,]
Oct.
Dialogue between a Papist and a Protestant,
applied to the Capacity of the Unlearned. Lond.
1583. oct.
♦ [See some account of another George Gifford, probably
this author's father, in Warton's Life of Sir Thomas Pope,
edit. 1780, page 326.]
' [And a noted puritan. See Strype's Life oj Whiteift,
p. 158, 167, and Life of Aylmer, p. 109. Watts.]
Against the Priesthood and Sacrifice of the
Church of Rome, wherein you may pe retire their
Impiety, in usurping that Office and Action,
which ever appertaineth to Christ only. Lond.
1584. oct.
Catechism, giving a most excellent Light to those
that seek to enter the Path-Way to Salvation.
Lond. 1586. oct.
Discourse of the subtile Practices of Devils by
Witches and Sorcerers, [their Antiquity, Sorts
and Names] Lond. 1587. qu. [Bodi. 4to. G. 18.
Th.]
Short Treatise against the Donatists of England,
whom we call Brownists ; Khcrein bij Answer unto
their Writings, their Heresies are noted. Loud.
1590. qu.
Plain Declaration that our Brozvnists be full
Donatists, by comparing them together from Point
to Point out of the Writings of Augustin. Lond.
1591.' qu. [Bodi. 4to. C. 69. Th.]
Reply to Mr. .Joh. GreenzcoodT and Hen. Bar
row touching read Prayer wherein their gross Ig-
norance is detected. — Tliese two last are [printed
together and] dedicated to sir Will. Cecill lord
Burleigh, chanc. of Cambridge.
Dialogue concerning Witches and Witchcrafts.
In which is laid open how craftily the Devil de-
ceiveth, not only the Witches, but many other, &c.
Lond. 1593. and l603. qu.
Treatise of true Fortitude. Lond. 94. oct.
Comment, or Sermons on the whole Book of the
Revelations. Lond. 1596, [1599,] qu.
Exposition on the Canticles. Lond. 1612. oct.
Besides all these books, he hath
Several Sermons extant, as (1) Sermon on the
Parable of the Sower. On Matth. 13. ver. 1. to
9. Lond. 1581. oct. (2) Sermon on 9, Pet. ver. 1.
to 11. Lond. 1584. oct. (3) Serm. on Jam. 2.
ver. 14. to 26. Lond. 86. oct. (4) Sermon on the
first four Chapt. and part of the 5 of Ecclesiastes,
&c. Pr. at the same place 1589. oct. (5) Serm.
at Paul's Cross, On Psal. 133. Lond. 1591- oct.
(6) Two Sej^nojis on 1 Pet. 5. 8, 9- xchercin is
shewed that the Devil is to be resisted only by a
stedfast Faith, &c. Lond. 1598. oct. [Bodi. 8vo.
A. 65. Th.] (7) Four Sermons upon several Parts
of Scripture. Lond. 1598. oct. [Bodi. 8vo. A. 65.
Th.] The first sermon is on 1 Tim. 6. 17, 18, 19,
&.C. (8) Fifteen Sermons on the Song of Solomon.
Lond. 1620. oct. [Bodi. 8vo. G. 117- Th.] He
also translated into English, Prelections upon the
sacred and holy Revelation of St. John. Lond.
1573. qu. Written in Latin by Dr. Will. Fulke
of Cambridge. This George Cifford hath written,
and translated other things, which I have not
« [See Herbert, Typ. jintiq. 1245. J
' [Literae dimissoriae Malthei Cant, ar'epi, ut Joh'es
Greenwood, A.M. de Canlabrig. Elicn. dioc. aquocunque
Catholico ep'o ad sacros ordines admilatur. Dat. Lam-
behith. vii Sept. 1565 ; n're consecr. sexto. Reg. Parker,
254. Kennet.]
293
PETRUCCI.
NEWSTEAD.
KING.
294
I
yet seen, and lived to a good old age, but when
he died it appears not.
[Geo. Giflaid, cl. A.M. admiss. ad vie. Omn.
Setoi" et S. Petri annex, in Maldon, Essex, 30
Aug. 1382.
Marcus Wiersdale ad eund. 18 Jan. 1584, per
deprivationem Giffard. Reg. Grindall.
Strype, JJfe of li. Kilmer, p. 109, thinks, he
was restored to Maldon, but that does not appear.
Ken NET.
Add to his works
A god/ie, zealous and profitable Sermon upon
the second Chapter of St. James, at London, and
published at the Request of sundrie godly and well
disposed Persons. Lond. 1583, )2ino.
Eight Sermotis upon the foure Jirst Chapters,
and Part of the fifte of Ecclesiastes, preached at
Maldon. Lond. J589. i2mo. Kawlinson.
And
Four Sermons vppon the seuen chiefe Vertues or
principall Effectes of Faith, and the Doctrine of
Election. Lond. 1584. 8vo.]
LUDOVISIO PETRUCCI, or a Petbuc-
ciOLi, or as he writes himself, Lldovicus Pe-
TRUccius, ' infelix eques,' son of Ariodant or Ari-
bf dante Petrucci, was born at Sienna ^ Petigliano
'' [457] i" Tuscany, educated partly in juvenile learning
i in his own country, but before he had made pro-
•f ficiency in academicals, he became a soldier of
fortune, first in Greet for the Venetians, where he
was serjeaiit-major, in l602, secondly in the Hun-
garian wars, where he was captain of a foot com-
pany in the regiment, first of count Salma, and
afterwards in that of colonel Ferdinand dc Colo-
nitch, serving for the emperor, and at length in
the services of the prince of Brandenburg and
Nuburgh. But being unfortunate in all his un-
dertakings he left the trade of war, and retiring
into England, took a journey to Oxon. in 1610,
and was entred into the public library in the begin-
ning of the year following. About that time he
was a commoner of S. Edmund's-hall, as he was
afterwards of Bal. coll. wore a gown, spent four
years or more in academical learning, and fre-
quented the prayers and sacraments according to
the church of "England. But being notwith-
standing suspected for a Papist, or at leait Pop-
ishly affected, and to keep intelligence with that
party, several objections were made against him
for the inconvenicncy and evil consequence that
might happen from his long continuance in the
university. Whereupon he was forced, or at
least desired, to depart, such were the jealousies
of the puritanical party in the university. He
hath written,
Farrago Poematum, diversis Locis 8; Tempori-
bus comcriptornm, &c. Oxon. 161.3. in Ital. and
Lat. in qu. [Bodl. 4to. E. 1 1. Art.]
Orntio ad D. Joh. Bapt. Bernardum Prtcto-
rem Pataviniim iSf miiversam Curiam, in Vigiliis
Paschatis. Printed with the former book.
ylpologia contra Calumniatoret tuos. Lond.
1619. qu.
Emblemata varia, dedicata Regibus, Principi-
bus &; Magnatibus.
Epistola ad D. Georg. Abbot, Archiep, Cantuar.
Domino Franc. Bacon, supremo Angl. Cane. Si
Gulielmo Comiti Pembrochice.
Poemata varia.
Oratio composita quando statuit relinquere
Academiam Oxon. 18 Aug. 1614. Which four ^'"•
last things were printed with his Apologia, &c. ^ *
1619. What other books he hath published, I
cannot justly tell. However from those before
mention'd, it appears that the author was a phaii-
tastical and unsettled man, and delighted, as it
seems, in rambling.
[Rime al Re J. I. MS. in the royal collec-
tion, 14 A vii.
There is a portrait of Petruchii, in quarto,
without the engraver's name, with some lines in
Latin, by Thomas Pothecary, mentioned in a
former part of these Athene.]
CHRISTOPHER NEWSTEAD, third son
of Tho. Newstead of Somercotes in Lincolnshire,
was born in that county, became a commoner of
S. Albans-hall in l6l5, aged 18 years or there-
abouts, continued there tul after he was bache-
lor's standing, and wrote.
An Apologj/for Women : Or, the Woman's De-
fence. Lond. 1620. Oct. Dedicated to the coun- ciar.
tess of Bucks. Afterwards he retired into the 1620.
country, studied divinity, had a benefice con-
ferr'd upon him, and tho' he never took any degree
in arts in this university, yet he took that of
bach, of div. 1631. which is all I know of hira.
[Christ. Newsted, S. T. B. coll. ad. preb. de
Cadington Minor, 25 Aug. I66O, per mort. Tho.
Soixm. Rob. Bretton. S. T. P. ad eand. prab.
23 Mar. 1662, per mortem Newsted. Reg. Lond.
Ken net.]
JOHN KING, son of Philip King of Wor-
menhale, commonly called Wornal, near to Brill
in Bucks, (by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of
Edni. Conquest of Houghton Conquest in Bed-
fordshire) son of Thorn. King, brother to Rob.
King, the first bishop of Oxon, was born at Wor-
nel before-mentiou'd, educated in grammar learn-
ing partly in Westminster •school, became stu-
dent of Ch. church in 1576, look the degree in
arts, made chaplain to Q. Eliz. as he was after-
wards to K.James, installed archdeacon of Not-
tingham 12. Aug. 1590, upon the death of Joh.
Lowth, (successor to AV^ill. Day 1565,) at which
time he was a preacher in the city of York. Af-
terwards he was niade chaplain to Egerton lord
keeper, proceeded D. of D. 1()02, had the dean-
ery of Ch. ch. in Oxon conferr'd upon him in
1605,' and was afterwards several years togeiiier
' [Installed, August 4, lG04, according to Willis. Calht-
drals, 440.]
u a
295
KING.
296
vice-chanc. of this university. In 1611, he had
the bisboprick of London bestowed on him by
K. James 1. who commonly called him the king of
preachers, to which being consecrated 8 Sept. the
[458] same year, had» restitution of the temporalities
belonging to that see made to him 18 of the same
month, at which time he was had in great reve-
rence by all people. " In an epistle to king James
" I. written by a Christ-church man and sub-
" scribed by 32 students, whereby they unani-
" mously desire his majesty to confer upon Dr.
" John King S. T. D. bred up a student in their
" college, the deanery of Christ church, about to
" be made void by the promotion of Dr. Thomas
" Ravis to the see of Glocester, thoy say thus of
" liiin, that he is ' clarissimum lumen Anglicana;
" ecclesise, qui olim prfpsens ea prajcepta doo
" trinae ad omnium institutiouem tradidit, ea ex-
" empla vita^, ad omnium imitationem proposuit,
" ut qui felices nos ipsi putavinius, hoc studiorum
" nostrorum socio tantum & comite, codem stu-
" diorum duce ac praeside, felicissinios futuros
" arbitraremur,' Sac." He was a solid and pro-
found divine, of great gravity and piety, and had
so excellent a volubility of speech, that sir Edw.
Coke the famous lawyer would often say of him
that he was the best speaker in the star-chamber
in his time. When he was advanced to the see of
London, he endeavoured to let the world ' know
tliat that place did not cause him to forget his
office in the pulpit, shewing by his example that
a bishop might govern and preach too. In which
office he was so frequent, that unless hindred by
want of health, he omitted no Sunday, whereon
he did not visit some pulpit in or near London. —
* Deus bone, quam canora vox, (saith ^ one) vultus
compositus, verba selecta, grandes sententite !
AUicimur omnes lepore verborum, suspendimur
gravitate sententiarum, oration is impelu & viribus
ilectimur,' &,c. He hath written.
Lectures upon Jonas, delivered at York. Lond.
1594. Ox. 99.3 qu. [and Lond. I6l8, Bodl. 4to.
K. 3. Th.J
Several Sermons, viz. (1) Sermon at Hampton
Court. On Cantic. 8. 11. Ox. 1 606. qu. (2)
At Ox. 5 Nov. 1607. On Psal. 46. from ver. 7-
to 11. Ox. 1607. qu. [Bodl. 4to. K. 1. Th.J (3)
Jt Whitehall 5 Nov. l608. On. Psal. 1 1. 2, 3, 4.
Ox. 1608. qu. (4) :At S. Mari/s in Ox. 24 Mar.
being the Daj/ of his Maj. Inaiiguration. On 1
Chron. ult. 26, 27, 28. Ox. 1608. qu. [Bodl. 4to.
K. 1. Th.] (5) Vitis Palatina. Serrn. appointed
to be preached at White-Hall upon the Tuesday
after the Marriage of the Ladtj Elizab. On Psal.
28. 3. Lond. I6l4. qu. (6) Serm. at Paul's
9 Pui.g. Jac. 1. p. 3.
• Ch. Hist, by Th. Fuller, lib. 10. an. l621.
L^ Will. Hull. D. D. in bis epist. dedic. to Joh. King B. of
ondon before his book emit. The harbourUst Guest, &c.
Lond. Ifil4 qu.
J [Ptiiitcd also at Oxford, by Jos. Barnes, with a funeral
sermon upon John, lord arclibishop of York. Baker.]
Cross for the Recovery of K. James from his late
Sickness, preached 11 Apr. I6l9. On Isa. 38. 17.
Lond. 1619. qu. [Bodl. 4to. K. 1. Th.] (,7) At
Paules Crosse [o« behalfe of Pavles Chiarh,] 26
Mar. 1620. On Psal. 102. 13, 14. Lond. 1620.
qu. [Bodl. 4to. K. 1. Th.] Besides these he pub-
lished others, as one on 2 Kings 23. 25. Printed
I6ll.« Another on Psal. 123^3. and a third on
Psal. 146. 3, 4, &c. ]>rinted all in qu. but these
three 1 have not yet seen. He paid his last debt
to nature 30 March ^ in sixteen hundred twenty
and one, aged 62, having before been much trou-
bled with tlie stone in the reins and bladder,* and
was buried in the cath. ch. of S. Paul in London.
A copy of his epitaph you may see in the history
of that cathedral, written by sir \\ ill. Dugdale
knight. Soon after bishop King's death, the Rom.
Catholics endeavoured to make the world believe
that the said bishop died a member of their church;
and to that end one of them named Gregory
Fisher alias Musket did write and publish a book
entit. The Bishop of London his Legacy. Or,
certain Motives of Dr. King late Bishop of Lon-
don, for his Change of Religion, and dying in the
Cath. and Rom. Church, with a Conclusion to his
Brethren the Bishops of England. Printed by
permission of the superiors, 1621.' But concern
ing the falsity of that matter, his son Hen. King
not only satisfied tlie world in a sermon by him
preached at Paul's cross soon after,* but also Dr.
Godwin, bishop of Hereford, in his Appendix to his
Commentarius de Prtesulihus Angliir, printed 1622,
and Joh. Gee in his book called The Foot out of
the Snare, cap. 12. The reader is to know that
there was one Joh. King? contemporary with the
former, who published a sermon entit. Abets
Offering, &c. On Gen. 4. ver. 4. printed at Flush-
ing 1621. qu. and other things. But this Joh.
Kmg was pastor of the English church at Ham-
burgh, and whether he was of this univ. of Oxon.
I cannot yet tell.
♦ [The two last : Sermons on the Funeral of Archbishop
Piers, and on thd Q. day. Sydenham]
' Cambden in his Annals of K. Jam. I. MS. saith, he died
on the 29 March.
' [A large stone was taken from him fourteen years before
he died, which is preserved in the museum of St. John's col-
lege, Oxford. Vv ATTS.]
' [The edition of this book, which I have seen, is printed
without any place mentioned, in l624, and 1 dare venture to
say, there was no former edition. It is in octavo. C01.E.]
" [A Sermon preached at Pavls Crosse, the 25 of November,
1621, vpon 0(casiiin of that false and scandalous Report
(lately printed) touching the supposed Aposta>ie of the right
reuerind Father in God, John King, late Lord Bishop of
London, liy Henry King, his eldest Sonne. Uliereuntn is
amicjed the Kxainination, and Answerc of Thomas Frestou,
P. taken before my Lord's Grace of Canterbury, touching this
Scandall. Published by authority. At London, Imprinted
by Felix Kungston, for JVilliam Bamt, 1621. Bodl. 4lo.
K. l.Th.]
» [Joh'es King coll. Mcrton Oxon. socius, S. T. P. instal-
latus in canonicatu Windsor, £.3 Nov. I0l5 ; prebendar.
Westmon. rector de Stourton in Wilts. Frith, Catal.
Ken NET.]
1621.
297
GUILLIM.
298
[459]
[1580, 3 Aug. Joh. King A. M. coUatus ad
eccl'iam S'ctarum Annae et Agnetis, civit. Lond.
per resign. Edwardi Edgeworth. Reg. Aylmer,
ep'i Lond.
1597, 10 Maij. Joh. King, S. T. B. admiss. ad
eccl. S'cti AndresB in Holbom, per promotionem
Ricardi Bancroft, ad ep'atuin. Lond. ad pres. re-
ginae. Rfg- Bancroft.
1599, IG Oct. Joh. King S. T. B. admiss. ad
preb. de Sneating per promotionem Will'i Cotton
ad ep'atum Exon. lb.
In ep'um London confirmatus die 7 Sept.
1611.
I6l 1, 9 Sept. Geo. Pricket A. M. admissus ad
eccl. S. Andreae Holborn, per promotionem Joh.
King ad ep'atum London, ad pres. regis.
1611, 11 Sept. Will. Ballow S. 1 . B. admiss.
ad preb. de Sneating per promotionem Joh. King
ad ep'atum London. lb. Kennet.
Dr. King preached at the funeral of archbishop
Piers 17 Nov. 1594, and this remark has been
made upon the sermon, that it was a pity it had
not contain'd more history, and less of the au-
thor's own learning. Le Neve's Lives of the Arch-
bish. of York, 8vo. 1720, p. 78, 9- Watts.
King had the prebend of Milton manor in the
church of Lincoln, December 16, 16I0.'
Tiiere are two engraved portraits of this bishop
from the original at Christ church. One by
Simon Pass, the other by Francis Delaram. They
are both in 4to.J
JOHN GUILLIM, or Agilliams, son of John
Williams of Westbury in Glocestershire, received
some academical education in Oxon. but in what
house I am uncertain. 1 find one of both his
names, who was a student in Brasen-nose coll. in
the year 1581, aged 16. and another of Gloc. hall,
1598, aged 25. Both which were, according to
the Matricula, born in Herefordshire, in which
county the author of The Worthies of England
places Jo. Guillim the herald, (of whom we now
speak) who afterwards retired to Minsterworth in
Glocestershire, was soon after called thence, and
made one of the society of the coll. of arms, com-
monly called the ' Herald's Office' in London by
the name of Portsmouth, and on ^ the 26th of
Feb. 1617, Rouge Croix pursevant of arms in or-
dinary. He published.
The Display of Heraldry. Lond. 16 10,3 [Bodl.
H. 8. 7. Art. 1632, Bodl. CC. 3. Art. 1638. Bodl.
I 2. 9 Med.-» and London 1722.] &.c. fol. Writ-
' [Willis, Survey of Lincoln Cathedral, page 223.]
' Pat. \5.Jac. 1. p. 10.
^ [One Mr. Dale, belonging to the Herald's Office, told
Dr. Hudson, that the first edition of GuilUin's Heraldry, \%
much the best : the rest h.uing been almost spoyled by igno-
rant persons taking care of it. Hearne, MS. Colleclions,
V. 324 1
♦ riTie Bodleian copies of 161O and l638 are both embla-
zoned. The latter formerly belonged to bishop Barlow and
contains his MS. notes. On tlic title page is the following :
ten mostly (especially the scholastical part) by
John Barcham of C. C. coll. in Oxon. In \6G0
came out two editions of it in fol. with many insig-
nificant, superfluous, and needless additions to It,
purposely to gain money from those, whose coatg
of arms the publishers added, without any conside-
ration had to the spoiling of the method of the
book. One of the said editions was put out by
Alexander Nowersa herald painter, burned in his
bed,* in his house about Lothbury, •Towhichhe
behind the Exohango, within the «<ent drunk.
city of London, by a fire that orca- I'"'"' edition,
sionally hapjjened in those parts, 25 Julv H)70.
The other edition was put out by Rich. Bloomc,
then a kind of tin arms painter (but origintdly a
ruler of books and paper) who hath since prac-
tised, for divers years, progging tricks in employ-
ing necessitous persons to write in several arts,
and to get contributions of noblemen to promote
the work. What he hath done as to the arms,
crests, and supporters of the nobility, is most
egregiously erroneous, and false also in the quar-
terings. In 1679 he set forth the said book
again, (which is the fifth edition) whh the pictures
at large of several of the nobility, whereby the
book is so much disguised, that I verily believe if
the author, or authors of it were living, they
could scarce know it. To the said edition is
added, Analogia Ilonorum : Or, a Treatise of Ho-
nour and Nohility, &c. in two parts. Said by
Bloome to have been written by c<ipt. John Logan
of Idbury in Oxfordshire, but qu. This person
Bloome, is esteemed by the chiefest heralds a
most impudent person ; and the late industrious
Garter (sir W. D.) hath told me, that he gets a
livelyhood by bold practices, and that he is the
pretended author of a book called Britannia, Or,
a Geographical Description of the Kingdom of
England, Scotland and Ireland, &.c. Lond. 1673,
fol. [Bodl. E. 2. 5. Art.] scribled and transcribed
from Cambden's Britannia and Speed's Mvps, as
also the publisher of Cosmography and Geography,
in two parts, &c. As for Guillim the herald, he
died on the 7th of May sixteen hundred twenty
one, but where buried unless at Minsterworth, I
know not, for the register belonging to tiie church
of St. Beiinet near" to Paul's "V\'harf (in which
parish the Heralds office is situated) doth not
mention any thing of his burial there.
[The information that Guillim was not the real
author of The Display of Heraldry, came from sir
William Dugdale; who in a letter to our author,
dated Blyth hall, Sept. 5, l683, says, ' As for the
book of heraldry that goes under the name of
Guillim, I can assure you it was none of his wri-
ting, for I have it from certain tradition of several
of our old kings of armour and heraldry who knew
him well, that Dr. Barcham, who was chaplain to
' Toy" Painter 1/i. lOs." This ciisloin of emblazoning copies
for the pxirchasers tif a higlier class seems to ha\ e Ixs-n gene-
ral when the book first came out.]
16S1.
299
HARIOT.
300
arclibishop Abbot wrot it in his younger years,
but deeming it to be too light a subject tor him to
own, gave this John Guilliin leave to pubUsh it
in his own name, and tliis did Dr. Barcham's bro-
ther, a learned proctor in Doctor's Commons, tell
me above 40 years ago.' Now, Ballard ^ remarks
altho' this affair is so positively published by Mr.
Wood, from the authority of that truly great man
sir W. Dugdale, yet it's very evident from the
original MS. wrote with Mr. Guillim's own hand,
which I have now before me, that this charge is
verj' unjustly brought against him. 'Tis a folio
containing 438 pages wrote in a very small hand,
with black, red and green ink. The drawings are
some of 'em finely painted in colours, others
drawn with a pencil, but the greater part with a
pen, many of which are very masterly clone. The
book has not the least resemblance of a transcript,
but from the many interlineings, rasurcs, correc-
tions, and other circumstances, it very evidently
appears to have been Mr. Guillim's own per-
formance. And if ever you should see the MS.
I doubt not but you will very readily give me
your suffrage in this affair. The book was began
as the author notes on the title page, in the year
1595, and of his age 44. I can't perceive any
thing so very extraordinary in the performance,
but that Mr. Gwillim might be very capable of
compleating it in 14 years time, and I think I
may very safely conclude, that there's nothing
more of truth in sir William's account than this ;
that Dr. Barcham being a general scholar, and
one of the most communicative men of that age,
hearing of Guillim's design, might possibly com-
municate such notes as he had collected in that
■way, from whence, in alt probability sprung this
false report. From Mr. Guillim's age mentioned
in the title of his manuscripts, may be observed
that he was neither of those Guillims mentioned
by Mr. Wood, he being 14 years elder than either
of 'em. And that he died about the 70th year of
his age.'
I am of opinion, that there is much foundation
for what Ballard has offered in defence of Guillim,
although Wood's authority was so high as to
acquit him of any intentional error in ascribing
the greater part of the Heraldry to Barcham.
From an inspection of one of Guillim's MS.
volumes of Collectanea in the Bodleian (Raw/. B.
102.) it is clear that he was master of the Latin
and French languages, and a diligent collector of
whatever related to his profession.]
THOMAS HARIOT, or Harhiot, tumbled
out of his mother's womb into the lap of the
Oxonian muses, an. 1560, but in what parish I
cannot yet tell. All the registers that begin before
that time (namely that of S. Ebbe, S. Aldate, S.
Thomas, which begins that year, S. Michael, AU-
• 'u'-'^."^],"?' *^"*' ^™"* ^^°^S^ Ballard to Dr. Rawlinson
10 the Bodleian.]
Saints and S. Peter in the East) I have searched,
but cannot find his name. 'I'hat of S. Mary's
parish, wherein I suppose this our author was
born, hath been lost several years, and there is
no register remaining, that goes above the year
1599- After he had been instructed in grammar
learning within this city of his birth, became
either a batler or commoner of S. Mary's hall,
wherein undergoing the severe discipline then,
and there, kept up by Rich. Pygot and Thom.
Philipson the principals thereof, lie took the de-
gree of bac. ot arts in 1579, and in the latter end
of that year did compleat it by determination in [460]
Schoolstreet. Soon after coming to the know-
ledge of that heroic knight sir W. Raleigh, for
his admirable skill in the mathematics, he eiiter-
tain'd him in his family, allowed ' him an yearly
pension, and was instructed by him at leisure
hours in that art. In 1584 he went with the said
knight, and first colony, into Virginia, where be-
ing settled, he was imployed in the discovery
and surveying thereof, and to make what know-
ledge he could of the commodities it yielded,
and concerning the inhabitants and their manners
and customs. After his return into England, sir
Walter got him into the acquaintance of that
noble and generous count, Henry earl of Nor-
thumberland, who finding him to be a gentleman
of an affable and peaceable nature, and well read
in the obscure parts of learning, he did allow him
an yearly pension of 120/. About the same time
Rob. Hues and Walter Warner, two other mathe-
maticians, who were known also to the said count,
did receive from him yearly pensions also, but of
less value, as did afterwards Nich. Torperley,
whom I shall mention elsewhere. So that when
the said earl was committed prisoner to the Tower
of London in 1606, to remain there during life,
our author. Hues, and W arner, were his constant
companions, and were usually called the earl of
Northumberland's three magi. They had a table
at the earl's charge, and the earl himself did con-
stantly converse with them, either singly or all
together, as sir Walter, then in the Tower, did.
Our author Hariot was a great acquaintance with
sir Tho. Aylesbury, knt. a singular lover of learn-
ing and of the mathematic arts. To whom Dr.
Rich. Corbet sending ' a poem when the blazing
star appeared, dated 9 Dec. I6l8, doth, by the
way, mention our author thus,
Now for the peace of God and men advise,
(Thou that hast wherewithal to make us wise)
Thine own rich studies, and deep Harlot's
mine.
In which there is no dross, but all refine.
But notwithstanding his great skill in mathema-
tics, he had strange thoughts of the scripture, and
* Pref. R. Hakluyt ad Orbem Novum, scriptum per Mart
Angler. Par. 1687.
' In bis Poems, printed at Load. l672. p. £6.
301
HARIOT.
302
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always undervalued the old story of the creation
of the world, and could never believe that trite
position, E.T riihilo nihil Jit. He made a Philoso-
phical Theulogy, wherein he cast off the old tes-
tament, so iliat consequently the new would
have no foundation. He was a Deist, and his
doctrine he did impart to the said count, and to
sir Walt. Ralciu;h when he was compiling the
llistori/ of the U'orld, and would controvert the
matter with eminent divines of those times ; who
tlierefore having no good opinion of him, did
look on the manner of his death (which 1 shall
anon mention) as a judgment upon him for those
matters, and for nullifying the scripture. When
he was a young man he was stiled by an ' author
of note, ' juvenis in illis disciplinis' (meaning in
the mathematics) ' excellens.' When in his mid-
dle age, by « another ' homo natus ad artes illus-
trandas,' &c. and when dead hy a ' third of greater
note, ' mathematicus insignis.' His epitaph which
was made, or caused to be made, by his execu-
tors, or those to whom he left his goods, books,
and writings, viz. sir T. Aylesbury before men-
tion'd, and Rob. Sidney viscount Lisle, saith, that
' omnes scicniias calluit, 8i in omnibus excelluit ;
mathematicis, philosophicis, theologicis, veritatis
indagator studiosissimus, Dei Triniunius cultor
piissimus,' &c. As for his writings they are
these,
A brief and true Report of the New-found Land
of Virginia; of the Commodilies there found to be
raised, &c. Lond. 1588, qu. [Bodl. A. 17- 2.
Line] Put into Latin by C. C. A. and published
and adorned with many admirable cuts, by Theo-
dore de Brv of Liege Francof. ad Moenum
1590, fol. [Bodl. A. 3. 14. Art.] The English
copy is mostly, if not all, involved in the third
vol. of R. Hakluyt's Forages, p. 266, &c.
Epkemeris Chyrometrica, MS. in the library at
Sion coll. Lond.
Artis jiHalyticte Praxis, ad Aqtiationes Algt-
braicas nova expeditd Sf generali Methodo, resol-
vendas, Tractatiis posthumiis, &ic. Lond. 1631, in
a thin fol. and dedic. to Henry E. of Northum-
berland. [Bodl. F. 2. 12. Art. Seld.] The sum
of this book coming into the hands of Aylesbury
before-mention'd, Walt. Warner did undertake
to perfect and publish it, conditionally, that Al-
gernon eldest son of the said Henry E. of Nor-
thumb. would, after his father's death, continue
his pension to him during his natural life. Which
being granted at the earnest desires and entrea-
ties of Aylesbury made to that lord, Warner took
a great deal of pains in it, and at length published
it in that sort as we sec it now extant. By the
way it must be known that this Walt. Warner
was a Leicestershire man born, but whether edu-
• Hackluytus ut sup. in prsef.
' Math. Torperley in praefat. ad Declides Ccelemetricas,
tec. an. 16C2.
' Cambden in Annal Jac. 1. MS. sub. an. l621.
cated in this university, I cannot as yet find, that
he Wii8 esteemed as good a philosopher as mathe-
matician, that he made and invented a logarith*
mical table, i. e. whereas Brigg's table fills his
margin with numbers encreasing by unites, and
over against them sets their logarithms, which,
because of incommensurability, must needs either
be abundant or deficient : Mr. Warner (like a
dictionary of the Latin before the English) fill'd
the margin with logarithms encreasing by unites,
and di<l set to every one of them so many conti-
nual mean proportionals between one and ten,
and they for the same reason must also have the
last figure incompleat. These after the death of
Warner) came through the hands of one Tovey
sometimes fellow of Christ's coll. in Cambridge,
(afterwards beneficed in Leicestershire and took
to wife the niece of Warner) into those of Herbert
Thorndykc * prebend of Westminster, sometimes
fellow of Trin. coll. in Cambridge, and from him
after his death (which happened in Jul. 1672.)
into those of Dr. Rich. Busby prebend of the said
church. They were in number ten thousand ; but
when John Pell D. D. sometimes a member of
Trin. coll. in Cambridge, became acquainted with
Warner, they were by him, or his direction, made
an hundred thousand, as the diflference of hands
will shew in the MS. if Dr. Busby will communi-
cate it. He also (I mean Warner) wrote a Trea-
tise of Coins and Coinage, in relation to Mint-
Affairs ; a copy of which John Collins, accomptant
to the royal fishery company, had in his posses-
sion, but what became of it after his death, I
know not. The sixth book of Optiques in Mar-
sennus is generally said to be his, and the seventh
is Hobbes's of Mahnsbury. He also did make it
appear 3 in a MS. of his composition, that the
blood in a body did circulate, which he commu-
nicating to the immortal Harvey, he took his first
hint thence concerning that matter, which he
afterwards published as tiie first inventor. 1 have
been informed by those that knew Warner well,
that he had but one hand, and was born so ; that
as he received a pension from the earl of Nor-
thumberland, so did he, tho' smaller, from sirTho.
Aylesbury, and lastly, that he died at the Wool-
stable near the waters-side, not far from Northum-
berland-house,(which is near Charing-Cross) where
he commonly winter'd (but kept his summer with
sir Thomas in Windsor park) much about the
^ [lC42, •-' Jul. Herbert Thomdyke A. M. admiss. ad
eccl'iamde liarley, pcrpromot. Uadi. Urownrigge adcp'atum
lixon. ad pres. regis. Ken net.
We have a niand-ite dated April 14, l6C3, for Herbert
Thorndike, MA. Tim. Tliurcro,s S. T. B. and Bam. Oley
A.M. to be doctors in divinity. The first and last never
accepted.
Sat. 13 July tC7C?. Herbert Thorndike preb. of Westmin-
ster, buried at VVeslni. Mr. Rich. Smith's Obituary.
Baker.]
3 So used to say Dr. G. Morley sometimes B. of Winton,
and Dr. John Pell,
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304
time when the Long parliament began, in Nov.
1640, or rather in tlie latter end of the year, leav-
ine: behind him a brother, who was high-sheriff
of Leicestershire, or at least prick'd for that oflice,
in the beginning of the rebellion that hapned
under K. fch. L As for our author llariot, who
for some time lived in Sion coll. near to London,
l62I. he died 2 July in sixteen hundred twenty and
one; whereupon his body was convcy'd to S.
Christopher's ch. in London, by the brethren of
the mathematical faculty, and by them commit-
ted to the earth with solemnity. Over his grave
was soon after erected a comely monument, with
a large inscription thereon, but destroy'd with the
church it self, by the dreadful fire that hapned in
that city, in the beginning of Sept. in 1G66<.
This person, tho' he was but little more than 60
years of age, when he died, yet hiid not an un-
usual and rare disease seized upon him, he might
have attain'd, as 'tis thought, to the age of 80.
The disease was an ulcer in the lip, and Dr. Alex.
[462] Rhead was his physician, who, tho' he had cured
many of vvorser, and more malignant, diseases ;
yet he could not save him. In the Treatise of
Ulcers, in the said Rhead's ' works, is this mention
of him. ' Cancerous ulcers also seize on this
part (the lip) Su;. This grief hastned the end of
that famous mathematician Mr. Harriot, with
whom I was acquainted but short time before his
.death. Whom at one time, together with Mr.
. Hues, who wrote of globes, Mr. Warner and Mr.
. Torperley, the noble earl of Northumberland the
favourer of all good learning, and Mecaiuas of
learned men, maintained whilst he was in the
Tower for their worth and various literature.'
RICHARD TILLESLEY, son of Tho. Til"
lesley of Eccleshall in Staffordshire by Katharine
his wife, daughter of Rich. Barker of Shropshire,
■was born in the city of Coventry, entred a com-
moner in Bal. coll. in Lent-term 1597, aged 15,
elected scholar of S. John's coll. two years after,
took the degrees in arts, holy orders, and became
chaplain to Dr. Buckridge, bishop of Rochester,
whose niece he marrying (viz. Elizabeth, daugh-
♦ [Sistc viator, leviter prcmc,
Jacei hlc juxta. Quod morlale fuit
C. V.
Tliomse Harriot!.
Hie fuit Doctissimiis ille Harriotus
de Syon ad Flumen Thamcsin,
Patria, et educalione
Oxonicnsis
Qui omnes Scientias celiuit.
Qui in omnibus excelluit.
Mathematicis, Philosophicis, Tlicologicis.
Veritatis indagator studiosissinius,
Dei Trini-unius cullor piissimus,
SexaMnarius, aut eo circiter,
Mortalitati valedixit, Non vita-,
Anno Christi M.DC.XXl. Julii 2.
SU)w's Survey of London, by Strype, Lond. 1720, part 1.
book 2, p. 123.1
* Printed at Lond. l650. Treat. 2. Lect. 26.
ter of George Backridge) was thereby a way
made for his preferment. In I6l3 he was ad-
mitted bach, of divinity ; about wliich time be-
ing rector of Kuckstone and Stone in Kent, he
resigned his fellowship. Soon after he pro-
ceeded in his faculty, and was by the favour of
the said Dr. Buckridge, made archdeacon and
prebend (some say dean, but false) of Rochester
in the place of Dr. Tho. Sanderson; and higher
would he have been promoted had he not unex-
pectedly been cut off by death. He was a per-
son of great reading aiul learning, as his writings
shew. He was also very devout in the strict
observance of all the church ceremonies, of the
reasonableness of which, he convinced many that
retired to him for satisfaction. He was one of
the three that undertook to answer Selden's
Hist, of Tithes, he and jNIontague the law-part,
and St. Nettles the Rabinical or Judaieal. As for
that which our author published, it bears this
title,
Animadversions on Mr. Selden's History of
Tithes, and his lieviczo thereof. Lond. 1619,
[Bodl. 4to. F. 26. Th.] and [corrected and
amended] 21. qu. [Bodl. 4to. T. 19. Th.] What
else he hath written ai:d published, it appears not,
nor any thing besides, only that he dying, to the
great reluctancy of all learned men, in the month
of Nov. in sixteen hundred and twenty one, was
buried in the choir of the eath. church of
Rochester, leaving then behind him a son named
John, who was an infant in l6i9. One Eliseus
Burgess, whom I shall mention elsewhere, was
installed archdeacon of Rochester in his room, on
the 24tli of the said month of Nov. in l62l, who
continued in that dignity till the grand rebellion
broke out, and after.
[He could not die in 1621, because in the
printed list of convocation assembled at St.
Pauls, Feb. 13, 1623, it is expressly entred, ' The
Chapter by Rich. Tillesley, D.D. archdeac. of
Rochester.' Ken net.
He took the degree of D.D. in 1617.]
FRANCIS MORE, son of Edw. More, gent,
by Elizab. his wife, daughter and heir of one
Hall of Tileherst in Berks, received his first breath
at East Hildesley or Ildesley near to Wantage in
the said county, where his name yet continues,
educated in grammar learning at Reading, en-
tred a commoner in S. John's coll. 1574, or
thereabouts, continued there till near bachelor's
standing, and then he retired to the Middle-
Temple ; where, after severe encounters had with
the crabbed parts of the municipal laws, he be-
came a barrester and noted for his great profi-
ciency in his profession and intes;rity in his deal-
ings. In the latter end of qu. Eliz. and begin-
ning of K. James he was several times elected a
burgess to sit in parliaments, in which he was a
frequent speaker. Afterwards he was counsellor
16SI
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MASON.
306
and uiitler-stowanl for sevcrul years to this uni-
versity, tlic members of which eonfer'tl upon him
the degree of master of arts in 1612. Two years
after he was made serjeant at law, and in 16 16,
March 17, received tlic lionour of knighthood at
Theobalds from iiis majesty K. James I. After
his death some of his works were published, which
bear these titles.
Cases collected and reported. Lond. 1663. foi.
printed from the original, in French, timt tlien
remained in the hands of sir Jeff. Palmer, attor-
ney-general to K. Ch. II. which is the same, as I
[463] ^'^^^ i'> written fairly with the author's own hand
in fol. that was lately in the library of Artii. E. of
Anglesey. Tliesc cases were abridged by Will.
Hugiies, esq. — Lond. 1665. oct.
His learned Heading, 4 Jac. I. in Middle-
Temple-Hall, concerning charitable Uses, abridged
by himself. Lond. 1676. fol. published by George
Duke of the Inner Temple, esq. Our author r.
More was a member of that parliament, as it
seems, wherein the statute concerning charitable
uses was made, and was, as 'tis farther added,
the penner thereof. At length paying his last
1C21 debt to nature on the 20tli of ISov. in sixteen
hundred twenty and one, aged 63, was buried in
a vault under the church of Great Fawley near to
Wantage bcfore-mention'd, in which vault his
I)osterity (who are baronets living in that parisli)
lave been since, and are hitherto, interred, as I
have been instructed by his grandson sir Hen.
More, bart. I find another Franc. More to have
published certain matters, among which is The
Sinner's Guide, or the Regimen of a Christian
LiJ'e. Printed l6l4. qu. and certain sermons,
but whether this person, who was a divine, was of
Oxford university I know not as yet. " One
" Fr. More of Yorkshire, son of a gentleman,
" was matriculated member of Brasennose col-
" Ic^e 1576, aged I6."
[1 here are two heads of More, one by Faithornc,
the other by F. V. W^ both in 4to.]
FRANCIS MASON, who is worthily stiled
Vindex Ecclesiee Jnglicance, was born in the
county palatine of Durham, and there educated
in gram, learning, began to be conversant with
the Oxonians in the beginning of the year 1583,
aged 17, and making a hard shift to rub on till he
was bach, of arts, being the son of a poor ple-
beian, was elected probationer-fellow of Merton
coll. in the latter end of 1586. After he had
proceeded in his faculty, he entred into the sacred
function, and when full standing, he was admit-
ted to the reading of the sentences in 1597.
About which time he was made rector of Orford,''
» market town near to the sea-side in Suffolk,
chaplain to king James I. (who usually stil'd him
* a wise builder in God's house), and at lengtli
' [Fran. Mason institutus rector de Sudborne cum capella
df OrCorde, 22 Dec. 1 500. Resist. Bakep.T
Vol. n.
upon the death of Rich. Stokes, LL. bach, wat
installed archdeacon of Norfork 18 December
1619, which dignitv the said Stokes hud held
from the month of Apr. 1587. Our author Mason
hath written.
The yfulhoriti/ of the Church of England in
making Canons and Consli/utions concerning Tliingi
indifferent, &c. Sermon on 1 Gor. 14. 40. Lond.
1607. [Bodl. 4to. M.25. Th.] Ox. 1634. cju.'
From which, as also from the cpist. dedic. belorc
it, made to his patron Rich, archb. of Cant, it
appears that the author was a zealous conformist
to the ch. of England. Tliis serm. was answered
by Anon, in a book entit. The second Part of the
Defence of the Ministers Reason for Refusal, &c
See in Tho. Hutton, an. 1639.
Vindication of the Church of England concerning
the Consecration and Ordination of the Bishops,
£fc. as also of the Ordination of Priests and Dea-
C071S, infive Bootes.^ Lond. 1613. foi. [Bodl. N. 1.
10. Th. Seld.] Framed in form of a conference
between Philodox, a seminary priest, and Ortho-
dox, a minister of the eliurch of England. From
which book it appears that the author was a ge-
neral-read-scholar, thorough-pac'd in the councils,
and all sorts of histories, whether divine, civil, or
profane. The next year, he, as a grateful son,
sent a copy of it to be reposed in the library of
his tender parent Mert. coll. with this note at the
end of it written with his own hand, — ' Whereas
Mr. 9 Fitzherbert hath lately sent a book from
Rome against the most rev. bishop ' of Ely, to
which he hath annexed an appendix concerning
the records and registers by nie produced, desir-
ing that some of their discreet Catholics might
view and consider whether they be true, or conn-
terfeit: know therefore, that upon the 12th of
this present May, an. 16 14, his grace of Canter-
bury sent for Mr. ^ Colleton the archpriest, Leake*
a secular priest, as also one Jesuit called ♦Lath-
wait, &c. and shewed unto them the register and
other records of his predecessor Mattn. Parker,
which they perused over and over, and found
that the said Parker was ' consecrated in Lam-
beth chappel (and not at the Nags-Head in [464]
Choapside) by certain bishops tliat had been
ejected in qu. Mary's fcign,' &c. This book of
the indication of the Church of England, coming
'' [This is the substance of a sermon preached in the Green
yard at Norwich, tlie third Sunday /ifter Trinity, !605. It
was reprinted, on bishop Complon's reconimeadalion in
1705, 4to. Rawlinson.]
' [That book entitled The D^ence of the Ordination of
the Ministers of the reformed Churches leyond the Seas,
maintained by Mr. Archdeacon Mason, against the Roman-
ists, is sufficiently known, and 1 have been assured it was not
only tlie judgement of bishop Overhall, but that he had a
principal hand in it. Healing Attempt, See. 4to. iCag,
p. ti'2. penes me. W. K. Kennet.]
' Tlio. Filzherbert. ' Dr. Lane. Andrews.
' Joh. Colleton. ^ Tho. Leake. ■♦ Tho. Laihwall.
' See more of this matter in Godwin De PrcesuUh. .in-
gUat. Lond. I(5l6. lat. p. 219.
.^07
MASON.
JACOB.
308
at length into the hands of Anthony Champnej
an EngUsh man born, a Rom. Cath. priest and a
doctor of the Sorbon, was by him answered in
EngUsh, and dedicated to George, archb. of Can-
terbury, not without some reproaches and scofl's
given to him in the epistle. But afterwards
Champney recollecting himself, thought that he
had not sufficiently consulted his own reputation
by publishing his answer in English. Wherefore
he translated it into Latin, (entit. True tut us de
I'ocatione Ministrorum. Par. 1618. in oct.) that
his pretended victory over Mason might, by this
means, be spread over all Europe. Soon after
our author, to be even with him, translated his
own book also, and entitled it Fiudiciic Eccles.
Anslicanx,^ &c. and therein interweaves answers
to ^hom. Fitzherbert, priest, Hen. Fitzsimons,
Jesuit, Dr. Mattb. Kellison, A. Chamnney, &c.
and withal dedicated it to Hen. de Gonay, bishop
of Paris, without any aspersions at all thrown
upon him. All this he did in the year 16 19, or
20, at farthest, but before he could conveniently
put it in the press, he died. Whereupon at the
desire of the archbishop of Cant.,Dr. Nath. Brent,
warden of Mert. coll. did review it, examine the
quotations, compare them with the originals, and
at length printed the copy as he had found it
under the author's hand, an. 1625. fol. printed
again at Lond. 1646. fol. ' The said author also
wrote.
Two Sermons preached at Court concerning
David's /Adultery and his public Practices. On
2 Serm. 12. ver. 13. Lond. 1621. oct. [Bodl.Svo.
L. 77. Th.]
'The Validitif of the Ordination of the Ministers
of the Informed Churches beyond the Seas, muiiv-
tained against the Donatists. Oxon. 1641. qu.
[Bodl. C. 13. Line] Taken, I presume, by the
publisher from our author's book entit. A Vindi-
cation, See.' At length our author Mason sur-
rendering up his pious soul to him that first gave
it, (not without the great grief of those who well
knew his learning and piety) in the month of
* [Tlie Vindicia F.cclesice Anglicance were new translated,
with a large prefatory Discourse, by the reverend Mr.
Lindsey, formerly an attorney at law in Cheshire, but since
admitted amongst the non-jurors into holy orders. Rawlin-
SON.]
' [Reprinted l636, not l646, 1 am confident. Baker.]
• [Out of a letter of Geo. Davenport to Mr. Bancroft from
Paris, Jan. 1C5.5. •
' 1 have learned of him (viz. the de.in of Peterborough,
Dr. Cosin, whose chaplain I think he was,) that the book
wherein the ordination of the French Church is vindicated,
was made by bishop Overal, (with whom the dean then
lived) and not by Mr. Mason. Mr. Mason, indeed, added
something to it with the approbation of the bishop, and
printed it in his own name, at the desire of the bishop.'
In another letter, dated Aug. 6, he saith ' 1 must undeceive
you al)Out the addiiionals to Mr. Mason, for he (the dean)
saith, he said that the bishop was the chief composer of the
first draught of the book de Minist. Anglican, in EngUsh,
which was printed by the king's prmter." Tanner]
Dec. in sixteen hundred twenty and one, was
buried in the chancel of the church of Orford
before-mentioned. Over his grave was soon after
a monument put, with an mscription thereon,
which, for brevity sake, I shall now pass by. In
his archdeaconry of Norf. was installed Thomas
Muriel, M. A. 30 Dec. l621. After him was
installed VVrithinj'toii White 19 Oct. 1629, and
after him Rob. Wliitc, bach, of div. 23 Sept. 163 1,
who dying in the times of usurpation, Philip Te-
nison'was installed in his place Aug. 1660, who
dying, Edw. Reynolds, ^L A. and son to Dr.
Reynolds, B. of Norwich, was installed therein
15 Apr. 1661.
HENRY JACOB was a Kentish man born,
entred a commoner or batler in S. Mary's-hall
1579, aged l6, took the deg. in arts, holy orders,
and became precentor of C. C. C and afterwards
beneficed in his own country, particularly, as 1
have been informed, at Cheriton, but upon search
into that parish register, wherein are the names
of all the rectors of that church set down since
1591, H. Jacob occurs not, as having been per-
haps rector before that time. He was a person
most excellently well lead in theological au-
thors, but withal was a most zealous puritan, or,
as his son Henry used to say, the ' first independ-
ent' in England. His writings against Francis
Johnson a Brownist (exile for Jesus Ch., as he
stiles himself) and Tho. Bilson, bishop of Win-
ton, speak him learned. With the former he
controverted concerning the churches and mini-
sters of England, and with the other concerning
Christ's sufferings and descention into hell.
Which controversy, though eagerly bandied to
and fro between them, yet it was afterwards
plied more hotly in both the universities, in
1604, and after; where Bilson's doctrine was
maintained and held up, yel publicly op-
posed by many of our zealots, both at home
and abroad. At home by Gabr. Powell, a
stiff puritan (mention'd under the j'ear I607.)
and abroad by Hugh Broughton ' and Robert
9 [Phil. Tenison, A. M. ad vie. de Wethersfield com.
Essex, 17 Aug. 1642; cui succ. Jos. Clarke, .3 Nov. l(;6o,
per cess. Phil. Tenison. Reg. Laud. And see Newcourt's
Repertorium, ii. 634. Kennet.]
' |Col. Ma"d. Cant.Vid. Regisl. Acad. An. 156g, 1570.
A. B. coll. Jo. socius, dein coll. Chr. preb. Dunelm.
Baker.
The best account of the education of Hugh Broughton is
given by himself in an epistle to his patron, Henry, earl of
Huntingdon in l6l3, prefixed to a pamphlet of his, thus
odly inlitled, A Sedar Olam; that is. Order of the IVorld,
or Vearesjrom theFull to the Restoring. 4to. l6l3, penes mc.
W. K.
It happen'd upon a time as Mr. Gilpin was in his way to-
ward Oxford, that he espyed by the way-side a youth one
while walking and another while running. Mr. Gilpin de-
manded of him who he was, whence lie came, and whither
he was going? He made answer, that he came out of Wales,
and that he was bound to Oxford with intent to be a scholar.
Mr. Gilpin examiueth the youth, aud findcth. him a projnpt
1681.
309
JACOB.
SAVILE.
310
Parker;' I mean that Robert, a divine, some-
times of Wilton in Wilts, who leaving u na-
tion for conscience sake, died at Deusbourgh
in Geldcrland,' in Autumn time or after, an.
1630, leaving behind him a widow named
[465J Dorothy, and a son named Thomas, < author
of Metliodus Gratix (Hviiue in Tradttctioiie
Ilominis Peccatoris ad Vitam, &c. Lond. 1().^7.
oct. There were two more brethren, at least, of
the separation, who opposed Bilson's doctrine,
but their names I cannot now justly tell you.
The works of our author Hen. Jacob are these.
Treatise of the Sufferings and Victory of Christ
in the Work of our lii'demption, &c. icritten against
certain Errors in these Points pubiicli/ preached
in Lond. 1597- Lond. 1598. oct. The points
were (I) That Christ suflered for us the wrath of
God, which we may well term the pains of hell,
or hellish sorrows. (S) That Christ after his
death on the cross, went not into hell in his
soul.
Of the Church and Minisfrij of P,ngland, writ-
ten in tzco Treatises against t/ie lleasons and Ob-
* Jirmmist. jections of Mr. Francis Johnson. *
First edit. Middleburg 1599, qu. [Rodl. 4to.
J. 12. Th.] They had several disputes in Am-
sterdam about the church of England being a
true church.
Defence of a Treatise touching the Sufferings
and Victory of Christ in the JVoik of our Re-
demption.— Printed 1600. qu. [Bodl. 4to. J. 13.
Th. Seld.]
Reasons taken out of God's Word and the best
humane Testimonies, proving a Necessity of re-
scholar in the Latine, and that he had a little smattering of
the Greek. And wilt thou, saith Mr. Gilpin, be contented
to go with me; I will provide for thee. Whereupon Mr.
Gilpin took him along with him, first to Oxford, afterwards
to Houghton, where he profited exceedingly both in Greek
and Hebrew, wham Mr. Gilpin at the last sent to Cambridge.
And this was th;it famous Hugh Broughton so exceedingly
apt in learning the (Jrcck and Hebrew ; but a man of a most
inconstant nature, for when Mr. Gilpin grew olde, whether
il was in expectation of Mr. Gilpin's parsonage, or for some
other cause, it is reported, that he procured Mr. Gilpin to be
troubled and molested by the bishop of Durham. Life of
Bernard Gilpin, in English, 4to. Kennet.
Prefixed to Broughton's IVorks, collected in one vol. folio,
Lond. 16G2, is an occoiuit of him and his writings, written
by John Lightfoot, but this takes no notice of the iihove anec-
dote, and is, besides, very deficient respecting the early par-
ticiJars of Broughum's life.]
^ [Rob'tus Parker, cicricus, habet lit. reginae Mariae de
pres. ad eccl paroch. dc Kegworth in com. Leicester. T R.
apud Weslmon. xii Decemb. reg. 1. 1533, Rymer, Foedera
3tv, 35P. Kennet.
This Tho. Parker was of Magd. coll. Oxon. of him and
R. Parker, see Hist, of New England by Cotton Mather,
lib. 3, page 143, &c.
Quidam Rob. Parker, A. B. Cant. 1555, 6. Ilegisi. Acad.
AlterRob. Parker, C.C.C, A. B. Cant. 1581. Ibid. A.M.,
C.C C. 1385. lb. Baker.]
' [He was minister of the English church in Antwerp in
* fSandford. Baker ]
forming our Churches of England, &c. — Printed
1604. qu. [Bodl.4to. T. 23. Jur.]
A Position against vain-glorious, and that
which is falsly catted, learned Preaching. — I'rinted
1604. ort.
The divine Beginning and Institution of Christ'i
true, visilt/e, and viaterial Church. Leyden I6IO.
oct. [Bodl. 8vo. Z. 24. Th. Seld.]
Plain and clear Eiposition of the tecond Com-
mandment.— Printed 16 10. oct. [Bodi. 8vo.
C. 513. Line]
Declaration and Opening of certain Pointu,
with a sound Confirmation of some othert, in a
Treatise entit. The divine Beginning, S(c. (as be-
fore)—Middleburg 1611. [BotU. 8vo. Z.24. Th.
Seld.] He hath written and published other
things, as the Counter- Poison,^ Slc. which being
printed by stealth, or beyond the seas, are rare to
be either seen, or procured. He departed this
mortal life, in sixteen himdred twenty and one, iflji.
or thereabouts, aged (iO years, or more, but
where buried, unless in London, where he began
to gather a congregation in the year 1616, I can-
not tell. He left behind him a son of both his
names, who was afterwards fellow of Mert.
coll. and a prodigy for curious and critical
learning, as I shall tell you at large when I come
to him.
HENRY SAVILE, second son of Hen. Sa-
vile (by Elizab. his wife, daughter of Rob. Rams-
den, gent.) second son of Job. Savile of New-hall
in Yorksh. esq; was born at Bradley, alias Over-
Bradley, near to Halifax in the same county, on
the last day of Nov. an. 1549. (3 Ed. 6.) made
his first entry into this university in the begin-
ning of the year I56l, and then, according to the
fashion, had a tutor to teach him grammar, and
another dialect, or else one and the same person
did both. In the beginning of Lent 1565, he
was admitted bach, of arts, and forthwith deter-
mined to the admiration of his auditors, who ever
after esteemed him a good philosopher. About
that time an election of bach, fellows of Merton
coll. (then in a very poor condition for good
scholars, as most places in the university were,)
being made, he was chosen one of the number, as
was Edm. Bunney, afterwards a learned theolo-
gist. In 1570, our author Savile proceeded in
his faculty, and read his ordinaiies on The Al-
magest of Ptolemy: whereby growing Aimous for
his learning, especially for the Greek tongue and
mathematics, (in which last he voluntarily read a
lecture for some time to the academians ) be was
elected proctor of the university for two years
together, with Job. Underbill of New college,
afterwards rector of that of Lincoln, and bishop
5 [The Counter Po)'Son was wrote by Henry Ainsworth ;
whicli book I have, printed l008, 4to. jirinter or place not
named as usual in stolen editions. Baker ]
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of Oxon. For then, and after, those that exe-
cuted the procuratorial office, were elected by the
doctors and masters of the university for learning,
worth, experience, and magnanimous spirits ;
but when the Caroline cycle was made in 1629,
they were elected in their respective coll. by a
few votes. In 1578 he travelled into France and
other countries; and thereupon improving him-
self in learning, languages, and the knowledge of
the world and men, became a most accomplished
person at his return. About that time he was
instituted tutor to Q. Elizab. for the Greek
[466] tongue, who taking a liking to his parts and per-
sonage, he was not only the sooner made warden
of Slerton coll. tho' a noted person (Bunne}'
before-mention'd) was elected with him and pre-
sented to the archb. of Cant, for confirmation ;
but also, by her favour, was made provost of
Eaton coll. in the year 1596,'' upon the promo-
tion of Dr. Will. Day to the see of ^\'inton.
While he governed the former, which was 36
years, ' simia cur& (as 'tis ? said) & diligentia
fere plusquam human^ perdius &, pernox,' he
made it his chief endeavours, (tho' troubled
with the cumbrances of marriage) to improve it
with riches and literature. For the effecting of
the last, he always made choice of the best scho-
lars at the usual elections of bach, fellows. In
the first that he made after he was warden, which
consisted but of four persons, were Hen. Cuffe
and Franc. Mason elected, both noted for their
learning, tho' the first was unfortunate. In the
last, about three years before his death, which
consisted of six, four of them (whereof two were
afterwards bishops) were esteemed eminent,
namely Dr. Reynolds of Norwich, Dr. Earl of
Salisbury, John Doughty and Alex. Fisher : the
last of which, tho' he nath published nothing, yet
in some respects he was as able as any of the rest
* fMr. Henry Savile to the Lady Russe!. (From Strype's
Annals, iv, 228.)
Right Hon. and my very good lady.
As I was bold with your ladyship at the beginning of
my suit, so 1 must be importunate now at the conclusion.
My fortune always hath been hitherto to receive still my dis-
patch by my lord treasurer's only means, so was it when I
obtained Merlon college in Oxford, and so must it be now
for Eaton. Or else 1 will hope for small good. I know his
lordship's favourable opinion of the matter to her majesty at
such opportunity as it shall please him to take, will end the
■whole matter. Till then I assure myself it will stick : his
honourable promise of favour made to me at Tybalds, gave
me courage to begin. And her majesty's direct nomination
at Nonsuch, which I saw in his lordship's own hand, gave
me hope to continue. It remaineth but that his lordship
would vouchsafe to perfect his own work with a prosperous
and happy conclusion.
To which purpose I pray you, good madam, as hitherto
you have been, so still to continue to be my honourable me-
diator to his lordship. I can make profession of nothing, but
my poor humble service, which here I do vow to you both.
Ana so take my leave. The 4th of February.
Your honourable ladiship's humbly at commandment.
Hen, Savile.]
' Reg.'i. Act. Societ, Coll. Merlen, p. 171.
so to do, had not a weak and timorous spirit
stood in his way. Our author Savile also took
as much care as he could to place noted men in
Eaton college ; among whom were Tho, Allen,
Job. Hales, Tho. Savuc, and Jonas Mountague,
all of Mert. coll. the last of which (whom he
made usher of the school there) helped him, as
Allen and Hales did, in the edition of St. Chry-
.sostome, as I shall tell you elsewhere. When
K. James I. came to the crown he had a great
respect for Mr. .Savile and his learning; and as I
have heard our antients saj', he would have ad-
vanced him to a higher place, either in church or
state, but he refused it, and only accepted of the
honour of knighthood from him at Windsor, 21
Sept. 1604. Much about which time Henry his
only son and heir dying, and no hopes left of
f)ropagating his name, and of settling a family,
le bestowed much of his wealth in publishing
books, and in founding two lectures in this uni-
versity, which will make his memory honourable
not only among the learned, but the righteous
for ever, even till the general conflagration shall
consume all books and learning. Many are
the encomiums given of him by divers authors,
which, if I should enumerate, may make a ma-
nual. In one * place he is stiled, ' Musarum pa-
tronus, McEcenas, literarum, forUnitarumque Mer-
tonensium vere pater,' &c. In another ' he is
characterised by a zealous Rom. Cath. who sel-
dom or never speaks well of a Protestant, (or at
least by Dr. W. Bishop the publisher his book,)
to be ' vir Graece & Latin^ perinde doctu.s, vene-
randce antiquitatis (ut vidctur) tam cxcjuisitus
indagator, tam ingenuus & liberalis editor.' To
pass by the noble and generous characters given
of him by Isaac ' Casaubon, John ^ Boysius, Jo-
sias ' Mercerus, Marc. " Meibomius, Jos. ^ Scaliger
and others, (among whom must not be forgotten
the learned Rich. Mountague, who stiles* him,
* the magazine of all learning,') I shall proceed
to make mention of those things that he hath
published and written, which are these fol-
lowing.
Learned Notes on, and a Translation into Eng-
lish of, Corn. Tacitus his (1) End of Nero, and
Beginning of Galba. (2) Four Books of Histo-
ries. (3) Life of Jgricola. Lond. 1581, 98, &c.
[fourth edition, folio 16 12, Bodl. A A. 3. Art.
Seld.] fol. A rare translation it is, and ' the
work 7 of a very great master indeed, both in our
* Reg. 2. Act. Societ. Coll. Merlon, p. 171.
9 Jo. Pitseus in lib. De illuitr. Angl. Scriptorib. lEt. 14.
nu. 563. p. 471. ' In Append, ad Epist. Vide etiam
inter ipsas EpLstolas, Ep. 100. script, ad Hen. Savile.
' In Not. adHomil. in Gen. int. opera S. Chrysost.
3 In A^o;. ad Corn. Tac. * In Pra;f. ad Gandenlii
Introduct. Harmonic. ' In 3 Lib. Epistol. Epist. 232.
Script, ad Ric. Thomsonum. .* In his Pref. to his
Diatribe upon the first part of the Hist, of Tithes.
' Hypercritica. Or, a Rule of Judgment for ffriling and
Reading our Histories. MS. Address. 4. Sect. 2.
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tongue and that story.' For if we consider the
diflfiouity of the original, and the age wherein the
translator lived, it is both for the exactness of the
version, and the chastity of the language, one of
the most accurate and perfect translations that
ever were made into English. The said notes
were put into Latin by Is. Gruter, and printed at
Amsterdam 1G49. in tw. [Bodl. 8vo. B. 212.
Line]
[467] A Fiew of certain Military Matters, or Com-
mentaries concernivg Rom. Warfare. Lond. 1598,
- &c. [UJ12. Bodl. AA. 3. Art. Seld.J fol. Put
into Lat. by Marq. Fraherus, printe<l at Heidel-
burg IGOI. [Bodl. 8vo. D. ,54. Th.] and at Am-
sterd. by Is. Gruter lG49. in tw. [Bodl. 8vo. B.
212. Line]
Fasti liegum S{ Episcoporum Anglim usque ad
WiUielmum Seiiiorem. These Fasti are at the end
of the Writers which sir Hen. Savile published,
entit. Rerum Aitglicarum Scriptores post Bedam
preecipui, Sfc. viz. Gul. Malmsburiensis, lien.
Huiitingdoti, Rog. Ilovcden, Sec. Lond. 1596. fol.
[and Francof. 1601. fol. Bodl. C. 1. 1. Med. Seld.]
The best copies of which authors he collected,
viewed, reviewed and corrected. In his epist.
dedic. before which, (made to Q. Elizab.) speak-
ing of the history of England, he delivereth these
matters, after he had condemned Pol. Virgil —
' Nostri ex fa;ce plebis historici, &c. Our histo-
rians being of the dregs of the common people,
while they have endeavoured to adorn the ma-
jesty of so great a work, have stained and defiled
it with most fusty fooleries. Whereby, tho' I
wot not by what hard fortune of this island, it is
come to pass, that your ancestors (most gracious
queen) most puissant princes, who embracing a
great part of this our world within their empire,
did easily overgo all the kings of their time in the
glory of great atchievements, now destitute of (as
it were) the light of brave wits, do lie unknown
and unreguarded,' &c. These words being ut-
tered by a gent, excellently learned, to a .sove-
reign queen excellently understanding, and in
print, were then understood, and wisli'd for, by
historians and curious men, to have this mean-
ing, ' That the majesty of handling our history
might once equal the majesty of the argument.'
This was their opinion, and the publisher (Great
Savile) gave hopes to them that he should be the
man that would do it. All the learned men of
England were erected, and full of expectation,
but at length were grieved to find it vain. Some-
what notwitlistandmg he is said to have at-
tempted in that argument, by making searches in
the Tower of London for furniture out of the
records; but, if he did any such thing, wiicther
impatient of the harsh and dusty rudeness of the
subject, or despairing that he could deal so truly
as the honour and splendor of his name, and as
the nature of his work, required; he desisted,
converting all his cares to the edition of S. Chry-
sostome in Greek. Thus was he carried away by
speculation of things divine, as it were in n cha-
riot of fire, from this other immortal ofhce to hi«
native country. Me also carefully collected the
best copies ot books, written by .St. Clirysoslome,
from various parts of the world, and einploy'd
learned men to transcribe, and make annotations
on them. Which being done, he printed thetn
at his own charge in a most beautiful edition,
bearing this title, .S'. .fohaiinis C/iri/sostomi Opera
Grerce, octo I oluminihus. Printed in Eaton coll.
161.'3. fol. [Bodl. C. 2. 1.2. 3, &c. Th. Seld.]
On several parts of which he put learned notes,
besides what the profound Joh. Boyse, Andr.
Dowiies, Tho. Allen, &c. had done. The whole
charge of which edition, and for the pavment of
certain scholars employ'd beyond the seas for the
obtaining of the best exemplars of that author,
cost him more than 8000/. But the copy, iis
soon as 'twas finished, coming into the hands of a
learned French Jesuit, named Fronto Ducijcus of
Bordeaux, he mostly translated it into Latin.
^V'hich being so done, he printed it in Greek and
Lat. at Paris in 5 volumes, at the charges of the
bishops and clergy of France, an. 1621. The
sixth vol. was put out by him in 1624, and the
other volumes (four in number) came out before
at different times at Heildelburg, by other hands,
as it seems. Sir Hen. Savile also procured six
manuscript copies of Bradwardin's book, I)e
Causa Dei, to be compared and corrected to hi»
great charge, and afterwards published a true
copy thereof under this title, T/iomec Kradwardini
Arcliiep. oliin Cantuariensis, De Causa Dei, con-
tra Pehgium, S)' de Virtute Caumrum, ad suos
Mertonenses, Lib.:}. Lond. 1618. fol. [Bodl. A.
6. 5. Th.] Before which sir Henry put of his
own writing,
Pita Thomee Bradwardini Archiep. olim Can-
tuariensis. He also wrote and was author of,
P ralecliones tresdecem in principium Elemen to-
rum Euclidis Oxonia hahitte, an. 1620. Oxon.
1621. qu. [Bodl. 4to. S. 39. Art.] Some of which
lectures he read when he was a junior master, as
I have before-mentioned.
Oralio coram Reg. Elizab. Oxonia habita, an.
1592. Oxon. I6j8t qu. [Bodl. 4to. J. 12. Art.]
Published by Mr. (afterwards Dr.) Tho. Barlow [468]
of Queen's coll. from the original in the Bodleian
library; and also by Dr. John Lamphire in the
second edit, of Monarchia Britannica. Oxon.
1681. oct. [l3odl.8vo. W. 47. Art. And again,
with notes by James Upton, Lond. 1711. Bodl.
8vo. E. 151. Line]
Tract of the original of Monaste^
ries. 1
Orations. \ MSS. in the
Tract concerning the Union o/"/ Bodleian lib.
England and Scotland, at tlie Com-
mand of K. James 1. J
Concerning the lust of these, John Thorn-
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borough H. of Bristol did write a book about the
same time Our author Savile also did publish
Naziaiizeii's Stelileutics, Xenoplions Institution of
Cyrus, 8i.c. and had many choice exemplars in his
library, which were by others published as from
bibliotheca Saviliana. He also translated into
elegant Lat. K. James the first his Apology for
the Oath of Allegiance : which flying in that dress
as far as Uome, was by the pope and the conclave
sent to Francis Suarezat Salamanca, with a com-
mand to answer it. ^^'hcn he had j)erfected the
work, which he calls Defeiisio Fidei Catholicce,
ire. cum Respousione ad Apologiam pro Jurumetito
Fidelitatis, &c. it was transmitted to Rome for a
view of the inquisitors, who blotted out what they
pleased, and added whatsovcr might advance the
pope's power. AVliich matter John Salkeld, his
assistant when he wrote at Salamanca, did often
profess when he came over to the church of Eng-
land, and lived for some time in the house of Dr.
King bishop of London, that the good old man
Suarez (whose piety and charity he magnify'd
much) did not only disavow, but detest it. How-
ever printed it was, (at Colen, I think, an. I6l4.)
but so soon as any of the copies came into
England, one was burnt in detestation of the
fact, by public command. Sir Hen. Savile also
made several notes with his pen in many of his
books in his choice library, particularly on Euse-
bius his Ecclesiastical History, made use of by
Hen. Valesius in his edition of that history, an.
1659, as he'll tell you more at large, if you'll con-
sult the preface to that elaborate work. He also
made several notes on those books which he gave
to the mathematical library in the School-Tower,
and on others which I have seen. Divers of his
tracts of various subjects in MS. were greedily
f)rocured after his death (sometimes sdso while he
ived) by industrious and ingenious scholars, which
do now, or at least did lately, go from hand to
hand. At length, after he had lived beyond the
age of man, and had done many noble and gene-
rous works for the benefit of learning, he de-
parted this mortal life in Eaton coll. near to
Windsor, on the 19th day of Febr. in sixteen
1621-2. hundred twenty and one, and was buried in the
chappel there, near to the body of Henry his son,
(who died l604, aged 8 years,) leaving behind him
one only daughter named Elizabeth, (begotten on
the body of his wife Margaret, daughter of George
Daeresof Cheshunt in Hertfordshire,) who was
married to sir Jo. Sedley of Kent baronet. Soon
after, the news of his death being sent to Oxon,
the vicechancellor and doctors ordered a speech to
be publicly spoken to the academians in me-
mory of so worthy a benefactor and scholar as
sir Henry was. Which being accordingly done
by Tho. Goffe of Ch. Ch. the speech was shortly
after made public, with many copies of verses
made by the poets of the universities, added to it,
with this title, Ultima Linea Savilii. Oxon.
1622. qu. These things being done, a black mar-
ble stone was laid over his grave on the South-
side of the communion-table in the said chappel
of Eaton coll. and a most sumptuous honorary
monument to his memory', on the South-wall, at
the upper end of the choir of Merton coll. the
inscription on which you may see ' elsewhere.
In the provostship of Eaton coll. succeeded Tho.
Murrey' a Scot, tutor and secretary to prince
Charles, (afterwards K. Ch. I.) who died, as one '
observes, on the first' day of Apr. 162.'3, being
then newly cut for the stone, and was buried in
the chap, of the coll. whose epitaph there saith
that he died on the ninth day ot the same month,
aged 59 years. Afterwards the king designed '
sir Will. IJeecher to succeed, but by friends, and
many intreaties, sir Hen. Wotton had that place
conferr'd on him. In the wardenship of Mert.
coll. succeeded Nath. Brent LL. D. afterwards a
knight, who minding wealth and the settling a
family more than generous actions, that college
did nothing near so well 6ourisli as under the
government of sir Henry.
[Vide Sex Epistolas Henr. Savilii, scriptas Blo-
tio et Teugnagelio bibliothecarios Caesareos Vin-
debon. Apud Lambec. Commentar. de Biblio-
theca Vindebon. Lib. 3, append, p. 381, 2, &c.
circa editionem Chrysostomi Grasce &c. Lectu
dignas, fugerunt tamen industriam hujus autoris.
Vide ejusdem librum 4. p. 30; viz. Lambecii, et
p. 31, 61, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, &c. Baker.
Henry Savile was of Brazen Nose, thence elect-
ed to Merton. See verses by Sam. Radcliffe,
principal of Br. Nose, in Goffe's Ult. Linea Savi-
lii, 1622. CnURTON.
Letters from sir Henry Savile will be found in
the Cotton and Harleian MSS. In the latter,
Nos. 374, and 530, are two, on literary subjects,
to John Stowe, the Chronicle writer.
Aubrey tells us,* that sir Henry ' was a very
severe governour, the scholars hated him for his
austerity. He could not abide witts; when a
young scholar was recommended to him for a
good wit, — Out upon him, I'le have nothing to
doe with him, give me the plodding student. If
I would look for witts I would goe to Newgate,
there be the witts.' Aubrey also informs us, that
he was an extraordinary handsome man, no lady
had a finer complexion.
I conclude with the following anecdote touching
his edition of Chrysostome, which rests on the
authority of Dr. Anthony Walker, of St. John's
» In Hist. ISf Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 89. b.
9 [In the election act he is said to be fellow of the college.
Tanner.]
' Cambden in Annal. Reg. Jac. 1. MS. sub. an.
1623.
' PTenth. LovEDAY.]
^ Ibid. Camden.
♦ [Lel/rra from the Bodleian, wilh Aubrey's Lives, ice-
Oxford, 1813, vol. ii, page 52.'). This was related to Aubrej
by Dr. Skinner, bishop of Oxford, l646]
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college, Cambridge, and is taken from Peck's De-
siderata Ctiriuna, vol. ii. lib. viii. |). 49.
' 1 shall here take leave to set down one word
or two coiieerning sir Henry Savil's cost and
pains. For the first, it may be gathered from,
the foot of this llereuleaii labour, the paper;
whereon he bestowed two thousand pounds; not-
withstanding only one thousand copies were print-
ed. For the second he was so sedulous at his
-study, that his lady thereby thought herself
neglected ; and coming to him one day, as he
was in his study, saluted iiim thus: ' Sir Henry,
1 would I were a book too, and then you would
a little more respect me.' Whereto one, stand-
ing by, replied, ' Madam, you must then be an
Almanack, that he might change every year.'—
Whereat she was not a little displeased.']
ROGER HACKET, an eminent theologist
in the time he lived, was born in the parish of St.
James within the city of London, educated in
Wykehani's school, admitted perpetual fellow of
New coll. in 1577, took the degrees in arts, holy
orders, and soon after was cried up for an eminent
preacher. In 1591, or thereabouts, he was made
rector of North-Crawley in Bucks; and four
years after proceeded in divinity. All that I
have yet seen of his writing or publication are
only
Several Sermons, viz. (1) Sertn. at Paul's-Cross.
On 1 Stim. 11. 5, 6, 7. Oxon. 1591. oct. dedi-
cated to the lord Norris. (2) Serm. [preached at
Newport Paignell in the county of Buckingham.]
On 2 Cor. 5. 20,21. Lond. 1593. oct. [a copy
in the Bodleian (8vo. T. 90. Th.) dated 1628:
London, printed for Robert Wilson.] (3) A Mar-
riage present. On Gen. 2. 22. Lond. 1G07. qu.
(4) Sick-man's (J lass. On Isaiah 30. 1, 2, 3.
Lond. 1607. qu. (5) Serm. on Psal. 122. 6, &c.
621-2. l''^ concluded his last day in sixteen hundred
twenty and one, or tliereabouts, (for in 1622,
were several books convey'd into the public li-
brary at Oxon, by his bec^uest,) and was buried, as
it seems, in his cnurch of North-Crawley before-
mentioned.
[Hacket was buried September 16, l621. See
my MS. coll. vol. xxxviii, p. 130, &c. Cole.]
HERBERT CROFT, son of Edw. Croft esq;
descended from an antient and genteel family of
•liis name living at Croft-castle in Herefordshire,
was educated in academicals in Ch. Cii. as his son
col. sir Will. Ooft used to say, tho' his name
occurs not in the Matricu/a, which makes me
think that his stay was short there. Afterwards
he married, was a parliament man in the latter
end of qu. Elizabeth, and in l603 received the
honour of knighthood from K. James L at Theo-
balds, being then a person of repute in his own
eoimtry. At length being full weary of the vani-
ties and fooleries of this world, did retire to Doway
in Flanders, and there was by letters of confra-
ternity, dated in the beginning of Feb. (16 17)
received among the brethren in the coll. of Eng-
lisii Benedictines: who appointing him a little
cell within the ambits of tlieir house, he spent
the remainder of his days therein in strict devo-
tion and religious exercise. After his settlement
there he wrote,
Letters persuasive to his Wife and Children in
England, to take upon them the Catholic Reli'rion.
Arguments to shetv that the Rom. Church is a
true Church — written against Dr. R. Field his
I'our Hooks of the Church.
Repli/ to the Anstcer ^ of his Daughter M. C.
(Man/ Croft) Tchirh she made to a Paper of hit
sent to her, concerning the Rorn. Church. At the
end of it is a little thing entit. The four Minister*
of Charinton gagg'd In/ four Propositions made to
the Lord Baron of EspicelUere of the Religion pre-
tended : and presented on S. Martin's Dai/ to Dii
Moulin in his House, and since to Durand and
Mestrezat. All these were published by sir Herb.
Croft at Dowa}', about l6l9, in tw. containing
255 pages. There were but eight copies printetl,
viz. one for himself, now in the lib. of the Eng-
lish Benedictines at that place, formerly sent to
me by a ^ brother of that order, purposely to be
perused for a time, .ind then to be returned : who
for religion sake, and in contempt of the world
hath denied the inheritance of an estate of at lejust
three thousand pounds per ami. Another copy
was printed for sir Herbert's wife and the rest tor
his children, but all without a title, only dedicated
to his wife and children, with a short epistle before
them beginning thus; ' [ would have you know
that although this ensuing discourse cometh to
you in print,' &c. The beginning of the book
it self is this, ' When it had pleased Almighty
God in his great mercy, even after above 53 yearH
of my mis-spent life,' &c. At length after he had [470]
macerated his body with fasting, hardship, and
devotion, surrendered up his pious soul to the
Almighty, on the lO Apr. (according to the ac-
count there followed) in sixteen hundred twenty ^^^
and two, and was buried in the chappel or church
belonging to the said English Benedictines at
Doway. Soon after was a monument put over
his grave, with an inscription thereon, (a copy of
it j'ou may' elsewhere see) in. which he is stiled
' vir pnidens, fortis, nobilis, & patria? libertatis
amautissimus,' &c.. He left behind him a son of
both his names, sometimes a Rom. Catholic, but
afterwards a zealous Protestant and a bishop, of
whom I sliall hereafter make mention in his due
place.
5 Tlic said answer, as sir Herb. Croft saith, was penned
for her by a Protestant minister
' Edw. Sheldon second son of Will. Sheldon of Bcoly,.
-^.
In Ilitt. at Antiq; Univ. Ox. lib. 8. p. Sfig. b.
319
RANDALL.
OWEN.
320
JOHN RANDALL, sometimes a frequent and
painful preacher in the city of London, was born
at Missendcn in Bucks, sent by his relations to
S. Mary's-hall, in 1581, being then very young,
where spending some time in trivial learning, was
afterwards translated to Trinity coll. and, as a
member thereof, took the degree of bach, of arts,
which he complcated by determination. In 1587,
July 6, he was elected fellow of Lincoln coll. and
two years after proceeded in his faculty. About
that time entring into the sacred function, lie
became one of tlie most noted preachers in the
university. In 1598, he was admitted bach, of
div. and the year after resigning his fellowship,
was made about that time rector of the church of
S. Andrews Hubart * in Little Eastcheap in Lon-
don ; where, after some time, he became so great
a labourer in God's vineyard by his frequent and
constant work in the ministry, as well in resolving
of doubts and cases of conscience as in preaching
and lecturing, that he went beyond his brethren in
that city to the wonder of all. But greater was
the wonder, especially to those of his parish and
neighbourhood, that this jioor man, who was for
the most part strangely afflicted with sickness,
should undergo his duty so strictly, and preach so
many sermons as he did for comfort and support
in troubles. This indeed did sound highly to his
merit, and plainly shewed that his great learning
and parts could not be subdued with the pitiful
afflictions here below. He was accounted a judi-
cious, orthodox, and holy man, and by some a
zealous and innocent puritan, of a harmless life
and conversation, and one that was solely fram'd
to do good acts. His works are these,
Several Sermons as (1) The Necessiti/ of Righ-
teousness. OnMat. 5. 20. Lond. 1622. [Bodl.
4to. B. 44. Th.] and 1640. qu. (2) Description
ofjleshlt/ Lusts. On 1 Pet. 2. 11, 12. Lond.
1622. [Bodl. 4to. B. 44. Th.] and 40. qu. (3)
S. Paul's Triumph, &c. Eleven Sermons on
Rom. 8. 38, SQ. Lond. 1623. [Bodl. 4to. J.
18. Th.] &c. qu. published by Will, Holbrook,
preacher. 9
The great Mystery of Godliness: or, a Treatise
opening unto us what God is, and Christ is. Lond.
1624. qu. [Bodl. 4to. G. 18. Th.] there again
1640, third edit.
Treatise concerning the Sacraments. Lond. l630.
qu. &c.
Catechistical Lectures (in number 23.) upon the
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. Lond. 1630.
qu. &c.
Nine and Twenty Lectures of the Church, for
» [Job. Randall. S. T. B. admiss ad eccl. S. Andrex
Hubbard, Lond. 31 Jan. 1598, per resign. Henr. Stow ; ad
pres. Gilbeni com. Salop. Reg. Qrindult. Kennet.]
9 ^Love's Complaint for Want of Entertainment. A Ser-
mon preached at Paules Crosse the tidrd of Deccmh. 16O9,
Jy fVttham Holbrooke. Lend, for Nath. Butter, 4lo. penes
me. Kbnnet.]
Support of the same in these Timei, Sfc. Ibid. 1631,
&c. qu. besides other things fit for the press, as
one, shewing what a true visible church is, and
another what predestination is. He concluded
his last day in the beginning of June in sixteen
hundred twenty and two, being then about 54
years of age, and was buried in the church of S.
Andrew before-mentioned. By his last will and
testament, he bequeathed a tenement to Line,
coll. called Ship hall, situated on the West-side
of that street, anciently called Schediard-street,
now commonly called S. Mary-hail-lanc, in O.von.
The picture of this Mr. Randall drawn to the
life when he was fellow of Line. coll. is, or at
least was lately, hanging in the common-room of
that house.
JOHN OWEN, or Audoenus as some call
him, the most noted epigrammatist in the age he
lived, was born at Armon in Caernarvonshire,
educated in Wykehaui's school, admitted perpe-
tual fellow of New coll. after he had served two
j'ears of probation there, in 1 584 ; took the degree
of bach, of civil law in 1590, and leaving his
fellowship the year after, taught school (as some
of his antient country-men tliat remember him,
have told me) at Trylegh near to Monmouth, and
at Warwick (as the tradition goes there among
the schoolmasters) in the school founded by K.
Hen. 8. in the place of one Tho. Hall, about the
year 1594. He was a person endowed with seve-
ral gifts, especially with the faculty of poetry,
whicti hath made him famous for those books of
epigrams, that he hath published, wherein an
ingenious liberty of joking being by him used,
was, and is now with some, especially foreigners,'
not a little pleasing and delightful. But that
which I must farther note of him is, that being
always troubled with the disease that attends
poets (indigence) he was received into the pa-
tronage of his country-man and kinsman. Dr. Jo.
Williams, bishop of Lincoln, and lord-keeper of
the great-seal, who for several years exhibited to
his wants. He hath written,
Epigrammatuin Lib. 3. ad Mariam Nevitl Co-
mitis Dorcestriee Filiam dicati. Lond. 1606. oct.
printed twice that year.
Epigrammatum Lib. singularis; ad doctiss.
Heroianani D. Arabetlam Stewart.
Epigram. Lib. 3. ad Hen. Principem Cambria
duo ; ad Carolum Ebor. unus.
Epigram, ad tres Meecenates Libri tres. Ad
Car. Noel Eq. &; Baronnettum, unus. Ad Gul.
Sedley Eq. Sf Bar. alter. Ad. Rog. Owen Eq.
Aur. tertius.
' [Omnium manibus feruntur Oweni Epigrammala, non-
nunquam in ipsis scholis juventuti explicantur. — Fateor no-
tis non dcfuisse epigramniatum scriptorcs. Instar omnium
niilii est noster Harderus, quern ipsi Oweno ob acumina,
sales, et clegantiam styli praeferre non dubitavi. Lud. Hol-
bergi Opuscula Latina, p. 236, 234. Lovedat.]
1022'.
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321
OWEN.
EDMONDS.
322
I(J22.
Monosticha quadam Ethica S( Politica veterum
Sapient urn.
All which coming out as successive additions
to the several editions ^ of the three first books of
epigrams, were at length publish'd in one vol. in
Oct. and twelves, not only in England but beyond
the seas. In the year 16I9, Jon. Vicars usher of
Ch. Ch. hospital in London, and a puritanical
poet, having selected many of them from several
of tlie books that were then extant, did translate
them into Engl, verse and were that year printed
at London in oct. Thomas Peckc also of the
Inner Temple gent, did translate 600 of the said
epigrams into Engl, verse, which were printed
with Martial de Spectaculis, or of the Rarities to
be seen in Rome, and with the most select Epigr.
of Sir Tho. More : To which is annexed a Centura
of Heroic Epigrams, [Sixti/ whereof concern the
twelve Ccesars, and the forty remaining severall
discerning Persom.^ &c. All published under the
general title of Parnassi Puerperium: [Or some
Well-Wishes to Ingenuity.*'] at Lond. 1659- in oct.
And lastly Tho. Harvey hath Englished most or
all of tlicm ; but these I have not yet seen. The
first Latin impressions of the author Owen, being
greedily bought, and taken into the hands of all
ingenious scholars, and forthwith conveyed beyond
the seas, they came at length into the hands of
the Romish inquisitors after heretical matters
in printed books, who finding dangerous things in
them, especially these two verses following, the
book was put into the Index Expurgatorius :
" An Petrus fuerit Romae, sub judice lis est.
Simonem Romae, nemo fuisse negat.'*
Fox which verses, and others of the like nature,
Owen's uncle, who was a Papist, or at least Po-
pishly affected, (from whom he expected legacies,)
dashed his name out from his last will and testa-
ment; which was the chief reason, that he ever
after lived in a poor condition. He died in six-
teen hundred twenty and two, and was buried in
St. Paul's cathedral within the city of London,
at the charge of the before-mentioned Dr. Wil-
liams ; who also, soon after, caused a monument
to be erected to his memory on a pillar next to
the consistory stairs, with his effigies (a shoulder-
piece in brass) crown'd with laurel, and six verses
to be engraven under it. The two first of which
run thus :
* [In the Bodleian are the following :
J. London l607, 8vo. O. 8. Art. Seld.
2. London l6'iy, 8vo. O. 10. Art.
3. Lugd. Bat. 1628. 8vo. C. 99- Line.
And a very neat edition ' prioribus auctior, longequeemcn-
datior,' by Renouard of Paris, has been printed there in 8vo.
1794.1
3 fRAWLINSON.] ♦ ("RaWLINSON.]
' [• Manv, th.it Peter ' ne'er saw Rome', declare;
Bvu all must own, that Simon hath been there.']
Vol. U.
' Parva tibi statua est, quia parva Htatura, 8U«
pelle.x
Parva, volat parvus magna per ora liber.'
The rest you may see in Hist. 8( Jntiq. Univ.
Oxon. lib. 2. p. 144. a. where the reader is to note
that by the error of the printer, 'tis said that Joh.
Owen died iG'i.*). and not in 1622 as before 'tis
told you. As for the generosity of Dr. Williams
done to the memory of this little poet, Richard
Bruch hath an ei)igram in his Epigrammatum
Hecatontades diitc. Lond. 1627- oct num. 3.
But that which 1 must note of him farther is, that
whereas he had made many epigrams on several
people, so but few were made on, or written to,
him. Among which few, one was written by Joh.*
Stradling, and another by Joh. Dunbar' a Scot.
[Owen was the third son of Thomas Owen, of
Pladu in Llanarmon, in com. Carnarvon, esq ;
and of Jane, the daughter of Morris ap Eliza, and
sister of Sr. William Morris of Cleneney, knight.
HuMPnUKYS.
There are several impressions of Owen's por-
trait, in the title of the various editions oi hit
epigrams.]
CLEMENT EDMONDS, son of sir Tho.
Edmonds comptroller of the king's houshold, was
born in Shropshire, (at Shrawardine, as 'tis said)
became either clerk or chorister of Allsouls coll.
in 1585, aged 19, took one degree in arts, and
then was chosen fellow of that house 1590. Four
years after he proceeded in that faculty, and then
leaving the coll. was, mostly by his father's endea-
vours, made successively secretary, as 'tis said,
for the French tongue to Q. Elizab. about l601,
remembrancer of the city of London, master of
the requests, muster master at Briel in Zeland,
one of the clerks of the council, and in l6l7 a
knight. He was a learned person, was generally
skill'd in all arts and sciences, and famous as well
for military, as for politic affairs, and therefore
esteemed by all an ornament to his degree and
profession. He hath written and published.
Observations upon the five first nooks of Cttsar's
Commentaries, &.c. Lond. 1()00. fol.
Observat. on the sixth and seventh Books of
Ccesar's Com. Lond. 1600. fol.
Observat. on Ca-sar's Com. of the Civil Wars, in
3 Books. Lond. 1609. fol.« On which, or the
former observat. Ben Johnson « hath two epi-
grams.' All, or most of, these observations, are
« In lib. 4. £p/gr. p. I.59.
' In cent. 4. EjiigraM. Lond. I616. oct. nu. 6<3.
5 [These are all |irinlcd tOi^ether, folio, without dale ; and
dedicated lo prince Henry, of whom there is a portrait in the
title-page. A copy, given by the author, in the Bodleian, H,
7. 20. Art.]
9 In the first vol. of his works, in his £/,igr. ,p. 34. nam,
110. 111. , ■ c
' [Edmonds was also honoured wiih commendations from
tlie pens of Camden, Daniel, and Silvester]
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323
BYFIELD.
324
j6?2.
[473]
reprinted with an edition of an Eishth Commen-
tary on the Wars of Gallia, written oy A. Ilirtius
Pansa, beginning where Caesar left, and deducing
the history to the time of the civil wars; with our
author's (tdmonds) short observations upon them.
Printed at the Savoy, in the Strand, near to Lon-
don, 1677. fol. Before which edition is the life
of Caesar (with an account of his medals) revised,
corrected, and enlarged. In 156.3 Arthur Gold-
ing of London published an English translation
of Casai's Commentaries, but whether he made
any observations or notes on them, I have now
forgot.3 Our learned author sir Clem. Edmonds
died within the parish of St. Martin in the I'ields
near to London, on the twelfth * day of Octob.
in sixteen hundred twenty and two, and was
buried in the little chappel belonging to bis ma-
nour of Preston near to the antient borough of
Northampton. Over his grave is a comely mon.
erected, having an Cnglish and a Lat. epitaph
inscribed thereon. The last of which being al-
ready ^ printed, you shall therefore have the other,
as most proper for this place. ' Here lyeth sir
Clement Edmonds knight, one of the clerks of his
majesty's most honourable privy council. His
dextrous pen made him worthily esteemed excel-
lent in his own vocation ; and in the art military,
by CiEsar's confession, an understanding soldier.
He lived faithfully, industrious in his place, and
died religiously constant in the belief of the re-
surrection,' &.C. One sir Tho. Edmonds knight
(a member of the privy council) died in Nov.
J 639, and left behind him a daughter named
Muriel the wife of Rob. Miidmay esq. Which
sir Thomas, I take to be the same with Tho.
Edmonds, (brother to sir Clem.) who " was secre-
tary for the French tongue, and" being made trea-
surer of the king's houshold ly of Jan. I6l7, was
about that time sent, by his majesty, ambassador
to Brussels, and elsewhere.
NICHOLAS BYFIELD, son of Rich. Byfield,
(who became minister of Stratford upon Avon in
Jan. 1596.) was born* in Warwickshire, became
a batler or a servitor of Exeter coll. in Lent-terin,
an. 1596, aged 17 at least; continued under a se-
vere discipline more than 4 years, but never took
a degree. Afterwards entring into the sacred
function, he left the university, and had intentions
to go into Ireland to obtain preferment in the
church, but at Chester, in his way thither, he
' [And he translated A Postell or orderly Disposing of
cerleyne Epistles usiialh/ red in the Chif^ch of God vppon the
Sunda^es and Ihiydayes thrcughotU the whole Yere. IVrilten
in Latin Ly Daiid Chryfaus, and translated into English. —
Loud. I070, 4to. Dedicated to sir Walter Miidmay, chan-
cellor of the exchequer. Rawmnson.]
♦ Liti. Cerlif. in OJfic. Armorum, I. 5;2. fol. 62. b.
s In Hilt. &" Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 181. b.
* Jieg. Matric Univers. Oxon. f. pag. 148.
was, upon the delivery of a noted sermon at that
place, invited to be pastor of St. Peter's church
there : which invitation being esteemed by him as
a great providence, he willingly accepted. So
that continuing there several years a constant
preacher, was much followed and admired by the
precise party, who esteemed his preaching profit-
able, and his life pious. He was a strict observer
of the Lord's day at that place, and preached and
wrote for the sincere observance of it, which
caused some pens to be active against him, parti-
cularly that of Edw. Breerwood, who being a
native of that city, was sometimes his auditor.
At length being called thence, he had the benefice
of Isleworth in Middlesex conferr'd on him,''
where he remained to his dying day. He was a
person, in the opinion of the zealots, of profound
judgment, strong memory, sharp wit, quick inven-
tion, and of unwearied industry. Also, that in his
ministry he was powerful, and that unto all turns
and upon all occasions, not only at Chester, but
at Istleworth, where his preaching and expound-
ing were very frequent, &c. The books that he
hath written are these,
An Essay concerning the Assurance of God's
Love and of Man's Salvation. Lond. 1614. oct.
[Bodl. 8vo. E. 8. Th.]
Exposition on the Epist. to the Colossians, &c.
Lond. 1615. and 28. [Bodl. CC. 43. Art.] &c. in
fol. 'Tis the substance of near 7 year's week-day's
sermons at Chester.
Directions for the private Reading of the Scrip-
tures, &.c. Lond. 1618. [Bodl. 8vo. B. 146. 'Th.
and London 1648, Bodl. 8vo. B. 24. Th. BS.] &c.
oct.
Treatise shewing how a Godly Christian may
support his Heart with Comfort against all the
Distresses, which, by Reason of' any Affliction or
Temptation, can bejall him in this Life. Lond. in
oct. This was published afterwards again, in the
Marrow of the Oracles of God.
Beginning of the Doctrine of Christ, or a Cata-
logue of Sins. Lond. 1619, 20. in tw. Sometimes
bound in two vol.
The Marrow of the Oracles of God. Lond.
1620. [Bodl. Bvo. P. 168. Th.] &c. and 1660. in
tw. Which edit, of I66O. containeth these six
treatises following, viz. (1) The Principles or the
Pattern of wholsom Words; [or a Collection of
such Truths as are necessary to be believed unto
Salvation.'] &c. Printed the first time at Lond.
1618. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. L. 101. Th.] (2) The Spi-
ritual Touchstone : or, the Signs of a Godly Man,
&c. Lond. 1620. and 37. in tw. (3) The Signs of
a Wicked Man. Lond. 1620. in tw. (4) The
Promises: or, a Treatise shewing how a Godly
' [1C15, 31 Mar. Nich. Byfield, clericus, admiss. ad vicar,
de Istleworth, per mortem Tho. Hawkes, ad prcs. decani et
capituli S. Georg. Windsor.^ Reg. King, Ep'i Load. Ken-
KET.J
325
BYFlIvLD.
326
1622.
[474]
«
\
Christian may support his Heart with Comfort, &c.
See b;f"ore. (o) I'he Rules of' a holy Life towards
God, Men, and our selves. Loud. I(il9. 20. in tw.
(6) The Cure of the Fear of Death, &c. Loud.
1618. Oct. [Bodl. 8vo. 13. 146. Th.]
Commentary or Sermons on the 2 Chap, of the
1 Epist. of St. Peter. Lond. 1623. qu. [Bodl.
4to. P. 45. Th. and in folio, Lond. 1636.
Watts.]
The principal Gromids of Christian Religion, —
Several times printed.
Sermons on thejirst ten Verses of the third Chap,
of the 1 Epist. of S. Peter.^ Lond. 1626. qu.
[Bodl. 4to. J. ll.Th.] Which sermons with the
Commentary or Sermons before-mentioned, came
out afterwards with additions, entit. A Commen-
tary upon the three frst Chapters of the first Epistle
of S. Peter, &c. in fol. In 1637. (if not before)
came out a Com. upon the whole Jirst Epistle, in
fol. 'Under the name of Nic. Byfield.
Answer to Mr. Breerwood's Treatise of the Sab-
bath. Oxon. 1630. 31. Written by him while
he was at Chester.
Exposition on (he Apostles Creed. Lond. 1626.
qu. [Bodl. 4to. J. ll.Th.]
Light of Faith and Way of Holiness. Lond.
1630. Oct.
Signs of God's Love to us. Lond. 1631. oct.
3'Ae Practice of Christianity : or an Epitome of
Mr. Rich. Roger's seven Treatises. — The said trea-
tises were published by Mr. Rogers' I6IO. and
were epitomized by this Nicholas, (as it seems,)
and not by Richard, Byfield, as some think.
Several Sermons. As (1) on Psal. 72. 18, 19.
(2) On Joh. 5. 28, 29, &.c. 'Tis commonly re-
ported that this person died at Istleworth before-
mentioned, in sixteen hundred twenty and two :
Which, if true, his writings and works shew him
(being not then above 44 years of age) to have
been a person of great parts, industry and readi-
ness. He left behind him a son named Adonirara
Byfield, a most zealous and forward brother for
the cause, of whom I shall make mention in R.
Byfield in another part of this work.
[In an epistle ' to the Christian reader,' by Wil-
liam Gouge, prefixed to Byfield's Commentary
upon the second Chapter ofthefrst Epistle of Saint
Peter, 4to. 1623, we have the following character
of the author and account of his acute sufferings :
' Hee was a man of a profound judgment, strong
memory, sharp wit, quick inuention, and vnvvea-
* [This was dedicated by his widow, Elizabeth Byfield,
to sir Horatio and lady Mary Vere, as the author intended to
have done, had he lived a little longer. From this dedication
it seems, that the Veres had adopted one of Byfield's cljildren,
and had assisted him in other ways by their bounty, during his
life]
» [1569, 16 Junii rev""' contulit d'no Ric'o Rogers cp'o
suflVagan. sedis Dovor, ecclesiam dc Mydlev, Cant. dioc. per
mort. Maniris Collens. Reg. Parker. Keknet.]
ried industry. He was in his ministry very power-
ful, and that vnto all turns, as we speak. When
he had to doo with tender an<l troubled con-
sciences, he was a Harnabas, a sonne of comfort ;
but when hee had to doo with imj>udent and ob-
stinate sinners, hee could make his face hard and
strong, and shew himself like to Boanerges, the
sonnes of thunder. Graue, sober, and temperate
he was in his carriage ; and yet, with his intire
familiar friend, he could be modestly plca.sant.
God gaue him a great measure of patience, and
hee had in his very body that which tried his pa-
tience ; for it a[)ptyirs, that he carried a torturing
stone in his bladder fifteen yeers together, ana
vpward. 1 have heard it credibly reported, that
fifteen yeers before his death, he was by a skilful!
chirurgion searched ; and that, upon that search,
there was a stone found to bee in his bladder :
where upon hee vsetl such meanes as were pre-
scribed to him for his ease, and found such help
thereby, as he thought, that either the chirurgion
which searcht him, was deceived ,• or that the
means which hee vsed had dissolued the stone.
But time, which manifesteth all things, shewed,
that neither his chirurgion was deceived, nor yet
his stone dissolved : for it continued to growe big-
ger and bitiger, till at length it came to bee of
an incredible grcatnes. After his death hee was
opened, and the stone taken out; and being
weighed, found to be 33 ounces and more in
weight ,■ and in measure, about the edge, fifteen
inches and a halfe ; about the length, aboue 13
inches ; about the breadth almost thirteen inches.
It was of a solid substance, to look upon, like to
a flint. There are many eie-witnesses besides
myself, who can iustifie the truth heerof. A won-
derfull work of God it was, that he should bee
able to carry such a stone in his bladder, and
withall to doo the things which he did. He was
a close student ; witnes the many treatises which,
time after time, he published in print. He was
also a diligent preacher, for constantly hee
preached twice on the Lord's dales ; and in Sum-
mer, when many of the gentry and city came to
his parish at Islevvorth, and dwelt there, he spent
an houre on Wednesday, and another on Friday,
week after week, in expounding the scripture in
his church : very seldome was he hindred by the
forementioned stone in his bladder. This course
he kept on till about five weeks before his death,
when the paine came so violently vpon him, as it
waited his vital 1 vigor, yet did it no way weaken
his faith : but, as the outward perished, so was
the inward man renewed in him. He earnestly,
praid, that the extremity of the pain might not
make him vtter or doo any thing vnbeseeming his
vocation and profession ; but withall he aduised
his friends to consider, tliat he was but as other
men, and thereupon to iudge charitably of his
carriage in that case.]
Y 2
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FULLER.
328
NICHOLAS FULLER,' the most admired
critic of his time, son of Rob. Fui. a French-man
bom, (or at least a borderer on France, and by
profession a carver of wood or stone,) by Katha-
rine his wife, descended from the antient and
worshipful house of the Cressets of Siiropshire,
•was born in the antient borough of Southampton,
educated in Lat. and Gr. in the free-school there,
first under John Hurlokc, then under Dr. Had-
rian Saravia. At length being made ripe for the
university, he was taken from school into the
family of Dr. Rob. Home, B. of Winchester,
where s|)ending some time in study, was by him
made his secretary, and after his death was con-
tinued in that office under Dr. Joh. Watson his
successor, at the request of Dr. W. Barlow, bro-
ther-in-law to Hornc. But Watson dying; also
after he had sate three years, our author Fuller,
as being weary of civil affairs, retired to his home
with a resolution to follow those studies which his
geny did then very much direct him to. But
before he was settled, he was invited to instruct
in juvenile learning, Henr}', William, and Oli-
ver, Wallop, the sons of a knight of Hampshire.
With the two former he afterwards went as a
tutor to the university, and in the beginning of
Mich, term, 1584, they were all matriculated as
members of St. John's coll. our author Fuller
being then 27 years of age. But his pupils re-
maining there but a little while, William receded
to his home, and our author with Hen. \\'^allop
translated themselves to Hart-hall ; where, with-
out any neglect of his precious time, he im-
proved his studies to a miracle; took both the
degrees in arts, and then retired to his own coun-
try. At length taking the sacred function upon
him, he became rector of a small village called
Aldington, alias Allington near to Amesbury in
Wilts. But so small was his benefice, that it
could not maintain an ingenious person in com-
mon necessaries. Here he was as a candle put
under a bushel, so private was his place and em-
ployment, yet so dear were his studies to him,
that by passing through all difficulties, he at-
tained to so great a proficiency in the tongues,
and was so happy in pitching upon useful difficul-
ties, tending to the understanding of the scrip-
ture, that he surpassed all critics of his time.
Afterwards he was made prebendary of Ulfcomb
in the church of Salisbury, and rector of Bishops
W^altham in Hampshire: which last he obtained,
as 'tis said, by the gift of Dr. Andrews, B. of
Winton. This most renowned person hath writ-
ten these things following.
Miscellanea Theotogica. Lib. 3. Heidelb. I6l2.
oct. [Bodl. 8vo. D. 31. Art.]
To which he added a fourth book, published
' [Quidam Nicolaus Fuller, A. B. Cant. an. 13()2-3.
Reg, Acad. Cant. Baker.]
with the former three at Oxon. 16 1 6. [Bodl.4to.Z.
17. Th.] and at Lond. 1617. qu. [Bodl. 4to. F.
8. Th. Seld.] But these Miscellanies coming
soon after into the hands of Joh. Dmsius an old
Belgian critic, (whom 1 have before-mentioned,)
he grew angry and jealous, as one ' tells us, that
he should be out-shined in his own sphere.
Whereupon he spared not to cast some drops of
ink upon him for being his plagiary, and taking
his best notes from him without any acknowledg-
ment. But our author knowing himself guiltless,
as having never seen Drusius his works, added a
fifth and sixth book to the former, entit.
Miscellanea Sacra, cum Apologia contra V. cl.
Johan. Drusium. Lugd. Bat. 1622. qu. [Bodl.
4to. Z. 17. Th.] and at Argent, 1650. &c.' All
which Miscellanies are remitted into the ninth
vol. of the Critics, [Bodl. BS. 20?.] and scat-
tered and dispersed throughout the whole work
of M. Pool's Si/nopsis. He hath also written.
Exposition q/' Rabbi Mordochai 'Nathan's Hebr.
Roots, with Notes upon it. — MS. in the archives
of Bodley's library. [Bodl. Arch. A. 133.] Which
book doth shew his excellent skill in the Hebrew,
and in other philological learning.
Lexicon.— MS. [Bodl. Arch. A. N« 183.]
W^hich, had he lived, he would, with his Exposi-
tion, have published. At length breathing out
his divine soul at Allington before-mentioned,
about the tenth day of Febr. in sixteen hundred
twenty and two, was buried in the middle of the
chancel of the church there, on the 13 of the
same month, and thereupon his prebendship of
Sarum was conferred on one Tho. Clerk, 28 Apr.
1623. Besides this ISich. Fuller, was another of
both his names and time, son of Nich. Fuller of
the city of London, merchant, younger son of
Thom. Fuller of Neat's-hall in the isle of Shepy;
which Nich. having received education in one of
the universities, (in Cambridge as it seems, where
he was a benefiictor to Eman. coll.) went after-
wards to Grays-Inn, of which he was at length a
counsellor of note, and a bencher. But being
always looked upon as a noted puritan, and cham-
[)ion of the nonconformists, pleaded in behalf of
lis two clients, Tho. Lad and Rich. Maunsel,
who had been imprisoned by the high commis-
sion,) and endeavoured to prove that the eccle-
siastical commissioners had no power by virtue of
their commission to imprison, to put to the oath
ex officio, or to fine any of his majesty's subjects*
Whereupon a legal advantage being given to
archb. Bancroft, Fuller was imprisoned by him,
and continued in custody several years. He hath
written. An Argument in the Case of Tho. Lad
and Rich. Maunsel his Clients, proving that Eccle^
siastical Commissioners have not Power by Virtue
of their Commission to imprison, to put to ttie
» Tho. Fuller in his Wvrtkies.
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COM BACH.
PEMBLE.
330
Oath ex officio, or to fine any of his Majesty's Sub-
jects. Lorul. U307. [Bodl. 4to. F. 13. th.] and
and I(J41. qu. [liodl. C. 8. 29- Line. He died
in durance on the 23 of Feb. 1619. aged 76 years,
and was buried towards the Eiist end of the South
isle joyning to the churcli of Thatchain in Berks,
(in which parish his seat called Chamber-house
is situated,) leaving then behind him two sons,
Nicholas and Daniel, besides daughters. Nicho-
las, who had been a student in Queen's coll. in
this univ. of Oxon, was a knight while his father
lived, but dyin^ 30 of July 1621, was buried near
to the grave of nis said father.
[Wood derived his information respecting
Fuller from the Epistle to sir Henry Wallop,
I)refixed to the Miscellanea Theohgica. Add to
lis works the following :
Dissertafio de Nomine niH'. De Nomine Je-
hovu pervulgato : deque iacu, hviS, \uiZa. Grecorum,
et Jove Lntiuorum. Printed in Hadrian Ilelan-
dus, his Decas Exercilationum Philologicarum de
vera Pronuntiatione Nominis Jehova, Tr, ad
Rhen. 1707, 8vo. pag. 433.]
JOHN COMBACH (Comiiachius) was born
in Wetteraw, a part of Germany, educated in the
academy of Marpurg, within the dominion of the
Lantgrave of Hesse, retired to Oxon to compleat
that learning which he had begun in his own
country, about l608, and the next year I find him
a sojourner of Exeter college, where he was then
noted to be a very good philosophical disputant,
and a sreat admirer of Holland and Pridcaux,
especiiilly the last. After be had laid the foun-
dation of one or more books there, he retired to
Marpurg, of which, being M. of A. he became
ordinary professor of philosophy thereof, and
much fam'd for the books that he published in
that faculty. Among which are some of these
following,
Jntidotum oppontum M. Joh. Hesselbeiuio, in
quo i prisca Philosophic if Srholasticortim Doc-
trinte, 1. Formarum Divisio eruitur. 2. I'roprio-
rum Comrniinicatio destruitur, &c. Marpurg.
Cattorum l608. oct. [Bodl.Svo. U. 41. Art.]
Jntidoti Lib. 2. circa Doctrinam Partiiim inte-
grantium. Marp. Cat. 1(508. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. U.
41. Art.]
" De Philtris, utrum Animi Hominis his com-
" moveantur Uecne, Tractatus. Hamburg. 1609.
Metaphysir.orum Lib. singiilaris. Marp. Cat.
16 1 3. 20. [Bodl. 8vo. H.61. Art.] oct. &c. De-
dicated, by the first epistle before it, to the vice-
chancellor, heads of colleges and halls in Oxon.
and the rest of his favourers there. The 2 epist.
is written to his honoured friend Dr. Joh. Pri-
deaux, rector of Exeter coll.
Liber de Homine. Marp. l620. oct. [Bodl.Svo.
S. 30. Art. S>ld.]
. /Printed wit
. > the forme
•^"' j book 1620.
rmer
SCaseo.
Divinationibus
Jlstrologia
diciaria.
Phtfsicorum Libri IF.juxta SensumAristotelit Si
Peripateticorum. Marp. 1620. oct. [Bodl. 8vo.
G. 84. Art.]
Actus solennis Promotionis XIIL Magisfrorum
Philosophic, habitdi in Acad. Marpurgtn.si, &c.
Marp. 1622. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. B. 32. Med.]
" De Communiune Idiomatum 6f Eurhnristia.
IG39." Other things, as 'tis probable, he
liath published, but such I have not yet seen.
While he studied in Exeter coll. (where he con-
tracted friendship with Will. Helmc the sub-
rector,3 a man of rare piety, and with G. Hake-
well, K. Vilvaine and others) studied also one of
his countrymen, a quick disputant, who writes
himself Hen. Petreus, afterwards a learned man,
doctor of philosophy and physic, and dean of the
faculty of philosophy at Marjnirg for a time,
about 1613.
WILLIAM PEMBLE, the son of a minister
of God's word, was bjjrn in Kent, (at E^erton as
I have been informed) sent to Magd. coll. in the
beginning of the year 16 10, aged 18, where con-
tinuing a severe student (under the tuition of R.
Capeli) till after he had compleated the degree of
bach, by determination, which was in lent 1613
he retired to Magd. hall adjo^'ning, became a
noted reader and a tutor there, took the degree of
M. of A. entred into sacred orders, made div.
reader of that house, became a famous preacher,
a well studied artist, a skilful linguist, a good
orator, an expert mathematician and an ornament
to the society among whom he lived. All which
accompUshments were knit together in a body of
about 32 years of age, which had it lived to the
age of man, might have proved a prodigy of learn-
ing. Adrian Heerebooid, sometimes professor of
philosophy in the university of Leyden, is very
profuse in his commendations of this our author
and his works ; and good reason he hath for so
doing, for in his book entit. < Meletemata Philo%o-
phica (wherein he takes upon him to confute the
commonly entertained and old Aristotelian opi-
nion asserting the substantiality of the vegetative
and sensitive souls to be different and distinct
from that of matter) he hath taken a great quan-
tity from them, especially in his four disputations
De Formis, which are mostly composed from our
author Pemble's book De Formarum Origine.
The works of the said W. Pemble are these.
Findicia Gratis: A Plea for Grace, more
especialli/ the Grace of Faith. Ox. 1629- qu.
(sec. edit.)
J [S. th. bac. presented by lord chancellor Egerton
ifilO. to Evendale. (CO. Wigorn.) in qu. Tahkbr.]
♦ Printed at Aipstcrdain IOC5. in qu.
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332
Vindkix Fidei : A Treatise of Justification by
Faith. Ox. 1625. qu. publisheH by Joli. Geree,
sometimes M.A. of Magd. hall. Our author's
mind did run so much upon this subject, that he
said, when he was upon his death bed, that he
would dve in it, viz. in his persuasion of justifica-
tion by the righteousness ot Christ.
Treatise of the Providence of God.
The Book of Ecclesiastes brief y explained.—
Printed 1628. qu.
The Period of the Persian Monarchy, wherein
sundry Places of Ezra, Nehemiah and Daniel are
cleared. [Published and enlarged by Richard
Cavel.'] Lond. 1631. Cju. [Bodl. 4to. B. 47. Jur.]
Exposition on the first nine Chapters of Zachary.
Lond. 1629. qu. [Bodl.4to. P. 39- Th!]
Five godly and profitable Sermons. Lond. 1628.
29. qu.
Fruitful Sermons upon the I Cor. 15. 18, 19.
Lond. 1629. qu. [Bodl. 4to. P. 39- Th.]
Introduction to the worthy Receiving of the Sa-
crament of the Lord's Supper. Lond. 1628. 29-
Lond. 1639. oct.
De Formarum Origine. Lond. 1629. in t\v.
dedic. to Dr. Accepted Frewen. Printed also at
Camb. in tw.
De Sensibus intemis. Lond. l629. Ox. 1647.
in tw.
Enchiridion Oralorium. Ox. 1633. " qu." &c.
j4 Sum of moral Philosophy. Oxon. 1630. [and
1632, Bodl. 4to. S. 19- Art.] qu. All which books
or treatises (those only that were written in Eng-
lish) were remitted into one volume, and printed
several times. The third impression was at
Lond. 1635. [Bodl. S. 5. 13. Th.] and the fourth
at Ox. 1659. [Bodl. B. 21. 13. Th.] both in
fol.
[A briefe'] Introduction to Geography. Ox.
[1630, Bodl. 4to. E. 2 Art.^] 1685. qu. At
length our author (a zealous Calvinist) retiring to
the house of the before-mention'd Rich. Capell,
minister of Eastington alias Easton near the city
of Glocester, to make some continuance there for
the sake of study and health, died of a burning
1683 feaver in sixteen hundred twenty and three, and
was buried in the yard under the great yew-tree,
on the North side of Eastington church. Over
his grave was a stone soon after laid, with these
words engrav'd thereon ; Here lyeth tlie body of
William Pemble, master of arts and preacher,
vho died 14 Apr. an. 1623.
[Mr. Pemble owed his education to the exhi-
bitions of John Baker of Mayfield in Sussex,
esq; as Mr. Capel in his ad. before his book of
the Sacrament. Tanner.]
[477] JOHN SPRINT, son of Dr. Joh. Sprint, de-
scended from those of his name living in the city
' [And at Oxford, 4to. 1669, penes me. Colb.]
of Bristol, was born, as I conceive, there, or in
Glocestershire near to it, elected student of Ch,
Ch. in 1592, took the decrees in arts, and some
time after became vicar ol Thornbury in the said
county. Thence he removed to London, was
cried up by the citizens for a godly and frequent
preacher, and by them much followed, but was
cut off in the prime of his years when great mat-
ters were expected from him. He was a grave
and pious divine, yet for the most part disaflected
to the ceremonies of the church of England while
he continued at Thornbury. At length upon the
gentle persuasions of Mr. Sam. Burton, archdea-
con of Gloc, he did not only conform, but was a
great instrument in persuading others to do the
like, by a book that he wrote and published
called, Cassander Anglicanus, which I shall anon
mention. His works are these.
Propositions tending to prove the necessary Use
of the Christian Sabbath, or Lord's Day, 8lc.
Lond. 1607, qu. [Bodl. 4to. S. 45. Th.] and in
1635 in tw. or oct.
The Practice of that Sacred Day, framed after
the Rules of God's Word — printed with the
former.
The Summ of Christian Religion by way of
Question and Answer. Lond. 1613, oct. [Bodl.
8vo. F. 54. Th.]
Cassander Anglicanus : shewing the Necessity of
confortning to the prescribed Ceremonies nf our
Church, in Case of Deprivation. Lond. 16I8, qu.
[Bodl. 4to. H. 32. Th.] dedicated to Sam. Bur-
ton, archd. of Gloc. Whereupon came out A
brief and plain Answer to the first Reason of it,
which was rcplyed upon by Sprint, but I have
not yet seen it.*
The Christian's Sword and Buckler : or, a Let-
ter sent to a Man seven Years grievousli/ ajflicted
in Conscience, and fearfully troubled in Mind, 8cc.
Lond. 1638, oct. These are all the pieces I think
that he hath written, which are published, and
therefore I shall only let the reader know that he
was buried within the precincts of the church of
St. Anne, situated in the place called the Black-
friars in London, (of which he seems to have
been minister or lecturer) on the seventh of May
in sixteen hundred twenty and three. See more
of him in Hist. Sf Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p.
.S09. b. His father. Dr. Sprint, who was dean of
Bristol,' and a frequent preacher, (but a Calvi-
nist) I shall mention more at large in the Fasti,
under the year 1574, not as a writer,* but as a D.
of D. and rich dignitary.
* [This Answer, which is anonymous, was printed with
Cassander Anglicanus, as was Sprint's Reply ]
' [For the Sprints, in later generations, see Calamy'»
Account nf the ejected and silenced Ministers, and the Con-
tinuation to that work. Hunter.]
' [Wood might have introducecf Sprint as a writer from
the following extremely rare oration, spoken by him and
printed, whust dean of Bristol :
I6e3.
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[Siiriat, the son, was a violent Calvinist, early
in lite, and was actually imurisoned by the vice-
chancellor, Dr. Howson ot Christ church, for
preaching against the very ceremonies and dis-
cipline ot the church of England, which he, after-
wards, strenuously supported by his writings. For
this offence, upon complaint to queen Elizabeth,
Sprint was ordered to make a public apology,
which he submitted to in the following words —
I doe faithfully promise and protest, that I will
hereafter in the whole carriage of my selfe both
in speach and behaviour, towards you Mr. Vice-
chancdllour and the rest of the governors of the
universitie, demean myself in a more modest,
temperate and dutifull sort, desiring you all to
accept of this my submission as proceeding from
him whoe doth now with greef acknowledge his
former uniidvised courses."
The following lines are from his verses prefixed
to Storcr's Life and Death of JVolsei/, 4to. 1 599,
and were, probably, some of his earliest compo-
sition.
Ad illuslrissimns Comiles Warwicen$em el Leiccstrensem
Oratio Gralulaloria DrislollirE hahila April Anno 1587.
Oxonicr, ex Officina Typographica Josep/ii Barneiii. One
sheet 12I110. This oration by Sprint was not known to
Ames or Herbert, and the copy in the Bodleian, formerly
bishop Tanner's, is probably the only one now in existence.
It contains the following brief preface :
' April \6. lllustrissirai cojnites Warwicensis ac Leices-
trensis e Bathonia decedentcs Bristolliam venerunt, inipor-
tunis Ciuium precibus inuitati, eooue magis quod Insignis-
simus Leicestrensis Ciuitatis esset illius (vt vocant) Senes-
callus. Postridic eius dicl sacram Synaxin a Concione Lei-
cestrensi traditam, eum a prant.:o ad Praetorium ut (pro
officio) de ciuitatis illius causis copnosceret cum Proetore et
Senatn asceiideret pro prsetorij foribus dictum est in haec
verba." Then follows Sprint's Oration, after which, the
following lines,
• In aduentum Illustrissimi Comilis Leicestrensis com
primum Caneellarius Oxoniensis Acaderaiam accederet.
lledditur Oxonio Bustis Erepta Rcpente
Te Veniente Salus Das Vrb. Dudlee Lucem
Kxhiloras VuUu Speni Cedit Amabile Nomen.
Consilit K Luctu Languens Acadcniia Regnat
Inuidiosorum Voces Suppre.ssit Ouatque.
Xcrxis Opes Nomenque Jacent En Nobilc Sydus
Indeuincibilis Supcrat Comes Omnia Mundo
Egrejjius Splendor Laudisqiie Excclsa Cnpido
Efliciunt Similem Ter-magnis Rcgibus Esse.
Kec Seciis Interius Splendet Viget Intima Virtus
Accumulansque Tuas Laudes iEtcrna Triumphans
ViiietSecIa, Magisque Vigens Lucentia Tanget
Astra Sono; Et Coelo Veneranda Locabit Amantem.
Finis.'
It is scarcely necessary to point out, that these Capitols
form the following complimentary inscription:
ROBERTV.S DVDLEVS CANCELLARIVS OXO-
NIENSIS COMES LECESTRENSIS VIVAT L.VI-:-
TVS MVLTA SECVLA ;
Or to say, that the lines display more than ordinary inge-
nuity in this ppccies of composition, since authors are gene-
raHy cnmpelled to borrow their Capitals from the middle
of scver;il words, wlureas in the above, the first Letter only
is required to form the intended compliment.]
9 [Wood's Annals, edit, by Gutch, Oxon. 1796. *'ol- "»
p. 274 j
Thus long a slaue to silence hast thou seru'de;
lir-eake out (o muse) into thy lirst u.Hsayes:
Was therefore this mine infant verse reseru'de.
In fatall darknesse, to record thy prayse,
O witte diuine, that hast so well cfeseru'd
The fruitfull garland of eternal bayes?
Then let thy fame erect my drooping eie«.
And by thy praise begin my selfe to rise.
Let me, while eagle-wise thou mountes on
height,
Be as thy shade with lowly cariage.
And whiles abouc thou spread'st, with piercing
flight,
Prowde Wolsey's life, let me, in humble rage,
Condeme the world below, that wanting light
See'th brightsome candles burne vpon her stage.
Till vitall humor faileth to sustaine them.
Yet (niggard) gives no matter to maintaine
them.
There was a time when lavreats in their cell,-
Diuinely rauisht, wrate those tragickc playes.
That after should in loftie buskin swell.
Whiles they, with huge applause, and frolike
bayes
(Their learn'de ambitious browes beseeming
well)
Sate, prowdly tickled with the peoples prayse ;
And from th' indulgent consuls wondring
hand
Extol a rich reward and laurell band.
It was the worldes first youth tliat ware the socke
And wanton myrtill, ensigne of her sport,
That had the force to moue a sencelesse blocke
To gentle laughter, and by force extort
Sweete teares of myrth euen from the stuborne
looke
Of men obdurate, and vnfeeling sort :
So sharpe and piercing were those wittes of
olde;
No whetstone giues a better edge than golde.
Virgil, that with his two-fold oaten rcrde.
Then with his thrice-admired cornet sings.
Had great Augustus patron of his deede.
And sweete Mecajnas, spring from grandsire
kings ;
Whiles he their names from death, they him from
neede, '
With mutuall freedome one another brings.
Where vertue doth for learning honor frame.
There thankful learning addes to vertue,fame.
Our age, an aged world, euen doating olde.
That like a miser with a cureless gowte
Hugges on those heapcs that neuer may be
tolde ;
So, mong that greedic and promiscuous rowte,
Ere one Mecaenas spread the salue of golde,
Our bleare-eyde Horaces may looke them out:
f
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336
A speech long saide, but not perform'd before
That Homer and the Muses stand at doore.
Great patrons giue us leave their brasse to
guilde,
And from deserued graue dead names to rayse,
Crowning Minerua for her spcare and shielde
With golden wreathe, her book with only
bayes.
Because they thinke that fitter for the fielde,
And men of learning well repaid with praise.
They giue the spurre of praise, but add the
rame
And curbe of want, to checke them backe
againe.
And so with spurre of praise are poets paide.
Their muse, their labour and industrious art;
That rightly spur-galled they may be sayde:
But if in equall ballance of oesart
Gentle, vngentle ; men with men were wayde.
Not poizing men by birth but by their partes.
Their vertues of their minde, their witte, and
wordes,
Kings were but poets, poets more than lordes.]
PHILIP CLUVER, (Cluverius) the son of
a maker or coiner of money, was born [in the year
1580,] at Dantzick, the chief town of the province
of Prussia in Poland, but descended from an
antient and genteel family of his name living in
the dutchy of Bremen in Lower Saxony, instruct-
ed in his puerile years at home, in his youthful in
the royal court of Poland, where he learned
among the courtiers the exact speaking of the
Polish tongue and their manners. Tlience his
father sent nim into Germany, where he received
a command from him to apply his mind solely to
the study of the civil law. Whereupon he jour-
neyed to Leyden in Holland, and did endeavour
to follow it ; but his geny being naturally en-
clined to geography, he followed, for altogether,
that study, especially upon the persuasions of Jo-
seph Scaliger, who had perused his Table of Italy,
which he had composed while he was a youth in
Poland. Thence, partly to see the world, but
more for the conversation of Just. Lipsius, he
took a journey into Brabant, but missing him,
was dispoiled by thieves, who left him in a manner
naked. Thence he returned to Leyden, and
afterwards went into Bohemia and Hungary,
where coming to the knowledge of one Popel a
baron, who had been closely confined by the
emperor for some misdemeanours, did translate
his Jpology (written in his own defence) into the
Latin tongue. Which coming to the ear of the
emperor, Cluver was thereupon imprisoned. Af-
terwards, being set at liberty, he travelled into
Scotland, England, France, Germany and Italy.
In England his chief place of residence was in
this university, particularly in Exeter coll. of
which he became a sojourner for the sake of
Holland and Prideaux in l609, aged 29, where
being settled he wrote his book De tribus R/ieni
Alvtis, as I shall tell you anon. In Italy he
became acquainted with some of the Cardinals,
who held him in great esteem for his curious
and exact knowledge in Geography, the Greek
and Latin tongues, and for his marvellous know-
ledge in the Dutch, German, French, Italian,
Bohemian, Hungarian, Polonian and British
language. Afterwards he returned to Oxon again,
being then highly valued by Mr. Prideaux for
one or more of his things then publisb.ed ; and
had offers of promotion lendcr'd unto him. But
Leyden being the place of his delight, he re-
tired thither, and tho' he could get no place of
benefit there, yet the curators of that university
gave him an yearly stipend for the encourage-
ment of his studies, as being a person repleat-
ed with all human literature, antient histories,
and geography. He is stiled by a certain '
author ' vir stupendae lectionis & cmxx,' and by*
another ' princeps aetatis nostrae geographus,'
and 3 ' magnum Germanise ornamentum.' His-
works are,
De tribus Rhetii Alveis Sf Ostiis ; item de quinque
Populis quondam accolis, &c. Lugd. Bat. l6ll.
qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 56. Art. Seld.] This book was
written in Oxon, with the helps of the public
library, in the register of which place, as also in
one of the public registers of tins university, the
author is written ' Philippus Cluverius generosus
Borussus.'
Germanitz antiqua. Libri 3. Lugd. Bat. I6l6,
fol. [Bodl. B. 1. 3. Art.]
Vindelicia 8f Noricum. Printed there also the
same year, with the next book going before.
Sieilia antigua, cum minoribns Insults ei adja-
centibus, Lib. 2. Lugd. Bat. 1()19, fol. [Bodl.B.
5. 7. Art.]
Sardinia antiqua. 1 t> • . j vi .u i-
r> • , • ^ f rrmted with the former.
Corsica autiqua. J
Italia antiqua, &,c. Lugd. Bat. [ex officina
Elseviriana,] 1624. Printed in two tomes in fol.
(with his picture [anno aetatis XL. Anno Christi
MDCXX,] before the first) containing four books.
[Bodl. B. 5. 18, 19. Art.]
Introductionis in Uuiversam GeograpMam, tarn
veterem quam novam, Libri sex. Lugd. Bat. 1624,
qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 55. Art. Seld. with a funeral
oration, in honour of the author, by Daniel Hein-
sius; again at Amsterdam 1661, Bodl. A. 6. 10.
Line; at Oxford 1657, Bodl. 8vo. C. 25. Art.
BS. ; and with additions and notes by Ilekelius,
Reiskius &c. Lond. 1711, Bodl. EE. 152. Art.
and at Amst. 1729- Bodl. C. 5. 15. Line] &c.
Disquisitio de Francis &; Franeia. Printed in
Andr. du Chesne his Hisloriee Francorum Scrip-
tores cdetanei. Lut. Par. 1636, [Bodl. A. 2. 9.
' Job. Mich. Dilher in Disputal. Acad.
^ Ger. Jo. Vossius Dc Hist. Grcecis.
' Idem in Hist. P*lag.
[478J
337
WISDOME.
SUTTON.
538
1623.
1023.
1479]
Jur.] p. 175. Our author Cluvcrius died< of a
consuniption,fibout the month of June, at Leyden
jn sixteen hundred twenty and three, and in that
of his age 43, leaving then behind him a son
named John SigismundCluver, born in St. Savi-
our's parish in Southwark, who was niatrieulated
as a member of Exeter coll. in lf)3.'), aged 18, a
Londoner born, and as son of Philip Cluverius a
priest. The same year he was admitted scholar
of C. C. col. in this university, in a Surrey place,
and afterwards became a learned man, but is not
to be understood to be the same with J oh. Cluver
author of Historiarum totius Mundi Epitome, &c.
Lugd. Bat. 1<531, qu. for he was born in the pro-
vince of Stormaren in Denmark, was D. D. of
the academy of Sora in the island of See-landt in
the said kingdom, and afterwards superintendent
of South Ditiunarsh.
[Wood has omitted one of his author's works :
viz : Aniinadversiones in Jpuleii Librum de Mun-
do. Printed at Franckfort l(ji2, in 8vo. Bodl. Svo.
A. 23. Art. Seld.]
SIMON WISDOME, was born in Oxford-
sliire, being of the same family with those of his
sirname who lived at Burford, was entred a stu-
dent of this university about 15G6, and took the
degree of master of arts as a member of Gloc.
hall. Afterwards retiring to his estate at Shipton
Underwood near to Burford, lived as a gentleman
there many years, and employed his time (being
a zealous and harmless Puritan) in virtuous indus-
try and piety. He hath written several books,
as I have been informed by persons of his neigh-
bourhood, but I have not seen any, only.
An Jbiidgment of t lie Holy History of the Old
Testament, from Jldam to the Incarnation of
Chriat. Loud. 1394, oct. He died in July or
Aug. in sixteen hundred twenty and three, and
was buried, as I conceive, at Shipton before-men-
tion'd, where in the churchyard, at the East end
of the chancel, were some of his sirname buried
before his time. I find one Sim. Wisdome to
have been alderman of Burford before-mention'd,
and to have given constitutions and orders for
the government of a free-school in the said
town, 13 Elizab. Whereupon he was then, as
he is now, reputed the founder of the said school.
He died at Burford in 158.7, leaving behind him
a brother named Tho. Wisdome, a nephew named
Ralph, and a grandson called Simon, son of his
son, called Will. Wisdome. \Miieh Simon, if
he be not the same with the writer, may be the
same with another Simon of St. Alban's hall in
the latter end of qu. Elizab. " One Simon Wis-
" dom, an Oxfordshire man aged 16, was matricu-
" lated at Queen's coll. 1397."
♦ Job. Mcursius in Jlhen. Batav. Lugd. Bat. l6"25. lib. 2.
p. 291. Vide etiam Dan. Hcinsium in Oral, sua in Obit,
eh. Cluucrii. Lugd. Bat. 1024.
Vol.11.
THOMAS SUTTON, a most florid preacher
in the time he lived, was born in the parish of
Bampton or Banton in Westmoreland, made •
poor serving child of Queen's coll. in lf)02, aged
17, afterwards tabarder, and when M. of A. per-
petual fellow, an. 16H. About that time being
in holy orders, he was made lecturer of St. Helens
church in Abiiigton in Berks, and minister of
Culliam near to that town. At both which places
he was much followed, and beloved of all, for his
smooth and edifying way of preaching, and for
his exemplary life and conversation. After he
had taken one degree in divinity (for he was doc-
tor of that fac.) he was made lecturer of St. Mary
Overies in Southwark, where also he was mucn
followed and admired. At length being desirous
to finish a work of charity which he had began,
took a journey into his own country in 1023,
and there at his native place put his last hand to
the finishing of a free-school which he before
had began, as his son Tho. Sutton sometimes of
C. C coll. Oxon. hath told me, but in his return
from Newcastle to London by sea, was unfortu-
nately drown'd, as I shall tell you anon. He was
a person esteemed by all that knew him to have
been furnished with many rich endowments, and
as a true scnant of God, to have employed his
talent faithfully and fruitfully. His works are
only.
Sermons and Lectures, as (1) England's Sum-
m-om, Sermon at Faufs Cross. On Hosea4. 1, 2,
3. Lond. If) 13, oct. [Bodl. Svo. S. 221. Th.]
(2.) England's second Summons, preached at the
same place. On Rev. 3. 15, 16. Lond. 16 15, oct.
[Bodl. Svo. S. 136. Th.] These two were reprint-
ed in one vol. at Lond. I6I6, in oct. (3) The
good Fight of Faith; Serm. before the Artillery
Company. On 2 Tim. 6. 12. Lond. 1626, qu.
Published by Francis Little, student of Ch. Ch.
whose sister, the daughter of Francis Little of
Abington brewer and inholder, Dr. Tho. Sutton
our author had taken to wife while he was lec-
turer there. (4) Jethroe's Council to Moses : or, a
Direction for Magistrates, Serm. at St. Saviour's
in Southwark, 5 Mar. 1621, before the honourable
Judges. On Exod. 18. 21. Lond. 1631, qu.
Printed by a certain bookseller, who, as 'tis said,
took it in short-hand from Dr.tsutton's mouth.
Lectures upon the eleventh Chapt. to the Ro-
mans. Lond. 16.'32, qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 44. Th.]
Published by Job. Downham bac. ofdiv.i(bro-
' [iSOOt ♦ Aug. Joh. Downham A. M. admiss. ad-vica-
ri.nm S. Olavi in Veteri .ludaismo, per ccssioncni Rob'ti
Brook. Reg. Bancroft, ep'i Lond.
lOoi, 6 Mar. Joh. Uownbain A. M. admiss. ad eccl'iam
S. Margar. Lolhbury, jwr cessionem Geo. Downam. lb.
Eodem die Edm'. Harrison A. M. admiss. ad vicariam
S. Olavi, in Veteri Jiidaismo, per resign. Jo. Downam.
1()30, 3 Nov. Job. Downham A. ^f. admiss. ad eccl. Omn.
S'ctorum ad fenn \Kt mortem Sampson Price S. T. P. Rt%.
Laud, ep'i Lond.
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340
ther to Dr. George Downham B. of London-
Derry in Ireland) who married the widow ot the
author Sutton, and promised in his epistle to the
reader set before them, that if the said lectures
took with the men of the world, to put forth i.ec-
tureson the 12/A Chapt. to the Romans, and on a
ereat Part of the 1 \9th Psalm, which Dr. button
had left behind him in MS. He died in the ocean
(as I have already told vou) before he had attained
to hio-h noon of perfection, on St. Bartholomew s
,fi<,i day (24 Aug.) in sixteen hundred twenty and
three ; at which time, many besides being cast
away, some of their bodies were taken up, among
which that of Dr. Sutton, was (as is supposed) one,
and forthwith buried in the yard belonging to
the church of Aldborough a sea-port town in Suf-
folk. As soon as the news of this great loss came
to London, one Robert Drury, who was first a
R. Catholic, afterwards a Protestant, and at length
a Jesuit, did much* rejoyce at it, as a great judg-
ment befallen on Dr. Sutton for his forward zeal
[480] jn preaching against the Papists ; but the 26th of
Octob. following, he the said Drury was suddenly
slain by the fall of the floor at an assembly of
R. Catholics in the place called the Blackfriers m
liondon. . »
[There is a small head of Sutton m a sheet ot
divine instructions, entitled The Christian's Jewel,
Jit to adorn the Heart, and deck the House of every
true Protestant : taken out of St. Mary Overies
Church, in the Lectureship of the late deceased
Doctor Sutton. The sheet in which his head is
engraved, seems to contain some passages which
were taken in short-hand from his mouth, while
he was preaching.]
WILLIAM CAMBDEN, sirnamed the Learn-
ed, son of Sampson Cambd. a native of the city
of Litchfield, citizen, and one of the society of
painterstainers of London, by his wife, descended'
from the antient family of the Curweiis of Wirk-
ington in Cumberland; was born in the Old
Baily, situated partly in the parish of St. Sepul-
chre, and partly in St. Martin near Ludgate in
the said city, on the second day of May, 3 Edw.
6. Dom. 1551. When this most eminent person
(of whom I shall be more particular than of ano-
ther author) was a child, he received the first
knowledge of letters in Ch. Church hospital in
Spirilual Physick to cure the Diseases of the Soul, arising
from Superfluitie of Choller, prescriled out of God's IVord.
Imprinted l600. 8vo. Ded. to the right hon. sir Tlio. Eger-
lon Kt. lord keeper of the great seal : ' Having had thro'
your honourable bounty a part of the Lord's vineyard, allotted
unto me bis most unworthy workman, by your honour his
most worthy steward, I present these first fruits of my labour.
— Your honour's, in all humble duty, most bounden John
Downame ' Kennbt.]
* See in a book enlit. Poeiici Conatus, written by Alex.
Gill, jun. p. 11. 12.
» See in Cambd. Britannia in Cumberland, in his discourse
of Wirkington.
London, then newly founded for blue-coated
children, where being fitted for grammar learning,
he was sent to the free-school, founded by Dr.
Colet near to S. Paul's cathedral. About which
time (1563,) he being infected with the plague,
was sent to Islington, where he remained for some
time to the great loss of his learning. In 1566,
(8 Elizab.) he was sent to Oxford, and being
placed in Magd. coll. in the condition of a cho-
rister or servitour, did perfect himself in grammar
learning in the free-school adjoining, then lately
presided by Dr. Tho. Cooper, afterwards bishop
of Line. But missing, as 'tis said, a demy's place
of that coll. tho' of great desert, and partly
grounded in logic, he was tr.insplanted to an an-
tient hostle called Broadgate's, now Pembr. coll.
where he continued two years and an half under
the tuition of a "reat encourager of learning,
called Dr. Tho. Thornton canon of Ch. Ch. who
finding our author to be a young man of great
virtue, and in him tokens of future worth, he took
him to Ch. Ch. and gave him entertainment in
his lodgings so long as he continued in the uni-
versity. About that time he being a candidate
for a fellowship in AU-s. coll. lost it for defending
the religion then established, as Dr. (afterwards
sir) Dan. Donn at that time fellow, did several
times testify, and would often relate, how our
said author Cambden was opposed by the Popish
Earty of that house. In the month of June 1570,
e supplicated * the ven. congregation of regents,
that whereas he had spent four years in the
study of logic, he might be admitted bach, of
arts, but what answer was made thereunto, or
whether he was then admitted, it appears not.
In 1571 he relinquished his conversation with the
muses, to the great reluctancy of those who were
well acquainted with the pregnancy of his parts,
and whether he was afterwards favoured in his
scholastical endeavours by Dr. Gabr. Goodman
dean of Westminster, whom he acknowledgeth'
to have been patron of his studies, I cannot
positively affirm. In 1573 he returned to Oxon.
for a time, and supplicated again in the beginning
of March for the said degree; which though,
as it seems, granted, and so, 1 presume, he took it,
yet he did not compleat it by determination in
"School-street. In 1575 he was made second mas-
ter of Westminster school, upon the recommen-
dations of Godfrey, nephew to Gabriel, Goodman
befoie-mentioned, (which Godfrey put him upon
the study of antiquities, and bought, and' gave
him books) and in 1581 he contracted an entire
friendship with Barnab. Brisson, the learned chief
justice of France, called by some Varro Gallia.
' Rfcrist. Univ. Oxon. KK. fol. 95. b.
» In his Britannia, in Middlesex, in his disc, of Westm.
■ So Godf. Goodman bish. of Gloc. son of the said Godf.
in his Review if the Court of K. James, by Str A. K^. [^n*
thony fFeldon.'] MS. p. 19-
341
CAMBDEN.
342
While he continued in teaching at Westm. God
so blessed his labours, that Dr. King bishop of
London, Neyle arcbb. of York, Parry bishop of
St. Asaph, &c. (to say nothing of persons im-
ployed in those times in eminent places abroad,
and many of special note at home ot all degrees,)
did acknowledge themselves to have been his
scholars. Besides also, as a testimony of his sin-
cere love to the church of England, (which some
in his time did doubt,) he brought there to church
[481] divers gentlemen of Ireland, as the Walshes,
Nugents, ORayley, Shees, the eldest son of the
archb. of Cashils, Pet. Lombard a merchant's son
of \\'aterford, a youth of admirable docility, (the
same who was afterwards titular archb. of
Armagh, primate of Ireland, domestic prelate and
assistant of his holiness the Pope, and author of
a book entit. De Regno Hibeniia, Sanctorum In-
tultc, Commentarius. Lov. 1632, qu.) and others
bred Popbhiv, and so affected. In 1582 he took
a jonmey t(irough Suffolk into Yorkshire, and
returned through Lancashire in the month of
April, in order to the compleating of his Britan-
nia, which he saiih he published in the same
year, ' having with great industrj-, at spare hours,
and on festival days, composed it. In 1588, Jun.
S. he, by the name and tit. of Will. Cambden
bach, of arts of Ch. Ch. supplicated the ven. con-
vocation, that whereas he had spent 16 years,
from the time he had taken the degree of bache-
lor, in the study of philosophy and other liberal
arts, he might bie dispensed with for the reading
of three solemn lectures, and so be admitted to
proceed in that faculty : which supplication was
granted conditionally, that he stand in the act
following, but whether he was admitted, or stood,
ii doth not ap{>ear in the registers. In the same
month and year he took a journey (Oxford being
in his way) to Ilfarcomb in Devonshire, in order
to obtain more knowledge in the antiquities of
that country, and elsewhere, for the next edition
of his Britannia, and on the sixth of February
following he was made prebendary of Ilfarcomb
in the church of Salisbury in the place of one J.
Hotman ; which prebendship he kept to the time
of his death, and then Edw. Davenant succeeded
him. The sai<l journey, and others that he took
for that purpose, the charges of them were ' de-
frayed by the aforesaid Dr. Gab. Goodman. In
1590 he journeyed into Wales in the company
of Franc. Godwin of Ch. Ch. afterwards author
of the Commentary of the Engliih Bishops ; and
in 1592, Oct. 26, he was taken with a quartan
awue, which made him often purge blood. In
March 1592-3, he was made chief master of
Westminster school, in the place of Dr. Ed.
Grant, and in lo94 in the month of June, he
was freed from his ague. In 15y6 he travelled
* rrhis is a misuke, see col. 344, note'.]
' ibid. GtMlf. Goodtnaa.
to Salisbury and Wells, for the obtaining of more
knowledge in antiquities, and retumecf through
Oxon, where he visited most, if not all, of uje
churches and chappels, for the copying out of
the several monuments and arms in them, which
were reduced by him into a book written with
his own hand, by me seen and perused. In 97
he fell into a most dangerous sickness; where-
upon being taken into tne house of one Cuth-
bert Line, he was cured by the care of that
person's wife, and in that year he published his
Greek Grammar. On the 22d of Oct. the same
year he was, for fashion sake, (after he had re-
fused a mastership of the requests, which was
offered to him,) created herald of arms, called
Richmond, because no person can be king be-
fore he is herald, and the next day he was created
Clarenceaux king of arms, in the place of Rich.
Lee, esq ; who died on the 23d of Sept- before-
goine. This was done by the singular favour of
Q. Elizabeth, at the incessant supplication of his
patron sir Fonlk Grerill, afterwartls lord Brook;
Doth of them having an especial respect for him,
and his great learning, in English and other anti-
quities. In 1600 he took a journey in Summer
time to Carlisle in the company of the eminent
antiquary Rob. Cotton, esq; (afterwards a baro-
net,) for the viewing of some Northern antiqui-
ties to be put into another edit, of his Britannia, .
and returned not till Dec. following. In l603,
(1 Jac. 1.) when the plague raged in London, he
retired to the house of his fhend Rob. Cotton
before-mentioned, at Connigton in Huntingdon-
shire, where he remained till the nativity of our
Saviour. In 1606 he sent his first letters to Jac.'
Aug. Thuanus the most noted historiographer of
France, from which time to the death ot Thuanus,
which was in Apr. I6l7, there was a constant
commerce of letters between them. Our author
Cambden stiles him-« ' Galiiae lumen Si historico-
rum nostri sseculi princcps,* to whom he had com- r432l
municated many material matters concerning
English affairs, which were afterwards remittea
into the several books of histories published hj
him the said Thuanus. In I607, Sept. 7, be feu
from his horse, artd dangerously hurt his leg:
so that being perfectly lame, he kept up till the
4th of July following; at which dme he went to
order, set forth, and attend, the funeral of sir
John Fortescue knight. » In I6O8, he began to
put in order and digest his Jnna/s ofQ. Elizabeth;
and in I6O9, being taken with a grievous disease
on his birth-day, ne voided blood twice. At
which time one being sick of the plague in the
house next to that where he then was, he was
* In Aitnal. Reg. Jac. 1. MS. tab. an. l6l7.
' [The Cotlettioa of Histories, tnnaiated iato Fn^wh. aoA
dolicated to the nronhipfiill John Fortocuc, ck) nui^trr oC
the queenc's mm""* great gardrobe, by Thomas Korte<iie.
Kexset Prin-ed Lond. 4io. 1 57 1 , widL 4to. ^ ll9.Med.-
aod 1570, Bodl. 4U>. U. 3b. Art.]
Z S
343
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344
convey'd to that of Dr. Will. Heather in West-
miiister, and was cured of his disease by Dr. Joh.
Gifford sometimes fellow of New coll. in Oxon.
Whereupon betaking himself to Cliiselhurst in
Kent, in the month of August, he remained there
till tiie 28th of Octob. following. In the begin-
ning of the year I6l3, at which time he attended
the funeral of sir Tho. Bodky at Oxon, lie had
the degree of master of arts offered to him, but
refused, as it seems to take it, it being then too
late to gain any benefit or honour thereby ; and
soon after was made the first historiographer of
Chelsea coll. by the founder thereof. In l6l9,
Jul. 1. his name being then spread over the
learned world, six noblemen of Germany gave
him a visit at his house in Westminster, in whose
albums (after they had complimented him for
his high worth,) he, at their desire, wrote his name
and a Latin sentence, as a testimony of respect to
them, which they took for a very great honour ;
and on the 18th of Febr. following he coughed
up blood so much, that he was left in a manner
dead and deprived of all sense. At that time Dr.
Gifiord before-mentioned taking from him 7
ounces of blood, cured him. In 1621, May 5, he,
by his deed then bearing date, founded the His-
tory Lecture of this university : which deed be-
ing published in a convocation of regents and
non-regents on the 17th of May 1622, he was in
the year following declared a public benefactor of
this university o\ Oxon. In 1622, June 7, he
fell again into a most dangerous sickness, and on
the I6th of Aug. following, while he sate musing
in his chair, the office of his hands and feet sud-
denly failed him : whereupon falling on the
ground, rose again much distemper'd, and was
never afterwards well till death convey'd him to
the habitation prepared for old age. He was a
very good natured man, was very mild and cha-
ritable, and nothing was wanting in him for the
compleating a good Christian. He was an exact
critic and philologist, an excellent Grecian, Lati-
nist, and historian, and above all, a profound an-
tiquary, as his elaborate works testify. All which
accomplishments being compacted in a little
body, made him not only admired at home by
the chiefest of the nobility, and the most learned
of the nation, but also beyond the seas, particu-
larly by Ortelius, Lipsius, Dousa, Scaliger^ Thua-
nus, Gruterus, Piereskius, Is. Casaubon, Jo. Is.
Pontanus, Fra. Sweertius, N . Chytreus, &c. The
epistles of all whom, and of divers others of lesser
note, I have seen in the Cottonian library, and
collect thence that he was one of the greatest
scholars of his time (as to the learning he pro-
fessed) in Christendom. At home, I am sure he
was esteemed the Pausanias of the British isles,
and therefore his fame will be permanent so long
as this kingdom is known by the name of Britan-
nia. His works are these.
Britannia ; site Regnorum Anglia, Scoliee, Hi-
bernieEy &; Insularum adjacentium Description
Lond. 1582, 85,* 87. in oct. Lond. 1590, 94, and
1600. in qu. Lond. 1607. in fol. Printed with
maps of every count)'. Epitomized by llegene-
rus Vitellius Zirizaeus. Amstel. 1639- in twelv.
The folio edit, of 1607, was translated into Eng-
lish by Philemon Holland of Coventry. — Lond.
I6l0. fol. revised and amended, Lond. 1637. foL-
In both which editions are several of Holland's
additions scattered in many places. This Britan-
nia being much admired in France, was also
translated into the language of that countr)-, and
* [It is difficult to account for these Iwo dates, as here
given by Wood, who is undoubtedly wrong. The first edi-
tion was printed in Kvo. Lond. 1586, tlie second in 1587,
third in 1690; then in 4to. 15()4, and 1600; in folio 1607,
and again in 8vo. at Franc. 1616. All these are among Mr.
Gougn's books in the Bodleian. Besides which there were
editions printed abroad, 1. At Francfort I69O ; '2. Amster-
dam 1617; 3. Leyden l639; and it was also incorporated in
Jainon's Novus Atlas, Amst. l0')9,and in the fifth volume of
Uleau's 'J'hfatrum Orlis, Amst. 1602: the latter much altered
and interpolated. Of tlie edition of 1607, the late Dr. Raw-
linson bequeathed a copy to the Bodleian, with MS notes,
formerly Dr. Charlett's and then Hcarne's, which contains
the following MS. memorandum, relating to the term* of-
fered to bishop Gibson for his translation of the work, writ-
ten in that prelate's own hand.
* For the Additions I am content to take 20 s. per sheet,
but bs. per sheet for the rest will never answer the labour:
1. It must be compar'd with Camden's text; and con-
sidering the translations are done by several pens, it will re-
quire some pains extraordinary to make the stile of the whole
alike.
2. It must be read over to score, comma, &c. in order to y'
press.
3. The several books, letters, papers, &c. must be con-
sulted in order to make emendations, references, and such
other notes as are to come at y" bottom of the page.
4. The last revise must be corrected; which, as correctors
generally manage their business, is commonly little cleaner
than y*^ first proof.
5. The map of each county must be essamined.
As for the lOs. per week for diet, lodging — tho' I am sa-
tisfi'd it will hardly be sufficient, yet I shall not insist upon
any alteration of that article. But y* more I consider the
labor of preparing copy, y^ more I find a necessity of demand-
ing an addition to y"^ reward for each sheet."
Wood mentions the translation by Holland, and we
have before noticed another English version by Knolles.
The next was executed by bishop Gibson, with the as-
sistance of several antiquaries, (see Censura Lileraria, ii.
2>l.) and printed in one volume 1695 ; again, in two
volumes, 171'2; thirdly in 1733; and lastly, with some fur-
ther improvements, 1772. Two parts and a portion of a
third of a translation by W. O. (William Oldys,) were
printed in 4to. without date : but the best and most perfect
work of the nature was a translation, with great additions,
by Richard Gough, esq. of Enfield in Middlesex. This was
first printed, in three folio volumes, 1789, and is a treasure iu
English topography. A second edition, (the first volume
only of which was revised by the editor) appeared in I8O6,
and it may be confidently hoped, that the University of Ox-
ford, (to whom Mr. Gough bequeathed all his valuable collec-
tion relating to British topogmphy, with the copy-right of his
work,) will do that honour to the literary fame of their bene-
factor, which they alone have the power of doing, by pub-
lishing a new edition of the book, with the whole of the edi-
tor's vast additions and imprm-ements.]
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346
printed with maps in Ibl. After the first quarto
edition came out, Ralph Brook, or Brookmoiith,
herald of arms by the title of York, made answer
to it in a book entit. A Discovery of certain Er-
rours published in Print in the much commended
£483] Britannia. Printed 1594, in qu. [reprinted with
Camden's Answer, and a Second Discovery of Er-
rors, in 1723, 4to. I have omitted to give the
Bodleian references to Camden's works, for the
sake of brevity; contenting myself with stating,
that they will all be found in the English Vati-
can.] In which book the said Brooknionth en-
deavours to make the world believe that Camb-
den composed his Britannia mostly from the
Collectanea of Joh. Leland without any acknow-
ledgment, and at the end of the said Discovery
adds a little thing written by Leland, called, A
New- Years Gift given of him to K. Hen. 8. &c.
Whereupon came out soon after, against that busy
and envious person, (for so he was by his society
accounted,) a vindication or reply, written by
Cambden in Latin, containing about 30 pages in
quarto, but not said when or miere printed. You
may sometimes find it bound with the Discovery
before-mention'd, and at other times with the
Britannia printed in qu. for by it self I have not
yet seen it. A certain credulous ' historian is
pleased to set down in his Church History a copy
of verses, like a two-edged sword that cuts on
both sides, reflecting on Cambden for plagiarism
from the said Collectanea. But under favour I
think they are unworthily spoken, and unwor-
thily set down. Why is Cambden, I pray, blame-
worthy for making use of Leland's collections ?
Was it because one was originally of Cambridge,
and the other an Oxford man ? Verily, I think, if
the truth could be known, that was the chief
reason of the historian's carping. But let those
of his opinion, if any there be, know, that Camb-
den sought not to suppress those collections, as
Pol. Virgil did certain authors.
The other Works of Cambden are these follow-
ing' ,. . .
Jnstitutio GreeccE Grammatices compendtaria, m
Vstim Regiec Scholec Wcstmonasteriensis. Lond.
1597. &.e. oct.
Reges, Regime, Nohiles, ^ alii in Eeclesid colle-
giata B. Petri Westmonasterii sepulti, usque ad
Jn. 1600. Lond. 1600, and l606, in about 10
sheets in qu.' Involved in a book entit. Monu-
menta Westmon. or, an historical Account of the
Original, Increase, and present State of S.Teter's,
or the Abby Church of Westminster, &c. Lond.
published by Hen. Keep of the Inner-Temple,
fent. sometimes a gent. com. of New-Inn in
►xon.
Remaiiis concerning Britain: their Languages,
7 Tho. Fuller in his Ch. Hist under the year 1535. p. 198.
• [In the possession of Dr. Rich. Rawlinson a most beau-
tiful large paper-copy of this book, the coats of arms bla-
zoned iu their proper colours. Rawlinsok.}
Names, Surnames, Allusions, &c. Lond. 1604, 14,
&c. qu. Publisiied at first under the two letters
of M. N. wiiich are the two last letters of the
authoi-'s name. To this book were several addi-
tions made by Jo. I'iiiiipot, herald of arms, unde
the title of Somerset. — ^Lond. 1637, &.c. qu. after-
wards in oct. with Cambden's picture before all
the editions.
Rerum An^licarum, Sj Hibernicarum Annates,
Regnante Elizabeth. In 4 purls. The first lialf,
(with an Apparatus before it,) reaching from the
beginning of the reign of Q. Eli/ab. to the end
of the year 1588, was printed at Lond. in fol,
1615, having had several things therein before
that time expuntjcd, especially such that related
to the story of Mary Q. of Scots. The other
half, reaching from the beginning of 1589, to t!ie
death of Q. Llizab., and an Appendii, were printed
at the same place in fol. 1627. Both printed in
two tomes at Leyden in oct. and in a thick oct.
at Amsterdam, 1639,' and all translated into
English by B. N. gent, and several times printed
in to!. The last half was translated into English
by Thom. Browne of Ch. Ch. (afterwards canon
of Windsor,) and by him entit. Tomiu alter If
idem: or. The History, i^c. Lond. 1629- in qu.
His Opinion concerning the High Court of Par-
liament. Lond. 1658. oct. Printed with the opi-
nions on the same subject of Joh. Doderidge.
Arth. Agard, and Franc. Tate. I have seen also
a Discourse of his concerning the High Stew-
ardship of England, but 'tis not as I conceive,
printed.
Epistolee ad illustres Viros. Lond. 1691. qu.
To which Epistles, as also to those (f learned men
to Cambden, is added an appendix.* , EpistoI»
" Annales ab Anno 1603, ad An- varia: .-id viros
" num 1623, printed with the former, doctos, writun
" They are the annals of the reign of mostly in La-
« king James I. To thc^e are added "«• ^''"'"lit.
" Addenda for the years 1603, l(i04, and 1605.
" As also certain memorables of Cambden's life
" written with his own hand. And Commenta-
" rius dc Etymologid, Antiauitate ^ Officio Comiiis
" Maresihalle Jnglicc, in English poetry, and epi-
" taphs in Latin. All published by Thomas
" Smith, D. D. of Magdalen college i^2, after
" the first volume of Athen.i: Oxome^jses was
" publish'd. Before which Dr. Smith hath put
" his life in Latin, with a catalogue of his works,
" which life was collected and written by the said
" Smith.
" The first edition of Cambden's Grammar was
" printed at London 1597". oct. printed afterwards
" almost an bundled times.
" Among the epistles written to Cambden are
" many by Thomas Savile of Merton college,
» ['I'he most correct edition is that by Hearne from Dr.
Smith's copy, corrected by Camden himself, and collated
with another Mi5. in Tho. Rawlinson's library. Piiiitedtn
three octavo volumes, Oxford 1717-]
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348
" some by Abraham Ortelius, Janus Dousa filius,
" Janus Gruterus, John Stradling of Wales,
" Paulus G. F. P. N. J. Lipsius, Jac. Aug. Thua-
" nus, Job. Jonstonus, Jacob. Usscrius, Will. Be-
" cherus, Jo. Isaac. Pontanus, Jo. Hotman, Nic.
" Fabricius de Petrusco or Piereskius, Is. Casau-
" bon, M. F. Limerius, Fran. Sweertius, Caspar
" Dornavius, And. Velleius, Christopher Heydon,
" John de Laet, Isaac. Gothofredus, Theodorus
" Gothofredus, P. Puteanus, Henry Savile, Andr.
" Schottus, John Budden, Tho. Rivius of New
«' college, Deg. Whear," &c.
• Annaks ^^'^ Annals of Kins James * reach
Regis Jacobi. from the death of Q.Eiizab. 24 March
ITiese reach, i602-3, to the 18 Aug. 1G23, and
&c. First edit. jjQ farther, because the author being
then very ill in body (remaining in that condi-
tion till his death) he could not well continue
them any farther : so that there wants memoirs
more than for a year, to the end of the reign of
K.James I. These annals are written with the
author's own hand in fol. being only a skeleton of
a history, or bare touches to put the author in
mind of greater matters that he had in his head,
had he lived to have digested them, in a full his-
tory, as that of Q. Elizabeth. The original came,
after his death, into the hands of Mr. Joh. Hacket,
afterwards D. D. and at length bishop of Litch-
field ; who, as I have been divers times informed,
did privately convey it out of the library of the
author, Hacket being then a master of arts of
some years standing. This original being com-
municated by the said Dr. Hacket, while lie was
living at Litchfield; to Mr. (afterwards sir) Will.
Dugdale, then Norroy, king of arms^he, con-
trary to the doctor's knowledge, took a copy of
it, which I have seen and perused at sir William's
house called Blith-hall in Warwickshire, but
therein I found many mistakes, as it afterwards
more evidently appeared to me when that trans-
cript was put into the Ashmolean musa;um.
Another copy I have seen in the hands of sir Hen.
St. George, Clarenceaux king of arms, which hav-
ing been transcribed by one that understood not
Latin, there are innumerable faults therein, and
therefore not at all to be relied upon. After Dr.
Hacket's death the original was .put into the
library of Trin. coll. in Cambridge, where it now
remains. Our author Cambden did also put into
Latin, Actio in Henricum Garnet Sucietatis Jesu
in Anglia Superiorem, &;c. adjectum est Supp/icium
de Hen. Garnet Londini siunptum, &c. Lond.
1607. qu. And also viewed, corrected, and
published certain old writers, to whom he gave
this title, Anglica, Nnrmanica, Hibernica, <Kf Cam-
brica,per varios Aut/iores,&ic. Francof. IGO."), 04.
fol. The first of which writers is Asser Mene-
vensis his book, De Vita &■ Rebus gestis MIfredi.
At length our author Cambden, paying his last
debt to nature, in his house at Chiselhurst in
Kent, on Sunday the 9th of Nov. (about 4 or 5
of the clock in the morn.) in sixteen hundred
twenty and three, his body afterwards was con-
vey'd to Westminster, to the house there, where
he used to dwell ; where lying in state for some
time,' twas on the 19th day of the same month
carried to St. Peters, commonly called the Abby-
church within that city, accompanied by several
of the heralds in their formalities, many of the
nobility, clergy, gentry, and others. All which
being placed, Dr. Christop. Sutton, a prebendary
of that church, slept up into the pulpit, and made
a true, grave, and modest commemoration of his
life : adding, that as he was not factious in reli-
gion, so neither was he wavering or inconstant,
of which he gave good testimonies at his end,
Crofessing in the exordium of his last will, that
e died, as he had lived, in the faith, communion,
and fellowship of the church of England. Ser-
mon being ended, the body was carried into the
S. cross isle, where it was buried in the West-side
or part of it. As soon as the news of his death
was certified to the sages or governors of the uni-
versity, they, in gratitude to so worthy a bene-
factor as he had been, caused his memory to be
celebrated in an oration, publicly delivered by the
mouth of Zouch Townley, M. of A. and student
of Ch. Ch. who was then the deputy orator. To
which speech many of the academians adding
verses on the benefactor's death, they were, with
the speech, printed with the title of Camhdeni
Insignia. Oxon. 1G24. qu. After these things
were done, vias a monument erected on the West-
wall of the said S. cross isle with the bust of the
defunct resting his hand on a book with Britannia
insculp'd on the leaves thereof. This monument,
which was composed of black and white marole,
was somewhat defaced in 1645, when the hearse
and effigies of Robert earl of Essex, the parlia-
mentarian general, were cut in pieces and de-
faced. The inscription however being left in-
tire, I caused it to be printed ' elsewhere. In the
last will and testament of this great scholar, which
I have more than once perused, I find, besidos
his public benefactions, his legacies of 16/. 10/.
and 5l. to all his learned acquaintance then in
being, as to Ja. Grutcr, library keeper to the
prince Pal. elector of Heidelberg, 3/. To Mr.
Tho. Allen of Gloc. hall in Oxon. 16/. To Jo.
Selden of the Inner-Temple 5 /. 8lc. besides a
piece of plate to sir Foulk Grcvill lord Brook,
chancellor of the exchequer, who preferr'd him
gratis to his office; and another, of l6/. price,
to the company of painter-stainers of London,
and this to be engraven thereon, ' Gul. Cambden
Clarenceaux, filius Sampsonis Cambden pictoris
Londinensis.'
[The following letter from our author to arch-
' In Hist. & Anttq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 270. b.
16S3.
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350
bishop Usher, corroborates Wood's statements,
and leaves a very favourable impression of Cam-
den's iincerity and firmness.
My most esteemed good M' D'.
Your loving letter of the 8th of June I received
the 4th of July, being retired into the country for
the recovery of my tender health, where ' portum
anhelans beatitudinis,' I purposed to sequester my
self from worldly business and cogitations. Yet
being somewhat recovered, I could not but answer
your love, and M r. Doctor Rieves' letter for your
sake, with the few lines herein enclosed, which I
submit to your censure.
I thank my God my life hath been such among
men, as I am neither ashamed to live, nor fear to
die, being secure in Christ my Saviour, in whose
true religion I was born and bred in the time
of king Edward VI, and have continued firm
therein.
And to make you my confessor ' sub sigillo con-
fessionis,' I took my oath thereunto at my matri-
culation in the university of Oxon. (when Po-
pery was predominant) and for defending the
religion established, I lost a fellowship in All
Souls, as sir Daniel Dun could testifie, and often
would relate how I was there opposed by the
Popish faction. At my coming to Westminster,
I took the like oath, where (absit jactantia) God
so blessed my labours, that the now bishops of
London, Durham, and St. Asaph, to say nothing
of persons employed now in eminent place
abroad, and many of especial note at home of all
degrees, do acknowledge themselves to have been
my scholars. Yea, I brought there to church
divers gentlemen of Ireland, as Walshes, Nu-
gents, O'Raily, Shees, the eldest son of the arch-
bishop of Cassiles, Petre Lombard, a merchant's
son of Waterford, a youth of admirable docility,
and others bred Popishly, and so affected.
I know not who may justly say that I was am-
bitious, who contented myself in Westminster-
school when I writ my Britannia, and eleven
years afterward : who refused a mastership of
requests offered, and then had the place of a king
of arms, without any suit cast upon me. I did
never set sail after present preferments, or de-
sired to soar higher by others. I never made suit
to any man, no, not to his majesty, but for a
matter of course incident to my place, neither
(God be praised) I needed, having gathered a
contented sufficiency by my long labours in the
school. Why the Analectist should censure me
I know not, but that men of all humours repair
unto me in respect of my place ; and rest content
to be belied by him, who is not ashamed to belie
the lords deputies of Ireland, and others of ho-
nourable rank. Sed haec tibi uni et soli. * * *
Your true and devoted friend,
William Camden.
A variety of Camden's MSS. will be found in
the Cotton and Harleian collections, and many of
his smaller nieces have been printed in the second
edition of Hearne's Curious Uiscoursea.
There is an original portrait of him in the Bod-
leian library, which was engraved, for the last
editions of the liritannia, by Basire.]
[WILLIAM GAMAGE, an author omitted
by Wood, wa.s educated in this university, proba-
bly at Jesus college, where several of his name,
sprung from the Gamages of Glamorganshire,
studied. His claim to a place in the present
work rests on one work only, and that of no me-
rit. It is entitled Limi-fVoohie : or Two Centu-
ries of Epigramnui. Oxford Ifjl.*), ICmo. In the
title page the author terms himself * batciielour
in the artes,' but i have not been able, after a
diligent enquiry, to discover his name in the He-
gtsters, although I find a William Gamage, the
son of im esquire, who took that degree, October
29. 16'23. Edward Gamadge and Thomas Ga-
madge (as spelled in the original) entered at Jesus
coll. in March 1668, probably sons or other rela-
tions of our author.
Mr. Park, who has given some extracts from
this rare volume, in the Cemura Literaria, V. 348,
says that it had another title-page, dated in 1621,
but he supposes the book not to have had more
than one impression, as it consists of the saddest
trash that ever assumed the name of Epigrams.
One extract shall suffice.
To the ingenious cpigrammists Jo. Owen and
Jo. Heath, both brought up in New college
Oxon.
Though you were both not of one mother bore.
Yet nurs'd were you at the self-same brest,
For fluent genius and ingenious lore,
And the same dugges successively have prestr
'Tis true ye are but fosterers by birtli.
Yet brothers right in rimes conceitfull mirth.]
" JpSIAS WHITE, elder brother to John
" White, commonly called t/ie patriarch of Dor~
" Chester, was born at Staunton S. John near to,
" and in the county of, Oxon, educated in Wyke-
" ham's school near Winchester, admitted true
" and perpetual fellow of New coll. in lo94, he
" being then at least 22 years of age. Afterwards
" taking the degrees in arts, took holy orders^
" and at length the degree of bach, of divyiity,
" an. 16 10, much about which time he became
" minister of Horn-church in Essex, by the fa-
" vour of tlie warden and fellows of his coll.
" where he was much frequented by some for his
" precise and puritanical way of preaching. He
" hath written,
" yl plain and familiar Exposition upon the
" Creed, Ten Commandments, Lord's-Prai/er, and
" Sacraments, bi) IVaif of Question and jinswer^
« Lond. 1623.
" Sweet Comfort for a Christian beino tempted —
" printed with the former book. What other
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" things he hath written I know not, nor any honour to his memory caused, an Oration to be
" tiling else of hiin, only tliat when he died, he publicly delivered by the mouth of Will. Price,
" left behind him a son of both his names, bred
" in fvew-Inn, afterwards rector of Langton in
" the isle of Purbeck in Dorsetshire, who dying
"in 1643, left then behind him his aged mother
" and three brothers, John, William, and James;
" all which he did in a manner maintain."
THOMAS W'HITE, son of John White,»was
born in the city of Bristol, (in Temple parish)
but descended from the Whites of Bedfordshire,
entred a student in Magd. hall in the year 1566,
or thereabouts, took the deg. in arts, holy orders,
and became -a noted and frequent preacher of
God's word. Afterwards retiring to London, he
was made minister of St. Gregory's church near
to St. Paul's cathedral, and at length rector of
St. Dunstan's in Fleetstrect, where he was held
in great esteem for his godly and practical way of
preaching. In 1584 he was licensed to proceed
jn divinity, and in Nov. in the year following he
had a canonry in the cath. ch. of S. Paul, and a
prebendiliip there called Wenlock's Barn ' con-
f'erred.upon him by John bishop of London, upon
the nat. death of Rob. Towers, bach, of div. <
In Apr. 1590, he was made treasurer of Salisbury
in the place of Dr. .John Sprint, deceased ; in 91,
canon of Ch. Ch. in Oxon ; and in 93 of S.
George's church at Windsor. All that he hath
published are only,
Serinons, as ,(1) Two Senn. at S. PauFi in the
Time of the Plague: the first on Zeph. 3. 1, 2,
[486] 3. the other on'jer. 23. 5,6. oct. (2) Funeral
Serm, on Sir Hen. Sidney. On 1 Job. 3. 2, 3.
Lond. 1586. oct. (3) Serm. at Paul's-Cross, on
the Queen's Day, 1589- On Luke 3. 10, 11, 12,
13, 14. Lond. 1589. oct.s and others which I
have not yet seen. This worthy doctor, who was
esteemed, by all that knew him, an honest and
f generous minded man, and a great encourager of
earning, gave up the ghost on St. David's day
1622-3. (1 Mar.) in sixteen hundred twenty and three,
and in few days after was solemnly inter'd in the
chancel of his church of S. Dunstan in the West,
before-mentioned. Soon after, his death being
certified to the heads of the university, they in
* [Tlio. White, cler. admiss. ad vie. de Henham, com.
Essex, 21 Sfpt. 1662: successit Joh. White, clcr. 1572, per
resign. Tho. White. Reg. Grindnll. Kennet.]
^ [Not the prebend of Weiilockesburn, but of More.
Made treasurer of the church of Sarum by the queen's let-
ters, 24 Apr, isgo. He was the founder of Sion college,
London. Kennet.]
* [This is a mistake. Towers was succeeded by Henry
Hammond, and not by Thomas White. See Churton's Life
ilfNotixell, I8O9, p. 311.]
' \^A Sermon pT cache a at Paules Crosse the I7M of Nov.
1589, i'^.joyj"!! liememtr^unce and Thankesgiviuge vnlo God
for the piaceable Yeares nf \her Mnjcstye's most gracious
Baigne over tis, now 32. By Tho. IVhite, Pro/essour in
Divinifye. Printed by Robert Robinson, 1589. Kennet.
This book had not beea se^n by Ames or Herbert.J
publi
the first reader of the moral philos. lecture, lately
founded by the said Dr. White. To which
speech, certain academians adding verses on the
benefactor's death, they were, with the Speech,
printed under the title of Schola Moralis Philoso-
phia Oxon in Funere Whiti pullata. Oxon. 1624.
in 2 sh. in qu. In 1613, he founded an alms-
house in Temple parish within the city of Bristol,
endowing it with 92/. |>er an. He also gave 100/.
per an. towards repairing of highways near Bris-
tol. In 1621, he founded a moral philoeophy
lecture in the university of Oxon, and the same
year he settled an exhibition for five students in
Magd. hall. See more in Hist. &> Aiitiq. Univ.
Oxon. lib. 2. p. 43, and 370, a. and b. As for
his benefaction to the clergy of London at Sion
coll. and to other places, (expending most, if not
all his estate, which he got from the church, on
public uses) let others tell you, while I proceed
to the next writer, to be mention'd according to
time.
[1588, 12 Dec. Tho. W^hite, S.T.P. colK ad.
preb. de Mora per mortem Joh. W^alker, S. T. P.
Reg. Ailmer. aennet-]
" JOHN LEECH, or Leechjeus, as he writes
himself in the title of his Epigrams, was a
Cheshire man born, or at least extracted from
an antient family of that name living in the same
county, spent some time in Oxon, particularly,
as it seems, in Brasen-nose coll. and whether
he studied for some time in Cambr. as I think
he did, in truth, I cannot tell. However, this
1 certainly know, that he having a natural pro-
pensity to classical learning, took upon him to
be a school-master ; and in truth such an one
he was, that his equal could hardly be found iu
his time. He took great delight in that em
ployment, educated man)' generous yoi:ths,
and others, who afterwards became famous in
' their generations; and for their use wrote,
" A Book of Grammar Qiiestions for the Help
' of ynung Scholars, to further them in the Under-
' standing of the Accidence, in 3 Parts. — This
' book was several times printed in oct. as ia
* 1628, which was the 2d or 3d edit, and in 1650.
* It is dedicated to Mr. George Digby, son and
* heir of sir John Digby, knight, vice-chamber-
' lain to his majesty's houshold, (afterwards earl
'of Bristol;) which sir John Digby was some-
' times scholar to the author Joh. Leech, in gram-
' mar learning, about 1592. Before the said
' Book of Grammar Questions, Mr. Leech, the
' author, hath a Lat. epistle directed to Rob.
' Johnson, archdeacon of Leicester, founder of
* two grammar schools in Rutlandshire, and a
' greater encourager of the labours of Leech,
who hath also written, as 'tis supposed,
" Praxis tolius Latina Syntaxeos in quatuor
/
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" Diali)S!,is cnmprehensa. Lond. If529. oct. pub-
" lished by Jobii Clark, scliool-m.istcr of Lincoln,
" who tells us, as he thinks, but will not be sure
" of it, that John Leech was the author; who also
" hath written,
" Epigrammiita, &c. Lond. 1622, 23. in oct.
" and other things which I have not yet seen. I
" find one John Leecli, a gentleman's son of
" Cheshire, to be commoner of Brasen-nose coll.
" in 1.082, aged 17 years, and that he took the
" degrees in arts, that of master being comnleated
"in an act celebrated IJjul. 15yO: whether he
" be the same with him that was the school-
" master, I think not, or whether he was John
" Leech the divine, who juiblishcil several ser-
" mons and other things; among which are (1)
" Serm. at the Funeral of the most excellent Prin-
" cess the Lady Mary's Grace. On 2 Cor. 5. 1.
" Lond. 1607. "oct. (2) Jn Elegy on the Lady
" Mary's Grace, printed at the end of the sermon.
" (3) 'rhe Train-Soldier, Sermon preached before
" the Society of the Gentlemen that exercise Arms
" in the Artillery Ground, 20 Apr. UJlQ. On
" Hebr. 12. 4. Lond. I619. oct."
JOHN FAVOUR, bom in the borough of
Southampton in Hampshire, was educated for a
time in grammatical learning there: after.vards
being eompleated for the university in Wyke-
ham's school, he was elected probationer of New
coll. in 1576, and two years after was made com-
pleat fellow. In 1592, he proceeded doctor of
the civil law, and in the year following he became
vicar of nallifa.x in Yorksh. in the place of Dr.
Hen. Ledsiiam sometimes fellow of Mert. college
who resigned. At which place being settled, he
preached every Lord's-day, lectur'd every day in
the week, exercised justice in the commonwealth,
(being justice of peace as vicar of that place)
practised for God's sake, and meerh' out of cha-
rity, physic and chirurgery on those that were
not able to entertain a professed doctor or practi-
tioner. On the 23 March I616, he was collated
to the prebendship of Drifteild in, and to the
chauntorship of, the church of York, on the death
of Dr. J. Broke or Brook* deceased, and in the
beginning of March 16I8, was made warden of
the hospital of St. Mary Magd. near Ripon in
Yorkshire, on the death of Ralph Tonstall. He
was esteemed a person of great piety and charity,
and one well read in substantial and profounil
authors, as it appears by those books he hath
written, especially in that published, entit.
Antiquity triumphing over Novelty, &c. or
Antiquity a certain Note of the Christian Cath.
Church. Lond. I619. qu. [Bodl. 4to. F. 10. Th.]
* [Joh. Broke, S.T. B. admlbs. >iil rect. de Lavcralta com.
Essex, 22 Apr. 1533, cl obiitante 8 Mali 1542. Reg. Stokes-
tey et Bonner. Kennet.]
Vol. H.
He concluded his lust day in this \forld on the
tenth of March in sixteen hundred twenty and
three, and was buried in the church of Hallifax ;
a copy of whose epitaph you may see in Hist. 6(
Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 144. a. In his vi-
caridge succeeded Rob. Clav, D. I), of Mert. coll.
and him Hugh ILuniden, iJ. of D. another Mer-
tonian in 1628, and in iiis chauntorship of York
succeeded Hen. Hook, D. D. as I shall tell you
elsewhere.
JOHN SHAW, a Westmoreland man bom,
became a student in Qw. coll. about the beginning
of 1379, aged 19, took one degree in arts, left the
coll. and at length became vicar of JDking or
Woking in Surrey, where he was had in esteem
by many for his preaching, and by some for bis
poetry. His works are these.
The Blessedness of Mary, Mother of Jesus.
Serm. on Luke 1. ver. 28. and 45. Lond. I6I8.
oct. [Bodl. 8vo. L. 10.5. Th.]
The Comfort of a Christian, by Assurance of
God's Love to him: ^\'ritten in verse.
The Complaints of a Sinner: the Comfort of
our Saviour — in verse also. These two last are
printed with the former sermon.
Bibliorum Summulu, sen Argumenta singuloruin
Capitum Scripturcc Canonicce, utriufque Testament!,
alphabetice Distlchis comprehensa. Lond, 1621,
[Bodl. 8vo. B. 79. Th.] and 23, [Bodl. Svo. S.
206. Th.] &c. in oct. Dedicated to Poynings
More, son of sir Bob. More, a servant to king
James, son of sir Gi'<«»ge More, son of sir W .
More, knt. These are idl the things that I have
seen written by this John Shaw, who was living
at Oking before-mentioned in sixteen hundred
twenty and three, before which time he had a
son named Tobias, who was bach, of arts of Magd.
coll. As for other sermons and books, which go
under the name of Joh. Shaw, I shall mention
. them hereafter in their proper place, as having
been written by others of both those names.
[Shaw w-as instituted to the vicarage of Wok-
ing, on the 11th of September, 1588, and was
deprived, probably for some kind of non-confor-
mity, tiie justice of which he did not acknow-
ledge, in 1596, when he was succeeded by Michael
Vaiighan.'
Li^onc of the windows of the church was the
following distich, which is recorded by Aubrey,"
although now lost, from which it is plain Uiat
Shaw considered himself the vicar long aftec his
ejectment :
Praifuit hie annos ter denos quinque Johannes
Shaw, pastor, quando fabrica facta fuit.
Shaw's muse is a ver}' homel}' one, and strongly
resembles that of his predecessors, Sternhold and
' [Manning's W»>/. 0/ Surrey, 1804, p. 144.]
• [Aubrey's Ant iij. iif Surrey, iii. SI8.]
2 A
l0'.'3-4.
Clar.
1623.
351
WHITE.
LEECH,
352
[486]
1622-3.
" things he hath written I know not, nor any
" tiling else of him, only tliat when he died, he
" left behind liini a son of both his names, bred
" in ^ew-Inn, afterwards rector of Langton in
" the isle of Purbeck in Dorsetshire, who dying
" in 1643, left then behind him his aged mother
" and three brothers, John, William, and James;
" all which he did in a manner maintain."
THOMAS WHITE, son of John White,Mvas
born in the city of Bristol, (in Temple parish)
but descended from the Whites of Bedfordshire,
cntred a student in Magd. hall in the j'ear 1366,
or thereabouts, took the deg. in arts, holy orders,
and became a. noted and frequent preacher of
God's word. Afterwards retiring to London, he
was made minister of St. Gregory's church near
to St. Paul's cathedral, and at length rector of
St. Dunstan's in Fleetstrect, where he was held
in great esteem for his godly and practical way of
preaching. In 1584 he was licensed to proceed
jn divinity, and in Nov. in the year following he
had a canonry in the cath. ch. of S. Paul, and a
prebendaliip there called Wenlock's Barn ' con-
rerredupon him by John bishop of London, upon
.the nat. death of Eob. Towers, bach, of div. *
In Apr. 1590, he was made treasurer of Salisbury
in the place of Dr.. John Sprint, deceased; in 91,
canon of Ch. Ch. in Oxon; and in 93 of S.
George's church at Windsor. All that he hath
published are only.
Sermons, as ,(1) Two Serm. at S. Pmil's in the
Time of the Plague: the first on Zcph. 3. 1, 2,
3. the other on Jer. 23. 5, 6. oct. (2) Funeral
Serm. on Sir Hen. Sidnei/. On 1 Job. 3. 2, 3.
Lond. 1586. oct. (3) Serm. at Paul's-Cross, on
the Queen's Day, 1589. On Luke 3. 10, 11, 12,
13, 14. Lond. 1589. oct. 5 and others which I
have not yet seen. This worthy doctor, who was
esteemed, by all that knew him, an honest and
f generous minded man, and a great encourager of
earning, gave up the ghost on St. David's day
(1 Mar.) in sixteen hundred twenty and three,
and in few days after was solemnly inter'd in the
chancel of his church of S. Dunstan in the West,
before-mentioned. Soon after, his death being
.certified to the heads of the university, they in
* [Tho. Wliito, cler. admiss. ad vie. de Henham, com.
Essex, 21 Sept. 1562: successit Joh. White, clcr. 1572, per
resign. Tho. White. Re^. Grindall. Kennet.]
^ [Not the prebend of Weiilockesburn, but of More.
Made treasurer of the church of Sarum by the queen's let-
ters, 24 Apr, I69O. He was the founder of Sion college,
London. Kennet.]
* [This is a mistake, Towers was succeeded by Henry
Hammond, and not by Thomas Wliite. See Churton's Life
fffNoioell, I8O9, p. 311.]
' [A Sermon preached at Paules Crosse the I'/lh q/Nov.
1589, injoyfull Hemembrdunce and Thankesgivinge unto God
for the ptaceable Yeares of -her Mnjcstye's most gracious
Raigne over us, now 32. Rtj Tho. IVhite, Profcssour in
Divinitye. Printed by Robert Robinson, 1589. Kennet.
This book had not beea se^n by Am«s or Herbert-J
honour to his memory caused, an Oration to be
publicly delivered by the mouth of Will. Price,
the first reader of the moral philos. lecture, lately
founded by the said Dr. White. To which
speech, certain academians adding verses on the
benefactor's death, they were, with the Speech,
printed under the title of Sc/iola Moralis Philoso-
phiee Oxon in Funere Whiti pullata. Oxon. 1624.
in 2 sh. in qu. In 1613, he founded an alms-
house in Temple parish within the city of Bristol,
endowing it with Qll. i>cr an. He also gave 100/.
per an. towards repairing of highways near Bris-
tol. In 1621, he founded a moral philoeopliy
lecture in the university of Oxon, and the same
year he settled an exhibition for five students in
Magd. hall. See more in Hist. 5f jlntiq. Univ.
Oxon. lib. 2. p. 43, and 370, a. and b. As for
his benefaction to the clergy of London at Sion
coll. and to other places, (expending most, if not
all his estate, which he got from the church, on
public uses) let others tell you, while I proceed
to the next writer, to be raention'd according to
time.
[1588, 12 Dec. Tho. White, S.T. P. coll. ad.
preb. de Mora per mortem Joh. Walker, S. T. P.
Reg. Ailmer. Kennet.]
" JOHN LEECH, or Leech.eu,s, as he writes
" himself in the title of his Epigrams, was a
" Cheshire man born, or at least extracted from
" an antient family of that name living in the same
" county, spent some time in Oxon, particularly,
" as it seems, in Brasen-nose coll. and whether
" he studied for some time in Cambr. as I think
" he did, in truth, I cannot tell. However, this
" I certainly know, that he having a natural pro-
" pensity to classical learning, took upon him to
" be a school-master ; and in truth such an one
" he was, that his equal could hardly be found in
" his time. He took great delight in that em
" ployment, educated many generous yoitths,
" and others, who afterwards became famous ia
" their generations; and for their use wrote,
" A Book of Grammar Questions for the Help
" of young Scholars, to further them in the Under-
" standing of the Accidence, in 3 Parts. — This
" book was several times printed in oct. as in
" 1628, which was the 2d or 3d edit, and in 1650.
" It is dedicated to Mr. George Digby^ son and
" heir of sir John Digby, knight, vicc-cbainber-
" lain to his majesty's houshold, (afterwards earl
"of Bristol;) which sir John Digby was some-
" times scholar to the author Joh. Leech, in gram-
" mar learning, about 1592. Before the said
" Book of Grammar Questions, Mr. Leech, the
" author, hath a Lat. epistle directed to Rob.
" Johnson, archdeacon of Leicester, founder of
" two grammar schools in Rutlandshire, and a
" greater encourager of the labours of Leech,
" who hath also written, as 'tis supposed,
" Praxis totius Latina Syntaxeos in quatuoT
■
353
FAVOUR.
SHAW.
35-
Clar.
1613.
" Diahgis comprehensa. Lond. 1629. oct. pub-
" lished by Joliu Clark, school-master of Lincoln,
" who tells lis, as he thinks, but will not be sure
" of it, that John Leech was the author; who also
" hath written,
" J''pis''(i"'»'(it(i, 8cc. Lond. 1622, 23. in oct.
" and other things which I have not yet seen. 1
" find one John Leech, a gentleman's son of
" Cheshire, to be commoner of Brascn-nose coll.
" in 1.082, aged 17 years, and that he took the
" degrees in arts, that of master being comnlcated
"in an act celebrated I,'3jul. 1590: whether he
" be the same with him that was the sohool-
" master, I think not, or wlu^thcr he was John
" Leech the divine, who published several ser-
" mons and other things; among wiiich are (1)
" Serm. at the Funeral of the most excellent Prin-
" ress the Lady Mary's Grace. On 2 Cor. 5. 1.
" Lond. 1G07. oct. (2) Jn Elegy on the Lady
" Mari/'s Grace, printed at the end of the sermon.
" (3) 'The Train-Soldier, Sermon preached before
" the Society of the Gentlemen that exercise Arms
"in the Jrtilkry Ground, 20 Apr. \6\Q. On
" Hebr. 12. 4. Lond. 1619- oct."
[487] JOHN FAVOUR, born in the borough of
Southampton in Hampshire, was educated for a
time in grammatical learning there: after .vards
being compleated for the university in Wyke-
ham's school, he was elected probationer of New
coll. in 1576, and two years after was made com-
pleat fellow. In 1592, he proceeded doctor of
the civil law, and in the j'ear following he became
vicar of Hallifax in Yorksh. in the place of Dr.
Hen. Ledsham sometimes fellow of Mert. college
wlio resigned. At which place being settled, he
preached every Lord's-day, lectuv'd every day in
the week, exercised justice in the commonwealth,
(being justice of peace as vicar of that place)
practised for God's sake, and meerh' out of cha-
rity, physic and chirurgery on those that were
not able to entertain a professed doctor or practi-
tioner. On the 23 March l6l6, he was collated
to the prebendship of Drifteild in, and to the
chauntorship of, the church of York, on the death
of Dr. J. Broke or Brook* deceased, and in the
beginning of March l6l8, was made warden of
the hospital of St. Mary Magd. near Ripon in
Yorkshire, on the death of Ralph Tonstall. He
was esteemed a person of great piety and charity,
and one well read in substantial and profound
authors, as it appears by those books he hath
written, especially in that published, entit.
Antiquity lriumphin<r over Novelty, &c. or
Antiquity a certain Note of the Christian Cath.
Church. Lond. 1619. qu. [Bodl. 4to. F. 10. Th.]
* [Joh. Brokf, S.T. B. admlss. ad rect. de Lavcralta com.
Essex, 22 Apr. 1533, ct obiit ante 8 Mail 1542. lieg. Stakes-
ley et Bonner. Kennet.I
Vol. H.
He concluded liis last day in this world on the
tenth of March in sixteen hundred twenty and i6s3-4.
three, and was buried in the churcii of Hallifax ;
a cony of whose epitaph you may see in Hist. 8f
Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 144. a. In his vi-
caridge succeeded Rob. Clav, D. I), of Mert. coll.
and him Hugh l'am-.den, li. of D. another Mcr-
tonian in 1628, and in his chauntorship of York
succeeded Hen. Hook, D. D. as 1 shall tell you
elsewhere.
JOHN SHAW, a Westmoreland man bom,
became a student in Q\x. coll. about the beginning
of 1379, aged 19, took one degree in arts, left the
coll. and at length became vicar of^Oking or
Woking in Surrey, where he was had in esteem
by many for his preaching, and by some for his
poetry. His works are these,
The Blessedness of Mary, Mother of Jesus.
Serm. on Luke 1. ver. 28. and 45. Lond. I6I8.
oct. [Bodl. 8vo. L. 105. Th.]
The Comfort of a Christian, by Assurance of
God's Love to him: A\ ritten in verse.
The Complaints of a Sinner: the Con fort of
our Saviour — in verse also. These two hist are
printed with the former sermon.
Biblioruni Summiila, sen Argumenta singulorum
Capitum Scripturce Cauonicce, ntrimqtte Testamenti,
alphuhetice Distichis comprehensa. Lond. 1621,
[Bodl. 8vo. B. 79. Th-] and 23, [Bodl. 8vo. S.
206. Th.] &c. in Oct. Dedicated to Poynings
More, son of sir Kob. More, a servant to king
James, son of sir Gifige Afore, son of sir ^V.
More, knt. These arc all the things that I have CUr.
seen written by this John Shaw, who was living 1623-
at Oking before-mentioned in sixteen hundred
twenty and three, before which time he had a
son named Tobias, who was bach, of arts of Magd.
coll. As for other sermons and books, which go
under the name of Joh. Shaw, I shall mention
. them hereafter in their proper place, as having
been written by others of both those names.
[Shaw was institutctl to the vicarage of Wok-
ing, on the 11th of September, 1588, and was
deprived, probably for some kind of non-confor-
mity, the justice of which he did not acknow-
ledge, in 1596, when he was succeeded by Michael ,
Vaughan.'
In one of the windows of the church was the
following distich, which is recorded by Aubrey,"
although now lost, from which it is plain tliat
Shaw considered himself the vicar long aftec his
ejectment :
Praefuit hie annos ter denos quinque Johannes
Shaw, pastor, quando fabrica facta fuit.
Shaw's muse is a ver\' homely one, and strongly
resembles that of his predecessors, Sternhold and
7 [Manning's Wj>/. of Surrey, 1804, p. 144.]
' [Aubrey's Ant'nj. of Surrey, iii. 818.]
2 A
355
WASTELL
BISHOP
356
[438]
Clar.
1(523.
Hopkins. The following arc the concluding lines
of his volume:
The sacrifice of daily tluuikcs
From ground of heart 1 give
To thee, my God, with ioyfulnesse
By whom my soulc doth hue !
Let all my life set forth thy praise
And therein neucr cease ;
O grant me growth in godlinesse !
O let mine end be peace !J
SIMON WASTELL, a Westmoreland inan
born, and descended from those of his name living
at ^V^astellhoad, in the same county, was entred a
student also in Queen's coll. in 1580, or there-
abouts, took one degree in arts five years after, at
which time being accounted a great proficient in
classical learning and poetry, was made master
of the free-school at Northampton, whence, by
his sedulous endeavours, many were sent to the
universities. He hath written,
The tnie Christian's daili/ Delight; being a Sum
of every Chapter of the Old and New Testament,
set dozen Alphabeticallif in English Verse, that the
Scriptures tee read may more happily be remem-
bred, &c. Lond. \G13. in tw. [Bodl. 8vo. B. 78.
Th.] Published afterwards, with amendments
and some additions, with this title, Microbiblion :
Or, the Bible's Epitome, &.c. Lond. 1629, [Bodl.
8vo. C. 175. Th.] &.C. in tw. This person, who
was well known to John Shaw, was living in
Northampton in sixteen hundred twenty and
three. (21 Jac. I.) In his time was one Samuel
Wastell, a master of arts of New Inn, 1628; but
him I find not^to be a writer or publisher of
books.
[Wastell was vicar of Daventry in Northamp-
tonshire, 1631.9
His Microbiblion seems to have been chiefly
intended to fix the History of the Bible in the
memory of young persons, and for this purpose
the author begins each stanza with the various
letters of the alphabet in regular succession.
D
A
B
t first Jehovah with his word
did make heaucn, earth and light
The firmament, the moone, and starres,
the glistering sunne so bright.
y him the earth was fruitfull made,
and euery creature good ;
He maketh man like to himself,
and doth appoint his food.
Creation ended, God then rests,
and Sabbath day ordaines ;
Plants Eden, and the fruit forbids
for feare of endlesse paines.
» ^nAgi&'iHist.ofNorlhamptonsh. I79I, i. 48.]
ust of the ground was man made of,
of rib out of his side
The woman. Adam nameth all:
wedlocke is sanctifide.]
WILLIAM BISHOP, son of John Bishop,
who died in 16OI, aged 92, was born of a genteel
family at Brayles in Warwickshire, sent to this
university in the 17th year of his age, in 1570,
or thereabouts, particularly, as I conceive,' to
Glocester hall, at which time it was presided by
one who was a Rom. Catholic, or at least suffi-
ciently addicted to the R. persuasion, and that
therein, did then, and especially after, study some
of his name and allies ; or else in Line. coll.
which was then also governed by one, who was
* in animo Catholicus.' After he had continued
in Oxon about 3 or 4 years, he left it, his pater-
nal estate which was considerable, and all his
friends and his native country, which was more.
So that setling himself in the English coll. at
Rheimes, he applied himself chiefly to the study of
divinity. Soon after he was sent to Rome, where
making a fruitful progress in philosophy and di-
vinity, he was made priest and sent into England
to convert souls ; but being taken in the haven
was kept prisoner several years as * one of his
persuasion reports. Afterwards being set at liberty
(an. 1584.) he went to Paris, where he was ho-
nourably received, and worthily numbred among
the Sorbon doctors. At length he took another
journey into England, and laboured 9 years in
the R. C. harvest. Upon the expiration of which,
he was sent for to Rome about certain matters
depending between the Jesuits and secular
priests (of which business a certain ^ author
hath a large story) ; all which being determined,
he return'd the third rime into England, and after
eight 3'ears labouring therein to advance his reli-
gion, was taken and committed prisoner to the
Gate-house in Westminster, where he was re-
maining in 1612. Afterwards being released and
sent back beyond the seas again, lived at Paris in
the Arras or Atrcbatian coll. newly rebuilt for
Benedictin monks, by Philip Caverell, head or
prefect of the monastery of S. Vedastus at Arras.
About the year 1622, our author being made bi-
shop of Chalcedon •• by the pope, he was sent
into England to execute the office of a bishop
among the Catholics; and was by them re-
ceived with great honour and respect. He hath
written,
Reformation of a Catholic deformed by Will.
Perkins. — Print. 1604. in qu. Part I.
' [One William Bishop, coll. Trin. was matriculated at
Cambr. Dec. 2. 1572. A. B. coll. Trin. 1585. Resist.
Baker.]
Jo. Pits in li
lib. Deilluslr. Angl. Script, set. I7. p. 810.
5 Tho. Bell, in The Anatomy of Popish Tyranny, lib. 4.
cap. 2, 3, 5. § 2.
♦ [Why he ftok that title, see Saunderson's Hist, of K.
Charles I. p. 152. Heylin's Examen Hist, part ii, p. 96,
and his Life of Laud, p. 112. Watts.]
357
BISHOP
WINDSOUE.
358
The second Part of the Reform, of the Cath
&c. Printed I607. qu.
An Answer to Mr. Perkins' Advertisement.—
Pr. witli the form*^r.
A Reproof of Dr. Rob. Abbot's Defence of the
Cath. dejormed by W. Perkins.— Vx. I6O8. in 2
parts in qu.
Disproof' of Dr. R. Abbott's Counter-proof
against Dr. Bishop's Reproof of the Defence of
Mr. Perkins' Reform. Cath. Par. 16J4. in oct.
Part I.
Defence of the King's Honour, and of his Title
to the Kingdom of England.— Uc also published
and added several things > (besides a preface) to
Jolin Pits his book De illustribus Angli(c Scrip-
toribus, and was one of the principal author.^ of
the libels written against the archpricstship in
England, mentioned in George Hiackwell, an.
1612. 1 find a book written by the Bp. of Chal-
cedon, entit. A Treatise of the best Kind of Con-
fessors, printed in oct. but whether written hy this
bishop, or Dr. Ric. Smith, who was his successor
in that titular see, I know not. At length after
this learned person (who was in his latter time of
the order of S. Benedict) had lived 71 years, he
paid his last debt to nature near to Luiuloii, on
the 13th day of April in sixteen hundred twenty
,624, and four, but where buried, unless in S Pancras
church near to the said city, I know not. One*
that remembers the man, hath told my friend that
he died at Bishop's-Court in London, but wliere
that place is, unless in the parish of S. Sepulchre,
I am yet to seek. A Latin manuscript containing
the obits and characters of many eminent Bene-
dictines since the reformation, hath this ci.araeter
[489] °^ . ?•■• '^'^'- Bishop, that he was ' carceribus,
exilio, & Apostolicis sudoribus inclytus, qui a
sancta sede in patriam ad solamen Catholicorum
missus, clericis, regularibus, ac ipsis laicis ob in-
natum unionis ac pacis affectum juxta charus ex-
titit,' &.C. This obital book which I have in my
little library, was written by a Benedictin monk
of Doway, named Tho. White alias Woodhop,
who having spent several years in the Sheldonian
family at Beoly in Worcestershire, (in which
county he was born) retired at length, in the time
of the civil war, to Doway, was chosen prior
of the coll. of English Benedictines, and died
there of the plague in 1654. From the said book
(wherein 'tis said that Dr. Bishop died near to Lon-
don) was another composed in English with ad-
ditions, and therein is this said of that doctor—
' he was sent into England by the holy see for the
comfort of Catholics, where he so modestly be-
haved himself, that he was by all, both clergy
and seculars, dearly beloved and honoured : and
after imprisonments and all sorts of afflictions,
' [See an jlnsweareunlo the Particulars oljected in the Apo-
logy against Master Doctor liyshope, in Dr. Ely's Notes on
brxrf AjioUj^ie, l603, 8vo. Kennet..]
' Dr. Jo. Leybourne, senior.
patiently endurc<l for the true religion, died in
peace near London,' &c. Tiiis English obital
was penn'd by another Benedictine named Tho.
X"^"7't alias Vincent Sadler, author of The
Child's Catechisme, &<•. pr. at Paris alias London
U)78. in oct. who died, as I remember, much
about the time that K. Jam. 11. came to the
crown. He was nejihew or near of kin to fath.
Vincent Sadler of the same order, who died at
Lond. 11 June Uiil, after he had been superin-
tendent of the province of Canterbury for some
years.
MILES WINDSORE, son of Thomas, son
of Andrew, lord W'indsore, was born in Hamp-
shire, elected from IJaliol coll. scholar of that of
Corp. Ch. in Jan. 1 jjfj, aged 15 or thereabouU,
m-ule probationer-fellow 16 Feb. 1560, took the
tlegrees in arts, left the coll. soon after, because
Popishly affected, and spent the remaining part
of his tune within the city of Oxon. in a most
retired condition. He was a tolerable Latin poet,
but a better orator, as was sufficiently witnessed
by his^ speech, intended to have been spoken in
C.C.C. when qu. Elizab. was entertain'd by the
Oxonian muses, \5GG, and more especially by
that which he most admirably well deliver'd be-
fore her at the lord Windsore's house at Braden-
ham in Bucks, a little after she left Oxon. Which
giving the queen great content, she, in an higlj
manner did commend it before Dedicus Gose-
mannus de Sylva the Spanish ambassador then
present, and looking wistly on Windsore (who
then had a beard according to the fashion) said
to Goseman, ' Is not this a prett}- young man ':'
At riper years he applied himself to the study of
histories and antiquities, and had a hand, as 'twas
frequently reported, in the Apologia of B. Twyne
who 7 stiles our author Windsore, * antiquse liis-
toriae artifex pcritus,' &c. But before that Apo-
logia was extant, he wrote,
Academiarnm qiice aliqiuindo fuere, <f>- hodie sunt
in Europa Catalogus. Lond. 1590. qu. [Bodl. A.
17. 8. Line] contracted by the author, and
printed on one large sheet of paper, to be put
into a frame. At the end of the said book he
published,
Chronographia, sive Origo Collegiorum Oxo-
niensis Arademiee. This last was mostly written
by Tho. Neal of New coll. in Latin verse," and
to it is added a description of the divinity and
public schools, and an epitome of the halls. Our
author Windsore had intentions to write a book
of the antiquity of the university of Oxon. and
in order thereunto had many collections, but
Twyne with his forward and natural geny under-
taking that work, Windsore forbore to proceed,
and imparted to him his collections. At length
' In Apul. Antin. Acad. Oxon. lib. 2. § C7.
» |;Printecl by Hearne, in 1713, 8vo. at the end of D«d-
welh Dissertalio de Parma Equestri Jf'oodwardiana.l
2A 2
359
SMITH.
360
after he had Hvcd to a fair age, he surrendred up
his last breath in his lodgings near S. Michael's
1624. church in Oxon. in sixteen hundred twenty and
four, and was buried in the outer chappel of C C.
coll. under the North-wail behind the vice-presi-
dent's seat. At that time he left many, if not all,
his collections of antiquities (eontainitig many
dotacfcs and fooleries) to Twyne before-men-
tioned, legacies to the prisoners in the prison
tailed Bocardo, to the parishioners of S. Michael's
parish and to the chest in the tower of C. C. coll.
[O94] After Twync's death, some of the said collections
, were put into the libr. of the said coll. and others
were scatter'd about when the great fire hapned
in Oxon soon after Twync's death. One vol. of
which came at length into 4iiy hands, wherein 1
find many vain and credulous matters, (not at all
to be relied upon) committed to writing.
MILES SMITH, a fletcher's son, received his
first breath within the city of Hereford, became
a student first in C. C. coll. about 15G8, wheuce
translating himself soon after to Brasen-nose, took
the degrees in arts as a member of that house ;
wherein by the benefit of a severe discipline that
was in his time exercised, and b^* his indefatiga-
ble industry, he proved at length an incompara-
ble theologist. About that time he was made
one of the chaplains or petty-canons of Ch. Ch.
and took the degree of bach, of div. as a member
of that royal foundation. Afterwards he became
canon residentiary of the cailiedral ch. of Here-
ford, doctor of divinity, and in I6l2 bishop of
Glocester; to which see (which was given him
for his great pains in translating the Bible) he
received consecration 20 Sept. the same year.
From his youth he constantly applied himself to
tlie reading of anticnt classical authors of the best
note, in their own languages ; wherewith, as also
with neoterics he was pleinifully stored, and lusted
i,ifter no worldly thing so much as books; of
which, tho' he had great store, yet there were
none scarce to be found in his library, especially
of the antients, that he had not read over, as
hath been observed by those who have perused
them since his death. He ran thro' the Greek
and Latin fathers, and judiciously noted them in
the margin as he went. The Rabbins also, as
many as he had, with their glosses and commen-
taries, he read and used in their own idiom of
speech. And so conversant he was, and expert
in the Chaldaic, Syriac, and Arabic, that he made
them as familiar to him, almost, as his own na-
tive tongue. Hebrew also he had at his fingers'
ends, and withal stories of all times : and for his
rich and accomplish'd furniture iu that study, he
had this elogy given him by a learned bishop of
this kingdom, that ' he was a very walking li-
brary.' For this his exactness in those languages,
he was thought worthy by king James I. to be
called to that great work of the last translation oi"
our English Bible, wherein he was esteemed the
chief, and a workman that needed not be
ashamed. He began with the first, and was the
last man in the transl.ition of the work ; for after
the task of translation was finished by the whole
number set a-part, and designed to that business,
being some few above forty, it was raised by a
dozen selected from them, and at length referred
to the final examination of Biison bishop of Win-
ton, and this our author, who, with the rest of
the twelve, are stiled in the history of the synod
of Don, ' vere exiinii & ab initio in toto hoc
opere vcrsatissimi,' as having happily concluded
that worthy labour. All being ended, this ex-
cellent person Dr. Smith was commanded to write
a preface, which being bv him done, 'twas made
public, and is the same that is now extant in our
church Bible, the original whereof is, if I am not
mistaken, in the Oxonian Vatican. He hath writ-
ten, besides what is before-mentioned,
Sermons. Lond. 16.02 'fol. [Bodl. M. 10. 4.
Th.] They are 15 in number: and were trans-
cribed out of his original MSS. the first of which
is on Jer. 9- 2;], 24. He departed this mortal life
in the beginning of Nov. in sixteen hundred
twenty and four, (having always before been
very favourable to the t'alvinian party in his
diocese,) and was buried on the 9th of the same
month, in our lady's cliappcl, in the cath. ch. of
Glocester, leaving behind hiip two sons which he
had by his first wife, (Mary Hawkins of Cardiff,)
named Gervase of the Middle-Temple, gent, and
Miles Smith, and this character by the zealous
men of the church of England, that ' tho' he was
a great scholar, yet he was a severe Calvinist, and
hated the proceedings of Dr. Laud, especially af-
ter he was made dean of Glocester.' Over his
grave was afterwards a white stone laid, without
any inscription thereon, only his arms, impaled
by those of the see of Gloc.
[Among the coats new granted or exemplified
by William Camden, Clarencieux, there is this :
'^ug. 2(5. 1615. Miles Smith, Bp. of Glocester,
' or, a chevron entre 2 cheveronells sab. be-
' tween 3 roses gules, leaves and stalks vert.'
Humphreys.
9 [/J learned and godly Srrmon preached at Jforcester, at
an Asshe, by the reverend and learned Miles Smith, Doctor
of Divinilie. Piibiish't in Svo. and dedicated to<^icnase, Ld.
lip. of Worcester, by Robert Burhil ; dated from Corpus
C^hristi coll. in Oxford, Nov. 12, lCi02, wherein he observes,
that • ihe author of this learned and sodly sermon hath a life
and practise answerable lo it, but his luinible and modest
mind gives him an unwillingness lo publi^^h his learned la-
bours. He has been therefore forced to publish it, without
giving him notice, for which yet he hopes not only to obtaiu
pardon, but also deserve tlianks of the whole church of God,
when the auihor by this experience in the lesser, giicssint; how
his^rcaterpaiiis will be accepted, shall bcginne todarcto brine
forth the ampler and more laborious fruits of his learned and
religious study. — Yon have known him so long, and ever since
you knew him, loved him so dearly — Of your lordship, he
could say, in his preface to a most profitable work of vours,
that he would be your temembrancer,' ice. KENJiET.I)
1624.
361
CRAKANTIIOIIPJ-
a6»
Miles Smith, D.J). was nominated tlie sixth
fellow of Chelsoy college, in the royal charter of
foundation, dated May 8, KilO. Ken net.
Bishop Smith wrote the i'reface hofore bisliop
Babington's Notes on iienesis, 4to. I59'2, Dii.
Za. Guey.]
[491] HICIiARD CRAKANTHORPE was born
of a genteel family at, or near, Strickland in
Westmoreland, became a student in Queen's
coll. in 1583, aged 10, and soon after a ixjor
serving child, then a tabarder, and at Icngtli in
1598 fellow of the said coil. About which time,
being a noted preaciier, and a profound disputant
in divinity, (of which faculty he was a baciieloj,)
was admired by all great men, and liad in vene-
ration, especially by the puritanical party, he
being himself a zealot among them, as having,
with others of the same coll. entertained many of
the principals of Dr. Job. Rainold,' while he lived
there. After K. Jam. 1. came to the crown, he
went in the quality of a chaplain to the lord
Evers, who in 1()0.'3, or thereabouts, was sent am-
bassador extraordinary to the emperor of Ger-
many. By which opportunity he, as Tho. Mor-
ton, his brother chaplain in that voyage, (after-
wards B. of Durham) did advantage themselves
exceedingly by conversing with learned men of
other persuasions, and by visiting several univer-
sities and Ubraries there. After his return he
became chaplain to Dr. Ravis B. of London,
chaplain in ordinary to his majesty, and by the
favour of sir John Levesen, (who had sometimes
three sons of Qu. coll.) rector of Blacknotley near
to Brayntry in Essex, which was the best prefer-
ment, 1 think, he had. He was a person esteemed
by most men to have been replenished with all
kind of virtue and learning, to have been pro-
found in philosophical and theological learning,
a great canonist, and so famil'ar and exact iu the
fathers, councils, and schoolmen, that none in
his time scarce went beyond him. Also, that
none have written with greater diligence, (I can-
not say with a meeker mind, because some have
reported that he was as foul-mouthed against the
Papists, particularly M. Ant. de Dominis, * as
■ [Setl quaere? See Defemio contra Spalalenecm, p. 49O,
491, ch. 09. Baker.]
* [An. 1617. Incorporat. Ant. de Dommis archiepiscopus
Spalatcnsl*. — Placet vobis ut reverendiss. et ampliss. antistes
Antnnius de Dominis, archiepi^copusSpalatensis sit apud vos
eodcni anno, ordine ct gradii, (]uibui> est apud suos Pataii-
nos? Reg. Acad. Cant. Concedilur.
Marcus Ant. de Dominis Archie]) us Spnlat. sute Profec-
tionis Consilium exponit. Dat. Venetiis 20 Sept. 1616. Bvit
printed first at Heidelbergh Oct. 23, l6l(). Reprinted Lon-
<lini, I>at. an. 1616; and in English, ibid. 1616; both by
John Bill, 4to. Condemned by a decree of the cardinals, &c.
<with other books) Nov. 12, I616, Komje \-6'(i, 4lo. This
decree printed likewise in Kngllsh, with observations u|)on
it, 4to. without date of the impression.
His Sermon preached in Italian, to the Italians at London,
&c. Printed in English, 4to. Loud. l6l7-
Prynn was afterwar<ls against them and tJie pre-
latists,) or with better truth of I'aith, than he, as hy
those things of his extant tloth aj)pear, llie tillcg
of which are these.
Sermons. As (1) Serm. of Saiirlijicatioii,
preac/ied on Ait Sundai/ \'Z Jul. I(i07. On I
The*. 5. 2.'}. Lond. lOOs". qu. [Bodl. 4io. S. 27.
Th.] (2) luminurat. Serm. of K, Jam. at I'nulii-
Croas 24 Mar. Uj()8. On 2"Cliron. 9. 5, 6, 7, S.
9. Lond. \('m. qu. [Bodl. 4to. V. 34. Th.] ( ))
Serm. of Predestination. On 2 Pel. I. 10. Loiid.
I(i20. [Bodl.4to. C. 82.Th.'l 2.J. (pi.
Justinian the Emperor defended, againU Car.
Jiaroniui. Lond. IfiKi. in 7 slj. in qu. [Bodl. 4to.
P. 58. Th.]
Inlrodiirtin in Metaplii/siram Lib. 4. Oxon.
iniy. in a little oet. [iWll. 8vo. C. 12G. Art.]
Lond. lG41.qu. [Bodl. A.20. 1,'3. Line]
Defence of Constantine, xcith a Treatise of the
Pope's Temporal Monarchy. Lond. Ifi21. qu.
Logic.e Libri quinque, de Pra-dicabilibiu, Pra-
dicamentin, &.c. Lond. HJ22. [Bodl. 4to. C. 73.
Art. and in 1G4I, Bodl. A. 20. 13. Line] iu:. Ox.
1677. in a large qu.
Appendix de Si/l/ogi.imo Sophistico.
Tractatns de Providenlia Dei. Cantab. lG22.
&c. qu. [Botll. A. 20. 13. Line]
Defensio Errl. Anglicana contra M. Anton, de
Dominis Archiep. Spalatensii Injurias. Lond. 1625.
qu. [Bodl. 4to. T. 2. Th.] Published by Dr. Job.
Bareliam. Which book was held to be the most
exact piece for controversy since the time of the
reformation.
FigiUus dormitans. Rome's See overthrown: Or,
a Treatise of the Jirst General Council field at
Constantinople, an. 553. under Justinian the Em-
peror, in the Time of Pope Vigilius. 'Lond. 1631.
fol. [Bodl. A. 19. 12. Th. and'again, Lond. I6.')4,
Bodl. M. 9. 3. Th.]
Popish Falsifications : Or, an Anszcer to a
Treatise of a Popish Recusant, entit. The first
Part of Protestants Proofs for Catholics Religion
and Reauancy ; taken only from the H'ritings of
such Protestant Doctors and Divines of England,
as have been published in the Reign of K. Jame^,
The Rockes of Christian Shiptcracke. Wrote by him in
Italian; printed in English, Lond. 16I8, 4to.
De Pace Retigionis M. Ant. de Dominis. — Epittola ad
ten. Firum Joseplium liallum Arrhipreshilerum t^igorn. in
qua sui etiam ex Anglia proximi Discessus Author lialionem
rcddit, ice. VesuntioneSequan. 166C, 4to. Compared and
corrected by a MS. which Ur. Holbeck gave to archbishop
Sancrofl. All these at Eman. coll. Camb. This last u
doted, ' Londini, ex dome Savoyen&i, die Mart, stylo vet. a
nativitalc l622.'
M. Ant. de Dominis Archiep. Spalat. sui Reditus ex An-
glia Consilium exponit. Dat. Romie Nov. 24, l622. Ex-
cus. Roma: ex ty|)«graphia rev. camerae apostolici lfi23, 4lo.
Siiperiorum permissu. The same in English, translated by
M. G. K. printed at Leige by Guil. Uovius, with permit
sion of superiors l623, 4to. All these bound up in one ▼<>-
luine, given to Emanuel college by archbishop baacroft. V.
Class. 14. 8. 37- B.\ker.]
rJ63
BOVVNE.
AlOUli.
BROWNE.
364
[49'2]
16S4
Clar.
1024.
«». 1607.— MS. This book 1 saw «t Oxon in the
hands ot Mr. Etlw. Benlowes the poet, who in his
younptr liays was a Papist, V or at least very
Vopishlv aficttfil, and in his t-lder year^ a bitter
fneuiy "to that party. Whether the said book
wa« ever printed 1 eannot tell.
Animadversions on Cardinal Baronius his An-
tiah. — MS. Either lost or embezzled after the
author's death.
-\ MSS. The copies of
De Cte/o. I whicii were formerly,
P/iysica. >if not still, in the Ta-
In Aristotdis Orsanon. \ bardcrs library in Qu.
J coll.
I have seen also several of hi.s epistles, written
to Dr. Hen. Airay provost of Qu. coll. stitch'd np
with Dr. Joh. Kainolds his declamations, and
other things among the MSS. in the library of
Dr. Thoni. Barlow, afterwards B. of Lincoln.
Wiiat else he hath written I find not, nor any
thing more of him, only that he dying at Blaek-
notly before-mentioned, (for want of a bishoprick,
as K. Jam. I. used to say,) was buried in the
chancel of the church there, 25 Nov. in sixteen
hundred twenty and four: At which time Dr.
Joh. Barcham,' dean of Bockyng in Essex, did
preach his funeral sermon before several gentle-
men and ministers of the neighbourhood, shewing
to them, in the conclusion, the great piety and
learning of hiiu, who then lay as a spectacle of
mortality before them. Had that sermon been
printed,"! might have thence said more of this
worthy author, but it being quite' lost, 1 pre-
sume, after that doctor's death, we must be con-
tent with those things that are already said of
bim.
[1604, 21 Jan. Ricardus Crakenthorp presb.
S. T. B. admissus ad ecdesiam de Nolleynigra,
per mortem AV^ill. Chapman, ad pres. Joh. Leve-
son mil. com. Cant. Reg. Bancroft.
1617, 4 Mali, Ricardus Crakenthorp, S. T. P.
coll. ad eccl. de Paglesham, per resign. Joh.
Barkham, S. T. P. ex coll. episcopi Lond. Ibid.
Kennet.
Ric. Crakenthorpe, S. T. D. incorporat. Can-
tabr. 1613. Reg. Acad. CantaOr. Bakkk.]
PETER BOWNE or Boun.bus, .as he is
sometimes written, was a Bedfordshire man born,
admitted scholar of C. C. coll. in Apr. 1590,
aged 15, of which he was afterwards fellow, and
M. of arts. This person having a great geny to
the faculty of medicine, entred on the physic line,
practised in these parts, and at length became Dr.
of his faculty. Afterwards he wrote,
Pseudo-Medicorutn Anatomia. Lond. 1624. qu.
3 [Amongst Dr. Sam. Ward's MS. papers, there is An
Answere Ad Quoesita a D. Bendlosse, which shews him
(Bendlosse) to have been then a Papist; and his chief objec-
tion is taken from our want of a judge of controversies and
divisions among ourselves. Baker.]
At which time he practised physic in the great
city, and was much in esteem tor it in the latter
end of king Jam. I. and beginning of king Ch. I.
A\ hat other things he hatli published, I know-
not, nor any thing of his last days.
GEORGE MORE, son of sir Will. More,
beloved of Q. Elizabeth for his many services done
in the common-wealth, was extracted from the
Mores of Devonshire, but whether bom there, or
in Surrey, in truth I cannot tell. After he had
spent some time in Oxon, particularly, as it seems,
in I'^xeter coll. he went to the iims of court, but
took no degree there or here. In 1597 he had
the honour of knighthood conferr'd upon him,
being about that time a frequent speaker in seve-
ral parliaments, and much in esteem for his excel-
lent parts. In 1604, he being about that time
receiver gen. or treasurer to Henry, prince of
Wales, did by the name of sir George More of
Surrey give several MSS. to the public library at
Oxon. and 40/. to buy printed books, and in the
year following he was actually created master of
arts. In 16 10, he became chancellor of the most
noble order of the Garter, and about 16 15 lieu-
tenant of the Tower, in the place of sir Jervase
Elwaies, imprisoned for the consenting to the
poisoning of sir Thom. Overbury. He hath
written,
A Demonstration of God in his Works, against
alt suck that dent) either in Word or in Life, that
there is a God. Lond. 1598." 1624. qu.
Parliamentary/ Speeches, and other things
which I have not yet seen. He was living at
Losely, or Lothesley, near Guildford in Surrey,
where he had a fair estate descended to him from
his father, in sixteen hundred twenty and four,
and after, and there died and was buried. He
had a son named Rob. More, who was a knight,
and a daughter, who was nuirried to the famous
Dr. Joh. "Donne, afterwards dean of Pauls. I
have made mention of another George More ia
the FASTI, an. 1573.
WILLLAM BROWNE, son of Tho. Br. of
Tavystoek^ in Devonsh. gent, was born there, spent
some time among the muses in Exeter coll. after
K. Jam. I. came to the crown ; whence retiring to
the Inner Temple, without any degree conferr'd
♦ [This is the second title page. The work was printed
in 1597, as by George More, and a new title given in the
following year, as ' by sir George More, knight.' See Her-
bert, Typ. Antiq. 1034.]
5 [1, that whilcare, neereTauicsstragling spring,
Vnlo ray secly sliecpe did vse to sing.
And plaid, to please my selfe, on rusticke reede,
Nor sougln for baye (the learned shepheard's meede).
But, as a swaine vnkcnt, fed on the plaines.
And made the Eccho vnipire of my straines,
And drawne by time (altliough the weak'st of many)
Tosing those layesas yetvnsungofany —
Britannia's Pastorals, Song i.J
i
Clar.
365
BROWNE.
366
upon him, became famed there for his poetry,
especially after he had published,
Britannia's Pastorals — Esteemed then, by judi-
cious persons, to be written in a sublime strain,
and for subject amorous and very pleasing. The
first part of it was printed at Lond. 1G13. fol. and
then usher'd into the world with several copies of
[493] verses made by his learned acquaintance, as by
Job. Selden, Mich. Drayton, Christoph. Brook,
&c. The second part, or book, was printed at
Lond. 1G16. fol. [Bodl. AA. HO. Art.] and then
commended to the world by various copies made
by John Glanvill, (whom I shall mention else-
where, for his sufficiencies in the common law,)
Job. Davies of Hereford, George Witliers of
Line. Lin, Ben. Johnson, Thorn. Wenman of
the Inner Temple, &c. which last 1 take to be the
same, that had been fellow of Bal. coll. and public
, orator of this university. These two books, or
parts, in fol. were also printed in two vol. in oct.
(1625.) which I have not yet seen. Our author
Browne hath also written a poem cntit.
T/ie Shepard's Pipe; in 7 Eclogues, Lond.
1614. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. T. 21. Art.] The fourth
eclogue is dedicated to Mr. Tho. Manwood, (who
died about that time) son of sir Pet. Manwood,
and the fifth to his ingenious friend Mr. Chris-
toph. Brook, mentioned elsewhere in this work.*
' [At the end of The ShephearcCs Pipe, sign. F. 4, we
have this title. Other Eglogves ; ly Mr. Brooke, Mr. fVither
and Mr. Davies : at sign. H. 1. An other Eclogve hy Mr.
George Wither. Dedicated to his truely louing and uiortliy
friend Mr. fV. Browne; and at sign. 1.3, the following imi-
tation of Moschus and Meleager.
To his Melisa.
Lovd did Cytherea crj'j
If you stragling Cupid spy
And but bring tlie news to me.
Your reward a kisse shall be:
you shall (if you him restore)
With a kisse, haue something more.
Markes enough the boy 's known by,
Firy colour, flamy eie,
Subtill heart and sweetned mouth,
Faining still, but faihng, truth ;
Daring visage, armes but small.
Yet can strike vs Gods, and all.
Body naked, crafty mind.
Winged as a bird, and blind ;
Little bow, but wounding hearts.
Golden both and leaden darts :
Burning taper — If you find him.
Without pity, look you bind him.
Pity not his teares or smiles,
Both are false, both forged guiles ;
Fly it, if a kisse he proffer,
Lips inchantinghc will offer.
And his quiver, bow, and candle.
But none of them, see, you handle.
Poysoned they are, and such.
As myself I dare not touch ;
Hast no sight, yet pierce the eie,
'I'hence vuto the heart they flie.
Elegy on the never enough Oeuailed, i^c. Prince
Henry. Lond. 1613. cju. and other poems, as 'tig
probable, but such I liavt not yet seen. How-
ever the reader is to know, that as he iiad honour-
ed bis country with his elegant and sweet pasto-
rals, so was he expected, and also intreatcu a lit-
tle farther, to grace it, by drawing out the line
of his poetic ancestors, beginning in Josephus
Iscanius, and ending in himself; but whether ever
published, having been all or mostly written, as
'twas said, I know not. In the beginning of the CUr.
year 1624 he retired to Exeter coll. again, being I6t4.
then about 34 years of age, and was tutor or gov,
to Hob. Dormer of that iiouse, the same who was
afterwards earl of Caernarvon, and killed in New-
bury fight, 20 Sept. 1643. In the same year he
was actually created master of arts, as I shall tell
you elsewhere in the fasti, and after he had left
the coll. with his pupil, he became a retainer to
the Pembrochian family, was beloved by that
generous count, William E. of Pembroke, and
got wealth and purchased an estate, which is all I
know of him hitherto, only that as he had a little
body, so a great mind. In my searches I find
that one Will. Browne of Ottery S. Mary in
Devon, died in the winter time 1645. whether
the same with the poet, I am hitherto ignorant.
After the time of the said poet, appeared another
I)erson of both his names, author ot two common
aw-books, written in English, cntit. Formula
bene placitandi, and of Modus intrandi Placita
generalia, and of other things pertaining to that
faculty.
[Browne's works were collected by Thomas
Davies the bookseller, who made some additions
from original MSS. particularly The Inner Tem-
ple Masque, and pnnted them in three small
volumes 8vo. London 1772. To this edition some
short notes, written by the rev. W. Thompson of
Queen's coll., were added.
The following are some of the most ner\'OUB
lines in Browne's volumes.
My free-borne muse will not, like Danae, be,
Wonne with base drosse, to clip with slauery;
Nor lend her choiser balme to worthlesse men,
Whose names would dye but for some hired
ren.
praise, Vertue shall draw me to it.
And not a base procurement make me doe it.
What now I sing is but to passe away
A tedious houre, as some musitians play.
Or make another my owne griefcs bemone
Or to be least alone when most alone.
Warned thus, pray take some paine
T' help mee to my boy againe.
Thus while Cytherea cry'd him.
Sweet, wilhin thine eys I spy'd him ;
Thence he slily shot at mine,
Strook my heart, and crept to thine.
Pay you, sweet, the prnmist fee,
Ilim, ric swear, I did not sec]
367
[K 10 LEY.]
368
In this can I. .".« oft «s T Txill.chiiso,
Ilus; sweet content by my rrtj'rcd mnsc,
And in a stiuly iindc astmich to please
As others in the greatest pallaoes.
Each man that lines (accordini; to his powre,)
On what he loiies bestowes an idle howrc;
In stead (>f hounds that make the wooded hils
Taike in a hundred voyees to tlie rils,
1 like the pleasing cadence of a line
Strueke by the consort of tliL- saercd nine.
In lieu of hawkes, the raptures of my soulc
Transcend their pitch, and baser earth's con-
troule.
For running horses, contemplation fives
With fjuickest speed, to winne the greatest
prize.
Pot courtly dancin<r, 1 can take more pleasure
'I'o heare a verse kee[>c time and equall mea-
sure.
For winning riches, sccke the best directions
How I may well subdue mine owne aftections.
I'or raysing stately pyles for heyres to come,
Here, in this poem, 1 erect my toombe :
And time may be so kinde, in these weakc
lines,
To keepe my name enroU'd, psist his, that
shines.
In guilded marble, or in brazen leaves.
Since verse preserues when stone and brasse
deceiues.
Or if, (as worthlessc) time not lets it Hue
To those full dayes which others muses giue.
Yet I am sure 1 shall be heard and sung
Of most seuercst old and kinder young
Beyond ray dayos, and maugre enuve's strife
Adde to tny name some hourcs beyond my
life.
Britannia's Pastorals, p. 89.]
[WILLIA.M KIDLEY, or Pointek,? the
son of John Kidley of Dartmouth in Devonshire,
was born in the year 160.5, entered at Exeter
college, in his Itjth year, July l(i, l(j24, and
wrote,
Kidlei/'s Ilazc'ki/is, or, a poetical Retalion of the
Voyaffc of S^ Richard Hawkins Kiiig/it rntn Mare.
del Zitr, intended farther, but vnhappi/i/ crost at
the Baj/ Acatames neere Panama hif the Spanish
Fleet 'cnder the Comaunde of Don Belt ran tie Cas-
teo. Knight of the Order of Alcantera in Jan.
1593.
The History of 88 a '* other Historical Passages
of these Tymes (during the Raigne of B : Q :
lUizaheth,) the principle Harhonrs, Islands, anH
Rivers from Black-teal neere London, to the Bai/
.icatames neere Panama in Mare del Znr ; the
three Days Hea-fght betwixt C Knight and Don
' [This singular alias is recorded in the University Beghler
»fMatnculations,V?. ' Guliel. Kidley, al's Pointer, Devon,
hi. Johis Kidley de Dartmouth, in com. p"d. plcb. an.
natus 19.]
lleltan, the Snrrendry of the English, the Fice Roys
lireach of Promise and Oath, and Hawkins his
vniust and most crnel Imprisonement for eleuen
Yeares spare in Pent, the Azores and Spanish
Inquisition at Seuil accordingly descrived.
lit/ William Kidley, in his Minority an Vnder-
graduatc in Exceter Vollcdge in Oxford, at vacant
huncrs in Ann. \G'l^, and in the IQ'^ yeare of his
Deliuerd in Eight Bookes diuided into twoe
Parts, the twoe last bookes of the first Part being
neuer perfected, whose solitary Arguments only
continue the History.
Since the MS. from which we derive our in-
formation respecting this new poet has been hi-
therto unknown, a few longer extracts than usual
will not be out of place. (The original MS. will
be found in the British museum ; MS. Donat.
2024.) The following is the concluding portion
of the preface :
' As for the poetical garbe it selfe, in my simple
coneict it comes ncerest to the fashion of the an-
cients, and is that which is truely poesy : it may
bee the new pallates of o' age poets wil not relish .
it. It matters not; I for my part as much won-
der at this new metamorphosis that Ouid is now
transformed into Lipsius, and noe poet now adays
but hee that spcakes like Justus.
In this poem I espeeialy eondcmne the twoe
first bookes as weakest ; the strength of the rest
T com~end to your censure and charity. The de-
fect of the twoe last bookes of the ftirst part hap-
pen'd through the miscariage of a manu-seript
written w"" o' worthy's proper hand and promisd
mee by his sonne and heire, through which want,
I presumed not to soylc o'' true history w"' a fic-
tion; but both their arguments continue it to a fit
connexion. * * •
To bee briefe ; al my comfort is, that I mis-
pent not, but gain'd, tynie this wa}-, and pleas'd
my selfe : I mist not one lecture or excercise,
nor did I neglect my priuate studys by it; but,
when my fi'ellow-pupils were some at the bal,
some at the racket, others at the tauerne, or
standing more idle at the col ledge-gate, I was
busied this way : soe I wrote it, and soe (yf you
can indure it) I desire you to read it.
I eom'end vnto you especially the 2*' booke of
the 2'' parte containing the full history of 88.
William Kidley.'
Ridley's Hawkins commences,
I thatt of late neere Isis sacred springs
Sung out my cares in mournefuU ecchoings
And crown'd Vrilla" neere the swelling streams
Of christall Dart with stately auadems.
Oft inter-weauing her alluring tresses
With sweetest raptures of intangling verses,
And sacrificing to her virgin eye
The howerlie tribute of rich poesie,
' [His mistressc forcsoothc, or rather, yf you wil, his
phansy.]
Clar.
1624.
369
[KIDLEY.]
370
(As fayre a nymph as euer footed on
Swelling Parnassus, humblier Helicon,)
Rise to a higher tone, and doe rcherse
More bloodic deeds in this my blacker verse,
Sweett Citherea, hence! doe not abuse
The willing outrage of an angry muse,
Embrace their sides, bewitch them w"" thy
charmes
Thatt loue the bondage of thy conquering
armes!
Freely inspire with thy lascinious rime
Some wanton Naso, obscene Aretine;
Leaue but vnstain'd from thy impuritie
My blushing strains, my maiden poesie.
Grim-fac'd Bellona, re-vnmantle now
War's sternest visage, and black treason's brow;
And thus desiring, shew my infant eye
Murther and fraude in their anatomy,
Soe truely, that each tragicke line I writte
Mortalls mav quake, and tremble at the sight!
* * *"* Page 2.
In the early part of the poem, Kidley alludes to
several poets ot the day —
'Tis not admired Drake, a sweeter verse
Chaunts his great acts throughout the vniuerse.
Noe, (famous Charles*) such is thy charming
meter
Well I may marr ye, butt nere make y t sweeter.
Page 3.
Teach me, Thalia, how to touch thy strings ;
Sweet maydens, lead mee to your Thespian
springs;
Conduct mee some one to the two top'd moun-
taine.
Tread out the way vnto the sacred fountaine
Where deathlesse ecchoes chaunt, rebounding
skies
And christall riuers mutter harmonies,
On whose fayre bancks sweet quires of muses
sing
Swift bowers away with their choice charoling.
Dipt but my pen within that sacred well
Drunk almost dry by swect-tongu'd Astrophell:'
Or shew mee to this streame wliicli did infuse
Such influence to Draiton's phoenix muse;
. Or let mee sip but of the sugred rill.
In which lay steeped that heroic quill
Which with such glory, in soe true a lay
Crown'd matchless Drake with an iuimortall
bay.
Soule tikfingAVilly' leaue thy past'rall sporte,
Rest favre Alarine in Thetis wutry court.
Page 9.
Authors are not generally to be relied on in the
judgment of their own works, but as Hawkins has
9 [Mr, Charles Fitz-Giffrey.]
' fS' P. S.l
• [Mr W. B. cvidcnily William Browne, author of Bri-
tannius Pastorals.^
Vol. 11.
particularly commended the second book of the
second part of his poem, it is but right to give a
specimen of what he himself conceived to be hi*
most creditable production. Perhaps the glo-
rious events commemorated in this portion of his
poem, namely the destruction of the Spanish
armuda, rendered it a favourite with the writer.
Straung dens,dig'd in by Nature's kind deuisc,
Canoped ore with roofes of christall ice,
Scauen tymes had mew'd within their vaulted
holds
Th' inhabitants of heauen-vpshouldring Poles;
And soe oft Neptune (that with heauen com-
bin'd)
Daunc'd at the whistles of each tempting wind:
Soe oft soft snows (from vpper regions hurld)
In their white fleeces mantled all the world :
Thrice doubled and more, each vegetatiue thing
Bloom'd foorth yt's pride, to reverence the
spring;
Each tree was scene deck'd in yt's best array
To grace the presence of the beauteous May,
Fflowres (long kept vnderground) peep'd foorth
to see
Ffaire Fflora's triumph, and her brauerie,
Which, when 'twas ouer-past, did then disdaine
To show themselues, and soe shrunke in againe;
Soe many springs and falls were ouer gon,
Soe many liu'rics had the earth put on.
Since Rome and Spaine, since wretched Spaine
and Rome
Plotted the stratagem of England's doome :
Since first prepared to amaze that earth
With their Invincible's prodigious birth.
'Twas now the seauenth, a number vnto vs
"V^'hich all diuines avcrre misterious;
And hence 'tis sayd, yet disapproued neuer.
That yeare of age is full of hazard euer.
Oh, feare then, Spaine! yf things may ought
presage,
'Twill shortlie bee your black armado'4 age.
# # • * Page 2.
And now, great Providence, (being here to
blaze
Thy wonders,) ayde mee in this strange amaze!
Oh, let that influence of thyne infuse
My infant breast with a more able muse,
A loftier soule, and a more daring straine
Than phansie yet could reach, or 1 containe!
Come such an ecchoe from my artlesse throat
Whose clamour may exceed the thundring shot;
That may amaze a Veble Spanyard more
Then all our cannons with tlieirdoomefull roare;
By them tliey had some shameful! deaths, but
here
Their liuing shames shall to all tymes appcare.
Dip my dry pen in nectar from aboue.
Men may admire, and angcUs may approue!
Cherish my genius, and refine my blood
With sweet ambrosia, that coclcstial food.
2B
371
[KIDLEY.]
Guide my slow quill, soe (of mjselfe though
weak)
I may thy glories, not my phansies, speake!
* • • * Page 3.
The following is a description of the storm that
scattered the armada when they first set sail :
Noe sooner were they with such swiftnesse
hurld
Within the confines of the watry world,
But aged Neptune (which had neuer scene
Soe great a masse and heap) stood wondering ;
And, as hee wonder'd, the affrighted god.
Stroke in a traunce, let fail his kingly rod,
Drop'd downe into a troubled sleep, that hee
Fforgot his rule, and lost his maicstie.
(Which kuowne) the subiect elements combine,
The winds would gouerne, but the waucs repine,
. The waucs would master, but the winds resist,
Ffor JEolus had greater interest.
And (that which is a law to eu'ry thing)
Hee had the better title to a king.
Yet y t preuail'd not, all conspird in one,
But in a discord, feirce rebellion.
The winds did hisse, at which the waues did
rage
And prance in fury on the ocean's stage,
The lofty billows swell'd at such disdaine.
Till by swift gusts constrained downe againe ;
Here one did rise, and there another fell,
Some bent to heaucn-wards, others shrunk to
hell ;
Mountains were made, and as th' had neuer been
Straight in their places vales and gulphs were
scene.
The surges fom'd for anger, and did fly,
Cuflang each other, in this extasy,
Whoe with their furious anci tempesteous
roare
Did split themselues about the groaning shoare,
Whilst eu'ry Spaynard, in this mutual strife,
Did bid a farewell to his irksome life.
The seperated, wrack'd, confused fleet.
Did in one centure of their ruine meet.
Some surg'd aloft, as to consult they meant
The nearer moone, in an ambassage sent,
Vntill the lofty billowes could not keep
Their station, but shrinke downe into the deep.
Which hurry'd them into a greater thrall —
Soe bad men in the world doe rise, to fall.
Others, incounter'd with as black dismay,
Strugled, and striu'd 'gainst the vnpitteous sea
Which (soe to punish their ambition) more
AflBicted then the mutinie before.
That, 'cause yt coud not 'gainst the winds
preuail.
Here wreck'd yt's fury, did this fleet assail.
Here fell a top-mast, and there split a yard.
There dolefull scritchcs, here lamentings heard.
372
This ship halfe sunck, and that in much distrese,
Some not much tome, and some remedilesse.
Here sprung a leak, and there a board was
broke ;
One curs'th his ffate, another did inuoke
The heauens to pitty, yet (soe much affrayd)
When hee had don, forgot for what hee pray'd.
Their nouices (that neuer yet had scene
Nor felt the fury of the ocean's spleene)
Became soe calmc, that had our strength been
there
Victory would her giucs and fetters spare:
They soe bereft of motion, as yf than
Nature had nere bestow'd the gift on man.
Here lay a scarlet suit bespew'd about.
The owner hauing turn'd his inside out.
There a silk doublet in such trauling pangs
As paine had rent his bowels with yt's phangs.
One yokes, yet nothing comes, another spits
Whose endlesse paine is vnexpected fits.
Most of them got yt vp, deseased all
The spleene did stay, though they threw vp the
gall ;
The bitterest forc'd out, yet still the mind
Detain'd a sharp and crueller behind.
The page's heels did crosse his master's neck,
The gallant welter'd on the humble deck :
The lord lay souced in his filth, the groome
Could notmoue foot to giue his better roome :
Soe drunk with sicknesse all, as reason then
Seem'd to haue woo'd for a diuorce from men.
Thus, scourg'd by heauen, and mocked by the
winds,
Tortur'd within with discontented minds,
The sea's ludibrium and their ownc dismay,
Th' element's sport, and prancing surge's play.
Some days they spent (yf darknesse duskie
gloome
(That then deny'd the heauen's bright taper
roome,)
May bee term'd day, in pitchy vapours hurl'd
With night's black mantles shrowding in that
world,)
Till Cadiz past (nearer scituate that mouth '
Which leads vnto the beauty of the South,)
They were throwne thwart the Lusitanian
shores
(Betray'd by treason to these Spanish Moores,
Whose king constrained to a forraine warre
Strusted, suspitionlcsse, Castile too farre,)
Betwixt Viana and faire Bilboe (which
In iron soe abounds and necdfull pitch.
Whose steel-back'd blades, and sugars bee the
best
Although their natiue wine 's vnplcasautest)
Is scit'd Galicia, on whose sea scigh'd brow
Prouident nature did in mercy plow
In through the fore land a safe rode, that
there
The tir'd seamen might at 's ease repaire,
3 [Gibralter.]
373
DAVIES.
374
(The Groine now hight) where (towring 'long'st
the coast)
This naiiy was by frinding fortune tost.
It was noe sooner in, but 't soc did chaunce,
Whoe (seen the fury of tuinuhuous seas)
iEol' contracted his bigge chops, the winds
Became as gentle as contented minds,
The seas abating their ambitious swells
Shrunk calmely downe into their humbler
cells,
The gentler waues imbrac'd the quiet shore,
Nor did the seidge beat, nor the surges roare.
Page 14.
This long extract from a poem, which, in all pro-
bability, will remain unpublished, shews the nature
of the whole sufficiently. The work affords us but
little information relative to the author. In one
marginal note * he mentions Dartmouth as the
place of his birth, and in another' records an ab-
sence of twelve years from Exeter college. Where
he afterwards lived, or when died, I have not, as
yet, been able to discover.
There is no mention of tlie family in any
printed account, or MS. visitation, of the county
of Devon. I have seen, although 1 have searched
several in the hope of gaining a more intimate
acquaintance with our author's situation. Wood
tells us, in another place, that most poets die poor,
and a hard matter 'tis to trace them to their
graves : probably this observation will apply with
propriety to the subject of the present article.]
JOHN DAVIES, an excellent mathematician,
as the learned Cambden'' stiles him, was the son
of John Davies of London, in which city he was
born, at about six of the clock in the evening of
the eighth of Feb. in 1559-GO, and educated in
grammatical there. In 1574 he made his first
entry into this university, and settling in Gloces-
ter-hall under tlie tuition of one that was much
enclined to the Kom. persuasion, made great pro-
ficiency in his studies; and Mr. Tho. Allen of
that house finding that his geny was much ad-
dicted to the mathematics, instructed him therein,
and gave him all the iiicouragement imaginable
to proceed in that noble science. In. 1581 he
proceeded M. of A. as a member of Gloc. hall,
continued there for some time after, and then
retiring to the great city was instructed in astro-
logical matters by one Dr. Sim. Forman, ? a very
[At page 14, of book 1.]
♦ [At page 14, of book l.J
5 f Ai page 1 1, of book 3]
' Canil). in Annal. R. EUzal.i
.sub. an. 1601.
' [Of ihis extranriliiiary cbaracter see col. ()8, &c. It will
be remembered tbat Wood oniiltecl his life in the first edition
of tliese AtheNjE, which accounts for the situation of the
following note by the learned Mr. Baker, in his copy of the
work .
' Simon Forman coll. Jesu Cantabr. habet gratiam ad
practicand in nicdicina l(i()4.
' Simon I'orman, a chandler's son in Westminster, travelled
into Holland, where he took the degree of Dr. of physic, &c.
See Wm. Lillye's Life, p. li', 13, &c. Bakkr.]
able astrologer and physician, as it appears by tlie
MS. books* he left behind him when he died at
Lambeth in Surrey, an. 1612 or thereabout!), tho'
a certain « author tells us he was ' a very silly
fellow.' In Feb. 1587 he was first of all intro-
duced into the royal court, where he was made
known to, and received with great courtesy by,
that popular count Robert earl of Essex. In
1589 ne travelled into France, and made a voyage
into Portugal, whereby he advanced his know-
ledge, as to men, and the languages of those
countries very much. In 1596, after he had been
married 3 years, he went under the conduct of the [494]
said count towards Spain, where doing most ad-
mirable service at the taking and sacking of
Cadiz, he received ' the honour of knighthood
and of baneret. In 1597 he travelled to the
islands of Terceres, where he performed that em-
ployment he went about, to the great honour of
himself; and in 1.598, Jan. 31, he was made sur-
veyor of the ordnance by the endeavours of his
singular good lord, the E. of Essex, under whom,
in the year following, he went as a prime officer
into Ireland, where his service was much remark
able against the rebels. In I6OO, he was deeply
ingaged in that earl's treasons, for which he
was taken and committed to custody, on the 8
Feb. the same year. About the eleventh of the
same month, the archbishop of Canterbury issued
out a Direction for the Ministers and Preachers
in his Province, to the End that thei/ give the
People a right Understanding what the Earl of
Essex intended hy his treasonable Conspiracy ; in
which direction I find these matters of sir Joh«
Davies, viz. that ' he was brought up in Oxford,
and was by profession a seller of figures, and
on whom that hateful earl, both to God and
man, did repose great affiance, insomuch that he
made him chief officer about the ordnance in the
Tower, and thought him one of the faithfull'st
servants he had to make his keeper, &c. This
Davies was one, that favoured nothing less than
the gospel ; for being in hold, the chiefest mo-
tion that he made to the gentleman that had
the custody of him for that time, was, that if it
were possible, he might have a priest to con-
fess him,' &c. In March following he was tried
among other conspirators for his life, and beinir
in a manner convicted by his own conscience and
confession, held his pe.ice; and then being taunted
by the way that he was a Papist, he denied not,
but that in Oxon he wiis instructed in the Romish
religion by his tutor, and confirmed in the same
bv sir Christoph. Blount one of the conspirators,
while he was in the Irish wars. At which words,
when he perceived Blount was moved, he straight
' In bib. Elite. Ashmole arm.
9 Sir Ant. Weldcn in The Court and Character of K.
James. Lend. 16jO. in oci. p. 110.
' So 'tis written on his monument in the chancel of Pang-
bourne church in Berks.
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375
BARLOWE.
376
appeased him, affirming that he was confirmed in
that religion, not by Blount's persuasion, but by
the example of his Christian and religious life.
Afterwards being condemned to be hang'd, drawn,
and quartered, he requested, that altho' he was no
Oobleman, yet he might suffer as they did, that
is, by beheading; if not, not to be quarter'd in
pieces, but to be buried Christianly. After sen-
tence, he was remanded to his prison, but by the
intercession of friends, the queen signed his par-
don, 5 Feb. ItiOl, which was allowed by the
judges in Westminster-liall, on the 12th of the
same month. So that being free, he purchased
an estate in the parish of Pangbourne in Berks,
where he spent the remainder of his days in a
retired and studious condition. This person, who
is stiled ' in Uteris mathematicis apprime eru-
ditus,' hath written many things of mathematics
and astrology, but hath nothing, as I can yet find,
that is extant. There went from hand to hand a
volume of letters which were written by this sir
Joh. Davies, Dr. Joh. Dee, and Dr. Mat. Gwinne,
concerning chymical and magical secrets ; which,
as some say, (iho' I cannot yet be satisfied in it)
was given by Dr. T. B. to Cosmo prince of Tus-
cany when he was received and entertained by the
univ. of Oxon. 1669. But let this report remain
with the author, while I tell you that this sir John
Davies giving way to fate in his house called
Berecourt, in the parish of Pangbourne in Berks,
1625. 14 May in sixteen hundred twenty and five, was
buried in the North side of the chancel of the
church at Pangbourne. Over his grave was a
yery fair mon. erected, whereon his statue in
armour lies between the statues of his two wives.
He left behind him a son of both his names, who
was a gent. com. of Gloc. hall, 1626, and after-
wards a knight, but neither he, nor his father,
was author of the History of the Caribhj/ Islands,
printed 1666. fol. but another Joh. Davies.
WILLIAM BARLOWE, son of Will. Bar-
lowe, sometimes B. of Chichester (mentioned
[495] among these writers under the year 1568) was
born, as it seems, in Pembrokeshire, while his
father was bishop of S. David, became a com.
of Bal. coll. about J 560, and, four years after,
took a degree in arts : which being compleated
by determmation, he left the university before he
proceeded in that faculty, and afterwards travel-
ling, became very well skill'd in the art of naviga-
tion. About the year 1573, he entrtd into the
sacred function, was afterwards prebendary of
Winchester, rector of Easton near to that city,
chaplain to prince Henry, and at length archdea-
con of Salisbury : To which last he was collated,
on the death of Dr. Ralph. Pickover, on the 12th
of March 1614. This was the person who had
knowledge in the magnet 20 years before Dr.
Will. Gilbert published his book of that subject,
and therefore by those that knew him, he was
accounted superior, or at least equal to that doc-
tor for an industrious and happy searcher and
finder out of many rare and magnetical secrets.
He was the first that made the inclinatory instru-
ment transparent, and to be used pendant, with
a glass on both sides, and -rin* on the top, where-
as Dr. Gilbert's hath it but ot one side, and to be
set on a foot. And moreover, he hang'd it in a
compass-box, where with two ounces weight it
was made fit for use at sea. Secondly, he was
the first that found out and shewed the diffeience
between iron and steel, and their tempers for
magnetical uses, which hath given life and quiek-
ning, universally, to all magnetical instruments
whatsoever. Thirdly, he was the first that shewed
the right way of touching magnetical needles.
Fourtmy, he was the first that found out and
shewed the piercing and cementing of loadstones.
And lastly, the first that shewed the reasons why
a loadstone being double capped, must take up so
great weight. 'Hie books which he hath pub-
lished for use are these,
IVie Navigator's Siippfi/ : containing many Things
of principal Importance belonging to Navigation^
with the Description and Use of divers Instruments
framed chiefyfor that Purpose, &c. Lond. 1597.
qu. [Bodl. 4to. A. 4. Art. BS.] Dedic. to Rob.
earl of Essex.
Magnetical Jdvertisements : or divers pertinent
Observations and approved Experiments concerning
the Nature and Properties of the Loadstone, &c.
Lond. 1616. qu. [Bodl. 4to. W. 2. Med.] Ded.
to sir Dudley Digges knight, because of his rare
learning, joyned with piety, and accompanied
with a pleasing carriage towards every man ;
which were the chief reasons that caused all good
men to love him. Upon the publication of this
book, a certain Cantabrigian named Mark Ridley,
doctor of physic and philosophy, sometimes phy-
sician to the English merchants trading in Russia,
afterwards chief physician to the emperor of that
country (as he entitles himself") and at length one
of the eight principals or elects of the coll. of
physicians at London, made animadversions upon
it ; whereupon our author came out in vindication
of himself with this book,
ji brief Discovery of the idle Jnimadversions of
Mark Ridley Doct. in Physic, upon a Treatise
entic. Magnetical Advertisements Lond. 16I8.
qu. [feodl. 4to. W. 2. Med.] What other things
he hath written I know not as yet, nor any thing
else of the said books, only that seven years before
the Magnetical Advertisement were published, he
sent a copy of them in MS. to the learned sir
Tho. Chaloner, which he mislaying or embesling,
he sent him, upon his desire, another copy, and
that being imparted to others, the author after-
wards, before its publication, met with many por-
traitures of his magnetical implements, ana divers
of his propositions published in print in another
man's name, and yet some of them not rightly
rm
CHALONER.
THORIUS.
378
1625.
\496J
understood by the party usurping them. He
concluded liis lust day in sixteen hundred twenty
and five, and was buried in the ehancel of the
church of Kaston before-mentioned. To his
archdeaconry of Salisbury was collated Tho.
Marler on the 27th of June the same year, but
who to his prebendsiiip of W'inciiester I know not
as yet. Soon after was an epitaph put over Mr.
Barlow's grave runninfj thus: ' Depositum Gu-
liehni Barlowe archidiaconi Sarisburiensis, pre-
bendarii ecelesiie cath. Winton, & rcctoris eccle-
siaj de Easton ; qui cum sedulam per annos 52
ajdificationi corporis Christi navasset operam,
ad nuliorein vitam migravit, Mail 25, An. Dom.
1625.'
[In his dedication of The Navigators Stipp/i/,
to the E. of Essex, he gives this account of liim-
self — * As for my profession, I thank God I have
exercised the preaching of the Gospel now these
20 3'cars, in a countrie where both preachers and
gospel have some store of adversaries ; but re-
cording with my selfe that the dispersion of na-
tions came by the confusion of languagt s, I per-
ceived, that (Jod now towards the end of the
world had ordeyned the sayling compass to be
the notable means and instrument of this enter-
course even thereby to joine dispersed nations,
not only into the civil, or rather cosmopolitical
union of humane societie, but also, thro' the
knowledge and faith of the gospel, into the spiri-
local and mystical fellowship of that heavenly
Jerusalem. I did therefore judge it a matter not
unfit for a preacher of the gospel to set to iiis
hel[>ing-hana for advancing a faculty that so much
tendeth to God's glorie, in the spreading of the
gospel.' Ken NET.]
EDWARD CHALONER, second son of sir
Tho. Chaloner of Steeple Claydon in Bucks,
knight (whom I have before-mentioned) was born
in the county of Middlesex, particularly, as it
seems, at Cheswick, where his father and mother
lived, and both were buried; applied his muse to
academical studies in the condition of a com-
moner in the coll. of S. Mary Magd. l604, aged
14; took tlie degrees in arts, that of master bemg
conipleated 16 10, and the next year was chosen
fellow of Allsouls coll. Afterwards entring into
the sacred function, he became chaplain in ordi-
nary to K. James, doctor of div. principal of St.
Alban's-hall, and chapl. in ord. to K. Ch. I. He
was reputed, coiisidoring his age, a very learned
man, able for the pulpit, and well read in pole-
mica! divinity, as some of his lucubrations shew.
There was nothing of his composition so mean,
which the greatest person did not value : and
those sermons of liis making, wiiich were pub-
lished after his death, were looked upon as seve-
ral choice pieces, or at least such as would prove
serviceable to the church and common-wealth.
His works are,
Six Sermons, as ( I) Babel, or the ConJ'ufion of
Laiiguavex: On Gen. 11. 7. (2) Naioth, or the
Universili/ Charier: On Am. 4. 14. (3) Ephe-
sus Common- I'/eas. (4) Judah's Prerogative.
(5) The Gentile's Creed. ((>) Paul'* Peregrina'
Hon, or the Traveller's Guide, &c. Lond. lG2.i.
oct. [Bodl. 8vo. U. 72. Th.]
Unde Zizania'^ The Orig. and Progress oj
Heresy, Serm. before K. Jam. at Theobalds, on
Mat. 13. 27. Lond. 1624. ciu. lb. 1638. in tw.
Credo Ecclesiain S. Caiholicam, I believe the
holy Cath. Church: The Authority, Universality
and Visibility of the Ch. handled and discussed.
Lond. 1625. quarto, and 38 in two. [Bodl. 8vo.
C.62. Th]
Six Sermons, as (1) The Cretians Conviction
and lief ormation : On Tit 1. 13. (2) The Mini-
sters Charge and Mission: On ^L•lt. 20. 6. (3)
God's Ihunty and Gentiles Ingratitude. (4) Af-
Jliclions the Christian's Portion. (5) Duty and
yjfjinity of the Faithful. (6) Xo Peace tcitk
Home, 8cc. Oxon. l62U. qu. [Bodl. 4to. P. 39.
Th.J
Status Questionnm inter nos S; Pontijicios — MS.
in qu. containing 92 pages in Lat. in tlie libr. of
Dr. Tho. Barlow. At length, after he had lived
34 years, he w as, to the great grief of many, un-
timely snatch'd away by the plague that was
then in Oxon. 25 July, in sixteen luuid red twenty
and five, and was privately buried, late at night,
in the South yard belonging to S. Mary's church
within this university, leaving then behind iiim a
disconsolate widow named Elizabeth, daughter of
Rob. Hoveden, sometimes warden of Alls. coil,
besides children. Over his grave was soon after
an altar monument erected, with an epita|>h en-
graven thereon; a copy of which you may see in
Hist.it; Ant iq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. 'p. 181. b.
[Chaloner dedicates his Credo Ecclesiam S. Ca-
tholicam to William earl of Pembroke, and speaks
thus of himself and the work. ' Having discoursed
upon these subjects, partly in some lectures liad
in a famous metropolitan church in this king-
dom, (Canterbury) where for a time abiding, I
adventured to thrust in my sickle into the harvest
of more worthy labourers, partly in my several
attendances upon our late soveiaign of happy
memorie, and his gracious majestic now being, I
presume, in humble acknowledgment of your
noble favours conferred upon me, to present these
my poor endeavours to your honourable protec-
tion.' Ken NET.]
RAPHAEL THORIUS, commonly called
Thokis, a French man born, was in his younger
days conversant among the Oxonians in tne con-
dition of a sojourner, and made considerable pri>~
gress in the faculty of medicine, but took no
degree therein, only was numbred among those-
of the physic line. Afterwards he settled in Lon-
don, practised that faculty with good success^
1G25.
379
Tiiopaus.
FLORIO.
380
and was in his time accounted ' Corvphaius mc-
dici gregis; and as a pliysician famous, so no
vulgar poet. Tlie works tnat he hath written are
many, but none were published tiH after his death;
the titles of some of which follow.
Hi/mmis Tabari, five de Paeto Libri duo. Which
books being procured from the author in Feb.
lti'24, by Ludov. a Kinschot, were by him pub-
lished at Load. (1(327.) oct. This elegant Lat.
poem was translated into English verse by Pet.
Hausted, M. A. of Cambridge, afterwards D. D. —
Lond. 1651. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. T. 9- Art. BS.]
[497] Cheimonopegnion. A Winter Song. In Lat.
verse — published also by the said Kinschot,(lG27-)
Oct. and translated into English, by P. Hausted
before-men tioned . '
* R. A. E. in lib. suo cui tit. est, Lessus in Funere liaph
Thorii, &c. Lond. l625. qu.
^ [The Tobacco and the Winter Song were published
toirether, I^tin and English, and form a small 8vo. printed
for Humphrey Mosclcy. The following is an extract from
each version of the Winter Song.
Ingere ligna foco, tremulis et vellera lumbis ;
Marmoreani Cererem, lapidosaque frusta lya;i,
Atque humiiem mensam splendenti appone camino.
Prima domet stomachum glacie domita ipsa frementeni
Bmssica, sed multo qux surgat succida lardo.
Dulicias putres callosa volumina verris
Non moror ; obtincat crassx s\ia silfia nares
Cretcnsi meri'cnda niero, rabidoque sinapi.
At potius frixis succidia jimcla vitcUis,
El veniat plcno gallina juvencula ventre,
IViOn adiposa situ, sed pasta siligine sicca,
Quae numcret varies utero praegnante nepotes.
Wox fument patinis jejuno frigorc pingi.es.
Nunc vilcs epulae, turdi, regalia quondam
Fercula, fclici mullum curata LucuUo :
Sed mihi res pretium rebus, non copia, ponit.
Heus ' ubi avis rostrata, sapit qua; pndicc longe
Splcndidius, quam vd cerebro, vel pectore? cruslo
Excipe collapses pendente liquamine lactes.
() gula ! quam docilis, qua: mandcre discis oletum !
Obsessa gravius quid in urbe suasit egestas !
Suadet frigus edax : brumali frigore fervent
Viscera, et immensae consumunt omnia noctes.
Tarde puer ! nondumne suo resolula liquori
Vina audis.> et jam arripuit prope flamma lagenam :
Tantalea ha?c poena csl, medios glaciata pro]je ignes,
amici.
Inter vina sitis; magna est patientia virtus.
Facta, heu, va|>pa merum ! penctrabile frigus,
Accusate, gt-lu eftl-cit, non sordidus hospes.
Hie genius Gaiii, nee frigora ferre, nee sestum
Mobilitate potest ; da succum vitis Ibcrae ;
Solsiitium et bruniam, longos et despicit annos j
Iniperiosus at est; ridcntem admissus amicum
Sup[)editat, summa petulans dominatur in arce,
Et miscet tragicos hirci de lacte tumultus.
Cast wood upon the fire, thy loyns gird round
With warmer clothes, and let the tosts abound.
In clo>e airay emliatteld on the hearth :
And that there may not want t'iucrease our mirth.
Bring a low table lo the scorching flame.
Ixt colwons first the raging stomack tame,
That swell with copious lard or churned cream.
And smoking hot doyeild a whole^ome steam.
Or else the globy cabb.ige, plowman's fare ;
Mustard that bites for the foul nose prepare.
Epistol(C du(C de Isaaci Caaauhoni Mothi Mor-
tisqiie Causa, written in 16 14. Put at the end
of Isaac Casaubon's Epistles, published by Job.
Freder. Gronovius, 1638. qu.* [Bodl. 4to. C. 4.
Art. Seid.] In the first of Car. I. when the
plague raged in London, he acted more for the
public (by exposing his person too much) than his
most dear concern. Wherefore being deeply in-
fected with that disease, died of it in nis house in
the parish of S. Bcimet Finck, in Jul. or Aug. in
sixteen hundred twenty and five, but where he
was buried, I know not, unless in the church or
ch. j-ard of that parish. He left behind him a son
named John, whom I shall elsewhere mention, and
a most dear friend [R. A. E(ec|ues).] who lamented
his death in a Lat. poem (not to be contemn'd)
entit. Lessus in Funere Raphaelis Thorii, Medici Sf
Poeta; prastanlissimi, &,c. In which, if it can be
seen, (which I think not, for I never saw but
one) 5 you may read many things justly said of
him.
JOHN FLORIO the resolute, as he used to
write himself, was born in London, in the latter
end of the reign of K. Hen. 8. a little before
which time, his father (descended from the Florii
of Sienna in Tuscany) and mother, who were
Waldenses, had fled from the Valtoline into
England for religion's sake.' But when K. Ed. 6.
With Cretan wine free from the bottome dregs.
Then bring well-larded collops fri'd with egs.
Next, with her belly stuffe, a tender hen.
Not loosely fat, but well fed, from the pen.
Which in her womb doth numerous otfspripg bear.
Then, fat with hungry winter, let appear
The royall pheasant steaming in the platter.
Or partridge neatly drest in wine and water.
Now where's the woodcock in whose tail doth rest
More wisdome then in either brain or brest?
Come boy, not yet doth the froze wine return
To its liquid substance, yet the flame doth burn.
About the flagon I are we tortur'd thus
With the sad pains of longing Tantalus i
To hear the pot before the fier hiss.
Yet be a thirst ? Patience a vertue is.
But, friends, accuse the hard Ciingcaling frosf,
Say not the cause was in your pinching host.
The hair brain'd Frenchman's constitution neither
Can brook the summer's heat, or winter's weather;
But give me sack, for that despiseth cold.
And cures the imperfections of the old.
If he the noble liquor largely quafi'e;
Then bid thy sad friend drink, 'twil make him laugh.
Yet too much is imperious in the brain.
And like a tyrant doth command and reign.]
♦ [First published at Lugd. Bat. in l6\g, Bodl.4to. S. 38.
Art.]
' [There is a copy in the Bodleian, 4to. Z. 4. Art. Seld.
and another in the British Museum. It is however very
scarce, consisting only of one sheet, entitled, Lcssvs in Fv-
nere Ha/ihaelis Thorii Medici el Poetce prctstantissimi, Qti
Londini Peste extinctvs bonis et doclis omnibus triste sui
Dcsiderium reliquit. Anno 1()25. London, Printed by
Edward Allde,for Thomas fValkley, l62C.]
* [One Michael Angelo Florio, a Florentine by birth, was
preaclier to the congregation of Italian Protestants in London,
in the year IS.'iO or 1551 : he was probably brother or kins-
man, to Simon Florio, preacher at the city of Clavenna
1625.
381
FLORIO.
LODGE.
382
died .and the Protestant religion was silcnc'd, by
the succession of qu. Mary, they left England,
and went io another country, where Jo. Florio
received his puerile literature. After Protestancy
was restored by Q. Elizub. they return'd, and
riorio for a time lived in this university. At
length Ilich Barnes, bishop of Durham, sending
liis son Emanuel to Magd. coll. to obtain acad.
literature in the quality of a commoner, about
157fi,Florio w.is appointed to attend him as a tutor
in the Italian and Trench tongues. At which time,
wearing a gown, he was matriculated as a mem-
ber of that house in ]j81, aged about .'5G years,
and as a teacher and instructor of certain scho-
lars in the university. After K. James came to
the crown he was appointed tutor to pr. Henry
for those languages, and at length made one of
the privy chamber, and clerk of the closet, to
qu. Aime, to whom he was a tutor .also.' He was
a very useful man in his profession, zealous in the
religion he professed, and much devoted to the
English nation. His works are,
ilis first Fruits, tchich yield familiar Speech,
merni Proverbs, tcitti) Sentences, and golden Say-
ings.' Lond. 1578. qu. [Bodl. Mar. 159-] 91. oct.
Perfect Induction to the Italian and English
Tongues. Printed with the former, and both de-
dicated to Hob. earl of Leicester.
His second Fruits to be gathered of twelve Trees,
of divers but delightsome Tastes to the Tongues of
Italian and English Men. Lond. 1591. oct.
Garden of Recreation, yielding six thousand Ita-
lian Proverbs. — Printed with the former.
Dictionary ItaL and English. Lond. 1597.' 98.
fol. Which Dictionary was by him afterwards
augmented, and to the honour of queen Anne,
entitled. Queen Anna's new World of Words.
Lond. 1611. fol. ''which for the variety of words,
was far more copious than any extant in the world
at that time. But this, notwithstanding, being
also defective, our author did, out of otner dic-
tionaries and Italian authors, which came acci-
dentally into his hands, collect out of them an
addition of many thousand words and phrases
relating to arts, sciences, and exercises, intend-
ing, if he had lived, to come out with a third edi-
tion. After his death, his additions being trans-
mitted to Gio Torriano, an Italian, and professor
of the Italian tongue in London, were by him
diligently perused, and in very many places sup-
ainong the Rhaetii, an eminent professor of the gospel in
those parts. Strype's Memorials of Cranmer, page 239.]
' [Having murried the sister of Samuel Daniel, (uien-
tioned at coll. 208,) a great favourite of hers. Watts.]
^ [Warton, Hist, of Eng. Poetry, iii. 465. says, that the
first edition was in loQA.]
' [This edition is now very rare, as indeed are all the
earlier ones. Tlie curious reader will find several varia-
tions in the copies of later date, particularly if he refers to the
word Fossa, which has a very singular explanation in the
edit. ofl6ll. (Bodl. V. 2. 26. Art. Seld.) This castration
was obligingly communicated to me by Edward Litlledale,
esq. of Gray's-Inii. j
plied out (of the generally approved dictionaries
of the Academici aella Crusca, and several other*,
that were set forth since Florio's death. The said
Torriano also did much correct the l'!nglish in-
terpretations, and where there was cause, he re-
duced them to their genuine sense, as they are
now Used in these modern times. ^V'hich addi-
tions and corrections were printed at Lond. MioQ.
fol. [Bodl. H. 9. .'3. Art. and again with further
additions by J. I). Lond. 1G88.] Florio also
translated frouj French into English, The Essays
of Michael Lord <f .Montaigne. Lond. 1(50.1. l.l.'
3'2. fol. and other things, as 'tis said, but such I
have not yet seen. At length retiring to Fulham
in Middlesex to avoid the plague raging in Lon-
don, was there overtaken by it, in his old age, of
which he died in Aug. or Sept. in sixteen hundred
twenty and five, and received, as 1 suppose, se-
pulture either in the ch. or yard there. 1 have
several tiines sent for his epitaph, but receiving
none, you may tiike this for one,*
Virtute sua contentus, nobilis arte,
Italus ore, Anglus pectore, uterque opcrc;
Floret adhue, Jk. adhuc florebit; floreat ultra
Florins, hac specie floridus, optat amans.
[Florio translated, in addition,
A short and briefe Narration of the tiro Naui-
gations and Discouveries to the Northweast Partes
called Newe Fraunce. First translated out of
French into Italian by that famous learned Man
Geo. Bapt. Ramulius, and now turned into English
by John Florio. London, by Hen, Bynneman,
1580, 4to.
An original letter from Florio to sir Rob. Cot-
ton, will be found in MS. Cotton, Jul. C. iii, fol.
16.
There is an engraved portrait of Florio, by
Hole, in folio, prefixed to his Dictionary, l6ll ;
the same, I conjecture, mentioned by Mr. Hasle-
wood in the note.]
THOMAS LODGE was descended from those
of his name living in Lincolnshire, but whether
born there, I cannot tell, made his first entry into
this university about 15;3, and was afterwards
servitour or scholar under the learned and vir-
tuous Mr. Edward Hobye of Trinity coll. where
making early advances, his ingenuity began at
first to be observed by several ot his compositions
in poetry. After he had taken one degree in
arts, and had spent some time in exercismg his
fancy among the poets in the great city, he was
esteemed, (not Jos. Hall of Emanuel coll in Cam-
bridge excepted) the best for satyr among English
men. 3 At length his mind growing more serious,
' [This edition, when perfect, contains a very gooti head
of Florio, which is usually found before chap. 1. Haslk-
WOOD.l
* [The lines were first engraved under Hole's portrait of
our author.]
' [Greene in his Groatsworth of JVit admonishes lyxlste
to restrain his propensity to .satirical composition: 'With
thee (.Marlowe) 1 joyne young Juvenal, that biting Satyrist,
[498]
1625.
333
LODGE.
384
he studied physic, for the improvement of which
he travelled beyond tlie seas, took the degree of
Dr. of that faculty at Avignon, returned and was
incorporated in tlie university in the latter end of
qu. Elizabeth. Afterwards settling in London he
practised it, became much frequented for his suc-
cess in it, especially by the li. Catholics (of which
number he was by many suspected to be one) and
was as much cried up to his last for physic, sis he
was in his younger days for his poetical fancy.
He hath written,
Alariim against Usurers, containing tried Expe-
riences against worldly Abuses. Lonu. 1584, qu.
History of Forbonius and Prisoiria, with Truth's
Complaint over England. — Printed with the Ala-
rum.
Euphues Golden Legacy found after his Death
in his Cell at Sileiedra, bequeathed to Philautus's
Sons, nursed up with their Father in England.
Lond. [1.581,] 1590, [1592, iGOg, 1642,J &c. qu.
The fVounds of a Civil War, lively set forth in
the true Tragedies of Marius and Sylla. Lond.
1594, qu.
A Fig for Momus. [containing pleasant Vatie-
tie, inclwled in Sa tyres, Eclogues and Epistles.] —
Vi: in qu. [1595.]
Looking-Glass for London : An Historical Co-
medy. Lond. [1594.] 1598, [and 1617,] qu. In
the composure of which he had the assistance of
Robert Green, M.A. of Cambridge.
JJberality and Prodi ga-'^
lity, a Comedy.
Lady Alimony, Com.
[1659.]
Lutninalia, a Mask.*
IjOws of Nature, Com.
Treati'^e of the Plague, containing the Nature,
Signs, and Accidents of' the same, &ic. Lond. 1603,
qu. [Bodl.4to. L. 1. Med.]
that lastly with mee together writ a comedy- Sweet boy,
might 1 advise thee, be ad\ ised, and pet not many enemies by
bitter words. Inveigh against vaine men, for thou cnnst doe
it, no man better; no man so well: thou hast a liberty to
reprove all ; and name none : for one being spoken to, all
are offended ; none being blamed, no man is injured. Stop
shallow water, still running, it will rage ; tread on a worine,
and it will turne : then blame not schollers who arc vexed
with sharpe and bitter lines, if tliey reproove thy too much
liberty of reproofe.']
♦ [This was primed 4to. l637- ' Presented in a masque
at court, by the queen's majesty and her ladies, on Shrove
Tuesday night, l(iJ7. At her majesty's command, Inigo
Jones, who was at that time surveyor of the board of works,
took on himself the contrivance of machinery forthis masque,
the invention of which consisted principally in the presenting
Light and Dnrkiirts: A'lg/// representing trie anti-masque or
introduction, and the subject of the main masque being
Light. Biiifrraphia Dramatica.J
' [The first, second, and fourth of these, though they might
be brouaht to agree in point of time, yet arc all printed
anonynioiislv; and as to the third (^Lnminalin) it was written
on a particular occasion, and that not till two years after Dr.
Lodge's death, and full thirty five after that of Robert Green.
Reed, Biographia Dramatical
Assisted also in these
by the said Rob.
Green, who is ac-
counted the half au-
thor of them. *
Countess of Lincol Nursery.^ Oxon. 1622, in
2 or 3 sh. in qu. [Bodl. 4to. S. 19- Art.]
Treatise in Defence of Plays.' — This 1 have not
yet seen, nor his pastoral songs and madrigals,
besides several other things which are as it were
lost to the generality of scholars. He also trans-
lated into Lnglish (1.) Josephus's History or An-
tiquities of the Jews. Lond. 1602, 09, 20, &,c.
fol. (2.) The Works both Moral and Natural of
Luc. An. Seneca. Lond. I6l4, [Bodl. K. 3. 12.
Art.] 1620. fol. &e. This eminent doctor, who
practised his faculty in Warwick lane, in the be-
ginning of K. Jam. 1. and afterwards on Lambert-
hill, removed thence a little before his last end
into the parish of S. Mary Magd. in Old Fish-
street, London, where he made his last exit (of
the plague 1 think) in September, in sixteen hun-
dred twenty five, leaving then behind him a
widow called Joan, hut where buried, unless in
the church or yard there, I know not. His me-
mory is celebrated by several poets, whose enco-
miums of him being frequent, 1 shall for brevity
sake pass them now b}', and proceed to the next
who had a name among those of his persuasion
for an eminent theologist.
[From the dedication, to lord Hunsdon, of
Euphues' Golden Legacie, we learn, that Lodge
became a soldier when he quitted the university,
and that he made a voyage to the Canaries with a
captain Clarke.
In that to his Margarite of America, (noticed
by Warton,*) he sa\s, ' that being at sea four
years hefore with M. Cavendish, he found this
history (viz. M. of A.) in the Spanish tongue in
the library of the Jesuits of Sanctum; and that he
translated it, in the ship, in passing through the
straits of Magellan.
In his Catharos, and his Fig for Momus, he
styles himself ' of Lincolnes inne, gent.'
. Lodge is thus criticised in The Return from Par-
nassus :
For Lodge and Watson, men of some desert.
Yet subject to a critick's marginal ;
Lodge for his oar in every paper boat,
He that turns over Galen ev'ry day
To sit, and simper Euphues' Legacy.
We may add to Wood's list the following
* [Wood is wrong in ascribing this tract to I^odgc, as it
was certainly composed by Elizabeth countess of Lincoln her-
self, who dedicated it to her mother-in-law, the lady Brigct,
and expressly calls it her first work. Lodge, it is probable,
revised it for the press, as he prefixed an address to the reader
in commendation of the performance ]
' [This was in all probability pubfished, as appears from
the following title to a work written by Stephen Gosson :
Playes confided injiue Actions, S'c. protiing that theu are
not to Ic suffred in a Christian Common-uieale. By the iVaye
Z'o/// //if Cauils of Thomas Lodge, and the Play of Playes,
vnitten in their Diifence, and other Objections of Players
Frendes, are trurly set downe and directlye aunsweartd.
Lond no date, ll'mo.]
» \_Hist. ofEng. Poetry, iii. 481.]
162S.
S85
HOLLAND.
586
pieces by this author, and the list is now probiihly
far from perfect :
1 . Catharos : Diogenes in bin Singularitie.
Loncl. 1591, 4'o. See some account ot, and ex-
tracts from, this in the British Bibliographer, i.
557.
2. The Life and Death of Longbeard, the most
famous and wittif English Traitor, borne in the
City of London : accompanied with mnnye other
most pleasant and prellie Histories. Lond. )jy.'5.
4to.
'J. Phillis : honoured rcith pastorall Sonnets,
Elegies, and amorous Delights. IVhere-unto is
annexed, the tragicall Complaint ofElstred. Lond.
159;!. 4to.
4. Wit's Miserie and the World's Madnesse :
discovering the Deuills incarnat of this ^-Jge. Loud.
1596. 4to.
5. A Margarite of America. Lond. 1590, 4to.
6. The Diuel coniured. Lond. 1598, 4to, In
the Bodleian.
7. Ilislorie of Glaucus and Scilla. Lond. I6IO.
4to.
Lodge's * pastoral songs and madrigals' were
scattered pretty thickly in his Golden Legacy, and
most of his other works, as well as in the miscel-
laneous collections of the day. The following
commences with great sweetness and beauty :
The solitarie Shepherd's Song.
(From England's Helicon.)
O shadie vale, o faire enriched meades,
O sacred woods, sweet fields and rising moun-
taines ;
O painted fiowers, greene hearbs where Flora
treads, "
Refresht by wanton winds and watry foun-
taines :
O all you winged queristers of wood,
That, pearcht aloft, your former paines
report,
And straite againe recount, with pleasant moode,
Your present ioys in sweet and seemely sort:
O all you creatures whosoeuer thriue
On mother earth, in seas, by a\'re, by fire,
More blest are you then I heere vnder sunne,
Loue dies in me, when as hee doth reuiue
In you; I perish vnder beautie's ire,
Where, after stormes, winds, frosts, your life
is wun.
Solitariness.
CFrom England's Parnassus.)
Sweet solitary life, thou true repose,
Wherein the wise contemplate heaven aright.
In thee no dread of war or worldly foes;
In thee no pomp seduceth mortal sight;
In thee no wanton ears to win with woes.
Nor lurking toys, which silly life affords.]
[499] HENRY HOLLAND was born at Daventry,
commonlv called Dantry, in Northamptonshire,
Vol. II.
educated in grammar learning in Eaton hchooJ
near to Windsor, elected scholar of a. .iohn's colL
in l&i5, took one degree in arts,« left that iiouse
soon after, his friends, country and religion, and
went to Dowayiri Flanders, where making a con-
siderable progress in the theological faculty, was
made priest and bach, of div. Afterwards he
went to Klieims, and in the English cull, there
was a most noted prc.icher for several years, and
at length gave his assisting hand to the transla-
tion of liheimiih Testament. Soon after he, was
sent into the i'Lnglish harvest, to gain souls to his
religion, but finding that imployment dangerous,
he retired to Doway again, where being made
licentiat of divinity, he read and interpreted di-
vine letters for many years in the monastery of
Anchine near to that place. His works are,
De veneral)ili Sacramento.
De Sacrijicio Missce. Duac. I6O9.
Carmina diversa, with other things printed be-
yond the seas, which seldom, or never, come into
these parts. He gave way to fate in a good old
age, within the said monastery of Anchine, on
the 28th day of Sept. in sixteen hundred twenty lfi?6-
and five, and was buried in the cloyster there.
Over his grave is an epitaph beginning thus,
Dantria me genuit, me clara Vigomia fovit,
^tona me docuit, post docet O.xonium.
The rest you may see in Hist. Sf Antiq. Univ.
Oxon. lib. 2. p. .'307. b. In this Hen. Holland's
time were one, two, or more writers of both his
names,' as (1.) Hen. Hoi. who wrote A Treatise
against Witchcraft, &c. Camb. 1590, qu. [Bodl.
4to. B. 71. Jur.] and the same, as it seems, who
published Spiritual Preservations against the Pesti-
lence;'- and added thereunto, An Admonition con-
cerning the Use of Physic. Both printed l603,
qu. (2.) H. Hoi. who published the Hist, of
Adam, or the four-fold State of Man, &c. Pr.
1606, qu. and Christian Exercise of Fastin^^ pri-
vate and publiek, &.c. Pr. 1596, ou. Whether
this H. Holland be the same with the first,' (who
was of Cambridge, as it seems,) I cannot tell,
unless I see their respective books ; neither can I
say to the contrary but that he may be the same
II. Holland, who published the Posthuma of his
brother Abrah. Holland sometimes of Trin. coll.
in Cambridge.— Lond. 1626. Which Abraham
(who was author also of a poem called, Nauma-
» THe took the degree of B. A. in 1565. Rrgist. Coll. Di.
Jo. Bapt. MS.]
' [One of the Henry Hollands translated Aphorumes of
Chriilian Religion: or a verie compendious Al-ndgement of
M. J. Caluin's Institutions, set forth in short Sentences me-
thodically iy M. J. Piscator. Lond. 1596, 8vo. The same
person probably was editor of The H or Ices of M. Richard
Orccnham, &c : Lond. 1399, 4to.]
* [Spiriluall Preseruatiues against the Pestilence : chiefly
collected out of the 9I Psalme — Uy II. II. Lond. 1593, six-
teens. Herbert, Typ. Antiq. 1255.]
3 [This Henry Holland I take to be the vicar of S' Brides,
London, who died before Feb. 13, l603. See Newcourt'f
Reperlorium, i. 317.]
2 C
387
FINCH.
FOWNS.
388
fhia; or Holland's Sea Fight. Lond. 162'2, qu.)
died on the 18th of Febr. 1625. (3.) Hen. Hol-
land, son of Philemon Holland, a physician and
schoolmaster of the city of Coventry, who was
born there, travelled with John lord Harrington
into the Palatinate in l6l3, and collected and
wrote, Monumentu Sepulchralia Ecclesice S, Pauli
Lond. Printed in qu. Also Heroologia Jnglica,
sire Effigies, Fitce &• Elogia clarorum Sf doctorum
aliquot Jnglorum, ab /in. 1500 ad 1620. Lond.
1620, in two tomes, fol. [Arch. Bodl. D. 27.]
and did engrave and pub. a book, entit. Basilio-
logia : a Book of Kings, being a true and liveli/
Ef/igies of all our English Kings from the Con-
guest till this present, &c. I6l8. [Bodl. Rawl. 4to.
no.*} But tliis Hen. Holland was not educated
either in Oxon or Cambridge, having been a
member of the society of the stationers in Lon-
don. See in the Fasti, among the incorpora-
tions, an. 1572.
[H. H. Vigorniensisjtheol. licentiati, carraina in
mortem Tho. Mori. Vide apud Stapleton De tri-
bus Thomis, ad calcem libri.
One Hen. Holland was elder bro. to Ar. Hol-
land, whose Posthuma he published at Cambr.
1626; and both of them were sons of Philemon
Holland. Henr. was born at Coventry on Mi-
chaelmas day, 1583. Their mother's name was
Anne Holland, sisters A. H. and M. H. Abraham
died Febr. 18, 1625, as said in his Posthuma.
Baker.]
HENRY^ FINCH, second son of sir Tho.
Finch of Eastwell in Kent, was born in that
county, and for a time educated in this universits',
particularly, as I conceive, in Oriel coll. wherein
several of his sirname and family studied in the
time of Q. Elizabeth. From Oxon he was trans-
lated to Greys-Inn, wherein making great profi-
ciency in the municipal laws, became a counsellor
of note, autumn or summer-reader of that house,
1 Jac. 1. Serjeant at law 16 14, and one of the
king's Serjeants, and a knight two years after,
being then in great esteem for his knowledge in
his profession. He hath written,
Nomotechnia ; c'est a scavoir, une Description del
common Leys d'Angleterre solonique les liules del
Art,^c. Lond. 1613. fol. in 4 books. [Bodl. N.l.
10. Th. Seld.] Done into English by the same
author, under this title. Of Law; or a Discourse
thereof, in 4 Books. Lond. 1627, 36, [Bodl.
[500] Crynes 258.] 6I, &c. oct. From the said book
is mostly extracted another, entit. A Summary of
thecommon Law of England. Lond. 1654, oct. done
by another hand. Our author Finch also wrote,
Of the Calling of the Jews.' By which book it
♦ [This copy is very curious : it contains many additional
•and very valuableporlraitsofBritishandforeign nobility, with
some of extraordinary characters, particularly Will. Summers
and Muld Sack, the latter of which sold at Christie's, in 1 8 1 1 ,
for upwards of forty guineas.]
' [There is a story concerning this book, in some of Dr.
appears, that the studies of the author, were not
altogether confin'd to the common law. But his
judgment therein, as to the subject matter, dis-
senting from the opinions of ingenious persons,
yet they cannot otherwise but allow him to have
learnedly maintained an error. He departed this
life on the eleventh day of Octob. in sixteen hun- l62i.
dred twenty and five, and was buried, as I con-
ceive, in St. Martin's church near Canterbury,
leaving then behind him a son (begotten on the
body of his wife Ursula, daughter and heir of
Will. Thwayts) called John Finch, born the 17th
ol Sept. 1584, educated in the common law in
Greys-[nn, afterwards a knight, lord keeper of
the great seal, and lord Finch of Fordwyche,
forced out of England by the severity of the mem-
bers of the long parliament, an. 1640, had leave
afterwards to return, and lived privately at the
Mote near Canterbury, and dying the 20th of
Nov. an. 1 660, was buried in the church of S.
Martin before-mentioned. This John lord Finch
(who had a younger brother called Henry) seems
to have had some considerable knowledge in ma-
thematics and astronomy, as appears by a Ma-
nuale Mathematicum, curiously written on vellum
with his own hand^ preserved to this day as a
rarity in Dugdale's press, among the MSS. in the
Aslunolean musseuin.
[Henry Finch was younger brother to sir Moyle
Finch of Eastwell in the county of Kent, &c. Vide
Lord Bacon's Letters, 4to. p. 225. Ken net.
He sat in parliament for Canterbury in the 35th
and 39th of Elizabeth.]
RICHARD FOWNS, a minister's son, and
Worcestershire man born, was elected student of
Ch. Ch. 1577, aged 17, took the degrees in arts,
became chaplain to prince Henry, bach, and D.
of D. 1605, and about that time rector of Stoke
upon Severn, commonly called Severn-stoke, in
his own country. He hath written,
Trisagion, or the three Offices of Christ. Lond.
1619. qu. [Bodl.4to. F. 9. Th.] He was buried
in the church of Severnstoke, 25 Nov. in sixteen
hundred twenty and five, and soon after was put \G2b.
a mon. over his grave with an inscription thereon,
but so miserably defaced in the civil war that
brake out 17 years after, that 'tis not now (as I
have been informed) legible, otherwise I should
Fuller's books ; as I remember, in his Pisgah Sight, but I
have it not by me to consult. Humphreys. I have not
been able to find the story, here alluded to, in the Pi>gah
Sight: but the following notice of Finch's work (part of
which has already been given, by Wood, in the text,) is
taken from Fuller's Worthia : Hen. (Finch) ' wrote a book
of the law, in great esteem with men of his own profession :
yet were not his studies confined thereunto. Witnesse his
book of ' Tlie Calling of the Jews.' And all ingenious per-
sons which dissent from his judgement will allow him
learnedly to have maintained an error, though he was brought
into some trouble by king James, conceiving that on his prin-
ciples he advanced and extended the Jewish commonwealth,
to the depressing and contracting of Christian princes, free
Monarchies.']
389
BAGSHAW.
GEE.
390
have given you a copy of it here. A LMtin Ser-
mon of one Rich. Fowns, preached on 2 Tlicss.
fi, 3, 4. was pubhshcd in l660, but whether
preached by our autlior, or another of both his
names, I cannot tell, because I have not yet
seen it.
CHRISTOPHER BAGSHAW was origin.illy
descended from the Bagshaws living at Ridge or
Abney in Derbyshire, but the name of the place
wherein lie received his first breath I cannot yet
find. In 1572, he was by the endeavours of Rob.
Persons (afterwards a Jesuit) elected probationer-
fellow of Baliol coll. being then a bach, of arts,
and a celebrated logician and {)hiloso|)hcr. Soon
after proceeding in his faculty, he was much
noted for his zeal to Protestancy, yet proved
troublesome in his public disputes, and in his be-
haviour towards persons. About the year 1379
he was principal, or at least deputy, for a time, of
Gloccster-hall; where also being disliked, he left
that place soon after, and his fellowship in 1582,
which was pronounced void the year following.
About that time he went beyond the seas,
changed his religion, and being made a priest in
France, and getting helps and directions from fa.
Persons, he journied to Rome, where for some
time he lived in the English college. But being
troublesome there also, and raising great gar-
boyles among the scholars of that place, cardmal
Boncompagno, protector of the English nation,
expelled him thence, as one * that had no good
will for him saith : Yet our author in his own vin-
dication tells' us, that he had a beiie-discessit, and
departed very orderly. Afterwards he returned
[501] to Paris, where, as 'tis said, he was made doctor
of div. and one of the Sorbon, at which time, and
after, the Jesuits used to stile him, ' doctor erra-
ticus,' and ' doctor per saltuni.' Afterwards he
was sent into England to gain souls to his reli-
gion, but taken and committed prisoner to Wis-
bich castle in Cambridgeshire, where I find him
in 1593, among many other priests and gentle-
men of the Rom, Cath. religion, that had some
years before been secured in that place. 'Tis
said * while he continued there, that * he carried
away the glory and fame of all that was hereto-
fore laudably done in that castle,' before fa.
Edmonds, alias Weston, a Jesuit, began to shew
his tricks, and then that party, and those lay-
persons that favoured them, would condemn Bag-
shaw as' 'a man of no worth, unruly, disordered,
and a disobedient person, not to be favoured or
respected by any,' &c. Afterwards being freed
* Rob. Persons, in his Manifestation of the Folly, &c.
fol. 66. b.
' Answer to certain Points of a Libel, p. 31, &c.
' In the Relation 0/ the Faction legan at Wishich, 1595,
&c. Printed I601, qu. p. 18.
» Ibid. p. 38.
from that prison, he went beyond tea ' again,
where he ended his days. He hath written, ,
An Answer to certain Points of a lAbel, called
An Apologif of the Subordination in England.
Par. 1603, oct. He had a conbidcrable liand also
in writing a book, entit.
Declaratio Motnum ac Turbationum inter Jesui-
tas S; Sacerdotes Seminnriorum in Anglia. Ro-
thomag. 1601, in qu. Set out under the name
ofoncJoh. Mush, a Yorkshire man born, and a
learned priest, who engaged himself much in
composing the difierences that happened among
the priests and Jesuits in Wisbicn castle. Dr.
Bagshaw had also a hand in,
A true lielation of the Faction began at Wisbich
by Father Edmonds, alias Weston, a Jesuit, 1595,
and continued since by Father Walley, alias Garnet,
the Provincial of the Jesuits in England, and by
Father Persons in Rome.— Printed iGOl, qu.
This Dr. Bagshaw died, and was buried at Paris
after the year sixteen hundred twenty and five, as
I have been informed by Franc. ^ Saiicta Clara,
who remembred and knew the doctor well, but
had forgotten the exact time of his death.
[Dr. Christ. Bagshaw, in his Answer to F. Par-
sons' Apologie, put at the end of Dr. Ely's Notes
on it, gives the best account of himself, page 30.
* Being made priest in France, with resolution
for England, I went to Rome to visit that holy
and renowned place, with leave and advice of the
late cardinal Allen to stay or return according to
mine own liking. At my first coming,' &c.'
Kennet.
Quidam Christoph. Bagshaw, Staffordiensis, ad-
missus erat discipulus coll. Jo. Cant, pro m'ro
Barsford (Beresford) Jan. b, 1556. Reg'r Coll.
Jo.
Chr. Bagshaw coll. Jo. admissus in matriculam
acad. Cantabr. Nov. 22. 1566. Reg'r Acad.
Baker.]
JOHN GEE, the son of a minister of Devon,
but whether of John or George Gee, whom I
have before mentioned in Edw. Gee, under the
year 16 18, I cannot justly say, was entered into
Brasen-nose coll. in 1613, aged I6, where making
no long stay, he entred himself a batler among
his countrymen of Exeter college, and having
holy orders conferr'd on him, after he had taken
one degree in arts, became beneficed at Newton
near to Winwick in Lancashire, of which last
()lace Mr. Josias Home being then parson, Gee
lad oftentimes conferences with him concerning
matters of religion ; but they savouring much of
• [' He was wont to say, he hoped to see a reduction of
England to obedience to the church of Rome, and then he
would come and repossesse his fellowship a^in here, inas-
much as he was never expelled, nor did he resign his place as
father Parsons had done. Savaze, BalUo/ergus, l66fl, (Bodl.
410. D. 4. 24. Line.) page I I2.J
2 C 2
Cl»r.
1 6s;.-,,
391
GEE.
VEUSTECAN.
sm
a mind inclining to popery, Mr. Home and tlie
neighbouring ministers concluded among them-
selves, that he had changed his religion before he
had left that place. Thence taking his rambles,
he retired to London, and became acquainted with
the noted persons of the R. Cath. persuasion
that then lived there. But at length being
moved to leave them, and his opinions newly
embraced, by the urgent letters of his father,^
and by the valid reasons concerning the vanity
(as he term'd it) of that religion by Dr. Abbot,
archb. of Canterbury, (who sent for liim upon
notice received that he had been at the doleful
even-song in the Black-Friers in London,' 26 Oct.
1623.) became a bitter enemy to the Romanists,
and studied to do them what mischief he could
by these books following;
The Foot out of the Snare: with a Detection of
sundry late Practices and Impostures of the Priests
and Jesuits in Enafand,' &i.c. Lond. 1624, qu.
[Bodl. 4to. G. 18. th.]
A gentle Eve use to Mr. Greg. Musket * for
stUing him Jesuit. — These two, wliich go and
are joyned together, were printed four times in
the said year 1(>24, because all the copies, or most
of them, were bought up by R. Catholics before
they were dispersed, for fear their lodgings, and
so consequently themselves, should be found out
and discovered, by the Catalogues of all such
Priests, Jesuits, Popish Physicians, Chirurgeons,
[502] See. with the Names of the Streets, Lanes, §c. in
London, where they mostly lived, which were
printed at the end of the Gentle Excuse before-
mentioned. Our author Gee hath also written
and published,
Hold fast : Sermon at Paul's Cross. On Rev.
3. II. Lond. 1624, qu. [dedicated to sir Rob.
Nan ton. 5]
New Shreds of the old Snare; containing the
j4ppa/itio?is of tico Female Ghosts, the Copies of
divers Letters, &,c. especially Indulgences pur-
chased at Home, &c. Lond. l624. qu. For the
' ['It behooiicd me not to be forgetfuH of the bond of
nature, and of that duty wliich 1 owe to my aged fatlier, a
minister in the diocesseof Exon, whose righleous soule hath
beene vexed with my infamous deuiation ; whose fatherly
care and paincs toward mee, euen then when I most forgot
him and my selfe, hath not bcene wanting in his writing to
mee diuers letters of argument and exhortation : which toge-
ther with other meanes, concurring with God's mercy, haue
beene the loud calls that haue pierced my eares, and made
me look back, and withdraw my foot out of the horrible
myre and clay wherein I stuck.' Foot out of the Snare,
page 94.]
^ [' Being in the midst of the roome that fell, and though
that omnes circumstanles, all (in a manner) that stood about
mee, perished in that calamity, that I inuolued in the down-
fall, and falling, being couered with the heaps of rubbish and
dead carcases j yet it pleased God to hasten my escape, beyond
my owne expectation and humane vnderstanding. Foot out
efthe Snare, page S.]
♦ [After said to be a secular priest, Baker.1
» LBaker.] *^ ^
publishing of which books, and for his mutability
of mind, he was very much blamed by both par-
ties, especially by those of the Rom. persuasion,
as I have been several times informed by a grave
bach, of div. Mr. Rich. Washbourne, chantor of
Ch. Ch. in Oxon, who had been his contempo-
rary in Exeter coll. Which person having known
Gee well, and what lie wtxs, as to his life and con-
versation, blamed the writer of this book much,
for honouring the memory of such a ' sorry fel-
low' as he was, in Hist. S)- Jntiq. Univ. Oxon.
He was afterwards beneficed at Tenterden in
Kent, where he died and was buried, but when, I
cannot yet tell, leaving then behind him a young
brother named Orlando Gee, afterwards a knight.
One Job. Gee was minister of Dunsford in Devon,
who died about the beginning of 1631, leaving a
relict behind him called Sarah. Which Job. Gee
was perhaps father to the aforesaid Job. Gee the
writer. Qh.
[Gee died at Tenterden in 1639. Sec Hasted's
Hist, of Kent, iii, 102.]
RICHARD VERSTEGAN, or as some call
him Rich. Rowland, a great reviver of our
English antiquities, and a most admirable critic
in the Saxon and Grothic languages, ought, with
all due ceremony, to crave a place among
these writers, not only because he is little remem-
bred among authors, but also for that he had
received part of his education among the Oxo-
nians, llis grandfather, who was called Theo-
dore Rowland Verstegan, was born* in thedutchy
of Guelderland, and there descended of an an-
tieut and worshipful family. From which dutchy,
when it had been much ruined, wasted, and de-
populated by the intestine wars there raised, and
continued by Charles duke thereof, Philip the
archduke, and Charles the fifth his son, he, the
said Verstegan, being then a young man, and de-
prived of his friends in the said wars, came into
England about the latter end of Hen. 7. and there
married, and soon after died, leaving behind him
a son but nine months old, which gave cause of
making his fortune meaner than else it might
have been. Afterwards when the said son grew
up to be about 1 6 years of age, he was bound an
apprentice to a cooper : nor is this any discredit,
Wolfgangius Musculus his father being of that
trade. This cooper was father to our author
Rich. Verstegan, born in the parish of St. Katha-
rine, (near to the Tower of London,) where his
parents mostly lived, and gained so comfortable
a subsistence by his trade, that he made shift to
give his son ingenious and grammatical educa-
tion, which being improved by academical in this
' See Rich. Verstegan's epist. to the renowned English
nation, set before his book, entit. A Restitution of decayed
Intelligence, &c. [and Stow's Survey of London, by Strype,
book ii, p. 8 ; edit. 1720, where the same accouat is given on
difTerent autliority.]
Clar.
1
ft
393
VERSTKGAN.
394
■
university, where he was mostly i^iiown by the
name of Rowland, he became esteemed for some
parts of learning that were not then among the
acadcmians regarded. Afterwards, to avoid
oaths, he left tiie university without a de-
gree, and being by that time a zealous It. Ca-
tholic, he left England, went into the Spanisii
Netherlands, and settled at Antwerp, where lie
composed,
Theatrum Crudelitatum Ilecretkorum nostri
Temporis. Antw. 1592, qu. in 12 sh.' Wliether
ever printed before, as some say it was, ' I cannot
tell. Tliis book is full of cuts, representing the
hanging, quartering, and beheading, or butcher-
ing, of popish martyrs, engraven from tlie deli-
neations made with the |)en of Verstegan, who
was observed, while in England, to be much de-
lighted in drawing and i)ainting. The verses
under, to explain the meanmg of them, were made
by one Job. Bochius, born at Brussels, and then
(1592) register, if I mistake not, at Antwerp.
Afterwards, the rebellious league beginning, he
conveyed himself and books to Paris, where the
[50JJ English ambassador complained ' of him to K.
Hen. 3. and desired that he being born a subject
to the Q. of England, and then a fugitive, and
one that had abused her by his representation of
cruelties, he might be delivered into his hands, to
be sent to England, tliere to receive reward.
And the ambassador had reason for his request, if
that be true which is reported,' that K. lien. 3.
was so much possest with those cruel pictures,
and did put so much credit in them, that he ac-
cused Q. Elizabeth of great cruelty, calling her
' wicked and cruel woman.' Yet at the ambassa-
dor's desire Verstegan was imprisoned ; at wiiich
Jean Bouchier, that active fire-brand of the
league, is not a little ^ troubled, and layeth it as
an Leretical fault on K. Hen. 3. At length Ver-
stegan is released, quits France and returns to
Antwerp, where, as 'tis said, he reprinted his
book, exercised the trade of printing, and by his
rising up only (as one ' tells us) by brocage and
' [Tis very scarce, and sells for any money. Wright
antlior of the Antiq. of liutlandsliirc, had a copy of it-
V. praei' Camdeni Elizab. Loveday. Although 1 am con-
fident of having seen and perused a copy in the Bodleian, yet
at the present moment I am unable to give the library refe-
rence, or to discover it, after a long search. A copy belong-
ing to James Towneley, esq. was sold by Mr. Evans in
June 1814, for four pounds, seven shillings. The purchaser
was Mr. Heber.]
^ [Strype, Annals, vol. iii, append, numb, xxxviii, page
198, quotes a list of persons executed from 1570 to 1587,
which he says he took from an edition ' printed 1587, at
Antwerp.']
9 Gul. Barclay in lib. suo cui tit. est. De Regno &" legali
Poleslute adversus Buchananum, Brutum, Bonrchierum (Sf
reliquos Monarchomacos, &.'c. Par I6OO. lib. 6. cap. 7- P-
438, 439. See in Hen. Foulis his Hist, of Romish Treasons
und Usurpations, lib. 7. cap. 2.
' lb. in Gul. Barclay nt sup.
* See in a book entit. De justa Henrici 3 Ahdicatione, &c.
Lugd. 1591. Oct. lib. 2. cap. 16. p. 123.
■• The author of a pamphlet against the Jesuits, entit.
spieric for the Hihpunish'd Jesuits, lived then und
there ( 1602.) as if he were an hidalgo, as who
may not be a gentleman, who lives so far from
home, where he is not known f tiu;. At that
time, and before, the Jesuits and secular priests
falling out in England, each party defended it self
by the pen. in this quarrel Verstegan concerns
himself, joining with the Jesuits, and writing in
their behalf, though not one of their number, but
rather a secular, shewing himself as i^alous a
railer us the best of them : and indeed never was
there quarrel composed of so many hard words,
either side considered, yet whether Verstegan
hath published any of his railings, or whetner
they are done in other books, I cannot tell, for I
have seen nothing of that nature. Suie 1 ara,
that about the death of Q. Elizabeth he employ'd
his studies on a more noble subject, which bemg
finished, he published it under this title,
A Restitution of decayed Intelligence in Anti-
quities concerning the most noble and renowned
English Nation. Antw. 1605. qu. [Bodl. 4to. U.
30. Art. Seld. The second edition, Lond. 1628,
4to. third] Lond. lG34. qu. [Bodl. B. 19. 10.
Line] Bcfore-which, Rich. Whyte of Basing-
stoke, and Rich. Stanyhurst (whom I have else-
where mentioned) have commendatory verses.
In this book are several cuts engraven from the
representations drawn with great curiosity by him,
which hath advantaged the sale of it much : and
I am verily persuaded had the said book been
published two years before, (I mean before the
first edition of Cambden's Remains, which first
saw light in l(i04,) it would have been more cried
up, and consequently would have sold more. But
however, so it is, that the book hath been so much
valued by learned and curious men in times fol-
lowing, that another impression of it was made
at Lond. 1C53, in a large oct. and another in
1674.* oct. He hath also written,
The sundry successive regal Governments of the
Realm of England. Antw. 1620. printed in one
large * sheet, wherein are the pictures ^ „.
of a Britain, Roman, Saxon, Dane, ^f^
and Norman, wrought off from a
copper-plate : and it was the same person, with-
out doubt, with him who writes himself R. V.
author of Odes in Imitation of the seaven peniten-
tial Psalmes, with sundry other Poemes and Ditties
tending to Deuotion and Pietie. Printed beyond
the sea m I6OI, [Bodl. 8vo. C. 98. Th.] with the
Jesuit's mark in the title; for, as I have been in-
fonned, Verstegan had some skill in poetry as well
as in painting."^ In the said poems he toucheth on
many matters of antiquity, and antient saints of
Another Letter of Mr. A. C. to his disjeiuited Kinstnan
concerning the Appeal, State, Jtsuits, &c. Printed l60«.
qu. p. 24.
♦ [Qu. 1673 ? Loveday. There certainly was an edit,
printed for Samuel Mearne, &c. Lond. l673, in 8vo. and
this, I fancy, is the same alluded to by Wood. Perhaps it bad
a second title-page]
>'
•*
395
VEUSTEGAN.
STRADLING.
396
England. 5 Tlie same R. V. also hath translated
into English: A Dialogue of dyins, well. Antw.
K)03. oct. written in Ital. by Don Peter of Luca,
a can. regular and D. of D. and by the translator
dedicated to the lady Joan Berkley, abbess of the
English nuns of S. Benedict, in Brussels. The
said Verstegan hath written and translated other
things, but iew of them coming into England,
we seldom or never see them, lie was living in
[504] good condition among the English at Antwerp,
who had fled for the sake of religion, under the
notion of a Spanish stipendiary (having several
years before been married to so thrifty and prfi-
dent a woman, that she kept up his credit) in the
latter end of K.James, ana beginning of K. C. I.
Clar. ^s one or more letters written by him to the great
l62S. antiquary sir Rob. Cotton * (which I have seen in
his library) shew. And thus much of Rich. Ver-
stegan, alias Rowland, of whom Will. Watson,
priest, will give 7 you a sharp character, and ano-
ther, stuff* enough (beyond the rules of charity)
to run down a dog.
[Under the name of Rowlands, Dr. Rawlinson,
ascribes to him Tlie Posts into all Parts of the
World, or the Antiquities of the most famous Cities
in Europe, with their Trades, Coins, Valuation,
Mints, and Distance from one anollier. Lond.
1576. 8vo.
Epigram
(From Odes in Imitation, &-c. Page 97-)
A puritane did plaine himself of late,
Of late growne controuersies into great debate.
And prayed him to wliome hee did complaine.
That hee his censure would afford him plaine.
' [A full enumeration of the contents of this rare volume
will be found in Crnsura Lileraria, ii, gO.]
' [An original letter from Verstegan to sir Rob. Cotton,
MS. Cotton, Jul. C iii, fol. 4?.]
' In his Quodlibels, p. 257-
• The author of a pamphlet against the Jesuits, called
Another Letter, &c. as before, |j. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31.
[^Another Letter of Mr. A. C. to his Dis-Jesuited Kinsman,
1602, 4lo. p. 27, writes thus, being a sec. priest :
' Among slanderous and lying detractors, the fourth and
last is one Versteghen alias Uovvland a cooper's sonne and
a binomi nous fellow : this honest cooper's sonne here at Si^
Katherins in London is rising vp onely by brocage and
spierie for the Hispanished Jesuits, liuing now, as though he
were an hidalgo, in Antwcrpe, (as who may not be a gentle-
man so far from home) having read or heard ofacertaine
passage in M. Watson's Quodtibets, where he feeles himselfe
touched rather for a very fopperie indeed, then any enormous
crime, takes the matter so highly in blemish to his Jesuiticall
reputation, and withal pepper so in the nose as ye shall hcare.
He writes me hereupon his Letter or rather liis Libel ouer
into England coppie vpon coppic, in which he most sacrile-
giously terms the said good man M. Watson an apostata
unworthy of priesthood, one who hath made shipwracke of
his soule, a bastard, a dissard, a lier, a base companion,
ao outcast of the world, hatefull to God and man, &c.
Wretched cooper's sonne, as Versteghen, or perhaps a
tinker's, as Rowland ! wretch that thou art — fie on thee,
wretched Catholicke, wretched gentleman, wretched English-
man, wretche<l |>ainter, wretched cooper's Sonne, and all for
being so Jesuiticall.' Kennet.]
Well then, quoth hee, yf neither I shal flatter.
But speake my conscience freely of the matter,
You are in fault to make so much contending :
How can so new a faith so soon lack mending?]
JOHN STRADLING, son of Franc. Strad-
ling by Elizabeth his wife, was born near to
Bristol in Somersetshire, but descended from an
aniient and knightly family of his name, living at
S. Donat's in Glamorganshire, was educated in
puerile learning under a learned and pious man
named Edw. Green, prebendary of the cath. ch,
at Bristol, became a commoner of Brasen-nose
coll. in 1579, aged \6 years or thereabouts, and
in 1583 he took a degree in arts as a member of
Magd. hall, being then accounted a miracle for
his forwardness in learning and pregnancy of
parts. Soon after his great worth being disco-
vered in the metropolis, while he continued in
one of the inns of court (but especially after he
had return'd from his travels beyond the seas)
was courted and admired by the learned Camb-
den, sir John Harrington the poet, Tlio. Leyson
mention'd before, under the year I6O7, [see col.
27,] and above all, by that most noted critic and
plivsician Dr. Jo. Dav. Rhese. He hath written
and published,
De Vita * Morte contemnenda, Lib. 3. Fran-
cof. 1597. in oct. [Bodl. 8vo. P. 227. Th.] written
to his uncle sir Edw. Stradling of S. Donat's
whom I have mentioned under the year I6O9.
[See coll. 50.]
Epis;rammatum Lihri qualuor. Lond. I607. in
oct. Two years after he became heir to his un-
cle before-mentioned, setled at S. Donat's castle,
and was made a baronet in I6II, at which time
he was esteemed a wise and most learned gentle-
man. Afterwards, being involved in secular
affairs, and the services of his country, was taken
oft" from writing till the latter end of the reign of
K. James L at which time he published a book
entit.
Beati pacifci : J Divine Poem, written to the
King's mo4 eicellent Majesty. Lond. 1623, in
about eleven sheets in qu. It was perused by his
majesty K.James I. before it went to the press,
and 'twas printed by authority. Afterwards he
published.
Divine Poetnes in seuen seuerall Classes, written
to K. Ch. I. Lond. 1625. qu. At the end of
which is an epitaph made by him on K. James I.
I have sent several times, to several persons in
Wales, to have some account of this person, his
last end, and his epitaph, but no returns are yet
made. " Instead of which, the rtader may pe-
" ruse the character of this gentleman, out of Mr.
" Harrington's preface to Dr. George Stradling's
" Sermons. ' Sir John Stradling, bart. the fifth
" of those 200 original baronets created by king
" James I. his propensity to learning, and his
" progress in it, is easily discernable from those
Clar.
1025.
397
STRADLING.
LAKE.
398
I
" his works that are yet extant, and whether it
" proceeded from the greatness of his parts, the
" agreeableness of his temper, or the generahty
" of his studies; we shall hardly find any gentle-
" man whatsoever, that, (among all the eminent
" scholars of that age, men of different profes-
" sions, and very disagreeable studies) appears by
" his writings to have gained so universal respect
" and esteem."
[Stradling's Divine Poemes are very scarce : a
copy however is preserved in Jesus college library,
from which I have made the following extracts.
It commences with a poetical dedication to
Charles I : then follows
' To the reuerend father in God, Theophilvs,
Lord-Bishop of Landaffe, my worthy Diocesan.
Sent with the copie to be pervscd.
Loe, here a ohilde of mine in sacred font
Alreadie dipt, repayres for confirmation
To you (my lord) ; reflect your eye vpon 't ;
I'm suertie for his Christian education.
Then on his head impose your hand, and blesse.
If you approue, the faith he doth confesse.
Your Lordships very louing friend,
Joh. Stradling.
The Lord Bishop's Answere.
I view'd your childe, and I dare swear 'tis yours.
So plaine, so pithy, and so like the sire ;
The theame diuine, commends your well spent
how'rs,
The poets furie, and the fathers fire.
I poz'd him in our vulgar catechisme,
And thusconfirme him— he is void of schisme.
Your true louing friend
Theo. Landavensis.
Another of the same Lord Bishop,
This booke 's a sustaeme theologicall,
A paraphrase upon the holy Bible :
I wish, who stand upon their gentrie, all
Such poets were ; instructed thus to scribble.
No man could write the theory so well,
Who did not in the practick part excell.
Iheo. Landaven.
The Divine Poems commence,
A mayden-mother, and a king her sonne,
Excite my muse a taske to vnder-take ;
The like hath not beene since the world begunne.
My spirits faile, my feeble hand doth shake,
My heart, with highnesse of the theame doth
tremble :
The true heart-searcher knowes I nought dis-
semble.
O thou the source, and subiect of my song,
That canst make babes thy prayses to rehearse :
Illuminate my minde, vntie my tongue
That I may see aright, and sing in verse.
Tliv high discent, thy birth, thy generation,
Life, doctiine, deeds, death, strange resussi-
tation.
There is nothing poetical in Stradling's mu«e ;
the following arc, perhaps, among his best lines.
Ofthaue I trauaii'd in a winter's night.
Wherein dame Phcebe neuer shew'd her face.
The lesser sparkling fiers gave some light,
By which (with heed) my journey I might trace.
I still expected when the day would peere,
And faire Aurora shew her count'nance cleare.
As shee began to rayse her selfe from bed.
The vshers making way for her approach :
Bright Phoebus hastning to thrust out hi*
head.
And day all prest, in sisters roome t' encroach :
A sodaine shade, worse then all night before
Beset me round, and dim'd mine eyes much
more.
Till Titan rowsed with that bold affront,
His princely palace gates thrust ope in hast.
Calls for his charret, swiftly mounts vpon 't.
His sight these gloomie shades full quickly
chast ;
By helpe of whose resplendent glorious rayes.
All trauailers might well discerne their wayes.
So, neere before this sunne of righteousnesse.
Bright morning-starre, rose vp, the world's true
light,
Egyptian darknesse did mens hearts possesse.
The prophecies lay hid, as with dark night.
An argument, Messias birth drew neere,
Whose comming should all doubtfull scruples
cleere.]
ARTHUR LAKE, brother to sir Tlio. Lake
knight principal secretary of state to K. James I.
son of Almeric Lake or du Lake of the antient
borough of Southampton, was bom in S. Michaels'
parish, and educated for a time in the free-school,
there. Afterwards being transplanted to Wyke-
ham's school to perfect his grammar learning
was thence elected probationer fellow of New [505]
coll. and after two years of probation he was
made perpetual fellow thereof, an. 1589. Five
years after that, he proceeded in arts, entred into
the sacred function, was made fellow of Wyke-
ham's coll. near to Winton, about l600, and three
years after master of the hospital of S. Cross iu
the place of Dr. Rob. Bennet promoted to the see
of Hereford. In 1605 he took the degrees in
divinity, and the same year he was installed arch-
deacon of Surrey. Afterwards he was made dean
of Worcester in Apr. [23"*] 1 608, in the room of
Dr. Jam. Mountague promoted to the see of Bath
and Wells, and at length bishop of those cities ;
to which he was consecrated at Lambeth, 8 Dec.
399
LAKE.
DAVIES.
400
1626.
1616. In all these places of honour and employ-
ment, he carried himselt' the same in mind and
person, sliewing by his constancy, that his virtues
were virtues indeed ; in ail kind o( which, whe-
ther natural, moral, theological, personal, or pas-
toral, he was eminent, and indeed one of the ex-
amples of his time. He always lived a single man,
exemplary in his life and conversation, and very
hospitable. He was also well read in the fathers
and schoolmen, and had such a command of the
scripture (which made him one of the best
preachers) that few went be\'ond him in his time.
The things that he hath written, were not by him
publish'd, but by his friends, after his death ; the
titles of w hich follow,
Exposition of the first Psalm.
Exposition of the 5 \ Psalm. -^.^
"Nine Sermons on Matth. 22. Vers. 34, 35, 36,
37, 38, 39, 40.
Ten Sermons on Exod. 19.
Five Sermotis at S. Mary's in Oxon. on Luke 3.
ver. 7, 8, 9.
Eight Sermons on Isa. 9.
Six Sermons on Haggai 2.
o J 1 Sermons de Tempore
Sundry, c 1 1 » \
•^ i preached at court.
Meditations — All which being collected into a
large volume, were printed under this general title.
Sermons ivith religious and divine Meditations.
Lond. 1629. fol.
'Ten Sermons upoti several Occasions preach'd at
S. Paul's Cross and elsewhere. Lond. 1641. qu.
[Bodl. 4to. H. 6. Th. BS.] The Hrst is on Psal.
160. 29, 30. the second on Jude 5. &c. He died
in sixteen hundred twenty and six, and was buried
in an isle on the North-side of the choir of Wells
cathedral. Over his grave was soon after laid a
plain stone, neither marble nor free, with this
engraven on a brass plate fastned thereunto.
' Here lieth Arthur Lake doctor in divinity, late
bishop of Bath and Wells, who died on the 4th
day of May, an. 1626.' His brother sir Thomas
before-mentioned, who was of Channous near
Edgworth in Middlesex, died at Channous the
17th of Sept. 1630, and was buried on the 19th of
the same month.
[Dr. Lake was rector of Stanton St. John, (co.
Oxon.) till he was made bishop. Tanner.
Prefiked to the volume of his Sermons &c. in
folio is ' a short view of the author's life,' written
by John Harris D. D. (of whom see these Athene
under the year 1658.) This gives Lake a very
favourable character both in public and private
life.
It is singular, that Wood should have omitted
one of Lake's university preferments : this was
the wardenship of New college, to which, says
Harris, he was called ' by the conspiring votes
of a numerous society, even before he thought of
it.' He was electetl in l6l3, and resigned four
years after : ' having instituted two lectures, one
for the study of Hebrew, the other for the mathe*
maticks, and having given books to the college
library to the amount of four hundred pounds:
besides which, he founded libraries for the cathe-
drals of Worcester and Wells.
He wrote the following epitaph for himself,
which he desired might be engraved on a stone
and placed over the spot where he was interred,
an injunction that does not seem to have been
complied with :
Viator consiste, paucis te volo;
Me vide.
Exuvice hie reponuntur hominis, sed Christian!
Quibus nihil villus propter peccatum hominis.
Nihil pretiosius propter spem Christiani.
Non eas deseruit anim.t, sed hie deposuit.
Custos bona: fidei Spiritus Sanctus,
Qui cavct ne quis in vacuum veniat
Dum legatione pro iis apud redemptorem
Dcfungitur aniuia : cui reduci cum Cliristo
Eas reddet gloriosas gloriose inducndas,
Et cum beata beandas in aiternum.
Libenter mortalis sum, qui sim futurus unmor-
tulis.
Ne tantuli in me contemplaudo te poeniteat
Laboris, non dimitteris sine prajmio :
Voves haec historia mei, prophetia sit tui.
There is a good head of Lake engraved by J.
Payne, which was afterwards copied by Hollar, in
the year 1640.]
JOHN DAVIES, the third person of both his
names that I have hitherto mention'd among
these writers, was born at Cliisgrove in the
parish of Tysbury in Wiltshire, being the son of
a wealthy tanner ' of that place, became a com-
moner of Queen's coll. about the beginning of
Mich, term in the fifteenth year of his age, an.
1585, wherein having laid a considerable founda-
tion of academical literature, partly by his own
natural parts (which were excellent) and partly by
the help of a good tutor, he was removed (having
taken a degree in arts, as it seems) to the Middle-
Temple, wherein applying himself to the study of
the common-law, tho' he had no great geny to it,
was in fine [July 1595,] made a barrester. But so
it was that he,'being a high spirited young man,
did, upon some little provocation or punctilio,
bastinado Rich. Martin (afterwards recorder of
London) in the common hall of the Middle-Tem-
ple, while he was at dinner. For which act being
forthwith [February 1597-8,] expell'd, he retired
for a time in private, lived in Oxon in the condi-
9 [In Ifilfi he was vice-<;hancelIor of the university.]
' [The books which record the admission of John Davics
into the society of the Middle Temple, say the father was
' late of New Inn, gentleman." Biographia Uritanmca, iv.
652, ed. Kippis.]
■mt^tiidt^
401
DAV[ES.
402
[506]
tion of a sojourner, and f'ollow'd his studies, tho'
he wore a cloak. However, among his serious
thoughts, making reflections upon his own' condi-
tion, which sometimes was an affliction to iiim,
he composed that excellent piiiiosophicai and
divine poem called Nosre Teipsum. Afterwards
{in Trinity term, 1(501,] hy the favour of Thomas
ord Ellcsmore, lord-keej)cr of the ffrcat-seal of
England, he was again restored to liis chamber.
was afterwards a counsellor, and a burgess ' for
that parliament which was held at AVestminster
in iCOl. Upon the death of Q. Elizabeth, he,
with the lord Ilunsdon, went into Scotland to con-
gratulate K.James as her lawful successor; and
being introduced into his presence, the king en-
quired the names of those gentlemen who were in
the company of the said lord, and he naming
John Davies among, who stood behind, them,
the king straitway asked, whether he was Nosce
Teipium? and being answered, that he was the
same, he graciously embraced him, and thence-
forth had so great a favour for him, that soon
after [in iGO.S,] he made him his solicitor and
then his attorney-general in Ireland. AVhile he erice
lield that place he was serjeant-at-law, (having
never been reader,) an. lCo6, the poesy of whose
rings that wei'e then given, being ' lex publica
lux est.' Notwithstanding the said degree, he
returned into Ireland by his majesty's leave and
dispensation, kept his office of attorney, and
received the honour of knighthood from his
majesty at Whitehall, 11 Feb. l607. Afterwards
he came into England for altogether, was made
one ofhismaj. Serjeants at law here, in 1G12, and
sundry times appointed one of the justices of the
assize in divers circuits. At length being consti-
tuted lord chief-justice of the king's bench, had
his robes made in order to be settled in that high
oflicc, as his daughter ^ hath several times report-
ed, but died suddenly before the ceremony of
settlement or installation could be performed.
He was held in great esteem by the noted scholars
of Iiis time, among whom were Will. Cambden,
sir Jo. Harrington the poet, Ben. Johnson, Jo.
Selden, facete Hoskyns, R. Corbet of Ch. Ch.
and others, who esteemed him to be a person of a
bold spirit, of a sharp and ready wit, and com-
pleatly learned, but in truth more a scholar than
a lawyer. His works are,
Nosce Teipsum. This Oracle expounded in tzco
Elegies, ]. Of' Humane Knozeledge. 2. Of the
Soul of Man,* and the Immortality thereof. Lond.
* [He sat for Corfe-castle in Dorsetshire]
3 Lucy countess of Huntingdon.
♦ [This portion of the volume was reprinted in 1697, with
this title. The Original, feature, and Immortality of the .Soul,
a Poem. With an Introduction conccrnini^ Humane Know-
ledge. I.ond. 1097. This was edited by ]3r. Mahum Tate,
who prefixed a dedication to Charles, earl of Dorset, a
preface, and some lines ' upon the present corrupted state of
poetry.' This republication came 10 a second edition in 1715.
Vol. H.
159d. qu. dedicated to Q. Elizabeth. There
again [in l602 4to.i and] 1G22. in oct.
I/i/mns of A trtca, in Acrostic verse. — Printed
with the former.
Orchestra : Or, a Poem expremn^ the Antiqui-
ti/ and Kxcelleticif of Dancing, in a Dialogue be-
tween Penelope and one of her Woers, conlaiuini
1:31 Stanzaes, uiftnished. — This being also printed
with Noice Teipsum, they were uU three, espe-
cially the first, much extoU'd by scholar* of all
sorts. Among them I find one, who iiath dealt
poetically with him by an ingeaious copy of
verses, which begins thus.
Si tua legissel redivivus, &c.
If Plato Tiv'd and saw these Heaven-bred lines,
Wliere thou the essence of the soul confines.
Or merry Martial, &c. Sir Jo. Harrington
also before-mentioned would not let his memory
escape his pen without an * epigram, especially
for nis Orchestra, besides other poets of those
times, which for brevity-sake i shall now pass by.
Discovert/ of the true Causes zchij Ireland was
never entireltf subdued, nor brought under Obedi-
ence of the Crotcn of England, unlil the beginning
of his Majesty's happy lieign.'' Lond. 1612. qu.
[Bodl 4to. J. 12. Art. Seld.] Dcdic. to the king
with this Latin verse only,
Principis est virtus maxima nosse suos.
Declaration of our Soveraign Loid the King,
S)C. concerning the Title of his Maj. ISon Charles,
the Prince, and Duke of Cornuall, &c. Lond.
1614. in 14 sh. in fol. Printed in columns, one ia
French, and the other in English.
i.e primer Reports des Cases 4" Matters en Ley ;
resolves et adjudges in les Courts del Roy en Ire-
land. Dubl. 1G15, Lond. 1628. [Bodf. S. 6. 9.
Jur.] Lond. 1674. fol. [Bodl. A. 37. Jur.] In
the second edit, was added a table, which was not
in the former. From this book it was, that sir
Joh. Pettus knight, did chiefly select matter for
another, entit. England's Independency upon tlie
Papal Pozcer, historically and judiciously stated
by Sir Jo. Davies Attorn. Gen. in Ireland, and by
Sir Edze. Coke L. Ch. Just, of England, in /wo
Reports, selected from their great Volumes, zcith a
Preface zrritlen by Sir Joh. Pettus. Lond. 1674.
qu.'[Bodl. 4to. P. 13. Jur.]
Perfect Abridgment of the eleven Books of
Reports of Sir Edw. Coke, Lond. 1651. in tw.
[Bodl. 8vo. A. 29. Jur. BS.] written in French by
A copy of each is in the Bodleian, 8vo. L. 1 19. Th. and
Rawf 8vo. 534.1
' [LOVEDAT.J
* Ir>- his second book of Bpigranw. numb. 07.
' [This was appended to sir James Ware's Antiquitiei of
Ireland, Lond. 1705, though this portion of the volume was
printed at Dublin in the year prccedina. It was printed also
(with his Poem on the Immortality of the Soul,) Dublin 1733,
again Lond. 1747, and lastly, with hi» historical pieces in
1786.1
2 D
[507]
403
DA VIES.
404
1<J26.
sir Joh. Davies, translated into English by another
hand.
Jus imponrndi Vectigalia. Or, the Learning
touching Customs, Tonnage, Poundage, and Impo-
sitions on Merchandizes, ^r. asserted, &c. Lond.
1656, [Bodl. 8vo. J. 11. Jur.] 1659, &c-. oct. I
find one sir J. D. knight, to have publish'd, Rea-
son's Academt/. Or, a netc PoH xcith Sovereign
Salve to cure the World's Madness ; expressing him-
self'in several Kssai/s and zcitti/ Discourses. Lend.
1620. oct. [Bodl.'Svo. II. 17. Art. BS.] written
in prose, and at the end of it is Reason's Moan,
written in verse in eleven stanzaes. Whether the
said sir J. D. be the same with sir Joh. Davies,
I cannot justly tell. Besides the before-mentioned
things (as also epigrams, as 'tis said) which were
published by, and under the name of, sir Joh.
Davies, are several MSS. of his writing and com-
posing, which go from hand to hand, as, (1)
Metaphrase of several of K. David's Psalms. (2)
A large Epistle to Rob. E. of Salisburi/ of the
State of the Counties of Monaghan, Fennanagh,
and Donne, and of Justices of the Peace, and
other Officers of Ireland. Written 1607. (."3)
Speech when he was Speaker of the II. of Commons
in Ireland, before Jrthur L. Chichester, Vise.
Belfast, L. Lieutenant of Ireland, 21 Ma^ \6l3.
These two last were in the library of sir Jam.
Ware of Ireland, and are now, if I mistake not,
in that of the earl of Clarendon. (4) jIn Argu-
ment upon the Question of Impositions, digested
and divided in sundry Chapters.^ This was in the
library once of Rich. Smith, secondary of the
Poultry-Compter, and with it was bound up an
Answer thereunto — fol. But the question is,
whether this Argument be not part of, or involved
in, sir John's Jus imponendi Vectigalia before-
mentioned. At length he died suddenly in his
house in the Strand near to London, in the 57th
year of his age, for being well at night, when he
went to rest, he was on Thursday morning, the
7th of December, in sixteen hundred twenty and
six, found dead in his bed, by an apoplexy, as
'twas said. It was then commonly rumour'd that
his prophetical lady had foretold his death in
some manner, on the Sunday going before. For
while she sate at dinner by him, she suddenly
burst out with tears : whereupon he asking her
what the matter was, she answered, ' Husband,
these are your funeral tears;' to which he made
reply, ' Pray therefore spare your tears now, and
I will be content that you shall laugh when I am
dead.' Her name was Elianor Toucnel,' youngest
daughter to George lord Audley earl of Castle-
' l<'^'^ Argument upon the Question of Impositions, ivilk-
oul Consent of Parliament. MS. Harl. 4261. The Argu-
ment of Sir John Dauies in Defence of Impositions. Dedi-
cated to the king. MS. Harl. 1678, fol. 136, &c.]
» [Sec a full, account of this lady, her follies and her
sufferings, in Ballard's Learned Ladies, 4to. 1732, p. 271.]
haven, and what she usually predicted, she folded
up for the most part in dark expressions, received
from a voice, which she frequently heard, as she
used to tell her daughter Lucy, and she others.
By this Elianor, sir Job. Davies had issue a son,
who was a natural idiot, and dying young, the
father made an epitaph of four versies on him,
beginning, ' Hie in visceribus terrae,' &c. So that
the said Lucy being sole heiress to her father,
rerdiuando lord Hastings (afterwards earl of
Huntingdon) became a suiter to her for mar-
riage ; whereupon the father made this epigram.
LuciDA vis' oculos tcneri perstrinxit amantis.
Nee tanien erravit, nam via dulcis erat.
After the body of sir John had lain in state for
some time, it was convcy'd to the church of St.
Martin in the Fields near to Whitehall, where it
was solemnly intcr'd in the South-isle. Soon after
was a monument, fastned to the pillar near his
grave, with a large inscription on it, part of which
runs thus, ' Vir ingenio compto, rara facundi^,
oratione cum solut&, turn numeris astricta, fseli-
cissimus; juridicam severitatem morum elegantiS,
& amsEniore eruditione mitigavit : patronus fidus,
judex incorruptus, ingenute pietatis amore, &
anxiifi superstitionis contemptu, juxta insignis,
&c. Obiit 8. Id. Dec. 1626.' His widow after-
wards lived mostly at Parton in Hertfordshire,
had her Strange and wonderful Prophecies —
printed in qu. an. 1649, and dying in St. Brides
parish in London, 5 Jul. 1652. was buried near to
the relics of her husband, and soon after had a
large epitaph of commendations put over her
grave. You may see more of her and her prophe-
cies in the History of the Life and Death of Dr.
Will. Laud, Archbishop of Cant. Part 2. lib. 4.
an. 1634. See also in the Diary, or Breviat of
the Life of the said Arclib. — Printed 1644. p. 18.
One Joh. Davies, a bencher of the Inner-Temple,
w as buried against the communion table, in the
Temple church, 20 Aug. 1631. What relation
he had to the former, or whether he collected or
published Reports, I know not.
[Qu. if the full length picture of a man in a
brown night gown, in Mr. Jenyns's hall at Bote-
sliam in Cambridgeshire 1770, with a serde in one
hand, on which is wrote "Nonce Teipsum, is not
this gentleman (sir John Davies).? Cole.
Sir John Davies was among the number of
those who petitioned James I. to grant them a
charter for erecting an academy for the study of
antiquities. The king however, so far from pro-
moting their design, obliged them to discontinue
their meetings, and threatened to prosecute the
' [This is a remarkable anagram of Luey Davies. See
as remarkable ones on her mother, Eleanor Davies,
Reveal O Daniel, by herself, ihe other made on her by Dr.
Lamb: Dame Eleanor Davies, Neuer so mad a lady,
Heylin, Life of Laud, page 2(i6. Watts.}
[508]
405
GUNTEll.
VVOKTIIINGTON.
406.
<'
I
applicants as a suspicious and tlisluyal cabal,
Stukeley's Hist, of the Ant. tiociety, MS. penes
me. GiLCHUisT.
Sir John Davics's poems, or .at least a portion
of them, were reprinted by Duvies, in 12mo.
Lond. 1773.
His historiral tracts, in which are included
Bome printed for the first time, were published in
8vo. Lond. 1780.
As several extracts from Davies's poetry will be
found in the Bios. Dritannica, we content our-
eelves with the following :
To the Spring.
(From Hymnes of Astr<ca.)
E arth now is greene, and heauen is blew,
L iuely Spring, which makes all new,
I oily Spring doth enter,
S weet young sun-beams doe subdue
A ngry, aged winter.
lasts are mild, and seas are calme,
very medow flovves with balme,
he earth weares all her riches ;
armouious birds sing such a psalrae
B
E
T
H
A s eare and heart bewitches
R eserue (sweet Spring) this nymph of ours
E ternall garlands of thy flowers,
G reene garlands neuer wasting ;
I n her sliall last our State's faire Spring,
N ow and for euer flourishing
A s long as heauen is lasting.]
EDMUND GUNTER was a Hertfordshire
man "- born, but descended originally from those
of his name living at Gunterstown in Brecknock-
shire, elected from Westminster school a student
of Ch. Church 1599, aged 18, where going
through with great industry the several classes of
logic "and philosophy, took the degrees in arts.
At'terwards he entred into the theological faculty,
became a minister of God's word, and in 16 15 he
was admitted to the reading of the sentences.
But his excellencies being, above all, in the mathe-
matic arts, he was [March 6, 1619,^ made astro-
nomy professor of Gresham coll. (before he was
bach, of div.) in the place of Edw. Breerewood
deceased. Where being settled he acted much
for the public by his profession, as well by writing
as teaching. His works are.
Of the Sector, Cross- Staff, and other Instru-
ments. Lond. 1624, [Bodl. 4to. G. 33. Art. Seld.]
36. qu. [Bodl. 4to. G. 51. Art. Seld.|
Canon Triangulorum, site 'J'ahulm Sinuitm arti-
fcialium ad Radium 10(X)0,0000, ^ ad Scrupula
primaQitadrantis. Lond. 1620. oct. [Bodl. 8vo.
G. 91. Art. and l6'23, 4to.] This bein^ Eng-
lished, was, with the former book, published by
Sam. Foster, astronomy professor of Gresham
coll. (sometimes a member of that of Emanuel in
" Epg. Malric. Univ. Oxon. P. pag. 31.
* £VV'ard's Lives of the Prnfessors of G. C. p. 77 •]
Cami>.) with a tract of liis own, called, The Uie of
the Quadrant. Lond. 1G24, 53. qu. [fourth edi-
tion Hi62, IJodl. 4io U. 55. Th.] The fifth edi-
tion of these works of Gunter was diligently cor-
rected, and had divers necessary things ana mat-
ters (pertinent thereunto) added throughout the
whole work, not before printed, by ^V ill. Ley-
bourne, sometimes a printer, and afterwards an
eminent mathematician. — Lond. l673.<qu. What
these additions are, the said Leybourne acquaint*
us in his epistle before the said works : wherein
he takes notice of some plagiaries, who had then
lately thrown into the world several tractates ex-
tr.icted (or rather transcribed) from Mr. Gunter,
without the least mention of their true author.
Some questions in navigation are added to these
works, by Hen. Bond, teacher of the mathematics
at Ratclifl" near London, and to that was thea
(1673) added. The Description and Use of ano-
ther Sector and Quadrant; both of them invented
by Sam. Foster before-mentioned. What other
things our author Gunter hath written, I know
not, unless one, two, or more parts of Dialling,
which I have not yet seen. He concluded his
last day in Gresham coll. in sixteen hundred
twenty and six, and was buried on the eleventh
of December ' in the same year, in the parish of
St. Peter le Poore within the city of London.
See more of him in Edm. Wingate, whom I shall
hereafter mention under the year 1656.
[Gunter wrote also the following mathematical
works :
1 . The Description and Use of the Sector. This
was in Latin, and although many copies of it
were extant in MS. it was never printed.
2. The Description and Use of his Majesty'^
Dials in WhitehaH Garden. Lond. 1624, 4to.
There is a MS. of this piece in the British mu-
seum. MS. Reg. 17Axxxviii.]
THOMAS WORTIHNGTON, son of Peter
Worthington, ius it seems, was bom at Blains-
cough near to Wygan, in Lancashire, and being
fitted for the univ. in those parts, he was sent to
Ox. about 1566, but to what house of learning,
unless to Brasen-nose coll. I cannot tell. After
he had been drudging in the studies of logic and
philosophy for about t'our years, he took a degree
in arts, which being compleated by determma-
tion, he left the university, his country, and
friends, and crossed the seas to Doway, where he
was received with great humanity into the Eng-
lish college, in Feb. 1572-3. Soon after he took
upon him the priesthood, and in 1577 he was
promoted to the degree of bach, of divinity, and
the year after being translated to the English
college at Rheimes, was thence sent into England
♦ \\ new title-page is prefixed to some copies of this
edition, dated l680, and calliTig it a sixth edition.]
s [Ward says, that he died the preceding day. Livti of
Prof, of G. C. p. 80]
2D 2
16«6.
407
WORTH IXGTON.
SPICEK.
408
to gain proselites, but btiiig take.i at Islington
hear London, in the house of my progenitor
Rich. ^ Wood, hia friend and countryman, an.
[509] 1584, was committed prisoner to the Tower of
London, where remaining some months, was at
length released, set on shipboard with Dr. Jasp.
Heywood, Edw. Rishton, Joh. Colleton, and
others, and wafted over the seas to the coast of
Normandy, where they were left to shift for them-
selves. In 1587, he bein" about to return into
England, was sent by cardinal Alan to sir Will.
Stanley a colonel, to whose regiment in the Low-
Countries he was by him made chaplain. In
1588, lie was promoted to the degree of D. of D. in
the university of Triers in Germany, and in 89
he was sent for to Doway by the Jesuits (whom
he was always afraid to offend) to assist Dr. Rich.
Barret, president of tlie English college, in the
government of that place. In 9 1 he was sent to
Brussels, and remitted to the camp, to exercise
the office of chaplain again ; where, with other
e.xiles, they acted * many things which tended
much to the destruction of the Q. of England,
and not long after returned to Doway again, and
b}' the command of cardinal Cajetan, protector
of the Etisjlish nation, he was made president of
the Englisli coll. there, an. 3599. At length be-
ing grown old and unfit to govern, returned into
England, lived sometimes in London and some-
times in Staffordshire. But that which is to be
farther noted of him is, that having for the most
part of his life lived in the habit of a secular
priest, did about six months before his death take
upon him the order and habit belonging to the
society of Jesus. His works are,
Annotations on the Old Testament. Duac. I609.
in two tomes in qu.
Catalosus Martyrum pro Re/igione CathoUca
in Anglia occhoruni nb An. 1570. ad An. 1612.
Printed I6l2 and 14, in oct. [Bodl. Mar. 357.]
Before which book is,
Narratio de Origine Seminariorum, 8f de Mis-
sione Sacerdotum in Anglia. This Catalogue and
Narration, taken mostly from a collection, entit.
Concertatio Eccl. Catholicee in Anglia, &c. could
not be sold for more than six pence when it was
published, (for it contains but 4 sheets in oct.)
yet in 1682, when the choice library of Mr. Rich.
Smith (mentioned before in sir Joh. Davies) was
sold by way of auction. Dr. Tho. Marshall, deau
of Glocester, and rector of Line. coll. gave eleven
shillings and six pence, being then great bidding
for, before he could get, it.
The Anchor of Christian Doctrine, wherein the
most principal Points of Christian Retiaion are
proved by the only written Word of God, &c.
Doway lG22, in two thick quartos, containing
four parts, viz, the first vol. one, the other three.
• See Cambdcn's Annalt ef Q. Eliz. under the year
169*.
These two quartos were, as one ^ saitb, printed at
London, and sold by the author at his lodgings in
Turnbull-street for 14 shillings, which might have
been afforded for five.
The Mysteries of the Rosary. — This I have not
3'et seen. He also corrected and translated the
Doway Bibles, and translated into Lat. and pub-
lished, Anti-Harelica Alotiva, &c. written by
Rich. Bristow. — Attrebat. I6O8, in two tomes in
qu. before which he hath put a lame account of
the author. This person, Tho. Worthington,
who was esteemed very learned among those of
his persuasion, and had hazarded his life, and
done great service, for the cause, did quietly lay
down liis head, and submit himself to the stroke
of deatli in the house of one — Bidulph, esq; of
Bidulph, commonly called Biddies in Stafford-
shire (near to Congleton in Cheshire) about six-
teen hundred twenty and six, and was buried in
the parochial church there, (as I have been in-
formed by one of the society who was well ac-
quainted with him,) having some years before his
death been made titular archdeacon of fsotting-
hamshire and Derbyshire.
[Tho. Worthingtonus, natione Anglus, patria
Lancastrensis, pcrantiquae nobilitatis, natus Blens-
coiae, baud procul Witgamio — Oxoniensis per-
taesus academiae, migravit Duacum, ac deinde
Rhemos — Obiit circa annum 1626. Seripta ejus
vide apud Sotvellum. Bibl. Script. Soc. Jesu.
Baker.
A letter of Worthington's, which was inter-
cepted, is among the Cotton MSS. Vesp. C viii,
fol. 100.]
ALEXANDER SPICER, a minister's son,
and a Somersetshire man born, became a batler
of Exeter coll. in 1590, aged about 15, took one
degree in arts, was made fellow of that house,
and proceeded in his faculty. At length entring
into the sacred function, was a preacher for some
years in these parts : afterwards upon an invita-
tion, he went into Ireland, where by the favour
of sir Arthur Chichester baron of Belfast, ' and
' Jo. Gee at the end of his book called, TTie Fool out of the
Snare, Sec.
' [Spicer was probably chaplain to, or in some other situa-
tion near the person of, lord Belfast. His lordsliip's last
words to hira lie records — ' Much ttianks, good night.' —
I have never seen th*- poetical tribute to his lordship's nic-
morv, but tlie following extract has been made for me by Mr.
llaslewood.
— — the ciuill warrcs of France
Drew forth our English Scipio to advance
His colours there, which he displai'd, and wonne
Honourable knig'.ithood ; when the fight was done
Henrie the 4 of Franc ■, in gractfull manner,
Vpon desert confer d this warlike honour :
And fame imprints this character on his shield.
Knighted by Ilurbon in the open field.
Desert neglected, droopes; encourao;'d, beares
Its motions well, as the well ordered spheares.
Our minds proue then, bestactiuc, when we knoW— ■
Our plants are set where they are like to grow .3
1626.
[510],
409
PELHAM.
TERRY.
HUNGER FORD.
410
Clar.
lt)ce.
Chr.
1026.
L. dep. of tliat country, lie became well beneficed
and dignified, and in great estimation for his
learning.. He hath published,
David's Petition. On Psal. 19. 13. Lond. l6lG.
Oct. [Bodl.Svo. 1). 45. Til.]
The Pope at Babi//on. Serin, on the 5th of
Nov. at Colerain in the North of Ireland. On
Dan. 3.6. Lond. 1617.
Elegies on the Death of Arthur Lord Chiches-
teT,'> 8tc.— Printed 1625, which lord dying much
about tlie time that K James I. of England died,
was buried at Belfast in Ireland, to the great
grief of his country, because it was in sucli a
time that it most required his assistance, courage
and wisdom, which are often at odds, and seldom
meet, yet in him shook hands as friends, and
challenged an equal share in his perfections.
Other things were written and published by the
said A. Spicer, as some of the seniors of his coll.
have informed me, but such 1 have not yet seen,
nor do F know any thing besides of the author,
only that he left behind niin the character of an
able scholar, and solid divine.
WILLIAM PELHAM, the eldest son of sir
Will. Pelham of Brockiesby in Lincolnshire,
master of the ordnance, by Elianor his wife,
daughter of Hen. Nevill earl of Westmorland,
was born in London, (near, or in, the Tower)
became fellow-commoner of New coll. in the
beginning of 1582, aged 14, continued a sedulous
student there, for at least two years, in a chamber
within one of the turrets of the college-wall that
encompasses the garden. Afterwards he tra-
velled and improved his learning in the universi-
ties of Strasburg, Heidelburg, WLttenburg, and
Li|)sick in Germany, as also in Paris and Geneva,
and returning to his native country, settled again
for a time in this university, till ' Mars distracted
him from the studies of Minerva,' as he himself
used to say. But when that planet was set, he
retired to ii country life at Brockiesby, where after
he had received satiety of all worldly blessings,
did, in his old age, incline his heart to more su-
pernatural contemplations. AMiich being by him
committed to writing, for the benefit of his chil-
dren, (of which he had plenty,) were published
under this title.
Meditations upon the Gospel of S. John. Lond.
1625. in tw. and other things, as his son Dr.
Herbert Pelham, sometimes fellow of Magd. coll.
hath told me, but whether printed I know not.
This sir Will. Pelham, who was knighted by K.
» [--in Elcgie on the mvch lamented Death of the right
honorable Sir Arthur Chichrslcr, Knight, Lo. Baron of Bel-
fast, 1 0. high Treasurer of IrHnnd, one of the Lords of his
Maiestics most Honorable Prime Counsell, and of the
Ciiunsell of HWre. Honor sequiliir fugientem. By Alex.
Spicer. Printed at London by M. F.for Robert Bird, and
are to he sold at his Shop in Cheapeside, at the Signe of the
Bible, iCiiS. 410. containing fourteen leaves. Dedicated to
Ihe duke of Buckingham.]
James I. at Newmarket, 20 Nov. I6l6, lived after
the publication of that book, two, three, or more
years, but when lie died I cannot yet find. Among
the sons that he left behind iiiin was one Hen.
Pelham, sometimes a student in this university,
afterwards in one of the inns of court, and a^
barrestcr. At length being chosen a burgcsu for
Grantham in Lincolnshire to serve in that un-
happy parliament which began at Westminster
3 iSov. 1640, sided with the presbyterians, and
was by that party elected speaker of the house of
commons,' when the independent-party fled with
Will. Lcnthal their speaker to the lieatl quarter
of the army, tlieii at Windsor, 30 Jul. 1647- In
which office he continued but till the Gth of Aug.
following, at which time the general of the army
(Fairfax) restored Lcnthall to his chair, but suf-
fered Pelham to keep his recordershin of Lincoln
city, which ho had confer'd upon nim by the
f)rcsbyterians npon the ejection of sir Charles Da-
ison.
JOHN TERRY received his first breath at
Long-Sutton in Hampshire, was elected proba-
tioner fellow of New college tVom \\'iiichester
school, in 1574, and two years after he was made
compleat fellow. In 1582 proceeded in arts, and
about 8 years after had the parsonage of Stockton
(in Wilts) coiiferr'd upon him, where he always
expressed himself a zealous enemy against the
Tl. Catholics, not only in his lectures and sermons,
but also in his writings ^ the titles of which fol-
low,
Theological TjOgic : Or, the Tryal of Truth,
containing a Disc overy of the chitfest Points of
the Doctrine of the great Antichrist, and his Ad-
herents the fahc Teachers of the Times. Oxon. [511]
1600, qu. In 1602 was published the second
part oiTheol. Logic,\hoth. these, Bodl. 4to. T. 12.
Th.] and in 1625 the third part. [Bodl. 4to. A. 64.
Th.] both in qu. and the last dedicated to the B.
of Bath and Wells.
Reasonableness (f wise and holu Truth, and the
Absurdity of f 00 Hah and tcickea Error. Serni.
on Joh. 17. ver. 17. Oxon. I6l7, qu. [Bodi.4to,
II. 9. Th.]
Defence of Protestancy, proving that the Pro- _
testants Religion hath the promise of Salvation, ,(jgg'^
&c. Lond. 1635. second edition. Before which
time the author was dead.
ANTHONY HUNGERFORD, sonof Anth.
Hungerford of Downe Ampney in Gloucester-
shire, by Bridget his wife, daughter of one Shel-
ley a judge, was educated in this university (with
other R. Catholics,) but for a short time, for his
father was much troubled with the incumbrances 1
of his estate, and therefore could not well look
after the son; the mother, who was a zealous
' [He was elected speaker pro tempore only July 30, l647.
See Whitelock's Memorials, page S&t.}
411
HUNGERFORD.
DAY.
412
«627.
Papist, caused liim to be trained up in her reli-
gion from his childhood. So that carrying his
opinion on till 1584, about which lime he had
left Oxon, being then twenty years of age, stag-
ger'd somewhat in his opinion upon the reading
of Canipian's book called Decern liatloiics, w here-
in he found some undecent passages, but con-
firmed in his mind soon after by Mr. Tho. Ncale
of Cassington near Woodstock in Oxfordshire,
and at length totally settled by one Twiford a
priest or .lesuit, who was brought to him by
George Etheridge a physician of Oxon. In this
settled course he held on till the beginning of the
year 1588, ' at which time it pleased God' (as he
said) ' to make a hand that had given the wound,
the means to make good the cure, when it aimed
at a further mischief,' being occasioned mostly
from certain words unwarily dropt from one Hop-
ton a priest, and his acquaintance, concerning an
invasion then about to be made, for the relief
chiefly of Rom. Catholics, who lay under the
heavy hand (as they said) of Q. Elizabeth. In
1594 one of both his names was fictually created
master of arts, and 'tis supposed that he was the
person, because he had formerly spent some time
in this university. In l607 he received the
honour of knighthood, and about that time, (be-
ing then of Blackbourton near Witney in Oxford-
shire,) wrote,
T/ie Advice of a Son professing (he Religion
established in the present Church of England to his
dear Mother a Rom. Catholic. Oxon. iCtoQ, qu.
[Bodl. 4to. A. 47. Art.] Which book lying by
him till his death, and several years after in his
cabinet, his son sir Edw. Hungerford carried it at
length (upon a sight, as he thought, of the in-
crease of popery in England) to one of the chap-
lains of Dr. Laud, archb. of Canterbury to have it
licensed, an. 1635, but he refusing so to do, be-
cause there ^ were several offensive passages in it
against the papists, he therefore got it to be
printed at Oxon, and added to it another thing
of his father's writing, entit.
The Memorial of a Father to his dear Children,
containing an Acknowledgement of God's great
Mercy, in biinging him to the Projession of the true
Religion, at this present established in the Church
of England. — Finished and compleated for the
press at Blackbourton, in Ap. I(i27. This jicr-
son who hath written other matters of the like
nature, but not printed, gave way to fate about
the latter end of June in sixteen hundred twenty
and seven, and was buried in the church at Black-
bourton. lie left behind him issue, by his wife
Lucy, daughter of sir Walt. Hungerford of Far-
ley castle in Somersetshire, sir Edward Hunger-
ford, who bad issue another Edward, made knight
of the Bath at the coronation of K. Ch. 2. who
most unworthily squander'd away the estate of his
ancestors.
' See in Ca7iterlniTy's Doom,p. C'52, 253, &e.
JOHN DAY, son of a famous printer of both
his names in ihe reign of Q. Elizabeth, was born
near, or over, Aldersgate in London, entred a
commoner of S. Alban's-hall in 1582, aged l6,
elected fellow of Oriel coll. in 1588, being then
bach, of arts, proceeded in that faculty, entred
into holy orders, and became the most frequent
and noted preacher in the university. In the
beginning of the reign of K. Jam. 1. he, with
leave from his society, travelled for 3 years be-
yond the seas, whereby he improved himself
much in learning and experience, and, as I was
about to say, in Calvinism. After his return he
was made vicar of S. Mary's church in Oxon, in
Jan. 1608, where, by his constant and painful
preaching, he obtained great love and respect not
only from those of the university but city. But
missing the provostship of his coll. upon the
resignation of Mr. Will. Lew is 3 in 1621, he left
his fellowship and vicaridge in the year following,
and by the favour of sir Will. Soame, knight,
became minister of one of the Thirlows (Great
Thirlow, I think'') in Suffolk; where he continued
to his dying day, not without some discontent for
the loss of the said provostship. He was a per-
son of great reading, and was admirably well
vers'd in the fathers, schoolmen, and councils.
He was also a plain man, a primitive Christian,
and wholly composed, as 'twere, to do good in
his function. His works are these.
Several Sermons, as, (1.) David's Desire logo
to Church, in two sermons on Psal. 27. 4. Ox.
1612, oct. and ]6l5, qu. [Bodl. 4to. D. 50. Th.]
(2.) Dai/s Festivals; or. Twelve of his Sermons.
Ox. 1615, qu. [Bodl. 4to. D. 50. Th.] The first
of which is of our Saviour's nativity, on Isa. 9. 6.
To these twelve sermons are added.
Several Fragments concerning both the Sacraments
in general, and the Sacrament of the Supper in
particular. — He hath also written.
Day's Dial, or his Twelve Hours, that is, twelve
Lectures by xcay <f Catechism, as they were deli-
vered in Oriel Coll. Chappel,^ an. 16 12, and 13.
Oxon. 1614, qu. [Bodl. 4to. D. 50. Th.]
Condones ad Clerum, viz. (1.) In 2 Reg. 6.
ver. 1,2, 3, 4. Oxon. I6l2, [Bodl. 4to. G. 53.
Th.] and l6l5, qu. [Bodl. 4to. D. 50. Th.] («.)
In Job. 9- 4. Oxon. I6l2, qu.
Commentaries on the first eight Psalms of David.
Ox. 1620, qu. He concluded his last day in
^ [The contest was between Dr. Lewis and Dr. Day.
Vide Raymond's Reports, under Widriiigton's case. Syden-
ham.]
♦ [Great Thurlovv. Baker.]
' [These lectures contain a great deal of learning and
instruction, written in a very quaint style. Several transla--
tions from Greek and Latin writers are introduced, one of
which follows: it is from Buchanan.
Tarsensisfugescripta seni.s, fuge toxica nosiri
Ordinis! O primisutinam periisset in annis, &c.
Fly, novice, fly the man that Tarsus bred.
Nor doe his hookcs or ivriliiigs read : oh dread
[512]
i
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DAY.
VVENTVVOUTll.
414
1627. sixteen hundred twenty and seven, and was bu-
ried in his church of Tiiirlow before nicntion'd.
1 find another John Day, who was a flourishing
poet and comedian of his time, author of (1 .) The
Isle of Gulls, comedy. Lond. HiOG, [16,'3.3.] qu. (2.)
haw-Tricks ; or, zeho would have thought it, coin.
Lond. 1608, qu. (3.) Blind Heggar^f liediial-
Greeu, ivith the merry Humour of Tom Strowd the
Norfolk Yeoman, com. Lond, l(.ii;y,[l6.59.] qu. (4.)
Humour out of Breath, com [l(j()8| (5.) The Par-
liament of Bees, with their proper Characters. Or,
a Bee-hive furnish'd leith twelve Horuy-Cotribes,
&c. Tis a poem,' and was re-printed in 1()41,
qu. [Bodi. C. 13. 13. Line] He was also one of
the three (Will. Rowley and George Wilkins
being the otiier two) who wrote, ''The Travels of
the Three Enslish Brothers, Sir Thorn. Sir Jnth.
and Mr. Rob. Shir lei/. Lond. l607, qu. 'Tis a
com. or trag. com. containing an epitome of the
vol. of their travels in a compendious abstract. '
Tiie bane of vs Franciscans. Ah ! that he
Had perished even in his infancy;
Or had remained a foe vnto vs yet,
And never with font-water had beene wet.
For had he of the flocke made havocke still
And not bane left till now their Tilood to spill —
Yet being Christian now, and now come to vs,
Behold the liarme is more which he doth doe vs.]
* [It is rather a species of dramatic morality, or as the title
expresses it ' an alleT;oricall description of the actions of
good and bad men in these our dales.' Many parts of it have
great merit.
The Hospitable Bee.
(Speakers Eleemozynus, Cordato.)
Cordaio. Why to your hive have ye so many waies?
Elemozynus. They answer just the number of seven dais.
On Mondayes such, whose fortunes arc sunck lowe
By good houskceping, lie my ainies bestow.
On Tewsdaies such as all their life-times wrought
Their countries freedome, and her battailes fought j
On Wedcnsdaies such as with painfull wit
Have div'd for knowledge in the sacred writ;
On Thurs<layes such as prov'd unfortunate
In crmnscll, and high offices of state ;
On Fridayes such as for their conscience sake
Are kept in bonds ; on Saturdaies lie make
Feasts for poore bees past labour, orphane frie.
And widdowes ground in mils of usury;
And Sundayes for my tenants and all swalnes
That labour for me on the groves and plaines.
The windowes of my hive with blossoraes dight
Are porters to let in (our comfort) light.
In number just six hundred, sixlie five,
'Cause in so many dales the sunne doth drive
His chariot (stucke with beames of burnish'd gold)
About the world by sphericall motion rowld:
For my almes shall diurnall progresse make
With the free sunne in his bright zodiacke.]
' [Day wrote also
1. The Bristol Tragedy: never printed. Acted by the
Lord Admiral's scnants H)02. Supposed by Mr. Malone to
have been The Fair Maid nf Bristol.
2. Guy of IViiTwick ; ItJlQ, written in conjunction with
Decker, but not printed.
3. The Maiden's Uolyday; written in conjunction with
Marlow, l().'i4.
4. The Conquest oj Bcute, with the first finding of the
Bath; acted 1 5t)8, written in conjuncti'm with Singer and
Chcille: nut primed.
But the said Job. Day the comedian, I take to be
the same person, who was sometimes a member
of Cains coll. in Cambridge, which is all I yet
know of him. I. find a third John Day, author of
A Case of Conscience resolved concerning Ministers
meddlinu; with Stale Matters. Printetl l64y, qu.
And i)f the same more satisfactorily resolved. Fr.
IfJjO, qu. But whether he was ever an acade-
mian 1 cannot tell, tho' one of both his namea
was matriculated iis a member of Ch. Ch. 1631.
[Among Dr. Rawlinson's M.SS. in the Bodleian
is one formerly in the possession of Hearne, en-
tituled Commeutarij in octo Lihros Aristotelis de
Auscultatiinie Physica, written by the first John
Da3', the year following his election to Oriel,
and dedicated to the provost and fellows of that
college.]
THOMAS WENTWORTH, an esquire's
son, was born in 0.\fordshire, of the family of
the Wentworths living in Northamptonshire, en-
tred a commoner, or gent, com., of University
coll. in 1384, aged about 17, translated thence
after three years standing to Lincolns-Inn, where
drudging at the common law was made a bar-
rester. Li'the month of Sept. I(i07, he was
elected by the citizens of Oxon. their recorder,
upon the death of the former, and in I6I 1 he be-
came Lent-reader of the said inn, being then a
person of a considerable note among those of his
profession. In several parliaments during the
reign of K. James, and in the beginning of Ch. L
he was constantly elected a burgess to serve in
them by the citizens of Oxon. Li one or more of
which, shewing himself a troublesome and fac-
tious person, who was more than once imprison'J.
While he was recorder of the said city, he be-
haved himself so turbulently, that at length being
notoriously known to be ' 'a most malicious and
implacable fomenter and author of divers troubles
between the university and city,' he was by the
prime magistrate of the said university, with the
consent of the convocation, discommoned I6II.
At the same time also, it was decreed that he
should be 9 registered to all posterity ' pro infen-
sissimo & inimicissimo viro universitati Oxon.'
After he continued discommoned for two whole
years or more, he was upon his earnest desire
restored to his former estate. But being of a
restless spirit, he returned to his former trade :
whereupon his friends persuading him to leave
Oxon for a time, to prevent his utter ruin, he re-
tired to a market town called Henley in Oxford-
shire, and soon after, viz. 20 Jac. 1. Mr. Joh.
\V lustier was a[)pointed by the citizens to be his
.1. Come sec a Wonder. Acted at the Red Bull, Sept. 18,
J6"2.5, not printed.
(), The Golden A'-s, and Cupid and Psyche, acted I6OO.
Written in conjunction with Chellle and Dekker, not
printed.]
" Beg. Confer. Isf Convoc. Un. Oxon. K. fol. 70. a. &: 72. b.
» Ibid. fol. 70. b.
[513]
415
GWINNE.
416
•deputy in the recordership. This Mr. Tho.Went-
worth hath wiitttn,
The Office and Duty of Executors ; or, a Trea-
tise of fVills and Execuiors, directed to Testator:^,
in the choice of their Executors, and Contrivance
of their iVills, uitk Directions for Executors, in
the Execution of their Office, &,c 16 12. oct. ' ike.
Afterwards was added to it An Appendir, wherein
are the Nature of Testaments, Ererutors, Legata-
ries general, and divers other material things rela-
ting to the same, bi/ T. M. Esq; ^\'hat other books
he hath written I know not, or any thing else of
him, only that he ended his days in or near.
Lincolns-Inn, as it seems, in tlie month of Sept.
j6C7. ^'^ sixteen hundred twenty seven, leaving behind
him a swi named Thomas, and others, and a
nephew then called sir Peter ^\'entworth. In his
reeprdership was elected Mr. Jolui ^^'histler his
deput}' before-mentioned, on Monday before tiie
feast of S. Matthew^ the apostle, 3 Car. 1.
MATTHEW GVVINNE, son of Ed. Gwinne.
an inhabitant of London, but originally of Wales,
by Elizabeth Thayer his wife, was elected scholar
of S. John's coll. (of which he was afterwards
perpetual fellow) an. 1574, took tl e -degrees in
arts, entred on the physic line, and practised that
faculty for some time in these parts. At length
being designed for an employment of considerable
trust, he was actualh' created doctor thereof, and
soon after went in the quality of a physician to
the honourable sir Hen. Unton, knt. leaguer am-
bassador to the K. of France from qu. Elizabeth.
After his return he was designed physician to the
Tower of London, was elected medicine professor
of Gresham coll. and made one of the college of
physicians. In his younger years he was much
admired for his great skill and dexterity in poetry,
in philosophical disputes, humane and profane
learning, but above all for the modern languages,
which he obtained in his travels into various
countries ; and in his elder years for his happy
success in the practice of physic, which made liim
highly valued in the great cit}', but more by far
^ among the nobility in the royal court. He liath
written,
Epicedium in Obitum illustriss. Herois Henrici
Comitis Derhiensis, &c. Oxon. 1593, qu.
Nero, Tragadia. Lond. 1603, [in 4to. Bodl.
4to. G. 7. Art. BS. and Lond. 1639. 8vo. F. 6.
Line. ^] commended by Just. Lipsius in one of
his books.
' [Worrall, who is evidently wron^, mentions an edition
in 4to. 1641, as the first ; the third and fourth were in I2mo.
the same year. It was printed again iCoC, l6C3, IO72, with
the appendix by T. M. (Thomas Manley,) in 16/6, (Bodl.
evo. P. 33. Jur.) 1689, 1703, 1720, 1728; with further addi-
tions 1762, and with other improvements by Serjeant Wilson
in 1774.]
* [From this edition, sign. F. 6. I extract the following :
Cantio Neronis, a.X'jj(n;.
Musx Pjerides, dicite, dicite,
Exustum Danjis ignibus Ilium.
Orationes dux halita: in Mdibus Gresham in
Laudem Dei Civ.^c. Lond. I(i05, qu.^
Fertumnus, site Annus recurrens Oxonia:, An.
1605, &c. Lond. 1()07, qu. [Bodl. 4to. G. 7.
Art. BS.] 'Tis a Latin comedy, and was acted
by the society of S. John's with great applause
before K. James, prince Henry, and their courts,
2f) Aug. 1605. See more in Rex Platonictis, at
the end of the acts oi' the; third day.
Anruni non Aurum ; sive Adversaria in Asser-
torem Chifmia, sed vertt Medicinm Desertorem,
Franc. Anthonium, Lond. I6II, qu. [Bodl. GG.
48. Th.] This Francis Anthony, who was a
great Paracelsian, and son of a goldsmith of
London, belonging to the jewel-house of qu.
Elizabeth, was born in that city 16 Ap. 1550,
but whether he received any academical educa-
tion in this university, it doth not yet appear to
me. This person, who wrote himself doctor of
physic, pretended to be the first discoverer, and
to- make known to the world a medicine called
Aurum Potabile, &c. which being animadverted
upon by our author Dr. Gwinne, and esteemed
by most physicians but a vain thing. Dr. Anthony
wrote and published. An Apolorry and Defence
of his Medicine called Aurum t'otabile. Loud.
1616, qu.'' Whereupon another doctor of phy-
sic named Job. Cotta, a Cambridge man, came
out with The Auti-Apologif, shewing the Counter-
feit ness of Dr. Anthony's Aurum Potabile. — Which
book tho' fit for the press in I616, yet it was not
printed till 1623, and then being published at
Oxon. in. qu. was by the author (tho' of another
university) dedicated to the doctors of physic re-
sident in Oxon. This Dr. Anthony died in St.
Bartholomew's close (where he had lived many
years) on 26 May 1623, and was buried in the
isle joyning to the north side of the chancel of
Hos ignes Hecube parturit Ilio:
IIos ignes Hdene subdidit Ilio :
Ho5 ignes Paridis judicium dedit:
Hos ignes Veneris pra^.sidium tulit.
Ncptunum superat .\Iulcibcr imulus,
Et Juno Vcnerem, Palhis ApoUinem.
.SEdes Iliacas flamma perombulat:
Incumbuut gravius Persjam.i Pcrgauio.
Cladein cla<Ie preniitdira calamitas.
Strages, ctfragor est, el cinis Ilium.
Atridao resonant Marte duces lo.
Ar^ivi reduces ingcmiiiant, lo.
O loelix Prianius, cantio Troadum,
Qui secum moricns regna tulit sua.]
5 [Ward conjectures, that the size here given may be a
mistake. He has reprinted these two orations from an
edition of the same date in 12iuo See Lines ofllic Professors
of Gresham College, page £64, and appendix page 87,
N° XIV.l
♦ [^Meaicince Cln/micce, el veri Potaiilis Auri As'iertio, ex
Lucubrationiliis Fra. Anthonii Londincnsis, in Medicina
Docivris. Cantabr. 16IO.
Apologia Verilutis Illucescenlis pro Auro Polalili, &c.
Atil/wre Francisco Anlonio. Lond. i6l6. These two in the
Bodleian, with many MS. notes Raul.4to. 137. In the
same library also is an edition of both the above, primed at
Hamburgh in 8vo. 16I8.]
[514]
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GWINNE.
CARPENTER.
418
St. Bartholomew the great in London; leaving
then behind him two sons by Elizabeth his second
wife, viz. John i\nthcny, M.D. who succeeded
his t'atlicr in his pnictice in London, and Charles,
a physician oF Bedford, living there 1634, and
after. 5 1 find another Erancis Anthony to have
been a writer of the same time with our author
Dr. Anthony, but he was by birth a Portuguese,
and by profession a Jesuit, and therefore the
books of his composition must not be attributed
to the other. Our author Dr. Gvvinne hath also
written a book of travels, various letters concern-
ing chymical and magical secrets ; and also di-
vers copies of verses in English, Italian, and
French, occasionally set by way of commenda-
tion before the books, published by his friends
and acquaintance, but none of these iiave I yet
seen, only some of tiie said verses. " Matthew
" Gwinne, doctor of physic, a Latin poet living in
" the latter end of Q. Elizabeth, is numbered
" among the Latin poets then living, in the conti-
" nuation of Stovv's Chronicle 1631, p. 812." He
deceased in the month of Octob. or in the begin-
1C27. ning of Nov. in sixteen hundred twenty and
seven, in his house situate and being in S. Mary
IVIagdalen's parish in Old Fishstreet within the
city of London, and was. as I suppose, buried in
the church there. He had a son named John
Gwinne, and left behind him a widow called Su-
sanna, who had a commission from the Preroga-
tive Court, dated 12 Nov. 1627, to administer the
goods, debts, chattels, &c. of her husband Dr.
Gwinne, then lately deceased.
[Matthjeus Gwynn ex collegio D. Johannis
■ praecursoris, prajlector musica; publicus, octavo
die mensis Octobris 1582, banc habuit in laudem
musices orationem. MS. penes Fr. Peck, A.M.
Baker.
This Oraiio in I.audem Musices was printed by
Ward from a transcript communicated by Peck.
Append, to Lives of Prof, of G. C. N° xiv,
p. 81.
In respect to the time of our author's death.
Ward says, there must doubtless be a mistake,
since he finds his name in the P/iarmacopoeie,
printed in 1639.
The following is extracted from the MS. List
■ of the Fellows of St. Johns, before alluded to as in
the hands of the president. Though it adds little
to what has been stated ; it furnishes a fresh
proof of the truth of Wood's account.
' 1574, Matthaeus Gwin Mr. artium 1582, pro-
curator 1588, crcatus Dr. medicinse in solcnni
convocatione habita 17 Julii 1593. Prajlector
medicina; primus in collegio Greshamensi Lon-
,dini; mcdicus designatus pro turre Londincnsi,
.cujus suinma; eruditionis et ingenii extant quaj-
dam opuseula. Tragadia Neronis, in qua Lip.
sius quod intcllexit landavit: Vertumnus comoe-
dia, acta a Joannensibus coram rege, regina et
principe cum applausu : Orationes dua ante lec-
tiones medicas in collegio Greshamensi: contra
Antonium Paracelsistam, liber inscriptus Auium
non jlinum: et ante omnes fere hommum doctis-
simorum libros ei)igraramata tuni Latine, quam
Anglice, Italice, et Gallice disertissima. Huic
facuitas peregre proficiscendi a collegio concessa
est, et transmisit in Gallias cum clarissimo equilc
domino Henrico Linpton.'
Notwithstandintj the assertion of Ward, Dr.
Frv, a late presidt nt of St. John's, has added,
' Obiit Ann. l627.'j
RICHARD CARPENTER, a Cornubiaa
born, became a bailer of Exeter coll. in the be-
ginning of 1592, and four 3'ears after fellow, being
then B. of arts. Aftervi'ards proceeding in that
faculty, he solely dedicated his studies to theo-
logy, by the advice and directions of Hollarul
the rector of his college, and proved in few years
after learned and profound in that faculty, and
an excellent preacher. In I6II he was admitted
to the readinu: of the sentences, and about that
time was made rector of Sherwill, and of Loxhore
adjoyning, near to Barnstaple in Devonshire ;
both which he ke{)t without any other prefer-
ment, (except the benefice of Ham, near unto
Sherwill, which he enjoyed for some years) to
the time of his death. Afterwards lie proceeded
in divinity, and became much esteemed for his
learning^ by scholars, and by others, for those
things that he published, which are.
Various Sermons, as, (1.) The Soul's Sentinel,
&c. at the Funeral Solemnities of Sir Arthur Ac-
land, Ktit. 9 Jan. I61I. On Job 14. ver. 14.
Lond. ]6l2, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. C. 134. Th.] (2.)
A Pastoral Charge, Jaithfulli/ given and discharged
at tilt Triennial Visitation of William B. of Exon.
at Barnstaple, 7 Sept. 16 16. On Acts 20. 28.
Lond. 1616, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. C. I66. Th.] (3.)
Christ's Larum- Bell of Love resounded, &c. On
Joh. 15. 12. Lond. I6I6, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. C. I66.
Th.] (4.) The conscionable Christian, S;c. Three
Assize Sermons at Taunton and Chard in Somer-
setshire, 1620. On Acts 24. 16. Lond. 1623, qu.
[Bodl.4to. W. 30. Th.] Which three sermons
are mostly concerning the keeping of a good con-
science. He paid his last debt to nature on the
18th of Decemb. in sixteen iiundred twenty and
seven, aged 52, and was buried in the chancel of
the church of Loxhore before-mentioned. Over
his grave is a large epitaph iu prose and verse,
some of which runnetii thus: ' Richardus Car-
penter S. theol. D. ah eruditionc multij)lici vene-
randus, pietate vitaj, integritatc, mornmque comi-
tate valde clarus, hujus & ecclesiae Sherwillcusis
[.5151
1627
' [He died April 28, l655, aged 70, and was buried by liis
•father. He left oue son.]
Vol. n.
* Vide in lib. 2. & 3. Affamarum Caroli Fihgeofrxdi, edit.
iCoi.octaY.
2E
419
CARPENTER.
REUTER.
420
pastor fidus,' &c. The reader is now to know
that there was another Rich. Carpenter, a divine,
but after the former in time, and much inferior
as to learning. He was educated in the school
at Eaton coll. near Windsor, and thence elected
-scholar of King's coll. in Cambridge 1622, where
continuing about two or three years, he left it,
his friends, and country, went beyond the seas
and studied in Flanders, Artois, France, Spain,
Italv, and at length received holy orders at Rome
from the hands of the pope's substitute. Soon
after he was sent into England to gain prosclites,
being then, as I have been told, a Benedictine
monk. In which employment continuing an
year and upward, return'd to the Protestant reli-
gion, and had, by the archbishop of Canterbury's
endeavours, the vicaridge of an obscure and small
village called Poling by the sea side near Arundel
castle in Sussex bestowed on him. But before
-be was warm in that seat, he received many
abuses and affronts from certain Rom. priests and
lay-men of their profession living in those parts,
particularly by Franc, a S. Clara, who being
sometimes in the neighbourhood by the name of
Hunt, would be very free with, and expose him
to scorn before his parishioners. In the year
1642, and that of his age 33, or rather more, he
published a treatise, entit. Experience, History
and Divinilif, in Jive Books. Printed at Lond. in
a thick oct. and by the said author dedicated to
the parliament then sitting : in which treatise,
p. 32. 37, &c. are many things spoken of him-
self. This book came out again, or rather had a
new title to it of The Dozenfal of Antichrist, &c.
an. 1648, What preferment he had afterwards I
cannot tell, yet sure I am, that in the time of
the civil war he left the nation and retired to
Paris, where he became a railer against the Pro-
testants. Afterwards he return'd to his old trade
of independency in England, and about that time
published The perfect Laze of God, being a Sermon
and no Sermon, preached and yet not preached.
Printed l6o2, in oct. He lived then, and after,
at Aylesbury in Bucks, where he had kindred liv-
ing, and would preach there very fantastically, to
the great mirth of some of his auditors. " Rich-
" ard Carpenter (quondam Benedictinus) was the
" author also of Astrology proved harmless, useful,
"pious. Lond. 1657, qu. six sh. dedicated by
" Carpenter to Elias Ashmole, being a sermon on
" Gen. 1. 14. ' And let them be for signs.' At
" the end of the epistle dedicatory is Richard
" Carpenter's picture with a face looking on him,
" and out of the mouth of that face is a serpent
" issuing out, and out of the serpent's mouth
" comes fire. This picture, as I conceive, should be
" at the beginning of the book. Underneath Car-
" penter's picture is this written, * Ricardus Car-
" penterus sacerdos porcello cuidam Gerasenorum,
** scilicet in omnia pra:cipiti, fluctibusq; devoto,
" eidem porco loquaci pariter & minaci mendaciq;
" indicit siientium atq; obmutesce.' So amongst
" Dr. Barlow's books with a painted cover. There
" is more than ordinary reading shewed in the
" book." After his maj. restoration, he pub-
lished a comedy entit. The Pragmatical Jesuit,
with his picture before it, represented in very
genteel lay-habit, whereas his picture before his
Kxperience, History and Divinity, represents him
to be a formal clergy man, with a mortified coun-
tenance. " This Richard Carpenter published
" also Rome in her Fruits, being a Sermon preached
" on the \st of November 1662, near the Standard
" in Cheapside, &c. in which he answers a late
" pamphlet, entit. Reasons tchy the Roman Catho-
" tics should not be persecuted," &.c. On Matth.
7. 16. Lond. 1663, qu. [Bodl. C. 7. 15. Line]
He was living at Aylesbury beforc-menlion'd in
1670. But before his death (which was else-
where) he was (as some of his acquaintance have
told me) returned to Popery, and caused his pre-
tended wife to be of his persuasion, in which iaitli
he died. Those that knew him, have often told
me that he was an impudent, fantastical man,
that changed his mind with his cloaths, <ind that
for his juggles and tricks in matters of religion,
he was esteemed a theological mountebank. I
find one or more of both his names, that have
been writers, which 1 shall now pass by, and one
Rich. Carpenter who had a public disj)ute with
one Gibs concerning infant baptism, in the times
of usurpation ; which may probably be the same
with him before-mentioned.
ADAM REUTER, a learned and ingenious
Welshman born in the county of Denbigh, de-
scended from them of his name in that county,
who intitles himself in some of his books Cotbu-
sius L. Silesius, did, for his improvement in all
kind of literature, retire to the university of Oxon
in the beginning of I6O8, being then a liccntiat
in both the laws, wherein continuing many years
in the condition of a commoner (for he wore a
gown) he was entred into the JVlatricula, as a
member, if 1 mistake not, of Exeter coll. was first
exhibited to by the warden and fellows of New
coll. and afterwards by the vice-chancellor and
heads of colleges and halls. He was very well
read in substantial authors, and had a quick com-
mand of his Latin pen, but then withal he was a
severe Calvinist, which was not, in his time, dis-
pleasing to many of the sages and heads of the
university. His works are,
Quastiones Juris cont rover si 12. Ex. L. tit vim.
3. Just. (5f Jure. Oxon. I609, qu. [Bodl. 4to. M.
10. Jur.]
Oratio (/nam, Papam esse Bestiam, qua non est,
i5f tamen est, apud Johan. Jpoc. 17. ver. 18, &c.
Lond. 1610, qu. [Bodl. 4to. F. 21. Th.] Which
oration was by the author spoken in public be-
fore the members of the university.
Libertatis J/iglicce Deftnsio, seu Demonstratio:
[516J
421
CARPEI^TER.
CARLETON.
422
Clar.
1627
[517]
Regnum AngUce non esse Feiidum Pontijiris: In
Acad. Oxoii. pub/ice opposita Mariiito Becnno
Societatis Jesit Tlieologo. Load. I(jl3, tjii. [Bodl.
4to.^ M. 57. Tl).]
Eadgarus iu Jucoho redivivus; seu Pietatis An-
gUcancc Defeusio, Sjc, contra lioss-Weydum. Lond.
lCil4,ciu. [IJodl. 4to. R.'il. Art.]
Tractatitsde Covcilio, Theophilo Suffhlcitc Comifi
dedicat. Oxoii. lG26, qu. f Bodl. 4to. M. 21. Art.]
Besides oilier things? which I have not yet seen.
Whether he afterwards receded to his own coun-
try, or died in England, I know not.
[In this place, in the two former editions, is a
brief account of Matthias Pasor; but as the whole
of the article, with very considerable additions,
occurs under the year lG57, in a subsequent [)art
of this work, it has been omitted to prevent un-
necessary repetition.]
NATHANIEL CARPENTER, son of Job.
Carp, mentioned under the year 16(20, [see col.
287, j was born at Northleigh * near to Cuileton
in Devonshire 7 Eeb. 1588, elected probationer
fellow of Exeter coll. from S. Edmond's hall
1607, at wliich time Micliael Jermyn of the said
coll. standing against him for that place, had
equal votes with him. So that the matter being
referr'd to the vice-chancellor, he adjudged the
right of the said fellowship for Carpenter, and
the next year Jermyn was sped into C. C. coll.
of whom I shall speak hereafter under the year
1659. As for Carpenter, he afterwards took the
degrees in arts, and by a virtuous emulation and
industry he became a noted philosopher, poet,
mathematician and geographer. About the time
that he proceeded in arts, he entrcd into the sacred
function, took the degree of bach, of divinity in
few years after, and tho' a zealous Calvinist, yet
lie was by the generality of scholars cried up for
a very famous preacher. At length being intro-
duced into the acquaintance of the learned and
religious Dr. Usher, primate of Ireland, at what
time he was in Oxon, and incorporated D. of D.
in July 1626, that incomparable person took him
then into his service, convey'd him into Ireland,
made him one of his chaplains, schoolmaster of
the king's wards in Dublin, in the same year,
and soon after, as 'lis said, dean of a certain
church there, butqua:ref lie hath written,
Philosophin libera, Iriplici Exercifatiuiium De-
cade proposita, Sac. Franco!'. 1621. [Bodl. Svo. C.
79. Art. Seld.] Lond. 1622, [Bodl. Svo. C. 131.
Art.] Ox. 1636 and 75, oct.
' [An original letter from Reuter lo eIrKob. Cotton, MS.
Cotton Jul. C iii, fol. 1 16,]
' [Said by Mr. Risdon to be born in tbc parish of Uplime,
ppon the borders of Dorsetshire. ' Here (says he) was born
tliat skillful geographer and general scholar Mr. Nathaniel
Carpenter, fellow of Exeter college in Oxford, whose deline-
ated geography, with the spherical and topical parts thereof,
will much better express his worth, than my simple suffrage.'
Survei/ o/DevoTifii. ]>. 41). Kbnnet.]
Ceographi/ delineated forth in two llooki; con-
taining the Sph/erirat and Topical Pa its thereof.
Ox. 1625 [Bodl. 4to. C. 22, Art. Seld.] and 35,
qu.
Arhitophel : or, the Picture of a wicked Politi-
cian, in 3 parts. Dubl. 1627, oct. Ox. 1628, qu.
These 3 parts are the eflect of three sermons
preaclied before the univ. of Oxon, on 2 Sam. 17.
23. and were very much applauded by all the
scholars that heart! them, and therefore were by
them most eagerly desired to be printed. Soon
after they were published with license, and had
in them (as a busy 9 body saith) divers passages
against Arminianism, averring it to be planted
among us by Jesuitical politicians to undermine
our religion by degrees, and covertly to introduce
Popery it self. But so soon as it peep'd abroad,
was forthwith called in, and all the passages
against Arminianism were expunged by bishop
Laud's agents. Which done, it was reprinted at
London 1629, in qu. [Bodl, 4to. P. 44. Th.] to
the great injury both of the truth and author. In
1633, it was printed there again, [Bodl. Svo. C.
699. Line] and at Ox. 1642, in tw.
Choraziii and Belhsaida's Woe and Warning-
piece. On Matth. 11.21. [Lond. by T. Cotes, 1633,
(Bodl. Svo. C. 699- Line.) and] 'Oxon, 1640, in
tw.
Treatise of Optics. — M S. The original whereof
was lost at sea ; yet some copies of it are saved,
but imperfect. He died at Dublin in Irel.and,
about the beginning of the year sixteen hundred
twenty and eight, and was buried there, but in
what church or yard I know not. When he lay
upon his death-bed it did much repent him, that
' he had formerly so much courted thg maid in-
stead of the mistress,' meaning that he had spent
his chief time in philosophy and mathematics,
and had neglected divinity.
GEORGE CARLETON, son of Guy, second
son of Thomas Carleton of Carleton hall in Cum-
berland, was born' at Norhain in Noithumbcr-
land, at what time his father was keeper of the
castle there, educated in grammar learning by the.
care of the Northern apostle, called Bern. Gilpin,
who also (when he was fitted for the university)
sent him to S. Edm. hall in the beginning of the
year 1576, being then 17 years of age, and ex-
hibited to his studies, and took care that nothing
should be wanting to advance his pregnant parts.
In the^latter end of 1579, he took a degree in arts,
and forthwith compleated it by determination,
his disputes being then noted to exceed any of his
fellows that did "their exercise in the same Lent.
In 1580 he was elected probationer fellow of
Merton coll. wherein he spent almost 5 years
before he proceeded in his faculty. While he
» Will. Prynnc in his Canterbury's Doom, printed l646
p \m.
' Cambden in Brilan. in Northuinb.
SE 2
1 628.
II
423
CARLETON.
424
lemamed in that coll. he was esteemed a good
orator and poet, but as years came on, a better
disputant in divinity, than he had before been in
philosophy. He was also well vers'd in the fathers
*nd sclioolmen, and wanted nothing that might
make him a compleat theoiogist. ' I have
loved him' (saith a learned * author) in regard of
his singular knowledge in divinity, which he pro-
fcssoth, and in other more delightful literature,
and am loved again by him.' What were his
preferments successively after he had left that
coll. I cannot tell, because the register of the acts
of that house is altogether silent as to them. Sure
I am, that after he had continued many years
there, and had taken the degrees in divinity, he
was promoted to the see of Landaft', upon the
£518] translation of Dr. Godwin to Hereford in the year
1618, and the same year was one of the learned
English divines that were by his m.ajesty's com-
mand sent to the synod of Dort, where he behaved
himself so admirable well, to the credit of our
nation, (as some ch. historians will tell you) that
after his return, he was, upon the translation of
Dr. Harsnet to Norwich elected to the see of
Chichester, confirmed by his maj. 20 Sept. iSlQ-
He was a person of a solid judgment, and of vari-
ous reading, a bitter enemy to the Papists, and a
severe Calvinist, which may farther appear in some
of these books following, of his composition.
Heroici C/iaracteres, ad if/ustriss. Equitem IJeii-
ricum Nevi/lum. Oxon. 1603, qu. [Bodl. 4to. G.
11. Art. BS.] Several of his Latin verses are in
the university book of verses made on the death
of sir Phil. Sidney; in Bodleiomnema, and in other
books.
Tithes examined, and proved to he due to the
Clergif by a Divine Right, [tiherebi/ the censenti-
oiis and prophane Atheists, as also the dissembling
Ilipocrites of this Age may learne to honour the
Ministers and not to defraude them, and so rob the
ChurchJ] Lond. l606, [Bodl. 4to. C. 88. Th.]
and Ifill, qu.
Jurisdiction Regal, Episcopal, Papal: Wherein
is declared how the Pope hath intruded upon the
Jurisdiction of Temporal Princes, and of the
Church, &c. Lond. 1610, qu. [Bodl. 4to. U.
22. Th.]
Consensus Eccles. Catholica. contra Tridentinos
de Scripturis, Ecclesia, Fide S; Gratia, &c. Lond.
1613, oct. Dedicated to the Mertonians.
A thankful Remembrance of God's Mercy, in
an Historical Collection of the great and merciful
Deliverances of the Church and State of England,
from the beginning ofQu. Elizabeth. Lond. 1624.
'qu- [BodL 4to. C. 88. Th.] The fourth edit."
came out in 1630, qu. adorned with cuts.
* Idem ibid.
' [Rawlinson.]
♦ ri'lic second c-dit. was Lond. the third ' re-
vijcd^and enlarged, Lond. 1627. This has an engraved title,
bjr G. Pass, a ponrail of the author, and twenty one curious
Short Directions to know the true Church. Lond.
1615, &c. in tw. [Bodl 8vo. C. 169. Th.] De-
dicated to prince Charles as the former book
was.
Oration made at the Hague before the Prince of
Orange, and the Assembly of the High and Mighty
Lords, the States General. Lond. 16 19, in one
sh. and an half in qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 80. Th.]
Astrologimania : or, the Madness of Astrologers:
or, an Examination of Sir Christoph. lieyaon't
Book, entit. A Defence of judiciary Astrology.
Lond. 1624, qu. [Bodl. C. 8. 40. Line] Which
being written twenty years before that time, was
then published by Tho. Vicars bach, of div. who
had married the author's daughter. It was re-
printed at Lond. in 1651. One of these books,
with scurrilous, trite, and empty notes in MS.
on it, by Will. Lilly, is in the Ashmolaean library,
n. 551.
Examination of those Things, wherein the Author
of the late Appeal holdeth the Doctrine of the
Pelagians and Arminians, to be the Doctrines of
the Church of England. Lond. I626 and 36, in
qu. Besides this answer or examination made to
the Appeal of Rich. Mountague, (who succeeded
Carleton in the see of Chichester) came out six
more, viz. one by Dr. Matthew Sutcliff dean of
Exeter, a second by Dr. Dan. Featly, a third bj
Franc. Rouse sometimes of Broadgate's hall in
Oxon, a fourth by Anth. Wotton of Cambridge,
a fifth by Job. Yeates bach, of div. sometimes
of Eman. coll. in Cambridge, afterwards minister
of S. Andrew's in Norwich, and the sixth by Hen.
Burton of Friday-street in London.
A joynt Attestation- avoicing ''hat the Discipline
of the Church of England was not impeached by the
Synod of Dort. Lond. 1626, qu.
Fita Bernardi Gilpini, vere sanctiss. Famaque
apud Anglos Aquilonares celeberrimi. Lond. 1628,
qu. [Bodl. 4to. H. 10. Th. BS.] Published ia
Engl, at Lond. 1636, oct.^ and also in Lat. in Dr.
'W\\\.'&ditesh\& Collection of Lives. Lond. I68I,
in a large qu. [Bodl. AA. 124. Art.]
Testimony concerning the Presbyterian Disci-
pline in the Low Countries, and Episcopal Govern-
ment in England. Printed several times in qu.
and oct. Ihe edit, in qu. at Lond. 1642, is but
one sheet.
Latin Letter to the learned Cambden, contain-
ing some Notes and Observations on his Britannia.
MS. among those given by Selden's executors to
the public library at Oxon. The beginning of
which letter is, ' Dum nuper (mi Cambdene)
Britaniatn tuam,' Sic. This is since publish'd by
Dr. Smith among other epistles to Cambden,
n. 80.
cuts by F. H. (Frederick Hulsius). A copy in the Bodleian,
4to. N. 37 Jur.]
5 [Which is called the fourth edit, to which is added
Giluin's Sermon preached btfore king Edward VJ. 15**,
dcdic. to W" Bellus knight. Watts.]
425
DODERIDGE.
426
[519]
l628.
Several Sermons, viz. one that is joyned to the
Englisli lite of Bern. Gilpin : Another on Luke 2.
from ver. 41 to 50. in tw. A third on Rev. 20.
3, 4. in Oct. ik-c. He had also a hand in tlie Dutch
j^imolations, and in the new translation of the
BiBLK, which were ordered by the synod of Dort
to be undertaken, yet were not compleated and
published till 16.'37. At lengtli having lived to a
good old age, he concluded his last day in the
month of May in sixteen hundred twenty and
eight, and Vi-as buried in tiie choir, near to the
altar, of his cath. church at Chichester, on the
S7tii of the same month. By his first wife named
Anne, daughter of sir Hen. Killegrew knight,
and widow of sir Hen. Nevill of Billingbere in
Berks, he had issue a son named Henry Carleton,
living sometimes in the parish of Furle in Sussex,
elected burgess for Arundel, to serve in that par-
liament which began at Wcstni. 13 Apr. 1640;
and from the unhappy parliament which began
on the 3 of Nov. following, he received a com-
mission from tlie members thereof to be a captain,
in which office and command he shcw'd himself
an enemy to the bishops. *
[Add to Carleton the following which are pre^
served in the British museum.
Carmen Paiiegi/ricum, ad R. Elizabetam. MS.
Reg. 1'2 A xliii. '
uiti Oviitinal Letter from Carleion to William
Camden. MS. Cotton, Jul. C v. fol. 53; and two
are printed in Sir Dudley Carleton's Letters, 4to.
1775.
An engraved portrait of this author has already
been mentioned in note*. This was afterwards
copied for Boissard.]
JOHN DODERIDGE, or Doddridge, was
born [in the year 1555,] at or near lo Barnstaple
in Devonshire, became a sojourner of Exeter coll.
in 1572, took one degree in arts about 4 years
after, and compleated it by determination. About
that time being entred into the Middle Temple,
he made great proficiency in the common law,
became a noted counsellor, and in 45 Eliz. Lent
reader of that inn. In 1603, Jan. 20, he was
made serjeant at law, being about that time prince
Henry's serjeant, but in the year following he
was discharged of his serjeantship, [by special
writ of the king, as was often practised,] and
became solicitor gen. to king James L In l607,
Jun. 25, he was constituted one of the king's
«erjeauts, and on the 5 July following he received
the honour of knighthood from his maj. at \Vhite-
hall. In l6l2, Nov. 25, he was appointed one
of the justices of the Common Pleas, (afterwards
bf the King's Bench,) and in Feb. 16I3 he was
*ctually created master of arts in Serjeants Inn
t^ the vice-chanc. both the proctors, and five
Other academians. Which degree was conferred
* [No wonder tliat the son of a Calvinist bishop should
join those of his own kidney. Cole.]
upon him in gratitude for the great service he had
then lately done for the university, in several law
suits depending between the said university and
city of Oxon. While he continued in txeter
coll. he was a severe student, and by the help of a
good tutor became a noted disputant. So tliat
by the foundation of learning which he had laid
in that coll. forwarded by good natural parts and
continual industry, he became not only eminent
in his own profession, but in the arts, divinity,
and civil law, insomuch that it was difficult with
some to judge, in which of all those faculties
he excelled. But being mostly taken up with
the common law, he could not be at leisure to
honour the world with his great knowledge, only
with these things following :
The Lawyers Light; or due Direction/or the
Study of the Law, &c. Lond. 1G29, qu. [Bodl.
4to. VV.2. Jur.]
A compleat Parson : or a Description of Advow-
sons and Church-livings, &c. Lond. l630. qu.
[Bodl. 4to. F. 10. Jur.] Delivered in several
readings in an inn of chancery called New Ina
in Lond. 1 602, and 1603.
History of the ancient and modern Estate of
the Principality of Wales, Dutcliy of Cornicalt,
and Earldom of Chester, &c. Lond. 1630.' qu.
[Bodl. 4to. F. 10. Jur.]
The English Lawyer : Being a Treatise describ-
ing a Method for the managing of the Laws of
this Land, and expressing the best dualities requi-
site in the Student, Practicer, Judges, &c. Loud.
1631. qu.
Opinion touching the Antiquity, Power, Order,
Stale, Manner, Persons, and Proceedings of the
His^h Couit of Parliament in England. Lond.
1658.' oct. [Bodl. 8vo. A. 13. Jur. BS.] Pub-
lished by John Doddridge esq; a counsellor of the
Middle Temple, and recorder of Barnstaple;
descended from, or at least near of kin to, our
author sir Joh. Doderidge. With the aforesaid
Opinion, are published also the opinions of Arth.
Agard, Joseph Holland, Francis Tate, and Will,
Cambdeii, all eminent antiquaries and historians ;
the two last of which I have before-mentioned,
and the two first I shall speak of anon. " This
" book was reprinted Lond. 1679) oct. &.C. but
" in the title jKige of one of the copies bishop
" Barlow hath writ, ' mendax est ioriyjaaij, opus
" supposititium St penitus indoctum.'"
Treatise of particular Estates. Lond. 1677. in
tw. printed at the end of the fourth edition of
Will. Noy's book, called. Grounds and Maxims
of the Laws of this Nation.
A true Representation of fore-past Parliaments
to the View of the present Times and Posterity. -~
This 1 saw in MS. in a thin fol. in the library of
Dr. Tho. Barlow now B. of Lincoln, but whether
it was ever printed I know not. Our author
' [In MS. In the Brilish museum. Harl. lUSO.}
» [MS. Harl. 305, fol. 1!3 1. ]
[520]
427
DODERIDGE.
428
Doderidge also did peruse and enlarge a book
emit. The Magazine of Honour i^ or a Treatise
of the several Degrees of the Nobiliti/ of this King-
dom, Guth their Rights and Privileges : Also of
Knights, Esquires, iicc. Loud. 1(J42. oct. The
MS. of which I saw also in the said library, fairly
transcribed and dedicated by T. S. of ^Vycombe
to John, lord Lovelace, an. l6o7- This book,
which is the collection of Will. Bird, I take to be
the same, .which was afterwards published with a
title something different from the former, under
our author Doderidgc's name, running thus.
The Law of Nobilili/ and Peerage; icherein the
Antiquities, Titles, Degrees, and Distinctions, con-
cerning the Peers andjSSobility o/' this Nation, are
excellent/^/ set forth, with the Knights, Esquires,
Gent. &e. Lond. 1657.' 58. oct. " In Mr. Ash-
" mole's library is in MS. by John Doderidge,
" solicitor gen. A Project of the present State of'
'J the Office of Arms, and the Consideration of the
" Office and Duty of Heralds in England. A. D.
" 1600. [Printed by Hcarne in his Collection of
" curious Discourses by eminent Antiquaries, 1720,
" and 1775.] Judge Doderidge left also many
■" things behind him in his profession which do at
'' this day go from hand to hand in MS." What
pise he hath written, (besides certain speeches
wliich are extant in books put out by others) I
know not; and therefore I shall only say of him,
that he surrendered up his last breath at Forsters
lC28. near to Egham in Surrey 13 Sept. in sixteen hun-
dred twenty and eight, and that his body was car-
ried to the city of Exeter, where 'twas reposed
with great solemnity in ourlady's chappel joyning
to the cath. ch. there, 14 Oct. following; where
?it this time is visible a very fair monument over
his grave, and that of his wife. Now as for
Arthur Agard, whom I have before mentioned, I
desire the reader to know of him these things, that
he was the son of Clem. Agard of Foston in
Derbyshire, by his wife Elianor daughter of Tho.
Middleborough of Edgbaston in Warwickshire,
that he was bred up to the law, got to be a clerk
in the Exchequer, and at length to be deputy-
chamberlain thereof; which office he held 45
years, while these persons following were succes-
sively chamberlains, (a place formerly of great
honour and worth,) viz. sir Nich. Throckmorton,
sir Tho. Randolphe postmaster, sir Tho. West
after lord La Warr, Mr. George Young a Scot,
sir Will. Killegrew knight, sir Walt. Cope knight,
and in his last days, in 1615, to sir Jon. Poyntz
knight. While he held that place, he learned
and received all his knowledge and learning in
antiquities from his faithful and dear friend sir
Rob. Cotton, a singular lover of, and admirably
Tvell read in, English antiquities ; to whom when
9 [There arc no less than four iMSS. of the Ma<!azine of
Honour among; Dr. Rawlinson's collection in the Bodleian.
See MSS. Rawl. B. 54. 57. SO. C3.1
' [MS.Harl.45l.] "^
Agard died, he gave all his leigder books and
MSS. (at least 20 in nmnber) to be reposed as
choice things in his library ; among which was
Agard's book of his own writing, cntit. Tractatus
de Usu Isf I'erbis obsc.urioribus lAbri de Domesday,
which was afterwards put under the cftigics of
Vitellius, nu. 9.' The learned Cambden stiles
him J ' antiquarius insignis,' as having been well
acquainted with him and his prodigious works
collected w ith his own hand out of his maj . records
in the abbej' of Westminster, (where the Exche-
quer-office was,) and elsewhere. He died 22 Aug.
16 15, and was buried in the cloyster of St. Peter s
church in W'estminster, near to the chapter-house
door, where he had set up a monument in his
life-time for himself and his wife. At the time
of his death, his will and desire was, that eleven
manuscripts of his writing and collection should
(for a small reward given to his executor) be
reposed in the exchequer, because they were ne-
cessary both for the king's service, and readiness
for the subject. Also a book of his collection in
the treasur}', wherein is first contained, what
records are in the king's maj. four treasuries, and
how the same are placed, and especially how to
be preserved : And after, is contained, A Collec
tion of all Leagues and Treaties of Peace, Enter-
courses and Marriages zcith Foreign Nations.
Which book was three years labour, and was (I
think still) very carefully preserved for the king's
service. The writer and collector thereof took
order that it should be preserved in his maj.
court of receipt, under the charge and custody
of the officers there, and to be delivered to them
by inventory, because it is very necessary for the
king's use, good of the subject, and readiness
and light to the officers. As for the other per-
son Joseph Holland, whose Opinion concerning the
Antiquity, Pozcer, ^'c. of Parliament, before-men-
tioned, was also published, I can say only this
of him, that he was a Devonian born, an excel-
lent herald, genealogist, and antiquary, as seve-
ral things of his writing, now in being in the
Coll. of Arms, commonly called the Herald's
Office, shew : Among which is a very long roll
of parchment, containing the arms of the nobi-
lity and gentry of Devon before, and to his
time, made in 1585. There also goes from hand
to hand a folio MS. of his collection, not only
containing the arms of the nobility and gentry
of Devonshire, but also of Somersetshire and
Cornwall.
[Sir John Doderidge was, according to Prince,*
the son of Richard Doderidge, an eminent mer-
chant in Barnstable, by Joan Badcock, of South-
Molton, his wife.
In his official capacity he had the character of
' [It is published in the Registrum Honoris de Richmond,
Append. N° I. Loveday.I
^ In Annal.Rcg.Jac. I. MS. sub. an. I6l5.
■♦ {^fVorlhies of Devon, edit, folio, 1701, sign. Yyy 2, h.J
[521]
429
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430
' a most excellent justiciary, whose sincerity held
the ballancc of justice with so steady a hand, that
neither love nor lucre, fear nor flattery, could
make it shake or yield the weight of a grain. '
Judge ])oderitlge had three wives and one son,
who died, in the flower of his age, before his
father. He was commonly called the sleeping
judge, because he would sit on the bench with his
eyes shut, which, says Fuller, * was onely a pos-
ture of attention, to sequester his sight from dis-
tracting objects, the better to listen to what was
alledged and proved. The same author records
one of his expressions when some person was
mentioned who was suspected to have purchased
his seat as judge — ' That, old and infirm as he
was, he would go to Tyburn, on foot, to see such
a man hanged that should profler money for a
place of that nature.' His epitaph, which is long
and contains nothing material, will be found iu
Prince.
Add to his legal works, '
Treatise about the King's Prerogative. Inscri-
bed to the lord of Buckhurst. MS. Harl. 5220.
Four Charges to the Grand Inquest of Middle-
sex, and one to that of Reading. MS. Harl. 583.
fol. 1,9, 1.3,526,530.
Eight hectares read at New Inn, in 1593 and
1594. MS. Harl. 503.
Original letters from him to sir Robert Cotton
are in that library, Julius C. iii, fol. 52 and 58.]
rULKE GREVIL,' descended from an an-
cient and knightly fam. of his name living at Mil-
cot in Warwickshire, and they from those of
Cambden in Gloucestershire, was born in that
county, an. 1554, being the same year wherein sir
Philip Sidney received his first breath, did spend
some time in the condition of a gent, commoner
in this university, either before he went to Trin.
coll. in Cambridge, or at his return thence, but
in what house, unless in Ch. Ch. or Broadgate's,
I cannot well toll, nor doth it matter much, seeing
that he ,was more properly a Cambridge man (to
which university he was a benefactor) than an
Oxonian. After he had left the university he
travelled, and at his return, being well accom-
plished, was introduced into the court by his un-
cle, Rob. Grevil a servant to Q. Elizabeth, where
he was esteemed a most ingenious person, and
had in favour by all such that were lovers of arts
and sciences. At length obtaining an honourable
' [Ibid, from Westcot's MS. Hew of Devon^
6 I Worthies, in Devon, edit. 4to. 1811, vol. i, p. 282.]
^ [It has been supposed, that The Law of Common Assu-
rances touching Deeds in General, printed Lend. 1780, in folio,
under the name of Sheppard, and The Office and Duly of
Executors, printed under that of Wenlworlh, are the prodiic-
tions of judge Doderidge. See Bridginan"s Legal Biblio-
8™/"%-] . . ,
' [Koke Grevcll coll. Jes. conv. 1. admissus in matnculam
acad. Cant. Maij 20, 1568. Reg'r Acad. Baker.]
office under the auccn, he became one of her
favourites, which ne held for no short term, biit
had the longest lease of any, and the smoothest
time without rub. In tiie beginning of 1588, he,
among other persons of honour and Quality, was
actually created master of arts, whicli, I think,
was the highest degree that was conferred upon
him in this university. In 1603, he was made
knight of the Bath at the coronation of K. Jam. I.
and soon after obtained the grant of the ruinous
castle of Warwick. In the 12th year of the said
king's reign, being constituted under-treasurer
and chancellor of the exchequer, he was made
choice of for one of the king's privy-council.
And meriting much for his faithful services in
those employments, was, by letters patents, bear-
ing date 9 Jan. 18. Jac. I. advanced » to the dig-
nity of a baron of this realm, by the title of lord
Brook of Beauchamps-court. In Sept. 1621, he
was made one of the gentlemen of the king's bed-
chamber ; whereupon ' giving up his chancellor-
ship of the exchequer. Rich. Weston (afterwards
earl of Portland) succeeded him. He was always
esteemed a brave gentleman and honourably de-
scended, as being sprung from the family of
Willoughby lord Brook, was favoured by qu.
Elizabeth, and such that knew he had interest in
the muses. His life was always single, and tho'
he lived and died a constant courtier of the ladies,
yet he prosecuted his studies in history and poe-
try ; in which, consider him as a gentleman of
noble birth and great estate, he was most excel-
lent in his time, as these things following shew, [522]
composed in his youth, and familiar exercise with
sir Ph. Sidney.
J Treatise of humane Learning. | p^^^
Inquisition upon lame ana Honour. J
Treatise of Wars.
Tragedj/ of Alahatn.
Trag.of Mustapha.
Calna, containing 109 Sonnets.
Letter to an honourable Lady.
Letter of Travels. — Written to his cousin Grevil
Verney residing in France, &c. Some of the said
things having been singly published,^ were all re-
mitted into a little thin folio, printed at Lond.
l633,[Bodl.AA.56.Art.] andhad this general title
' Baronage of England, Tom. 2. p. 442. b.
> Cambd. in Annal. Jac. I. MS. an. l(i21.
^ [So it would seem from the following entries in the
Office-book of tir Henry Herbert.
' Rec'ed of Henry Seyle, bookbinder, for allowing of a
booke of verses of my lorde Brooke's, called Calia, lor the
press, 3" Oct. l632.
' Rec'ed of Henry Seyle for allowinge of a booke of verses
of my lorde Brook's entitled Religion, Humane Learninge,
fVarr and Honor, 1?"' Oct. l032. In money 1/. in books to
the value of 1/. 4>. 0(/.
' Rec'd of H. S. for allowinge of a Letter directed to an
hon'ble Lady for the press, and for A Paper of Advise to his
Cosen Grevill Varnetj, of my lord Broke's, 26"' Oct. l632 .]
431
GREVIL.
432
put to them, Certain learned and elesant Works of
the Right Honourable Fulke Lord Brooke, &r.s
T/ieJirslJive Years of' King James, or the Con-
dition of the State of England, and the Relation it
had to other Froi'inces. Lond. 1643. tin. "in
" eleven sheets. * This is chiefly a history from
"the ycai l6ll to I6l6, containing chiefly the
" matters relating to sir Robert Carr earl of So-
" uiersct, the divorce of Frances Howard from
" Robert earl of Essex, who was afterwards mar-
" ried to the said sir Robert, the pois'ning of sir
" Thomas Overbury, and the execution and se-
" questration of those that were concern'd in
" that matter. This book was reprinted 1651 in
" qu. by Michael Scintilla, alias Spark, with this
" title. The Narrative Historif of King James, fur
" thejirst 14 Years, in 4 Parts, Sfc. with sir Thomas
" Overbury's picture before that book. To which
*' are added, Truth brought to Light by Time, the
*' Proceedings touching the Divorce between Frances
*' HoTcard and Robert Earl of Essex, &c. Before
*' which are the pictures from head to foot of sir
*' Robert Carr earl of Somerset and the said
" Frances. (2) Speech of Sir Francis Bacon at the
" Arraignment of the Earl of Somerset, which also
" is in the said Five Years of King James. (3) An
" jibstract or britf Declaration of' the present State
" of his Majesty's Revenues, &,c. (4) True Rela-
" tion of Commissions and Warrants for the Con-
" demnation and Burning of Bartholomew Legatt
" and Thomas Withman, the one in West Smith-
" yield, the other in Litchfield \Q\\, S;c.rchereunto
" are added the Pardons of Theophilus Hyggens,
" Clerk and Sir Eustace Ilart, Knt."
The Life of the renowned Sir Philip Sidney,
with the true Interest of England, as it then stood
in Relation to all Foreign Princes, [and particu-
larly for suppressing the Power of Spain stated by
him. His principall Actions, Counsels, Designes,
and Death. Together with a short Account of the
Maxims and Policies used by Queen Elizabeth tn her
Government.} &c. Lond. 1652. oct. Published by
P. B.
Short Account of the Maxims and Policies used
by Qu. Elizab. in her Government. — Printed with
the former book.
Remains, containing Poems of Monarchy and
Religion. Lond. 1670. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. A. 116.
Art.] never before printed ; with other things,
(amonff which is his Trag. of Marc. Tull. Cicero)
•which 1 have not yet seen.-s At length our author,
(who was counsellor of state to Ch. L) neglecting
to reward one Haywood, who had spent the
greatest and chiefest part of his time in his pcr-
- [All the copies of this volume, which have, as yet, been
discovered, commence at page 23, or signatured. It is sup-
posed the prior sheets contained A Treatise on Religion,
which was cancelled by order of arclibishop Laud.]
♦ (There seems no just reason for ascribing this to lord
BrooKe.]
•' [Itwas priated in 4to. Lond. 1651.]
sonal service, for which he expostulated the mat-
ter with his master, but w.is sharply rebuked for
it ; the said Haywood thereupon gave him a mor-
tal slab on his back (they two being then only-
together) in his bedchamber in Brook house in
Holbourn near London, of which wound he died
30 Sept. in sixteen hundred twenty and eight,
aged 74. Which being done, the assassine dis-
cerning his own condition desperate, went into
another room, and there having lock'd the door,
murdered himself with his own sword. On the
27 of Oct. following he the said lord Brook was
buried in a vault, situate on the north side of the
collegiat church at Warwick, which formerly had
been a chapter house belonging thereunto :
wherein he had, in his life time, erected a fair
tomb, with his epitaph thereon. ' Fulke Grevii,
Servant to Queen Elizabeth, Counsellor to King
James, and Friend to Sir Philip Sidney^'
In his honour and dignity, succeeded his kins-
man Robert Grevii, being then (1628.) one and
twenty years of age, educated in academical learn-
ing, not in this, but in the other university of
Cambridge, (as I have been informed) where be-
ing * tutor'd, became learned, con-
sidering his quality. But being after- d ¥'\
wards unhappily attainted with fana- edition,
tic and antimonarchial principles, by
the influence of one of his near relations and
some schismatical preachers, (tho' in his own na-
ture a very civil and well-humour'd person) was,
without much difiieulty, drawn in by those fiery
spirits of the long parliament, which began 1640'.
By whom being back'd on, he became an activ*"
man in the house against the prerogative, bishops,*
and the establish'd discii)line of the church, in-
somuch that no less than the abolishihg of all
decent order in the service of God would satisfy
him. So that the members of the said parlia-
ment looking upon him as a faithful person for
the cause that they then drove on, appointed
hira lieutenant of Warwickshire, a colonel and a
commander in their army, as I shall anon tell
you. As for the things which he wrote and pub-
lished, they are, (I) The Nature of Truth, "its
" Union and Unity with the Soul, which is one in
" its Essence, Faculties, Acts, one zcith Truth.''
Lond. 1640. [f641, Bodl. 8vo. B. 20. Th. BS.]
in tw. " written in a letter to a private friend,
' ['He (Laud) was not born therefore of such poor and
obscure parents, as the publisiier of his Breiiial makes bin),
much les5 e fcece plelis, of the dregs of the people, as botli
he and all the rest of the bishops were affirmed to be by the
late lord Brook (who of all other had least reason to upbraid
them with it) in a book of his touching the nature of that
episcopacy, which had been exercised in hngland. A speech
becoming none so ill as him that sjiake it, whose father, in
his best preferment, was but keeper of one of sir FulU (jrevill's
parks, though the son had afterwards the good fortune to
succeed that noble gentleman in his lands and honours.*
Ileyim, Life of Laud, folio, Lond. 1008, page 46.]
1028.
[523]
433
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BEAUMONT.
434
" J. S., by whom it was published for the public
" good, who set before it a prefaee to the reader "
This book was auiinadvertccl upon by John \\'al-
lis, a minister in London, (afterward geom. pro-
fessor of Oxon) Printed at Lond. 1G4;3. ('i) A
Discourse opening the Nature of Kpiscopncy, which
is exercised in England. Loud. 1C41. [liodl. 4to.
H. 15. Th. Seld.] 42. qu. Assisted therein by
some puritanical minister, and printed when the
press was open to receive all books against the
prerogative and bishops. (3) Tzco Speeches spoken
in the Guild-hall in Ijondon, concerning his Ma-
jesty's llefusal of a Treat i/ of Peace. Lond. 1642.
cm. (4) Answer to the Speech of Philip Karl of
Pembroke, concerning Accommodation. Which
answer was spoken in the house of lords, IQ Dec.
1642. Pr. in one sh. in qu. by order of the house.
(5) Speech at the Flection of his Captains and
Commanders at iVaruick Castle. Lond. lG43. qu.
In the beginning of the civil war, an. 1642, he
became commander in chief of those forces which
were sent to assault the Church-close at Litch-
field, then defended by a small garrison, placed
there by his majesty out of a pious intent for the
1>reservation of the stately cathedral, which the
ord Brook intended presently to destroy, when
taken by his forces. 15ut so it fell out, that he
having planted his great guns against the South-
East-gate of the close, he was, tho' luirnessed with
plate-armour cap-a-pe, shot from the church in
the eye by one Diot, a clergy-man's son, (who
could neither hear or speak) as he stood in a
door, (whither he came to see the occasion of a
•udden shout made by the soldiers) of which he
instantly died. This memorable accident hapned
on the second day of March, an. 1642, which is
the festival of that sometimes famous bishop, S.
Cedd or Chad, to whose memory Offa, king of the
Mercians, did erect the said cathedral, and de-
voutly dedicate it. Archbishop Laud, being then
a. prisoner in the Tower of London, did make
this memoir of it in his Diary, under the year
1642. ' Thursday March 2. S. Cedde's day, the
lord Brook shot in the left eye, and killed in the
place at Lichfield, going to give onset upon the
close of the church, he ever having been fierce
against bishops and cathedrals. His bever up,
and armed to the knee, so that a musket at that
distance could have done him but little harm.'
" And in the History of the Troubles and Tryal of
" that Archbishop oj Canterbury publish'd by Mr.
" Wharton 1693, cap. 8. p. 175. the passage
" about this lord is thus told. On Saturday,
" March 13th 1640, divers lords dined with the
" lord Herbert, son to the earl of Worcester, at
" his new house by Fox-hall in Lambeth. As
" they came back after dinner, three young lords
" were in a boat together, and St. Paul's church
" was in their eye. Hereupon one of them said,
" he was sorry for my commitment, if it were but
" for the building of Paul's, which would but
Vol. IL
" slowly go on there. The lord Brook who was
" one of the three replied, 1 hope one of us shall
" live to see not one stone left upon another of
" that building, but that church stands yet
" (March 2, 1642,) and that eye is put out which
" hoped to sec the ruins of it. Many heavy ac-
" cidents have already fallen in these unnatural
" wars, and God alone knows, how many more
" shall, before they end. He was killed in the
" place without speaking one word; he that was
" an enemy to cathedrals, died in the assault of
" a cathedral, it was on St. Chad's day." This
lord Brook, who did often bragg that ' he should
live to see the millenary fool's paradise begin in J 521]
his life,' did give occasion, by words that he ut-
tered, to certain observing persons to think, that
his death was near, viz. that at his going out of
Coventry, when he went towards Lichfield, he
gave order to his chaplain, that he should preach
upon this text, ' If I perish, 1 perish,' being the
words of Ester in a diflerent, but a far better,
cause. Est. 4. 16. Also that in a prayer of above
an hour long, which he conceived, before his set-
ting on the close, he was heard to wish ' that if
the cause he was in were not right and just, he
might be presently cut off;' using the like ex-
pressions to his sokliers also.
[Original Letter of sir Fulke Grevil to sir Rob.
Cotton, MS. Cotton Julius, C iii, fol. 67 b.
Sonnet xiv.
(From his Workes.)
Why how now, reason, how are you amazed?'
Is worth in beauty shrind vp to be clothed?
Shall Nature's riches by your selfc be razed?
In what, but these, can you be finely clothed?
Though Myra's eyes, glasses of ioy and smart,
Uaintly shadowed, show forth loue and feare,
Shall feare make reason from her right depart?
Shall lacke of hope the loue of worth forbare?
Where is the homage then that Nature oweth?
Loue is a tribute to perfection due,
Reason in selfe-loue's liuerie bondage showeth,
And hath no freedome, Myra, but in you:
Then worth, loue, reason, beauty, be content
In Myra onely to be permanent.]
JOHN BEAUMONT, son of Francis Beau-
mont, one of the justices of the Common-Pleas
in the reign of queen Elizabeth, was born of, and
descended from, an ancient and noble family
of his name living at Gracedieu in Leicestershire,
became a gent. com. (with his brethren Henry
and Francis) in Broadg.ite's-hall in the beginning
of Lent-term, an. 1596, aged 14. Whence, afttr
he had spent about three years, he retired to one
of the inns of court, and afterwards to his native
country, where taking to wife one of the family
of Fortescue, was at length (in 1626) made a ba-
ronet. The former part of his life he success-
a F
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436
fully employed in poetn-, and the latter he as
happily bestowed on more serious and benehcial
studies: and had not death untimely cut hun o«
in his middle as^e, he might have prov'd a patriot,
beinc aeeoui.ted at the time of his death a person
of great knowledge, gravity, and worth, tie hath
written, ■ „ i i "
" The Crown of Thorns, a poem, in 8 books.
Bomorth Field: a poem. Lond. 1629- oct.
A Taste of the Variety of other i'oms.— l^nutcd
with the former poem, fie hath also made trans-
lations into English from Horace, Virgil, Lucan,
Persius, Ausonius, Claudian, &.c. All which were
collected together, after the author's death by his
son, sir Joh. Beaumont, bt. ' and were printed
with the former poems in 1629, [Uodl. 8vo. O.
34. Th.«] being then usher'd into the world by
the commendation poems of Tho. Nevill, Tho.
Hawkins,' Benj. Johnson, Mich. Drayton, 1 hiiip
King, son of the B. of London, &.c. This sir
John Beaumont the poet departed this mortal
1028. life in the winter time, in sixteen hundred twenty
and eight, and was buried in the church at Grace-
dieu, leaving behind him a son named John
before-mention'd, who died without issue, another
called Francis, afterwards a Jesuit,' and a third
named Thomas, who succeeded his brother in his
estate and honour. As for Francis Beaumont,
who with his elder brother sir John came to Broad-
gate's hall in 1596, as I have before told vou, he
must not be understood to be the samewith Irancis
Beaumont the eminent poet and comedian, for
tho' he was of the same family, and most of his
name studied in Oxoii, yet he was educated in
. Cambridge,- and after he had made himself fa-
mous, over all England, for the 50 comedies and
trao-edies which he, with Joh. Fletcher gent, had
composed, made his last exit in the beginning of
March, and was buried on the ninth of the same
month in 1615, at the entrance of St. Benedict's
« FThis portion of the volume was reprinted in 8vo. Lontl.
1710, by H. Hills, in Blackfrj-ars near the water-side. "Bodl.
Goueh, Leicester 24.]
' rThis sir John Beaumont ' was of such uncommon
strength, that it w.is reputed by old men who knew him,
that he did leap l6 feet at one leap, and would commonlv, at
a stand leap, jump over a high long table in the hall, hght
on the settle beyond the table, and raise himself straight up.
He was killed at the siege of Gloucester in l644. ^lchoIs,
History of Leicestershire, vol. iii, part 2, p.ige OSg.J
8 1 1 have inspected more than twenty copies of this
volume, and have found that they all want one leaf, viz pp.
181, 182. which has evidently been cut out. The Bodlciari
ropy, just referred to, has the first letters of the suppressed
j>oem, but it is useless to conjecture what might have been
the foibidden subject.] . • i • t-u
9 [Sir John Beaumont, the editor, repaid sir Ihomas
Hawkins with a commendatory sonnet on his translation ot
Horace, printed the third time in 1635.] . . , , „
' [Who prefixed some verses before his father s^ocmj,
and of whom an engraved portrait will be found in Nichols s
Hist, of Leicestershire. \
» [Wooil has confounded Beaumont the dramatic writer
with his namesake the master of the Charter house, who
died in l6S4.]
chappel within the abby church of St. Pct"»
within the city of Westminster. As tor John
Fletcher, son oV Rich. Fletcher, B. of London, he
was also a Cambridge man, and dying of the
plague, was buriotl in the church (or yard) of S,
Mary Overey in Southwark, 29 Aug. 1625, aged
49. Sir Aston Cockaine, baronet, hath in his
Choice Foems of several Sorts, &.c. pr. 1^558. in
oct. an epitaph on Mr. John Fletcher and Mr.
Philip Massinger, who, as he saith, lye buried
both in one grave, in St. Mary Overey's church
in Southwark, yet the register of that church,
saitli that Massinger was buried in one ot the
lour yards belonging to that church, as I
shall tell you when I come to him, under the
year I6S9." Later in time than sir Jo. Beaumont,
iiath appeared another of both his names, ' who
hath written and published Obscriations upon the
Jpalo^l of Dr. Hen. More. Cambr. l685. qu.
And is at present the king's prof, of div. there.
iConcerning the true Forme of English Poetry.
(From sir John Beaumont's Poems, 1629.)
He makes sweet musick, who in serious lines
Light dancing tunes and heauy prose declines:
When verses like a milky torrent flow,
They equall temper in the poet show.
He paints true formes, who with a modest heart
Giues lustre to his worke, yet couers art.
Vneuen swelling is no way to fame.
But soHd ioyning of the perfect frame.
So that no curious finger there can find
The former chinkes, ol" nailes that fastly bind.
Yet most would haue the knots of stiches scene.
And holes where men may thrust their hands
between.
On halting feet the ragged poem goes
With accents neither htting verse nor prose :
The stile mine care with more contentment fills
In lawyer's pleadings, or phisician's bills ;
For though in termcs of art their skill they close.
And ioy in darksome words as well as those.
They yet haue perfect sense more pure and
cleare
Then enuious muses, which sad garlands weare
Of dusky clouds, their strange conceits to hide
From humane eyes; and (lest they should be spi'd
By some sharpe Oedipus) the English tongue
For this, their poore ambition, suffers wrong.
In eu'ry language now in Europe spoke
By nations which the Roman empire broke,
The rellish of the muse consists in rime.
One verse must meete another like a chime.
Our Saxon shortnesse hath peculiar grace
In ehoise of words, fit for the ending place.
Which leaue impression in the mind, as well
As closing sounds of some delightfull bell.
These must not be with disproportion lame.
Nor should an eccho still repeate the same.
3 THis christian name was Joseph. Loveday. It was
Pr. Joseph Beaumont, roaster of St Peter's college. Baker.J
437
[FRANCIS BEAUMONT.]
4ti»
In many changes these may he exprtst,
But those that ioyne most simply run the best:
Their forme surpassing farre the fetter'd staues,
Vainc care and needlesse repetition saues.
These outward ashes keepe those inward fires,
Whose heate the Grceiie and Koinan works
inspires :
Pure phrase, fit epithets, a sober care
Ot metaphores, descriptions cleare yet rare,
Similitudes contracted, smootli and round,
Not vext by learning, but with nature crown'd;
Strong figures drawne from dcepe inuention's
springs,
Consisting lessc in words and more in things j
A language not affecting ancient times,
Nor Latine shreds by which the pedant climes;
A noble gubiect which the mind may lift
To easie vse of that peculiar gift
Which poets in their raptures hold most deare.
When actions by the liuely sound appeare —
Giue me such helpes, I neuer will dispaire.
But that our heads, which sucke the freezing
aire,
As well as hotter braines, may verse adorne.
And be their wonder as we were their scorne.]
[FRANCIS BEAUMONT, the celebrated
dramatic poet, notwithstanding Wood's caution
not to admit him among the Oxford writers,
claims a pace in these Athenje. Although, in
chronological correctness, he should have been
noticed earlier, yet has been thought better to
insert his name, (for no materials for his life
exist,) immediately following his brother's, since,
by these means. Wood's error is more easily
pointed out and corrected.
He was the third son of judge Beaumont of
Grace-Dieu, and brother to sir John Beaumont
just noticed, with whom, and their elder brother
Henry, he entered as a gentleman commoner of
Broad gate's hall, Feb. 4, loOG-?,* aged twelve
years. He left the university, probably after a
very short residence, and without taking any de-
gree, when he repaired to London and entered as
a member of the Inner Temple. There appears
no reason to suppose that he paid any attention
to the study of the law ; indeed his dramatic
pursuits must have precluded the necessary ap-
f)lication, and there can be little doubt but that
lis whole time, as well as his inclination, was de-
voted to the business of the stage.
Our author's literary partnership with Fletcher
is too well known to require explanation in this
place. On this subject, Aubrey, whose accounts are
alwajs curious and entertaining, and who has pre-
♦ [This date, which varies from any yet made public, I
give on the authority of the original Matriculation book P.
which has been inspected for me by my kind acquaintance
Mr. Gutch, the uuivcrsity registrar, and since collated by
myself.]
served so many interesting anecdotes of the cele-
brated characters of his day, Sitys, * ' There was a
wonderfull consimility of phansy between him and
Mr. Jo. Fletcher, which caused that dearnesse of
frendship between them. I have heard Dr. Jo.
Earle (since bisli. of Sarum) say, who knew them,
that his maine businesse was to correct the over-
flowing.^ of Mr. Fletcher's witt. They lived toge-
ther on the Banke side, not far from the play house,
both batchelors,lay together, had one wench in the
house'' between them which they did so admire ; the
same cloaths and cloake, &c. between them. He
writt (amongst many other) an admirable Elegie
on the Countesse of Rutland, which is printed
with verses before Sir Thomas Overburie's Cha-
racters. He was buryed at the entrance of St.
Benedict's chapell, in Westminster abbey, March
9, 1615-16.'
Little else is known of Beaumont than that he
married Ursula, daughter and co-heir of Henry
Isley of Sundridge in Kent, by whom he had two
daughters. One of these, I'rances, was living at
a great age, in Leicestershire, in the year 1700,
when she received a pension of 100/. a year from
the duke of Ormond, in whose family, it is re-
ported, she had resided as a domestic.
Besides the numerous plays written in conjunc-
tion with Fletcher, our author wrote
Poems, London 1640, 1653, 1660, 8vo. Re-
printed in Chalmers's body of English poetry,
Lond. 1810, and in Weber's edition of the Work$
of Beaumont and Fletcher.
Salmacis and Hermaphroditus. From Ovid:
In MS. in Dr. Rawlinson's collection, and printed
in 1602, 4to.
Vertue engraved a head of the dramatic poet,
from an original picture in the possession of the
duke of Dorset. This has been reduced and co-
pied by Basire and Evans.
Beaumon t's poems are all of considerable, someof
them of high, merit, but they are so ready of attain-
ment in the modern editions, that tlie following
extract only is given, to shew the sprightly style
of his composition :
Flattering Hope! away, and leave me!
Shee'l not come, thou dost deceive me :
Hark! the cock crows— th' envious light
Chides away the silent night ;
Yet she comes not ! oh ! how I tire
Betw ixt cold fear and hot desire.
Here alone enforced to tarry,
While the tedious minutes marry
' \Sce Letters from the Bodleian Libran/, tvilh Aubrey's
Lives, &c. Lond. 1813, 8vo. vol. ii, page 2Jt), 7.]
' [It seems that Aubrey derived this part of his story from
sir James Hales, at least so he writes in the margin of the
original MS. Nichols, Chalmers, Weber, and all indeed who
quote this passage, make a strange blunder, or give a decent
readine. They say, that Beaumont and Fletcher ' had one
bench ~in the house between them, which tliey did so ad-
mire,' &c.]
2F a
439
BENISON.
ALLIBOND.
440
And get hours, those days and years,
A\ hich I count with sighs and Ifcars :
Yet she comes not — oh! how I tire
Betwixt cold fear and hot desire.
# * *
* * *
Come then, Love, prevent day's eyeing.
My desire would fain be dying:
Smother me with breathless kisses.
Let me dream no more of blisses,
But teJl me, which is in Love's fire
Best, to enjoy or to desire.]
JOHN DENISON, who in his time was cried
up for an eminent preacher, became a student in
[525] Baliot coll. at the beginning of the year 1590,
and when M. of A. entred into orders, preached
frequently in these parts, was " domestic chaplain
" to George duke of Bucks, and afterward" made
chaplain to K. James L chief moderator of the
free-school in Reading in Berks, and at length
vicar of St. Mary's church there : in which last he
was succeeded byTho. Bunbury of Bal. coll. but
thrust out thence by the presbyterians in the
beginning of the civil wars. Denison was a
learned man, well read in theological authors,
and wrote and published these things following :
Several Sermons as (1) The Christian Peti-
tioner, preached on Act Sunday, 7 Jul. iGll. On
^'ehem. 13. 22. Lond. l6ll. qu. [Bodl. 4to. S.
27. Th.] (2) The Sin a<rainst the Holy Ghost, at
Paul's Cross: On Heb." 10. 26, 27- Lond. l6ll,
u. [Bodl. 4to. N. 12. Th.] (3) Christian's Care
, "or the Soul's Safety : On Mark 8. 36. Lond. 1 62 1 .
oct. [Bodl. 8vo. W. 42. Th.] (4) Heavenly Ban-
quet: or, the Doctrine of the Lord's Supper, set
forth in seven Sermons : On I Cor. 1 1 . from verse
23. to 29. Lond. l6l9. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. D. 56.
Th.] (5) Blessedness of Peacemakers. Two Ser-
mons on Matth. 5. 9- Lond. 1620. oct. [Bodl.
8vo. W. 49. Th.] (6) The Sinner's Acquittance,
before the K. at Greemcich. On Isa. 53. 4. Lond.
1624. oct. (7) Check to Curiosity, and The safest
Service, two Serm. at Whitehall. On Job. 21.
ver. 22. Lond. 1624. oct. [Bodl. Svo. D.25. Th.]
(8) Heaven's Joy for a Sinner's liepenfaiice. On
Luke 15. 7. Lond. 1623. oct. [Bodl. Svo. D. 25.
Th.] &c. .
A threefold Resolution necessary to Salvation,
describing Earth's Vanity, HelCs Horror and
Heavens Felicity. Lond. I6l6. oct. 4th edit.
[Bodl. Svo. L 43. Th.] " and Lond. 1630. oct.
" 5th edition."
Justification of the Gesture of Kneeling in the
Art of receiving the Sacrament of the Lord's Stjp-
per. Lond. 1619. oct.
On the two Sacraments, Baptism and the Lord's
Supper. Lond. 1621. qu.
X)e Confessionis Auricularis I'anilale adtcrsus
Card. BcUarmini Sophismala. Ox. J6C1. qu.
[Bodl. 4to. B.93. Tb.]
;;
Dc Sigilli Confessionis Impietate, contra Scho-
lasticoruin Sf Neotericorum quorundam Dogmata
Disputatio. — Printed with the former. He died
in the latter end of January, and was buried on
the first of Feb. in the church of St. Mary at
Reading before-mention'd, in sixteen hundred iCss-O-
twenty and eight. He had a brother, or near
kinsman called Stephen Denison, D. D. and many
years minister of St. Katharine Cree-Church in
London, who hath published several things of
divinity, as the Bodleian or Oxford Catalogue
will tell you. He died in tbat pariih, (in 1649,
as I think) but was not of the university of
Oxon.
[5 Oct. 1603, vie. S. Laur. in Reading, cone,
per D. Egerton, cane. Jo. Denison, A. M. e coll.
Balliol, Oxon.
Rcct. sive vie. S. Egidis, Reading, cone, per
eundem cane. Jul. 16 12, Jo. Denison, S. Th. Pr.
e coll. Balliol.
The lord chancellor presented him in I6l0 to
the rectory of Woodmanston, in Surrey. Tanner.
In a letter from sir Thomas Bodley to Dr. King
the vice-chancellor, dated June 30, 1608, we find
Mr. John Denison, of Reading, recorded as a
benefactor of some * very special good bookes' to
the public library.]
PETER ALLIBOND, an ingenious man in
the opinion of all that knew him, was born at
Wardenton near to Banbury in Oxfordshire,
where his name and family had for some genera-
tions lived, became a student of Magd. hall in the
beginning of 1578, aged 18 years, or thereabouts,
took the degrees in arts, travelled for some time
beyond the seas, and at his return became rector
of Cheyneys in Bucks. Where continuing many
years, did much improve the ignorant with his
sound doctrine. What he hath written I know
not, nor translations which he hath made, only
these two from French into English, viz. (1) Com-
fort for an nffliclid Conscience, wherein is contained
both Consolation and Instruction for the Sick, &c.
Lond. 1591. oct. written by John de L'espine.
(2) Confutation of the Popish Transubstantiation,
together with a Narration how that the Mass was
at sundry Times patched and pieced by sundry Popes,
&c. Lond. 1592. oct. And a translation from
Lat. into English entit. The golden Chain of Sal-
vation. Lond. 1604. qu. [Bodl. 4to. B. 28. Th.]
Written by Harman Reneciier. This Pet. Alli-
bond died on the sixth day of March, in sixteen
hundred twenty and eight, and was buried in the 1528.9.
chancel of the church of Cheyneys before-men-
tion'd ; leaving then behind him three sons, one
of which was called John, a witty man of Magd.
coll. whom I shall mention elsewhere;' another
named Peter of Liuo. coll. ' proctor of this ujiiver-
[Si-e in tlip FASTI, under llie vear l643.}
[An epitaph on him by six Atton Cockayii
J). iSi}. WANLElf.]
ne in his Pvems,
441
LliY.
U-2
sity in 1640; and a third Job, who changing his
religion, to which he had been carefully broiiglu
up, for that of Koine, (which was tlie reason,
I presume, why his name was omitted in liis
fatner's will) did at length get a place in the Post
Office, which kept iiini and his in a comfortable
[jGG] condition. This Job was father of Rich. Alli-
bond, a barrester of Grays Inn, who being also a
llonian Catholic, was not only knighted by K.
James II. but also made one of the justices of the
King's-Bench, to which oHice he was sworn by the
name of Rich. AUibond, 28 Apr. 1687. He died
at his liouse near to the back part of Grays Inn,
22 of Aug. 1688, aged 47 years or thereabouts,
and was buried on tlie fourth of Sept. following
at Dagcnham ill Essex neai'to the grave of his
mother. »
JAMES LEY, a yonnger ' son of Henry Ley
of TefFont-Evias in Wilts, son of Henry Ley of
Ley, in the parish of Berc-Ferres in Devonsh.
esq; was born at Teffont-Evias, became a com-
moner of Brascti-nose coll. in the beginning of
1569, aged 17, or thereabouts, took one degree in
arts, and on the first of May 1577, he was admit-
ted a student of Liiicolns inn, where making
great proficiency in the municipal law, which
was much advanced by his academical learning,
he became a counsellor of great repute, was call'd
to the Bench, 22 Eliz. and in the 44 of that qu.
was Lent reader of that inn. After which, his
profound learning and other great abilities deser-
vedly rais'd him to sundry degrees of honour and
eminent employment : for in the 1 of Jac. I. he
was called to the state and degree of serjcant at
law, and in the year following he was constituted
cliief justice of the King's-Bench in Ireland, in
which place he continued till Mich, term, 6 Jac. 1.
and then, being a knight, he was made attorney
of the court of wards and liveries in England.
Shortly after he obtained a privy seal from the
king's maj. dat. 15 May, 7 Jac. 1. to take place
in the said court of the kintj's attorney-general,
which till then was never used, but since hath con-
stantly been observed. By virtue of that seal,
and by appointment of Rob. earl of Salisbury,
then master of the said court, he took the place
the same day of sir Hen. Hobart knight, then
attorney-general to his majesty. During his
continuance in that place he was made a baronet,
and in the 18 Jac. he was removed from that
court, having been attorney 12 years, and up-
wards, and was made lord chief justice of the
King's-Bench in England. In 22 Jac. he was
made lord high treasurer of Engl, and a counsellor
' [Where a pompous monument was erected to his me-
mory. It is not improbable, that M' Allibond who was
made fellow of Magd. coll. in king James II. time was of
this family. See p. 48 of the Uist. of K. Jama's EecUs.
Commission, \T\l. Watts.]
' [He was tlie sixth ]
of state, and on the last day of the -snine montli
he was advanced to the dignity' of a baron, by
the title of lord Ley of Ley before-mentionecl.
In the 1 of Car I. he was created earl of Marl-
borough in Wilts, and in the fourth of that king
he rcsign'd his place of treasurer, and was made
lord president of the council. He was a person
of great gravity, ability and integrity, anrl of
the same mind in all conditions. He hath written.
Treatise concerning IVardu and Liveries, Lond.
1642. oct. [liodl. 8vo. P. 70. Jur.] composed by
the author, while he was attorney of the court of
wtrrds and liveries, [and printed at the end of his
Reports, in 1659.]
Reports of divers Ttesolittiotis in Laze, arising
upon Cases in the Court of Wards, and other
Courts at Westminster, in the Reigns of King
James and King Charles. Lond. I65y. fol. [Bodl.
Z. 4. 11. Jur.] He also collected, with intentions
to publish, some of the historical writers of Ire-
land : for which end he caused to be transcribed
and made fit for the press. The Jmials of John
Clt/niie a Frier Minor of Kilkenny, (who lived in
the time of K. Ed. 3.) The Annals of the Priori/
of St. John the Evangelist of Kilkenni/, and The
Annals of Multifernan, Rosse and Clonmell, &c.
But his weighty occasions did afterwards divert
his purpose. After his death the copies came
into the hands of Henry earl of Bath, who also
did intend to make them public, but what diverted
him, I cannot tell. Our author, sir Jam. Ley, E.
of Marlborough, ended his days in his lodgings in
Lincolns Inn on the 14 of March in sixteen hun- 1628-y.
dred twenty and eight, and was buried in an isle
joyning to the church of Westbury in WiltsJ
in which parish he had purchased an estate.
Over his grave was soon after a stately monument
erected by Hen. Ley his son, who succeeded liiin
in his honour; begotten on the body of his
father's first wife, s named Mary, daughter of John
Pettie of Stoke-Tahnach and Tctswortli in com.
Oxon. esq;
[Ley was also an excellent antiquary, in which
capacity he wrote:
Of the Time when England was first divided
into Shires.
De Forest a.
Of Sterling Money.
Of the Antiquity of Arms in England.
Of the Antiquity of the Office oj the Chancellor
of England.
Of Epitaphs.
Of Molts.
Of the Antiquity of Ceremonies used at Funerals
in tlngland. All which are j)rinted in the second,
or best, edition of Hearnc's Collection of Curious
Discourses, Lond. 1775, 8vo.
* Baronage of England, torn. 3. p. 451. b.
' [He had two othiTs, Mary, widow of sir William Bowrr,
knipm ; and Jane, daughter of John lord Buteler. See
Hearne's Curious JJiscuurses, ii. 'iS?.]
443
VICARS.
AMAMA.
VAUGHAN.
444
An original letter to sir Robert Cotton will be
found under Julius C iii,fol. 176.
Payne engraved a portrait of Ley, which was
•prefixed to bis li^ports.]
[527] THOMAS VICARS, who writes himself Ti-
earsiis and de Vicariis, was born within the city of
Carlisle in Cumberland, made his first entry into
Queen's coll. in the beginning of lG07, aged 1 6,
where, after he had been a poor serving child,
tabarder, and chaplain, he was elected fellow
]6lfi, being then M. ofA. Six years after he
was admitted to the reading of the sentences ;
about which time he being esteemed an able
theologist, preacher, and well qualified with other
learning, was taken into the family of Dr. Carle-
ton B. of Chichester, and by him preferr'd (after
he had married his daughter Anne) to the vi-
caridge of Cockfield near Horsham in Sussex,
and, as it seems, to a dignity in the church of
Chichester. His works are,
Manuductio ad Artem Rhetor icam, ante paiicos
Annas in privatum qnornndam Scholariitm Usuni
coiicinnata, &c. Lond. 1621. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. C.
126. Art.] there again 16'28. in tw. being the
third edit. Tliis book is the effect of certain
lectures in Queen's coll. public refectory, when
he bore the office of rhetoric reader.
Brief Direction how to examine Our-sehes before
ve go to the Lord's Table, how to behave Our-
selves there, and how to try Ourselves after-
wards. Loud. l6'22. or thereabouts, in oct. [Bodl.
8vo. H. 83. Th]
Confutatio cujusd. Libelli de Amplitudine Regni
C(elestis, sub ementito C. Secundi Curionis Nomi-
ne in Lucem emissi. Ox. 1627. qu. He hath also
translated from Lat. into English, A Maniiduction
to Theology. Lond. 1 622. or thereabouts, and
26 in Oct. written by Barthol. Keckerman. Be-
fore which translation is a copy of verses made by
Mich. Drayton the poet, an attestation by And.
dar. Airay B. D. and a dedication to Anne the wife
J628. of ui. Carleton B. of Chichester. One Tho.
Vicars published The Surgeon's Directory, iu
1651. oct. who was, as I suppose, a chirurgion
by profession, and therefore not to be taken
to be the same with Tho. Vicars before-men-
tioned.
[Thomas Vicars, the theologist, wrote also,
P0M$AI0*EP05;, the Sword-bearer, or the Bp. of
Chichester's Arms emblazoned in a Sermon preached
at a Synod bi/ T. V. B. D. (Thom. a Vicars as
he subscribes "the dd. to Bp. Carleton) sometime
Felloxc of Queen's College Oxford, now Pastor at
Cockfield in Southsex. On itevel. 11. 12. Lond.
1627. 4to.]
SIXTUS AMAMA was born in the province
of Westfriesland in Holland, educated for a time
in the university of Franeker, where obtaining
considerable knowledge in the Oriental tongues,
took a journey into England, and about l6l3
^settled in Oxford, taught the Hebrew tongue,
and for the sake of Dr. Pridcaux rector of Exeter
coll. whose person and doctrine he much admired,
became a sojourner of that house, and a zealous
student in the sacred faculty. After he had con-
tinued there some years, he retired (without a
degree conferr'd on him,) to his native country,
where at Franeker he was made Hebrew profes-
sor, and at length D. of D. and held much in
esteem for his great learning. He hath written,
Censura Vulgatee atque a Tridentinis Canoniza-
tir Versionis quinque Librvrum Mosis, &c. F'ranek.
1620. qu. [Bodl. 4to. A. 2. Th. Seld.]
Supplex Parcenesis ad Synodos, Episcopos 8(
Super-intendentes Ecclesiarum Prolestantium, de
excitandis SS. Linguarum Studiis.
Observationes in Gram. Hebr. Petri Martini.
Franek. 1625. oct. [Amst. 1634, Bodl. Bvo. A.
41. Art.]
Coron. ad Gram. Martino Buxtorfianum. Ibid.
Anti-Barbarus Biblicus in 3 Libros distribntns,
&c. Amstel. 1628. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. A. 13. Th.
Seld.] To which was added a fourth book —
Franek. 1656. qu.
De Decimis. In the first tome of the Criticks,
p. 1326. [Bodl. BS. 199-]
Responsio ad Censuras D. Marini Manenni
Theologi Paris. Franek. l628. oct. See in the
first tome of the Criticks, p. Ix.
De Nomine Tetragrammato Dissertatio, cum
Responsioue ad Argumenta cl. f'iri D. Nich. Ful-
leri Aiigli, quibus pro vulgata Lectionis Jehovah
Certitudine disputavit. Fran. 1628. oct. [et Traj.
ad Rh. 1707, Bodl. 8vo. B. 57. Jur.]
He hath also written the preface before Joh.
Drusius" his Commentary on the more difficult
Places of the Pentateuch, an. 1617, which is remit-
ted into the first tome of the Criticks, p. 50,
and corrected and published with some additions
of his Commentary on the \2 Minor Prophets, and his
Com. de Sectis Judaicis. He hath also written
and published certain dissertations and orations
in Latin, but these I have not yet seen. He was
living and in great renown at Franeker in sixteen
hundred twenty and eight, ' having then, as
always before, a natural geny to enlighten the
text'of scripture, and to find the notion of the
sacred language. When he died, and what other
books he hath written, I cannot yet tell.
WILLIAM VAUGHAN, son of Walt.
Vaughan of the Golden Grove in Caermarthen-
shire esq; and younger brother to sir John
Vaughan the first earl of Carbury, was born at
the Golden Grove, became a commoner of Jesus
coll. in Mich, term, an. 1591, aged 14, took the
degrees in arts, and entred on the law line,
but before he took a degree in that faculty, he
went to travel, and performing some exercise in
order thereunto at Vienna, did proceed doctor
there, and at his return was incorporated at Oxon
* [lie was sometime amanuensis to J. Driisius. Tasner.]
5 Claruit Sixtus Amaraa 1630. vid. Konigii Biblitiih. J 1.
[.528)1
Clar.
1628.
445
VAUGHAN.
CAREW.
44t>
in the same faculty, an. l605. In which, llo'
indifferently learned, yet' he went beyond most
men of his time for Latin, especially, and Elnglish,
poetry. Afterwards spending nmch time in ram-
bling to and fro, did take a long journey for the
honour and benefit of his nation, and became the
chief undertaker for the plantation in Cambriol,
the southermost part in Mewfound-land, now
called by some Britanniola, where with pen,
purse, and person ditl prove the worthiness of that
enterprize. He hath written,
EPaxonAirNION Pium, continens Cantknm
Canticorum Solomonis, 6) Psa/mos aliquot selec-
tiores, una cum quibusdatn aliis I'oematis e Sacree
Script urte Fontibus pelitis. Lond. 1597- oct.
Elegia gratulatoria in Ilonorem illustriss. Herois
Caroli Howard Comitis Nottingham. 0.3 Oct, 1397.
meritiss. creati. Printed with the former.
Varia Poemata de iSphccrarum Ordine, 8cc.
Lond. 1589. oct.
Poemata continent. Eiicom. Roberti Comitis
Essex. Lond. 1598. oct.
The Go/den Grove moralized, in 3 Books. A
Work very necessary for all such, as would know
how to govern themselves, their Houses, or their
Country. Lond. 1600. and 1608. oct. [Bodl. 8vo.
U. 10. Art. BS.] This book which is written in
prose, was commended to the world by some
f>oets, or at least pretenders to poetry, then ( 1 600)
iving in the university, as Dr. Joh. Williams
Marg. professor, Will. Osbourne, one of the
proctors, Hen. I'rice, bac. of div. of S. John's
coll. Griffin Powel of Jesus, Joh. Buddcn, LL. D.
Nich. Langford and Tho. Came, masters of arts,
Gabr. Powel, B. A. Sam. Powel, Tho. Storer,
and Jo. Rawlinson, masters of arts, Charles I'itz-
jeffry of Broadgate's, Tho. Michelbourne, &.c.
Cambrensium Caroleia. Quibus Nuptice regales
eelebrantur, Memoria, Regis Pacijici renovntur, Sf
Pracepta ?iecessaria ad liempub. nostrum J'eeliciter
administrandum intexuntur : reportafa a Colchide
Cambriota ex Australissima Nova Terra Plaga.
Lond. 1625. oct. 'Tis a Latin poem, and dedi-
cated by our author V'aughan under the name of
Orpheus Junior to king Charles L*
The Golden Fleece, divided into three Parts;
under zehich are discovered the Errors of Religion,
the Fices and Decays of the Kingdom, &c. Lond.
1626. qu. in prose. Transported from Cambriol
Colehos, out of the Southermost part of the
island, called New-found-land by Orpheus, jun.
alias Will. Vaughan. There is no doubt but this
our ingenious author hath other things extant,
but such, tho' with great scrutiny, I cannot yet
discover; nor can I find anything else relating
^ to the author, only that he was living at Cambriol
Jtes' before-mentioned in sixteen hundred twenty and
* [This book was printed l630, ' opera et studio Gul-
Vaughanni militis." The author seems to have been then
living. It contains, besides, characters of several noble per-
sons. fiAKER.]
eight. I fintl one Will. Vaughan, a physician,'
who among several other thingti hath publisiied a
book, emit. Directions for Health, natural and
artificial, derived from the best Physicians, as well
modern as ancient, &.c. Printed several times, as
in 1617. oct. Lond. 1626. qu. the sixth edit, and
there again 16.'33. &c. Another book also he
wrote called The Nealanders Cure, tcilh Rules
against the Scurvey, Coughs,* &c. Printed 16.S9'
oct. &c. Whether this physician was originally
ofOxon. I cannot tell, notwithstanding we have
had several of both his names and time matricu-
lated as members of Bal. coll. Jesus, &c. There
is also another Will. Vaughan, » a physician, who f529]
published Disputatio medica de Febre continuala.
Printed 1671. qu.
[Although none of Cambro-Vaughan's pieces
searched for by Wood, with so great assiduity,
have fallen in my way, yet it is very evident,
from his own words, that he was the author and
translator of several pieces not inserted in the
foregoing catalogue of his writings. In his
Golden Fleece, he notices the following :
Raggualioes and A uisoesfrom Parnassus. Trans-
lated from the Italian of Boccalini, 'and now of
late communicated to our English readers.'
Circles called the Spirit of Detraction coniured
and conuicted.
Commentaries upon, and Paraphrase of, Juvenal
and Per si us. 2
GEORGE CAREW, son of Mr. George
Carew, sometimes dean of Ch. Ch. in Oxon, was
born in Devon, but originally descended from
the Carews of Carew-castle in Pembrokeshire,
became a gent, commoner of Broadgate's-hall in
1572, aged 15. About which time two of his
sirname studied in University coll. which hath
given occasion, many years after, to some of the
fellows of that house, particularly to Dr. Joh.
Browne, to take' one of them to be this George
Carew, whom we arc farther to mention. How-
soever it is, or whether he studied in both houses
successively, I shall not now dispute it : sure I
am that he was of Broadgate's, and that being
"> [He was not a physician, as he apologizes for intruding
into other men's business — ' For all that I am not a prac-
titioner in this nohle science, yet my chiefest pleasure, ever
since my childhood, has been to read books of physic, . io
regard of my own health. Sir Thomas Elliot, a learned
knight in knig Henry VIII' days, was no practitioner, vet
wrote on this very subject. Mackeuiic, History of Health,
Edinb. 1738, page 304.]
" [Dedicated to his brother, John, earl of Carbury. Peck.]
' [There was a third Will. Vaughan who published a
poetical work entitled The Church-militant, historically con-
tinued from the Yeare of uur Saviour s Incarnation 33 untill
this present 1 640. The preface is inscribed to Richard earl
of Carbery. Park. A copy in the Bodleian, 8vo. Z.
398. Th ]
' In his Additional Tsotes to a Cat. of Scholars of I'niv.
Coll. in Jhe lime of Q. Elh. Which Cat. cousisti much of
siinames only.
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448
more <lclie;lited in martial affairs than in tiie soli-
tary delights of a study, lie left the university
without a degree, went into Ireland, and there
had 9 command given him against that noted rebel
the earl of Desmond. Afterwards his merits
being made known to Q. Eliz. she thereupon
made him one of her council, and master of the
ordnance, there: in which last employment he
behavid himself with great renown in various
expeditions, as some years after he did in the
Vovage to Cadiz in Spain. In 1589, he was ac-
tually created M. of A. with other persons of
quality, being then a knight. At lengtli when all
Ireland was in a manner invaded with a domestic
rebellion,' and a Spanish army, he was made pre-
sident of Munster for 3 years ; where joyning his
forces, with those of the earl of Thoniond, he took
divers castles and strong holds in those parts,
nnd brought tlie titular earl of Desmond (one of
the most active rebels there) to his tryal. After
K. James came to the crown he was called home,-
and in the first year of his reign he was consti-
tuted governor of the Isle of Guernsey and Castle
Cornet. In the third year of that king's reign he
was' advanced to the degree and dignity of a
haron, by the title of the lord Carew of Clopton,
having l)eforc married Joyce the daughter and
coiieir of Will. Clopton of Clopton, near Strat-
ford upon Avon in Warwicksh. esq. Afterwards
he was made vicechamberlain and treasurer to
Q. Anne, master of the ordnance throughout
England, and of the privy council to the king.
At length when K.- Cnarles came to the crown,
he was made by him, in the first year of his reign,
earl of Totness in Devonshire, as being then a
faithful subject, a valiant and prudent com-
mander, an honest counsellor, a genteel scholar,
a lover of antiquities, and a great patron of learn-
ing. He wrote a book entit.
Pacata Hibernia. Or, the Tliston/ of the late
Wars in Ireland. Lond. IS.SS. fol. [Bodl. C. 6.
4. Art.] with his picture before,' and these verses
under, it:
Talis erat vultu, sed lingua, mente, manuque,
Qualis erat, qui vult dicere, scripta legal.
Consulat aut famam, qui lingua, mcnte, manuve
Vincere hunc, fama judicc, rarus erat.
= Jinronag. of Engl. lorn. 3. p. 423.
3 [This vol. should also contain a head of queen Elizabeth,
before chap. 1. under which are engraved the following lines :
Hir scepter sweet, hir sword was seldome sharp.
Yet rebel subiects and invading foes
Itquail'd, repelling theis, reclayming those;
Such cure did set in tune the jarring llaip.
To this last act of hir exploits and glory
A plaudite reviveth by this story.
Then foUoves thirty lines by G. W.
Made bright and glorious by affliction's flame.
Forth from a prison to a crowne she came. — &c.
Printed for Robert Milbourne, 1633.]
Of which iiistory containing three years trans-
actions in Munster, tfie said carl's actions (G.
Carew) are not the least part. It was, while he
lived, reser\ed first for his own private satisfac-
tion ; secondly prc-^ervcd for the furtherance of
a general history of the kingdom of Ireland,
when some industrious writer should undertake a
compleat description of those affairs : and lastly
out of his own retired modesty, it was by him
held back from the stage of publication, lest
himself, being a principal actor in many of the
particulars, might be perhaps thought to give
vent and utterance to his private merit and ser-
vices, however justly memorable. After his
death it came into the hands of his faithful and
trusty servant, (or rather his natural son) called
Tho. Stafford, by whom, it being first ofler'd to
the view and censure of divers learned and judi-
cious persons, was at length published with an
epistle dedicatory to the king, and another epis-
tle to the reader. There wa.s one Tho. Stafford,
gcncrosi filius, born in Devonshire, who became
sojourner of Exeter coll. l604. aged 17- Quaere,
whether the same with this Thom. Stafford, who
wa^ master of many choice originals of charters
of English nobility, written in the time of Hen. 2,
mostly containing conveyances and gifts of lands
to religious houses ; which I presume he had bj
the gift of his aforesaid master the earl of Tot-
ness : hut when Staflbrd died, they came into
the hands of sir Simonds D'ewes, Bt. Besides
Pacata Hibernia, our author Carew hath, in four
large volumes, collected several chronologies,
charters, letters, muniments and other materials,
belonging to Ireland. Which as choice rarities,
are at this day reserved in the Bodleian library.
He also made several collections, notes, and ex-
tracts for the writing of the History of the Rei^n
of K. Hen. 5, which were ♦ remitted into the
History of Great Britain, 8cc. published by Joh.
Speed. In which history were also remitted
most, if not all, of the lord viscount S. Alban's
Hist, of Hen. 7, the notes and collections of sir
Rob. Cotton, concerning the reign of K. Hen. 8,
notes and collections of sir Hen. Spelman for
another king, the life of K. John by Dr. Jo.
Barcham, and the notes of Edm. Bolton concern-
ing K. Hen. 2. As for Speed's part in the said
History of Great Britain, it is such for stile
and industry, that for one who (as Martial
speaks) had neither a Grajcum x°"(^y "O"" ^^ ^^'^
Latinum, * is perhaps without many fellows in
♦ Ilypercritica, or a Rule of Judgment for writing, or
reading our Hislories. MS. Address. 3. Sect. 3.
' [As to this insinuation that Speed did not understand
Latin, Wood has relied too much upon his MS. atithority,
for Degory Wheare, the Camden reader of history, than whom
no person was more competent to give an opinion, expressly
tells us, that he (Speed) ' travelled over all Great Britain,
read diligently all our own historians, and those of our neigh-
bour nations, together with a diligent search in the public
ofiices, rolls, moDuments and ancient writings or charter*.*
[530]
449
CAREVV.
450
Europe. So much also have I understood of him
by sure information, tiiat he had no meaning in
that labour to prevent great practic learnedness,
but to furnish it for the common service of Eng-
land's glory. As for our author Carew earl of
Totness, he ended his days in the Savoy, situated
in theStrand near London, 27Mar. in sixteen hun-
i6igv dred twenty and nine, aged 73 years and 10
months. Whereupon his body was conveyed to
Stratford upon Avon in Warwicksiiire, and was
interr'd at the upper end of an isle joyniiig on
the north side to the body of the church there.
Over his grave was soon after a stately mo-
nument erected, with a large inscription tiiere-
• ff/iichfor on,* " part of which is, 'ihonias Staf-
Ireviiy sake " fordius strenuus militum ductor in
/ now pass " Hibernia, & merito suo Eques Au-
ly. First edit. « j^ius, Jacobi I, & Caroli I, eorum-
" que conjugibus Anna; &, Henriettse Mariae, ob
" fidelitatem & prastitam operam inter domesti-
" cos charus, quia cum illustri Comite (Georgio
" Comite Totness) ejusque conjuge diu familia-
" riter vixit, hie pariter requiescere voluit, &e.
" obiit 16 — the rest" for brevity sake I now pass
by ; and desire the reader to observe that there
was one Tho. Carve, who writes himself of Mo-
bernan in the county of Tipperary in Ireland, a
priest and apostolic notary, who in the year of his
age 70, Dom. 1660. wrote a book en tit. Lyra sive
Anacephalaosis Hibernica, in gun de tixordio,
sive Origiiie, Nomine, Moribus Kitibiisqiie Gentis
Hibernica succincth tradatiir. Suisbaci l6l6, 2d
edit. qu. [Bodl. 4to. G. 39. Art.] But this Tho.
Carve, who lived at Vienna in Germany in the
court of the reverend curats and levites belonging
to the cath. church of St. Stephen there, to the
year 1664, and after, is not to be understood (as
some have done) to be the same with Tho. Carew,
or any thing of kin to Geor. Carew before-men-
tion'd, or that he was beholding to Pacata Hiber-
nia, when he composed his book, or to his MS.
collections, as I can yet perceive. Besides the
aforesaid George Carew was another of both his
names, a native of Cornwall, (" being of the house
" of East Anthony") who having benefited him-
self much in this university, and afterwards in the
inns of court and in traveUing beyond the seas,
was at his return called to the bar. Soon after he
supplied the place of secretary to Cristop. lord
Hatton, L. chanc. of England, and after his de-
cease performed the like office to his two succes-
sors, by special recommendation from her ma-
Metkod and Order of reading Histories, 8vo. l.ond I6g4,
page l66. (Bodl. 8vo. G. 143. Art.) Now if Speed did this,
and we have every reason to believe he did, his acquaintance
with the Latin language must have been very considerable,
since all persons at all conversant wilh our early histories and
records well know, that they are almost universally written in
that tongue. Add to which, if we except lord Bcrners'
excellent Chronicle of Froissart, he could derive but little
assistance in his perusal of the historians ' of our neighbour
nations.']
Woh. IL
jesty, who also gave him a prothonotary.ship in
the chancery, and in \o\)l, being tijen a knight
and one of the masters of the chancery, was by
the said queen 'sent into Prussia to inform the
K. and state of Poland, and the prutenic cities,
those things wliich she answered to Dzialine the
last ambassador in England, &c. In which coun-
try and in other northern parts, he underwent, [531]
tiirough unexpected accidents, extraordinary
perils, but being freed from them by God's great
providence, he performed his duty in acceptable
manner. In January l605, he was sent ' ordi-
nary ambassador into France,' where lie behaved
himself to the credit of the English nation, and
alter his return the commonwealth used his ser-
vice, in the places of trust which he then injoyed.»
Whether he was the same sir George Carew,
who was created master of arts, with other per-
sons of quality at Cambridge, 30 Aug. 1571, I
know not. Qu.
[In the year 1794, the following very curious
notices, chiefly relative to the earl of Totness'g
public life, were read before the society of anti-
quaries :
Anno,
1555. I was borne upon Wednesday y' 29 day of
May.
1564. Sent by my parents to y* universyty of Ox-
ford.
1573. Taken from y' universyty.
1574. Sent for in to Ireland by y* old S' Peter
Carew, and y^ same year a servant to y*
earl of Warwick.
1575. A voluntary in Ireland under the lo. de-
puty, sir Henry Sydney.
1576. In y' absence of my brother S' Peter Carew
the younger, his lieutenant governor of
the county of Cather Loghe, and vice
constable in Loghlin castle.
1577- Rewarded for service done vpon y* rebels,
w* a pention of 40^ per diem, and ten
horse w*out cheque.
1578. A captayn at sea of the admirall shippe
under S' Humphrey Gilbert in his in-
tended voyage to y'' West Indies, and y*
same year sworne servant to queene Eli-
zabeth.
1579- A captayn of foote in Ireland.
1580. Captain of Loghlin castle, and of a troope
of horse; and by ray brother's death
lord of y' barony of Odrone; and y'
same year marryed.
* Cambden in Annal. Reg. Eliz.an. 1.^97.
' Idem in Annul. Beg. Jac. 1. MS. an. I606.
' [Upon his return home 1609, he writ and dedicated to
the king. Observations upon i-'rance,. in nine chapters. Tan-
nek.]
' [Sir George Carew dwelt in Carew house, in Tuthill
street, Westminster, and dying there, was buried in tho
middle chancel of the parish church of St. Margarets, in
Novemb. l6l2. Kennet.]
2 G
451
CAREW.
HUTCHINS,
452
1582. 1 went in to t lie Low Countries w"" Monsieur
y' French king's brother.
1583. Sherifc of y' county of Catherloge in Ire-
land.
1564. A pentlcuian pentioner in court to qiieene
Kliiiabeth.
1585. Knighted by S' Jolm Perrot, and y' year I
sould y' barony of Odrone.
1587. Master of the ordcnance of Irelande, also
y' year I was nominated, and had my
instructions, to goc anibassadour into
France, but 1 excused myself, and S'
Ed. Wootton, afterwards lord \^'ootton,
was imployed thither in ni}' stead.
158o. Sworne a counsellor of y'= rcalme of Ire-
land.
1391- Lietenant of v"" ordinance in England, and
continued master of y' ordinance in Ire-
land a year after.
1592. Justice of the peace in divers shires in
England.
1594. I was nominated to eoe ambassador into
Scotland to king James y° G% but by
favor of y' lord tresurer Burleigh I was
dismist of y' imployment, and y= lo.
Boroughs was sent in my roome.
1596. Master of y* ordenance in y' Cales voyage.
1597. Mr. of y"^ ordenance in y'= Island voyadge.
1598. In France w* y" principall secretary S'
Robert Cecill, when he was ambassa-
dor.
1599- Mr. of y' ordenance in y= army y' was as-
sembled at London, the earl of Noting-
ham being designed general, and y'
same year I went into Ireland, lord pre-
sident of Mounster.
1603. I was sent by y'= king w* some others to
bring queene Anne hither.
1605. Vice chamberlayn, receiuor general, and
sworn a councelor to queene Anne, and
created a baron in parliament.
1608.M''. of y' ordinance in England.
1609. Keeper of Nonsuch house and park, by
grant from queene Anne, for term of her
life.
1610. Governor of the isle of Guernsey.
1611. Sent sole commissioner into Ireland for
reformation of the army and improve-
ment of his ma"" revenew.
1616. Sworne a privy counsellore to king James,
and a commissioner among others of the
lords of the conseyl, for the government
of the kingdom in the absence of the
king when he went into Scotland.
1618. Keeper of Nonsuch house and park, by
grant of king James for terme of my
owne life.
1624. Sworne a counsellor of the warre by ver-
tue of an act of parliament.
1625. Sworne a privy counsellor to king Charles,
and not many dayes after sworne into
his counsellors of warre, and created
earle of Totnes.
1626. Treasurer and receaver general to the
queene Henriette Marie.'
Now although it is very evident from the above
fenuine document, (for its authenticity is testi- '
ed by Roger Twisden,) that Wood has given an
erroneous date to the entrance of sir George Ca-
rew, yet I have little doubt but that he is right
in placing him among the students of Broadgate's
hall. Upon a careful inspection of Reg. Matric.
Univ. Oton. (P.) which commences with the year
1564, I find two persons of the name of Carew*
as resident in Broadgates hall, at that time ; but
not one occurs in the catalogue of the members
of University. How Wood committed this mis-
take, or on what authority Dr. Browne's state-
ment rests, it is not easy to determine, since the
matriculation book just quoted is perfectly silent
as to the existence of any Carew at Univ. coll.
during that period. It should be added, in jus-
tice to Dr. Browne, that the university register is
very imperfect about this time, but after the ex-
pression used above (sure I am, &c.) the autho-
rity of my industrious,and,generally,most accurate,
predecessor remains on a firmer foundation than
that of his adversary.
Forty-two volumes of MSS. formerly collected
by lorcl Carew, relating principally to Irish his-
tory in the time of queen Elizabeth, are in the
archiepiscopal library at Lambeth, N" 596 to
6:^8. Among these, N" 605 contains a Letter by
Carew to the lords of the council, and two ad-
dressed to secretary Cecil.
Letters from him to sir Robert Cotton. MS.
Cotton, Julius, C iii, fol. 80, 197, 205. And
original letter from Carew to the duke of Buck-
ingham, dated 26 July, 1623. MS. Harl. 1581,
294.]
EDWAR D HUTCHINS, a Denbighshire man
born, was admitted perpetual fellow of Brascn-
nose coll. in 1581, being that year master of arts.
Afterwards entring into the sacred function, was
in a short time after numbred among the eminent
preachers of the university. His works are.
Sermons: as (1) Serm. against Recusants.^ On
Cantic. 2. 15. Oxon. 1586. oct. (2) Serm. con-
cerning the true Comfort of God's Church truly
Militant, &.c. On the Song of Solomon, ch. 4.
' [Archaeologia, vol. xii, p. 401.]
* [The register merely designates Mr. Carew in both
instances, but this was the universal practice at the com-
mencement of the volume.]
' [.-/ Sermon preached in Westchester the viii day of Octo-
ber, 1 586, before the Judj^rs and certain Recusantes : IVhcre-
in the Conditions ofal Hcreligues, but especiallie vf stubborn
and peruerting Papists, are aiscouered, and the Duty of al
Magistrates concerning such Persons, applied and opened.
Oxon. Pr. by Joseph Barnes. Deil. to Tho. Egerton, solici-
tor general.}
■
453
GIIFOKD.
454
V. 7. Oxon. 1589. oct. [Bodl.Svo. D.86.Th.] &c.
with which last is printed,
An Apology for the Church truly Militant.
He hiith also published,
Jaw-bone against the spiritual Philistine. —
Printed 1(501. in tw. and other things whiclil' I
have not yet seen. He afterwards (being married)
became prebendary of Chute and Cheesenbury in
the church of Salisbury, and beneficed near to
that city. He died in the beginning of sixteen
i6?9. hundred twenty and nine, and was succeeded in
his prebendship by one Joh. Thorpe.
[Add to Hutchings, j4 Sermon preached in St.
Peters Church, at Westchester, 25 September 1586,
cotitaining Matter Jit for the Time. Oxford, 1586,
l6mo. t]
WILLIAM GIFFORD, son of John Gifford,
esq; by Elizab. his wife, daughter of sir Geo.
Throcmorton of Coughton in Warwickshire,
knight, was born in Hampshire in 1654, being
the second year of qu. Mary, and in 1569 was by
his mother, then the wife of one Will. Hodgekin,^
sent to Line. coll. at which time it was governed
by John Bridgwater, who in his heart was a R.
Catholic, and had under his government many of
that profession. After he had continued in the
university, mostly in the said coll. and partly in
the house of Geo. Etheridge, a physician, for the
space of four years, exercising himself in gram-
mar, music, logic, and philosophy, he was sent
with his tutor Lovaine, where soon after he took
the degree of M. of A. Afterwards spending
four years in theological studies, under father
Bellarmine, he took the degree of bach, in that
faculty. But leaving the said university, be-
cause of the civil wars in that country', he retired
to Paris, where continuing for some time in the
study of theology among the Sorbonists, he was
by Dr. Will. Alan sent for to Rheimes, where
continuing in the Eng. coll. (governed by the said
Alan) for some time, was by him sent to the Eng.
coll. at Rome, where consummating his divine
studies, was recalled by the said Alan and made
public professor of theology at Rheimes. About
which time being created doctor of that faculty,
with great solemnity, in the university of Pont-a-
Mousson in Lorain, (in Nov. 1584.) managed
with great credit his public professorship for
♦ [Herbert's Typ. Antig. 1400.]
' ['His true name was Hodges, as appears from an inscrip-
tion on a very neat plated stone now remaining for him m
the chancel of Weston church (in this neighbourhood) and
is as follows :
Here lyeth the bodye of William Hodges
who married y' daughter of S"^ George Throgmorton
of Kawghton knight : and was the wydowe of
John Giffard of Wcston-underedge esquire ; who
departed this life the 23 of Augitste An". ISgO.'
Extract from an Original Letter from Mr. Geo. Ballard
to Dr. Raielinson, dated Campden, Aug. 10, 1737]
about eleven years. But civil wars breaking out
in France, he joumied to Rome and became
ch.tplain to card. Alan, (as he was afterwards
for a time to card. Charles Borromeus at Millain)
at whose request to P. Clem. 8. he was made
dean of the cnurch of S. Peter at Ressell, com-
monly callfd L'isle in Flanders; which prefer-
ment he keeping for ten years was at length
forced ' to leave it by the violence of the Jesuits,
because he took part with the Benedictine monks
when they prevailed so far with the abbot of
Arras, a good man, as to build a cloister for them
at Doway, which was much opposed by the said
Jesuits. Afterwards Dr. Gittord return'd to
Rheimes again, and was made rector of the aca-
demy there, which he governed with great praise
and honour. At length being above 50 years of
age, he gave a farewell to the world, and its va-
nities, entred himself into the order of St. Bene-
dict in June 1608, and became professed on the
14 Dec. in the year following, in the coll. of the
English Benedictines at Diculward in Lorain.
Whereupon according to the manner he changed
his name to? Gabriel de S. Maria, which he kept
to his dying daj', became famous for his admira-
ble sermons preached there, in Flanders, Poitou,
at Rheimes, and in Britain, to which place, as
'tis * said, he was sent a delegate by P. Clem. 8.
to K. Jam. L concerning matters of religion. Af-
terwards being noted for his great piety and learn-
ing, he was made prior of the Benedictines at S.
M aloes in France, and president of the congre-
gation of that order. At length his great worth
suffering him not to' live in a cell, he was by Lu-
dovic. de Lorain, commonly called cardinal Guise,
(archbishop of Rheimes) made his suffragan in
that see, under the title of episcopus Archidaliae,
(in Greece) which place he enjoying till that
cardinal's death, the duke of Guise thereupon
(because his second son was but a child, and
therefore not capable of the archbishoprick of
Rheimes, fearing lest any other nobleman in
France should beg it for any of their sons) did
presently, before the death of his brother the car-
dinal was known, go to the French K. and begg'd
the same for Dr. Gifford, and procured the pope
to confirm the king's grant. Whereupon Gifford
receiving consecration in 1622, enjoy'd it about
7 years, not without paying a considerable yearly
pension from it (as 'twas thought) to the then
duke of Guise. By virtue of the said arch-
bishoprick, he became a duke and the first peer
of France : and having a great yearly value com-
ing in, became hospitable, liberal to all English
exiles and travellers, and a founder of two houses
in France, for the reception of the English monks
* See in the Runnit^ Rfgitter by Lew. Owen, printed
1626. p. 91.
' Pits De iltiislr. Angl. Script, xl. 17. nu. IO6I.
' In Gallia Christiana, torn. l.p. 548.
iG 2
[532]
455
CIFFORD.
SUTTON.
HEGGE.
456
j6S9-
of the order of S. Benedict, namely one at Paris,
and another at S. Maloe. He hath written and
published,
Orationum, Lib. 1. Spoken mostly at the in-
auguration of Albert and Isabell, in their inaugu-
ration at L'isle: also before card. Bourbon, Ven-
dome. Guise, &c. at Rheimcs, and the duke of
Guise, d'Aumale and others — Printed at Dowa}'.
Sertnoitf.i Adventuales. He also took a great
deal of pains in perfecting and finishing a book
entit. Calvino-Turcismus, 'See. written by Will.
Raiuolds, and printed at Antwerp, 1597. An-
swered by one who writes himself T. M. S. in a
book entit. De Tiirco-papismo, &c. Lond. 1598.
99- [Bodl. 8vo. A. 8. 11. Line.] qu. In the pre-
face to which he falls foul on our author Gifford,
■whom he stiles ' scriptor mendacissiraus, et, ut
omnibus constat, iracimdus — ex Anglis ad His-
panus transfuga, hostium mancipium, hostis pa-
triae, turpissimum popularium suorum propu-
dium — comptus & calamistratus, & apud mulieres
Belgicas gratiosus,' &c. He also wrote a book at
the instance of the D. of Guise, which I have not
3"et seen, and translated from French into Eng.
I'he Inventory (if Errors, Contradictious and false
Citations of Philip Morneif. Lord of P/essis :
Written by Fronto Duceus, a Jesuit. Besides
which he hath written and translated other mat-
ters, but they having been printed beyond the
seas, we seldom or never see them here, and so
consequently 1 cannot give you a cat. of them in
this place. This great arclib. and duke. Dr.
Gifford, gave way to fate on the eleventh of April,
in sixteen hundred twenty and nine, according to
the accompt follow'd in France, and was buried
with great solemnity in the church of the Blessed
Virgin at Rheimes, behind the great altar, near
to the grave of Lewis card. Guise, in his arch-
bishoprick succeeded Hen. de Lorain, son of
Charles duke of Guise, born at Paris 4 Apr. I6l4,
so that he was but 15 years of age when he was
made archbishop, which was per accesmm ; but
being not consecrated, he renounc'd it in 1641,
about which time he slicceeded his father in
the dukedom of Guise, and took to him a
wife.
[A Letter from Dr. Henry Hawkins, dated Ve-
nice 1 Nov. 1596, to the court of England — * It is
written from Rome, that our English coiledge at
Doway is broken up, or rather dissolved. — The
whole society diversly dispersed, some 20 of them
gone to Bruzells and Antwerpe, some others
privily come to Roome ; but three of the principal
of them are cum into England, whose names are
Dr. Gifford, my lady Gilford's sun, one of great
account amongst them as the sutficientest man of
them all.' Collect. Papers 1596, fol. vol. vi. penes
D. Tho. ar'epi Cant. Ken net.
l<lotes (by Gifford)/or a Dispatch to J. Throck-
morton, conveying Intelligence about the Spaniards
in that Country.
fol. 323.]
MS. Cotton, Calig. B viii.
CHRISTOPHER SUTTON, a Hampshire
man born, was entrcd a batler or commoner of
H^rt hall in 1582, aged 17, translated soon after to
Line. coll. and asamemb. thereof took the degrees
in arts. Al'terwards entring into orders, he be-
came suecesively vicar of Roneham in Essex,
parson of Caston in his own country, parson of
U'oodrising in Norfolk, parson of Murlej'-Brom-
ley in Essex, and at lengtli of Cranworth in Nor-
folk. Which two last ne kept to his d3ing day,
with his prcbcndship of Westminster, that had
been bestowed on him by K. Jam. L for his ex-
cellent and florid preaching. His works are,
Disce vivere. Learn to live. Lond. 1608. in
tw. and several times after.
Disce Mori. Learn to die. Lond. 1609, in tw.
and several times after. In both which is shewed
in what manner every well disposed Christian may
learn first, how to live the life of the righteous,
and how to die the death of the righteous.
Godly Meditations upon the most holy Sacra-
ment of the Lord's Supper, &c. Lond. 1622, &c.
in tw. ; the thirteenth edition of which came out
in 1677.
Jppend. touching the Controversy about the
Holy Eucharist. — Printed with the Godly Medi-
tations, &e.
Godly Meditations concerning the Divine Pre-
sence.—Pruned also with the former Meditat. He
departed this mortal life in May or June in six-
teen hundred twenty and nine, and was buried, as
I have been informed, in the abbey church of S.
Peter at Westminster, before the vestry door,
where the choir-men keep their surplices, to
whom he gave five pounds. In his prebendship
(given to him much about the time of the death
of Dr. Joh. Yong, B. of Rochester, who kept that
prebendship in commendam with his sec) suc-
ceeded Lambert Osbakleston, M. A. as I shall
elsewhere tell j'ou.
[Christoph. Sutton, S.T.P. admiss. ad rect. de
Bromley-Magna, com. Essex. 27 Nov. I6l2, per
cessionem Ricardi Buckingham, ad pres. Will'i
Buckingham pro hac vice. Tho. Salter, cleric, ad
eandem 5 Aug. 1629, per mort. Xtoph. Sutton.
Heg. Bancroft et Laud.
Christoph. Sutton admiss. ad vie. de Rainham
com. Essex, 6 Jun. 1587, quam resign, anno
sequenti.
At the funeral of y' learned Mr. Camden, in
the abby-ch, of Westm. this Dr. Xtoph. Sutton
slept up in the pulpit and made a true, grave, and
modest commemoration of his life. Ken n et.]
ROBERT HEGGE, a prodigy of his time for
forward and good natural parts, was born within
the city of Durham, an. 1599, admitted scholar of
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C. C. coll. 7 Nov. 1G14, prol). fellow thereof 27
Dec. 1(>24, being then M. of A. and accounted,
considering his age, the best in the university for
the mathematical faculty, history, and antiquities,
(and therefore much beloved by Tho. Allen of
Gloucester hall) as afterwards he was for his
excellent knowledge in the sacred scripture, as
may be seen in certain books he wrote, the titles
of which follow.
Treatise of Dials and Diallinst, MS. in C. C.
coll. library. In which book is tne picture of the
dial in the said college garden made by Nich.
Kratzer (whom ] have metition'd under the year
1550.) with a short discourse upon it. in like
manner there is the picture of that fair cylinder
standing on a pedestal in the middle of the said
coll. quadrangle, made by Charles Turnbull
1605, with a short discourse on it, which he
entitles, Horologium Sciotericum in Gratiam spe-
ciosissimi Horoncopii in Area Qiiadrata. C C. C.
&c.
The Legend of S. Cnthbert, with the Jnti<jui-
ties of the Church of Durham. written I(i26,
and left in MS. behind him at his death, so
exactly and neatly written, that many have taken
it to be printed. Afterwards a copy of it, under
the author's hand, coming into the possession of
Thomas lord Fairfax, was by him reposed as a
{)recious monument in his library of MSS. At
ength one who writes himself R. B. esq; 9 (some-
times of the retinue of the said lord, as I have
been informed) published it at Lond. 1663, in
oct. in a very bad letter, and worse paper, not
without some derogation to the memory of the
author by concealing his name, and putting the
two first letters of his own, with the writing a
prologue ' to it. The truest copy under the
author's band is now in the possession of Dr.
Edw. Pocock can. of Cli. Ch. and the king's
Hebr. professor of this university, having an epis-
tle to the reader before it under the author's own
hand, dated 1 Jul. 1626, which the printed hath
not. Betwixt this MS. and the printed copy I
find much difference; there being in the latter
many omissions,' some additions, besides literal
mistakes, (especially in names of men and places)
and several passages transpos'd.
Jn aliquot SacrtE Pagiiue Loca Leet tones. Lond.
1647, in four sh. or more in qu. [Bodl. Mar. 148.]
published by Jolin Hall of Greys-Inn, (whom I
shall anon mention) who in his preface to the
said lections tells us, that if they took, and were
approv'd by scholars, he had more Ij'ing by him
to publish ; but whether he did so or not, I can-
not tell. Our author Hegge also left behind him
9 [Tills is a mistake, the publisher signs himself B. R.
esq.]
' [The epistle to the reader is printed by Hearne in Peter
Langtojfs Chronicle, p. 688.]
* [Vid Tho. Marcschalli Olservat. in versionem Anglo-
Sax, p. 492. LOVKDAY.]
four or five sermons fit for the press, learned sup-
positions in C. C. C. chappel, verses, cat. of schol.
and fell, of C. C. coll. &c. All which, or at least
some of them, are at this day in the libr. of the
said college. He died suddenly of an apoplexy,
to the great reluctancy of those who were ac-
quainted with his admirable parts, on the eleventh
of June in sixteen hundred twenty and nine,
(having scarce attained to the thirtietli year of
his age) and was buried in the chappel of the
said coll. As for John Hall before-mentioned,
who had a great respect for his memory and his
works, and was well acquainted with, if not allied
to, his relations, was born also in the said city of
Durham of genteel parents, in Aug. 1627, and
being fitted for the university, was Tiindred from
going to it by the eruption of the civil war.
Whereupon giving himself solely up to studies
at home, especially in the library at Durham,
improved himself to a miracle. After Oxon. was
reduced by the parliament forces in the year
1646, at which time the wars were ceased, he
was sent to S. John's coll. in Cambridge,^ where
he had not been many months, under the tuition
of Mr. Joh. Pawson, fellow,* e'er came out the
first issue of his prodigious wit, entit. Horte
Vaciva, or Essays, with some occasional Considera-
tions.^ Lond. 1646, oct. with his picture [en-
graved by W. Marshall] before them, aged 19-
The sudden breaking forth of which, amazed not
only the university, as 1 am instructed by one*
of his fellow coliegiates, but the more serious
part of men in the three nations where they
were spreiid. The same year, about new-years
time, came out his Poems, Lond. 1646, and
with them The second Book of Divine Poems, Pr.
in oct. [Bodl. Cryncs, 30.').] Both which books
were much admired. ' After he had continued
' [Jo. Hall, Dunelmensis, annos natus octodecim, filiiu
Michaclis Hall, generosi, lileris grammatic. in-siilutus in
schola Dunelmtnsi, adinissiis peiisiouarlus (coll. Jo. t'ant)
sub magiatro Pauson, lutoie. Fell. Z(i, l645. Ueg'r Coll. Jo.
Canlubr. He was iifierwards fellow-commoner. Baker]
♦ [Who wrote an address to tlie reidcr prefixed to llarof
VncivfB, in which he notices the author's aa^e as short of
nineteen, informs us of his acquaintance with the French,
Spanish and Italian languages, and promises the publication
of Hall's poetical works, if his first essay in auiiiorship meets
with encouragement. It seems too, that his essays were
originally composed as college exercises.
Pawson also prefixed some lines to his Poems, in which
he inflicts vengeance on Hall's ' ignorant detractors.']
5 [See Howell's AfWfrj, vol. it, leu. 41, in which the
author returns his thanks for the present of //orw yacinct,
and gives him some good advice in the prosecution of his
studies.]
' John Davies in his pref. or prol. before Joh. Hall's
translation of IJierocles upon the Golden Verses of Pythagw
ras, &c.
1 [The Morning Star.
(From Poems, page 29.)
Still herald of the morn, whose ray.
Being page and usher to the day.
Doth mouru behind the sun, before him play ;
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more than a year at Cambridge, in the condi-
tion of a commoner and gent. com. he was
translated to Grejs-inn, where he added to the
Btructure of a most admirable romance, entit.
Luceiiia, whicli lie had began in Cambridge, but
by the lending it forth to a friend it was smotherM.
In 1648 his mind being sufficiently known to
encliiie towards a commonwealth, he sided with
the independent, and wrote J Satt/r against Pres-
bytery, and in 1649 he published An humble
Motion to the Parliament of England concerning
the Advancement of Learning, and Reformation
of the Universities. Printed at Lond. in six ah.
in qu. In which taking occasion to court the
then rulers, got him a present sum of money, and
a pension of 100/. per an. from the council.
*' In that book he would have the frierlike list
" of fellowships, brought to a far less number,
" and the rest of the revenue of the university
" sequestred into the hands of the committee."
About the same time he wrote, Four Paradoxes,
to which he added two more in 1653, published
at Lond. 1653 in tw. under the name of Joh.
de la Salle, by Job. Davies of Kidwelly: And
in 1650 being commanded by the council of
Btate into Scotland to attend Oliver Cromwell, to
make such observations on affairs there, as might
conduce to the settling of the interests of the
commonwealth, he wrote a book entit. The
Grounds and Reasons of Monarchy, with an Ap-
pendix of An Epitome of the Scottish Affairs:
Both printed at Edinburgh in qu. and aftervrards
at London. About that time he was called to
the bar, and sometimes pleaded, and in 1651 he
published A Gag to Love's Advocates, ik.c. where-
m he justified the parliament's proceedings in the
execution of Christop. Love a forward and busy
Presbyterian. ' What other things he either
Who sets a golden signall, 'ere
The bat retire, the lark appear.
The early cocks cry comfort, scrich-oules fear.
Who winkst while lovers plight their froth
Then fall asleep, while they are loth
To part without a more ingaging oath ;
Steal in a message to tlie eyes
Of Julia, tell her that she lies
Too long, thy lord the sun will quickly rise.
Yet it is midnight still with me.
Nay worse, unlesse that, kinder, she
Smile day, and in my zenith seated be.
But if she will obliquely runne,
I needs a calenture must shunne.
And, like an Ethiopian, hate my sunue.
Love.
(From the same, page 30.)
Love's like a landskap which doth stand
Smooth at a distance, rough at hand ;
Or like a fire which, from afarre
Doth gently warm, consumes when near.]
• [Strange and wonderful Predictions of Mr. Chr. Love,
ninister of Laurence Jury, beheaded on Tower-hill 22dAug.
l65i.]
wrote or published, are briefly these. (1) A pre-
face before, with remarks upon, a book entit.
A true Relation of the unjust, cruel, and barbarous
Proceedings against the English at Amboyna in
the E. Indies, by the Netherlandish Govemour and
Council there. Which book, tho' it had been
Jublished in the latter end of the reign of K.
am. L and the second time at Lond. 1632, in qu.
Job. Hall thought it necessary to revive it at that
time (1651) because of the then difi'erences
between the Dutch and the English. This book
he dedicated to the general O. Cromwell, and
it was much bought up. Whereupon the Dutch
ambassador residing then in Westminster, made
a complaint of that book and demanded punish-
ment on the reviver of it, but the parliament
thinking it a seasonable service done to the public,
took no notice of it. (2) He rendred into Eng-
lish from the original. The Height of Eloquence,
written by Dionys. Longinus. Lond. 1652, oct.
Dedicated to Bulstrode Whitlock one of the
commissioners of the great seal. (3.) He wrote
A Letter from a Gent, in the Country concerning,
S^c. An. 1653, (just after the Long Parliament
was dissolv'd) tending to settle the humours of
the people in that great emergency. (4) Answer
to the grand Politic Informer. Printed 1653,
fol. which Politic Informer being a virulent pam-
phlet written upon the assembly of Barbone'g
parliament, and therefore censured and suppres-
sed, it was thought expedient that Hall should
answer it, and he was well rewarded for it from
the exchequer. He put out " in English" Lusus
Serins, Lond. 1654, written in Lat. by Mich.
Majerus : Half of which almost was done in one
afternoon, over a glass of wine in a tavern.'
(6.) He made a translation of Hierocles upon the
Golden Verses of Pythagoras, teaching n virtuous
and worthy Life. Published, after his death, by
his friend John Davies of Kidwelly — Lond. 1657,
oct. with other things, as poems, translations,
treatises, which were never published. At length
being overtaken with a disease, which he could
not thoroughly shake off, he left London, in JuL
1655, and retiring to Durham, died there on the
first of Aug. 1656, having not fully arrived to the
29th year of his age, and was buried there, near
to the grave of his father, who died about a
year before, just after his son's arrival there.
To conclude ; ' had not his debauches and intem-
perance diverted him from the more serious stu-
dies, he had made an extraordinary person ; for
no man had ever done so great things at his age :*
So was the opinion of the great philosopher of
Malmsbury. " Besides this John Hall of Dur-
' [See another instance of his extraordinaiy lapidity in
translation, in our author's account of Ed. Bendlowes ia
these FASTI, under the year 1676.]
' [The poet was early aware of his danger, though he does
not seem to have taken proper precaution* to avoid it. The
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462
[536]
ham, were others of both his names, and writers,
as Joh. Hall, of Richmond, author Of Govern-
ment and Obedience, in four books. Loud. 1654,
fol. and of other things ; and another John Hall
author of The true Cavalier examined by hit
Principles, and found not guilty, either of iichism
or Sedition. Lond. 1656, besides other matters.
A third also, who was bach, of div. now, or
lately living, was author of Jacob's Ladder: Or,
the Devout Soul's Ascension to Heaven in Prayers,
&c.
WILLIAM HINDE was born at Kendall in
Westmoreland, became a poor serving child of
Qu. coll. in Mich, term 1586, aged 17, after-
wards'tabarder, M. of A. and perpetual fellow
of the said house ; wherein, having been always a
close and severe student, he was much respected
and beloved by the famous Jo. Rainolds a com-
moner of the said coll', during his time. Whose
doctrine making impressions on the juniors there,
our author Hinde became an admirer of him.
At length being full ripe for a removal, he left
the society about 1603, being then much in
esteem among them for his excellent theological
disputations and preachments, and became mini-
ster of God's word at Banbury in Cheshire, where
he was much noted among the puritanical party
for his piety, and so much followed by them for
his frequent preaching, that he was esteemed the
ring-leader of the nonconformists in that coun-
tv, during; the time that Dr. Tho. Morton sate
bishop of Chester, with whom our author had
several ^ contests about conformity. He hath
written.
The Office and Use of the Moral Law of God
in the Days of the Gospel justified and explained
at lar^e by Scriptures, Fathers, and other Ortho-
dox Divines, &c. Lond. 1623, qu.
Path to Piety ; a Catechism.
A faithful Remonstrance : or, the holy Life
and happy Death of John Bruen of Bruen-Staple-
ford in the County of Chester, Esq; exhibiting
fnllowing arc the concluding stanzas of an ode in his Divine
Poems, page 102.
Blind that T am
That do not see before mine eyes
These gazing dangers that arise.
Ever the same.
Or in varieties
Farre worse : how shall T sca|ie?
Or whether shall 1 leape ?
Or, with what comfort, solace uiy hard hap i
Thou who alone
Canst give assistance, send me aid,
£lse shall I in those depths be laid
And quickly throwne;
Whereof 1 am afraid :
Thou, who canst stop the sea
In her mid rage, stop me,
Lest from myselfe my owne selfe-ruine bee.]
* See in The Life of Dr. Thv. Morion Bish. of Durham,
p. 132, &€. wriiteu by Joh. Barwick, D. D. Lond. iCJOg. qu.
Variety of mnnif memorable and exemplary Pas-
sages of his LiJ'e, and at his Death, &.c. Lond.
1641, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. A. 139. Th.] Published
by Sam. Hinde a minister, son of William the
author.' The said John Bruen, who was a
noted Calvinist, and brother to that mirrour of
piety Mrs. Cath. Brettergh, was a com. or gent,
com. of S. Alban's hall, an. 1577, aged 18, where
he was much noted for an early zealot. Our
author Will. Hinde did also revise, correct, and
publish, ['J'he Prophecy of Obediah, &.c. I6l3, quv
as also ■•] The Discovery of the Man of Sin, iStc.
Oxon. 1614, au. f Bodl. 4to. T. 19- Th.] written
by Jo. Rainolds before-mentioned, and An Expo-
sition on the last Chapter of the Proi'crbs. Lond.
1614, qu. penn'd by Rob. Cleaver the decalogist,
then lately dead. At length after our author had
undergone several troubles concerning matters of
indifterency, he surrendred up his last breath in
his study at Banbury, in the month of June in
sixteen hundred twenty and nine, and was buried
in the chancel of the church there, as I have
been informed by his grandson Thomas Hinde,
D. of D. sometimes fellow of Brasen-nose college,
afterwards chaplain to James duke of Ormond,
and dean of Limerick in Ireland, who died in his
house at Limerick in Nov. 1689.
HUMPHREY LEECH, or Lechics as he
is sometimes written, was born at Allerton com-
monly called OUerton in Shropshire, was entred a
student in Brasen-nose coll. before the month of
Nov. in 1590, for in that year, and of his age
19, he was as a member ot that house matricu-
lated. But before he took the degree of bach,
of arts he went to Cambridge, where taking the
degree of master, he returned to Oxon in 1602,
and in June the same year was incorporated in
that degree. About that time he was made vicar
of St. Alkmond's church in Shrewsbury, where
making a short stay, he returned to Oxon, and
became one of the cliaplains or petty-canons of
Ch. Ch. Of whose preaching and what followed,
you may see in Hist. 8; yJniiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. I.
sub an. 1608. In which year being suspended of
his chaplainship for preaching publicly some
popish tenets, (for so they were accounted by the
puritanical doctors of the university in those days)
he left the church of England, and went to
Arras in Artois, where he wrote these things
following :
The Triumph of Ti nth : Or a Declaration of the
Doctrine concerning Evangelical Councils, in two
Parts. Doway I609, oct. [Bodl. Svo. L. 82.
Th.]
Sermon in Defence of Evangelical Councils,
and the Fathers. On Apoc. 20. 12. Printed
with the former book.
' [Who, at that time, was minister of Prescot, .]
♦ |Waits.J
ifi?9.
I
463
GOFFE.
JAMES.
464
Tfcelve Molhof uhich persuaded him to embrace
the Catholic Re/igion.
Jn honourabli: Grand- Jury of 1\ Ftithers, testi-
Jifiiig the Diilinclion betuixt legal Ft crept s, and
tvaiigetiral Councils, by their unij'otm Verdict. —
Which hook, with the Motives, were printed with
The Triumph of Truth.
Humble Cuusiderations presented to King James
concerning his premonitory Epistle sent to all
Christian Princes. S. Omcr 1609- Afterwards
our author going to Home, was admitted into the
society of Jesus, an. I()I8, before or after which
titne, )ie lived in the English coll. of Jesuits at
Liet^e, and was most commonl}' the porter there.
At length being sent into the English mission,
settled in a R. Cath. house in Cheshire, near the
river Mersie, own'd by one Massie, where he de-
parted this life in July (about the 18th day) in
l6sg. Bixteen hundred twenty and nine, as I have been
informed by Will. Laccy of Oxon, one of his
societN', whom I shall remember when I come to
the year 1673, as having been originally of this
university.
THOMAS GOFFE, or Gouoh, a minister's
son, made his first entry on the stage of this tran-
sient world in the county of Essex, was elected,
from Westminster school, a student of Ch. Ch. in
1609, aged 18, where applying his muse to polite
studies, became an aamired poet and orator.
Afterwards he proceeded in arts, entred into the
sacred function, and shortly after became a quaint
preacher, and a person of excellent language
and expression. In 1(523 he was admitted to the
{537] reading of the sentences, and about that time had
the parsonage of East-Ciandon in Surrey con-
ferr'd upon him; where taking to wife a meer
Xantippe, the widow of his predecessor, notwith-
standing he had always before professed himself
an enemy to the female sex, and was esteemed by
many another Joseph Swetnam, he was so much
overtop'd by her and her children which she had
by her former husband, that his life being much
shortncd thereby, died at length in a manner
heart-broken. But before his marriage he com-
posed most of these things following,some of which
were printed after his death.
Oratio funehris hubita in Ecclesid Cath. Christi
Ox. in Ohitum Gul. Goodrcin istius Eccles. Decani
S. T. Doctoris. Ox. Ifj20, in one sh. and an half
in nu.
Oratio funehris habita in Schold Theol. Oxon.
in Obitum D. Hen. Savilii. Oxon. 1622, qu.
[Bodl. 4to. H. 17. Art.]
Deliverance from the Grave, Sermon at St.
Mary's Spittle in Land. 28 Mar. 1627. On Ezek.
37. 13. Lond. 1627, qu.
The Raging Turk ; or Bajazet the Second.
Trag. Lond. 1631, qu.
Courageous Turk; or Amurath the First. Trag.
Xond. 16'J2. qu.
Tragedy of Orestes. Lond. 1633, qu. These
three tragedies were reprinted at Lond. 1656, in
oet. by the care of Rich. Meiglien the author's
friend.
Selimus, Emperor of the Turks. Trag. Lond.
1638, qu.
Careless Shepherdess. Trag. com. Lond. 1656,
qu. It was prmted before, but lying dead, had a
new title bearing date the same year put to it.
The Bastard. Trag. Lond. l6o2, qu. Some
sju- it was not written by Goff, but by Cosmo
Manuche, and therefore, perlums, 'twas only a
translation. Qu. He, the said 'I'h. Goft'c, made
his last exit at E. Clandon before-mentioned ;
and was buried 27 July in sixteen hundred 1629.
twenty and nine, in the middle of the 'chan-
cel of the church there; leaving then behind
him other things fit for the press, as 1 have been
informed by one that was acquainted with the
author, but what became of them he could not
teli.
[The author of the Biographia Dramatica,
states that a contemporary manuscript note on
the title page of Goff's Deliverance from the
Grave, states that the author had revolted to
Popery, and, adds he, on this fact there are large
reflections in Legenda Lignea, Bvo. 1652.]
THOMAS JAMES, or Jamesivs as he writes
himself, was born in the isle of Wiglit, (at New-
port as it seems,) educated in grammaticals in
Wykeham's school, and in academicals in New
coll. of which he became perpetual fellow in
lo93, where drudging day and night in several
sorts of learning, he proceeded in arts in 1599.
About that time being taken into the favour of
Mr. (afterwards sir) Tlio. Bodley for his excellent
worth in the knovi'lcdge of books, as well printed
as written, and of the ordering of them, he was by
him designed the first keeper of the public library
at Oxon then in founding; which office being
confirmed to him by the university in 1(502, he
did much good therein, and laid a most admirable
foundation for his successors to build upon. In
1614 lie took the degrees in divinity', and having
about that time the subdeanery of Wells con-
ferr'd upon him freely, without seeking, by the
bishop of that place, and the parsonage of Monge-
ham in, 5 with other spiritualities by the archb. of
Canterbury without asking,' he resigned his place
of keeper of the public library, (being about that
time also a justice of peace) and betook himself
5 [Atjiage 134, of his Mannduciivn, he says that his prede-
cessor, Ur Ascanius, shewed an Italian trick in resigning
MoiiReham.]
' [It is probable that James made no direct application for
the living to the archbishop ; but it appears very plainly from
sir Thomas Bodley's letters to him that great interest had
been made, and solicitation used both by sir Thomas and
other of his friends for some preferment to be bestowed oa
the librarian. See Iteliquix Bod.'cinnrr, pagis 183, 184,
201, 228, 2(j0, 281, 3 If), at each of which is a proof that the
strongest application was making, with the knowledge: and
approbation of James.]
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JAMES.
466
more severely to his studies. He was very well
read in the fathers and schoolmen, and so much
vers'd in several faculties, that he was esteemed
by some a living library. He was also indefati-
gable in reading old MSS. and subtle in finding
out the forgeries in them. He and Allen of
Glouc. hall were esteemed as most knowing in
the anticnt statutes and customs of this univer-
sity, and therefore their helps in the several at-
tempts made of framing an intire and compleat
body of them, were often desired. He was a
member of the convocation held with the parlia-
ment at Oxon, 1 Car. 1. wherein he made a mo-
tion that some persons might be commissioned to
peruse the manuscript fatliers in all public and
private English libraries, that thereby the forge-
ries of foreign popish editions might be detected,
but what the event of it was I know not. His
designs were always for the public benefit of
[538] learning, and the English church ; which being
well known to his learned friend Will. Cambden,
he therefore saith ' thus of him, ' He is a learned
man, and a true lover of books, wholly dedicated
to learning, who is now laboriously searching the
libraries of England, and purposes that for the
public good, which will be to the great benefit of
students.' Our author, Dr. James, saith also of
himself thus, in l6'24, that ^ ' if Cambridge will
set up and set forward the like' » that is, to collate
and examine ancient MSS. as he hath done and
will do) ' 1 dare undertake more good to be done
for the profit of learning and true religion, than
by building ten colleges. I have of late given
my self to the reading only of MSS. and in them
I find so many and so pregnant testimonies,
either fully for our religion, or against the Papists,
that it is to be wondered at, that the religion of
Papists then and now do not agree,' &c. He also
farther tells us, that ' not only the Rabbins, but
the Talmud in six volumes at Rome hath felt
the smart of the popish indices : would God we
were but half as diligent to restore, as they to
abolish and put out, the truth. I have restored
300 citations, and rescued them from corruption
in thirty quire of paper, with sundry other pro-
jects of mine, which if they miscarry not for want
of maintenance, it would deserve a prince's purse.
If I was in Gennany, the states would defray all
my charges : cannot our estates supply what is
wanting? If every churchman, that hath an 100/.
per an. and upward, will lay down but a shilling
for every hundred towards these public works, 1
will undertake the reprinting of the fathers, and
setting forth five or six volumes of orthodox
writers, comparing of books printed with printed,
or written; collating of Popish translations in
' In lirilan. edit. 1607, in com. Monmouth.
' See in the collcciion of letters, at the end of archb.
Usher's Xi/e. Lend. iCsG. fol. nu. 60. p. 307, and in p.
380.
Vol. n.
Greek, and generally whatsoever shall concern
books, or the purity of them ; I will take upon me
to be Magistcr S. Palatii in England, if 1 should
be lawfully thereunto required, &c.
" The first thing 1 meet with that this Tliomas
" James set forth was a true copy, by a collatioa
" of various manuscripts, of a book, entitled,
" Philobiblon JUcardi Dunelmensis, &c. Oxon.
" 1599, qu. Before which our author James set
" an epistle dedicated to sir Thomas Bodley,
" and at the end put Appendix de Manuscriptk
" Oxoniensibtts." As for his other works that are
printed they are these,
Ecloga Oxo/iio-Cantabrigiensis, lib. 2. Load.
1600, qu. This Ecloga doth contain a catalogue
of all the MSS. in eacn college library in the uni-
versity of Oxon, but not of those in the public,
and in each college library in Cambridge, and in
that of the public there. In the making of which
catalogue he had liberty given to him by each
coll. in Oxon. to peruse their MSS. and from
that society which he perceived was careless of
them, he borrow'd and took away what he pleased,
and put them forthwith into the public library.
Several such MSS. were taken from Bal. coll.
and some from Merton, and do yet bear in their
respective fronts the names of the donors of them
to those houses. This Ecloga is very useful for
curious scholars, and is much commended by
Joseph Scaliger in an epistle to Rich. Thompson,
as 1 have told ' you elsewhere.
Ci/priaiius redivivus, hoc est, Elenchus eorum
qua in Opusculo Cypriani de Unitate Ecclesice sunt
vel addita, vel detructa, vel Lapsu Tupographi, vel
alio quovis Modo supposita, &c. ' Pruited with the
Ecloga.
Spicileginm D. Augmtini, hoc est, Libri de Fide
ad Pet. Diaconum, cum antiquiss. duob. MSS. Sf
postremis ac ultimis Editionibus excusis, tarn Basi-
liensi qiiam Parisiensi diligens Collatio, ac Casti-
gatio, &c. Printed with the Ecloga.
Bellttm Papale, seu Concordia discors Sixti
quinti Sf dementis octavi circa Hieroni/mianam
Editionem. Lond. 16OO, qu. [Bodi. 4to. C. 16.
Th.] there again J678, fx^t.
Calalogus Librorum in Bib. Bodleiana. Oxon.
IC05, in a large oct. or rather a small qu. printed
again with many additions in a thick qu. 1620.
To which was added an appendix l635 — 6. In
this catalogue is remitted the cat. of all such MSS.
that were then in the Bod. library.
9 In Hist. & Antiq. Univ. O.ton. lib. 2. p. 145. a.
' ['/'omus primus AnimadversionHm in Palres, Latinaegue
liccleiia Uuctores primarios. In quo habet Eleiirhus eorum
qiice in omnibus Operibus D. Cypriani hactenus excusis sunt
vet addita vel detracta vel commutaln vel Lapsu Mcmoria,
vel alio quocunque Miido supposita, facta Comparatione lum
MS. quibusdam Exempt aribus : Duobus scilicet e liibliotlie-
ca Noo. Col. altero majoribus altera ntinoribus Characteri-
lus; et terlio r Bibliothcca Coll. Lincol. mulualo. Bibl.
Bodl. MS. Bodl. C62.I
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JAMES.
468
[539] Concordantice Sanctorum J'atrum, i. e. vera If
pia Libri Canticorum per Palres universos, tarn
Gracos, quam Latinos Expositio, &c. Oxon. l607,
qu. [Uocll. 4to. A. 6*. Th.]
Apolony for Joh. Wicliff, sherc'uig his Confor-
mitif with the now Church of England, 8fc. Oxon.
16()8, qu. [Bodl. 4to. L. 10. Th. BS.] Written
in answer to the slanderous objections urged
against him by father Parsons the apologist, and
others.
Life of Joh. Wicliff. — Printed with the Jpo-
iogu.
freatise of the Corruption of the Scripture,
Councils, and Fathers, by the Church of Rome. —
liond. 1611, qu. [Bodl. 4to. J. 25. Th.] Lond.
1688, oc't.
Suffcient Answer unto Jam. Gretser and jint.
Possevine, Jesuits, and the unknotcn Author of the
Grounds of the Old lieligioti and the New. —
Printed with tiie Treatise of the Corruption, &.c.
The Jesuit's Dowiifal, threutned against them
by the Secular Priests for their wicked Lives,
accursed Manners, heretical Doctrine, and more
than Machiavillian Policy. Oxon. I6l2, qu. [Bodl.
B. 20. 3. Line]
Life of Father Parsons, an English Jesuit. —
Printed at the end of the former book.
" Filius Papa Papalis, 8cc. Lond. l62I, trans-
" lated from Lat.into Eng.by William Crashaw,
" no name of Thomas James put to it."
Index generalis sanctorum Patrum, ad singulos
Versus, cap. 5. secundum Matthxum, &c. Lond.
1G24. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. N. 59. Th.]
'Nota ad Georgium Wicelium de Methodo Con-
cordia Ecclesiastics, cum Catalogo Authorum qui
scripserunt contra Squalores Ecclesiee Romance.
Lond. 1625, oct.
Vindicia Gregoriante, " sen Restitutus innume-
" ris penh Locis Gregorius Magnus, ex variis Ma-
" nuscriplis, ut magno Lahore, ila singulari Fide
" collatis." Genev. 1625. [Bodl. 4to. A. 45.
Th.]
Manuduction or Introduction unto Divinity:
containing a Confutation of Papists, by Papists,
throughout the important Articles of our Religion,
&c. Oxon. 1625, qu. [Bodl. 4to. A. 64. Th.]
His humble and earnest Request to the Church
of England for, and in the Behalf of. Books
touching Religion. Pr. in one sh. in oct.
1625.
Explanation, or Enlarging of the Ten Articles
in his Supplication lately exhibited to the Clergy
of England, for the restoring to integrity Authors
corrupted by Papists, Ox. 1625, qu. [Bodl. 4to.
C. 5. Th. BS.]
Specimen Corruptelarum Pontificiorum in Cy-
priano, Ambrosio, Gregorio M. 8; Authore Operis
imperfecti, Sf in Jure Canonico. Lond. 1626, qu.
[Bodl. 4to. G. 45. Th.]
Index Librorum prohibilorum a Pontificiis,
Oxon. 1627, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. J.37. Th.}
Admonitio ad Theologos Protestantes de libris
Pontifciorum caute legendis, MS.'
Enchiridion Theologicum. MS,*
Liber de Swpicionihtis Sf Conjecturh. MS. *
These three MSS. 1 saw formerly in Lambeth
library, under D. 1,2,3. but whether printed I
know not : perhaps the Enchiridion is. lie also
translated from I'rench into English, The Moral
Philosophy of the Stoics. Lond. 1598, oct. [Bodl.
8vo. F. 29. Art.] And published Two short Treatises
against the Orders of the T)cgging Friars, written
by Joh. Wiclifte : also, as 'tis said, a book entit.
Fiscus Papalis. Sive Catalogus Indulgenliarum <5f
reliquiarum septem principalium Ecclesiarum Urbis
Roma, ex vet. MS. descriptus. Lond. 1617, qu.
The Latin out of the MS. is set down in one co-
lume, and the English in another, by the pub-
lisher. This, I say, is reported to have been
published by our author James, tho' others tell
us that it was done by Will. Crashaw of Cam-
bridge.* Howsoever it is, sure we arc, that it
* [Brcvis Admonitio ad Theologos Prolestante$, de Libris
Ponttjicorum caulc, pie ac sobrii habendis, legendis, emer,-
dis ; seu Catalogus Librorum el Edilionum, qui ab Indict
Expurgalorio uut corrupli sunt, aut emendari jussi; et idea
a Proicilanlilas in Pretio habenda. MS. Lambeth, 525.]
^ [Enchiridion Theologicum, seu Chronologia Saipiorura
Ecclesiasticorum, Ordinc ulphabetico ; Series et Chronologia
Romanorum Pontificum eodem Ordine ; Imperatorum et Con-
sulum Hegna a Chrislo nato ad Annum 541 ; Enumeralio
Conciliorum ; Catalogus Hcercticorum ; Index Scriptorum
SS. Pal rum dubiorum vel stipposititiorum, eodem Ordine;
apposita singulis Chronologia. Ad liicardiim Archiep. Cant.
Ao. id 10. Cum Epistola autoris ctvcrsibus seqq.
Qu£e niraium volui, cuso misisse libello.
Ilia raea cogor mitlere scripta manu:
Qiialiscunque tamen maniis hacc tibi serviet uni,
Libertas sola est servitus ista mihi.
Todd, Catal. MSS. Lambeth, No. 524. pag. 67.]
* [Suspicionum et Conjcc/uarum Liber primus; in qua
duccnta ad minus Loca SS. Patrum in dulium vocata, dubi-
tandi Rationes, Rafionum Summce perspicui continentur.
In quibus dilucide probuiur, in hoc corrupto Seatlo quanta in
Pretio dubeant esse Libri Manuscripti, et quanta cum Etno-
lumento Ecclesiee Calholicee Locorum et Librorum diligent
Collatio institui debcat ad Morum el Fidei Controversiat
dijudicundas. Ad Georgium Archiep. Cant. Ao. 161I.
MS. Lambeth, 52f).]
5 [This book is published by Wm. Crashaw ICSI, whose
name is placed both in the title-page, and alter the preface.
And yet in another copy, printed the same year, no name is
placed before it. Bibl. coll. Sidn. Raker .
I have the book, the' it has lost the tiile-pagc: (he preface
is signed William Crashaw, and is a fleering address to the
Roman Catholics. It is a singiihrly printed book; on one
side of the leaf are 3 colonies, the first is the Latin text, the
middle is the translation of it, and the 3d are notes by the edi-
tor; on the opiKJsile side arc also sarcastical notes in a very
small print on the Calh. doctrines. Wm. Cole, 1771,
Milton, near Cambridge.
Will. Crawshaw. 16I8, Nov. 13. Will. Crashaw, S. T. B.
admiss. ad. eccl. S. Mariae fellow alias While Chappie
ad pres. Joh. North mil. et Will. Baker, gen. Reg. Lon-
don.
The Sermon preached at the Crosse Fehr. xiiii, l607, Jy
W. Crashaw, li. D. and preacher at the Temple, justijted
by the Author both against Papist and Brownist to be the
469
JAMES.
WAKEMAN.
470
liath supplyed with matter a certain scribler
named Henry Care/ in his Weekly Pacquet of
jidvice from Rome, ' when he was deeply engaged
by the fanatical party, after the popish plot
broke out in 1678, to write against the church of
England, and the members thereof, then by him
and his party, supposed to be deeply enclining
towards popery, &.c. I say by that Hen. Care,
whose breeding was in the nature of a petty fog-
gcr, a little despicable wretch, and one that was
afterwards mucli reflected upon for a poor sni-
velling fellow in the Observators published by
Rog. L'Estrano;e : which Care, after all his scrib-
bles against the papists, and the men of the
church of England, was, after K. James II. came
to the crown, drawn over so far by the R. Cath.
party for bread and money sake, and nothing
[540] else, to write on their behalf, and to vindicate
their proceedings against the men of the church
of England, in his Mercuries which weekly came
out, entit. Public Occurrences truly stated. The
first of which came out 21 Feb. 1687, and were by
him continued to the time of his death, which
happening 8 Aug. 1688, aged 42, he was buried
in the yard belonging to the Blackfryers church
in London, with this inscription nailed to his
coffin, ' Here lies the ingenious Mr. Henry Care,
who died,' &c. This person I can compare to
none more than to Marchemont Nedham, whose
parts tho' he wanted, yet they were weather-cocks
both alike, as I shall tell you more at large when
I shall come to that person, which will be in ano-
ther vol. As for our learned and industrious
author Dr. James, he paid his last debt to nature
in his house in Holywell in the North suburb of
1C29. O.xon, in the month of Aug. in sixteen hundred
twenty and nine, aged about 58 years, and was
buried towards the upjier end of New college
chappcl, leaving behind him this character, that
' he was the most industrious and indefatigable
writer against the Papists, th.it had been educated
in Oxon since the reformation of religion.' Which
character being made manifest by his writings, it
would have been esteemed as generous an act for
the society of that house, to have honoured his
memory with a mon. and epitaph, as they did
those of Tho. Lydiat the mathematician. I
shall make mention of another Thomas James
in my discourse of Hen. Gellibrand, under the
year 1637-
[1602, 14 Sept. Tho. James, presb. A.M. ad
eccl'iam S. Aldati Oxon. per mortem Ric. Slatter,
ad pres. reginac. Reg. Vrhitgift, Cant.
Tnith. Land, for Edm. IVeever, 16O8. 4to. penes me.
W.K. Rennet.]
* [In 1C70 lie affected to be thought a royalist, when he
pubhslicd a book which he called Female Preeminence,
translated from the Latin of Henry Cornelius Agrippa, with
a fulsome dedication to queen Catherine. Watts. J
^ [This was lately reviewed and reprinted by some dis-
senting teachers iu Loudon. Whalley.]
See what he hath written of himself in his Ma-
nudictio/t: ' Some such matter hath been mo-
tioned in convocation : oh let it not be said, as it
was once spoken of our convocations and congre-
gations here in Oxford, that they were cause of
much euill, because they were inutiles sinefructu.
I coraplaine not for myselfe, I thanke uod, I
haue somewhat to liue on, and to pay euery man
his owne : but there is somewhat else to be done,
vnless 1 would be an infidell, and deny the faith
of the church of England, notwithstanding all
their flatteries and false promises. I haue gotten
those small benefices that the late lord bishop
of Canterbury and this present, with my lord
of Bath and Wels, euer to be remembered by
me with all thankefiilnesse, freely and with-
out cure of soules, or charge of men.' Page 134.
Kennet.
The first book, Tho. James published, was A
Commentary upon the Canticle of Cant, writ in
Italian by Antonio Brucioli, and translated into
English by T. James, fel. of New college, 1593.
Baker. This was licensed to Thomas Man.
See Herbert's Typ. Antiq. p. 1334.
We may also add :
Bellum Gregorianum sive Corruptionis Romana
in Operibus D. Gregorij M. Jussu Pontijicum
Rom. recognitis atqueeditis, ex Typographia Fati-
cana, Loca insigniora, observata a T/ieologis ad hoc
Officium deputaiis. Jutore Tho. James. Oxon.
1610. 4to. in one sheet.
Breriarium Episcoporum totius jinglia, ' seu
Nomina, Sucj:essio, et Chronologia eorundem ad
sua usque Tempora. Ad Georgium, Episc. Lon-
don. A" 1610. MS. Lambeth, 525, pag. 1 post
pag. 208.
Letters from James to sir Rob. Cotton, dated
1625, and 1628. MS. Cotton, Julius C iii, i'ol.
159, and 183.
Sir Thomas Bodley appears to have regarded
James with a most perfect and sincere affection :
the only point on which they dilfered, and which
sir Thomas would not concede to his friend, was
James's inclination for matrimony; this Bodley
' held absurd,' nor would he, by any means, ' open
such a gap to disorder hereafter.' On every otner
circumstance the two friends seem perfectly
agreed, and it is very clear from many of Bodley's
letters that he used all his influence, and every
possible solicitation, for the preferment of his
librarian.]
ROBERT WAKEMAN, son of Tho. W^ake-
man of Fliford-Flavel in Worcestershire, mini-
ster of God's word, was born in that county, be-
came a student of Bal. coll. in the beginning of
1590, aged 14, made chaplain-fellow thereof, 17
Jul. 1596, being then bach, of arts. About that
' [De Walliae episcopis nihil habet. Todd, CalaU MSS,
Lambelh, pag. O7.J
2 H 2
471
SANFORD.
SANDYS
472
time entring into orders, was a frequent preacher
for some years in these parts. At length being
made rector of Beer-Ferres, and afterwards ot
Charlton in Devon, took the degrees in divniity.
He hath published, , ,
Several Sermons, as (1.) The Christian Prac-
tice, at S. Mary's in Oxon, on Jet Sundau, 8 Jul.
1604. On Acts 2. 46. Lond. l605, inoct. [Bodl.Svo.
r. Gl.Th.] (2.) Solomon's Exaltation, preached
before the King, at Nonsiwh. On 2 Chron. 9. 8. Ox.
1605, oct. [Bodl.8vo.F.6l.Th.] (3.) The Judges
Charge. On 2 Chron. 19- 6.— printed 16IO, oct.
(4.) Jonah's Sermon and Ninevah's Repentance, at
Paul's Cross. On Jonah S.ver. 4, 3. Ox. Ifi06,oct.
[Bodl. 8vo. F. 6l.Th.] (5.) The true Professor
opposed against the formal Hypocrites of these
Times. On Luke 10. 28. Lond. 1620, oct. [Bodl.
Svo. R. 81. Th.] and others which I have not
seen, among which is A Serm. on Eccles. 11. 1. —
printed 1607. He gave up the ghost in Septemb.
1629. m sixteen hundred twenty and nine, and was
buried on the South side of the chancel of the
church at Beer-Ferres, on the nineteenth day of
the same month, leaving then behind him several
children, who were all in the beginning of the
civil war (as the tradition goes there) persuaded
from their religion to that of Rome, by one Capt.
Rich. 9 Read (as 'twas supposed) who quarter'd in
the house where they lived, and married one of
the doctor's daughters. Afterwards they retired
into Worcestershire, where they, or at least their
issue, now live.
[Wakeman was prebendery of Exeter, 1616.
Tanner.
Add:
The poor Man's Preacher, a Sermon preached at
St. Maries Spittle in London, on Tuesday in Easter
Week, being Apr. 7- 1607- By Ro. Wakeman,
B. D. and Fellow of Balioll College in Oxford.
London, for John Bill, 1607, 8vo. On Eccles.
11. 1. Kennet.]
JOHN SANFORD, son of Rich. Sanford of
Chard in Somersetshire, gent, (descended from
those of his name in Devon) was bom in Somer-
setshire, entred a commoner of Bal. college about
the time of the Act in 1581, where continuing till
he was bach of arts, was then made one of the
chaplains of Magd. coll. At length having con-
tracted a friendship with John Digby, commoner
of that house, did travel with him into France,
Spain and Italy, whereby he did much advantage
himself in the modern languages. Afterwards hi
went in the quality of a chaplain to the said
Digby, then known by the name of sir John
Digby, at which time he was sent into Spain to
9 Note thai one capt. Rhead, a Scot, and a secular Jesuit,
perverted a minister of the church of England, and his fa-
mily, and married his daughter. — So in The Plot discovered
hu Andr. ub Ilabemjteld and Sir JVtll. Boswell to Archb.
Laud, about the beginning of the civ. war.
treat of a marriage between the infanta, sister of
the king of that realm, and prince Charles of
England. After his return. Dr. Abbot, archb. of
Cant, made him his domestic chaplain, and at
length prebendary of Canterbury, and rector of
Ivychurch in Kent. He was a person of great
learning and experience, and a solid divine, well
skill'd in several languages, and a tolerable Lat.
poet. His works are,
God's Arrow of Pestilence, Serm. on Psal. 38.
2. Oxon. 1604, oct.
Le Guichct Pranqois. Janicnla sen Introductio
ad Linguam Gallicam, Ox. 1604, qu. [Bodl. 4to.
D. 48. Th.]
A brief Extract of the former Lat. Grammar
done into Enirlishfor the easier Instruction of the
Learner. Okon. 1605, qu. [Bodl. 4to. D. 48.
Th.]
Grammar, or Introduction to the Ital. Tongue.
Oxon. 1605, qu.
An Entrance to the Spanish Tongue. — Lond.
1611. [Bodl. 4to. P. 42. Art.] and 16.33. qu. and
other things, as 'tis probable, which I have not
yet seen. He surrendred up his pious soul to
God on the 24 Septemb. in sixteen hundred
twenty and nine, aged 60 and more, and was bu-
ried in the middle almost of the north isle, joyn-
ing to the nave or body of the cathedral church
of Canterbury. Over his grave was soon after
laid a white free-stone, with an inscription en-
graven thereon ; a copy of which you may see in
Hist. 6; Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 199- b.
wherein is mcntion'd his great charity to widows,
orphans and the poor.
EDWIN SANDYS, second son of Edwin
sometimes archbishop of York,' was born in
Worcestershire, particularly, as I suppose, within
the city of Worcester, when his father was bishop
of that diocese, before his translation to York,
admitted scholar of C. C. coll. in Sept. 1577,
and in the year of his age 16 or thereabouts,
being then pupil to the famous Mr. Rich. Hooker,
who made use of his, and the judgment of George
Cranmer when he compiled his books of Eccle-
siastical Polity. In 1579, Jan. 23, he was admit-
ted probationer fellow of that house, being then
bach, of arts, and on the 17 March 1581, he was
collated to the prebendship of Wetwang in the
church of York. Afterwards proceeding in his
faculty, he left his fellowship, travelled into seve-
ral countries, and at his return grew famous for
his learning, prudence, and virtue. In the month
of May 1602 he resign'd his prebendship, on the
1 1 of May 1603 he had the honour of knighthood
confcrr'd"upon him by K. Jam. 1. and was af-
' [Edvvinus Sandes ecom. Lane, ortus, aulas S. Catharinae
proefectus; S.T.D. 1549, procan. 1533; post combustiones
Marianas e Germania rediens, fuit ep'us ordine Wigorn.
Lond. et Ebor. Ric. Parkerii Sxi^- Cantab. MS,
Kennbt]
[541]
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1629.
473
SANDYS.
474
[542]
terward by him imployed in several affairs of
great trust and moment. He was very dextrous
in any great employment, kept as constant time
in all parliaments, as he that held the chair
did, and was esteemed an excellent patriot in
all transactions, faithful to liis country, without
any falseness to his prince. But this 1 must say,
that bring found factious, and too daring in the
parliament held 1621, he was with Selden * com-
mitted to custody to the sheriff of London, \G
June in that year, and not delivered thence till
the 18 July following. Which matter being ill
resented by the house of commons, they on the
eighth of Nov. following did dispute the matter
tumultuously, taking it lor a great breach of their
privileges, that any one of them should be impri-
son'd. At length secretary G. Calvert, protest-
ing before them, that' neither he or Selden were
imprisoned for any parliamentary matter, a stop
was thereupon put to the dispute. What I find
farther of sir Edwin is, that he was treasurer to the
undertakers for the Western plantations, which
he effectually advanced, that he was a person of
great judgment and of a commanding pen, a
solid statesman, and as my author saith ' ingenio
& gravitate morum insignis.' Farther also, that
he was as famous for those matters he published,
as his brother George was for his travels and
poems. This worthy knight sir Edwin hath
written,
EuropcB Speculum. Or, a View or Survey of the
State of Religion, in the Western Part of the
World. Wherein the Roman Religion, and the
pregnant Policies of the Church of Rome to support
the same, are notably displayed, &c. Written
by the author at Paris, and by him finished 9
Apr. 1599' A copy of which coming into the
hands of an unknown person in England, an im-
pression of it full of errors stole into the world
without the author's name or consent, an. I6O0,'
besides another the same year, or soon after.
Notwithstanding which, the book was esteemed
so much by scholars, and thereupon cried up at
home for a brave piece of ingenuity, that it was
forthwith translated into French ; and printed, I
think, at Paris. But as soon as 'twas finish'd,
the printer to his great sorrow received informa-
tion that it would be called in and suppress'd
(as it was shortly after) whereupon he dispersed
most of the copies into remote parts, before he
did disperse any at home, and so was a gainer by
his politics. At length after the author had taken
great care that the English impressions should be
called in, and the printers punished, he caused a
true copy thereof to be printed, a little before his
death, anno I629. From which were printed the
impressions of 1632, [Bodl. 4to. S. 61. Art.] and
' Cambden in Annal. Re^. Jacobi 1. MS. sub. an. 1621.
' [The author's own additions and corrections are given,
in MS., in a copy bequeatlicd to the Bodleian by Dr. ilaw«
linson. Bodl. Rawl. 4lo, 106.]
1637. at London in quarto, and another there in
1673. in oct. One copy under the author's hand,
(as 'tis said) I have seen in Bodley's library, and
another in that of Dr. Barlow; which, 1 suppose,
were dispersed to vindicate the author from spu-
rious printed copies that flew abroad.* I find one
sir Edwin Sandwys, who paraphrastically turned
into English verse Sacred Hymns consisting of 50
select Psalms of David, Sic. set to be sung in 5
Parts by Rob. Paylor : Printed at Lond. 1615. in
qu. ^v hether this version was performed by sir
Edwin Sandys before-mentioned, or by another
of both his names of Latimers in Bucks, I know
not. Our sir Edwin Sandys, author of Europte
Speculum, died about the beginning of Octob. in
sixteen hundred twenty and nine, (leaving then
1500/. to the utiiv. of Oxon for the endowment
of a metaphysic lecture) and was buried in the
ch. of Nortbourn in Kent, where he had a seat
and a fair estate joyning to it " by the grant of
" K. James I. for some exemplary service which
" he did that prince, upon his first coming into
" England." Over his grave is a handsome mo-
nument erected, but, as 1 have been informed,
there is no inscription upon it.* He left behind
hira at the time of his death at least 5 sons, *
natnely, Henry, Edwin, Richard, Robert and
Thomas. Who all (one excepted) proved zealous
parliamenteers in the beginning of the rebellion,
1642. The outrages of the second, then called
colonel, Edwin Sandys, which he made against
the church, and the vengeance that followed him
for so doing, the common ' prints that in those
times flew abroad do sufficiently testify. He
published (or rather one for him) a pamphlet entit.
Col. Sandys's Travels into Kent, which gives an
account of the sacrileges and outrages' he had
committed for the sake of the blessed parliament
then sitting; and another called, His Declaration
in Vindication of himself from those calumnious
Aspersions cast upon him by Lucius L. Falkland
and Secretary Nicholas, 11 Oct. 1642, printed at
Lond. 17 ot the same month: [Bodl. C. 13. 15.
Line] Which was followed with another pam-
phlet entit. jI Vindication of Col. Sandys's Honour
and Loyalty, from a Declaration pretended to be
set forth by him at Worcester, 11 Oct. 1642. But
whether the said colonel was educated in Oxon,
'tis not worth the enquiry, nor any thing else of
♦ [I have seen it in the Italian language privately printed
in 1()25, 4te). con aggiunte nutabili. RawlinSON.]
' [Mr. (now, 1814, sir Samuel Kgerton) Bndgcs, K.J.
and M. P. for Maidstone, surveyed it in 1807. Me describes
it as without any inscription, and in a somewhat mutilated
sUte.'J
* [He had seven sons, of whom Henry the eldest died
without issue. See Cemura Li/erarii:, iv. ItiS."]
' In Mete. Rttslicus, nu. 7. and in the secona part, nu. I.
' [Which he is said to have been sorry for, and to ha\e
hindred as much as might be, and that a cousin of his named
John Sandys, who was in prince Rupert's party, was present
at them. Watts.]
1C29.
4/5
PINKE.
YELVERTON.
476
[343]
1629.
him. And therefore I shall only let the reader
know, that he died of his wounds which he had
received in the parliament's cause near to Wor-
cester, from the hands of a French-man called
Arnold de L'islc, a captain of a troop of horse in
sir Joli. Byron's regiment, (for whicti service he
was soon after knighted) whereupon his hody was
buried in the cath. ch. at Worcester, in the month
of Oct. 1642. I find one Edwyn Sandys, an
Essex man born, and a knight's son, to be entred
agent, com. of C. C. coll. in ICO8, aged 17. But
this person must not be taken to be the same with
the colonel, who was then but one or two years of
[Sir Edwin's father (the archbishop) thus speaks
of him in a letter to lord treasurer Burleigh : '
' My lord, I have a son at Oxford, a master of
arts, of three or four years standing, and the dean
(of York) himself will confess that he is well
learned, and hath been a student in the law, as I
take it, now two years, and will in one year fol-
lowing be fit to proceed doctor. I must confess,
that having nothing else to leave him, I was con-
tent to bestow this (the patent for the chancellor-
ship of the diocese of York) upon him; and drawn
thereunto by my learned and wise friends. It
was he who made report unto your lordship of
sir Robert Stapleton's frivolous submission.
Your lordship then liked well of him. And since
he hath profited in learning with the best. He is
almost 25 years of age, and a great deal elder in
discretion, sobriety and learning.' Dated May
22, 1586.]
WILLIAM PINKE, a Hampshire man born,
was entred a commoner in Magd. hall in Mich,
term l6l5, took the degrees in arts, holy orders,
and soon after became philosophy reader of M-igd.
coll. Which office he performing with great com-
mendation, was elected fellow of that house in
IG28, being then accounted by some a serious
person in his studies, devout, and strict in his
conversation, and therefore a puritan by others.
He had in him a singular dexterity in the arts,
a depth of judgment, acuteness of wit, and great
skill in the Hebrew, Greek, and Arabic languages,
which made him noted among, and reverenced by,
the academians. He wrote,
The Tryalof a Christian s sincere Love to Christ,
in four Sermons on 1 Cor. iG. 22. on Ephes. 6.
ver. ult. 8ic. Oxon. 1630. [1636, Bodl. 8vo. C.
699. Line, and the fifth edit. Oxford 1659, Bodl.
8vo. P. 66. Th.] &c. in tw. He died much la-
mented in sixteen hundred twenty and nine,
aged 30 or thereabouts, and was buried in Magd.
coll. chappel, leaving then behind him other
things fit to be printed, as I have been informed
by those that were well acquainted with the
man.
81.]
[Sirype's Annalt, iv. Supplement, Numb. XV. page
[He translated and published An Examination
of those plausible Appearances which seem most to
commend the Romish Church, and to prejudice the
Reformed; discovering them to be but meer Shifts,
purposely invented to hinder an exact Triall of
Doctrine by the Scriptures. By Mr. John Came-
ron. Englished out of French. Oxford, by Jo.
Lichfield, 1626, 4to. Dcd. to the master, war-
dens and assistants of the Skinner's company, by
W. P. (William Pinke) acknowledging his en-
gagements to the whole company, and reverencing
the memory of that worthy knight sir James
Lancaster. Ken net.]
HENRY YELVERTON, son of sir Christop.
Yelverton of Eston-Manduit in Northampton-
shire, one of the justices of the King's-Bench,
and a descendant from aif ancient and genteel
family of his name living sometimes at Rowgham
in Norfolk," was born on S. Peter's day in 1566,
educated for a time among the Oxonians, and
afterwards among the students of Grays-Inn near
London ; where, after some time of continuance
in the degree of inner barrester, he was elected
Lent-reader in I6O6, being then accounted a
religious gentleman, and a person well read in the
municipal laws. In 1613 he was made solicitor
general, and a knight, by the endeavours of Carr
earl of Somerset, and on the 17 of March 16 16,
he was constituted attorney general ; yet about
that time committed prisoner to the Tower for
denying to appear and plead publicly against his
patron Carr, in the matter of sir Thomas Over-
bury 's death. In l62 1 , May 5, he was ^ discharged
of his office of attorney, fined, and committed
prisoner to the Tower again, upon a late sentence
in the Star-Chamber, for passing some clauses in
the city-charter of London, when he was attorney
fen. not agreeable to his majesty's warrant. '
'hese things being mostly done by the power
and aggravation of the D. of Bucks, who hated
him because he had been a friend to Somerset,
Yelverton continued where he was without any
hopes of release or future advance. At length
upon some things utter'd in Buckingham's ear
when he came incognito to speak with, and exa-
mine, him concerning certain matters in the
Tower, he was afterwards released, taken into
favour, and in 1625 was made one of the justices
of the King's-Bench, and afterwards of the Com-
mon Pleas, (which last he enjoyed to the time of
his death,) and had not the duke been untimely
cut off, he would in all probability have been
made lord keeper of the great seal. Under his
name goes.
Several Speeches spoken in Parliament. One
' [Ilis mother was Marearet, daughter of Thomas Catcsby
ofEcton and Whiston iij Northamptonshire.]
* Cambden in yinnal It. Jac. 1. an. 162I.
3 [Sir Hen. Yelverton's speech before the Lords in his
own defence, lOMaylOai. MS, llarl.t)84C>, fol. 131.]
477
YELVERTON.
ELYOTT.
478
of wliich was in answer to matters charged
against him by the commons before the H. ot"
Lords, in lf)21. Soon after the lords declared
that for sundry things uttered in the said speech
which touched the king's honour, he should be *
fined to the K. ten thousand marks, be imprisoned
during the king's pleasure, and make a submission
to his majesty : And for the scandal committed in
some words against Buckingham, he should pay
him five thousand marks, and make his submis-
sion to him. Several years after his death, was
published under his name this book following,
Reports of divers special Cases in the Court of
King's- Bench, as uell in the latter Part of the
Reign of Q. Elizabeth, as in the first ten Years of
K. James. Lond. lG6l,and 74. fol. [Bodl. P. 4.
7. Jur.] It was printed by the original in French,
written with the author's own hand, remaining
with sir Tho. Twisdcn knight, one of the justices
of the King's-Bench, and published by sir AVill.
Wild knight and baronet, then (U>6l.) Serjeant at
law, the king's scrjeant and recorder of the city of
London, and sinceoneof the justices of the King's-
[544] Bench. He died near Westminster 23 Nov. or
thereabouts, 1679-
Rights of the People of England concerning
Impositions. Lond. [l(J58J 1679- oct. [Bodl. 8vo.
K. 13. Jur.] He also gathered and published
32 sermons of Edw. Philips a zealous and puri-
tannical preacher, as 1 have told you under the
year l603, and other things, as 'tis probable, of
the like nature, but such I have not yet seen.
1629. He gave way to fate in sixteen hundred twenty
and nine, 5 (in winter time before February) and
■was buried, I suppose, where his chief scat was,
viz. at Eston-Manduit or Maudet in Northamp-
tonshire, leaving then behind him a son named
Robert; and a brother called sir Christopher,
who was about that time one of the justices of the
Common Pleas. From this sir Hen. Yelverton
was descended Charles Yelverton who was called
up to the house of lords by the name of Charles
lord Grey of Ruthen, as being the son and heir
of sir Hen. Yelverton baronet, by Susan his wife,
daughter and sole heir of Charles lord Grey of
Ruthen.
[Mr. Henry Yelverton his Narrative of zvhat pas-
sed on his being restored to the King's Favour in
1609, ziihom he had disobliged bif his Freedom of
Speech and Conduct in Parliament. This curious
document was printed in the Archaeologia, vol.
XV, page 27, &c : It discovers Yelverton's charac-
ter very compltr.tly, and shows him to have been
a man of extraordinary ability. It seems he had
oftended James by speaking disrespectfully of the
Scotch, voting against the union, and particularly
by one expression, namely, ' that he would weigh
♦ Jo. Rushwordi in his Historic. Collections, part 1. an.
1621. n. 32, .33.
' [He died at his house in Aldcrsgate street on Jan. 24,
(1629.) Kennet.]
the king's reasons as he did his coin.' Yelverton
liowever was desirous of a reconciliation, and the
king probably equally pleased with obtaining the
co-operation of so able a speaker, met him very
readily, and forgave him at a conference which,
at the same time it displays Yelverton's talents,
particularly his readiness in reply, betrays a want
of that independent spirit with which he com-
menced his public life. He tells the king that he
has been long iveary of his life, by reason of the
weight of his displeasure, and vows to walk in that
way and row in what vessel ills majesty shall
please W) command him. In short he promises to
be as thorough paced a courtier as the king could
wish. The earl of Salisbury indeed seems of the
same opinion, for when Yelverton informed hini
of what had passed, he gives him the following
hint — ' I hope and assure myself you will never
so joy in this reconcilement, as I shall hear that
Mr. Yelverton to please the king should speak
against his conscience.'
Report concerning Encroachments upon waste
Grounds granted to the City of London, Sfc. with
the Cases of Lord Dacre and Lord Paget. Jpril
19, 1614. MS. Cotton Vespasian, C xiv, fol.
340.
Original letter to the earl of Northampton,
MS. Cotton Titus, C vi. Article 7.
A letter from Yelverton to the lord treasurer,
desiring he might be excused from being made a
judge. Dated S' Albans Nov. 9, 1593. MS.
'llarl. 6996, art. 24.]
JOHN ELYOTT, or Elliot, a Cornish man
born, and an esquire's Son, became a gent. com.
of Exeter coll. in Mich, term, an. I6O7, aged 15
years, left the university without a degree, after
he had continued there about 3 years, went to
one of the inns of court, as it seems, and was
made a barrester. In 16I8, May 10, he received
the honour of knighthood from liis majesty at
Whitehall, and ever after to the time of his death,
was either elected a knight of his county, or a
burgess for some borough therein, to serve in all
parliaments. But so it was, that he shewing him-
self in them an active man for the public, a gene-
rous assertor (as he pretended) of the ancient li-
berty of the subject, and an enemy to the in-
croachments made by rising favourites, was seve-
ral times committed to custody. He hath going
under his name,
Several Speeches spoken in Parliament,* as (1)"
Speech against George Duke of Buckingham, and
concerning Grievances. (2) Sp. by way of Epi-
logue concerning the Duke of Bucks' Impeachment.
These two were spoken in 1626, and soon after
he, with sir Dud. Digges, who spoke the prologue
to the said impeachment, were committed both
prisoners to the Tower, but soon after were
* [See a variety of tliese among tlie Harlelan MSS. 37,
16j, 1219, 1721, 2217,2305,0799, 6800, CSOl.]
479
ELYOTT.
THORNE.
OWEN.
480
1629.
released : whereupon Elyott spoke. (3) A Sp. to
clear himself as to the Particulars charged against
him. In the same year he was iinprison'd in the
Gatehouse at Westm. for refusing to part with
money on the loan, and thereupon in a petition
to the king he set forth the illegality of the said
loan, or of any tax without a parliament. Which
way he took, when his council would not as-
sist him otherwise ; alledging farther that his con-
science could not submit to it, and prayed for his
libertv, but could not obtain it. (4) Speech upon
the King's giving Notice to both Houses, that he
did intend shortly to end the Session of Parliament.
Jn. 1G28. (5) Sp. against the D. of Bucks, inter-
rupted in it by the speaker. (6) Sp. concerning
Beligion, An. 1628. This was printed in 1641,
in one sh. in qu. (7) Sp. against particular Per-
sons, spoken in 1628, and therefore a little before
the dissolution of the pari, he with other members
were committed to the Tower. All which
speeches, with certain debates of the said sir J oh.
Elyott you may see in the first vol. of Historical
Collections, made by John Rushworth. " There
" were also extant of this sir John Elliott's, Argu-
" ments upon the Writ of Habeas Corpus." What
more to be added, is that about, the same time
(1628.) was an information exhibited against sir
John in the court of the King's-Bench, for a sower
of discord, for his murmurings, seditions, &c.
against the king, nobles, prelates, &c. in parlia-
ment, which were pleaded against by several per-
sons on his behalf: and that many j'ears after his
death, (which happen'd, as I conceive, about six-
teen hundred twenty and nine) were votes passed
in the H. of com. that 5000 pounds should be
given to his children, because he had suffered in
the 3 of Car. 1. Dom. 1627, for opposing the
illegalities of that time. The said votes passed in
1646, and no doubt there is, but all, or at least
some, of the money was paid.
[The Monarchic of Man : A Treatise philoso-
phicall and Morall : Wherein some Questions of the
Politicks are obviously discust by Sir John Elliot
Ki Prisoner in the Tower. MS. Harl. 2228.
Wanley in the Harleian Catalogue has given a
few extracts from this volume, and the following
observations on the author. * 'i'his gentleman,
not having his ambitious demands gratified to the
full, turned to be a most bitter and implacable
enemy to his sovereign K. Charles I. against
whom this work seems to be most especially writ-
ten. This sir John Elliot, as I have heard, in
confederacy with sir Henry Vane, Mr. Hamden,
Mr. Pym, and another, out of private malice and
revenge, did contrive the civill war before the
calling of that long parliament ; and by the con-
currence of men as desperately wicked as them-
selves, gained their point.' ']
[' Harl. Cat. o/MSS. vol. ii, page 567.]
WILLIAM THORNE, a most noted hnguist
and rabby of his time, (and therefore well knowa
to, and respected by, that noted Belgic critic John
Drusius, who dedicates to him his Opuscula
Grammaticaliu) received his first breath at Seme-
ley in Wilts, his grammatical education in Wyke-
ham's school, and his academical in New coll. of
which he became perpetual fellow in 1587, being
then esteemed to be well grounded in humane
learning. In 1393 he proceeded in arts, and five
years after was constituted Hebrew professor of
the university. Afterwards being promoted to
the deanery of Chichester (in tlie room, as it
seems, of Dr. Martin Colcpeper deceased) he pro-
ceeded in divinity ; at which time he was reputed
eminent, not only for his incomparable skill in
the Oriental sacred tongues by men ' unmatchable
in them (worthily famoused on this side, and
beyond the sea) but also for other learning. His
writings are,
Tutlius site Rhetor, in tria Stromata divisus.
Oxon. 1592. oct.
A kenning Glass for a Christian King, Serm.
on Joh. 19. latter part of the 15 verse. Lond.
1623. oct. 9 and other things, as 'tis said, but such
I have not yet seen. He died 13 Feb. in sixteen
hundred twenty and nine, and was buried two
days after in the cath. ch. at Chichester. In his
deanery of Chichester succeeded Dr. Francis Dee
of Cambridge, about that time chancellor of the
ch. at Sarum, and afterwards bishop of Peter-
borough.
LEWIS OWEN, a native of Merionithshire,
became either a servitor or a student of Ch. Ch. in
summertime, an. 1590, aged 18, but left the uni-
versity without a degree, having some petty em-
ployment bestow'd on him about that time.
Afterwards he travelled in the latter end of Q.
Elizab. and beginning of K. James into several
countries of Europe : and in Spain making a
longer continuance than elsewhere, he entred,
himself, if I mistake not, into the society of Jesus
at Valladolid, where he continued a curious ob-
server among them for some time. At length
being fully satisfied of their intrigues, which
tended, as he said, to worldly policy, rather than
true religion, he left, and became a bitter enemy
against, tiieui, as well in his discourses, as writ-
ings, as it may appear in these things following :
The running Register: recording a true Rela-
' Joh. Drusius in epist. ad Oiam. Grcec. Abel Ciiriand.
in Vita & Operibus Jnh. Drus. & alii ultra mare Tho.
Pye Anglus in Epist. ad Joh. Howson de Divortiit. Car.
Fitz-Geofridus in 3 lib. Elngram. &c.
9 [Ducctite Deo, Tulliits sive Rhetor in tria Stromuta
divisus. Oxon. ISgS. 8vo. Dedicated to William earl of
Pembroke.
Eirovlew BatriXixov, or a Kenning Glass for a Christian
King, taken out of the \Q Chapter of the Go.ipell of Saint
John, the 5 Ferse, in these Words, Behold the Man. Lond.
1003, 8vo. Rawlxnson.J
i
f
1629-30.
'^
481
[CROSSE.]
HERBERT.
482
tion of the State of the English Colleges, Semina-
ries and Cloi/sters in all foreign Parts, together
with a brief Discourse of the Lives, Practices, &c.
of Ensrl. Monks, Friers, Jesuits,i<.c. Lond. 1626.
qu. [llodi. 4to. H. 15. Th.]
The Unmasking of all Popish Monks, Friers
and Jesuits. Or, a Treatise of thtir Genealogy,
Beginnings, Proceedings and present State, &c.
Loiul. 1628. qu. [Bodl.4to. A. 42. Th.]
Speculum Jesuiticum. Or, the Jesuits Looking-
glass : Tvherein they may behold Ignatius (their
^ Patron) his Progress, their own Pilgrimage, his
Life, their Beginning, &c. Lond. I629. qu. [Bodl.
4to. S. 61. Art.]
ji true Catalogue of all their Colleges, professed
Houses, Houses of Approbation, Seminaries and
Houses of Residence in all Parts of the World.
And lastly a true Number of the fellorifs of their
Society, taken out of their own Books and Cata-
logues. Printed with tlie Speculum Jesuiticitm, and
both at the end of Europm Speculum, 1629, ' writ-
ten by sir Ed. Sandys bet'orementioned. This
Lew. Owen who had a rambling head, was living
•Clar. in sixteen hundred twenty and nine, but what
iSag-so. became of him afterwards, I cannot find. Besides
\ this Lew. Owen was another of both his names,
> born in Anglesea, first a student in S. Edm. hall
S 1578, afterwards of Hart hall, and a benefactor to
Jesus coll.
[AVILLIAM CROSSE, the son of sufficient
parents, was born in Somersetshire about the year
1590, and sent to the university at the age of six-
teen, when he entered at St. Mary hall. In 1610,
May 14, he took the degree of B.A. that of master
being completed July 9, l6l3, about which time,
or sliortly after, probably, he left Oxford and re-
paired to the metropolis, where he exercised his
talents in history and translation, as he had before
done in logic and poetry.
He wrote verses in the Oxford collection enti-"
tuled Jws<fl Oxoniensium, l6l2; and in those pub-
lished the following year in honour of the marriage
of the Count Palatine of the Rhine with Elizabeth,
eldest daughter of James the first, with other
things, perhaps, that have not come to my know-
ledge. But his chief work was,
A Continuation of the Historic of the Nether-
lands, from the Yeare of our Lord God 1608, unto
this present Yeare 1627. Lond. by Adam Islip,
1627. fol. at page 1276 of Grimeston's Generall
Historic of the Netherlands. (Bodl. F. 6. 11. Art.)
Cross, was, it seems, employed to undertake this
history by the bookseller. The work, says Grime-
fiton, in his address to the reader, is ' now continued
from the conclusion of the last truce betwixt the
king of Spaine, the archdukes, and the estates of
the vnited provinces, vnto these times, by another
man; the printer's hast preuenting myne owne
' [Not at the end of the edit, of 1629, but of l632.
LOVEDAT "
Vol
.II.
desire, having had alwayes an intent to continue
what I had begun.' In a subsequent passage,
however, the original translator speaks very hand*
somely of his coadjutor's part of the performance:
' I assure my seife, his diligence in writing of this
continuance, and the printer's care in supplying
him with all things fit to make a full and com-
pleat historic, will give you good content ia the
reading.'
Cross translated The Workes of Cairn Crispus
Salustius, contayning the Conspiracie of Cnteline,
the fVarre of .Jugurth, 5 Bookes of Historicall
Fragments, 1 1 Orations to Ceesar for the Institu-
tion of a Commonwealth, and one against CicerOi
Lond. 1629, 8vo. The first portion of this trans- Ctar.
lation he dedicates to the marquis of Hamilton, 1629.
the second to the lord Herbert of Castle Island.
In the latter address he has the following words,
which corroborate what had been before asserted
respecting an unpublished work of queen Eliza-
beth's : 'The royall pen of queene Elizabeth hath
beene formerly verst in this translation, but this
being like to herselfe, and too good for the world
was neuer published.'
What else Cross published, or what became of
him I have not, as yet, been able to learn.]
WILLIAM HERBERT, son and heir of Hen.
earl of Pembroke was born at Wilton in Wilts,
8 Apr. 1580, became a nobleman of New coll. in [546]
Lent Term 1592, aged 13, continued there about
two years, succeeded his father in his honours
1601, made knight of the garter 1 Jac. 1. and go-
vernour of Portsmouth six years after. In 1626,
he was unanimously elected chancellor of this uni-
versity, being a great patron of learning, and
about that time was made lord steward of the
king's houshold. He was not only a great fa-
vourer of learned and- ingenious men, but was
himself learned, and endowed to admiration with
a poetical geny, as by those amorous and not in-
elegant aires and poems of his composition doth
evidently appear; some of which had musical
notes set to them by Hen. Lawes, and Nich. La-
neare. All that he hath extant, were published
with this title :
Poems reritten by William Earl of Pembroke,
many of which are answered by Way of Repartee
by Sir Benj. Rudyard, with other Poems written by
them occasionally and apart. Lond. 1660. oct.
He died suddenly in his house called Baynard's
castle in London, on the tenth of Apr. in sixteen
hundred and thirty, (according to the calculation 1630,
of his nativity made several years before by Mr.
Tho. Allen of Gioc. hail) whereupon his body was
buried in the cath. ch. at Salisbury near to that
of his father. See more of him in the Fasti,
among the creations, an. 1605. He had a younger
brother named Philip, who was also a nobleman
of New coll. at tiie same time with his brother,
was afterwards created earl of Montgomery, and
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484
upon the death of his brother WilHain, succeeded
ia the title of Pembroke. But this Philip was
quite different in temper from his brother, for lie
was esteemed by all that knew, or had to do with
him, a very choleric man, a common
• Afrtquent swearer,* and so illiterate, that if the
wMriT. First ygp^^^ ^e true, he could scarce write
his name. He also turn'd rebel when
the civil wars began in 1642, was one of the
council of state by Oliver's appointment after
K. Ch. I. was beheaded, and a most passionate
enemy to learning, which notoriously appeared
when he deeply engag'd himself in the undoing of
this university (of which he was chancellor) in
1648. I have seen several rambling and confus'd
speeches that he, with great confidence, uttered in
parliament and committees, which were afterwards
printed under his name; and others, very witty
and satyrical, that were father'd upon hi-m. The
reader is to know that besides the former Will.
Herbert, have been others of both his names that
have been writers,^ as one, who was a knight, in
the time of qu. Elizab. an. 1586,-' antl another of
Pointington in 1646, who dedicates his book called
Herbert's Belief, &c. to his son Benjamin, and one
William Herbert who published The Propheci/
of Cadwallader, &c.
[ ' William, earl of Pembroke,' says Claren-
don, in one of the best characters he ever drew,
* was the most universally belov'd and esteem'd
of any man of that age: and, having a great office
in the court, he made the court itself better
esteem'd and more reverenced in the country.
And as he had a great number of friends of the
best men, so no man had ever the confidence to
avow himself to be his enemy. He was a man
very well bred, and of excellent parts, and a grace-
ful speaker upon any subject, having a good pro-
portion of learning, and a ready wit to apply it,
and enlarge upon it : of a pleasant and facetious
humour, and a disposition affable, generous and
magnificent. He was master of a great fortune
from his ancestours, and had a great addition by
his wife, another daughter and heir of the earl of
Shrewsbury, which he enjoy'd during his life, she
outliving him : but all serv'd not his expence,
which was only limited by his great mind, and
occasions to use it nobly.
He lived many years about the court, before in
it; and never by il: being rather regarded and
esteem'd by king James, than lov'd and favour'd.
After the foul fall of the earl of Somerset, he was
made lord chamberlain of the king's house, more
_* [^- Herbert's Quadruparlite Devotions for the Day,
Week, Month, Year, in about 700 Meditations and Prayers.
Lond. 1648, 12mo. Tanner.]
' [Probably he of St. Gillians, whose daughter and heiress
was the wife of Edward lord Herbert of Cherbury, whose
Zi/e see, page25. Loveday.
He wrote an answer to Campian, tho' never printed, and
a letter to a pretended Roman Catholic Strype, Life of
Parker, 3/6. Watts.] li > J J
for the court's sake than his own; and the court
appear'd with the more lustre, because he had the
fjovernment of that province. As he spent and
iv'd upon his own fortune, so he stood upon his
own feet, without any other support than of his
pioper virtue and merit : and liv'd towards the fa-
vourites with that decency, as would not suffer
them to censure or reproach his mastcr'sjudgeraent
and election, but as with men of his own rank.
He was exceedingly beloved in the court, because
he never desired to get tliat for himself which
others labour'd for, but was still rcmly to promote
the pretences of worthy men. And he was equally
celebrated in the country, for having receiv'd no
obligations from the court which might corrupt,
or sway his affections, and judgement : so that all
who were displeased, and unsatisfied in the court,
or with the court, were always inclined to put
themselves under his banner, if he would have
admitted them; and yet he did not so reject them,
as to make them choose another shelter, but so
far suffer'd them to depend on him, that he could
restrain them from breaking out beyond private
resentments, and murmurs.
He was a great lover of his country, and of the
religion, and justice, which he believ'd could only
support it; and his friendships were only with
men of those principles. And as his conversation
was most with men of the most pregnant parts,
and understanding, so towards any siich who
needed support, or encouragement, though un-
known, if fairly recommended to him, he was very
liberal. Sure never man was planted in a court,
that was fitter for that soil, or brought better qua-
lities with him to purify that air.
Yet his memory must not be flatter'd, that his
virtues and good inclinations may be believ'd; he
was not without some allay of vice, and without
being clouded with great infirmities, which he
had in too exorbitant a pi^oportion. He indulged
to himself the pleasures of all kinds, almost in all
excesses. To women, whether out of his natural;
constitution, or for want of his domestic content,
and delight (in which he was most unhappy, for
he paid much too dear for his wife's fortune, by
taking her person into the bargain) he was immo-
derately given up. But therein he likewise re-
tain'd such a power, and jurisdiction over his very
appetite, that he was not so much transported
with beauty, and outward allurements, as with
those advantages of the mind, as manifested ar>
extrordinary wit, and spirit, and knowie<lge, and
administred great pleasure in the conversation.
To these he sacrificed himself, his precious time,
and much of his fortune. And some, who were
nearest his trust and friendship, were not without
apprehension, that his natural vivacity, and vigour
of mind begun to lessen, and decline by those ex-
cessive indulgences.
About the time of the death of king James, or
presently after, he was made lord steward of his
485
PAGE.
486
majesty's house; that the staff of chamberlain
might be put into the hands of his brother, the
earl of Montgomery, upon a new contract of
friendship with tlic duke of Buckingiiam; after
whose death, he had likewise such offices of his,
as he most affected, of honour and command ;
none of profit, which he cared not for: and within
two years after, he died himself of an apoplexy,
after a full and chearful supper.
A short story may not be unfitly inserted, it
being very frequently menlion'd by a person of
known integrity, whose character is here under-
taken to be set down, and who at that time being
on his way to London, met at Maidenhead some
persons of quality, of relation or dependence upon
the earl of Pembroke (sir Charles Morgan, com-
monly call'd general Morgan, who had com-
manded an army in Germany, and defended Stoad ;
Dr. Field, then bishop of Saint David's; and Dr.
Chafin, the earl's then chaplain in his house, and
much in his favour.) At supper one of them drank
an health to the lord steward : upon which ano-
ther of them said * that he believ'd his lord was
* that time very merry, for he had now outliv'd the
* day, which his tutor Sandford had prognosticated
' upon his nativity he would not outlive; but he
* had done it now, for that was his birth-day,
* which had compleated his age to fifty years.'
The next morning by the time they came to Cole-
brook, they met with the news of his death.*
He diecl exceedingly lamented by men of all
qualities, and left many of his servants and de-
pendents owners of good estates, raised out of his
employments and bounty. Nor had his heir cause
to complain. For though his expences had been
very magnificent (and it may be the less consi-
dered, and his providence the less, because he had
no child to inherit) insomuch as he left a great
debt charged upon the estate; yet considering the
wealth he left in jewels, plate and furniture, and
the estate his brother enjoy'd in the right of his
wife (who was not fit to manage it herself) during
her long life, he may be justly said to have inhe-
rited as good an estate from him, as he had from
his father, which was one of the best in England.''
Howell records^ an instance of lord Pembroke's
generosity to the relict of sir Gervas Elwayes,
lieutenant of the Tower, who was executed for
conniving at tiie murder of sir Thomas Overbury :
* [His death had been foretold both by his tutor and the lady
Davis, and that he should not outlive his birth-day, when
fifty ycais of age : for which the latter was for some time im-
prisoned. But being very pleasant and healthful that day,
after he had sunt and returned from the countess of Bedford s
table, he said ne would never trust a woman prophetess foi
the lady Davis's sake. lie went very well to his repose, linl
before eight in the morning he was snatched away by an apo-
plexy; a distemper that has prov'd fatal to many who have
peet) excessive iu their pleasures. Echard, Hist, df England,
page 448.]
' [Clarendon's JUst. of the ReheUion, vol. i. p. 44. edit,
foiio.]
' {Familiar Letters, yo\.\. lett. 2. ed. l688. page 4.]
' My lord of Pembroke,' says he, ' did a most
noble act like himself, for the king having givea
him all sir Gervas Elwaie's estate, which came to
above 1000 pounds per an. he freely bestowed it
on the widow and ciiildren.'
SONNET.
(From his Poems, l660.)
Wrong not, dear empress of my heeurt,
The merits of true passion.
With thinking, that he feels no smart
Who sues tor no compassion :
Since, if my plaints seem not to provi
The conquest of thy beauty;
It conies not from defect of love,
But from excess of duty.
For knowing that I sue to serve
A saint ot such perfection.
As all desire, but none deserve
A place in her affection;
I rather chuse to want relief
Than venture the revealing : —
Where glory recommends the grief.
Despair destroyes the healing.
Silence, in love, betrays more woe
Than words, though ne'ere so wittyj
The beggar that is dumb, you know,
May challenge double pitty.
Then wrong not, dear heart of my heart,'
My true though secret passion ;
He smarteth most that hides his smart
And sues for no compassion.
There is a scarce head of the earl of Pembroke
by S. Pass in l6l7, 4to.; another published by
Stent, 4to.; and a third (from Mytens' picture) by
Vander-Voerst, in folio. His magnificent colos-
sal statue is in the Bodleian gallery, a'nd is justly
esteemed one of the finest in the kingdom.]
SAMUEL PAGE, a minister's son and a Bed-
fordshire man born, was admitted scholar of C. C.
coll. 10 June 1587, aged 1,'3 or thereabouts, " and
" fellow 16 Apr. 1590," took one degree in arts,
but whether he was * master of that , ^^^ ^^^
faculty, it appears not. In his juve- the; hewasfet-
nile years, he was accounted one of low of that
the chiefest among our English poets house and mas-
to bewail and bemoan the perplex- '^"./^ J^"'/"'
ities ot love in his poetical and ro- gjjt
mantic writings;' but when he be-
came elder, he applied his muse to the study of
the sacred writ, in which faculty he was admitted
bachelor in l603, being then, or about that time,
vicar of Deptford, alias West Greenwich in Kent,
7 [So says Meres in The Second Part of Wits' Common-
wealth; but I fear that all his efforts in this species of com*
position, are now buried in obscurity.]
2 I 3
487
BENFIELD.
488
and in 16II, he proceeded in his faculty, being
then much in esteem by the clergy of tiie neigh-
bourhood, where he lived, and reverenc'd by the
laity for his orthodox principles and continual
and unwearied labours in his function. His works
are these, mi . • /•
God be thanked; Serm. of Thanksgiving for the
happi/ Success of the Engiish Fleets, ^ set forth bi/
the Company oj Adventurers to the E. Indies: On
Psal. 126. 2. Lond. I6I6. qu. [Bodl. 4to. A. 75.
Th.]
JJivine Sea Service ; containing sundri/ and use-
ful Forms of Prayer and Thanksgiving for the Help
of such as travel by Sea, fitted to their several Ne-
cessities Printed with the former. Ifil6. qu.
Other Sermons, as (1) AUegeance of the Clear-
gie [preached at the Meeting of the whole Clergie
of the Dyocesse of Rochester, to take the Oath of
Allegiance to his most excellent Majestie, at Green-
wich, Novemb. 2. 16IO:] On Rom, 13. 2. Lond.
1616. qu. (2) The Supper of the Lord: On Prov.
9. 5. Lond. 1616. qu, Preached at Hampton-
[547] court. (3, 4, 5, 6, 7,) Cape of good Hope, or Ze-
bulun's Blessing, jive Sermons for the Use of the
Merchant and Mariner: On Deut. 33. 18, 19-; on
Psal. 93. 5. &c. Lond. I616. qu. &c. (8, 9) Re-
medy of Drought [and A Thanksgiving for Raine,'\
two serm. on 1 Kings, 8. 35. and Psal. 68. 7.
Lond. 1616. qu. [these nine sermons are bound
together in the Bodleian, 4to. P. 58. Tli.J
A Manual of Private Devotions Published
by Nich. Snape of Greys- Inn esq;
Godly and learned Exposition, together with apt
and profitable Notes on the Lord's Prayer. Lond.
1631. qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 85. Th.] Publ. by the
said Snape.
The broken Heart: Or David's Penance fully
exprest in holy Meditations on 51 Psal. Lond.
1637, 39. [Bodl. 4to. B. 45. Tii.] and 1646. qu.
He ended his days at Deptford before-mcntion'd,
and was buried in the church there, on the eighth
1630. day of August, in sixteen hundred and thirty.
One Dr. Page published a book entit. Jus Fra-
trum, or the Law of Brethren. Printed in oct.
1658, but whether it was written by Dr. Samuel,
or Dr. William Page, or by another, I cannot
know, unless 1 could see the book.
SEBASTIAN BENFIELD was born at Prest-
bury in Glocestershire, admitted scholar of C. C.
coll. 30 Aug. 1586, aged 17, or thereabouts, and
probationer I6 Apr. 1590. Afterwards taking the
degree of M. of A. he entered into sacred orders,
and became a frequent preacher in these parts.
In 1399 he was constituted rhetoric reader in his
coll. and the year after was admitted to the read-
ing of the sentences. In I6O8 he proceeded in
divinity, and five years after was elected Margaret
professor of the university. Which office he exe-
cuting with commendation for about 14 years,
resign'd it, and receded to the rectory of Meysey-
Hampton near to Fairford in Glocestershire,
which he had long before obtained by his prede-
cessor's guilt of simony, where lie spent the re-
maining part of his days (about 4 years) in great
retircdness and devotion. He was a person for
piety, strictness of life, and sincere conversation
mcomparabie. He was also so noted an huma-
nitian, disputant, and theologist, and so well read
in the fathers and schoolmen, that he had scarce
his equal in the university. Some have blasted
him (I know not upon what account) for a schis-
matic, yet Dr. Ravis, sometimes B. of London,
and of nonourable memory, approved him to be
free fromsciiism, and much abounding in science.
The truth is, he was a sedentary man, and of great
industry, and so consequently (as 'tis observed by
some) morose, and of no good nature. Also, that
he was accounted no mean lover of the opinions
of John Calvin, especially as to the points of pre-
destination, which is the cause why one' calls him
a downright and doctrinal Calvinist. His works
are these,
Doctrina Christiana Sex Capita totidem Prce-
lectionibus in Schola Theol. Oxon. pro Forma ha-
hitis, discussa 6; disceptata. Oxon. I6IO. qu.
[Bodl. 4to. B. 75. Th.]
Appendix ad Caput secundum de Conciliis Evan-
gelicis, (5)c. adversus Humphredum Leech. Pr. with
the former book.
Eight Sermon'! publicly preached in the Univer-
sity of Oxford, the second at St. Peter's in the East,
the rest at S. Mary's Church. Began 1595. Dec.
14. Oxon. 1614. qu. [Bodl. 4to. B. 75. Th.]
The Sin against the Holy Ghost discovered; and
other Christian Doctrines delivered; in 12 Sermons
upon Part of the \OChapt. of the Epist. to the He-
brews. Oxon. I6l5. qu. [Bodl. 4to. B. 75. Th.]
Commentary or Exposition upon the first Chapter
of Amos, delivered in 21 Sermons in the Par.
Church of Meysey- Hampton in the Dioc. of Gloc.
Oxon. 1613. qu. [Bodl. 4to. B. 76. Th.] Trans-
lated into Lat. by Hen. Jackson of C. C. coll.—
Openheim. 1615. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. B. 152.
Th.]
Other sermons, as (1) The Christian Liberty, &c:
On 1 Cor. 9. 19. Ox. 1613. oct. Printed with
the Commentary in English before-mentioned.
It was preached at Wotton Underedge before the
clergy at an episcopal visitation. (2) Sermon at
S. Mary's in Oxon. 24 Mar. I6IO. being K. James
his Inauguration Day : On Psal. 2!. 6. Ox. I6II.
qu. [Bodl. 4to. B. 75. Th.] (3) The Haven of
the Afflicted, in the Cath. Ch. of Gloc. 10 -^"g-
I6IS: On Amos 3. 6. Oxon. 1613. qu. [Bodl.
4to. B. 76. Th.]
Commentary or Exposition upon the Qd Chap, of
Amos, delivered in 21 Sermons in the Par. Ch. of
Meysey-Hampton, Sfc. Lond. 1620. qu. [Bodl.
4to. B. 76. Th.]
• Humph. Leech, in his Triumph of Truth, &c. part 8,
cap. 3. p. 62,
4
[548] I
489
PRICE.
HICKS.
490
Prce/ectionea de Perseverantiu Sanctorum. i Fran-
cof. 1618. [Bodl. 8vo. B. 152. Th.]
Com. or Exposition on the third Chap, of Amos,
&c. Printed I6ii9. qu. He hath also a Latin
Sermoij extant, on Rev. v. 10. — Printed in 1616.
?|ii. which I have not yet seen. He took his last
arewel of tiiis world, in the parsonage house at
Meysey-Hamptonbefore-uicntion'd, about 24 Aug.
1630. in sixteen hundred and thirty, and was buried. in
the cbancol of the church there, on the 29 of the
same montii. In the said rectory succeeded his
great admirer Hen. Jackson bach, of div. of C. C.
coll. before-mentioned, who being a writer also,
must crave a place in another part of this work.
SAMPSON PRICE, son of Thorn. Price,
sometimes vicar of S. Chad's church in Shrews-
bury, was born there, became a batler of Exeter
coll. in l601, aged 16 or thereabouts, took the
degrees in arts, as a member of Hart-hall, entred
into the sacred function, as a member of that
coll. became a smart preacher in the university
and near it, especially against the papists, made
one of the lecturers of S. Martin's church in
Oxon, afterwards of S. Olave's in London, and
took the degrees in divinity, that of doctor be-
ing compleated in 1617: About which time he
was chaplain in ord. to K. Jam. I.. (as he was
afterwards to K. Ch. L) and a most ready and
frequent preacher in the court. At length he
was made vicar of Christ church in London,'
where being much resorted to and admired, was
usually stiled ' The Mawle of Heretics,' meaning
papists, he being a most bitter enemy (as liis
brother Daniel was) in his preachings, discourses,
and writings against them. So that, as 'tis pre-
sumed, that party having a hatred towards them,
the English recollect friers at Doway, did often ^
brag that this our author, and his brother Daniel,
' should one day either carry faggots upon their
shoulders, or be burned in Smithfield, or else
recant, and be glad to have the office to sweep
their' church (wherein they had preached false
doctrine) for au everlasting penance, and their
wives to carry out the dust and filth,' &c. He
hath published,
Several Sermons, as (1) London's Warning by
Laodicea's Lukewarmness : * On Rev. 3. 15, 16.
Lond. 1613. qu. [Bodl. KK. 42. Jur.] (2) A
heavenly Proclamation to fly Romish Babylon :
On Rev. 18. 4. Oxon. 1614. qu. (3) Ephesus'
Warning before her Woe: On Rev. 2. 5. Lond.
p These which were in defence of Whitaker were by
name answered by Earth. Battus professor at Gropswald.
1621. Tanner.]
' [He wasadmitted to this vicarage October 9, 1617. New-
court, Repertorium, i. 230.]
* Lewis Owen in his Running Register, pr. 1626, p. 99.
^ The said friers always took Ch. Church to be theirs by
succession, because that house did belong to their predecessors
the Franciscan friers, commonly called the Grey friers, before
the dissolution of religious houses in England.
* ["Dedicated to John lord bishop of London. Co^E.]
1616. qu. [Bodl. 4to. H. 25. Tli.] (4) Clearing
if the Saint's Sijrlit ; On Rev. 7. 17. Lond. I6l7.
qu. [Bodl. 4to. P. 45. Th.] (5) Beauty of Hoi i-
ness: On Joh. 10. 22, 23. Lond. I6l8. qu. [Bodl.
NN. 5. Th.] Preached in the chap, at the free-
school in Shrewsbury, 10 Sept. 1617, at what
time the said chappel was consecrated by the B.
of Coventry and Lichfield. (6) The Twins of
Birth and Death, preached at the Funeral of Sir
Will. Bird 5 Sept. 1624: On Eccles. 3. 2. Lond.
1624 5. qu.5 (7) London's Remembrancer for
the staying oj the Plague : On Psal. 42. 4. Lond.
1626, qu. These seven sermons are all that I
have yet seen of his composition, and therefore I
can say no more of him, but that he was buried
under the communion table in the chancel of Ch.
church before-mentioned in sixteen hundred and
thirty, and was succeeded in his vicarage by Mr.
Edw. Finch of Cambridge,'' brother to sir Joh.
Finch, afterwards lord Finch of Fordwich. The
said Dr. Samp. Price had an elder brother called
Dr. Daniel Price, whom I shall mention under
the year 1631.
[Sampson Price S. T. P. admiss. ad rect. On:n.
Sanctorum Magn. Lond. 28 Jul. l6l7, et 9 Oct.
sequ. ad vie. Ecclesiai Christi Lond. qua; vacavit
per mortein ejus ante 9 Dec. 16.30. Reg. Ban-
croft et Laud. 1630, 3 Nov. Joh. Dounham A. M.
admiss. ad eccl. Omn. S'ctorum ad Fenn. per
mortem Sampson Price, S. T. P. Reg. Laud.
Kennet.
Price had the prebend of Church-Withington
in the cathedral of Hereford, to which he w.is
collated July 14, 1626, and which he held till his
death. ?]
FRANCIS HICKS, or Hyckes, son of Rich.
Hicks an arras-weaver of Barcheston, commonly
called Barston in Warwickshire, was born within
the large parish of Tredington in Worcestershire,
particularly, as I conceive, in a market town cal-
led Shipson, matriculated as a Worcestershire
man, and a member of S. Mary's hall, in the be-
ginning of 1579, aged 13, and four years after
took the degree of bach, of arts, as a member of
that house, having had his tutor, and his cham-
ber, as it seems, in Oriel college. But before he "
had compleated that degree by determination, he
left the university, and was diverted by a country
retirement. Where tho', as a plain man, he spent
1630.
[549]
' [r/if two Twins of Birtli and Death; a Sermon preached
at Christ Church Lond. the 5th of Sept. l0'24, ly Samson
Price 1) D. one of his Majestie's Chaplains in Ordinary,
upon the Occasion of the Funeralls of Sir ff^illiam liyrde
Kt. Doctor of the Law, Dean of the Arches, and Judge of
the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury . At
Lond. !024, pines me. W. K. Ep. ded. to my parishioner*
of Christ Church^-dat. from the new rents in }our parish,
Octob. 18, 1624. Kennet.]
* ri'o the hon. Commons House of Parliament the humble
Petition of the Parishioners of the Parish of Christ's Church
in London against Master Edward Finch Ficar of the said
Parish. Printed in 1641, 4to. penes me. W. K. Kijnnet.J
' £Willis, Survey of Hereford ; Cathedrals, page 566.J
491
BRIGGS.
492
his time in husbandry, yet he never lost the true
tast and reUsh that distinguishes men of his educa-
tion, but rather made continual improvement of
that nutriment which he had received in his
j'ounger days from the breasts of his honour'd
mother the univ. of Oxon. His study, or rather
recreation, was chiefly in the Greek tongue ; and
of his knowledge therein he hath left unto the
world sufficient testimonies, as his translation
from Greek into Latin of (1 j Certain select Dia-
logues of Lucian, together with his true History.
Oxon. 1634. qu. [Bodl. 4to. L. 44. Art.] Pub-
lished by his son Thorn. Hicks M. A. and chap-
lain of Ch. Ch. (2) The History of the Wars of
Peloponnesus, in 8 Books, written hj/ Thucydides
the Athenian. MS. in Ch. Ch. library in Oxon.
Q 4. Arts, fol. (3) The History of Herodian, be-
f inning from the Reign of the Emperor Marcus.
IS. in the archives of the said libr. in qu. Given
thereunto, with the former MS. by Tho. Hicks
before-mentioned. Our translator Franc. Hicks
having spent most of his time at Barston before-
mentioned, and at Shipson adjoyning, died in a
kinsman's house at Sutton in Glocestcrshire, near
to Brayles in Warwickshire, on the 9 day of Jan.
1630-1. in si.vteen hundred and thirty, and was buried in
the chancel of the church there. As for Thom.
, Hicks whom I have touched upon before, he was
an ingenious man, has done something about
Lucian, and therefore shall be remembred else-
where.
HENRY BRIGGS, (Briggius) one of the
most admired mathematicians of his time, was
born in an obscure hamlet called VVarley Wood
in the large parish of Halifax in Yorkshire ;
whose geny being naturally inclined to the ma-
tliematics, was sent from the grammar school in
tlie vicinity of Warley, to the university of Cam-
bridge, where in short time he liecame fellow of
S. John's coll. After he had taken the degree of
M. of A. he was preferr'd to be the first geome-
try-reader in Greshaiu coll. at London, an. lo96.
where continuing about 23 years in reading to,
and improving his auditors, 'sir Hen. Savile de-
sired him to accept of his lecture of geometry,
chiefly because it was not only better as to reve-
nues, but more honourable. Whereupon going
to Oxon, 1619, and settling in Merton coll. in
the condition of a fellow-commoner, was soon
after incorporated M. of A. and kept the lecture
to the time of his death. It must be now known,
that one Dr. Craig a Scotch man (perliaps the
same mentioned in the Fasti, under the year
KiOo, among the incorporations) coming out of
Denmark into his own country, called upon Joh.
Ncixr baron of Marcheston near Edinburgh, and
told him among other discourses of a new inven-
tion m Denmark (by Longomontanus as 'tis said)
to save the tedious multiplication and division in
astronomical calculations. Meper being solicitous
to know farther of him concerning this matter, he
could give no other account of it, than that it was
by proportionable numbers. Which hint Neper
taking, he desired him at his return to call upon
him again. Craig, after some weeks had passed,
did so, and Neper then shew'd him a rude draught
of what he called, Canon mirabilis Logarithmo-
rum. Which draught, with some alterations, he
printing in l6l4, it came forthwith into the hands
of our author Briggs, and into those of Will.
Oughtred, from whom the relation of this matter
came. Both which consulting about the perfect-
ing of it, the former took * a journey into Scotland
to confer with Neper about it. At length having [550]
received some satisfaction from hiin, he perused
the matter, and in few years after put forth two
books of logarithms, after a more commodious
method. The first is entitled,
jirithmetica Logarithmetica. The other,
Trigonometria Britannica. The former of which
shews the construction of logarithmetical tables,
the latter the conjunction of the tables of sines,
tangents, and secants, and the doctrine of tri-
angles, to the great advantage of astronomy and
astronomical operations. 1 hese two parts were
published with this title, Arithmetica Logarithme-
tica, sive hogarithmorum Chiliades triginta, pro
Numeris tiaturali serie crescentibus ab Vnitate ad
20, 000. <^- a 90, 000. ad 100, 000, &c. Lond.
1624. fol. [and enlarged by Adrian Ulacq, folio.
Goud. 1028, Bodl. C. 9- 6. Art. Printed also at
the end of Sciographia, or the Art of Shadozccs, by
J. W. (Wells) Lond. 1635, 8vo.] Besides these
he hath written.
Treatise concerning the North-lVest Passage to
the South Si-a through the Continent of Virginia,
&e. Lond. 1622, and.
Commentaries on the Geometry of Pet. Ramus.
MS. Which after Briggs's death came into the
hands of Mr. Joh. Greaves of Merton coll. suc-
cessor to Dr. Bainbridge in the astronomy lecture,
and from him to his brother Thomas, and from
Tho. to Mr. Theod. Haak a member of the royal
society. At length after our author Briggs had
spent most of his time for the benefit and advance-
ment of geometry, he paid his last debt to nature
in his lodgings in Merton coll. 26 Jan. in sixteen 1630.1
hundred and thirt\', aged 70 or more, and was
three days after buried at the upper end of the
choir of the church belonging to the said coll.
under the honorary monument of sir Hen. Savile:
At %vhich time the heads of several colleges and
halls being present, a learned sermon and an elo-
quent oration were delivered ; the former by Mr.
Will. Sellar, the other by Mr. Hugh Cressey,
fellows of that college. In both which were many
things said to the honour of the defunct. Over
hi* grave was soon after a plain stone laid, neither
marble, nor free, with only his bare name engra-
° Sec more of this matter in the preface to Edm. W'ingate'*
Arithmetick made easie, kc.
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ven thereon ; and therefore instead of an epitaph
you may take this character of him, as it stiinds
in the pubMc register of that coil. — Vir doctrina
clarus, stupor mathematicorum, moribus ac vita
integerrimus, &c.
[Hen. Briggs Eborac. admissus socius coll. Jo.
Cant. Mar. 29. 1588: Art. Mr. 1585: A. B.
1581-2, tunc collegii Jo. Cantabr. Reg. Coll.
Baker.
For other particulars, none however of real
consequence to this work, see Smith's Latin life of
this celebrated mathematician^ 4to. Lond. 1707.]
JOHN ANDREWS, a Somersetshire man
born, was entred a student in Trin. coll. l601,
aged 18, took one degree in arts, left the univer-
sity, became a painful preacher of God's word,
and a publisher of these books following :
T/ie converted Man's new Birth, describing the
direct Way to go to Heaven, &c. Lond. 1628. oct.
second edit.
Celestial Looking-Glass to behold the Beauty of
Heaven, and the perfect Way to it. Lond. 1621.
in tw. [Bodl. 8vo. A. 100. Th.] There again
1638.
Andrews's Resolution to return unto God by Re-
pentance, he. Lond. 1621. in tw. [Bodl. Svo. A.
99. Th.] There again 1630.
Clar. A Caveat from God: On S. Job. 5. 14. Lond.
1630. 1627. with other things which I have not yet seen.
When he died, or where he was buried I know
not. " He seems to have been the same person
" with John Andrews, minister and preacher of
" the word of God at Barrick Basset in the county
" of Wilts, who was the author of Christ's Cross:
" or the most comfortable Doctrine of Christ cruci-
"Jied, and joyful Tidings of his Passion. Oxon.
" 1614. qu. in two parts."
[To this writer we may ascribe a very rare poe-
tical work, entitled
The Anatomie of Basenesse ; or the foure Quar-
ters of a Knaue. Flatterie, Ingratitude, Enuie,
Detraction.
He that hath these foure parts, neede no more
haue
To be recorded for a complete knaue.
Imprinted at London for Richard Redmer, and
are to be sold at the West dore of Paules at the
Signe of the Starre. 1615. 4to, five sheets. (Bodl.
4to. B. 10. Art. BS.) Dedicat. to sir Robert Syd-
ney by J. A. As it may never fall in the way
of a large portion of my readers, I extract the
following description
Of the Envious.
Doe we not hold him mad, that in his hand
Dare gripe an adder, though he crush it dead?
Or seemes it strange, if he by whom is feddc
A lyon's whelpe, or hath of beares command,
Shall haue iiis bloud by them vntimely shed?
What siiall we thinke him then that enter-
taines
A viper next his heart, which from his vaines
Sucks (lis best bloud, and leaueth in the stead
A fretting poyson ? whose effect is this.
It makes him grieue and rage at other's good ;
To stabbe himselfe to spill an other's bloud;
And thinke himselfe curs'a in an other's blisse.
Let him be gorg'd euen to the very throate.
Yet will he vcxe to heare an other call
For a poore crust of bread ; it frets his gall
To see a sayle belongs not to his boate.
If with the price of one of his owne eyes
He can buy both an other man's, hee'l doo't;
'Tis to be fear'd too, for a soule to boote
Hee'l giue his owne to hell a sacrifice.
This is the man which, from his mother's
wonibe.
Hath been peruerse and froward, whole vild
life
Is nourisht only by the breath of stiife ;
Which birth and breathing cannot want a
roome
At last in hell ; for he that trauells heere
(This monster like) with mischiefe, cannot
finde
A place more suting to his diu'lish mind.
Then where his friends and father may be neere,
To be deliuer'd of his hell-bred seede :
For there some damn'd infernall hagge or
other
May be the midwife fit for such a niother.
From whom (at best) some Fury n»ust proceede.
This is the man who sits and laughs to spie
Where men do (wolf like) by the throate,
each other
Teare; how th' inhumane brother kills the
brother,
And by the hand of children, parents die.
Where he perceiues an other's downe-fall nigh.
He thirsts to see their ruine, more then they
Whose high flowne falcons (watchfull for
their prey)
Threatning to bring destruction from the skie
Long to behold the fearefull game strooke dead.
"Tis Enuie's life, soule, suminum bonum, all
Which we tearm deere, to see an other fall.
Though 't be the man that giues his hunger
bread.
To see his neighbour fast is his best foode; '•
It makes him leane to see another fat;
He pines to nought when he finds nought
whereat
He may repine. To haue him vnderstood,
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And to the full dcscrib'd; thus in a word-
It grieues his staru'ling spirit more to see
An other's good, then his owne miserie,
Though it cut deeper then affliction's sword.]
WILLIAM SPARKE, son of Tho. Sparke,
whom I have mentioned under the year I6l6,
was born at Bletchley in Bucks,' became a com-
moner of Magd. hall in Lent-term in lfi02-3,
aged ifi, demy of Magd. coll. 5 June 160C, and
soon after fellow thereof. Afterwards, being M.
of A. he was made chaplain to the duke of Bucks,
rector of Bletchley after his father's decease,
divinity reader of Magd. coll. and in 1629 bach,
of div. He hath written,
Vis Naturo!, 2f Virtus Pita explicata, ad univer-
sum Doctrines Ordinem constiiuendum. Lond. I6l2.
Oct. [Bodl. 8vo. C. 93. Art.]
The Mystery of Godliness: A general Discovrse
of the lieason that is in Christian Relision, &c.
Oxon. 1628. qu. [Bodl. 4to. M. 44. Th.] These are
all that I have seen that go under his name, and
therefore I can say no more of him, only that he
was living at Bletchley in sixteen hundred and
thirty. 1 find one of both his names of Magd.
coll. who was admitted bac. of physic 3 Dec.
1645, by virtue of the letters of the chanc. of
the univ. which say, that he hath deserved well
for having been very active against his majesty's
enemies, and contributed much of his skill to his,
and our loyal friends, &c. This Will. Sparke,
who became a student in Magd. coll. an. 1639,
was son to the former.
ANTHONY SHERLEY, second son of sir
Tho. Sherley of Wistneston, commonly called
Wiston in Sussex, knight, by Anne his wife,
daughter of sir Tho Kempe, knight, was born
there, matriculated as a member of Hart hall in
the beginning of the year 1579, aged 14, admit-
ted bac. of arts in the latter end of 1581, and
about the beginning of Nov. following he was
elected probat. fellow of All-souls coll. being of
kin to the founder thereof by his mother's side.
But before he proceeded in arts, he left the luii-
versity, and retired to one of the inns of court,
or went to travel beyond the seas, or both suc-
sessively. " He had a command in the Low-
" Countries among the English when sir Phil.
" Sidney was killed." Soon after he became
known to that popular count Robert earl of Es-
sex, whose heroic spirit and virtues he so much
admired, that he resolved for the future that he
.should be a pattern to him in all the civil actions
of his life. The first adventure that he made was
his voyage into America, particularly to S. Jago,
Dominico, Margarita, &c. an. 1596. From
which voyage (wherein great valour was shewn
» [Born at Blecheley, where baptised 26 Dec. 1S86. Reg.
(jfBleckeUy. Wm. Colb, rector of Blecheley, 1764.]
against the Portuguese) he returned the year fol-
lowing. Afterwards, having received the ho-
nour of knighthood from the said earl of Essex
in Ireland, (if I mistake not) he went beyond the
seas again, made long voyages, and was employed
as ambassador several times by foreign princes.
In which voyages his exploits were so great, that
the K. of Spam taking an affection to him, al-
lowed him an yearly pension, made him admiral
of the Levant seas, and next in place to the vice-
roy of Naples. So that his greatness making our
king jealous of, he sent for, him to return; but
he refused to come, and therelbre was numbred
among the English fugitives. About that time
he was known by the title of earl of the Sacred
Empire, as having been created so, I suppose, by
the emperor of Germany, and had from his Ca-
tholic majesty a pension of 200 ducats yearly.
Ever after, so long as he lived, he shew'd himself
so zealous a servant to that king, that he became
a great plotter and projector in matters of state,
and undertook by sea-stratagems, if you'll believe
an author ' of no great credit, to invade and ruin
his native country ; the whole story and passages
of which, would make a just volume. He hath
written,
Voyage to America. — See R. Hackluyt's third
and last vol. of Voyages, printed at Lond. l600,
p. 598, 599, &c.
Account "fM. Hornet's Rising in the Kingdom of
Morrocco, Fez, &c. Lond. 16()9, qu.
History of his Travels into Persia. Lond. 16 13,
qu. Which voyage was begun 24 May 1599,
and is epitomiz'd in the second vol. or part of
Sam. Purchas his Pilgrims, printed 1625, fol. in
the ninth book.
Voyage over the Caspian Sea and through Rus-
sia.— Publish'd by W. Parry, an. 1601, involv'd
in the Pilgrims of Purchas before-mention'd.
History of his Arnbassages. — See Purchas,
vol. 2. book 6, 9- imd in Rich. Hakluyt before-
mentioned. What other matters he wrote, or
caused to be published of his composition, I know
not, nor any thing else of him, only that he was
living in the court of Spain in sixteen hundred
and thirty, and that he had taken to wife, long
before, Frances the sister of Rob. Vernon of
Hodnet, knight. He had an elder brotlier
named Thomas Sherley, who was entred into
Hart hall at the same time with his brother,
an. 1579, aged 15, where continuing about
two 3^ears or more, was called home, married,
and in 1589 knighted. But this person being
asham'd to see the trophies and atchievements
of his two younger brothers, Anthony before-
mentioned, and Robert a great hero, worn like
flowers in the breasts and bosoms of foreign
princes, whilst he himself wither'd upon the
Claf.
1630-1.
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chap. 7.
Wadswotth in hit English 7 Spanish Pilgrim,
Ita
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stalk he gvew on, left his aged father, and, as 'tis *
said, a fair inheritance in Sussex, and Ibrthwith
undertook several voyages into foreign parts, to
the great honour of his nation, hut small enrich-
ment of himself. A narration of which voyages
■he printed, or caused to be printed, but such 1
have not yet seen. As for the youngest brother,
Rob. Shcrlcy ^ before-mentioned, whether he was
of Hart hull I know not, for his name occurs not
in the Mutricula, only that of John Sherley a
Sussex man, and the son of a gent, matriculated
as a member of that hall in 1582, aged 14. The
said Robert (whom also 1 find to occur by the
title of knight) was a great man of his time, and
so highly valued by the enjperor of Persia, that
he not only sent him ambassador to Sigismond
the 3d king of Poland, " A. D. 1608,"'" as also
to K. Jam. I. of England, an. 1612, (for he ar-
rived ♦ at London 20 June that year,) but was
pleased to give him his niece in marriage, and to
confer ujion him honour and riches. As to the
general performances of the aforesaid three bro-
thers, I know the affidavit of a poet carrieth but
a small credit in the court of history, and the co-
medy made of them, entit. The Travels of three
Enalhh Brothers, Sir Thomas, Sir jinthony, and
Rob. Sherley, printed at Lond. 1607, in qu. is but
a friendly foe to their memory, as suspected to be
more accommodated to please the present spec-
tators, than inform posterity. The before-men-
tioned sir Thomas, the elder broUier and travel-
ler, had a son named Thomas, who " seems to
" have been bred in Queen's college," was a
Jinight also, and suff'er'd much in the time of the
rebellion for adhering to the cause of K. Ch. L
of ever-blessed memory. And tliat sir Thomas
the sufferer had to his eldest son another Thomas,
commonly called Dr. Tho. Sherley, born in the
parish of S. Margaret within the city of West-
minster, and baptized there 15 Oct. 1638, lived,
when a boy, with his father in Magd. coll. during
the time that Oxon was a garrison for the king,
and was bred up in grammar learning in the free-
school joyning to the said college. Afterwards
he went into France, studied physic, and was gra-
' In England's JVort/iies, in Sussex.
^ [Vid. i'ouagc d'Orienl dit li. P. Philippe de la S. Tri-
niti Carme dechaussc, 8vo. Lyons, l66g, p. 527. O. 4. 67.
Royal public library, in Cambridge.
V. Relation d'un fox/age de Perspfaits es Annees 1S<)8 S"
1*99. pa^ "" Genttlhomnie de la Suille du Seigneur Sciertry
Amhassadeur du Jtcy d Angleterre. This is at the end of a
book in 4to. enliluled, Hclations veritahles isf curieuses de
TIste de Madagasenr isf du Drcsil, &c Printed at Paris by
Austin Courbe 1^51. O. 3. 43. Royal public library Cambr.
Coi,E.]
* Cambden \n Annal .Jac.\. sub. an. l6l2. MS. [Camden
is certainly wrong in this dale, for sir Robert Sherley ad-
dressed a letter to Henry, prince of Wales, dated November
4, 1611, in which he re(|ufsts that his royal highness will
be godfather to his new-born son. This letter is among
ihe Harleian MSS. 70(J8, and has been printed by Birch in
his Life of Henry, Prince 0/ Urates, page 35 1 .]
Vofc. IL
dilated in that faculty there. After his return he
became noted for his practice therein, and at
length was made physician in ordinary to liis
maj. K. Ch. H. and 1 think doctor of his faculty.
He hath published, A Philosop/ucal Essay, declar-
ing the probable Causes whence Stones are pro-
duced in the greater JVorld : From which, Occasion
is taken to search into the Original of all Bodies;
being a Prodromus to a medicinal Truth concerning
the Causes and Cure of the Stone in the Kidneys
and Bladder of Man. Lond. 1672] oct. [Bodl.Bvo.
O. 1. Art.] " and in Latin, Hamburg, 1675."
An account of which book you may see in the
Philosophical Transactions, num. 81. p. 1030.
He also translated from Lat. into English, (1.)
Cochlearia Curiosa : Or, the Curiosities of' Scurvy-
Grass. Lond. 1676, oct. [Bodl. Svo. O. I. Art.]
written by Dr. Andr. Molimbrochius of Leipsickl
An account of which book you may also see in
the said Phil. Transact, nu. 125. p. 621. (2.) Me-
dicinal Counsels, or Advices, written originally in
French by Theod. Turquet de May erne, put into
Latin by Theoph. Bonettus, M. D.— Lond. 1676.
And translated from French into Engl. .A Trea-
tise of the Gout. Lond. I676, written by the said
Turquet de Mayerne.* He, the said Dr. Tho.
Sherley, died of grief, 5 Aug. 1678, and was bu-
ried in the S. W. vault under part of St. Bride's
church near to Fleetstreet in London. His grief
arose upon a just suspicion that he should be
totally defeated of an estate in Sussex, worth
about 3000/. per an. descended to him from his
great-grandfather sir Tho. Sherley, mostly de-
tained from him by sir Joh. Fagge, baronet. Con-
cerning which matter, the two houses of parlia-
ment were engaged in a quarrel 'a little before
Dr. Sherley's death.
[An. 1594, sir Anthony Sherley had the order
of knighthood of St. Michael conferred upon hiia
by Henry 4* of France. Baker.
There is a very fine and scarce print of Ant.
Sherley in a cloak, with a gold chain, appendant
to which a medal of the sophi, in 4to. supposed
by Granger to have been engraved by one of the
Sadelers. And another of his brother sir Robert,
in Svo. G. M. fecit, Romae, I609.]
' [Me also translated The curious Distillatory, or the Art
of Distilling. Lond. 1(577. (Bodl. 8vo. Z. I17. Th.J Written
in Latin by Jo. Sigi-;. F.lsholt]
* [John Fagg, of Wiston in Snssex, esq. the first baronet
of the family, was created by Charles 11, Dec. 11, 16C0, in
recompence for his refusing to act against his father, though
greatly im|>ortuned by the rebel party, and likewise being
convinced of his readiness to assist him, not only in his exile,
but at the restoration. This sir John Fagg was the pcrsoa
about whom the house of commons made so great a stir in
the reign of K. Ch. II. on an appeal being brought against
him, in the house ol" lords, by Dr. Thomas Sherley (whose
ancestors were possessors of Wiston) for a large estate in
the county of Sussex ; when Dr. Sherley, w.ns ordered int.> '•
custody for a breach of privilege. See VVoiton'i English Ba-
ronetage, 1741, vol. iii, 194: and Stale Trials, vol. vii.
p. 453:]
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BAYLY.
BARNES.
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SAMUEL AUSTIN, son of Tho. Austin of
Lystwithiel in the county of Cornwal, was born
there, became a batler of Exeter coll. in 1623,
aged 17, took the degrees in arts, that of master
being compleated in 1630. About which time
being numbred among the Levites, was beneficed
in his own country. He hath %vritten,
Austin's Urania : Or, the heaveri/^ Muse, in a
Poem full of Meditations for the Comfort of all
Souls at all Times. Lond. l6'29, oct. dedicated to
Joh. Prideaux, D. D. a favourer of the studies of
the author, then bach, of arts. What other things
he hath written or published, (besides various
copies of verses printed in Lat. and English in
other books) I know not, nor any thing else of
him, only that he had a son of both his names, (a
conceited coxcomb) who endeavoured to patri-
zare, but through his exceeding vanity and folly
he was made use of, as another Tho. Coryate, by-
certain poets of Oxon in their respective copies of
verses set before his Naps on Parnassus, &c.
printed 1658, as I shall tell you in another part
of this work.
JOHN BAYLY, son of Dr. Lew. Bayly, bish.
of Bangor, was born in Herefordshire, became a
sojourner of Exeter coll. in iGll, aged 16 years,
or thereabouts, made fellow the year following,
and by the help of a good tutor (Dr. Prideaux)
did advance himself much in academical learn-
ing. After he had compleated the degree of M.
of arts, he took holy orders from his father, by
whose procurement he had one or more benefices
conferr'd upon him. At length being made one
of his maj. chaplains, and gvardian of Christ's-
hospital in Ruthyn, took the degrees in divinity,
and published
Several Sermons, as, (1.) The Angel-Guardian:
On Psal. 34. 7- Lond. 1630, qu. (2.) The Light
enlightening: On Joh. 1. 9. — Printed at Lond.
the same year, [in 4to. Bodl.4to. P. 35. Th.] I
have been informed he had published other
things, but such 1 have not yet seen.
[The following account of Bayly was added by
bishop Humphreys to the life of his father under
the year 1632, but has been given in this place, as
more appropriate :
* In bp. Bayly's rr-gister book in paper, I find
this account, viz. that John Bayly was A. M. and
ordained deacon by his father the 21 of Sept.
1617 ; was preferr'd to the prebend of LLanfair,
in the church of Bangor, the 2d of Oct. the same
year, and to the vicarage of the same LLanfair
Xug. 20, I6I8. To the rectory of LLandifiian
Dec. 18th the same year. To LLantrisant Sept.
SO, 1620, and on the 24th of Sent. 1631, being
then D. D. he was instituted to the rectory sine
cura of LLanynis.
In the first visitation of bp. Dolben, 1632, I
find that then Dr. John Bayly was warden of
Ruthyn, and rector of LLanowrog and LLambe-
dcr in Diffryn Clwyd, and chanter of Bangor.
Dr. John Baylv was also rector of the sine cura of
LLandrillo in Ilhoe in the diocese of St. Asaph,
and died in Summer 1633.']
JOHN BARNES, or Barnesius, as he writes
himself, was descended from those of his name in
Lancashire, but whether born in that county I
know not, was educated for a time in this univer-
sity, but being always in animo Catholicus, he
left it and his country, and going into Spain, was
instructed in philosophy and divinit}' by the fa-
mous doctor J. Alph. Curiel, who was wont to
call Barnes by the name of John Huss, because
of a spirit of contradiction which was always ob-
served in him. After he had finished his course
of studies, he took upon him the habit of S. Be-
nedict, with a resolution then to live and dye in
it ; and about that time was sent into the mission
of England to strengthen the brethren, but being
taken and imprisoned was sent into Normandy
with certain priests and Jesuits. Soon after he
was by his superior sent into Lorain, where he
taught divinity in the English monastery of Be-
nedictines called Dieuward or Dieuleward, and
was there, by the fraternity, and others too,
esteemed profound in that great faculty, tho' he
cared not to make shew of it, much less to have
any thing of his composition published. After
he had left Dieuleward, he became a professor
either of div. or pinlosophy in Marchcin college
in Dovvay, where also he gained to himself the
name of an eminent divine and philosopher :
thence he crossed the seas, and settled for a time
in England, where he fell out with his superiors
for refusing to submit to the union of the Spanish
and Italian monks into one congregation. While
he continued there he wrote,
Dissertatio contra JEquivocutiones. Par. 1625,
oct. [Bodl. 8vo. B. 233. Th.] &c. dedicated to
P. Urban 8. at which time the author was the
prime person of the English mission for assisting
the Spanish congregation. In 1627, I find him
in Oxon again in the condition of a gentleman
and a sojourner, to the end that he might obtain
materials from the Bodleian library towards the
composition of a work by him then in hand, and
about that time published a book against the
Apostotatns Benedictinorum in Anglia, pub-
lished by Clem. Reyner, D. D. and secretary to
the congregation of the Benedictines, an. 1626,
fol. Which being esteemed a piece savouring of
too much impudence and contradiction, if not
heresy, it was prohibited the reading by the
brethren, and thrown aside among unlicensed and
heretical books, and soon after had a reply pub-
lished against it, which in some copies of the
Jpostolatus is put at the end, without a name to
it, or any naming of Barnes It must be now
known that this learned person, being a very
moderate man in his opinion, and deeply sensible
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502
Clar.
1630-1.
by liis great reading and observation of several
corruptions of tlie Romish cliurch and doctrine,
which partly were expressed in his discourse, but
mostly in a book which he wrote, called
Cat/iulico-Romanus Pacijicus, became for that,
(tho' not printed) and his answer to Apostol. so
much hated by those of his order, that endeavours
were made to seize upon him, and make him an
example. Whereupon Barnes perceiving a storm
approaching, he fled to I'aris, and was there pro-
tected by the English ambassador. But so it was,
that by the endeavours of Clem. Reyner before-
mentioned, and his interest made with Albert of
Austria, he was ' carried out from the midst of
ihat city by force, was divested of his habit, and
like a four-footed ' brute was in a barbarous man-
ner tyed to a horse, and violently hurried away
into Flanders. Where continuing for some time,
was thence soon after carried to Rome, where by
command of the pope, he was, as a contriver of
new doctrine, thrust into the dungeon of the in-
quisition. Soon after being distracted in mind,
as a certain Jesuit ' saith, was removed to a place
for the reception of mad-men behind the church
of S. Paul the less, there to continue till he came
to his senses. Afterwards several copies in MS.
of Cath. Rom. Pacijicus flying abroad, a true copy
of it was made up by comparing it with others,
and printed at the theatre in Oxon, an. I68O, oct.
[Bodl. 8vo. Z. 148. Th. and remitted into Browne's
Fasciculus Rerum expelendarum et fugiendarnm,
Append. Lond. I690, folio, page 826.] Several
years before that, some of the sections therein
were made use of by another ' person, as that
(1.) Q/" Councils, Popes, Schism. (2.) 0/ the Pri-
vileges of the Isle of Great Britain. (3.) Of' the
Pope's Supremacy, and the Supreme Power of Kings,
both in Temporals, as also in Spirituals, &c. Our
author Barnesius hath written also a Tract of the
Supremacy of Comicils, which I have not yet seen,
and other things; and also hath translated from
the Spanish into the Latin tongue, Pugna Spiri-
tualis, &c. written by Joh. Castiiiiza a Benedic-
tine monk. It was also afterwards translated into
the same tongue by Jodochus Lorichius, U. D. of
Friburg. T3uac. 1C25. in sixt. By those of
the reformed parly he, the said Barnes, (who was
living in sixteen hundred and thirty) is stiled, the
good Irenajus, a learned, peaceable and moderate
man, but by the R. Catholics, especially by those
of his order, a person of a turbulent and contra-
dictory spirit, occasioned by too much confidence
and presumption of his own parts and wit, which
was greater than his humility, and so consequently
' Isaac Basire, D. D. in his Ancient Liberty nf the Bri-
tannic Church &c. posit. 4. p. 40.
* Ibid. " See the storj- of this father Barnes at the latter
" enil of James Wadsuorth's Spanish Pilgrim."
' Theop. Ranaudus in Theologia anliqua de veri Marlyris
adrtquutc sumpti Notione. Lugu. ItiSC. p. 7.
' Is. Basire in Dialrib. de Anliqua JUccles. Briian. Liber-
iate, &c. Bruges, 1656.
did expose him to great danger (as tliey say) of
anostacy, and disobedience to his superiors, as
also imworthy gratitude towards some who had
deserved better returns from liim. The time of
his death, or place of burial, I cannot yet obtain,
nor any thing else of him, only this, that certain
fierce people at Rome, being not contented with his
deatli, have endeavoured to extinguish his fame,
boldly publishing that he died disliacted.
JOHN DONNE, a person sometimes noted
for his divinity, knowledge in several languages
and other learning, was born of good and virtuous
parents in London, became a commoner of Hart
hall, with his younger brother Henry, in the be-
ginning of michaelmas term, an. 1484, being then
but eleven years of age ; where continuing about
three years (in which time sir Hen. Wotton had a
chamber there) he went to Cambridge, and spend-
ing three more there, was transplanted to Lin-
colns-Inn to obtain knowledge in the municipal
laws, where he had for his chamber fellow, for
some time, Mr. Christop. Brook, an eminent poet
of his time. After he had continued there two
years in exercising his poetical fancy, he began to
survey the body of divinity, wherein he made
very good notes and observations. Afterwards he
travelled beyond the seas, advanced himself much
in the knowledge of countries, men, manners, and
languages, and was at his return made by Egerton
L. chanc. of England his chief secretary, and soon
after was admitted M. of A. of this university, as
I shall tell you elsewhere. But continuing not
long in that beneficial imployment, he did, upon
the solicitations of some of his friends, (especially
upon the motion of K. James L) enter into the
sacred function, and not long after was made one
of the king's chaplains, doctor of div. of Cam-
bridge, and at length in 1621 dean of the cath.
ch. of S. Paul, in London, upon the promotion of
Dr. Val. Carey to the see of Exeter. He was a
person of great wit, virtue, and abilities, learned
in several faculties, and religious and exemplary
ill his life and conversation. In all which being
eminent, he was therefore celebrated, and his
memory had in great veneration by the wits and
virtuosi of his time, among whom were Ben. John-
son, sir Lucius Cary, afterwards L- Faulkland,
Sydney Godolphin, Jasp. Mayne, Edward Hyde
afterwards L. chancellor, Endymion Porter, Ar-
thur Wilson, &.C. As for those things by him
written, (few of which were published in his time)
thev are these,
Pseudo-Martyr ; a Treatise shewing from certain
Propositions and Gradations that those that are of
the Rom. Religion in England may, and ought, to
take the Oath of Allegiance. Lond. 16IO, qu.
[Bodl. 4to. D. 25. Th.] See more in Tho. Fitz-
herbert under the year 1640.
Devotions upon emergent Occasions, and several
Steps in his Sicluiess. Loud. I6'24, iu tw. se-
3 K 2
ir?^
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I
503
DONNE.
504
cond edit. [Bodl. 8vo. T. 12. Th. fourth edit.
]634.]
An Anatomy of the World. Wherein, by Occa-
sion of the untimely Death »f Mrs. KHz. Drury,
the yiailtif and Decay of this zchole World is repre-
sented. Loud. I6'i5, oct. a poem in two anniver-
saries. [Bocil. 8vo. A. 2fi. Art. US.] Tlie second
anniversary is entit. The Progress of the Soul, &c.
which is a poem also.
Juvenilia, or certain Paradoxes and Problems.
Lond. 1633, [Bodl, 4to. C. 11. Art.] and 10'52,
in qu.
Divine Poems, with Epistles to Sir H. Goodere.
Lond. 1633, qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 1 1. An.]
Poems, Son"s, Sonnets, Satyrs, Letters, Funeral
Elegies, &c. Lond. 1633, qu. 35, oct.* in which
are involved Divine Poems and Epistles before-
mentioned ; and at the end are Elegies on the Au-
thor's Death.
Six Sermons. Lond. lG34, qu.'
Fasciculus Poematum S^ Epigrammatum Miscel-
laneorum. Translated into English by Jasp. Mayne,
D. D. with this Title, A Sheaf of Miscellany Epi-
grams. Lond. 1632, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. B, 9- Art.
BS.]
Ignatius his Conclave, or his Inthronization in a
late Election in Hell, &c. Lond. 1635, in tw.
[Bodl. Crynes, 85.] there again in 1653. Bodl.
8vo. B. 9. Art. B. S.] An edition of this came
forth in 1626, in oct. entit. Ignatius his Conclave,
•viz. of establishing a Chttrch in the Moon.
Apology for the Jesuits. Pr. with the former.
Eighty Sermons. Lond. 1640, fol. [Bodl. A. 2.
13, ill.] Among which are involved the Six Ser-
mons before-mentioned. These eighty Sermons
are called. The First Vol. of Dr. Donn's Sennons.
BiaSxvalos- -A Declaration of that Paradox or
Thesis, that Self-Homicide is not so naturally a
Sin, that it may not be otherwise. Lond. 1644,
[Bodl. 4to. D. 6. Th. Sheld.] 48, [ Bodl. 4to. G. 1 1.
Til. BS.] &c. qu. The original under the author's
own hand I have seen in Bodley's library, dedi-
cated to Edward L. Herbert of Cherbury.''
• [These were reprinted in l649, l650, l654, l66g, 8vo.
Although the edition of lC35 has generally been esteemed the
best, I can speak with confidence as to the subsequent ones
being far more compleat, since they contain all that the lC35
has, (except an address from ' the printer to the understandcr)
and eighteen pieces that it has not. Another edition of his
poetical works was printed by Tonson in 1719, and they have
been remitted itito Chalmers's Body of English Poetry.
' JTheBodleian copy (4to. D. 6.' Th. Seld.) is ' Printed by
the Printers to the Universilie of Cambridge. And are to be
sold by Nicholas Fussel and Humphrey Mosley, at their shop
in Pauls Church-Yard, l634.']
♦ [Mr. Kannell (Joseph) of i.:nco/n Coll. * has writ a short
discourse against self murther, in opposition to Dr. Donne.
He made some application a little while since to get it printed,
but could not prevail with any one to undertake it, being a
book for w'h there is no manner of occasion. I am inform'd
he is quite off publishing it, being laiigh'd at by some in the
college, who intitle the book. Dr. Donne undone. Heame's
JIS. Collect. 5. 74.]
• [" Thii Mi Kannel died in 1710." JI*»r»,.]
Essays in Divinity, &LC. Lond. 1651, oct. [Bodl.
8vo. B.9. Art. BS.] Published by.his son John,
who tells us that they were written before his fa-
ther had cntrcd into holy orders.
Prayers. Pr. with the former.
Paradoxes, Problems, Essays, and Characters.
Lond. 1652, oct. In which book arc involv'd
several, or most of the paradoxes, problems, StCi
before-mentioned.
Fifty various Sermons. Lond. 1649, fol. vol.2.
Six and twenty Sermons never before published,
Lond. 1660. 6l fol. This is called the Third Vol.
of Dr. Donn's Sermons.^
Letters to several Persons of Honour. Lond.
1651, qu. [Bodl. A. 16. 17. Line, and again
1654.] Some of which, I think, were before
printed. He had also lying by him at his death
many sermon notes, and other papers, containing-
an extract of near fifteen hundred authors : All
which, as his legacy, he left to Dr. Hen. King,
(afterwards B. of Chichester) but what became of
them after that bishop's death in 1669, I know
not. He also translated from Greek into Eng-
lish, The Ancient History of the Septuagint. Lond.
1633, in tw. written originally by Aristajus. Which
translation was revised and very much corrected
by another hand. Lond. 1685, oct. " J. D.
" Quajre whether John Donne, published A
" Scourge for Paper Persecutors, printed in qu.
" tempore' Jacobi prim.* The running title at
" the top of every page is. Paper's Complaint, in
" three sheets and half in qu. The date in the
" title pared out at the bottom." He paid his last
debt to nature on the last day of March, in six-
teen hundred thirty and one, and was buried in
the south isle behind the choir of the cath. ch. of
S. Paul, near to the monument of Dr. Jo. Colet.
Both whose epitaphs, with the pictures of their
respective monuments, you may see in the history
of that cathedral, written by sir Will. Dugdale,
lately garter K. of arms. Our author Dr. Jo.
Donne left behind him a son of both his names,
but of none of his virtues, maimers, or generous
qualities, and therefore by many his memory is
condemn'd to utter oblivion, while that of his fa-
ther flourisheth in the history of his life, written
by Isaac Walton; the first edition of which
(printed 1653) coming into the hands of the best
critic of the last age, 1 mean Jo. Hales of Eaton,
he affirmed to his friends, that he had not seen a
life written with more advantage to the subject,
or more reputation to the writer, than it.
[Joh'es Donne S. T. P. electus in decan.
' [Some MS. Sermons by Donne, many of them not pub-
lished, are in the possession of the rev. W. Woolston of Addei-
bury, 0.\on. See Chalmers' Biographical Dictionary, Art.
Donne.]
' [Donne has no claim to this satire on the literature of the
times. It was written by John Davics of Hereford, (of whoiij
see col. 260.) and first printed in ?'/.<; Scourge of Folhj,veh'\ch
appeared, without date, but probably about the year IbU.]
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505
IIAWLINSON.
BUCKiaD(;i:.
50U
Paul. 27 Nov, 1621, ct brcvi post institutus in vi-
caria S. Dunstaiis in Ocoidcnti. Ken net.
Donne's life written by Walton, and enlarged
with notes and extracts by Dr. Zouch, is in the
hands of every reader, and supersedes the neces-
«itv of extending the present article.
The following lines are taken from his Poems,
edit. lG6y, page 43.
LOVE'S DEITY.
I long to talk with some old lover's ghost.
Who dyed before the god of love was born:
I cannot think tiuit he, who then lov'd most,
Sunk so low, as to love one which did scorn.
But since this god produc'd a destiny.
And that vice-nature custom lets it be ;
I must love her that loves not me.
Sure they, which made him God, meant not
so uiucii.
Nor he, in his young godhead practis'd it ;
But when an even flame two hearts did touch,
His office was indulgently to fit
Actives to passives, correspondency
Only his subject was; it cannot be
Love, till 1 love her that loves me.
But every modern god will now extend
His vast prerogative as far as Jove,
To rage, to lust, to write to, to commend,
All is the purlue of the God of love.
Were we not weak'ned by this tyranny
To ungod this child again it could not be
I should love her, who loves not me.
Rebel and atheist too, why murmure I
As though 1 felt the worst that love could do?
Love may make me leave loving, or might try
A deeper plague, to make her love me too.
Which, since she loves before, I'm loth to see;
Falshood is worse than hate; and that must be,
If she whom I love, should love me.
A very good small head of Donne, in armour
with a sword, &c. as equipped for the Cales voy-
age, with eight verses by Iz. Wa. This is one of
Marshall's best performances, and when in small
4to. very scarce, as it generally is a very fine im-
pression. There are other portraits by Lombard
Droeshout (in his winding sheet), and M. Merian;
all which differ considerably in the expression of
countenance.]
JOHN RAWLINSON, a fluent and florid
preacher of his time, was born in London, edu-
cated in grammatical in Merchant-Taylors school,
elected scholar of S.John's coll. ISyi, aged 15,
and was afterwards fellow, M. of A. and so great
a frequenter of the pulpits in Oxon, that his name
being cried up for an exccllenl theologist, became
successively rector of Taplow in Bucks,' vicar of
Asheldanj in Essex,' prebendary of Sarum, D. of
D. [1608] principal of S. Edmund's hall, chap-
Iain to Tho. Egerton baron of Elesmere L. chanc.
of England, and in ordinary to K. Jam. L rector
of Celsy in Sussex, and of VV'hitchurch in Shrop-
shire. Ill all which j)laces lie was much followed
for his frequent and edifying preaching, great cha-
rity and public spirit. He hath published,
Divers Sermons, as, ( 1 .) The four Summons of
the Shulamite, preached at Paul's Cross : On Can-
tic. 6. 12. Oxon. 1606, in oct. (2.) Fishermen
Fishers of Men: On Matth. 4. IQ. Lond. I60y,
qu. (3.) The Homish Judas, preached on the bth
of 'Nov. 1610: On Luke 22. 48. Lond. l6ll,qu.
[Bodl. 4to. A. 75. Th.] (4.) Merci/ to a Heast :
On Prov. 12. 10. Oxon. Ui02, qu. (5.) Unmask-
ing of the Ili/pocrile, preached at S. Mary's in Ox.
On Luke 22. 48. Lond. I6l6. qu. (0.) Vivat
Hex. Let the King live, or God save the King t
On 1 Sam. 10. 24. Ox. 1619, qu. [Bodl. 4to.
R. 9. Th.] (7.) The Dove-like Soul: On Psal. 55.
6. Oxon. 1625, qu. (8.) Lex Talionis: On Judg.
1.7. Ox. 1625, qu. (9.) Surprising of Heaven:
On Mat. 11. 12. lb. 1625, qu. (10.) The Bride-
groom and Bride: On Cant. 4. 8. ib. 1622, &c.
qu. Which four last Sermons, viz. the 7th, 8th,
9th, and 10th, were all published together under
the Title of Quadriga Salutis, or four Quadrage-
cimal Sermons, &.c. [Oxon. 1625, Bodl. 4to. L
12. Th.] These are all the sermons of his publi-
cation that 1 have yet seen, and whether he be Au-
thor of an Explication of the Creed, 2'en Command-
ments, and Lord's Prayer, which is published
under the name of Rawlinson, in oct. 1 know not.
He departed this mortal life in the beginning of
the year sixteen hundred thirty and one,' and was
buried in the chancel of the church at Whitchurch
in Shropshire before mentioned, where his name
continues precious to this day among the inhabi-
tants of that place, and in the neighbourhood.
In his prebendship of Salisbury, (called Nether-
bury and Ecclesia) succeeded I'hom. Puller,' 18
Jun. 1631, the same who was afterwards the au-
thor of divers historical books ; and him Tho.
Henchman, 17 Aug. I66l.
JOHN BUCKRIDGE, son of WHl. Buck-
ridge,^ by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Tho.
' [fn l6o6. Tanner.]
' [Johcs Rawlinson S. T. P. admiss. ad. vie. de Aslieldam
com. Essex, 25 Nov. 1009, ad coll. ep'i Lond. If eg. Ban-
croft. Kevnet.]
9 " Dr. Rawlinson died 3 Feb. and was buried Feb. 10.
" l630, in ihc chancel of Whitchurch, MS. Ashmol. a. S.H."
' [Tho. Fuller cler. ad rect. de Aldwinkle, per cess. ult.
incumb. ad pros. Tho. Cccill baronis de Burleigh, 6 Sept.
l602. Reg. Dov. Ep. Pelrib.
Jo. VVilkins S. T. P. adiniss. ad rect. dc Craneford com.
Midd. 10 Dec. 1(500, per niort. Tho. Fuller S. T. P. Keg.
Lond. Ken NET.]
* In thcsaur. coll. S. Joh. Bapt. in pix. cui tit. Admif
lion of PTcsidents and Pedigrees of the Founders Kindred.
l63I.
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BUCKRIDGE.
508
Keblewliyte of Baselden, son of John Kehlewhyte
(uncle to sir Thorn. Whjte the founder of S. John's
college) and he the son gf Henry (some say John)
Kehlewhyte of Fawley, was born, as I conceive, at
Draycot near to Marlborough in Wiltshire, edu-
cated in Merchant-Taylors school, became scholar
of the said coll. in 1578, soon after fellow, and,
through the degrees in arts, doctor of divinity in
the latter end of 1596 about which time he was
chaplain to Dr. Whitgift archb. of Canterbury.
After he had left the university I find him to have
been first of all rector of North-Fambridge in Es-
sex, afterwards chaplain to Robert E. of Essex,
rector of North Kihvorth in Leicestershire, vicar
of S. Giles's church without Cripplegate, Lon-
don,' archdeacon of Northampton,'' canon of
Windsor and Hereford, ^ chaplain to K.James,
and at length president of S. John's college, l605.
At which time his eminent abilities in the pulpit
had brought him into great credit with K.
James, insomuch that he was chosen to be one
of the four (Dr. Andrews B. of Chichester, Dr.
Barlow B. of Rochester, and Dr. Jo. King then
dean of Ch. Ch. in Oxon, were the other three)
who were appointed to preach before his inaj.
at Hampton Court in the month of Sept. 1606,
for the reduction of the two Melvins, and other
presbyterian Scots to a right understanding of
the church of England. In the performance of
which service, he took for his text these words
of the apostle, ' Let every soul,' &c. Rom. 13. I.
In canvassing whereof, he fell upon the point of
the king's supremacy in causes ecclesiastical ;
which he handled (as the most rev. arch. Spots-
wood, who was present at the sermon, hath in-
formed * us of him) both soundly and learnedly,
to the satisfaction of all the hearers ; only it
grieved the Scotch ministers to hear the pope
and presbytery so often equalled in their oppo-
sition to sovereign princes, &c. • As for the presi-
dentship of S. John's coll. our author Buckridge
keeping it but a little more than five years, be-
came B. of Rochester, to which he was conse-
crated 9 June l6ll. Afterwards' by the endea-
vours of his sometimes pupil Dr. Laud B. of
Bath and Wells, he was nominated B. of Ely,
upon the death of Dr. Nich. Felton, ' (who
' [Nov. 5, 1604, appointed by the king on the promotion
of Andrews to the see of Chichester. Newcourt, Repert.
p. 3i7-]
♦ [C'ollated March 23, l603.]
' [He was preb. of CoUvall, Hereford. Tanner.]
* In the Church IJist. of Scotland, book 7, under the year
iCnfi. See in Pet. Heylin's Life of Archb. Laud, pritited
1071. part. 1. p. 44.
' [He was translated to this see April 17, l688. Willis,
Culhedruli, 363.]
' [Nicolaus Felton, Yarmuthensis, aulae Pembrochianse
Cant, sociiis, rector S. Antonii et S. Marioe de Arcubus,
S. T. D custos l(jl6. Rector Eustonix magnce in com.
Essex, et prebendarius Paulinus. Dein ep'us Lichfeld, rc-
iignat praifeclorani mcnse Febr. sequent! autcm Aprili.
Aniistes Elicnsis salutatur. Ric. Parkeri "ZmX. Cantab. MS.
died 1626.) the temporalities of which see were
restored' to him, 18 Jul. 1628. A person he was
of great gravity and learning, and one that knew
as well as any other person of his time, how to
employ the two-edged sword of the holy scrip-
ture, of which he made good proof in the times
succeeding, brandishing it on the one side against
the papists, and on the other against the puritans
and non-conformists. In reference to the first,
'tis said of him in general, by a certain ' author
that he endeavoured most indu.striously both by
preaching and writing to defend and propagate
the true religion here by law established, which
appears plainly by his learned laborious piece
entitled,
De Poiestate Papte in Rebus temporalibus, she
in Regibus deponendis usurpata ; adversus Rober-
tum Cardinalem Bellarminum. Lib. 2. In qui-
bus respoiidetur Anthoribits, Scripluris, Ratiouibus,
Exempiis contra Gul. Barchiium allati.'^ Lond.
1614, in a large qu. [Bodl. 4to. R. 19. Th. Seld.]
In which book he hath so shaken the papal mo-
narchy, and its superiority over kings and princes,
that none of the learned men of that party did
ever undertake a reply unto it — ' JoViannem itaque
Roffensem habemus' (saith my before-mentioned'
author) ' quem Johanni Roffensi opponamus,
Fishero Buckridgium, ciijus argumentis (siquid
ego video) ne a milie quidem Fisheris unquam
respondebitur.' With like success, but less pains
unto himself, he managed the controversy con-
cerning kneeling at the Lord's supper, against
those of the puritan party ; the piety and anti-
quity of which religious posture in that holy
action, he asserted with such holy reasons, and
such clear authorities in
A Sermon preached at Whitehall 9.2 Mar. I6l7,
touching Prostration and Kneeling in the Worship
of God: On Psal. 95. 6. Lond. 16 18, qu. [Bodl.
4to. M. 27. Th.] and in
A Discourse concerning Kneeling at the Com-
munion— (printed with the sermon) that he came
off without the least opposition of that party also.
Besides which he hath published,
Serm. preached at Hampton-Court 23 Sept.
1606: On Rom. 13. 5. London 1606, qu. [Bodl.
4to. M. 25. Th.] Anotlier on Heb. 4. 7- printed
]6l8, qu. A third which is a Funeral Serm. on
Heb. 13. 6. was printed 1626, qu. and a fourth on
the same chap. ver. l6. was published at the end
Nic. Felton S. T. P. admiss. ad rect de Euston majgna
com. Essex, 23 Oct. l6l6, ad pres. Tho. bar. de Escrick.
Reg. Bancroft.
Obiit 5 Octob. 1626; sepultus sub sacra mensa in cancello
ecclesise S. Anlolin, Lond. Fuller Ck. Hist. cent, xvii, book
2, p. 134. Kennet.J
» Pat. 4. Car. 1. p. 36.
' Dr. Fr. Godwin in Comment, de Prcesulib. Anglice, in
e])isc. Roflf.
' [This was attacked by Becanus the Jesuit, and vindicated
by R. Bushel. Watts.]
' Dr. Franc. Godwin, &c.
[558]
I
509
BUCK RIDGE.
HOSKYNS.
510
1631.
of B. Andrews's Sermons in fol. Lond. 16G1.
The day and place when and where this most
worthy and learned bishop died I know not, only
that he was buried in the parish church of Brom-
ley in Kent (the manor of which belongs to the
see of Rochester) on the last day of May in
sixteen hundred thirty and one. In the see of
Rochester succeeded Dr. Walt. Curie, whom I
shall mention elsewhere, and in Ely Dr. Francis
White the king's almoner.
[1599, 18 jun. Hieronymus Wright A. M.
admiss. ad eccl'iam de North- Fambridgc per
resign. Joli. Buckeridge S. T. P. ad pr^es. regime.
Heg. Lond.
Jo. Buckeridge S. T. P. admiss. ad eccl. S.
Egidii extra Cnplegate, Lond. 5 Mov. I(i04, ad
pres. reg. per promot. Lancelot! Andrews ad ep'a-
tum Cicester. Rosignavit ecclesiam de North
Fambridge com. Essex, 1599-
Installatus in canouicatu Windesor, 15 Apr.
160G, loco Southlake. Ep'us Roffen. consecratus
l6l 1 ; hunc canonicatum in commendo tenuit.
Frith, Catal.
Bp. Buckeridge was a benefactor to St. .John
Baptist's coll. in Oxford, and his picture is now
(1717) preserved, fixed to the South wall of their
common hall, which was given to them by a
descendant of the bishop's, Arthur Buckeridge
B. D. once fellow of that college, and late rector
of Creek in Northamptonshire. Kennet.
D' J. Buckeridge episcop. Eliensis altaris sua:
capellae vestimenta Phrygii operis pulvinaria, pal-
lium, calicem &c. collegio legavit Ann. 1631.
Hie episcopus donavit 500 lb. terris quibusdam
redimendis quarum proventus omnibus et singulis
tum sociis turn scholaribus ex aequo dividerentur,
Ann. 1631. ■•
Extract from a letter from the earl of Essex to
the lord keeper Puckring.
— I sent Mr. Smith, the clerk of the council, not
long since, unto j'our lordship, to entreat your
honourable favour towards my chaplain, Mr.
Buckridge, for the benefice of Bradfield : and by
him received such answer, as gave me hope of
good success — I pray you, make me beholden to
you for your honourable favour towards my chap-
lain, which I will acknowledge with all thankful-
ness— Thus I commit your good lordship to God's
best protection.
From the court, the 12th of Jan. 1595. ^
Again, from the same to the same :
Your lordship hath been already moved, as I
understand, by some friends of my chaplain, Mr.
Buckridge, for a small living in Hertfordshire,
called Shephale ; and what hope he hath already
of your lordship's favour in it, I do not know.
But if your lordship hath, at any other friend's
♦ [Dr. Dcrham, president of St John's coll. MS. note in
a List of Fellows, &c. of Si John's coll. MS. in 4to.]
' [Strype's Annals, iv, 84*.]
suit, been pleased to bestow it on him, these may
be to give you thanks. If not, anri that it re-
raainetn in your lordship's power, they come in
good time to entreat your lordship for him, as
tor a man worthy in himself of good preferment,
and besides as my chaplain — From Greenwich the
17thof Feb. 94.*]
JOHN HOSK YNS, junior, was bom at Moun-
ton in the parish of Lanwarne in Herefordshire,
educated in grammar learning in Wykeham's
school near >\'inchester, admitted perpetual fel-
low of New coll. in 1601, took the degrees in the
civil law, that of doctor being compleated IG13,
in which year he left the coll. being about that
time chaplain to Dr. Rob. BennetB. of Hereford,
(as he was afterwards to K. James) prebendary of
Hereford, ? and parson of Ledbury in his native
country. He was an able civilian, but better
theologist, and much followed for his frequent
and edifying way of preaching. He hath pub-
lished.
Eight Sermons preached at St Mary's in Oxon,
Paul's Cross, and elsewhere. Lond. I6l5. qu.
[Bodl. 4to. C. 57. Th.] The first is on Luke 1'2.
41. The second on Isa. 28. 1. The 3d and 4th,
on Matth. 11, 19, &,c. He hath also extant a
Sermon upon the Parable of the King that taketh
an Account of his Servants; On Matth. 18.23.
Lond. 1609, oct.
A short Catechism upon the Lord's Prayer, the
ten Commandments, and the Creed, very profitable
for Children and others. Lond. 1678. — Q. oct.
published by Charles Townsend, M. ofA. He
ended and finished his course at Ledbury before-
mentioned, 8 August, in sixteen hundred thirty 163 J.
and one, and was buried in the parish church
there. Soon after was an epitaph put over his
grave, consisting of eight verses, the two first of
which are these.
Sub pedibus doctor jacet hie in legibus Hoskyns,
Esse pios docuit, quodque docebat crat.
The rest you may see in Hist. Sf Antiq. Univ.
Oxon. lib. 2. p. 145, 6.
[Joh. Hodgskynne S. T. P. sedis Bedforden.
ep'us suifiaganeus coll. per ep'm London ad rect.
de Laindon cum eapella de Basildon, com.
Essex, 23 Jul. 1544 ; privalus ante 29 Apr. 1554;
restitutus; obiit ante 7 Nov. 1560. Reg. Bonner.
Kennet.
L** ch. Egerton, on commend, of Dr. Lake,
dean of Worcester, gave him the mastership of
the hospital of S. Oswald, near Worcester, A. D.
1614. Tanner.
Add
De Episiolit conscribendis. MS. Harl. 850.]
• [Ibid, iv, i!4G.l
' [He was instulled Dec. 10, J6l4.
568.J
Willis, Cathedrals,
511
PRICE.
512
DANIEL PRICE, elder brother to Sampson
Price bet'ore-mentionccl, was born in the antient
borough of Shrewsbury, and there educated in
grammar learning. In 1594, and in the sixteenth
year of his age, he became a commoner of S.
Mary's hall in Midsummer term, but before he
took a degree in arts, he was transplanted to
Exeter coif, where hy the benefit of a diligent
tutor, he became in short time a smart disputant.
After he had taken the degree of M. of A. he
had holy orders conferr'd upon him, and was a
frequent and remarkable preacher, especially
against the papists. About that time he was con-
stituted one of prince Henry's chaplains in ordi-
nary : whereupon taking the degrees in divinity,
be was made chaplain to K. Jam. I. (as after-
wards to K. Ch. I.) dean and canon residentiary
of Hereford, rector of Worthyn near Caus casilc
in Shropshire, and of Lanteglos in Cornwall,
justice of the peace also for the counties of Shrcws-
* Shreirslury, bury,* Montgomery and Cornwall.
Heriford, &c. He liath written and published.
First edition. j'lfg Defence of Truth agaitist a Book
called The Triumph of 'Iruth, sent over from
jirras, 1609, by Humph. Leech. Oxon. 1610. qu.
f Bodl. 4to. P. 3. Th.] He hath also published
at least,
[559] Fifteen Sermons. Among which are these.
(1) Preelium &; Pramium. The Christian's War
and Reward; On Rev. 2. 26. Oxon. 1608. qu.
[Bodl.4to. H. 30. Th.] (2) Recusants Conversation;
On Isa. 2. 3. Oxon. l608. qu. (3) The Merchant;
On Matth. 13. 45, 46. Lond. 1608. qu. (4) 6>J-
ritual Odours to the Memory of Pr. Henry, in
four of the last Sermons preached in S. James's
after his llighness's Death, the last being the Ser-
mon before the Body, the Day before the Burial.
The first is entit. Meditations of Consolation on
our Lamentations; On Psal. 90. 15. The second
which hath tlie same title is on 2 Sam. 12. 23.
The third which is entit. Sorrow for the Sins of
the Times, preached on the third Sunday after the
Prince's Death, is on Ezech. 9- 4. And the
fourth which is called Tears shed over Abner, is on
2 Sam. 3. 31. All which four Sermons were
printed, at Oxon. 16I3. qu. {5) Lamentations for
the Death of the illustrious Pr. Jlenry and the
Dissolution of his Religious Family. Two ser-
mons on Matth. 26. 31. Lond. 16.3. qu. [Bodl.
4to. P. 3o. Th.] (6) Mary's Memorial; On
Matth. 26. 13. Lond. l6l7.'qu. [Bodl. NN. 5.
ThJ (7) Hearty Prayer in the needful Time
of Trouble: On 'Psal. 118. 25. Lond. 1625. qu.
These eleven, are all that I have seen of fifteen,
sermons or thereabouts, that he hath published.
He yielded up his last breath at Worthyn or
Worthing before-mentioned on the 23 Sept. in
1631. sixteen hundred thirty and one, and was buried in
the chancel of the church there. Over his grave
was a b/asx plate spon after fixed to the wall, and
thereon engraven a Latin and English epitfiph,
made by a fantastical pedagogue. The Latin is
in four verses, containing a chronogram of the
doctor's death : the English his dignities and
employments, which I have before-mentioned.
But that which I am to let the reader now know,
is an odd story that hangs at the tail, reported '
by a R. Catholic priest, but whether true or
no, 9 the reader is to judge as he pleases. — ' Dr.
Price (saith he) by the worth of his parts and
learning, was honoured by being particularly
known, and respected by his majesty, and then
afterward was made dean of Hereford, a place of
great estiination All his life time he enjoying
his health, shewed ' himself much averse to the
Catholicks, and troubled divers of them. In
his last sickness he desired of his doctor of
physick, that he would send to him a Romish
priest ; whereupon he was accordingly brought.
— The doctor told the said priest tiiathe was then
in judgment a Catholic, and did intend to dye
a member of that religion. Whereupon he
took the sacrament, and so was incorporated into
the mystical body of Christ's Cath. church, and
with a constant resolution died a member of the
holy church, &c. Dr. Hen. Butts, ' vice-cliancel»
lor of Cambridge hanged' himself in his garters
in his own chamber on Easter day, 1632, being
that day to preach to the university. But Dr.
Price like a worthy and Christian confessor of
the true Catholic and Roman religion, by means
of a natural death, we hope now enjoys the
felicity of the saints Dr. Butts maintaining
(as is reported) the heretical doctrine of predes-
tination, in the end he died a reprobate, and
by the help of a rope, wherewith he hanged
himself, doth remain in insufferable torments
with the devils,' iicc.
[This Dan. Price also wrote Prince Henry his
first Anniversary, Oxon. 1613, 4to. Peck.
(As well as)
David his Oath of Allegiance to .Jerusalem,
A sermon on Act Sunday I6l3, upon Psal. 137, 5.
Oxon. l6l3, 4to.
1/ ch. Egerton, Feb. 16 10, gave him the vie.
of old Windsor. He was then M. A. Tanneji.]
' In a Funeral Discourse touching the late different Deaths
of two eminent Protestant Divines, at the end of the book
entit. Hiiritanism the Muther, Sin the Daughter, &c. written
by B. C. Catholick priest, printed beyond the seas l633. oct.
' [This is very likely to be a notorious lye, just such ano-
ther as the papists published concerning Dr. John King,
bishop of London. See col. 4.58, but it is probable, that tlie
popisli priest blundered in the Christian name, mi.staking Or,
Daniel Price for Dr. Theodore Price, wlio dyin;; 1.5 Dec.
l631, through the wicked artifices of archbishop Williams
was reported to have died a papist. Watts.]
' Funeral Discourse, at sup. p. 1 17.
' [Ilcnr. Butts diac. admiss. ad rect. de Birdbroke com.
Essex, 31 Octob, l601, ad pres. Henr. Gent, arinig. Jo.
Gent, clcr. ad eaiid. 12 Maii, l632, ptr niort. Ilenrici Butts.
Reg. Bancroft et Laud. Praefectus coll. S. Bcnedirti,
Cantubr. Ken net.]
J Fun. Discourse, ut sup. p. 133, 1*0'
513
PILKINGTON.
BOLTON.
514
«
[5G0]
l(f31.
RICHARD PILKINGTON was descended
from an ancient family of his name living at Ri-
vington in Lancashire, but where born (unless in
the county Pal. of Durham) I cannot justly say.
At about 17 years of age he was sent to Cam-
bridge, where continuing till after he was M. of
A.< retired to Oxon, and selling in Queen's coll.
was incorporated in the same degree, an. 1599.
At that time being esteem'd eminent in the fa-
culty of theology, he was admitted in the year
following to the reading of the sentences, and 7
years after was licensed to proceed in the same
faculty. In 1625, [Aug. IH.] he was made arch-
deacon of Leicester, in the place of Robert John-
son decesised, being at that time the ricii rector
of Hambleton in Bucks, which were all the pre-
ferments, 1 think, that he enjoyed. His works are,
Parallela: Or, the Grounds of the new Rom.
Catholic, and of the ancient Christian, Religion,
out of the holif Scriptures, composed together; in
jinswer to a late Popish Pamphlet, entit. A
Manual of Controversies, &c. bj/ A. C. S. Lond.
16 18. qu. [Bodl. B. 2. 11. Line] What else he
hath written I find not, nor any thing material of
him besides, only that he departed this life about
the middle of Sept. in sixteen hundred thirty and
one, and was buried in the chancel of his church
of Hambleton, at w'hich time was the most dread-
ful storm of wind, thunder, and lightning, as ever
was known in those parts. It occasion'd so great
-a darkness, tliat the neighbours were forced to
convey the corps to the grave by lights at four of
the clock in the afternoon. I have been .also in-
formed by the rector of that church. Dr. Fr.
G.[regory] that the storm was so violent that it
movetl and broke some of the stones that were to
cover the grave, and that it forced the shovel out
of the clerk's hand, shatter'd it, and made an im-
pression on the chancel wall, as he had received
the story from Dr. Pilkington's servant, who then
lived in the parsonage house. This last tho' very
improbable, yet certain it is, that that most un-
usual storm did occasion certain odd reports con-
cerning the said doctor, to be made by the R.
Catholics, to whom in general he had been a
bitter enemy in his preaching and writing.
ROBERT BOLTON, a most religious and
learned puritan, was born at Blackbourn in Lan-
cashire, on W^hitsunday 1572, educated in gram-
mar learning under one Mr. Yate in the free-
school, founded at that place, in the 9 year of Q.
Elizabeth : where in short time by the benefit of
excellent parts, strong memory, labour, and at-
tention, he became the best scholar in that school.
At about 18 years of age, being full ripe for the
university, he was sent to Lincoln coll. about
1590, where being put under the tuition of Mr.
Joh. Randal, a person then of considerable note
•► [Pilkington, coll.Jo.A.M. 1598. Reg'rAcad. Baker.]
Vol. II.
in the university, he profited in logic and philo-
sophy, to the admiration of all, meerly occasioned
by that ground-work of learning, that he had got
at school. It was then observed that tho' he wa«
well skill'd in the Greek tongue, yet that he
might obtain an exactness in it, he did with into-
lerable pains write out with his own hand either
all Homer or Hesiod, in. a fair Greek character.
He wrote that language better than English or
Latin, and was so excellent a disputant in it, that
he did with as much facility course (or oppose his
antagonist) in the public schools, as in LaUn. Nay'
he wrote and spoke it stilo imperatorio, as Lip-
sius calls it, and 'twas so familiar to him, that M
could not avoid it. From the said college he re-
moved to Brasen nose, purposely to get a fellow-
ship, because the society tnereof consists mostly
of Lancashire and Cheshire men. In the begin-
ning of December 1596, he, as a member of that
coll. took the degree of bach, of arts; but having
few friends, he staid long without a fellowship,
yet because he should not be discouraged (for he
was poor and had little to maintain him). Dr.
Rich. Brett, a very good Grecian of Line. coll.
did contribute towards his relief. At length with
much adoe he became fellow in 1602, and in the
same year proceeded master of arts. So that
growing famous, he was successively chosen
reader of the lectures of logic, and of moral and
natural philosophy in that house. In 1605, when
K. James came to Oxon, the vice-chancellor ap-
pointed him to read in nfitural philosophy in the
public schools, and to be one of the disputants
before him. Afterwards he grew well studied in
the metaphysics, mathematics, and in all school
divinity, especially in Thomas Aquinas; some of
whose works he had read over once or twice.
About that time he retired to his own country,
where he had like to have been carried over to
the church of Rome by one Anderton, his coun-
try man and school-fellow, but their meeting to-
gether to confer about the matter being disap-
pointed by Anderton, it took no effect. This
Anderton (by the way let it be known) was, after
he had left Blackbourn school, sent to Christ's
coll. in Cambridge, where for his eloquence he
was called golden-mouth'd Anderton : but his
mind hanging after the R. Calh. rehgion, he left
that coll. and his country, and shipping himself
beyond the seas entred into R. Cath. orders, and
became one of the learnedest among the papists.
Whether this person be the same with Laurence
Anderton, a Lancashire man born, and a Jesuit,
who published books in 1()32, and 34, I know not
as yet. As for Bolton he returned soon after to
Brasen-nose, where falling into the acquaintance
of Mr. Tho. Peacock, a learned and godly man of
that house, he was by him settled a most sober
and religious person, having been before a
swearer, a sabbath-breaker, and a boon compst-
2L
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BOLTON.
516
nion. In the 33th year of his age he eiitrcd into
orders, and two years after, which was iu 1609,
or thereabouts, he had the parsonaj>;e of Brough-
ton in Northamptonshire conferral on him by
Mr. (after sir) Augustin Nioolls, scrjeaiit at law.
The same year in Dec. he was admitted to tlic
reading of the sentences, and then leaving the
coll. for altogether in the latter end of IfilO, the
university thereby lost a singular ornament. He
was a painful and a constant preacher, a person
of great zeal towards God in his profession, cha-
ritable and bountiful, but above all, a reliever of
afflicted consciences, which he acquired by that
manifold experience he had in himself and others;
and grew so famous for it, that he was sought to
far and near, and divers from beyond the seas
desired his resolution in several cases of con-
science. He hath transmitted to posterity,
A Discourse about the State of true Happiness,
delivered in certain Serrnoiis m Oxou, and at
PauCs-Cross, oh Psal. 1. ver. 1, 2. Lond. Kill.
[Bodl. 4to. S. 27.Th.] &.c. qu. Which, for the
godliness of the matter, and eloquence of the
stile therein contained, was universally bought
up, and the sixth edition of it was printed in 1031.
Instruct i'Jiis for the right comforting afflicted
Consciences. Lond. 1631. qu. fBodl. 4to. C. 54.
Th.]
Helps to Humiliation. Oxon. 1G31. in tw.
[Bodl. 8vo. S. 47. Th.]
Sermons, as (1) Directions for walking with
God: On Gen. 6. 8, 9. Lond. 1G25. qu. [Bodl.
4to. S. 41. Th.] (2) Serm. at Lent Assize at
Northampton : On 1 Cor. 1. 26. Lond. 1633. qu.
Published by his great admirer Edward Bagshaw,
senior. (3) Serm. on Pro. 29. 2. London 1635.
quarto. (4) Cordial for Christians in the Time of
Affliction: On Micah 7. ver. 8, 9- Lond. 1640.
qu. &c.
Of the four last Things, Death, Judgment, Hell
and Heaven. Lond. 1633. [Bodl. B. 24. 25. Line]
&c. qu. Published by the said E. Bagshaw.
Funeral Notes on his Patron, Sir Aug. Nicol/s,
Kt. Judge of the Com. Pleas. Lond. 1633. qu. Publ.
by the said Bagshaw.
Carnal Professor: or teofol Slavery of Man
guided by the Flesh. Lond. 1634. tw.
The Saints sure and peipetual Guide : or, a
Treatise concerning the Word: On Psal. 1J9. 105.
Lond. 1634. qu.
The Saints self enriching Examination: or, a
Treatise concerning the Sacrament of the Lord's
Sup. &.C. 1 Cor. 11. 28. — printed with the former
book, viz. The Saints sure, &c.
The Saints Soul-exalting Humiliation, or Soul-
fatting Fasting, &c. On 2 Cor. 20. 3. — printed also
with tlie former book.
Devout Praters upon solemn Occasions. Lond.
1638. in tw. [Bodl. 8vo. B. 262. Th.] Publ. by
Bagshaw before-mention'd.
A short and private Discourse between him and
Lond. 1637. qu. publ.
This is animadverted
Usury stated. &c. by
M. S. concerning Usury.
also by the said Bagshaw
upon in a book, entit.
T. P.
The last Visitation, Coti/iicts and Death of Mr.
Tho. Peacock, Bach, of ])iv. and Fellotc of Brascn-
nose Coll. Lond. [Printed bv George Miller,
dwelling in Black Fryers, 1646." Bodl. Mar. . 399.']
1661. Published also by the said Bagshaw.
Tliis our religious and learned author, Mr. Bolton,
died at Broughton iu Northamptonshire before-
mentioned, 17 Dec. in sixteen hundred thirty
and one, and was buried two days after in the
chancel of the church there: at which time Nich.
Esiwick, bach, of div.* sometimes fellow of
Christ's coll. in Camb. and at that time minist.
of Warkton, in the said county of Northampton,
did preach his funeral 'sermon, wherein be spoke
many things to the honour of the defunct. About
two years after, Edw. Bagshaw, before-mentioned,
published his life (with some of his works) to which
I refer tlie reader for more satisfaction of him.
He the said Mr. liolton left behind him a son
named Samuel,' born at Broughton, educated in
Line. coll. and afterwards became an eminent
preacher in London, and much followed by the
precise party. After the restauration of K. Ch. H.
ne was made prebendary of \^^estm. and actually
created D. of D. of this univer. which is all that
I know of him, only that he dying on the ele-
venth of Feb. 1668, was buried in the abby
church of St. Peter at Westminster, on the south
side of the choir, near to the stairs leading up to
the pulpit. The reader is now to observe, that
whereas many things were published under the
name of Sam. Bolton, he is to understand them
not to have been written by this Samuel, but by
another Sam. Bolton educated in Cambridge,
master of Christ's coll. there, one of the assembly
of divines, 1643, preacher to the congregation of
S. Saviour's in Southwark, in the time of the
rebellioit and interval, who dying 15th Octob.
1654, aged 48 years, was buried in the church
of St. Martin within Ludgate in London, much
lamented by the brethren of the presbyterian per-
suasion.
[When Bolton lay at the point of death, one
of his friends, taking him by the hand, asked
him if he were not in great pain — ' Truly, said he,
' [Baker seems to doubt its ever havine been printed iii
l6Cl, and adds, that the edit, of l646 was licensed by Edm.
Calamy.]
* [Nic. Estwick coll. Chr. A. B. l605; electus socius coll.
Chr. I(i08: S.T. B. l()l6. Baker.]
' Printed at Lond. 1(535. 39. qu.
' [Sam. Bolton, S. T. P. admiss. ad eccl. S. Leonard!,
Foster lane, 26 Jan. 1662, per inconform. Joh. Nalton.
Ree. Laud.
Idem admiss. ad eccl. S. Petri le Poor, Loud. S2 Dec.
1662, ad coll. dec. et capit. Paul. Kennet.]
1631.
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517
HOWSON.
518
the greatest pain that I feel is your cold hand,'
and presently expired."
Tlie best engraved head of Bolton is in 4to. by
J. Payne.]
JOHN IIOWSON received his first breath in
the parish of S. Bride in London, educated in
graniniaticals in S. Paul's school, became student
of Ch. Ch. in 1577, took the degrees in arts, holy
orders, and some time after was made one of the
vicars of Bampton in O.^fordshire. On the 15
May 1601, (43 Eliz.) he was installed canon of
Ch. Ch. and in Dec. following he took the degrees
in divinity. In the next year(l602) he hacY the
office of viceehanc. of the university conferr'd
upon him; in which being setled, fell out a con-
troversy between him and certain divines thereof
called puritans or Calvinists who for their number
were not few. For so it was, that he, a zealous
man for the church of England, as it was esta-
blished in the time of K. Ed. VI. Iiaving heard
and beheld with patience for several years the
grand enormities committed in preaching by
many, if not the generality, of the divines in the
university, was resolved, when in authority, to
reform them. But his time being short, only tor an
year, and his successor not of the same mind,
little or nothing could be done. However John
Sprint, of his own house, he called into question
for uttering certain points of doctrine against the
ceremonies and discipline then established accord-
ing to law, (which was an usual thing for many
puritannical and discontented divines in the univ.
to bark at,) and after him Rob. Troutbeck of
Qu. college, nay the most Calvinistical provost
thereof Hen. Airay, who did not only maintain
in their preachings what Sprint had said and done,
but also spoke many things to the disgrace of the
vicechancellor : among which was, that ' he had
to no other end and purpose got the degrees of
bach, and doct. of divinity, without exercise done
for them, only but that he might sooner obtain
the vicechancellorship, and consequently shew his
authority in unjust proceedings,' &c. From that
time there were continual broils during his go-
vernment; which being too many now to enu-
merate, and partly mention'd ■ elsewhere, I shall
forbear to treat any farther of them. Afterwards
our author Howson was made rector of Bright-
well near to Watlington in Oxfordshire, fellow of
Chelsea coil. ^ and^at length bishop of Oxon.
To which see being elected 12 Sept. 1618, was
consecrated at Lambeth with Searehfield, B. of
Bristol, and Bridgman of Chester on the 9 of
May following. In 1628, Sept. 18, he was trans-
» [Granger's Biog. Hist, of England, i. 364.]
^ In Hist. & Anliq. Vniv. Ox. lib, 1. p. 30<). b.
[John Howson, D. D. nominated the 'sth fellow of
Chelsey college, in tlie royal charter of foundation. May 8,
)0lO. Kesjiet.] > J '
lated to the see of Durham, (in the place of Dr.
O. Mountaigne, translated to York,) where he
remained to his dying day, having always before
been accounted a grave and learned man, and a
true son of the church of England. His works
are,
Several Sermons, as (1) ' Sermon preached at
S. Paul's Cross 4 Dec. 1597, on Matth. 21. 12,
l.'J. wherein is discoursed, that all buying and sell-
ing spiritual Promotion is unlawful. Lond. 1597,
Oil. [Bodl. 4to. B. 25. Th.] (2) Second Serm.
Pr. at S. Paul's Cross 21 AJay 1398. On Matth.
21. 12, 13. concluding the former sermon. Lond. [563]
1598 qu. [Bodl.4to. B.25. Th.] (3) Sermon at
S. Mary's in Oxon 17 Nov. 1602, in Defence of
the Festivities of the Church, and namely that of
her Maj. Coronation : On Psal. 1 18. 24. Oxon,
[1602, Bodl. 4to. E. 4. Th.] 1603. second edit,
qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 27. Th.]
Uxore dimissa propter Fomicationem, alktm noH
hcet superinducere. Thesis tertia proposita Sf dis-
putatain Vesperiis Oxon. Oxon. 16(J2. oct. [Bodk
8vo. W. 61. Th.] and 1606. qu. [Bodl. 4to. Y.2.
Th. Seld.] The defence of which Thesis, see itf
Rob. Burhill, under the year 1641 .
Certain Sermons made in Oxon, Jn. I616.
wherein is proved that S. Peter had no Monarchi-
cal Power over the rest of the Jpostles, against
Jh'/larmine, Saunders, Stapleton, and the rest of
that Company. Lond. I6i!2. qu. [Bodl. 4to. H.32.
Th.] They are four in number, and all on Luke
12. 41, 42, &c. commanded to be published bv
K. James, to clear the aspersion laid upon him o'f
favouring popery; which having not been yet
replied upon bv any of the Rom. Cath. party,
have rendred their author famous to posterity.
He yielded up his last breath on the sixth day of
Febr. in sixteen hundred thirty and one, aged i63l-«.
75 or thereabouts, and was buried in the cath.
church of S. Paul within the city of London,
leaving then behind him the character of a very
learned man, and one plentifully endowed with
all those virtues, which were most proper for a
bishop. The reader is to know that there was
one J oh. Howesoun who wrote, A short Exposi-
tion of the 20 and 21 P'erses of the third Chapter
oft/tefrst Epistle of S. John, containing a prof-
table Discourse of Conscience. Ediiib, 1600. oct.
but him 1 take to be a Scot, and to have no re-
lation to Joh. Howson before-mentioned.
[1598, 7 Jul. Joh, Howson, presbyter, A. M.
ad viearium eccl. de Bampton, quumHumphred.
Hargrave, nuper defunctus habuit, ad pres. de-
cani et cap'li Exon. Reg. fVhitgift. arch. Cant.
1601, 1 Apr. Joh. Howson, presb. A. M. ad
vicar, de Milton dioc. Oxon. ad pres. regina,
per lapsum. lieg. JVhitgiJt.
Over against the North door, in the middle isle
of the church of Pauls, under a fair maible stone,
without any inscription upon it, lyeth buried tlie
2L 2
519
CARLETON.
520
body of doctor Houson, late bishop of Durham.
Stow's Surrey, p. 778. Kennet.
Prebendary of Yne or Eigne in the catli.
chureh of Hereford, installed July 15, 1587, and
resigned it in ItiOS. '
'You shall do me a pleasure,' says sir Thomas
Bodley iu a letter to Dr. James,* ' to let me
know how the Sermons of Dr. llowson are di-
gested, and whether order will be taken, that he
fitiall retract (as is fit he should) his scandalous
last sermon, being utterly void of all honesty and
vit.' And again, ' You shall do me a special
pleasure to let me know from you the particula-
rities of the courses that are held with Dr. Mow-
son : when he is appointed to answer, and before
whom, and who they are that have censured his
«ermou, with every other circumstance that shall
Le material. For I repute it a matter much im-
porting the honour and credit of the university ;
and to say the very truth, the whole church of
this realm, that he should be censured severely,
and either made to recant his malicious taxations
of those he termeth Glosscrs, or should not be
suffered to dwell and hatch his newfangleness in
the university, nor enjoy those livings that he
possesseth iu the state, as a person well affected
to religion here authorised,'
There is a very good engraved portrait of Dr.
Howson (whose picture is at Christ Church) by
Martin R. Dro. (Droeshout) : this is a rare
print.]
DUDLEY CARLETON, son of Anth. Carle-
ton of Baldwin Brightwell, near Watlington in
Oxfordshire, esq; was bom there, 10 March
J573, became a student of Ch. Ch. under the
tuition of Mr. (afterwards Dr.) John King, an.
1591, or thereabouts, took the degrees in arts,
that of master being compleatcd IfiOO, being
then returned from his travels. Afterwards he
Went in the quality of a secretary to sir Ralph
Winwood into the Low Countries, where being
very active when K. James resigned the caution-
ary towns to the states, added thereby experience
to his learning. In l(ilO, June 25, he received
the honour of knighthood from K. James at
Windsor, who sent him ^ ambassador in ordinary
to the States of Venice, where he remained five
years, and from thence extraordinary to Emanuel
duke of Savoy, where he continued half an year;
end after ord. ambassador to the States of the
United Provinces, where he was resident 10 years.
Towards the latter end of K. James he was made
vice-chamberlain of the houshold, which office
he holding in the reign of K. Ch. I. his commis-
sion was renewed by that king for the latter part
' [Willis. Survey of Cathedrals, ii. 607.]
♦ [See heiiguia Bodleianre 1703 ; paste 298, 353]
' Lib. certific. in offic. armoruin, /. 8. fol. 32. Ij.
of that 10 years. Afterwards, that time being
terminated, he was sent ambassador extraordi-
nary at two several times to the most Christian
king Lewis XI 11, and likewise ambassador ex-
traordinary to the aforesaid States of the United
Provinces. " He was burgess for Hastings in
" Sussex in the parliament that began in February
1()25."' In the 2d of K. 1. he was made baron
of Imbercourt in Surrey, and the next year being
accompanied by sir Will. Segar, knight, then
garter K. of arms, went into Holland, and there
presented the garter to Henry pr. of Aurangc, or
Orange, with the ensigns of that most noble order
thereunto appertaining. In the 4 Car. I. he was
created viscount Dorchester in Oxfordshire, and
upon the 18 Dec. the same year he was consti-
tuted one of his majesty's principal secretaries of
state, in which office he continued to the time of
his death. He was a person that understood seve-
ral languages well, as also the laws, conditions,
and manners of most states in Europe. He was
an exact statesman, understood the intrigues of
state well, yet just in his dealings, and beloved
by most men, who much missed him after his
death. He hath written.
Balance, pour peser en toute Equiti Sf Droicture
la Harangue J'aite n'agurees en r Assemblie des
illitstres &)• puissans Seignoures Messeigneurs les
Estats generaux des Provinces. Unies du pais has,
&c. Printed 1618. qu.
Harangue faite an Counseile de Mess, les Estats
generaux des Provinces Unies, touchant le Discord
Sf les Troubles de I'Eglise <S)" la Police, causes par
la Doctrine d'Jrminius, 6 Oct. 1717. stil. nov.
Printed with the former. Besides these speeches
he hath extant various letters in the Cabala, or
Scrinia sacra. Lond. 1663. fol ; various letters to
George duke of Bucks, in Cabala, or Mysteries of
State. Lond. 1654. qu. and lastly, several Frencn
and Latin letters to the learned Ger. Jo. Vossius,
printed in Ger. Jo. I'ossii Sf Clarorum Virorum
ad Eum Epistolee. Lond. I69O. fol. published by
Paulus Colomesius. Besides these, he hath also
Several Speeches in Parliament, An. 1626. &c.
One or more of which you niaj' see in the first
vol. of Joh. Rushworth's Collections, p. 358.
Memoirs for Dispatches of political Affairs re-
lating to Holland and England, An. I6I8, tcith
several P ropositions made to the States. MS.
Particular Observations of the military Affairs
in the Palatinate and the Low Countries, An. 1621.
and 1622. MS.
Letters relating to State Affairs ztritten to the
King and Viscount Rochester, from Venice, An,
1613. MS. He paid his last debt to nature in
his house situated within the city of Westminster
on the 15th day of Febr. between ten and eleven
* [In the first parliament of James, Carleton represented
the borough of St. Mawes in Cornwall. Hist, preface fi»-
&x.«d\9CuUtoi>.'»Mttt«ri, Lond. 1775y 4to. p. ii'j
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i
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VIGNIER.
CALVERT.
522
1631-S.
of the dock at night in sixteen hundred thirty and
one, and was buried in the chapel of S. Paul on
the North side of the abbey church, dedicated to
S. I'eter within the said city. Over his grave was
soon after erected against the East wall, a well
composed plain monument of black and white
marble, with a half canopy supported by Doric
pillars, with the image of a man in his robes of
estate, and viscount's coronet, leaning on a pe-
destal, all formed of the like black and white
marble. He left beiiind him a nephew of both
his names, who was admitted scholar of King's
coll. m Cambridge, I6l4, and had the degree of
master of arts of that university conferr'd upon
him durmg his absence in the Low Countries, being
then secretary to his uncle, while lie was ambas-
sador there. In 1629, March 1, he received the
honour of knighthood from his majesty at New-
Market, and in \G37 he was made one of the
clerks of the council.
[Mar. 3. I62fj, Geo. dux Buck, aderat Canta-
brigije, D'us JJudleius Carlton, baro de Imber-
court, tunc incoqwratus apud nos. Reg'r Acad.
Cant. Bakeh.
In the year 1757 riiilip, viscount Royston, af-
terwards the earl of Mardwieke, obliged the world
with a very interesting and valuable publication
entitled: Lei lets from and to Sir Diid/ei/ Carle-
ton, Knt. during /lis Embassy in Holland, from
January \()\5-\(i to December 1620. With an
historical Preface, 4to. A second edition, with
large additions to the preface, appeared in 1775,
arid in it our readers will find so full an account
of the life and public employments of the writer,
that It is only necessary to refer him to lord Hard-
wicke'i. excellent introduction for every necessary
information. It is the less necessary to state more
in this place, since the life has been abridged in
the Bionrraphia Britannica, again in the Biogra-
phical Dictionary, and, with somecurious extracts,
in lark's edition of Lord Orford's Catalogue of
Royal and Noble Authors.
Head of him by W. Delff in 1620, and another,
probably a copy, prefixed to his Letters.]
NICHOLAS VIGNIER received his first be-
ing m this world at Bloys in France, educated
mostly in the university of Saumur, retired to
Oxon to improve his studies by the hearing and
doctrine ot Dr. John Prideaux, an. 1623, was in-
corporated master of arts in Oct. the same year,
as he had stood at Saumor, being about that time'
aitred a sojourner of Exeter coll. (of which house
Pridoaux was then rector) and numbred among
the acadeniians. Soon after he was admitted to
the reading of the sentences, as a member of the
said college, being at that time reputed ' to be a
person ot great erudition, singular piety, and of a
most pohte ingenie. After he had tarried there
'^ Vide m Chariiteriit Deg. Wheari, ediu Ox, l628.
for some few years, he returned to the place of liis
nativity, where he became a zealous minister of,
and preacher to, the Protestant ciiurch. Before
he came to Oxon he published.
Theses Theologica: ae Satisfactione Dei ii; Domini
nostri Jes. Ch. &c. Ludg. Bat. I6l2. qu. [Bodl.
BB. 38. Til.] Highly commended by And. llivet,
and by him annexed to his own disputations.
After he had left Oxon he published several ser-
mons in the French tongue, as (1) L'Art de bien
mourir: On Luke 2. 25. 8cc. Rochel 1625. oct.
[Bodl. 8vo. U. 36. Th.] (2) La Mere Ecclesias-
tif/ue : On Gal. 4. 19- (3) De la priere pou les
Rois <Jr Magistrals: On 1 Tim. 2. 1,2. (4) Le
Trisagion: On Isa, 6. 1,2,3. (5) De la chente
des Auges, &c.: On the 6th ver. of S. Jude. (6)
Two Sermons at Bloys: On Rev. 2. 12. (7) Serm.
of the Cull, Confirmation and Authority of the Mi-
nisters of the Gospel: On Joh. 20. 'ver. 21, 22,
(8) Panegyrique de la Pair: On Psal. 122. All
which were printed at Rochel 1625. in oct, (9)
Practique de Repentance, twenty sermons on Psal.
51. Bloys 1631. oct. Besides several others which
I have not yet seen. This Nich. Vignier, who was
minister of the Protestant church at Bloys before-
mentioned, was son of Nich. Vignier of Bar on
the river Seine, a learned French-man, physician
and historiograpiier to the K. of France, wliile our
qu. Elizab. reigned and after; several of whose
works are in our public library at Oxon. Among
which are. (1) Theatre de I' Antichrist, ii.c. printed
1610. fol. [Bodl. T. 10. 2. Th.] (2) Disserlalio
de Venetorum Excommunicatione contra Cas. Ba-
ronium. Franc. 1607. qu. [Bodl. 4to. P. 25.
Th.] Which two books are said by a certain*
author, but false, to have been written by N. Vio--
nier the son. °
GEORGE CALVERT, son of Leonard Calvert
by Alice his wife, daugh. of John Crosland of
Crosland, was born at Kypling in the chapelry of
Bolton in Yorksii. (at which place he bestowed
much money in building in the latter end of the
reign ot K. Jam. I.) became a commoner of 'Pri-
nity coll. in Lent term 1593, and in the year of
his age 15, took one degree in arts, and then
leaving the college, travelled beyond the seas for
a time. At his return lie was made secretary to.
sir Rob. Cccill, while he was one of the prime
secretaries of state, being then esteemed a forward
and knowing person in matters relating to the
state. All which time, and after, for several years,
when sir Robert was advanced to higher offices,
he retained him, and made use of his prudence
and faithfulness in many weighty matters. In
1605 he was actually created master of arts when
K. James I. was entertained by the university.
Afterwards by the endeavours of the said sir Ro-
bert Cecil, he was made one of the clerks of the
• E<jw. LeiRh in \usTrcalue of ReUgion and Leutning,
Kc. Load. lOiO. fol. lib. 0. cap. a. *
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il
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524
council; and in l6l7, Sept. 29, he with CI. Ed-
monds sometimes of Alls. coll. Albert Morton
(whom I shall anon mention) both clerks of the
council also, received the honour of knighthood
from his majesty at Hampton-Court. On the 15
February 16 18, he was made » secretary of state
to his majesty; who, as before he had used his
help in many matters of moment, so he did oftner
afterwards to his great benefit and advantage. At
the same time also his majesty judged it very con-
venient that he should assist and help sir Robert
Nauton the other secretary, who had not then that
faculty of managing and expediting matters of
state as Calvert had. On the 2 May 1620 the
king gave ' him an yearly pension of a thousand
pounds to be received from the customs, and on
the l6 Feb. 1624, (he being then a parliamentary
burgess for this university) was by the name of
sir George Calvert of Danbywiske in Yorkshire
knight, &c. created baron of Baltimore in the
county of Longford in Ireland, being then a
Roman Catholic, or at least ver}' much addicted to
their religion. As for his adventures into Ame-
rica, where he was absolute lord and proprietary
of Avalon in the New-found-land, and of his first
venturing and taking possession of a peninsula
lying in the parts of America, between the ocean
on the east, and the bay of Chesopeake on the
west, and divided from the other part thereof by
a right line drawn from the promontory or cape
of land called Watkyns-point (situate in the afore-
said bay, near to the river Wighco) on the west,
unto the main ocean; afterwards called and named
by him Mary-Land, let the histories, and relations
of travellers tell you, while I acquaint you of his
works, which are,
Carmen funebre in D. Hen. Untomtm. ad Gallos
bis Legatum, ibique nuper-fato functum : Printed
1596. qu.
Parliamentary Speeches.
Various Letters of State.
The Anszver of Tom Tell-Troth. The Practice
of Princes and the Lamentation of the Kirk. Lond.
1642. qu. He hath also written something con-
cerning Mary-Land, but whether printed I cannot
1532. tell. He ended his days on the 15 Ap. in sixteen
hundred thirty and two, and was buried in the
chancel of the church of S. Dunstan in the west
[566] in Fleet-street near London. As for Albert Mor-
ton before-mentioned, " who was son of George
" Morton of Eastwar in Kent, esq. and Mary his
" wife daughter of Rob. Honeywood of Charing
" esq; and nephew to sir Henry Wotton," he was
elected scholar of King's coll. l602, went with his
uncle in the quality of secretary when he went on
his embassy to the States of Venice. Afterwards
he was thrice agent in Savoy, secretary to the
lady Elizabeth in Heidleberg, and there imployed
9 Gul. Camden, in Annal. Reg. Jac. 1. MS. sub. an. 1619.
' Ibid. sub. aa. 16^0.
as agent * for the king with the princes of the
union. Afterwards he became one of the clerks
of the council and a knight as I have before told
you, and at length one or the secretaries of state.
He ended his days in the parish of S. Margaret
within the city ot Westminster in the winter time
(in Nov. as it seems) an. 1625, having a little be-
fore been elected a burgess to serve in parliament
for the university of Cambridge. He then left
behind him a widow named Elizabeth, by whom
he had, if I mistake not, a son of both his names,
who was elected scholar of King's coll. in the said
university 16'38, but left that house soon after,
and became a lieut.-col. in the wars in Ireland.
[Two original Letters from Geo. Calvert, lord
Baltimore, to sir Robert Cotton. MS. Cotton.
Julius C. iii, fol. 126, 130. and fifteen to the duke
of Buckingham, MS. Had. 1580.]
NATHANIEL TORPORLEY, a Shropshire
man born, a])plied his muse to academical learn-
ing in Ch. Church, an. 1579, aged 16, about which
time he became one of the students of that house.
Afterwards he took tiie degree of bach, of arts,
which being coai[)leated by determination, he
left the university, and whether he then travelled
beyond the sea I cannot tell. For that he was in
France for two or more years, and was ama-
nuensis to the celebrated mathematician Fran.
Vieta of Fonteuay in the province of Poictou is
notoriously known, but the time when, whether
before or after, he was M. of A. we cannot tell.
Sure it is that his geny being mostly enelined to
the mathematics and astronomy, (in which facul-
ties he had obtained, in his absence, a sutficient
knowledge) he returned to the university, and en-
tring himself into Brasen-nose coll. did as a mem-
ber thereof, take the degree of master of arts, an.
1591, being then eight years standing in that of
bachelor. Afterwards he retired to the great city,
a'ld became so famous for his singular knowledge,
that being made known to the great earl of Nor-
thumberland, named Hen. Piercy, the generous
favourer of all good learning, was received into
his patronage, and had a pension paid yearly unto
him, for several years from his purse. About the
same time he was made rector of Salwarp in his
native countrj', in the place of Tho. Forest de-
ceased, I6O8, where residing sometimes, but
mostly in Sion coll. in London, (of which he was
a student and a most eminent member) continued
in tlie last till the time of his death. He hath
transmitted to i)osterity,
Diclides Cctlometrica ; seu Valvee Astronomictt
universa/es, omnia Artis tofius Munera Psephopho-
retira in sat modicis Finibus Duarum Tahu/orum
Methodo Nova, generali &; ficilimu. continentes.
Lib. 2. Lond. 1602. qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 46. Art.]
* ' Martii 10 an. 162O. Albertus Morton rediit i Germania,
& rex (Jac. 1.) eo die nun admisit.' Ita Catndenus ia Annal.
li. Jac. I. MS.
5<25
BAYLY.
52G
1632.
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'i
. MSS. in bib.
' coil. Sion.
Tabula prmmissilis ad. Declinatiuni's&i Ceeli Medi-
tattoties. Printed with tlie former book, in five
parts.
Directionix accurate consumtnata Doctrina
Astrologis hactenm plurimnm Desiderata. Written
by way of preface to the two former booics. He
hath also printed somelhing against Fr Vieta
under the name of Poulterey, which is Torporlcy's
name transpos'd, but that book I have not yet
seen ; and hath also written,
Congest or: Opus Mathematkum.
Imperfect.
Philosophia.
Atomoruin Jtopia demonstrata.
Imperfect.
Corrector Jnalyticus Artis post-
huma. Imperfect. i
He took his last farewell of tliis world in Sion
coll. before-mentioned, and was buried in the
church of St. Alphage near to that college, on the
seventeenth day of Apr. in sixteen hundred thirty
anti two. By his nuncnpatory 3 will, which he
spake on the 14 day of the same month, he "-ave
to the use of those that study in the library oFthe
said coll. all his mathematical books and others
all his astronomical instruments, notes, mapps and
his brass clock. Among the said books, were
some few MSS. of which one contained Certain
nejnntwiis oj the Planisphere, made by M^alter
V\arner a most noted mathematician of his
time.
LEWIS BA\ LY was born in the antient bo-
rough of Caermarthen in Wales, but in what
iiouse educated, unless in E.xeter coll. or what de-
gree he took in arts, 1 find not, only that as a
member o the said coll. he was admitted to the
reading of the sentences, an. 1611, being about
that ime minister of Evesham, in Worcesfeishire
diaplam to prince Henry, and minister of St!
Matthews church in Friday-street, in London, and
that he proceeded m divinity two years after.
Much about the same time, he being fiim'd for his
eminence in preaching, was made one of the chap-
lams to king James I who nominating him bishop
of Bangor ,n the place of Dr. H. Rowlands, he
was consecrated thereunto at Lambeth, with Dr
Lake to the see of B. and Wells, on the 8 of
Dec. an. 16l6. On the 15 July 1621, I filul tiiis'
natu'J^'ll r'"'vi'''''T*'P"' Bangoricnsis exami-
notnnrHn •/'/"■'""' ''"**' "'^ '^"^^or tells me
Snan M f'T ^ ^"l''^'? ^^'^^ the infanta of
Spain. He hath published,
AoJt ^T/'/r "/ -^'''^•^' '^''''''"S « Christian
Jbout4o'l ^"^ '" '""yPl'"''' God Printed
about 40 times in oct. and tw. the eleventh edition
?/ Yoi^^r^.' P,""^"''^ "^ ^°"''- '619- [«o<l'- 8vo.
• u \.VVJ. " ^"^ **''" P""fed once or more
in the Welch tongue ; and once or more in the
French, an. 1633, &c. And in France having been
much cried up, did therefore cause John Des[)affne
a French writer, and a preacher in Somerset- house
chapel, an. 1656, to make some complaint of
not for any ill thing in, it, because the generality
of the plebeians do look upon the authority of it
equal with that of the scripture. " This book was
the substance of several sermons which bp.
Bayly preached while he was minister of Eve-
sham; however it is said by an author,^ who takes
a 1 advantages to soeak against the bishops, and
church of Lnglancl, that this book called The
Fracttce of Piety wras written by a puritan mi-
nister; and that a bisliop, not altogether of a chast
hfe, did after the author's death, bargain with his
widow for the copy, which he received, but never
paid her the money. Afterwards he interpolatin<r
It in some places, did publish it as his own, &°
But let this report, which hath been common with
some as also that, which saith it was written by
one Price archdeacon of Bangor, remain with
their au hors, while I tell you that Dr. Bayly dyine
in the beginning of the year sixteen hundred
thirty and two, was buried in his church of Ban-
gor. He left behind him four sons, Nicholas,
John, Iheodore, and Ihomas. John was fellow
of Exeter coll. and a publisher of certain sermons,
as 1 have already told you. Thomas Bayly the
youngest son,^ was not educated in this university,
but in Cambridge, and after he had taken the de-
grees in arts, he was presented by his majesty to
the sub-deanryot Wells, in the latierend of May
1038, upon the promotion of Dr. Will. Roberts
to the see of Bangor. In 1664, he, among other
loyal ministers, retired to Oxon, and in the month
of Aug. was uicorporated master of arts, and after-
wards had the degree of D. of D. conferr'd upon
him. In 1646 I find him with tlie marquis of
Worcester in Ragland castle, which, as a commis-
sion-officer, he heip'd to defend against the par-
liamentarians. But that castle being surrendered,
on the 19 Aug the same year, upon good articles,
most y of Bayly's framing, he travelled afterwards
into France and other countries, wliere spending
that considerable stock of money which he had
gotten from the said marquess, he returned into
England, and published a book entit. Certamen
reltgiosam : or a Conference between K. Ch. I. and
Henry late Manjuis of Worcester concernins Reli-
gwn in Ragland Castle, An. 1646. Lond. 1649
Oct. but blamed by the true sons of the church of
lingland for so doing, because the Romish cause
pLVt"^' ^^''"=="' '" "l^- '"O '^"' tit. est. Patronus bona:
1632.
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528
is there set out in great pomp, he being then warp-
ing towards, if not altogether drawn over to, the
church of Rome, and it was iooiied upon by some
ns nolliing else but his prologue in order to the
declaring ainiself a papist, and thereupon the said
conference was suspected by the orthodox party
to have nothing therein of the stile of K. Ch. 1.
and that the marquiss had not those abilities in
him to maintain a discourse of religious matters
with the said king. There was An Answer with
Consideratiom on Dr. Bayly's parenthetical Inter-
locution, printed at Lond. l651. in t\v. made unto
it, by llara. L'Estrangc, and C.C. or Christopher
Cartwright of York, published also An Answer to
Cert amen rcligiosuin, or a Conference between the
late King of EnglamI, and the late Marquis of
Worcester concerning Religion, together with a Fin-
dication of the Protestant Cause, &c. London
1651, quarto, pretty thick. About the saine time
an advertisement was put out against it, as a coun-
terfeit thing, by Dr. Pet. Heylyn, in his epistle to
the reader before his collection of his majesty's
works (wherein the said conference is put) entit.
Bibliotheca liegia, &c. but omitted in other im-
pressions of it, as also in the works of the said
king printed in folio. The same year (1649) Dr.
Bayly published, I'he Royal Charter granted unto
Kings by God himself, &c. To which he added,
A Treatise wherein is proved that Episcopacy is
Jure divino. Both which were afterwards re-
printed at Lond. 1656, and 1680. oct. But in
them the doctor doth in many particulars egre-
giously ' err, and as an unskilful builder, diruit
eedijicat, for what he rears with one hand, he pulls
down with the other: And amongst many stories
of his travels, having freely rail'd at all the com-
monwealths in Europe, doth at last fall desperately
on the new erection of that in Eng. Which
angry and unpleasing history provoked strict exa-
mination ; whereupon the author being found out,
he was committed prisoner to Newgate, where
being kindly and easily used he penned a book
entit. llerba Parietis: Or, the Wall Flower, as it
grows out of the Stone-Chamber belonging to the
metropolitan Prison, S^c. being a History which is
partly true, partly romantick, morally divine.
Whereby a Marriage between Reality and Fancy is
solemnized by Divinity. Lond. 1650. in a thin
fol. In the epistle before which he fulls foul on
P. Ueylin, whom he calls, * a fellow without a
name,' &c. for his advertisement before-mention'd,
which charged him with six matters; the first for
wronging the late K. (Ch. \.) very much, and an-
other that he composed the said conference him-
self, &c. Bayly also tells us there of his great
sufferings in the late civil war, that he had not
only lost lOOOl. per an. for his majesty's sake; but
also blood and liberty, that he was a peer's son
and his mother a knight's daughter, &,c. As soon
' See the errors in a book called Legenda Liguea, &c.
)»rin<-.-d at London l663, in oct. chap. 37. p. l65, \m.
as this book was published, he made an esc.ipe out
of prison, went into Holland, and having rambled
abroad, much more in his mind, than he had in
his body, he at last declared himself a Rom. Ca-
tholic, and became a grand zealot in that interest,
wherein (if he met with any occasion) he would
break forth into rage and fury against the Pro-
testant religion, which he before had preached
and professed. Thence he went into Flanders,
and settling for a time at Doway, he published
this book, The End to Controversie between the
Rom. Catholick, and Protestant, Religions, justi-
fied by all the several Manner of Ways, whereby all
kind of Controversies of what Nature soever, are
usually, or can possibly be, determined, &,c. printed
at Doway 1654. in qu. and dedicated to Walt.
Montagu abbot of Manteul, afterwards L. abbot
of Pontoise. There also goes under his name,
The Life and Death of that renowned John Fisher,
Bishop of Rochester, ii.c. Lond. l6j5. oct. but
he was not the author of it. The true and genuine
writer thereof was one Rich. Hall,* D. D. some-
time of Christ's coll. in Cambridge, (the same of
which B. Fisher was a member) afterwards canon,
and ofhcial of the cathedral church at St. Omers,
who leaving it behind him in MS. at. his death,
an. 1604, 'twas as a choice rarity reposed in the
library of the English Benedictines at Dicuward
in Lorain. Afterwards several copies of it going
abroad, one came into the hands of a person who
call'd himself W^est. From him it came into the
possession of Franc, a Sancta Clara, an. 1623, and
from him (as he himself hath told me divers times)
to sir Wingfield Bodenham, who keeping it in his
hands several years, with an intention to print it
in the name of the true autlior, did impart it for a
time to Dr. Tho. Bayly. So that forthwith he
taking a copy of it, and making some alterations
therein ;» he sold the said copy to a bookseller for
a small sum of money, who caus'd it to be printed
at London, under the name of Thomas Baj'ly,
D. D. I have seen a MS. containing the said
bishop's life, beginning thus : ' Est in Eboracensi
eomitatu, octogesimo a Londino lapide ad aqui-
lonem Beverleia; oppidum,' &c. But who the
author was 1 cannot tell: 'Twas wt'itten before
Hall's time, and 'tis not unlikely, but that he had
seen it. There also goes under Tho. Bayly's name.
The Golden Apothegms of King Ch. I. and Henry
Marquess of Worcester, &.c. Lond. l660, in one sh.
in qu. All which were taken from a book entit.
Witty Apotheiims delivered at several Times and
upon several Occasions by K. James, K. Ch. I, and
* [Dr. Rich''. Hall, canon official of the cath. of St. Omer
lies buried in that church, where he has a short epitaph. He
died j6 Febr. l604. Vid. my MS. Collections, (now in the
British Museum ) torn. 2. p. 9 1. Cole.]
» [Tliese .illcralions were many and unwarrantable, as may
appear, in part, by the conclusion of this life published, from
a MS. copy of it, (by Mr. Hearne, at page .'iSl of his glos-
sary to Peter LangloU,) coinpar'd with Dr. Bayly's edition.
LOVEOAY.]
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BAYLY.
530
the Marq. of IVorrester, &.c. Loud. 1658, oct.
f)ublisliea by Anonyuius. After Dr. Bayly had
eft Flanders, he went into Italy, where, as several
Rom. Catholicks have told me, he was received
into the service of cardinal Ottobon, and that he
died in his family, while the said cardinal was
ambass. or nuntio at Ferrara from the pope, and
also that prince Cajetan had the care of his son,
(whom he took with him) after his death. But an
English traveller hath told me otherwise, viz. that
he was no other than a common soldier, tiiat he
lived poor at Bononia, and saw liis grave there.
Another also named Dr. Rich. Trevor, fellow of
Merton coll. (younger brother to sir John Trevor,
sometimes secretary of stale) who was in Italy in
1639, hath several times told me that he the said
Dr. Bayly died obscurely in an hospital, and that
he saw the place, where he was buried.
[In a paper, which (among other curiosities of
that sort) was sent me by Mr. Davies of Llanerch,
I find, that on Monday March 9- 16 19- Mr. Se-
cretary Nan ton did, by his majesty's orders, call
Bp. Bayly into the council chamber, and there
gave him a severe reprimand, in the presence of
the two clerks of council in ordinary, because, in
his prayer before sermon the Sunday before in
Lincoln's Inn, he had prayed for the king's son
in law and his daughter the lady Elizabeth under
the titles of K. and Q. of Bohemia, contrary to
the express orders or directions of the arch-bP. of
Cant, and the Bp of London, and before his ma-
jesty had owned these title fit"^. He aggravates the
matter much, and in conclusion tells him, his ma-
jesty was deservedly offended with him, and so
leaves him under his high displeasure.
It is not to be doubted, but Bp. Bayly was the
true author of 27ie Practice of Piety. I have
heard from some old men, that knew the Bp. and
from others that had it from many of the clergy
here, that were intimate with him, that the B'.
did not want learning for a greater work than
that, and that they were well assured, he was the
true author of it. But this is a lying puritan
story, invented by that proud pharisaical faction,
who were not willina; a book so well esteemed
should be writ by a Bp. And indeed after this
book had been printed above 30 times in English,
and often in several other languages in the Bp's
name, and particularly in Welch above 50 years
ago : yet when a new edition of it in that lan-
guage was set forth 16" — ,' and the title page had
' \_lf yiiu have Bp Kennrt's Register orChronicle, at page
350, yvu will find the passage concerning lip. Bayleifs being
the atillwr of. The Practice of Piety, quoted (as 1 sent it)
Jrom Original papers in the hands of the bishop of Pe-
terborough [viz. Bp. Kennetl — l/ius. After this book had
been printed above 30 times in English, and often in several
other languages in the Bi''^ name, and particularly in Welch
sbove 50 years ago : yet when a new edition of it in that lan-
guage was set forth 167— and the title page had been wrought
oflf as the former with the Bp's name, Mr. Gouge ordered
that title to be torn out of the book Sec. For tlie rest I must
Vol. II.
been wrought off as the former with the Bp's
name, Mr. Gouge ordered that title to be torn out
of the book, and another without the Bp's name
printed instead of it. And when he was by some
gentlemen of thy country charged with injuring
the Bp. by this, he had the confidence, not only to
say that lip. Bayly, was not the author of it, but
to allege, tnat the then Bp of Bangor (Dr. Hum.
Lloyd) had told him so. Whereas on the contrary
I was present, and heard that Bp. not many days
before this, ratling Gouge for abusing Bp. Bayly
by omitting his name in that edition: and Mr.
Gouge leaving a parcell of those books to be dis-
tributed in this neighbourhood, the Bp. himself
did write Bp. Bayly s name in the title page of
many of them, as I did in the rest by his order.
And the Bp. then sayd, he was very well assured,
that his predecessor Bayley was the author of it.
And all this was in Mr. Gouge's presence, tho'
he so far forgot it, as to tell a contrary story a few
days after.
In Bp Bayly's register book in paper, I find this
account of his sonns, viz. That * Theodore Bayly
literate was ordained deacon Dec. 18. 1630; priest
May I. 1631, and instituted to Llanllyfni Sept.
20. 1631. Thomas Bayly (of whom you give so
large an account) was ordained deacon (being but
A.B.) August 23. 1629, and priest 23. of May
16.30, being yet but A. B. Before he was priest,
viz. Aug. 29- 1629, he was instituted to the vi-
carage of Lianwnoe, and the next day after he was
priest, i. e. May 24. 1630, to the comportion of
Llanddinam. And lastly on the 29tn of Aug.
1631, being then A. M. to the rectory of Llan-
jestyn. This is ail in the registry. '
In the first visitation of Bp. Dolben 1632, I find
that. Dr. Thomas Bayly was rector of Llandyrnog,
and comportioner of Landdinam. Mr. Theodore
Bayly was comportioner of Llanelidaii. Nicholas
Bayly was the Bp's younger sonn, a military man
and a major in Ireland. He died iu May or June
1689. HUMPHUEYS.
1610, 7 Febr. Ludov. Bayly, A. M. admissus
ad thesauriariam S. Pauli, per resign. Egidii
Fletcher LL. D. Reg. London. I616, II Jun.
Franc. James S. T. P. adniiss. ad eccl. Sancti
Matth. Fryday-strete per promotionem Ludovici
refer you to Bp. Kennel's look, in the margin whereof you
will find. Original papers in the hands of the Bp of Peter-
borough, viz, inner margin, and in the outer, thus. By Bp.'
Humfryes of Bangor, afterward of Hereford. So the mistake
or omission in the date was the Bp's (Humphreys's) own, not
surely rememhring the year ; and from this quotation, you
may te assured the papers were originals, whereof in my last I
durst not lee too positive, it being so long since 1 copied 'em
out. You know Mr. Gouge died an. I68I. and Dr. Hum.
Lloyd was consecrated Bp of Bangur an. l673, from whence
ike date may be collected pretty nearly. So the Rev. Mr.
Thomas Baker, in his letter to the publisher from Cambridge
Apr. 14. 1730. Hearne, Caii Vindic. Antiq. Acad. Oxon.
p. 800.]
* [The account of Dr. John Bayly has been extracted from
this article, and will be found under the life of that person at
coL 499 of the present volume ]
2 M
531
BROWNE.
GOULSON.
IIUTTEN.
532
Bayley S. T. P. ad ep'atum Bangor. Ibid.
Kennet.
Wood could not discover what crimes Baylj'
had committed that should occasion his imprison-
ment in the riect — On this subject Baker refers
to his own MS. collections, vol. xxxii, page 373,
which I regret I have had no means of examin-
ing : he amis, ' more crimes than one, and very
heavy, if fully proved : Incontinency said to be
most palpably proved.']
SAMUEL BROWNE, born at, or near to,
tlie antient borough of Shrewsbury, became a
servitor or clerk or AU-s. coll. in 1594, aged IJ),
took the degrees in arts, holy orders, and after-
wards was made preacher at S. Mary's in the said
town of Shrewsbury, where he was much resorted
to by precise people for his edifying and frequent
preaching. He hath published,
The Sum of Christian Religion bt/ Way of Cate-
chism. Lond. 1630, and 37, oct.
Certain Vtayers And left behind him at the
ig3j. time of his death in sixteen hundred thirty two.
Several Sermons to be made public, but whether
they were printed I cannot tell. One of both his
names was summer reader of Lincolns-Inn 18
Car. 1. afterwards " a member of the house of
" commons, one of the bitter managers of the
" evidence against archbishop Laud, and the per-
" son that carried up the ordinance of attainder
" against that prelate to the house of lords Nov.
" l644. He was one of the commissioners to
" treat with the king in the isle of Wight, and in
" Oct. 1648 made" Serjeant at law, one of the jus-
tices of the common bench, and one of the
commissioners of the great seal, in the time of
usurpation, but what he hath extant I cannot tell.
He died in the beginning of the year 1668, being
then a knight, and a possessor of lands at A^-les-
bury in Buckinghamshire.
THEODORE GOULSON, Gulson, or
GouLsTON, son of Will. Goulson rector of Wy-
moundham in Leicestershire, received his first
breath in the county of Northampton, became
probationer fellow of Merton coll. in 1596,
applied liis muse to the study of medicine, after
he had been adorn'd with the magisterial degree ;
in the practice of which, having been initiated
in these parts, lived afterwards at Wymoundham ;
[570] where, as in the neighbourhood, he became
famous in, and much frequented for, his faculty.
At length taking the degrees of physic in this
university, an. 1610, was made a candidate of th^
Coll. of Physicians at London, and the year after
fellow thereof, and afterwards censor, being at
that time in great esteem tor his practice in the
metropolitan city. He was an excellent Latinist,
and a noted Grecian, but better for theology,
as it was observed by those that knew him. He
hath published,
Versio Latina, i; Paiaphrasis in Aristotelis Rhe-
toricam. Lond. I619, [Bodl. 4to. A. 39. Art.
Seld.] 1623, &c. ciu.
" Jlristotelis de Poetica Liber, Laline conversus
" &; Annltftica Methodo illustratus. Lond. 1623,
" qu." [and again by Upton, with notes, Cambr.
1696. Bodl. 8vo. E. 118. Line]
f'ersio, varia Lectiones, ^ Annotationes criticee
in Opusciila varia Galeni. Lond. 1640, qu. [Bodl.
4to. H. 3. Med.] Published by his siiigular good
friend Tho. Gataker bac. of div. of Cambridge,
and rector of Redrith in Surrey, who died 27
July 1654,3 and was buried in the church at Red-
rith, after he had govcrn'd it 40 years. As for
our author Goulson he ended his days in his
house within the parish of S. Martin by Ludgate
within the city of London, 4 May in sixteen liun-
dred thirty and two : whereupon his body was
buried with solemnity in the church belonging to
that parish. By his will, which I have seen and
perused, he bequeathed 200 /. to purchase a rent-
charge for the maintenance of an anatomy lecture
in the coll. of physicians at London, as also seve-
ral books to Merton coll. library, besides other
donations, which were mostly, if not all, perform-
ed by his virtuous and religious widow Ellen
Goulson ; of whom, by the way, I must let the
reader know, that she being possess'd of the im-
propriate parsonage of Barnwell in Suffolk, did
procure from the king leave to annex the same
to the vicaridge, and to make it piesentative:
which being so done, she gave them both thus
annexed, (lor she had the donation of the vica-
ridge before that time) freely to S. John's coll. in
Oxon.
LEONARD HUTTEN was elected from
Westminster school, a student of Ch. Church in
1574, wherein, with unwearied industry, going
thro' the several classes of logic and philosophy,
became M. of A. and a frequent preacher. In
1599 he was installed canon of the said church,
being then bach, of divinity and vicar of Flower
^ [Tho. Gataker, soc. coll. Sydney, ordinatur presbiter \aT
suffragan, ep'um Colccstre, infra festum S. Mich. 1597, et
fest. Mich. I698. Rrg. Ep. Lond.
The best account of Mr. Tho. Gataker is drawn up by
himself in his Discourse Apotagetical against Lilly, 4lo.
1654.
A short and plain Dialogue concerning the Unlawfulness
of playing at Cards or any other Game consisting in Chance.
Imprinted at London/or Rich. Boile, 1593, 8vo.
Of the Nature and Use of Loss, a Treatise Historicall and
Theologicall, written by Thomas Gataker B. ofD. and some-
time Preacher of Lincolns Line, and now Pastor of Rother-
hith. 2d Ed. London by John Haviland, l627, 4to.
A modest Reply to certain Answers which Mr. Gataker
B. D. in his Treatise of the Nature of Loss giveth to Argu-
ments in a Dialogue concerning the Unlawfulness of Games.
By James Balmford, Minister of Jesus Christ. Imprinted
1()23. Kennet.
Tho. Gatacre, Lomlincnsis, admissus discipulus coll. Jo.
pro D. fundatrice, Nov. 9, 1 392: dein socius coll. Sidn.
B.^KER. He married the daughter of Charles Pinner of New
coUegej see vol. i, col. 0(3? .]
1632.
535
HUTTEN.
HUES.
5Hi
[571]
in Northamptonshire, and in tlie year after he
proceeded in that tacuity. His younger years
were beautified with ail i<ind oi" polite iearninu;,
his middle with ingenuity and judgment, and his
reverend years with great wisdom in govern-
ment, having been often sub-dean of his liouse.
He was also an excellent Grecian, well read in
the fathers and schoolmen, which was sufliciently
approved by the consent of the university, and
not meanly vers'd in the histories of our own
nation. lie hath written,
All jiiisrcer to a Treatise concerning the Cross
in Baptism. Oxon. l605, qu. [Hodl. 4to. M. 44.
Th.] Which book was held in reverent respect
by the best bishops of the church, as having the
fathers agreeing to scripture truly urged, and un-
derstandingly interpreted therein. See in Jam.
Calfhill and John Martiall. I have been inform-
ed by one * who knew this Dr. Hutten well, that
he was author of a trag. com. called Belluin
Grammaticale, but how that can be, I cannot
discern, for tho' it was written by an Oxford man,
if not two, yet one edition of it came out in 1574,
in oct. which was the year when Dr. Hutten first
saluted the Oxonian muses, as I have before told
you. He had also an hand in the translation of.
the Bible, appointed by king James an. l604,
and left in MS. behind him,
Di
0.ifor
copies
written in qu. in about 8 sheets, and had this be-
ginning, ' Sir, your two questions, the one con-
cerning the antiquity of Oxford,' Sec. 1 have
seen four copies of it, ^ but could get little or
nothing from them for my purpose, when I was
writing the Hist, and Antiq. of the Univ. of Oxon.
A MS. book of the like subject I once saw in the
hands of John Houghton bac. of div. sometimes
senior fellow of Brasen-nose coll. divided into
three books, the beginning of which runs thus,
' All truth is of itself as glorious,' &,c. but who
the author of it was, I could never learn. 'Tis a
trite thing, and mostly taken from Apologia
Antiq. Acad. Oxon. written by Bri. Twyne, as
that of Hutten was. He hath also written,
Historia Fundatiomtm Ecchsia Christi Oxon.
vnu cum Episcoporum, Decanorum <Sr Canonicorum
ejusd. Catalogo. 'Tis a MS. and hath this begin-
ning, ' Monasterium sive prioratus S. Frideswydae
virginis fundata est ab eadem Frideswyda filiS.
Ditlaci alias Didani,' &c. A copy of this in qu.
J once saw in the hands of Dr. Joh. Fell dean of
discourse of the Antiquity of the University of ■ • ,7?
'ord, by Way of Letter to a Friend. The i?^^ Jr'
es of this discourse, which I have seen, were •^•^f"^" *'*'
17th of May in sixteen hundred thirty and two,
and was buried in the divinity-chappel (the North
isle remotest from the choir) belonging to the
cathedral of Ch. Ch. before-mentioned. A copy
of his epitaph you may see in Hist. &; Antiq. Univ.
Oxon. lib. 2. p. 288. b. By his wife Anne Ham-
den he had a daughter named Alice, who was
married to Dr. Rich. Corbet, afterwards succes-
sively B. of Oxon and Norwich.
[6 Junii 16()1, Leonardus Hutton S. T. P. ad
vie. de Flower com. North'ton. Reg. Houland,
Petrib.
24 Sept. 1602, Leonardus Hutton S. T. P, ad
vie. de Wedenbeck dioc. Petribur, ex coll. ep'i
per laps. temp. lieg. Dove, ep'i Petrib.
1609, 1 Oct. Leonard Hutton S. T. P. coll. ad
preb. de Reculverslond per mort. Mich. Reniger
S. T. P. P-^K- Bancroft, ep'i Lond. Cui succ.
Jo. Jolson S. T. P. 12jun. 1632. Kennet.
He was presented by L"* keeper Egerton 15
Sept. 1602, to the vicarage of Wedenbeck,
Northamptonshire. Tanner.
To these promotions we may add, that he was
prebendary of Exeter.'
Hearne terms him * vir multijugse eruditionis,
et antiquarius eximius.' Textus Koffemis, prsef.
p. xxxvii.]
ROBERT HUES, or Husius as he writes
as born ' at Little Hereford commonly
rford near to Leominster in Hereford-
shire; who, tho' well grounded in grammar
learning, and of good parts, and therefore of
desert, yet at his first coming to the university he
was only a poor scholar or servitor of Brasen-nose,
and among the ' paupcres scholares' is he numbered
in the public Matricula under coll. ^nean. about
1571. In that house he continued for some time
a very sober and serious student, and was coun-
tenanced b}' one or more of the seniors thereof,
but being sensible of the loss of time which he
sustained there by constant attendance, he trans-
lated himself to S. Mary's hall, and took th«
degree of bac. of arts at about 7 years standing,
being then noted for a good Grecian. Whicli
degree compleating by determination, he after-
wards travelled, and in fine became well skill'd in
geography and mathematics. The last of which
being the faculty he excelled in, made him re-
spected by that generous count Henry earl of
Northumberland, who allowed him an yearly pen-
sion for the encouragement of his studies, but
whether he was ever mathematic professor of
i<)32.
Ch. Ch. but
therein by an illiterate scribe. At length
Hutten having lived to the age of 75, died on the
itted ^'■Gsham coll. as a certain learned ' gent, reports^
many faults have been commi...vi» ,. ,, tt i ,
scribe. At length Dr. ^ '^^^"^V^''- "« ^ath written
Ve Uiobts celest. if terrest. Iract. 2. Several
* [Willis, Survey of Cathedrals, p. 46l .]
♦ Dr. Rich. Gardiner canon of Cli. ciiurch, aged 79, an" ' As the said Or. Gardiner hath informed me.
1C7O. • See in the append, to the Sphere of Manilius, 2fc. by
' [It is printed, at length, by Hearne, in his Texlus Rof- Edw. Sherburne, esq; p. 86. [He certainly was not one of
ftniis, 8vo. Oxford, 172O; page 275, &c.] the Greshaui professors.]
2 M 2
535
COOKE.
536
times printed in Lat. and I'ngi. in oct. [Impress,
per G. Voe^elinum, Bodl. 8vo. H. 16. Art. held.]
The first eduion of this book had this title, Trac-
tatus de Globis &; eorum Usu; accommodatus iisqui
Londini editi sunt ; An. 1593, sumptibus Gulitimi
Saitdersoni Civ. Land. Lond. 1593, oct. It was
afterwards illustrated with figures and annotations
by Joh. Isaac Pontanus professor of philosophy
at Harderwick in Gelderland. Amstel. 1C17,
[Bodl. 4to. H. 31. Art. Seld.] l624, &c. Oxon.
1663, [Bodl. 8vo. H. 7. Art. BS.] in Oct. and tw.
Breviarium totius Orbis. Printed several times
at Lond. in Lat. and Engl, in oct. and tw. This
Mr. Hues died in the stone-house (then belong-
ing to Joh. Smith, M. of A. son of Tho. Smith
cook of Ch. Ch.) opposite almost to the inn called
the Blue-Boar in S. Aldate's parish in Oxon,
1632. on the 24th of May in sixteen hundred thirty and
two, aged 79 years, and was buried near to the
grave of Dr. Hutten, within the limits of the
cathedral of Ch. Ch. before-mentioned. His
epitaph is printed in Hist. Sf Antiq. Univ. Oxon.
lib. 2. p. 288. b. wherein you'll find other matters
relating to him, which I have not here set down.
I find one Rob. Hughes who was an English
merchant in the kingdom of India and city of
Agemer, author of a Dictionary containing the
English and Persian Languages; an. I6l6, MS.
sometimes in the lord Hatton's library, now in
that of Bodlcy, but what relation there was
between this and the former, I know not, I
[572] think none, because their names differ. The
reader may be pleased now to take notice that
the said R. Hues the mathematician, having
spent one year or two in the condition of a tutor
to Algernon son of Hen. earl of Northumberland,
in Ch. Ch. he was therefore thrust among the
writers of that house, against the consent of the
author, into Hist. ^ Antiq. Univ. Oxon. by the
publisher thereof, * Dr. John Fell.
• fVho endea-
voured to dis-
He also thrust in of his own accord
lurb the course among the bishops of the said house
ofthatHisiort/ Joh. Piers archb. of York, and Miles
to satisfy hs Smith B. of Glouc. The former,
most of his education in Magd. coll.
and the other who had been petty-canon, was
chiefly educated in that of Brasen-nose.
[Hues is mentioned by Chapman, as his learned
and valued friend, to whose advice he was be-
holden in the translation of Homer.']
ALEXANDER COOKE received his first
breath [in 1564,] in Yorkshire, (at, or near to,
Beeston by Leeds,) and was educated in grammar
learning in those parts. In Michaelmas-term,
an. 1581, he was iadmitted a member of Brasen-
nose coll. being then 17 years of age, and after
he had taken one degree in arts, he was chosen
» [Warton Bist. of Engl, Poetry, iii. 442]
into a Percy-fellowship of University coll. in
1587. In the year following he took the degree
of M. of A. and about that time holy orders :
So that applying himself solely to the study of
the sacred writ, became a frequent and noted
preacher in these parts, took the degree of bach,
of that faculty in 1597, and had some little cure
bestowed upon him. At length upon the decease
of his brother Robert, (whom I nave mentioned
under the year l6l4) he became vicar of Leeds in
his own country. He was a person most admira-
bly well read in the controversies between the
protestants and the papists, vers'd in the fathers
and schoolmen, a great Calvinist, yet witty and
mgenious, and a satyrical enemy in his writings
against the Romanists, as it evidently appears
in these books following, which have been much
taken into the hands of ingenious men.
Pope Joan. A Dialogue between a Protestant
and a Papist, manifestlif proving that a Woman
called Joan teas Pope of' Rome, Sfc. against Rob.
Bellarmine, Cees. Baronius, Flor. Rarnundus, <lSfc.
impudently denying the same. Lond. 16 10, qu.
[Bodl. Mar. 214.] ' Which book being in great
request among Protestants beyond sea, was
translated into French by J. de la Montagne.
Printed at Sedan l633, in oct. [Bodl. 8vo C.
251. Th.]
The Abatement of Popish Brags, pretending
Scripture to be theirs. Lond. 1625, qu.
The Weather-cock of Rome's Religion, with her
several Changes : or, the World turned topsy turvy
by Papists. Lond. 1625, qu.
More Work for a Mass-Priest. Lond. 1621, qu.
Yet more Work for a Mass-Priest. Lond. 1622,
qu.
Work, more Work, and yet a little more Work
for a Mass-Priest. Lond. 1628, &c. qu. 'Tis
the same with the two former immediately going
before, only some alterations in, and several addi-
tions put to, it, especially in that edition which
came out in 1630. What other things he pub-
lished I know not, nor any thing else of him,
only that he was buried in Leeds church near to
the body of his brother Rob. Cooke, 23 June, in
sixteen hundred thirty and two, and that he left
behind him the character of a good and learned
man, a man abounding in charity,^ and exem-
plary in his life and conversation, yet hated by
the R. Catholics who lived near Leeds and in
Yorkshire, and indeed by all elsewhere who had
read his works.
[1600, Febr. 5. Alexander Cooke, clerk, bring-
' [Reprinted from an edition 4to. l625, in The Harleian
Miscellany, by Park, vol. iv. page C3. A copy of this edit.
(162.5) Bodl. A. 3. 13. Line]
' [No great sign of abundance of charity in his letter to
archbishop Usher, 1626, in which he tells him, that the dean
of Winchester had offered 15000/6 for that bishopric, and
calls Dr. Laud and bishop Francis White men of corrupt
minds, with a deal of other puritan leaven. Parr's Life and
Letters of Usher, page 372. Cole.]
l63«J
537
WHITLOCK.
538
[573]
ing letters mandatory from the bishop on a pre-
sentation from the queen, was inducted into the
vicarage of Lovvtli. Collectun. Jo/i. Featleif, ex
Libr. Aitorum Cupit. Lincoln. MS. p. .'}(J0.
On the death of his brother Robert Cooit, I
Jun. 12 Jac. he was collated, upon lapse, to the
vicarage of Leeds by Toby archbishop of York,
30 May, I6l5, upon Vi\\\c\\ a. quare impedit vi&fi
brought by Rob. Brickhead patron, and the case
adjudg'd Mich. 15 Jac. Hobart, Reports, p. 197.
Kennet.
St Austin's Religion, &c. Lend. 1625, 4to.
said to be wrote by Alex. Cooke. Bakeu. Be-
sides which,
Work for a Mass-Priest, Lond. 1617, and
J628, 4to. The latter Bodl. 4to. P. 43. Tii.
Letter to Mr. James Usher, dated from Leeds,
A. D. 16 12, proving that the two treatises ascrib-
ed to St. Ambrose, viz. * De iis qui Sacris initian-
tur,' and * De Sacramentis,' as also that of Atha-
nasius ' De f'ita Antouii,' are not genuine. MS.
Harl. 822, fol. 464.]
"JAMES WHITLOCK was bora in London
28 Nov. 1570, descended from those of his name
living near to Okyngham in Berkshire, educated
in Merchant Taylor's school, elected scholar of
S. John's coll. in 1588, took one degree in the
civil law, settled in the Middle-Temple, became
summer reader of that house 17 Jac. 1. a knight,
" parliament mart for Woodstock 1620," chief
justice of Chester, and at length one of the
justices of the Common Pleas, as in his epitaph
'tis said, tho' in his last will, of the King's Bench.
He had the Latin tongue so perfect, that sitting
judge of assize at Oxon, when some foreigners
(persons of quality) purposely came into the court
to see the manner of proceedings in matters of
justice, he briefly repeated the heads of his
charge to the grand jury in good and elegant
Latin, and thereby informed the strangers and
scholars there present, of the ability of the
judges, and the course of proceeding in matter
of law and justice. He understood the Greek
very well and the Hebrew, was vers'd in the
Jewish histories, and excellently knowing in the
histories of his own country, and in the ]>cdigrees
of most persons of honour and quality in England,
and much conversant also in the study of anti-
quity and heraldry. He was not by any exceeded
in the knowledge of his own profession of the
common law of England, wherein his knowledge
of the civil law was a help to him, as his learned
arguments both at the bar and bench have con-
firm'd it for a truth. His works are these,
" Lectures or" Readings in the Middle-Temple
Hall, " Aug. 2, 1619, 0/^21 Hen. VI J J. c. 13." —
In which was so much solid law and excellent
learning express'd, that copies were desired and
taken of it, but whether printed I cannot tell.
" They are in MSS. in biblioth. Ashmol. Oxon."
Several speeches in parliament. — One of which
is extant in a book entit. The Sovereign's Prero-
gative and the Subject's Privileges discussed, &c.
in the :id and 4tk oj K. Ch. I. Lond. 1657, fol.
Of the Antiquity, Use, and Ceremony of lawful
Combats in England. — MS.' The beginning of
which is ' Combats are distinguished to be lawful
and unlawful,' 3tc. This MS. which I saw and
perused in the choice library of MSS. of Ralph
Sheldon of Beoly, esq; had the name of James
Whitlock set and subscrib'd to it, and so conse-
quently I took him to be the author ; who dying
on the 22d of June in sixteen hundred thirty and
two, the king did lose as good a subject, his coun-
try as good a patriot, the people as just a judge,
as ever lived, &c. as his son Bulstrode Whitlock
tells ■» us. His body was afterwards buried at
Falley or Fawley not far from Great Wycomb
in Bucks ; over which, his son before-mentioned
not only erected a stately monument, but also a
chappel, which serves for a burial place for those
descended from him.
[The following epitaph from the South isle of
Fawley church, Bucks, corrects some mistakes in
the foregoing text, and gives additional informa-
tion relative to Whitlock's family :
' Hie deposita sunt corpora reverendi judicis
Jacobi Whitelock militis, unius justiciar, ad pla-
cita coram rege. Natus fuit Londoni 28 Nov.
1570. Primum studiit Oxonii, ubi suscepit gra^-
dum in jure civili. Deinde operam dedit juri
municipali in dio Templo London, et in eo lege-
bat; postea serviens ad legem factus est justiciar,
Cestriae termino Michaelis 1620. Abinde assump-
tus in Bancam Regis term. Mich. 1624. Habuit
ex uxore Elizab. unum filiuin Bulstrode. Whit-
lock ; duas filias, Elizabeth, nuptam Thomae
Mostyn, militi, et Ceciliam innuptam tempore
mortis suae. Obiit apud Fawley-court 21 Junii
1632. Vir eruditione et prudentia illustris, vita
et moribus venerandus. Et spectatissime matronae
Elizab. uxoris dicti Jacobi, quaa nata est in hoc
agro Buckinghamiensi 25 Juiii, 1575, patre Ed-
wardo Bulstrode de Bulstrodes in Upton armigero,
matre Cecilia filia Johannis Croke militis. Foe-
minai marito suo amantissima, fidclissima, in re
fanuliari jirudentissiraa, pia, religiosa, in Deum
devota, in pauperes benefica. Obiit apud Falley-
courtin vigilia Pentecostes 28 die Mali, 1631.'
Add to his writings the following:
Of the Antiquity, Use, and Privilege of Places
for Students and Professors of' the common Laws
of England. Printed in Hearne's Cutious Dis-
courses, vol. i, page 78. edit. 1775.
On Certain and Difnife Topographical Dimen-
sions in England, compared with tho%e of the
' [It has been printed in Hearne's Collection qf Curious
Discourses, vol. '2, page lyo, edit. 1775.]
♦ In his Memorials qf Engl. Affairs, under the year l632,
p. 17.
l63S.
539
WAKE.
540
Greeks and Latins, set down in Order, as they arise
in Quantity/. Hearne's Curious Discourses, vol. ii,
page 382.
Le Charge del S"- James Whitlocke milit. Capital
Justice de Chester, al Grand Jury, 1621. MS.
Harl. 583, fol. 48.]
ISAAC WAKE, son of Arthur Wake, rector
of Billyng in Northamptonshire, master of the
hospital of St. John in Northampton, * and
canon of Ch. Ch. in Oxon, third son of John
Wake, esq; of the ancient and honourable family
of his name living at Sawcy Forest, was born in
the said county of Northampton, (at Billyng as
as it seems,) became a member of this university
in the beginning of the year 1593, aged 18, or
thereabouts, elected probationer-fellow of Merton
coll. 1598, orator of the university 1604, being
then regent ad placitum, publicly known to the
king and court at Oxon in the year following, by his
orations of a Ciceronian stile delivered before them
when entertained there, travelled into France and
Italy l6()9, and after his return was entertained
in the quality of a secretary to sir Dudley Carle-
ton, one of the secretaries of state, and from his
was advanced to the king's service, by being em-
ployed ambassador to Venice, Savoy, and else-
where. The time when he went to Savoy was in
the* middle of Apr. l6l9, being in few days be-
fore made a knight, whose escutcheon then, or
soon after, which was hung up in all public
places where he came, had this inscription writ-
ten under it, sir Isaac Wake, kut. ambassador ex-
traordinary in Savoy and Piemont, ordinary for
Italy, Helvetia, and Rhetia, select for France. In
1623 he was elected burgess by the members of
this university to serve in that parliament which
began the 19th of Feb. the same year, in which
he was much admired for his excellent elocution.
I have been informed by some of the ancients of
Merton coll. that this our author Wake had his
pen more at command in the Latin, English, and
French tongue, than any of his time in the 'uni-
versity. Also that his speaking was majestic,
that he was better for oration than disputing, and
that he employed his time more in reading po-
litical and civil matters, than philosophy or the
[574] great faculties. Further also, that he was a gen-
teel man in his behaviour, well spoken, and there-
fore put upon speeches at all receptions and fune-
rals. There is no doubt but that he was a man of
exquisite learning, strong parts of nature, and of
a most refined wit. He hath written,
' [Arthur Wake occurs master in the year 1593 ; William
Wake in 1633, and George Wake, chancellor of the diocese
of Peterborough, died master, and was buried in the chapel
with the following inscription :
Here lyelh the body of Dr. George Wake, second son of
sir Baldwin Wake, baronett, who died master of this hospi-
tal May the gth, An. Doni. 1<582. Bridges's Hist, of Nor-
ihamplonshire, ed. I79I, vol. i. page 4.57]
* Cambden in Annal. Reg. Jac. 1. MS. sub. an. 1C19.
Rex Platonicus ; site de potentiss. Priucipis Jii'
cobi Regis ad Academ. Oxon. Adventu, An. l605.
Oxon. 1607, qu. [Bodl. 4to. L. 37. Art.] after-
wards printed in oct.'
Oratio funebris habita in Templo B. Maria
Oxon. qnum meesti Oxoniensex, piis Manibus Jo-
kannis Rainoldi parentarent. Oxon. I6O8, in tw.
&c. Translated into English by Thom. Fuller iu
his Abel Redivivus.. — Lond. 1651, qu.
Oratio funebris habita in Schola Theologica in
Obilum Clariss. Equilis Tho. Bodleif. Oxon.
1613, qu. Wake's name is not set to it, only
said in the title to be made by the public ora-
tor of the university, which office Wake then
enjoyed. 'Tis reprinted in a book published by
Mill. Bates, D. D. a nonconformist minister,
entit. Vita selectiorum aliquot Virorum, qui Doc-
trina, Dignitate aut Pietate inclaruere. Lond.
1681, in a large qu. [Bodl. AA. 124. Art.]
Discourse of the 1 3 Cantons of the Helvetical
League. Lond. l655, oct.
Discourse of the State of Italy as it stood about
the Year 1625. Printed with the former Dis-
course.
Discourse upon tlie Proceedings of the King of
Sweden. Printed also with the former. These
three last discourses were printed at Lond. in oct.
[1655, Bodl. 8vo. W. 16. Art. BS.] with this
title put before them, A Threefold Help to politi-
cal Observations. I find another book going un-
der his name that bears this title,
Disquisitions upon the Nativity of our Saviour
Jesus Christ. — When printed I know not, for I
have not yet seen it. And another called,
A Relation of what happened in the Dutchies of
Mantua and Montferrat from the beginning of the
Year 1628, unto the end of the Year I629.— MS.
among those given by the learned Selden's exe-
cutors to the public libr. at Oxon. The begin-
ning of it is, ' In the year of our Lord l627, was
closed with the death of Vincenzo Gonzaga,' &c.
He hath also several letters of state in the book
called. Cabala, or Mysteries of State, &e. Lond.
1654, qu. and several letters in that, entit. Ca-
bala, or Scrinia Sacra. Lond. 1663, fol. [Bodl.
M. 2. 4. Jur.] He took his last farewel of this
world at Paris, during his being there in the ser-
vice of his majesty : whereupon his body being
embalmed, was brought over into England, and
interr'd on the south side of the chancel belong-
ing to the cliappel in Dover castle, in the month
of July in sixteen hundred thirty and two. At
which time Mr. John Reading> minister of S.
Mary's church in Dover, preached his funeral
sermon, wherein he took occasion to speak very
honourably of the person that lay dead before
him, whom he knew and well remembred in the
university of Oxon.
[Add to Wake, Propositions for the King of
1 [The sixth edition was Oxon. 1 663, Bodl. 8vo. W. 7*
Art. BS ]
163?.
541
ALLIiN.
542
Denmark to the State of Venice. MS, Harl. 1583,
fol. 165.
Several original letters to the duke of Bucking-
ham. MS. Harl. 1581, fol. 178, &c.
He was designed by the_ king to be secretary of
state, liad nut death prevented him.
His funeral was expressly at the charge of the
king.
His Rex Platoniciis has been supposed to have
§iven rise to the Macbeth of Shakspeare, which
id not appear till the year following the first edi-
tion of that work. The following is the passage
from which Shakspeare is conjectured to have
derived his plot.
Quorum primes jam ordines dum principes
contemplantur, primisque congratulantium accla-
mationibus delectantur, collegium D. Johannis,
nomine literarum domicilium (ijuod dominus Th.
Whitus pra;tor olim Londinensis, opimis rediti-
bus locupletarat) faciles eorum oculos speeiosas
structure adblanditione invitai ; moxque et ocu-
los et aures detinet ingeniosa, nee injucunda, lu-
siuncula, qua clarissimis pra;ses cum quinqua-
ginta, quos alit collegium, studiosis, magnaque
studentium conviventium caterva prodiens, prin-
cipes in transitu salutandos censuit.
Tabultc ansam dedit antiqua de regia prosapia
historiola apud Scoto-Britannos celebrata, quae
narrat tres olim sibyllas occurrisse duobus Scotiae
proceribus Macbetho et Banchoni, et ilium prae-
iduxisse regem futurum, sed regem nullum gcni-
turum multos. Vaticinii veritatem rerum even-
tus comprobavit. Banchonis enim e stirpe po-
tentissimus Jacobus oriundus. Tres adolesccntes
coneinno sibyliarum habitu induti, e collegio
prodcuntes, et carmina lepida alternatim canen-
tes, regi se tres esse illas sibyllas profitcntur, quae
Banchoni olim sobolis imperia pra^dixerant, jam-
que iterum comparere, ut eadem vaticinii vcritate
praedicerent Jacobo se jam et diu regem futurum
BritanniEe felicissimum et multorum regum pa-
rentem, ut ex Banchonis stirpe nunquam sit ha:'rcs
Britannico diademati defuturus. Deinde tribus
principibus suaves felicitatum triplicitates tripli-
catis terminum vicibus succinentes, veniamque
precantes, quod alumni aedium Divi Johannis
(qui praecursor Christi) alumnos aedis Christi
(quo turn rex tendcbat) prffcursoria hac saJuta-
tione antevertisscnt, principes ingeniosa ficliun-
cula delectatos diniittunt ; quos inde universa os-
lantium multitudo, felici praedictionum successui
suffragans voiis precibusque ad portam usque in-
vitatis Borealem prosequitur.]
THOMAS ALLEN, or Alleyn, " an excellent
" man," the father of all learning and virtuous
industry, an unfeigned lover and furtherer of all
good arts and sciences, was born at Utoxeter' in
' [He was born at Bucknali, being descended of one Ala-
nis de Buckenhall temp. Ed. 8. according to tlie opinion of
Mr Sampson Enleswick. Dr. Plot, Hist, of Staffijrdsliirc,
\>. 2~,6. Kenset.]
Staffordshire on the day of S. Thomas the apostle,
in 1542, being a descendant, through six genera-
tions, from irienry Allen, or Alan, lord of the
manor of Buckenhall in the said county, was ad-
mitted scholar of Trinity coll. 4 June 156l, fel-
low in 65, and two years after master of arts.
But being mucii inchned to live a retired life,
and averse from taking holy orders, he left the
coll. and his fellowship about 1570, and receded
to Gloucester hall, where he lived a close student
many years, and at length became an eminent
antiquary, philosopher, and mathematician, and
not only the prince or Corypha-us, (as one'saith)
but the very soul and sun of all the mathemati-
cians of his time. Being thus accomplished with
various sorts of learning, he was several times in-
vited to the families of princes and nobles, not
only of this nation, but of others : and when Al-
bertus L'askie, count or prince of Sirade in Poland,
was in England, he did court him to go with hiai
into his own country 1583, and to live there as
he pleased, and accept of such honours and dig-
nities which he could get for him; but he being
delighted with retiredness and an acamcdical life,
did evade his civility, and thereby, as a true phi-
losopher, contemn'd riches and greatness. He
Was also often courted to live in tlie family of
that most noble and generous count Henry earl of
Northumberland, a great patron of mathemati-
cians : whereupon spending some time with him,
he was infinitely beloved and admired not only
by that count, but by such artists who then lived
with, or often retired to him, as Tho. Harriot,
John Dee, Walt. Warner, Nath. Torporley, &c.
the Atlantes of the mathematic world. Robert
earl of Leicester, chancellor of this university, and
the grand favourite in queen Elizabeth's reign,
did also before that time entertain him, and would
have conferred upon him a bishoprick; but for
the sweetness of a retired life, he denied that also.
The truth is, that earl did highly value him, and
no person was more familiar with him than Mr.
Allen, and Dee before-mentioned. Whence
'twas that the author of the book, called Leices'
ter's Commonwealth,^ reporteth, that they (whom
he stiles atheists) used the art of figuring and
conjuring for procuring the said earl's unlawful
designs, and that also by their black art, they
endeavoured a match between Q. Elizabeth and
him. How true these things are, let others, who
know the author of that book that reports them,
judge. Certain it is, that Allen was so great
with that count, that few matters of state passed,
but he had knowledge of them, and nothing of
moment was done in the universitj', but Allen
gave him it in writing. He was also very great
and highly respected by other fimious men of his
time of this kingdom, as with Bodley, Savile,
9 Gul. Burtonus in Orat.fnneb. Tho. Alleni. Lond. l63«.
qu. p. 6.
' [See col. "-l.]
[575]
543
ALLEN.
544
Camden, ' Cotton, Spelman, Selden, &c. the last
of whom 3 saith, that Allen was ' omiii eruditiouis
genere summoque judicio ornatissimus, celcberri-
ma; academia; Oxon. decus insignissimum :'
And ♦ Camden, that he was ' pluriinis & optimis
artibus oraatiss.' His sufficiencies in the mathe-
matic science being generally noted, he was there-
upon accounted another Rog. Bacon, which was
tlie reason why he became terrible to the vulgar,
especially those of Oxon, who took him to be a
perfect conjurer.^ He was a great collector of
scattered MSS/ of whatsoever faculty, especially
those of history, antiquity, astronomy, mathema-
tics, philosophy, &c. sparing neither cost or labour
to procure them: some of which I have seen
quoted in the works of learned authors, as being
in Bibliotheca Alkniana. By his help, advice,
and communication, several of the university
became eminent in mathematics and antiquities ;
of which number were Harriot, Twyne, Hcgge,
the two James's, Burton, Digby, &c. whom for
their labours communicated to posterity, I have
partly before touched, and shall hereafter men-
tion in their respective places. As for Allen's
collections, observations, and notes of astronomy,
mathematics, and N. philosophy, they are got
into obscure hands, and 'tis thought that Digby,
whose name is famous among many, hath made
use of those of philosophy. Ail that I have seen
written by Allen, are these following,
Claudii Pto/emei Pelusieiisis, de jistrorum Ju-
diciis, aut ut vulgo vacant, quadripartite Construc-
* [An original letter from Allen to Will. Camden, MS.
Cotton, Jul. C V, 181 b. 199 b.]
' In notis suis ad Eadmerum, edit. l623. p. 200.
* In Britannia, in cap. De Saxonihus.
' [' In those darke times astrologer, mathematician, and
conjurer were accounted the same things, and the vulgar did
■verily believe him to be a conjurer. He had a great many
mathematical instruments and glasses in his chamber, which
did also confirme the ignorant in their opinion, and his servi-
tor (to impose on fresh men and simple people) would tell
them that sometimes he should meet the spirits comeing up
his staires like bees. One (J. Power) of our parish was of
Glocester hall about 70 yeares and more since, and told me
this from his servitor.
He was generally acquainted, and every long vacation he
rode into the countrcy to visitt his old acquaintance and pa-
trones, to whom his great learning, mixt with much sweet-
ness of humour, rendered him very welcome. One time be-
ing at Home Lacey, in Herefordshire, at Mr. John Scuda-
more's, (grand-father to the lord Scudamorc) he happened to
leave his watch in the chamber windowe — (watches were
then rarities.) The maydes came in to make the bed, and
hearinge a thing in a case cry tick, tick, tick, presently con-
cluded that that was his devill, and tooke it by the siring with
the tongues, and threw it out of the windowe into the mote
(to drowne the devill.) It so happened that the string hung
on the sprigg of an elder, that grew out of the mote, and this
confirm'd them that 'twas the devill. So the good old gen-
tleman gott his watch again.' Letters from the Bodleian Li-
Irary, with Auhrey'i Lives, Lond. 1813, 8vo. vol. ii, page
«02.1
* \Catalogus HISS, in Bibliotheca Magistri Thomce Allen
Aula Glocettr, An. Dom. lCg2. MS. Wood, in mus. Ash-
niole. 8489.]
tionis; Lib. secunUiis. cum Expositione Tliomec
Alletfn Aiigli-Oxoniemis. The first chaj)lcr of
which begins thus, ' Hactenus quidem praecurri-
mus ea quornm cogiiitione,' 8cc.
CI. Ptolernei de Astror. Judiciis, Lib. S.
cum Expositione Tho. Alleyn, &c. These two
MSS. coming into the hands of William Lilly,
the sometimes famous figure-flinger, were by him
bestowed on Eiias Ashmole, esq; in 1652. One
of the said copies was transcribed from the origi-
nal, which sir Tho. Aylesbury had of the gift of
Mr. Allen, the other copy John Hiiniades the
great chymist had in his possession, who gave it,
as it seems, to Lilly. He, the said Allen, put
notes also on many of his books, and some were
by him put on J oh. Bale's book De Scriptoribus [576]
Maj. Britannia, which are entered by another
hand in the margin of the said author, that is in
the public library at Oxon. 7 [Bodl. A. 4. 12.
Art.J At length, he having lived to a great age,
surrendered up his last breath in Gloucester hall
on the 30th of Sept. in sixteen hundred thirty jgg^^
and two, and the next day an eloquent oration
being delivered by Mr. Will. Burton of that house
in the public refectory there, in praise of the
defunct,' before the vice-chancellor, heads of col-
leges and halls, and many of the university then
present, the body was accompanied by them 'o
the chapel of Trinity coll. where, after another
speech was spoken by Mr. George Bathurst, the
body was solemnly interr'd. Soon after, the chief
part of his library of incomparable MSS. coming
into the hands of sir Kenelm Digby, as the owner
before had appointed, they were the next year
given by him to the Bodleian or public library,
where they yet remain. Some of them had be-
fore, and about the time of Allen's death, been
got from him by Rich. James of C. C. coll. for
the Cottonian library, and others came into the
hands of sir Tho. Aylesbury, master of the Re-
quests, but where those are now, in truth I cannot
tell. Some years since I made a search in the
said chappel of Trin. coll. for an epitaph on Mr.
Allen's grave, but not so much as a letter appear-
ing, you shall have part of his character instead
of it, which I found written in a certain MS. in
the library of the said college, running thus, ' Vir
fuit elegantium literarum studiosissimus, acade-
micaj disciplinaj tenacissiinus, apud exteros 8t
academicos semper in magno pretio, eorumque
qui in ecclcsia Anglicana atque in universitate
Oxoniensi pro meritis suis ad dignitates aut praj-
fecturas subinde provecti fuerunt. Fuit sagacis-
simus observator, familiariss. conviva,' &c. His
picture, painted to the life, he gave to the presi-
dent of Trinity coll. and his successors, to be
there remaining in the dining-room of the said
' [And from thence published at the end of Leland's Iti-
nerary, vol ix. LoVEDAY.]
* [This Speech was printed at London in quarto. I()32.J
54.5
UAYMAN.
SUTTON.
546
[577]
i63S.
j)ie.sulent for ever : another copy he gave to tlie
Cottoniaii hbrary, and a tliird to his old friend
Dr. Tho. Clayton, master of Pembroke college,
whose son sir Tliomas hath it at this day. I
shall make mention of another Tho. Allen under
the year 1636.
ROBERT HAYMAN, a Devonian born, was
entred a sojourner of Exeter coll. while he was
very young, an. 1590, where being noted for his
ingenuity and pregnant parts, became valued by
several persons who were afterwards eminent;
among whom were Will. Noy, Arth. Uuck his
kinsman. Will, and George Hakewill, Tho. Win-
niff, Rob. Vilvainc, Sim. Baskervile, &c. all of
that house. Will. Vaughan of Jesus coll. Charles
Fitzgeftry of Rroadgate's, &c. Afterwards he
retired to Lincolns-inn, without the honour of a
degree, studied for a time the municipal law, but
his geny being well known to be poetical, fell
into acquaintance with, and received encourage-
ment to proceed in his studies from, Mich. Dray-
ton, Ben. Johnson, John Owen the epigramma-
tist, George Withers the puritanical satyrist,
John Vicars of Ch. Ch. hospital, &c. and at
length writing several specimens of his wit, which
I think are quite lost, had, tho' phantastical,
(" as most poets are") the general vogue of a poet.
After he had left Line. Inn, and had arrived to-
ward the fortieth year of his age, he was made
governor of the plantation of Harbor-Grace in
Bristol-hope in Britaniola, anciently called New-
foundland, where, after some time of residence,
he did, at spare hours, write and translate these
matters following,
Quodlibets, lale/j/ come over from New Brita-
niola, anciently called Newfoundland.
Epigrams, and other small Parcels, both Moral
and Divine. — These two, divided into four books,
were printed at London lC28, in qu. [Bodl. 4to,
L. 69. Art.] the author of them being then there.
He also translated from Lat. into English verse,
Several Sententious Epigrams and witti/ Sayings
out of sundry Authors both Ancient and Modern,
(especially many of the Epigrams of Joh. Owen.)
Lond. 1628. qu. As also from French into Eng-
lish, The two railing Epistles of the witty Doctor
Francis Rablais. On the 17th of Nov. in 1628,
he being then bound to Guiane in America to
settle a plantation there, made his will, a copy of
which J have 9 seen, wherein he desires to be bu-
ried where he dies. On the 24th of January in
sixteen hundred thirty and two, issued out a com-
mission from the prerog. court of Canterbury to
a certain person, who had moneys owing to him
by Hayman, to administer the goods, debts, chat-
tels, &.C. of him the said Rob. Hayman, lately
deceased. So that I suppose he died beyond the
seas that year, aged 49, or thereabouts.
9 In the will-office, near to S. Paul's cath. in Reg. Russel,
part. 1.
Vol. H.
[From Hayniaii's Quodlibets.
14. IVhy there are so few Hospitals built.
Irus hath will, but wants good meanes to do it.
Croesus hath meanes, but wants a will vnto it.
22. To a Pardon-Byer.
The pope giues thee a sweeping indulgence,
But thou must giue him good store of tliy pence:
So my lord mayor giues spoones all guilded
o're,
Receiues for each foure or fiue pounds there-
fore."
26. How and whereof to test. ^
lest fairely, freely ; but exempt from it
Men's misery, state businesse, holy writ.
35. To Sir Pierce Penny-lesse.
Though little coyne thy purse-less pocket lyne,
Yet with great company thou art ta'en vp.
For often with duke Humfrey thou dost dyne..
And often with sir Thomas Gresham sup.*]
WILLIAM SUTTON, a citizen's son, was
born in London, sent by his relations from Mer-
chant-Taylor's school to Ch. Ch. in 1578, aged
15, or thereabouts, took the degrees in arts, en-
tred into the sacred function, and in the year
1592 was admitted to the reading of the sentences;
about which time he was parson of Blandford St.
Mary in Dorsetshire, and vicar of Sturminster-
Marshal in the same county .J He was a very
learned man, an excellent orator, Latinist, Gre-
cian, and preacher. He had a well-furnish'd li-
brary, wrote much, but ordered his son to print
nothing after his death. All that was made public
in his lifetime, was only this.
The Fulshood of the chief Grounds of the Romish
Religion, descried and convinced in a brief Answer
to certain Motives sent by a Priest to a Gentleman
to induce him to turn Papist. — Wliich book steal-
ing into the press, and coming out full of faults,
his son Will. Sutton, bach, of div. of Ch. Ch.
corrected and reprinted it after his father's death.
Lond. 1635, in oct. or tw. [Bodl. 8vo. P. 223.
Th.] He finished his course about the latter
end of Octob. in sixteen hundred thirty and two,
and was buried in the church of Blandford St.
Mary before-mentioned. I have been informed
that other things of our author Will. Sutton were
published after his death, but such I have not yet
seen.
' [Every lord maior of London doth yeerly giue a guilded
spoon to most of his company, and at a solemn feast, each
guest giues him 4 or 5 Z. or more towards his charge.]
' [He walks out his dinner in Pauls, and his supper in the
Excha~ge.]
' [He was instituted to .Sturminster or Stourmintter-Mar-
shal, in 1383. Hutchins's iJowe/jAjr;, by Gough, vol. iii,
p. 44.]
« N
1<532.
547
lUDEll.
JOKDEN.
548
JOHN UIDEU received his first being in this
world at Carriiiglon iii Cheshire, applyed his
geny to academical studies in Jesus coll. an. 1576,
took the degrees in arts as a member tliercof, and
after he ha«f remained some years in the univer-
sity in the instruction of youths in grammar, be-
came minister of S. Mary Magd. at Bermondsey
near to London, afterwards rector of the rich
church of Winwick in Lancashire, archdeacon of
Mcath in Ireland, dean of St. Patrick's church
near to Dublin, and at length bishop of Killaloe,
an l6l'i, where he was much respected and reve-
renced for his religion and learning. While he
remained in Oxon he composed,
A Dictionary English and Latin; and Lat. and
Engl. Oxon. 1 J89, in a laree thick qu. It was the
first dictionary that had the English before the
Latin;' (epitomizing the learnedst and choicest
dictionaries that were then extant,) and was be-
held as the best that was then in use. But that
part of it which had the Latin before the English,
was swallowed up by the greater attempts of
Franc, llolyoake, who saith that he designed find
contrived it so, before the vocabularies or dic-
tionaries of Becman, Funger, and Martin came
out ; notwithstanding it appears that he was be-
holding to them, and made use of their materials
in his dictionary that he published, an. 1606.
Besides the said dictionary our author Rider hath
also written,
. A Letter concerning the News out of Ireland,
and of the Spaniard's Landing, and present
State there. Lond. 1601, qu. And having had
controversies w^ith one Hen. Fitz-Simons, a
learned Jesuit of Ireland, published a book en-
titled.
Claim of Antiquity in behalf of the Protestant
Religion. — When this was printed I know not.
The confutation of it, I am sure, with a reply to
Rider's Rescript or Postscript, written by the
said Fitz-Simons, were printed at Roan in Nor-
mandy, an. 1608, qu. [Bodl. 4to. F. 24. Th.] as
I shall tell you under the year 1643. He also
(Rider) published other matters;'' which having
been printed in Ireland, and therefore few or none
of them come into these parts, I cannot give you
the titles of them. He departed this mortal life
[578] on the twelfth day of Nov. in sixteen hundred
iC38. thirty and two, and was buried at Killaloe, in the
cathedral church there dedicated to the memory
' [Wood was mistaken in this case, if he meaneth, that
Rider's Dictionary was the first which consisted of an Eng-
lish and I^tin part, as well as of the Latin and English ;
though so far as I can find Rider's Dictionary was the first
Latin dictionary, in which the English part was placed at the
beginning of the book, before the Latiu part. Ainsworth,
ia/. Dic<. page X. edit 174C.]
♦ [I have an old printed book In 12mo. thus titled; Conso-
lalonum timorate Consrientie venerabilis Pratris Johannis
Jfyder Sacre Theologic Professoris fximii, de Ordine Predi-
catorum. No date or place, the title being lost. Colr.J
of S. Flannan, leaving behind him the character
of a learned and religious prelate.
[1580, 14 Sept. Joh. Rider, cl'icus, ad eccl. de
Waterstock, dioc. Oxon. ad pres. Ed. Cave de
Bampton, armig. Resignat 1581. Reg. Grindall,
ar'epi Cant.
1583, 21 Nov. Joh. Rider, A.M. admiss. ad
eccl. de South wokindon, per resign. Rob. Hamp-
ston ; ad pres. reginae. Reg. Ailmer, ep'i
Lond.
1590, 31 Aug. Geo. Drywoode, S.T, B. ad-
miss. ad eccl'iam de Southwokindon per resign.
Joh. Ryder. Reg. Ailmer.
John Rider was presented by Will. E. of Derby
to the rectory of Winwick, on the death of
Cadwell, late incumbent, bQ Eliz.
Mr. Rider took a dispensation from the arch-
bishop, which was the same day (i.e. 4 July 1612,
10 Jac.) confirmed by the king unto him, as no-
minate bishop of Killalowe, ' retinere in com-
menda,' his said benefice with the said bishoprick
' quoad vixerit et prefuerit.'
On the 5th Jul}' 16 12, his majestic under the
signet nominated him bishop of Killalowe, the
Irish bishops having no other election.
11 Aug. 1615, Mr. Rider made a renuntiation
of his commenda, and on the day following did
acknowledge his resignation before a master of
the chancery. Upon which the king presented
Mr. Josiah Horn. Case of the Church of' Win-
zcick. MS. Ken NET.]
EDWARD JORDEN, a learned, candid, and
sober physician of his time, was born at High-
Halden in Kent, and educated for -a time, as it
seems, among several of his countrymen in Hart-
hall, where some of his sirname did about that
time study, but whether he took a degree here, it
appears not. Afterwards, designing physic his
profession, he travelled beyond the seas, spent
some time at Padua, where he took the degree of
doctor of that faculty, and upon his return prac-
tised in London, and became one of the coll. of
physicians there. Afterwards he settled in the city
of Bath, where practising with good success, had
the applause of the learned, respect from the rich,
prayers from the poor, and the love of all. He
hath written,
A brief Discourse of a Disease called the Suffo-
cation oj the Mother, [written upon Occasion which
hath beene of late taken therehi/, to suspect Posses-
sions of an euil Spirit, or some such like super-
naturall Pozcer. Wherein is declared that divers
strange Actions and Passions of the Body of Man,
which in the common Opinion, are imputed to the
Deuill, haue their true naturall Causes, and do ac-
companie this Disease.'}^ Lond. l603. qu. [Bodl.
4to. A. 14. Med ]
' [Dr. Mcric Casaubon in his preface to A true and faithful
Relation of what pasted for many I'ears between Dr. John
549
JOIIDEN.
550
t632-3
Discourse of Natural Baths and Mineral Wa-
ters— Twice printed; " once* Lond. 1631, qu."
Which being revised and corrected by Tliomas
Giiidott bach, of pl>3's. of Wadh. coll. and a ])rac-
titioner in the city of Balh, he pubiislicd it a third
time at Lond. 1669, in oct.' To which he added
an appendix containing, A Treatise concerning the
Bath, wherein the Aniifjuity both of the Baths and
the Citu is discoursed, &c. Or. Jorden died
about the seventh day of January in sixteen hun-
dred thirty and two, aged 63, and was buried in
the south isle joining to the great churcli witliin
the city of Balh, dedicated to S. Peter and S.
Paul. He had a natural inclination to mineral*
works, and was at great charges about the order-
ing of alium, which succeeding not according to
expectation, he was thereby much prejudiced in his
estate, as it appears in the 7th chap, of "Nat. Baths
and Mineral Waters, wherein 'tis said that allum
was the greatest debtor he had, and he the greatest
benefactor to it, as he could make it appear, when
lie thought fit to publish the artifice thereof.
{Dr. Guidot, in his preface to the Natural Baths
<tnd Mineral Waters, records the following parti-
culars of our author, which are here given in the
reiater's own words : — ' I understand he was a
gentleman of a good family, and being a younger
brother, was by his father designed for a profes-
sion, for which when he had accomplish'd himself
by a convenient course of studies in his own coun-
try (I think at Oxford) travelled abroad to see the
manners and customs of the universities beyond
sea, and having spent some time there, especially
at Padua, (where he took his degree of doctor of
physick) returned home, became an eminently
solid and rational philosopher and physician, and
one of that famous and learned society, the king's
colledge of physitians there. In his travels
undertaking, in the company of some zealous Je-
suits, the defence of the Protestant religion, he
so much troubled their patience, that they resolved
to terminate that dispute of his in a perpetual si-
lence, which they had effected, had not his coun-
tryman, one of the number, but more mercifull
then-'the rest, (by awaking him out of his natural
sleep, preventing the sleep of death) informed him
of their design to be put in execution that night,
whereupon he presently withdrew, and left not
only tlie house, but the place, and escaped the
cruelty of these blood-thirsty religiosos, who,
shortly after his departure, brake open his door,
Dee and some Spirits. Lond. iCsp. (Sign. C 3.) says, that
this hook, in his time, was so rare, that many booksellers
would not believe such a volume existed, till, at length, he
procured a copy by accident.]
* [According to Guidot's preface, both editions came out
in the same year, viz. 1631.]
' (There was also a fourth edition with A Quaere concern-
ing Drinking Bath-Water at Bathe, resolved. 8vo. Lond.
1673. Bodl. 8vo. G. 31. Med.]
• See in A Dinourse of Balh, and the hot ff-'ateri there,
Ac. I.«nd. 1676. p. 166. written by Tho. Guidatt.
entered his chamber and approached his bed, with
a full resolution to have acted their execrable tra-
gedy. He was much respectetl by king James,
who committed the queen to liis care, wiien she
used to bathe, and gave him a grant of the profit
of his alhmi works, but upon the importunity of a
courtier, as 1 am informed, afterwards revoked it;
whereupon the doctor made his application to the
king, but could not prevail, though the king
seemed to be more then ordinarily sensible of hi«
condition. Wliilsthc practised in London there
was one Anne Gunter troubled with such strange
and unusual symptomes, that she was generally
thought and reported by all that saw her to he
bewitch'd. King James hearing of it, sent for
her to London, and |)retending great pitty to iier,
told her, he woukl take care lor her relief, in
which thing he employed Dr. Jorden, who, upoQ
examination, reported to the king, that he thought
it was a cheat; and tincturing all she took with
harmless things, made her believe that she had
taken physick, by the use of which, she said, she
had found great benefit. The doctor acquainting
his majesty that he had given her nothing of a
medicinal nature, but only what did so appear to
the maid, and also, that though when he re-
peated the Lord's Pra^'er, and Creed in English,
she was much out of order, yet at the rehearsal oi"
the same in Latin she was not concern 'd, the king
was confirmed in what he had suspected before,
and the doctor had suggested. Whereupon the
king dealing very plainly with her, and command-
ing her to discover the truth unto him, the maid,
though at first very unwilling to disclose the
juggle, yet, upon the king's importunity and pro-
mise to her of making up what damage should
accrue from the discovery, confessed all, and his
majesty received from her own mouth this ac-
count:— That sometime before, there happened a
difference between a female neighbour of her fa-
ther's and himself, and having in his own appre-
hension no better way to be avenged of her then
this, impiously caused his daughter, on the re-
ceiving of the sacrament, to engage to imitate one
bewitched and ascribe it to tliat woman, which
she did, and acted this part in so exact and won-
derfull a manner, that she deceived all the coun-
try where she lived, who thought it to be a truth.
After which confession she was very quiet, and
the king giving her a portion, she was afterwards
married, being, by this subtle artifice, perfectly
cured of her mimical witchery. — His wife was a
gentlewoman of a name differing but in one letter
from his own, daughter to one Mr. Jordan, a
Wiltshire gentleman; which came to pass in this
matHier: — -The doctor being on a journey, be-
nighted onSalisbury plain, and knowing not which
way to ride, happened to meet a shepherd, of
whom he made enquiry W'hat places were near,
where he might have entertainment for that night,
the shepherd telling him there was no place near
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551
BARLOW.
EVANS.
552
enough for him conveniently to reach in any sea-
sonable time, the doctor asked, what gentleman
lived thereabouts; the shepherd replyed, there
was one Mr. Jordan, not far off, a man of good
auality and a great estate. Presently the doctor
ooking on this as a good omen) resolved on his
house, where he was so kindly entertained, and so
well accepted, that Mr. Jordan understanding him
to be a bachelor, bestowed his daughter on him,
Avith a considerable fortune. — After he had prac-
tised some time in London, he came hither, and
settled at Bathe, where living many years, his
conversation was so sweet, his carriage so oblig-
ing, and his life so answerable to the port and
dignity of the faculty he professed, that he had
the applause of the learned, the respect of the
rich, the prayers of the poor and the love of all. —
I hear but of four children he had that attained to
any maturity of age, (besides one who perished
by that, which, by the blessing of God, and the
assisting help of proper remedies, hath prolonged
the life of many — the Bath) two sons and as many
daughters. Edward, the elder, being an officer
in the unhappy design of the Lsle of Rhee, was
there unfortunately slain, making his colours he
managed, his winding sheet. The younger, Ben-
jamin, or rather Benoni, the son of his affliction,
a man more profuse and extravagant, desiring to
try his fortunes in the world, died in obscurity.
Elizabeth, his eldest daughter, was married to Mr.
Thomas Burford, an apothecary in Bath, and
mayor of that city; and Mary, his youngest
daug'hter, died in her virginity, before her father.
— Tne doctor also living a studious and sedentary
life, which might encourage his two grand dis-
tempers he laboured under, the stone and the
gout, in the same year in which this treatise « was
printed, to which he imparted his last breath, de-
parted this life in the great climacterical year of his
age 63, and our Saviour's nativity 163'2, leaving
behind him the name of a judicious, honest and
sober physitian, and the excellent example of a
pious Christian.']
JOHN BARLOW, a Cheshire man born, be-
came a student of Hart-hall in the year 1600, aged
19, or more, took one degree in arts 8 years after,
being then in orders and a curate. Afterwards,
upon an invitation, he was made minister of Ply-
mouth in Devonshire; where continuing to the
great liking of the inhabitants, yet notwithstand-
ing he left them, and went to Halifax in York-
shire, where, as it seems, he was a curate or lec-
turer. He hath published,
Various Sermons, as (1.) The Christian' i last
Dai/ is the best Day. On 1 Thes. 4. 18. Lond.
16f8, qu. [Bodl. N. N. 5. Th.] (2.) Hieioii's
last Farewel, preac/ied at Modbury in Detoiish.
• [A Discourse of natural Bathes and Mineral Wntrrs,
from the preface to which this account of Jurd»:ii i& taken.
Edit. Lond. I(>73, in 8to.]
at the Funeral of Sam. Hieron. On 2 Tim. 4. 7.
Lond. 1618, qu. [Bodl. N. N. 5. Th.] (3.) The
good Man's Refuge in Affliction. On Psal. 40.
18. Lond. 1618, qu. [Bodl. 4to. G. 46. Th.]
(4.) The true Guide to Glory; preached at Plymp-
ton-Mary in Devonsh. at the Funeral of the Lady
Strode of Newiiigham, Widow of Sir PVill. Strode.
On Psal. 73. 24. Lond. 1619, qu. [Bodl. 4to.
G. 46. Th.] (5.) The good Mart's Privilege. On
Rom. 8. 28. Lond. I6l8, qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 79.
Th.] (6.) Joi/ of the upright Man. On Psal. 97-
11. Lond. \6l9. qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 79. Th.]
/In Exposition on the second Epistle of S. Paul
to Timothy, thejirst Chapter. S^c. Lond. 1625, qu.
[Bodl. 4to. W. 31. Th.] To which was the Ex-
position of the second, and of other Parts of Scrip-
ture, added Lond. 1632, fol. Among several
records in the prerogative-office, I once saw the
last will ' and test, of one John Barlow clerk, of
Chiddingfield in Surrey, which was proved 26
May 1641, the testator having some weeks before
been dead, but whether this John Barlow be the
same with the former Joh. Barlow, who was the
writer, I cannot justly say, nor whether he be the
same with Joh. Barlow M. of arts, who in Sept.
1620 became prebendary of Wivelscomb in tne
church of Wells, on the resignation of Will. Bar-
low. The said Joh. Barlow of Chiddingfield doth
mention his brethren, Edward, Ralph, Laurence,
William, and Rob. Barlow.
"JOHN EVANS or Evance a Welch man
" born, but in what county I cannot tell, because
" there be so many of both his names and time,
" that have been bred in this university, that I
" eannot tell how to point him out, or say that
" this or that John Evans is the man. After he
" had continued some years in this university, he
" applied his mind to the study of astrology, and
" entring into holy orders obtained a cure in Staf-
" fordshire, at or near Enfield, as it seems, but
" whether he was master of arts, which my ' au-
" thor affirms, 1 cannot tell, unless he hatl taken
" that degree in Cambridge. Howsoever it is,
" sure I am, that after he had continued some
" years at his cure, he was in a manner enforced
" to fly for some offences very scandalous, com-
" mitted by him in those parts; for besides de-
" bauchery which was his chief crime, he gave
"judgment upon things lost, which as the said
" author saith, is the only shame of astrology.
" He was the most perfect saturnine person that
" ever was beheld He was of a middle stature,
" broad forehead, beetle-brow'd, thick shouldered,
" flat-nos'd, full lips, down-look'd, of black curl-
" ing stiff hair, and splay-footed. To give him
" his right, he had the most piercing judgment,
" naturally upon a figure of theft, and many other
' Fn 7?r^. Ih'cli/n qu. 54.
' Will. Lilly astrologer, in his own Life in manuscript,
in bibl. Kl. Ashmole, p. £1. 28.
Clar.
1(33V.
[579]
553
EVANS.
554
Clar.
1632.
[580]
" questions, as was by understanding men known;
" yet tor money lie would give ciuite contrary
"judgment. He was much addicted to de-
" bauchery, and when in drink he would be very
" abusive and ciuarrelsome, so that he would sel-
" dom be without a black-eye or one bruise or
" other. 'I'his is the same Evans who made
" many antiuionial cups, upon the sale of which
" he principally subsisted. He had done some
" acts above and beyond astrology, having been
" well vers'd in the nature of spirits, and had
" many times used the circular way of invocating,
" of which I shall anon give you one or more in-
" stances, and in the mean time tell you that he
" hath written and |)ublished,
" Several Almanacks and Prognosticons Two
" of them I have seen, one of which is for the
" year l6l3, and printed at Lond. in oct. It is
" dedicated with a Lat. epist. to the bishop of
" Worcester, and hath several good Lat. verses at
" the end upon the 12 signs, (ixed stars and pla-
" nets, &.C. I'he other is for the year 1625, printed
" also in oct. and hath this advertisement at the
" end. ' At my house, the Four Ashes in the pa-
" rish of Enfield within the county of Stafford are
" taught these arts, viz. to read and understand
" the English, Latin, Gr. and Hebrew, to know in
" a very short time ; also to write the running
" secretarj', set secretary, Roman, Italian and
" court hands; also arithmetick, and other mathe-
" matical sciences.' The first of the said Alma-
" nacks for 16 13 was composed to the latitude
" and meridian of the city of Worcester, but this
" for 1625 was composed to the latitude and me-
" rid. of Shrewsbury. For how many years the
" successions of his prognosticons lasted I cannot
" tell, because I have only seen the said two.
" After he was forced from his place, he with his
" family retired to London, setled first in the Mi-
" nories near Aldgate, and afterwards in Gun-
" powder-Alley in London; to which last William
" Lilly being directed, found him out in 1632,
" and after some compliments had piiss'd between
" them, Evans was content to instruct Lilly in
" astrology, and in 7 or 8 weeks time he could
" set a figure perfectly : Afterwards by great in-
" dustry, temperance and observation, and espe-
" cially with the great variety of books which
" Lilly bought from the library of Bedewell,' who
" died about that time, he grew in time very emi-
" nent, and was accounted by many during the
" times of usurpation, the best astrologer that
" was then in England. What became of Joh.
" Evans afterwards, I know not, nor any thing of
" his end, because he lived in several places, and
" in an obscure condition. Now as far as those
" instances of invocating which I have mention'd
' N.B. That W.Lilly confounds this Will. Bedewell with
the more famous Will. Bedell who was chaplain to sir Hen.
Wotton, and an assistant to Petro Soavo Polano in composing
-and writing the History of the Council of Trtnt.
before, I shall here set them down according to
the information * of the said Lilly. There was
in Staffordshire a young gentlewoman, that had,
for her preferment, married an aged rich per-
son, who being desirous to purchase some lands
for the maintenance of his said wife, did at
length buy theui in the name of a gentleman
who was her dear friend, and for her use. After
the said aged man was dead, the young widow
could by no means procure the deed of purchase
from her friend the gentleman. Whereupon
she applied herself to our author Joh. Evans a
minister, who for the sum of 40 I. promised to
have the deed deliver'd into her hands. Evans
thereupon applied himself to the invocation of
the angel Salmon, of the nature of Mars, read
his litany in the common praj'er book every
day at select hours, wore his surplice and lived
orderly all the time. At the fortnight's end
Salmon appeared, and having received his com-
mands what to do, did in a little time after re-
turn with the very deed, and laid it gently upon
a table, where a white cloth was spread, and
then being dismiss'd, vanish'd. The deed was,
by the gentleman who had kept it, placed
among other of his evidences in a large wooden
chest, and in a chamber at one end of his house;
but upon Salmon's removing and bringing away
the deed, all that bay of building was quite
blown down, and all his own proper evidences
torn all to pieces. The other instance is this :
While the said Evans liv'd in the Minories,
which was in 1630 or 31, he was desired by one
who called himself lord Bothwell, and sir Ke-
nelm Uigby to shew them a spirit. He pro-
mised them so to do; and when they were all
in the body of the circle which he had made,
Evans upon a sudden, after some time of invo-
cation, was taken out of the room and carried
into the field near Battersea causey, close to the
Thames. Next morning a countryman going
by to his labour, and espying a man in black
cloaths, came unto him, awakened and ask'd
him how he came there. Evans by this under-
stood his own condition, enquired where he was,
how far from London, and in what parish; which
when he understood, he told the labourer he
had been late at Battersea the night before, and
by chance was left there by his friends. The
L. Bothwell, and sir K. Digby, who went home
without any harm, came next day to the house
of Evans to know what was become of him ; and
just as they came into the house in the after-
noon, a messenger came from Evans to his wife
to come to him at Battersea; which she did,
and conveyed him home. This story being
told by Evans to Will. Lilly, Lilly thereupon
enquired upon what account the spirits carried
him away .'' To which Evans made answer, that
♦ lb. in the Life of W. Lilly, p. S2, &c.
555
GODWIN.
556
" ' he did not at the time of his invocation make
" any suffumigation, at which the spirits were
" vexed.' In the Minories also liv'd another
" Evans, whom Lilly said did far exceed histutor
" in astrology and all other occult learnmg:
" And being questioned for his life when sir Hen.
" i^Iountague was L. ch. justice of the King's-
" Bench about 16 1 6, he was found guilty by a
»' peevish jurv; but petitioning K.. lames I. by a
" Greek petition, (in which language he was well
" vers'd) the king said, ' By my soul this man
" shall not die, I think he is a better Grecian than
" anv of my bishops;' so his life was soared. Af-
" terwardslhe house wherein he livect being new
" model'd, were the secret manuscripts of this
" Evans found under a window, with two molds
" in brass, one of a man, another of a woman:
" which molds and books being bought by Will.
" Lilly for an inconsiderable price, because the
-" seller did not understand tlicm, he did very
" much improve his knowledge by them, and
" gain'd what he sought after." The secrets were
" in an imperfect Greek character, but after he
" had found the vowels, all the rest were presently
*' clear enough."
FRANCIS GODWIN, a passing great lover
of venerable antiquity and of all good literature,
son of Thom. Godwin D. D. souietiuies bishop of
[581] B. and Wells, was born at Hannington in North-
amptonshire, 4 of Q. Elizabeth, elected student
of Ch. Ch. in 1578, took the degrees in arts, holy
orders, and became rector of Samford Orcais in
Somersetshire, prebendary of S. Decuman in the
church of W^ells, residentiary there, and viear of
\Veston in Zoyland in the same county; which
hist he resigning;, became vicar of Bishops Lidiard
in 1395, being ttien sub-dean of Exeter, and about
that time doctor of divinity. In the year 1601,
lie was nominated to the see of Landuft' by Q.
Elizabeth, to which being consecrated 22 Nov.
the same year, sate there about 1 6 years, being a
bishoprick rather proportioned to his modesty
than merits, because much impaired by one of
his predecessors named Anth. Kitchin alias Dun-
slan,5 whom I shall elsewhere mention; and
therefore had liberty allowed to him to keep one of
his dignities in commendam with it, and to take
upon him the rectory of Kinmton-Seymour in
the dioc. of Wells. Afterwards for the respect
that K. James had for him and his learning, he
gave him the bishoprick of Hereford, to which he
was translated the tenth, and confirmed the 28 of
Nov. an. 1617, and kept it to his dying day. He
was a good man, a grave divine, skilful mathema-
tician, excellent philosopher, pure Latinist, and in-
comparable historian, being no less critical in
histories than the learned Selden. A person also
he was so celebrated by many in his time, whether at
' [Whereupon it was said, a bad kitchen did for ever spoil
the good meat of the bishops of LandafF.]
home or beyond the seas, that his memory cannot
otherwise but be precious in succeeding ages, for
his indefatigable pains and travel in collecting the
succession of all the bishops of England and
Wales, since the first planting of the gospel among
the Christians, not pretermitting such of the Bri-
tish church, or any that have been remembred by
tile care and diligence of preceding writers, or
had been kept in memory in any old monument
or record. But as he hath in those his infinite
labours endeavoured, out of a puritanical pique,
to bring a scandal on the ancient Cath. bishops,
and to advance the credit of those that were mar-
ried since the reformation (he being one of that
number) for the credit of the Protest, cause ; so
comes one afterwards, by name W. Prynne, " a
" crop-ear'd and stigmatiz'd presbyterian," the
most inveterate enemy to the bishops that ever
appeared in our horizon, who thence, from his la-
bours) takes all * advantages, whether truth or
not truth, to raise arguments against, or bring a
scandal upon, the prelatical function. Take heed
therefore of being partial, lest others light candles
from your torch, and thereby in the end, you lend
a helping hand for the cutting your own throat.
But to return : to give therefore our author God-
win a farther character (as I have received it from
his ' son) he was esteemed a good preacher and a
strict liver, but so much employed in his studies
and matters of religion, that he was as 'twere a
stranger to the world and the things thereof. Hi*
works are these,
Concio Lat. in Luc. 5. 3. Printfcd I6OI. qu.
yj Catalogue of the Bishops of England, since
the first Planting of Christian Religion in this
Island, together with a brief History of' their Lives
' and memorable Actions, so near as can be gathered
out of Jntiquiti/. Lond. \&d\. qu. in an English
character. For the writing of which, Q. Eliza-
beth immediately preferr'd nim to the bishoprick
of Landaft". But this book being imperfect, for
therein are omitted the bishops of Bangor, S.
Asaph, &c. the author came out with another
edition, with many additions, an. I6l5. qu. [Bodl.
4to. G. 8. Th. Seld.] and thereunto joyned.
A Discourse concerning the first Conversion of
this Island of Britain unto the Christian Religion.
which is set before it, and a
Discourse concerning such Englishmen, as have
either been, or in our Histories reputed, Cardinals
of the Church of Rome which is put at the end
of it. But this edition of lGl5, with the said two
additional discourses, being very full of faults,
and not to be endured by any ordinary reader, he
put them forthwith into Latin, entitling them
De Prasulibus Anglia Commentarius,* &c. Lond.
« In his Anlipalliy of the English Lordly Prelacy, &c.
Lond. lf)41. qii.
1 Char. Godwin M. A. and minister of Monmouth.
» [Of this book an excellent edition was put forth by Wil-
liam Richardson, master of Emanuel collie, Cambridge.
Printed in folio, at Cambr. 1743. Of the early editions, there
i
[582]
557
GODWIN.
558
lGl6. qu. [Bodl. 4to. G. 42. Art.] The reader is
now to understand, that after the first edition of
the said Cata/vgue of' Bishops came out, in 1601,
«ir Jolin Harington " of Kelston near the city of
Bath, son of John Harington of the said place
esquire, (who dying near to the hishop's pahice
of, and in, London, 1 Jul. 1582, was buried in the
church of S. Gregory near to Paul's cathetrt-al)
and he the son ot Alex. Harington, descended
from a younger brother of the Hariiigtons of
Bricrlcy in Yorkshire : I say that the said sir John
Harington sometimes an Eaton scholar, and after-
warils M. of arts of Camb. being minded to
obtain tiie favour of prince Henry, wrote a dis-
course for his private use entit. A brief Fiete of
the State of the Church of England, as it stood in
Qm. Eiizabeth's and King James's lieign, to the
Year 1608, 8cc. This book is no more than a
character and history of the bishops of those
times, and was written to the said prince Henry,
as an additional supply to the before-mention'd
Catalogue of Bishops of Dr. Fr. Godwin, upon
occasion of that proverb,
' Henry the eighth pulled down monks and
their cells.
Henry the ninth shall pull down bishops and
their bells.'
In the said book the author Harington doth,
by imitating his godmother Qu. Elizabeth, shew
himself a great enemy to married bishops, espe-
cially to such that had been married twice, and
many things therein are said of them, that were
by no means fit to be published, being, as I have
told you before, written only for private use.
But so it was, that the book coming into the
hands of one John Chetwind, (grandson by a
daughter to the author,) a person deeply princi-
pled in presbyterian tenets, he did, when the
press was open, print it at London 1653, in oct.
And no sooner was it published, and came into the
hands of many, but 'twas exceedingly clamour'd
at by the loyal and orthodox clergy, condemning
him much that published it. The truth is, that
tho' it did not give offence so much as sir An-
arc a vast number of copies, with MS. notes, among the col-
lections of Rawlinson and Gough, in the Bodleian.]
' [An. 1.^77, 8. Conceditur Jo. Harryngton, quia filius
nobilis, ut studium in dialecticis ct philosophia trium anno-
rum, in quibus Icctioncs &c. sufiiciat ei ad respondendum
qujEstinni. Reg' r Acad Cant.
Jo. Harrington coll. Regal, senior hujus anni.
Jo. Harrington coll. Regal. A. M. an. 1581. Baker.
Of Harington see Peck's Desiderata Curiosa, vol. i. lib. 6.
p. 13., and tiie last page of the preface to his Orlando Furioso,
printed in 1591.
One John Harryngton translated out of the French, Cicero
De Amicitia, with this title: The Booke of Frcendeship of
Marcus Tultie Cicero. Printed hy Thomas Powell in Ftete-
slreete, 1562, in 24nio. with a dedication to Katherine duches
of Suffolke, and tells her that while he was in prison, having
opportunity by skilful prisoners to instruct him and plenty of
books to learn the language, he apphed himself to it, and
seems to say that he understood not Latin, penes me.
Cole.] \
thony Weldons's book entit. The Court and Cha^
racier of K. Jtimes, which was publislicd three
years before, yet it was exceedingly pleasing to
the presbyterians and other dissenters. And
tlierc is no' doubt, but that if it had come into the
hands of Pryiine before-mention'd, he would have
raked out many things thence, and aggravated
tliem to the higliest, to furnish his common-place
book, when he was about to publish The Jntijpa-
thi/ of the English Lordly Prelacy, <Sfc. Our
autiior Godwin wrote also,
Appendix ad Commentarium de Prasulibus An-
glice. Lond. 1621, 2'i. in two sh. in qu.
Rerum Aiiglicarum Henrico VIII. Edtcardo
VI. Sf Maria regnantibus, Annates. Lond. I616.
[Bodl. L. 4. lii. Art.] 1628. [Bodl. 4to. G. 11.
Art. BS.] 1630. in qu. and fol. Translated into
English by his son VIorgau Godwin bac. of arts
of Ch. Ch. afterwards bach, of the civil law of
Pembr. coll. master of the free-school at Newland
in Glocestershire, canon of Hereford and doctor
of his faculty. VV^hich English translation [is
dedicated to the lord Scudamore, and] hath been
several times printed. '
IVie Man m the Moon : or, a Discourse of a
Voyage thither. Lond. 1638 and 57. oct. written
while he was a student of Ch. Ch. under the
feigned name of Domingo Gozales, and published
some years after the author's death, by E. M. (of
Ch. Ch.) This book, (which hath before the
title of it the picture of a man taken up from the
top of a mountain, by an engine drawn up to the
moon by certain flying birds) was censured to be
as vain as the opinion of Copernicus, or the strange
discourses of the antipodes when first he.ird of.
Yet since by a more inquisitive search in unravel-
ling those intricacies, men of solid judgment;*
have since found out a way to pick up that which
may add a very considerable knowledge and ad-
vantage to posterity. Among which Dr. Wilkins,
sometimes bishop of Chester, composed by hints
thence given, (as 'tis thought) a learned piece
called, A Discovery of a Neio fVorld in the Moon.
Nuncius inanimatus. Utopiaa 1629. [Bodl.Svo.
U. 27. Art. Seld.] Lond. 1657. oct. Translated
into English, by Anon'' who entitles it The myste-
rious Messenger, unlocking the Secrets of' Men's
Hearts. Printed with The Man in the Moon.
Lond. 1657. oct. ill two sheets only. At length
after our author's many labours, wherein he aimed
mostly at the public, he was taken with a long
lingring disease, which bringing him to his desired
haven, in the beginning of the year (in Apr. as rrooi
it seems) sixteen hundred thirty and three, was igjj
buried in the chancel of his church of Whitborne,
(which, with the manor thereof, belongs to the
' [In 167.5 it was printed with lord Bacon's History of
Henry the Seventh, in tolio.]
' frhe Nuncius inanimatus was translated into English by
Dr. Tho. Smith of Magd. coll. Ox. Vid. praef. to Tho.
Otterbournc and Jo. VVhetharastede, by Hearoe, p. Ixxxiii.
CotB.]
f
559
HOLLAND.
560
bishops of Hereford) situate aiul bein<( about 14
miles distant from tiie said city. To the said see,
after his death, was elected J)r. William Juxoii,
but before lie was consecrated, he was translated
to London, as 1 shall tell you elsewhere. That
which I have forgot to let the reader know, is,
that whereas there goes under the name of the
bishop of Landaff, A Treatise on the blessed Sa-
crament, printed in oct. and one or more sermons
on the sixth psalm, they are not to be attributed
to Dr. Godwin, but to his predecessor, as I sup-
pose, in Landaff, called Gerv. Babington. Sed de
hoc qutere.
[Godwin was presented b}' lord keeper Egerton
to the rector}' ot Shere Newton, Monmouthshire,
July 26, 1603. Tannek.
As to a character of this bishop, says Willis, '
notwithstanding the freedom he takes with other
bishops' reputations, he was certainly a very great
Symoniak, omitted no opportunity in disposing of
hij preferments, in order to provide for his chil-
dren : However, though his issue is extinct in this
and Landaff diocese, yet will not his and their
actions be soon forgotten : In bishop Gibson's
Codex Ecclesiasticus, is some account of his selling
the chancellorship of Landafl' diocese, pag. 1020,
made a law president. In short, nothing is re-
ported to have fell in his gift, but what he sold or
disposed of, in regard to some son or daughter :
But this practice, 1 presume, had been so notori-
ous in queen Elizabeth's time, that it occasioned
her aversion to bishop's marriages, and their en-
deavours to raise families out of church revenues,
no doubt, encouraged her taking into her hands
bishop's estates in tier reign, and afterwards gave
occasion to the excellent statute of king James I.
against alienating or leasing of church lands ex-
cept on certain limitations.
Vertue engraved a head of Godwin in 1742,
set 51.]
HUGH HOLLAND, son of Rob. Holland
(by his wife the daughter of one Pain of Den-
bigh) son of Lewis Holland, son of Llewellin, son
of Griffith Holland of Vaerdre, by Gwervilla his
wife, daughter of Howell ap Madock, ap Jem,
ap Einion, was born at Denbigh, bred in West-
minster school, while Cambden taught there,
elected into Trinity coll. in Cambridge, an. 1389,
of which he was afterwards fellow. Thence he
went to travel into Italy, and was at Rome, where
his over free discourse betrayed his prudence.
Thence he went to Jerusalem to do his devotions
to the holy sepulcher, and in his return touch'd
at Constantinople, where he received a reprimand
from the English ambassador, for the former
freedomof his tongue. At his return into Eng-
land, he retired to Oxon, spent some years there
as a sojourner for the sake of the public library,
» [Survey of Calhedralt, (Hereford) 525.]
■1
and, as I have been informed, had his lodging in
Bal. coll. which is partly the reason why l insert
him here. He is observed by a Cambridge*
man to have been no bad English, but an excel-
lent Latin poet, and by some thought worthy to
be mention'd by Spencer, Sidney and others, the
chiefest of our English poets. His works are
these.
Verses in Description of the chief
Cities of Europe.
Chronicle of Qit. Elizab. reign. ^ MSS
Life of Will. Cambden, Clureii-
ceaux K. of Arms.
A Cypress Garland for the sacred Forehead of
the late Sovereign K. James. Lond. 1625, a
poem; and other things which I have not yet
seen ; but he was not the author of the Appendix
to the Commentary of Engl. Bishops, as one ^ or
more think. He died within the city of West-
minster, (having always been in animo Catholicus)
in sixteen hundred thirty and three ; whereupon
his body was buried in the abby church ot S.
Peter there, near to the door entring into the
monuments, or the door thro' which people enter
to see the monuments, on the three and twentieth
day of July in the same year. I have seen a
copy of his epitaph made by himself, wherein
he is stiled * niiserimus peccator, musarum 8c
amicitiarum cultor sanctissimus,'&c. and another
made by a second pei'son, which for brevity sake
I now pass by. In my searches I find one Hugh
Holland to have been admitted bac. of arts with
Tho. Worthington, (afterwards a Jesuit) in Mich,
term, an. 1570, and another Hugh Holland an
esquire's son of Denbighshire to be matriculated
as a member of Bal. coll. an. 1582, aged 24, with
others of that sirnanie of the same house, but
whether any of them were authors, I cannot yet
tell, or whether the last was the same with the
poet. Qu.
[Holland prefixed the following lines to the
first folio edition of Shakspeare's Plays.
' Upon the lines and life of the famous scenick
Poet, Master William Shakspeare.
Those hands which you so clapp'd go now
and wring.
You Britain's brave ; for done are Shakspeare's
days
His days are done that made the dainty plays,
Which made the Globe of heaven and earth
to ring :
Dry'd is that vein, dry'd .is the Thespian
spring,
Turn'd ail to tears, and Phoebus clouds his rays j
That corpse, that coffin, now bestick those bays.
Which crown'd him poet first, then poet's
king.
♦ Tho. Fuller, in his Worthies of England, in Wales p. l6»
• Idem in London, p. 207. in marg.
1
i
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I
561
ABBOT.
5m
It' tragedies might any prologue have,
All those he made would scarce make one to
this;
When fame, now that he gone is to the grave,
(Death's publick tiring-house) the uuntius
is:
For, though his line of life went soon ahout,
The life yet of his lines shall never out.
Hugh Holland.]
GEORGE ABBOT, younger brother to Rob.
Abbot, whom I have mention'd under the year
1617, was born in the same town and house where
Robert was, bred also in the same school, under
Mr. Franc. Taylor, entred a student in Bal. coll.
1578, aged 16 or thereabouts, elected probationer-
fellow thereof, 29 Nov. 1583, being then bach, of
arts ; and afterwards proceeding in that faculty,
he entred into holy orders, and became a cele-
[•584] bratcd preacher in the university. In 1597 he
was licensed to proceed in divinity, [as doctor
of that faculty] and in the same year being
elected master of University coll. gave up all
right that he had to his fellowship, in the latter
end of 1599' he was made dean of Winchester
in the place of Dr. Martin Heton promoted to
the see of Ely : Which dignity he keeping till
1609, succeeded then Dr. Thorn. Morton dean
of Glocester. " He was one of those appointed
** by K. James I. to translate part of the New
"Testament into English." On the third of
Dec. 1609, [being then chaplain to the earl of
Dunbar, the great favourite of king James] he
■was consecrated bishop of Lichfield and Coventry,
and had restitution " of the temporalities belong-
ing thereunto, made to him on the 29 of the same
month. In Febr. following* he was translated^
to London, and being elected soon after to the
see of Canterbury, had the king's' consent to
it, 29 March iGlO. On the 9 of Apr. 16I 1, ' he
was [by means of the earl of Dunbar] translated
to the said see of Canterbury, and on the 4 of
May following had restitution^ made to him of
the temporalities belonging thereunto. On the
23 of June ensuing he was ^ sworn a member of
his majesty's privy-council, and accordingly took
his place. So that he having never been rector
or vicar of a parish, and so consequently was in a
manner ignorant of the trouble that attended tlie
ministers of God's word, was the cause (as some
think) why he was harsh to them, and why he
•hew'd more respect to a cloak, than a cassock.
• [March 6. Le Neve's Fasti, 289.]
' Pat. 7. •
Jac. 1. p. 4.
' [He was elected to tliis see January 5, and confirmed the
20th of the same month. Le Neve, Lives of ProUslant
Bishops, 1720, p. yi.]
9 Pat. 9, Jac. 1. p. 29.
' Cambden in Annal. R. Jac. 1. MS. sub. an. I6II.
* lb. in Pat. 9. Jac. 1. p. 43.
' lb. in Cambd. in Annal. Reg, Jac. 1. sub. eod. an.
Vol. 11.
He was a person pious and grave, and exemplary
in his life and conversation. He was also a
learned man, and had his erudition all of the old
stamp. He was stiffly principled in the doctrine
of .S. Augustine, which they who understand it
not call Calvinism, and tiierefore disrelish'd by
them who incline to the Massilian and Arminian
tenets. Those that well remember him have said,
that tho' he was a plausible preacher, yet hi»
brother Robert was a greater scholar, and tho' an
able statesman, yet Robert was a deeper divinei
The things that he hath written are these, which
shew him to be a man of parts, learning, vigi-
lancy, and unwearied study, tho' overwhelm'd
with business.
Quastiones sex, totidem Pralectionibus in Schold
Theologica Oxonm, pro Formd hahitis, discussft if
disceptate, An. 1597 ; in quibus, i Sacra Scriplura
(Sf Patribus, quid statuendum sit, dejiniiur. Oxon.
1598, qu. [Bodl. 4to. A. 7- Th.] Francof. ]6l6,
qu. which last edition was published by Abrah.
Scultetus.
Exposition on the Prophet Jonah, contained ill
certain Sermons preached in S. Mary's Ch. in Oxon,
Lond. 1600, [Bodl. 4to. A. 80. Th.] and lGl3.
The Reasons which Dr. Hill hath brought for the
Upholding of Papistry, unmasked, and shewed to
be very weak, &c. 0.\on. l604, qu. [Bodl. 4to.
A. 9. Th.] Which book was in an answer to one
entit. J Qitartron of' Reasons of Cath. Religion,
with as many brief Answers of Refusal. Antw.
1600. qu. written by Tho. Hill, D. D. then living
at Phalcmpyne beyond the sea, who a little before
had left the church of England to embrace the
doctrine of that of Rome, tie was also answer'd
by Franc. Dillingham bac. of div. of Cambridge,
in a book entit. A Qitartron of Reasons composed by
Dr. Hill unquartered, and proved a Quartron of
Follies. Cambridge 1603, qu.
Preface to the Examination of George Sprot.
London I6O8, qu. [Bodl. 4to. A. 52. Th!]
Sermon at IVestminster 26 May I6O8, at the
Funeral Solemnities of Thomas Earl of Dorset
Lord High Treasurer of England : ^ On Isa. 40. 6.
London I6O8, qu. [Bodl. 4to. K. 1. Th.]
Brief Description of the whole World. Lond.
1617, qu. the 9th edition. Other editions in oct.
followed, [one Lond. 1664. Bodl. 8vo. S. 170.
Art.] and the book is commonly called Abbot's
Geography.
Treatise of perpetual Visibility, and Succession
of the true Church in all Ages. Lond. 1624, qu.
His name is not set to this book, only his arms
empaled by those belonging to the see of Canter-
bury are put before it; and 'tis generally reputed
to be his, and none but his.
♦ Hist of the Reign of K. Ch. I. by Ham. L'estrange—
Lond. 1656, p. 131.
' [Abbot was chaplain to the earl of Dorset.l
2 O
563
ABBOT.
564
[585] " His Narrative concerning his Disgrace at Court
" in 2 Parts, tcritlen 1627.— See Rushworth's
" Collections, vol. I. p. 434."*
History of the Massacre in the Valtoline. — At
the end of the third vol. of Joh. Fox, his book of
jicts and Mon. of the Church. Lond. 1631, 41,
&c.
His Judgment of bowing at the Name of Jesus.
Ham. 1632. oct.
" Letter to the jirchbishop of York, desiring him
" to put in practice the King's (James I.) Desires,
" that none should preach but in a religious Form,
" dated September the 4th 1622. Printed in 1642,
" Letter to Dr. Williams, Bishop of Lincoln,
" Lord Keeper, for the same Purpose. Printed
" 1642."
Several Speeches and Discourses in Parliament,
and elsewhere. — At length being found guilty* of
* [Printed in the first volume of Rushworth's Historical
Collections, l639, paee438. Having been long slighted at
court, through the dislike and conirivance of ihe duke of Buck-
ingham, he fell under the king's high displeasure for refusing
to licence Dr. Sibthorp's Sermon, as he was comniaiidcd,
entitled Apostolical Obedience. Not long after he was se-
questred from his ofHce, and a conimissiuit was granted to
the bishops of London, Durham, llochesler, Oxford, and
(Laud) the bishop of Bath and Wells, to c.Hccute archiepis-
copal jurisdiction. Then it was that Abbot, persecuted and
degraded, but not disgraced, penned the Narratioe 'yi%t men-
tioned, which does credit to his abilities, but above all to his
firmness and honesty. This jVana/ijie, which wasof so im-
courtly a nature, as may be conjectured, widened the breach,
yet notwithstanding, in 1628, he was seemingly restored to
the king's favour, for he was sent for to Whitehall, where he
was received from his barge by the archbishop of York, and
the earl of Dorset, and by them solemnly introduced to the
king, who gave him his hand with a particular countenance
of favour, bidding him not fail the council table twice a-
week. Le-Neve, from Echard's Hist, of England, ii. 7 1 .]
' [He was not only not found guilty, but ' clear'd from all
imputation of crime,' as appears from a special pardon, which
passing the seals, dated Nov. 22, lC2l. The following ex-
tract is from Le-Neve's Lives of Protestant Bishops, p. ()8.
• In the same year (l621) July 24, being hunting in' the
lord Zouch's park at Harringworth in Hantshirc, and shoot-
ing with a cross bow at a deer, his arrow by mischance
glanced, and killed a man, (his name was Peter Hawkins)
upon which it was much debated, whether by it he were not
become irregular, and ought to be deprived of his archiepis-
cop.il function, as having his hands imbrued (iho' a^jainst his
will) in blood. But Lancelot Andrews, bishop of Winches-
ter, standin" much in his defence, as likewise the king's ad-
vocate, sir Henry Martin, gave such reasons in mitigation of
the fact, that he was clear'd from all imputation of crime,
and thereupon adjudged regular, and in state to continue his
archiepiscopal charge; yet himself (out of a religious tender-
ness of mind) kept the day of the year in which the mis-
chance happened, with a solemn fast all his life after.
According to the foregoing judgment he had a special par-
don pasj'd the seals, dated Nov. 22, iC.'.'l, which may be
seen in Sanderson's continuation of Rymer's Fcedera, vol.
xvii. p. 337, 338, 339, 340.
This unfortunate accident was such a sensible affliction to
this pious man, that he retired to an alms-house of his own
building at Guilford in Surrey, there to mortify himself from
the enjoyment of worldly pleasures ; and when he was re-
•lorcd to his palace, he conferred a comfortable subsistence
upon the widow and children of the unhappily slain man.]
casual liomicide "on account of killing the keeper
" of Bramhiil park, A. D. 1621," (the particulars
of which are niention'd bv historians) he retired
for a time to Guildford in Sunev, the place of his
nativity, where he had erected an hospital for
men and women. Afterwards removing to Croy-
dcn, he gave way to fate, in his palace there, on
[Sunday] the fourth day of August, in sixteen i633.
hundred thirty and three, aged 71. Whereupon,
according to his desire, his bodv was buried in
the chapel of our Lady, within Trinity church in
Guildford. Over his grave was soon after built
a sumptuous altar, or table-monument, with his
proportion in pontificalia lying thereon, sup-
ported by six pillars of the Doric order, of black
marble standing on six pedestals of piled books,
with a large inscription thereon, beginning thus;
' Sacrum memoriaj iionoratiss, archipra;sulis,' &,c.
At the east end of the said mon. is another large
inscript. whicli begins also thus. ' .35ternai me-
morite sacrum ; Magni hie (hospes) hospitis mo-
numenta vidcs,' &c. Besides this Dr. George
Abbot, archbishop of Canterbur^^, I find another
of both his names to have been a writer also, but
later in time ; and author of The whole Book of
Job Paraphrased, &c. London 1640. qu. Dedi-
cated to his father-in-law, Will. Purefoy, esq; as
also of Findicice Sabbati, &c. — Lond. 1641. qu.
as I shall tell you farther in Tho. Broad, under
the year 1G3.5. And of Brief Notes upon the whole
Book of Psalms, Si.c. Lond. in qu. besides other
things. But whether this George Abbot was ever
of Oxford, I cannot as yet tell. A third George
Abbot 1 find to have been elected probationer
fellow of Merton coll. 1622, and admitted bach,
of the civil law in 1630, but he hath written no-
thing, and nothing else do I know of him only
that he was son of sir Maurice Abbot, sometimes
lord mayor of London, brother to Dr. Geo. Abbot,
archb. of Canterbury.
[Add to Abbot, The Copie of a Letter sent to
the Bishop of Oxford, sheuing the ^rave and
weight!/ Reasons which induced the King s Majestie
to prescribe those former Directions for Preachers.
Dated at Croydon, 4 Sept. 1622. Oxford, 1623,
4to. Rawlinson.
Of Abbot sufficient, perhaps, has already been
given, since his more particular history is so
easily referred to in various publications in the
hantls of every reader. I shall therefore only re-
capitulate the heads of his will, which bears date
July 25, 1632. To the poor at Lambeth, 30/.—
to the poor at Croydon, 20/. — all the books in the
great study, marked G. C, to his successors for
ever. Household to be kept together for one
month after his decease.— 200/. to be divided
among forty of his inferior servants at 5 1, each,
and at the latter end of the will, 200 /. more as an
addition to this legacy. — 40/. to supply any for-
fetfulness of his toward such as hati served him.
'o each of his gentlemen a gold ring of 40*. To
565
CARY.
566
1583]
the (lean and chapter of Canterbury 25 books
from his study at Croydon. To the dean and
chapter of Winchester, 25 more. I had a purpose
to have left some yearly revenue for the mainte-
nance of a conduit v^hich I built in the town of
Canterbury ;' but the mayor of that city and his
brethren, by the instigatioa of two or three per-
sons, have used me so unrcspectively and ungrate-
fully, that I have held it fit to alter that purpose.
Proved Oct. 5, 163,-3.
The best heads of Abbot are,
1. By Simon Pass, in 4to.
2. By Houbraken, in folio.
3. By Marshall, in 12mo.]
HENRY CARY, son of sir Edw. Gary of
Aldcnham and Berchamsted in Hertfordshire,
knight, master of the Jewel house to Q. Elizabeth
and K.James "(descended from the family of
" the Carry's in Devonshire, and of the Beauforts
" dukes of Somerset)" by Katherine his wife,
daughter of sir Hen. Knevet, knight, was born
in that county, and at about 16 years of age was
sent to obtain academical learning in this univer-
sity, particularly, as it seems, to E.xeter coll. where
by the help of a good tutor, and extraordinary
parts, he became a most accomplished gentle-
man. 'Tis said' that during his stay in the univer-
sity of Oxford, his chamber was the rendezvouz
•of all the qmincnt wits, divines, philosophers,
lawyers, historians, and politicians of that time,
but how true it is, seeing Henry was then a
young man and not graduated, 1 cannot in the
least perceive. Had those things been spoken of
Lucius Cary his son, wlio retired several times to,
and took commons in, Exeter coll. while his bro-
ther Lorenzo studied there in 1628 and after, I
should have rather believ'd it. But let the mat-
ter rest as 'tis : sure 1 am, that after Hen. Cary
had left the university where he had obtained a
celebrated name, he was introduced into the royal
court, was made knight of the Bath at the crea-
tion of Charles prince of Wales, comptroller of
his majesty's houshold 1617, one of his j)rivy
council, lord deputy of Ireland, an. 1622, and
about the same time viscount Falkland in Scot-
land, being then in much esteem by that king for
his great abilities and experience in state affairs.
He wrote several things, but not printed, and is
supposed to be autlior of,
The History of the mod unfortunate Prince K.
Edw. II. with choice political Observations on
him and his unhappy Favourites, Gaveston and
Spencer : containing several Passages of those Times
not found in other Historians. Lond. 1680. oct.
' [^Jacobs If'cll and Abbots Conduit paralleled, preached
and applied to the .vse nf the Cilic of Canterbury by James
Cleland, D. D. Lond. 16"2G, 4lo. On John 4. 6. With a
very neat engraving of the conduit, by way of frontispiece.
Bodl.4to. VV'.31.Th.]
» In the JVorl/iies of England, by Tho. Fuller.
Which book being found among the papers of
the said Henry vise. Falkland, was published
therefore as his, when the press was open for all
such books that could make <iny thing against the
then government, with a preface to the reader
patch'd up from very inconsiderable authors, by
sir Ja. H. as is supposed. The reader is to know
that in 1628 was published at Lond. in oct.
[Bodl. 8vo. S. 128. Th.] an historical poem,
entit. The deplorable Life and Death of Edward
the Second A . of England, together with the Down-
fal, &c. written by one Rich. Hubert: which
poem being printed without the knowledge of
the author, and so consequently full of faults,
and not according to his mind, a true copy was
printed at Lond. in the year following in oct.
bearing this title. The History of Edward II.
siniamed Carnarvon, one of our English Kings:
together with the fatal Downfal of his two unfor-
tunate Favourites, Gaveston and Spencer. Pub-
lished by the Author^ s own Copy, with the jiddition
of some other (JOservations both of Use and Orna-
ment, written by his elder Brother Sir Franc.
Hubert (or Hobert) Knight. [Bodl. 8vo. O. 34.
Th.] As for Henry lord Falkland he gave way to
fate, occasioned by the breaking of his leg on a
stand in Theobald's park, in Sept. or Octob. ia
sixteen hundred thirty and three, but where he
was buried, I cannot tell. He left behind him a
son named Lucius Cary, begotten on the body of
his wile Elizabeth, sole daughter and heir of sir
Laurence Tanlield L. chief baron of the exche-
quer, by whom he had the manor of Great Tew,
the priory, with the rectory and demesnes, of
Burford, in Oxfordshire, and other lands. Whe-
ther this Lucius was born at Burford, (as some
think he was,) the public register of that place,
which commences about the beginning of the
reign of K. Jam. L takes no notice of it : how-
ever that he was mostly imrsed there by a wet and
dry nurs^, the ancients of that town, who remem-
ber their names, have some years since informed
me. So that the place of his nativity being yet
doubtful to me, I must tell you that when his fa-
ther became lord deputy of Ireland, he carried
his son Lucius then a wild j'outh with him into
that country, where he caused him to be educated
in academical learning in Trinity coll. near to
Dublin,' and afterwards sent him to travel under
the tutelage and protection of a discreet person,
who making a very great reformation in him, as
to life, manners, and learning, Lucius had <?ver
after a great respect and veneration for him.
Upon his return he retired several times to Oxon
to enlarge that learning, which he had acquir'd,
as I shall anon tell you. His first years of reason
were spent in poetry and polite learning, into the
first of which he made divers plausible sallies,
' [In a letter to St. John's college, he owns and boasts
himself to have been a member of that society. Baker.
This letter is printed in the Knglish Life of Dr.Barwicis.]
20 a
1633.
567
CARY.
568
which caused him therefore to be admired by the
Joets of those times, particularly, first by Ben.
onson, who liath an epigram on him in his
Undertcood, in the second vol. of his works.
2. Bv Edni. Waller of Beaconsfield, who highly'
extolls his worth and admirable parts ; and,
3. By sir John Suckling, who afterwards brought
him into his poem, called, ^ The Session of Poets,
thus.
He was of late so gone with divinity.
That he had almost forgot his poetry,
Though to say the truth (and Apollo did know
He might have been both his priest and his poet.
Much about the time of his father's death, he
became one of the gent, of his majesty's privy
chamber, had frequent retirements to Great Tew,
and sometimes to Oxon (as he had done very fre-
quently before his marriage) for the company of,
and conversation with, leai'ned and witty men.
£587] Among whom were Will. Chillingworth of Tri-
nity coll. John Earle and Hugh Cressy of Merton
coll. George Aglionby of Ch. Ch. Charles Ga-
taker of Pembroke coll. (son of Thom. Gataker
of RedrifF or Redrith near to London,) who, I
think, was afterwards his chaplain, Thom. Triplet
a very witty man of Ch. Ch. and others. He had
also intimate acquaintance with George Sandys
the poet, who usually lived at Caswell, near to
Whitney, in the house of sir Franc. Wenman,
who married his sister ; whose company was
usually frequented, when Lucius retired to his
house at Burford. In 1639, he was put in com-
mission for his majesty in the expedition against
the Scots, and upon his safe return thence, Abr.
Cowley, the prince of poets, and a great admirer
of him, hath an excellent ■• copy of verses, where-
in are several things honourably mentioned of
him and his learning. In the beginning of the
year 1640, he was chosen a member of the house
of commons, for Newport in the isle of Wight,
to serve in that parliament that began at West-
minster on the 13 of Apr. the same year, and again
for the same place for that parliament that began
there also 3 Nov. following : in which last he
shewed himself a great reformer of divers abuses,
and a stickler for the commons against the king's
prerogative, and bishops. But being taken off
from those proceedings by being made one of the
secretaries of state, he ever after adher'd to his
majesty, was with him at York in 1642, and had
a hand in most of those declarations published by
his majesty's special command in all places in
England, to shew the reason of his intentions
.' See in his Poems written on several Occasions. Lond.
1668. p. 81.
^ lo Fragmenta Aurea, or Poems. Lond. l648 oct.
p. 10.
♦ See more in hb fForht, printed at Lond. l678. fol.
pag,4.
and proceedings. Afterwards he was a constant
follower of his majesty, was with him at Edghill
fight, and afterwards at Oxon, where he dis-
charged his office with a great deal of prudence.
While he lived, and especially after his death, he
was esteemed by many a Socinian, (having been,
as 'tis said, strene;theRcd in that opinion by Chil-
lingworth,) and I know not what ; but one s that
knew him very well, doth (tho' a zealous Papist)
clear him from being guilty of any such matter,
and tells us withal, that he was the greatest or-
nament to our nation that the last age produced.
Another* also, who had been intimate with him,
saith, that he was the envy of this age, and will
be the wonder of the next, that he honoured and
served his Creator in the days of his youth, —
that he was not a candidate of atheism, &c. The
truth is, all that knew the said Lucius L. Falk-
land, were full}' possessed with opinions to the
contrary, and have usually said, that he was a
sincere Christian, that he always led a virtuous
Jife, and despised all worldly things in compari-
son of necessary divine truth, that he was a lover
of veracity and sincerity, and what not, for the
accomplishment of a religious man. As for his
parts, which speak him better than any elogy,
they were incomparable, and needed no supplie*
of industry. His answers were quick and sudden,
and tho' he had a great deal of true worth trea-
sured up in him, yet he had much of modesty
withal. So that all these things put together, (to
which more might be added,) his memory ought
to be precious, especially with such who have
any esteem for virtue, heroical fidelity to their
prince, or to incomparable learning. Among se-
veral things of his that are printed, are,
(1) .4 Speech in Parliament concerning Uni-
formitj/.
(2) Sp. concerning ill Counsellors ; both spoken
in 1640.
(3) Sp. about Ship-Money 5 Dec. 1640.
(4) Sp. concerning John Lord Finch, lately L.
Keeper, and the Judges.
(5) Sp. to the Lords of the upper House, after
the reading of the Ai tides against John L. I inch
14 Jan. 1640.
(6) Sp. concerning Lpiscopaci/ 9 Peb, 1640, the
beginning of which is, ' Mr. speaker, he is a
great stranger in Israel,' &c. Which Sp. is said'
by Dr. P. Heylin to be a bitter speech against the
bishops, upon which account it is much used
and ' quoted by the presbyterians. I have seen
another speech also entit. A Draught of a Speech
' Hugh or Sercn. Cressy in his Episl. Apologetical, printed
1674. §.7.
* Tho. Triplet in his epist. dedic. before the L. Falkland's
hooV Of Infallihility , printed l651.
^ In the Life ifArclib. Laud, and also in his Observations
on the Jlist. of K. Ch. I. written by Ham. L' estrange, printed
]658. p. l'J2.
• See Hen. Hickman's Justification of the Fathers and
Schoolmen, &c. Ox. lOiQ. sec. edit. p. 40, 41.
569
CARY.
570
[088] concerning Episcopacy, found among the L. Falk-
land's Papers since Ins Death, written with his
own Hand. Ox. lC44. in 1 sh. in qu. Tiie be-
ginning of which is, ' Mr. speaker, whosoever
desires tiiis total change,' &c. Also another thing
of his ' entit. A Discourse concerning Episcopacy,
Lond. lOtiO. qu. Published then 1 presume by
one who was not a friend to bishops, being the
same, I think, that was by Dr. Hey 1 in taken to
be a bitter speech against them. He hath also
written, J Discourse of the InfahilUty of the
Church of Rome, several times printed in
• Whereupon H"* " ^^P- Barlow saith, that G, Hol-
an answer to it " land, sometimes a scholar of Cam-
being made, the " bridge (now a Roman priest) did
lord came out « answer the lord Falkland's book
Pirst edir^'^' " ^^ Infallibilitate, which was re-
" plied upon by the said Falkland in
" tractatu posthumo, &(fatis incassumrelunctan-
" tibus) aeternum victuro." All published toge-
ther by Tho. Triplet, sometimes student of Ch.
Ch. afterwards D. of D. and prebendary of West-
minster, printed at London 1651. qu. with a dedi-
catory epistle before them. See more in Dr.
Hen. Hammond, under the year I66O. But be-
fore Triplet's edition, another was put out by
Anon, to which J. P. put a preface which is
omitted in that of Triplet. See more in Hugh
Cressy, under the year 1674. By this Discourse
of Jnfallibillity it is apparent that the L. Falkland
had framed a judgment, touching the R. Cath.
church out of certain Cath. writers, who repre-
sented it too disadvantagiously, and not with
such qualifications as the ch. herself has done.
He also wrote. An Answer to a Letter of Mr.
Walt. Mountague, who justifies his Change of lie-
ligion, An. 1635. printed at the end of his Dis-
course of Infallibility, An. 1651. [Bodl. 4to. F. 9.
Th. Seld.] and A Letter to Mr. Fr.M. An. 1636.
printed at the end of Five captious Questions, pro-
pounded by a Factor for the Papacy. Lond. 1673.
iu. As also a comedy called The Marriage Night.
lond. 1664. qu. [Bodl. 4to. A. 49. Art.] At
length this learned author being with his majesty
king Ch. L at Newbury in Berks, when he was
about to fight the rebels, he called for a clean
shirt in the morning before the encounter began ;
and being asked the reason for it, he answered
tiiat if he was slain in the battle they should not
find his body in foul linnen. Whereupon his
friends endeavouring to dissuade him from going
into the fight, as having no call to it, or that he
Tvas a military officer, he said he was weary of the
times and foresaw much misery to his own coun-
try, and did believe he should be out of it before
night. Lito the battle therefore he did go, not-
withstanding all persuasions to the contrary, and
was there slain,20 Sept. 1643, much lamented (as a
great parliamentarian 'saith) of all thatknewhim,
being a gentleman of great parts, ingenuity and
honour, courteous and just to all, and a passion-
ate promoter of all endeavours of peace betwixt
the king and parliament. Whether the church
of England lost a friend by his death, some have
doubted : sure it is, learning it self had a loss, and
one of the greatest (as many clergymen have said)
that ever hapncd in that or the age before. " In
" the Genuine Remains of Dr. Barlow, Lond.
" 1673, page 324, the lord Falkland is said to be
" a person of great wit, conspicuous for his na-
" tural perfections, and that in his printed writ-
" ings there is an incomparable happy mixture of
" ihat great beautiful charming thing call'd wit.
" And Edward carl of Cliircndon'in liis Anintad-
" versions on Cressy's Book against Dr. Stilling-
"fieet, mentions the lord Falkland to be a noble-
" man of most prodigious learning, of the most
" excjnplary manners and singular good nature,
" of the most unblemish'd integrity, and the
" greatest ornament of the nation that any age
" hath produced." His body was conveyed to
Oxon, and afterwards to Great Tew befoie-men-
tion'd, where it was buried in the church without
being carried into his house there. Over his
grave, tho' there be not yet any memory extant,
yet sir Franc. Wortly of Wortly in Yorkshire,
knight and baronet, an admirer of his virtues .nnd
lcarning,whostileshim 'Musarum militumtjue pa-
tronus,' hath bestowed an epitaph and an elegy
on him, in his book entit. Characters and Elegies,
printed 1646. in qu. His j)erson was little and of
no great strength, his hair blackish and somewhat
flaggy, and his eye black and quick. He left
behind him a most disconsolate widow named [589]
Leiice, the daughter of sir Rich. Morison of
Tooley-Park in Leicestershire, knight, the most
devout, pious, and virtuous woman of the time
she lived in, who dying about the 35th year of
her age, was buried by her husband, in Feb. 1646.
Soon after was composed a book by one John
Duncan, a sequestred divine, entit. The Returns
of spiritual Comfort and Grief in a devout Soul.
Represented (by intercourse of Letters) to the right
honourable the Lady Letice Vi-countess Falkland,
in her Life time: And exemplified in the holy Life
and Death of the said honourable Lady,Si.c. Lond.
1648. Sec. oct. To the said Jbook, "if it may be
had, I refer the reader, wherein he may soon
perceive the unspeakable piety of the woman, and
the great command of her pen. " What is men-
" tioned in archbishop Laud's account of his pro-
" vince to the king for 1637- p. 545. probably
" relates to another lady Falkland, perhaps to
" her lord's mother. This Summer (1637) the
" lady Falkland and her company came as pil-
" grims to saint Winifrid's well ; they were the
' [lie has likewise wrote 3 letters concerning the present
times, &c. primed at Oxford, l643, 4to. Baker.]
» Bulstrode Whiilock in hU Memorial) of English Affairs,
printed l682. p. 70. a.
571
CAREY.
FERRERS.
572
" more observ'd, because they travell'd afoot, and
" did not dissemble their quahty and errand.
" Archbishop Laud coniplain'd to his majesty,
" that the order for her confinement should be
" put in execution, on which his majesty noted
" It is done." By her husband, Lucius L.
Falkland, she had several children, of which the
eldest named Lucius became a nobleman of Ch.
Ch. in the latter end of the year (in Lent time)
164(5, being then a young man of great hopes,
but died soon after at Paris, as I have heard. The
next was Henry, not educated in academical
Iciirning, but so exceeding wild and extravagant,
that he sold his father's incomparable library for
a horse and a mare, as I have been informed by
sir J. H. who married his widow. Afterwards he
took up, and prov'd a man of parts, (which might
have been much advantaged if he had submitted
himself to education) was elected one of the
knights for Oxfordshire, to serve in that parlia-
ment (called Richard's parliament,) that began at
Westminster 27 Jan. 1658. burgess for the city of
Oxen, for that (called the Healing parliament,)
which began 25 Apr. I66O, and a knight again
for the said county to serve in the parliament
that began in May in the year following; and at
length by his majesty's favour he was made about
that time lord lieutenant of Oxfordshire. He
died 2 Apr. 1663, aged 29 or thereabouts, and was
buried by the graves of his father and mother,
leaving then behind him issue (by Rachel his wife
dau. of sir Anth. Hungerford of Blackbourton in
Oxfordshire, knt.) a son named Anthony, now
L. Falkland, treasurer or pa^'master to the navy
during the reign of K. Jam. LI. a person of great
parts and worth; " who was sworn one of K.
«' William Ill's privy-council 17 March 169I, and
" was one of the five commissioners of the admi-
" ralty 1692-3. He died the next year, being
" then burgess for Bedwin in Wiltshire."
[LINES
Upon the excellent countess of Huntingdon, who teas
interred in the Church of ylshby de la Zouch,
Leicestershire, Feb, 9, 1633.
The chief perfections of both sexes join'd,
With neither's vice or vanity combin'd:
■Of this our age the wonder, love and carej
Th' example of the following and despair.
Such beauty, that from all hearts love must
flow.
Such majestj', that none durst tell her so :
A wisdom of so large and potent sway,
Rome's senate might have wish'd, her conclave
may;
Which did to earthly thoughts so seldom bow.
Alive she scarce was less in heaven than now.
So void of the least pride, to her alone
These radiant excellencies seem'd unknown;
Such once there rcas — but let thv grief appear—
Reader there is not — Huntingtfon lies here.
By him who says what he saw,
Falkland.
Tliere is a fine and very rare portrait of ' Henry
lord Carye, viscount Falkland, comptroller of his
majesty's household' — engraved by John Barra,
in 4to.]
HENRY FERRERS son and heir of Edw.
Ferrers of Baldesley-Clynton in Warwickshire,
esq; was born in that county, became a student in
this university (in Hart hall as it seems) in the
besfinnins; of the reii'n of qu. Elizabeth, but whe-
1*11 A f
ther he took a degree it doth not appear. After-
wards he retired to his patrimony, which was con-
siderable, and prosecuting his natural geny to the
study of heraldry, genealogies, and antiquities,
became highly valued for his eminent knowledge
in them ; whereby he did not only give a fair
lustre to his ancient and noble family, , whereof
he was no small ornament) bnt also to the county
of his nativity. He was well known to, and re-
spected by, the learned Cambden, who in his dis-
course of the antiquity of the city of Coventry in
Warwickshire doth make this honourable men-
tion of him, — ' Thus much of Coventry : yet have
' you not all this of me, but (willingly to acknow-
' ledge by whom I have profited) of Henry Fer-
' rers of Baldesley, a man both for parentage, and
' for knowledge of antiquity very commendable,
' and my special friend; who both hi this place,
' and also elsewhere, hath at all times courteously
' shewed me the right way when 1 was out, and
' from his candle, as it were, hath lightened mine.'
What this Mr. Ferrers hath published [ know
not, sure I am that he made several volumes of
choice collections (one of which in fol. containing
pedigrees, I have seen in the Sheldonian librasy,
now in that of the college of arms) from which,
but chiefly from those of sir Sim. Archer of Um-
berslade in the parish of Tamworth in Warwick-
shire, a person naturally qualified with a great af-
fection to antiquitjes, Will. Dugdalc, gent, (after-
wards a knight) laid a large foundation of that
elaborate work (which is his master-piece) entit.
The Antiquities of Warrcickshire illustrated, &c.
Lond. 1606, fol. After sir Will. Dugdale's death,
several of Air. Ferrers's collections that had come
into his hands were reposited in the Ashmolean
musffium: See the book marked with Z. He
had also in his younger days a good faculty in
poetry, some of which I have seen scattered in
divers books printed in the reign of qu. Elizabeth.
At length dying on the tenth day of Octob. in
sixteen hundred thirty and three, aged 84, was '
buried in the middle of the chancel belonging to
the church of Baldesley-Clynton before-men-
tioned, leaving behind him the character of a
* W. Dugil. iu hiJ Antiq. TFuiwicksMre, p. 710.
J
[590]
1633.
573
FOSTER.
WESTON.
574
M
Clar.
1033.
well-bred gent, a good neighbour and an honest
man.
[He is conjectured by the writer of the Intro-
duction to the Archaeologia to have been author
of A Motion for erecting an Academy Royal, or
Colledge of King James, written in 1617, and in
MS. in Oldys's, and after in West's collection.']
WILLIAM FOSTER, a Londoner born, be-
came a student in S. John's coll. in Mich, term
1609, aged 18, afterwards M. of A. chaplain to
Rob. L. Dormer E. of Carnarvon, and parson of
a little town called Hedgley near to Beaconsfield
in Bucks. He hath published,
Sermon on Horn. 6. 12. printed 1629. qu.
Hoplocrisma-Spongus: Or a Sponge to wipe
Ozcai/ the Weapon Salve. Wherein is prov'd that
the Cure taken up among us, by applying the Salve
to the Weapon, is magical and uuluKiul. Lond.
16.31. qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 81.Th.] In the com-
posure of which book he had some light from
Johannes Roberti a Jesuit, and D. of D. who, be-
cause some Protestants practise thi.s and charac-
terical cures (which notwithstanding are more
frequent among Roman Catholics) he therefore
calls them Magi-Calvinists, Charactcrists, &.c.
He makes that generally in them all, doctrinal,
which is but in some few personally practised.
But our author Foster, tho' he hath written ra-
tionally, and in his book hath shew'd great read-
ing, yet he hath been answered, not without some
scorn," by Rob. Fludd, doctor of physic, as I shall
tell you elsewhere. This Will. Foster lived some
j-ears after the publication of his Sponge, but
when he died, or what other things he hath ex-
tant, I cannot yet tell.
EDWARD WESTON, son of Will. Weston
sometimes of Line, coll, (afterwards one of the
society of Lincolns inn) by his wife, daughter of
John Story LL. D. (of whom I have made men-
tion under the year 1571) was born in London,
and at about 12 or 13 years of age, an. 1578, was
sent to the said coll. of Lincoln, where he had a
tutor that taught him grammar and logic for a
time. Afterwards being taken thence by his pa-
rents, he was put imder the tuition of Dr. Job.
Case, who, with licence from the university, read
to scholars logic and philosophy in his house in
S. Mar. Magdalen's parish. Under him he pro-
fited in several sorts of learning to a miracle, be-
came a good disputant, and very well read in phi-
losophical authors. But his parents, who were
R. Catholics, taking him away from his conversa-
tion with the muses, after he had spent at least 5
j'ears in Oxon. without taking any degrees, was
sent into France, where for a short time he setled
in the English coll. at Rheimes, Thence he went
^ [Archaeol. Introduct. p. xxi.]
* Tliis book also is ridiculed in an Essay of Francis Os-
bornEsq. On such as condemn all thry understand not a Rca-
stnfor. Watts]
to the English coll. at Rome, where, partly in
philosophy, and partly in divinity, lie spent six
years; and at length took the degree of doctor of
divinity in the university of Montreale in Italy,
Soon after, he returned to Rheimes, where re-
maining for some time, he went to Doway, and in
the English coll. there taught and professed divi-
nity for about 10 years. Afterwards he went into
England to preach the word of God, to administer
to tne distressed Catholics, and to gain souls to his
religion, where he was living in I6II. But his
fame for the exquisite writings that he published
gaining him a great name, was called thence and
made canon of the collegiat church of S. Mary at
Bruges in Flanders, which he kept till the time of
his death. lie hath written,
Inslituliones de triplici Hominis Officio, ex No-
tione ipsius naturali, morali, ac theologica, in
2 Libris. Antw. 1602. qu. [Bodl. M M. 14.
Th.] In the preface to which, the author having
utter'd several matters against the learned Dr.
Joh. Rainolds, which were by the Protestants
taken for great reproaches, they were animad-
verted upon by Wake ^ the orator of Oxon in
these words Eat autem Westonus, &c. ' Yet
* let Weston, that lewd and shameless Rabshake,
' belch out what reproaches he pleaseth against
' him (Rainolds) and charge him not only with
' stupid duluess, but also that he counterfeited
' sickness, and pretended only to a disease, to pre-
' serve his credit, &c. Notwithstanding which,
' this Weston himself (so like his * uncle in his ill
' conditions and ignominious flight) when he chal-
' lenged all the heads of the university and branded
' them for impure, only for that some of them had
' entred into the state of matrimony, could not
* find any one act out of Dr. Joh. Rainolds in all
' his life to blemish him withal,' &c.'
Juris pontijicii Sanctuarium. Printed l6l3, in
oct. This I nave not yet seen.
The Tryal of Christian Truth by the Rules of
Virtues, namely these principal, Faith, Hope, Cha-
rity and Religion, 8cc. Doway 1614. qu. [Bodl.
4to. J. 21. Th.] This is the first part, which treats
only of faith. The rest I have not yet seen.
Theatrum Fitee civilis ac sacra: sive de Moribus
Reipub. Christiana Commentaria inquinque Libros
distrilmta. Brugis Flandr. 1026. fol. [Bodl. W. 2-
15. Th.]
Je.su Christ i D. nostri, Coruscationes, simulque
eoruin vi. Dictorian, Factorumqne quarundam Per-
sonarum, eodem Christo prasentc, in Evangelicd
Historid rccensitorum Enarrationes,&i.c. Ant. 1631.
fol. [Bodl. T. 1. 14. Th.] What other things he
5 In Oral, funchri Joh. Buinnldi, edit. lfi08.
' Dr. Ilugli Weston, sometimes rector of Line. coll. who
was his great uncle. See more of him under the year 1558.
[Vol. i. col. 29.7.]
' [D. Weston qui e collegio nostro Lincoln, propter infa-
niem libidinem cxpulsus. See Dr. Raynold's Fun. Oration by
Wal<e; — Quanquam nee Westonus ipse pa.strui sui, et moruni.
ct fiigK turpitudine siinUis, &c. Baker ]
[591]
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CHAPMAN.
576
hath pubhshed I know not, nor any thine else of
Clar. him, only that he was living in sixteen hundred
1633. thirty and three, as I have been informed by
Franc, il S. Clara, wiio told me also that he died
and was buried at Bruges in Flanders. Besides
this Edw. Weston, I find one Will. Weston born
at Maidstone in Kent, who was contemporary
with Edm. Campian the Jesuit in the university
of Oxon. which place he leaving, went beyond the
seas, entred * into the society of Jesus 1371, aged
25, and after Jasp. Heywood's departure out of
England, he was sent thither by father Parsons
from Paris to be his substitute in the place of
provincial, and how he behaved himself in that
office let another 9 tell you. In 1587 he was
taken and imprison'd in Wisbich castle, with
others, where I find ' him to be the prime pro-
moter and carrier on of the faction between the
Seculars and Jesuits: see more in Christop. Bag-
shaw under the year 1625. This Will. Weston
is much noted in English story by the name of
father Edmonds alias Weston, especiallv upon the
publication of a book written by Sam. Harsnet
afterwards archbp. of York, entit. A Declaration
of egregious Popish Impostures, to withdraw the
Hearts of her Majesty's Subjects from their /Alle-
giance, S)C. under the pretence of casting out De-
vils, practised by Edmunds alias Weston a Jesuit,
8sc. Lond. l603. qu. He died 9 Apr. 1615, leav-
ing then behind him a precious name among the
brethren of his order. This person, though evilly
treated, and disgracefully mention'd by the secular
priests and certain Protestant writers, yet father
Parsons in his Brief Apology ' or Defence of the
Catholic Ecclesiastical Hierarchy, &c. speaks
very honourably of him as to his piety and mor-
tified way of living.
"GEORGE CHAPMAN, a person much
" famed in his time for the excellency of his muse,
" and for the great repute he obtained for his ad-
[592] " mirable translations, and advance of the English
" stage by his dramatic writings, was born in the
" year 1557, but of what family, unless of that,
" sometimes of Stone-castle (of which they were
" owners) in Kent, I cannot tell. In 1574, or
" thereabouts, he being well grounded in school-
" learning, was sent to the university, but whether
" first to this of Oxon, or that of "Cambridge, is
" to me unknown : Sure I am that he spent some
" time in Oxon, where he was observed to be
" most excellent in the Lat. and Greek tongues,
'' but not in logic or philosophy, and therefore I
'' presume that that was the reason why he took
'' no degree here. Afterwards he setled in the
" Hen. Moms in Hi$t. provinc. Angl. Soc. Jesu, lib. 4.
nu. 15.
' Tho. Bell in his Anatomy of Popish Tyranny, lib. 2.
cap. 2.
• In the Relation of the Faction began at Widnch, &c.
printed ItJOl. qu.
» Pfiuted at S. Omers, 1601. in oct. fol. 63. b. 64, &c,
' metropolis, and became much admired by Edm.
' Spencer, Sam. Daniel, Will. Shakspeare, Cliris-
' top. Marlowe, &c. by all whose writings, as also
' by those of sir Phil. Sydney, Will. Warner, and
* of those of our author Chapman, the English
' tongue was exceedingly enriched, and made
* quite another thing than what 'twas before.
' He was much countenanced in his virtuous and
* elaborate studies by sirTho. Walsingham knight,
who always had a constant friendsliip for him,
as also by his toward and worthy son Tho. Wal-
* singham esq; whom Chapman lov'd from his
birth. He was also respected and patroniz'd
' by prince Henry, and b)' sir Rob. Carr E. of
' Somerset, but the first being imtimely snatch'd
' away, and the other as untimely laid aside, his
' hopes of future advance were frustrated. How-
' ever, if I am not mistaken, he was a sworn ser-
' vant either to K. James I. or his ro} al consort
' queen Anne; through all whose time he was
' highly valued, but not so much as Ben. John-
' son, who then, as in part of the reign of K.
' Ch. I. carried all before him. He (Chapman)
was a person of most reverend aspect, religious
and temperate, qualities rarely meeting in a
' poet, and was so highly esteemed by the clergy
' and academians, that some of them have said,
' that ' as MusEEus, who wrote the Lives of Hero
' and Leander, had two excellent scholars Tha-
' marus and Hercules, so had he in England (in
' the latter end of qu. Elizab.) two excellent imi-
' taiors of him in the same argument and subject,
' viz. Christop. Marlow and George Chapman;'
' which last, whose name stands upon record for
' one of the famous drammalists of his time, iiath
' written these things following:
" Ovid's Banquet of Sence. A Coronet for his
' Mistress Philosophy, and his amorous Zodiac.
' Lond. 1595. qu. This is a poem, and hath added
' to it Chapman's translation of a poem into Eng-
' lish, entit. The amorous Contention of Phiuis
' and Flora, written in Lat. by a fryer, an. 1400.
" Blind Beggar of Alexandria, a comedy.
' Lond. 1598. qu. It contains the beggar's va-
' riable humours in disguised shapes full of cou-
' ceit and pleasure.
" All Fools, Com. Lond. 1605. qu. It was
' then esteemed an excellent comedy, and will
' still bear reading.
" Eastzcard-hoe, Com. Lond. 1(505. qu. [Bodl.
' 4to. T. 33. Art.] B. Johnson and Joh, Marston
' were his assistants in composing this play; which
' hath lately also appear'd on the present stage,
' being reviv'd by N. Tate under the title of
' Cuckold's Haven, [1685. Revived also in 1777
' by Mrs. Lenox, under the title of Old City
' Manners-I
" The Gentleman Usher, Com. Lond. I6O6. qu.
" Monsieur D'Olive, Com. Lond. I606. qu.
' [Bodl. 4to. T. 39. Art.]
" Bussy dAmbois, Trag. Loud. I6O8. qu. Tlji«
I
577
CHAPMAN.
57B
" hath been also acted since the restoration of
« K. Ch. II.
" The Conspiracy and Tragedif of Charles Duke
" of Byron, Marshal of France. Lond. 1608. qu.
" in two plays.
"May Day, Com. Lond. 161I. qu. [Bodl.
" 4to. T. 39. Art.]
" Widozcs Tears, Com. Lond. I6l2. [Bodl.
" 4to. T. 39. Art.]
" Epicede or Funeral Song on Pr. Henry. Lond.
" 1612, 13. qu. [Bodl. 4to. ]K
" Bussy d'Ainbois, his Revenge, Trag. Lond.
** 1613, qu.
" Mask at Whitehall, 15 Feb. I6l3, at the Nup-
•" tials of the Palsgrave and Princess Elizabeth,
" Lond. 1614. qu. [Bodl. 4to. T. 37. Art.] It
" was performed by the gentlemen of the Middle-
" Temple and Lincoln's-Inn; and invented and
" fashion'd, with tlie ground and special structure
"" of the whole work, by our kingdom's most artful
" and ingenious architect Inigo Jones. And sup-
" plied, applied, digested and written by our fti-
" mous poet George Chapman. At the end of
" this Mask is printed an Epithalamium, called
[593] " A Hymn to Hymen, for the most time-fitted Nup-
" tials of the said Princess Elizabeth.
"Andromeda Liberata : Or, the Naptials of
" Perseus and Andromeda. Lond. I6l4.qu. [Bodl.
" 4to. A. 36. Art.] Dedicated by a large poetical
" epistle to Robert earl of Somerset and Frances
" his countess; but this being not rightly under-
" stood, and carped at by many, came out soon
" after a pamphlet written in prose and poetry,
" entit. A free and offenceless Justification of a late
" published and most maliciously misinterpreted
"' Poem, entit. Andromeda Liberata. Lond. I6l4.
" in two sheets in qu. pen'd, I presume, by
" Chapman.
" Two wise Men and all the rest Fools: Or, a
"" comical Moral, censuring the Follies of the Age.
" Lond. 1619. qu. G. Chapman's name is not set
" to it, which is the reason that some think that
" he was not the author of it.
" Humorous Days Mirth, Com. Printed in
" qu. but when I caimot tell. [In 1599-]
" Wars of Pomjiey and Casar, a Rom. Trag.
" declaring their Wars. Out of whose Events is
" evicted this Proposition, Only a Just Man is a
" Freeman. Lond. [Ifi07 4to. and] '631. qu.
" [Bodl. 4to. L. 67. Art.]
" The Ball, a Com. Lond. 1639- qu. James
" Shirley was his partner in the composition of
" this play.
" Tragedy of Chahot Admiral of France. Lond.
*' 1639. qu. Jam. Shirley was also his partner in
" this.
" Tragedy of Alphonsus Emperor of Germany,*
" Lond. 1654. qu.
' [See some extracts from this poem in the British Biblio-
grapher, iii. 3(jj
♦ [Wood has before ascribed this play to George Peele, but
erroneoublv. See vol. i. col. 688.1
Vol. II.
" Revenge for Honour, Trag. Lond. 1654. qu.
" [and 1659, Bodl. B B. 16. Art. Seld.] He hath
" also translated into English, (1) The Iliads of
" Homer, printed at Lond. in fol. and dedicated
" to prince Henry. At which time Chapman
prince
"■y-
" was highly celebrated among scholars for bis
" brave language in that translation, I mean of
" those Iliads that are translated into testeradeca-
" syllabons, or lines of fourteen syllables. (2) The
" Odysses of Homer, printed at Lond. [by Rich.
" Field for Nathaniel! Butter] fol. an. I6l4, or
■" thereabouts, [Bodl. L. 1. 12. Art.] and dedic. to
" sir Rob. Carr carl of Somerset, made that yeat
" lord chamberlain. {3) Batracomyomachia : Or,
" The Battle of Froggs and Mice, written by the
" said Homer. In the title of this is Mr. Chap-
" man's picture engraven. ^ (4) Hymns and Epi-
" grams, written by the said Homer; which, witb
" the Battle, &c. were printed at Lond. [by John
" Bill his maiesties printer] in fol. [Bodl. L. 1.
" 12. Art.] and dedicated to the said earl of So*
" merset.* (5) Something or most part of Hesiod,
" which I have not yet seen:' And lastly, TTie
" divine Poem of Musrcus, first of all Books — —
" Lond. 1616. in tw. ' This is called Musaus his
" Erotoptegnion de Herone &^ Leandro. Which
" translation into English was begun by Christop.
" Marloe a dramatic poet, but died before it was
" (iuish'd. This of Chapman is purely his own,
" but falls short, as some say, of the spirit and
" invention of Marloe in the performance of it.
" In the beginning are several things said of Mu-
" saeus relating to his life, taken by Chapman
" from the collections of Dr. William Gager, and
" a dedicatory epistle to the most generally inge-
" nioiis and only learned architect of his time
" Inigo Jones esq; surveyor of his majesty's
" works. At length this most eminent and reve-
" rend j)oet having lived 77 years in this vain and
" transitory world, made his last exit in the pa-
" rish of S. Giles's in the Fields near London, on
" the twelfth day of May, in sixteen hundred 1534.
" thirty and four, and was buried in the yard on
" the south-side of the church of S. Giles. Soon
" after was a monument erected over his grave,
" built after the way of the old Romans, by the
" care and charge of his most beloved friend Inigo
' [By William Pass. This is a very good portrait-: Chap-
man is represented as an elderly man, with a bald forehead
and very full beard and whiskers.]
' [See a full critical account of Chapman's translations of
Homer by T. Warton in his Iliil. of Lng. Poetry, iii 441.]
' [The Georgicks of Hesiod, by George Chapman; Trans-
lated elaborately out of the Greek : Containing Doctrine of
Husbandrie, Moralitie, and Pietie: with a perpetual Ca-
lendar of good and badDaies ; Not superstitious but iiecessarie
(as farre as natural Causes compell) for all Men to observe, and
difference in following their affairei Ncc caret umbra
IJco. London, Printed by H. L. for Miles Pjitrick, and are
to be solile at his Shop neare Saint Dunstan's Church in I'leet-
ttreet. 16 1 8.]
' [See some account of this book at col. 9, of the present
vdlaine, note 8.]
2 P
H
579
CHAPMAN.
580
" Jones before mentioned; whereon is this en-
" graven, Georgius Cliapmannus, poeta Home-
" ricus, Philosoplius verus (etsi Christianas poeta)
" phisauain Celebris, &c. I find this Chapman
" iiighly » extolled in an old copy of verses called,
" A Censure of the Poets, thus :
" First reverend Chapman, who hath brought
" to us
" Musffius, Homer, and Hesiodus.
" Out of the Greek; and by his skill hath rear'd
" Them to that height, and to our tongue in-
"dear'd;
" That were those poets at this day alive,
" To see their books, that with us thus survive,
" They'd think, having neglected them so
lon^,
" They had been written in the English tongue.
[594] " Contemporary with the worthy poet G. Chap-
" man, was another called Joshua Sylvester,
" Usually called by the poets of his time Silver-
" toiis:'d Sylvester, but whether he receiv'd any
" academical education in this university, or in
" that of Cambr. (having had his muse kindly
" foster'd by his uncle W. Plumb esq;) I cannot
"■ say, because that in his manly years he is re-
" ported to be a merchant-adventurer; queen Eli-
" zabeth had a respect for him, K. James I. a
" greater, and prince Henry greatest of all, and
" so much valued by him that he made him his
" first poet-pensioner. He was much renown'd
" by his virtuous fame ; and by those of his pro-
" fession, and such that admir'd poetry, esteemed
" a saint on earth, a true ISathaniel, a Christian
" Israelite, who tell us farther that he was very
" pious and sober, religious in himself and family,
"and couragious to withstand adversity: That
" also he was adorned with the gift of tongues,
" French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, and Latin.
" But this must be known, that he taking too
" much liberty upon him to correct the vices of
" the times, as George Withers and Jo. Vicars,
" poets, afterwards did, he suffered several times
" some trouble, and thereupon it was, as I pre-
'' sume, that his step-dame country did ungrate-
" fully cast him off and became most unkind to
" him. He hath translated from French into Eng-
" lish, T/ie Divine Weeks and Works, with a com-
" pleat Collection of all the other most delightful
"Works, of Will, de Saluste Sieur du Bartas,
" printed at Lond. after Sylvester's death, an.
•' 1621. foL' with his picture (a shoulder- piece)
" laureated, set before it. By which work he hath
" been more generally fam'd (for that poem hath
" had many great admirers) than his own poems
" and translations, that are printed with, and at
f See An Account nf the Dramatic Poets, by Geo. Lang-
baine, printed 1C91. p. 67.
' [The Divine Weeks, 8c:c. were printed in 4lo. lG05.
R. ^V. (the rev. Mr. U. Watts, librarian of SioB college).]
" the end of, the said Weeks and Works of Du Bar-
" tas; which Poems and Translations, had been all,
" or at least most, printed severally before.* At
" length this eminent poet J. Sylvester (a name
" worthily dear to the iige he livctl in) died at Mid-
" dleburg in Zeland on the 28th of Sept. 16 18,
" aged 55; and had this epitaph following made
" on him by his great admirer Job. Vicars be-
" fore-mention'd, but I think it was not put over
" his grave:
" Here lies (death's too rich prize) the corps
" interr'd
" Of Joshua Silvester, Du Bartas peer;
" A man of arts best parts, to God, man, dear;
" In formost rank of poets best prefer'd.
" One Joshua Sylvester, son of Gregorj' Syl-
" vestcr of Mansfield in the county of Notting-
" ham, was matriculated of Alban-hall 1634,
" aged 17."
[The following pieces, by Chapman, not known
to Wood, are in the library of Richard Heber esq.
1 The Shadow of Night, containing two poetical
Hymnes. Lond. by Ponsonby, 1594. 4to.
2 Tears of Peace. Lond. I6O9. 4to.
3 Eugenia, or true Nobilities Trance, for tht
Death of William Lord Russel, 16 14. 4to.
4 Pro T'ere Autumni Lachrt/mcc ; to the Me-
morie of Sir Horatio Fere, 1622, 4to.
5 Funerall of the cast Haj/res of Popea, the Mis-
tress of Nero. Lond. 1629. 4to.
To these we may add :
6 A Booke called Petrarkes seauen penitentiall
Psalmes in verse, paraphrasticalli/ translated, with
other Poems philosophicall, and a Hymne to Christ
upon the Crosse, written bi/ Geo. Chapman. Li-
censed to Matthew Selman, Jan. 13, 1611.'
7 Poetical Essays on the Turtle and Phanix,
published, with others on tlie same subject by
Shakspeare, Jonson, and Marston, at the end
of Love's Martyr or Rosali?i's Complaint, I6OI.
410."
And the following dramatic pieces never
printed.
8 The Fountain of new Fashions, a plav, 1598.
9 The Will of a Woman, a play, 1598."
10 The Fatal Love, a Tragedy.
1 1 Tragedy of a Yorkshire Gentlewoman and
her Son.
1 2 'The Second Maiden's Tragedy.
' [At the end of Mathieu's History of Henry IF of
France, translated by Ed. Grimston, Lond. I6l2. 4to. are
The Trophies of the Life and the Trngedie of the Death if
that virtuous and victtirious Prince Henry the Great lute
of France and Navarre, translated and dedicated to the
Ld. I'isct. Cranlnrn. by Jos. Syl- Tanner.]
3 [Warton, Hist, of Fng. Poetry, iii, 447, from Registr.
Station. C. fol. 215, a.]
+ [See Malonc's Supplement to Shakspeare, 1780, vol. i.
page 732.]
tut
58*
NOY.
583
SONG OF LOVE AND BEAUTY.
(From The memorable Maske of the Middle Temple , j^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^ -^ ^^ j^^ ^^^^ ^,ij^ ^^ ^^at time go
and Lxjncolns Inne, Bodl. 4to. 1. 37. Art.) , ^ ^^^ returning to the king so much as the
' moneys with. This man the king sent for, told
' liim, he would make him his attorney. Noy,
Lyn
Bright Panth/ea borne to Pan,
Of the noblest race of man,
Her white hand to Eros giuing
With a kissc, ioin'd hcauen to earth,
And begot so fairc a birth
As yet neuer grac'd the liuing :
A twinne that all worlds did adorne>
For so were Love and Bewty borne.
Both so lou'd they did contend
Which the other should transcend
Doing either grace and kindness:
IjOite from Bewty did remoue
Lightnes, call'd her staine in love,
JBewtie took from Loue his blindness.
Loue sparks made flames in Betetie's skie.
And Bezetie blew up Love as hie.
Virtue then commixt her fire.
To which Bountie did aspire;
Innocence a crowne conferring:
Mine and thine were then vnusde.
All things common, nought abusde.
Freely earth her frutage bearing.
Nought then was car'd for that could fade —
And thus the golden world was made.]
WILLIAM NOY, son of Will. Noy of S. Bu-
rian in Cornwall gent, by Philippa his wife, was
born there, became a sojourner of Exeter coll.
in 1593, aged 16, where continuing a severe stu-
dent about 3 years, left the imiversity without a
degree, went to Line. Inn, studied the common
law, and by his imwearied industry and moyling
day and night he became eminent in his profes-
sion. In the latter end of the reign of K. Jam. I.
he was chose a burgess for Helston in his own
country to sit in that parliament that began at
Westminster 30 Jan. 1620, and for that which
began there 19 Feb. 1623. In both which he
shewed himself a profess'd enemy to the king's
prerogative. In 1625 he was elected a burgess
for S. Ives to sit in that parliament which began
at Westminster 6 Feb. wherein, as in another fol-
lowing, shewing himself an enemy as before, he
■was at length diverted from his proceedings by
being made attorney-general, an. 1631. He was
as famous a lawyer as ever this kingdom bred, as
a certain author ^ informs us, who adds that ' for-
* merly he was a great patriot, and the only
' searcher of presidents for the parliaments: By
' which he grew so cunning, as he understood all
* the shifts which former kings had used to get
' Sir Ant. Wiltlnn in his book enlil. The Court of King
Charles continued uiilii the lietiinning of these unhappyTimes,
&c. Printed at the end of The Court and Character of K.
James. Lond. 1(551. sec. edit. p. iy4, Ii).'!.
' civility of thanks; nor mdeed, was it worth his
' thanks, I am sure he was not worthy of ours.
' For, after the court-solicitings liad bewitched
' him to become the king's, he grew the most
' hateful man that ever lived, &c. he having been
* as great a deluge to this realm, as the flood was
' to the whole world: For he swept away all our
' privileges, and in truth hath been the cause of
* all these miseries this kingdom hath since been
' ingulphed in ; whether you consider our reli-
' gion, (he being a great papist, if not an atheist,
* and the protector of all papists, and the raiser of
' them up unto that boldness they were now grown
* unto) or if you consider our estates and liberties,
* which were impoverished and enthralled by mul-
' titudes of papists and illegal ways, which this
* monster was the sole author of. Sec' He was a
man passing * humorous, of cynical rusticity, a
most indefatigable plodder, and searcher of an-
cient records, whereby he became an eminent in-
strument of good and ill to the king's prerogative.
His apprehension (as 'tis said) was quick and
clear, his judgment methodical and solid, his me-
mory strong, his curiosity deep and searching, his
temper patient and cautious, all tempered with
an honest bluntishness, far from court insinuation.
He left behind him several things fit for the press,
and under his name were these books afterwards
published,
A Treathe of the principal Grounds and Maxims
of the Lazes of England,' Lond. 1641. [Bodl. 4to.
A. 1. Jur. B S.] Afterwards printed in oet.
and tw.
Perfect Conveyancer ; or several select and choice
Precedents. Lond. 1655. qu. 2d edit, collected
partly by Will. Noy, and partly by sir Rob. Hen-
don knight, sometimes one of the barons of the
exchequer, Rob. Mason sometimes recorder of
London, and Henry Fleetwood, formerly reader
of Gray's-Inn.
Reports and Cases in the Time of Queen Eliza-
beth, King James, and King Charles I. containing
the most excellent Exceptions for all manner of' De-
clarations, Pleadings, and Demurs, exactly exa-
mined and laid dozen. Lond. 1656. fol. [.second
edit. 1669. Bodl. S. 4. 16 Jur.]
The compleat Lawyer ; or a Treatise concerning
Tenures and Estates in Lands of Inheritance for
Life and other Hereditaments and Chattels real
and personal, &c. Lond. [1651, Bodl. Mar. 386.
1660,] 1661, [1665] and 74, in oct. with his pic-
ture before it.
* Ham. L'estrange in his Ilisi of the Reign of K. Ch. I.
under ihc year lC34.
7 \Noy s Grounds and Maxims of the English Laws. To
which is annexed, a Tulle by way of Analysis, a Treatise of
Estates by Sir John Vod'^ridge, and Observations on a Deed
of Feoffment, by T. il. Gent. 12mo. 1757-]
2 P 3
[595]
583
NOV.
HICKS.
584
Jrguments of Late, and Speeches — He also left
behind him several choice collections that he had
made from the records in the Tower of London,
reduced into two large paper books of his own
hand-writing. One contained collections con-
cerning the king's maintaining his naval power
according to the practice of his ancestors; and the
other about the privileges and jurisdiction of ec-
clesiastical courts. Dr. Tho. James of Oxon. when
he compiled his Manuduction or Introduction unto
Diviniltf, printed 1625, he afterwards acknow-
ledged himself * beholden to the Extracts out of
the Toicer, fairly and largely transcribed (as he
saith) bv the said Mr. Noy, a great antiquary of
Jaw. Which extracts, I presume, are the same
with those before-mention'd. At length his body
being much out of order by continual toyling and
drudging, he retired to Tunbridge-wells to gain
health in the month of July; but the waters ef-
fecting nothing, he died there, on Saturday the
i634. 9*^'^ ^^ A"g' following, in sixteen hundred thirty
and four, whereupon his body being convey'd to
New Brentford in Middlesex, was privately buried
on the Monday following under the communion
table of the ch.ancel of the church there. Over his
grave was a stone soon after laid, w'ith a brass
plate fastned thereunto, and an inscription thereon,
but soon after defaced. The next day after his
departure, the news of it came to Dr. Laud archb.
of Canterbury then at Croydon, who thereupon
made' this observation of him in his Diary: ' I
liave lost a dear friend of him, and the church the
greatest she had of his condition since she needed
any such. His body beingopened after his decease,
his heart was found shrivel'd like a leather penny
purse,nor were his lungs right, which caused several
conjecturesbythepuritans.Butthatwhich was most
[5961 observable after his death, was his will, ' dated
3 June 1634, at which all the world wondred,
because the maker thereof was accounted a great
clerk in the law ; for therein, after he had be-
queathed to his son Humphrey an hundred marks
per an.' to be paid out of his tenements in the
hundred of Pyder in Cornwall, he concludes, ' S;
reliqua omnia, &c. and the rest of all my lands,
foods, &c. I leave to my son Edward Noy, whom
make my executor, to be consumed and scat-
tered about, nee de eo melius speravi,' &c. But
Edward lived not long to enjoy the estate, for
within two years after, he was slain in a duel in
France, by one captain Byron, who escaped scot-
free and had his pardon, as Will. Prynn an inve-
terate enemy to Will. Noy his father ' reports.
' See in the table of MSS. by Dr. James, quoted at the
•nd of the said Manuduction.
» In the Breviat of his Life, p. Ifl.
' In the will-office near to S. Paul'i
S": 84
s cath. in Beg. Seager.
[He bequeathed him also 500 pounds in money, enough,
Howell, to brin» him up in his father's profession.'
tiliar Letters, vol. i. sect. vi. p. 241.]
See at the end, in an append, to a book entit. J Divine
As his majesty was somewhat troubled at his
loss, and the clergy more, so the generality of the
commons rejoyced. The vintners drank carouses,
in hopes to dress meat again and sell tobacco,
beer, &c. which by a sullen capricio, Noy re-
strained them from. The players also, for whom
he had done no kindness, did, the next term after
his decease, make him the subject of a merry
comedy, stiled u4 Projector lateti/ dead, &c.
He had his humours as well as other men, but
certainly he was a solid, rational man, and tho'
no great orator, yet he was a profound lawyer,
and none was better vers'd in records than he.
In his place of attorney-general succeeded sir
Joh. Banks; and the next year sir Rob. Heath
being removed from the ch. justiceship of the
King's-Bench for bribery, sir John Finch came
into play, whereupon these verses were made,
'Nor/s flood is gone
'I'he /iflnA-5 appear ;
Heath is shorn down.
And Finch sings there.
[Attorney-General Noy's Opinion that Espousals
in Facie Ecclesia, are out pro Honestate publi-
canda. MS. Harl. 980, l63.
Treatise of the Rights of the Crown, declaring
hozv the King of England mat/ stipport and increase,
his annual Revenues, collected out of' the Records
in the Tower, Parliament Rolls, &ic : 12ibo. Lond.
1715.
Portrait of him by Faithorne, and another in
Clarendon's Hist, of the Rebellion, from a pic-
ture by Cornelius Janssen.]
THOMAS HICKS, or Hyckes, son of Fran-
cis Hicks, mention'd under the year 1630, w'as
born at Shipson in the parish of Tredington in
Worcestershire, became a student in Baliol coll.
in Mich, term, an. I6l6, aged 17, or thereabouts,
took the degrees in arts, and at length by the
favour of doctor Duppa dean of Christ's church,
became one of the chaplains or petti canons of
that house, about 1628. He hath written,
The Life of Lucia n, gathered out of his own
Writings. Oxon. 1634, qu. AVhich life is set
before nis father's translation of certain dialogues
of that author.
"Notes and Illustrations upon each Dialogue, and
Book of Lucian, &,c. Besides his great skill in
the Greek tongue, he was esteemed among the
academians a good poet, and an excellent limner:
And without doubt had not death cut him oft' in
the prime of his years, on the sixteenth day of
December, in sixteen hundred thirty and four,
he might have benefited the commonwealth of
learning with other matters. He died in Christ
Church and was buried in the cathedral there ;
which is all I yet know of him, only that Dr.
Tragedi/ lately acted, or a Collection of sundry memorable
Examples, &c. Printed beyond sea, an. 1636, qu.
1634.
58
;>
riTs.
JOHNSON.
586
I
J. F. [Fell] the publisher of Hist. ^ Antiq. Oxon.
committed a grand mistake of him in that book
lib. 2. p. 283, b. Another of both his names was
author of A Dialogue betzceen a Christian and a
Quaker, &c. * To which a continuation was
added by tiie same author, in 1673, in oct.
ARTHUR PITS, or Pitsius as he writes
himself, a younger son of Arthur Pits bach, of
law, sometimes fellow of Alls. colt, afterwards
registniry of the diocese and archdeaconry of
Oxford, and impropriator of Eifley near to, and
in the county of, Oxon. was born at Eifley, edu-
cated for a time in either Alls, or Brasen-nose
coll. or in both successively, having been a ciio-
rister of the first as it seems, but before he took a
degree he left the university, country, and rela-
tions, went to Uoway, spent some time in the
English coll. there, return d into his country, was
taken and imprison'd : but at length being re-
[597] leased and ship'd with other priests and Jesuits
at Tower- Wharf, at the queen's charge in Febr.
1584, was set on shore in Normandy. Where-
upon retiring to .Doway passed a course in divi-
nity, became doctor of that faculty, and at length
was made chancellor to the cardinal of Loraine,
being then a person much in esteem for his great
knowledge in the supream faculty. He nath
written.
In qnatuor Jesu Christi Evangelia S; Acta
Apostolorum Commentarius. Duac. 1636, in a
thick quarto. AVhich being all that he hath writ-
ten, as I suppose, was published after his death
by the English Benedictines at Doway, as one of
them hath told me. At length doctor Pits com-
ing into England for health sake, left his prefer-
ment beyond the seas, " was A. D. 1625, titular
" archdeacon of London, Westminster, and the
" suburbs," and settled in the house of a R.
Catholic, named Stoner of Blounts court near to
Henley in Oxfordshire, a younger family of those
of Stoner near to Watlington : where dying
jgg^ about sixteen hundred thirty and four, was buried
in the church of Rotherfield Pipard, commonly
called Pepper near to Henley before-mention'd,
as I have been informed by an antient Catholic
gentlewoman, who was bom within a mile of,
and well acquainted with, him : yet in the register
of that church his own name appears not. His
father Art. Pits died at Eifley in 1579, and was
buried on the North side of the chancel there,
leaving a fair estate behind him to be enjoy'd by
four sons then living, viz. Robert, Thomas, Arthur
and Philip.
ROBERT JOHNSON, a Londoner born,
became a student in Magd. coll. an. 1595, and in
the year after demy, aged 18, took the degrees
in arts, that of master being compleated in I6OI.
♦ [This person also wrote The Quakers Appeal unsnered.
Lend. 1674. Bodl. 8vo. Z. 3l.Th.]
Afterwards he enlred into the sacred function,
became one of his majesty's chaplains in ordi-
nary, and bach, of divinity ; whicn is all 1 know
of him, only that he pubiisiied,
The iVaif to Gloria, or the Preaching of the Gos-
pel is the ordinan/ Means of our Salvation, Sermon
in St. Paul's Cathedral 10 Decemb. 1620: On
2 Thcs. 2. 14. London 1621, qu.
A Confutation of our Adversaries Opinion of
the Pope's defining and expounding Scriptures,
Ex Cathedra, is to be believed as undoubted Truth.
Printed with the former book.
Various sermons, as (1) I'he Necessiti/ of Faith,
before the Prince at S. James's; On Heb. 11.6.
Lond. 1624, <|U. [Bodl. 4to. C. 88. Th. (2)
Serm. on Psal. 1 19- 33.— Pr. in qu. (3) Serm.
on 1 Cor. 9. 14. s Lond. 1633. And a fourth,
if I mistake not, entit. David's Teacher. On Psal. Car.
19. 30.— Printed I609. Besides this Robert John- '****•
son, hath been several of both his names that
have been writers, as (1) Robert Johnson gent,
author of Essays. Lond. l607. oct. fBodl. 8vo.
R. 63. Th.] (dedicated to Will, earl of Pembroke)
whom I cannot say to be the same with Rob.
Johnson of Qu. coll. born in the county of Dur-
ham, and bach, of arts 1599- (2) Rob. Johnson
of York, one of the assembly of divines, an. 1643,
author of several sermons preached before the
members of the Long parliament, as one entit.
Lux &i Lex, or the Light of the Law of Jacob's
House, Fast Sermon before the H. of Com. 31
Mar. On Isaiah 2. 6. Lond. 1647. qu. Another
preached before the lords 24 Jun. 1646, being a
fast sermon, but I have not yet seen it. (3) Rob.
Johnson LL. bac. who, with Hen. JollifFe some-
times dean of Bristol, wrote against bishop Joh.
Hooper, as I shall tell you in the Fasti, an. I55I.
(4) Rob. Johnson an eminent musician living in
the reign of Ch. I. who with Tho. Ford were
accounted famous and excellent in their faculties,
as matters of their composition, which are extant,
shew. (5) Robert Jolmson author of Relations
of the most famous Kingdoms and Commonrcealths
thorough the World, Lond. 16 16, qu. [Hodl. B.
8. 10. Line.] which is all I know of him as yet.
See another Rob. Johnson who Wiis a benefactor
to learning, in the Fasti an. 1564.
[Mag' liob'tus Johnson, procurator capituli
eccl. Cuth. et cler'i dioc. Wigorn. interfuit synodo
Londini convocatte 5 Nov. 1547. Ex Aulogr.
MS.
Maister Robert Johnson's Answer to the Bishop
of Li/iicolncs three Articles delivered to him for
his Subscription. Dat. this vi of August J573.
Part of a register, p. 94.
A lA'tter written by Maister Robert Johnson
to Maister Edwin Sundes superintendent of Popish
Corruptions in the Diocese of London, and deli-
vered the second Day of February e, 1573. lb.
' [Preached at a synod at Chichester, and dedicated to
Richanl, bishop of Chichester. Bakek.]
587
DAVIES.
588
The Examination of Maister Rob. Johnson the
00,1, day of Februarve 1573 at JVestm. Hall, before
the Queens Coinniissioners and others, uvon an
Indictment, 1. that he had not consecrated the lime
when he delivered it to the Communicants: 2. that
he had not married with a Rins : 3. tlmt he had not
used to make the Sign of the Cross m Baptism, lb.
Part of a Register, 105. See Mr. Calamy s De-
fence of Nonconformists, P. i. p. 19. , , y^
TheCopue of a Utter sent and delivered to D.
Sandes, bishop of London, the 17 of Marche
Anno 1573, by li. Johnson in Prison for Incon-
formity. Part of a Register, p. 117.
Greenwiche xix March, 1573, a Letter to the
archbishop of Cant, and Bp of London sending
unto them a Petition of Robert Johnson, Minister,
desiringe to be restored to his former Libertye
of prcchinae, from zc'' he was restrained at the
Btarr Chamber, that thei/ should consider thereof,
and take such order there in as they should think
convenient. Council Book, Qu. Eliz. '573.
A Letter written by Maister Robert Johnson,
Prisoner in the Gate-house at Westminster, for
Inconformity, to Master Gabriel Goodman, Dean
of Jfestm. 'about April 1574; charging him with
several Errours in his late Lectures and Sermons.
Partof a Register, p. 113.
Greenwich xvi Maye, 1574. A Letter to the
Bp. of London, that whereas their Lordshippes
uere given to understande that one Johnson a
Minister, committed to the Gate-house for the
breache of y Orders in the Umformilie of Re-
ligion, was sore sick and like to dye, unless he
might enjoy more open Air, upon Sureties his
Lordship should give order to hare him hayled,
so that he should not departe his oxen House till
he had other Order. Council Book, Qu. Eliz.
1574. Kennet.
Rob. Johnson, a noted puritan, who died a
prisoner in the Gate-house about tlie year 1574.
.See the Register p. 105, &c. See Strype's Life
of Archbishop Parker, lib. iv, c. 6.
Quidam Rob. Johnson admissus socius ram.
coll. Trin. Oct. 1, 1563: socius major Maij 6,
1564. Bakek.]
JOHN DAVIES, the fourth person of both his
names, whom I have mentioned among these
writers, was a Denbyshire man born, l)red up
at the feet of Will. Morgan, (afterwards B. ot
S. Asaph) became a student ni Jesus coll. in
,„„, 1589, took one degree in arts four years after,
L5y»J left tiie university without com pleating it by
determination, studied divinity in tlie country,
and in the year I6O8 was admifed to ihe read-
ing of the sentences as a member ot Line. coll.
having been fourteen years a minister of God s
word, and dispenced with for not ruhng in arts.
But before that time he was rector of Malloyd,
or Maynlloyd in Merionithshirc, (which occa-
sioned, as I presume, sir Leoline Jenkyns to
Lond. 1632. printed at
the end of the Diet.
before-mentioned.
tell me that he was that countryman born) and
afterwards a canon of St. Asaph by the gift of
doctor Parry B. thereof, (to whom he was chap-
lain) and a dignitary, if I mistake not, in some
other church. In 16 16, he proceeded in his fa-
culty, as a member of the said coll. of Lincoln,
being then esteemed by the academians well
vers'd in the history and antiquities of his own
nation, and in the Greek and Hebrew languages,
a most exact critic, an indelatigable searcher
into antient scripts, and well acquainted with
curious and rare autliors. His works are,
Antiaua Linaute Britannicce nunc communiter
dicta Cambro-firitannica:, a suis Cymrxce. vel
Cambriccc, ab aliis JVallicm Rudimenta, &c. Lond.
1621. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. D. 15. Art. Scld.]
Dictionarium Britannico-Latinum. Lond. l632,
fol. With this, is printed,
Dictionarium Latino- Britannicum. Which wa»
in a manner finish'd by Tho. Williams a physi-
cian, before the year I6OO. Afterward com-
pleated and published by Dr. Davies. I have
been informed that in the library of MSS. some-
times belonging to Rob. Vaughan of Hengwrt m
Merionithshirc, is a JVelsh Dictionary that con-
tains about two thousand words more than in the
former.
Adagia Britannica.
Autfiorum Britannico-
rum Nomina ^ quando
fioruerunt. - . -yuc ■
Adasiorum Britannicorum Specimen— M.^. m
bib. Bod. He also assisted Will. Morgan, B. ot
Landaff and afterwards of S. Asaph, and Rich.
Parry who succeeded him in the see of Asaph, in
translating the bible into Welsh, I mean in that
correct edition, that came out temp. Jac. 1.
(1620) and also translated into the same language
(which he had studied at vacant hours for thirty
years) the Book of Resolution, written by Rob.
Persons, a Jesuit. On the first of Feb. 1626 was
one John Davies, a doctor's son admitted bac. ot
arts, as a member of Glouc. hall, which I take to
be the son of Dr. John Davies before-mentioned,
at which time sir John Davies the mathematician
had a son of both his names, who was gent. com.
of that house.
[John Davies was the son of David ap John ap
Rees ap cdnyfed of Llanchiadr, in Kinmerch, in
the diocese of Bangor and county of Denby, aiid
of his wife Elizabeth, the daughter of Lewis Da-
vid Lloyd, descended from Ednylcd Vaughan,
the famous gcncrall under Lcoline the great
prince of Wales. He was born at Llanchaiadr
aforesaid. His preferments in the diocese ot St.
Asaidi, were the prebend of Llannludd in the
church of St. Asaph, and the contiguous rectories
of Llanny-mowddwv and Mallwyd, and the sine-
cure of Ihirowen, and after of Llaiifavvr. He dyed
at Mallwyd about May 1644: for on the 28 ot that
month the prebend is disposed ot vacant by h}S
Clar.
1634.
589
HUNT.
GOMEJJSALL.
590
death, and his other preferments some time after.
JHe was a justice of peace and an useful magi-
strate, and universally beloved and esteemed in
his country. He built 3 publiek bridges at his
own charge, and did other charities about Mall-
wyd, where he lived. He left his estate in land
to be divided between a nephew of his own and
a son of Ep. Parry's, his wife's nephew.
For our Mr. Davies never had a son, or any
child. His wile (who was Jane Price, sister to
Bp. Parry's wife) survived him, and after marry'd
Edward Wynn, then A. M. and rector of Llany-
mowdvvy. This Edw. Wynn (who was a younger
eon of Edward Wynn of Bodewrid in Anglesey,
esq;) was bred up at Jesus coll. in Cambridge,
from whence being then but A. B. he was pre-
ferred to Llanymowddwy (vacant by Dr. Davies
death) June 5th, 1644, by his uncle (Bp. Owen.)
After the restoration he was made rector of Lla-
nannon in the diocese of Bangor, com. Carnar-
von, and before that of Llangeinwen in Angle-
sey. He was member of convocation for the
diocese of Bangor, in the convocation 16G1-2,
and went out D. D. at Cambridge about that
time. He was also rector of Llaullechid near
Bangor, canon of St. Asaph, and chancellor of
the cathedral of Bangor. He writ and published
a book of devotions, in the British tongue, en-
tituled, Trefni/mzcared diad y Gzeir Gristioti,
London, 1602-3. By his last will he left 50. lib.
I'or the adorning of the choir of Bangor, and 100.
lib. for the maintenance of a exhibitioner of 6. lib.
per an. in Jesus college, Cambridge, to be named
by the Bp. of Bangor, heirs of Bodewrid and
Llangoed, or any two of them.
There is in Mr. Vaughan's library a MS. Welch
Dictionary, or rather Vocabulary, composed by
Mr. John Jones of Flintshire, in a great many
volumes in large 4to. Humphreys.]
NICOLAS HUNT, a gentleman's son, and
a Devonian born, became a sojourner of Exeter
coll. in Midsummer-term, an. 16 12, aged 15
years, took one degree in arts in this university,
but whether that of master, it appears not, not-
withstanding in one of his books he writes himself
by that title. His works are these,
^ "New Recreations: or the Mind's Release and
Solacing, S{c. being judiciary Exercises, or practi-
cal Conclusions, &,c. Lond. 1631. in tvv. [Bodl.
8vo. E. 47. Art.]
Jrithmetical Recreations— Vv. with the former
book.
Hand-maid to Arithmetic refin'd,- &c. Lond.
1633. Oct. [Bodl. 8vo. H. 79. Art.] Dedic. to
Rob. Ricii earl of Warwick. In my searches I
Clar ^"'^ *^"^ Nich. Hunt, a preacher, to be author of
(1) The devout Christian's Communicant, instructed
in the Sacraments, Baptisrn and the Lord's Supper,
&c. Lond. 1631. qu. besides one or more ser-
mons: but whether he be the same with the
1634.
former Nich. Hunt, I cannot tell. Another Nich.
Hunt also I find living at Camberwell in Surrev,
an. 1647, who was born at or near to Exeter, had
been many years one of the proctors of the
arches, and died an aged man m 1648, having
been esteemed a presbyterian for about 7 years
before; whether also the same with the first, I
cannot tell.
[One Nicholas Hunt was author of The New-
borne Christian : or a liveli/ Patterne and perfect
Representation of the Saint-Militant Child of
God: layd onen'and described to the Life bif his
holy Jntipatliie, and Contrarity to Sinne and Im-
piety, his Establishment in Grace, and f nail Per-
severance. Lond. by Aug. Matt hezccs for Rich.
Collins, 1631. in quarto, Bodl. 4to. F. 15. Th.
Ded. to Thomas lord Coventry, baron of Alleis-
borough.]
ROBERT GOMERSALL, the eldest son of
an esquire, was born in London, applied his muse
to academical literature in Ch. Ch. I6l4, aged
14, of which house he was afterwards made a
student, and at about seven years standing taking
the degree of M. of A. he entred into holy or-
ders, and became a very florid preacher in the
university. In 1628, he was admitted to the
reading of the sentences, at which time he was
esteemed excellent for dramatic poesy, especially
upon his publishing of.
The Tragedy of Ludov. Sforsa Duke of Milain.
Lond. 1628. oct. Dedic. to Mr. Fr. Hyde of
Ch. Ch. proctor of the university. He wrote
also.
The Levite's Revenge, containing Poetical Me-
ditations on the 19 and 20 Chapters of Judges.
Lond. 1628. oct. [Bodl.Svo. W. 13. Art.] Dedic.
to Mr. Barten Holyday, archd. of Oxford,
Sermons on 1 Pet. 2. 13, 14, 15, 16. London
1634. [in 4to. Bodl. BB. S5. Th.] Dedicated to
sir John Strangwayes of Milbury in Dorsetshire,
who seemed to be a favourer of the author's
studies.
Poems Lond. 1638. oct. They were before
published, and hrfd then (1638) a new title put
to them. One Rob. Gomersall, who seems to be
a Devonian born, died 1646, leaving then by his
will' 1000/. to his son Robert, which son perhaps
may be the writer before-mentioned.
[At the end of The Levite's Revenge ? are two
poetical additions, 1. A Thanksgiving for a Re-
cover//from a burning Feauer, and tlie following
which has considerable merit.
rpon our vain Flattery of' oitrselues, that the
succeeding Times zcill be better than the former.
How wc dally out our daycs.
How we seeke a thousand wayes
* In the will-office, near to S. Paul's cadi. ch. in Reg.
Essex, pan 3. tju. 14J.
' [Tills rare vol. should have a neat engraved tide by Tho.
Cecil.]
[599]
Clar.
1634.
591
INGMETHOUP.
SANDYS.
DIGGES.
592
/
To find death! the which, if none
We sought out, would shew vs one.
Wliy then doe we iniure fate,
When we will impute the date
And expiring of our time
To be her's, which is our crime?
Wish we not our end? and worse
Mak 't a pray'r which is a curse?
Does there not in each breast lye
Both our soule and enemy ?
Neuer was tliere morning yet
(Sweet as is the violet)
^A'hich man's folly did not soone
Wish to be expir'd in noone ;
As though such an hast did tend
To our blisse, and not our end.
Nay the young ones in the nest
Sucke this folly from the breast.
And no stamm'ring ape but can
Spoyle a prayer to be a man.
But suppose that he is heard
By tlie sprouting of his beard.
And he liath w hat he doth seeke.
The soft cloathing of the cheeke :
Yet would he stay here, or bee
Fixt in this maturity?
Sooner shall the wandring starre
Learne what rest and quiet are;
Sooner shall the slippery rill
Leaue his motion and stand stilL
Be it ioy, or be it son'ow.
We referre all to tomorrow :
That we thinke will ease our paine.
That w^e doe suppose againe
Will increase our io}^ and so
£uents (the which we cannot know)
We magnifie, and are (in summe)
Enamor'd of the time to come.
W^ell, the next day comes, and then
Another next, and so to ten,
To twenty we arrive, and find
No more before vs then behind
Of solid joy, and yet hast on
To our consummation :
Till the baldnesse of the crowne;
Till that all the face do frowne;
Till the forehead often haue
The remembrance of a graue;
Till the eyes looke in to find
If that they can see the mind ;
Till the sharpnesse of the nose ;
Till that we haue liu'd to pose
Sharper eyes who cannot knowe
Whether we are men or no;
Till the hollow of the cheeke ;
Till we know not what we seeke.;
And, at last, of life bereau'd,
Dye vuhappy and deceiu'd.]
THOMAS INGMETHORP,aWorcestershire
man born, was matriculated as a member of Bra-
sen-nose coll. in the latter end of May 158 J,
aged 19, went away without any degree conferr'd
upon him, and was afterwards made rector of
Great Stainton, or Stainton in that Street in the
bishoprick of Durham, being then accounted emi-
nent tor the Hebrew tongue, and for his admir-
able methods in ped.igogy; which employment
he practised not only before he came to Stainton,
tut also afterwards in his private house there
among 12 or 14 boys, till almost to the time of
his death. He hath published,
Several Sermons, as (1) Serm.on iJoh. chap. 2.
vcr. 3, 4, 5, G. Oxon. 1598. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. B.
180. Th.] (2) Sermon upon the Words of Saint
Paul, Let every Soul be subject to the higher
Powers: Rom. 13. 1. wherein the Pope's Sove-
reignty over Princes is briefly, but snfficienl/i/, re'
fitted, &.C. London 1619. quarto; [Bodl. 4to. J.
18. Th.] and others which I have not yet seen.
A short Catechism for young Children to learn
hy Law authorized, &c. Lond. 1633. oct.
Catechism in English and Hebrew — printed in
octavo. This 1 have not seen, nor any thing else,
besides what is before set down. He died and was
buried at Stainton before-mentioned, but when, I
know not.
MILES SANDYS, a knight's son, was born
in AA^rcestershirc, became agent, com. of Hart
hall in the beginning of the year l6l5, aged 15,
but put under the tuition of Dr. Rich. Astley,
fellow (afterwards warden) of Allsouls college,
by whose endeavours this our author became
afterwards a complcat gentleman. He departed
without a degree, tho' much deserving of one, and
had the degree of knighthood conferr'd upon
him by his majesty some years after. He hath
written.
Prudence, the first of the four Cardinal Virtues,
Lond. 1634. in tw. [Bodl. 8vo. O. 15. Th.] 'Tis
the first part of a small work written by him,
chiefly concerning the four cardinal virtues, espe-
cially prudence ; wherein is much reading shew'd.
What other parts followed I know not, nor any
thing else of the author. One sir Miles Sandys
of Wilbcrton in Cambridgeshire, knight and ba-
ronet, third son of Edwyn, archbishop of York,
died in the latter end of 1644, leaving then be-
hind him a son called sir Miles Sandys, knight
and baronet : whether this last be the same with
the writer before-mention'd, I know not.
LEONARD DIGGES, son of Tho. Digges,
.mentioned under the year 1574, by Anne his wife,
daughter of sir Warham St. Leodgar, knight, was
born in London, became a commoner of Univ.
<;oll. in the beginning of the year IfiOS, aged 15,
took the degree of bac. of arts, retired to the great
city for the present, afterwards travelled into se-
Clar.
1634.
Ciar.
163*.
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BROAD.
CORBET
594
[600] veral countries, and became an accomplish'd
person. Some years after his return lie retired to
nis coll. aijain, and upon his supplication made to
the venerable convocation, he was, in considera-
tion that he had spent' many years in good let-
ters in transmarine universities, actually created
M. of A. in 1626. He was esteemed by those
that knew him in Univ. coll. a great master of
the English language, a perfect understander of
the French and Spanish, a good poet and no
mean orator. He hath translated out of Spanish
into English a romance called Gerardo the unfor-
tunate Spaniard, in two parts. Lond. 1622. qu.
[Bodl. 4to. G. 27. Art.] written by Don Gon^alo
de Cespedes : and from Lat. into English verse,
The Rape of Proserpine, in 3 books. Lond. I617.
and 28. (\vu [Bodl. 4to. L. 69. Art.] written by
Claudian ; besides other things which I have not
1635. yet seen. He died on the 7 Apr. in sixteen hun-
dred thirty and five, and was buried in that little
old chappel of Univ. coll. (sometimes standing
about the middle of the present quadrangle) which
was pulled down in 1 668. Several verses of his
composition I have seen printed in the beginning
of various authors, particularly those before Shake-
spear's works, which shew him to have been an
eminent poet of his time.
[Digges's Lines to the Memory/ of Shakspeare,
prefixed to the first folio edition of that poet's
works, 1623, have been reprinted frequently; he
wrote also another copy of verses on the same sub-
ject, first printed before Shakspeare's Poem*. Lond.
1640, 8vo.]
THOMAS BROAD, or Brod«;us as he writes
himself, son of Will. Broad of Rendcome in Glo-
cestershire, clerk, made his first entry into S.
Mary's hall in Mich, term 1594, aged 17, and
soon after translating himself to that of S. Alban,
took the degrees in arts, as a member thereof.
In 1611, in which year his father died, he be-
came rector of Rendcomb, the place of his nati-
vity, where, as before in Oxon, he was held in
great esteem for his learning and religion. He
hath written.
Touch-stone for a Christian, zcherein is shewed
how a Man may know whether he be the Temple of
the Holy Ghost, ^c. Lond. I6l3. [Bodl. 8vo. C.
43. Th.] 8cc. in tw.
The Christians Warfare, &c. Serm. on Jam. 4.
7. Lond. 1613. in tw.
Three Questions answer'd. The first Question,
What should our Meaning be, when after the Read-
ing of the fourth Commandment, we pray. Lord
incline our Hearts to keep this Law. The second
Question, How the fourth Commandment, being
delivered in such form of Words, binds us to sanc-
tify any Day, but only the Seventh, iSfc And the
thrd Question, How shall it appear to be t/te Law
' Reg. Convcc. N. fol. 234. a.
Vol. n.
of Nature to sanctify one Day every Week. Oxon.
1621. qu. [Bodl.4to. V. 14. Th.]
Tractatus de Subbato, in tjuo Doctrina Ecclesice
primitira: declaralnr ac de/enditur. Printed 1627.
qu. [Bodl.4to. C.32.Th.Seld.]
Two Treatises: one concerning the Sabbath or
Seventh Day. The other concerning the Lord's
Day, or first of the Week. These two that were
writteu in English, and not printed, came in MS.
into the hands of one- George Abbot, not he that
was archbishop of Canterbury, but another, who
making an answer to them, published it under the
title of Viudieice Sabbathi, or an Answer to two
Treatises (f Mr. Broad, &ic. Lond. 1641. qu. He
the said Tho. Broad departed this mortal life
about the middle, or latter end, of June, in six-
teen hundred thirty and five, and was buried by
the bodies of his father, and of his brother
Samuel, in the chancel of the church at Rend-
combe before-mentioned, leaving tiien behind
him four sons (besides daughters) which he had
by Margaret his wife, viz. William, Thomas,
Sam. and John. Thomas succeeded him (if I
mistake not) in the rectory of Rendombe, and
afterwards became rector of Risington Magna in
Glocestershire, where he died in the beginning of
1679.
RICHARD CORBET was born of a genteel
family at Ewel in Surrey, son 'of
' Vincent ' Corbet farther known
By Poynter's name, than by his own.'
And after he had spent some years in Westminster
school, was sent to Broadgate's hall in Lent-term
1597-8, aged 15, and in the year after was made
student of Ch. Ch. In l605, he proceeded M.
of A. being then esteemed one of the most cele-
brated wits in the university, as his poems, jests,
romantic fancies and exploits, which he made
and perfonn'd extempore, shew'd. Aftei wards
entring into holy orders, he became a most quaint
preacher and therefore much followed by inge-
nious men. At length being made one of the
chaplains to his maj. K. Jam. I. (who highly va-
lued him for his fine fancy and preaching) he was
by his favour promoted to the deanery of Ch. Ch.
in Oxon. an. 1620, being then D. of D. senior
student of that house, vicar of'Cassington near to
Woodstock in Oxfordshire, luid [)rebendary of
Dcdininsler Secunda in the church of Sarum. At
length upon the translation of Dr. Howson to
the see of Durham; he " by* the * By virtue of
" interest of the earl of Dorset (to the kings let-
" make way for his deserving chap- ters was elected
" lain, i:>r."Duppa to be dean of that lishopofOxon.
« church) obtain'd" the king's letters &<^- F'^steUit.
to be elected bishop of Oxon, 30 July 1629, and
' See in the latter end of his poems.
* A gardincr at Tv/iuknam in Mid. as 'tis reported,
2 Q
1635.
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CORBET.
COLLETON.
596
was afterwards consecrated at Lambeth IQOctob.
and installed in Iiis chair 3 Nov. following. Upon
the translation of ]Jr. White to Ely, he was elected
bishop of Norwich 7 Apr. 1632, and had restitu-
tion of the temporalities belonging thereunto,
made' to him on the 12 of May the same year.
His writings that are published are only,
Poetica ^Stromata : or, a Collection of Sundry
Pieies of Poelri/. Lond. 1647. [Bodl. 8vo. U.Q.
An. HS.J 48, &c. oct. made in his younger years,
and never intended to be published by their
author.
" Richardi Corbet Oratio in Funus Henrici
" Piiricipis. A D. 1612. MS. in musaso Ashmo-
" leano, n. 1133." He was buried at the upper
end of the choir belonging to the cath. church of
1635. Norwich, in sixteen hundred thirty and five, and
soon after was a large free stone of a sandy co-
lour laid over his body, with this engraven on a
brass plate fastned thereunto. * Richardus Corbet
theologiae doctor, ecclesiaj cathedralis Christi
Oxoniensis primum alumnus, " inde decanus,"
exinde episcopus, illinc hue translatus, & hinc in
coelum, Julii 28. an. 1635.' On the said stone
are the ancient arms of the Corbets of Shropshire,
viz. or, a raven passant sab. This person was
hospitably disposed and ever ready to express
himself generous towards public designs. Upon
the repair of S. Paul's cathedral, an. 1634, he used
his utmost endeavour both by an excellent speech
and exemplary gifts to advance that pious work,
not onlj' contributing largely himself, but also
giving monies to some ministers, that had not to
give, to encourage others to contribute, that
might better give. " His Speech is extant in MS.
" in Mr. Ashmole's library, n. 1 153."
[He was vicar of Stewkley in Bucks, which he
held to his death. V. my MS. vol. 39, p. 246.
Cole.
Besides the two editions of bishop Corbets
Poems, mentioned by Wood, a third, ^ ' corrected
and enlarged,' was printed, London, by J. C. for
William Crook, 1672; (Bodl. 8vo. B. 127- Line.)
But the best edition, by far, has appeared lately,
under the care of Octavius Gilchrist, F. S. A.
Lond. 1807, Svo. This contains a number of
additional poems from !MSS. and other sources,
Corbet's Oration on P. Henri/, and a Life of the
author, which, whilst it contnins little informa-
tion actually new, is rendered very interesting by
the insertion of several letters and other docu-
ments connected with Corbet's history. To this,
therefore, we refer with confidence.
We have seen before at col. 534, that Corbet
married a daughter of Leonard Hutten. The off-
spring of this marriage was a daughter named
» P.it. 8. Car. 1. p. 12.
' [Willis, Survri/ of Cathedrals (Oxford) 409, mentious
an edition in 8vo. li3C3, but this must be an error.]
Alice, and a son to whom the following exquisite
lines were written by his affectionate parent.
To his Son * Fincent Corbet. *
What I shall leave thee none can tell.
But all shall s.ay I wish thee well;
I wish thee (Vin.) before all wealth,
Both bodily and ghostly health :
Not too much wealth, nor wit, come to thee,
So much of either may undo thee.
I wish thee learning, not for show.
Enough for to instruct, and know ;
Not such as gentlemen require
To prate at table or at fire.
I wish thee all thy mother's graces,
Thy father's fortunes and his places.
I wish thee friends, and one at court,
Not to build on, but support;
To keep thee, not in doing many
Oppressions, but from suffering any.
I wish thee peace in all thy ways,
Nor lazy nor contentious da^-s;
And when thy soul and body part.
As innocent as now thou art.
PoiiMs, edit. 1672; p. 35.]
JOHN COLLETON, or Collington, son
of Edmund Colleton of Milverton in Somerset-
shire, gent, was born there, and at 17 years of
age, an. 1565, was sent to the university of Oxon,
f)articularly, as 'lis thought, to Lincoln coll. but
eaving the place without a degree, and his coun-
try, he crossed the seas and went to Doway,
where applying himself to the study of divinity
ill the English coll. was made a priest, and re-
turned into England with father Carapian, an.
1580. But being taken and sent prisoner to the
Tower of London, was afterwards, upon his tryal
for conspiring the death of the queen at Rome or
Rheims, set at liberty, and charged to depart the
land within few days after. In obedience there-
fore to that command, he, with others of his pro-
fession, went (or rather were sent) accordingly, in
1584, but tarrying there not long, returned, and
spent many years in administring to the brethren,
and gaining proselytes. In which time, as father
Persons reports, he was a principal author of the
libels against the archpriestship : see more in
Christop. l^agshaw, under the year 1625. In the
reign of K. James 1. he was made * . j^^ ^„j „^j^
titular archdeacon of Kent, and af- archdeacon of
terward under Richard bishop of London, (only
Chalcedon, episcopal vicar in the titular) vicar ge.
* [Aubrey gives us but a lamentable account of this young
man : — ' He went to school at Wes'min^ter, with Ned Bag-
shawe ; a very handsomt- youth, but h" is run out of all, and
{joes begginji; up and downe to j^entleraen.' Lives, 8vO.
Oxford, 1813, vol ii, p, 2()t.]
5 [On his birth-day, November 10, l630, being thea
three years old.]
597
GILL.
598
[602]
1635.
neralo/ the East eleven provinces under written, viz.
parts of Ens- Essex, SufVolk, Norfolk, Cambridge,
tU Zn If and the isle Of Ely, Bedfb,^, Buck-
Chalcedon, but ingliam, Midalescx and Hertford,
whe7i age prew the city of London and tiie suburbs,
upo7i him, Greg, and the city of Westminster, but to
Fuller, aUas ,jjj^ ^^^-^^^ disinabled through old
J,Vl.uSn.Cij (lTCfl~ « ■III I*
deacon, f Surrey age, there Was added as a coadjutor,
and Middlesex, Mr. Gregory Fisher, alias Musket,
teas added as a archdeacon of Surrey and Middle-
coadjutorin the g^^ j^ ]etters bearing date 10th
fneralf To. of February 1 626, by Richard lord
Pirsietl'it. bishop of Chalcedon.
He hath written and published,
ylJHst Defence of the slundered Priests, wherein
are contai)ied Reasons against their receiving Mr.
George Blackwell to he their Superior, &,c.
Printed 1602. [Bodl. 4to. C. 17. Th.] qu. con-
cerning which book and father Persons his cha-
racter therein, you may see in The Jnatomy of
Popish Tyranny, &c. written by Tho. Bell, lib. 4.
cap. 5. sect. 4.
Supplication to the King of Great Britain for
a Toleration of the Catholic Religion.
Epistle to P. Paul 5. — with other things which
I have not yet seen. He ended his days in the
house of a Kom. Catholic at Eltham in Kent, on
the fourteenth of the calends of Novemb. in six-
teen hundred thirty and five, aged 87, and was
buried in the church there, dedicated to S. John
Bapt. Over his grave was soon after a monu-
mental stone laid, with an inscription round the
verge, a copy of which was sent to me by his sis-
ter's son, named Job. Kynn, O. S. B. living at
Beoly in Worcestershire. Much about the time
that this Joh. Colleton studied, according to report
in Line, college, one Joh. Filby, an Oxfordshire
man born, studied there also, who leaving that
coll. before he was bac. of arts, went to Rheimes,
where he studied divinity in the English coll. and
was made a priest. Afterwards being sent into
the mission of England, he was taken, impri-
soned, and at length being condemned to die,
was executed at Tyburn 30 May 1582.
ALEXANDER GILL, born in Lincolnshire
on the 27 F'eb. 1564, was admitted scholar of
Corp, Ch. coll. in Sept. 1583, took the degrees in
arts, that of master being compleated in 1590,
left the coll. and became an instructor of youth,
but where, unless in the city of Norwich, (where
he lived 1597, and then wrote his treatise of the
Trinity,) I know not. Sure I am, that in l608,
he became the chief master of S. Paul's school
within the city of London, in the place of Rich.
Mulcaster, was esteemed by most persons to be a
learned man, a noted Latinist, critic, and divine,
and also to have such <in excellent way of train-
ing up youth, that none in his time went beyond
him. Whence 'twas, that many noted persons in
church and state did esteem it the greatest of
their iiappiness, that tliey had been educated un-
der him. His works are.
Treatise concerning the Trinity in Unity of
the Deity. Lond. l601. oct. written to Tho. Ma-
nering, an anabaptist, who denied that Jesus is
very God of very God.
Logonomia Jnglica. Qua Gentis Sermo faci-
Uus addifcitur. Lond. 1621. t|U.'
Sacred Philosophy of holy Scripture. Or a
Commentary on the Creed.'' Lond. 1635. fol.
[Bodl. E. 5. 7. Th.] At the end of which is
printed also his Treatise of the Trinity before-
mention'd. He died in his house in St. Paul's
ch. yard, on the 17 Novemb. in sixteen hundred
thirty and five, and was buried on the twentieth
day of the same month in Mercer's chappel in
London, in a vault near to the monument of Mr.
Brown and Mr. Fishbourne. He left behind him
a son of both his names, whom I shall hereafter
mention.
[Vppon Ben Jonson's Magnettick Ladye.
Parturient montes, nascetur
Is this your loade-stone, Ben, that must attract
Applause and laughter att each scaene and
acte .'
Is this the childe of }-our bed-ridden witt.
An none but the Blacke-friers foster ytt ?
If to the Fortune you had sent your ladye
Mongest prentizes and apell-wyfes, ytt may
bee
Your rosie foolc might haue some sporte haue
gott,
With his Strang habitt and indiffinctt nott :
But when as silkes and plush, and all the witts
Are calde to see, and censure as befitts.
And yff your follj-e take not, thay, perchance,
Must here them selfes stilde, gentle ignorance.
Fob I how ytt stinckes 1 what generall offence
Giues thy prophanes, and grosse impudence !
O, how thy frind Natt Butter gan to melte
When as the poorencs of thy plotthe smelte.
And Inigo with laughter ther grewe fatt.
That thear was nothing worth the laughing
att.
And yett thou crazye art (and) eonfidente,
Belchinge out full raouth'd oathes with foulle
intent,
* [The first edition of this very rare and very cnrioiis book
was ' Londini excudit Johannis Beale, I619,' in 4to. a very
fine copy, given by the author, with MS. corrections, and the
Saxon letters very neatly formed in red ink, Bodl. 4to. G.
30. Art. The second edit. 1621, bequeathed by Junius, and
preserved among his MSS. N"81.]
' [Gill on the Creed : the best use I have made of him is
to know the herelicks who have opposed it, and their opi-
nions. Perhaps others have done it better, but 1 have not
heard of them. Letters from Dr. Smallridge to Dr. Atler-
bury, Episl. Correspondence, &c. of Atlerbury , 1783, vol. i.
p. 18.J
2 Q 2
1635.
599
GILL.
DEANE.
600
Calling vs fooles and rogues, vnlettered
men,
Poore narrow soules, that cannott judge of
Ben!
Yett, which is worss, after three shamfull
foyles,
The printers must bee putt to further toyles,
Wliereas indeed to vindicate thy fame
Th' had'st better giue thy pamphelett to the
flame.
O what a strange, prodigious yeare 'twill bee
Yff this thy playe come forth in thirtj'e
three !
Lett doomseday rather come on new ycares
eue.
And yff thy paper plague the worlde bereaue,
Which plague I feare worse then a Serjeant's
bitl;
Worse then the infection, or an ague fitt ;
Worse then astronomers deuynhig lipps ;
Worse then three sunns, a comett or eclipps ;
Or yff thy learned brother, Allestree,
(Who'se Homer vnto the for poetr3'e^
Should tell of raigne vppon sahict Swithin's
day.
And that should wash our haruest clean away.
As for the press, yf thy playe must come
too'te
Lett Thomas Purffoot or John Trundell doo'te.
In such dull charrectors as, for releiffs
Of fires and wrackes, wee find in beggine
brcefes ;
Bxit in capp paper lett ytt printed bee.
Indeed brown paper is to good for thee.
And lett ytt be soe apocriphall.
As nott to dare to venture on a stall,
Exceppt ytt bee of druggers, grocers, cookes,
Victuallers, tobackoe-men, and such like
rookes.
From Buckler's-burye lett ytt not be barde.
But thinke nott of Ducke lane or Paules
church-yarde.
Butt to aduyse the, Ben, in this strickt age,
A bricke-hill's fitter for thee then a stage ;
Thou better knowes a groundsell how to layc,
Tlien lay the plott or grounde worke of a
playe ;
And better canst dercct to capp a chimney.
Then to conuerse with Clio or Polihimny.
Fall then to worke, in thy old age, agen.
Take vpp your trugg and trowell, gentle
Ben.
Lett playes alone, and yff thou needs wilte
Wright
And thrust thy feeble muse into the light,
Lett Lowine cease, and Taylore feare to touch
The loathed stage, for thou hast made ytt
such !
Finis. Alexander Gill.
These lines are transcribed from a MS. in the
Ashmolean museum, and though they do not give
a very favourable idea of the author's candour
and liberalitj', (since nothing can excuse the ill-
natured allusion to Ben's early misfortunes) they
are still curious inasniuchas they illustrate the lite-
rary history of the times. Gill was answered by
Zouch Townley in a short poem which will be
found in a note. *]
EDMUND DEANE, brother to Richard
Deane bishop of Ossory, and both the sons of
Gilb. Deane of Saltonstall in Yorkshire, was born
there, or in that county, entred a student in Mer-
ton coll. in Lent-term 1591, aged 19, took one
degree in arts, and then retired to St. Alban's
hall, where prosecuting his geny which lie had to
the faculty of physic, took both the degrees
therein, as a member of the said hall, and about
that time retired to the city of York, and prac-
tised there, till about the beginning of the civil
wars. He hath written,
Spadacreite Aiiglica : or, the English Spaw
Fountain, being a brief 'Treatise of the acid or tart
Fountain in the Forest of Knaresborough in York-
shire. Lond. 1626. in oct. [Bodl. 4to. A. 8. Med.
BS.]
A Relation of other medicinal Waters in the
said Forest. — Pnnted with the former book.
Admiranda Chi/inica in oct. Tractatulis, cum
Figuris. Franc. 1630. 35. qu. Sam. Norton is
esteemed half author of this book, " there i>eing
" in it some of his tracts, sc. Catholicon Phi/si-
" corum, Mercurius Redivivus, &c."9 This emi-
• [Mr. Souch Townlye to Mr. Ben Johnson against Mr.
Alexander Gill's verses wrighten by hym agai.isi the play
called The Magnetlick Ladyc.
Itt cannott moue thy frind, firmn Ben, that hee
Whome the starr-chambcr censur'd, rayles at thee.
1 gralulate the mcthcod of thy fate.
That joyn'd the next, in malice, to the state ;
Thus I\ero, after parricidal] guilt,
Brookes noe dclayes till Lucan's blond bee spilte,
Isor could his inischife finde a second crime
Vnles hee slew the poctt of the tyme.
But, thankcs to Hellicon, liere are no blowes.
This drone noe more of stinge then honye shewes ;
His verses sliall be counted censures, when
Cast malefactors are made jurie-men.
Meane-uhile rejoyce, that soe disgrac't a quill
Tempted to wound that worth, tyme cannot kill.
And tliou who darst to blast fame fully blowne.
Lye buried in the mines of tliyiic owne.
Vex not thyne ashes, open nott the deepe,
The gostc of thyne slayne name would rather sleep.
Finis. Souch Townlye.]
9 [Where Tanner got these words, I know not : Wood's
•riginal MS. in the Ashniole copy has as follows:
' Joh. Anton Vand. Linden, De ScriplisMedkis, Norimb.
iCaG, 4to.
P. 254. Edm. Deane, cdidit
1. Samuelis Norton! Catholicon Physkorum.
2. Sani. Norloni Mcrcwium redivivum, Francof. l630.
4to.]
[603]
601
CllOVVNEY.
WYLSMAN.
LYND.
602
Clar.
1635.
1636.
i
ncnt physician died before the civil war brake
forth, but the particular time I know not.
" THOMAS CHOWNEY (Chouneus) an
" esquire's son of Kent, became a com. of Ch.
" Ch. in Lcnt-terui, 1600, aged 17, left it without
" a degree, retired (after he had seen the world)
" to his estate at Alfrinston in Susse.v, prosecuted
*' his studies in divinity, and wrote,
" Collectiones Tlieologicarum quarundam Con-
" clusionum ex diversis Authorum Sententiis ex-
" cerpta. Lond. 1635. in oct. [Bodl. 8vo. C. 462.
" Line] published under the name of Tho.
" Chouneus, arniiger."
•In ihefrst WALTER WYLSMAN,* a Cor-
editionihislife j^[g]^ j^jj^,^ bom, educated in Exeter
der^ih" y"ear ^°"- ^°°^ ^^^^ degrees in arts, stood
i6i7, frood as a memberof Broiidgate'shall in an
not having dis- act celebrated 1594 to complcat it,
covered the being about that time minister of
ttmeofkndc- Dartmouth in Devonshire, and much
cease when he ^ ^ c \ ■ c . j
printed the resorted to tor his rrequent and prac-
Athen«. tical way of preaching. He hath
written and published.
The sincere Preacher: Proving that in whom is
Adulation, Avarice, and Ambition, he cannot he
sincere: Delivered in three sermons in Dartmouth,
upon 1 Thes. 2. 5, 6. Lond. I6i6. oct. [Bodl.
8vo. W. 43. Th.] " He died 21 May 1636, and
" was buried in the church of Dartmouth on the
" 26th of the same month."
HUMPHREY LYND, a most learned knight
of his time, a zealous Puritan and a grand enemy
to such who were called Arminians, was born in
London, but descended from those of his name,
if I mistake not, in Dorsetshire, educated in
Westminster school, elected student of Ch.
church in 1596, aged 17, and four years after
took a degree in arts. About that time he was
called away to be heir to a fair estate, and being
looked upon as a knowing person, was made a
justice of the peace, a knignt by the favour of K.
Jam. L 29 Oct. 16 13, and was elected several
times a burgess to serve in parliaments. He
was a person of great knowledge and integrity,
and a severe enemy to the Pontificians as well in
his common discourse, as in his writings, which
are,
Antient Characters of the visible Church. Lond.
1625.
Via tuta. The Safe Way to the. true, antient,
and Catholic Faith now professed in the Church
of England. Lond. 1628.' oct [Bodl. 8vo. P.
•
_ ' [The second edition apjicarcd in the following year, re-
vised by the author. In the preface to this he gives the sub-
ject and reason of his work ; • If for no other cause, yet for
this alone, that the world may know it is no difficult matter
for a mcane lay-man to prooue the ancient visibilitie of the
Protestant profession, 1 haue attempted to send forth this essay
of my poorc endeuours in this cause being thereunto prouokcd
128. Th.l Answer'd by Rob. Jenison alias
Frevil a Jesuit in a book entit. A pair of' Specta-
cles for Sir Humph. Lynd, &c. Iloan 1631, in
Oct.* Wiiich Jenison was born in the county
Pal. of Durham and died in England 10 Oct.
1656.
Via devia. The By- Way leading the Weak in
dangerous Paths of Popish Error. Lond. 1630.
oct. [Bodl. 8vo. P. 169. Th.] "and 1632, 2 edit."
[Bodl. 8vo. B. 140. Line]
A Case for a Pair of Spectacles, &c. — Refused
to be licensed by bishop Laud's chaplain, upon
no other pretence (as one ' saith) but that sir
Humphrey was a lay-man ; but in verity, because
lie (the chaplain) was unwilling to have him vin-
dicate himself and the truth against a railing
Jesuit, &c. However this book was afterwards
published by Dr. Dan. Featly, with a supplement
thereunto added b^' the Dr. in defence of sir
Humphrey — -Lond. 1638. qu. sir Humphrey
also hath written An Accou7it of Bertram the
Priest, jeith Observations concerning the Censures
upon his 'Tract De Corpore ^ Sanguine Christi,
set by way of preface to it ; — Lond. 1623, oct.
and by him dedicated to sir Walt. Pye knight,
tlic king's majesties attorney of the court of wards
and liveries. Which account, with observations,
as also tlae dedic. epistle of sir Humphrey, (all
sot before the translation of that book) were pub-
lished again by Matthew Brian LL. D. sometimes
a student in Magd. hall, Oxon. Lond. 1686, oct.
before which is set the picture of Charles the
great king of France and emperor of Rome.
See more in Will. Hugh, under the year 1549.
[Yol. i. col. 182.] Farther also, our author sir
Humphrc}-, who was esteemed a deserving defen-
der of the cause of religion, and to whom in other
respects the church and common cause did owe
much, did, in the year 1623, upon the motion of
certain eminent divines, (of whom Dr. Featly was
one) undertake the charge of printing the parti-
cular passages of man\- late writers, castrated by
the Romish knife. The collections were ■• made
by Dr. Tho. James, and were then (in 1623,)
sent to Dr. Featlv and others to prepare them
for the press. 1 hey began with Pol. Virgil,
Stella, Mariana, Ferus, Sec. sir Hump. Lynd died
on the eighth day of June in sixteen hundred
thirty and six, and was buried above the steps in
by a challenge heretofore sent unto me by a lesuit, in these
wordes : viz. That Sir Humfrey or his friends should prooue
out of some good authors that the Proicstant church was in
all ages visible, especially in the ages before Luther.]
' [Answered also by Mr. John Ileygham an English
Catholic gentleman, living at St. Omers, in a thick 8vo. of
above 800 p.^gcs, with this title : Via vere tuta, or the truly
safe fVay, discovering the Danger, Crookedness, and Uncer-
tainty of Mr. John I'reston and sir Ilunifrey Linde's Unsafe
Hay, &c. St. Oniers, 8vo. U)39, penes me. Cole ]
^ Will. Prjnne in Canterbury's Doome, printed l6i6.
p. 185.
♦ See in the Collection of Letters, at the end of archb.
Usher's Li/e, primed at Lond. in fol. l086.
[604]
1636.
603
ALLEN.
JONES.
604
l63C.
the chancel of the parish church of Cobham in
Surrey (and not in Kent) on the fourteenth tlay
of the same month ; at which time Dr. D. Featly
before-mentioned preached the funeral sermon,
shewing then to the auditory the great virtues,
piety, and learning that were once in the person
tiiat lay dead before them. He left behind Jiini
three sons, Robert, Alex, and Humphrey, besides
six daughters.'
THOMAS ALLEN, an exact proficient in the
Greek and Latin tongues, was sent from the
King's school at Worcester to this university in
Mien, term, 1589, aged l6, where making great
advances in philosophy, was elected probationer-
fellow of Merton coll. in 1393, and by the severe
discipline then used, he became a most noted
disputant. After he had compleated his regency,
he entred into the sacred function, but instead of
frequent preaching, he exercised himself much in
crabbed and critical learning. Whereupon being
well esteemed by his governor sir Hen. Savile,
he procured for him a fellowship of Eaton coll.
where he found him very serviceable for his de-
signs. He hath written,
Observationes in Libelliim Chrysosfoini in
Esaiam. Printed in sir H. Savile's edition of
S. Chrysostome, in the eighth vol. p. 139, 8cc.
He also was one that helped the said knight in
making and framing his Annotations on Chiysos-
tome's Homilies, on Matthew and the other Evan-
gelists, as he doth acknowledge in his preface to
the said annotations, wherein he stiles this our
author ' Vir doctissimus, Grajcarum literarum
non minus quam theologiae perilissimus,' &c.
He surrendered up his soul to him that gave it,
in sixteen hundred thirty and six, and was buried
in Eaton coll. chappel near to Windsor. Over
his grave is a flat stone remaining, having this
inscription carved on a brass plate fixed thereunto.
* Thomas Allenus, Wigorniensis, vir pietate insig-
nis, theologus pra;stantissimus, multarum optima-
rum linguarum, variaeque eruditionis callentissi-
mus, in collegium hoc (in quo diu socius vixit)
in collegia insuper alia, locaque in quibus aliquam
vitae suaB partem posuit pie munificus, hie jacet.
Obiit die decimo mensis Octobris, an. 1636.' He
gave books to Mert. coll. library, and some to
that of Brasen-nose ; in which last he had been a
student before he was elected into Merton.
Another of both his names, but later in time, was
sometimes pastor of a church in Norwich, and
author of The Glory of Christ, set forth in several
sermons from John 3. 34, 3.5, 5Q, &,e. published
after the autlior's death in 1683, oct.
JOHN JONES, the ornament of the English
Benedictines in his time, was born in London, but
descended from a family of his name living at
Llan-Urinach in Brecknocksiiirc, elected scholar
of S. John's coll. from Merchant-Taylor's school
in 1591. aged l6, and soon after became chamber-
fellow there, with Will. Laud, who was afterwards
arehb. of Canterbury. This person being entred
and settled in a jurist's place, he appiicc? himself
to the study of the civil law, and made a consi-
derable progress therein ; but his mind being
much inclined to the Itom. religion, he left the
coll. (tlio' then fellow and bacli. of laws stand-
ing) his friends, relations, and country, went
into Spain, and being made a monk of the
order of S. Benedict at Compostella, changed his
name to Leander de Sancto Martino, and at
length became D. of D. Thence he went to
Doway, where he executed the office of public
professor of his faculty, and of the Hebrew
tongue, in the coll. or cenobie of S. Vedastus
for several years. He was prior of the Bene-
dictine coll. of S. Gregory there, and the de-
sign'd abbot of Cismar in Germany, vicar ge-
neral also to the English Benedictines of the
Spanish congregation, living out of Spain, twice
president, or chief superior, of the Benedictines
in England, and titular prior of the Catholic
eh. of Canterbury. He was a person of extra-
ordinary eloquence, generally knowing in all arts
and sciences, beloved of all that knew him and
his worth, and hated by none but by the Puri-
tans and Jesuits. Towards his latter end he was
invited into England by doctor Laud arehb. of
Canterbury, to consult with him about certain
important points of controversy in religion, as
those of our author's profession say, but W.
Prynne, who was always an inveterate enemy
to Laud, tells ^ us, that he sent for him into
England, to reconcile us to Rome, or to make a
reconciliation between the church of Rome and
England. But how true those matters were, let
such that have read that archbishop's tryal
judge, while I tell you that our author hath
written.
Sacra Jrs Memoria ad Scripturas divinas in
Promptu habendas, memoriterque ediscendas, ac-
commodata. Duae. 1623, oct. At the end of
which is this book following,
Conciliatio Locorum commwiium totiits Scrip-
ture. Besides the said two, he Imtli other things,
which I have not yet seen. He also set forth the
BIBLE with glosses in six large volumes, the works
also (as 'tis said) of Ludov. Blosius, and had a
hand in that elaborate work entit. Apostolatus
Benedictinonim in Jnglia, Stc. published by Clem.
Reyner 1626.' But a greater hand, "l have
heard had Aug. Baker, of whom more hereafter.
As for our autlior Leander, lie paid his last debt to
nature on the seventeenth day of Decemb. in
sixteen hundred thirty and si.v, (having been
' In Cantcrhury's Doom, before-mentioned p. 448. See
also p. 412. 559.
^ [He having been permitted by sir Robert Cotton to con-
sult liis exquisite library for that purpose. Preface to Smyth' t
Catalogue of sir Robert Cotton's Library, p. 28. Watts.J
[605]
1636,
605
WHITE.
PERROT.
606
much vexed in his time by tlie Jesuits) and was
buried in the chappel of the Capuchins situate
and being in Somerset-house in the Strand near
to London. He had been ordinary ot" tlie dames
or nuns ot" our hid}' of comfort, of Cambray, of
the order of S. Benedict, and spiritual father to
tliem for many years.
CHRISTOPHER WHITE, a Worcestershire
man born, as it seems, was elected a student of
Ch. Ch. about l60f), tooic one degree in arts ' and
became a preacher. In 1620 he was admitted to
the reading of the sentences, about which time he
was rector of Letley in Hampshire. He hath
published.
Several Sermons, as (l)Serm. at Ch. Ch. on
Rom. 13. 1. Lond. H)22. qu. (2) Of Oaths, their
Object, Form and Bond, &c. in three sermons in
Oxon. on Jos. 9. 19- Lond. 1627. qu. [Bodl. 4to.
H. 30. Th.] and others, which I have not yet seen.
He concluded his last day in winter time, before
Ifi36-7. the month of Febr. in sixteen hundred thirty and
six, and was buried in the chancel of his church
at Letley before-mentioned, leaving behind him
the character of a good and edifying preacher, a
charitable man, and a loving neighbour.
JAMES PERROT, natural son of sir John
Perrot sometimes L. deputy of the kingdom of
Ireland, was born in Pembrokeshire, became a
gent. com. of Jesus coll. in 1586, aged 15, left it
without a degree, retired to the inns of court for a
time, and afterwards travelling, rcturn'd an ac-
complish'd gentleman, lived on his estate at Ha-
roldston in Pembrokeshire, was dub'd a knight,
and elected a burgess for several parliaments in
the reign of king Jam. I. In which shewing
himself a frequent and bold, if not a passionate
speaker, especially in that dissolved 6 January
19 Jac. I. Doni. 1621, and therefore numbred
among the ill temper'd spirits therein (as the king
usually call'd them) he was not imprison'd in
[606] London or Southwark as some of them were, but
was sent with sir Dudley Digges and others into
Ireland for their punishment, joyned in commis-
sion with certain persons under the great seal of
England for the enquiry after certain matters
concerning liis majesty's service, as well in the
government ecclesiastical and civil, as in point of
revenue and otherwise, within that kingdom. He
hath written
The Jirst Part of the Considerations of humane
Conditions zchercin is contained the moral Consi-
deration of a Mans self: as zchat, icho, and what
Manner of Man he is. Oxon. 1600. qu. [Bodl.
4to. C. 1 10. Th.] Dedic. to Tho. lord Buckhurst
chancellor of the univer. of Oxon. Whether any
other parts followed I know not.
Meditations and Prayers on the Lord's Prayer
and Ten Commandrnents. Printed 1630. tw.
7 [He was B. D. lG22 according to his title of his Sermon
on Rom. 13. V. 1. Dr. Za. Grey.]
A Book of the Birth, Education, Life and
Death and singular sood Parts of Sir Philip Sid-
ney,'^ besides other tilings which I have not yet
seen. He ended liis days at Haroldstone before-
mention'd on the fourth day of Eeb. in sixteea
hundred thirty and six, and was buried in the pa-
rish church of S. Mary in the town and county of
Haverford-West, to which place Haroldstone
adjoyns. This sir James Perrot intermarried with
Mary daughter of Rob. Ashfield of the parish of
Chesham in Bucks, esq: but died without issue
by her.
[Wood omits Perrot's earliest production: A
Discovery of discontented Minds ; wherein their se-
veral Sortcs and Purposes are described; especially
such as go beyond the Seas. At Oxford, printed
by Joseph Barnes, printer to the University, 1596.
4to. I have never seen this tract, but 01dys»
says that * it is discreetly and learnedly handled,
for a young man of twenty-five years of age ; and
founded upon a solid and loyal view of restraining
those dangerous malecontents, whether scholars
or soldiers, who did, many of them, in his time,
turn fugitives and renegades, settling themselves
in foreign countries, especially under the umbrage
of the king of Spain, to negotiate conspiracies,
invasions, &c. with their traiterous correspondents
in England.' Perrot dedicates his publication to
Robert earl of Essex.
The following lines are from that scarce volume
Vaughan's Golden Grove, l608. (Bodl. Svo. U.
10. Art. B S.)
James Perrot Esquire to his assured louing cousin,
the authour of the Golden Grove.
Thy Golde-groue yields good and golde trees,
The rootes thereof are vertues of the mind ;
The branches are well train'd up families;
The body is the common wealth refin'd.
Good fruit on such good trees do alwaies grow,
Whe wisedom reaps, what vertue first did sow;
In paradise, (which was a golden groue)
The tree of life in glorious maner grew,
Which earst, whe Eve did Satans speech ap-
proue,
Man's life by taste for euer could renew.
In this thy groue growes no forbidden plant,
Heere all is sound without bad juice or want.
' Stow's Annals with How's Continuation, edit. Lond.
l631 . fol. p. 8()t). [This Life of Sidney was never published.
Whalley. Dr. Zoucli, in hii Memoirs of Sir P. S. de-
scribes his most diligent enquirv after tlie work to have been
ineHcctual Oldys, and he will be accoinp:inicd in his wishes
by every lover of letters, earntsily desired to meet with Per-
rot's account of this illustrious author, which, he says, would,
■is all probability, set forth that gallant and accomplished gen-
tleman's virtues and actions in a mote conpicuous light than
does appear in the faint and inexpressive draught that has
been left us by his great friend sir Fulke (j revile. Catal. of
Hart. Pamphl. Numb. 12.]
» [See Oldys's Catalogue ofHarl. Pamphlets, Numb. 18.}
1636-7.
m
607
FITZ-GEFFRY.
608
Of eu'rie tree in wisdonies paradise,
The golden muse (good cousin) liaih some taste.
Three books are planted by thine exereisc,
Bookes such as enuies breath shall neucr blast.
Thrice blest art thou, to whom in youth befalls,
To bud, and bring such golden vegctals.]
CHARLES FITZ-GEFFRY,orFiTz-GEOFFRY
(son of Alex. Fitz-GeoftVy) was born of a genteel
family in the county of Cornwall, became a com-
moner of Broadgate's hall in 159'i, aged 17, took
the degrees in arts, entrcd into the theological
function, and at length became rector of S. J)o-
minick in his own country, where he was esteemed
a grave and learned divine, as before he was, while
resident in the university, an excellent Latin poet.
His works are,
The Life and Death of Sir Francis Drake.' —
Which being written in lofty verse, when he was
bachelor of arts, he was by those of his time called
' the high towering falcon.'^
^/r ■ ■ ■v ■ ^ 1 Oxon. l601. in oct.
ManmsiveEpgrammataJ pBoai. 8vo. K. 3.
[\h,3. tenoCapnia,hU.l. \ \ ,>c -i
Divers Sermons, as (1) Death's Sermon unto the
Living: delivered at the J'unera/s of Philippa late
Wife of Sir Anth. Rous of JIalton in Cornwall :
On Eccles. 7- 2. Lond. I(i20. qu. [Bodl. 4to. H.
31. Th.] dedicated to Job. Pym, esq; (2) Elisha
his Lamentation, 8cc. Sermon at the Funeral of
Sir A tit- Rous late of Ilalton in Cornwall Knight:
On 2 Kings 2. 12. Lond. 1622. qu. [Bodl. 4to.
S. 46. Th.] (3) The Cur:<e of Corn-horders; with
a blessing of seasonable Selling, in three sermons,
on Prov. 1 1. 26. Lond. ]6.'31. qu. [Bodl. 4to. P.
54. Th.J The blessed Birth-da^ celebrated in some
religious Meditations on the Jngels Jlnthem, Luke
2. 14. Oxon. 1634. and 36. qu.' second edition.
To which are added, Iloh/ Transportations in con-
templating some of the most observable Adjuncts
about our Saviour's Nativili/.* (.5) Compassion to-
tvards Captives, chiefly towards our Brethren and
Countrymen, who are in miserable Bondage in
' [The title of Cha. Fitz-Geffry's poem runs thus : Sir
Francis Drake his honorable Life t Commendation and his
fragicall Deathe's Lamentalion. Conamur tcnues grandia.
Newly printed with additions. — At Oxford, ligO. It is de-
dicated to ' the beauteous and vcrtuous lady Klizalieth late
wife unto the highlle renowned sir Franeis Drake deceased,
in a sonnet, and lias commendatory verses by Richard Rous,
Francis Rous, Tliomas Mychel borne, &c : The preface is
dated from Broad Gates, Nov. 17, 15g6". Several Latin cita-
tions also precede the poems in praise of sir Francis Drake.
P.VRK.]
' [• As C. Plinius writ the Life of Pomponius Secnndus,
to youne Charles Fitz-Geffrey, that liigh touring Falcon, hath
most gloriously penned the honourable life and death of
worthy sir Francis Drake. Meres, Second Part of Wits Com-
monwealth, p. 632.]
^ [Printed again, a third time, in l654, 12mo.]
* [see some extracts from this volume mCcnsiira Lilcraria
vi, 234. Fitz-Geffiy, says Park, obtained the applauses of
many cotcmporarics for his religious strains, and not without
deserving them, since he seems to have performed better than
most others, what human intellect can never adequately
accomplish.]
Barbart/ : urged and published in three Sei-mons,
on Ileb. 13. 3. at Pli/mouth in Octob. 1636.
Oxon. 1637. oet. He hath also made, as 'tis said,
A Collection of choice Flowers and Descriptions ; ^
as well out of his, as the works of several others,
the most renowned poets of our nation: collected
about the beginning of the reign of K. James L
but this, though I have been many years seeking
after, yet I cannot get a sight of it. He died in
the parsonage house at S. Dominick before-men-
tioned, and was buried under the communion table
in the chancel of the church at that place, on the
22 Febr. in sixteen hundred thirty and six. In
which church, tho' there be no memory by writ-
ing remaining of him, yet others have celebrated
it in their respective works. Rob. Chamberlaine
his sometimes acquaintance hath bestowed an epi-
taph upon him in his * Epigrams and Epitaphs,
printed with his Nocturnal l.ucubrations. .lolm
Dunbar also a Scot, who was known to, hdth an
epigram ' on, him, his worth and learning. And
among others also must not be forgotten his fa-
miliar friend Robert Hayman, who in his Quod-
lihets and Epigrams doth stile ^ him learned and
witty, and a most excellent poet, but whereas he
stiles him bach, of div. I cannot find it so men-
tioned in the public registers, and therefore, 1 pre-
sume, if he was so, that degree was conferr'd upon
him elsewhere. " Li the chancel of St. Dominic
" above mentioned was buried by his father John
" the son of this Charles Fitz-Geffry,' he was of
" Gloucester hall, I think."
[The following lines inform us of a personal
defect of Fitzgcftry's :
To the reverend, learned, acute and witty master
Charles Fitz-Gcoffery, bachelor in divinity, my
especiall kind friend, most excellent poet:
Blind Poet Homer you doe equalize,
Thougli he saw more with none, then with most
eyes :
Our Geoffry Chaucer, who wrote quaintly neat.
In verse you match, equall him in conceit :
5 [Wood here alludes to th-it very popular and excellent
selection from our early English poets published under the
title o( Englands Parnassus. Lond. lOoo. 8v<). This basal-
ways been ascribed to Robert Allot, yet it is by no means im-
probable, that Fitzgefl'rey gave his judgement and assistance
in the compilation.]
* Printed at Lond. l638. in tw.
' In cent. 2. Epigram, nu. If).
' In lib. 2. Epigram, p. 18. &c.
9 [Fitz-Geoffrey had a son named Henry, who published a
small volume of Satyres and Epigrams 11)20; before which
were printed the following commendatory verses:
Of his deare friend the author H. F.
Of what is here thou'It not have any write
Pravses : that willing would, and justly might.
Permit me then ! For lie praise what I see
Deficient here (thy na:ne Fitz-Geoffrey)
Where English Fitz aright, and I ba' done.
So rightly an thou called Joffreys sonne:
Then adde time age but to thy industry.
In thee againe will live old Geoffrey.
hath Gurtyn. Park.]
1C36-7.
[607]
609
RISDON.
FAWKNER.
610
H
Clar.
1637.
Fcatui'd you are like Homer in one eye,
Rightly suruam'd the sonne of Geoflery.'
Fitz-Geffry wrote commendatory lines to several
publications, particularly to Storcr's Wolseif, 1599;
Davics's Microcosmos, l(i03; and the following
' In praise of" the Golden-grove moralized by
Master Vaughan.
Amid the vaile of Idae's bushie grouc,
Before a bribed judge (such was their fate)
A trinitie of goddesses once strouc;
Gold caus'd tlieir strife, the cause of all debate.
Now a new judge their quarrell hath acquited,
Attoning this late-iarring trinarie,
And, sith in groues and gold they first delighted,
Hath built a golden-groue for this fuire three,
Where Pallas first vnfoldeth vertuous sawes,
Which Venus doth conuey to families ;
Then Juno ternpreth both with rightful! lawes,
j\nd those themselues with heauenly policies.
So these whom gold and groues first set at
strife.
This golden-groue combines in blessed life.'J
THOMAS [or rather TRISTRAM] RISDON,
a, painful and industrious antiquary, was born of,
and descended from, an ancient and genteel fa-
mily of his name living at Winscot in Devonshire,
received his academical education either in Exeter
coll. or Broadgate's hall about the latter end of
the reign of Q. Elizabeth, but leaving the uni-
Tersity without a degree he retired to his patri-
mony, where prosecuting his natural geny to the
study of history and antiquities, especially in
4hose of his own country, did at length with great
labour and travel draw up,
A Survey, or a Chorographical Description of
Devonshire — 'Tis not yet printed, only contained
in a folio manuscript in more than two quires of
•paper. I have been informed that several copies
of it are dispersed among the gentry of that
county, and also that Thomas Westcote a gent.
* thrro/,ma,xy ofRaddon* "in the parish of Sher-
years since de- brook near Crediton, who was re-
ceased, hath " corder of Totness and there in-
Kritten, &c. " terr'd," hath writ another Survey
First edit. « Qj. Yi^ ^j- Devonshire," or at least
had a band in that composed by Tho. Risdon,
who died in sixteen hundred thirty and six, or in
the year after. Besides this Tho. Risdon, 1 find
another of both his names, who was double reader
of the Inner Temple, 20 Eliz. and had long after
his death published by a certain person. His
Reading on the Statute of 8 Hen. 6. Cap. 9. Of
forcible Entry. Lond. I(i48. qu. With which were
then published a certain Heading of Sir James
Dyer, as I have told you under the year 1581,
and the Reading upon the Stat, of '27 Hen. H.
Cap. IQ. concerning Jointures, by sir Job. Brograve
' [Hayman's Quodliht'^
\0L. II.
of Greys Inn, sometimes his majesty's attorney of
the dutchy of Lancaster.
[In both editions of the Athknje, Wood has
called Risdon, Thomas, although his real name wa^
certainly Tristram. His father was Thomas Ris-
don, bencher of the Inner Temple (the same per-
son already noticed in the text), afterwards trea-
surer of that society, and finally, recorder of Tot-
ness, He died, at the great age of near an hun-
dred, October 9, 1641.
Tristram Risdon was educated at great Torring-
ton, Devon, previous to his entering at Oxford,
which he left without a degree, as Prince sup-
poses ' on the death of his sister, by which he
became possessed of the estate of Winscot, which
required his personal care and attention. Here
in the improvement of his property and the en-
joyment of his literary pursuits, he seems to have
lived in retirement, having married in I6O8,
Pascha, daughter of Thomas Chaff of Exeter, by
whom he had a family.'
He died in the year 1640, and was buried at
Winscot, June 23, without any inscription.
A few copies of Risdon's work were first printed
in 8vo. London 1714, for E. Curll.* It was en-
titled. The Chorographical Description, or Survey
of the County of Devon, with the City and County
of Exeter. Conlaining Matter of History, Anti-
quity, Chronology, the Nature of the Country,
Commodities, and Government thereof, with sundry
other Things worthy Observation. Collected by the
Travail oj Tristram Risdon, of Winscot; Gent.
For the Love of his Country, and Country-men in
that Province.^ William Chappie, of Exeter,
intended a new edition of this work, and actually
issued proposals, but dying Sept. 1. 1781, his de-
sign was not compleated, although in 1785 a por-
tion of it, printed at Exeter, appeared in 4to, with
many notes and additions.]
ANTHONY FAWKNER, a Rutlandshire
man bom, was sent from the free-school at Up-
pingham, or Okcham, in that county (both founded
by Rob. Johnson archd. of Leic.) to'Wadham
coll. in 1616, aged 16, whence, after be had taken
a degree, he was translated to that of Jesus, and
then had the magisterial degree conferr'd upon
him. Afterwards 1 find him chaplain to sir Lew.
Watson of Northamptonshire knight and baronet,
parson of Saltry All-saints alias Moygne in II ua-
tingdonshire, and author of
tlVorlhies of Devon, page ,'i47. Ed. fol.]
The
^ {There is an tpitapli on his daughter Marmirct, who died
Aug. 26, 1636, ill the church of St. Giles at Winscot. Ibid,
p. 548.]
♦ [There were two papers; the common one, price 7s. 6d.
the fine, price 1 2s.]
' [Tlie Conliniwtinti of the .Surcey oJ" Devonshire, which
is paged on from the first pari, is very rarely mil with. The
Bodleian copy, 8to. N. 44, Line, is compleat, and was given
by Dr. RawUnson, who I conjecture inspected the publica-
tion. St. John's college has a fine-paper copy given by th«
same donor.]
3 R
611
BRETT.
JOHNSON.
612
Several Sermons, as, ( 1 .) Comfort to the Af-
flicted, preached at PauFs Cross : On Job 19. 21.
Lond. 1626, qu. (2.) Nicodemus for Christ, or
the religious Moot of an honest Lawi/er, &c., an
assise scrm. on John 7. 51. Lond. 1630. qu.
[Bodl. 4to. C. 41. Th.] (3.) The Pedigree of
Peace, &c., an assize serm. on Levit. 24. 1 1 . liond.
1630, qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 41. Th.] (4 ) The Wi-
dow's Petition, &c., an assize serm. at Northamp-
ton, on Luke 18. 3. Oxon. 1635, qu. [Bodl. 4to.
Clar. B. 25. Th.] Another of his sermons was also
1637. printed in 1634, but that I have not yet seen, nor
do I know any thing of him besides.
RICHARD BRETT, son of Rob. Brett of
Whitstanton in Somersetshire, was born of gen-
teel parents at London, as the public Matricula *
of the university saith, entred a commoner of
Hart hall, in Lent term, an. 1582, took one degree
in arts, and then was elected fellow of Lincoln
coll. where, by the benefit of a good tutor, and by
unwearied industry, he became eminent in the
tongues, divinity and other learning. In 1595,
or thereabouts, he was made rector of Quainton
near to Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, was ad-
mitted bac. of div. in 1597, appointed one of the
translators of the Bible into English by king
Jam. I. in l604, proceeded in divinity the year
after, and at length was made one of the first fel-
lows of Chelsea college, founded by Dr. Matth.
Sutcliff about l6l6. He was a person famous in
[608J his time for learning as well as piety, skili'd and
vers'd to a criticism m the Latin, Greek, Hebrew,
Chaldaic, Arabic, and iEthiopic tongues. He
was a most vigilant pastor, a diligent preacher of
God's word, a liberal benefactor to the poor, a
faithful friend, and a good neighbour. What his
writings are I know not, his translations I am
sure from Greek into Latin are these: (1.) Vita
Sanctorum Evangelist. Johannis i^ Lucce a Simeone
Metaphraste concinnata. Oxon. 1597, oct. [Bodl.
8vo. C. 262. Th.] (2.) Agatharchidis &; Memnonis
Historicorum qua. supersunt omnia. Oxon. 1597,
oct. [Bodl. 8vo. A. 31. Art.] He also published,
Iconum Sacrarum Decas, in qua e suhjectis Typis
compluscula santz Doctrintz Capita eruuntur. Oxon.
1603, qu. [Bodl. 4to. G. 53. Th.] He yielded
1(537. to nature on the 15th of Apr. in sixteen hundred
thirty and seven, aged 70, and was buried in the
chancel of his church at Quainton before-men-
tioned. Over his grave was soon after a fair mo-
nument set up in the wall by his widow, with the
effigies of the doctor, his said widow, and four
children, all kneeling, with a Lat. and English epi-
taph underneath. Tlie Latin epitaph is too large to
obtain a place here, and the English (contained in
four verses) being trite and bald, I shall now pass
by. This learned doctor left behind him four
daughters, begotten on the body of his wife Alice,
daughter of Rich. Brown sometimes mayor of the
* lieg Malric. B. p. 566.
city of Oxon, viz. (1.) Eliaab. who was married to
Will. Sparke rector of Bletchley, whom I have
remembered among tiiese writers, under the year
1630. (2.) Anne the wife of Hump. Chambers
another divine. (3.) Margaret the wife of Dr.
Cahbute Downing: which two last, (Chambers
and Downing) shall be remembered in their re-
spective places as writers, and the fourth named
Mary, to Tho. Goodwin of Epwell in Oxfordshire.
BENJAMIN JOHNSON, a poet as soon as
he was born, afterwards the father of our poetry,
and most admirably well vers'd in classical au-
thors, and therefore belov'd of Cambden, Selden,
Hoskins, Martin, &c. made his first entry on the
stage of this vain world within the city of W^est-
minster, (being the son of a grave minister) edu-
cated in the college school there, while Cambden
was master, which was the reason why Ben did
afterwards ' acknowledge, that all that he had in
Hfts, and all that he knew, he ow'd to him. Thence
his silly mother, who had married to her second
husband a bricklayer, took him home, and made
him, as 'tis said, work at her husband's trade. At
length being pitied by some generous gentlemen,
Cambden got him a better employment, which
was to attend or accompany a son of sir Walt.
Raleigh in his adventures, whereby gaining ex-
perience, made his company accejjtable among
many. After their return they parted, I think
not in cold blood,' and thereupon Ben went to
Cambridge, and was, as 'tis said, statutably elected
into St. John's coll.9 but what continuance he
' In his Epigrams, nil. 14.
' [Oldys has preserved an am-cdote of young Raleigh in his
MS. additions to Langbaine. He was, it seems, a gay spark,
who could not brook Ben's rigorous treatment, but, perceiv-
ing one foible in his disposition, made use of that to throw off
the yoke of his government. And this was an unlucky habit
Ben had contracted, through his love of jovial company, of
being overtaken with liquor, which Sir Walter did of all vices
most abominate, and hath most exclaimed against. One day,
when Belt had taken a plentiful dose, and was fallen into a
sound sleep, voung Raleigh got a great basket, and a couple
of men, who laid lien in ilt, and then with a pole carried him
between their shoulders to Sir Walter, telling him their
young master had sent home his tutor. This, says Oldys, I
had from a MS. meiuoranduin book, written in the time of
the civil wars by Mr. Oldisworth, who was secretary, I think,
to Philip earl of Pembroke. Yet in the year I6l4, when Sir
Walter published his History of the JVorld, there was a good
understanding between him and Ben .lohnson ; for the verses
which explain the grave frontispiece before that History were
written by Johnson, and are reprinted in his Underwoods.']
» [Ilis stay at St. John's coll. was but for a few weeRs,
being forc'd to return to his bricklayer's trade. He help'd in
the bivilding of the new structure of Lincoln's Inn, having a
trowel! in nis hand, and a book in his pocket, when some
benevolent gentlemen freed him from that employment. He
would sit silent in learned company, and suck in (beside*
wine) their several humours into his observation. He was
not very happy in his children : this he bestowed as part of
an epitaph on his eldest son dying in infancy : —
Rest in soft peace, and ask'd say, here doth lye
Beo Johnson his best piece of poetry.
MS, note in Mr. Heber's copy oUlhena.}
613
JOHNSON.
614
made there I find not : Sure 'tis, that his ceny
being mostly poetical, he did afterwards recede to
a nursery or obscure play-house called the Green
Curtain, about Shoreditch or ClerkenwelJ, but his
first action and writing tliere were both ill. At
length improving his fancy much by keeping
scholastical company, he betook himself" again to
write plays, which he did so admirably well, that
he was esteemed paramount in the dramatic part
of poetry, and to teach the stage an exact confor-
mity to the laws of comedians. Whereupon sir
Jo. Suckling bringing ' him into the Session of
Poets, Ben broke silence, spoke to the poets, and
Bid them remember how he had purg'd the stage
Of errors that had lasted many an age.
His own proper industry and addiction to books,
especially to ancient poets and classical authors,*
made him a person of curious learning and judg-
ment, and of singular excellence in the art of
poetry. Which, with his accurate judgment and
])erformance, known only to those few, who are
truly able to judge of his works, have gain'd from
[609] the most eminent scholars of his time (particularly
from the learned Selden) an increasing admira-
tion. Dr. Rich. Corbet, of Ch. Ch. and other
poets of this university, did, in reverence to his
parts, invite him to Oxon, where continuing for
some time in Ch. Ch. in writing and composing
plays, he was, as a member thereof, actually
created M. of A. in I619, and therefore upon that
account I put him among the Oxford writers, for
at Cambridge his stay was but short, and whether
he took a degree in that university, I cannot yet
learn of any. His works are these.
Every Man in his Humour, Com. — Act. 1598.
Every Man out oj his Humour, Com. — Act.
1599.
Cynthia's Revels, Com. — Act. I6OO,
Poetaster, or his Arraignment, Com. — I6OI.
Sejnnus his Fall, Tragedy— Act. 1602.
Volpone, or the Fox, Com. — 1609.
Jlchymist, Com . — 1 6 1 0.
Cataline his Conspiraci/, Trag. — l6il.
Epigrams — In number 134.
Epigrams called the Forrest — In number 15.
Part of the King's Entertainment in passing to
his Coronation — In prose and verse.
ji Panegyric on the happy Entrance of K. James
to /lis Jirst high Session of Parliament, 19 March
160.3.— A poem.
A particular Entertainment of the Queen and
Prince at Akthorp, at the House of the Lord
Spencer, 25 June IfiOS A poem.
Private Entertainment of the K. and Q. on May
Day in the Morn, at Sir Will. CornwalUs his
House at Highgate I604. — In verse and prose.
Entertainment of the tzco Kitigs of Great Bri-
In his Fragmrnta Aurea, or Poems. Loud. l648. p. 8.
* [See Farnaby's preface to Marlia!, edit. Sedan 1(J34. 8vo.
LOVEDAY.]
tain and Denmark at Theobalds 24 Jul. \GOO. —
In Lat. and Eng. verse.
Entertainment of K. James and Q. Anne at
Theobalds, when the House was delivered up with
tli-e Possession, to the Queen by the Earl of Salis-
bury, 22 May 1607. — Written in verse.
'Twelve Masks at Court.
Jiartholomew Fair, Com. — Act. 16 1 4.
Devil is an Ass, Com. 1616. [Load. 1631.
fol. Bodl. H. 1. 9. Art. Seld.]
Staple of News, Com. 1625.
Magnetic Lady, or Humours reconciled, Com.
Tale of a Tub, Com.
Sad Shepherd, or a Tale of Robin Hood, Trag.
Masks.
Underwoods, — Consisting of divers Poems, En-
tertainments, and of some Odes of Horace trans-
lated.
Mortimer his Fall, Trag. — imperfect.
Horace his Art of Poetry made English. — This
last was afterwards printed by it self. Lond, 1640,
oct. and with it, (1.) Execration against Vulcan.
(2.) Masque of the Gypsies. (3.) Epigrams to se-
veral noble Personages — about 23 in number. All
composed by B. Johnson.
English Grammar for the Benefit of all Strangers.
Discoveries made upon Men and Matter.
All which are contained in two vol. in fol.
printed I616, [Bodl. A. A. 83. Art.] and
1640,3 [Bodl. G. 2. 5. Art. Seld.]
Tragedy of Thierry K. of France, and his Bro-
ther Theodoret.* [Lond. 1621, Badl.4to, P. 2. Art.
BS.]
'J'he New-Inn, or the light Heart, Com. Lond.
1631, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. I. 12. Art. Seld.]
His Motives Printed 1622, oct. He also
had a»haud in a com. called, The Widow. Lond.
1652, qu. [Bodl. 4to. S. 3. Art. B S.] Jo.
Fletcher and Th. Middleton * were his assistants.
Also in FAislward Hoe, * Com. [1605, 4".] assisted
' [The first edition was printed in I616, one volume folio
of 1015 pases, and another volume was added in l631. They
were printed again, with additions, folio 1692, with a head of
the author by W. Elder. Another edition in six volumes
8vu. Lond. 170(>, and the last iu seven volumes, edited by
Whalloy, Lond. 17.'>6.]
+ [Written by Heaiimont and I'letcher. Whalley.
Wood fell into the mistake, by the dedication and dramatis
pcison.TB of The Silent Jl'oman being placed after the title of
tiiis play in the Bodleian copy]
' [Thomas Middleton was the author, or joint writer of uo
less than twenty-seven dramatic pieces, of which a list is given
in the liingraphia Drumatica. The earliest date affixed to
any of his compositions is 1602, a comedy entitled Blurt Mr.
Cunstal-lf ; in iCgti he was ap|>ointed chronologer to tlie city
of London, and Langbaine mentions him as ' an author of
good esteem in the reign of king Charles llie first,' but no
tr.ice appears to exist of the exact time of his binh or decease.
P'rom his tragi-coinedy called The tfitch, (the original MS.
of which is in the library of the late Mr. Malone,) it is sup-
posed tliat Shakspeare was furnished with hints for the incan-
utions iu Macbeth.]
* [In this piece Johnson, and his associates, Chapman and
Marston, gave great offence to James the first, by some severe
rcfleciioas on the Scotts. They were committed to prison,
CR 2 .
615
JOHNSON.
616
by Geo. Chapman, &c. and did with Dr. Hacket
(afterwards B. of Liclifield) translate into Latin
The Lord Bacon's Essays or Counsels Civil and
Moral. At length B. Johnson, after he had ar-
rived to tiie sixtj'-third year of his age, inarched
off from the stage of this vain world on the l6th of
1637. August in sixteen hundred thirty and seven, and
was buried three days after in S. Peter's church
within the city of Westminster, commonly called
the Abbey church, not among the poets, but at the
west end near to the belfrey, under the escutcheon
of Rob. de Ros, or Roos, with this engraven on a
common pavement stone lying over his grave, at
eighteen pence charge, given by Jack Young' of
Great Milton in Oxfordshire, (afterwards a knight
[610] by the favour of K. Ch. II.) O Rare Ben John-
son.* There was a considerable sum of money
gathered from among the wits and virtuosi of his
time for the erection ofa monument and a Statua
for him, but before they could be done, the rebel-
lion bsoke forth and hindred the design; where-
upon the money was refunded. I have been in-
lormed by a worthy prelate » several years since
deceased, that this poet Ben had a pension of
an 100 1. per an. from the king, a pension also
from the city of London, and the like from several
of the nobility, and from some of the gentry, par-
ticularly from Sutton, founder of the hospital that
now bears his name, which were commonly well
paid either out of pure love to him, or out of fear
of his railing in verse or prose, or both. When
he was in his last sickness, the said prelate, who
was then M. of A. did, among other of his ac-
quaintance, often visit him, and as often heard
him repent of his prophaning the scripture in his
plays, and that with horror, &c. Many years
after his death did appear to the world ano-
ther poet of both his names, who writes himself
in his Poems published 1672, ' Ben Johnson ju-
nior,' but what relation there was between him
and the former I know not.'
and in danger of losing their ears and noses, but were at length
pardoned. On his release, .Tohnson gave an entertainment to
liis friends, amongst whom were Camden and Selden, and
in the midst of the feast, his mother drinking to him, shewed
him a paper of poison, which she intended to have given him
in his liquor, if the sentence for his punishment had been
executed. Wood's ' silly woman' here seems entitled rather
to the appellation of a Roman matron.]
' [Jack Young, says Aubrey, wjlking there when the
grave was covering, gave the fellow eighteen pence to cut it.
jf-it)ej, 1813, vol. ii. 414.]
' [There is nowe, in the quarter of poets in Westminster
abbey, erected a neat marble monument with his bust, and
the words under it — O rare Ben. Johnson !]
» Dr. G. M. [George Morley] B. of Wint. [The bishop
gave the like information to Izaak Walton. See a very cu-
rious letter from him to Aubrey giving some account of Ben
Johnson, in his Lives, affixed to Letters from the Bodleian
Library, &c. 8vo. 1813, vol. 2. p. 4l6.]
' [l5r. Anderson says that he was the eldest son of Ben
jentor, with whom he wa.s not on good terms. He wrote, in
conjunction with Richard Brome, a play entitled
A Fault in Friendship, 1C23, never printed,
and died Nov. 20. l636. See also col. Qxt, note 9 ]
[The best collections relative to Johnson's life
and character will be found in Chalmers's English
Poets, but a more elaborate account is expected
from the pen of Mr. Gifford, who has undertaken
an improved edition of the whole works of this
admirable poet. To this the reader is, therefore,
referred for all that industry and ingenuity can
supply.
Johnson was pleased sometimes to give reasons
of his court representatives in most learned
confents, unmasking his maskes to those who
were worthy to understand as well as see them.*
Add The Case is altered, a com. Lond. l609'
Whalley.
An original letter of Johnson, in Latin, to
Richard Briggs, written in the corner of Farna-
by's edition of Martial. Printed in Gent. Mag.
1786, p. 378.
A Description of Love. With certaine Epigrams,
Elegies and Sonnets. And also Mast. Johnson's
Answere to Master Withers. With the Crie of Lud-
gate, and the Song of the Begger. Lond. 1625,
8V0.3 (Bodl. Svo. L. 79. Art.)
Withers.
Shall I, wasting in despaire,
Die because a woman's faire.
Or my cheekes make pale with care.
Cause another's rosie are ?
Be she fairer then the day,
Or the flowry meades in May,
If she be not so to me,
What care I how faire she be?
Johnson.
Shall I mine affections slacke,
Cause I see a woman's blacke.
Or my gelfe with care cast downe.
Cause I see a woman browne ?
Be she blacker then the night.
Or the blackest iet in sight,
If shee bee not so to mee,
What care I how blacke shee bee ?
Withers.
Shall my foolish heart be pinde
Cause I see a woman's kinde,
Or a well disposed nature
Joyned in a comely feature?
Be shee kinde or meeker than
Turtle done or pelican-
If shee be not so to me,
AVhat care I how kind shee be?
» [This out of Mr. Mayler's Letter in Mr. Fulman's hands.
Wood. MS. addition in the Ashmole copy.]
3 [I should not have inserted this |X)cm, had It not been
recommended by a late editor of Johnson, Whalley, in a MS.
note in the Athene. The volume from which it is taken
is of particular rarity.]
617
JOHNSON.
TLUDD.
618
I
Johnson.
Shall my foolish heart be burst.
Cause I see a woman's curst.
Or a thwarting hoggish nature
Joined in as bad a feature?
Be she curst or fiercer then
Brutish beast or sauage men:
If shee be not so to me,
What care I how curst shee be?
Withers.
Shall a woman's vertues make
Me to perish for her sake.
Or her merit's value knowne.
Make me quite forget my owne?
Be she with that goodnesse blest.
That may merit name of best :
If shee seeme not so to me.
What care I how good shee be?
Johnson.
Shall a woman's vices make
Me her vices quite forsake,
Or her faults to me made knowne,
Make me tliinke that I haue none?
Be she of the most accurst.
And deserue the name of worst ;
If she be not so to me,
What care 1 how bad she be?
Withers.
Cause her fortunes seeme too high,
Should I play the foole and die?
He that beares a noble mind,
If not outward helpe hee find.
Think what with them he would do,
That without them dares to woo.
And vnlesse that mind I see,
What care I how great she bee?
Johnson.
Cause her fortunes seemes too low,
Shall I therefore let her goe?
He that beares an humble mind.
And with riches can be kind,
Think how kind a heart he'd haue.
If he were some seruile slaue.
And if that same minde I see,
What care I how poore she bee ?
Withers.
Great or good, or kind or faire, .
I will ne'r the more despaire.
If shee loue me, then beleeue
I will die, ere she shall grieue :
If she slight me when I woo,
I can slight and bid her go :
If she be not fit for me,
What care I for whom shee be ?
Johnson.
Poore or bad, or curst or blacke,
I will ne'r the more be slacke,
K she hate me, then beleeue
She shall die ere I will grieue:
If she like me when I woo,
I can like and loue her too ;
If that she be fit for me,
What care I what others be?
Although the following beautiful lines are well
known, 1 cannot refrain from forcing tiiem on
the reader once more :
Still to bee neate, still to bee drest.
As you weare going to a feast ;
Still to bee powdred, still perfum'd,
Ladye, 'tis to bee presum'd
Though art's hid causes are not founde,
All is not sweete, all is not sounde.
Giue mee a looke, giue mee a face.
That makes simplicitie a grace.
Robes loosly flowing, hayre as free ;
Such sweet neglect more taketh mee
Then all the adulteries of arte ;
They please myne eye, but not my heart.
MS. Ashmole, xxxviii.
An original picture of Johnson was in the
hands of the late Joseph Ritson of Gray's Inn,
esq. Afterwards purchased by my friend William
Fillingham, esq. of the Inner Temple, and whilst
in his possession, engraved by Ridley, in 8vo. Of
the early prints, that by Vaughan, in 4to, and
that by Elder, prefixed to his works, are the two
best.]
ROBERT FLUDD, or de Fluctibcs, se-
cond,* afterwards eldest, son of sir Tho. Fludd,
knight, sometimes treasurer of war to Q. Elizabeth
in France and the Low-Countries, grandson of
Dav. Fludd of Shropshire, was born at Milgate in
the parish of Bearsted in Kent, became convictor
[or commoner] of S. John's coll. in 1591, aged 17,
took the degrees in arts, studied physic, travelled
into France, Spain, Italy and Germany for almost
six ye.irs. In most of wliich countries he became
acquainted with several of the nobility of them,
some of whom he taught, and for their use made
the first ruder draughts of several of his pieces
now extant. After his return, he, as a member of
Ch. Ch. proceeded in the facult}' of physic, an.
1605. About which time he practised ni London,
and became fellow of the coll. of physicians there.
He was esteemed by many scholars a most noted
philosopher, an eminent physician, and one
strangely profound in obscure matters. He was
♦ [Ego Tliomx Fludd militis, natione Cambri, origine
Britanni habitatione Cantiani, filius (licit natu minor), &c.
Epist. didic. Jo. ffllliams. AIS. Baker.]
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620
[611]
a zealous brother of the order of Rosa-Crucians,
and did so much doat upon the wonders of chy-
mistry, that he would refer ail mysteries and mi-
racles, even of religion, unto it, and to that end
fetch the pedigree of it from God himself in his
holy word. Nay he did so much prophane and
abuse the word by his ridiculous and senseless ap-
plications and interpretations, in which none hath
exceeded more (even to the heigth of blasphemy)
than he, that the learned Gassendus could notolher-
wise but chastise him for it, as others since have
done. His books which are mostly in Latin are
many and mystical: and as he wrote by clouding
his high matter with dark language, winch is ac-
counted by some no better than canting, or the
phrase of a mountebank; so he spoke to his pa-
tients, amusing them with I know not what, till
by his elevated expressions he operated into them
a faith-natural, wliich consequently contributed
to the well working of physic. They are looked
upon as slight things among the English,^ not-
withstanding by some valued, particularly by Sel-
dcn, who had the author of them in high esteem.
The foreigners prize and behold them as rarities,
not that they are more judicious than the English,
but more inquisitive in such difficulties, which
hath been the reason why some of them have been
printed more than once, the titles of which, and
the rest, are as follow.
j4pologia compendiaria, Fratemitatem de Rosd
Cruet Suspidonis ^- Infamice., Maculis aspersam,
ablueris S; abstergens. Leyda; 16 16. oct. [Bodl.
8vo. R. 33. Art. Seld.]
Truclatus Theolosfo- Phi/osophicus de Vita, Morte,
^ llesurrectione, Lib. 3. Openheim. 16 17, qu.
Dedic. to the brethren of the Rosie-Cross, and
published under the name of Rudolfi Otreb, that
is anagrammatically Roberti Flud.
Vtriusque Cosmi, majoris scil. S; minoris, Meta-
physica, h; Technica IJistoria, in duos Tomos secun-
dum Cosmi Differentiam divisa. Tomus primus de
Macrocosmi llistoria in duos Tractalus divisus,
prior Tract, impr. Openh. l6l7, fol. fBodl. L. 2.
20. Art. Sold.]
Tractatus secundus de Nalura Simia, seu Tech-
nica Macrocosmi Historia in Partes xi. divisa.
Openheim. 1618, fol. 8c Francof. 1624, fol.
Ihmus sec. de stipernaturali, naturali, praterna-
turali Sf cotilranaturali Microcosmi Historia, in
Tract, tres distributa. — Openheim. 16 19, fol.
[Bodl. P. 2. 14. Med.] This is the first sect, of
the first treatise.
Totni sec. Tractalus primi Sect- secunda, de Tech-
nica Microcosmi Historicd, in Portioncs 7 divisa.
Printed with the very next book going before.
* [Notwithstanding Fludd was esteemed an enthusiast in
philosophy, Webster says, that ' he was a man accjuainted
with all kmds of learning, and one of the most Christian phi-
losophers that ever writ. Displayinw qf WHchcToft, cap. 1.
p.g.]
Tomi secundi Tract, secundus, de pralernaturali
utri usque Mundi llistoria ; in Sect, tres divisa.
Francof. 1621, fol. [Bodl. F. 3. 10. Jur.] This
is but the first section of the three there men-
tioned : and the whole third treatise of this se-
cond tome is wanting, which perhaps never came
out.
Feritatis Proscenium, in quo Aulaum Erroris
Tragium dimovetur, Siparium IgnoranticE scenicuni
cornplicutur, ipsaque Veritas a suo Ministro in pub-
licum producitur ; seu Demonstratio quccdam Ana-
tj/tica, in qua. cuilibet Comparationis ParticuUc, in
Appendice quadam, a Johanne Keplero, nuper in
Fine Harmonise sute mundanec editu, facta: inter
Harmoniam suam mundanam Sf illam Robeiti
Fludd, ipsissimis Veritalis Argumentis respoiuU-
tur. Francof. 1621, fol.
.lohan. Kepleri Mathemalice, pro suo Opere
Harmonices Mundi Jpo/ogia: adversus Demon*
strationem analuticam CL P. D. Roberti de Fluc-
tibus Medici Oxoniensis. In qua ille se dicit re-
sporidere ad Appendicem dicti Operis. Francof.
1622, fol.
Monochordum Mundi Sumphoniacum, sue Re-
pUcatio, i;c. Viri clariss. 6; tn Muthesi periliss. Joh.
Kepleri, adversus Demonstrationem suam analyti-
cam nyperrimt edilam ; in qua Robertas validio-
ribus Johannis Objectionibus, Harmonia nutt legi
repugiiantibus, comiter respondere aggreditur.
Francof. 1622, fol. [Bodl. 4to. S. 29- Art.
Seld.]
Anatomia Amphitheatrum Effigie tripllci, More
Si Conditione varia, designatum. Francof. 1623,
fol. [Bodl. P. 2. 14. Med.]
Pliilosophia sacra i; vere Christiana, seu Meteo-
rologia cosmica. Francof. 1626, fol. with the
author's picture before it.*
Sop/lite cum Morid Certamen, in quo, Lapis Ltf'
dins d fa/so Structore, Frat. Marino Marsenno,
Monacho, reprobalus, celeberrima Voluminis sui
Habylonici (in Genesin) FigmeiUa accurate exami-
nat. Franc. 1629, fol.
^Magia
c r> Cabala:
bummumBo- ,, ,
norum quod\ j? , t> j
^ \lratrum Kose<ti
est verum. /-i •
/ Crucis
\Verorvm
In dictarum Scienliarum Laudetn, in insigtti$
Calumniatoris Fr. Mar. Marsenni Dedecus publi-
catum, per Joachim. Frizium. Anno 1629, tol. —
Altlio' this piece goes under another name, yet
not only Gassendus gives ' many reasons to shew it
to be of our author's composition (Fludd) but also
* [There is another head of Fludd, in small 4to. by Jollain.
This, says Granger, is unlike the oilier prints. I have never
met wiih it.]
' In Opusc. Philosoph. p. 214. being the second of the
preface to his EKamai Philoiophim Bob. Fluddi Medici,
iLC.
i
Vera < suhjectum.
.. ^ -»>:*,■. jrfek^
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GELLIBUAND.
622
[612]
I
Franc. Lanovius shews 'others to the same pur-
pose, and Marsennus himself, against whom it is
directed, was of the like opinion. Gassendus,
upon Marsennus his desiring him to give his
judgment of Fludd's two books, wrote against
him, drew up an answer divided into three parts,
(contained in the Opuscula Philosophica above-
named). The first of which sifts the principles of
the whole system of his whimsical philosophy, as
they lie scattered throughout his works. The
second is against Sophia; cum Morid Certamen,
and the third answers this Summum Bonum as
his. Our author indeed sullied these two trea-
tises bj' mixing a great deal of ill language in
them, but Gassendus complains « that Marsennus
himself had given him a too broad example in
this kind, for some of those epithets which he
thought fit to bestow on him, are no better than
Caco-magus, Haaretico-magus, fajtida; & horridte
Magise Doctor & Propagator. And among other
exasperating expressions he threatned him with
no less than damnation it self, which would in a
short time seize him.
Medicuia Catholka, seu Mifsterium Artis medi-
caiidi Sacrarium; in Tomos divisum duos. In
quibus Metaphysica Sf Physica tarn Sanitatis
tuendte, qucun morborum propulsandorum Ratio
pertractalur. Francof. 1629, fol. Tract. 1. [Bodl.
P. 2. 16. Med.]
Integrum Morborum Mysterium: sire Medicinm
Catho/ica: Tomi primi Tractatus secundus, in Sec-
tiones distributus duas. Francof. 1631, fol. [Bodl.
P. 2. 2. Med.] With his picture before, and
verses under it.
Ka^wMMv Medicorum ■x.droitlpov : In quo, quasi
Specula politissimo, Morbi prasentes More demon-
strativo clarissimh indicantnr, 8f fuluri Ratione
prognosticd aperte cernuntur, atqne prospiciuntur
Sive Tomi primi, Tractatus secundi, Sect, secunda,
de Morborum Sigiiis. Francof. 1631, fol. The
whole second tome mentioned above in the title
to Medicina Catholica, is here wanting, if it was
ever published.
Pulsus, seu nova Si arcana Pulsuum Historia, ^
sacro Fonte radicaliter extracta, necnon Medico-
rum Ethnicorum Dictis S; Jutkoritate comprobata.
Hoc est, Portionis tertiee Pars tertia de Pulsuum
Scientia. Printed with the Catholicon Medico-
rum, &.C. before-mentioned.
Philosophia Moysaica. In qua Sapientia <?f
Scientia Crealoris dif Creoturarum sacra vereqne
Christiana (utpote cujus Basis sive Fundamentum
est unicus tile Lapis angularis Jesus Cliristus) ad
amussim Sf enucleate explicatur. Goudae 1638,
fol. Printed in English at Lond. 1659, fol.
[Bodl. BS. 103.]
Responsum ad Hoplocrisma- Spongum M'ri.
' Judicium dc Rub. Ftitddo, in the cCSth pag. of the said
Opuscula, wliich Judicium is placed at the clos« of Gassen-
dus's Answer to R. Fludd.
' In Opuscutis, ut supra, p. 215.
Fosteri Presbyteri, ab ipso, ad Unguenti Armarii
Faliditatem delcndam ordinatum. Hoc est, Spon-
gire M. Fosteri Presbyteri Expremo if Elisio, &c.
Goud. 1638, fol. This book was printed at Lon-
don in qu. in 1631, with this title, The Squeezing
of Parson Foster's Sponge, or daincd by him for the
fVipingawayqfthe fVcapon~Salve. Seemorein Will.
Foster, an. 1633 Our author R. Fludd departed
this mortal life in his house situate and being in
the j)arish of S. Katharine in Coleman-street,
within the city of London, on the eighth day of
Sept. in sixteen hundred thirty and seven; where- 37C.
upon his body being afterwards attended by an
officer, or herald of arms, to Bearsted before-
mentioned, was buried in the chancel of the
church there, under a stone which he before had
laid for himself. On which, or else on a monu-
ment which he designed by his last will to be
made after the fashion of that of William Camb-
den in the abby church of S. Peter at Westmin-
ster, and to be set in the wall near to his grave,
was an epitaph put; a copy of which being
printed elsewhere, ' sliall now for brevity's sake
be omitted.
[Among the royal MSS. are Declarationes de
Operibus quibusdam ejus medicinalibus. 12 B viii. ^
and 12 C ii, written by Fludd.]
HENRY GELLIBRAND received his first
breath in the parish of S. Bololph, near to Alders-
gate in London, 17 Nov. 1397, became a com-
moner of Trin. Coll. in l6l5, took one degree in
arts about four years after, being then esteemed
to have no great matter in him. At length upon
the hearing of one of sir Hen. Savile's mathema-
tic lectures by accident, or rather to save the
sconce of a groat, if he had been absent, he was
so extreamly taken with it, that he immediately
fell to the study of that noble science, and con-
quered it before the time he proceeded in arts.
Soon after, his name being up for his wonderful
sufficiencies in geometry and astronomy, he was
elected astronomy-professor of Gresham coll. in
the place of Gunter deceased ; where, tho' he
wrote and published many useful things, yet he
suffer'd conventicles (being himself a puritan) to
be kept in his lodgings. His works are,
Trigonometria Britannicn. Goiulfe l633, fol..
[Bodl. C. 9. 8. Art.]
Appendix concerning Longitude, Lond. 163.9,
qu. Which is at the end of capt. Tho. James his
Strange and dangerous Voyage in his intended Dis-
covery of his Northern-east Passage into the South
Sea. [Bodl. 4to. J. 22. Art.]
A Discourse Mathematical of the Variation of
the Magnetical Needle: Together with its admi-
rable Diminution lately discovered. Lond. 1633,
qu. [Bodl. 4to. N.17. Art. Seld.] |-„ ,
The Imtitution Trignometrical, explaining the L°'''J
» In Hist. W Antig. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 309. a.
■i
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RAMSDEN.
BENSE.
HOSKYNS.
624
1637-8.
Doctrine of Dimension, of ylain and spherical
'I'rian^lea, &.c. in oct.
Epitome of Navigation, &c. Lond. 1674, 8ic.
oct.
Several necessary Tables pertaining to Naviga-
tion.
A Triangular Canon Logarithmical ; or a Table
of artijicial Sines and Ttins;ents, <5fc.
Two Chiliads; or the Logarithms of absolute
Numbers, from an Unite to 2000.
jlpnend. containing the Use of the Forestaff,
Quadrant, and Nocturnal in Navigation. These
last four treatises are printed with the Epitome of
Navigation. [Lond. 1674. Bodl. 8vo. S. 7. Art.]
Treatise of building of Ships.— MS. Which,
after its author's deatn, came into the hands of
Edward lord Conway.
Almanac for the Year 1631. — This was pub-
lished under the name of his servant Will. Beaie:
but the author thrusting into it the martyrs men-
tioned by John Fox, and omitting divers " of the
" apostles and" saints, allowed by the church of
England, and also the Epiphany, Annunciation of
our Lady, &.c. he and his man were called into
question for it in the higli commission court, and
brought into trouble. The particulars of which
you may see in a book entit. Canterbury's ^ Doom.
But the author of that book (Will. Pry nne) en-
deavouring all the ways imaginable to bring envy
on Dr. Laud then B. of London, who did dis-
countenance that almanac very much, the reader
therefore is not to believe every matter which that
implacable person doth there set down. Our
author Gellibrand also wrote a preface to, and
published Sciographia, or the Art of Shadows,
&c. Lond. 1635, in a large thick oct. [Bodl. 8vo.
Q. 6. Art.] written by John Wells of " Brem-
bridge in" Hampshire, esq; a Rom. Catholic.
He also intended other matters, but was untimely
snatch'd away to the great loss of the mathema-
tical faculty, in the month of Febr. in sixteen
hundred thirty and seven. His body was buried
in the church of S. Peter in Broad-street within
the city of London ; at which time Dr. Hannibal
Potter, his sometimes tutor in Trinity college,
preached his funeral sermon, shewing therein to
the auditory the piety and worth that was some-
times in the body that lay dead before them.
His memory is preserved in the said coll. by a
dial set up by him when he was there a student,
on the East side of that quadrangle, which is now
called the old quadrangle.
HENRY RAMSDEN, a Yorkshire man
born, was admitted a commoner of Magd. hall in
16 10, took the degrees in arts, was elected fellow
of Line. coll. in 1621, and five years after lea-
ving that place, wherein he had advanced himself
much in the theological faculty, he became a
preacher in London, was much resorted to for his
* Pr. at Lond. i646. p. W4.
edifying and puritanical sermons, and at length,
upon the death of Mr. Hugh Kamsden his bro-
ther, he was made vicar of Halifax in his own
country. After his death were published under
his name.
Several sermons, as, (1.) The Gate to Happi-
ness; On Rom. 6. 8. (2.) The wounded Saviour ;
On Isa. 53. 5. (3.) Epicures Caution; On Luke
21. 34. (4.) Generation ofSeelcers; On Col. 3. 1.
which four sermons are entit. A Gleaning (f God's
Harvest. Lond. 16.39- qu. [Bodl. 4to. U. 61.
Th.] Published by Joh. Goodwin with his epist.
before them. He ended his days on the seventh
of the cal. of March in sixteen hundred thirty
and seven, and was buried in the chancel of the
church at Halifax. Over his grave is an inscrip-
tion to his memory, which being large, 1 shall for
brevity's sake pass bj'. In his vicaridge of Hali-
fax succeeded Rich. Marsh D.D. afterwards
archdeacon and dean of York.
" PETER BENSE, a Parisian born, was bred
" partly there in good letters, and afterwards going
" into England, he went by virtue of letters com-
" mendatory to Oxon, where being kindly
" received and entertained, became a sojourner
" there, was entred into the public library, and
" taught for several years the French, Italian, and
" Spanish tongues, and for the use of his scholars
" wrote,
" Analogo-Diaphora, seu Concordantia discre-
" pans, (Sf Discrepantia concorduns Irium Lingua-
" rum, Ga/lictE, Italic r Sf Hispunicec, &,c. Oxon.
" 1637, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. S. 75. Art.] It is dcdi-
" cated by the author to the learned sons of the
" university of Oxon. What other things he hath
" written 1 know not, nor any thing else of the
" author."
JOHN HOSKYNS senior, elder brother to
Joh. Hoskyns, whom I have mentioned under the
j-ear 1631, (both the sons of Joh. Hoskyns, by
Margery his wife, daughter of Tho. Jones of
Lanwarne) was born at Mownton in the parish of
Lanwarne in Herefordshire, formerly belonging
to the priory of Lantony near Gloucester, to the
prior of which place his ancestor bore the office
of pocillator. While this Jo. Hoskyns was a
child, and intended by his father for a trade, he
was very importunate with him to make him a
scholar, wherefore at ten years of age he began
his A, B, C, and in an years time he was got into
his Greek grammar, for he was one of a prodigious
memory, aiid of wonderful strength of body.
After he had spent one year at Westminster
school, he was sped a child in Wykeham's coll.
near Winchester, where making very great pro-
ficiency in the school there, he was elected prob.
fellow of New coll. an. 1584, and two years after
was admitted verus socius. In Feb. 1391 he
had the degree of M. of A. conferr'd upon him,
and being Terra Filius in the act following,
1637-3.
[614]
Clar.
1637.
6<25
HOSKYNS.
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lie'was so bitterly satyrical, that he was not only
denied the completion of that degree by being
admitted ad regcndum, but was expel'd the uni-
versity. J\fterwards being put to nis shifts, he
went into Somersetshire, Vvherc he taught a school
for about an year or more at llcester, and com-
piled a Greek Lexicon as far as the letter M.
About that time liaving married a rich fortune in
those parts, named Bcnedicta, the widow of one
Bourne, but daughter of Rob. Moyle of Buckwell
in Kent, he cntred himself a student in the
Middle Temple, where, after he had spent some
years, and [jcrformed certain exercises, he was
called to the bar. [n 16 14 he sate as a burgess
in parliament then in being, wherein, in speaking
his mind, he made a desperate allusion to the
Sicilian Vesper, for which being committed pri-
soner to the Tower of London 7 June, was exa-
mined whether he well understood the conse-
quence of that Vesper to which he alluded.
Whereupon making answer that he had a hint
thereof, and afterwards a general information,
from Dr. Lionel Sharp of Cambridge ; that doctor
therefore, with sir Charles Cornwallis, (" son of sir
" Tho. Cornwallis of Brome in Suffolk,) and who
" I take to be the same that had been treasurer to
" prince Henry's houshold, and who, about this
" time or after, wrote. The Life and Death of
" Henri/ Prince of Wales, ^ printed several years
"after his death at London 1641, oct."" were
imprison'd ^ in the Tower on the 13th of the same
month. At the same time that our author Hos-
kyns was committed to custody, were others also
imprison'd with him for behaving themselves tur-
bulently in the H. of commons, as Walt. Chute
a Kentish man, who had lately been put out of
his place of carver to the king, one Wentworth
(Tho. Wentworth mentioned under the year
1627) esteemed * by some then living, a silly and
simple creature, and a third named Christopher
^ [Cornwallis also wrote
1 . A Relation of lite Carriage of the Marriages thai should
have been made between the Prinee of England, and the
Infanta Major, and also after with the younger Infanta.
This was addressed to the lord Digby, and is among Tanner's
MSS. 278.
«• A Discourse concerning the Marriage propounded to
Prince Henry with a Daughter of Florence, written at the
Prince's Commandment. In the same MS.
3. Letter to the King, (,.]aines I.) Dated .Tune £2, lGl4.
It seems, that sir Charles intended to have addressed a speech
to the parliament, in which he meant to propose the most
compleal submission to the sovereign, and the most nnboimd-
ed supplies for his necessilies; but by some mischance, his
majesiy having mistaken the design of his oration, becomes
serioilsly offended with, and imprisons him, when he writes
this letter of submission and entreaty; MS. Ashmole781,
page 108.
4. Another Letter to James I. In the same MS. p. 112.]
♦ [Printed again at London lfi44,and dedicated to Charles,
pnnce of Wales. Baker.J
' Camlxien in Annal. R. Jae. 1. sub. an. l6l4. MS.
See in sir lien. Wotton's Letters in Rcliq. JFottoniance,
prmted 1072, p.432, &c.
Vol. U.
Nevil, second son to the lord Abergavenny, who
was newly come from school, and made the
house sport with his boyish speeches, wherein
were these words reiterated, O tempora ! O more»!
After our author Hoskyns had continued a pri-
soner for a full year, he, with Sharp and Corn-
wallis were ' released, and ever after were held in
freat value by the commons. In the 17tli of Jac.
. he was elected Lent-reader of the Middle
Temple, and in the 21st of the said king made a
Serjeant at law, and soon after a judge or justice
itinerant for Wales, and one of the council of the
Marches thereof. He was the most ingenious
and admired poet of his time, and therel'ore much
courted by the ingenious men then living. There
were few or none that published books of poetry,
but did celebrate his memory in them, especially
his contemporary in New coll. named Joh. Owen
the epigrammatist, and fewer but did lay them at
his feet for approhation before they went to the
press. 'Twas he that polish'd Ben. Johnson the
poet and made him speak clean, whereupon he
ever after called our author father Hoskyns, and
'twas he that view'd and review'd the History of
the WorM, written by sir W. Raleigh, before it
went to the press ; with which person he had
several j'ears before (especially during their tinie
of imprisonment in the Tower) been intimate. He
was also much respected and beloved by Camb
den, Selden, Sam. Daniel, Dr. Joh. Donne dean
of Paul'.s, Rich. Martin recorder of London, sir
H. Wotton, and sir Ben. Rudyard : with the last
of whom it was once his fortune, upon a quarrel
that fell out, to fight a duel, and to hurt him in
the knee, but were afterwards soon reconeil'd.
He was a person always pleasant and facete in
company, which made him much desired by
ingenious men. He was an excellent master of
the Latin and Greek tongues, well read in divi-
nity, but in the common law, which was his pro-
fession, not so well. He hath written.
Lexicon Grcecnm. MS. imperfect.
Epigrams in Engl, and Lat. — Some of which ■
are printed in several books, and among them I
suppose are his verses on a F — t let in the parlia-
ment house, which are printed in some of the
books of drollery. He had a book of poems
neatly written, bigger than those of Dr. Donne,
which were lent by his son sir Benedict " (who
" was a man that ran with the usurping times)"
to a certain person in l65S, but he could never
retrieve it.
Epitaphs in Lat. and English.
The Art of Memory — He was so excellent in
it, whether artificial or natural, that no man
ever went beyond him in his time. When he was
a school-boy at Winchester, and had an exercise
of verses to make, he neglected, through idleness,
the making of them._ So that fearing a whipping,
' lb. in Annal. Camhd. sub. an. iGli.
2 S
[615]
627
HOSKYNS.
628
he read the exercise of one of his school-fellows
over his shoulder, just as he had finish'd it.
Whereupon the master entring, and demanding
the exercises, called upon him first, he drew up
to, and told him he had lost it, yet nevertheless
he would repeat it without book if that would serve
his turn; so that the master being contented,
he repeated 16 or 20 verses that he had before
read of the other boy's making, and so was
excused. At length the other boy being called,
and shewing the verses that Hoskyns had repeat-
ed, he was esteemed the thief that had stole them
away from Hoskyns, and thereupon was sorely
whip'd for so doing.
Method of the Law reduced under the Heads of
Rights, Wrongs, Remedies. All which books,
with others of various subjects, are in MS. and
for the most part kept in the hands of his grand-
son sir Job. Hoskyns knight and baronet. He
departed this life in his house at Morehampton in
i638. Herefordshire, 27 Aug. in sixteen hundred thirty
and eight, aged 72, and was buried on the south
side of the choir of Dowr abbey in the said county.
Over his grave was erected soon after an altar-
monument with 24 verses engraven thereon, made
by Thoman Bonham of Essex, esq. The four
first run thus,
Hoc tegitur tumulo totus quern non tegit orbis,
Hoskinus humani prodigium ingenii.
Usque adeo excoluit duo pugnacissima rerum
Et quas non subeant nomina pectus idem.
Pieridumque legumque potens, &c.
[The following lines are from a MS. in the
Ashmolean museum, and are now first printed :
They have an evident allusion to his own situa-
tion, and were presented, by his wife, to the king.
Mr. Hoslcins Dreame.
Mee thought I walked, in a dreame,
Betwixt a cave's mouth and a streame,
Vpon whose bankes sate, full of ruth,
Three as they seemed, but foure in truth:
For drawinge neare I did behould
A widowe fourescore winters old
A wife with child, a litell soune
But foure yeares old, all foure vndon.
Out of caves mouth, cut in stone
A prisoner lookt, whome they did mone,
Heesmild,theysigh'd,thensnioate his breaste.
As if he meant, — God knowes the rest !
The widdowe cry'd, lookinge to heaven,
Oh Phosbus, I thought 1 had seven;
Like Niobe doe nowe contest.
Lend this thy light, this soune, my best.
Taught for to speake and live in light,
Nowe bound to sylence and to night.
Why is hee closed in this cave.
Not basely bred, nor borne a slave?
Alas, this cave hath tane away,
My sUffe and all the brother's stoy,
Let that be, leaste that ray gray haires
Goe to the grave, alas, with teares.
I greeve for thee daughter, quoth shee.
Thee and that boy, that babe vnborne,-
Your's though not his, yet other three
Hee lov'd as his, but nowe forlorne.
'Tis not the rule of sacred 'best
To kill the old one in the nest.
As good be kild as from them hydd;
They dye with greefe ; — O God, forbydd!
True, quoth the boy, for Tom, my page.
Did fynd a bird's nest, and wee tryed,
And put the old one in a cage.
Then my poore byrdes,poore birdes ! they dyed
Myfathcr neare was soe vnkynd,
Whoe let ' him then to speake his mynde?
To speake to me, and not to kisse.
Oh, mother, say whoe can doe this ?
' Then,' quoth the wife; ' 'Tis Caesar's will,
Caesar can hate, Caisur can kill,
The worst is told, the best is hidd.
Kings knowe not ail, I would they did.
Hee Cajsar's title then proclaymde
Vndoubtedly when others aym'd
At broken hopes of doubtfull state —
Soe true a man what kinge can hate!
Csesar, in person and in purse
He serv'd, when better men did worse:
He sware men vnto Caesar's lawes
By thousands, when false-hartes did pause.
Hee fraude and violence did withstand,
And help'd the poore with tongue and hand,
But for the cause he nowe lyes heere
The country knowes his sowle is cleere.
Why is he nowe silent and sadd.
Whose wordes made me and many gladd.'
Well could he love, ill could he fa3'ne.
That was his losse, this is my gayne.
If kings are men, if kings have wives.
And knowe one's death may coste two live*.
Then were it noe vnkingly parte.
To save two lives in me, poore harte.
What if my husband once have err'd,
Men more to blame arc more preferr'd ;
Hee that offends not doth not live;
Hee err'd but once, once, king, forgive
Caesar, to thee I will resorte,
Longe be thy life, thy wroth but shorte;
This praier good successe may take.
If all doe pray for whome he spake.'
With that they wept, the waters swel'd,
The sune grewe darke, the darke caves yeld ;
It brake my sleepe, I did awake.
And thought it was my harte that brake.
Thus I my wofuil dreame declare,
Hopinge that noe such persons are.
I hope none are, but if there be,
God helpe them, pray; pray God with me.
Jo. HOSKINS.
MS. Ashmole, 781, page 129.
[Forbid.]
629
JAMES.
630
An imperfect English tract, De Epistolis con-
scribendis, compiled by John Hoskyns. MS. Ilarl.
850, 1.]
RICHARD JAMES was born at Newport in
the isle of Winht, admitted scholar of C. C. coll.
from that of Exeter, 23 Sept. 1608, aged \(i or
thereabouts, and on the SOtli of Sept. I6l5 pro-
bationer-fellow. About that time being involved
in the studies of theology, he entred into orders,
preached often, and at length was bac. of that
faculty. This person, tho' humorous, was of a
far better judgment than his uncle Thom. James
mentioned under the year 1629, and had he lived
to his age, would have surpassed him in published
[6l6j books. He was a traveller also, was in Russia in
1619, and esteemed to be a person well vers'd in
most parts of learning. He was noted by all those
that knew him to be a very good Grecian, poet,
an excellent critic, antiquary, divine, and admir-
ably well skill'd in the Saxon and Gothic lan-
guages. But as for his preaching, it was not,
except by the graver sort, approved by any in the
university. For of three sermons delivered to
the academians, one of which, concerning the
observation of Lent, was without a text, according
to the most ancient manner ; another against the
text, and a third beside it, shewing himself thereby
a humorous person. The famous Seidell was
much beholden to him for the drudgery he did
for him, when he composed his Marmora Arun-
'deliana, acknowledging him in his preface to that
book, to be ' vir multijuga; studiique indefati-
gabilis.' Sir Rob. Cotton also his great patron,
and his son sir Thomas, could not but acknow-
ledge his like drudgery in the ordering, disposing,
and settling their incomparable library; with the
fii-st of whom (no great friend to the prerogative)
being intimate and familiar, he was confin'd to
close keeping by the lords, when sir Robert was
imprisoned for certain matters uttered in parlia-
ment, an. 1029. Nothing was wanting to our au-
thor, and bis studies, but a sinecure or a prebend-
ship; either of which, if conferr'd upon him,
Hercules his labours would have seem'd a trifle.'
His works are these.
Several Lat. Sermons, as, (1.) Anti-Fossevinm,
' [Sir Symonds d'Ewes gives James a very different cha-
racter from the one we have just read : He styles him an
atheistical, profane scholar, but otherwise, witty and mode-
rately karned: and he adds, that he had so screwed himself
into the good opinion of sir Rob. Cotton, that whereas, at
first, he had only permitted himihe use of the books, at last,
some two or three years before his death, he bestowed the
custody of his whole library on him. And he being a needy
sharking companion, and very expensive, like old Sir Ralph
Starkie, when he lived, let out, or lent out, sir Robert Cot-
ton's most precious manuscripts for money, to any that would
be his customers, which sir Robert was wont to lend freely
to his noble and loving friends; which, says sir Symonds,
1 once made known to sir Robert Cotton, "before the said
James's face. See the Gentleman's Magazine, 17G7, p. 335.
where an account of Cotton's imprisonment will be fouifd,
transcribed from sir Symonds d'Ewes' MS. Xj/e.]
sive Coticio habita ail Clerum in Acad. Oxon. An.
1625. t«2 Tim. 4. IS. Oxon. 1625. qu. (2.) Cone,
habita ad Cknim Oxon. de Ecciesia, iti Malt It.
16. 18. Oxon. 1633. qu. &c.
Several Eng. Sermons, as, {l.)Serm. concerning
the Eucharist, delivered on Easter Day in Oxon :
On Matth. 26. vcr. 26, 27, 28. Lond. 1629. qu.
(2.) History of Preaching, or concerning the Apos-
tles preaching and ours: On 1 Cor. 9- IG- Lond.
1630. qu. (3.) Serm. concerning the Observation
of Lent fast. Lond. 1630. qu. To which, tho'
tliere be no text, yet it is grounded on Luke 4. 2.
(4.) Semi, concerning the Times of receiving the Sa-
crament, and of mutual Forgiveness, delivered in
C. C. C at the Election of a President: On 1 Cor.
II. 25. Lond. 1632. qu. (5.) Apologetical Essay
for the Righteousness of miserable unhaj)pu People,
preached at S. Mary's in Oxon : On Psal. 37. 25.
Lond. 1632. qu.
Poemaia qnmdam in Mort. Clariss. Viri Roherti
Cottoni 8f Thonm Alleni. Oxon. 1633. qu. With
which poems he published sir Thom. More's
epistle, written from Abingdon in Berks, an. 1519,
to the univ. of Oxon, for the embracing of the
Greek tongue, which had been for many years
neglected among the members thereof. He also
translated into English, Octavius, Ox. 1636. in
tw. written by Minutius Felix. All the afore-
mentioned works (except the translation) bound
in one vol. the author gave to Bodley's library,
[Bodl. 4to. H. 11. Th.] with a copy of verses of
his composition written in a spare leaf" before the
first of them,
Deere God, by whome in darcke wombe's shade
I am to feare and wonder made,
Learne me what parte I am to beare
On this world's stage and theatre.
Miters and croziers are noe thing*
That giue to my ambition wings.
For thcis I neare did Mammon woe.
Nor flatter one great lord or twoe.
But with a simple diett fed.
Scarce cloath'd and friended with a bed,
I was content in middle rancks
Of meaner sorte to view the prancks
And feates of men more active, whoe
Are better pleas'd in what they doe
Then I, whoe skeptikylo scarce dare
Of beare, of lion, or of hare,
Or the worse race of malepard
Loud speake what I have scene or heard..
Yet thrice I have binnc hal'd before
Our ephorismes of state, full sore
Against my will; and sure I must
Before to tiring roome of duste
1 turne, instruct sommc scene, and giue
My name to storie whilest I liue.
Then, whether on Italian stage
Or English, free or forc'd, I rage.
Or steale a silent parte, let be
Deere Lord, my soule's rest ever free^
2S 2
6:^1
KING.
63^
As of Calaiius let none saye
Truly of ine another daye,
That 1, well scene in antique lore,
l)id other Lords then God adore.
Composed by the author, K. James, written
with his own hand, and presented to me J. Rous,
bibli. by him, 1G33.
The said copy of verses was made by him when
he was confin'd to close custody by the Lords.
He died of a quartan fever in the house of sir
Tho. Cotton, bur. near to Westminster hall, by
too much studying, (as 'twas supposed,) and wrack-
ing his body with hardship, in the beginning of
Decemb. in sixteen hundred thirty and eight, and
l638. ^''*^ buried on the eighth day of the same month
in S. Margaret's church within the said city. He
left behind him several MSS. of his own compo-
sition, and others collected by him from various
authors, to the number of 45, or thereabouts, all
written with his own hand, which coming after
his death into the hands of his intire friend and
colleague Mr. Tho. Greaves, came after his death
to the Bodleian library, where they now are. The
MSS. of his composition are these, (1.) Deca-
nonizatio Tlioma Catttuaricitsis Sf suorum. fol.
This book, containing 760 pages, hath this begin-
ning, * Viam regiam mihi patefacit ad decanoni-
zationem ficti & fucati martyris,' &c. and the be-
S 'inning of the epist. to the reader is this, ' Amice
ector, rogatus sum sajpius,' &c. (2.) Comment,
in Evangelia S. Johannis, in two parts in qu.
The beginning is, ' Postmodo ad textum sacrae
historiaj deveniam, ubi prius,' &c. Both parts
contain about 12 sheets. (3.) l^ot<t in aliquot
[617] Loca Biblice, in 3 sh. in qu. The beginning is
* Videte sub ficu, paraphrastcs sub umbrosa ficu,'
&c. (4.) Antiquilates Insulcc Fief re, in 17 pages
in qu. The beginning is ' Angli Saxones Mar-
ciarum,' &c. and of the epistle to tlie reader,
' Utrum moriar priusque hoc opus perficiam Deus
novit,' &c. 'Tis only a specimen or a foundation
for a greater work to build on. (5.) Epistola. ad
Amicos suos dodos. The beginning of the first
ep. wliich was written to Dr. Seb. Benefeild of
C. C. col. is this, ' Sancte Dcus,' &.c. 'Tis a thick
?uarto, and containeth epistles mostly written to
I. C. coll. men, epitaphs and some English copies
of verses. (6.) Epigrams in hat. and Engl, with
other Poems. (7.) Reasons concerning the Attempts
on the Lives of great Personages, &.c. These rea-
sons, which are six or more, have this beginning,
' Sir, if you please to learn my mind concerning
the attempts on the lives of great personages,' &c.
written in 2 sh. fol. (8.) Two Sermons. The first
on James 5. 14. the other on John 12. 32. Both
written in fol. papers. (9.) Iter Lancastrense.
This Itinerary, which was written in English
verse 163G, hath this beginning, ' High Holt of
Wood,' and 'tis contained in two sheets and an
half. {\0.) Glossarium Saxonicum-Anglicitm. 'Tis
a long pocket-book. (11.) Ghs. Sax. Aug/, ano-
ther part, in oct^ (12.) A Russian Dictionari/,
tcith the English to it. (13.) Observations made
in his Travels through some Parts of Wales, Scot-
land, on Shetland, Greenland, &c. In four sheets
in qu. (14.) Observations made on the Country,
with the Manners and Customs of Russia, or Rus-
land, An. I619, in oct. 'Twas intended to be
transcrib'd, and to have other matters added to it,
but what hindred the design I cannot tell. Be-
sides these fourteen books I have another of Epi-
grams written mostly in Latin, and partly in
Greek, in oct. dedicated to his tutor Dr. Sebast.
Benefeild. As for his collections, which are in
four and twenty quartos, and in about 7 thin
folios (all under his own hand) are contained in
them for the most part notes from ancient MSS.
(sometimes from printed authors) relating to hist,
and antiq. and any thing that could be found
against S. Thomas of Canterbury, the greatness
and corruption of popes, cardinals, bishops, ab-
bots, priors, monks, friers, and the clergy before
the time of reformation. And when he thought
that the matter it self from the authors, whence
he made his collections, was not enough sufficient
to make them bad, his notes in the margin point-
ing to those matters, would do it to the purpose,
arguing thereby an inveterate hatred he had to
the said persons, as indeed he had, being a severe
Calvinist, if not worse.
[Besides the translation of Minucius Felix al-
ready noticed, and the verses given, James wrote
some poetical fragments printed with the Octavius,
which is now a very scarce book.
1 A Good-1'ridai/ Thought.
2 A Christmasse Caroll.
3 A Hjjmne on Christs Ascension.']
JOHN KING, second sou of Dr. Joh. King
B. of London, whom I have mentioned under the
year 1621, was a Yorkshire man born, and at 14
years of age became a student of Ch. Ch. under
the tuition of a good tutor, an. I6O8. T^fterwards
he proceeded M. of A. was public orator of the
university, prebendary of the said church of
Christ in 1624," and the next year D. of D. and
canon of Windsor, and about that time preben-
dary of S. Paul's cath. and rector of Kemenham
in Berks. He hath published,
Oratio panegyrica de auspicato Caroli Principis
in Regnum llispanicum Adventu. Lond. 1623. qu.
Gratulatio pro Carolo reduce Oxoniensium NO'
mine recitata. Ox. 1G23, in one sheet and a half
in QU.
Cenotaphium Jacobi, sive Laudatio funebris
pieE Sf ftelicis Memoria Jacobi Magna Britannia
Regis, &c. Oxon. l6'i?5. qu.
David's Strait : The Afternoon's Sermon on Act
Sundai/: On 2 Sam. 24. 14. Oxon. l62,o. qu.
[Bodi.'4to. J. 12. Th.] His cider brother Hen.
King preached the Morning's Sermon called Da-
vid's Enlargement, as I shall tell you when I come
to him. The very same title of David's Strait,
' [Augustas. WiWu, Calhedrols,-4bb.1
633
ANGELUS.
DIGGES.
634
was put to a sernion on the same subject by one
Sam. Buggs, bac. of div. sometimes fellow of
Sidney coll. in Cambridge, afterwards a minister
in Coventry.* AVliieh sermon was preaelicd at
Paul's Cross 8 July 16'21. Dr. King surrendred
up liis last breath on the sec^ond day of January in
1638-9. sixteen hundred thirty and eight, aged 43, and
was buried near to the monument of Rob. King
the first bishop of Oxon, in the isle joyuing on
f Gl8] '^''^ south side of the ehoir belonging to the cathe-
dral of Ch. Ch. You may be pleased to read his
epitaph in Hist. Sf Antiq. Uuivers. Oxon. lib. 2.
p. 290. b.
CHRISTOPH. ANGELUS [or Angel,] was
born in Peloponnesus in Greece, thrust out of his
country for religion sake by the Turks, after they
had inflicted on nini many torments; came towards
England for relief, and arriving at Yarmouth, was
exhibited to by the B. of Norwich, and some of the
clergy there. Afterwards by the said bishop's re-
commendation, he went to Cambridge, where he'
found relief, and studied in Trin. coll. for near
3 years. About Whitsontide in 1610 he journied
to Oxon, was exhibited to there also, studied in
Baliol college, did very good service among the
young scholars in the university that were raw in
the Greek tongue, and continued among them till
the time of his death. He hath transmitted to
posterity.
Of the many Stripes and Torments inflicted on
him hy the Turks for the Faith which he had in
.fesus Christ. Oxon. 1617. in Greek and English.
[Bodl. 4to. A. 57. Art. Seld.]
Enchiridion de Institutis Gracorum. Cambr.
1619- cju. [Bodl. 4to. A. 37- Art. Seld.] in Greek
and Latin. The Greek copy of which, coming
into the hands of George Fhelavius a minister of
Dantzick, was by him rendred into Latin, and
learnedly noted. Francof. 1655. oct. [Bodl.
8vo. A. 16. Th. BS.] The Latin copy of the said
Fhelavius is thus cntit. Status 8f Ritus Ecclesice
Grtxcec.
Jn Encomion of the famous Kingdom of Gr.
Britain, and the tuo flourishing Sister-Universities
Cambridge mid Oxford.^ Cambr. I6I9. qu. [Bodl.
4to. A. 57. Art. Seld.]
-De Jpostasid Ecclesitz Sf de Jlomine peccati,
Scil. Antichristo, &e. Lond. 1624. Gr. and Lat.
qu. [Bodl. 4to. P. 2. Th. BS.] and other things,
as 'tis probable, which I have not yet seen, lie
ended his days on the first of February in sixteen
liundred thirty and eight, and was buried the next
day within the precincts of St. Ebbe's church in
Oxford, (I think in the church it self,) leaving
behind him the character of a pure Grecian and
an honest and liarmless man.
[I have been favoured ^ with the loan of several
' [^■'"1 Buggs admissus socius coll. Sidn. .'6l3; postea
S T. P. et ulriusqi e ccclesiae Coventr. rector. Baker.]
' [In Greek iind English. Baker.]
* [By Mr. Triphook, bookseller, of St. James's jtreet.
1C38-9.
of Angel's pieces, bound in one volume, to which
is prefixed a printed pass from the universities of
Oxford and Cambridge, and from the bishop of
Salisbury. One of these will be sufficient to
sliew the nature of the instrument ; and that of
Oxford, will, of course, be considered as most
appropriate to the present work.
' The bearer hereof, Christopher Angell, a
Greeke, borne in Peloponnesus, hauing beene per-
secuted by the Turkes for his religion, as by his
letters testimoniall nppeares, and" for that cause
forced to leaue his countrey, came to Oxford about
Whitsontide I6IO, and finding reliefe, hath con-
tinued vnto the day of the date hereof, during
which time, his manner of life hath beene quiet,
honest and studious. And because hee is weary,
and desirous to visit his friends in England, he
hath requested these our letters testimonial! of his
honest behauiour amongst vs, which we haue wil-
lingly granted vnto him, and thereunto set our
hands this 20 of March, An. Dom. 16 17-
Arthur, Bath and Wells, Vicecan. Oxon.
K. Kilby. Tho. Anyan.
R. Kettell. Theod. Price.
William Goodwin. Jo. Wilkinson.
Sebastian Benefield. Tho. James.
William Langton. Samuel Radeclif.
Richard Moket. Ant. Blincowe.
John Prideaux. Griffith Powell.
Fr. Greuile.'J
DUDLEY DIGGES, elder brother to Leonard
Digges mention'd under the j'ear 1635, was bom
in Kent, particularly, if I mistake not, in the pa-
rish of Berham, wherein Digges Court is situated;
was entred a gentleman commoner of University
coll. in 1598, aged 15, where making great im-
provement in academical learning under the tui-
tion of the master thereof Dr. George Abbot, (af-
terwards archb. of Canterbury) took the degree of
bach, of arts; which being compleated by deter-
mination, he went to the inns ol court, and after-
wards to travel, and about that time received the
honour of knighthood. As for the rest of his
actions for some years after, I cannot justly re-
late. However the chief story of his lite, which
was honourable and good, may be the rule of
ours. His understanding few could equal, his
virtues fewer would. He was a ])ious man, a
careful father, a loving husband, a fatherly bro-
ther, a courteous neighboui", a merciful landlord,
a liberal master, a noble friend. After much ex-
perience gained by travel, and an exact survey of
the laws and people of foreign kingdoms, he did
enable himself thereby for the service of his coun-
try, but observing too many to justle for place,
and cross the public interest, (if not joyned with
their public gain) hindring the motion of the great
body of the commonwealth, desisted, and was sa-
tisfied with the conscience of merit, knowing good
London. The Bodleian copy, however, (4to. A. 57. Aru
Seld.) has the same instrument prefixed.]
635
DIGGES.
LEYCESTER.
FISHER.
636
[619]
1638-9'
men only can deserve honours, though the worse
might attain them. His noble soul could not
stoop to ambition, or be beholden to that (tho' the
most generous) vice, for an occasion to exercise
his virtues. So that out of such apprehensions,
his moderate desires confin'd his thoughts to the
innocence of a retired life. But the most know-
ing of princes K. James I. who ever made choice
of the most able ministers, judging none more
equal to employments, than those that would not
unworthily coilrt them, sent him " in 16 1 8, upon
the return of sir John Meyrick," amhassador to
the emperor of Russia, and in the year 1620,
(whether before, or after his ambassy, 1 know not)
he with sir Maurice Abbot were ^ sent into Hol-
land in the month of Nov. to obtain the inter-
cepted goods of some English men, taken in their
coming back from East India. After from the
said employments, and some years conscionably
spent in the service of the state, being unbiassed
by popular applause, or court-hopes, he was made
master of the Rolls in the place of sir Julius
CiFsar, who dying 12 Apr. sir Dudley was sworn
to that office on the 20 of the said month, an.
1636. This did crown his former actions, and
tho' it would not increase his integrity, yet it
made him more perspicuous, and whom his ac-
Juaintance before, now the kingdom, honoured,
f the example of his justice had powerful influ-
ence on all magistrates, the people who are go-
verned would be happy on earth, and the rulers
in heaven with him, who counted it an unworthy
thing to be tempted to vice, by the reward of
virtue. The things that he wrote and collected
were many, but whether he left them perfect at
his death I know not. Those books that go
under his name, are these following, all, except
the first, published after his death.
A Defence of Trade : in a Letter to Sir Tho.
Smith Knight, Governor of the East India Com-
■pany. London 1615, qu. [Bodl. 4to. D. 22.
Art.]
Discourse concerning the Rights and Privileges
of the Subject, in a Conference desired hy the Lords,
and had by a Committee of both Houses, 3 Apr.
1628. Lond. 1642. qu.
The compleat Ambassador : or, tzeo Treatises of
the intended Marriage of Q. Elixabeth, comprised
in Letters of Negotiation, &c. Lond. 1655. fol.
[Bodl. BS. 79.] Which book, tho' it had nothing
forged or suppositious therein, yet it was never
intended for the press by the collector thereof.
Several Speeches and Discourses in Parliament.
See in Jo. Rushworth's Collections, part I. where
you'll find much of him, and his imprisonment,
in the year 1626. His death, which the wisest
men did reckon among the public calamities of
those times, hapned on the 18 March in sixteen
hundred thirty and eight. Soon after his body
(which had for some days lain in state) was remit-
* Cambden, ut super, in ^nnel. Reg. Jac. I. MS. sub.
an. 16S0.
ted to the peaceful shades below, in Chilham
church in Kent, in which town he enjoyed fair
inheritances by his marriage with Mary the
youngest daughter and coheir of sir Tho. Kemp
knight. There is a fair monument over his grave,
the inscription of which is partly remitted into
the foregoing discourse, and therefore not neces-
sary of repeating it here, neither of a large in-
scription in Latin, containing his genealogy from
K. Hen. the third, to his time, ' which he, some
years before his death, set up in the said church.
[Dudl. Diggs, Oxon. incorporatus Cantabr^
1637. Baker.]
JOHN LEYCESTER, was born in Cheshire
of plebeian parents, but originally descended
from a genteel family in that county, became a
student in Brasen-nose coll. I6I8, aged 20, took
one degree in arts, and afterwards followed the
employment of teaching a school, which, I
think, he exercised to his dying day. He hath
written,
Enchiridion, sen Fasciculus Adagiorum selectis-
simorum. Or, a Manual of the choicest Adagies,
&c. Lond. 1623, oct. in Lat. and Engl, besides
other things which I have not seen. He also
translated from Lat. into Engl. An excellent
Oration of Dr. Joh. Rainolds, &c. Lond. 1638.
oct. very useful for all such as affect the studies
of logic and philosophy, and admire prophane
learning. See more in John Rainolds under the
year I607.
JASPER FISHER, a gentleman's son, was
born in Bedfordshire, entred a com. of St. M.
Magd.hall in Mich, term 1607, took the degrees
in arts, became afterwards divinity or philosophy
reader of Magd. coll. rector of Wilden in his own
country,' about 1631, and at length D. of D.
He hath written and published,
Fuimus Troes, JEneid. 2. The true Trojans ; be-
ing a Story of the Britains Valour at t lie Romans
first Invasion. Lond. l633. qu. Before which
time, it had been once, or more, publicly repre-
sented by the gentlemen-students of Magd. coll.
in Oxon.
Several Sermons, as (1) Serm. on Malac. 2. 7.
Printed 1636, in oct. &c. This person, who Was
always esteemed an ingenious man while he lived
in Magd. coll. as those that knew him have
divers times informed me, lived several years after
this, (1636) but when he died, or what other
things he hath published, I cannot learn.
' [Anne St. Leger, mother of S' Dudley Dlgges kt. master
of the rowles, a modest, humble, prudent, and religious
matron, lyeth here buried. Anno D'ni 1036, a:tat. sua; 81.
Kennet.J
7 [ — While this bishop was in the Tower, one of his own
clergy In Bedfordshire, Dr. Jas. Fisher, a fair ni irble stone
being digged up in his chancel, he set workmen to smooth it,
and to erect it for an altar, till troubles marr'd the \ nrk, and
impeachments ot articles broke the heart of a mo.lest able
man Hacket, Life «f Archbishop IVitiiams, (olio 1C93,
part ii, page 104.]
Clar.
1638-9-
!
[620]
1638-9.
637
HODGES.
KOWLANDSON.
WHATELY.
638
(
*
I
[Add The Priests Duty and Dignity preached al
the Triennial ('isifation in Anipthill \li:i5,jJug. 18,
by Jasper Fisher, Presbyter and Rector (if IVtlsden
in Bedfordshire, andpuolished by Command. Lond.
163G, 12ino. penes me. Ken net.
According to Oldys in his MS, Notes to Lang-
baine, Fisher was hhnd.]
JOHN HODGES, a Worcestershire-man
born, became astudent in S. John's coll. in lfil8,
aged 17 years or thereabouts, and was admitted
bac. of arts July 2, 1622, and master of arts Jul.
5, 1625. He was afterwards vicar of Shackstone
in Leicestershire ; and hath written,
Viaticum Jnimce : or, wholesome Repast for the
Soul in her Pilgrimage towards Jerusalem which is
above. Lond. 1638, in tw. dedic. to Job. Har-
Clar. bourne of Tachley in Oxfordsh. esq;
1038. [Hodges was instituted to his vicarage July 10,
1630, and must have died or been ejected before
1649, when Thomas Salter occurs as minister of
Shackstone.^]
JAMES ROWLANDSON, a Westmorland
man born, became a student in Queen's coll. in the
beginning of the year 1596, aged 19 years, after-
wards a poor serving child, then a tabarder, and
in 1605 master of arts and fellow. In l6l4 he
was admitted to the reading of the sentences,
being then noted to be a subtile disputant and an
edifying preacher about which time being made
chaplain to Dr. Bilson bishop of Winchester, he
became rector of East-Tysted in Hampshire,
master of the hospital of S. Mary Magd. near
Winchester, chaplain to K. Ch. L and in the year
1636 doctor of divinity. In 1638 he was made
canon of Windsor, in the place of Dr. Charles
Sunnibank deceased, ' and would have risen
higher in the church, had he not been soon after
cut off by death. He hath published.
Several Sermons, as (1) God's Blessing in
Blasting, and his Mercy in Mildew, tzco Sermons
suitable to these Times of Dearth : On Haggai 2.
17. Lond. 1623. qu. (2) Sermon at Bishop
jindrews his Consecration of Jesus Chappel near to
Southampton.' Printed 162". in qu. This I have
not yet seen, nor others which he, as I conceive,
hath publish'd. He paid his last debt to nature
16.39. *^? *^^ ninth of May, in sixteen hundred thirty
nine, and was buried in the chappel of S. George
at Windsor. In his canonry John Hales of Eaton,
' the walking library,' succeeded. But soon after
ejected by the restless presbyterians, without
any regard had to his great piety and learning.
' [Nichols, Hist, of Leicestershire \y, gi3.]
' [Jacobus Rowlandson S. T. P. installatus in canonicatu
Winclsor, 6 Nov. l63«, loco Sonibank. Frith, Catal.
Keknet.]
[Quaere, since in the form of consecrating this cliappel,
published in bishop Sparrow's Articles and Canons it is said,
that one Robinson B. D. iireach'd on that occasion.
Watt*.]
WILLIAM WHATELY, son of Tho.
Wliately,' by Joyce his wife, was born at a mar-
ket town called Banbury in Oxfordshire, in the
montii of May 1583, baptized there 26 of the
said month, instructed in grammar in those parts,
sent to Christ's coll. in Cambridge at 14 years of
age, where continuing under the tuition of Mr.
Tlio. Potman, till he was bach, of arts, an. I6OI,
was taken home for a time by his father. But
his pregnant parts being soon after discovered by
understanding men who frequented Banburv, the
father was resolved to make him a minister,
wherefore sending him to S. Edmund's hall ia
Oxon, in the year following, was incorporated
bach, of arts, and with the foundation of logic,
Chilosophy, and oratory that he had brought with
im from Cambridge, he became a noted dispu-
tant, and a ready orator. In the year 1604 he
took the degree of master of arts, as a member
of the said hall, being then esteemed a good
philosopher and a tolerable mathematician, and
soon alter entring into holy orders, he became
lecturer of Banbury ; which place he keeping 4
years, was made vicar ' thereof, " and some time
" preach'd a lecture at Stratford on Avon.*" He
was an excellent preacher, a person of good parts,
well vers'd in the original text both Hebrew and
Greek ; but being a Calvinist and much frequent-
ed by precise and busy people there, and in the
neighbourhood, for his too frequent preaching,
laid such a foundation of faction in that place,
that it will never be easily removed. His works
are these.
Divers Sermons, as, (1) The new) Birth: or, a
Treatise of Regeneration, delivered in several ser-
mons, Lond. 1618. qu. [Bodl. NN. 5. Th.] &c.
(2) The Bride-bush, or fVedding Sermon; On
Ephes. 5. 23. Lond. 1617, 19- qu. [Bodl. 4to.
T. 12. Th.] In which sermon were noted by
curious readers, two propositions, as, first, ' That
committing the sin of adultery, by either of the
married persons, doth dissolve, annihilate, and
untye the bond and knot of marriage.' Secondly,
' That the malicious and wilful desertion of either
of the married persons doth in like manner dis-
solve,' Sic. These, I say, being noted and com-
plained of to the archb. he was conven'd before
the high commission to make satisfaction for
what he had said and written. But he inge-
' [His father was often mayor, and a lone lime a stand-
ing justice of the borough of Banbury. Scuducr's Aj/f.]
■^ [1610, Feb. 9. Christopher iLangley dclivertd to Dr.
Othowell Hill, auditor causarum, Letters of proxie from Mr.
William Wheatley M. A. instituted to the vicarage of Ban-
bury, by the bishop, to which he was presented by K.
James, whereupon Dr. Hill granted induction. Colleclan.
Joh. Fcuttey, MS. p. 400. Kennet.]
* [The bisliop of Worcester certifies that he is less troubled
with nonconformists, since Mr. Wheatley of Banbury gave
over his lecture at Stratford within that diocese. Archb.
Laud's Annual Accounts of liis Province to the King, fok
1637. Wood, MS. in Ashmole.]
[621]
639
WHATELY.
640
niously confessing that he could not make any
satisfactory answer, recanted the 4 of May 1621,
and was forthwith dismissed. (3) Sin no more ;
On Joh. 5. 14.5 Lond. 1628. qu. [Bodl. 4to. M.
45. Th.] (4) The Oyl of Gladness, in several
sermons. Lond. 1637, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. L. 107.
Th.] (5) Poor Man's Advocate, in certain ser-
mons. Lond. 1637, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. L. 107. Th.]
(6) Redemption of Time; On Ephes. 5. 16. Lond.
1606. oct. (7) Caveat for the Covetous; On
Luke 12. 15. Lond. 1609, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. S.
221. Th.] (8) Samuers Funeral Serm. at the Fun.
of Sir Anth. Cope Kt. and Bar. Lond. I6l8, 19.
t]u. Besides other sermons printed in 16 14, 16,
19. 1623,* 24, 28. 1630, &c,
A pithy, short, and methodical Way of opening
of the 'len Commandments. Lond. 1622. oct.
[Bodl. 8vo. H. 50. Th.]
A Care Cloth: or Treatise of the Cumbers and
Troubles of Marriage. liond. 1624. qu. [Bodl.
4to.T. 12. Th.]
Prototypes, or the primarie precedent Presidents
out of the liooke of Genesis, applied to our Informa-
tion and Reformation. Lond. 1640. fol. [Bodl.
W. 1. 6. Ih.] Published by the author's great
admirers Edward Leigh esq; and Hen. Scudder
minister of Colingbourne Uucis in Wiltshire.
Before which book is his character, written by the
said Scudder a presbyterian. This Will. Whately
surrcndred up his pious soul to God on the tenth
lOJt). day of May in sixteen hundred thirty and nine,
and was buried in the yard belonging to the
church at Banbury. Over his grave is a large
rais'd monument of stone, and thereon a Lat. and
Engl, epitaph in verse, a Lat. and Engl, anagram,
and a double chronogram. All which shall be
now for brevity's sake omitted, except part of the
Engl, epitaph, running thus.
Whatsoe'er thoul't say who passest by,
Why ? here's enshrin'd celestial dust,
His bones, whose name and fame can't dye
These stones as feoffees weep in trust.
It's William Wheatly that here lies.
Who swam to's tomb in's peoples eyes,
Death was his crown, 8cc.
[Whately married the daughter of George
Hunt, son of John Hunt, who being condemned
to the flames for his religion was saved by the
death of queen Mary. '
' [This was preached at Banbury ' on Tuesday the fourth
of March last past, vpon occasion of a most terrible fire that
happened there on the sabbath day immediately precedent,
and within the space of foure houres was carried from the one
end of the towne to the other, with that fury, as continuing
to burne all the night, and much of the next day, it consumed
103 dwelling houses, 20 kilne-houses, and other out houses,
to the number of 660, bayes and upwards, together with so
much malt and other graine aftd commodities, as amounted
at the least to the value of twenty thousand pounds." Bodl.
4to. M. 45. Th. A third edition appeared in l632.]
* [Sermon on Mortification; On Coll. 3. 6. Lond. l623,
4to. Tanner.T
' fScuddcr's Li/e, sign, a 2.]
Fuller says he was a good linguist, pliilosopiicr,
mathematician and divwie, and in another place
calls him a gracious, learned, and painfull minis-
ter. Worthies, ii. 220, 232.
' And now, if the reader will not think his
Catienee too much imposed upon, I could furnish
im with another like instance, and that out of
Mr. Mede's own collcdge, one who was coiitem-
porary with Mr. Mede (but a long and early dis-
continuer) and one, I think, not unknown to him,
I am sure a grcfU; admirer of him. And this was
Mr. William Whately, sometime vicar of Ban-
bury, that famous and perfect preacher, and that
not only ad populum, as some great wits have
liberally acknowledged, who would often slip out
of Oxford on purpose to hear him, and came at
first with prejudice enough. This rare preacher
(and therefore the rarer because so frequent) had
in his pulpit (upon a holy-day, when there was
a very full auditory) with great zeal, and with us
great solidity of reason, and embroidery of rheto-
riek, pressed (as his theme led him) works of cha-
rity. Among other passages he exhorted his
hearers to make this experiment: — When they
had received good gain by traffick or bargain &.c.
to take Qd or 4d in the pound, and put it in a
purse by itself for works of piety. This (he war-
ranted) as it would be very beneficial to their
estate, so it would take away all secret grudgings:
for now they had lay'd so much aside for such a
purpose, they would rather wish for an opportu-
nity of disbursing it. After sermon, being
visited by a neighbour divine (and one allied to
him,) they presently fell into discourse about that
subject, and Mr. Whateley's judgment was de-
sired more particularly concerning the quota pars
to be so devoted. ' As for that,' saith he, ' I am
not to prescribe to others; but since here are
none but very good friends, and we are all so
private, I will tell you what hath been my own
practice of late, and upon what occasion. You
know, sir, some years since, I was often beholden
to you for the loan of 10/. at a time : the truth is,
I could not bring the year about, though my
receipts were not despicable, and I was not at all
conscious to myself of any vain expences, or of
improvidence. At length, I began to examine
my family what relief was given to the poor,
and although I was assured, that was not done
niggardly, yet I could not be so satisfied, but
resolved instantly to lay aside every tenth shilling
of all my receipts for charitable uses. And (to
let you see how well I have thrived this way in a
short time) now, if you have occasion to use an
100/. or more, 1 have it ready for you.' — This I
can avouch, for I was present both at the sermon
and at the conference. '
At the end of Scuddcr's life is an elegy by
MiB. entitled Banburies Funerall Teares powred
' [Worth ington's Life of Joseph Mede, Lond. l07S, folio,
page xxxvii.]
641
CIIETWYND.
LEIGH.
642
forth upon the Death of her late pious and pah, e-
Jull Pastour, Mr. William fVhate/y.
I am tliat orb in which of late did shine
All heav'ii enlightned starre with raics divine.
&c. '
A head of Whately, set. 56, in a close cap,
peaked beard gown and ruff, is prefixed to his
■rrototypei, 1640.]
EDWARD CHETWYND, the fourth son
ot Jo. Chetwynd esq; was born of an ancient
and genteel family living at Ingestrie, near to,
and in the county of, Stafford, about the year
1577, admitted sojourner of Exeter coll. in 1592
took the degrees in arts, holy orders, and became
fn i^^r^""/ preacher in and near to, Oxon.
In 160<5 he was elected by the mayor and cor-
poration of Abingdon in Berks their lecturer
being then bac. of divinity, and in the year follow-
ing upon the desire of the mayor, aldermen, and
common council of the city of Bristol, he was
sent by Dr. Hen. Airay vicechancellor of the
university, and Jo. Rainolds of C. C. C to that
City; where being; kindly received, he was esta-
blished their public lecturer on the 2 June the
same year, to preach one sermon every Sunday
m the afternoon in any church of that city that
the mayor for the time being should appoint, and
one sermon every holyday, as he shoukl think fit.
\n,al ''■*', '"■''? <=hapl«in to qu. Anne, in
016 he was admitted D. of D. and in the year
after upon the death of Sim. Robson, he was
promoted by K. James I. to the deanery of Bristol
to that city s ereat satisfaction, being elected
thereunto l6 June the same year. » ""So that
whereas he was a little before presented to the
nch rectory of Sutton Colfield in Warwickshire
wicethe value of his deanry) he thereupon give
It up, purposely because he would live anion e
and so consequently please, the inhabitants of
Bristol. In that rec-tory succeeded an eminent
scholar named J oh. Burgess M.of A. and doct.
of physic whose memory is fresh in those parts
among the .odly What other preferm^en
Chetwynd ha^ besides the vicaridge of Banwell
in Somersetshire and the vicaridge of Bareley in
.Ko.-, ^J"*"- ''". ^''^ ''°"'*^« belonijing to which vica-
Lb22] nclges he bestowed above SOO/.) I know no.
He hath published,
19iJec..l607. In Acts 20. 24. Oxon Ifins in
Oct. [Bodl. 8vo. C. 107. Th ]
Several English Sermons, as (1) The straight
Luke nTs o> t" ^^^V'" '^''''■^"'" scrmons'-on
hLu \ ^-^ '"'' of Tears for the loss of Prince
Jfenru Semi, at Bristol on Lam. 5. 15, 16
Lond: 1613. Oct. [Bodl. 8vo. H. 23. Th.] (3)
C^telsf r"^""'' ''^'^^* '""='"*'• J"'y 26, 1617.
Vol. II, ■'
^erm. on Psal. 51. 0. Lond. J6lO. besides
others, as 'tis probable, which I have not yet
seen. He departed this life on the 13 May' in
sixteen hundred thirty and nine, and was buried ,630
m the choir of the cath. ch. of Bristol, near the
communion table, and the grave of Helena his
sometimes wife, daughter of' sir Joh. Harineton
the eminent poet of Kelston in Somersetshirefkt ;
which Helena died in childbed 9 Nov. 1628 a-ed
39. I lie reader may be pleased pow to take
notice that this Dr. Edward Chetwynd, with
John^Whetcombe, Job. Standard, &c. diviiles
kn?.!,. ''"'TT>"^i divinity; sir Sim. Baskervile
knight and Rob. Vilvaine doctors of physic
were the learned persons of Exeter college, \vhich
Dr. Joh Prideaux in an epistle before a sermon
preached at the consecration of the chappel in
that coll. an. 1624, did enumerate, as being then
living, and ornaments of the said house. See
more in Thorn. Holland under the year I6I 1.
WILLIAM LEIGH, a Lancashire-man born,
was entred a student m Brasen-nosecoll. an 1571
and in 73, he was elected fellow thereof After*
wards he took the degrees in arts, entred into the
sacred function, and became a painful preacher in
the university and parts adjacent. In 1586, or
thereabouts, he being promoted to the rectory of
Standish in his own country, took the degree of
bac. of CIV. and on the 24 of Nov. 1587 he
resigned his fellowship, settled at Standish 'for
altogether, was made justice of the peace there
and held in great esteem for his learning and
godliness. He hath published, ^
Several Sermons, as (1) Fun. Serm. Job. 14 14,
printed 1602 in oct. (2) The frst Step towards
rT"'°''f'"''J^' P'Metessher holy Haunt
to the lemple of God. Preached in Standish
church, on Luke 2. 36, 37, 38, 39. Lond. 1600
oct (3) Q Elizabeth parallel'd in her priS
Virtue, Tcith David, Joshua, and Hezekiah ; J„
three sermons ; the first on Psal. 123. 12 3 4 —
the second on Joshua 10. 12.— and the third "on '1
%H''SL'^- ^' 6v„ Lond. 1612. oct. [Bodl. 8vo.
t'ff :^ } -^^^ {''.'P''"'P<f ^>^«'A l>enten back
mth theglortvus Light and Life of Jesus Christ.
Preached at Lancaster assize, on Coloss. 3. 3 4.
Lond. 1613, oct. (5) The Soul's Solace against
Sorrow. 1-un.Serm. preached in Childwald cfuirch
m Lancashire at the burial of Mrs. Katharine
Brettergh, 3 June I601, on Isa. 57. 1. Lond.
1017, Oct. (6) Serm. on Acts 2. 1 9, 20 21 >'
1 nnted 1613, oct. (7) Ser7n. on Heb. Q. 27 28 -
1 nnted m qu. with others which I have not yet
seen. He gave way to fkte in a good old ao-e in
sixteen hundred thirty and nine, and was buried ,«,„
m the chancel of his church at Standish 28 Nov. ®*
n.r DorchLer i„ Do.elsh.ef 'S/e l1?e ^SlS
2 T
643
WOTTON.
644
Over his erave is a brass plate fastned to the wall
at the east end of the said chancel, whereon is
this eneraven, ' Conditum est hie corpus Gulielmi
Leigh S T.Bac. verse religionisprofessonssmceri,
hrercsiuni propulsatoris acerrimi, concionatons
suavissimi, hujus Ecclesise quinqua-inta tres annos
pastoris vigilantiss. cujus nonnulla extant, plu-
raqiie desiderantur opera, evocali ex hac vita <20
Kov. an. Doin. lG39. atatis suie octogcsimo
nono. ^ 1 / T \
[To Standibh, he was presented (as I suppose)
by Hen. earl of Uerbv, having the honour to be
his chaplain, as also to be tutor to prmce Henry.
He was a married man and great grandfather to
Charles Leigh M. B. author of the Natural His-
torv of Lancashire, &ic. Kawlinson.
June 1608. L-". Chan^. Egerton pve to Will.
Leigh^.Th. B. the mastership ot Lwelm hospital
in Oxfordshire. Tanner.
In the Bodleian is a very rare tract: btrange
Newes of a prodigious Monster, borne in the
TozcneMp of Adlington in the Parish oj Standish
in the Count ie of Lancaster, the 17 DayojApriU
last 1G13. Testified by the reuerend Diuine Mr.
W.'Leish, bachelor of diuinitie, and Preacher
of God's Word at Standish aforesaid. Pnnted by
y P for S.M.andare to besoldat his shop mPauts
c'hurch-,/ard at the Signe of the Bull, l6l3. This
monster was nothing more than a birth oi twins
joined together.]
[623]
.r.-r,!
HENRY WOTTON, a person singularly ac-
compHsh'd, son of Tho. Wotton, esq; by Ins se-
concf wife Elizabeth, daughter of sir ^\lll. I'lnch
of the Mote in St. Martin's parish in the county
of Kent, but the widow of one Morton of the same
county esq; was born at Bocton hall in Kent 30
March 1568, educated in grammar learning in
Wvkeham's school near toWinchester,and thence
in the beginning of 1584, he was transplanted to
New coll. where living in the condition of a gent,
com. had his chamber in Hart hall adjoyning,
and to his chamber-fellow there Rich. Baker his
countryman, afterwards a knight and a noted
writer. But continuing there not long, he went
to Queen's coll. where, by the benefit of a good
tutor and severe discipline there practised, he be-
came well vers'd in logic and philosophy ; and for
a diversion now and then, he wrote a tragedy tor
the private use of that house called lancredo.
On the 8 June 1588, he, as a member of Qu. coll.
did supplicate the venerable congregation of re-
gents that he might be admitted to the reading of
any of the books of the logick of Aristotle, that is
to be admitted to the degree of bach, of arts:
which desire of his was granted conditionally that
he should determine in the Lent following; but
whether he was admitted, or did determine, or
took any other degree, it doth not appear in any
of the university registers, which I have exactly
searched, and the more for this reason, because
the ' author of his life saith, that at 19 years of
age he proceeded master of arts, and at that time
did read three Lat. lectures De Ocello ; which
being learned, caused a friendship between him
and Alberic. Gentilis, who thereupon ever after
called him ' Henricc mi Ocelie.' Ihe said author
also saith, that the university treasury w-as rob'd
by townsmen and poor scholars, of which such
light was given by a letter written to Hen. Wot-
ton from his father in Kent, occasioned by a
dream relating to that matter, that the felonB
were thereupon discovered and apprehended, &c.
But upon my search into the university registers,
records, accompts, &.e. from 1.584, to 1589, in
which time our author Wotton was resident in
Oxon, I find no such robbery committed. To
pass by other mistakes in the said life, especially
as to tnne, which are not proper to set down in
this place, I shall go forward. After our author
had left Oxon, he betook himself to travel into
France, Germany, and Italy; and having spent
about 9 years in those places, he returned into
England, and became secretary to Robert earl of
Essex, with whom continuing till towards his fall,
he left England once more, and retiring to Flo-
rence, became so noted to the great duke of Tus-
cany, that he was by him privately dispatched
away with letters to James 6. K. of Scots, under
the name of Octavio Baldi, to advise him of a de-
sign to take away his life. Which message being
welcome to that K. he was by him (when made
K. of England) honoured with the degree of
knighthood, sent thrice ambassador to the repub.
of Venice, once to the states of the united Pro-
vinces, twice to Charles Emanuel duke of Savoy,
once to the united princes of Upper Germany in
the convention at Heylbrune, also to the arch-
duke Leopold, to the duke of Wittenbergh, to the
imperial cities of Strasburgh and Ulme, as also to
the emperor Ferdinando the second. On the 15
July 1619, he returned from his embassy at Ve-
nice with a vain ^ hope of obtaining the office of
secretary of state, but missing his design, I cannot
yet tell to the contrary but that he was sent to
Venice again. Sure 'tis, that about l6'23 3 he had
the provostship of Eton coll. conferr'd upon him,
which he kept to his dying day, being all the re-
ward he had for the great services he had done
the crown of England. He hath written these
things following,
Epislola de Casparo Scioppio. Amberg. I6l3.
oct. This Seioppius was a man of a restless
spirit, and a malicious pen ; who, in books against
K. Jam. T. took occasion from a sentence written
by sir Hen. Wotton in a German's Album (viz.
' Legatus est vir bonus, peregr^ missus ad men-
tientlum reipublicaj causSi)' to twit him in the
■ Isaac Walton.
» Cambd in Annal. Jac. 1. MS. sub an. 1619.
3 [On July 26, IC24. Vide Lord Bacoa's Letters, &e
8V0. page 338. Lovbday.]
645
VA'CnON.
HUTTON.
646
9
^
teeth what principles in religion were professe.1
by hiju and his ambassador Wotton, then at Ve-
nice, where tlie said sentence was also written in
several glass windows.
I'fift. ad Marc. Vetserum Duumvir. Augusta;
Vindchcic, an. 10)2. °
The Elements of Architecture. Lond. IG24. ou
in two parts. [Bodl. 4to. C. 13. Art.] Reprinted
in liehqum WoltoniniKc, an. iCjl. 54. and-lG72
&c. Oct. Translated into Latin and printed with'
the great Vitruvius, and a great elogy concerning
Wotton put before it.-An.stel. 1649. fol. [Bodn
L. 2. 9. Art. Seld.] •■
[624] Plausus S^ fota ad Regem k ScotiA Reducem.
Tu" 1,' A .• '" '"^ '^'S*^ 1"- orrather in a little fol.
[Bod . A A. 117. Th. Seld.] Reprinted by Dr.
Joh Lamplure in a book entit. by hiin Monarchia
^rttaniuca. Oxon. 1681. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. W. 47
y T,"', '" ^"S'ish also in Reliquia IVotton.
1 aralld betucen Rob. late Earl of Essex and
Ueorge late Duke of Bucks. Lond. 1641. in four
•sh. in qu.
^hortFiew of the Life and Death of George
nuke oj Bucks. Lond. 1642. in four sheets and an
halt in qu.
Difference and Disparity between the Estates
and Conditions of George Duke of Bucks and Ro-
bert^ Earl of Essex.
Characters of, and Observations on, some Kinos
of England. °
The Election of the 7iezo Duke of Venice afttr
tiie JJeath of Giovanno Bembo.
Philosophical Survey of Education, or moral
Architecture.
Aphorisms of Education.
The great Action betzceen Pompeu and Casar,
extracted out of the Rom. and Greek Writers.
Meditations on \^^ Chap, of Gen.
( Christmas dau.
Letters to, and Characters of, certain Per-
sonages.
Various Poems. All, or most of which books
or treatises are reprinted in a book entit. Reliquicc
n Ottomans before-mentioned. Lond. 1651
[Bodl Svo. W. 10. Art. Seld.] 54. 1672. [Bodl.
t^xtJ' ^- ■^"'■•^ '''"' "585. in oct. pubhshed by
is. Walton at the end of sir H. Wotton's life.
Letters to the Lord Zouch.—Printcd at the
latter end of Relirj. Wot ton in the edition of 1685.
I/ie iitate of Christendom: or, a most exact and
curious Discovery of many secret Passages and
hidden Mysteries of the Times. Lond. \657. fol.
which ten years after had this new title,
Ihe State of Christendom, giving a perfect
and exact Discovery of many Political Intrigues,
and secret Mustprie^ „f X7^/« „ — ,:..^.i ■ *. ;■
Duke of Bucks, in a book called Cabala, Myste-
ries of State. Lond. 1654. nu. and others inC'a-
bala, or Scrinia Sacra. Lond. I66.I. fol.
and secret Mysteries of State practised in most of
^^ the Courts oJ Europe, with an Account of their
"ZTm-'Zy "'"''"'''' '''"^ ^"^'^'"''""- Lon-
tt'^I^T '? *"■ ^dm. Bacon. Lond. 166I. oct.
"e hath also several letters extant to George
Journal of his Embassies to Venice— MS. fairly
written in the library of Edw. Lord Conway.
• Vi^*^^ ^Propositions to the Count d' Angosciola
m Matter of Duel, comprehending (as it seem)
the Latitude of that Subject. —MH. sometimes in
the library ot my most worthy friend Ralph Shel-
don esq; now among the books in the coll. of
^''"^■rr,'^'^'^ ^'''*' P''0|>osition is, ' Quale sia stato,"
&c. liic said count was a gentleman of Parma,
from whence he was banished, and afterwards
lived m the court of Savoy, where he wius esteemed
a very |)unctual duelist, and there managed many
diiferences between gentlemen. Other MSS. also
ot his composition do go from hand to hand,
which 1 have not yet seen. At length after sir
M. VVotton had spent 72 years in this vain and
transitory world, did conclude his last day in
iiaton coll. near to Windsor, in the month of De-
cemb. in sixteen hundred thirty and nine, and
was buried in the chappel belonging to the said '^»'
college. When he made his will he appointed
this epitaph to be put over his grave. ' Hie
jacet hujus sententias primus author, Disputandi
pruritus, Ecclesiarum scabies. Nomen aliasquffire.'
in his provostship of Eaton coll. succeeded Rich.
Stuart doctor of the civil laws, and dark of the
closet to king Ch. L of whom I shall make far-
ther mention under the year 1651.
[Of sir Henry Wotton see Walton's lues, by -.Uj
Zouch and an interesting, yet brief, memoir in
the Bibliographer, ii, 209. It would be ridiculons
to hll these volumes with extracts from works in
every person's hand, and I have nothing to add
to the accounts already before tlie public in a
variety of shapes.
There is a neat small head of him by W DoUc
and a larger a?t. 72, prefixed to his State of Chris'-
tendom, edit. 1657, folio; but the best is from a
picture in the Bodleian gallery, among Lodge's
Portraits of Illustrious Persons.]
THOMAS HUTTON, a Londoner born, was
elected scholar of St. John's coll. from Merchant
laylor's school in 1584, aged I9, of which coll.
he was afterwards made fellow. Jn 1591 he pro-
ceeded in arts, and about that time entring into
the sacred function, lie became a frequent preacher
bac. of divinity, afterwards rector of North-Lewe
in Devonshire, vicar of S. Kewe in Cornwal and
prebendary of Exeter. His works are,
An Answer to several Reasons for refusal to
subscribe to the Book of Common- Prayer, Sac
Oxon. 1605. qu. [Bodl. 4to. B. 56. Tl'i ] An-
swer'd by Anonymus in a book emit. The Re-
moval of certain Imputations laid upon the Minis-
ters oJ Devon and Cornwal, by one Mr. T. H &c
Printed 1606. qu. [Bodl. A. 3. 9. Line] He also
published,
The second and last Part of the Jnsuer to rt«
2 T 2
647
MARMION.
648
.t«
1639.
Reasons for liefusal of Subscription to the Book of
Common Prayer, under the Hands of certain Mi-
nisters of Dev. and Cormc. &c. Loiul. KiCKi. qu.
An Appendix, or compendious Brief of all other
Exceptions taken by others, against the Book of
Communion, Homilies, and Ordination, &c.— Pub-
lished with the sec. and last part before-mentioned.
Answer to both at several Times, returned them
in public Conference, and in divers Sermons in the
Cathedral of' Exeter. — Printed also with the said
sec. and last part. After the publication of which,
came out The second Part of the Defence of the
Minister's Reasons for Refusal of Subscription
and Conformity to the Book of Common Prayer,
against the several Ansucers of Tho. Hutton bac. of'
iJiv. in his tzco Books against the Ministers of
Devon and Cornw. &c. printed I6O8. qu. Whe-
ther written by the before-mention'd Anon. I
cannot tell. Another answer also was published
against it by a nameless author, entit. A Dispute
upon the Question of kneeling in the Act of receiv ■
ing the Sacramental Bread and ^F««e. -^Printed
1608. qu. This also answer'd the book of Will.
Covel D. D. which he wrote a^inst Mr. Jo.
Burges, called An Apology to the B. of Line. Sfc.
Tho. Spark's book entit. Brotherly Persztasion to
Unity, &!c. and Fr. Mason's Authority of the
Church in making Canons, &.c. At length our
author Hutton having lived to the age of 74
years, died in his vicaridge house at St. Kewe in
Cornwal before-mentioned, in the month of De-
cemb. (about Christmay day) in sixteen hundred
thirty and nine, and was buried in the chancel of
the church there. Some years after was a monu-
ment set up in the wall over his grave, with a
large inscription thereon, part of which runs thus,
' Vir optima fide & moribus, 40 annos Eccle-
siastes, nulli opere evangelico secundus, ecclesiaj
& musaei captivus, sacris lectione precibus assi-
duus, septuagenarius illaeso visu, memorie acu-
minae : literarum sancta; Grtec. Lat. Gall. Ital.
callentissimus. Ad facetias, rhetoricen & poe-
ticen prffisenti impetu, theologus omni literatura
instructiss. apparatissimus. Demum praedicator
nunquam satis praedicandus.' This epitaph being
. set up several years after Mr. Tho. Hutton died,
- the time of his death was by the executor for-
gotten, for instead of the time of his burial, which
. vas according to the register of St. Kewe, on the
27 Dec. 1639, he caused in his epitaph to be put,
that he died 20 of Dec. J 640.
[Hutton was matriculated as a scholar of St.
' John's, July 2, 1584, and took his degree of bac.
of divinity in 1597."]
SHAKERLEY MARMION,' son and heir
♦ \Itegist. Socioriim, MS. in 4to. p. 18.]
' In the JiTst edition of this tcork, this Life of Marmion
has been pnnted very incorrectly under the year l64l, IVoud
not having discovered the time of his death when he first
wrote the article.
of Shak. Marmion, esq; sometimes lord of the
manor of Aynoe near Brackley in Northampton-
shire, " descended from an ancient and noble
" family of his name, who originally came into
" England with William the Conqueror," was
born in the manor-house at Aynoc, in January
IG02, and baptized there on the 21st of the said
month, educated in grammar learning in the free-
school at Thame in Oxfordshire , Boucher
under Rich. * Butclicr LL. B. the commonly call'-
then master thereof, became a gent, ed Butcher.-
com. of Wadham coll. in 1617, took First edit,
the degrees in arts, and soon after was cried up
for a noted poet, and a copious writer of Eng-
lish comedy, which appeared by several of his
things * that he made public, a ca-
logue of which I shall give anon. „'^"f^/"/'^j'f
" His father having profusely wasted i'J^^ fJil^-Ug.
" much of his estate, he sent this his which ufter-
" son into the low countries to trail a wards urre
" pvke under the command of sir Si- ™«rf« public.
" gismund Alexander, as he was ge- """^^nds
// 11 mil 1 ■ Ai Leaguer, Kc.
" nerally call d, but truly sir Alex- n^^ gjit.
" ander Ziszan of Italian descent, but
" not being advanced, as he expected, he returned
" into England, and being well acquainted and
" valued by sir Job. Suckling the poet, that wor-
" thy knight did forthwith take him into his par-
" ticular favour and friendship, and caused him
" to ride in his troop which he raised for K. Ch. I.
" in his expedition against the Scots, in the be-
" ginning of iG.'iO, but he falling sick at York in
" his march northward, was at the charge of sir
" John conveyed to London, where he soon after
" expired." He hath written,
Holland's Leaguer : or, a Discourse of the Life
and Actions of Donna Britannica Hollandia the
Archrnistress of the wicked Women of Utopia, a
comedy, Lond. 1632. qu.
A fine Companion, Com. Lond. 1633. qu.
Cupid and Psyche : or, an Epic Poem of Cupid
and his Mistress, as it zvas lately presented to the
Prince Elector. Lond. 1637. qu. 'Tis a moral
poem contained in two books, the first having in
it four sections, and the other three.
The Antiquary; Com. Lond. 1633.'' qu. besides
copies of verses dispers'd in several books ;' and
other things in MS. which he left ready for the
press at his death, but are cither lost or in obscure
hands.* " This poet Shack. Mar- , y.^^^ ^
" mion, who was a goodly proper Marmion who
" gentleman, died in sixteen hun- was descended
" dred thirty and nine, and was fromanancieni
" obscurely buried in the church of "".j """^ >*
„ X Vi 1 -^ 1 f . • 1 c 1 1 • ""'V was a
" S. Bartholom. near Smithheld m goodly proper
" London. In the family of these gentleman, and
* [I have never seen this edition ) there 's one which I
always conceived to be the first, Lond. lG4I. 4to.]
? (Commendatory lines to Hey wood's Pleasant Dialogues
and Dramas, 8vo. 1637-]
[6263J
1639
li
649
LYTE.
COVENTlllE.
650
had once in his " Marmion's was the office of tlic
king's champion at coronations,
" and continu'd so for a long time,
possession se-
ven hundred
pounds per "i. i i • ■
ai least, lut '■'' '^^ '^>'t !"> "cir male being vvant-
iag, on whom it was entail'd, it
" came to sir J. Ludlow by the fe-
" male, and from his family to the
" Dimocks who hold the manor of
died (as the
curse is i»c!-
dent to all
poets) poor and
in debt, alout ,, r, ■ , , ■ r ■ . i • i
the I'eginmw ncrivclsby m Lmcohishire to be
or in the height "the king's champion at corona-
nf the civil war. « tions. See Cambden, p. 542."
tirst edit. "^
[Marmion also wrote The Crafty Merchant, or
the souldier'd Citizen, a comedy never printed.
Wood's accusation of his extravagance, (as in
the margin) belongs more properly to his lather,
who in the 13th of James I, sold his estate of
Aynho to Richard Cartwright, of the Inner Tem-
ple, esq.*
The following lines are from The Antiquary,
a comedy possessing great merit, and well worth
revival.
A FRIEND.
A faithful, not a ceremonious friend ;
But one that will stick by you on occasions,
And vindicate your credit, were it sunk
Below all scorn, and interpose his life
Betwixt you and all dangers: such a friend.
That when he sees you carried by your passions
Headlong into destruction will so follow you.
That he will guide you from't; and with good
counsel
Redeem you from ill courses : and, not flat-
tering
Your idle humour to a vain expencc.
Cares not to see you perish, so he may
Sustain himself awhile, and raise a fortune.
Though mean, out of your ruins, and then
laugh at you.]
THOMAS LYTE, a gentleman studious of all
good knowledge, as the learned Cambden his ac-
quaintance 9 tells us, was the son of Hen. Lyte
mentioned under the year l607, by his second
wife Frances daughter of John Tiptoft of London,
and after he had been partly educated in grammar
learning in his native country of Somersetshire,
did spend several years in academicals in this uni-
versity: But his geny being mostly inclined to
genealogies and histories, he left it without a de-
gree, and retiring to his patrimony and ancient
seat called Lytes-cary in the said county, did draw
up, with very great curiosity, the genealogy of
James L from Brute, written by him on vellom
with his own hand fairer than any print, it was
also illuminated with admirable flourishes and
painting, and had the pictures of the kings and
queens mentioned therein, most neatly performed
' [Bridges' Hist, 'f Northamptonshire, i. 13?.]
' In Britannia in com. Somers.
b\' the iiands of an exact limner. This genealogy
the author did dedicate to his majesty, who, after
a long and serious perusal of it, gave the said au-
thor his picture in gold, set with diamonds, with
gracious thanks. Charles prince of Wales (after-
wards K. Ch. 1.) was so exceedingly taken with
it, that he gave the author his picture in gold also.
Cambden before-mentioned had the perusal of
it, and underneath wrote with his own hand about
6 verses in commendation of it and the author.
About which time it being hang'd up in public
in one of the rooms at Whitehall, became by the
carelessness of pages and idle people a little
soiled ; wherefore upon the author's desire made
to his majesty, it was engraven on copper and
printed, with this title
The most royally ennobled Genealogy of the high
and mighty Prince, and renorcned Monarch, James,
by the Grace of God, K. of Great Britain, S)X.
extracted from Brute the most voble Founder of the
Britains, as also from the first Original of the
Scots, from them ascending to the Imperial Ro-
mans, the zcarlike Picts, the Saxons, Danes, and
conquering Normans : with his lineal descent from
Charlemagne, and other the modern Kings of France,
their several Regimens, Titles, Honours, Matches,
Sirnames, and Descents, when they began their
Reign, how long each Prince ruled and governed,
the Estate Royal, the Manner of their Death and
place of' Burial. Whereunto is added their Regal
Ensigns, Arms, Atchievements of Honour, Em-
blems and me?norable Epitaphs, &.c. reduced into a
Genealogical Table, &c. — Printed at Lond. in
' forma patenti' — This Mr. Tho. Lyte died in six-
teen hundred thirty and nine, or thereabouts, and
was buried in, or near to, the grave of his father,
in the north isle of the church of Charlton-Makerel
in Somersetshire (which isle belongs to the Lytes
of Lytes-cary) leaving then behnid him other
matters fit to be printed, and the character of an
ingenious and learned gentleman.
[Lyte died in 1638. See Collinson's Hist, of
Somersetshire, iii, 193. and some account of the
family in the present volume, col. 24.]
THOMAS COVENTRIE, son of Tho. Co-
ventrie, sometimes fellow of Bal. coll. was born
at, or near to dome D'abitot in Worcestershire,
became a gent, commoner of the said coll. in Mi-
chaelm. term, an. 1392, aged 14, whence, after he
had continued under a strict discipline for about
3 years, he went to the Inner Temple, and pur-
suing his father's steps in the laudable studies of
the municipal laws, was made choice of for the
Autumn reader of that house, 14Jac. 1. Dom.
iGlG, and on the 17 Nov. the same year was'
elected recorder of London. In l6l7, about the
17 of March, he was made * the king's solicitor-
general, upon the promotion of Hen. Yelverton
' Idem Cambden hi Aunal, Jac. I. MS. Sub. an. l6l6.
» Ibid. an. lOl?.
1639.
[627]
651
COVENTRIE.
BURTON.
65'2
to be attonicv-gcneral, and afterwards knighted
and made attornev-geii. On the 30 of Oct.
1 Car. 1. he was advanced to that eminent office
of lord keeper of the great seal of England, tho'
of no transcendent parts or fame, as the puritans
said, and upon, the 10 Apr. 4. Car. 1. was ^ digni-
fied with the degree of a baron of England by the
title of lord Coventry of Aylesborough in his na-
tive country. He hath extant.
Several speeches, as (1) Speech at the Opening of
the Parliament, 6 Feb. 1625. (2) So. in Pari.
9Q I'eb. 1626. chiefly concerning the duke of
Bucks. (3) Sp. at the Optniiig of the Pari. 17
Mar. 1627. (4) Sp. to both Houses of Pari. 28
jlpr. l6^S. (5) Sp. at a Conference 2(i Mai/ 1628.
(6) Sp. in Pari. 2 June 1628. (7) Sp. at the De-
liven/ of a Message from the K. to the //. of C.
6 Jan. 1628. (8) Reply to Sir Jo. Finch, Speaker.
(9) Second Reply, &c. (\0) Answer to the Peti-
tion against Recusants, &c. Besides these speeches
and several discourses, goes under his name,
Perfect and exact Directions to all those that
desire to know the true and just Fees of all the
Offices belonging to the Court of Common Pleas,
Chancery, &c. Lond. in oct. He ended his days in
Durham house, in the Strand near London, (in a
seasonable time said the puritan and discontented
party) on the 14 Jan. in sixteen hundred and
1C39-40. thirty nine," and was buried in the church of
Crome D'abitot before-mention'd, on the first of
March following, after he had enjoyed the dig-
nity of lord keeper about 15 j'ears, if it be not
more proper to say, that dignity had enjoyed him
so long. His front and presence did bespeak a
venerable regard, not inferior to any of his ante-
cessors. His train and suit of followers were dis-
posed agreeably, to shun both envy and con-
tempt ; not like that of Bacon vise. S. Albans,
or of Williams B. of Lincoln, whom he suc-
ceeded, ambitious and vain ; his port was state,
theirs ostentation. Sec. See more of his character
in The Reign of K. Ch. I. under the year 1639,
written by Ham. L'Estrange. Lond. 1656. fol.
which being just, I wonder he did not animadvert
upon a certain ^ libel, which tells us, that had the
lord Coventry's actions been scanned by a parlia-
ment, he had been found as foul a man as ever
lived.
[Lord Clarendon's excellent cliaracter of this
' Baronage nf Eng. vol. 2. torn. 3. p. 460.
♦ [In the year I63(), in November, there happened at
Copt hall, nearWaltham abbey, an hurricane or wild-wind
West, which entering in at the great East window, blew that
down, and carried some part thereof, with the picture of the
lord Coventry (sino;led from many more which hung on both
sides untouched, all the length of the gallery, being fifty-six
y.ir<ls) Out of the West window, which it threw down to the
ground. It seems the wind finding this room in the form of
a trunk and coarcitated therein forced the stones of the first
window like pelleU, clear through it. MS. note in Mr.
Heber'g copy.']
' Entit. fhe CourlufK. Charles cnnlinuedunlo Ihe Begin-
ning of these unhappy Times, &c. Lond. 1651. oct. p. 200.
nobleman is too well known and at the same time,
too long for insertion in this place. He died, says
Clarendon, to the king's great detriment, rather
than to his own : — he was a very wise and excel-
lent person, and had a rare felicity, in being
look'd upon generally throughout tlie kingdom
with great anection and singular esteem, when
very few other men in any high trust were so; and
it is very probable, if he had liv'd to the sitting
of that parliament, when, whatever lurk'd in the
hearts of any, there was not the least outward
appearance of any irreverence to the crown, that
he might have had great authority in the forming
those counsels, which might have prescrv'd it
from so unhiipp}' a dissolution.'
Original Letter to sir Robert Cotton, dated
1620, MS. Cotton, Julius C iii. fol. 140. and
several in the Harleian MSS. 286, 1581, 2091-
There is a scarce head of lord keeper Coventry
by Droeshout with the initials only of the artist's
name, another by Elstracke, and one by Hou
braken.]
ROBERT BURTON, known otherwise to
scholars by the name of Democritus Junior,
younger brother to Will. Burton, whom I shall
mention under the j'ear 1645, was born of an
ancient and gente«l family at Lindley, in Leices-
tershire,* 8 Feb. 1576, and therefore in the titles
of several of his choice books which he gave to
the public library, he added to his sirname Lind-
liacus Lej'cestrensis. He was educated in gram-
mar learning in the free-school of Sutton-Colfield
in Warwickshire, whence he was sent to Brasen-
nose coll. in the long vacation, an. 1593, where
he made a considerable progress in logic and phi-
losophy in the condition of a commoner. In
1599, he was elected student of Ch. Ch. and for
form sake, tho' he wanted not a tutor, he was put
under the tuition of Dr. John Bancroft, afterwards
bishop of Oxon. In 1614, he was admitted to
the reading of the sentences, and on the 29 Nov.
1616, he had the vicaridge of St. Thomas's parish
in the west suburb of Oxon conferr'd on him by
the dean and canons of Ch. Church, (to the pa-
rishioners whereof, he always gave the sacrament
in wafers) which, with the rectory of Segrave in
Leicestershire, given to him some years after by
George lord Berkeley, he kept with much ado to
his dying day. He was an exact mathematician,
a curious calculator of nativities, a general read
scholar, a thro'pac'd philologist, and one that un-
derstood the surveying of lands well. As he was
by many accounted a severe student, a devourer
of authors, a melancholy and humorous person ;
so by others, who knew him well, a person of
* [Robert Burton also of Ch. Ch. Oxon, commonly other-
wise call'd liemocritus junior, the learned author of The Ana-
tomy of Melanchuh/, is also generally believed by the inhabit-
ants thereabout, to be born at Fald in this county, where I
was shewn the very house (as they said) of his nativity. Plot's
Natural Hist, of Sttjordshire, 1686, page 27(j.] '
[628]
653
UUllTON.
MOOR.
MASSINGER
654
i
great honesty, plain dealing and charity. I have
heard some of tlie antients of Ch. Cii. often say
that his company was very merry, facele and ju-
venile, and no man in his time did surpass him for
his ready and dextrous interlarding his common dis-
courses among them with verses from the poets or
sentences from classical authors. Which being
then all the fashion in the university, made his corn-
pan v more acceptable, lie hath written,
'f/ie Anatomy of Melancholi/. — First printed in
qu. [l6'il] and afterwards several times in fol. an.
1624. [16'28, Bodl. M. 5. 2. Art.] lG32, 38, and
1652, &c. [16()0, Bodl. L. 3. 14. Jur. and again in
1676.'] to the great profit of the bookseller, who
got an estate by it. 'Tis a book so full of va-
riety of reading, that gentlemen who have lost
their time and are put to a push for invention,
may furnish themselves with matter for common
or scholastical discourse and writing. Several
authors have unmercifully stolen matter from the
said book without any acknowledgment, particu-
larly one Will. Greenwood, in his book entit.
A Description of the Passion of Love, &.c. Lond.
1657. oet. AV^ho, as others of the like humour do,
sometimes takes his quotations without the least
mention of Democritus Junior. He the said
R. Burton paid his last debt to nature, in his cham-
ber in Ch. Ch. at, or very near that time, which
he had some years before foretold from the caleu
lation of his own nativity. Which being exact,
several of the students did not forbear to whisper
among themselves, that rather than there should
be a mistake in the calculation, he sent up his
soul to heaven thro' a slip about bis neck. His
body was afterwards with due solemnity buried
near that of Dr. Rob. Weston, in the north isle
which joyns next to the choir of the cath. of
Ch. Church, on the 27 of January in sixteen hun-
I J39-40. ^fgj^ thirty and nine. Over his grave was soon
after erected a comely monument on the upper
fiillar of the said isle, with his bust painted to the
ife : On the right hand of which, is the calcula-
tion of his nativity, and under the bust this in-
scription made by himself; all put up by the care
of William Burton his brother. * Faucis notus
paucioribus ignotus, hie jacet Democritus junior,
cui vitam dedit, & mortem Melancholia. Obiit
viii. Id. Jan. A. C. MD CXXXIX.' He left
behind him a very choice library of books, many
of which he bequeathed to that of BodJey,' and
' [A new cJit. in two volumes 8vo. appeared at London
I8O6.]
° [The beiucst to the Bodleian library is, without excep-
tion, one of the most curious, and, according to the taste of
the present day, vaUiable additions that repository possesses;
Burton's bool<s consist of all t'lie historical, political and poeti-
cal tracts of his ow n time, with a large collection of miscella-
neous accounts of umrders, monsters and accidents. In short
he seems to have purchased indiscriminately every thing that
was published, which accounts for the unccmimon trea„ures
of Paul's church-yard, which are uow^^tobe found oyly in the
Oxford Vaticaii.J
a htmdred pounds to buy five pounds yearly for
the supplying of Ch. Ch. library with books.
[Burton's monument, and bust, has been cn-
gr^ived lor Niciiols's Histori/ of Leicestersh'.re, to
which 1 refer for every thing relative to the author,
although \Vood has<liligently collected all that is
material. His Mcliinchohf is in the hands of every
reader of taste and information. It was the only
work. Dr. Johnst)n said, that could force him from
his bed two hours earlier than he wished to rise.
There is a small head of Burton engraved by
C. Le Blon, in the frontispiece to his Anatomtf of
Melancholi/.^
ROBERT MOOR, was born at Holyard in
Hampshire, educated in Wykeham's school, ad-
mitted perpetual fellow of New coll. 1589, took
the degrees in arts, and at length was numbred
among the best ol' preachers in that house. In
1597 he left the coll. being then beneficed at
Westmean in his own country, was afterwards
made prebendary of Winchester, and in the year
1614 took the degrees in divinity. His younger
years were adorned with variety of learning, and
his elder with solid and substantial divinity :
which last made him as much respected in his
native country towards his latter end, as he was
before in the university for this book following, of
his writing and publication when he was a young
man.
Diarium Ilistorico-pocticum. In Quo prater
Constellationum utriusque Hemispkecrii, S; Zodiaci,
Ortiim (5r Occasum, Niimerum Ste/larum, Causa-
rumque ad Pocsin Spectantiitm, Varietatem, de-
claratur cujusque Mensis Dies fere singuli, Regum, [629]
Imperatorum, Principum, Pontifcuni, I irorumque
doctorum, Natalibus, Nuptiis, Inaugurationibus,
Morte denique aut alia quacunque insigniores, cele-
briores, sic ut nihil, 8vc. Lib. 12. Oxon. 1595. qu.
[Bodl. 4to. D. ,33. Art.] What other things he
hath published i know not as yet, nor any thing
else of him, only that he died on the 20 of Febr.
in sixteen hundred thirty and nine, (having had, 163^0.
for some j-ears before, divers contests with Neile
his diocesan, for his introducing certain ceremo»
nies into the cath. at AA'inchester) and was buried
in the chancel of the church at Westmean before-
mention'd. Over his grave was soon after a mo-
nument put, with si.v verses thereon : the two first,
of which run thus,
Ortus stirpe bon(i, titulo doctoris adauctus
O.vonii, conjux bis, deciesque pater.
PHILIP MASSINGER, son of Phil." Mas-
singer a servant belonging to the Pembrochian
' [Massinger's f.ithcr's name was Arthur, not Philip. In
the dedication to the icconcJ edition of The Bondman, he is,
indeed called Philip, but this was one only of the manyerrors,
with which that edition abound. In x\\tjirst, which Wood
probably never saw, the same occurs correctly as Arthur.
See Gifibrd's Intredticlion, page 1. before Massinger's ff''ork>,
8V0. 1805.]
655
MASSINGER.
656
family, made his first entry on the stage of this
vain world within the city of SaUsbury, was en-
tered a commoner in St. Alban's hall, in the
seventeenth year of his age 16OI,' where, tho'
encouraged in his studies by the earl of Pembroke,
yet he applied his mind more to poetry and ro-
mances tor about four years or more, than to logic
and philosophy, which he ought to have done,
and for that end was patronized. Afterwards
leaving the university without the honour of a
degree, he retired to the grefit city to improve
his fancy and studies by conversation. At length
being sufficiently fam'd for several specimens of
wit, wrote divers comedies and tragedies for the
English stage, (besides other things) much ap-
plauded and cried up in their time, when acted
and published. Their names are these,
ThcDuke ofMilain ; aTragedy. Lond. 1023. qu.
Powerful Favourite: or the Life of Sejanus, a
Hist. — Printed 1628. qu.
Roman Actor, Tr. Lond. I629. qu. [Bodl. 4to.
L. eg. Art.
RiSrf |Tr- Co. Lond. 16,^0. qu.
Virgin Martyr, Tr. Lond. 1631. I66I. qu. In
this trag. he was assisted by Tho. Dekker, a high
flier of wit, even against Ben Johnson himself in
his com. called The Untrussing of the humourous
Poet.
M^TtfoHZ!^"- } Tr. Co. L„„d. ,63.. ,„.
Fatal Dowry, Tr. Lond. 1632. qu. assisted
therein by Nathan Field.
New Way to pay old Debts, Co. Lond. 1633. qu.
Great Duke of Florence, a comical Hist. Lond.
1636. qu.
The Bond-man: An antient Story. Lond.
[1624.] 1638. qu.
Unnatural
j' ^'•"^f ^M Tr. Lond.
i Lombate. i
Bashful Lover, Tr. Co. [
The Guardian, Co. Hist. 1 • . , <- ^1
rr ifr .1 >|)icturebcrore them
yery Ifoman; or, the f ru ji o h ,„
Lond.
with
1639. qu.
1655. oct.
the author's
Prince of Tareut ; Tr. Co.
I
B. 13.
[Bodl. 8vo,
J Art. B S.]
City Madam, Com. Lond. iGoQ- qu. published
by one, who calls himself Andr. Penniewicke.
lie was also one of the three (Thorn. Middleton
and Will. Rowley being the other two) who had
a hand in The old Law, Com. Lond. 16j6. qu. and
was sole author, if a caL of plays at the end of
The old Law may be believed, of I'irtuous Oc-
tuvia, Trag. and of Ram Alley, Com. As to this
last, there is without a doubt a mistake, for all
readers of plays cannot but know that Ram Alley,
or merry Tricks, was pen'd by the lord Barry an
Irish man, and that it was acted by the children of
the King's revels, before I6I 1. As for our author
Ph. Massinger, he made his last exit very sud-
' [He was mairiculoted May 14, 1609; ' Phllippus Mas-
singer, Sarisburiensis, generosi filius nat. an. 18.' Rrg. Ma-
trit. P. page 614.]
denly,in his house on the Bank-side in Southwark,
near to the then play-house, for he went to bed well
and was dead before morning. Whereupon his
body, being accompanied by comedians, was
buried about the middle of that eh. yard belonging
to S. Saviours church there, commonly called the
Bull-head eh. yard, that is, in that which joyns to
the Bull-head tavern (for there are in all four
yards belonging to that church) on the 18 day of
March in sixteen hundred and thirty-nine.* Sir
Aston Cockain baronet in his Choice Poems of
several Sorts, &c. Lond. 1658. oct. hath in pag.
186, an epitaph on Mr. Job. Fletcher and Mr.
Philip Massinger, who, as he saitli, lye buried
both in one grave in St. Mary Overies church
(alias S. Saviours) in Southwark. See more in
sir John Beaumont under the year 1628, where
you'll find more of those two persons. One
Walt. Messenger or Massinger was a student in
S. Alb. hall, in the beginning of queen Elizabeth's
reign, whom I take to be *uncle to * eii her father
Philip the poet. v^xT^'' ^'"'
[Add to Massinger, Ferses on the Death of
Charles Lord Herbert, Son to the E, of Pembrook,
MS Reg. 18 A. xx.
Among the plays said to have been destroyed
by Mr. VVarburton's servant, were the following
by Massinger :
Minerva's Sacrifice.
The Forced Lady.
Antonio and Vabia.
The Woman's Plot.
The Tyrant: supposed to have been alsoxalled
The King and the Subject.^
Philenzo and Flippolita.
The Judge.
Fast and Welcome.
Believe as you list.
The Honour of Women.
The noble Choice.
The Parliament of Love. Of the latter a frjtg-
ment will be found in the edition of our author's
work.s, by Gilford, who mentions two others :
I'he Unfortunate Piety, 1631.
The Anchoress of Pansilippo, acted in 1640.
And the following was entered on the books of
the stationers' company.
The zcandering Lovers.
Massinger's works have been collected and pub-
lished, with little attention to accuracy, and with
no critical excellencies to counterbalance the want
of it, by Coxeter, in 8vo. Lond. 1759, which had .1
new title page, and an essay on the English dramatic
writers, adtled in 1761. This was again printed
with additional notes and corrections by Monck
* [There is no monument or inscription of any kind erected
to him, and the mcmiirial of his morUility, says Gifford, i»
given with a palhetick brevity, which accords but too well
with the obscure and humble piassages of hisiife : ' March SO,
1639, 40, buritd Philip Masssinger, a stranger."]
' [Biographia Dramalka, ii. 356.]
1639-40.
[630]
i
657
VICCARS.
CAREW.
658
Clar.
1639.
Mason, in 1779. But the best edition of Mns-
singer is that in 1805, with notes critical and ex-
planatory by W. Gifford and Dr. Ireland, which
IS, on many accounts, an excellent and valuable
work.
Heads of him by Cross, Grignion, and a copy
from the first prefixed to Gifford's edition of his
works, 1805. 8vo.]
JOHN VICCARS was originally of the uni-
versity of Cambridge, where taking one degree in
arts, retired to Oxon, settled in Lincoln coll. in
, - . ---J • ■" ^1I1V,«^111 >^U1I. Ill
the condition ot a commoner, an. 1624, and the
next yeaC proceeded in arts as a member of that
house. Afterwards he travelled beyond the seas,
visited divers academies and recesses of learning,
and gamed from them and their respective libra-
ries great experience and knowledge. He hath
■written,
Decapla in Psalmos. She Commentarius ex
decern Unguis, antiquis Patribiis, Rab. Historicis
^ Poetis, &c. Lond. 1639- fol. [Bodl. P. l. 8. Th.
Scld.] which book doth plainly demonstrate, that
he was a most admirable linguist, and the best for
the Oriental tongues in his time. I shall make
large mention of John Vicars the poet among the
writers under the year 1652.
[Quidam Jo. Vicars aul. Clar. A. M. ann. 1584.
Baker.
It seems not improbable that this was the John
V iccars, or Vicars, who is recorded by Newcourt *
to have had the rectory of South Fambridge,
i-ssex. May .<50, 1640, which he vacated by death
beforeAugustI4, 1661.
He was certainly alive in 1652, for liis name
occurs in the original proposals for printing the
I'olyglott Bible, as one of the persons to be em-
ployed in preparing the copy, correcting the press,
and otherwise managing that great national
work.i] °
" into the royal court for his most admirable in-
" genuity, was made gentleman of the privy
" chamber, and sewer in ordinary to King Ch. I.
" who always esteemed him to the last one of the
" most celebrated wits in his court, and therefore
" by him as highly valued, so afterwards grieved
" at his untimely death. He was much respected,
" if not ador'd by the poets of his time, especially
"y I^en Johnson; yet Sir Joh. Suckling, who
" had a great kindness for him, could not let him
" pass m his Sessions <' of Poets, without this cha-
" raeter.
^^ "THOMAS CAREW, one of the famed
« 1!°^'* '""*^ ^^'^ ^^^ charming sweetness of
his lyric odes and amorous sonnets, was younger
II brother to sir Matthew Carew a great royahst
m the time ot the puritanical rebellion, and" both
of the family of the Carews of Glocestershiro,
^^ but descended, as I presume, from the ancient
family of their name in Devonshire, had his
academical education in Corp. Ch. coll. as
those that knew him have informed me, yet he
'' occurs not matriculated as a member of that
u \T^^' ^^ ^'^^^ ^^ ^"'^^ * scholastical degree.
^^ Afterwards improving his parts by travelling
^^ and conversation with ingenious men in the
metropolis, he became reckon'd among the
^^ chiefest of his time for delicacy of wit and
poetic fancy. About which time being taken
♦ [Repertorium, ii. 254.]
tL T^^ ')'«-^','"^ °/,P'- E'l"'ard Pocock, prefixed to his
neoUsica IJforh, folio, Lond. 1740, page 48 1
VOL. il. T o J
" Tom Carew was next, but he had a fault
" That would not well stand with a laureat:
" His muse was hide-bound, and the issue of s
brain,
" Was seldom brought forth but with trouble
and pain.
" Among the works of our author Carew, who
by the strength of his curious fancy hath written
" many things which still maintain their fame
' amidst the curious of the present age, must be
" numbred his,
"Poms— first printed in oct. [1640; second
edit. 1642.] and afterwards being revised and
" enlarged, were several editions of them made
" as the third in 1651, [Bodl. 8vo. T. 9. Art. BS 1
" and the fourth in 1670. oct. The songs in the
" said poems were set to music, or if you please
" were wedded to the charming notes of Hen!
" Lawes at that time the prince of musical com-
" posers, gentleman of the king's chappel, and
" one of the private music to K. Ch. I. Six
" of Mr. Th. Carew's songs are extant in a book
" entit. Ji/res and Dialogues for one, two and three
" Fotces. Lond. 1653. foT. first book, published by
" the said Mr. Lawes, who set musical notes to
" them. Henry Jacob of Merton coll. the
" greatest prodigy of criticism in his time, hath
" most admirably well turn'd into Latin a poem
" of our author Carew, which Mr. Jacob entit.
" 'Avr/rsx-'i^, (id ingrate pukhram. Mr. Carew
" also did with Inigo or Ignadus Jones invent
" Cw.lum Britannicum. A Mask at Wfiitehallin
" the Banqnettins^- House on Shrove-Tuesdau Night
" 18 Feh. 1633. Lond. 1651. oct. [Printed at the
" end of liis Poetns.'} This mask is commonly
" attributed to sir Will. Davenant. At length
" this worthy person was unrimely snatch'd away
" by death in tlie prime of his years, about sixteen
" hundred thirty and nine, to the great reluctancy
" of many of his poetical acquaintance ; among
" whom must not be omitted Walt. Monta<nie
" afterwards lord abbot of Pontois, Aurelian
" Townsend of the same family with those of
" Raynham in Norfolk, Tho. May, afterwards the
" long pariiament's historian, George Sandys the
" traveller and poet. Will. Davenant, &c.
' In his Fragmenta aurea : or poems. Lond. 1648. p «
2 U
[631]
Clar.
I639.
659
CAREW.
SPEED.
660
[Carew's Poems were reprinted, incorrectly, by
T. Davies, the bookseller, 8vo. 1772, and a selec-
tion from them, by Mr. Fry, bookseller of Bris-
tol, in 8vo. 1810.
The following, which I fancy have never been
printed, are from a MS. in the Ashmole Museum.
Mr. Carew to his frind.
Like to the hand that hath bine vsd to playe
One lesson longe, still runns the selfe same way
And waights not what the hearers bidde yt
stricke,
But dothe presume by custome, this will like,
Soe runne my thoughts which are soe perfecte
fjrowne,
1 acquainted with my passion.
That now they dare preuent mc with their hast,
And ere I thincke to sighe, my sighe is past :
It's past and flowen to you, soe you alone
Are all the object that I thincke vppon ;
And did not you supplye my soule with thought.
For want of action ytt to none were brought.
\\'^hat, thoughe our absent armes may not in-
folde
Reall embraces, yet wee firmly hold
Each other in possession ; — thus wee see
The lord enioyes his lands whear ere hee bee.
Iff kings posses no more then, whear they sate,
What would they greater then a meane estate ?
This makes me firmlye your's, you firm-
lye myne,
That somthmg more then bodies us
combine.
The same MS. contains Carew's version of
Psalms, 1, 2, 51, 91, 104, 113, 1 14, 137 ; with se-
veral of his poems that are included in the printed
editions.
Psalme the 137.
Sitting by the streames that glide
Downe by Babell's towring wall.
With our tears wee filcle the tyde,
Whilst our myndfull thoughts recall
The, O Si on, and thy fall.
Our neglected harps vnstrunge,
Not acquainted with the hand
Of the skillfull tuner, hunge
On the willow trees that stand
Planted in the neighbour land.
Yett the spightfull foe commands
Songs of mirthe, and bids vs lay
To dumbe harps our captiue hands,
And to scofte our sorrowes, say-
Sing vs som sweet Hebrewe lay.
But, say wee, our hol^e strayn
Is to pure for heathen land.
Nor may wee God's hirames prophane,
Or moue eyther voyce or hand
To deUght a sauage band.
Holye Salem, yf thy loue
Fall from my forgetfull harte.
May the skill by wliich I moue
Strings of musicke, tun'd with art.
From my withered hand departe.
May my speachles tongue giue sound
To noe accents, but remayne
To my prison roofe fast bound
Iff my sad soule entertayne
Mirth, till thou reioyce agayne.
In that day remember, Lord,
Edom's breed, that in our groanes
They triumph — with ficr and sword
Burn their cittie, herse their bones
And make all one heape of stones.
Cruell Babell, thou shalt feele
The reuenger of our groanes,
When the happie victor's Steele,
As thine our's, shall hew thy bones.
And make the one heape of stones.
Men shall bless the hand that teares
From the mother's softe embraces
Sucking infants, and besmeares
With th^ir braynes, the rugged faces
Of the rockes, and stony places]
JOHN SPEED, son of Jo. Sp. the chronolo-
ger,' was born in London, elected scholar of
S. John's coll. from Merchant Taylors school in
16 12, aged 17- Afterwards he was made fellow
ther«of, M. of A. [in l620*J bach, and doctor of
physic of this univ. [in 1628'] In which last
faculty he became eminent (especially. for the
practic part) among the academians ; and had, if
death had not snatched him too soon away, pub-
lished several matters of it. He hath written
^xsXtTos utriusque Sexvs aroAuxi'vijrof, MS. written
in Latin, dedicated to Dr. Laud, archb. of Can-
terb. and reserved in S. John's coll. library as a
rarity. The said MS. points at, and hath relation
to, the two skeletons (one of a man, another of a
woman) standing at the north end of the niathe-
matic library of the said college;' which skele-
tons were made, and given to the said library, by
our author Dr. Speed, who hath also written, ''
Stonehenge, a Pastoral — Acted before Dr. Rich.
Baylie the president and fellows of tlx" said coll.
in their common refectory, at what time the said
doctor was returned from Salisbury, after he had
been installed dean thereof an. 1635. The said
Pastoral is not printed, but goes about in MS.
from hand to hand. Dr. Speed, who was, by all
' [John Speed, the chronologer, lyeth buried in thech. of
St. Gilts without Cripplegate, Loiid. which epitaph to be
seen in Weaver's Funeral Monuments, p. 778. Keknet.]
* [Resist. Sociorum, 4to. p. 33]
9 ;ibid.]
' They havfl been removed since Wood's time, to a rooqi,
called the museum, under the college library.]
661
SPEED.
FITZHERBERT.
66<2
persons that knew him, accounted an ingenious
lfi40. man,' (liod in the month of May in sixteen hun-
dred and forty, and was buried in the chappel of
S. John'scoll. leaving then behind him a son named
Samuel, who was afterwards a student of Ch. Ch.
and M.of A. (installed canon of the said church
on the death of Dr. Seb. Smith, on the sixth day
of May 1674) and another named John, after-
wards fellow of St. John's coll. and doctor of
physic, living now at Southampton.
[Verses by Speed in commendation of Gwil-
lim's Display oj Heraldry, prefixed to the edit, of
1638, fol.]
THOMAS FITZHERBERT, son of Will.
Fitzherbert (by Isabel his wife, daughter and one
of the heirs of Humph. Swinnerton of Swinner-
ton in Staffordshire) fourth son of sir Anth. Fitz-
herbert knight, (the famous lawyer) sqn of Ralph
Fitzherbert of Norbury in Derbyshire, was born in
the said county of Staflbrd,an.l552,inwhichcounty
being initiated in grammar learning, was sent either
to Exeter or Lincoln coll. in 1568. But having
been mostly before trained up in the Cath. reli-
gion, the college seemed uneasy to him, for tho'
he would now and then hear a sermon, which he
was permitted to do by an old Roman priest that
then lived abscondedly in Oxon, (for to him he
often retired to receive instructions as to matters
of religion) yet he would seldom or never go to
prayers, for which he was often admonished by
the sub-rector of his house. At length seeming
to be wearied with the heresy (as he stiled it) of
those times, he receded without a degree to his
patrimony, where also refusing to go to his parish
church, was imprison'd about 1572. But being
soon after set at liberty, he became more zealous
in his religion, defending it against the Protest-
ant ministers, and not only conhrm'd and strength-
ened many wavering Catholics therein, but wrote
also several valid reasons for the not going of
Catholics to Protestant churches ; for which being
like to suffer, he withdrew and lived abscondedly.
In 1580, when Campian and Persons the Jesuits
came into the mission of England, he retired to
London, found them out, shew'd himself exceed-
ing civil, and exhibited to them liberally. Where-
upon bringing himself into a premunire, and fore-
seeing great danger to come on him and all Ca-
tholics, he went as a voluntary exile into France,
an. 1582, where he continued a zealous solicitor
in the cause of Mary queen of Scots with the K.
of France and duke of Guise for her relief, tho'
* [To my beloved right-well-deserving friend Mr. John
Speed.
Sith thou art Speed, and my good friend withall.
With speede He tell thee thou artprodigall
Of thy good guifts, and givi'st them still for nought.
But for meere fame : which comes where least it's sought.
But thou deseru'st a farrc more worthie fee ;
In part of paiment, then take these of mee.
Davies's Scourge of Folly, 8vo. no date.]
in vain. After her decollation, and all hopes of [632]
the Catholics frustrated for the present, lie left
that country, and tiie rather because tiiat he,
about that time, had buried his wife, and forthwith
went into Spjiin. For some years there he be-
came a zealous agitator in the royal court for the
relief of Catholics and their religion in England,
but his actions, and the labours of many more, of
th.1t nature being frustrated by the Spaniards re-
pulse in 1588, he, under pretence of being weary
with the troubles and toils of this life, receded to
Milain with the duke of Feria. Whence, after
some continuance there, he went to Rome, where
he was initiated in sacred orders, took a lodging
near to the English college, and observed all hours
and times of religion, as they in the college did,
by the sound of their bell, and there composed
certain books, of which that against Machiavel
was one. A certain author of little or no note,
named James Wadsworth,^ tells ■♦ us that the said
Tho. Fitzherbert ' had been before a pensioner,
and spy to the king of Spain in France, and his
service being past, and his pension failing him,
out of pure necessity, he, and his man, were con-
strained to turn Jesuits, or else starve. And he
being a worthy scholar and a great politician, was
very welcome to that order.' But let this report
remain with the author, who is characteriz'd by a
Protestant * writer to be * a renegado proselyte-
turncoat, of any religion, and every trade, now
living (1655) a common hackney to the basest
catch-pole bayliffs,' &c. while I proceed. In
1613-4 he took upon him the habit of the society
of Jesus,* on the feast of the Purification, initiated
therein on the vigil of the Annuntiation following,
and on the next day he sung his first mass. Af-
terwards he presided the mission at Brussels for
two years, and at length, much against his will,
he was made rector of the English coll. or semi-
nary at Rome, which he governed with great
praise about 22 years. He was a person of ex-
cellent parts, had a great command of his tongue
and pen, was a noted politician, a singular lover
of his countrymen, especially those who were
Catholics, and of so graceful behaviour and ge-
nerous spirit, that great endeavours were used to
have him created a cardinal some years after
Allen's death, and it might have been easily
effected, had he not stood in his own way. He
hath written,
' [.fames Wadsworth, one of the common messengers to
attach popish priests, a witness against Laud at his tryall.
See Canterlurie's Doome, p. 449. Wood, MS. in Ashmole.
Jacobus Wadsworth, qu.idr. coll. Eman. admissus in ma-
triculam acad. Cant. Jun. 18, 1586. Of Wadsworth (the
father) see sir Ra. Winwood's Memorials vol, ii.p. lOg, 131,
136. Baker]
♦ In his English Spanish Pilgrim, chap. 7. p. 65.
' Will Sanderson in the Reign and Death of K. Jamet.
Lond. 1655. under the year 1620. p. 491.
' [V. Hen, More Htsl. Provincioe Anglic. Socielatis Jesu.
p. 2.35, 6, &c. et Solvelli Bibliolhec. Script. Socielatis Jtiit
p 7O2. Baker.]
2U2
663
FITZHERBERT.
JACKSON
664
A Defence of the Catholic Cause, containing a
Treatise in Confutation of sundry Untruths and
Slanders published by the Heretics, &c. S. Omer's
1602.
Apology or Defence of his Innocence in a feigned
Conspiracy against her Majesty's Person, for the
which one Edw. Squire teas wron0'ully condemned
and executed, in Nov. 1598. — Printed with the
Defence before mention'd. This is the book
which the learned Cambden? tells us was written
by VValpole a Jesuit, or one under his name.
Treatise concerning Polity and Religion. Doway,
l60C. qu. ^A herein are confuted several princi-
ples of Machiavel. The second part of the said
treatise was printed also at Doway l6lO, [Bodl.
4to. F. 30. Th.] and both together in 1615. qu.
[Bodl.4to. F. 29. Th.] A third part was printed
atLond. 1653. qu. [Bodl. A. 13. 7. Line] being
then cried up for a good book, as the other parts
had been.
jin sit Utilitas in Scelere: vel de Infelicitate
Principis Machiavellani. Rome 16I0. oct. [Bodl.
8vo. F. 8. Art. Seld.]
" A large Preface, in which are laid open some
"few Examples of the singular Ignorance, Lying,
" and other bad Dealings of Mr. William Barlow,
" in his Answer to the Censure of' the Apology, set
" before Robert Persons in his book entitled,
" A Discussion of the Answer of Mr. fVil. Barlow
" to a Bookentit. The Judgment, &c. printed l6l2,
" qu. See Robert Persons."
Supplement to the Discussion of Dr. Barlow's
Answer to the Judgment of a Cath. Engl. Man,
&c. interrupted by the Death of the Author, F.
Eob. Persons, Jesuit. S. Omers, l6l3, qu. pub-
lished under the two letters of F. T.
Censure of Dr. Joh. Donne's Book entit. Pseudo-
Mariyr.
[633] Additions to the Supplement. — These two last
are printed at the end of the Supplement to the
Discussion, &c. against Dr. Will. Barlow B. of
Line, before-mentioned.
Confutation of certain Absurdities in Lancelot
Andrews's Answer to Bellarm. —Printed 1603. qu.
and published under the two letters of F. T. in-
stead of T. F. This was written in vindication of
card. Bellarmine's Apology for his Answer made
to K. James's Book De Jure Jidel. Whereupon
came out a book entit. Epphata, to F. T. or a De-
fence of the Bishop of Ely CLanc. Andrews) co7i-
cerning his Answer to Card. Bellarmine's Apology,
against the Calumnies of a scandalous Pampldet.
Cambr. 16 17. qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 72. Th.] written
by Sam. Collins, D. D. a Buckinghamsh. man
born, provost of King's coll. in Cambridge, elected
the king's prof, of div. of that university, 22 Oct.
1617, afterwards made prebendary of Ely, and
parson of Somersham. W ho, in succeeding times,
proving a high royalist, was removed from his
^ laAnnal. Reg. Elizah. sub. an. 1598.
provostship by order of parliament 1645. After-
wards he lived retiredly in Cambridge, till the
time of his death 1651, leaving then behind him
the character of a great scholar.' Our author
Fitzherbert afterwards wrote and published,
Of' the Oath of Fidelity or Allegiance, against
the Theological Disputations of Rog. Widdrington.
S. Omers, 1614. qu.
The Obmutesce of F. T. to the Epphata of Dr.
Collins, &ic. — Printed 1621. oct. with other things
which I have not yet seen. He surrendered up
his soul to that God that inspired it, on the 17th
of Aug. according to the acconipt followed at
Rome, in sixteen hundred and forty, and in that l640.
of his age eighty and eight, and was buried in
the chappel belonging to the English college at
Rome. He had a son named Edward, living, I
suppose, at the time of his death, to whom he de-
dicated the first part of the Treatise concerning
Policy and Religion, an. I606, which Edward was
a most zealous man for the Rom. Catholic reli-
fion, and whether he was a priest or a gentleman,
know not.
THOMAS JACKSON, the ornament of the
university in his time, was born at W itton on the
river Weer in the bishopric of Durham on the
day of S. Thomas the Apostle, an. 1579, became a
student in Queen's coll. under the tuition of
Crakanthorpe, in Midsummer term loQo, was ad-
mitted scholar of C. C. coll. 24 March 1596,9 and
' [Sam. Collins cler. admiss. ad vicr. de Brainbre, com.
Essex, 15 Febr. iCiO, ad pies. Rob'ti domini Ricli. Reg.
Bancrujt. — He was cho-en provost of King's coll. Cambr.
1615. He was scqueslred from Brainbre and his olber pre-
ferments in the bcfiinning of the rebellion, and, notwith-
standing bis extraordinary worlh and pains had continued him
in the professorship almost thirty years, and made his name
famous, and his person desirable, in every Protestant univer-
sity in Christendom, yet his loyalty and conscience caused
our pretended reformers to think him unworthy so much as
of a country cure, much less of the professorship, though they
afterward restored him to his professor's place because none of
them were able to discharge it; and he living in their quar-
ters durst not deny the officiating it again. However, in
16.5 I , he was again removed by act of parliament. See Querela
Can/abr. p. 6. Kennet.]
9 [He had not been long admitted into this place, but that
he was made more precious, and better estimated by all that
knew him, by the very danger that ihey were in suddenly to
part with him ; for walking out witli others of the younger
company to wash himself, tie was in eminent peril of being
drowned : — It was a long and almost incredible space of lime
wherein he lay under water, and before a boat could he pro-
cured, which was sent for, rather to take out his body (before
it floated) for a decent funeral, than out of hopes of recovery
of life. The boat-man, discerning where he was by the
bubling of the water (the last signs of a man expiring) thrust
down his hook at that very moment, which by happy provi-
dence (at the first essay) lighted under his arm, and brought
him up into the boat. All the parts of bis body were swollen
to a vast proportion, and though by holding his head down-
wards they let forth much water, vet no hopes of life appeared.
Therefore they brought him to tfie land, and lapped him up
in the gowns of his fellow-students, the best shrowd that love
or necessity could provide. After some warmth, and former
means renewed; they perceiv'd that life was yet within hin).
I
66t
[634]
JACKSON.
prob. fellow 10 May 1606, being then M. of
A. and had laid the grounds carefully in arith-
metic, grammar, philology, geometry, rhetoric,
logic, [rhilosophy, Oriental languages, histories,
&c. with an insight in heraldry and hieroglyphics.
All which he made use of to serve either as rub-
bish under the foundation, or as drudges and day-
labourers to theology. In 1622 he proceeded
D. D. and two years after left his coll. for a bene-
fice in his own country, which the president and
society thereof had then lately conferr'd on him.
But he keeping the said living not long, was made
vicar of S. Nicholas church in Newcastle upon
Tine, where he was much followed and admired
for his excellent way of preaching, which was
then puritanical. At length being elected presi-
dent of C. C. coll, partly with the helps of Neile
bishop of Durham, (who before had taken him oft"
from his precise way, and made him his chaplain,)
but more by the endeavours of Dr. Laud, and
also made chaplain in ordinary to his majesty, he
left the said vicaridge, and was made prebendary
of Winchester,' vicar of Witney in Oxfordshire,
and dean of Peterborough in the place of Dr.
Job. Towers promoted to the episcopal see there-
of, by the favour of the said Laud, an. 1638. He
was a person furnished with all learned languages,
arts and sciences, especially metaphysics, which
he looked upon as a necessary hand-maid to divi-
nity. He was also profoundly read in the fathers,
and was of a wonderful and deep judgment, as it
appears by his works that are much admired by
all persons. None wrote more highly concerning
the attributes of God, and more vigorous in some
of his works, against the church of Rome, than
he. — I speak it in the presence of God, (saith *
one) I have not read so heart}', vigorous a cham-
pion against Rome, (amongst our writers of his
rank) so convincing and demonstrative, as Dr.
Jackson is. I bless God for the confirmation
which he hath given me in the Christian religion
against the Atheist, Jew, and Socinian; and in
the Protestant against Rome, &c. In a word, he
was a man of a blameless life, studious, humble,
courteous, and very charitable, devout towards
God, and exemplary in private and public, be-
loved of Laud archb. of Cant, and blamed by none
in any respect, but by the restless presbyterians ;
the chief of whom. Will. Prynne, who busily con-
convcved him to ihe collcdge, and commended bim to the
skill of doctor Chaniicll, an eminent physician of the same
house, where, with much care, time, and difficulty, lie reco-
vered, to the equal joy and wonder of the wliole society.
Lloyd, Memoirs nf the Sufferers for the Protestant Reli-
gion, I(j(j8, folio, page C<).1
' [The. Jackson, S. T. \'. installed June 18, l635, on the
proniution of Dr. Wren to the see of Hereford.
John Crooke, LL B. installed preb. of Winch. Nov. 14,
1640, on the death of Or. Thomas Jackson. Gale's Antiq.
of IVinchester, Vi3. Kennet.]
' Barnab. Oley, in the Life nf George Herbert, Lond.
l65S. and in 1675. 'Tis not pag'd.
cerned himself in all afiuirs, doth give him this '
character in the name of the bretliren. — Dr. Jack-
son of Oxon is a man of great .abilities, and of a
f)lausible, affable, courteous deportment, till of
ate he hath been transported beyond himself,
with metaphysical contemplations to his own in-
famy and his renowned mother's shame, I mean
the .university of Oxon, who grieves for his defec-
tion; from whose duggs he never sucked his poy-
soiious doctrines. — Also that he is (as in another ♦
place he tells us) of civil conversation and learn-
mg, which made his errors and preferments more
dangerous and pernicious, and tnat it was his Ai*-
minian errors, not his learning or honesty, that
were the ground of his advancement to his dig-
nity, 8cc. He tells us also in another ' place, that
he was convented in the last parliament, yea
openly accused in the last convocation for his
heretical Arminian books, which have been cen-
sured by Mr. Hen. Burton in his Seven Viols,
and particularly answered by the acute and learned
Dr. Twisse, &c. The parliament that Prynne
means, was that which sate in 1628, wherein he
, . , had like to have been sore handled *
* sore sneni. ,. . ,
First edit. '^^ certain tenets, 1 cannot say, so
far driven by him, as by some men
since, and now, they have, and are, with great ap-
plause. His works are these.
The eternal Truth of Scriptures, and Christian
Belief', thereon wholly depending, manifested btf
its own Light. Lond. I6l3. qu. [ Bodl. 4to. J. 26.
Th.] This is the first book of his Comments on
the Creed.
Hots far the Ministry of Men is necessary for
planting true Christian Faith, and retaining the
Unity of it planted. Lond. 1613. qu. [Prmted
with the former] This is the second book of his
Com. on the Creed.
Blasphemous Positions of Jesuits and other later
Romanists, concerning the Authority of the Church.
Lond. 1614. qu. [Bodl. 4to. J. 6. Th.] This is
the third book of his Com. on the Creed.
Justifying Faith: Or, the Faith by zohich the
Just do live. A Treatise containing a Description
of the Nature, Properties, and Conditions of Chris-
tian Faith. Lond. 1615. and 1631. qu. This is
the fourth book of his Com. on the Creed.
A Discovery of Mispersrcasions, breeding Pre-
sumption, and Hypocrisy, and Means how Faith
may be planted in Unbelievers. - Printed with the
former book called Justifying Faith, &c.
Treatise containing the Original of Unbelief,
Misrepresentation, or Alisperszcasions concerning the
Verity, Unity, and Attributes of the Deity, &c.
Lond. 1625. qu. This is the fifth book of his
Com. on the Creed.
Treatise of the Divine Essence and Attributes.
' In his Anli-Arminianism ; or the Church of England's
Old Antithesis, &c. printed 1()30, p. 27O.
♦ See Cmderb. Doom, p. .532.
5 In Append, to Anli-Arminianisifi, &c.
66d
667
JACKSON.
668
Lond. 1628. qu. the first part. [Bodl. 4to. M. 43.
Th.] The second part was also printed there in
1629. qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 39- Th.] Which two
parts make the sixth book of his Comments on the
Creed. The first part was dedicated to Will, earl
of Pembroke, with a plausible epistle, wherein, as
one * saith, ' The author professeth himself an
* Arminian, and patron of their tenets. And from
.' chap. 8. to the 20th he professedly maintains a
' mutability in God's eternal decrees of election
* and reprobation, depending upon the actions and
* wills of men, universal grace and redemption ;
* w ith other Arminian errors. This book, though
' publicly complained of, was never called in by
' the bishop (Laud) but the second part thereof
' was printed with license, an. 1629, and the au-
' thor of it advanced to the presidentship of C. C.
' col. in Oxon, by this bishop, yea, by him de-
£635] ' signed to be doctor of the chair (though he
' missed that preferment) to poyson the university
' of Oxford with his Arminian druggs.'
The Knou ledge of Christ Jesus : Or the seventh
Book of the Commentary of the Aposths Creed. —
A larger title of this runs thus, Christ exercising
his everlasting Priesthood, &c. Or a Treatise of the
Knowledge oj Christ which consists in the true Esti-
mate or Experimental Valuation of his Death, Re-
surrection, and Exercise of his everlasting Sacerdotal
Function, &c. Lond. 1634. qu.
Humiliation of the Son of God, by his becoming
the Son of Man, &c. Lohd. 1626, and 36. qu.'
This is the eighth book of his Com. on the Creed.
Treatise of the Consecration of the Son of God
to the everlasting Priesthood, &c. Lond. 1628, and
33. Oxon. 1638. qu. [Bodl. 4to. S. 14. Th.] This
is the ninth book of Com. on the Creed.
The second Part of the Knowledge of Jesus
Christ, &c. Lond. 1654. fol. The tenth book of
Com. on the Creed.
Dominus Veniet. Of Christ's Session at the right
Hand of God, and Exaltation thereby, &c. Lond.
l657.fol. [Bodl.4to. MM. l.Jur.] The eleventh
book of Com. on the Creed. Which, with the
tenth, and a preface concerning them and their
author, were published by his great admirer Bar-
nabas Oley, M. A. of Cambridge, who had before
published the second edit, of the three first books.
Lond. 1653, fol. with a large preface likewise of
his composition, but the life which followed was
written by Edm. Vaughan, as I shall anon tell
you. This Barnabas Oley was installed preben-
dary of Worcester 4 of Septemb. I66O, and was
afterwards bach, of divinity and archdeacon of
Ely.' He died 20 Febr. 1685, whereupon Joh
Hough, B. D. of Magd. coll. in Oxon, succeeded
* Piynne in his Canterbury's Doom, ^l66, \&7.
' rilic Bodleian copy, [4to. B. 48. Th.] is * Printed by
M. rlesher for John Clark, and are to be sold at his shop
under S. Peters church, in Cornhill, l635.]
* [B. O. resigned his archdeaconry before his death
Baker.]
him in his prebendship, and Will. Saywell,
D. D. master of Jesus coll. in Cambridge, in his
archdeaconry.
Several Sermons, as, ( 1 .) Five Sermons befitting
these present limes. Two of which are on 2 Cor.
6. 39, 40. and the other three on Jerem. 26. 19.
Oxon. 1637. qu. (2.) Treatise concerning the Si<rns
of the Times, or God's Forewarning; being the Sum
of some fexo Sermons on Luke 13. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
Oxon. 1637. qu. [Bodl. 4to. B. 48. Th.J (3 ) Serm.
or Posthill preached on the second Sunday in Ad-
vent 1630. On Luke 21. 25.— Printed with the
aforesaid Treatise concertiing the Signs, &c. (4.)
Nazareth and Bethlem ; or, Israel's Portion in the
Son of Jesse, &c. Two Sermons on Jerom. 31.
21, 22. (5.) Mankind's Comfort from the weaker
Sex: on Gall. 4. 5, 6. (6.) Two Sermons: one on
Matth. 2. ver. 1, 2. and the other on the 17th and
18th verses of the same chapter. (7.) Christ's An-
swer unto John's Question : Or, an Introduction to
the Knowledge of Jesus Christ, and him Crucified ;
in certain Sermons at Newcastle upon Tine, &c.
Treatise of the Holy Cath. Faith, and Church,
in 3 Books. Lond. 1627. qu. This is the twelfth
book of his Com. on the Creed.
Treatise of Christian Obedience.
Treatise of the primeval Estate of Man; of the
Manner how Sin formed Entrance into, and is pro-
pagated in the fforld, &c. Lond. 1654, fol.
jDiscourse of the Limitation of the two Proposi-
tions i/t the thirteenth Verse of the eighth Chapter
to the Romans.
Vindication, or a serious Answer to Mr. Hen.
Burton's Exceptions taken against a Passage in his
Treatise of his Divine Essence and Attributes.
Paragraph on the eleven first Chapters of Exo-
dus, with useful Annotations, Observations, and
Parallels.
Salvation only from God's Grace, or an Exposi-
tion of Rom. 9- 16.
God's just Hardning of Pharaoh, when he had
filled up the Measure of his Iniquity : Or, an Ex-
position on Rom. 9- 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.
Treatise concerning the Acts and Exercises of the
Son of God's everlasting Priesthood. — Which six
last treatises, or books, were printed with the Trea-
tises of the primeval Estate of Man, &c. 1654. fol.
[Bodl. B S. 87.]
Three Errors disparaging Christ's Priesthood.
(1.) The Novation denying the Reception of some
sort of Sinners. (2.) &c.
Twenty Sermons, or thereabouts. [636]
Most of which books, sermons, and treatises,
having been published at several times, were col-
lected together, (with others added to them,) and
printed at Lond. 1672,73, [by Barnabas Olej'] »
in three volumes in fol. [Bodl. Z. 1. 5, 6, 7. Jur.]
with the author's life prefixed, (as it was before
the three fifst books of Comments on the Creed.
9 [Baker]
669
JACKSON.
BALL.
:i-
Lond. 1653. fol.) written by Edm. VaugJian, some-
times felJow of C. C. coll. whom I shall mention
elsewlu re. Our author Dr. Jackson also wrote,
Jn Histoiiral Marralion—'This 1 have not yet
seen, nor do I know farther of its title. It was
licensed by Dr. Edw. Martin, domestic chaplain
to bishop Laud, without his privity, for which he
turn'd him out of his service, (as he ' himself saith)
and the book was called in and suppressed. But
Prynne, an implacable enemy to that bishop,
saith, » that the said Historical Narration, which
was the vilest imposture that ever was thrust upon
our church, was licensed by the said Martin with
Laud's privity, and that the calling of it in, was
the act of archb. Abbot upon Prynn's complaint,
and the public scandal it gave, much against
Laud s will, who ever since connived at the sale
of them. At length after our author Dr. Tho.
Jackson had spent 60 years or more in this life,
mostly in studies and devotion, he surrendered up
his devout soul to him that gave it on the 21st of
1640. .^P'-. "* sixteen hundred and forty, and was bu-
ried in the inner chappel of Corp. Ch. coll. but
hath no memory at all over his grave. In his
presidentship of the said coll. succeeded Dr. Rob.
Neuhn, D. D. and in his deanry of Peterborough
succeeded Dr. John Cosin, born in the city of
>lorwich and educated in Caius coll. who was
first prebendary of Durham, then archdeacon of
the East Riding of Yorksh. next rector of the
church of Bianspath in the bishoprick of Dur-
ham, afterwards master of St. Peter's coll. com-
monly called Peter-house, in Cambridge, and
vice-chancellor of that university, then dean of
1 eterborough as is before-mentioned., chaplain in
ord. to K. Ch. I. and II. and lastly, after the se-
questration and plunder of all he had, and 17
years exile for his loyalty, was consecrated bishop
of Durham 2 Dec. 1660. He died in his lodging in
the street called the Palmal in the suburbs of West-
minster (after he had bestowed much wealth on
pious and public uses) on the fifteenth day of Ja-
nuary 1671, aged 77, whereupon his bJdy was
conveyed with great solemnity to Bishops Auk-
Jand m his diocese, and there buried on the 29th
of Apr. 1672. The reader is now to know that
there was another Tho. Jackson 3 who was a
writer also, born in Lancashire, educated, as it
seems, in Cambridge, afterwards minister of Wye
in Kent and at length prebendary of Canterbury
and d. of div. This person, who mostly seemed to
be a true son of the church of England, a hater
ot i apists, Arminians and sectaries, published, ( I .)
iinen Sermons on the QSd Psalm of David. Lond
1603. oct. (2.) The Converts Happiness,* Sermon
' See in Canterbury's Doom, p. 508.
* Ibid. p. 610.
BAKEI^°■ ^^''^'°"' ^- '^- P- ^^"^^- An. 1605. Rfg'r.
♦ f A comfortable Sermon preached al St. Mary Spittle in
LonuoD, in Easter- Week, the jg. April 1609. Rawlinson.]
on Rev. 3. 20. Lond. I609. qu. (3.) The rat>irT
lempest still' d. The History of Christ's Passage
with his Disciples over the Sea of Galilee, &c.
Lond 1623. qu, (4.) Help to the best Bargain,
&c. Serm. in the cath. of Canterb. 26 Oct. 1623,
Lond. 1624. in oct. and other things wliich I have
not yetseen.5 He was living in Septemb. 1644,
being then the senior prebendary of Christ-Church
m Canterbury, and died shortly after, having be-
fore cast a stone against archbishop Laud when
he was to be tried for his life, " being then a wit-
" ness against that prelate, who had before given
" him an hospital."
[An. 1625, 12 Mali, Dispensatio conccssa Tho.
Jackson S. T. B. ut una cum vicaria ecclesia S"
Wicolai in Novo Castro, dioc. Dunelm. rectoriam
ecclesiffi paroch. de Winston, .ejusdem dioc reci-
pere possit, &c. Rymer, t'adera xviii, 66O,
Baker.
Jones in his life of the late bishop Home speaks
of Dr. Jackson as ' a magazine of theological
knowledge, every where penned with great ele-
gance and dignity, so that his style is a pattern of
perfection. His writings, once thought inesti-
mable by every body but the Calvinists, had been
greatly neglected, and would probably have con-
tinued so, but for the praises bestowed upon them
by the celebrated Mr. Merrick, of Trinity-college,
Oxford, who brought them once more into repute
^(? A4™u^' ^*^^™^'^ readers. The eariy extracts
of Mr. Home, which are now remaining, shew
how much information he derived from this excel-
lent writer, who deserves to be numbered with
the English fathers of the church.']
JOHN BALL, son of WilL Ball and Agnes
Mabet his wife, was born of a plebeian family at
Ca^sington alias Chersington near to Woodstock
in Oxfordshire, in the beginning of Octob. 1585
and baptized the 14th of the same month, edu-
cated in grammar learning in a private school
taught by the vicar of Yainton, a mile distant
from Cassington, admitted a student of Brasen-
nose coll. in l602, where continuing under a se-
vere discipline and tutor about five vears, in the
condition, as it seems, of a servitor, re'moved to S.
Mary s hall, and as a member thereof took the
degree of bac. of arts in I6O8. Soon after he was
invited into Cheshire to teach the children of the
lady Cholmondely, where continuing for some
time, fell into the acquaintance of several severe
puritans, who working on his affections, they
brought him over to them. About that time
having gained a sum of money, be went to Lon-
' {Sinnelesse Snrrotc for the Dead. A comfortable Ser.
mon at the Funeral of Mr. John Moylc, of BuckwcUin Kent.
f^V-fJan^^ldli.li!/ Tho. J«cksonB.D. Preacher, f GodS
If ord a lfye,n Kent. London. Ii!mo. l6l4. Dedicated to
s.r Dudley Digger kt. This is among; ^■ome other books
pven by my worlhy friend Brown Willis, esq. in 1752, to'
Magdalen college library in Cambridge. Cole]
[637]
^V^^
671
BALL.
G72
don with some of them, and made shift to be
ordained a minister there, without subscription,
by an Irish bishop. Soon after he removed into
Staffordshire, and became curate of Whitmore, a
chappei of ease to Stoke, where he lived (and
died) a nonconformist in a poor house, a poor
habit, with poor maintenance of about 20/. per
an. and in an obscure village, teaching school also
all the week for a farther supply, deserving as
high esteem and honour (as a noted presbyte-
rian' observes) as the best bishop in England, yet
looking after no higher things, but living com-
fortably and prosperously with these, Sec. The
brethren report him to have been an excellent
schoolmaster and schoolman, (qualities seldom
meeting in the same person) a painful preacher
and a profitable writer : And tho' somewhat
disaffected to ceremonies and church discipline,
yet he confuted such as conceived the corrup-
tion therein ground enough for a separation.
He hath written,
A short Treatise containing all the principal
Grounds of Christian Religion, &,c. Fourteen
times printed before the year 1632, and translated
into the Turkish language by Will. Seaman an
English traveller. [Printed Oxford 1660, Bodl.
8vo. B. 33. Th. BS.]
Treatise of Faith; in two Parts. The first
shewing the Nature, the second the Life, of Faith,
Sue. Lond. 1631. qu. [Bodl. 4to. S. 42. Th.]
1637, qu. the third edition. It hath a preface to
it in commendation of the work, written by Rich.
Sibbes. [Commending the author for a godly,
painfull and learned man — a man that hatli for-
merly deserved well of the church, but one put to
it to live by faith, having in sight, for matters of
this life, very little whereupon to depend — take
here the fruitful! pains of a faithfull labourer in
God's vineyard.']
Friendly Trial of the Grounds tending to Sepa-
ration, in a plain and modest Dispute touching the
Unlawfulness of stinted Liturgy and set Form of
Common Prayer, Communion in mixed Assemblies,
and the primitive Subject and first Receptacle of
the Power of the Keys, &c. Cambr. 1640. qu.
[Bodl. A. 1. 1. Line] The rude and imperfect
draught of this book was first made for satisfac-
tion of Mr. Rich. Knightley, which, by importu-
nity of ministers and others, was afterwards en-
larged into this treatise. The answer returned to
the first conceptions thereof, is briefly examined
in some marginal notes annexed, p. 13, 15, 24,
33.
An Answer to two Treatises of Mr. Joh. Can,
the Leader of the English Brownists in Amsterdam.
The former ts called A Necessity of Separation from
the Church of England, proved by the Noncon-
' Rich. Baxter in his book entit. An unsavoury Volume of
Mr. Joh. Crandon's analomhed. Lond. l654, sect. 1. p. 6.
' [Kek»kt.]
formists Principles. And the other, A Stay against
Straying: Wherein in Opposition to Mr. John
Robinson, he undertakes to prove the Unlatifiihiesi
of /tearing the Ministers of the Church of England.
Lond. 1642, qu. [Bodl. 1'. 1. 43. Line] Pub-
lished by Simeon Ash. The epistle to the reader
is subscribed by Tho. Langlcy, \V"ill. Rathband,
Simeon Ash, Franc. Woodcock, and Geo. Croft,
presbyterians. After our author Ball had finished
this last book, he undertook a large treatise of the
church, wherein he intended to discover the na-
ture of schism, and to deal in the main controver-
sies touching the essence and government of the
visible church, of which also 50 sheets of paper
he left finished. Notwithstanding all this, yet by
what our author hath written in his answer to
Jo. Can, and in his Friendly Trial, &c. some
dividing spirits of his own party censured him,
as in some degree declining from his former pro-
fess'd inconformily, in deserting the noncon-
formist's cause and grounds, being too much
inclined (especially in the last of these two) to
favour the times in ceremonies and the service-
book. Yet if you'll give credit to what these
men deliver, they'll tell you that he lived and died
a strict forbearer, and constant opposer of all
those pretended corruptions, which the noncon-
formists had commonly in their public writings
disallowed in the church of England. So that
they of his own persuasion would willingly have
it believed, that altho' he was in these his pieces
against aggravating and multiplying conceived
corruptions, and that these were not of so great
weight, as to inforce the unlawfulness of our set
forms, or warrant a separation from our churches,
and public worship in regard thereof, yet he
acknowledged some things blame-worthy in the
English liturgy, which he designed to have evi-
denced (as these men tell us) in some public
treatise, had he lived but a little longer. For
all this he died abundantly satisfied in the just-
ness of that cause, which he so well defended
against separation.
Trial of the new Church-way in New-England
and Old, &e. Lond. 1644. qu.
Treatise of the Covenant of Grace. Lond. 1645.
qu. [Bodl. 4to. B. 89. Th.] Published by his
great admirer Simeon Ash.
Of the Power of Godliness, both doctrinally and
practically handled, &c. — To which are annexed
several treatises, as, ( 1 .) Of the Affections. (2.)
Of the spiritual Combate. (3.) Of the Government
of the Tongue. (4.) Of Prayer, with an Exposi-
tion on the Lord's Prayer, Sec. Lond. 1657, fol.
Published by the aforesaid Simeon Ash, some-
times of the university of Cambridge, chaplain
to the lord Brook, afterwards to the earl of Man-
chester, an. 1644, minister of St. Michael Bashi-
shaw, and at length of St. Austin's in London ;
who dying 20 of Aug. 1662, being a little before
the fatal day of St. Bartholomew, was buried the
[638]
673
JONES.
CIIIBALD.
674
1(540.
€.fi(\ of tlie same month in the church of St. Austin
before-mentioned.
Treatise of Divine Meditation. Lond. l660, in
twelv. published also by the said Ash. These, I
think, are all that have been written by our author
Ball, who dying 20 of Octob. in sixteen hundred
and forty, aged fifty and five, or thereabouts, was
buried in the chappel or church of Whitmore
aforesaid, leaving then behind the character of a
learned and pious man, and of one, who, by his
daily labours, had done eminent service to the
private and public.
WILLIAM JONES, the eldest son and heir
of Will. Jones, esq; was born at Castellmarch in
Carnarvonshire, the ancient seat of his family —
" descended from Mervyn, son of Roderick the
" Great*" educated in the free-school at Beau-
maris in Anglesey, whence, at 14 years of age,
he was transplanted to S. Edmund's hall, an.
1570, and continued there five years. But taking
no degree, lie went to Lincolns-Inn, and was there
admitted a student, yet before he resided in that
society he spent two years in Furnivals Inn, ac«
cording to the course of those times. After he
had been a counsellor of repute for some years, he
became Lent-reader of the said Inn 13 Jac. I.
Serjeant at law the year following, and a knight,
in order to the chief justiceship in Ireland, in
which place he continued three years, and then
left it upon his own request. In 19 Jac. I. he
was made one of the justices of the Common
Pleas, in the room of sir Augustin Nicolls, and in
the 22d year he was removed to the King's-Bcnch.
He hath written and collected.
Reports of divers special Cases, as well in the
Caurt of King's- Bench, as of the Common Pleas in
Jingland, as well in the latter Time of the Reign of
K. James, as in the Years of K. Ch. I. &c. Lond.
1675, fol. [Bodl. Z. 1. 8. Jur.] They contain
the cases of greatest remark which happened
either in the Common-Pleas or King's-Bench,
during the time our author was judge in the said
courts, which was from 18 Jac. I. to 16 Car. I.
In the said book also is reported three Iters, toge-
ther with the great case in parliament between
the earl of Oxford, and the lord Willoughby of
Eresby. This book also coming into the hands,
after the author's death, of sir Jo. Glynn serjeant
at law, he made very good notes on it, as it
appears in the original copy, sometimes in the
hands of Dorothy Faulconberg and Lucy Jones,
daughters and executors of sir Will. Jones.
Several Speeches in Parliament. — He concluded
' [Rob. Vaughan in his additions to the Hist, of Jf^ales,
p. 41,saith that sir Will Jones is paternally descended from
Mervyn, son of Roderick the great, which Rocerick is said
by David Powell in his additions to the Hist of Wales to be
the undoubted owner and possessor of all Wales, as prince or
king of tlie Hritons. lb. p. 27. Wood, MS. note in the
Abhiiiole coijy,]
Vol. 11.
his last day in his house in Ilolbourn near Lon-
don on the ninth of Decemb. in sixteen hundred iftto.
and forty, and was buried under the chappel
(standing on j)illars) of Lincolns-Inn, on the tour- [639]
teenth day of the same month. Over whose
grave, tho' no writing or epitaph appears, yet his
eminence in the knowledge of the municipal
laws will make his name live to posterity, more
especially in these parts, where he had his educa-
tion, and when justice, did constantly keep Oxford
circuit.
[His mother was Margaret, daughter of
Humphrey Wynn ap Meredyth of Hyssoilfarch,
esq. He was educated before the foundation of
the free-school. It was by his advice the founder
proceeded wholy in that foundation. It was he
setled it, and he was one of the first feoffees of
the school and hospitall appointed by the founder
himself. The school was founded at Beaumares
An. Domini 1603, at which time S' William
Jones was an eminent lawyer, &c. All this is
plain in the muniments of the school, and the
founder's will, which was made after the founda-
tion, viz. Dec. 30th 1609- Humphreys.
Readings of William .Jones reader of Lincolnes
Line Ad. 1615, sur l' Eslat del 43 Lliz. cap. 1.
MS. Harl. 1692, fol.82.
There is a portrait of sir William Jones, en-
graved by W. Sherwin, prefixed to his Reports.}
WILLIAM CHIBALD, or Chiball, a Sur-
rey man born, was entred a student into Magd.
coll. 1589, aged 14, but whether in the condition
of a servitor or clerk, I know not. Afterwards he
took the degrees in arts, entred into the sacred
function, became a preacher in London, and at
length rector of St. Nicholas Cole Abbey in Old
Fishstreet there, where continuing many years,
was much frequented and admired tor his edifying
way of preaching. He hath written and pub-
lished,
yi Cordial of Comfort to preserve the Heart
from fainting with Grief or Fear, for our Friends,
or own Visitation, by the Plague. Lond. 1625, oct.
[Bodl. Bvo. D. 26. Th.]
An humble Thanksgiving to Almighty God
for his staying of the Plague in the City of Lon-
don and Suburbs thereof, r- Printed with the
former.
Sum of all (namely) God's Service, and Man's
Salvation, and Man's Duty to God concerning both,,
by Way of Dialogue. Lond. 1630. oct. [Bodl.
8vo. P. 133. Th.]
Several sermons, as, ( 1 .) The Trial of Faith by
the Touchstone of the Gospel : On 2 Cor. 13.5.
Lond. 1622. Oct. with others which I have not
yet seen.
Apology for the Trial of Faith. Lond. in oct..
when printed I know not, for 1 have not yet seen
it. He deceased in Febr. (about the 25th day)
in sixteen hundred and forty, and was buried ia ^(^0-
2 X
675
WEbTCOMBE.
CHAMBERLAIN E.
SALTONSTALL.
676
his church of St. Nicholas before-menlioned,
leaving then behind him a son named James,
who became a student in Magd. coll. 1623, atter-
wards a minister in London, and, if I mistake
not a sufferer there for the royal cause, when the
grand rebellion broke out in 1642, by the sedu-
lous industry of such who were then called prcs-
bvterians. , c xr-
" [Will. Chihald A. M. admiss. ad eccl. S. Ni-
cholai Cole Abby, Lond. 26 Apr. 1604, per inort.
Joh. Clerk: ad pres. Joh'is Hacker gen. Reg.
Bancroft.
Jacobus Chihald A.M. admiss. ad eccl. b.
Nicholai Cole Abbv, Lond. 6 Mar. 1640, vac. per
mort. Will'i Chibald, ad pres. Sam. Collins cler.
pro hac vice. Reg. Lond.
Sequestred for his loyalty in the late rebellion.
Merc. Rtisticus, 236. k en n et.]
MARTIN WESTCOMBE, sometimes a
monk at Toulouse in France, and bac. of arts
there, left the Rom. Cath. church and returned to
his native country of England. At length being
leconciled to the reformed church there, was sent
to Exeter coll. among his countrymen of Devon-
shire, was incorporated bach, of arts in January
1637, and, by the favour of the chancellor of the
~ university, proceeded in arts the next year, as
a member of the said college. He hath writ-
ten, . .
Fabultc PontificicB EvangeUctz P entails hadus
... dissipate. Ox. 16.^9, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. W. 24.
,g40 Art.] Soon after, the author of it went beyond
the seas, returned to his former religion (as some
of the ancients of Ex. coll. have told ine) and
wrote certain matters there in vindication of
himself, but what, they could not tell me.
ROBERT CHAMBERLAINE, son of Rich.
Chamb. of Standish in Lancash. gent, was born
there, or ai least in that county, and from being
clerk to Pet. Ball, esq; solicitor-general to the
queen, had his poetical geny so far incouraged by
that "-enerous person, that he sent him to Exeter
coll.^o compleat it with academical learning,
in the beginning of the year l637, aged 30 years.
What stay he made there, or whether he was
honoured with a degree, it appears not. Sure it
is, that he having about that time composed seve-
ral poetical and other things,' had ihem viewed
by the ingenious men of that house, and published
under these titles, _ .
Nocturnal Lucubrations ; or Meditations Divine
[640] and Moral. Lond. 1638. in tw. To which are
added, i i i-
Epigrams and Epitaphs. —The former lie dedi-
cated to his honoured master Peter Ball before-,
mentioned, and the other to Will. Ball his son
and heir. He hath also written,
9 [He wrote, Verses in commendation of Talham's F«n-
ciet Theatre, l04O, and of Rawlins's Relctlion, printed
in the same year.]
1640.
The Swaggering Damsel, a comedy. Load.
1640, qu.
Siceiides, a pastoral. ' — When printed, I cannot
tell, for I do not remember I ever saw it. In Clar.
1631 was published in qu. a book entit. Sicelides,
a Piscatori/, several times acted in King's coll. in
Cambr. and therefore, I presume, 'twas made by
one of that house.' This Rob. Chambeilaine
lived many years after, but when he died, I can-
not justly tell. One Rob. Chamberlaine pro-
ceeded master of arts, as a member of Pemb. coll.
but he being the son of Dr. Pet. Chamberlaine a
physician, must not be taken (as some of this uni-
versity have done) to be the same with the poet
before-mentioned. Will. Chamberlaine of Shafts-
bury in Dorsetshire hath written Love's Victory,
trag. com. Lond. 1658, qu. and P/iaronida, an
heroic poem. Lond. 1659, oct. but whether he
was ever an Oxford student, I am hitherto igno-
rant.
" WYE SALTONSTALL was born of a
" knightly family in Essex, but descended from
" those of his name, as it seems, (which are an-
" cient) in Yorkshire, was educated in the condi-
" tion of a commoner in Qu. coll. where his
" descent and birth being improved by learning,
" flatter'd him with a kinder fortune than after-
" wards he enjoyed, his life being all Tristia.
" After he had "spent some years in that house, he
« left it without being honoured with a degree,
" went to Greys-Inn in Holboum near London,
" where he obtained some knowledge in the com-
" mon law, but greater afterwards in the French
" tono-ue (of whidi he was a compleat master) in
" his^travels, which became useful to him in his
" retired studies: And because he would cumpleal
" himself in polite learning, he retired to Oxford
" again, an. 1625, was a sojourner there for several
" years, purposely for thebenefit of the pub. libr.
" and conversation with learned men. He hath
" written,
" ClavisadPortam: or a Key Jilted to open the
" Gate of Tongues, wherein you may readily Jind
" the Latin and French for any English Word ;
" [Wood has followed Winstanlev and Phillips, in ascrib-
ing this drama lo Chamberlaine, and they have confounded
it with the piece by Fletcher.]
* [The pa.noral ofSieelides was published anonymously, but
is pcrcmplorily assigned by Reed and others to Phineas Fletcher.
The style of it, however," is so very inferior to the avowed pro-
ductions of that ingenious writer, that it would be satisfactoiy
to trace the source of the assignment. Park.
Fletcher is the author also of an excellent poem called I I.e
Purple Island, printed at Cambridge, 4to. 10:33. V\ H alley.
So many passages in this Piscatory, are found, with varia-
tions, in The Purple Island, and Poeticall Misccllamcs, thai
there cannot be a doubt of their having been all written by
the same hand. Ph. Fletcher was also the author of Loatstof ;
vcl Pictntis Jesuetica, Cantab. 4to. l627 i & The Locusts or
Apolhjomsts, Camb. 4to. lO't'7. . , r />i • .•
Giles Fletcher, brother to Phincas, was author of Lhnsi i
Victorie, &c. printed at Cambridge, 4to. l6lO. A second
edit. Camb. 4to. l632. I'. G. Waldilon.]
677
SALTONSTALL.
678
Clar.
iC40.
" necessari/ for alt young Scholars. Oxon. 1633-34,
"oct. [Rocil. 8vo. G. 117. Art.] ded. to all the
" leaniied schoolmasters and ushers in England.
" Tliis Clfiv. ad Port, is printed with Porta
" Liiigitariiin Trilinguis reserata & apertn, 8cc.
" written by Joli. Anchoran, licentiate in div.
" Pictura Loquentes: or, Pictures drawn forth
" in Characters. Lond. [l631,3 12mo. and] 1G35,
" in tw. 2d edit, with addit.
" J Poem of a Maid. ■'—Printed with Pict.
" Loq. He hath also translated into English,
" (1.) Historia Muiidi: or, Mercator's Alias, con-
• " taining his Geographical Description of the
" Fabric and Figure of the World, &c. Lond.
" 1G35, fol. written by Jod. Hondiiis. [Bodl. H.
" 8. 20. Art.] (2.) Five Books of Ovid's Tristia.
" Lond. 1672, 4th edit. (3.) Four Books of Ele-
" gies of Ovid de Ponto. Lond. 1640, 2d edit.
" (4.) Ovid's Heroical Epistles. Lond. 1677, oct.
" with figures. (5.) Life of Constantine the Em-
" peror, in four Books, and the two Orations sub-
" join'd thereto. [Printed in the fourth and fifth
" editions of Meredith Hanmer's translation of
" Eusebius, Lond. 1637, and 1650, folio.] ^ And
" other things as 'tis probable, which 1 have not
" yet seen. This gent. W. Saltonstall, who was
" as it seems a tutor to young gentlemen in the
" Lat. and Fr. tongues, was living in good repute
" for his learning in sixteen hundred and forty,
" and after. In the year l66l was the second
" edit, of a book entil. Somnia Allegorica : or,
" Dreams expounded. A Novel, being the first
" written in this way, published under the name of
" W. Salton, whom 1 take to be the same with
" Wye Saltonstall, tho' in the title 'tis said he
" was of Magd. coll. in Oxon, but false."
[^Funerall Elegies, in English, Latin, and Greek,
upon the Death of' his Father Sir Samuel Saltonstall
KnightyWho deceased 30 June A. D. I640, dedicated
to Sir Thomas Middlelon Kt. MS. Harl. 609. They
consist of only three in number, one in each lan-
guage. That in English extends to above 370
lines, and the author calls in aid ' the encyclo-
paid of arts,' as Grammar, Rhetorick, Logick,
Geometry, History, &c. in order to ' expresse
theire seuerall parts,' in eulogising his father.
From this I offer the following extract,* being the
verdict of History, as containing notices relative
to liis family, and the patronage of sir Tho. Mid-
dleton.
By death his spanne of life now measur'd is,
Hee seated in the high degrees of blisse.
But Historic that life vnto death brings,
And registers the famqus acts of kings :
' [See some account of, and extracts from, this book in
Earle's Micmcosmography, ed. 181 1, 8vo. p. 28g.]
♦ [Extracts from tliis poem, will be found in the Censura
Literaria, vol. v. page 372.]
' [See vol. i. col 748.]
* [I am obliged to Mr. Haslcwood for the whole of this
addition to Saltoastall's article.]
Whoe is both witness and the lyght of tymes,
That shewes how states and men, and all
declines :
Let her with angell's quills sett downe hi*
storye,
And write a legend to his lasting glorye :
And, as the etymon of her name defines,
Write chronicles which onely honour tymes,
And from obliuion doth preserue the dust
Of worthy men, deposited in trust :
In him a various subiect shee shall findc,
In younger dayes the sunn of fortune shin'd
Upon his vertues, and did find her eyes
To crowne him with her choice felicit3es.
Fauour of princes, managing affaires
Of great importance, full of thorney cares :
Much trust, much credditt, and being of note
Hee was aj)plauded with the citties vote.
But all things haue theire change, and nothing
is
So fixt but hath anew peristasis.
Troubles now ceasd on him, and aboue other
Hee lost his ladie and our worthie mother,
Whose death wee did esteeme our greatest
losse.
And he did value it his greatest crosse.
But greefe and sorrow neuer comes alone
Onestormedoth rise when to'ther's overblowne.
For tyme and troubles crosses mother bee
Which doe at last produce aduersitye.
Then subiect was hee to imprisonment.
Where 13 sadd yeares of his life were spent
In patient suft'ering, since no place could bee
A prison to his soule, which still was free.
And still did mount to heauen by the staires
Of contemplation, and of holy prayers ;
Nay which was more, hee that had often fedd
The hungrie, giuen them theire daily bredd.
Was much afflicted while hee there did liue.
But God such faith and patience did him giue
That like Eliah hee did put his trust
In God whoe is most gratious and most iust.
The thoughts of these words fixt his faith vn-
shaken, \
' Whoe trusted in God and was ere forsaken f
'Out of the depths, Lord, haue I call'd on
' thee.'
The words he vsed most pathetically.
But see, the Lord is gracious to all those,
That doe in him theire cheefest trust repose ;
Hee makes his kindred mercifull to bee
To helpe theire Joseph in aduersitie ;
His freedom from imprisonment they wrought.
And from the prison's graue to life him brought,
A miracle to him, to vs, to all.
That such great goodnesse should from heauen.
fall.
Dispensed by our kindred, whoe thereby
Made heauen theire debtor by theire vsurie,
O were this paper marble, that I might
Our gratitude thereon engrave and write,
2X2
679
SALTONSTALL.
680
And to succeeding ages thereby showe,
How much of thankfulncsse we still must owe
To the ri^^ht worthy S' Thomas Middleton
Whoc did expresse that vertue is alone
True noblenesse, which in him allwa3es shind
Expressing to our father a large mind,
Which shewd him neercst heauen w^^ bestowes
All blessings on vs, and from thence it flowes
In a full streame, the Muses crownd with bayes
May striue to write a volume in your praise.
Fame mounted on the pole shall there proclaymc
Your liberall bounty, and diuulge your name.
Our father's vissitts were bv you regarded
With liberall kindnesse, wKich to him awarded
An annuall bounty, wee with heauen, may
In blessings gratitude vnto you pay.
For though that hecatombs of oxen fall
To Joue, such sacrifices are but small,
Since God and man respect the better part
Wee onely sacrifice to j'ou our heart.
For your right worthy loue which was exprest
Vnto our father whoe is nowe at rest.
Accept then our free thankes w'='' heere is payd
And on the altar of this booke is layd.J
fc:-
ATHENiE OXONIENSES.
THE
HISTORY
OF THE
ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF OXFORD.
FROM THE YEAH OF OUR LORD 1500, TO THE END OF THE
YEAR 1640.
[G41]
HOMAS JANE,
or J ANNE, was
born in a market
town in Dorset-
shire, called Mid-
dlcton, educated
in grammar learn-
ing inWykeliam's
school near Win-
chester, became
fellow of New coll.
after he had served
two years of pro-
bation, in 1456, was afterwards doctor of decrees
{indcoinuiissary(the same now witli vicechancellor;
of theimiversit3',an. 1468. Aboutthat timehewas
made canon of S. Paul's cathedral within lliecity
of London, archdeacon of Essex, canon of VV'ind-
sor 1497, dean of the king's chappcl, and at length
upon the refusal of Christopher Urswyke, dean of
Windsor," he became bishop of Norwich in the
room of James Goldwell, deceased : the tempo-
ralities of which sec (after his election thereunto)
were ^ restored to him <21 Jul. 14 Hen. 7, Dom.
1499, where sitting little more than an year, he
concluded his last day in the month of Aug. or
thereabouts, in the year fifteen hundred. By his
wills dated '20 Jul. the same year, he bequeathed
his body to be buried in his own cathedral church,
if it should happen that he die in Norwich, or
' [Mr. Wood seems to be mistaken about this bishop
Janne, for Mr. Frytli concerning the church of Windsor
omits iiim amongst the deans, and makes him fellow of King's
college, Cambridge. But according to Hatcher's Catalogue
it should be Tho. Lane L. L. D. Mr. Fryth confounds them.
'Vide Hatcher, an: 148'), unless Dr. Hatcher mistakes, vvhicji
I suppose. Vide Mr. Newcourt's Essex, vol. I : where there
is much more. Sydenham.]
^ Pat. 14. Hen. 7- p, 2. memb. 4.
5 In cur. vel. olRc. pcicrog. Cant, in Reg. Moonr, qu. 10
150a
679
SALTONSTALL.
680
And to succeeding ages thereby sliowe,
How much of thankfulncsse we still must owe
To the ridit worthy S' Thomas Middleton
AVhoe did expresse that vertue is alone
True noblcnesse, which in him allwayes shind
Expressing to our fatiicr a large mind.
Which shewd him neerest heauen w"^*" bestowes
All blessings on vs, and from thence it flowes
In a full strcame, the Muses crownd with bayes
May striue to write a volume in your praise.
Fame mounted on the pole shall there proclayme
Your liberall bounty, and diuulge your name.
Our father's vissitts were bv you regarded
With liberall kindnesse, which to him awarded
An annuall bounty, wee with heaueu, may
In blessings gratitude vnto you pay.
For though that hecatombs of oxen fall
To Joue, such sacrifices arc but small,
Since God and man respect the better part
Wee onely sacrifice to 3'ou our heart,
For your right worthy loue which was exprest
Vnto our father whoe is nowe at rest.
Accept then our free thankes w'"" heere is payd
And on the altar of this booke is layd.]
ATHENiE OXONIENSES.
THE
HISTORY
OF THE
ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF OXFORD.
FROM THE YEAH OF OUR LORD 1500, TO THE END OF THE
YEAR 1640.
[641]
«t
HOMAS JANE,
or Jannu, was
born in a market
town in Dorset-
shire, called Mid-
dieton, educated
in grammar learn-
ing in Wykeham's
school near Win-
clicster, became
fellow of'N ew coll.
after he had served
two years of pro-
bation, in 1456, was afterwards doctor of decrees
find commissary (the same now witii vicechancellor}
of the university, an. 1468. Aboutthat timehe was
made canon of S. Paul's cathedral within the city
of London, archdeacon of Essex, canon of Wind-
sor 1497, dean of the king's chajipcl, and at length
upon the refusal of Christopher Urswyke, dean of
Windsor," he became bishop of Norwicli in the
room of James Goldwell, deceased : the tempo-
ralities of which see (after his election thereunto)
were ^ restored to him '21 Jul. !4 Hen. 7, Dom.
1499, where sitting little more than an year, he
concluded his last da}' in the month of Aug. or
thereabouts, in the year fifteen hundred. By his
will' dated 20 Jul. the same year, lie bequeathed
his body to be buried in his own cathedral ehureii,
if it should hapj)en that he die in Norwich, or
' [Mr. Wood seems to be mistaken about this bishop
Janne, for Mr. Fryth concerning the church of Windsor
omits him amongst the deans, and makes him fellow of King's
college, Cambridge. But according to Hatcher's Ca/itlogiie
it should be Tho. L.ine L. L. D. Mr. Fryth confounds them.
Vide Hatcher, an : 1481), unless Dr. Hatcher mistakes, which
I suppose. Vide Mr. Ncwcourt's Essex, vol. 1 : where there
is much more. SYDt.NHAM.]
^ Pat. 14. Hen. 7- p, 2. memb. 4.
' In cur. vel. offic. pcicnog. Cant, in Reg. Moonv, qu. 10
150a
683
JANE.
MORETON.
684
within 16 miles of that place. He had before his
death been a benefactor to New coll. as I have
told you ♦ elsewhere, and as it should seem, to the
builrfing of S. Mary's church in this univ. of
Oxon, if his answer was equivalent to an epistle ^
written in its name, to desire his benefaction
thereunto.
In the time of this worthy bishop Tho. Jane, or
rather before, studied in this university Tho. Scot
alias Rotheram,* son of sir Tho. Rotheram knight,
by Alice his wife ; but going soon after to Cam-
bridge, we can hardly lay claim to him. In an
old book of epistles, written by the university of
Ox. to great personages, is an epistle ' written to
the bishop of Lincoln, and he that then sat there
must according to time be the said Rotheram. In
which epistle are certain circumstances that shew
that he had sometimes studied in the said univer-
sity, and besides the members thereof did seldom
or never write epistles to any, except such who
had originally been students among them. He
died archb. of York in 1500, and was succeeded
in that see by Tho. Savage. See in Hist. 8f J/i-
tiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 243. a. b.
[Tho. Jann D. D. coll. ad. archid. Essex, 21
Jul. 1480, per resign. Edm. Audley-; admiss.
ad rcct. de Bursted parva com. Essex, Apr. 9.
1471, quam resign. 1472; ad preb. de Reculver-
land 15 Aug. ad capellam de Houlness 26 Sept.
ad vie. de Prittlewell 14 0ct. eod. anno 1472. —
'Rector de Wint Stepleton com. Dors. 1473.'' —
Ad vie. S. Sepulcre Lond. 2 Mar. 1479, quam
resign. Jul. 1480; ad vie. de Walden, Essex, 22
Jan. 1484, quam resign, sub exitu ejusd. anni ad
rec. S. Bridgitae Lond. Dec. 1, 1484: ad preb. de
Brounswode 1 1 Apr. 1487 : tandem ep'us Nor-
wic. electio a rege confirmatur 24 Jul. 1499-
Obiit mense Sept. 1500, sepultus in eccl. cath.
Norwic. V. Weaver Fun. Mon. 794. K e n n et.]
JOHN MORETON, son '> of Rich. Moreton
of S. Andrews Milbourn in Dorsetshire, son of
* In Hist. ©" Anttg. Univ. Ox. lib 2. p. 130. b. [He gave
a tenement and lands in Kirlington, Oxfordshire, in the year
1494.]
» In Lil. Epist. Univ. Oxon. notat. in dors, cum lit. F. MS.
* [If Tho. Rotheram were elected from Eton to Kings
coll. (as Hatcher has it) he could not well be of Oxford ; but
some of the first scholars of King's coll. could not easily be
elected from Eton (whereof Rotheram was one) the college
and school being founded at the same time, and so he might
probably be of Oxford; as some of cardinal Wolsey's first
scholars were brought from Cambridge, tho' he founded a
college and school at the same time at Ipswich. Jo. Ched-
wortn, one of the first at King's undoubtedly came from
Oxford, tho' Hatcher has lilvewise brought him from Eton.
fiAKEK.
See my MS. Collection, vol. xix, page 17(5, where it is
proved that he could never have been first educated at Oxon.
Cole.]
T Lib. Epist. Univ. Oxon. F. Ep. 254.
* [This preferment in Mr. Gough's hand-writing.]
9 In the fisitation Book of the County of Surrey, made
by the deputies of Clarenccaux king of arms, an. l623, in
the coll. 01 office of arms.
Will. Moreton of the said place, and he the se-
cond son of Charles Moreton (the first being Rob.
Moreton of Moreton in Nottinghamshire from
whence sprang the Moretons of Bautrey in York-
shire) was born, saith "" Cambden, at St. Andr.
Milb. before-inention'd, others, particularly one'
of Cambdcn's contemporaries, at a little market
town call'd Bere in the said county of Dorset,
which seems to be most true by those things that
I shall anon mention from his last will and testa-
ment. When he was a boy he was educated
among the religious in Cerne abbey, and at ripe
years was sent to Buliol coll. where making great
progress in academical learning, he took the de-
grees in the laws, without any regard had to
those in arts. In 1446, he being then in his re-
gency, became one of the commissaries of the
university, about which time one Will. Moreton
of the same coll. was the northern proctor, but
whether related to him, I cannot tell. After-
wards Joh. Moreton was principal or moderator of
the civil law school, situated in the Great Jewry
in Oxon, and about 1453, became principal of
Peckwater's inn : at which time he being also an
advocate in the court of arches, his parts and great
learning were so remarkable, that Tho. Bouchier
arehb. of Canterbury taking cognisance of him,
sought means to prefer him. In 1438, Nov. 8,
he became prebendary of Fordinton and Writh-
lington in the church of Salisbury, void by the
death of one Will. Walesby, being also about
that time rector of S. Dunstan's church (in the
West) in the suburbs of London. Afterwards
having other spiritualities conferr'd upon him, he
was for his great wisdom and prudence made mas-
ter of the rolls, an. 1473, and in the year follow-
ing archdeacon of Winchester : w hieh dignity was
then void by the death of one Vine. Clement,
sometimes a doctor of Oxon. In Feb. 1475, he
being then preb. of Dynre in the church of
Wells (which he resign'd in that month, and was
succeeded therein by Mr. Will. Dudley) he was
collated to the prcbendship of S. Ducuman in the
said church on the death of one Joh. Pope : which
dignity keeping till Jan. 1478, he then gave it up,
and Tho. Langton doctor of decrees succeeded
him, as I shall anon tell you. In 1476, Nov. 6,
he was made archdeacon of Berkshire upon the
resignation of John Russel doctor of the canon
law, (not of div. as one* saith) who was after-
wards bishop of Lincoln. In 1478, Aug. 9, he
was elected bishop of Ely, on the death of Will.
Grey, and about that time was made privy coun-
cellor to the king. In 1484, (2 Rich. 3.) he was
committed prisoner to the Tower of London, for
some jealousies that that king had of him, as being
'° In Brilan. in com. Dorset.
■ Jo. Budden in yiia ObiCiig; Joh. Moreloni Archiep.
Can/.— Lond. 1607. P 5.
» Fr. Godwin ep. Landav. in Com. de Praesvl Angl. edit.
161O. p. Si-g.
[642]
685
MORETON.
686
totally inclined to the Lancastrian family ; and
'tis probable that there he would have continued
during ail that king's reign, but the reverence of
the man, or undeservcdness of his wrongs, moved
so the affection of the members of this university,
that they directed to the king (who professed
much seeming love to the university, as 'tis else-
where'told you) a petitionary* epistle in Latin,
no less eloquent and pithy, than circumspect and
[643] wary, wherein they much pleaded for his liberty.
Whereupon the K. being well pleased with it,
was content to release him from the Tower, and
commit him to the custody of Henry duke of
Buckingham, to his castle at Brecknock in Wales.
Thence, after he had spent some time, he found
liberty to steal to the isle of Ely, and for a round
sum of money found a safe passage into Erance,
purposely to joyn with the earl of Richmond to
[>luck down the said Rich. 3. Soon after the said
carl obtaining the crown by the name of Hen. 7.
called unto his privy council the said Moreton
bishop of Ely, with Rich. Fox, (about that time
B. of Exeter) both vigilant men and discreet, and
such as kept watch with the king almost upon alt
men else. They were both vcrs'd in his affairs be-
fore he came to the crown, and were partakers of
his adverse fortune, and therefore the king was
resolved to promote them in the church as high
as he could. In the beginning of the year 1486,
archbishop Bouchier before-mentioned died;
•whereupon the king making means that the
monks of Canterbury should elect Dr. Moreton
for his successor, the pope did forthwith confirm
it. So that being translated to the said see, he
had restitution 5 made to him of the temporalities
belonging thereunto, on the 6th of Decemb. the
same year. In 1487 he was made lord chancellor
of England, in which high office he acted very
beneficial for the king, and in 1493 he was de-
clared a cardinal by pope Alexander 6. under the
title of S. Anastasius. The year after he was
elected chanc.of the univ. of Oxon, and became
a considerable benefactor thereunto, particularly
to the reparation of canon law school in S. Ed-
v/ard's parish, to the finishing of the re-edification
of S. Mary's church, and of the edification of the
Divinity school. In all which places were his
arms set up in colours, in the windows, or else
engraven in stone. But such is the vicissitude of
time, that nothing of arms, or any thing like
them, doth at this time remain. Those that be-
longed to him were quarterly gules and ermine, a
goat's head erased in the first and fourth quarter,
argent: given, or else taken, in allusion to the
arms of the corporation of shoemakers, of which
cortjoration the father of this archb. was, as 'tis
said, a member. They were curiously engraven
on stone, at the bottom of the stone-pulpit in St.
' In Hilt. £9" Antiif. Univ. O.xon. lib. 1. p. '233.
♦ In Lib lipistntarum Univ. Oxon. l\ fol. 147. b.
' Pat. i'. lien. 7. p. l.m. 10.
Mary's church ; as also the rebus of his name, an
M upon a Tun. " The pedestal or bottom of
" the* pulpit" was nulled down when iMch pulpit
the inside of that ciiurch was alter'd, I'ifstedit.
while Dr. Ralph Bathurst, was vicechancellor, an.
1676. They were also engraven on the respond-
ent's pew or seat of stone in the Divinity school,
which also were taken away when the inside of
that school was altered an. l6(J9, to what it now
is. But tho' these monuments arc decayed, yet
the memory of the person is fresh among some
men, who nave said that he was a wise and elo-
quent man, but in his nature harsh and haughty,
that he was much accepted by the king, but en-
vied by the nobility, and hated by the pconle.
He won the king's mind with secrecy and ciili-
gence, chiefly because he was his old servant in
his less fortunes, and for that also he was in his
affections not without an inveterate malice against
the house of York, under which he had been in
trouble. Whatsoever else was in the man, he
deserveth a most happy memory, in that he was
the principal means of joyning the two roses.
" He is said to have writ a book in Latin of the
" Life and Actions of K.Richard HI. (See Buck's
" History of K. Ric. III. p. 75, 76. Vn's jippen-
" dix,) &,c." At length dying of great years,
(about 90) but of strong health and powers, about
the latter end of Septemb. in fifteen hundred, was 1500.
buried in the cath. church of Canterbury before
the image of the Virgin Mary, commonly called
Our Lady of Undercroft. Over his stone-coflin
or sepulchre, which was but just deposited in the
ground, was a marble-stone laid even with the
surface of the pavement: which stone being after-
wards crack'd and broken, several parts of his
body wrap'd up in divers cear-cloths were taken
away bj' certain rude and barbarous people. At
length the head being only in a manner remaining
in tlie said stone-coffin, 'twas beg'd out of a pious
mind (purposely to save it) of Dr. Sheldon archb. [644]
of Canterbury, in 1670, by that truly noble and
generous Ralph Sheldon ot Beoly in Worcester-
shire esquire, who esteeming it as a choice relique,
provided a leaden box to preserve it with its
cear-cloaths about h, and with great devotion
kept it to his dying day, an. 1684. After-
wards that choice reliquc, with very many ra-
rities which he in his life time had gathered to-
gether, came by virtue of his last will into the
hands of his uncle's daughter, named Frances
Sheldon, sometimes one of the maids of honour
to Katharine the royal consort of king Charles II.
The said cardinal Moreton did by his last* will
and testament leave maintenance for a priest to
celebrate mass for 20 years space in the cliurchof
Bere in Dorsetshire, for the soul of him the said
archbishop, and for the souls of his relations and
parents buried there. lie also left maintenance
during that time for 20 poor scholars in Oxon and
' In offie. prcrog. Cant, in Heg. Moon qu. 10.
687
•MORETOiN.
LANGTON.
688
ten in Cambridge. 1 find one John Morcton to
be made prebend of Whitchurch in the churcii
of Wells, on the resignation of Robert Slilling-
ton (afterwards B. of Bath and Wells) in July
1447, and minister of Axbridge and Charlton
Mesgrose in the dioc. of B. and Wells; but this
John Moreton, who died about the month of
Dec. 1463, is, in the registers belonging to the
bish. of B. and Wells, written ' sacrae theologiiB
professor.' I find also another Job. Moreton who
translated into English, Upeculu-n Vittc Christi,
written by S. Bonaventure. Which John was
living in 1438, in which year, he with his wife
Juliana, were admitted among the suffrages and
prayers of the Dominicans or Black Fryers at
York.
[In 1450 Morton was collated to the sub-
deanery of the cathedral of Lincoln, and in 1458
was installed prebendary of Corringham in the
same church, resigning his sub deanery. In 1472
he was collated to the prebend of Islington in the
church of St. Paul, London, which he exchanged
the next year, for that of Cheswick. He was col-
lated to the archdeaconry of Chester in 1474 and
installed, by proxy, archdeacon of Huntingdon.
In 1746 he was installed prebendary of South
Newbald, in the church of York, and in the fol-
lowing year was promoted to the archdeaconry of
Leicester. These numerous promotions shew the
esteem with which he was regarded by several
eminent prelates, particularlyby cardinal Bourchier,
archbp. of Canterbury, to whom he recommended
himself, by a display of eminent abilities as a
civilian, during his practice in the court of arches ;
and through his favour a way was opened to his
future greatness under king Henry VI., who made
him a privy councellor ; and he so strictly adhered
to the interests of that unfortunate prince, when
most others deserted him; that even king Edward
IV. could not but admire and reward his fidelity,
taking him into his councils, and in 1478 making
him both bishop of Ely and lord high chancellor
of England ; and such was the continuance of his
regard to him, that at his death, he appointed
him one of his executors. He had before this
time, been employed in many important affairs of
state, and so early as 1473 had the custody of the
great seal committed to his care for a time. In
1474, he was sent ambassador to the emperor of
Germany, and to the king of Hungary, to con-
cert a league with them against Lewis, king of
France: and the nextyear attended the king with
his army into France ; and in August, together
with sir Thomas Howard, and two others, was
appointed commissioner to treat concerning the
proposals of peace which were offered by the
French king; whereby a peace was concluded on
terms most honourable and advantageous for the
English. While he was bishop of Ely he ex-
ecuted a work of verv large expense and singular
titility for draining the fens and extending navi-
gation, by that cut of forty feet in breadth and
four in depth from Wisbech to Peterborough,
which is called ' New Leame' or ' Morton's
Leame;' being in course 12 miles long; he also
continued the same through Wisbech, and by
other cuts made a new out-fall to the sea. He
also rebuilt and beautified the bishop's palace at
Hatfield, and rebuilt the castle at Wisbech. And
many other instances of his liberality in repairing
edifices at Cinterbury, Lambeth, Maidstone,
Allington-park, Charii)gand Ford, are mentioned
by Leland : his arms are still remaining upon the
tower of Wisbech church. By his will he made
large bequests to pious uses ; and among these, he
left to his ancient church of Ely his silver cross,
weighing 235 ounces, and his episcopal mitre
richly set with pearls and precious stones : in re-
turn for which, and also in gratitude for many
other favours conferr'd on them, both whilst he
sat bishop there, and afterwards as long as he
lived, the prior and convent of Ely obliged them-
selves to ' find at their own expense, one of their
monks to say daily the mass of requiem for his
soul, and the souls of his parents, friends and
benefactors, for 20 years from the time of his
death : and that the said monk in every such mass,
should after the reading of the gospel, in going to
the lavatory, say the psalm de profundis, and ask
every one then present, to say a pater-noster and
ave-Maria, for their souls, agreeable to the will
of the said most reverend lord John Morton, ex-
pressed in his last will and testament.' Cole.'
He was chancellor of Chichester : Vide bishop
Sydenham's will. Sydenham.]
THOMAS LANGTON was born in a market
town called Appleby in Westmorland, where
being educated in religion and grammar learn-
ing among the Carmes, or White Fryers, was at
ripe years sent to Oxon, particularly, as it seemSj
to Queen's coll. but a pest breaking out in the
university soon after, he went to Cambridge and
became a member of Clare hall, (one* saith of
Pembroke-hall) took the degrees in the canon
law (in which afterwards he was incorporated at
Oxon) and had considerable dignities in the church
bestowed on him,among which was theprebcndship
of S. Uucuman in the church of Wells, an. 1478.
In 1483, he being about that time provost of
Q. coll. in Oxon, and master of S. Julian's hos-
pital in Southampton, was consecrated bishop of
S. David's ; whence being translated to the see of
' [See Bentham's Hislory of Ely Cathedral, 4to. 177 J,
page 179 ; which article was wriuen byCoIe.]
° Fr. Godwin in Com. dc Prcesul. Angl. ut supra, p. 295-
[Tho. LangUin was of Pembroke hall, of which sec enough
in bishop VVren's MS. de Custod. et Sociis Pemhroch.
An. 1454, Mar. I. Tho. Langton. C'ariiolen. dioc. per li.
di. ordiiiatus Accolitus per Will'm Ounkaldcn. ep'um, vice
Will'i ep'i Elien. /iegr. Elicn. I'liO. Langton procu-
rator senior acad. Cant. An. J 468. Lib.Proc. Bakbr.)
689
LANGTON.
SHJOY.
RICHARD.
DEANE.
690
[645]
1501.
Salisbury, on the death of LconcJ Woodvill, had
restitution made 'to him of tiie temporalities be-
longing thereunto, 4 May, 1 Rich. 3. Dom. 1484.
In a certain writing in Queen's coll. treasury dat.
19 Aug. 4 Hen. 7- Dom. 1.489, he occurs by the
titles of ' doctor of the laws, bishop of Salisbury,
and provost of Qu. coll.' Whence we may con-
clude, that he kept the said provostship in com-
mendam with Salisbury, as probably he had done
with S. David's. In 1493 he was translated to the
see of Winchester, and had restitution made ' to
him of the temporalities thereof 27 June the same
year. Where being setled, he put in practice his
good deeds, which he had done at Sarum, viz. by
shewing himself a Meca^nas of learning, for which,
I find, he had so great respect, that he took ^ care
to have youths trained up at his own charge in
grammar and music, (the last of which lie was
infinitely delighted in) in a school which he set
apart within the precincts of his house. It was
usual with him, and he took a great pleasure in it,
to make his scholars or exhibitioners repeat at
night before him such dictates that they in the
day time had learned from their master : and such
that could give a laudable account, he either en-
couraged with good words, or small rewards,
saying to those about him, that ' the wa}' to en-
crease virtue w-as to praise it,' Sec. In his episco-
pal office he behaved himself so well, that he was
in great authority with three kings, especially for
his learning, religion, and experience in civil
affairs ; and had not death snatch'd him untimely
away, would have succeeded Moreton in the see
of Canterbury. He died in the beginning of the
year fifteen hundred and one, and was buried in
the cath. ch. at Winchester, near to the tomb and
shrine of S. Swithyne, By his last will^ and te^st.
which I have seen, he gave to the priests of Clare
hall in Cambridge considerable sums of mone}',
and forty pounds to the chest of that house. To
every fellow of Qu.coll. in Oxon six shillings and
eight pence, and forty marks to the elemosinary
chest thereof, besides a sute of vestments for a
Siriest, deacon, and subdeacon, and four copes.
le gave mainlenance also to a chaplain that
should celebrate service for him, his parents, and
all faithful deceased, for the space of an hundred
years in the church of Appleby before-mentioned :
which chaplain was to receive for his labour eight
marks yearly. To the friers (the Carmes) in Ap-
pleby 20 marks to pray for him, besides several
sums to the friers of Oxon and Cambridge, and
to Rowland Maehcl and Elizabeth his wife (sister
to the said bishop) he gave several lands in West-
morland, besides 200 marks. He built also the
little room, (which is now a large bay-window to
the pirovost's dining-room in Qu. coll.) with cu-
9 Pat. 1 Rich. 3. p. 3.
' I'.it. 8 Hen. 7- p-i'- m. 2.
* Rich. Pace in lib. suo, cui tit. est. De Fructu qui ex
Doc'rinn percipitur. Bas. 1517. p. 27, 28.
^ 111 lirg. Moore, ut supra, qu. 10.
Vol. U.
rious vaulting under it. Which vault is now
no other than a portico to the coll. chappel. Over
the said bay-window is cjirv'd in stone a musical
note called a Long, on a Tun, which is the rebus
for hissirname: and out of the bung-hole of the
Tun springs a vine-tree, which, without doubt, was
put for Vinton or Vinchestrc, he being then bishop
of that plflce. He left behind him a nephew
named nob. Langton, born also in Appleby, and
educated in Queen's coll. of which he was LL. D.
He died at London, in the month of June 1524,
and was buried before the image of S. Michael in
the body of the church belonging to the Charter-
house (now Sutton's hospital) near London. By.
his last wilM and test, he bequeathed to Qu. coll..
beibre-mention'd, two hundred pounds to pur-
chase lands, and make a school in Appleby: and
what his benefaction was besides, as also of that
of bishop Langton, you may see in Hist. Sf Antiq.
Univ. Oxon. Lib. 2. p. 123, 124, 125.
[Langton was admitted to the rectory of All-
hallows, Bread-street, London, July 1, 1480, and
to that of Allhallows Lombard-street, May 14,.
1482. s
He had also the prebend of North-Kelsey iu
the cath. church of Lincoln, which he resigned
in 1483, on his promotion to the see of S. David's.*]
WILLIAM SHJOY, commonly called Joy,
partly educated here, but more in the univ. of
Paris, was by provision from the pope made arch-
bishop of Tuam in Ireland, 16 cal. of June 1485,
where sitting about 16 years, gave way at length
to fate ' 28 Dec. in fifteen hundred and one, and
was, as I suppose, buried in bis cathedral church.
Ill his archbishoprick succeeded PhiUp Piason a
Minorite, as I shall anon tell you.
RICH.AIID, who writes himself ' episcopus
Oleven:' (being suffragan to the bishop of
Worcester, as it seems) was a Dominican or Black
Flier in Warwick, (to whose fraternity there he
gave 6/. at the time of his death) and educated
among the Black Friers in Oxon, to whom also
he gave 6/. to pray for him. He yielded up his
last breath in Sept. in fifteen hundred and two,
and was, I suppose according to last ' will which
I have seen, buried in the choir of the church be-
longing to the Black Friers in the city of Wor-
cester on the South side of the tomb of John
Lichfield, and opposite to that of Rich. VVolsey,
who, as he saitli in the said will, was * nuper Co-
noren : &. Duneren : episcopus.'
HENRY DEANE wa« educated in this uni-
versity, where he took the degrees in arts and di-
♦ In offic. prsrog. Cant, in Reg. Bod/eld, qu. 21.
> [Newcourt, lieperlorinm, i. 243. J
« [Willis, Ca//W/-u.'« (Lincoln) pjge229,J .
' Jac. Waraius in Comment de trcesulibus Hibcrnicf, edit.
Dubl. 16()5. p. 2.50.
• in otiic. ut supra In Reg. Blamyr, qu. \6.
2 Y
1501.
1502
691
DE^NE.
CREACH.
PINSON.
A RUN DELL.
692
vinity, but in what coll. or hall it appears not.
^ However some are pleased to say that he was
educated in New coll. yet whether he was perpe-
tual fellow thereof, the registers of that house tell
us not. After he had left the university, he was
made prior of Lanthony near to Glocester (in the
neighbourhood of which place, I presume, he was
[646] horn) and on the 1 3 of Sejit. or 'iO Nov. 1 1 lien. 7,
he was by letters ♦ pat. constituted chancellor of
Ireland, to execute that office by himself or de-
puty. On the first of Jan. following he was con-
stituted '° deputy and justice of the said realm,
where being settled, he performed good service
against that grand impostor Perkin Warbeok,
and being elected bishop of Bangor, after the
death of Richard lately bishop of that place,
had restitution ' of the temporalities belonging
thereunto made by the king 6 Octob. 12 Hen. 7-
Dom. 1496. In 1500 he was translated to Salis-
bury on the death of John Blyth lately bishop
thereof, (son of Will. Blyth of Norton ni York-
shire,' son of another William of Leedes in the
said county) and had restitution ' of the tempo-
ralities thereof made to him (as the manner is) on
the 12 March the same year: about which time
he was made chanc. of the order of the Garter.
In 1501, he was elected archb. of Canterbury
upon the death of cardinal Moreton: Whereupon
being translated thither, had * restitution made of
his temporalities, on the second of Aug. the same
year. About that time the members of the uni-
versity of Oxon received an epistle ^ of favour from
him ; wherein, among other things, he stiles the
said university his 'benignissima mater.' He died
at Lambeth on the 15 of Febr. saith a certain * au-
thor, tho' a register ^ of that time tells us, 'twas
1508-3. on the 16 of that month in fifteen hundred and
two : Whereupon his body was carried to Can-
terbury, and buried in the middle of the martyr-
dom, within the precincts of the cathedral there,
leaving then behind him the character of a person
altogether fit for those places that he successively
> enjoyed.
[Henricus Sarum ep'us prioratum ecclesise B.
Mariae juxta Glocestrium ordinis S. Augustini in
commenda tenuit.
9 Pat. 11. Hen. 7- P. 1. in dors.
"> Ibid. p. 1.
* Pat. 12. Hen 7. p. 1- m. 5.
* [The place called Norton in Deane's article is not in
Yorkshire as here staled, but in Derbyshire. The parish
church of Norton is however only about two miles from the
edge of the county towards Yorkshire. Blithe bishop of Co-
Tentry and Lichfield was also of this family; brother, I think,
to the bishop of Salisbury here mentioned. There were other
dignitaries of the church in this family of which I have some
pretty good pedigrees. Hunter.]
^ Pat. 15. H.7. p. 1. m. 27.
* Pal. 16. H. 7. p. l.m. 1.
' Hef^. Epist. Utiiv. Oxon. FF, ep. 518.
* Franc. Godwin ep. Landav. in Com. de Prgetul. Angl.
in Cant
' Reg. antig. Coll. Merlon, fol. 138. a.
1501, 24 Apr. Henricus Sarum ep'us consti-
tuit Hadrianuin Castellensem papaj sccretarium
et alios procuratores suos in curia Koinana super
ministerio biendae translationis ad eccl'iam Cant.
Collectan. Joh. Rydde, MS. Ken net.]
DAVID CREACH was born in the county of
Limerick in Ireland, studied several years among
his countrymen the civil and canon law, of which
faculties he became at length bachelor. After-
wards retiring to his native country, became, thro'
several preferments, archb. of Cashills, an. 1483,
where sitting about 20 years, died 5 Sept. in fif-
teen hundred and three. Of the great injuries 1503.
done to him by Gerald Fitz Gerald earl of Kil-
dare, L. deputy of Ireland (of which Creach com-
plained to K. Hen. 7- by the advice of sir Jam. de
Ormond knight) the histories * of that country
will tell you.
PHILIP PINSON, an English man, studied
among the Minorites or Grey Friers for a time,
in their house in Oxon. of which order he was a
learned brother, but whether he took the degree
of D. D. in this universit}', we have no register
that shews it. Afterwards he became suffragan
bishop to Hadrian de Castello, bishop of Here-
ford and afterwards of Bath and Wells; by whose
endeavours, but chiefly of those of K. Hen. 7, he
was advanced at Rome to the archbishoprick of
Tuam in Ireland on the 2 of Decemb. in fifteen
hundred and three, and three days after died » of 1503.
the plague. Afterwards that see lay void two
years, and then 'twas conferr'd on Maurice
O Fihely, whom I have before, among the wri-
ters, mentioned. [See vol. i. col. 16.]
JOHN ARUNDELL, son of Rainfred, or
Rainford Arundell knight, (by Jane his wife, sister
and heir of Joh. Coleshull) third son of sir John
Arundell of Talvern in Cornwall, (who died 13
Hen. 6.) was born in that county, received his
academical education in Exeter college, became
canon of Windsor in 1479, and about that time
rector of Sutton Courtney near Abingdon in
Berkshire. In 1489 he was made prebendary of
[Bole or] Bolun in the cath. church of York, on
the death of Dr. Tho. Chaundler, and in the same
year in Nov. he was made preb. of Bedminster Se-
cunda in the cath. church of Sarum, upon the pro-
motion of Rich. Hill to the see of London, being [647]
then also dignified in the cath. eh. at Exeter.'
On the 6 of Nov. 1496, he was consecrated bishop
of Lichf. and Coventry, and on the 28 of the
same month had the temporalities of that see re-
* Vide Jac. Waraeum in Com. de Prasul. Hihern. edit.
1665, p. 171.
» Ibid. p. g.OO.
' [He was dean of Exeter, chancellor of Hereford, and
£rebendary of Windsor. Willis, Cathedrals (Coventry and
.ichficld) p. 391.]
69'i
MORGAN.
PYGOT.
BARONS.
694
1503-4.
1504
Stored ' to him. The author ' of the Comment, of
the English Bishops, tells lis that he was translated
from tliat see to Exeter, 1501, tho' elsewhere * I
find that the translation was made on the last day,
saving one, of June 1502, and that the tempora-
lities thereof were not given ^ to him till 26 Sept.
19 Hen. 7- Dom. 1503. He surrendered up his
last breath in the house belonging to the bishops
of Exeter within the parish of St. Clement's Danes
without Temple- Bar, near to London, 15 March
in fifteen hundred and three; and was buried on
the south side of the high altar, in the church of
St. Clement before-mention'd. This Joh. Arun-
dell did, upon the desire of the chief members of
this university, promise to them 20 /. towards the
finishing of S. Mary's church, but he dying before
'twas given, they recovered' that sum of his exe-
cutors. I find another John Arundel of Exeter
coll. who was one of the proctors of the university'
1426, afterwards doctor of physic, physician to
K. Hen. 6. and dean of the cath. ch. at Exeter.
I take him to be the same John Arundel M. D.
who was collated to the archdeaconry of Rich-
mond in the latter end of Octob. 1457, in the
place of Laur. Bolhe, promoted to the see of
Durham, and had for his successor in that dignity
John Bothe, collated to it in May 1459, and af-
terwards became bishop of Exeter.'
JOHN MORGAN, alias Yong, a Welsh man,
and doctor of the laws of Oxon, was installed
dean of Windsor in the place of Will. Benley
an. 1484. (2 Rich. 3.) and being elected bish. of
S. David's on the death of Hugh Pavy (sometimes
B. thereof, an Oxford scholar, and a benefactor
to the ' building of S. Mary's church) had resti-
tution 9 made to him of the temporalities belong-
ing to that see, 23 Nov. 12 Hen. 7- Dom. 1496.
He gave way to fate in the latter end of Apr. or
beginning of May, in fifteen hundred and four:
Whereupon his body was buried between the pil-
lars on the south side of the body of the cath.
church of S. David. By his will, which I have '
seen, dated 25 Apr. 1504, and proved the 19 of
May following, it appears that nis desire was to
have a chappel made over his grave, in the best
manner that might be, according to the disposi-
* Pat. U.Hen. 7. p. l.m.8.
' Fr. Godwin inter Epis. Exon,
* In Hist. Eccles. Lichfield, MS. in Jo. Arundell.
5 Pat. 19 Hen. 7- p- 1- m. 36.
* Reg. Epistolarum Univ. Oxon. notat. in don. cum lit. F.
Epist. 401.
' [Not of Exeter, but Chichester.
Joh. Arundell M. D. coll. ad. preb. de Mapesbury in eccl.
Paul, 2.5 Nov. i4o6, per resign. Laur. Booth.
Hie. Ewyn ad eand. preb. 16 Maij, 1459, PC" promot.
Arundell ad ep'at. Cicestr. Kennet.
Of this Arundell, see Newcourt's Repertorium, and Wil-
lis's Cathedrals, passim.]
» Lib. vel. /iVg. Epist. Univ. Oxon. F. Epist. 430.
9 Pat. 12 Hen. 7. p. I. m. 5.
' la oflic. praerog. Cant, ia Reg. Holgrave. Qu. 8.
tion of his executors, but whether ever performed,
I know not.
[Joh. Morgan L. D.coll. ad preb. de Rugmere
in eccl. Paul, 5 Feb. 1492 per promot. Ol. King
ad ep'atum Exon; quam resign, ante 31 Oct.
1496. Reg. Lond.
Joh. Morgan coll. ad vie. de Aldham com.
Ess. 7. Jun. 1490, cjuaj vac. 27 Apr. 1492.
Magr. Joh. Morgan A.M.presb. pres. per abb.
et conv. Osen. ad vicar, de Cuddelyngton per re«
sign, mag'ri Edm. Croxton, 26 Jul. 1505. Reg^
Smifth Line.
Mag'r Laur. Stubbys S. T. B. pres. per abb. et
conv. Osen. ad vicar, de Cudlyngton, per mort.
mag'ri Joh. Morgan, 10 Jun. 1506. Ibid.* Ken-
net.
See also Newcourt's Repertorium, i, 208.]
THOMAS PYGOT, a Denbighshire man
born, as it seems, was consecrated bishop of
Bangor in the year of our Lord 1500, and paying
his last debt to nature on the fifteenth day of
Aug. in fifteen hundred and four, was, as I sup-
pose, buried in his own church. This Tho. Py-
got, I take to be the same who supplicated ' the
venerable congregation of regents of this univer-
sity, in order to the taking of the degree of
bachelor of the civil law, an. 1458. One of both
his names was confirmed abbot of the moiiastery of
the Virgin Mary at York, on the death of Thom.
Stayngreve, 24 May 1398, and died in 1405,
but what relation the former had to this I can-
not tell.
WILLIAM BARONS, doctor (as it ♦ seems)
of the law, commissary of the prerogative court
of Canterbury, and afterwards master of the Rolls
in the room of Dr. Will. Warham 1502, and one
of the king's council, was, upon the translation
of the said Dr. Warham to Canterbury, elected to
the see of London : Which being consented to by
the king, the temporalities thereof were' restored
to him 13 Nov. 20 Hen. 7. Dom. 1504. He died
in Oct. or Nov. in fifteen hundred and five, and
was buried in his own church of S. Paul. He
had stiulied the laws in Oxon, and had presided
the chair, but in what hall or school it doth not
appear. In his bishoprick succeeded Richard
Fitz James, as I shall hereafter tell you.
[Magister Will. Barons LL. D. pres. per Rob.
Witilbury, armig. et Annam uxorem ejus, ad
eccl'iain cle Gedney in archidiatu Line, per mort.
mag'ri Uob. Wellby, 15 Apr. 1501. Reg. Smith,
c'ji'i Line.
Mag'r Christ. Urswick deer. D' ad eccl'am de
^ [Perhaps these two latter extracts may refer to a son of
bishop Morgan's, otherwise they have little or no connection
with these Athen/e. They are, however, exactly copied
from bishop Kenaet's original MS. in the Bodleian copy.]
^ Reg. Act. Congreg. Vniv. Oxon. Aa. fol II6. a.
♦ In fine eiusd. llbri. vel. Reg. Epistolar. F.
5 Pat. 1 lien. 7- p. I.m 20.
2 Y 2
1504.
1505.
[648J
695
Si:VER.
CLEKKE.
PAYNE.
MACRAIH.
696
JSOi.
Gediiey per resign, mjac'ii ^^'ill. Barons London
electi et confirmati, 15 Nov. 1504. Ibid.
Mag'r Will. Harons p'b'r pies, per regem ad
cccl. de Bosworth in agro Lcic. per inort. magistri
Rob. Monime, 'i7 Juu. 1502. Ih.
D'us Uic Kolston p'b'r prcs. per Geo. com.
Salop, ad eccl. de Boseworth per consecr. Will'i
Barons in ep'iiiii Jjondon, 7 Fcbr. 1504. Ih.
Mag. \\ ill. Barons LL. D. pres. per Edm. Dud-
ley, ad eccl. de Bekensfeld, com. Buck. 5 Dec.
J 500. lb.
Mag. Kic. Smyth, p'b'r. ad eccl. de Bekensfeld
per resign, mag. Will. Barons LL. D. '24 Aug.
1502. lb.
Mag'r Will. Barons LL. D. iliustrissimi d'ni
regis Henrici 7 ™ in cancellaria sua rotulorum
custos sive magister, presbyter, pres. per abb. et
fonv. de Ramsey ad eccl. de Tharfeld, per mort.
jnag'ri Edw. Shuldam, 27 Jun. 1503 (in arch.
Hunt.) Kennet.]
WILLIAM SEVER or Siveyeh, was born at
Shinkley, in the county pal. of Durham, educated
in this university, but whether in Merton coll. I
,ain as yet uncertain. However as to that, which
the * author of the Commentary of the English
Bishops saith, that he was warden of Merton
coll. and provost of that of Eaton near Windsor,
is false, for 'twas not William, but Henry Sever,
who lived before this man's time, that enjoyed
those places. After Will. Sever had left Oxon,
wherein, I presume, he had studied citlier in Gloc.
or Durham college (nurseries for those of the
order of St. Benedict, he himself being a Bene-
dictine) he retired to his monastery of S. Mary at
York, succeeded Thom. Bothe in the abbotship of
that place, and in 1495, being elected B. of Car-
lisle on the death of Rich. Bell (who had been
formerl}' prior of Durliam) had the temporalities
thereof delivered ' to him, on the eleventh of De-
cemb. the same year, and liberty then given to
him to keep his abbotship in commendam. In
1502, he being elected to the see of Durham, had
the temporalities thereof surrendered * into his
hands by the king, on the 15 of Octob. the same
year: where sitting hut three years, payed his last
debt to nature in fifteen hundred and five, and
was buried in the cath. church there. In his ab-
botship succeeded Rob. Wanhop in Dec. 1502.
(Sever being then bish. of Durham,) and in his
chair at Durham, Christop. Bainbridge, whom I
shall hereafter mention. The Book » or Hist, of
the Ch. of Durham calls this bish. Will. Sinewes
or Senwse, and Leland ' Senose ; which book tells
us that he was translated from Carlisle to Dur-
* F. Godwin, int. episcop. Dunelin. p. 136.
• ' Pat. U. Hen. 7- m. 4. p. 14.
» Pat. 18. Hen. 7. p. 1. m.fi.
» Hist. Eccles. Dunelm. et Successio Episcoporum rjusd.
Eccl. MS. int. cod. Laud, in bib. Bodl. 4. L. 53.
' 111 torn. 1. coll. p. 472.
ham, by virtue of a bull sent from the pojie, and so
by the breve of K. Hen. 7. dat. 15 Oct. in the 18th
year of his reign, he was consecrated bishop of
Durham 1502, and stood three years, &c. so that
according to time this Sinews must be the same
with Sever.
THOMAS CLERKE,an English man, became
archdeacon of the isle of Man after he had left
the university, and at length by provision from
the pope became bishop of Killala in Ireland 1498,
which office he keeping till fifteen hundred and
five, then resigned * it. I take this Thomas Gierke
to be the same with Thomas, written and stiled
' Thomas Aladensis episcopus,' that is, Tho. bish.
of Killala, who by that name and title was ad-
mitted 5 rector of Chedsey in Somersetshire on
the death of Mr. Joh. Fynne, 12 Janu. 1505, and
dying in the year 1508, Rob. Fisher was ad-
mitted to the said rectory on the 18 Dec. the
same year.*
JOHN PAYNE, a Dominican or Black Frier,
spent several years in the study of divinity (of
which he was afterwards doctor) in the coll. of
Dominicans in the South suburb of Oxon. Af-
terwards retiring to Ireland, was, thro' several
preferments, made bishop of Meath by the pope's
provision, and installed in the choir there on the
feast of St. Dominick (Aug. 4.) in 148a. In the
year 1493 he was made master of the Rolls in
Ireland, being then much celebrated for his great
charity and hospitality, and dying on the sixth
day of March in fifteen hundred and si.x, (21
Hen. 7.) was buried in the monaster3' of his order
at Dublin, or rather, as the * historian of Ireland
tells us, in the church of S. Patrick there, where
his monument, near the west door of that church,
was remaining in his time, with an inscription
thereon.
MATTHEW MACRAIH, an Irish man, and
a civilian, as it seems from some of our records,
* Waraus lit supra, p. 291.
3 Reg. Hadriani de Ca>tello, F.p. B. & Wellenf.
♦ [1508, 18 Dec. mag'r Rob. Fyslier ad eccl. de Chedesey,
dioc. Well. vac. per. mort. Thomae Aladen. ep'i, ad pres. regis.
Rf£. Castellan.
Hex conctdit raag'ro Thoma Wulcey eleemosinario suo,
Ciinonicatum ct preb. de VVyndbor, vac. per mort. Rob'ti
Fysher, clerici, dat. 7 Feb. 2 Hen. VIll. 1310, 11. Ryraer,
hcedera, xiii. p. 2()3.
Erasmus Rot. Roberto PIscatori, agenti in Italia, Anglo. —
' hue te expectat prorsus Anglia, nou modo jure-consultis-
simum, verum etiain Laline Greceque pariicr laquacem.
Comes (Monijoiiis) ita te amat, ita nieminit, ut de nullo lo-
quatur aaepius, de nullo libcntius. Vale.
1518, 27 Apr. D. Joh'us Grenelap, ad eccl. de Wotton
prope Dovor, per resign, d. Rob'ti Fysher ex coll. ar'e'pi,
jure devolut. Reg. Warham.
ISGO, 9 Mai, D'ns adraisit Rob'lum Fysher cl'icum ad
canonicatum et preb. ii. ecclesiu Exon. per deprivat. Ric.
Hulse, cler. ad prcs. d. reginsE. Reg. Parker. Kennet.]
> Jac. War. ut sup. p. 38.
Clar.
1504.
1506.
<)97
O-CONGALAU.
HLAKE
COMERTOUI).
VIVIAN.
FISHER. &c.
698
[649]
1507.
Io08.
1508.
I6O9.
C!ar.
1510.
wherein I find liis sirname sometimes to occur,
became bishop of Clonforl in his own country, in
1482, and dyint; in fifteen hundred and seven,
was buried ^ at Kiicomaing, leaving behind him
the character of a person celebrated for the many
virtues of his mind.
THOMAS O-CONGALAU, another Irish
man and lonleniporary with the former, who '
succeeded in the see of Ardagh one Will. O-
Ferail, and dying in fifteen hundred and eight left
the character behind him of a person of great pru-
dence, and liberality towards the poor.
W^ALTER BLAKE, was born in the county
of Galloway in Ireland, and for some time edu-
cated in this university. Afterwards he retired to
his native country, became canon of Enagdune
alias Enaghcoin, and at length by the favour of
P. Innocent 8. bishop of " Clocmacnois, or Clon-
macnois, in the beginning of 1487, where sitting
about 21 years, submitted to fate in the month of
May in fifteen hundred and eight. One Thomas
succeeded him in that see, but his sirname is yet
unknown.
EDMUND COMEREORD was also edu-
cated for a time in this university, and afterwards
being made dean of Kilkenny, was consecrated
there bishop of Femes in 1505. In which see
sitting but four years, died in fifteen hundred' and
nine, and was succeeded by one Nicholas Comyn.
THOMAS VIVIAN, a Cornish man born, or
at least descended from those of his name living
in Cornwall and Devon, was from his youth bred
a black canon, or canon regular, and among those
in Oxon, did he spend some time. Afterwards
retiring into his own countr}', he became prior of
the black canons at Bodmin in Cornwall, and at
length suffragan bishop to the bishop of Exeter,
under the title of ' episc. Majorensis or Mega-
rensis,' that is, as I suppose, Megara. Joh. Le-
land ' tells us, that the priory at Bodmin stood at
the East South-east part of the parish ch. yard
there. There lay buried before the high altar
in an high tomb of very darkish gray marble one
Thom. Vivian prior of Bodmin, and suffragan
Megarensis episcopatus. He died not long since.'
One Tho. Vivian of Exeter coll. proceeded master
of A. in an act celebrated 10 March, 7 Hen. 8.
Dom. 1515, and was- afterwards rector of the said
coll. for a time, but him I take not,to be the same
with the bishop; yet Quaere.
CHRISTOPHER FISHER, an Oxford man
by academical education, was afterwards bishop
of Elphine in Ireland, and prebendary oi' Hustway t
* Jae. War. ut sup. p. 266.
' Ibid. p. 88.
" lb. p. 99.
» Ibid. 136.
' In 2 vol. Ilimrar. script. i;.12. or thereabouts.
in the church of York ; vvliich dignity he obtained
after he was made biahop. In fifteen hundred lAll.
and eleven, or thereabouts, he departed this mortal
life, and that year one Thom. Wallashe succeeded
him in the said prebendship, but who in the see
of Elphine, except one John, who became pre-
bendary of Ampleford in the ch. of York 3 Nov.
1530, and died on the feast of the Assump. of the
B. Virgin, I53f), (being then prior of Welbcck in
Nottinghamshire,) I know not.
[Fislier obtained the prebend of Hustwavt
June 7, 1507. He was also rector of Castlcford.*
In the Cotton MS. Vitell. B. ii, fol. 7, is an ori-
ginal letter from a Christopher Fisher requesting
the further favour and protection of the bishop of
Rochester, dated Bacano, Sept. 12, 1509-]
NICHOLAS MAGWIRE, an Irish man, was
promoted to the see of Laighlin in Ireland, in
1490, and died in fifteen hundred and twelve, lilt,
under which year you may see more of him
among the writers. [Vol. i. col. 15.]
DAVID ap OWEN, a Welsh man, sometimes
a student in the civ. and can. law in Oxon, after-
wards abbot of Stratmarkcll and of Conway in his
own country, was consecrated bishop ' ot S.
Asaph in the year 1503, and dying on the 11 or
12 of Febr. in fifteen iuindred and twelve, was 1519.
buried in the cathedral ch. of S. Asaph, near the
high altar on the south side. There is a monu- [650j
ment of a bishop near to the throne in the said
chancel, which, as the tradition goes there, was
put for the said Dav. ap Owen.
MAURIT de PORTU, orO-FiHELV, an Irish
man, became by provision from P. Jul. 2. arch-
bishop of Tuam in his own country, 26 June 1506,
and aied in fifteen hundred and thirteen. See 151.3.
more of him among the writers under that year.
[Vol. i. col. 16.]
THOMAS CORNISH, a Somersetshire man
born as it seems, was educated in Oriel coll. of
which he was afterwards fellow; and being master
of arts, was made vicar of Banwell in the diocese
of Wells. In Aug. 1483 he became master of St.
John's house or hospital in the city of Wells, and
soon after chaunter and residentiary in the cath.
ch. there. In 14a!-2, he was made suffragan
bishop to Rich. Fox B. of Bath and Wells, under
the title of ' Episcopus Tynensis,'< by which, I
suppose, is meant Tyne, the last island belonging
to the republic of Venice in the Archipelago. In
1493, he, by the name of Tho. Cornish bishop of
Tyne, was made provost of Oriel coll. and in
^ rWillis, Cathedrals (York) 144.]
3 Fr Godwyn in Com. de Prasul.An^l. edit. 1616. |).6()2.
♦ [Ship of Fools, edit. 1670. Dedication ' vcnerandissirao
in Cnristo patri ac domino, domino Thomae Cornish Tene-
nensis pontifici ac dioccsis Uadonensis suffraganeo vi^ilantis-
simo, suae paternitatis captllanus huniilliinus Alexander Bar-
clay, &c.' Cole.]
/
699
CORNISH.
SMYTH.
700
1497, Jul. 29, he was collated to the vlcaridge of
S. Cuthbert's ch. in AVells. In Oct. 1505, he be-
came vicar of Chew in Somersetshire, (on the
death of Rob. Wydow,) in which county he had
other churches successively conferral upon him to
keep up the state of a bishop; and in 1507, re-
signing his provostship of Oriel coll. retired to
Wells, being then also suffragan to Hugh Oldham
bishop of Exeter; and dying on the third day of
1513. July m fifteen hundred and thirteen, was buried
in the cath. church of Wells, in the north isle,
near to the door that leads up to the chapter-
house. Over his grave was a fair monument
erected, which continues to this day, with so
much of the inscription thereon left, that shews
the day and year of his death. One Thorn. Woulf
or Wulff titular bishop of Lacedemon had a com-
mission granted to him 30 Sept. 1513 to be suf-
fragan bishop in the place ot the said Cornish,
but whether he was ever of Oxon, I have not yet
seen any record to prove it.
WILLIAM SMYTH, son of Rob. Smy th,^ was
born at Farnworth in the parish of Prescote in
Lancashire, educated partly in grammar learning
in his own country', partly in academical in this
university, either in Oriel or Lincoln college, or
successively in both. In the former I have reason
to suppose, — so, because several of his name and
kindred were members thereof soon after, if not
in his own time ; and in the other, because in the
bursar's accompts * thereof, I find one Mr. Will.
Smyth to have been a commoner of that house,
before, and in the year 1478, being the same with-
out all doubt with this person ot whom we now
speak.' Howsoever it is, (tho' I am not ignorant
that he was a benefactor to both the said col-
' [He was the fourth son. His grandfather was Henry
Smyth, esquire, of the adjoining township of Cuerdley. Lives
of tVilliam Smyth, bishop of Lincoln, ana Sir Richard Sutton
knight. Founders of Brazen Nose College. By Ralph Chur-
lon, M. A. 8vo. Oxford, 1800. p. 1.]
' In thesau. vel turri coll. Line.
' [' I have not met with any thing, which directly con-
firms or confutes this account in either of its parts ; but as it
is pretty ccriain that Smyth did not obtain a fellowship in
Onel, or in Lincoln, I see no reason why he should remove
from one college to the other. It is true, as Wood observes,
that he was a benefactor to both thofe colleges: but as a
bishop of Lincoln he was visitor of both; and that single
consideration was sufficient to call forth his liberality, soli-
citous as he was to encourage and reward the study of letters,
wherever it was found, but especially in his own university.
With respect to (Jriel college, had he ever been a member of
thtit society, circumstances occurred, when it would naturally
have been mentioned. There are two letters from the pro-
vost and fellows of that college addressed to him, in the
highest strain of gratitude for favours received and honour
conferred ; but not a hint is dropped of what they must have
known, and would hardly have suppressed, that the col-
lege, to which he was now a distinguished benefactor, was
proud to enroll him also among her sons. On the whole,
if he studied in either of these colleges, which after all is not
clear, it probably was in Lincoln, where Wood finds William
^ Smyth a commoner ia 1478. Chutton, Founders, p. 14.]
leges, especially the last, and that in an ' epistle
to him concerning his election to the chancellor-
ship of the univ. of 0.\on, the members thereof
do say that he was sometimes ' alumnus academiae
Oxon.') sure I am that he, as others, being fearful
of divers pests hapning in Oxon in their time,
did recede to Cambridge, where this Will. Smyth
became fellow, and afterwards master of Pembroke
hall. 9 About that time he was made archdeacon
of Surrey," D. D. of Cambridge, (in which degree
he was incorporated at Oxon,) and afterward clerk
of the hamper, if 1 mistake not,^ (for we have an'
epistle written to one Mr. Will. Smyth, cler.
haraperii for the expedition of the consummation
of the privileges of the university) and at length
being elected bishop of Lichfield and Coventry,
had restitution •• made of the temporalities of that
see 29 Jan. 8. Hen. 7. Dom. 1492. After he had
sat there about three years, he was elected bishop
of Lincoln; so that having restitution^ made of
the temporalities thereof on the G I'eb. 1495 sate
there till the time of his death, became a great
man in the king's favour, counsellor to prince
Arthur, president of Wales, (being the first of all
that bore that office,*) chancellor of the university
of Oxford, and prime founder of Brasen-nose coll.
there. He gave way to fate on the second day of
January in fifteen hundred and thirteen, and was
buried in the great middle isle near to the se-
pulchre of Will. Alnwyke sometimes B. of Line,
towards the west end of the cath. church at Lin-
coln. Over his grave was a very large marble
tomb-stone soon after laid even with the pave-
ment, having thereon engraven, on a large brass
plate, the portraicture of a bishop mitred and
' In Lib. vel. Reg. Epistol. Univ. Oxon. F. fol. 182.
epist. 495. vide etiam epist. 484.
9 [This is asserted very positively, but without any foun-
dation. Wood has confounded the bishop with a W'illiam
Smith fellow of Pembroke, who was presented by that society
to the rectory of Overton Walcrvile, Huntingdonshire; ia
1500. See this proved by Churton, Founders, pp. 16—20.
Baker says — He was neither master nor fellow of Pembr.
hall, as evidently appears from Bp. Wren's ace'. De Custod.
el Sociis Pembroch nor was he originally D.D. of Cambridge;
for an. 1496. • Conceditur epcT Lincoln iensi ut possit hie
incorporari (viz Cant.) quandocunque venerit, sive in ter-
mino, sive extra terminum 8fc — Liber Procur. Cant. — The
like grace to Dr. Jane, Dr. Fitz-Jamys, Dr. Warham &c. —
IbidJ]
' [See this proved to be a mistake in Churton's Founders,
p. .13.]
* [The office of clerk of the hanaper was given hm» for
life, by patent, dated Sept. 20. 1. Hen vii, 1485, with an
annual stipend of forty pounds, and an additional allowance
of eighteen peace a day, whenever he or his deputy should be
employed, in the business of his post, to attend upon the lord
chancellor, or the keeper of the great seal. Churlon, p. 23.]
3 In Lib. vel. Reg. Epistol. Univ. Oxon. F. ep. 369.
* Fat. 8. Hen. 7. p. I. m 6,
5 Pat. 11. Hen. 7. p. 2. 16.
* [I cannot inform you how many might have been be-
fore him, but, I do not believe he was the first. Vide, «n
instance of one sooner in the 389. p. of The History qf Cam-
hia, publ. by David Powell. Homphrets.]
[651]
1513.
701
SMYTH.
BAIMiUIlJGE.
702
vested for the altar, with a crosier in his left
hand ; and on the verge of the said stone was this
inscription engraven on several narrow plates of
brass : ' Sub niarniore isto tenet hie tumulus ossa
vencrabilis in Christo Fatris ac Domini, domini
Willielnii Smyth, quondam Conventriensis &
Lychfeldensis, ac deinde Lincolniensis praesulis;
Iui obiit secundo die mensis Januarii, anno
>omini niillcsimo quingentcsimo tertio decimo :
cujus aninia; propitictur Deus, qui pius &, mise-
ricors & in die tribulationis misericors peccata re-
mittit. Ecclesiastico.'
At the foot of the portraicture are these verses
following, engraven on a brass plate, fastned to
the said stone :
' Cestrensis Prxsul, post Lyncolniensis, Amator
Cleri, nam multos eis mare transque aluit.
Quique utriusque fuit Prefectus Principis aulae,
Fundavitque duas perpctuando Scholas.
Aulaque sumptu hujus renovatus est Enea
Criste
Hie situs est, animae parce benignse sue.'
You may see more of this worthy bishop in Hist.
Si- Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib.2. p. 104. b. Ifil.b. 212.
415. b. He the said Dr. Smyth gave three hun-
dred pounds to John the prior, and convent of
Laund in Leicestershire, to have the parsonage
and parish church of Roysthorne in Cheshire
bought and appropriated to their house : Which
accordingly being done, the said prior and con-
vent did, in consideration thereof, give and con-
firm under their common seal to the mayor and
citizens of Chester an annuity of ten pounds to be
paid from the monastery of S. Werburgh within
the said city, to the end that they pay that annui-
ty to a master or batch, of arts, or at least to a
master of grammar, that should teach grammar
freely at tarnworth in Lancashire. Ihis was
done 22 Hen. 7. and soon after was a school
settled there. He also gave many ornaments, and
other stuff to Brasen-nose coll. to be used in their
ehappel and elsewhere.
[Willelmus Smith archid'us Northamton 14
Aug. 1506.
Will'us Smyth L. B. admiss. ad rect. de Clies-
hunt 14 Junii 1492, ad pres. Margaretai comitissoe
Richm. Aug. Oldham ad eandein 22 Jul. 1494,
per promot. vVill'i Smyth ad ep'atum Cov.Lichf.
jR^. Hill, ep. Lond.
Will'us Smyth Coven, et Lychfeld dioc. per
literas dimissor. ad titulum collegii Corporis
Christi in Oxon. de quo socius existit in subdia-
conum ordinatus per Joh'em Lond. ep'um die
Sabbati xxiv Feb. I53G, etin presbitcrum ult. die
Martii 1537. Reg. Stokesley, ep. Lond.
Dean of St. Stephens, Westminster. Kennet.
There was a picture of Smyth at the church of
Famworth, Lancashire, where he built the South
aisle. This was destroyed during the civil war in
Charles the first's reign, but is recorded by Roger
Dodsworth, who visited it May SO, 1635. MS.
Dodsw. 142, fol. 224, b, and 153, fol. 46, b. in
bibl. Bodl. His portrait has been engraved in
mezz. by Faber, and from the picture at Brazen-
nose coll. in 8vo. for Churton's Founders.']
CHRI.STOPHEIl BAINBRIDGE, Bam-
BRiDG, or Baynhiiigg, was born at Hilton near
Appleby in Westmoreland, educated in Queen's
coll. of which he became provost before the year
1495, (being about that time LL.D.)and after-
wards a liberal benefactor thereunto. In Feb.
1485, he being then prebendary of South-Grant-
ham in the cath. church of Salisbury, (which he
resigned) became prebendary of Chardstock in the
said church, and in Apr. I486 was made preb. of
Horton in that church, on the resignation of R.
Morcton. In 1503, Sept. 28, he was admitted
preb. of Strenshall in the cath. ch. of York, then
void by the consecration ofJeffr. Blyth'tothe
see of Lich. aad Coventry, and on the 21 Dec.
following he was installed dean of the said church
of York, in the place of the said Jeffr. Blyth,
who had been installed in that dignity (in the
place of Dr. Will. Sheffield deceas'd) 24 Mar.
1496. In 1505 he was not only made dean of
Windsor but master of the rolls, and one of the
king's counsellors, in which year he resigned his
rectory of the ch. of Aller in the dioc. otB. and
Wells. In 1507, he being elected bishop of
Durham, had restitution ' made to him ot the
temporalities of that see 17 Nov. the same year ;
and in the next, being elected archbishop of York,
on the death of Tho. Savage, had the temporali-
ties also of that see restored « to him 12 Dec. 24
Hen. 7. In March 1511, he was made cardinal
of S. Praxedis for the service he did in persuad-
ing K. Hen. 8. to take part with the pope in the
wars between him and Lewis 12. king of France ;
and in 1514, being then in Rome, was poisoned
by one Rinaldo de Modena an Italian priest,
(who was his steward " or ' chaplain)" upon
malice and displeasure conceived, for a blow
his master gave him, as the said Rinaldo, when
he was executed for it, confessed at his death.'
He ended his days on the 14 July in fifteen hun-
dred and fourteen, and was, as certain authors
say, buried in the English hospital (now called
' [10 Febr. 1602, rev. patcr contulltcanonicatum in eccl.
sua cath. preb. de Sneatyng in cadein, vac. per lib. resign.
M. Galfridi lilithc, S. T. P. canonici et prebendarii raagistro
Edwardo Underwood art. inceptori. Rec. Il'areham.
Mag'r Galfridus Blithe archi'dus Clivcland Ebor. dice, per
literas dimissor. ordinatur in prcsbiterum ad tituKim archidia-
tus sni per Joh'em ep'um Elien. in cccl. paroch. B. Petri
de Wysbiche, 4 Apr. I4<j(i. Jifg. Alcock. KesjjeT.]
' Pat. a3. Ilcn. 7. p. 2. m. 24.
9 Pat. 2+. Hen. 7. |>. 3 m. 11.
' " Stow's AnnaU, in the year 1514."
* [See a very curious letter on this subject, loo long for
insertion here, in Fiddes's Life of Card. PVoUty, Append,
page Si3.]
[652]
IjU.
70
BAINBRIDGE.
STANLEY.
704
tlie English college) in Rome. The author of
cniHinnr\\'olsey's Life ' saith, that the said cardi-
nal Baiiibridge died ut Kohan in France, being
then and there the king's ambassador. Onuph.
Panvinius, and Joh. Baleus, with his authors,
tell us that Christopher Urswyke, who was
predecessor to the said cardinal Bainbridge in
the dcanry of Windsor, wfis made cardinal of
S. Pra.\edis, but false, for it must be understood
of Bainbridge. As for Christoph. Urswyke, lie
had been recorder of London in part of the reign
of Edw. 4. in the time of Ric. 3. and in part of
Hen. 7. To which last king being chaplain, and
afterwards almoner, was by him imploy'd in seve-
ral embassies, especially to Charles 8. K. of
P'rance, chusing him the rather for that imploy-
ment, because he was a churchman, as best
sorting with an embassy of pacification, as that
and otners were, to the said king. In 1488, May
22, he being then LL. D. was confirmed dean
of York by his proctor, in the place of Rob.
Bothe, who died 25 Jan. going before. Which
dignity Urswyke resigning, was succeeded therein
by Will. Sheffield LL. 1). in the month of June
1494. In 1490 he was made canon of Windsor,
and about that time archdeacon of Wilts, (in the
place, if I mistake not, of one Hugh * Pavy, who
had succeeded in that dignity Pet. Courtney
upon his promotion to the see of Exeter, in the
beginning ofFebr. 1478.) and in 1493, Mar. 21.
was not only made preb. of Botevaunt in the
church of York, on the resignation of Edward
Chcyney, but also archdeacon of Richmond on
the promotion of John Blyth to the see of Sarum.
In 1495, Nov. 20, he was installed dean of Wind-
sor in the place of Dr. Jo. Morgan made bishop
of St. Davids, and about the same time became
registrary of the most noble order of the garter.
Afterwards he was ofTcred the bishopric of Nor-
wich, upon the death of James Goldwel, but
refused it, and in the beginning ofFebr. an. 1504,
became archdeacon of Oxford, on the promotion
of Dr. Rich. Mayhew to the see of Hereford.
At length after he (in the chief part of his life-
time) had refused great honours, and so conse-
auenlly riches, he retired to Hackney near Lon-
on, where, in a contented condition, he spent
several years in a religious and close retirement
even to his death, which hapning in a good old
age on the 24 Octob. in 1521, was buried on
the North-side of the chanceldf the ch. there;
where was lately, if not still, a monument of
white free-stone remaining over his grave. *
' In cap. 4.
♦ The said lluf^h Pavy was afterwards bish. of S. Davids.
' [1488, 31 May, Mag'r Chr. Ursewyk coll. ad prcb. de
Nonh Kelst-y, per mort. mag'ri Phil. Lipeyeat. Heg. Jiussel,
cp'i Line. \lag'r. Pctrus Pciinik LL. l). ad preb. de North
Kclscy infra eccl. calh. Line, per resign, mag. Ursewykc, ad
pre*, regis. Te«tc 20 Martii, re^. x"'". Autogr. in Reg. liuck-
den. 149.5, .5 Mart. Magr. Christoph. Ursevvyk per procurat.
adiniss. ad archid. Hunt. Reg. Line.
[1505, 18 Febr. Christopherus Baynbrige ad-
missus ad decanatum Wynaesore. Reg. AudleVf
ep. Sarum.
Christoph. Bainbrigg S. T. B. admiss. ad rcct.
de Hormead parva com. Ilertf. 1 Febr. 1580.
Obiit ante 2G Jun. l604. Reg. Grindall et Ban-
croft.
Christ. Baynbrigg L. D. coll. ad thesaurar*
S. Paul, Lond. 2 Junii 1497, per promot. Fitz-
janies ad ep'at. Roff. quain resign, ante 10 Nov.
1503.
10 Nov. 1503, reverend us pater thesaurariam
in ecclesia cath. Lond. per lib. resign, mag'ri
Cliristopheri Baynbrigge ult. possess, mag'ro
Edwardo Vaughan legum doctori contulit &c.
Reg. Warham. Ken net.
Several original letters from Bainbridge to
Henry VIII. and Wolsey, will be found in MS.
Cotton. Vitellius B. ii.]
JAMES STANLEY, son of Thomas earl of
Derby, was bom in Lancashire, and educated in
this university, but in what house, I cannot yet
tell. On the 3 March 1491 he became preb. of
Yatminster prima in the cath. church of Sarum,
and in the year following preb. of Bcdminster
prima in the said church. In 1500, Dec. 3, he
became archdeacon of .Richmond on the resigna.-
■Christoph. Urswick D.D. admiss. ad rect. de Bradwell
juxta mare, com. Essex, 14 Nov. 1438, cjuam resign, ante 5
Jan. 1496. Reg. Kemp et Hill.
1501, 21 Jun. Maz'r Xiopherus Ursewike admiss. per
procurat. ad preb. de Milton ecclesia. Reg. Line.
Christ. Urswicke elccmosynar. d'ni regis coll. ad prcb. de
Chiswicke 20 Feb. 148(j. Idem LL. D. iu decan. Ebor.
a rege confirmatur 23 Mail 1488. Coll. ad rect. de Hucknejr,
1302.
6 Nov. 1.502, rev. pater Lond. ep'us approbavit negotium
permiitationis inter Ten. viros mag'ni Cliristoph. L'rsewyke,
canonic, eccl. coll. s'cti Joh'is Beverlachi ac prebcndarium
preb. ad altare S. Martini in ead. et .VI. Joli'em Eorster rect.
eccl. paroch. de Ilakcncy.
I5i;2, 23 Mar. Tho'. Winter coll. ad preb. de Bedwynde
in eccl'ia Sarum, per mortem Christopheri Urswick. ^eg;
Audley.
1322, penult, die Martij, ma^'rRic'us Sparcheforlh cli'cuj,
ad eccl. de Hakency Lond. dioc. v.ic. per niort mag'ri Chris-
topheri Ursewyke cli'ci ult. incumb. ex pres. Hcnrici regis,
rationc scdis Lond. vacantis. R'-'g. H^arham, Cant.
Epitaphiuni in medio presbytcrio ecclesia; de Hackney,
prop. London. Christopherus Urswicus regis H. 7.
cleemosiaarius, in sua aetate clarus, ad cxteros reges unde-
cies pro patria legatus, decanatum Ebor. archidi.itum Kicli-
niond, decanatum Windsor habitos, vivens rcliquit. Ep'atum
Norwiccnscm oblatum recusavit. Magnos honorcs tola vita
sprevit. Frugali vita conlentus, hie viverc hie niori maluit.
Plenus annis obiit ab omnibus desideratus. Funeris pompum
ctiam tcstameiito vctuit. Hie sepultus. Obiit anno 1321 die
24 Octob. Kennet.
Theobald says, ' I find by the Chronicles, (him) to have
been a bachelor in divinity, and chaplain to the countess of
Richmond, who had intermarried with the lord Stanley.
This priest the history tells us, frequently went backwards
and forwards unsuspected, on messages between the connlcss
of llichmdnd and her husband, and the young earl of Hich-
jiiond, whilst he was preparing to make his descent ou
England.' Thcob. i'AaijjJ. Vol. 4. 495. Waniby.]
705
STANLEY.
706
tion of Christoph. Urswyke, and in 1505, in Sept.
clinntor of the catli. cli. of Saium, being then
waitloii of tiio i-oli. at Manolicster in his own
country. On tiic 18 Jmif 150(i, lie, by tlic name
of ' Jacobus Stanley nuper iiujus univcrsitatis
scbolasticus,' (did '' supplicate the venerable con-
gregation of regents, that he might be licensed to
proceed in the civil law, which was grunted with
some conditions ; and beihg soon after elected
bishop of Ely, after the doatli of Rich Redman,
the temporalities thereof were ' restored to him 5
ISov. following. On the 29 Jan. 1507, the said
regents, witb the non-regents, did grant' tliat he
the said James Stanley bishop of Ely migiit be
[653] created doctor of decrees by a cap put on his
head by Will, archb. of Canterbury and Richard
B. of London. Whic-h grant being accordingly
performed with solemnity, a letter of thanks was
sent to the university for the honour tliey had
done unto him. He left behind him at his death
a natural son called John de Yarford a knight ;
whom probably he had begotten on a concubine,
which (as Dr. TV. Godwin tells' us) he kept at
Somersham in his diocese. In his last ' will and
test, dated 20 March 1514, and proved 2.3 May
1515, I find that it was his desire to be buried in
a new chappel to b(; made within the precincts of
the cath. eh. of Ely, or else in his new chappel
then in building at Manchester. His will fartlier
was, ' That the chappel to be made for him to be
buried and rest his bones in, should l)o made at
the east end of the calhedral church of Ely, for
which he would that 100 marks be bestowed on a
tomb for him to be erected tiierein. Also that
another ehajjpel be built at Manchester, on the
north side of the church, between St. James's
chappel and the east of the church, wherein lie
■• • would have a tomb made for him. On which
chappel and tomb he would have an hundred
' pounds bestowed for the building of them,' &c. —
In this last chappel dedicated to S. Job. Bapt.
which joins on tbe north side of the collegiate
, church at Manchester (wherein I presume he was
buried, because there is neither tomb or inscrip-
tion for him at Ely) 1 find this inscription follow-
ing : ' Of your charytye pray for the Sowie of
James Stanley sometymes Bishop of Elye and
Wardeyn of Manchester, who decessed thys tran-
1614-15 ''y'^ory Wourld the xxii. of March yn the yere
of owrc Lord God m.d.xv. nj)on wliose Sowle
and all Christen Sowles Jcsu have mercy &c.
Vive Deo gratus, toto mundo tumulatus.
Crimine mundatus, semper transire paratus.
Eilii hominum,' &c.
* Reg. Univ. 0.xon. G. contin. acta congreg. fol. ig. b.
' Pat. 22. Hen. 7. p. 3. m. 13.
• lb. in cod. iJcg. fol. 51.
9 lu Commtnt. dc Pricsut. Angl. edit. l6lC. p. 331.
' In offic. Pritrog. Cant, in Itcg. Holder, (jiu 7-
Vol. U,
In a catalogue, or rather history of tlic wardens
of Manchester coll. which I have * seen, 1 find
these matters of James Stanley, — At Maneiiester
he built a most sumptuous eiiappel on the north
side of the church, being 28 yards long and «)
yards broad, and a .square chaj>pcl on the north
side of that again he built, lie built the south
side of the wood-work in the (|uire, the seats for
the warden, fellows and church-men, being thirty
seats on l)oth sides, and Mr. I{ich. Ilexwick that
builded Jesus chappel, builded the otlier side.
He lieth buried on the north side of this cliappel,
in a fair tomb, with his j)ictm'e in l)rass, in his
pontifical robes, and tiie arms of Derby and his
uishoprie im])aled, &c. In the see of Ely suc-
ceeded James Stanley one Nicholas West' doctor
of both the laws of ("ambridgc, who had restitu-
tion'' made of the tem[)oralitics c>f liiat see G Sept.
7 Hen. 8. Dom. 1515. He was born at Putney
in Surrey, educated in grammar learning in Eaton
school near Windsor, ciiose scholar of King's
coll. in 1477. Where ^ proving a factious and
turbulent person set the whole college together
by the ears about the proi'torship of tlic univer-
sity. And when he could not obtain his desires,
he set fire on t\ft: provost's lodgings, stole away
silver spoons, anil run away from the college.
But within short space after, he became a new
man, repaired to the university, and with gene-
ral approbation for his excellent learning he
was made doctor ' of divinity. He was well
experienced in the civil and canon laws, and
had such an art and faculty in opening dark
)laces and sentences of the?i5rcripture tiiat none of
lis time could exceed him, &c. In 1510 he
liecame dean of Windsor, in the place of Dr.
Thom. Hobbes warden of Alls. coll. deceased,
and registrary of the most noble order of the
Garter.' Afterwards king Hen. 8. sent him
often ambassador to foreign princes, and Q.
Katharine chose him and bishop Fisher her
advocates in the cause of divorce from K. Hen.
8. for which he incurr'd that king's displeasure.
He paid his last debt to nature on the sixth
day of Apr. 1533. Whereupon his body was
* In coll. armonim C. 37.
' [Mng'r Nich. West LL D. ordinatur prcsbit. die 18
Apr. 1500, .'id tiluluiii cccl'ia? parochialis dc Eglieclef Dundm
dioc. Itif!. 'I'ho. Savage, ey. Lond.
1507, 8 Maii, Nicli. VVcsl LL. D. ad dignitatem thesaura-
rii infra cccl. catii. Ciceslr. ex prcs. Henrici regis, raiione
sedis Ciccstr. v.ic. lieg. Warhani. Kennet. He was also
archdeacon of Derby in 1501. See Willis's Cathedrals, 421.]
♦ Pal. 7. Hen. 8. p. 2.
' Tbo. Hatcher in liis Cat. of Provosts, Fclloict and Schol.
of King's Coll. in Cambr. Mb. sub. an. 1477-
'' But in tlic Iting's writing for the restitution of his tempo-
ralities, he is stiled ' doctor ofboth the laws.'
' [13 Apr. 1509, Mag. Johe's Pratt in ulroque jure
bacc a<l canonicatum in eccl. Pauli Lond. ct preb. de OxgiUc,
vac. per resign, ven. viri mag'ri Thome Ilubbys ult. poss. liig,
Filtjames, Lund. Kbnnet.I
707
TIlOllNDEN.
MAC-CARMACAN.
MAYHEW
708
f654]
Clar.
1514.
buried in the catli. church of Ely, in the middle
of a chappel by liiin a little before erected on the
south side of the stiine church. Soon after was a
large marble laid over his grave, with tl)is inscrip-
tion thereon : ' Of vour charytye pray for the
sowle of Nicholas West sometynies Bishop of this
See, and for all Christian Sowles. For the whych
prayer, he hath graunted to every person so doyng
fortye days of pardon for every tymc that they
shall so pray,' &c. In tiie said see of Ely suc-
ceeded Thorn. Goodrick D. of div. son of Ed-
ward Goodrick of Kirbye in Lincolnshire, son of
John Goodricke of Biillingbrook in the said
county, which Thomas was educated in King's
college in the university of Cambridge.^
[Jac. Stanley coll. ad preb. de Holy well in eccl.
Paul. 26 Aug. 1458, per mort. Ric'i Cawdry,
quam comnuitavit cum llic'o Laugley pro custod.
eccl. collcg. de Manchester 21 Aug. 1481.
Jacobus Stanley fuit archidus Cestria; et pre-
bendas de Ilaliwell in eccl. S. Paul, Lond. 22
Januar. 1478. Reg. Tho, Kemp.
Jacobus Stanley fuit dccan. capella; regiae
S. Martini magni, Lond. 1493. Reg. Hill. Ken-
net. J
JOHN THORNDEN, sometimes written
Thornton, " studied I think in Canterbury col-
lege," was doctor of div. and several times com-
missary or vice-chancellor of this university,
while Dr. Warham archb. of Canterbury was
chancellor, viz. between the years 1506, and 1514,
in which time he is often stiled ' episcopus Syry-
nensis and Syrymensis' (perhaps the same with
Sirmium in Hungary) as being a suffragan to the
• [Thomas Gootlrick was of Benet roll. Cambr. Baker.
He was admitted rector of S. Peter's Cheap, London, Nov.
I6, 1529, being then master of arts, at the presentation of car-
dinal VVolsey, commendatory of the abby of S. Alban's;
from whence he was promoied to the bishopric of Ely, being
doctor of law, and chaplain to K. Hen. 8. to which he was
elected Mar. 17, 1534, confirmed by the archbishop, on Apr.
13 following, at Croydon, and consecrated by him in his
chapel there, on the igth of the same month, and installed
in his church on May 2. He was very active in promoting
the reformation of the church of England, begun in his time;
upon which account he was very acceptable to kins Edward
Vl. who made him lord chancellor, Dec. i2, 1551, from
which he was removed when Q. Mary came to the crown ;
but held his bishoprick till his deatli, which happen'd
May 10, (some say 0) 1554, at Somersham. He built a fair
gallery in the north-side of his palace at Ely, and otherwise in
that house, bestowed much cost. He was buried almost in
the middle of the choir at Ely, where he had a tomb, and by
his epitaph thereon it appears, that he was for twenty years
bishop of Ely; a man very acceptable to two noble kmgs of
this realm in many actions, both concerning the church and
commonwealth ; for abroad he was often emplo ed in em-
bassies to foreign princes, and at home after he had been of
the privy-council a while unto king Edw. VI. was made at
last higii chancellour of England : whether he was more
dear unto his prince for his singular wisdom, or more beloved
of the commonality, for his integrity and abstinence; it is
even very hard to say ; farther than this, he is said to be ' vir
Justus, mansuetus, hospitalis, misericors, amans omnej, & ab
•mnibus amatus.' Nevvcourt, Repertorium, i, 621.}
Reg
archbishop, which is all I know of him. " He
" was prior of the Black Monks at Dover, and
" suffragan of Dover, 1508.9"
[1505, 23 Dec. Ven. in Xto pater et dils di'is
Johe's Thornton Cironensis ep'us, ad eccl. de
High Hardys, perresign. rev'di in Xto palris D. D,
Join's Beel cp'i Marionen. e.\ pies. Edwardi duci*
Bucking. Reg. fVarfiam.
1506, 6Aug. Rev. in Xto. pater Joh'es Thorne-
ton S.T. P. Sirincnsis ep'us ad eccl. de Newyn-
ton per mort. D. Thome Ryly e.x. coll. ar'e'pi.
Warham.
\501, 30 Aug. D. Joh'es Thornton ep'us Ciro-
nensis ad eccl. de Harbaldown per resign. D.
Thomae Barchurch, ex coll. ar'e'pi Cant. Iltid.
1511, 18 Sept. Mag'r Cuthbertus Tuuslall in
visitationc monasterii S. Martini novi operis Do-
vor. injunxit priori d'no Joh'i Thorneton Sironen-
sis ep'o quod fratres sui non exeant in villaui sive
opidum de Dovor, sine speciali licentia prioris,
&c. Ibid.
1512, ult. Jul. D, Joh'es Thorneton S. T. P.
Dei gr. Cironensis ep'us ad eccl. paroch. de Al-
dyngton Cant. dioc. per lib. resign, mag'ri Erasmi
Rotherodami cl'ici ult. incumb. solvenda anuua
pcnsione dicto Erasmo, durante vita. Ibid.
1514, 2 Nov. Mag. Petrus Polkyn, LL. D. ad
eccl. de Jllogh monachorum in dee. de Bockyng
per resign, vcn. confratris nostri Joh'is Dei gr.
Sironen. ep'i, ex coll. ar'ep'i. Ibid.
1514, 18 Nov. Mag'r Ric. Master, A.M. ad
eccl. de Aldyngton, per lib. resign, ven. viri D.
Joh'is Dei gr. Sironen. ep. ad coll. ar'e'pi ;juratus
de bene et fideliter solvend. quanda annua pen-
sionem viginti librarum cuidatn mag'ro Erasmo
Roteradamo. Ken net.]
MENELAUS MAC-CARMACAN, some
times written among our imperfect records Carm-
gan Hibernicus, spent some time among his coun-
trymen in this university, but whether he took a
degree, we have no register to shew it. After-
wards retiring to his country he became dean of
Raphoe, and at length bishop of that place in
1484. He died ■ in the habit of a Grey- Frier on
the seventh of the ides of May in 1515, and was
buried in the monastery of the Franciscans, com-
monly called the Grey-Friers, at Dunagall.
Whereupon one Cornelius O'Cahan succeeded
him in his bishopric.
RICHARD MAYHEW, or Mayo, received
his first breath in Berkshire, in a market-town, if
I mistake not, called Hungerfoid, was educated
in grammar learning in Wykeham's school near
to Winchester, admitted true and perpetual fellow
of New coll. in 1459, and on the 28 March 1467,
took holy orders from the hands of George archb.
9 " Mr. Wharton's Observations on Cranmer's Memorials,
p. 2.57."
' Jac. War. in lib. De Prasul. Ilihtrn. p. 77.
1511
MAYHEW
710
of York. Soon after he was elected one of the
proctors of this university, and in 1480 was made
president of Magd. coll. by the founder thereof
W. Waynfloet, and about that time D. of div.
In the beginning of May 1501 he was made arch-
deacon ot tlie East-ri(hng of Yorkshire in the
place of John Hole batch, of decrees, deceased,
(who on the first of May 1497, was, from being
archdeacon of Clievcland, admitted to that dig-
nity on the resignation of Cornbull) and being in-
stalled archdeacon of Oxon, on the lOlh ot the
same month and in the same year, was sent into
Spain to conduct the infanta Katharine to Eng-
land to be wedded to prince Arthur. In 1303 lie
was elected chancellor of this university, and in
the year after, he being one of the king's council,
his almoner, and elected to the see of Hereford,
had restitution * made to him of the temporalities
belonging thereunto, on the first of Nov. 1504.
He paid his last debt to nature on the 18 of Apr.
i5l6. in fifteen hundred and sixteen, and was buried on
the south side of the high altar within his own
cathedral, near to the foot of the image of the
glorious king and martyr Ethelbert. By his ' will
he gave to fifty priests studying in the university
of Oxon, six shillings and eight pence a-piece to
Kray for him, as also several books to New coll.
brary. One Rich. Mayow doctor of decrees of
this university, and canon resid. of the cath. ch.
of Exeter, died in the year 1500, whose executor
then was Thom. Harrys archdeacon of Cornwall,
but what relation there was between this Rich.
Mayow (who was a western-man) and the bishop
before-mentioned, I know not. In the said see
of Hereford succeeded Charles Bothe, LL.D. of
[655] Cambridge; who, after election, received ■< the
temporalities thereof 9 Feb. 1516. By his last
will and 5 testam. proved 8 May 1535, he desired
to be buried in the caih. ch. of Hereford juxta
hostium ex parte boreali ecclesise, ubi construxi
(as he saith) sepulchrum meum.* After him suc-
* Pat 20. Hen. 7. p. I.m.26.
' In Reg. Holder, qu. 18. in offic. prxrog. Cant.
* Pat. 8. Hen. 8. p. 2.
' lb. in Heg. Holder, qu. 25.
* [1503, 15 Dec. dominus Will. Shipley capellan. admissus
ad ecclesiam Sancti Jacobi Garlick-nill, per resign, magr.
Caroli Boih. LL.D. Reg. JFarham.
1516, 2 Dec. mag. Rog. Norton, presb. coll. ad preb. Ra-
culverslond per consecr. Caroli Bootne in ep'um Hereford.
Reg. Fietjiimes.
Carolus Bothe LL. D. fiiit thesaur. eccl. Lichfield, cancel-
larius et vicarius gen. Will'l ep'i Line, archidus Buck. Re;^is
Henrici in iiiarcbljs Wallia; cancellariiis, ad ep"atum Hert-
ford a dicto principe nominaius, 22 Apr. 15 16. Vid. Fastos
meos Kennct.
This Charles Bothe was e<Jucaled at Pembroke hall, Cam-
bridge. He wns collated to the treasurership of Lichfield,
with a prebend annexed, Nov. 18, 14i}5, {Regis/. I.ich.
1. 154) His p.ilron. bishop Smyth, afterwards gave him
the prebend of Clifton, to which he was in(kicte<l Aprd 6.
1501, then the prcbtnd nf Fiirenilon, Aug. 31. 1504, and
lastly the archdeaconry of Bucks, May 8. 1505 (Hurl. MS.S.
6^53, p. ig, 21, 22.) He died May 3. 1535. Churton,
Founders, p. 1 14, tiote f.]
ceeded in the said see Edw. Fox another Canta-
brigian, who had the temporalities thereof re-
stored' to him 4 Oct. 15.')5. This person, who
was an eminent scholar of his time, was bom at
Dursley in (Gloucestershire, educated in Eaton
school near Windsor, admitted scholar of King's
coll. in Cambridge, 27 March 1512, became pro-
vost of it 27 Dec. 1528, and afterwards the king's
almoner, one of his privy council, and a great
promotor of the king's divorce from Q. Katharine,
particularly in the university of Cambridge, where
he and Ur. Steph. Gardiner procured, with much
difficulty and earnest engaging of themselves, the
testimony of the members of the said university
for the king's divorce before-mentioned, an. 1530.
In Sept. 15.31, he was installed archdeacon of
Leicester' upon the resignation of Dr. Steph.
Gardiner, and in Nov. 1533 he was made archt
deacon of Dorset on the death of Will. Bennet.
About which time, or rather before, he had been
ambassador divers times into France and Germany,
and afterwards was secretly a favourer of the re-
formed religion, insomuch that Martin Bucer de-
dicated his Commentary on the Evangelists to him.
He, the said Fox, wrote a book, De vera Diffe-
rentia Regies Potestalis 6; Ecclesiasticce, Sf qua sit
ipsa Veritas, ac Virtus iitriusque. Lond. 1534. 58.
for which and other learned labours, as his AnnO'
tationson Manluan,he is celebrated, andnumbred
among the learned men, by ' Job. Leland. There
is also extant a short oration of his in the story of
the lord Thomas Cromwell, which you may see in
the Acts and Man. of the Church, and other mat-
ters elsewhere. By his last will ' and test, made the
8 May 1538, and proved 20 March following, it
appears that he bequeathed his body to be buried
in the church of S. Mary Hault in London, now
called S. Mary Mounthaw, (de monte alto) the
patronage of which belongs to the bishop of He-
reford. After him succeeded John Skyppe D. D.
sometimes of Gonvill coll. in Cambridge, who,
after his election to the see of Hereford, had the
king's* consent to it, 7 Nov. 1539. He died in
his house at Mount-hault in London in the latter
end of the year (after or on the 18 March) 1551.'
' Pat. 27. Hen. 8. p. 1 .
' [D'us Edw. Fox presb. pres. per Rob. Chaplen virtute
concessionis |)er abb. et conv. de Lillesham ad vicar. d0
Asheby-la-Zoiiche per mort. d'ni Joh'is HarrysOD, 10 Mar.
1304. Reg. Smyth. Kennet.]
' In Pnncipum ac illustrium aliquot erudilmvm in Angtia
Viroriim Encom. &c. Lond. 1589. qu P. 63.
' In offic. prserog. utsup. in Reg. Dingley, Qu. 85.
' Pat. 31. Hen. 8. p. 3.
5 [1534, 9 Febr. Jo. Skypp S.T P. admiss. ad vie. de
Thaxsted, per privat. Nic'i Wilson. Reg.Stokesleu.
Joh. SkippeS.T. P. admiss. ad Newington, in dccanatu
Croydon, 7 Jan. 1537. Reg.lVarliam.
KWg, 19 Mar. Will. Mole S. I". B. admiss. ad vicar.de
Th.ixtede, per consecr. Joh. Skyp, in cp'iim Hereford. Reg.
Doner.
1540, 27 Aug. Will'us ep'us Norwic. contulit archidiatum
Suffnlc. WiU'o Rivet vacantem per consecrationcm Jo.'i'is
Skyp in ep'um Hereford. Reg. frilfi Repps, ep'i Nonvici.
Kbnnet.]
2Z2
Jl
llATTOiN.
SALLEY.
MAC-MAUON.
PURSELL.
COURCY.
712
1516.
[650]
1516.
Wliereupon his body was buried near to that of
his predecessor Edward Fox before-mciuioiicd.
[Doetor Mayo coiiciliarius regius iu concilio
tento apiid Woodstoc 7 Oct. an. 10. Hen. 7.
State of the Court of Requests.
149'}, 24 .Ian. Mag. Kic. Mayowe, S.T.P. coll.
ad arcliid. Oxon. per resign, mag'ri Olivcri Kyng:
juravit ad persolvend. annuas prestationes SOlibr.
ep'o Line, et succ. ejus, ut de onere reali dicti
archidiatus. Reg. Russet. Kennet.]
JOHN HATTON, a Yorkshire man born, as
it seems, and among the Oxonians for a time edu-
cated, became well beneficed in that county, and
at length suffragan bishop to the archbishop of
York under the title of Nigrcpont; which is, as
1 suppose, near to the Archipelago. In the year
1503 ne was made prebendar}' of Gevendale in tlie
church of York, and in the year following preb.
of Ulleskelf in the same church. But the said
promotions being not sufficient to keep up the
port of a bishop, ne was made archdeacon of Not-
tingham in the place of Tho. Crosley deceased, in
the beginning of Sept. 1506. He departed this
mortal life on the 25 Apr. in fifteen hundred and
sixteen, and was buried in the north isle joining to
the choir of the cathedral church at York. In
his archdeaconry succeeded William Fell D.D.
and in his prebendary of Ulleskelf, Brian Hvgdcn
LL. D.
MILES SALLEY, or Sawley, a Benedictine
monk of Abingdon abbey, almoner ■• thereof, and
in 1498 abbot of the monastery of Einsham near
to, and in the county of Oxford, was promoted
to the rich bishopric of Landaff in Nov. 1504,'
and in the year following did * bestow consider-
able exhibitions on certain poor scholars of Ox-
ford, in which university, (in Gloccstcr coll. I
think) he had received his academical education.
He departed this mortal life in the month of Sept. in
fifteen hundred and sixteen, (at which time he be-
queathed many good things to Einsham abbey)
whereupon his heart and bowels were buried be-
fore the image of S. Theodorick at the high altar
iu the church of Mathern in Monmouthshire, (at
which place the B. of Landaff hath a palace) and
his body carried to Bristol, where it was with
freat solemnity buried on the north side of our
rfidy's chappel before the image of S. Andrew,
situate and being within the college of Gaunts,
(which Leland in his Itinerary stiles the Gauntes
alias the Bonhome*,) founded originally by Hen.
de Gaunt a priest. After him succeeded in the
see of Landaff George Athcqua a Black-Frier of
Spain, who by the name of Georgius de Attien
had the ' temporalities thereof given to him 23
♦ Joh Leland in torn. I . Cu//f rf. p. 473 .
' [Milo Salley abbas de Evesham (nuaere an Enesham?)
ep'iis Landav. liccnliam consecrationis extra Cant, ecclc'ani,
celebrandffi accepit die 10 Martii 1499. Reg. Cant. Hunc
itaqucertorcmdeann. 1504aGodwinotranscripsit. KeNNEX.]
* Meg. Unio. Oxun. q fol. 237.
Apr. 9 Hen. 8. Dom. 1517, and after hini followed
a Cambridge doctor named Rob. Halgate or Hol-
gate of Heunesworth in Yorkshire, master of the
order of Sempryngham, and prior of Watton,
who after election to that see, had ' the king's
consent 29 March 28 Hen. 8. Tlie next was
Anthony Dunstan, whom 1 shall hereafter
mention.
JAMES Mac-MAHON, who studied for
some time arts and the civil law, retired to his
native country of Ireland, became thro' certain
petite preferments bishop of Derry 1507, and
died a little before the nativity of our Saviour in
fifteen hinulred and seventeen. He held « the
priorship of S. Pet. and S. Paul of Knock in the
province of Louth in commendam with liis 1S17.
bishopric.
THOMAS PURSELL, whose place of nati-
vity is as much unknown to me as the house in
Oxon wherein educated, became bishop of Wa-
terford and Lismore in Ireland about 1486, and
soon after took care that all ' the ancient charters
of Lismore should be transcribed into a register
or leiger-book ; which book remaining with his
successors till 1G17, was by accident then burnt.
He gave way to fate in fifteen hundred and seven- 1517JJ
teen, but where buried, I know not. In my
searches * it appears that one John, bishop of
Waterford, was rector of Bawdrob or Baudripp,
in the diocese of Bath and Wells, in Jan. 1482,
(22 Ed. 4.) whom I take to be predecessor to
Thorn. Pursell, tho' not mention'd by the author
of the Com. of the Irish Bishops.
EDMUND COURCY was descended from
the noble family of the Courcyes of the province
of Mounster in Ireland, and when young became
a brother of the Franciscan order, in his own
country. Afterwards going into England, studied
the theological faculty (of which he was in few
years after doctor) among those of his order in
Oxon. At length being made bishop of Clogher
in his own country, in 1484, was translated thence
to Ross, on the sixth of the cal. of Octob. 1494.
He gave way to fate in a good old age, in the
monastery of his order at Temolage, in the county
of Cork, on the 14 March, in fifteen hundred and 1518.
eighteen, and was buried there. He is said by a
certain ^ author to be much valued for his fidelity
by king Hen. 7- and that he was the first of the
English nation that obtained the episcopal see of
Clogher.
7 Pat. 9. Hen. 8. p. ].
8 Pat. 28. Hen. 8. p. 2.
9 Jac. War. De Prctsul. IFtb. p. 71.
' Ibid. p. 199.
* In life. Rub- Slollinglun, cp. B. and Wells.
3 Jac. War. ut supr. mPrwsul. Uib- ii.4(). SciaAnnal. Reg. .
HUcrn. edit. Dub. l6(i4, p. 4.
713
WYLSON.
OLDHAM.
714
RICHARD WYLSON, a northern man born,
who, after he had spent sonic time in tlie theolo-
gical faculty, among those of his order in Oxon,
became prior of the monastery of Drax in York-
shire, on the dentil of one Tiionias Hancocke, an.
1307, and about the year ISI.*),* was made sulVra-
gaii bishop to the arelib. of \ ork, under the title
Clar. of Nigrepont. In 1.518 he built tlie choir belong-
1518. ing to the church of Bingley i« Yorkshire, in
which town as 'tis probable, lie was born, but
when he died it appears not. One Ric. Wilson
an English-man became, by provision from the
[657] pope? bishop of Meatli in Ireland, 1jC3, and
sate there about six years; whether the same with
the former I cannot tell.
[In the ch. of Bingley, in a window of the
quire :
Orate pro bono statu reverend issimi in Xto
patris Ricardo Wy Ison, Negroponte episcopi
suftraganci, et prioris de Drax, et pareiitum ejus,
qui istum ehorum et fenestiam fieri fecit. A. D.
1518, et die mensis Martij, 27. Kennet.]
HUGH OLDHAM, or Owldham, descended
from those of his name living at Oldham in Lan-
cashire, was, as it seems, born at Manchester in
that county, and being partly fitted for academi-
cal learning, was sent to Oxon, where continuing
for a while, went to Cambridge, took a degree
there, and in Sept. 1495 was made preb. of South
Aulton in the church of Sarum, on the death of
John Coryndon ; he the said Oldham being about
that time chaplain to Margaret countess of Rich-
mond, and canon of the cath. ch. at Lincoln. In
1499, he, by the name of Hugh Oldham L.L.
bac. was admitted preb. of South Cave in the ch.
of York, in the place of Dr.. Will. Worsley de-
ceased, and on the 12th of Jan. the same year he
was installed in his proper person in that dignity.
In 1504 he being by the endeavours of the said
countess elected bishop of Exeter, by the name of
Mr. Hugh Oldham, without the addition of
doctor or bach., was ^ restored to the temporalities
of that see, 6 Jan. 1504. He sate there several
years, not without some disturbance from the
abbot of Tavistock, occasioned by a contention
between them about the liberties of the church
of Exeter; and dying on the 25lh of June, in
15 ig. fifteen hundred and nineteen, was buried in the
cath. ch. ofS. Peter at Exeter, in a chappel of his
own erection, hallowed in honour of our Lord
God S. Saviour, joining to the south side of the
church, a little above the high altar. In which
chappel he appointed some of the vicars-choral
of Exeter to say mass daily for his soul. He was
a benefactor to the said vicars, by giving them
♦ [Certainly not till the year 15l6, if die true date be as-
-signctl for J. Hation's death in the preceding column (711) :_
and thi; true date is there assigned, for vide Browne Willis's
1st 4to. {Culk(drals) pa£;e 100. LovEDAy.]
5 Pat. 20. Hen. 7- p- l-'M- 24.
the lands which belonged to the brethren of the
Holy Trinity ut Totness in Devonshire (whose
cell there had been founded by one De la Bont,
lord of Little Totness, but** suppressed by the
said Oldham) to the end that they might be redu-
ced together every day at one table to take com-
mons. He was also an especial benefactor to
C. C. coll. in Oxon, as you may elsewhere' see :
and at Manchester in Lancashire (where his obit
was solemnised several j-ears after his death in the
collegiate church") he built an house to be cm-
ploy'd for a school, joining to the coll. there, on
the west part. Of this scliool he appointed a
master and an usher, who were to teach children
grammar after the u.se, manner, and form, of the
school at Banbury in Oxfordshire, where Tho.
Stan bridge taught the grammar composed by
John Stanbridge. He appointed the president of
C. C coll. in Oxon. for the time l>eing, to elect
a school-master and an usher, the former to have
10/. and the other 51. per an. The master was to
teach freely without reward or taking of cock-
pennies, victor pennies, potation -pennies, &c.
Whether this school did go to ruin in the time of
K. Ed. G. or was like to be dissolved I know not.
Sure I am that Hugh Bexwyck clerk and Joan
Bexwyck widow setled the said school 10 Eliz.
[Hug. Oldham admiss. ad eccl. S. MildredoB
Bread-street, Lond. 19 Sept. 1485, quam resign.
1488.
Margareta comitissa Richmond pres. mag'um
Hugonem Oldham cler. ad eecl.deSwynesheved,
dioc. Line, per mort. ult. rectoris, die 3 Febr.
1493. Apogr. in Reg. Episcoporitin Line, apiid
Buckden.
1494, 22 Jul. Mag. Hug. Oldham canon libera;
capellae rcgia; S*^" Steph'i in Westm. coll. ad eccl.
de Cheshunt per coDsecr. Will'i in ep'um Gov.
Lichf. Reg. Hill, ep'i Lond.
1490, 11 Mar. Mag'r Hug. Oldham coll. ad
preb. de Newington, per mortem mag'ri Ric'i
Lichfeld, archid. Middlesex. Reg. Savage.
Mag'r Hug. Oldham presb. present, per abb.
et conv. dc Ramsey, ad eccl. de Wardeboys, per
resign, mag'ri Tho. Hutton, 31 Mar. 149 • Reg^
Smith, ep'i Line. Hanc eccriam resignavit 1
May, 1501. Reg. Smith, ep'i Line.
Mag'ri Hugo Oldham utr. jur. bacc. presb.
pres. ad hospitula S. Leonardi in Bedford, per
resign, mag'ii Bcrnardi Andrete, 12 Jan. 1499-
lb.
Mag'r Hugo Oldham utr. jur. bacc. pres. per
abb. et conv. Ramsey ad eccl. de Shitlyngdon,
per mort. d'ni Job. Haven. 17 Aug. 1500. 16.
1500, 9 Sept. Mag'r Maishall A.M. presb.
pres. ))er abb. et conv. Westm. ad vicariam de
Swyncsliedenui>er eiectani, vac. per resign, mag'ri
Hiigon. Oldeham niipcr dictam ecclesiam ut
rector obtincntis. lb.
* Joh. Liland in .3 vol. Iliii. p. 27. b.
' In Hist. & Anliq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 231. b.
715
HALSAY.
PENNY.
ATWATER.
716
1519
[658]
1501, 2 Apr. D. Hugo Oldham, rector ecclesiae
de Overton, cum capellis dc Polllmmpton &.c.
dioc. Winton. Reg. Cant.
1504, 6 Jan. Mag'r Job. Pikering decret. bacc.
coll. ad preb. de Newington per resign, mag.
Hug. Oldliam. Reg. Barons.
1504, 19 Jan. Mag. Tbo. Rowtbale utr. jur.
doctor, coll. ad preb. oe Leigbton Busard in eccl.
Line, per consecr. d'ni Hug. Oldham in ep'um
Exon. Reg. Smitlt.
1504, 23 Feb. Eccl'ia prebendalis de Gilling-
hani vacat. per resign. Hug. Oldham. Reg.
Edin. jlndlet), ep'i Sarum.
Mag'r Joh. Oxenbrigge LL. D. pres. per abb.
et conv. Ramsey ad eccl. Omnium Sanctorum
de Shitlyngdon, per consecr. Hug. Oldham in
ep'um Exon. 23 Feb. 1504. Reg. Smith.
Licentia consecrationis extra ecclesiam Cant,
suscipiendaj data Hugoni Oldome electo Exon.
1504 die . . . mensis Martii. Reg. Cant. MS.
D'nus Ric. Elwyn capell. prcs. per Ric. Emson
et Joh. Cutte milites, Humfridiim Conyngesby
sevientem ad legem, Simonem Uigby et Will.
Covyeannigeros, executores testamenti Rcginaldi
Bra}' miiitis, ad hospitale S. Leonard! juxta Bed-
ford, per munus consecr. Hug. Oldham ep'i Exon.
28 Mali 1505. Reg. Smyth. Ken net.
Preb. of Cohoich in the cath. ch. of Lichfield,
Feb. 10, 1494, and of Freford in the same ch.
July 31, 1501.] 7
THOMAS HALSAY, or Halsey, an English-
man, was conversant with the muses in this uni-
versity for a time, but in what house or hostle for
civilians or canonists I cannot yet tell. After-
wards travelling beyond the seas, where, I pre-
sume he had the degree of doctor of laws con-
ferred upon him, he was made penitentiary of the
English nation in the church of S. Peter in Rome,
and the pope's prothonotary of Ireland. At
length by the endeavours of Christop. Bainbridge
archb. of York and cardinal, he was by the pro-
vision of P. Jul. 2. made bishop' of Laighlin in
Ireland, about the year 1513, but never lived, as
it seems, to visit his see or abide there. In 1515
and 16, he was present at the council of Lateran,
while in the mean time his vicar-general (Cha.
Cavenagh) managed his diocese. After his return
into England in order to go into Ireland, he died
in Westminster about fifteen hundred and nine-
teen ; whereupon his body was buried in the
church belonging to the Savoy hospital in the
Strand. Near his tomb stone on the left side was
Gawin Douglas bishop of Dunkeld in Scotland
buried' an. 1522, having been suddenly deprived
of his life by the pest. In the same year (1519)
' [Willis, Cathedrals, page 430, 443 ]
* Warxus utiup. p ijOO.
» Joh. Weevcr iu his Ancient Funeral Monuments, &c.
p. 446.
died also Joh. Imurily bishop of Ross in Ireland,
sometimes a Cistercian monk of Maur in tlie
county of Cork, but whether he was ever of Oxon,
I cannot tell. Sure I am, that several of the sir-
name of Immerly studied there in the time or age
wherein Jo. Imurily lived.
JOHN PENNY, whose native place is as yet
to me unknown, was educated ' in Lincoln coll.
but whether in the condition of a fellow, I cannot
tell. Afterwards he being doctor of the laws, and
noted for an eminent canonist, was made bishop
of Bangor in 1504, (having before been abbot of
Leicester as John Leland* saith) where sitting till
1508, was by the pope's bull dated at Rome 10
cal. Oct. in the same year translated to Carlisle,
and on the 23d of January following paid, his
obedience to the archb. of York. He gave way
to fate about fifteen hundred and twenty, but
where buried, unless in his church of Carlisle,
I know not. His predecessor in that see was Dr.
Rog. Laybourne of Cambridge, who by his * will
dated 17 Jul. 1507, desired to be buried in the
parish church of S. James's near to Charing-cross
by London, but whether he died in that or in the
year following, I cannot tell, because there w«is
no probatmade of his will, Walter Redman D.D.
and master of the coll. at Gre3-stock in Cumber
land was one of his executors.
[Penny was buried at St. Margaret's church in
Leicester, under a fine alabaster tomb, at the end
of the North isle, having his effigies curiously
carved, h'ing upon it, in his episcopal habit.
I presume his burial here was occasioned bj' his
having been the chief instrument in rebuilding
this cliurch. Willis, Cathedrals, (Carlisle) p.
296.]
WILLIAM ATWATER, a Somersetshire-
man born, as it seems, was first demy, and after-
wards fellow of Magd. coll. where, while he con-
tinued in the state of bachelor, he was esteemed a
good disputant in philosophy, as afterwards, when
master, in divinity. In 1489, Dee. 19, he was
collated to the church of Hawkridge in the dioc.
of Wells, and in 1492 (in Feb. as it seems) he
proceeded D. of D. In 1497, and several years
after, he did undergo the office of commissary of
the university, being then rector of Pcdylliynton
in the dioc. of Sarum and vicar of Comnore near
Abingdon in Berks, and in Jul. 1493 he was made
rector of Dj'cheat commonly called Dichet in So-
mersetshire, by the death of John Guuthorp.'
Which rectory he holdmg till Oct. 1515, was in
" Fr. Godwin in Com. de Prassul. Angl. int. ep. Carlisle.
* In torn. 1. Coiled, p. 472.
^ In ollic. praerog. Cant, in Reg. Adtane. qu. l6.
[' In 1500, when bishop Smvth was elected chancellor of
Oxford, he appointed Atu;uer liib commissary, whose merits
and indu-try are highly extolled in a letter to the nniversity
printed in ( hurtou's bounders of B. S. C p 495 Iti 1512,
he was promoted to the prebend ol Lidingtoa. HarL MSS,
6953, p. 26.]
1520.
I
^
717
ATWATER.
ROKEBY.
718
the next montli succeeded therein by Andr. Am-
inoniusan Ituliaii, then prclj.ot'Compton-Dunden
ill the cliurch of Wells. In 1499, the said doctor
Atvvater became canon of W'intlsor, and about the
same time fellow of Eaton coll. and registrary of
the most noble order of the garter. In 1502 I
find him to be dean of the king's chappci, and on
the 5th of July 1506 I find him installed chanc.
of the church of Lincoln ' Which dignity he
liolding six years, Nich. Bradbridge was installed
therein IG Nov. 1512. In the beginning of Sept.
1509 he was made dean of Salisbury upon the
promotion of Tho. Iliithail or Rowthail to the see
of Durham; in which year Tho. Writhiously gar-
ter K. of arms granted to him the said Atwater a
coat of arms, by the name of Will. Atwater pro-
fessor of divinity, of Davington in Somersetshire,
and dean of the king's chappel, &.c. by which it
may appear that he was originally of IJaviiigton,
if such a town or village or hamlet be in that
county. On the 3 June 1514 he was installed by
Jroxy archdeacon of Huntingdon in the place of
oh. Constable doctor of decrees, and being made
bishop the same year, Uic. Rawlins D. D. was in-
stalled in that dignity on the 18th of Novemb.
He was a person much esteemed and valued by
cardinal Wolsey, who finding him a man of parts
did use his advice and council in ail or most of his
public concerns. At length by his endeavours he
was made his successor in the episcopal see of
Lincoln, to which being consecrated on the *
twelfth day of Nov. 1514, sate there to the time
IbSO. '^^ '"* death, which hapned in fifteen hundred and
twenty. He was buried in the great middle isle
of the cath. ch. at Lincoln, at the foot of the
rfi5Ql tomb of bishop Alnvvyke, and had soon after a
' -■ large tombstone laid over his grave, with the por-
traiture of a bishop engraven on a large brass plate
fastned thereunto, with this inscription following
engraven also on plates of brass : Hie requiescit
reverendus in Christo Pater Wilielmus Atwater
sacrae Theologia; professor, & regum Henrici sep-
timi & octavi sacelli prius Decanus, mox eorundem
a eonsiliis, postea liujus percelebris Ecclcsiae Epis-
copus. Fracsedit annos sex, menses tres. Obiit
anno aitatis suae octogesimo primo, consecrationis
septimo, a Christo nato millesimo quingentesimo
viccsimo, die mensis Februarii quarto.
[Will. Atwater S. T. P. eccl. Line, cancellarius
Nicolaum Bate capellanum vicecancellarium con-
stituit per mortem Leonardi Peper: dat. 14 Aug.
1511. Colkctan, Joh. Featley, MS. p. 208. Ken-
net.
Atwater was installed archdeacon of Hunting-
don, June 3, 1514. Willis, Cathedrals, 107-]
WILLIAM ROKEBY, brother to sir Rich.
' [He exchanged it with Nicholas Bradbrldae for the pre-
bend of Lydington, in the ch. of Lincoln. Willis, Cathedrals,
page ij 1.1
" Fr. Godwin i
in Com. de Prasul. Angl. p. 360.
Rokeby treasurer of Ireland, was born in York-
sliire, educated partly in an ancient hostle for the
reception of canonists in S. Aidate's parish, he
himself being afterwards doctor of the can. law,
and about the same time rector of Sundall near '
Doncaster, and vicar of Halifax, in his own coun-
try. In 1507 he was, by the favour of P, Jul. 2,
made bishop of Meatli in Ireland, and the same
year one of the king's privy council there. la
the latter end of 1511 he was translated, by the
authority of the same pope, to tiie arciiiepiscoual
see of Dublin, and in 1515 was made ciiancelior
of Ireland by K. Hen. 8, in which great ofiice, aa
'tis supposed, lie continued to the time of his
deatii. He yielded to tiie stroke of death 29 Nov.
in fifteen hundred twenty and one, and wa.s buried, ,.„,
as a certain ' author saith, in the church of S. Pa-
trick near Dublin. In his will ' dated 22 Nov.
and proved 4 February, an. 1521, wherein he
stiles himself aichb. of Dublin and perpetual
vicar of Halifax, I find these things followmg,—
' Item, I will that after my death my body be
' embowelled, and my bowels and heart to be bu-
' ried in the church of Halifax within the quire,
' and my body to be buried in the new chappel at
' Sandall, and thereon a tomb of stone to be
' made, and about the same to be written, Ego
' Willielmus Dublin Archiepiscopus, quondam
* Rector istius Ecclesiae, credo quod redemptor
' meus vivit- qui obiit— cujus animae propitictur
* Deusamen. Item, I will thata chappci be made
' in all convenient haste at Halifax on the south
' side of the church, after the direction of mine
' executors and church-masters, and there a tomb
' to be made with nvy image, and thereupon
* written. Hie jacet Willielmi Rokeby nuper
' Dublin Archiepiscopi & Vicarii perpetui istius
' Ecclesiaj, qui credo, &c. Item, where 1 did ob-
' tain a pardon for the parish of Halifax, and the
' parishes thereunto adjoining, * pro lacticiniis in
' quadragesima edendis,' I will that mine executors
' at their discretion obtain sub plumbo the said
' license to be renewed, and the profit thereof to
' be im ployed for a priest to sing at Halifax in my
' said new chappel as long as may be, by the ad-
* vice and discretion of my executors and the
' churchwardens. Item. I will that a doctor of
' div. have 10/. to be occupied in preaching, &c.'
Thus far part of his will; according to the tenour
of which his heart was buried in the chancel of
the ch. at Halifax, and thereon was laid a stone,
with the figure only of an heart engraven thereon.
On the north side of the said church was also
founded a chappel, wherein was a monument built
for him, with an inscription put thereon. Whicli
being since partly defaced, you shall have that
part which lately remained thereon. ' Orate pro
anima Willielmi Rokeby jur. Can. profess, ac
' Jac. Waraeus lit sup. p. 117.
* In Reg. Tht. JVolscy archiep. Ebor. fol. 15*.
719
ROKEBY.
FITZ-JAMES.
720
[GGO]
etiatn Episcopi Medensis, & deinde Aichiepisc.
Dublin, capellae fundatoris istius. Qui ohiit
Novenibris an. Doni. mcccccxxi.' Wiiat was per-
formed at Sandall for the accomplishment of the
other part of his will, I know not. One Will.
Rokeby LL. bac. who was well beneficed in
Yorkshire, succeeded Joh. Dakyn LL. D.' in the
archdeaconry of the East-riding of the said county,
in Dec. 1558, who dying in 13()8, Martin Parkin-
son B. D. had that dignity confcrr'd ujjon him in
Dec. the same year, but before he had kept it a
year, he gave way to fate: Whereupon the said
dignity was conferr'd on John May D. D. who
was settled therein in the beginning of Aug. 156y.
and soon after became bishop of Carlisle. I find
also one John Rokeby, LL. D. to be chaimtor,
canon resid. and preb. of Dulheid of and in the
church of York, who died in the latter end of
1574. Which John with William before-men-
tioned were of the same family with W^ill. archb.
of Dublin.
[1543, 3 Febr. Will. Rokby LL. B. Westcestr,
dioc. ad tit. vicariae de Marsk, Ebor. dioc. ordi-
natur diaconus, ct presb. 28 Jan. 1544. Reg.
Bonner, ep'i Lond. Ken net.
From the Yorkshire Church notes made by the
well-known James Torre, a most industrious anti-
quary, now preserved in the prerogative oflfice of
the see of York, I transcribed the following ac-
count of Rokeby's monument in the church of
S. Oswald |at Sandal-parva, alias Kirk Sandal, in
the deanry of Doncaster.
' In Rookesby new quire or chappell, on the N.
wall side is erected this marble Mon on the side
whereof towards the base are these 3 escutcheons
of arms :
viz. 1. Rokeby, Arg. on \ into 3 rooks Sab. as
many mullets Arg.
2. do. impaling — a griffin ramp. Erm.
3. do. impaling Barry of (J Arg. &. Az.
a chief parted per pale, on the sinister
side a chaplet.
On a plated table fixed on the wall.
* Qui fui Archie'pus Dubliensis Willni Rokeby
nominatus, et obit vicesimo octavo die Novem-
bris Ano Domini Mill""" quingentesimo vicesimo
primo cujus ale pp"" Deus. Amen.'
Over it a little image of the archbishop in brass
(now out) with these words upon a scroll issuing
out of his mouth * Credo quod redemptor meus
vivit.'
And on another scroll * Et in novissimo die de
terra surrecturus sum.' And on another plate
Et in came mea videbo
Dcum sal valorem meum.
And on a plate on the right side of the image
Quern viaurus sum
Ego ipse etnon alius.
» [M. Joli. Dakyn procurator cler. dioc. Bathe Well, inlcr-
ftxil couvocalioui Loiiutai habiuc 5 Nov. 1547. Keknet.]
By it on another plate the arms of Dublin see, viz.
Ar. a cross staff in pale Gules, surmounted by a
pall Ar. thereon 5 crosses botone fitche Sab.
In the window oN'tr the tomb is the picture of
St. Peter standing with a book in one liand and
two keys in the other, and this broken inscrip-
tion ' istius capelle fundatoris qui
obiit xxviii die Nov''™ 1521.'
And on a loose stone on the ground is another
plate fixed whereon is engraved this epitaph, viz.
Heccine qui transis Gulielmi praesulis ossa
Sub pede fossa jacent, tu prior adde preces.
Qualis erat tibi tumba notat constructa sacelli
Ad latus integrum palma relicta sua est.
Credo meus quod vivit, ait, in came redemptor,
Que vicinus ero, cernis in effigia.
Sic fatus lacrimans animam tibi Xpelocavit
Jesus verus anime hac tuaris. Amen.'
These lines are copied correctly from Torre's
copy. What remains of this mofi I cannot say,
having never visited this church. Torre took his
Church-notes about 1680. I flatter myself this
account, imperfect as it is, of what was done in
pursuance of his will at Sandal, will be acceptable,
and the more so, luecause Watson in his History
of Halifax p. 503. has said, ' There is no proof,
it must be owned, that his body was conveyed to
Sandal.' It is possible he might confound Sandal-
parva with Sandal-magna, the place of that name
on the road from \A'akefield to Barnsley, where
indeed no memorial of the archbishop is to be
found. Kirk Sandal or Sandal-parva is on the
Don, about four miles from Doncaster. See Mil-
ler's Doncaster, 208, from which it would appear
that the mofi is still existing.
The family of Rokeby jiroduced several cha-
racters of eminence beside the archbishop. A
j)edigree of them is to be found in the Ducatus
Leod. 255, which would have answered Mr. Wal-
ter Scott's purpose better than the apology for a
pedigree he has printed in the note to his late
poem. But accounts much more full and exact
than either may be found in many MS. collections
oF Yorkshire genealogy.
One branch lived at Kirk Sandal down to a late
period. Hunter.]
RICHARD FITZ-JAMES, son of John Fitz-
James (by Alice his wife, daugh. of Joh. New-
bourgh) son of James Fitz-James by Eleanor his
wife daugh. and heir of Sim. Draycot, was born
in Somersetshire, became a student in the univer-
sity of Oxon about 1459, elected probationer-
fellow of Merton coll. in 1465, took holy orders
when he was master, and in 1473 was elected one
pf the proctors of the university. In the begin-
ning of March 1474 he became preb. of Taunton
in the church of Wells upon the resignation of
John Wansford, and afterwards being constituted
chaplain to K. Edw. 4. he proceeded in divinity.
Ou the 12th of March 1482 he was elected waiden
721
riTZJAMES.
RUTH ALL.
72^
of Merton coll. upon the resignation of" John
Gygur, being then and after esteemed a fretjuent
preacher. VV hicii place he keeping about 25 years,
shewed himself most wortliy of it by his admirable
way of government which he exercised, by his
continual benefaction thereunto, and by his en-
deavours, when in power, to promote his fellows.
In March 1483-4 lie was made vicar of Mynhead,
and about that time rector of Aller in Somerset-
shire; in which last he was succeeded by Mr.
Christopher Bainbridge in the latter end of May
1497. On the 2d of June 1495 he was admitted
almoner to K. Hen. 7, and on the 2d of January
1496, being thenelected by the monks of Rochester
to be bishop of that see, was consecrated thereunto
at Lambeth 2 1 May following by cardinal Moreton
archb. of Canterbury, and his assistants Landaff
and Bangor. In January 1503 he was translated
to the see of Chichester ui the place of Dr. Edw.
Story a Cantabrigian, (who dying in the latter
end of the year 1502, was buried on the north
side of the iiigh altar in the cath. ch. at Clii-
chester, under a fair tomb which he a little before
had built for himself,) and on the 14th of March
1505 he was nominated by the king to succeed Dr.
Barons in the sec of London. On the 1st of
Aug. 1506, the temporalities of that see were '
restored to him: So that soon after being settled
there, he resigned his wardenship of Merlon coll.
which he had kept in commciidain, with Rochester
and Chichester, and all that time liad administered
the government thereof with great commendation.
But this the reader is to note, that though he was
a bishop several years while warden, yet did he,
according to statute and custom, submit himself
yearly in the month of January to the scrutiny of
the fellows of the said coll. in the chappel of S.
Cross of Ilalyweil near to Oxon, de mora &, mo-
ribus custodis. Which statute continuing in use
till the time of Hen. 8. was then dis-used by Dr.
Joh. Chamber warden thereof, under pretence of
absence in serving his majesty as physician. He
tlie said Dr. Fitz-James bestowed much money in
adorning the cathedral of S. Paul, as he had done
before in the collegiate church belonging to Mer-
ton coll. in which house he built (I cannot say all
at his own charge) the hall, with a fair dining-
room over it ; and a lodging-room with a large
vault under it, both joynmg on the west side to
the said hall and dining-room, for the use of him
while warden, and his successor in that office for
ever. "Which hall, dining-room, and lodging
chamber, were made as additions to the old lodg-
ings belonging to the wardens of the said college,
and were built on tlie south side of those lodgings
which were erected by Hen. Sever sometimes war-
den. He the said Dr. Fitz-James also bestowed
money in the building and finishing of S. Mary's
church in Oxon. In memory of which benefac-
tion were his arms, quartering those of Draycot,
' Pat 21.Hen. 7. p.Z. m J).
Vol. H.
engraven on stone over the north door !ea<hng
from the Schoolstreet to the lower end (on the
north side) of the body of that church. His arms
also with those of card. Joh. Moreton archb. of
Cant, and Edni. Audley bisli. of Sarum were at
the bottom of the stone-pulpit in tlie sai<l ch. of
S. Mary, most curiously engraven, and also on the
roof of the old library, (afterwards a congregation-
iiouse) on the north side of S. Mary's chancel.
To the reparation of which church, as also to tl»e
building of the pulpit, which consistecl all of
Ashler-stone, there is no doubt but that he was a
benefactor. He also, with his brother sir Joh,
Fitz-James L. ch. justice of England, were the
chief founders of the school-house in Brewton in
Somersetshire, near which town (at Redlinch, as
'tis said) they were botli born. Will. Gilbert
abbot of Brewton was a benefactor to it, and so
was John Edmonds, \). D. abbot of Glastenburv.
At length, after good deeds had trod upon hi»
heels even to Heaven-gates, he gave way to fate
in a good old age in the begiiniing of fifteen hun-
dred twenty and two: Whereupon his body was
buried in the nave of his own cathedral of S.
Paul, under the altar of S. Paul, near to the foun-
dation or foot of the campanile, under a marble
tomb prepared and erected by him in his life-
time. Afterwards was a little chappel erected
over the said tomb, wherein, I presume, were
masses said for his soul. But when the said cam-
panile was consumed with fire 1651, the chappel
then was consumed also.
[Mag'r Ric'us Fitzjames A. M. Bath et Well,
dioc. ordinatiir Acolitus per I. ar'e'pum Dublin in
eccl. convent, de Oseney, 14 kal. Maii 1471.
Reg. Rot/ierham, Line. ep'i.
Vacante nuper hospitali s"* Leonardi Bedef. pei
munus consecrationis d'ni Ric'i Fitzjames in ep'um
Roffeiiseni, post litem ultra 6 menses d'nus ep'us
contulit earn niag'ro Bernardo Andrea 4 Apr.
1498. Reg. Smith, ep'i Line. Kennet.]
THOMAS RUTHALL, or Rowthall was
born in a market town in Gloucestershire called
Cirencester, in the church of which place I saw
some years since a monument for one John Aven-
ing and his wife: which John dying 1401, might
probably be (according to time) grandfather to
Avenyng, (whom some call Aveling) mother
to Tho. Rutludl before-mentioned. He was edu
cated for some years in this university, as it evi-
dently appears in one ^ or more of our registers,
but in what coll. or hall I know not. Thence, as
'tis said, he went to Cambridge for a time, but
when, it doth not appear. Sure it is \hat one
Ruthall took the degree of 1). of D. in this uni-
versity, and in the year 1500 was ' incorporated
* Reg. vcl. Lib. Epistol. Univ. 0.xon. FF. Ejiist. 22. 55.
log, &c. Vide Uist. & Antiq. Univ. 0.von. lib. 8. p. 428. a.
'Ill the Cat. nf Chanc. Prod, and of Procrdert at Cam-
bridge, at the end of Matth. Parker's vin/ij. Dritan. Ecclcsia.
—Printed iu fol. 1572, or 73.
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at Cambridge, with Dr. Kich. Mahew president
of Magd. coll. In 1503 he was elected chancellor
of the university of Cambridge, (being then arch-
deacon of Ciloucester) and in the beginning of
Sept. 1505 ho was made dean of Salisbmy, in the
place, at it seems, of one Edw. ChiMu-y, who oc-
curs dean of that church in Aug. 14»>9. About
tliat time, he being esteemed a person of great
virtue and prudence, was made secretary to K.
Hen. 7. who a. little before his death nominated
liim to the see of Durham upon the translation of
Bainbridge to York. Soon after K. Hen. 8. suc-
ceeding in the throne, he made him his secretary
for a time, and one of his privy council. And
being then elected to the said see of Durham, the
temporalities thereof were * restored to him 3 J uly,
1 Hen. 8. Dom. 1509- Afterwards he was made*
L. privy seal, was esteemed a famous clerk, and
admirably well read in both the laws, being, as 'tis
said, doctor or professor of them. Towards his
latter end he founded a free-school at the place of
his nativity, and gave an house and seven pounds
per an. for the maintenance of a master: vVhich
school having for the most part flourished in good
sort, hath educated many that have been eminent
in church and state. He paid his last debt to na-
ture at Durham Place near London, on Wednes-
day the fourth of Feb. in fifteen hundred twenty
and two, and was buried in the chappel of S.
John Baptist joyning to the abbey church of S.
Peter in Westminster; at which time Dr. Rowl.
Phillips, vicar of Croydon, a great divine and a
renowned clerk, preached an excellent sermon.
Some years after was a fair raised tomb built over
his grave with his statua thereon mitred and
\ested, and a small inscription on it, but false as
to the year of his death.
[1504, 19 Jun. magister Thomas Rowthale, utr.
juris doctor, coll. ad preb. de Levghton Busard in
eccl'ia Line, per consecr. d'ni Hugh. Oldham in
ep'uni Exon. Reg. Smith.
A Certificate in the Herald's Office.
In the year of our Lord 1522 the 4th day of Fe-
bruary beyng Wensday, dessceased at Duresme
place by London, the Lord Thomas Row thall Bp
of Duresme Lord Privy Seall a famous clerke and
Dr of bothe Lawes for whos entertainment it was
ordered in manner as ensuyeth.
First y' Corps was ceryd, the hall, the chappcll
the entries hanged w"' blacke clotlie garn3'sned
with scuehs-ns of his armes, and as shortly as hit
myght convcnyently be, the body was conveyd to
his chappell.
His officers and servants gevyng their attend-
ance, and sett in the quere of the said chancell co-
vered with a herse cloth of black velvet havyng a
cros of whit satyn and garnyshed with his armes,
rayled about the body, and hangyn with black
♦ Pat. J. Hen. 8. p. 2. m 26.
> I'at. 8 Hen. 8. pag. 1.
cloth, havyng 4 branched tapers with great gylt
candylstyks at the 4 corners of the raylcs or
barriers.
Upon the cf»rps a crucyfyx, &.c. — Ken net.
This was the manner of his death, — Being re-
quired by the king to set down his judgment in
writing concerning the estate of his kingdom in
general, and particularly to inform him in certain
things by him sjiecified ; he bound up this dis-
course in vellum, gilt, and adorned in the best
manner. But having another book exactly baund
after the same maimer, which contained an inven-
tor}' of all his estate, monies and goods which
amounted to no less than 100,0001 ; and the king
sending cardinal Wolsey to him for the book he
was to give him, the Bi" thro' mistake gave him
the other book, of his estate, and the cardinal
(who hated the Bp) delivered it to the king, telling
him, w hat a great treasure he could command.
But as soon as the Bp understood his error, it
touched him so near, that within a very little
time after he died. He built the great chamber at
Aukland, part of the bridge over the river Tyne,
and intended to rebuild the parish church of Ci-
rencester, but was prevented by death.*]
MAURICE FITZ-GERALD, called by some
Mauritius JoHANNis, was of ancient extract in
Ireland, and for a time educated in Oxon under the
name of Fitz-Gerald, but whether he took a de-
gree We have no register of that time that shews
it. Afterwards by provision from P. Julius 2. he
was made archb. of Cashils in Ireland, and died, as
'tis ' reported, in fifteen hundred twenty and three.
'Tis said that certain statutes, made in a synod by
him held at Limerick 1511, were inserted in the
register of Thorn. Pursell B. of Lismore and Wa-
terford; which with the reg. it self were after-
wards consumed in the flames, as I have before
told you. [See col. 712.]
JOHN TYNMOUTH, sometimes a Grey-
Frier at Lynne in Norfolk, was educated in theo-
logical learning among those of his fraternity at
Cambridge, and afterwards among those at Oxon,
and at length made a suftVagan bishop under the
tit. of the bish. of Argos, then ' in partibus infide-
lium.' He gave way to fate in fifteen hundred
twenty and four, and was buried in the eh. yard
of Boston in Lincolnshire, (of which place he
was vicar) right against the midst of the high
altar, to the end that his loving parishioners, when
they should happen to see his grave and tomb,
might be sooner moved to pray for his soul. He
gave at the time of his death to the houses of
Grej' Friers at Lynue, Cambridge, and Oxon, 5l.
a piece.
[D'ns Joh'es Mabilston p'b'r, prcs. per fratrem
Tho. Dokwra priorem hosp. S. J oh. Jerusul. in
* [MS. in Mr. Hebcr's copy.]
' Jac. War. ut supra p. 171.
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725
AUDLEY.
O-BRIEN.
72f)
And. ad eccl'iam de Ludgarsall (com. Buck.) per
resign, rev. patris d'ni Joh'is Tviimouth Argo-
liensis ep'i, 20 May, 1511. Reg. Smith, ep'i Line.
Kennet. ,.,.,■
Suffragan to the Bp of Lincoln in his diocese.
Vide my MS. Collect, vol. 29- p. 216. Cole.]
EDMUND AUDLEY son of Jam.Tuchet or
Touchet lord Audley by Eleanor his wife, was
educated in academical learning in Lincoln coll.
as it seems, to which afterwards he was an especial
benefactor, took the * degree of bacli. of arts in
1463, but whether that of master, it doth not ap-
pear in the reg. of that time, which is imperfect.
In Janu. 1471, he became preb. of Farendon in
the church of Lincoln, upon the resignation of
one Rob. Skyllington, (or rather Stillington) and
in the month of Oct. 1475, preb. of Codeworth in
the church of Wells, on the death of Mr. Will.
Fulford. On the 25th of Dec. the same year, he,
under the title of M. A. became archdeacon of
the East-Riding of Yorkshire on the death of
Joh. Walker, LL. B. and had other preferments in
other churches confer'd upon him. At length
being promoted to the see of Rochester, his arch-
deaconry was bestowed on a certain noble man
named Edw. Pole, installed therein 15 Oct. 1480,
who being made archdeacon of Richmond, (upon
tlie consecration of John Shirwood B. of Durham)
was installed therein 6 Jan. 1484. So that there-
upon resigning his archdeaconry of the East-
Riding of Yorksh. Will. Poteman (sometimes
warden of Alls. coll. as I guess) was installed on
the l6th of the same month in the same year,
who dying 25 March 1493, Hen. CornbuU suc-
ceeded him. Afterwards Edm. Audlev was trans-
lated to the see of Hereford upon the death of
Thorn. Mylling,' sometimes a student among the
Benedictines of Gloucester coll. in the suburbs of
Oxon," the temporalities of which were ' given to
him 26 Dec. 1492, and from thence to Salisbury,
' Reg. Congreg. Aa. fol. 125. a. ,.• j i
5 ri515 6 Nov. Mag'r Joh es Lewkenor cl icus ad eccl.
ae Packyn'g in dec. de Terryng, per resign, mag'ri Thome
MUlyng, ex coll. ar'epi. Reg. ^<"-ham.
isae! ult. Apr. Magr Tho. Myllyng LL.B. ad eccl. de
Wodechurch per mort. ult. incumb. crici, ex. coll. ar epi.
1519, 14 Maij, Mag'r Tho. Millyng LL. B. ad eccl. de
Chartham per niort. mag'ri Walteri Stone LL. D. ult iii-
cumb. ex coll ar'epi.pleno jure. lb. ^. , . , ,
1319, 1.^ Maij, D. Tho. WellesDei gr. Stdonien. epus ad
eccl. do Wodechurche ]>cr resign, mag'ri Thorns Myllyng
LL. B. ex coll. ar'epi. II'. , , n . i.-
1.524, 27 Octob. Magr Tho. MiUyng LL. B. ad efcl 'ajn
de Sevenok in dec. de Shoreliam, per resign, inag ri Will.
Derlyngton, ex coll. ar'epi. lb.
Ordine* celebrati in ccclia convent, domus sivi hospitalis
B. Mariae de Elsyng civitat. Lond. per Joheni Maionen.
ep'uin, 12 Martii 1601. Diaconi— mag'r. Tho. Myllyng m
leg. bacc. socius perpet. Novi coll. Oxon. Reg. frartiam.
■CRWTffPT I
« (He died in 1490, and was buried in Westm. abbey, of
wWich he had been abbot. Wanley.]
* Pat. 8. Hen. 7. p. 2. m. 2.
the temporalities of which see also were put* into
his hands on the 2d of April 1502, and about that
time was made chancellor of the most noble order
of the Garter. In 1518 he * gave 4001. to Line,
coll. to purchase lands for the use thereof, and
about that time bestowed upon the said house,
the patronage of a chauntry which he had lately
founded in a chappel built by him, in the north
part of the choir of the cath. ch. at Salisbury.
He also was a benefactor to the reparation of the
congregation-house (sometimes a library) on the
north side of S. Mary's chancel in Oxford, to the
erection of that curious piece of workmanship,
the stone pulpit, in the said ch. finished 1508, (at
the bottom ot which were his arms, a Fret impaled
by the see of Saruin) and gave 200 marks for tin:
supply of Chichley's chest (belonging to the uni-
versity) which had before been roi)b'a of its trea-
sure. But whether he built the choir or chancel
of S. Mary's church, or gave the old organs (as a
certain s author is plciised to tell us) I find it no [OGj]
where to appear. At length departing this mortal
life in a good old age, at Ramsbury in Wilts, on
the 23d of Aug. in fifteen hundred twenty and I***.
four, was buried in the chappel before inention'd,
built by him in honour of the Assumption of the
Virgin Mary, within the cath. ch. ot Sarum : to
the reparation of which cathedral he bequeathed
threescore pounds. After his death Laur. Cam-
pegius cardinal of S. Anastasius was made bishop
of Salisbury, but whether he (being almost conti-
nually absent) or any of his successors till the time
of Dr. Seth Ward, an. 167 1, were ever chancellors
of the order of the Garter, it doth not appear.
[1467, 2 May, Edmundus Audley admissus ad
eccl'iam prebendalem de Iwern per mortem Nich.
Carent, decani Well. Reg. Beauchamp, epl
Saruni.
Edm. Audley, A.M. coll. ad archid. Essex
22 Dec. 1479, per mort. Jo. Crall ; ad preb. de
Mora in eccl. Paul, 18 Sept. 1476; resignavit
archidiatum Essex ante 21 Jul. 1480. Kennet.]
THEODORICK O-BRIEN, sometimes writ-
ten Terence and Terlach O-brien, was descended
from an ancient and noble family of his name in
Ireland, and after he had spent some time in good
letters here in Oxon, became bishop of Killaloe in
the said country, and a person of great name there
for his liberality and hospitality, yet addicted to
warfare more than became his coat. He paid hi«
last debt to nature * in fifteen hundred twenty and "«»»
five. Several years before his time was another
of both his names bishop of that place, and ano-
ther after him ; whereupon, by writers, this bishop
was commonly written and called Terence 0-Bri«B
the second.
3 Pat. 17. Hen. 7. p. l.ra. I9.
« Vide Hist (gf Antuj. Univ. Oxon, lib. 8. p. I6I. b.
» Fr. Godwin in Com. de Pretsul Angl, edit. l6l(5. p. 407,
■ Jac. War. utsup. p. 831.
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728
JOHN YOUNG received liis first breath in
this world at Newton-Longvill in Buci<s, was edu-
cated in Wylieiiam's school near Winchester, be-
came perpetual fellow of New coll. in 1482, and
left it in 1302, being then, or about that lime,
doct. of div. and rector of S. Martin's church in
Oxon. 7\fterwards he became well known to car-
dinal The. A^'olse}', bv whose endeavours he was
made dean of Chichester, bishop titular of Calii-
polis or Gallipoli, a city in Thrace, about 1517;
judge, as 'tis said, of the Prerogative of Canter-
bury, and warden of New coll. in 1321. He died
J526 28 March in fifteen hundred twenty and six, and
was buried, as I suppose, in the chappel of the
said college, under a luarble-stonc that he had laid
there some time before his death with an inscription
thereon, and a blank for the time of his death to be
filled up by his executor, or overseer of his last
will ancl testament, but was never performed. The
reader is to know that there was another John
Young,' who, from being prebendary of Apesthorjie
in the cath. ch. of York, was admitted dean of that
church by the name and title of Jo. Younge
LL. D. on the 17th of May 1314, being at that
time master of the Rolls. But he dying 23 Apr.
1516,' and being buried in the chappell of the
Rolls in Chancery-lane near London, must not
be taken to be the same with the former. Besides
the said two, I find others of both their names, as,
(l.)John Young a monk of Ramsey, who being
well skill'd in the Hebrew tongue, saved many
books of that language that were in the library of
that monastery when 'twas dissolved in 1335, or
thereabouts. (2.) Job. Young (Giovanus) a native
of Yorkshire, educated in Trin. coll. in Cambridge,
iifterwards master of Pemb. hall, and vice-chan-
cellor of that university, of whom and his writings
Baleus 9 and Pitscus ' will inform you. (5.) Jo.
Young one of the Bonhoms, or Good Men, of the
monastery of Ashrugg in Bucks. Who being
turn'd out thence at the dissolution by K. Hen. 8.
entred himself a sojourner in Exeter coll. about
1539. He was of kin to Jo. Young B. of Gal-
lipoli, but what name or eminence there was in
him, I find not. (4) Jo. Young born at Newton
Longvill before-mention'd, fellow of New coll.
' [John Yonge, as his name was spelled, was a particular
fricna of Dr. Colet, and patron to Hrasmus. He was pcrhajK
Imrn at Rve in Sussex, probably educated at Winchester
school, and from thence elected to New coUeec, in this uni-
versity. These suppositions are hazarded from his liaving
left tool, towards a new conduit at Rye, and six gih goblets
to New college, and Winchester. He was rector of St. Ste-
phen's Walbrook, March 17. 1502, and in I.t 13, had the rec-
tory of Therfield, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon, given
him by cardinal Wolsey. He was emiiloycd in several fo-
. reign embassies and negotiations to Philip of Austria, and
Ifrancis, king of France, for which he was made master of
thcRoUs, in 1 508. See some extracts from his will in Knight's
Life of Co/e/, p. 218.]
' [Tills must be wrong. His will is dated April 28, 13H);
it was proxed May I7, in that year.]
» In cent. 1. num. <)().
' lu a;t. lO. num. 1020.
1312, rector of his native place in 1325, and died
there in 1345, which Jo. was nearly related to the
bishop.
[1300, 13 Aug. mag. Job. Yonge LL, D. pres.
per abb. ct conv. de Abbendon ad eccl. S. Mar-
tini Oxon. per resign, mag'ri Ric'i Estmond S.T.P.
Reg. Smyth. Line.
17 Martii 1.502 mag'r Joh'es Yong Icgum doc-
tor, ad eccl. S. Stephani super Walbroke civitat.
Lond. per mort. mag'ri ^^'ili'i Sutton S.T. P. ult.
rectoris, ad pres. honesti viri Tho. Maufelde pro
hac vice. lieg. IVarehnm, Lond.
1303, Coininissio AV'ill'i Cant, ar'epi ven. viro
mag'ro Joh'i Yonge LL. d'ri — Te judieem de
jure prerogativa seu consuetiidine eccl'ie n're
Cant, ordinamus. ])at. Lambhith 28 die Januar.
1503. Re<r. Warham, Cant.
1504, 19 Martii Job. Yonge LL. D. coll. ad
eccl. B. Mariic de 7\rcubus in civit. London, per
mort. mag'ri Tho. Fyshcr, cl'ici. Reg. Warham,
Cant.
1306, 3 A'pr. Rob. Mcneven. ep'us mag'ri Joh'es
Yonge, Hcuricus Mompesson, Will'us Knyght,
legum, Joh'es Aleyn sac. thcol., doctores, constituti
sunt a Will'o Cant, ar'e'po procuratores sui in
curia Romana. Ibul.
Decretum clcctionis mag'ri Joh'is Yonge, sac.
theol. prof, inag'ri sive custodis domus sive hos-
pitalis S. Thomai Martiris de Aeon civitat. et
dioc. London, per via compromissi; die 12 Aug.
1510. Reg. Fit z James.
Professio de Joh'is Yonge Callipolensis, electi
in ep'um suftVagan. London, consecrandi die
tertio Julii 1311. Ibid.
■ 1313, 23 Jan. dom. Job. ep'us Callipolen. col-
latus ad eccl'iam S. Xtopheri juxta le Stoke, civit.
Lond. per mortem mag. Job. Clavering, A. M. Jb.
1313, 3 Jul. lecta fuit professio ^oh. Yonge
electi in ep'um Callipolens. suflVagan. ep'i. Lond.
lb.
Job. Young in ep'um Callipolensem consecratus
est a Ri'co ep'o Lond. in eccl'iaconven. S. Thomas
Martyni de Aeon civit. Lond. profitetur obedien-
tiam Heracleensi ar'epo. lb.
Mag'r Job. Yong LL. D. pres. per abb. et mon.
de Ramsey ad eccl. de Cherfeld per mort. Gun-
disuli Ferdinandi, 13 Jul. 1313. Reg. Smitfi,
ep'i Line.
1514, 28 Mar. Job. ep'us Callipol. coll. ad
archidiat. Lond. ]ier resign. Will. Horsey deer,
doctoris. Reg. Fitzjames.
Job. Calipulen. ep'us coll. ab ep'o Lond. ad
archidiatum London, 28 Mar. 1514, succ. Gal-
fridus Wharton D. j3. 29 Mar. 1526, per mort.
Joh'is Young.
1514, 30 Mar. Job. ep'us Callipol. admiss. ad
eccl. sc'ti Magni Martyiis juxta pont. London,
per mortem mag'ri Wiij. ritzherbert. Reg. Fitz-
james.
1514, 3 Mail mag'r Tho Wodynton deer, doctor
adeccl.paroch. B. Maria3 de Arcubus London per
729
YOUNG.
WELLYS.
HOW.
GILRRflT
FOX.
730
resign, egrcgii viri Joli'is Yonge LL. D. ex coll.
ar'epi. Ueg. Warham.
1314, 22 Jul. mag'r Edmundus ThoUcrton
S. T. B. ad ecci. S. Petri de Saltvvode una eum
capelUi S'cto Leonardi de Hyth, eid. atinexa jier
lib. resign, ven. et egregii viri nmg'ri Joh'is Yonge,
eiistud. Rotul. Keg. Warham.
1.524, 14 Nov. ven. pater dominus Joli'es Dei
gr. Callipoien. ep'us ad eeel. de Colerne dioc. Sa-
ruin. si^de vac. ex ])res. eustodis et soeioruin eoll.
B, Miiriffi Winton. in Oxon. Jieg. IVarham.
Magr. Henricus Kawiyns S. T. P. pres. per
Tlio. eardinalem Ebor. virtute concessionis sibi
iacta; per abb. et con v. Raniesey ad eccl. de
Therseld, per mort. niag'ri Job. \ onge 28 Apr.
152G. Reg. Atumter, 'Lnxc. Kennet.]
".THOMAS WELLYS, Lorn at Aylsford
" in Hampbire, bred in Wykeham's school, ad-
" uiitted perpetual fellow of New college 1484,
" rector of Heyford Warreyae in Oxfordshire
" 1499, which lie resigned" 150.5; about which
[664] « time he became chaplain to archbishop War-
" ham of Canterbury, who employ'd him in
" several matters of moment beyond the seas,
" where in a certain university he was made doctor
" of divinity, return'd, was incorporated at Oxon
" 1510; afterwards he became suflragan bishop of
" Sidon under the said archbishop, to supply the
" diocesan's absence, to consecrate churches and
" church-yards, and to reconcile them, to assist at
" ordinations.and couferorders,to confirm children
" and the like. While he was chaplain to arch-
" bishop AVarham, he was by him sent to cardinal
" Wolsey to exi)o»tulatewith him in his lord's name
" for encroaching upon his prerogative court.
" He was by the favour of Warham made prior
" of St. Gregory's in Canterbury (for Black Ca-
" nons) had besides a dimity and a benefice to
" keep up his port. Mr. Henry Wharton in his
C'lar. " Observations on the Memorials of Archbishop
1526. " Cranmer, at the end of the said Memorials,
" p. 255. saith, that Thomas Wcilys was not chap-
" lain to archbishop Warham, because he was a
" canon regular, as contrary to custom ; but he was
" chaplain to him before he took ihe habit of
" canon regular on him. — Ibid. p. 257. Thomas
" Wellys was suflragan bishop after the year
" 1508, and survived the year 1511."
WILLIAM HOW a Buckinghamshire man
born as it seems, or at least descended from those
of his name, living at or near the Wycombs, was
educated in all kind of learning in this university,
and by the title of master of arts thereof and the
King's chaplain, did supplicate the ven. congre-
gation of regents in 1512, that he might be ad-
mitted to the reading of the sentences, but whe-
ther he was really admitted it appears not. Af-
wards he travelled, was admitted doctor of div. in
an university beyond the seas, and at his return
retir'd to the university hi the beginning of the
year 1526, where bythe name of Will How ' Epis- far.
copus Aurensis,' lie supplicated the said congrcga- '""•
tion, tiiat wlnreas he (mil l»een {Tcated doct. of
divinity beyond ti>c seas, and iiad i)een a student
in this university many years, he might lie incor-
j)orated in the same faculty; which being granted
sim[)liciter, he was forthwith incorporated. This
bishoprick is the same, 1 presume, with Auriensis
or Orensis, commonly called Orense, under the
archbishopric of Conipostella in Spain; to which
country, as 'tis probable, this W. flow was sent
about business by Katharine of Spain queen
of England, the royal consort to K. Hen. 8. I
find one Will. How M. of A. presented by the
king to the church of Shipton-Mallet in Somer-
setshire, on the death of Mr. Reynold VA'est, in
the beginning of Aug. 1516, and about that time
became rector of Aire (or Aller) in the same
county; but this Will. How dying in 1521, or
22, must not be understood to be the same with
the former. To this last, was Job. How prior of
Plympton in Devonshire related, who living to
sec his monastery dissolved, went afterwards to
Oxon, and settled in Exeter coll. in January 1545,
in the condition of a sojourner.
WILLIAM GILBERT a canon regular and
prior of Brewton or Brnton in Somersetshire (in
which county he was born) became doct. of div.
of this university in 1506, and in the year after
was made vicar of Mynhead in his own country,
on the death of Tho. Beaumont, sometimes fellow
of Merton coll. Afterwards, being esteemed a
man of note, reverence, and great religion, he was
made suffragan bishop to Hadrian de Castello
bishop of Bath and Wells, under the title of Episc.
Mcgarcnsis, which is ' in partibus infidelium, and
by that title he was admitted vicar of South-
Pertherton in the dioc. of Wells 16 Dec. 1525, by
the presentation thereunto of Jo. Herte abbot of
Athelney, as also to other benefices, and one or
more dignities to keep up his port. Afterwards,
or abouf that time, he went to Rome, and there
procured ^ of the pope, that the priory of Brewton Clar
might be changed into an .ibbey. After his re- '5*7.
turn, he was always called Abbot Gilbert, and
with its name, did "so change the buildings of his [665]
abbey, that it was but little better than re-edified
by him. Whether he was the last abbot I know
not.
RICHARD FOX, the worthy founder of
Corp. Ch. coll. in this university, of whom having
made mention at large elsewhere, * 1 shall only
sav that he was born at Kopesley near to Grant-
ham in jjincolnshire, educated in grammar learn-
ing at Boston in the said county, in academical
for a time in Magd. coll. in Oxon, whence being
* Qu. whether Megara, in which city Euclid was born?
' Joh. Lelaml in 2 vol. Itin. fol 45.
♦ In Hist. & Anliq. Univ. Oxon- lib. 2. p. 827, «88, &c
731
FOX.
INGE.
BELE.
732
I6t8.
transplanted to Cambridge, became at length
master of Pembroke hall there, prebendary of
Bishopston in the church of Sariun, and in Feb.
1485 preb. of South Grantham in the same
church, upon the resignation of Dr. Christop.
Bainbridge.5 This person having been a con-
stant adherent to Henry earl of Hichmond, against
king Rich. 3, was by him, when made king of
England by the name of Hen. 7, made in the
beginning, of his reign one of his privy council,
(he being then LL. D.) and nominated to be
bishop of Exeter in Feb. 1480. On the 24th of
the same month, he had the custody of the privy
seal conferr'd on him, and being elected to the
said see, the K. restored * to him the temporalities
belonging thereunto, 2 Apr. 1487. On the 5 Jul.
following, he had by the king's ' command twenty
shillings per diem allowed to him, to commence
from tTie 24 Feb. before-mention'd ; which was
allowed to him, I suppose, as keeper of the said
seal : And being elected afterwards to the see of
B. and Wells, had restitution of its temporalities
made ' to him by the king 4 May, 1492. In
1494 he was translated to Durham, and afterwards
■was elected chancellor of the university of Cam-
bridge, and being settled at Durham, he forth-
with, out of a great vast hall in the castle there,
did take as much away as made a fair buttery and
a pantry, even to the pulpits or galleries on each
side of the hall, wherein the trumpeters or wind-
music used to stand to play while the meat was
usher'd in : And on the wall, which parted the
said buttery from the hall, was a great pellican
set up, to shew that it was done by him, because
he gave the pellican to his arms. When Dr.
Richard Neile became B. of Durham, he took
away part of the said hall at the other end, to
enlarge the great parlour, and yet the hall con-
tinued fair and large still. At length upon the
death of Dr. Tho. Langton, he was elected B. of
Winchester; the temporalities of which being
restored » to him by the king 17 Octob. 1500,
was soon after installed with great solemnity.
After he was settled there, he performed many
acts of piety and charity, among which was the
foundation and establishment of C. C. coll. before-
mention'd, and dying in fifteen hundred twenty
and eight, was buried in the cath. ch. at Win-
chester on the south side of the high altar.
After him followed in that see card. Tho. Wol-
spy, of whom I shall make mention anon.
[Ric. Fox L. B. admiss. ad vie. de Stepney 30
Octob. 1485, per mort. Ric'i Luke. Reg- Remel.
Ric. Fox L, B. secretar. Hen. regis VII, coll.
* [1485 7 Feb. ep'us contulit Ric'o Fox LL. D. preb. de
Grantham australis, vacant, per resign. Xtopheri Bainbrige,
et preb. de Cherdestoke eidem,Christophero. Reg. Langton,
ep'i Saruin. Kknnet.]
« Pat. 7. Hen. 7- p- 2. m. 5.
7 Ibid.
• Pat. 7. Hen. 7- m. 1 4-
» Pat. 16. Hen. 7- p- 2 m. 13.,
ad preb. de Brounswode 26 Octob. 1485, per
mort. Job. Davison, quam resign, ante II Apr.
1487.
Dominus Ricardus Fox presbiter pres. per mag.
Joh. Lylly prebendarium de Nortli Kelsey ad
vicariam de North Kelsey, per resign, d'ni Joh.
Sigrave, 23 Sent. 1504. Reg. Smith, ep'i Line.
Vide plura de Ricardo Fox custode aulae Pem-
brochianic apud Cantabrigienses, in Ricardi Par-
keri SxsXelw Cantabr. MS. Collect. D. 300. p. 6.
Litera Fraternitatis per priorem et capit. Cant,
concessa Ricardo Fox ep'o, 1503, 29 Aug. Reg.
Cant. MS. Ken NET.
The best heads of Fox are (1) A folio by Ver-
tue 1723 ; (2) A mezzotinto, in quarto, by Faber.]
HUGH INGE or Ynge, was born at Shipton-
Mallet in Somersetshire, educated in Wykeham's
school, made perpetual fellow of New coll. in
1484, took the degrees in arts, and left the coll. in
1496. Afterwards he travelled beyond the seas,
where he was made doct. of divinity, was succes-
sively made preb. of East Harptrey in, and suc-
centor of, the church of Wells, guardian of Wa-
pulham in the dioc. of Lincoln, preb. of Auste in
the church of Westbury in the dioc. of Worcester,
(to which the vicaridge of Wellow in the dioc. of
B. and Wells was annexed by the pope) vicar of
Oldeston in the dioc. of Lincoln, of Dultying in
Somersetshire by the presentation of Richard the
abbot and conv. of Glastenbury, on the death of
Mr. Will. Speckington, and of Weston alias
Sowey, by the presentation of the said ab. and
conv. on the death of Mr. Rob. Stafford. In tl>€
beginning of Apr. 1511 he was incorporated
D. of D. in this university, and in the latter
end of that year was made bishop of Meath in
Ireland. Thence he was translated to the archie-
Kiscopal see of Dublin in the place of Dr. Will.
Lokeb}', an. 1521, and about that time was made
chancellor of Ireland, where he was accounted a
person of great probity and justice. He gave
way to fate at Dublin 3 Aug. in fifteen hundred
twenty and eight: Whereupon his body was
buried in the church of S. Patrick there. In the
said see of Dublin, succeeded Dr. John Allen,
whom I shall mention in his proper place.
THOMAS BELE, Beel, " Bell," or Bevll,
was bred a canon regular of the order of S. Austin,
and educated in acad. learning among those of
his order, studying in S. Mary's coll. in Oxon, of
which he became prior about 1508. Afterwards
taking the degrees in divinity, he became lord
prior of S. Mary Spittle without Bishopsgate in
London, and at length suffragan bishop to Rich.
Fitz-James B. of London, under the title of
' Episcop. Lydensis,' which is under the patriarch
of J erusalem. " One Dr. Bele was a preacher of
" seditious sermons at London by the mstigations
** of John Lincoln a broker, to incite the citizens
" and apprentices to rise against the strangers.
[666]
ias8.
733
WOLSEY.
734
" (See lord Herbert in tlie year 1517.)" In that
titular see succeeded one Joli. Holt, but wbetiier
Clar. educated in this universitj' I cannot tell. He
1529- lived mostly in the town of" Hury S. Edmund in
Suffolk, where dying about the 12 of Aug. 1540,
was buried in the church of our blessed lady S.
Mary there, in our lady's isle near to the head of
John Holt gent.
[Tho. Bele S.T.P. coll. ad preb. de Hoxton in
eccl. Paul, 1 1 Nov. 1521, per resign. Tho. Sewell.
Tho.Liden. episcopus admiss. ad vie de VV^itham
com. Essex, 28 Jan. 1528, per mori. Ric'i Knight,
ex coll. ep'i Lond. Ii<'g- Tiimtall.
Jo. Newman A. M. admiss. ad eand. 2 Nov.
1530, per mort. Tho. Bele.
Joh. Breerton cl'ic ad preb. de Hoxton, per
mort. Bele, 5 Aug. 1530. Ken net.]
THOMAS WOLSEY, the great and mighty
cardinal of the time he lived in, whose life having
been written several years after his death by
Thorn. ' Cavendish his gentleman usher, we are
informed therein that he was born at Ipswich in
Suffolk, but not that he was a butcher's son, as
others have publicly reported, as well in the car-
dinal's life time, as since : The first of which was
he, who wrote a libel in English verse against
liim, a little before his fall, called, A Dialogue
betrceeii two Priests Senants named Watkin and
Jeffry, published in octavo (perhaps written also)
by a canting and severe Lutheran, who writes
himself N. 0. But so it was, that he the said
T. Wolsey being very apt to learn when he was a
child, his parents and other good friends made
shift to maintain him in Oxon, particularly in
Magd. coll. where making a most wonderful
progress in logic and philosoph}', he became
bach, of arts at 15 years of age, an. 1485. Soon
after he was elected fellow, and when he had
taken the degree of M. of A. was made master of
the grammar school joining to the said college.
In the 14 Hen. 7. Dom. 1498, he was bursar of
that house, in which year the stately tower was
finisht. In the beginning of Oct. 1500, he be-
came rector of Lemington in Somersetshire (on
the death of Joh. Borde) by the presentation
thereunto of Thomas Grey marquess of Dorset :
which rectory he conferr'd upon him for the great
care he had of his sons under his tuition, in the
grammar school before mention'd. But that
great man dying in Sept. 1501, and his hopes of
ibeing introduced into the court frustrated, he
struck into acquaintance with one sir Joh. Na-
phant, treasurer oi' Calais, a gent, of the said
county, who forthwith made him his chaplain :
And finding him to be a man of parts, committed
his employment to him, he himself being grown
old, and consequently unfit for business. At
length he, being mindful of his chaplain's good
service, never left hiui until he had found means to
' [it should be fVilliam Cavendbh.]
make him the king's chaplain. Which matter
being according to his mmd elTected, lie became
known to one of the king's grave counsellom and
favourites named Rich. Fox bi»lio[> of Winches-
ter, who finding Wolsey to be not only an a<;tive,
but a witty man, did with one sir Tho L ivel
another grave counsellor, commend him to the
service of the king; who also upon discourse
with him, finding hnn to be a man of eloquence,
and to understand state affairs, sent him in the
quality of an ami)assador to Maximilian the
emperor, then abiding in Flanders not far
from Calais. Wliich embassage he iH'rformed
with so great dexterity and quicKiiess, that the K.
taking special notice of it, did soon after con-
fer upon him the deanery of Lincoln, void by the [667]
death of Jeffrey Simeon* sometimes fellow of
New college, proctor of this university of Oxon,
and dean of the chappel royal to K. Hen. 7. (which
Jeffrey died 20 Aug. 1508.) Of which church,
I say, being made dean 2 Feb. 1508, was installed
by proxy 25 March 1509, and in person 21 of
Aug. 151 1. After the death of K. Hen. 7. he
quickly got into the favour so much of his suc-
cessor Hen. 8. that he was by him ' presented to
the rectory of Turrington in the dioc. of Exeter
28 Nov. 1510, (being then bach, of div.) and on
the 1 7 Feb. following, was made canon of the col-
legiate church of Windsor, and about that time
registrary of the most noble order of the Garter.
In 1512, Jan. 31, he, by the name of the king's
almoner, was made prebendary of Bugthorp in
the church of York by the favour of cardina
Bainbridge archbp. thereof, (in the place of Jamel
Harington dean of that church, who died in Decs
1512.) and on the 21 Febr. following, he was ad-,
mitted dean in the said Harington's place, who
had been installed in that dignity in the room of
the said Bainbridge, 31 Januar. 1507. In 1513,
he being then with the king at the taking of Tour-
nay in trance, his majesty not only gave him the
revenues of the bishoprick of that city, but also
made him actual bishop thereof, as some are
pleased to say. In 1514, March 26, he was con-
secrated B. of Line, in the place of Will. Smith
deceased, and in Nov. the same year was made
archb. of York. In 1515, Sept. 7, lie was created
cardinal of S. Cecilia; and in the year following,
Dec. 7,* he was constituted L. chanc. of England,
and about the same time legate ^ latere for the
kingdom of England. In 1518, Aug. 28, he ha<l
the temporalities of the see of Bath and Wells
conferr'd^ upon him, with liberty of holding the
* [Galfr. Simeon S T. P. coll. ad preb. de Holywell in eccl.
Paul, ig Aug. 14y4. per resign. Rob. Sherborne. Reg.
Hilt, ep. Lond.
2(5 Aug 1608, D'ns ep'us Line, contulit ecclesiam d*
Whethamsted vac. per mort. uiag'ri Galfridi Syniaeon, ma-
g'ro Joh'i Smyth S. T. P. Reg. Smyth. Kemmet.]
' Pat 2. Hen. 8. p. 1.
♦ [Lil. chancellor of England Dec. 24, 1515. V. Rywcrad
an. Hakkr.I
i Pat. 10. lieu. 8. p. 2. m. 26.
735
WOLSEY.
736
same sec (being perpetual connneiulatorv tliereof)
with the abbotslup of S. Albans and otiier eccle-
siastical livings in comniendam with York. About
the same time he laid in by his factors at Rome for
the papacy, especially upon the death of Leo 10
and Adrian 6, but the reasons why he was not
elected, were (1) That he would never go to
Rome in person. (2) That he was tiiiiiis potens.
(3) That lie w as not old enough, as by the letters
of Dr. Tho. Hanniball and Jo. Clerk the king's
orators, and the card, agents at Rome, appears.
In 1.523 he had the bishoprick of Durham given
to him, and thereupon resign'd B. and VVells,
and soon after began the foundations of his two
most noble and splendid colleges at Oxon and
Ipswich, as I have largely elsewhere ** told you.
In 1529, he had the see of Winchester con ferr'd
upon him : Whereupon renouncing Durham, the
profits and revenues of the said see were given to
the lady AnneBoleyn, for the space of one year.
But before he was quite warm in Winchester, he
fell into the king's displeasure, and thereupon
being soon after commanded to live in his dioc. of
York, about the beginning of 1,530, retired to the
sjrchbishop's palace at Cawood, where spending
the summer following in great hospitality, was
about the latter end of Octob. ensuing arrested
for high treason. Wliereupon being to be con-
1530. veyed to London to answer for it, he died at
Leicester in the way thither, on the 29th Nov.
following, and was buried in S. Mary's chappel
within the precincts of the abbey-church there.
Of all the clergy-men of his time, and before and
after him, Wolsey was indisputably the greatest.
lie managed a most inflexible king with so great
dexterity, that of one who always threw his riders,
none held the reins, either so long, or so success-
fully. He had a vast mind, and a great sense of
regulation and glory, (which by some is construed
pride.) He lived always with great splendor ;
and yet left the most lasting and most noble mo-
numents of his bount}'. No prelate indeed, espe-
cially in this nation, had ever so many and large,
but withal none ever employed them more gene-
rously ; so that his vast revenues were hardly pro-
Sortionable to his great and extraordinary designs.
[is parts were prodigious, and it must be owned,
that he wanted not a sense of his own sufficiency ;
and therefore his demeanor and management of
himself was such, as was more fitted with the
greatness of his mind, and his fortune, than to the
meanness of his birth. Many historians of that
time, whether out of envy of his order, or con-
tempt of his birth, or hatred of his religion, have
not been very favourable to his fame; and the
traditionary reporters since, who have pretended to
an exact account of his actions, have, upon too
slight enquiries, and with too great confidence,
transcribed the former narratives. So that we yet
' In Hisl. (Sf Antiq. Univ. Ox. lib. 2. p. 35. &c. 246, 247,
want an exact and faithful history of the greatest,
most noble, and most disinterested clergyman of
that age. His public imployments gaveliim little
leisure for the publication of any works of learn-
ing ; and, if any were published, they are dead
with him, except perhaps those which I have
seen, which are the epistle and directions for
teaching the eight classes in Ipswich school, set
before the grammar of W. Lilye, and printed in
1528. " Cardinal Wolsey hath divers letters ex-
" tant to obtain the papac)'. See Fox's Book
" of Martyrs, 1529- He hath also divers letters,
" mostly in Latin, and some in English, relating
" to the divorce between king Henry 8. and
" queen Katharine his first royal consort, which
" may be seen in the collection of records and
" original papers, at the end of the fi.rst volume of
" Dr. Burnet's History of the Reformation of the
" Church of England. In p. 12. is a large Latin
" letter of about two sheets and an half; p. 29,
" 30, two other letters in Latin ; p. 34. another
" Latin of three quarters of a sheet; two Latin
" letters in page 36, 39. Another Latin letter in
" p. 40. Another Latin letter p. 48. His and
" Campegius' letter of a sheet, p. 67, &c. A long
" English letter of about 2 sheets and an half,
" p. 51, &.C. Another large English letter of a
" sheet and a half and more, p. 60, &c. Another
" English letter of a sheet, p. 7I,Stc. In the 2d
" vol. of Hist. Reformat, in the coll. of records at
" the end, numb. 48. Cardinal Wolsey's letter to
" Rome for procuring the popedom to himself,
" upon pope Adrian's death, in one sheet and an
" half."
[Wolsey was the son of Thomas and Joan. See
Rymer, Fvedera, xiv, 255.
1508, 20 Eeb. Mag'r Tho. VulcycoU. ad preb.
de Welton • Brynhall, per resign, mag. Joh'is
Harden. -Reg- Smith, ep'i Line.
1509, 3 May, Mag'r Tho. Wulcy coll. ad preb.
de Slow-longa, per mort. mag'ri Joh. Smith.
Tho. Wulcy cl'ic. coll. ad precent. S. Pauli
Lond. 8 Jul. 1513, per mort. Gundisalvi Ferdi-
nand.
Will. Horsey D. D. pres. per reg. ad precen-
toriam Paul. 27. Mar. 1514, per promot. Wulcy
ad e'patum Line. Reg- Fitzjames.
It appears by the records in the Augmentation
Office, that Dr. Tho. Wolsey was dean of St.
Stephen's Westm. MS. Hist, of the Parish of
St. Margarets in fVestm.
Wolsey, bishop of Line, chosen chancellor of
Cambridge an. 1514, which office he refused to
accept. V. pref. to Funeral Sermon for Marg.
Countess of Rickm. f. ix. Ken net.
The Dialogue betu-een two Priest's Servants,
mentioned before in the text, refers to a very
' [Cardinal Campegio in 1529 gave 3" acquittance, Sept.
22, 152(), as bp. of Salisbury, to cardinal Wolsey for timber
which iie had out of his manor of Sunning in Beritshire to-
wards the building the cardinal's college. V. my vol. 46. p.
30fl. 310. 311. &c. W. Cole 1774.]
737
WOLSEY.
DILLON.
WAKHANt.
738
titter satire oa Wolsey commonly known by this
title
Rede me, and he nott wrothe.
For I sm/e no thi/nge but trot he.
The author was William Roy, whom Bale styles
' vir Bctate suae non incr^ditus,' and who flou-
rished about 1530. A copy of this very scarce
tract is among Dr. Rawlinson's books in the Bod-
leian, and it has been re-printed by Park, in his
Supplement to the Harlcian Miscellaiii/, 1812, vol.i.
p. 1 . The following is the description of the car-
dinal's equipage:
fVat. Doth he vse then on mules to ryde?
JeJ^. Ye; and that with so shamfuU pryde
That 10 tell it is not possible:
More lyke a god celesliall
Then eny creature mortall.
With worldly pompe incredible.
Before hym rydt,;h two prestes sti'onge.
And ihcy bcare two crosses r\'ght longe,
Gapynge in erery man's face:
After tlieym folowe two layc-men secular,
And cache of theym holdyngc a ])illar
In their liondes, steade of a mace.
Then folowcth my lorde on his mule.
Trapped withgokle vnder her cule,
■In every poynt most curiously;
On cache syde a poilaxc is borne.
Which in none wothor vse are worne,
Pretendynge some hid mistery.
Then hath he servauntes fyve or six score.
Some behynde and some before,
A marvelous great company :
•Of which are lordes and gentlemen,
With many gromes and yemen,
And also knaves amonge.
Thus dayly he procedeth forthe,
And men must take it at worthe
Whether be. do right orwronge.
A grett carle he is and a fatt,
Wearynge on his bed a red hatt,
Procured with angels subsidy.
And, as they say, in time of rayne,
Fower of his gentehnen are fayne
To holdeover it a cannopy:
Besyde this, to tell the more newes.
He hath a payre of costly shewcs.
Which sildom touche eny grownde.
They are so goodly and curious.
All of golde and stones precious,
Costynge many ,a thousande pownde.
Wat. And who did for thes shewes paye?
Jeff. Truly niany a ryche abbaye,
To be easied of his visitaeion. — See.
Sign. d.
There is a curious old portrait of Wolsey by Els-
tracke prefixed to Cavendish's life, and one with
a label proceediiiK; from his mouth on which are
Vol. II.
these words, Ego, memet rex; but the best, pro-
bably, 18 that in the Heroologia."]
THOMAS DILLON was l>orn in the county
of Mcalh in Ireland, studied here in Oxon seve-
ral years, but whether he took a degree it appears
not. At length retiring to his own country, be-
came through several preferments bishop of Kil-
dare, where sitting about eiglH years, gave way ^
to fate in fifteen hundred thirty' and one. In the
said see succeeded one Waiter Wcllcsiey, as I
shall anon tell you.
WILLIAM WARHAM, son of Rob. War-
ham, was born of a genteel family at Okely in
Hampshire, educated in grammaticals in AVyk«-
faam's school, admitted true and perpetual fellow
of New coll. in 147 j, took the degrees in ilie laws,
left the coll. 1488, and about that timebecame an
advocate in the court of arches, and soon after
principal or chief moderator of Civil Law school,
then situated in S. Edward's parish in Oxon. On
the 2 Nov. I49.'5, he was collated to the chantor-
ship of Wells upon the death of Tho. Overey,
(sometimes fellow of Ails, coll.) and on the 13 of
Feb. following he was constituted master of the
rolls. " He was A.D. 1494 with sir Edw. Poyn-
" ings sent ambassador to Philip duke of Bur-
" gundy about the matter of Perkin Warbeck."
Afterwards being elected to the see of London, he
had the great seal of England' delivered unto him
on the M of Aug. 1502: So that in a few days
after being consecrated bishop of that see, had re-
stitution' made to him of the temporalities be-
longing thereunto, on the 1st of Octob. following.
In the beginning of January in the same year he
was constituted L. chanc. of England, and in Nov.
(as one' saith) in 1504, he was translated to the
see of Canterbury; whose inthronization there,
appointed to be on the 9 March following, was
performed then with great and wonderful solem-
nity and magnificence, as it may be partly else-
where^ seen. Iji 150f), May .28, he was unani-
mously elected chancellor of the university oif
Oxon, being then, and ever after, an especial
friend to it, and its nien)bers, as may be discerned
in several epistles ' that passed between them.
In some, the said members stile him ' sanctissunns
in Christo pater,' and in others, they proclaim in
an high manner his prudence, profound under-
standing, &c. All which, I presume, was done
because he had been a benefactor to the finishing
of S. Mary's church and the divinity school. It
must be now known that there was a young knight
called W^illiam Warham, godson and nephew t©
' Jac. War. in Com. de Proesulib. Uibtrn. p. 128.
» Pat. 9. Hen. 7. pi-
» Pat. 18. Hcn.7. p. I- ">-l4-
' Fr. Godwin in Com. dc Prtesul. Angl. int. episc. Caatuar.
' Vide //is*. & Anliq. Vniv.Ox.\\h. l.p. 239. a.
> lb. lib. 1. p.4l6.b.
3 B
1331.
7S9
WAR HAM,
740
the arclibishop, (as being son to his brother Hugh
Warham,) that waited upon him in his chamber :
with him the archb. being always ready to dis-
course, did more than once seriously tell him,
that if ever after his death any should succeed him
in the see of Canterbury called Thomas, he should
in no wise serve him, or seek his favour and ac-
quaintance, for there shall (said he) one of that
name shortly enjoy this see, that shall as much by
his vitious living and wicked heresies dishonour,
wast, and destroy the same, and the whole church
of England, as ever the blessed bishop and martyr
St. Thomas did before benefit, bless, adorn, and
honour the same, &c.' This is reported by Nich.
Harpesfield* from the mouth of the said sir Will.
Warham, being prophetically spoken by the said
archb. concernmg the Thomas that succeeded
him, meaning Thom. Cranmer.' After Dr. War-
ham had sate in Canterbury in great prosperity
about 28 years, he concluded this life at S.
Stephens near to the said city, on the 22d of Aug.
between the hours of 3 and 4 in the morning, in
1532, fifteen hundred thirty and two: whereupon his
body was laid in a little chappel built by himself
for the place of his burial, on the north side of the
martyrdom of S. Thomas of Canterbury, and had
there a reasonable fair tomb erected over his body,
but defaced in the beginning of the grand rebellion
began and carried on by the presbyterians. Eras-
mus of Rotterdam having been a great acquaint-
ance of the said archbishop, had the honour to
have his picture sent to him by the owner : which
being with great devotion received, Erasmus sent
him his, and between them passed several epis-
tles, in one of which, or else in another place,
Erasmus (who had the parsonage of Aldington in
Kent bestowed on him) so commends him for hu-
manity, learning, integrity, and piety, that in the
conclusion he saith, ' nullam absoluti praesulis
dotem in eodesideres.'* The said archb. left all
his theological books to Alls. coll. library, his
civil and can. law books, with the prick-song
books belonging to his chappel, to New coll. and
his ledgers, grayles, and antiphonals to Wyke-
ham's coll. near to Winchester. See more of him
in a book en tit. De Atitiquitate Britannica Ec-
clesia, &c. Lond. 1572-3. p. 348. 349. &c. "and
*' bp. Burnet in his History of the Reform. Lib. 2.
" p. 127. gives this archbp. the character of a
" great canonist an able states-man and a favourer
" of learned men. He always hated cardinal Wol-
" sey, and never would stoop to him, esteeming
♦ In his Treatise of Marriage, MS. lib. 2.
' [Mr. Strype, in his Memorials ofArchh. Cranmer, lib. i.
cap. 4, tells, that archbishop Warham did admonish his
nephew Will. Warham archd. of Canterbury, to beware of
Thomas that should siicceed him in that see of Cant. Wood,
MS. note in the Ashmole copyj]
* [Will Warham a wise and grave man, a great patron of
the most learned Erasmus. Wood, MS. note in the Ash-
mole copy.'}
" him below the dignity of his see. He was not so
" peevishly engaged to the learning of the schools
" as others were, but set up and encouraged a
" more generous way of knowledge : yet he was a
" severe persecutor of them whom he thought he-
" retics, and inclined to believe idle and fanatical
" people, as for a time he did the maid of Kent,
" Elizabeth Barton."
[Mag'r Will. Wareham LL. D. pres. per custod.
et socios coll. Beatse M.-iriae Winton in Oxon. ad
eccl. de Horewood magna, per mortem mag'ri
Henr. Upnore, 8 Mart. 1437. ' Reg. Ritssel, ep'i
Line.
Will. Warham L.D. admiss. ad eccl. de Barley
com. Hertford, 1495, per mort. Rob'ti Adam, ad
pres. Will'i Bonyard et aliorum pro hac vice. Reg.
Hill, ep'i Lond.
Procuratorium Johannis ep'i Elien. ad visitand.
limina Apoctolorumconcessum Joh'i Close, legum
d'ri, decano Cicestrensi, Hugoni Spaldyng, ma-
gistro hospitalis S"^" Thomae Martyris Romae, ac
oratori illustriss. regis Angl. Will'o Warham le-
fum doctor dat. 26 Feb. 1489. Reg. Alcock,
;iien. MS.
Will'us Warham LL.D. collat. adarchid.Hunt.
per resign. Xtopheri Ursewyck, 8 Apr. 1496.
Re". Smyth. Line.
His armes a goat's head in chief, issuing out of
a fesse, 3 escalops in base.
A description of the inthronization feast, at
Canterbury in Hist. Sf Antiq, Oxon, lib. 1. Sub
anno 1503."
A Certificate in the Herald's Office, London.
William Warham archbusshoppe of Cauntcr-
burye deceassid at Seynt Stevens a myle out of the
cittie of Caunterburye on lliursdaye the xxii daye
of August betwene [HandHIl of the clocke in
the mdrnynge An. M V' XXXIL in the xxiiij
yere of kinge Henrye the eight where his body
was cerid and chaffid and then remayned untill
Monday.
The Monday the xxvi* of August his corps
was removed to seynt Stevens churche with his
chapelle and chappeleynes in good order where
was every daye divers masses daylye w* lyghts
burnynge and wax tapers w* a crosse in his hands
gloved, and over all the pawle, where it remayned
UDtill the ix* day of Septembre.
The Monday the ix"* of September the corpes
was convaied to Christe churche in Caunterburye
about ii of the clocke in the after none.
The Tuesday the x* day of Septembre by viii
of the clocke, everye man was readie in the
churche, when began the masse of our Ladie.
The sermonde and thother ceremonyes beinge
' [Sic]
8 j-p-
^Printed at large, from the original roll in the Bodleian
library, in Hearne's Appendix to Lcland's Itinerary, and in
Dugdale's A/eKas/ic(»«, by Bandiuel, vol. i. page 1 13.J
741
WARHAM.
SKEVYNGTON.
ALLEN.
742
1670]
1533.
done, tlie mourners with other went in good order
to the pallaceto dyniier.
They beinge gone the corps was conveide in to the
martyrdome, wliere as he had prepared a goodlye
cliappell and sepulture where he was buryed :
when, being buryod, the head oflicers brake theyr
staves of theyr otiices, and ciist them into the se-
pulture.
Al thes thinges being done, every man went
into the palace, where was prepared a sumptuous
dynner. Ken net.
There is a good head of VVarham, from the ori-
ginal picture in the archicpiscopal palace at Lam-
beth, engraved by Vertue, in Birch's Illustrious
Heads.1
THOMAS SKEVYNGTON was descended
from a right ancient family of his name living in
Leicestershire, but whether born in that county I
cannot justly tell; became, when young, professed
in the monastery of Cistercians at Merevaie or
Myrdvale in Warwickshire, instructed in theolo-
gical and other learning in S. Bernard's coll. ori-
ginally built for Cistercians in the north suburb
of Oxon, (being now S. John's coll.) to which
place he bequeathed on liis death-bed twenty
pounds towards its reparation. Afterwards he
was made abbot of Waverley, a house of the said
order in Surrey, and on the 17 of June 1509 was
consecrated ' bishop of Bangor. Where, after
he had sate several years much commended for
the austere course of his life and great charity, he
submitted to the stroke of death in the month of
June or thereabouts, in fifteen hundred thirty and
three. Whereupon his heart was buried in the
cath. ch. of Bangor before the picture of S. Da-
niel, (whereon a stone was soon after laid with an
inscription thereon shewing that it was the heart
of Thomas late bishop of Bangor) and his body in
the choir of the monastery of Beaulieu in Hamp-
shire under a tomb which he had erected nigh
unto the place where the gospel used to be read.
In the see of Bangor succeeded John Salcot ' alias
Capon doct. of divinity of Cambridge, translated
thence to Salisbury in 1529; where dying in the
summer time (in August as it seems) an. 1557, was
buried in the cath. church there, under a tomb
which he in his life-time had provided and erected
on the south side of the choir.
[It is a tradition at Bangor, that B' Skevington
was never there, and it appears by that piece of
his register we have, that he was not there at least
from the third year of his consecration to the 17*:
for all things in the register are dated at Beaulieu
or Bangor nouse in London. But if he was not
here, he was a very great benefactor to this place.
For he finished the Bp's palace began by Bp.
' Godwinus ut sup. int. episc. Baneor.
' [Joh'es Salcot ord. S. Benedicti domus S. Joh'is villa
Colecestr. Lond. dioc. ordinatur diaconus per rev. patrcm
D. Joh'tm Maionen. ep'um, autoritate ep'i Lond. iCMaii,
*502. Reg. fVareham, Lond. Kbnnet.J
Dean, and built the porch and oratory above it,
as an inscription over the great d<jor shews, which
is this, Thomas Skevington, Ep'ua liangor fecit.
He also built the cathedral as it now stands, as
this inscription on the steeple shews: Thomat
Skfvinj'lon, Kpiscopus Bangoria, hoc Campanille
^ Ecclesium iianc fieri fecit Anno Partux I' irginei
MDXXXIl. Ilis heart was sent hither in a
small lead coffin, made in the fonn of a heart,
and layd under a common stone close by the
north wall, w iiliin the rails of the altar, under the
place where Bp Vaughan and Rowland's monu-
ment was since erected. If there was any monu-
mental stone or inscription or picture of St. Da-
niel there, 1 am sure there are no footsteps of
either these 30 or 40 years at least. When I
was in school here in iGfio, Bp. Skevington 's heart
lay under a loose stone of the flagging In the place
afijresaid. I have seen the lead cothn of it oftea
taken up, and had it in my hand. After I came
to Oxon one of the school boys opened the cofiin,
and the heart was very entire: but upon the letting
in the air, it began to turn to dust. Bp. Morgan
hearing of this, ordered the little heart coffin to
be immediately sodred up again, and buried deep,
and the stones well fastned on it, and there it rests.
Humphreys.
In the church of Scevington, com. Leic. are
these arms: Argent, a cheveron sable between
three gilly-flowers proper, under which is written
' Orate pro Thoma Pace quondam episcopo
Bangor.' Burton, Description of iMcestershire,
page 261. Also a monument of S"^ William Skef-
fington K' who died 1534, lord deputy of Ireland
under K. Hen. 8. Ken n et.]
JOHN ALLEN, doctor of the laws of this
university, was consecrated archbishop of Dublin
in the place of Dr. Hugh Inge deceased, in the
year of our Lord 1528, and died on the 25 of
July, saith ' one, and another ' in the 28 of the
same month, in fifteen hundred thirty and four; 1534.
under which year you may see more of him among
the writers. [See vol. i. col. 76.] His death
which was no more than a down-right murder, is
attributed by some precise writers, as a judgment
on him, for his unworthy and base dealing m the
dissolution of Daventry priory in Northampton-
shire, being one of those many which were dis-
solved for the erection of the Cardinal's coll. in
Oxon. On the 25 of July early in the morning
Tho. Fitz-gerald, eldest son of the earl of Kildare,
caused him the said rev. prelate to be brought
before him at Tartaine, being then feeble by a
late sickness; who kneeling at his feet in his shirt
and mantle, bequeathing his soul to God, and his
body to the traytor's mercy, the wretched young
man, Tho. Eitz-Gerald before-mentioned, com-
• Edm. Charopian in his Hist, qf Ireland, printed l633,
p. 120.
» Jac. WarsEus in Com. de Prcpsut. Hib. p. 1 1 9.
SB 2
743
STAN DISH.
RAWLINS.
NIKKE.
744
inanded him there to be brain'd like an ox. The
Elace where this fact was done, was afterwards
edged in, overgrown, and unfrequented, in de-
testation of the fact. The people have observed
that all the accessaries thereof being after pardon'd
for rebellion, ended their lives miserably.
HENRY STANDISH, doctor of div. an emi-
nent and learned man and a Grey Frier of tlie
order of S. Francis, was consecrated bishop of
S. Asaph in July 13 19- Vou may see more of
him among the writers under the year fifteen hun-
1535. dred thirty and five, in which year he died. [See
vol. i. col. 92.] In the said see succeeded William
Barlow in the latter end of the year 1533, who a
little before (in the same year) was sent into Scot-
tland with one Ilolcroft about points of religion
against the pope, at which time he the said Barlow
was stiled prior of Bisham. He was also sent soon
after with William lord Howard into the same
country, at which time he went by the title of the
bishop of St. Asaph. Their business then was
about the interview with the Scotch king, induced
thereunto by his council, especially those of the
clergy. See G. Buchanan in Rerum Scotic. Hist.
. RICHARD RAWLINS was admitted fellow
of Mcrton coll. in the year 1480, and afterwards
proceeding in arts, he entred into the sacred func-
tion. On the 19 Feb. 1491, he was admitted to
the reading of the sentences, left the coll. soon
after, being then beneficed, and in 1495 proceeded
in divinity. In 1504, Oct, 1, he was admitted
subdean of York on the death of Edw. Cressacre,
(in which dignity he was succeeded by Dr. James
Harington in Jul. 1507,) and in 1505 he became
archdeacon of Huntingdon in the place of Rob.
Sherbourne promoted to the see of S. David.* In
1306 he was made canon of W^indsor, and in the
middle of June 1507 he was admitted archdeacon
of Cleveland on the death of Joh. Rainolds LL. B.
who died on the vigil of the nativity going before.
[671] In Dec. 1508 he was admitted warden of Mert.
coll. being then also canon of S. Paul's cathedral,
and in great repute for his learning. In 1512 he
went with the king into France, and was present
at the siege of Turwin and Tournay, and in 1514
he was made almoner to the said king in the place
of Tho. Wolsey, and archd. of Huntingdon. In
1521 he was deprived ^ of his wardenship of Mert.
coll. by the archb. of Canterbury for many un-
worthy misdemeanors, the particulars of w'hich
are too large to be here set down ; and soon after,
because he should not be a loser, had the bi-
shoprick of S. David conferr'd upon him, about
the beginning of the year 1323. To which sec
being consecrated on the 26 Apr. the same * year,
• ♦ [Le Neve, in his Fasli agrees with Wood, but Browne
Willis in his Calhedrah p. 107, says that Rawlins was in-
>6ii(ed Nov. 18, 1514, when Atwatcr became bishop.]
' Rfg. prim. Act. Col. Mert. fol. 253, &c.
• Godwin ut supra, int. ep. Menev.
sate there to tlie time of his death, which hapned
about the beginning of fifteen hundred thirty and
six. His immediate predecessor in the said see
was Edw. Vaughan ? of the university of Cam-
bridge, who dying in Nov. or Dec. in 1522, was
buried in the chappel of the holy Trinity within
the cath. church of S. David. Which chappel
he, a little before his death, had built at his own
charge.
[Ric. Rawlins admiss ad rect. S. Marjoe Wool-
noth, Lond. 15 Mar. 1494. Idem, S. T. P. coll.
ad preb. de Willesdon 7 Sept. 1499-
Dn's Ric. Rawlyn, p'b'r. pres. per abb. et conr.
de Thornton ad vicariam ecclesiae de Thornton
per mort. Rob. Skaynian, 6 Sept. 1505. -Reg-
Smith, ep'i Line.
1514 18 Nov. Ricardus Rawlj-ns S. T. P. in-
stallatur, in archidiat. Hunt, in persona Edw.
Darby archid'i Stow. Reg. Eccl. Line.
1523, 29 Apr. mag. Henr. Bullok, S. T. P. ad-
miss. eccl'iam S. Martini infra Ludgatc, per con-
secr. Ric.Rawlyns S.T. P. in ep'um Menevensem,
ad pres. abb. et conv. Westm. Reg. Tunstall,
ep'i Lond.
1523, 30 Apr. mag'r Will. Patenson S. T. D.
coll. ad preb. de Wyllesdon per consecr. Ric.
Rawlyns in ep'um Menev. lb. Eodem die mag'r
Joh. Watson S. T. P. admiss. .id eccl. S. Mar.
Wolnoth, Lond. per consecr. Ri'ci Rawlyns in
ep'nm Men. lb.
1523, 17 Sept. Will. Knight LL. D. installatur
archid. Hvmt. per consecr. Ric'i Rawlins in ep'um
Menev. Reg. Eccl. Line. Kennet.]
RICHARD NIKKE, or nix, a Somersetshire
man born, as it seems, but in what house in Oxon
(where he had spent some years in study) he was
educated, it appears not. In the beginning of the
year 1473, he, by the name of Rich. Nikke clerk,
was collated to the church of Ashbury in the dioc.
of Saruni, and in Sept. 1489, he, by the title of
doctor of the laws, became rector of Chedsey in
Somersetshire, being then preb. of Votton in the
church of Wells. In 1492 he was constituted
vicar general to Rich. Fox bishop of B. and
Wells, and in Jul. 1494 he was made archdeacon
' [Edw. Vaughan L. D. coll. ad thcsaurar. S. Paul. Lond.
10 Nov. 1503, per resign. Christ. Bainbrigge : cod. die ad-
miss. ad preb. dcBromesbury.*
26 Nov. 1503, rev. pater canonicalum in eccl. sua coth.
London, et preb. de Harleston in eadcni, per lib resign, raag'ri
Edwardi Vaughan, mag' ro Joh'i Smyth in medicinis doolori
contulit. Heg. IVarham, Lond.
Edw. Vaughan L. D. in ep'um Meneven. consecratus
22 Jul 150g.
I50g, £3 Jul. mag'r. Joh. Edenham S.T. P. coll. ad preb.
de Broundesb.ury.t per consecr. Edw. Vaughan LL. D. in
Menevensem ep'um. Reg. l-'ilzherherl, rp'i Lond. Eodem
die mag'r Joh. Edenham coll. ad tliesauriat. Lond. per
consecr. Edw. Vaghan.
1509, 27 Sept. Tho. Warren admiss. ad vicariam de Iseldon
per consecr. mag. Edwardi Vaghan in ep'um Menev, lb,
Kennet.]
[• Sic] ft Sic]
»3C.
745
N[KKE.
SHERBOURNE.
746
1636.
of Wells, with the prebend of Huish annexed,
on the resign<alion of Will. Nikke LL. D. In
1496 he was made canon of Windsor, and about
the same time registrary of the most noble order
of the Garter. Afterwards he had one or more
benefices coiiferr'd on him in the diocese of Wells
ROBERT SHERBOURNE, a Hampshire
man born, was educated in grammar learnmg in
Wykeham's school near to Winchester, became
true and perpetual fellow of New coll. in 1474,
afterwards M.of A. and in orders, canon of Lin-
coln, " master of St. Crosse's hospital near Win-
and in that of Durham, (besides the archdeaconry Chester," preb. of Whitcchurch and Heneger in
of Exptcr,) and at length on the death of Dr. the church of Wells, (which he resigned in Oc-
Tho. Jane being elected to the episcopal see of tob. 1493,) archdeacon of Taunton, with the preb. [672}
Norwich, had restitution made ' to him of the of Milverton nnnex'd, upon the resignation of
temporalities belonging thereunto by the name of Will. Worsley LE. D. in the month of Dec. 1496,
Rich. Nikke, clerk, dean of the king's chappcl, archdeacon of Huntingdon about the same time,
on the 24 of Apr. 1501, where sitting about 35 and in 1499 dean of S. Paul's cjtthedral within
years, he died blind, in fifteen hundred thirty and tlie city of London, on the decease of tlu- said
six, " about the middle of January," and was bu- W. AV orslcy, who iiad held with it other digni-
ties, among which was the archdeaconry of Not-
tingham, in which he was succeeded by Thom.
ried between two pillars on the south side of the
body of the cath. ch. of Norwich, next to those
two pillars between which Miles Spencer Dr. of
law and chan. of Norwich was buried. Over the
said Nikke's grave was a low tomb erected, whereon
were the arms of the see of Norwich impaling a
Chevron between 3 Leo))ards heads, being the
same that are on the roof of the north cross isle.
AA^hich roof is supposed to have been either re-
paired or built by him, as also part of, if not all,
iFje said isle. In the see of Norwich succeeded
one \\ ill. Rugg alias Repps a doctor of div. of
Cambridge, and abbot of the monastery of S.
Benedict in Hulmo, (son of Will. Rugg of North-
Repps in Norfolk,) who resigning the said bi-
sho[)rick in January 1549, died 21 of Sept. 1550,
and was buried in the middle of the choir of the
cath. ch. of Norwich. As for Will. Nikke before-
mentioned, he was, as I conceive, brother to the
lar
Croslcy in Aug. 1499- In 1505 he the .said Rob.
Sherebourne being elected bishop of S. Davids
under the title of consiliarius regius, had restitu-
tion of the temporalities of that see made ' to him
on the 12 of Apr. the same year ; done in requital
of the many services and embassies which he had
performed for his master K. Hen. 7. In 1508 he
was translated to the see of Chichester, and had
the temporalities belonging thereunto delivered*
to him on the 13 Dec. that year. He was a per-
son much given to hospitality, was very charita-
ble to the poor, munificent to the coll. that had
given him actad. education, as may ■• elsewhere be
seen, and bestowed much money in beautifying
and adorning his cath. church at Chichester. At
length after he had resigned his bishoprick, he
gave way to fate ^ on 21 Aug. in fifteen hundred
bishop, and being preb. of Ilton in the church of tliirt\' and six, aged 86 years, or thereabouts, and
was buried in the said cath. ch. in a poor remem-
brance'' that he had made there on the south side
of the same church. A certain note which sir
Will. Dugdale Garter K. of arms, cojlected by
himself, and afterwards communicated to me, in-
forms that the said 11. Sherebourne founded a free
school in the time of Hen. 8. at Rowlston in Staf-
fordshire, at which place he was born of mean
parentage. But this note, which he could not
then tclTwhencehe had, 1 reject, because the re-
gister of New coll. tells us that he was born in
Hampshire, where is a town called Sherbourne,
in which he, or at least his father or grandfather,
was, as 'tis ])robable, born. After he had re-
sianinus his preface to Palrephatus, dedicated to signed his bishoprick Mr. Rich. Sampson dean of
Wells, became archd. of Wells on the resigna-
tion of Tho. Bridlington in the month of Apr.
1473.
[Burnet in his Hist, of the Reform, lib. 3. an.
1536, p. 215 — Nix, bishop of Norwich had of-
fended the king signally by some correspondence
with Rome, and was kept long in the Marshalsea,
and was convicted and found in a premunire.
This I think was inhislastdayes, when the king was
about to divorce qu. Cath. and afterwards to ex-
pel the pope's power from England. Wood, MS
Note in the Ashmole copy.
He (Rich. Nikke) was educated, at least spent
some time at Bononia, as appears from Ph. Pha-
liim. He founded three fellowships one for a ci
vilian and two for canonists at Trinity hall, (and
being utriusque juris doctor, was probably of that
society) with two scholarships.
Ricardus Nykke, utriusque juris doctor, con-
stituitur vicarius generalis in spiritual. &c. Ric'i
ep'i Dunclm. per commissionem dat. Febr. 15,
1494, translat. primo. Idem coUatus ad eccl'iam
paroch. de Weremouth ep'i, Dec. 23, 1495. Reg.
Duiie/m. Baker.]
'Pafc l6. Hen. 7. p. ».ra. S.
the king's chappel, being elected thereunto, had
the temporalities given' to him 4 July, 28 Hen.
8. Dom. 1536.
[Mag'r Rob. Shirburn admissus ad archidiatum
* Pat. 20. Hen. 7- P- 2. m. 22.
3 Pat. 24. Hen. 7. p. 2. ni. I"-
♦ 111 //(*/. S" An'i<j. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 130, b.
131, a.
s Godw. in Com. de Prctsul. Ant^l. inl. ep. Cicester.
'Ill ult. test, in Reg. JIugcn. Qa. 41. io offic. prserog.
Cant.
» Pat. 28. Hen. 8, p. 8.
1536.
747
SHERBOURNE.
KYTE.
HILSEY.
STOKESLIE.
4«
Buck, virtute literanun Will'i ep'i line. 13 Feb.
149o. Rfg. Line.
Rob. Sherborn, cl'icus ad hospitale SS. Triui-
Ulis juxta Kingesthorpe dioc. Liuc per resign.
Thoinx Piavne, ex pres. Thoniae Roche prioris
S. Aiidrex Sonhton, die 16 Apr. 14<>£. Jutvg.
im Registr. Byciufem.
Roo'nis Sberboujiie A. M. et Jobe's Sharpe io
decret. bacc. custodes spiritual, dioc Cov. Licbf.
sede vac, 17 Mart. 1491. Rtg. Jfcoci, Elitn.
23 Jan. 1503, rev. pater Lond. ep'us eccl. pa>-
Toch. de Rodynge Margaret, sue Lond. dioc per
moru D. Joh'is Gultebv ' per laps. temp, jure sibi
devoluto oontulit d'oo Rob'to bherix>um intuicu
can talis. Reg. Wartkam, Lond. Ken net.
Sberbouroe was an intimate friend of bishop
Smyth, one of the founders of Brasen nose, who
gave him the first dignity he had to bestow — the
ardideaoonnr of Buckinebam, in the church of
Jjnooln. This is what Wood has mistaken for
the ardideaooafy of Huntingdon, which Sher-
boome never possessed. From Smith's RtgitUr
of LimcolMj fohos 200 — 221, it appears that the
net, whether a boll of plurality, granted to him
to hold the archdeacooiy of Bucks, with the hos-
pital of St. Cross, had or had not sufifered a ra-
sure, occupied the coon of Rome above half a
Tear. Sherbooine had also the prebend of Lang-
nund manor, Lincoln. MSS. fliorfeiaa, %54. 154.
Churton Lrc* ^ Fommdtn of B. N. C. p. 28.]
JOHN KYTE was bom, as *tb said, within
the city of London, and for a time educated in
this university, but in what house, or what de-
grees he took, it appears not. Afterwaids he had
tevecal dignities conferr'd npoa him, was made
sahdeaa* of die king's chaniel, and bv K. Hen. 7-
was sent ambassador into Spain. Iq me latter end
of 1513, he was made aichb. of Annagh, bjpn>-
vision from P. Leo 10|, thetetnpoialiti^of wnidi
were given' to him on the 90 M»j in the year
ihUowing. But he resigning the said aicb-
bishoprick on the third of A^. 15S1, (being newlj
madebidiop of Cariisle in England on thedeaih
of Joh.Penoy) was made archbishop of Thebes in
Greece. All these dtings were done by the en-
deavoms made to the pope bj card. Wolsc^,
whose aeatnte Kjte was : and because the boUs
of tzanslatian, and of Caritdr, with die retention
Dt hb other bfcicca sfaonld be expedited and
to the desire of WolacyaDod Vijtt, the fees
ID 1790diicats; hot wfaedieT aU was paid, I
dunk not, beriwse it paitlj appears In^ the letten
of Joh. dcfk, die king's orator at Borne, (after-
wards B. of B. and Wdk,) that for the sake of die
caid card. S75 dacati were released to K jte. the*
1M9 NcavoMt
•J«k Lrliad.il
the world was then very hard at Rome. He the
said Kyte took his last farewell of this world
(after he had bestowed much money on Rose-
castle the seat of the bishop of Carlisle) ou the
nineteenth* day of June in fifteen hundred thirty
and seven, and was buried, as 'tis said, in the 1J37.
middle almost of the chancel belonging to the
church of Stepney near London. Over his grave
is a marble-stone yet remaining, with an English
epitaph thereon, contained in barbiirous verses,
sbewiog that he was a person of great hospitality.
Tlie five first run' thus
Under this ston closyde and marmorate [6735
Lyeth John Kitte Londoner natyff,
Encreasing in vertues rose to high estate
In the fourth Edward's chappel by his yong lyffe
Sith whych the sevinih Henryes servyce pri-
matyff.
Proceeding still, &c
How it came to pass, that he was buried at Step-
nev, I cannot tell. Sure I am that by his * will
and test, made the 18tfa of June, 29 Hen. 8. Dom.
1537, and proved 21 of the same month (where-
in he writes himself John Kyte archb. of Thebes,
and commendatory perpetual of Carlisle,) he be-
queaths his body to be buried by the body of his
rather in St. Marvaret's church in Westminster.
[1534, 13 Jul. mag'r Eiiseus Bodley utr. jur.
doct. aHmioi. ad eccl. S** Stephani ^Valbrook,
Lond. per rengn. d'ni Joh'is 'Tbebanen. ar'e'pi,
ecclesizqoe C^leol. commendatarii perpetu.
Her. &ttftia/gr, epl Lond. Kevnet.
I have reason to think John Kite was f^ King's
coU^e in Cambt. Vide MS. CM. vol. xiii, page
93. Cole.]
JOH N HILSEY, a Dominican or Black Frier,
was consecrated bishop of Rochester in 1535, and
died in fifteen handled thirty and e^t. Under
which year JOB may see more of him aaKme die >43»>
writeis. [VoL i. ool. 112-3 In die see of Ro-
chester snoceeded tHA. fieadi, vfaom I shall
mention at large in his proper place.
JOHN STOKESLIE « seoas to have
" bocnat or near Stokedy in YofUure;,'' wai
cated in S. Mary Magd. coD. of which he was a
fellow, and mncb noted far his excellent facAj
in dispotiii^ whether in philosopfay or divmitT.
In 1502, he beiiK dies M . of A. of some yeah
standing, was admitted fifipal of Sl Mmr
Magd. ban, and in thejearfoDowii^wascleeM
die Borthem pmcsor of the mirretstn', hee— e
he had been bom in the noilfa parts of EmAmL
Afterwards he being vicar of WiDoafdiWm
Waiwickjhire fior a time, and rector at S«m-
Indge in Glonccrte^nre, (bodi by die sttdTdhe
> Stria Joh. We " '
«la
lfi3l.p.S39.»Mt
mBifDitH'Q^^
749
STOKESLIE.
WELLESLEY.
MORE.
750
said college) prebendary of the king's chappel,
dedicated to tiie Blessed Virgin Mary and S. Ste-
phen, within the palace of Westminster, arch-
deacon of Dorset in the place of Rich. Paice,
doct. of divinity, and chaplain to Rich Fox B. of
Winchester, who gave him, as 1 tiiink, the arch-
deaconry of Surrey. At length upon the trans-
lation of Tonstall to Durham, he was made bishop
of London in 1530. Jn which sec being installed
19 Jul- in the same year, (and about that time
made the king's almoner) sate there to the time of
his death, which happening on the 8th of Sept.
1639. in fifteen hundred thirty and nine, was buried on
the 14th of the said month in the chappel of S.
George " and our Lady" within the precinct of
S. Paul's cathedral. Soon after was a memorial
put over his grave running thus, ' Hujus in ob-
scuri tumuli,' &c. Which in English is this, as
P. F. tells me;
Th' obscure recesses of this key-cold tomb.
Do Stokeslie's ashes, and remains inhume.
Whose general name, good life, dexterity
Of pen, tongue, brain, were known both far and
nigh.
Who studied still to serve God and the king.
And benefit the public in each thing.
What good he did in foreign parts retrieve.
He brought it home, like honey to his hive.
He knew the intreagucs of Italy and Spain,
And of the Grecian wyles did make much
gain.
To many kingdoms of the world being known,
And honour'd more, returning to his own:
Who on our Blessed Lady's day being born,
Did on the self-same day to dust return.
In 1529 he was sent to the emperor and pope, and
to several universities, concerning the marriage
of king Hen. 8. with his brother's wife, &c. and
was with Tho. Cranmer at the citation of Katha-
rine the Q. (lowag. to appear at Dunstable, six
miles distant from Ainpihill, when she was di-
vorced, and the marriage declared to be void and
of no effect. He also burnt W. Tyndalc's trans-
lation of the Bible, was a disputer with Jnh.
Lambert alias Isicholls, and boasted, as R. Holin-
shed tells us, that he had burned fifty heretics,
meaning Protestants, and as Dr. Humphrey*
saith. that he had sacrificed to the God of hell
above three hundred. " Bishop Stokcslic writ
" All Amzcer to some Queries coiicerniiig Coiijirma.
" tion. See Burnet, vol. 1. p. 3128."
[Job. Stokesley B. of London was one of the 10
bishops who composed T/ie Bishop's Book, entit.
The Godly and pious Jnstilulion of a Christian
Hun, 1537. See more in \A ill. Barlow, loG8.
Wood, MS. Note in the Ashmole Copif.
Mag'r Job. Stokeslie socius coll. Magd. Oxon.
» Id Fila <g Mortt Jo. Jutlli, p. «(i8.
ordinatur diaconus per Augustin Lidensem cp'um
in eccl. mon. Oseii. 8 Mar. 1.W4: presbitcr 28
Mar. 1504. Reg. Smith, ep'i Line.
1523, 23 Mariii mag'r Joh'es Stokesley S.T.P.
ad eccl, de Yvechirche, Cant. dioc. per dismis*
sioncm rev'i in Christo patria et d'ni d'ni Job'ii
Dei gratia Bath. &, \Vellen. qj'i, nuper rectorit
dictiE ecclesiie, ad coll. ar'epi pleno jure. Reg.
Wurham, Cant. Nich. Wotton coll. ad ivechirche
26 Oct. 1 530. K E N N ET.]
WALTER WELLESLEY, commonly called [674]
Wesley, was bred up a canon regular of the
order of S. Austin, ana among them \n Oxon was
Ik; educated for a time. Afterwards he became
prior of those canons of his order living at Conal
m the county of Kildare in Ireland, and master of
the RoUs ill that kingdom. At length upon the
desire of K. Hen. 8. made to P. Clem. 7. he be-
came bishop of Kildare in 1531, and dying ia
fifteen* hinidred thirty and nine, was buried in the l^ag.
said monastery of Conal, the priorship of which
he kept in commcndam with his bishopric.
WILLIAM MORE had part of his education
among the Oxonians, but more in another univer-
sity, was afterwards vicar of Walden in Essex,
and suffragan bishop of Colchester. In 1537 he
was made prebendary of Gevendale, in the church
of York, but resigned it the year after, and on 14
Sept. 1539, he was installed archdeacon of Leices-
ter in the room of Edm. Bonner promoted to the
see of Hereford. He died in the summer time in
fifteen hundred and forty, and was succeeded in 1540:
his archdeaconry in the beginning of March fol-
lowing by Tho. Robertson. One Will. More was
lord prior of Worcester, which honourable place
he resigned in 1535, but was not the same with
him who was bishop. " October 20, 1536, Will.
" More batchelor of divinit}' was consecrated suf-
" fragan bishop of Colchester by virtue of the
" archbishop's letters commissional to him, as-
" sisled by Robert bishop of St. Asaph, and
" Thomas Welleys B. of Sidon. This More held
" the monastery at Walden in Essex, an house of
'•' Benedictines, in commendam (where Audley
" Inn now stands) and surrendred it to the king in
" 1539. W^illiam More occurs not batchelor of
" divinity of Oxon."
[Will. More admiss. ad rect. de Bradwell juxta
mare com. Essex, 25 Apr. 1534, ad p res. D. regis.
Cui successit Joh. Pekyns clcr. 5 Mar. 1541, per
mort. \^Mll'i More. Reg. Stokesley, et Bonner.
Will. More S.T.B. admiss. ad "rect. de West
Tilbury, com. Essex, 5 Octob. 1534, ad pres.
regis. Succ. Petrus Asheton 23 Feb. 1540, per
mort. Will More, ep'i suffragan. Colcestre.
Will. More L. B. ep'us Colcestr. suffraganeus
* Jw. War. ut sup. p. 138.
751
SPARKE. CHARD.
LEE. WIIITMAYK. LONGLANJ). KNIGHT.
7o2
seclis El^'consecratus in cienobiis fratruin Predica-
torum Loud. 'ZO Oct. 1 536. Reg. Lraiimer.
1540, 1 1 Febr. administratio bonorum domini
Will'i Moore sedis Colcestre dum vixit ep'i suf-
fran;an. necnon vicarii de Walden ab iiUestato
defuncti, concessa sunt Johanni Moore de Wad-
den com. Cantabr. anuigcro fratii dicti Willelnii.
Reg. Bonner. Ken net.]
THOMAS SPARKE, a Benedictine monk of
Durham, spent some time in study in Durham
coll. in this university, took the degree of bac. of
div. in 1528, being about that time prior of a cer-
tain cell. In 1536 he was nominated and made
suffragan to the bishop of Durhani under the title
of the ' suflVagan seat of Berwick,' which is the
utmost town in England towards Scotland. See
more of him in the Fasti, an. 1528.
[This Thomas Spark was installed prebendary
of the third stall at Durham, May 12, 1541. He
died in the year 1572, and was buried in the hos-
pital of Gresham chappel. Willis, Cathredals,
page 265, 813.']
THOMAS CHARD, or Cherd, a Devonian
born, as it seems, was bred a Benedictine monk,
and among those was he educated for a time in
Oxon, but what degrees he took, it appears not.
Afterwards retiring into his own country, he was
made suffragan to Oldham bishop of Exeter, un-
der the title of bishop of Salubrie, and by that
title do I find him collated to the vicarage of
Wellington in Somersetshire on the resignation
of Rich. Gilbert doct. of decrees in the month of
r June 1512. Three years after, or thereabouts, he
had the priorship of Mountacute (of the Bene-
dictine alias Cluniack order in the said county)
conferr'd upon him, on the dtiith, as it seems, of
Job. Water, and in Aug. 1521 he was admitted to
the church of Tyntenhull in the dioc. of Wells,
all little enough, God-wot, to support his honour-
Clar. *^'^ dignity. By his last* will and test, made
•1541. 1 Oct. 1541, and proved 4 Nov. 1544, he became
a benefactor to the church of S. Mary Ottcry in
Devon, to the churches of S. Mary Magd. in
Taunton, at Wellington, Holberton, Sec. in So-
mersetshire. See another Thoin. Chard in the
Fasti, under the year 1507.
EDWARD LEE, sometimes of S. Mary
Magd. coll. was installed arehb. of York on the
11th of Dec. 1531, and died in fifteen hundred
■1544 forty and four; under which year you may see
more of him among the writers. [Vol.i. col. 138.]
In the said see of York succeeded a very worldly
person named Rob. Halgate or Holgato, D. D.
ejected thence " and cast into the Tower" when
* [Baker gives much the same information in a MS. note,
and quotes the Register of the Church of Durham as his au-
thority.]
» la Reg. Pruning \a ofiic. ptKrog Cant. Qu. 17.
Q. Mary came to the crown, for being, us 'tis
said, a married man. ^ By his last will' and test.
dated 27 Apr. 1555, and proved 4. Dec. 1556, he 675]
bequeathed his body to be buried in that parish
wherein he should happen to die, but what parish
that is I cannot yet tell.
ANDREW W^HITMAYE a Gloucestershire
man born, as it seems, but whether he was of any
order appears not, was made bishop of Crysopo-
litan, and suflVagan to the bishop of Worcester
in the time of K. Hen. 8. but the particular year
I cannot yet find. He gave way to fate in the
dioc. of Gloucester in fifteen hundred forty and 1546.
six, or thereabouts, leaving then behind him a
brother named John Whitmaye vicar of Minster-
worth in Gloucestershire.
JOHN LONGLAND, sometimes fellow of
Magdalen college, afterwards principal of the
hall joyning thereunto, was consecrated bishop of
Lincoln in,May 1521, and died in May in fifteen
hundred forty and seven ; under which year you 1547.
may see more of him among the writers. [Vol. i.
col. 161.] In the said see of Line, succeeded one
Dr. Hen. Holbech alias Randes,^ written some-
times Hen. Randes of Holbech in Lincolnshire,
educated in Cambridge, made the last lord prior
of Worcester on the resignation of Will. More,
an. 1535, consecrated suffragan bishop of Bristol
(for Latymer B. of Worcester) 24 March 1537,
constituted tlie first dean of ^V^orccster 33 Hen. 8.
Dom. 1541, translated from Bristol to Rochester
in June 1544, and thence to Lincoln before-
mentioned in 1547. He concluded his last day
after the 2d of Aug. in 1551, and was buried, as
I suppose, in his own church at Line, leaving then
behind him a son named Thomas.
WILLIAM KNIGHT was a Londoner born,
educated in Wykcham's school near VV^incliester,
» [Rob. Holgate, archb. of York, a very rich man in money, m
plate and Jewells. — Temp. Marite, Rob. Holgate, archbp. of *
York, was deprived for wedlock, and cast into the Tower, and
led a private life. Memorials of Cranmer, lib. 3, cap. 307
& 310. Dr. Burnet, in his 2 vol. of the Hist, of the Reform.
an. 1554, p. 287, saith that Holgate went along in the refor-
mation, yet 1 find nothing that gives any character of him. I
never saw any letters of bis, nor any honourable mention
made of him any where. He seems to have been a soft and
weak man, and except those little fragments of his opinions of
some points about the mass (which are in the collection) I
know no remains of his pen. It seems he did comply in mat-
ters of relisiion, &c. Wood, MS. Note in Ashmolc.
Rob. Holgate coll. Jo. Cant. MS. Tenison, sed quaere.
Baker.]
' Reg. Kitchin, ibid. Qu.25.
' [Henry Holbcach .S.T. P. priorof Wigorn. recommended
by Hugh, bishop of Wigorn. was consecrated suffragan of
Bristol by the bishop of London, in his chappel in Lambeth-
marsh, Hugh bishop of Wigorn. and Rob. bish. of S. Asaph
assisting. Slrype, Memor. of Cranmer, n. fi3. Holbech,
monachus S.T.R. Cantabrigiae 1627; S.T; P. 1634. FaiA
Cantab. MS. Kehnet.J
753
KNIGHT.
754
IM7.
[670]
became perpetual fellow of New coll. after he had
served two years of probation, in 1493, but leaving
that place two years after, he went to the' royal
court, where his parts and industry being soon
known, was made secretary to king Hen. 7. and
8. The last of which sending him on an embassy
to Maximilian the emperor, found so much fa-
vour from him, that besides the great gifts re-
ceived from his treasury, he had by letters pat.
dated 14 Jul. 1514, a coat of arms granted to him
as a farther token of reward for his many services
done for the English king in exposing his life to
danger, wearing it out in continual labours for
him, and ready for the future to do the like, if oc-
casion should require, ik,c. The arms granted to
him by the name and title of Will. Knight pro-
thonotary of the apostolical seat, and ambassa-
dor from king Hen. 8. to Maximilian tlfe emp.
are these ; Parted per fess or and gules, an eagle
with two heads displayed sable, having on its
breast a demi-rose and a demi-sun conjoyned into
one, counterchanged of the field. VVhich arms
are at this day remaining in one of the South win-
dows of the common refectory of New coll. In
the beginning of the year 1523, he became arch-
deacon of Huntingdon on the resignation of Rich.
Rawlins promoted to the see of S. David. "A. D.
" 1527, he, being then king's secretary, was sent
" to the pope to put the matter home concerning
" the divorce." And in the beginning of Dec.
1529, he being then, or about that time, prebend-
ary of the fifth prebend of the king's chappel of
S. Stephen within the palace of Westminster,
(and newly returned from Rome) was made arch-
deacon of Richmond on the resignation of Tho.
Winter. In 1531 he was incorporated doctor of
the laws, as he had stood in an university beyond
the seas, and was afterwards made archdeacon of
Chester. In 1541, May 29,' he was consecrated *
bishop of Bath and Weils, and had restitution of
the temporalities of that see made' to him the day
► following. He gave way to fate on the 29th Sept.
in fifteen hundred forty and seven, and was buried
in the nave of the cath. ch. at Wells. By his last
will* and test, dated 12 Aug. and provecl on the
eleventh of November, an. 1547, he bequeathed
an hundred pounds for the conveying of his body
from London to Wells, for the interring it in the
cath. ch. there, and for a tomb to be laid, or set
over it. To New coll.- he gave 40/. and to Wyke-
ham's coll. near Winchester 20/. The n^xt per-
' [May 29, Sunday, 1541, Will. Knight was consecrated
bish. of B. and Wells by Nich. B. of Rochester (byvirtue of
the archbishop's letters to him) assisted by Rich, suffragan of
Dover and John suffragan of Bedforo, in the chappell of the
said bishop of Bathe's house, situate in the Minories without
Aldgatc. MemoYiaU iif Arch. Bp. Cranmer. lib. 1. cap. 13.
p. ga." Wood, itlS. Note in Ashmote.']
♦ Fr. Godw. in Com. de Prcesul. Angl. int. B. & Well.
p. 442.
? Pat. 33. Hen. 8. p. 1.
* In offic. praerog. Cant, in Reg. Moryson, Qu. 11.
Vol. II.
son, immediately going before, who was B. of B.
and Wells, was one J oh. Clerk of the univ. of
Cambridge, chupl. to card. VVolsey, doctor of the
laws of Bononia, afterwards master of the Rolls,
and dean of Windsor; who, after he had under-
gone several messages and embassies for and from
card. Wolsey and the king, was at length sent am-
bassador to the duke of Clove to give a reason why
K. Hen. 8. did divorce from him his sister Anne.
Which being done, he fell extremely sick at Dun-
kirk in Flanders in his return thence, in the month
of Sept. 1540, occasioned, as some say, by poyson
given to him." Whereupon making his last' will
at that place, on the 23d of the same month, and
iu the same year, (within few days after which he
died) liebe<iueathed his body to be buried in the
principal or chief church of the town of Calais,
and withal that there be a stone laid over his grave
with this inscription to be put thereon; 'Hie jacet
Johannes episcopus Bathoniensis & Wellens. An-
glus, qui cum obiisset plures insignes legationes,
tandem obiit diem suum in legationc Clevensi,
anno Dom. inillcsimo quingcntesimo quadrage-
simo.' Which will was proved 17 January the
same year. So that how it comes to pass that
there should be almost the same inscription on a
grave-stone sometimes in S. Botolph's church near
Aldgate, London, wherein most authors' hitherto
have reported that he was buried, I know not. —
In the palace treasury at Westminster, I have seen
a bundle of books, written, as is supposed, by Dr.
Cranmer archb. of Canterbury, and this Dr. Clerk
B. of Bath and Wells. Which books contain a
defence of the king's title of supreme head, and
of the divorce from his first wife queen Catharine,
and several matters against cardinal Pole. He
the said Clerk is numbred by Leiand' among the
learned and famous men of his time, having writ-
ten and published several things ; among which is
his Uratio pro Heiir. 8. Angliec Reg. Sf Defens.
apud LeoTiem x. in Exhibitione Operis regii.* 'Tis
' In offic. prserog. Cant, in Reg. Atenger, Qu. 20,
' Joh. Stow in his Survey of Lond. Printed l633. p. 1 19.
b. Joh. Weever in his Ancient Funeral Monuments, See.
p. 4S6, &c.
' In Principum ac illustrium aliquot £9" erud. in Angl.
Virorum Encomiis, Sec. Printed 158g. p. 41.
' [M. Joh. Clerk, deane of Windsore was sent embassa-
dor to Rome with the king's book against Luther, entit. De
Septem Sacramrntis, and to be presented to the po[)e, and
therefore hestiled him • Defensor Fidei.' Wood, MS. Note
in Ashmole, from L. Cherburj's Life of K. Hen. 8, 1672,
p. 94.
1508, 21. Apr. Joh'cs Clerke cap. \. M. ad eccl. deHoth-
feld perraort. Heiirici Hawle, ex pres. Tho. Lovell mil. Reg.
Warham. Cant.
1509, Compositio facta per Will, ar'epum Cant inter reli-
giosura virum Joli'em Clerke mag'rum domus Dei Dover et
ejusdem confratres ex una parte, et D. Rogcrum Derlev rec-
torem eccl. S. J.ncobi Dovor ex altera, dc el super jure perci-
pieiidi et habendi decimas tarn persouales ac Clirisii lidelium
oblationes, quam prediales tani in canipis quam in orlis cres-
cent, et tarn infra septa ct muros prefate domus quam extra.
— Dat. in manerio de Lamehith xvi die raensis Marti i, 1509,
el n're translat. septimo. Reg. Warham.
3C
755
KNIGHT
MIAfill.
WAKI'MAN.
756
worth, per resign, mag. Will. Spark, 17 Aug
agjinst Luther, but whore, or when urinted, it
appears not,' only that it was pui)lishoa in (]u. 1
liave seen many of his letters which he wrote,
while he continued in Ronu; 1524, &c. to card.
Wolsey, giving him an account of the alVairsof
that place, he being then one of that cardinal's
agents to obtain the papacy for him. " See two
" or three of his letters in the Ap|icndix to Bp.
" Burnet's History of the Reformation."
[Knight was prebend of Llanfair Dyffryn Chvyd
in Bangor church. When instituted 1 find not,
but that it was in Bp. Skevington's time, and that
he resigned it and was succeeded by Foiilk Salis-
bury, 1579. HUMPHIIEYS.
Will Kuyght' p'b'r ad vie. de Preston, dioc.
Lane, per mort. Ric. Burlowyk ad prcs. prioris de
Daventre, et conv. 11 Aug. 1492. Autog. Buck-
den.
1507, 27 Febr. mag'r Will'us Knyght LI..D. ad
eccl. de Sandiherst, per resign, mag'ri .loh'is Pers
LL. B. ex coll. ar'cpi. Reg. Warham, Cant.
Mag'r Will. Knyght de Lawghton, A.M. socius
Merton, ordinatur diaconus 8 Apr. 1508^ Rfg-
Smith ep. Line.
Mag'r VV^ill. Knighfpres. per custod. et socios
coll. Merton, Oxon. ad capellam libcram de Kib-
pei
1509. Jb.
1513, 9 Jul. D. Ric'us Midwynter A.B.ad eccl.
de Stowling per resign, mag'ri VViH'i Knyght
LL. B. ex pres. Tlio. Kemp mil. domini manerii
de Stowling, pensione xl sol. reservata dicto
Will'o Knyght. Reg. I'Varham.
1514, 13 Apr. Mag'r Will'us Knyght LL. D.
ad eccl. de Chartham per resis;n. mag'ri Tho.
Welles S.T.P.cx coll.ar'e'pi. Ih.
1514, 10 Martii, D. Will'us Knyght LL.D. ad
eccl. Omn. Sanctorum in Biedstretc, in dec.de
Arcubus, per mort. mag'ri llob'ti Woderofe S. T. P.
ex coll. ar'e'pi. lb.
1515, 27 Apr. Mas'r Steph. Dowee S.T.B. ad
eccl. B. ^Llriae de Chestham per resign, mag'ri
Will'i Knyght LL.D. ex coll. ar'e'pi. ^Ib.
1511, 20. Sept. Injunctiones facte per rev. dom Cant,
ar'ep'um in visitatione sua in Domo Oci Dovor, injuiiclae do-
mino Joh'i C'lerke mag'ro dicte domus ex confratribus suls.
Ibid.
1514, ult. Martii, mag'r Johe's Gierke deer, doctor ad eccl.
de Jvechirche Cant. dioc. per mort. ult. incimib. ex coll.
ar'epi. Jh.
1514, 2 Jul. mag'r Johe's Gierke deer doctor ad eccl. de
Terryng in decanatu deTerryng, per mort. ult. incimib ex
coll. ar'epi. Ibid.
1514, 12 Aug. D. Joh. Gierke mag'r hospitalis Oomus
Dei Dovor ad eccl. de Ch.irleton per mort. 1). I'homae Cho-
»cll, ex coll. ar'e'pi jure devoluiioiiis. //). Kennet.
Quidam Joh'es Clark, quaestionista Cant, an 14i)(). .\.M.
an. 1502. Quidam Clerk bac. iheol eodeni anno Baker.]
' [Printed with Hen. viii''''- book, 4to. Baker.]
' [It is very clear in this, and in many other instances,
that bishop Kennel's intenliim was to procure information
relative to every person of the same names as those recorded
by Wood, and it has been thought right to retain these notes
in the present edition, although fretjuently they have not the
slightest connexion with the Oxford bishops.]
1515, 7 Mali, niagr. Phil. Agard, deer, doctor
ad eccl. S"^' Nich. de .Sandhurst Cant. dioc. per
resign, mag. Will. Knyght, ex coll. ar'e'pi. lb.
Mag'r Will. Knyght utr. jur. doct.ad decana-
tutii ecel. coll. B. Marite de Pratis, Leicestr. 4
J )ec. 1515. Reg. Atrcater.
W\\\. Knight LL.D. coll.adpreb. de Chamber-
lain-Wood in eccl. Paul, 15 Dec. 1517, per mort.
Will'i Lichfeld.
By an act, 27 H. 8. for the assurance of the
temporalities of the byshoprick of Norwich to the
king's highness, it is enacted, That the said per-
son which shall be named Bp of Norwyche shall
hould and enjoye to hyni and his successors bys-
shopes of Norwyche, unyted and kiiitte to the
said byshopricke from and immediately after the
death of William Knyghte clerk archdeacon of
Richmond all that mansyon and dwelling house
that the said William Knight now hath Ictte and
being in Channon Row Westminster, as parcell of
his prebend in the chapel of St. Stephen West-
minster. Ken NET.]
WILLIAM MIAGH, or Meagh.— Upon the
death of Walt. Wellcsley before-mentioned, one
Donald O-Beachan a Minorite was by the j)ope's
provision declared bishop of Kildarc in July 1540,
but within few days after he died. In Nov. fol-
lowing one Tliaddeus Reynold, LL. D. was elected
upon the like jirovision, but the election being
rejected by the king. Will. Miagh before-
mentioned, an Irish man born, as I conceive, who
had spent soirie time among the civilians in O.xon,
was'' promoted to the said see of Kildare, and af-
terwards became one of the privy council to K.
\\. 8. in Leland. He yielded up his last breath
on the 15th of Decemb. in fifteen hundred forty
and eight, and was succeeded, after the see had
lain void one year and seven months, by Thomas
Lancaster, who about that time obtained liberty
of keeping the deanry of Kilkenny in commendain
with it.
JOHN 5 ^VAKEMAN, a W'orcestershire m.-m
born, and a Benedictine monk, was educated for a
time among those of his order in Gloucester coll.
and afterwards becainc the last abbot of Tewkes-
bury in Gloucestershire, and the king's chaplain.
In the year 1541, Sept. 20. he being then, as 'tis*
said, bach, of div.) was consecrated the first bishop
of Gloucester, where sitting about 8 years, gave
way to fhte about tho beginning of Decemb. in
fifteen hundred forty and nine. In his life-time
he erected a tomb for the place of his burial in the
abbey church of Tewkesbury, in the north side of
a little chapi)el there, but was buried at Worth-
ington saith a certain' autlior.
meaning as I sup-
♦ Jac. War. ut sup. in Cum. de Prnsul Ilibcrn. p. 128.
' [In l/iejirsl cdi/iou it stands RouiiRr IVukcman, erro-
neously .]
''In fib. H. 5. in coll. arm. fol. 17-
' Godwin ut supra int. e]iisc. (jlouc.
1548-
1549.
757
BARON.
BUTLER.
SYLVESTER.
STAxNYWELL.
HOrER.
758
r
L
pose, Wormington in Gloucestershire; yet I am
more apt to believe at Forthampton in the siiid
county, where he had a house and private chappel
there. Qu.
MILES BARON alias fitz-gerald an Irisii
man born, or at least of Irish extract, was bred a
canon regular of the order of S. Austin, and
among those of his order in Oxon, (where they
had three monasteries) was for a time educated in
theological learning. Afterwards returning into
Ireland, became prior of Inistiock in the county
of Kilkenny, and in 1527 was consecrated bishop
of Ossory, with liberty then given to him to keep
his priorship in commendam. Before his conse-
cration he built a new cam[)anilein his monastery,
as also a cloyster adjoyning, and after his conse-
cration he repaired tlie house at Kilkenny be-
longing to his see, and was a benefactor to his
church. He died in a good old age in fifteen hun-
ibbO. dred and fifty, or' otliers say in fifty one, and
was buried in the monastery of Inistiock before-
mentioned, among his predecessors.
EDMUND BUTLER an Irish man born, na-
tural son of Peter earl of Oruiond, was bred a
canon regular of the order of S. Austin, and for
some time studied, as is supposed, among those
of his order in Oxon, but what degree he took in
divinity in this university, it doth not appear.
Afterwards he became prior of the canon regulars
of S. Edmund of Athassel in the county of Tip-
perary, and at length archbishop of Cashils; to
which see being consecrated in lj'27, became one
of the privy council to K. Hen. 8. in the king-
dom of Ireland, and had then liberty allowed
him to keep his priorship in commendam. He
IA50-I. died on the 3th of March in fifteen hundred and
fifty, and was buried in his cath. church at Ca-
shils near the archbishop's throne. See more of
him in sir James Ware's book entit. CoHiTnent. de
Preesutibus Hihernia, p. 172. In the said see
succeeded one Rowland Baron alias Fitz-Gerald,
descended from the ancient family of his name
living in Ireland.
ROBERT SYLVESTER was a northern man
born, but whether a secular, or of any religious
order, I cannot tell, nor whether justly he took a
degree in this university. Certain it is, that be-
ing made sufl'ragan bishop of Hull under the arch-
bishop of York, he was made prebendary of
Langtoft and Wistow in the church of York
1541, and in 1549, January 31, was installed
archdeacon of Nottingham, on the death of Cuth-
bert Marshall, D.D. who had succeeded Will.
Ciar. Fell, D.D. in that dignity in Jan. 1527.' He
1552. either" died in the beginnhig of Q. Mary's reign
' Jac. Waraeus in Com, de Prmsul. llih.n. 148.
' [He wrote the prufaie to the English Primer, which
was enjoyneU the curates by Bishop Boniicr, in '542, to in-
quire after and seize on, among other prohibited books.
1553, or was deprived, because then, or soon
after, I find one Uob. Pursglove to occur by the
title of bishop of Hull, as I shall at large tell you
under the year 1579.
JOHN STANYWELL or stonywell was
born in the parish of Longdon in .Staft'ordsbire,
within which parish isasmful handet called Stony-
well, from a well wherein is at the l)oltom a large
stone, which seems to be no more than a little
rock, whence springs the water that supplies that
well. This person being much addicted to learn-
ing and religion when a youth, was taken into a
certain monastery (that at Pershore in Worcester-
shire, as it seems) and was bred a Benedictine
monk. Thence he was sent to Gloucester col
lege in Oxon, whc're the monks of Pershore had
an apartment for their novices to be trained up in
academical learning: of which 'college he was,
when in his eld(;r years, prior for a time, and was
then noted among those of his profession for his
learning and strict course of life. Afterwards
being doctor of divinity, he became lord abbot of
the said monastery of Pershore, and at length a
bishop (suffragan only as it seems) under the title
of Episeopus Poletensis. He paid his last debt to
nature, after he had arrived to a great age, in
the beginning of fifteen hundred fifty and three,
and was bmued according to his' will in a new
chappel built by him within the parish church of
S.James in Longdon " before mention'd. For the
" use of which chappel, and the parishioners of
" Longdon,"* he bequeathed all his * These lines
books, his two chalices, his crcwets, "" "T""^!!'
holy water stock, vestments, albes, '^li"ie^i„ ,^
altar-cloths, with other things be- jirst edition.
longing to his private chappel in Longdon.
JOHN HOPER, or hooper, sometimes
either of Merton coll. or S. Alban's hall, or of
both successively, was consecrated bishop of Glou-
cester in the latter end of the year 1550, and
about two years after had the bishoprick of Wor-
cester given to him to keep in commendam with
the former.^ He yielded up his last breath in the
flumes in the latter end of fifteen hundred fifty
and four ; under which year you may see more of
him among the writers. [Vol. i. col. 222.] Iq
Gloucester succeeded him James Brokes, and in
Worcester Rich. Pate. Of the former you may
Strype's Mem. of Cranmer, 99. where is a large account of
the contents of this Primer. Watts]
' In offic. praerog. Cant, in Reg.Tash.Qa. 15.
* [He ha<l the see of Worcester given him an. 1552, to hold
with that of Gloucester; though as Heylin remarks, he was
not suffered lo enjoy the temporal patrimony of it, but forced
to accept some sliort allowance for his exercising spiritual ju-
risdiction and episcopality ; and it is plain that he had not
been long. possessed of it, but he came into an act of parlia-
ment, (which see in Rymer's Foedera, vol. 15,) for dissolving
Gloucester bishoprick ; and so was to have been little more
than nominal bishop here, and subsist on the dcmesma of
Gloucester. Willis, Cathedrals, 145.]
3 C2
[678]
1553.
\iH.
759
BROWNE.
STAPLli.
FEHRAR.
760
read more among the writers under the year 1559,
[vol. i. col. 314.] and of the other among the
bishops following, an. 15G0.
GEORGE BROWNE, an Austin frier of the
convent of that order in London, was educated in
academicals among those of his order in Oxon.
Afterwards growing eminent among them, was
made provincial of the said order in England, and
about the same time supplicated the regents of this
university that he mignt be admitted to the read-
ing of the sentences in 1523; but whether he was
really admitted, it appears not. Afterwards taking
the degree of doctor of divinity, in an university
beyond the seas, as it seems, was incorporated in
the same degree at Oxon 15.34, and soon after at
Cambridge. On the 19th of March 1535 he was
consecrated in England archbishop of Dublin in
Ireland, and in 1551 he obtained leave from K.
Ed. 6. that he and his successors for ever in that
see may be primates of all Ireland, but recalled ^
Clar. soon after by queen Mary, who in 1554 caused
1554. him to be deprived of his archbishopric for being
married. W hat became of him afterwards I know
not, nor when he died. " See Mr. Strype's Me-
morials of Archbishop Cranmer, p. 37, 38."
EDWARD STAPLE received his first breath-
ings in this world in Lincolnshire, studied logic
and philosophy for a time in this university, and
went afterwards to Cambridge, where he took the
degree of master of arts. Thence returning to
Oxon was incorporated in that degree, and in the
latter end of 1525, supplicated the venerable con-
/ gregation of regents that he might be admitted to
the reading of the sentences, being then one of
the canons of card. Wolsey's college; but whe-
ther he was really admitted, it doth not appear.
In 1530 he by provision from P. Clem. 7- became <
bishop of Meath in Ireland, being at that time
warden or master of S. Bartholomew's hospital
in London ; which for some time he kept in com-
mendani with his hhhonric. At length qu. Mary
coming to the crown, he was deprived of the said
bishopriek (for being married, as I suppose) in
Clar. the year 1554, and soon after died. In the said
1654. see succeeded one Will. Walsh, D. D. of whom
I shall speak more under the year 1576.
[Edwardus Staple A.M. admiss. ad vie. de
Thaxted, com. Essex, per resign. Tho. Reynes,
25 Apr. 1532, ad pres. dec. et cap. coll. de Stoke.
Reg. TtinstalL Kennet.]
ROBERT FERRAR was born within the vi-
carage of Halifax in Yorkshire (within four miles
of which place he gave lands to his near relations)
and when a young man was made a canon regular
of the order of S. Austin, but in what priory or
[679] abbey I know not. Sure I am, that he having
partly received his academical education in Cam-
• Jac. War. ut supra, p. 120.
♦ Ibid, p 3B.
bridge.did, when he had entred into the same order,
retire to a nursery for the canons thereof in Oxon,
named S. Mary's college, situated in the parish of
•S. Michael and S. Peter in the Bayly, where I
find him in 1526; in wiiich year Tho. Garret cu-
rate of Honey-lane in London, and a forward and
busy Lutheran, did supply him with prohibited
books, or books which were written against the
R. Cath. ch. and the members thereof, he being
then esteemed one of that party that then op-
posed the established church and doctrine. In
1533 he, as a member of the said coll. of S. Mary,
was admitted to the reading of tiie sentences, hav-
ing a little before opposed in divinity, and about
that time became chaplain to Dr. Cranmer archb.
of Canterbury, by whose example (as one' saith)
he learned to get himself a woman also under the
name of a wife, and by his endeavours had some
preferment in the church. In 1547, he being then
in great favour with Edward duke of Somerset,
was by him* appointed bishop of S. David's upon
the rcnioval of W. Barlow to the see of Bath and
Wells, and accordingly was consecrated there-
unto the same year " at Chertsey in the diocese
" of Winchester. "7 But upon the fall of the said
duke in 1549, who Wjjs an upholder of him and his
unworthy doings, were 5C) articles drawn up
against him by some of his neighbours, viz. Hugh
Rawlins clerk, and one Tho. Lee,' accusing him
as an abuser of his authority, a maintainer of su-
perstition, to be covetous, wilfully negligent,
foolish, ifcc. All which he being not able to
answer, was committed to safe custody in London,
during the remaining part of the reign of K. Edw.
6. After qu. Mary came to the crown, it being
fully understood that he was a Lutheran heretic,
as the men of those times stiled him, he was
called before the bishop of Winchester, and other
commissioners of ecclesiastical affairs; and after
he had been divers times examined by them, he
was condemned for certain propositions which he
maintained, viz. (1) That any priest or religious
man, after his vow, may lawfully marry. (2) That
in the blessed sacrament there remaineth the sub-
stance of bread and wine, together with the body
•
' Rob. Persons in the third part of a treatise entit. Of
the three Conversinns nf Eng. vol. 2 cap. 6. p. 33().
' See in Jo. Fox his Acts and Mon. of the Church, under
the year I5J6.
' IMemoriah of Archlp. Cranmer, lib. 2, cap. Q, p. ;83,
Sept. 9, Sunday 1548, Rob. Farrar D. D. was consecrated
bish. of S. David, by Thorn, archb. of Canterbury, assisted
by Hen. bish. of Lincoln, and Nich. bish. of Rochester, at
Chertsey, in the dioc. of Winton in the archbishop's house
there. Several things follow of the said bish. Ferrar but im-
partially written.
Heylin's //i*/. o/Mp Hf/orroa/i'oti, ann 1555, Bishop Fer-
rar of an implausible nainre, which rendered him the less
agreeable to cither side (protestant or |)a|)ist) cast into prison
by the protestant, and brought to his death and mart\rdonie
by the popish party. Wood, MS. Nole in Aslimolc.']
" [Stryne, in h\s Mem. of Cranmer, p. 184, mentions two
others as nis principal enemies, with his ungrateful registrar.
Watts.]
74
761
PERU A R.
HARMAN.
762
and blood of Clirist. (3) That it is no sacrifice
propitiatory. (4) That only faith justilieth, &c.
Afterwards he was silenced and degraded, sent
into Wales, and being committed to the secular
power, was burned on the south-side of the
market cross in the town of Caermarthcn, 30
ir>Sb. March in fifteen hundred fifty and five. The
whole story of him you may read in tlie book of
Jets and Monuments of the Church, ficc. under
the year 1555, where you'll find his answer (tho'
insufficient) to the said 5() articles, his articles
also against a surmised information exhibited by
Thomas Lee to the K. and privy-council, with
many of his letters written during his imprison-
ment. From all which, and the story of him in
the said Jets and Monuments, a man may easily
perceive (as the Rom. Catholics say) that the
having a woman to his wife, was the chief motive
that drew him to those opinions which he held.
[Priorat. S. Oswaldi com. Ebor. pensio centum
libr. assignata Roberto Ferrar, nuper priori. MS.
in Hibl. Reg. S. Jacobi.
Robert Ferrar, bishop of Man,» who Grafton
sais was translated to the see of S'. Davids. Ken-
net.
According to Wilhs,' he had the priorship of
Nostell, in the church of York, to which was an-
nexed the prebend of Bramham. This must be
the same priory noticed by Kennet, as he surren-
dered it in 1540, and had the pension of a hundred
pounds allowed him till his promotion to the see
of St. Davids.]
JOHN HARMAN, commonly called voysey,
and VEYSEY, because he was educated in his in-
fancy (as 'tis said) by one of that name, son of
Will. Harman by Joan his wife, daughter of
Henry Squyre of Hands worth in Staffordshire,
was born at Sutton-Colfield in Warwickshire,
became a student in this university in 1482, pro-
bationer fellow of Magd. coll. 28 July 86, and
the year following true and perpetual fellow, by
the name of Joh. Harman only. In a few years
after he proceeded doctor of the civil law, and be-
came vicar of S. Michael's church in Coventry,
being then noted more for his faculty than divi-
nity. In the beginning of June 1505 he was
made prebendary of North-Alaton in the church
of Salisbury, by the ceasing of one James Strayt-
barret, and was admitted thereunto by the name
of Joh. Veyse; which preb. he afterwards resign-
ing, was succeeded by Dr. John Longland of
rggo] Magd. coll. in the beginning of Decemb. 1514.
But Longland being promoted in few days after
to the deanery of Sarum, Joh. Veyse was ad-
mitted to it again in the same month, and kept it
till after he was bishop. This person being
esteemed well qualified, and of great abilities, was
employ'd on sundry embassies, made tutor to the
* rin 1545 ; but he scarcely took possession of it. See
WilRs's Cathedrals, SC?.]
• [Cathedralt, p. 125.]
lady Mary then the king's only daughter, and
president of Wales. In 1515 he was made dean
of Windsor, being about that time registrary of
the most noble order of the Garter, archdeacon of
Chester, and dean of the king's domestic chappel ;
and soon after became dean of the free-chappel
of S. Peter and S. Paul at Wolverhampton in
Staffordshire. In 1519 he was elected bishop of
Exeter, being then dean of the church there, had
the temporalities of the said see' restored to him
4 Nov. and was consecrated thereunto on the 6
Dec. the same year. Of all the bishops in Eng-
land he was accounted the best courtier, having
been well bred from his youth ; and altho' he
had a good report for his learning, yet he was bet-
ter esteemed by some for his court-like behaviour,
which in the end turned not so much to his credit,
as to the utter ruin and spoil of his church. For
of 22 manors and lordships, which his predecessors
had left unto him of a good yearly revenue, he
left^ but seven or eight, and them also leased out.
And where he found fourteen houses well fur-
nished, he left only one house bare and without
furniture, and yet charged with sundry fees and
annuities. By which means the said bishopric of
Exeter, which was accounted one of the best, is
now become in temporal lands one of the mean-
est. Now if any person is desirous to understand
what became of all the money which he got by
the alienation of the said manors and lordships,
let him know that it was most expended (fearing
perhaps that the said lands might be taken away in
the mutable times he lived in) on his native place
of Sutton-Colfield, by making it a corporation,
and procuring a market there, building most of
the town, and endeavouring to set up the making
of kcrsies " theer," as in Devon and Cornwall;
which in the end, as 'tis said, proved to little pur-
pose. Also by building and endowing a free-
school there, building two bridges of stone, erect-
ing a manor-house called More-place near to Sut-
ton before-mentioned, besides other housing near
it, parks, ponds, and I know not what, as you may
see 1 elsewhere. In the reign of K. Edw. 6. when
religion was alter'd, he the said Dr. Harman re-
signed his bishopric, and on the 14th Aug. 5 Edw.
6. Dom. 1551. Miles C8verdale D.D. of Cam-
bridge, was ^ 'propter ejus singularem sacrarum
literarumdoctrinam,moresq;probatissimos,' made
bishop in his place.* In 1553, when qu. Mary
came to the crown, Dr. Coverdale was put out,
• Pat. 11 Hen. 8 p. 1.
' Joh. Vowell alias Hooker in his Cat', of the Bishops of
£,rp/«r, printed in the LifeofQu.Eliz. in R. Holinshed's
Chron. See also in Fr. Godwin in Com. de Prasul. Angl.
int. episc. Exon.
♦ In the Antiquities (f fVarwick shire, by Will. Dug<lale.
p. 667, 668.
» Pat. 5. Ed. 6. p. I.
" [Anno 1550, CO Julli, Ordered 40/i'. be given to Wiles
Coverdale, preacher, as a reward from the king. Register of
Council, K. Ed.ti. MS. Kbnijbt.]
76'A
UYDLEV
COOTES.
BOKELY.
764
1 633.
and the said llaniuui, who was forced, as 'tis'
said, to give up his bisliopric pro cotporis metu,
on the 14 Aug. 5 Edw. (i., was restored * thereunto
28 Sept. in the year berorc-ineniioned.9 So that
Hving there for a time till lie saw tlie II. Cath.
religion settled, retired to his native place again,
where dying fidl of years (aged at leas* an liun-
dred) in the summer-time in fifteen hundred fifty
and five, was buried on the north-side of the
chancel belonging to the church at Sutton-Colfield
before-meiition'd, where is at this day a fair inonu-
nicnt remaining over his grave, with his statiia
from head to toot cut out from stone adoru'd
with the pontificalia belonging to a bishop.
[Mag'r Joh. Veysey, rector ecclesiixj S. Egidii
de Chalfonte, et mag'r Joh. Seymour, rector
eccl'ia: S. Joh. et Jacobi de Garlekhyth, civit.
Lond. permutant i>9 Jul. 1488. lieg. Rime/,
ep'i Line.
Mag'r Joh. Veysey LL. D. ad eccl. dc Clyston
liaynes in archidiatu Buck. 3 Martii, 1495.
Reg. Smi/th, Line.
Mag'r Joh. Veysey LL. D. rector eccl'ise de
Norton Bryne, Line. dice, ordinatur diaconus per
Tho. Aehaden. ep'um, 23 Sept. 1497, in eccl'ia
conventuali S. FrideswidaB, Oxon. Reg. Smith,
ep'i Line.
Ijl8, 10 Jul. Mag'r Johe's Vcysy LL. D.
decanus capellae hospitii Henrici regis, et consi-
liarius, ad eccl. de Myvod, Assaven. dioc. vac. per
resign, mag'ri Edwardi Higins deer, doctoris, ex
pres. regis. Reg. War ham. Ken net.]
NICHOLAS RYDLEY, sometimes fellow of
University coll. was consecrated bishop of Ro-
chester 5 Sept. 1547, translated to London on the
deprivation of Bonner, in 1549, and died in the
flames at Oxon in fifteen hundred fifty and five ;
under which year you may see more among the
writers. '
[There is an excellent little head of Rydley in
Lupton's Modenie Protestant Divines. Lond.
1637, 8vo. page 231.]
GEORGE COOTES, Cotes or Cotys, so
many ways I fiiul him written, (whom some call
rggj-i John, but false) was elected probationer fellow of
■• Baliol coll. in 1522, being then bach, of arts.
Afterwards he was made fellow of Magd. coll. but
when, it appears not, because the register of that
time belonging to tlie said house, noted with the
letter B. hath been time out of mind lost. ^ In
152G he proceeded in arts, was afterwards one of
the proctors of the university, doctor of divinity,
' Pat. 1. Mar. p. 2 « Ibid.
' [Veysey restored to his bishoprick 28 Sept. 1553, so say
I; but Dr. Burnet in his I/ist. of Reform, vol. 2, lib. 2, an.
1653, p. 267, saith, he was restored 28 December. Wood,
MS. note in Aslirnole.]
• rVoI. i. col. 227j
'.L^"'.'^^,'^'-''- ^ -4ntiq. ii, 190; and Johnston's A'jWi
ruitatonal Power, p. 311. The lost register is that noted
With the letter Q. Loveday.] "
1555.
and in 1539 was elected master of Baliol coll.
1542 lecturer of divinity, Li the beginning of
1554, being then elected to the episcopal see of
Chester, of which church he had been several
years prebendary) ^ by the name of Mr. George
Cotes sancta* th. prof, had restitution made'' to him
of the temporalities belonging thereunto by qu.
Mary on the 18th of Apr. in the same year, he
keeping then with that see the moiety of the
church of Cotgrave. He gave way to fate about
the beginning of Dec. (as it seems) in fifteen hun- '***•
dred fifty and five: whereupon one Thomas MiU
ner was instituted in the said moiety on the 18th
of Dec. the same year, and Cuthb. Scot D. of D.
of Cambridge was much about that time nomi-
nated to succeed him in the see of Chester : the
temporalities of which were ^ given to him 25 of
Sept. 1556.
[' Coates died at Chester, as I * judge by some
notes 1 have seen, about Jan. 1555, and was ob-
scurely buried in the cathedral, near the bishop's
throne. Fox accuses him about the condemna-
tion of one Marsh, who was a martyr of those
times, and villifies his memory : tho' by what I
can discover, he was a good man, and a most
learned divine, only possessed with an over-warm
zeal for his religion.']
ARTHUR BOKELY or Bulkly, was de-
scended from an ancient family of his name, liv-
ing in the isle of Anglcsy, but in what coll. or hall
he was educated, unless in New-Inn, I cannot
justly tell. About the. time that he took the
degrees in the canon law he was beneficed and
dignified in Wales, where he was held in esteem
for a good canonist. At length being promoted
to the see of Bangor, and consecrated thereunto,
"Feb. 9,' 1541," had the temporalities of that
see given ^ to him on the eleventh of the same
month. After his death, which happened in fif-
teen hundred fifty and five, succeeded in the said 1555
see Dr. Will. Glynn' of Qu. coll. in Cambridge,
' [G. Cotes was consecrated bish. of Chester, In S. Savi-
our's ch. in Southwark, on the 1 of Apr. 1534, by Steph.
bish. of Winton, and his assistants, by vertue of letters com-
missional from M. N. Wotton, dean of Cant, that see being
then void. Mentor, of Cranmer, lib. 3. cap. 3. Wood.
MS. in Ashmnle ]
+ Pat. 1. Mar. p. 1.
s Pat 3 & 4. Pliil. and Mar. p. I.
' [VVilMs, Cathedrals, iSX^
' [19 Feb. 1341, Arthur Bulkley was consecrated bish. of
Bansior in the chappell of Joh. Inccnt, LIj. D. deane of
Paules, by Joh. bish. of Sarum, &c. Wood. MS. Note in
Ash mole.}
" Piit 33. Hen. 8. p. 3.
' [h is to be noted, that there were two Dr. Wilham
Glynnts at Bangor, who are generally confounded and mis-
taken one for another. •
The first was William Glynne LL. D second son to
Robert ap Meredyth of Glynllivon, by his wife Elen, the
daughter of William Bulkelcy, esq; constable of Beaumares,
and bred up in Oxon, as 1 take it. He was first archdeacon
of Mcrionilh, which he resigned up to bp. Skevington at
Bcwley Apr. 6, 1524, and the same day was instituted to the
765
BOKELY.
76e>
an excellent soliolur, and a very good disputant of"
his time; wiio dying about the latter end ot May
archdeaconry of Anglesey. He hnd abundance of other pre-
ferments In the diocese, as the rectory of I.laiituroe (in wliich
he was succeeded by Lewis suffragan b]). of Salj)|)) and
Llaneniaaii in Llyn and Llan^lel)nin in Meronytb, the rec-
tory sine curd of Llaiidiiiain, the (ircbcnd oi'Clinon V. . . ,
provostshi|) of Clyiioc C'rawiL, and was vicar general! to b|>.
skevinfiti)n, and nianai^ed tlic whole affairs and revenues of
the bishoprick : which lie farjii'd of llie bishop. 1 have
seen very severe articles, nhicii were exhibited against liim,
and he left no oood name behind him Bishop William
Glyn hath suffered by being of his name, the ill tilings
which the archdeacoa did, ueiiig often charged on the
bishop.
This archdeacon William Glyn's elder brother was Mau-
rice Glyn LL. I), who wai, rector of Llaiileslyn in Llyn, and
Llandusant Llanihwjdras and the chappelries annexed, and
also Langgadwalader in Anglesey, and archdeacon of Bangor.
This Maurice died 1525, and his brotlier William 1537.
They were gentlemen of a very antient and worthy family in
the county of Carnarvon, and many worthy gentlemen are
descended from their other brethren. Their third brother
(eldest indeed that married) was llichard, ancestor o( Glyns
of I'las Newydd and Elernion. Their fifth was lidmnnd,
ancestor to the GIvns of (jlynlivon, and to sir Wrlliam Glyn
near Biscilcr in Oxon, and their sixth, who was by antither
wife, was William Glyn the y.iunger, ancestor to the Glyns
of Llevar. Their fourth broiher was John, of whom I can
give no acco mt.
But William Glyn the bishop was the son of John Glyn,
rector of Henejjiwys in Anglesey (descended paternally from
Eueonap Gwalchmay) and of Joannctt the daughter of Me-
redyth ap Gwilim. This John Glyn who himself was the
son of one S' Griffith ap Evan ap Tudui a priest, had a great
many children by severall women, (of which 1 conceive,
John Glyn the dean of Bangor to be one, tlio' I am not cer-
tain of it,) but he names many of them in his last will (which
is dated Junii 6' • 1534,) as Geffrey Glyn (after l.L D.
founder of the free school at Bangor) David Glyn, Hugh
Glyn, Owen Glyn (afterwards M. D.) and two daughters,
and makes his son William Glvn then A. M. his executor and
overseer. 1551, Feb. 3, this William Glyn then D. D. was
instituted to Heneglwys (his lathers prefcrmeni, but a very
mean one, scar<e worth 40 lib. per an. at ihis day) we have
no more ot him in our register, till his being made bishop.
But in Fox, vol. 3. iti 1554, vou find he was one of them, that
disputed with bp. Ridley at Cambriilge, [at Oxford] and tho'
he was Ridley's old friend, yet made a contumelious preface
a,;ainsl him, which bp. Ridley took ill, and for which Glyn
afterwards begged paidun.
After the sec of Bangor had continued void near 3 years
(fiom bp Bulkeley's death) 1555, Sept. 8, William Glyn
S. T. V. was consecrated bishop. Upon his first coining to
Bangor, he held there a diocesan synod or convocation;
which began on Muiiday next after Trinity Sunday 1556, and
wherein afer a solemn procession, aiirl the masse of the Holy
Ghost, he preached, and then ordered the decrees and canons
of the last pnivinciail and legantiiie synod to be read, aiwl ad-
monished the clergy to obey them. I suppose, these were '
cardinal Pool's decrees and canon>, which passt in the convo-
cation that began Nov. 2, l.')5,i, and are inserted in the 14tb
vol. of the councils (Edit. L;ibbe) fol. 1733. 'I'hen was read
the pope's bull of |)lenary indulgence, and a mandate from the
bp. of Loudon (Bonner) to obseive the contents. After thisl;'
and conference with the clerjzy about severall matters relatin(<
to the public state of the diocese: It was nnaiiimously
decreed, there should be two diocesan s\nods at Bangor every
year; one the luxi court day puslj'estum omnium sancturiim ;
the other next court day after Dominicum in Albis, at which
all the clergy in the diocese were to be present, to ap|>ear in
their surplices for procession, and tobringtheir boxes, to have
coiusecraied oyle for tlie chrisme. And lastly the clergy pre-
1558, was buried in the choir of tlie Cath. ch. at
Bangor, under that very place where the sepulchre
on (jood-i'riday and in Juister time used to stand.
Not long after his death tju. Mary nominated to
succeed in that see one Maurice Cleinioek a
VVelsli-nian, bacli. of law of this university, preb.
of ^ ork, and an otficer in the prerogative court
under card. Pole archh. of Canterbury, but the
said queen dying before lie was consecrated
thereunto, he (with Goldwell bish. of S. Asaph)
fled beyond tlie seas, and going to Home, Clen-
noek some years after became the first rector of
the English hospital there, after it was converted
into a college for English students, where he was
mostly called by the name of Dr. Mtmrice, and
much noted by the said students for his great par-
tiality used towards his own country-men of
Wales, which always caused during his time a
great faction between tlie Welsh and English
students abiding in that college; " and occasionctl
" his displacing from the rectory by the i)ope
A. D. 1581."'
sented the bishop with a benevolence of 100 marks, according
to the antient and laiulable custoine of the said diocese, upon
the coining of a new bishop.
At the next diocesan synod, held at Bangor Nov. 4, tlie
same year, he ordered the aforesaid decrees of the legantine
synod to he read again, and strictly admonished the clergy to
observe them, under the penalties therein contained.
At another diocesan synod at Bangor, Nov. 4, 1557, he
nionished the clergy to pay their arrears of subsidies, to exhi-
bite terriers and invenlaries of their church goods by the next
synod, under pain of deprivation, and injoyned residence and
hospitality. He was a zealous papist, but no persecutor, that
1 can finde. On the contrary, tho' he deprived many of the
married clergy, he generally gave them some other living
instead of that, they were deprived of, and often permitted
them to exchange.
I.'i58, 21 die Mail, dictiis reverendus pater Willfmus epis-
copus Bangor, suniuio diluculo, diem claudebat extremum,
sedit annis duobus, mensibus octo, el diebus Iredeciin. He
was buried before tlie high altar, and hath this inscription oa
his i;rave.
Ciuylihamus Glyn natiis in Insulil Mon4, Cantabrigis,
doctor theolo^ia;, episcopus Bangor Romam vidit, concionator
egregius, sua lingua, & valde doctus. Vixit integerriine
annos54: Moritur anno 1558 ; Regni Maria: quinto.
Duw a Digon. HuMPHRiiYS.
Guil. Glin admissus socius coll. Regin. Cant. an. \52Q.
Regr. Coll. Regin. Cant. Gul. Glyn S. T. P. nominatus sociia
primus et viee-magister coll. Trin. in charta fundationis
dat. Dec. 24to. Anno Reg. lleiir. 8vi. 38vo. Gnl. Glyu
S. T. B 1538. S. T. P. an. 1544. Idem admissus Mr. sive
pra;sidens coll. Regina; per cessioncm aut deprivationem
Gul. Mey an. 1553. Regr. Cull. Uegin. Cant.
Gul. Glyn LL. D non occurrit. Galfr. Glyn LL. D. an.
1539 Re^r. Acad. Cunt
Anno Domini 15oij. (Math. Parker archiepiscopus Cant.)
consecravil Ricuni Rogers S. Th. Bac in E|)uni. Suffraga-
neum Devoriens. E viia Matthaei Parker scripta k Johe Joss«-
liiie, ejusdem Maltha:i & lin<;ua l.atiila amanuensi, et etiaiii
ab eadern s.-cretari(i. MS. Coll. Corp. Chr. Cant. Baker.
Will. (Jlynn S. T. P. admiss. ad eccl. S Martini, Ludgale,
Lond. 7 Mar. 1j4i). per resign. Beriiardi Sandifnrd, quam
et ipse resign, ante 20 Mali, 1553. Rig. liontur. KenniiT.]
' [Pope Gregviry 13 turn'd the English hospitall into a coll.
1578, and made Dr. Maur. Cleiinock the first rector.
Dr. Maurice Cleunock foi his partiality to bis couulrymea*
767
BOKELY.
ALDRICH.
IIARLEY.
768
[Artb. Bulkeley was related to the Bulklcys of
Beaumares in Anglesey (for the first S' Richard
Bulkeley his contemporary calls him his cosin
and kinsman) but he was not a son of that family,
nor of Porthame, which is the other antient branch
of the Bulklcys in that country. All that I find
of him is, that he was the son of Richard Bulkley,
son of another Richard, the son of John, son of
another John Bulkeley. But whether he was of
the Anglesey or Cheshire branch, I find not.
But as to his preferments, I find, that he was in-
stituted to the rectory of Llanddensant, in Angle-
sey, Aug. 18, 1525, and that he was also canon of
St. Asaph, and then being LL. D. he assisted at a
chapter held there June the 8tlv 153G, for the
election of Robert V\' barton (so he is called in the
chapter act) to be bp. of St. Asaph, and that he
was appointed by the chapter to carry the return
of the conge d'eslire, and their complement to
the bp. elect. 1537, Aug. 8th, he was instituted to
the prebendary of Clynoc Vechan alias Llangein-
wen, belonging to the collegiate church of Clynoc
VawrinArvon. I?ut this he had no great com-
fort of. For not long after Thomas Cromwell,
earle of Essex, having obtained a blank institution
to the same Llangemwen from the then bp. of
Bangor, John Capon, he inserted in it a nephew
of his own, one Gregory Williamson, a child of 8
3'ears old, and had him inducted by proxy. And
when Dr. Arth. Bulkeley opposed this intrusion
upon his right, Cromwell sent a letter to sir
Richard Bulkeley, expostulating with him for
countenancing his kinsman Bulkley against Wil-
liamson, and desiring him to pcrswade him by fair
means to quit his pretensions, otherwise he would
make him repent it. And when this did not do,
he sent another letter full of the highest menaces
imaginable (of both which I have copies) to S'
Richard : upon which he prevailed with Dr.
Bulkeley to resign his prebend. But after Crom-
well's fail, he entred into it anew, alledging his
resignation to be void, because it was not sponte,
but by force and after spoliation. And 1 find he
had it and kept it some years in commendam,
after he was bp.
It is very true, that he ruin'd the bishoprick in
great part by long leases and fee farms, but it is
as true, that some of his predecessors had shewed
him the way to do it, and that he was in some
things better than they. For he lived and kept
hospitality upon his see, which none of them had
done for near a hundred yeares before. But being
Englishmen and having ever some abbey in
England in commendam, or provision, they resided
^nd neglecting the English students in the English college at
Home, he was sent out of his rectory of the college by the
pope, about 1581, and made master of the English hospital
which was then taken out from the college or seminary.
Father Alfonso, a Jesuit, succeeded him in the college or
seminary. See Anih. Munday's English Romaine Life,
p. 60. Wood, MS, note in Ashmole.J
there, and seldom (some of them never) saw
Bangor, or if they did, it was only like strangers
to come and go, but farmed the revenue, and
executed the jurisdiction by vicars general!, and
so let all to wrack. But bp. Bulkeley was very
carefull of the rights of his see, and spent mucn
payn and charge in defence of it, being not willing
others shonld wrong it, whatever he did himself.
He seems also to have bin a man of good dis-
cipline.
As for the story of his selling the bells, I do not
believe it, and have heard aged men say there
was no ground for that report, on the credit of
which bp. Godwin first related it, and indeed one
that reads this clause in his will (of which I have
not the date, the beginning being torn out) can
scarce credit it. 3!^^'"' 3l ^° DCCUUC f tcftlfie
bv tl)i0 mp laft toiU | tcftamcnt, tljat toljcn 3|
l)ali certain fumnie oE motVEp in mp ctiftoDp of
rf)e catl)£tiral cljuftlj 50000, ttat bp tljc aDtice
of 2DL-. dilliUian! (Blrnn, $ otljec rljc canons
tljcre, 31 tiD fuUp licttoto ttie moncp, t mucli more
upon tljc roof | leatio of rljc fout^ OiDc of tlje
c^urcl), ttie toljicl) before toas reaDp to fall, t§e
reparation toljcrcof Did cott 42 lib. item, 9^p
loro arcl)bp. of Cant. IjStlj of me fpcciallp,
tol)erebp3 ai" inlifbtcti to Ijis ffracc in tlje fum
of 20 lib* toljcreof 3j lja\)c papti ten, $ tljcre foe
Ijate an acquittance, | 3! bcfeect) l)ts grace to
forgite me 1 mine erecutor tl)e reCDue, in veU
pe£ttljat31 tatje incurreD notable Debt (n Defence
of tljtS poor Ct)Urrl). These are his own words in
his will, by which he left some household stuff to
the bp's house, and made his nephew Rich. Flet-
cher (his sister's son) register of Bangor his heir
and executor. He died March 14th, 1552-3,
having sat eleven years and 22 days.
Maurice Clenoc 1 find was instituted to the
rectory of Corwen in the diocese of St. Asaph,
Nov. 20, 1556, and to the rectory of Laneingan in
Llyn Apr. 23, 1558, which is all we have of him.
Humphreys.]
ROBERT ALDRICH doctor of divinity of
this university, an eminent orator and poet of
his time, became bishop of Carlisle in 1537, and
died in the latter end of the year fifteen hundred
fifty and five, under which year you may see more
among the writers. [Vol. i. col. 232.] In the
see of Carlisle succeeded Dr. Owen Ogelthorpe,
of whom I shall make large mention among
these bishops under the j^ear 1560.
JOHN HARLEY was bom, as it seems, in
Herefordshire,^ or at least extracted from those
of his name there, admitted fellow of Magd. coll.
* [Willis says he was born at Newport-Pagnell in Buck-
inghamshire, where were living, till very lately several of his
name and family rigid dissenters and puritans. Catlu'lrals,
p. 521.]
I
\b55-6.
769
IIARLEY.
770
about 1537, being then bachelor of arts and mas-
ter of the free-seliool joining to that college. Af-
terwards proceeding in that fiicidty, he took holy-
orders, became preacher to the earl of Warwick
" afterwards duke of Northumberland," and tutor
to his children, ' a zealous preacher in Oxon
against the R. Catholics upon the coming to the
[682] crown of K. Ed. 6. (as 1 have elsewhere told *
you) and at length chaplain to that prince, who,
for the zeal Harley had in preaching up the re-
formed religion, gave him a prebendship in the
church of Worcester, on the ctecease of Humph.
Webley bach, of div. an. 1551. Where bemg
settled, he had the rectory of Upton upon Severne,
and the vicaridge of Keclerminster in Worcester-
shire, bestowed on him, he being then bach, of
div. Afterwards the see of Hereford being void
by the death of John Skipp, he was elected bishop
of that place : So that bemg consecrated there-
unto on the 26 May 1553, was within few months
after deprived of it by qu. Mary for his wilful
avoiding the hearing of mass and for being mar-
ried. Job. Leland the famous antiquary, who
knew the said Harley well, doth in an high man-
ner 5 praise him for his great virtue, and learning,
especially in the classical authors and poets, for
his fine vein in poetry, 8cc. but what he hath pub-
lished, that author tells us not, nor Baleus, or his
follower Pitseus. Afterwards Harley absconding
for a time, did at length go from place to place
in an obscure condition, to consolate the poor
remnant of protestants, and confirm them in their
belief, but died soon after in his wandring to and
fro in England. In the see of Hereford succeeded
one Rob. Perfey, sometimes called Warbington
and Warton, ^ formerly abbot of the exempt mo-
nastery of S. Saviour of Bermondsey, educated iu
the university of Cambridge, (of which he was
' [Harlaeus episcopus Herefordensis, tuse pueritiae (Rob.
Dudloee comes Leicestr.) nobilissirae comes, olira peritus et
pius informator. Laur. Humfredus, Jesuitismi pars prima,
1584. Kennet.]
* In Hist. ©" Anliq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 265. b.
' In Encomiis, Trophceis, Isfc. erudilorum in Anglia Viro-
rum, &c. p. 107.
« [Robert Warton, alias Parfew, S. T. B. bishop of St.
Asapn, was translated to Hereford, and had the temporali-
ties restored to him Apr. 24, 1354. This man, who had been
abbot of Bermondsey, which he held with his bishoprick of
St. Asaph, was, in every respect, as far as 1 can find, a wor-
thy, generous man ; though his memory is traduced by God-
wm, as an alienator of the revenues of that see : Whereas,
on a strict examination into facts, it is plain, he did not impair
that bishopriclv in the least penny ; but liv'd there in his
diocese, in great hospitality and credit, and contributed lil>e-
rally to the building the fine church of Moula in Fhntshirc,
and, as I presume, finished Gresford and Wrexham churches.
In his will, prov'd Jan. 21, 1557, he gave to Hereford
cathedral, his mitre of silver set with stone, a crosier of silver,
and a parcel of plate gilt; a rich cope of tissue and vestments,
and divers other copes and rubies. He died Sept. 22, 1557,
and was buried in Hereford cathedral, under an handsome
tomb, in the great south transept or cross isle, having his
effigies in full proportion, but no inscription. Willis, Cathe-
drals, p. 321.]
Vol.. IJ.
bach, of divinity) who dying in the time of winter
1557, was buried in his own church at Hereford.
Afterwards Tho. Raynolds D. D. dean of Exeter
and warden of Mert. coll. was dcsign'd to suc-
ceed him by queen Mary, but she dying before lie
was consecrated, he was laid aside : whereupon
Joh. Scory ' a Norfolcian born, doct. of div. and
chaplain to the queen, succeeded in 1559, having
been a sufferer upon account of religion during
oil. Mary's reign, in which time he wrote An
Epistle unto all the faithful that he in Priaan in
England, or in anif other Trouble for the Defenee
of God's Word, &c. printed at Waterford in Ire-
land 1555, oct. Wherein he doth, by the exam-
ple of divers holy martyrs, comfort, encourage
and strengthen them, particularly to suffer for
Christ's sake persecution. In the same year al»o
he published his translation of S. Augustin's two
books, the one of Predestination oj Saints, tlie
other of Perseverance unto the End, with the de-
termination of two general councils concerning
that matter. — Printed in oct, [Bodl. 8vo. G. 15.
Th. Seld.] And in the year following, he publisli-
ed his translation of S, Cyprian's Sermon of Mor-
tality, or the willing Forsaking of this IMe; also
his Exhortation to Martyrdom, and his Exhorta-
tion to keep and endure the Faith of Christ, 8tc.
Printed in oct. This Joh. Scory died in his
house or palace at Whitbourne in the county of
Hereford 26 June 1585, and was, as I suppose,
buried there. He left behind him a son named
Silvanus Scory, a very handsome and witty man,
and of the best education both at home and
beyond the seas, that that age could afford. His
father lov'd him so dearly, that he fleec'd tlic
church of Hereford to leave him an estate, but
Silvanus allowing himself the liberty of enjoying
all the pleasures of this world, reduced it to
nothing, so that his son Edm. lived by hanging
on gentlemen, and by his shifts. Silvanus was
also esteemed a learned man, and upon that
account did Ben. Johnson dedicate to him a piece
of his poetry, but whether he published any thing,
I cannot yet tell, nor any thing else of him, only
that he giving way to fate in the parish of S.
Peter near Paul's Wharf in London, in Sept. or
Oct. 1617, was buried in the chancel of S. Leo-
nard's church by Shoreditch, near to the grave of
his mother Elizabeth, who died 8 March 1592.
[Six eminent preachers chose out of the king's
chaplains in ordinary to go over England and
preach and instruct the people, of which number
' [Joh'es Scory, S. T. B. ex academia Cantab, presbilcr
regularis, patria Norfolciensis, Klalis 47, in ep'um Cicestr.
confirmatus est, die 20 Dec. ISSg. Anlii]. Brilan. p. 37.
Krnnkt.
Jo. Scory was a Dominican or preaching frier, which I
note, because Mr. Wharton could not find of what order he
was.
Quidam Jo. Scory, Hereford, admissus socio-commensalis
ill. Regin. Cantabr. Nov. 4, 1392. Qax.K. au filius?
coll. Itegi
Baku R.J
3 D
771
15ELL.
MAN.
772
Harlev was one. Burnet's Hht. of Reform, vol. '2.
lib. r. ann. 1351. Wood, MS. Nole in Ash-
mole."]
JOHN BELL, a Worcestershire man bom as
it seems, had most of his education in Baliol coll.
to which he was partlj' in his life-time, but more
at his death, a speciail benefactor. Afterwards
he became chancellor of the diocese of Worces-
ter, in the place of Dr. Thorn. Hanybal, an. 1518,
[683] and about that time archdeacon of Glocester,
and warden of the collegiate church of Stratford
upon Avon in Warwickshire. At length his abi-
lities being made known to K. Hen. 8. " he was
" made one of that king's chaplains," and by him
employ'd beyond the seas concerning state affairs,
was made doctor of the laws there, one of the
king's councellors at his return, a chief agitator
for the king in defence of his divorce from his
first wife qu. Katharine, especially in the uni-
versity of Oxon, by endeavouring to gain the opi-
nion of the members thereof concerning that
maiter, (as I have told you * elsewhere) and in
1531 was incorporated doctor of his faculty, as he
had stood beyond the seas. In 1539 he was
elected bishop of Worcester, the temporalities of
which being restored » to him on the fourth of
Aug. the same year, he was soon after consecra-
ted. ' In 1543 he abdicated or rather resigned
liis see, but for wliat. cause is yet uncertain:
Whereupon retiring to Clerkenwell near London,
lived there for some years, and dying on the
1566. eleventh day of August, in fifteen hundred fifty
and six, was buried on the north side of the chan-
cel belonging to the church of Islington near
London. By his last will ^ and test, dated 10 of
Aug. 1556, he bequeathed very liberally to the
poor people of Stratford upon Avon before-
mentioned, to the poor of liromesgrove in Wor-
cestershire, Tadcaster, Wimberslcy, 8cc. at which
places 'tis probable he had been beneficed. He
also gave 100 marks to certain poor scholars of
Oxon and Cambridge, in which last university he
seems to have received a part of his education.
One Joh. Bell D. D. was dean of Ely, and dying
31 Octob. 1591, was buried in the cath. eh. there,
but what relation there was between him and the
bishop, I cannot tell.
[1503, sede Lichfeld vacante, Johe's Bell Merio-
nensis ep'us ordines celebravit in ecclesia Lich-
feld, autoritate capituli Cant, die Sabbati 10
•Junii, 1503. Reg. Cant.
Joh. Bell deer. doct. coll. ad preb. de Reculver-
land 27 Sept. 1528, per elect. Jo. Allen ad ar'epat.
Dublin. Reg. Tumtal.
■ ' In Hist, (sf Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. I. p. 255. a.
s Pat. 31. Hen. 8. p. 3.
[Joh Bell LL. D. the king's chaplayne and counsellour,
was confirmed bish. of Worcester U Aug. 1 539. Wooc,
MS. Noir in Ashmole.']
• In o(Ec. proEfog. Cant, in Reg. Kilckin. Qu. 18.
1539, (i Sept. Edward us Sepeham cli'cus coll.
ad preb. de lleculversland, per consecr. Joh. Bell
in ep'um Wigom. Reg. Stokeslej^.
Bishop Bell buried, not at Islington but at
Clerkenwell. See his epitaph in Stow's Survey,
p. 484. Ken NET.
Quidam Jo. Bell b.ic. juris civ. Cant. an. 1504.
Rea. Acad. Cant.
D. Bell bac. injure civili an. 1504. hib. Pro-
cur. Alter Jo. Bell A. B. Cant. An. 1512-13.
Baker.
His epitaph follows :
Contigit hoc marmor doctorem nomine Bellum,
Qui Btlie rexit presulis officium,
Moribus, ingenio, vite probitate vigebat ;
Laudato cunctis cultus et eloquio.
An. 1556. Aug. 11.]
HENRY MAN " was * born in * Henry Man
" Lancashire, admitted scholar of teas bred a
" C.C.C. in Oxford, [18 June'] 1520, Carthusian.
" [aged 20 ^] went away before he was *^'"' ^'''*-
" fellow, [or took a degree,5j and turn'd" a Carthusian
monk, and of the Carthusians at Shene in Surrey
became prior : which monastery he with his bre-
thren surrendring into the king's hands, at the
dissolution of religious houses, had a pension
allowed to him for some years. In 1539 ne took
the degrees in divinity in this university of Oxon,
and in the latter end of Hen. 8. was made the
second dean of Chester in the place of one Tho.
Clerk, and about that time (tho' the year when,
appears not) was promoted to the episcopal see
of tlie isle of Man. He departed this mortal
life at London on the 19th of Octob. in fifteen
hundred fifty and six, and was buried in the chan-
cel of the church of S. Andrew Undershaft within
that city. In his deanery succeeded Will. Clyve
or Clyffe LL. D. (who had been chaunter and
afterwards treasurer of. the cath. ch. at York)
but the year when, I cannot justly say (or whe-
ther the said Dr. Man kept the" said deanery
in commendam with his bishoprick) and in the
see of Man succeeded Tho. Stanley, as I shall
hereafter tell you.
[In a general accompt of C. C. coll. 26 Hen. 8.
(15.34) is mention made of Mr. Mane, pryor of
Wytham. Wytham is a priory or abbey for
Carthusians in Somersetshire. Wood, MS. Note
in Ashmole.
Henricus Man S. T. P. consecraturep'us Sudo-
rensis per Edmundum ep'um Lond. Tho. Sidon
ep'um, et Joh. sedis Bedford, suffragan, die 14
Febr. 1545. Reg. Bonner, ep'i Lond.
Among the pensions allowed at the dissolution
of religious houses:
' Shene, com. Surr. Henr. Man nuper priori,
CLXVI/i. XHL-. l\d:
Ken NET.]
' [Wood, MS. in .Ishmolc.']
* [Ibid.] J [Ibid.]
t556.
773
BYRDE.
CHAMBERS.
KYNGE.
774
1556.
[684]
1556-
JOHN BYRDE was mack bishop of Bangor
in 1539, aiul translated tliencc to Chester in
1541, but {lenriveil of that see by qu. Mary for
being married, in the year 1553. He paid his last
debt to nature in fifteen hundred fifty and six ;
under whicli year you may see more of him
among the writers. [Vol. i. col. 238.] In the
said see succeeded George Cootes, of whom I
have made mention before, [Col. 763] but died
about an year before Byrde.
JOHN CHAMBERS a Benedictine monk
was partly educated in Oxon, but more in Cam-
bridge, in which university lie was, as it seems,
admitted to the reading of the sentences. In
1528 he was made abbot of Peterborough, (in
which town he was born) upon the decease of
one Rob. Kirton, and living to see his monastery
dissolved, was by the favour of K. Hen. 8. nomi-
nated the first bishop of that place, when the king
by his charter, dated 4 Sept. 1541, erected an
episcopal see there. On the said day the tempo-
ralities of it were ' delivered to him, and on the
23d of Oct. following was consecrated thereunto;
which is all I know of him, only that he was a
worldly man, and that dying in the winter time,
before the month of Decern b. in fifteen hundred
fifty and six, was buried in the cath. ch. at Peter-
borough. The reader is now to know that Dr.
Fr. Godwin doth in his Commentary ' of English
Bishops, tell us that the said Joh. Chambers was
doctor of physic, bred up in Merton coll. and
afterwards dean of St. Stephen's coll. in West-
minster, but is very much mistaken, for that John
Chambers bach, of divinity and bishop died in
1556, as 'tis before told you ; and the other who
was Dr. of physic and dean, died 1549- Pray be
pleased to see more in the Fasti, under the year
1531, among the incorporations.
[Bishop Chambers has the following epitaph on
his monument in Peterborough cathedral, which
was erected in his life-time, but never filled up :
Credo quod Redemptor mens vivit, et in novis-
simo die de terra surrecturus sum, et in carne mea
videbo Deum Salvatorem meum. Reposita est
hec spes mea in sinu ineo. Moritur die ....
anno Domini .... millesimo quingentesinio.
At the foot of the tomb these verses :
En pius, en validus pastor jacet hie Johannes
burgh Burgo uatus, ac domus hujus apex ;
Cui caro,mundus,o|iescesserunt, id genus omne;
Prajlia divinus carnea vincit amor.
Ordinis infeslos redigenssub vindice mores,
Dum comes ipse fuit norma locique decor.
Pauperimos ditans, lapsis peccata remittens,
Mitibus ipso pius, asperimus rigidis.
Sta, lege, funde preces, Deus est cui singula
cedunt ;
Die, velit ipse dare celica regna sibi.
* Pat. 33. Hen. 8. p. 3.
* Edit. Lond, iCib, p. 594. int. epUc. Pctroburg.
In his will, which I have seen, dated December
31, 1554, and proved December 3, 1556, he ap-
()ointcd to be buried at Peterborough where he
lad set his tomb, and gave a pix and two silver
candlesticks to the cathedral, and 20/. to Peter-
borough bridge, 20/. to the reparations of the ca-
thedral, and 20/. at his burial to the poor of
Peterborough, and his other manors. ']
ROBERT KYNGE was descended from the
ancient Kings of Devonshire, as the posterity of
his brother Thomas say, but where he was born,
unless in Oxfordshire, I cannot justly tell. While
he was young, being much addicted to religion
and learning, was made a Cistercian monk, and
among those of that order did he for some years
live in Rewlcy abby in the west suburb of Oxon,
and partly, as I conceive, for the sake of learning,
among the Bernardins in their coll. in the North
suburb of the said city. In 1506, he, as a Cister-
cian monk, was admitted to the reading of the
sentences, and in 1510, 13, and 15, he supplicated
to belicensedto proceed in divinity by the title of
a monk of the order of S. Benedict ; in the last of
which years he occurs abbot of Bruerne near to
Burford in Oxfordshire, anciently founded for
monks of Cisteaux, which is a branch of the
Benedictine order, as the Bernardins are. In
1518 he proceeded in divinity in an Act celebrated
on the last of Febr. and afterwards was made
abbot of Thame in Oxfordshire, the monks of
which were also Cistercians. About the time
that the abbey of Osney near Oxon was to be
dissolved, he was made abbot commendatory
thereof, being then a suffragan, or titular bishop
under the title of " Reon (Rconensis)or" Roveii
Rovenensis) in the province of Athens, by which
name or title I find him to occur in 1539; " he
" was also suffragan to the bishop of Lincoln, and
" sometime a preacher at S. Mary's in Stamford."
[where he most fiercely inveighed against such as
used the Neze Testament. 9'\ In 1542, when Ox-
ford was made an episcopal see by K. Hen. 8.
and the abbey of Osney appointed to be the place
of habitation of the dean and canons of the cathe-
dral to be there, he the said Rob. Kynge was made
and constituted the first bishop in the beginning
of Sept. the same year, at which time Glocester
coll. was appointed his palace or place of resi-
dence; the abbot's lodgings at Osney for the
dean, and the other lodgings in that abbey for the
canons, a..d officers belonging to the cathedral.
In 1546, when the said cath. ch. at Osney was
translated to Cardinal coll. alias King's coll. or
the coll. of K. Hen. 8. in Oxon, which was for-
merly the priory of Frideswyde, but then called
Christ-church, he the said Kynge notwithstanding
continued in his office of bishop, and his chair
was thence translated also, but not his palace.
' [Willis, Cathedrals, 505.]
» {Wood, MS. Note in Ashm^h:]
3 D2
775
KYNGE.
THOIINDEN.
776
Yet when K. Edw. 6. came soon after to the
crown, and made a recital of his father's erection
of the aforesaid episcopal see, he left out Gloc.
coll. with intentions that it should remain with
tlie crown for another use in future time. So
that what house or lodgings the said hishop
Kynge had for his use during the remaining part
of his life, in truth I cannot tell. All that I know
more of him is, that being an aged man in qu.
Mary's reign, (being then by Jo. Vox called' the
bisliop of riiame) Tie did not care to have any
thing to do with such that were then called here-
tics, and therefore he is commended by posterity
for his mildness : " Others say * that this bishop
" Kynge was a persecutor of protestants in qu.
" Clary's reign." Also that he paying his last
debt to nature on the fourth day of Decemb. in
1M7. fifteen hundred fifty and seven, was buried on the
North-side of the East-end of the choir of Ch.
[683] church. Over his grave was a tomb of course
marble, almost breast-high, erected, with a canopy
over it supported by pillars of the same, but no
arms put on it, as never having any, or any at
least that he knew of. But the said tomb being
afterwards looked upon as cumbersome to the
place, when the choir was to be new wainscoted,
and paved with black and white marble, (Dr.
Duppa being then dean of Christ- church) it was
hiken away by Henry and John King canons of
the said chuici), sons of Dr. Joh. King sometimes
bishop of London, great nephew to Dr. Rob.
Kynge before-mention'd, and by them it was
placed under the lower South window of the
isle joining on the South-side of the said choir.
In which window they caused to be painted
soon after the picture of the said Rob. Kynge
in his episcopal robes, with his miter on his head,
and crosier in his hand, and the ruins ofOsney
x\bbey behind him, as also the arms which the
said Hen. and John then pretended to. The said
window was pulled down when the presbyterians
and independents governed, an. l6ol, by one of
the family of the Kings then living, who preserv-
ing it safe till the restauration, an. l660, was soon
after set up again, where it yet continues.' A
certain author named Will. Harrison tell * us, that
' in the time of Q. Mary (who died 1558) one
Goldwell was bishop of Oxford, who was a Jesuit
dwelling in Rome, and more conversant (as the
constant fame went) in the black art, than skilful
in the scriptures; and yet he was of great coun-
tenance among the Roman monarchs. It is said
also, that observing the canons of his order, he
regarded not the temporality of that see. But it
seems since that, he wist well enough what be-
* In the Acts and Mon. of the Church, sub. an. 1558.
' " Mr. Strype's Memorials of Archb. Cranmer, p. gs."
' [It has been engraved, anil coloured to represent the ori-
ginal glass, in folio, by Fowler, of VVintcrlon in Lincolnshire.]
"A" his I>Mcrjp/ion of England, printed in the first vol.
of ilap. Holinshetl's Chronicle, lib. a. cap. 2.
for many years,
under the year
came of those commodities, for by one mean or
another he found the sweetness of 354/. iGs. 6d.
yearly growing to him,' &c. Thus the said au-
thor Harrison : Bv which Goldwell, he means, I
suppose, Tho. Goldwell, bishop of S. Asaph, as if
he had been translated thence to Oxon on the
death of Robert Kynge before-mentioned, for
wliat Goldwell it should be else, unless another
Thomas, whom 1 shall mention in the Fasti, I
know not, forasmuch as the generality of authors
say, that the said Tho. Goldwell left the bishopric
of S. Asaph when Q. Elizabeth came to the
crown, and that thereupon he went to Rome,
where he lived in great repute
See more among these bishops
1580.
f 153G, 28 Nov. Dns Rob. Kyng, Reonen. ep'us,
abbas mon. de Thame, coll. ad preb. de Bikeles-
wade eo quod raag'r Georgius Hennage alium
preb. assecutus est.
1556, 18 Dec. Mag'r. Henr. Lytherland cl'icus
coll. ad preb. de Crakepole beatae Mariae, per
resign, ven. patris d'ni Roberti Kyng, Reonen.
ep'i. Reg. Longland, ep'i Line. Kennet.]
RICHARD THORNDEN, sometimes writ-
ten Thornton, a monk of the order of S. Bene-
dict of Ch. Church in Canterbury, received his
academical education in Canterbury coll. in this
university, of which he became warden or guar-
dian about 1528. Afterwards he proceeded in
divinity, " was made one of the first prebendaries
" of Canterbury," run with the unsatiable humour
of K. Hen. 8; and in the reign of K. Ed. 6. was
a great gospeller, and seemed to all to be an
hearty protestant. But when Q. Mary came to
the crown, he wheeled about, was made suffragan
bishop of Dover under card. Pole archb. of Can-
terbury for the county of Kent, where he shew'd
himself an eager disputant against the poor pro-
testants, as you may see by his arguings and rea-
sonings with several of them about matters of re-
ligion in the book of j4cts and Mon. of the Church,^
written by John Fox, who adds of him farther,
that for his persecuting of God's saints he was
suddenly taken with a palsey on a Sunday at
Bourn (Bishops Bourn) in Kent, having the day
before retuni'd from the chapter-house at Canter-
bury. Whereupon being conducted to his bed
he died soon after, viz. in fifteen hundred fifty and \i>iT.
seven. " Concerning this bishop Thornden, Mr.
" Strype in his Memorials of Archbishop Cranmer,
" lib. J. cap. 1. p. 305, has this passage. In the
" beginning of queen Mary, Dr. Thornden re-
" ported that archbishop Cranmer did offer to
" sing the mass and requiem at the burial of
" king Ed. 6. either before the queen, or at S.
" Paul's church. This so nettled archbishop
" Cranmer, that in his auger he called him * a [686]
t
> Under the years 1552. and b(}.
1558.
See also under the year
I
777
THORN DEN.
FINCH.
PETO.
778
" false, flattering, lyiiii; monk,' meaning Dr.
" Thornden ; wlio, as Mr. Strype saith, was sut'-
" fragan of Dover, and vice-deau of Canterbury
" in the absence of Dr. Wotton, who was then
" abroad in an embassy. Tills Thornden, saith
" my manuscript (Jo. toxii MSS. writ but few
" years after by John Scory, or Bccon, as I con-
" jecture) was ' A man having neither wit, learn-
" ing, or honesty; and yet his wit is very ready,
" for he preacheth as well extempore, as at a
" year's warning ; so learnedly that no man can
" tell what he chiefly intendeth or gocth about
" to prove, so aptly, that a gross of points is not
" sufficient to tie his sermons together. Not un-
" like Jodocus a monk, of whom Erasmus makes
" mention in his Colloquies, who if he were not
" garnish'd with these chief glorious titles, monk,
" doctor, vice-dean, and suffragan, were worthy
" to walk openly in the streets with a bell, and
" coxcombe." After him succeeded another bi-
shop of Dover, appointed by card. Pole, who
shewing himself also vexatious to the protestauts,
broke his neck suddenly, as the said author re-
ports. In the year 1369, one Rich. Rogers bach,
(afterwards doctor) of divinity was consecrated
suffragan bishop of Dover; * by Matthew archb. of
Canterbury, and In 1584 he became dean of Can-
terbury upon the promotion of Dr. Tho. Godwin
to tlie see of Bath and Wells. He was father to
Franc. Rogers D. D. and justice of the peace in
Kent, who dying 23 Jul. 1638, was burled In the
church of S. Margaret in the city of Canterbury.'
After bishop Rogers's decease succeeded in the
deanery of Canterbury one Tho. Nevill D. D,' who
dying in the beginning of the year I6l5, was bu-
ried within that chappel joining to the body of the
• [Ric. Rogers S. T. B. coll. ad preb. de Ealdstreet, 25
Oct. 1566; coll. ad vie. de Dunmow-map:n. Essex, tunc A.
M. 11 Feb. 1560, quam resign, ante 26 Nov. 1564. Resig-
navit etiam rect. de Canfield-parva ante 22 Jan. 1556.
Kennet.
This Richard Rogers was also archdeacon of St. Asaph,
which he resigned, and was succeeded by one Thomas Powell,
who was instituted to the archdeaconry Dec. 1. 1566. This
Rogers had also the rectory sine curSl Llanarmon in Yale in
bt. Asaph diocese, and resigned it in February 1565. He is
there styled suffragan of Dover. He held also the rectory
sine cura of Pasthyn in Queenhope in tbe same diocese to his
death, which it seems happened m summer 1597. For Julii
8vo. that year, one Richard Puleston is instituted to that rec-
tory, then vacant by the death of Richard Rogers suf&agan of
Dover. Humphreys.
Rogers was rector of Medley, Cant. ISfig. MS. Bally.
Tanner.}
' [Fra. Rogers A. M. admiss. ad eccl. SS. Trinitatis mi-
noris 15 Aug. l606, ad prcs. dec. et capit. Cant, quam resign.
ante 31 Jan. U)()6-7. Reg. Bancroft. Kennet.
Fr. Rogers S. Th. Pr. vicar of Alkham, one of the proctors
of the clergy for the diocese of Canterbury, in the convoc.
1620. MS. Ballu. Tanner.]
° [Tho. Nevill D. D. dean of Cant, and master of Trinity
coll. in Cambr. ended his life at Cambridge and was
buried in the cathedral church at Canterbury the 25lh of
May l6l5. He had a great banner and 2 banneroUes as Dr.
Wotton, dean of that place, had in 1566: there were offered
cathedral church at Canterbury, which was be-
fore repaired by him, and wherein he had erected
a monument for himself, and his brother Alex-
ander Nevill some years before that deceased,
['Thornden was rector of Bishops-Bourn, where
he died, and of Chart M. and of Adesham, dice.
Cant. 1557. And also vicar of Lydd. Ex Visit.
N. Hartjield, MS. Bally. Tanner.]
WILLIAM FINCH,* " prior of • occurs suf-
" Brcmar or Brummer in Hampshire, {7^"^^,"!''^
" was with Richard AValsh' prior of u„der ileli""/
" the hospital of St. John Baptist of n, and JVeflt
" Bridgewater, recommendetf to the from ihc year
"king by the bishop of Bath and 1539 /o 1557,
« Wells to be made suffragan in that '"„"'&€ Fir's t
" diocese. The king prefer'd Finch, ^ij.'
" who was consecrated bishop of
" Taunton 7 Apr. 1538, in the chappel of St.
" Mary in the conventuiil church ot the Friers
" Preachers in London, occurs by that title to the
" 3ear 1557," in w hich year he was admitted pre-
bendary of Whitlakynton in the church of Wells,
but whether he took a degree in this university,
tho' study he did for a time, it appears not. In
his time lived in the diocese of Exeter one Wil-
liam,' who writes himself ' Episcopus Hippo-
nensls,' having been suffragan to the bishop of
Exeter, which is all I know of him, only that he
died in 1559.
[Will. Fynche prior de Bremar, ep'us Tanton,
suffraganeus sedis Well, consecr. in eccl'ia Fra-
trum Predicatorum, London, 7 Apr. 1538. Reg,
Cant. Kennet.]
PETER PETO, ' or de Pictavia,' whom
some call Will.^ Peto, was born of, and de-
scended from, the antlent family of the Peto's
living at Chesterton in Warwickshire, educated
for a time, for the sake of learning, among the
Grey Friers of Oxon, (of which order he was a
zealous brother,) but whether he took a degree
among us, it doth not appear, unless he did it
under another name, as some have done. After-
wards he became chaplain, if I mistake not, " and
confessor" to on. Catharine, in whose defence he
shewed himself astout champion when K. Hen. 8.
his scarlet hoode, his doctoral cappe, his ring and Bible, as
the insignia and ornaments of his degree.
The arms of Canterbury The arms of Trin coll. em-
empalingGuIesonaSaltire A. paling, as before, the arms of
a Quarter foyle Vert, the arms NeviL
of Nevill.
MS. Note in Herahts Office. Kennet.]
» [Rich. Walsh, prior of the hospital of S. Job. Bapt. of
Bridgwater, was recommended to the king by the bish. of
Bathe and Wells to be made a suffragan bishop within the
province of Canterbury, viz. of Tauiuoo, com. Somerset, but
Will. Finch, prior of Bremar in Hampshire, was preferred
before him 1538. Qn. »vhether Walsh was of Oxon. WoOD>
MS. Note in Ashmole.']
' [His surname was Fawell. So in H. Wharton's papers.
LOTIDAY.]
* [And this is right. See Le Courayer on F. Paul, ii,. 39.
Lovbday.]
Clar.
1557-
779
HUSH.
IIOLYMAN. '
POLE.
780
[687]
1*M.
ia6|.
16»«.
vrm about to divorce her; as also against the
king'K innrriiigc with Anna llulloyne, " (of which
*• see a long utory in Stow's Annals, under the
" year 1.53')) and whirh at length was the occasion
" of his attainder. But when <|ueen Mary came
" to the throne, »he not oidy procured his attain-
" der to be repealed in parliament, but recall'd
" him from beyond seas, and made him her con-
" fesuor. Shortly after he was sent for to Rome,
" and" in 1557, Jun. 13, he was made (tiio* known
to be unfit) a cardinal by P. Paul lll.^ and at the
jarae time lej^at a latere in England, and Boon
•after bishop ot Salisbury on the death of Ur. John
Sulcot alias Capon, on puriiose to thwart cardinal
Pole, wliom that pone took to be his enemy, or
rather out of Htomaeh to work that cardinal's dis-
pleasure, whom he before had recalled to Rome,
to be accused and charged as suspected corrupt in
reliLMon. But Q. Mary, albeit she was most af-
leciionately devoted to the eh. of Rome, inter-
posed, or rather op|)Osed her self so, that Pcto
was forbidden ♦ to enter into England, and the
power legantine left entire and whole to her cou-
sin Pole. Whereupon I'eto continued in France,
where he died in April in fifteen hundntd fifty and
eight, leaving then behind him the ehnraeier of a
v<;ry godly and devout ptison, yet simple, and
■unknowing of matters of state, or of the world,
which ought in some measure to accomriany a
person o( his high degree. Sec more of nim in
ilhtoiiu minor I'rovincir Atif^lire Fratrmn Mino-
rum, in the first tome of llu: seholasiieui and his-
torical works of I'rane. k Sancta Clara, sect. 25.
p. 33.
[Diis Peytoart. bae.Oxon incorporat.Cantabr.
An. \502-ii. An. 1505 coueeditur diio Will'o
■iPuloo ul htudiiinj unius aiiui in patria ob metum
nestis, stel sibi pro alio anno informa ad incipiend.
in ariibub. JU^. Acad. Cant. An. l.'iOS-.'l Cautio
lleiirii Paid (|uesiionisle, el est unus liber. E
JaIitu I'rofiiratorunt. M'. Pato A. M. '20 Hen. 7.
Jliid. JJakiui.]
PAUL RUSH was made the first bishop of
Bristol in 1542, was deprived of it for being mar-
ried, in the beginning of the r<ign of Q. Mary,
and dit-d in Orlob. in fifteen hundred fifty and
eight; iiimUt wlii<'h year \m\ may see more of
•iliiin among the writers. [Vol. 1. uoI.2t>y.J
JOHN nOLYMAN, sometimes fellow of
■ New college, was mad<' bishop of Rristol in the
-^plnee of Bush befort-menlioned, an. 1554, and
died in fifteen bundretl fifty and eight ; under
wliit;h year yon may svr. more of him among the
'l^riters. [Vol. i. col.275.J In the see of Bristol
fuccdisded Rich. Cheyney, which he held in com-
* fl'diil ;< ilini In 1640 and Paul 4 created in 1655, and
* C«iiiMt!U ill Urtian. iu com. VVarwic.
mendam with Glocester, as I shall tell you anon
in Jam. Brokes, under the year 1559-
REYNOLD POLE, sometimes a student in
S. Mary Magd. coll. afterwards a cardinal, and
elected twice to the papacy, was consecrated arch-
bishop of Canterbury in the latter end of 1555,
and died in fifteen hundred fifty and eight; under
which year you may see more of him among the
writers. [Vol. i. eol. 278.J After him succeeded
in the said arehiepiscopal see Matthew Parker,
who was born in the city of Norwich fi of Aug.
1504, son of Will. Parker, who died iG of Jan.
1516, by Alice Monings his wife, who died 20 of
Sept. 1553. Which Will. Parker, who was an
honest poor man (as a schismatieal ' writer tells
you) and a scowrer or calender of worsteds in
Norwich, was the son of John Parker, and he the
son and heir of Nich. Parker a notary public of
the dioc. of Norwich, principal registrary belong-
ing to the archb. of Canterbury, and keeper of
the registers belonging to the court thereof. As
for Matthew Parker, after Ik- had been trained
up in grammar learning at hom<', he was sent to
the university of Cambridge at about 17 years of
age; and being placed in Corp. Ch. college, be-
came soon after one of the bible clerks in the
said house. Afterwards he took the degrees ia
arts, was made fellow thereof, took holy orders,
and became a noted preacher, not only in the
university, but also in other publick places in the
kingdom. Wlu'reuponhisfumcbeingspredabroad,
he was sent for to tlu- court, and made eliaolain
to Q. Anne about 1534, by whose favour and en-
deavours he was soon after made dean of Stoke
near to Clare in Suflolk, and some time after pre-
bendary of Ely. In 153H, he was made doet. of
div. about which time by letters of commendation
from the king, (to whom he was chaplain,) he
was elected master of C. C. coll. before-men-
tionc'd, now known by the name of Bcnncl col-
lege; the fellows of which, soon after, presented
him to the rectory of Land beach near to Cam-
hri<lge. In 1545 he was viccchane. of the said
univ. and in 154!) he took to wife Margaret* the
daughter of Rob, Harleston of Norfolk, (born
23 Jun. 1519.) by whom he had issue, (l.)Joh.
Parker, born 5 May 1548, who married Joan
daughter of Dr. Rich. Coxe B. of Ely. r2.) Mat-
thew who died young; and thirdly, anotlier Mat-
thew, who married Trances dau. of W. Barlow
bishop of B. and Wells, and afterwards of Chi-
chester, but this Matthew dying 28 Jan. 1574,'
slie was afterwards married to Dr. Tob. Matthews
dean of Durham, the same who was afterwards
' The pviblishtr of The L{fe of the 70 Archb. of Canter-
bury. Printed in (Holland) 1574. in Oct. p. 28. in marg.
• [John Parker took out letters of adminislralion of iho
flfwih of his mother Margaret, dying intestate, fn>ni the pre-
rogative court, 1678, t) April. Hegul. Cant. Kennkt.J
' [Obiit men»c Dccembri 1574, tx testaraeiito ipitu.
KbNNST.]
1538
781
POLE.
7M
[6S8]
aichb. of Yoik. in IMS the said Dr. U. Pufcer
vas acHB ekcled TiGeckanc of CaBhrider, mod
15SS he vas made br K. Edw.6. (to viioaa he
was chapiaia) dean of tiaeofai in (Ik place of Dr.
Jok. Tarler pwwoted to the see of Lincoln.*
Bat soon after, when Q. Mair came to the crown,
losinc all his spiritualities, 6ecai»e be wns mar-
lied, DC retiicd m nrivate, and spent all her rem
witloathe bonsewoneof hb&MBfds. HtsbcMk
diip of C C coU. was thereapon bestowed on
Dr. Lanr. Mapted, and his deanerr on Dr. Franc.
liaUe^• an. 1 j^ be beiag tlM» ohmw of Wind-
sor, confessor to Q. Manr, and master of Mi-
rhwil honie in Cambridige, of wbit^ aniTcrsitr be
had before been at least twice virerhanpdlor.
Tins Mallet, bj the war it mast be known, was
Ae same pemoa who 'translated iau Engfah,
Eiasmat's Fmn^knat «■ J■ib^ wbo djii^ ia ^
latter end of Decemb. I570, bad for te sacceswr
ia that dcaaeiy Dr. Job. A\lutnft, aftefwaids
aRhb.ofCaatHbBij. I^lien Q. Elixab. caaw to
the crown. Dr. Pkifcer, iho* amanied man (for bk
wife died not till 17 of Aagast l^TOi) was nomi-
aaled to the see of Caatcrbaiy, ykor sercral per-
sons had relwsedit;«heRapQabeiaKoaa9eciatcd
theieaato in the airdhb.diappd at Xambed^ 17
of Dec. I.a59, (after a senaoa, iaTooataoa of the
holj ^bost, and celebration of the eachaii&t bad
beat pofonued) bj the laying on of the baad$
of tbree bishofxs, tu. Will! Bailow E. of B. and
TV'ells, Job. Scocej of Chkbester, and Miles Co-
Terdale of Exeter, (assisted dso bj Job. Uodgc-
sk jn * suffragan bi^iop of BedfoidJ sate tbeie
* rjoii.Ta;lor S.T.P. pKp«ite cdL 0«j^ Oimv U8».
vid.T:aa. G. Vfis.
J«k.T«Ttor^T.K
Lund. U Apr. 133li^ ai
J<v Palka &T. B. ad MBA.«cti 7 Jaa- lUt.
" " " ' ",^
cTkMi ad fcrliiiMu b bW Mcdki. in dax-.
rac per mm. «-«> WiHelau TVaU^ dM. ti .\|>r.
MJ^ ^tuNcr. M «($. fiMidflk Kntan-.i
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kia Md ftohen Straddd uMfaMR «r dni^^dM ew of
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lria.wh»aMmaMKiMLd>a«be»terf>Bdft>d.Oec.» IU7.
He«MaBlMk&kr IJSI. H«, vkk BM. UboMcd w«K
BUatTtocaavettkun. H« mamed « wife bai pu ber awar
iaqp*. Marie** ba»«. Smpe, Jf f ■■iih y O— ». a>C».'
15«4. 93 J«L DoM. It^HoMmlT.P. MdisBcdf:
■A. «ecL & Mai Ciwtm.
pnk WOI Bdl. wL ««.
aKSRT.
. catt. ad wriTwa d> lwad»a. |
1*44, l«"X«».
■••P'iJ
H^^iiTW.
near, de WaMea^pcr
TlN«dcr aiMiat. ad
d^ Mk HoMTaa S. T. P.
IM«. a6 Nvr. Jab. HoMwa & T. P. »db Bed£ cfws
arffamak adasisi. ad M«b^ de ftariaaai aet aBiai aMK^n
JahTc^TfiMd. IK*
tM4, 97 .\pr.Mas*TJab.H«ipiMI per Kccmm. coB ad
pMb.de Haritatoa per dtptwaaaauw aapatri Job. He*mi
l7«s &T. P. M «9 Apr.WlHm. ad ecf de Lnndaa, per
d(i>riT«L<3Mda». jm.
l&a^. 9 Apt. Mk. HoMiaa &T. P. ateas. al cccL
S. Petri «C«abil^ per rahat. Jok Palbjae. BM.
with gicat boooar lo the tiaK of bis deatbJ
nd knCBcd aaaa, and of i
bebariaar. . He was acU md ia
Eng&b hktorr, *■ tot stadioas aad skilfol ia
** antiqaiiie, a'woftbr patroa of good kanaa^**
and a dibsintt and cancMB coBecsor of larirat
MSS. tbatltad bera scattrr'd at the AswlalMm of
laimaiHiici, wbacb he gave to the calL ahuiJa
he had bcoi cdamrd. Be is aho reponed to
hare been a pcrsoo of great chari^, a ]
nefoctor to the public, and a
to the phccs wbicb save him birth aad cdacaliQa.
The chirf book wficb he wrote ami pabBdwd
(assisted therein, as 'tis said, bv bis serrant or
rhsplaia * Job. Josbne) was that eatit. De Jmti-
•adflle J^faaaif fndniic, 4 Piitafcgai JEoclnac
CcafaaraiflBM, cmm .in iirpi'wapi'i t/auJem Mi
Load. I57^>3. Mos^ uf the copies of diis imwUi
saon that were coaamoahr sold, coaclade with Ar
life of Rernold Pole aicbb. of OutetbaiT, who
died 155<<' The other copies whicb rrmaiafd,
aad were to be bestowed oa pidi&c libraiies,* or
dse to be given to special fiicnds, had ia the jear
1574 added to diem, (1) 71* iJfr ^' Ok JmOm-
i^ 7 J«L Ha^fc Ahodbaa A.M. <•>. ad
nanesiaa per maaaaai Job. nal^^dkan. ^ti^.
Kaaaar-I
* OlaAu IWkier aMaft cat 6 Ai^ liOt.
» Apr. l57S>BK>riMr Laawdaa ITMaa IS73, :
UiI».MS.
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S. Job. Bm. dt sSbe jnta Omc. Notw. dbc M^.
Jhacr. cpiliMad.
IMS. 9 Ftfe- M^> Rob. Wbtdad IX, B. aMaa. ad
cccTkaa de Ease, abKEsaca. pera )i|a> aMSfw Maab- fta-
fccr, daricL JImL Ksxxar.J
* ^ead Srcnaay^ l.oraBAr.3
*Cbfd» taie book dnnr arc two cohk ia tbe BaMeaia.
Ooeordawb^MawdeKribed br^ijpc w lw» £^ ^
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TUk KaalaHaas safe ba tbe oaci orOxted fcr I
aad at ba dMkb br Jo^ Saadbad &T. B. of 1
le^ Odbad. wbo p«« k «» the BodMaa, Rcb. T. miL«%
uoaMMOo Baamaa, ia tb* t««r iCBS, aa«^ aaabaar'aa -
Tboaaa^ tbai thcio wct<r.i^ copaea of tbe baak paiaaad i «f
tbeaelk. Daafc^ wba Mpnaacd a aa ibba^ Laai. int. ao^
aaaedarvaaMaoaalrtaoaiaatibHii^e. AsftraaTbaov
beta aUe aaleata. OsiM baa ^ lbaawta« aaaibcr.
1. TbeBadbaa
«, D»-
3. McMaColL
4. Gbna CbaKa.
wbMi, ibcte ue two at CaHlMid^ aad oat iaibo
cMMh. Ar.J «cr tbe lii'.wiiptioa «f a panicaK
aaa ia UW;. ^M* Cadad^w^ ITTS. M^aVSS^i
783
POLE.
HOPTON.
784
[G89]
Malthm' Parker, containing 29 pages. (2) Jl
Catalogue of such Books which he gave to the com-
man Library at Cambridge, containing 4 pages.
(3) A Cat. of Chancellors, Ficechancetlors, Proc-
tors of, and Doctors of all Faculties that took their
Degrees in Cambridge, from the Year 1500 to
1571, containing 6 pages. Before which cata-
logue are tlie arms of every college and hall
there, with the area or platform of tne common
schools, the arms and seal of the university, and
seal of the chancellor thereof. (4) A Cat. from
1500 to 1571, of all the Bishops that have been
educated in Cambridge; among which have been
divers that have been bred in Oxon, who have
only taken one degree, and perhaps that neitlier,
there. (5) The Titles of such Charters that have
been granted to that University by divers Kings and
Queens from Hen. 3, to (he 13 or 14 of Q. Elizab.
(6) An Account of the Particulars that are succes-
sively delivered to the Magistrates and Servants
of the said University, when they enter into their
respective Places. (7) The Foundation of each Coll.
and Hall in Cambridge, with the Building of the
public Schools, and an Enumeration of the old
Hostles. All which contained under this seventh
head, were involved in the first book of the His-
tory of the University of Cambridge, written by
Dr. Jo. Cay, printed at Lond. 1574. in qu. As
for the life of the said Mfttthew Parker, men-
tioned under the first head, it was, as soon as it
peeped into the world, translated into English,
under this title, The Life of the 70th Archbishop of
Canterbury, presentli/ sitting, Englished, iic. This
iiumber oj Seventy is so compleai a Number, as it
is great Pity there should be One more, 8fc. Printed
(in Holland) in a Dutch character 1574. in oct.
It was translated by a thro-paced separatist, with
very vile notes added in the margin, endeavour-
ing thereby to bring an odium on the archbishop,
and make him ridiculous for erecting his monu-
ment while he livcd.^ At length paying his last
- debt to nature on the 17 of May 1575, was buried
" in the chaj)i)el where he was consecrated; situate
and being within his palace at Lambeth in Sur-
rey. It must be now known that in the times of
usurpation, when the bishops were put down and
their lands sold, the said palace was inhabited by
several lay-persons, of whom Tho. Scot one of the
regicitlfs, and one Hardy ng were two. Which
last having the cliappcl allotted to him, as part of
his fihare, he divided it into two rooms, making
the upper part towards the east a dining-room, on
the bottom of which he laid joysts and on them a
floor of boards. At length, he hearing that the corps
of archl). Parker liad been there interr'd, be took
up the floor, and pavement under it^ and having
so done, dug up the corps, which was put into
cearcloth of many doubles in a coflfin of lead.
' [Tlicre are copies of this in the Bodleian, and in Wood's
•tudy.J
Tlie coffin he sold to a plummer, and after he had
caused the cearcloth to be cut open to the flesh,
(which he found fresh, as if newly dead,) he con-
veyed the corps into an out-house where he kept
poultrey, and there privately tumbled it into an
hole. About the time of the restauration of
K. Ch. n. that base fellow the brute that re-
moved it, was forced to discover where he had
laid it ; whereupon it was brought into the chap-
pel, and buried just above the Litany-desk, near
the steps ascending to the altar.
JOHN HOPTON was born in Yorkshire, par-
ticularly, as I conceive, at Myrfield, where his
grandfather and father were buried, became when
a young man a Black Friar of the order of St.
Dominick, had his academical education among
those of his order in Oxon, but what degrees he
took there, it scarcely appears, only, that in his
travels to Rome taking the degree of doet. of
div. at Bononia, he was incorporated here after
his return in 1529, and soon after was made prior
of the convent belonging to the Black Friers in
Oxon. In 1532 he was licensed to procee<l in
divinity, (so saith the same register which told us
that he was incorporated doctor in that faculty,)
and in the Act celebrated the 8 of July the same
year, he did compleat that degree by standing
therein. Afterwards he was chaplain to the lady
Mary, who, when queen of England, nominating
him by the name of her chaplain to the see of
Norwich, upon the translation of Dr. Thirlby,
one of her counsellors, to Ely, he was thereupon
elected, " consecrated in the bp. of London's chap-
" pel 28 Oct. 1554," and having the temporalities
of that see ' restored to him 4 of Oct. 1554, sate
there till the time of his death, which hapning
about the latter end of fifteen hundred fifty and
eight, was buried in his own cath. church. By
his will 7 dated 24 of Aug. 1558, and proved 2 of
Dec. 1559, he gave part of his study of books to
the Black Friers of Norwich, if they should be
restored to their convent again, and another part
to Norwich church for a library there. He also
gave 5 /. to buy ornaments for the church of
Myrfield before-mentioned, several things also to
the church of Leedes in Yorkshire, and a legacy
to Christop. Hopton of that place esq. without
naming him his kinsman. I find one John Hopton
to be made prior of Bridlington in Yorkshire, an.
1510, upon the death of one John Ynglish, but
what relation there was between him and the
bishop I know not. This prior died in 1521, and
was succeeded by one Will. Broiuifletc. About
the 22 of June 1559, the dean and chapter of
Norwich elected Dr. Rich. Cox to succeed Dr.
Hopton in the chair there, as it appears in a cer-
tain * reg. or ledger book of that church, but the
« Pat. 1 & 2 Ph. and Mar. p. I.
'In oHic. prcrog. Cant, in Reg. Cheuneu. Qu. 62.
» Reg. MS. p. 2i0.
1
f
1558.
785
HOPTON.
TONSTALL.
GRIFFYTH.
786
queen's mind bein"^ alter'd she nominated him
soon after bishop of Ely.
[1548, 27 Miiii, Joh. Hopton S. T. P. admiss.
ad eccl. de Fobbing, per mortem d'ni Tho. Thorne-
ham. Reg. Bonner, ep'i Lend.
1548, 24 Sept. Kic. Jolinson, S.T. B. admiss.
ad eccl. Sanctarum Annae ct Agnetis civit. Lond.
per resign. Joh'is Honton S.T. P. ad pres. Tho.
Wcstni. ep'i. Reg. Bonier.
1549, 24 Maii, dom. Rob. Browne clericus ad-
miss. ad eccl. de Tibbyng per resign. Joh. Hop-
ton. Ibid.
Commissio ad consecrandum Joli'em Hopton
electum Norwic. data 1554, 26 Octob. Conse-
cratiis est in capclla infra palatiuin ep'i Lond. ab
ep'is London. l)unelm. Eiien. 1554, 28 Octob.
Re^. Cant. MS.
His death hapned about tli£ same time with the
death of qu. Mary, of griet^ as some suppose ; for
his church of Veldham-magna, com. Essex, which
he held in conimendam became void before the
8th of December, when Rog. Ponder, clerk, was
admitted. Ken net.]
CUTHBERT TONSTALL, sometimes of Bal.
coll. afterwards of Cambridge, was consecrated
[690] bishop of London 19 of Octob. 1522, translated
to Durham 25 of Mar. 1530, and died in Nov.
1539. fifteen hundred fifty and nine, leaving then be-
hind him the character of a person of great repu-
tation, and of ver}' quiet behaviour. See more
of him among the writens under that year, [vol. i-
col. 303.9] In the see of Durham succeeded
James Pilkyngton bach.of div. born of a knightly
family at Rivyngton in the parish of Bolton in
Lancashire, son of Rich. Pilkyngton of Rivyng-
ton esq. was educated in S. John's coll. in Cam-
bridge, where he made proficiency in all kind of
learning, was much addicted to reformation, and
therefore in the reign of Q. Mary became an
•exile in foreign parts ; but upon his return thence,
being elected to the see of Durham, was conse-
crated thereuiTto 2 of March 1500, and thirteen
days after had the temporalities thereof delivered '
to him. In the eighth year of Eliz. (being then
D. of D.) he erected a free school at Rivyngton,
5ub nomine & auspiciis R. lilizabctha:, and en-
dowed it with lands and tenements to the yearly
value of seven and twenty pounds fourteen shil-
lings and ten ))cnce. This wortiiy bishop who
was esteemed a learned man and a profound the-
logistof his time, hath written, (1) An Exposition
OH Nehemiah. (2) E.rpos. on jggeus and Ahdias.
Lond. 15(i2. oct. (3) Of the Causes of the Burn-
ing of Paul's Church, against a Libel cast in the
Streets at Westchester, An. 1561. Lond. 1563.
' (To Tonstall's works mentioned in the first volume, we
may add: Prcefiitio inOpiis Jaannis Rcdtnani dc .Jnsliftcatione.
Anlv. 1555,4to. Ukarnb, MS. CoWec/. xi, 14?.]
' Pal. 3 Klixab. p. 7.
Vol. U.
oct. &c.* At length submitting to fate at Bishops
Aukland 23 January 1575, aged 55 years, was
buried there for a time; afterwards taken up and
re-buried in the choir of the cath. church at Dur-
ham on the 24 of May following, leaving then
several children behind, him, begotten on the
body of his wife Alice, of the knightly family of
the Kingsmylls in Hampshire. Soon after was a
tomb erected over his grave, whereon was in-
sculp'd a monodie made by Dr. Laur. Hum-
phrey, beginning thus,
' Hie jacct Antistes crudeli morte pcrcmptus,'
and an epicede by Joh. Fox the martyrologist,
beginning
' Tantum te nostrae possint celebrare Camenaa;'
besides a large epitaph in prose. Most, or all of
which, hath many years since, as I have been in-
formed, been defaced and obliterated. In the see
of Durham succeeded Rich. Barnes of Oxon, as
I shall tell you hereafter.
[Magister Cuthb. Tunstall Ebor. dioc. utr. jur.
doctor ad tit.beneficii sui, viz. eccl'iam dc Stanhop
Dunelm. dioc. ordinatur subdiaconus 24 Mar.
1508, per Ric'um ep'um Lond. in eccl'ia de Ful-
ham. Reg. Fitzjames, Lond. ep'i.
1551, 30 Maii, Bish. of Duresmc, upon hearing
the matter between him and the dean of Durham,
is committed to this house. Register of Council
of K. Edw. VI. MS.
Litera fraternitatis a priore et cap'lo Cant, data
Cuthbcrto Tunstall LL. D. 1511, 3 Nov. Reg.
Cant. Kknnet.
In his (Tonstall's) Sermon on Phil. 2. printed
1539, he says, he was at Rome 34 years ago,
Julius then bishop of Rome, of whom there is a
remarkable })assagc. He was fellow of King's
Hall, Cambr. Baker.]
MAURICE GRIFFYTH, or griffyn, a
Welsh num by birth, and a Dominican or Black
Frier by order, had his academical education for
a time among those of his profession in their
house in the S. subuAof Oxon, was admitted to
the reading of the sentences in July 1532 by the
name of Maurice Griffytli, being, if I mistake
not, the same Maur. Griffyth who was admitted
bach, of can. law in February following. After-
wards he was archdeacon of Rochester in the
place of one Nich. Metcalfe who occurs arch-
deacon of that place in 1530, and afterwards
* [See his LiClter to the earl of Leicester about things in-
different, in Mr. Baker's MS. Collect. Vol xxxviii, No. 6.
page 33. Cole.]
^ [1510., 2i Octob. D. Rad'iis llmiglilon ad eccl. dc Sher-
mouth vac. per resign, uiag'ri Nich'i Metcalfe S.T.P. ex
pres. Joh'is Ucffcn. ep'i. Ids;. Ifarhatn. Kennbt.
An Oswald Mctcalf, who is not noticed by Tanner, wrote
two Latin epigrams on Martin Bucer, printed ainon« tlie
tracts on Buccr's death. Argent, 15()2. BoUI. 8vo. H. 71.
Th. fol.Sl.b. a3.]
3 E
787
tiUIFFYTH.
MOIUJAN.
788
being elected to the see of Rochester, upon the
transhilion of Joh. Scorey to Chichester, (which
Joiui had been promoted to Rochester •» propter
singularem sacraruin literarum doctrinam) was
consecrated thereunto " in Si. Saviour's church
" Southwark by Stephen Bp. of AVinchester, &c."
on the firsts of i\pr. and had restitution'' made to
him of tlie temporaHtics belonging thereunto on
the 18 olthe same month, in the 1 and 2 of IMiil.
and Mary, Dom. 1554. He ended his daj's either
liSQ. in Nov. or Dec. in fifteen hundred fifty and nine,
and was buried in the church of S. Magnus the
martyr, near to London-bridge. In the said see of
Rochester succeeded one £dm. Guest orGheast'
bach, of div. archdeacon of Canterbury, and
sometimes fellow of King's coll. in Cambridge,
who beingconsecrated thereunto 21 Januar.* 1559,
received' the temporalities thereof 3 May follow-
ing, and about that time was made almoner to the
queen. After his translation to Salisbury, fol-
lowed Edm. Freke dean of Salisbury', of whom
you may read more in the fasti, under the year
1570. And after him Dr. Joh. Piers of O.xon, as
I shall tell you among these bishops under the
year 1594. Upon his translation also to Salisbury
succeeded in the said see of Rochester Dr. Joh.
Young ' born in Cheapside in London, educated
1691] ^'^ Pembr. hall in -Cambridge, of which he was
fellow, and afterwards master, minister of St.
Giles's Cripplegate, London, twice vicechanc. of
Cambridge, prebendary of Westminster, in the
place of Dr. E. Freke promoted to the see of Ro-
chester, an. 1572, which he kept in commendam
with his bishoprick till about the time of his
death. He died at Bromley in Kent 10 Apr.
1605, aged 7 1 years, and was buried in the church
there on the 14 of May following. Soon after a
« Pat. 5. Ed. 6. p. 1.
' Fr. Godwin in Com. de Prcesul. Angl. int. ep. Roff.
* Pat. 1 Mar. p. 1.
^ [Edmund Guest S.T.B. ex academia Cantab, presbiter
secularis, patria Eboracensis, annos iiatus 51, in ep'umRoff.
consecratur Jan. 21, 1559. Antii/. Brilan. p. 37. Incipit
Registrum Edmundi Gest, electi, 29 Januar. 1559. Ken-
JfET.]
* [Alarcb 24. CoLE.]
9 iPat.2Eliz. p. 14.
' [Joh'es Yonge Londinensis, aula Pembroch. Cantabr.
scolaris et socius dein custos, admittitur S.T. B. 1567, S.T.D.
IsCg: dein pro-cancellarius, ep'us Roff. 1577. obiit l605.
Scelet. Cantab. MS.
Joh. Young S.T. B. admiss. ad rcct. S. Magni Lond. 24
Sept. 15(5(i, per resign. Milonis Coverdale.
Incipit Registrum Joh. Young cp'i Roff. installat. 1 Apr.
1578.
John Young bisshoppe of Rochester married Grace, the
daugh. of Cocke, of Colchester, by whom he had
one only son and heire, John who married Joanne daughter
of John Powis of the county of Salop by whom he hath issue
John of the age of 4 ycares and Catharine. The said reverend
father ended this life at Bromeley the lOlh of April] l605,
and was there buried the 14th of Wave next following. His
•on and hcirc being principal mourner. Note in Herald's
QjSice. Rbnnet.]
comely monument was put over his grave, with an
inscription thereon : wherein 'tis said, that he was
non minus varia doctrina, Scprudentia, quam vitae
sanctimonia clarus, &c. He hath extant An Ex-
position (which some call a sermon) on Psal, 131.
Lond. 1685. oct.'
[Mauritius Griffith S.T.B. admiss. ad eccl. &.
Magni ad |)edein poiitis Lond. 9- Apr. 1537.
Iteg. Slokes/eu.
1558, 22 Nov. Tho. Daibyshire LL. D. admiss.
ad eccl. S. Magni apud pedem pontis civit. Lond.
])cr mortem Mauritii Griffith, ep'i Rofiensis.
Reg. Bonner.
Between Griffith and Guest, Edmund Allen
seems to have been bishop of Rochester, the'
omitted by Godwin and Wood, for in the margi-
nal notes wrot by John Bale, in his own work of
British writers, cent. 9. cap. 57, there is this note,
* Obiit (i. e. Jidmundus Allen) ep'us Roffensis,
A. D. 1559, in Octobr.' Kennet.
Griffith died Nov. 20, 1558. See Strype,
Annals, p. 30. Bakek.]
HENRY MORGAN, a Welsh man born, be-
came a student in this university about the year
1515, took the degrees in the civ. and canon law,
that of doctor being coinpleated in an act cele-
brated 17 Jul. 1525, and soon after he became
principal of an ancient hostle for civilians (where-
in probably he had been educated) called S. Ed-
ward's hall, near to the Canon Law schools, situ-
ated sometimes in the parish of S. Edward, and
near to the church thereof. Afterward being
esteemed a most admirable civilian and canonist,
he was for several jears the constant moderator
of all those that performed exercise for their de-
grees in the civil law, in the school or schools
pertaining to that faculty, situated also in the
same parish. Which schools, hall, and church,
have been time out of mind gone to ruin, and the
ruins themselves ruined. \n 1553 (1 Maria;) he
was elected bish. of S. David's, upon the depri-
vation of Rob. Ferrar, which was as it seems in
Nov. the same year ; and being consecrated there-
unto " 1 Apr. in St. Saviour's church in South-
" wark," had the temporalities thereof restored to
him 3 on the 23 of Apr. 1554. In that see he sate
till after Q. Elizabeth came to the crown, and
then being deprived about Midsummer, an. 1559.
* [The first edition was printed soon after it was preached :
A Sermon preached hefurc the Qtteenes Maiestie, the second
of March. An. 1575. By lohn Yong, Doctor of Diuinilie
&'c: Imprinted at London, It/ Rtjchardc FValkins. Cum
Priuilegio. Bl. lett. (Bodl. 8vo. R. 52. Th.) On the back of
the title is the following preface: ' For that this Seriuo' may
be more aduisedlie considered of the readers, whiche was not
well lake" in part of some of tlic he.nrers, where it was spoken ;
it is therefore thought expedient that the preacher tnereofjj
should cause it to be nut openly in print, and so to refer i^
to bee expended by the learned & others of ripe iudgctncnfj
3 fit. 1 Mar. p I.
im
MORGAN.
WIIYTE.
790
[692]
(2 Eiiztih.) retired among his friends and died a
devoted son to the ehurcli of Rome on tiic 23 of
Dcocmli. following. Of whose death hear, I pray,
what Joli. Fox'' saith in this manner. — Morgan
bishop of S. Davids who sate upon the condem-
nation of the blessed martyr bish. Ferrar, and un-
justly usurped his room, was not long after stricken
by God's hand, after snch a strange sort that his
meat would not go down, but rise and pyck up
again, sometimes at his mouth, sometimes blown
out of his nose, most horribly to behold, and so
he continued till his death. Thus Fox, followed
by Tho. Beard in his Theatre^ of God's Judg-
ments. But where, or when his death hapned,
they tell us not, nor any author hitherto, only
when, which B. Godwin mentions. Now there-
fore be ])leased to know, that the said bishop
Morgan retiring after his deprivation to, and near,
Oxon, where lie had several relations and ac-
quaintance living, particularly the Owens of God-
stow in the parish of VVolvercotc, near to the said
city, did spend the little remainder of his life in
great devotion at Godstow, but that he died in
the condition which Fox mentions, there is no
tradition among the inhabitants of Wolvercote.
True it is, that I have heard some discourse many
years ago from some of the antients of that place,
that a certain bishop did live for some time, and
exercised his charity and religious counsel among
them, and there died, but I could never learn any
thing of them of the manner of his death, which
being miserable, as Jo. Fox saith, methinks that
they should have a tradition of it, as well as of the
man himself, but I say that there is now none, nor
was there any 30 years ago among the most aged
persons then living at tliat place, and therefore
whether there be any thing of truth in it may be
justly doubted, and especially for this reason, that
in the very same chapter and leaf containing the
severe punishment upon persecutors of God's peo-
ple, he hath committed a most egregious falsity,
m reporting that one Grim wood of Higham in
Suffolk died in a miserable manner for swearing
and bearing false witness against one Job. Cooper
a carpenter of Watsam in the same county, for
which he lost his life. The miserable death of
the said Grimwood was as J. Fox saith, thus, that
when he was in his labour staking up a goffe of
corn, having his health and fearing no peril, sud-
denly his bowels fell out of his body and imme-
diately most miserably he died. Now so it fell
out, that in the reign of Q. Elizabeth one Prit
became parson of the parish where the said Grim-
wood dwelt, and preaching against perjury, being
not acquainted with his parishioners, cited tlic
said story of Fox, and it hapuing that Grimwood
being then alive, and in the said churcii, he
brought an action upon the case against the par-
♦ In his book of Acts and Mon. of the Church, under tlie
year 1568.
' In lib. 1. caj). 13.
son; but judge Anderson, who sate at the assizes
in the county of Suffolk, did adjudge it not main-
tainable, because it was not spoken maliciously.
Pray see in the Jbridsment of many Cases and
Resolutiom, of the Common Law, written by
judge Henry Rolls, p. 87. sect. 5. tit. ' Action sur
case.' But to return; as for our bishop Hen.
Morgan, who died in Godstow house, then owned
by Rich. Owen, did by his last* will and testam.
dated in Decemb. 1559, and proved 24 of Ja-
nuary following, bequeath his body to be buried
in the church of Olvercot or VVolvercot, to which
he gave six shillings and eight pence : also to two
masters of arts of Oxon to pray for his friends
souls, (of which Edw. Pennant parson of Stan-
lake near Oxon was one,) four pounds yearly dur-
ing the term of five years; to Mary Owen his
chymcre of scarlet, to Morgan Philips of Oriel
coll. several legacies, besides the bestowing of his
books, &c. By which will it appears that he did
not die in a mean condition, that he was not
senseless, affrighted, or any way perturbated.
[Mag'r. Henricus Morgan LL.D. coll, ab
ar'e'po ad eccl. paroch. de Walwen-Castell alias
diet. Walwen, Meneven. dioc. per mort. mag'ri
Pliilippi-ap-Howell, ex coll. ar'epi, per negligent,
D. Ri'ei Meneven. ep'i, 12 Febr. 1529. Reg.
JVarhani, Cant.
Henry Morgan clerk, parson and prebendarie
of the church of St. Margaret's Leicester, 1 Sept.
'2 Ed. 6.7 Featley's MS. Collect, p. 284. & V.
Strype's Annals. Ken net.
Morgan was collated to the prebend of Sanctaa
Crucis alias Spaldwick in the en. of Lincoln, Dec.
l.S, 1532, which he resigned before June 7, 153<i;*
to the prebend of Hampton in the church of He-
reford March 1, 1551 ; and to the third stall ia
the cathedral ch. of Bristol, June 4, 1542.']
JOHN WHYTE, sometimes fellow of New
coll. was made bishop of Lincoln in the beginning
of 1554, translated tticnee to Winchester in 1557,
and died in January in fifteen hundred fifty and
nine; under which year you may see more of him
among the writers. [Vol. i. col. 31 1.] In the
said see of Winchester succeeded Dr. Robt.
Home of Cambridge, reported b\' a certain'
author to be a man of a great mind and profound
ingcny, and no less sagacious in detecting the
crafts of "his adversaries, than prudent in prevent-
ing and avoiding them. He was also a frequent
preacher, and an excellent disputant, and wrote
in the mother tongue, an answer to Job. Fecken-
ham's Scruples concerning the Oath of Supremaci/.,
as I have told you among the writers under the
' In oflic. pra^rog. Cant, in Iieg. Mellersh. Qu. 8.
' [He was collated June 7, 1536, according to Willis;
Cath. 202.]
* [Willis, Cathedrals, [wge 232.]
« flbid. pp. 574, 791.]
' nlaltli. barker al the end of Aniiq. Ecclcs. Brilaiu pub-
lished 1572-3. iu the life of Ma. Parker, p. Q.
1359.
791
WIIYTC.
BROKES.
OGELTHORl'E
792
]&»9-C0.
[G93]
year 1585. [Vol. i. col. 509] He gave way to
fate in 1579, leaving this character behind him,
given by one* belonging to the church of Dur-
ham, who (speaking of iiis demolishing several
antient monuments of that church, ^ while dean
thereof) tells us, that he could never abide any
antient monuments, acts, or deeds, that gave any
light of, or to, godly religion.*
JAMES BROKES, sometimes fellow of Corp.
Ch. coll. was consecrated bishop of Glocester
about the beginning of the year 1554, and died
about the beginning of Febr. in fifteen hundred
fifty and nine ; under which year you may see
more of him among the writers. [Vol. i. col. 314.5]
In the said see of Gloc. succeeded Rich. Cheyney "
bach, of div. of Perabr. hall in Cambridge, who
being elected thereunto, had restitution made'
to him of the temporalities belonging to it, on
the 15 of Apr. 1562, and had at the same time
liberty allowed to him to keep Bristol in commen-
dam. In the reign of K. Ed. 6 he was archdea-
con of Hereford, and dignified elsewhere. In
Q. Mary's time he was deprived of his spirituali-
ties for being more addicted to the opinions of
Luther than lie ought. In the beginning of the
reign of Qu. Elizabeth, an. 1560, he was made by
her first canon of the fourth stall or prcbendship in
the collegiate church of S. Peter within the city of
Westminster: which dignity he keeping till 1562,
was then succeeded by one Rich. Morlcy. After
he had sate bish. of Gloc. three years, he was in-
' Anon, in the Antient Rites and Monuments of the Mo-
nast. and Cath. Ch. of Durham. Lond. l672. inoct. p. 122.
' [Among others, he destroyed the history of St. Cuthbert
beautifully painted in glass throughout the cloyster-windows.]
* [Rob. Home S.l .B. admiss. ad vie. de Matching coin.
Essex, 3 Oct. 1346, quam resign, ante 27 Febr. 1533. Reg.
Bonner.
Rob'tus Home S.T.B. admiss. ad eccl. Omn. Sanctorum
Bridestreet, Lond. 8 Maii 1550, quani resign, ante 10 Mar.
J531. Reg. Cramner. Idem S.T. B. ad vicar, de Matching
com. Essex, 3 Oct 1546, quam resign, ante 27 Febr. 1553.
Natus in ep'atum Dunehn. cdoctus in coll. D. Johannis Can-
tabr. decan. Donelm. temp. Ed. vi. Obilt in palatio sue
apud Suthmere, sepultus in ccc'Iia sua cath. sub marmore ita
insculpfo. ' Robertas Home theologia; doctor eximius,
quondam Christi causa exul, deinde episcopus Winton. Pie
obiit in Domino Jun. I, 1580, episcopatus sui anno decimo
nono.' Kennet. See a further account of him in the Fasti
under the year 1567.]
' [The original seal of bishop Brokes, when bish. of Glou-
eester»was lately shewn me by Mr. John Bradfield, glazier,
of Oxford. It is in excellent preservation, and was redeemed
from some old brass on the point of being melted for common
use.]
' [Rich. Cheyney Lond. dioc. socius aulK Pembrok . ordi-
natur subdiaconus 24 Febr. 1531 ; ord. presb. 21 Sept. 1532.
Reg. Stokeslet/.
14 Nov. 155S, Ricardus Cheney cler. S.T.B. admiss. ad
preb. quintam in eccl. Glocest.per niort.ult. incumb. ex pres.
Philippiet Marie, sede vac lieg. Pole
Vide epi>tolaMi Edm. Campiani ad Ricardum Cheyney
episcopum GUnic. conscripiam, in qua vehcmenter ilium ad
papismum amplexandum hortatur. Extat autcm hsec unica
cpistola in libro post epistolas Alcwiui MS. in bib. Bodl.
Kennei- ]
' Pat.4Elizab. p. 10.
corporated I), of D. of this university, as he had
stood in Cambridge. One of his successors in the
see of Gloc. named Godf. Goodman doth wonder'
why his master Will. Caitibdcn should say that
the said Rich. Cheyney was Lulliero addictissi-
mus, whereas it was certain that he was a papist,
and bred up his servants papists, as he had been
informed by one of them, with whom he had
spoken. He tells us also, that it doth appear
upon record in the arches, that he was suspended,
for popery, and died so suspended, and never,
would make any recantation. He was buried in
his cath. ch.of Glocester, but whether ever any
monument was put over his grave, I know not.
OWEN OGELTHORP, the third natural son
of Owen Ogelthorp of Newton-Kime in York-
shire, son of John Ogelthorp of Ogelthorp in the
said county, was born at Newton- Ky me before-
mentioned near to Tadcaster, admitted fellow of
Magd. coll. about 1526, and in 29 he proceeded
in arts, being about that time in holy orders. In
1533 he was proctor of the university, and on the
21 of Feb. 35, he was elected president of his
coll.* having a few days before taken the degrees
in divinity. About that time he was constituted
one of the canons of the coll. at Oxon founded
by K. Hen. 8. on that of cardinal Woisey ; in the
year 1540 he was madectmonof Windsor in the
place of Will. Tate LL. D. deceased, and in 1544
he was presented to the church of S. Olave in
South wark. " In K. Edw. VI. time there were
" complaints brought against him by some of the
" forward fellows of the college relating to reli-
" gion, that he was against the new book of ser-
" vice, and the king's other proceedings, but he
" vindicated liimselt so well and complied so far,
" that he kept his place of president." In 1551
he did undergo with great honour the vicechan-
cellorship of this university ; and in 1553, Oct.
31, he being then rector of Newington and Hase-
ley in the dioc. of Oxon, was elected again pre-
sident of the said coll. (having resigned that place
about an year before to make room for Dr. Walt.
Haddon) and in the same year he was made dean
of Windsor. In 1554 he' was constituted regi-
strary of the most noble order of the Garter, to
execute it by himself, or a sufficient deputy, with
the fee of 50/. per^m. allowed him for it. Which
office he ko[)t, while he was bishop of Carlisle,
during the time that Dr. Hugh AV'eston his suc-
cessor was dean of Windsor. About the month
of Apr. 1556 he was consecrated bishop of Car-
lisle. " He was one of the disputers against
'In his Review of the Court of K. James, written hy Sir
A. ;r.— .MS. p. S().
* [Tali dignuseras domui, Ogelthorpe, praeesse;
Ipsafuit tali preside digna domus.
Vide .lo. Parkhutsl. Epigram, p. 77. Nolatur in margine —
Turn favebat bonis Uteris et evangello, atquc etiam promove-
bat, sed po«tea he. B.\ker.]
» Pat. 1 & 2 Phil. &Mar. p. 14.
793
OCJliLTIlOlirE.
PATES.
794
" Cjuniucr A. I). I.jj4, and 1558 was iiauicd one
" of tlie Catholics who were to dispute with the
" Protestants about setthng religion." And in the
latter end of J 558, when Heath archb. of York,
and all the rest of the bishops refused to crown
Q. Elizabeth, (the see of Canterb. being then
void,) he, with much ado, was obtained to set the
crown on her head. For wliich fact, when he
saw the issue of that matter, and both himself and
all the rest of his sacred order depriv'd, and the
churehe's holy lawes and fiiith, against the con-
ditions ot her consecration and acceptation into
that royal room, violated; he sore repented him
all the days of his life, which were for that special
cause both short and wearisome afterwards unto
him. Thus Dr. Will. Allen in his answer' to the
libel, entit. The Execution of Justice in England.
The said Dr. Ogelthorp was deprived of his
bishoprick about Midsummer in the year 1559,
1560. and about the beginning of the next year died
suddenly of an apoplexy ; otherwise, had he lived,
'tis thought the queen would have been favour-
able to him. " He wrote Resolutions of some
" Questions relating to Bishops and Priests, and
" other Matters tending to the Reformation, which
" are published in bp. Burnet's appendix." He
founded at Tadeaster before-mention'd a free-
school and hospital dedicated to our Saviour Jesus
Christ, called, The school and hospital, of our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, of Tadeaster.
[694] The school is endowed with 40/. per an. and the
hospitals witli revenues forl2 poor people, each to
have one shilling every week. In the beginning
of Ch. 1. there were but six in pay; how
many now I know not. The said bishop built a
a fair house in Headley upon Bramham in York-
shire, where there is a memory by verses and his
arms, over the door, 1 think, yet remaining.
" His obit is at this day kept in Magdalen eol-
" lege on 31 December." After his deprivation and
death, Bernard Gilpin the Northern apostle was
designed to succeed him in Carlisle, but he re-
fusing, tho' much pressed to it, the bishoprick
was conferral on one Joh. Best a learned and
pious man, " and Oxonian man, who was conse-
crated 2 March, 1560."
[Owen Oglethorp S.T.P. admiss. ad Newing-
ton in decanatu llisbergh, 29 Jan. 1537. J?fg-
Warham, ar'epi Cant.
1 Jul. 1557 mag'rSeth Holland A.M. collatus
est ab ar'e'po ad eccl. dc Newington decanal, de
Risebcrgh, per resign, mag'ri Owini Oglethorpe,
S.T. P. Reg. Pole.
At the conversion of king Hen. college in Ox-
' ford into a cathedral, there was a pension of xx
lib. reserved to Owen Oglethorp, who received it
till otherwise promoted. MS. Kennet.
Collated to the prebend of Lafford alias Sleford
in the eh. of Lincoln March 29, 1536, which he
resigned on his promotion to the see of Carlisle.
' Printed beyond the seas in 1583. inoct. p. 51, 52.
He died December 31, 1559, and was buried
Jan. 4, 1559-(iO in S'. Dunstan's church, Pleet-
street, without any memorial.']
RICHARD PATES, an Oxfordshire man
born, was admitted scholar of C.C. coll. 1 June
1522, and the year following bach, of arts.
Which degree being complcated by determina-
tion, he went to Paris, where he was made master
of arls, and at his return archdeacon of Winches-
ter, on the resignation of Joh. Pox, in 1526. In
1528 he resigned that dignity, being that year
[June 22] made archd. of Lincoln upon the death
of Will. Smith doctor of decrees. By which
title, as also that of bach, of arts of this univer-
sity and master of Paris, he supplicated on the
17 Jan. 1530, that he might not be bound to be
present at exequies in S. Mary's church ; which
shews that he was not then incorporated. After-
wards he was imployed in several embassies, and
in 1534 I find him resident in the emperor's court,
and there a^ain in 1540, in which year was a pass-
port made for him by secretary Cromwell to Ca-
lais, in order to reside with the emperor as ambas-
sador for the K. of England, in which passport
he is stiled. Dr. Rich. Pates archdeacon of Lin-
coln, " tho' by some it is said that he was nomi-
" nated bp. of Worcester A. D. 1534.^" In 1542
he was attainted of high treason ; whereupon his
archdeaconry was bestowed on George Heneage,
and his prebendship of Eastharptre in the church
of Wells on Joh. Heryng LL. D. In the year
1554 " his attainder was repealed, and" he was
actually preferr'd by Q. Mary to the episcopal see
of Worcester, and had restitution* made to him
(by the name of Rich. Pates only) of the tempo-
ralities belonging thereunto, 5 March the same
' [Willis, Cathedrals, (Carlisle) page 298.J
' [Rich. Pate declared bish. of Worcester in the place of
Hieronie de Nuguliis an 1534, and by that name subscribed
to some of the acts of the council of Trent: who being sent
to Rome on some public employment, chose rather to remains
there in perpetual exile, than to take the oath of supremacy
at his coming home, as by the lawes he must hare done, or
otherwise have fared no better than the bishop of Rochester
(Fisher) who lost his head on the refusall. After on. Mary
came to the crowne he was preferred imto the actuall |)Osses-
sion of the see of Worcester, of which he formerly had en-
joyed no more than the empty title. He seems to liave been
nominated bish. of Worcester while he was in his embassie.
Heylin's Ch. [list. an. 1546-7.
Dr. Burnet in his Hist, of the Reform of the Ch. of Eng-
land— Pates was designed B. of Worcester by K Hen. 8 upon
Latimer's resignation, but being engaged in a corres|)ondence
with the (Xipe and card. Pole he fled beyond the sea. But the
truth is, that upon the dratli of Jerouie de Ghinucci he was
at Rome made bish. of Worcester by the pope, and was there-
upon attainted, but his attainder had been repealed in the
former parliament, (viz. in tlie (irst parliament of qu. Marv)
and so he was restored to that see. Wood, MS. Note in t)ie
Ashmole copy.
By Laur Humphrey's account (Puritano-Papismi Confu-
tat. p. 171, Rupclla', ei Londini, par. 2. epist. ded. p. 12, 13.)
Ric. Pates was elect of Worcester an. 1542, and took an oath
to the pope according to the form there mentioned. Baker.I
♦ Pat. 1 &2 Ph. &Mar.p. 1.
795
PATES.
TUIinERVYLR.
KITCIHN.
796
year, at which time Hooper his predecessor had
been dead about 3 Meeks. After Q. EHzabeth
came to the crown, he was not imprisoned in the
Tower of London as Jo. Fo.x * saith, but being
deprived, he went beyond the seas, sate in tlie
Clar. council of Trent, (uninvited as one* saith) as he
1*61. had done before, and whether he died there, or at
Home, I cannot tell. He was a learned man, of
a peaceable disposition, zealous in the faith he
professed, yet always against inflicting corporal
punishments on such that were opposite in reli-
gion to him. In the said see of Worcester suc-
ceeded Edwin Sandys son of Will. Sandys of
Fumes in Lancashire, justice of the peace, and
the king's receiver of that county, by Margaret
his wife, daughter of J oh. Dixon of London.
To which see being elected upon Pates his depri-
vation b}' the name and title of Edwin Sandys ca-
pellanus regius & SS. theol. professor, had resti-
tution made to him' of the temporalities belong-
ing to it 23 March, 2 Elizab. Doni. 1559.
[Rich. Pate was nearly related to bish. Long-
land, and seems to have been born in the same
town of Henley. Nephew to bish. Longland's
mother.* Vide John Longland. Kennet.
Ric. Pates erat filius sororis Jo. Longland ep'i
Line. Studuit Brugis an. 1524. Vid. Lud. Vivis
Epist. Jo. cp'o Line. Jul. 8. 1524. Baker.
Pates was collated to the prebend of Centum
Solidorum in the ch. of Lincoln June 4, 1523, and
resigned it for tljat of Croj)crdy in 1525. In 1526
March 1 1th lie had the stall of Sancta; Crucis alias
Spaldwick, and June 22, 1528, that of Sutton cum
Buckingham in the same cathedral.']
JAMES TURBERVYLE, a younger son of
Job. Turbervyle, son and heir of Richard, second
son of William, first son of sir Robert Turber-
vyle of Bere and Anderston in Dorsetshire
knight, (who died G Aug. 1424) by Margaret his
wife, of the family of the Carews, barons, was
born at Bere bcfore-mentFoned, which is now a
little market town in the said county, educated in
Wykeiiam's sciiool near Winchester, admitted
true and perpetual fellow of New coll. in 1514,
took the degrees in arts, that of master being com-
pleated in an Act celebrated in July 1520, and on
the 8 of March following was elected the public
f G95l scribe or registrary of the university, on the re-
signation ofTho. Fykes, M. A. and fellow of the
said coll. In 1529 he left his fellowship, which
he kept with liis scribe's place, being then promo-
ted to an ecclesiastical benefice, as he was soon
after to a dignity; and taking the degree of doct.
of div, in another university, was incorporated
' In his book of Acts and Mon. nf /he Ch. ;ui. 135().
' Laur. Hunifredus in Vila & Muit. Jo. Juelti edit. 1S73.
p. »79-
. ' I'at. 'J Elizab. p. 14.
• [But sec vol. i. col. ifil.]
» [Willis. Culhcdiats, 103, l66, 175, 232, 247.]
here in 1532. In 1555, he being then preb. of
Winchester, and elected to the episcopal see of
Exeter on the death of Job, Harman, was conse-
crated thereunto in St. Paul's cath. ch. in Lon-
don, " or rather in the bp. of London's chappel"'
(with Will. Glynn to Bangor) on the eighth day
of Sept. the same year, am' on the 2 1 of the saiii
montn had the temporalitie.? of the saitl see deli-
vered ' to liim, and there sat with due commenda-
tions for about four years. " Dr. Hcylin in hid
" History of the lieformation, anno 1555-G saith,
" that tliis James Turbcrvile, made bishop of
" Exeter, was a man well born, and well be-
" friended, by means whereof he recovered some
" lands unto his see, which had been alienated
" from his predecessor (Harman,) and amongst
" others the rich and goodly manners of Creuiion
" alias Kirton in the county of Devon (in former
" times the episcopal seat of the bishops of Exe-
" ter) though afterwards again dismembred from
" it in the lime of queen Elizabeth by bishop
"Cotton." In 1559, (2 Eliz.j he was "deprived
of his bishoprick for denying the queen's supre-
macy over the church, and afterwards lived a pri-
vate life, saith ' one; and another, * that he lived
at his own liberty to the end of his life, adding
that he was an honest gentleman, but a simple
bishop; and a third, ^ that he lived a private life
many years and died in great liberty. But at
length a fourth person, who comes lagg, as hav-
ing lately appeared in print, 1 mean Richard
Izack then chamberlain of Exeter tells us in his
Antiquities'' of the City of Exeter (full of mis-
takes) that he died on the first of Nov. 1559, and
in another' place in the said book, that after his
deprivation he lived a private life.
ANTHONY "KITCHIN, alias" DUNS.TAN
a Benedictine monk of Westminster, received his
academical education in Glocester coll. in the
N. W. suburb of Oxon, in an apartment therein
built for such young monks of Westminster that
were designed for the university. In 1525 he was
admitted to the reading of the sentences, having
a little before opposed in divinity in the schools
of that facult}', and in the year following he oc-
curs by the name and tit. of Anth. Dunstan, prior
of the students of Gloc. coll. before-mentioned.
In 1538 he proceeded in divinity, being then
abbot of the Benedictine monks of Einsham near
to, and in the county of, Oxon; and in 1545 he
by the name and title of Anthony Kechyn the
' [SosaysStrype, iiihisil/fmona/jo/'Cronwfr. lib.S.cap. a.]
* Pat. 2 &3 Ph. & Mnr. p. I.
' Joh. Vowell alias Hooker in his Cat. of the Bishops of
Exeter, in the 3 vol. of Holinshed's Chron. p. 130y. b.
* The author of The E.xecutian of Justice in England,
Sec. printed l.'i83. in Oct.
' Fr. Godwin in Com. de Prcesul. Angl. edit. l6lfl. p.
476.
* Printed at Lond. 1(J77. in oct. in the Cat. of the Bishops
of Exeter, in tlie beginning of the book num. 34.
7 n>id, p. la?-
Clar.
I
797
KITCHIN.
MKKUICK.
79B
king's cliaplain iu>d bishop elect of Laiulart", " was
" confirmed 2 May," received" tlie temporalities
belonging thereunto on the 8 of May the same
year, being then about 08 years of age. He is
much blamed by one of his' successors in the
see of Landaft" for impoverishing his bishoprick,
accounted by some to have l)een before his time
one of the best in England, and since to be tiie
1668. worst. He gave way to fate 31 Oct. in fifteen
hundred sixty and three, and was buried in the
Iarish church of Matherne (where the bishop of
.andaft" hath a palace) in Monmouthshire, after
he had gone through several changes of times,
and had taken the oath of Q. Elizabeth's supre-
macy over the church of England, which no
popish bishop in the beginning of her reign did
besides this man.
("Antonius Kitchin alias Dunstan S.T.D. pres-
biter regularis ex acad. Cantabr. in eji'um Lan-
(dav. consecratus 3 Mali, 1545, setat. 68. Antiq.
Britan. p. 37- Ken net.]
ROWLAND MERRICK was born in the
isle of Anglesey, mostly educated in academical
learning in S. Edward's hall, a noted place for
civilians, sometimes situated near St. Edward's
church, became principal, while he was bachelor
of the civil law, of New Inn, afterwards doctor of
his faculty, chancellor of the church of S. David,
canon residentiary thereof in the time of K. Ed.
[fipfi] 0, being then one of the persons that drew up ar-
ticles against Rob. Ferrar bishop of tiiat place,
and at length bishop of Bangor: to which see
being elected and consecrated, an. 1559, aged 54
years, received' the temporalities belonging
thereunto 2 1 of March the same year. He died
1566. in the beginning of the year fifteen hundred sixty
and six, and was buried in the chancel of the cath.
church of Bangor, under that place where the
table stood in the time of communion. Over his
grave was an inscription afterwards put, the con-
tents of which I know not as yet. He left behind
him a son named Gelly Merrick of Hascard in
Pembrokeshire, afterwards a knight and a great
favourite of that most popular and generous count
Robert earl of Essex ; in whose treasons having
been deeply engaged, suffered death at Tyburn in
ilie beginning of the year 1601. In the see of
Bangor succeeded Dr. Merick, one Nich. Robin-
son^ a Welsh man and D. D. of Cambridge, who
after he had suffered calamities for the protestant
' Pat. 37 Hen. 8. p. 5.
' Fr. Godwin ut sup. p. 641.
■ Pat. 2 Elizab. p. 14.
* [Nicolas Rol)ii\son was born in the town of Conway, and
was the second son of John Robinson (son of Henry Kobln-
.•on son of Robin Norris, a younger son of Norrisof Speak) and
of KIlia tlie daughter of WillLim Brickdale of ('onway his
wife. He was educated in Queen's collcdge in Cambridge,
and was fel'.ovv of that collcdge. He wai ordained first aco-
lyih and snbdeacon Mar. 12, and then deacon by Bp. Wil-
liam Glyn, at Bangor at a public ordination, in the cathedral
of Bangor March 3. 1556, and the next day he was ordained
priest, and all this by virtue of a faculty from cardinal Pool,
cause in the reign of Q. Mary, became, after her
death, domestic chaplain to Matthew arciib. of
Canterbury, and dignified — ' Vir fuit prndens (as
dated at Greenwich 7 kal. Mart, anno secundo imntificatiM
Pauli 4". After this I find nothing of him till 166'J, but
then preferment began to come apace ; for on the sixth of
August that year, he was instituted to the archdeaconry of
Merionith in the diocese of Bangor, and on the 26th of the
same month, to the rectory sine curft of Northop in the dio-
cese of St. Asaph. U|K)n the death of Bp. Merrick, he -vras
promoted to the sec of Hangor, and was consecrati'd on Suo
day the eoth of Oct. 1366. He was a learned and diligent
man, and an excellent governor; he wrote sevcrall thingt, of
which, I think, none are published. As (I) A large ('olleC'
lion of Ilhtoricall Thinei, relating lo the Church and Slate
of the Brilains and Irctsh, in fol. MS. The otiginal of
which, writt with his own hand, I have seen in the library
of Mr. Robert Vaiighau of Hengwrt. (2) The Life of Grif-
fith ap Conun K. of Wales, translated out of the antienl
IVelsh Original into Latin, which is also in the house of
Gwedir, See. After he had sat at Bangor 18 years, 3
months, anil 22 days, he departed this life on Wednesday the
13'*'. day of February, 15S4-5. He was buried the Lord's
day following, in his cathedral church of Bangor, on the
south side of the high altar, where there is a flat stone, with
an effigies, and his coat of arms in brass, and an inscription
on a brass round the edges of the stone was afterwards layd,
but all the brass was torn off, by the mad extravagance and
fury of the rebcll zealots, in the late time of rebellion, and
now there is nothing left, but a sm.ill piece at the up|)er end
of the stone, with these words, * Hie jacet NicolausRobin-
sonus' — and also a fragment of a Ijbcll, issued out of the
mouth of the efligics with this broken piece
lie spcravi, I sujipose, the whole was, ' In le Domine spe-
ravi.' Bp. Robert Morgan was buried since in the same
frave. Lewis Dun in his herald's visitation, saylh, he was
,L. D. of both the universities, and that he had issue by his
wife, which was Jane the daughter of Handle Brereton esq,
by Mary daughter of Sr. William Griffith of Peuryhn Knt.
chamberlain of North-Wales: (1) William Robinson of
Gwersylt, who both acted valiantly, and sulTred patiently for
K. Charles the martyr, had his estate confiscated and sold,
and was forced to fly for his life, first to the Isle of Man, and
then into France. After the restauration he had his estate
again, and a fair house built (but not quite finished) on it by
tile usurpers. He was elected member for iieaumares, for
the parliament l66l, and continued till the dissolution of it
l678-i}. He was also vice-admirall of North Wales, an ho-
nest, ingenious man, a true friend, a most loyall subject, and
zealous son of the church of England. He died in the lat-
ter end of March l681, and was bury'd at Grefford. The
bishop's other sons were Humphrey Robinson, Harbert Ro-
binson, Pierce Robinson, and Hugh Robinson, mentioned
in your Fasti, as a member of New coll. of whose writings
antl character I suppose you are well informed ; and a daughter
marryed to Edward Price of Vaynor in the county of Moun-
gomerv esq.
• Nic. Robinson Art. Bac. Cant. an. 1547. Rcgr. Acad.
Cant.
Nic. Robinson admissus Socius Coll. Regin. Cant an.
1548. RcgT. Col. Begin.
Nic. Robinson et Jo. Josselin — impositi erant perrisitatnreB
Regis Edvardi Sexti. MH. Coll. Corp. Chr. Cant.
Conceditur 5'^'. Aprilis (1366) M™. Nicho. Robynson, ut
studium 5. annorum lu theologia, post Gradum Bac. in eadenx
facultate susceptum ----- sufticiat ei ad incipiendum in
cadem facultate : sicut ejus .ndmissio stet pro completis gradu
et forma doctoratus in cadem facultate, quoniam propter nego-
tia, diem coiuitiorum expectare non potest. — - - Regr.
Acad. Cant. *
So you see he proceeds regularly in divinity, and could not
• [These extracts were by Mr. Baker from the origin^
Registers ai Cambridge]
799
MCllRICK.
YONG.
800
'tis' said oflum)& illis humanioribus Uteris atcjue
tlicologia iioii minus excultus, quain Latina pa-
triaque lingua facundus, &c. He died in the
summer time, an. 1584, leaving then behind him
a widow named Jane Robinson alias Brereton, and
several sons. After him followed Dr. Hugh Bel-
lot< ot" Cambridge, who was consecrated bishop
of Bangor 25 Jan. 1584.
[Roland Meyric was the second son of Meyric
ap Lewelyn ap Heylyn esq; of Bodorgan in the
parish of Liangadwalader in Anglesey, by his
wife Margaret, the daughter of Roland ap Howell,
descended from Jardduz, and was born at Bod-
gorgan aforesaid, where the posterity of his elder
brother have ever since continued, a family of
much esteem and respect in that country. As to
his preferment before his coming to be bishop, I
suppose, you arc right. The first of queen Eliz.
he was commissioned with Dr. Richard Davies,
Dr. Tho. Young, and Richard Pates to visit the
four Welch dioceses, together with Hereford and
Worcester, and when the visitation was ended, he
was consecrated bishop of Bangor Dec. 21, 1559,
and soon after viz. Feb. 2. 2° Eliz. he procured an
j«ipex/»jMS,rencwall, and confirmation of the antient
charter of all the rights, privilcdges, and royalties,
belonging to tlie bishops of Bangor,as aj>purtenant
to the several 1 mannors, belonging to that see,
which was first granted by Edward the first, who
styled him the conquerour of Wales, to Anian
bishop of Bangor, at Rutlan Nov. 18. in the
second year of his reign, enlarged by the same king,
in the twelfth of his reign, confirmed by king Eel-
ward the second, and with some enlargements by
Edward the third, and Edward the black prince
his son, Ric. 2'', Hen. 4, 5, 6, Edw. 4, Henry 7th,
and Henry 8th. He niarrieil Catherine daughter
to Owen Baret, sayth the herald's book (I sup-
pose it should be i'errot) of Pembrokeshire, and
had issue S'Gelley, Francis esq; Harry, and John,
and .3 or four daughters. He died Jan. 24, 1565,
and was buryed at Bangor on the south side of
the altar, near the wall, where there was an effigies
in brasse, on a flat stone over his grave, but all is
torn ofl", except tlie arms of his see and family,
with a label!, which it seems issued out of the
mouth of the efligies, w ith this distich :
Inveni purtum, .spes et fort una va/ete,
]Vj7 mi/ii vobiscum, Indite nunc alios.
HUMPIIREVS.
be doctor of law, as sayd in the herald's visitation. Hum-
phreys.
Nich. Robinson licenfia predicandi infra provinciam Cant,
concessa i>er Mattliciim Cant- ar"cpum mag'ro Nich'o Uobin-
son univcrsitalisCantiljrigia; in artiiun magistro : dat. xx Dec.
1550, et nostre consccr. primo. Reg. Parker, 217. Kennet.
See also VVarton's History of English Poetry, edit. 4to.
vol. ii. page 383.]
^ In fine lib. Dc Anliq. Eccles. Britan. edit. 1572-3, in
Mathco. p. 14.
♦ [Facultas conccssa Huf;oni Hellot capellano cp'i Elicn.
utcnni rcctoria deTyddadioc. Elicn. ahudbeneficium teneat.
^egisl. Facultatum concets. per Mallh. Ar'rp'um Cant.
xCbnnet.]
Rowland Merrick LL. D. presbiter secular, pa-
tria W^allicus, natus annos 54, in ep'um Bangor
consecratus Dec. 21, 1559- Antiq. Britan. p. 37.
Kennet.]
THOMAS YONG a learned civilian, son o^
John Yong of Pembrokeshire by Elianor his
wife, was born in that county, became a student
in the univ. of Oxon (in Broadgate's hall as it
seems) about the year 1528, where applying his
muse to the study of the civil law, took a degree
in that faculty nine years after, being then in
sacred orders. In 1542 he was made principal of
the said hall, and soon after chantor and canon
of S. David's; where, being much scandalized at
the unworthy actions of Rob. Ferrar bishop of
that place, did, with others, draw up articles
against him ; which being proved before the
king's commissioners, the said bishop was impri-
son'd in the time of K. Ed. G. In the reign of
Q. Mary, Th. Yong fled from the nation for reli-
gion sake, and remained in Germany in an ob-
scure condition during her time. But when Q.
Elizabeth came to the crown, and H. Morgan,
another accuser of Rob. Ferrar, had been depriv'd
of his bishopriek of S. Davids, the said Yong was
design'd to succeed him. Whereupon being
consecrated 5 thereunto 21 January 1559, aged
52 years, or thereabouts, the temporalities of the
said see were delivered * to him on the 23 of
March following. Where sitting till Feb. loGO,
was then translated to York, and about the same
time was made president of the queen's council
in the north parts of England. In Feb. 1564, he
was actually created doctor of the civil law, and
dying tm the 26 June, in fifteen hundred sixty
and eight, was buried at the east end of die choir
of his cath. ch. at York. Over his grave was
soon after laid a marble stone, with this epitaph
on it: 'Thomas Yongus nuper Eboraecnsis ar-
chiepiscopus, civilis juris doctor peritissimus,
queni propter gravitatem, summum ingenium,
eximiam prudentiam, excelleiiteinque rcrum poli-
ticarum scientiam, illustrissima regina septentio-
nalibus hujus regni partibus prasidem constituit,
quo magistratu quinque anno pcrfunetus est.
Sedit archiepiseopus annos septem, & sex menses.
Obiit vicesimo sexto die mensis Junii, an. 1568.'
He had taken to wife in his elder years one Jane
daughter of Thorn. Kynaston of Estwiek in Shrop-
shire, by whom he had issue George Yong, aiter-
wards a knight, living in York l6 12, for whose
sake, the father, being covetous of wealth, pulled
down a goodly hall belonging to him> as arch-
bishop, for the greediness of the lead (as 'tis said)
that covered it. Concerning which matter there
is a large story extant, related by an ' author who
was no friend to married bishops.
' Godwin ut supr. int episc. Menev. p. Gl6.
* Pat. 2 Elizab. p. 14.
' Sir Jo. Harrington in his Brief Vieui of the Stale ofth*
Ck. of Engl. &c. p 171.
1568.
%
801
POLE.
802
[Tlio. Young LL. D. presbiter secularis, patria
W allicus, annus natus 5'2, in ep'um Menev. con-
seciatus Jun. 2, 1559. jintiq. liritan. p. 37.
Qua;re itaque an Jun. 2, an 21, dies enim utra-
que in doininicam incidit ? K e n n et.]
(097] DAVID POLE, or Poole, of noble race, as it
seems, " some say ' bastard brother to cardinal
" Pole," became t'ellovv of Allsouls coll. in 1520,
took the degrees of civ. and can. law, that of doc-
tor being compleated in 1527, at which time
being archdeacon of Salop ; ? he was much in
esteem for his great sufficiencies in those laws.
Afterwards he was made dean of the Arches, arch-
deacon of Derby [Jan. 8, 1542,] and chancellor
of the diocese of Lichf. and Coventry. At length,
upon the death of Joii. Chambers, being nominat-
ed to the see of Peterborough, was consecrated
thereunto ' on the 15 Aug. 1557T!ind on the 28
of January following had the temporalities thereof
delivered ^ to him. In 1559, about the time of
Midsummer, he was deprived of his bishoprick,
for deijying the queen's supremacy, being then
esteemed a grave person and a very quiet subject
Whereupon being committed to custody for a
time, was soon after set at liberty, &. principis
beneficio (as one ^ tells us) in agro suo matura
ajtate decessit. " Dr. Heylin in his History of
" the Ileforniation, an. 1559, saith tliat bp. Pole
" by the clemency of the queen enjoyed the like
" freedom, was courteously treated by all persons,
" among whom he lived, and at last died, upon
" one of his own farms, in u good old age." He
gave wtiy to fate in the latter end of May or
1568 beginning of June" in Hiteen hundred sixty and
eight, but where, unless near to S. Paul's cathe-
dral in London, or where buried I cannot tell.
All his books of law and divinity, which were
then at London and Peterborough, he gave to the
library of Allsouls coll. In the said see of Peter-
borough succeeded Edm. Seambler ^ bach, (after-
« [See Burnett's Hist, of the lirform.zn. 1555, p. 326.]
9 [Accordiug to Willis he was collated to this archdeaconry
April 2, 15^6, on the resignation ol Richard Strete. Catlte-
drals, 424.]
■ ' Ibid, in Godwin, int. ep, Peterb. p. 5c)4.
» Pat. 4 & 5 Phil. & Mar. p. 1.
3 Lane. Andrews in Tortura Torli, &c. p. 146.
♦ [His will was dated May 17, and proved July 6, 1568.
See Willis, CaMedra/i, 505.]
' [Edmundus Seambler pilria Lancastriensis, ex acad.
Cantab. S. T. D. presbiter, in ep'um consecratus anno setatis
42, die 1() Jan. 1560. Antiq. Brilan. p. 37-
1594, the 7lh daye of Maye died the right reverend father
Edinunde Seamier, bishop of Norwich, and was enterred the
3H daye of June after. He had issue then iyvynge, James,
Edward, Thomas, and Adam. His execquvtors Mr. James
and Kdward Scander, liis overseers Mr. Dr. Redman and Mr.
John Petus. The fore said funerall was solempnized in the
cathedral churche of Norwyche. Note in Me Herald's OJice.
Ken NET.
Edm. Skamler A. B. Cant. An. 1541 2. Tffff. .lead. Cant.
fle was both of Peter House and Queen's college. See ac-
count of queen Eliz. being .-\t Cambiidge, an. 1504, and
likewise said there, to have been of Jesus college. Baker.]
Vol. n.
wards doct.) of div. a native of Gressingham in
Lancashire, and chaplain to Matthew archb. of
Canterbury, to which being consecrated Ifi Jan.
1460, held in commendam with it the prcbendship
of Wistow in the church of York, and the first
canonry in the sixth stall in the church of West-
minster for the space of two or more years. He
was a learned man, a zealous enemy against the
Pai)ist?, yet an' impairer of the honour, jirivi-
leges, ^ and revenues of the bishoprick of Peter-
borough. After his translation to Norwich suc-
ceeded in Peterborough Dr. IJich. Howland mas-
ter of S. Jolm's coll. in Cambridge, who dying in
IGOO, was succeeded in the said sec by Tho,
Dove, D. D.' and dean of Norwich, sometimes of
Pembroke hall in Cambridge, and one of the first
scholars of Jesus coll. in Oxon, to which see Q.
Elizab. (to whom he was chapl. in ordinary) pre-
ferr'd him for his excellency in preaching, and
reverend aspect and deportment. He died 30
Aug. 1G30, aged 75 years, and was buried in the
North isle of the cath. ch. of Peterborough:
over whose grave was a comely monument erect-
ed, with a large inscription thereon, but level'd
with the grouiKi by the rebels, in 1643. He left
behind him a son named Thomas, who occurs
archdeacon of Northampton Uil8, having suc-
ceeded in that dignity, if I mistake not. Dr. Job.
Buckridge. In the see of Peterborough succeeded
Dr. Aug. Liiidsell rector of Houghton in the
Spring in the county pal. of Durham, who, after
he was elected to it, had restitution ' made of the
temporalities belonging thereunto on the 20 of
Feb. 16^2. But being translated thence to Here-
ford (in Dec.) 1633, succeeded Franc. Dee D. D.
who being elected to the said see of Peter-
borough, had the temporalities thereof' given to
* Sim. Gunton in his History of the Church of Peler-
lorougli, printed at Lend in fol. 1O86, p. 73.
' [1580, 26 Oct. Tho. Dove A. M. admiss. ad ecclesiam
de Haydon dioc. Lend, per resign. Will'i Sheppard, ad pres.
reginae; quam resign, ante 13 July 1588. lieg. Ailmer el
Crindall.
Idem pres. a d'na regina vie. de Walden 1580, tunc A. M,
quam tenuit in comnienda usque ad 1607, quo anno rcsigna-
vit.
The rijrht reverend father in God Thomas Dove, lord
bishop of Pcterboroughe departed this mortal life at his palace
at Petcrbormigh in the county of Northampton on ttie 3Uth
day «f .August lOjO, and was buried about the middle of the
north isle in the cathedral church of Peterborough aforesaid.
He married Margaret daughter of Olyvcr Warner of Eversden
in the county of Cambr. by whom he had issue 2 sonnes and
3 daughters : viz. sir William Dove of Upton in the county
of Nonhamptou, knight, sonneand heir. Thomas Dove, 2a
son, Elizabeth, Mary and Margaret. The execiuor of his last
will and testament was sir V\ ill. Dove son and heir to the
defunct, above mentioned. MS. Note in the Beralds Office.
1()V7, Tho. Dove A. M. coll. ad eccliam de Pattesurk,
com. Essex. Jleg. London.
Tho. Dove scholaris aulse Pembrochian* Cantab, et tnn-
quam socius. Uic'i Parker MS. Kennet.]
" Pat. 8 Car. I. p. 13.
9 Pat. 10 Car. 1. p. 10.
3 F
■U
i
803
BARLOW.
CURWYN.
804
him 7 June 1634. See more of him in the Fasti
under tlie year 1603.
[David i*ool L. D. ab ar'epo factns decanus
curiae de Arcubus 17 Mar. 1530, et die 27 ejusd.
mensis, officialis curia- de Aroubus, judex curia;
Audiciitia; et ar'epi vicarius gencralis. Reg.
Cant. Lib. Pole, pa.rs\.fo\. \5. Ken net.
He seems to nave been of the family of llie
Poles in Derbyshire, where he was archdeacon:
of which family, yet or lately, in being, see
Dr. Thoreton's Antiq. of Nottiiig/tamshire, p. 112.
Baker.
In 1555, Pole was made vicar gen. of the
diocese of Canterbury by the cardinal. See my
3IS. Coll. Vol. 32, p. 49. Cole.]
WILLIAM BARLOW, a canon regular, was
first made bishop of S. Asaph, afterwards of B.
and Wells; and at length of Chichester. He
1S68» died in fifteen hundred sixty and eight, under
which year you may sec more of him among the
vriters. [Vol. i. col. 364.] In the see of Chiches-
ter succeeded Rich. Curteis or Coortesse ' a Lin-
colnshire man born, and doclor of divinity (some-
times fellow of S. John's coll. in, and proctor of
£698] ^j,e university of, Cambridge, and afterwards
chaplain to Matthew archb. of Canterbury) wlio
was consecrated at Canterbury' gratis, or without
reward or fees, on the feast of the holy Trinity,
an. 1570, he being tlien 48 years of age. The
said Dr. Coortesse hath written, (1) ylii Exposi-
tion of certain il urds of S. Paul to the Roni.entit.
hy an old Writer Hugo, A Treatise of the Work of
three Days. Lond. 1577. ocl. (2) Two Sermons,
one at Paul's Cross, and another at IVestminster,
an. 1576: the first on Apocal. 12. the first nine
verses, and the other on Acts 20.28,29,30,31.
Both printed at Lond. 1584. oct. (3) Serm. at
Greenwich, 1573: on Ecclesiasticus 12. the first
seven verses. Lond. 1586. oct. (4) Serm. at
Richmond 1575: on Judges 1. the first 13 verses.
Load, in oct. and other things, as 'tis probable.
Quaere. In the see of Chichester succeeded him
Tho. Bickiey, whom I shall mention at large
among these bishops under the year 1596.
HUGH CURWYN, or CoREN, was descended
from an antient famil}' of his name in Westmor-
land, but whether born in that county I cannot
tell, became a student in this university in one of
the inns or hostles frequented by civilians and
canonists, or in Brasen-nose coll. (or both succes-
sively,) about 1521, took one degree in arts, holy
orders, and some years after was made one of the
chaplains to K. Hen. 8. In 1532 he proceeded
' {^An Exposition of cerlaine Wordes of S. Paule io the
Romaynes entitled by an old Writer Hugo, a Treatise of the
Workcs of tlire Dayes. Also another IVorke of the Ttuthc of
Christes naturall Bodye. By Richard Coortesse Doctor of
Divinitie and Bishop of Chichester. Imprinted by N Jack-
son for If^illiam Bronte, 1577. Pref to the reatler giving ac-
count and high cummeiKlaiions of the author. Kbnmet.]
in the civil law, and about that time was a great
[>romoter of the king's marriage with Anna Bul-
eyii. In 1533, when frier Peto (afterwards a
cardinal) iiad inveighed much against it in bis
sermon, or sermons, before the king at Greenwich,
Dr. Curwyn the next Sunday following hapned
to preach there, at which lime he spake as much
for the marriage, as Peto had against it, uttering
there several things against Inm, and wondrea
why a subject should behave himself so auda-
cious as he did before the king's face, &c.
After this he was preferr'd to the deaner}' of Here-
ford, where he continued all K. Edward's time.
At length when Q. Mary succeeded (to whom he
was chaplain) she nominated him archbishop of
Dublin : Whereupon being consecrated there-
unto in S. Paul's cathedral at London 8 Sept.
1555, he was in few days after designed ^ by the
said queen (then at Greenwich) chancellor of the
kingdom of Ireland. In 1567 he supplicated Q.
Elizabeth to have the bishoprick of Oxford con-
fcrr'd upon him, being desirous to spend the re-
mainder of his days in peace. So that soon after
being elected thereunto by the dean and chapter
of Ch. Ch. in Oxon, the queen ' consented to the
election the eighth of Octob. and gave * him the
temporalities belonging to that see 3 of Dec. fol-
lowing, the same year. About that time he set-
led at Swinbroke near to Burford in Oxfordshire,
(having then no house or palace belonging to his
see,) where dying in the latter end of October,
was buried in the parish church of that place on
the first of Nov. in fifteen hundred sixty and
eight. He had a kinsman named Rich. Coren a
Lancashire man born, who was admitted scholar
of Corp. Ch. coll. in 1519, and afterwards taking
the degrees in arts and one in divinity, was made
canon of the first foundation of the college of K.
Hen. 8. at Oxon, and when doctor of his faculty,
archdeacon of the diocese of Oxon, 1534, and
about that time canon of the king's chappel of S.
Stephen within the palace of Westminster. This
I thought fit to let the reader know, that each
person might have his right, that is, that the arch-
deaconry of Oxon might be entitled on Dr.
Rich. Coren, and not on Dr. Hugh, which most
authors that occasionally mention him do tell
you.
[Mag'r 'Hugo Coren pres. per mag'rum Oliv.
Coren preb. de Buckeden, ad vicar, ejusd. 20
Nov. 1514. -Reg. Atwater.
Hugo Coren LL. D. admiss. ad eccl'iam de
Mongeham-magna 1 Sept. 1538. Reg. Warham.
Hugh Curry n was prebendary of the college of
Bridgenorth com. Salop, and at the dissolution of
it had a pension allotted of 10/. per ann. MS.
Hugh Coren Dr. of canon laws and prebendary
* Jac. Waraeus in Com. de Prwsul. JJibern. edit. iGOs,
p. 120.
' Pat. 9 Elizab. p. 2.
■♦ Pat. 10 Eliiab. p. 10.
1*59.
805
BONNER.
noiRN.
906
of Hereford, in the vacancie of that see by the
death of Bp. Fox i53H, had the custody of the
sj)iritualities committed to liim by the archbishop,
and licid a visitation, and prescribed injunctions
to the clergy of the said diocese.^ Kennkt.
He had the prebend of Hunderton in tlie eh. of
Hereford, Jan. 29, 1537, and of Bartonsham, in
the same cathedral, April 3, 1551.*]
EDMUND BONNER, sometimes a student
in Broadgate's hall, became bishop of Hereford
towards the latter end of the year 1538, but before
he was consecrated thereunto, he was translated
to London : to which see he was consecrated in
the beginning of Apr. 1540. He paid his last
[699] debt to nature in fifteen hundred sixty and nine;
i-'>6g. under which year you may see more of him
among the writers. [Vol. i. col. 3G8.] In Here-
ford succeeded him Jo. Skypp, and in London
Nich. Ridle}' in the reign ot Ed. 0. at which
Bonner was deprived, and Edm. Grindall in the
beginning of Q. Elizabeth, when the said Bonner
was depriv'd a second time.
GILBERT BOURN, son of Philip Bourn of
Worcestershire, [and brother to sir John Bourn
principal secretary of state] ' became a student in
this university in 1524, fellow of All-souls coll.
in 1531, and in the yciir after he proceeded in
arts, being then esteemed a good orator and dis-
putant. In 33 Hen. 8. Dom. 1541, he was made
one of the first prebendaries of Worcester, after
the said king had converted the prior and monks
of that place into a dean and prebendaries; and
two j'ears after was admitted to the reading of the
sentences, that is, to the degree of bach, of div.
which was the highest degree (as it a[)pears in the
register of that time) that he took in this univer-
sity. About tiuit time he became t:haplain to
bishop Bonner, and a preacher against the here-
tijcs of the times. In 1549 he closed so much
with the reformation then on foot, that he became
arclideaeon of Bedford [Jul\' 7,] on the death of
Dr. Joh. Chamber, being also then, or about that
time, archdeacon of Essex and Middlesex,* and
canon of S. Paul's cath. church, but whether he
kept the said dignities altogether, I cannot tell.
In the beginning of Q. Mary he turn'd about,
and became so zealous for the Rom. Catholic
cause, that preaching at Paul's-Cross in behalf of
the said Bonner then present, against his late
unjust sufferings, ard against the uidia[)py times
of king Edw. (5. as he called them, had a dagger
thrown at him by one of the auditors: whereupoti
Bourn withdrawing himself to prevent farther
[Strypc, Ml morinls of Cianmer, page 70.1
[Willis, c«^; ■ ■ ■
Cathedrals, 55S, 577. J
' [Wood, MS in Ashmole, from Heylin's Ilhl. of lie-
form, an. 1564.]
* [Gilb. Bourn was neither archdeacon of Essex nor Mid-
dlesex, but of Bedford, to which he was installed 7 Jul. 1549.
KliSlIKT.]
danger, the work was carried on by another, and
search being made after the assassinate, certain
persons were imprison'd for it.' In the year 1554,
sir Joh. Bourn of Batenhall in Worcestershire,
uncle ' to the said Gilb. Bourn, being then prin-
cipal secretary of state to Q. Mary, the said Gilb.
\vas elected March 28 to the see of Bath and
Wells, upon the free resignation, as 'tis' said, of
D. Will. Barlow: whereupon he " was conse-
" crated at St. Saviour's church in Southwark
" Apr. 1 . and" had the temporalities thereof given
to him 20th of April the same year, at which
time Barlow fled into Germany upon account of
religion. Soon after Gilb. Bourn was made pre-
sident of Wales, and was in great favour during
the reign of Q. Mary, but when Q. Elizab. suc-
ceeded, lie was deprived of his bishoprick for de-
nying her supremacy, notwithstaiuling he had
done many good offices for his cath. church, and
had been a benefactor thereunto. Afterwards,
being committed to free custody with the dean
of Exeter, he gave himself up wholly to reading
and devotion. At letigth dying at Silverton in
Devonshire 10 Sept.^ iti fifteen hundred sixty and li6<j.
nine, was buried in the parish there on the south
side of the altar, bequeathing then what he had
to his brother Rich. Bourn of Wyvelscomb in
Somersetshire, father of Gilb. Bom'n of the city
of Wells. In the see of Wells did not succeed
Will. Barlow, who returned from his exile in the
beginning of Q. Elizabeth, as 'twas expected, but
Gilb. Berkley * Dr. of div. a Lincolnshire man
born, and a descendant from the noble family of
the Berkleys.
[1545,1 2 Sept. Gilb. Burne A.M. coll. adpreb.
de Holborn per mortem Will'i BuckmasterS.T.P.
jRe^. Bonner, rp'i Loiid.
Mr. Gilb. Bourn procurator cleri dioc. Lond.
5 Nov. 1547.
9 [Dr. Gilb. Bourne preached at St. Paul's Cross 13 Aug.
1553 (bein" then, as Dr. Heyliii saith, archdeacon of Lon-
don,) and there inveighed in favour of bishop Bonner, who
was present at it, against some proceedings in the time of ihe
late K. Edward, which so incensed the people, that suddenly*
great tumult arose upon it, some pelting with stones, oihers
crying aloud — ' pull him downe! pull him downel' and one
(who never could be knowne,) flinging a dagger at his head,
which after was found slicking in a part of the pulpit. And
greater had the mischief Ijcen on this occasion, if Mr
Bradford, and Mr Rogers nvo eminent preachers in the
time of K. Edw, 6, and of great credit and esteem with the
common people, had not cndea\oure<l to apiKMse the enraged
multitude, and with great ditUcully secured the preacher in
the school adjoyning. This also is mentioned ui M. (iilb.
Burnet's Hist, of Refoniiaiion, vol. ii, lib. 'i. p. 245. Wooo,
Ma. No/e in Asltmule.'] ■ ,
' "jDr. Heylin saith that this (Jilbert was brother to sir
" John Bourn the secretarv, but Qu?"
* In p. 1 Mar. p. 1.
' Ibid, in Godwin ul supr. int. ep. B. & W'ells, p. 4
♦ [Mar. 22, 1562-3, Conccditur rev. in Cluisto patri tt
domino d'no Gyllierto Barkley ep"o Bath, et Well, ut studiuai
24 annorum in tlieologia |>osl gradimi bac in cadem. susccp-
tum Oxoniis, sutliciat ei ad nicipicnduin in cadem: sic.ut
ejus admissio slet pro completis gradu ct forma. Reg. Acadt
Cant. Bakck.]
2 F 2
807
ALLEY.
BEST.
STANLEY,
JEWELL.
SALISBURY.
808
1
1548, 7 Nov. Gilb. Bourn S.T. B. admiss. ad
preb. dc Browndeswode per mort. mag'ri The.
.Whitehedde, ad pres. Edw. Mowle cl'ici, virtute
concess. ep'i Lond. Ibid.
lo4!), 6 Mar. Gilb. Bourn S.T. B. admiss. ad
eccl. de Aha Ongr, per mort, ultimi incum-
bentis. Ih.
1354 25 Apr. Tho. Wodde S. T. P. admiss. ad
eccl. dc Alta Ongr per consccr. Gilberti Bourn
S.T.B.adep'atumBatb:etWeU. Jb. Kennet.]
WILLIAM ALLEY, sometimes a student in
this university, of whicli he was afterwards bach,
and doct. of divinity, was consecrated bishop of
Exeter in July 1560, where sitting about 10 years,
1570. <lid in the beginning of fifteen hundred and
seventy. See more of him among the writers
under that year [Vol. i, col. 376.] In the said
bishoprick succeeded Will. Bradbridge, as I shall
hereafter tell you.
JOHN BEST a Yorkshire man born, was ori-
ginally of this university, and afterwards was dig-
[700] nified in the churcii of Wells and elsewhere, but
leaving all in the beginning of Q. Mary for reli-
gion sake, lived obscurely, and as occasion serv'd.
At length after Q. Elizab. came to the crown, he
being then bach, of divinity, was consecrated
bishop of Carlisle (in the |)lace of Owen Ogel-
thorp depriv'd) on the second of March, in fifteen
hundred and sixty, aged 48 years : the tempora-
lities whereof were given ' to him by the queen
on the 18th of Apr. following, and in 1566 he was
actually created doct. of divinity. He ended his
1570. days on the 22d of May * in fifteen hundred and
seventy, and was buried in the cath. ch. of Car-
lisle. In 1533 one Job. Best was admitted to in-
form in grammar, as I shall further tell you in
die Fasti under that j'ear; and in 1558, one Job.
Best was elected into a founder's fellowship of
University coll. from that of Lancoln. WViat re-
lation this last had to the bishop I know not, nor
do I know yet to tlie contrary, but that Jo. Best
the grammarian, was the same who was after-
wards bishop.
[One John Best was rector of Dimchurch
(dioc. Cant.) 1557. MS. Batley. Tan nek.]
THOMAS STANLEY was a cadet of the
noble famil}' of the Stanleys earls of Derby, and
after he had spent some time in this, and another
university beyond the seas, return'd to liis native
country of Lancashire, became rector of Winwick
and Wygan therein, as also of Badsworth in the
diocese of York, tmd dignified in the church.'
At length upon the vacancy of the see of tiie
isle of Man, he was made bishop thereof, but
when I cannot justly say, because he seems to
have been bishop in the beginning of K. Ed. 6.
' Pat. 3 Elizab. p. 9.
' Fr. Godwin ut sup. inter episc. Carleol. p. 153.
' 1 [.Preb. of Thorngate in the ch. of Lincoln, May 1528-]
and was really bishop of that place after the death
of Dr. Man, whom I have beiore-mention'd under
the year 1556. This Thom. Stanley paid his last
debt to nature in the latter end of fifteen hundred
and seventy, having had the character, when
young, of a tolerable ])oet of his time, and was
succeeded in the see of Man by one John Salis-
bury, whom I shall mention anon.
JOHN JEW^ELL sometimes portionist or
postmaster of Merton coll. afterwards scholar and
fellow of that of Corp. Christi, was nominated
bishop of Salisbury by Q. Elizabeth. To which
see being elected by the dean and chapter of that
gace, she gave her consent * to it 27 Dec 1559.
e departed this mortal life in fifteen hundred
seventy and one, under which year you may see
more of him among the writers [Vol. i. col. 389-]'
In the see of Salisbury succeeded Edm. Gheasl'
son of Tho. Gheast of the family of the Gheasts
of Rough-Heath in Worcestershire ; which Ed-
mund was born, as a certain ^ writer saith, at Af-
ferton in Yorkshire; and dying 28 of Feb. in
1576, was buried in the cath. ch. of Salisbury.
JOHN SALISBURY seems to have been de-
scended from the ancient family of his name liv-
ing ill Denbighshire, but the town or county
which gave him his first breath 1 cannot yet
learn. This person " who was a monk of the
" order of St. Bennet," after he had studied some
3'ears in this university, but more in another, en-
tred into the sacred function, and being " prior
" of Horsham St. Faith in Norfolk,' and other-
" wise" beneficed and dignified in the church,
was made suffragan bishop of Thetford in Nor-
folk, 27 Hen. 8. and in 1540 dean of Norwich \n
the place of Will. Castleton, who, having been,
the last prior of the Black Monks there, was made
the first dean of the cath. ch. in 1539- But Sa-
lisbury being outed of his deanery,'' for what
cause I know not, in the first ^'car of qu. Mary,
Dr. John Christopherson was installed in that
dignity 18 of Apr. 1554, and soon after became
bishop of Chichester. On. the 4th of Dec. fol-
lowing he the said Salisbury was installed chan-
cellor of the church of Lin<;oln, in the place of
Job. Pope who had then lately obtained the arch^
deaconiy of Bedford. In 1560 he was restored
5 Pat. £ Elizab. p. II.
9 [1 omitted in the first volume col. Spfi, to mention a very
excellent small portrait of Jewell, which is to be found Lup-
ton's Modcrnc Protestant Divines, Loud. lCi37> 8vo. a book
of great rarity.}
' [Edm. Gheest S. T. B. An. 1551, tunc vice-praepositus
coll. Regal. Reg. Ac^d. A. M. 1554. Baker.]
^ Thom. Hatcher in his MS. Catalogue of the Provosts,
Fell, and Sckal. of King's Coll. in Cambridge, under the
year 1530.
3 [See Strype's Memorials of Cranmer, lib. 1 . cap. g. p. 3g.]
* [He was likewise archdeacon of Anglesey; Geo- Grif-
fith succeeded him there, vacant by the deprivation of Joh.
Salisbury clcrici conjugati, Juu. 15, 1354. MS. Vol. xxxiii.
p. 249. Baker-}
1570.
litU
809
SALISBURY.
JON ES.
PARKIIURST.
810
to his deanery upon the deprivation of Dr. Joh.
fTOlT Harpesfield, and in the beginning of the year
1571 being made bishop of the isle of Man, was
confirmed in that see on tlie 7tli of Apr. the
same year; at which time he had Hberty given
him to i<eep the deanery of Morwicli in commen-
dam with it. He eonchided his last day about
j5-3_ the hitter end of Septemb. in fifteen hundred se-
venty and three, and was, as I suppose, buried in
the cath. ch. of Norwich. In tlie said deanery
succeeded George Gardiner, 1). D. installed
therein 24 of Dec. 1573, and in the see of Man
one Joh. Merick, as 1 suppose, of whom I shall
make farther mention under the year 1599.
[In the paper register of John Capon Bp. of
Bangor, the said bishop collates the archdea-
conry of Anglesey ' dilceto confratri suo Joanni
Thetford episcopo,' on the 20th of December
1537.
And I find in the parchment register of Ban-
gor, that on the 15th of June A. D. 1554, Wil-
liam Roberts, bac. of lawes, custos spiritualitatis,
sede vacante, by the death of Bp. Bulkeley, did
collate the archdeaconry of Anglesey on Geo.
Griffith, vacant by the deprivation of Jo. Salis-
bury clcrici conjugati. This was in the first of
queen Mary. He was restored again, when qu.
Eliz. came into the government. For ia Bp.
Rowland iMeirick's time, I find in an old book of
precedents, an inhibition of John suffragan of"
I'hetford archdeacon of Anglesey, from exercising
his jurisdiction, during the metropolicall visita-
tion of arclibp. M^uthew Parker. This i* withoat
date to it. In the same book I find also an ap-
peal of this John Bp. of Thetford' and archdeacon
of Anglesey, to archbp. Matthew, from the unjust
proceedings of Bp. Rowl. Meirick, by placing vi-
cars against his will, upon the corps of his arch-
deaconry, for proceeding further against h'nn,
while he was attending the convocation at Lon-
don, and finally for procuring a sentence of depri-
viition against him for not appearing, from all
•which he appeals. This is a very bioken muti-
lated copy of his appeal, and hath no- date, and
so I know not the Ume of it: only this by Bp.
Meirick's register, the vicars were placed on his
archdeaconry, one upon Llan Gristiolis, and ano-
ther on Amluich, both on the 14th of May 1558,
in Bp.Giyn's time, and before Qu. Mary's death,
and the ifth of May tlie same year, George Grif-
fith was again ma<le arclideacon. Notwithstand-
ing which collation on Griffith, it is plain John
Salisbury came in again with Qu. Eliz. But
what was the issue of this appeal in her time,. I
cannot find. But I am sure he recovered hi.s
archdeaconry, and held it in commendam with
his bishoprick of Man. For so I find in the visi-
tation book of Bp. Robinson, John Bp. of Sodor
commendatory archdeacon of Anglesey, named
among the dignitarys of this church, at the chap-
ter visitation, hekl Aug. 6. 1^73, which would be
long before iiis death if his successor was installed,
as you say, Dec. 24, the same year. This John
Salisbury was the suflVagan ot Tlietford, men-
tioned in archbp. Parker's consecration, at wliich
he assisted. Humimikkys.
Jo Salisbury prior moi. de Horsham, O. B.
ep'us Thetford consecratur Lametha: die 19 Mart.
1535. Res. Cranme.r.
i^ns sunraganeus Thetford, Norwic. decanus,
interfuit convocationi cleri habitaj 5 Nov. 1547.
D< an Salisbury preaching a sermon in the ca-
thedral church of Norwich, and inveighing too
sharply against the vices of the gentry and clergy
and seeming to prefer the popish to the present
times on the first Sunday in Advent, he was se-
questred. Shortly after, he preached a sermon
explanatory of the former, and therein saith, that
he is G7 years old ; that he was a monk of Bury ;
that 40 years since he was imprisoned at Oxford
12 months, by the command of cardinal VVolsey,
for the word of God, the present bishop of Nor-
wich being then a student there, and then 5 years
after little better then a prisoner in the abJjy ol"
Bury till K. Henry 8 relieved me and gave me
the priory of S'. Faith's: then I was made bishop
suffragan of Thetford and consecrated at LambetJti
by arehbps Cranmer and Latimer, and the thes
bishop ot Rochester^ In qu. Marie's time I left
all my living for marriage. Sermo/ies^ MSS. ia
bibl. Lamb. vol. 113. Ken net.
Dean Salisbury was presented by Etiw. E. of
Derby to the B()k of Man 27 Mart 1569- (MS.
Macro, e Reg. Hbor.) His commendam to hold
with it the rectories of Thorp super Montem,
dioc. Line. &, Dvsse (dioc. Norv.) bears date . . .
Oct. 12 Eliz. "fj^NNERj
HUGH' JONES, a Welsh man born, but in
wliat luUl or college educated, unless in New inn,
I know not, was admitted bach, of the civil law by
the name of Hugo Jonys capellanus, in 1541".
Afterwards he was beneficed and digiiified in his
own country, and in the reign of Q. Mary, an.
1556, became vicar of Banwell in the dioc. of
Wells. In the year 15fiG he was consecrated at
Lambeth to the much impoverisheil see of I^au-
daif, and" on the sixth day of May the same year,
the temporalities of that see were restored ' to
him. He was buried in the church of Mathero
in Monmouthshire 15 of Nov. in fi.fteen hundred i^i^^
seventy and four, aged ()6 ye-ars, leasTng then be-
hind him a wife named Anne Jones, alias Hen-
son, ajid several daughters. In Landaft" succeeded
William Blethin another Welsh man, of whom I
shall make large mention hereafter.
JOHN PARKHURST, sometimes fellow of
Merton college, became bishop of Norwich in
1560, and died towards the latter end of fifteen J5vC4.
hundred seventy luid four, under which year you.
» Pal. 8 Elii. p. Q.
1
811
PARKHLRST.
812
may see more of him among the writers. [Vol. i,
col. 412.] Ill the said sec succeeded Dr. Edm.
Freke, elected by the dean and chapter of Nor-
wich 13 of Jul. 1375, who being translated to
Worcester, Edm. Scambler, D. D. and B. of Pe-
terborough was elected thereunto 15 of Dee. 1584,
and was translated in the latter end of that month.
He died the 7th of May 1594, aged 85 years, and
was buried on the 3d of June following in the
oath, church of Norwich, between the two pillars,
next above the tomb of bishop Parkhurst. Soon
after was a monument of a yard and a half high,
with his effigies in alabaster lying thereon, erected
over his grave, and all inclosed with an high iron
grate. In the time of that rebellion, which was
began by the presbyterians, the grate was taken
away, the effigies or statua broken, and the mo-
nument of free-stone, on which it laid, was pulled
down as far as the brick-work : which being un-
sightly, was afterwards taken away, and the space
between the pillars left void, as it now remains.*
There was an inscription and four verses on it,
the first of which did run thus,
Vivo tibi, moriorque tibi, tibi Christe resurgam.
After his death. Will. Redman ^ archdeacon of
Canterb. and rector of Bishops-Bourn in Kent,
(son of Job. Redman of Shellord in Cambridge-
shire,) was promoted to the said see, whereu])on
being elected thereunto 17 Dec. was consecrated
12 of Jan. and installed 24 Feb. 1594. He gave
way to fate 25 Sept. 1602, and was buried in the
oath. ch. of Norwich, leaving behind him a relict
named Isabell, and several sons and daughters, as
also monies for a public work to be done in Trin.
coll. in Cambridge, of which he was sometimes
fellow. To carry on the succession a little far-
ther, tho' out of my road, I desire the reader to
know that after Redman's death succeeded Dr.
Job. Jegon^in the said see of Norwich, born at
* [Since this there has been a mural monument erected,
with an inscription, which I now omit for the sake of brevity.]
^ [Will'us lledman ep'us Norwic. S.T. B. coll. Trin. so-
cius. MS.
Will, lledman A. M. admiss. ad rect. de Ovington. com.
Essex, 5 Jul. 1571, qnam resign, ante 4 Mar. 1372. Reg.
CrindaU. Kennei'.J
" [John Jegoii master of Bennet coll. a severe governor,
yet of a facetious disposition. 1 will protliicc instance: While
master of the college, he chance<l to punish all the inider gra-
duates for some general offence, and llie penalty was put ujjon
tJieir heads in tlie buttery. And because he disdained to con-
vert the mony to any private use, it was expended in new
whiting the college hail, whereon a scholar set up these
verses on the screen :
Dr. Jegon, Sennet colledge master
ISroke the scolars heads and gave the wall a plaister.
To these the doctor subscribed cxteui^iore :
Knew 1 the wagg that made
These verses in a bravery,
I would commend him for his wit.
But whip him /or his knavery.
Hiiitot. Ep'orum Norwic. per Will Gear, MS. Kewnbt.
Coggeshall in Essex 10 Dec. 1550, (being son of
Rob. Jegon by Joan his wife, daughter of one
— — White of the same county) educated in
grammar learning there and elsewhere, became,
after some years spent in logic and philosophy in
Cambridge, fellow 9 of S.John's coll.' in that
university, afterwards master of C. C. commonly
called Bennet coll. (which office he held 12 years)
four times vicechancellor of that university, in-
stalled dean of Norwich (in the place of Dr. Tho.
Dove made bishop of Peterborough) 22 June
iGOl, and at length being elected bishoj) of Nor-
wich 18 Jan. was consecrated thereunto (with Dr.
Rob. Beimetto Hereford) on the 20 Feb. I(i02. In
the year 1G17, March 13,he died, and was soon after
buried in the church at Aylesham in Norfolk, and
in 1619 his widow named Lilia was married to sir
Charles Cornvvallis. After him succeeded in Nor-
wich Joh. Overhall bishop of Lichf. and Co-
ventry, who being elected by the dean and chapter
21 May 16 18, was confirmed 30 Sept. following.
He died 1? May 1619, and was buried in the
cath. eh. of Norwich.^ About the time of the
restauration of K. Charles H. Dr. Cosin bishop
of Durham did, in honour to his memory, as hav-
ing been one of the profoundest school divines
of our nation, erect a monument on the next
pillar to his grave. After him followed Dr. Sam.
Harsnet, educated also in Cambridge, who was
translated thereunto from Chichester 28 Aug.
1619, and him Dr. Franc. White B. of Carlisle
and the king's almoner, who being elected by the
D. and chapt. of Norwich (upon the translation
1j^ keeper Egerton 21. Feb. l602 presented Brian Vincent
S.Th. B. to the rectory of Redmill (co. Line, void by the
promotion of D'. Jegon to y' see of Norwich. D^ Jegon
was also prebendary of Segiston in Southwell. Tanner.]
9 [Never fellow there, if scholar. Fellow and scholar of
Oneen's college, and M'- ofC C.C. Baker.]
" ' IPt Queen's coll. Vide my MS. Collections, Vol. vi,
page 35. Cole.]
* [1592, 2-t Febr. Joh. Overall S.T. B. admiss. ad vica-
riam de Epping dioc. Lond. Reg. Ailmer, ep'i Land.
iGQl, 21 Jfaii, Joh. Overhall S.T. P. coll. ad preb. de
Toltenhale, per resign . Simonis Rogers. Reg. Bancroft. Et
cod. die in dtcan. Paulin. electus ; prolocutor 1003; in
ep'um Cov. Lichf. consecratus 3 Apr. l()14.
Joh. Overall natus apud lladlcy in com. SufTole. et in scola
ibidem publica Uteris imbutus, in coll. S. Joh'is Cantabt.
alumnus, mox coll. Trinitalis socius, dcmum aulae S. Cata-
riniP prxfectus, S. thtologix professor regius, gratia et favore
Fulconis Grcvil niilitis decanalu S. Pauli Lond. donalus, !kc.
liistor. Ep'orum Nurwic. MS. per Will. Gear.
The right reverend father in God John Overall first conse-
crated bishop of Cov. and Lichf. after translated to the see of
Norwyche, departed this life the 12th day of M:iy 1619, and
was buried in the cathedrall church there the next day follow-
inge. He married Anne, daughter of Edward Orwell of
in tlie county of Lancaster esq. and left no issue behind him.
Note in Herald's Office. Kennet,
Dr. Overall was fellow of Trinity college, Cambridge.
B. D. was presented to the vicarage of Trumpingion 17 Feb.
151)1. Tanner.
Of bishop Overall and the Convocation book of which so
much has been said of late, Vid. Foulis's History of Romish
Treasons, lib. 7. ch 1, p. 313.314. Bakek.]
[702}
813
BULLYNCiHAM.
WALSH.
DOWNHAM.
8U
1*76.
ui' Harsnet to York, after D. G. Monttiigii's death)
on the '2'itl January 1628, was soon after trans-
lated thcrtuiuo. To him succeeded Dr. Rich.
Corbet, whom I have among the writers men-
tioned. [See col. 594.]
NICOLAS BULLYNGHAM was born in the
city of Worcester, elected fellow of All-souls coll.
in 1536, took one degree in the laws, and some
years after, viz. in 1549, (3 Edw. 6.) Sept. 2.* was
installed archdeacon of Lincoln on the death of
George Heneage, being about that time vicar-
gener.al to the bishop of that place. After Q. Mary
came to the crown he absconded, and studied the
theological faculty, wherein he obtained a consi-
derable knowledge; but when Q. Elizab. suc-
ceeded, he was made doctor of his faculty at Cam-
bridge, was a judge of ecclesiastical matters in
the archb. court of Canterbury, and at length
was promoted to the episcopal see of Lincoln.
To which being elected after the deprivation of
Dr. Tho. ^Vatson, was fonsecrated thereunto
21 Jan. 1559, and on the 18th of Apr. following
the temporalities thereof were ^ restored to him.
In loGQ he was incorporated doctor, as he had
stood at Cambridge, and in Jan. k750 was trans-
lated to Worcester on the dcatii of Jam. Calf-
hill, (who was nominated by the queen to succeed
Edwyn Sandj's in the said sec, but died before
consecration,) where he continued much beloved
to the time of his death. He departed this mortal
life on the 1 8th of Apr. in fifteen hundred seventy
and six, and was buried in a chappel on the north
side of the choir belonging to the cath. ch. of
Worcester. Over his grave was fastned a white
marble table to the wall, with these rude and bar-
barous verses engraven thereon.
Nicolaus Episcopus Wigom.
Here born, here bishop, buried here,
A Bullynghara b}' name and stock,
A man twice married in God's fear,
Chief paster late of Lincoln flock.
Whom Oxford trained up in youth.
Whom Cambridge doctor did create,
A painful preacher of the truth.
Who changed this life for happy fate.
18 Apr. 1576.
[Nicolaus BuUinghara in ep'um Line, conse-
ciatus annos natus 48. Antiq. Britan. p. 37,
SI Jan. 1559. Mag'r Nich'us Bullyngham procu-
rator cleri tlioc. Line, interfuit synodo Londini
habita; 5 Novemb. 1547.
1548, 2 Sept. mag'r Nic. Bullingham clericus
in leg. bacc. admiss. ad canonicatum ecclesiaj
Line, et preb. de Empyngham, Collectan. Joh'is
Featley, MS. p. 284. Kennet.
Jun 16, 1559, conceditur Nich'o Bullyngham
0.\oniis ante decenuium juris civilis bac. ut possit
♦ [Sept. 22, according to Willis, Calhedrah, 103.]
5 Pat. 2 Elizab. p. 11.
hie iiicipere apud vos in eodem jure: Ita quod
ejus admissio fiat ad piucitum — ft habeatur pro
compktis gradu et forma, &c. Reg- Acad. Can-
tabr. Bullingliam wrote a Letter to Mr. Bull
dated Dec. 5, 15f)4, of which see The Petition to
Queen Eliz. p. 9. Class P. 343. Bibl. Coll. Jo.
Cant. and Pr}nne's.(^//<ipfl/%&c.p.444. Bakeb.
He was installed prebendary of Welton West-
hall in the ch. of Lincoln, Decemb. 17, 1547, and
of Empintjham in the same cath. Sept. 3, 1548,
of which Tatter he was deprived on the accession
of queen Mary.
Bishop Bullingham, as his epitaph hints, was
twice married. He buried his first wife Margaret
at Buckden in 1566, and soon after married again.
He had children by both, born at Buckden.*"]
WILLIAM WALSH, an eminent theologist
of his time, was born in, or near to, Waterford in
Ireland, bred a Cistercian monk, and for sonve
time lived among those of that order in Oxon,
purposely for the improving himself in the su-
preme faculty, of which he was afterwards doctor,
but whether of this university it appears not. In
Nov. 1554 he succeeded ' Edw. Staple, in the
episcopal see of Meath in Ireland; whence being
ejected in the beginning of the reign of Q. Elizab.
for denying her supremacy, was cast into prison
for a time. Afterwards getting loose, he went
into Spain, settled at Complutum, spent most of
his time in religion, and dying on the day before
the nones of January in fifteen hundred seventy
and six, was buried in the church there belonging
to the Cistercians. In Meath succeeded one
Hugh Brady, to which being consecrated in 1563,
sate there 20 years.
WILLIAM DOWNHAM received his first
breath in the county of Norfolk, was elected pro-
bationer of Magdalen coll. in July 1543, and in
the year following he was made true and perpe-
tual fellow of the said house, being then master
of arts. Afterwards he became chaplain to the
lady Elizabeth, who, when queen, did not only
make him the first canon of the tenth stall in the
collegiate church of S. Peter in the city of West-
minster, an. 1560, but in the year after bishop of
Chester ; to which see being consecrated ' on the
4th of May 1561, had the temporalities thereof
fiven to him » on the ninth of the same month,
n 1566 he was actually created doct. of div. and
dying in Nov. in fifteen hundred seventy and
seven, was buried in the cath. ch. at Chester, leav-
ing then behind him two sons, viz. George Down-
ham, afterwards bishop of London-Derrv in Ire-
land, and John Downham bach, of divinity, both
learned and painful writers. In the see of Chester
[7031
1577.
' [Willis, Cathedrals, 542.1
"> Jac. \V'ara;iis in Com. de Pi
* Fr. Gexiwin ut sup. int. ep. Cestr,
» Pat. 3 ii\iz. p. 9.
Will . .
ac. \V'ara;iis in Com. de Prevsul. UU!ern.p,39,
815
WALSH.
BRADBRIDGE.
BENTHAM.
816
1578.
succeeded Will. Chaderton,' D. D. master of
Queen's coll. iu Cauibricige, sometimes Margaret,
afterwards the king's, professor of div. in that
university, and prebendary or canon of the fourth
stall of the collegiate church of S. Peter in the
city of Westminster. This learned doctor was
born at Nuthurst * near Manchester in Lan-
cashire, being the son of Edm. Chaderton (by
Marger}' his wife, daughter of one Clifte of
Chestiire) and he the son of JefFr. Chaderton,
both of Nuthurst. He died bishop of Lincoln,
leaving behind him one only daughter named
.loan, begotten on the body of his wife named
Katharine, daughter of Joli. lievell of London.
[The following inscription on Downham's grave-
6tone has long since jicrished, and is therefore
preserved in this work, from \^'illis's transcript:
Gulielmi Downham, qui ter sex claruit annos,
' Praesul in hoc tumulo flcbilc corpus inest.
Bis triginta & bis sex vixit, vixisset & ultra
Multorum possint si valuere preces.
Insignis pietate pater, solaincn amicis,
Pauperibus stricta non fuit iile manu.
MDLXXVH DecembrisSl.]
PATRICK WALSH was born, as it seems, in
or near Waterford in Ireland, and after he had
been partly educated in gianimaticals in that
country, was sent to Oxon, but to what coll. or
hall therein, unless to that of Brasen-nose, I know
not. In the latter end of the year 1534 he pro-
ceeded master of arts; and about that time ap-
plying his mind to the theological i'aculty, sup-
plicated at length the venerable congregation of
regents that he might be admitl-ed to the reading
of the sentences in 1545, but whether -he was ad-
mitted it appears not in the public register^ which
was much neglected by the then scribe. About
that time he was dean of Waterford, and in so
great repute for his learning and religion, that he
was made bishop of that place and of Lisniore:
t-o which being consecrated in August 1551, had
liberty then allowed him to keep his deanery in
commendam for a time. He paid his last debt
to nature ^ in fifteen hundred seventy and eight,
and was, as I suppose, buried in his church at
Waterford. He had a son named ISich. Walsh,
who was then bishop of Ossory, and about that
lime had a hand in translating the New Testa-
ment into the Irish tongue. This Nich. Walsh
seems to have been educated in the university of
Cambridge.
WILLIAM BRADBRIDGE, or Brode-
BRin.GE, was a Londoner born, but descended
from those of his name in Somersetshire, was ad-
piitted fellow of Magdalen coll. in 1529, and af-
' [Will Ch.iderton B. D. fellow of Christ's coll. admiUed
Marg Prof. ISC?, afterwards master of Queen's. V.Catal.
Profess Canibf. Kennet.]
' Uog. Uodsworth in CoUecf. suis MS. in bib. Bod,
* Jac. War. ut supr. p. lijp.
terwards proceeding in arts, was at length admitted
to the reading of tlic sentences, an. 1539, being
then arrivetl to some eminence in the theological
faculty. About the middle of March, 1 and 2 of
Phil, and Mary, Dom. 1554, he was made pre-
bendary of Lime and Halstoek in the church of
Salisbury, vacant by the death of one Rob. Bone;
and in the beginning of Q. Elizab. shewing him-
self conformable to the discipline then established,
was made dean of the said church in June 1563,
void by the death of Pet. Vannes an Ittilian. In
1565 he supplicated the ven. congrcg. of regents
that he might be admitted doctor of divinity, but
whether he was really so, or diplomated, it tip-
pears not in the piiblic register; and on the 18th
of March 1570, he was consecrated at Lambeth
bishop of Exeter; which sec he laudably governed
for about 8 years. He ended his days suddenly
at Newton-Ferrers in Devonshire on the 27th of
June, saith * one, and another ^ the 29th of July,
in fifteen hundred seventy and eight, and was bu-
ried on the north side of the choir of the cath. ch.
of Exeter. To him succeeded in the said see
Job. Woolton, whom I have mentioned among
the writers under the year 1593, and him Gervase
Babington, D'. D. (descended from the ancient
family of the Babingtons in Nottinghamshire,)
who, while he was chaplain to the earl of Pem-
broke, assisted his noble countess Mary Sidney in
her translation of the Psalms: For it was more
than a woman's skill to express the sense so right,
as she hath done in her verse, and more than the
English or Latin translation could give her.*
[Literae Matth. Cant, ar'e'pi de liberatione spi-
ritualitatis Exon. venernbiliet egregio viro mag'ro
Will'mo Bradbridge S. T. P. in ep'um Exon,
electo, dat. Lambehith 20 Martii 1570. Reg.
Parker. Kennet.]
THOMAS BENTHAM, a learned and pious
man of his time, was born at Shirebourn (a market
town I think) in Yorkshire, admitted perpetual
fellow of Magd coll. 16 Nov. 1546, proceeded in
arts the year after, and about that time did solely
addict his mind to the study of theology, and to
the learning of the Hebrew tongue, in which last
he was most excellent, as in those of Greek and
Latin, which he had obtained before he was M.
of A. After Q. Mary came to the crown, he was
turn'd out of his fellowship (for his forward and
malepart ' zeal against the Cath. religion in the
time of Edw. 6.) by the visitors appointed by her
to regulate the university. Whereupon retiring
first to Zurich, and afterwards to Basil in Germany,
became preacher to the English exiles there, and
♦ Fr. Godwin \it sup. int. ep. Exon.
5 Joh. Vowell alias Hooker in his Cat. or Hut, of the Bi-
shops of Exeter.
" [So sir Jo. Harin<!;ton, p. 129. Loveday.]
' Vide Laiir. Huinfredum in Vila (9" Morle Jo. JuelK,
edit. 1573. p. 72, 73- & in Hist, et Antiq. Univ. Ox. lib. t.
p. 275. b.
[704]
1578.
817
HEATH.
818
expounded to them the entire book of the .4cts of
the Apostles. Afterwards being recalled by some
of the brethren, was made superintendent of them
at London, and continued among them in a timo-
rous condition for some time. " Dr. Heylin (Hist.
" of the Reformation, an. 1557) saith, that this
" Mr. Bentham continued minister of the protes-
" tant congregation in London till Q. Mary died;
" and that by the encouragement and constant
" preaching of this pious man, the protestant
" party did not only stand to their former princi-
" pie, but were resolv'd to suffer whatsoever could
" be laid on them, rather than forfeit a good con-
" science, &c." At length when Q. Elizab. suc-
ceeded, he was nominated bishop of Litchfield
and Coventry upon the deprivation of Dr. Ralph
Bayne : To which see being elected, had tne
temporalities thereof restored to ' him 20 Feb.
1559, being then about 46 years of age. On
the 24th of March following lie was consecrated,
and about six years following he was actually
created doct. of divinity, being then in great
repute for his learning. He died on the 21st of
1*78-9. February in fifteen hundred seventy and eight,
leaving then behind him a widow named Matilda.
He was succeeded in Lichf. and Gov. by Dr.
Will. Overton, of whom 1 have made mention
among the writers under the year 1609.'
[Bentham was probably the same that transla-
ted Ezechicl and Daniel under the letters T. C. L.
in the Bihle, 1568. Baker.
According to Willis (Cathedrals, 392) he died
not on the 21st, but on the 19th of Feb. 1578,
and was buried in Eccleshall chancel, where is a
tomb with the effigies of himself, wife, and four
children, with this inscription on the verge ;
Hac jacet in tumba Benthamus episcopus ille
Doctor divinus largus pascens plus alums.]
NICHOLAS H EATH, or Heth, [or H ayth,]
a most wise and learned man, of great policy,
and of as great integrity, was descenrled from the
Heaths ot Aspley in the parish of Tamworth in
Warwickshire, but whether born there, ' (where
his brother htd certain lands) 1 cannot tell, was
educated for a time in C. C. coll. in this univer-
sity,* but before he took a degree there, he was
^ Pat. 2 Ellzab. p. U.
9 [See col. 41).]
' [Londini natus. Baker.]
* [Niohol. Hayth A. B. Cant. ISIQ. Reg. Acad
Nicholaus Hfthe A. M. 1622. lb. Additur recentiori
laanii — Hie fiiit leni|X)re regina; Mari^ archic'pus Ebor. et
cjiicellar. Angliie.
An. 151:4, Apr. 9, Mr. Heth in art. M''. electus sociiis
aula; Clar. Re/; Aut. Clar.
Being admitted A B. I.5ig, he must have been admitted
into Uiisor the other university about 1515 ; by which account
it is hardly possible for hin> to have been of Corp. Ch. coll.
unless there before it was founded; and yet colleges are not
usually opened till one or more years after they are founded.
Heth nuineratur inter socios coll. Christi, An. 1521, and so
lie is said to be in the account given in to queen Elizabeth at
her being at Cambridge 1564. Baker]
V^oL. H.
transplanted first to Christ's coll. and afterwards
to Clare hall in Cambridge, where proceeding
in arts, took holy orders, was afterwards arch-
deacon of Stafford, and in 1535 did commence
D. of divinity. In 1539, Apr. 4, he was con-
secrated B. of Rochester, being then chief al-
moner to the king, and on tlie 14th of the
same month, the temporalities of that see were '
delivered to bim. On the 22d of Dccemb. 1543,
he was elected B. of Worcester upon the resigna- [705]
tion of Dr. Bell, and in Feb. following, being
translated thereunto, the temporalities also of
that see were restored * to him on the 22d of
March following; where continuing till the reign
of K. Ed. 6. was, * " 4 Marcn • jy^, „„„
1549-50," committed prisoner to the after commis- i
fleet, as being no friend to that king '«'^. S'c. First'
or reformation, " and -denying to *""•
" subscribe the book for making priests and dea--
" cons ; afterwards he was released from prison,
" and confined only to the house of Dr. Ridley
" bishop of London, where he lived as if it had
" been his own."^ Afterwards Q. Mary coming
to the crown, he was restored to his bishoprick,
which Jo. Hooper had for sometime occupied,
and became so great in tlie favour of that queen,
that he was not only made by her president of
Whales, but also archbishop of York; to which see
being elected, P. Paul the fourth by his bull
dated xi. cal. Jul. 1555, did confirm it. After-
wards being translated, the temporalities of that
see were given '' to him 8 Jan. following, and on
the 22d of that month was enthronized or installed
in the person of Rob. bishop of Hull, Heath
being then lord chancellor of England. While
he sate archbishop, Q. Mary gave to him Suftblk-
house against S. George's church in Southvvark,
to be a habitation for him and his successors for
ever in that see, when their occasions called them
to London ; done in reeompence for York-house
near Westminster, which her father had taken
from card. Wolsey. But the said house being
remote from the court, archb. Heath sold it to a
merchant, and bought Norwich-house or Suffolk-
place near to Chariug-Cross for him and his suc-
cessors for ever. When Q. Elizabeth came to
the crown, which was in Nov. 1558, (cardinal
Pole archb. of Canterbury, and primate of all
England being then dead) he the said Heath not
only refused (tho' it appertained to his office) to
3 Pat. 31 Hen. 8. p. 7.
♦ Pat. 35 Hen. 8. p. 4.
5 [Heiith then bish. of Worcester, had been kept prisontr
a yeare and a half in Ridlie's house, bish. of London, where
he lived as if he had been at his owne, and Heath used alwaies
to call him the best learned of all the partie ; yet he so farr
forgot gratitude and luunanity, that tho" tie went thro' Oxon,
when he was prisoner there, he call'd not to see him. Thus
Burnet, Hist, of Reform, an. 1565, p 320: but it was very
dangerous so to do, for those that <lid, it seems, then were
brought into danger. Wood, MS. Note in the Ashmoie
Copy.l
6 Pat. 2&3 Ph. & Mar. p. 1.
3 G
819
HEATH.
PURSGLOVE.
820
1*79-
170G]
anoint and crown Q. Elizab. as all tlie bishops
besides did, except one, but also, about the begin-
ning of the year following, refused to take the
oatli of her supremacy over the church. Where-
upon being deprivecf of his archbishoprick about
Midsummer in the same year, as also of his chan-
cellorship, was for a time committed to custody,
(Jo. Fox saith ' to the Tower, where he died) but
being a person of great moderation, quiet beha-
viour, ana modest disposition, was soon after set at
libert}'. So that retiring to his estate at Cobham
in Surrey which he before had purchased, spent
the remaining part of his days there in great secu-
rity, retiredness, good studies, and devotion, being
then in such great grace with Q. Elizabeth, tliat
she several times visited him with marvellous
kindness. At length arriving to a fair age, died
in the beginning of fifteen hundred seventy and
nine, as it should seem, for on the 5th of May
that year, one Tho. Heath, next kinsman to the
said archbishop, had a commission then granted '
to him from the prerogative court of Canterbury
to administer the goods, debts, chattels, &c. of
him the said Nich. Heath, S. T. P. sometimes
archb. of York, lately deceased. He was buried
in the middle of the chanc. belonging to the
church of Cobham before-mentioned, and over
his grave was soon after a plain marble stone laid,
■with an inscription thereon ; which stone was
since broken and made shorter, and the inscrip-
tion, engraven on a brass plate, taken away. » His
brother Will. Heath, as he is at Cobham so cal-
led, was also buried in the said chancel, some
years, as it seems, before the archbishop, where
there was latelj', if not still, some memory of him
on a grave stone : But who are now the posses-
sors of the archbishop's lauds there, which he left
to his relations, 1 cannot tell. The picture drawn
to the life of the said archbishop, I have many
times seen, which shews him to have been proper
in person, black haired, pale faced, thin and
macerated, somewhat like the picture of Fisher B.
of Rochester, but his nose not so long. I say,
this picture I have often beheld, among many
other choice pictures, hanging in the large gallery
belonging to Weston-house near Long-Compton
in Warwickshire, now in the possession of my
worthy acquaintance Ralph Sheldon, esq; whose
ancestor of both his names of Beoly in Worces-
tershire, (who died 21 Dec. 1546) married Phi-
lippa daughter and coheir of Baldwin Heath, (by
his wife Agnes the eldest daughter and coheir of
Joh. Grove of Ford-Hall in Wotton in Warwick-
shire) son of Thomas Heath of Aspley in the
'In the Acts and Mon. of the Church, &c. under the year
\baA.
" Ut in lib. Ms. administrationum in offic. praerog. Cant,
incipicntc 1 Jan. 1571. fol. l68. a.
" [When I was there an. 1?23, I could see no sign of any
grave-stone iliat was in memory of him, or any of liis name ;
notwilhstanding his retaiioris flourished here till very lately.
AVillJ«, Cathedrals, (York) page 4C.]
parish of Tamworth before-mentioned; which
Thomas is suj)posed by those of the Sheldonian
family, (who quarter with their arms those of
Grove and Heath,; to be great grandfather to the
archbishop. This hath been several times told
me by my never to be forgotten friend and gene-
rous acquaintance, Ralph Sheldon of Beoly and
Weston, esq; (who deceased 1684) a person al-
ways ver}' curious and industrious in genealogies.
[Heath was bred in St. Antonies school in
London.
1531, 17 Febr. Mag'r Nich'us Hethe A.M. ad
ecel. de Hever in dec. de Shorehain ex pies, prio-
ns et conv. de Combwell. Reg. fVarham, Cant.
Nich. Hethe S. T. P. adraiss. ad eccl. de
Bishopsbourn 6 Sept. 1537. Ibid.
Nich. Hethe S. T. P. adiniss. ad decanatum de
Southmalling 23 Dec. 1537; ad Shoreham 23
Maii, 1538. Ibid.
Nich. Hethe elemosynarius regis, resignavit
decanatum de Southmalling, reservata pensione
ann. 15/6. IG Feb. 1539.
1552, 15 Junii, a letter to the bp. of London
for the receiving of Dr. Heth, late bp. of Wor-
cester, by the king's appointment, &e. Register
of Council, Ed. FI. MS. Kennet.]
ROBERT PURSGLOVE received his first
breath at a market town in Derbyshire called
Tideswall, bred in puerile learning for some time
there, afterwards in grammar learning in S. Paul's
school in London by the care and charge of his
uncle Will. Bradshaw; where continuing three
years, ' was afterwards placed in the Abeiy called
S. Mary Overey's in Southwark. In which place
being fitted for the universitj', he was sent to
Corp. Ch. coll. in Oxford, and maintained there
by his said uncle for the space of fourteen 3'ears,
but whether he took a degree in all that time,
it doth not appear in our registers, neither indeed
of hundreds more, that have studied seven or more
years in Oxon, and therefore for that reason, and
because we have no matriculation books above
the time of Q. Elizab. the memory of many emi-
nent men in church and state is lost. After he
had left the university, being then esteemed an
eminent clerk, he was received into the monas-
tery of Gisbourne alias Gisburgh in Yorkshire,
where taking upon him the habit of a canon
regular, was at length elected prior of that house.
Afterwards upon a willing surrender of the said
monastery into the king's hands, he had a consi-
derable pension allowed to him, was made provost
of Rotheram coll. in Yorkshire, and on the death
of Rob. Sylvester about the beginning of Q.
Mary's reign was made archdeacon of Notting-
ham,^ and suffragan B. of Hull under the arch-
bishop of York, and had other dignities and spiri-
tualities conferr'd on him. After Q. Elizabeth
[Full nine years.
[See col. 767-]
LOVEDAT.]
p
8SI
rURSGLOVE.
GOLDWELL.
822
1579.
had been settled in the throne for some time, the
oath of supremacy was offered to iiim, but he de-
nying to take it, was deprived of his archdeaconry
and other spiritualities. Wliereupon the said
archdeaconry being given to Will. Da}', M. A.
he was installed therein 24 Apr. loGO, as about
the same time lie was in the prcbendship of
Ampleford in the church of York, on the depri-
vation of Dr. Alb. Langdale of Cambridge. Purs-
glove being thus deprived, he retired to the place
of his nativity, and with the wealth that he had
heaped from the church, founded a grammar
school there, and an hospital for twelve poor and
impotent people; as also a grammar school at
Gisbounie before-mentioned, the donation or
patronage of which he gave to the archbishop of
York and his successors for ever, an. 1575. This
clerk of great renown, as he is to this day stiled
by the men of Tidcswall, gave way to fate on the
second day of May in fifteen hundred seventy
and nine, and was buried in the clmrch at Tidcs-
wall. Over his grave was a large monument
erected, with twenty rude and barbarous verses
in English engraven thereon; which being too
many to set down in this place, I shall for
brevity's sake pass them by. '
' [Under this stone as liere doth ly, a cor|js sometime of
fame.
In Tiddeswall bred and born truly, Robert Pursglove by
name,
And there brought up by parents care at schoole and
learning trad
Till afterivards by uncle dear to London he was had ;
Who William Bradshaw bight by name, in Paul's which
did him place,
And there at schoole did him maintain full thrice 3
whole years space.
And then into the Abberye was placed as I wis.
In Southwark call'd, where it doth ly, saint Mary
Overis :
To Oxford then who did him send into that colledge
right
And there 14 years did him find which Corpus Christi
hight;
From thence at length away he went a clerke of learning
great,
To Gisburn abbey streight was sent, and plac'd in priors
scat ;
Bishop of Hull he was also, archdeacon of Nottingham,
Provost of Rotheram colledge too, of York eak suffragan;
Two gramer-schools he did ordain with land for to
endure.
One hospitall for to maintain twelve impotent and poor.
O Gisburn thou, with Tiddeswall town, lement and
mourn you may.
For this said clerk of great renown lyeth here compact in
clay :
Though cruell death hath now down brought this body
which here doth ly
Yet trump of fame slay can lie nought to sound his praise
on high.
Qui legis hunc vcrsuin crebro reliquum memoreris
Vile cadaver sum, tuque cadaver eris.
Christ is to me as life on earth, and death to me u
gaine.
Because I trust throUjjh him alone salvation to obtaiae;
THOMAS GOLDWELL was in all probabi-
lity descended from a family of liis name living
long before his time at Goldwell in Kent, but
whether born in that county, I cannot tell. About
the year 1520, he became a student in this univer-
sity, particularly, as it seems, in All-souls college,
where one or more of liis name and kindred had
studied before his time. In 1531 he proceeded in
arts, and two years after was admitted to the
reading of the sentences, being then known to
be more eminent in astronomy and mathema-
tics, than in divinity. What were his prefer-
ments and employments 20 years after, 1 know
not. Sure I am, that he being a most zealous
personforthellom.Catholicreligion,* • jjetcas bu
" was attainted with cardinal Pole </u. Maru pro-
" A. D. 1538, and lived with him "loied, &c.
" beyond sea, temp. Hen. 8. & Ed. G. F'"' ""'•
" and was employ'd by the cardinal to carry his
" letters to qu. Mary, by whom he was" promoted
to the bishopric of S. Asaph ; to w hich see being
elected, he had restitution made * of the tempo-
ralities belonging thereunto 22 January 1555.
■Soon after he procured the pope to renew the
indulgences granted to such that went in pilgrir
mage to S. Winefrid's well, commonly called
Halywell in Flintshire. The original of which
place, with an account of many miracles perr
formed there, is largely set down by Robert, a
monk of the order of S. Benedict, afterwards prior
of the congregation of Cluniaks at Shrewsbury, iu
a book entitled. Vita mirabilis S. IVinefridte Fir-
^inis, Martyris &i Abhatissm. Lib. 2. written by
him about the year 1 140, (5 reg. Steph.) and
dedicated to Guarinus prior of XV^orcester, the
author being then prior of Shrewsbury before-
mentioned. So that how it comes to pass thai,
Silv. Giraldus who lived afterwards in K. John's
time, did not make any mention of the said well
in his Iliiieiarium Cambrice, which Carabden doth
take 5 notice of, I know not. After Q. Elizabeth
came to the crown bishop Goldwell eonvey'd
himself away beyond the seas, was present at the
council of Irent under P. Pius 4. an. 1562, and
afterwards going to Rome * lived very pontiticially
among the Fheatines, was appointed by the pope
to baptize Jews there, and to confer orders on all
such English men that fled their country for
religion's sake, which he did there, ' and in several
places elsewhere in other countries, to the time
of his death. He was esteemed among them a
So brittle is the state of man, so soon it doth decay.
So all the glory of this world must pass and fade awsj.
This Robert Pursglove sometime bishop of Hull, deceasoa
the 2d day of May, in the year of our Lord God, I57y.]
♦ Pat. 2 & 3 Phil & Mar. p. I.
'In J3ri<«Mnia, in Ordovicovulgo Flintshire.
' [He was at Rheims in his way to England, an. 1580;
but returned to Rome. See Bombinus in Fila Campiani,
p. (12, 64, Hi). Baker.]
' [Jn 13(5y, he was executor to sir Rob. Peckam, who
died at Rome, V. my vol. 21. p. 48. Cole.]
3 G 2
[707]
I
823
DAVYES.
COXE.
SHEYNE.
824
Clar.
1588.
liSl.
inost useful person, was bad in great veneration
for his learning, having as I have been informed,
wrote one, or more books, and was living at
Rheims in fifteen hundred and eighty, being then
about 80 years of age. Afterwards going to Rome
died there soon after, and was eitiier buried
among the Thcatines, or else in the chappel
belonging to the English college there. See
more of him in Rob. Kynge among these bishops
under the year 1557 [col. 774]; as also in a book
entit.Concertatio Ecclesia CatholiccB in Jngtia,^c.
among the matters relating to the martyrdom of
Ralph Sherwin. Joh. Fox in \\k hook oi Acts
and Monuments, &c. doth tell us of one Thorn.
Goldwell a priest, living at Brussels, mentioned
in a letter written to bishop Rich. Thornden, in
June 1554, but whether he be the same with Tho.
Goldwell before-mentioned, I cannot tell. " Dr.
" Heylin saith, that bishop Goldwell was in qu.
" Elizabeth's reign shut up in Wisbich castle,
" where he died. But quaere."
[Tho. Goldwell A. M. admiss. ad Cheriton
11 Mar. 1531. Reg. Warham, Ar'e'pi Cant.
Mag'r. Tho. Goldwell, A. M. in eccl. de Che-
ryton. Cant. dioc. per mortem mag'ri Will'i
Skynner ex pres. Joh'is Foggs mil.
At Ravenna in Italy is a convent of Theatins ;
where among the pictures of several famous men
of their order, there is one w"' this inscription :
P. D. Thomas Gouldvellus ep'us As. Triden-
tino Concilio contra Hauticos et in Anglia contra
Elizabct. Fidei confessor conspicuus. See Ad-
dison's Remarks on Italy, p. 124. Kennet.
John Nichols in his Pilgrimage, part 6th, says,
tliat on a report of the death of queen Elizabeth
at Rome, there was a great stir between bish.
Goldwell and Shalley, prior of the order of the
crosse, which should be archbishop of Canter-
bury.
He died at Rome according to the author of
The Image of both Churches, p. 322. Cole.
Goldwell was designed by queen Mary to suc-
ceed bishop King m the see of Oxford, and
obtained a patent for restitution of the temporali-
ties November 9, 1558, as may be seen in Rymer's
Fadera, xv, 494; but the queen dying in that
month, it never took effect. *]
RICHARD DAVYES, sometimes a student,
as it seems, of New-Inn, was consecrated bishop
of St. Asaph in the place of Goldwell before-men-
tioned 21 Jan. 1559, aged 50 years, was translated
thence to S. David's, in which see he was con-
firm'd 21 May 1561, and died in fifteen hundred
eighty and one ; under which year you may see
more of him among the writers. [Vol. i. col. 462.]
in the see of St. Asaph succeeded Thomas
Davyes ' doctor of divinity of Cambridge ; who,
» [Willis, Cathedrals, (Oxford,) 431.]
' [Tho. 13avies was born at Llanbcder y Kenyn or Caerhun
in com. Carnarvon, aud diocese of Bangor, being llie second
being rich, left much money for pious uses, and
setled a scholarship in Queen's coll. in the said
university. He gave way to fate about the feast
of S. Michael 1573, and was buried cither in the
church at Abergwilly, or in the church of Llan-
peder y Kenuen. In the see of St. David's suc-
ceedecl the said Rich. Davyes Dr. Marmadukc
Middleton, as I shall tell you under the year
1592.
RICHARD COXE, sometimes of King's coll.
in Cambridge, afterwards canon of card. Wolsey's
coll. in Oxon, was consecrated bishop of Ely
1559, and died in fifteen hundred eighty and one ;
under which year you may see more of him
among the writers. [Vol. i. col. 465.] In the
said see succeeded Martin Heton of Oxon, whom
I shall mention among these bishops under the
year I6O9.
MATTHEW SHEYNE, an Irish man bom,
laid a foundation of literature here in Oxon,
which afterwards he well improved. At length
returning to his own country, was thro' several
preferments made bishop of Cork and Cloyne;
to which being ^ consecrated in 1572, sate there
to the time of his death; which hapned according
son of David ap Robert of that place, paternally descended
from the famous knight Sr Griffith Lloyd of Dinas Dinor-
wel, knighted by K. Edw. the first, for bringing hitn the first
newes ofthe birlh of his son Edw. Carnarvon, and after that
beheaded in the year 135;2, for a rebellion or railier revolt,
into which the insufferable oppression of his country by the
English officers, and particularly by Sr Roger Mortimer, lord
of Chir. and chief justice of North Wales, had driven him
and several! others ; so true it is, that oppression makes a
wise man mad. Our writers give him the character of Luc.
Sertorius, vir magnae, sed calamitosee virtutis. The first
thing 1 find in our registers concerning Tho. Davies is, bis
being intituled to the rectory of Llanbeder, and vicarage of
Caerhun, both antiently (and still) united, Apr. 15th 1536,
being then LL. B. He was instituted also to the adjacent
rectory of Trifriw Aug. 14, 1558, being LL. D Upon Bp
Glyn's death, he was by cardinal Pool appointed guardian
ofthe spiritualities of Bangor, sede vacante. He had some
other preferment in the diocese of Bangor, as namely, a
canonry in the church, the comportionary rectory sine cura of
Llandinam, the cure of Llanaelhairn, of severall of which he
made scandalous leases, which by his interest he had con-
firmed by Bp. dean, and chapter, and so disposed of them by
his will to his relations, leaving but a poore pittance to the
succeeding incumbents, during nis leases. He resigned Lland-
dinam (as he had done Trefrivv and Llanelhairri some time
before) to one Owen Davies (his brother, I suppose, for he
had one of that name) a little before lie dyed. But he kept
Llanbcder and Caerhun, in commendam to his death, and
indeed lived mostly at a house of his own in Llan Beder
while he was Bp. of St. Asaph. His will is dated Apr. I9,
1570, by which he gives, beside a scholarshipto Queen's col-
lege Cambridge, ten pounds to the school of Bangor, ten pound
towards the furriinirc of the bp. of Bangor's house, and ten
pound to the church, where he should be buryed, which he
desires, might be either Llan-pedcr or Aber Geley (not
Abergwily as you say.) He ap|)oiiils Margaret 1 avies his
wife executrix, and his only daughter Catharm, wife of Wil-
liam Holland, of Abergeley, to be his heir. Humphreys.]
' Jac Waraeus in Com. de Prcesul. Ilihem. p. 213.
1581
[708]
825
WATSON.
CHESTER.
BARNES.
826
1»8«.
to some, on the thirteenth day of June in fifteen
hundred eighty and two. Whether this M.
Sheyne or John Sheyne was the author of the
book De Repuhlica, 1 cannot tell. See in Rich.
the church of Lincoln, which he resigned before
1574.^]
1583-4.
THOMAS CHESTER, a Londoner born, was
Shagens among the writers, under the year 1370, "Student iri this university in the time of K.
[Vol. i. col. 385. 1 and in the Fasti 1523. Hen. 8. but m what house I cannot yet find, took
one degree in arts, and was afterwards beneficed
and dignify'd. In 1580 he was made bishop of
Elphine iit Ireland, where sitting about four
years, gave way to fate * at Killiathar in that
county in the month of- June in fifteen hundred \b9K.
eighty and four. In the said sec succeeded one
John Linch, whom I shall mention at large among
these bishops under the year I6l 1.
JOHN WATSON was born at a market-town
in Worcestershire called Evesham, admitted fel-
low of All-souls coll. in 1540, took the degree of
master of arts two years after, and about that time
applied his mind to the study of medicine ; in
which afterwards he had considerable practice. '
At length, about the time Q. Elizabeth came to
the crown, if not happily before, he entred into
holy orders, was made prebendary of Winchester,
archdeacon of Surrey, chancellor of S. Paul's,
" and master of the hospital of S. Cross near
" Winchester." In the 15th year of Q. Elizab.
Dom. 1572, he was made dean of Winchester in
the place of Dr. Frank. Newton deceas'd, and in
1575, he was admitted to the degree of doctor of
physic. About which time, he being in great fa-
vour at court, was made bishop of Winchester,
tho' somewhat against his will, in the year 1580,
to which being consecrated on the 18th of Sep-
temb. iti the same year, sate there to the time of
his death. He died on the 23d of January in fif-
teen hundred eighty and three, aged G3 years, and
on the 17th of Febr. his funeral was solemnized
in the oath. eh. of Winchester; at which time his
corps was buried in the body thereof. By his
last « will and test. dat. 23 Oct. 25 Eliz. and
{)rovcd 22d July 1584, he gave 40/. to Alls, col-
ege, 20/. to the university of Oxon, 100 marks
to certain poor scholars studying there, to five
poor students of Oxon studying tliere also 4 /. a-
piece for five years after his decease, and to the
poor of Evesham before-mentioned he was a libe-
ral benefactor, for whose sake also he gave a stock
of 40/. to set them on work.
[Jo. Watson A. M. coll. ad cancellar. S. Paul.
7 Febr. 1557, per mort. Tho. Bughe.
1580, 1 Oct. Will. Whittacre S. T. B. admiss.
ad cancellarium S. Pauli per promotionem Joh.
Watson ad e'patum Winton. ad pres. principis
Eliz. -Ren'. ^_y//«er, ep'i Lond.
Magister Joh. Watson custos domus seu hos-
pitalis S. Crucis prope Winton. inter doctorem
Reynolds et Robertum Bennet. Catal. Custodum.
Bp. Watson buried in his cli. of Winch, with a
marble stone, and this inscription: D. U. Jo-
hannes Watson hujus ecclesiae Winton. preben-
darius, decanus, ac deinde, episcopus, prudentis-
simus pater, vir optimus, pra;ci[)ue inter inopes
misericors. Obiit in Uomino Januar. 23, Anno
ajtatis sua; 63, episcopatus 4 : 1583. Kennet.
Watson was prebendary of Langford Manor in
^ [T"his Dr. Watsnn wrote an Epigram on the death of
Martin Bucer, which forms part of the volume mentioned
in vol. I col. 3/8 nole 5.]
♦ In offic. pra;rog Cant, in Reg^. Wahon ^u. 1.
RICHARD BARN ES, son of John Barnes,
by Fridesmonda his wife, daughter of Ralph Gif-
ford of Cleydon in Buckinghamshire, was born at
Bould near to Warington in Lancashire, ad-
mitted fellow of Brasen-nose college by the au-
thority of the king's council, 6 Ed. 6. Dom. 1552,
where making a quick progress in logic and phi-
losophy, took the degree of master of arts 1557.
About that time he took holy orders, and was
made minister of Staingrave in Yorkshire. la
1561, Jul. 12, he was admitted chancellor of the
cath. ch. of York in the place of Jefi'ry Downes
D.D.' (who had succeeded in that dignity one Dr.
Hen. Traftbrd, in Aug. 1537) and about the same
time was made canon residentiary and preb. of
Laughton in the said church, as also a public
reader of divinity tlierein. About 1567 he was
consecrated suffragan bishop of Nottingham, in
the church of S. Peter at York, and in 1570,
June 25, being elected to the see of Carlisle, in the
place of Jo. Best deceased, was confirin'd therein
on the 7 Aug, following. In 1557, Apr. 5, he
was elected to the see of Durham, was confirmed
the 9 May following, and was ever after a favourer rTOQl
of puritanism.' In Febr. 1579 he was actually
created doctor of divinity at Oxon, having taken
the degree of bachelor in that faculty at Cam-
bridge, and dying in fifteen hundred eighty and 1487.
seven, was buried in the choir, sometimes called
the presbytery, of the cath. ch. of Durham. Over
his grave was a monument soon after put, with
this inscription thereon: Reverendo in Christo
patri ac domino, dom. Richardo Barnes Dunel-
mensis episcopo, prajsuli pio, docto, liberali, 8c
munifico ; P. S. precariss. P. P. P. P. Obiit. xxiv.
Aug. An. Dom. 1587. setatis suae 55.
Astra tenent animam, corpus hoc marmore
clausum,
5 [Willis, Cathedrals, 200.]
* Jac. War. tit supr. p. gCO;
' [Kx isto inqnam collegio Jesu, riros doctissimos novi et
in primis Thoniam Cranmerum — et Galfridum Downes,
menm olim in re thcologica dignissimura patrem, cum aliis
multis. Baleiis, cent. 8. cap. Ivii. Kennet.J
* [W'illis gives us a full account of the damage and loss he
occasioned to the see of Durham, by alienating the property,
and says that he attempted to do the same at Carlisle wheje
he wa; laudably and eticclually op|>()Scd.]
827
BLEYTHYN.
GODWIN.
828
Fama polos penctrat, nomen nad atquc nepotes
Conservant, vivit semper post tuiiera virtus.
WILLIAM BLEYTHYN, a Welsh-man born,
was educated in New-inn or Broadgate's-hall, or
in botli, where applying his studies to the civil
law, took one degree in that faculty, in 1562, and
afterwards became archdeacon of Brecknock and
prebendary of Osbaldswyke in the church of
1*90. York. In 1575 Apr. 17, he was' consecrated bi-
shop of Landaff, and dying in Octob. in fifteen
hundred and ninet\', was buried in the chancel of
the church at Matherne in Monmouthshire (where
the B. of Landaff hath a seat) near to the body
of Hugh Jones his predecessor. At which time
he left behind him three sons, William, Timothy,
and Philemon.
THOMAS GODWIN was born at a market-
town in Berkshire ' called Okingham, and bred in
grammar learning in the school there, where
being fitted for a gown, was sent to the univer-
sity of Oxon, about the year 1538, was elected
probationer of Magd. college in 1544, and the
year after true and perpetual fellow, being then
bach, of arts. In 1547 he proceeded in that fa-
culty, and two years after, did, upon pretence of
being disturb'd by certain papists in that house,
(he himself being hereticalh' inclin'd as they said,)
leave his fellowship, and accepted from the said
college the rectory of their school at Brackley in
Northamptonshire. Afterwards he took to him
a wife, and what time he had to spare he bestowed
on the study of theology. But so it was, that
when queen Mary came to the crown he was
silenced, and in a manner put to his shifts; where-
upon applying his stud}' to physic to maintain
him and his, he was admitted to the reading of
any of the books of Hippocrates, or of the apho-
risms of Hippocrates, that is, to the degree of
bach, of physic, an. 1555.^ When queen Eliza-
beth succeeded, and religion was thereupon al-
tered, he took holy orders from Dr. Builyngham
bishop of Lincoln, who made him his chaplain,'
and being a chief instrument of his preaching
several times before the queen, she approved of
him and his person so well, that she thereupon
made him dean of Ch. Ch. in Oxon, in June 1565.
So that taking the degrees in divinity the same
year, and being esteemed much by all for his
learning and piety, he was made dean of Canter-
bury in the place of Dr. Nich. Wotton deceased,
• Fr. Godwin in Com. de Prcesut. Anglite, int. ep. Lan-
dav. p. 641.
' Idem int. ep. Bath and Wells, p. 444.
* [S. Th. Dr. — Medicina; etiam (iinde Marianis tcmno-
ribus victiuvit) batcalaureus. Teste filio suo Fr. Godwin.
Baker.]
» [He had the prebend of Milton Ecclcsia in the chnrch of
Lincohi, 1SC5, which he exchanged for Leighton-Bosard
about 1674. Willis, Cathedrals, 'j()i.] ■
an. 1566.* In 1584 he was nominated bishop of
Bath and Wells, after that see had lain void
three years ; whereupon being consecrated there-
unto ' on the 17th Sept. (his son Fr. Godwin
saith the 13th) the same year, sate there to the
time of his death without any removal. He came
to the place as well qualify'd (as one* saith) for
a bishop as might be, unreproveablc, without
simony, given to good hospitality, quiet, kind,
afl'able, a widower, and in the queen's good opi-
nion.' If he had held on as clear as he had en-
tred, he would have been extoll'd by all: But see
his misfortunes that first lost him in the queen's
favour, and after furced him to another mischief.
F'or so it was that he being aged, diseased and
lame of the gout, he married (as some thought
for opinion of wealth) a widow of London, which
was his second wife at least. A chief favourite
of that time (sir \\'alt. Raleigh) had laboured to
get the manor of Banwell from his bishopric, and
disdaining the repulse, did upon hearing of this
intempestive marriage, take advantage thereof,
and caused it to be told to the queen, (knowing
how much she disliked such matches,) and in-
stantly pursued the bishop with letters and man-
dates for the manor of Banwell for 100 years.
The good bishop not expecting such a sudden
tempest, was greatly perplexed, yet a while he
held out, and endured many sharp message^ from
the queen, of which sir Job. Harrington of Kel-
ston near to Bath carried one, being delivered to
him by Robert earl of Leicester, who seemed to
favour the bishop, and mislike sir Walter for mo-
lesting him; but they were soon agreed like Pi-
late and Herod to condemn Christ. Never was
harmless man so traduced to his sovereign, that
he had married a girl of 20 years old, with a great
portion, that he had convey'd half the bishopric
to her, that (because he had the gout) he could
not stand to his marriage, with such, and the like,
scoffs to make him ritlieulous to the vulgar and
odious to the queen. The earl of Bedford hap-
ning to be present when these tales were told,
and knowing the Londoner's widow the bishop
had married, said merrily to the queen after this
♦ [1518, 6 Sept. Nich'iis Wotton cl'iciis ad vie. do Sutton
Valence, Cant. dioc. jier mort. inag'ri Nicli'i Hillyngton
cl'ici, ex pres. prioris et conv. de Ledes. Ii(g. H'arham.
Kennet.
This Dr. Wotton was born at Bockton-Malherb in Kent.
He was the first dean of the two metropolitan churches of
Canterbury and York. He was privy-coiuKellour to Hen. 8,
Edward 6, Q. Mary and Q. Elizabeth. He was Dr of tlie
civil law, and employed thirteen times In ejiibassies to foreign
princes, and in the first of queen Elizabeth, the archbishopric
of Canterbury was proffered to and refused by him. He died
1566, oet. 70. and was buried at Canterbury. Manuscript
Note in Mr. Ilelcr's Copy.']
s Reg. Godwin ep. Bath and Wells, an. Ii84.
* Sir Joh. Harrington in his Brief Fiezv of the Stale nf
the Church of Englund, &c. Lond. l653. p. 111. alias 1 13.
' [By an entry in the reg'. of the dean and ch. of Canter-
bury 1584 it looks as If he desen-cd so much praise. V. my
vol. A. CM. p. 431. Cole.]
[710] f
829
GODWIN.
MIDDLETON.
UNDERHILL.
830
manner, Miulam, I know not how much the wi-
dow is above GO, but I know a son of hers is but
a little under forty, &e.' The conelusion of the
premises was this, that to pacify his persecutors,
and to save Banwell, he was fain to part with
Wyvelscomb, commonly called Wilscomb, for
99 years, and so purchased his peace. To con-
clude, his reading iiad been much, his judgment
and doctrine sound, his government mild and not
violent, his mind charitable, and therefore not to
be doubted, but when he lost this life, he won hea-
ven. In his last days being taken with a quartan
ague, he did, by advice of his j)hysicians, remove
to the place of his nativity, Okingham bcfore-
mention'd, with hopes of recovery, but not avail-
ing, he gave way to fate 19 Novcnib. in fifteen
i5go. hundred and ninety, aged 73 years. Whereupon
being buried on the south-side of the chancel be-
longmg to the parish church there, had a monu-
ment soon after set up in the wall over his grave
by his son Franc. Godwin then subdean of E.\eter.
In the see of Bath and Wells succeeded John
Still D. D.9 master of Trin coll. in Cambridge,
(son of Will. Still of Grantham in Lincolnshire,)
who had been installed canon of the seventh stall
in the church of ^A'cstminster, in the place of
Tho. Aldridge de|)rived for nonconformity, an.
1573, and archdeacon of Sudbury 28 March 1576.
He died 26 Feb. 1607, and was buried in the cath.
ch. of Wells, leaving then behind him several chil-
dren which he had by his two wives, especially
the first.
' [In a MS visitation of Somersetsh. Dorsetsh. and Wilts,
in 1023, is the pedigree of Borcman of Wells, in which it is
said, that Margaret, the dan. of Will. Boreman of Wells was
first married to Godwin bish. of Baih and \\'ells, and 2ndly
to William Martin of Totnesse; by which it should seem as
if she was neither a widow, nor aged, when the old bishop
married her. See p. 133 of my 21'' Vol. Cole.]
9 [John Siill B. D. fellow of Christs coll. Cant admitted
Marg. professor, 1570.
1573, IH Jul. Joh. Styll clericus, coll. iid vicariam de Est-
markhani Kbor. dioc. Ueg. Sundes, ep'i Lond.
Joh. Still S. T. P. coll. ad eccl. de Hadleigh, 30 Jul. 1571-
Reg Parker, ar'epi Cant.
Commissio ab ar'epo Cant, concessa Tho. W'atts S. T. P. et
Joh'i Still S. T. B. coiijunctim et divisint ad visitand. decanat.
deBockiiig, 4 Nov. 1572, s^epius repetila.
The reverend father in God John Siyll bish. of Bath and
Wells departed this transitorie lyfe the 2fi of February U 07,
at his pallace at Wells. T he s:iid John Still uiarrietl to his
first wife Ann", daughter to Thomas Alabaster of Hadley in
the county of SufFolke by whom he had issue 2 sonnes and 4
daughters, viz. NathaiUL-! Still sonne and heire, John Still
S"* son, Sara eldest daujihter, marriul to Will. Morgan of
Westminster by whom she hath issue &c; — Anne 2'' daugh-
ter, married to Mr Rob'. Hvre of Wells, by whomc she hath
issue 4 dauiihters — Elizabeth 3^' daughter, married to M'.
Richard Edwards of London by wh< ni she hath issue 2 sonnes
and 2 daughters — Mary 4"' daughter, married lo Caston
Jones by whom she hath issue 1 sonne. He after married to
his 2d wife Jane daughter of John Horner of Clover in the
county of Somerset K', by whom he hath issue 1 sonne Tho-
mas Still about 12 years of age.
The funerals of the aforesaid reverend father in God were
sole...... •■::d the 4th of April next following. Note in the
Herald's Office. Keknet ]
MARMADUKE MIDDLETON, son of
Tho. Middleton of Cardiganshire, (descended
from the Middletons of Middleton in Westmor-
land,) by Lucia his wife, daughter of liob. Nevill,
had a part of his education here, but took not, as
I caa yet find, a degree. Afterwards he went
into Ireland, where he became rector of Kildare
in the diocese of Meath, and on the death of
Patr. ^^'alsh, ' B. of Waterford and Lisemore, in
1579. In 1581 he was translated to S.David's,
and about two years after was actually created
doctor of divinity of this university. He was af-
terwards not only deprived of his bishopric, but •
degraded from all holy orders for many notable
misdemeanors : And the sentence for it was ac-
cordingly executed by, and before, the high com-
missioners at Lambeth house, not only by reading
of it in scriptis, but by a formal degrading him
of his episcopal robes and priestly vestments.'
He departed this mortal life on the 30 Nov. in
fifteen hundred ninety and two, leaving then a i.'SQS.
son behind him named Richard, who was arch-
deacon of Cardigan. In the see of S. David's
succeeded Anthony Rudd D. D. of Cambridge,
and a Yorkshire man born, whom I shall mention
in the fasti under the year 1577.
[Middleton was made bishop of St. Davids, and
yet never graduate in schools. MS. Puckering.
He is charged by Martin Marprelate with
having two wives; and Bp Cooper in his answer
to Martin, having taken no notice of tlie charge,
Martin takes the charge for granted, in his fVork
for Cooper, p. 2. No particular B''. of S*. D. is
there mentioned, but by the coincidence of time,
this B]). M.M. must- be meant.
In the dialogue of the Tyraunical Dealings of
L lips. &c. M. Middleton, is said to have had a
wives there named, viz; Eliz. Gi^ge & Ales
I'riine, for the truth whereof, the author refers to
the high commissioners where it is recorded ; &.
plainly names the Bp of S^ David's. Bakek.]
JOHN UNDERHILL is according to time to [711]
follow Tho. Godwin; but before 1 enter upon
him, I must let the reader know that after the
death of Dr. Hugh Curwyn bishop of 0.\on, that
see continued void about 21 years. At the term
of which, a great person (sir Fran, ^\'alsingham)
out of pure devotion to the leases, that woultl
yield good fines, recommended the said Underbill
to it, persuading him to take it, as in a way to a
better, but, as it should seem, it was out of his
way very much, for c're the first fruits were paid,
he t died in much discontent and poverty. Yet
his preferrer to seem to do some favour to the
universit3', for recompcnce of the spoil done to
' Jac. War. ut sup. p. lilp.
' Pet. Heylin. in E.ram. Historic, edit. Lond. iSSg. p. 2SI .
^ [^^'ilh other ceremonies used at liis bringing into the
court and his thrusting out of it, as Dr. Utyltn observes.
Cole]
* Brii^f View, &c. before mentioned, p. 14g.
831
UNDERHILL.
WOOLTON.
COOPER.
ELMER.
832
1692.
the bishopric of Oxon, erected a new lecture at
his own cliarge, which Dr. Rainolds of C. C. coll.
did for some time read, as 1 have ^ told you else-
where. This John Underbill was born in an an-
cient tenement or receptacle for guests called the
Cross-inn in St. Martin's parish, within the city
of Oxon, where his name lived two or three ge-
nerations, if not more, and continued there till
the daughter and heir of Underbill was married
to one Breys or Brice. After he had been
trained up in grammar learning in Winchester-
school, he was sent to New coll. of which he be-
came true and perpetual fellow in 1563. After
he had taken the degree of master of arts, it
hapned that doctor Home bishop of Winchester
visited the said coll. but Underbill making oppo-
sition by questioning the bishop's right for wnat
he did or should do, as to visitation, he was re-
moved from his fellowship in 1576. Whereupon
making his complaint to Robert earl of Leicester
chancellor of the university of Oxon, he hearkncd
to, and encouraged him to go to law with the bi-
shop for what he had done ; the bishop forthwith
let the cause fall to the ground, knowing very
well that he should be loser by carrying on the
cause, if that great count should stand by Under-
hill. In 1577 he was elected rector ot Lincoln
coll. and proceeded in divinity in 1581. About
which time he was made chaplain to the queen,
one of the vicars of Bampton, and rector of
Whitney, in Oxfordshire.* In 1589 he was nomi-
nated bishop of Oxon upon Waisingham's mo-
tion, as I have before tolcl you; whereupon being
elected by the dean and chapter of C. C. on the
8th day of December, was .consecrated thereunto
about the latter end of the same month in the
same year. He paid his last debt to nature at
London on the 12th of May, in fifteen hundred
ninety and two, and soon after his body being
conveyed to Oxon, was buried in the cath. ch.
towards tlie upper end of the choir, just before
the bishop's chair, leaving then this character of
him, that he was ' vir clarus eloquio, & acutus in-
genio.' From the time of his death to the con-
secration of Dr. Jo. Bridges his successor, an.
1603, the patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was
much dilapidated, and made a prey (for the most
part) to Robert earl of Essex, to whom it proved
as miserably fatal, as the gold of Tholouse did of
old to the soldiers of Caepio. The said John
Bridges had been sometimes fellow of Pembroke
hall in Cambridge,' was D. D. and made dean of
Salisbury in the beginning of January 1577, upon
' Vide Hist. & Antig. Univ. Oxon. lib. I . p. 30 1 . b.
302. a.
* [1586, 13 Mart. Joh. Underbill S. T. P. ad cccl. dc
Witney. Reg. Whilgifl, ar'epi Cant. Kennet.]
' [Joannes Bridges, Londinensis, art. bac. adinissus socius
aulc Pembr. An. 155(). Wren, De Sociis Pembr. Baker.
Bp. Bridges held the rectory of Cherilon near Wtnclicster
in commendam, and also the rectory of Bnmghton co.Hants.
and a prebend in tbc church of Winchester. Tanner.]
the promotion of Dr. John Piers to the episcopal
see there. He was a learned man in the time he
lived, and wrote several books, as the Bodleian or
Oxford Catalogue will tell you. See more of him
in Hist. ^- Aniiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 391. b.
JOHN WOOLTON, sometimes of Brasen-
nose coll. was consecrated bishop of Exeter in
Aug. 1574, died in the latter end of fifteen hun-
dred ninety and three, and was buried on the
south-side of the choir or presbytery of his cathe-
dral. Over his grave was soon after put an epi-
taph, the beginning of which is this :
Hie jacet, baud jacet hie tumulo quem credis
inesse,
. Terra nequit tantum contumulare virum.
See more of him among the writers under the
year 1593. [Vol. i. col. 600.]
•THOMAS COOPER, sometimes fellow of
S. Mary Magdalen's coll. was made bishop of
Lincoln in 1570, translated thence to Winchester
in 1584, and died in the beginning of the year
fifteen hundred ninety and four, under wliicli year
you may see more of him among the writers.
[Vol. 1. col. 608.] In the said see of Winchester
succeeded Will. Wickham, son of John Wickham
of Enfield in Middlesex, son of Tho. ^\'ickham
of Swaclive in Oxfordshire by Joice Sandbury
his wife: Which Will. Wickham was born at
Enfield before-mentioned, educated in Eaton-
school near Windsor, became a member of the
foundation of King's college in Cambridge, an.
1556, fellow of Eaton college, prebendary of the
fourth stall in the collegiate ch. of S. Peter in
Westminster, in the place of Rich. Morley, an.
1570, canon of Windsor 1571, dean of Lincoln
1577, and afterwards bishop thereof, preached at
the burial of Mary Q. of Scots at Peterborough,
1 Aug. 1587, translated from Lincoln to Wm-
chester about the latter end of March 1595, and
died in Winchester-house in S. Mary Overy's pa-
rish in Sonthwark on the I2th of June following.
You may see his epitaph in Jo. Stow's Survey of
London, printed 1633, p. 452, and more of hiin
in jlntimartinus, sive Monitio citjusdam Londi-
nensis, &c. Printed 1589, p. 52.
JOHN ELMER or Aylmer was born of, and
descended from an antient and genteel family of
his name living in Norfolk, spent some time in
this university while young, but more in Cam-
bridge, where, if I mistake not, he took the de-
grees in arts.' Afterwards he became chaplain
to Henry Grey duke of Suffolk, and tutor to his
daughter the lady Jane Gray, while she lived at
' [Joli'es Elmer ep'us Lond. fuit coll. Rcginensts aptld
Cantabr. socius. Hie. Parkeri MS. Kennet.
A. B. Cant. An. 1340-1. A.M. An. 1646. Reg. Aca4-
Baker.]
1593.
[712]
1694.
833
ELMER.
834
Bradgate in Leicestershire, who taught her so 9
gently, so pleasantly, and with such fair allure-
ments to learning, tliat she thought all the time
nothing, whilst she was with him. And when
she was called from him, she would fall a weep-
ing, because that whatsoever she did else, but
learning, was to her full of grief, trouble, fear, and
ahogether misliking to her. And tiius her book
was so much her pleasure, and brought daily to
her more pleasure and more, that in respect of it,
all other pleasures were in truth but trifles and
ti'oubles to her. In 1553 he, by the name of Joh.
Aylmer, was made archdeacon of Stow in the
place of Christop. Massingberd, who died 8 March
in that year ; and soon after we find him one of
the protestant disputants in the convocation house
at S. Paul's, when certain theologists of each
party met to solve such scruples and doubts, as
any of them might pretend to -liave. He spake
but little on the first day, but the next day he
read certain authorities, out of a not«-book, which
he had gathered against the real presence. Af-
terwards shewing himself nonconformable, lie was
deprived of iiis archdeaconry ; wliereupon John
Harrison being put in his place, an. 1554, he
the said Elmer went as a voluntary exile into
Germany, where he was miraculously preserved
from several dangers. After Q. Elizabeth came,
to the crown, he was appointed one of the pro-
testant disputers against the seven Rom. Cath.
• B'nhoDs (lii'iites* concerning matters of reli-
FirjtEdit. g'0"> when that queen was about to
make a reformation, and in 1562 he
by the name of Joh. Aylmer M. of A. was made
archdeacon of Lincoln in the place of one Tho.
Marshall, wlio liad succeeded iNich. Bullingham
in 1554. In the year 157.'3 he retired to this uni-
versity again, and there, as a member of it, took
the degrees in divinity, that of doctor being eom-
pleated in an act celebrated on the I'Jth of Oc-
tober the same year. On the 24th of March 1576
he was ' consecrated bishop of London, being
then accounted a learned and an honest man, and
about 1588 he was made the queen's almoner, at
which time he was a great enemy to the puritan-
ical partv, then numerous in the nation. He
died at I'ulham in Middlesex on the tiiird of
161)4. June in fifteen hundred ninety and four, and was
buried in S. Paul's cathedral before the chapel of
[713] S. George. By his last will '■ and testament
which I have seen, he desires to be buried in tlie
cath. eh. of S. I'uul on the north side, in some
convenient place within the wall, with a tomb of
his iMcture after the maimer of dean Collet;
which, as he saith, is on the south-side of the
choir. He then left behind him several sons, the
9 See in the book entit. Tlir School Master, or plain and
pUnsant fVau nf Iracliiiig Children, &c. written by Rog.
Aschani Loud. ISSQ. qu. p I 1.
' Fr. CTodwin ut sup. int. cpisc. London, p. 252.
' In otiic. pracrog. Cant, in AV^. Di.ry pari 2. Qu. 81.
Vol. H.
second of which, named Theopliilus, succeeded
Jo. Molyns in the areiideaconry of London I5yi,
being about that time well beneficed in Hertford-
shire, and esteemed a learned and reverend di-
vine. His father also, the bishop, was well learned
in the languages, was a ready disputant and a
deep divine, and wrote, as 'tis said, a book called '
The IJarboruiigh of Princes, which I have not yet
seen, and therefore cannot tell you where, or in
what vol. 'twas printed. He was a man but of
mean stnture, yet in his youtii very valiant, which
he forgot not in his age. When he first became
a preacher, he followed the popular phrase, and
fashion of the younger divines of those times,
which was to inveigh against the superfluities of
the church-men, and thereupon he is •• remem-.
bered to have used these words in a sermon be-
fore a great auditory ' AN'herefore away with
your thousands, you bishops, and come down to
your hundreds,' &c. But this was but a heat of
his spirit, of which, not long after, by reading and
conference, he was throiighlj' cured ; insomuch as
being asked by one of his own rank, after lie was
bishop of London, what he meant, to preach of
the brainsick fashion, he answer'd with the words
of S. Paul, ' Cum cssem parvulus, loquebar ut
parvulus, sapiebam ut parvulus.' But certain it
is, no bishop was more persecuted and taunted by
the puritans of all sorts, than he was by libels, by
scoffs, by open railing and privy backbiting. He
used for recreation to bowl in a garden, and Mar-
tin MariJielate thence took this taunting scoff,
that the bishop would cry rub, rnb, rub, to his
bowl, and when 'twas gone too far, say, the devil
go Ziith it, and then, quoth he, the bishop would
follow. Thus he was nib'd, as he rub'd others,
till they were all gall'd sometimes, and the bishop
was so weary of the place, that he would gladly
have removed to Ely, and made great suit, and
was put in some hope, for it. He was diligent ia
preaching at his cure where he was first beneficed,
and when his auditory grew dull and unatten-
tivc, he would with some pretty and unexpected
conceit, move them to attention. Among the
rest was this: He read a long text in Heurew,
whereupon all seemed to listen what would come
after such strange words, as if they had taken it
for some conjuration : then he shewed their fiillv,
that when he spake English, w hereby they migfit
be instructed and edified, they neglected and
hearkened not to it; and now to read Hebrew,
which they understood no word of, they seem'd
carelul and attentive. When there was talk of
dangers, rumours of wars and invasions, then he
was eomnionly chosen to preach in the court, and
he would do it in so cheeriul a fashion, as not
only shewed he had courage, but would put cou-
rage into others. ' Here is much talk, saith he
of iHitlum ab aquihne, and our cole-propheta
' Tim. Fuller in his Church History, &c. lib. Q. sect. 10.
♦ Brief View, ic. as before, p. 17, 18.
3H
835
PIERS.
ALLYN.
836
have propliesioil that iit e.iaftatiotie litiitt ieo jun-
getur UaiKV, ami the astronoiuer tells us of a
watry Trigou. But as long as Firgo is in tiiat
ascendent with us, we need uot tear of any thing:
Deus iwbisciim, fjuis contra iios:' and for this the
queen would much commend him, yet she would
not remove him. In the see of London succeeded
Ur. Ridi. Fletcher sometimes of Ch. Ch. coll. in
Cambridge, and him Rich. Bancroft an, 1597,
who being removed to Canterbury 10 Dec. 1604,
Rich. Vaughan bishop of Chester was translated ^
to London the 24th of the same month.
[It is only necessary to refer for every thing re-
lative to this learned prelate to .Strype's Life,
printed in 8vo. Lond. I7OI, where is a portrait of
the bishop engraved by U. White,]
JOHN PIERS was born of plebeian and suffi-
cient parents at South-Henxsey near to Abing-
don in Berks, and within a short mile of Oxon,
[714] was educated in grammar learning in the free-
school joining to Magd. college, in academicals in
the said college, of which he was admitted perpe-
tual fellow 25 July 1546, being then bach, of arts.
Soon after, upon an invitation, he was elected into
the number ofthesenior students of ChristChurch;
which place he being unwilling to take, had li-
berty granted to him, that if he did dislike it at
the year's end, he might leave it. Whereupon
being w eary of it at the term of that year, he was
elected probationer of Magd. college before-
mention'd 26 July 1548, and the next year pro-
ceeded in arts. iVbout that time he entred into
holy orders, and being soon after made divinity
reader of that house, obtained also the rectory of
Quainton in Bucks; both which places he
kept together for some time. But so it was,
that he being a man of good parts, and ac-
counted b}' his contemporaries an excellent dis-
putant, yet by keeping rustical company at
Quainton, or at some small cure that he had near
to his native place, before he had obtained
Quainton, (where 'twas usual with him to sit tip-
ling in a blind ale-house with some of his neigh-
bours) was in great hazard to have lost all those
excellent gifts that came after to be well esteemed
and rewarded in him. In 1558 he was admitted
to the reading of the sentences, being about thai
time prebendary of Chester ; of which church
being soon after made dean in the place of Rog.*
Walker M.A. he proceeded in diviiiiiy. In the
beginning of 1570 he was elected master of Baliol
college, but before he was settled therein, he was
made dean of Ch. Ch. in Oxon.' So tliatresign-
' Cambden in Annal. R. Jac. 1. MS. sub. an. l604.
• {Rkhd. Walker dean of Chester. Vkl. B. Willis. Hist.
o/'Ca/A. vol. i. p. 338. C"oLE.]
' [Dispensation to hold the deanery of Chester and the
deanery of Christ Church Oxon. rectory of Langdon (dioc.
l.ond.) and of Philingshani, (dioc. Line.) I'cb. 25, 1570.
Tanner.]
ing his mastership in May 1571, was on the 15th of
March following made dean of Salisbury upon
the resignation of Dr. Edm. Freke made bisliop
of Rochester. Which deanery he kept with that
of Christ church, till he was consecrated bishop
of Rochester, the 15th of April 1576- About
which time being made the queen's almoner, she
gave him leave notwithstanding to keep a coiii-
mendatory title to [the deanery of] Salisbury till
1577, and tlion in the beginning of that year she
made him bishop of that place, on the death of
Dr. Edm.Ghcast, who died in Feb. 1576. In the
said see he sate several years with great honour
and repute, and was beloved of ail. At length,
upon the death of Dr. Edwin Sandys, being made
archbisho|) of York, was translated to that place
on the 19th of Feb. in 1588. He died at Bishops-
Thorp in Yorkshire the 28th Sept. in fifteen hun-
dred ninety and four, aged 71 years, leaving then
behind him the character of a great and modest
theolo^ist ; whereupon his body was buried in the
third chappcl at the east-end of the cathedral
church of York. Over his grave was soon after
erected a fair monument on the east-wall; the in-
scription on which, wherein his character' is con-
tained at large, you may see in Historia Sf Anti-
quitates Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 255. a. &, b. He
left his estate to John Piers registrary to the arch-
bishop of York, (son of Thomas Piers of S. Henx-
sey befoie-mention'd, the archbishop's brother)
who married Elizabeth daughter of Rich. Ben-
net, and sister of sir John Bennet knt. judge of
the prerogative court of Canterbury.
[ 1567, 30 Jun. Joh. Pyres S.T.D. coll. ad eccl.
de Layiulon per mortem Mich. Karvyle. Reg.
Giindall ep'i Lond.
1573, 12 Nov. Joh. Walker S.T.P. coll. ad
eccl. de Layndon per resign. Joh. Peyrce S.T.P.
Reg. Sondes, ep'i Land. Ken net.]
WILLIAM ALLYN, Allen, or Alan,
sometimes fellow of Oriel coll. was created cardi-
nal under the title of S. Martin in Montibus, an.
1587, and in 1589 he was made archbishop of
Mechlin, the metropolis of Brabant. He paid
his last debt to nature in fifteen hundred ninety
and four, as I have told you elsewhere. See more
among the writers under that year. In the see of
Mechlin succeeded Lovinus Torrentius a native
of Ghent, and bishop of Antwerp, founder of the
coll. of Jesuits at Lovain, who dying 6 of the cal.
of May 1595, aged 70 and more, was buried in
the cath. church.
[For the life of the celebrated cardinal Allen,
see vol. i. col. 615. Since ihat account was
printed, the portrait, in the possession of Mr. Mos-
tyn, has been engraved by acrivcn, in a very su-
perior manner, for Lodge's Fortraits of Illus-
trious Persons.']
' See more of hini in lllustrium aliquot Anglorum Encomia.
Written by Tho. Kcwlou, p. 1 15.
15CM-
1594.
837
OWEN.
GARVEY.
838
LEWES OWEN, or Owen Lf.wes, by both
which names ho is written, wsis horn in tlic vil-
lageot' Mahrayth in Hodcan' in the isle ot" Angle-
7715] sea, was ethicatcd in grammar learning in Wyke-
ham's school near Winchester,' made periK-tual
and true follow of New coil, in 1553, took the de-
greeof bach, of the civil law in Kcb. 1558,and made
a farther progress in that faculty, with intentions
to |)roceed therein. But liis opinion as to reli-
gion not suflering him so to do, he left the uiii«
versity about 1501, (tho' his fellowship was not
pronounced void till \5(i3,) and went to Downy,
where he was for his great merits made the regius
professor of his faculty. "Concerning this Dr.
" Owen Lewes, a pamphlet entitled, T/ie Stale of'
" the English ritgitives under the King of Spain
" and his Ministers, Sac. London 159t), (ju. has
" this remarkable passage, p. 50. (ireat quarrels
" and broyls in the English college at Rome. —
" Dr. William Allen favoured one party, and Dr.
" Owen Lewes another, a man very wise and
" learned, and by reason of his age, gravity, and
" long continuance in those parts, of great autho-
" rily in the court of Rome, and since, in the lat-
" tercnd of pope Gregory, created bishop of Cas-
^ " sano in Naples, but always a very bitter enemy
" to the Jesuits: p. 51. Shortly after pope Sextus
" determining to make a cardinal of our nation,
" there grew for the same great competency be-
" tween Dr. Owen Lewes, and Dr. William Allen,
" each one for the obtaining thereof applying his
" best friends to the uttermost, but in the end
" through the instant pursuit of the Jesuits, who
" spared no travel or expence, they procured unto
" Dr. Allen such mighty friends that the lot and
" preheminence of that dignity fell upon him, of
" whom and of the Jesuits, and of their factions
" were for ever mortally hated by all those that
" had been any ways favourers or well-wishers to
" Dr. Lewes. But chiefly and among the rest
" one Thomas Morgan a man not inferior to any
" of them all in drifts of policy, who had been
" sometimes secretary to the Scottish queen, and
" indeed had instantly laboured in the behalf of
' [Malle trayth is one of the six hundreds or comotts, inlo
•which all Anglesey is divided, and not a village. Bodcou
is a hamlet or villa (belonging to the bp. of Bangor's mani'.or
ofCanlred) and lyes in Mall trayth, and in the parish of
Llanfeirian, a chappclry bet nging to Llangadwallader (alias
Eglwysael) the )>rincipall house in the hamlett ofBodeon,
and eminently called by that name, is the scat of the antienl
family of the Owens, now belonging to sir Hugh Owen of
Oriclton com. Pembrock, the chief of that name. This
bishop of Cassano was not of that family, but the son of an
ordinarj' freeholder, in that neighbourhood, in the parish of
Llanveirian aforesaid. Humphreys.]
I ' [Dr. Tho. Stapleton dedicated the first part of his
Prompluarium Calnolicum, Parisiis ISyS, ' reverendissimo
in Christo | atri ac domino Audoeno Ludivico episcopo
Cassanensi." Dat. Lovanii calend. Januarii 1594, wherein
he gives a large account of his employments and preferments
and of their being bred together in the school and in the
college of Wickham, &c. Kenket.]
" Dr. Lewe.s. The Jesuits since have had manv a
" pluck at him, but Morgan being wise, strcngth-
" ened himself always with such friends, that tney
" could never do him any hurt, but rather ever
ve them a secret blow, &c."
" now and then he gav(
"" ' ~ ' ninated bishop
in the kingdom of Naples by Philip 2, king of
This Dr. Lewes was nominated bishop of Cassano
Spain, and continued oy I'. Sextus 5. (wfiose
referendary he was of each signature) was conse-
crated thereunto at Rome on the third of Febr.
1588, according to the accompt there followed.
Jn which sec sitting about seven years, died full of
commendations and praise on the fourteenth of
Octob. according to the same accompt, in fifteen
hundred ninety and four. Whereupon his body
was buried in the chappel belonging to the college
of the English students at Rome, dedicated to S.
Thomas archb. of Canterbury. Soon after was a
marble stone laid over his grave, with this inscrip-
tion thereon, which gives a farther account of the
man. D. O. M. Audoeno Ludovico Cambro-
Britanno, L V. D. ac professori Oxonii in Anglia,
ac regio Duaci in Flandria, archidiacono Hanno-
viae, Be canonico in metropolitana Cameracensi,
atque oihciali generali, utriusque signaturaj refe-
rcndario, Caroli cardinalis Borromsei archiepiscopi
Mediolanensis vicario generali, Gregorii xiii. &
Sexto v. in congregatione de consultationibus
episcoporum 8t regularium k secretis, epitcopo
Cassanensi, Gregorii xiv ad Helvetios nuncio,
dementis viii Apostolicae visitationis in alma
urbc adjutori, Anglos in Italia, Gallia & Belgio
omni ope semper iuvit, ac ejus imprimis opera
hujus collegii ac Duacensis 8t Rhemensis funda-
menta jecit. Vixit annos Ixi. menses ix. dies
xiix. Exul li patria xxxvi. Obiit xiv Octob.
mdxciv. Ludovicus de Torres archiejpiscoput
Montis Regalis amico posuit. The said Dr. Lew.
Owen had a nephew called Hugh Griffyth who
was provost of Cambray.
JOHN GARVEY was born, as it seems, in
the county of Kilkenny in Ireland, took one or
more degrees in the reign of K. Edw. 6, he being
then a student in Oxon, but by the negligence of
the scribe his name is omitted in the public regis-
ter of that time. Afterwards he retired to his
country, became archdeacon of Meath, and in
1565 dean of the church of the Holy Trinity,
commonly called Christ-Church in Dublin. Af-
terwards being made a member of the queen's
privy-council there, was 'promoted to the bishop-
rick of Kilinore in Apr. 1585, with liberty then
allowed him to keep his deanery in commendam.
In 1589 he was made archbishop of Armagh in
the place of Dr. Job. Long deceased : Where-
upon being translated thereunto on the tenth of
May the same year, had liberty given him to
* Jac. Wara'us in Com. de Prcttul. Bibem. edit. l665,
p. 258.
3 H 2
1494.
[716]
839
LALY
lilCKLEY.
840
keep his deanery then also. He departed this
mortal life on the second day of March in fifteen
\i^. iiundred ninety and four, and was buried in the
church of the iJoJy Trinity bcforc-nientioncd,
leaving then behind him a little thing of his
writing entit. The Conversion of Philip Corunne a
Franciscan Frier, to the Reformation of the Pro-
testant Religion, An. 1589. — ruhiished in KiSl,'
w iicn the phanatical party were big with hopes of
satisfying their insatiable ends, under pretence of
nggravatnig and carrying on the pretended hor-
ridness of the popish plot. He was succeeded in
Kilmore by one Rob. Draper rector of Trimm
in Ireland, and in the see of Armagh by Henry
Usher, whom 1 shall mention at large under the
year 16 13.
WILLIAM LALY, or Lawly, alias Mul-
lALY, received his first being in this world in the
county of Galloway in Ireland, was educated in
New inn, took the degree of bach, of decrees as a
member of that house, in 1555, (1 and 2 of Ph.
and Mary,) and returning soon after into his own
country, was made dean of Tuam, and at length
consecrated * archbishop of that place, in Apr.
1573. He ended his days in fifteen hundred
jjQj ninety and five, and was buried, as I presume, in
the cath. ch. at Tuam. In the see of Tuam suc-
ceeded one Nehemias Uonellan an Irish man,
educated in the university of Cambridge, as my
author here quoted saith. Yet the reader must
know, tliat one or more, of his sirname, and time,
studied in Oxon, but his or their Christian names
being not registred, I cannot say that either of
them was Nehemias.
THOMAS BICKLEY was born at Stow in
Bucks, educated in grammaticals in the free-
school joyning to Magd. coll. while he continued
in the quality of a chorister of that house: after-
wards upon examination of his proficiency, he
was elected one of the demies or semi-commoners,
and in July 1540 was admitted probationer, and
on the 26 of the said month, in the year follow-
ing, was made perpetual fellow of the said house.
In the beginning of K. Edw. 6, he became the
king's chaplain or preacher at Windsor, to which
he was elected according to custom by the mem-
bers of the university of Oxon, and about that
time shewing himself a veiy forward ^ person for
' \The Conversion of Philip Corwine a Franciscan Frier
to the Rtformalion of the Prutestant Religion Anno 1589.
Formerly written by John Garvey sometime Primate of all
Ireland- Being a Copy of the Original remaining amongst
James Usher, lale Primate of the same, his Papers, and now
tntred amongst Sir James IVare's Manuscripts. Pultished
for the Good of the Protestant Church of England bi/ li. fV.
Gent. (rt. Ware) Dublin, Printed by Jos Ray at Colledge
Green. l68l,4to. |)cnes me. W. K. Kennet.]
♦ Jac. WarsBus in Com de Prasul. Jiibern. edit. l665.
p. Sb'i.
' Vide nist. et Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 211. a.
reformation, and therefore looked upon as an im-
pudent and pragmatical man by the R. Cath.
party, nay and h\ some also of his own, he was
forced to leave the coll. in the beginning of Q,
Mary's reign, being then bach, of divinity.
Whereupon going into Trance, he spent most of
his time at raris and Orleance during her reign,
where he improved himself much in learning,
and in the language of that country. After Q.
Elizab. came to the crown, he returned and be-
came chaplain to Dr. Parker archb. of Canter-
bury, archdeacon of Stafford, and residentiary of
the church of Lichfield;'' which dignities were
given to him by Dr. Bentham bishop of that
place, sometimes his friend and contemporary in
Magd. coll. [and afterwards his fellow exile.] In
the beginning of the year 1509 he was one of the
three persons that was elected warden of Merton
coll. by the fellows thereof; whereupon the archb.
before- mentioned conferr'd that place on him,
and in the next year he proceeded doctor of div.
as a member of the said house. In 1585 he had
the bishoprick of Chichester conferr'd upon him on
the dcathof Rich.Coortess; towhich seebeingcon-
secrated30 of .lanuary,was installed orenthronized
the 3 March the same year, where he sate to the [71711
time of his death much beloved of all in his dio-
cese. He gave up the ghost on the 30 of Apr.
in fifteen hundred ninetj' and six, and was buried isg6.
in the north isle joyning to the choir of his cath.
on the 26 May following. Soon alter was a mo-
nument set over his grave, with his figure kneeling
thereon, (which shews him to have been a comely
and handsome man,' with this inscription en-
f graven near it. ' Thomas Bickley sacrtc theo-
ogiae doctor, Magdalenensis collcgii Oxon. alum-
nus, archidiaconus Stafford : collegii de Merton
custos & hujus ecclesiffi cpiscopus, quam aimos
decem, & tres menses, sobrictale &, sincerilate,
summ^ justitia & prudentia singulari 8c pie 8t re-
ligiose administravit. Obiit pridie calondas Maii
Aldingborniaj, annosalutis nostra; millesimoquin-
gentesimo nonagesimo sexto, &- aetatis suae sep-
tuagesimo octavo. See. I find by his last will and
test, that he gave to Magd. coll. his good nurse,
forty pounds to be bestowed on the grammar
school joyning to the said college, for the cieling
and paving it.* To Merton coll. also he gave an
hundred pounds to buy land, that the revenue
thereof be bestowed in exhibition on one of the
fellows thereof that professeth divinity, to preach
one ptiblic sermon, &c. This exhibition was af-
terwards ordered to be given to that fellow that
* [He was collated chancellor of Lichfield, July 1 1, 1560,
which he retained till his prouiotion. Willis, Cathedrals,
p. 408.]
' [See my vol. xriii, page 28, for an account of his picture.
Cole.]
' [In the wainscot over the usher's desk remains to thi»
time (1770) bish. Bickley's paternal coat carved and painted j
a miure over it. LovEDAir.J
841
WEREDYTH.
BULLYNGHAM.
842
sliould preach a sermon to the university on May-
day in the cltapfici or church belonging to Mer-
ton coll. which yet continues. In the see of
Chichester succeeded Anlh. Watson 1). \). of
Cambridge,' son of Edward Watson of Tliorp-
Tliules in the county pal. of Durham, and he the
son of \\'ill. Watson of the same place. V\ Inch
Anthony was first chancellor of the church of
Wells, in the place of Dr. Hog. Good ; afterwards
dean of Bristol on the death of Job. Sprint in
1590, and in 159^ being consecrated bishop of
Chichester before-mentioned, was succeeded in
liis chancellorship by one Joh. Rogers, (to whom
succeeded also Will. Barker D. D. l6()'Z) and in
his deanrey by Simon Robson,/.iot in 1396 but
in 91, which Shews that Watson kept the said
deanrey for some time in commendam with Chi-
chester. This Dr. A^'atson, who spent his life in
celibacy, as his predecessor did, gave wa}' to fate
at his house in Cheam or Cheyham in Surrey,
being then almoner to K. Jam. I. whereupon his
body was buried in the church there, on the third
day of Oct. l605. By his last will ' and tcstam.
he gave an hundred pounds to Christ's coll. in
Cambridge, where he had been educated before
he became fellow of Bennet college, and divers
other legacies for pious uses.
[ix die Martij 1562, Matth. ar'ep'us Cant,
eontidit Thoma; liieklye cl'ico capellano suo, ec-
clcsiam de Byddinden Cant, dioc- per mort.
Mauritij Hughes elerici. lieg. Parker.
Doctor Byekley bishope of Chichester was bu-
ried the xxvith da\-e of Maye in the yeare of our
Lord God 1596, whose bodie was accompanyed
to the earthe with dyverse woorshipfull persons.
Note in the 11 ej aid's Office . Ken net.
Mr. Tho. Beckley S.Th. B. rector de Biden-
den, (dioc. Cant.) ex patronatu d"' archiepi 1569.
MS. Bat ley. Tanner.
Bickley was institutetl to the rectory of Sutton
Walton in Dorsetshire, 1578. See Hutchins,
IliU. of Dorset, ii, 328.]
RICH ARD MEREDYTH, aWelshman born,
became a student in this university about 1568,
but in what house, unless in S. John's coll. it ap-
pears not. In 1575 he proceeded M. of arts as a
9 [Anton. Watson S.T. B. socius coll. Xti Cantab. Ric.
Parker MS.
Anton. Watson A. M. admiss. ad vie. de Watford com.
Hartford. 20 .Mail 1687, per mort. Henr. Edmunds.
Cornelius liurges A.M. ad cand. 21 Dec. l6l8, per de-
privat. V\'at8on. licg- Grinditll.
1(>05, iO Jun. A nth. Watson S. T. B. ad ecclesiam S.
Trinit. iu Trinity lane, |)er resign. Goo. Drywood S. T. B.
ad pres. decan et capituli I'ant. llrg. Bancnift.
The right rev. father in Go<l Anthony WaL^on bishop of
Chichester and almoner to the king's majestic, departed this
transitorie life atChcame in the county of Surrey whose fune-
rals were honourably solemnized the 3^ of Octob. lC05, at
Cheame aforesaid. Note in Herald's Office. Kennet.
Bishop Watson held the rectory ol Cheam in commendam
till his death. Tanner.]
' In oiBc. praerog. Cant, in i?cg. Iluyes. Qu. 62,
member of Jesus coll. which was the highest de-
cree he took in this university. Aflerwaids be-
nig chaplain to sir Joh. I'erot L. lieutenant of
Ireland, he wa.s by him made dean of S. Patrick's
chintrh near Dublin, and at length B. of Leigh-
lin : To which see being consecratetl in the month
of Apr. 1589, sate there till the time of his death;
which hapning' on the third of August in fifteen 1497.
hundred ninety and seven, was buried on the
north side of S. Patrick's church before-men-
tioned. In the said sec of Leighlin succeeded
one Rob. Grave dean of Cork, but whether he
was ever a student in Oxford, I cannot yet tell,
[This Richard Meredith, was the son of Robert
Meredyth ap Gronw, descended from Ithel velyn
of Tal, and of Margaret, daughter of William
John ap Gronw, descended from Llowarch Hol-
bvvarch his wife. He should by his pedigree, be
a Denbighshire man. This I hnd is registred in
the herald's visitation of Carnarvon and Anglesey.
He was of the same family, and nearly related to
Richard Davies, Bp. of St. David's. Hum-
phreys.]
JOHN BULLYNGHAM, received his first
breath in the county of Glocester, was elected
probationer of Magd. coll. in July 1550, being
then bach, of arts, and intimate with Julius Pal-
mer the Protestant martyr, (whose story ' he
hath written in a large letter dated from Bridg- •
north [ liridge-uater rather] about 15'62, for the
satisfaction of Joh. Fox when he was writing
his English book of Acts and Monuments) &c.
but before he took the degree of master, he
left the university, (Q. Mary being then in the
throne,) and retired, as it seems, beyond the
seas, where continuing mostly all her reign, re- [7181
turned when Q. Elizabeth succeeded, became
well beneficed, and in 1567 was made arch-
deacon of Huntingdon, but in whose room, unless
in thatof Anth. Draycot, I know not.'' In 1568
he compleated the degree of D. of div. in an act
celebrated on the twelfth of July, and two years
after was made prebendary of Worcester in the
place of Libbeus Byard deceased. In 1581, Sept. 3,
he was consecrated ^ bishop of Glocester; about
which time he had the see of Bristol given to him
in commendam. But that being taken away from
him in 1589, the rectory of Kilmington alias Cul-
mington in the diocese of Wells was conferr'd oa
' Jac. Waricus ut sup. p. 158.
' [In this story reflections being made on one Thackham
(who was Palmer's successor in the school at Reading) for his
treacherous actings towards Palmer, he in 1.972 published a
vindication of himself against Mr. Fox, to which a reply was
made in Mr. Fox's defence. See an account of both in
Strype's Ecclesiastical Memorials, iii, ch. 46. Wa,tts.]
♦ [He was installed December £7, on the death of Robert
Beaumont, master of Trinity college, Cambridge, who had
been promoted to the archdeaconry on the depri\-ation of
Draycot, who was a zealous Catholic, in 1360. Willis, Co* •
thedrals, 108.]
> Fr. Godwin ut sup. int ep. Glouc. p. &91i
843
MERICK.
HUGHLS.
844
1598.
ii99.
him, in Jul. 1596. He paid his last debt to na- he had done. William Meyric, LL. D. was insti-
ture about the 20 of May in fifteen hundred tuted to Llanvecheil in Anglesey Febr. 8. 1381,
ninety and eight, and was buried, as 1 suppose,* and installed chantor of Bangor May 2fi, 1582.
in the cath. ch. of Glocester. Whereupon Ijis He was eommissary of Bangor, under Dr. John
rectory was bestowed on Rich. Potter, father of Lloyd chancellor of Bangor, and after that chan-
Franc. Potter, author of the /M<er;)re^a(/o/i o/" ^Ae cellor himself. He died in summer 1 605. Mau-
'Nitmber of 666, &c. as I sliall tell you when I
come to him in another part of this work, and his
bishoprick on Godfrey Goldsborough doct. of
div. of Cambridge.
[Joh.Bullingham A.M. coll. ad preb. de Wen
rice his brother was the father of S"^ William, that
was judge of the prerogative, before S' Leoline
Jenkins. The wife of Owen ap Hugh, and mo-
ther of Dr. William Merick and Maurice, was
Sybill the daughter of Sr. William Griffith of
lokesborn 31 Aug. 1565, per mort. Joh. PuUen, Penryn Kt. com. Carnarvon, chamberlain of
quam resign, ante 7 Jun. 1571. Rfg- Land, North Wales, by his second wife Jane Puleston.
Ken NET. Bp. Meyrick had one brother by the full blood,
John Bullingham is said by Martin Marprelate called Edmund, and likewise a sister, called Jane,
to be unlearned,
Dr. Jo. Bullingham S.T. P. Oxon. incorporat.
Cant. Jul. 4, 1575. Re^. Jcad. Cantahr. Baker.
Bullingham was installed prebendary of Louth
in the church of Lincoln, Sept. 10, 1568.]
JOHN MERICK was born in the isle of An-
glesea, educated in Wykeham's school near Win-
chester, made perpetual fellow of New coll. in
1557, took the degrees in arts, became one of the
proctors of the university in 1565, vicar of Horn
who were both marryed in the countrey. But
W'hether they had issue or who comes from them I
know not. I have heard, they got nothing from
their brother, but it is said. Dr. William and
Maurice had his whole estate, but how true, I
know not. Humphreys.]
WILLIAM HUGHES son of Hugh ap Kyn-
rick of Caernarvonshire by Gwenllian his wife,
daughter of John Vychan ap John, ap Gruff, ap
Owen Pygott, was born in the said county, and
church in Essex, in 1570, and three years after for a while educated in this university. After-
bishop of the isle of Man on the death of John wards retiring to Christ's coll. in Cambridge, he
Salisbury.' He yielded up his last breath in took there the degrees in arts » and holy orders;
Yorkshire (as it seems) in Sept. or Octob. in fif- and being soon after made chaplain to Thom.
teen hundred ninety and nine, and was succeeded Haward or Howard duke of Norfolk, attended
in the said see by Dr. George Lloyd ' of Cam- him to Oxon in the beginning of the year 1568,
bridge, (son of Meredyth Lloyd, son of Joh. Lloyd where, on the same day that the said duke was
of Caernarvonshire) who was translated thence to created master of arts, this his chaplain was incor-
Chester in 1604. This Joh. Merick left behind porated bach, of div. as he had stood in Cam-
him a brother named Will. Merick, LL. D. and bridge. The year after, the said duke writing
another called Maurice Merick, then M. of arts, letters to Dr. Laur. Humphrey in his behalf, he
and certain letters concerning ecclesiastical and was, by the said Humphrey's endeavours made to
other affairs, which I have seen in the Cottonian the vieechancellor and convocation, permitted to
library under the picture of Julius, F. 10. proceed in his faculty. Whereupon being licensed
[Dr. John Merick Bp. of Man was the naturall the same year, stood in an act celebrated 10 Jul.
son of Owen ap Hugh ap Meyrick, of Bodeon, esq; 1570, to compleat that degree. In 1573 he was
in Anglesey, by Gueullian Verch Evan of Pen- promoted to the episcopal see of S. Asaph, to
rhyn Dandraeth, and half brother (by the father) w hich being consecrated in Lambeth chappcl on
to the first S' Hugh Owen of Orielton in com. the thirteenth ' of Sept. the same year, sate there
Pembr. Kt. All the legitimate chililrcn of Owen to the time of his death without any removal,
ap Hugh the Bp's father took the name of Owen, He concluded his last day in Octob. in sixteen
which the posterity also retained, except William hundred, and was, as I suppose, according to his
and Maurice, who being both educated at Win- will, buried in the choir of the cath. ch. of S.
Chester school, under the inspection of their half Asaph; leaving then behind him a son named
brother the bishop, took the name of Meyrick, as William, and a daughter named Anne (the then
* [Le Neve s.iys, that he died at Kensington, near London,
whence he was carried to Gloucester, and there buried with-
out any memorial ]
' [Regina Edmundo Ebor. archiepisco|)o — Cum Henricus
comes Derl)y — pir mort. Joh'cs Salesbury ult. ep'i — Johan-
nem Mericke in art. magistrum, ad episcoijatnni deMan prse-
scntaverit — rcgium assensum adhlbuinius — niandantcs con-
firmare &c. Teste regina apud Westm. 5 Nov. rcg. 17. 157i.
Ken NET. From Rymer, Fcedera xv, 49-,'iO ]
• [Dr. Geo. Lloyd had leave to retain in com. his rectory
of Heswell in VVirrall com. Cestr. w'l' his Bpk xi Feb. ISgC).
Geo. Lloyd S Th. B. was presented to the rectory of Llan-
rost, 1596. by L"* ch. Egerton. Tanner]
wife of Tho. Mostyn gent.) begotten on the body
of his wile Lucia daughter of Hob. Knowesley of
Denbighshire. By his last will ' and test, dated
9 [Gul. Hcwcs electus socius coll. Christi an. 1.557- — An-
1556-7, Will. Hughes A.B.-An. 15f)0, Mr. Hughes A.M.
—An. 1566, W. Hues S.T. B. Cant. Regr. Acad. Cant.
Will. Hewes coll. Rcg. admiss. in matric. acad. Cant. Nov.
12. 1554. Jul. 2, 1575, Dn"s Will'us ep~us Asaph, ad-
missus a<l cundcm graduni apud uos Cant, quo steiil Oxon.
Utgr Acad. Baker.]
' Ibid, in Godwin, int. cp. Asaph, p. CG4.
» In offic. prxrog. Cant, in Reg. Wallop, p. 2. Q. 69.
1600.
845
CHAKDON.
WESTPIIALING.
KEROVAN.
NEVLAN.
846
16 Oct. 1.597, iiiul proved 9 Nov. IG(K), he left
lands and revenues tor tlic founding a free seliool
in the cath. eh. of S. Asaph. He the said Dr.
Hughes was sueecedetl in S. Asaph by Dr. Will.
Morgan ' author of the first translation of ail tlie
Bible (since printing was used) into tiie antient
[719] and unmi.xed language of the Britains. The
translation he dedicated, with a Latin epistle pre-
fixed, to Q. Elizabeth, and was printed in 1588.*
For wliicli work he was rewarded with the bi-
shopriek of Landaff first, and afterwards with that
of S. Asa[>h.
[As to Bp. Hughes himself (of whome his suc-
cessors have complained heavily) his bequest to-
wards a free-school came to nothing, for it was
only conditionall. He left liis whole estate to his
daughter Mostyn and her heirs, she having then
2 or 3 children living (which are now in their
issue above 30 or 40,) and it was only in default
of such issue, he gave an estate, to found a school
at S' Asaph, 20. lilj. to the schoolmaster, and 40 sk.
each to 12 poore boys. He also left 0.0 lib. to
build a library, and his own study to begin a
library for public use. I cannot find, this came
to any thing. Ht mi'iireys.]
JOHN CHARDON, or Charldon, some-
times fellow of Exeter coll. was consecrated B.
of Downe and Connor in Ireland, an. 1596, and
j(joi, died in sixteen hundred and one; under which
year you may see more of him among the writers.
[See vol. I. col. 715.] In the said see of Downe
and Connor succeeded one Rob. Humpston mas-
ter of arts, but whether of this university I cannot
tell.-!
HERBERT WESTPHALING, sometimes a
^ [William Morgan, that incomparable man for piety and
indusiry, zeal for religion and his country, and a conscientious
cari^ of his church and succes'-ion, was born at a place called
Gwibernant in the parish of Pcnmachno, dioce.se of Bangor,
and com. Carnarvon, and was tlie son of John Morgan of
that place (paternally descended from Hedd Molvvynoc, one
of the 1 3 tribes of North Wales) and of his wife Lowry daugh-
ter of William ap Joiin'ap Madoc ap Evan Tegin of Bettws,
paternally from .Marcheudd another of the \b tribes. He
was educated at St. John's colled(;e in ('anihridge, and for his
prefi-rmint, 1 find, he was first vicar of Welsh I'oule in com.
Montuomi-rv, being instituted Aug. 8. 137.i. I'rom thence
he rtiaovcd to the vicarage of Llanrhaiadrin in .\lochnant,
and diocese of St. Asaph, Octobr. the first, 1578, where he
finished that excellent work of translating the Biblk into
Welsh After this he was instituted to the rectory sine cura
of Pennant Melangell July 10. liSS, and the sine cura of
Denbigh lofH- He was made Bp of Landaf 1595, and trans-
lated to St. Asaph Sept. the 17"' IliOl. Humphreys.]
+ [In whioli he was assisted by bisliop Parry. Of the de-
fects of this translation complaints were made, with a motion
for a new translation, by Dr. CJritfyth, in the convocation
idJO. See Fuller's Ckurch lliatonj, 170, and Collier, ii,
p. 7(),3. 'Watts.]
' [-•/ Sermon preached at Reufham in the Countie of Xor-
folke the 22 of Nov. 1588, an<f cjtsoons at request piiilishcd
by R. llumston. Minister of God's IVord. London, Printed
t'y John H^'olfe, ISSQ. 8vo. Ep. ded. to Edmund bish. of
Norwich. Kennbt.
Humpston was rector of Barrow, com. Cest. Tanner.]
student of Cii. Ch. was coiLsccratcd B. of Here-
ford in 1585, and departed this mortal life in the
latter end of sixteen hundred and one; under i60U2.
which year you may see more of him among the
writers. [See vol. i. col. 719.'] In the said sec
succeedetl Dr. Rob. Bennct ' sometimes of Trin.
coll. ill Ciimbridge, son of Leonanl Bennet of
Baldock in Hertfordshire, who was consecrated
thereunto 20 Feb. 1602-3. By iiis last ' will
dated 3 Mar. 14 Jac. I, he bequeathed iiis boily
to be buried in the cath. oh. of Hereford, and
moneys for the erection of a tomb of white ala-
baster, w^ith the |>icture of a man lying in a white
sheet upon an altar of other stone, to be com-
pas.sed about with strong iron bars, after the ex-
amjdc of other tombs in the church. Which
monument was to be erected (as he saith) in the
church of the choir, behind the seat of his wife,
and to be of the value of 100 marks, with this in-
scription thereon Hobertus Bennet S. theol.
professor, fidelis Chrixti minister, qui obiit . . .
tlie an. l6 . . . . He also gave 20/. to the
library of Trin. coll. in Cambridge, and 20/. to-
wards the building of the new schools in Oxon.
See more of liim in the Fasti following under
the year 1572.
STEPHEN KEROVAN was born at Galloway
in Ireland, studied several years in this university,
but whether he took a degree I know not. Af-
terwards advancing his studies in the university
of Paris, returned to his native country, and be-
came archdeacon of Enaghdune in the county of
Galloway, and at length bishop (by Q. Eliz. com-
mand) of Kihnacogh, in 1573. Where sitting
some years, was translated thence to Clonfort
1582, and alter a successful enjoyment of that see
for about twenty years, gave way to fate about
sixteen " hundred and two. In both the said sees \Qo2.
succeeded Rowland Linch archd. of Clonfort,
whose sirname occurring often in our writings, I
have just reason to suppose that he had received
some academical education among us.
DANIEL NEYLAN, or Neyland, an Irish
man born, spent also some time here among his
countrymen, but whether he took a degree it ap-
* [Herbert Westfalinge, translated ./I Discourse ofQuinlus
Cicero to his brother Marcus concerning Suetrfor the Consul-
shipp. !MS. in the I^dleian. I was not acquainted with
this transl. when Westphaling's life was printed in the first
vol. of these Athen.e]
' [Roberius Bennet S T. D. custos domus sive hospital is
S. Crucis prope Wiiiton. 158.'^. Cartu/ar. dicti IIosp.
Robert Bennet deane of Wyndcsor among the commis-
si.iners for ecclesiastical causes. Teste regina 10 Octob. 15(;7.
Rvmer, Fcedera xvi, 324.
Jonnnis Jitelli SariiLiir. in Anglia nuper Episcopi adversus
Thomam Hardingum yolumen alterum cv Anglico Sermone
eonversum in l.atinum a Cutietmo IVhilakcro. Londioi
15/8. 4to. Robertus Benettus Cantabrigiensis ad leclorem.
Klnket.I
' In offic. prxrog. Cant, in Reg. Weldon. qu. 128.
» Jac. War. ut sup. p. 267.
847
O-CONNEll.
OVERTON.
HETON.
848
pears not. Aftcnrards retiring to his native
country, he became rector oFIiiiscarty in the dio-
cese of KiUaloe, and much in esteem in those
parts for his piety and learning. At Icngtli ob-
taining the bishoprickot'Kildare, was consecrated
thereunto by ' Adam archl). of Dublin (and his
assistants) in the month of Nov. 158.'}, where sit-
ting more than 19 years, yielded to nature at
l603. Disert 18 May in sixteen hundred and three. In
the said see succeeded William Pilsworth of Mag-
dalen coll. of whom I shall make large mention
among tliese bishops under the year l6"33.
EUGENIUS O-CONNER, commonly called
Conner, another Irish man and contemporary
•with Neylan, became, after he had left Oxon,
dean of Achonry in his own country, and at length
by the favour of Q. Eliz. was promoted to the
episcopal see of Killalae, in 1591, where after he
had sate about 16 years, surrendered up his last
[720] breath to him that first gave it, in sixteen hun-
i6o6. dred and six, or thereabouts. After his death one
Miler Magragh, archb. of Cashills, did keep the
see of KHlalae in * commendam with his arch-
bishoprick.
WILLIAM OVERTON, sometimes fellow of
Magdalen coll. was consecrated bishop of Lich-
field and Coventry in the beginning of the year
1579,* (where he shewed himself sufficiently se-
vere to suppress such, whom he suspected of non-
jCoo. conformity) and died in sixteen hundred and nine,
under which year you may see more of him
among the writers. [See col. 49-] He was suc-
ceeded in the said see by George Abbot, of
whom I have spoken at large among the said
writers.''
[W. Overton, A. M. Oxon. An. 1553, incor-
porat. Cant Jul. 9. 1562. Jiegistr.
He is said by Martin Marprelate to have been
uuJearned^ Baker.]
MARTIN HETON, son of George Heton,
esq; by Joan his wife, daughter of sir Martin
Bowes, knight, was born in London, but de-
scended from an antient family of his name living
[at Heton-hal-1, in the township of Heton, in the
parish of Dean'] in Lancashire. His father was
master of the inn or house belonging to the Eng-
lish merchants at Antwerp; and being a person
of great hospitality, caused his house there to be
free and open for such that fled from England
for religion sake in the time of Q. Mary. At his
return into England, he became chamberlain of
London, sent this his son to Westminster school,
where profiting exceedingly in good letters, was
thence sent to Oxon, and in 1571 was, with Rich.
Eedes, made student of Ch. Ch. where in short
' Ibif). p. ino. » Ibid. p. 272.
' [It stieuld be 1580. Watts.] ♦ [See ccl. 56i.]
• [Strype, Li/r of lyhilgijt, p. 53.";.]
time he became a most acute disputant. In 1578
he proceeded in arts, and in 1582 he was made
one of the canons of his house. In 1588 he was
nominated and installed vicechancellor of the
university of Oxon, and in the latter end of 1589
he succeeded Dr. Humphrey in the deanery of
Winchester, being then but 36 years of age. At
length after the see of Ely had lain void 20 years,
and a large portion of it taken thence bj the
queen, as it was generally spoken, he was in a sort
compelled to take it. Whereupon being conse-
crated at Lambeth, on the third* of Feb. 1599,
sate there ten years, and as Cambridge men (who
had no great aftection for him, because not bred
among them) report, did impoverish ' the said see
by sealing many good deeds of it, and till they
were cancelled, it would never be so good as it
should be.' He was a noted preacher while he
continued in the university, and a subtle dispu-
tant in theology in his elder, as he was in his
younger years in philosophy : and while B. he
was esteemed inferior to few of his rank for learn-
ing and other good parts belonging to a prelate.
He took his last farewel of this world on the 14
of July in sixteen hundred and nine, aged 57
3'ears, and was buried in the choir or presbytery
of the cath. ch. of Ely. Soon after was a fair and
large monument built over his grave, joyning to
the south wall of the said presbytery, with his
statua thereon lying on the back, with the hands
erected in a praying posture. On the said monu-
ment was engraven an inscription « in prose, to
shew his descent, preferments, and time of his
death ; also a copy of long and short verses, in
number 12, composed by Dr. Will. Gager his
chancellor, and another of 14 composed by his
nephew George Heton, bach, of div. of Cam-
bridge. All which being too long and large to be
here inserted, I shall therefore for brevity's sake
pass them by.
' Fr Godwin in dr Frcesul. Angl. int episc. Eliens.
' See the Brief flew of I he Stale of the Ch. of Engl. &c.
(quoted before, ui Tho. Godwin) p. 80.
* [See his aHeiiations from the see of Ely, in Cole's MS.
Collections, in the Brilish Museum, vol. xix, pages 107-
lOj); vol. xJvi, pigcs 18()-iy(): — and in Willis's Cat..edrats,
under the see of Ivly]
9 [MS. Martinus He'on ex antiqvia Hetonorum famtlia
in agro Lancastriensi oriundus: filiiis Georgii Heton armigc-
ri et Johannae ejus uxoris, fihae Martini Bowe«, equiiis au-
rati. A qua pariurienle et expirante Deo ct eccltsi<e refor-
mata; dicalus est. Ab academia Oxoniensi. ad omnes scho-
laslicos gradus et honores evectus. Ibique in il'^de Christi
uniis octo canonicorum constitutus, a serenissima rcgina
Elizabetha ad decanalum VVinloiiire, annum jam agens tri-
pessimum sextum, promotus; hujus episcopatus ullimo lo-
cum ac sedem obtmuit Consecratus Febr. ■>. An. D.
M,D,XCIX per decern annos plus minus tarn pie, tam pub-
lice, tarn munifice hie se gessit in cathedra, ul, qui coui-
niuni voluiuatum conccnsu, et amores et ofticia erga se exci-
tasset; non sine dolore, non sine dujjlici damno abreptus
esse vidcatur. Obiit .lulii 14°. an. Ooni. M.IX'IX, actalis
Ivii. See the poetical p.iri of the epitaph in Wilhs's Cathe-
drals (Ely), p. 361, 302 ]
1609.
'Si9
RAVIS.
LINCH.
TOMSON.
850
«
THOMAS RAVIS received his first breath at
Maldon alias Mcandon in Surrey, his juvenile
education in the quahty of a king's scholar in the
college school at Westminster, and his academi-
cal education in Ch. Cli. of which he was made a
student in 1575. After he had taken the degrees
in arts he entered into holy orders, and preached
in and near Oxon for some time with great liking.
In i589 he was admitted to the reading of the
sentences, in 1592 he was made canon of the
seventh stall in the ch. of Westm. in the room of
[721] Dr. Joh. Still, promoted to the see of B. and
Wells, an. 1592, and in 1594 he was made dean
of his house. In the year following he took the
degree of D. of div. and after he had compleated
it by standing in the act, took the office of vice-
chancellor on him for two years together. In
1604, he was appointed one of the Oxford men
to translate part of the New Testament, and in
the same year for his eminent learning, gravity,
and approved prudence, preferred by K. Jam. I.
to the see of Gloucester, and on the 19 of March
■the same year was ' consecrated thereunto. The
•diocese of which place being then pretty well
stock'd with such people that could scant brook
the name of a bishop, yet, by his episcopal way
of living among them, he obtained their love,
and were content to give him a good report. In
1607, June 2, ive was ' translated to London,
where sitting but for a short time, paid his last
debt to nature (to the great reluctancy of all good
men, especially such who knew the piety of the
bishop, and how he had for many years with much
vigilancy served his church, king, andcoimtry) on
4609. the fourteenth day of Dccemb. in sixteen hun-
dred and nine. Whereupon his body was buried
in the upper end of the north isle joyning to S.
Paul's cath. ch. and soon after had put over it a
monument, with an inscription thereon ; a copy
of which being already printed at least ' twice, I
shall now omit, and pass to the next. In his pre-
bendship of Westminster succeeded Hugh Good-
man, M. A. and student of Ch. Ch. installed
therein 10 May I607, in his deanery Dr. Joh.
King, and in his bishoprick Dr. Geo. Abbot.
[1591, 27 Dee. Tho. Ravis, S.T.B. admiss. ad
ecel. Onin. Sanctorum Barking per resign, lli-
cardi Woode, S.T. P. ad pres. regiiwe. JJfg.
Ailrner, ep'i Lond.
1598, 7 Jul. Tho. Ravis, S.T. P. decan. iEdis
Xti, Oxon. ad eccl. de Jslip, per resign. Hug.
LIuide presbiteri, LL.D. ad pres. Gabrieli Good-
man, S.T. P. decan. Westm. et capituli. Reg.
Wliitgift, ar'epi Cant.
Rob. Tyghe, ST.B. ad eccl. Omn. Sanctorum
'Barking 22 Mali 1598, per resign. Tho. Ravis.
Heg. Grindal.
' lb. in Fr. Godwin int. ep. Gloc.
* Cambilen in Annal li.Jnc. 1. sub. .in. 1607.
' In Jo. Si.ow's Survey of London, printed l633. and in
W. Diigdale's //!f/»rv of & Paul's Callt. Ch.
Vol. If.
19 Octob. 1598, Commissio ad admiltcnd.
Tho. Ravis presbitcrum, S.T. P. ad eccl. de Wit-
tcnham Abbalis com. Bark. Sarum dioc. vac. per
resign. Caroli Sonibanke ad pres. Edmundi
Dunche armig. Reg. WhitgiJ't, 3. Ken net.
Willis tells us,< that whilst Ravis sat bishop of
Gloucester, he w as a great benefactor to his epis-
copal palaces, and the vineyard-house near Glou-
cester city, which his two married predecessors
(Bullingham and Goldsborongh) had very much
neglected. Into his palace of Gloucester he made
several conduits to bring in water, and paved it
throughout, aiid built much of it anew, and spent
a great deal there in hospitality, which occasioned
his translation to London to be very much la»
men ted.]
JOHN LINCH, son of James Linch, was
born at Galloway in Ireland, and educated in
New inn, as it seems, witli Will. Laly his coun-
tryman, (afterwards archb. of Tuam) look the
degree of bach, of decrees in Apr. 1555, and soon
after going into his own country, had several be-
nefices bestowed on him. At length by the fa-
vour of Q. Eliz. he was promoted to the bishop-
rick of Elphine, an. 1584; which place he keeping
about 27 years, resigned ' it 19 Aug. I6II, .and
dying soon after, was buried in the cli. of S. Ni-
cholas in Galloway. In the said see succeeded
one Edvv. King, a Huntingdonshire man born,
doct. of div. of the university of Dublin, who
•was consecrated thereunto in Dec. 161I. See
another Joh. Linch in the Fasti, I6I8, amoag
the incoi-porations. ■
GILES TOMSON, a Londoner born, was en-
tred an exhibitioner of University college in 157J,
took the degrees in arts, and in 1580 was elected
fellow of All Souls college. In 1586 he was one pf
the proctors of the university, and about that time
divinity reader of Magdalen college, ^^'hen he
was a junior, he gave ''a great hope and good
presage of his future excellency, having a rare
gift ex tempore in all his school exercises, and
such a hiippy wit to make use of all occurrences
to his purpose, as if he had not taken the occa-
sions, as they fell put by accident, but rather
bespoken such pretty accidents to fall out to give
him the occjisions.' Afterwards he was cliaijlain
to the queen, [prebendary of Rcpington *] residen-
tiary of Hereford, rector of Pembridge in Here-
fordshire, was installed dean of Windsor, 2 March
1602, being then doctor of divinity, scribe or
registrary of the most noble order of the Garter,
♦ [Cathcdrah, 723.]
' Jac. Warsus in Com. de Prasul. Hilrrn. edit. \GQb.
p. 260.
' Brief View of the Stale of the Church of England, Sec.
p. 152.
' [AH this belonscs to the character of liis immediate pre-
decessor, bishop Parry. V. my copy of the Brief J\iw.
LOVEDAY.]
» [Tanner.]
Si - ' -
Milt.
851
DEANE.
USHER.
COTTON.
852
and a most eminent preacher. At length being
nominated and elected bishop of Glocester " was
" consecrated 9 June, and" had restitution of the
temporalities belonging to it made to him « on
27 June l6ll, with liberty then allowed to him to
keep his deanery in commendani for one year
"and no longer.' He departed this mortal life, to
the 2;reat grief of all that knew the piety and
learnmg ot the man (after he had taken a great
deal of pains, at the command of king James I,
l722] in translating The four Gospels, Jets of the
jlpostles and Apocalyps) on the 14th of June in
16'2. si.Kteen hundred and twelve : whereupon his
body was buried in Br.iy's chappel on the South
side of that of S. George at Windsor, and had
, soon after a monument put over him, with his
. bust to the middle, and this inscription under it.
Individual Trinitati per omnia saecula, sit gloria
per quam fui, sum, ero. Hie situs est iEgidius
Tomson hujus capellae quondam decanus, cujus
mens sincera, lingua docta, manus munda fuit.
Londini natus, educatus Oxoniae in collegio Om-
nium Animarum. Bonorum, indigentium, eru-
ditorum amantissimus semper vixit, cuJus corpus
quamvis mortalitas terrai subjecit, illius tamen
animam pietascoelis inseruit. Hunc virum mori-
bus, gravem, prudentia insignem, pietate sum-
mum, base regia capella per annos decern deca-
num habuit. lude a serenissimo rege Jacobo in
episcopatum Glouc. cominendatum, mors intem-
, pestiva (anno dccurso) prasulem rapuit. Obiit
_' 14 Junii An. Dom. 1612. aetat. 59.
[Egidius Thompson electus fuit per decan. et
capit. die Veneris XV° Martij,anno Domini 1610:
consecratus fuit apud Lariibeth IX" Junij, l6ll :
installatus fuit die Jovis.
Egid. Thompson ep'us Glouc. qui nunquam
advenit Glouc. post electionem suam, ab hac luce
migravit apud Windsor IX° Junij, l6l2. Liber
Ordinationum et Institiitionum in Diocesi Glou-
cest. ab Stepk. Brice, Notario Publico. MS. in
bibl. Bodl .inter cod. Rawl. fol. 3 b, et 4.]
RICHARD DEANE, son of Gilb. Deane of
Saltonstall in Yorkshire (by Elizabeth his wife,
daughter of Edm. Jennings ofSyelsden in Craven)
was born at Saltonstall, and after he had been
educated in grammaticals in his own country,
became a student in Merton college 1587, aged
17 years: where continuing about five years in
the quality, as it seems, of a portionist, retired to
S. Alban's hall, and, as a member of that house,
took the degree of bachelor of arts, in October
1592, and that of master three years after; which
was the highest degree he took in this university.
Afterwards he tauglit school at Caermarthen in
Wales, (as a note that came thence, which I
9 Pat. 9 Jac. 1. p. 2!.
' [But he was to hold bis rectory of Pembridge, prebend
and residentiaiyship as Jong gs Jie coDtinued bUliop. Tan-
ItKR.]
have seen, reports, tho' I hardly believe it) was
made dean ot Kilkenny in Ireland, and at length
bishop of Ossory there, about the latter end of
the year IfiOQ. He yielded up his last breath on
the 20th of Feb. in ' sixteen hundred and twelve,
and was buried near to the bishop's chair in the
church at Kilkenny. In the said see of Ossory
succeeded Jonas Wheeler, another Oxford stu-
dent, whom I shall at large mention among
these bishops, under the year 1640.
HENRY USHER, a Dublin man born, wa»
educated in the universitv of Cambridge till he
was bachelor of arts, and some time after. ^ In
the beginning of the year 1572 he went to Oxon,
settled in University college, was incorporated in
the same degree in the beginning ot July the
same year, and in few days after was licensed
to proceed in arts. Which degree being com-
plcated by standing m the act, he made some
continuance here, studied the theological faculty,
and laid a sure foundation therein by the helps of
divers noted men, then in the university ; among
whom doctor Humphrey and doctor Holland were
two. Afterwards he retired to his native coun-
try, became archdeacon of Dublin, and at length
archbishop of Armagh, and so consequently pri-
mate of all Ireland. To which see bieing conse-
crated in August 1595, sate there till the time of
his death in great honour and repute, among all
Protestants in that country. He died at Termon-
Fechan on the ♦second day of April in sixteen
hundred and thirteen, and was buried in S.
Peter's church- at Drogheda, commonly called
Tredagh. In the see of Armagh succeeded doc-
tor Christopher Hampton, and him doctor James
Usher, nephew to Henry before-mention'd, whom
I shall mention in the Fasti under the year
1626.
HENRY COTTON, a younger son of sir
Richard Cotton, knight, one of the privy-council
to king EtUvard 6. was born in Hampshire, edu-
cated in the free school at Guildford, became a
commoner of Magd. college in 1566 or there-
abouts, took the degrees in arts, that of master
being compleatod in 1571, holy orders, and about
that time a wife ; by whom afterwards he had '
nineteen children. In 1586, he being then pre-
bendary of Winchester, and well beneficed, sup-
plicated to be admitted to the reading of the sen-
tences, but whether he was really admitted, it
appears not. On the 12th of Nov. 1598, he was*
consecrated bishop of Salisbury, and in the year
' Ibid, in War. p. Ufl.
' [Henr. Usher coll. Magd. admissus in matriculam acad.
Cantabr. Mail 2, 16(J7. Hen. Usher coll. Magd. A.B. An.
1569-70. Baker.]
♦ Ihid in War. p. 28.
5 Sir Job. Harrington in hh Britf Fiew of the Slat* ofti*
Church of England, p. 96.
* Godwin, int. ep. Salisbury.
16I8..
1619.
[7231
S53
BILSON.
ROWLANDS.
854
tCis.
I
following was actually created doctor of divinity
by certain doctoi-s deputed for that purpose, who
went to him, then (I think) at Salisbury. He was
fodson to queen Elizabeth while she was lady
liizabeth, who, as it is ' reported, usually said that
' she had blessed many of her godsons, but now
this godson should bless her :' — He gave way to fate
on the seventh day of May in sixteen hundred
and fifteen, and was buried in the cath. church of
Salisbury, near to the body of his sometimes wife.
In the said see succeeded Dr. Robert Abbot,
■whom I have mention'd before among -the writers
■under the year l6l7.'
THOMAS BILSON, sometimes fellow of
TJew college, was consecrated bishop of Worces-
ter in 1396', translated thence to Winchester in
the j'ear following, and concluded his last day in
ioio. sixteen hundred and sixteen ; under which year
you may see more of him among the writers.
[Col. 170.] In Worcester succeeded Gervase
Babington of Cambridge, of whom I have made
mention in Will. Bradbridge among these bishops,
An. 1578, [Col. 8 16.] and in Winchester succeeded
Dr. James Mountague, sixth son of sir Edw.
Mountague of Boughton in Northamptonshire,
knight, who was translated thereunto from Bath
and Wells, 4 Octob. 16 16. This worthy person
<lied on the twentieth ' day of July 16 18, aged
.50, and was buried 20 Aug. following on the
north side of the body of the church dedicated to
S. Peter and S. Paul within the city of Bath.
Over his grave was soon after a high altar-monu-
nient erected between two pillars of the said
church, with the proportion of the defunct painted
to the life lying thereon, by his brethren sir Edw.
Mountague of Boughton, sir Hen. Montague lord
chief justice of the King's Bench, sir Charles
Montague his executor, and sir Sidney Monta-
gue master of the Requests, knights: all which
were lineally descended from the earls of Salis-
bury. The said Dr. Jam. Mountague was edu-
cated in the university of Cambridge, was master
of Sidney college and there noted for his piety,
virtue and learning. Afterwards he was made
■dean of the royal cliappel, then bishop of Bath,
afterwards of V\'inchester, (as 'tis before told you)
and for his faithfulness, dexterit\' and prudence in
weighty affairs the king chose him to be one of
liis privy-council. By his last will and testament,
he made choice of the said antient church for the
place of his sepulture ; which, among many other
monuments ot piety, he repaired to his great
charge.' When king James came first to the
' By sir Jo. Harr. ut sup. p. 93. alias 95.
' {See col. i;24.]
' bo it is on his monument in the church of S. Peter and
S. Paul, at Bath.
' [Reverendissimus hie episcopus in hoc temple antiquis-
gimo, quod inter alia multa cgregia pietatis moniimenta maxi-
Diis impeneis inslauravit, corpus deponi jussit donee Christa
r^deiBptori videtutur. Hum cum justis ad interminatam vi-
crown he was made dean of his chappel, as before
'tis told you ; which place he held not oidy when
he was bishop of Bath and Wells, but of Win-
chester also : and being a great stickler in the
quarrels at Cambridge, and a great master in the
art of insinuation, had cunningly (as one * ob-
serves) fashioned king James unto certain Calvi-
nian opinions ; to which the king's education in
the kirk of Scotland had before inclined him. So
that it was no very hard matter for him (having
an archbishop also of his own persuasion) to make
use of the king's authority for recommending the
nine articles to the church of Ireland, which he
found would not be admitted iu the church of
England.
HENRY ROWLANDS was born in the pa-
rish of Mellteyrn in Lyn in Caernarvonshire, edu-
cated in the school at Penlech, was admitted a
student in the university about 15G9, took the
degrees in arts as a member of New college, that [724]
of master being compleated in 1577, and soon
after became rector of Launton near Bister alias
Burchester in Oxfordshire.' In 1598, Nov. 12,
he was consecrated * bishop of Bangor, being
then bachelor of divinity, and in 1605 he was
actually created doctor of that faculty. He be-
stowed on his cathedral church four bells, instead
of those that were sold away by Arthur Bulklej
his predecessor, and in I609 he ^ gave lands to
Jesus college for the maintenance of two scholars
or fellows there. At length, after he had be-
stowed much money on pious uses, had spent all
his time in celibacy, and had govern'd his church
tarn quam in terris semper anhelavit cxcitare EdvardHs Mon-
tacutus de Boughton, Henricus Montacutus capitalis in
Banco Regio justitiarius, Carolus Montacutus testament! cu-
rator, et Sidneius Montacutus a supplicum libellis, e<^uites
aurati, fratri optime-raerito cum lachrymis posuerunt.
Memorise Sacrum.
PlETATE VIRTUTE ET DOCTRINA INS{RNIS JaCOBUS
Montacutus Edvardi Montacuti de Bouchtoii
IN CO.MITATU fJoR THAMPTONI^ EgUITIS AURATI A
Sar. COMITIBUS DEDUCTA PROPAGINE FILIUS gUIN-
TO-GENITUS A S APIEN TISSIMO JaCOBO REGE SACELL©
REGIO DECANUS, PROPOSITUS AD EPI5C0PATUM Ba-
thoniensem promotus et deinde ad Wintcnien-
SEM OB SPECTATAM IN MAXIMIS KEGOTIIS FIDEM
DEXTERITATEM et PRUDENTIAM in SANCTIUS CON-
CILIUM ADSCITUS REGIgUE CUI CHARISSIMUS ERAT
IN AULA ASSIDUUS IN MEDIO ACTUOS« VIT/E CURSU
guAM Deo ecclesia; et patri^. devoverat ad
^.TERNAM VITAM E VOC ATUS 20 JULIl ANNO DOMINI
I6I8, .^TaTIS 60. Guidotl's Discotirse of Bathe, 8vo.
J 676, page 90. Bodl. 8vo. B. 46. Med.]
* Pet. Heylin iu his OLseivations on the History of the
Reign of King Charles, published by Ham. L'Estrang^—
printed l656. oct. p. 77.
2 [1581, 28 Sept. Hen. Rowland, A. M. ad eccl. de Lang-
ton, tlioc. Oxon. ad pres. Joh. e'pi London. Rrg. Gnndalt,
a're'pi Cant.
12 Novemb. l600, Nathaniel Harrys p'b'r in Icgibus bacc.
ad cccl. de Langton dioc. Oxon. per promnt Hen. Rowland ad
e'patum Bnngor. ad praes. retinae. Reg. Whitgijl. KbnnbT.J
♦ lb. in Godwin int. ep. Bang.
« Vide Hist. & Antiq, Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 3l6. b.
3 I 3
ii55
ROWLANDS.
856
1616.
and diocese with great comniendriions, surren-
dered up liis pious soul to God 30 ' June, in six-
teen liuiidred and sixteen, and was buried in the
choir of the caihednii church at Bangor, among
the sepulchres of the bishops. By his last will'
and testument, he bequeathed moneys for the
erection of u school at Mellteyrn, or Bottunog,
where he was born and christned. In the see of
Bangor succeeded Lewis Bayly, whom I have
mentioned at large among the writers under the
year 16J2.'
[Henry Rowlands who was the son of Rolant
np Robert, of Alellteyrn, esq; and of Elizabeth
the daughter of Griftith ap Robert Vaughan, esq;
was ordained deacon in the cathedral of Bangor,
on Sunday the 14th of Sept. by bp. Robinson,
and instituted to the rectory of Mellteyrn (the
place of his birth) the next day 1572. He was a
student in St. Mai-y hall in Oxon. in 1574, as
appears by a testimonial!, produced by his father
at the visitation, to excuse his absence, bearing
date the 28th of May that jear. He resigned up
Mellteyrn, and another is instituted into it. Mar.
COth 1581. He is instituted to the rectory of
Aberdaron Sept. 30th 1588, prebend of Pen-
mynydd, Aug. 4, 1584. And lastly, he is insti-
tuted to the deanery Aug. 29, 1593. As to his
cousecration you are riglit, and he was installed
bp. at Bangor Jan. igtli^ 1598.
But as to his living all his life in celibacy, you
are in a great mistake. For he marryed while he
lived in England, and lived in marriage all the
time he was dean and bp. and he left behind him
a relict called Frances. I conceive she was of
Glocestershire, and her name Hutchins. For
in his will he leaves 6 lib. per an. for 2 poor boys,
to be educated in Bangor school, by the name of
Hutchins' scholars, in memory of his wife's bro-
ther, one Mr. Hutchins a Glocestershire gentle-
man. He left by his will 40 tih. per an. for the
maintenance of 6 old poor men in his hospital at
TBangor. He left also land, then worth 30 lib. per
an. for the maintenance of the school of Botwnoe
and the salary of the master, and a mortgage he
had upon some other lands in the parish of
Llandega for the maintenance of an usher. But
this last as to the usher niisearry'd, and came to
nothing.
Since I wrote this, T am told, that bp. Rowland
marry'd his wife at Lanton, and my author, who
is the bp's nephew and one of his heirs, tells me,
she was the widow of one Cotesford about Lan-
ton, and that he thinks her own virgin name was
Frances Pope ; and that she was an Oxfordshire
woman: but he in his will calls her brother Mr.
Hutchins a Glocestershire gentleman. We have
a story here, that when the bp. was making his
• Camlxlen in Jnnal. R. Jac. 1. MS. sub an. I616.
' Inoffic. prjErog.Cant. iniffg. Cope, parts. 6 J 9.
' [Col. 625.]
will, and leaving great legacies to his relations
and to publiek charities, and nothing to her, but
the share which the law gives, and that by the
custome is half and the thirds of his lands, she
asked him when you give all thus ateay, what will
you leave me'^ He replyed, lame I found the, and
lame I leave the. But for all that jest, her legat
share came to a great estate. He was a most
excellent good man, very charitable and con-
scientious, and much more carefull of his see and
successors than any that ever sat here, for ought
that appears.
He dyed at Bangor July 6th, I616, and was
buryed before the high altar, in the choir there.
On his grave was afterwards a stone laid, and a
piece of brass with this epitaph :
D. O. M.
Piae memorise Viri vere Reverendi
Henrici Rowlands, nnpcr
episcopi Bangor, qui obiit
6° Julii A" Doin; I616, et
iEtatis su.T 65°
S. CI. P.
Artes Oxonium, Langana' cui dedit ortum,
Bangor prassulium, eonditurhoc tumulo,
Abscissum deflent caput vxor, elerus, amici
O ! ter flenda dies, O ! capitale malum !
Bp. Humphr. Lloyd is buried in the same
grave.
But besides this on his grave, there was a very
fine monument erected by him in his life time (011
the North wall, over against the place he was
afterward buried) to him and his predecessor and
kinsman bp. Vaughan, with both their effigies in
playster of Paris, and a large inscription on black
marble between both. The effigies were decol-
lated, and mangled by the rebel! soldiers in the
year 1650. The trunks are still left, and the
inscription very cleare and perfect which is
thus :
PiiE Memoriae duorum episcoporum, in hac
eccicsia proxime succedcntiiim, qui fuerunt
contigue nati, coaetanei, sibi invicem chari,
condiscipuli et consanguinei, ex illiistri fami-
Ija Vachanoruni tie Talheiibout in Hnionith.
Prior filius Thomas ap Robert Vachan gen. de niffrin
in Llyn, qui sedem lianc per bicnnium tfnuit de-
lude Ccstrcnsem per septeni annos, postea Loiidinen-
sem ptrtriennium, ubi vilani mensis Martii
ultimo, anno Domini lfi07, immatura morte commutavrt.
Cujus virtus post funera \ivit. Posterior Henricus,
filiusRolandi ap Robert, armi^jeri, de Mellteyrn in
Llyn, ex Elizabetlia, filia Griltini ap Robert Vachan,
armigeri, de Talhenbout, qui annum consecrationia
suae jam agit decimum ootavum, multosque agat
feliciter ad honorem Dti et Evangelii propagaiit)-
neni. Muiiio amore alter utrisqne hoc struxit mo-
numcntum, Mense Maii anno Doniini 1()1().
Orimur vicissim morimur.
Qui non praecesserunt, sequuntur.
Humphreys.]
857
ROBINSON.
TARUY.
858
HENRY ROBINSON was born within tlie
' city of Carlisle in Cumberland, became a poor
serving child of Queen's college about tiie year
1568, afterwards tabarder, and at length fellow,
being then esteemed an excellent disputant and
preacher. In 1581, he was unanimously elected
provost of his college; whicii office he enjoying
about 18 years, restored it in that time, and made
it flourish, after it had continued many years but
in a mean condition, occasional by the negli-
gence of former governors. In 1590 he proceed-
ed in divinity, and in 98 being nominated and
elected to the see of Carlisle, was consecrated
thereunto by John bishop of London, Job. bishop
of Rochester, and Anthony bishop of Chichester,
on the 23 of July in the same year. He was a per-
son of great gravity and temperance, and very
mild in his speech, yet, as one ' observeth, not of
so strong a constitution of body as his counte-
nance did promise. He paid his last debt to
1616. nature on the 13th of the calends of July in six-
teen hundred and sixteen, aged 63 years or more,
I. and was buried on the north side of the high
altar in the cathedral church of Carlisle. Soon
after was a brass plate set upon the wall over liis
grave, by the care and charge of Bernard Robin-
son his brother and heir, with an inscription and
verses thereon, running almost word for word, or
at least in sense, with that inscription on a brass
plate also, fastned to the South wall near to the
altar in Queen's college chappel in Oxon, a copy
of which you may see in Hist. 6( Antiq. Univ.
Oxon. lib. 2. p. 124 a. b. In which book p. 1 16.
b. you may also see something of his benefaction
to the said college. In the see of Carlisle suc-
ceeded one Dr. Rob. Snoden or Snowden of
Cambridge, (prebendary of Southwell) third son
of Ralph Snoden of Mansfield Woodhouse in
Nottinghamshire; the temporalities of which see
were given to ' him 20 Dec. I616. He died at
London while the parliament was sitting in the
latter end of May lt>21, leaving behind him a son
named Rutland Snoden of Horncastle in Lin-
colnshire, (who was afterwards a justice of the
peace) begotten on the body of his wife Abigail,
daughter of Rob. Orme of Elston in Notting-
hamshire. After him followed in the said see of
Carlisle Rich. Milbourne bishop of S. David's,
descended from those of his name in Pembroke-
shire, but born in London, (his mother being
occasionally there at the delivery of him,) edu-
cated in grammar learning in Wykeham's school
near ^\ inchoster, and from thence was sent to
Queen's college in Cambridge, where he conti-
nued several years. Afterwards he became mini-
ster of Sevenoke in Kent, chaplain to prince
[725] Hen. * chauntor of S. David's cath. church,
' Author of the Brief J-lew, &c. before-mentioned, p. 208.
. ' Pat. 14 Jac. 1. p. 30.
' [Ur. Milbourne was one of the prince's favourite chap,
tains. He one (lay remarked titat when the (lean ofRochet-
and dean of Itoclicstcr, as I shall elsewhere tell
you. At lengtli he being made bishop. of St.
David's, was, after he had sate there about six
years, translated to Carlisle, where he continued
till 1624; in which year dying, lie left monies,
as 'tis said, for the endowing of a school, and •
monies for the building of an hospital. He hath
a sermon in print Concerning the Impoaition of
Hands, preached, while he was minister of Se-
venoke, at the archbishop's metropolitical visita-
tion, the 7thof Seutember 16«7, on 1 Tim. 5. 22.
printed in oct. I'o him succeeded in the said
see of Carlisle, Richard Senhouse dean of Glou-
cester, who was first admitted a student in Trinity
college in Cambridge, and afterwards was re-
moved to that of St. John's, of which he was
made fellow, and continuing there many years,
took the degree of doctor ol divinity, as a mem-
ber thereof, about 1622. He was first chaplain,
as 'tis said, in the carl of Bedford's family, after-
wards chaplain to prince Charles, and at length to
king James the first, who advanced him to a
deanery, ' and afterwards to the said see of Car-
lisle, for his transcendant parts and admirable
gifts in preaching. He hath extant Four Hermons
preached at Court, and left behind him at his
death Lectures on the Jirst and second Psa/ms;
which are not, as I conceive, made yet public.
[There is a portrait of Robinson kneeling, with
a candle in his right hand, and various emblema-
tical figures, which has been engraved (1 think at
the expense of Mr. Rowe-Mores) from his moiui-
ment in Queen's coU. chapel. See Granger, ,
Biog. Hist, of England, i. 350.]
HENRY PARRY, or ap Harry, some-
times fellow (jf Corpus Christi college, was conse-
crated bishop of Gloucester the 12th of July
1607, translated thence to Worcester in the latter
end of September I610, the temporalities of which
see were " restored to him the 23d of October the
same year. He yielded to nature in sixteen hun- iQiG.
dred and sixteen ; under which year you may see
more of him among the writers. [Col. 192.] He
was succeeded in Gloucester by doctor Giles
Tomson, and in Worcester by doctor John Thorn-
borough. Of the first I have made mention
already among the bishops, and of the other I
shall speak in another volume of this work, under
the year lC41.
ter, and others like him, at their first entry into the pulpit,
looked him in the face, their countenance seemed to say to
him ; Sir, you must hear me diligently ; you must have a
care to observe what 1 say. Cornwallis's LtJ'e of P. Henry,
^ [llicardus Senhouse presb. admiss. ad vie. de Bamsted ad
turrim com. Essex 2f> RIar. 1606, per mort. Ropinaldi
Baynbrigg, ad pres. Jacobi 1. regis. Reg. Bancroft, ep'i
Land.
Filius Ricardi Setdiouse de Alttborough hall, com. Cuis-
berland. Kennet.]
♦ Pat. 8 Jac. ]. p. i2.
859
JAMES.
LYON.
ABBOT.
BOYLE.
860
1617.
t6l7.
[726]
1617-18.
WILLIAM JAMES, sometimes a student of
Ch. Ch. became bishop of Durham in 1606, and
died in sixteen hundred and seventeen ; under
which year you may see more of him amon^ the
writers. [Col. 203.] After his death, Rich.
Neiie bishop of Lincohi was translated to Dur-
ham, and thence to Winchester, as I shall else-
where tell you.
WILLIAM LYON, a Cheshire man born, was
partly educated in this university, but whether in
Oriel or St. John's college, where several of his
sirname and time have studied, I cannot tell.
Afterwards he went into Ireland, became vicar of
Naas and chaplain to Arthur lord Grey of Wil-
ton, lord lieutenant of that country, who promo-
ting him to the episcopal see of Ross, he was
consecrated thereunto ^ in the year 1582, and the
year following was constituted commendatory of
Cork and Cioyne by the favour of queen Eliza-
beth. He bestowed a thousand pounds in
building the bishop's house at Cork, and other
monies in repairing the bishop's house at Ross,
which three years after was burnt by the rebel
O-Donow. This William Lyon died in a good
old age on the fourth of October in sixteen hun-
dred and seventeen, and was buried in the cathe-
dral church of Cork, leaving then behind him a
son of both his names, who in the 17th year of
his age, 16 10, became a commoner, or else gen-
tleman commoner of St. John's college in this
university. In the said sees of Ross, Cork, and
Cioyne, succeeded Dr. John Boyle, whom I shall
anon mention.
ROBERT ABBOT, master of Baliol college,
was consecrated bishop of Salisbury on the third
of December 1615, to the great joy of all scho-
lars, especially such who knew the learning and
piety of the man. He concluded his last day in
the latter end of sixteen hundred and seventeen ;
under which year you may see more of him
among the writers. [Col. 224.] In the said see
of Salisbury succeeded Dr. Martin Fotherby son
of Maurice Fotherby, of the ancient and genteel
family of his name living at Grimsby in Lincoln-
shire ; which Martin having been bred fellow of
Trinity college in Cambridge, was, after be had
been prebendary of Canterbury 22 years, conse-
crated at Lambeth on the 18th of April 16 18.
He surrendred up his last breath on the eleventh
day of March, An. 1619, and was buried in All-
saints church in Lombard street within the city of
London. ' Soon after was a very fair monument
' Jao. War. ut sup. p, 224.
* [Martiims Fotherby S. T. B. Johannis Cant, ar'ep'i
nepos, et ejusdeni capellanus, anno l.'jgs, ad canoiiicatum
Cant, ab eodcm admissus est, 1596, 30 Jul. — ad rectoriam de
Cliurlham ab eodem collatus ISgf), 10 Jan. — Idem rectoriam
de Adisham siinul tenuit, donee ad episcopatum Sarum.
prorootm fuit. IVharfmi Collect. MS. V. 75.
Marlia Fotherby 3. T. B. admiss. ad eccl. B. Marise-le-
erected over his grave, with a large inscription
thereon, but destroyed by the great fire that hap-
pened in London in the beginning of September
1666. He hath extant at least four sermons, be-
sides his Atheomastix, which being put into the
press before his death, was not published till
1622. fol. After him succeeded in the said see,
doctor Robert Tounson, or Tonson, dean of
Westminster, sometimes fellow of Queen's col-
lege in Cambridge, ' who was consecrated there-
unto on the 9th of July 1620. See more in the
FASTI, among the incorporations under the year
1599.
JOHN BOYLE, a Kentish man bom, and
brother to Rich. Boj'le the first earl of Cork in
Ireland, received some education with us, but
whether D. of div. of this univ. as one ' reports,
it appears not in in the public registers. He was
consecrated B. of Cork before-mentioned in I6I8,
at which time liberty was allowed him to keep
the see of Ross in commendam. He died in
sixteen hundred and twenty, and was buried at
Youghall, of which place his brother before-
mentioned was baron. In the said see of Cork
and Ross succeeded Rich. Boyle dean of Wa-
terford, and archd. of Limerick, brother to Michael
Boyle B. of Waterford and Lismore, which
Richard kept the see also of Cioyne in com-
mendam witn the two former.
[1610, 24 Dec. Joh. Boyle S. T. B. admiss. ad
eccl. de Stanmer com. Middlesex ad pres. Joh'is
Wolstenholm civ. London generosi. Reg- Ban-
croft ep'i Land.
1618, 16 Nov. Hen. Rainsford S. T. B. admiss.
ad eccl. de Stanmore mag. per promotionem
Joh. Boyle S. T. P. ad pres. regis. lb.
Abraham Spencer A. M. admiss. ad rect. de
Bow, Lend, go Junii 13g4, quam resign, ante 17 Jan. 1595.
Ree. jriiilgift.
Martinus Fotherbie D. D. nominated fellow of Chelsy
college in the charter of foundation. May 8. 11)10.
The right reverend father In God Martyne Fotherby doc-
tor in divin. and bish. of Salisbury departed this mortall
life the 11th daye of Marche 1619, and is buryed in the
parishe churche of Alhallowes in Lumbard street. He mar-
ried Margrett daughter of Joh. Winter one of the prebends of
the cathedral churche of Christe in Canterbury, by whom he
had issue 5 sonnes and 4 daughters. Martyne eldest sonne
dyed young; John 2d son dyed younge ; Charles 3d son and
heir now lyving aged I7 years or thereabouts, at the tyme of
his father's death; Thomas 4th sonne now lyvinge aged II
yeares or thereabouts; Richard 5lh sonne dyed younge:
Cecilia eldest daughter unmarried aged 1<) yeares or there-
abouts ; Mary 2d daughter, married to Mr. John Boys son
and belr of Mr. Thomas Boyse of St. Gregories near Canter-
bury esq*^; Mary 3d daughter dyed younsre; Elizabeth 4th
daughter now lyvinge aged (i yeares or thereabouts. MS,
Note in Herald's Office. Kennet ]
' [Robertas Tounson Cantabrigiens. admissus sizator coll.
Regin. Cant. Dec. 28, 1587. Reg. Reein. Rob. Tounson
Cantabr. admissus socius coll. Regin. bept. 2, 1597. Rtg.
ibid. Baker.]
« Idem Jac. War. p. 813, S24,
I6{«,
I
»
861
KING.
SEARCH FIELD.
PARRY.
lilSIlOP
8(i2
Idlestree com. Hartf. 25 Nov. 16I8, per promot.
Joh'is Boyle ad ep'atuni Corke. lb. Kennet.
Boyle was picl)endary of Bishops-hill in the
church of Litchfield, Feb. 7, 1610.9 to which he
was presented when bac. of theol. by lord chan-
cellor Egerton.']
' JOHN KING, sometimes a student of Ch. Ch.
afterwards dean of that house, was consecrated
bishop of London in I6II, and died in sixteen
1691. hundred twenty and one; under which year you
' may see more of him among the writers. [Col.
2y4.] To him succeeded Dr. George Moun-
taigne bishop almoner, sometimes dean of West-
minster, who was translated from Lincoln to Lon-
don 20 July 1621.
ROWLAND SEARCHFIELD, a Londoner
born, was educated in grammar learning in
Merchant-Taylor's school, admitted scholar of
S. John's coll. in 1582, aged 17 years or there-
abouts : Afterwards he was made fellow of that
house, proctor of the university, doct. of div. and
successively vicar of Emley in Northampton-
shire,* rector of Bowthorp' in Gloucestershire,
vicar of Cherlbury in, and justice of the peace of,
Oxfordshire. He was consecrated B. of Bristol
9 May I619, upon the translation of Dr. Nich.
Felton to Ely ; which was made 14 March I6I8.
The said Dr. Searchfield died on the eleventh of
J628. Oct. in sixteen hundred twenty and two, and was
buried near to the communion table at the upper
end of the choir of the cath. ch. of Bristol, leaving
then one son or more behind him, begotten on
the body of his wife, Mrs. Anne Huchenson of
Rewley near Oxon. Over his grave was a stone
soon after laid, with an epitaph thereon, but
removed thence by Dr. Rich. Thompson dean of
that church when lie raised the communion
tabic. ^ In the said see of Bristol succeeded Dr.
Rob. Wright, tho' one Kevercher (as he is called)
tug'd hard for it.
RICHARD PARRY, son and heir of Joh.
Parry, was born at Ruthyn in Denbighshire, edu-
cated in Westminster school under Cambden for
some time, elected student of Ch. Ch. in 1579,
aged 19 years, took the degrees in arts, holy
orders, and became schoolmaster, as 'tis said, of
1*27] Ruthyn before-mentioned. In 1598 he pro-
s' [Willis, Cathedrals, 427.]
' fTANNER.]
' [igJan. I()00, Rowland Searchfield presb S.T. R. ad
Ticariarn de Emley, per mort. Hen. VV'alden, ad pres. prcsid.
et scolar. collegii S. Joh. Bapt. Oxon. Heg. IFIutgift.
Kennet.]
^ [It should be Burthorp, which he held in commendam.
Tannek.]
* [His memory, with that of other persons whose monu-
ments were removed, is preserved by an inscription on the
IMorth wall of the cathedral: ' In remembrance of Rowland
rSearchfield, S. T. B. Bishop of this See, who departed this
Jife, Oct. il, A.D. )(J22."]
ceeded D. 1). and whether he was before that
time dean of Bangor, I cannot tell. Sure it is,
that that dignity was enjoyed by one Rowland
Thomas, who died in 1588. Afterwards when
K. Jam. I. wlio hud an especial respect for his
learning, came to the English crown, he soon
after promoted him to the see of S. Asaph.
To which being consecrated * on 30 Dec. 1604,
he received * the temporalities belonging there-
unto on 5 Jan. following. He ended nis days at
Diesert, commonly called Dyssart in Flintshire,
on the 2()th of Sept. in sixteen hundred twenty 1623.
and three, and was buried in the cath. ch. of S.
Asaph. The year before he died he left a pension
of 6/. per an. to Jesus coll. for the maintenance of
a poor scholar born in the town of Ruthyn, or in
the diocese of S. Asaph, to be paid by his son
Richard and his heirs for ever. See more in
Hist. Sf Antia. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 317. a. He
assisted Dr.Will. Morgan B. of Landail'in trans-
lating the BIBLE into Welsh, and after his death
had a Lat. Sermon ad Clenim, on Rev. 3. ver. 4.
printed under his name, 1628, in oct.
[Bp. Parry with the assistance rather of Dr.
Davies, together reviewed and corrected, rather
bp. Morgan's translation, according to the origi-
nals, ana new publisht it, anno 1620, with an
epistle dedicatory to K. James, wherein he tells
him he had retained some of the former transla-
tion, and translated it anew in other places,
adeo ut difficile dictii sit, uum vetus an nova MoT'
gani an mea diceiida sit versiu. I'liis is the trans-
lation now used in Wales, and is one of the best
translations extant, and much better than the
English.
All that I find of bp. Parry in our registers,
is, that on the feast of St. Philip and Jacob 1584,
he being then A. B. he was ordained deacon iu
Bangor cathedrall by bp. Robinson, and that on
the 4th of May following he was instituted to the
comportion of Llanelidan (which is the endow-
ment of Ruthin school). That 1592, Dec. 24,
he was installed chancellor of the cathedrall
church of Bangor, being then B. D. which he
resigned up again Jan. 6, 1594. And 1599, Apr.
1 1, being then D. D. he was installed dean.
And in St. Asaph I only find, he was made vicar
of Grefford, before he was bishop, Jan. 1, 1592.
Humphreys.]
WILLIAM BISHOP, sometimes a member
of Gloucester hall,' as it seems, became bishop of
Clialcedon (titular only) about 1622, and died
in the beginning of the year sixteen hundred
twenty and four; under which year you may
see more of him among the writers. [Col. 356.]
In the said see he was succeeded by Dr. Rich.
' Fr. Godvv. lit. sup. int. ep. S. Asaph, ,
' Pat. 2 .lac. 1. p 31-
7 [One William Bishop coll. Trin. A. B. Cant. An. li,8*.
Reg. Acad. Baker.]
lGi'4.
S6S
SMITH.
864
Smitli another Oxford man by education, but
the year when I cannot tell. Of this Rich. Smith
I shall make large mention elsewhere.
MILES SMITH, sometimes a member of
Brazen-nose coll. afterwards a petty canon of
Ch.Ch. was consecrated B of Gloucester in 1612,
l6f4. and died in sixteen hundred twenty and four;
under which year you may see more of him among
the writers, [col. 359.]' In the said see of Glou-
cester succeeded Godfrey Goodman, born at
Euthen in Denbighshire in the first Gregorian
year, an. Dom. HSI: J,"'.^: between the hours of
one and two in the morning, being the son of
Godfr. Goodman, gent, (nephew to Dr. Gabr.
Goodman) by Jane Cruxton his wife, made cho-
rister, and after scholar, of Westminster under
Camden, an. 1592, scholar of Trin. coll. in Cam-
bridge in 1^600, parson of Stapleford-Abbats in
Essex 1607,' canon of Windsor, [Dec. 20.'] l6l7,
installed dean of Rochester in the place of Dr.
Rob. Scot deceased, 6 Jan. 1620, and at length was
made B. of Glouc. in 162.5, with leave to hold his
canonry of Windsor, and the rectory of West-
Ildesley in Berks, in commendani: About which
time maintaining several heterodox opinions in
his sermons at court, he was check'd for so doing
in 1626. In 1640 he dissented from the canons,
for which, after three admonitions pronounced by
archb. Laud in little more than half an hour, to
subscribe, be was to his great honour (as 'twas
esteemed by some) imprison'd, and thereupon ac-
counted a Papist. In certain writings which
sometimes belonged to archbishop Laud, I ftnd
these matters relating to Goodman.
' The synod was dissolved 29 May 1640, wherein
were 17 canons subscribed by the bishops, deans,
archdeacons, and doctors, to the number of 100
or 120. — The last business insisted on was of the
deprivation of Dr. Goodman bishop of Gloucester,
for refusing to subscribe to the said canons, which
had been done by all the bishops except him of
Glouc. and all the lower house of convocation. —
' [Milo ep' us Glouc. electus fuit in ep'um Glouc, per de-
can, et capituluni Glouc. xv" die Julij l6l2. Sieph. Brice,
Lil<. Ordinal, et Institut. in Dioc. Glouc. fol. 4. MS. in bibl.
Bodl.
He wns rector of Hartlebury and Upton on Severn, preben-
dary of the cath. of Hereford, and a prebendary of Exeter.
* He had leave,' says Tanner, (in a MS. note omitted by
accident al col. 361 ), ' to hold in commendam with his bi-
shoprick, his rcsidentiaryship and prebend of Hinton in the
church of Hereford, the rectories of Upton-on-Severn, and
Hartlebury, dioc. Wigorn, and the first portion of Ledbury,
called Ovcrhall.'
According to Willis (Cathedrals, Gloucester 724) he died
October 20, not in November as supposed. by Wood, in his
account of him as an Oxford writer J
' [Godefridus Goodman A. B adiniss. ad rect. de Staple-
ford Abbot 20 Dec. 1606, ad pres. regis, licg. Bancroft.
1620, 20 Jun. Caesar Calendrinus clericus admits, ad eccl.
de Staijleford com. Essex per resign. Godfridi Goodman,
S. T. P. ad pres. regis. Reg. London. Kennet.]
' [Kenmet.] ^
With much perswasions be was drawn to sub-
scribe, notwithstanding after his subscribing, for
his obstinate refusal at first, and the scandal of it,
be was by both houses with a general consent
suspended ab officio i; benejicio, till he had given
the king and church satisfaction. The archbishop,
upon his refusal to subscribe, told him, that he
must be either a Papist, a Socinian, or Puritan;
which he utterly denied, and said it was a matter
of another nature,' &.c.
After^vards the archbishop made an exhor-
tation to the clergy, wherein he exhorted them [728]
to carry themselves well both in life and doc-
trine : i\nd professed that all his sufferings were
for supporting them; and this he spake with a
great deal of passion. He protested before God
that the king was far from popery, that there was
no man in England more ready to be a martyr for
religion than his majesty. Bishop Goodman who
was first committed to a pursuevant,and afterwards
to the gatehouse, wrote a letter to archb. Laud and
told him he dissented from the canons, and eni-
tred an act in the 19th session to that purpose,
&c. In l64,S he the said Goodman was plunder'd,
spoil'd, rob'd, and utterly undone. His losses were
so extraordinary and excessive great, that he was
ashamed to confess them, lest they might seem
incredible, and lest others might condemn him of
folly and improvidence. About that time he
lived obscurely in S. Margaret's parish within the
city of Westminster, in the house of one Mrs.
Sibilla Eglionby, making frequent use of the Cot-
tonian libraiy, and the company of certain R.
priests ; whose persuasion he having taken up for
several years before, died at length in their belief
(Fr. K S. Clara his old acquaintance being then
with him) on the nineteenth day of Jan. 1655,
whereupon his body was buried near to the font
in S. Margaret's church; leaving then behind him
the character of a harmless man, that he was hurt-
ful to none but himself, that he was pitiful to the
poor, and hospitable to his neighbour. In his last
will and testament dated 17 Jan. and proved
16 Feb. 1655, I find these matters 3. 1 tlo pro-
fess that as I have lived, so I die most constant in
all the articles of our Christian faith, and in all
the doctrine of God's holy Catholic and Apostolic
church, whereof 1 do acknowledge the church of
Rome to be the mother church. And I do verily
believe that no other church hath any salvation
in it, but only so far as it concurs with the faith
of the church of Rome. — My body to be buried
in S. Marg. ch. in Westminster pear to the font,
in the meanest manner according to the deserts
of my sins. — Item, I give 20s. for the painting,
or otherwise, of the said font. — 1 give my tene-
' In offic. prserog. Cant, in Reg. Berkley part i. Qu. 65.
' [Some ]>erson has transcribed the whole of this will in
hish. Kennel's copy of the Alhence, but as the principal fea-
tures are already given, and it is of very great length, I haye
thought it excusable to omit it.]
865
SMITH.
866
ment in ^'ale, aiul llie two tenements in Caernar-
vonshire, Cordmaur, and Tudne, to the town of
Ruthyn in Denbighshire where I was born, &c.
The rent of the tenement in Yale he bequeathed
to several uses, and among the rest was 20 /. to
be given to some gentleman who should desire to
travel, and that he, together with good security,
should undertake within the eompass of two years
to live two months in Germany, two months in
Italy, two months in France, and two months in
Spain, and that his own kindred be chosen before
others for that purpose, &c. The books that he
designed for Cheisey college, he gave to Trin.
coll. in Cambridge; but with this condition, tiiat
if Cheisey coll. be ever restored, the books should
be restored thereunto. He gave Ifi/. to outed
and sequestred ministers of the loyal party, and
100/. to poor distressed churchmen (Rom. Ca-
tholics) according to the discretion of his execu-
tors Gabriel Goodnum and Mrs. Sib. Eglionby.
He desired also that his collection of notes be
perused by some scholar, and if any thing should
be found worthy of printing, that they be pub-
lished. Sec.'' h must be now known that in hate
♦ [Godfrey Goodman was instituted to llie rectory sine
cura of Llaiidysit com. Mongoniery Sept. 28. 1(J07. and to
the sine cure of Llanarmon in Yale July iJI. ifi'il. in which
later he was succeeded by I'eter du Mnulin .lun. 8. lf)2(j.
His two tenements in Carnarvonshire are Coed Mawr and
Ty'du in Llanbcris, tiotCorduiaur aud'I'udnc. Humphreys.
Godfrey Goodman coll. Trin. A.B. Cant. An. l(i03-4.
RcsisL Baker.
Bish. Goodman printed A lar^e Discourse concerning the
Trinily and Incarnation, Lond. 1()53, 4lo. in which he
stileth himself Godfree Goodman bish. late of Glocester. He
dedicates it to his excellence Oliver Cromwell lord general.
In the epistle he saith that alxjut 45 years since he had set out
a book proving tlie fail of man from paradise by natural rea-
son, and from thence proceeded to the other mysteries. Then
to exaniin the doctrine of the church, to which purpose he
had drawn up an ecclesiastical history, more particularly re-
lating to our own naiions, which from the year 1317 was
very large and distinct, making a great volume. That he
would forbear to print this during his life, fearing emy and
hatred, but would have care taken it should be published
after his death. This he did before the warrs began, when
he had 5 houses in England, all which were plundred and
his writings in them miscarried. Thta he thouglit the de-
fence of the orthodox faith did now chiefly belong to him,
having been these 10 years the antientest bishop in the pro-
vince. He petitions for a hearing of his cause, and for justice
to himself and the sequeslred clergy. There follows a 2'^
dedication to the master, fellows and scholars of Trinity coll.
Cantab, wherein he saith, that he was bred among them,
wisheth the) would change their study of scolastic, into a
more practical, philosophy, to which purpose he had given to
them all mathematical instruments, chymical rarities, herbals
&c., had he not been |)lundercd. He saith, it is now about
54 years since he was admitted into their college, that at that
lime no university in Xtendom was better governed. Nei-
ther can I conceive how it could be better govern'd, without
religious vowes. . . 1 am at this time in want; I would de-
sire of God no more to live upon, than what I have raised and
improved in church-rents. . . The gentlemen who were em-
pIoy*d for buying in impropriations (of which Mr. Pryn w;t3
a principal man) did tempt bishojK with bribes with no other
intent but to accuse them ; and to me in particular they sent
20 angels in the business of Cirencester, but ' had the grace
Vol. II.
and detestation of Socinianism, he did, in his
younger years, examine all the mysteries in reli-
gion, anti ail the miracles in scripture, how far
they agreed with natural reason, and wherein they
transcended, and thereupon did publish a book
entit. The I'all of Mau, or t/te Corruption of Na-
ture, proved bij iialurul Reason. Lond. ItiH), and
1634, qu. And then he untlcrtook to proceed in
the rest of the mysteries. Together with these he
drew up an history from the beginning of the
world to his lime, and so he ended with the
churcli of England, as settled by laws, little re-
garding the opinion of particular men, but sta-
to refuse it. — Many bishops assured me, that they laid not up
one farthing on their bishopricks, and this may appear ; for
many ot them died very poor: as Worcester, Hereford, Pe-
terborough, Bristol.
It appears by page 105 that he had been prebendary of
Windsor near forty years- Also prebeudary of Westminster.
In a petition of Dr. Bastwick, Mr. Burton, and Mr. Prynne
to the king's most excclUnt ma'ty they say, Godfrey np of
Gloucester hath within 2 years last past at his proper costs re-
edified and repaired the high cross in y' town of Windsor in
the coun'y of Berks near your ma'ties royal castle there, and
on one side thereof caiis^d a statue or picture about au ell long
of Christ hanging upon the cross to be erected in colours
with this inscription over it in golden letters Jesus Naza-
renus, Rex Judceoium and on the other side thereof the pic-
ture of Christ rising out of his sepulchre, w"' one half of his
body out, and the other in, and another inscr ption to this
effect, this crosse was repaired at the proper costs and charges
of him the said bishop being one of the prebends of the church
of Windsor; since w'' time the said Bp hath likewise erected
an altar, and made, or caused to be made, new altar-clothes,
pulpit-cloth, and cushions with crucifixes engraven on them
for bis cathedral church at Glocester, and solemnly dedicated
the same after the po|)ish manner. And since Christmas last
past, the said bishop hath superseded one Mr. Ilidler minister
of Little Dean within the county and diocese of Gloce.-iter
only for preaching, ag' divers gross errors and idolatries of the
Papists Cof W'' he hath divers in his said parish) and then
concluding (according to the Homilies and Icarnedcst writers
of our chuich) that an obstinate Papist dying a Papist could
not be saved, and that if we were saved, the Papists were not;
and for refusing to make a formal recantation w^'' the said
Bp prescribed him in writing, in which recantation the said
bishop, (who the last parliament, presumed to broach no less
than five gross points in one strmon before your majesty, vi'^
your ma'ty appointed him to recant ; tho' he did it not, but ob-
stinately defended them) most unortliodoxly siiled the church
of Rome, God's Catholic Churcli, and in direct terms affirmed,
that in the eye of the law we are still one w"' the said Ca-
tholic church, from w"' \»e sever only for some jxiliticai
respects ; and that it is impossible there should be any greater
offence ag' the church of J'lngland, than to say that I'apists
are damned, in regard of the athnity there is between the two
churches ; for we have both y' same holy orders, the same
church service, the same ceremonies, the same fasts, and the
same festivals, and we have generally the same canon law,
and therefore thro' the sidts of the church of Rome ihcy do
but give deadly and mortal wounds to the Church of Lng-
land who affirm that Papists are damnal- Than wh^'' re-
cantation of his making, nothing can bit more Popish, it
having the Jesuits I. 11. S. in the front, and the Jesuit's
doctrine in the bowels of it.
£x Apogr. MS. penes inc. W. K.
Godfrey d'ocdman Bp of Glocester died in Jan. Ifo.^, and
was buried in St. Margaret's Church Wcstm. 4 Feb. follow-
ing, being regibtred by the plain name of Godfrey Goodman,
without any distinction or dearee. KtUNET ]
3 K
867
SMITH.
868
tutes, acts of state, proclamntions, injunctions,
&c. In which work lie was nuith beholding to
sir Tho. Cotton's library. But these with tlie rest
of his goods were lost, and whether they were
[729] ever recovered before his death I know not. He
hath also written, jir^uments or Aniinadvcruoiis
and Digressiom on a Book entit. An Apologu, or
Declaration of the Power and Providence oj God
in the Government of the World, Ac. written by
Dr. George Hakcwill. Which arguments and
digressions are witli Hakewell's answers involved
in the sixth book of the said Apology, printed at
Oxon, the third time, 1635. fol. Sec more in G.
Hakewill among the writers, an. 1649.
Bishop Goodman also w rote, The Court of K.
James bt/ Sir A. W. revieued. Tis a MS. in
a thin fol. in Bodl. library, and hath this begin-
ning, ' I cannot say that I was an eye and ear-
witness, but truly I have been an observer of the
times, and what I shall relate of my own know-
ledge, God knows is most true. My conjecturals
I conceive,' &c. The conclusion which is imper-
fect is this. ' Yet notwithstanding I have given
him (sir A. W.) the name of a knight, because he
hath pleased so to stile himself, and that I might
not offend him.' This manuscript book was made
in answer to a published book entit. The Court
and Character of King James. Lond. 1650. oct.
written and taken by sir A. W. Wliich book
being accounted a most notorious libel, especially
b}' the loyalists and court-party, was also an-
• answered in swered * by " this bishop Goodman,
print hy ano- u jj,uch of wliose manuscript above-
liok entitled "lentioned is mvolved in an ano-
First Edit. " nymous book entituled Auticus
Coquinnriee; or a Vindication in Answer to a
Pamphlet entitled, the Court and Character of K.
James, &;c. Lond. 1650. The author of the said
Court and Character was one sir A nth. Weldon
of Kent, whose parent took rise from queen Eli-
zabeth's kitchen, and left it a legacy for prefer-
ment of his issue.5 Sir Anthony went the same
way, and by grace of the court got up to the
' [Sir Anthony Weldon (rontrary to the insinuations of our
author,) was of an ancient family, originally of VVeltden, in
Nortiiumberland. Hu°;h Wdtden.secondson of Simon Welt-
den, of Weltden, temp. Hen. VI., was stvvcr to Henry VII.
Hi second ion Edward was m;ister of tlie household to Henry
VII Land ( wned the manor of Swanscombe, in Kent, where he
settled. His son Anthony wa.s clerk of the splcery, and after-
wards promott'd 10 be clerk of the Green Cloth to queen Eli-
zabeth, in whiih office he died. His eldest son, sir Ralph
Weldon died in the same office to king James 160(), aet. 64 ;
and sir Ralph's younger brother Anthony, who died lCl3,
■was clerk of the kitchen to both quf^n Elizabeth and kitig
James, which office he surrendered lo his nephew sir An-
thony (son of sir Ralph) our author, 2 James. See Thorpe's
Registrum Hoffense, page 1005, for his epitaph. Sir An-
thony held the manor of Swanscombe, Kent, and by Elinor
(who died lC22, aeL .36) daughter of George 'Wilmcr esq. left
Anthony Weldon of Swanscombe esq. whose son Walker
Weldon esq. died in 1731, and his heirs sold that estate. So'
Brydees, in his Memoirs of the Peers nfErtglard, CfroniHas-
tcd's kent,) 8vo. 180S, page lOO.]
Grcencloth ; in which place attending K. James
into Scotland, he practised there to libel tliat na-
tion. \\ hich, at his return home, was found
wrapt up ill a record of that board; and by the
hand being known to be his, ho was deservedly
removed from his ])lace, as unworthy to eat his
bread, whose birth-right he had so vilely de-
famed. Yet by favour of the king, with a piece
of money in his purse, and a pension to boot, to
preserve him loyal during iiis life, tho' as a bad
creditor, he took * this course to repay him to tlie
purpose. In his life-time he discovered part of
this piece to his fellow-conrtier, who earnestly
dissuaded him not to publish so defective and
false a scandal; which, as it seems, in conscience
he so declinwl. 1 have also been credibly in-
formed that sir A. Weldon did at the beginning
of the long-parliament communicate the MS. of
it to the lady Eliz. Sedley, (mother to sir Will.
and sir Charles,) accounted a very sober and pru-
dent woman; who, after perusal, did lay the vile-
ness of it so much to sir Anthony's door, that he
was resolved never to make it public: which per-
haps is the reason why a certain author ' should
say, that with some regret of what he had mali-
ciously written, did intend it for the fire and died
repentant; tho' since stolen to the press out of
a lady's closet : And if this be true, our excep-
tions mfiy willingly fall upon the practice of the
publisher of the said libel, who by his additions
may abuse us with a false story, which he disco-
vers to the reader in five remarkable * passages,
and therefore in some manner gives us occasion
to spare our censure on sjr Anthony, who was
dead some time before the said libel was pub-
lished. The second edition of it printed at Lond.
in Oct. an. 1651, is dedicated to the said noble
lady Eliz. Sedicy, and hath added to it, (1.) The
Court of K. Charles continued, unto the Beginning
of these unhappi/ Times, inc. (2.) Observations (in-
stead of a Character) upon this King, front his
Childhood. (3.) Certain Observations before Q,
Elizabeth's Death. But these are not animad-
verted upon by Aulicus Coq. or B. Goodman,
because they came out after they had written
their respective answers. The said bishop Good-
man hath also written, 'The two Mysteries of Chris-
tian Religion, the ineffable Trinity, and wonderful
Incarnation explicated, Sfc. Lond. 1653. oct. [730}
Dedicated by one epist. to Oliver Cromwell L.
general, and by another to the master, fellows,
scholars and students of Trin. coll. in Cambridge.
Also An Account of his Snferings : which is only
a little pamphlet, printed 1650. " The above-
" mentioned sir Anthony Weldon sided with the
" long parliament out of discontent, and when
" the wars were ended was a committee man of
' See the preface to Aulicus Coqumaria.
' Will. Sanderson in his proem to the Reign andDealk of'
K. James I. printed l6S5. fol.
' S» in the said prcf. to /int. Coq.
869
ADAMS.
LAKE.
MATHEW.
870
" Kent for the sequestration of royalists, and
" mostly chainnaii of that committee."
BERNARD ADAMS was born in Middlesex
in the diocese of London, admitted scholar of
Trinity coll. in 1583, aged 1 7 years; fellow five
years after, and when master of arts he went into
Ireland, where by the favour of the lord lieute-
nant he was consecrated bishop of Limerick in
April 1604. In the year 1606 he, by a dispen-
sation, kept the see of Kilfenore with it to the
year l6l7, at which time he voluntarily resign'd
it. He bestowed much money in repairing the
church of Limerick, and in the adorning it with
organs and several ornaments, as also in repair-
ing the house belonging to his see, besides other
moneys for pious uses. He died « on the 22(1 of
1623-6. March in sixteen hundred twenty and five, and
was buried in the cath. ch. of Limerick, where
was a monument soon after erected to his me-
mory. In the said see succeeded Francis Gough,
commonly called Goffe, whom I shall anon at
large mention.
[Adams was elected a scholar of Trinity, at the
instance of dame Elizabeth, formerly the wife of
sir Thomas Pope, then married to sir Hugh Pow-
lett. It appears from a Latin letter preserved in
Trinity college, that he was recommended by sir
Edward Hoby to the notice of the founder's wi-
dow, who at that time nominated to all places on
the foundation at Trinity on their becoming va-
cant, as well as to the advowsons of their livings.'
In the year 1619-20 Adams visited Trinity coll.
as appears from the bursar's books that year.
' Exp. fjunndo coilegium recepit rev. in Christo putr.
episcop. Limhriceiis. iijl. is. vij d.' There is an
original portrait of him, on pannel, at Trinity,
a very good picture, which hangs in the hall
of the president's lodgings.]
ARTHUR LAKE, sometimes fellow of New
coll. was consecrated bishop of Bath and Wells
in the month of Dec. I616, and concluded his
1C2C. last day in sixteen hundred twenty and six ;
under which year you may see more of him among
the writers, [col. .'398.] In the said see succeeded
Dr. Will. Laud, of whom I shall make mention
at large among the writers in another part of
this work.
TOBIE MATHEW, son of John Mathew,
a native of Roos in Herefordshire, by his wife
Eleanor Croston of Ludlow, was born in the city
of Bristol, in that part of it which is in Somerset-
shire, educated in grammar learning in the city of
Wells, became a student in this university in the
beginning of the year 1559, aged 13 years, but in
what house, unless in University college, (the
ancient members of which have claim'd him as
theirs) I know not. Sure it is, that being a stu-
» Jac. War. in Com. de Prcesul. Ilibern. p. 189.
• [VVarton, Life of I'oiic, lf)3.]
dent of Christ Church soon after his first coming,
he did, as a member of that house, take the de-
gree of bach, of arts in 1563, and three years
after, that of master, and holy orders from doctor
Jewell bishop of Salisbury; at which time he was
much respected for his great learning, eloquence,
sweet conversation, friendly disposition, and for
the sharpness of his wit. In 1569 he was unani-
mously elected the public orator of the university,
which ortice he execuicd with great applause,
and with no little honour to the university.* In
1570 he was made canon of Christ Church, and
on tiie 28th of November the same year he was
admitted archdeacon of Bath. In 1572, May 15,
he became prebendary of Teynton Regis with
Yalmeton in the church of Salisbury, and in July
the same year he was elected president of St.
John's college. At which time being much famed
for his admirable way of preaching, he was made
one of the queen's chaplains in ordinary, and
soon after [in 1574,] proceeding in divinity, wa»
made dean of Christ Church 1576. So that
then liis name sounding high among scholars, he
deservedly obtain'd the name of Theologus prae-
stantissinius, for so he is stiled by the learned
Camden, who adds ' th.it in him * doctrina cum
pietate, & ars cum natura certant.' Edmund
Campian the Jesuit in his book of Ten Reaaons,
(which the Roman Catholicks count an epitome
of all their doctrine) labouring to prove that the
fathers were all Papists, and to give the uttermo.st
he could to his assertion, saith, that Toby Ma- [7311
thew confest to him so much Parenlavimus,
saith he, &c. We did once in a familiar sort
sound Toby Mathcw's opinion, he that now do-
mineers in your pulpits, whom for his good learn-
ing and seeds of vertue we esteemed, &c.'' Which
character coming from a Jesuit's pen, makes it
the truer, because he was in some manner his ad-
versary, hi 1579 he did undergo the office of
vice-chancellor of this university, and in 1583 he
was not only made chantor of the church of Sa-
lisbury on the resignation of George Carew, in
the month of June, but also dean of Durham,
void by the decease of doctor Thomas Wilson :
In which dignity being installed the 31st of Au-
gust, he gave up his chantorship in February fol-
lowing, wherein he was succeeded by Dr. Will.
Zouch, and in the beginning of the year follow-
ing his deanery of Christ (^iiurch. In 1.595 he
was, to the great joy of many, especially those of
the clergy, made bishop of Durham, upon the
translation of Dr. Matthew Hutton to York;
(which was made the 24th of March 1594) to
* [It will be remarked, that at this time he was only
twenty three years of age.]
^ In Britannia in Brlpint,
♦ [IVrtentaviniusTob. .MallhsEum, qui nnnc inconrionibus
dnoiinalur — posseme, ejui Palres, assiduus lectitaret, i»ianini
esse partium, quas illcstuiseral, retulit, non posse — &c. llat.5.
Baker.]
3K 2
871
MAT HEW.
872
which see being consecrated soon after, sate there
till Ansrnst, an". ItiOC), anil then being translated
on the 18th of tiic said month to York, and in-
stalled on the 1 1th of September following in the
person of his proctor, sate there in great honour
luid rcpnte till tlie time of his death. He gave
way to fate in a good old age, on the 29th of
1(528. March in sixteen hundred twenty and eight, and
was buried in a chappel behind or beyt)nd the
East end of the choir of the cathedral church of
York. Soon after was a noble monument of
black and white marble set up under the great
liast window of that chappel, with his efHgies in
his archiepiscopal robes, and an inscription there-
on; a copy of which, containing his just charac-
ter, you may see in Hist. ^ jlntiq. Univ. Oxon,
lib. 2. p. 255. b. 256. a. He hath extant a Latin
sermon entit. Concio Apologetiia contra Edm.
Campianum; on Deuteronomy 32. 7- Oxon. 1638.
Oct. As also a Letter to k. James I. which is
printed in the Cabala, i have been informed
that he had several things lying by him worthy of
the press, but what became of them after his
death, I know not, nor any thing to the contrary,
but that they came into the hands of his son sir
Toby.5 In the said see of York succeeded Dr.
George Mountaigne of Queen's college * in Cam-
bridge,' sometimes a lecturer in Gresham college,
afterwards master of the Savoy, dean of W^est-
minster in the place of Dr. Neile promoted to the
see of Lichfield and Coventry, (in w hicli dignity
he was instali'd in December 1610) bishop of
Lincoln, (to which he was consecrated the 14th
of December )6l7) and then of London, being
translated to that place the 20th of July 1621.
In the latter end of 1627 he was translated to
Durham ; whence, after he had sate three months,
he was traslated to York in the place of Mathew,
(as I have before told you) to which see being
elected the l6th of June, was iiithronized therein
the 24th of October 1628. But he expiring soon
after [on the very day that he was inthronized, by
commission, at York] in the year of his age fifty
nine, six months, and two days, was buried in the
chancel belonging to the church of Cavvood in
Yorkshire, (in which parish he was born) and had
soon alter a comely monument set up to his me-
mory at the charge of Isaac his brother (curator
of his last will aiul testament) in the north wall
of the said chancel, containing his bust in his lawn
' [' Mr. Torr remarks, that he was unfortunate in his son,
sir Toby Matthew, to whom lie left in his will only apiece of
plate ol twenty marks ; havini;; in his life-liine given him
above 14000/. And his exttavagince might possibly deter-
mine his wife, who died the yeur after him, to leave ner hus-
band's, the archbishop's, books to the cathedral libnuy.'
"Willis, Cathedrals (York) page 53.]
' [He was fellow. Kennet.]
' [25. Jan. 1602. Geo. Mountain S. th. B. presented by
L"* keeper Egcrton to g«Crcsingham Norf.
22 Nov. 1O09. Geor. Moiintaign S. th. pr. instituted to
Cheam rectory iu Surry upon the king's presentation. Tah-
llEll.]
sleevej*, with a large inscription tmdcr it : All
which, especial!}' the verses, were made bv Hugh
llollnnd the poet.* After him succeeded in the said
see Dr. Samuel Harsnct bishop of >«orwich,'' some-
times master of Pembroke hall in Cambridge, who
being elected thereunto on the 26tli of November
1628, was inthronized the 23d of April following.
He died on the 12th of March 1630 (being then
privy counsellor to his majesty) at Moreton in
Marsh in Gloucestershire, in his return from Bath
to his manor of Southwell in Nottinghamshire.
Whereupon his body was carried to Chigwell in
Essex, and was buried in the chancel of the pa-
risli church there. Over his grave was soon after
a monument of black marble set up, with the effi-
gies of the defunct engraven on a brass plate fastned
thereunto. Among the several books that this
doctor Harsnet hath published are, (1.) A Disco-
very of the fraudulent Practices of John Darrel,
Minister ; written in answer to a book entit. A
true Narrative of the strange and grievous Vexa-
tion by the Devil of Seven Persons in Lancashire,
' [Quatuor Antistes qui prsefuit urbibus, arce
Hacsatus est infans, hac situs arce senex
Nee niera provcxit geniinorum gratia regum,
Sed meritum, summis par ubicunauc locis.
Sic iuvenis sic pene puer septem imbibit arte*
Oranta nbi Castaliis prxdominatur aquis.
Moribus baud tetricis, nee pectore tur|)is avaro,
Non etinim nimias pone reliquit opes.
Hugo Hollandus flevit.
Georgio Mountaigneo honestis hoc in opido penatibus ori-
undo, Cantab, per cunctos disciplinorum gradus provccto, &
academ. procuratori ; iuitia D. Jacobi hospitio quod Saba-
diam vocant, ct eccl. VVestmonast. pra;fecto ; ab eodem rcge
ad proesulatum Lincoln, ac inde post aiiqua temporum spira-
menta Londinenseni jjromoto ; a Carolo divi F. ad Duncl-
menseni honestiss. senii et valctudinis secessuni Iranslato,
moxque H. E. infraspatium trimestre ad archiepat. Kbor.
benigniter sublevato; Viro venerabili aspectu gravi, nioribu*
non injncundis. ad beneficia non ingrato, injuriarum non
ultori, unquam nee (qijanluin natura humanapatitur) memori
amboruin principuin Doin suoque eleeniosyiiario. Isaacus
Montaignus testamenti curator frater. B. M. M. P. vixit
annos 59. M.6. D. 2.]
» [1597. 14, Jan. Sam. Harsnet. A.M. admiss. ad vicariam
de Chigwell per mortem Tho. Atterbye ad pres. Lancelot!
Andrews, S. T. P. canon, resident. Lond. Iteg. Land.
159ii. 5. Aug. Sam. Harsnet A.M. coll. ad prcb de Mapes-
bury per mortem Leonardi Chambers. Ih.
Sam. Harsnett A. M. admiss. a<l vie. de Hutton com. Essex
!6. Mali lfiO(). ad ores. dec. et cap. S. Pauli, Lond. successit
Adam Harsnett A. M. 1609. Reg. liaiicroff.
Roger Andrev\-s p'b'r admiss. ad vie. Chigwell SO Dec.
iCiOi. per resign. Sum. Harsnet. Reg. Grindall.
Sam. Harsnett. A. M admiss. ad reel, de Shcnfield com.
Essex lO Apr. l60-l ad pres. Tho. Lucas, mil. Reg. Ban-
croft.
Sum. Harsnet was bom (as ts said in his will) in the parish
of St. B<)t«)tph in Colchester.
Sam. Harsnett A. M. coll. ad arcliid. Essex 17 Jun. 16O8
per resign. Willi. Jabor. qviem resign, ante 8 Nov. 16O9. a<l
reel, de Stisled com. Rs. i.'8 Sept. KiOC). In ep'um Citcstr.
consecratus 5 Dec. ifiOg. ad Norwic. translatus 28 Aug. iCiy.
His death is here sard to have happened 12 Mar. I()30. but
this must be a mistake, for the codicil annexed to his will
bears date }8 May l()3l. his will dated i3 Febr. foregoing.
Kemhet.}
[73^
87.^>
MATIIEW.
874
and Witliam Somtncrs of 'Nottingham ; printed
IfioO. C]u. Wlu'fciipon Darrell came out witli a
vcply entit. A Dctvctiou of that sinful, shameful,
li/ing, and ridiculous Discourse, cntit. ' A J)isco.
very,' &.c. printed IGOO. (|U.' (2.) A Declara-
' [Of these impostures the following is the best and most
perfect account I have met with, and, although long, it may
not be unacceptable in this place, as a similar deception has
been lately attempted, and has in part succeeded with the
vulgar and weak, atSampford in Devonshire. In I69I John
Darrel, B. A. minister of Nottingham, after many year's ex-
ercise of his frauds in and about that county, Lancashire and
Derbyshire, was brouglit before the archbishop of Canter-
bury, the bishop of London, and others of the ecclesiastical
commission. Being about the age of three or four and
twenty, (and then no minister) he took upon him to cast out
first one devil, and afterwards, upon repossession, eight
devils more, out of a maid in Derbyshire, about seventeen
years- old, whose name was Katherine Wright. Of which
himself writ the history, and gave a copy of it to the lady
Bowes. This was about the year 158C, from which year
till the 28th of Marcli loC)G, Mr. Darrel, one now generally
known was out of work ; but in respect of what he had done
grew very pert and pioud, and in no small credit with the
simpler sort. And now in this year (lo9()) he pretended to
cast out a devil out of a boy in Burton, called Tfio. Darling,
then about the age of 14 years. Of which also a book was
written by one Price, a sadlcr, in the same town, and con-
tracted by one Mr. Denison, a minister; which was seen and
allowed by Darrel and Mr Heldersham, another minister.
March the I7lh following, Darrel is sent for into Lancashire
by one Mr. Starky. And there in Starky's house dispossest
seven persons at one clap, whereof six were women, and one
of them was named .Taire Ashton. Who since was fallen
into the hands of certain seminary priests, and carried by
them up and down the country, to certain recusant's houses;
and by her cunning counterfeiting of certain fits, and staying
of herself by secret directions of the said priests, she got con-
siderable gain to lierself, and they by such levvdnes won also
great credit among their proselytes. Of the dispossessing of
those neven .spirits one Mr. Deacon, preacher at Leigh, wrot
a book, which v\as justified from point to ])oint by one
More, annthtr preacher, of his own allowance, but very
childishly done. \A'hich More had joyned himself with Dar-
rel in that pretended dis|)ossession. VVillian> Soiners, a boy
of Nottingham, was another prctemled to be dispossessed by
Darrel; by w.hom he got liis greatest glory; for he stuck in
his fingers for almost five months, whereas in the other nine
he had disijatched his business in two or thrte days. He
look Soiners in hand, Nov. 5, I3i)7. Of his dealings with
him divers treatises came abroad. But how strangely he was
lossessed, a book of his writing will shew, if you will believe
lim : asserting, that the things which that boy did, or rather
suffered, were supernatural, and such as the arm of man was
too short to reach unto. 1st. That there had been seen and
felt to run up and down along his body, a lump or swelling
between his flesh and skin, of the bigness of an egg in some
part of his body, in some other greater or less, and removing
immediately from one Kg to another, and so into the belly,
mijking it as big again as it naturally was : and thence into
the throat, cheek, forehead, tongue, eyes, thrusting them out
extraordinarily, and causing a great blackness in or upon the
same. 2dly. When this linup or swelling was in the leg,
the same member was hca\y and inflexible like iron. 3dly.
That he was so strong, that sometimes three, four, five, six
men were scarcely able to rule hiiu ; he not p.intiug, blowing,
nor changing colour; but the parlies that held hiju sweating
and labouring with all their might. 4lhly. He was heavy
like iron, so that divers by reason of his weight could scarcely
lift him. Sthly. He lay as dead once, by the space of an
hour, cold as iron, his hands and face black, and no breath
perceived to come from him. (ilhly. He spake distinctly in a
continued speech for the space of a (quarter of an hour, his
I
tion of ef^repious Popish Impostures, to withdraw
the llearts of her Majesty's Subjects from their
Allegiance, S^c, praclised hi/ Edmunds alias I'Veston
a Jesuit, &.c. LontL 1003. tin. bexidcs one or
more scrnion.s, and t'otir or more MSS. fit for tlie
mouth being close shut. 7thlv. He spake, liis mouth bving
quite o|)en, his tongue drawn uito his throat, neither his lip|X)
nor chapps moving. 8thly. Being oftentimes cast into the
fire, and sometime so as his hand l.iy in the fire; sometime
so as his face and head lay bare in the fire, ytt had he not go
much as one hair of his head singed thereny, or at any time
hurt at all. The occasion of Darrel's first coming to Som-
mers (as he shewed in his book) was, that he was impor-
tuned by two letters, one from Mr. Aldridg, his pastor, and
the other in the name of the town, or sundry inhabitants of
the same; who signified to him, after what a strange and
wonderful manner the young man was handled ; which made
them (as they wrot) suspect him to be possestof the dcviL
To which he said, after other enquiries, that he concluded
him indeed possessed: and advised them without delay to
use the means, which God in mercy had left to his church,
for the recovery of such ; that is, pr.iycr and fasting. And
for that end to desire the help and assistance of some godly
learned in the ministry, next adjoining unio them. And in
any wise to spare him ; lest if he should be a leader in that
action, and the party be dispossessed, the common people
might be ready to attribute unto him some special and rare
gift of casting out devils. Whereunto also they enclincd in
their letters to him : Mr. Aldridg, either before or after this,
had written for two of the most learned ministers adjoining,
namely, Preton and Broune. But one being absent front
home, Darrel was sent unto by the ad»lce ol one Mr. Ire-
ton, because of his experience hertnn that be had above
others. And so upon a second request by the niaior of Not-
tingham, to come and visit tli;rt sad distressed per.iun whose
grievous pains encreased upon hiui, he came, not running,
as he said, of himself, nor seeking after it. And then seeing
the manner of his handling, he gave forth that he was pc-
sessed with an unclean spirit. This was upon the fifth of
November, I5<)7, aforesaid. And upon the seventh day next
following, Mr. Aldridg and two other ministers, and him-
self, (as he related ii) accom]janied with divers other neigh-
bour Christians, to the imniber of an hundred and fifty, or
thereabouts, assembled in prayers and fasting, entreating the
Lord in his behalf, that he would be pleased in mercy to cast
out Satan, and deliver this poor man from the torments he;
was in, if it so seemed good in his eyes. The Lord was
entreated of them, and they rejoyced and blessed God for the
same. But the unclean spirit being gone out of him, accord-
ing as was foretold in the Scriptures, returned, and sought to
enter into him again. But at length he recovered him, as
appeared by the signcs of possession sei-'n in him. And this
was about two weeks after his first possession. Some few
days after the maior of the town, with some of the alder-
men, suspected Soinmers to be a counterfeit. And fur the
finding out of his said dissimulation, took him from his pa-
rents and committed him to the custddy of two men. 'Jhese
seeing him in his fits threatened him, the one tewhiphim>
and the other to pinch him with a pair of pincers, if, leaving
off his tricks, he would not confess his dissimulation. Here/-
upon (as Darrel continued his relation) the devil appeare<l \ isi-
bly unto Sommers, and both by promises and threats (as himself
after confessed) persuaded hiui to cottfess that he hail dis-
sembled all that he had done. And then withal withdrew
himself from tormenting him in his hotly. By which the
youth cjme to gi\ e out, both in word and writing, that he
had dissembled, and counterfeited all that he did, and that
he was never possc.s.sed. Upon this, Darrel and others procured
a commission for tlie confirmation of the matter of fact.
And about a month after Sommcr's confession (wherein he
still persisted) the commissioners met. Before whom, when
they had sat almost two days, hearing and examining wjt-
aesses, he, having first athriued that he dissembled j aud
875
MATHEW.
876
press, of which one is, De Necessitate Baptismi,
&c. This learned and judicious prelate was born,
as 'tis said, in the parish of St. Botolph in the
•fcondlj', denied that he had done any of these things, (u|X)n
which seventeen persons had been deposed) fortliwith was
cast into a fit, and from that into divers others, in their pre-
sence. And so they ceased to proceed any further, as tho'
themselves were now eye witnesses of the truth. And now the
youth was cominitled to the custody of another. To whom
It was free for any to repair and visit him, which before was
denyed. Now the spirit, whicli before in subtility had
lurked and lay hid, shewed himself in his kind. And during
this lime, for the space of ten days, he freely acknowledged
that he never counterfeited any thing; but that it was the
devil moved him to sav so, threatening, being in the form of a
black dog, to kill him if he would not, and promised to help him
to do what tricks he would, and when, if he would affirm
and stand to the same. Which promise he had ever since
most surely kept. But that being maligned by some, means
were used by them for committing him again to his former
keepers; with whom no sooner was lie, hut he was at quiet,
and as free from torment in his body by Satan, as other men,
and returned to his former confessing of counterfeiting,
wherein since that time he persisted, and of late added this,
that Darrel was confederate with him therein, and for these
four last years instructed and trained him up thereunto.
After all this relation of this business made by Uarrcl, he in
conclusion affirmed the contrary to what the boy had said :
not only that he himself had been confederate with him;
but also that Sommers was not, nor could possibly be any
such counterfeit, but was for certainty possessed with a
devil. And this evident by witnesses that saw him in his
fits, and by other arguments shewed in his book. At length,
(that I may bring this story to a conclusion, tho' it reached
one or two years further) the queen's ecclesiastical commis-
sioners took this matter in hand, and intermeddled in this
supposed imposture. The occasion this, as another writer
sets down the matter of fact. This bov being gotten out of
Darrel's hand, confessed and avowed that all he had done,
for about the space of three months, was but dissembling;
and shewed to the maior and aldermen of Nottingham how
he had acted all the former fits. The archdeacon of Derby
wrote to the archbishop of Canterbury, touching this matter.
It was thought good to provide some prevention; and for that
end to procure a commission from the archbishop of York,
for the examination of such witnesses, as should be produced
in the behalf of Darrel, to prove that Sommers had not dis-
sembled. The said commission obtained, exceptions were
taken against it; because all the commissioners were addicted
to Darrel. Thereupon it was renevied, and some made com-
missioners, that were known to dislike of Darrel's proceed-
ings. When this second commission was executed, Som-
mers was brought before the commissioners : who shortly
after his coming, fell to acting some of his fits in their pre-
sence, upon a former compact and agreement. Sommers
afterwards was brought before the L. chief justice: and then
he confessed again the whole course of his dissimulation. By
this time it came to pass that the people of Nottingham were
• violent one againsl another, and the whole town divided ac-
cording as they stood affected. The pulpils rang of nothing
but devils and witches And men, women, and children
were so affrighted that they durst not stir in the night ; nor
lo much as a servant almost go into his master's cellar about
his business, without company. Few happened to be sick
or ill at ease, but straight they were damned to be possessed.
Hereupon the archbishop, advised by the L. chiefjustice ami
others, thought it very necessary to call for Darrel, by vertue
of her majesties commission for ecclesiastical I causes. Who
accordingly appeared before him and others at Lambeth. And
from thence was committed to pri.son, by reason of his absurd
and untrue, but yet confident, assertions. And tlieieby giviug
just occasion to suspect he was a counterfeit: and at last after
ancient borough of Colchester in Essex, educated
in Pembroke hall, where he was first scholar and
afterwards fellow. When he was some years
standing master, he was chosen proctor; which
office he went through with great credit to him-
self. Afterwards he became vicar of Chigwell
in Essex, archdeacon of Colchester, chaplain to
archbishop Bancroft, prebendary of St. Paul's
cathedral, master of Pembroke hall in, and twice
vice-chancellor of, the university of Cambridge:
from whence he had an easy progress lo the see
of Chichester, and afterwards to ?>iorwich. After
his death doctor Rich. Neile, bishop of Winches-
ter, being elected to the see of York the 28th of
February l63l, was translated thereunto, and on
the i6th of February 1632 was inthronized in the
person of Dr. Phincas Hodson, chancellor of the
church of York.
[Tobias Matthew, A.M. ad sacros presbytera-
tus ordincs admissus per Joh'em Sarum ep'um
vice et auctoritate Math. Cant, ar'e'pi in capella
Lambhith. Dominica institutus 10 Jun. 157 1-
lieg. Parker. Ken net.
Jun. 17, l601, Samuel Mathew, the son of
Toby, bishop of Durham, was buried. liegist.
Saucttz Mari(C Mhioris, Cantabr. Baker.
For Dr. Tobie Mathew, see the Ducatus and
Vicaria Leodierisis passim, a life of his son sir
Toby Mathew was published not long ago in a
pamphlet, from the papers of a Catholic divine, I
think Mr. Alban Butler. See some curious let-
ters of the archbishop's in Lodge's Illustrations of
British History, &.c. In one of the unpublished
Talbot letters, in the library of the College of
Arms, we have his first introduction to the earl of
a full hearing before the archbishop, bishop of London, the
L. chief justice of queen's bench, and the L. chiefjustice
of the common pleas. Dr. (^xsar, master of requests. Dr.
Byng, dean of the arches, and others, the said Darrel was,
by full agreement of the court, condemned for a counterfeit:
and, together with More his companion, both deposed from
the ministry, and committed close prisoners. The justice of
which proceeding, S. Harsnct, chaplain lo bp. Bancroft,
wrote a book, to vindicate, printed 1699, intiilcd. The Disco-
very of Ihe fraudulent Prartices of J. Darrel. IJut yet this
weak, but honest man, (shall I call him?) did not think
himselftobea counterfeit; but writ a hook while prisoner
in the Gatehouse, iutitled. An Apology or Defence of llie
Possession ef William Sommers, &c. If^lieritt this Work of
God is cleuredfrom the evil Name of Counterfeilitig. And
thereupon also it is shewn, that in these Days Men may be
possessed with Devils ; and that being so, by Prayer and
Fasting Ihe unclean Spirit may be cast out. In the end of
which he made this protestation, ' Surelv, if these things
' prove true, (namely, whereof he was accused) let me be
• registered to my perpetual infamy, not only for a most no-
' torious deceiver, but such an hyix)crite as never trod upon
' earth before. Yea, Lord, (for to thee I convert my speech,
' who best knowesl all things) if I be guilty of these things
' laid to my charge, if I have confederated more or less witb
' Sommers, Darling, or any of the rest (whom he had dispos-
' sessed:) if ever 1 set eye upon them before they were pos-
' sessed, &c. then let me not only be made a laughing stock
' and by-word unto all men, but raze my name alio out of
* the book of life, aud give me my portion witli hypo-
' crites.'J
877
G II FORD.
HANMER.
878
I
i
I.
1628.
Shrewsbury's fiiiiiily, 3 Mny 1582. Ho. Lonelier
(of whom see Fasti uiuler the year lj(J4,) writes
to Geor"c earl oFShr: — and yet they were very
like to have made hitn deane of Durham, but
now hit is ov"ruied for the worthy and honest gen-
tleman my old dere frend Dr. Matthew. Now he is
placed ill the north, I make bold to confend the
man to yo'. honors good likinij w"*. I know he
shall obtayne wiien your L: shsill know him.
He continued till his death the fast friend of
this noble family. In l6l6 he was the preacher
at the funeral of Gilbert earl of Shrewsbury.
MS. Harl. 1368. f. 35. Hunter.
He was descended from the ancient family of
the Williams of Flint, but the Williams marry-
ing the heiress of Edmund Mathew, they assumed
the name of Matthew. He was all his life an
indefatigable preacher, preaching so much as
three or four days togetlier. He countenanced
the exercises (as the lecture-sermons were called
in the Northern parts) setting them up in some
places, and restoring them in others.
Dr. Matthew kept an exact account of the ser-
mons which he preached after he was preferred,
by which it a|>pciirs, that he |ueached when dean
of Durham, 721; when bishop of that diocese
550; and wheiv archbishop of York, 721 ; in all
1992 sermons.
The following is taken from the end of a MS.
in the Bodleian. Rawl. B. 223. Tobias Mat-
thffius theoiogia; doctor, et deeanus iEdis Christi
apud Oxonienses; vir eloquentissimus, qui fuit
acadcmia? ornamcntum, academicorum solatium,
iamq. ab academia discessurus, ad decanatum
suum Dunelinensem, in concione sua elaboratis-
sima irj teniplo B. Mariae suum ultimum valedixit
academicis in comitiis Oxoniensibus 12 die Julii,
Anno Domini 1584. Textus eius Luea; cap. 24.
versu 46. Laerymie eius perorantis ex nuditorum
juvenum, doctorumq. seniorum oculis laeryma-
rum abundanliam exeesserunt.
The best head of Malhew is by Rcnold Els-
tracke, in 4to, sold by Geo. Humble in Pope's-
head-Alley.j
GEORGE CARLETON, sometimes fellow of
Merton college, was consecrated bishop of Lan-
daflf on the 12th of July, an. 1618, translated
thence to Chichester in September 1619, and
departed this life in the month of May in sixteen
hundred twenty and eight, under which year you
may see more of him among the writers. [Col.
In the see of Chichester succeeded doc-
422.]
tor Richard Mountague,- who, after election and
' [lGl3. 14. Maii Klc. MouiUague, S. T. B. admiss. ad
«ccl- de Stanford Rivers per mortem Joh. Browne ad pres.
regis. Reg. Ki7ig Ep'i Loud.
TProceedlnga in parliament aa' him, anno .3 Car. 1. See
Petyt, Part. Miscelt. p. 32.
Bog. Manwariiig, ST. P. admiss. ad reel, de Staufotd.
confirmntion thereunto, was consecrated in the
arclibishoii's chappel at Croydon in Surrey the
24th of August 1628. This learned person, whu
was son of Laurence Mountngue, minister of
Dorney in Bucks, and he the son of Robert Mouu-
tague of Boudney ' in the parish of Burnliam iit
the said county, was born at Dorney, educated in
grammar learning in Eaton school, elected a mem-
ber of King's college in Cambridge 1594, took
the degrees in art.s, became parson of VVotton-
Courtney in Somersetshire, prebendary of WelU,
rector of Stanford-Uivers in Essex, chaplain to
king James the first, archdeacon and dean of
Hereford ; which last dignity he changed with
Ol. Lloyd, LL. D. for a prebendship of VN'indsor,
in 1617, and being about that time made fellow of
Eaton college, which he kept with Windsor by a
dispensation, did learnedly read for eight years
together the theological lecture in the eliappel at
AVindsor. Afterwards he was made rector of
Petworth in Sussex, bestowed much money in the
repairing of the parsonage house there, as he did
afterwards on the bishop's house at Aldingbourne.
At length his majesty being minded to translate
him to Norwich, he was elected thereunto by the
dean and chai)tcr the 4tli of May 1638, where
sitting to the time of his death (which happeno.1
in April 1641, leaving then behind him a son
named Richard) was buried in the choir of the
cathedral church belonging to that place, where,
to this day, is this only written on his grave, ' De-
positum Montacutii Episcopi.' He came to
Norwich with the evil effects of a quartan ague,
which he had had about an year before, and
which accompanied him to his grave, yet he
studied and wrote very much, had an excellent
library of books, and heaps of j)apers fairly writtea
with his own hand concerning the ecclesiastical
history. He was a person exceedingly well vers'd
in all the learning of Greeks and Romans, and as
well studied in the fathers, councils, and all other
ancient monuments of the Christian world, as any
man besides in the whole nation. King James
the first knew the man well, and was exceedingly
pleased with his performance against the History
of Tithes, wherein he had beaten the (theu
thought) mateliless Selden at his own weapon,
and shew'd himself the greatest philosopher of the
two. Upon which ground his majesty looked
upon him as the fittest person, and therefore com-
manded him to view and purge the church his-
tory, which was then taken and judged by many
to be corrupted and depraved wiih various fig-
ments by certain writers of tlie Roman Catholic
Rivers, 26 Au". 1628. per promot. Motintague ad ep'um
Cicestr. licg- Laud.
Ricus Moimiague, S.T. P. decanatu Hereford cessit per
viam perumtalioais cum Olivero Lloyd factus archidus Here-
Cord et inslallatus canon. Windcsor, 6 Sept. lO'l?. Ftilli^
Catal. KennstJ
•3 ^Boveuey. CoLE.]
[733]
879
GIFFORD.
HANMER.
880
1C29.
1629.
party, especially by Baronius ; which he accord-
ingly did with great industry and admirable judg-
ment. What other things he wrote you may
mostly see in the Bodleian or Oxford Catalogue:
and what he suffered for his New Gag for the old
Gospel, or his Jnstcer to the late Gagger of' Pro-
testants, occasioned by the puritan, and also for
his Apello Ceesanim, you may see at large in
doctor Heylin's History of the Life and Death of
William Laud Jrchhishop of Canterbury, under
the years 1624, 1 625, &c. He also set forth Na-
tianzen's invective Orations against Julian, in
Greek, and was employed by sir Hen. Savile (who
countenanced him much) in correcting most
part of Chrysostom in Greek before it went to the
press.
WILLIAM GIFFORD, the ornament of the
English Catholics of his time, was sometimes a
member of Lincoln college, but took no degree
in this university. Afterwards retiring beyond
the seas, he became, thro' various preferments,
archbishop of Rheimes in 1622. He paid his last
debt to nature in sixteen hundred twenty and
nine, under which year you may see more of
him among the writers, [Col. 453.] In the said
archbishoprick succeeded Henry de Lorain, son
"of Charles duke of Guise, as I have before told
jou, at col. 455.
JOHN HANMER, a Shropshire man born,
but descended from those of his name living at
Hanmer in Flintshire,* was admitted fellow of
All-souls college from that of Oriel in 1596, aged
20, and when five years standing master of arts,
was unanimously elected one of the proctors of
the imiversity in 1605. .Afterwards he became
rector of Bingham in Nottinghamshire, (in which
church he was succeeded by doctor Math. Wren
in May 1624,) and prebendary of Worcester in
the place of doctor John Langvvorth sometimes
of New college about the latter end of I6l4, and
shortly after was licensed to proceed in divinity,
he being then chaplain in ordinary to king James
the first. At length upon the death of doctor
Richard Parry, he being nominated bishop of St.
Asaph, was elected tlrereunto about the 20th of
January in 1623, consecrated the 15th of Februa-
ry following, and on the 23d of the said month
had the temporalities of tliat see given J to him,
with liberty then allowed to keep his prebendship
in commendam with it. He died at Pentrerpant
or Pentrepant near to Oswestrey in Shropshire on
the 23d of July in sixteen hundred twenty and
nine, and was buried the next day in the church
♦ [The Hanmers of Pentrpant, of whom bp Hanmer and
Dr. Meredith Hanmer were, are not the same family witli
the Hanmers of Flintshire, but are descended paternally from
Madoc Heddwch, and so from Llewelyn aiir Dorchog. But
one of the bp"s ancestor's having marry'd a daughter of one
Johri Hanmer of the Flintshire family, the jxistcrity tooke
the sirname of Hanmer from that wotuan. Humphreys.]
* Pat. «1 Jac.l.p. 28.
at Sillatin or Selattyn : * To the poor of which
place, as also of Oswestrey and St. A.saph, he
gave to each five pounds. In his prebendship
succeeded Giles rhornborough, M. of A. *
" 1608." nephew to doctor John • Afterward*
Thornborough bishop of Worcester, -D. o/D.
who kept it to the time of his death l''rst Edit.
1663 ; and in the sec ol St. Asaph succeeded John
Owen, D. D. of Cambridge, and archdeacon of
St. Asaph, who was consecrated thereunto the
20th of September 1629. He died at Perthkin-
sey the 15th of October 1651, and was buried on
the 21st of the said month in the cathedral
church of St. Asaph «nder the bishop's throne.
Tliis doctor Owcu, who was the minister's son ^
of Burton-Latiniers in Northamptonshire, and
born * there, as also bred fellow in Jesus college
in Cambridge, hath written Herod and Pilate
reconciled : Or, the Concord of Papists, Anabap-
tists, and Sectaries, against Scripture, Fathers,
Councils, and other Orthodox IVriters, fur the
Coercion, Deposition, and Killing of Kings. — Pub-
lished 1663, and by the author dedicated to the
loyal subjects of Great Britain. " Qu. Whether
" this does not belong to David Owen .'"' What
other things he hath written and published, I can-
not tell, nor any thing else of him, only that he
was a great loyalist, a true son of the church of
England, and had been much respected by Laud
archbishop of Canterbury, who obtained for him
from his most gracious king the said bishopriciC
of St. Asaph ; which lying void after his death
till the restoration of king Charles 11. Dr. George
Griffith was consecrated thereunto.
* [' Inter paternos cineres sepultus jacet praestantissimns
olim vir Johannes Assavensis episcopus, qui cum quinquen-
nium in episcopatu summsecum pietate, necnon iutompara-
bili assiduitate |)rKfutsstt, pie et feliciter obiit 23 Junii,
1G29, actaiis sua; 65.' Epitaph in Selaiyn church.]
' [Dr. John Owen bp. of St. Asaph was the son of Owen
Owens, rector of Burton Latimer in Northamptonshire, and
archdeacon of Anglesey, (of whom I give you an accoimt in
the F'asti ad an. 16t)5,) by his second wife Jane the daughter
of Robert Griflith, constable of Carnan'on. What steps he
made, or preferment he had, before he was bp. 1 know not,
only that he marry'd 3 wifes. The first was the daughter of
one Hodilow of Cambridgeshire, by whome he had Robert
Owen LL. B. and I tliink fellowof AU-snuls coll. Oxon. and
made chancellor of the diocese of St. Asaph after the king's
restoration, and a daughter (marry'd to Dr. William Griffith,
chancellor of Bangor and St. Asaph, of whome more in the
Fasti.) The second was Elizabeth Gray, and the third Eliti
daughter of Robert Wyif of Conway. This bp. was very well
descended, and as he himself sayd in parliament, related to all
the gentlemen of any quality in his diocese, so he was univer-
sally esteemed and beloved in it. But as to his writing of
any book, I believe, that it is not true. For that which you
mention was writt by another, viz. by David Owen, whom
you mention in your Fasti in the year 1008. HtJM-
PHREYS.
23 Sept. 1629, ep'us instituit Rob. Sibthorpe S. T. P. ad
rect. de Burton Latimer ad pres. Caroli regis, jure praerog per
promot. Joh'is Owen, S. 'I. P. ad ep'atum Asaphen. Reg.
Dove, Ep'i Petrib. KenneT.]
' Th. Fuller in his IVorthies 0/ England, in Northampton-
shire.
[734]
H
881
13UCKRIDGE.
HOWSON.
BAYLY.
RIDER.
GODWIN.
882
JOHN BUCKRIDGE, sometimes fellow, af-
terwards president of St. John's college, became
bisliop of Rochester in lOll, and from thence
was translated to Ely in 1G27. He was conducted
to tlie habitation prepared for old age in sixteen
ifiji. hundred thirty and one; under which year you
may sec more of him among the writers. [Col.
50(1] In the see of Rochester succeeded Dr.
Walt. Curie, and in Ely Dr. Francis White, both
Cambridge men by education.
JOHN HOWSON, sometimes student and
canon of Christ Church, was consecrated bishop
of Oxford in the month of May 1618, was trans-
lated thence to Durham in 1628, and departed
this mortal life towards the latter end of sixteen
1031-2. hundred thirty and one; under which year you
may see more of him among the writers. [Col.
5 17-] In the said see of Durham succeeded
doctor Thomas Morton bishop of Lichfield and
Coventry;' the temporalities of which he' re-
ceived from the king the 12th of July 1632, and
dying in the house of sir Hen. Yelverton of
Easton-Manduit in Northamptonshire, on the
morrow after St. Matthew's day in 1659, aged 95
years, was succeeded in the year following by Dr.
John Cosin of Cambridge.
LEWES BAYLY', sometimes a member of
Exeter college, was consecrated bishop of Bangor
in l6l6, * and departed this mortal life in the
j632. beginning of the year sixteen hundred thirty and
two ; under which year you may see more of him
among the writers. [Col. 525.] In the said see
of Bangor succeeded a native of Segroet near
Denbigh, a certain learned doctor of divinity
named David Dolben of St. John's college in
Cambridge, a younger son of Robert Winn Dol-
ben of Denbigh before-mentioned in Denbigh-
shire : who dying in Bangor-house situated in
Shoe-lane near St. Andrew's church in Holbourn
in the suburb of London, on the 27th of Novem-
ber 1633, was buried in the church at Hackney,
which he kept in commendam with his bishop-
rick. 3 He was succeeded in tlie see of Bangor
by Edmund Griffith, of whom I shall speak by
and bj'.
' ri597, 25 Nov. Tho. Morton A. M admiss. ad eccl.
de Tey-parva alias Goodman corn. Essex, per resign.
Lioiielli Forster. Reg. Land. Kennet.]
' Pat. 8 Car. 1. p. 14.
' [Bp. Bayly was consecrated at Lambeth on Snnday the
I8th oI'Dec.'ieiO, by Dr. Geo. Abbot archbn. of Cant. bp.
Andrews of Ely, Dr. Neal bp. of Lincoln, Dr. Overall bp.
of Litchfield, and Dr. Bnckeridge bp. of Rochester assisting.
He dyed on Wednesday the 2()th of October liiil.
HUMPHREVS.]
' [David Dolben A. ^L admiss. ad vie. de Hackney, 18
.Tan. I6l8. Reg. Bonner.
Itol, 2 Mail, Gilb. Sheldon S. T. B. admiss. ad vicariam
de H.nckney per proniotionem David Dolben S. T. P. ad
ep'atiim Bang{>r ad pres. regis. — Rrg. Laud, ep'i Lnml.
It is therefo.'e a mistake that bp. Dolben held it iu com-
mendam with his see. Kennet 1
Vol. IL
JOHN RIDER, sometimes a student in Je-
sus college, was consecrated bishop of Killaloe in
IrcKind on the twelfth of January l6l2, and con-
cluded his last in a good old age, in sixteen hun- '»'2-
dred thirty and two; under which year you may
see more of him among tlie writers. [Col. 547-]
In the said bishoprick succeeded one LeweS
Jones a Welshman, sometimes a student in this
university, whom I shall mention at large among
the bishops in another part of this work.
FRANCIS GODWIN, sometimes a student
of Christ Church, was consecrated bishop of
Landaff in 1601, thence translated to Hereford in [735]
1617, and died in the beginning of the year six-
teen hundred thirty and three; under which year '"■"'•
you may see more of him among the writers.
[Col. 555.] To the said see, (after Goodman of
Gloucester had endeavoured to obtain it) was
elected doctor William Jnxon of Oxon, but
before he was consecrated, he was translated to
London ; whereupon doctor Augustin Lindsell
bishop of Peterborough was translated thereunto
in December 1633. After him followed Matthew
VA'rcii, doctor of divinity of Cambridge ; the tem-
poralities of which see (Hereford) were given ♦ to
him the 24th of March, 10 Charles 1. Dom.
1634-5. But he bein^ soon after translated to
Norwich, Theophilus Field of Pembroke-hall in
Cambridge (born in the parish of S. Giles's Crip-
plcgate, London) succeeded : The temporalities
also of which were restored ^ to him, the 23d of
January U)35. This Dr. Field dying soon after,
George Cook sometimes of Pembroke-hall in
Cambridge, brother to sir John Cook secretary of
state, succeeded, and had the tcmponilities thereof
given * to him the 7th of July 1636. He was the
son of Richard Cook of Trusley in Derbyshire,
by Mary his wife, daughter and heir of Thomas
Sacheverell of Kirby in Nottinghamshire, and he
the son of William Cook of the same place, by
his wife the daughter of Ralph Fitzherbert of
Tyssington in the said county of Derby. Which
George Cook dying in 1646, (the 22 Charles I.)
tin; see of Hereford lay void till the restoration
of king Charles II. and then 'twas supplied by
Dr. Nich. Monk of Oxon, of whom I shall make
large mention in his proper place.
GEORGE ABBOT, sometimes of Baliol
college, afterwards clyaplain to Thomas lord
Bueknurst, and then to the earl of Dunbar, witii
whom he was solemnly sent into Scotland, for an
effecting of an tinion in the hierarchy, was conse-
crated bishop of Lichfield and Coventry the Sd
of December in 1609, translated to London about
the latter end of January following, and in 1610
he was translated to Canterbury, on tiK' death of
♦ Pat. 10 Car. 1. p. 39.
5 Pat. 11 Car. 1. p. I+.
* Pat. 12 Car. 1. p. 17.
3 L
883
ABBOT.
PHILIPPS.
GOUGII.
PILS WORTH.
884
Dr. Richard Bancroft. He ileparlcd this mortal
1633. life in sixteen hundred thirty and three ; under
which year you may see more of liim among the
writers. [Col. 561.] In the see of Cantei-bury
succeeded Dr. WiUiam Laud, as I shall tell you
at large when I come to the next volume of this
work.
JOHN PHILIPPS was a "Welsh-man born,
• as it seems, and having received his academical
education in Oxon, became afterwards parson of
Thorp-Basset, and Slingesby in Yorkshire;
which last he obtained in the latter end of March
1591. About that time he being chaplain to
Henry earl of Derby, became archdeacon of
Clievland (on the resignation of Richard Bird,
bachelor of divinity) in April I6OI, also archdea-
con of the Isle of Man, and at ]ength(about 1614)
bishop of that place, but in whose room I cannot
tell, for between the translation thence of Dr.
George Lloyd to Chester 1604, some person, yet
unknown to me, did succeed.? In the rectory of
Slingesby succeeded Samuel Philipps master of
arts, in Jan. I6I8, and in Clievland Henry Tliur-
cross master of arts, an. l6l9, as I shall tell you
in the fasti an. I6IO. So that I presume those
two places were kept in commendam with the
bishoprick, by the said John Philipps, whom I
take to be the same with John Philipps who took
the degree of master of arts as a member of S.
Mary's-hall, in the month of May 1584. Which
degree he compleated as a member of Broad-
gate's, in an act celebrated the 10th of July the
same year. The said John Philipps bishop of
Man translated the bible into the Manks lan-
guage, that is, the language commonly spoken in
r-qg-i the Isle of Man, assisted in the said work by sir
Hugh Cannal minister of Kirk St. Michael in the
said isle. He concluded his last day about the
1633. year sixteen hundred thirty and three, and was
succeeded in the said see of Man b}' William
Forster* a divine of some note in his time, but
whether he was ever of Brasen-nose college, as
some think he was, (wherein several of his sir-
name and time have studied,) I cannot tell. One
William Forster, a Warwickshire man born, was
entred a student in S. John's college I6OI, and
another of that house was a writer, as I have
before told you among the writers under the
year 1633, [Col. 573-] One John Philipps wrote
A Summon to Repentance. Lond. 1584. oct. but
he is not to be taken to be the same with the
former, and another John Philipps wrote The
Way to Heaven, on Acts 2. 47. — Printed in qu.
1625. Which book I having not yet seen, can-
' [This is a mistake; Philipps succeeded Lloyd. He was
nominated to the see Jan. 2(), 1(J04, and consecrated Feb. 10
following. Willis, Cathedrals, p. 368.]
' tP'"' ^V'"- I'orstcr held in com. the rectories of Barrow
and Korlhcrn (co. Ccstr.) and a prebend in the church of
Chester. Takner.J
not say to the contrary but that it may be pub-
lished by John Philipps the bishop. Qu.
[Bp. Philips was presented some time after his
consecration, by the earl of Darby to the rectory
of Havvarden (co. Flint) w'^'' he enjoyed till his
death, w"' was before April 1632, when the king
presented to Hawardyn, void by the bp's death
jure prerog. Tanner.
He got the Common Prayer Book of the Church
of England, translated into the language of the
natives of his diocese, the original of which (says
Willis') is vet extant, and was famous for his
charity and hospitality _]
FRANCIS GOUGH, commonlycalledGoFFE,
the fifth son of Hugh Gough rector of All-
cannings in Wilts, by Jane his wife, daughter
of one Clifford of Clifford-hall in Devonshire,
was born in Wiltshire, entred a bailer in S.
Edmund's-hall in the latter end of I6I 1, aged 17
years, and afterwards was made one of the clerks
of New college ; where continuing some years,
returned to the said hall, and as a member
thereof took the degree of master of arts, in I6I8.
Soon after, he having a just opportunity of going
into Ireland, became first chancellor, then bishop
of Limerick; to which see being consecrated ' at
Cashills the 17th of September I626, sate there
till the time of his death; which hapning on the
29th of August in sixteen hundred thirty and
four, was buried in the cathedral church of Lime-
rick, leaving then behind him his eldest brother
named Hugh, who was chanter of Limerick and
justice of peace. In the see of Limerick suc-
ceeded George Web, whom I shall mention under
the year l64 1 .
WILLIAM PILSWORTH was bom in
Flcetstreet in the West suburb of London,
elected and admitted demy of Magd. coll. 29
Sept. 1578, aged 18 years on the da}' of the
nativity of our Saviour following, took one degree
in arts as sj member of Magd. hall in Dec. 1581,
left the university without any other degree, went
into Ireland, became prebendary of Monahannoc,
and at length bishop of Kildare : To which being
consecrated ^ at Balsoon in the county of Meath,
the 11th of September 1604, sate there without
any removal to the time of his death ; which
hapning at Naas on the 9th of May in sixteen
hundred thirty and five, was buried at Dunfert in
the county of Kildare. In the said see succeeded
Robert Usher doctor of divinity, son of Henry
Usher sometimes archbishop of Armagh ; who
lived upon it till the rebellion broke out in Ire-
land, an. 1(341, and then retired mto England for
protection.
> [Cathedrals (Diocese of Man) page 368.}
' Jac. War. ut supra, p. I89.
^ Ibid. p. 130.
1634
163.1,
1^
885
COU13ET.
HS6
RICHARD CORBET, sometimes student,
afterwards dean of, Clirist Cliurcli, was conse-
crated bishop of Oxford in 1619, (tho' in some
respects unworthy of such an office 3) and trans-
lated thence to Norwich in the beginning of
if)3S. 1632. He died in the latter end of July in six-
teen hundred thirty and five; under which year
you may see more of him among the writers.
[Col. 594.] After his death a native of the parish
of S. Peter Cheap in London named Dr. Matthew
Wren* bisho|) of Hereford was translated to Nor-
wich ; the temporalities of which see were * re-
stored to him the 24th of November 1635, being
elected * thereunto on the tenth day of the same
month. Afterwards upon the death of Dr. Fran-
[737] cis White bishop-ahnoncr, he was translated to
Ely ; the temporalities of which were restored to
' [There can be little doubt but that Wood here alludes
to ihe convivial disposition and delight in frolic that charac-
terised the bishop, and which onr author did not conceive lo
become the gravity of his office. Aubrey relates several
anecdotes of his episcopal levity, from which take the follow-
ing:— His chaplaine, Dr. Liishington, was a very learned
and ingeniose man and they loved one another. The bp,
souietinies would take the key of the wine-cellar, and he and
his chaplaine would goe and lock themselves in and be merry.
Then first he layes dovvne his episcopall hat, There lyes the
Dr. Then he putts off his gowne. There lyes the bishop.
Then 'twas. Here's to thee, Corbel, and Here's lo thee
Lushinglon. Aubrey's Lives affixed to Letters from the
BodUian, 1813, vol. ii. p. 294. Aubrey says, he had this
anecdote from Mr. Josias Howe, B. D. of Trinity coll.
Oxon.]
♦ [Matthew Wren, Greek scholar in Pembr. hall at
Cambr. B. A. was chosen fellow Nov, 5, l605, M. A. jun.
tax. lOlO, sen. treasurer l6ll. When K. James I. made a
progress to Cambridge, Wren kept the philosophy act w"'
very great applause. Bursar l621 ; president of the college
l6l(); had a testimonial June 30, 1018; chaplain to bishop
Andrews ; chaplain to prince Charles in his voyage to Spain ;
D. 1).; resigned his fellowship Nov. 8, l024; vicc-chancel-
lour 1(528; master of Peter house ; dean of Windsor; bishop
of Hereford; bishop of Norwich; dean of the king's chap-
pel ; bishop of Ely. He was severely handled by the long
parliament, and imprisoned in the tower almost 20 years
without ere being brought to triall for his pretended misde-
meanours. In l6(;0 he was restor'd to his episcopal function.
He was a very great benefactor to Pembroke hall in money
and books, but especially in erecting at his own charge (it
cost him near AO'Jlbs) that goodly fabrick the new chappell,
the altar of wh<^'> he furnished with his own chappell plate,
and indow'd it with the royalty of Hardwicke in this county.
He died in the year 1667- From a MS. Hist, of Pembr.
Hall iji Cambr.
An. Dom. 1626, Octob. 5. Matthaeus Wren SS. theol.
doctor et magister hujus collegii S. Petri coram scholaribus
qusdem colle^ii reniintiavit omnibus remed its contra piam
amotionem (si forte contingat) & de hujusmodi rennntiatione
observanda juramentum pra;stitit corporale. Ita testamur.
'Samuel Baron. Georgius Bankcs.
Robertus Derhara.
Fredcricus Gib.
Nicholaus Mawe. Lucas Skippon.
Ex vet. Jlegistro Coll. D. Petri.
See Heyliu's account of Dr. Wren in Life ofAhp. Laud,
\>. 263. Kennrt.]
' Pat. 1 1 Car. 1. p. 25.
* £EIectus Nov. 12, 1035. B.vker>]
him? on the 5th of May lO.'JS, where he sate to
the time of his death. He (by the way 1 must
tell you) was the son of I'rancis Wren citizen of
London, (a branch of the Wrens of Binchester
in the bishoprick of Durham,) [born at London
]Jecembcr23, 1585, baptized Jan. 2,'] and being
an eminent scholar in his youth, became first
[admitted in 1601,'^] a student in Pembroke-hall
in Cambridge, then Greek scholar and fellow of
that house, and soon after chaplain to Lancelot
Andrews bishop of Winchester. Afterwards [July
26, 1625, '] he was made master of Peter-house,
vice-chancellor of the said university, clwplain to
king Charles L when he was prince, (whom he
attended after he had taken his journey to Spain)
as also when he was kini^, prebendary of Win-
chester, [November 10, 1623,'] dean of Windsor,
(in which honourable dignity he was installed the
24th of July 1628,) sworn rcgistrary of the most
noble order of the Garter, the 23d of September
following, and in 1633 became clerk of the closet,
in the place of Dr. William Juxon. In 1634 he
became prebend of Westminster, in the room of
Dr. John Wilson, and near upon tliattime' bishop
of Hereford. But continuing there not long,
he was translated to Norwich, as I have before
told you : and being made dean of the chappcl
royal, upon Juxon's advance to the treasurer's
slafl", an. 1636, he was translated to Ely in the
beginning < of 1638, as 'tis alread\^ said. In all
which offices his deportment was with sucii
gravity, exemplary piety, and government with
no less prudence, that upon the beginning of the
unparallel'd rebellion raised by the presbyterians
commonly then called puritans, who had an
implacable hatred for him, for his pride, inso-
lence, and higii hand used towards them, as they
frecpientiy reported, he was by them miserably
persecuted, and grievously oppressed by plunder
of his goods, seizure of his estate, and by a strait
and tedious imprisonment in the Tower of Lon-
don, which he endured with great patience and
magnanimity near eighteen years. After his
majesty's return he was set at liberty, was re-
stored to his bishoprick of Ely, and notwithstand-
ing his former losses, performed several acts of
piet}'. Among which, was his building a new
chappel in Pembroke-hall before-mentioned ;
which being beautified with splendid and deco-
rous furniture, and amply endowed with an
annual revenue, was upon the feast of S. Mat-
thew, (the 2 1st of September) in 1665, solemnly
consecrated and dedicated by himself in person,
and by his episcopal authority, to the honour of
almighty God. A noble and lasting monument
» Pat. 14 Car. l.p. 35.
» [B.VKER.I » [Ibid.]
' ;ibid ] ' [Ihid.]
3 He was consecrated M.trch 8, UJ34, B.\ker.]
* [Elected bish. of Ely, April 4, 1()38. Baki:R.J
3 L 2
887
BOYLE.
GRIFFITH.
883
of the rare piety and munifieencc of that great
an<l wise prelate, ami m every point aeeoriled to
his character; which was tlien so well known,
that the sole nomination of the founder was a
sufficient account of the elegance and magnifi-
cence of the foundation. Before evening service,
the exterior or outer cliappel, and the cloyster
leading to it, (a new fabric of sir Robert Hi tcham's
foundation) were by his lordship also consecrated,
for places of sepulture to the use of the society,
together with a cell or vault at the cast-end of
the chappel under the altar, for a dormitory for
his lordship. He piud his last debt to nature in
El^'-House in Holborn near London, on Wednes-
day the 24th of April in 16G7, aged eighty one
years and upwards. Whereupon his body being
embalm'd, was convey'd to Cambridge, and depo-
sited with great solemnity in a stone coffin in the
vault before-mention'd. This worthy and learned
bishop hath written (1) Iiiciepatio liar-Jesu: sive
Folemictc Adsertiones Locorum aliquot S. Scripturec
ab Imposturh Perversioiium in Catechesi Racotiaria.
Loud 1660. qu. remitted into the ninth volume
of the Criticks. (2) I'he Abandoning of the
Scotch Covenant. Lond. 166 1. qu. (3) EpistoLc
varia ad Viros doctiss. Among whom are to be
numbred Ger. Jo. Vossius : As also two or more
sermons, one of which is on Prov. 24. 21. printed
in 1627; and another on Psal. 44. 18, printed in
[738] 1662, both in qu. &c. He left behind him several
sous, who will be mention'd elsewhere.
MICHAEL BOYLE was a Londoner born,
son, if I mistake not, of Michael Boyle of S.
Mary Magdalen's parish in Milkstrcet (who died
in the latter end of 1596,) and nearly related to
the Boyles of Kentish-Town in Middlesex ; was
educated in Merchant-Taylor's school, became
scholar of S. John's college in 1593, aged 18
years, took the degrees in arts, holy orders, and
was made vicar of Finden in Northamptonshire.
In l6l I he proceeded in divinity, and tlu^ee years
after resigning liis vicaridge, lie went into Ire-
land, was made dean of Lismore, and at length in
the latter end of the year 16 19 was consecra-
ted bishop of Wateiford and Lismore, being
then esteemed a person of good learning and
prudence. ^ He yielded up his last breath at
Waterford * on the 27th of December in sixteep
1635. hundred thirty and five, and was buried in the
cathedral church of the holy Trinity there, leav-
ing tlien behind him a brother named Rich.
Boyle archbishop of Tuam, whom I shall men-
tion in the Fasti, among the incorporations,
an. 1601. There was another Michael Boyle,
who was archbishop of Dublin in 1663, but he
was nephew to the former Michael, by being son
to Richard bcfore-mentioil'd.
' rWorWiy wisdom he slioiild have said. Baker.]
* lb. in Jat. War. ut 3u|)ra, p. KOO,
[Michael Boyle S. T. B. ad vie. de Findori
alias Thingdon ad pres. Hic'i Peacock armig.
13. Jun. 1610, {Reg. Howland, Petrib.) Ken-
JJET.
For some traits of this prelate's character,
which was none of the best, see Lord Straffurde's
Letters, published by Dr. William Knowler,
Lond. 1739, in folio, vol, i, pages 82, 189,212,
213. From the testimony of archbishop Laud,
' when he lived in the college, he would have
done any thing, or sold any man for six jience
profit.' The life of such a bishop is best buried
in obscurity.]
EDMUND GRIFFITH a Caernarvonshire
man born, was admitted in the quality of an ex-
hibitioner ' into Brasen-nose college on the 8th
of April 1587, having before, as I conceive, been
a student of that of Jesus, look the degrees in arts,
that of master being coni[)leated in 1592. About
which time being in full orders, had some em-
ployments agreeable to his profession in these
parts. In 1599 he was admitted to the reading
of the sentences, and afterwards being made dean
of Bangor, in the place of Dr. John Williams de-
ceas'd, in September or October l6l3, was at
length made bishop of that place, on the death
of L)r. Dav. Dolbcn, an. 1633. To which see
being consecrated, the temporalities thereof were
restored to him ' on the 26th of February the
same year. He died in sixteen hundred thirty
and seven, and was, as I suppose, buried in the
church of Bangor. In the said see succeeded
Dr. William Roberts ' subdean of Wells and
archdeacon of Anglesy, sometimes fellow of
Queen's college in Cambridge, and proctor of
that university, who having the said bishoprick
bestowed on him by the endeavours of Dr. Laud
archbishop of Canterbury, for discovering church
goods to the value of 1000/. had the temporalities
thereof given ' to him the 24th of September,
13 Car. 1. Dom. 1637, with liberty then allowed
to him, to keep his archdeaconry in commcndam.
In the time of rebellion he suffered much, and
about 1649 he was sequestred of all, or most of
Ills estate, whether spiritual or temporal. In the
great year of the restoration of king Charles 2.
he was restored to all he had lost, and dying ia
' Reg. Antiq. Coll. JSnean. fol. 95. a.
* Pat. 9 Car. I. p. 15.
' [Bp. Uoberts was made archdeacon of Anglesey at the
same time that he was made Bp. Owen Owens of Burton La-
timer, father of Bp- John Owen of S'. Asaph, was the last
separate archdeacou> Sinre liis dcatii, whic h was in Bp. Bel-
lot's time, tlie bishops all held it in commeiidam, till it was
annexed to the bibhoprick by act of parliament, ItiSo. Hum-
phreys.
Dr. Will. Uoberts sometime fellow of Queen's coll. in
Cambr. founded one exhibition for a Welch scholar in that
house. Kknvet.]
' Pat. 13 Car. I. p. la.
l(>37.
8a9
GRU'FiTH.
WHEELER.
890
1665, one Dr. ' Price was elected bishop,
Lilt lie dying before consecration in the same
vcai', Robert Morgan ' doctor or bachelor of di-
* [Dr. Robert Price, bp of Fern in Ireland. Hum-
PHRKYS.]
3 [Since you have mentioned Bp. Morgan, 1 will add this
short account of him. He was born l008, at Bronfraith in
the parish of Llandyssil in Monlgomervshirc, and was the
third son of Richard Moraan of Bronfraith (who sometimes
served in parHameni for tlie borough of Montgomery) and of
Margeret, daiighterof Thomas Lloyd of Gwern hu arlh, gent,
his v\ife. He was bred at school near that place, under one
Mr. 1-loyd, fither of Simon Lloyd archdeacon of Merionith,
and E<lw. Lloyd mercer at. the Bear inn in Oxon. He was
first admitted of Jesus coll. in Cambridge, and continued till
after he was A. M. And upon Bp Dolben's advancement to
the bishoprick of Bangor, he became his chaplain, and was
by him promoted first to the vicarage of Llanwnoe in Moiit-
comcryshire Sept. l6. l632, then to the rectory of IJangyn-
n;ifal in Duffrvn C'lwyd. Upon Bp Dolben's death, he re-
turned lo Cambrige, and settled at S'. John's college with his
great friend Dr. Beale, there he commenced B. D. Upon
Bp. Robert's advancement, he returned again to Wales as his
cha|)lain, and was by him made vicar of Llanfair Dyffryn
Clewyd. He resigned Llangynhafal, and was instituted to
Tref draeth in Anglesey Jul. l(). i()42, being then B. D.
Then he resigned Ltanfair, and was instituted to LlandyfFiian
iSov. ly. \6i2. This Llandyfl'nan was then worth but 38 lib.
per an. the tythes being leased before the statute of limitation
for 99 years to the Bulkcleys of Baron hill. But Mr. Morgan
bought out that term, which was about 15 or |6 years iniex-
1)ired, and when he was nuted of his other preferments, he
lept this in the times of usurpation, by virtue of the assign-
mentof that lease. He never renewed the lease, but left it free
to the church (tho' itcost him aboveSOO lib,) and is now worth
ilOOlib. per ann. and the best living in the diocese. After the
king's restoration, he was restored to his preferments, and
made archdeacon of Merionith, and likewise D D. lOGO, and
then made comporlioner of Llanddioam July 2.f. IWJO.
Upon l)r Robert Price's death, he was elected to the bishop-
rick, and was consecrated July I. I()06. Upon archdeacon
Mostyn's death, he took the archdeaconry of Bangor into his
commendau), and took care to have it secured for his suc-
cessor, who likewise enjoyed it, and had it annexed to the
bishoprick by act of parhameut. He dyed Se|)t 1. 16/3, and
was bury'd the sixth of the same mfnth at Bangor, in the
grave of Bp Robinson, on the south side of the alter, where
on a brass there is lliis inscri))tion:
RoBERTi Morgan, S.T. P. Eprscopi
Bangoriensis, Quod mortalb
FUIT HlC DtPOSITUM E.ST, IN
Spem bea I jE Hksurrkctioni.s et
Immortalitatis MDCLXXlil, Anno
CoNSKCRATtONIS EJDS VHI".
.flvrATIS AUTEM LXV".
Hemarry'd Anne, the daughter and heir of William Lloyd,
rector Llane'ian, of the family of Henblas, brother to Rich
Lloyd, B. D. father of the present Bp. of S". Asaph, and had
bv her 4 soniis and 4 daughters, as (1) Richard his eldest, who
dyed young. (2) Owen, who was first contmoner, then
scholar of Jesus college Oxon, and after that a member of
Gray's Inn, where (after he had for some time also attended
S' Lcoline Jinkins at the treaty of Neiumegen) he dyed
Apr. 11. 1G79, greatly lamented, not only by his relations,
but by all that knew him, as being a young gentleman of ex-
traordinary hopes (3) V\ illiam, LL B. of Jesus coH. Oxon.
and at this time chancellor of the diocese of Bangor. (4) Ro-
bert now student of Christ's church. His eldest daughter
was marry'd to Edward W'yii, cler. A. M. son ai-.d heir of
John Wyh, of Budewrid in Anglesey, esq; the second was
viiiity, rector of Llanddyfnan in Anglesy and
archdeacon of Merioneth being electecl into his
place, was consecrated at Lambeth on the first
day of July 16<)(). He died in September 1673,
leaving behind him a relict called Anne.
[Edmund (irilHlh was born at Kcfenamwbch
in Liyii in the year 1570, being a younger son of
GrirtVth John (jritlith of that place, esri; by his
wife katiicrine, the daughter of S' Richard liulke-
ley of Reumares, Kt. 1 find in the parchment
register this I'^dm. Griffith, then A. M. instituted
to Llandwrog Aug. 8. 151)9, made canon of Ban-
gor July 5. WM), being then B. D. instituted to
Llaiipedrog Dec. 10. I604, by the king's presen-
tation propter lapsum temporis, but this diti not
take He was installed dean of Bangor
Sept. 9. 1613 ; consecrated and installed up.
An'. 14. 1634; and dyed on I'ryday the 26th of
May l6.')7. Humphreys.
j)r Humphrey, Bp of Bangor in a letter to
Mr Ant. Wood writes thus:
The inscription on bishop Griffith's grave is 90
worn that scarce any thing can be made of it,
what could be read is this and in this form :
Edmuiidi Griffith viri omni quod sub coelis
bono ditati, animi sinceritate, corporis proceri-
tatc notabili, niembrorum omnium symmetria
gaudebat. Quai fortuna; invidce bona dicun-
tur defuere . .
. . . . Oxonii educatus * Sacro Theologia
Bacc. nomine et cohonestatus .... fuit
. pridem archidiac . .... decanus,
tandem cp'us A ubi alt! us quo
in terris ascenderet non invenit, in coelos
la?tus ascendit. 27 Maii 1637. .^tat. suae 67.
Ken NET.'']
JONAS WHEELER, dean of the church of
the Holy Trinity, eomnioiily called Christ church
in Dublin, and chaplain to king James L was
consecrated bishop ot Ossory in S. Patrick's church
near Dublin on the eighth day of May 1613, and
died in the ninety seventh year of his age at Dun-
more, on the 19th of April in si.xteen hundred
marry'd to Tliomas Lloyd of Kefn, rejister of St. Asaph.
The third to Hum. Humphreys, of Kyssail gy farch com.
Carnarvon, D. D. and dean of Bangor llic 4th dyed
unmarried.
Bp Morgan left behind him severall things fitt for the press,
but because, as he sayd, they were ill transcribed, he forbid
them to be published. He oidcred the inside of ihechoir lo be
new done with good wavnscoat seats for the dc-iiis, prebends
&c. and with the assistance of a legacy, left by Bp. Rol)erts,
and the charity of several of the gentry, furnished the church
with an excellent organ, and repaired the church, which then
had not one farthing revenue to snp|)orl it's fabriek. He was
a ninn of great prudence in business, good learning and elo-
(|ueuce in preaching, both in the English and his native
tongue, and he perfectly s|>cnt and wore himself away by his
constant nrc.-»ching. IIumpiireys.]
♦ [This has not been printed by Hcarnc amons bishop
HumphrcVi'i notes. It is here taken from bish. Kennel's
transcript.]
891
ATHERTON.
892
[739] and forty: Whereupon his body was buried in
the cathedral church of Kilkenny. He was born
in Oxfordshire, as 'tis s said, particuhirly, as I
suppose, within the city of Oxon, was educated
in this university, but in what house, unless in
that of Brasen-nose, where one or more of his
name and kindred studied about his time, 1 know
not, nor what degrees he took, because many have
studied in the same university, five, seven, ten
years, or more, and yet never took any degree.
JOHN ATHERTON, son of John Atherton,
who became rector of Bawdripp in Somersetshire
in 1584, was born in that county, (at Bawdripp as
it seems), and at sixteen years of age in l6l4,
became either a batlcr or commoner of Glou-
cester-hall, where continuing till after he had
taken one degree in arts, was transplanted to Lin-
coln college, took the degree of master as a mem-
ber of it, holy orders, and soon after was made
rector of Huisii Comb-flower in his own country.
At length being made known to Thomas earl of
Strafford lord lieutenant of Ireland, for his great
sufficiencies in the canon law, and ecclesiastical
affairs, was by him made prebendary of Christ
Church in Dublin, and afterwards bishop of Wa-
terford and Lismore in the year 1636, (he being
then doctor of divinity,) in which office he be-
haved himself for some time with great prudence,
tho' forward enough, if not too much, against the
Roman Catholicks in that country. At length
being charged with a crime, not now to be named,
was seized on and imprisoned : And being found
guilty of it, was first degraded, and afterwards
suffered death by hanging at Dublin, (being the
first of his function that suffered that kind of
death, as he said it openly to the people at the
1640. gallows,) on the fifth clay of December in sixteen
hundred and forty. Afterwards his body was bu-
ried, according to his desire, in the remotest or
obscurest part of the yard (where rubbish used to
be laid) belonging to S. John's church in Dublin.
Nich. Bernard doctor of divinity, sometimes chap-
lain to the learned and religious Dr. Usher arch-
bishop of Armagh, hath written and published a
book of his penitent death, with a sermon at his
burial, to which (being very worthy of perusal) I
refer the reader for his farther satisfaction. In
Waterford and Lismore succeeded Dr. Archibald
Adair a Scot, and him Dr. George Baker, who
died in October or thereabouts, an. I66S.
John Atherton AM. admiss ad rect. de Thor-
ley com Hartford 28 Sept. 1562 ex coll. e'pi
Lond. quam resign, ante 20 Apr. 1573. -Reg.
Grindau.
Idem A. M. coll. ad prcb. consumpt. per mare,
28 Maii 1562 per deprivat Will ; Massenger
Reg. Bonner. Admiss ad rect. de Hatfield Reges.
22 Sept 1548. Quae vacat ante 20 Mar. 1553.
' Jac. War. -ut sup. in Com. de Prcesul. Ilib. p. ISO.
Admis, ad rect. de Roding plumbea Essex, 13 Jan.
1562 quam resign, ante 26 Nov. 1571.
[ 1592 John Atherton fuit prebendarius prcb.
consumpt. per mare in eccl'ia Paul. Reg. Ail-
mer, Epi Lond. Ken net.
On the subject of bishop Atherton's condem-
nation hear what Carte the historian says, and
which justice as well as charity will incline us to
subscribe to : But in order to put this in a proper
light, we must give the whole passage: —
Richard Boyle, earl of Cork, was the richest
subject in the ki igdom, and allied to the greatest
families in it: he had been latcl}' in conjunction
with his son-in-law the lord chancellor Loftus, for
several j'ears entrusted with the government of
it under the stile of lords justices, and was still
lord treasurer, great in power, and greater in repu-
tation for his sagacity, prudence and experience.
He had raised a vast estate by the improvements
he had made on forty-two thousand acres of land
in the county of Cork, which he purchased of sir
Walter Raleigh, but among other additions which
he had made to it, he had gotten into his hand
too much of the patrimony of the church, which
in those times lay exposed a common and easy
prey to the depredations of great men. But no
man's greatness could protect him from the in-
quisition of the lord deputy,^ who in obedience to
his master's orders, and out of his own zeal for
the church, wrung from the earl about two thou-
sand pounds a year in great tythes, which, for
want of incumbents upon livings, and by the dis-
order and corruption of the times, he had got into
his possession and turned into appropriations.
Nor did he stop here, but as the earl was pos-
sessed of the manors of Lismore and Ardmore,
and of other lands formerly, and of right, belong-
ing to the see of Waterford and Lismore, and of
seven hundred pounds a year belonging to the
college of Youghall, the lord deputy meditated
a prosecution for the recovery of these to the
church. He had no private interest in the affair,
and yet it was the first occasion of that mortal hatred
w hich the earl ever afterwards bore him, and had
too unhappy an opportunity of shewing at his
trial. The earl of Cork compounded afterwards,
on 27 June 1637, for the lands of the see of Wa-
terford, by giving back Ardmore to the church ;
but bishop Atherton suing for the rest, and being
well qualified by his talents and spirit to go
through with the suit, fell (as there is too much
reason to think) a sacrifice to that litigation, rather
than to justice, when he suffered for a pretended
crime of a secret nature made felony in this par-
liament, upon the testimony of a single witness
that deserved no credit, and who in his informa-
tion pretcndcfl, that the crime had some time be-
fore been committed upon himself. The bishop
* [Sir Thomas Wentworth, viscouBt Wentworth, afttf
wards earl of Strafford.]
893
BANCROFT.
894
[740]
1640-1.
{luring all tiic tune of iiis most exemplary prepa-
ration tor death, and at the moment of his exe-
cution absolute!}' denied the fact, and the fellow
who swore aqainst him, w/ien he came to be exe-
cuted himself some time afterwards for his crimes,
confessed at the ga/lows that he had falsi i/ accused
him. The bishop however was executed presently
after lord deputy \^^indest'ord's death in Decem-
ber 1640, in a season when by the wicked policy
of the times, every thing was encouraged that
would throw a scandal upon that order of men,
and render episcopacy odious.']
JOHN BANCROFT, son of Christopher Ban-
croft (by Audrey Andrews his wife) eldest son of
Job. Bancroft of Farnworth in Lancashire, by
Mary his wife, daughter of John Curwyn, bro-
ther to Hugh Curwyn, sometimes bishop of Ox-
ford, was born in a little village called Astell or
Estwell, lying between Witney and Burford in
Oxfordshire, was [educated at VVestminster school,
and] admitted a student of Christ Church in 1592,
aged eighteen years or more, took the degrees in
arts, iioTy orders, and became a preacher for some
years in and near Oxon. In 1 609, he being
newly admitted to proceed in divinity, was by the
endeavours of his uncle Dr. Richard Bancroft
archbishop of Canterbury (a younger son of John
Bancroft before-mention'd,) elected master of
University college, where he continued above
twenty years: In which time, he vvas at great
pains and expence to recover and settle the
antient lands belonging to that foundation. In
1632, he was, upon the translation of Dr. Corbet
to Norwich, nominated bishop of Oxford; where-
upon being elected by the dean and chapter in
April tlie same year, had the temporalities of
that see given " to him on the 6th of June fol-
lowing, being about that time consecrated. In
1640, when the long parliament began, and
Eroceeded with great vigour against the bisho[)s,
e was possessed so much with fear (having
always been an enemy to the puritan) that with-
out little or no sickness, he surrendred up his
last breath in his lodgings at VVestminster.
Afterwards his body was carried to Cudesden
in the diocese of Oxon, and was buried near
to and under the South wall of the chancel of the
church there, on the twelfth day of February in
sixteen hundred and forty, leaving then behind
him the character'', amcuigthe puritans or presby-"
terians then dominant, of a corrupt, unpreaching,
popish prelate. The reader is now to know that
before this man's time, the bishops of Oxford had
no house left belonging to their episcopal see,
either in city or country, but dwelt at their par-
sonage-houses which they held in commeridam,
tho' Dr. Jo. Bridges, who had no commendam in
' ILi/c of James first Duke of Ormonde, 173G fol. vol. i.
puge fi8.]
^ Pat. 8 Car. I. p. 13.
' See in Canhrluiies Doom, printed iu fol. l646. p. 353.
ills diocese, lived for the most part in hired houses
in the city. ' For, as I have before told you in Dr.
Robert Kyngc, tho' at the foundation of the bi-
slioprick of Oxford in the abbey of Osney, the
kiig appointed (Gloucester college for the bishop's
palace, yet wiien that foundation was inspected
mto by king Edward 6. and a recital thereupon
made of the foundation thereof done by his
father, that |)lace was left out of the charter, as
being designed then for another use. So that
from that time till this man (Dr. Bancroft) came
to be bishop, there being no settled house or pa-
lace for him or his successors, he did resolve by
the persuasion of Dr. Laud, archbishop of Can-
terbury, to build one. Wherefore in the first
place the impropriate parsonage of Cudesden be-
fore-mentioned, five miles distimt from Oxon,
which belonged to the bishop in right of his see,
he let the lease thereof run out witiiout any more
renewing, that in the end it might be made an
improvement to the slender bishoprick. The vi-
caridge also of his own donation falling void in
the irw;an time, he procured himself to be legally
instituted and inducted thereunto. All which be-
ing done, he, through the power and favour of
Dr. Laud before-mentioned, obtained an annexa-
tion of it to the see episcopal, (the design of
bringing in the impropriation going forward still)
and soon after began, with the help of a great
deal of timber from the forest of Shotover, given
to him by his majesty, to build a fair palace;
which, with a chappel in it, being complcatly
finished, an. l6.')4, was the next summer out of
curiosity visited by the said Dr. Laud ; which he
remits into his Diari/ thus. * September the 2d,
an. 1635, I was in attendance with the king at
Woodstock, and went thence to Cudsden, to see
the house which Dr. John Bancroft then lord
bishop of Oxford had there built to be a house for
the bishops of that see for ever; he having built
that house at my persuasion.' But this house or
palace (which cost three thousand and five hun-
dred pounds ^J proved almost as short liv'd as the
founder, being burn'd down by colonel William
Legg during the short time that he was governor
of the garrison of Oxford, in the latter end of
1644, for fear it might be made a garrison by the
parliament forces, though with as much reason
and more piety (as one ^ observes) he might have
garrison'd it for the king, and preserved the
house. Being thus ruined, it lay so till Dr. John
' [Bridges resided at March-Baldwin in his own diocese of
Oxford, where he died, and of which parish Willis conjec-
tures he was rector. He was buried in the chancel of that
church, with the following cpifciph :
' Here lyeth the body of the reverend father John Bridges,
late bishop of Oxford, who departed this life the 25th of
March l6lH.' Cathedrals, (Oxon) page 432.]
' [The sum was two thousand five hundred pounds, as L
learn from the best authority.]
3 Dr. R Hcvliu in his History of the Life and Death of
Dr. JFtUiam Laud, lib. 3. part 1.
895
CRITOPYLUS.
896
\
[741]
Fell became bishop of Oxon, antl then with mo-
neys out of his own purse, and the help of lim-
ber, which one of his predecessors, named Dr.
William Paul, had laid in in his life-tiinc for that
purpose, did rebuild it upon the ol«l foundation,
with a ehappel in it, as before. The outside of
which being finished in the year l679, the inside
followed soon after.
[IfiOl, 11 Pec. Job. Bancroft, A.M. coll. ad
eccl'iam de rinehley per mortem Kieardi Late-
ware. Reg. Bancroft Kp'i Lond.
I60i), IS Oct. Joh. Bancroft, S.T. B. coll. ad
preb. de Mapesbury per resign. Sam. Harsnett
S.T. P. Ihid,
Eccl.de Finchley resign. l608. Kennkt.
He had a year of grace upon his taking the
rect. of Finchley (dioc. Lond.) 13 Jan. 1601.
(Lib. Sub.)
27 May, lfi08. Jo. Bancroft S. th. pr. collatus
p archiep"m Cant, ad rectoriam de Orsington,
com. Kant, sine cur&.
After 1609 he was collated to the rectory of
Biddenden in Kent w"^*" he held in com. with his
bp'' of Oxford. (SancroJ'l.) Tanner.
Willis had been told, that he received an hun-
dred pounds a year to stop law proceedings about
the recovery of Water- Eaton manor to the see ot
Oxford, which he was attempting. Cathedrals,
vol. ult. page 553.^ *
METROPHANES CRITOPYLUS, a Gre-
cian born, came into England to be instructed in
the doctrine and discipline of tlte church, and in
order thereunto to learn the Latin and English
tongues. To these ends he addressed himself to Dr.
Abbot, archbishop of Canterbury,'* who sent him
forthwith to Baliol college, where he had for
his interpreter the noted Grecian Mr. Edward
* [V L/itters of Cyril and Geo. Abbot, archbishop of Cant,
printed by Colomes'ms, p. 344, 34.'>, 3(J3, &c. with Cle-
ment's Epistles, and his MS. Letters in the Ilarleyan library.
Baker.]
Silvester, and continued there till the time of
his departure from England, which was about
1(522, at which time he was chancellor to the
patriarch of Constantinople. After his return to his
own country, he becatne patriarch of Alexandria
in the place of Cyrill Lucaris translated to Con-
.stantinoplc, and wrote, as some ' suppose. The Con-
fession of Faith, which went under the natne of
Cyrill Patriarch of Constantinople, published in
the Greek tongue in 1()29. ^\'hi(•h Confession
was, with a censure upon it, printed at Rome in
1()32, the title of which, rendered into English, is
this. The Condemnation of the Confession of the
Colvinisls, as it was set forth in the ISiame of Cj/rill,
Patriarch if Constantinople. With this Condem-
nation and Confession is printetl jIn Ansicer to the
Jnathematisms of Cj/rill Patriarch of Alexandria,
Predecessor to Crilopi/his ; uherein the said Ana-
thematisms are acknowleged to he genuine,
though they decrt/ the said Confession as spurious.
There is also extant, Cyrilli Lucaris Patriarchal
Constantinopolitani Confessio Christiana; Fidei,
cui adjuncta est geniina ejusdem Confessionis Cen-
sura Si/noda/is ; una a Cyrillo Berrharnsi, altera
a Parthenio, Patriarchis itidem Constant inopo-
litanis pervulgata. Omnia Grace i^ Latine, lfi45.
Oct. This Critopylus was in great renown in his
own country in sixteen hundred and forty, but
wlien be died I cannot yet find.
[Vide a further account of him in J. Amon's
Monumens authentiques de lu Religion de Grecs,
p. 37-46. Cole.
There is a portrait of Crytopylus, in 8vo,
eiiifraved by Michael Vandergucht, inscribed
KTPIAAO^, &c. prefixed to Smith's Collectanea
de Cpillo Lucario, Lond. 1707, and another in
the continuation of Boissard. I should doubt the
authenticity of either.]
' See more in Ballio-Fergus, written by Henry Savage,
printed at Oxon. l66'8. p. 1 19.
[742]
Cl.ir.
1(J40.
INDEX
INDEX
OF
LIVES CONTAINED IN THE SECOND VOLUME.
(Those lives that have an Asterisk prefixed, contain additions in the text, those enclosed in brackets, are perfectly new.
It will be found that additional notes are given to most of the lives not distinguished by either of the above marks.)
LIVES OF WRITERS.
Ifames.
Died or flourished.
Col.
Kamet.
DM
m lUMxMtti,
&.I.
♦Abbot George
- 1633
561
*Bond John - - - _
-
l6l3
"S
•Abbot Robert _ - -
- 1617-18
224
Bowne Peter - . - .
cl.
1624
363
•Agilliams John - - -
1621
397
•Brack ley, Thomas Egerton, Viscount
1616-17
197
*AgIionbj' John
1609-10
60
Brerewood Edward
-
1613
139
*Airay Henry . . -
- i6i6
177
Brett Richard - _ _
-
J 637
611
Allen Thomas ...
- 163a
S4I
•Briggs Henry _ _ .
-
1 630- 1
491
Allen Thomas . - _
- 1636
603
Broad Thomas - - .
-
1635
593
A Hi bond Peter _ . -
- 1628-9
440
•Brooke, Fulke Grevil, Lord -
-
1628
429
Amama Sixtus - - - claruit i6a8
443
Browne Samuel - - -
-
1632
531
•Andrews John . - -
cl. 1630
493
•Browne William - - _
cl.
1634
364
•Angelus or Angel Christopher
- 1638-9
633
•Buckland Ralph - -
-
i6n
105
•A Petniceioli Ludoviso -
cl. 1620
293
•Buckridge John - _ _
-
1631
506
•Audoenus Joh. . - -
1622
320
Budden John - _ _
-
1620
283
Austin Samuel - - - -
cl. 1 630- 1
449
•Bunney Edmund - - -
.
1617-18
219
*
Bunney Francis - - -
-
1617
200
•Bagshaw Christopher
cl. 1625
389
•Burton Robert . - _
-
1639-40
652
Ball John -. -
1640
670
•Burton William - _ -
circa
1616
I
♦Baltimore, George Calvert, Lord
- 1632
522
•Byfield Nicholas
-
1622
3^i
Barlow John - - . .
cl. 1632
551
•Barlowe William
1635
375
•Calvert George, Lord Baltimore
-
1632
523
*Barnes Barnabe - _ -
cl 1608
47
•Cambden William
-
1633
339
Barpes Jolm - - - -
cl. 1 630-1
500
•Carew George, Earl of Totness
-
1639
446
•Bastard Thomas - - -
- I6I8
237
•Carew Richard _ _ .
-
1620
384
•Bathe William -
1614
146
•Carew Thomas _ . -
cl.
1639
657
*Bayly John - - - -
- 1633
499
•Carleton Dudley, Viscount Dorchester
1631-3
5^9
*Bayly Lewis ...
- 163?
525
•Carleton George - - _
-
1638
422
[Beaumont Francis
- 161J-I6]
437
Carpenter John - - -
-
1620-1
287
•Beaumont John » - -
- 1628
434
Carpenter Nathaniel -
-
1628
421
Benfield Sebastian
1630
487
Carpenter Richard
-
1627
418
Bense Peter - - - -
cl. 1637
624
Cartwright Joh^^^^
cl.
1611
114
•Bilson Thomas . - -
- I6I6
169
•Cary Henry, '\^count Falkland
-
1633
565
Bishop William - _ -
1624
356
•Chaloner Edward
-
1625
377
Bisse James - . - -
1607
26
•Chaloner Thomas
-
1615
'57
•Blackwell George
1612
123
Chamberlaine Robert
cl.
1640
675
*Blagrave John ...
I6II
96
•Chambers Sabia - - -
-
1633
276
*Bodley Thomas - _ -
I6I2
124
•Chapman George
-
1634
575
•Bolton Robert - - >
1631
513
•Cheeke William
cl.
1613
143
Vol. XL
3M
899
INDEX OF LIVES CONTAINED IN THE SECOND VOLUME.
900
Names.
Chetwynd Edward
•Chibald William
Chowney Thomsis
•Cluver Philip - -
Cocus James _ - -
•Cogan Thomas - - -
Colleton or Collington John -
Combach John
Cook James . _ .
♦Cooke Alexander
♦Cooke Robert - - -
♦Corbet Richard - - -
Corderoy Jeremy
•Coryate Thomas - - .
•Coventrie Thomas
*Crakanthorpe Rithard
Croft Herbert _ _ -
[Crosse William - -
*Daniel Samuel - - -
♦David or Davis John
"Davies John - - -
Davies John _ - _
*Davies John . - .
•Davies John _ _ _
*Day John - - -
Deane Edmund
*De Fluctibus Robert -
De Meara Dermitius
♦Denison Jolm
•Digges Dudley . . -
*Digges Leonard -
♦Doderldge or Dodderidge John
*DonneJohn ...
*Dorchester, Dudley Carleton, Viscount
♦Dorset, Thomas Sackvile, Earl of
♦Dove John - -
Driesschus John
*Drusius John - - -
Dunster John
c.
"Edmonds Clement
*Egerton Thomas, Viscount Brackley
*Elliot or Elyott John
Evans Edward
<Evans or Evance John
Died or flouilshed.
Col.
Namc».
Died or 6ourished.
Col.
- J639
641
♦Falkland, Henry Cary, Viscount
- 1633
565
1640
674
Farrear Robert . _ .
cl. i6ig
277
cl. 1635
601
Favour John . - _
- 1623-4
353
- 1623
335
Fawkncr Anthony _ - .
cl. 1637
6x0
16II
9S
Fcnne John - . _ .
cl. 161 1
112
1607
19
FerncJohn - - - -
circ. 1610
85
- 1635
596
* Ferrers Henry . - _
- 1633
572
cl. 1639
329
*Fiekl Richard - - .
- 1616
181
i6n
95
*Finch Henry - _ _
1625
387
- 1632
535
*Fisl!er Jasper ...
- 1638-9
636
1614-15
^53
•Fitz-Geffry Charles -
1636-7
607-
- 1635
594
*Fitz-Herbert Nicholas
1612
120
cl. 1608
47
Fitz-Herbert Thomas
1640
66 r
1617
ao8
Flavel J(»lm - - -
1617
207
- 1639-40
650
*Florio John - - -
- '625
380
1624
361
*Fkidd Robcit
- 1637
618
1622
3'7
♦Forman Simon - - -
1611 98
&373
cl. 1629]
481
Forset Edward . . _
cl. 1606
5
Foster William _ - -
cl. 1633
573
i6ig
268
Fowns Richard - -
1625
388
circ. i6og
61
♦Freeman Thomas ...
cl. 1 614
^55
circ. 1618
260
♦Fuller Nicholas - _ -
1632-3
327
- 1625
1626
373
400
*Gager William . - .
cl. 1610
87
1644
5^7
[Gam;ige William - - _
cl. 1623]
35°
1627
412
♦Gee Edward - - -
- 1618
258
d. 1635
- i6j7
600
*Gee John - - _ -
- 1639
390
618
Gellibrand Henry
- 1637-8
622
cl. 1 61 9
275
439
*Gentilis Albericus
16II
90
- 1628-9
*Gifford George - - -
cl. 1620
291
- 1638-9
634
*Gifford William - -
1629
453
- 1635
592
♦Gill Alexander - - -
- 1635
597
- 1628
425
*Godwin Francis
- 1633
555
1631
502
*Goffe Thomas - _ -
1629
463
ount 1631-3
519
Goldesburgh John
- i6j8
234
1608
30
229
159
IS9
♦Gomersall Robert
(•/. 1634
590
- 1618
*Gough Thomas - - -
1629
463
i6i';-i6
Goulson Theodore
- 1632
53'
*J
1615-16
*Grevil Fulke, Lord Brook
- 1628
429
cl. 1613
142
*GuillimJohn -
1621
297
%J
Gulson or Goulston Theodore
1632
531
*Gunier Edmund
1626
405
1622
322
*Gwinne Matthew
1627
415
iy 1616-17
197
*Gyffard George ...
cl, 1620
291
1629
478
cl. 1615
168
*Hacket Roger . • -
1631-2
5^7
cl. 1632
552
♦Hakluyt Richard
- 1616
186
^01 INDEX OF
LIVES CONTAINED IN THE SECOND VOLUME.
902
Nimct.
Died or flourlibri].
Col.
Nimn.
Di«d or flotiiithcd.
CoL
♦Harcouit Kobert
cl. 1613
J 43
•Jorden Edward - - -
J632.33
i 548
Hariot Thomas
I63I
299
-
*HarinarJohn . . -
1613
^38
Keymis Lawrence - - -
- 1618
230
*Harwaid Simon
cl. 1607
29
[Kidiey William
•- cl. 1624]
367
^Hastings Francis
1610
82
Kilby Richard - . -
I6I7
206
^Hayman Robert
- 1633
545
•Kilbye Richard
1620
2&^
Heale William
cl. 1 610
89
•King John ...
I62I
294
*Heath John
cl. 1619
168
King John ...
- 1638-9
632
Hegge Robert
1629
456
•Knolles Richard
I6I0
79
•Herbert William, Earl of Pemb
roke - 1630
482
Hicks Francis
- 1630-r
490
*Lake Arthur . - _
- 1626
398
Hicks Thomas
- 1634
5«4
Leech or Lechiais Humphrey-
1629
462
Hill Nicholas
circ. 1610
86
Leech John - - _
cl. 1633
35*
Hinde William
J629
461
♦Leigh William
1639
642
*Hoby Edward
. - 1616-17
194
•Ley James - -
- 1628-9
441
*Hodges John
- cl. 1638
^ii
Leycester John -
cl. 1638-9
636
*Holland Henry
. - 1625
385
Lcyson Thomas - . .
cl. 1607
27
♦Holland Hugh
- 1633
559
•Lodge Thomas - - . -
- 1625
382
*Holland Thomas
1611-12
III
Lynd Humphrey
- - 1636
601
Holling Edmund
cl. 1 61 1
114
♦Lyte Henry - - -
1607
22
*Hopton Arthur
J614
151
•Lyte Thomas .- . - .
1- 1638
649
*Hoskyns John
1631
5'0
•
*Hoskyns John
- 1638
634
Mandevil Robert --, . -
- 1G18
251
*Hoveden Robert
1614
144
♦Marmion Shakerlcy - - _ . -
- 1639
647
*Hovvson John
- 1631-2
517
•Martin Richard
1618
250
*Hues Robert
1632
534
Martyn William
1617
199
Hungetiord Anthony
1627
410
Mason Francis
1621
505
♦Hunt Nicholas
- c/. 1634
589
•Mason Thomas - -. -
d. 16 I 9
A-JS
*Husius Robert
- 1633
534
•Massinger Philip
- 1639-40
654
*Hutchins Edward
1629
452
Mcara Dermiiius - -
cl. 1619
^75
*Huttcn Leonard
1632
532
♦xMoket Richard
- i6i8
232
*Hulton Henry
cl. 1619
277
•Monson William . - _
4:1. 1635
3
*Hutton Thomas
- 1639
646
JSIoor liobcrt . - . -
1639-40
<S54
Hyckes Francis
1 630-1
490
Moore John - - -
cl. 1616
193
Hyckes Thomas
- J634
584
•More Francis _ . ■
1621
304
More George . -
cl. 1624
364
Jackson AbriUiam
- cl. 1618
267
*Mulcaster Richard
1611
93
•Jackson Thomas
1640
664
Jacob Henry - - .
circ. 162 1
308
[Newman Arthur - . -
d. 1618 ]
268
•James Richard
- 1638
629
•Newstead Christopher -
circ, 1662
294
•James Thomas
1629
464
•Mewton Thomas . _ -
1607
5
•James William
161 7
203
♦Niccolls Richard - - -
cl. 1615
166
Ingmethorp Thomas
- cl. 1634
592
•Norden John ...
cl. 1619
279
♦Johnson Benjamin
- 1637
612
*Noy William ...
- 1634
581
"•Johnson Robert
■ cl. 1634
585
Jones John - _ _
- ^636
603
♦Overbury Thomas
- j6x3
133
♦Jones William . _ .
1640
673
•Overton William
1609
49
903 INDEX OF LIVES CONTAINED IN THE SECOND VOLUME.
904
NtlDCI.
Diti or BourUhcd.
Col.
Name
Died or flouriihed*
Col.
•Owen John
1622
320
•Sackvile Thomas, Earl of Dorset
- 1608
30
Owen Lewis -
cl. 1629-30
480
•Salstonstall Wye
-
cl. 1640
676
*Sandys Edwin
-
1629
472
Page Samuel
1630
486
Sandys Miles
-
cl. 1634
592
•Paget Eusebius
I6I7
204
Sanford John
-
1629
471
•Palmer Edward - , -
cl. 1607
28
•Sansburyor Sandsbury
John -
1609
S8
Panke John - - -
cl. 1619
274
*Savile Henry
-
1617
201
♦Parkes Richard
cl. 1607
27
*Savile Henry
-
I62I-2
310
•Parry Henry
. 1616
192
Scory Edmund
-
cl. 1610
89
•Parsons or Persons Robert
I6I0
63
*Shaw John
-
cl. 1623
354
Pelham William
cl. 1626
409
•Sherley Anthony
-
cl. 1630-1
495
•Pemble William
- 1623
330
Slade Matthew
-
cl. 1 6 14
154
•Pembroke, William Herbert,
Earl of- 1630
48 a
*Smith John
^ —
- 1616
188
•Perrot James
- 1636-7
605
•Smith Miles
-
1624
359
♦Persons Robert
1610
63
Smith Samuel
-
1620
283
•Petrucci Ludoviso
1620
293
Smith Thomas
-
1609
53
Pilkington Richard
, 1631
513
*Smith William -
-
- 1618
233
•Pinke William
1629
475
•Spaike Thomas -
-
- 1616
189
Pits Arthur
circ. 1634
585
Sparke William -
-
cl. 1 630-1
495
Pits or Pitseus John
- 1616
172
•Speed John -
-
1640
660
[Pointer William
cl. 1624 ]
367
•Spenser John
-
J6I4
145
•Popham John
- 1 607
ao
Spictr Alexander -
-
cl. 1626
408
•Poulton Ferdinando
1617-18
214
•Sprint John
-
- 1623
331
•Powell Gabriel -
i6n
24
Stafford Robert -
-1
- cl. 1620
291
Powell Griffith -
1620
283
*Stanyhurst Richard
-.
- I6I8
252
•PownoU Nathaniel
circ. 1610
84
Stradling Edward -
-
1609
50
•Price Daniel
- 1631
5"
•Siradling John
-
- cl. 1625
396
•Price Sampson
- 1630
489
Stuckley or Stukely Lewis
- cl. 1618
266
[Prichard Humphrey
- cl. 1600 ]
6a
•Sutton Christopher
-
1629
456
•Pulton Ferdinando
- 1617-18
214
*Sutton Thomas
-
- 1623
338
•Pye Thomas
1609-10
59
Sutton William
-
- 1632
546
*Swinburne Henry
-
1624
289
•Rainolds or Reynolds John
1607
12
•Symonds William
'
- cl. 1613
142
•Ralegh or Raleigh Walter
- 1618
335
Ramsden Henry -
- - 1637-8
623
•Tate Francis
-
- I6I6
179
Randall John
1622
319
Terry John - -
-
- cl. 1626
410
Rawlinson John
- 1631
505
•Thomas Lewis
-
- cl. 1619
277
Reinolds John
1614
148
Thompson Thomas
-
- cl. 1618
265
•Renniger Michael
1609
51
Thorius Raphael
-
- 1625
378
•Renter Adam
1627
420
Thorne William -
-
1629-30
480
Reynolds or Rainolds John
1607
12
*Thynne Francis
-
I6II
107
•Rhese John David
circ. 1609
61
•Tighe Robert
-
1617
206
•Rider John
163a
547
•Tillesley Richard -
-
- cl. 1623
303
•Risdon Tristram - -
1641
609
•Tinley Robert
-
- 1616
191
•Rogers Thomas
1615-16
162
•Tomson Laurence
-
- 1608
44
Rowland Richard
cl. 1625
392
Tooker William -
-
i6ao-i
288
Rowlandson James
- 1639
637
Torporley Nathaniel
-
- 163*
524
1
905
INDEX OF LIVES CONTAINED IN THE SECOND VOLUME.
906
•Totness, George Carew, Earl of
♦Twyne Thomas
*Vaughan V\'illiatn
*Verstegan Richard -
*Vicars Thomas
*Viccars John
Vignier Nicholas
♦Vitus or White Richard -
♦Wake Isaac -
*Wakeman Robert
•Warlord William
Warmington William
♦Wastell Simon
Webbe Richard
Wentworth Thomas
Westcombe Martin
*Westerman W illiam
Weston Edward
Died or flouriibed.
Col.
Namo.
Died or Aotiriibtff,
C<>l<
1629
446
•Whately William -
-
-
- 1639
638
1613
130
White Christopher
-
-
- 1636-7
605
White Josias
-
-
- cl. 1623
350
cl. 1630
444
*White Thomas -
-
-
1622-33
351
cl. 1625
39^
*Whitlock James -
-
-
- 1632
537
cl. 1628
443
*Whyte Richard -
-
-
I6I2
118
cl. 1(552
657
*VVigmore Michael
-
-
- cl. 163a
290
cl. 1 63 1
531
Wilkes William -
-
-
- cl. 1608
46
I6I2
118
♦William^ John
-
-
- I6I3
132
[Willougby John
-
• -
- cl. 1602 ]
28
- 1632
539
Windsore Miles -
-
-
1624
358
1639
470
Wisdome Simon -
-
-
1623
337
- 1608
45
*Wolcombe or WoUocombe Robert - cl. 1612
129
- cl. 1612
138
*Worthington Thomas
-
-
circ. 1616
406
- cl, 1631
355
*W^otton Henry
-
-
- 1639
643
- cl. 1615
'58
Wylsman Walter
-
-
- 1636
601
1627
414
♦Wyrley William -
-
-
- 16x7-18
217
- cl. 1640
^15
-
- cl. 1 6 13
141
*Y'elverton Henry -
-
-
1639
476
cl. 1633
573
r
INDEX
OF
ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS CONTAINED IN THE SECOND VOLUME.
^1/ it be remarked, that in this portion of the Index, there are fere marhs of addition to the text, it should be
remembered that most of the Archbishops and Bishops have been before 7ioticed at large as Writers.
Few articles however will be found without new Notes, of which the greater portion were from the pen of
Bishop Kennet, whose armorial bearings form the initial letter at col. 6ii.)
Ntmri. Died or floarlshcd.
Col.
Kam«t,
Dtd
or nouri»hf J.
Co'.
Abbot George - - _ .
^(^33
882
*Bourn Gilbert . _ -
-
1569
805
Abbot Robert - - -
1617-18
859
•Boyle John ...
-
1620
860
■*Adams Bernard - - - -
1625-6
869
•Boyle Michael - - -
-
1635
887
*Alan William - - -
1594
836
*Bradbridge William
-
1578
8i5
• Aldrich Robert - - -
1555-6
768
Brokes James - - .
-
1559-60
791
Allen John . - _ _
1534
742
Browne George - - -
cl
1554
759
♦Allen William . _ . -
1594-
836
Buckridge John - - _
-
163 1
8Si
Alley William - - - .
1570
807
*Bulkley Arthur - -
'
I5S5
764
Ap-Harry Henry - - -
1616
858
•Bullingham John
-
1598
842!
Ap-Owen David - - - -
1512
698
* Bully ngham Nicolas
-
1576
813
Arundell John - _ - -
1503-4
692
Bush Paul -
-
1558
779
*Atherton John - - _ _
1640
891
Butler Edmund - - _
~
1550-T
757
♦Atwater William _ _ -
1520
716
ByrdeJohn - - _
-
^556
773
*Audley Edmund _ _ _
1524
725
♦Aylmer John - _ . .
1594
83a
Carleton George
-
1628
877
Carmacan Menelaus Mac-
-
1555
708
♦Bainbridge or Bambridg Christopher
1514
702
•Chambers John . _ -
-
1556
773
♦Bancroft John _ - - _
1640
893
Chard or Cherd Thomas - -
circ
1544
751
Barlow V.'ilHam - _ - -
1568
803
Chardon or Charldon John -
-
i6ot
84s
Barnes Richard - _ - _
1587
826
Cliester Thomas
-
1584
825
*
Baron Miles - - - - aire
1550
757
Clerke Thomas - . _
cl
1505
69$
♦Barons William
1505
694
Comerford Edmund
-
1509
697
Bayly Lewes _ _ _ _
1632
881
Congalau Thomas O' -
-
1508
697
*Baynbrigg Christopher
1514
702
Conner Eugenius
-
1606
847
•Bele or Bell Thomas _ _ .
1530
733
Ciioper Thomas - - _
-
1594
83a
•Bell John
^55^
771
*Cootes or Cotys George
-
1555
763
*Bentham Thomas - . -
1578-9
816
Corbet Richard _ _ _
-
1635
885
•Best John - - - - -
1570
807
*Coren Hugh - - _
-
1568
803
•Bickley Thomas - - - -
1596
839
Cornish Thomas
-
1513
698
Bilson Thomas _ - - -
1616
853
Cotton Henry . - .
-
1615
85*
Bishop William _ - -
1624
862
Courcy Edmund
-
1518
712
Blake Walter . - - -
1508
697
Coxe Richard - _ _
-
1581
824
Bleythyn William . - -
1590
827
Creach David _ - .
-
1503
692
•Bokely Arthur - _ _ _
1555
764
CrJtopylus Metrophanes
cl.
1640
895
Bonuer Edmund _ _ _
1^69
805
•Curwyn Hugh - - , -
-
1568
803
n
909
INDEX OF LIVES CONTAINED IN THE SECOND VOLUME.
910
Davyes Kichard
*Deant' Henry
Deane Richard -
♦Dc Pictavia Peter -
De Portu Maurit -
Dillon Thomas -
♦Downham William
*Dunstan Anthony
•Elmer John
*Ferrar Robert
Fihely Maurit
*Fincli ^Viilialn
*Fishcr Christopher
Fitz-Gerald Maurice -
Fitz-Geraid Miles
*Fitz-James Richard
*Fox Richard
Garvcy John
Gifford William -
Gilbert Wiiiiam
Godwin Francis -
Godwin Thomas -
♦Goldwell Thomas
Gough Francis . -
•Griffith Edmund -
•Griffith Maurice -
Halsay Thomas
Hanmer John
•Harley John
•Harman John
Hatton John
•Hayth or Heath Nicholas
Heton Mania
Hilsey John
Holyman John
Hoper or Hooper John
♦Hopton John
How William -
Ilowson John
•Hughes William -
James William
•Jaue or Janne Thomas
Died or flourUberi.
- 158 1
- iSoa-3
1612
- 1558
- '513
- 1531
- 1577
- '563
- 1594
- 1555
- 1513
cl- 1557
- 15"
- 1523
circ. 1550
1522
- 1528
- TS94
1629
V cl. 1527
- ^^3Z
- 1590
cU 1582
- 1634
- i^il
- 1558
circ. 15 1 9
1629^
cl- 1553
- 1555
- 1516
- 1579
- . i 609
- 1538
- 1558
- ^554
- 1558
cl. 1526
. - 1631-2
160Q
1617
1500
823
690
851
778
698
738
814
796
832
759
698
778
697
724
757
720
730
838
879
730
882
827
822
884
888
786
715
879
768
761
7".
817
847
748
779
758
784
729
881
844
859
681
Jewell John,
Inge Hugh
•Johannis Mauritius
Jones Hugh - . -
Joy William
Kerovan Slephcu
King John ...
•Kitcliin Anthony -
*Knight William -
*Kynge Robert
•Kyte John - - -
Lake Arthur
Laly William
•Langtoa Thomas -
Lawly William -
Lee Edward
Lewes Owen
Linch John - - -
LonQ;land John
Lyon William
Mac-Carmacan Menefaus
Mac-Mahon James
Macraih Matthew
Magwire Nicholas
•Man Henry
*Mathew Tobie
•May hew or Mayo Richard
Meagh William
•Meredyth Richard
•Merick John
•Merrick Rowland - -
Miagh William -
•Middleton Marmaduke
•More William
*Moretoiv John
*Morgan Henry
•Morgan John
Mulialy William -
"Neylan Daniel
•Nikke or Nix Richard
O'Brien Theodorick
O'Congalau Thomas
O'Conner Eugenius -
C«l.
- »57»
808
- 15«»
73a
- »5»3
7H
- 1574
810
- >50'
690
i6oa
846
\6zi
86»
• 1563
796
- 1547
75a
■ '557
774
- '537
747
1626
869
- 1595
839
1 501
688
- '595
839
- 1544
75'
- 1594
837
cl. 1611
850
- '547
752
1617
859
- ^S^5
708
- 15 '7
71a
- '507
696
- 1512
698
- '55<5
77*
- 1628
869
- '5"5
708
- '548
756
- 1597
841
- 1599
843
' '566
797
- 1548
756
' 1592
830
- '540
750
1500
683
circ. 1559
788
- '504
69J
- '595
839
- 1603
846
- 1536
744
- 1525
726
- 1508
697
- 1606
847
911
INDEX OF LIVES CONTAINED IN THE SECOND VOLUME.
912
NasKi.
Died or flouriihcd.
Col.
Namet.
Died or Oourithed.
Col.
O'Fihely Maurit - - - -
- 'S-^3
698
Siveyer William - ■ -
- 1505
695
•Ogelthorp Owen - . -
• I5S9
792
•Skevyngton Thomas
- - 1533
741
*01dham Hugh
-■ i5'9
713
Smith Miles
1624
863
Oleven Richard Episc. •
1502
690
*Smyth William
- i5«3
699
•Overton William . - -
1609
847
♦Sparke Thomas
- - 157a
751
Owen David Ap - - -
- 15^2
698
Standish Henry -
- 1535
743
Owen Lewes
- 1594
837
♦Stanley James
- 1514-15
704
♦Owldham Hugh . - -
1519
7^3
Stanley Thomas -
- 1570
807
Stanywell John
- 1553
758
Parkhnrst John
- 1574
810
•Staple Edward
- ^ f^- 1554
759
Parry Henry - - -
- 1616
858
*Stokeslie John
- 1539
748
♦Parry Richard - - -
J623
861
Stonywell John
- ^553
758
*Pates Richard - - - -
cl. 1561
794
Sylvester Robert -
- - cl. 1552
757
Payne John - - -
- 1506
696
*Penny John ...
1520
716
*Thornden John
- - cl. 1514
707
*Peto Peter or William -
- 1558
778
*Thornden Richard
- 1557
776
♦Philipps John ...
- 1633
883
*Tomson Giles
I6I2
850
Pictavia Peter De -
- »558
778
*Tonstall Cuthbert - -
- 1559
785
*Piers John - - . -
- 1594
835
Turbervyle James - -
- - cl. 156a
795
Pilsworth William
- ^635
884
*Tynmouth John -
- 15*4
724
Pinson Philip ...
- ^5°3
692
♦Pole David - ' -
- 1568
801
*Veysey John
- - '555
761
Pole Reynold
- 1558
780
Vivian Thomas
- - cl. 1510
697
Portu Maurit De - -
- i5'3
698
Underbill John
- 159a
830
Pursell Thomas - . -
- 1517
71a
Usher Henry
- 1613
85a
♦Pursglove Robert
- 1579
820
Pygot Thomas - - -
- 1504
694
Wakeman John -
- 1549
75<S
Walsh Patrick -
' - 1578
815
♦Ravis Thomas _ - _
1609
849
Walsh William -
. 1576-7
814
♦Rawlins Richard ...
- 1536
743
♦Warham William - -
- 1532
738
Richard, Episc. Oleven.
- 1502
690
♦Watson John
- 1583-4
825
Rider John . - -
- 1632
882
Wellesley Walter
- 1539
750
*Robinson Henry
- 1616
857
Wellys Thomas .
- - cl. 1526
729
*Rokeby William
152 1
717
Westphaling Herbert -
i6oi-a
845
♦Rowlands Henry
1616
854
. Wheeler Jonas
1640
890
*Rowthall or Ruthall Thomas .
- 1522-3
722
Whitmaye Andrew
- - circ. 1546
75a
*Rydley Nicholas
■ 1555
763
Wbyte John - -
- 1559
790
•
♦Wolsey Thomas -
- 1530
733
♦Salisbury John ...
- 1573
808
Woolton John
- - 1593
832
Salley or Sawley Miles -
1516
711
♦Wylson Richard -
- - J518
713
Searchfield Rowland
162a
861
Sever William - - .
- 1505
69s
*Yong John
- ■ 1504
693
♦Sherbourne Robert
- 1536
746
*Yong Thomas
- - 1568
800
Sheyne Matthew
- 1582
824
*Young John
1526
727
Shjoy William - - -
1501
690
Ynge Hugh
- - i5a8
73a
END OF THE SECOND VOUIME OF THE ATHENJE.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
THIRD EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS.
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FASTI OXONIENSES,
OR
ANNALS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,
BT
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FASTI OXONIENSES
lESE Oxonian Fasti,
or Academical Annals,
contain in exact order,
method, and time, from
the year of our Lord
1500, to the end of 1«40,
1 , A Catalogue of the
Chancellors, Commissaries
or yicK-ChanvclloTs, and
Proctors of the Univ. of
Oxort.
2. The Names and Cha-
racters of eminent Gram-
marians, Rhetoricians, and
Musicians, who have been admitted to one, or two. Academical
Degree, or Degrees, with the Titles of such Books, (ifantjj that
they have written.
f^3. Writers, Archbishops, and Bishops, ^
4. Dignitaries in the Church, as Deans, Archdea-
cons, Chancellors of Churches and Dioceses,
Chauntors, &.C. as also of Heads of Colleges and
Halts,
5. Abbots, Priors, Guardians, &c.
6. Monks and Fryers supposed to be eminent for
Place, Learning, or published Writings, ike.
7- Martyrs, either for the Horn. Catholic, or Pro-
testant, Cause,
8. Many learned. Men, v'lo Iwve not been Writers;
and Men of Note in the way they profess'd, with
their Characters,
9. Writers and Translators of inconsiderable Ac-
count, such I mean, that have published Imt one
Sermon, or a little Pamphlet, or have Irans-
s
r
10
11
12
13
late.d hut one or two Books, with the Titles of I
such Sermons and Books or Pamphlets that they j
have written or translated, J
All Doctors of what Faculty soever, whether Writers
or not Writers, Bishops then, or afterwards, or not
Bishops, eminent or not eminent, SfC. with the Day and
Year when they were admitted, or licensed to proceed
in their respective Faculties.
. Those that have been incorporated, or embodied, or
taken into the Bosom of the said University , as such
who have been of any Note in tlie Univ. of Cambridge,
or of any Univ. in the Learned World, with their
Characters, and Titles of Books (if anyj they have
written and published. The Incorporations also of
Princes, Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, i(C. Archbishops,
Bishops, Abbots, Priors, S,c. Deans, Archdeacons, Sfc.
with their Characters, ifc.
Those that have been actually created, or invested with
Degrees, or have had Degrees conferred vpon them,
without any or but Utile Scholastical Exercise per-
form' d for them. J mean the Names of such only, who
have been Princes, Dukes, Marquesses, &c. Archbi-
shops, Bishops, Temporal Lords, Baronets, Knights,
eminent common Lawyers, &c. The Names also of
certain Writers who have been created, and of such who
have been supposed to have had something of Eminence
in them, or have been eminent in Church or State, with
their Char. S;c.
Eminent Scholars and Writers, with their Characters,
and sometimes an Account of their H'orks, who hate
sojourned in Oxon, purposely to advance themselves in
Learning, or for the sake of Libraries.
B*
1500..
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1500.
4
As. Don. 1500.— 16-16 Hek. VII.
ChaHccUpr.
The clianeellor of the university this year, was Dr. John
MoRBToN, archb. of Ciiiiterbury, and cardinal of S. Anas-
ta^ius : Hut he dying in the month of Si"i)t. Dr. Will. At-
•WATEtL became cancellarius natus, and in liis absence W.
Hbrwakd, D.D. and othei-s. At length in tlic beginning of
Nov. following, the members of the imiversity eleftetl for
their chancellor Dr. Will. Smith bishoji of Lincoln. Which
honourable office, he, upon notice by letters, accepting, the
said members delegated ^Ir. John Roede cliaploiu to the
prince (afterwards warden of Wykeliam's coll. near Win-
chester) and Mr. John Dunham bach, of div. to give him
his oath; which being taken, he was admitted to his office.
The commissary-, or vicechancellor, of the university was
this year Mr. Will, .'\twater, D. D. of St. Mary Magda-
len's coll.
Proctors.
Edward Darbt of Line.
Tho. Claydon of New college.
The senior proctor, who was fellow of Line. coll. was af-
terwards archdeacon of Stow, in the place, as I conceive, of
rp-] Hugh Hanworth,' who djing the 7th of March 1.51.S, was
buried in the cath. church of Lincoln. He the said Darby
also was canon re.»ident of Line, anil prebendary of Ketton
in the said church; and dying in 1.542, w;ls buried in chaun-
tor isle joyning to the cath. ch- of Line, before mentioned.*
See more of him and his benefaction to learning, in Hist. 8;
Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 161.
Masters of Art,
Or such who were licensed to proceed in arts, or admitted
among the number of masters of the faculty of arts, in or-
der to their proceeding, or being compleated in that degree
in the act or comitia following.
Will. Gray, or Grey. — ^The same, as I have just reason
to conceive, who was some years after this time archdeacon
of Berkshire in the place of Christop. Twinkley j as also
prebendary of Hortoii in the church of Sarum. He died in
the year LWl, at which time he bequeathed twenty marks
to the university chest, four marks for the rejjaration of S.
Mary's church, and four pounds to buy a new pair of or-
gans to be jdaid upon in the said church. For which, and
other his good deeds, was yearly a dirige and ma-ss said for
the health of his soul. In his archdeaconry succeeded Rob.
Audley, nearly related to Edm. Audley, B. of Sarum, 14
Feb. 1521.
Opponents in Divinity,
Or such who opposed in divinity disputations, in the
school belonging to that faculty, in order to their admission
to the degi'ee of bach of divinity.
Tho. Browne. — lie was about this time prior of the cell
at Dunster in Somersetshire. The said cell or priory was
for Benedictines or Black Monks, and stood, as Jo. Leland
tells 'us, in the roots of the North-west side of the castle
at Dunster, and was a cell to the priory at Bath.
• [He was not archdeac. of Stow in the place of Hugh Hanworth, but of
Will. Smyth, and by his death was collated thereto, 14 Dec. 1507. Kes-
MET.]
* [May SO, 1503, he was collated to the prebend of Dunham, in the
cliurch of Lincoln, and in the sam- year to the rectory of Winwick, in North-
nnplonkhire. In l.^Ofi, Dec. 16, he had the prcbeiid of Lidington; and in
1528, that of Spaldwick. He died January 9, 1.W2-3, and was buried in
the ehanler's aisle of the cathedral .it Lincoln. His epitaph is preserved in
Peck's Dciidertita Curwta, vol. ii, lib. H. page '1.1
' 111 his Kcood Tol. of /lincrarica. MS, ful. 63. b.
Batchdors of Divinity,
Or such who were admitted to the reading of the master
of the sentences, or to the sentences of I'et. Ix)ml)ard.
John Storkf. or Stf.kke, prior of the house or coll. of
the fryers of the order of S. Austin the hermit.* This coll.
was situated in the Nortli suburb of O.ton. On the site of
«hieh i)lace, Wadhani coll. was afterwards built.
John Hakebouhne, prior of the coll. of S. jMary the
Virgin (a nursery for Canon Regulars of the order of S.
Austin) within the university of Oxon. — The great gate of
this coll. which is noAv stimding, is almost opposite to that
of New inn, in a lane commonly called New-inn-lane. This
John Hakebourne I take to be the same with him who is
sometimes written John Haukebourn, who was after this
time doctor of divinity, and lord abbot of the monastery of
our lady at Cirencester, (a place for Black Canons) in Glo-
cestershire.
John Holwell of Exeter coll.— In the year 1.505 he
occurs principal of Black hall near to that of Hart, about
which time he was canon of the cath. ch. at E.\eter.
Doctors of the Civil Law,
Or such who were licensed to proceed in the civil law, or
admitted doctors of the ci^il law, in order to proceed, or to
be compleated doctors in the act following.
Henry Wilcocks, now, or about this time,' principal
or chief moderator of the Civil Law school in tlie parish of
S.Edward, being deputy for Dr. Will. Warham, master of
the Rolls, and aftenvards arehb. of Canterbury. — This Civil
Law school and the church of S. Edward (both which .joyned
together) have been time out of mind demolished. They
stood in, or near, that lane, which we now call BUie-boari
lane, near to the back-gate of the Blue-boar inn. This
Dr. Wilcocks was archdeacon of Leicester, (in which dignity
he was succeeded by Ric. Mawdley or Mawdlen, D. D ) and
vicar gen. to Dr. Smith bishop of Lincoln.*
Doctors of the Canon Law,
Or such who were licensed to proceed in the decrees or
canon law, &c.
Roger Sandyford or Sandford principal of Broadgate's
liall in the parish of All Saints.' Upon the resignation of
Philip Agard, an inceptor iu the sacred canons or decrees,
the said Rog. Sandford succeeded in the princijiality of that
hall in 1498, which hall did once stand where now is a yard
containing divers tenements belonging to Magd. college;
the gate leading to which, is almost oppo.site to the some-
times inn called the Swan, in that pai t of the High-Street
between the churches of All Saints and S. Mary.
♦ [1514, 28. Nov'. FraterJohe"s Stocke, S.T.B. ord. fratnim Heremitamm,
S. Aug. ad vie. II JIariffi de Bredyn, civit. Cant, per resign, niag'ri Joh*!
Downys, A.M. e\ pres. priorissa; & conv. S. Sei>ulchri extra niuros civiL
Cant. Reg. Waihttm, Cnnt. Kf.nnet.]
5 [He was appuiiiicd. .August 4. 1501. Reg. (j. fol. 98. b.]
* [1.504, 1 Apr. .Mag'r Henr. Willcocks, LL.D. pbr. pres. per abb. &
conv. de Eyneshain ad eecl. de AVodeton com. 0.von per niort. magrU Tho.
Peyc. Keg. Smtfth, Imw. 1505, 7 Jan. Mag'r. Hen. Wyllcockes, LL"D. pres.
per abb. & conv. de Eyneshaui ad vie. de Kyiieshaui per mort. mag'ri ("bo.
Holford, resignat l510. Itcg. Smi/lh, ib. Kennet.
Dr. Wilcocks was patronised by a great friend and one of the executors
of bishop Smyth, founder of Brazen-nose coll. -Vug. 12. 1.504, he was pre-
sented by the dean and canons of Windsor to the rectory of Haseley. Bishop
Smyth preferred liim, June 14, 1505, to the prebend Sexaginta Solidorum ;
in 1.507 to the prebends of Dunham, Weltou Ryval, and Lidington, and in
1508 to lliiit of Cropredy, all in the church of Lincoln. Churton's Foumkrt
of Bratfn .Vnw CoUcgr, p. 3,53.]
' [Ja. Kitzjames, A. M. admiss. ad eccL S dementis Daconi I..ond. iT
Oct. 1514. per mort. llog. Sandyford. Jieg. Fityamcs Kp'i Load. Kenkst.]
1500.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1501.
6
[3] Will. Horsley, principal of Peckwatej's Inn. — ^This inn
is involved in that quadrangle belonging to (Christ Church,
now called I'eckwater. " One Dr. Horsley was chancellor to
" the bishop of London 1515, but whether the same with
" Will. Horsley I know not.''
This year was a supplicate made in the venerable congre-
gation of regents for one Tho. Dalby to be admitted to a
degree in the decrees ; but whether he was admitted I can-
not yet tell. This Tho. Dalby, whom I find afterwards
written doctor of decrees, was installed archdeacon of Rich-
mond in Oct. 1506, upon the promotion of Jiunes Stanley to
the see of Ely, was made about that time prebendary of the
prebend of Stillington, and canon rcsideutiaiy in the church
of York, afterwards the thirty-seventh jirovost of the church
of S. John at Beverley, treasurer of the juilacc of Tho.
Savage, sometimes archbishop of York, chaplain and coun-
sellor to king Hen. 7. and dean of the chapel to the duke of
Richmond and Somerset. This Dr. Dalby died 2Cth Jan.
1525, and was buried in the north isle joining to the choir
of the cath. church of York. I find another Tho. Dalby
who was archdeacon of Richmond, and residentiary in the
church of York, but he dying in 1400, must not be sup-
posed to be the same with the former.
Doctors of Divinity,
Or such who were licensed to proceed in divinity, or ad-
mitted doctors or professors of divinity, or of the holy writ,
in order to their proceeding, or being completed in that de-
gree in the act following.
William Vavasou, guardian or warden of the house or
coll. of the Franciscans or Grey Fryers in the South suburb
of Oxon. — This coll. was situated without Little South-
gate, conmionly called M atergate, where now a brewer and
a tanner, besides other people, live; and the gardens and
grove belonging thereunto, situated on the west side of
the said coll. are now called by the name of Paradise gar-
den. This coll. was one of the famousest places for
learned fryers in the Christian world, and therein did Roger
Bacon, the miracle of liis age for learning, live and die in
the habit of a Franciscan. Another miracle also did live and
study there about Roger's death, named John Douns, highly
famed at this day beyond the seas for those books which he
hath written, yet so little valued now among many English-
men, that the philosopher * of Malmsbury doth not stick to
say, that any ingenious reader, not knowing what was the
design (meaning the pope's design to carry on his authoriiy)
would judge him to have been the most egregious blockhead
in the world, so obscure and senseless are his writings.
Hugh Sauni5ers alias SirACKSPEAU of Merton coll. —
He was afterwards principal of S. Alban's hall, and is stiled
in one of our public registers' vir Uteris et virtute per-
celebris.*
John Stanywell, prior of the Benedict, monks of Glo-
cester coll. now Gloc. hall. — He was the same person with
' [John Scolt of Duns. f/«6i!ies. Loveday.]
2 Tho. Hobbcs of Malinsbury, in his Iliit. of the Civil Wan of Ijnghmd,
printed l<i80, p. 5t.
' III licg. Eyistol. Uuiv. Oim. F. EpUt. 524.
* [Hugo Saunders, S T. P. coll. ad prrh, de Bromesbnry, 2.5 Nov. 1517,
rr resign. Joh. Edmonds ; ad prcb. de Ealdcstreet, 10 Jan. 1.508 ; ad rect.
_ Mdria! Wliite-Cliapeil, 2, Mar. 151'2; ad eccl. de Gesthingthorp, B^.
14 .Aug. 1516. Obiit Octob. 1537: fuit vicarius de Mepham com. Cant.
et rector de Mlxbury com. 0.xon. Vid. Antiq. Oion. L. 2. 341.
Blac;r. Hugo Saunders collatus ab epo Loud, ad canonicatum in eccl'ia S.
Pauli I.ond. ct preb. de Ealdslretc vac. per niort. mugri Tlionue NorbUry.
Beg. Fit-jtimet, Lmd, Kennit.]
John Stanywell who was soon after lord abbot of Pershore
(a monastery for Benedictines) in Worcestershire, and
a bishop by the title of Episc. Poletensis, as I have among
the bishops told you. [Col. 758.]
JoHhf Avery, of Lincoln coll. — He was afterwards scle-
ral times commissary of the university.
John Percivall, the seven and fortieth minister or pro-
vincial of the Minorites, Franciscans, or Grey Fryers, in
England, did proceed about this year in divinity. Sec
among the writers under the year 1.502. [Vol. i. col. 0.]
John Kyntov, a Minorite or Franci.scan, did also pro-
ceed this year, but when admitted I find not.
Ann. DoM. 1501.— 16-17 Hen. VH.
Chancellor,
Dr. Will. .Smith, bishop of Lincoln, afterwards the
worthy founder of Brasen-nose coll.
Commissariei.
Will. Atwateh before mcntion'd.
Tho. Banke, D. D. rector of Line. coll.
Hugh Saunders, D.D. before mentioned.
Proctors.
John Game, of All-souls colL elected for the southern
proctor.
. Will. Dale, elected for the northern proctor.
Batchelort of the Civil Law,
Or such who were admitted to the reading of any of the
books of institutions.
Thomas Howell, archdeacon of Cardigan, &c.
Masters of Arts,
Or such who were licensed to proceed in arts, &c.
William How. — He was afterwards bishop of Orense,
in Spain.
John Longland, of S. Mary Magdalen coll. — He became
bishop of Lincoln in 1521.
Tho. Randolph, of New coll. did proceed about this
year. — He was afterwards canon and prebendaiy of the
cath. church at Lincoln.
Batch, of Divinity.
Tho. Brtnknell, of Line. coll. — See more among the
writers under the year 1521. [Vol. i. col. 29.]
Clement Lychfeld, a monk of the order of St. Benedict
in the monastery of Evesham, in Worcestershire. — He was
afterwards abbot of that place, and continuing there till -
towards the dissolution of religious houses, with a resolution L J
not to surrender his house for a profane use, was at length,
by the tricks of Tho. Cromwel, secretary of state to K.
Hen. 8. persuaded to resign his pastoral stjiff to one Philip
Hawford, alias l$allard, a young monk of Eveshaj'- ; which
being done accordingly, not altogether ir. the cnn ent of
Lychfeld, was a surrender of that monastery soon after
made into the hands of the said king. For which service
Ballard had not only a considerable pension allowed, but
ahjo the deanery of Worcester given to him, .■Vnn. 1553,
(1 Mar.) upon the deprivation of one John Barlow, M, A.
who had been installed dean in Jime I."i4-1, in the place of
Hen. Holbeach, alias Rands, the first dean, afterwards bi-
shop of Lincoln. As for Lychfeld, who was a most pious
and zealous man in the way he professed, he expended
umch money in building the abbey of Evesham, and other
li* 8
1501.
Fasti oxonienses.
1501.
8
places belonging to it, ns also in buiW'ng and ndorning tlie
'choir. He made ' also ' a riirlit .sumptuous and high square
tower ol stone in llie ceniiten of Kvisham. This tower had
a great Ik-II in it, and a goodly olotk, and was as a gatehouse
to^one piece of the abbey. This abbot builded at his manor
at Utfenham, about a mile above Evesham." 'I'his good man
died at or near Evesliam, and was buried in a cliappe), which
lie before had huilt, joining to the al)bey church there, 9 Oct.
1540. In memory of whom was, in his life time, an in-
scription set up in a window of the said church running
tints, ' Omte pro anima doniini Clcmentis Lychfeld .<acer-
dotis, cujus tempore turris Evcslwrnia; ledilicata est."
John Colet, M.A. was about this time admitted to the
re;iding of the sentences.
Henry Rytoseb, abbot of Revyley (a monasteiT for Cis-
tcicians in the West suburb of Oxon.) was admitted about
this time.
Doctors of the CivU Laic.
Robert Lang ton of jQucen's coll. — In the month of
Sept. 1485 he was miule prebendary of Fordington and
H'rithlingtou in the church of Salisbury, and about that
time prcb. of Chyrminster and Here in the same church.
In 1485, Jun. 25, he became archdeacon of Dorset, void by
•the death of Will. Ascough, and in 1 509, April 24, ho was in-
stalled treasurer of the church of York, in the place of one
Martin C'ollyns, deceased, who had before been chauntor of
tlie said church. — See more of him (Rob. I>angton) among
the bishops in Tho. Langton, an. 1501 . [Col. 688.]
Rob. Honywodk of AUsoiils coll. did proceed also this
or the year before. — In 1.506, he became canon of Windsor,
and about that time archdeacon of Taunton.' — He died
22 Jan. 1522, and was burie<l in the chappel of S. George
at Windsor.
Doctors of Divinity.
' Thom. Swaweli,, a monk of the order of S. Benedict,
and warden or guardian of Durlmm coll. in Oxon.
Sim. Gkeene alias Fotherbie of Line coll. — He was
* Jo. Leland, in the transcript of liis Itinermies, in bib. Bod. fol. 168. b.
** [Clement Lycliteid, prior of Evesham, chosen abbot bv the convent
on St. Innocent's day, Dec. 23, t.513, who receiving benediction in his man-
nor of Okenhani bj the Bp. of Ascalon, on the day of S. Maiinis, was in-
stalled with due reverence aitd honour. This man having attained the de-
gree of batchelor in divinity was endowed with sinctilar learning. He built
« free school for the education of children, and assigned rents for the main-
tenance of a school-master. He resigned his dignity, and outliv'd the di5>o-
lution. He was buried at the entrance of a chapel built by him on the
South side of All Saints church (not the abby cliurch, as Air. Wmxl mis-
takes): his burial is in the register book of that parish. Mr. Hepkiiit' Letter
to Mr. yVhartm. Kennlt.
• I lately met with some MS. papers concerning the abby and town of
Evesham, among nuny other things contained in 'em, is a description of the
tnoDument, and a copy of the inscription for abbot Litchfield, which I don't
remember to have met with corapleat in any printed author, and unless it
is in iMr. Abington's MS. perhaps no where else to be found. The collector
remarks from the Register at Evesham, that he was buried 9th Oct. 1346.
If this account may be de|xiided upon, it corrects a very material mis-
take in Mr. Wood, and other writers, who fix his death An. 1540, which
being pretty soon after the dissolution of the abby, hence it is that some
conclude he broke his heart.' Extract from an orighuil iMter from George
Ballard to Dr. Raulimon, dated Campden 17j6-7, in the BodleUm
Probably some relation to Dr. William Lychfield, rector of Allhollows in
the wall, 1474, prebendary of Chamberlainwood, in St. Paul's 1485, and
chancellor of that church, December 20, 1,504. He died previous to 1517,
in which year his will was |Woved. It is very probable that this person was
uf Oxford, as he leaves to his brother Thomas Lychefield, ofCarditT, forty
pounds, and 131. 6s. Orf. each, to his scholars Richard Toxforde, and
Andrew Stokcton, both of Oxford. Sec Knight's Life if Colet, \t. 216.]
7 [Hob'tus Honeyw(K>d, l.L.D. admissus socius coll. Animar. Omn.
Auuu 14ii(>. Bcnclactor et urchid'ua Tauntuu. Catabg. MS. KcNNtT.j
afterwartls several times commissary of the university, and
for his merits made chauntor and residcntiarv of the cath.
eh. at Lincoln, and also ])rcl)endary of Bykkyleswade or
Biggleswade in the said church. He asive way to fate 27
March 1536, and was buried in the isle called Chauntor-
isle within the precincts of the cathedral of Line. *
Prater or brother, Thom. Latymeb, a Dominican ch"
Black Fryer.
This year Thomas Be.^umont of IMerton coll. of about
15 years standing in the det^ree of master of arts, did sup-
j)licate to lie licensed to proceed in divinity, but whether he
was licensed or admitted I cannot yet find. Belbre this time
he was archdeacon of Bath, and in great repute there for
his learning ; which dignity he surrendering up, one John
I'ikman, I^L. bac. was collated thereunto (per dimissioneni
Tho. Beaumont) 12 Jvil. 1499. The very next day Beau-
mont was collated to the provostship of \\'ells, with tlte
prebendary called Combe de Twelf, on the de:ith of Mr.
Thom. Barrow, (who had been also aix'hdeacon of Col-
chester) and in 1502 he became tu'chde scon of Wells, and
well beneticed in the diocese belonging thereunto. In
Octob. or thereabouts, in the year l."i07, he died; where-
upon cardinal Hadrian de Castcllo,' bishop of B. and Wells,
did bestow the said dignity of ai'chdeacon on his kinsman
Polydore ^'irgil alias Casteller, with the prebenilaiy of
Brent, in tlie church of Wells annexed, on the 6'th of Febr.
the same year. At which time Polydore, being in great
favour with R. Foxe, B. of \A'inchester, had, as 1 conceive,
some dignity t)r benefice in the church confer'd on him by
that worthy person. " He wtis tilso canon of .S. Paul's
" Ijondon, but" In the reign of Edvv. 6. being then well
stricken in years, he procured an order or license from the
king to depart from England to go to his native country ; in
which order ' dated 2 June, 4 Edw. 6. dom. 1550, find these
matters. — ^^X'hcreas our trtistry and well-beloved Polidorus
Virgilius hath made humble suit unto vis, that he, being
born in the parts of Italy, and ha^'ing serted our grand-
father K. Hen. 7- and our father K. Hen. 8. and us, by
the space of forty years and sibove, in writing and putting
forth in print divers notable works and stories, may be
licensed to depart out of this our realm, and visit and see,
now in his old age, his said native country, and there to
make his abode, dtiiing his pleasure, and also ([uietly, &c.
to enjoy all the profits of the archdeaconry of WeVis, in the
cathedral church of Wells, and the prebend of Nonyngton in
the cath. ch. of Hereford, which the said Polidonis now en-
8 fSimon Grene alias Fotherby, A.M. admiss. ad rect. Onm. S'ctoruro
Honylane, Lond. I'J Dec. 1494. Eccl'ia, S. Petri, Comliill, Lond. vacavit
per morteju Siuionis Grene alius Faderby, 14 .ipr. 1536. Hfg. StokcileyT
Kennet.
Nov. 6, 1509, he was collated to the prebend of Welton Beckhall;
(MS. Harl. 6953, p. 25.) March 28, 1510, to the precentorsliip of Lincoln;
(Willis Cuthedr. ii. 85.) and March 28. 1512, to the prebend of Emping-
ham, in the church of Lincoln. (MS. Harl. ut sup. p. 26.) He was one of
those recommended by the chapter to the archbishop of Canterbury to suc-
ceed in the see of Ijincoln, on the decease of Smyth, but was not apjjointed.
Churton, Fmimlers of' B. iV. Coll. 343. Willis has preserved his epitaph in
his .Suireif of Cathedrals, (Lincoln) jjage 86.]
" [Litera Iiiocenlis, PP. viii. ven. fratri .loh" ep" Elyen-Cum dilectns
filius JohaHnesde Giglis fructuum camera' ai>ostolica; dcbitorum in isto regiio
coUector-habcat de proximo ad nos et Rt)manara curiam se conferre deputa-
mus in ipsius loco dilectum filium Hadrian Ca.stellen. Scriptorem et tami-
liarein nostru' conlinii' commensalem. Dat. apud S. Petri, 1489. 2.3 Dec.
pont. 6. Ifcg. Alcock.
Thomas abbas S. Alh.ini pres. cgregium virum dn'u Adrianu" Castellen.
S'ctissimi d'ni in PP. infra rcgnu" Angl. coUectorem ad vicari.tiM de l.aytoa
vac. per mort. d'ni Ric'i B.-irnard, A. M. daL 21 Octob. 1492. Autogr. ia
See. Buckden. Kennkt.]
' Pat. 4 Ed. 6. part 5.
9
15()2.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1502.
10
joyeth &c. * By \crtue of the said order he departed : But
betbi'e' he went he sold the jjcrpetuity of the house of Wells
vvhu'h belonged to the archdeacon of Wells ; and dying at
Urbin in Italy, the j)l;ice of his nativity, was * there buried
[•^] In 1555. 'i'here «as some memory of him remaining
divers years after his death in the choir at Wells ; and Jo.
Leland takes ' notice of his arms in the arras clotlies (as he
calls them) hanging o\er the stalls in the choir at ^Vells,
about wliich wtis this verse.
Sum Laurus, virtutis honos, pergrtita triumphis.
And about another in the same arras hangings, this,
Ha;c Polydori simt nmnera Virgilii.
In the beginning of Oct. 1510 he was naturalized, or made
a " native of England, by the name of Polydorus Virgilius,
alias dictus Polydorus Castellensis, clericus, having lived
8e\ eral years before in England. '
Ann. Dom. 1502.— 17-18 Hen. VII.
Chanc. the same, viz. Dr. Will. Smith B. of Lincoln ;
but he resigning about the beginning of Aug. Dr. Rich.
FiTZj.\MES, warden of Merton coll. and bishoj) of Rochester,
being at this time resident in the university, became " can-
fellarius natus, and in his absence Mr. John Kynton and
Mr. John Thobnden or Thornton. At length after a
great deal of disturbance in the university concerning the
election of a chancellor, Dr. Rich. Mayhew, president of
Magd. coll. and the king's almoner, was elected chancellor
about the latter end of Nov. following.
Commissaries.
Will. Atwater, Tho. Banke, Hugh S.\unders, again.
This last, as 'tis said, was commissai^ only for that time,
when Dr. Fitzjames was cane. nat.
Proctors.
Hugh Hawarden of Brasen-nose coU.
John Matson or !Mackson of Mert. coll.
The senior was the Northern, the other the Southern,
proctor.
Batch, of Music,
Or such who were admitted to the reading of any of the
musical books of Boetius.
* [See Tho. de Elmham by Hcarne, page 384.]
* [1551, 14 Octob. a warrant to deliver to Polydore Virgil, in way of the
king's reward, 100 marks. It egisl. of Council, K. Edw. 6. MS. Kennet.]
* Jo. Bale, cent. 13. nn. 47.
s In l\is third vol of Itin. MS. fol. 59. a.
" Pat. 2 Hen. 8. p. 1.
7 [1513, 11 Jun. Magr. Polidor. Virgil Castellens. collatus ad preb. de
Osgate In etcl. Lond. per mortem magr'i Joh. Pratt, iieg. Fityames Ep'i
lend.
1555, 13. Dec. Magr. Joh Braban cli'cus col. ad preb. de Oxgate per
DKiTt. Polydori \'irgil. Hcg. Bonner.
1507, 13. Apr. D'ns Pulidorus, Castellen. clericus, col. ad preb. de Scam-
lesby per mortem niagr'i W ill. Elyot. Peg. Smith, Kp'i Line.
151.3, 12. Jul. Mag'r Oliver Coren coll. ad preb. de Scamelsby per resign,
niagr. Polydori Vergilli, id.
D'ns PolidorusCastellcn. jurium reddituum et proveutuum camera; aposto-
iicw in regno .\ngl. debilorum, vice-collector generalis, ad rectoriam eccl'iai
de Church-Langton ( in arthid. Leycestr.) 6 Nov. 1503.
Polydore Virgil is said to have borrowed books of the public library at
Oxford, without taking care to restore ihem: and to have pillaged other
libraries at his pleasure, and at last to have sent over a whole ship's-load of
MSS. to llome. Vide Gifle, Pnif. ail Hislor. et Engl. Hist. Libr. 15. 1.
p. 185.
De Pol. Vergilio vid. Uymcr, vol. xiii. p. 51G. et Newcourt i. p. 191.
_, Kknnkt.]
|';'l . » ti videtur in Reg. q. fol. Sll. a.
Henrv Parker of S. Mary Magdalen's hall. — He was
eminent in these times for his coin|)ositions in vocal and
instrumental music, some of which, if 1 do not forget
myself, I have seen in the musical Bibliotheca reposed in
the school of that faculty.
Masters of Arts.
About nineteen masters proceeded this year, of which
three or four were of Alls. coll. four of Merton, and one or
more of Magd. coll. among whom Laur. Stubbes was one,
afterwards president thereof. What were the promotions
or dignities of any besides him, I cannot yet tell.
Opponents in Dimnity.
Thomas Wallashe now, or soon after, prior of the
moniisteiy of the virgin Mary at Bradenstoke of the order
of S. Augustin, in the dioc. of Salisbury. — About the year
1511 he was admitted prebendary of Hustwayt in the
church of York, in the place of Christop. Fisher bishop of
Elphine (in Ireland) deceased. Whether the said Th. Wal-
lashe was afterwards admitted to the reading of the sen-
tences, which usually follows opposition in divinity, I
cannot yet find.
Batch: of Divinity.
John Maynard a monk of the order of S. Benedict. ' —
He was afterwards prior of the novices of the said order
living in Glocester coll. in this university, in the place of
Dr. Stimywell before-mentioned, and was succeeded in the
said priorship by one John Wynyscouibe or Wynchcombe a
learned monk of the said order, who occurs prior in the
year 1512.
Doctors of Physic,
Or such who were licensed to proceed in the faculty of
medicine or physic.
John Gam or Game of Allsouls coU. sometimes one of the
proctors of the university. — He was now principal of
Biham, commonly called Beanie hall, in the parish of S.
John Bapt. VHiich principality he resigned this year, ta
make room for Hugh Pole of the same coU.
Doctors of Divinity.
John Thornden or Thornton did proceed in divinity
about this year, — He was afterwai-ds several times commis-
sary of the univ ersity, and a bishop, as I have before told
you.
This year one John Newland, a Black or regular canon
of the order of S. Aue^istin, supplicated for a degree in
divinity ; but whether granted, the record, which is very
imperfect (or not at all) tells us not. This is the same
John Newland who was born at Newland in the forest of
Deane in Glocestershire, and was commonly called and
written John Naileheait alias Newland. He was the last
abbot saving one ' of the monastery of S. Austin at Bristol;*
^ [Cone. Johattni Ma3mard roonacho bac. theol. Oxoniis, ut potest atare
hie in eodeni gradu, quo stetit ibidem. Registr. Acad. Cmit. Baker.]
' [John Newland was the last abbot of Bristol savmg four. See my MS,
coll. (in the British museum) vol. 10. p. 72. Col e.]
■^ [John Newland ablK)t of St. .Augustins near Bristol, wrote in 5 H. 7.
a Latine History of the lives of the lords of Berkley castle from Robert
Fitz Hanliiig temi>. Hen. 2. to William marquis of Berklev, 5 H°n. 7.—
Incipit ' Extal in castro Berkeley.' — Mr. John Smith of Nibley in his Lives
of the lords Bi'rkley has in.sertcd this history of Newlaiid in several parts of
his own work, translated into English.
Johes Newland electus est abbas S. Aiigustini Bristol die 6 Apr. 1481, 31
E. 4. Pra-fuit aniiis 34; obiit 2 Juu. 1515, an. 7 H. 8. Kenxei.]
11
1503.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1504.
12
in which monastery, as also in the church belonging
thereto, he expended much money in building and adorn-
ing. He was called the good abbot, being a person solely
given up to religion and almsdeeds ; nnd after he had ruled
33 years or thereabouts, he gave way to fete in a good old
rgi age, and was buried on the fouth side of the choir of the
'^ church of S. Austin, now the cath. church at Bristol.
Over his grave is his statua in pontificalia, graven or
can-ed out from stone, lying on the back, with a crosier in
his hand, and mitre on his head. His arms do now, or
did lately, continue in the church and other buildings of
that monastery, which are a man's heart pierced thro' from
top to bottom with three nails, which is as 'twere a rebus
for Naileheart.
Ann. Dom. 1503.— 18-19 Hbn. VH.
Chancellor.
Rich. Mayhew D. D. archdeacon of Oxford, &c. at
length bish. of Hereford.
Commissaries.
John Thobnden or Thornton D. D.
John Kynton D. D. a minorite.
Sim. Gheene alias Fotherbie D.D. of Line. coll.
Proctors.
John Stokesley of Magd. coll.
Rich. Dudley of Oriel coll.
The senior, who was the Northern proctor, was after-
wards bish. of London ; and the junior, who was tlie
Southern proctor, was afterwards chancellor of the church
of Salisbury.' He was master of arts of this university ;
but whether he took any degree in divinity therein, I find
not. See more in 1508.
Batclielors of Arts,
Or such who were admitted to the reading of any book
of the faculty of arts, or the Logic of Aristotle.
Edward Lee of S. Mary Magd. coll. seems to have been
admitted bach, of arts this year, * among twenty or there-
abouts that were admitted within the compass of the same
year. — We have no register that shews it, only certain
imperfect and broken scripts containing sums of money
received for the taking of degrees, which I have seen, but I
think are now perish'd.
Satchelors of Physic,
Or such who were admitted to the reading of any book
of the Aphorismes of Hypocrates.
Rich. Barthlet master of arts and fellow of AUsouls
coll. — See more among the doctors of jihysic under the year
1508.
' [Mag'r Bicardus Dudley, Cov. et Lichfeld dioc. per literas diinissor.
socius coll. dicti Oryale in Oxon. ad tit. ejusd. ordinatus subdiaconus per D.
Johem Muonem e'pum auctoritate epi Lond. 24 Sept. 1502. Reg. XVarhcm
Lend.
1507, 16 Jul. Magr. Ricus Dudellus ad preb. de Fytlework, in ecd. Cath.
Cicestr. per mortem inag'ri Grene ex pres. Heu. regis ratioue scdis Cicestr.
Tacaiitis. Reg. Warham,
Dns Will. Oldham cap. pres. per abb. et conv. dc Ramsey ad eccl. de
Ailyngton, per resign, mag'r; Rici Dudley clici 14 Mart. 1507. Reg. Smyth
Line, m Archid, Hunt. Ken net.]
* [A. B. Oxon. incorporat Cant. 1504-3. A. M. CanUbr. 1504.— Conce-
ditur Domino Edwardo Lee A. B. quud po.ssit stare in codem gradu hie,
quo itetit Oxooiis. Reg. Acad. CmU. Bakeii.]
Doct. of Div.
Will. Saltno (or Selling) lord prior of Martyn or
Merton, in Surrey. '
Rob. Tehy or Thay of Magd. coll.
Rich. Sydenore of the same coll. about this time arch-
deacon of Totness. — In 1518 he was made canon of Wind-
sor, and in 1524 constituted scribe or registraiy of the most
noble order of the Garter. He died 1534, and was, I pre-
sume, buried in tlie chap, of S. George at Windsor. In his
canonry and registrai-y's place succeeded Kob. Aldridge,
wlio was afterwards bish. of Carlisle, and in his archdea-
conry of Totness succeeded, as it seems, George Carew.
This year was a supplication matle in the ven. congrega-
tion of regents for one Rich. Bere a Benedictine monk,
to be graduated in divinity ; but whether in the degree of
bach, or doct. it apjxjars not ; or whether he was admitted
to either. Twas the same Rich. Bere who was installed
abbot of Glastenbury on the death of John Selwood the
former abbot, 20 January 1493, (after the election of ano-
ther person named Tho. Wasyn a monk of the same order
had been cassated by Rich, lox bish. of B. and Wells, on
the 12 of Nov. going before.) This Rich. Bere, who was
well known to, and reverencetl ^ by, Erasmus, died 20 Jan.
1524, whereujwn Rich Whyting was elected abbot hi his
place on the thini of March following, there being then in
tlie monastery of (ilastenbury 47 monks. If you are pleased
to know more of this Bere, you may read what Leland
saith ' of him, and his benefaction to the said abbey, thus. —
' Rich. Bere abbot, built the new lodgings by the great
chamber called the king's lodgings in the gallery. — He
builded also new lodgings for secular priests and clerks of
our lady's chappel. He also arched on both sides the East
part of the church. He built Edgar's chappel at the East
end of the church. Abbot Whyting performed part of it. —
Abbot Bere made the vault on the steeple in trancepto. —
He also made a rich altar of silver and gilt, and set it afore
the high altiir. And coming from his embassadry out of
Italy, made a chappel of our lady of Loretto, joyning to the
North side of the body of the church. — He made the chap-
pel in the South end navis ecclesiae Glaston, whereby he is
buried sub piano marmore in the South isle of the body of
the church. — He made an alms-house in the North part of
the abbey, with a chappel, for seven or ten jKX)r women.
He also made the manor place at Sharpham in the [jark,
2 miles by West from Glaston. It was before a jjoor
lodge,' &c.
" This year Andrew Alexander Dr. of physic of Mont-
" pelier was incorporated."
An. Dom. 1 .">04.— 1 9-20 Hen. VII.
Chancellor.
Dr. Rich. Mayhew, by whose persuasion K. Hen. 7,
ga\c \0l. yearly revenue to the univ. of Oxon. conditionally,
that the members thereof celebrate a solemn mass for him
yearly in S. Mary's church.
r Commissaries.
Sim. Greene, John Kynton, again.
Rob. Tehy, or Thay D. D. of Magd. coll.
* [An. 1506, cone, doctori Salyng priori de Martona ord. can. St' Angns'
tini quod possit stare in eodem gradu hie, quo stetit Oxoniis. Rtg. Acad.
Cant. Baker.]
" .Sec in Erasmus his Epistles, lib. 18. epist. 46.
7 In the third vol. or part of Itmemry, fol. 86.
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1504.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1505.
14
Procton.
Laur. Stubbes of Majjjd. coll. Bor. John Bevehston
of Mert. coll. priiiciinil of :5. John liiipt. luiU, Auatr. elected
17 Apr.
Masters of Arts.
Edward Finch. — Of what coll. or hall he was a mem-
ber, 1 cannot yet find : Sure I aiu that on the 23 .Sept.
1517, he became prebendai^ of Fordingtou and Writhling-
ton in the chinch of Sali.sljury, on the death of Andrew
Anunonius an Italian (whom 1 have mentioned among the
writers. Vol. i. col. 20.) that also he was made archdeacon
of Wiltshire on the death of Clu'istoph. Ursliwyke, 12 May
1522 i and preb. of Cherniister and Bere in the said churcli
of Sarum, on the death of Rob. Langton sometimes of
Queen's coll. in this university, 30 June 1524.
Philip Dense fellow of Mert. coll. — He hath this cha-
racter added to his name in tlie Album of that society, medi-
cus & astronomus cum jjrimis doctus. In tlie act wlierein
tliese two proceeded, were about 14 masters, but whether
any of them were afterwards bishops, writers, or dignit;iries,
1 cannot yet find. The said Philip Dense, who was a
learned man, as certain writings which he left beliind him
shew'd, died of a pestilent disease 4 Sept. 1507, and was
buried in the choir belonging to the church of the said coll.
Dodtors of Divinity.
John Colet the most learned and religious dean of S.
Paid's catliedral in London. — I have largely mention'd him
before.
John Adams of ^lerton coll. — He was afterwards a. dig-
nitary in the church.
This year wiis a siip])licat made in the ven. congregation
of regents in behalf of father William Bird a Benedictine
monk, to be admitted bach, of div. or licensed to proceed in
that faculty ; but wliether either was granted, I cannot tell.
1 take tliis father to be the same William Bird who was
elected prior of the monastery of Benedictines at Bath in
Aug. 1499, after the death of John Cantlow tlie preceding
prior. For w hat Benedictine of both tliose names it should
be, but he, I cannot tell. It is reiwtrted by one " who pre-
tended to know him well, that tiiis A\'ill. Bird was given
much to chymistry and chymical o])crations, that he found
out the stone, or discovered the elixir, aad at the suppres-
sion of abbeys he hid it in a wall.
And ten days after he went to fetch it out.
And there he found the stopple of a clout.
This put the father into so great an agony, that he
became almost frantick, as the same author tells us ; who
adds, that he ever after wandred about, had no settled
place, that he became blind, had a boy to lead him about,
lost his ecclesiastical j)refennents, and died poor ; with
other the like fabulous tales, which are commented ui)on
forsootli by a certain llosicrucian, as if they were as true as
gospel. 1 find this person AVill. Bird to ha\e expended
much money in finishing his church at Bath, which is now
the great church there, dedicated to S. Peter and Paul, but
before lie could finish it, he gave way to fate ; which hap-
jjening on the 22 of May 1525, John Holway of the same
order was elected ))rior on tlie first of July the same year,
and was prior thereof at the dissolution or suppression of
8 Tho. Charnock in his Breviary of Ktit. Phiksnphy, chap. 5. written 1557,
published with notes upon it bv Elias Ashniole, ewi; in his Tlicatrum Chi/mi-
cum Britun. Lond. 165'J, p. '29T, \c.
abbeys, and not W. Bird as several » authors rejxirt.
Towards tlie upper end of the choir of the said church
dedicated to S. Peter and Paul, was, by the appointaicnt of
this person, erected, between two of the South pillars, a
neat tabernacular edifice, which, I presume, he intended to
be the seat of the jirior at divine service. His arms on the
roof of it are curiously carved out in stone, wliicli are a
che^ ron between three spread eagles, on a chief a rose
between two lozenges ; and on tlie outside of the said seat
is a memorial of his name, \'vt. a AV. and a bird caned in
stone : In which seat, or else near to it, he wiis, as I con-
ceive, buried. As for Joiiii Cantlow before-mentioned, who
was his predecessor, and gra(hiate<l in this university, he
built in a certain village near Bath, called Holloway, in the
parish of A\idcomb, a pretty little chappel dedicated to S.
Mary Magd. as also, as 'tis said there, the little hospital
at^joyning for lunatics.
An. Dom. 1505.— 20-21 Hen. VU.
Chancellor,
Dr. Mayhew again.
Commissaries .
Sim. Green again.
Jo. Roper, D. D. who proceeded in div. this year.
John Adams, D. D. of Mert. coll.
Proctors.
Will. Patenson or Batenson of Queen's coll. Bor.
John Goolde of Magd. coll. Aust.
The junior was afterwards principal of Bihom hall in the
parish of S. John Bapt.
Batch, of Music,
Or such who were admitted to the reading of any of the
musical books of Boetius.
June ult. dominus John Goodman, now noted for his
compositions in that faculty, wliich are, I presume, some-
wliere still in being.
Batch, of Arts,
Of abo>e 27 who were admitted this year, none of any
note do yet appear, or are worthy to be reniembred, only
Matthew Smyth of Oriel coll. who was afterwards the
first principal of Biascn-nose coll. and a benefactor to learn-
ing ; and another named
John Cottisford of Line coU. afterwards rector of that
house, and a dignitary. Both whom were admitted the
Last of June.
Batch, of the Civil Law,
Or such who were admitted to the reading of any book
of the institutions.
About 10 were admitted this year, among whom Dionis
Calakan (an Irish man) was one, June ult. twenty or more
also supplicated for the said degree, who were not admitted
this year ; among whom Tno. Benxet was one, but whe-
ther the same Tho. Bennct who became chauntor of the
cath. church of Salisbury in Jan. 1541, I dare not afiinn.'
9 Fr. Godwin Dc Prasiil. Angl. in B. & Wells, in 01. King, Tho. •Chamock
ut. supra, 6c El. Ashmole his commentator,
' [One Thomas Bennet was ordained deacon at Bangor hy bp. Robinson
Nov. 28. 1574, and the last day of the same month instituted to the rectory
sine ctira of Llanrhaiadr in Kinracrch in the diocese of Bangor. But I find
he was a Cambridge man, for he is so styled in his priest's orders, which
were conferred on him on St. Andrew's day 1574, as 1 6nd in another place
in the register. Hvmi'URevs.]
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1505.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1506.
16
Batch, of the Canon Law,
Or such who were admitted to the reading extraordinary
of any book of the decretals or volumes.
Ablaut 17 were admitted this year, of whom Rich.
WvKEHAM and John Colchester, Benedictine monks,
were of the number, ult. June, and Nelanus NEALaCanne
or ^^'hite Fryer another. Twelve also at least supplicated
for the same degree, but were not admitted, among whom
TuoM. Chbltbnham a Benedictine was one. Mar. 16.
Masters of Arts.
Jan. 25. Thom. Southeknk.* — He was afterwards proct.
of the luiiversity, treasurer of the cath. church at Exeter,
and fellow of Eaton coll. near to Windsor. He dietl in
1557. Besides him were about 20 more admitted masters
of arts, but none of any note, that I can yet find, among
them.
Batch, of Physic,
Or such who were admitted to the reading of any book
of the Aphorismes of Hippocrates.
John Parkhouse of Exeter coll. — He was afterwards
principal of Hart hall, and taking holy orders, became
canon of Exeter cath. and a dignitary elsewhere, which is
all I yet know of him.
Batch, of Divinity.
June 20. William Godmebsham a monk of the order of
S. Benedict. — He was about this time either a prior or
an abbot.
Jan. 18. The venerable father Thom. Charde a monk of
the Cistercian order, and abbot of tlie monastery of Foord
in Devonshire, was then admitted. — See more under the
year 1507-
Doct. of the Civil Law.
None were admitted this year, only several supplicated in
order to be admitted, among whom was John Wabdropeh
batch, of both the laws, Feb. 6.
Doctors of Divinity.
Apr. John Rooper or Roper of Magd. college, who,
after he had proceeded, became commissary tliis year.
Jan. RoG. Vauohan or Vachan, a Black Fryer or
Dominican, prior of the coll. of Black Fryers, in the South
suburb of Oxon.
Feb. 3. John AsLABYwas then admitted; which degree
he compleated in an act celebrated on the 15th of the
same month, at which time ten masters of arts proceeded.
» [Soatheme was elected fellow of Magdalen college, about 1503, and
occurs such at a visitation of that college by bishop Fox, in 1506. lie is
otherwise called one of Ingledew's chaplains there, with a salary often
marcs. May 2, 1511, he was elected Boreal proctor of the university. In
1512 he was a fellow of Eton college. He was instituted to tlie vicarage of
Modbury, Devonshire, March 17, 1517, to which lie was presented by Kton
coll. and which he resigned in 1523. He was instituted rector of Farring-
<Un, Hampshire, June 5, 1519, at the presentation of Hugh Oldhaui, bishop
of Ejeter: this he resigned in 1524. He was appointed trea.surer of
Exeter cathedral. May 8, 1531 ; and the year before his decease, was
appointed a commissioner, with others, for suppressing heresies in the diocese
of Exeter. His will is dated April 30, 1.556, and was proved July 24, 15.57,
by which he bequeaths the sum of xiij;. vjs. viijrf. to the fabric of Exeter
cathedral, and orders the whole choir of the church to attend his obsecpiies.
He likewise founds an obit in the same church. See MS. Willis in Bibl.
Bodl. folio 23 : Le Neve, Fasti, p. 91. WUkins, ConciUa, iu, 140 ; Wartou's
lAfe of Fope, p. 384 notc.J
Incorporations,
Or such who have taken a degree in another university,
and have been embodied or taken into the bosom of this of
Oxon, and have enjoyed the same liberties and privileges,
as if they had taken their degree here.
Jul. 2. Walt. Peers doct. of the civ. law of Bononia in
Italy (where he was held in great adniirtition for that fti-
cidty) was then solemnly incorixirated into the same degree
in the house of congregation.
Jan. 24. Rich. Kirkby mast, of arts of this univ. and
batch, of divin. of the univ. of Paris, wjis incorporated
batch, of div. of this university. — \V'liich being done he
supj)licated the same day to be admitted or licensed to pro-
ceed in divinity ; but whether granted it appears not.
James Denton doctor of the laws, sometiines fel-
low of King's coll. in Cambridge, did tliis year su])[)licate
to be incorporated ; but whetlier he was really so, it
appears not. He was chancellor to the ladv Maiy queen
dowager of France, who was afterwards married to Charles
Brandon duke of Suffolk, and so I ]jresume he took that
degree beyond the seas. ' About this time, he being one of
the king's counsellors, and much in ftivour, was made pre-
bendary of York, Lincoln, Salisbury, and in 1510, canon of
Windsor. In 1521, or thereabouts, he succeeded Dr. Ralph
CoUiiigwood in the deanery of Lichfield, having been instal-
led prebendary of that church by his proctor Dr. Rich.
Salter of Oxon. an. 150S», and in 1.523 he became archdea-
con of Clieveland in the church of York upon the jiromotion
of Dr. Richard Rawlyns of Alert, coll. to the see of S.
David. This Dr. Denton was also lord president of Wales,
and dying at Ludlow in Shropshire in 1532, was there
buried. In his deanery of Lichlield succeeded Dr. Rich.
Sampson, who holding it till 153G, at vvhicli time he was
promoted to the see of Chichester, Rich. Wi'liams chaplain
to, and belovctl of, K. Hen. S. succeeded. In liis archdea-
conry of Clieveland succeeded Tho. Bedell, as I shall tell
you under the year 1508, and in his canoniy of Windsor,
Dr. Rich. Wolman, whom I shall mention el.sewhere. This
Dr. Denton built the large back stairs at Windsor, was an
especial benefector to the church there, by founding main-
tenance for the singing-men and clioristers ; and did, with
Dr. John Clerke dean of Windsor, receive * by indenture
from the lord Hastings, the sheets (as a relitiue) wherein
K. Hen. 6, founder of Kuig's college in Cambridge, lay,
when he was murdered in the Tower.
A». DoM. 1.506.— 21-22 Hen. 7-
Chanc. Dr. William Warham archbishop of Canterbury,
elected 28 May, upon the resignation then made of Dr. May-
hew bish. of Hereford.
Commissaries.
John Thornden or Thornton.
Will. Fauntleroy of New coll. who was admitted D.
of D. tliis year.
Proctors.
Edw. Colyar of Univ. coll. Bor. elected 24 .\pr.
Rich. Siokbs of Magd. coll. Austr. elected tS of the
same month.
' [\n. 1.505 conccditur d'l Denton quod possit stare eodeni gradu liic
(Cant.) quo stetit V'alentiiE. Reg. Acad. Cant. BAKKti.]
< Tho. Hatcher of King's coll. iu bis Cntnjn^'ue of I'mvulj, Fellota and
Sclidan of Kind's CM. iii Cambridge, 5IS. iinder llic year 14S3.
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ir.oG
FA«TI OXOMIiNSIiS.
150«
18
Batch, of Music.
None ilo occur in our registers that were admitted, only
Richard Ede, a canon reujular, and a scholar in music,
did supplicate the ven. congregation to be admitted batche-
lor of that faculty Feb. 10. but whether he was now, or after,
reaUy admitted, it ajipears not.
Batchelors of Arts.
Dec. 17- Leonard Hutchinson of Baliol, cifterwards
master of University coll.
Feb. S. Rob. Mohwent of Magdalen, afterwards presi-
dent of Corp. Christi coll.
Beside these two (who were great promoters and encou-
ragers of learning) were 32 more admitted batch, of aits
this year.
Batchelors of Civil Law,
Or such who were admitted to the reailing of any book of
the institutions, as 1 have before told you.
Jan. '28. John Incent or Innocent of All-souls coll. —
Two days before he was admitted batch, of the canon law,
as I shall anon tell you.
Besides him were admitted this year six more, and eight
at leiist su])plicated for the said degree, who were not this
year admitted ; among whom Joii. 1'kynne was one, Nov. 24.
This J. Pryune I take to be the same who was prior of the
monastery at Tunbridge in Kent, an. 1518.
Batchelors of the Canon Law,
■ Or such who were admitted to the extraordinary reading
(or reading extraordinary) of any book of the decretals or
volumes, as 1 liave before told you.
Mar. 29. John .'Vshdowne a monk of the Cluni;ic order,
and prior of the monastei-y of Lewes in Sussex. — He had
before spent seven years in studying the cimon law in
Cambridge.
Jan. 2G. Joh. Incent or Innocent before mentioned,
who hiul formerly spent one year in the study of the canon
law at Cambridge, was then admitted bafch. of tlie canon
law. — He was afterwards doctor of his faculty, as I shall tell
you hereafter, and the «ortliy dean of S. Paul's cath. diurch
in London. Besides these two, were ele\en more admitted
this year, and about fifteen that supplicated for the Sciid de-
gree, of whom Thom. Egyston a Benedictine was one.
The rest were mostly secular cha|)lains, among whom Rich.
Hylle or Hylley was of the number; but whether the
same with one of both his names who succeeded in the trea-
surership of tlie church of Salisbury one Henry Sutton some-
times fellow of Merton college, in the month of Aug. 1.505,
1 know not. The said Rich. Hylley wlio was treasurer,
dying in Sept- or thereabouts, in 1533, Nichohis Shaxtcm
J). D.' succeeded him in that dignity in the beginning of
Oct. the same year, and him (who was afterwards bishojrof
Salisbui7) Rich. Samson LL. D. as I shall tell you under the
year 1521.
Masters of Arts.
Of 23 masters of arts who were admitted, and stood in
three several acts soleumized in S. Mary's church this year,
(whereof one was 3 July, another 26 Jan. and the third on
the 8 Feb.) I caimot jet find any one of tliem tluit arrived
to any eminence, only John IIewys of Merton -coll. who
was chaphiin to qu. Katharine, and a rich diguitaiy in the
church.
' [Among the pensions paid to several perwns at y' dissolution of reli-
(•ious houses there was an annuity of 66 lib i;3« i<^ paid to Nicholas Shun-
tou, uo mcntiou to wlmt place he bcloogcd. MS. KENNtT.]
Opponents in Divinity,
Or such who opposed in divinity disputationii, in the
school belonging to that faculty, in order to their admission
to the degree of bach, of div.
May 13. Frater Dedicus FcbnAndus, a Dominican, or
black, or presiching fryer.
June 28. Fnit. Petrus Lositakus, a Minorite, or Fran-
ciscan or grey fryer. Neither of these two (who were
learned men) appear in the public register to be afterwards
admitted bach, of di\ inity. Besides them were six more ad-
mitted tooppx>se, who were all religious, or of religious orders,
and eight that supjdicated to o|)posc ; all, except one, of reli-
gious orders also, among whom NicH.PEPYH.acanon regtilar,
was one. Of him, by the way, I must let the readier know,
that he was elected ])rior of the house of can. regulars at
Taunton in Somersetshire (on the resignation of John Prows)
2;J Feb. 1513, and dying there 26 Sept. 152.'1, one Will!
York of tlie same order was admitted jirior in his j)lace. In
the ye.ir 1519, when the said York was admitted bach, of
div. this Pepyr did then supplicate for that degree.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Dec. 14. Thom. Goldwell of Canterbury coll. (who on
the 19 of Oct. going before wiis admitted to oppose in
divinity) was then admitted batch, of divinity. — He was a
monk of the order of S. Benedict, and in the year 1517 was
chose tlie last prior of the church at Canterbury. I ha\e
mention'd another Thom. (ioldwell among the bishops under
the year l.'iSO. [Col. 822.]
Feb. ult. Rob. Kynge, a monk of the Cistercian order in
the abbey of Rewley in tlic VVcst suburb of Oxon. — He was
afterwards the first bishop of Oxford. See more among the
D. of D. 1518.
Mar. . . . RiciiAED Ferys a Carm. — See among the D. D.
ofl51.i.
Besides these three, were .seven more admitted, of whom
John Combe a Cistercian wjis one.
Doctors of the Civil Law.
June 28. Bryan Hygden LL. bach, of Broadgate's haU,
now Pembroke coll. was then admitted doctor. — On the
2C Ma\- 1515, he was admitted archdeacon of York, or of
the \Vest Ritling in Yorkshire, on the resignation of John
Ciu-ver LL. D. On the 20 of Jime 1516, lie was admitted
prebendary of Ulleskelf in the church of York, and on the
27 of the same month ilean thereof in the jihu-e of John
Young LL. D. msistcr of the Rolls, deceased. Fie paid his
la.st debt to nature 5 June 1539, (having before been a be-
nefactor to learning, as I have elsewhere* told you) ;uid was
buried in the cath. ch. of York.' In his deanery succeeded
Rich. Layton or Leighton LL. D.' on the 26 of July the
^ In Hist. ST Antiii. f/nio. Oimi. lib. S. p. S14. &c.
"* [.^lap'r. Brianus Hiffden Lf...B. ordinatur subdiac. ad tit. mon. de Oscney
8 Mar. 1.504, per .\uEUSlin T.idenstT e'pum in occl. mon. Oseney ; prcsbiter
Miic rector de Buckrnhall ic LL. V. 22 Apr. 1508. Reg. Sim/lh.
3 Jul. 1.511, Magr Brian Fligden LL. U. coll. per ejj'uni Line, ad eccl. de
Kirkby juxta Repirigajl \n'r re.sign. d'ni Rob. Waterman. Rer. Smyth.
Mag"r Brian Higden LL. D. pres. ad eccl. de Nettilton, 18 Dec. 1.S13. f>.
15;?9, 2.'3 Jun. raagistcr Will. Orroestede coll. ad prcb. de Neusden in eccl.
I./ond. per mortem mag'ri Brinni Higden. Reg. Stoketley, Fp. Li<nd.
Kennkt.]
* [Pr. Layton, a Scotch physician, author of .Si«i'» Plea agahist the Pre-
Intef. See Mr. Ba.\tcr'.'< Lite, p. 18. Uuihwortli's Collect, vol. ii. part 2,
app. p. a9. He was father of bishop Ijayton. B.4kek.
RIc. Layton coll. ab ep'o Loud, ad root de Stepney juxta London, sine
cura g;5 Dec. l.Vii.
Gabr. Dunne tlic admiss. ad canH. 35 Octob. 1544, per mort Rici
Lajton.
*c
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19
i500-
I'ASTl OXONFENSES.
ino7
20
same year, who on the 31 of June going before, -was ail-
initted to the said jirelH-ntlship of t'lleskelf, iniriwsely ti>
capacitate him for the ilejinery. This l)r Layton was cliap-
lain and counsellor to K. Hen. S. and did act much to pleiuse
tlie unlimitctl desire of that king. In Oct. 1541, he, under
pretence of liis miyesty's plejisure, converted the silver cap-
sula gilt (in which were then the bones of the head of
S. William archbishop of York reiwsed) with the jewels
and ornaments of it, to the public use and benefit of the
church of York. In 1344. Dec. 24. Nich. Wottou LL. D.»
was installed by proxy dean of York in Dr. Layton's place,
and in \\'otton's Dr. Matthew Ilutton, 8 Apr. 1 .567.
Feb. 29. Rob. Froost was then admitted Dr. of the civil
law, but never stood in the act to compleat that degree.
This year March 29, John Ashdowne, mentioned before,
did supplicate just after he had been admitted batch, of the
can. liiw, to be licensed to proceed in that faculty, but it was
not granted. Robebt Coke also LL. IJ. luid principal of
Henxsey hall in S. Aldate's parish, did sujjplicate to be
licensed to proceed in the civil law, but was then denied.
Doctors of D'winittj.
May 12. John Hf.skins a preaching or black fryer.
June 26. Ed ward Powell (of Oriel coll.) stikd in his
admission ' perdoctus vir.'
Oct 24. Hob. IIolyngboubne a Benedictine monk and
warden or guardian of Canterbury coll. (now jiait of Ch.
Ch.) in Oxon.
Dec. l.*?. Will. Gylbert a canon regular, and prior of
the monastery at Brewton in Somersetshire.
Dec. 13. Tho. Mychell of Exeter coll. canon of the
cath. ch. of Exeter and of Wells.
Will. Fauxtleroy of New coll. was admitted the same
day.' — His sister Elizabeth was abbess of Amesbury.
Jan. 22. John Smyth a Minorite or Franciscan.
Tliese also supplicated this year for the said degree ; viz.
(l) Will. Gydyng M. of A. and batch, of div. (2) Sim.
Pykering a Carme. (3) John Wetwang. B. D. a Cis-
tercian, &c.
Incorporations.
J'une 28. Will. Smith commissary to the bishop of Lin-
Idem Ric'us Layton fuit pnebendarius de Kentish-town in eccl. PauL
if<». Land.
Coll. ad diet. preb. L. B. 9 Maii, 1523, cui succ. Will. Layton, cl. 13 Oct.
1544 pel raortem Rici.
RIc. Layton admiss. ad Harrow super montem per reagn. Will'i Warham,
qni accepit decanatum eccl'uB collegiatse de Chbter Street Dun-dioc. 21 Jul.
1537. Reg. Warham. Ken net.]
9 [9 Dec. 1517 Magbter Nicolaus Wotton cler. ad eccl. de Borton Jlal-
Eerbe Cant. dioc. ficr inort. d'ni Christopheri Porter, ex pres. Robert! Wotton
mil. ipsius ccclesue Ticibus alterius et pro hac vice patroni. iifg. Warham^
Cant.
6 Sept. 1518, Nich'iw Wotton cler. ad vie. de Sutton Valence, Cant. dioc.
per mortem niag'ri Nich'i WUlyngton der. ex pres. prioris et conv. de
L^es. Heg. WarJtam.
1530, 20 Maii, D. Joh. •\rmour cap. ad vie. de Sutton Valence Cant,
dioc. per resign Magri Niclii Wotton ad pres. prioris et conv. B. Marias
Sanctique \icolai de Ledes. lb.
1530, S-l Octob. D. Lodovicus Ap-Rcs, cap. ad eccl. de Wareham per
reaign. Mafi'ri Nich'i Wotton ex pres. Will'i Hawle, mil. pro hac vice. Ih.
15.'30, 26 Octob. Mag'ri Nicbus Wotton utr. juris d"r ad eccl. de Ivechirche
Cant. dioc. ex coll. are'pL lb.
Job. Amierour admiss. ad ecclesiain de Ivechurche 1655, 17 Jan. vac. per
res'ign. Nic. Wotton, rcservata pensione annua 22 niarcarum. Reg. Cant.
Vid. epitaph in Hollinshed, fol. 140.'?. Kexnet.]
' [1523,...Oct. Mag'r Will'us Fawiitleroy S. T. P. ad officium custodis »ive
lO^listri collegii B Maria! virginis S. Thouite Martyris & .S. Edwardi coiifes-
•oni de Highani Ferrer Line. dioc. per niort. mag'ri Ric'i Willeys LL. B. ad
colL regi» bac vice juxta exigentiam rtatutorum. U<g. Warham, Cant.
KtNNIT.]
coin, and doctor of decrees in luiotlicr university,' \\as then
incoriK)rated. — He was nepiicw, or near of kin, to Dr. Will.
Smitli bishop of Lincoln, wtia archdeacon of Lincoln, and
dying in 1 528, was succeeded in that dignity by Rich. Pate
M. A. of Oxon, as I have told you elsewhere among the
bishops.
An. Dom. 1507. — 22-23 Hen. 7.
Chancellor.
Dr. Will. Warham before-mentioned.
Commissaries.
William Fauntleroy, John Thokndew, again.
John Avery, D. D. of Line. coll.
John Kynton again.
Proctors.
John Lanb of New coll. (as it seems) Austr.
Will. Thomson of Univ. coll. Bor. Apr. 15.
But the junior proctor dying in the long vacation, Mr.
Hugh Pole or Pool of AUs. coU. (about this time principal
of Biliam hall) supplieil his place as senior regent in the
university till the tburth day of Nov. following, and then
Mr. TiioM. Bentley of New coll. being elected proctor>
sei-ved out the remaining jjart of the year.
Batclietors of Arts.
June 19. John Blysse. — He hath this character added
to his name in the cat. of fellows of Mert. coll. he being of
that society ' niedicus & astronomus quain doctus.'
Feb. 27. RoG. Egwokth or Eugworth of Oriel coll.
whom 1 have mentioned among the writers, under the year
15C0. [Vol. I. Col. 315.]
Besides these two were at least 55 batchelors admitted
this year, and 23 that supplicated for that degree, that were
not this year admitted.
Batchelors of Lam.
Fom- in the civil, and eight in the canon law were ad-
mitted. Nine in the civil, and five in the canon law suppli-
cated for that degree. One was admitted batch, of both the
laws, and one to the volumes.
One Hbn. Rawlyns occurs batch, of the civil law this
year, but his admission is omitted j and therefore all that I
can say of him is, that he became archdeacon of Salisbury
10 Apr. 1524, upon the death of James Bromwich, who had
that dignity conferr'd upon liim 2 Jlarch 1523, after the
decease of George Sydenham.' This H. Rawlyns who waa
prebendary of Faringdon, and had been thrice preb. of
Combe and Harnham, in the said church, within the space
of four years, wiis made at the same time (10 Apr. 1524.)
preb. of Husborne and Burbach in the said chtirchof Sarum.
He was also dignified in the church of Wells.*
Masters of Arts,
Oct. 13. Hugh Aston, Ashtyn or Ashton, so many
ways I find him written. — He became archdesicon of York,
that is, of the West Riding of Yorkshire, upon the resigna-
* [An. 1505, cone. Will'o Smyth, qnod possit stare codem gradu hie
(Cant.) quo stetit FcrariiB. Reg. Acad. Cant.
An. 1504, Will. Smyth juris civilis bac. Cant. Ibid. Bakeb.]
' [Geo. Sydenham L. B. admiss. ad rect. de Chcsterford-magna in com.
Essex, 14 Jul. 1497, quam resign, ante 20 Jan, 1505. Reg. llilL, E'pi Land.
Kennet.]
* [Mag. lUnr. RawlynsS.T.P. pres. per Tho. cardinalem Ebor. virtute-'
concessionis sibi factic |)er abb. et conv. Ramesey ad eccl. de Therteld per
mort. mag. Joh. Yougo '.'8 Apr. 1516. Reg. AlKotcr, Line.
1513, 1 Oct. D. Will. Biiiborow cler. ad vie. de Lymynge per mort. d'ni
.Toh'is Pesenicdo, ex pres. Jlciirici Rawlyiu rectoris eccl. yarocb. de L^miugt
predict. Reg. Watham. Kxnkkx.}
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FASTI OXONIENSES.
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29
tion of Brian Hygden, in Sept. 1516, and dyinj? in Dccemb.
IS??, was succeeded in that dignity by Tho. Winter in the
year tbllowint!^, as I sliall tell you under the year 15'25.
Mar. 8. Thom. Makeuel of Univ. coll. — One Dr. Make-
rel prior of IJerlings in Lincolnshire headed the comuious
of that county under tiie name of capt. Cobler when they
rose against the king in 1530", upon the beginning of the
dissolution of religious houses, or, as some say, because they
■would not pay a certain tax. WHiether this Tho. Makerel
be the same 1 cannot tell, till I know the Christian name of
the doctor. John Stow saith that Dr. Makerel, an abbot
and a suffragan bishop, was drawn and hang'd at Tyburn '
about 29 March 1537, for denying the king's supremacy;
■which I suppose is the same with him who was prior of
Berlings, and the same perhaps who was incorporated doctor
of Cambridge 1516.
Besides these two, were eleven more that were admitted,
and four that supplicated, that were not admitted, this year.
Opponents in Divinity.
May 10. Peter de Campo, a Portuguese.
Dec. 10. Walt. Goodfield a Minorite. — See under the
year 1510.
Feb. 4. Edm. Vessy or Vesey a Benedictine. — Besides
seven that supplicated, who were all except one, Benedic-
tines and black fryers.
Batchelors of Divinity.
June 1'i. John Claymond the most deserving president
of Magd. coll. stiled in his admission ' vir discrctus, gravis,
& multa doctrinS percelebris.' *
Feb. 6. Gekakdus Smyth a Minorite. and others of
no great account, besides five at least that -supplicated for
that degree.
Doctors of the Civil Law.
Apr John Cockys or Cocks of Alls. coll. — This year
I find him principal of George hall in S. Miiry's parisii, and
in 1509 warden or rector of the church of Elmely in Kent,
upon the resignation of ^ViU. Broke doctor of decrees. Af-
terwards he was principal of Ilenxsey hidl in S. Aldate's
parish, (a place for civilians) principal or chief moderator
or professor of the civil law school in tlie parish of St. Ed-
ward, and dean of the arches ; " Vicar general to the arch-
" bishop, and .judge or auditor of causes in his court of au-
" dience." — He died in Febr. 1545.*
' [Rector of Cleevc, com. Glocestr. 'V. Jo. Ciium De Libris proirriis, j). 13.
«t V. White Diiicosio-Murtiirion, fol. 82. Baker.
Joh. Cleymond Line. dioc. vicarius peq)t*tuus cccleslic dc Norton Du-
nelm. dice, ordiiuitur subdiacomis per Tho. cp. Kathliiisens. in ecclesia de
Elcjng Spittle ex liceutla Tbo. cp. Lond. li Apr. 1498. Reg. Savage cpi
Land.
Magister Joh. Clayraondus custos seu magister hospit. S. Crucis prope
Winton. Cartular. S. Cruris, MS.
Erasmus Rot. insigni tlieologo Johanni Clayniondo S. D. — Egrogiatn illara
pradcntiani suain qua^mpcr publica; fainie pripconio coniniendatus fuit,
Ricardus cpiscopus VVintonicnsis nullo certiore argnmcnto nobis dcclaravit,
Claymonde, non infimijm deciis ordinis theologici, quain qiiotl collegium mag-
niticum suis impcndiis cxtructum tribus prsecipnis Iingiiis, ac nieliurihiis Uteris,
vetustisque autoribus propric consecravit &c. Lovanii 5 cal, Jul. 1519.
Kennkt.J
" [1509, 1 1 Jul. Mag. Joh. Cokkys LL. T>. ad cccl. de Einicsley per
resign, mag'ri \Vili'i Broke deer, doctoris ex prcs. mag. et sociorum cnll. Omn.
Animanim Oxon. Ke^. ]\'arham.
1520 Connnissio Will'i Cant, ar'epi de officio auditoris audientis causarum
mag. Joh'i Cockys LL. D. dat. Croydcu 21 Aug. 1520, nostra; translat. 17.
Heg. IVarham.
1521, 19 Octob. Mag. Joli. Cockys LL. D. audientise causannn et nego-
tiormn auditor, et cancollarius ar'epi ab ap'ejK) coll. ad cccl. de Multoii in
decanat. dc Uuckyng, per mort, ult, incumb, lb.
William Pakkbr and ThoM. Maket batchelors of the
civ. law supplicated to be licensed to proceed in that faculty,
but were not admitted.
Thom. Myllino batch, of the canon law, supplic. tiao to
be Dr. of that fac. but not admitted.
Doctors of Divinity.
Oct. .. .Thom. Charde abbot of Foord in Devon. — On
the second of the same month he did really j)roceed, being'
then stiled (as 'tis entred in the public register of this time)
' vir niiigna doctrini & ^irtutc clams.' He Wiui bom at
Aulescouibe in the said county, and educated in S. Bernard's
coll. (now S. Jolin Baptist) to which jilace being afterwards
a benefactor, his memory wa.s there preserv'd, a.s a token of
it, in se\eral of the glass windows of that house, particularly
in a middle chamber window on the south side of the tower
o\er the conunon gate of that coll. where was (if not still)
his name contr.icted in golden letters (as the fashion was
lately on coaches) in an escutcheon sable, and hath behind
it, pidewise, an abbot's crosier. He founded, as 'tis said, an
ho.s])itid at Honyton in his own country, and repaired, built,
and lulorncd nuicli of his monastery, which, 1 think, he lived
to see dissolved.
Mar Thom. Bkynknell of Line. coll. — He stood in
the act on the IS of the same month, at which time the pro-
fessor of div. or commissary, did highly commend liim for
his learning.
Those that supplicated this year to be doctors of div. were
(1.) Humph. Wystow, sometimes of AUs. coll. whom I
shall mention under the year 1509. (2.) John Maynakd
a Benetlictine ; see in an. 1502. (3.) Clem. Lychfeld
another Benedictine, nicntion'd imder the same year. (4.)
Tho. Anyden or Anyday B. of div. and a Minorite. (5.)
Rob. Burton a Minorite also, and prior or guardian of the
college of IMinoiitcs or Franciscans, commonly called grey
fryers, in the South suburb of Oxon, who had studied divi-
nity in this and the university of Cambridge, 20 years.
Incorporations.
May 4. James Mallet, master of ai'ts of Cambridge.^ —
This person wiis iifteiwards canon of Windsor, D. of D. and
master of the hos])ital of S. Giles in Great Wycomb in
Bucks. But in his latter days, uttering certain words
which were iurcounted high treason, was executed in 1543,
" at Chelmsford." The treason wiis this ; — When the news
came of the great commotions made by the commons in
several parts of the nation, upon, or after, the dissolution of
religious houses, he o])enIy said, ' Then hath the king
brought his hogs to a fiiir market !' "He had been chap-
1521, 23 N«v. Mag. .Toh. Cokkys LL. D. ad eccl. de WycCttrisham Caut.
dioc. per mort, ult. incumb. ex coll. ar'epi. }b.
Joh. Cockys tuit vicarius eccl. B. Marire Islington anno 1.521.
1522, 20 Jnnii, Mag. Joh'es Knyght A. M. ad eccl. dc Wyttrisham per
resign, mag. .Toh. Cokkys, ex coll. ar'epi. 16.
1524, 23 Apr. Mag. Joh'es Briggs LL. B. ad cccl. de Multon in dec. de
Bockyng, per resign, mag. Job. Cokkys LL. D. ex causa permutat cum
prcb. de Yattisbury in ecck cath. Sanmi. lb.
1525, 2 Nov. Mag. Joh'es Cockys LL. D. ad eccl. dc Charryng cum ca-
pella Cant. dioc. per mort. nmg. Will'i Wilton deer, doctoris. lb.
1526, 6 Aug. Mag. Joh'es Cockys LL. D. »d cccl. de Middeley Cant,
dioc. per mort. n.ag. Roulandi Baxter, ex pres. Thomae Oxenbrigge et Ed-
wardi Ebryngton armigemruni. lb.
Joh. CocSys LL. D. ad eccl. B. Blaria; Ic Bow, Ix)nd. 29 Jul. 1522, per
mort. Tho. Wodyngton, ex coll. ar'epi Cant. Jo. Joseph ad eand. eccl.
20 Oct. 1546 per mort. Joh'is Cockys Kennet.]
' [Mr. Malett A. M. Canlabr. an. 1.501. ;\n. 1.509, cone. mro. .lacobo
Malet, ut sludlum 9 annorum post regentiam itc. suificiat ei ad opponend. in
theologia. Ufg. Aaitt. Cant. Baker.
He -nas ■near of Buruham, Bucks. Cole.]
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" lain to queen Kutherine. — Stow soith he was doctor of
" law, and executed A. D. 1536."'
Hob. Fisher, a dcK'tor beyond the sea, did supplicate to
he incorponited May 10, but he is not registrcd as admitted.
He afterwards was beneficed in Somersetshire.
Thom. ScARisBRioo of Melt. coll. d(K't. of div. beyond the
seas ;dso, did in like manner supplicate 20 Jan. but I cannot
find him actually iucorj)orat«d.
Creations,
Or such that have degrees conferr'd upon them without
peiforniina; any exercise for the same, and sometimes (espe-
didly if noblemen) without ])aying of fees.
Jan. 29. It wiis then granted to James Stanlby bishop
of Ely, tliat he miglu l)e ci'eated doctor of decrees by a cap
put on las he<td, by William archbishop of Canterbury anil
Richaiil bishop of London ; which accorillngly was by them
performed with solemnity, at, or neai- to, London.
It was also granted on the same day to Mr. John Rede
master of arts, batch, of div. and warden of USkeham's coll.
near Winchester, that he might lie created D. of D. by a
cap put on his head by Dr. Fauntleroy the commissai-y, the
proctors, and two masters. Whetlier performed, I cannot
justly say, because in the year 1511 he supplicated for the
degree of D. of D. lie hiul been tutor to prince Artlmr,
was then canon of Cliichester, afterwanis warden of New
coll. in Oxon. and master of the hospital of S. Mary Magd.
near Winchester.*
An. Dom. l.'SOS.— «3-24 Hen. 7-
Chancellor,
Commissaries.
William Fauntleroy, John Thornden, again.
Proctors.
Rob. Carter of Magd. coll. Austr. elected 10 May.
RowL. Messynger ' principal of Little Univ. hall in
Scliool-street. Bor. elected II May.
" [Jacobos Mallet S. T. B. admiss. ad rect. dc Lees Magna com. Essex,
10 Jan. 1.513, ad pre?. Katherina reg. Anglia;; cui succcssit . Joh. Ashton
A. M. 5 Febr. 1542, per mortem Jacob! Mallet, ad prcs. Tho. duraini Audley.
Kennet.]
9 [Rede was one of the two delegates sent to receive bishop Sm^-th's oatli
of office at his election to the chancellorship of Oxford. He was chaplain to
prince Arthur, and prebendary of Craekpole in the church of Lincoln,
April 4. 150J. Willis, Cathedrak, ii, 173.]
' [Mag. Rollandus Messenger pres. per abbatiss. de Godestow ad vicar,
df Wiconibe per resign, mag. Tho. Heywood. Ueg. Smi/th m Archid. Buck.
Rolandu.s" Messenger Carliol. dioc. or.linatur diaconus ad tit. mon. S.
Andreae Nortb'lon, per Tho. Achaden. cp'um et auctorilate domini Will. ep.
IJnc. in prima ebdom. xlnio 149(5, apud ISukden, et presb. Mart. 2S>, 1497.
1512, aO Dec. Mag. Rollandus Messynger coll. ad eccl.de Wynwick, vac.
per resign, niag'ri Joh. Fornby. Ueg.Smi/th, Lhic. Kennet.
.Messynger was one of the first fellows of Brajscn Nose College. He was
presented by bishop Smyth, founder of thiit society to the rectory of Win-
wick, Nortlianiptonshirc, Deceml)er HO, ljl'2, and was afterwards, July
31, 1513, collated to tlic prebend of St. Botoipli's, Lincoln. Churton, Fmn-
dm of Br. Nose Colt. p. 298.
He proceeded master of arts June ,30, 1505. In 1511, he was principal
of Black Hall; and March 12, 1511-12 was presented by the abbey of God-
stow, to the vicarage of High Wycombe. December 20, 1512, he received
the rectory of Winwick, Northamptonshire, and July 3l, 1513 was collated
by bishop Smyth to the prcbcndal stall of St. liotulph hi the church of Lin-
coln. It is a singular fact, that in the last statute of Brasennose cull, there is
a particular enactment that ' Roland Messynger sliall not be fellow of the
college, nor have a room in it, nor stay there beyond a single night.' From
the last clanse it does not appear, that any ill-conduct, by Messynger, was
the cause of tliis apparently harsh sentcnoe, and this is in a great measure
The same.
Of which jiroctors having sijoken largely * elseuliere, I
sliall only now say, tliat they were afterwards senants to,
and in favour with, caidiiial Wolsey; the senior of them
being .'itcAvard of his lioushold, and the junior comptroller of
his buildings in Oxon.
Grammarians,
Or such who were admitted to inform and teach in the
faculty of grammar.
Mardi 17. Willia.m Beaumond stiled in our registers
' disertus \ir, & vir doctus." — After he had been admitted
by the commissary to instruct youths in grammar, he deli-
vered into his hands a ferula and rod, as badges of his office,
to be used by his authority. For at this time, and beyond
all memory, no person in <his kingdom could teach gram-
mar pidilidkly, until he had first been graduated in, or au-
thorized by, either of the universities.
Batchelor of Music.
Feb. 19. John Mason. — He was now much in esteem
for his jn'ofession.
This year Dec. 12. John Schehman a secular chaplain
iind a student in music, supplicated the ven. congregation
that he might be admitted batch, of that faculty. Wliether
he was admitted it a])pears not.
Batchelors of /Irts.
Oct. 23. John Redman or Redmayne. — One of both his
names was archdeacon of Taunton, and prebendai7 of Mil-
verton in the church of Wells ; in which dignities he was
succeeded by John Fitzjames 1554, as 1 shall tell you in
1524. See in the year 1543.
Jan. 18. Marmaduke Bona alias Lindsey. — 1 shall men-
tion him elscwhcie.
Jan. S9. John- Moreman of Exeter coll. — He was after-
wards dean of the cath. ch. at Exeter.
Besides these, were about 32 more admitted, and about
27 who supplicated for the said degree, but were not ad-
mitted this year.
Batchelors of the Civil Law.
Nov. 5. Thom. Bedell of New coll. — In June 1533 he
became archdeacon of Clieveland in the place of Dr. James
Denton ; which dignity he resigning in Aug. following,
William ClyfFe LL. D. succeeded. About wliich time Bedell
became archdeacon of Cornwall, and soon after wjis ap-
pointed o)ie of the commissioners (Rich. Layton LL. D. and
Tho. Barthlet public notary being two otiiers) to visit reli-
proved by the subsecjnent patronage of Wolsey, who would scarcely have
entrusted soiiiiporlant a charge as that ofoverlimking bis magnificeul structure
at Christ Church, had he not been fully certified of Messyiiger's prudence and
probity. From the circumstance of perniittuig hijn to remain one day and
night in college, it seems that Messynger was not obnoxious to the society,
but it is probable be was found unwilling to resign his fellowship, which by
the statutes of the college, could not be tenable with the living of Wycombe.
Churton supposes, with great probability, tliat this circuiuslance was dis-
pensed with by Smyth in Jlessynger's favour, thus deviating from his own
rules in the first intance, to gratify private friendship, or to reward eminent
merit. But the sur\-ivhig founder might feel it his duty to remove, before he
died, whatever wjis in diivct opjKJsition to the statutes ; and so pronounced
Messenger nonsocius, which he did with less reluctance, as knowing him pos-
sessed <il very competent prcferuient. The time of IMessynger's decease has
never been ascertained. Willis 5up|K)sed, but without probable authority,
that he died and was buried at Winwick in 1546, but it seems more likely
that it dill not occur till iunnediatcly preceding 1554, when Gawin Williaiu-
son was presi-nled to the vicar^ige of Winwick. Fmindcrs pf' lirasen Nose Col-
lege, S'lO. Willis, Ciiihedrals. ii, 150. Bridges' Northamiitoiuhire, i, 603.]
' In Ilisl. S" Antiq. Unw. Oxon. lib. 2. pag. 417. a.
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FASTI OXONir-LNSKS.
ir,09
£6
gioiis houses in oidi-r to tlicir dissolution. " lie was one of
" tlie clerks of the king-'s council. A. D. 1533."'
Besides Tiio. IWdcll were thirteen admitted, and eight
supplicated, that were not admitted tiiis year.
Fifteen also were admitted hatch, of can. law, and eleven
supplicated that were not admitted.
Masters of Arts.
About fifteen were admitted, and abont ten sujjiilicated
to be admitted, but were not. Atnong all which, 1 cannot
yet find any one that w as afterwards a bishop, a wi'iter, dig-
nitary, or man of note.
Datchelors of Divinity.
July. . . .Thomas Beel a canon regular of the order of
S. Austin, and prior of the students of that order living in
t>. Mary's coll. — ."See more among the D. of D. an. 1514.
Oct. 17. Fr. John IIowden a Dominican.
Jan. 16. James Dickson, M.A.
Feb. 1. Fr. Rob. Osbourne a Carme.
Which two last are se%eral times mentioned in the public
registei- to be clari & perdocti viri.
Besides these were about thirteen that supplicated for the
said degree, but not admitted this year; among whom was
Will. Gvllingham of tlie order of S. Benedict, who suc-
ceeded Rob. Ilolyngbourne in the guardianship or warden-
sUip of Canterbury coU. in Oxon. about this year.
Doctors of Law.
Not one, either in the canon or civ. law, was licensed to
proceed this year.
In the canon law were three that supplicated to be doc-
tors, viz. David Tallev abbot of Tally in the dioc. of S.
David, WiL. WoLLUR, and John Lacy, all batchelors of
that faculty. In the ci\il law was only one, whom 1 shall
mention the next year.
Doctor of Physic.
Nov. 3. Richard Bartlet mention'd under the year
1.503, supplicated that he might be licensed to proceed in
physic; but whether he was admitted, or did really proceed,
or stood in the act, it doth not, by the neglect of the regis-
' [1512, 24 Aug. TIio. Beilill cler. ad eccl. de Halton in decanatu de
Riscljcrgli per rcsi^Ti. niag'ri Thome Baschurch, cicr. ult. incumb. ex coll.
iir"i'pi. Ucp;. Warhum. Resign, ante 26 Martii, 1515. lb.
1514, 1 Marlii, Mag. Tho. Bedvll LL. B. ad lib. capellas de Bockyngfbid
et Newstede, Cant. dioc. ex coll. ar'epi, jure devolutionij. Reg. Warham.
1516 Mag. llio. Bedell cler. ad etel. de Sandlierst, ex coll. ar'epi.
Reg. Warham Resign, ante 7 Nov. 1518. Hi.
1517, 29 Dec. Mag. Tho. Bedell LL. B. ad eccl. de Est Peckham, in dec.
de Shoreliani, per resign, mag. \Vill. Grocyu S. T.B. ult. incumb. ex coll.
ar'epi. Jieg. Wurhatn.
1625, 13 Junii .loh"es 'nionipson cap. ad vie. de Est Peckham in dec. de
Shorehani per niort. ult incumb. ex pres. mag'ri Thome Bedyll rectoris dicte
eccl'ie, ratione rectoris, palroni. 16;
20 Nov. 1522, a<ln»M. ad eccl. S. Dionvsii Bactchurch, Lond. 12 Mar,
1527, quam resign. Dec. 1530 — coll. ad preb. de Jlapesbury 17 Dec. 15.34,
quam intra 5 dies resignavit — eo<lem fere temp, archidiatum abdicat, et 30
Dec. admiss. est ad rect. Omn. S'ctorum Magn. Lond. }!cg. Lond.
1531, 15 Maii, JIag. Tho. I'cdvll LL. B. ad eccl. de Hadley in dec. de
Bockyng, per luort. mag. Joli'is Rjse, ex coll. ar'epi pleno jure. lieg.
Warham.
1532, 12 Apr. Mag. Tho. Be<rill LL. B. ad eccl. de Wrotham in dec. de
Slioreham, per resi«:n. WiU'i Warliatn, ex coll. ai^epi. lb.
1532, 13 iMaii, D. .Toll. K\ng pb"r ad eccl. de Bockyng. in dec. de Boc-
kyng per resign, mag'ri riiociie Bed \ II LL. B. ex coll. ar'epi, primitus juratus
de solvend. |K-nsioncui hiiiukiui pielato mag. Thome Bedell ex fructibus dicte
cccl'ic per re\~nuu» assigimnd. ]b.
'Iho. Bedyll LL. B. ad archid. London 5 Ang. 1533, quern resign, ante
J 9 Dec. 1534, coll. ad rect. de Bucking com. Essex, ab ar^epo Cant
Obiit ante 18 Sept. 1537. Reg. Lond, Kennet.J
trary, appear in tlie register of this, or of any year follow-
ing.— He Hius ahout this time admitted by the name of Dr.
Rich. Bartlct into the coll. of ]ih\sicians in London, and
some years after wius made president thereof. lie died
about the latter end of the ye;ir lo.'iO', being then |K)sse»sed
of lands in Cudesdon and Denton in Oxfordshire, and was
buried in the cluirch of Great S. BarthoUnnew in Lcmdon.
In the Amials of the CoU. of Physicians before-mention'd, is
this character left of him, by the famou.i Dr. Jo. Cay of
Cambridge. — ' This good and venerable old man (very fa-
mous for his learning, great knowledge and experience in
physic) died in the S/th year of his age; at whose funeral
the president and college attended, it being the first time
that the statute b(K)k of tlie college, adornetl with silver,
was carried before the president.' — He the said Dr. Bartlet
did bequeath to .Mlsoids college (his tender parent) his b<i8on
and ewer of silver, and to his brother Edm. Bartlet and hi.s
children of Castle Moretou in Worcestersliire several consi-
derable legacies.
Doctors of Divinity.
Not one was admitted or licensed to proceed, or stood in
the public comitiii, which we usually call the act.
Four 1 find who supplicated for the said degree, viz.
(1.) Fath. Walt. GooDFiELD a Minorite, who proceedetl
in 1.510. {1.) Rich. Dudley of Oriel coll. lately proctor
of the university. (3.) John Mylpokd or Melford a
Benedictine monk and bac. of div. " Nov. .5. but when he
" was admitted, it appears not. I take this person to be
" the same with John Reeve alias Melford, who was
" created the last abbot of Bury St. Edmund, in com. SufT.
"A.D. 1513." (4.) Nicholas Bradbridge M.A. and
fellow of Mert. coll. v\ho was afterwards D. of D. and chan-
cellor of the cathedral cluirch of Lincoln. He died 14
March 1532, and was buiied in the said cath. ch. See
among the Incorporations in 1526.
Incorporations.
Nov. 5. John Smyth D. of D. of Cambridge.
Dec. 17. John Wilcocks D. of D. in universitatc Tanta-
ronensis,'' as the register saith. Qu. iu what country that
university is ?
An. Dom. 1.509. — 1 Hen. 8.
Chancellor,
The same.
Commissaries.
Will. Faontleroy D. D. to whom were sometime* de-
puties Dr. Tho. Mychell, and Dr. Jo. Kynton.
Proctors.
Tho. Erytage of Oriel coU.
Rich. Duckb of Exet. coll.
Both which proctors were according to a former statute
(lately much neglected) elected on one and the same day,
being the first of Easter-term.
Batchelors of Music.
May. ... John Wendon, a scholar of music; whose
grace was granted to be lulmitted batchelor, conditionally
that he compose a mass to be ^ung in the act following.
Jul. 2. John Clawsey whs then mlmitted batch, of mus.
Both these were eminent in their professions.
* [Qu. if not Tarragpuciuis ? Cole.]
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m
^
Balchelora of Arts.
About 15 were admitted, of whom Rich. Consent or
CoNSENETT a Can. sec. was one, and James Fitzjames of
Mert. coll. another; and 7 supplicateil, who were not ad-
mitted this year.
Batchelors of the Civil Law.
May. . . . Lancelot Collyns or Collynson. — He was
nephew to Christoplier Bambridge archbishop of York, by
whose favour he became treasurer of that church in the be-
ginning;; of May 1514, ujOTn the resignation of Robert
Langton LL. D. niention'd under the year 1501. After
CoUynson's death. Will. Clyff, LL. D. of Cambridge, was
installed treasurer of the said church 13 Ap. 1539; the
same WiH. Cliff, I mean, who became chauutor of that
church on the resignation of Will. IlolgjU (then or lately
master of the Savoy hospital near London) in the beginning
of Nov. 1534.' As for the treasm-ei sliip, ClyfF by his letters
resign'd it into the hands of K. Edw. 6. which being con-
firmed imder the common seal of the dean an<l cliaptcr of
York, he was afterwards made the third dean of Chester in
the place of Hen. Man bishop of the isle of Man. This
Will. Clyff died at London about the 7th of Deccmb. in
1558, and was succeeded in his deanei-y by Roger * Walker
M. of A.'
June 2. Giles Hakbluyt of Alls. coll. — On the 5 of
Sept. 1514, he became subdean of the church of Salisbury
on the resignation of John Robinson.
Nine more were admitted batch, of the civil law, and
seven supplicated, who were not admitted this year.
Batchelors of the Canon Law.
June 11. Oliver Poole or Pole of Nevyll's inn (in-
volved in the limits of C. C. C.) afterwards principal of
Greek hall near to the church-yard of S. Fridcswyde, and
in that parish ; was then admitted batch, of the can. law. —
He is stiled in the public register of this time vir doctus &
preeclarus, which is all I know of him, only that he was of
noble race.
June Will. Page a canon regular and prior of Ivy
Church in the county of Wilts. — One Richard Page who
was an Oxford man by education, but not graduated us I
can yet find, occurs prior of Idrose or Ederos in the s^e
county, an. 1526.
Besides these two were but two more admitted, and 13
that supplicated, who were not this year admitted.
Masters of Arts.
Thirteen were admitted, and five supplicated who were
not admitted this year ; but none of them were afterwaixls
writers or bishops, and whether dignitaries, I know not.
Opponents in Diviniti/.
Seven were admitted to oppose, who were afterwards ad-
'■' [Wilt. ClyfF L. D. coll. ad arcliidiat. Lond. 30 Oct. 15J9, per mortem
Galfridi Wharton, banc vcre dignitatem resignavit ante o Aug. 1533. Ueg.
'Land.
1548, 11 Jun. Will. Clyff LL.D. coll. ad prcb. de Hoxton in eccl. Paul,
per mortem mag'ri Nidi. Wilson S.T.P. Reg. Boniter.
1 J48. 9 Jul. W ill. Chedsev S. T. D. coll. ad prcb. dc Twyford per resign.
WUl. ClyirLUD. lb. J 1- 6
15.>8, 14 Dec. Mag. Hugo Evans cler. coll. &d preb. de Hoxton, per mort.
Will'iClyffc. lb. Kknnet.]
« (Richard Walker, dean of Chester, obiit 1567. V/harton's Anglia Sacra,
i. 456]
7 [llogcr Walker pb"r ailmiss. ad rect. de Buckland com. Hartf. 22 Jan.
1553, per resign. Joh'is Sa|>cott. Jo. Tilney ad caiid, 14 Apr. 1559, per
nurt, Bog. Wajkcr. Itcg. lioimer. Kennel]
mitted batch, of div. and eight supplicated, some of which
were afterwards batch, of div. also.
Batchelors of Divinity.
May 10. The reverend father Edmund Foeest a canon
reguliir, and prior of the monastery of Langthony (near
Glocester.)
Jun William Ardon a Dominican. — See more
iuuong the incorporations, an. 1520.
Jun. 21. Robert Cleyton of Line. coll. principal of
Staple hall in Schoolstreet, stiled in the public reg. vir.
doctus.
Jul. 5. Henry Broke a Benedictine. — One Thomas
Broke who had been of tliis university, (of Glocester college
I think) did suppliciite for, or at least took, a degree in this
university, but 'twas before the time that these Fasti begin.
In 1.504, Jan. 21, he was confirmed abbot of Muchelney of
the Benedictine order, in Somersetshire, after the death of
one William Wykc ; and dying in 1522, John Shirbourne
was confirmed abbot in his place, on the C of Nov. in the
same year.
Jtd. 6. Father Anth. Etton or Eaton, a Dom. or preach-
ing fryer, who had studied two years in the university of
Feriiira, three in Lovaine and five in Oxon.
Besides these, others were admitted, and several sup-
plicated.
Doctor of Law.
Not one admitted or licensed, either in the canon or civil
law, and but one supplicated for tlie degree of doct. of civ.
law, who was admitted the next year.
Doctors of Divinity.
June 19. Humphrey Wystow of Alls. coll. — He had be-
fore this time been principal of S. Edm. htdl, and was now
beneficed at Tamworth in Staffordshire ; where dying in
Oct. 1514, was buried in the chancel of the church there,
dedicated to S. Edys, or Edyth.
March 19. Thomas Drax rector of Line. coll.
There were three also supplicated for the said degree;
viz. (1.) John Bakek batch, of div. who became rector of
Lymington in Somersetshire, upon the resignation of Tho-
mas Wolsey (afterwards a cardinal) in the beginning of Jul.
1509. (2.) Hugh BoLLES B. D. a Benedictine, (3.) Pet.
DE Campo a Portuguese and Minorite, mentioned under the
year 1507.
An. Dom. 1510.— 2 Hen. 8.
Chancellor.
Tlie same, viz. Dr. Warham archbishop of Canterbury.
Commissaries.
William Fauntleroy D.D.
John Thornden D. D.
Thomas Mychel D.D. oftentimes stiled vice-cha.
Proctors.
John Burgeis of Magd. coll. Bor. Apr. 10.
John Hewys of Mert. coll. Austr. Apiil 10.
Batchelor of Music.
Jan. . . John Gilbert. — His order and place are not set
down.
Grammarians.
Feb. 3. John Toker or Tooker batch, of arts, was then
aihuittcd to inform and instmct in grammar.
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30
Batchelors of ArU.
Feb. 28. William York a canon regular. — See more
among tlie batch, of div. 1519.
Besides liini «ere about 40 admitted, and about 30 who
supplicated for that degree, but were not admitted this year,
BaUheloT of the Civil Law.
Nineteen were admitted, among whom Anthony May-
cock was one, and several otliers wlio were afterwards dig-
nitaries in tlie church ; and nine that supplicated who were
not adm. this year.
Batchelors of the Canon Law.
Feb. 3. Will. Fleshmonger of New coll. — He was af-
terwards dean of Chichester, as I sliall tell you elsewhere.
Thomas Leson was admitted the same day. — See among
the batch, of div. 1512.
Will. Taylour a canon regular of tlie Praemonstraten-
sian order, was also admitted the same day (Feb. 3.)
Besides which three, were about 33 admitted, and more
than twenty that supplicated, who were not admitted this
year. Among these last, I find one Rich. Wraxhall a Be-
nedictine, wlio on the 7 Jan. 151G, wivs confirmed abbot of
Athelney in Somersetshire, in the place of John Wellington
8ome time before deceased : which Wellington had been
confirmed abbot 27 July 1503, in the place of one John
George, who had been elected prior 29 Oct. 1485, on the
death of Rol)ert Hill, wlio died on the tenth day of the same
month. These things I note, because aU the said abbots
had received academical education in this university.
Masters of Arts.
Eleven were admitted this year, among whom John Cot-
TiSFORD, afterwards rector of Line. coll. and canon of the
coll. of K. U. 8. was one,- and fifteen that supplicated,
among whom was -Jeffry Wren, afterwards canon of
Windsor.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Jun. 12. Fr. Joh. Byrd a Camie. — On the 2 May going
before he was adm. to oppose in his faculty; and many years
after this, he became the first bishop of Chester.
Jun Tho. Wolsey M. A. of Magd. coll. — ^He was
now dean of Lincoln, and afterwards a cardinal, and arch-
bishop of York.
Dec John Loxgland of Magd. coll. now a monk
of the order of St. Benedict, as the public register of tliis
time saith. — See more in the year following.
[1(5] Thirteen supplicated for the said degree, but not, iis I
conceive, admitted this year, among whom Rich. Gray a
canon regular was one (written in the public register ^ ca-
nonicus regidaris & gardianus 8. Augustini) and John
Essex a Benedictine was another, of whom I shall make
mention in 1515.
" There also supplicated for the same degree a monk of
" the order of St. Benedict, at Tevvksbury in Glocestcrshire,
" but whether he wixs admitted it aj)pears not. He was af-
" terwards the lust abbot of the rich and well endowed
" house of Tewksbury, before-mentioned, and at the disso-
" Union had a pension of 26"6l. 13s. 4d. allow'd yeaily to
" him during his natural life."
Doctors of the Civil Law.
Mar. 14. Euw. Colpei-er of Alls. coll.
• Ue^. Act. Cmercg. G. fol. 110. a. b.
June .... Jon. Kydwelly of the same coll. sometimes
principal of S. E<lward'fr hidl.
Jime .... 1'K.r. 1'otkvn of New inn, one of the advo-
cates in the court of arches and rector of St. Leonard's
church on New-fish-street-hill in London. — He died 1 May
1520, and was buried in the churcli there."
For the said degiee supplicated (1) Edm. Horde B. of
the civ. law of Alls. coll. sometimes principal of Greek ball,
afterwards princ. of Burncll's inn, aliiis London coll. (2)
John Noble batch, of the said faculty, princ. of Broiidgatc's
hall and oHicial to the archdeacon of Berks. He died 2
June 1522 and \\i\s buried in Doclington's isle (now the
chappel wherein the society of Pembroke coll. celebrate di-
vine service) joining on the South side of St. Aldate's church.
Under the upper South window of which is a raised monu-
nument of alabaster, " with the projwrtion of this John
" Noble from head to foot carved from alabaster," with tlje
habit of a batch: of civ. law, and bis crown tousur'd.
Doctors of the Canon Law.
May 14. Thom. Orton or Horton now or l.itely prin-
cipal of \\ljite hall and Pyrie hall in St. Michael's parish
near. to the North gate of Oxford.
Jan. . . . Edw. Hygons, lately princ. of Bumell's inn alios
London coll. in St. Aldate's parish.
There also su|)plicated for the said degree (1) Thom.
Thomlyn a canon regular and batch, of the can. law. (2)
AViLL. Balborow batch, of both the laws, lately princ. of
St. Mildred's hiUl in St. Mildred's jiarish, and now princ. of
New inn.
Doctor of Phijsic.
James Radbourne batch, of physic did supplicate on the
29 June to be licensed to proceed in that faculty, but whe-
ther he was atlmitted, it appears not, nor that he stood in
the comitia. -
Doctors of Divinittf.
May 12. Frater John Howden a Dominican, prior of
the coll. of Bliick-fryers or Dominicans, in the South
suburb of Oxon.'
Fr. Walt. Goodfield a Minorite or Franciscan, now or
lately prior or guardian of the coll. of Franciscans in the
South suburb of Oxon, was adm. the same day.
IJesides these two that were licensed to ]>roceed, were
eight batch, of div. who supplicated to be admitted doctors
of the Siune faculty, viz. (1) John Waldgravb. (2)
Will. Gon.MERSHAM a Benedict, monk. (3) John Clay-
.MoND president of Magd. coll. (4) Richard Beverley a
Dominican and batch, of div. of Cambridge. (5) Rob.
Kynge a Benedictine, who aftcrwaiils proceetled in 1518.
(6) Jam. FosTON a Cistercian monk. (7) VVill. Helmys-
ley of the same order. (8) Tno. Castell a Benedictine.
9 [IjOe, 2 Apr. Mag. IVtriis Potkjn LL.B. ad cccl. B. Marire Virg. de
Bothawc civit. Loiid. [kt iiiort. V>. llicl C'liurch, i-x pre*, prioria et cuav.
cccl'if Christi Cant. lie-. ]Varhinn.
I.il4, 2 Nov. Mag. I'ctnis l^tkvu LU 1>. ad eccl. do Illey Munachoruio
in dec. de liix:kjng, \tet rcsiga ven. coiitratris nriJoh'UUei gr. Sironea.
cp'i, fx cotl. arVpi. ib.
1316, 17 Jul. I). Will'us Fayreway cap. ad eccl. dclllogh Moimchoruro,
per resign. IVtri Potlivn. U>.
Kwl. die Mag. IVtnis Potkyn LL. D. ad cccl. S. lA"oiiard in E-smhepe, in
dec. de Arcubns l»nd. per resign, vcn. viri 'rbomae Welles S.T. P. ex csusa
pernnit. lb. Kennki.J
> [.Toll. Holdeii B. D. Cant, et S.T.Dl Oxoo. aduiiisus ad eumkm graduui
Cuitabrigisc au. 1513. l}.ti>xu.)
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32
Incorporations.
Oct. 11. Will. Gantlin doct. of physic of the university •
of Montpelier.
Nov. 20. Tho. Wells, or Wellis, or Willis, M. A. of
this univ. and sometimes fellow of New college, afterwards
D. of D. beyond the sea, was then, or the day after, in-
corporated i). of D. being then domestic chaplain to Dr.
^^'ar^lam arclibishop of Canterbury and a digiiitai-y, " prior
" of St. Gregory's in Canterbury, and a sutfnigan bishop."*
Nov. ^9. John Sixtinus' LL. D. of the univ. of Senes
in Tuscany, was then incorpoi-ated, having been more tlian
an year in this university.* He was afterwards dignified in
the church of England, and was reckoned one of the fo-
reigners, who were excused from paying a subsidy to the
king an. 1513. Petr. Carnielian, Polyd. Virgil, Erasm.
Rotenwlamus, Andr. Ammonius, &c. wlio were beneficed
and dignified in the church, were excused also.
Jan. . . . Rich. Talot or Tollet batch, of the civ. law
of this univ. and doct. of the same fac. at Cambridge.'
Feb. 3. Brian Roos doctor of decrees of the univ. of
Valence. — He died 1529 and was buried in the church of
Cheli-ay in —
One Will. Petoe M. A. of Cambridge was also incorpo-
rated on the 14 June. — One Peter, (whom some call Wil-
liam) Petoe was a cai-diiial.^ See among the bishops, under
the year 1558.
» [1514. ult. Martij, Map. TIio. Welles S.T.P. ad eccl. de Lyd, Cant
dioc. ex ciM. ar*epi Heg. Warhmn. MS.
1506, 10 Apr. Mag. I'lio. Welles S.T.P. ad eccl. Eyncsford.
1508, 19 Junii. D. .loh'es Stodarde ad vie. de Eyiiesforde in dec. Sliore-
ham, per resign. cTiii WiU'i Waynewright, ex pres. mag. Tho. Welly s S. T. B.
rectoris dicte ecclesie. lieg. Warham.
1508, 20 Apr. Mag. Tho. Wcllys S.T.P. coll. ad eccl. de Chartham, per
mort. niag'ri Kob. Shcffeld. Resign. 13 Apr. 1514. TIeg. Warham.
1508, 29 Martij Mag. Tho. Wellys cler. ad preb. infra eccl. cath. Cicestr.
per mort. mag. Simoitis Moleyns ex pres. regis, ratione sedis Cicestr. vac.
iUg. Warham.
Admiss. ad rcct. de Harlington com. Midd. 26 Oct. 1505, tunc. S. T. P. ad
ieccl. S. I^eonardi Est Chep, Lond. 26 Octob. 1513, ([uem resign, ante 3 Maij
1316. Fuit rector eccl. de lleyford Waryn com. Oxon. et inter benefactores
Novi coll. Oxon. recensctur. Antiq. Oxon. lib. 2, p. 121.
6 Oct. 1502, Magr. Ilio. Wellys A. M. collatus ab cp'o Lond. ad vie. de
Witham com. Essex vac per mort. ult. incumb. lit^g. Wurham, Lond.
15 Sept. 1503. Rev. paler vie. de Witham per lib. resign, mag. Thome
Wellys ult. vie. contulit ntag. Join Potynger. lb.
1511 , 14 Aug. Mag. llio. Wellys S. T. P. coll. ab. ar'^epo ad canonicatum
caucellariatus in eccl, colleg. Suthmallyng vac. per resign, mag'ri Rob'ti
Woodrofcler. iifg. Warham.
1512, 25 Martij Magr. Rob. Woderoffe S. T. P. ad eccl. colleg. de UI-
combc per resign, mag'ri Thoniic Wellys S. T. P. ult. arch, presbiteri cjnsd.
ex causa permutat. cura canonicatu cancellariatus in eccl. coll. de Suth-
mallyng. 16.]
3 [From an eptstle of Erasmus it appears that Sixtini was in Oxford when
Colct and Erasmus met there in 1497.
Sixtinus, or as Dr. Knight writes it Sixtine, was rector of Ecclescliffe,
in the diocese of Durham, and of Ilakkamb, in that of Exeter. He made
lijs last will March 24, 1518-19, which was proved May 17, 1519, whcie
among several otiier legacies he directs forty pounds to be distributed to
poor scholars in Oxford and Cambridge. Erasmus gives the following cha-
racter of him. ' Ingeniijm erat ad omnia versatile, memoria prompta,
tenaxque praeter juris utriusque scientiam, qnam habcbat loco viatici, in nulla
disciplina hon foeliciter versatus.' T,jmt. ad Jiid. Gaierum, 1518.]
* [One Sir John Sexteyn chaplain was admitted to the chantry in the
church of Over in Cambridgeshire, at the presentation of the abbat of Ram-
»e^i, on the la.st of June 1474. But qu. whether the same jierson as above.
Vide my MS. coll. vol. 25, p. 102. Cole.]
» [An. 1504. Baker.]
• [An. 1502-3, conceditur <rno Peyto A. B. Oxoniae, at possit stare in
eodem gradu hie, quo stclit ibi. J(tg. Acad. Cant.
An. 1.505, couced. Duo WUI'o Patoo &c. ad incipicnd. in artibus. Ibid.
Bakea.]
An. Dom. 1511.— S Hen. 8. [17]
Cliancellor.
The same.
Commissaries.
Will. Fountleroy again.
Tho. Drax D. D. of Line. coll.
John Roper princ. of George hall.
John Cockys LL. D.
Edm. Wylsford D.D. provost of Oriel coll.
Proctors.
Will. Brooke of Oriel coll. Austr. elected on the last
day of Apr.
Tho. Southern, Bor. elected 2 May.
Grammarians.
Dec. 11. Maurice Byhchensaw' a scholar of the fac. of
rhetoric, was then admitted to inform in grammar. — He
taught in the school joining to INIagd. coll. great gate, and
was afterwards bach, of the civ. law.
Mar. 18. Edw. Watson a scholar of the fac. of gram. —
This jjcrson had afterwards his gi-ace granted to him for
the degree of batch, of grammar, conditionally that he com-
pose an lumdred verses in praise of the university, and also
make a comedy within one year after he had taken that
degree : but whether he was admitted, or did take it, it ap-
pears not.
Batchelor of Grammar.
Apr. 8. John Burgeys a secular chaplain was admitted
to the reading of any book of the fac. of grimmiar.
Batch, of Rhetoric.
Jun. 3. John Bulman a scholar of the art of rhetoric,
was admitted to the reading of any book f)f tlic s:iid facultj',
viz. the first book of Tully's Offices, and the first book of
his Epistles.
Batchelors of Arts.
Nov. 10. John Constable a famous Latin poet of his
time.
Feb. 3. John Dovell. — In one of his supplicates for
that degree he is written Will. Dovell : yet 1 cannot take
him to be the same with Will. Do\cll a 15ernardine or white
monk, who studied sometimes in St. Bernard's coll. and who
succeeded one Rich. Paynter of that order in the abbotship
of Clyve in Somersetshire.
Besides these two were 38 or more admitted batch, of
arts, and 8 at least that supplicated, who were not adm.
this yetir.
Batchelors of Civil Law.
Jul. . . . George Grey son of the marquess of Dorset.
Feb. 9. Tho. Colfox of Alls. coll. — In the catiJogue of
fellows of that house he is stiled decanus Salopiae.
Besides these were adm. 4 more, and 9 there were that
supplicated for that degree, who were not adm. this year.
I find also five who were adm. bach, of the can. law,
and six who supplicated; most of whom were secular
chaplains.
7 [One Maurice Burchenshaw was bom, as I conceive, at Llansannan in
Denbigh.'.hire, iK'ing a branch of the family of that name there. 1 find that
in the year 1555 he was yet living, and was then rector of the sine cure of
Denbigh town and prebend of Vaynot in the church of St. Asaph, and he
lived to 1575, being then also rector of Dimerchipn. But whether this was
the same I know not. Humpubeys.]
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FASTI OXONIENSES.
IMS.
Si
Masters of Arts.
Jun. ft. Jahes Fitzjames of St. Alban's hall, lately of
Mert. coll. See more in the year 1516.
June 21. John Quarre of Merton coll. He is the same
John Quarre, as I sup])ose, who occurs archdeacon of Lan-
(lafF, 1.541.
Feb. G. lloG. Edgwortii of Oriel coll.
Feb. 12. John JJlyss mention'd under the year 1507.
Besides these were about .'$3 admitted, and eleven, or
thereabouts, that supplicated, that Were not adtn. tiiis
year.
Opponents in Divinity.
May 31. John Bosforus, a Cistercian monk of St. Ber-
nard's coll. in the North suburb of Oxon, and abbot of
Tiltey in Essex. About the same time he supjilicated for
the deg-ree of batch, of div. which, I presume was granted,
tho' not set down in the register. He is sometimes written
John Browne alias BkoMe.
Nov. 19. Frat. Rob. Low, or Law, a Carme. Whether
he was adiu. batch, of div. according to the custom of those
that oppose in that fac. it doth not appear in the public
register. See more of him among the doct. of div. in
1520.
Besides these, were eleven more that opposed j most of
whom were ufterw ards adm. batch, of div.
Butchelors of Diviniti/.
" Mar. 28. Hugh Boston monk of the order of St.
" Benedict. One John Boston a monk of that order suc-
" ceeded Mill. Beyne in the abbotship of Burton on Trent,
" in com. Staff, and him Ric. Edes the last abbot."
Jul. 1. William Malverne alias Pahkek a Benedictine
monk. On the 4 of May 1514 he was elected abbot of St.
Peter's church in Gloucester on the death of one John Newton
D.D. and continued abbot till tlie dissolution of his church.
See more among the doctors of div. 1515.
Dec. 12. John de Colokibus a Dominican.
Mar. 14. Hugh Whitehead of Durham (now Trinity)
ooll. See among the doctors of div. under the year 1.5^13.
[18] Mar. 22. Fr. Rich. Mallet a fryer of the order of S.
Austin the hermit, who had studied 12 years here and at
Cambridge.
Rob. Schouldham a Benedictine monk. He was
now or soon after an abbot. See in the year 1515.
Si.\ more were admitted, and se^en su])plicated that were
not adm. this year, of whom Rog. 'SEcumi a Benedictine
was one.
D^ct. of Civil Law.
Not one admitted, only John Jane LL. bac. of New coll.
supplicated for the said degree, March 25.
Doct. of Van. Law.
Not one admitted, only Thom. Byrd supplicated for that
degree. M'hether he be the same Thorn. Byrd who, from
being a canon of the order of St. Austin in the priory of
Taimton, was elected prior of Bailich (of the same order)
in Somersetsh. 3 Sept. 1492, upon the deprivation of Rob.
Wynde, 1 know not. He resign'd his priorship on the first
of Decern. 1.524, and the ne.\t day one John Normau was
elected into that place.
Doetors of Divinity.
Dec. 15. John Longland of Magd. coll. Afterwards
bishop of Lincoln.
Those that wipplicated for the degree of D. of D this
year, were (I) Laur. Stubbbs, afterwards president of
•Mag<l. coll. (2) r„o. Castell a JJencdictine monk, and
warden or guardian of Durham coll. in Oxon. I find one
Ihn. Cnstell « doctor of Oxon to have succeeded, in tlu:
pnorship of Durham, John Aukland D.D. an. 1494, but
what relation there was between them, unless this laet wm
uncle to the former, I know not. See more in the year
1513. (3) Will. Porter batch, of (Uv. warden of New
coll. and chauntor of Hereford. (4) John Esterfibld, &c
Incorporations.
Apr. 3. Hugh Inge or Ynoe sometimes of New coU
master of arts of this univ. and D. of D. beyond the seas"
was incorp. D. of D. He was afterwards archb. of Dublin'
Rob. Spence LL. D. beyond the seas, was inconwrated
tiie same day.
May — lijcH. Smyth M. A. of this tiniv. and doctor of
the CIV. law beyond the seas.
June 26. Rob. Fairfax doctor of music of Cambridce »
Ihis person did afterwards live in Hertfordshire, and wa«
buried in the church at St. Alban's, near, or under, the
seat, where the mayor of that place usually sits. 1 have
seen some of his musical comjiositions of three, or more
liarts, which shew the author to be eminent in his faculty
m the time he lived. Among the said compositions, which
were written in a large book, were mixed with them the
compositions of William Newarke, Richard DavTes, Ethnuntl
Turges, sir Tho. Phelippis, William Cornish' jun. and of
one Sheryngham, Hampshire, Browne, &c. All which lived
in, or near, the time of the said Dr. Fairfax, who was of the
same family with those of Yorkshire.
Jan. 24. John Hampton abbot of the monastei-y erf St,
Austin at Canterbury, D. of D. beyond the seas.
An. Dom. 1512.— 4 Hen. VIII.
Chancellor.
The same.
Commissaries.
Edmund Wylsford, D. D.
AV^iLLiAM Fauntleroy, D. D.
John Kynton, D. D.
Proctors.
Tho. Pplton of New coll. Austr. elected 21 Apr.
•fiicH. Symons of Mert. coll. Bor. elected 23 Apr.
Rhetoricians,
Or such who were admitted to inform and instruct in the
art of Rhetoric.
Jan. ult. Richard Smith a secular chaplain, who in the
art of rhetoric had siient 16 years, of which lo were siwnt
in the informing and instructing youths in grammar.
Batchelor of Music.
Apr. — John Dygon a monk of the order of St. Bene-
dict was then admitted.
Butchelors of Arts.
Apr. ult. Malachias Arthur. Afterwards a learned phy*
sician. See in the year 1515.
Jan. ult. William Bennet. One of both his names be-
came archdeacon of Dorset upon the consecration of John
« fDr. Fairfax takes Inj drKivc of Dr. of niusie 8t Cnrabr. An. 1S04.
llegr .lead. Cant. Au. U02. B.itr.n]
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36
Stokesley bishop of London, 20 of Dec. 1530, and after-
wards was tlie kings orati)r ut Rome. Whetlier the aaine
with the former 1 cannot tell. See among the batch, of the
civil law, an. 1527-
About 51 batchelors of arts were admitted this year, and
15 at least supplicated for that degree.
Batch, of the Civil Law.
Jul. — Hugh ap Rice. He was afterwards founder of
Jesus coll.
Jul. John London of New coll. See in the year 1518.
[19] Besides these two were but five more admitted, and two
supplicated.
This year 7 were admitted in the canon law, and two
only, or thereabouts, supplicated.
Masters of Arts.
Twenty or more were admitted, of whom John More-
man of Exeter college was one, and 5 only supplicated.
Baichelors of Divinity.
Nov. 4. William Wall a canon regular, and prior of
the monastery at Kenilworth in Warwickshire. See ano-
ther William VVall in 1518, among the D. of D.
Feb. 4. Fr. Nich. Peter, or Peter Nicholas a Carme
or White fryer, prior of the coU. of Cannes in the North
suburb of Oxon.
Besides these two, were six more admitted, and about
eleven that supplicated, that were not, as I can yet find,
admitted this jear. Among those tluit supplicated, were
(1) Will. How M. A. and the king's chaplain. See among
the doctors of div. in 1526. (2) John Lleson abbot of
the monastery of St. INIary of Neath, of the Cistercian order
in Glamorgiinshire, now studying in St. Bernard's coll. In
a certain writing dated some years after the dissolution of
religious houses, I find mention of one Tho. Leyson late
abbot of Neath, which I presume is the same and his chris-
tian name mistaken. See in the year 1510. (3) Thomas
Knolles, M. A. and subdean of York : whom I shall men-
tion elsewhere.
Doct. of the CivU Law.
Not one admitted, only four supplicated, viz. (l) Richaed
Benger LL. bac. (2) Maurice Glynn batch, of the civil
law, who was afterwards doct. of that fac. and died in July
1525. (3) John Incent or Innocent of Alls. coll. (4)
Tho. Myllyng LL. bac. and chaplain to Dr. Warham
aichb. of Canterbury. He was afterwards a benefactor to
New coU. as I have ' else where told you.
Doctors of Divinity.
Jul. 2. Hugh Myllyng of Exeter coll.
Dec. 6. Thomas Coke.
Four also supplicated this year, who were all afterwards
admitted doctors of div. except Tho. Hamden a Minorite or
grey fryer.
bicorporations.
May 3.' John Stokys or *Stokes D. of D. ofCambr.
and provincial of the fryers of the order of St. Austin the
hermit.
» In Hirt. ^ Aaliq. Umc. Oxmi. lib. ?. p. 131.
' f\^(^. my MSS. coll. vol. 7. p. 134. Cole.]
■* [Frdter Joli. Sloks, ordinis August, provinc alls, S. T. P. Cant An. 1502.
St^'r Acud. Cant. Bakeii.]
May ' SiMON Pickehyng a Carme, batch, of div.
of this univ. and D. of tliv. of Cambr. was incorporated D.D.
Dec. William Spahke M. A. of Cambridge.
Jan. 28^ \\'illiam Heryson M. A. of the univ. of Paris.
Jan. William Bark M. A. and an archdeacon.
Jan. 29. Edward Burrell M. A. of Paris. Besides
several batch, of arts of Cambridge.
An. Dom. 1513.— 5 Hen. VIII.
Chancellor, the same.
Commissaries.
William Fauntleroy, D. D.
John Kynton, D. D.
John Thornden, D. D.
Proctors.
Thomas Mede of Ex. col. Aust.
Thomas Hobson of Univ. col. Bor.
Batchelor of Music.
Oct. Christopher Wodde did supplicate for that
degree, but whether he was atbnitted it appears not.
Batchelors of Arts.
Jul. 4. Robert Whityndon or Whittington was then
admitted batch, of arts, and in the same congregation doctor
of grammar and rliet.
Tho. Abell was admitted the same day. See among the
writers under the year 1540.
Oct. 29. John Rogers, Quxre.
Feb. 9. EDWAiiD Wotton of Magd. coU. He was after-
wards an eminent physician.
Besides these were about 57 admitted, and about 24
that supplicate<l for that degree, that were not this year
admitted.
Doct. of Grammar and RJietoric.
July 4. Robert Whityndon the most famous gramma-
rian of his time, had his head erown'd, or his temples
adorned with laurel. At whicli time, and the time also
when that degree was completed, it was allowed to him by
tlie venerable regents that he might wear a hood lined with
silk, but not to be used for the futme by any body else.
See more among the writers under the yeai' 1529.
Batchelors of Law.
Nineteen wer» admitted in the canon and about 18 in the
civil law, eight also supplicated for the degree of batch,
of canon, and about 12 for the degree of batch, of civil,
law.
" Hugh Bromsgrove a Benedictine monk, supplicated
" for to be batch, of canon law : one John Bromsgrove was
" the last prior of Derehirst in Glocestershire, and had a
" pension of 13/. 6s. 8d. per an. at the dissolution; he had
" been a graduat in Oxford."
Masters of Arts.
About 20 were admitted this year, and about eleven sup-
plicated for the same degree, among whom wiis John Ram-
sey a canon regular, Nov. 18. He was afterwards prior
of St. Mary's coll. in Oxon, the great gate of which is
almost opposite to the common gate of New Inn. This-
college was a nursery to train up young canon regulars ia
academical learning.
5 [Frater Pykrynge S. T. P. Cant. An. 1509. Bakeb.].
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38
Batchelora of Physic.
Apr. — Peter Coloniensis batch, of arts of the univer-
sity of Colen and a student in physic, was tlien admitted.
The same year he siipplic.itcd to be doctor of tliat faculty
under the name of Pctnis Coloniensis de Nonovigio and
Novonigio. Others .supjilicated for the said degree of batch,
and one to practise physic.
Batchelors of Divinity.
June 16. Edw. Bockyng a monk of the order of St.
Benedict and now warden or guardian of Canterbuiy coll.
in Oxon. He was afterwards much concern'd in promot-
ing the matters of Elizabeth Barton the holy maid of Kent,
and suffer'd death for the same, as the chronicles will tell
you at large. See more in 1518.
June 20. Edw. Hynmersh of the same order. He Wfw
afterwards warden or guardian of Durham college in
Oxon.
Feb. 10. JoH. Edys monk of the Benedictine order.
There was one Rich. Edes wlio was last abbot of Burton on
Trent. One ^\'ill. Edys, of the order of St. Benedict did
supplicate for batch, of div. 1515.
the Christian names of the monks
Besides these were 7 more admitted, who had all before
opposed in di^•inity, and 8 that supplicated (all of religious
orders) who were not admitted this year.
Doctors of the Civil Law.
Not one admitted this year, only five supplicated ; among
whom was John Incent or Innocent of Alls. coll. who
supi)licated in July and Nov. yet not set down as admitted.
In a certain writing dated this year, he is written thus,
John Incent LL. bac. episcopi W'inton. commissarius, &
ejusdem consistorii episcopalis prsesidens. " He was vicar
" general to Rich. Fox bishop of Winchester, and succeeded
" Mr. John Claymond, in the mastership of St. Cross hos-
" pital near Winchester, A. D. 1524." He became dean of
St. Paul's cathedral in 1537 iu the place of Rich. Sampson
promoted to the see of Litchlield ; and about the same time
was made master of the " said" hospital of St. Cross. He
founded a free-school at Berchamsted (the place of his nati-
vity) in Hertfordshire for 120 scholars to be taught therein,
allowing to the master, ushers, and school itself, a very
ample salary, 33 Hen. 8. The visitor of which is the war-
den of Alls, college ; and several of its masters Iia\e been
of that society. In the old hall belonging to Doctors Com-
mons near St. Paul's cathedral, weie in one of the windows
his arms, viz. argent, on a bend gxdes a fair and innocent
virgin stark naked, with her hair loose about her shoulders,
or ; her right hand is extended above her head, holding a
Thaplet of roses therein, and her other hand co\ers her
privities.
The other four who supplicated were (1) Matthew
Knightley, (2) Richard Browne, (3) AVilllvm Mak-
BULi, (4) Peter Ligham ; all batch, of the civil law.
wards dean of Chichester in the place of John Youne
bishop of Calli])oli8 (who died 1526") and a benefactor to
New coll. See Hist. St Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 131. a.
There also su|)plicatcd for this degree (1) Ailnotm
Arscot sometimes principal of Peckwater's inn, now in-
volv'd within the hnjits of Christ Church, (2) MiciiaKl
WoGAN or Ogan. Both wluch were batch, of the canon
law.
Doctors of Divinity.
Apr. ult. William Goderyche.
May 4. Fr. Henry Osbourke a Dominican.
13. The ven. father Hugh Whitehead a Benedictine
monk. In 1512 he succeeded ITio. Castell in the warden-
ship or guardianship of Durham coll. in Oxon, and in 1.524
he succeeded another Tho. Castell in the priorship of the church
of Durham. See more in the year 1511 among the doct. of
div. This Hugh Whitehead living to see his priory dissolved,
was soon after made the first dean of Durham by the foun-
dation charter of king Hen. 8. dat. 12 May, an. reg. S3.
Dom. 1541. In which dignity he was succeeded by Robert
Mistakes occur often in Home of Cambridge, by the donation of king Ed. 6. dat.
20 N«v. an. reg. 5. Dom. 1551. The said Whitehead dying
at London was buried in the church of the holy Trinity
called the Minories, but when I cannot yet tell. '
May 15. Robbbt Hill of Merton coll.
June 27. Fr. Thomas Anyday "N
Fr. Robert Saunderson /■,,.
Fr. Gilbert Saunders LMinontes or grey-
Fr. Johv Smythe C f''^''"-
Nov. 19. Fr. John Browne J
Nov. ?5. Richard Ferys the provincial of the Cannes or
white-fiyers. He was now, or lately, prior of the c-oll. of
Carmes in the North suburb of Oxon.
January 22. John Baker.
2:i. Edm. Forest prior of Langthony. See among
the batch, of divinity 1509.
25. Laurence Stubbes of Magdalen coll. ^ After-
wards president of that house in the room of Dr. John
Ilygden.
29. John Hygden of Magdalen coll. In 1516 he
became president of that college, in 1524 Dec. 2, he was
admitted prebendai-y of Wighton in the church of York,
and the year following dean of Cardinal college in Oxon.
In 1529 he was made prebendary of Wetwang in the said
church of York, and in 1532 dean of the coll. in Oxon,
founded by king Henry 8, on the site of that of Cardinal ;
in which year dying, he was succeeded by Dr. John Oliver
in tlie said deanery.
Feb. — John Byrde a Carme. In the year 1516 he suc-
ceeded the aforesaid Richard Ferys in the provincialsiiip of
the Carmes, and was at length bishop of Chester, as I have
told you in 1510.
Four also supplicated this year to be admitted doctors of
div. of whom Robert Cheltenham a Benedictine monk of
Doctors of the Canon Law.
May 25. Edmund Horde (sometimes by a mistake wrjt-
ten Forde) of Alls, college. This person whom I have
mention'd among the civilians in 1510, was .about this time
a noted advocate in the court of arches, and procurator of
the Charter house, near London.
William Fleshmonger of New coll.* He was after-
< [Will'us FIcshniongcr S. T. P. adniiss. ad vie. de Slioresilicli, Txjiid. 16
Jan. loil, quam resigii. autc 25 Dec. 1525. Reg. Tunstall i-i'j Lmid.
1530, 1,S Octob. Mag'r Willas Fleshenionger deer, doctor ad eccl. de
Tangmer in dec. de Pagcliara, per resign, raag'ri Thome Adislied, ex coll.
arVpi. Jit'g. Warham, Cant.
l.'ijO, Ul -Martii, Mag. Joh'cs Cliampioii A. M. ad eccl. de Tangmer in
dec. de I'agliam per resign, mag'ri Will'i Fleshemonger ult. rectoris ex cau»a
perraiitat. cum eccl'ia de Storyngton, Cicetr. dioc. ex colL ar'e'pi. lb.
Kennet.]
' [Dean Whitehead died, as is most probable, between the Srd and 20th of
Nov. 1551. Sec Mr. Henry Wliarton's specimen of Burnet's errors iu the
Hilt, of the lief. p. 110, 111. Cole.]
" [Lauri'nlius Suih cap. adniiss. ad rect. dc Fobbing 6 Sept. 1511; qu»
vac. per obituui ipsius autc 31 Aug. 1540. Reg. Stoktdey. Kknslt.J
D* 2
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FASTI OXONIENSES.
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Tewksbui7 was one, anil Simon Molloxde batch, of div.
of Mcrt. coUetje another, but were not atlmitted. Tli€ other
two were aftcnvanls admitted, as I shall tell you when I
come to them.
Incorporations.
Jul. — John Wythers' of Mtigd. coll. M. of A. and
sometimes proctor of the uni\ersity, afterwards made doc-
tor of the canon law, by the pope's bull, was then incorp.
Dr. of the canon law.
Ortob. — Thomas Hanyball or Hannyball' doctor of
the civil law of Cambridge. In the year 1504, May 14, he
was installed prebendary of Gevendall in the church of
York upon the resignation of John Hatton bishop of Nigre-
pont, and in the year 1514 he became chancellor of the
diocese of ^^'o^cester, in the place of one Rob. Hallesworth
doctor of decrees, who succeeded Tho. Alcock LL. D. in
that office 1508, and Alcock, Tho. Wodyngton Dr. of dec.
1503.9 In 1522 (14 Hen. 8.) I find the said Tho. Hanyball
to be living in Rome in the quality of the king of England's
orator, and in that of agent or factor for cardinal Wolsey.
To the last of which he ever and anon gave an account by
letters of the affairs of Rome. In one dated 13 Dec. 1522,
he told the cardinal, that his holiness hath sent for Erasmus
Rot. imder a fair colour by his brief ; and if he come not,
I think (saith he) the jwiks will not be content, &c. In
1524 the said Dr. Hanyball was made master of the Rolls
in the place of Dr. John Clerke ; which honourable office
he keeping 'till 1528, wiis succeeded therein by Dr. John
Taylor, of whom 1 shall speak at large in 1522.
Nov. — Robert Byse or Bysse Dr. of the civil law in
the court of Rome. In the year following (1514) he occurs
by the name of Rob. Bysse LL. D. principal of Henxsey
hall, and in 1524 he became vicar general to the bishop of
B. and Wells, by the death of Roger Church doct. of dec.
and canon of Wells, as also a great pluralist in the dioc. of
Wells and elsewhere. He died in the month of Dec. or
thereabouts, 1546.
Nov. 18. William Latymer batch, of art of this univer-
sity, and mast, of arts beyond the seas, was then incorpo-
rated M, of A. Perhaps this William Latymer may be the
same whom I have mentioned among the writers under the
year 1545 ; where you'll find another WiU. Latymer who
was dean of Peterborough.
This year idso supplicated to be incorporated (1) John
Bi'KE D. D. beyond the seas, (2) John Dolman Dr. of civ.
law of Cambridge. (3) Charles Lucy batch, of phys. of
Cambridge ; but whether any of them were accordingly
incorporated, I cannot yet find. I think Dolman was, be-
cause his su[)j). was granted simpliciter.
There was also a supplication made that Richard May-
STER M. A. and proctor of the university of Cambridge,
might be incorporated ; but whether granted, 1 know not.
' [Joh.Spendlove cler. coll. ad preb. de Mapesburj in eccl. Paul. 29 Sept.
1534, per mort. Joh. Wvthcrs. Kennet.]
•* [Tho. Hannibal legum Dr. scripsit Prologum in Picam Ebnr. d*no Thonia
Hothyrsall eccl'ia Elx)r. vicario chorali, revisara et emendatam et impressani
Ebor. 1509, 8vo. (See Herbert's Ames, 1437.) Th. Hanyball Dr. in legibus
iiicipit in jure can. an. 1504. Regr. Cant. Non admissus tanien ante an. 1514.
Ibid. Baker.]
» [1507, 2 Apr. Mag. Tho. Wodyngton deer. doct. ad eccl. de Bockyng
in dec. dc Bockyng, ex coll. ar'e pi 'licg. IVarham.
1513, 1 Ocloh. Mag. Tho. Wodyngton decret. doct. ad eccl. de South-
ohurch ill dec. de Bockyng, per mort. mag. Bic. Blodincll, ex coll. are-pi
Cant. Reg. Warham, Cant.
1522, ull. die .Tiuiii D. Ilobertus Pancher cap. ad vie. de West-Ham, Lond.
ilioc. per mort. iiiag'ri Thoma) Wodyngton deer, docloris, ex pres. abbis et
»iou. de Strdtfufd, scdc l/judun vacaute. Rig. Wwham. KiiNNET.]
1 take this Ricli. Mayster to be the same with him who was
a native of Maidbtor.e in Kent, and fellow of King's college
in Cambridge, where he was esteemed an excellent philoso-
pher, and the same who was afterwards batch, of div. and
parson of Adlington in Kent, and much concern'd in the
matter of Eliz. Barton, the holy maid of Kent ; for which
he was haiig'd at Tyburn, A.D. 1534.
An. Dom. 1514.— 6 Hen. VIII.
Chancellor.
The saaie, viz. Dr. Wahham archbishop of Canterbury.
Commissaries.
John Thornden or Thornton, written this year in tho
public reg. ' episcojnis SvTymensis.'
Lawrence Stubbes D.D. of Magd. coll.
Edward Wylsford D. D.
Hugh Whytehe.ab D.D. &e.
Proctors.
Leon. Huchenson of Bal. coll. Bor. Apr. 27-
Tho. Ware of Oriel coll. Aur. Apr. 27-
The senior was afterwards master of Univers. coll. and
the other provost of Oriel.
Grammarians.
Jul. 3. Tho. Thompson a secular chaplain, adm. to infoiin.
Octob. 12. Tho. Bond, adm. to inform.
One John Ball, a scholar of grammar, wIki had spent
twelve years in logic and grammar, supplicated that he
might be admitted to inform, &c. Granted conditionally
that he compose an hundred verses in praise of the univer-
sity against the act following, and that in the time of the
,ict he fasten them on S. Mary's ch. door ; besides other
exercise then imposed on him.
Also one Thomas Hatton a scholar of gram, supplicated
to inform, &c. Whether granted, I know not.
Batchelors of Arts.
Jan. 16. William Tresham of Merton coll.
Besides him were 20 more admitted at least, and about
thirty supplicated that were not admitted tliis year, among
whom was Reginald Pole of Magd. coll. who was admitted
in the year following.
Batch, of Canon Law.
Jul. — John Holyman of New coU. He was afterwards
bishop of Bristol.
Besides him, were 30 at least who were admitted, and
eight at least who su})plicated, among whom were (1)
Dermitius de Meara an Irish man, who had studied the
canon law in this university, in Paris, and in Cambridge 16
years. (2) Dermit Rian another Irish man, who hiul
studied the law in the said universities 12 years.
Both these Irish men were afterwards well dignified in
their own country.
Masters of Arts,
About 24 were admitted, and about 12 supplicated, wha
were not admitted, this yeiu^ ; yet not one was either a, bi'»
shop or a writer, as 1 can yet find.
Batchelors of Divinitij.
Dec. 10. Fr. John de Castko, Banonieusi<
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Jan. 20. Fr. John II.\hvey a Minorite. — He was now
prior or guardian of the coll. of Minorites or Franciscans in
the S. suburb of O.\on. in which office he succeeded Dr.
Goodiield.
Besides these two, were six more admitted that had be-
fore opposed in divinity ; and twelve who supplicated,
among whom were (1) Thomas Rowland, sometimes
written and called Rowland 1'enticost, a monk of the
order of S. Benedict, and now, or soon after, lord abbot of
Abington in Berks. (2) Thomas Wells or Wellys, a
monk of the same order, and afterwards, if I mistake not,
prior jiro tempore of Gloc. college near O.xon. See another
Thomas Wells among the incorporations an. 1510.
Doctors of Law.
Not one admitted in the canon or civil law, and but one,
named Giles Hackluyt LL. B. who supplicated to be D.
of can. law, and but one, named Thomas Colfox, who
supplicated to be D. of civ. law.
Doctor of Physic.
Not one admitted, only Hen. Marsh bach, of arts and
phys. supplicated for that degree May 18.
Doctors of Divinity.
June .... Thomas Ryngstede of S. Edmund's Bury,
now a student in Glocester coll. — Two of both his names
lla^e been eminent authors : one was a Dominican, living
in the reign of K.Edw. 4. the other LL. D. and in great
esteem during the reign of K. Hen. 6. In my searches also
I find one Richard Ringstede a Benedictine, who was
prior of the novices living in Gloc. college in this imiversity
30 Hen. (>. Dom. 1452, and author of Commentaria mtper
29 Capilula Parabolorum Salomonis, MS. in Bodl. libr.
int. med. 121. The beginning is, ' In absconditis para-
bolorum conversabitur,' &c. These Commentaries are no
more than ordinu'.y lectures which he read in the schools
at O.xon.
Oct. 16. Robert Cleyton of Lincoln coll.
M".r. 10. Thomas Beel a canon regular of the order of
S. Austin. — See more of him among the bishops under the
year 1528.
Besides these, were three that supplicated that were not
admitted this year, of whom Rob. Schowldh am before men-
tioned was one, and Rowl. Philips M. A. an eminent
preacher of his time, afterwards warden of ^lert. cfdlcge,
another.
An. Dom. 1515.-7 Hen. -8.
Chancellor,
The same.
Commissary.
Edmund Wylsford D. of D. an(} others.
Proctors.
John Coxtysford of Lincoln coll.
M'^illiam Fossey of All-souls coll.
Both which were elected together on the first day of
Easter term.
Grammarians^
Edward Pole and Henry Harchab, ."ecular chaplains,
^lid siipplicatc to inform ; but whether they were atlmittcd,
it appears not.
Batchelors of Arts.
June 27. Reginald Pole of Magd. coll. — He waa after-
wards a cardinal, and archbishop of Canterbury.
Oct. 10. Rich. Tracy. — See among the writers under
the year 1557-
Jan. 14. John Holway. — One of both his names be-
came prior of Bath, an. 1525. As 1 have told you under
the year 1503. Qu.
... 19. James Blythe, &c.
Besides these were about 56" admitted, and about 25 who
supplicated, that were not admitted this year.
On the 18 of December died Will. Gilberd batch, of
arts of Magd. coll. who, in his epitaph, in the chappel of
the said coll. is stiled archidiaconus SiJopise ; but the day
and year when he was admitted batch, of arts, apjiears not
in tlie public registers. In a certain writing ' dated 24
March 1515, (which is a quarter of an year after W. Gilberd
died) 1 find one I\Ir. Henry Marten to occur archdeacon of
Salop, together with Mr. William Webbe archdeacon of
Hereford and William Porter chauntor thereof; so that I
suppose that the said Marten succeeded in that dignity Wil-
liam Gilberd,
Doctor of Music.
Robert Perrot batch, of music, and about this time or-
ganist of Magd. college, supplicated that he might be licensed
to proceed in the said faculty. — His request was granted
conditionally that he compose a mass and one song, before
he really i)r<)ceed, or stand in the comitia; but whether he
was admitted or licensed to proceed, it doth not appear in
the register. This Robert Perrot, who was the second son
of George Perrot of llaroldston near Haverford West in
Pembrokeshire * (of an ancient and knightly family living
there) was an eminent musician of his time, and did com-
pose several church services and other matters, which have
been since antiquated. He was a benefactor to the said col-
lege, as his widow, and his eldest son Simon afterwards
were, and is ancestor to the Perrots of North-Ley in Ox-
fordshire, I mean to tluit family of the Perrots, (for tliere
are two that live there) who are called Gentlemen Perrots.*
He gave way to fate 10 April 1550,'' and was buried in the
North isle or alley joining to the church of S. Peter in tha
East in Oxon.
Batchelors of Civil Law,
Jul. 2. Maurice Byrohensaw the eminent grammarian.
■ — He wiis afterwards prebendary of Wells.
Jan. 28. Thomas Nightinghall. — vir Icpidus & poeta,
as Baleus saith. See among the writers under the year
1.524.
Besides these two, five were admitted ; and about 16 sup-
plicated, who were not this year admitted.
• In the will-office, near S. Paul's cath. ch. in Lond. in Reg. Holder, Qu.
18 in the will of Rich, bishop of Hereford.
^ [Woo<l is mistaken. It is proved from belter authority, that he was
bom at Hacknes, in the North riding of Yorkshire. Warton, Ltfe of Pope,
367.]
3 [This family live<l nt Nortlileigh, in their antient capital mansion hous*,
till within these few years (1780), but are now eitinct, at least in the lineal
succession. The estate was lately purchased by the duke of Marlborough,
Warton, ut supra.]
* [He died the '.'1. of Aijril. His w'lll is dated 18. .\pr. being then of
S'. Peter's, O.xon. In it he give» to his wife -Alice his patent ol 4 inarrs
annually from the king, endini! with the life of G. I'igolt, See AVarton's
Life if Pope, Appendi.x, N" XX. where miiiy curious particulars of the
Perrot family will be found.]
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44
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Batchelors of Canon Law.
Thirteen were admitted, and eleven there were that sup-
plicated, who were not admitted this year. Many of wliich
were without doubt afterwards dignitaries in the church.
Masters of Arts.
June .... John Constable of Byham hall in the parish
of S. John Bapt. — See among the writers, an. 1520.
March 5. John Clabk of Magd. coll. Quare.
. Besides these two, were about 25 admitted ; and eleven or
more that supplicated, who were not admitted this year,
Batchelors of Divinity.
April 29. Thomas Knolles of Magd. coll. — In the year
1507 he became subdean of York upon the promotion of
Dr. James Harrington to the deanery of that church, and
resigning in 1529, (being then prebendary of Aplethorpe in
/ the said church) \\'ill Clifton LL. D. succeeded. See more
among the D. of D. an. 1518.
May 9. John Essex a Benedictine. — He was afterwards
lord a))bot of S. Austin's at Canterbury.
Nine besides were admitted, (among whom was Roger
Stanford a Benedictine monk of Worcester, afterwards
one of the first prebendai-ies there) and about eighteen
supplicated.
Doctor of Law.
Not one admitted either in the canon or civil law, and
but three that supplicated, viz. William Bahow, John
Blount and William Middleton.
Doctor of Physic.
Not one admitted; only Malachias Arthur sometimes
a graduate of Oxon. and afterwards doctor of j)hysic of Bo-
nonia, supplicated to be admitted to practise in the said
faculty, Octob. 23. which was accordingly granted.
Doctors of Divinity.
June 10. NicH. Myles or Mylys of Queen's coll. — He
was a benefactor to learning. See in Hint. Sf Antiq. Univ.
Oxon. lib. 2. pag. 115. b.
Dec. 23. Fr. Will. Wetherall prior of the college of
the fryers of the order of S. Austin tlie hei-mit in Oxon.
In the year 1531 1 find that he was provincial of the Austin
fryers in England ; and whether he was the last that bore
that office, 1 know not. He is sometimes written, but
falsely, Wodiall. — See among the Incorporations this year.
Jan. . . . Edmund Smythesby a canon regular of the
order of S. Austin. — In anotlier place in the register, he is
said among the bach, of div. to be a fryer of the order of
S. Austin.
Besides these who were admitted doctors of divinity, there
supplicated for the said degi'ee about 20 ; among whom
were (1) Will. Malvern lord abbot of S. Peter's in Glo-
cester, as the public register stiles him, whom I take to be
the same that Jo. Leland ' calls ]\Ialvern alias Parker late
abbot of Cilocester, who made a chapi>el joyning to the
church of Glocester to be buried in. (2) Rob. Sciiowld-
HAM or Shuldeim mentioned under the year 1511. He
was a Bencdictin or black-monk, and now, or soon after,
lord abbot of S. Saviour's or S. Mai-y Oveiy's in Southwark.
Also Tho. AIarshall a Bencdictin, Will. Hoddeson, a
Dominican, John a Pantry batch, of div. and provost of
Queen's coll. John Holder and John Hoper masters of
' [In the transcript of his Itmerarict in bib. Bod. foL 17?. a.]
arts of Mert. coll. Tho. Barton and Tho. Sellyng batchel-
lors of div. and Benedictines &c. did supplicate.
Licorporations.
Apr. . . . Tho. Martyn M. A. and proctor of the univer-
sity of Cambridge.*
'Octob. 26. Fr. Will. Wetherall batch, of div. of Cam-
bridge.— He soon after was admitted doctor of that faculty
in this university, as 'tis before told you.'
Mar. . . . Will. Clerke M. A. of Cambridge, &c.»
An. Dom. 1516.— 8 Hen. 8.
Chancellor.
The same, viz. Dr. Will. Warham archbishop of Cant.
Commissaries.
Laurence Stubbes D. D. and others.
Proetors.
Richard Walker of Merton coll. April 2.
Edmund Grey of New coll. April 2.
Batchelors of Music.
Not one appears admitted, by the negligence of the
scribe. On the 1,3 of Apr. Hen. Peter or Petre a secular
chaplain who had spent 30 years in practical and theore-
tical music, supplicated for the degree of batchelor of
music ; which being granted, he was without doubt ad-
mitted. One John Draper also a student in the said fa-
culty, supplicated also, which was granted with one or
more conditions.
Batchelors of Arts.
June 17. James Turbervyle of New coll. — He Was after-
wards bishop of Exeter.
December 16. Thomas Wylson. — See in 1546 and 53.
Besides these were about 38 admitted, and about 21 that
supplicated, who were not admitted this year.
Batchelors of Law.
Six in the canon, and nine in the civil law, were ad-
mitted.
Thirteen in the canon law supplicated, (who were mostly
secular chaplains) among whom was Richard Newman a
canon regular of the order of Prsemonstratenses as the
public regist. saith, and about 12 in the ci^ il.
Masters of Arts.
June 27. Thomas Abel or Able. — See among the wri-
ters an. 1540.
John Clerk of Magd. coll.
Besides these were about 34 admitted, and about 9 that
supplicated, who were not admitted this year.
Batchelors of Divinity.
May 5. James Fitzjames of S. Alban's hall.'— This per-
son who was son of John Fitzjames kt. lord chief justice of [25] '
England, was now chancellor of tlie church of Wells, and had
6 [Tlio. Martyn proc. jun. Cant. A~n. 1514, 15- K'g'r- Baker.]
■ [Conceditur Df' Wetherall provinciali Augustinen. iit gratia quara ha-
bnit <ie incorporationc stet in suo robore sic quod adniittatur quandocunque
voliierit. Regr. Acatl. Cant. An. 1519, 20. Bakeh.]
» [S. T. B. Cant. An. 1513. Baker.]
9 [AM. Cant. 1511. Baker.]
' [Jac. Fitzjames A. M. coll. ad preb. de Holywell in eccl. Paul. 6 Jul.
1513, per resign. Will'i Horsey, quani ct ij^o resignavit .nnte 22 Oct. 1519.
Admiss. ad roct. S. Clenieiitis"Dacorum 27 Oct. 1514.ad rcct. de Lambourn
1519. Resign, ecclesiam S. Clemcntis, 1517. Heg. Lond. Kenset.]
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46
several benefices in that diocese, whereof the rectorship of
the collegiate church of North-Cadbury was one. In 1534
he was made- prebendary of Warniystre in the churcli of
Wells, and in the same year, by tiie death of Tho. Lovell
deer. Dr. lie was made subdean of \V'^ells, and vicar general
to the bishop thereof. He had t)tlier preferments in the ca-
thedral church of St. Paul in London, gi^en to him by his
uncle Dr. Richard Titzjames, bisho]) tiiereof, was soon after
a doct. of div. (but whether of this university it a])pears not)
and died in the beginning of the year 1541.
Besides him were about four admitted, and about fifteen
that supplicated who were not admitted ; among whom
Will. Yokk a canon^ and batch, of arts, was one.
Doctors of Canon Laic.
June 21. William Burgh yll a secular chaplain.
John Morrice or Morres.
Peter Lygham or Lyngham.
Feb. 7- VViLL. Clyfton. — In 1542 he became succentor
«f the church of York, on the death of Will. Cooke ; and in
May 1529 he was made subdean of the said church on tlie
resignation of Dr. Tho. Knolles. In the former dignity he
was succeeded by Rob. Nooke 1529, in whicli year Clyfton
resigned, and in tiie otlier by Rob. Babthorj) D. D. in Sept.
1.548, in which year Clyfton died. Babtliorp dying in
1570, Edmund Buiiey succeeded him, whom 1 have else-
where mentioned.
Doctors of Divinity.
Not one admitted, only three or more supplicated, viz.
Will. Wall and Will. (Jermyn, Minorites, and Rich.
Poke, all batch, of divinity, whom I shall anon mention.
An. Dom. 1517.— 9 Hen. 8.
Chancellor.
The same.
Commissar jj .
Mr. Rich. Doke or Duck of E,\eter coll. now chaplam to
cardinal Wolsey.
Proctor*.
Thomas Irish of Exon coU.
Thomas Musgrave of Mert. coll.
Batchelor of Arts.
Tho. Garret or Gerrard was this year admitted, but
the month or day when, appears not, because the register is
imperfect ; however in tlie year following he occurs by the
title of batch, of arts. — He was afterwards curate of Honey-
lane in L/ondon ; and being much addicted to the opinions
of Martin Luther, went to Oxon in 1526, and dispersed di-
vers jjrohibited books among his actiuaintance and contem-
poraries, as Anth. Delaber of .St. Al ban's hall, afterwards a
civilian of Gloc. coll. Nich. Udall and John Diot both of
C. C. C. John Clerke, Hen. Summer, Will. Betts, John Ta-
verner a musician, of Card. coll. &c. All which being Lu-
therans, or hereticks as tliey were then called, suffer'd
much. At length Tho. Garret, being B.D. after several
flights from jjlace to place, skulkings and imprisonments,
was burnt in Sniithfield near London, with Dr. Rob. Barnes
and Will. Hierume, an. 1541, as John Fox, in his book of
Acts and Monuments of the Church, will at large tell you.
^ [Tlio. Garret alias Garrnnt .A. M. adniiss. atl occl. Oniii. Sanctorum,
Hony-laiic Lcind. 14 Jun. Ij37, per resign. Laur. C'cmli Kic. Benese ad
eandera 15 Oct. 15'W, per attiiicluram llio. Garrard. Reg. Stoktiky tt
Eeniier. Kennet.]
Between the ending of one register and the beginning of
another, are the acts of the congregation t)f this year want-
ing, many of which were torn out from the former.
Masters of Arts.
Their admissions being all wanting in the public regU
ster, I therefore recurred to my MS. book of inceptions,
and there found that .'JO masters stoo<l in the public act or
comitia, but none can I yet find, who were afterwards bi-
shops, writers, or men of note.
Doctort of Civil Law.
Will. Pigman was then admitted doctor of the civil
and canon law.
A\'ho were c.indidates for either, the register which is
imperfect this year, as I have before told you, shews not.
Doctors of Dtoinity.
Apr. — Rich. Doke or Duck of Exeter coll. He was
about this time canon of Exeter cathedral, and afterwanls
became arcluleacon of Wilts, and of Salisbury, in which last
dignity I find him to occur 1536. After he was admitted
doctor, he was made commissary of the luiiv. as I have be-
fore told you.
May — Frat. John de Coloribus, a Dominican. See
among the writers under the year 1525.
Feb. — Ralph Barnack of New coll.
A supplication w;is this year made for one Will. Woddys-
nuRY',' a monk of the order of St. Benedict, but whether for
the degree of batch, or doct. of div. it api)ears not, because
the register of this year, as I have told you, is imiwrfect.
He was elected lord |)rior of Worcester in 1515, in the
])I.ace of Tho. de Mildenham, deceased; and dying in 1518,
he was succeeded by one Will. More, who resigning upon a
foresight of ruin. Hen. Holbeach, alias Randes, wsis elected
prior 13 March 1535, and afterwards became the first dean
of Worcester.
An. Dom. 1518.— 10 Hbn. VIH.
Chancellor.
The same.
Commissaries.
Rich. Duck, D. of D. before-mentioned.
Proctors.
John Stevyns of Oriel coll.
Roger Dyngley of Alls. coll.
Batchelor of Arts.
Jul. — " Geo. Owen. He took not the degreeof M.A."
Paul Bush. He was afterwards the first B. of
Bristol.
Thomas Elyot of S. Mary's hall.
Tho. Runcorne. See among the M. of A. 1521.
Johm Skene. See among the M. of A. 1523.
Jan. — John HoPER or Hooper. He was aftenvards
hishoi) of Gloucester and Worcester.
Arthur Cole of Magd. coll, &c.
Besides these were about 44 admitted, and many that
supplicated the ven. congregation for admission.
Batchelors of Civ. Law.
Jul. — John Gkyffyth or Ghuffyth. He was after-
' [John VVeddcsbury, prior of Worcester, died 15 18, and is buried atRonie-
in the college of S' Tho. Bcckct. See liis epitaph in my vol. i!9. p. 126 of
MS. collections. Cole. J
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FASTI OXONIENSES.
1518.
48
wards treasurer of Lnndnff, dean of 8. Asaph, and a dipii-
tary in the eluirch of Salisbury. He conehuled liis hist (hiy in
1559.
JoHH Stanley was admitted in the same month.
About whicli time .studied in this university The. Stanley,
who wiis ivftorwards bishop of the isle of Man.
Besides these, were about six admitted, and six or more
tliat supplicated.
BatcheloTt of Canon Law.
Jul. — Frut. John Gregory, a brother of the Holy
Trinity for, or of, the redemption of captives. He was
afterwards the liist minister or prefect of the house or col-
lege of tlie brctliren of the Holy Trinity, situated without
the East gate of the city of Oxford, on the South side.
Jul. — John Skelton. See among the writers under
tlic year i52U.
Thomas Parker. See in these Fasti, 1.525.
Feb. ult. Fath. John Burton, prior of S. Frideswyde's
monastery (now Christ Church) in Oxon.
Richard Gwp.nt of Alls, coll.* was admitted the same
day. He was afterwards archdeacon of London, and dean
of the Arches. See in the year 1524.
Besides these, were about 16 admitted, and 6 or there-
abouts that supi>licated.
Masters of Arts.
Jul. — John Holyman of New coll. In the ye<ir 1514
he took the degree of batch, of the can. law, and was long
after this time made bishop of ISristol.
Tho. Stanbkidge (of Magd. coll.) an eminent granima-
riim. He was brother, or nearly related, to John Stan-
bridge the most noted grammarian of liis time, was master
of a school at Banbury, mucli frequented for his sake, and
died in 1522.
Besides these two were about 30 more admitted, and
some few that supplicated, sud about 40 that stood in two
acts celebrated this year.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Not one admitted, and but about 10 supplicated for that
degree, among whom were (1) Rich. Yaxlky, a Benedic-
tine monk. (2) Edw. More of New coll. who was admit-
ted the eighth warden of ^Vykeham's coll. near Winches-
ter, 29 Oct. 1526, and dying 1541, was buried in the
choir of the chappel there. (3) Arnold Guy, alias Buck-
fast, a Cistercian monk of S. Bernard's coll. in Oxon. He
was after%vards pro» isor or prefect of that coll. and an ab-
bot (perhaps of Buckfast in Devonshire) as may seem by
hia arms, or rebus of his name, now or lately in one of the
middle chamber windows of St. Bernard's, now called St.
John Bapt. coll. wherein is a crosier thrust thro' a buck's
face palewise. One William Arnold was tlic last abbot of
Merevale in Warwickshire, of the Cistercian order j but
what relation he had to Arnold Guy, I cannot tell.
Doctor of the Civil Law.
Feb. — John London of New coll.* He was about this
♦ [Ricardus Gwent, S. T. B. coll. ad archid'iat. Lond. 19 Dec. 1534,
per resign. Tho. Bcdyll, cui succ. Edw. Mowle 23 Jul. 1543, per mort.
Gwent.
Ric. Gwent adniiss. ad eccl. S. Petri Clieap, Lond. 17 Apr. 1.5,3.J ;
archid. Hunt, irutallatus a A|)r. 1.542 ; coll. ad preb. de Totenhalc Ueftty-
ihire 12 Apr. Ij4;5, in qua succ. 'I'lio. Derbyshire 23 Jul. 1543, per mort.
liic. Gwent. Kkn.vet.J
* [.Mag. Joh. l/nidou p~br pres. per reg. ad cccl. de Ewelin, per mort.
mag. Hog. lloord, 24 Jul. l502. Reg. Smilh, if. Line.
time canon of York and Lincoln, afterwards warden of
New coll. canon of A\'indsor, prebendary of Shi])ton in
the cliurch of Salisbury, dean of the cathedral church of
Osney near Oxon, and of the collegiate chapijel of Walling-
fbrd in Berks. He " was nnich employed by Cromwell in
" suppressing monasteries, and" died in the Fleet prison at
Lonilon (having been committed to that place for perjury)
an. 1543, and wiis succeeded in his canonry of Windsor by
Fr. Mallet, D. D. and tiie king's chaplain, afterwards con-
fessor to queen Mary, '* for whose sake he had suffered
" much," and dean of Lincoln.^ Of this Dr. London you
may read mucii in the book of Acts and Monuments of the
Church, &c. penned by John Fox, who loads his memory
with a great deal of ill language.
Doctors of Canon Law.
Feb. — Rich. Banger or Bbnger of New coll. who had
been a candidate for that degree in 1512, was then admitted.
He was afterwards commissary of the university.
Three there were this year that supplicated to be doctors of
the canon law, viz. (I) Robert Bysse, doctor of the civ. law,
mentioned among the incorporations, an. J 5 13. (2) Wil-
liam Cleyton, batch, of the cannon, and (3) Lendricus
Predi, batch, of the civ. law.
Doctors of Physic.
June — Edward Fynch.
Thomas Bentley of New coll.
I ha\e made mention of Edw. Fynch, different I suppose
from this physician, among the masters of arts, an. 1504.
Doctors of Divinity.
Tho. Knolles of Magd. coll. a secular priest. See more
among the batch, of div. 1515. He was born at Westgate in
Yorksliire, was a learned man, and much followed for his
preaching at Wakefield in Yorksliire, of which place he was
vicar. He gave way to fate "9 of May*" 1546, :md , , ^ •,
was buried near to the graves of his father and pirstcdit^'
mother in the South ally joining to AUhallows
church in Wakefield.
Will. Patenson, a secular priest.
Edw. Bocking, a Benedictine of Canterbury coll. I
have made mention of him already among the batch, of div.
in 1513.
Fath. Will. Gehmyn, Minorite.
Fath. WiLL.W^ALL, Minorite.
Fath. John Narbury, Austin fiyer.
Fath. Ralph Wedell, Austin fryer.
The last of which became prior of the coll. of Austin
fryers in Oxon, in the place of Will. A^'ctherall.
Jan. — Fath. Rob. Kynge, a Cistercian monk, and abbot
of Bmerne in O.xfordshire. He was afterwards abbot of
151 1, 26 Nov. D. Rob. Bilson cap. ad vie. de Stolteberry, per resign. D-
Job. London, ex pres. prioris et conv. de Ledes. licg. IVavhani.
1.522, 19 Apr. ordiaos cclebrati infra eccl. convent, novi hospitnlis B. Mar.
Virg. extra BLshopsgatc jwr Tlio. Liden. ep. inter presbvteros. — Mjigister
Job. I^ndon, LL. D. Line, dioc, preb. de bilton in eccl. Ebor. Kennet.]
^ [Alag. I'ranciseiis Mallet, S. T. P. adniissus ad preb. de Corringbam ia
eccl. Line, per resign. Gawini Hodgeson, ex pres. mag. I'bome Watsqn in
eiMnn Line, nominal i ct electi die 22 Januar. 1556. Reg. Pole, Cant.
fol. 45.
2.1 Apr. 1558, Franc. Slallct, S. T. P. ail preb. xle Strctton in ecclla Sa-
rum nnper in jxjssessione llicardi Rosse clcrici, ex pres. Phil, et Marie, sede
vac. Ih. fol. 5." J.
Of Dr. Mallet, prineefs Mary's chaplain, coniniilted to the Tower for say-
ing niasa in the princesses fiunily, in contempt of the king's orders, Apr. 29,
1551, . tec Anton. Hartncr, [wgc 105. Ken.ni.t.j
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FASTI OXONIENSES.
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50
Thame in the same county, the last abbot of Osney near to,
and the first bishop of, Oxford.
Jan. — Fath. John Anington, Benedictine.
. Fath. Roger Neckham, Benedictine.
The last of which was a monk of Worcester, and one of
the first prebendaries thereof. He died 1557.
Jan. — Edw. Field.
Incorporations.
Feb. — Fkancisc. Valentinus, a secular chaplain and
batch, of arts of the university of Lisbon, was then incorpo-
rated batch, of arts.
An. Dom. 1519.— 11 Hen. VIH.
Chancellor,
The same.
Commissaries.
Ralph Barnack, D. D. of New coll.
Richard Duck, again.
Proctors.
Thomas Flower of Line. coll. Bor. May 7-
Thomas Alyn of Brasen-nose coU. Austr. May 7.
Grammarians.
July 7- Will. Richards.
Jan. 26. Hen. Sheldon, a secular chaplain.
Both whom were admitted to inform. There also suppli-
cated Rich. Williams, Hob. Broke, Humph. Penkeyth-
MAN, a secular thaplain, and Rob. Colleys, a secular
priest ; but whether they were admitted this year, it appears
not.
Batchelors of Music.
Not one appears admitted, only Tho. Pen, a canon regu-
lar, and Tho. Janys or James, supplicated, which is idl I
know of them.
Batchelors of Arts,
July 8. John Fylde or Feild. I take him to be the
astronomer mentioned among the writers under the year
1558.
Besides him were about 46 admitted, and about 24 that
supplicated, among whom were Rich. Benese, a secular
cha])lain mention'd in Tho. Paynell among the writers,
under the year 1563, and John Clement, one of cardinal
■\\'olsey's lecturers.
Batchelor of the Laws.
June 12. Edmuvd Bonner of Broadgate's hall, was then
admitted batch, of canon, and the day following batch, of
the civ. law. He was afterwards, thro' divers preferments,
bishop of London.
Besides him were but two admitted in the canon, and
eight in the civ. law. I find also about four to have sup-
^dicated for the former, and but two for the latter.
Master of Arts.
July 26. Rich. Rydge.' One of both his names occurs
abbot of Notley, near Long Crendon in Bucks, 26 Hen. 8.
Dom. 1534, being, as I conceive, the last abbot of that
place for Black Cimons,
' [Ric. Rydge admiss. ad eccl. S. Vada."li, alias Foster, Lond. 20 Jul.
1 J4?, ex coll. ar'epi Cant. I?(g. Crcmmcr. Kennet,]
This year about 24 were admitted, and about 9 suppli-
cated that were not admitted this year.
Bachelors of Divinity.
June 28. Rob. Morwent," ktely of Magd. coll. now
vice-president of Corpus Christi coll. He was a great pa.-
tron of learning, and was stiled in a sermon preache<l be-
fore the university, ' pater patriae literata Oxoniensis.'
He was known to, and well beloved of. Rich. Fox, bishop of
Winton, wiio constituted him, for his fidelity and prudence,
perpetual vice-president of his coll.' ' Homo non tam ipse
doctrincE laudibus abundans' (as one ' saith) ' qu4m docto-
nmi fautor & Msecenas.' See more in Hist. £r Anliq, Unit;
Oxon. 1. 2. p. 232.
Jul. 2. Will. York, a canon regular. On the 19 of
Novemb. 1523, he was admitted prior of the house of can.
regulars at Taunton in Somersetshire, in the place of Nicli.
Peper deceased, by the power of cardinal Wolsey, to whom
the patron of that place had granted leave to nominate a
prior for one turn.
Oct. 13. Roger Edgworth of Oriel college.
Besides these three, were six more admitted, and about
ten that supplicated for the said degree, among whom were
John Warboys or Gardeboys, a monk of the order of S.
Benedict, and lord abbot of Ramsey in Huntingtonsbire ;
and NiCH. Pepyr or Peper, whom I have mention'd- in
1506, and here among these batch, of divinity.
Batchelors of Canon Law,
Not one admitted, only Tho. Lloyd, LL. B. and Tho.
Wise, batch, of the civ. law supplicated, whom I cannot,
in any of the years after, find admitted.
Doctors of Dwinity.
Not one admitted or licensed to proceed, only six sup])li-
cated for that degree, viz. (1) Richard Evesham, a Bene-
dictine monk, (2) Will. Wall, a canon regular and prior
of Kenelworth. (3) John Goodridge. (4) Matthew
Smith, principal of Brasen-nose coll. (5) Robert Law or
Low, a Carme. (6) Gilb. Rose, an Austin fryer. All
which were batch, of divinity.
Incorporations.
May — Bernard Traves, batch, of the civil law of the
university of Colen.
This year was a supplicat. made that William Butts, doct.
of physic of Cambridge,* might be incorporated ; but
whether he was so, or not, I cannot find. He was after-
wards physician to king Hen. 8.' and one of " the
" founders of", the College of Physicians at London, in
whose recorils he is highly characterized for his eminent
learning and knowledge, his singulai- judgment and great
' [7 Sept. 1.558, Job. Woodward cler. A. M. admissus ad prcb. in eccl.
cath. Glocestr. quam nuper habnil Roberlus Monvent cler. per mortem ipsius
Rob. Morwent vac, ex pres. Phiiippi et IMarie, sedc vac. Reg. Pole, Catt.
fol. 64. Kennet.]
5 [Fulmaii,m his MS. corrections of Wood's Hist. ofOtfard^s&yf, that Mor-
went was appointed by Fox to succeed Ciaymond, the first president without
election. MS. in mus. AshnwU^ D. 9. 4to. page 40.J
' Laur. Hurofrcd. in Vita ^ Mnrte Joh. Judli, edit. 1573. p. 22.
« [Will'mus Butt, M. D. Cantabr. An. 1518. Hex'r.Cafit. Baker.]
' [Rex oiunibus, ike. Damns et cunccdimus dilocto et fideli serv-icnti
nostro WiUieluiu Buttes doctor! in raedicinis quandam annuitatem qnadm-
ginta marcanim ex nunc dc maneriis dc Acton, Royden et Weston, cum suis
pertin. qua; nujwr fuerunt Henrici Bures defuncti iu com. Su0blc, T. R.
apud WcsUd. 13 Nov. rcg. 21. (1529.) Kemmit.J
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129J
experience.* This person, who was knighted by the said
king by the name of William Butts of Norfolk, died 17
November 1545, and was buried in the church of Fulham
near to London He is much extoll'd for his learning by
divers authors who liv'd in his time; and bishop John Park-
Lurst hath several epigrams on him.
An. Dom. 1520.— 13 Hen, VIH.
Chancellor.
The same.
Commissaries,
Will. Broke or Brook, doct. of decrees, and warden of
All-souls college.
Rich. Benger, doct. of decrees of New coll. and ordi-
nary reader of the decretals.
Proctors.
JoNH Booth of Brasen.nose coll. Bm-. Apr. ^...
George Croftys of Oriel coll. Aust. Apr
Grammarians.
Jul. 15. Roger Bostock, secular chaplain.
Mar. 18. Dav. Owen, secular chaplain.
GiLB. Bb.^umont, secular chaplain.
Whether they were very eminent in their profession, I
know not.
Batchelors of Arts.
Nov. 9. John Warner of .\ll-souls coll. See in 1535.
Jan. 21. Walt. Buckler. See in 1534.
Jan. ult. John Rob YNS of All-souls coll. Afterwards an
eminent astronomer.
Mar. 18. Tho. Robbrtson of Magd. coll. the gramma-
rian.
This year 55 or more bach, of arts were admitted, and
about 2^2 supplicated, who were not admitted.
In the latter end of March, in the beginning of this year,
is mention made in the public register of Thomas Lupset,
batch, of arts, and cardinal Wolsey's rhetoric lecturer.
See more in the next year.
Batchelors of Law.
Nine were admitted in the canon law, of whom John
Southwode was one (afterwards fellow of Wykeham's col-
lege near Winchester, and canon residentiary of Wells) and
as many in the civil law.
Masters of Arts.
June 26. James Turbervyle of New coll.
Jul. 3. John Hert or Hart.* If the addition of Bene-
dictine monk had been set to his name, I should have taken
him to be the same John Hart who succeeded Richard Wrax-
hall in the abbotslrip of Athelney in Somersetshire, about
1524. But I take the said Jolm Hert, who was mast, of
arts, to be the same with him who became perpetual fellow
of New coll. An, 1513, and was afterwards an eminent school-
master.
Jul. 11. Will. Tresham of Merton coll.
March 15. John Rogers. Quaere,
* [See the character of Dr. Butts in Dr. Goodwairs epistle before liis
Hutorical Account of the CoUegc's Proceedings, hand. 1684, 4to. Z. 40. Med.]
' [Rex rcverendo in Christo patri Willelmo permiss. div. Xjncoln cp'o^
ad liberam cantariam B. Mariie Virginis de Colebroke in com. Buck, vcstrae
dioc. per niort. ult. incumb. vac. — dilectum nobis Joh'eni Hert cicr. vobis
preHiitamus. T. R. tipud Wc^t. 30 Oct. 21 Hen. VII. Kennet.]
Batchelors of Divinittf.
Six admitted, of whom Richard Glocbster and John
Newbolt, Benedictines, were two; and about 23 suppli-
cated who were not admitted this year ; among whom were
John Perrot, a Minorite, Thomas Hill, B. of A. and a
Booliome, &c.
Doctors of the Civ. Law.
Jul. 6 John Leffe of New coll. He was afterwards
warden of the coll. at Maidstone in Kent, vicar-general, and
keeper of the spirituality to Dr. Warham, archbishop of
Canterbury, and master of S. Cross near to Winchester.
He died 19 Aug. 1557, aged 66, and was buried in the
chappel belonging to Wykeham's coll. near to the said city,
of which coll. he w;is fellow.^
For the said degree supplicated Edward Orbnge, LL. B.
and for the degree of D. of canon law supplicated two, who
were afterwards admitted.
Doctors of Divinity.
Jan, — Leonard Huchenson, master of Univers. coll.
Jan. ult. Robert Law or Low, a Carme, now prior of
the college of the Carmes in the North suburb of Oxon.
In 1505 he was made provincial of the Cannes in the place
of John Vynde or Wynde ; which honourable office he keep-
ing about 17 years, was succeeded in it by Rich. Ferys.
Feb. 11. Thomas Mole or Molle, a Carme.
25. Thomas Francis, a Minorite or Franciscan.
There also supplicated for the said degree John Burgbis,
batch, of divinity of Miigdalen college, who was elected
president of that house upon Dr. Laurence Stubbes his resig-
nation an. 1527, and by the name of president he doth
occur in a deed or writing dated 10 Jul. the same year, but
soon after being removed, Dr. Richard Knolles was elected.
Others there were that supplicated, who were aftei"wards
admitted, except one Mabot, batch, of div.
Incorporatiojis .
May — Father Robert Myles, a Dominican, doctor of
divinity of Cambridge.
Octob. — Fernandus or Ferdinandus de Victoria,
doctor of physic (beyond the seas) now physician to king
Hen. 8. and the queen consort. He, Dr. Thomas Lynacre,
and Dr. John Chambre, were the first founders of the college
of physicians at London.
Octob. — William Arden, a Dominican or black fryer,
prior elect of the college or convent of the black fryers in
the South suburb of 0.\on, and D. of D. in the court of
Rome.
Feb. — Thomas Wellts or Wells, master of arts of this
university and doctor of divinity elsewhere. Whether he
be the same with Thomas Wellys, mentioned in the incor-
porations under the year 1510, I know not.
^ [1522, 14 Junij, ordiues celcbrati infra capcllam, B. Maria; Virg. hi
eccl. cath. S. Pauli Lond. per 'llio. Liden. episcopum sede London vacanle-
inter presbyteros — Mag. joh'cs Leff legum doctor, rector eccl. parocb. dc
Ashe, Winton. dioc. Reg. Warham,
1529, 5 Octob. Mag. Job. Lefe, LL. D. eccl. de Predynden Cant. dioc.
per resign, mag. Joli'is Stodard cler. ex coll. ar'epi. lb.
1531, Job. Leff, LL.D. W'ill'i Cant, ar'epi Winton sede vacante vicarius
ill spir. gen.
1531, 27 Not. Mag. Job. Lefe, LL, D. ad ranonieat. de Framfieid, in
eccl. collcg. de Southiiiallyng et prebcndam thesaurarii in eod. jiet mort.
mag. Will. Bawrer.
1547, 8 Mar. Joh. Leyff, LL. D. admiss. ad preb. consump. per marc,
per mortem mag. Tho. Thornelmm. }feg. Bcrmer, Epi hand.
■ 1S5T, Ui Oct. Will. Mnsmarc clericus coll. ad prcb. cousumpt. per mare
per mortem Job. Lcele clerici. lb. Kennst.]
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1521.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
15^1.
54
[30]
This year, the month I cannot tell, I find that there was a
kind of a supplicate made for one Magnus, a doctor beyond
the sea, to be incorporated here, but in what facidty, I
cannot yet discover. Tliis person was the same with
Thomas Magnus, who was a foundling at Newark upon
Trent in Nottinghamshire, and had the sirname ' of .(4mo«g
us given to him, as being maintained among certain people
there ; or, as some say, by certain Yorkshire clothiers, who
occasionally travelled that way early in the morning anel
Urst found him. ' At length being brought up in literature
in one of the universities in England, became so much
noted to king Henry S, that he was by him not only pro-
moted to several dignities, but sent ambassador into various
countries ; whereupon he was, by the generality of people,
called Dr. Magnus, and by some Magnus Doctor. Among
several embassies that he was employed in, was that into
Scotland an. 1524, where he was employed as the king's
agent to procure his business, and to encline the young
king's ear towards him, as also to give intelligence, &c.
Among the dignities he enjoyed were (1) The archdeaconry
of the East-Riding of Yorkshire, to which he was collated
in June 1504, upon the promotion of Dr. Richard JNIayhew
to the see of Hereford. (2) The sacristship of the chappel
of our lady and the holy angels at York, to which he was
collated in Dec. the same year. (3) A canonry in the
church of Windsor, an. 1520, which he resigning in the
latter end of 1547 was succeeded by Dr. Richard Cox.
(4) The mastership of the hospital of S. Leonard at York,
&c. And among the benefices he had, was tlie rectory of
Bedall in Yorkshire one. Towards his latter end he
founded a free-school in the place of his nativity, which he
well endowed ; and paying bis last debt to nature at Sesay
or Ses.say in Yorkshire 27 Aug. or thereabouts, in 1550,
was buried in the church there. ^Vhereupon John Dakyn
LL. D. was installed in his ai'chdeaconry of the East-
Riding, 13 April 1551. I have seen a copy of his last will
and test, dated 8 March 1549, and proved 30 Apr. 1551,
wherein he desires that if ye dye at his house at Sybthorp
or nigh those parts, to- be buried in the Trinity isle of the
church of Newark upon Trent, afore the midst of the altiir
there, for there he was baptized, &c. He makes mention
therein of his sing^dar good lord and master Savage some-
times archbishop of York, and his singular good lord the
ear) of Wilts, and lord treasurer of England.
Ann. Dom. 1521.— 13 Hen. VHL
Chancellor.
The same, viz. Dr. \Varham archbishop of Canterbury.
Commissaries.
Richard Benper D. of dec.
Proctors.
Henry Tyndall of Mert. college Bor. April 17.
John Wilde Austr. April 17-
Grammarians
May 12. John Kendall
13. Richard Guissoll
Juk 8. Henry Golde
7 Cambden in his Remains, printed 1637, p. 146, among the sirnaraes.
8 [Feljr. 21. An. 2.5. lU-n. 8. He founds J (chantry) priests to pniy for
the soul of the said Jlio. Majiims, of John Magnus "liis fatlier, Alice his
molhi-r, Johanna, Eliz, and Katerync his sisters. So his parents wore
known and owned, if he were a foundling. U.iksr.J
I
sec. chaplains.
One Georgb Marshall did also supplicate, but w<u uot
admitted. Qu.
Batchelors of Music.
Feb. — John Sylvester did supplicate, and was, as it
seems, admitted in that month, being at the same time
accounted very eminent in hi* profession.
Batclielors of Artt.
About 60 were admitted, and about 29 supplicated who
were not admitted this year.
Jul. 8. John Mason, about this time probationer- fellow
of All-souls coll. was then admitted. He was born at a
market town called Abingdon in Berks, the son of a cow-
herd, by his w ite, the sister of a monk at that place. Which
last iierson finding him very apt to learn, he caused him
to be traincil up in grammaticals and academicals in this
university, « where he obtained for him a fellowship in the
said coll. of Alls. Sotm after, his pregnant and acute parts
being taken notice of by great persons, he was upon thp
motion of sir Thomas More sent by the king to the univer-
sity of Paris, to be accomplished with other parts of learn-
ing. After his return thence, he became a favourite to K.
Hen. 8, who employed hun in several embassies and made
him one of his privy-council. After that king's death he
was made privy-counsellor to K. Ed. 6, " was chief clerk
" of the council, French secretary, and master of requests,
" and ambassador to France in that king's time. In qu.
" Mary's reign he wa.s English resident in the Nethcr-
" lands :" And tho' he was a knight, and ai>erfect lay-man,
yet he enjoyed several church dignities, or as one ' saith,
he was a great intmder into ecclesiastical livings : Among
which the deanery of Winchester cathedral was one, instal-
led therein, in the place of William Kingesmyll the last
prior of S. Swithin's monasteiy there, and the first dean of
the said cathedral, in the third of lid. 6. Dom. 1549. In
1552 he succeeded Dr. Richard Coxe in the chancellorship
of this tiniversity : Which honourable office he keepinfj 'till
1556, did then resign it purposely to make room for cardi-
nal Pole then designing to visit, and to do great matters for,
it. He was also a privy counsellor to qu. Mary, and much
respected by her, but did not hold any ecclesiastical dignity
in her reign, as I can yet learn. For giving up the deanery
of Winchester in the first year of her reign, Dom. 1553,
Edmund Steward' LL. D. of Cambridge was then installed,
and kei)t it 'till 1559. After her death, he became " again
" secretaiy for the French tongue, and" a privy counsellor
to queen Elizabeth, and in 1559 w;ts elected chanc. of this
university again, being then treasurer of the queen's cham-
ber, and master of the hospital in Abingdon, (the erection
of which he had before procured, as also the incorporation
of that town) but whether a possessor of any dignity in the
•church in her reigu, I find not. He paid his last debt to
nature 20 Apr. 156G, and was buried in the North chancel,
fir the North isle joyning to the chancel of the cathedral ch.
of S. Paul in London ; whereupon sir Franc. KnoUis knight
succeeded him in the treasurership of the (ju. cliamber.
Soon after was a large epitaph set over his grave ; which,
tho' since consumed, yet his memory lives among the
9 [Sir John JIa,«on is said by Mr. Tho. Nash, in his preface to Hob.
Green's Arcadia, to have been of St. John's coll. Caubr. s«l quKre.
' Cambden in Amuil Beg. FMznb. An. 1566.
2 [Edmund Steward L. B. adniis\ ad vie. de Dedham com. Essex t9
Maij l.')2;), per mort. Tho. Webb, quam resiga ante 24 Oclob. 1634.
Reg. TmatuUct Slokcsley. Kunxet.]
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FASTI OXONIENSES.
1521.
56
illuslrmm V'lronim penned by
learned men in the Encomia ^
John Lelanil. ■•
Batchelors of the Civil Law.
Mar 3. William Roberts. " He was aftenvards arch-
deacon of Merionethshire and principal of New inn. In
a certain register he^ is stiled « nrchd. of Monmouth,
1528. , . ,
Four admitted in the can. and about 9 in the civ. law.
Three supi>licated in the former, and as many in the
latter.
[31] Masters of Arts.
June 19. Thomas Lupset who had studied four years at
Paris and Oxon, was then admitted M. of A.
Jul. ."i. Thomas Runcorke. ' He was afterwards made
provost of the collegiat church of St. Elizabeth (daughter
» Edit. Londini, 1589, p. H7.
* rro sir John Mason it is, that the univerMty of Oxford and its respective
colleges, arc principally indebted for tlie preservation of their estates from
the rapocious hands of Henrj- the eighth, at the dissohilion : Lloyd says that
' sacriledge itself then gaping after the university lands, durst not tempt so
honestaman.norperswadesogreata scliolar, nor fright so resolute a statesman to
betray or yield up those ancient encouragements of learning and vertue.'— This
great good he did, that his greatness kept others from doing any harm : many
hungry courtiers had hopes to catch fish (and fish it would be whatever CJiinc
into their nets) on this turning of the tide, and alteration of religion. IIow
easie was it for covetousness in those times to (juarrel the coUedge lauds into
superstition: Sacriledge stood ready to knock at their gates ; and alas twas
past their porter's power to forbid it entrance, had not sir .Tohn Mason vigo-
rously opposed it, and assisted the university on all occasions. He iuciteth
them to the study of the tongues, became 'sensum alicujus rei non potest ille
a&sequi qui rudis est idiomalis quo traditur;' and directed the reading of
Aristotle, Agricola, Melancthon, &c. instead of Scotus, Burleus, Bricot ;
calluig for all their charters, donations, statutes, pope's bulls, with an exact
rental of their lands, and inventory of their goods, which were restored entu-e
and safe. The university that could not enjoy his presence craves his pro-
tection, and foreseeing in the fall of abbeys, their danger, especially when
foundations erected for superstition were given by statute to the king, chose
sir John Mason their chancellour, who was at once a favourite of power and
of learning; the greatest lay-stalesman that was a scholar, and the greatest
scholar that was a lay-statesman. He was not contented to secure, but he
must improve, Oxford, gaining it new priviledges, when it feared the loss of
the old ones.' Stalesmm and Favouiriles of EngUmd, 1665, page 182.]
i [This William Roberts was the son of Robert ap Llywelin ap Ilhcl of
Castellmareh in Llyn, and brother to John ap Robert, ancestor to Sr Wil-
liam Jones of Castellmareh mentioned coll. 673. He was domestic chaplain
to bp. Skevmgton, and by hint preferred to the archdeaconry of Merionith
(upon the resignation of William Ulyn, who was then preferred to the arcli-
deaconry of Anglesey) at Beaulieu Apr. 9, 1524. Alter this I find nothing
of him, till the time" of bp. Bulklcy, who made him his vicar generall, or
chancellor, by a patent dated at Bangor Jan. 10, 1 642. Jan. 3, 1,54.'3, he
resigned tlie rectory of Festinevc in com. Merionith, and was instituted to
Llanddhiiolen juxta "Bangor. Upon the death of bp. Bulklcy in 1552, he
was with Thomas Bulklcy made guardian of the spiritualities of Bangor
during the vacancy. They deprived great numbers of the married clergy,
but sometimes favoured their friends, by giving them others instead of what
they took from them. 1554, .\ug. 2. Will. Roberts was instituted to the
treasurersliip of Bangor by his coUegue Thomas Bulkley. 1555, Apr. 6, he
was uistituted to his native rectory of Llanpedroc in Llyn, by Dr. Tho.
Y'ale, then also custos spiritiuilitatis scde vacante. To this he was instituted
anew by bp. Glyn, Jan. 17, 1556. He died about the end of 1561 or be-
ginning'of 62. For on the 16 of June 1562, Nic. Robinson B. D. after bp.
was instituted to the archdeaconry of Merionith vacant by his death. He
left behind him a daughter called Margaret, who was married to Edward
Coetmor, third son of old William Coetmore, esq; Humphreys.]
<> In Keg. Act. Cur. Cone Oron. B. fol. 264. b.
' [Vpoa the death of Dr. Maurice Glyn, archdeacon of Bangor, bp.
Skevmgton sent to cardinal Thomas Woolsey a blank institution of the arch-
deaconry, dated at Bculieu, 27 Jul. 1525, that he might insert what name he
pleased, and I conceive he uiserted Thomas Runcorn, for he is the next arch-
deacon I find of Bangor. But whether he came in so soon I cannot find,
but in Apr. J.5.'}.5, he is writ to as archdeacon, and upon the death of Folk
Salisbury he was certainly instituted to the rectory of Llanchaidr Nov. 3,
1513. He dyed in 1551), for Oct. 18, that year, Edw. Gregory was insti-
tuted to the arehdeacooryt vacant by the death of T. Runcorn. HuM-
of the king of Hungary) founded in the time of Ed. I. in
the meadow of St. Stephen, situate before, and opposite to,
the gates of Wolvesey castle near to Winchester. This
Thomas Runcorne surrendered the said coll. into the hands
of K. Hen. 8. and thereupon he was made one of the first
prebendaries of the cath. church of Winchester. After-
wards the king granted the said coll. and its site to Thomas
lord Writhiousley, who sold it to the warden and fellows of
Wykeham's coll. near to Winchester for 360/. provided that
they either make the church there a grammar school for 70
persons to be taught therein, or to pull it down to the
ground before Pentecost an. 1,547. Which last they did
sooner than the first, because it should not be prejudicial to
their school. This Thomas Runcorne was a learned man,
and among the learned men of his time he is remembred
by Leland in his Encomia before-mentioned, p. 67.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Dec. 7- Father Richard Stopys or Stopes abbot of
Meaux or Melsa in Yorkshire, of the Cistercian order, now
studying in St. Bernard'.s college.
Fa. William Thryske abbot of Fountaines in the dioc.
of York, was admitted the same day.
Fa. William Heslyngton abbot of Roche in Yorkshire
of the Cluniac or Cistercian order was admitted the same
day, being then of St. Bernard's coll.
Feb. 6. John — prior of the order of the Dominicans.
See in an. 153'i.
Besides these were 8 at least admitted, and 12 at least
that supplicated j all whom, except two, were of religious
orders.
Several also were admitted to oppose in divinity, that
were not admitted batch, of that faculty ; among whom
were father Rich. Wyche of Whalley a Cistercian monk
now studying in St. Bernard's college.
Doctors of Law.
Not one admitted either in the can. or civ. law, and only
Will. Lytherlond, batch, of the can. law supplicated to
be admitted doctor of that faculty, and John Noblb
before-mentioned supplicated to be admitted Dr. of the
civ. law.
Doctors of Physic.
Jul. 3. Thomas Moscroff or Musgrave of Mert. coll.*
In 1522 he was card. Wolsey's physic reader in, and, in 1523
he was commissary of, the uni\ersity, being then a student in
divinity ; and on the eleventh of M.aich the same year he
did supplicate the ven. congregation of regents, that it
might be dispensed with him from circuiting and certain
exercises preceding if so be it should happen that he should
be admitted to the reading of the sentences. The reason
for this was because he was commissary, and that it did not
become a doctor to circuit for an inferior degree. This
supplication was granted conditionally that he preach a
sermon in the church of St. Peter in the East. Afterwards,
his exercises being all performed, as twice answering in the
schools, and four times preaching in St. INIary's ch. (all
done in the space of one year) he was admitted to the read-
" [1525, 6 Jan. mag. Tho. Moscrof in medicinis doctor ac in theologia,
admiss. ad eccl. de Slistede in dec. de Bockyng per resign. Tho. Bartlett
cler. ex coll. ar'e'pi. lieg. Witrham, Cam.
Tho. MoscrofTe vel Blostroll'c M. D. admiss. ad vie. de Braintre com.
Essex, 19 Jan. 1526, ad pres. prions et conv. Carthus. Lond. Succcssit
Elizeus Bodley 3 Sept. 1527, per mort. Tho. Moscroli'c. lieg. Tuiaiail, Ept
Lmd. Kennel]
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ing of the sentences, that is, to the degree of batch, of
divinity, by Dr. John Young bishop of Cnllipolis and war-
den of New coll. in the presence of 8 doctors of divinity.
In 1527 he would have proceeded in that faculty, but was
prevented by death.
Doctors of Divinity.
June 3. Fr. D.wid Williams a Minorite, or Franciscan,
or Grey fryer.
Three also supplicated for the said deg^-ee, viz. Richard
Stubbes, William White, and William Cukteis a
Minorite, all batchelors of divinity.
Incorporations.
May — Patrick Gower M. of A. of Paris and Cam-
bridge. 9
Nov. — John Rayne LL. D. of Cambridge.
Nov. 25. George Thyle B. A. of Colen.
Mar. 3. Henry Marshb Dr. of phys by authority of the
pope's bull, was then incorporated. — In the year 1514 Mar.
26, he was admitted to practise physic by the ven. congreg.
of regents of this university.
16. John Crayford M. A. of Cambridge — He had been
lately of Qu. coll. in that university, from whence being
ejected, he went to Oxon and was made fellow of Univ.
coll. See in 1546, among the incorporations.
In January, one Edward Pennant batch, of can. law of
Cambridge supplicated to be incorporated, but whether
granted, I find not. See more in Hen. Morgan among the
bishops. One John Pennant doct. of dec. and chancellor
to the bishop of Bath and Wells was constituted by him the
said bishop his vicar general in the beginning of June 1526,
and dyed in Apr. or May 1529. '
This year, but the day or month I know not,' was a sup-
plicate made in the behalf of Richard Sampson sometimes
of Trin. hall in Cambridge, to be incorporated LL. D. but
whether he was so, it appears not, and therefore I shall only
say these matters of him, that he had that degree conferr'd
upon liim beyond the seas, was incorjwrated at Cambridge
the last year, wa-s installed dean of Windsor by proxy 14
Nov. 1523, being then in remote parts about the king's
affaii'S ; ' made dean of St. Paul's cathedral about 1530,
dean of Litchfield in 1532, treasurer of the church of Sarum,
16 Mar. 1534, bishop of Chichester in 1536, translated
thence to Litchfield in 1543. and published several books,
which shew him to have been a learned man, the titles of
which you may see in the Oxford Catalogue. He died at
M. FarasUs, incorporat. Cant. 1520. Seg'r.
ad preb. de Cadington major 1 1 Oct.
' [Patricus Gower A.
Bakik.]
' [Joh. Pennand deer. dr. coll.
1524, per resign. Job.- Salvage.
Will. Bolcvn cler. ad cand. preb. 23 Maij 1529, per raort. Joh. Pennand.
Ken NET.]
'^ [An. 1513, concedltur Richardo Sarason, ut studiura sex annonim in
jure civili in hue uiiiversitate, Parisiis, et Senls, post bachalauriatum adeptura
m hac univcrs. sufficiat ei ad incipionduni in jure civili. Regr. Acad. Cant.
So be was Dr. of law 151.'3. Kic. Samson bac. jur. civ. Cant. An. 1504, a.
Keg'r Acad. Cant. Bakkb.]
'^ [152B, 11 Jan. Ricardus Sampson LL. D. admissus ad arcbidiacum
Suffolc. vacantcm per resign, Kdnunidi Steward LL. 1). Seg, WiU. Beppe
Epi iVom-ic.
Ric. Sampson L. D. admiss. ad vie. dc Stepney 18 Juiuj 1527, per resign.
Ric. Pace. Milo Willcn p'br. ad cand. 31 Mar. 1534, per resign, ific.
Sampson. Reg. Land.
1551, ti Apr. Bp. of Lichfield appointed one of the king's commissioners
to treat willi ilie Srot^ on the frontiers, and ordered to repair tliilhtr.
lifgist. Council ,f K. Ijl. VI. KtN.NET.]
Eccleshall in Staffordshire (the seat belonging to the B. of
Litchfield) on the 25 Sept. 1554.
In like manner was such another supplicate made for
Gamaliel Clifton doct. of decrees, canon of Windsor and
the king's chaplain, but no appearance there is, that he was
really incorporated. He was afterwards dean of Hereford,
and dying in 1541, had for his successor in that deanery,
if I mistake not. Dr. Hugh Curwyn, who before had
preached zealously for the king's divorce from queen
Katharine.
An. Dom. 1.522.— 14 Hen. VIII.
Chancellor.
The same.
Dr. Bbnger.
Commissaries.
Proctors.
Thomas Canner of Magd. coll.
Richard Crispyne of Or. coll.
A^^lich proctors, tho' elected about Michaelmas, yet they
took not their places 'till 27" Octob, following, occasion'd by
a controversy that happened in the election of them. See
Hist. 8f Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 248.
Batchelors of Arts.
Mar. 31. John Beconsau of New coll. the famed Gre-
cian of his time.
May 27 George Cotes of Bal. coll. — He was after-
wards B. of Chester.
Jul. 21. David Talley or Tolley the noted gramma-
rian of St. Mary's hall.
Seventy in all, or more, were admitted, and about 22
supplicated for the said degree, who were not admitted.
This year was a supplicate made for George Carew (of
Broadgate's hall as it seems) to have the degre« of batch, of
arts conferr'd on him, but whether he was really admitted,
having spent about 4 years in the university, it appears not.
This person being the younger son of a genteel family * in
Devonshire, (descended from the Carews of m nf i
Pembrokeshire) retired afterwards to the ^ Dnonslire.
royal court, and married, but soon after bury- First Edit,
ing his wife to his great grief, travelled beyond
the seas, and improved his knowledge as to men and man-
ners very much. After his return, he took holy orders,
was made archdeacon of Totness, and if I mistake not,
either prebend or canon of Exeter. In 1552 he was con-
stituted dean of Bristol in the place of one Jolm White-
heart, who, in the year before, had succeeded William Snow
the first dean; and in the beginning of July 1555 was
made preb. of Ilfarcomb in the church of Salis'oury. In
the beginning of Aug. 1556 he was made preb. of Nether-
buiy in ecclesia in the same church ; and in the same year,
notwithstanding he had been deprived of the prebendship
of Barton in the church of Wells, an. 1554, (1 and 2 of
Ph. and Mar ) yet he was made preb. of Dultingcote in the
same church, on the resignation of William Thynne, and
double beneficed in the dioc. of Wells during the reign of
queen Mary. On the 27 of Octob. 1558 he became chaun-
tor of the church of Salisbury, and in 1559 (qu. Elizabeth
being then in the throne) he was made dean of the queen's
chappel, dean of Windsor, dean of Ch. Ch. in Oxon, and
about that time master of the Savoy hospital. In 1560 he
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FASTI OXONIENSES.
1522.
became dean of Bristol again, upon the going away of Hen.
JollifT, who had enjoyed it most of qu. Mary's reign, and
about the same time was made dean of Exeter and rector
of Silvcrton in Deven. In 1561 he gave up his deanery of
' Cb. Ch. and was succeeded therein by Thomas Sampson a
•non-conformist. In 1572 he resigned the deanery of Wind-
sor, with a canonry in that churcli, being then succeeded in
the former by Will. Day batch, of div. and in 1580 he re-
signed the deanery of Bristol, wherein he was succeeded by
John Sprint ; but when he resigned that of Exeter, I can-
not tell. He finished this mortal life in 1585, aged 85,
and was buried in the church of St. Giles in the fields near
London, leaving then behind him a son named George,
afterwards tarl of Totness, and another named Feter, a
knight.
Batchelors of the Civil Law.
Jul. 21. Richard Parker a compounder, or one ihat
payed double, or treble fees for his degree, as having a
temporal estate, or a rich dignity, or dignities.
Feb. 4. John Foxe archdeacon of Winchester. — On
the same day he was also admitted batch, of the can. law.
See more among those following.
Besides these .two, were about 22 admitted ; among whom
was Thomas Day of Alls. coll. who was afterwards constitu-
ted the second canon of Osney , when fi rst founded by K . Hen . 8 .
and in few years following was by him made the first canon
of the third prebendship of Ch. church, at what time Osney
[33] was translated thereunto.* He died in Feb. 1567, and was
buried on the 22d of the same month in the cathedral of
Ch. Ch.
Six also, or thereabouts, supplicated for the said degree,
- that were not admitted this year.
Batchelors of Civil Law.
Jul. 10. Henry Morgan. — He was afterwards bishop of
St. David's.
Feb. 4. John Fox archdeacon of the dioc. of Winchester
and preb. of Roscombe in the church of Salisbury. — I take
him to be the same John Foxe who was afterwards made
fellow of C. C. coll. by the founder thereof. For in the
Catalogue of Scholars and Fellows of that House made by
Rob. Hcgge, (whom I have mentioned among the writers
under the year 1629) I find one John Foxe a Londoner
bom, to be put in fellow there 1523, being then, or about
that time, archdeacon of Surrey, as the said Catalogue tells
us. As for Foxe before-mention'd, who was batch, of can.
law, being nearly related to Foxe bishop of Winchester, be-
came archdeacon of that place in 1519 upon the resignation
of one Hugh Ashton, and he upon the resignation of John
Frost 1511, and he upon the resignation of Rob. Frost
1502, who succeeded Dr. John Moj-ton that was afterwards
archb. of Canterbuiy.
Besides these two were about 18 admitted, among whom
was Anton. Dravcot, besides six or more that supplicated.
Masters of Arts.
Mar. 28. Nigh. Gold well. Quaere.
Feb. 10. Rich. Corren or Curwyn. — Sec among the
D.D. 1531.
20. XicH. CRACHER'or Kratzer a Bavarian — See among
the Incorporations following.
* [A. D. 1555, S. Stephani Westmon. pensiones .Toliannis Vaughan,
Thonia; Day, Roberti Brockc, ThomjB Robinson, Gul. Ilirie prcbcndarioruiu
ibidem s'ingulis*irUii«fr. rvii I. ird. MS. pena Petr. Le Neve Armig. KtN-
J'BT.]
Besides which, were 25 more admitted, and about 4 that
supi)licated.
Within the compass of this year were three acts celebrated
in St. Mary's church, viz. the first on the last of March,
wherein stood nineteen, the second on the 21 July, wherein
stood nine, and the third on 23 March, wherein stood
twelve masters of arts.
Batchelors of Divinity.
June 4. Fr. Richard Saleherst 1
Fr. Dionys. Daltance > Benedictines,
Fr. Robert Glastenbury j
21. Rich. Thornden a Benedictine monk — He was af-
terwards suffi-agan bishop of Dover.
26. John Ramsey a canon regular * — This person who is
some years before-mentioned among the batch, of .arts, was
afterwards prior of the coll. of Canon regulars in Oxou,
commonly called St. Mary's coll.
July 17. Rich. Mawdley or Mawdleu archdeacon of
Leicester. — See among the D. of D. 1529.
Six or more were besides them admittedj and 12 that
supplicated.
Doctors of Civil Law.
June 23. John Olyver* — " In 1530 he was an active
" man and one of the commissionei's appointed for the de-
" priving of Heth bishop of Worcester, and Day bishop of
" Chichester;" in Feb. 1532 he succeeded Dr. .John Hyg-
den in the deanery of the coll. founded at Oxon. by king
Hen. 8. " in 1547. he was one of the masters in chancery;"
and dying at Doctors Commons at London in the month of
May, or thereabouts, an. 1552, left much of his substance
to pious uses. On the 2 of June the same year, (he being
then dead) Leonard Bilson succeeded him in the prebend-
ship of Tpynton Regis with Yalmeton -in the church of
Salisbury.
John Feyter of Alls. coll. was admitted the same day.
John Tregonwell sometimes of Broadgate's, afterwards
principal of Vine hall, alias Peckwater's inn, was admitted
also the same day (June 23.) — He was an eminent and
learned man in his profession, and therefore was employed
to be proctor for K. Hen. 8. in that long and costly cause of
his divorce from qu. Katharine ; wherein shewing himseJf
very diligent, was by him knighted, and for an inconsi-
derable sum of money,' had settled on him and his heirs for
ever, the rich demesne and site of the mitred abby of Mil-
ton, alias Middleton, for Benedictine monks in Dorsetshire.
He " was one of the masters in chancery in 1539," ga^e
way to fate in the latter end of the year 1564* (7 Elizab.)
and was buried in the church there.
Doctors of Canon Law.
June 23. Father John Burton a canon regular, prior of
St. Frideswyde's monastery in, afterwards abbot of Osney
near to, Oxford.
John Prynnb a secular chaplain was admitted the same
day — He was afterwards subdean and can. resident, of Lin-
■> [.4 Corajy/e to be layed hard unto the Hearts of all faythfull Profestan (f
Chrhtes Gospell. Gathered out of the Scriptures 6}( Jhon Itamsey. Vid. MS.
T. 427. Kennet.]
s [Job. Olyver resign, cccl. B. Mariae Mounthow Lend, ante J6 Oct.
1527. Ret;. Tomtatl.
1529, 1 1 Junij Mag. Job. Oljvcr LL. D. ad \ic. de Mynstre in imula de
Tbancto per resign, mag'ri Petri Lighain deer, doctoris, ad prca. abb. ct
conv. S. Aug. Cant. Reg. Warliam, Cant. Kennet.]
7 [10001. Kennet.]
6 [Jiui. 13, 1565. Kennit.]
61
1522.
FASTI OXDNIENSES.
15S2.
62
coin, and dying 29 Apr. 1558, was buried in the cathedral
church of Lincoln.
Anthony Draycot late principal of Wliite hall (involved
afterwards within the limits of Jesus coll.) and of Firye hall
adjoyning, was admitted also the same day — " He was de-
" scended from an antient family of his name, living at
" Draycot in Staffordshire." In 1542 he was made arch-
deacon of Stow in the place of Edwai-d Darbye sometimes
of Line. coll. deceased, and in the year following archdeacon
of Huntington in the place of Dr. Richard Gwent deceased.
[34] jje was chancellour for a time to Dr. Longland bishop of
Line, and to Dr. Ralph Bayne bish. of Litchfield, in which
offices he acted much against the Protestants, as John Fox
in his book of Acts and Monuments of the Church, &c. will
tell you. In the beginning of qu. Elizabeth's reign he was
committed prisoner to the Fleet, and sutFer'd much upon
account of religion. Nich. Saunders tells " us that one
Draycot archdeacon of York was ejected from that dignity,
or left it of his own accord in the beginning of qu. Eliza-
beth, but I find no such man in my catalogue of archdea-
cons of that place, which is punctually made from the re-
gisters of the church of York. " He seems to have kept
" the rectory of Draycot, and to have lived retiredly thei-e
" 'till the time of his death. There is this epitaph for him
" upon a plate of brass fixed on a grave-stone in the body
" of that church."
" Qui fuerat legum doctor clarissimus olim,
" Anthonius Draycott hac requiescit humo.
" Oxoniffi q\iondam viguit docuitque secundus
" NuUi, ae istius pastor ovilis erat.
" Annum si rogites Christi, si terapora fati,
" £cce characteres qui tibi cuncta notent.
" Obiit. An. Dora. 1570, 20 Jan."
Doctors of Divinity.
Jul. 3. Fath. Peter Lee a monk of the order of St.
Benedict.
This year, Jan. 2, Rowland Philisb M. of A. supplicated
for the degrees of bach, and doctor of divinity, and was, as
it seems, admitted. Soon after, by the power of the arch-
bishop of Canterbui-y he was thrust in warden of Merton
college. He was now vicar of Crojden in Surrey, one of
the canons of Paul's, a famous and notable preacher, and a
forward man in the convocation of the clergy, an. 1523, in
acting and speaking much against the payment of a subsidy
to the king.'
Incoi-porations.
May 2. George Henneage batch, of the canon law of
Cambridge,* archdeacon of Oxford and chaplain to John bi-
shop of Lincoln. — With him it was then dispensed that he
might' ' uti palliis ac sumptuoso omni vestitu, pellibus ac
serico pertinent.' In Apr. 1521 he was installed archdeacon
of Oxford on the death of Christoph. Urswyke, in 1528 he
» In Visib. Monarch, edit. 1592. lib. 7. pag. 666.
' [1507, 9 Juiiii Magr. Rowlamlus I'liiiippcs ad preb. de Bryghlling infra
occl. collog. de Ilastinges, per lib. resign, mag'ri Job. Haselrugge, ex pres.
Ht^n. regi>, ratione vacantia sedis Cice.str. Reg. WaThiim.
Holland. Philips coll. ad prrb. de Mea.^ou in eccl. Paul, 28 Nov. 1517,
per mort. Will. Matliom. Keel. S. Mar^ar. Pattens I^nd. resign, anno 1515.
Rowland Philips adniis.s. ad eccl. S. Mich. Cornhill Ixmdon, 14 Aug. 1517,
per niort. Petri Drayton, ad pres. mag'ri et custuduni Gilda Faiinarionun,
quara resign, ante 24 Sept. 15.38. Reg. FUyamei et Stnhexini.
1520, ult. Sept. Mag. lluulaiidus Philips clcr. ad eccl. de Mcstham in dec.
de Croydon per n\ort. ult. incuiiil). ex coll. ai^'epi. Reg. Warham, t'anl.
Kenxet.]
* [Bac. jur. can. Cautabr. 1510. Baker.]
' Reg. Copgrcg. IL fol. 81. a.
became dean of Lincoln on the death of John Constable,
who died 15 July in the same year, and in 1542 archdeacon
of Lincoln* upon the attainder of Richard Pates, I mean
him who was afterwards B. of Worcester. This G. Hen-
neagc died in 1549, and was buried in the cath. ch.
of Line, near to the tomb of Mr. Sim. Fotherbie, sometimes
chanc. of that church, directly before the image of the
Virgin Mary without her chapjjel. In the archdeaconry of
Line, succeeded Nich. Bullyngham in Sept. 1549, and the
same year succeeded John Taylor D. D. in the deanery.
Feb. 18. Nich. de Buhgo a Minorite, batch, of divinity
of the university of Parb. — He was an Italian born, did
succeed Dr. Tho. Brynknell in the reading of card. Wol-
sey's divinity lecture, lately erected in this university : And
when the matter of the divorce of K. H. 8. from qu. Katha-
rine was in agitation in the university, he shewed himself
so forward for it, that the women of Oxon did not only
scold at him publicly, but threw stones after him as he
passed along the street. Whereupon complaining of their
rudeness, thirty of them were the next day imprisoned in
Bocardo, where they continued 3 days and as many nights.
T find one Nicholaus Italus to be sub-commissary of this
university in Aug. 1534, whom I take to be the same with
Nich. de Burgo before-mention'd, a very learned man of
his time.
Feb. 19. Nich. Cracheb or Kratzer batch, of arts of
Colen and Wittenburgh.
In the month of Slay one John Taylor Dr. of decrees
and of the sacred canons beyond the seas, having been
lately incorporated at Cambridge, supplicated for incorpo-
ration in this university, which being granted, he was, as it
seems, taken into the bosom thereof.' — This person who
had been* archdeacon of Derby and Bucks, , p. ,.
and had been rector of Sutton Colefield in
Warwickshire, was clerk of the |>arliaments that sate in
1515, (7 Hen. 8.) and prolocutor of the convocation of the
clergy that was dissolved 21 Dec. the same year. In which
parliament and convocation, arose those most dangerous
seditions between the clergy and seculars concerning several
ecclesiastical liberties. In 1528, the said Dr. Taylor, who
had been employed in several embassies beyond the seas,
succeeded Tlionias Ilanyball in the mastership of the rolls,
and being discharged * in 1.534, was succeeded ^
in that office by Thomas Cromwell. He sue- edit''"* '"
ceeded Rokesley archbishop of Dublin in the
vicarage of Halifax, and died in the year 1534. This Dr.
Taylor, who was a learned canonist, and a statesman, was
born (being the son, I suppose, of a taylor) in a poor cot-
tage at Barton, in the parish of Tatinhills in Staffordshire,
and being the eldest of the Tremelli, which his mother had
'* [Recognitio solennis decani et capituli ecclesis cath. Line, de snpreroatii
regio palani agnitu, dat. 5 Ang. 1534. Subscribunt Georgius Heinage doca-
nus. Alii 71.
Siraili rccognitione raagistri et sociorum coUegii S. Trinitatis de Pateshalc
dioc. Line. dat. 6 Aug. 1534. Subscribiuit Georgius Heinage custos. Alii 6.
Ken.\et.]
* [Dr. Taylor incorporat. Cantabr. An. 1520. qnando difiu cardiualis
venit Cantabr. Regr. Baker.
Magistcr Job. Taylour decretonim doctor Cow et Lilchf. dioc. rector
ecclesicB paroch. de Bishops Hatfeld, Line. dioc. per lileras dimiss4>rias ordi-
natur sub<iiaeonus ]>er D. Tliouiam Pavaden. ep'um, auctoritate \\ ill. Lood.
ep'i, anno 1503. Reg. Warkain.
Mag. Job. Taylour A. M. presb. pres. par Ric. Crofte arm. (virttitc cod-
cess. per Riciini abbcm de Teukisbury et coDv. ejusd. proprictarios prioratiis
de Derburst) ad eccl. dc Moore per mort. mag. Kic. Birde 12 Feb. 1501.
Reg. Smyth.
Dr. Tayllor was made derk of the (urlianicut by patent, Oct. 39, 1 Heo. 8.
rot. 37. KtNNET.J
67
1524.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1524.
68
[38]
for queen Elizabeth ; but when the pope was stirretl with
jinctr, ujwn the resolution of the last to expel liis jiower
from England, he commanded * sir Edward Carne to lay
down his ollicu o( ambassador, and to take upon him the
government of the English hospital at Rome. Yet, as 'tis
thought by some, this crafty old knight did voluntary chuse
his banishment, out of a burning zeal to the Roman Catho-
lic religion, and eagerly desired to continue there, (tho'
sent for to cotne home by the queen) rather than to return
to his own country which was then ready to be overspread
with heresy, as he called it. He died at Rome on the 14 of
the cal. of Febr. acc(nding to the accompt there followed,
in 1561 (about which time the abbot of Martinego, the
pope's nuncio, was denied entrance into England) and was
buried there in the church belonging to the monastery of
St. Gregory in coelo.^ He was always accounted the last
ambassador of tlie kings of England to the pope, 'till
Roger, earl of Castlemain, was sent thither by king James 2.
an. 1687. "Sir Edw. Carne hath written divers letters
" from Rome, and other places in Italy relating to the
" divorce of K. Hen. 8. and qu. Katherine 1532, some of
" which are in Burnet's collection of records, vol. I. He
" hath also written several letters of state to qu. Mary,
" two of which are at the end of bishop Burnet's second
" volume of the UUtory of the Reformation, viz. A letter
" from Rome, shewing how the ]>OY>e dissembled with him
"concerning a general i)eace, dated Jime 9, 15.'S«; and
" another letter from thence to K. Philip and qu. Marycon-
" cerning the suspension of card. Pool's legatine power,
" dated 15 May 1557."
Jun. ult. Richard GwENT ofAllsouls college, principal
or chief moderator of Canon-Law-school, situated near St.
Edward's church. He was about this time archdeacon of
Brecknock, afterwards of London, (in the place, as it seems,
of one William Clyife,) dean of the Arches, and at length in
1542 archdeacon of Huntingdon, upon the jiromotion of
William Knight to the see of Bath and ^^'ells. He gave
way to fate in 154.3, being then archdeacon of two places at
le.ist (London and Huntingdon) and -was buried in the
middle of St. Paul's cathedral in London.' This person,
who was a Welsh man born, was well known to John
Leland the antiquary, who, in his Encomia illustrium &; eru-
ditorum Virorum in AiigUa, doth highly celebrate him, by the
name of Richard Ventanus juridicus for his virtues and
learning.
Feb. 13. Henry Morgan about this time principal of St.
Edward's hall, situated in the church-yard of St. Edward
and near to Canon-Law-school. He was afterwards bishop
of St. David.
Doctor of Canon Lmc.
Mar. 10. Richard Muge or Mugg of All-souls college.
He was now beneficed and dignified in the church, and was
accounted by all that knew him a learned canonist.
' Cambden in Annul. Reg. lithab. sub an. 1559.
* [\ id: sir Edw. Game's epitaph in Chiytrscus, his Vai-iorum Itinerum
Velich, p. 9. and my vol. 29. p. 130. Coi'k.]
' [15^8, 13 Apr. mag. Ric. Gwcnt dei ret. doctor, ad eccl. de Tangmer
in die. de Pagchani i)cr resign, luag'ri Hob. Clialner utr. juris doctorls, ex
coll. ar'epi pleno jure. Reg. H'ar/mm, Cmt.
1530, ult. die Alartij mag. Ric. Gwcnt decrct. docto rad cccl. paroch. S.
leonardi in vcnclla S. Vedasti, civil. lynd. vac. |>er resign, mag. Tlionia;
^Wdyshede ult iiicunih. ad prcs. abb. et conv. S. I'etri Weslruon. lb.
Rich. Gwent, S. T. P. admisss, ad eccl. S. Petri Clieaj) Lond. 17 Apr.
1534, per promot. Tlioma: Goodrychead e'patiun Elicn. Joli. Gwynncth cl.
ad eand. eccl. S. Petri Cheap, ly Sept. IS'W, jwr inort. Ric. Gwent. Reg.
indiatcy. KxMNET.]
Doctors of Divinity.
Not one was admitted this year, nor one supplicated for
the said degree, only Richard Stubbs or Stubbys, mas-
ter of arts, batchelor of divinity and master of Baliol col-
lege.
Incorporations.
May — William Middleton, doctor of the civ. law of
the university of Lovain.
June -^ Richard Bryncklev, a Minorite or Franciscan
fryer. Dr. of divinity of Cambridge, and, as our public
register saith, general minister of the Minorites throughout
England.^ His supplication, which was granted simplici-
ter, and his incor])oration, are set down in the said register
under this year (1524) yet perusing Cambridge » tables
containing the names of such who were admitted iloctcrs of
that university, he is put down there, under the year 1527,
as Ijeing then admitted D. of 1). In the said generalship or
provincialshij) he succeeded Dr. Henry Standish, (whom I
have mention'd among the wiiters) and wiis succeeded by
Ste])h. Baron, a Cambridge man, confessor to K. Hen. 8,
and an eminent preacher of his time.
This year, but the day or month appears not, was a sup-
plicate made for one Rowland Ler, doctor of the canon
law of Cambridge, to be incor])orated into that degree ; but
whether he really was so, 1 cannot justly tell, liis incorpo-
ration having perhaps been neglected to be regi.'.tered. This
Rowl. Lee was the son of Will. Lee of Morpeth in Nor-
thumberland, treasurer of Barwick, by Isabel his wife,
daughter and heir of Andr. Trollop, Kt. who, after he had
been educated in academical learning in S. Nicholas' hostle
in Cambridge, became first chancellor to Dr. JetTr. Blythe,
bishop of Litchfie d, and afterwaids prebendary of Corburgh
in that church. At length, for the several services he had
done to j)lease the unsatiuble desire of K. Hen. 8, (one of
which was the marrying him to the lady Anna BuUeyne)
was rewarded with the bishoprick of Litchfield ; to which
being elected by the name and title of Rowl. Lee, decreto-
lum doctor, canonicus & prsebendarius eccles. cath. Litchf.
was consecrated thereunto 19 Apr. 1534, and on the 8 of
:May following recei\ed ' the temporalities belonging there-
unto. In the year following he was made president of the
Marches of Wales, and dying at Shrewsbury 24 Jan. 1543,
was buried there.' He had a brother named George, dean
8 [Petrus Brikle3', ord. Minorum, S T.B. Cant: 1524. Brinklev, fr. ord;
Minorum, S.T.P. Cant. 15'27 Reg'r. An. 15s;7, lirynkley 'rater Minor,
S.T.D. De doctore Brynkley pro nou convivando, 5lib. 6s. 8d. Lib'r Procur.
Baker.]
9 At the end of the first edition of Antiq. Biitan. LccUsiie, Sec. by Slatth.
Parker, archb. of Can.
1 Pat. 26 Hen. 8. p. 1.
2 [Blag Rullandus Lee ordinatur p'br, LL.B. prebendar. in ccclesia de
Morton coUeg. 18 Dec. 1,)12. Keg. Smi^h, Line.
Roulandus Lee, deer, doctor, admiss. ad rcct. de Ashdon hi com. Essex,
2.1 Jul. 1512, quaiii resign, ante 11 Nov. 1533, cum in eadem successit
Georgius Lee, S. T. B. frater ejus.
Gcorgius Lee adniiss. ad rect. de South Sbowbnry, 4 .luii. 1596, ad pres.
Rolandi Ij<'e fratris sui, patroiii pro liac vice: ad reet. de V\oodfurd, 15 .lul.
1529, quam resign, amio scquenli: llesigiavit eliaiu eccl. de South Shobury
anno 1533.
1532, 19 .\ug. mag. Rollandus Lee deer. doct. adniiss. ad vicar. Saocti
Sep\ilcri extra Newgate, per mortem mag. Rob. Dykcr, ad prcs. regis. Reg.
Stokeflcy, E'pi Ijnui.
1532, 13 Dec. mag. Will. Copland, LL. B. admiss. ad vie. S. Sepulcii
extra Newgate, per resign. Itoliandi Lee. }b. KtN.vtr.
(An, 1542-3) This year and 27 Jan. Iiishop Rowland, being lord presy-
dent of the marches of Wales, was buryed in St. Cliaddes church, Salop,
before the biglie uulter there uuder a tombc of marble"M.S. vol. 36. p. 412.
69
1525.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1525.
70
t3t»]
h
^
of St. Chadil's in Shrewsbury,' who dyinp without issue, as
his brother the bisliop did, the sister of them named Isabel,
wife of Hog. Fowler of Staflbrdshire, became heir to them
both.
An. Dom. 1525.— 17 Hen. VIII.
The same.
Dr. MUSGRAVE.
Chancellor.
Commissary.
Proctors.
Anthony Sutton of Magd. coll.
John Tooker, lately of Exeter, now of Cardinal, coll.
Batch, of Arts.
.Tuly 17- Rob. Talbot of New coll. He was afterwards
an eminent antiquary.
Besides liini were about 68 that were admitted, and about
lO supplicated ; several of \v horn were afterwards dignita-
ries in the church.
Batch, of Civil Law.
Oct. ult. Robert Dobell. See more among the batche-
lors of can. law following.
Batch, of Canon Law.
July 11. .^NTH. BoKELEY Or BuLKLEY, of Ncw inn as it
seems. He was admitted doctor the next day, as 1 shidl
anon tell you, and was afterwards bishop of Bimgor.
Octob. ult. Robert Dobell. He is sometimes written
DovELL and Davel, and therefore I take him to be the same
with Robert Dovell or Davell, who occurs archdeacon of
Northumberland, an. 1531, being then, or soon after,
1(L. D. In the said archdeaconry succeeded Will, Carter,
(written sometimes Carther) D. of D. of Cambridge, col-
lated thereunto 3 Nov. 1558; and him Will. Kynge, M. A.
of King's coll. in Cambridge, afterwards batch of div. pre-
bendary of Canterbur) , and in 157;i canon of Windsor ; ■*
but the year when, I cannot tell ; and him also Ralph
Lever, M. A. collated thereunto 21 Aug. 15G6'.
Masters of Arts.
Mar. 31. Walt. Buckler of Mert. coll. See among the
batch, of div. in 15,^4.
July 6. Tho.mas Robertson, now a great villifyer of the
Huestionists in this university.
Feb. 8. George Cotes, now ;i3 it seems of Magd.
coll.
Feb. 8. Thomas Raynolds, lately of Merton, now of
Cardinal coll. See under the year 1536.
Rich. Cox of Cardinal coll. was admitted the same day.
He wa.s afterxvards bishop of Ely.
March 5. .Iohn Beckynsau of New coll.
Besides these, were about 42 masters admitted this year.
^ pic was master of .St. Joliii's hospital, Liclifield, prebendary of Bisliojjs-
.liill, Wciliiigton, and lastly treasurer of Lichfield. He died Jan. 24, 151'^,
and was buried in tlie collegiate cliurcb of St. Chad's. Churton, founders of
Brazen AW, p. 485.]
. ■• [Williilnnis Kynpc liabet lituras regina; <le pres. ad arcliidialuni Nor-
tliuinb. in ccclcsia calh. Dunelni. 1 Jauuar. 1 Kliz. 1569-60, Itynier, xv,
563.]
Batchelors of Physic.
Apr. 4. John Blyss, M. of \. of Merton coU. I shall
mention him anon among the doctors.
Nov. 14. Geoke Owen of the same coll. See among the
doctors in 1527.
Batchelors of Divinitij.
May 31. Father Will. Kendall, a Benedictine monk.
Jan. — Anth. Dunstan of the said order. He was after-
wards prior of Gloc. coll. in the suburb of Oxon, and at
length bishop of LandaiT.
Jan. — Fath. Tho. Bennet, Benedictine.
Fath. Roe. Gale, Benedictine.
Which four monks had a little before opposed publicly in
the divinity scliool.
There were eight more that were admitted this year,
(among whom Edw. Kyrkby and John Stockland, Cis-
tercians, were two, and Tiio. Hull, an Austin fryer, a
third) and three or more that supplicated for the said dtv
gree, of whom Edw. Staple was one. Mar. 9/ who after-
wajds was bishop of Meath in Ireland.
Doctors of Civ. Law.
July 12. Edm. Bonner of Broadgate's ball. He was
afterwards bishop of London.
Nov. — Rich. Foxford. * He was afterwards chancel-
lor and \icar gen. to Dr. Stokesley, bishop of London, and
as John Fox saith ^ a cruel persecutor and common butcher
of the good saints of God, meaning many poor Protestants
in the dioc. of London, an. 1,530, 31 and 32, whom he
eitlier condemned or troubled, or made them abjure. He
tclLs us also, that by a judgment from God he died suddenly
about 1533, as he was sitting in his chair, his belly being
burst and his guts falling out before him.
Doctors of Canon Law.
Jul. 12. Arth.Bokeley or Bulkley before mention'd.
13. Hugh ap Rice or Price. He was afterwards pre-
bendary of Rochester, treasurer of the cath. ch. of St.
Da^id, &c. By his will dated S Aug. 1574, and proved the
last day of the same month, he betjueathed threescore
pounds j)er an. to Jesus coll. in 0.\on, conditionixlly that he
might have the name of founder of it. In the margin of
the said will are his arms painted, viz. Gules a chei ion er-
niin between three flow-de lise or, which are .not the arms
that the said coll. now give or own, tho' the society acknow-
ledged him to be their founder.
Besides these two, were two others that su|)plicated for
the said degree, namely John Worthyall, lately principal
of New inn, " and afterwards archdeacon of Chichester
•' 1551," and Tho. Parker ; the last of which, tho' 1 Snd
him not admitted, yet about this time I liud ' him written
decretonim doctor collegiorum de Stafford 8c de Tainworth
decanus, &c. In 1522 he became chancellor of the dioc.
of Worcester in the place of Dr John Bell, who had suc-
ceeded Dr. Tho. IlanybaU in that office 1518, and after-
* [Ric. Foxford, L. D. coll. ad preb. de Wenlokes-biim, 23 Dec. 1530,
per niort. Edw. Sliarnbrokc. Petr. linghani, D. D. ad eand. SflJ Aug. 1533,
per niort. Fo.xford. Wt'i,'. l.ond.
Ilic. I'lixfonl adniiss. ad reel, de Harlinsiton com. Mid. 5 Jan. 1531.
Testanicnluni Will'i Lycbleld cancell. S. Pauli, Lond. 2 Nov. 1517. Lean
miig'ro llic'o Fiafor(le siholuri nun Ojon. xiiii. vis. viiid. MS. U. p. 30.
And see Newcourt, i. ii'2'i. Ken net.]
<* In the Act. ami Mm. of the Church, under the year 1633.
7 In oflic. anuoruni in lib. C. 10. fol. 96.
F* 3
71
1525.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1538.
n
wards was made chancellor of the church at Salisbury, in
the phice of one Edward Farmer ; which dignity he keep-
ing to the time of his death, was succeeded by Rog. Town-
iend in the beginning of Sept. 1538, but Townsend dyuig
Boon after, John Edmonds was collated thereunto 29 Octob.
foUowing.
Doctors oj Physic.
Apr. 5. John Blysse of Merton coll. He was a learned
physician and astronomer, as I have before told you xinder
the year 1507.
Doctors of Dicinity.
Mav 8. John Thornall or Thornhill, a Minorite or
grey frjer.
June 1. John Loysche, M. A. and batch, of div.
27. Will. Rashley, a Dominican or black fryer.
Jul. 3. John Cottysford, rector of Line. coll. After-
wards can. of the coll. at Oxon founded by K. Hen. 8.°
Martin Lindsey of the said coU. was admitted the same
day. He was a learned man, and died on the second of
March 1554.
Jul. 13. Tho. AVare of Oriel coll. Afterwards provost
thereof. He hath this character given of him by a learned'
person, vir, & vita & eruditione clarissimus. I find ano-
ther Tho. Ware, who was not a sec. priest as the former
•was, but a monk of the Cistercian order, and sometimes a
student in St. Bernard's coll. in the North suburb of Oxon.
Afterwards he became the last abbot of Falxley in Glouces-
fdnl tershire (in the place of Will. Beawdley) , and living to see his
I -^ house dissolved, and himself and his brethren turned out
thence, he retired to Aston, near to Thame in Oxford-
shire, where spending the remaining part of his days in de-
votion and retiredness, gave way at length to fate, in a good
old age, an. 1546, whereupon his body was buried in the
yard belonging to the church there.
Nov. 9. Roger Edgworth of Oiiel coll.
AViLL. Gryce, M. a. and batch, of div. was admitted the
same day. He died in 1.528.
For the said degree of D. D. supplicated (1) Anth. Mo-
LTNEArx ofMagd. coll. (2) Rob. Taylor, batch, of div.
(3) John Cabull or Cable, batch, of div. and abbot of
Newham, as the register saith, perhaps the same with John
Capul, a Dominican, who supplicated for the .said degree of
batch, of div. in 1524, and (4) Rich. Stokys, MA. and
batch, of div.
Incorporations.
Jul. 12. Tho. Courthop, B. of A. of Cambridge.
Octob. — Rob'. Sherton, D. D. of the gkxA university,
and about this time master of St. John's coll. ' there, and
J almoner to qu. Katharine. In 1527 he became canon of
Windsor in the place of Jeffry Wrenn, deceased ;' and dy-
ing in 1535, Dr. Sim. Haynes, master of queen's coll. in
* [Mr. Cottisford, preacher, among the royal commissioners to visit the
dioceses of Sarum, Exeter, Bath, Bristow, Glocester, anno 1 Ed. 6. Strype,
Mem. ofCranmer, p. 147.]
» George Carletonus in Vita Bern. Gilpin, edit. 1628. p. 32.
' [llob. Sherton, U.D. was then M' of Pcmbr. hall: he died Oct. 17.
15.S5. His will is dated Oct 8. An. 27. H. 8. proved Nov, 8. 1535.
£ Curia Prmog. Baker.]
» [Jalfridus Wrennc cap. admiss. ad occl. S. Margarets New-Fish-streef,
Lond. 25 Oct. 1512. V.-icabat jicr mort. ipsius ante, 8 Apr. 1527. Kf^.
Fitz/imca et TomtaU. Obiit 3 Apr. 1527, sopuUus in Uoscali jmrtc capclla
Windsor. Kknmet.]
Camb. (who was afterwards dean of Exeter,) ' succeeded
him in the canonry.
Nov. 5. John Clerke, M. of A. of Cambr.
——— John Fryer, M. of A. of Cambr.
Godfr. Harman, M. of A. of Cambr.
These three came to Oxon to be prefer'd in cardinal
Wolsey's coll. but they proving violent Lutherans, as Cox
ivnd Fryth (whom I shall anon mention) did, were forced to
leave that college. John Frjer was, upon account of re-
ligion, committed prisoner to the master of the Savoy,
where he did much solace himself with playing on the
lute, having good skill in music; for which reasou, a friend
of his would needs commend him to the master, but the
master answered. Take heed, for he that playeth is a devil,
because he is departed from the Catholic faith. Afterwards
he was set at liberty, and travelling beyond the seas, re-
turned to that religion wherein he was educated, was made
doctor of physic, and after his return, he settled in the
parish of St. Martin Outwich in Bishopsgate street in Lon-
don, where dying in the winter time, an. 1563, was buried
in the church there. " Nic. Saunders in his book De Fisl-
" bili Monarchid, lib. 7, (1856,1857) mentions two physi-
" cians of this name, who were constant to the Roman Ca-
" tholic cause, Joiin Fryer the father, who died in prison,
" and John Fryer the son who lived im exile at Padua. The
" incorporated" John Fryer, with Hen. Sumner and Richard
Coxe, had been bred in King's coU. in Cambridge, and
were esteemed excellent scholars ; but as for Florentius, a
Dominician, John Akers and Mich. Drumm, who came
with them, I know nothing, only the two last took the de-
grees in arts here, and Drumm one in divinity.
Dec. 7- Hen Sumner
B. of A. of Cambr.
These also came to Oxon to be prefer'd in card. Wolsey'a
college.
March 9. Edw. Staplb, M. A. of Cambr. now of Card,
coll.
Mar. 3. Edw. Wotton, M. A. of this university and
doct. of pliys. of an university beyond the seas, was then
incorporated doct. of phys.
Mai'. — John Allen, LL.D. beyond the seas. He was
afterward archbishop of Dublin.
An. Dom. 1526.— 18. Hen. VIIL
Chancellor.
The same.
Commissary.
Dr. Musgrave again, to whom Dr. Roper was substi-
tute.
Proctors.
Simon Ball of Mert. coll. Austr. April 11.
Thomas Byrton, lately of Magd. now of Cardinal coll.
Bor. Aril 11.
' [Simon Heynes, S.T.B. admiss. ad vie. de Stepney, 29 Jan. 1534, per
deprivat. Miionis Wyllen. Will. Jerome ad cand. 29 Mail, 1537, per
resign. Sira. Heynes. R(g. iMid.
Sim. Heynes, S.T. P. admiss. ad rect. de Fullham com. Middl. 27 Jul.
1536, ex coll. e'pi. Lond. Vac. per mort. ipsius ante 21 Oct. 1552- Ibid.
Kennet.J
73
16^6.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
15<26.
74
Grammarians.
Dec. 8. George Astley. AVliether he was admitted to
inform only, or batch, of gram, it appears not.
Not one beside him was admitted, either batch, or to in-
form J nor one in music.
Batchelors of Arts.
June '26. Edm. Wolfe one of the jun. canons of Card,
coll. — He had before spent two years in study in the univ.
of Cambr.
Jul. 2. Tho. Key or Kay about this time of Alls. coll. —
He is mention'd among the writers under the year 1572.
Besides these two were about 37 admitted.
This year, but the month or day I know not, was a sup-
plicate made in behalf of one Tho. Winter, * to be batch,
of arts ; but whether he was admitted, I cannot, in all my
searches, find. This Tho. Winter who was nephew (or
ratlier nat. son) to cardinal Tho. Wolsey, had several digni-
f4l] ties confer'd ujwn him before he wjis of age, by the means
of the said cardin.il : among which was the arclideaconiy of
York, or of the West Riding of Yorkshire, on the death of
Hugh Ashton, in which he was installed 31 August 1523,
being about that time chancellor of the church of Sarum in
the place of one Will. Wilton : also the deanei-y of Wells, in
the place of Dr. Will. Cosin sometimes fellow of King's
coll. an. 1525 ; and upon the death of Tho. Dalby, (wliich
■was in Jan. the same year) he had not only the provostship
of Beverly confer'd upon him, but also the archdeaconry of
Richmond ; in which last he was installed 24 of Mar. the
same year, &c. This Tho. Winter, with several others, af-
ter they had been maintained in the schools at Oxon by the
cardinal, were also by him maintained in the university of
Paris, to obtiiin, if possible, proficiency in such arts and
sciences which our universities in England could not yield.
The governor or tutor to Tlio. Winter was Tho. Lupset of
Corp. Ch. coll. in this university, to whom, as also to Win-
ter, the cardinal would write that the said Winter should
study the Dunce's logic questions, meaning, I suppose, the
logic questions of John Dunse. In the schools at Paris I
find him conversant in 1528, and what degree, or degrees,
he took there, I cannot tell. Sure I am, that about the
time of the cardinal's fall, he gave up all or most of his dig-
nities ; for about 1530 Dr. Rich. Wolman succeeded him in
the deanery of Wells ; and in Dec. 1539, Will. Knight LL.D.
succeeded in the archdeaconry of Richmond, and Edw. Lee
in the chancellorship of Sai-um in Feb. following. As for
the archdeaconry of York, he keeping it till 1540, then
resigned it ; whereupon Tho. \V^estby, bac. of div. was
installed therein 26 June the same year ; and whether he
continued to be the last provost of Beverly, I cannot in
truth tell. The arms, with which he sealed, did vei-y nmch
resemble those of cardinal Wolsey, as it appears in the
Office of Arms.
Batchelors of the Civil Law.
July 2. William Petre of All-souls coll.
Feb. — Rob. Geffry. — In 1531 he entred himself into
the soc. of the brethren of the order of S. Austin the
bermite.
* [In a treatise ag" cardinal Wolsey, this Tho. Winter b siud to have held
of the diurche's goods clearly more than 2000()ds per an. — 2700 lib. in the
jotJclea cliarged in pari, ag't cardinal Wolsey, and that the cardinal allowed
b'ua only *Q0 pds. per an. to live upon, Art. 87. Bakeb.]
Batchelors of the Canon Law.
July 2. David Pole or Poole of All-souls colL— He
was afterwards bishop of Peterborough.
Will. Petre before mention'd, was admitted batch, of
the canon, just after he had been admitted batch, of the
civil, law. See more under the doctors of the civil law, on.
1532.
Masters of Arts.
June 27- John Pollard. — ^This person, ivho was after-
wards at least twice proctor of the university, became areh-
de.icon of Wiltshire on the death of Edw. Finch, 15 Jan.
1538, and prebendary of Husbornc and Burbach in the
church of Salisbury on the death of Hen. Iden^ 23 Sept.
1556, &c.
Nov. 9. John Pekyns of Exeter coll. — ^The records of
that house say, that he was proctor of the university, canon
of Westminster, batch, of div. and a dignitary, &c. *
Feb. 25. Alexand. Belsire of New coll. — He was after-
wards the first canon of Osney, the first canon of the fourth
prebendship of Ch. Ch. and the first president of S. John's
coU. but whether batch, of div. it appears not in our regis-
ters that are in the latter end of K. Hen. 8. and all the time
of K. Edw. 6. very imperfect.
Besides these three were about 23 admitted, and about i
that supplicated, among whom Nigh. Udal of C. C. coll.
was one.
Batch, of Divinity. **
June 10. Fath. Will. Basyng a Benedictine.
26. John Holyman of New coll.
Fath. Rich. Talley a Cistercian, was admitted the same
day. — One David Tallby I have mention'd under the year
1508.
28. Frat. Edmund Bricot a Minorite.
Jul. 3. Fath. JoH. Lawerne or Lorne a Ben. monk of
Worcester, afterwards one of the first prebendaries there.
He died 1551. Besides the said John Lawerne 1 find ano-
ther of both his names, who was a Benedictine also, a monk
of Worcester, educated in ijhilosophicals and theologicals in
Glocester coll. within this university ; and at length was
doctor of divinity. He hath written (I) Actus contra Quatuor
Peccata, (2) Benedictiones St Laudationesin Vesperiis Oxon. (3)
Fariarum Rerum Epistolte, and (4) Qiucdam Chronici. AU
which I have seen bound together in one vol. with this note
following at the end, Expliciunt lectiones ordinariee Mri
Job. Lawerne S. pag. professoris, edita & public^ lectee in
scholis theologiae Oxon. an. Dom. 1448 & 49.
Feb. 18. Fr. Edw. Baskervyle a Minorite. — He was
afterwards guardian of the coll. of Minorites or Franciscans
in the South suburb of Oxon.
Besides these wei-e about 8 admitted, and 10 at least that
supjjlicated.
On the 12 of June this year Will. Knight M. A. suppli-
cated the ven. congregation to be admitted batch, of div.
and the next month supplicated to proceed in the same fa-
culty ; but whether either of them were granted, it appears
not. This Will. Knight I take to be the same with him
who was elected probat. feUow of Mert. coll. in 1503, and
not Will. Knight who was a civilian of New coll. and after-
wards bishop of Bath and Wells.
' [Joh. Pclcyns cler. admiss. ad rect. de Bradwell junta mare, com. EsKx,
,5 Mar. 1311, ad pres. Kathariuat rc(^s. Dcprivattia ante 1 Maii 1594.
JK<^. liaimer. Kemmbt.]
75
1527.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1527.
Doct. of the Canon Law.
Jan. 28. John Voysey or Veysey.
r49] For the same degree John Southwode did supplicate,
but was not admitted this year.
Doctor of Physic.
Julv 7. Will. Freeman. — He was afterwards fellow,
censor, and at length president of the college of physicians
at London.
Doctors of Divinity.
June 11. Roger Dyngley « of Alls, coll.— He was chap-
lain to K. Hen. 8. and had two, or more dignities in the
church.
Feb. 27. Fr. JohnPerrot (sometimes written Porret) a
Minorite, guardian or prior of the coll. of jVHnorites or
Franciscans, commonly call'd grey fryers, at Boston in
Lincoh\shire. I find one John Perrot to have succeeded
Martin Collyns in the chauntovship of York in Oct, 1.503, a
little beforevvhich time (in Sept.) tlie said Collyns became
treasurer of the church there, on the death of Hugh Trotter
D.D. who had been also provost of the church at Beverley. But
the said John Perrot being a secular priest, must not
be understood to be the same with him who was a Minorite.
Feb. 27. Fr. Tho. Kyrkham a Minorite, guardian of the
coU. of Minorites at Doncaster in Yorkshire. ' He was af-
terwards a very ze;ilous man against the divorce of K.
Henry 8. from qu. Katharine.
Besides these three, were but two that supplicated to be
D.D. viz. Rob. Carter of Magd. coll. and John Tych-
mersk a Cistercian of St. Bernard's college.
Incorporations.
May — Nic. Bradbridge M. A. of this university, and
D. of D. beyond tlie seas. See more among the doct. of div.
in 1508.
June — Will. Howe bishop of Orense in Spain, D. of D.
beyond the seas, and 16 years a student in this university,
was then incorporated D. of D.
Jun. 26. Tho. Forster bac. of arts of this university,
master of arts of Cambridge, and bac. of div. of Lovain in
Brabant, was tlien incorjiorated B. of D.
F'eb. — Rich. Wakham doctor of the civil law of the
university of Orleans in France. " He is stiled in one of
our ' registers archdeacon of Canterbui'y ; but he tliat en-
joyed that dignity now, wiis one ^Vill. Warhara, and there-
fore there is a mistake in the Christian name.
An. Dom. 1537.— 19 Hen. VIII.
Chancellor.
The same.
Commissary.
The same, viz. Dr. Tho. Musgrave j but he dying in
Exeter coll. this year, about tlie latter end of Aug. or
8 [He was one of tliosc who, witli \Villinm Grise of Magdalen college, was
rccomineniled to cariliiial Wolscy, for the purpose of revising the acaijemicij
statutes. Hegist. FF. (Bodl. Arch. A. 166.) Ep. 129. f. 69.]
7 [1.548, 8 Jun. TIio. Kjrkliaiu S. T. P. adiui-ss. ad eccl. S. Martini
Outwich, jier mortem mag. Nich. Wilson. Iteg. Bonner, Epi Land.
KEHNr.T.]
' [1.1-23, 17 .Vug. Mag. Ric. Warliam cler. ad eccl. de Cheyham in dec.
dc Croydon, |x-r resign. Georgii Santlcger clericus, ad coU. are'pi. Ileg.
. Warhmn, Cant. Kenset.]
» Beg. Cimgreg. H. fol. 161. h. 178. b.
beginning of Sept. (having made several supplicates in the
congregation of regents in the beginning of July going
before, in order to the taking the degree of D. of D.) Mar-
tin Lyndsey D.D. and fellow of Lincoln coll. officiated in
his turn till the beginning of Mich, term, and then he
giving up that employment, John Cottysford D. D. of
Lincoln coll. became commissary by the designment of the
chancellor, and took his oath 7 Dec. following.
Proctors.
Arth. Cole of Magd. coll. May 7.
Rich. Lorgan of Oriel coll. IVIay 7-
Batchelors of Grammar.
March ult. John Skerow or Sherow, or Skyeou, so
many ways I find him written, was then admitted batcli. of
grammar. In 1538, in Oct. 1 find him by the name and
title of John Sherovv batch, of grammar to lie candidate for
tlie degree of batch, of arts, but whether he was admitted it
appears not.
In Dec. this year John Pakr or Parry supplicated to be
admitted to inform, but not granted. See in 152!:?.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 5. Richard S.viith of Mert. coll.
John Ramridge of Mert. coll.
The former w.as afterwards an eminent ^vriter, and the
other dean of Litchfield, as I shall elsewhere tell vou.
May 21. Rich. Tavernek of Cardinal colL — 1 have men-
tion'd him among the writers, under the year 1575.
Rich. Sherrey of Magd. coll. was admittcl the same
day. He is also mention'd among the writeis an. 1550.
Jan. 16. Tho. Goldwell. — He wsis afterwards B. of St.
Asaph.
In all about 62, who were this year admitted.
Batch, of the Civil Law.
Feb. 18. Will. Bennet. ' I take this per.son to be the
same Will. Bennet who became archdeacon of Dorset upon
the consecration of John Stokesley to the see of London,
20 Dec. 1530, and the same who about that time was con-
stituted the king's orator ' to go to Rome to expedite the
matter of divorce from his consort queen Katharine. 1 find
him there in 1532, as by the dates of his letters sent thence to
the English court, appears : And in the year following, being
dead, ' Edw. Fox (who was afterwards bishop of Hereford)
succeeded him in his archdeaconry, 24 Nov. 1533. See
another AV'ill. Bennet among- the batch, of arts, an. 1512,
and another among the doct. of div. 1535.
Feb. 18. John Pope of AU-s. coll. — In 1554 he became
archdeacon of Bedford upon the promotion of Gilb. Bourne
to I he see of Bath and Wells, and about that time was made
residentiary of Line, cathedral. In Se])t. 1558 he was put
in warden of All-s. coll. by cardinal I'ole archbishop of
Cant, upon the resignation of Seth. Holland ; but never
came to the coll. for admission. He died at Lincoln on the
' [Will. Bennet L.D. coll. ad preb. de Ealdland in eccl. Paul, 26 Nov.
1.526. Hugo Baker A.JM. ad eand. 5 Oct. 1533, per niort. Will'i Bennet.
KE>fNi;T.]
3 [In conipany with Cranmer and others. Strype's Menwriah of Cramner,
9, where he is styled Dr. of the civil law, and so in bp. Burnet vol. i. p. 126.
Watts.]
■'' [[ suppose at Marseilles, as is shewn in an original letter of Bonner to
king Henry 8, Appemlir to Burnet, m, 39, where see the character given of
hiiu by the pope. Watts.]
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77
1527.
FASTI OXONfEN&ES.
1527.
78
11 of Nov. folloM'ing, and was buried in the nave of the
cathedral there. In his wardenship succeeded Dr. John
Warner a physician, in the hitter end of Nov. 155H, he
ha\ing-been warden bcibro, but left it in the reign of iiueen
Marv ; iind in liis iirchdoaconry of Bedford succeeded Midi.
Dunnyng LL. D. of Cambridge and dmncellor of the
diocese of Norwich, and him (who enjoyed it Ijut a little
while) Rich. Barber LL. 15. of Oxon. 14 March 1558.
Feb. IS. Huoh Corkn or Curwyn. — lie was afterwards
archb. of Dublin in Ireland.
19. Walter Wbyght — See more among the doct. of
law an. 1540.
Besides these, were about 15 that were admitted, and 6
that supplicated.
Batch, of the Canon Law.
Twenty two were admitted this year, among whom Rey-
nold Barnysley a Benedictine monk was one, July 8,
Thadd^us Raynold a sec. chapl. another Feb, IS. who,
if 1 mistake not, was an Irish man; and several Welsh men
besides.
Thirteen ako at least supplicated for the said degree, who
were mostly secular chaplains. Some of which were after-
wards admitted.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 5. John Marlow or Merlow of Mert. coll. — He
was afterwards treasurer of the cathedral church of Wells
and canon of the king's chapi)ol of St. Stephen within the
palace of Westminster. He died in the beginning of Oct.
1543. See among the batch, of div. in 1542.
Feb. 14. David Tolley of St. Marys haU.
One and twenty masters were admitted this year, accord-
ing to the public register, yet 37 stood in several acts cele-
brated in tlie said year.
Batch, of Physic.
Jid. 8. Simon Ball M. A. of Mert, coll.
Humph. Plewit M. A. of Mert. coll.
Both these were learned men, and the last a writer, as I
shall hereafter tell you.
For the said degree supplicated John de Lapeys M. A.
of an university beyond the seas, and John Mason M. A.
of AU-s. coll. who was afterwards a knight and a man of
note, as I have told you under the year :521, but whether
they were admitted, it appears not.
Batch, of Divinity.
May 29. Frater Anth. Papudo or Papodo a Portuguese
by nativity, and a Minorite by profession.
June 4. Fatlier Will. Sandwich a Benedictine. — He
was afterwards giiardian or warden of Canterbury coll. in
Oxon.
27. Tho. Levett a Benedictine.
Feb. 27. Fa. Rich. GoiiroN a Benedictine and batch,
of arts.
Nine more were admitted, and about 15 there were that
supplicated for the said degree, among whom John Hylsey
was one, aftei-wards bishop of Rochester.
Doct. of the Civil Law.
Nov. — Dav. Pole or Poole of All-s. coll.
Feb. — John Payne principal of New inn, and media-
tor or principal of the Ci\il Law school in St. Edward's
jiarish.
Two also there were that supplicated for the said degree,
viz. Hen. Russbl batch, of the civil law, and Tho. Brbb-
wooD or Brerevi'ood bac. of the said faculty of All-s. col*
lege. * A\'hich last was about this time canon of Kxetcr,
afterwards (about 153G) archdeacon of Barnstaple, and
chancellor to the bishop of Exeter.
Doct. of the Canon Law.
Nov. — Day. Pole or Poole before-mentioned.
Jan. — Henry Whyte. — He was afterwards principal
or chief moderator of the Canon Ijaw school, and is some-
times written i)raelector cathedrse juris canonici.
One Will. Clevton batchelor of degrees 8U])plicatcd to
be admitted doctor of the canon law, but he was not admit-
ted this year.
Doctors of Physic.
Feb. 13. Tho. Gwynne of All-s. coll.
George Owen of Mert. coll. was admitted the same day.
This person was born in the dioc. of Worcester, was admit-
ted fellow of Mert. coll. in 1519; afterwards he was phy-
sician to K. Hen. 8. fellow of the College of Physiciitns at
London, (ihysician to K. Edw. 6. and qu. Mary ; and dying
of a niidignant and epidemical feavcr 10 Oct. 1558, was
buried in the church of St. Stephen in Walbroke, London.
His memory is celebrated among the learned men of his
time By John ^ Lehmd, the antiquarian poet, and by John '
Paikhurst bishop of Norwich his fellow collegian. One of
his descendants of (lodstow near (ixon, whose Christian
name 1 do not yet know, was condemned to dye, 17 May
1615, for stilly maintaining that a prince may be removed
out of the way by death or otherwise, if lawfully excom-
municated by the pojie.
Doctors of Divinity.
Feb. 10. The ven. father John Newbolt a Benedictine
monk. — One Tho. Newbolt was abbot of Evesham next
before Clement Lychfield, whom I have mention'd iinder
the year 1501.
Nine this year appear to have supplicated to be doctors of
divinity, among whom were Anth. Duns 1 an a Benedictine
monk of Westminster and ])rior of Glocester coll. in the
suburb of Oxon. (See more in the year 153S,) Rich.
Thornden, who was afterwards suffragan bishop of Dover,
RoG. Otteford bac. of div. and a Benedietiue," Johk
Tybbys a Cistercian, &c.
Incorporations.
Jul. 8. Will. Armsted M. of A. beyond tlie seas.
Feb. 7. Jam. Blyth batch, of div. beyond the seas
(sometimes of this university) was then incorporated batch,
of div. — See among the doctors of div. 1.535. He was
installed canon of Wind.sor' in the place of Christoph.
Plummer " depri\ ed by attainder for refusing the oath of
•• [Tho. Brcrewood L. B. coll. ad prcb. de Sneating in ecd. P»a!. 2? Jan.
l.itS, per resign. Edm. Underwood; quam resign, ante tS Aog. 1534.-
Kennet.J
i In I'rinciimm ^- eruditomm in Anglia Virorum Enamia, Trophetit, ic.
Limd. 1589, l>. 9^
8 In Epigrammat.Juvenit. Lond. 15r3, p. 45, 46.
7 [.lacobiis Blitli A. M. adiniss. ad eccl. S. Alliaiii Woodstrrct Lond. IT
Xov. 1d'_'4, piT rosi:;n. llic. \Viniiosmori-, ad prc.s. pra-posili et sociorum coll.
Regal. 15. JNIaria! Eton, quam resign, ante S6 Jan. 15i!5. Reg. Tmutall, et
Bmna; Fp'p Umd. Kennft.]
» [Christopli. riiimmer coll. ad preb. dc Cadiogton major in eocL Paul, 9
Jul. 1515. llcg. Fitrjama. Ke.vnet.]
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79
1628.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1528.
80
succession, 25 Aug. 1536, and had other dignities ; and
dying in 1546> he was buried in St. George's chappel at
Windsor.
Ak. Dom. 1528.— 20 Hen. VIII.
Chancellor.
The same.
Commissary,
Dr. John Cotttsfokd.
Proctors.
John Bellbtory chapl. of Mert. coll. elected Ap. 22.
Walter Buckler fell, of the said, and canon of Cardinal
coll. elected Ap. 22.
Grammarians.
Nov. 5. Christoph. Haldesworth a seculai' chaplain.
One Tho. Myttons an instructor of youth at Banbui'y
in Oxfordshiie, and John Parry a secular chaplain did sup-
plicate to be admitted, but whether they were so, it appears
not.
BatcheloTS of Arts.
May 16. John Standish of Brasen-nose coll. — He was
soon after of Corpus Christi.
Jul. 15. Gilb. Bourne. — He was afterwards of All-souls
coll.
Will. Bradbridge or Brodbridge of Magd. coll. was
admitted the same day.
July 24. John Parkhuest.
Nov. 5. Rich. Moryson.
June 24. Will. Pye of Oriel coll.
All which were aftei"wards either writers or bishops.
Besides them were about 50 admitted this year, and about
SO that supplicated, who were not admitted.
Batchelor of Law.
Six were admitted in the canon, and eight in the civil
law. Nine or thereabouts supplicated to be graduated in
the former, and about 7 in the other, but not one of them,
can I yet find, was afterwards a bishop, writer, or a
dignitaiy.
Masters of Arts.
Jul. 14. John Doone of C. C. C. — He was a noted Gre-
cian, greek reader of that house, and afterwards dean of
the king's chapel, and well dignified.
About thirty were admitted this year ; and about eleven
supplicated to be masters, but were not admitted.
Opponents in Divinity.
Jun. 18. Father Will. Beawdley abbot of Flaxley of
the Cistercian order, in Glocestershire.
July 3. Father Will. Harford or Hartford of the
order of St. Benedict. — He was about tliis time an abbot
or a prior.
These two I cannot find to be admitted batch, of div.
which usually follows opposition in that faculty, and there-
fore I have put them here.
Batchelors of Divinity.
June 26. Father John Byle or Beyley a Benedictine, a
monk of Tewksbury in Glocestershire ; as John Wisli wiia
the last abbot.
July 15. Tho. Cannkr now of Cardinal, lately of Magdl
coll. — In 1,532, he was made the eighth canon of tlie coll.
of king lien. 8. founded on that of card. Wolsey (of which
he had been made the first canon by the cardinal) and in
1542 he was admitted provost of the free-chappel of St.
Nicholas under Hampden in the dioc. of Wells, and had
other dignities bestow"d on him.
Edw. Leyton or Leighton " M. of A. and canon of
" Cardinal coll." was admitted the same day. — ^This person
did about this time solely give himself up to please the un-
limited humour of the king, as another of his sirname did
about the same time. " See " Rich. Leyton" in the year
1506. " Quare whether this Edw. was D. D. of Oxon.
" Dr. Leighton liath written Resolution of some Questions
" concerning the Sacraments; he hath idso written Resolutions of
" Questions relating to Bishops and Priests, and of other Matters
" tending to the Reformation of the Church began to be made
" by King Hen. 8. See in the collection of records, at the
" end of bishop Burnet's History of the Reformation." »
17. Will. Tresham of Mert. coll.
Jul. 18. Fath. Thom. Essex l ^ ^, , » o m
T? u or. p u -iir t of the order of S. Be-
Feb. 20. Fa. Humph. Webley > ,.
Mar. 11. Fa. Will. Bennet 3 n^uict.
Which three fathers were either abbots or priors.
Mar. 11. Fu.Tho.Sparke aBenedictine monk. — He was
now, or soon after, prior of a certain cell, as it is men-
tioned in the public register of this time, wherein it is fur-
ther added that in 1529 he was about to leave the university
cum pannis suis to go to the monastery at Duiham.'
Fa. John Else a Dominican was adm. this year, but the
day or month appears not.
Besides these, were four more admitted, and eight at
least that supplicated, of whom John Bekinsau of New
college was one.
Doctors of Civil Law.
June 25. Tho. Baggard originally of New inn, after-
wards one of the first canons of Cardinal college. — In 1535
he became cliancellor of the diocese of Worcester, in tlie place
of one Dr. Tho. Parker, and in the 33 Hen. 8. Dom. 1541,
he was named the very first canon or prebendary of the first
stall in the church of Worcester by the king, wlien he
changed the prior and monks of that place into a dean and
canons. He died in 1544, and was succeeded in his chan-
cellorship and prebendship of Hob. Jolmson LL. biic. whom
1 shall mention elsewhere.
Jidy 13. Rob. Hunt a secular chapli»ln and principal of
supreme moderator of the Civil Law school in St. Edward's
parish, Oxon.
Fob. 26. Tho. Barret of New inn. — He was soon after
j)rincipal of the said inn, and in 1540 became canon of
Kint!;'s coll. or the coll. founded by K. Hen. 8. on the site of
that of cardinal Wolsey.
One John Hewys LL. biic. who had practised the said
faculty in the court of the lord cardinal, (Wolsey) suppli-
cated to be doctor of the civil law, but occurs not admitted.
I take this person to be the same with Dr. Kewes, who waS
a forward man in examining Protestants that were to suffer
upon account of religion in (pieen Mary's reign. " Qujere
" whether the same with John Hewys fellow of Mert. coll.
" 1503."
Doctors of Canon Law.
Feb. 17. John Southwode fellow of Wykeham's college
near Winchester, and canon residentiary of \\'ell.s. — He died
and was buried at Wells.
26. John Rede sometimes of New colL now fellow of
5 [Jlr. Edw. Lfi(;litoii, priest, buried in St. Margaret's Westminster,
Nov. M, 1549. Tanner.]
' [Qu. if not bisliyp of Barwick? Cole.]
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81
15'Jf).
FASTI OXONIENSRS.
•1549.
83
[46]
Wykeham's coll. before-mentioned — I have spoken of ano-
ther John llede in the year llj07.
One Rob. Woodward warden of All-s. coll. occurs doctor
of degrees this year, but when he was admitted, it appears
not. Will. Cleyton also (mentioned in 1.527) who had prac-
tised the canon law several years in the court of the lord
cardinal (Wolsey) supplicated to be admitted doctor of that
faculty, but occurs not admitted.
Doctors of Divinity.
Jan. 29. Father Robert Basyng a Benedictine. — He was
about this time an abbot or prior.
There also supplicated for the said degree Fa. William
Thryske abbot of Fountaines in Yorkshire, Fa. Rich.
Gloucester a Benedictine, and as I think an abbot, Tho.
Marshall, &c.
(^ Not one incorporation this year, only that of Rich.
Porte M.A. of Cambridge Ap. 2. which is all 1 know
of him.
An. Dom. 1629.— 21 H«»f. 8.
The same.
Dr. Cottysford,
Chancellor.
Commissary.
Proctors.
John Warker of All-s. coll. Apr. 7-
Tho. Duke of New coll. Apr. 7.
The senior of which proctors, was, after he had been
7 weeks in his office, admitted to the reading of the apho-
risms of Hypocrates.
Batchelors of Arts.
Dec. 3. John Shepreve or Shepry of C. C. coll. now in
great esteem for his sufficiencies in the Greek and Hebrew
tongues.
13. John V^'^hyte of New toll. — He was afterwards suc-
cessively B. of Line, and Winchester.
Forty eight more, or thereabouts, ^vere admitted, and but
six supplicated for the said degree, who were not this year
admitted.
Batchelors of the Civil Law.
March 3. Hen. Cole of New coll. — I have spoken largely
of him among the writers.
Besides him were but ten batchelors of the civil law ad-
mitted, and but one that supplicated for that degree.
Batchelors of the Canon Law.
Apr. 2. John Salysbury — I take him to be the same
who was afterwards bishop of the isle of Man. Qu.
Dec. 2. Will. Thomas — See among the writers under
the year 15.54.
Fifteen in all were admitted this year, and about nine
there were that supplicated, who were not admitted.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 13. Owen Oglethorpe of Magd. coll. — He was af-
terwards bishop of Carlisle.
June 21. John Akers a can. of Cardinal coll. — He was
sometimes of the university of Cambridge,* where he was
esteemed a learned man, &c.
s [An. 1525-6, conceditur Joh. Akars ut 12 termini sufficianl ci ad re-
spondend. qusestioiu, sic quod ejus adinissio stet pro Completa detcnnina-
tiune, CO quod electus est scliohisticus in collegio Cardiiialis ct adesse noil
potest. Keg. Acad. CatU. Bak£R.]
" Nov. 24. EoM. Shetheb of All-s. coll. — ^This pemon,
" whom I shall mention under the year 1535, among the
" proctors, became, by the favour of archbishop Cranmer,
" one of the six preachers at Canterbury, to set before the
" people the abuses of the pope and popery in their sermons
" 1540, &c. See in Rob. Searle in Fasti 1532; but be-
" cause he retained much of his popish zeal, or that he did
" not preach eager enough against the jjope, he anil Rob.
" Serle were put to a recantation for some unsound pas-
" sages that they had preach'd ; as in the Memorials of Archh.
" Cranmer lib. 1. cap. 24. p. 94. An. 1541. In 1542 he
" preach'd at Sandwich several things displeasing to Cran-
" mer and the reformers. Ibid. lib. 1. cap. 25. p. 105. He
" appeared an enemy to the archbishop when he was under
" a cloud 1543, and one of the forwardest in that invidious
" biLsiness, Ibid. lib. 1. cap. 26. p. 114. But when the arch-
" bishop's cloud was over, Shcther wrote a letter of «ub-
" mission to him. Ibid, in appendix to the Memorials, p. 70."
Besides these three, were about 25 admitted, and but six
that supplicated for the said degree, among whom were
Rob. Talbot of New coll. afterwards a learned and Judicious
antiquary, Tho. Goldwell, afterwards bishop of St. Asaph,
and Leonard Cox the learned schoolmaster of Reading in
Berks.
Batchelor of Physic.
Jun. ult. John Warner M. of A. fellow of .411-s. coll.
and one of the proctors of the university was admitted batch,
of physic, and at the same time was licensed to practise the
same faculty. — He was a learned man of his time, but hath
published nothing, and a great intruder into ecclesiastical
benefices ^nd dignities, as I shall tell you elsewhere.
Opponents in Divinity,
May 7. Father John ap Rice a Cistercian, and abbot of
Stratmarkell in the diocese of St. y\sa|ih. — He was now resi-
dent in St. Bernard's coll. where he obtained his knowledge
in divinity, but whether he was admitted to the reading of
the sentences which usually follows opposition in divinity,
it appears not. The other two fathers that opposed with
hiui were admitted, as I am now about to tell you.
Batchelors of Ittcinity.
Jun. 29. Futh. Rich. IIorte or Hart 7-, ..„, ■ .
.■V .. .-. .1 r.^ I, ^\,an. regulars.
Dec. 17. tath. Iho. Bylond ) °
Both which were about this time cither abbots or priors.
For the said degree (to which but 4 in all were iidmitted)
suppliciited at least nine, among whom were Fatli. John
Hayward a can. regular, (the same, if I mistake not,
that fitted for the university father Rob. Persons the Jesuit,
as 1 have before told you) foth. Tho. Richmond a Cister-
cian monk, Fath- Jo. Wygge an Austin fryer, &c.
Doctors of Law.
Not one in the canon, or ciinl law was admitted, or did
proceed this year.
Doctors of Diciiiity.
Dec. 16. John More.m an of Exeter coll. — This person
who was very learned in his time, and hath (as 'tis thought)
written several matters of his faculty, but lost, was born at
Southole in Devon, and after he had left his coll. became
vicar of Mayhanet in Cornwall ; where, with much' labour,
he tiuight the ))arishioners to say the Lord's jjrayer, belief, •
and 10 conuuandmcnts in the English tongue, about il.c
*G
63
1629.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1530.
84
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latter end of the reign of king Hen. 8. being the first of all
that did so in that country.' He was afterwards, as 'tis
said, dean of Exeter,* and being coadjutor to the bishop
thereof, was (as John Fox ' saith) made bishop of that place
after his decease. This coadjutorship was in Oct. 1554, as
he saith J but how he could succeed the then bishop (who
was Dr. Voysey) I cannot yet perceive. Voysey died in
1555, and Dr. Moreman died at Maylianet, before October,
1554.
Feb. 1. Fath. Edm. Bbycot a minorite or Franciscan.* —
One IJrycot was a famous philosopher of O.'con, as his books
shew, but his Christian name 1 think was Thomas. This
Brycot was the same, if I mistake not, with Dr. Brycot
parson of Hadham ' in Hertfordshire in the reign of
qu. Mary.
17. Fr. Tho. Charnock a Dominican or black fryer.
24. Rich. Mawdley or Mawdlen archdeacon of JLei-
cester. — ^ThLs person who was a zealous and fre{iuent
preacher against the Lutherans died in 1530, wliereupon
Steph. Gardiner dr. of the civ. law of Cambridge succeeded
him in that archdeaconry, in the latter end of March 1531 ;
but he keeping it but 'till Sept. following, was then suc-
ceeded in tliat dignity by Edw. Vox, who Wcis afterwards
bishop of Hereford. " There was one Dr. Maudlin, that was
" tamper'd with by Walter lord Hungerfbrd (who was be-
" headed in A. D. 1540) to use conjuring, to know how
" long K. Hen. 8. should live. (IJisliop Burnet's Hist. Re-
" formation, lib. 3. p. 361.)"
24. Will. Mortymer. — He was soon after Margaret
professor of this university.
Mar. 15. Rob. Cooke. — He, with Mortymer, Moreman,
and Mawdlen, before-mention'd, were zealous enemies
against the king's divorce from qu. Katharine this year.
Incorporations.
Nov. 17. John Hopton a Dominican or Black fryer, D.
of D. of the university of Bononia, was incorporated by
these words spoken by the commissary from the chancellor's
chair. Pater Johan. nos admittimus te & incorporanms ad
standum in eodem gradu & statu, quo stetisti Bononiae : ac
concetliraus facultateni legend!, disputandi, reliquaque fa-
ciendi, quae spectant ad doctoris statum in ilia fb.cultate
incorporati, &c. See more in the year 1532.
Feb. 19. Leonard Cox batch, of arts of Cambridge. —
Afterwards he supplicated for the degree of master, as 'tis
before told you.
Mar. 15. Rob. Aldridge M. of A. and batch, of div. of
Cambridge, was incorporated B. of D. — See among the
doctors of div. in the year following.
' [The Lord's Prayer, the Apostle's Creed, and the ten Commandments
have been used i n Cornish beyond all remembrance, saitli Mr. Carew hi his
Swrvei) of CormcaU, finished April 23, 1602, 4to. Kennet.]
* [The rebels in Cornwal anno 1549 demanded two divines of the Popish
•tamp to be sent to tlicm to preach, namely Moreman and Crispm, who both
•ceraed now, being priests of that country, to be under restraint upon suspi-
cion, ace. Strype, Memor. ofCranmer, p. 186. Kennet.]
* In ills Acts and Mmuitnents of the Church under the year 1354.
* [Edm. Brygotte S.T.P. coll. ad preb. de Portpool in eccl. Paul.
I* Sept. 1554. Edm. Parkinsou A. M. ad eand. 5 Dec. 1565, per mort.
Brygotte.
Idem Edm. Brygotte coll. ad rcct. de Tliorley com. Hertf. 22 Oct. 1545 ;
ad rcct. de Wiley, com. Essex, 31 Jan. 1547, quam resign. 1548: coll. ad
rect. de Hadham magna com. Hertf. 2 Nov. 154». Ecclesia de Thorlcy vac.
per mort. ipsius si registry fides, ante 28 S<-pt. 1362. Kennet.]
' See more ol him ui Jo. Fox h'u book of Acts und Mon. of the Church, Uc.
under the year 1554.
An. Dom. 1530. — 22 Hen. 8.
Chancellor.
The same, viz. D. Warham archbishop of Cant.
Commissary.
Dr. CoTTVsFoHO, with his deputy Dr. Lyndsey.
Proctors.
John Warner again. May 4.
Thomas Duke again. May 4.
Which proctors were continued in their places by the
command and letters of tlie lord cardinal, directed to the
chief members of the university.
Grammarians.
May 12. George Corney wiis admitted to inform, &c.
Hen. Tapper, who had partly studied in this, and partly
in the univ. of Cambridge, supplicated to be admitted; but
whether he was so, it appears not.
Batchelors of Arts.
Mar. 30. Will. Chedsey of C. C. coll.
July 13. Fath. Hen. Bagwell a canon regular of the
order of St. Austin, of St. Mary's coll. was then admitted B.
of A.
18. Hugh. Weston of Line. coll.
Dec. 12. John Hoker of Magd. coll.
Feb. 16. Will. Harrison. — Qucere.
Rob. Record was adm. the same day, but of what house
he now was, unless of All-s. coll. I know not.
All which, except Bagwell, were afterwards writers.
Six and fifty liatch. of arts or thereabouts, were tliis year
admitted, and about eleven there were that supplicated for
the said degree, that were not the same year admitted.
Batchelors of Civil Law.
Apr. 2. John Salysbury. — In the year going before he
was admitted bach, of the can. law.
" April 3. Will. Dedicote — he was about this time
" prior of Cranbourn in Dorsetshire, wliicli was now a ceU
" to Tewksbury abbey of the Be)ie<lictine order in Gloces-
" tershire, he was the last prioi' and had lOl. per an. allowed
" him for his pension."
" July 18. Will. Cook or Coke of New coll. was ad-
" mitted batch, of civil law. — Quaire whether the same with
" Will. Coke LL. D. of All-souls coll. 1536. See card. Wol-
" sey's life, p. 55."
Batchelor of Canon Law.
" Apr. 3. John Harvey — One Robert Harvey LL. B.
" was made 20 May 1540 by ai-chbishop Cranmer, his com-
" missary at Calais, and parts adjacent — A great prosecutor
" of heretics — See in Fox."
Twelve, or more, were this year admitted in the canon,
and about eleven in the civil, law ; and thirteen or more
supplicated for the degree of the former, tuid but two for
the latter.
Masters of Arts.
July 15. Rich. Smythe of Mert. coll.
•— John Ramhidge of Mert. coll.
Dec. 12. Tho. Key or Cay of .\ll-s. coll.
Mar. 10. Richard Sherrey of M.igd. coll.
Mich. Dru.mm canon of Cardinal coU. was admitted the
same day.
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86
These, except Rambridgc aiul Di-uuun, were afterwards
writers. Hamridge was afterwards dean of Litchfield, as I
sliall tell you in another place; and Drumm, who had been
formerly of Cambridge, was esteemed a learned young man
there, " and afterwards made one of the six preachers at
" Canterbury." *
Batchelors of Divinity.
May 13. Fath. Steph. Merley or Marley Benedictine.
Fath. RoG. Bell Benedictine.
June 22. Fath. John Dunster a Canon Regular.
Octob. 15. Fath. John Slatery a Dominican.
Mar. 4. Fath. Edm. Wetherden or Metherden, a Be-
nedictine.
Five besides these were admitted, and 13 at least suppli-
cated for the said degree, among whom Tho. London a
Cistercian was one, John Okeley a Carme another, and
Will. Jerome a Benedictine a third, but were not ad-
mitted. " Quffire, whether he was the same with Hie-
" rome, who suffered death by burning with Dr. Rob.
" Bains and Tho. Garret 1541. See Fox."
Doctors of Law.
Not one was admitted this year either in the canon, or
civil law ; and but one in the canon law that supplicated to
be doctor, whose name was Will. Draper LL. B.
Doctor of Physic.
J\A. 15. Humph. Blewet of Mert. coll. — This person,
who was a learned physician and astronomer, was born in
the dioc. of Hereford, wrote a book De Peste evitanda, but
never printed ; and dying several years after at Calais in
France, was there buried.
Doctors of Divinity.
Mar. 26. John Holyman .sometimes of New coll. now a
zealous preacher against the Lutherans, and a stiff agitator
against the king's divoix'e from qu. Katharine.-^He was
aftei-wards bishop of Bristol.
Apr. 3. Rob. Aldridge, who in the year before was in-
corporated B. of D. was then admitted or licensed to pro-
ceed— He was afterwards bishop of Carlisle.
Incorporations.
John Heryng batch, of law, and now or lately fellow of
AU-s. coll. and doct. of the civ. law of an university beyond
the seas, wjis incoiixirated ; but the particular time when,
I know not. — In 1543 he became prebend of East Harptiey
in the church of Wells by the attainder of Rich. I'ate or
Fates.
Simon Matthew batch, of div. and fellow of King's coU.
in Cambridge, was aljout the same time also incorporated,
but the day or month I know not. This person, who was
born at Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, and about tliis time
a godly residentiary of Paul's cathedral and vicar ofPres-
cott, preached many learned sermons against the pope, one
or more of which were afterwards published in print.
D. Hen. Whyte principal of Can. Law schofj, is stiled
by the name of commissary 5 June this year.
Proctors.
John Pollard April 19.
Geo. Cotes Magd. coll. April 19.
Grammarians.
June 4. NicH. Badock sec. chaplain.
Jul. 10. Rich. Fletcher sec. chaplain.
Jan. 30. RoG. Ford sec. chaplain.
Which three were admitted to inform in that faculty
and John Richardys supplicatetl.
Batchelors of Music.
June . . . James Northbroke a secular chaplain
In the same month supplicated for that degree one Tho
Tayler a secular chaplain alsoj but whether admitted, 1
nnd not. '
Batchelors of Arts.
coll. — He waa after-
June 23. James Brokes of C. C.
wards bishop of Glocester.
" Jan. 17. Rich. Turner of Magd. cM. supplicated for
" the degree of batch, of arts, but I don't find him admitted
" nor his name among the determiners. '
Jan. 23. Armigell Wade or Waad of Magd. coll. as It
seems.
Feb. 5. Patrick Walsh.— He was afterwards bishop of
Waterford and Lismore in Ireland.
In all about 50, besides ten at least that supidicated, who
were not admitted.
Doctor of Music.
Dec. . . . John Gwyneth or Gwynneth a secular priest,
\\ho had spent twelve years in the praxis and theory of
music, and had composed all the responses of the whole
year in di\ ision-song, and had published many masses in
the said song, supplicated that these his labours might
enable him to be admitted to the praxis of music. 'I'liis
being granted conditionally that he compose one mass
against the act following, he supplicated again that whereas
he had spent 20 years in the praxis and theory of music,
and hiul imblished three masses of five parts, and five inassee
of four, as also certain symphonas, antiphonas, and divers
songs for the use of the church, he might be admitted to
proceed in the faculty of music; that is, be made doctor of
that faculty: which desire of his being granted, condi-
tionally that he pay to the university, on the day of his ad-
mission, 20 pence, he was foiihwith licensed to proceed.
See among the writers under the year 1557".
An. Dom. 1,531. — 23 Hen. 8.
Chancellor-
The same.
Commissaries.
Dr. Cottysford again.
* [Extat epistola Mich. Drumm scripta Bullingero, c collegia Magd. O.xon.
&c. apud Quirinuiu Reuteiura, Offcubacliii, 1610, cl in coUeclioue literaruni
4to. Bakeii.]
Batchelors of Civil Law.
May 8. John Storie of Henxsey hall. — See among the
doct. 1538.
Dec. 4. Rowland Merick. — ^He was afterwards bishop
of Bangor.
Besides these two, were but four more, who were ad-
mitted in the said faculty, and but one that supplicated.
Batchelors of Canon Law.
About 20 were admitted, among whom Rob. Fynch,
who is written subdecanu.s, was one; Rich. Hallsall, a
secular chaplain and compounder tor his degree, another ;
and some \V'elsh men.
Fi\c also suj)plicated for the said degree, of whom the
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of the civ. law, and
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senior waa .Ieffery Leyson batch
three more of that degree.
Masters of Arts,
June 16. Thomas Goldwell.
July IK John Standish of C. C. coll.
The first was afterwards bishop, and the other a writer.
Besides these were about 20 who were admitted, and but
three supplicated for that degree.
Batchelor of Physic.
Feb. . . . David Tolly M. of A. of St. Mary's hall. — Tliis
learned physician supplicated for the degree of doctoj- of liis
faculty in 1533, but was not, as I can yet find, admitted or
licensed to proceed. "^
Batchelor of Dimnity.
July 13. Hen. Williams of C. C. coll. — On the '28 of
Sept. 1535 he was admitted prebendary of Osbaldwick in
the church of York, and on the 20 Sept. 1537, canon of
Windsor, (in the place of Rob. Aldridge promoted to the see
of Carlisle) being about that time also canon of the col-
legiate church at Southwell in Nottinghamshire, canon of
the King's coll. in Oxon, and rector of West lldesley in
Berks. His canonry of the said coll. at Oxon he lost when
K. Hen. 8. was about to convert it into a cathedrsil, an.
1545, in consideration of which, he had given to him an
yearly pension of 20 1. per an. during his life. As for Wind-
sor, York, and SouthweD, as also the prebends of lied-
mynster and Radeclj-ve in the church of Sarum, (to which
he was collated in Jan. 1534, in the place of Edw. Powell
D. D.) he was deprived of them in the time of qu. Mary,
an. 1554, either for being married, or that he was a zealous
Protestant, or both.
Jul. 17. Path. John Tyndall a Cai-me or Wliyte Fryer.
Octob. 2. Path. Tho. Kampswell or Kamyswell a Be-
nedictine monk — He was the last prior of the monastery of
the Benedictines at Coventry.
Nov. 89. Fath. Tho. Adreston or Aderston Austin
frj-er.
Jan. 20. Fath. Donat. Machive Austin fryer.
22. The venerable Tho. Marshall a compounder. — In
1554 he was made archdeacon of Lincoln in the jilace of
Nich. BuUyngham ; in which dignity he was succeeded by
John Aylm'er or Elmer M. A. an. 1562. One Tho. Marshall
supplicated in 1528 to be doct. of div. but I take him to be a
Dominican.
Feb. 1. Fath. Laurence Seymore sub-prior of the coll.
of Cannes in the North suburb of Oxon.
Mar. 16. John Robyns M. A. of Alls. coll.
Besides these, were ten more admitted, among whom
fath. Matthew Devins a Cistercian of St. Bernard's coll.
was one ; and about nineteen supplicated for the said de-
gree ; of which number, fa. Rich. Bruerne a Benedictine,
was one, and John Gibbys, a Carme, another.
One fath. John Savage, an Austin fryer, was admitted
this year to oppose in div. but whether admitted batch, of
that faculty, it appears not.
Doctor of Lam.
Not one, either in the canons or civil, law, was admitted
this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
Octob. 10. Fath. Rich. Tuobnden, sometimes written
Thornton, a Benedictine, guardian or warden of Can-
terbury coll. in Oxon. He was afterwards bishop of
Dover. '
Jan. 17. Rich. Coren or Curwyn, canon of the King's
coll. in Oxon, and of the king's chappel of St. Stephen at
Westminster. He was made archdeacon of Oxford in the
place of Dr. Nich. WUson, ' 1534, and died about the
latter end of 1542. " He the said Richard Coren hath
" written Resolutions of some Questions concerning the Sacra-
" ments. See the collection of records at the end of Dr.
" Burnet's i/«t. of the Reformation of the Church of England,
" imd also Resolutions of some Questions relating to Bishops
" and Priests, and of other matters tending to the Reformation
" of the Church, begun to be made by King Henry the eighth.
" Ibid."
23. Anthony Molineaux of Magd. coll.
Mar. 12. Fa. Edw. Baskervyle. He was about this
time guardian of the Franciscans coU. in the suburb of
Oxon.
Besides these, who were licensed to proceed, did suppli-
cate for the said degree Tho. Byrton, B. D. lately a canon
of Card. coll. and Rich. Ckyspine, M. A. of Oriel coU.
Incorporations. '
Octob. — Stephen Gardiner, doctor of the civ. law of
Cambridge.' He was now bishop elect of Winchester, and
had lately returned from his embassy to Rome, to expedite
the king's divorce from qu. Katharine, being then secretary
to the king, and commonly called by the name of Dr. Ste-
phens. He was a learned man and of excellent parts, a
great statist, and a writer of many books, which are printed.
I have seen one or more letters written to him, while he
was at Rome, by card. Wolsey, who stiling him by the
name of Mr. Stephens, desires him and his colleagues to
spare no labour and cost to obtain for him the papacy, for
the settlement of the state wherein the church and all
Christendom doth at present stand, as also the state of this
realm and of the king's secret matter, (meaning the divorce
from qu. Kath.) which if it should be brought to pass by
any other means than by the authority of the church, I
account this prince and realm utterly undone, &c. (an. 1529.)
Many of the letters written by this Dr. Gardiner to the
king, cardinal \\'olsey, and others, are subscribed by the
name of Stevens and Stephens. " He hath disputations
" with, and epistles to, John Cheek, in Cheek's book De
" Pronunciatione Greece Lingua. Basil. 1555, 8vo."
Oct. — John Bell, arch, of Gloc. and doct. of the civil
law beyond the seas. He was afterwards bishop of Wor-
cester.
9 ^. Wharton's Append, to Strypc's Memoriab, p. 253, 257-8. Baker.]
I [Rex reverendo in Christo patri Nich'o permiss. dio. Sarum cpisco|)<^-
ad deeanatum infra ecclesiam nostram collegiatain de Wynbourne Mynstre
modo per foris I'acturam Reginald! Pole Ult. incumbentis — dilcctum nobis
Nicholaum Wvlson, S.T.P. et capellanum nostrum vobis prescntamus. T. R.
apud Westm. 8 Jiuiii, reg. 29. 1537.
Nic. Wilson, S.T. P. coll. ad preb. de Hoxton in eccl. Paul. U Dec. 1.542,
per mort. Job. Breerton. Will. Clyff, LL. D. ad eand. preb. ll.Iun. 15*8,
per mort. Wilson. Beg. Bmner. Fuit archid. Oxon. 1528. Kennet.
Nic. Wilson was vicar of Thaxted in Essex, and depri»ed 1534. Jo.
Skypp, S.T.P. succeeded him, Feb. 9. 1534. per priv. Wilson. Baker.]
^ [Bom in the town of Bery in Suffolk. Fox, Ads (^ Mm. iii. 524.
Anno 15.50, 8 .Tunij : ordered that certain lords be sent to the bishop of
Winton, imprisoned in the Tower, to talk with him, and assure him, that if
he will apply himself to advance the king's proceedings, the king will be his
good lord, and remit all his past errors. Repsterof Council, K. tA.vi. MS.
Very many things relating to the said bishop in the said Register, Kennft]
I
89
1531.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1532.
90
*
Octob. — Rich. WoLMAN, dean of Wells,' doct. oF de-
crees, as the public i-egister under the year 1523 tell us,
and Dr. of the civil law of an university beyond the sciis, as
the said reg. under this year saitli, was incorjwrated Dr. of
the civ. law. In 1.532 he was made canon of Windsor in
the place of Dr. James Denton (mention'd under the year
1505) being then stiled conciliarius regius, and dying in
the summer time, 1537, at which time he left several lega-
cies to the church of Wells, and to Clavering (in Eissex) and
was hurried in the cloyster belonging to the coll. of St. Ste-
phen, within the palace of Westminster. In his deanery
succeeded Tho. Cromwell, secretjiry to K. Hen. 8. and in
his canonry one llich. Arche, of whom will be mention
made under the year 1537.
William Knight, archdeacon of Richmond, and doctor
of law beyond the seas. He was afterwards bishop of Bath
and WeUs.
Octob. — Edw. Lee, D. of D. beyond the sea, and arch-
bishop elect of York. ,
These five persons who were incorporated were not then
present in the university, but were diplomated, or hail sent
to each of them a writing under the university seal, to attest
that they had the consent of the commissary and regents
that they were embodied or incorporated.
Octob. 29. John Chamber, doctor of physic beyond the
seas, was then incorporated. A certificate of it Wcis sealed
with the university seal 16 Nov. following, and forthwith
sent to him. This person who had been fellow of Mert.
coU. did, after he had taken the degree of M. of A. travel
into Italy 1502, studied physic at Padua, and there took the
degree of doctor in that faculty, .\fter his return he became
the king's physician, and (with Lynacie and Victoria)
founder of the coll. of physicians at London. In 1510 he
became canon of Windsor, and in 1524 he was made arch-
deacon of Bedford, being then preb. of Combe and Harn-
hara, in the church of Sarum. In 1526 he was elected
warden of Mert. coll. and about the same time was made
dean of the king's chappel dedicated to the blessed V^irgin
Mary and St. Stephen, within the palace of Westminster ^
the cloyster of curious workmanship adjoining to which, he
did not only build,* but did give to it the said chappel, and
the canons belonging thereunto for ever, cerbiin lands, which
he afterwards, upon the dissolution, saw taken into the
king's hands. Afterwards he was made treasurer of Wells,
was double beneficed in Somersetshire and Yorkshire, and
without doubt h;ul other dignities. He died in 154!),'
whereu{)on his canonry was bestowed on Otwcl Holinshead, "
and his archdeaconry on Gilb. Bourne, who was afterwards
bishop of Bath and Wells. As for his wardenship of Mert.
coU. he. re-<igned it in 1545, and his treasurership of Wells
' [Ric. Woolman admiss, ad vie. de Walden Essex, 24 Maij, 1524. Idem
decrct. dr. coll. ad preb. de Holjweli, 25 Juii. t527. Jo. Spendlove cler. ad
eand. preb. 19 Sept. 1.537, per mort Woolnian.
Ricardus VVolcman, L.IX admiss. ad cccl. de High Ongar com. Essex.
5 Jul. 1532, ad pres. regis. Tho. Houghton cl. ad eand. 20 Sept. 1537, per
mort. Ric. Wolcmau. Reg. Stukeslet/.
1537, 21 Sept Will, ep'us Norwic. contulit Snioni Spenser archidiatum
Sadburi, vac. per mortem Ric. Woleman. Reg. Will. Repps, Ep'i Norwic.
Kennet.]
•• [It cost him 11000 marks. Tasneh.]
* [Out of the Register of' Burials in St. Margarets, Westmnstcr : ' 1549,
July 2, maistre doctor Cliajubrc.' Tanneh.
njcre is a large head of Chambers »t. 88, from Holbein, by Hollar,
lf,40.]
'■ [Otwell Holinshed, erat socius coll. Trin. Cant aominatus socius in
charta fuudatiouis. Baker.]
in May 1543, in which last succeeded John Marler, sonte-
times prior or master of the house or hospital of St. John
Bapt. in Wells. There was another John Chamber, equal
in time almost with the former, who was bishop of Peter-
borough, and died in 1556, as I have among the bishops
told you.
An. Dom. 1532.— 24 Hbn. VIII.
. Chancellor.
The same, viz. Dr. Will. Warham, archb. of Canter-
bury, but he dying in the month of August, Dr. John Cot-
TYSFOKD, his commissary, resigned his office, with the badges
thereof, into the hands of the proctors 26 of the said month,
and they likewise into the hands of the senior theologist.
Dr. Rich. Thornden of Canterbury college j -who accord-
ing to the manner was to be cancellarius natus. At length
K. Hen. 8. granting to the university power to elect a chan-
cellor (their liberties and privileges being now in his liands)
the members thereof chose Dr. John Longland, bishop of
Lincoln on the first day of the term following, according to
the king's desire.
Commissanes.
John Cottysford, D. D. for the former part of the year
under archb. Warham.
Will. Tresham, D. D. lately of Merton, now canon of
the king's coll. was commissaiy for the other part of the
year.
Tresham was designed by the new chanc. Dr. Longland,
and entered on his commissaryship on the 15 of Oct. On
which day he had the badges of his office before-mention'd
delivered into his hands.
Proclms.
William Selwood of New coll. April 9.
William Pedvll of Mert. coll. April 9.
Grammarians.
Octob. 18. Christoph. Wynnington.
For to inform also, supplicated Path. Growte, Humph.
Victor, and John Dowbyn, but they occur not ad-
mitted.
Batchelors of Arts.
" Jan. 24. Tho Hancock. — In what coll. or hall he was
" a student, or whether he took any higher degree it appears
" not. After he had left the univ. he retired to his own na-
" tive country of Hampshire, (for at, or near Christ-church,
" Twyneham, he was born) where he became a diligent
" preacher of the gospel, and adeclaimer again pajjal abuses
" in the last year of K. Hen. 8. insomuch that his mouth
" being stopt by a strict inhibitioiK from preaching by
" (Gardiner) the bishop of Winchester, he would preach in
" the dioc. of Sarum, and being prohibited by the bishop of
" that dioc. (Salcot) he was in the beginning of K. Eklw. 6.
" countenanc'd and licens'd to jjroceed in his preaching by
" archbishop Cnmmer. At that time many zealous preachers
" of the gospel without staying for public orders from above,
" did in confutation of the sacrifice of the mass, and the
" corjKjral presence, in the sacrament and such like, shew
" their good inclinations to new learning as it was then
" call'd. In Southampton of the dioc. of Winchester, in
" Salisbury, Pool, and Dorset of the dioc. of Sarum did this
" Hancock chiefly con>crse and officiate in the latter end. of
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" K. Hen. At wliich time he was stispended i celebratior.e
" divinorum bv Dr. Rob. Reynold, commissary uiuler Dr.
" Steward, then chanc. under Gardiner, u\K)n. pretence of
" the breach of the act of the 6 Articles, because he had
" taught out of the 9 of the Hebrews that our Saviour
" Christ entered once into the holy plticc, by which he ob-
" tain'd unto us everlasting- redemption, &c. See in the
" Memoriah of Archbishop Cranmer, lib. 2. cap. 7- P- 173,
" 174. Where it appears that he was forward, and zealous,
" and endeavoured to out-go the law, and that wlien the
" bisliops of Winton and Salisbury would endeavour utterly
" to silence him, the archbishop Cranmer would counte-
" nance and license him to preach."
Feb. 17. Rob. Wakde of Merton coll. a noted philoso-
pher.
Besides him were admitted 55, and about 15 there were
that supplicated, among whom Will. Baldewyn was one,
mention'd among the writers under the year 1564.
Batchelors of Civil Law.
Nineteen at least were admitted, among whom were
(1) John Cottrel, whom I shall mention among the
doctors in 1542. (2) Tho. Young, not the same who was
afterwards archb. of York, but another. See among the
batch, of civ. law 1.537. (3) Rich. Wylson. (4) Roger
Williams, of which two, I know nothing; and (5) Will.
Jeffrey, of whom I sliaU make large mention among the
doctors of LL. 1540.
Five also there were that supplicated who were not ad-
mitted this year.
Batchelors of Canon Law.
June 19. John Lylford, a Uenedictine monk.
July 8. John ap Rice or Price, a sec. chapl.
Feb. 15. Maurice Gryffyth. — 1 take him to be the
same mentioned among the batch, of div. this year.
Besides these were about 24 admitted, and about 4 that
supplicated, among whom Will. Luson, batch, of the civ.
law, beyond the seas was one, tlie same Will. Luson, per-
haps, wiio occurs archdeacon of Caermarthen in the diocese
of St. David 1571.
Masters of Arts.
June 6. Will. Bhadbridge or Bkoabridge of Magd.
coll.
Jan. 14. Hugh We.ston of Line. coll.
29. GiLB. Bourn of Alls. coll.
Feb. 19. John Parkhurst of Merton coll.
Three of which were iifterwards bishops, and two were
writers.
Besides them were about 40 that were admitted, and but
four that supplicated for the said degree, that were not
adm.
Opponents in Divinity.
May 1.'}. Thomas Macy or Massie, a can. regular and
now prior of the coll. of canon regulars cidled St. Mary's
coll. in Oxon. He was afterwards batch, of div. but omitted
in the register.
Eight besides him were admitted to oppose, among whom
were John NoTTYNGHAM, a Minorite, and Walt. Bower,
a Benedictine, but were not now or after admitted batch.
of div.
Batchelors of Divinity.
June 27. John Palsgrave. — See afterwards in the incor-
porations.
Jul. 5. RLvurice Gryffyth or Griffyn, a Dominican.
He was afterwards bishop of Rochester.
Dee. 7- Fa. John Tybbys, a Benedictine.
" Jan. 26. Rob. Searle or Serlys of Merton coll. — In
" Dec. 1524 he became vicar of the churcli of St. Peter in
" the East in Oxon, in the place of IMr. Rob. Hill, resigning.
" All the time he was there he was a zealous preacher
" against the heretics of those times, tho' he wanted learn-
" ing much. In 1540 I find him entertained by arclibishop
" Cranmer (being then in the diocese of Cant.) and by him
" appointed one of the six preachers at Canterbury, to
" set before the people the abuses of the pope and popery,
" and in their sermons to set before them his superstitions,
" and to preach against images and the worship of them.
" But he retaining much of his popish zeal, was by the
" archbishop's censure put to recantation for some unsound
" passages he had preached.
" See in tht Memorials of Archbishop Cranmer 1541, Cap.
" 23. p. 94. of his ridiculous preaching and tenets ; ibid.
" lib. 1. cap. 25. p. 103, 104, 105.
" In 1543 I find him vicar of Charing in Kent, and the
" same year, when a black cloud hung over tlie said Cran-
" mer, 1 find, a professed enemy to him, and one of the for-
" ward men that gatheied and drew up articles against
" him. See above in Dr. I^ondon one of them, but I have
" said he died in the Fleet 1543, quare. ibid. lib. 1. cap. 26.
" p. 114. I must let the reader kno^v that this Serlys was
" so zealous a man, that he had the year before, viz. 1542,
" put up articles to the king's council against the preachers
" of the gospel at Canterbury, but they were such that the
" council thought not fit the king should see them, which
" he complain'd of, and it seems at his return was clapt in
" prison for his pains, for some either malicious, insinuat-
" ing or irregular practices herein. — He and .Sliether com-
" plain of their durance to Gardiner, bishop of Winchester,
" but no remedy at present could be obtain'd ; he cra\ed
" pardon as it seems of the archbishop when the cloud was
" over. But when qu. IMary came to the crown he turned
" about, and in the hist proceeding against Cranmer, in
" order to his burning, he became one of the witnesses
" against him 1555. — Ibid. lib. 3. cap. 17. p. 373."
Nine besides were admitted, (of which number were
John Doove or Dove, and John Gibbys, Cannes; Rich.
Knyght, a Dominican ; Walt. Sutton and John King-
ston, Benedictines ; and Rob. Roberdsbkyge, a Bernar-
dine) iind about 29 supplicated for the said degree, among
whom were (1) John Helyar of C. C. coll. (2) George
Brown, an Austin fryer, afterwards archb. of Dublin.
(3) Fath. Simon Clerkson, a C:irme. (4) Fath. John
CardmakeRj a Minorite, wlio had spent 16 years here and
at Cambridge in logic, philosophy, and di\ inity ; but whe-
ther admitted, it appears not. This Cardmakei did about
the time of the dissolution of abbeys 1535, preach very
freely against the power of the pope, and afterwards was
made prebendary of Wells. In the reign of K. Edw. 6. he
took to him a wife, and had by her a female child, and be-
came a reader in S. Paul's, where his lectures were so offen-
sive to the Rom. Cath. i)arty, that they abused him to his
face, and with their knives would cut and haggle his gown.
About that time he was made chancellor of the cluirch of
Wells by the name of John Tayler alias Cardmaker, and
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I
f
was looked upon there iiiul at London, as the most zealous
minister to carry on the work of reformation. At length
when qu. Mary came to tiie crown he was deprived of his
spiritualities, and imprisoned in the Fleet, was had before
the bisho]! of London, and tlie spiritual power, to know
whetlier he would recant his heresy as they called it, but he
stilly denying- it, and therefore condemned to die, was burnt
in Smithtield 30 May 1555, as John Fox, in his buok of
Acts and Mon. of tlie Church, will tell you."
" This year in July, John Deering, a monk of the or-
" der of St. Benedict, then resident in Canterbury coll. in
" O.ton, supplicateil for the degree of batch, of div. but oc-
" curs not admitted. He with Rich. Risby, another monk
" of the same order, suffered death an. 15.34, for being en-
" gag'd in the matter of Eliz. Barton, the holy maid of
" Kent. See Stow's Annals that year."
Doctors of the Civil Law.
Jul. 5. Hugh Coren or Curwyn. — He was afterwards
archb. of Dublin, and bishop of Oxon.
[•^3] Jan. 24. John Barber of All-s. coll. — He was an advo-
cate in the court of Arches, and died at Wrotham in Kent
about the beginning of the year 1549.
Will. Petre of ."Vll-s. coll. was admitted the same day. —
This worthy person was son of John Petie, a rich tanner of
Torbryan in Devonshire, and was originally of Exeter coll.
Thence he was elected fellow of All-s. coll. in 1523, and
afterwards became successively principal of Peckwater's inn,
one of the visitors of religious houses when they were about
to be dissolved, master of the Recpiests and a knight, secre-
taiy and one of the privy council to K. Hen. 8. and Edw. 6.
sub-treasurer, afterwards treasurer, to K. Edw. 9. of the
first fruits and tenths, secretary and of the privy council to
qu. Mai-y, in whose time he was chancellor of the oider of
the Garter, and at length of the privy council to queen Eli-
zabeth. He " had been seven times ambassador in foreign
" countries," died 13 Jan. 15/1, and was buried in the
church of Ingerston in Essex on 11 Feb. following. The
learned Cambden ' saith, that he was a man of approved
wisdom and exquisite learning, and not so much memorable
for those honourable places and offices of state which he
bare, and for his oftentimes being sent in embassage to
foreign princes j ' as for that being bred and brought up in
' [1543, 21 Nov. Mag. Joh. Taylor, alias Cardmaker, S.T.B. admiss. ad
vicariam S. BrigidiB in Fletestrete per resign, mag. Will. Saxey ad pres.
(iecan. et eapiluli Westm. H^g. Bonner £pV Lond.
Barlow, bishop of Batii, and Mr. C.irlmaker, brought before the council
on Nov. 9, 15.54, and after communication were commanded to tlie Fleet.
Fox, Acts ^ Mon. iii. 10.5.
Januar. y8, tiie bishop of Winchester, and other commissioners, sate in
St. Marie Overie's church and cail'd before them M. Hooper, M. Rogers,
and M. Cardmaker— .where Cardmaker submitted himself to them, Ih.
p. 118.
15.51, 18 Fcbr. (i. e. cxeunte anno 1500) Letter to the dean and cbaplcr
iif Wells, that thej exact of Mr. John Kardmaker, chancellourcf that church,
nor of any other prebendaries, who would enter their residence among
thrm, alxjvc SOIib. Regis*. Councii, K. Edw. VI. Kennet.]
** Jn Britannia, in Essex.
' [It wiis Petre who .idvised queen Mary to forbid the legate sent by the
pope to remove cardinal Pole, wliich he did with ccjual alacrity and lirnmess.
He was an excellent diplomatist ; and although he said little during an in-
terview, he was a most attentive observer ot his sovereign's interest : * Ah
(said monsieur Chatillon at BoUogne) we had gained the last two hundred
thousand crowns without hostages, had it not been for that man who said
nothing.' This was sir William Petre. Lloyd, Statesmen and Favmirites,
tdit. 1665, p. 250. Baker refers to a very scarce volume, entitled Threnos
Erttniemcs in Ohitum Jo. Pclrei, Filii GtU. Pitrci, qid Kion. Colligiam octo .Sd-
c.-M, Ac. aiaermit. Oxon. 1613, 4to. In Truiity college library, Cambridge
Class 4. 14, 46.] J b J
good learning, he well deserved of learning in the univer-
sity of O.tford, and was both pitiful and bounteous to his
))Oor neighbours about him, and of Ingerston where he lies
Imried. " He writ several letters of state, some of which
" are printed in Dr. Burnet's Appendix to hii History of
" the Reformation, tmd elsewhere."
Jan. 24. Ghii'fyn Leysov, principal of St. Bximund's
hall near St. Edw. church.' — He with John Oliver, Dr.
of the civ. law, were employed in the matter of depriv-
ing Stephen Gardiner of his bishoprick of Winchester ; and
in the time of (ju. Mary wheeling about, he became a jus-
tice of peace, and high sheriff of Caermarthenshire, when
Rob. Ferrar, bishoj) of St. David's, was burnt, an. 1555 ; at
which time suffering not the said bishop to speak his mind
when he w.us at the stake, (as John Fox ' tells us) died
about half an year after, when he would have spoke himself,
but could not. " He had been made dean of the arches by
" archb. Cranmer, A.D. 1549."
One George Throgmorten, LL.B. did supplicate to be
admitted to the said degree, but was not.
Doctors of Divinity.
Jul. 5. Rich. Langrigg or Langrish.'* — He was origi-
nally of Mert. coll. and from being fellow there, he became
one of the canons of Cardintd coll. chsiplain to Wolsey,
archb. of York, and afterwards to Dr. Lee his successor in
that see. In 1534 he became archdeacon of Cleveland in the
place of Dr. Will. ClyfTe, i)romoted to the chauntorship of
York; and dying in 1547, he was succeeded in the said
archdeaconry by Dr. Jo. Warner.
John Hopton, a Dominican, was admitted the same day.
Tills person tho' incorporated D.'of D. iu 1529, yet he was
now licensed to proceed, and accordingly stood in the act
celebrated three days after his admission. See more among
the bisiiops under the year 1558.
July 28. Will. Tresham, liitely of Merton, now canon
of the king's coll. in Oxon.
John Travyshe, M. of A. and B. D. was admitted doct.
the same day.
This year also Fath. Rich. Hylsey, a Doiuinican, and
Simon Atkyns, M. A. and B. of D. supplicated to be doc-
tors of the said faculty. The former was afterwards ad-
mittetl, but neglected to be put in the register, the other
was not.
^"'■•'"•ifc,^^ Incorporations.
June 1. Jam. Tureervyle of New coll. D. of D. of ano-
ther university. He was iifterwards bishop of Exeter.
June 19. JoH. Palsgrave, M. A. of Cambr.
Feb. — Will. Leighton, M. A. of Cambr.
July — Rob. Wakefield, B. of D. of Cambridge, now
canon of tlie King's coll. at Oxon.
Nov. — Fa. John IIurleston or Huddleston, aCarme,
batch, of div. of the uni^ ersity of Colen.
In the month of June this year supplicated Rich. Crokb,
D. of D. of Cambridge, and about this time canon of the
* [Griffin Leyson, L.D. admiss. ad eccl. dc WindHiale, 10 Feb. 1534, per
mort R^b. Byrch, ad pres. prioris et conv. de Lewes; quara resign, ante
5 Sept. 1535. Re/;. Stokeslq/. Kennet.]
3 In Acts and. Mon. t^'thc Church, &c. under the year 1.558.
■* Ric. Langrich, S. f. B. admiss. ad rect. S. Nicholai de Colcestre 31 Mar.
1531, quam resign, ante 19 Nov. 1537. Reg. Stdcedeu.
Ricardus Langrish, S.T. D. admiss. ad vie. de Barkeway com. Hertford.
•28 Mar. 1534, per resign. Will'i Capon, ad pres. abb. et conv. S. Johannis
Colcestr. quam resign, ante 28 Mar. 1544. Rff, Stoktsleij (t Bmner,
Kenvet.]
95
1533.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1534.
96
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King's coll. in 0.\on, to be incorjwratetl in that degree ;
which supplication, tho' not at that time granted, yet after-
wards he was incorporated.
An. Dom. 1533.— 25 Hen. VIII.
Chancellor.
John Longland D. I>. and bishop of Lincoln, sometimes
fellow of >Iagd. coll.
Cominmaries.
In chief was Will. Tresham D. D.
Proctors.
JoBN Pekyns of Exeter coll. Apr. 3.
Owen Oglethorp of Magd. coU. Apr. 3v
Grammarians.
June — GiLB. Saywell schol. of gram.
Jan. — John Best schol. of gram.
These two were admitted to infomi in grammar : Qu.
Wliether Jo. Best was not the same person who in 1560
was made bish. of Carlisle, ' for in these days, and after,
several of the bishops were originally pedagogues.
Batchelors of Arts.
July 20. John Man of New coll. — He was afterwards
warden of Mert. coU. and dean of Glocester, as I have told
you among the writers under the year 1568.
July 20. Thomas Talbot.
■ Rich. Caldwell or Chaldwell of Brasen-nose
coll.
Feb. 15. John ClEkke — qu£ere.
Sixty-two in aU were admitted this year, And but six sup-
plicated.
Batchelors of the Civil Law.
July 13. John Wymesley or Wymsley of Broadgate's
hall. — He was made archdeacon of London by his brother
Dr. Bonner bishop of that city, in the place of Dr. Rich.
Gwent deceased, an. 1543, and was present in the convoca-
tion of the clergy 1 Marise, Dom. 1553, in which convoca-
tion he did speak an oration that was soon after made
public. "
About nine besicles him were admitted, and but three there
were that sup])lieated for ilie said degree.
Batch, of the Can. Laiv.
Nov. 27- DoNATus RiANE a public reader of the canon
law in New-inn. A learned Irish ' author in his enumera-
tion of writers and learned men of Ireland, tells us there
were two brethren of Oxford whose sirnames were Riane,
and that one of them was a good civilian, and the other a
mathematician, but mentions nothing of their writings.
This Donatus therefore I take to be the civilian, and Daniel
mention'd under the year 1556, to be the mathematician.
See in the year 1514.
Besides him were six admitted, and eight at least suppli-
cated for the said degree.
Masters of Arts.
Mar. — John Shepreve or Shepbry of C. C. coll.
]
of St. Bernard's
' PVTP' " ^ ^"^ P*g= 201. »y» he was. Watts.]
» rVide my MS. coll. (in the British museum) vol. iS, page 176.
' Rich. Stanjhurst in Dfjcrq*. Uibeni. cap. 7.
CoLI.]
Apr. — Will. Pye of Oriel. — He was afterwards dean of
Chichester.
Jan. 80. John Whtte of New coll.^ — ^He was afterwards
B. of Wint.
Mar. 19. Thomas Young. — Perhajjs the same who took
a degree in the civ. law 1537, as I shall tell you in that
year.
Besides these, were but fourteen admitted, and about
eight that supplicated for the said degree, that were not
this year admitted.
Opponents in Divinity.
Mar. 31. Fath. Rob. Kynner alias Bate a monk of the
order of St. Bernard, now of St. Bernard's coll. — He was
the last abbot of Smite in Warwickshire, of the Cistercian
order. In the year before he supplicated for tlie degree of
batch, of div. tho' he had not opi)osed ; and whether he was
admitted this, or in any other year following, it appears not
in the reg.
Mar. 31. Fath. Rich. Greene
•^—^— Fath. Ralph Wobourne f ,,
May "29. Fath. Tho. Kyngeswood ) *^°T
These three fathers who were monks of the order of St.
Bern, were not adm. batch, of div. which is the reason I put
them here.
Nov. 29. Fr. John Wylliams a Minorite.
Batchelors of Divinity.
May 29. Fa. Rob. Combe a Bernardine or Cistercian
monk, now provisor of St. Bernard's coll. in Oxon.
Oct. 14. Rob. Ferrau a can. res;, of St. Mary's coll. — He
was afterwards bishop of St. David's.
Mar. 7. Fa. Tiio. (sometimes written Will.) Todde a
Bened. monk.
11. Fa. A'ndk. Alton of the saine order, and about tliis
time prior of the monks living in Glocester coll. in the
suburb of Oxon.
20. Thomas' GoLDWELL M. A. — He was afterwards bishop
of St. Asaph.
Besides these, were six more admitted, and about 16 sup-
plicated, among whom were fr. John Arthure and 'fr.
Edw. Reyley, Minorites; fdth. Tho. Wethampsted and
fa. John Langport, Benedictines; fr. Joh. Joseph ami
fr. Joh. Bacheler, Minorites ; the last of which was sub-
guardian of the Franciscan coU. in Oxon.
t^ Not one doct. of can. or civ. law, nor one doct. of
physic was admitted this year.
Doctors of Diviriity.
Neither in divinity, only John Bellytory M. of A. of
Mert. coll. and John Wylson batch, of div. supplicated
for that degree. — One Rich. Borde also M. of A. of this
university and doct. of div. of Paris, did supplicate to be
absent from exequies, masses, processions, &c.
An. Dom. 1534.— 26 Hen. VIII.
Chancellor.
Dr. LoNG'LAND bishop of Lincoln, with whom it was dis-
pensed by the regents, that he might, if he please, remain
in his office for term of life.
Commissaries.
Dr. Tsesuam, stiled sometimes vice-chancellor.
[553
97
1534.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1534.
98
1
Proctors.
DuNSTAN Lacy of Lincoln coll.
John Howell or ap Howell of All-souls coll.
Which proctors were elected on the first day of Easter
term ; but L;icy dying in the montli of Sept. John Pollet
or Paulet (I know not whether he be the same with John
PoUard who was proctor in 1531) succeeded by the king's
authority, and served out the remaining part of the year.
Batchelors of Arts.
19. Seth Holland. — See more under the year
Dec.
1538.
Jan. — Tho. Chester.-
Elphine in Ireland.
Forty two more were admitted, and about nine suppli-
cated.
-He was afterwards bishop of
Batchelors of Civil Law.
" May 17- Lewis Thomas a religious man : I take him
" to be the same wlio was three years after made suffragan
" bishop of Salop."
July 3. John Price of Broadgate's hall. — Perhaps he may
be the same with Joliii Price wlio is mention'd among the
writers under the year 1554.
Fourteen in all were admitted, and but three supplicated
who were not admitted this year.
Batchelors of Canon Law.
May 1". Robert Evans.' — He was about this time dean
of Bangor, but when he was admitted thereimto 1 find
not. ' One Rowland Thomas LL. 1). was dean of that
church in the beginning of ijueen Elizabeth's reign, and
died in Jan. 1580", but whether he was immediate successor
to Rob. Evans I know not.
Nine in all were atlmitled, and about twelve supplicated
for the said degree; among whom were William Aylles-
* [Rob. Evans prtcpositus coll. D. Blagd. Cant, el bac. juris Oxon. admis-
»U5 S.T. B. Cant. An. 1544. Rcgr Acad. Cmt. An. 1540. Rob. Evans
LL. B. prcsentatur ail ecclesiam de Tcrjnton dioc. Nurw. per ep'um Elien.
Reg'r Klzen. Hakek.]
9 [1534, Dec. 1'2. Rob. Evans in decretis bach, was instituted to the
.deanery of Bangor, vacant by the death of John Glyn* last dean, and the
same day resigned up ttie rectory of Llanlrisant in Anglesey.
July 20. liobert Evans dean of Bangor .Hibscribed the acts of convocation
and articles of religion. V. Dr. Burnet's Hist, of' Uef'. vol. i. Append. 315.
Novemb. 26, he was instituted to the rectory of Llaneingan in Llyn.
Sept. 12. Rob. Evans, in a chapter made upof hiniselfand Willijtni Roberts
archdeacon of Merioneth only (the two wicked instruments of bp. Bnlkley in
his sacrilegious alienations) confirms an advowson of the rectory of Edern in
Llyn for 80 years, to John Viyn a]) Hugh of Bodvel, e.sq;
Jan. 27. Hob. Evans dean, &c. coniirmj* an advowson of Llangybiyn
£vionith com. Carnarvon to Owen J". Griffith, gent.
Jan. 27. Peter Tuder clerke instituteil to Llaneingan, vacant by the depri-
vation of Rol>erli Evans clerici conjugati.
The next day, viz. Jun. '2ii. Rob. Evans S. th. bach, was instituted to
Llanllechid, vacant per privat. Petri 'I'udur clerici conjugati. So that indeed
for all their marriages, they only exchanged livings, which were of about
equall value, wliich was a connuou trick at that time. The 20tli of Oct. fol-
lowing Thorn. Grilllth was instituted to Abervoyd per privat. Hob. Evans.
He was for some time outcd of his deanery, and one Rhesc Powel was dean,
but when uistalled I do not find, for his institution is not registred, but he
dying soon after.
15.^7, Oct. 27. Rob. Evans S. Ih. bach, (the same imdoubtedly that was
formerly in decret. bach.) was instituted dean of Bangor, [>er mortem Rliese
Powel l.',70. In the begiiming of tbe.year 1570 Roll. Evans dy'd, lor then
in .April 4, Llaneingan is void l>y his death, and July the last .^ber likewise,
botli which he had got again. This Rob. Evans was by extraction of Llyn,
and the son of Evan ap Riualit ap Llewelin ap Griflith of the family of
Castell March. His wife was Grace the daughter of Evan John ap Meredith
of Bryukir, esq. Hcmpiiuevs, Viittdoguc iif' ihe Deans o^" iiwngor, publ. by
Uearne in OlUrboume, iScc. 8vo. 1732.J
BURY a canon regular of the monastery of Arrouvise in the
diocese of Arras in France.
Masters of Arts.
June 19. NicH. Udall of C. C. coll.
28. Will. Chedsey of C. C. coll.
Mar. 17. Patrick Walsh.
The two former were writers, the other was afterwards a
bi-'ihop in Ireland.
The number that were admitted this year, were in all 45
at least, besides about si.x. that su])i>liiated who were not
admitted.
Batchelors of Physic.
Three this year supplicated for the said degree, of which,
two, as it seems, were admitted, viz. Will. Pye of Oriel
coll. who was afterwards a learned divine, and a dean, and
John Dotyn of Exeter coll. which last, tho'hehath written
nothing, yet he was a learned man, and a benefactor to
learning, by giving a house and land to his coll. situate ami
being in the pari.'ih of Brampton in O.xfordshire, (of which
place he was one of tlie vi^'ais) and many choice books to
their library, as I have told ' you elsewhere. He wius bene-
ficed in Cornwall, Devonshire, Somersetshire, and 0.\ford-
shire, and was also canon of the cathedral church at
Exeter.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Mar. "ij. George Cotes or Cootes of Magd. coll.
June 25. Walt. Buckler originally fellow of Merton,
afterwards canon of Ctirdinal coll. was then admitted batch,
of divinity, tho' not in priestly orders. — This i)erson, who
was second son of John Buckler of Cawsay in Dorsetshire,
and had been lately a student in the university of Paris, was
afterwards promoted by the king to he a canon of his coll.
in O.xon founded on that of the Cardinal, and about thestmie
time was by him sent about state afiiiirs to Paiis, wliich he
performed with gooil liking to the said king. In the first
of Edw. 6". he received the honour of knighthood, and when
queen Eliz. came to the crown, he was made one of her
privy council. He died at Fairfoid in Gloucestershire,
having married the widow of sir Edw. Tame knight, lord of
that manor, and was buried in the church there. Over
whose grave tho' there be no inscription, (notwithstand-
ing, as I remember, there is a monument for him) yet
his ' contemporary in Mert. coll. named John I'arkhurst,
liath perpetuated his memory by certain epigrams.
Jan. 16. Fr. Will. Brown a Minorite. — One Will.
Brown became prior of Monk-Bretton in the dioc. of York,
about 1523, but 1 take him not to be the same with tho
Minorite.
29. Guy Etton, Eton or Eaton, a Minorite or Francis-
can or grey fryer. — In the reign of K. VA. 0". he was archd.
of Glocester ; but when (pieeu Mary came to the crown, he
left that dignity and certain other spiritualities,^ and went
with his companion and friend John Jewell into Germany,
and lived as an exile at Strasburgh ; from whence return-
ing in the beginning of qu. Eliz. he was restored to his
' In Hkt. £f A}itiq. Unir. Own. 1. 2. p. 101. b.
2 Job. Parkhurstus, in I'.pig. Juv. p. 23, 45, ^^c.
3 [Guy J^tou S. T. B. admiss. ad vie. S. Leonard! Shoredich, Loml. per
laps. Successit llobertus Charke cler. 4 Jan. 1577, per mort, Guidonia
Eaton. I{<>^. Gr'uidalL Kennet.]
H*
[56]
99
1535.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1535
100
He is stiled
nrchdenconn-, and kept it to 1571, and after
bv a learned* author vir pius & eruditus.
■ Feb 06 Fa Tho. Wellys a Benedictine.— He seems to
be theBame with Tho. Wellys a lien, who supplicated for
the degree of batch, of div. in 1314. This Tho. Wellys was
afterwards prior of Gloc. coll.
Besides these, were about seven more admitted, among
whom Rich. Ewbr was one, afterwards one of the first
prebendaries of Worcester, Rich. London a Benedictine
another, and Tho. Thompson a Franciscan a third.
Tliere were also about eight that supplicated, among
whom was Tho. Clerke a monk of the Cistercian order ;
but whetlier lie was admitted I cannot find. Perhaps he
may be the same Tho. Clerk who from being the last abbot
of S. Werburgh in Chester (of the Benedictine order, from
which the Cistercians have their rise) was made the first
dean of the cath. church of Chester.
Doctor of the Civil Law.
Jan. 30. John Vaciiam, formerly, as I conceive, of All-s.
coll. wliich is all 1 yet know of him.
Doctors of Divinity.
July 9. Rich. Lorgan sometimes fellow of Oriel coll.
afterwards i)rincipal of S. Mary's hall, now divinity reader
of Magd. coll. was then admitted D. of D. but did not pro-
ceed till 1535.
John Hurleston or Huddleston a Carme, did suppli-
cate for the deg. of doct. but I cannot find him admitted;
See among the incorporations in 1533.
Incorporations.
Jul. 20. Geo. Browne a fryer of the order of St. Austin,
and doct. of div. of another university, was then incorpo-
rated.— He was afterwards archbishop of Dublin.
About this time the famous Ralph Gualter of Zurich
studied in Oxon, ' for the sake of libraries and scholastical
company. Afterwards he became an eminent theologist of
the refonned persuasion, and author of many books.
An. Dom. 1535.— 27 Hen. VHI.
Chancellor.
The same.
The same.
Commissary.
Proctors.
Edm. Shether of All-s. C. elect. 1st day of East. term.
John Pollet again, elect. 1st day of East. term.
Which proctors, especially the senior, having received
divers affronts from the townsmen, were, with their retinue,
forced to walk in the streets day and night, armed. And
when the said Shether was going out of his oflice, it was
decreed by the members of the univ. that in case he should
be any ways vexed or molested by the oppidans, he might *
defend himself at the university charge.
Grammarians.
Sept. 21. Ralph Smalepage.
Feb. 2G. Ralph Smith a sec. chapl.
Both which were admitted to inform in grammar. •
* Liiur. Hunifrcdus in Vit. J. Juelti, edit. l.'i7,S, p. 8.3.
» [Willi wliich he was so plca,sod, that in Q. Eliz. rcigii, he sent over his
son tu be a stiidont there. See Strypc'a Crmmer, 449. WAxrs.]
^ lUg. Univ. Oxon. I. fol. 12. a.
Batchelors of Music.
Jul. 12. Tho. Mendus a secular chaplain, was then ad-
mitted to the reading of any musical book of Boetius.
One Tho. Bryghtwyn a setul. chapl. did supplicate for
the said degree, but whether he was admitted it appears
not.
Batchelors of Arts.
Jul. 5. Edw. Quemmerford an Irish man. — He is re-
ported by a writer of his country to be a learned man, as
indeed he was, considering the time he lived in, as other
authors also tell us. One Nich. Quemmerford I have men-
tioned among the writers, but what this Edward hath writ-
ten I cannot yet find.
About 41 were admitted this year, and about ten suppli-
cated who were not admitted.
Batchelors of Civil Law.
Jul. 12. Henry Siddall. — He was afterwards canon of
Ch. Ch. in Oxon. and in the reign of Edw. 6, a great ad-
mirer ' and follower of Pet. Martyr, a turner about in queen
Mary's reign, and a returner ' in that of queen Elizabetli,
such was the mutability and poor spirit of the man. See
more among the doctors of div. in 1552, and 1558.
Besides him were seven admitted, of whom Richard
Plunket a secular chaplain was one, and nine supplicated for
the said degree, but were not admitted.
Batchelors of Canon Law.
Apr. 24. John Man a sec. chapl. and fellow of New coll.
Not the same with him who was admitted batch, of arts
1533, but another.
July 12. Henry Siddall before mention'd.
Besides these two were seven also admitted, and but two
supplicated.
Masters of Arts.
June 10. John Hoker of Magd. coU.
July 1. James Brokes of C. C.C. — Afterwards B. of
Gloc.
Besides these two were about 27 admitted, among whom
August. Cross of Exet. coll. was one, afterwards fellow of
Eaton coll. and a rich dignitary.
" Nov. . . Rich. Turner of Magd. coll. art. bac. suppli-
" cated for the degree of M. A. but 1 find liim not admitted,
" nor his name among those that stood in the act that yeaj",
" or any year following."
Batchelor of Divinity.
Apr. 23. Father Robert Joseph a Benedictine monk. —
In the year 1537 I find him to be prior of Glocester coll. in
Oxon, and in 1538 it appears that Tho. Wellys succeeded,
being the last of the priors of that coll.
Jul. 1. Father Humph. Cherytey Benedictine.
Nov. 3. Fath. Nich. Andrews Benedictine.
Fath. John (sometimes written Tho.) .-Vdelston
Benedictine.
Fath.
John Neott Benedictine.
Feb. 12. Owen Oglethorp jjiesident of Magd. coll.
Besides these, 8 more were admitted, and about 13 sup-
plicated who were not this year admitted ; among whom
were fath. Will. Pond an Austin fryer, fa. Hugh Gla-
SYER a Minorite.
'' fScc Strypc's Mcmnriafe of Crmmer, p. 200.]
8 [Sec Str^pe'5 Life <fPu)-ker, page 77.]
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101
1535.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1536.
102
1
I
6^ Not one doctor of the canon or civ. law was admitted
tliis year.
Doctors of Physic.
Jul. 5. John Warner of All-s. coll. — In the year fol-
lowing he wiis made warden of the .said coll. being about
that time tlie public professor of physic in the university,
and in 1541, or thereabouts, lie became one of the first pre-
bendaries of Winchestei-. In 1547 in July he was niude
archdeacon of Clievland in the jilace of Dr. Rich. Langrigg
or Langrish deceased, and afterward became archdeacon of
Ely in the room of Dr. John Boxall, but the year when, 1
cannot tell. In 1559 (1 Eliz.) he being then preb. of Ulf-
comb in the church of Sarum, was made dean of Winchester
in the ])lace of Dr. Edm. Steward, and (lying in his house in
Warwick-lane in London, 21 March 15()4, was buried in
the chancel of the church of Great Stanniere in MiddleseK.
In his wardenship of .\ll-s. coll. Rich. Barber LL. D. suc-
ceeded, in his archdeaconry of Clievland (which he resign'd
about a year before his death) one Christo])h. Malton M. A.
was installed in Apr. 1564, in his archd. of Ely (which also
he had resign'd) one Rob. \\'isdome of Cambridge a good
Lat. and Eng. poet of his time,' and one that had been an
exile in qu. Mary's reign, succeeded, but the year when I
cannot .justly say; ^ and in his deanery of Winchester fol-
lowed Franc. Newton D.D. An. 1565. As for Rob. Wis-
dome before-mention'd, who was also rector of Settrington
in Yorkshire, he died in 1568 ; " and liad been nominated
" to be a bishop in Ireland, temp. Edw. 6. See more of
" him in the Memorials of Archbishop Cranmer, p. 274,
" 276, 277."
July 5. John Gaynes (sometimes written Jaynys) M. A.
and batch, of i)hysic was tlien admitted, being the same day
on which Dr. Warner was admitted.
One Will. Coole M. A. and B. of physic supplicated to
be admitted doctor of tliat faculty, but was not.
Doctors of Divinity.
May 8. James Blythe the king's chaplain. — See among
the incorporations, an. 1527.
July 5. Father Edw. Hynmeksh or Inmaksh a Bene-
9 [Joh. Warner cl. M. D. pros, ad preb. dc Ealdcslrect in eccl. Paul,
30 Apr. 1547 ; adiiiiss. ad rect. de Hayes com. Alidd. cum capella de Nor-
wood. 14 Oct. UriT. lifg. Pole.
1566, 25 Oct. Ricliardus R«gcrs S. T. B. coll. ad preb. dc Ealdstrelc per
mortem Joh. Warner LL. D. liei;. GrhidnU, Epi Land. Kevnet.
In tlic Bodleian library, among Dr. llawlinson's M.SS. N" 231, folia 29, is
a short account of All Souls college, with a letter to art libishop Parker, in the
hand writing of Warner.]
' [In Henry the eightli his reign was a person of fame, among the profes-
sors of the gospel, in the South parts of the nation, whence, after many pain-
ful labours and persecutions, he fled into the North (having been forced to
recant openly at St. Paul's cross in the years l.i44). There, in .Staffordshire,
he and 'llionias Becon were entertained by John Old a pious ]>rofessor and
harbourer of good men. Here he translated some of the Psalms into English
metre, one of which (the 125tli) is slill remaining in our ordinary singing
psalms. In Ed. 6th's reign he was nominated by archb. Cranmtrto be made
archb. of Armagh, bnt declined it. In qu. Mary's reign he fled to Frankford,
where he vindicated the English riles from those brethren who retired to
Geneva. See Slrype, Mcnwr. ofCninmer, 277.
In the visitation of the Northern parts, by the queen's commissioners, be-
ginning at .St. Mary Nottingham on Tuesday Aug. 22, 15.59, 1 Eliz. Robert
Wisdom brought a complaint agahist one Thonieton for coming into his bene-
fice, the church of Setterington in the county of York. Stry pii'sAimats.
A letter written by Rob. Wisdom out ot I.ollarde's tower — ' Merry and
truth — It is no new thing, gentill reader for preachers to ly by the heeles for
preaching the word of God.' MS. Klvnet.
J<ob. VVisedome Cant. acad. sctipsit, Carmina in Frntres Snffhlciemcs.
Rob. Wisedonie is presented lo the archd. of Ely by the qu. and instituted
by the Bp. (X'r deprivat. Boxall. Bakkr.]
s [January 1, 1500. Lc Neve's Fasti.}
dictine. — He was lately warden or guardian of Durham
coll. in Uxon, and now chancellor to Cuthb. Tonstall U. of
Durham.
Jul. 5. Fath. Will. Bennet Benedictine.
Fath. Roger Bell Benedictine.
Feb. 17. Owen OcLETHORPofMsigd. coll. was then adm.
D. of D. having but 5 days before been admitted B. D.
John HAsxYNCsof the King'scoll. and Anth. Sutton both
M. of arts and batclt. of div. supplicated to be admitted
doctors of the said faculty, but were not this year.
An. Dom. 1536.-^8 Hen. 8.
Chancellor.
The same as in the year 1534.
Commissary.
The same as in the year 1534.
Proctors.
Will. Wetherton of Magd. coll. May 5.
Will. Pye of Oriel coll. May 5.
Batchelors of Arts.
May 29. Alexander Nowell of Brasen-nose coll.
Jidy 5. John Harley of Magd. coll. — He was afterwards
B. of Hereford.
12. Ralph Skinner of New coll. — Wliether he took the
degree of M. of A. or of any other fac. in this university, I
cannot in all my searches find : Yet when he was elected
warden of New coU. in the begiiming of May 1551, he is
said to be M. A.' " and was member of the house of cora-
" mons 1554. " ■" In 1560, March 5, he was installed dean
of Durham in the place of Rob. Home promoted to the see
of 'Winchester, and dying in 1563 was succeedeil by Will.
Whittingham, to whom the queen gave it (notu ithstanding
she had promised it to Dr. Tho. Wilson) on the 19 July the
same year.
Feb. 27. John Harpesfield of New coll. — He was af-
terward a grand zealot in the time of the reformation for
the R. C. cause.
Besiiles these four, were about 30 more tliat were ad-
mitted, besides about 7 that supplicated.
Batchelors of Law.
Jun. . . . Will. Binsley of New coll. was then admitted
batch, of both the laws — After he had resigned the vicaridge
of Adderbury in Oxfordshire 1554, he became about that
time chancellor to D. Pole, bishop of Peterborough, and arch-
deacon of Northampton, in which last dignity he was suc-
ceeded by one Nicli. Sheppard master of St. John's coll. in
Cambridge, about 1571. This Binsley is reported to have
Vjeen a persecutor of Prcjtestants in tju. Mary's reign while
he Wits a chancellor: .And that after qu. Eliz. came to the
crown he was, notwithstanding that, made archdeacon of
Peterborough, &c.
March 22. Rich. Read of New coll. — See among the
doctors in 1540.
Besides these two, were but two more that were ad-
mitted, and but three that supplicated, that were not ad-
mitted ; among whom Donatus Tayge an Irish man
was one.
Not one was admitted in the canon law, nor one that
3 [And so in the Register of the church of Durham. Bakeii.]
* [When he spoke Hgainst an act brought into the house in favour of the
queen's prerogative, Burnet, //«*. o/" Kr/cTm. ii. 227. Watis.I
H* 2
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103
1536.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1537.
104
supplicated : For rclipious hou.ses being about tliis time dis-
solved, there occurs not a third or fourth part of batchelors
of the canon or civil law (especially the former) as before.
Masters of Arts.
For the same reason but eleven masters were admitted
this year, five of whom were of Merton coll. and but two
that supplicated, who were not admitted.
Batchelors of Divinity.
May 13. Rich. Smyth of Merton coll. now the king's
professor of divinity.
June 28. Tho. K.vynolds of the same coll. — See after-
wards among the dix;tors this year.
May 9. Father James Proctok a monk of the order of
St. liernard alias Cisteaux an<l archdeacon of Dorset, (in
tlie place of Edw. Fox) who studied now in St. Bernard's
coll. in Oxon, was then admitted. — He was afterwards made
canon of the Kings coll. in Oxon, where abiding till 1.54.5,
at which time the said coll. was to be converted into a ca-
thedral, he ha<l in reconii)ence for it 20 1. per an. paid unto
him out of the exchequer. Afterwards being mwle preben-
darv of Salisbury, was at length, about the year 1579, no-
minated by queen Eliz. to succeed Jolm Devereux in the see
of Femes in Ireland ; but he dying before his consecration
thereunto, Hugh Allen B. of Downe iuid Connor was trans-
lated to that see.
Fath. Anth. Clerk a monk of the said order, and of St.
Bernard's coll. was admitted the same day.
Fath. Edw. Manchester another monk of the same order
and coll. was then also admitted. — \\'hen his monastery was
dissolved he return'd to his old siruanie again, which was
Fedley, and in 1.538 I find him in a poor condition, as the
other fathers of the same order probably were.
Two more were admitted, and six that supjtlicated for
that degree, who were not admitted ; among whom were
Fr. John Lyllyng a Minorite.
Doctors of Civil Law.
Octob. 11. Will. Coke or Cooke of All-s. coll. now
tector or warden of Elmcley in Kent. — In 1537 I find him
by the name of Will. Coke LL. D. to be principal or chief
moderator of the Civil Law school in St. Etlward's parish,
and in 1548 .judge or general commissai^, or custos of the
prerogative court of Canterbury. I take this Dr. Cooke to
be the same with hhn, who was zealous in examining pro-
testants about matters of faith, when they were brought be-
fore the bishop of London ; as you may see in the Acts and
Mon. of the Church imder the year 1558, and elsewhere ;
" notwithstanding he had been fii^our'd by archbishop Cran-
>" mer, who during tlie vacancy of the bishoprick of Ro-
" Chester 1550, committed the custody of the spiritualities
" of that see to him." *
Doctors of Divinity,
Jul. 5. John* Hastyngs sometimes of University, now
canon of the King's coll. in Oxon.
Tho. Raynolds of Merton, sometimes one of the ca-
nons of Cardinal coll. was admitted the same day.' — He was
afterwards warden of Merton coll. residentiary of Exeter,
dean of Bristol for a time, an. 1553, and dean of Exeter in
* [lie was employed in several commissions in king Kdward Vlth's time.
He was buried 23 Aug. 15,'>8, Strype, Eccfcs. Memor. Ui. 449. Watts.]
*^ l^rhjnms Iteynolds clericus liabet litems regis patentes de pres. ad eccl.
pttTuch. dc Chcrjton* Ffitzpayn Exon. dioc. }>er mortem ult. iuoumb. T. K.
B)>ud Westnion. l.'J Junii, rcg. 29. ^1537.) Kbknei.]
• Qu. Cheddont KiiiT,
the year following, on the death of Dr. John Moreman.
This jjcrson being learned, and chajdain to queen Mary, she
therefore nominated him to succeed Rob. Parf'ew alias War-
ton in tlie episcopal see of Hereford, but she dying before
he received consecration thereimto, was not only put aside
by queen Elizabeth, but by her committed to custody in the
prison call'd the Marshalsea in Southwark, where he died
about '24 Nov. 1559.'
July 5. Nich. Cartwryght M. of A. and kitch. of div.—
In the reign of K. Edw. 6. he was a great admirer of Pet.
Martyr * and his doctrine, and about that time was made
master, or schoolm:ister, of the house or hospital of St.
John Baptist joining to Banbury in Oxfordshire. In the
reiirn of queen Mary he was commanded to dispute with
Hugh Latimer in the divinity school, before he was to sa-
crifice his life in the flames, an. 1554, yet spoke its little as
could be ; and two years after he was deprived of a benefice
in the diocese of Litchfield and Coventry. He died and
wiis buried at Banbury before mention'd about 1558.^
July 5. John Huchenson master of ar's and. B. of div.
Matthew Wyttall master of arts and B. of div.
George Cotes of Magd. coll. was adm. the same day —
Soon after he was master of Baliol coll. ami at length bishop
of Chester.
Rich. Smyth of Mert. coll. mention'd before among the
batch, of div. was also ailmitted the same day — Afterwards
in the times of reformation, he was esteemed the chief
pillar of the R. cath. cause.
At the same time one John Vyne M. A. and batch, of div.
supplicated to be doctor of that fac. but was not admitted.
Incorporations.
Not one was really incorjwrated, only several supplicated
in order to it, as (1) Ralph Smale M. A. of an university
beyond the sea, who also supjjlicated in the year following
for incorporation. (2) John Beli'ield B. A. of Cambridge,
who being 8 years standing in that imiversity, supplicated
. this year also to be M. of A. (3) John Crayfokd D.D .of
Cambridge — See more in 1546.
An. Dom. 1537.— 29 Hen. 8.
The same.
Dr. Tresham.
Chancellor.
Commissary.
Proctors.
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Hugh Weston of Line. coll. Apr. 11.
Tho. Knight of Line. coll. Apr. 11.
Batchelors of Arts. ^ ■
May 3. Rich. Bertue or Bertie of C. C. coll. — He af-
terwards married with Katluirine the sole daugliter and heir
of William lord Willoughby of Eresby (the widow of Charles
Brandon duke of Suffolk) became possessor of the great
estate belonging to that title, and father of Peregrine lord
7 [Nov. 26, 15.'>9, Mr. Dr. Reynolds was buiicd in St. Margaret's West-
minster. Tanner.]
8 [.\nd his only assistant in his disputation at Oxford against Tresham,
and Chedsey. See account of that disputation published by T. Martjn.
Bakkb.]
9 [.\niong the pensions assigned at the dissolution of religious houses, and
registered to be due in the year 1.5.i.i, there is a pension of one hundred shil-
lings to Nic. Cartwrigbt, late master of St. Jobiis nigli Banbury. MS.
Kennet.]
105
1537
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1537.
106
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Willoughby of Eresby, ancestor to Bertie earl of Lindsey
and Bertie earl of Abingdon.
Feb. 18. Morgan I'hilipps or Philip Morgan of Oriel
coll. commonly called Morgan the sophister.
23. Rob. Paulet. One John Paulet sometimes of Oxon
occurs dean of the island of Jersey.
28. Tho. Hardy ng of New coll.
In all about six and thirty, besides ten Or more that sup-
plicated for that degree.
Batchelors of Civil Law.
Jid. 2. John Coke a secular chaplain and a student in
the Cesarean law here, and at Cambridge, for three years
or more. — ^This person is not to be understood to be the
same with Jolin Coke or Cook, who occurs a little before
this time abbot of Osney, as some have taken liim to be ;
which is the resison that I make now this note of him.
Feb. 17. Tho. Young a sec. chaplain, now, as it seems,
of Broadgate's hall. — He was afterwards archbishop of
York.
Rob. Weston of All-s. coll. was admitted the same day. —
See among the doctors of tiie civ. law in 155(>.
Will. Dalby of tlie said coll. w.us also udni. the same
day. — He was afterwards chancellor of the diocese of Bris-
tol, wlienee he was ejected upon account of religion in the
beginning of qu. Elizabeth, as Nic. Saunders tells ' us.
Feb. 17. Benedictus Guarsius, sometimes written Bal-
tasarus Gwarcius. Quaere.
Besides tliese, wiis only Arth. Pytts of .Ml-s. coll. ad-
mitted ; and one Hugh Whytford who supplicated for the
said degree.
Not one was admitted in the canon law, nor one suppli-
cated, for the reason 1 have before told you under the year
1537.
Masters of Arts.
May 11. John Powle or Bowle of All-s. coll. — This per-
son, who was canon of Windsor in the time of Ed. 6. is re-
ported by a certain ^ writer to have been lately prior of
Merton in Surrey, and that dying at Windsor 15 Aug.
1558 was buried there.
Rich. Reeve of All-s. coll. was adm. the same day — He
was afterv^ ards the first prebendary Of the ninth ])rebend-
ship of Westminster, an. 1560, canon of Windsor in 15G1,
and the queen's chaplain. Tliis jierson is reinembred by
John Fox in his book of Acts and Monuments of the Chtirch,
to have been the noted schoolmaster of Berchamstede in
Hertfordshire, and that for his zeal to protestancy, he was
brought into some kind of trouble in tlie reign of qu. Mary.
He died in 1594, leaving liehind him the character of a reli-
gious and learned man, whereupon Cutlibert BellotM.A.
succeeded him in his prebendshij), and Alex. Nowel dean of
St. Paul's cathedral in his caiionry.
Feb. 13. John Man of New coll. was then admitted
master, being the same whom 1 ha\c mention'd under the
year 1.533.
In all 39 or thereabouts.
Batchelors of Divinitij.
Dec. 3. Fath. Rob. Nettleham Benedictine.
— Filth. Will. Lyncolne Benedictine.
Feb. 8. Fa. John Wahham Benedictine.
15. Will. Haynes of Oriel coll. — He was afterwards
' In Viyb. Mmarch. edit. 1592. p. 670.
» Tlio. Fritlic ill Catal. Vecanorum ^ Commie. Ciq>dl£ S. Gcorgii up Winds.
MS. pcucs mc. A. W.
jirovost of that c-<jllege, fellow of Iviton, the third canon of
Osney, and the first of the first canonry or prel>ciidship of
Ch. Ch. in Oxon. Some report that he was aho dean of
Exeter, but false, for 'twas Simon Heynes tliat enjoyed that
dignity.
Four more were admitted, and about 7 there were that
supplicated for the said degree, among whom John Cray-
ford a Minorite was one, who hatl spent several years ia
study both here and at Cambridge, Rob. Wellys M. A. and
fellow of Eat(m coll. another, and Tho. Massie ' a canoD
regular a third; wliicli last was prior of St. Mary's coll. in
Oxon, and was about this time adm. batch, of divinity, but
neglected to be registrcd by the public scribe.
Doctors of Civil Law.
Jan. 18. Rich. Lyell of All-s. coll. " he occurs dean of
" the deaneries of Shorehimi, Croydon, Bockyng, Risburgh,
" Terring and Payham, A. D. 1541. In which year he was
" enjoyned by the king to take away all shrines within the
" parish churches of the said deaneries, (being peculiars to
" the archb. of Canterbury) . See Memorials of Arch. Cran-
" mer, lib. 1. cap. 23. p. 92, 93."
llowL. Merick a)x)ut this time of New inn was adm. the
same day — He was afterwards bishop of Bangor.
For the same degree supplicated one Rich. Abche LL. B.
but was not admitted. In 152G I find him to be principal
of Broadgate's hall by the name of Rich. Archer, and now
(1538) to be the king's chaplain and canon of Windsor.
On the 28 Dec. 1551, he was made treasurer of the church
of Salisbury on the death of Matthew Wotton, who had suc-
ceeded in that dignity one Thoiuiis Stevens.
Doctors of Divinity.
Apr. 13. Father William Todde a monk of the order of
St. Benedict of Durham coll. as it seems, and a monk of
Durham, was then adm. doct. of div.
Not one besides was admitted, nor one supplicated for
that degree.
Incorporations.
May . . . Christop. Massyngberd LL. bac. of Cam-
bridge and chanc. of the church of Line. — .-Vfterwards he
supplicated to be licensed to jiroceed in the laws, but whe-
ther he was so, it appears not. In 1543 he succeeded Dr.
Anth. Drnycot in the archdeaconry of Stow,* and dying
8 March 1553, wiis buried in Ihe middle of the isle on the
South side of the choir belonging to the church of Linc-oln.
\Vhereupon John Aylmer or Elmer succeeded in that dig-
nity, but before he had enjoyed it an year, was deprived of
it, being then the first year of qu. Mary, and one John Har-
rison Wiis ])ut into his place, 1554.
This year on the 19 July, the rev. father Anthony
Brockbe or Brockbey (sometimes written Bkorbe) a
Franciscan or grey f'rver, well read in divinity un<l learned
in the Greek iind Heb. tongues, sometimes a student in St.
Mar. Magd. coll. Oxon, sullier'd death by hanging, for
' [By the Begiiter of Sir Tlionms Botelcr, vicar of Wcniock, Salop, under
the year 154.1. MS. Cnnigh in the B<«lleian, Howen 4". 3. p. 6 — I find that
Randiilph Ma.'i.iy clcrke or deacon of the church of Si. Milburghe, and
Agnes, daughter of Thoiuas Benlrow, were married Feb. 9. In that year. On
the eleventh of November 1.5-14 he sinig mass, with five other priests at the
funeral of Klizaheth Monslow. 'fliis was possibly some relation to the
Massey here noticed.]
•* [Apr. 8, 4 ICd. 6 ; Xtoph. Maj.«ingl)erd clerk, parson and prebendarie of
JjCighton llosard, leased the said prebeiul and jxtrsonage to Will. .Tohnson
gent, from Lady-dav 1581, to the end ( f 40 years, paying the yearly rcuMif
76/i6. 135 4rf. C'o/fcct. Ju/i. J'Val/ci/, MS. p. '-'88. Ke-smt.]
107
1538.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1538.
108
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speaking against the king's proceedings in extirpating the
pope's power, and demolishing of religious houses. I put
this ob8er>ation under the year of his death beca\ise that he,
being reiwrted by * one to be a licentiat in divinity, and by *
another a professor of divinity, of this university, I cannot
find any such thing in our public registers, which are im-
perfect in several years before this time, especially in the
year 1517-
An. Dom. 1538.— 30 Hen. VITI.
Chancellor.
The same.
Commissary.
The same.
Proctors.
Rich. Arderne of Magd. coll. May 8.
Thomas Roberts of Oriel coll. May 8.
Which ]>roctors were elected then (as 'tis said) by the
public suffrages of those whom it concerned to give, as if an
equal power of suffraging in such elections did not now per-
tain to all masters.
Batchelors of Divinity.
May 17. John Fox of Brasen-nose coll. — He was after-
wards of that of St. Mary Magdalen, and the noted mar-
t}Tiologist.
Feb. 15. George Ethbridge of C. C. C.
John Morwen of C. C. C.
In all about 41, besides 14 or tliereabouts that were can-
didates for the said degree, but not admitted this year.
i^ Only two this year were admitted batcli. of the civ.
law, and ijut four in the next.
Masters of Arts.
Mar. I'Z. Rich. Caldwell of Brasen-nose coll. He was
afterwards an eminent physician.
20. Seth Holland of All-s. coll. In 1555, or there-
abouts, he became the third jirebcndary of the second stall
in the cath. ch. of Worcester in tlie place of John Compton,
alias Treale, batch, of div. and sometimes chaplain to K.
Hen. 8. and in the same year he was elected warden of
All-s. coll. In 1557 about Michaelmas lie was made dean
of Worcester in the place of Philip Haford or Hawford,
alias Ballard, (who had been the last abbot of E\esham in
Worcestershire) and about the same time became rector of
Bishops Cleve in Gloucestershire, ujion his resignation of
the rectory of Fladbury. In Oct. or Nov. 1559 he was de-
priv'd of his deanery ; whereupon John Peddar, batch, of
div. one of the Frankfort exUes in tlie time of ()u. INlary was
installed in his place 17 Dec. the same yeai-. Holland was
afterwards committed prisoner to the Marshalsea, where he
died in the second year of qu. Eli/..'
Mar. 18. James Curthopp of C. C. coll. — In 1546 he
became the first canon of the sixth stall in Ch. Ch. cathedral,
Oxon, and about the beginning of (ju. Mary lie succeeded
' Tho. Boncliicr in Hitt. Tx^daiastica de Marhjrio Fratnim Ord. Mm. D.
Francuci, ice. edit. Tngoldstail. 1583 pars 2. fol. 15. b.
« Franc, i S. Clara in Hist. Min. Provincia- Angt. Fratnim Minomm, &c.
edit. Duac. in fol. an. 16(15. sect. 19. p. 42. h,
' [S«tli Holland, who had been warden of All Souls in Oxford, dean of
Worcester, and chaplain to cardin il Pole, sent by the card, with a message
to the lady KlizidKih (a few days before his death), was buried in St.
Gcorac's, .Southwark, out of the Kinc's-bench prison, beinj; out of respect
brouglil to church bj about 60 gciulcnien of tlie inns of court and Oxford,
March 15, 1360. Strypc, .itmaUnfthc Rr/Lrmu/iim. Kennit.]
Gerard Carleton, D. D.^in the deanery of Peterborough,
who in 1543 had succeeded in that dignity Franc. Abre B. D.
the same Abre I mean, who, from being the last prior of
Northampton, was made the first dean of Peterborough,
an. 1541.' James Curthopp died 19 July 1557, and was bu-
ried in the isle next adjoyning on the North side, to the
choir of the cathedral of Ch. Ch. He was one of the ex-
aminers of John I'hilpot the martyr in certain matters of
religion, before the time of his suffering.
Besides these three were but eight masters admitted, if
the register saith right ; and in but one act celebrated this
year, on 29 July, were only four doctors of divinity, and
one in the laws that proceeded, the masters being resened
'till the act following, which was on the last of March
1539.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Apr. 8. Frat. John Byllynge, a Minorite.
May 9. Fath. Rob. Dalton, Benedictine.
Fath. John Tewtie, Benedictine.
Fath. Nigh. Marley, Benedictine.
May 31. Fa. Philip Acton, Cistercian, alias Bernardine.
Fa. Rog.Wn ALLEY, Cistercian, alias Bernardine.
Fa. Rich. Hales, Cistercian, alias Bernardine.
The first of which last three was about this time provisor
of St. Bernard's coll. in the North suburb of Oxon.
Jul. 13. John Donne of C. C. coll. I made some men-
tion of him under the year 1528.
14. Fa. Hugh Glasier, a Minorite. " He was about
" that time (1534) canon of Ch. Ch. in Canterbury, and
" aftenvards succeeded Rob. Hai-vey, LL.D. as commissary
" general of Calais for archb. Cranmer. He fa\oured the
" gospel more than Harvey, he was put uji to preach at
" Paul's cross, the first Lent after K. Ed. 6. came to the
" crown, and then asserted the obseivation of Lent to be
" but of human institution. •
" So in Memorials of Archb. Cranmer, lib. 1 . cap. 22.
" p. 88. and Dr. Heylyn in his Ch. Hist. 1548, mentions
" one Dr. Glazier, an ciiger man for reformation, and
" an eager man against the observation of Lent."
Jul. 23. Fath. Tho. Bede, Benedictine.
Fath. Will. Ambkose, Benedictine.
Two more were also admitted, and but two there were
that supplicated for that degree, miiong whom, Hen. Stret-
SHAM, a jNIinorite, who had spent se^eial years here, and at
Cambridge, in logicals, philosophicals, and theologicals,
was one.
After the abbeys were dissolved, in 1535, 36, &c. I find
very many monks and other religious persons, who had
pensions tdlowed them out of the exchequer, to retire to
the university, and to such places therein, that were nurse-
ries for them, as Canterbury coll. Glocester coll. Durham
coll. St. Bernard's, St. Mary's, &c. which were full of
them ; where they continued 'till they were worn out, or
had gotten benefices.
8 [Gerard Carleton, A.M. admiss. ad rect. de Stanway. com. Essex, 17
Sept. 1331, quam resign, ante 21 Mar. 1542. Beg. SiokesUy Epi Land.
Kknnet.]
5 [A lease let, Feb. 10, 5 Ed. 6, by James Courthopp, clerk, prebendary
of Milton mannor com. Oxon. to John Bellow, esq. and the mannor of Byn-
broke, com. Line, parcell of tiie said prebend for 40 years, paying yearly
72 s. Td. Collect, l-eutleij, MS. p. 288.
A lease let, Octob. 12, 6 Ed. 6, by .lames Curlhop, clerk, dean of Peter-
borough and prebendary of Much Mylton, com. Oxon. to 'i'houias Bcnger
of Mylton the said prebend for 53 years, paying yearly 24 lib. Ibid.
Kknnet.]
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Doctor of the CwU Law.
Apr. S. John Storie, principal of Broadgate's hall.—
He wiis about this time principal or chief moderator of the
Civil Law school in St. Edward's parish, and was the only
doctor of his faculty, tliat was admitted this year.
Doctor of Physic.
Jul. 13. John Toker, M. of A. of Exeter coll. — Of him
the public register saitli tlius Licentiatus crat ad inci-
piendum Julii l.j", quo die admissus erat ad lect\iram libelli
Aphorismorum Ilyporratis : Et sic evenit quod una & cudem
hora fit baccalaureus & doct. in med. ^V'hicll shews tliat
the words, cumulavit gradus, were not at this time in use.
Doctors of Divinity.
June 27- The reverend fiitlier Anthony Dunstan, alias
Kitchen, abbot of Eynsliam in Oxfordshire, now lodging
in Glocester college, was then licensed to proceed in divinity.
He was afterwards bishop of tlie rich see of LandafF.
Jul. — Fath. Rich. Gorton, Benedict, monk.
Fath. Humph. Cheritey, Benedict, monk.
Fath. John Clebke, Benedict, monk.
Incorporation.
Jul. 12. John Clerke, a monk of the order of St. Be-
nedict, and batch, of div. of Cambridge, was tlien incorpo-
rated batch, of divinity. — About the same time he was
licensed to proceed in that faculty, as 1 have before told
you, and on tlie 29 of the same month he accordingly
stood in the act then celebrated, by the name of father Jo.
Clerke.
An. Dom. 1539.— 31 Hen. VHI.
Chancellor.
The same, viz. Dr. Longland, bishop of Lincoln.
Commissary.
The same, viz. Dr. Tresham.
Proctors.
Will. Smyth of Brasen-n. coll. Bor.
John Stoyt of Mert. coU. Austr.
Batchelors of Arts,
Apr. — Will. Hugh of C. C. coll.
Jan. 9. Hen. Bull of Miigd. coll.
Jul. 7. Tho. Cooper of Magd. coll.
Feb. 24. Bernard Gilpin of Qu. coll.
Feb. — John Watson of All-s. coll.
Three of these were afterward writers, and two were
bishops.
About 32 batchelors were admitted this year, besides
about 10 who were supplicators or candidates.
Masters of Arts,
Mar. 27. Rob. Warde, the noted philosopher and dispu-
tant of Merton college.
Besides him were about 1 9 that were admitted this year,
among whom were several who were afterwards dignitaries,
as William Browne of Mert. coll. who was preb. of Wells,
Tjio. Arden, preb. of Worcester, &c.
Opponents in Divinity.
Dec. 20, Fath. George Clyiie, Benedictine.
Fath. Tho. Maynspord, Benedictine.
Fath. John Matthew, Benedictine.
23. Fath. Ralph Ryckmansworth, a Benedictine.
Jan. 21. Peter Langrish. — He was 8o<in after made one
of the first canons of Winchester.'
1'liese I set down, because (1) they were not afterwards,
according to custom, admitted batch, of div. and (2) that
they are the last op]x>nents who are mentioned iu our public
registers.
Batchelors of Divinity.
May 3. The venerab. fath, Henry Man, prior of the
Carthusians in the nioiuistery of Shene in Surrey. See af-
terwards among the doctors,
Hugh Weston, rector of Line. coll. was admitted the
same day. — Two years before he supplicated to be batch, of
physic.
June 11, Fath, John Feckenham, lately a Benedictinb
monk of Evesham abbey, now or alx>ut this time of Gloc.
coll, in O.\on. — See among the doct. of div. 1556.
17. Will. Bradbr.idge of Magd, coll. — See more in
1565.
Jul. 3. Fath, John Este, a Benedictine.
Besides these were 4 more that were admitted, and about
eleven that siqiplicated ; among whom were father Stephen
Bayley, fath. Johh Salter, fath. Rich. Ramsey, alias Hal-
lyng, fath. John Holywell, alias 1'almer, all Benedic-
tines ; and Tho. Robertson, the famous grammarian. As
for fa. Ramsey, he, by the name of Rich, llallyng, alias
Itamsey, S,T, P, was admitted vicar of W'ellow in Somerset-
shire 1546, and had one or more dignities in the church.
ftd" Not one doctor of law or physic was admitted this
year.
Doctors of Divinity.
May 12, the ven, fath. Hen. Man, prior of Shene in Sur-
rey was then licensed to i)roceed in divinity. He com-
pleated that degi'ee in an act celebrated 7 July following,
and was afterwards bishop of the isle of Man, as 1 have told
you already among the bishops,
Dec, 23, Rich. Browne, M. A. and batch of div.
Jan. 12. Hugh Weston before-mentioned, rect. of Line,
coll.
Incorporations.
1 find a supplicate made in the behalf of one John Hab-
dyman,** a doctor of divinity of Cambridge, that he might
be incorporated in the said degree, but whether he really
wa.s so I know not. He ran with the mntalde times of K.
Hen, 8. Kd. 6, and qu Mary, and being in shew a zealous
Protestant in the beginning of qu. Elizab. was by her made
the first canon of the second stall in the collegiate church
of A\'estmiiister, in the year 1560. About which time be-
ing well known among the puritanical party (who began to
shew themselves betimes) he was made their instrument to
' [Potnis Langrisl), S. T, B. adiniss. ad eccl. S. Jatobi, Garlick-hill, 16
Febr. 1554, ex coll. c'()i. Loud, Reg. Binuier. Kevnet.]
2 [Joli, Haiiliiiiaii, S. T. P. adniiss. ad cccl. Martini, Ironnionger-Iane,
Lond, 11 Mar. 15;58, |)<>r resign. Clirist. Kicliardson, ad prcs, llic. Rich,
mil, quani resign, ante 13 Aui;. l.VU. lieg. SlokcsUi/,
1560, 9 Mai^i, Rev. contuiit Joli, I lardy man, cler. S. T, P, vicariam de
Lydd, per depriv. Hob. Hilles, cler. ult. vicarii, tiegr. Parker, Cant.
Carta VA'iz, retina? do creatione monasterii B, Petri We&tiuon. in ecclesiam
collegiatam ad Johanneni Hardyman, S, T, D, tertium presbytenun pre-
bendariuni, T, 11, apud \Ve5tiuon, ai Juuii ivg. i. 1560, Itymer, w, 590,
Kennet.J
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break down the altars, and to deface the antient utensils
and ornaments of the church of Westminster. For which,
upon complaint, he was deprived by the queen's commis-
sioners for causes ecclesiastical, an. 1567.
An. Dom. 1540.-nS2 Hen. VIII.
The same.
The same.
Chancellor.
Commissary,
Proctors.
Lewis Reynold of Magd. coll. Bor. Apr. 9.
John Man of New coll. Austr. Apr. 9.
Elected by the titles of Nnrtliern, and Southern, on the
first day of Easter term, being the la.st proctors that occur
so distinguished in our registers.
Batchelors of Arts.
Jan. 19. Tho. Bickley of Magd. coll.
— ^— Rob. Crowley of Magd. coll.
Jun. — John Heron of All-s. coll.
Oct. 20. John Proctor of C. C. coll.
Ralph Robinson of the same coll. was admitted on the
said day. This person, who was a Lincolnshire man born,
did translate into English, with notes added in the margin,
the Utopia of sir Thomas More. Lond. 1557, oct. &c. '
Whether he took the degree of master of arts (in order to
which he supplicated in Apr. 1544) it appears not, or that
he translated or wrote any other things. There hath been
another of both his names, who was a writer, but lived an
hundred years after this, and was of Cambridge.
Oct 20. John Jewell, C. C. coll.
Tho. Greenway, C.C. coll.
Feb. 4. Christop. Goodman of Bnisen-n. coll.
"Will. Downham of Mag. coll. was admitted the same
day. He was afterwards B. of Chester.
Feb. — John Pullayne of New coll.
Sixty and two in all were admitted, and about twelve
were candidates for the said degree, who were not this year
admitted.
Batchelors of Civil Law.
Jun. 12. Rich. Barber of All-s. coll. — On the 14 of
Mar. 155s, he was installed archdeacon of Bedford in the
place of Mich. Dunnyng, LL.D. of Cambridge, and on the
24 Dec. 1560, he was installed arch<leacon of Leicester upon
the resignation of Tho. Robinson the grammarian. In the
beginning of 1565 he was elected warden of AlI-s. coll. and
the next year he was created LL. D. as i shall tell you when
I come to that year. His wardenship he ga\c up in 1571,
and about the same time the archd. of Bedf. in which last
he was succeeded by Will. Rodde. As for Leicester he
kept it to his dying day, and then was succeeded by Hugh
' [15.51, saysStryiic, Eecl. Mem. ii, 315, where lie pivcs an account of this
Bobinson, and wliy he was there sljl'd citizen and goldsmith ol' London.
Watts.
His translation of the Utopia was first printed in 1 .Wl ; then by Vcale in
15.56 8vo; by Creed 4to. 1597; by Alsop 4to. 16'i4, and 8vo. 1639, and
bstly, with various additions by the rev. I'. F. Dibdiii of St. John's college,
by liulmer, Ixindon, 1808, in 4to. and Bvo. Robinson was admitted to Corpus
in 15.i6, aged fifteen, and in 1542 lM>came probaliomiry scholar. Uilxlin
conceives him to be the author of three letters amouf; the Lan.^downe MSS.
in the British Museum, all addressed to sir William Cecil. Utopia,
p. cliiv.J
Blythe, "batch, of div. of Cambridge, and canon of Windsor,
an. 1569.
David Lewes was admitted the same day. — See among'
the doct. of civ. law in 1548.
Besides these two were about 14 admitted, and 3 that
supplicated.
Masters of Arts.
June 4. Baldwyn Norton of Magd. coll.
——— John Hakley of Magd. coll.
The first was afterwards a rich dignitai-y in the church,
and the other a bishop.
10. Alexand. Nowel of Brasen-n. coll.
Besides which three, were about 24 admitted.
Batchelors of Divinity.
May 26. George London, a Benedictine.
Sept. 20. John Hoker of Magd. coll.
Six more were admitted, " among them Michael
" Drumm," and at least 12 were candidates for the said
degi'ee, but were not admitted, among whom John Stan-
dish was one, now of Brasen-nose, but formerly of C. C.
coU.
Doctors of both the Laws.
Jul. 1. Walter* Wryght, now or lately principal of
Peckwater's inn. — In the beginning of 154.3 he was made
archdeacon of Oxon in the place of Dr Rich. Coren de-
ceased, was afterwards master or prefect of Durham coll.
in the interval between its dissolution and conversion
into Trin. coll. canon of Winchester, and several times
commissioner and visitor of the university. He died in
Exeter coll. 10 May, an. 1561, (being then preb. of North
Grantham, in the church of Sarum) and was buried in the
nave of St. Mary's church in Oxon. * A\'hereupon John
Kennall, LL.D. succeeded him in his archdeaconry, being
the seconil that bore that office after Oxford was made an
episcopal see. A certain author, " who by many is accounted
erroneous, tells us that this doctor U'ryght did take occa-
sion in a sennon pieached in Oxon, after qu. Elizabeth
came to the crown, to make several leHections on the jxipe's
supremacy, and falling accidentally on the words of St.
Paul to the Ephesians — ' And he gave some, Apostles, and
some. Evangelists, and some, P.istors and Teachers,' he told
the auditory, to obtain favour from tht-m, Vou see here is
not a word of a pope. — After sermon, instead of going to
dinner to refresh himself, he was took suddenly with a sick-
ness, and thereupon took his bed and died aliout 8 dsiys
after. This seemed very remarkable among the B. Catho-
lics, because the siiid Wryght was not only one of cardinal
Pole's visitors of tlie university of Oxon, in the time of qu.
Mary, but also took all occasions then, to express his zeal
for the R. Cath. cause. 1 have made mention of this Dr.
W^ryght in several places in Hist. & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1.
p 267. b. 2/6. a. 279. a. 283. a. lib. 2. p. 422. a. b. &c.
* [In the second edition it is given Tho. Wryght, for what reason It is in
vain to enquire. See Strype's Ljife o/'Sir Jo/in Cheke for a remarkable jest
made on him by bishop Cheny.]
* [In the register of Exeter eoli. fol. 76, is the following entry : ' D plentissi-
mus VValterus Wryght mortem obiit in siio, infra collegium nostrum, cnhiculo,
anno posteriori' (viz. 1561.) x Mali. Et voti compos, in sacra wile, ii. M.
in Oxon. s<|ivilln.s est. Qui ex testaniento nobis dono dcdit cratercra onum
deauratu]]!, septeui libris ponder, cum ill. libr. in pccunia.'
V\ altcrus Wright ad canonicatmu et pra'bendam in ecclesia catbedraH
W inton. Teste regina, Januar. 1. 1560. Ryiner, xv, 563.]
•5 Nich. Saunderus De mib. Monarch, i^c. Witeburg. 1692. lib, 7.
p. 690.
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Jul. . — Will. Geffky, lately principal of St. Kdward's,
now principal of Broailgatc's hall. — On tlie 20 of March
1553 (1" Maria;) he became chancellor of the ciiurch of
Salisbury, on the deprivation of Hen. I'arry, and about the
same time chanc. to tlie B. of that jilace. You may read
much of him in the ^4cts and Mon. of the Church, he. written
by J. Fox, in the story of Jul Palmer, under the year
1556, and in that of Rich. White, vmder 1558, in which year
Dr. Will. GeH'ry dying, cardinal Pole liestowcd the said clian-
cellorship on an eminent scholar, called Dr. Thorn. Hes-
kins ' in Octob. 155S, who keeping that dignity 'till Aug.
1559, Hen. Perry was restored. Whereujwn Dr. Heskins
■Wfjnt beyond the seas with other Rom. Catholics, and wrote
The Parliament of Christ, &c. concerning the Sacrament, im-
pugned in a Serm. by Jo. Jewell, ^ Antw. 1566. fol.
Jul. — Rich. Read of New coll. — He was an able civi-
lian of his time, valued by K. H. 8. (who dub'd him a
knight after his return from BuUoigne in 154-1) was a visi-
tor of the university in the reign of Edw. 6. and dying in
15*9 became a benefactor to both the colleges of Will, of
VTykeham.
Jul. — John Smyth.
Jul. — Hen. Cole of New coll. — See among the doct.
of div. in 1554.
KS* Not one doct. of phys. was admitted this year, nor
any person admitted to practise that fac. or chi-
rurgery, only Felix Pontanus a foreigner, as it
seems.
Doctors of Divinity.
May 4. James More, sometimes provost of Oriel coll.
now a dignitary in tlie church.
For the said degree supplicated Rob. Wellys, batch, of
div. (mention'd among the B. of div. 1.537) and Will.
Sandwych, B. of D. a Benedictine monk ; and now, or
lately, warden or guardian of Canterbury college in Oxon ;
but wliether these two were admitted, it appears not.
An. Dom. 1541.— .33 Hen. VHI.
Chancellor.
The same.
' Co7nmissary.
The same.
Proctors.
Roger Bkomhall of New coll.
John Wyman of Magd. coll. as it seems.
Which proctors were elected 23 Apr. from the company
of non-regents, by virtue of the king's letters sent from
Creenvvich.
Batchelors of Arts.
Jul. 24. John Mullyns or Molens of Magd. coll. — He
is mention'd at large among the writers.
Feb. — John Longland of Brasen-n. coll. — ^This per-
son, who was a Salopian born, was made archdeacon of
Bucks, on the death of Rich. Layton or Leighton, LL. D.
who was made archdeacon in 1534 after tlie death of Dr.
John Taylor, mention'd under the year 1522. This John
Longland, who was nearly related to Dr. Longland, B. of
' [Of whom see accounts in Tiiuncr's Bihliotheca, p. 399. Scriptores Or-
dinis Pradicatorunit ii. 197.]
" [Answered by Dr. Fulk, who seems to say, that Heskins married a nun
in K. Edw. time, p. 417. Bakeii.J
Line, was suspended from his archdeaconry in the beginning
of qu. Mary, and Rich. Porter succeeded.
Admitted in all about 62, besides several that supplicated,
among whom Valentine Dale was one.
Batchelors of Civil Law.
July 24. Hugh Jonys ov Jones. — He was afterwards
bishop of Landaff.
Oct. 24. Nichol. Bulltnoham of All-s. coll.— He was
afterwards successively, B. of Lincoln and Worcester. In
all 7.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 5. John Harpbsfield of New coll.
Mar. 15. Tho. Hardyng of New coll.
Mar. 4. Edm. Marvyn of C. C, C. — This person, who
was a Hampshire man born, I take to be the same witli
Marvinus, who was archdeacon of Surrey in the time of qu.
Mary, and ejected 'thence in the beginning of qu. Eli-
zabeth.
21. Bernahd Gilpin of Qu. coll.
22. Morgan Philips of Oriel coll.
In all about 44, some of which were afterwards inferior
dignitaries in the church.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Apr. 14. — Brown. — I take him to be the same person,
who, by the name of John Brown, batch, of div. was made
canon of Windsor in the reign of qu. Mary, and the same
Brown, who succeeded W. Barlow, B. of Chichester, in a
caiioniy of the first stall in the collegiat church of Westmin-
ster, an. 1565, where he died and was buried, in 1584.
May 15. Will. Devenish or Denis, lately fellow of
Mert. coll. now provost of Qu. coll. — In the reign of Ed. 6.
he became can. of Windsor, " and also of Canterbury, but
" was turned out 1 Marise for being married."
Dec. — George Clyffe, lately called father ClyfTe of
the order, as it seems, of St. Benedict.
Si* in all were adm. this year, (among whom Geo. Nevil,
a sec. chap, was one) and but two that supplicated for that
degree.
KS" Not one doct. of law or physic was admitted this
year.
Doctors of Divinity.
Jul. 31. Rich. Boreman.
Aug. 2. JoH. Standist, now, as it seems, of Brnsen-R.
coll.
Oct. 3. JoH. Joseph, lately a Minorite or grey fryer
" in Canterbury, now one of the preachers there against
" the abuses of popery. — Afterwards made prebendary there
" and rector of St. Mary Le-Bow, but lost those prefer-
" ments 1 Mariae for being married."
Incorporations.
Oct. 19. John ap Harry or Parry, master of arts of the
university of Caen in Normandy. — See among the doctors
of law in 1542.
In the month of July, I find a supplicate made for one
Roger Haskham to be incorporated M. of .\. as he had
stood at Cambridge ; but whether he was incorporated I
find it not to stand in the register, having been probably
neglected, as things of that nature (when the supplicates
are set down) have frequently been done. I take this per-
3 Vid. Nich. Saunders De Visib. Monaivh. edit. 1592. lib. 7. p. 666.
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son to be the same with llog. Ascham who was born at
Kirbv-wisk in Yorkshire, an. 1515, educated in St. Johns
coll. in Cambridge ; where he attained to great excellency
in the Latin and Greek tongues, took the degree of M. of
A. in tlmt university 1537, and was a great tutor, and did
much gooil by liis admirable learning there. Tliis person,
by the way I must let tlie reader know, was a jxissing good
orator, liad a great faculty in writing Greek, Lat. and Kngl.
epistles, which were not only excellent for matter, but for
the neatness of the hiuid-writing, adorned with illumination,
which we now call limning, in the margin. And being the
best of all scliolars in his time for those matters, he was
entertained, as an instructor in them, by prince Edward,
the lady Elizabeth, and the two brothers Henry and Charles
dukes of Sutfolk. In 1544 lie succeeded John Cheek in the
oratorship of the university of Cambridge, whicli he per-
formed to the wonder and applause of all ; and in tlie reign
of Ed. 6. he accompanied sir Ricli. Morysine in his embassy
to the emperor Cliarles 5, where continuing about three
years, (in whicli time he became acquainted with many
learned men, among whom John Sturmius was one) he
returned ujion the news of the deatli of K. Ed. 6. from
whom he had not only received an annual pension in his
absence, but also tlie gift of the Latin secretariship ; so that
at the present being destitute of convenient maintenance
and friends, was, by the endeavours of the lord I'aget and
Dr. Steph. Gardiner bish. of Wincliester, made secretary of
the Latin tongue to q\i. Mary. In 1554 he married one
Margaret How, by whom )ie had a considerable j)ortion ;
yet notwithstanding that and liis ])lace, lie lived and died
not according to his condition, being given to dicing and
cock-fighting After qu. Elizabeth came to the crown, lie
was not only continued in his place of secretary, and made
tutor to her for tlie Greek tongue, but also by her favour
was installed prebemlaiy of Wetwang in the church of
York (by the deprivation of George Palmes LL. D.) on the
eleventh day of March 1559. Tliis person, whose memoiy
is celebrated to this day among learned men for oratory,
poetry and the Greek tongue, hath written (1) Toxophilus :
the School or Partitions of Shooting, contained in two books,
written 1544, Sec. — Loiul. 1545, 1571, qu. As in Ids latter days
he delighted much in dicing and cock-fighting, '" so in his
younger, wliile at Cambridge, in archery, wherein he much
excelled. (2) The Schoolmaster : or, aplain and -perfect Waij
of teaching CkiUlren to uiidtmland , write, and speak the Latin
Tongue, Sfc. in two books. Lond. 1570 and 1589, qu. (3) A
Report and Discourse of the Affairs and State of Germany and the
Emperor Charles his Court, during certain y'ears while he was
there, printed in qu. (4) Familiarium Epistolarum libri tres,
&c. Lond. 1577, 78, oct.' (5) Quttdam Poeinata, ' printed
with the epistles. (6) Apol. contra Missam ^ ejus Prastigius,
&c. printed about 1577. in oct. This eminent scholar R.
Ascham died ' on the 30 of Dec. 1568, and was buried
without any funeral jjomp, on the 4 of Jan. following, in
the church of St. Sepulchre without Newgate, London,
'** nVhat he got by his ingenuity, he lost by his gaming, viz. at dice and
cock-figl)ting, dying rich oncly in those two i>ooks, his estate and monument,
whereof the one i» intituled Toiophihis, and tile otlicr SchoUtrclui. Lloyd,
Statemicn and FamuriHs, 1 665, p. 429.]
' [In the year 1703 the rev. William EUtob, of Queen's college, printed
Bogeri AKhami Kpistoliriim Libri Qiuituor, Oxon. in 8vo. To this was added
one book containing letters from Sturmius, with some few others to Ascham,
&c. Prefixed is a small plate, by Michael liurghcrs, of Ascham reading to
Elirjbelh, in a compartment of small oval heads.]
» [Kendall of .Staples inn, translated eight pieces of Ascham's which were
published in his Ftmnrs, l?mo. 1 j77, fol. Ill,]
» Ed. Grant in t>r<K. de VU. <j; Ob. Hog. Aicham, edit 167T.
leaving behind him this character by a learned * person, that
he ' inter primos nostra nationis litenis Latinas & Graecas,
stylique puritatem cum eloquentia: laude excoluit." '
The same.
The same.
An. Dom. 1542.— 34 Hen. VIII.
Chancellor.
Commissary.
Proctors.
John Estwike of Mert. coll.
Will. Pye of Oriel again.
Elected in the beginning of Easter term by the suflrages
of the doctors and heads of colleges and haUs.
Batchelors of Arts.
May 16. Tho. Neal of New coll. now in much esteem for
his great knowledge in the Greek tongue.
Nov. 16. Henry Pendleton of Brasen-n. coll.
In all about 27, and but two supplicated for that degree,
who were not admitted.
Batchelors of Law.
Five this year were admitted batchelors of the civil law,
and but two there were that supplicated for tliat degree.
One of theiti was named Will. Copinger, a civilian of
New coll. but whether lie was reidly admitted, I find not.
This person, who was a Londoner born, I take to be the
same wlio was afterwards a servant of Dr. Steph. Gardiner
B. of Winchester, and bearer of the great seal before him
while he was lord chancellor. After Gardiner's death,
which hapned in 1555, he became one of the Benedictine
monks of Westminster, where continuing 'till qu. Elizabeth
came to the crown, was soon after committed prisoner to
the Tower of London, where, as one ' saith, fidling mad,
he died in a short time after. I find another \V'ill. Copin-
ger who was M. of A. of this university lone; before the
other man's time, who in his works in MS. (which are in
Bal. coll. library, tmd therefore thought by some ' to have
been of that house) did shew himself to be a very pious
divine, ami a pronouncer of the men of this world to be
vain, in whom the knowledge of God reigneth not. He
wrote (1) De Fitiis ik Virtutibus, lib. 1. The beginning of
which is vani sunt omnes homines, &c. (2) Sacramentale
quoddam, and other things, which hath made his name fa-
mous to posterity. AVhen he lived, or in what king's reign
he was renown'd for his learning, I cannot tell, neither
doth Bale himself know.
Masters of Arts.
Jul. 12. Simon Bellystre. — He was about this time
archdeacon of Colchester, (occurring by that title 1545)
but wliether he succeeded Hob. AUlridge or Hugh Weston
in that dignity, 1 know not.
Besides him, were but eleven more that were admitted.
Batchelors of Divinity.
June 19. Will. Cheadsey of C. C. coll. — Afterwards
president of that house, and a writer.
Three more were admitted, and three there were that
^ Gul. Cambdenin Atmal R. Elisab. sub. an. 1568.
* [The whole of Ascham's English works have been published in a neat
and very correct manner, in one volume 8vo. Lond. 181.S, with a life of the
author, by Dr. Saiimel Johnson, to which the reader is now referred.]
* Jo. Fox in his book o{ Acts and Mm. &c. under the year 1558.
' Job. i'its ill append, num. 22. &tc.
117
1543.
FASTI OXONFENSES.
154 ;j.
118
T
supplicated for the said dcp;ree, among whom was John
Maklow or Meblow of Mert. coll. mcntion'd under the
year 1527-
-1 Doctors of both the Laws.
Oct. 18. JoH. CoTTRELL of New coll. — ^This person who
was lately principal of St. Laurence hall (involv'd after-
wards witliin the limits of Jesus coll.) in the parish of St.
Michael, was now archdeacon of Dorset, in the place of one
Will. Skipp, who occurs archd. of that place in 1537. He
the said Dr. Cottrell was afterwards vicar general to Paul
the first bish. of Bristol, did succeed Pol. V'irgil in the arch-
deaconry of Wells, an. 15.54 or thereabouts, being the first
year of qu. Mary, at which time Virgil was in Italy among
^ the living.* In the same year also, he was made prebendary
•'of Tymberscomb in the church of Wells, vicar general to
Gilbert bishop of that place, and at length prebendaiy of
Fordington and Writhlington in the church of .Sarura. He
died about the month of Feb. in 1575, ^ and was buried in
the cath. ch. at Wells.
Oct. 18. John Croke of New coll. — He was now an
eminent advocate in the court of arches, and about this
time dignified in the church.
[67'] Doctors of Divinity.
July C. John Ramridge of Mert. coll. ' — He was made
dean of Litchfield in the beginning pf qu. Mary's reign, in
the place of Rich. Willyams, deprived for having married a
widow in the reign of K. Edw. 6. Hut the said Ramridge
leaving England without any compulsion in the beginning
of qu. Elizabeth, being much troubled in mind upon a fore-
sight of tlie alteration of religion, he went into Flanders,
where in wantlring to and fro in gieat discontent, he met
with thieves, who first rob'd, and afterwards murdered,
him.
Only two supplicated for the said degree this year, viz.
Will. Wetherton M. A. and batch, of div. and Enw.
Sepham M. a. and student in that faculty, but were not
now, or after, admitted.
Incorporations.
Apr. — NicH. Ghimoali) B. of \. of Cambr.
Jul. 19. Laur. Nowel B. of A. of Cambr.
Nov. 8. George Dogeson or Dogvon chauntor of Wells
and M. of A. of the univei-sity of Paris, was then incorp.
M. of A. Which being done, he was incorporated batch,
of div. as he had stood in the said university of Paris.
An. Dom. 1543. — 35 Hen. VIIL
" Chancellor.
The sam^.
The same.
Commissary,
Proctors.
John Estwyke again.
Will. Vie again.
Elected the first day of Easter term.
• [Notnilhstanding the letters patent of K. Edward VI. granting him to
hold it lor life. Wai t3.]
9 [John Cottrell LL. D. died in 1,">72, and was in tliat year succeeded
both in his archdeaconrj and in his church of W^nford by Joiin Kvigge A. 31.
Kennfi.]
* [Joh. Runiridge S. T. P. adinissus ad ecclesiini paroch. De Milton
Brian dioc. Line, per resign. Kicardi Ila^ward ex pres. PhJ. et Marie, die
ii Maij, 1.^,57. Keg. Pole, Cimt. fol. 96. Kknnet.
Rector of Boswoitli, Leicestershire. Tan.neu.]
Batchelors of Arts.
Jul. 12. Tho. Godwyn of Magd. coll. — He was afttsr-
wards bish. of Bath and Wells.
Dec. 14. Will. Johnson of AU-s. coll. — The cat. of fel-
lows of that house saith that he was afterwards dean of
Dublin, and bishop of Mcath in Ireland ; whereufwn recur-
ring to the commentaiy of Irish bishops written by sir
James Ware, 1 could find no such person ; nor Dr. John-
son of Christ's coll. in Cambridge, who is reported by * Th.
Fuller the historian to be archb. of Dulilin.
Feb. 20. Tho. Bentham of Magd. coll. — He wa3 after-
wards bish. of Litchfield and Coventry.
In all about 35, besides about 7 who were supplicators or
candidates for the said degree of batch, of arts.
Batchelors of the Civil Law.
Jan. 4. NicH. Harfesfield of New coll.
Mar. — John Plough.
The former was afterwards a zealous writer for the Rom.
Ciitholic, the other for the Protestant, cause.
Besides these two, were about twelve admitted.
Masters of Arts.
Jun. 6.
Joh. Fox '^
Hen. Bull f -
Tho. Cooper C
Will. Dounham J
Magd. coll.
The two last of which were afterwards bishops.
At the same time was one John Redman or Redm.wkb
of Magd. coll. admitted. But whether this be the same
John Redman who was afterwards archdeacon of Taunton,
or another nicntion'd under the year 1508 and 1524, or a
third mention'd among the writers an. 1551, I cannot justly
say.
Jtine G. Will. Hugh J
— 20. George Etheridge > of C. C. colL
John Morwen )
Feb. 21. Joh. Pullayne of New coU.
Mar. 18. Laur. Nowell of Bras n. coll.
— 24. Nich. GjRiMOALD of Mert. coll.
In all thirty nine.
Batchelors of Divinity.
June 30. Qilb. Bourn of All-s. coll.
Nov. 21. John Somer. — He was can. of Winds, in the
time of qu. Mary, where he died, 1573.
Tho. Slythurst was admitted the same day. — He was
made canon of Winds, and the first president of Tiin. c•o^-
lege, in the time of qu. Mary ; of which being deprived in
the beginning of qu. Eliz. was committed prisoner to the
tower of London, where he died about 1560. '
' In his Hist, if Cambridge, sect. 6, p. 91.
' [Slythurst was bom in Berkshire, tixjk the degree of B. A. Feb. 27,
1.529, determined the same term, and became M. A. Feb. 25. 1533. In
I.MS (Feb. 11,) he was instituted to tlie vicarage of Chalfonte St. Peters,
Bucks, :^t the presentation of Rob. Dniry, est]. On Feb. 21, l.*i54, be
supplicated for the degree of V. D. which lie never took. He was
created canon of Whid.sor, by letters patent of c|ucen Mary, .Apr. 2, 1554.
Feb. 13, 1555, he was insiilnted to the rectory of Chalfonte St. Giles, Bucks,
at the presentation of William Sothold. lie was installed president of Tri-
nity, May 30, 1.556; about which time he resigned the vicaRtgc ot Chalfonte
St. Peters. In 1556 (Nov. 11) he was api>oiuted by the convocation of the
university of Oxibixl with others, to n'gulate or supervise the exercises in
theolog\, on the election of cardinal Pole to the chancellorship. In Sept,
IS.W, he «ii5 deprived of his presidentship, and died, as before stated, in the
Tower. Wartou's Life of Vi^k, Append. No. XX\', page 380.]
I* 2
119
1543.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1544.
120
[C8]
Feb. 8. Will. Pye of Oriel coll. now one of the proctors
of the university. — In 1534 lie seems to liave been admitted
batch, of physic.
Besides these were ten more admitted, and five that sup-
plicated ; among whom was William Peryn one, lately a
jDominican or black fryer, who was, I suppose, admitted,
because in a book or books which he soon after published,
he writes himself batch, of div.
Doct. of Die Laws.
Jul. 2. John ap Harry or Parry. — He was soon after
principal of Broadgate's hall, and seems to be the same
John ap Harry who was successor to (iilb. Smith in the
archdeaconry of Northampton. * This Dr. Parry died in
the beginning of 1549, and was buried in the chancel of the
church of Castor in Northamptonshire.
John Williams lately principal of Broadgate's hall, was
admitted the same day. " He occurs prebendary of Glo-
" cester A. D. 1549, in which year he was appointed by
" archb. Cranmer to be his commissary during the vacancy
" of the see of Glocester.
" Robert Raynold of New coll. supplicated this year to
" be Dr. of law, but doth not appear admitted. He was in
" 1547 commissary under Dr. Steward chancellor to Steph.
" Gardiner Bp. of Winchester. — He had in or about 1545
" succeeded Dr. Tho. Leigh or Lee in the mastership of St.
" Cross's hospital near Winchester."
Doctors of Divinity.
June 1. Philip Erode about this time a shagling lec-
turer of divinity in this viniversity. — He was afterwards a
prebendaiy of the church of York, beneficed in the diocese
thereof, and died in 1551, or thereabouts.
John Robyns the astrologer and mathematician, some-
times fellow of All-s. coll. and now canon of Windsor, did
supplicate that he might be admitted to proceed in divinity ;
but whether he was admitted it appears not. — Rich. Cox
also, a D. of D. of Cambridge, did supplicate that he might
sit and take a place among the doctors of divinity (tho' it
was unusual and out of order) as being not incorporated.
See in the year 1545.
Incorporations.
This year, or thereabouts, John Cheek of Cambridge *
was incorporated, but in what degree, unless in that of
master of arts, 1 cannot justly tell, because of the imper-
fectness of the registers. He had studied before for some
time in this university, and was now one of the canons of
King's coll. in Oxon, I mean of that college founded by K.
Hen. 8. on that of card. Wolsey, which continued from the
year 1532 to 1545, at which time he was about to translate
the see of Oxon from Osney to his said coll. intended then
by him to have it known by the name of Christ Church,
which was effected accordingly in the year following. When
the said king's coll. was dissolved by Hen. 8. in the begin-
ning of the year 1545, he allowed most of the then canons
yearly pensions in lieu of their canonries; and to Jo. Cheek,
who wiis then tutor to his son prince Edward, he allowed
six and twenty pounds, thirteen shillings, and four pence.
He was afterwards a knight, and most famous for his
* [Mag. Joh. ap Harry LL. D. cp'i Pctriburg. vicarius in spir. gen. coni-
niissarius ct officialis principalis Maij T, IbiG. Kennet.J
* [Joan. Cliekus, Cantabrigicnsis, admissus socius coll. Jo. an. 21 H. 8.
Mar. 26. Arrhiv. CotL Jo. *
Jo. Cliuke. A. M. an. 1533, liegr Acad. Cant. Equcs auratus sub Ed-
vardo6to. Uaillh.J
learning, exprcst in his Inirodnctio Grammatices, his book
De Ludimtigislrorwn 0/ficio, in another, De Pronunciatione
Lingua: Greccp, and in many more, besides translations ; the
catalogue of which, (mostly taken from Baleus) you may sec
at the end of sir John Cheek's life, written by Ger. Lang-
baine, put by hiir. before a book written by the said Cheek,
entit. The True Subject to the Rebel, or the Hurt of Sedition,
&c. Oxon, 1C41. qu. This sir John Cheek died at Lond. in
the house of Pet. Osbourne esq; a great comforter of afflict-
ed Protestants, in the month of Sept. 1557, and was buried
in the church of St. Alban in Woodstreet within the said
city.
An. Dom. 1544.— 36 Hen. VIII.
The same.
The same.
Chancellor.
Commissaries.
Proctors.
NicH. Alambrygg of All-s. coll.
Will. Smyth of Brasen-n. coll. agiiin.
Elected about the ides of May.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 7- In an act then celebrated '\^'ILL. Fitzjames'
dean of Wells was adorned >vith tlie (Ugree of batchelor of
arts, wearing then the gown and habit of a comiwunder,
that is, one vvl.o compounds oi' pays double or treble fees
for his degree, which is usually done by rich dignitaries.
In the year following he was admitted into commons in
Exeter coll. and allowed to take place among the fellows of
that society. He succeeded in that dignity Tho. Cromwell
secretary of state, an. 1540, and was succeeded by John
Goodman 1548.
John Hopkyns was admitted the same day. — He is sup-
posed to be the same John Hopkyns who had a hand in
turning into English metre several of David's Psalms.
Nov. 3. Rich. Edwards of C. C. coll.
Jan. 12. Rich. Harford of Mert. coll. — Whether he
took a degree in this university, it appturs not. While
he was batch, of arts, he was archdeacon of St. David's,
which he keejiing for some years, was at length made
archdeacon of Hereford. At the time of liis death he gave
lands to Mert. coll. situate and being within the town of
AValton near to Tewksbury in Glocestershire.
Besides these four, were 56 admitted.
In the month of June this year supplicated for the degiee
of batch, of arts one Will. Walkek a priest, but whether
he was admitted it ajjpears not. In Dec. 1554 he was
made succentor of the cath. ch. of Sidisbury, in which dig-
nity he was succeeded by one Hen. Brither in the begin-
ning of 15C1.
^ But four batch, of the civil law were admitted, the
encouragement for that profession being now much
decayed.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 8. Edmund Daniel of Mert. coll. — See in the year
1556.
June 13. Christoph. Goodman of Brasen-nose coll.
•5 [He is call'd Fitzwilliains in each of Godwin's Catalogues, as also.in
Atif^l. Sac. i. 590. from i?fg. Cranmer. Lovkdav.]
[69]
121
1545.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1545.
122
}»'
25. John Heuon
— John Proctor ^ of All-souls coll.
— John VV'ATiON
The last of which was aftenvards bishop of Winchester.
Oct. 18. Henry Pendleton of IJrasen-nose coll.
Jan. 28. Tho. Greenaway of C. C. coll. — This person,
who was a Hampshire man born, was author of Fita lii-
chardi Fox C. C. C. Oxon. Fundatoris hreviter descripta, an.
1566. Tlie beginning of wliich was, Ilichardus Fox fumilia
satis splendida, &c. 'Tis a manuscript, kept to this day in
the arcliives of C. C. C. libr. He was afterwards batch, of
div. as 'tis said, tho' his admission is neglected to be regis-
tred, and at length president of the said coll. He died at
Heyford Purcells in Oxfordshire, being then lector of that
place, in August 1571, and was buried in the chuich
there. '
Jan. 28. John Jewell of C. C. C.
Besidi-s these 8, were about 24 admitted, and several who
supplicated, among whom Ralph Robinson of C. C. coll.
was one, mentioned under the year 1540.
Batchclors of Divinitij.
June 14. James Brokes of C. C. coll. — He was after-
wards bishop of Glocester.
Two more who were of Brasen-nose college were admit--
ted (namely Will. Smyth and Tho. Typping) and three
there were that siipplicated for the said degree.
Kj" Not one doctor of the civil law, or LL. was admitted,
or supplicated, only one Rob. Raynold of New coll.
and not .one in physic, or divinity, only in the last
Will. Pye of Oriel coU. whom 1 have formerly men-
tioned.
Incorporations.
Mar. 11. Anpr. Davyson bac. of arts of Cambridge,
afterwards M. of arts beyond the seas, was then incorpo-
rated M. of arts.
An. Dom. ] 545.— 37 Hen. VIH.
Chancellor.
The same, viz. Dr. Longland bishop of Lincoln.
Conunissanj.
The same, viz. Dr. Tresham.
Proctors.
John Stoyt of Mert. coll.
Simon Perrot of Magd. coll.
Batchclors of Arts.
June .... James Neyland. — See among the M. of A.
1548.
July .... Whittyngham of Brasen-nose coll. — He was
soon after of AU-s. coll. and at length the unworthy dean of
Durham.
Jul. . . . John Piers of Magd. coll. — He died archbishop
of York.
Oct. . . . Tho. Hyde of New coll.
' [Tlio. Grcenway clcr. a Iniiss. ad rect. de Povers Gifford 20 Aug. 1554;
Henr. Ellis cler. ad "cand. 12 Jan. l.'i?!. Reg. Bomer et OrindaU.
Tlio. Grecnway S. J'. B. adniiss. ad rcct. dc Kcttendcn com. Essex, 7 Apr.
1557, quern resign, ante .'}1 Octob. 1301.
He was adiuiued president of C. C. C. Oxon. 3 Jan. 1561, and resign'd
befure 19 July, 1568. Kennet.]
James Bicton was admitted in the same month. See
among the mast, of arts au. 1547.
The admissions this year come in aU but to about 39.
Batchclors of the Civil Law.
" Nov. 21. Will. Ford of New coll."
Nov. — Valentine Dale of All-s. coll. — He was after-
wards dean of Wells. See more among the incorporations
in 1552. Besides them were only, three more admitted.
Masters of Arts.
June — Tho. Bickley of Magd. coll. — He was after-
wards bishop of Chichester.
John Molens or Mulltns of the same coll.
Besides these two, 25 more were admitted, and some sup-
plicated who were never lulmitted.
Batclielor of Physic.
George Ethryg or Etheridge of C. C. coll.
Rich. Master of AU-s. coll. — See more among the
doctors of this faculty under the year 1554.
John Throvvley batch, of divinity, lately a monk
of the order of St. Benedict, was then admitted batch, of
jjhysic.
Batchclors of Divinity.
Matthew Smyth the first principal of Brasen-nose
coll.
For the said degree supplicated Patrick Walsh, who
was afterwards bishop of Waterford in Ireland; Will.
Bocher afterwards president of C C. coll. and John Smyth
afterwards jji-ovost of Oriel; which thiee were without [70]
doubt admitted, but neglected to be registered by the pid)lic
scribe of the university. As for Smyth, he was engaged in
a disjjute with Hugh Latimer in the divinity school 18 April
1.554.
Doctor of Laws.
Jan. — John Fuller of All-s. coll.' — He was after-
wards prebendary of Ely, chancellor to the bishop thereof,
and master of Jesus coll. in Cambridge. You may read of
him in the Acts and Mon. of the Church, written by John
Fox, under 1555.
In the same month Nich. Bullyngham of All-s. coll.
did supplicate for the said degree, but was not admitted.
See among the incorporations 1566. Also Rob. AVeston
of the same coll. See in an. 1556, among the doctors of
law.
(^ Not one doctor of physic was admitted this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
Nov. Will. Cheadsey of C. C. coll. — He was now
chaplain to Dr. Bonner bishop of London, who was his pro-
moter to scACral dignities in the church.
Another person was also admitted doctor, but his true
name is omitted in the register.
Licorporatio/is.
Jun. — Rich. Coxe M. of A. of this university, after-
wards D. D. of Cambridge, and now dean of Osney near
Oxford, was then incorporated D. of D. as he had stood at
Cambridge.
8 [Jo. Fuller L. D. admiss. ad rect. dc Hanwcll cum capclla de Brentford
anncxa, 16 Jul. 1517, quaui resign, ante 22 Slaij, 1551. Reg. Bmtier.
1558, 28 Mar. Joli. Fuller LL. D. coll. ad preb dc Chamberlaiiiswode per
consecr. CuIhlKrti Scot in e'puin Cestr. lb. 1558, 14 Dec.
_ Mag. Job. WcaJc S. T. U. coll. ad eaud. per mortem Job. Fuller LL. D. lb.
KisNtr.]
123
1546.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1547.
124
The same.
The same.
An. Dom. 1546.— 58 Hen. 8.
Chancellor.
Commissary.
Proctors.
John Smith of Oriel coll.
Simon Perrot again.
Elected the first day of Easter term, the senior being
then, as it seems, batch, of divinity.
Batchelors of Arts.
Jul. — Justinian Lancaster of C. C. coll. — Whether he
took the degree of M. A . it appears not. Afterwards he was
made archdeacon of Taunton in Somersetshire, in the place,
I suppose, of John Fitzjames deprived, an. 15G0.
Michael Renniger, conmionly called Rhanger of
Magd. coll.
John Cox of Brasen-nose coll. — I find one of both
his names to have made several translations into the English
tongue as (1) ^n Exhortation to the Ministers of God s IVord
in the Church of Christ. Lond. 1575, written by Hen. Bul-
linger. (2) A Treatise of the Word of God, written against
the Traditions of Men, Lond. 1583. oct. written by Anth.
Sadeel, &c. but whether the said translations were made by
the aforesaid John Cox of Brasen-nose coll. or another
John Cox who was a student of C. C. 1555, I cannot yet re-
solve you.
Tho. Wilson of Brasen-nose coll. a Yorkshire man
born. — See in the jear 1516 and 1553.
In all about 36.
tj" Not one admission in the law or laws is this year
registered.
Masters of Arts.
Tho.Neal of New coll. now eminent for the He-
brew as well as for the Greek tongue.
Leonard Bilson lately of Mert. coll. as it seems,
now the learned sch(X)lmaster of Reading in Berks. — This
person, who was uncle to Dr. Tho Bilson, B. of Winchegter,
had several dignities in the church, of which a prebendship
of Winchester was one.
W^iLL Johnson of All-s. coll. — He is reported to be
afterwards bishop of Meath in Ireland. See in the year
1543.
The admissions of masters being not registred by the
scribe, I can only say that only 10 stood in the act cele-
brated 11 July this year.
f^ The admissions of batch, of div. are omitted in the
Reg.
C5* Not one doct. of law or physic was adm. this year.
Doctor of Divinity.
June James Brokes of C.C. coll, — He was after-
wards bishop of Gloc. as I have before told you.
June '
Incorporations.
■ John Crayfoed D. of D. Cambridge.'-
-He
• [Joh. Crayford ailmiss. ad rect. dc Stanford Rivers com. Ess. 26 Nov.
16t2, quani resign. Feb. proi. scqu.
1539, 31 Jan. Mag. Joh. Crayford S.T.P. admiss. ad preb. dc Harleston
in eccl. Lond. per uiort. Juh. Smith in med. doctoris, ad pres. Will. Gascoigne
mil. ex conccssionc Joh. nuper Lond. e'pi. Ueg. Bontier.
]»h. Hodgskiu S.T. P. coll. ad preb. Harleston, 26 Nov. 1548, per mort.
Joh. Crawford.
was originally of Queen's coll. in that university; from
whence being ejected, he went to O.xon, was elected fellow
of Univ. coll. an. 1519, incorporated M. of A. in 1521, as I
have before told you in that year, became proctor of Cam-
bridge in the year following, and in 1525 he was made one
of the canons of Cardinal college. Afterwards leaving
Oxon, he went to Cambridge the third time, where he
commenced D. of D. an. 1.535, and was soon after vice-
chancellor of that university. In Oct. 1544 he became
chancellor of the church of Salisbury on the dealh of John
Edmunds, being then prebendary of North Aulton in the
said church ; and in the middle of July 1545, he was col-
lated to the archdeaconry of Berkshire on the death of Rob.
Audley. On the 17 of March following, he was collated
to the prebendship of Chermister and Bere in the church
of Sarum, upon the resignation of George Heneas^c; and in
Sept. 1546 (he having been newly incorporated D. of D. as
'tis before told you) was elected master of Univ. coll. being
then also prebendary ot Winchester. He concluded his last
day soon after; whereupon Hen. Parry succeeded him in
the chancelloiship of Sarum, in Sej't. 1547, and in the mas-
tership of the said coll. one Rich. Salveine M. A. As for his
archdeaconry, which he before had resigned. Will. Pye did
succeed him therein, 7 Oct. 1545.
An. Dom. 1547. — 1 Edw. 6.
Chancellor.
The same, namely John Longland D. of D. and bishop
of Lincoln, but he dying on the 7 day of May this year.
Rich. Coxe D. of D. and dean of Ch. Ch. Oxon, was, tho' at
London, by a solemn decree of the university elected in a
convocation (not in a congregation of the regents according
to the ancient manner) on the 21 day of the said month,
Dr Hugh Weston in the mean time being cancellarius
natus. The 22 of July following the said chanc coming to
Oxon, was ' received with the public congratulation of the
vice-chancellor, doctors, proctors, and other members of
the university, at Magd. coll. near to the East gate of the
city, where being present also Dr. (Jglethorp the president,
with the fellows of that house, Mr. Tho. Hardyng the king's
professor of the Hebrew tongue, delivered an eloquent ora-
tion before him ; which being done, he was conducted to
his lodging at Ch. Ch.
Vice-chancellor or Commissary.
Walter Wryght LL.D. sometimes principal of Peck-
water's inn, now head or governor of Durham coll. and
archdeacon of Oxford, designed to the office of vice-chan-
cellor by Dr. Coxe about St. John Baptist's time.
Proctors.
Edm. Crispyne of Oriel colL
Hen. Baylie of New coll.
Elected a little after the new chancellor had taken his
place, the senior being then six years, and the other five
years, standing in the degree of master; which was not al-
together according to the order of K. Hen. 8. made 1541,
appointing that the proctors should be elected from the
senior masters, of eight years standing at least. These two
proctors were afterwards eminent sciiolars in the time they
Mag. Joh'es Crayford S.T.P. admiss. ad eccl. de Bricklcsworth una cum
preb. in eccl. Saruin per mort. mag. Joh. Edmunds S. T. P. ad pres. Joh. c'pi
Sarum. ,5 Jan. 1544. licg. I'etriburg. Kennet.
V. Caium Dc Antiq. Cant. p. 156. Erat quidem procan. acad. Cant, eui
oba!ratus obiit, uti i)atct ex computo acad. 13ake«.]
' Ueg. 2. elect. Coll. Magd. B. fol. 12 b.
171J
125
1547.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1548.
126
1
t
[72]
lived, and the senior dieil in the latter end of the year (in
March) 1549.
Batchelor of Grammar.
Edw. Pendleton the famous schoolmaster of Manchester
in Lancashire, was admitted to the reading of any book of
the faculty of grammar, that is, to the degree of batcli. of
grammar ; but the day or month when, is not set down in
the public register, now very much neglected.
Batchelors of Arts.
Humph. Lloyd or LliiuyDjHow, or soon after, of Brasen-
nose-coll.
Julius Palmer of Magd. coll — ^This person was elected
probationer fellow of the said coll. 'ih July 1.549, and true
and perpetual fellow in the year following. In 15.53 he left
his feOowshij), and what became of him after, John Fox in
his book of Tlie Acts and Monuments of the Church, &c. will
tell you at large among the martyrs lliat stood up and died
for the Protestant religion, under the year 1556.
This year also was admitted batch, of arts one Barth.
Green, but whether tlie same with Bartlot (tliat is little
Bartholomew) Green who suffered martyrdom for the Pro-
testant cause, an. 1556, as you may see at large in the book
of Acts and Monuments of the Church, under that year, I
cannot justly say. John Fox, who hath written his story,
tells you that lie was educated in the university of Oxon,
and afterwards in the inns of court. " See Maunsell's Ca-
" talogue, P. L p. 55. a."
Thirty and one batch, were admitted tliis year.
Batchelors of Law.
Tho. Randall or Randolph of Ch. Ch. — He was after-
wards principal of Broadgaie's hall, and a frequent ambas-
sador in the reign of queen Elizabeth.
Besides him, I fiud but one more admitted, the register,
as I have told you l)efore, being much, or in a manner iUto-
gether neglected.
Masters of Arts.
Thomas Godwyn of Magd. coll.
Thomas Bentham of Magd. coll.
They were afterwards bishops.
Richard Edwards of Ch Ch.
Will. Whittyngham, of Ch. Ch.
The former was lately of C. C. coll. and now in much
esteem for his poetry ; the other was lately of All-s. coll.
but not as yet known to have any eminence in him.
James Bicton of Cli. Ch. now dean of Kilkenny in Ire-
land.— He died in 1552, and was buried in the cathedral of
Ch. Ch. in Oxon.
Christop. Malton (of Ch. Ch. also as it seems) — On the
3 of April 1564, he was installed archdeacon of Clievland in
the place of Dr. John Warner resigning, .and dying in the
latter end of the year (in March) 1569, was succeeded by
Rali)h Coulton M. of A. and prebendary of York, after-
wards batch, of div.
Batchelor of Divinity.
Jul. — Rich. Bruerne of Line. coll. — He was after-
wards Hebrew professor of this university, canon of Ch.Ch.
and of Windsor, fellow of tlie college at Eaton, of which
he was elected provost, about 1561, but soon after ejected.
He died about the ktter end of April 1 565, and was buried
in the chappel of St. George at W^iudsor. John Lelaiid
mimbi-rs* him among the learned men of his time, and
saith, Tliat he was Hcbrsei ra<Iius chori.
Several other batchelors of divinity were admitted this
year, but not registred, among wliom Rich. Turner of Mag-
dalen coll. was not.
lO" Not one doctor of law was admitted this year.
Doctors of Thy tic.
Feb. — Tho. Hughes or Hewes of Mert. coll. — He was
afterwards physician to qu. Mary, and one of the college of
physicians at London. He died at London in the month
of August 1558, and was a benefactor to the college which
had given him education.
Edmund Crispyne of Oriel coll. lately a shagling lec-
turer of jihysic, now one of the proctors of the university,
did supplicate to be licensed to proceed in physic. Also
Henry Baylie the other proctor, did in like manner do so,
and were without doubt licensed, (tlio' not registred so to
be) because I lind them afterwards to be written and stiled
doctors of physic.
IC^ Not one doctor of divinity was admitted or licensed
this year.
Incorporations.
Feb. — Pet. Martyr doct. of div. of the university of
Padua, was then incorporated doct. of div. — He was this
year designed by the king to read a divinity lecture in the
university, which he accordingly began to do in the begins
ning of the next year.
One Edward Banke and .Fohn Chaundler were incor-
porated B. of arts, but of what university they had been, is
not set down; which is all 1 know of them.
An. Dom. 1548.— 2 Edw. 6.
Chancellor.
Dr. Rich. Cox dean of Ch. Ch.
Vice-Chancellor.
Dr. Walt. Wryght.
Proctors.
John Redman of Magd. coll. adm. 26 April.
Thomas Symons of Mert. coll. adm. 26 April.
Batchelors of Arts.
The admission of batchelors and catalogue of determiners
being this year omitted by the registrary, I cannot give you
the names of any who were afterwards bishops, writers, &c.
only David de la Hyde, whom I have mention'd among
the writers, an. 1580.
Batchelor of Law.
Maurice Clennock was admitted, but the day or month
when, appears not. — He was afterwards elected to the epis-
copal see of Bangor, but queen Mary dying before his con-
secration thereunto, he fled beyond the se^is; and what be-
came of him there, I have told you already in Arthur Bokely,
among the bishops, under the year 1555.
Masters of Arts.
James Neyland of All-s. coll. — This person, who was
" In Cjgrt. CaU. .
127
154D.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1549.
128
fellow of that house, and an Irish man born, is reported by
one of his ' country-men to be a learned physician.
John Bosall of New coll. — He was afterwards dean of
Chichester, Windsor, &c. and a man of note in the reign of
queen Mary.
Besides these 2, were but 9 more that stood in the act
celebrated this year 16 July. The admissions of them and
many others are omitted in the register.
Doctor of Civil Law.
David Lewes of AU-s. coll. — He was afterwards the first
principal of Jesus coll. judge of the high court of ad-
miralty, master of St. Katharine's hospital near to the
Tower of London, one of the masters in chancery, 'and
of her majesty's requests. He died on Monday 27 April
1584, in the coll. called Doctors Commons at London ;
whereupon his body was convey'd to Abergavenny in Mon-
mouthshire, where it was buried on the 24 of May follow-
ing in the North chancel of the church there, under a fair
tomb, erected by him while living, which yet remains as an
ornament to that church.
[73] Doctor of Divinity.
Rich. Beisley of AU-s. coll. — ^The day and month when
he was licensed to proceed, is omitted. One of both his
names was an exile in queen Mary's reign, " having been
" one of those learned and excellent pieachers with whom
' " archbishop Cranmer (temp. Edw. 6.) supplied the city of
" Canterburyj but he was turn'd out 1. Marise."
Incorporations.
Christopher Tye doct. of music of Cambridge^. — ^This
person, who seems to be a Western man born, was now one
of the gentlemen of the chappel belonging to K. Edw. 6. and
much in renown for his admirable skill in the theoretical
and practical part of music. The words of several of his
divine services and anthems, are in a book entit. Divine Ser-
vices and Anthems usually sung in the Cathedral and Collegiate
Choirs in the Church of England. Lond. 1663. oct. collected
and published by Jam. Clifford petty canon of Pauls, some-
times chorister of Magd. coll. in O.xon. We have also some
of his compositions among the ancient books in the public
music school, of six parts, but long since, with others of
that time, antiquated, and not at all x'alued. He also trans-
lated into English meter. The Acts of the Apostles, tvith Notes
to sing each Chapter by : printed in 15.")3, oct.'
The same.
The same.
An. Dom. 1549.— 3 Edw. 6.
Chancellor.
Vice-Chancellor.
Proctors.
Leonard Lyngham of Brasen-nose coll.
RiCHAKD Hughes of Magdalen coU.
' Hicli. Stanjhurst in Descript. Hibem. cap. 7.
* [Conccditur Chr. Tye hie apud vos in musica bac. ut studium et practica
decern annoruin post graduni bac. susceptuni sufHciat ci pro complete gratiu
doctordtus in cadem facullatc. Jfc^. Acad. Ctmt. An. I.i4.i.
An. 1572. Mar. 1,5, Dns e'pu.s Elien. contulit rectoriam dc Donyngton,
cum Merche, per mortem naturalein venerabiiis viri Christopheri Tye nuisices
doctoris, iiltimi incumbentis, ibidem vacantem, dilecto sibi in Cliristo Hugoni
Bellet clcrico in artibus magistro — Re/fr EUai; Cake. H akbr.]
» [See Warton's Hist, (f Eitg. Poetry, iii. 170, 190, 193, 468.]
Batchelors of Arts.
James Calfill of Christ Church.
AV^iLL. Good of Corpus Christi college. — He was after-
wards a Jesuit.
Hieronimus Philippides of Ch. Ch.
Alan Cope- of Magd. coll.
Lawr. Humphrey of Aliigd. coll.
Both which were afterwards noted \vriters.
John Abulines an Helvetian of Ch. Ch. — He is the same,
I suppose, who is written, but false, Johannes ab Ulmis.
" Quaere, whether the same with Mr. Johannes de Albinis,
" wlio has jniblished a Discourse against Heresies. See Tho.
" Spark among the writers vol. ii. col. 190."
The admissions, and names of the determiners, are omitted,
this year, by the carelessness of the public scribe, and there-
fore the number of them is uncertain.
AViLL. Awbrey of All-souls college.-
Batchelor of Law.
-He was afterwards
successively principal of New inn, the king's professor of the
civil law in this university, judge advocate of the queen's
army at St. Quintins in France, advocate in the court of
arches, one of the council of the marclies of Wales, master
of the chancei y, chancellor to John archbishop of Canterbury
throughout his whole jirovince, and lastly, by the special fa-
^'our of queen Elizabeth, he vvas taken to her nearer service,
and made one of the masters of requests in ordinary.^
What other batch, of this fac. were admitted, I find not,
for they are not inserted in the register. Four occur that
supplicated, who, I presume, were admitted; among whom
John James or Jamys, was one, who was afterwards one of
the first fell, of S. John's coll. and on the 24 of March 1563
succeeded Tho. Curteys in the subdeanery of Salisbury, and
he Rob. Elyot in December 1561.
Masters of Arts.
Michael Renniger of Magd. coll.
Arth. Saule of Magd. coll.
Both afterwards exiles for their religion in the time of
queen Mary. Of the first 1 have made mention among the
writers, an. 1609. The other, Arthur Saule, became pre-
bendary of Bedmynster and Radcli\e in the church of Sa-
rum (which is a residentiary) in Jan. 1559, and had other-
dignities, besides benefices couferr'd upon him.'' One of
both his names was author of The famous Game of Chesse-
play lately discovered, and all Doubts rcsolv'd, &c. Lond. 1614.
oct. dedicated to Lucy countess of Bedford. Whether this
Ar. Saule who writes himself gent, wiis descended from the
former; I cannot justly say.
Tho. Hyde of New coll.
' [Magister Willelmus .\wbrey LL. D. curite audient. Cantnar. causarum et
negoliorum legitime deputat. anno 1590. Cxwk, Kefxtrts, part 2, p. 40. Ken-
net. See an account of Aubrey, with an original letter from him to Dr.
Dee, in the Lives affixed to Letters from the Bodlciim Library, Oxford 1 813,
vol. 2. p. 207.]
' [Regina — Commissionariis nostris gencralibus — ad canonicatum sive pra»-
bendara de Bedniystre et Radclytfe in com. Somcrs. fundatam in eccl. catli.
Sarum jam per legitimara deprivat. Job. Black-ston — dilccunn nobis in Xto
Arthurum Saule, cler. in art. magistrum vobis pra^sentauius — T. R. apud
Westraon. 2 Nov. reg. 1. 1559. Rymer, xv. 548. Artlnirus Saule liabet
lit. reginte de pres. ad canonicatum et prcb. in eccl. calli. Bristol. 1 Januar.
reg. l' 1559. lb. 66'-'. Arthurus Saule in art. mag. habct lit. regiua> de pros,
ad rect. dc Byntum cum lib. capella, Glouc. dioc. T. R. 11 Octob. 1566. lb.
665. Regina— Ricliardo Gloucestr. c'po ad vicariam de Burkcley vealrae
dioc. — ad nostram pripsentat. ratione lapsus, Arthurum Saull cler. A. M.
vobis pra!sentamus — T. R. apud Gorhambury 15 Apr. reg. 17 1575. lb. 739.
Kennet.]
129
1549.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1550.
130
John Piers of Mag. coll.
The former was after\vards an exile for the R. Cath, reli-
gion, in the time of queen Elizabeth, the other was an arch-
bishop in her reign.
The admissions of masters are also omitted this year, but
the number of those that stood in an act celebrated in Sept.
comes to 23.
Batchelor of Physic,
James Neyland of All-s. coll. — Others were admitted,
but are not inserted in tlie register.
[74] Batchelors of Divinity.
Jul. — Bernard Gilpvn of Queen's coll. — ^This person,
who was born of an antient ami genteel family at Kentmeire
in Westmorland, became a poor serving child of the said
coll. in 1533, aged alMut 17 or thereabouts, and about the
time that he jiroceeded M. of A. he was made fellow thereof,
being then esteemed a good disputant in logic and philo-
sophy, and well read in the Greek and Hebrew; in which
tongues he was instinicted by his contemporary Tho. Neal
of New coll. who was afterwards Hebiew professor of this
imiversity. About that time his eminence in learning was
such, that he was made choice of to be one of tlie first mas-
ters to supply Ch. Ch when first founded for a dean, canons
and students by K. Hen. 8. But continuing there not long,
was at length taken thence, and by tlie care and charge of
his mother's uncle Dr. C'uth. 'i'onstall bishop of Durham, he
was sent to travel, and while he continued in the university
of Paris, he did liim some service in correcting and printing
one of his books, as I have elsewheie told you. After his
return he confcr'd on him the rectory of Esington, with the
archdeaconry of Duiham annex'd, about 1556 ; but in wliose
room or place, 1 cannot tell, unless in that of one Will.
Franklin liatch. of decrees and chancellor of Durham, who
occurs archdeacon of Durham 1531. After he was settled
at Esington, he preached nuich against the vices, errors,
and corruptions of the times, to the great displeasure of
some of the neighbouring ministers, who were then R. Ca-
tholics. But his desire being to part with those trouble-
some jilaces, as too much for one man to keei) (as he jjre-
tended) he was presented to the rich rectory of Houghton in
the Spring in the county palatine of Dmham, vvheic being
settled, his preachings were so frequent, and in otlior places
as well remote, as near thereunto, that he was connnonly
called The Northern Apostle. His iilms were also so large,
frequent, and constant, that he was usually called the com-
mon father of the poor. In his archdeaconry of Durham
succeeded John Ebden ' batch, of div. sometimes proctor of
the university of Cambridge, who had it given to him by
queen Elizabeth, while the see of Durham wiis void, 22 May
1560; a little before which time, Gilpvn had a mnge de iter
sent to him to be elected bishop of Carlisle on the death of
Owen Oglethorj), but refused it. Soon after he erected a
grammar school at Houghton, and bestowed 460 /it. to buy
lands to endow it for a master and usher. Which, with
other moneys and lands given for that purpose by John
Heath of Kepier esq; the school was settled in 1572 or
thereabouts. 'i"o conclude, this worthy person having his
life written and published by one ' of his scholars, 1 sh.ill
now say no more of him, only that he died on 4 March
' [1.560, 22 Mail, Joli. Ebden S. T. B. institutus in archidiat. Dunelm, ex
pres. rtt^iiix, scd. vac. per re.signat. IJemardi Gilpin.
Joli. Ehdeii cl. ciill, ad prcb. de Mapesbury in eccl. Paul 13 Nov. 1562,
per resign. .T<»h. Pilliington. Kfnskt.]
3 George Carleton bisliuji of Cliiclietitcr.
I5S3, aged 66, and was buried in the church at Houghton,
and that by his will dated 17 Oct. 1582, he left half of his
goods to the ])oor of that place, and the other half in exhi-
bitions upon scholars and students in Oxon, viz. Mr. Richard
Wharton, Mr. Steph. Coppcrthwaite, George Carleton, (af-
terwards bishop of Chieh.) Ralph Ironside born in Hough-
ton before-mention'd (father to Gilbert bishop of Bristol
an. 1660) Evan Airay, (afterwards provost of Q\i. coll.)
William Caynas, Franc. Risley, Tho. Collinson, &c. He
hath written several things, but hath nothing extant, only
A Sermon before the King and Court at Greenwich, on the firtt
Sunday after Epiph. an. 1552; on Luke 2. from verse 41.
to 48. Lond. 1581. oct. there again le.'iO. qu.
C? Not one doctor of law, physic or divinity can I find
to have been admitted this year, for the reason be-
fore specified.
An.Dom. 1550.— 4 Edw. 6.
Chancellor.
The same.
Fice-chancellor.
Dr. Walt. Wryght, but he giving up his office accord-
ing to the Edwardin statutes in the beginning of Michaelmas
term. Dr. Will. Tresham of Ch.Ch. who before had often
been commissary, was elected, according to a certain form,
into his place.
Proctors.
Roger Elyott of All-s. coll.
Tho. Fkynd of New coll.
Batchelors of Music.
Tho' the public register of this time is very imperfect, as
having been neglected by one who was afterwards deservedly
turned out of his place, yet it appears therein (tho' very ob-
scurely) that one John Merbeck or Marbeck organist of
St. (ieorge's chap, at Windsor did supplicate for the degree
of batch, of music, but whether he was admitted it appears
not, because the admissions in all facidties are for several
years omitted. All therefore that I can say of him, is, that
he was an eminent musician of his time, as well for the
tlieor)', as practical part, of music, as may be seen in a book
of his composition, entit. The Book of Common-prayer noted.
Lond. 1550. qu. besides divers comjjositions that are not
extjint. As for other books that he wrote and published
they relate to divinity, and matters iigainst the pope, among
which are (l) A Concordance of the Bible,' &c. Lond. 1550.
' [^A Couc(n-(latic€, that is to to sale a Worke wherrin by the Ordre of the Let-
ters of the A. B. C Iff mitifc rcdchj Jiitde any Worde ctmteigned in the whole Bible
»» ofieti as it is there exj^re^ised or meiitimied. Anno MDL. fol. To the most
Iiigiie and mightie prince Edward V'l. by tlie grace of God, king — your most
liuiul))e lovinge and obedient sul>ject Jiiou Marbecli wishetb all liealth aud
bunour One of your liighness most poore subjectes destitute l>oth of
Icamynge and eKuiuence, yea and such a one as in maner never tasted the
swcemcss of learned letters, but idtogether bronglit up in your highncs col-
lege at Wyndsore in tlie study of nuislcke and playing on organs, wherein I
consumed vainly the greatest part of my life — As [ had allniost finished this
worke my chaunce among others vvxs at Windsor to be taken in the labirinth
and troublesom letter of a lawe called the Statute of six Articles.- — I was
quickly condempned and judged to death t'or eitpyitig otit of a worke made
by the great clerke Mr. .Himi Calvin, written against the same sixe articles,
and this my Cmamitmce v»as not one of the least matters that they then
alledged Your highness father granted me his most gracious pardon,
whicli I enjoyed and was set at liberty, Kennkt.
Marbrek not perfectly iniderstanding the Latin tongue did out of the
Ijitin, with the help of the English, Bible make an English Concordance.
He was condemned in 1.54-t on llie statute of the six articles, to be burnt at
Windsor, but bishop Gardiner loving hiiu for his skill m musick, procured his
K*
131
1551.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1551.
132
fol. &c (S) The Lives of Holy Saints, Prophets, Patriarchs,
[75] &c. Lond. in 4to.'^ (3) The ripping up of the Pope's Fardel.
Lontl. ISSl.oct (4) Book of Notes and common Places, with
thfir Exposition, &c. Lornl. 1581. qu. (5) Examples drawn out
of Holy Scripture, with their Application : Also a brief Confer-
ence between the Pope and his Secretary, wherein is opened his
great blasphemous Pride. Loud. 1582. oct. (6") Dialogue be-
tween Youth and old Age, wherein is declared the Persecutions of
Christ's Heligiun, since the Fall of Adam, hitherto. Lond. 15S4.
John Fox, in his book of Acts and Mon. of the Church, &c.
doth speak largely of tins John Merbeck, if not too much,
in the tirst edition thereof, wherein he made him a martyr
while he was living, which hatli administred a great deal of
sport among the Roman Catholic writers, as Alan Cope,
Rob. Persons, &c.
Batchelors of Arts.
WiLtiAM Allyn or Alan of Oriel coll. — He was after-
wards a cardinal and an archbishop.
William Ovekton of Magd. coll.
John Bullyngham of Magd. coll.
Both afterwards bishops in England.
Pet. Whyte of Oriel coll. &c.
Pet. Morwvng of Magd. coll. &c.
The admissions of batchelors ad lecturam, and those of
ad determinandum, being omitted by the public scribe this
year, the just number thereof is unknown.
Masters of Arts.
The number of masters that were admitted I cannot tell,
because the record is defective. However the number of
those that stood in the comitia held 8 Sept. is lifteen, among
whom are James Dugdale afterwards master of Univ. ooll.
and Will. Norfolk of Oriel, afterwards princ. of St.
Mary's hall, and one of the first prebendaries of Worcester.
Batchelors of Divinity.
John Jewell of C. C. coll.
John Harley of Magd. coll.
Both afterwards bishops, and the first a very learned man.
Paul French of AU-s. coll. — In 1560 he became canon
of Windsor, and about that time preb. of Canterbury. He
died the 1 Nov. 1660, and was buried at Windsor.
Doctor of Civil Law.
John Gibbons, lately of AU-s. coll. now principal of
New inn, was admitted this year, but the day or month is
not set down. He was afterwards a member of Doctors Com.
mons, " commissary of the deanery of the arches, 1553,"
and died at London, in the parish of St. Faith the virgin,
about the beginning of the year 1581.
15" Not one doctor of physic or divinity can I find admit-
ted, or licensed to proceed this year.
I
An. Dom. 1551.— 5 Edw. VI.
Chancellor.
The same.
panlon. I don't know when Marbeck died, but he was alive at the second
iCuglisb edition of Fox'* Boofc tf Murli/rs, in 1583, thirty and nine years after
bb condemnation. MS. Note in Mr. Heber's Copy.]
* [The Lyues of' hob) Sainctes, Prophetes, Patriarches, and others contai/ned m
Kitije Sa-ijttnre, so fitrre forth a.5 expresne maiiion of them is deti/iLereil vnto vs in
(iod't Worde, uilh the inlcrpretacion .f their names : Collected and f^nihcred into
m (UphahetictM order, to the great co'inmoditie of tlic Chrmtiaii Rcadir. Lond.
1571. Bodl. llo. Z. 131. Med]
Vice Chancellor.
Owen Oglethorp, D. D. president of Magd. coll. who
being several times ab.sent this year. Rich. Martiall, batch,
of div. of Ch. Ch. and John Warner, doct. of physic of AU-s.
coll. officiated for him.
Proctors.
Will. Martiall of Mert. coll.
Pet. Rogers of Ch. Ch.
Batchelors of Arts.
George Savage of Ch. Ch. — See more in the year 157'4.
Herbert Westphaling of the same house. He was af-
terwards B. of Hereford.
James Bell of C. C. coll. — In the latter end of May 1556,
he, as a Somersetshire man born, was elected fellow of Tri-
nity coll. but whether he be tlie same James Bell, who
suffer'd death by hanging at Lancaster, for being a Roman
priest, in Apr. 1584 ; or James Bell, e. translator of several
books into English, I cannot tell. This last was a zealous
Protestant, and translated (1) ^ Treatise touching the Liberty
of a Christian. Lond. 1579. oct. written in Latin by Dr.
Mart. 'Luther. (2) Sermon of the Evangelical Olive, written
by John Fox. See more in John Fox among the writers,
an. 15S7. (3) The Pope confuted.' Written by the said
Fox ; see there again. (4) Answer Apologetical to Hierome
Osorius his slanderous invective. Lond. 1581. qu. Begun to
be written in Lat. by Dr. Walt. Haddon, but finished by
John Fox before mentioned.
The admissions, and names of determiners, are omitted
this year, and therefore you are not to expect the just num-
ber of batchelors that were admitted.
Batchelor of Civil Law.
NicH. Saunders of New coll. — He was afterwards a zea-
lous Roman Catholic, and a forward and indefatigable writer
in defence of tlie religion he professed.
Masters of Arts.
Humph. Lloyd or Lhuyd of Brasen-nose coll.* — He was
afterwards in much esteem for his great knowledge in Bri-
tish antiquities.
The admissions of masters are this yeai-s omitted ; yet the
number that stood in the act or comitia, celebrated 6 of
July, is 21. The junior of which called Ralph Treiver of
Ch. Ch. was, with the approbation of the vice-chancellor
and whole congregation, admitted into the school of the
physicians (or entred on the physic line) in Jan. 1552.
Bathelors of Divinity.
JohnMorwen ofC. C. coll. — This person did, about this
time, upon a sight of the decay of the faculty of divinity,
enter himself on the physic line, but whetlier he continued
in it I cannot tell.
John HAKPESFrELD of New coll.
Christoph. Goodman of Ch. Ch. sometimes of Brasen-
nose coll.
John Molens or Mullins of Magd. coll.
Hen. Pendleton of Brasen-nose coll.
5 [The Pope CMiveiied. The Holy and Apostoliqiie Church eonfitt'mg the
Pope. The Jirst Action. Translated out of iMtine into T^nglish by James Bell.
Jjond. 1580, 4to. The translator to the readir. — I have escaped out of that
Latcran labyrinth. I was carried from Christ to the swinstie of Sorbonne.
I am now aconvert, &c. Vide MS. T. 190. Kknnet.]
■• [Qu. if any relation to the autlior ol T/ic Treasurie of Hellh, 8vo. Lond.
no dute, by Cojiland and Hacket, Britiali Bibliographer, (1810) ii, 40.J
[76],
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1651.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1552.
13
Kt* Not one doctor of law, physic, or divinity was admit-
ted or licensed to proceed tliis year; as it appears in
the imperfect register of this time.
In tliis year Rich. Turner, who in the rcg;ister is stiled
bac. div. supplicated for the degree of doct. of that faculty,
but it appears that he was not admitted, nor stood in the
act.
Incorporations.
Rob. Johnson, LL. bac. (of Cambridge as it seems)
was incorporated batch, of both the laws, but the day or
month when, appears not. In 1544, July 10, he was in-
stalled prebendary of the churcli of Worcester in tlie place
of Thomas Haggard, LL. D. deceased, and in the same
month, iis it seems, was made chancellor of the diocese of
Worcester ; which had been held by the said Bangard. In
the reign of K. Edw. 6. he kept both those places, tho' he
wrote privately against John Hoper, bishop of Glocester
and Worcester; in 1555, Feb. 2'2, (tertio Maria; reg.) he
was installed prebendai^ of Siillington in the church of
York, and in July 1558 he was collated by Nich. archbishop
of York (o the rectory of Bolton Percy in Yorkshire, on
the death of Arth. Cole, president of Magd. coll. but en-
joyed it but a short time. This person, who was esteemed
learned and well read in the theological faculty, did write a
book against Hoper before-mentioned, but did not ])ublish
it. After his death, which hapned in 1559, the book came
into the hands of one Henry Joliff or Jolliff, batch, of div.
sometimes proctor of Cimibridge, * afterwaids rector of
Bishops Hampton in Worcestershire, one of the first pre-
bendaries of Worcester, and in 1554 dean of Bristol in the
place of Tho. llainolds, promoted to the deanery of Exeter.
I say that the said Jolliff, having the book in his hands,
carried it with him beyond the seas, when he Hed there
upon the alteration of religion in the beginning of the reign
of qu. Eliz. and settling for a time at Lovain, did correct,
put some additions to, and publish it, luider his and the
name of Rob. Johnson, with this title, Responsio sub Pro-
testatione facta ad illos Articulos lohannis Iloperi Episcopi Vi-
gornuB Nomen gerentls, in quibus a Catholica Fide dissentiebat :
Hna cum quibusdam Confutationibus ejusdem Hoperi, Sf Replica-
tionibus reverendiss. in Ch. pat. Steph. Gardineri Episc. Win-
ton, tunc Temporis pro Confessione Fidei in Carcere detenti.
Antwerp. 1564. in a thick oct. dedicated by Joliff to Philip,
king of Spain, acknowledging not only his favours shew'd
to him in England, while he was king there, but also at
Lovain. Whether Rob. Johnson, the original author, died
at Worcester, or York, 1 know not, or Joliff at Lovain :
sure I am that the last died in 1573 ; for on the 28 Jan. in
that year, a commission^ issued out from the prerogative
court of Canterburj' to one Will. Steers, a stationer of Lon-
don, to administer the goods, debts, chattels, &c of Hen.
Jolliff, clerk, late dean of Bristol, who died in parts beyond
the seas, &c. I find another Hen. Joliff, in whom Dr.
John Whyte, bishop of Winton, took " much delight for his
towardliness and great viitues ; but he was a youth, and
dying 19 .-^ug. 1548, must not be understood to be the same
with Hen. Joliff before-mention'd, who also wrote against
Nich Rydley ; nor Rob. Johnson of AU-s. coll. who was
admitted batch, of law 1552, or thereabouts, to be the same
with him who was the original author of Resprmsio, &c. " I
" find one Rob. Johnson to be proctor-general of the arches
* [lien. Joliffe, dom. S. Mich. Cant, procurator, ibid. an. 1537. Bakeh.]
* In the Peg. rf AdminwlratioiU!, in ihc will-offirc near St. Paul's cathedral,
beginning on the first day of Jan. 1571, fol. 42. a.
' See in John Whyte'.* Diacasio-Marti/rion, 6cc. Loud. 1553. fol. 9.5.'
" court of Canterbury, and principal register to I'^lin. Bon-
" ner, bishop of London, temj). Mariic reg. which |)erliapi
" was one of the Rob. Johnson's before-mentioned.
" jQumre."
About this time Abr. Ortclius of Antwerp spent some
time in study, in the condition of a sojourner, within thin
■ imiA'ersity. Afterwards he became a most admirable cos-
mographer, the Ptolemey of his time, and the ornament of
the learned world. He died in 1598, "4 ealend. July, and
" was buried in St. Michael's church at Antwerp."
An. Dom. 155«.— 6 Edw. VJ.
Chancellor.
The same. viz. Dr. Rich. Cox, to whom it was granted
by the venerable congregation this year, July 19, that
whereas he was about to resign his office of chancellor
within a short time, he should never after be burdened with
the office of vice-chancellor. The 1 4 Nov. following he rc-
sign'd it, and on the ISth the congregation of regents and
non-regents elected according to their new statutes sir
John Mason, knight, sometimes fellow of All-s. coll. lately
ambassador for K. H. 8. into several foreign countries, and
now dean of the cath. ch. at Winchester.
Vice-chancellor or Pro-chancellor .
J.MMEs Brokes, D. D. of C. C. coll. for the first part of
the year, and Rich. Martiall, D. D. of Ch. Ch. for the
other part, being elected in convocation pro-chanc. 3 Oct.
In his absence Dr. Tresham officiated, and b sometimes
stiled procancellarius.
Proctort.
Tho. Spencer of Ch. Ch.
Maur. Bullock of New coll.
Both elected on the day before the cal. of Oetob.
Batchelors of Arts.
Jun. — John Rastell of New coll.
Oct. 4. Walt. Baylik of New coll.
Both afterwards writers, and the last an eminent physi-
cian.
About 26 were admitted this year, one half of wliich are
omitted in the register.
Batchelors of LL.
Ellis Heywood of All-s. coll. — He was afterwards a
Jesuit and a writer.'
Griffyth Willyams of New coll ' — In 1554 he became
chancellor of the dioc. of Worcester, in the place of Rob.
Johnson resigning; and whether he be the .same Williams,
who was chancellor to the bishop of Gloucester about the
* [It Mora d'Eliseiy HekoJo Inglese. AlV illustrlwirw cardinal Jieginalda Ppifi.
In Fiorenza. 1556. 8vo. It is a small treatise in Italian in two books, ar.d
stiled // Mora from sir llio. More, at whose house at Chelsea the author
supposes sir Thomas to have frequent conversations with learned men of his
time, some of which, in the form of dialaguc, comjwse the subject of this
book : which is in our university library at Cambridge. T. 6. 42. Cole.]
3 [Griffith Williams p'br. adniiss, nd vie. dc Shoresdich, Lond. 22. Jul.
1543, ad pres. Ric. Gwent archid. Lond. quam resign, ante 15 Mali, 1532.
Ibid.
Griffith Williams cler. adraiss. ad root, de Hedingham Sible, com.
Essex, 4 Febr. 1351, quam resigiu ante 16 Jan. 155.'5. Heg. Bmmer.
Griffiuus Williaitts habet literas Eliz. reginjp de pres. ad rect. de Wrough-
ton alias EInisdon, Sarum dioc. 1 Jan. reg. 2, 15.59-CO. Rymer, iv. 56i.
Grillinus Williams clericus hat)et lit. regina: de pres. act prcliendam d«
Conilie octava in eccl. cath. Wellen. tosle regins apud Westmon, ii die
Martii, reg. ii. Ijj'J-tiO. lb. xv. 586. Kexset.]
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135
1552.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1552.
136
same time, (remembered by ' Fox for his strange, fearful,
and sudden deiitli which befel him in 1558, after qu. Eliza-
betl) came to the crown, and therefore esteemed as a judg-
ment on him for con<lemning a blind boy to be burnt, in
155(>) I cannot justly tell you. In 1557 Will. Turnbull,
LL.B. succeeded Griffyth Willyams in the chancellorship
of Worcester.
In the public register, which is very imperfect in the
beginning of this year, it partly appears that one John
BoDYB supplicated to be admitted batch, of LL. See in the
year 1554.
Masters of Arts.
Alan Cope of Magd. coll.
Lawr. Humphrey of Magd. coll.
HiERON. Philippides of Ch. Ch.
JoH. Abulines, or ab Ulmis of Cli. Ch.
Whether either of these two last was a writer I cannot
yet tell. Qu.
Will. Good of C. C. coll.
Jam. Calfill of Ch. Ch.
John Bavant of Ch. Ch.
The last of the said masters was afterwards one of the
first fellows of St. John's coll. and the first Greek reader
there. He was tutor in the said house to Edm. Campian
and Greg. Mai'tin ; but upon the alteration of religion,
leaving the coll. and his country, was made a Ro. Cath.
priest, and afterwards wjis one of those that endured a te-
dious imprisonment in Wisbich castle in Cambridgeshire
upon account of religion.
Twenty masters stood in the act celebrated 18 July this
year, but how many were admitted, it appears not in the
register.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Thom. Hardyng of New coll.
Thom. Bickley of Magd. coll.
Tho. Bentham of Magd. coll.
The two last were afterwards bishops.
Gilbert Burnford. — In 1554 he had the chancellorship
of the church of Wells granted to him under the seal of the
bishop and chapter thereof. But when he craved admission
thereunto in 1560, he was denied, because he refused the
oath of supremacy. For the same reason he was deprived
of the prebend, of Hasilbere in that church, and of a
rectory in the dioc. of Wells.
Note, that whereas always before this time, when any
batch, of div. was admitted, he was registred as admitted
ad lectuiam libri sententiarum, so now during the reign of
K. Ed. 6. they are registred as admitte'/ad lectionem Pau-
liuarum epistolarum : and this year those that were admit-
ted are registred as admitted ad enarrationem epistolarum
Apostolicaruin in ipsis comitiis hoc anno, viz. 18 Julii.
Doctors of Civil Law.
Hen. Jones of All-souls coll. — ^This person was one of
the learned doctors of ihe civ. law, whom qu. Elizabeth
consulted concerning the matter of Lesley, bishop of Ross,
who, while he was ambassador from Mary, qu. of Scots to
qu. Elizabeth, consulted and ])romoted a rebellion against
her. See in Camden's Annals of Qu. Elizab. under Ihe year
1571, " and in the lllitory of Mary Qu. of Scots by Strange-
•' way." This Dr. Jones died in, or near. Doctors Com-
» In h?5 book of The AcU and Mm. of the Church, &c. under the years
1556, and 58. •'
mons, about the beginning of Feb. in 1591, and was bu-
ried, as it seems, in the church of St. Bennet near to
Paul's Warf in London.
tt^ Not one doctor of phys. was admitted this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
Rich. Martiall of Ch. Ch. — Soon after he was made
prebendary of Winchester, and dean of his coll. by the in-
tercession of the lord Arundell (to whom he was chaplain)
made to the queen. In the reign of K. Ed. G. he seem'd to
be a great reformer, and retracted what he zealously had
held in the reign of K. Hen. 8. After the death of K. Ed. 6.
he returned to his former opinions, and was more zealous
for the Cath. cause than before : but when qu. Eliz. suc-
ceeded he absconded for a time, and went from place to
place.' At length being taken and conveyed to London,
retracted again in hopes of being settled in his deanery of
Ch. Ch. which might have been, had he l)eha\ed himself
moderately in the reign of cju. Mary. Afterwards, as 'tis
said, he went into Yorkshire, where he died obscurely.' In
his deanery succeeded G. Carew, as I have told you before,
under the year 1522.
Hen. Pendleton of Bra«en-n. coll. was admitted this
year, and stood, with Martiall, in the act that followed.
Henr Syddall, LL.B and canon of Ch. Ch.* who had
studied sacred letters for 18 years, did ttiis year supplicate
that he might put on, or be honour'd w ith, the cap of doct.
of divinity. This desire of his was granted conditionally
that he be inaugurated and dispute in divinity in the next
act that should follow. But whether he was so, or did dis-
pute, it appears not in the public register, or in the cata-
log-ues of inceptors.
Incorporations.
Nov. 12. Bkian Baynes, batch, of arts of Cambridge. —
The next year he proceeded in the said faculty, being then
a member of Ch. Ch. which is all I know of him.
Nov. — Valentine Dale of All-s. coll. doctor of the civ.
law beyond the seas, (at Orleans I think) seems to be incor-
porated in that month, because he had supplicated more
than once for that degree.' He was afterwards master of
the Requests, dean of Wells, 15*4, and about that time
ambiissatlor to the French king upon the calling home of
sir Franc. Walsingham to be secretary of state, &c. He
died in his house near St. Paul's cathedral 17 Nov. 1589,
and was buried in the parish cluirch of St. Gregory near to
the said cathedral, leaving behind him a d.iughter named
Dorothy, Avho being co-heir to her father, was married to
sir John North, son and heir to Roger lord North. " Of
" him see in J. Howell's Familiar Letters."
Dec. 2. Walter IIaddon, president of Magd coll. in
Oxon, and doct. of the civ. law at Cambiidge. — This per-
son, who was a Buckinghamshire ° man born, and educated
* [Mic. Flemings cler. coll. ad preb. de Measdon in eccl. Paul. 21 Jan.
1.561, per dcjirivat. Marshall. Kennf.t.]
3 [Rut sec .Strypc's Annah of Hefonn. i. "109, where it is supposed he died
in confinement.]
* [1.V50, 5 Jul. D. Ilenricus Syddall capellanu>, ad eccl. de Woodford,
per resign, mag. Georgii Ix'c, ad prcs. abbis et conr. S. Grucis de Walthani,
scde Lond. vac. Pe^ Waiham, Cunt, Kknnet.]
' [Jul. 9. 15(J2, concoiiitur niagistro Valenuno Dale in acadcmia Aure-
liensi juris civilis doctori, &c. ut sit hie apud nos in eisdem gradu, ordino, &c.
Jici^r. Acntl. Cdnt. Uaki-r.]
" [Gualt. Iladdon palria Cantianus, studio Cantabrigieusis, &c. V. Vitam,
scrrpta*n, nt videtur, ab Ilatchero.
V. Leland Encomh, p. 159. Edit. Oxon. V. Jo. Cacum De Antiq. Cunt.
[78]
137
1552.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1553.
138
in grammar learning in Eaton school, was cliose scholar of
King's coll. in Camliridge, an. 1533, where arriving to
great eminence in the civil law, was made the king's pro-
fessor of that faculty in the said university,' iind much
esteemed for his eloquence and learning, especially hy Le-
land who' calls him Ilevcddunus. Afterwards, being a man
much addicted to reformation, he wtvs by vertue of several
letters written by the king in his behalf, elected, tho' con-
trary to statute, president of Magd. coll. where he conti-
nued about an ycai' ; and then leaving it to prevent expul-
sion, sheltred himself in private during the reign of i\\i.
Mary. After qu. Elizabeth came to the crown lie was made
one of he:' masters of Requests, and by her employed in one
or more embassies. His works are (I) A sight of the Por-
tugal Pearl, in Answer to the Epistle of Hieron. Osorius, entit.
A Pearl for a Prince. This book, which was written in
Latin, I have not yet seen, only the translation of it into
English, made byAbrah. Hartwell, 156"5, in tw. (2) Lucu-
Irationes. Lond. 15B7. qu. collected and published by Tho.
Hatcher of King's coll. in Cambridge. These lucubrations
consist of orations and e])istles.9 .Vmong the orations is
that De Ohitu Mart. Buceri, and among the epistles is that
De Vita & Ohitu Fratrum S)iffoleiensium Henrici St Caroli Bran-
dom. (3) Poemata. Lond. 1567- qu. collected also and
published by the said Hatcher. (4) Contra Hieron. Osorium,
ejusque odiosas Infectutiones pro Evangelica; Veritatis necessaria
Defensione, Responsio apologetica. hond 1577- q"- This book
was began and carried on by him more than half: after-
wards coming into the hands of John Fox, was by him
finish'd and published, and at length traa.'ihited into Eng-
lish by .)am. Hell.' (5) Poematum Lih. duo^ Lond. 1592,
oct. i3efore which poems is printed the life of Walt. Had-
don. Whether these two books contain his poems before-
p. 151, 152. V. Tlte Khtf^'s visitatorial Power asserted, by Dr. Nathaniel
Johnston, p. 34'2. Baked.]
7 [Coniniissio pro admissione Walteri Haddon in advocatum curiae Cant.
1555, 9-Maij. Reg. CarU. Kennet.]
s In Principum ac iUtistrium aliquot ^ eruditorum in Ajiglia Virorum, &c.
Lond. Ii89. p. 103.
9 [A cf.py in MS. suppo.scd to be the original, is in the library of Trinity
College, Uiiblin, D. 35. lolio. Cat.-MSS. Hybern. p. 33, no. 479.]
' [And published by him in 1681. Watts.]
^ [Several of bis Epigrams were translated by Timothy Kendall, and pub-
lished in his Flowers, 12mo. 1577. fol. 90-93. Perhaps the foUowhig are
unODg the best in Kendall's selection.
To his bed.
My bed, the rest of all my cares.
The endc of toilyng paine,
Whiche bryngest ease and sollace sweete
While darknesse doeth remaine :
My bedde, yelde to me slumber swete
And trifiyng dreames repell ;
Cause carkyng care from sobbyng breast
To parte, where it doeth dwell.
All mockeries of this wretched worlde
Put ch'ane from out my mynde.
JDoe these, my bedde, and then by thee
Much comfort shall I fiude.
An Aunswere.
That I nmie be a rest of cares.
An ende of roylyng pain.
Sec stomacke thyne be not surchargdc.
When slepe tliou wouldest gaine.
If sugred slepe (deuoide ol dreames,)
Thou hkest to enioye.
Then liue with liule, and beware
No cares thy bedde anoye.
And lastly, dcuie thy tethered bedde
Alwaies thy graspvng grant*.
So rest i)v me thou shaU obtaine.
And etc nmche comfort hauc. fol. 93.]
mention'd I cannot tell.' I remember I once saw tlirm, but
dreaming not in the least of any future mentioning Dr.
Haddon, I throw'd them ai^ide alter I had taken the title,
otherwi.se I should have spoken more of iiim. He gave way
to fate Jiinuai-y 1571 (leaving then behind him the cli.naeter
of orator dulcis & fai-undus,) and was buried on the 25 of
the same month in the (irey fryers church, now called Ch.
Ch. within the city of London. Over his grave was soon
after a comely monument erected ; which, with the church
it self, was consumed by the dreadful conflagra'.ion that
hapned in the said city, in the beginning of tS«;pt. 1666.
Kj" This year Jul. 20. the public registrary or scribe of
the university was deprived of his place for neglecting to set
down and enter into the common register the acts of cua-
gregations for several years behind.
An. Dom. 15.53. — 7 Edw. 6. — 1 Mari.s.
Chancellor.
The same, viz. sir John Mason, knight.
Vice-chanc. or Pro-chanc.
Dr. Martiall again, now dean of Ch. Ch. Dr. Walt.
Wryght occurs also pro-chanc. this year, Apr. 4. and Dr.
Will. Tresham (who was about this lime prisoner in the
Fleet) commissary, Nov. 6. But these two, 1 presume,
were only deputies.
Proctors.
Thom. Spencek, again.
Maur. Bullocke, again.
Batchelors of Arts.
Jul. 15. Jasp. Heywood of Mert. coll. — He was after-
wards a noted Jesuit.
Oct. 11. John Wolley. — See among the m;isters 1557.
Dec. 1. Tho. Palmer of Brasen-n. coll. — See also among
the ma.sters in 1556.
Feb. 1. Rich. Barnes of Br. coll.— He was afterwards
bishop of Durham.
March — John Rogers of Qu. coll.— quaere.
Admitted in all this year 52.
Batchelors of Civil Law.
— Rich. Green of AU-s. coll. — He was afterwards chan-
cellor of the diocese of GIoc.
Oct. 3o Tho. Darbyshire of Broadgate's hall. — He was
afterwards chanc of the dioc. of Lond.
Rob. Johnson of .Vll-s coll. was also, as it seems, ad-
mitted this year, but not to be understood to be the same
R. Johnson whom I have mention'd in 1551.
Masters of Arts.
Jul. 8. Will. Overton of Magd. coll.
14. Dav. de la Hyde of Mert. coll.
15. Hugh Evans of Brasen-n. coll — I take hiin to be
the same Hugh Evans who occurs dean of St. Asaph, in
1571. ••
3 [The poems were printed from the edition of 1.567. but as the introduc-
tory life (which is of little value) intbrms us, ' ad scholarum usum meliori
nunc ordine, et aucliora in lucem emtttuntur.'
Haddon was buried wiih his first wile Jlargaret Clare, and the fuUowing
inscription place<i over them.
Sic, o sic juncti tumulo manoamus in uno
Quos semi>er vivos junxcrat luuis am(»r.]
* [1560. Apr. 26. Hugh Evans, A.M. was instituted to the deanery of
St. Asaph (vacant by the just deprivation of John Lloyd the last dean) by
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Nov. 97. Tho. Wylson — whether he be the same with
Tho Wylson of Biasen-n. coll. who was admitted B. of A,
in 1546, as I have under that year told, I cannot assure,
vou I find one Tho. Wylsom, batch, of div. and preb. of
Worcester, to have succeeded John Pedder in tlie deanery
there,' in May 1571 ; who dying 10 July 1586, was biuied
in a little isle,' commonly called the deans chappel, .joyning
to the choir of tlie cath. ch. at Worcester, having l)efore
man ied Dorothy, daughter of Rob. Banister, esq. Whether
this Tho. Wylson (whom I cannot find among the number
of our batchelors of div.) be the same with Tho. AV^ylson of
Brasen-n. coll. mention'd under the year 1546, 1 cannot
yet tell.*
Richard DaTies, Bp. of that see. He conti.iued dean to his deatli, whicli
was about November 1587. He was by extraction, if not birth, of Carnar-
vonshire, and descended from S' Howell ap Griffith tempore Ed. 3. called
S' Howell y Twyall, or (with the pole ax) as appears by the arms on his
grave (lying oii the North side of the choir in St. Asapli, near the rayls)
wliich are a pole ax between 3 flowers de lis, and were the proper bearing
of that famous knight S Howell y Twyall, wliome our Welsh bards celebrate
so much for his valour at the field of Poycticrs, that our people will needs
have it, that it was he that tooli John, the French king, prisoner. But tho'
that be not agreaWe to history, yet he did there some extraordinary service,
as appears by his reward, which was great and noble indeed. For he was
knighted, made constable of the castle of Crycketh in Carnarvonshire, had a
good rtvenue for life, and tliis new coat of arms bestowed on him, and mi
perpetual memory of his service, a mess of meat a the king's charge to be
carrv'd to him during life, with his axe or partisan carry'd bcfor? it, and 8
veornen attending it, and after his death to be given the poor, for the good
of his soul, whicli continued to the beginning of qu. Elizabeth's time. So
S' John Wynn of Gwide, B'. in the MS. history of his family.
This dean Evans was vicar of Northop, rector of Cerrig y Drwidion, and of
the sine cura of Comb in Flintshire. Humphreys, Cntabgue rf the Deans
rfSt Asaph, publ. by Hearne in Ottcrhoumt, &c. 8vo. 1732.
Hugo Evans cler. coll. ad preb. de Hoxton in eccl. Paul, 14 Dec. 1558,
quam resign, ante ult. Febr. 1579. lieg. Limd. KENSEr.]
* [This dean Wilson's notorious corruption is mentioned in a MS. paper of
Dr. W. Hopkins. Lovedav.]
6 ffhc late Dr. Percy, bishop of Dromorc, conceived that he was a de-
icendant of I'ho. Wilson, dean of Worcester. He took some pains to collect
together all the particulars of tliat clergyman's life, and the result of his en-
quiries he communicated in a letter, dated 18 Oct. 1777, to John WiKon of
Bromhead in Yorkshire, esq. a gentleman who took mdcfatigable pains to
collect every thing which bore on the history of his own family. From this
letter of which a copy is now before me, it appeal's that Tho. Wilson of
Brazen-nose and Tho. Wilson the dean of Worcester were not the same per-
son. Dr. Percy's memoir of his ancestor not being of much length, I shall
venture to transcribe them.
• The Rev. Tho. Wilson, D. D. was of Trinity college in Cambridge, and
in tlte university register, his des^rees are dated as follows :
He was admitted butchelor of arts in - - 1541,
Master of arts - - - 154,i,
Batchelor of divinity - 1552,
Doctor of divinity - - 1575.
The charter of Trinity foundation is dated 1546 ; he was probably there-
fore of Michael house, originally one of the halls or hostles whose sites were
taken into Trinity college, and the old members of that hall are often men-
tioned in the university registers as of Trinity college.
He was made prebendary of Worcester in 1.^60, and upon the death of
John Pedder, dean of Worcester, i'liomas Wilson, B. D. was appointed dean
May 4, 1571, by queen Elizabeth, probably by the interest and recommen-
dation of his kinsman. Dr. Thomas Wilson, her secretary of state, who Iiim-
sclf waited tor the far better deanery of Durham.
He died in 1566, and was buried in the dean's chapel, where his monu-
ment still exhibits the following epitaph, viz. ' Here lies, &c
15 years.'
The dean of Worcester's will is preserved in the prerogative office in Doc-
tors Commons. It is dated July 19, 1586, and the probate is dated 'J6 Oct.
1586. Ill it he mentions his sons Samuel, Thomas and Robert, and his
daughters Mary, Judith and Dorothy, as all then living, tho' young. He
abo leaves legacies to his brother "Nicholas, and to his nephew John
Wilson.
I have not yet been able to discover what became of dean Wilson's three
sons Samuel, Thomas and Robert, as they probably removed t'rom Worcesler,
b<-ing all intended by their lather ior the church', and for whose education
and establishment he made handsome provision in his will.
As for my own ancestor, Slaiv , eldest daughter of dean Wilson, she liad
Admitted 24.
Kl" Not one batch, of div. was admitted this year.
Doctors of Civ. Law.
June — Thom. Whyte of New coll. — This person, who
was now prebendary of Winchester, was elected warden of
his coll. in the month of Sejit. this year, being then a
zealous man for the Rom. Cath. religion. In Sept 1557 he
succeeded Will. Pye in the archdeaconry of Berks, and in
Aug. 1571' Hen. Parry in the chancellorship of the church
of Sarum, having before been preb. of Ulfcomb in that
church. He dieil 12 June 1588, and was buried in the
choir belonging to the cathedr;il there.
June — John Kennall. — He was afterwards ' canon of
Ch. Ch. chancellor of Rochester, archdeacon of Oxon, in
the place of Dr. Walt. Wiyght deceased, an. 1561, and
canon residentiary of the cath. ch. at Exeter ; where dying
in 1591, Joli. Drewry, LL. D. succeeded him in the arch-
deaconry of Oxen.
June — Tho. Stempe of New coll. about this time pre-
bendary of Winchester. — Afterwards he became the eleventh
warden of W. of Wykeli.im's coll. near Winchester, in the
place of Dr. John Boxall. He died 9 Feb. 1581, and was
buried in the cliappel belonging to the said college ; in
whose epitaph there, 'tis said that he was legum, S. theo-
logiiE niusicesque laude clarissinius.
Oct. 30. NiCH. Harpesfield of New coll.
f^" Not one doct. of phys. or div. was admitted this
year.
Incorporations.
Will. Mowse or JIosse, Dr. of the civ. jnw of Cam-
bridge, was incorporated this year, but the particular time
when I cannot find. — He was " master" of Trin. h.dl in
that university,9 was this year tlie king's professor of the
in dower from her father Lippard estate near Worcester, which is a lease-
hold for lives under the dean and chapter of AVorcester, and married Edw.
Wingfield, esq. whose posterity have been seated at Lippard to this day : the
present possessor being my kinsman Geo. Wingfield, esq. barrister at law of
Lincoln's Inn, who last year, 11 .Tan. 1776, married Anne, daughter of the
rev. Dr. John Bostock, canon of Windsor.'
It a|)pears from a pedigree of his own family (the Percys) which accom-
panies this account, that Tho. Percy, mayor of Worcester, 166^, married
Margaret, daughter of the above-mentioned Edward Wingfield and Mary
Wilson. Arthur Percy of Bridgwortii, the bishop's grand-father, was grand-
son from that match. Hunteh. See a pedigree of these families with their
intermarriages, in Nash's Hist, (f Worcestershire, vol. ii. p. 318.]
7 [Rector de Longwoith, dioc. Saruin, et de Stanton, dioc. Oxon. 1571.
M.S. BaUki. T*NNEti.]
8 [Will. Harison cler. adniiss. ad rect. de Radwinter, com. Essex, 16
Feb. 1558, per resign. .Tohn Keniiall. lieg. Bomier. Kexnet.]
3 [Will, ftlowse, L. D. 13 cal. Junii 1,509, laetus officialis curi^ de arciibus,
decanus peciiliarium, judex curia; audientia% ct archiepiscopi Cant, vicarius
ill spirit, gcneralis. Lib. Pole iiiirt 2, fol. 2.
' Dr. William Mowse, a civili.iii, and probably one of iiis officers, whom
for his merits and learning arclib. Cranmer for many a year had been a spe-
cial benefactor to, sir John Cheek also hare him a very good will. Upon the
removal of Dr Haddon to some other preferment, this Dr. Mnwse succeeded
master of Trinity hall in Cambridge. And in the year 1552 the archbishop,
valuing his worth and integrity, was a suitor at court for some further prefer-
ment for him, whatever it was, which the study of the civil law had (|ualilied
him for, and obtained the place. He was put out of his mastership, in Tri-
nity hall, in the beginning of qu, Marie's reign, for having been a Protestant,
and to make way for the restoration of Dr, Gardiner, bishop of Winchester,
whu had becn'outed before. Upon whose death, that mastership falling
void, and Slowse having complied with the Romish religion, he became
master there again. And soon after, in qu, Elizabeth's reign, lie was de-
prived by her commissioners for a papist, and one H.irvey came in his
room,' Strype, Memnr. nf Cranmer, page 401. Kennet.
Gul. Mowse, LL.D. Cunt. an. 1552. Re^r. Jul. 20, 155^, he was re-
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civ. law in this of Oxon, but whether in his own right, or
ill tliat of Dr. V\'ill. Awbrcy, is yet to me uncertain. " In
" the beginnini^ of qu. Mary's reign he was put out of the
" mastership of Tiii). hall in Canil). for having been a
" Protestant. After Dr. Gardiner's death, 1554, upon hi.s
rSOj " compliance he beeame mast, sigain. After qu. Eliz. came
" to the crown he was outed for a Papist, and Dr.'
" Harvey succeeded hiin, and was preb. of York."' On the
first of March 15G0 lie was installed prebend of Botevant
in the clmrch of York, being at that time master of the
aforesaid hall, and dying in 15S8, he became a considerable
benefactor to that house.
Andr. Pernk, D. of D. of Cambridge, was also this year
incorporated, but the day or month when, ap|)ears not. —
He was educated in Peter house,' whereof he was fellow
and master ; and in 1557 was made the second dean of Ely*
in the place of Rob. Styward, who died 2*2 Sept. the same
yeai". This Dr. Pernc, who is reported to have been a mu-
table ^ man in his religion, and of a facetious natui'e, yet a
great Meoa;Utis of learning, died at Lambeth in Surrey 26
.-»pr. 15S9, and was buried in the chancel of the parish
church there; whereupon John Bell, D. of D. succeeded
him in his deanery. You may read many things of this Dr.
Andr. Perne in the book of Acts and Monuments of the Church,
&c. under the year 1 557, written by John Fox ; wherein
you'll find him a zealous man for the Cath. cause in the
reign of c|u. Mary. One of both his names who was M. of
A. and sometimes fellow of Katharine hall in Cambridge
(afterwards minister of Wilby in Northamptonshire) was a
frequent preacher before the members of the long parlia-
ment, that began at A\'e.>3tminster, an. 1640, ran with those
times, and published several sermons. I find another*
Andr. Perne, LL. D. sometimes an inhabitant of West-
Wratting in Cambridgshire, who died in 1680.
An. Dom. 1554. — 1-2 Marije.
Chancellor.
The same.
Vice- Chancellor.
John Warner, doct. of phys. and warden of AU-s. coll.
was designed by letters from the chancellor.
Proctors.
Tho. Coveney of Magd. coll.
Christoph. Hargrave of Line. coll.
WTiich proctors taking their places on the nones of April,
Mam-. Bullock, and (iilb. Mounson of Ch. Ch. (substitute
to Mr. Spencer) receded.
commended to Trin. hall from court to be master there, and sticceeded Had-
don, who was removed to Oxford that year. B,>.K£R.]
' [And. Feme was first fell, of St. Jo. coll. afterwanls fellow of Queen's
coll. Canil"r. but never fellow of Peter house. He was Whitgift's particular
friend and patron, whilst Whitgift was fellow of Peter house, protected him
in qu. Mary's time, and did him other good offices, which were always re-
membered. \'. H'hitgifi') Life by sir Geo. Paul, p. 4. 68. V. AiUimartinum,
p. 50, &c. Baeer.J
* [Dr. Perne was one of the six eminent preachers chosen out to be the
king's chaplains in ordinary, anno 1551. Antm. Uamitr, p. 102. Kenvet.]
' See in the Acts and iionvmmts of' the Church, by John Fox, under the
year 1549.
* [Another Andrew Feme became fellow of Queen's roll. Cambr. in 15.'>9.
So in Cat. Prarulcntmm ct fiocionim dH. Urgiimlis Caulab. MS. Lambclh,
N" 805. LOVEDAY.]
BatcheloTS of Arts.
Jul. 4. *\Vii.L. Barker of Miigd. coll. — One of both hi«<
names translated into English, An Exhortation to his Kins-
man to the Study of the Scriplures. Lond. 15.57. oct. written
by St. Basil the Cireat. Whether he be the same with the
batch, of arts, ciuaere.
Anth. Hussh. of Miigd. coll. was admitted the same
day.
Jul. 11. John Bodye.— One of both bis names suppli-
cated to be iidmitted batch, of the civ. law, an. 1552, which
I take to be the same with this who was batch, of arts, but
not the scuiic who was executed at Andover in Hampshire,'
an 1583, for denying the queen's supremacy over the church
of England. See more in these Fasti, among the masters
of arts, an. 1575.
Jid. 16. Tho. Atkyns. — He was elected batchelor- fellow
of Mert. coll. this year, in whose cat. or alb. of fellows, this
addition is put to his name. — Fuit procurator generalis
regius apud Wallos, & reginaj Elizabethie a consiliis ibidem,
& ad audiendum & determinandum malefacta cujuscunq;
generis justitiarius, &c. He was born in the dioc. of Wor-
cester, but took no higher degree in this university.
March 13. John Bridgwater (AauEPONTANus) either
now of Brasen-nose coll. or of Hart hall.— He was after-
wards a learned Jesuit.
Admitted 48.
Doctor of Music.
Apr. 21. John Shepheard, who had been a student in
music for the space of 20 years, did then by his dean sup-
plicate the ven. congregation that he might be licensed to
proceed in that faculty, that is, to be admitted doctor of
music 5 but whether he was admitted, or stood in any act
following, it appears not in our registers. The words of
some of his church services are made public in The Divine Ser-
vices and Anthems usually sung in Cathedrals, &c. Lond. 1663,
oct. collected and published by James Clifford, as I have
told you under the year 1548. I have seen some of his
compositions of six parts in six MS. books, remaining at
this day in the archives of our publ. music school, contain-
ing church music or anthems and certain songs.
Masters of Arts.
But 13 were admitted this year, among whom Will.
Allyn or Alan of Oriel coll. was one, aftenvards a cardi-
nal and archb. as I have before told youj and Skxtus
QuATERMAV of New coU. another.
In an act celebrated 16 July, were 19 that stood, of
whom the said Allyn was jtmior, whom we usually call
junior of the act, who with the senior, perform exercise in
the name of the rest of the masters.
Batch, of Divinity.
June 7- Arthur Cole of Magd. coU. sometimes cross- [81]
* [1551. 5 Ed. 6. Edward the sixt, &c. Whereas the statutes and cus-
tomes of our college of Eyton, within our countie of Bucks, have alwaies bene
and yet still remaync, that the .^cholemaster of our graund schole there shulde
be mimaryed and remoty ve — Whereby dyvers fytt pcrsonnes have refused to
be callyd to that rowme, and some called have forsakyn the same after a
lyttle whyles contimunce to the great hinderance of leamynge. Know ye
that we, having true information of the approved honestie, knowen leam-
yng and skillfull teachyng of our well beloved William Barker, master of
arte of the universitie of Cambridge, and at this present fymc schole master
there, are pleased that the said William Barker shall holde and iKCupye the
said rowme and place; notwithstanding that the said William is maried. ,
Witness ourscif, &c. Pat. 5. Ed. 6. p. 2. u. 41. Ke.vket.]
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bearer to cardinal Wolsey, now fellow of Eaton coll. and
canon of Windsor, was adui. to the reading of the sentences
by Dr. O. Oglethorp dean of Winds, in a certain chamber
belonging to his lodgings there, by power and authority
tfiven tolum for that purpose by Dr. Rich. Smyth pro-vice-
chancellor of the uni^ersity. This Mr. Cole had his grace
granted in order to the taking of that degree in 1545, and in
1555 he succeedfd.the said Dr. Oglethorp in the president-
ship of Magd. coll.
Jul. 5. John Boxall of New coll. — He was now arch-
deacon of Ely, and warden of the coll. near Winchester,
&c.
Besides thpse two, were but three more admitted this year.
Doctors of Civil Law.
Jul. 13. Tho. Huyck of Mert. coll. ' — He died at Lon-
don 1575, having a litt'e before been made the first and
original fellow of Jesus coll. to wlucli he was a benefactor.
Rob. Raynold of New coll. was licensed to proceed the
same day. — He was now fellow of Wykeham's coll. near to
Winchester, prebendary of Line, and Chichester, and about
1557, master of the hospital of St. Cross near to Winton. '
Will. Awbrey of All-s. coll. was admitted also on the
same day. — See before, under the year 1549. A person he
was of exquisite learning and singular prudence, and there-
fore mention'd with honour by Thuanus and others. He
was born in Brecknoclishire, particularly, as I concei\e, at
Cantre, wrote divers things, but not printed ; among which
are several letters to his cousin Dr. John Dee concerning
ths sovereignty of the seas, (some of which I have seen) and
dying 23 July 1595, was buried within the cath. church of
St. Paul in London. Afterwards there wiis a mon. with his
bust set over his grave, which, with the cathedral it self,
was consumed in that dismal conflagration which hapned in
that great city in the beginning of Sept. 1666.
Doctors of Physic.
May 9. Rich. Master of All-s. coll. ' — On the 14 of
Mar. 156'2, he was installed prebendary of Fridaythorpe in
the church of York, being about that time physician of the
chamber to i\u. Elizabeth. His eldest son George Master
setled in the abbey at Cirencester in Glocestershire, where
his posterity yet remaineth. Another son named Robert
was doctor of the civil law in 1594, as I shall tell you when
I come to that year.
Rich. Caldwell or Chaldwall lately of Ch. Ch. but
originally of Brasen-nose coll. was admitted the same day.
Thom. Francis of Ch. Ch. was also admitted the same
day. — .'Vfter this ])erson had taken the degree of M. of A. he
applyed his studies to the theological faculty, but the encou-
ragement thereof being in these days but little, he trans-
* [Preb. of Buckland Dcnham, eccl. Wells. T.anner.]
' [1.^.59, 1 Febr. rev™"' iitliiiisit Robertuin Le\ bourn cJericura ad ecclesiam
de Falley, Wint. n dioc. vac. per dcprivat. R«b. Ileynoldes, S. T. P. ult.
rect. ad pres. D. reginae. Reg. Parhev, Cant.
1560, 26 Apr. Dominus adniisit Walterum Bcdjll clcr. A. B. ad vie. de
Southsloiiehaiii cum capella B. Mariae per niort. Job. Payne, ail pres. mag.
Rob" Raynuld LI.. D. precentoris ecclcsia! S. Marise prope villam South-
ainpt. predict. licg. Parker. Kkmnkt.]
" [1514, 18 Nov. Mai;. Hic'us Master A. M. ad eccl. dc Aldyngton, per
lib. rcsijni. vcn. viri D. Joh'U Dei gratia Sironen. cp. ad coll. arc'pi juratusdc
bene el fidclitcr wlvond. quandam annuam pensionemvigintilibrarumcuidam
roagistro Eraamo Rotoradamo clerico nuper dicte ecclesic rectori. Ueg.
Warham.
1517, 27 Jul. Mag. Ric. Maister S. T. B. ad vie. de Eastre juxta Sandwi-
cum ex coll. D. are'pL lb. KtNNET.]
fer'd himself to the school of physicians, and, with the con-
sent and approbation of Dr. Wryght the % ice-chancellor,
was entred on the physic line, 4 Aug. 1550. In tlie year
after, 1 find him supplying tlie place and office of the king's
professor of physic, being, I presume, only deputy for Dr.
John Warner, and on the 9 Mar. 1553, he was admitted
batch, of phys. In 1561 he succeeded Hugh Hodgson in
the provostship of Qu. coll. and was iifterwards physician
to queen Elizabeth and much respected by her.
Jul. 14 JoH^f Symings or Symmings. — In what coll. or
hall educated, 1 know not. Sure I am that he was one of
the coll. of physicians in London, where he was in great
practice ; and dying in his house in Jjittle St. Bartholomew
in Smithfield, 7 July 1588, was buried in the church in the
Spittle there.
Doctors of Divinity.
Apr. 20. John Harpesfield of New coll.
Jul. 13. Thomas Hardyng of New coll.
Both zealous and stout champions for the Rom. catholic
cause.
June 20. It was then granted to Hen. Cole LL. D. of
New coll. that he might ha\e the degrees of batch, and
doctor of div. conferi'd upon him, without any disputations
or exercise done for the same.
Incorporations.
Certain doctors of div. of the univ. of Cambridge having
been commanded by their chancellor Dr. Steph. Gardiner
bishop of Winchester to go to Oxford, ' and there to joyn
themselves with other doctors and learned men of that
university, to dispute with archb. Cranmer, bish. Rydley,
and B. Latimer concerning matters of religion, did accord-
ingly come to Oxon 13 of Apr. this year, and taking up
their quaiters at the Cross-Inn near to Qiuitervois, were
the next day incorporated. The names of them are these :
John Young D. D. master of Pembroke hall and vice-
chancellor. ' — He was a learned man, and is stiled by some
writers Joh. Giovanus.
John Seton or Seaton D. D. of St. John's coll. in Cam-
bridge and prebendary of Winchester. * — He was now
famous in that university for the brief and methodical book
of logic which he had composed for tlie use of junior
scholars. '
Rich. Atkinson D. D. provost of King's coll.
Will. Glynn D. D. master of Queen's coll.* and now
or lately archdeacon of Anglesey. ' — In 1555, Sept. 8, he
9 [An. I.i54 conceditur ut dominus procan. doct. Glyn, Atkynson, Scott,
Watson et Mr. Segiswicke vestro nomine Oxoniain protiriscantur, ad propug-
naudara verani ct Catliolicaiu (idem, ct contrarian) dixtriiiain impugnandam,
ct litene ea de re ad Oxonienses conscriptsB sigillo vestro commmii consignen-
tur. Reg. Acail. Cant. Baker.
See letter of tlianks from tbe university of Cdbrd to that of Cambridge, on
this occasion, in my vol. 4*2, p. 4'J8. Cole.]
' [Jo. Yonge admissus socius coll. Jo. Cant. an. 1536, deln socius coll.
Trin. ant. Pemb. custos. U.\ker.]
* [Jo. Seton admissus socius coll. Jo. pro cp-Q Roffen. circa an. 1529 ;
A. M. 1532. Baker.]
' [See Warton's Hi.^. nf KngUth Poetry, iii, 429.]
•» [Guil. Glynn admissus socius coll. Regin. 1529 : presidens sive raagistep
an. 15.53. Biker.]
» [This is a mistake dlx)ut William Glyn. For William Glyn, the archdea-
con of .Vnglesey was originally an Oxon man. and quite another person from
Dr. William Glyn of Queen's college, Cambridge, who wiis also the bp. as I
have shewed at large. UtrMPHRtvs.
Glyn tlie archdeacon of Anglesca died in 1537, whereas the bp. djd not
till 1558. Probably some relation. Cole.]
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was consecrated bishop of Bangor ° within the catli. ch.
of St. Paul in London, and died a little before qu. Mary.
[95] Tho. Watson D. D master of St. John's coll. and chap-
lain to Gardiner IJ. of Winchester. — In 1553 Nov. 18, he
was instituted dean of Durham by Dr. 1'onstall B. thereof,
on tlie deprivation of Rob. Home, and in Aug. 1557 he was
consecrated B. of Line. From which see being removed
by the authority of parliament in the beginning of qu. Eliz.
as being an enemy to reformation, and the qu. supremacy
over the church, was committed prisoner to several places
and kept in durance in and near London for about 20 years.
At length in the year 1580, he, and Jo. Fekenham, being
sent jirisoners, with others, to Wisbich castle in Cam-
bridgshire, continued there to the time of his death. He
was buried in the ch. belonging to the town of Wisbich 27
Sept. an. 1584.' In his younger years he was given much
to poetry ' and making plays, and gained great commenda-
tion for his Antigone out of Sophocles by the learned men
of his time ; who have farther avowed that as George Bu-
chanan's tragedy called Jeptha have among all tragedies of
that time been able to abide the touch of Aristotle's pre-
cepts, and Euripides's examples : so hath also the tragedy
of this Tho. Watson called Absalon which was in a most
wonderful manner admired by them, yet he would never
suffer it to go abroad, because » in locis paribus, anapsestus
is twice or thrice used instead of iambus. In his elder years,
being then of a sour disjjosition as one ' saith, and learned
in deep divinity, but sinly with an austere gravity, as
another * tells us, published several matters of divinity,
among which were Ttvo Sermons of the real Presence, before
Qu. Mary : On Rom. 12. 1. &c. Lond. 1554, oct. And
Wholesome and Cath. Doctrine concerning the seven Sacraments,
&c. Lond. 1558, qu. This book consists only of homi-
lies.
CuTHBKRT Scot D. D. master of Christ's coll.' and
prebendary of York. — He was afterwards bish. of Chester.*
6 [Gulielmus Glynn S. T. B. 1338, S. T. P. 1544, academia; procan. 1554,
episcopus Bangor 1555, custos collegii reginalis Cantab, ordinc lOmus. Ric.
Parkeri IxiX. Cantab.
Will. Glynn D. D. admitted Margaret professor in Cambridge 1544, inhi-
bited under Ed. VI, resigned in June 1549. Kennet.J
' fl'ho. Watson dioc. Dunclm. socius coll. Jo. admissus Mr. Ibid. Sept.
28, 1553.
Oct. 4, 1580. Dr. Fulke held a conference with Watson, &c, in Wisbich
castle, and in Fulke's Canfutatim, ice. printed 1683, he speaks of Watson as
then living, p. 18. Baker.
On qu. Eliz. accession to the crown, he was appo'inted with other Papists
to have a public disputation abont religion with several Protestants, but
behaving himself very insolently and rudely he was committed piisoner to
the Tower. Strype, Annals. Watts.
Wood has confounded Watson the writer of soimets, and the translator of
Sophocles, with Watson the divine. See these Athen.*:, Vol. i. col. 60^.]
8 [In Kendall's Flmers of' E/'igrammes, 12mo. 1577, is the following verse
of Homer, * translated into English, by M. Watson.'
' All trauelcrs do gladly report great praise of Vlysses,
For that he knewe many men's manners, and saw many cities.' fol. 110,]
9 See Rog. Ascham's book emit. The Schoolmaster, &c. Lond. 1589, fol.
50, b.
' The author of The Eiecutim of Justice in England, printed the second
time 1583.
* Cainb. in Annal. Reg. Elizab. sub anno 1559.
' [Cuth. Scot elcclus socius coll. Chr. 1537 , magister 1553, admissus
. Dec. 8, 1,533. Baker.]
•» [Cuthb. Scot S. T. P. coll. ad prcb. de Chamberlain Wood 26 Apr.
1554. Jo. Fuller L. D, ad eand. preb. per promot. Scot ad e'patum Cestr.
88 Mail 1558.
Cuthb, Scott electus in magist. coll. Christ! Cantab. 1553: prebend. Ebor,
Scot was prebendary of St. Sepulciirc't chappie in the cathedral ch. of
York, and at the dissolution had a yearly pension of 61. 13.5. 'Id. which
appears stopt in tlie year 1335, because at that time promoted. MS.
KiNNET.J
Thomas Sedowyke D.D. the queen's prof, of div. in
Camb,»
Alban Langdale D. D. of St. John's coll. in Camb.*— In
1556", he being then parson of Buxted in Stis.sex was made
ari^hdeacon of Lewes on the death of one Dr. Breisly, and
about the same time prebendaiy of Ampleford in the church
of York. In the beginning of qti. Eliz. he was deprived of
those imd other dignities.' (1) Because he had behaved
himself zealou.'ly in the reign of qu. Mary, in carrying on
the Rom. Cath. cause against the Protestants. (2) Because
he denied the queen's supremacy over the church. He
lived afterwards many years a constant member of the
church of Rome, but when or where he died, I cannot tell.
See more of him in Nich. Rydley."
An. Dom. 1555. — ^2-3 Marine.
Chancellor.
The same.
Vice-chancellor.
Rich. Smyth D. D. sometimes fellow of Mert. coll. now
canon of Ch. Ch. and one of ([u. Mary's chaplains, was
admitted to his office in Apr. this year. Dr. Martiall occurs
also vice-chancellor 16 Oct. at what time Rydley and Lati-
mer were burnt in Canditch ; for then, if I mistake not.
Dr. Smyth preached to them when they were at the stake.
Proctors.
Will. Norfolk of Or. coll. elect. 14 Apr.
Jam. Jervys of Mert. coll. elect. 14 Apr.
Batchelors of Arts.
Nov. 14. Rich. Shaghens of Bal. coll.
Jan. 11. Edw. Cradock of C. C. '
Feb. 13. Hen. Bedell of C. C. coll. — One of both his
names was author of A Sermon exhorting to pity the Poor .-
On Psal. 41. Lond. 1571. oct. and of another, if not more,
which I have not yet seen. AVhether the same with Hen.
Bedell the batch, of arts, who was born in Oxfordshire, I
know not.
This year Apr. 26. John Woolton of Bra.sen-n. coll.
(afterwards bishop of Exeter) supplicated for the degree of
batch, of arts ; but whether he was admitted it appears not,
or that he determined in the Lent following.
Admitted 33.
Batchelors of the Civil Law.
June 26. John Calvebley of AU-s. coll,' — He was af-
terwards archdeacon of Rochester in the place of John
Bridgwater, about 1574, and dying in 1576, he was suc-
ceeded by Dr. Ralph Pickover of Ch. Ch. in Oxon.
' [Tho. Segeswick S.T, P. admiss. ad xic, de Enfield com. Midd. 18 Mar.
1533, ad pres, mag, et sociorum et schol, coU. Tiin. Caut qiuun resign, ante
11 Nov. 1556. Heg. Bmmer. Kennet.]
" [Alban Langdayle de com. Ebor. admissus socius coll. Jo. pro mag'ro
Ashton, Mar. '26, S.iHen. 8. Baker,]
7 [Albai\us Liin^dalc clrr, S. theol. doctor, prebendarius de Alderwai in
eccl. cath. Lychfeki predecessor Thonia; Byckley S.T. P, concessit Edmundo
Hare scholari in Peterhouse Cant;ih. annuilatem quinquc librarum. Kennet.
Of Alban Langdale see Fox's ilartifrx, edit. i. p. 1587, 1596. Baker.]
8 [V. Strype's Mtm. of' Cranmer, Appendix, p. 18i, 183. Num. 77, con-
cerning these Can'bridgc doctors. V. Ly'e of' lad;/ M. Mounlagut, p. 12.
Baki r.]
9 [See under the year 1565]
1 [Joh'es Calvcrley A. M. Cov. et Lichf. dioc. socius coll. .Aniroamm in •
Oxon. per lib. dimissor. ordinatur subdiaconus per Thomam Pavaden. e'pum
auctoritate Loud, e'pi 1 Apr. 1503, Htg. iVarham, Lond. Kenmet]
147
1655.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
155G.
148
[83]
Besides Colverley, were five admitted, and three or more
that supplicated for tl>e same degree.
Balchelors of Decrees.
Apr. 3. Will. Laly or Lawley of New inn.— He was
afterwards archbish. of Tuam in Ireland.
John Linch of New inn also, as it seems, was admitted
the same day.— He was afterwards bishop of Elphine in
Ireland.
Masters of Arts.
June 26. John Rastell of New coll. — He afterwards
gained to himself an eminent name, especially among those
of his profession, for his writings against Jolm Jewell.
Jul. 12. Herbert Westphalyno of Ch. Ch.
26. Pet. Whyte of Oriel coll. — He was afterwards much
celebrated by his scholai- Rich. Stanyhurst for his learning.
Admitted 29.
Batchelors of Physic.
May 28. Tho. Coveney of Magd. coll. — See among the
doctors in 1559.
June 17. Tho. Godwyn of the same coll. — He after-
wards applied his studies to divinity, and at length became
B. of Bath and Wells.
Mar. 13. Giles Wale, &c.
Eight in all were admitted this year.
Batchelors of Divinitif.
Nov. 14. JaHN DE Villa Garcia or Garcina, lately of
Lincoln college, now divinity resuler of that of Magd. — He
was commonly called Frier John, and by Protestant wri-
ters Johannes Fraterculus. See among tlie D. of D. 1558.
He was the only person that was admitted batch, of div.
this year. Two or more there were that supplicated for
the said degree, of whom Will. Cholwell M..\. was one;
who being learned and a zealous man for tlie Roman Cath.
cause, was designed by certain of the queen's commis-
sioners, on the 8 cal. May 1554, to preach concerning
various matters which were controverted in <[ueen Mary's
reign.
Doct. of the Civil Lnw.
Feb. 17. Tho. Darbyshire of Broadgate's hall, now
canon of Pauls, chancellor of the diocese of London, and
archdeacon of Essex. ' — In the licginning of queen Eliza-
beth he was deprived of his spiritualities, whereupon Tho.
Cole (who had been dean of Salisbury, as 'tis ' said, in the
time of K. Ed. 6. and afterwards an exile * in the time of
* [Tlio. Darbyshire was nephew, by the sister, to bishop Bonner.
1543, 23 Jul. Tho. Darbysliirc cler. in univ. Oxon. stud. coll. ad preb. de
Tottenhall in eccleaa Paulina per mortem Ric. Gwent IX. D. Reg. Bmner,
£^ Lmul.
1554, 26 Maii. Mag. Tho. Darbyshire LL. B. coll. ad ecd. de Hakny
per privat. Joh. Spendelove. lb.
L.D. ad archid. Essex il2 Oct. 1538
1359, 1 Jan. Tho. Watts, A. M. coll. ad preb. de Tottenhall per privat.
Tho. Darbyshire. See. Bontter.
1539, 3 Jan. Tho. Cole A. M. coll. ad archid. Essex, per privat. Tho.
Darbyshire. 16.
1359, 31 Jan. Tho. Horlon A. M. admiss. ad eccl. S":'' Magni ad pedem
pontis Lcind. jicr privatiuncm Thoma; Darbyshire. lb.
1559, uli. Fcbr. Edw. Laifield A. M. coll. ad eccl. de FuUiain per priv.
Thoma; Darbyshire. Ke.vnet.]
' In A brief DucmLrsc <fthe Troubles began at Frankford, &c. printed 1575.
* [Tim. Cole admiss. "ad rcct. de Ongar alta com. Essex, 9 Nov. 1559.
Cull ad preb. de Rugmere 7 Dec. 1560; ad rect. de Stajil'ord Rivers, Ess.
S.T.P. 1564. obiitanle 10 Jul. 1571.
A godbj and fmtcfuU. Sermon madv at MaydAom in the couiOy of Kent, tlie
(qu. Mary succeeded him in his archdeaconry, who kept it
to tlie time of his death, which was in the beginning of the
year 1571. After Darbyshire was deprived, he went beyond
the se.is, and at lengtli entred himself into the society of
Jesus, and beciune a noted person among the Roman
Catholics. He had a great skill in the scriptures, and was
profound in divinity : He catechised also many years pub-
licly at Paris in the Latin tongue, V*ith great concourse and
ai)pn)batiou of the most learned of that city. Wliether he
wrote any thing 1 find not jis yet, only that he died in a
good old age at Ponte ^ Mousson in Lorain, an. 1604. (2
Jac. 1.) While he was chancellor of London he had much
to do in examining heretics, iis they were then called,
tjuit were brought before bishop Bonner about matters of
faith.
Doctors of Physic.
July 22. John Howell of .\ll-s. coll.
He was the only person that was admitted or licensed in
that facidty.
(d* Not one doctor of divinity was admitted or licensed to
proceed this year.
Incorporations.
July 1. Tho. Martyn of New coll. doctor of the civil
law of the university of Bourges in France, was then incor-
porated in the same degree.
Oct. 1. John Whyte bishop of Lincoln, D. of D. of
another university.
Nov. 14. Peter de Sotho D. D. of an university in
Spain, was also incorporated, being then a reader and in-
structor in this university to undo the doctrine which Pet.
Martyr had founded there in the time of king Edward XI.
as I have told you among the writers, under the year
1563.
Jan. — Tho. Thirlbye bishop of Ely, and doctor of the
civ. and can. law of Cambridge, was incorporated in that
month. — He had been sometimes fellow of Trinity hall in
that university. *
\Vliereas 'tis affirme<l by some that Bartholomew Car-
ran z a of Miranda, a Spanish frier of the order of St.
Dominic, (afterwards archbishop of Toledo) was a reader
about this time in Oxon, and supposed to be incorporated
also with Pet. de Sotho, I can find no such matter in the
public register of this time, or elsewhere, tho' there is no
doubt but that he was in Oxon for some time., and abode
there as a stranger.
.\n. Dom. 1556. — 3-4 Marine.
Chancellor.
The same, viz. Sir John Mason kt. but he resigning by
his letters read in convocation 26 Oct. the most noble Rey-
nold Pole sometimes of Magd. coll. now cardinal of St.
Mary in Cosmedin, or in Schola Grajca, in Rome, legal al
Latere in this kingdom, and soon after archbishop of Can-
terbuiy, was elected into his place on the same day.
first Somdaye in Lent in the J'resenec of the most reverend Father in God Thomas
Archbiishop of Canterbury, dj-c. by M. Thomas Cofc scholemai/ster there, agaimt
divers erroneous Opinions of' the Anabaptists, and such Sectes uheresocrer they be,
as ii» Christen Rdigian call themselves Brotlurs and Si/slers and dyvyde themselves
from otlicr Christen People. Iinp-inted at London by lieginald Wolfe. JlDLIIl.
KKS^ET.]
* [Tho. Thiilby uatus Cautabrigiae, socius .\ul. Trin, Cant, cp'us Elicn»
BAKtR.]
149
1556.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1556.
150
iJommissary.
Dr. Will. Tkesham ; who conUmiing in his office till
Nov. Tho. Ravnolds D. of D. warden of Mert. coll. and
dean of Exeter, was then designed commissary or vice-
[84] chancellor, by the chancellor's letters dated the sixth of the
said month, during only his pleasure; by virtue of which
he took his place, and had for his deputy Dr. Rich. Martiall
dean of Clirist college.
Proctors.
Men. Wotton of Ch. Ch. elect. 15 Ap.
Tho. Davye or Davys of New coll. elect. 15 Ap.
But Hen. Wotton being chose Greek reader, and fellow
of C. C. coll. 14 of Aug. (the fellows of which coll. are
disenabled by their statutes from taking upon them the
procuratorial office) Will. ALLVNor Alan M. of A. of two
years standing and fellow of Oriel coll. was elected into his
place the same day, and served out the remaining part of
the year.
Batchelors of Arts.
June 5. Rob. Poyntz of New coll. — He was afterwards
a zealous writer for the Roman Catholic cause.
July 6. Rob. Vaux [or Vauce] of Brasen-nose coU. —
Whether he be the same with Rob. Vaulx who translated
into English Andr. Hiperius his Two common Places, in the
first of which he sheweth The Force that the Sun and Moon
have over Men, and in the second Whether the Devils have been
the shewers of Magical Arts, &c. Lond. 1581. oct. I know
not. qua:re. One Rob. V'aux was batch, of div. of Exeter
coll. 1594. «
Peter Levf.ns of Magd. coll. was admitted the same day.
He was afterwards an eminent physician.
Dec. 2. Tho. Stapleton of New coll. — A stout cham-
pion in defence of the Roman Catholic cause.
Feb. 23. Christoph. Johnson of New coll.
John Fowler of New coll.
Both afterwards writers, the first in physic, and the other
in divinity.
John Hannington of New coll. was admitted the same
day. — This person, who wiis born at Tadley in Hampshire,
and Joh. I'lankeney a native of Forsthill alias Foresthill
near to, and in the coimty of Oxon, (who became perpetuid
fellow of New college in 1 SCO) were both learned, of good
natural parts, and very hopeful young men, one in philoso-
phy and the other in the civil law. But because they were
zealous papists, or as John Fox saith, blinded with papis-
try, the just judgment of God therefore ' as he adds, fell
upon them, that is to say, that Hannington who had been
pupil to John Martiall (who wrote of the Cross) was
drown'd in a well about Rome, or as some say, about I'adua;
and llankeney drown'd himself about Rewley near Oxon,
an. 15G6, (he should have said 1565) and both were taken
up with crucifixes about their necks^
Admitted in all 49.
Batchelors of the Civil Law.
July 8. John- Martiall of New coll. — Afterwards he
became noted for his writings against Dr. Jam. Calfill.
Besides him, were five admitted this year, of whom
Richard Edmunds and Geo. Catagree of the same
house, were two, and Ahth. Dakyns another.
• {Robertas Vausc cler. admiss. ad vie. de Easier alta, com, Essex, 85
Aug. 1569, ad pres. dec. ot cap, .S. Pauli, Loud. Reg. Griiuiall. Kexnet.J
' In his Acti and Hon. of the Church, Uv. under the year 1558.
Batchelors of Decreet.
Aug. IS. Daniel Rianb. — So he is written in his admis-
sion ; but in his supplication for that degree, Donaldus
Ryane, being then, as 1 suppose, a member of New inn.
See more in the yeai- 1533. He was the only person that
was admitted batchelor of decrees this year.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 20. John Bbidgwateb, (AauEPONTAKUs) of Bra-
sen-nose college.
27. Walter Baylie of New coll.
July 6. John Rogehs of Queen's coll. quaere.
Dec. 17. Tho. Palmer of Brasen-nose coll. — He Was
this, or the year following, made one of the primary scho-
lars of St. John's coll. and at length principal of Glocester
hall. He was an excellent orator, and the best of his time
for a Ciceronian stile. He collected several matters from
Cicero, which coming to the view of the learned Cambden,
he judged them very fit to be printed. " This Tho. Palmer,
after he had left his principality, had a considerable estate
given to him in Essex ; but he being a zealous Roman
Catholic, suffered much in his person and estate for reli-
gion's sake, and therefore numbered by those of his pro-
fession among the confessors for the cause in the time of
queen Elizabeth.
Dec. 17. Rich. Mulcaster of Ch. Ch.
March 10. Rich. Barnes of Brasen-nose coll. — He was
afterwards bishop of Durham.
Admitted 27.
Batchelor of Phytic.
This year Tho. Cooper M. A. and master of the free-
school joining to Magd. coll. great gate, did supplicate the
ven. congregation, that whereas he had studied philosophy
12 years, and physic five, he might be admitted to the
reading of any book of the aphorisms of Hipocrates.
Which being, as it seems, granted in Oct. did practise phy-
sic in queen Mary's reign. But when queen Elizabeth
came to the crown, he returned to his divinity, and at length
became bishop of Winchester.
Batchelors of Divinily.
July 23. Tho. Neal of New coll.
29. Lawrence Vaus, Vaux or Vaulx, sometimes of
C. C. coll. now warden of the coll. at Manchester.
Six miisters of arts did siipjilieate this year to be admitted
to the same degree, but were not: Among them Edmund
Daniel lately fellow of Mert. coll. was one, who was now
prebendai-y of Worcester and dean of Het-eford ; in the first
of which he succeeded Gilb. Bourne, and in the other Dr.
Hugh Coren or Curvvyn. In 1559, he was depriv'd of his
dignities ; wherexipon his prebendship was bestowed on Rob.
Avise M. A. and his deanery on Jolm Ellis, as it seems, who
" having been bred in Jesus coll. in Cambridge," in Nov.
1570, became prebend of Worcester.
Another who supphcated for that degree was Nick. Smyth
of New coll. now feUow of Wykeham's coll. near Winton,
and afterwards fellow of that of Eaton near Windsor.
^ \_Ak Essay of the Mcanes how to make our Travailes into Forraine Countries
the more prcfildble and honourable, London 1 606, 4to. £p. ded. to pruice Henry.
Thomas Palmer's preliice to the reader dated from Wringhani, 1 July, 1606.
Kennet.]
L* 2
[85]
151
155«.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1557.
152
Doctor of Civil Law.
July 8. Rob. Wbston of All-s. coll.» — He had formerly
been principal of Broiidgates hall, and deputy professor of
the civ. law (wliile he wius batch, of that faculty) for Dr.
John Stoiie, but now dean of the Arches, and chancellor of
Bxcter After^vards he became (;ls it seems) dean of Wells,
anii at length one of the loixls justices of Ireland, and for six
years chancellor of that realm. He was so learned, judi-
cious, and upright in the court of judicature all the time he
was chancellor (I speak this from his epitaph) that no order
or decree that he made, was ever questioned or reversed.
He pai^ his last debt to nature 20 May lo7^, and was bu-
ried at St. Patrick's church at Dublin. Over his grave is a
noble monument yet remaining.
This doctor Westou was the only doctor of his faculty
that was licensed to proceed this year, at which time was
such a scarcity of doctors of the civil law in the university;
that there was a dispensation pass'd the house, that Tho.
Dahbyshire an inceptor in that faculty, might undergo the
place of doctor in the de])ositions of the said Dr. Weston.
(5* Not one doctor of physic or divinity was admitted,
or licensed to proceed this year; Will. Wryght
bac. of divinity,' and master of Bal, coll. did sup-
plicate to proceed, but was denied.
Incorporations.
June 5. Rich. Mulcaster B. of A. of Cambridge.' —
Soon after he took the degiee of master, as 1 have before
told you, and at length became a noted writer of his time.
Jul. 21. Nicholas Okmanet doctor of the civ. law of
Padua,' now one of the prime visitors appointed by cardinal
Pole legate h Latere, to visit this university, was then incor-
porated.— Job Fox in his book of Acts and Mon. of the
CAMrc/i, &c. under the year 1557, " bishop Goodwin and Bur-
net," tell us, that he was the pope's datary, but quaere, for
at that time 1 find him tl>us written, Nich. Ormanettus Pa-
tavinus archipresbyter plebis Bodolesini Viennensis dioc.
He had been recommended to the service of the said car-
dinal by pope Julius 3. who had an especial esteem for him;
and being a visitor, and an haughty person, as the Protes-
tants esteemed him, he thought it not fit to be presented,
and stand bare before the commissary or vice-chanc. for
incorporation ; and therefore it was agreed upon by the
members of the house, that he should be diplomated ; by
virtue of which he was also made D. of the canon law. By
some of the reformed party now (1556) remaining in the
9 [Rob. Weston coll. Onui. An. Oxon, iuter socios cooptatus anno 1536.
Catal. CutLod. et Sociorum MS.
Commissio Mattha-i Cant, ar'epi facta niagistro Roberto Weston legum
doctori ad officium exerccnd. ofliciatis curiae Cantuar. Dat. Lambhith 11
Jaouar. l.iSO, consecr. prinio. Ueg. Parker.
Commissio eidem pro officio decani de Arcubus, dat. 12 Jan. 1559.
Kemnet.
In 1560 he was chancellor of the diocese of Lichfield. Cole.
Rob. Weston was third son of John Weston of Lichfield by Cecily Neville
his wii'e, and younger brotlier to Ricliard Weston of Roxweli in Essex, one
oi the justices of the common pleas, whose grandson Richard Weston was
lord hi^li treasurer and earl of Portland. Robert Weston was father to John
Werton doctor of civil law and cunoii of Christ church, Oxford, and to Alice
Weston who married, first, Hugh Mrady, bishop of Meath, and second, sir
Geflcrj' Fenion, to whom she bore the countess of Cork. Hlnteh.]
' [VVUl. Wryght S.T.B. ad rect.de Benefield ad pres. Rob. com. War-
wic. per mort. Will Dolben S.T. P. ult. incumb. 9 Fcbr. 1631. Reg. Pien,
Ppi Vrtnli. Kevnet.]
« [Ric. Mulcaster A. B. Cant. 1553, 4.— A. M. 1556. Rwr. Acad.
Lantaltr. MuUauter, nudo nomine. Baker.]
» [.Vic. Ormarei emt archypresl)yter plebis Bodolon. Veronen. dioc. et
card. Pole m .Vnglia datarius, postea epus Patavinus— Nic. Orraanet admissus
aa condem graUum apud nos, ijuo fuerat in acadeiuia Patavieiisi, an. 1556, 7.
university, he was esteemed a supercilious man, and into-
lerably airogiuit, but by the Roman Cath. severe, pious, and
prudent. He afterwartb sate in the council at Trent, was
made bishop of Padua by pope Pius 5, an. 1570, in which
see sitting 7 years, died full of praise, and in a good
old age.
Nov. 12. Arthur Yeldard M. .\. of Cambr. — He was
afterwards made the second president of Trin. coU,
Creations.
May — John Fekenham sometimes of Glocester coll.
now either dean of St. Paul's cat'edral, or abbot of West-
minster, had the degree of doctor of divinity conferr'd upon
him, without any exercise performed for the same. — At the
same time, he being absent, it was granted by the venerable
regents and non-regents, that either Dr. \A'il. Cheadsey, Dr.
John Harpesfield, or Dr. Rich. Smyth, might carry to, and
give, him the ensigns or badges of his doctorship.
An. Dom. 1557. — 4-5 Mabije.
Chancellor.
Card. Reynold Pole archb. of Canterbury.
Vice-cliancellor or Commissary.
Dr. Tho. Reynolds before-mention'd who holding his
office till about 16' Dec. Tiio. Whyte LL.D. and warden
of New coll. succeeded by virtue of the chancellor's letters,
dated 10 of the same month ; which office he was to have no
longer than it pleased the chancellor.
Proctors.
Fran. Babvngton of AII-s. coll. elected ISApr.
Will. Allyn again elected 18 Apr.
Of the senior proctor I shall speak among the doctors of
div. an. 1559; of the other I have spoken already among
the writers.
Balchelors of Arts,
Oct. 30. Will. PoMERELL of New coll. — He was after- [^^1
wards numbred by his countrymen of Ireland among the
learned men of that cimntry. See more of him in Rich. Whyte
among the writers, under the year 1()12. [vol. ii, col. 118.]
Dec. 4. Tho. Gressop of All-s. coll. — See among the
masters under the year 1561.
John Neale of Exeter coll. was adm. the same day. — He
was elected rector of his coll. while he was batch, of arts,
an. 1560, such then was the scarcity of masters in that, and
other houses.
Admitted 31.
Masters of Arts.
July 1. Rob. Newton of Exeter coll. — He was elected
rector of the said house on 17 Oct. following, and after-
wards became the second jjcrpetual rector.*
John Wolley of Mert. coll. was admitted the same day.
— This person, who was a Shropshire man born, was * electeil
probat. fell, of that house in 1553, and about the time of
his proceeding in arts, studied the civ. and can. law, but
took no degree in either in this university. — In Nov. or
* [The rectorship of Exeter college was, at the first foundation an annual
office, and so continued for about '250 years, till the year 1566. when they
were made perpetual as in other colleges. Among <jough's MSS. in Bodley
is a list of rectors from the year 1319, when John Parys M. A. held the
office, till 1566, when John Neale, who had been chosen in 1560, was
elected perpetual rector. Rob. Newton was one of the first i'cllows nomi-
nated by the founder, at Trinity college, in 15.55, but I Ciiunot find, that he
ever took advantage of the ap[x)intnient.]
* [In or before 1586. V. Camdeuj £is[. p. 488. Lovedav.]
153
155S.
FiVSTI OXONIENSES.
1S5S.
154
Dec. this year, he. travelled beyond the seas, where he im-
proved himself much as to learning, knowledge of men and
manners. After the death of Roger Ascham, which hap-
pened in 1568, he became Latin secretary to the queen; and
in 15G9 he was made prebendary of Com])ton-Dundo in the
church oF Wells. In 1578 he was made dean of Carlisle
(tho' a layman) on the death of sir Thomas Smyth, and in
158i) chancellor of the most noble order of the garter. He
w»s appointed by queen Eliz. one of the commissioners to
sit upon, and try, Mary queen of the Scots. In 1592 he
was made a knight, and about the same time one of the
privy council to her majesty, being then a person most emi-
nently perspicuous for his learning, piety, integrity, good-
ness, and gravity. He died at Fyrford in Surrey (where
he had an estate) in the latter end of Feb. or beginning of
March, an. 1595, whereupon his body was buried in the
middle of the chancel behind the high altar of St. Paul's
cathedral. Over his grave was, soon after, laid a flat stone
with an inscription thereon, under which also sir Franc.
WoUey his son and heir, sometimes of Mert. coll. also, was
buried an. 161 1, iis also lilizabeth widow of sir John. All
whose bodies were removed in 1614, and buried between St.
George's chappel iind that of our Lady, within the precincts
of the said cathedral, and had a very goodly tomb with a
large insci iption on it, erected over theui ; which was, with
the cathedral it self, consum'd in the dreadful lire that hap-
pened in London in the beginning of Sept. an. 1666.
Admitted 18.
Batchelor of Divinity.
Only one was admitted this year, viz. Hen. Henshaw
alias Heronsh.\w of Magd. coll. Dec. 3. — In the next year
h'e «as electetl rector of Line. coll.
There wei'e also but two that supplicated for the said de-
gree, one of which was named Will. Ely of Brastn-nose
coll. who was made the second president of that of St. John,
by the founder thereof, an. 1559. In 1563, or thereabouts,
he was ren1o^ed from that place for niidntaining the pope's
authority, and not the queen's, over the church of England :
whereupon leaving 0.\on, lived many years obscurely, hav-
ing, if I mistake not, entred into some religious order be-
yond the seas. Afterwards being seized upon for a seminary,
he was committed to the common prison at Hereford, where
remaining several years, died an aged man, an. 1609, being
then accounted by those of his persuasion, a most holy
confessor. What 1 have farther to observe of him is this,
that when archb. Cranmer was brought to the stake to be
burnt at O.xon, he took leave of some of his friends stand-
ing by, and seeing this WiU. Ely among them, went to
shake him by the hand, but he drawing back, said. It was
not lawful to salute hereticks, and especially such an one
that had falsly returned unto his opinions that he had for-
sworn, &c.
!C5" Not one doctor of law, physic or divinity was ad-
mitted this year.
An. Dom. 1558. — 5-6 Mari.*:. — 1 Eliz.
ChancelloT.
The said Cardinal Pole; but he dying on the 18 of Nov.
Dr. Will.Tresha.m became cancellarius natus, continuing
in that office till 24 Jan. following, at which time Hen.
FiTZALAN EARL OF .Ahundkl, high stcward of the university,
was chosen by the suffrages of all the electors, and on the
6 of Feb. a codicil of his election was sealed and sent to
him.
CommisKiry.
The same, who was lately cane, natus, viz. Dr. Will.
Trusham designed to that office by letters from the new
chancellor, dat. 24 Feb. to continue therein till the feast of
St. Michael following.
Proctori.
Alan Cope of Magd. coll. elected 20 Apr.
Walt. Baylie of New coll. elected 20 Apr.
Grammarians.
July 8. John Bedo an eminent grammarian, who had
publicly instructed youths in grammar for four years in
this university, was admitted to inform and instruct in
that faculty.
Batchelors of Arts.
Nov. 18. Tho. Brasbridge of .\ll-s. coll.
Dec. 12. John Me rick of New coll. — He was after-
wards bishop of the isle of Man.
Besides these two, were about 63 more admitted, but
none of them can I yet find, that were afterwards bishops,
writers, or eminent dignitaries in the church.
Batchelors of Civil Law.
July 9. Tho. Dorman of AU-s. coll.
Rob. Lougher of All-s. coll.
Of the last see in the year 1564.
Feb. 21. Owen Lewes, or Lewes Owen of New coU.^
He was afterwards bishop of Ciissana in Italy.
Dav. DE LA Hyde of Merton, and Alan Cope of Magd.
coll. who had studied the civ. law live years, supplicated to be
admitted, but were not.
Amitted 14.
Masters of Arts.
Jan. 10. Jasp. Heywood lately of Merton coll. after-
wards a Jesuit.
20. Anth. Rush of Magd. coll. — He was afterwards a
writer and a dean.
" Edw. Cradock of Ch. Ch."
Dec. 5. Leonard Stopes of St. John's coll. — In the year
following he either left his fellowship of the said coll. or
else was ejected; and going beyond the seas, was made a
priest, nmch about the same time that Ralph Windon ano-
ther ejected fellow of that house was made a priest also.
Afterwards they both came into England, were taken and
committed to custody in Wisbich castle in Cambridgeshire,
where they endured a tedious imprisonment, and therefore
accounted by those of their persuasion, confessors. Con-
temporary with them, was one Tho. Bramston aliiis Brim-
ston a young fellow of the same coll. who with leave from
the founder thereof lived with John Fckenham abbot of
Westminster; but upon the alteration of religion which
was made soon after, he went beyond the seas, and was
made a Rom. Cath. priest. Afterwards he returned into
England, was taken and committed to custody in Wisbich
castle, where we find him 1595. Afterwards being set at
liberty, lived beyond the seas, to about the year 1608.
Admitted 39.
Batchelors of Physic
Feb. 6. Tho. Phaer. — See among the doct. of this fac.
following.
21. Walt. Baylie of New coll.
[87]
155
1558.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1559.
156
They were both learned physicians, and were also ad-
mitted then to practise.
Admitted 6.
Batchelors of Dwinity.
Jul. 5. John Piers of Magd. coll.
9. Fran. Babington of All-s. coll. — See among the doct.
of div. an. 1559.
But two more, besides the said two, were admitted, and
three there were that supplicated; one of whom was called
frat. Anton. Reschius or Raschius, who for the space of
twelve years had studied divinity in Paris and Oxford. His
grace was granted simpliciter in July, but whether he was
ever admitted it appears not. He was one of the fryers
that was appointed by public authority to undo the doctrine
that P. Martyr and others had setled in the university in the
time of K. Ed. 6. and is the same, if I mistake not, whom
John Fox, in his book of Acts and Mon. of the Church, doth
call fryer Richard in his discovurse of the burning of archb.
Cranmer at Oxon.
Doctors of Civil Law.
J\d. 8. Thom. Powell.^ — On the second day of Jul.
1563 he was admitted archd. of Worcester in the place of
Pet. Vannes deceased, and resigning in 1579, was succeeded
by Godfr. Goldesborough.
Thom. Ketmis or Keymish was admitted the same day.
Doctors of Phi/sic.
May 13. Thom. Phaeh — The same who took the deg. of
batch, of phys. on the 6 of Feb. going before.
For the same degree also did supplicate Rich. Sly-
THURST M. A. and batch, of physic, but was not admitted,
or licensed to proceed.
Doctors of Divinity,
Jul. 6. Fr. JoH. DE Villa Garcia or Gakcina the king's
public professor of div. in this university. — This person,
•who was now very forward in promoting the Rom. Cath.
cause in this university, (being authorized by public autho-
rity) was born at a town in !»pain called Garcia or Garce-
vile, and being from his childhood much addicted to letters,
he was while a boy, received among, and instructed by, the
Dominicans or Black Fi-yers in his own country; so that in
a short time profiting much under them in several sorts of
[88] learning, especially in divinity, he took the degree of batch.
of that faculty in the university of Valladolid, being then a
member of St. Gregory's coll. there. Afterwards upon the
performance of certain exercise for the said degiee in the
university, had it conferr'd upon him, as I have told you,
imder the year 1555 ; and this year being licensed to pro-
ceed, stood in an act celebrated in St. Mary's church on the
11 of July. Tliis is the jTerson, who, with Hen. Syddal
canon of Ch. Ch. a very inconstant man in his religion,
took great pains in persuading archb. Cranmer to recant
his opinions, when he was condemnd to be burnt at Oxon,
and the same who hath this character given of him by one '
living in his time in this university. — PrEclegit autem nostra
memoria fratcr Johannes Hispanus scientissimus, cum 27
non excesscrat annos ; Platonis autem disciplinarum cyclo-
pediamabsolvisset: turn apud philosophos Oxonienses Pla-
• [1566. Dec. 1. One Tlio. Powell -was institntcd to the archdeaconry of
St. Aiaph, vacant by the resignation of Richard Rogers, suffragan of Dover
Dec. 1. 1566, and |„ the rectory of Hiniant Dec. 5. 1588. He had also the
"^"7.? V"."f'^'^'"^n- ""d dyed in Spring 1589, 90. Humphreys.!
1 MUes Wmdsorc in Coitectaneij n«», MS. in bibl. C. C. C. Oion.
tonicam & Aristotelicam, mysticam & sacram professus est,
&c. Whether he hath published any books I cannot tell.
Sure I am, that after qu. Elizabeth came to the crown he
returned to the country from whence he came, leaving then
behind him the character of a most subtile philosopher and
theologist.
This fryer was the only person that was admitted D. of
D. tliis year; and but three there were that supplicated for
the said degree, among whom were Baldwyn Norton batch,
of div. and divinity reader of Magd. coll. who the next year
became prebendary of Langtoft in the ch, of York."
Creations.
Jul. 8. John Boxhall batch, of div. of New coll. now
secretary of state to qu. Mary, dean of 'Windsor, &c. was,
tho' absent, actually created doctor of div. by a certificate,
or as we now call it a diploma, sent to him under the seal
of the university.
An. Dom. 1559. — 1-2 Eliz.
Chancellor.
Hen. Fitzalan earl of Arundel, who resigning his office
12 June this year, sir John Mason, one of the queen's pri%-y
council, was elected chancellor again, 90 of the same month ;
in which vacancy Dr. Tresham was cane, natus.
Con,
'imissaries.
Dr. Will. Tresham, in one year's space twice cancel-
larius natus, who continuing in his office 'till Michaelmas,
Dr. John Warner of All-s. coll. succeeded, as it seems, by
election, mention being made of his resignation.
Proctors.
John Daye of Magd. coll. elected 5 Apr.
Edw. Bramborovi' of New coll. elected 5 Apr.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 17. Tho. Owen either of Ch. Ch. or Broadgate's
haU.
Rich. Bristow was admitted the same day.
May 8. Leonard Fitzsimons of Trin. coll.
30. Rich. Whyte of New coll. — The same who after-
wards wrote himself in the titles of his books Ricard. Vitus
Basingstochius.
Jun. 5. Lawr. Tomson of Magd. coll.
Nov. 27. Tho. Kingsmill of Magd. coll.
Feb. 19. WiLX. Sheperey of C. C. coll. — The same who
afterwards wrote himself in the title of a learned book
which he published Guhel. Scepraeus.
Admitted 50.
Masters of Arts.
Dec. 14. JoH. Watkyns of All-s. coll. — He was after-
wards proctor of the university and dean of Hereford. See
among the batch, of div. 1569.
Feb. 16. Pet. Morwyn or Morwyng of Magd. coll.
In the said month of Feb. did supplicate for the said de-
gree Pet. Levens of the same coll. but whether admitted it
appears not; however in his book entit. The Path fVay to
Health, he writes himself M. of A. of Oxon*
Admitted 18.
' [Baldwin Norton S. T. B. admiss. ad rect. dc Downham com. Essex, 25
Aug. 1550, ad pres. Jo. com. Oxon. — privatus ante 30 Sept. 1562. Rtg,
Bonner. Kennet.]
157
15«0.
FASTI OXONIKNSRS.
15(>0.
158
(^ This year was but one batch, of law admitted, and
but three supplicated. As for physic not one was
adm. batch, or supplicated in that faculty.
Batchelor of Divinity.
Dec. 18. Will. Bocher or Butcher of C. C. C. — He
was the only batch, of that fac. who was admitted this
year. Soon after he left his presidentship, being in aninio
Catholicus, and retiring to his small cure at Douns bourne
Militis near Cirencester in Glocestershire, lived there ob-
scui'ely many years. At length giving way to fate, was
buried in the church there on the first of Nov. 1585.
(CS* Not one doct. of law was admitted this year.
Doctor of Physic.
Nov. 27. Thomas Coveney president of Miigd. coll. —
He was deprived of his presidentship by the bishop of Win-
chester in his visitation of that coll. 25 Sept. 1561, either
foi' being not in sacred orders, or for that he was a R. Cath.
and refused the oath of supremacy. Howsoever it is, sure
[89] I am that he was admitted prebendai-y of Lyme and Hal-
stock in the church of Salisb. in Jul. 1563.
For the said degree supplicated John Dotyn of Exeter
coll. whom I have mention'd under the year 1534, and
James Good M. A. and batch, of phys. whom I shall men-
tion hi the next year.
Doctors of Divinity.
Dec. 9. Francis Babyngton master of Bal. coll. — Tliis
person, who was originally of AU-s. coll. did proceed M. of
A. in an act celebrated 16 Jul. 1554, was elected one of the
proctors of the university 18 Apr. 1557, admitted batch, of
div. in July 1558, master of Bal. coll. 5 Sept. 1559, D. of
D. 9 Dec. this year, as before 'tis told you, commissary or
vice-chanc. of the university 21 May, rector of Line. coll. in
August, and Margaret professor about the latter end of,
1560. Which sudden and quick promotions are not to be
attributed to the deserts of the person, but to the emptiness
of the university at this time, to the want of theologists to
perform offices, and that any one, in a manner, proceedetl
as he or they pleased.'
An. Dom. 1560. — ^2-3 Elizab.
Chancellor.
Sir John Mason, knight.
Cotnmissary.
Franc. Babyngton D.D. designed by the chancellor'-s
letters dated 21 May, Dr. Warner having then, or before,
resigned.
Proctors.
Rob. Leech of Ch. Ch. elected 24 April.
Tho. Scot of Trin. coll.' elected 24 April.
9 [6 Nov. 1557 Franciscus Babyngton A.M. adinlssus ad vie. tic Aldcsr
worth, Sarum (Hoc. per niort. Will, liloxton, ad pros. Gourj^ii iiulloc-keS.T. P.
madstri collcgii S. Johajiuis Evang. in uiiiver. Canta'o. /?f^. Ti'/f, f. 52.
A Letter of Mr. Hall a Popish Cellow of Mertoii coll. was produced in the
visitation of that house in 1560, running thus: — Salve, Jacobe, de rerum
apud nos statute certioreni facere quoiiiam id a me cxpectas mcuiu esse arbi-
tror, frigent apud nos herctici spero eos aliquaiido fervescerc sicut oliiu vidi-
mus archihjBretici in fossa ilia suburbana ubi Vulcano traditi fuere. Ba-
tiingtonus ille olim praeceptor tuus titulo thcologia; est insigniendus, hoc est
nomine doctoris coUegio Balleoli praeest. Is sohts apud nos palinodiam
cecinit, et primus glaciem sccuit ut reaediiioet ha?reticorum tempitUB,.— Ken-
net.]
• [He was bom in Cumberland, and educated at Queen's college, where he
took the degree of B. A. July 5. 1554. He was appointed one of the first
Batchelors of Arts.
Jul. 23. Edm. Bunney of Magd. coll. — He was after-
wards eminent for the books which he published.
Nov. 28. En.M. Campian of St. John's coll.
Greg. Martin of St. John's coll.
Botli afterwards stout champions for the Rom. Cath.
cause.
Jan. 27. Edm. Raynolds of C. C. coll See more among
the masters of arts 1564.
Admitted in all 47.
Batchelors of Civil Law.
Eight this year were admitted, of whom Thom. Tooket
of All-s. coll. was one, afterwards canon of the cath. ch. at
Carlisle. Two or more of the others were also dignitaries.
Mmters of Arts.
May 27- Rob. Pointz of New coll.
John Fowler of New coll.
28 Rich. Shaghens of Bal. coll.
June 27- John Pratt of Brasen-n. coll. now archdeacon
of St. David's and a compounder for his degr.
Admitted 19.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Mar. 27. Will. Stock of S. John's coll. — This person,
who was a Herefordshire man born, wjis originally of
Brasen-n. colt, fi-om whence, for his great proficiency in
learning, he was taken by sir Thomas Whyte and was made
one of iiis first fellows of St. John's coll. After he had
been admitted batch, of div. he was made by the said sir
Thomas the first principal of Glocester hall, and in 1563
the third ])rcsi(lent of the said coll. which place he resigning
in the year after, was made principal of the said hall again;
where continuing about ten years, left it of his own accord;
and after the conferring on him several benefices (if not a
dignity or two) which he changed for others, (such was the
rambling of liis mind) died notwithstanding in a mean con-
dition, (yet always in animo Catholicus) about 1607. One
Will. Stocker was proctor in the university in 1566, but he
was fellow of All-s. coll.*
Jul. 15. Thom. Langlie batch, of arts of Cambridge,
and canon or prebendary of Winchester, was then ad-
mitted.— He never took the degree of M. of A.
Five there were that supplicated for the said degree but
were not admitfeti, among whom Tho. Sampson was one,
soon after de;m of Ch. Ch.
Doctors of Civil Law.
May 26. James Jervys or Jervays warden of Mert. coU.
lately principal of Broadgate's hall.
For the said degree did supplicate F?anc. Alford M. of
A. of Ch. Cii. but was not this, or in any other, year follow-
ing admitted. He had been batch, of arts of Cambridge.
Doctors of Physic.
June 26. Ja.mes Good of New coll. now one of the fel-
lows of the coll. of physicians at London. " He was im-
" prisoned 1573, for holding setTct correspondence by let-
" ters with Mary queen of Scots."
fellows of Trinity college May 30. 1556. He was finally ejected from his
fellowship for refusing the oath of supremacy to queen Klizabeth. WartOD,
Ufe of Pope, p. 400.]
''^ [9 Jul. 1557, Will. Stocker A. B. admissiis ad preb. de Milton Manerii
in ecclesia Line, per mort. ult. incumb. ad pro. Will. Peter et Joh. Masoir
militum, et Will. Cooke LL. D. Rtg. Pole, Cant. f. 46. Keknit.]
159
1561.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
156'2.
160
Simon Ludford who had been atlni. batch, of phys. of
this univ. in 1553, and afterwards permitted by the said
coU. of physicians to practise physic in London, was licensed
to proceed the same day.
[90] (^ Not one doct. of div. was adni. this year.
Incorporations.
Jul. 30. Will. Masters M. of A. and fellow of King's
coll. in Cambridge. — He was afterwards the eloquent orator
of that university, in which office he had occasion to speak
several speeches, one of which utter'd before qu. Elizabeth
in 1 564, I have seen, which shews him to have been a mein
of parts.' One Will. Master LL. D. principal official of the
Consistoi7 court belonging to the bishop of Norwich, died
2 Feb. 1589, and was buried in the cath. ch. at Norwich.
Whether he be the same with the orator I know not.
On the same day were incorporated also Geo. Alsop,
JoH. Lakyn, Edw. Barret, Nich. Abithell, George
Blythe, and Ralah Lever, masters of arts of the said
university ;* also one Elder another master, but whether
he be the same with Tho. Elder who was elected scholar of
C. C. coU. in this university an. 1542, or Joh. Elder who
published The Copy of a Letter sent into Scotland of the Ar-
rival, and Landing, and Marriage of the most nohle Prince
Philip Prince of Spain, to the most excellent Princes Mary Qu.
of England, Solemnisated in the City of Winchester, &c. dated
1 Jan. 1555, and printed about that time in oct. I know
not. Quaere.
Oct. 14. The venerable Mr. Rich. Rede M. of A. of
Cambr. was then incorporated, conditionally that he read
his ordinaries, or pay to the university ten shillings.
An. Dom. 1561. — 3-4 Elizab.
Chancellor.
The same.
Commissary.
Dr. Babyngton rector of Lincoln coU.
Proctors.
Oliver Wathington of Brasen-n. coll. elect. 16 Apr.
Humph. Hall of All-s. coll. elect. 16 Apr.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 24. Will. Wood. — One of both his names wrote A
Form of Catechising, consisting in Questions and Answers, with
Observations thereon, &c. Lond. 1581. oct. Wliether the
same, I cannot tell. See another Will. Wood in 15*8.
Jul. 18. Dan. Rogers. — In the next month he took the
degree of M. A.
Dec. 15. Will. Lambard. — He is not the same who
wrote The Perambulation of Kent, &c. an. 1570, [printed qu.
1576. 1596.] which note.
Jan. 24. Nich. Smyth archdeacon of Salop.* — I have
* [Will. Masters admissus in coll. Regal. Cant procurator an. 1561. Ora-
torio raunere ccssit Mar, 2. 1564. Baker.
Regina — Mattheo Caut. ar'epo ad vicariam de Bursford cum capella de
Fulbroke per mort. ult. incurab. dilectum nobis in Christo Willielmum
Master, clericum, prajsentamus. T.R. apud Gorhambury 17 Sept reg. 13.
1571. Rymer xv, 694. Kennet.]
« [Edw. Barret A. B. Cant an. 1552. A. M. 1556. M. Abvthel A. M.
eodem anno. Mr. Lakyn A. M. 1550. Baksr.]
» [Nich. Smith clir. adniiss. ad vie. de East Ham, Essei, 7 Jul. 1569, per
mort Will. Mar^elis, ex coll. episcopi Lond. qua; vac. per mortem ipsius
ante 13 Oct. 1589. Reg. CrmuuU. Kennet.]
mention'd another Nich. Smyth among the batch, of div.
an. 1556.
Admitted 40.
Masters of Arts.
Aug. 1. Dan. Rogers before mention'd. — He was after-
wards a most accomplished gent, as I have told you among
the writers.
Jan. 14. Tho. Ghessop of All-s. coll. — He translated into
English, A Treatise coidaviing a Declaration of the Pope's
usurped Primacy. Lond. 1560. oct. written in Greek above
70O years since by Nilus anlib. of Thessalonica. What
other things he hath translated or written I cannot leU.
23 John Potts of Mert. coll. — He was accoriling to the
records of that house insignis philosophus & niedicus satis
peritus. " One Tho. Potts of Chancery-lane London esq;
" hath written The Wonderful Discovery of Hitches in Lan-
" cashire &c. Lond. 1613. qu.''
Christop. Johnson of New coU. was admitted the same
day.
24 Nich. Smyth archd. of Salop. — He accumulated his
degrees and compoimded.
Admitted 19.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Nov. 11. Will. Alley bishop of Exeter.
Dec. 12. Jam. Calfill of Ch. Ch.
John Hyll of Ch. Ch.
Herb. Westphaling of Ch. Ch.
The said John Hyll became canon of Westminster in the
place of Alex. Nowell resigning, an. 1561 or thereabouts,
and was dignified elsewhere in the church.
Besides the said four persons, were but two more ad-
mitted.
(^ Not one doct. of law or physic was admitted or
licensed to proceed.
Doctors of Divinity.
Nov. 11. Will. Alley bishop of Exeter before-men-
tion'd, who accumulated the degrees in div.
One Hugh Sewell batch, of div. and canon of Carlisle
did supplicate the ven. congregation for that degree, but I
cannot find him admitted.
An. Dom. 1562. — 4-5 Elizab.
Chancellor,
The same.
Commissary.
The same viz. Dr. Babyngton, now the lady Margaret's
professor, the statutes of which lecture, though they allow
not the professor to bear the office of commissaiy or vice-
chanc. yet the members of the university were forced now
to dispense with them, because there were few or nore ca-
capable of that lecture at this time, occasion'd by the few-
ness of theologists, and emptiness of houses of learning in
the university. Dr. Babyngton gave up his commissary-
ship in the beginning oif Michaelmas term, and Thom.
Whyte LL. D. warden of New coll. succeeded.
Proctors.
Rob. Marbeck or Merbeck of Ch. Ch. elect. 8 Apr.
RoG. Gifford of Mert. coll. elect. 8 Apr.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 8. Tho. MARSH.^LL of Line. coll. — He was after-
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wards a learned Jesuit. See among the writers in Will.
Harrys, an. 160^.
Jun. 25. Miles Windsor of C. C. C.
Oct. 2?. John Argall of Ch. Ch.
Will. James of Ch. Ch.
The last of which was afterwards bishop of Durham.
29. Rob. Napier of Exet. coll. — He was afterwards chief
baron of the Excheiiuer in Ireland and a knight.
Jan. 14. Tho. Cogan of Or. coll.
Rob. Garvey of Or. coll.
Feb. 13. Rich. Forster of AU-s. coll.
20. NicH. QuEMMERFOHD a leamcd Irish man.
Admitted 51.
Batchelors of Civil Law.
Nov. 14. Will. Blbythyn — He was afterwards bishop
of Llandaff.
Philip Jones was adm. the same day — See among the
batch, of arts in 1582.
Eight in all were admitted, and six supplicated.
Masters of Arts.
Jun. 26. Rich. Bristow of Ch. Ch. now in great renown
for his oratory.
John Merrick of New coll. was admitted the same day.
— He was afterwards bishop of the isle of Man, as I have
before told you.
Admitted 31.
Batchelors of Physic.
But two were admitted, of whom Hen. Wotton of
Ch. Ch. was one, afterwards an eminent physician, and five
supplicated for the said degree, the first of which was
Madern Wisebecke a French man, who had studied physic
20 years.
Batchelor of Divinity.
June 10. Lawrence Humphrey president of Magd. coll.
and the queen's professor of divinity.
Not one besides him was admitted, yet four there were
that supplicated for the said degree; among whom Will.
Downham bishop of Chester was one, but not admitted,
and Oswald Emerson another.
Doctor of the Civil Law.
Jul. 7. John Griffyth of All-s. coll. principal of New
inn and the queen's professor of civil law. — Which last of-
fice he enjoyed four years while he was batch, of that
faculty.
K^ Not one doctor of physic was admitted this year.
Doctor of Divinity.
Jul. 10. Lawrence Humphrey before-mention'd. — He
had a month before been admitted batch, of this faculty,
and two years before that time, the queen's public pro-
fessor of divinity in this university, he being then only
master of arts.
For the said degree supplicated Rich. Bruerne lately
the queen's Hebrew professor, and Will. Downham before-
mentioned, but they were not admitted.
An. Dom. 1.563. — 5-6 Elizab.
Chancellor.
Proctors.
Tho. Whallby of Ch. Ch. again elect. 21 Apr.
RoG. GiFFORD of Mert. coll. again elect. 21 Apr.
Batchelors of Arts.
JoH. Garbrand of New coll.
Tho. Allen or Alan of Trin. coll.
George Blackwell of Trin. coU.
Will. Raynolds of New coll.
The same.
Dr. Tho. Wiivrn.
Conimia.wn/.
Apr. 22.
May 13.
Jun. 17.
Jul. 26. Thom. Bodley of Mert. coll. '
Feb. 11. Thom. Matthews of Ch. Ch.
Mar. 24. George Coryat of New coU.
Admitted 56.
Batchelors of Civil Law.
Mar. 27- Andrew Kingsmyll of All-s. coll. — He was
afterwards a Calvinistical writer.
May 21. Rich. Madox. — See among the M. of A. 1575.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 26. John Hancock of Mert. coll. — He was now
esteemed by the academians to be a person of an acute
judgment in philosophy, an excellent Grecian and Hebrician.
Afterwards he was a godly and sincere preacher of the word
of God.
May 4. Leonard Fitzsimons of Trin. coll. a learned
Irish man.
8. Oliver Whiddon of Exeter coll. — He succeeded Rich.
Bristow in his fellowship of that house, an. 1573, being
then, or soon after, archdeacon of Totness in Devonshire."
Will. Apsland of All-s. coll. was adm. this year, but the
time when, appears not — He was afterwards one of the
chaplains to qu. Elizabeth, and master of the hospital'
called the Savoy in the Strand near London.
Admitted 30.
Batchelors of Physic.
June 23. RoG. Gifford of Mert. coll. now one of the
proct. of this university — See among the doctors of phys.
1566.
" Jun. 24. Will. Kinder of Brasen-n. college. In the
" next century following lived in Derbyshire one Ph. Kinder,
" a great pretender to physic and astrology, as by some of
" his works in MS. in the Ashmolean library it appears;
" but whether he was of this university of Oxon, 1 know
" not."
For the said degree supplicated Hierom Raynolds M. A»
now, or lately, one of the learned fellows of C. C. C. — ^1
have made mention of this person elsewhere.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Only two were admitted, of whom Arth. Yeldard pre-
sident of Trin. coll.* was one, and three that supplicated>
who were never admitted. Their names arc John Sher-
borne, Will. Chamberlayne and Tho. Pyrrye, all mas-
ters of arts.
O" Not one doct. of law was admitted, or licensed to
proceed.
« [He was rector of Yoxall, dioc. Cov. et Lichf. and of North Bevy, dioci
Exon. and archdeacon of Totness 1574. Tanner.]
7 Cat. soc. coll. Cm. /Vii. MS.
8 [He was the first president instituted to the rectory of Garsington, Ox-
fordshire, now annexed to the headship, and was Instituted to it on the resig-
nation of Rich. Haywood (or H.iyward) Sept. 8. 1564. Warton, U/e of-
I'oiir, J34.1
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Doctors of Physic.
May — Henry Baylib of New coll.
SI. Walt. Baylik of New coll.
The last was now the queen's public professor of medi-
cine in thi§ university.
5J» Not one doctor of div. was admitted.
Incorporations.
This year in July, as it seems, was a supplicate made for
one W. Butler of Cambridge to be incorporated, but in
what degree, whether in that of m. of arts,» or batch, of
physic, I know not. 1 take him to be the same Will. But-
ler, who, tho' not doct. of physic, was the most eminent
physician of his time, and as much resorted to for his great
knowledge in physic, as any person that lived before him,
and had been more, did he not delight to please himself
with fantastical humours.' He died on the 29 of Januar.
in the year 1617, and in that of his age 83, and was buried
on the south side of the chancel of St. Mary's church in
Cambridge. Over his grave was soon after erected a
comely monument in the wall with his bust to the middle,
and an inscription underneath, part of which runs thus :
Gulielmus Butlerus Clarensis aulae quondam socius, me-
dicorum omnium quos prsesens jetas vidit facile princeps,
hoc sub marmore secundum Christi adveutum expectat, ei
monumentum hoc privata pietas statuit, quod debvut pub-
lica. Abi, viator, & ad tuos reversus, narra te vidisse lo-
cum in quo salus jacet.
Creations.
Mar. 29. Austin Brodbridge sometimes fellow of New
coll. was actually created master of arts at London by Will.
9 [A. M. Aul. Clar. socius. obiit Jan. 29. 1617-8. at. 83— Oct. 26. 1.572,
conceditur magistro W" Butler, ut studiuni sex aniiorum postquam rexerit
in artibus, suf)iciat ei ad praticanduni iu eadeni. lieg'r Acad. Cant. Baker.
Vide my MS. Coll. vol. b. p. 28. Cole.]
' [Dr. Gale, of St. Paul's schoole, assures me that a Frenchman came one
time from London to Cambridge, purposely to see him, whom he made stay
tsvo hourcs for him in his gallery, and then he came out in an old blew gowne.
The French gentleman makej him 2 or 3 very low bowes doune to the ground ;
Dr. Butler whippes his legge over liis head, and away goes into his chamber,
and did not speakc with him. He kept an old mayd, whose name was Nell.
Dr. Butler would many times goe to the taveme, but drinke by hiraselfe : about
9 or 10 at night old Nell comes for him with a candle and lanthome, and
sayes, " Come home you drunken beast." By and by Nell would stumble,
then her master calls her " drunken beast," and so they did drunken beast
one another all the way till they came home.
A serving man brought his master's water to Dr. Butler, being then in his
itudie, (with turned barres) but would not be spoken with. After much
firuitlesse importunity, the man told y<^ Dr. he was resolved he should see his
master's water ; he would not be turned away — (and so) threw it on the
Dr's head. This humour pleased the Dr. and he went to the gent, and
cured him.
A gent, lying a dyeing sent his servant with a horse for y* Dr., the horse
being exceeding dry ducks downe his head strongly into y* water, and^plucks
downc the Dr. over his head, who was plunged in yc water, over head and
earcs. The Dr. was madded, and would relurne home. The man swore he
sliould not: drew his sword, and gave him ever and anon (when he would
rcturnc) a little prick, and so drove him before him.
The Dr. lyeing at the Savoy in London, next the water side, where was a
balcony look't into the Thames, a patient came to him that was grievously
tormented with an ague. The Dr. orders a boate to be in readinessc under
his windowe, and discoursed with the patient (a gent.) in the balcony, when
on a signal given, 2 or 3 lusty fellows came behind the gent, and threw
hire a matter of 20 fecle into the Thames. This surprise absolutely cured
him.
A pent, with a red, ugly, pumpled face came to him for a cure. Said the
I>r. ' I must hang you.' So presently he had a device made ready to hang
him from a bi'aiiie in the roome ; and when he was een almost dead, he cuts
the vcini tliat fed these pumples, and Ictt out the black ugly bloud, and
cured him. Lettcrtfrom the Bcdleiun, 8vo. Oxford. 1813. vol. 8. p. J67.]
Brodbridge, afterwards B. of Exeter) by virtue of a com-
mission under the seal of the university, directed to Hugh
Turnbull, D. D. Thomas Stempe, Rob. llaynold, doctors of
the laws. Will. Brodbridge before-mention'd, and Will.
Langford, master.s of arts, to be done by any one of them.
This Austin Brodbridge, who had been an exile at .Stras-
burg in the reign of Q. Mary, was now beneficed in the
church, and afterwards became prebendiu7 of Fordington
and Writhlington in the church of Sarum, by the death of
one Rich. Basing 1566. This person, tho' he had been
before this creation but batch, of arts, yet by his dean he
supplicated first to be batchelor of divinity, and afterwards
to be doctor.
An. Dom. 1564. — 6-7 Elizab.
Chancellor.
The same, viz. sir John Mason, knight, but he resign-
ing by his letters dat. 26 Dec. Rob. Dudley earl of Lei-
cester, baron of Denbigh, master of the horse, knight of
the most noble order of the Garter, and of St. Michael, one
of the queen's privy council, and master of arts, as 'tis
said, of this university, was elected chancellor on the last
day of the same month.
Commissary.
Dr. Tho. Whyte ; whose office ending with the chan-
cellorship of sir Jo. Mason, John Kennall, LL. D. and ca-
non of Ch. Ch. was chosen by suffrages in a scrutiny on the
last of Decemb.
Proctors.
RoG. Marbeck of Ch. Ch. again elect. 12 Apr.
JoH. Watkins of All-s. coll. again elect. 12 Apr.
The senior of which proctors was this year elected orator
of the university, being the first of all, after that office was
made standing or perpetual.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr' 18. Tho. Twyne of C. C. coll. — He was afterwards
an eminent physician.
Jun. 19. John Lister. — See among the batch, of arts,
an. 1571.
Jul. 24. Thom. Doylie of Magd. coll.
Dec. 11. John Underbill of New coll. — He was after-
wards bishop of Oxon.
16. John Field. — See among the writers under the year
1587.
Jan. 26. Will. Harrys of Line. coll.
Rich. Knolles of Line. coll.
Feb. 1. Will. Barlow of Bal. coll.
Rob. Hutton was admitted the same day. — One Rob.
Hutton translated fi'om Lat. into English, The Sum of
Divinity, drawn out of the Holy Scriptures, very necessary for
Curates andyoung Students in Divinity. Lond. [1561] 1567. oct.
Whether the same with Rob. Hutton, batch, of arts (who
took no other degree in this university) I know not. *
Feb. 1. Ralph. Warcupp of Ch. Ch.
Admitted 61 or thereabouts.
Batchelors of Civil Law.
Ten were admitted, among whom Laurence Twynb of
All-s. coU. was one, an ingenious poet of his time.
« [Tlie vie. of Shiuiicamp void 1.587, by the promorion of Rob. Hutton,
B. D. who had been cliose fellow of Trin. coll. Cambr. 1577. Tanneb.]
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Masters of Arts.
Apr. 14. Arthur Atf.y of Mert. coll. — He was after-
wards orator of the university, principal of St. Alban's hall,
secretary to that great and popular count Robert earl of
Leicester, and after his death became a favourite to ano-
ther popular person called Robert earl of Essex ; in whose
treasons being engaged in 1600, was forced to abscond and
withdraw himself for a time. In the beginning of K.
Tames 1. he had the honour of knighthood conferr'd upon
him, and dying in 1604 was buried in the church of Har-
row on the hill in Middlesex.
Jul. 3. Edm. Campian of St. John's coll.
Greg. Martin of St. John's coll.
Oct. 20. Tho. Brasbrioge of Magd. coll.
■ — Laur. Tomson of Miigd. coll.
— — - — Tho. Kingsmill of Magd. coll.
Nov. 28. Edm. Raynolds of C. C. coll. — ^This person,
who was a moderate Romanist, gained to himself a great
name by a public disputation he had with his younger bro-
ther John, held before Robert E. of Leicester, an. 1584.
See Hist. 8; Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 300, 301. He died
21 Nov. 1630, aged 92, and was buried in the chancel of
the church at Wohercote near Oxon, where he had an
estate, which he left to his sister's son named Matthew Che-
riton, esq.
Feb. 3. Christop. Wharton of Trin. coll.— This per-
son, who was a Yorkshire man born, did soon after leave
his fellowship of that house, his country and friends, and
went to Doway where he was made a R. Cath. priest. Af-
terwards he returned, and officiated as a seminary, being
esteemed among those of his party a very godly man. At
length being taken and imprison'd was, for being a R.
Cath. priest, and denying the queen's supremacy, executed
at York, 28 March 1600.
14 Edm. Bunney of Magd. soon after of Mert. coll.
Admitted 39.
Kf Not one batch, of div. was adm. this year.
Doctors of Civ. Law.
Feb. 14. John Lloyd of All-s. coll. — ^He was about this
time judge of the Admiralty.
RoB. Lougher, commonly called Lofper of All-s. coll.
was admitted on the same day. — He was now principal of
New inn, was soon after the queen's professor of the civil
law, and cliancellor of Exeter. In May 1577 he was con-
stituted official of the Consistory of Edwin, archb. of York,
and his vicar general in spirituals, being then a civilian
belonging to the Arches. He died in the beginning of
June 1583, leaving behind him a son named John.
t3» Not one doct. of phys. or div. was admitted this year.
Incorporations.
Feb. 20. RoB. Johnson, M. A. of Cambridge, was then
incorporated, being the very next day after the act had been
celebrated. — This Rob. Johnson, who was the son of Mau-
rice Johnson, alderman of Stamford in Lincolnshire, was
afterwards batch, of div. and twice made prebendary of
Rochester, wliich he twice resign'd. In 1570 he was in-
stalled prebendary of Norwich, which dignity lie resigning,
Griffith Toy, M. A. of Jes. coU. in Oxon succeeded, an.
1575. In 1572, he became canon of Windsor in the place
of Joh. Browne, batch, of div. and in 1591 he was made
archdeacon of Leicester in the place of Hugh Blythe, can.
of Windsor resigning; being about that time honorary
fellow of Jesus coll. in Oxon. He founded twr» grammar
schools in Rutlandshire, one at Uphingham and another at
Okeham, two hospitals also in the same county, (which he
endowed) four exhibitioners in Sydney coll. in Cambridge,
to come from the said free-schools, and was a benefactor U)
the weekly preachers at St. Paul's cross in London. He
died on the first of Aug. 1625, being then or lately rector
of N. Lufi'enham in Rutlandshire. In 1560 one Edm.
Johnson, schoolmaster of St. Anthony's in London became
canon of Windsor, and then by little and little (as one •
obsenes) followed the spoil of St. Anthony's hospital. He
first dissolved the choir, conveyed away the plate and orna-
ments, then the bells, and lastly put out the almesmen
from their houses, allowing them portions of 12 d. per
week, which idso in short time vanished away. This I
thought good to let the reader know, because the author
here quoted, having reported these matters to be done by
one Johnson, hath caused some to think them done by
Rob. Johnson before-mentioned.
Creations.
Feb. — Thom. Yong, archbishop of York, who was ad-
mitted batchelor of the civil law, an. 1537, being then of
Broadgates hall, was by power granted by the ven. con-
gregation of regents 13 Feb. this year, actually created soon
after (at London as it seems) doctor of his faculty by Dr.
Dav. Lewes and doct. Tho. Huyck.
An. Dom. 1565. — 7-8. Elizas.
Clmncellor.
ITie same, viz. Rob. Dt;DLEY, earl of Leicester, &c.
Commissary.
Dr. Kennall, elected by scrutiny in a convocation, on
the 25 Feb.
Proctors.
Thom. Gabrand alias Hehks of Magd. coll. elect. 2 May.
John Merick of New coll. elect. 2 May.
Batchelers of Arts.
Apr. 7. Christoph. Perkins.* — In what college or hall
this person was educated I know not : sure I am that he
leaving the university abruptly without compleating his
degree by determination, went beyond the seas, and hav-
ing spent some time in one of the new erected seminaries,
entered into the society of Jesus * " at Rome , ^ j ,is
" 21 Oct. 1566. a;t. 19. wherein after he had among themt
" run thro' his course of philosophy, he went g«xf repuu, &c
" to Dilling to hear divinity, to the end that *^** «lif-
" he might be assistant to Jac. de Valentia, in reading ai
" Ingolstadt, and there he continued 'till 15S0. Then he
" went to Colen and other places of Germany, afterwards
" he returned to Rome, being" in good repute for his
learning. At length upon the coming to Rome (under the
name of a traveller) of Mr. William CecU (afterwards earl
of Exeter) grandson to Will, lord Burleigh, there were
whisperings in the English coll. of doing him some mis-
chief, in revenge for what his grandfather had done in ap-
prehending several priests and putting them to death, yet
' Joh. Stow in fiis Survey «f Lmd. Printed in fol. 1633. p. 191. a.
♦ [See Myles Davie's Athm. BrU. part % Dissertation upon the author "
of VaOta Anglkana, &c. by Sir Chr" Perkins. Bakkh.]
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they came to nothing. Whereupon Perkins possessed him
with fears, and took upon him to direct him what to do and
how to behave himself: and when Mr. Cecill had seen
Rome, and the monuments thereof, Perkins did conduct him
out of the city ; and being a man of a very gieat under-
standing, and Mr. Cecill therefore delighting nmch in his
company, he persuaded him to accompany him to England.
Afterwards they came together, tmd Mr. Cecill recommend-
ing him to his grandfather for a wise miderstanding man,
and one that had taken much care of him at his being in
Rome, and withal having been a Jesuit, he was now recon-
ciled to the church of England, the lord liurleigh did
thereupon procure for him the deanery of Carlisle, which
had been before possess'd by sir John Wolley, and about
the same time procured of the queen that he should be em-
ployed into Germany, to make answer in the queen's name
to the complaints of the Hanse-towns about their customs,
to the emperor, an. 15f>5. After his return, tho' it was
the desire of the said lord Burleigh, that he should live at
Carlisle and follow the ministry and nothing else, yet he
lived in London, and being brought into the acquaintance
of Dr. Bancroft, bishop of that place, that doct. did make
use of him both for his discovery beyond the seas, and like-
wise upon other occasions. " In 40 Eliz. he was joined
" with the lord Zouch in an embassy to Denmark." In
1600 he with the said bishop of London and Dr. Joh.
Swale, were as delegates and ambassadors, sent by the
queen to Embden to parley with the delegates of Denmark
concerning matters of traffic, &c. and Perkins performed
his part well as to that matter. Soon after by the said
[95] bishop's endeavours he became substitute to sir Dan. Donne,
master of the Requests, who, by reason of his age, could
not well attend that place ; and when he died he became
master in his own right, and a knight. About that time
George duke of Buckingham, who was in great favour with
king James 1. sir Christopher thought that his only way
to rise higher was to be married to one df his relations :
whereupon tho' he had vowed virginity, he took to wife his
mother's sister, yet with this condition, that he should not
expect that he should pay old debts, to which she made this
answer, that she would expect none. Afterwards Bucking-
ham, hearing of the said vow, detested him and made ' a
resolution that he should rise no higher. Afterwards out
of a revenge, sir Christopher made his estate over to a ser-
vant of his that was childless and in a deep consumption ;
and he dying within a few months after sir Christopher,
(who departed this mortal life in the month of August
1622.) the said servant left most of the estate to the lady.
I have been credibly informed * by a good author that the
SEud sir Christopher had a hand in contriving and drawing
up the oath of allegiance, while he was intimate with Dr.
Bancroft. In the deanery of Carlisle succeeded the said
sir Christoph. Dr. Franc. WTiyte, afterwards bishop of that
place.
Apr. 14. Will. Burton of New coll.
June 2. Tho. Coventry, fellow of Bal. coll.
The last of the said two was afterwards fellow of the
Inner Temple, serjeant at law, a knight, and one of the
justices of the court of Common-pleas, and a judge in the
time of Jam. 1 . He was father to Tljomas lord Coventry,
lord keeper of the great seal.
Jan. 14. Henry Savile of Mert. coll.
» Godf. Goodman, bijh. of Gloc. ui his Renew of the Court of King James,
txj Sir A. W. MS. pag. 225. "^ ■? -6 >
13. Hugh Lloyd of New coU.
Admitted 45.
Batchelors of Law.
Five were admitted, and four supplicated, but not one
of them appears yet to me, to have been either a bishop or
writer.
Masters of Arts.
Feb. 13. John Akgall of Ch. Ch.
— — — Will. James of Ch. Ch.
The last of which was afterwards bishop of Durham.
John Bereblock of St. John's coll. was admitted the
same day. He was afterwards fellow of Exeter coll. and
most admirably well skill'd in the art of delineation, and
drawing the description of places ; some of which are ex-
tant, particularly that of the city of Rochester; at which
place, or near it, he was born.'
Admitted 14.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Oct. 29. Edw. Ckadock of Ch. Ch. now Margaret pro-
fessor.*
Dec. 17- Tho. Godwyn, dean of Ch. Ch. lately of Magd.
coll.
Feb. 15. Rich. Tremayne of Exeter coll. — He was af-
terwards of Broadgate's hall, the seventh vicar of Mayhe-
net in Cornwall, and treasurer of the cath ch. at Exeter.
16. Will. Overton of Magd. coU. — He was afterwards
a bishop.
Adrian Hawthorne of the same coll. was admitted on
the same day, being then principal of Magd. hall. — On 25
Nov. 1568, he was admitted to the chancellorship of the
church of Wells, having about that time one or more bene-
fices in that diocese ; and dying in the latter end of 1576,
in Feb. iis it seema, Roger Goad D. D. .md provost of
King's coll. in Cambridge, was admitted into his place of
chancellor on the 7 March, in the same year.
Edw. Andleser was admitted this year, but of him I
know nothing.
C^ Not one doctor of law or physic was atlmitted this
year.
Doctors of Divinity.
Dec. 17. Tho. Godwyn dean of Ch. Ch.
James Calfill canon of Ch. Ch.
Herb. Westphalyng canon of Ch. Ch.
Edw. Cradock mention'd before among the batchelors
of divinity, was admitted the same day.
Feb. 15. Rich. Tremayne before-mention'd, who accu-
mulated.
* [He drew the views of the university presented to queen Elizabeth at
her visit to Oxford, in 1566. They are now in Bodley. See the title of one
of his works in the Athens, vol. i. col. 577, note 2.]
' [Edw. Cradock, S. T. D. admiss, ad eccl. S. Mario; Alderraary 5 Apr.
1570, quani resign, paulo ante 8 Mar. 1593. Kenn'ET.
In the first edition Wood says, A cei-lain author (Raph Holinshed, in his
last volume of Chronicles, printed 1577, p. 1874, &c.) tcUs m that he was a
teamed man, and a taiter, yet in all my searches 1 couU never see ony (^' his hooh.
Wood afterwards found some of his writings, and accordingly he is introduced
in the Athem*, vol. 1. col. 632 ; where, by inadvertence, I omitted the
following :
The Shippe <f assured Safetie, wherein wee may sayk without Danger towards
the Land of the Lining, promised to the true Israelites: cmtained in four Booh.
A Discourse on God's Prouidence, 4;c. By Edw. Cradocke, Dr. imd Reader in
Divinity, in Orford. Loud. 1571, and 1572, 16rao. Cradock also wrote some
Latin sapphics to Peterson's translation of Uella Case's Galatea, 4to. tx>l>d.
1576.]
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170
John Piers of Magd. coll. dean of Chester.
Arthur Yeldard president of Trin. coll.
[96]
16. Will. Overton of Magd. coll. — lie was afterwards
bishop of Litclilield and Coventry.
On the 26 Mar. Will. Bradbridgb dean of Salisbury,
supplicated for the said degree, but was not admitted. He
was afterwards bishop of Exeter. Also John Molens arch-
deacon of London, Jan. 23, but him neither can I find
admitted.
Incorporations.
May — Rich. Cheyney batch, of div. of Pembr. hall in
Cambridge, and bishop of Glocester. — See more among the
creations.
Feb. 21. Gregory Garth batch, of div. of Cambridge.
George Wyther M. of A. of 4 years standing in the
said university, was incorporated the same day. — In 1570
he became archdeacon of Colchester on the death of James
Calfill, ' had other spiritualities, and wrote and published
(1) Laymans Letters, delivering unto them such Letters as the
Holy Ghost teacheth them in the Word hy things sensible. Lond.
15S5. (2) View of the marginal Notes of the Popish Testa-
ment, translated into English by the English Fugitives, Papists,
resiant at Rheimes in France. Lond. 1588. qu. with other
things, as 'tis possible, which I have not yet seen. Ano-
ther of both his names lived an hundred years after, and
was a poet ; whom I shall hereafter in his proper place
remember.
Will. Fulke M. of .\. of three years standing in the said
uuiv. of Cambridge, was also then (Feb. 21.) incorporated.
This learned man who was born in the city of London,
bred fellow of St. John's coll. and at length became master
of Pemb. hall, in the said university, was, when young, a
good philosopher, and when elder in years a pious and solid
divine as his works shew; the titles of all, or most, of
which, you may see in the Bodleian or Oxford catalogue. '
He died Margaret professor of Cambridge ' 28 .-Vug. 1589.
Cyprian de Valera M. of A. of three years standing in
the said university, was also then incorporated. ^ — He was
a Spaniard born, left his country for religion's sake, spent
all, or most of his time in England, and wrote in Spanish
(1) Institution of Christian Religion, or the Interpretation of
Calvin's Institutions. (2) The reformed Catholic. (S) Of the
Lives of the Popes and their Doctrine. (4). Of the Mass. (5)
^ Swarm of false Miracles, wherewith Mary de la Visitation,
Prioress of the Annunciada of Lisbon deceived very many, &c.
The three last were written in Spanish about 1588, and the
second edition of them came out with amendments and
additions by the author, an. 1599. oct. Translated into
English by John Golburne a prisoner in the Fleet. Lond.
» [1570, 11 Oct. Geo. Withers, S. T. P. coll. ad arcliid. Colcestre per
mortem magistri Jacob! Calfhill. Ueg. Sondes, Ep'i Lend. Henr. King A. M.
coll. ail archidiat. Colcestr. 10 Apr. 1617, per mort. Geo. Withers.
Geor. Wythers admiss. ad eccl. de Danbury com. £ss. 17 Nov. 1572,
quam resign. 1605. Kennet.]
» [1571, 10 Aug. Will. Fulke S.T. B. admiss. ad ecclesiam de Warley
per mortem Job. Sherborne. Eeg. Sandes, Epi Lond.
1589, 1."? Sept. Job. Fabian A. M. admiss. ad ccci. de Warlcj-magna, per
mortem Will. Fulke, S. T. P. Ueg. AUmcr, com. Essex. Kennkt.
Tanner in his Bihl. Brit, orait.s to notice one of Fulke's works ;
Metromaxw, mie Ludut Geomctricus, 4to. Loud, by Thoraai VautrolUer,
1578.]
' [He never was. Baker.]
' [Ciprianus Valera Hispanus, natus et educatus in academia Hi-spalensi,
ubi per se annos dialec. ct philosoph. Uteris operam dedit (peractis singulis
qus ad gradum bac. art ibid, spectant,) cooptatur hie in numerum bac, art.
RfjV Acad. Cant. an. 1559, 1560. A. M. Cant. 1563. Bakih.]
1600. qu. He also published the bible in Spanish, printed
the second time at Amsterdam 1602, fol.
Owen Owen M. A. of two years standing in the said
university was then also (Feb. 21,) incorporated.'
All these, except the first, were incorporated after tlu:
solemnity of the act had been concluded.
Creations.
May 26. It was granted by the venerable congregation
that John Jewell bishop of Salisbury, should, tho' absent,
be actually created doct. of div. by a certain graduate to be
assign'd by the commissary. This was accordingly done at
London, but the day when, appears not.
May 1. It was likewise granted that Rich. Cheyney the
present bish. of Glocester, should have the degree of D. of D.
conferr'd on him, by a certain graduate, &c. * — ^This also
was accordingly done after he had been incorporated batch,
of div. but the day when, and place where, appears not.
He was originally a Roman Catholic, but in the beginning
of queen Mary a disputer against the mass and real pre-
sence in the convocation of the clergy then held, for which
he absconded. In the beginning of queen Elizabeth. he was
an ' incliner to Zuinglianism, and at length was a Luthe-
ran. See more among the bishops, in James Brokes, an.
1559.
An. Dom. 1566. — 8-9 Elizab.
Chancellor.
The same.
Commissary.
The same by virtue of the aforesaid election.
Proctors.
Will. Leech of Brasen-nose coll. elect. 24 Apr.
Will. Stocker of All-s. coll. elect. 24 Apr.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 5. Lancelot Salkeld of Queen's coll. — One of
both his names became the last prior of Carlisle, in the
place of Christop. Slee, 24 Hen. 8. Dom. 1532, or there-
abouts, and afterwards the first dean of Carlisle when the
prior and canons regular were turn'd into a dean and
canons secular by K. Hen. 8. In the time of Edw. 6. he
was ejected, restored in the beginning of queen Mary, and
ejected iigain in the beginning of queen Elizabeth. But
' [Undoubtedly this was the same Owen Owens that was rector of Burton
Latimer, and father of John Owen bp. of St. Asaph. If so, he was born at
Bodfilin in the parish of Aber and com. Carnarvon, and was tlie second son
of Owen ap Robert of Bodfjiin, esq; and Angcharad the daughter and coheir
of David ap (Viillam of the family of the Williams of CychwUlan. He was
very well (lescinded on both sides. What preferments he had in England I
cannot tell. But in this diocese he was first instituted to Llangeuiwen in
Anglesey Aug. 11, 157.3, being then A.M. This he kept to his death.
Upon bp. Robinson's death he had the archdeaconry of .\nglescy. But the
register being imperfect from the death of bp. Robiiis<m 15&t, till March
1586, we have not the time of his institution. He dyed about the latter end
of 1592 or beginning of 1593. For May the 4th 1593, Owen Jones succeeds
in Llangeinwen, voyd bv his death, ami bp. Bellot soon after dismissed the
deanery, and resumed the archdeaconry of Anglesey into his commendain.
He marryed two wifes, first Margaret Mathews, and after her death Jane the
daughter of Robert Gritfith, esq; constable of Carnarvon, by whom he liad
five sons (of which the bp. was eldest) and 3 daughters sayth the herald's
visitation register 1588. HumphreysJ
* [Ric. Cbeiney socius aul. Pemb'r Cant, electus an. 1531. S. T. B. 1540.
A. B. 15J8-9. A."M. 1532. Reg'r Aead. CantJ>-r. Baicb.]
' See A View of 10 public DiqxUaticnt, published by Rob. Persons, c. 4.<
p. 243.
171
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172
[97]
Lancelot Salkdd B. of A. must not be taken to be the same
with the other, because later in time. His successor in the
said deancrv in the time of Edw. 6. and beginning of queen
Elizabeth, was sir Tho. Sinythe, as 1 have told you among
the writers, under the year 1609.
Apr. 6. Will. Wygges of St. John'3 coU. — He after-
wards left his religion and country, went beyond the seas
and was made a R. Cath. priest. Afterwards returning into
England, was seized on, and committed to custody in Wis-
bich castle ; where, upon some quarrel that followed be-
tween him and one of the gentlemen, (that were papists
and prisoners there) he was, as a certain * note inforais me,
slain, tho' elsewhere it appears ' that he was only beaten
by one Bluet a Jesuit. In 1582 you'll find one Will.
Wygge who was a martyr for the U. Cath. cause.
John Smith of St> John's coll. was admitted the same
day.
Jan. 25. Dan. Bebnard o£ Ch. Ch. — See among the D.
of D. 1585.
Jul. 3. Will. Blandie of New coll.
July 5. Edw. Smith of Brasen-nose coll. — One Edw.
Smith translated into English A Discourse touching the tran-
quility and Contcntation of the Mind, &c. Lond. 1592. qu.
written by John de L'espine : whether the same with him
of Br. coll. I cannot tell. Qusre.
July 5. Rob. Hovedon of AU-s. coll.
. Barthol. Chamberlain of Trin. coll.
Oct. 10. Tho. Bilson of New coll.
Jan. 17. John Shert of Brasen-nose coll. — He was af-
terwards a schoolmaster in London, and much resorted to
for his excellent way of teaching ; but being a Roman Ca-
tholic in his heart, left his country and went to Doway,
where he studied divinity. Thence he went to the English
coll. at Rome, where he was made a priest, and being sent
into the mission of England lived for some time in his own
country of Cheshire. At length being taken and impri-
son'd, was, for being a priest and denying the queen's
supremacy, hang'd, drawn and quarterr'd at London, 28
May 1582,
Jan. 17.
Mar. 22.
Killaloa.
Admitted this year 103.
Batchelors of Civil Law.
Aug. 19. Tho. Buckley of All-s. coll.' — He was now
much in esteem among the academians for his poetry, but
being given to libelling was forced to leave the university.
• In Cat. Sk. cm. S. Joh. Bqi. Oxon, script, per Christop. Wrenn, MS.
' In Rob. Persons'8 Apohgy in Defmce of Ecclesiattical Subordination in
England, &c. fol. 67, b. 72. a.
' [I find here one Thomas Butkeley (which is allways pronounced as
Buckley) LL. B. iustitnted to the rectory of Llandemant Oct. 10, 1543, (bp.
Bulkeley then resigning it in his favor). He had before this bin instituted
to the rectory of Langesin Jan. 19, 1534, and was chantor of Bangor and
rector of Llanchuddlad in Anglesey. In the vacancy after bp. Bulkeley's
death he was, with William Roberts, archdeacon of Merionith, guardian of
the spiritualities of Bangor. He was the son of Roland Bulkeley of Beu-
mares, esq; (by his wife Alec Beconsall) and brother to the first Sr Richard
Bulkeley of that place. He resided upon his rectory of Llanchuddlad, and
was a very generous hospitable man, and very frequently enterta'mcd seamen
and gentlemen passengers, driven into the bay under his house opposite to
Holy-head, and once a lord lieutenant of Ireland, who, in requital of his
generous reception, would have persuaded the parson along with him, and
ofiercd him a bishoprick in Ireland. But he declined that, and chose to end
his days in lii< native country, which he did in May 1570, leaving the names
of BulkUys-bay and Bulkley's-head to the bay and hill by his house at
LUacbuddlack wlucU they retain to tliis day. Hdmphksvs.]
Tho. Clerk of Br. coll. — See in 1586.
Lewis Jones. — He was ' afterwards bishop of
On the 30 of Apr. Joh. Rugge, who for the space of 6
years had studied the civ. law in Upper Ciermany, did sup-
plicate for the degree of batch, of that faculty but whether
he was admitted it appears not. In 1S75 he was made arch-
deacon of \\'ells in the place of Dr. John Cottrell deceased,
in 1576 he became can. or preb. of the fifth stall in the col-
legiate church of St. I'eter in Westminster, on the death of
Tho. Aldridge (who, if I mistake not, ^ was also master of
Corp. Ch. coll. in Cambridge) and dying in 1581 (being then
beneficed in the dioc. of Wells) was buried in the cathedral
church at Wells near to the body of the said Dr. Cottrell.
As for the said Alridge, he was made preb. of the seventh
stall in the said church, in the place of one John Pory, an.
1573. But being depriv'd for notorious nonconformity,
was, upon his repentance, and reconciliation made to the
church, admitted preb. of the fifth stall, in the place of
Richard Alvey the first prebend thereof, an. 1576, but died
in the same year.
Admitted 7.
Masters of Arts.
Jun. 25. ToB. Mathew of Ch. Ch.
Jul. 5. Tho. Cogan of Oriel coll.
Rob. Garvey of Oriel coll.
Tho. Bodley of Mert. coll.
Hen. Bedell was then also admitted, and is, I presume,
the same with him mention'd under the year 1555.
Dec. 19. Miles Windsor of C. C. coll.
Feb. 25. John Garbrand of New coll.
Mar. 22. Rich. Foster of All-s. coll.
Admitted 50 or thereabouts.
Batchelors of Divinity.
July 8. John Bullyngham of Magd. coll.— He was af-
terwards bishop of Glocester.
Mar. 18. Tho. Cooper of Magd. coll. about this time
dean of Ch. church in Oxon.
22. Tho. Bernard can. of Ch. Ch. — He had suffer'd
much in the reign of qu. Mary for being a Protestant and a
married man, but restored to what he had lost in the begin-
ning of qu. Elizabeth. He had a brother named John
Bernard educated in Cambridge, ' and afterwards a zea-
lous person for reformation, who in the reign of qu. Maiy
wrote Oratio pia, religiosa, S; Solatii plena, de vera Animi
Tranquilitate. Wliich coming after his death into the hands
of his brother Thomas before-mention'd, was by him pub-
lished at Lond. 1568.* in a large quarto, and by him dedi-
cated to Pet. Osburne remembrancer of the treasury of
the Exchequer. See more in Hist. Sf Antiq. Univ. Oxon. lib.
2, p. 261. a.
For the same degree did Will. Whittyngham M. of A.
and dean of Durham supplicate, but whether he was admit-
ted, it appears not.
Admitted 5.
Doctor of the Civil Law.
July 3. Edm. Merick of Univ. coll. now, or about this
time archdeacon of Bangor and preben<lary of Litchfield. '
9 [He was. Baker.]
' [One John Bernard became fcllow of Queen's coll. Csmbr^ in 1545.
MS. Lambeth, N" 805. Loveday.]
■^ [It was translated into English by Anthony Marten, and pr'uited by
Henry Denham, Lond. 1570, 8vo. Baker.]
' [This Edmund Meyrick was the sixth son of Mcyrick ap Llywelin ap
Hcylin of Bodargan in Anglesey, and brother by the full blood to bp. Row-
laud Meyrick of Bangor. It seems he was made archdeacon of Bangor
173
1566.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1566.
174
Doctors of Divinittf.
Mar. 18. Tho. Cooper before-mention'd who accumu-
lated the degrees in divinity.
On tlie 17 of Feb. Will. Whittyngham before-men-
tion'd, who tliat day had supplicated for thedegi'eeof batch,
of divinity, did also supplicate for that of doctor, but it doth
not appear that he was admitted to either.
Incorporations,
In the beginning of Sept. this year qu. Elizabeth being
entcrtain'd by the Oxonian muses, these Cambridge men
following were incorporated on the sixth day of the same
month.
[99] Tho. Bynge master of arts and fellow of Peter house* in
Cambridge' — He was lately proctor of that university, after-
ward orator in the place of Will. Master, master of Clare
hall and the king's professor of the civil law in the said
university.
Tho. Beacon M. of A. and fellow of St. John's coll. in
the said univ. ' — He was afterwards orator and proctor
thereof, was made prebendary of Norwich in Jan. 1574, and
chancellor thereof in the year following.
Ruben Sherwood M. of A. and fellow of King's coll.* —
He was afterward.^ proctor of the said univ. schoolmaster of
Eaton, doct. of physic and a noted practitioner of that fa-
culty for several years in the city of Batli, where he died
1598, leaving beliind him the character of a good scholar
and an eloquent man.
Tho. Preston M of A. and fellow of King's coll.' — He
acted so admirably well in tlie tragedy of Dido before queen
Elizabeth, when she was entertain'd at Cambridge, an.
1564, and did so genteely and gracefully dispute before her,
either in the vacancy after bp. Glyn's death, or at least soon after his bro-
ther's being made bp. and before his coming to Bangor. For his institution
is not registrcd, and therefore it doth not appear wlielher he came in by the
death, deprivation or resignation of Ed. Gregory his predecessor. But tliis
appears, that he was instituted, wiiile he was but in inferior orders. For he
is the first ordained by his brother, and liis ordination tlms entred : * Ed-
niundus Meric, archidiaconus Bangor, in legibus bacc. ordinatus in diaconura
Mail 5*° 15<)0.' i do not find he Iiad any other preferments in the diocese
of Bangor, or any cure of souls in tlie diocese of St. Asaph : but he had there
the rectory sine cura of Corwen in Mei'ionithshire, and was chancellor of
that diocese, as well as prebendary of Litchfield, He married at Bangor
Elizabeth the daughter of William Griflith of that place, and founded the
feinily of the Mericks of Uclieldre in Merionithshire : his eldest son being
Peter Meyri k esq; father of Edmund Meyrick of Uchcldre, esq; a member
of the healing parliament 1660, for tlie county of Merionith, a man of great
pnidence and authority in his country. One of his sonns is Edmund Mey-
rick, sometime A. M. and fellow of Jesus college, Oxon, now vicar of Caer-
marthen and canon of St. David's, &c. Humphreys.]
■• [Tlio. Bynge admissus socius coll. S. Petri, Feb. Z, 1557 ; dein magister
aala; Clar. Bakeb.
He wrote an encomium on Bucer and Fagius, printed with the account of
Bucer «ic. Argent 1562. Bodl. 8vo. H. 71. Th. fol. 172.]
' [Tho. Bccon p'br admiss. ad eccl. dc Buckland com. Hartf. 22 Octob.
1560, per raort. Jo. Tilney, ad pres. Jacobi Altham. Keg. Grindall.
A new Pmtill containing most godly and learned Sermons upon all the Sonday
Gmpelks that he redde in the Church thorowout the Yere, lately settforthe unto
the great Profit not only of all Curates mid spiritual Ministers, hut also of all other
godly andfoythfiU Jleude}-s, perused and allowed according to the Q,ue)ic's Ma'tie's
Jminictions, by Thomas Becon. With a large preface, dated from my house
at Canterbury xvi July 1566. Kennet.
Jo. Becon Suifolcicnsis admissus socius coll. Jo. Cant, Mar. 21, 1561.
Re^r A. B. Cant. an. 1530. Bakeb.]
' [.iVdmissus in coll. Regal, an. 1558; procurator 1570; M. D. 1581.
Bakeb.]
' [Admissus in coll. Regal. 1553. socius ibid. dcin. prjefcctus aul, Trin.
BiKBB.
Vid. my MS. coll. vol. 6, p, 506. Coli.]
that she gave ' him 20^ per an. for so doing. He waa
afterwards doctor of the civil law and master of Trin. hall in
that university. '
Five more of the said university were then incorporated
masters of arts also, among whom Edw. Stanhope was
one. '
On the same day, Sept. 6, were these doctors following
incorporated.
Tho. Wilson doct. of the laws beyond sea, * incorpo-
rated at Cambridge, was now incorjwrated also at Oxon.—
He was a Lincolnshire man born, elected scholar of King's
coll. in Cambridge in 1541, where he afterwards was tutor
and senant to Heni-y and Charles Brandon dukes of Suffolk.
Afterwards ' he was one of the ordinary masters of Requests,
master of St Catharine's hospital near to the Tower of
London, ambassador several times from queen Elizabeth to
Mary queen of the Scots, into the low countries in 1577,
and in 1579, Feb. 5, had the deanery of Durham confer'd
upon him by the queen, (void by the death of Will. Whit-
tyngham) he being then secretary of state and privy coun-
sellor to her. \Vhile he enjoyed the office of secretary, he
became famous for three things. (1) For quick dispatch
and industry. (2) For constant diligence, and (3) for a
large and strong memory. He hath written, ( ? ) Epistola de
Vita Sf Obitu duorum Fratrum Suffolciensium IJeiirici 3r Caroli
Brandon. Lond. 1552. qu. 'Tis set before a book of verses
made on their deatlis by several scholars of Oxon and Cam-
bridge. All w hicli he collecting together, did publish them,
and by an epistle of liis composition, dedicated them to
Heniy Grey duke of Suffolk.* ('2) The Art of Rhetoric,
printed 155.-J, 60, [62] 67. [84, 85.] &c. qu. (3) The Rule
of Reason, containing the Art of Logic. First printed in the
reign of king Edward 6, [1551,] afterwards at Lond. [1552,
15,53,] 1567. qu. (4) Discourse upon Usury, Lond. 1572,
qu. much commended by Dr. Laur. Humphrey * the queen's
public prof, of div. in Oxon. He also translated from
Greek into English, The three Orations of Demosthenes chief
Orator among the Grecians in the Olynthians. Lond. 1570.
with other things which I have not yet seen. He gave
way to fate in 1581, whereupon his funeral was celebrated
17 June the same year in St. Catharine's church in East-
Smithtield, near to the Tower of London. The male issue
which lie left behind him, begotten on the body of Anne
daughter of sir Will. Winter, knight, settled at Sheepwash
in Lincolnshire, where the name did lately, if not still,
remain. Dr. Tob. Matliew did not succeed him in the
deanery of Durham till .Vug. 1583.*
' Tho. Hatcher or bis continustor in the Cat. of Prov. FtU, and SchoL if
King's Coll. MS. under the year 1553.
s [He wrote (doubtless besides other things) an encomium on Bucer and
Fagius, printed Argent 156^, fol. 174, as did Ruben Sherwood just men-
tioned.]
' [Edw. Stanhope electus todus minor coll. Trin. Sept. S3, 1569. Major
Apr. 30, 1566. Bakeb.]
* [In Academia Ferrariensi utrisq. Juris Dr. Reg'r Acad. Cant, Bakkr.]
' [Commissio Matth. Cant, ar'epi facta mag'ro Rob'tu Weston LL. D.
decano de arcubus ad adniiltend. niag'rum Tho. Wilson LL. D. in advocatiT
curiiB Cant, dat Lambelutb. xxviii Feb. 1560. lieg. Parker, (. 229. Kbn-
NET.]
* [This is one of the rarest pieces of English biography we haTe, and is
not less valuable for its intrinsic merit than for its curiosity. 1 he Selden
copy has been frequently quoted in these Athen*, and I then supposed it
to be almost the only one remaining. I have, however, very lately seen ano*
ther copy in the magnificent library of carl Spencer at Althorp, and there is
a third in the British Museum. Where to refer the reader to a fourth I know not]
» In Vita Joh. Juelli, edit. 1573, p. 232, &c.
' [This date must be incorrtct, see extract from the Talbot letters,
col, 877.]
175
1566.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1566.
176
[991
Rob. Forth or Ford LL. D. ' of the said univ. of Cam-
bridge.— Of whom 1 know no more. •
Rob. Hoick M. of A. of thin university, and sometimes
fellow of Mert. coll. afterwards D. of physic of Cambridge,*
and fellow of the coll. of ithysicians at London, and physi-
cian to the qu. was then (Sept. 6) incorporated doct. of
physic in the house of Barthol. Lant, by the commissary
and two proctors.
John Robinson doct. of tliv. of Cambridge, sometimes
a member of Pembroke haU there, now president of St.
John's coll. in this university, was also then incorporated. '
In 1574, May 31, he was installed archdeacon of Bedford,
in the place, as it seems, of AVill. Rodde, and about 1576"
he succeeded John Aylmer or Elmer in the archdeaconry of
Lincoln ; of whicli he was about that time made chauntor.
Oct. 11. Nigh. Bollyngham LL. D. of Cambridge*
and now bishop of Lincoln, was tlien incorporated LL. D.
16. Edw. Eglionbie M. A. and fellow of King's coll. in
Cambridge. ' — He was now esteemed a good Grecian, and
Latin poet, was afterwards a justice of peace for Wai-wick-
shire ; and drawing the pedigree of qu. Elizabeth, dedi-
cated it to her, for which she gave * him &l. per an. out of
her lands for ever.
26. John Porie doct. of div. and master of Corp. Ch.
coll. in Cambridge. — One John Pory sometimes of Gonevill
and Caius college in Cambridge did translate and collect A
Geographical History of Africa, written in Arabic and Italian
by John Leo a More, born in Granada and brouglit up in
Barbary. — Lond. 1600. fol. What relation there was be-
tween this John Pory and the other who was doctor of div.
I know not ; nor whether he be the same John Pory M. A.
who was installed canon of the seventh stall in the church
of Westminster, on the resignation of John Hyll, an.
1568. »
Mar. 22. George Ackworth LL.D. and sometimes
orator of Cambridge, was incorporated in that degree — He
hath published (1) Oratio in Restitutione Buceri &; Fagii.
Printed 1562. oct. (2) ProlegomenaiH Lib. 2. de visibili Mo-
norchia contra Nich. Sanderi Monarchiam, Lond. 1573. qu.*
Creations.
Aug. 27. Rich. Barber bac. of the LL. and warden of
7 [He was LL.D. at Cant. an. 1562. Baksr.]
» [[take him to be the same Rob' Ft'ord that put an English copie of
verses before John Mayo's Pojie's Parliament printed at Lond. in 4to. 1591.
Heabne, MS. Coll. Ixix, 98. He is omitted by Ritson.]
9 [Admissus M. D. Cantabrigia; »n, 1538. Reg. Cantab. Bakfb.]
' [Jun. 11. 1583. Conceditur M'" Jo. Robynson olira socio aula; Pcmbr.
in ista universitate, et postca collegii D. Joh'is in Oxoif academia pnefecto,
et nunc cccliiE cath. Lincoln preb. ut studium 24 annorum hie et Oxoniis in
theologia post quam rexerit in artibus &c.; sufliciatei ad incipiendum in sacra
theologia. Regr. Acad. Cant. S. T. P. eodera anno. Bakeh.]
* [Bac. Juris Oxon. admissus LL. D. CantabrigisE 1559. Begr. ibid.
Baker.]
' [C. Aglionbie admissus in coll. Regal. 1536. Scripsit Carmen in mortem
Fratrum .Sufiitlc. Baker ]
* Tho. Hatcher ut supra, sub. an. 1536.
' [1529.21 Dec. Revraus. admisit mag''rJoh'em PoryeS.T. P. ad preb.
in Tcclla Elicn. quam magr. Joh'es Youge nuper habuit, per deprivat. ejusd.
Tacantera ; ex pres. D. reginac.
1560. 19 Aug. Revmus. admisit raagriT Joh'cm Pory S. T. P. ad eccl. de
Pulham Mary una cum capella annexa vac. per mort. Will'i Maye ult. rect.
ad ores. D. regina; vacante sede Norwic. Reg. Parker. Kennet.]
* [Facultas concessa Georgio Ackeworth LL. D. 4 Mail, 1575. ut cum
rectoria de Elrington alias Wro\ightou, dioc. Sarum. aliud beneficium tencat.
Regiftr. FacuUatiim cmcess. per Matth. Ar'eptf Cant.
Commissio Matthai Cant. ar'epT mag'ro Roberto Weston LL. D. ad ad-
roittend. mag'ru CcorgiiT Ackworth iu advor atum Curia; Cant de arcubus
dat. 1 Nov. 1562. Reg. Parker. KtNNET.]
All-s. coll. was then actually created doct. of the laws in an
upper chamber belonging to liim at Warden, by Dr. Will.
Awbrey and Dr. Rob. Longher, by yirtue of a commission
directed to them from the ven. convocation. — See more
among the batch, of law, an. 1540.
Edw. Atslow M. of A. and fellow of New coll. was
actually created doct. of phys. the same day, in the house of
Dr. Hen. Baylie situated in the High-street leading to the
Quadrivium, by Dr. Thom. Francis and him the said Dr.
Baylie by, virtue of a commission, &c. " This Atslow was
" afterwards a noted physician among the papists ; and for
" corresponding with Maiy qu. of Scots, suffered several
" mouths imprisonment.''
Rob. Barnes batch, of phys. sometimes fellow of Mert.
coU. was also actually created doctor of that faculty in the
same place and on the same day, by virtue of a commission,
&c.
Aug. 30. Roger Gifford batch, of physic, sometimes
fellow of Merton college, now, or lately, fellow of that of
All-s. was actually created doct. of that fac. by Dr. Walter,
and Henry Baylie, in the house of the said Henry, by virtue
of a commission, &c. This Dr. Gifford was afterwards pre-
sident of the coll. of physicians at London, and physician to
qu. Elizabeth.
Note that the aforesaid four persons were created, be-
cause they were appointed by the convocation to dispute '
before qu. Elizabeth when she was to be entertained by the
academians in the beginning of Sept. this year.
After she had been entertained, these noble persons fol-
lowing, with others of quality, were actually created masters
of arts, on the sixth day of the said month of Sept. viz.
Edward Vere, earl of Oxford. — He was son of John
Vere earl of the said place, who dying in 1562, left this his
son Edw. a vast estate, which he afterwards squandered,
for the most part, away, upon some distaste taken against
his wife's father. Will, lord Burleigh L. treasurer of Eng-
land, who refused to endeavour, when it lay in his power,
to save the life of his beloved and entire friend Thomas duke
of Norfolk for what he was charged with relating to Mary
queen of Scots. This most noble earl of Oxon was in his
younger days " a ])ensioner of St. John's college in Cam-
" bridge," an excellent poet and comedian, as several mat-
ters of his composition, which were made public, did shew,
which, I prestune, are now lost and worn out. All that I
have yet seen ' are certain poems on several subjects, thus
entit. (1) His good name being blemished, he hewaileth. (2)
The Complaint of a Lover wearing black and tawnie. (3) Be-
ing in Love he complainelh. (4) A Lover rejected complaineth.
(5) Not attaining to his desire, he complaineth. (6) His Mind
quietly settled he complaineth thus; with many such like
things, that were highly valued in their time. He gave
way to fate in a good old age 24 June 1604, and was, as I
conceive, buried by the body of his father, at Earls Colne in
Essex.»
' [Wood has omitted the degree of one of those commanded to prepare
themselves for disputation before the queen who took his degree of doctor of
physic in this year. This was Richard Slytiiurst, of Berkshire, and of Bra^
len-nosc college. He was a physician at Oxford, and died there in the parish
of St. Peter in the East, 1586. His will is dated January 20, and was proved
February 23, in the same year. Some of the dispensations for the said de-
gree are granted in the University Register, aruongst others ' ut crearetur
doctor ante advcntum regina;, et paratus sit ad disputandum coram ilia.']
8 [Wood had seen them in his own copy of the Paradyse ofdahUie Deuiiet,
edit. 1578, which is now preserved in his study. Numb. 482.]
9 [Of the Earl of Oxford's character as a writer, (and wc have nothing to
say of him in this place in any other capacity,) see lord Orford's Rm/al and
177
1566.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
156r.
178
[100]
Will. Hawakd or Howard baron of Eflin^ham, lord
chamberlain to the qiieen. — He was son of Thomas, the se-
cond duke of Norfolk, by Agnes his second wife, dau. of
Hugh Tilney, and sister and lieir to sir I'hilip Tilney of
Boston in Lincolnshire, kt.'
Tho. Butlkk earl of Onuond. — ^This person is one of the
ancestors of the present duke of Ormond, was now in great
favour with qu. Eliz. and by her employed several times in
matters of concern relating to Ireland, especially in that of
quelling the rebellion there, made by some of his house, as
sir Edm. Butler, Pierce and Edw. his brethren.
Ambrose Dudley earl of Warwick. — He was the eldest
son that survived of Joh. Dudley duke of Northumberland,
(beheaded for high treason in the reign of qu. Mary) and
elder brother to Rob. Dudley carl of Leicester, chanc. of
this university.
Hen. lord Strange son of Edw. earl of Derby. — He be-
came earl of Derby after his fatlier's death, an. 1572.
Edw. Stafford baron.
John Sheffield baron.
The first of these two barons was the true heir of the
Staffords dukes of Buckingham, and is ancestor to John
Howard, the present viscount Stafford. " He was leiger
" ambas.sador in France from qu. Eliz. many years." — The
other, Joh. Sheffield, died in 15f)8, leaving then behind him
a son of about two years of age named Edmund, who was
created earl of MvJgreve or Mulgiave by K. Charles 1. in
the first year of his reign.
Sir M'lLL. Cecill secretary of state. — He was •' some-
" times of St. John's college Cambridge," afterwards lord
Burleigh, and father to Tho. earl of Exeter, Rob. earl of
Salisbury, and Edw. viscount Wimbleton.
■ Rogers comptroller — ^)Vhat his Christian name was,
I cannot yet tell.
Sir Frank. Knollis knight, captain of the halberticrs.
Sir NicH. Throckmorton knight, a wise and stout man,
lately leiger ambassador in France " as he had been in
NoMe Authors, by Park, vol. ii, pp. 115, &c. and Brydgcs's reprint of the Pa-
radise fffdamtije DeuUcs, preface, page x. The following lines are unknown
to all the collectors of lord Oxford's scattered productions.
Lines by the Earl nf' Or/nrd .
(From MS. Tanner, 306, page 193.)
Feyne would I singe, but fury makes me frette.
And rage hath sworne to seke reuenge of wronge ;
My mased mynde in malice so is sette,
Ai death shall daunte my deadly dolors longe.
Pacience perforce is such a pincliinge payne,
As dy I will, or suffer wronge agayne !
I am no sott to suffer suche abuse
.\s dothe bereve my hurt of his dclighte,
Nor wyll I frame my selfe to suche as vse
With calme consent to sufter such dcspyght
Noe quiet sleep shall once jjossesse myne ey,
Till witt have wroughte his will on iniurye.
My hart shall fayll, and hand shall loose his force,
Kut some devise shall pay despight his dewcj
And fury shall consume my careful coorse.
Or raze the ground, wheron my sorow grew.
Loe, thus in rage, of ruthfull mind refusM,
I rest reveng'd of whonie I am abus'd.
Finis, J-Mrle of Oxenforde.']
' [D Gulielmus Howard e,\ .T,de Xti filius tertio-geiiitus de Thoma; ducis
Nortblcicnsis, ex secimda scilicet uxore, Margarita, hlia et haircde Tlionue
haronis Audley, Anglian canccllarii : nalus est Dcceuibris 19. an. 1.563. Su-
p<'r>tcs 1621. Vincent, p. 357. Obiit .^ug. 1640. Dugdale. De eo vide
Caiuden, Brit. p. 644. .326. Burton, Leiast. p. 226. Editor Florentii Wigor-
nensis, Ixind. 1592. Utec de illo habet D. Fullman adscripta eidem liisto-
ricl Kennet.J
" Scotland," and about this time chief butler of England
and chamberlain of the Exchequer. — He died suddenly in
Leicester house in the parish of St. Clement without Templq
Bar, London, on Monday 12 Feb. 1570. Whereupon his
body was carried to his house in the parish of Cree Church
near Aldgate; where resting 'till the 21 day of the said
month, was then buried in the parish church there. See
more of him in Cambden's Annals of Qu. Eliz. under the year
1570.
John Tomwokth orTAMWoRTH esq. of the privy cham-
ber to the queen. — The same who in 1564 had been sent
to Maiy qu. of Scots to intercede with her for the re-admis-
sion of some of her lords that had been against her marriage
with Henry lord Darnley. This Joh. Tomworth had spent
much of his youth in travelling beyond the seas.
These nobles, and persons of quality before-mention'd,
were, I say, actually created masters of arts in a convocation
held Sept. 6. in the public refectory of Ch. Church, in the
presence of Robert earl of Leicester chancellor of the uni-
versity. Dr. Kennall commissary. Dr. Laur. Humphery,
both the proctors, &c. the queen being then about to leave
Oxon.
Sept. — Thom. Randolphe batch, of the civ. law, some-
times principal of Broadgate's hall, had leave, tho" absent,
to be created doctor of his faculty; but whether he was
created it appears not.
Oct. 11. By virtue of a commission from the prime mem-
bers of the university, then bearing date and sealed, di-
rected to Dr. Laur. Humphrey the queen's professor of
divinity, were these five bishops following made doct. of
div.
Oct. 30. Joh. Parkhurst bishop of Norwich.
Will. Downham bishop of Chester.
Tho. Bentham bishop of Litch. and Gov.
• • — Rich. Davies bishop of S. David.
Joh. Best bishop of Cai'lisle.
All which were actually created (Oct. 30.) in the house
of one Steph. Medcalf at London, in the presence of Will.
Standish public notary, and registrary of the university,
Thomas Roberts, John Pratt arclideacon of St. David, Walt.
Jones archdeacon of Brecknock (afterwards canon of West-
minster in the place of Dr. Matthew Hutton) and Thom.
Huet chauntor of St. David.'
Oct. — Edward earl of Rutland was actually created
mast, of arts at London.
Feb. — Will. Smythe one of the clerks of the queen's
council, was also created M. of A. at London.
An. Dom. 1567. — 9-10 Elizas.
Chancellor.
The same.
Commissan/.
Tho. Coopkb D. D. dean of Ch. Ch. elected 26 March.
Proctors.
Adam SauYHE of IJal. coll. elect. 9 .\pr.
Henr. Bust of Magd. coll. elect. 9 Apr.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 18. John Chardon of Exeter coll. — He was after-
wards bishop of Down and Coimor in Ireland.
* [Tlio. Hcwet master of the college of S. Trinity in Pontfract had at the
dissolution of the said house a pension of 61. 13s. 4d. contbiued to be paid iii
the year 1555. MS. Kesnet.]
*N
179
15C7.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1567.
180
[101]
June 7. Rich. Stanyhurst of Univ. coll.
Jul. 12. Thom. Williams. — See among the writers under
the year 1600.
Oct. 10. John Case the philosopher of St. John's coll.
Dec. 16. Edw. lord IIussbll, (of Univ. coll.) eldest son of
Francis earl of Bedford.
Atlmitted 46.
Batchelor of Law.
Dec. 9. Michael Maschiart of New coll.
Besides him, were 9 admitted j but not one of them was
afterwards a bishop or writer.
Masters of Arts.
April 21. Tho. Allen or Alan of Trin. coll.
. George Blackwell of Trin. coll.
Thom. Ford was also admitted on the same day. — This
person, who was president of Trin. coll. and a Devonian
born, did soon after leave the university, countiy, and
friends, went to Doway, and became a R. Cath. priest and
batch, of divinity. Afterwards being sent into the mission
of England, was taken and imjirisoned, and at length exe-
cuted at I'yburn near London 28 May 1582.
June 4. Will. Raynolds of New coll.
20. John Field. — See among the writers under the year
1587.
July 9. Franc. Bunney of Magd. coll. — He is mentioned
at large among the writers [col. 203.]
Oct. 17. NicH. Bond of the same coll. — ^This person I
set down here, not that he was a writer, but to disting-uish
him from Nich. Bownd, whom I shall mention among the
incorporations, an. 1577-
Thom. Cole of Magd. coll. was admitted the same day.
^In the latter end of the year (in March) 1588, he became
archdeacon of the East Riding of Yorkshire' upon the re-
signation of John Mey (who some years before had been
promoted to the see of Carlisle) and he upon the death of
Martin Parkjnson batch, of div. in Aug. 1569.
Oct. 30. Rob. Fletcher of Mert. coll. — One of both his
names made several translations as (1) The Song of Solomon,
into English verse, &c. Lond. 1586 in tw. to which he
added Annotations. (2) Of the Introduction to the Love of
God, out of English prose into English verse.'' Lond. 1581.
oct. &c. Whether he be the same with him of Mcrt. coll.
I cannot tell, unless I could see the said translations, which
I have not yet done. As for the said Rob. Fletcher of Mert.
coU. who was a Warwickshire man born, he was for several
misdemeanors turn'd out from his fellowship of that house,
in June 1 563, whereupon, being out of employment for the
present, he was soon after made schoolmaster of Taunton
in Somersetshire, and at length became a godly minister
and preacher of the word of God.
JoH. Tatham of Mert. coll. was admitted the same day. —
He was afterwards rector of Line. coll.
Admitted 43.
' [1600. 4 Nov. Tho. Cole A. M. ad eccl. de Heyford-ad-pontem, per
mortem Willi'" Cole, ad pres. Joh. Reynolds, prej. coll. Corp. Xti Oxon. ct
kIioI.
(Ij alius vidctur a Hiomas Cole Archido Eboracens.) Reg. Whitgift Arc pi
Vant, Kf.nnet.]
* [An Intmduct'fm to the Ijmie of God. Arcoumpted among the tKorkcs of
S. Augiiilini, mid Iramliitcd into Kniflish by — yxlmund Bkhop of SnruUch, thiit
tunce is,aud b;i him dcdit-nled to the Quccncs most rxccUatI Mfiickic, to the Giorie
of God, and Comfmi of his clwsni. — And newtie turned into Knglishe Meter, by
)<«*, JYdi/ifi, iaSl. l>oiid. l.iSl, 8vo. Herbert's Ame», p. WB]
Batchelor of Dimniiy.
Only one was admitted this year, viz. John Withyns of
Brasen-n. coll. which is all I know of him.
Doctors of Civil Law.
Apr. 19. Hen. Berkley of New coll.
21. Will. Constantine of All-s. coll.
Jul. 4. Joh. Belly provost of Oriel coll. — He was after-
wards chancellor of the diocese of Lincoln, and one of the
masters of Chanceiy.
Tho. Sammon of All-s. coll. was admitted the same dav.
7. Rob. Leech of Ch. Ch. chancellor of Chester. " He
" died Nov. 3. A.D. 1587, and is buried in Malpas church
" in Cheshire."
Doctor of Physic.
Jul. 12. Henry Wotton of Ch. Church. — See more of
him in Edward Wotton among the writers, under the year
1555.
Doctor of Divinity.
Jul. 7. John Bullyngham of Magd. coll. — He was after-
wards bishop of Glocester.
Incorporations.
Jul. 9. Robert Horne doct. of div. of Cambridge,' and
now bishop of M^inchester, was incorporated doctor in the
house of congregation, and took the oath requisite to be
taken by such as are incorporated. — lie was the son of John
Plorne, son of Will. Horne of Cletor in Copland, in the
cotmty of Cumberland, educated in St. John's coll. in the
aforesaid university, made dean of Durham in Nov. 1551,'
was an exile for his religion in 1553, " printed an Apology
"for leaving liis Country, and" returned in the beginning of
qu. Elizabeth, an. 1558, restored to his deanery in the year
following, and in 1560 he was made bishop of Winchester.
He hath written An Answer made to a Book entit. The Decla-
ration of such Scruples and Staies of Conscience touching the
Oath of Supremacy, as Mr. Jo. Fekenham bij Jf'riting did deliver
unto the said L. Bishop with his Resolutions made thereunto.
Lond. 1566, qu. and also A Preface to Calvin's two Sermons,
one against Idolatry, the other to suffer Persecution, &c. He
died on the first of June 1579, and was buried in his church
at Winchester near the pulpit.' I find another Rob. Horne
to be a writer and publisher of several books relating to
' [Robertas Home admissus socius coll. .To. Cant Mar. 25, 1.536. Baker.
Rob. Home cotl. D. Joh. S. T. B. gradu ornatus, 1546. Fasti Cantab.
Kexnet.]
s [1552 O'leunte) 18 Febr. Letter to the chapter of Darham requiring
them to conform to such orders in religion and divine service, as theu- dean
Mr. Horne shall set forth, whom the lords require to receive and use well.
Reg. Council K. F.dw. VI. Kexnet.]
' [Bishop Ilorne was a most zealous and active puritan, and one of the
greatest enemies the monuments of art and the ancient rites of religion found
at the reformation. He visited Winchester cathedral and college, Magdalen,
Corpus, Trinity, and Xcw colleges frec|Hcntly, destroying the images, pic-
tures, missals, painted glass and other tokens of the religion and piety of his
ancestors, with a zeal as furious as it was ridiculous. It «ai in one of this
prelate's visits of destruction that the sumptuous ornaments over the altar of
New college were defaced, and the niches filled up, by his order, with plaistSr
and white-wash. Some part of these beautiful specimens of Gothic architec-
ture was discovered in the year 1695, in refitting the altar, and is still pre-
served as a proof of Home's supcrabumlance of piety, or of his total want
of tasle.
Sec his Letter to Trinilii College cmccriwig the remoeal of superstitious omn-
ments from the ehapel, July 19, 1570. in Warton's Life of Pope, Appendix
N" xiii.j
181
15«8.
FASTI OXONIENSE8.
1508,
182
[102]
divinity, but he was n minister of Gods word at Ludlow in
Sliropshirc, in the reigns of James I. and Clia. 1."
Jul. 15. Rich. Howland M. of A. of Cambridf^e." — This
person, being the son of Rich. Rowland of London by his
wife Ann Grecnway of Clay in Norfolk, was baptized (at
London 1 think) 2G .September 1540, afterwards educated
in Peter house, of which he was fellow, made mustei- of
Magd. then of St. John's, college in Cambridge, and at length p .1 . .^'^
bishop of Peterborough, as Tliave elsewhere told you. *'*^ university
macy, he was executed at Tyburn, with other* of his per-
suasion, 30 May 1582.
March 24. Georob Pettie of Ch. Ch.
Admitted 102.
Batchelora of Laws.
Only five were admitted this year, and three supplicated
for the said degree, among whom James Charnock proct
An. Dom. 1568. — 10-11 Elizab.
Chancellor.
Tlie same.
Commissary.
Dr. CoopEK, designed to that office by the chancellor's
letters, with the consent of convocation, 3 May.
Proctors.
3km. Charnock of Brasen-n. coll. elect. 18 Apr.
Edm. Campion of S. John's coll. elect. 18 Apr.
I find another Edm. Campion who was fellow of Trin.
coll. in 1503, and proceeded M. of A. 1567'.
Grammarians.
Jul. 10. Thom. Ashbroke a schohu- of, or a student in,
grammar for twenty years, stiled in the register ludi-
m:igister Uxelli, was admitted to instnict in grammar.
Masters of Arts.
Jul. 10. Tho.Twtne of CO. coll.— See inoi-e in the
year 1593.
Nov. 3. John Underbill of New coll. — He was after-
wards bish. of Oxford.
Admitted 27.
D'atcheloT of Divinilij.
Only one admitted, namely Will. Cole of C. C. coll. af-
terwards dean of Lincoln, and five supplicated for the said
degree, among whom Edm. Campion one of the proctors
was one.
Doctors of the Civil Law.
Jul. 14. Vincent Denne of All-s. coll. official of Can-
terbury. *
John Langford of the same house, was admitted on the
same day, being about this time chancellor of the diocese of
Worcester. He died about the beginning of Nov. in 1579,
and wiis buried at the cath. church at Worcester. — He did
He IS tlie last of all that occurs admitted to instruct youths succeed in that olTice, as it seems, one M'ill.Turnbull LL.B.'
ii"d was succeeded by Dr. Rich. Cosin the eminent civilian,*
by the favour of Dr. Joh. Whitgift bish. of Worcester.
Doctor of Phtjsic.
_ March 9. Oliver Wvthyngdon of Brasen-n. coll. now,
or soon after, dean of Battel in Sussex. — He died in 1590,
and \\ as buried in tlie church of St. Peter in the East in
Oxoii.
Cj" Not one doct. of div. was admitted this year.
Incorporations. •
Apr. 19. AVill. Hughes batch, of div. of Cambridge.
Ho \vas afterwards bisliop of St. Asaph.
IIknky Haward or Howard M. A. of Cambr. was incor-
porated the same day.' — ^This Hen. Howard wlio " was
" brother to the tlien duke of Norfolk," was second son of
Henry earl of Surrey the learnedest among the nobility, and
the most noble among tiie learned, was born in the county
of Norfolk, educated in King's coll. afterwards in Trinity
hall, travelled beyond the seas, and became a very learned
gentleman, a man of excellent wit and fluent eloquence. It
is observed, that tlio' he was not respected by qu. Elizabeth,
yet he wrote a learned book entit. An Apology for the Go-
vernment of Women: which is in MS. in Bodleys libniri-,
[Bodl. Arch. A. 170.] given tliereunto by Ralph Radcliff
' [On the death of Dr. Roger Ne9kham WUI. Turnbull was instituted ia
the 4th prebendal stall of the church of Worcester 18th and imtajled 19th
March, 1.557 ; and upon his resignation, Robert Shaw B. D. was installed
therein, 28 Octob. 1558. Antiq. Ware. liT. KESNtr.]
♦ [Dr. Cosin lias wrote a book iutiluled, dmspiraci/ for pretended Eeforma.
turn, Sec. — He has Greek Tcrses upon Dr. Nith. Carr, who died \ov. 3. 1568.
where he stiles himself Pi;^«{j5C o K«~»« jx ruiru»ifi« rnt Aj-i'sc t(laitt.
Vide Ncwcourt, p. 445. Hie. Cosyn clectus .socius minor coll. Triu. an. lo6o ;
major Mar. 25, 1569. B*»kb.] "
* [D. N. Haward coll. Regal, admisstu in matriculam acad. Cant. Oct. ♦,
156-i.
D'nus Hen. Howard A. M. Cant. an. l.'>66, post studiuin trium annorufti,
&c. BakckJ
JV* 2
in grammar, in our records.'
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 5. .'\dam Hyll of Bal. coll.
May 31. Rob. Persons of Bal. coll.
Tho. Heth of AU-s. coll. was adm. the same day.
Jul. 9. Rob. Gvvinne of C. C. coll.
Oct. 15. John Rainolds of C C. coll.
Nov. 18. Meridith Hanmer of C. C. coll.
John Chamber of Merton college was admitted the same
day.
Feb. 11. John Norden of Hart hall.
— — John Keper of Hart hall.
16 Franc. Trigge of Univ. coll.
" 17. Thom. Crowtheu of Ch. Ch. He sorn after left
" the university, his religion, relations, and country, and
" going to Doway entred himself among the Englisli secu-
" lars in the Englisli coll. tliere, where lie became a person
" of note in his time."
Mar. 23. Thom. Cottam of Brasen-n. coll. — This person,
wlio was a Lancashire man bovn, left Oxon soon after, and
taught a grammar school at London. Afterwards he went
to Rome, %vhere he studied divinity, thence to Rheimes,
wliere he was made a priest, and at length into England to
.■■e; ve those of his j)rofession ; but being taken at his arrival
in tiic haven, at, or near to, Dover, in 1580, was imprison'd,
tormented and tortur'd " for about two years; in which
time he was received into the society of Jesus. At length,
being not to be prevailed with to take the oath of supre-
' [EngUth Histnrical Miscelianiet eollected by him. MS. Rawl. B. 151.
Thrrse bear the date 1618.]
' [Hie. Ilowlaiide adniissus soc. coll, S" Petri Nov. 11. 1562. admissus
Mr. coll. Jo. Cant. Jul. M. 1577. lie/Tr. Cnll. Jo. Baksr.]
' rv. Appendix to Gibson's Cedex. p. 77, ed. 1 ; p. 1572, ed. ii. LovE-
DIV.]
•^ See card. Will. Alan's book called .4 t'mcerc or modest Defence, Sec. or
Alt .Jjuucr (0 tlic Libel of' EngUnli Jiuticc, he. p. 11.
183
1569.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1570.
184
town clerk of Oxon 1621. He was afterwards for his great
learning and prudence, so much esteemed by K. James 1.
that he was (tho' a papist) by him advanced to great places
and honoui-s, among wliich was the earhlom of Northamp-
ton; and dying 15. June 1614, was buried in the church or
chappel belonging to Dover castle, lie having been lord
warden of the Cinque Ports, and lord privy seal. In his life
time he published a book entit. A Defensative against tJie
Poison ofsiipposal Prophecies, Lond. 1583, afterwards revised
and published in 1620, fol.* In 1609 he succeeded John
lord Luniley in the high stewardship of this university.
(103] May — Elize Bomlie doct. of phys. of Cambridge.
Jul. 13. Will. Livyng batch, of div. of the same uni-
versity.
Leonard Cassembrotus or Cassenbrotius LL. D. of
Orleans, was incorporated the same day. — lie was descended
from Leon. Cassenbrotius a learned man of Bruges, who
lived in the time of Erasmus Roterod.
Creations.
Apr. 19. Thom. Haward or Howard duke of Norfolk,
knight of the order of the Garter and earl marshall of Eng-
land, was actually created master of arts in a certain cham-
ber where he lodged in the ho\ise of Thom. Furse, com-
monly called the Bear Inn in All-saints parish. He w<as
beheaded on Tower-hill 2 June 15 Eliz. for endeavouring
to marry Mary qu. of Scots without leave of license from
qu. Eliz.
Aug. 2. Sir Henry Sidney knight of the Garter and lord
deputy of Ireland, was created master of arts in the place
/ where he lodged in Ch. Ch. (1 think in the dean's lodgings)
at which time he solemnly promised to observe the privi-
leges and liberties of the university. — I have made large
mention of him among the writers, vol. i. col. 513.
An. Dom. 1569.— 11-12 Elizab.
The same.
Chancellor,
Commissary.
The same, viz. Dr. Thom. Cooper now dean of Glocester,
but upon what account, whether by a new election made
by the masters, his office was prorogued, it appears not.
At this time the chancellor took upon him to nominate the
commissai-y, (which now began to be called vice-chanceUor)
merely by the great power he took upon himself.
Proctors.
Thom. Bbreblock of Ex. coll. Apr. 20.
Thom. Bodley of Mert. coll. Apr. 20.
Batchelors of Arts.
Dec. 1. Henry Holland of St. John's college.
Jonas Meredith of the same coll. was admitted on the
same day. — He was a Bristol man born, was afterwards a
R. Cath. priest, and a prisoner in Wisbich castle ' in Cam-
bridgshire, for stifly defending the jurisdiction of the pope.
He was expelled St. John's coll. ' super statutum, quod tue-
retur reum' (so are the words in the register belonging to
• [See a. very full account qf thi» man in lord Orford's Rryal and Noble Au-
thor; by Park, vol. ii, page 148 to 167, and in Lodge's PortraUs qf lUustrimis
Persmages.]
. V^ '% ^^- ^5''«"''' BnrfA,»l. in Defence of Eccksiasticd Subordinaiion
m England, pnntcd 1601 in oct. fol. 161. b.
that house) and, as 'tis suj)posed, did afterwards publish
certain matters ' in defence of his religion.
Jan. — Hen. Cotton of Magd. coll. — He was afterwards
bish. of Exeter.
Mar. 11. JoH. Rogers of Mert. coll.
Admitted 92.
Masters of Arts.
Jul. 11. George Cortat of New coll.
8. John Smith of St. Joh. coll.
Oct. 21. Tho. D'oylie of Magd. coll.
Nov. 21. John Howlet of Exet. coll. — He left his fel-
lowshii) of the said house before he stood in the Act to cow-
pleat his degree, went beyond the seas, was made a Jesuite,
and had one or more books put out under his name. See
among the writers in Rob. Persons, under the year 1610.
" This John Howlet was born in Rutlandshire, entred into
" the society of Jesus at Lovain, 1572. aet. 24,^ having gone
" through the usual courses of philosophy, he afterward
" studied divinity at Doway, and taught for 10 years gram-
" mar, rhetoric, Greek, Hebrew, mathematics, ethics, ca-
" suistical controversies in Belgia & GermaniS. After-
" wards he went from Rome into Poland, to the end that
" he might labour in the Transylvanic mission, two years
" after he .went to Vilna. One Mr. Hoiilet, whose Chris-
" tian name I have forgot, did set out a dictionary of
" English and Latin words before tlie year 1570."
Admitted 36.
Batchelors of Divinity.
But two admitted, (Philip Biss being one) whom I
shall mention in 15S0, and two supplicated, of whom Joh.
Watkvns of AU-s. coll. (son of VVatkln Howell) was one. —
He was afterwards dean of Hereford, in the place, as it
seems, of Joh Ellis, and died in the month of May 1594.
Doctor of Civil Law.
Jul. 6. Arthur Bedell of Christ ChMich. — He was a
very learned civilian of his time.
Doctor of Physic.
Nov. 21. Tho. Jesopp of Mert. coll. — He died at Gil-
lyngham in Dorsetshire about the beginning of 1616, having
been before a benefactor to his college.
Doctors of Divinity.
Jul. 14. Will. Hughes (mention'd in the incorporations
an. 1568.) was admitted or licensed to proceed in divinity.
Jan. 16. Tho.m. Bickley wavden of Merton coll. — He
was afterwards bishop of Chichester.
An. Dom. l.oTO. — 12-13 Elizab.
Chancellor.
The same, viz. Robert earl of Leicester.
Commissary.
Dr. Cooper, designed to that office as the rest of his suc-
cessors were, by letters from tlie chancellor, dated May 5.
He became bish. of Lincoln about the latter end of this
year.
* [In a transcript of those who took the degree of B. .A., from 1505 to
1680 (made for Rowe Mores,) Meredith is said to have written several
tilings. ' .lonas Meredith, qui varia scripsit.' p. 122]
9 [Jo. Howlett ex Rutlandio oriundus, adniissus (in socictatem .lesu^ an.
1.S71. — V. H. Mori Hist. Soc. Jeai. p. 18.— Vide Solvelli Bibl. Script. Sec.
Jcsu. p. 461. Baki;r.]
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1570.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1570.
186
■I
Proctors.
Arth. Atie of Mert. coll. Apr. ."i.
Tho. Glasier of Ch. Ch. Apr. 5.
Batchelors of Arts.
May 30. Rob. Temple. — See among the batch, of div
under the year 1.588.
June 25. Thom. White of Magd. hall.
Oct. 17. Thom. WoKTHiNGTON of Brasen-n.
23. Tho. Spark of Magd. ^ ..
}
Nov. 15. Rich. Tuknbull of C. C.
Dec. 9. Thom. Holland of Bal.
13. Simon Wisdom of Gloc. hall.
Jan. 29. Joh. Field.
In the month of June, Will. Cambden supplicated for
the degree of batch, of arts, having spent four years in the
university in logicals, but was not admitted. See in the
years 1573 and 15S8.
Admitted 119.
Batchelors of Civil Law.
Apr. 26. Will. Say of All s. coll. — He was afterwards
chancellor of Winchester.
Nov. 24. Hugh Lloyd of New coll.
Dec. 5. Randal Catherall. — After he had left the uni-
versity he settled in an obscure village called Oddington
alias Addington, near to Bister in Oxfordshire ; where, by
a natural geny advanced with great industry, he became an
eminent and expert antiquary. His voluminous collections
from divers leiger books, concerning monasteries, especially
in these parts, and of genealogies and heraldry, were much
used by Dr. Robert Sanderson, afterwards bish. of Lincoln,
who did transcribe many things from them for his use,
which I have seen. But wliere those collections are now,
I cannot yet learn. This Mi'. Catherall, who was descended
from those of his name living at Horton in Cheshire, was
buried in a little vault under the chancel of the parish
church of Oddington before mention'd, 9 June 1G25. '
Admitted 9.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 8. CuTHBERT Mayne of St. John's coll. — Soon after
he left the nation, went to Doway in 1572, and was pro-
moted there to the degree of batch, of divinity : afterwards
he was sent into the mission of England, and setled for -a
time in his nati\e country of De\onshire. In 1577 he was
taken, and on the 29 of Nov. the same year was hang'd,
drawn, and quarter'd at Laimceston in Cornwall, being
then accounted by those of his jirofession, the first martyr
of the seminaries. You may read more of him in cardinal
Alan's book called A sincere and modest Defence, &c. or An
' [Dr. Foote Gowcr, in his pamplilct on Cheshire antiquaries, Chester
17ri, 1773, and London 1800, speaks of two Ralph Stanlevs, who had col-
lected for tile Iiistory of Cliesliire, and describes a MS. then in his own |)OS
session of Chesliire pedigrees, &c. collected by one of the Stanleys in 1610,
for which Erdswicke's notes had been used, lliis MS. is now in the pos-
jtession of a friend of tlie writer, and at the end is a pedigree of Catherall,
which seems to have been made by this Itandal Cathemll. He is there
described as third son of .Tnhn Cathenill of Horton, by Joan Madock his
wife, ' and an attorney of the King's Ueneh.' He had niarrie<l Joan, daugh-
ter and sole heir of Richard Jones of JNIerton, co.Oxon, by whom he ha<l two
sons, James and Edmund Wood, and others, particularly Gough, have <louc
much towards a history of the early cuhivators of our antiipiities, but nuieh
ren)ains yet unperformed ; both as to their personal history, and the extent
and nature of the information collected by them. Dr. Saundersoii's coUec-
tioDs, I believe, arc iu sir Joseph Banks's library. Hunter.]
Answer to a Libel of English Justice, &c. p. 2. also Camb-
den's Annals of Qu. Elk. under the year 1571.
Hen-r. Shaw of tlie same coll. was admitted on the same
day. — He afterwards went beyonil the seas, changed his
religion, was made a priest, and returning into Enghind,
was taken and committed to custody in Wisbich castle,
where, with several others, he endured a tedious imprison-
ment, and therefore by those of his profe».<;ion accounted a
confessor.
Apr. 25. Thom. Bilson of New coU.
28. Rob. Hoveden of All-souls coll.
40. Hen. Savile of Merton coll.
Jul. 4. Will. Harrys of Line. coll.
-^ Rich. Knolles of Line. coll.
Dec. 4. Bartholomew Chamberlayn^ of Trin. coll.
Admitted 53.
Batchelors of Physic.
Dec. 14. Christoph. Johnson of New coll. now the
learned master of Wykeham's school near to Winchester.
Three besides were admitted, but not one of them was a
writer.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Jul. 10. Edm. Bunney of Mert. coll.
Besides him were but two more admitted.
i^ Not one doct. of law or physic was admitted this
year.
Doctor of Divinity.
Jul. — John Withyns of Brasen-n. college.
Incorporations.
In the month of July was a supplicate made in the ven.
house of congregation for Edm. Freke, dr. of div. of Camb.'
to be incorporated ; but whetlier he was really so, I cannot
yet find. — 'Ihose things that 1 am to observe of him are,
that he was an Essex man born, had all his acad. education
in the said univ. of Cambr. was made canon of Wesminster
in 1564, in the place of Will. Downham, and about the same
time archd. of Canterbury. In 1505 he was made canon of
Windsor, and on the 10 of April 1570 he was installed dean
of Rochester in the place of Walt. Philips the first dean de-
ceased. In the year following, Sept. 18, he was made dean
of Stdisbury upon the promotitm of Will. Bradbridge to the
see of Exeter; but before he had been settled in the said
deanery, he was made bishop of Rochester, being then, as
one^saith, vir pins, doctus atque gravis. Afterwards he
was translated to \\'orcester, where he was a zealous assertor
of the church discipline.* ^
' [Jun. 10, 1570, concedihir M'o Edm. Frecke sacellsno dominse regime,
ut studium QO annorum in theologia po!<tquam rexerit inartibus sutficiat ei ad
incipiendum in sacra theologia, sic ut ejus admissio stet pro completis gradu
et forma doctoratus in eadem ficultate. J'eVr Acad. Cantabr. Bakkr.j
3 Matth. Parker in the first edit, of Antiq. Briton. Kccles. in Matthipo.
* [1544, 19. Dec. Edm. Freek, Lond. dioc. ad titulum annum pensionis
5 libr. a rege Henrico pnestanda?, ordinatur diaconus et presb. 18 Jun.
sequent. Reg. Bonmr. 1567. 13. Jun. Edm. Freke, A. jl. adniiss. ad
eccl. de Purley, per mort. Joh. Saunderson. Reg. GrinJiiU Epi Lond..
Kennkt.
After^vards he was translated to Norwich, and then to Worcester, &c.
He held the archd. of Canterbury and the rectory of Purleigh in Essex iu
comniendam. Tanneh.
Freke died at the age of 74, Augtist 22, 1591.]
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188
An. Dom. 1571.— 13-14 EUz.
Chancellor.
The same.
Commissary,
Lawrence Humphrey, D.D. president of Magd. coll.
and dean of Glocester, Apr. 2. by virtue of letters from the
chauc. dated 28 March.
Proctors.
Akth. Blencow of Or. coll. Apr. 26.
£dm. Fleetwood of Mert. coll. Apr. 26.
. Batchelors of Arts.
Mar. 28. Ezechias Fogge. — He translated into English
Comfort for the Sick in two Parts. The First for such that are
visited with Sickness, the Seconal to make Men willing to die.
Lond. 1574, in tw.
Nov. 22. Ralph Sherwyn of Exet. coll.
Dec. 1. Rich. Madox. — See among the M. of A. 1575.
Jan. 17- JoH. Lister.
Feb. 20. George More. — See among the masters 1573.
27. Edw. Graunt. — He was afterwards the learned
school-master of Westminster.
Mar. — Tho. Leyson of New coll. now esteemed a good
Latin poet.
Admitted 84.
Masters of Arts.
Mar. 24. Hen. Cotton of Magd. coll. — He was after-
wards bishop of Salisbury.
Besides him were but 16 masters admitted, tho' 102
batch, of arts were admitted three years before.
Batchelor of Physic.
But one admitted, and five supplicated, among which last
Tho. D'oYLiE of Magd. coll. was one, whom I have men-
tioned among the writers, under the year 1603.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Mar. 10. Will. James of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards
bishop of Durham.
Five there were that supplicated for the said degree, of
•whom Toby M.\tthew was one, but not admitted 'till
1573.
Kj" Not one doctor of law admitted this year.
Doctors of Physic.
June 23. Christopher Johnson of New coll.
Rob. Bellamie of St. John's coll. was admitted the same
day. — He was afterwards master of the hospital at Shire-
bourne, near to the city of Durham.
26. Martin Colepeper of New coll. — He was afterwards
warden of that college, dean of Chichester in the place, as
it seems, of Dr. Anth. Rush deceased, an. 1577, and arch-
deac-on of Berks, upon the death of Dr. Tho. Whyte ; 16
June 1588.
tjf Not one doct. of div. was admitted this year, nor
any there were that supplicated to be admitted, only
Joi*. Angelus, batch, of arts, who had his grace
granted for it six years before.
Incorporations.
Feb. 1. Henby Beaumont, batch, of arts of the univer-
sity of Cambridge. — Tliis person, who was descended from
the noble family of the Beaumonts in Ijcicestershire, was,
about the beginning of Nov. going before, elected fellow of
AU-s. coll. as a founder's kinsman, his mother being of that
family. He was afterwards dean of Peterborough and
Windsor, as I shall tell you under the year 1616.
An. Dom. 1572. — 14-15 Elizab.
The same.
The same. May 29.
Chancellor.
Commissary.
Proctors.
[1061
Anth. Blencow, again.
Edm. Fleetwood, again.
Continued in their offices by a decree in convocation,
17 March 1571.
Batchelors of Arts.
Jul. 1 1. RoB. Coke or Cook of Brascn-n. coll.
Jul. 12. Hen. Robinson of Qu. coll.
Christop. Bagshaw of Bal. coll.
The first of which two last was afterwards bishop of Car-
lisle.
15. JoH. Drusius of Mert. coll. the most noted critic
and linguist.*
Dec. 2. Will. Wilkes of the same coll.
9. JoH. Hudson. — Sec among the masters of arts, an.
1.575.
15. JoH. Prime of New coll.
Jan. 31. Miles Smith of Brascn-n. coll. — He was after-
wards bishop of Glocester.
Feb. 20. Thom. Wilkes of All-s. coll. — ^This jierson, who
was a Sussex man born, and fellow of the said Coll. was two
years after secretary to Dr. Valentine Dale, ambassador
from qu. Eliz. to the K. of France. While he continued in
that country he shew'd more than ordinary civility to the
king of Navarr and the duke of Alenson, (afterwards of
Anjou) when they were committed to custody by the qu.
mother of France for plotting secretly to remove her from
the government. For so it was, that lie comforted them in
the (jueen of England's name, promising them, that she
would omit no opportunity to help and relieve them. Of
this civility the qu. mother of France having notice, prose-
cuted Wilkes so much that he was fain to withdraw himself
into England, where she also followed him with letters of
complaint; insomuch that he was sent back into France,
and there humbly craved pardon ''of the qu. mother. How-
ever the king of Navarr, not unmindful of the consolation
he gave him, did, when he came to be king of France,
honour him with the degree of knighthood, when he saw
him in Normandy twenty five years after. In 1577, Wilkes
was sent ambassador into Spain, and upon his return thence
was about the beginning of 1578 sent to don John of Aus-
tria. In 1593 he was sent into France to know if the then
i"rench king was reconciled to the church o>( Rome, and in
1598 he was sent into France again, with sir Robert Cecil,
secretary of state to qu. Eliz. and John Herbert, master
of the Requests ; but so soon as Wilkes landed, he died
there.
* [Jo. Driseus Flander, &c. admlssiis in matricuUm acad. Caiitabr, Febr.
7. 1567. Re'i'r. Acad. Cant. Baker.]
. 6 Camdeu in A)tnal. licg. £fcu6, an. 1574.
I
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FASTI OXONIENSES.
15-2.
190
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March 3. David Powell. — Aftei-wards the Welsh anti-
quarj'.
4. Rich. Meredyth. — He was afterwards a bish. in
Ireland.
In Apr. This year supjflicated for the degree of batch, of
arts Edw. Risiiton of Brasen-n. coll. but whether he was
admitted, it appears not.
On the 5 Dec. also, the principal and fellows of Brasen-n.
coll. gave leave to Lawk. Johnson, one of their society, to
take the degi'ee of batch, of arts in the univei-sity, with cer-
tain conditions to be by him performed ; but whether he
took the said degree, it appears not. Afterwards he went
to Ooway, and studied philosophy and divinity ; thence to
RheimeSj where he was made a priest : at length being sent
into the mission of England in Feb. 1579, changed his name
to Lawrence Richardson, because he was the son of Rich.
Johnson of Lanctishire, but being soon after taken and im-
prison'd was executed at Tyburn SO May 15S2.
Admitted 84.
Masters of AtU.
Mar. 27. John Chardon of Ex. coll.
Edw. Graunt of Ex. coll.
The last was the same who w.is adm. batch, of arts 1571.
29. Mardochey Aldem of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards
a physician as well as a divine, became canon of Windsor
in 1607,' in the place of Job. King, sometimes fellow of
Peter-house in Cambridge, and about that time fellow of
Eaton coll. He died in 1615, and was succeeded in the said
canoniy by Dr. John King of Mert. coll. nephew to the
former John.
May 12. Franc. Trigge of Univ. coll.
17. Jo. Rainolds of Corp. Ch. coll,
JuD. — Meredith Hanmer of Corp. Ch. coll.
Adam Hyll of Balinl coll.
John Case of St John's coll.
Jul. 11. Hen. Usher of Univ. coll. — He was afterwards
archbishop of .Armagh.
Dec. 2. Rob. Persons of Bal. coll.
Feb. 2C. John Norden ef Hart hall.
Mar. 17. John Lane of C. C. coll. — He soon after re-
signed his fellowship of that house, tiavelled with father
Persons tlie Jesuit, cntred into the society of Jesus, and
(lied with great opinion of holiness in the university of
Complutum in Spain, an. 1578. " There was one John
" Lane, a poet about this time."
Admitted 61.
Bafchelors of Divinity.
Four were admitted, of whom John Chandler,' pre-
bendaiy of Winchester was one, Jan. 22, and nine suppli-
cated for the said degree, among whom were (1) John Oxen-
bridge,' but whether the same with Dr. 0.\enbri(!ge, who
was committed to custody in Wisbich castle with Dr. Tho.
Watson, bishop of Line. Dr. John Fekenham, sometimes
' [Mardoclicus'Alclam installatus in canonicatu Wintiesor 14 Mail 1607,
loco Joiris King. Obiit et scpultus est in eccl'ia paroch. de Nova Windsor,
Frilh, Ctdal. Ken NET.]
* [Di5i)ensatio spiritiialitatis lieneficionimconccssa Johi Cliainidlcr rcctori
eccliffi Horwwxl dioc. Line, cum Iioc clausulii. * Sic tanien quod ex illis
tribus duae sint tantuinmodo ccclia: parochiaics cum animarum cura : concessa
a.J Januar. 1572. llegiitrum Factiltatum a Matth. Parker Are'po concmantm.
MS. Kf.nnet.]
^ [.Mag'r .Toll. Oxinbridge, TX D. pr8f.«. per abb. ct conv. Ramjcy ad ccc!.
Omn. sanctonun dc Sliillyngdon in arcliid. Urdford jkt mun>is consccrat.
Aug. Oldham in tpuui Exon. 23 Rbi'. 1601. llcg. Smijth, Line.
Kennlt.]
abbot of Westminster, Dr; Yong, &c. an. 1580, I cannot
tell. (2) Tho. Kinoesmill of Magd. coll. remembrcd
among the writers, and (3) Jbffky Downes, M. A. of
Cambridge, ' not that Jeffiy Downes (tutor to John Bale)
who became chancellor of the church of V'ork in August
1537, in the place of Henry Traftbrd, D. D. deceased, but
another of the same university, who was a learned man.
Kj" Not one doct. of law, physic or divinity, was admit-
ted tliis year.
Incorporatioiu.
Mar. 28. James Wats, M. A. of the university of Lovain.
Jun. — Petrus Pitheus, a licentiate in the civil law of
the university of Bourges in France, was incorjxjrated doc-
tor of the same faculty.— ^e was at this time a sojourner
in Oxford " where he continued some years", for the sake
of study and converse, and afterwards became famous for
his exact knowledge in all antiquity, ecclesiastical history,
laws, &c. All the great men of his time did make honour-
able mention of him in their respective books, and some did
dedicate their writings to him, and his brother Francis
Pitheus, .-IS the lights of France. 'I'huanus doth very
much 'commend, and at length concludes thus of, him, that
' In the civil law of the Romans, he came to that height,
' that it might be justly said of him, and his famous master
' Cujacius, hunc discipulo prierii)uisse, ne ])rimus juriscon-
' sultus esset, ilium i)ra:ceptori, ne solus,' &c. Many of his
works are mentioned in the Oxford Catalogue. " He died
an. Dom. 1596."
Jul. 1. Hen. Usher, batch, of arts of Cambridge. — He
soon after took the degree of master, as I have told you
before.
14. Felix Lewis, LL. bac. of Doway.
15. Rich. Fletcher four years standing in the degree of
M.of A. at Cambridge — He was a Kentish man born,' as 'tis
said, bred in Bennet, commonly call'd Corp. Christi coll. in
Cambridge, became dean of Peterborough in 1583, and was
present with Mary queen of Scots, when she sufiFered death
at Foderinghey in Northamptonshire, in the month of Feb.
1586. At which time being the person being appointed to
pray with, and for, her, did persuade her to renounce her
' [1559. 15 Martii, rev'mus admisit Johem Lyrelyrome ad eccl. sir&
preb. dc Morton Valence, Gioc. dioc. per deprivat. Galfridi Downe, ad pres.
U. regime. lieg. Parser, Cant.
Gaifridus Downes in art. niagister habct lit. reginae de prafS. ad rect. de
Parva-Thococke, I^ndon dioc. 18 Jul. 1579. Ryraer, xv, 188.
1515 2. Junii. Ordincs celeb. ati per Will Panaden. c'pam infra eccl.
cath. Klien sede vacante, prima tonsum. Galiridus Downys. AccoUti—
Gaifridus Downys, Gov. & Lich. dioc. per lit. dimissor. Reg. IVarham.'
Gaifridus Downes, cleric, adniiss. ad rect. S. Margaret, Lothbury, Lond.
4 March. 1371, ad pres. Eliz. reg. Reg. GrindaU. Dcprivatus inte 87 Apr.
157.3.
Gaifridus Downes, A. M. admiss. ad rect. de Chadwell, Estei, 28 Jan.
1568, quam resign, ante 26 5Iar. 1575.
Regiiia-ilecano et cap. Cant.— ad rect. dc Bishoppes-bome ct Barham,.
Cant. dicx:. vac. per resign. Tho. Willoughby cleri, sacellani nostri, ult.
rect. ad nieam pra^s. ratione vacationis scdis Cant, dilectum subditiim meum
Galfridum Downes' clericuni, A. M. vobis pncscntamus, T. R. apud
Hampton Courte, 9 Januar. 1575. 6. Ryracr, xv, 751. Kesnet.]
2 In 1 [)art torn. 5 mstoriarum, 1. 1 17.
' [The martyrdoniof Christopher Wade in Kent, in July 1555, related by
Mr. Fox upon this aulliorily. Spectatores prajsentes Ricardus Retcher
liater, nunc minister eccria? Cranbrook. Ricardus Fletcher filius minister
cccl'i;t Riensis. ^cl. Mon. vol. 3, p. 382.
Ricardus Fletcher cleric, admiss. ad vie. dc Storfford com. Hartford, 12
Junii 1.551, privatus anle 23 Fcbr. 1535. Reg. Banner, Kennet.
Mr. Ric. Fletcher vicarius de Cranbrook et rector de Smardcn ex patro-
nnlu Archiepi 1569 (MS. Batley.)
Rector of Bamack, in Northamptonshire 1586, ujwn the presentation of
lord Burleigh's son, sir Tho. Cecill. Tanneb.]
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192
religion, contrary to all Christianity and humanity (as it
was by many then present so taken) to her great disturb-
ance. In 1589, he was made bishop of Bristol, there be-
ing then many leases to be past in that bishoprick, and
about that time bisliop almoner. Whereupon Tho. Nevill,
D.D. of Cambridge succeeded him in the deanery of Peter-
borough, an. 1590. From Bristol lie was translated to
Worcester, and soon after to London. At length he took
to him a second wife (a very handsome widow) called tlie
lady Baker, sister, as 'tis said, to George Gifford the pen-
sioner. At which marriage tlie queen being much dis-
pleased,* (as she was at the marriage of all the clergy) he
died discontentedly by immotlerate taking of tobacco, on the
15 'of June 1596, and was buried before St. George's chap-
pel within the cathedral church of St. Paul. He had a bro-
ther named Giles Fletcher, a Kentish man born also, as 'tis
said, bred in Eaton school, elected scholar * of King's coll.
in Caiubridge 1565, where he became a learned man, an
excellent poet, and doct. of the laws: Afterwards he was
sent commissioner into Scotland, Germany, and into the
Low Countries, ambassador to Russia, was made secretaiy
to the city of London, and master of the Requests. At
length he wrote and published The History of Russia, &c. :
Or, Of the Russian Commonwealth. Lond. 1591. oct. Which
book was quickly suppress'd, lest it might give offence to a
prince in amity with England. Afterwards it was re-
printed in tw. an. 1643, &c. This Dr. Giles Fletcher died
in the parish of St. Katharine in Coleman street in London,
in the month of Feb. 1610, and was buried, 1 presume, in
the church of St. Katherine there ; leaving then behind
him a son of both his names, batch, of div. of Trin. coll. in
Cambridge, equally beloved of the nuises and graces ; who
died at Alderton in Suffolk, an. 1623. He left also behind
him another son named Phineas Fletcher of King's coll. in
the same university, where he was accoxinted an excellent
poet.' Afterwards he was beneficed at Ililgay in Norfolke,
and became author of several books ; among which, one is
entit. A Father's Testament written for the Benefit of his par-
ticular Relations. Lond. 1670. oct. at which time the au-
thor had been dead several years. The titles of two otlier
books written by him you may see in the Bodleian Cata-
logue. '
[108] Rob. Bennet of three years standing in the degree of M.
of A. of Cambridge was also then (July 15) incorporated. —
* [He was a man of a very graceful presence, in wliich queen Klizabeth
was much deliglited. Though ehe queen was at first displeased at his mar-
riaM, yet she was afterwards reconciled and went to see him.
He died suddenly, taking tobacco in his chair, saying to the man that
stood by, ' Oh ! boy, I die !' MS. Note in Mr. licber's (>»/.]
' Godwin in lib. cui tit. est. De Prcml. Angliir, ill London.
^ The continuator of Tho. Hatcher's Cat. if I'rov. Fell, and Scholars of
King\ CoU. in Cambridge, MS. sub an. 156.5-
7 [See more of these Fletchers, vol. ii, col. 676.]
* [Egcdius Fletcher, L.L. T>. coll. ad thesa\iriat. S. Paul. Lond. 20 Jun.
1597. per proniot. Bancroft ad epu'ni Lond. (|uera resign ante 7 Febr. 1610.
8eu potius vac. per niort. ipsitis.
In th<! register of St. Tlionias Ajwstles Lond. under the year 1591 is this
entry.
Judith Fletcher, the daughter of master doctor Fletcher, was christened
the first day of August.
Isratl liediii, or lific ifestmirnf ion rf Israel exh'Mted in two short Treatises. The
jint ctmlaias an Fssaij upm tome probable Grounds that the jn-esi-nt Tartars, near
the Ca^nm Sea, are the I'nstcrity of the ten Tribes <f hnicl, by Giles Fletcher,
L.L.D. publishctl by Mr Sara. Lee, who rcceiv"'d the niarmscripl from his
grandson Mr. Phinctu Fletcher. Lond. mmo f„r John Hancock 1677.
Kennkt.
Phin. Fletcher has wrote, Locrnta vel Piclat JesuUica. Cant. 1627. 4to.
Baker.]
This person, who was of Trin. coll. in the said university,'
was afterwards chaplain to Will, lord Burleigh, L. trea-
surer of England, master of the hos])ital of St. Cross near
to Winchester, wiis installed dean of Windsor 24 March
1595, sworn scribe or registraiy of the most noble order of
the Garter, on the feast of St. George 1596, and at length
on the 20 of Feb. 1602 he was consecrated bishop of Here-
ford, as I have told you before among the bishops in Herb.
Westphaling, [vol. ii, col. 845.] In the deanery of Wind-
sor succeeded Dr. Giles Tomson a little before queen Eliza-
beth's death, and in the mastership of the hospital of St.
Cross, (which was designed by the queen for George Brook,
brother to Henry lord Cobham) king James at his first
entry into England gave it to Mr. James Hudson, who had
been his agent there during part of the reign of queen
Elizabeth. But Hudson being a lay-man, and therefore
not found capable of it, sir Tho Lake, for some reward
given to him to quit his interest therein, preiail'd with the
king to give it to his brother Arthur Lake : whereupon
George Brook being discontented, it put him upon plotting
with his brother, llaleigh and others ; tor which afterwards
he suffer'd death.
Tho. Staller or St.\llard, M.A. of Cambridge, was also
then incorporated. ' — He was afterw ards D. of D. antl arch-
deacon of Rochester, as I shall tell you among the doctors
of divinity, an 1591 and 1C05.
Besides the aforesaid three masters (Fletcher, Bennet and
Stallard) were 10 more of Cambridge incorporated, among
whom John Longworth was one, whom 1 shall mention
elsewhere.
July 17. — Holland, batch, of div. of the said univer-
sity.— His Christian name, though not set do'w n, yet, as it
seems, was Thomas.
An. DoM. 1573. — 15-16 Elizas.
Chancellor.
The same.
Commissary.
The same, viz. Dr Humphrey.
Proctors.
John Tatham of Mert. coll. Apr. 1.
Ed.m. Lillye of Magd. coll. Apr. 1.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 1. James Bisse of Magd. coll.
John Thornborough of Magd. coll.
The last of which was afterwtirtls bishop of Worcester.
27. John LiLYE of Magd. coll. ~~~~
July 3. Tho. Lovell. — Sec in the year 1577- \
7. Tho. Rogers of Ch. Ch.
Jan. 14. John Williams, afterwards of All-s. coll.
Rich. Hooker of C. C. coll. was admitted the same
day.
9 [This Rob. Bennett has wrote a Lat. preface to Whitaker's Lat. transla-
tion Bp. .TiicU's book, having been an intimate friend and colleague of the
said Whit, then fellow of Trin. coll.
Bob. Bennet admis. socius minor coll. Trin. Sei)t 8 1567; major Apr. 7.
1570. Bakkh.]
' [Tho. Stallard, \. M. admiss. ad eccl. Omnium S'ctorum, Lombard-
street, Ixjnd. 4 Aug. 1573, per resign. Ric'i Chaundler, ad pres. dec. et
ca|)it. eccl. X'ti Cant, quae vacabat per mort. ipsius ante 9 Apr. 1606. Seg.
Parker et Bmivruft.
Idem admiss. ad rcct. S. Mariaj alle Hill. Lond. 24 Junii 1574.
KENNtT.]
(93
1573.
FASTI OXONIENSKS.
1574.
194
28. Tho. LisTEH. — See mai°e among the masters, an.
1576.
Feb. 3. James Ley of firasen-nose coll.
Will. Massie of Brasen-nose coll.
Of the last, see more in 15Q6 among the batch, of div.
4. John Bond of New coll. — Eminent afterwards for his
critical learning,
Edw. Habington or Abington w.is admitted the same
day. — ^V^lether this person, who seems to have been of
Exeter college, was the same Edw. Habington who sufter'd
for being engaged in the treasons of Mary queen of Scots,
I cannot tell. See in Tho. Habington among the writers,
an. 1647.
17. Hen. Rowlands. — He was afterwards bishop of
Bangor.
19. Rich. Hackluyt of Ch. Ch.
In the month of March, Will. Camden, who had studied
logic for 4 years, supplicated for the degree of batch, of
arts ; but occurs not admitted. See in the year 1581.
This year also. Will. Gifford then or lately of Line,
coll. did make the like supplication, but was not admitted.
He was afterwards archb. of Rheiiues.
Admitted 172, or thereabouts.
Masters of ArU.
Jun. 19. Tho. Williams. — Qu. whether the Welsh
critic. '
Jul. 1. Tho. White of Magd. hall.
31. John Gibson. — One of both his names was author of
A Catechism, I./ond, 1579. oct. Also of The sncrcd Shield
of all true Soldiers. Printed 1599. in oct. &c. Whether the
same with Jo. Gibson, M. of A. I cannot tell.
Oct. 7. John Chamber of Mert. coll.
8. John Drusius, the Belgic critic of Mert. coll.
— — Ralph. Gualter, son of Ralph, of Mert. coll.
Jan. 21. Rich. Turnbull of C. C. coll.
George More of C. C. coll.
One George More, who was a minister and preacher of
God's word, wrote and ])ublished, A true Discourse concern-
ing the certain Possession and Dispossession of seven Persons in
one Family in Lancashire.^ Printed 1 COO in oct. [Bodl. Gough,
Lancash. 8.1 at which time he had been a prisoner in the Clinke
about two years, for bearing witness to, and justifyingthe said
matters. Whether he be the same with him, who was M. of
A. 1 cannot tell. Another George More I have mention'd
among the writers, vol. ii. col. 364.
Admitted 71.
TioQ] Batchelors of Physic.
June 10. Rich. Forster of All-s. coll. — See among the
doct. of physic this year.
InJuly .loHN Banister was admitted to practise physic,
having originally been a student in this university.
« [He W.IS not the Welch critick. fror Thomas Williams, the Welch cri-
tick, was called Sir Thomas ap William, wliich title of Sir was never given (a«
old understanding people tell me) to any Mr. of arts in Wales. Besides he
was in the year 1573 curate of Trcfl'rw in Carnarvonshire, and ajipeared as
I such with the addition of a degree at a visitation held at Bangor, July 16,
1.573; and exhibited his letters of orders. And at the time of the synod
held at Bangor, Apr. 20, 1574, he was sick at Chester, and his absence ex-
cused on that account. Humphreys.]
' [.Sec Strype's Life of Whitgijl, p. 494. It was justly censured by
Webster in his Dijeoiirse rf Witchcraji, p. 274: and by bishop Hutchinson,
ch. 11th, ad aim. 1597. Watt6.J
BatcheloTi of Divinity.
Oct. 13. John Elmer or Aylmrr, now an- archdeacon
and a justice of the peace, as the public register tells us.
Michael Renniobr of Magd. coll. was aidmitted the same
day.
Dec. 10. Tob. Mathew, president of St. John's coll.
Jan. 28. Hen. Withers. — In I5C9 he was incor|)oi'ated
M. of A. as he had stood at Cambridge, &c.
Admitted 6.
Doctors of the CioU Law.
Oct. 13. Michael Maschiart of New coll.
15. Will. Smyth of New coll.
The first was ' poeta sui saeculi princeps,' as a learned
author stiles him.
John Chippy ngdale of All-8. colt, was admitted on the
same day, being then accounted by the generality an emi-
nent ci%Uian.
Doctors of Phytic.
Jul. 2. Randall Trevor.
RoG. Marhkck or Mbjibeck of Ch. Ch. was admitted the
same day. — He was the son of John Merbeck, organist of
Windsor, (whom I have mention'd in these Fasti, an. IS."!©,)
and the first standing or perpetual orator of the university.
Afterwards he was canon of Ch. Ch. provost of Oriol, and
the chief jihysician belonging to the queen. He died in
July, or thereabout?, in 1605, and was buried, as I conceive,
in the church of St. Giles without Cripplegate, London, for
in that parish he died. See more of him in Hist. Sf Antiq.
Univ. Oxon. lib. 2, page 47. a. and i)age,257. a.
July 2. Tho. Wanton of Mert. coll.
Rich. Forster of All-s. coll. was admitted the same day.
This person who was son of Laurence, son of Will., Forster
of the city of Coventry, is stiled by a most learned author *
nobilis mathematicus, but whether he hath published any
thing, I cannot yet find. He died at London 27 March
1616, to the great reluctancy of all those that knew the pro- ^
found learning of the person.
Doctors of Divinity^
Oct. 10. John Elmer or Aylmer, who accumulated
the degrees in divinity. — He was afterwards bishop of .
London.
Michael Renniger of Magd. coll. was admitted the
same day. — He also accumulated.
Jan. — Will. Cole, president of C.C. C. — He succeed^
Dr. Jo. Rainolds in the deanery of Lincoln, an. 1598, ' and
dying in 1600 was succeeded by Laur. Statmton.
Besides these, were five that supplicated for the said de-
gree, most of wliich were afterwards admitted.
An. Dom. 1574. — 16-17 Elizab.
Chancellor.
The same.
- Fice-chancellor.
Dr. Humphrey, without any nomination or designation
< Camden in Annal. Heg. Jar. 1. IMS. sub an. 1616.
* [1371. 3 Mart. Will. Cole, S. T. P. institutus in ecclla de Heyford »d
pontem, per mort. Tho. Grcnuway, ad pres. presideut: et scolar. J»U. Corp.
Xti Oxon. Jieg. Parker. Arepi Cant.
Willielmus Cole in sacra theologia doctor, habet lit. rcginse de pr»9. ad*
archidiatum Lincoln. 29 Jul. 1577. Rviner xv, 780. Kinnet.]
0*
195
1374.
FASTI OXONIENSE8.
1574.
196
[no]
to that office this vear. The name of commissai y wus now
omitted, and that of vice-chanceUor only used.
Prortors.
John Bust of Ch. Ch. Apr. 20.
Rich. Barret of Grid coU. Apr. 20.
Batchelors of Jrts.
Mar. 30. Tho. Smith of Ch. Ch.
July 13. Will. Middleton.
Dec. 10. Will. Leigh of Bra.s. coll.
17. Martin Heton of Ch. Ch.
— Rich. Eedbs of Ch. Ch.
— Will. Watkinson of Ch. Ch.
The first of which last three, was afterwards bishop of
Ely.
" Feb. 7. Edm. Holling of Qu. coll. he was atterwards
" an eminent physician."
Tliis year supplicated for tlie degree of liatch. of arts
one Geo. Snavenburgh or SiJAVENBugGH of Ch. Ch. a
baron of Sweden, aged 20, but whether he was admitted,
it appears not.
• For the said degree supplicated also one Bartholomeus
Clerke of ISfagd. coll. but was not then admitted. — This
person, who was a Northamptonshire man born, I here set
down, least some unwary reader hereafter might talte him
to be the same Bartholm. Clerke, who became scliolar of
King's coll. in Cambridge, an. 1551, afterwards proctor of
that university, dean of the Arclies » and a wise and elociuent
man. He hath translated ' De Qtriali sive Aulko, printed
at Lond. about 1571, in ocf. he being about that time
favoured by Tho. Sackvill lord Buckhurst, and another book
entit. Fidelis Servi Subdito Injideli Responsio, una cum Erro-
riim & Calumniarum quarurulam Examine, qiut mntlncnluT in
septimo Libra de visibili Ecclesice Monarchia, a Nichofau Sundero
conscripta. Lond. 1573. qu. He was living in 15<)3.
Admitted 112.
Masters of Arts.
May 18. JoH. PriiLLippus de alto saxo.
Fr.^nc. Puccfus, Florcntinus.
June — Tho. Spark of Magd. coll.
Jul. 2. Ralph Shekwyn of Exeter coll.
« [Barthol. Clark L. D. decan. curias de Arcubus ab archiepiscopo coiisti-
tutOs 3 Mail, 1573. Kknnet.
See much of him in Stry pc's Life of Parker, p. 385.]
' [Wood erroneously had it imKoi, whereas it was, in fact, a translation
from the Italian of Castillo into Latin. Sackville, lord Buckliurst, prefixed
the following epistle to it :
Thomas Sackvillus, de Buckhurst, Bartholomaio Clerke. Nulla causa est
(optimc Clerke) cur vel hominum difficiliuin inscitiam, vcl juvenilium temeri-
tatcm vereare; quod si te forte convitiis inscctentur, verba dum sint, sibi
ipsis magis quam tibi nocebunt. Sin verba ad rem pervenerint, oratione tua
•alls vapulabunt. lllis si raeum judicium (quod scntio quam nihil sit) prajju-
dicium esse possit, facile intelligent, me nou ilia solum aduiirnri, qiue tantUlo
tcin|)ore divinissimc scripscris, scd omnibus etiam nervis pro tcnui facultate
mea defensurum. Sed quid est, quod tu vol nieis subsidiis indigeas, vcl
aliorum impetus mctuas? Tunc litorarios homunculos maledicere audere
putas, cum illustrissima princeps, summo judicio, summa litcrarum scientia,
primuni ilium librum, quera ego ejus majestati mense Januario detuleram,
tAra apertis tustinioniis approbaverit? hie tu securus esto, nam ct in illius
j«trocinio acciuiesccs, qua sol nihil unquam clarius aut cxcellentius vidit :
et tutc a'ternam gloriani consequere, qvn opus tam cgregiuin ct lacuudum
inincipl tam augnstie el litcrata: dicaveris. Vale, et me, ut soles, ama. E domo
mca Lcwitcnn, 3 calcnd. Octobris.
Ttii amantisnmus,
Thomas Buckhnrslin".
Thi» is now renriuted from bh edition printed in octavo, Argent 1619.
Budl. 8to. S. 125. Art]
34. Tho. Banks. — He is the same, I suppose, who pub-
lished A Sermon against bad Spirits of Malignity, Malice and
Unmercifulness : on Luke 6. 37, 38. Lond. 1580. oct. I find
another Tho. Banks who writes himself metaphorically
' piscator, sed vere theologufi & mere praeco evangelicus,'
who publislied Concio ad Clerum jamdudum Cantabrigi<t
habita .- in Luc. cap. 5. ver. 10. Lond. 16U. qu. '
Admitted 49.
Batchelor of Physic.
Mar. 31. Tho. Cogan of Oriel coll.
He was the only one that was admitted ; besides whom,
only one occurs that supplicated, namely Tho. Twyne of
C. C. coll.
Batchelors of Divinity.
May 27. Lewis Sweit of AH-s. coll. — He was about this
time archdeacon of Totness, in the place, as I conceive, of
Oliver Whiddon.
Two more besides him were admitted, and nine there
were that siii>plicated for the said degree, of whom some
were not at all admitted in this university, as John Wooltov
a student in divinity, afterwards bishop of Exeter, Tho.
Cole, andTHo.BRASBRiDGE of Magd. coll. and Nich. Mars-
ton of Ch. Ch. now residentiary of Exeter, brother to Will.
Marston of the same house LL. D. and chantor of the said
church of Exeter, who died in Nov. 1599.
Doctors of Civil Law.
Jun. 28. Will. Jones vicar general to the bishop of
Bath and Wells, and double or treble beneficed in the dio-
cese thereof. *
Felix Lewys sometimes of Hart hall, afterwards made
B. of the LL. tit Doway, now principal of New inn, was
itdmitted tlie same day. — He afterwards lived in the city of
Bristol, and died beyond the seas in 1591.
K?" Not one doctor of physic was admitted this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
Apr. 22. Will. James master of Univ. coll. — He was af-
terwards a bishop.
May 27. ToB. Mathew president of St. John's coll. — Af-
terwards an arclibishop.
Geffry or Griffith Lewys now prebendary of Worces-
ter, in the place of Tho. Wilson promoted to the deanery of
that churcli, was admitted tlie same day.— In 1577 he was
iostalled canon of the sixth stall in the coUegiat ch. of St.
8 [1587, Dec. 18. Thomas Bankes, A. M. canon of St. Asaph, did imme-
diately succeed Hul'Ii Kvans in the deanery. This Tho. Bankes was the son
of William Bankes an English-man, saith a Welsh herald, wliich is all the
account T have of his genealogy.
For his preferments I linde, he was instituted to the rectory sine cure of
Caerwys Sept. 30, 1582, and to the sine cure of Pennant, Apr. 13, 1583,
being then but A. B. To the sine cure of Langwin Dec. 27, the same .year.
This he resigned agaui in Aug. 1585, and had the sine cure of Llans-fraid in
Marchia, which he also resigned, in Aug. 1599rand on April 9, 1600, had
the sine cure of LlandriUo, which he kept to his death. He continued dean
till the year 1631, and dy'd in June or July that year ; for the last of July a
caveat was cnter'd in the nunie of Andrew Morris against instituting to the
deanery, till he bo heard Hu.Mi'nnEvs, CutuUiguc of the Detms of Si. Asaph,
publ. by Hearne in Olterboitrne, &c. 8vo. 1732. — It "by no means follows that
Thomas Banks, the author, and Thomas Banks the dean, are one and the
same person ; but it seems very probable that the person here recorded to
have taken his degree, afterwards became the dean.]
9 [Will. JonesS.T. P. admiss. ad rect. de Ashor com. Essex, 18 Mail,
1616, per resign. Willi Nicholson, llrg. Bmcrojl.
Will Jones li. of D. and 1'. of Anaton in the "isle of Wight, publisht a fun.
serm. on Henry E. of Southauqrton and the Ld Wriolhesley his son, both
buried at Lichfield on Innocent's day, 16:^-1. Lond. 1645, 4to. Kenhet.]
197
1574.
IVSTI OXONIENSliS.
167^.
198
Peter in ^\'■cstulinste^, in the place of one VValt. Jones M.A.
(who had succeeded in that diijuity Dr. Matthew Ilutton '
after he was made dean of York, an. l.'jfiS.) In 1.594 he
became dean of Glocester in the place of Anth. Iliidd pro-
moted to tlie see of St. David, and dying in lliOJ, Tho.
Morton succeeded him in that dignity, being tlie same most
wortliy person, who was aftei'wards bisliop of Durliam. I
have seen a copy of the will of this Dr. Lewys, made 5 Feb.
160G, and proved IG Jul. 1G07, wherein he desires that his
body might be buried either in the cath. church of Gloces-
ter, M^orcester, Hereford, or in Westminster, in all which
churches he hiul dignities. •
July 23. John Spkint of Ch. Ch. (originally of C. C.
coll.) was then admitted. — He was now prebendai^ of Win-
chester, Residentiary of Salisbury, and a person famed for
an excellent preacher. In Feb. 1577 lie succeeded Giles
Lawrence in the iirchdciiconry of Wiltshire, who, I sup]JOse
resign'd ; in 1580 he succeeded George Carew in the
deanery of Bristol, ' (in which city, or near it, he w;ls born,
being the son of John Sprint an a|K»thecary of the said
place) and in the beginning of Feb. 1583, he was made
treasurer of Salisbury. He died in the latter end (in Feb.)
of 1589, and was succeeded in the said deanery by Dr.
Anth. Watson, the same who was afterwards bishop of
Chichester.
Incorporatiom.
May 17. Griffith Toy B. of arts of Cambridge. — He
was now a member of Jesus coll. in Oxon, and soon after
made M. of arts of this university and prebendary of
Norwich.
Jan. — Hector Viellius batch, of arts of the univ. of
Caen in Normandy.
Feb. C. Geo. Sav.^ge batch, of the civ. law of the univer-
sity of Lovain in IJrabant. — He was originally a member of
Ch. Ch. and \v;is now archdeacon of Glocester in the place
of Guy Eaton ; but was not, .1 presume, the same Geo.
Savage who was half brother to Dr. Bonner B. of London,
and chancellor of Chester.
■ [Math. Hutton S.T.B. admitted Marg. prof, in Cambridge 1561, then
fellow of Trin. coll. afterwards master of Pembr. hall, kept the act before qu.
Eliz. 1564. &c. Pr(f. to fun. Serm. of' Margartt cotinUss of likhmond.
Math. Hutton S.T.B. coll. ad pwb. de Bromesbury in cccl. Paul, 5 Oct.
1.562, per dcprivat. Tlio. Bjam.
Ric. Bancroft S. T. P. pres. ad preb. de Bromesbury e.x pres. D. reg. per
promot. Hutton decani Ebor. ad epat. Dunelm. Reg. GrindaU.
Mattli. Hutton socius coll Trin. Cantab, prajfcctus aula: Penibroc. canoni-
cus stalli \'X iji eccL VVestm. cessit 1568, tunc factus decan. Ebor. ,
Epitaph of Abp. Hutton.
Matthffii Huttoni ccleberrimi archie'pi Eboracen. memoria; sacnf. Cujus
expressum corporis efiigiera cernis lector. Si mentis quoque iraaginem videre
eupis Ambrosium vcl etiam Augustinum cogita, alterius quippe ingeniura
argulum alterius limatum judicium, hoc pra:sulc vivente, viguil. Qui in
acadeiiiia Cantahrigiensi olim sacrjc thcologia; professor publicus et literarum
columen claruil. Pustca crat ad deciinatnm Eboraccnseni, hincaii episcopatura
Dunclmcn.scni, hinc ad archipresulalum Eboracensem providentii divina,
aercnessimai Elizabeths^ Regime auspiciis, propter admirabilem eruditionis,
integritatis, et prudentia; liiudcm [irovectus, et dccurso tandem ictatis sua;
anno LXXX curriculo, corpus Adam, aniraum Christi grcniio connnendabat
Ecquid vis aniplius lector 1 Nosce teipsum.
Obiit XVI mens. Januarii
Anno Domiiu MDCV.
Kk»k«t.]
* [Dr. Gfiffith Lewys was rector of the sine curil of Llaiidyssit in com.
Montgomery and diocese of St. Asaph, which was vacant by his death Sept.
28, 1607, and then collated on Godfrey Goodman. Hciiphiikys.]
^ [Oratio gratiiatoria ad UivJitrissimos comitcs Wmtficeusem t:t Ijdcestrcnsentf
BriMoUitt haljitii, Ajiril. .-iTOin 1587. Oxon. 12mo. A tract, by Sprint, of very
uncommoa rarity iu the Bodleian library.]
Tho. WiLioooHBY batch, of div. of Cambridge was
incorporated, but the day or month when, J cannot yet
find.* — 'i'his year, June '23, he wiis installed tlie third dean
of Rochester in the place of Dr. Etini. Freke, and was guc-
ceeded in that dignity by John Coldwell M. D. of St. John's
coll. in ('ambridge, installed therein 7 Jan. 1585. * He
was afterwards tlie first married bishop that sate in the
catlietlral chair of Salisbury.
In Apr. this year one Rich. Wills a M. of A. of Mentz
in Bavaria su))plicated for inc(>r)K>ration, but was nut ad-
mitted. See ainong the writers under the year 1574.
[in]
The same.
An. Dom. 1575.— 17-18 Elizab.
Clumcelhr.
Vice-chancellor.
The same without any nomination or election.
Proctors.
John Underhill of New coll. Apr. 13.
Hen. Savile of Mert. coll. Apr. 13.
Balchelors of Arts.
May 17. Julius C^sar of Magd. hall. — He was son of
Ca;sar Dalniarius of the city of Tn»igio in Italy, doct. of
physic, and physician to qu.'Mary and qu. Elizabeth, son of
I'eter Maria Dahuarius of the said city, doctor of laws, but
descended from those of his name living at Frejuls or
Cividad del Friuli in the confines of Italy. See more in
1583.
July 5. Giles Tomson of Univ. coll. — He was afterwards
of All-s. coll. and bisliop of Glocester.
Jan. '27- Rich. Lewes. — See among; the batch, of divi-
nity in 1584.
Feb. 19. Edw. Hobie of Trin. coll.
29. Edw. Transham or Stransham of St. John's coU. —
This person, who was born in Magd. parish in the suburbs
of Oxon, left all he had and went to Doway in 1577.
Where, after he had spent some time in the study of philo-
sophy and divinity in the English coll. he was made a priest.
Afterwards he went into the mission of England, and for a
time continued in Oxfordshire. At length being taken,
imprison'd and condemned, suffered death at London, with
one Nich. Woodfen another priest, 31 Jan. 1585, aged 30
or thereabouts.
Admitted 109.
Datchelors of the Citil Law.
June 30. Tho. Emerford or Hemerpord. — He after-
wards left the church of England, and went to the English
coll. at Rome, where being made a priest, returned into his
own country ; but being taken and imprison'd, was exe-
cuted at Tyburn, with John Mundin and others, 12 Feb.
1582.
Three more besides him were admitted, and six there
* [One Mr. Tho Willoughby rector of Bishopsbonm and canon of Canter-
bury 1569. (MH. liatUy.) Tanneb.
'lliere was one Dr. Willougliby who had b««n physiciaii to queen Ana
Bullcn (and afterwards preferred in the church) and upon that ace' was very
much favour'd by Q. Eliz. and Bp. Parker. Strype, Life if Parker, page 571
Watts.]
* [Jo. Coldwell M. D. domestic chaplain to archb. Parker and rw*>r of
Aldi^oii liTt. (JUS. Batky.) Tanker.]
O* 2
199
1575.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1576.
200
[112]
were that supplicated for tl»e said degree ; among whom
Rob. Garvky a learned Irish man was one.
' Masters of Arts.
June 1. John Lilye of Magrf. coll.
Rich. Mebedyth of Jesus coll.
The last of which was afterwaids bishop of Leighlin in
Ireland.
3. John Hudson of Broadgate's hall. — He was after-
wards vicar of Patcham in Sussex and autlior of A Sermon
at Paul's Cross: On Heb. 10. 19. Lond. 1584. oct. and per-
haps of other matters.
20. Hen. Robinson of Queen's coll.
21. Chkistoph. IUgshaw of Bal. coll.
21. Tuo. Holland of Bal. coll.
Nov. 25. Rich. Madox or Maddock of All-s. coll. — He
was afterwards piMctor of the university and author of A
Learned and Godly Sermon, to be read of all Men, but especially
for all Mar'mers, Captains, and Passengers, w^tich travel the
Seas. Preached at \\^eymouth, and Melcomb Regis, in the
county of Dorset, 3 Oct. 1581, on Matth. 8. 23, 24, 25.
Printed in oct. at London, but when, it appears not. It
was published after the author's death by one Tlio. Martin,
who being unacquainted with his Christian name, set him
down in the title by the name of John Madox, tho' no sucli
person appears to have been ever fellow of All-s. coll. In
ISB'., one Rich. Madox was admitted batch, of law, and
another in 1590, bu( they are both different, and different
from Rich, the divine, who was M. of A.
Feb. 1. John Bodye of New coll. — ^The next year he
was removed from his f:-llowsliip for being a papist ; where-
upon going beyond the seas, he took upon him priestly
orders, and returning into England in the condition of a
seminary, was taken and imprison' d, and atlengtli executed
at Andover in Hamjjshire, for denying the queen's supre-
macy over the church of England, Nov. 2, an. 1583. He
was born in the city of WeUs, was well vers'd in the civil
law, and esteemed by those of his opinion a learned man.
See more of him in card. Will. Alan's book entit. A Sincere
and Modest Defence, &c. or An Answer to a Libel of English
Justice, &c. p. 5. and in Concertatio Ecclesice Cath. in Anglia,
&c. printed 1594, p. 293, &c. I find another John Bodye,
who in 1552 supplicated for the degree of batch, of civ. law,
and another who was admitted batch, of arts 1554, and a
third to that of master, an. 1562. Whether they were one
and the same person, I cannot tell, or whetlier several.
" There was one Mr. Body, who was stab'd to death by
" a priest, an. Dom. 1548, being one of the king's com-
" missioners for taking down images in Cornwall."
Tho. Leyson of New coll. was admitted the same day
(Feb. 1.)
Admitted 75.
Batchelor of Physic, "
Thomas Williams of Merton college, was admitted this
year, but the day or month when appears not. — He is stiled
in the records ' of that coll. ' vir in arte medica iiudtum
diuque versatus,' and ' doctus & peritus medieus.'
Batchelors of Divinity.
June 13. John Nutter — Whether he was the same
John Nutter who sufFer'd death at Tyburn, 12 Feb. 1582,
for being a Roman Catholic priest and denying the queen's
supremacy, 1 know not. Quaere.
• Reg. t. Act. CM. Merton. p. 64. & Cat vtt. Sec. istius CoU. MS.
Jul. 8. Tho. Sparke of Magd. coll. — He was now chap-
lain to Thomas bishop of Lincoln and a famous preacher,
as the public register saith.
Feb. 14. Tho. Summaster of All-s. coll. — He was after-
wai'ds archde;icou of Cornwall.
John Leach of Exeter coll. was admitted the same day ;
being about tliis time canon of Exeter, and of some other
church. — One John Leech published a sermon entit. The
trayne Soldier, preached before the Society of the Captains atid
Gentlemen that exercise Arms in the Artillery Garden, 20 Apr.
1619: On Heb. 12. 4. Lond. 1619. oct. but this John
Leech must not be understood to be the same with the
former.
Ten in all were admitted this year, besides 7 that suppli-
cated for the same degree.
Doctors of Civil Law.
Dec. 5. RoB. Whitmore.
Tho. Randolph mention'd among the creations, under
the year 1566, did supplicate for the degree of doct. of the
civ. law, in June ; yet he appears not admitted. He was
afterwards made doct. of that faculty in another country,
when he performed one of his ambassies, as it seems.
Quaere.
Doctor of Physic.
Jul. — John Watson of All-s. coll. who had studied
physic for 20 years, was admitted doct. of that faculty. — He
was afterwarils bishop of Winchester.
t^ Not one doctor of divinity was admitted this year.
Incorporations.
A supplicate was made for one Hugh Blythb batch, of
div. of King's coll. in Cambridge to be incorporated, but
whether it was granted, it appears not. In 1572 he was
installed canon of Windsor in the place of George Carew
made dean of that chappel (he being about that time school-
master of Eaton) and in 1589 he succeeded Dr. Rich.
Barber in the archdeaconry of Leicester. In this last dig-
nity he was succeeded by Rob. Johnson a great benefactor
to learning, an. 1591, and dying in 1610 (he being then
doct. of div.) was succeeded in Windsor by Tho. Frith of
All-s. coll. in Oxon.
An. Dom.' 1576. — 18-19 Elizab.
Chancellor.
Tlie same.
Vice-chancellor,
Dr. Lawr. IIuiiPHREY, but he resigning, the chancellor
by his letters designed for his successor Dr. Herbert
Westphalyng canon of Ch. Ch. who accordingly was admit-
ted 23 June.
Proctors.
John Underhill again.
Henry Savile iigain.
Which proctors were continued in their offices at the
special request of the chancellor. May 12, without any
election by suffrages in a scmtiny in convocation. '
Batchelors of Arts.
Dec. 17. Steph. Gosson of C. C. coll.
Jan. 21. John Uakmar of New coll.
201
1576.
FASTI OXONIKNbES.
167«.
202
Feb. 16. John DoDERiDGK of Exeter coll.
The last wns afterwiirds a famous common lawyer.
Admitted 12'2.
Batchelors of Law.
Three were this year admitted, but not one of them do I
find to have been a bishop, writer, or dignitai'y.
Masters of Arts,
June 23. Simon Wisdom of Glocester hall.
26. Miles Smith of Brasen-nose coll. — He was after-
wards a bishop.
Tho. Lister was admitted the same day. — One of both
his names was a Jesuit, and wrote a book ' to prove that
the secular priests in custody at Wisbich castle in Cam-
bridgeshire were schismatics, about l.'>9.5, having been
incited to it by several abuses recci^ed from them in their
libels.
Jul. 3. John Rogers of Mert. coll.
Edw. IIobie of Trin. coU.
— 6. Tho. Rogers of Ch. Ch.
— 6. Day. Powell of JesuscoU.
Oct. 29. John Prime of New coU.
Jan. 21. Rob. Coke of Brasen-nose coll.
Admitted 55.
[113] Batchelors of Divinity.
April 10. John Read of St. John's coll.- — He died in
April 1587, being then prebendary of Westminster, (which
he obtained on the deprivation of Dr. Joh. Hardyman, an.
1567, by the endeavours of sir Will. Cecill, who was after-
wards I.. Burleigh) and was buried in St. John's coll.
chaiiiiel."
July ;i. Bartholomew Chamberlain of Trin. coll.
Besides which two, were 7 admitted.
On the 4 July, Petrus Regius a French man M. of A.
of 12 years standing in the university of Paris, now an
exUe for religion, and a catechisticcd lecturer in tliis univer-
sity, supplicated that he might be a(hiiitted batch, of div.
and tliat the exercise to be performed for it might be de-
ferr'd rill Michaelmas term following, because he shortly
after It-signed to return to his native country. But the
regent;;, upon mature consideration, return'd this answer,
that h>- might take the said degree when he pleased, con-
ditionally that he perform all exercises requisite by the
statute before he take it.
On the same day Giles Gualter M. of A. of 8 years
standing in the university of Caen (another exile, as it
seems) did supplicate under the same form ; but whether
either of them was admitted, it appears not.
Doctor of Civil Law.
Julys. Griffith or Griffin Lloyd principal of Jesus
coll. — lie Wiis ;\fterwards the king's professor of the civil
law and chancellor to the bishop of Oxford. He died in
Doctors Commons, 26 Nov. 1586, and wius buried two
days after in the church of St. Bennet near to Paul's-wharf,
in London.
C?" Not one doct. of physic was admitted this year.
7 Sec "m the True Bektim of a Faction began at Wisbich, <Jc. Printed 1601.
in qu. p. 60.
* [Read was chaplain to Cecil, and died a fellow of the college. This 1
learn from the MS. Catalogue ef FelUma, 4l»>-fol. 5 ; which adds—' reliquit
iua fratui, qui ne monumentum illi.'j
Doctors of Divinity.
Apr. 10. Adam SauiRE master of Bal. coll. — This per-
son, who wius a learned. but fantastical man," married the
daughter of Dr. Jo. Elmer bishop of London, by whose
favour he was mutle archdeacon of Midtilesex, but when, I
cannot tell. '
Apr. . . . John Bold of C. C. coll. — In the year 1.578,
Sept. 25, he was collated to the arclideaconry of Northum-
berland by Dr. Barnes bishop of Durham, on the resigna-
tion of Mr. Franc. Bunncy, who soine years before ha<l
succeeded Mr. Raljdi Levcr_ in that dignity. After Dr.
Bold had resign'd it, Ralph Tonstall M. A. was collated
thereunto 29 Oct. 1581, but who succeeded him, the regis-
ter of the churcli of Durham, whicli is deficient, tells us
not till bishop Neyle's iime, who collated to the archdea-
conry Gab. Gierke D. D. 7 Aug. 1619, upon the resigna-
tion of Dr. John Craddotk. See more among the masters
of arts, an. 1612.
Jul. 6. Pet. Ix)Zillerius Villerios a French man, doc-
tor of the civil law and divinity or an university in his own
country, was then admitted tcPjiroceed in divinity, and three
days after did eompleat that degree by standing in the act
then celebrated. — He was an exile for his religion, lived in
Ch. Ch. for some time, but whether he read a lecture, or
taught privately, as other exiles did, 1 know not. Sure 1
am he was a learned man, and had newly corrected and set
forth Beza's New Testament in Greek.
Iiicorporationt.
June 5. Tho. Hakeluyt M. A. of Cambridge.
22. Will. Smyth M. of A. of the same university. — I
take this to be the same Mill. Smyth who was afterwards
master of Clare hall, chaplain to (|u. Elizabeth, vice-chanc.
of the said university, an. 1603, chaplain to K. James * and
at length provost of King's coll, to which he was elected 22
Aug. 1612. He died 26 March 1615, and became a consi-
derable benefactor to the said college. '
July 10. Humph. Tindall M.A. of the same university. *
He was afterwards master of Queen's coll. there, and be-
came the fourth dean of Ely in the place of John Bell D. D.
who died 31 Oct. 1591, aged 61. The said Tindall was de-
scended from the antient and genteel fomily of his name
living in Norfolk, and dying 12 Oct. 1614, aged 65, was
buried in the catlu ch. at Ely.
9 [Among Hearne's ilf.^S. CiiUfc*. 49. 19. is an original letter from tliis
person to Mr, Francis Willougliby, on the iiiter|>osition of the devil, during
divine service, at Cliribt church, Jan, 11, 1572. Strype, in his Life oj Ayl-
mer, p. 187, makes him very prodigal, as well as fantastical,]
' [1577, Vz Jun. Adam Sqycr S.T, P, coll. ad archidiatum Middlesei,
per mortem Tho, Walts S,T, P, Eoilem die coll. ad preb, dc Tottenhall in
eadem ecclia per mortem ejusileni Tho. Watts. Peg. Aylmer, E/)'i Lomt.
15.58, 26 Oct, Ric. \ aughan ST, D. coll. ad archid. Middlesex per
mortem Ada. Squier S. T. P. lb. Kennet.]
2 [The Blacksmith. 4 Sermon preached at WhitehaU, before the King's mo$t
eiccltcitt Majestif, the yotatg Fritur, the CoutictU, tft*. on Law Sunday ld()6. and
bij Commandment put to print hi/ \V. S. Doct. m DivinitieChaitiaintoher Mt^estye.
Lond. by E, Allde, 1606, 8vo.
Sec Dr, Fuller's Hist, of Cambr. p, 81. Kennet,]
' [That "Will. Smyth was admitted m King's coll. 1573, so could not be
A. M. so early.
Wm, Smyth coll. Regal. A. B. 1577-8 ; A. M. 1581. Baker.
Vide ray MS. coll. vol. xiv, page 160 (in the British Museum.) CotB.]
* [Humph. Tyndall A.B. eloctus socius aulw Pembr. Nov. 84, li6T\
A. M. aulae Pcaibr, 1569; coll. Rcgiii. prases, 1579. Baser]
^m
lb^i>.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1576.
204
July 11. Pbter Baro D. D. of Cambridge.' — Thi^ learued
find worthy divine was born at Estampe.s in France, left
that couuti-y u[>on afcount of religion, came inlo England
for refiige," settled in Camb. by the endeavours of Dr.
Aridr. Perne, and being afterwards of Trin. coll. succeeded
Dr. John Still in the ^largaret i)rofessorsliii) in that univ.
and read there sexeral years to the great liking of many.
At length the C.-dxiiiistical party disgusting certain matters,
(which they looked ui)on as lieterodox) vented by liim in his
readings and prints, viz. in his Comment on Jonah and his
book De FuJc, one of them named Lawi'ence Chadderton
had a contest with him.' Their objections were (1) That
in his readings ujion Jonah, he^tauglit the popish doctrine
of the co-operation of faith and works to justification;
which, tho' in terms a little changed, yet the doctiine was
one and the same effectj (3) That he laboured to make
men believe that the reformed clitirch's doctrine, was not
so differing from po])isli doctrine, but tliat by distinctions
they niiirht be reconciled, and therefore concluded that both
profes'jior.s might be tolerated. And (3) that in his said
readings he taught that the heathen may be saved without
the faith of the gospel, and^ptlicr strange matters, which
they looked upon as damnable errors, &c. Ucsides also, as
[ll-l] they observed, that after many years, wherein he had sundiy
ways hurt the sincerity of the doctrine, lie brought the
popish schoolmen into credit, and diminislied tlie honour of
the learned writers of that age. Since wliich time the
course of studies in divinity, and the manner of preaching
hatli l-.cen much changed in that university bv some, who
have followed that vain ; and left the study of sound writers
(as they stile them) and apply themselves to the reading, as
they furthejadd, of popish, barbarous, and fantastical school-
men, delighted with their carious questions and quiddities,
whereby they draw all points of Christian faith into doubts,
being the high-way not only to popery, but to atheism, &c.
For these, 1 say, and such like matters, he was, by the zea-
lous travel of some of the brethren in the said university,
removed from his place of Jlargaret professor, about the
year lr>[)(>, not without the consent of Dr. Whitgift^ arch-
bishop of Canterbury .3 For so it was, and they could not
be beaten out of it, that they thoiight, that as a certain Spa-
niard named Ant. Cori'auus was bi'ought to, and settled in,
Oxon, })urposely to corrupt the ti-ue doctrine; so Pet. Baro
a French man was for Cambridge, which last is neverthe-
' [IVter Baro Stt-mpfnus adiuiiud JMarg. prof, faiiibr. 1575. S. T. P.
ISrC. Ho rcsipnd Uiis lecture 15'Jti, foreseeing that lie could not bold it much
longer. Ili^and Barrel's case maybe seeu inaMSofabp Wliitgift now lodged
ia Trin coll. (\ital. PrnfeAs. Kennet.
See an account of Peter Baron under hi.s own hand) Collect. MS. vol . xxxix,
page 103. — Natif d' Estanipos — est-.uit aage de 26 ans I' an & niois que Fran-
cois deuxiesnie Toy de France niourut a ()rlcans c'est a dire 1' an 1560 : cu
Uecenibre se relira a Geneve et la s' estaut adoune ii 1' estude de tbcologie,
fut iiiit niinistre et recent 1' im|>osition dee nrains par .Tean Calvin — s' estant
retire a Cainbrige I'une des deux universitez d' Anglcterre, a cause des trou-
bles de la France, fut la professeur es lettres Ilebraiques & en theologie —
receu diKteur en tbcologie &c. ISakeh.
V. his life in my vol. xxxi, p. !>7, 98, 99. Cole.] "
' [Prolmbly in 1572 or S, and was afterwards cntertaind in the ftimlly
of the lord Burleigh, by whose reconunendation & the assistance of Dr.
Peone, he succeeded Dr. John Still. Strypc's Whitgiji, p. 93. Watts.]
' [Dr. Cbaderton the nuister of Email, coll. having lived to see 3 masters
after hun, died at Cambridge, Nov. 16, le-lO, retatis suiR 103. Kennet.
He wrote a Sermon m Multliao 7, 22-23. Lond. 1580. 8vo. llAWI.lNSo^.]
* See more of this matter in Pet. Heylin's iMmk cntit. Obsmatimis on the
UiHan/ofK. Charlet l.piilAislied by Ham. VEsLrmge eni; Lond. 1656. p. 73.
* » [Jolin Whitgift admitted Marg. prof, in Carabr. 1653. For bis sake the
salary was niignunied by llie university from JO nmrks to 20'* on July 5,
1566. Cutd. if I'nfoi. K«kket.]
less reported in the following age by a high church of Eng.
land ' man that though he was a foreigner by birth, yet he
better understood the doctrines of the church of England,
than many of the natives, his contemporaries in the univer-
sity of Cambridge, &c. His writings are these, (1) /»
Jonam Prophetam Prtetectiones 39. {"i) Condones tres ad
Clerum Cantabrigiensem habitee, in Templo B. Maria. (8)
Theses publico: in Scholis peroratcp &; disputata. Which Theses
being only two, were translated into English by John Lud-
liam with these titles. First, God's Purpose and Decree
takelh not away the Liberty of Man's corrupt fi^ill. The se-
cond Our Conjunction with Christ is altogether Spiritual. Both
printed at Lond. 1.590 in oct. (4) Precationes, quibus tism
est Author in suis Prcelectionibus inchoandis Sf Jiniendis. All
which were published at Lond. 1579. fol. by the care and
labour of Osmond Lake batch, of div. and fellow of King's
coll. in Cambridge, who viewed and corrected them before
they went to the press. This Osm. Lake, by the way I
nuist tell you, had been proctor of that university, was af-
terwards vicar of llingwood in Hampshire and a publisher
of several books, (besides others which he wrote, that are
not yet extant) among which are A Probe Theological, or the
Jirst Part of the Christian Pastor's Proof of his learned Pa-
rishioners Faith. Lond. 1612. qu He died in IG'Jl, leaving
then behind him the character of a learned man. ' As for the
other works of I'et. Baro they are these, " (5) De Fide ejusq;
" Ortu S; Natura plana Sf dilucida Explicatio, &c. Lond. 1580,
" oct." (6) De Proestantia Sf Dignitate dirintE Legis, lib. 2.
printed 1,58(<, oct. (7) Tractatus in quo docet Expetitionem
oblati a mente boni ^ Fiduciam ad Fidei just'ificantis Naturam
pertiiiere. (8) Summatrium Sententiarum de Pradestinat'ione
&c. Hardrov. 1G13. oct. printed with the Notes of Joh.
Piscator, D'uiquisilion of Franc. Junius and Prelection of Will.
Whittakcr. (9) Special Treatise of God's Providence, and of
Comforts against all kind of Crosses and Calamities to be fetched
from the same; with an Exposition on Psal. \07. (10) Four
Sermons. The first on Psal. 133. 1, 2, 3. The sec. on
Psal. 15. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, &c. After this author Peter Baro had
been removed from Cambridge, he went to London, lived
and died in Crutched Fryers, and was buried in the church
of St. Olave in Hart-street. At whose interment the bishop
of London ordered the most eminent divines and ministers
in that city to be present. The Baro's or Bnrons as they
are by soine called, who do now, or did lately, live at Boston
in Lincolnshire, and at King's Lynn in Norfolk, are de-
scended from him.
Jul. II. Walt. Th.wers M. of A.' of Cambridge, was
then incorporated in the same degree. — This person had
received his academical education in Trin. coll. in the said
university, and afterwards travelled to Geneva, where he
became acquainted with Beza;'' and at his return took the
degree of batch, of div. Soon after he went to Antwerp,
' Idem in Certamm qi'i^olttrt; &c. printed 1659. p. 177.
- [He is stiled S. T. B. et ecclesite Ringiodicnsis pastor, in Peter Baro's
C])isllL' to him, prefixed to Baro's book De Fide, printed Ix)nd. 1580. B.ikeh.
There isan elegant copy of verses of his prefixd to Dr Bingham's edition of
three of Deniostbenes's brations, put into Latin by Dr Nich. Carr, publish'd
at London 4to 1571. Watts.]
' [The form of certificate given by the presbytery at Antwerp of tlieir
having ordauied Mr. Walter Travcrs an Englishman, dal. May 14. 1578.
Heyliu, Hist. Presb. p. 314.
••bi .Insu'o- to a suypliriildrii Kpistk <f G. T. for the preletuled Catholiqua
uTittni (I) the right honoiirMc Lords of his M(gesiie's jrirae Cowicell, b;i Waiter
Travcrs, miimter of the mrrd of God. At London, printed for Tobie Smith.
8vo. Kenket.]
* rOnc of whoac letters to him wrote in 1582 is ia Fuller's Church HiMery,
137.J
^
205
1577.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1577.
'206
where he was ordained minister according to tlie piesby-
terian way, * and returning again into England, he became
lecturer in tl.o Temple ^vliile Mr. U. (looker was master;
between whom certain difiereiices in religion liapning, Tra-
vers was dischiugcd of his jdace by the archbishoi); Where-
upon by the endeavours of Dr. Adam Loftus archb. of
Dublin, he was made pi-ovost of Trin. coll. there, an. l.'i<)4.
But keeping that jilace not long, he returned into England,
and lived divers yeais, as 'tis said, very obscurely, but
where I cannot tell. Sure I am that one Wal. Travers sjjc-
ceeded Joh. Salkekl in the vicarage of Wellington in So-
mersetshire, an- 1635, but whetlier the same, 'tis doubtful.
Among several things that this W. Tiavers hath published, is
Declaration of Ecdesiastical Disciplwe out of the Word of God,
and of the declining of the Church of England from the same.
Gencv. 1580. oct. It is also extant in Latin, but tliat I
have not yet seen. The other things that he hath Avritten
you may mostly, if not idl, see in the Oxford or Bodleian
Catalogue.
f)n the 4 of July was a supplicate made that Tho. Nor-
ton M. of A. of Cambridge might be incorporated, but
whether he was, it appears not. Had this supplication been
made in 1560, I should have taken him to be the same Tho.
Norton, a famous poet of his time, whom 1 have mention'd
among these writers in Tho. Sternhold, an. 1549, and in
Tho. Sackvile an. 1608.
[115] An. DoM. 1577.— 19-20 Eliz.
Chancellor.
The same.
Vice-chancellor.
Will. Cole, D.D. president of C. C. coll. was admitted
to this office 13 July.
Proctors.
John Glover of St. John's coll. Apr. 17,
Tho. Dochen of Magd. coll. Apr. I7.
liatchelors of Arts.
Jun. 17. Erasmus Dreyden — The first of his sirname
that setled in ISorthamptonshire (descended from the Drey-
dens of StafFliill or Staffle in Cumberland) was by profes-
sion a schoolmaster, and being learned, and well acquainted
with Erasmus of Rotterdam, that person was godfather to
one of his sons; which is the reason that that Christian
name descends among the family of the Dreydens in that
county; some of whom have gloried in it, in my hearing. *■'
Jun. 12. George Peele of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards
an eminent poet.
C^ [See an account of George Peele vol. 1. col. 688. In
the additions to Wood's article of Peel I have been guilty of
* [About 1578, testimonial wliercof is in Fuller's Church History, 214.
Watts.}
6 [IJakcr very properly remarks here, tatipm-a rum sotij convmmiit, and a
more reccnl author has clearly proved that tlie name was adopted from a
very difterent reason: ' The learned antiquary (Wood) must hare been mis-
informed in this account. Erasmus of Rotterdam dic<l in 1536, how thou
could he he godfather to Erasmus the son of John Dryden, who was not born
till near twenty years after, and as we learn from Mr. Wood himself took his
degree of batch'elor of arts in Oxford, on the seventeenth of June liVT.
Erasmus Uryden was named after Erasmus, the eldest sou of sir Jolui Cope,
liis mother's brother, who might possibly have his name from the famous
ErasumV of Rotterdam. The story of his profession is no less improbable :
nor is it likely that sir John Cope would have married his daughter to a per-
son in low circumstances ; and that she was married before his decease is
evident from the inquisition taken upon Mr. Dryden's death, in the twenty-
seventh year of queen Eliaiheth ; for we learn froui thence, that Erasmus, Ids
eJdest son hythis marriage, was at that time one and thirty years old, and
consequently" must have been born three or foiu- years before sir John Cope
died.' Bridge*, IJitt. if Northamplmshire, 1791, vol, i, page 225^]
an omission which I cannot by any mpan.i account for •
since, at the«tinie oC printing my tir&t volume I wiia oa fnllr
aware of the existence of the drama in question, as 1 am at
the j»rescnt moment. Tliis is
The Old Wives Tale a pleasant conceited Comedk plaied by
the Queenet Majesties Players. Written by G. P. Lend. 1595,
4to.
The Old Wives Tale has been conjectured to be the foun-
dation of Milton's Comus. It is a play of the greatest raritv.
George Steevens purchased a copy at Dr. 'Wright's sale for
five |)ounds, seven shillings, six i>enoc, which was boueht
for his present majesty (Geo. HI.) at the dispersion of Stee-
vens's library, in 1800, for twelve pounds.]
25. Tertullian Pine of St. Johns coll.' — Whether he
took a hijjhcr degree in this university, it appears not ; for
travelling l)cyoiul the .seas, he was made doctor of the laws
in the university of Basil ; whence returning, he was in-
stalled arcluleacon of Sudbury in the dioc. of Norwich 20
July 1591, in the place of Dr. Jo. Still of Cambridge.
After Pine, Cuthb. Norrys D. D. was installed 6 Ott. 1599,
and after his death, Theophiltis Kent, 31 Dec. 1621 . .Some
years after Kent's death, Anth. Sparrow D. D. of Camb.
was installetl 7 Aug. 1660, who being jtromoted to the see
of Exeter Dr. Jolm Spencer of the said utriv. succeeded,
an. 1667.
Jul. 1. John Davies of Gloc. hall.— Afterwards aa emi-
nent mathematician.
8. Tho. Lodge of Trin. coll.
Oct. 29. Charles Tuknbult. of Corp. C. C.
John Spenser of Corp. C. C. ■
Dec. 4. Will. (iAOER of Ch. Ch.
Feb. 6. Enw. Hutchins of Brascn-n. coll.
Mar. 22. Will. Walford of Trin. coll.
Anth. Shirley of the same coU. of the Holy Trin. was
then also admitted. — See another Anth. Shirley among the
batch, of arts, an.' 1581, who was a Sussex man born, but
this of Trin. coll. was a native of Oxfordshire.
Admitted 124.
Masters of Arts.
Mar. 29. John 'Williams of All-s. coll.
— — — Rich. Hooker of C. C. coll.
May 17. Will. Greenwich of All-s. coll. — He was af-
terwards archdeacon of Salop, and died an aged man -in
Apr. 1631.
June 25. Will. Wilkes of Mert. coll.
■ Jam. Bisse of Magd. coll.
Will. Massie of Brasen-n. coll.
27. Rich. Hackluyt of Ch. Ch. _
— Hen. R««'lands of New coll.
Jul. 3. Tho.Lovell. — Whether he be the sameTho. Lovell
who wrote A Dialogue between Custom and Ferity conreming
the Use and Abuse of Dancing, and Minstrelsie. Lend, in oct.^
about 1589, 1 know not.
Feb. 18. Julius C'jEsar of Magd. hall.— See among the
doctors of civ. law 15S3.
Ailrfiitted 116. ,^
Doctor of Law.
Nov. 23. Tho. Glasier of Ch. Ch.— In 1578 he was
' [Pine was a native of Devonshire, and was elected a fellow of St. John'f
college from Reading in Rcrkshirc ; whence we may infer that he received his'
education in that town. Ho resigned his fellowship April 11, 1578, as a|>-
pears from llit college register I, folio 164. b.]
207
1577.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1578.
208
[116]
elected rector of Exeter coll. and dying 9 Alar. 1591, was
succeeded in that rectory by Dr. Thorn. Holland.
t^ Not one iloct. of phys. or divinity was admitted, nor
any to the reading of the sentences but one.
Incorporations.
Mav 53. Tho. Bowsfield batch, of arts of Pembr. hall
in Cambridge.' — In the act following he proceeded master
of his faculty in this university, became principal of St. Ed-
mund's hall in 1581, and the year after prebendary of Grim-
ston and Yatminster in the church of Sarum.
Jul. 9. Sim. Harward batch, of arts of another university.
Rich. Remyngton M. A. of Cambr. was incorporated
the same day. — In 1582, Jun.ii, he was collated to the arch-
deaconry of Cleveland upon the death of Ralpfi Coukon
batch, of div. (which hapned 8 May going before, aged 55)
and some j-ears after, (about 1598) he became archdeacon
of the East-Riding of Yorkshiie, in the place of Tho Cole;
whom ] have mention'd before, under tlie year 1567. In
Cleveland succeeded, upon his resignation, one Rich. Bird,'
collated thereunto 21 of March 1,088, and in the East-Riding,
Mannaduke Blaxton, as 1 shall tell you elsewhere.
Jul. 9. Anthony Rudde batch, of div. of Cambr. was
also then incorporated.' — He was of Trin. coll. in that uni- _
yersity, was afterwards D. of D. and in 1584 he became "
dean of Glocester in the place of Lawr. Humphrey, who
four years before had been promoted to the deanery of Win-
chester. In 1594, June 9, he was consecrated bishop of St.
David (being then accounted a most acfmirable preacher)
and died 7 March 1614, having before published four, or
more, sermons.* He had a son of both his names, wlio was
a commoner of Magd. coll. in this university in 1603.
Jul. 19. Nigh. Bownde M. A. of the said university.' —
He was afterwards D. of D. beneficed at Norton in Suffolk,
and famed for several things that he published in his life-
time. Among whicli are (1) Sablatum veteris Hi novi Testa-
ments ; or the true Doctrine of the Sabbath, held and practised
of the Church of England, both before and under the Law, &c.
This book was first published, as one * observes, in 1595,
and was the first of that nature which first saw light, and
occasion'd the observation of the Lord's day more solemnly
to be kept, which before was not. Whereujion his doctrine
was opposed by several persons, of whom Tho. Rogers was
one, as I have elsewhere told you. (2) Tfte holy Exercise of
Fasting, S(c. in certain Homilies or Sermons, &c. Lond. 1604.
oct. Dedicated to his great lord and patron Dr. Jolin Jegon
B. of Norwich, (ti) A Store-House of Comforts for the af-
flicted in Spirit set open in 21 Sermons. Lond. 1604. qu.
The two first are on tlie title of Psalm 20. ' To him that
excelleth;' the rest aie on the six first verses of the said
_ • [Tlio. Boinfyld aul. Pembr. 'art. bac. an. 1.S74. In 1581, became prin-
cipal ot Kdtnund linll, Oxon, qui ap ipsis fundamentis aulam suam rcnovavit.
T. H. (Probably Thomas Hear.vf., who was a frequent correspondent of Ba-
ker's.) B.»KFn.]
» [A. M. Cant. 1568. Regist. Baker.]
' [Ant. Ruddc admissus .socius minor coll. Trin. Sept. 6, 1569 ; major
Apr. 7, 1570. Reg. Coll. Trin. Bakeh.
He op|)osed the oath against simony in the convocation of 1604. Fuller's
Ch. Hilt. '^Q. in which Hi.il. p. 69, see a remarkable account of him and his
preaching before Q. Eliz. Waits.]
* [A Sermon preached at Greeiui<ich before the Kings Malie upon Tmsdai/
m Vthitton Week being the 14 cf June 1603, hij the rev. father in Gnd AiUhonie
Rudd docUrr of didnUie and lord bithan of St. David's. Lond. 1609. 8vo.
pp, 35. Kennet.] -^
3 [Nic. Bound dom. Pitri, A. B. Cant. an. 1571-2. Nic. Bonnde D. Petri,
A.M. an. 1575. Reg. Acal Cmt. Bakee.]
* Tho fuller in his Ch. HiaUny, &c. Kb.' 9. sub. an. 1595.
psalm. (4) Unbelief of St. Thomas the Apostle, laid open for
Believers, &c. printed 1608, oct. with other things which I
have not yet seen.
Nov. — John Delabere sometimes of Ch. Ch. and batch,
of phys. of this university, afterwards doct. of the same fa-
culty at Basil in Geniiany, was then incorporated doct. of
phys. — He was afterwards principal of Gloc. hall.
Feb. 18. Nigh. Goldsborough M. A. of Cambridge,
" now sacrist of C. C. C. in Oxon." — He was incorporated
also batch, of div. in 1597.
An. Dom. 1578.— 20-21 Elizab.
Chancellor.
The 8ame.
Vice-chancellor.
Martin Colepeper doct. of phys. and warden of New
coll. was adm. Jul. 15. being the next day after the act was
ended.
Proctors.
Ralph Smtth of Magd. coll.
Clem. Colmer of Brasen-n. coll.
They were elected in congi'egation 9 Apr.
Batchelors of Arts.
May 14. Matthew Gwinne of St. Joh. coll.
Jul. 12. Rob. Hues or Husius of St. Mary's hall, lately
of Brasen-n. coll.
Nov. 12. Leonard Hutten of Ch. Ch.
Tho. Ravis of Ch. Ch.
JoH. HowsoN of Ch. Ch.
The two last were afterwards bishops.
Nov. 12. JoH. Terry of New coll.
Dec. 9. Rich. Kilbye of Line. coll.
Jun. 28. Walt. Warner. — One of both his names was
an eminent mathematician in the reigns of K. Jam. and
CIi. 1. as I have elsewhere told you.
Jun. 28. Will. Wood of Br. coU.
Will. Wilkinson of Br. coll.
See another Will. Wood in 156 1 . As for Will. Wilkinson,
I find one of both his names to be author of A Confutation
of certain Articles delivered to the Family of Love, &c. Lond.
1579. oct.' and of A godly Treatise of the Exercise if Tasting,
&c. Lond. 1580, oct. but him of Brasen-n. coll. 1 take to be
too young to be an author, he being this yeai- about 20 years
of age. See another Will. Wilkinson an. 1593.
Feb. 26. Thom. Gibson. — See among the masters 1580.
Rich. Parkes of Brasen-n. coll. was admitted the Same
day.
Admitted 107.
Batchelors of Law.
Jul. 2. Hen. Dethick M. of A. was admitted batch, of
law, l)eing now chancellor of tlie diocese of Carlisle.' — About
this time also he succeeded one Edw. ThreUceld LL. D. in
the archdeiiconry of Carli.sle, who had been collated tiere-
unto 10 Eliz. Dom. 1567 -8, the same Threlkeld I mean who
had been fellow of King's coll. in Cambridge, and tiie same
who was so much admired in that university, for his e-x.<;pllent
knowledge and eloquence, that he was thought to use the
s [See Strype's Life of GrindaU, p. 284.]
" [1566. 27 Dec. Revraus contulit niag'ro Henrico Dethycke S. T. B. eccl.
paroch. dc Orpington cu'm capeliis annex, per depripal. Mauritil Clenotke,
ult. inc. il("». Parker. Kennet.]
209
1578.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1578.
210
help of some good genius. When he gave up the chancellor-
ship of Carlisle he was chancellor of the diocese of Here-
ford, where he became highly valued for his profession. In
the year 1581 1 shall make farther mention of Hen. De-
thick, who was a man of learning also, but far beneath
Threlkeld.
Besides Dethick were six batch, of law adm. this year,
among whom Joh. Drewry was one. See in 1584.
[117] Masters of Arts.
May 2. Martin Heton of Ch. Ch.
Rich. Eedes of Ch. Ch.
William Watkinson of Ch. Ch.
5. Sim. Harward of New coll.
^9. Will. Leigh of Brasen-n. coll.
June 17. Thom. Smith of Ch. Ch.
July 4. Giles Tomson of Univ. coll.-
of All-s. coll. and a bishop.
Admitted 52.
-He was afterwards
tj" But two batch, of div. were admitted this year, of
whom Edm. Lillye of Magd. coll. was one, after-
wards master of Bal. coll.
Doctors of Law.
Oct. IS. Rich. Percye of Ch. Ch. — He died 10 Nov.
1598, (after he had been 20 years commissary to the arch-
bish. of York) and was buried in the church of Settrington
in Yorksliire, of which he became rector in 1591, in the
place of Ral|)h Tomson D. D.
Feb. 12. Giles Lawrence of All-9. coll. and Greek pro-
fessor of the university.' — He was a Glocestershire man
born, was admitted scholar of C. C. coll. with his individual
friend John Jewel an. 1539, and in 1542 was elected prob.
fellow of that of All-souls. On the 18 Sept. an. 1564 he
became archdeacon of Wilts, on the deprivation of one John
Lawrence (whether his father or uncle I know not) being
then in great esteem for his learning. ' A certain author of
no mean fame tells us, that this Dr. Lawrence was the light
and ornament of this university, that he was brought up
and nourished in the.lxisom of Pallas, and that into him, as
also into Bartholomew Doddington, the ornament of Cam-
bridge, nature, and unwearied industry, had infused and
placed aU the Greek treasures and riches imaginable. I
have been inform'd that he hath written and published
several books, but such I have not yet, in all my searches,
seen ; nor do I know any thing else of him, only that in
the time of queen Mary he was tutor to the children of sir
Artliur Darcey living near the Tower of London, and that
he was in being in 1584.
Feb. 23. Rob. Salisbury of Jesus coll. — He was a
younger son of sir John Salisbury of Lewenic in Denbigh-
shire knight, and uncle to sir Jolin Salisbury of the same
place, who died 1613 ; which is all I know of him.'
' [Egidius Lawrence jur. civil, doct. coll. ad archidiat. S. Albani 30 Jany
1580, per resign. Dav. Kerapc. Eod. die adniiss. ad cccl. Rickinansworth ;
iianc ecd'iam et dignitatem simul resign, ante 5 Jul. 1381. Kennf.t.
He has Latin verses ii])on Tbo. Wilson's translation of the three orations of
Demosthenes into English. Baker.
See a tract of this Lawrence in Benet college library in MS. See ray
Tol. xli, p. 149. CoiE.]
8 Edw. Craunt in cpist. ded. ad Great Ling. Spicil. an. 1575.
* [Rob. Salisbury succeeded Dr. David Powell in the vicarage of Ruabon
wh''' he consigned Aug. 25, 1598. and was succeeded by Sam' Powel, son
o I his predecessor Dr. Powell. He was also vicar of Corwcu, an<l resigned
that also Dec. 13, 1581. He had been instituted to it, laiiY 1, 1378. Hum-
PUREY».
Doctor of Phytic.
Nov. 12. Henry Bust of Magd. coll.— -He wm after-
wards superior reader of Lynacre's phys. lecture, practised
his faculty many years in Oxon with great repute ; and
dying in his house in St. Aldatc's parish, was buried in the
church belonging thereunto, 17 Feb. 1616.
Doctors of Divinity.
July 10. Edw. Chapman of Cambridge. — See among the
Incorporations following.
12. Rich. Creke of Magd. coll.
Jan. 19. John Barefoot of C. C. coll. chaplain to Am-
brose earl of Warwick. — In 1581 he became archdeacon of
Lincoln in the place of Dr. John Robinson (mention'd
among the incorporations an. 1566) and dying in 1595, was
succeeded in that dignity by Rich. Cleyton D. D. collated
thereunto 29 Aug. the same year. After Cleyton followed
John Hills D. D. master of St. Catherine's hall in Cam-
bridge, who was collated to it 21 Sept. 1612. He died in
1626, (about the month of Sept.) and was buried in the
chancel of the church at Horsheath in Cambiidgeshire,
where there was, if not still, a monument in the wall, over
his grave.
Jan. 19. Bartholomew Chamberlayne of Trin. coll.
Edmund Bunney of Mert. coll. did supplicate for the
said degree in February, but was not admitted.
Incorporations.
July 7- Edward Chapman batch, of div. of Cambridge.
— He was soon after admitted doctor, as I have before told
you.
14. Will. Whitaker or Whittaker batch, of divinity
of the said university. ' — ^This famous divine for learning
and life was born at Holme in the parish of Bumdley in
Lancashire, initiated there in grammar gleaming, t<d(en
thence by his uncle Alexander Nowell dean of Paul's, and
by him maintained in his house, and put to the free school
there. At eighteen years of age he was sent to Trin. coll.
in Cambridge,' took the degrees in arts, and the first thing
tlmt made him known for his excellency in the Gr. tongue,
was the turning his uncle's catechism into that language.*
Afterwards being famous for theology, he was made the
king's professor in that faculty, and stood up in defence of
the Protestant religion and church of England, against Ed-
mund Campian, Nicholas Saunders, William Rainolds, Ro-
bert Bellarmine, Thomas Stapleton. &c. At length having
much impoverished his weak body by continual study, even
at that time, when the tjuestion was so rife among the di-
\ines * whether a true and justifying faith may be lost, he
was freed from this boily of tiesh, and lost his life, having
left behind him the desire and love of the present times,
1.530. 2 Apr. Ordines celebrati infra eccl'iam convent, donnis, sivc prio-
ratus, S8 Trinitatis Lond. per. rev. Thomani, Dei gratia Liden. ep'um, aucto-
ritate rev""* Cant, arepi, sede Loml. vacante ; — inter subdiaconos — mag' Rob*-
tus Salisbury A. M. oriundus in villa Culeria jurisdict. ccd. Xti Cant, per litt.
dimissor. ad tit. coUegii B. Maria? et .sanct^'iui Joh'ls evang. et Padegendis in
univer. Canlabrig. Iteg. Wfrrham, Cimt.
Rob'tu^ Salisbury, L. D. adiniss. ad rect. de Holland magna com. Essex
6 Aug. 1580, ad pres. Mat. Smith armig. Reg. GrmduU. Kevnet.]
' [1580. 1 Oct. Will. Whittacre S.T. B. admiss. ad cancell. S. Pauli per
promotionem Joh. Watson ad ep'atuni W'lnlou. ad prtcs. reguwe. if<g. ilyj-
mer Ep'i Lofid.
1587, S Nov. Will Day S.T. P. admiss. ad cancellar. 8. Pauli per resign.
Willehiii Whittacres. lb. Kennet.]
* [Gul. Whitaker admissus socius minor coll. Trin. Sept. 6, 1,571. Bak»b.]
3 [Printed at London in 1575, and 1577, in a small uct. Lk>vsday.J
* Caiubden iu Amal Reg. EMtab. sub aa. 1593.
P*
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211
1678.
FASTI OXOMENSES.
1579.
212
and the envy of posterity, that cannot bring forth his pa-
raUel He cave way to fate 4 December an. 159.5, aged 47,
and was buried in the chapel belonging to St. John s coll.
in Cambridge, of which coll. he iiad several years before
been master. His works are printed in Latin in two vol.
in folio at Genev. 1610. , „ . , ,
July 15 Gervase Babington M. of A. of tlie same um-
rersitv of Cambridge. '—He was a Nottinghamshire man
born was fellow of Trin. coll. afterwards chaplain to Henry
earl of Pembroke, treasurer of LandafF, and successively
bishop of Landaff, Exeter, and Worcester. He published
several books of div. which were all printed in one volume
in fol Lond. 1615, and go under the name of his works.
He died in the year 1610, at which time he enriched the
library belonging to the church at Worcester with many
choice books. ...
Brute Babington B. of A. of this university/ was in-
corporated the same day : So also was ^ ,
William Cotton M. A. this person, who was the son ot
John Cotton citizen of London, third son of Richard, eighth
son of John Cotton, or Coton of Humpstable-Ridware in
Staffordshire, was partly educated in Guildford school in
Surrey, afterwards in Queen's coll. in Cambridge, and took
the usual degrees. ' Some years after he became archdeacon
of Lewis, canon residentiary of St. Pauls cath. church, and
at length bishop of Exeter. » He died at Silverton » m De-
von. 27 August 1621, and was buried on the south side of
the choir or presbyterv of the cath. church at Exeter. One
W iUiam Cotton ' feUow of Magd. coll. in Oxon was ad-
mitted M. of A. in June 1577, but what relation there was
between him and the bishop, I cannot tell.
This year also, Sept. 1. Edward Stanhope doct. ot the
civ law of Trin. coll. in the said university, did supplicate
in a convention called simile primum, that he might be in-
corporated in the said degree, which, thougli granted sim-
pliciter, yet it appears not that he was incorporated. He
was afterwards a knight, chanceUor to tlie bishop of Lon-
don, and vicar general to the archb. of Canterbury.* He
paid his last debt to nature on the sixteenth day of March
an. 1608, and was buried near to tlie great north door
within the cathedral church of St. Paul in London. He
was brother to John lord Staniiope of Harrington.
An. Dom. 1579.-^2-23 Elizab.
Chancellor.
Tlie same, viz. Robert earl of Leicester.
Vice-chancellor.
Toby Matthew D.D. dean of Ch. Ch. July 14.
» [Gcr>-. Babington admissus socius minor coll. Trin. Sept. 28, 1573; soc.
major Mar. 19, 1574. Baeeb.]
« fBrutus Babington coll. Chr. conv. 2. adinissus in matriculam acad. Cant.
Jun. 17, 1572. Brut. Babyngton coll. Chr. A. B. 1575-6. A. !M. 1579.
Brutus Babington electus socius coll. Chr. an. 1576. Bakeb.]
7 [\V. Cotton coll. Regin. A. B. 1571-2 ; A. M. 1575. Bakeb.]
8 rVVill. Cotton A.M. coll. ad preb. de Sncating in eccl. Paul. 11 Apr.
1.577 cuisuc. Job. King, S.T.B. 6 Oct. 1599, per promot. Will'i Cotton ad
epat~. Exon. Reg. Lmd. „, , ••
Will. Cotton A. M. adniiss. ad rcct. de West-Tilbury com. Essex 27 Junii
1581 ad pres. regis, quam resign, ante 21 Nov. 1581 eod. anno. Reg. Lmd.
Adniiss. A. M. ad eccl. de Fnichelcy 22 Sept. 1581. , , .„. ^,
1509 28 JanY Ric. Latewarr, S.T. P. admissus ad eccl. de Finchley com.
jnddl. per promot. Wiiri Cotton S. T. P. in ep'um Exon, ad pras. reginse. Ji>.
The nght rev father in God William Cotton late bishop ot Exeter son of
John Cotton of London and of daugliter of .... ■ • • ;
sent. Tiie foresai i lord bishop dyed the e'l" day of August 1621 at bis
house of Fisherton in the county of Devon, and was buried ni the catliedral
church of St Peter in Exeter in the moneth of September next toUowmg.
He married Mary the relict of William Cutler citizen of London, and by her
liad issue 2 sonnes, WUliam his eldest son and heir, Edward S"*! sonne ; and
2 daughters, Judith, marryed to Freeman Page of Fmchley m the county of
Middle.-iex, gent, and 2'"/ to Roger Conycrs of Fmchley aforesaid gent :
and Mary married to JohnTrottof Frvan Barnelt in y' county ol Middlesex,
geiit. William tlie elde.«t Sonne had issue by Eliz. the daughter of John
Hende of Botrcaux castle in y« county of Cornwall, esq', William eldest
Sonne, living, and Edward the 2"'' Sonne married Margaret daughter of
Wm Brutoii alia.'* Breton of Hanetrce in the county of Devon, gent, and by
b'r hath issue. M.S \ote in the llnaU's Office Kennet.]
s fPiis rectory he held in commendam with the bishoprick. v. the Codti,
p 1530. LOTEDAY.]
I [A William Cotton B.C. L. died in 1616. Niciioi.8.1
Proctors.
Will. Zouch of Ch. Ch.
Isaac Upton of Magd. coll.
Elected in congregation 29 April.
Batchelors of Arts.
May 16. Rob. Abbot of Bal. coll.— Afterwards a deep
divine and bishop of Salisbury.
19. John Pkilipps.— The same, I think, who was aftei-
wards B. of the isle of Man.
June 3. Robert Sackvile of Hart hall.— See among
the masters following.
Oct. 16. Edwyn Sandys of C. C. coll.
— — - William Tooker of New coll.
, ,. 11- Roger Hacket of New coll.
22. Edward Philipps of Broadgate's hall.
Jan. 14. Henry Perry of Glocester hall..
26. John King of Ch. Ch.— He was afterwards bishop of
London.
Feb 12. Thomas Hariot of St. Mail's hall.
. George Carleton of St. Edirf. hall.
The first of which two was afterwards an eminent ma-
thematician, and the other a divine and B. of Cliichester.
17 Isaac Colfe of Broadgate's hall.
March 9. Laub. Hyde of Magd. hall.— He was after-
wards a knight, and attorney to queen Anne the cdnsort of
king Jam. 1 . , o
Thomas Savile was admitted the same day.— See among
the masters, an. 1584.
Admitted 128, or thereabouts.
Batchelors of Law.
Eight were admitted, of whom Gervase Carrington
was one; who in 1576 had been installed prebendary of
Worcester, on the resignation of Arth. Dudley M. of A.
2 fisgi 21 Maii, Edw. Stanhop, LL. D. ac unus magistrormn cancellariaf
dom reginie, admissus ad preb. de Cantlers. aUas Kentishtowne per mortem
'IsKV'^gdfrd^sftaiSLL.D. fuit vicarius in spiritualibus
Vo.itUhtnwne ner mort. Edwardi Stanhope militis. lb.
Ed Staniiop'^L. D. coll ad preb. de Kentishtowne 31. MaU 1591, per mort.
Joh. Mullens. Reg. Grindall. Kesnet.]
Fellow of Trinity college, and a benefactor. Baker.
Seemv MS. CoUrvol. xxsii, p. 83, 84. Coi.e.
See Stinhope's inscription in Du^dale. Sir Edward Stanhope was father
to Mkh .el Strnhope M. D. a writer, (see Cough's To^graph^, m M.e)
md to George StanL.pc- D.D. rector of W uldrnkc -'^ chaplam to Ctole I
from whom descende.l George Stanhope dean ot Canterbury. See WalKcrs
iufftriugs nfUxe CUrg'j, part 2, page 83. lIuNTEn.J
213
1579.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1579.
214
Mastert of Aria.
June 3. Robert Sackvile of Hart hall.'— He was now
three years standing in the university, and was, in honour
to hrs noble race, admitted batch, and master of arts in one
and the same congregation. On the 13 of July followinff
he was senior of the act then celebrated, and in 1608 sue-
ceeded ins father in the earldom of Dorset.
Jul. 6. George Peei.e of Ch. Ch.
9. Hen. Smith of Hart haU.— See among the masters in
1583.
[119] 10. John Bond of New coll.
Thomas Hethe or Hbath of AH-s. coll. was admitted
the same day.
Admitted 75.
Batchelors of Divinity.
May 4. Hieronim. Schlick count of Passan or Passattn,
lord m M'eiskerden and Slackenward, who had studied two
years in the university of Prague, and five in Lips, where he
professed divmity, and twice in one year elected rector of
the univ. of Marpurg, was then admitted to tlie reading of
the sentences, or as 'twas now called, to the reading of
any book of St. Paul's Epistles, that is, to the degree of
bat. h. f.f divinity.— This the members of the university did
really grant, not only because he was an honourable person,
but also for that his ] arents and relations liad suffered much
in the Smalcaldic war for their zealous profession of the
gospel, and also that the count had been trained up in good
arts, as well as in divinity.
June 24. Thomas Bilson of New coll.
John Rainolds of C. C. coll.
Besides these three, were but three more admitted.
Doctor of Law.
Jul. — John Daye of Magd. coll.— He became vicar
gen. to the B. of Bath and Wells, an. 1587.
He was the only person who was admitted doctor of his
faculty this year.
C^ Not one doct. of phys. was adm. this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
March 27. Ralph Tomson of Brasen-n. coll.— He was
now one of the chaplains to the queen, and dying 18 Aug.
1591, was buried in the church of Settrington (of which h6
was rector) in Yorkshire.
_ Apr. — KoBERT Dorset canon of Ch. Ch. — In the be-
ginning of this year (1579) he became dean of Chester in
the place of Rich. Laugworth or Longworth, D. D. of Cam-
bridge deceiised, who before had succeeded Dr. Jo. Piers,
but the year when, 1 cannot tell. Tiiis Dr. Dorset, who
wa.^ also rector of Ewelme in Oxfordshire, ilied 29 May
1580, and was buried in the church there; whereupon one
Tho. Madesley or Modesk-y succeeded him in his deanry.
July 3. John Langworth of New coll. — This person,
who was son of Lancelot Langworth of Kertlebury in Wor-
cestershire, was installed prebendary of Worcester in the
place of Richard Longwoith before-niention'd, an. 1579,
was afterwards pi-ebendaiy of Canterbury, and in 1588,
Feb. 4, was admitted archdeacon of Wells, but in whose
place ! cannot tell, because fiom the death of John Rugg
archdeacon of Wells, which hapned in 1581, to the year
1587, the registei- of that church is wanting or defective.
In tlie said archdeaconry of Wells succeeded him one Steph
Nelson, but when, unless in the year 1610, I cannot tell
and in his prebendary of Worcester John Hanmer, an!
1614.
John Woolton, who became bishop of Exeter this year,
did, in the month of May, supplicate for tlie degree of d!
of D. but whether admitted or diplomated, I find not.
Incorporations.
May — Edward Graunt or Gra.vt batch, of div. of
Cambridge, and cluef master of Westminster school.
June — John Langworth batch, of div. of the same
university.— In the month following he was admitted doct.
of his faculty, as before I have told you, and proceeded as a
member of New coll. in the act that followed.
July 14. EuBULE Thelwall batch, of arts of Trin. coll
in the said university. «— He was afterwards master of arts
of this university, counsellor at law, master of the alienation
office, one of the masters of the Cliancery, a knight, and at
length principal of, and an esiiecial benefactor to, Jesus
college in Oxon. He died 8 Oct. 1630, aged 68 years, and
was buried in the chappel belonging to that coll.
Godfrey Goldsborough batch, of div. of Cambrido-e »
was incorporated the same day.— This person, who had
been fellow of Trin. coll. in that university, was installed'
archdeacon of Worcester, in tlie place of Dr. Thomas Powell
resigning, 15 July 1579, (he being then prebendary of Cad-
dington'in the cath. church of St. Paul) and on the 12
August 1581 was installed prebendary of the church there,
in the place of John Bullingliam promoted to the see of
Glocester. At length, upon the death of the said Bulling-
ham, he became bishop of Glocester, an. 1598, (at which
time he had license to keep his preb. of Worcester in com-
mendam) and dying 26 May 1604, was buried in a little
chappel on the north side of a fair large chappel at the east
end of the choir of the cath. church at Glocester. Over his
grave was soon after a raised or altar-monument erected,
witli tiie proportion of a bish. in his pontificalia lying
thereon, with this inscription ;
Aureus, & Fulvo nomen sortitus ab auro,
Ilac Goldisburgus nunc requiescit humo.
Scilicet orta solo pretiosa metalla parente
In matiem redeunt inveterata suam.
, r .^^"*°".i *^^ ^'SS. of the earl of Anglesea. sold by auction in 1686, were
tinttles, txercues and Essays by Sir R. SackviUe (upon paper) 4to.' Cata-
l«gue p. 76, no. 25] v J~ i~i /
He left behind him two sons, John and Godfrey, and other [120]
children, as I conceive, besides a brother named John.
Richard Wood batch, of div. of the same university,
was incorporated the same day, July 14. — He was after-
wards doct. of his faculty, and became can. or preb. of
Westminster in the place of John Read deceasetl, in the
month of May 1587.'
< [Eubolus Tlielvall A. M. ac verbi Dei praedicalor primus guardianas
hospitalis Christi infra parochiam de Ruthin per Gabr. Goodman S. T. D.
fundati. Monasticm Angl. torn, iil, p. 105. See Howell's Letters. Baeeh j
> [.'Vdniissus socius coll. Trin. Sept. 8, 1567; maj. Mar. J7, 1569.
Uakkr.]
' [There was one Tho. Powcl instituted to the archdeaconry of St Anph,
which was then voyd by the resignation of Richard Rogers, Dec. 1, 560.
IluMPnREYS.]
' [Godfr. Goldsborough S. T. B. coll. ad preb. de Cadington minor 6 Jul.
1581 per resign. Geor. Wall.
1598. 1.'} Dec. Geo. Dowuani S. T. B. adniiss. ad preb. de Cadington
minor, per pn)niotionem Godefrid. Goldesborough ad epatum Glouc. Reg.
Bancroft E'pi Land. Kennet.]
« [Ric. Wood admiss. ad vie. Omn. S~ctonnn Barking Lond. J7 Jaii.
158.t: quani resign. 1591. Col. ab tirVpo Cant, ad rect. de Boclcing
26 Mail 1591. ad rect. de Stisted 9 Jun. 1606. ecclesia de Stisted vac. ikt "
mort. ejus ante 28 Sept. 1609. Reg. Land. Kennet 1
P* 2
215
1580.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1580.
210
John Kkltride MA. of the same univ. was also then
(July 14.) incor|)orated in the same degree.— Whether he
be the same with John Keltiidge who wrote Exposition or
Readingi on the Lords Prayer, on Luke 11. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7 8, 9. as also J Sermon at the making of Muimters, on
I'Tim. 3. 1, 2, 3. printed at Loud. 1578, as also of a Ser-
mon against the Jesuites, on Deut. 6. 4. Lond. 1581. qu. I
cannot tell. Qua:re.»
Creatio7is.
Feb. 12. Rich. Barnes M. of A. of this university, and
batch of div. of Cambridge, now bishop of Durham, was
actually created doctor of divinity by certain persons ap-
pointed by the members of the university, but whether at
London, or elsewhere, it appears not.
An. Dom. 1580.— 21-22 Elizab.
Chancellor.
The same.
Vice-chancellor.
Arthur Yeldard D.D. president of Trin. coll. July 13.
Proctors.
Rob. Ckayne of Bal. coll.
Tho. Stone of Ch. Ch.
Elected in congregation 13 Apr. The junior was after-
wards parson of Warkton in Northamptonshire, and a great
promoter of presbytery. He died there 161 7.
Batchelors of Arts.
June 13. RoB. Wright of Trin. coll.
Sabine Chambers of liroadgate's hall.
Hen. Cuffe of Trin. coll.
The first of these three was afterwards bishop of Litch-
field, the other a Jesuit, and the last an eminent Grecian.
Jan. 13. Francis Godwin of Ch. Ch. — He was after-
wards successively B. of Landaff and Hereford.
Feb. 3. John Rider of Jesus coll.— He was also after-
wards a B. in Ireland.
17. Will. Hubbock lately of Magd. hall, now of C. C.
coll.
Admitted 103.
Masters of Arts.
June 15. Will. Gageb of Ch. Ch.
March 10. Thomas Gibson of Queen's coll. originally,
as it seems, of that of Mert. — One of both his names hath
published A fruitful Sermon preached at Okeham in Rutland-
shire, on 1 Cor. 9. 19. Lond. 1584. in oct. Whether the same
with him who was master of arts, 1 cannot tell. Another
Tho. Gibson also I find, who published The Blessing of a
good King, in eight sermons, &c. Lond. 1614, oct. whether
he was of Oxon, I know not.
Mar. 16. Charles Turnbull of C. C. coll.
__— John Spenser of C. C. coll.
Admitted 49.
H" Not one batch, of phys. was this year admitted, only
three supplicated for that degree.
» [Jo. Keltridge A. M. admiss. ad vie. de Dedham 20 Jul. 1577. cessit
ante 20 Dec. 1578. Reg. GrindaU, E'pi Lond.
. TiDo godlie mul Uamed Sertrums apifointi^d and preached before the Jesuites
Semmaria and other Adversaria to l/ic GospeU of Christ in the Tower of Londim
tn idA'* irere con/iited the nuTSt principaU tmd chief PoitUes of their Romish orw
Five batch, of div. were admitted, yet not one of them
can I menti<m according to the method I follow.
Doctor of Law.
July 20. Daniel Donne of AU-s. coU. now principal o?
New inn.' — He wiis afterwards dean of the Arches, master
of the Reepicsts, one of the commissioners appointed by qu.
Elizabetli to treat with the Danes at Bremen, an. 1602, a
knight, * and one of the two first burgesses elected by the
univ. of Oxon, after the members thereof were impower'd
to senj burgesses to parliament, an. 1603. He died 15
Sept. 1617. One of both his names was M. of arts and a
minister, author of A Subptena from the Star Chamber of
Heaven, serm. at Paul's cross 4 Aug. 1622, on Luke 3. 9.
Lond. 1623. oct. and perhaps of other things.
K?" Not one doct. of phys. was admitted this yeai-.
vhnarith Ueli^m. May 7 and 21. bifjohn Kekridge preacher fftlte word of God
in Lmdtm. InipriiiUdal Lund, by lUcli. Jliuiio. 4to. " - ^
■"if
KtNNtT.]
Doctors of Divinity.
June — Stephen Townsend of Ch. Ch.
Julys. Philip BissEof Magd. coll.'— He was now arch-
deacon of Taunton, in the place of Austin Lancaster, and
subdean of Wells, in which first dignity he was succeeded
by Matthew Sutcliff, LL.D. in January 1585. This Dr.
Bisse, who was son of Rich. Bisse of Stokeland in Somer-
setshire, was an es})ecial benefactor to Wadham coll. by
giving thereunto 2000 books valued at 700 i.
John Brownyng of Cambridge was admitted the same
day. *
July 15. Edmund Lilly, a Lincolnshire man man born,
lately of Mae;d. coll. and about this time master of that of Ba-
liol. * He vvas an excellent divine, univer.sally read in tlie fa-
thers all whose opinions he would reckon upupon any question
at divinity disputations in Bal. college ; and that with such
volubility* of language, and rivers of eloquence, as made
all covet to hear him, and his very enemies to admire him.
On the last of Nov. 1591 he was made archdeacon of Wilt-
shire, but whether in the i)lace of Dr. John Sprint, who
died in the latter end of 1589, I know not. He the said
Dr. Lilly was buried in the church of St. Mary the Virgin
in Oxon, 12 Feb. 1G09.
Nich. Bond of Magd. coll. was admitte<l the same day.'
This person, who was now chaplain in ordinary to the
queen, became canon of the fifth stall in St. Peter's church
at Westminster on the death of John Rugge, an. 1582, and
in the beginning of 1590 was elected president of the said
coll. he being then rector of Alresford in Hampshire. In
the said prebendship he was succeeded by Will. Robinson,
1 [Daniel Donne L.D. gradum susccpit 20 Jul. 1580: factusab arepo
Cant, officialis curise de arcubus 27 Ma i 1598. Kennet.]
« [Dan. Dunn LL. D. Oxon. et miles, incorporams Cant. 1604. Bakkb.J
' [Philip Bys S. T. P. Oxon. incorporat. Cantabr. 1581. Bakeb.J
1 [.\n. 1581, cincedinir Dec. 8, mag. Jo. Browning ut sit Inc apud vos
rCanl.)eisdcm loco, ordinc, et gradu, quibus est apud Oxomenscs. Ileg.
Acad. Cm,t. See Strype's Life of Archb. Pa,ker, lib. 4, cl.apt. 18. »««■;"•].
!> [Edmundus Lillvc adnms. ad vie. de Mockinge com. bssex 1,' ., "
1576, ad prcs. dec. e"t capit. S. Pauli Lond. quam resign, ante 11 .Man lo77.
Reg. GrindaU. Kennet.]
« BttUiofergus, &c. per Hen. Savage, p. 116. „■ ra i c T P
7 [NicBounde dom. Petri, A. B. Cant. an. 1571-2. Nie„Bonde S.T. P.
instilutus ad rcctoriara de Norton, dioc. Nor«ic. 3 Sept. 1585. Obnt 6 id.
Vr.Nic'Bond, fellow, was recommended by queen Eliz. to Magd. coll. to
be master, but by a strong compctirion for one Smith, no election being made,
the queen by la^ constituted Bond master and he w^Y^^iTf ZTlT
ingly. Sec the Proceedings against Magdalen CoUege, printed 1688, p. i0,21.
^ Nkoiaus Bond, S. T. P. ad cccl. de Britwdl dioc. Oxon. 3 Maii 1586.
Reg. Whitgiji are'pi CaiU. Kennet.]
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217
1581.
FAST] OXONFENSES.
1581.
218
D.D. rector of Bingham in Nottinghamshire, (brother by
the mother's side to Dr. Will. Laud) who was installed
therein 5 of March, an. 1«07, and in his presidentship suc-
ceeded John Harding D. of D.
Jan. 24. Thomas Bilson of New coll. — He was after-
wards successively B. of Worcester and Winchester.
Incorporations.
July 12, being the next day after the act, were iifteen
Camb. masters incorporated, among whom Rich. Clayton
and Will. Smyth were two ; but whether either of them '
were afterwards a bishop, writer, or man of note, I cannot
yet iind.
Jan. 26. Alexander Hume, M. of A. of St. Andrew's in
Scotland. — See more of him in Adam Hill among the
writers, an 1.594.
March S.John Hottoman, aFrench man, doct. of the civ.
law of the university of Valence. — One John Hotnian was
preb. of Sarum. See in Will. Cambden among the writers,
an. 1623.
Albericus Gentilis an Italian, dort. of the civ. law of
the univ. of Perugia, was incorporated the same day.
On the 8 July siijjplicateil to be incorimrated one John
Keeper, mast, of arts of the university of Lovain, but being
a suspected papist, he was jmt aside.
An. Dom. 1581 —23-24 Elizab.
Chancellor.
The same.
yice-Chancellor.
Will. James, D. D. masterof Univ. coll. Jul. 13. In his
absence Oliver Wythyngton, doct. of phys. and dean of
Battel in Sussex supplied his place.
Proctors.
Rob. Crayne, again Apr. 5.
Rich. Madrock of AU-s. coll. Apr. 5.
The junior of which i)roctors renouncing his office, be-
cause he was about to travel into remote parts, (in order to
which he supplicated the convocation that he might have a
faculty granted to him to preach the word of Goil through-
out the whole world) Mr. Hen. Beaumont of .'UI-s. coll.
became his deputy.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 6. John Lloyd of New coll. an excellent Grecian.
June 29. Owen Wood. — See among the masters of
arts, an. 1584.
Jul. 7. Jeremy Corderoy of St. Alb. hall.
Oct. 25. Henry Parry of C. C. coll.
Will. Fulbeck of C. C. coll.
The first of which two last, was afterwards B. of Wor-
cester.
Nov. 18. John Smith of St. John's coll. — Both his
names being common, I must therefore tell you, that iie was
the same who afterwards wrote on the Lord's Prayer and
the Creed.
Rich. Field of Magd. hall was adm. on the same day.
Dec. 16. WiL. PiLswoRTH of Magd. hall. — He was after-
wards a bishop in Ireland.
Jan. 19. John Milward. — See among tlie masters 1584.
Jan. 30. Richard Fowns of Ch. Ch.
William Sutton of Ch. Ch.
Feb. 8. Anthony Shirley of Hart hall. — He was after-
wards of All-s. coll. and a faiiums traveller.
21. Peter Allibond of Magd. hall.
Admitted II7.
Batchelor of Law.
Apr. 6. Charles Pinner of New coll.
Not one besides him wiw this year admitted.
Masters of .4rts.
Apr. 12. Rali'h Stanford of Oriel coll. — In the year
after, upon pretence of being weary of the heresy (as he
called it) practised in the university, he left his fellowship
of the said house, went to the English seminary at Rheimes
in France, where he was made a priest.
May 29. Emanuel Barnes of Magd. coll. — He was ton
of Dr. Rich. Barnes, bishop of Durham, was afterwards D.
of D. of the university of Basil in Germany, and eminent for
his learning.
July 4. John Davies of Glocester hall.
8. Edw. Hutchins of Brasen-n. coll.
Dec. 1. Thomas Pbtt of Mert. coll. — He was expelled
that house for not taking the oath of supremacy, and after-
wards going into Ireland, became a judge there.
Jan. 3. Leonard Hutten of Ch.. Ch.
Thomas Ravys of Ch. Ch.
John Howson of Ch. Ch.
Admitted 89.
Batchelor of Physic.
Fabianus Niphus or Fabian a Nipho, an Ita-
15.
Jan
lian.
Not one besides him was this year admitted.
Batchelors of Divinity.
July 1. Rob. Hoveden, warden of all-s. coll.
5. Meredith Hanmer of C. C. coll.
7. John Underhyll, rector of Line. coll.
Nov. 15. John Chardon of Exeter coll.
Dec. 11. Thom. White of Magd. hall.
March 22. John Thornborough of Magd. coll.
Admitted 11.
Doctors of Law.
June — Will. Prytcherd (or Prichard) of Jesus coll.
For the degree of doct. of law supplicated Hen. Dethick,
batch, of law, archdeacon of Carlisle, and now or lately
chancellor of the diocese belonging thereunto ; but wliether
he was admitted I cannot yet find. In his chancellorship of
Carlisle succeeded hiui George Dethick, M. A. and in his
archdeaconi7 George \Vare\v7ck, but the time when, I can-
not yet find ; nor could my fiiend Mr. Hugh Todd, canon
of Carlisle, tell me, tho' no man more than he is conversant
among the registers and records of that church.
Doctors of Physic.
July 11. John Barefoot of New coll.
— Thomas Hall of Broadgate's hall.
" M. A. and batch, of phys. supplicated to
but was not admitted.
Will. Donne
be doctor of the said faculty in Feb
See in the next year.
July 1.
lated.
Rob.
Doctors of Dieinity.
Hoveden of .\ll-s.- coll. — ^He accumu-
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219
15S1.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1582.
220
Thomas Sparke of Magd. coll. was admitted the same
day.
7. John Underhyll of Line. coll. — He accumulated.
March 13. James Cottington of Trin. coll. — He was
afterwards (if not at this time) archdeacon of Surrey and
chauntor of the church at Wells. He died in the latter end
of 1605, and was succeeded in his archeaconry by Dr.Arth.
Lake, and in his chauntorship by Rich. Boughton.
Besides these were four that supplicated for the said de-
gree, among whom were Thomas Summaster of AU-s.
coll. and John Chandler.
Incorporations.
July 11. Lancelot Andrews, M. A. of Camb. — He was
of Pembr. hall in that university, and lately one of tlie hono-
rary or titular scholars of Jes. coll. in this imiversity. After-
wards he became master of th? said hall, doct. of div. and
prebendary of Westminster in the place of Dr. Richard
Bancroft, promoted to the see of London, an. 15j)7, dean of
the said church of Westminster in the room of Gabriel
Goodman deceased, 1601. Soon after he was made bishop
of Chichester, then of Ely, and at length on the 22 Feb.
1618, was translated to Winchester. He died in Win-
chester house in Southwark 26 Sept. 1626, and was buried
in the parish church of St. Saviour there. Several authors
having made mention of this worthy person, I shall foibear
to speak any farther of him, only say this, that he was the
most eminent divine of our nation in his time. '
William Pemberton, M. A. of the said university, was
incorporated on the same day.' — This person, who was
' [Lancelot Andrews prebendary of the eleventh stall in Westminster,
was advanced to the deanery in y' church on y"= death of Dr. Goodman
1601, being at that time preb. of S. Pancras, and residentiary of St. Paul's, to
wct" he was collat. 29 May 1589, then S.T. B. and vicar of St. Giles, Crip-
plegate: consecrated Bp. of Chichester 3 Nov. 1605, translated to Ely 1610.
He dyed 26 Sept. 1626 ffitat. 81. See his monum. in Stow's Sumey,
p. 452.
Lancclotus Andrews, S.T. P. canonicas residens Lond. Necnon penitentia-
rius generalis domini ep~i London per totam dioccsin, praesentat Sam. Harsnett,
A.M. ad vicariam dc Chigwell, ad quam ad miss, est 14 Jun. 1597.
Lancelotus Andrews Lundinensis, e primis scolaribus doctoris Wates in
aula Pembrochiana, postea soclus; mox custos eligilur 1589: indeS. T. D.
rector Scli ^^^^gidii extra Cripplegate, London, canonicus Southwell, rcsiden-
tiarius Paulinus, &c. licentiam regineam custos obtinuit amortizandi terras
ad 80 libr. regalem vero ad 200 libr. Ric. Parkeri Zxi)i. CarUabr. MS.
The right reverend fatlier in God, Launcelot .\ndrews, late bishop of Win-
chester, deane of his majesties chappell, prelate of the most noble order of the
garter, and one of bis majesties most lionble privy council!, departed this
mortal life at Winchester house in Southwark on friday, being the 26th day
of Sept. 1626. Whose funerall was most honourably solemnized according to
his degree ou Saturday the 11th of November following, and proceeded from
his house aforesaid to the parish church of St. Saviour in Southwark, where
his body lyeth interred. This most reverend father in God having spent his
whole course of life piously and religiously, and attained to the age of 71
years and .... months, all that time living a single life, died, most charitably
dispositig of a great part of his estate to his kindred, servants and friends}
but the greatest part to charitable uses, partly appoynted by himself and
partly left to the discretion of Mr. John Parker, es(|. (sometime elected alder-
man of Lx)ndon, and payd his fine) whom he made his executor, he being a
man of whose integritye he had a great confidence that all thinges should be
accomplished and according to his own desire. And who hath not fayled in
any thing cither iu doing him honour, or fulfilling that great trust and charge
committed to him by his last will. MS. h'ote in Herald's Office. Kennet.
In Sept, 1723 his great grandson and namesake had in full convocation the
degree of D D. conferr'd upon him, not only on account of his own personal
merit, but for some valuable MSS. of Bp. Andrews, which he gave to the
Bodleian library. Watts.]
» [Gul. Pemberton coll. Chr. S. T. P. an. 1622. Obiit Mar. 10, 1622.
See his funeral certificate in the Herald's office. Elcctus socius coll. Chr. an.
1600. He was elected master of Christ's coll. when Dr. Carey was brought
in, in no very regular manner. B.tiii.R.]
second .son of Hen. Pemberton of Moreton in Cheshire,
gent, was afterwards parson of High Ongar in Essex, doct.
of div. and a publisher of several sermons ; among which
are ( 1 ) The godly Merchant, preached at Paul's Cross ; on
1 Tim. 6. 6. Lond. 161.1. oct. (2) Sermon on Deut. 1. 16,
17. Ltmd. 1619, oct. He died 10 March 1622, and was
buried in the chancel of his church at High Ongar.
In tiie same month of July was a supplicate made for one
Will. Temple, M. of A. of Cambridge to be incorporated,
but whether he was so, it appears not. — He was the same
person who was fell, of King's coll. in that university, '
afterwards master of the free school in the city of Lincoln,
secretary to sir Philip Sidney when he received his death's
wound at Zutphen, and after his death to Will. Davison,
one of the secretaries of state, and at length to Rob. earl
of Essex, earl marshal of England ; whom, if I mistake
not, he served while he was lord lieutenant of Ireland. In
1609 he, upon the importunate solicitations of Dr. James
Usher, accepted of the provostship of Trin. coll. near to
Dublin i after which he was knighted, and made one of the
masters of the Chancery in Ireland. He hath written (1)
Pro Maldupetti de unica Methodo Defensionis contra Diplodo-
philuni Cornmentatio . Lond. 1581, oct. (2) NonnuUanim i
Physicis Sf Etlucis Quastionum Explicatio pro Petro Ramo
contra Lieblerum. (3) Epistola de Rami Dialectica ad Jo-
hannem Piscatorem Argentinensem. (4) Analysis Anglica
trigenta Psalmorum d prima scilicet ad tricesimum primum.
Lond. 1611. oct. He gave way to fate, an. 1626, or there-
abouts, aged 72, and was buried in the chappel belonging
to the said coll. of the Holy Trinity, leaving then behind
him the character of a person of great piety and learning.
An. Dom. 1582. — 24-25 Elizab.
Chancellor.
The same.
Vice-Chancellor .
Rob. Hoveden, D. D. warden of AU-s. coll. July 12.
Proctorst
Robert Cook of Brasen-n. coll.
John Browne of Ch. Ch.
The d.ay when they were elected appears not, because o\
the imperfectness of the registers.
Batchelors of Arts.
March 28. Simon Presse of Broadgate's hall. — He was
afterwards minister of Egginton in Derbyshire, and pub-
blished A Sermon concerning the right Use of Things indiffer-
rent: On 1 Cor. 8. ver. 10, 11, 12, 13. 0.\on. 1597, oct.
What other things he hath published I know not.
Apr. 31. George Abbot of Bal. coll. — He was afterwards
archbishop of Canterbury.
July 4. John Buckridge of St. John's coU. — He was
made bishop of Ely in 1627.
10. Tim. M'illys of S. John's coll. — He was afterwards,
ejected from his place in that hou.se for certain misdemean-
ors,^ but getting soon afler into the favour of qu. Eliza-
' [Gul. Temple admissus in coll. Regal, an. I.i7j. Baker.]
2 [It seems that he was restored at the solicitation of Will. Cordell, the vi-
sitor. Sec the CoHege Register, vol. 1. panes 163, 200; and Epist. Gnil.
Cordell, Lii, 57, 98, 09. MS^ by Dr. Derliam'in the Cat. efFcUma &c. 4»o,
p.li]
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beth, lie was by her liiploiua made doctor hullahts (of the laws
1 suppose) and by her sent ambassador into Muscovy.
Nov. 15. Ralph Winwood, lately of St. John's, now of
Magd. coll. — See more among the masters, an. 1587.
Hob. Tinley of Magd. coll. was admitted the same
day.
March 18. Philip Jones. — One of both his names was
author of Three Sermons on Jam. 1. 9, 10. Lond. 1588, oct.
Whether written by him, or by Philip Jones, who was ad-
mited batch, of the civ. law, an. 1562, or by a third
Philip Jones, who, as a Bristol man born, and a member
of Ch. Ch. was matiiculated in 1581, aged 18, 1 know
not.
" This year John Fixer of Trin. coll. was admitted to
" this degree, who afterwards went to Rome, was received
" into the English college there, and became noted for his
" religion and learning. Much about the time that he left
" Oxon one Staverton, Warford and Cecill left it also ; but
" whereas Staverton and Cecill are said ' to be graduates of
" good account in Oxon, 1 find them not so, viz. that they
" took no degree there. Will. Holt, Will. Baldwin, Joh.
" Worthington, Rich. Gawet, and many others, were also
" contemporaries with this John Fixer."
Masters of Arts.
Mar. 30. Will. Warford of Trin. coll.
May 4. Matthew Gwinne of St. Joh. coll,
June 18. John IIarmar of New coll.
John Terry of New coll.
July 1. Rich. Kilbye of Line. coll.
4. Isaac Colke of Broadgate's hall.
Oct. 12. Will. Wygge of New coll. — One Will. Wygge,
sometimes called VV'ay, was executed for being a seminary,
and denying the oath of supremacy, at Kingston in Surrey,
on the first day of Oct. 15,88. Whether the same with him
who was M. of .A . I know not, I have mention'd another
Will. Wygge or Wygges under the year 1566.
Feb. 6- 1')dw. Philipps of Broadgate's hall.
7. Rob. Abbot of Bal,. coll.
15. John King of Ch. Ch.
March 23. Hen. Perry of Gloc. hall.
Admitted 60.
Batchelors of I>ivinity.
July 5. John Garbrand of New coll.
10. Hen. Robinson of JJueen's coll.
13. Thomas Holland of Baliol coll.
Feb. 19. Dav. Powell of Jesus coll.
Joh. Argall of Ch. Ch.
Admitted 10.
Doctors of Civil Law.
July 5. Will. Merick of New coll. chancellor of Ban-
gor, &c.*
Clement Colmer of Brasen-n. coll. chancellor of the
diocese of Durham, was admitted the same day.'
3 Humphrey Ely in his book called Brief Notes upm a Brief Apologj, primed
at Paris in tw. p. 86.
* [Will. Merick cl, adiniss. ad eccl. S. Mich. Crooked-lane, Lond. 8 Jul.
J587, qua; vacabat per mortem ipsius ante J Oct. 1611. Kennkt.]
* [D' Clem. Cohuore in a letter of his to D- Sam. Ward, dated Ascension
day 1610, mentions as if he bad writ a refutation of the CathoUqiie Divine,
part of which was m D' Ward's {lands ; but saith there was no haste in pub-
Lshing it — because in a book, entituled A sol>cr licckimiiig itith Sir Krf. Cook,
lliere was threatuing of a 2"'^ edition of the Cath. Dirinc and A Cath. Latner
to be added to the Calk, DaiHe. Tanner.]
Miles Lp.f. and Rich. Bellyngham, both batchelors of
the civ. law, did supplicate for the said degree, but were not
admitted.
Doctors of Physic.
Jul. 5. Anthony Aylworth of New coll. the king's
professor of physic, and physician to qu, Eliz. — He died 18
Apr. 1619, and was buried in New coll. ehappel.
21. Will. Donne of Exeter coll.
Doctors of Divinity.
July 5. Will. Souch or Zouch of Ch. Ch. — On the 14
of Feb. 1583, he became chauntor of Salisbury on the resig-
nation of Toby Matthews, D. D.
John Garbrand of New coil, was admitted the some
day. — He accumulated the degrees in divinity.
Meredith Hanmer of C. C. coll. was also admitted the
same day.
On the 2 Apr. Tho. Blague, a student in divinity, and
one of the chaplains in ordinary to the queen, supplicated
for the said degree of doct. of di^•. but whether admitted it
apjiears not.^ — In 1591, Feb. 1, he being then D. of D. and
about that time master of Clare hall in Cambridge,' was
installed dean of Rochester in the jilace of John Coldwell,
M. D. (promoted to the see of Salisbury) and in 1604, or
thereabouts, he became rector of Bangor ujwn the transla-
tion of Dr. Rich. Vaughan from Chester to London. He
died in Oct. 1611, and was succeeded in his deanery by
Rich. Milbourne, D.D. who was installed in that dignity on
the 1 1 Dec. the same year. This Dr. Blague hath published
certain sermons ; one of which was preached at the Char-
terhouse, on Psal. 1. vcr. 1,2. Lond. 1603. qu. and per-
haps other things. He had a son named Joh. Blague who,
in his father's life time, was a commoner of Oriel college.
Incorporations.
Tho" the incorporations of the Cantabrigians are this year
omitted, yet there was a supplicate made for one William
Lewyn, dort. of the civ. law (.sometimes, as it seems, of
Christ's coll. in Cambridge') to be incorjiorated, but whe-
ther he was so, I cannot yet discover. He was one of the
ordinary masters of the high court of Chancery, judge of
the prerogative court of Canterbury, chancellor of Roches-
ter, commi.ssary of the faculties, and one of her majesty's
high commissioners for causes ecclesiiistical.' He died 15
Apr. 1598, and was buried, not in his ehappel (belonging to
his house) within the church of Otteringden in Kent, which
^ [Tho. Bluge, S. T. B. ad eccl'iam de Ewelm dioc, Oxon. ad pres. rcginm
20 Jul. 1580. Peg. Grindall iirqn Cmit. Resignavit 1.596. Reg. Whitgifi.
Tho. Blague, A. B. coll. ab arc'po Cant, ad eccl. S. Vedasti, Foster-lane,
8 Sept. 1571.
Tho. Blagae cler. admiss. ad rect. de Brexted-magna com. Essex 9 Sept.
1570. quie vac. per mort. ipsius ante 12 Mail 1612. J?^. Grindall et Ban-
crofi. Kennet.]
' [No such person master of Clare hall. He means Dr. Scott, who was
also dean of Rochester. C01.E.]
« [Gul. Lewin clectxis socius coll. Chr. 1560 : electns orator publ. acad.
Cant. Jun. 10, 1570. Gul. Lewyn coll. Chr. LL.D. an. 1576. Regisl.
Acad. Bakeb.]
9 [Dispensatio concedere Willelmo Uewen, A. !\L et in jure civili student!,
laico, ut quodcunque beneficium eccnasticum curatnnj vel non curatum obti-
nere et possidere possit. Ueg. Fa/'itltatum ctmcfjw. per Matt. afep. Cant.
Will. Lcwen, L. D. decanus |H-culiarium 16 Mar. 1575- Kennet.
One Will. Lewyn was instituted to the prebend of Llannfudd in the
church of St. Asaph. He resigned it, and was succeeded by one William
V.iughan, D.D. who was instituted to it Apr. 22, 1598. Humpureys.]
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he in his life time designed, but in the parish church of 'St.
Leonard in Shoreditch in the county of Middlesex. He left
several sons behind him, of whom Justinian was one, who
was aftenvards a knight, and died about 8 July 102O. In
the judgeship of the prerogative court succeeded John Gib-
soUj LL.D.
An. Don. 1583.— 25-26 Elizab.
Chancellor.
The same, viz. Robert Earl of Leicesteb.
Fice-chancellor.
Thom. Thorvtom, batch, of div. and canon of Ch. Ch.
Jul. 11. He was actually created D. of D. the day follow-
ing by Dr. Humphrey.
Proctors.
Tho. Leyson of New coll.
Rich. Eedes of Ch. Ch.
Elected in convocation 10 Apr. at which time Edw. Hobie
M. A. and Hen. Jervys, batch, of div. were scrutators.
Batchelors of Art*.
Apr. 30. Franc. Hicks or Hykes of St. Mary's hall,
now in gieat esteem for his great knowledge in the Greek
tongue.
29. George Cranmer of C. C. coll.
June 19. Hen. Airay of Qu. coll.
Dec. 16. John Felling of Magd. coll. — See among the
batch, of div. 1597.
Hen. Jacob of St. Mary's hall was admitted the same
day.
Jan. 17. Hen. Bright, lately of Brasen-n. now of Bal.
coll. — See more among the masters 1586.
Feb. 5. John Dove of Ch. Ch.
Rich. Parry of Ch. Ch.
Nath. Torporley of Ch. Ch.
Parry was afterwards a bishop, and Torporley an emi-
nent mathematician.
6. Charles Butler of Magd. hall.
7- John Stkadling of Magd. hall.
28. Griffith Powell of Jesuscoll.
29. John Shaw of Queen's coll.
Admitted 169.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. ult. Sabin Chambers of Broadgate's hall.
May 3. Henry Smith of Hart hall, lately of Line. coll.
Jun. 1. Will. Tooker of New coll.
RoG. Hacket of New coll.
— 5. Edwyn Sandys of C. C. coll.
Jul. 5. John Ryder of Jesus coll.
Makmaduke Blaxton of Queen's coll. was admitted the
same day. — On the 25 Nov. 1615, he was collated to the
archdcaconiy of the East-Riding in Yorkshire, on the resig-
nation of Rich. Remyngton ; which place he resigning,
being then a dignitary in the church of Durham, ann. 1625,
John Cosin, batch, of div. of Cambridge, (who mar-
ried his daughter) was collated thereunto in Sept. the same
year. This dignity Dr. Cosin kept 'till he was promoted to
the see of Durham, and then Clement Bretton succeeded
an. 1660, and him Rob. Hitch,' D.D. an. 1662.
' [Rob. Moor, rector of Guisley, makes his will Jul. 22, 1642. Y= perpe-
toal Bdvowson of that church given -him b^ Peregrine lord Willoughby, he
pwa to hw worthy and learned and worshipful son in law, Mr. Robert
Hitcb: probat. 7 Oct. t641. }Ug. Kbm: Kenjjet.]
Dec. 12. Rich. Martin of Broadgate's hall. — He was
not the same with Rich. Martin, who was afterwards re-
corder of London, but another of little, or no, note.
Mar. 16. Francis Godwin of Ch. Ch.
Admitted 67.
Batchelors of Physic.
Jul. 8. Thomas Leyson of New coll. one of the proctors
of the university.
Will. Clarkson supplicated for that degree, but was
not admitted.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Jun. 3. Martin Heton of Ch. Church.
27. JoHAN. Bahnardus, a Moravian, who had studied
divinity for 10 years in certain academies in Germany, was
then admitted batch, of div. — He had studied also, and had
taken commons for about 3 years before this time, in Uni-
versity coll. and after he had left it he went into Scotland
to visit the universities there.
Dec. 17. William Wilkes of Mert. coll.
But two niore besides the said three were admitted.
Doctors of Law.
July 9. Francis Bevans of Alls coll. — He was after-
wards principal of New inn and of Jesus coll. and chanceUor
to Dr. Westphaling, ^jishop of Hereford ; in which city
dying in the beginning of 1602, was buried in the cath. ch.
there.
Oct. 14. Isaac Upton of Magd. coll.
Mar. 5. Julius Cesar of Magd. hall was then admitted,
and not incorporated. In the beginning of 1581, he was
created doctor of the said law in the university of P iris, and
had letters testimonial for it, under the seal of that univer-
sity, dated 22 Api-. 1581. wherein lie is stiled Julius Caesar
alias Dalmarius, dioc. London, in Anglia, filius excellentis-
simi in art. & med. doctoiis Caesaris Dalmarii, in universi-
tate Paris, &c. This Julius Caesar, who was also doctor of
the canon law, was afterwards master of the Requests, judge
of the admiralty in the time of qu. Elizabeth, a knight,
chancellor and under-treasurer of the Exchequer, master of
the Rolls, and piivy counsellor to K. James and K. Ch. 1.
He gave way to fate at the Rolls in Chancery-bne, J 6 April
1636, and was buried in the chancel of Great St Hellen's
church in Bishop's-gate-street in London, near to the grave
of his father before-mention'd Caesar Dalinare or Athelmer,
who was buried there in 1569. See among the batch, of
arts in 1575.
Kj" Not one doct. of phys. was admitted this year.
Doctor of Divinity.
Apr. 11. David Powell of Jesus coll. — He was now in
great repute for his profound knowledge in British anti-
quities.
Incorporations.
Jul. 9. Stephen Egerton, M. of A. of Cambridge.* — This
person, who was a zealous puritan in liis time, and preacher
at the Black Fryers in London, wrote and published (1) A
Lecture ("taken hy CharacteryJ on Gen 12. 17, 19, 20. Lond.
1589, Oct. (2) Brief Method of Catechising, wherein are
handled thesefour Things, ike. Lond. 1594, oct. &c. (3) Doc-
trine of Subjection to God and the King, &c. Lond. 1616. oct
"S [Stephen Egerton coll. Petr. A. M. an. 1379. lUgist. B.\ker.|
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(4) Description of Uncomeliness : On Prov. 11. verse 12.
(5) The boating of the Ear ; containing a Discourse of our
Preparation before hearing, and of our Demeanour iii hearing :
On Luke 8. 18. Lond. 1()'23. net. (6) Comforts to strengthen
the Weak in Faith, jji-inted 1630. oct. lie ulso enlarged the
second edition of a book entit. A Help to true Happiness,
or a brief and learned Exposition of the main and fundamental
Points of Christian Religion, written by Paul liaine some-
times preacher of the word at St. Andrew's in Cambridge.
Printed in tw. , and also set fortii The Practise of Christianitif,
or an Epitome of Mr. Roger's seven Treatises, made by Nick.
Byfield; with other things which 1 have not yet seen. He
died in 1621, or thereabouts.
Dec. 16. Rich. Coxe, batch, of arts of Christ's coll. in
Cambridge. — In the year following he proceeded M. of A.
as a member of Glocester hall, and is the same Rich. Coxe,
as it seems, who wrote and published A Catechism. Lond.
1591, oct. and if 1 am not mistaken one, or more sermons.
Creations.
Apr. — Marmaduke Middleton, bishop of St. David,
and much deserving of the church of Ireland, was actually
created doct. of div. by Dr. Humphrey and both the
proctors.
July 12. Thom. Thornton, vice-chanc. of this university,
canon of Ch. Church in 0.\.on, of Worcester and Hereford,
of which last j)lace he was also clia\mtor, and about this
time master of Ledbury hospital in Herefordshire, was
actually created D. of D. — He surrendred up his Ir.st breath
on the 1.5 April an. 1629, aged 88, and was buried on the
twentieth day of the same month in the chancel of the parish
church of Ledbury. Over his grave was a handsome mo-
nument set up for him in the North wall of the said chan-
cel, witli a large inscription thereon ; wherein 'tis said that
he was born at Harrow on the Hill in Middlesex, that he was
* purioris Latini sermonis author primarius,' that he was a
benefactor to the ])Oor people of Ledbury hospital, that he
adorned and rejiaired the library at Hereford, and enriched
it with books, that he was a common refuge for young ))oor
scholars of great hopes and parts, and tutor to sir Philip
Sidney when he was of Ch. Ch. &c. — To which I add, that
he was also tutor to the learned WilL Carabden, Clarcnceaux
K. of arms.
An. Dom. 1534. — ^26-27' Elizab.
Chancellor.
Tlie same.
J^ice- Chancellor.
John Underhyll, D. D. rector of Line. coll. Jul. 16.
Proctors.
Thom. Smith of Ch. Ch. Apr. 29.
Rich. Mercer of Exet. coll. Apr. 29.
Batchelors of Arts.
Nov. 12. Francis Uradshaw of Magd. coll. — See among
the doctors of div. 1607.
28. Richarjj Latewar of St. John's coll.
Feb. 1. Hen. Sale.sbuhy of St. Alb. hall. — Since the life
or character of tliis was printed, which you may see in
vol. i. col. 589, I find that he was of the family of the
Salesburies of Dolbelidcr (in Denbighshire) and that after
Joh. David Rhese (whom he stiles vir ingenio felix — litera-
rum ac linguarum cognitione insignis) had published liis
Cambro-Briiunniccc Institutiones Si Rudimcnta, he wrote and
published Grammatica Britannica in Uium Linguee ttudiosn.
rum mccinctd Methodo 8s Perspicuitate facili cojucripta. Lond.
1593. oct. dedic. to Henry earl of Pembroke; which is all I
know of him yet, only that he was living at Denbigh in that
year. '
9. John Randall of Trinity, afterwards of Line. coll.
Mar. 15. Sim. Wastell of Qu. coll.
Admitted 93, or thereabouts.
Batchelors of Law.
Apr. 31. John Favour of New colL
Jul. 10. Pet. Vaeriieile, sometimes written Varahiliiu
Burgemis, Belga; wliich is all I know of him.
Rich. Meredith of New coll. did s'ipplicate for the said
degree, Jul. 1. but was not admitted. See among the batch,
of divinity 1606.
Admitted 4.
Masters of Arts.
May 25. John Philips of St. Maiy's hall. — lie was the
same who took the degree of batch, of arts 15~9, and the
same, as it seems, who was afterwards bishop of the Isle
of Man.
30. Will. Fulbeck of Gloucester hall, lately of C. C.
coU.
June 2. Rich. Field of Magd. hall.
3. Jerem. CoRDEROY, lately of .St. Alb. hall.
June 22. John Milward of liroadgate's hall, lately of
Ch. Ch. — One John Milward, D. D. chapl. to K. Jam. 1.
was, among other things, author of Jacob's great Day of
Trouble and Deliverance. Serm. at Paul's Cross, 5 Aug. 1607,
upon his maj. deliverance from Cowry's treasons, on Jcrcm.
30. 7. Lond. 1610. qu. Whether he be the same with
John Milward, M. of A. who was a Derbysh. man born, I
know not. He that was D. D. and an author, died on the
kal. of Aug. 1609, and the next year the sermon was pub-
lished by his brother Matthew Milward.*
Jul. 6. Ow£N Wood of Jesus coll.' — He was afterwards
' (To what I sent already of Henry Salisbury I add, that I have now in
my custody his last MS. of his dictionary, which one would tliink Dr. Davics
did not see, because it hath many words omitted by the doctor, 'fhis he dc-
sign'd to have published with a new edition of his gramnier, as the title im-
jwrts, wliich is as follows:
Gein'a Tavmi Comroi) I: hoc at, Vocahularhtm J.ingiue GamerUana-.sii'e Vccum
tmltquitm hritannicaruyn ferine ojrmium, iam cum Lutinis quAns e}j>lJcaniur, Com-
mentamlwn per llenricum Salesbun/. Cui accessit ejxisdem Ungiuc Gnmniatien
ab ctxlem Authore olim edita, jam deniuirecogtiUa, ad Umam revocata, ^pluribiu
Lacis adaucla, cum Remm ^ Locanun insigiuum UxMjiletvamo Indice. HoM-
PHBKVS.J
•• [John Milward, S.T. D. admiss. ad eccl. S. Margareta Pattens, Lond.
8 Nov. 1608, quae vac. per uiort. ipsius ante 27 Nov. 1609. Iteg. Bancrtfi.
Kknnet.
See an account of some of the elder branches of tliis &miiy in Wutoa's
Life of Pope, page 310, note f.]
s [To all Cliristian people, to whome this present writing sliall come, wc
the |,rinci|iall, fellows and schollers of Jesus collcdee, witliin the city and
vniversity of Oxford of Qu. Kliz! foundation, do send greeting in our Lord
God everlasting. Whereas Mr. Owen Wood, dean of Armagh in Ireland,
hath, by his last will and testament, ^iven to the aforesaid college the sunimc
of eight score pounds in niony to be paid over, within one year, lo the hand
of the reverend father in God, the lord Bp. of Bangor, to be bestowed on a
piece of laud, ktr the finding of a scholarship and fellowship, in the said col-
ledge for ever, with this proviso, that some of hb nwne near hiiu in bloud (if
any such shall be thought to be fit) to be preferred to the same places, as by
the said will and testament doth |)lainly appear. And whereas also Mrs.
Joanne WoikI, the relict of the said Mr. Owen Wood, hath given in her Kfe
lime forty jwiuids to tlic said college, which both summs were (rayd lo the
said rev. father in Go<l the lord Bp. of Bangor. Know yee, that wee the
said principall, fellows and scholars have rixcived the 160 lib. to the use'
abovcsaid, and also have received the foresaid 40 lib. of tbe said reverend
Q*
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made dean of Anuiigh in Ireland, (by the favour, as I sup-
pose, of Rob. E. of Essex wliile he was a lieutenant of that
kingdom, in whose treasons he was engaged 1600) and an
especial benefactor to his college. One of both his names
was a jiractitioner in physic, and wrote An Alphabetical Book
of Physical Secrets, as also A small Treatise of the Judgment
of Urines : Both printed at Lend. 1632, and 39. oct.
Jul. 7. Rob. Wright of Trin. coll.
Jan 18. Tho. Savile of Mert. coll. — ^This person, who
■was younger brother to sir Hen. Savile, did afterwards
travel into various countries beyond the seas, whereby he
iinprov'd himself much in several sorts of learning. After
his return, he was by his brother's endeavours made fellow
of Eaton coll. near Windsor ; where being noted for his
excellencies, caused Rich. Mountague fellow of that house
to * number him among the great philosophers of this
nation, and to be equal with the leained Cambden, unfor-
tunate Hen. Cuffe, Rich. Thompson, old Andr. Downes,
&c. to all whom he was well known especially to the first,
[12*j as by many learned letters written between them, appears.
This Tho. Savile died in his proctorship of the university
11 Jan. 1592, and was buried in the choir of the church or
fhappel of Mert. coll. where I find ' this character of
him — ^Fuit sidus lucidissimum, qui apud suos & exteros lite-
rarum & virtutis faniA ac morum urbanitate percelebris,
&c. I find another (I cannot say the same,) Thom. SavUe,
M-hom Cambden calls ^ his right learned friend, an. 15S2,
and a third, who writes himself gentleman, fiuthor of (1)
TTie Prisoner's Conference, handled by Way of Dialogue between
a Knight and a Gentleman being abridged of their Liberty.
Lond. 1605. oct. (2) The Raising of them that are fallen,
&c. Lond. 1606. qu.
Jan. 20. John Lloyd of New coll.
Feb. 20. Will. Sutton of Ch. Ch.
Admitted 87.
Bachelors of Divinity.
May 10. Richard Lewes. — He was author of a sermon
jjreached at Paul's cross, entit. Isaac his Testament, &c.
On Gen. 21. ver. 1. to the 10th, Oxon. 1594, oct. Dedicated
to sir Hen. Unton of Wadley in Berks knight, and no doubt
of others but such 1 have not yet Keen.
Jun. 22. John Prime of New coll.
Jul. 6. Rich. Eede* of Ch. Ch.
father in God Henry lord Bp. of Bangor. And we do by these presents dis-
charge him, liis heirs, executors, and assignes of both these suiiims, amount-
iiie to 200 lib. Moreover wee the said principall, fellowes, and schollers do
bind ourselves and our successors to keep, observe, and pertorme truly and
faithfully, that clause of the said Owen Wood his last will and lest, wherein
lie giveth the said money to the said college. In witness whereof wee have
put to this writing the common scale of the said colledge, the 7tli day of Febr.
in the 30th* year of the reign of our sov. lord James of England, France, and
Ireland, khig, defender of the faith, &c. and of Scotland the 49th.
Owen Wood was the second son of Hugh Wood of Tallylyn in the isle of
Anglesey (second son of William Wood, descended from Wood hall in Ijin-
cashirc) by his wife Jane, the daughter of Hugh Prys ap Howell of Mossog-
Icn esq; descended paternally from Lloworch ah Bran, one of the 15 tribes.
Dean Wood's wile was Joy wan, daughter of Rich. Cledden, chaplain to the
queen, and justice of peace in com. Middl. saith Lewis Dwn in his visitation
of North Wales 1588. The hook is Welsh, &c. Joy wan should be Joan, and
Cledden, fjlayton. HuMPHnrvs.
1596, 17 Mart. Owen Wood, decan. eccl. Arniichan. ad eccl. dc Ewehnc
dioc. Ovon. |)er resign. Tho. Blague S. T. !>. ad pres. rcgina;. Keg. U'hitgiji,
afe'pi Cant. Kennet.]
« In hU preface to his DatrUieu]xm thejirst Part of the Hist. af'Tythct.
7 Reg. svcund. act. coll. Mert. p. 129.
* In his preliniuiary discourse to the Brigantes, alias Yorkshire.
• This is undoubtedly u mistake. 1 believe it should be the 13th year.
IUabne. -^
15. Rob. Cooke of Br. coll.
Feb. I. Miles Smith of Ch. Ch.
Admitted 13.
Doctor of Law.
Mar. 7- John Drewky of Line, coll.' — In 1592, he
succeeded Dr. John Kennall in the archdeaconry of Oxford,
and dying in the cathedral close at Chichester (where he
had a dignity) 9 June 1614, was succeeded by \Villiaai
Bridges son of Dr. Bridges bishop of O.xon, as I shall else-
where tell you. This Dr. John Drewry was near of kin (if
not son) to WUl. Drewry doct. of the civil law and commis-
sary or master of the prei'ogative court of Canterbury, who
died in the latter end of 1589, and to sir Will. Drewiy of
Weston in Oxfordshire knight, sometimes lord justice of
Ireland, who died 1579.
K^ Not one doct. of phys. was admitted this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
Jul. 6. John Walsall of Ch. Ch.
15. Rob. Chalonek of the same house, ' a compounder.
In 1589, he was installed canon of Windsor, being then
double Ijeneficed at least, and tho' not eminently learned,
yet he was a promoter and encourager of it by founding a
free-school at Agmondesham commonly ciJled Amersham in
Bucks, and by giving 20l. per an. for the maintenance of a
divinity lecture in Ch. Ch. or for three poor scholars for
their exhibition to be chosen out of Amersham, (of which
place he was rector) or out of Goldesborough or Knares-
borough in Yorkshire, at one of which places he was, as 'tis
said, born.
Jul. 15. Thom. Holland of Bal. coll. — He was after-
wards the learned professor of the king's lecture of div.
Hen. Ledsham of Mert. coll. (a compounder) was admit-
ted the same day.
March 8. Tho. White of Magd. hall. — He was after-
wivrds canon of Ch. Ch.
This year Camillus Cardonius a Neapolitan, son of a
baron, and a student in Glocester hall, stged 40, did sue
after a degree to be conferr'd upon him, but in what facul-
ty it appears not.
Incorporations,
May — Rich. Vaughan M. A. of Cambridge. ' — He was
a Caernarvonshire man born, educated in St. John's coll. in
Cambr. and afterwards was successively bishop of Bangor,
Chester, and London : during which time he was accounted
an excellent preacher and a ])ious liver. '
Jul. 14. Thom. Braddock M. A. of the said university. *
9 [Hampton court, 11 Aug, 1571.
A letter to the abp. of Cant, in answer of his of the xiii of the last,
whorehy he nioveth their lordships that they will be content that Dr. Drury
may be admitted to the execution of his office in the prerogative court.— .\t
his desire they are contented. Council Book of Qu. Klis. 1571. Kennet.]
' [He left his student's place .SO Jun. 157(5, having then got possession of
the rectory of Agmondesham. Lib. Stud. Taxmir.]
■2 [Ailmiss. in inalric, acad. Cant. Nov. 16, 1569 ; A. B. 1573 ; A. M. 1577.
Btyjisf. Anid. Bakeb.]
3 [Ric. Vaughan S. T. P. adniiss. ad rect. de Morelon, com. Essex, 19
Aug. 1591, (piam resign, ante 20 Octob. 1596. Iteg. Grmdall.
llic. A^aughan A. i\I. admiss. ad vie. de Dunmow magna com. Essex, 19
Febr. 1591, ex coll. epi Lond. Reg. OruuiaU.
Ric. X'aughan eler. admiss. ad eccl. de Chij>ing Ongar, com. Essex 22 Apr.
1578, cni successit Grillith Vaughan, 16 Apr. 1581. Reg. Griiidall.
Ric. Vaughan A. i\l. admiss. ad rect. de Caniield ptirva com. Essex, 24
Nov. 1580, i|uam resign, ante 28 Jan. 1590. Reg. (IrinilaU. Kennet.]
* [Tlio. Braddock A. M. admiss. ad vic< de Stansted Abbot com. Hartford,
per mort. lOvan Lloyd 8 Apr. 1591, quam resign, ante 20 Sept 1593 Ktg.
CrindiiU Kp'i Lond. Kennet.]
229
15S5.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1585.
230
[128]
He was fellow of Christ's coll. * and iifterwai<ls batch, of
div. and translator of Jewell's Defence of the Apolopy, as I
have told you in John Jewell among the writers, an 1571.
Vol. i. col. 389.
Nathaniel Cole M. A. of Cambr. was incorporated the
saine day. — He was afterwards proctor of the said univer-
sity, * minister of Much Parrinj^ton near Harlow in Essex,
and at length of St. Leonards IJromlcy, on tlic backside of
Stratford-bow in Middlesex. He hath published (1) The
godly Man's Assurance of his own Salvation. Lond. 1615. qu.
(2) Preservatives against Sin, or how to live and not sin,
&c. Lond. Ifil8. qu. (3) The Christian's H'elconw to the
Court of Heaven, &c. A sermon, Lond. 1625. qu. and other
things which I have not seen.
Edw. Scambler M. a. of the same university, ' was in-
coi7)orated on the same day. — One E. Scanibler vicar of Rye
in Sussex and a member of Peter-house in Cambr. wrote
and published A Medicine proved for a desperate Conscience,
printed at Lond. in oct. whether written by Edward
Scambler M. of A. or Edmund Scambler who was after-
wards bishop of Peterborough and Norwich, I cannot tell.
Quaere.
Andrew Willet M. A. ' of Cambr. was also then (Jul.
14.) incorporated, being in a congregation after the conclu-
sion of the act. ' — He was born in Ely in Cambridgeshire,
educated in Clirist's coll. svicceeded his father Mr. Thorn.
Willet in a prebendship of Ely, and in the parsonage of
Barley in Hertfordshire, publislied divers books, the titles of
most of which you may see in the Bodleian or Oxford Cata-
logue, and dying 4 Dec. 1621, was buried in the chancel of
the church at Barley. '
An. Dom. 1585. — 27-28 Elizab.
Chancellor.
The same, viz. Robert earl of Leicester, who going
into the Low Countries this year, (le|>uted sir Tho. Bromley
kt. lord chanc. of England to execute the office of chancellor
of the university, 5 December.
Vice-chancellor.
Edmund Lilye D. D. miister of Baliol college July 16.
Proctors.
Tho. Singleton of Br. coll. Apr. 21.
John Bennet of Ch. Ch. Apr. 21.
Batchelors of Music.
June 26. Nathaniel Giles. — See more of him in an.
1622. He was father to Nath. Giles D. D. whom I shall
mention under the year 1625.
' [Tlio. Bradocks electus socius coll. Chr. 1,^78. Bakeh.]
8 [Nath. Cole coll. Trin. procurator an. I.i09. Baker.]
7 [Kdw. Scambler coll. Jo. A. M. 1580. Bakkii.]
' [Andr. W'lllct elfctus socius coll. Chr. an. rcg. Eliz. 2.5 ; A. M. Cant.
1584. A. W. natus in urbe Elien. 15(i2 ; nonieii traxit ab Andrea Feme
dccano Elien, comjjatre sue : — adinissus in niatriculani Acad. Cant. Jim. 26,
1577. Peg. Acad. Cant. Bakkr.]
^ [1598, 27 Jan. iK-nnutatio inter Andr. Willet S. T. B. rectorem de
Gransden parva dim*. Elien. et Will'uin Knight rectorem de Barley cojn.
Hartford, liei;. Bmicrafl, Epi Lond.
1613, 19 Jan. .Andr. Willet S. T. P. adnils-s. ad eccl'iam de Estsced com.
Hertf. per raort. Francisci Ridcall. Keg. King.
1615, 10 Nov. Andr. Willet .\. M. admiss. ad eccl'iam de Eastrced i>cr
resign. Andr. Willet S. T. P. lb.
1620, 1.3 Nov. Andr. Willot S. T- D. admiss. ad cccl. de Chishull |)arva
com. Essex per mortem Joh. Sparrow ad prcs. Will. A^lilVe armig. lb.
Of Dr. Willet sec Fuller's Hist. Cnmbr. 91, 92. .^nli<;. HcrlJ. 98. Kknnkt.]
' [To which parish he gave a small tenemcut and 40i. ia moiie^. KiiNNET.J
Jul. 24. Matthew Godwyn. — Whether he hath pub-
lished any matters relating to the fac. of music, I know
not.
Batchelors of Arts.
June 17. Alexander Cookb of Brascn-nosc, afterwards
of Univ. coll.
Oct. 27. Hen. Wilkinson of Queen's coll. — He was af-
terwards fellow of Mert. coll. and author of Tlie Debt-
Book, &c.
Feb. 1. Rich. Eaton of Line. coll. — Sec among the bat-
chelors of divinity in 1599.
Admitted 128, or thereabouts.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 3. Hen. Fabry of C. C. coll.
Rich. Fownks of Ch. Ch.
Jun. 3. Will. Hubbocke of C. C. coll.
10. John Smith of St. John's coll.
14. George Carleton of Merton coll.
Jul. 6. Peter Allibond of Magd. hall.
8. Rich. Pabkes of Brasen-n. coll.
Dec. 17. George Abbot, of Bal. coll.
Admitted 67-
Batchelors of Divinity.
Jun. 21. Erasmus Webbe of AU-s. coll. * — In 1589, he
was made archdeacon of Buckingham, in the place of him,
who, if I mistake not, succeeded in that dignity one Richard
Porter, deprived 1560, and on the 30 Sept. 1590 he was
installed canon of Windsor in the place of William King
batch, of div. and prebendary of Canterbury deceased. He
died 24 March 1613, and w;is buried at Windsor ; where-
upon his ai-chdeaconiy was bestowed on Rob. Newell batch.
(afterwards) D. of D. and liis canomy on Dr. Tho. Sheafe
of Cambridge.
Jun. 21. Thom. Pye of Merton coll.
Admitted 10.
Doctor of Law.
July 13. Gabriel Haevey M. of A. of Cambridge (where
he obtained his grace this year to proceed in the civil law)
was then admitted doctor of the civ. law here. — He per-
formed certain exercise in this university for the said degree,
and st(K)d in the act to compleat it, 11 Jul. 1586. This per-
son, who made a great noise in liis time, was born at Saf-
fron-vvaldcn in Essex, and tho' his fatlier was a rope-maker
tis Tliom. N.ish a gieat scoffer, and his antagonist, tells' us,
yet he liad rich kindred and was nearly tdlied to sir 'ITioin.
Smitli tlie gi'eat statesman in qu. Elizabetlt's reign. His
fiisl academical breeding was in Christ's coll. Cambridge,
where, in a short time, he made great proliciency to the
wonder and amazement of his tutor. Afterwards he became
fellow of Trinity hall, iind so excellent and learned an
orator and jxict, that lx)oks of those facuhies were dedicated
to him. Afterwards he was proctor of that university, and
^ [Anno 1583. Commissio ad admittcnd. Erasmum Webb A. M. ad eod.
de Blcchesden. lieg. Whitgifi. Ar'e']n Cant.
Erasmus Webbe coll. Onm. anira. Oion. socius electus 1567. Archid'us
Buck, rector de West Ildesley et de Kara in dioc. Sarum. decern acras
terra? boscalis successorilnis suis in rectoria de West Ildesley et decern curec-
tulas ligni focalb quinque |>auperibus ibidem aniiuatim percipicnd. per testa-
uientum suum lej;avit. Frith, Catat. cnm Contin.
Geori;ius VVebl)e cler.A. B. ad vie. de Preston Capes et ywn'a Preston, ad
pres. Itub'ii Bcvilt nob ord. Balnei mil. per depri\Tit. Joh'is Swart 4 April,
1605. llrg. Uoiv, E;ii Prtcrh. Kkxnbt.]
'■> lu lu!> epist. dedicat. before Have with i/iHt to St^nm-tcaldciu
Q*2
231
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232
iit elder years lie applied his studies to astrology, wherein he
beeanic eminent, and wi-ote, as 'tis said. Almanacks, much
in esteem in the reign of qu. Elizabeth. His other works
are (l) Rhetor, sive 2. Dierum Oratio de Natttra, Arte &
Ejtercitatione Ithetorka. Lond. 1577- qu. (2) Ciceronianus,
pel Oratio post Reditum,haiita Canlabrig'ue ad suos auditores.
15/7. qu. (3) XAlPIi, vel Gratulutionum yaldenensmin Libri
quatuor. Lond. 1578. qu. in Lat. vers. (4) Smithus, vel
Musarum Luchrymir, pro Obitu honoratiss. Viri, &c. ThonieE
Smith Eq. aur. Majestalisq; regue Secretarii. Lond. 1578. qu.
(5) A new Letter of notable Contents; with a strange Sonnet
[129] entituted Gorgon. Lond. 1593. qu. (6) Pierce's Supererroga-
tion : or, a new praise of the old Asse. A preparative to certain
larger Discourses, entit. Nashes S.fame. Linvd. 1593. qu. with
Letters and Sonnets before and after the said book, made
upon the author Harvey by several poets of that tinle.
(7 ) Ah Adrertisement for Pap-hatchet, and Martin Marprelate ;
printed with the former book, with other things, wherein
he tramples much upon Rob. Green the poet, which 1 have
not yet seen.* This Dr. Gab. Harvey was esteemed an
ingenious man and an excellent scholar, but 'twas his, and
his brother Rich. Harvey's ill luck to fall into the hands of
that noted and restless buffoon Tom. Nash in his Apologie of
Pierce Penniless, and Have ivith you to Saffron-walden. In
both which books they are loaden with all the scurrilities
imaginable, as being according to Tom's words, ' false
prophets, weather- wizards, fortune-tellers, poets, philoso-
phers, orators, historiographers, mountebanks, ballad-
makers,' &c. The reader is to know that 'twas not this
Gabriel Harvey that made a raised causey of three miles long
near to Caml^ridge, as the learned Cambden * tells us, but
Henr. Harney, LL.D. Master of Tiin. hall, ^ son of Rob.
Harvey of Stradbroke in Suffolk ; which Henry died in the
winter-time in 1584, leaving behind him a nephew and heir
called Lewis Harvey of Eye in the same county, father of
Robert Harvey, fellow of the said hall of Trinity, doct. of
the laws of Camb. and doct. of physic of Padua. In my
searches I find one Gabriel Harvey, LL. D. of Saffron-
walden in Essex to die unmarried in 1630 (6 Car. I.) which,
if the same with him before-mention'd, who was the writer
(as I think he was) then was he at least 85 years of age
■when he died, if not 90.'
Doctors of Physic.
.Till. 8. Christoph. Atkinson of Trin. coll. " One Dr.
" Hen. Atkyns, a London physician, famous for his prac-
" tiee, honesty, and learning, died in Warwick-Court near
" Wanvick-lane, London, 22 Sept. 1634, buried in the
" chancel of Cheshunt in Hertfordshire."
Richard Radcliff, lately of Mert. coll. now principal of
St. Alban's hall was admitted the same day. — He died 18
* [Fcvre Letters, and certa'me Sonnets: Especialbj touching Ifohert Greene and
nfher pariivs, hy hitn ahu$ed: lint incidentUf pf divers excellent persons, and some
matters of note- To aU courteous mindes, that wUl eoutchsnje the reading. Lon-
don, imprinted by John WoUe, 1592. 4to. In the BodluiHii.]
^ In Briton, in Icenis.
* [230ttob, 1559, Magistcr Hcnricus Harvey, L.L. D. ailiiiissus ad preb,
de Torlcton in eccl'ia Sanim. per resign. ThomjE tloskiiui, S. T. P. ad pres.
Philippi ct Maria-, sede vacantc. Peg. Pole, Cant. p. 63. Kennet.]
' [Oabr. Harvey anlae Pcmbr. socius prius, elcctus Nov. 3, 1570; dein
M>cin9 auliE Trin. electus, Dec. 18- 1578. Spc ct opinionc magister futurus,
Kt magna dc spe exciilit.
I have seen an elegy on Dr. Harvey of Safron Walden, composed by Wm.
Pearson, dated an 1630, whereby it "appears, he died that year. By that,
it should siiiii, he practised physic, and was a pretender to astrology : and so
'«iu his brut lier R. H. Bakse.
See my MSS. Coll. vol. vi. p. 104. Com.]
Jan. 1599, after he had practised his facidty many years in
this university, and was buried in the church of St. Peter in
the East, in 0.xon.
Doctors of Divinity.
Jvm. 21. Heu. Gervace of Mert. coll.
Jun. — Rob. Condall or Cundall of Brasen-n. coll. a
compounder. — In 1577. he was made archdeacon of Hunt-
ingdon in the place of Dr. .Toh. BuUyngham,' but who suc-
ceeded him in that dignity, I know not, unless Matthew
Ciifford, M. A. who occurs archdeacon 1612.
Jun. — Daniel Bernard, canon of Ch. Ch.^ — He was
son of Tho. Bernard, mention'd among the batch, of div.
an. 1566, and dying about the month of Sept. 1588, was
buried in the choir belonging to the cathedral of Ch. Ch.
I have seen a Lat. sermon of his entit. De Obetlientia ergo,
Principes &: Prtefectos, in Tit. 2. 3. printed 1587^ which is
all, I presume, that he hath jtublished.
Jun. — John Rainolds of C. C.coll.
Jun. — Martin Heton, canon of Ch. Ch. — He was after-
wards bishop of Ely.
Jun. — Rob. Rowles of New coll. a compounder.
William Wilkes of Merton coll. was admitted in the
same month.
Jul. 14. Will. Powell of Miigd. coll. — In 15*8 he was
made reader of divinity in St. Paul's cath. ch. and was after-
wards archdeacon of Bath, and canon resident, of Wells.
He died on the 12 of March, or thereabouts, an. 1612, and
was buried in the choir of the cath. ch. at Wells ; where-
upon Tim. Rivett or Revet, D. D. succeeded him in hia
archdeaconry. <
Incorporations.
Jul. 2. James Summers, who was made M. of A. of St.
Andrew's university in Scotland, an, 1565, was incorporated
in the same degree. — Tho Dempster in his Scolorum Scrip-
toriim Nomenclatiira, at the end of his Apparatus ad Historiam
Scoticam, doth make no mention of this Jam Summers
(born at Edinburgli) as a writer, tho' he was a learned
man ; and therefore I can say no more of him, only this,
that he living many years in Oxon near to Madg. coll. died
there, and was burieil in the church of St. Peter in the East,
30 Aug 1610.
Jul. 11. John Dod, M. of .\. of Cambridge.' — He was a
* [13 Oct. 1570, vac. scde Wigom. D. ar'e'pusadmisit Jo'n'emBuIlyngham,
S.T. P. ad canonicat. sive preb. in eccl. Wigom. per mort. Libii Beard alias
Bearde ad pres. D. reginae. Peg. Parker, 204.
A letter of Mr. Bullinghani to Mr. Fox, giving some account of Julius
Palmer, martyr, dated from Bridgewater, .\pril 26, 1562, by Mr. John Bul-
lingham, of whom Mr. Fox thus wriies :
He was fellow in some part of K. Edward's time of Magd. coll, Cxford,
with the said Palmer, and toward the latter end of the said king's reign a vo-
luntary exile in France for papistrie. In Q. Maries days a chaplain unto
Stephen Gardiner, bp. of Winchester. And alter y<= coiiting in ol qu, Eliza-
beth, such a one as for his own obstinacie was quite and clean dispatched
from all his livings by her majesties conmiissioners. And yet now (Ciod be
praisd therefore) a most constant professor, and earnest teacher of ye word
of God. Acts and Mm. vol. 3. p, 7,'>4,
Facnltas concessa Joli'i bullinghani, 7 Febr. 1570. dc non rcsideuiia ad
biennium a magna residemia in eccl ia Lincoln, Hegislr. raeuUiitum concess. a
Matthco ttrcpo Cant. Kennet.]
' [Regina omnibus — conccdimus dilecto nobis in Christo Danieli Bamardo,
A, M. cauonicatnm Xti. coll. 0\on quie primura ct prox. vacare coutigcrit.
T. R. apud Gorhambury xxiii Octob. reg. 17. i575. Ryraer. xv, 749.
Kennf'i.]
' [1585, 28 Jul. Joh. Uod cle'cus. admUs. ad ecd. de Hanwell. Peg.
Whitgift ar'epi Cant.
1597, 13 Jul Joh, Dod cicricus vcrbi Dei prredicator admisa. ad vicariiun
Scti Stephani Colmauslrel per mortcju Willi Taylor, Reg. Laid.
233
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234
Cheshire man born, educated in Jesus coll. in that univer-
sity,' afterwards a learned and godly divine, successively
minister of Hanwell in Oxfordshire, Fenny-Drayton in Lei-
cestershire, Canons Ashby and Fausley in Northamiiton-
shire, tho' for a time ' silenced in each of them. He is
commonly the decalogist, as having, with Rob. Cleaver ano-
ther pui itan,* written An Exposition on the Ten Command-
ments. He hath also published several sermons, as the Ox-
ford catalogue informs you, and dying at Fausley in 1645,
aged about 90, was there buried.
Philemon Holland, M. of A. of the said university, was
incorporated on the same day.* — He was now, or at least
lately, of Trin. coll. in that university, was afterwards doct.
£130] of physic and school master for many years in the city of
Coventry, and esteemed the translator general of his age.
He died 9 Feb. aged 8.5, an.Dom. 163G, and was buried in the
choir of the great church at Coventry. Among the trans-
lations * which he made, Cambden's Britannia was one,
wherein he hath ])ut many things that were not written by
Ciunbden. " Since tlie fir.-t edition of this book, Philemon
" Angel of Seyton in com. Rutland, gent, grandson and
" godson to Dr. Holland, transmitted these following me-
" moirs of this Dr. Holland.
" A Memorial of the Life of Philemon Holland of the City of
" Coventry in Warwickshire, Dr. in Physic, the great
" Translator.
" Philemon Holland was of an antient house of the Lan-
" cashire Hollands, son of John Holland a divine, who in
" queen Mary's days fled with Mr. Miles Coverdale (after
" B. of Exeter) into Germany and Denmark, for the cause
" of religion ; and upon qu. Alary's death, he returned into
" Englanil, and was pastor of Much-Dunmow in Essex,
" where he died.
" Philemon his son was born at Chelmsford in Essex, at
" the latter end of the reign of K. Edw. 6. and being trained
" up to g()(.'d letters, at the gramma' school there, he was
" sent to Trill, coll. in Canibi idge, being first pupil to Mr.
" John Hampton, Dr. in divinity, and afierward he was
" scholar to Dr. Jolm Whitgift, after archb. of Canterbury :
" and in the aforesaid college, he was first scholar; next
" batchelor of arts, and went out master of arts, a graduate
" and a fellow. Also he went out master of arts in Brasen-
" n. coll. in Oxford.
1609. 5 Mail Joh. Dod presbr. adniissus ad vicariam de Coggeshalla per
resign. Joh. Heyley ad prses. Rob. doinini Rich. licg. Buncrofl.
1609. 10 Jul. Ric. Watson, A. M. achniss. ad vicariam Scti Stcphani Cole-
raanstrct per cess. Johis Dod. lb. Kennet.]
* [Jo. Dod Cestriensis, adniissus sociiis coll. Jes. 1578. B*KEB.]
* Tho. Fuller in WmiHes of' England in Cheshire.
* [Robtus Cleaver diaconus institutus in ec^tlia de Draiton dioe. Oxen,
per mort. Simonis Rundc ad pres. Anton. Cope mil. lieg. Whitgift a'repi
Cant. Kennet.]
' [Philemon Holland electus socius minor coll. Trin. Sept. 28, 1593 ; so-
cius major, Apr. 3, 157 -t. Vide Ra. Winterton UijrjKerutis Aphitr. p. 3 ;
Dngdule's Warwichhire, p. 100. Art. bac. 1570-1. lieg. Acad. He has
published a speech to king James at liis being at Coventry, 1622. Bakeb.
He was vicar ot Dunmow-niaf^na, where he died in 1578, and had been
vicar of Dover court in Kssex, tbUl, which he resigned two years after, and
rector of Chadwell in Essex in 1581. MS. DaclorisZa.Greri.inhisCopijof
Wood. I!nt this could not be the same )x;rson, as is evident from his dying
ill 1578, if Ncwcourt is ri^ht, vol. ii, page 225. Coi.e.
The city of Coventry, to their honour, allowed the doctor a salary for his
worth and learning. \Ui. his ik-dication to Marcellinus.
Henry, his only son, who published his father's tran.slation from the French
of Baudermi Phai-mucopeia into Latin, folio 1639, with Vulmis Fharmaajma,
writes himself I^ondinopolitanus.
Was buried in the church of Coventry, and his epitaph cut on a copjier
plate on the wall. All this in Dr. Graji's hand. Coi.E.]
• [Most accurate trantiatjons. D. Z.it. tintv.]
" After, he planting himself in the city of Coventry afore-
" said, was first made hen<l master of the K. free school
" there, which he held about twenty years, and there he
" trained up laboriously many youths to goo*! letters
" (divers of \Vhom were after grave members of church and
" state) until at length (bending his studies at some spare
" hours to physic) he after forty years time commencejl Dr.
" in physic in the famous university of Camb. (and while he
" was school-mitster, and Dr. of physic) he betook himself
" to translate divers l)ooks,viz. Titus Licius, Plinius Id, Plu-
" larch's Morals, CamUlen's Britannia, Ammianus Marcelli-
" nus, Suetonius Trunqttillus, Speed's Theatre of Great Bri-
" tain, the geographical part, which he translated into Latin
" for foreign parts ; as also Xenophon of the Life of Cyrus ;
" being most of them no small volumes, he translated out olF
" Latin and Greek.
" He married Ann, daughter of William Bot alias Peiton
" of Statfordshirc, esq; having divers children by her, viz.
" seven sons and three daughters; which he well educated
" and disposed of in the world, and all this while for almost
" threescore years he was hospitable to the poor, until old
" age coming upon him (not able to travel abroad) which
" made his ])ractice in jihysic to decay, yet his intellectuals
" and his senses remained perfect until the eighty fourth
" year of his age ; and more especially his sight so good,
" that he never used spectacles in all his life, he was always
" of a sjiare and temperate diet, and seldom drank between
"■ meals. And was always of a peaceable and quiet spirit,
" and hated contention as a serpent ; and his life so inno-
" cent that he never was all his days, either plaintiff or de-
" fendant'in any suit at law in any rouit (tho' he suffered
" somelinics by it.) As a scholar he was a reserved man,
" most indefatigable in his study, saying often, that there
" was no greater burden and enemy to him than idleness.
" He having lived to see the end of all his children, but only
" one son and three daughters, at last was seized with a
" disease of age, and after he had been confined to his cham-
" ber and to his bed tdmost a year, he expired the 9 day of
" February, an. 1636, in the eighty fifth year of his age.
" In his life time he caused once a fair signet ring to be
" made, and in the midst of the colliet he caused (o be en-
" graven the heart of a man all naked or plain, instead of
" an emblem ; about which there went round tlii-^ syrnbo-
" Hum or double anagram of both his names, viz. *(X5)/«w
" 'OXdvhs Philemon Ilollandus. No<rf i X^iJ.a SiXuiy ^ixicv (nji
" aSoKov. Implying thus much in Latin, Animus presens,
"fraudum expers. A ready heart without deceit.
" Epitaphium Doctoris Holland! a seipso confectum.
" Nemo habet hie? nemon', hosjjes, salveto Philemon
" HoUand, hac recubat rite repostus humo,
" Si quJEias ratio, quienam sit nominis? Haec est
" Totus terra fui, terraque totus ero.
" .\t redivivus morte tu4, servabor lesu,
" Una fides votis, hicc est via sola salutis,
" Hac spe fretus ego culpa poenaque solutus,
" Jamque renatus, & inde novo conspectus amictu,
" Coetu in sanctorum, (lost redimitus ero.
" Claudicat incessu, senior mea musa, videsne?
" Claudatur cajiulo, mecum simul ipsa, videto."
John H.\krison, M. A. lately of King's coU. in the said
university, was incorporated the same day.' — In 1581 he
7 [.To. Han-ison adinissus in coll.,Regal. 1570. cspulsus inde obdoctrinjm
minus saiiam in concione cviilgatam, quiun retractarc uoluit. postca schote
I'auliiiEe arcliididascalus. BakioU.]
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9136
become the chief master of St. Paul's school, in London,
being then a great antiquary for coins. One of both his
names was made archdeacon of Stow in the place of John
Aylmer or Elmer, deprived, an. 1554.
Rob. Williamson, batch of div. of the same univ. was
incor])orated on the same day.
One John Nowell, doct. of phys. of Leyden, did^uppli-
[131] cate to be incoriK>rate<l, 27 June, but whether he had his
option, it appeal's not.
An. Dom. 1586.— 23-29 Eliz.
Chancellor.
The same, with his deputy sir Tho. Bromley, knight,
(stiled chancellor also) July 30.
Fice-dui7icellor.
Daniel Bernard, D. D. canon of Cli. Cli. nominated by
the deputy-clianccllor (whose chaplain he was) July 8.
Proctors,
Will. Watkinson of Ch. Ch. Apr. 14.
Giles Tomson of All-s. coU. Apr. 14.
Batchelors of Music.
July 9. John Bull, who had practised the fac; of music
for 14 years was then admitted batcli. of music. — This per-
son, who had a most prodigious hand on the org.an, and was
famous throughout the religious world for his clmrch
music, (the words of some of wliicli are ' extant) had been
trained up under an excellent master named Blithman, orga-
nist of qu. Elizabeth's chappel, who died much lamented in
1591.' This Blithman perceiving that he had a natural
geny to the faculty, spared neither time nor labour to ad-
vance it to the utmost. So that in short time he being
more than master of it, which he shewed by his most ad-
mirable compositions, played and sung in many churches
beyond the seas, as well as at home, he took occasion to go
incognito into France and Germany. At length hearing of
a famous nmsician belonging to a certain cathedral, (at St.
Oiners, as I liave heard) he applied himself as a novice to
him to learn something of his faculty, and to see and ad-
mire his works. This musician, after some discourse had
passed between them, conducted Bull to a vestry, or music
school joyning to the cathedral, and shew'd to him a lesson
or song of forty parts, and then made a vaunting challenge
to any person in the world to add one more part to them,
supposing it to be so complcat and full, that it was impossi-
ble for any mortal man to correct, or add to it. Bull there-
upon desiring the use of ink and rul'd paper, (such as we
call musical paper) prayed the musician to lock him up in
the said school for 2 or 3 hours ; which being done, not
without great disdain by the musician, Bidl in tliat time, or
less, added forty more parts to the said lesson or song.
The musician thereupon being called iii, he viewed it, tried
it, and retiy'd it. At length he burst out into a great
ecstacy, and swore by the great God that he that added
those 40 parts, must either be the Devil or Dr. Bull, &c.
WTiereujKm l$ull making himself known, the musician fell
down and ador'd him. Afterwards continuing there and in
those parts for a time, became so mucS admir'd, that he was
« See in a book emit. 77ie divine Sm-icci md Anlhenu wniaUij m-ng in the
Cath'-drnU ami CM,,U,te Chmret in the Churck of E,iglmtd, coUectcd bi Jam.
Cttfiml. Lond. 1C6.J. |.. 56, 137, 107, &c.
» [John HUlliman l.eloi,g«i to Clir. Cli. quire, seeiui, to liave been master
of the cliuruter> 1564. TANNEn.]
courted to accept of any i)lace or preferment suitable to his
profession, either within the dominions of the emperor,
king of France, or Spain. But the tidings of these transac-
tions coming to the English court, qu. Elizabeth com-
manded liim home. Sec more of him under the year
1592.
John Mundav, another eminent musician, now, or after,
one of the organists of her majesty's chappel, was admitted
batch, also the same day. — See more of him in 1G24. One
Will. Munday was also a noted musician, and hath com-
posed several divine services and anthems, but liim I find
not to be graduated in this university, or elsewhere.
One Benjam. Hamm, a student of music, supplicated to
be batcli. of that fac. in January; which was granted con-
ditionally that he compose a choral hymn of eight parts be-
fore the Passover following. About the same time, he
supplicated for the degree of batch, of arts, wliich was
denied.
Batchelors of Arts.
Jun. 10. Charles Sonibank of Ch. Ch. — See among the
doct. of div. 1607.
" Jun. 13. John Leech of Brasen-nose coll."
Jul. 13. Rich. Middletox of Jesus coll. — This person,
who took no other degree in this university, I take to be
the same w-ith Rich. INIiddlefon, son of Marmaduke Midtlle-
ton, bishop of St. David, and about this time archdeacon of
Cardigan.' One Rich. Middleton, chaplain to Charles
prince of Wales, hath written and published (1) The Key of
David. Lond. 1619, in a thick tw. before which * is his
jiicture with a ruff, and a great beard.' (2) The heavenly
Progress. Lond. 1617, in tw. (3) The Card and Compass
of Life containing many Passages fit for these Times, &c. Lond.
1613, oct. Whether this Rich. Middleton the writer be the
same with Rich. Middleton the batch, of arts and archdeacon
of Cardigan, I cannot well tell. jQusere.
Oct. 11. Rowland SEAHCHriELD of St. John's coll. —
He was afterwards bishop of Bristol.
12. Edw. Gee, lately of Mert. now of Line. coll.
Oct. 12. Rich. Brett of Line. coll.
Christoph. Sutton of Line. coll.
19. John Budden of Trin. coll.
Nov. 9. Alex. Gill, of C. C. coll.
The last was the senior of both his names, and afterwards
master of St. Paul's school.
Dec. 14. Sam. Slade. — See among the M. of A. 1593.
Dec. 17- John Sanford of B;d. afterwards of Magd.
coll.
Jan. 27- Franc. Mason. — Afterwards worthily character-
ized to be Vindex Ecclesia AngUcance.
>0. Nick. Fuller of Hart hall.
Feb. 15. Lew. Thomas of Brasen-nose coll.
Edw. Bheerwood of Brasen-nose coll.
John Day of St. Alb. hall, afterwards of Or. coll. was
admitted the same day.
• [Rich. MidJIeton, S.T. B. archdeacon of Cardigan, was instituted to the
rectory of Eaton in Northamptonshire, A. D. lO'-'S. Loveday.
Ric. MiddlftDii clcr. admiss. ad rect. do stisted com. Essex. 28. S<'pt.
1619. per trauslat. Sara, llarsnet ab e'patu Cicestr. ad c'patuiu IVorwic,
Kknnet.]
- [At tlic end of this is another tract entitled Gonrfnes ; The Uessed Man's
Hodge, or God's Character stampt cm Man's Coiurience, printed in the same year,
lOiy. Tliis is tlie suhstancc of two sermons preached l>cforc prince Cliarles
by his chaplain, Middleton.]
" ' [Wood should liave said, tliat Ifiddlcton's portrait is contained 'in tui
engraved title I>agc, without tlic name of tlic artist.]
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237
1586.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
158fi.
238
16. Anthony Benn of Broadgate's hall. — He was after-
wards recorder of London, and a knight, " and died 2!)
" Sept. 1618, aet. 50, and was buried in the church of
" Kingston upon Thames in Surrey."
17. Bernakd Adams of Trin. coll. — He was afterwards
bishop of Limerick in Ireland.
2a. Tho. Clerke of Broadgate's hall. — Whether this
person, who was a Warwickshire man born, was the same
Tho. Clerke who -was a seminary priest of the coll. at
Rheimes, but afterwards returned to the church of Eng-
land, and recanted in a sermon at Paul's cross, 1 July 1593
(which sermon wiis printed at London 1594, in oct.) or the
same Tho. Clerke who wrote The Life and Death of Mr. Pet.
Kenipe (printed abut the same time) 1 know not. See
another Tho. Clerke, who was admitted batch, of arts in
1566.
Admitted 179-
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 20. John Buckridge of St. John's coll.
Jun. 4. Rich. Parry of Ch. Ch.
Lauh. Keimis of lial. coll. was adm. the same day. — This
Keimis, who was a Wilts man born, became afterwards
companion in tra\el and counsellor in design to the re-
nowned knight sir Walt. Rawleigh ; but whether he gave
any assistance to the composure of his history, is very
doubtful. In 1595, when that knight undertook to gain a
golden mine in Guiana, this Keimis was one of his chief
captains and conductors in that expedition ; "as he was in
" that other unfortunate voyage to the same place, A. D.
" I617," in which being vei^ much blamed by Rawleigh,
he, out of a deep reluctancy, pistol'd'' himself in his cabin
in Rawleigh's ship, in the summer time in 1618, after he
had view'd, and travcU'd thro', the remotest i>aifts of tlie
world.
Ju. 15. Hen. Airay of Queen's coll.
Jul. 6. Hen. Penry, lately of Camb. now of St. Alban's
hall.
S. Hen. Jacob of St. Mary's hall.
Jan. 27. Henry Bright of Bal. coll. — He was afterwards
master of the king's school at Worcester (in which city he
was born) for 40 years together, and prebendary of the
church there for the last 7 years of his life. He had a most
excellent faculty in instructing youths in Lat. Gr. and
Hebrew, most of which were afterwards sent to the uni-
versities, where they proved eminent to emulation. He was
also an excellent preacher, was resorted to far and near, and
dying 4 March 1626 was buried in the cath. ch. at Wor-
cester. The posterity of this Hen. Bright do now live in
genteel fashion in Worcestershire.
Mar. 16. John Dove of Ch. Ch.
Admitted 65, or thereabouts.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Jill. 4. Will. Massie of Brasen-n. coll. — He was born
in Cheshire, and was at this time chajdain to sir Edm.
Trafford of Ti afford in Lancashire. He hath published A
Sermon ■preached at Trafford in Lancashire at the Marriage of a
Daughter of Sir Edm. Trafford, Knij-ht, C Sept. 1586: On
Psal. 128. 1,2. Oxon 1586, oct. Two years after he was
removed from his fellowship, and perhaps tUd publish other
things.
^ Sec in The Life and Rugn if King Jam. 1. written by Ar\h. Wilsou.
Load. 1653. fol. p. 112, 115.
Will. Leigh of Brasen. coll. was adm. the same day.
Amitted 8.
Doctors of Civ. Law.
Jul. 4. Anthony Blencow, provost of Or. coll.
Not one besides him was this year admitted.
O* Not one doct. of phya. was admitted this year.
Doctors of Divinity:
Apr. 14. John Charuon of Exeter coll.
Jul. 9. Nu;h. Balgay of Magd. coll. — In 1583 he became
prebendary of Netherhaven in the church of Salisbury, luid
in May 1589 subdean thereof in the place of Tho. Dill worth.
Both which dignities he resigning to the famous Mr. Rich.
Hooker, became master of the Temple in the said Mr.
Hooker's place 1591.*
Incorporations.
Jul. 11. Lawrence Staunton, M. of A. of Camb.* — In
1601 he succeeded Dr. Will. Cole in the deanery of Line.''
which dignity he keeping "till 1613, was then succeeded by
Roger Parker, D.D. after he hatl been 14 years chauntor
of the church there. The said Dr. Parker died 29 Aug.
1629, aged 71, and was buried in the cath. ch. at Lincoln ;
whereupon his deanery was bestowed on one Anth. Top-
ham.
Simon Robson M. of A. of the said university,' was in-
corporated on the same day — In the year 1598 the said Rob-
son being then D. D. succeeded Dr. Anth. Watson in the
deanery of Bristol, and dying in May or Jtme 1617 was bu-
ried in St. .'Vugustin's church there ; whereupon Dr. Edw.
Chetwind was elected dean in his place 16 June the same
year.
5 [Nich. Balgay, S.T.B. adiniss. adcccl. Omn.S'ctorumMagii.Lond. anno
1595 quam tcnuit ad inorl. 24. Aug. KiOl. Beg. GrindaU et Da7icroft.
Rector Minul ccci. S. Edinundi. Lombard street, Lend, qtiod vac. per
obituiu ipsius ante 19 Aug. 1601. Kennet.]
^ [Laur. Slaynton Wcstniorl. admissus socius coll. Jo. Mar. 88, 1572.
Begr. Coll, Jo. B.iker.]
' [12 Jul. 1660. Magister Laurentins Staunton presb. S. T.P. ad rccto-
riam de Caster com. North, ad pres. Eliz. regins. Reg. WlutgiAe, part 3.
f. 210.
In the clmnccl of the church of Vllinghani, near Stamford in com. Line, a
fair monument hi alabaster and marble, w'h effigies of man, woman, and two
children, tliis mscript.
In Laurontium Staunton sacra™ theologise doctorcm decannm lincolnien-
sem qui obiit Septembris 17. ictatis suae 62. A.D. 1613.
Kcce sub hac doctor recubat Laurentius uma
Stantonus sacris multum'devotus If^vc,
Edwardo Rutland cumiti fratrique Jolianni
Christuphero Uatlono qui cancollarius oiini
Reginre Eliza; servus, rogisque Jacobi.
Lincolnensis erat pi-otoniysla decern tribus amiis,
Duxit in uxorein Conrtnajo sanguine natam
Agnetem Doiley, triplici qui prole beatns.
Filius unus et alter erat, simul una puclla,
Et pater et proles tuuiulo conduntur in isto.
QueiQ sua lida sibi constnixit nupta su|>erste9.
Donee erit tcmpus quuui coutuinulentur in unum.
Hie pius agnoscit quis fuit unde Decus.
Elinor sum cunctis miseralionibus tuis ct veritate tua quam explevisti
ser\'o tuo, nam cum baculo meo transivi Jordanum hiinc ct nunc rcgrcdior
cum duabus turmis. Gik. 32. 10. Scpultus, 13 Oct<ib. 1615.
On the table near the north door: A free and i^n-rpi-lual gift of 12 A a
week given to the poor of Ufiingtou by Agnes Alitfe, sometime wife of Dr.
Staunton, dean of Lincoln, and parson of this parish, yearly to be paid out gl"
some loud in Pinchbeck. Kennet.]
" [Si. llubsou, Dunclmcnsis, adiuissus suciiu coll. Jo. 157S. BaI£B.J
[133]
239
1587.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1587.
240
Thom. Atkinson batch, of div. of Cambr.» was incorpo-
rated also the same day. — He was after\vards D. of D. sub-
dean of St. Paul's cathedral, and died in Apr. 1616.
Besides him, were 13 batchelors of div. of Cambr. incor-
porated, of whom 1 know nothing as yet.
There was also a supj)licnte made in the house of congre-
gation that TiioM. Legg doct. of the civ. law of Cambr.
might be incorporated, but whether he was really so, 1 find
not. He was a Norwich man born, was first of Trinity,
and afterwards of Jesus coll. Cambr.' in both which houses
he had the name and repute of one of the best in England
for composing tragedies, witness his Destruction of Jerusa-
lem, and Life of K. Rich. S. which last was acted with great
applause in that \iniversity. He was afterwards made the
second master of Gonvill and Caius coll. was a doctor in the
court of Arches, one of the masters in Chanceiy, the king's
law professor, and twice x ice-chanc. of Camb. He died in
July 1607, aged 72, and was buried, as I conceive, in the
chap, belonging to the said coll. to which he was a benefactor.
The same.
An. Dom. 1587.— 29-30 Elizab.
Cliancellor.
Vice-Chancellor.
Francis Willys D. D. constituted by the chancellor now
in England, July 17, on which day he was admitted D. of D.
Proctors.
George Dale of Or. coll. Apr. 26.
John Harmar of New coll. Apr. 26.
Datchelor of Music.
Oct. 20. Rob. Stevenson, who had studied the faculty
of music 33 years, was then admitted batch, of music — On
the same day he was admitted batch, of arts, but did not
compleat that degree by determination in the Lent follow-
ing, which is all I know of him.
' Batchelors of Arts.
May 31. Will. Westehmann of Gloc. hall.
Jun. 2". Rich. Jefferay of Magd. coll. — See among the
masters 1590.
28. John Aglionby of Qu. coll.
— Rich. Crackanthokpe of Qu. coll.
Nov. 7. John Vicars of Magd. coll. Quaere. — One of
both his names of Broadgate's hall was admitted M. of A.
Jul. 1. this year.
Nov. 29. Tho. Hutton of St. Jo. coll.
— — — Hen. Price of St. Jo. coll.
On the eleventh of M.irch Clement Edmonds of All-s.
coll. did supplicate for the said degree, but was not admitted
this year.
Admitted 117.
» [Will. AtkymonS.T.B. Cant. an. 1575. Tho. Atkinson non occurrit.
Bakes.]
' [Tho. Legg coll. Trin. prius, doin coll. Jes. socius, an. 1568 (legUtae
loco forte apud Trin. non vacante,) LL. D. an. 1574. coll. Caii magister, per
resign. Joh'is Caii, cujus erat vcrus successor. Erat enim aninio pcrinde
ac Caius, plane Catholicus, Tho. Lcgge electus .socius coil. Trin. an 1560.
coU. ]cf. soc. 1568 ; LL. D. an. I.'i74. lieg'r. — Ju. Caius rcsisnavit ofliciuni
ctutodis Thoni« Lejy;c A. AL homini Norwici oriundo Jun. 19. 1573. V.
AmteiaJo. Caii. Baker.
Dr. Caius resigned tl June 1573. Vid. Heame's preface to Caii Vmdidx
p. 156. Cole.]
Batchelors of Law.
Jun. 15. Henry Marten of New coll. — He is to be men-
tion'd at large among the writers in this work.
Two more were admitted to, and three supplicated for,
the said degree.
Masters of Arts.
June 22. Sam. Fox of Magd. coll. — See at the end of J.
Fox among the writers, under the year 1587.
Ralph Winwood of Magd. coll. was admitted the same
day. — This memorable person wlio was the son of Richard,
son of Lewis, \Vinwood sometimes secretary to Chai'les Bran-
don duke of Suffolk, was born at Aiuhoe in Northampton-
shire, elected probationer fellow of Magd. coll. <an. 1582,
and in 1590 took the degree of batch, of civ. law. See
more in that year.
Rob. Tinley of Magd. cojl. was admitted the same day.
Jun. 28. Charles Butler of Magd. coll. — He was after-
wards publicly known by a book of rhetoric that he pub-
lished, and other things.
Admitted 69.
Batchelors of Divinity.
July 6. Rich. Potter of Trin. coll.' — He was after-
wards prebendary of Worcester, and father of an ingenious
son named Francis, author of the Interpretation of 666, &c.
whom I shall remember among the writers, under the year
1678.
Will. Watkinson of Ch. Ch. was admitted the same
day.
17 Francis Willys of St. John's coll. — Sec among the
doct. of div. this year.
Admitted 7.
Doctors of Law.
June 17. Will. Wood of All-s. coll. — ^This eminent civi-
lian died in the beginning of the year 1605, and was buried
in the chappel of Tallin in the isle of Anglcsea, in which
isle he was born, leaving issue behind him William and
Owen Wood, &c.
Feb. 13. Francis James of All-s. coll. — He was younger
brother to Dr. Will. James bishop of Durham, was chan-
cellor of the diocese of Wells and Bristol, and afterwards of
London, one of the masters of the Chancery, and judge of
the court of audience of Canterbury.' He died in the be-
ginning of 1616, and was buried, I presume, according to
his will, in the parish church of Barrow in Somersetshire,
in the upper end of that isle which was formerly the
church or oratory for the nunns, sometimes living at that
place, and is now belonging and appertaining to the lord of
the mannor of Minchin-Barrow.
Will. Bird of Al'-s. coll. was admitted, or licensed, the
same day. — This person, who was son of W'ill. Bird of
Walden in Essex, was afterwards principal official and dean
of the Arches, a knight, and .judge of the jirerogative court
of Canterbui'y, in the place, as 1 conceive, of sir John
Bennet knight. He died without issue, and was buried in
Ch. Ch. within Newgate in London, 5 Sept. 1624, leaving
behind him a nephew of both his names, whom I shall
mention in 1622.
t:^ Not one doct. of phys. was admitted this year.
5 [Ricardus Potter A. M. adiniss. ad vie. de East Tilbnry com. Essex
14 Sept. 1584: quani resign, ante 27 Octob. 1586. lleg. Land. Kennet.]
3 [1616. 11 Jun. Fi-.nic. James S.T. P. aduiiss. ad eccl. Scti Matthsei Fri-
day Street, per promot. Ludov. Barley, S. T. P. ad e'patum Bangor. Reg.
Jjmd. KESstT.J
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Doctor of Divinity.
July 17- Francis Willys canon of Bristol (of which
city he was a native) and president of St. John's coU. — On
the eleventh of June this year, he was installed dean of
Worcester, having that dignity confer"d upon him in the
year before, on the death of Dr. Tho. Wilson, and dying
29 Oct. 1596, was buried in a little isle joining to the south
side of the choir of the cath. ch. at Worcester, near to the
grave and monument of Dr. Wilson before mentioned. In
his presidentship, which he resign'd in 1590, succeeded
Ralph Huchenson, and in his deanry Dr. Rich. Eedes of
Ch. Ch. as I have elsewhere told you.
An-. Dom. 1588. — 30-31 Elizab.
Chancellor.
Robert Earl of Leicester, who dying 4 Sept. sir
Christopher Hatton knight of the Garter and lord chan-
cellor of England, was by the major part of the academians
elected into his place on the twentieth day of the same
month. In the vacancy between death and election, there
was no cancellarius natus as formerly, only the vice-chanc.
this year mention'd, who before had been nominated by the
earl of Leicester. It is to be noted, that at the election of
Hatton, Robert earl of Essex, a popular and ambitious per-
son, was his competitor, (having been incorporated M. of
A. in April going before, as I shall anon tell you) thinking,
that if he might have obtained tlie said place of chancellor,
he might be as powerful among the gownmen, as among
the gentlemen of the sword. But he being generally look'd
upon as a great patron of the puritannical party, and con-
sequently, if he had obtain'd it, he might do as much mis-
chief in his office, as the earl of Leicester had done before,
he was therefore, (especially tipon the commendations to
the university of Hatton by Dr. Whitgift archbishop of
Canterbury) laid aside.
Vice-Chancellor.
Martin Heton D.D. canon of Ch. Ch. July 10.
Proctors.
Tho. Ravis of Ch. Ch. Apr. 17.
Matthew Gwinne of St. John's coll. Apr. 17-
Batchelors of Music.
July S. Thomas Moeley one of the gentlemen of her
majesty's royal chappel.* — This person, tho* he had not so
excellent a hand on the organ as Bull had, yet his compo-
sitions were admirable in their time, as (1) Canzonets or little
short Songs to three Voices, Lond. 1593. qu. [again, 1606.]
(1) Thejirst Book of Madrigals to four Voices, Lond. 1594. qu.
(3) Canzonets or little short Aires to b or 6 Voices, Lond. 1595.
in a large qu. (4) Madrigals to five Voices, Lond. 1595, in a
large qu. (5) Introduction to Music, Lond. 1597, [1608,
Bodl. AA. 95. Art.] &c. in a thin fol. This last book,
which shews the author to have been admirably well
s-kill'd in the theoretic part of music, hath afforded some
matter to Christoph. Simpson when he composed his Com-
pendium of Music, but more to the author of An Intro-
duction to Music, Lond. 1655, &c. oct. published by John
Playford a seller of musical books and paper, near the
Inner Temjile-gate, Lond. and a practitioner in music,
who, as I have been informed, had the assistance of Charles
Pigeon of Greys inn in the drawing it up. The said Mor-
* [Sec Hawkins's History nf ^Iiisic, to!, iii, page 33-J.]
ley also hath composed Divine Service* and Anthems, the words
of some of which are * published; and also collected and pub-
lished Madrigals, the Triumphs of Oriana, to five and six Voices,
composcdby divers Authors, Lond. 1601, qu. [reprinted 1815] •
Among which authors Tho. Morley is one, Michael Eist, Joh.
Mundy, Joh. Hilton, Rich. Carlton, Tho. Hunt, E<lw. John-
son, George Marson, &c. all batchelors of music, were others ;
which last was nearly related to Simon Marson a servant to sir
Tho. Mounson in the time of K. James 1. and a go(Ml musi- [135]
cian, as you may see ' elsewhere. The said Tho. Morley had
been bred up imder the most famous musician Mr. Will. Birde,
one of the organists belonging to (jueen Elizabeth.' I mean
the same Birde who was author and composer of Gradualia,
scu Cantionum sacrarum : quorum alia ad quatuor, alia vero
ad quinque &! sex Voces editte sunt, Lond. 1610. qu. in 0 vol.
Also of several Divine Services and Anthems in English, the
words of which are extant, and of a most admired compo-
sition of forty parts ; but this last is not yet extant. 1 say
by this Birde's endeavours the said Morley became not only
excellent in music, as well in the theoretical as practical
part, but also well seen in the mathematics, in which Birde
was excellent.
July 8. John Dowland one of the gent, of her majesty's
royal chappel, was then also with Tho. Morley adm. batch,
of music. — He enjoyed the same place also when king
James 1 . came to the crown, being then esteemed a mo<t
admirable lutinist; about which time an anagram was made
on his name (Johannes Doulandus) running thus, annot
ludendi hausi. He was the rarest musician that his age
did behold, and therefore admired by foreign princes, among
whom the king of Denmark was one, who being intinitely
taken with his playing, when he was in England to visit his
sister the queen, an. 1606, took him with him at his return
to Denmark; where, as 'tis suppos'd, he died. He hath
among other things written Necessary Observations belonging
to Lute-playing, Lond. 1610, in a thin fol. [Bodl. B. 5. 12.
Art.] Printed with Variety of Lute-Lessons, published by his
son Rob. Dowland, a must excellent lutinist also ; who,
before (while his father was absent) had been trained up
to tlie lute by excellent masters at the care and charge of
sir Tho. Mounson before-mention'd. The said Rob. Dow-
land published also of his own composition, A Musical Ban-
quet, Lond. 1610. in a thin fol. and The Pilgrims Solace, for
three and four Parts, &c. which was composed by him, as it
seems, and not by his father. '
Batchelors of Arts.
May 6. John Hoskyns senior, of New col!.
June 12. Sam. Burton of Ch. Ch. — See among the mas-
ters an. 1591.
Jan. 13. Matthew Slade of St. Alban's hall.
Feb. 8. Joh. Willoughby of Ex. coll.
Henry Wotton of Queen's coll. supplicated in June for
the degree of batch, of arts, but 1 cannot find him admitted,
* In James Clifford's collection of Dicine Senica and Anthems tauaUy nmg
in Cathedrak, ice. Lond. 1663. oct. p. 45. 185. 185.
^ [He also published :
First hook nf' BalletU to Jive niices, T^nd. 1.595. Again, 1600. Canzmeis, or
little shm-t songs to four voices. ]x)nd. 1597'. Cm-wncls, or tiltlc shoit airs to fin
ajirf «ir iwiccs. Lond. 1597. Mtidrigelt to fice mca. hanA. \b9&. H.i91e\voob.]
7 Sir Antli. Weldon in The Court and Character of King Jama. Lond.
1630 in oct. p. 106, 107.
8 [See Hawkins's Hist, of Music, vol. iii, p. 28.1. Bird's most admired col-
lections are Psalms, Sonets, and Songs of Sadnta and Pirtic mnd<- into inusick if
five /wits. 1588 ; and Songs of sundry iVatttrcs, some ifgravitie, and others of mirth, •
'^r. 15(19, apain 1610.] '
•J [Sec Hawkins's Hist, of liuaic, vol. iii, p. 323.]
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or his name among the determiners in the Lent fol
lowing.
Admitted 114, or theirabouts.
Batchelor of Lfiws.
Feb. — Henry Cromwell ifcllow of St. John's coll. —
This person, who wiis third son of sir Henry Cromwell of
Hinehinbrook in Huntingdonshire knight, I put not down
here as a writer, or learned man, biit only tluit he was a
noted gent, of his country, had a fair estate at Upwood
there, was a .justice of jjeace, and uncle to Oliver Cromwell
lord protector of England. See among the batch, of law,
an. 1599.
Admitted 14.
Masters of Arts.
Dec. 23. Rich. Latf.war of St. John's coll.
July 2. Alexandkr Cook of University coll.
Feb. 20. Henry Cufke of Merton coll.
In the month of June Will. Camden batch, of arts of
Oh. Ch. supplicated by his dean or censor, that whereas it
■was 16 years since he took tlie degree of batch, of arts,
three solemn lectures pro forma, jierforuied Ijy him, might
be sufficient for tlie taking the degree of mast, of arts ;
which desire of his was granted conilitionaily tliat lie should
stand in the act following ; but his admission and inception
occurs not. Here you see is mention niivde that he was
batch, of arts ; which, if true, (for no such matter occurs
in the register of that time) then must that Will. Camden
mentioned under the year 1573, be the same person who
•was afterwards known by the title of Clarentius, and sir-
named the learned. See more among the creations an. 1C12.
Admitted 64.
Batchelor of Divinity.
July 4. Robert Temple M. A. of Magd. coll.' — He hath
published ^4 Sermon concerning the Abuses of the Church,
preached at Paul's cross; on 1 Cor. 14. 1. Lond. 1592, he
being then chaplain to John bishop of London. AVhat else
he hath written or published, I know not, nor any thing
besides, only he was an Oxfordshire man born.
Admitted 4.
Doctor of Laws.
July 9. Hugh Lloyd of New coll.
He was the only person admitted doctor of his faculty
this year.
K?" Not one doctor of physic was admittetl this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
July 4. Tho. Mountfort a compounder.' — This worthy
' [Rob. Temple S. T. B. coll. ad preb. consumpt. per mare, 9 Oct. 1592.
cui succ. David Dee A. M. 27 Jun. 1598. Rcsignavit eccl. S. Nicliolai
Aconi, Loiul. mcnse Julio 1592. Coll. ab e'po ad preb. de Harlestoi) 19 Mar.
1593, quam resign, ante 24 Mar. 1596. Reg^. Lond.
A Sermon teaching Discretion in Matters of Tieligion and tmiching certain
Abuses in the Church, preached at Pauks Crosse the 21 if Nov. by Rob. Temple
bachelor in divinitie sometimes of Magdalen caUege in Oxford. Imprinted at
London for Edward Aggas, 1592. 8vo. Ep. ded. to John bish. of London,
dat. at vour lordships niannor liouse at Fulhani. Apr. 22. Kennkt.
RoU Temple A. M. iiist. ad vie. de Tyckcnhara (dioc. Well.) 9 Jan. 1593.
T*NNEH.]
9 [tho. Mountfort prebendarius de Harlcston in eccl. Paul, vicarius ge-
neralis, scde Lond. vacante, 1609. Reg. Lomt.
1602, 7 Mali, Tho. Mountfort S. T. P. coll. ad vicariam S. Martini in
uunpis. lb.
1604, 22 Jun. Job. Mountfort A. M. admiss. ad ecc'liam de Radwinter.
Jb.
1602, 12 Oct. Job. Mountfort A. M. admiss. ad eccl. de Ansty in com.
Hertford, per rcsisn. Tho. Mountfort. lb.
1606, 5 Nov. Tho. Mountfort S. T. P. admiss. ad ec'cliam S. Maria; ad
montemjuxttt Billinussate (x-r mortem Tho. Staller S. T. P. lb.
1616, 30 Sept. Job. (iobsall S. T. B. admiss. ad eccl. Seise Maris ad
laonlcm iu civit. Lond. jht resign. Tho. Mountfort S.T.P.
doctor, who was son of John Mountford of the city of Nor-
wich, Wius now, or a1x)iit this time, prebendary of Harlcs-
ton, and residentiiu-y of tlie cath. ch. of St. Paul, as also [136]
prebendary of Westminster; in which last dignity he suc-
ceeded one Thomas (whom sonic call John) Bro^vne, an.
1584. He died in London 27 Feb. 1632, and Wits buried in
the chancel of the jiarish church of Tewing in Hertford-
shire; wliereupon one Gabr. More, sometimts chaplain in
the house of George Villiers the first duke of Buckingham
of his name, succeeded him in Westminster, but who in the
residentiaryship in St. Paul's 1 cannot yet tell. He left be-
hind him a son named John Mountford D. of D. and rector
of Austie in Hertfordshire ; who being a most zealous man
for the church of England, suffer'd much in the time of the
rebellion raised by tlie long iiarliament against K. Charles 1.
was cast out of his benefice of Austie by the committee of
religion in 1643, as you may see in that diabolical pamplilet
entit. The first Century of scandalous and malignant Priests,
&c. pr. ;643, qu. p. 13. and lost other spiritualities. The
said Dr. Thomas Mountfort had also another son named
James, who succeeded liis fatlier, as it seems, in the rectory
of Tewing before mention'd; who also being a zealous man
for tlie cliurcli of England, w.is thrown out of Tewing by
the said committee, as you may see in the said pamphlet,
p. 10.
July 4. Tho. Pye of Mert. coll.
9. John Prime of New coll.
Incorporations.
Apr. 1 1. Rob. Devereux earl of Essex and master of the
horse to tiueen Elizabeth, was incorporated M. of A. as he
had stood at Cambiidge, ' being then accounted one of the
best poets among the nobility of England, and a person
adorned with singular gifts of nature. — ^'I'his incorporation
was tlie better to capacitate him to be chancellor of this
university, when that honourable office should become void,
as it shortly after did." He had received his academical
education in Trinity coll. in Cambridge, under the tuition of
of Dr. Joh. AVliitgift, afterwards archbishop of Canterbui^, .
and hath written (1) Advice to Roger Earl of Rutland in his
Travels, MS. the beginning of which is, ' My lord, I hold it a
principle in the course,' &c. This MS. which 1 have in my
library, was, if I am not mistaken, printed in a book entit.
Profitable Instructions, describing what special Observations are
to be taken by Travellers in all Nations. Lond. 1633. oct. said
in the title to be written by Robert earl of Essex, sir Philip
Sidney, &c. (2) His Apology against those which falsly and
maliciously ta.r him to be the only Hinderer of the Pence and
Quiet of his Country, written to sir Antli. Bacon; which
piece had so much esteem among men, that they thought
that nothing could be more honourably utter'd, nor more
to the wiiter's jiraise, so far as belongs to a noble orator,
than it. (3) Letters to Queen Elizabeth and Lord Howard,
&c. MS. in bib. Bod. (4) His Speech and Prayer at the time
of his Execution, printed at the end of Dr. Will. Bai'low's
1618, 14 Nov. .Toh. Mountfort S.T. B. coll. ad preb. de Sneating.
1619, 3 Mail, Joh. Mountfort S. T. B. coll. ad ecc'liam de Tborley per
mort. Franc. Hurley S. T. P.
1632, 2 Mar. Gnl. Br.iy S.T. B. coll. ad vie. S. Martini in campis per
mort. 'I'ho. IMountforl S. T. P. Reg. iMud, Kpi Lotid.
Epitaphii.in 'Iho. Mountford S. T. D. ct Elizabeths uxoris ; obiit ille 1632.
Chauiicev's Ikrtfordth. p. 276. KtNNtr.j
' [Jul. 6. 1581. Roberlus ronies de Es-ex cooplalur iu ordincm magis-
troruiM in arlibns Cantabr. Reg'r Acad. Cant. B,\kkk.]
" [(^uecn Elizabeth prevented the election of the earl of Essex, whom the
university would have chosen, and forced theiu to receive Hatton. See Mur-
dcn's Siate Papers, pp. 619, 650, and Ilfamc's Diaries, MS, in Bodley,
vol. Ixxix, p. 80.]
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sermon, preached at Paul's cross, 1 Mar. 1600.' Lond. 1601,
Oct. " (5) The Buzzing Bee's Complaint.* (6) His last Voy-
" age to the Haven of Hafrpiness. (7) Diirers Poems, MS. in
" bibl. Ashmol." with other things wliirh I have not yet
seen. He left behind liini (when belieaded in 1600) a son
of both his names, educated in tliis university, wiuini I shall
mention elsewhere; " lie had also a natural son, whose
" name was Walter."
Apr. 11. Abraham Hartwell M. of A. of Cam br.' was
thero are these, (1) Euphues his Censure to Philauttu, Lond.
1587, qu. (2) A Quip for an Upstart Courtier : or, a Ditpute
between I'elvet Breeches and Cloth Breeches, Lond. 15y'2, <{n.
[Bodl. 8vo. M. ^4. Line] (3) Hit mourning Garment gtt:cn
him by Repentance at the Funerals of Love. One edition of this
book was printed at Lond. 161G. qu. (4) His Groats worth of
Wit bought with a Million of Repentance, &c. Lond. 161*. qu.
second edit. The first edit, wsis printed after his death, and
hath at the end of it his epitaph in six stjinzaes. (5) Theecfs
also then incorporated. — He was fellow of King's coll. in falling out, true Men come by their Goods, or the Belman
wanted a Clapper, several times printed in <ju. [Lond. 16l5,
Bodl. '410. L. 68. Art.] (6) Philomela, the Lady Fitzwaters
Nightingale, several times printed. (7) His Nusqnam sera
est : or, a Treatise deciphering those particular Vanities that
hinder youthful Gentlemen from attaining to their intended Per.
fections, several times printed. (8) The History of Frier Ba-
con and Frier Bunguy. (9) Green's Ghost haunting Coney
Catchers: one ed. of which was printed at Lond. 1626. qu.
Other trifles he hath extant,' which he hath wrote to main-
tain his wife, and that liigh and loose course of living wliich
poets generally follow. He assisted also Tho. Lodge in the
composure of several plays, as I have told you in my dis-
course of that person among the writers, under the year
1625. He wrote against, or at least reflected u|X)n, Gabriel
Harvey in several of his writings; whereupon Harvey being
not able to bear his abuses, did inhuniimcly trample upon hiin
when he lay full low in his grave, even as Achilles tortured
the body of Hector. This K. Green died about 1592, of a
surfeit, taken by eating pickled herrings, and drinking with
them Rhenish wine. At which fetal banquet Tho. N.ish his
contemjjorary in Cambridge was present, who in his Apology
of Pierce Penniless doth make excellent sport with him and
some of his works. 1 have seen a witty comedy called
Green's Tu Quoque, or the City Gallant,' not pen'd by the said
Green, but by one John Cook gent, published by Tho. Hey-
wood, an. 1622, and another entit. Planetomachia ; or. The
first Part of the general (^position of the seven Planets, &c.
Lond. 1585. qu. sa'id in the title to be written by R. Green,
but whether the same R. Green the poet, I cannot tell.'
7 [U. B. who was probably Richard Bamcficldc, (of whom see rol. 1.
cbI. 683^ in Green's Funcrak 1594, gives the following
Catatogite (f certaitu of his (Green's) Booka.
Camilla for the first and second part ;
The Card if Fancie, and liis TiiUiei Imu;
His Nunqtiatn Se)-a, and his Nightingale ;
His S}>ani:fh Masipieradfl, and his Change,
His Mcnaphoti, and Metnmnrphosis ;
His Orphariim, and tlie Denmarke king.
His Cemure, and liis Ijoues Tritameron,
His Disi>titatioTi, and The Death of him ;
That niiilics all Enijland shed so many tcares. •
And many more that I hauc nt'uer secne
May witncs well vnto the world liis wit.
Had lie so well, as well applied it. Sign. C J.]
' [Rxibcrt Green is prcsmncd to have been bom aKnit 1,560, and died
fithcr the ji or 5"' of September 1592. His numerous pieces have lately ob-
tained much alleniion from the editors of bibliographical works. Mr. Beloe,
in the Aiicedotes if Literature, vol. ii. first collected the titles with brief notices
ol' many of his publications. An enlarged list, with the dates of theii" various
editions, was inserted in the Censiira Literuria, vol. viii, p. ,i86 ; and in that
work, as well as the British Wbliiifrrapher, are several articles describing va-
luable pieces by Green. To the list in the Couurn a short memoir is prefixed
partly attempting to redeem the character of this imprudent and unfortunate
man, from the low and despicable calunmies heai)e<l upon him after he was
(lead by Gabriel nar\ey, whose malignant attacks have since been too often
reiwattd unwittingly by others, llic same view of the subject was after-
wards adopted, and, as might be expected, spiritedly pursued with strong and
* Mr. Hasle^^otKl conjectures, and with great probability, that this refert
to some tribute to the mcniory of sir Philip Sidney not yet discovered.
R* 2
that university, afterwards amanuensis to Joh. archbishop
of Canterbury, a traveller, and at length rector of Tuddyng-
ton in Bedfordshire.^ He hath written (1) Regina literata,
sen Narratio de Regina Elizabetha: " in Acad. Cantab. Ad-
ventu," Carmine, Lond. 1565, oct. (2) Rejjort of the King-
dom of Congo, a Region in Africa, printed io97 ; and trans-
lated from Italian into English. (3) A true Dmoiirse upon
the matter of Martha Brossier of Romantin, pretended to be
possessed by the Devil, Lond. 1599, qu. " (4) A_ continued
" Inquisition agfiinst Paper Persecutors by A. H. (Abraham
" Hartwell I think) printed temp. R. Jacobi I. in one
" sheet." See tinother translation made by him in Walt.
Haddon, mention'd in these Fasti, an. 15.'>2.
July — Robert Green M. A. of Cambridge, was also
then incorporated. — He was at this time a pastonil sonnet-
maker and author of several things which were pleasing to
men and women of his time. They made much sport, and
vvere valued among scholars, but since they have been
mostly sold on ballad-mongers stalls. The title of some of
' [A Sermon preached at Paul's Cross on v« l" Sund. in Lent Mar. 1. 1600.
ieith a $hort Discourse of y^ late E. of I-^^ hii Confession and Penitence, before
and at yf Time of hh Death: br/ fi'.B. D. D. with a Coin/ of y' Behaviour,
Speech and Prayer of y s^ Earl <^. Lond. pr. by Slat. Law. 1601. 8vo.
Baker.]
* [nds has been printed in Park's edition of lord Orford's Uoyal and
Noble Authors, but a better copy of it may be seen in the Ashmole museum.
(MS. Ashm. 781.) Among Aubrey's papers, in the same reiwsitory, 1 find
the follonin^r.
There 'is none, oh ! none, hnt yo«.
Who from me estrange the sight,
Whom mine eyes effect to view.
And chained eares heere with delight.
Other's beauties, others move.
In you I all the graces find ;
Such are the effects of love.
To make them happy that are kind.
Woemen in fraile beautie trust.
Only seeme you khul to me;
Still be truly kind and just.
For that can't dissembled bee.
Denre, afford me then your sight.
That, surveighing all your lookes,
Endlesse volumues I may write.
And fill the world with envycd books,
Which, when after ages view.
All shall wonder and despayre,
Woemen, to find a man so true.
And men, a woeman halfe so faire.
Made by Pobert E. if Essex that was beheaded. From my laily Elis. Vit-
c/>tmtesse of Ptirhec : repeated by her."]
^ lAhr. Hartwell coll. Trin. A. B. 1571, 2. Bauer.]
" [Abr. Hartwell admissus in coll. Regal. 1559. Scripsit Feginam litera-
laiii . sed obiit (ut videtur) ante hunc annum pcne juveuis. V. 1 ho. i\ew-
loni Encomia &c. impress. 1589. Ad Abr. Hartwellum archie'pi Cant, araa-
nucnsem.
Nuper Apolineie ftorebat fania cohortis
Hartwcllus, iiolum nomen .\bramu5 erat.
Occidit is, nobis f'aiis ereptus inicjuis ,
Tu sufTectus ei, vivc Abrahame diu.
Alter ab tUo, Bakcr.]
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" Mr. Stow in his Survey of London, gives an account of one
" Rob. Green gent, wlio died on Tiiursday, 12 Nov. and
" was burieil 14 Nov. 1590, in St. Botolplis Aldersgate
" London."
On tlje eleventh day of the said month of July supplicated
to be incoiporated one Joh. Osbourne doct. of pliysic of
Leyden; whose grace being granted simpliciter, 1 therefore
think that he obtained his option.
Creations.
When Robert earl of Essex was incorporated, these per-
sons following (who had formerly been partly educated in
conTinc'mg arguments by Sir E. Brydges, iii a preface critical and biogra-
phical, before Greene's Groats-uwth of Wit, 1813, 4to, of which only sixty
copies were printed at tlie private press of Lee Priory.
The following catalogue of Greene's tracts contains all the dates of editions
discovered since the list was printed in the Censura Literaria.
1. The Myrrour of Modcstie, 1584.
2. Morando the Tritanieron of Love. 1584. '2^ part 1587.
3. Gwydonivs: The Carde of Fancie. 1584, 1587, 1593, 1608.
4. Planetoinaihia : or the first parte of the gcncrall opposition of tine
scuen planets. 1585.
5. Translation ot a funeral sermon of P. Gregory XIII. 1585.
6. Euphues Censure to Philautus, 1587, 1634.
7. Arcadia or Menaphun, Cauiiliae's Alarm to slumbering Euphues, 1587,
1589, 1599, 1605, 1610, 1616,1634.
8. The Debate bctweeji FoUie and Love, 1587, 1608.
9. Pandosio the Triumph of Time, 1588, 1629.
10. Perimedts the Blackcsmitli, 1588.
tl. The ple;)Sant and delightlul History of Dorastus and Fawuia, 1588,
1607, 1629, 1655, 1664, 1675, 1703, 1723, 1735.
12. Alcida. Greene's Metamorphosis, (licensed to John Wolfe, 1588),
1617
13. The Spanish Masi|uerado, 1589.
14. Orpharion, 1588, 1599.
15. The Koyall Exchange, 1 590.
16. Arbasto. The History of Arbasto king of Denmarke, 1590, 1617,
16'i6.
17. Greene's Mourning Garment given him by Repentance at the Funerals
6f Love, 1590, 1616.
18. Neuer too late. 1590, 1600, 1607, 1616, 1631, (n. d. Beloe).
19. Greene's Farewell to Folic, 1591, 1617.
20. A notable Discoucry of Cooscnage, 1591, 1592.
21. The Ground-work ol Conny Cutching, 1591.
22. The second and last part ot Conny Catching, 1591, 1592.
■ 23. The third and last part of Conny Catching, 1592.
24. Disputation between a Hee Conny-catcher and a Shee Conny-catcher,
1592. ^
25. Greene's Groatsworth of Wit bought with a Million of Repentance,
n. d. 1592, 1600, 1616, 1617, 1621, 1629, 1637.
S6. Philomela, the Lady Fitz-Waller's Mightingale n. d. 1592, 1616, 1631.
27. A Quip for an upstart Courtier, 1592, 1620, 1625, 1635. Harl. Mis.
vol. v. p. 371.
28. Ciccrouis Amor, Tvllie's Love, 1592, 1611, 1615, 1616, 1628, 1639.
29. News both from Heaven and Hell, 1593.
30. The Black Book's Messenger, or Life and Death of Ned Browne, 1592.
•31. The Repentance of Kobert Greene, 1592.
32. Greene's Vision at the instant of his Death, published by Newman, n. d.
33. Maniillia, or the Triumph ol Pallas, 1593.
34. Mamillia, or the second pan of the rri»mi>li of Pallas, 1593.
35. The Honourable Historie ot Fryer Bacon and Fryer Bongay, a comedy
1594, 1599, 1630, 1655.
36. The History of Orlando Furioso, a play, 1594, 1599.
37. The comicall Historie ol Alphonsus king of Arragon, a play, 1597,
1599.
38. A Looking Glass for London and England, a comedy, (jointly with
Lodge), 1594, 1598, 160i, 1617.
39. The Scottish Historie ol James the Fonrthe slaine at Flodden, inter-
mixed with a pleasant comedie &c, 1598, 1599.
40. Penelope's Webb, n. d. 1601.
41. History of Faire Bellora, (date of first edition unknown, reprinted as)
A paire ol turtle Doves, or the tragicall history &c. 1606.
42. Thieves lalling out true men come by their goods, 1615, 1637. Harl.
Mis. vol. viii. p. .369.
. 43. Faire Emnie, a comedy, 1631. (doubtful.)
44. The History of Jobe, a play, destroyed. See Warburton's list, Censura
L'Ucrmia, vol. v. p. 274. H.^si.kwood.J
this university) were actually created masters of ai-ts , Apr. 1 1 .
Which creation was usually called the ' Essexian creation,'
because done upon liis account.
Thomas Lord Clinton, son of the earl of Lincoln.
Sir John Norhis Kt. president of Munster in Ireland,
second son of Henry the first lord Norris, and one now
celebrated among the famous captains of our nation. He
died discontented, as being not rewarded according to hig
worth, an. 1597, or thereabouts.
Sir Robert Sidney Kt. younger brother to sir Philip
Sidney. — ^This sir R. Sidney was afterwaids the first earl of
Leicester of his name, who dying at Penshurst in Kent
13 July 1626, was there buried.
Sir Henry Norris Kt. younger brother to sir John be-
fore mention'd, who died of a wound, about the same time
and place that his brother sir Thomas did; which sir Tho.
was also president of Munster " and Justice of Ireland. These
" three brothers were originally of Magd. coll."
Sir Philip Boteler Kt.
Rob. Carew esquire.
FuLKE Grevil esquire.
Francis Darcie esquire.
Of Fulke Grevil, who was afterwards lord Brook, I have
spoken at large among the writers, under the year 1628.
An. Dom. 1589.— 31-32 Elizab.
Chancellor.
Sir Christop. Hatton Kt. who, by the death of Rob.
Dudley earl of Leicester, became also high steward of the
luiiversity of Cambridge.
Vice-chancellor.
Nick. Bond D. D. president of Magd. coll. July 16.
Proctors.
John Harding of Magd. coll. Apr. 29.
John King of Ch. Ch. Apr. 29.
Batclielors of Arts.
Apr. 12. Will. Thorne of New coll.
Jtine 25. Sebast. Benefield of C. C. coll.
July 12. George Benson of Queen's coll. — See more
among the doctors of div. an. 1607-
Nov. 5. Clem. Edmonds of All-s. coll.
Dec. 1. Tho. Frith of Magd. hall, afterwards of All-s.
coll. — See among the batchelors of div. 1605.
17. Edm. Griffyth of Brasen-n. coll. — He was after-
wards B. of Bangor.
Feb. 11. John Tapsell. — See among the doct. of div.
I6I7.
Admitted 104.
Batchelors of Law,
June 30. Will. Gager of Ch. Ch.
July 6. John Bennet of Ch. Ch.
See more among the doctors of the civ. law this year.
In the month of April this year Edwyn Sandys of C. C.
coll. did supplicate for the degree of batch, of law, but was
not .idmitted
Admitted 10.
Masters of Arts.
June 9. George Warwick of Qu. coU. — He was after
wards archd. of Carlisle, in the place, as I suppose^ of Hen.
De thick.
18. CHRisToniER Sutton of Line. coll.
249
1689.
FASTI OXONIEN'SES.
1590.
250
?1. Griffith Powel of Jes. coll.
27. John Budden of Gloc. hall, lately of Trin. coll.
July 4. Rich. Brett of Line. coll.
John Randall of Line. coll.
[138] 11- George Cranmer of C. C. coll.
Dec. 5. Alexand. Gill of C. C. coll.
" John Lbech of Brasen Nose coll."
Admitted 74.
Batchelor of Physic.
Nov. 4. John Case the noted philosopher of St. John's
coll.
Besides him was only one admitted, and another licensed
to practise medicine.
Batchelors of Divinity.
July 6. Thomas Ravis of Ch. Ch.
Mar. 21. Giles Tomson of All-s. coll.
John Spencer of C. C. coll.
Admitted 8.
Doctors of Law.
Apr. 30. Hen. Manning of All-s. coll. — He was after-
wards chancellor of the diocese of Exeter, and died in 1614.
June 30. Will. Gager of Ch. Ch. — He accumulated the
degrees in the civ. law.
Joh. Estmovd of New coll. was admitted the same day. —
He was now principal of New inn.
July 6. John Bennet of Ch. Ch. — He was lately one of
the proctors of the university, afterwards vicar gen. in spi-
rituals to the archb. of York, prebendary of Langtoft in the
church of York, chancellor to (ju. .\nne, a knight, and
judge of the prerogative court of Canterbury. In the be-
ginning of 1617 he was sent anibiissador to Brussels to ques-
tion the archduke in behalf of his master the king of Great
Britain concerning a late famous libel wrote and published,
as 'twas supposed, by Erycius Puteanus, who neither 9 ap-
prehended the author, or suppressed the book, until he was
solicited by the king's agent there, only interdicted it, and
suffer'd the author to fly his dominions. Afterwards, in
1621, the said sir Joh. Bennet was, for bribery, corruption,
and exaction in his place of judge of the Prerogative, first
committed to custody ' to the sheriff of London, then to
prison, afterwards fined 20,0001. and at length deprived of
his place of judicature, till such time that he had restored
what he had unjustly taken away.* He died in the parish
of Christ Church in London, in the beginning of 1627, and
was burie<l, I suppose, in the church there.
July 11. Tho. Crompton M. A. of Mert. coll. — His grace
had before been denied, because he was suspected to have
something of a papist in him ; but afterwards making a
protestation of his religion according to the church of Eng-
land in a solemn congregation of regents, he was permitted
then (.luly 11.) to proceed. He was afterwards a knight,
'• advocate for queen Elizabeth, and king James 1." judge
of the court of Admiralty, and one of the first burgesses
that the members of this university chose to sit in, after
they had been impower'd to send them to, parliament.
" He was also vicar gen. to the archbishop of Canter-
" bury chancellor to the bishop of London," died in the
latter end of 1608 (having before, as I conceive, been en-
gaged in the earl of Essex his treasons) " and was burieil
" in >t. Gr 'gory's church near St. Paul's cathedral, London."
9 Camden in Amial. Reg. Jac. i. MS. an. 1617.
> Ibid. an. 1621, 16'^2.
' [Pruccidinii!. against him in the house of commoDt anno 19 Jac. 1. Sec
Pctjt, Miscel. Pari. p. 92. Kennet.
See Hearne's Joh. GUatm. 638. Loveday.]
Doctors of Physic.
June 30. John Bentley of Ch. Church.
Nov. 4. Joh. Case of St. John's coll.
Both which accumulated the degrees in physic, and were
learned men.
Doctor of Divinity.
Jul. 6. Rich. Eedes of Ch.Ch. — He was afterwards dean
of Worcester, as 1 have before told you among the writers.
Crrations.
June 16. Sir Charles Blount Kt. — He was originally
of this university, was afterwards earl of Devonshire, (see
his character in Mr. Cambden's Britannia, in Devonshire)
and dying in 1606 left behind him a natural son named
Montjoy Blount, created earl of Newiwrt in the isle of
Wight by K. Charles I. which Mountjoy dying in St. Al-
date's parish in Oxon. 12 Feb. 1665, was buried in the
South isle joining to the choir of the cathedral of Ch. Ch.
near to the grave of Will, lord Grandison, the king, with
his court, having about that time left Oxon ; to which place
he before had retired, to avoid the plague raging in London.
Sir Charles Danvers Kt. was actually created M. .\. the
same day. — He was afterwards beheaded on Tower hill near
London for being deeply engaged in the earl of Essex's
treasons, an. 1601.
Sept. 17. Ferdinando Lord Strange. — He was soon
after earl of Derby, and dying in the flower of his youth,
not without suspicion of poison, on the 16 of Apr. 1594,'
having enjoyed his earldom but for a little time, was buried
near to the body of his father in a chappel joining to the
church of Ormeskirke in Lancashire.
Sept. 17. Sir Geo. Carew Kt. — He was afterwards earl
of Totness.
Sir John Spencer of Althorp in Northampton-
shire Kt.
AU which were actually created masters of arts.
An. Dom. 1590. — 32-33 Elizab.
Chancellor.
The same.
Vice- Chancellor.
Will. James D. D. dean of Ch. Ch. July 16, who in 1581
had undergone the same ofiice.
Proctors.
Jasp. Colmer of Mert. coll. Apr. 29.
JoH. EvEt,EGH of Exet. coll. Apr. 29.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 13. Tho. Bastard of New coll.
Jul. 9. Joh. Davies of jQueen's coll.
George Carew of Exeter coll. was admitted the same
day. Quaere.
Dec. 14. Tho. Cooper or Couper of Ch. Ch.— See
among the batch, of div. 1600.
Feb. 5. Sam. Page of C. C. coll.
Rob. Burhill of C. C. coll.
——— Joh. Barcham of C. C. coU.
The tw o la-st I shall mention among the writers in another
part of this work.
Feb. 5. Matthew Lister of Oriel coll.
Lionel Day of Oriel coll.
Of the first you may see more among the incorporations
an. 1605, and of the other, who wjis originally of St. Al-
ban's hall, among the batch, of div. 1608.
3 [See PokmanUia. 1595 ; or British Bibliographer, Vol. I. p. S81.]
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1590.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1590.
252
10. Lancelot Bulkley of Brasen-nose coll.— He was
aftei-wiirds lu-chdeacon of Dublin in Ireland.
Admitted 133.
Batchelors of Law.
May'i- John Owen of New coll. the epigrammatist.
Feb. 2. Ralph Winwood of Magd. coll.— This person
■whom I have mentioned among the masters in 1587, was
proctor of the miiversity two years after, and travelled be-
yond the seiis, rcturn'd an accomplislid gentleman. In
1607, June 28, he received the honour of knighthood at
Richmond, was sent ambassador into the Low Countries
soon after, made secretary of state 29 Mar. 1614, being the
tool for his own designs. This sir Ralph ^\'inwood died
" 26 or" 27 Oct. 1617, and was about three days after bu-
ried in a vault under part of Little St. Bartholomew's church
in London, leaving then behind him a. son and heir named
Richai-d Winwood esq; afterwards of Ditton park in Bucks;
who dying there without issue, at aljout 80 years of age,
28 June 1688, his estate, which was considerable, went to
Ralph son of Edward lord Mountague earl of ]\I«untague
by Anne his wife, sister to the said Richard ^Vinwood.'
' Admitted 13.
Masters of Arts.
Mar. 30. Nich. Fuller of Hart hall.
June 23. Edw. Gee of Brasen-nose coU.
Rowland Searchfield of St. John's coll.
Jul. 1. John Aglionbie of Qvl. coll.
Rich. Crakanthorpe of Qu. coll.
4. Hen. Wilkinson of Mert. coll.
— Franc. Mason of Mert. coll.
6. Samuel Vetablus a French man of Oriel coll. who
had studied philosophy for four years in the university of
Basil, and two elsewhere, was then admitted M. of A.
which is all I know of him.
9 Edward Breerwood of Brasen-nose coll.
10. Rich. Jefferay of Magd. coll. — This person, who
was a Wiltshire man born, and fellow of that coll. pub-
lished The Son of God's Entertainment by the Sons of Men ;
Serm. at Paul's cross 7 Oct. 1604, on John 6. 11, 12. Lond.
1605, qu. and perhaps other things.
Jan. 21. Bernard Adams of Trin. coll.
Feb. 19. Tho. Wenman of Bal. coll. — He was afterwards
public orator of this university, and tho' an excellent scho-
lar, and able enough to honour the Avoild with the issue of
his brain, yet he would leave nothing behind him in writ-
ing, because that whatsoever he had left, would have fallen
short of his perfections, inasmuch as the best part of an
orator dies with him.
Admitted 83.
Batchelors of Divinitij.
Jul. 9. Rog. IIacket of New coll.
Dec. 17. Will. Huchenson of St. John's coll. — He oc-
curs archdeacon of Cornwal 1605."
' Cambd. ut supra in Atmal. R.Jac. 1. an. 1614.
< See in The Court and Char, of K.Janm t. printed 1650, p. 9.1.
' [Winwood's papers and ilispiitches were printed in three folio volnmc s,
ID 1725, edited l>y Edmund Sawyer of Lincoln's Inn. And see Edniondes's
Kegotiatums, pulilished by Birch, 1749, 8vo. p. '296, 307.]
s [Will. Hutchenson cull, ad archid. S. Albani 5 Apr. 1581 per resign.
Egidii Lawrence ; et eod. die ad eccl. de Rickniansworth : coll. ad eccl. S.
Cluistopbcri Ixiud. 17 Jan. prox. sequ. quain resiyi. Octob. 1587 — eccl. S.
Edward Hutchins of Brasen-nose coll. supplicated for
that degree, but was not admitted.
Admitted 9.
Doctors of Law.
July 14. John Weston M. A. of Ch. Ch. — ^This per-son,
who was the only son of Rob. Weston chimcellor of Ireland
(mention'd in these Fasti, an. 1566) was soon after made
canon of Ch. Ch. where he died 20 July 1632. •
George Dale M. A. of Oriel coll. now principal of St.
Mary's hall. — He died 26 Nov. 1625, and was buried in
the church at Fifield near Abingdon in Berks, where he had
lived many years.
Dec. 17. Tho. Edwards of All-s. coll.' — He was after-
wards chancellor to the bishop of London, and a great be-
nefactor to Bodley's library, and to that of Ch. Ch.
Doctor of Physic.
Jun. 17. Will. Clarkson a student in physic of Broad-
gate's hall. — In the act celebrated 13 July following, he
was compleated in that degree, (with Dr. Jo. Case) as a
member of St. John's college.
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Doctors of Divinity.
Jul. 6. Hex. Robinson provost of Queen's coll. — He was
afterwards bishop of Carlisle.
July 9. Adrianus, or Hadrianus h Saravia, was then
admitted among the doct. of div. — See in the incorporations
following.
19. Owen Glynne of Lincoln coll.
Incorporations.
July 9. Hadrianus a Saravia, D. D. of the university of
Ley den, was then incorporated in thatdcf;roe, and admitted
among the doctors of that faculty. — He was born at Hedin
in Artois, educated in all kind of literatuic in his younger
years, especially in several languages, which made him so
famous, that he was invited to Leyden, where he began to
profess divinity, an. 1582, at which time he had studied and
well consider'd the controverted points concerning epis-
copacy and sacrilege. Soon after he became preacher to
the French church there, where he continued about five
years, and then went into England, where, after he had
exercised himself in some petite or pedagogical employ-
ments ' for a time, he was made prebendary of Canterbury,
and became well known to the famous Mr. Rich. Hooker
parson of Bishops-Bourne in Kent. In 1601, July 3, he
was installed canon of \\'estniinster in the eleventh stall or
prebendship, on the promotion of the learned doct. Lane.
Anih-ews to the deanery of the said church ; at which time
Saravia was in great esteem for his learning. While he
continued at Canterbuiy he had a just occasion given him
to declare his judgment concerning ci)iscopacy and sacri-
lege, unto his brethren the ministers of the Low Countries,
which was excepted against by Theodore Beza and others :
against whose exceptions he rejoyned, and thereby became
the happy author of several tracts iu Latin, especially three,
viz. De diversis Ministrorum Evangelii Gradibus &c. Lond.
Botolphi Bishttpsgate resign. 1590; admiss. ad vie. de Button com. Essex.
2 Aug. 1588, (luam resign, ante 30 Apr. 1589; coll. ad preb, de Nidland, 18
Febr. 1688, (piam resign, ante 22. Kennet.J
7 [Tho Kdwards, L D. admiss. ad rcct dc Langentio com. Essex, 1 Oc-
tob. 1618 iK-r resign. Rob. Warren. Reg. Bmcraji.
22 Octob. 1590 admiss. S.T. B. ad preb. de lloxton 11 Apr. 1591, q«am
resign, ante 22 Febr. 1605. Kennet.]
8 fit was at Jersey that he tauglit sc1hx)I and afterwards at Northaropton
Strype's Amali, 488, and see these Atiien*. vol. ii, col. 327.]
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1590.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1591.
254
[141]
1690, qu. and in the year following were printed at Lond.
in English under these titles, viz. (1) Of the divers Degrees
of the Ministers of the Gospel. (2) Of the Honour which is due
unto Priests and Prelates of the Church. (3) Of Sacrilege and
the Punishment thereof. He soon after also put out another
Concerning Christian Obedience to Princes; the wi-jting of
which was oceasion'd by a certain book published by a
learned Jesuit called James Gretzer. All his works were
collected together, and printed in one vol. by the eomj)any
of stationers of London, an. 1611, most of which you may
see in the Bodleian or Oxford Catalogue. It is now to be ob-
served, that when in a time of church tumults, Jieza gaAe
his reasons to the chancellor of Scotland for the abrogation
of episcopacy in that nation, partly by letters, .and more
fully in a treatise of a threefold episcopacy (which he CiUls
divine, huniimc and satanical) this doctor Saravia had, by
help ' of Dr. John Whitgift iirchb. of Canterbury, such an
early discovery of their intentions, that he had almost as
soon answer'd that treatise, as it became jmblic, and therein
disco%erd how Beza's opinion did contradict that of Calvin,
and his adherents, leaving them to interfere with themselves
in point of episcojjacy. At length, after he had taken con-
siderable pains in translating the Bible, appointed by K.
James in the beginning of his reign, he died at Canterbury
15 Jan. 1612-13, agecl 82. Whereupon his body was bu-
ried in the catliedral church there, near to that of Katharine
Dallez his first wife (who died 2 Feb. 1605 in the 45th
yeai- of her marriage) and soon after had a monument put
over his gi\ive by INlargai'ct Wiits his second wife. In his
canonry of Westm. succeeded Gabr. (iraimt son of Edw.
Graunt sometimes master of the school there, but who in
his prebendship of Canterbury, or of Glocester, («here he
was also prebendary) 1 know not.
Feb. 12. Thom. Muriel M. of A. of Camb. — In the year
1621, Dec. 30, he was installed archdeacon of Norfolk, as
1 have elsewhere tokl you ; and dying about the beginning
of Oct. 1629, was buried, as I presume, at Ilildersham (of
which he was minister) in Cambridgeshire. Thomas My-
riell sometimes preacher of God's word at Barnet in Mid-
dlesex (in the time of K. James 1.) afterwards rector of St.
Stephen's in Walbrook, London, and a publisher of certain
sermons between the year 1610 and 1625, must not be
taken to be the same with 'J"ho. Muriel.
Mar. 22. Fines Mokysov ^I. A. of Camb. — He wiis a
Lincolnshire man born, was fellow of I'eter house ' in that
university, and brother to sir .'lichard Moryson vice-presi-
dent of Munster. After he had taken his master's degree
he studied in tlie civil law, and in 1589, being then 23
years of age, he obtained license of the master and fellows
of his house to travel. Presently after leaving the univer-
sity, he went to London to follow such studies that were fit
to enable him in his course of travels ; and afterwards going
to Oxon, was incorporated M. of A. as I have told you be-
fore. On the 1 May 1591, he took ship at Leigli distant
from London 28 miles by land and 36 by water, and after
he had rambled about many parts of the world for 8 years,
returned, and went into Ireland 1598, and became secretary
to sir Charles Blount lord lieutenant of that reiUni. After
his death, which hapned about 1614, were published his
travels, entit. An Itinerary containing his Ten Years Travels
thro' the twelve dominions (f Germany, liohmerland, Switzer-
land, Netherland, Denmark, Poland, England, Scotland, and
9 Is. Walton in The Life of Mr. Uicli. Iluakcr, Jjnni\. 1670. p. 96.
' [Fines Moryson coll. Fetr. admissus in nKitriciiIani Cant. Maij 18, 1580.
Reg'r Ibid. A. M. coll. Pctr. 1587. lh;;'r Ibid. Bakeu.]
Ireland. Divided into three Parts. Lond. 1617, in a thick
fol. [Bodl. H. 5. 3. Art.] It wiis writt«n in Latin, and af-
terwards translated by hiui into English.
There were also four more Cantabrigians incor|)orated,
among whom Uobektus Hemmingius M. A. was one,
Feb. 23.
Creations.
July 14. Sir Will. Hatton, knight.
Sir Hen. Unton, knight.
JoH. FiTZJAMEs, e-squire.
The first was son to the sister of sir Christopher Hatton
lord chancellor of Enghuid, and being heir to the said
sir Christopher, did change his name from Newport to
Hatton.
The second, who had been of Or. coll. I have mention'd
among the writers, under the year 1595.
The third, who was of the antient family of Fitzjames of
Somersetshire, was originally also of this university, which
is all I know of him.
" JoH. Perkins was a student in the university this
" year, but in what house I cannot tell. — He hath written
" The amorous Passions of two Gentlemen, &c. Lond. 1590,
" and perhaps other things."
An. Dom. 1591. — 33-34 Elizab.
Chancellor.
Sir Christoph. Hatton, who dying 20 of Nov. this
year, certain members of the university, e.sjreciaUy those of
the puritannical party, were for Robert earl of Essex before-
mention'd, now in gi-eat favour with the queen; and others
for Tho. Sackvile lord Buckhurst. At length upon receipt
of letters from the queen in fa\our of Buckhurst, the aca-
demians elected him 17 Dec. following. See more in the
incorporations this year.
Vice-chancellor.
Dr. James again, designed by chancellor Hatton 16
July.
Proctors.
Rich. Braunche of Ch. Ch. Apr. 16.
JoH. Lloyd of New coll. Apr. 16.
Which proctors, with several doctors and others, went to
London, to admit the chancellor to his office, being th.e first
admission out, or without the limits, of the university, that
I have yet met with.
Batchelors of Arts.
Mar. 27. Tho. Stoker of Ch. Ch. now in much esteem
for his jioetiy.
Apr. 16. lloB. Moor of New coll.
June 4. Arth. Lake of New coll.
The fonner was adorn'd with variety of learning, the
other Wiis afterwards a bishop.
Jul. 2. Will. Hind of Queen's coll. — Afterwards a
learned conformist.
9. AValter Wylshman of Ex. coll. afterwards of Broad-
gate's hall.
Jan. 16. Rich. Haydock of New coll.
Feb. 7. Gerard Massie of Brasen-n. coll.
Of the last you may see more among the doctors of divi-
nity, an. 1608.
Admitted 116.
Q55
1591.
FASTI OXONIENSKS.
1592.
Q56
Masters of Arts.
May 20. Will. Wbstebman of Or. coll. lately of Gloc.
haU.
June 15. Samuel Buhton of Ch. Ch. — He became rector
of Dry Marston in Glocestershire seven years after this time,
afterwards archdeacon of Glocester, and at length justice
of the peace for that county.' He hath published A Sermon
preached at the general Assizes in Warwick, 3 March, being
the first Friday in Lent 1619, on Rom. 1 . 4. Lond. 1620. qu.
and perhaps other things. He died 14 June 1634. and was
buried in the chancel of the church of Dry Marston before-
mention'd.
Jun. 21. Tho. HuTTONof St. John's coll.
■ ■ Henr. Price of St. John's coll.
Jul. 8. Nathan. Torperley of Brasen-n. coll.
Nov. 30. JoH. Day of Oriel coll.
Feb. 26. JoH. Hosktns, sen. of New coll.
Admitted 56.
pi^oi Batchelors of Divinity.
March 27- Henr. Rowlands of New coll. — He was
afterwards bishop of Bangor.
April 27- Leonard Hutten of Ch. Ch.
J\il. 2. JoH. King of Ch. Ch.
Adam Hyll of Bal. coll. was admitted the same day.
Nov. 15. JoH. Smith of St. Joh. coll.
Admitted 15.
t^ Not one doct. of law or of physic was admitted
this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
Jul. 2. Tho. Hyde of Bal. coll. — On the fourteenth of
June 158S, he became chancellor of the church of Salis-
bury, on the death of Dr. Tho. Whyte, (haying before
been prebendary of Ilfracomb in the said church) and dying
in Nov. 1618, was succeeded in his chancellorship by Dr.
Franc. Dee, who was afterwards B. of Peterborough.
Ralph Pickover of Ch. Cli. was adm. the same day. —
On the 5 of July 1576, he was installed archd. of Rochester
in the place of Joh. Calverley deceased, and in 1580 he
succeeded Dr. Rob. Dorset in a canonry of Ch. Ch. In
an. 1582 he became archdeacon of Salisbury, but whether
he was dean of that church (as I have told you in Hist. &;
Antiq. Univ. Ox. lib. 2. p. 259. b. upon false information)
it appears not. In his archdeaconry of Rochester, wliich
he resigned, was installed Th. Staller, D.D. 5 Jul. 1593,
and to his archdeaconry of Saruni (which he kept to the
day of his death) was collated Will. Barlow, on the 12 of
March (being four days after the death of Pickover) an.
1614. This person, Pickover, is commended for a learned
man, for a good Grecian, Hebretian, and a frequent
preacher. See in the s.iid Hist. 8f Antiq. lib. 2. p. 260. a.
Adam Hyll of Bal. coll. was adm. the same day July 2.
He accumulated, as Pickover did.
Incorporations.
Jul. 13. George Downham, M. A. of Camb.' — He was
« [He was prebendary of Wolverhampton 18 Jac. 1. Tanner.]
' [1593, 13 Dec. Geo. Downani, S.T.B. admiss. ad preb. dc Cadington
ro'uwii per proraot. Godefredi Goldesborough, in cp'ura Glouc. ad pres. re-
ginae. Reg. Bancroft Pjn Lond.
1616; 17 Feb. Tho. Some, A.M. admiss. ad preb. de Cadington major,
per promotionein Geo. Downliaro, S. T. P. ad epatum Durcnscm ad pras.
regis. liFfr. Khifr.
Gcor. Downham adm'iss. ad rect. S. Margaret Lothbury, Lond. 21 Sept
1596: ccssit 1601. Kennit. o j- r
He was presented to St. Margtuw Lothbury by lord keejier Egcrton.
A A N N E R ■ I
son of Will. Downham, bishop of Chester, was educated in
Christ's coll. in Cambridge, of which he became fellow
about 1585, afterwards a great Aristoteli.in, a follower of
Ramus, and at length bishop of London-Derry in Ireland;
where dying in 1634, Apr. 17, was buried in the cath. church
there.'' The catalogue of all or most of his works you may
see in the Bodkian or Oxford Catalogue.
Besides him, were 15 Cantabrigians incorporated masters
of arts on the same day, being the next, after the act had
been concluded, but not one of them, can I yet find, who
was afterwards a writer, bishop, &c.
On the same day also Will. Halke, an English man of
the same university, who had the degree of M. of A. con-
fer'd upon him in the university of St. Andrew in Scotland,
an. 1590, (Andr. Melvin being then rector) was also incor-
porated in this university.'
Oct. 22. Will. Paddie of St. John's coll. in this univer-
sity, lately made doct. of phys. in the university of Leyden,
was incorporated in the same degree. — He was afterwards
physician to K.James I." a knight, eminent for his practice
in that faculty, and president, if I mistake not, of the coll.
of physicians in London. See more among the incorpora-
tions, an. 1600.
Jan. 6. or thereabouts, Thom. Sackvile, M. A. of Cam-
bridge, and chancellor of this university, was incorporated
in his lodgings at London by certain officers appointed by
the venerab. convocation. — He was originally of this univer-
sity, as himself confesseth in his letters sent thereunto,
dat. 21 March following, nmnjjig partly thus. — ' I am
' given by common report to understand, that contrary to
' your own statutes, &c. very few retain the old academical
' habit, which in my time was a reverend distinction of
' your degrees," &c. The place wherein he studied, was,
as is supposed. Hart hall, but took no degree before he
left us. See among the writers, an. 1608.
An. Dom. 1592. — ^34-35 Elizab.
Chancellor.
Tho. Sackvile Lord Buckhurst, knight of the garter,
afterwards lord treasurer of England.
* [In A Direction todye well, 8vo. 1617, page 238, is, ' A confession of faith
penned by Anue Downam, wife to George Downara, doctor of diuinitie, and
now bishop of Derrie in Ireland, in the time of her sicknesse ; in which fe'tth
she ended this life, March 18, 1615.']
5 [Will. Halke. A.M. admiss. ad rect. de Upminster com. Essex, 5 Jan.
1613, quae vac. per mort. ipsius et snccessit Mic. Halke, A. M. 12 .^ug. 1615.
Reg. Bancroft. Kennet.]
*• [He was with him at his palace at Theobalds, Hertfordshire, when lie
died, and lias left a MS. account of the king's pious e.tit, at the end of the
MS. copy of the last prayers used to him by abp. Laud, at the end of a folio
common prayer book bequeath'd to and lodg'd in the public library of his
college. Watts.
Tlie MS. account alluded to, is here given from the original.
Beyng sent for to Thibaulte but two daies before the death of my sou-
rmgne lord and master king James : I held it ray Christian duetie to prepare
hym, telling hym that ther was nothing left for me to doe, (in the aftemoone
before hisdeath the nextdaie attnoone)butt to pray for his soule. Whervpon
the archbyshop, and the lord keapcr, byshop of Lincolne, deniaunded yf his
raaiestie wold be pleased that they shold praye w*l» hym, wherevnto he
cheerfullie accorded. And alter short praicr tlieese sentences (forty-one m
numher, which are transcribed in a large and legible hand, and dated in the mar-
gin.— Martii 27 1625.) were by the bishop of Lincolne distinctlie pronounced
viUo hym, who w*h his eies (the mesengers of his hart) lyfted vp vnto hea-
uen, att the end of euery sentence, gaue to vs all, thcrby, a godlie assurance
of those graces and liuelie faith, wherew^h he apprehended the merite of onr
Lord and onelie Saviour Christ Jesus, accordinglie as in his godlie life he had
often publiquelic professsd. Will" Paddy.]
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Vice-dianceUor.
Dr. NicH. Bond, president of Magd. coll. Jul. 13.
Proctors.
Tho. Savile of Mert. coll. Apr. 5.
Ralph Winwood of Mert. coll. Apr. 5.
But the .senior ])roctor dying at London 12 Jan. Mr.
Rich. Fi5HER of Mert. coll. succeeded 15 of the same month.
Batchelors of Music.
Jul. 7. Giles Farnabie of Ch. Ch. who for 1'2 years had
studied the fac. of niu.sic, was then admitted batch, of
music. — ^T his person, who was of the family of Farnaby of
Truro in Cornwall, and near of kin to ITio. Farnaby, the
fiiraous scliool-master of Kent, was an eminent musician,
and author of Cansonets to four Voices, with a Song of eight
Parts. Lond. 1.598. qu. Dedicated to his patron Ferdinando
(i43] Heabourne, grome of her majesty's privy chamber. What
other things he hath published, I find not.
Rich. Read, who had studied the musical faculty 22
years, was admitted the same day. — He hath comprised cer-
tain church services, and other matters for instruments,
which are scattered in several books.
George Watehhouse of the queen's chappel, who had
spent there several years in the practical and theoretical
part of music, supplicated for the degree of batchelor, but
was not, as I can find, admitted.
Batchelors of Arts.
May 5. George Andrew of Magd. hall. — Afterwards
bishop of Ferns and Leighlin in Ireland.
27. NicH. Hill of St. Jolui's coll. — ^Afterwards an emi-
nent chyinist.
30. HtNEY Savile of Mert. coll. commonly called Long
Harry Savile.
" Jun. 5. Tho. Egerton of Br. coll. — ^I'his person, who
" was the eldest son of sir Tho. Egerton, lord keeper of the
" great seal, temp. Eliz. afterwards vise. Brackley, was
" knighted, and afterwards being commander of
" in the wars in Ireland against the rebels, died there 1,595.*
" Vid. Dugd. Bnronag."
Jun. 26. Pet. Smart of Ch. Ch. — He is to he remcm-
bred among the writers in another part of this work.
George Ferbbe of Magd. coll. was adm. the same day. —
See among the mast, of arts, an. 1.59.''>.
Oct. 25 Rich. Dean of St. Albans hall, lately of Mert.
eoll. — He was afterwards bishop of Ossory in Ireland.
27. Rob. Bagnold or Bagnall of Ch. Ch. — This per-
son, who took no higher degree in this university, was ma-
triculated as a Staffordshire man born 1589, aged 18, and
is the same, as I suppose, with Bob. Biignall, who was
afterwards minister of Hutton in Somersetshire, and au-
thor of The Steward's Utst Account, in five sermons on Luke
16. 1. and ■i. Lond. 1622,qu. [Bodl.4to. C. 86. Th.] "There
" was another Rob. Biignald who took his batch, of arts
•' degree July 4. 1588."
Dec. 16. Thom. Allen, an eminent Grecian.
Feb. 9. Tho. Floyd of New inn.
21. Sihach Hilton of Oriel coll. son of Will. Hilton,
baron of Hilton.
Admitted 122.
Masters of Arts.
Jul. 5. Edm. Griffith of Brasen-n. coll. — ^He was after-
wards bishop of Bangor.
P [Died 26 Sejit. 1599. Se* aceount of hi* funeral, Tcsmgraplicr, toI. I.
J».1I6.J
Jan. 18. Will. Thornr of New coll.
22. Benj. Heydon of New coll.
The first of which was afterwards dean of Chichester and
a writer, and the other dean of Wells.
Admitted 100.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Apr. 6. Will. Sutton of Ch. Ch.
Rob. Wright ofTrin. coll.
Hen. Barry of C. C. coll.
Jan. 5. John Lloyd of New coll.
14. Rich. Field of Magd. hall.
Nov. 20. John Buckridob of St. John's coll.
Admitted 11.
Doctors of Late.
Jun. 5. John Favour of New coll.
^^— Franc. Betts of New coU.
Hen. Marten of New coll.
The last was now official to the archdeacon of Berks.
Jul. 11. Evan Morice of AU-s. coll. — He was about tliis
time vicar gen. in spirituals and principal official of the epis-
copal consistory of Exeter. He died 1605, leaving behind
him a son named William Morice, afterwards a knight and
principal secretary of state to K. Ch. 2. as I shall tell you
at large among the writers in another part of this work.
Doctor of Physic.
Aug. 17- Tho. Dochyn of Magd. coll. — In 1604, Nov.
4, he was elected superior lecturer of Lynacre's lectures
on the death of Dr. Rob. Bamet, and died 29 Jan. fol-
lowing.
Doctor of Divinity.
July 14. George Clerkb of Magd. coll." — He was a
learned divine, but hath not published any thing.
Incorporations.
July 7. Edw. Gibbons, batch, of mugic of Cambridge,
was then incorporated in the same degree. — He was now,
or about this time, the most admired organist of the cath.
ch. at Bristol, was brother to the incomparable Orlando
Gibbons whom I shall mention elsewhere, and brother also
to Ellis Gibbons, who hath several compositions in The
Triumphs of Oriana, mentiou'd before in Tho. Morley. As
for this Eward Gibbons, he made several comjw.'^itions in
his faculty, some of which I have seen in the musical
library reposed In the public school of that profession in
Oxon.
John Bull, doct. of music of the said univ. of Cam- [144]
bridge, and one of the gentlemen of her maj. chappel, was
incorporated the same day, July 7. — This is the same per-
son who was admitted batch, of music of this university,
an. 1586, as I have told you under that year, and would
have proceeded in the same place, had he not met with
clowns and rigid puritans there that could not endure
church music. He was afterwards the first music lecturer
of Gresham coll. at London, and one of three (Will. Bird
and Orlando Gibbons being the other two) that composed
and pu>)lished a book entit. Parthenia; or, The Maidenhead
of the fo'st Music that ever was printed for the yirginals.
Printed at London in fol. but not said when, either in the
' (Geo. Clerk, S.T. P. admits, ad to. de Sairet com. Hartf. 18 Aug. 1606.
ad pre». Tho. Ewer, gen. tbc. per obittim ipnui ante 19 Febr. 1615. R<"g.
Bmcrrifi. KiNttET.]
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title, or at the end. [Bodl. M. 2. 6. Jwr.] The book con-
tains 21 lessons printed otf from copper cuts, and was the
prime book for many years that wiis used by novices and
others that exercised tlicir hands on that instrument. There
is no doubt but tliat this Dr. Uull huth |)ublisl\ed other
things, besides the mailing: of very many compositions to
be sung nn<l play'd ; which being thrown aside upon the
coming out and publication of others by other hands, have
been since in a manner lost, such is the fate of music, as
well as of jjoetry. After the death of queen Elizab. he
became chief organist to K. James I. was so much admired
for his dexterous hand on the orgjxn, that many thought
that there was more than man in him. At length being
possess'd with ci^otchets, as many musicians are, he went
beyond tlie seas and died, as some say, at Hamborough ; or
rather, as others, who remembred the man, have said, at
Lubeck. His picture huugs at this day, at the ui)per end
of the public nm^ic school in the university of Oxon.
Jul. 11. NicH. Gibbons, M. A. of Cambridge. — One
Nich. Gibbens or Gibbons hath published Qi(estions and
Duiputatiom on Genesis, printed 1602, (\u. which some ciiU
An Exposition on Genesis. Whether the same with him,
who was incorporated, I cannot yet tell — qucere.
William Alabaster, M. A. of the same university, was
incorporated the same day. — He was "born in Suffolk,"
bred in Trin. coll. in that university, was the rarest poet
and Grecian that any one age or nation produced. After-
wards he attended, as chaplain, on Robert earl of Essex in
Cadiz voyage, where he changed his religion and wrote
Seven Motives for what he had done, answcr'd by one John
Racster, an. 1598, and by Roger Fenton the year follow-
ing.' But upon some discontent t<iken from tlie Rom.
party, he return'd to the church of England, and was made
prebendary of St. Pauls cath. in London, D. of D. and
rector of Tharfield in Hertfordshire. » He hath written
(1) Roiana, Tragedia ; admirably well acted, more than
once, in Trin. coll. hall in Cambr. and was soon after pub-
lished full of faults contrary to the author's mijid : where-
upon he took great pains to correct and amend it. Which
being done, 'twas printed to the author's mind at Lond.
1632, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. L. 22. Jur.] (2) Lexicon Penta-
gloiton, Hebraicum, Clialdaicum, Syriacum, Talmudico Rab-
binium. Lond. 1637. fol. The titles of other books of his
writing you may see in the Bodleian or Oxford Catalogue.
He also began to describe in a Latin poem, entit. ' Elisans,
the chief transactions of Qu. Elizabeth's reign, but left un-
finish'd at the time of his death, which hapning about the be-
« [1603, 89 Sept. Rog. Fenton, S.T. B. aduiiss. ad ecclesiam Scti Benc-
dlcti Sherehog per mortem Arthuri Lawrence ad pres. regis. Reg. Rmcroft.
1606, 14 Nov. Rog. Fenton, S. T. B. admiss. ad vie. dc Cliigwell per
reaign. Rog. Andrews, S. T. B. ad pres. Lanceloti ep"l Cicestr.
Eman. Cly, M. A admiss. ad vie. de Cliigwell 31 Jan. 1615, per raort.
Rogeri Fenton. lb.
1606, 17 Nov. Rob. Gray, A. B. admiss. ad cccliam S. Benedict!
Sherehog per resign. Rogeri Fenton. /*.
. ^^'^^ ^.P*- ^?- *■«"»"«. S.T.B. admiss. ad officium penitcntiarii
in eccl. S. Pauli Lond. una cum prcb. S. Pancratii jwr proraotionem Lance-
.oti Andrews, S.T.P. ac decani S. Petri Westm. ad epatum Cicestr. ad pres.
regis, lb. *^
161.5, 24 Jan. Hen. King A. M. coll. ad officium penitcntiarii et preb.
f, . "J"' P^"" '"""^- ^"8«" Fenton, S.T.P. Roger Fenton ob. 16 Jan.
161a. See Iub epitaph in Strjpe's edit, of Stow, vol. i. b. 2. p. 196.
KlNNIT.] "^
» [Dr. Donne in a letter— • Yoi.r letter at Pauls is delivered. In the
hi-tory ol tiiat remove this only per chance may be of news to you. That
u ^'J'^'*" hsth got of the king the dean's best living, worth above 300 ;.
wtiich the dean bad good hopr to have held a while.' KtvNET 1
' MS. sometiises in the hands of Theod, Hake
ginning of Apr. 1640, was buried according to the discre-
tion of his dear friend Nich. Bacon of Grey's inn in Holborn
near London, whom he made his sole executor. Rich.
Herrick, the poet in his Hesperides, doth highly celebrate
Alabaster for his elaborate works.
Aug. 19. Hen: Wriothsley earl of .Southampton, M. of
A. of Cambridge. — He was afterwards deeiily engaged in
the treasons of his entire friend Robert earl of Essex, and
therefore by his peers he wsis condemned to die, but by the
favour of the queen he was saved. When K. James L came
to the crown he was restored by parliament, was made
knight of the Garter, and captain of the isle of Wight and
of Carisbroke castle. He died in the Netherlands, an. 1624,
and was buried at Tichfield in Hamphire by the bodies of
his ancestors.
Dec. 18. Thomas D'oylie of Magd. coll. in Oxon. doctor
of physic of the university of Basil in Germany.
Creations.
Aug. 19. Will. Somerset of Magd. coll. in this univer-
sity, eldest son of Edward earl of Worcester, was actually
created mast, of arts.
These persons following were created mast, of arts 27
Sept. while the queen was in Oxon, being then entertained
by tiie university.
EnwARn earl of Worcester. — He was afterwards
master of the horse to K. Jam. I. and knight of the
garter.
Geo. Clifford E. of Cumberl. — He was an excellent
mathematician, a great navigator, and one that did more
prodigious things at sea, (to the great impoverishment of
Ids estate) than any subject of this realm had done before.
He died 30 Oct. 1605, and was buried at Skijiton in Craven
in Yorkshire by liis ancestors.*
Hen. Herbert E. of Pembroke, kt. of the most noble
order of the garter, and president of the council in the
marches of Wales. — He died 1601, and was succeeded in
the earldom of Pembroke by his son and heir called Wil-
liam, afterwards the most noble chancellor of this uni-
versity.
Sir John Wingfield, knight.
— Tho. Coningsby, knight.
— Will. Knollis, knight.
The last of which, who had been formerly of Magd. coll.
was afterwards earl of Banbury.
Michael Stanhop, esq, — He was brother to John lord
Stanhop of Harrington.
Tho. Knevet, esq; — He was afterwards, as it seems,
lord Knevet of Escricke.
Edward Darcey, esquire.
Joh. Stanhop, esquire.
Will. Pointz, esquire.
Rich. Brakenbury, esquire.
Thom. Lake, esq; — This gentleman, who was born at
SouthamiJton, was bred a scholar, and afterwards was taken
into the senice. in the condition of an amanuensis, of sir
Franc. Walsingham, secretaiy of state, by whom being
commended to qu. Elizabeth, he read to her French and
I>atin.' A little before her death, she maile him clerk of
— [See some account of tliis nobleman, with his [wrtrait, from a picture in
the Bodlciau gallery, in Lodge's Portrails <f lUustrimis Persmages. In the
Bodleian is also a curious original [lortrait of his wife, the countess of Cum-
berland, Marg:irel, third daughter of Francis earl of Bedford, and there is
another at Wobuni abbey.]
' [Mr. Lake, Clare hall, afterwards secretary of state, acted Trico in tlie
comedy o( Ignoraimis, before K. James I. Loveday.]
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her signet ; and after her death he was chosen by this state
into that place to attend K. Jam. I. from Barwick, who af-
terwards made use of his present service in some French
affairs, and confcr'd upon him the honour of knighthood.
After sir Rob. Cecil's time, the place of secretary was
joyned in two principals ; and not long after * he was one
of them, and so continued with honourable esteem of all
men ; until that malice and revenge, two violent passions,
over-ruling the weaker sex, concerning his ' wife and
daughter, " involved' him into their quarrel, the chief and
only cause of his ruine.
Anth. Ashley. — He made additions for the use of Eng-
lish men to The Mariners Mirrour, &c. written in Dutch by
Luke Wagener of Einchusen; set forth in English by the
said Ashley in two parts, adorned with variety of sea-charts
and maps — printed at London in fol. 1588-89, [Bodl. Arch.
C. 121.] and dedicated to Robert earl of Leicester from St.
James's. One sir Anth. Ashley, knight, was u courtier in
the reign of K. Jam. I. being one of the clerks of the
council, and tho' then a hater of women, yet he was in-
duced to njarry one of the family and relations of George
duke of Bucks, wliich administred mirth to the courtiers.
Whether this sir Anthony be the same with the former, I
know not. Quaere.
Hen. Noel, esq; — He was younger brother to sir An-
drew Noel of Leicestershire, was one of the gentlemen
pensioners to qu. Elizabeth, a man of excellent parts, and
well skiU'd in music. He died in the latter end of Feb.
1596, and was by the command of qu. Elizabeth (who had
an especial respect for him,) buried in St. Andrew's chappel
within the precincts of the abbey church at Westminster.
In a convocation celebrated tiie same day after dinner
(for the former creations were made in a convocation held
m the morning) were these following persons created mas-
ters of arts also, viz.
Monsieur Beauvoys L\ Noude, ambassador from the
king of France to the (jueen of England.
Monsieur Mauditor or Manditor.
Sir Edward Stafford, an English knight.*
An. Dom 1593. — 35-63. Elizab.
ChancMor.
The same.
Vice-chancellor.
Dr. Edm. Lillye again, July 17-
Proctors.
Will. Aubrey of Ch. Ch. Apr. 26.
Rich. Latewarr of St. John's coll. Apr. 26.
BalcheloTS of Music.
Feb. 25. Arth. Cock, organist of the cath. ch. at
Exeter.
* [Viz. Jan. 3, 1616. Loteday.]
* His wife was uaiiied Marj, eldest daughter of sir Will. Ryther, lor''
mayor of Lond.
* [In Rodney Stoke church, Bedfordshire, Here rests in the peace of God
the body of the rij»ht honourable Anna Lakes, daughter of sir Thomas Lakes
of Channons in Middlesex, souietinies principal secretary and counsellor to
K.James L ice. Lc Neve, Mmi. Angl. sub anno 1630. Kennet.]
' Aul. Coq. or an Answer to the Court and Char, of K. Jama, printed at
Lond. 16.50. p. 100,
8 [Educated in Oxford, where he took the degrees in arts 1566 : was
buried in St. Margaret's, Wcstmuistcr, Feb. 5, 1604. Ke.nnet.]
Feb. 25. Matt. JeffryBj vicar choral in the church at
Wells.
Their graces were then pass'd, and no doubt there is but
that they were admitted. Some of the compositions of
Arth. Cock I have seen in our public music school ; and
certain divine services and anthems were com|)osed by one
Jeffrye, the words of which are • extant, but whether by
this Matthew, or George Jetfrye, who were both eminent
nmsicians, I cannot tell.
Batchelort of Arts. f.
May 21. Peter Browne of C. C. coll. «
June 20. Nathaniel Bhent of Mert. coll.
Feb. 6. JoH. Marston of firasen-n. coll. — Qu. Whether
not the same person who was afterwards the celebrated co-
median. '
Feb. 6. Rob. Wakeman of Bal. coll.
8: JoH. Denison of Bal. coll.
Jam. Mabbe of Magd. coll. was admitted the same day.
March 16. Joh. Davtes of Jesus coll. — Afterwards a re-
viver of the Welsh language.
As for Brent and Mabbe, they are to come among the
writers in another part of this work.
Admitted II 7.
Batchelort of Law. [1461
Jul. — Griffith Powel of Jes. coll. the eminent philo-
pher and disputant, was then, tho" M. of A. of 4 years stand-
ing, admitted batch, of law.
Besides lum were but three more admitted, of whomTuo.
May of St. John's coll. was one, Jan. 17-
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 3. Sebastian Benefield of C. C. coU.
June 19. Tho. Cooper of Ch. Ch.
28. Lancelot Bulkley, lately of Brasen-n. coll.
now of St. Edm. hall. — He was afterwards archb. of Dublin.
Jul. 4. Jo. Parentiijs, a foreigner of Ch. Ch. who had
studied two years in the university of Caen, five at Paris,
and three at Oxon, was then admitted. — One or more of his
sir-name were learned men and writers, but whether this
John was a writer, I cannot tell.
Oct. 14. Clem. Edmonds of All-s. coll.
Jan. 30. Sam. Slade of Mert. coll. — This person, who
was a Dorsetsh. man born and fellow of the said coll. be-
came afterwards a famous traveller throughout most parts
of the world, was employed by sir Hen. Savile to procure
what fiiignicnts he could of St. Chrysostome, in order to
have them compared and published : and while he was at
Venice, he became acquainted with that noted person (fa-
mous for his speaking and writing pure Greek) called
Gabriel, archb. of Philadelphia, who finding Slade to he
iulmirably well skill'd in the said language, he communi-
cated to him some rare manuscript fragments of St. Chry-
sostom's Greek works.* — Which being by him well ap-
9 In a book entit. Divine Services onrf Anthems tutui% sung in the CathcdraU
and Collegiate Choires, he. Lond. 166.'?. oct.
* [Sec these .\TiiEN.r, vol. i. col. 764.]
* [' It was my chance — to tfnter into some Grceke di.«cnurse in the church
(of St. George at Venice) with the Greeke Bishop Gabriel, who is archbishop
of Philadelphia, where I sconred vp some of my oldc Greeke, which by rea-
son of my long desuet\idc was become almost rusty, and according to my
slender skill had some parley with liini in his ownc languagt-. He spake th«
purest and elegantest natumll Grceke that cuer I heard, insomuch that his
l)hr.ise came sonietliing neere to that of Isocrates, aud his pronunciation was
so plausible, that any man which was skilful! in the Grceke tongue, nigUt
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proved, were conveyed into England to sir Henry. In his
further travels also (for he wiis in Greece a considerable
while) he met with other fragments : and was so useful in
bringing to light a true copy of the works of the said
author, that the said sir Heni^ could not but acknowledge
with due conmjendations, what he had done in that matter.
Sec in the eighth vol. of St. Chrysost. Workt, published by
sir Henry, pag. 215. 920, &c. This Mr. Slade, who wiLS
elder brother to Matthew Sliulc, whom I have niention'd
among the writers, an. 1614, died in the isle of Zant near
Peloponnesus, in his return from his tr.ivels, before the
publication of St. Chrysostoni'a works, and was there
buried.
Admitted ',1.
Batchelors of Physic.
Jul. 10. Thom. Twyne, M. of A. C. C. coll. in Oxon,
afterwards a student for some years in Cambridge, wiis then
admitted batch, of physic. — He took the degree of Dr. of
that faculty at Cambridge, as I have before told you among
the writers.
17. Matthew Gwinne of St. John's coll. — See among
the creations following.
Besides these two, who were the only men admitted this
year, were two admitted to practise, of whom Jo. Woolton,
M. A. and fellow of AU-s. coll. was one, son of John Wool-
ton, bish. of Exeter.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Nov. — John Dove of Ch. Ch.
Feb. 11. Fkanc. Godwin of Ch. Ch.
Mar. 4. Rob. Abbot of lial. coll.
George Abbot of Bal. coll.
Rich. Pabrv of Ch. Ch. was admitted the same day. —
All these, except the first, were afterwards bishops.
Admitted 15.
Doctor of Law.
Jul. 10. WiLL.WiLKiNsoN of Cambridge. — ^He was about
this time chancellor of the diocese of Salisbury, and died
about the latter end of Oct. 1613.
5:J* Not one doct. of phys. was admitted this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
Jul. 6. Leonard Tayler of C. C. coll.
Mar. 23. Tho. Aubrey of Ch. Ch. — He accumulated the
degrees in divinity.
Incorporations.
July 10. Francis Meres M. A. of Cambridge. — This per-
son, who was the son of Tho. Meres of Kirton in Holland
in the county of Lincoln, was about this time a minister
and school-master, and afterwards author of a noted school-
book called fVits Commonwealth, part the second. Lond.
«sity vnderstand him. Hee told nie that they differ from the Romish
church in some points of <loclrinc, especially about purgatory, for that they
▼tterly reiect; neyther doe they attribute to the pope the tiile of oecumeni-
cal or vniuersall bishop that the Rt)n>anists doe. Also in his parley betwixt
him and me, he made worthy mention of two English men, which did euen
lirklc my heart wiili iby. ^or it was a great comfort vnto me to heare my
country men well spoken of by a Grcekish bishop. Hcc nmch praised Str
Hemy H'Mlon, our ambassador in Venice, for his rare learning, and that not
without great desert, as all those doc know that haue tried his excellent
pvtet : and he commended one Mr. Samuel Slade vnto me, a Dorset-shire
man borne, and one of the fellowes of Mc.ton colledge in Oxford, but now a
bmous trauellcr abroad in the world- for I met him in Venice. The Gre-
cian (onmiencled him for his skill in the Greeke tongue, and told mec, that
he had communicated vnto him some manuscript fragments of S. Chrysostoms
Greeke workes, the fniites whereof I hope we shall one day sec.' Conjat't
enuHtim, ed. 4to. page 129.]
1598, oct.' The first part was put out by N. L. He hath
also published God's Arithmetic. Serm. on Eccles. 4. i>. Lond.
1.597. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. A. 65.<Th.] and Sinner's Guide, of
the whole Regiment of Christian Life, &c. printed 1614, qu.
&c. and translated into English, The Devotions of Lewis of
Granada. Lond. 1598, oct. * Which is all 1 know of him,'
only that he was grandfallier to Rob. Meres D. D. and
chancellor of the church of Lincoln.
Jul. 10. GiLB. Bourne doct. of the laws of the university
of Orleance. — He was nephew to; Gilb. Bourne sometimes
bishop of B. and Wells, being son of his brother Rich.
Bourne of Wyvelscombe in .Somersetshire, which is all 1
know of him; only that his testimonial for his degree in
the said imiversity, dated in a congregation celebrated there, [147"}
8 June 1583, was subscribed by Maximilian de Cobham,
Tertullian Pine doct. of the civil law (lately of St. John's
coll. in Oxon) George Talbot, Giles Wroughton, Nich.
Wilson and George Manwaring, English-men, that also he
was vicar-general to tiie bishop of B. and Wells, and dy'ing
in Decemb. or thereabouts, an. 1595, was buried in the
cath. church of St. Andrew in Wells, near the body of his
sometimes wife.
Jan. 28. Joh. Pilkington M. A. of Cambridge,' of whom
I know no more. — One of both his names who was batch,
of divinity, was collated by his brother Jam. Pilkington bi-
shop of Durham, to the ardideaconry thereof, upon the
resignation of Joli. Ebden, 5 Dec. 1563, and dying 16 Sept.
1581, was buried in the cathedral church at Dvirham.'
3 [PalUuIis Tamia. Wits Treasury. Being the second pari of Wits Common-^
meahh. By Frwicis Meres Maister of Artcs of' both i'niuersities. V'mttir ingenio,
catera nwrtis eniiit. At Loudon 6ic. 1598. p p. 340. small oct. Another edi-
tion 1634, to which an engraved title was added as Witts Academy, a Treasurir
trf' Gouldeii Sentences, &c. 1636. It was intended as the second part to the
FoUteuphia, or Wits Common weakh^ &c. 1A97, a collection of prose sentence*
from ancient writers, compiled by John Bodenham and put forth under the
initials of the publisher Nicholas Lyng. Of this last work the eighteenth
edition was printed 1661. Bodenham compiled another work of similar cha-
racter called Wiis Theatre of the little World ; printed by J. R. for N. L. &c.
1699. As also Belvidere or the Garden of the Muses, 1600, again 1610, con-
taining sentences in verse, but he is better known by that tasteful selection of
poems called Er\gland's Heliam, 1600, again 1614, and reprinted 1812.
Haslf.wood.]
4 [Gods Arithmeticke, written by Franc'is Meres, maister of arte of both Vimier-
sities and strident in Divinity. (Quotations from Hebr. 13 &£ August, in Psalm 99
in Latin) Printed at London by Richard Johnes, 1597. oct. sig. C. ' I'he
epistle nuncupatorie' addressed ' to the right worshipfuU M. John Meres
esquire, high sheriffe of Lincolneshier, Francis Meres wislieth the true felicity
of this life, and cternall happines in the other.' Wherein the writer, after a
long dissertation apixtsite to the subject of his sermon, says of his discourse
tlwt he doth — ' wholy dedicate and bequeath both the censure of it and of
my selfe to your religious and vertuous patronage ; hauing a longing desire to
make knowne your worships curtesies extended to mce at yoor house at Au-
bome, your forwardnes in preferring my successelesse suit to maister Lau-
rence Meres of Yorke, sometimes of her majesties counsell established for tlie
North, and your willingncs and readines for my longer abode and rtay at
Cambridge.' IXited: ' From my chamber in Saint RIarie, Buttol-ph-lanc,
necre London-stone, this 10 of October, 1597, your worships wholie to com-
maund. Francis Meres * Haslewood.]
* [Granados Delation. Kxactly teack'mg hmo a Man may trvfly dedicate mid
denote himself vnto God : and so become his acceptable votary. Written in Spa-
nish, by the learned and rencrcnd D'Mdtie F. Lewes of Granada. And now pe-
rused, and Englished, by Franc'is Mares, Master of Artes, and student in Dhiiniti^.
London &c. 1598 p p. .576 besides tables & dedication : same si/c as Pal-
ladis Tamia & dedicated ' to the worsliipl'vU and vertvovs gentleman M. Wil-
liam Sanunes of the Middle Tem|)le esquire." subscribed ■ Li>ndon the xi of
May 1598, your worships most denoted Francis Meres.* Haslewood.]
^ [Meres was originally of Pembroke hall, Cambridge: became B. A. in
1587, and M. A. in 1591. About 160<i he occurs rector of Wing in Rutland,
and died there, ui the 81st year of his age, 1646. Farmer's Essay on the
Learning of Shaksfteare — XA'orks of Shakspeare, ed. 180.), ii. 8^.]
' [Jo. Pilkington coll. Jo. adniiss. in matric. acad. Cant. Jun. 26, 1583.
Job. Pilkington coll. Chr. A. B. an. 1586-7. Baker.]
X [Joh Pilkington A. M. coll. ad preb. de Mapesbury 10 Febr. 1559, per
deprivat. John Harpsfield. Joh. Ebden ep. cler. eand. 13. Nov. 1562 per te-
sign. Pilkington. Keg. Lond. Kenmit-j
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Who succeeded him in tliat dignity, the registers of that
church, which are imperfect, shew not.
In July this year was a supplicate made in the vcn,
congregation for one W. L'isle M. of A. of Cambridge to
be incorporated in tlie said degree, but whether he was
really incoiporated, it appears not. I take him to be the
same with Will. L'isle, who, after he had been educated in
Eaton school, was admitted into the society of King's coll.
in Cambridge, an. 1584. And after he had continued some
years in the degree of M. of A. left his fellowship because
he had lands fallen to him at Wilburgham in Cambridge-
shire. He became afterwards a rare antiiiuary, one of the
esquires extraordinary of the king's body, and published
A Saxon Treatise concerning the Old and New Testament,
written about the Time of King Edgar (700 years ago) by
/Elfricus Abbas, thought to be the same that was afterwards
archb. of Canterbury , &c. Lond. 1623. qu. [Bodl. 4to A. 31.
Th. Seld.] published from an antient copy in sir Rob. Cotton's
library, with a large and learned epistle to the readeis, set
before it by the said L'isle. To this book he adtled these
things following (first found out by Joh. Josselin servant to
Matthew archb. of Canterbury, which had been printed in
oct. by Joh. Day in the reign of qu. Elizabeth.) (1) ^ Tes-
timony of Antiquity shewing the antient faith in the Church of
England, touching the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of our
Lord, &.C. 'Tis the same with A Sermon of the Paschal Lamb
(on Easter DayJ and of the Sacramental Body and Blood of
Christ, &c. Before which is a large and learneil preface (of
about 16 leaves in oct.) written by the said Josselin, and
reprinted by L'isle. (2) The Words of Elfric Abbot of St.
Alban's, and also of Malmsbury , taken out of Epistle written to
Wulffine Bishop of Scyrburne, &c. (3) The Lord's Prayer,
the Creed and Ten Commandments in the Saxon and English
Tongue. " He was the same with Will. L'isle of Wilburg-
" ham esq; of tlie king's body, who collected fom- books
"ofDubartas. (I) The Ark. (2) Babylon.^ (3) The Co-
" lonies.^ (4) The Columns, or Pillars in French and English,
"for the Listruction and Pleasure of such as delight in both
" Languages. Lond. 1637, qu. (Bodl. B. 24. 18. Line] To
" which is a large commentary put by S. G. S." This Will.
L'isle died in 1637, and was buried, as I presume, at Wil-
burgham before-mention'd.*
9 [These were all printed separately as they were translated. I have seen
the first edition of Babylon, which was unknown to Wood, Ames, Herbert or
Ritson. Babilon a part nf' the teconde toeeke of GviUtmme de SaUiste Seigneur Dv
Bartat, with the Commentarie and marginall Aotes of S. G.S. Englithed by IV'ii-
Ham L'isle.
Omne tulit punctttm qui miscuit liile dulci.
Imprinted at Ijmdon by Ed BolUfantfor Richard Watkins. 1596.
Dedicated to Charles, lord Howard, baron of Etlingham.
From this rare piece I transcribe the l)escrii)tion ofNimrod; pp. 12, 13.
He passed not the night drown'd in a feather bed.
Nor yet tlie day in shade ; but yoong accustomed
Hiraselfe to good and ill, niakuig ambitiously
His boulster of a rocke, his curtaines of the skie.
Sweatc is liis sweet delight, his games are bow and arrowcs :
His Ganimcads the lists, his haukes the little sparrowes.
His most delicious meat the floh of tender kid
Which trcnibleth yet, and scarce is from the skin viihid.
Some time he sports himselle lo ccmquer with one breth
Some craggie rock's asscent, that over-peeres the heath;
Or else some raging flood, against the streame, diuide.
That swolne with raine hath droun a hundred brigs aside;
And with a bounding course vnbridled gallops fast
All ouertliwart the stones, in some strait vallic cast.
Or else after his cast to catch againe his dart ;
Or in plainc field on fwite lo take the hinde or hart.]
• [77re Co/rai/es nf Barlas iiilhlhe Commetilariie of S.G.S. Englithed by Wm.
Lisle, licensed to Thomas .Man in 1.S97. Riisoii, BM. Poet. p. J67.]
5 [Will. Lisle died in Si'pt. Iti37. His brother Edni. Lisle, captain of
Walmer tastk in Kent, died iu October following. Both of them buried at
Creations.
Jul. 17. Matthew Gwinne M.A. of St. John's roll, in
Oxon, who had studied physic ten years, was then actually
created doct. of physic by virtue of two letters of the chan-
cellor of the university for that purpose.
Sept. 24. The most illustrious hero Pre-Johannbs de
LA Fri, eques Charnotensis, (so he is written in the public
reg.) ambassador from the king of France to the queen's
m.ajesty of England.
NicHoL. RuFFus DoMiKus St. Aubin created the same
day.
LoDovic. Baro D'Ohbp.b created the same day.
AVhich three nobles were actually created masters of arts,
and were with great civility treated by the heads of the
university.
An. Dom. 1594.— 36-37 Elizab.
The same.
Chancellor.
Vice-chancellor.
The same. viz. Dr. Lillye to continue in the said office
'till the chancellor otherwise please.
Proctors.
Hen. Foster of Brasen-n. coll. Apr. 10.
Hen. Cuffe of Mert. coll. Apr. 10.
Batchelors of Arts.
Jun. 5. Tobias Matthew of Ch. Ch. — He was son of
Tob. Matthew who was afterwards archb. of York; and
after he had taken the degree of M. A. he became a Jesuit,
and at length a knight, as I shall tell you at large.
22. Will. Burton of Brasen-n. coll. — He is to be re-
membred also hereafter.
Jul. 1. Will. Laud of St. John's coll. — He was after-
wards archb. of Caiiterbury.
Dec. 11. Edm. Dean of Mert. coll.
Jan. 27. Tho. Thomson of Qu. coll.
Feb. 22. Hayward Townshend of St. Mary's hall.
Thom. Ireland of Line. coll. was admitted the same
day — See among the doct. of div. an. 1611.
28. Ale.kander Spicer of E.vet. coll.
Mar. 1. Will. Vaughan of Jes. coll.
7. Thom. Chbast of Or. coll. — See among the mas-
ters, an. 1.S98.
Admitted 195.
Batchelors of Law^
Jul. 1. James Whitlock of St. John's coll.
Jul. 12. Franc. Clerke or Clarke.
Besi<les these two, were 4 more admitted, and two sup-
plicated, who were not admitted this year.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 16. Tho. Fryth of AU-s. coll.
May 13. Tho. Storer of Ch. Ch.
Walmer, and a monument there erected. See funeral certi6cate in the he-
rald's office. Baker. .
Add The Faire Mhiopim. Ixmd. 1631. 4to. It is a long poein dedicated to
the king and queen in the title page, and with an epistle dedicatory to the
lord admiral dated 1^96. The two first linei will be sufficient to satiate
the greatest admirer of our old poetry:
• About the tongues when divers with roe wrangle,
And count our English but a mingle mangle.' &c]
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Jul
coll.
Dec
2. Will. Hindb of Qu. coll.
3. Walt. Wylshan of Broadgate's, lately of Exet.
1«. Rob. BoRHiLL of C. C. coll.
JoH. Bahcham of C. C. coll.
Jan. 15. KoB. Moor of New coll.
Admitted 70.
Batchelors of Dwinity.
May 16. George Cahleton of Mert. coll.
Jun. 87". JoH. Williams of All-s. coll.
Jul. 2. Rich. Latewarr of St. Joh. coll.
4. Will. Tooker of New coll.
Dec. 16. Hen. Ayray of jQu. coll.
Admitted 21.
Doctors of Law.
Jul. 9. Christopher Helme of Mert. coll. — In 1618 he
became chancellor of the diocese of Worcester in the place
of Barnabas Goch or Gough doct. of law, (being about that
time rector of Bredon in the said diocese) in which ofBce he
was succeeded by Jam. Littleton batch, of law, an. 1628.
The said Goch. or Gough did succeed Tho. Wood LL. D.
an. 1610, and Wood, Rich. Cosin the eminent civilian, an.
1598,' but whom Cosin succeeded in 1578, or thereabouts,
I cannot tell.
Dec. 10. Rob. Masters fellow of All-s. coll. — He was
" of the family of the Masters of Cirencester," about this
time principal of St. Alb. hall, and afterwards " one of the
" advocates at Doctors Commons," cliancellor of the dioc.
of Rochester, and then of the dioc. of Litchfield and Co-
ventry. He died 10 Jul. 1625, aged 63, and was buried in
the cath. church of Litchfield.*
Jan. 25. Edward Spurroway of All-s. coll.
On the sixth of July Ralph Winwood M. of A. and
batch, of the civ. law of Magd. coll. supplicated to be ad-
mitted doct. of tliat faculty, but whether admitted, it ap-
pears not.
Doctor of Physic.
Jul. 1. Bartholomew Warner of St. John's coll. — He
was afterwards the king's professor of physic, and superior
reader of Lynacre's lecture. He was buried in the church
of St. Mary Magd. in the North suburb of 0.\.ford, 26 Ja-
nuary 1618, as I have elsewhere told you.
Doctors of Divinity.
Jun. 25. Rich. Lewys of Exet. coll.
'_ [Ricus Cosin L. D. cancelUrius Wigorn. ah a'repo Cant, factus judex
curia; auditntiae, decanus de arcubus, et vicarius gencralis 10 Dccerab. 1583.
Lib. Whitgifi. pars i, f. 92. Fuit etiam officialis curia; de arcubus, lo90.
Note in the herald's office.
Richard Cosin d' of the civil lawe, deane oltlie arclies, cliauncellor to the
- rererend fatlier in God the arclibishop of Canterb. and one of the masters of
thecliamiceryesonof John Cosin of Newhalliu the coun .... gent,
deceased at his lodgings within tlie Drs Commons on the .30th of Nov. whose
Wy was very worshipfully conveyed by water from I'owles wharfe to Lam-
beth on the 5th daye of the nioneth of December following. Where his fu-
nerals were accordingly solemnized. The chief mourner was Roger Med-
hope gent, his half-brother and by Iris last wUl and testament his heir and
executor.
- __?*^^ *^'° ''*"<^''> quarterly viz. azure a lion rampant, coround or,
prtte, langued. gules, hy the name of Cosin of Ncwhall. And on a crossc
•ablesbelwixt 4 cirogues vulgariter storkcs proper; wCH gK addition was given
to Jotm U«.m father to Richard at Muskelboroughc field ; who also shortly
alter at the road of saint Myniam upon the sandes in ScotlaiiHc there lost his
life m fight with the Scoltes, being lieutenant to Tho. Dudley esq.-, leader of
Henry the carl of Cumberlands forces. Qui per virtutem i)erit nou interit.
ZV K a* ?t £ I • J
< [See hUeiMtaph, and that of hi* wife Catbarinc, Amiq. Uck. 8vo. p. 10.]
Jvdy 4. Francis Cox of New coll.
Will. Tooker of New coll.
Henry Ball of New coll. also, was admitted the same
day, being about this time archdeacon of Chichester.— He
died in the beginning of the year 1603.
Jul. 4. Miles Smith of Brasen-n. coll. — ^The same who
was afterwards bishop of Glocester.
Incorporations.
Jul. 9. Hen. Nevill M. A. of Cambridge son and heir
of Edward Nevill lord Abergavenny.
Rich. Milbouhne M. of A. of Qu. coU. in the same uni-
versity ' was incorporated the same day. — " He was chaplain
" to prince Henry, who affected and respected him above
" all the rest of his chaplains for his learning, good car-
" riage and profitable preaching." On the 1 1th of Decemb.
1611 he was installed dean of Rochester in the place of Dr.
Tho. Blague deceased, and in July 1516 he being promoted
to the see of St. David, Rob. Scot D. D. was installed dean,
13 of the same month; of whom by the way 1 desire the
reader to know that he was born at Banston in Essex, was
originally a fellow of Trin. coll in the said university, and
afterwards mtister of Clare hall, jind esteemed by those that
knew him a learned man. He died in winter time (in De-
cember I think) an, 1620, and was succeeded in his deanery
by Dr. Godf. Goodman.
Jul. 9. JoH. Racster M. a. of Cambridge.^ — He was au-
thor of a certain book entit, Tlie sei^en Planets or wandering
Motives of Will. Alabaster's Wit, retrograded and removed,
Lond. 1598, qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 13. Art.] and iierhaps of
other things.
John Hull M. of A. of Cambr. was incorp. the same
day. — He was of Gonvill and Caius coll. in that university,
was afterwards batch, of div. and a preacher of fiod's word
at Cork in Irehuid. He hath written and published (1) St.
Peter's Prophecy of these last Days, printed 1610, qu. (2)
Christ's Proclamation to Salvation, Lond. 1613. [Hodl. 8vo.
H. 22. Th.] (3) Exposition on a Part of the Lamentations of
Jeremiah, &c. Lond. 1618, q\i. [Bodl. 4to. H. ;iO. Th.] &c.
Jul. 9. Richard Kelby M A. of the said university.
The number of Cambridge masters who were incorpo-
rated on that day comes to 30.
Creations.
On the ninth of Jidy, being the day after the act had
been finished, these following persons were actually created
mast, of arts.
Sir Joh. Hungekford knight.
Anthony HuNGERFORn esquire.
Rich. Baker esq; — He was afterwards a knight, and au-
thor of that Chronicle that goes under his name.
John Aske esquire.
Will. Monson esquire.
A proposal wiis made in the ven. house of convocation
this year, that the ilegree of M. of A. should be bestowed
on the honourable sir Will. Russel knight, the design'd
lord deputy of Ireland, but whether it was accordingly con-
ferr'd upon him, it ai)pears not, because it standeth not in
the register — He was the fourth son of Francis earl of Bed-
ford, and was with his bretliren brougiit up in Magd. coll.
» [Ric. Milbourne Cumbr. admiss. in coll. Regin. Cant. Mar. 7, 1578.
Krirr. CM. Regin.
R. M. coll. Regin. quadr. adm. in matric. acad. Cant. Apr. 1, 1579: — ad-
miss. socius coll. Ttegin. Jul. 7, 1582: — designatns Cumhr. Baker.]
« [Admiss. soc. minor coll. Trin. Oct. 4, 1591; major Mar. 11, 1591.
BltKER.]
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Oxon at the feot of Dr. Lawr. Humphrey. Afterwards he
travelled through France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, and
other countries ; and upon his return he spent not liis time
idly in the court, but jjiiinfully in the labours of the camp,
followini; the wars in llimgary, in France, Ireland, and the
Low countries, whore he left many notable proofs of his
valour and wisdom, being strenuus miles and prudens im-
perator.' In Aug. this year he was made L. deputy of Ire-
land ; which place he executed with great valour and wis-
dom for 3 years. Afterwards he was made lord Russel of
Thornhaw in Northamptonshire, and dying in Sept. * was
buried lb" of the same month at Thornhaw, an. 16ia.
An. Dom. ] 595.— 37-38 Ehzab.
Chancellor.
The same, viz. Thom. lord Buckhurst,
Vice-chancellor.
Dr. LiLLYE again, by virtue of the chancellor's former
letters.
Proctors.
Rob. Tinley of Magd. coll. Apr. ult.
Will, Pritchard of Ch. Ch. Apr. ult.
Batchelors of Music.
Jul. 11. Franc. Pilkington of Line. coll. — Some of his
compositions I have seen, and I think some are extant. He
was father or at least near of kin to Tho. Pilkington one
of the musicians belonging sometimes to qii. Henrietta Ma-
ria ; who being a most excellent artist, his memory wils
celebrated by many persons, particidarly by sir Aston
Cockain baronet, who hath written ' his funeral elegy and
his epitaph. The said Tho. Pilkington died at Wolverhamp-
ton in Staffordshire aged 35, and was buried there in the
times of rebellion or usurpation.
Feb. — Richard Nicholson organist of Magd. coll. —
He was afterwards the public professor of the musical praxis
in this university, and was author of several madrigales, one
or more of which you may see in The Triumphs of Oriana,
mentioned before in Thom.Morley, and died in 16J9.
Batchelors of Arts.
May 3. Tho. James of New coll.
Tho. Lydiat of New coU.
Jul. 2. Dudley Carleton of Ch. Ch.
5. JoH. Rawlinson of St. John's coll.
Dec. 16. Rich. Lloyd of Or. coll.
Jan. 22. Hen. Mason of Brasen-n. coU. afterwards of
C.C.
Feb. 3. Rob. Fludd or de Fluctibos of St. John's coll.
—Afterwards an eminent Rosacrusian.
13. Gabriel Powell of Jesus coU.
14. Will. Cheek of Magd. hall.
16. JoH. Eaton of Trin. coll.
— Rich. Moket of Bras, afterwards of All-s. coll.
— Will. Chibald or Chiball of Magd. coll.
19. Edw. Chetwind of Ex. coll.
Rich. Carpenter of Ex. coll.
Mar. 6. JoH. Sprint of Ch. Ch.
1 [Tliis character is taken from the sermon preached at liis funeral.]
t [He died August 9, 161.'J. Collins, Ptirugc]
5 In his C/wicc /Vms </ sttcra/ .Smis, &c. Loud. 1650. oct. p. 113. uura.
43. &;c.
Theodore Goulson wiu admitted this year, but neg-
lected Ut be rcgistred.
As for Lidyat, Lloyd, Mason and Eaton, there will be
mention miule of them in another part of this work.
Admitted 128.
Masters of Arts.
May 3. Artii. Lake of New coll.
27. Joh. Sanford of Magd. coll.
June 30. Hen. Savile of St. .Mb. hall.
Rich. Deane of St. Alb. hall.
Jul. 7. Joh. Ravens of Clu. coll. — In 1607 be became
subdean of Wells and prebendary of Bishop's Compton in [^50]
that church.
9. Pet. Smart of Ch.Ch.
George Ferebe of Miigd. coll. was admitted the same
day — He was afterwards minister of Bishop's Cannings in
Wilts, one of the chaplains to K. James I. and author of
Life's Farewell, Sermon at St. John's in the Devises in Wilts,
30 Aug. 1614, at the Funeral of John Drew gent ; On 2 Sam.
ch. 14. ver. 14. Loud. 1615, qu. This person, who was a
Glocestershire man born and well skill'd in music, did in-
struct divers young men of his parish in that faculty, 'till
they could either play or sing their parts. In the year
1613 qu. Anne the royal consort of K. James I. made her
abode for some weeks within the city of Bath, purposely for
the use of the waters there. In which time he composed
a song of four parts, and instructed his scholars to sing it
very perfectly, as also to play a lesson or two, (which he
had composed) on their wind instruments. On the eleventh
of June tlie same year, the queen in her return from Bath
did intend to jiiiss over the downes at Wensdyke within the
parish of Bishop's Cannings : Of which Ferebe having
timely notice, he dressed himself in the hal)it of an old bard,
and caused his scholars (whom he had instructed) to be
clothed in shepherds weeds. The queen having received
notice of these people, she with her retinue made a stand at
AVcnsdykc ; wliereupon these musicians drawing up to her,
played a most admirable lesson on their wind-instniments.
Which being done, they sung their lesson of four parta with
double voices, the beginning of which was this.
Shine, O thou sacred shepherd's star.
On silly shepherd swaines, &c.
Which being well performed also, the bard concluded with
an epilogue, to the great liking and content of the queen
and her company. Afterwards he was sworn chaplain to
his majesty, and was ever after much valued for his
ingenuity.
Oct. 31 . Rich. Haydock of New coll.
Feb. 5. Thom. Floyd of Jesus coll.
Admitted 51.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Jan. 20. James Bisse of Magd. coll.
Besides him were only four more admitted, but not one
of them was afterwards a writer, or bishop, &c.
C5" Not one doctor of law or physic was admitted this
year.
Doctors of Divinity.
Oct. 10. Thom. Ravis of Ch. Ch.
Nov. 6 Hen. C«sar alias Athelmarb or Adelmahk
lately of Bal. coll. (where to this day are certain lodgings
called from him Caesar's lodgings) now of St. Edm. hall, wa«
then admitted or licensed to proceed — This worthy doctor.
271
159G
FASn OXONIENSES.
1396'.
272
[151]
who was the third son (sir Julius CiEsar being the first, and
sir Thomas one of the barons of the Exchequer tlie second)
of Caesar Dalniarius, a doctor of physic, became preb. of
Westniinster in the stall of Dr. Rich. Wood in the month of
Sept. 1609, and dean of Ely in the place of Humphrey Tin-
dall deceased, an. 1614, where dying 27 June 1636, aged 72.
was buried on the north side of the presbyteiy of the cath.
church there. He gave to Jesus coll. in Cambridge two
fellowships of 12/. per an. apiece, and five scholarships of
5/. per an. conditionally that the fellows and scholars be
elected from the king's free-school at Ely^ &c. '
Nov. 10. RoG. Hacket of New coU.
JoH. Lloyd of New coU.
Jan. 20. James Bisse of Magd. coU.
Ralph Ravens of St. John's coll.
The first of these two accumulated.
30. Francis Godwin of Ch. Ch.
JoH. Baker of Line. coll.
Feb. 14. Henry Parry of C. C. coll.
Incorporations.
Jul. 15. Rich. Stock M. A. of Cambr. — He was born in
the city of York, educated in St. John's coll. in Cambr.* was
afterwards minister of Alhallows in Breadstreet in London,
for the space of about 32 years, a constant, judicious, and
religious preacher, a zealous Puritan and a reformer of pro-
fanations on the Lord's day. He hath written and ])ub-
lished several things, among which are (1) Doctrine and Use
of Repentance to be practised by all. Lond. 1610. oct. (2) Ser-
mon at the Funeral of John Lord Harrington Baron of ' Exton
&c. at Exton in Rutlandsh. on the last of March 1614. On
Micah 2. ver. 1,2. Lond. 1614. oct. (3) Commentary on
the Prophesie of Malachy. Lond. 1641. fol. Sam. Torshell* is
esteemed the half author of it. (4) Stock of Divine know-
ledge, &c. Lond. 1641, qu. (5) Truths Champion, &c. He
gave way to fate * 20 Apr. 1616, and was buried in the
church of Alhallows before mentioned. ^
Hen. Withers, D. of D. of Cambr. was incorporated the
same day.^
Creations.
Oct. 1. Alex. NowELL dean of St. Paul's cathedral and
principal of Brasen-n. coll. was actually created doctor of
div. in the house of convocation.
' [Henricus Caesar S.T. P. admiss. ad rect. S. Christopher! Lond. 13 Sept.
1596, per mort. Jo. Thorpe, ad prcs. Eliz. reeinx, nuam resiun. ante 21 Jul.
1597. Kennet. 6 i b
Ld keeper Egerton presented him to the rectory of St. Christopher, Lon-
don, 10 Sept. 1596. Tanner.
An. 1568, V' Caesar a phisitian, stranijer (Italian) in S' Helen's parish,
London. MS. I.S. Baker.] " \ / y ,
* [Ric. Stoc, Eborac. admissus diecipulus coll. Jo. pro doctorc Ashton Nov.
10,1587. Hcg. Co/i. Jo. Conl. A M. coll. Jo. an. 1594. Keg. Baker.]
' [Which Jo. lord Harrington died Feb. 27, 1613 ; when he wanted two
months of twenty two years of age. Baker.]
* [The Hypucrite dacoixred and cured. By Sam. Ttrrshell. Lond. 4to. 1644,
with a large canting preface to the assembly of divines, in which he tells
them, that he was converted from conformity, in which lie never was for the
ce/cmonics, bcc. by the infamous Jo. White's speech against episcopacy, whom
he stiles the pious Mr. White, who licensed, with Edni. Calaniy, this book.
Tho. Goodwin also ushers it in with a recommendatory short preface. The
eputle dedicatory contains about 8 pages, and the book 1.53. Cole.]
= Tho. Fuller in his Worthies if ICnglmd, in Yorkshire, p. 231.
[Where lo his memory some of his loving parishioners erected a monu-
ment with an inscriptbn, to be seen in Stow, Huruey 821, whereby it appears
that he spent 32 years in the ministry, but nut above half that time in the
iwtory of Allhollowj, Bread street, being instituted 8 Mar. 1610, and dying
JO Apr. 1616. CoHcrt. rfe Neuicourt. MS. Kkknet.]
7 [.See his funeral .ennon bj Tho. Gatrnker B.D. printed Lond. 16J7.
An. Dom. 1596. — 38-39 Elizab.
Chancellor.
The same.
Vice-chancellor.
Tho. Ravis D. D. dean of Ch. Ch. Jul. 17.
Proctors.
Abel Gower of Or. coll. Apr. 21.
RowL. Searcufield of St. John's coll. Apr. 21.
Batchelors of Arts.
May 8. Josias White of New coll.
24. Fran. Gorge of Ch. Ch. — He wa.s the eldest son of
the marchioness of Northampton named Helen, the widow
of Will. Parr marq. of Northampton, who had married sir
Tho. Gorge of Wilts knight.
Jun. 16. JoH. Bancroft of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards
bishop of Oxon.
July 8. Rich. Carpenter of Ex. coll.
Sim. Baskervile of Ex. coll.
Of the last you may see more among the doctors of phvs.
an. 1611.
14. JoH. Hanmeb of AU-s. coll. — He was afterwards bi-
shop of St. Asaph.
Dec. 2. Robert Bolton of Brasen. coll.
Jan. 29. Henry Tilson of Balliol coll. — He was after-
wards bishop of Elphine in Ireland
Jan. 31. Franc. Rolis of Broadgate's hall.
Charles Fitz-Geffry of Broadgate's hall.
Feb. 3. Degory Whear.
23. George Calvert of Trin. coll.
H. Tilson will be at large remembred among the bi-
shops, and Rouse and Whear among the writers in anotlici
pait of this work.
Admitted 133.
Doctor of Music.
Jul. 10. Rob. Stevenson batch, of music, was licensed
to proceed in the said faculty, but whether he did proceed
or stood in the act this, or the next year, it appears not. — '
See more in 1587.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 29. Thom. Morrice of St. Mary's hall, an esquire's
sou, and a Berkshire man born of an antient family, was
then admitted M. of A. but whether he ever took the degree
of batch, of that faculty, it appears not. — I find one Tho.
Morrice M. of .•V. to be author of An Apology for School-
masters, &c. Lond. 1619, oct. [Bodl. Svo. M. 86. Art.] who,
I presume, is the same who had put out Digesta scholastics
in Gratiam Puerorum edita, &c. Oxon. 1617, oct. with the
two letters of T. M. only, and the arms of the university of
Oxon, put in the title page. Whether Tho. Morrice M. of
A. be the same with T. M. of Oxon, and both the same witii
Thom. Morris of St. Mai-y's hall before-mcntion'd, 1 must
leave to the reader to judge.
March 5. Peter Bbown of C. C. coll.
Admitted 53.
Batchelors of Physic.
Tho' none were this year admitted batchelors of physic,
yet several were admitted to pradise it, among whom was
a certain Milanese, called SciPio Balsam of Magd. coll.
one, Dec. 17, and Jon. More sometimes of Univ. coll.
another.
273
1596.
f ASTl OXONlliNSES.
1597.
274
Batchelors of Divinity.
May 26. Alex. Cooke of Univ. coll.
June ^3. Rob. Tighe of Miigd. coll.
The last was lately incorporated M. of A. — See in the in-
corporations following.
Jul. 7- lliCH. KiLBYE of Line. coll.
Dec. 4. JoH. SrROT of St. .John's coll.
The last of which was about this time canon of Exeter.
Admitted 18.
(5" Not one doct. of law or phys. was adra. this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
Mar. 31. Edm. Watts of Brasen. coll.
JoH. Bourne of Trinity coll.
Arth. Aubrey of St. Joh. coll.
The said Joh. Bourne was now treasurer of the rath. ch.
of Wells, which dignity he resigning, Rob. Wright D. D. of
Trin. coll. was admitted thereunto 21 Dec. 1601.
July 7. Rich. Kilbye of Line. coll. who accumulated.
Joh. Dove of Ch.Ch.
9. Joh. Perin of St. Joh. coll. Greek professor of the
university. — He was afterwards canon of Ch. Churth.'
Nov. 22. Rob. Abbot of Bal. coll.
Dec. 7. Rich. Field of Qu. coll. sometimes of Magd,
nail.
Feb. 5. Rob. Latewarr of St. Joh. coll.
Joh. Buckridge of St. Joh. coll.
[152] Mar. 11. Joh. Harding of Magd. coll. Hebrew professor
of the university.' — He was afterwards president of that
. coll. " and one of the Oxford men appointed by K. James I.
to translate the Old Testament."
Incorporations.
Apr. 9. Francis Covert LL. D. of Leyden. — He died
at Chaldon in Surrey 1609.
June 21. Rob. Tighe M. A. of Cambr.' an excellent
linguist.
Jul. 1. Rich. Thomson M. A. of the same university. —
This learned person who was a Dutch luan born of English
parents, and educated in Clare hall, is styled by a noted *
presbyterian ' tlie grand propagater of Arminianism,' and
by " another ' a deboist drunken English Dutchman who
' seldom went one night to bed sober.' Yet a noted writer *
* [Joannes Perin elect, coll. Jo. 1575 ; mag. artium 1583 ; bac. theol.
doct. 1596 ; vicarius ccclesia? parocliialis de VVatling in coniit. Sussex; resign,
socict. ad exit an. 1604; Gra;cffi lingua professor rcgius in acadcmia Oxo-
niensi, et canonicus ccclcsia; cathedralis Cliristi, Oxon. ibidem mortuus 9 Mail
1615. lieg. Coll Jo. Bapt ii, J90. Cntcd. Soc'wmm, 4to. MS. p. 11.]
9 [Regina^-cura nos per literas nostras pat. gerentcs datain apud Westm.
xxi Sept. anno reg. xxxiii. dederinius ctconcesserinms dileclo subdito n'ro Jo-
hanni Hardinge art. niag'ro locum praelecloris nostri in lingua Hcbraica in
alma acad. n'ra Ox' n. — cum feodis et stipcndiis quadraginta libraruni — qui
Joli'es easdem lit. n'ras patenles j<im voluntarie nobis in cancollaria nostra
restiluit et sursum reddidit — nos dictum locum concedinuis VVillieJnio Thorne
A. M. T. R apud Westnion. xxvii Jul. reg. 40, 1398. Rymer, xvi. 337.
Rex omnibus &c. Cum Eiizab. nuper regina per lit. dat. xxvii Jul. reg. 40.
dederit Willo Thome A. M. locum pra-lcctoris s>ii in lingua Hcbraica in alma
acad sua Oxon qui quideni \Viilu5 Tl.omB literas sursum reddidit — Nos
concedimus Johi Hardinge S. T. P. locum prjelectoris n'ri in lingua Hcbraica.
T Regc apud Westnion. xxvii Apr. reg. 2, 1604. Rymer, xvi, p. 578.
Kenmt.]
I [R iighe anl. Clar. A B. an. 1587 Baker.]
9, Hen Hickman in Hist, quinquwrticiilari, &cc Lond. 1674. p 91.
» Will. Prynne in his Anti-Arminiutmme, &c Lond. 1630. qu. at the end,
in append.
♦ Rich. Mountaguc in his prof, to his Diatribe on ihc first Part of the Hist.
ofT<thes,hc. Lond, 1621.
who knew liim well tells us, that he was ' a most admirable
' philologer, that he was l)etter known in Italy, France aod
' Germany, than at home.' He hath written (1) Elenchut
Rifulatiouis Tortura: Torti pro reverenilist. Lpitcopo Elieiua,
adversus Martinum Becanum. Lond. 1611. [BodI, 8vo. C
564. Line] (2) Diatribe de Amiuione if Interceuione Gratia
Sf Justijicationis. Lugd. Bat. 1618. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. T. 15.
Th. Seld.] and other things. One of both his names, was,
as a M. of A. of Cambr. incorporated in tliis univenity
1593, which I take to be the same with tliis.'
July 9. Joh. Sherwood doct. of phys. of the university
of Rheimes. — He was about this time an eminent practi-
tioner of his faculty in the city of Bath, being much re-
sorted to by those of the Rom. Cath. religion, he himself
being of tha^ profession. He died in Feb. 1620, and was
buried in the church of St. Pet. and Paul in that city.
Thom. Playfebe D. of D. of Cambridge,' was incorpo-
rated the same day. — He was a Kentish man ' born, edu-
cated in St. Joh. coll. in Cambr. of which he was fellow,
and succeeded Pet. Baro in the Margaret professorship of
that university about 1596," at whifh time he was esteemed
a person of great eloquence and fluency in the Latin tongue.
The titles of several of his works (which were collected into
one volume) you may see in the Bodleian Catalogue. He
died in the latter end of the year (in Jan. or Feb.) 1608,
and was buried in St. Botolph's church in Cambridge. "'So
" in the Life of Dr. Hacket, p. 5."
Creatiortt.
Apr. 1. George a Missinbuck ambassador to the queen
of England from the lantgrave of Hassia, was actually
created mast, of arts in the convocation house; and at the
same time was with great civility treated by the chief heads
of the university.
An. Dom. 1597.— 39-40 Eliz.
Chancellor.
The same.
Vice-Chancellor.
Dr. Tho. Ravis again, July 14.
Proctors.
Joh. Purkhurst of Magd. coll. Apr. 6.
Rich. Trafford of Mcrt. coll. Apr. 6.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 12. Joh. White of New coll. — He was aftenvurds
known by the name of the patriarch of Dqjchester.
37. jEgeon Askew of Qu. coll.
May 9. Rob. Vilvaine of Ex. coll.
12. RoG. Matthew of Qu. coll. — See anaong the mas-
ters an. 1600.
27. Rob. B.arnes of Mag. coll. — See among the batch,
ofdiv. 1610.
Jun. 4. Edmund Coffin of Exet. coll. — He was an ex-
cellent Grecian, and afterwards schoolmaster of Saltash in
Cornwal for 40 years; in which time he sent many scholars
s [See Farnaby's dedication of Martial to sir Rob. Killigrew, Sedan 162*>
8vo. as also his preface. Lovkday.]
s [ T. Playfere, Londiucnsis admiss. discipulus (coll. .to.) pro domina fun-
datrice, Nov. 5, 1579: admissus socius pro dom. fund. 10 Apr, 1584. Rc-
gitt. In last he is also slilcd I..ondincnsi9. Bakf.ii.]
^ Tho Fuller in his WorOiia cfEnglmd, in Kent, p. 83.
» [He was one of the king's chaplains, and had the rectory of Cbcaro,,!Ji
Surri'v, pivcn iiim by the lord cliaucellor IGOj. Tan.vlh.]
T*
n
275
loy;.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1597.
276
to both the universities, espcciiUly this of Oxon. One Edw.
Coffin a Devonian untl a learned man, was entred into the
society of Jesus in England, an. 1598, and educated, as I
have lieen informed in the English coll. at Rome.
Jul. l.S. IsA\c Wake the noted orator.
Oct. 20. Thbophilus Higgons of Ch. Ch.
Nov. 5. Will. Loe of St. Alb. hall.
Pec. 5. Michael Boyle of St. Joh. coll.
. Joh. Sandsbury of St. Joh. coll.
The first of which two was afterwards a bishop in Ire-
land.
Feb. 25. Gborob Wall of Brasen-nose coll. — See in the
year 1616.
Joh. White, Rob. Viltaine, and Th. Higgons, are to
be remembered at large in another part of this work.
Admitted 129.
Batchelors of Law.
Oct. 29. James Cook of New coll.
[l5Sl Nov. 22. Oliver Lloyd of All-s. coll. — See among the
doct. of law 1602.
But one more, besides these two, was admitted this year.
Masters of Arts,
July 2. JoH. Tapsell of Mert. coll.
I Thom. Allen of Mert. coll.
5. Tobias Matthew of Ch. Ch.
6. Rob. ^^^AKEMAl« of Ball. coll.
Nov. 5. Alex. Spicer of Ex. coll.
16. Will. Vaughan of Jesus coll.
Admitted 55.
Batchelor of Divinity.
Jime 6. Henr. Perry of Jesus coll. sometimes of GIoc.
hall.
Rich. Brett of Line. coll. was admitted the same day.
30. RowL. Searchfield of St. Joh. coll.
Thom. Hutton of St. Joh. coll.
Hen. Price of St. Joh. coll.
July7- Hen. Wilkinson of Mert. coll.
Franc. Mason of Meit. coll.
13. Joh. Aglionby of Queen's coll.
Rich. Crakanthorpe of Queen's coll.
Dec. 15. Rob. Tinley of Magd. coll.
Rich. Boughton, of Miigd. coll.
On the 6 March 1605, the said Boughton was admitted
chauntor of the cath. ch. of Wells in the place of Jam. Cot-
tington deceased.
Mar. 13. John Felling of Magd. coll. — He was a mi-
nister's son of Wilts, and published A Serm. on the Provi-
dence of God: On 1 Pet. 5. 7. Lond. 1607, qu. and per-
haps other things.
.'Vdmitted 20.
Doctor of Laws.
July 9. Will. Aubrey of Ch. Ch.— He was a learned
civilian, but hath published nothing.
ty Not one doct. of phys. wiis admitted this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
May 9. Rob. Inkforbie of Magd. coll.
Will. Vaughan of Bal. coll.
Oeor. Abbot of Bal. coll.
Ralph Kettle of Trin. coll.
The last of which was soon after president of his college.
July 2. TuoM. Singleton princ. of Bnisen."
Rob. Wright of Trin. coll.
John Williams of All-s. coll.
The last of which was now Margaret professor of tliis
university.
Nov. 16. Rich. Fabry of Ch. Ch.
Incorporations.
On the twelfth of July, being the next day after the act
had been celebrated, were about twenty Cantabrigians, in-
corporated in several faculties, among whom were these fol-
lowing :
Joh. Bridgman, batch, of arts. — See in the incorpora-
tions an. 1600.
Joh. Boys, M. A. — I find two of both his names who
were at this time masters of arts, viz. Joh. Boys, fourth son
of Tho. Boys of Eyethorne in Kent,' by Christiana iiis wife,
dau. and co-heir of Joli. Searle; who being educated in
Clare hall, was afterwards doct. of div. and dean of Canter-
bury in the place of Dr. Charles Fotherby who died 29 Mar.
1619. This J. Boys, who died at Eythorne before-men-
tion'd* (the i)lace of liis nativity) a little after K. Charles 1.
came to the crown, was famous for the sermons, exposi-
tions, and postills written by him; the titles of whicli you
may see in tlie Bodleian or Oxford Catalogue. 1'lie other,
J. Boys, who was a Suftblk man born, and Andr. Downe's,
scholar, was fellow of St. John's coll. in the said vmiver-
sity,' afterwards prebendary of Ely, and parson of Box-
worth in Cambridgeshire, an excellent Greciim, divine, and
one of the translators of the bible, an. 1604. He wrote
certain notes ii))on Chrysostoine, put out by sir Hen. Savile,
who stiles him ' ingeniosissimus & doctissimus Boysius,'
and his notes ' doctissiinas ejus observationes;' and other
things, by some Uikcn to be written by the former J. Boys.
Which of these two was incorporated M. of A. this yeaj', I
know not. We have had one Joh. Boys, an esquire's son
of Kent, a student in University coll. 1594. Another
elected fellow of All-s. coll. 1604, who wiis afterwards
batch, of law; and a third who took the degree of batch, of
arts as a member of Qu. coll. an. 1606, but not one of these
can I yet find was a writer.
Roger Gostwvke, M. A. of King's coll. in Cambr. — He
was " descended from the Gostwykes of Willington, in
" Bedfordshire, and" afterwards B. of D. chap. toD. Martin
9 [Presented to tlic rectory of Wliitchurch (co. Oxon.) by lord kecpti
Egerton, ult. Julii, 1596. Tannir.]
' [Jo. Eojs, Kjlliorni in Cautio Oriental! natus, ab antiqua et nuraerosa
faniilia origineni trahente, a Joan, de Boset), (jui Angliam subintmvit cum
Gul. conijiiostore, S.T. D. decanus Cant, obiit apud Eylhorne 16'Jo. V.
Crowwjr-nm. Bakeii.
18 Febr. Job Boys presb. S.T.B. ad eccl. paroch. de HoUingboume cum
capeljis, Cant. dioc. per mort. Joh. Josselyn ult. rect. Seg. }Vhitgift, MS.
3,278. Kesxet. ^
Jo. Bo^s, S.T.B. rector de Bctsliangcr, 1601. (MS. Battley.) Tanner.]
'^ [Jobn Bovs died suddenly in bis study in 1623, and is interred at Can-
terbury under a marble monument, whereon he is represented in bis study,
sitting in his cliair, resting his head on his hand, with this epitaph — Bonorum
Lacrymis : Joluumes Boisius, S.T. U. hujus ecclesia; Cantuariensis decaim.«,
nnpcr diliirenliaj Cbristiaiiie, iiiox mortulitatis Imnianas, nunc graliae divinae
exemplum : ecclesiam ore, vila, scriptis, docuis, ajdificavit, illustravit. Et
opus, e|Uo non c.\tat elero .^nglicano gratius aut utilius, liturgia universie-,
prxclai*ani clucidationem sui perpetuum inonunientum reliqiiit hoc minus et
indignns, sed tanieii debitum ficlicibus nianibus tanti vui, niarili aniantissimi,
atnantissinia mxstissimaquc uxor Angela posuit. MS. A'ofe in Mr. Heber's
f'W.]
^ [When he as a volunteer read in his bed a Greek lecture to such y<""ig
scholars, as preferred antelucana studia before their own ease and rest. MS.
in Mr, Ihbei's Co/y]
277
1598.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1598.
278
Heton, B. of Ely, and rector of Sampfortl Courtney in De- ,
vonshire. Among several things thiit he hatli {lublished I
liave seen these, ( I ) The Anatomy of Ananias ; or, God's
Censure against Sacrilege. Camb. 1616. (2) Brief Commen-
tary upon Psal. 83, concerning the same Subject. Printe<l there
the same year. (3) The Truth of Tithes discovered, or the
Churches Right maintained and defended, &c. Lond. 1618, &c.
ri54l ^'^^ Roger Costwick, rector of Sampford Courtney before-
mention'd, lived to about the year 1655, whether the same
with the former, I cannot tell.
James Speght, batch, of div. — He hath one or more
sermons in print.
Benjamin Carier, batch, of div.* — He was the son of
Anthony Carier, a learned and devout preacher, who caused
this his son to be strictly educated in the Protestant reli-
gion, and afterwards in academical lif'."ature in the said
university of Camb. where he became fellow of C. C. coll.
and a noted scholar and preacher. About the time that K.
James I. came to the crown he proceeded in his faculty,
publislied one or more sermons, became cliaijlaiii to him, and
one of the first fellows of Chelsea college, founded by Dr.
Matthew Sutcliff. But being then very unsettled in his
religion,' he changed it for that of Rome, left the nation
and went to Liege in Gcrmimy; where, after some time of
continuance, he wrote A Missive to his Maj. of Great Britain
K. Jam. containing the Motives of his Conversion to the Calh.
Religion, &c. Liege 1614, oct. and at tl\e same time A Let-
ter of the miserable Ends of such as impugn the Calh. Ch. print.
1615. qu. But before Midsummer day in the said year
1614 {\1 Jam. 1.) he concluded his last day, putting there-
by a period to the great imaginations that men of learning
had of him and his \\orth, and to tlie exjiectation of other
books to be published. In 1649 weie printed two impres-
sions of the said Missive in oct. [Bodl. 8vo. C. 69. Line]
said in the title to be printed at Paris, biit in truth at Lon-
don, with a large preface, and marginal notes, to it by N.
Strange, a Rom. Cath. At the end of the said preface are
the names of some who had lately then been ministers, or
university-men, in England and Scotland tliivt had been
converted to the church of Rome. Those of Oxon are these,
Hugh Paulin de Cressy of Mert. coll. Hen. Janson, LL.D.
of AU-s. coll. ({fterwards a baronet, but a poor one (iod wot,
Tlio. Read, LL.D. of New coll. W. Rowlands sometimes of
E\. coll. afterwards nunister of St. Margaret's in VVesmin-
ster, Will. Joyner alias Lyde, M.A. of Magd. coll. Pet. Glue
of Bal. coll. &c.
An. Dom. 1598. — 40-41 Elizab.
Chancellor.
The same, viz. Tno. Lord Buckhurst.
* [29 Apr, 1603, Benjamin Charier sac. tliool. prof ad eccl. parocli. dc Vc-
teri Roniney, per niort. nat. Kenelmi Digbyc clerici, ult. roct. ad coll. are pi
Cant. Reg Whilgift, 3, 27.i.
See the Amicer to a Treatise written by Dr. Carier h</ Way tf Letter to his
BSaJestie, df*- by George IlakewiH, D.D. and Chajthin to the I'rittec iiii Ilighiua.
Lond. 1616, 4to. In his ep. ded. to the Itiiij;— But God blessed not his yahi
project. Mr. Henry Constable dying within a fortnight after lie came from
Paris, by Cardinal Vcrron's appointment to Leige to confer with him, and
himself a while after at Paris, within a mouth of his coming thither to conferr
with the car<linal. Ki^nnet.]
k * [V. Geo. Hakewell's .Answer to Dr. Carier, p. 11, 12, &c. Lond. 1616
* where a large account may be had of Dr. Carier. Vid. pret'at. He was fel-
low of Bennet coll. afterwards chaplain to archbishop Wliitgirt, prebendary
of Canterbury, chaplain to the king. Ibid. p. 137, pra;f. |). 20. V. H.atily's
Cant. Sacra, p. 126, 127. See sir Hen. Wotton's Remains, page 438. Bakir.
See Stryi)e'5 Life of Whiigijt, 580, for a large account of Caricr's apoa-
tecy-J
^ Vice-chancellor.
Tho. Sinoleton, D.D. principal of Braacn-no5e coll.
July IS.
ProctoTt.
Edw. Gee of Brosen-n. coll.
Hen. Bellynoham of New coll.
Batchelori of Art*.
Apr. 27. Rob. Pink of New coll.
July 8. Rob. Johnson of Magd. coll.
— 12. Thomas Winnipp of Exet. coll.
The last of which was afterwards bishop of Line.
Oct. 30. Thom. Baugh of Ch. Ch. — See among the uws-
ters, an. 1601.
Nov. 15. Thom. Overbury of Qu. coll.
Dec. 14. Geor. Warburton of Brasen-n. coll.
Of the last you may see more among the doctors of div.
created 1636.
Feb. 1. Toby Venner of St. Alb hall.
— 16. Will. Higford of C. C. coll.
Winniff, Venner, and Higford are to be rcmembred at
large in another part of this work.
Admitted lU.
Masters of Arts.
June 26. Will. Laud of St. Jo. coll.
July 4. Thom. Thompson of Qu. coll.
— 6. Rich. Lloyd of Line, lately of Or. coll.
— 8. Rob. Fludd of St. John's coll.
Thom. Cheast of St. Mary's hall, lately of Or. coil, was
admitted the same day. — He hath published (1) The fVay to
Life, Serm. at Paul's Cross, on Amos 5. 6. Lond. 1609, qu.
(y) The Christian Path-way, Serm. at Paul's Cross, ult.
June 1611, on Ephes. 5. 1. Lond. 1613, qu. [Bodl. KK.
41. Jur.] and perhaps other livings.
Oct. 17. Jam. Mabb of Magd. coll.
— '20. Rich. Fitzherbert of New coll. — He was after-
wards archdeacon of Dorset ; by which title he occurs in
1640.
31. Nath. Brent of Mert. coll.
Nov. 7. Rich. Carpenter of Ex. coll.
Edw. Chetwind of Ex. coll.
Feb. 5. Tho. James of New coll.
Tho. Lydtat of New coll.
19. Will. C«ibald or Chiball of Magd. coll.
Admitted 88.
Batchelors of Divinity.
May 29. Christoph. Sutton of Line. coll.
June 28. Joh. Randall of Line. coll.
Jul. 19. Will. Bradshaw of Univ. coll. lately M. of .\.
of Bal. — I set liim down here, not that he was a writer, but
to distinguish him from another of both his names, who was
sometimes fellow of Sidney coll. in Cambridge,'' and after-
wards a writer and publisher of several theological tracts,
the titles of some of which you may see in the Bodleian or [155]
O.iford Catalogue.''
SCt" Not one doct. of the civ. law was admitted.
« [W. B. one of the first fellows of Sidney coll. admitted there 1599.
BjIKKR.]
'' [Eijmitim of the 3>^ iJinst.toiht Theaalmuaia, by W" BraJiham. rubltsbcd
bv Tho. Galakcr, Lond. 16«0,4to. Bakbr.]
T* 3
279
139S.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1599.
280
Doctor of Physic.
Dec. 7. JoH. GiFFORD of New coll. — He accuinuliited the
degrees in physic, did afterwards ])ractise in London, was
one of the college of physicians, " and was famous for his
" honesty and learning." He died in a gooti old age, in
164", and was buried in tlie parish church of Hornchurch
in Essex, near to the body of his wife.
Doctor of DivinUy.
Jul. S. Tho. Maxfield of St. Edmund's haU. — He accu-
mulated the degrees in divinity, was about this time digni-
fied in the church, and dying about 1604 was buried at the
upper end of the chancel of the church at Ashe in Kent, of
which church he was rector.
Incorporations.
Jun. 7. Tho. Ridley, doet. of the civil law of Cam-
bridge.— This learned person who was the son of Thomas,
son of Lancelot, son of Nicholas Ridley of Willymonds
Wyke in Northumberland, esq; was born in the city of
Ely, educated in grammar learning in Eaton school near to
Windsor, in academical in King's coU. in Cambridge, of
whicli he was fellow.' Aftenvards he became schoolmaster
of Eaton, one of the masters of the chancery, a knight,
chancellor to the B. of Winchester, and vicar-general to
George, archb. of Canterbury.' He was a general scholar,
wrote, A View of the Civil and Ecclesiastical Late, and dying
23 of Jan. 1628, was buried on the 27 of the same month
in tlie parish church of St. Benuet, near to Pauls-wharf in
London.
Jul. 8. Sam. Heron, D. of D. of the same university,
was then incorporated doct. of that faculty. — He was fellow
of Trin. coll. in Cambridge,' and dying about the latter end
of the year 1615, was buried either in the chappel belong-
ing to thiit coll. or in the chancel of Market Faukenham in
Norfolk, where he hail some cure. * A person of eminent
note, who writes himself Samuel Hieron, was born at, or
near to, Epping in Essex, educated in Eaton school, elected
scholar of King's coll. 1590, where, while he was batch, of
arts, he became eminent for his preaching. About that time
he had a pastoral charge conferr'd upon him by Mr, Hen.
Savile, provost of Eaton college, but the church of Mod-
bury in Devonshire soon after falling void, he was presented
thereunto by the provost and fellows of King's coll.' where
being settled he was much admired, and resorted to, for his
practical way of preaching. While he continue<l there he
published several sermons ; which, with many others lying
by him, he remitted into one volume, printed at London
with certain prayers at the end, an. 1614. fol. tfe died at
Modbury in 1617, aged about 45, and was buried in the
church there. After his death, many of his sermons and
lectures, that had not before seen the light, were collected
« [Tho. Ridley admissus in coll. Regal. 1565. Decessit, A.M. ad inform.
^thol« Eton. uW filiam pnepositi uxoreni duxit. LL.D. &c. Baker.]
" [Henricua, rei Aiigl. pres. servienteni suiini Thomam Ridley ad quin-
tain preb. in eccl. coll. B. Marie Novi Opens juxta castrum Leicestr. Dat.
10 Jul. regni sexto, 1490 AtUogr. m Heg. Buchlm. Kennet.]
' [When M. A. presented by the coll. to the vie of Trumpington, Dec.
1.^88; to Kendal 1591. D.D. pres. to the rect. of Tokenhain, Wilts, 1610,
«hich WM void by his death July 1616 Tanner, transcribed from notes by
Vr. Rudd, of Trmily college, Cambridge.]
,^,P''^^ ""• ^•^■^- '^"'''«- »<1 ■»'«• ''« Enfield com. Midd. 10 Oct.
n- \^.'"'"^'°^;'^- ''' **'">'• ^- Trin. Cantab, quam resign, ante 23
Dec. 1601. Reg. Und. Kennet.] *
Vm Y]^^""^ ■' '" ^'''° '^"''5' 8'lt. Vide my MS. coil. vol. xiv, p. 205,
together by one Rob. Hill, (whom I shall mention among
the incorporations 1604) who causing them to be printed
in fol. 1620, they are known by the name of the Second Fol.
of Mr. Sam. Hierun's Works. These things 1 thought good
to let }'ou know, to the end that what w.-ts written by Sam.
Hieron might not, be attributed to Sam. Heron.
Jul. 10. Roger Manors earl of Rutland, M. A. of the
said university of Cambridge.— He was an eminent traveller
and a good soldier, was afterwards sent ambassador by K.
James I. to the king of Denmark, and dying 26 June 1612,
was buried at Botsford in Leicestershire.
Jul. 11. Edw. Aubrey, bac. of law of Canib.
— i JoH. Bladworth, bac. of law of Camb.
Chrtstop. Wyvell, bac. of law of Camb.
Joseph Hall, M. of A. of the same univ. was then sdso
incorporated. — In 1.611, Oct. 30, he was collated to the
archdeaconry of Nottingham upon the promotion gf Dr.
Joh. King to the see of London, and in Dec. 1616 he be-
came dean of Worcester in the place of Dr. Arth. Lake,
promoted to the see of Bath and \Vells. He was afterwards
first the most learned and religious bishop of Exeter, and
afterwards of Norwich. *
Laurence Bond, doct. of div. of the said university was
also then (Jul. 11,) incorporated.
Creations..
On the tenth of July, these knights and esquires follow-
ing were actually created masters of arts, with one lord.
(Thomas) Lord Burgh.
Sir Christopher Blount, Kt. — He was beheaded on
Tower-hill, an. 1601, for being deeply engaged in the trea-
sons of Robert earl of Essex.
Anthony Pawlet, knight.
Francis Knollis, knight.
The last was son of sir Francis Knollis, mention'd among
the creations, an. 1566, and among the writers, an. 1596.
He was sometimes a commoner of Magd. coll. and was now
valued for his learning by Dr. Joh. Rainolds.
Rob. Osbourne, esquire.
Rob. Digby, esquire.
Rob. Vernon, esquire.
About this time Abraham Scultetus was a sojourner in
Oxon, and much favoured by both the Abbots, George and
Robert. He was after»vards a mo.st eloquent preacher, a
learned divine, and author of several books, which shew him
to have been profound in divinity, antiquity, and ecclesiasti-
cal history. He died at Embden in E. Frisland 25 Oct. 1626,
and was buried there.
An. Dom. 1599. — 41-42 Elizab.
Chancellor.
The sune.
Vice-chancellor.
Dr. Tho. Thornton again, July 16.
Fr odors.
Will. Osbourne of AU-s. coll. Apr. 18.
Franc. Sidney of Cli. Ch. Apr. 18.
^ [See Deaths Alarm, <^-c. in a funeral Sermon preached at Si. Pelefs, Kor-
%eich, Sept. 30, 1656, for the right rev. Joseph Hall. D. D. iaic Imh. of Xoruich,
leho died Sept. 8, 1656, «•(«(. 82. By John Whilefoat, M.A. rector of Heigham
neat A'oruic'i, 8vo. 1656. Kksnet.]
[156]
281
1599.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1 599.
282
Batclielors of Arts.
Apr. 24. Barnab. Potter of Qu. coU. — He was after-
ward bishop of Carli.sle.
Jun. 18. Anth. Duck of Exet. coll.
Jul. 8. George Hakewill of Exet. coll.
23. Brian Twynb of C. C. coll.
Tho. Jackson of C. C. coll.
Oct. 25. Norwich Spackman of Ch. Ch. — See among
the masters, an. 1602.
Tho. Broad of St. Alb. haU was admitted the same day.
Jan. 29. Bartholm. Parsons of Or. coll.
31. Job. Prideaux of Exeter coll.
The last of which was afterwards bishop of Worcester.
Feb. 2. JoH. Meredyth of St. Mai7's hall, lately of
Oriel coll. — He was the eldest son of an esquire of Sussex,
but whether the same with John Meredyth who was afterwards
doctor of physic of an another university, and at length
subdean of Chichester (an. 1622.) which he resigned 10 Oct.
1627, and retired to his cure of Bedhiunpton in Hampshire,
where heart-broken and purse-broken he soon after died, I
know not. Sure it is that John Meredyth, who was subdean
of Chichester, wrote and published (1) The Sin of Blas-
phemy against the Holy Ghost: On Heb. 10. 16. Loud. 1622.
qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 86. Th.] (2) The Judge of Heresies, one
God, one Faith, one Church, out of which there is no Salvation.
Lond. 1624, qu. [Bodl. 4to. T. 16. Th.]
As for Potter, Duck, Ilakewill, Twync, Parsons and Pri-
deaux, their lives and characters are to come into another
part of this work.
Admitted 111.
Batchelors of Law.
Jul. 2. George Russell of St. Joh. coll. — ^This person,
who was a Londoner born, was afterwards bursar of the
said house, but retaining in his hands the college money
which he received as bursar, without paying it to the per-
sons who supplied it with necessaries, slip"d away incog-
nito, went beyond the seas,* changed his religion and be-
came pensioner to the archduke of Austria, and a man of
note in his dominions. " See the History of the Troubles
" and Tryal of Archb. Laud, p. 349, where the archb. de-
" nies that this Russell was his scholar, as his adversaries
" had suggested."
Philip Cromwell of St. Joh. coll. was admitted the same
day. — He was the fifth son of sir Hen. Cromwell, of Hinch-
ingbrook in Huntingdonshire, uncle to Oliver Cromwell,
sometimes lord protector of England. This Philip Crom-
well, who was a knight, was father, by Mai-y his wife, (dau.
of sir Hen. Townsend, knight) to Thomas Cromwell, a
major of a regiment of horse under K. Ch. L in the time of
the giand rebellion, and to Oliver Cromwell, a colonel
under his kinsman Oliver Cromwell before-mention'd,
when he went as general into Ireland to quell the royal
party, an. 1649, (in which year he died) and to Philip
Cromwell, a commander in the parliament army, slauv at
Bristol.
Admited 7-
Masters of Arts.
May 21. Joh. Bancroft of Ch. Ch.
— — Joh. Sprint of Ch. Ch.
Joh. Rawlinson of St. Joh. coll. was admitted the same
day.
Jul. 5. George Andrew of Magd. hall. — He was after-
wards a bishop in Ireland, as I have before told you.
> [Abiit Jun. an. Dom. 1604. Vide lUg. CcU. Jo. Bi^. ii, 275, 283.]
Jan. 17. JosiAs White of New coll.
Admitted 73,
Batchelors ofDivinUy.
June 14. Edm. Griffith of Brasen-n. coU.
Jul. 5. Rich. Eaton of Line. coll. — He was about this
time pastor of Great Budworth in Cheshire (in which
county he was born) and hath publishetl A Sermon at the
Funeral of Tho. Button of Button, F^q; who yielded to Nature
28 Dec. 1615: On Psal. 90. ver. 12. Lond. 1616, qu. aud
perhaps other things. Quxre.
Admitted 5.
Doctort of Law.
Jun. 23. Bartholm. Jesop of Magd. coll. — This person,
who was fourtli son of Walt. Jesop of Chilcombe in Dor-
sctsh. gent, was a learned civilian, and about this time
chancellor to the bishop of Sarum. He lived and died a
single man 21 Jul. 1620, and was buried in Christ Church
near Newgate in I,ondon.
27- Zachar. Babington of Mert. coll. who accumu-
lated.— He was about this time chancellor to the bishop of
Litch. and Coventry, and died 1614, nr thereabouts.
Jul. 6. PJDMUND Pope of AU-s. coll. — He was about this
time chancellor to the bishop of Rochester, and afterwards
surrogate to the judge of the prerogative court of Canter-
bury. He died in the parish of St. Botolph without Alders-
gate, London, an. 1630.
James Baylie of All-s. coll. also'was admitted the same
day, being about this time chancellor to the bish. of Here-
ford.
tj" Not one doct. of physic was admitted this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
Jul. 2. George Ryves of New coll.* — Prebendary of
Winchester. — In Dec. following he \^s elected warden o^
the said coll. and dying on the last of May 1613 was bu-
ried, as I conceive, in the chappel belonging thereunto.
6. Giles Robinson of Queen's coll.
Incorporations,
July 5. Leonard Maw, M.A. of Cambridge. — He waa
fellow of Peter house,' and afterwards master thereof, master
of Trin. coll. prebendary of Wells, doct. of div. chaplain to
pr. Charles, (on Avhom he waited when he was in Spain to
court the infanta) and at length bish. of B. and Wells upon
the translation of Dr. Laud to London, but enjoying that
office but a little while, died at Chiswick in Middlesex
a Sept. 1629 ; whereupon his body was buried there on the
16 day of the same month.* He wiis the son of Sim. Maw
of Wrendlesham in Suffolk, gent, by Margery his wife,
dau. and co-heir of Thom. Wyld of Yorkshire, and of Alice
his wife, dau. and heir of Joh. Jaye of Suffolk.
" [3 Martii, 1600, conccua fuit coraraissio magistris Thoma Ravis, S. T.P.
decano .'Edis Christ! Oxon. &c. ad admitttnd. niagistriim Georgium Rj»e«,
presbiterum, S. T. P. ad eccl. Staunton Sancti JuliannU, dioc. Oxon. vac. per
rrsign. dom. Martini Culpcper in medicinis doctoris. R^. Whi^ift, 3.
K^NN£T.]
' [L. Maw admiss, socius coll. Petri Jul. 5, 1595. Suffolciensis— dein ma-
gister. Iteglst. ibid. B.ikkr]
3 [Tlie right reverend lallier in God I^onard Mavre, Dr. of divinity, and
bishop of Bath an<l Wells, departed this mortal life the 2d of .September
16S!9, at Chiswick in the coimty of M'uld. and was there intorr'd the 16th of
the same raoneth. He made executors of his last will and testament Mr.
Nicholas Mawe and Mr, Thomas Burwell, his kinsmen, both masters of artj
and fellows of tvro several colledges in Canibr. the first of Trinine hall, the
other of Pclcr house. MS. Note in the Ueruld's Office. Kenni.i ^
[157]
283
1589.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1600.
284
RoBEKT TouNSON, M. of A. of the said university,* was
incorporated on the same day. ' — He was about this time
fellow of Queen's coll. there, was afterwards doct. of div.
dean of Westminster in the place of Dr. George Mountaigne
promoted to the see of Lincoln, an. 1617; and at length
bibhop of Salisbury : to which see he was consecrated at
Lambeth by the archbishop, and his assistants Lincoln,
Rochester and Chester, on the 9 of July 1610. He died in
a mean condition on the 1.5 of May 1621, and was buried
on the South side of the long isle, over against St. Edmund's
chappel in St. Peter's church, within the city of Westmin-
ster, leaving then behind him a widow named Margaret,
and fifteen children. After him succeeded in the see of
Salisbury Dr. John Da\enant, the head or mast, of Queen's
coll. in, and Margaret professor of, the university of Cam-
bridge ; who was consecrated on the 18 of Nov. 1611, hav-
ing received * a command from tlie king that he should not
take to him a wife. He departed this mortal life on the
20 of Apr. 1641, and was buried in the South isle joyning
to the cath. cli. of Salisbury.
Hes. Butts, M. of A. and fellow of Corp. Ch. coll. in
Cambridge, was incorporated also on the same day (Jul. 5.)
and afterwards succeeded Dr. Sam. Walsall, in the headship
of that house.'^ — He hath written Diets dry Dinner, consisting
of Eight several Courses, (l) Fruits, &c. Lond. 1599, oct.
See more of this Hen. Butts in Dan. Price among the
writers, an. 1631. [vol. ii, col. 512.]
Jul. 10. Peter Turner, doct. of phys. of Heidleburg,
28 years before this time (afterwards incorporated at Cam-
bridge, where he had his first education) was incorporated
in this university, as he had stood at Heiclleburg, and Cam-
bridge.— He was the son of Dr. Will. Turner, sometimes
dean of Wells, whom I have mention'd among the writers,
under the year 1568; and dying on the 27 of May 1614,
aged 72 years, was buried in the cliancel of the church of
St. Olave's in Hartstreet, London, leaving then behind him
several sons, of whom Samuel was one, and Peter another,
as I shall tell you elsewhere. " One Peter Turner, M. D.
" was tlie author of a Spiritual Song to the Praise of Al-
" mighty God for delivering England from the Spaniards,
"Lond. 1589; oct.*" One mistress Anne Turner, " liv-
» [R. Tounson Caotabr. admiss. socius coll. Uegin. Sept. 2, \b^7. Regist.
ibid. Baklr.]
' [16 Fcbr. 1606, Robsrtus Tounson, S.T.P. ad rcct. de Oldc alias
Wolde, ad prcs. Will. Tate dc la Pre in com. North'ton, mil. et Francisci
Tate annig. Reg. Dme, Petrib. 3 Aug. 1620, Jacobus Forsithe, A. M. ad
rcct. de Ouldc ex pres. regis, per proraot. Iloberti Tounson, S. T. P. ad e'pa-
tum Sarum. Reg. Petrib. Kennet.]
* Cambdcn in Anntd. R. Jac. I. MS. sub an. 1621.
_ ' [H. Butts socius prius, dcim magistcr, C. C. C. admissus Sept. 2, 1626.
Norfolcicusis — niisere periit. Rakeii.]
* [This ■ spiritual song* is appended to a rare volume, of which, as it it
not described by the industrious Herbert, I shall give the lull title, Medita-
tiem cmctming Praiers to Almighty God, fir the safety of' Knglmd, wheti the
Sp^iimU icere come into the narrow Seas, Aiigmt 1588. As also other Meditations
amceming ThmAs giuing, far deliuering Knglande from the Cnieltii of the Spa-
niards, and for tluir menuiious Confmiim and Ouerthrow. By (). Pyge. IVith
a tpiriluall Sim» of Praises b<i P. Tumer, Doctor of Phisicke. (Psalms 145, 18 ;
1S6,S. 3 quoted) Printed at London by R. R. for Thomas Man. 1581. 8vo.
cont. four sheets and a half. (Bodl. 8vo. B. 180. Th.) Of the former par*
ol this b<«ik thcr.! was a previous edition, which I have never seen. ' Tliou
hast. Chnttiau reader (says Pygge) which thou haddest not in the first im-
pre*sioii, a godlie hvunie or songe of thaiiksgiuing, concerning our deliuer-
ancf, pouned by my reuerende and good friendc in Christ M. doctor lurncr,
who Tiiderstanding of my poore trauaile in this argument, wished thou hadst
«1«0 beenr partaker of tliat his labour with mine, and hath beenc since con-
tait, Ui.it I should publish it for thy prulil.' Turner's song has llic musical
" ing in Pater-noster Row," the widow of a doct. of phys.
had an especial hand in the poisoning of sir Tho. Overbury ;
for which she was executed at Tyburn Nov. 14, an. 1615,
whether she was the second wife and widow of this Dr.
Peter Turner, I know not.
Oct. 30. Rich. Pilkington, M. of A. of Cambridge.
Creation*.
June — Hen. Cotton, bishop of Salisbury, sometimes
master of arts of Magd. coll. was actually created doct. of
div. at Salisbury by Dr. Edm. Lillye, vice-chancellor. Dr.
Tho. Holland the kings professor of divinity, and both the
proctors (with the superior beadle of divinity attending
them) by virtue of a commission from the vice-chancellor,
dated 2 of June 1599.
An. Dom. 1600.— 42-43 Elizas.
Chancellor,
The same, viz. Tuo. lord Buckhurst.
J'lce- chancellor.
George Abbot, D. D. master of Univ. coll. Jul. 15.
Proctors.
NicH. L.^NGFORD of Ch. Ch. Apr. 2.
Laur. Humphrey (son of Laur.) of Mag. C. Apr. 2.
Batchelor of Music.
Jid. — Henry Porter of Ch. Ch. — Some of his compo-
sitions I have seen, but none of them, 1 think, are extant.
He was father to Walt. Porter sometimes gentleman of the
royal chappel of king Ch. I. and master of the choristers at
Westminster, author of Mottets of two Voices for Treble, or
Tenor and Bass, &c. to be performed to an Organ, Harpsichord,
Lute or Bass-viol. Lond. 1657, fol. Tlie words of some of
the mottets ai'e taken out of the learned poet Cieorge Sandys
his Paraphrase on the Psalms of David. This person, who
had been patroniz'd in his endeavours by sir pjilw. Spencer,
was, .after his ejectment from his office in the begitming of
the grand rebellion, exliibited to in his old age by Edw.
Laurence, esq.
Batchelors of Arts.
Jun. 5. Rob. Harris of Magd. hall.
17- Rob. Mandevili- of Qu. cull.
Jul. 4. David Jenkins of St. Edm. hall. — Afterwards the
famous Welsh judge.
notes to the first stanza, and was to be used by the readers * iftlieraeditetions
seeme too long, or not such as content them.'
Hadst y"* not watcht (o Lord) our coasts to keep.
And hadst not thou wcl warded al our bounds.
Our cruell foes had caught vs all a asleep.
And sonck our ships and sackt our haueo towns.
Ati laud therefore from heart we yceld to thee.
That hidest not thy face frojn thine at neede.
But doe-t still stand by them as now we see,
When bloudy foes do think thcni out to weede.
lladst thou not bin, our queene had bin no more,
And slaiiish yoke had all our necks opprest ;
None fihoidd haue taught or followed thy lore,
Hadst thou not bin who couKl haue this redrcst.
All laude therfore that heart can think or yceld.
Be vnto thee, o Father deer, for aie,
That wasi to vs so strong a fence and shield.
And of thy goodnes kept vs from decaie, &c.]
[158]
285
1600.
FASTI OXONIRNSIiS.
1C(X>.
28«
7. Humph. Lynd of Ch. Ch.
Will. Pieks of Ch. Ch.
'JTie last of wliich was afterwards bisli. of B. and Wells.
10. JoH. DuNSTER of Magd. coll.
Oct. 14. Will. Twysse of New coll.
Dec. 4. Isaac Singleton of Uriusen-n. coll.
Of tlie la.st you may see more lunong the mast. an. 1604.
Dec. 11. Glokge Bkown of St. Joh. coll. — He soon after
changed his religion, went beyond tlie seas, and I tiiink was
made a R. Catli. jji ie;f.
Feb. 8. DABRiDGcouurUELCHiERof Ch. Ch. — This per-
son, who was the eldest .'on of Will. Belcher of Gilies-
borough in Northamptonshire, esq; translated into English,
Hans Beer-pot his visible Comedy, of see me and see me not.
Acted in the Low-countries by an honest Company of Health-
drinkers. lx)nd. 1618, qu. Which translation was made at
Utrecht, in 1617, about which time he wrote several poems
and made other translations, but whether publish'd, I can-
not tell. He died in the Low-countries in ICai.
As for Rob. Harris, D. Jenkins, Will. Piers, and Will.
Twysse, there will be laige mention made in another part of
this work.
Admitted 115.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 5. Joh. Hanmer of All-s. coll.
Rich. Moket of Alls. coll.
Jun. 4. Theoph. Higgons of Ch. Ch.
14. Will. Loe of St. Alban's hall.
10.
Degorie Whear of Broadgate's hall.
17. vlioEON Askew of Qu. coll.
RoG. Matthew of jQu. coll.
The last of wliich, who was a Warwickshire man born,
hath published The Flight of Time: On Joh. 9. 25. — printed
1634, qu. and perhaps other things.
July 4. JoH. Denison of B:il. coll.
Charles Fitz-Gepfry of Broadgate's hall.
8. Theodore Goulson of Mert. coll.
H. Rob. Vilvaine of Ex. coll.
12. Dudley Carleton of Ch. Ch.
Jan. 16. Joh. White of New coll.
Admitted 89.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Apr. 14. Edw. Gee of Brasen-n. coll.
Thom. Cooper of Ch. Ch. was admitted the same day. —
He was a Londoner born, became student of Ch. Ch. from
Westm. school, an. 1586, was about this time beneficed at,
or near, Oundle in Northamptonshire, and was author of
77(6 Wordling's Adventure, Ike. iii two sermons, at the visitation
of the free grammar-school at Oundle in Northamptonshire :
On Matth. 16, 26. Lond. 1619, qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 79. Th.]
One of both his names and an Oxford man, was author of
Nona Novembris /Eternitati consecrate, &c. Oxon 1607, qu.
[Bodl. 4to. C. 70. Th.] written in verse and prose, but
whether by the former Tho. Cooiier, I cannot justly say,
because he doth not write himself in the title bach, of div.
as in the former book. Besides these two Tho. Cooj)ers,
were two more of the same time also, and writers, (besides
Tho. Cooper, B. of Winchester) but w hether both of them
were of Oxon, I cannot tell.
June 27. Rich. Pilkington of Qu. coll.
Jul. 16. Will. Thorke of New coll.
Dec. 14. Sebastian Beneiielu of C. C. coll.
Admitted 44.
Doctor of Imw.
Feb. 4. Jam. IIussee of New coll. — He was afterward*
principal of Magd. hall, chancellor to the B. of Salisbury,
a knight by the favour of K. Jam. 1. and dying at Oxford of
the plague* on the eleventh of July 16«5, was buried late at
night without any solemnity or coin|Miny (only by two that
carried his corjis) in the chancel of St. Mary's church in
Oxon.
tT" Not one doct. of phys. was admitted tliis year. [15?»]
Doetort of Divinity.
Apr. 14. Leonard Hutten of Ch. Ch.
Jun. 17. Hen. Aikav of Qu. coll.
JoH. AOLIONBY of Qu. Coll.
Jul. 7. Rich. Brooke compounder of Ch. Ch.
Nathan. Dod compounder of Ch. Ch.
10. RoB.TiNLEY of Magd. coll.
Incorporations.
Jul. 4. John Bridgman M. of A. of Cambridge. '—He
was afterwards D. of D. masiter of Magd. cull, in that uni-
versity, chaplain to K. Jam. 1. by whose favour he became
rector of the rich church of Migan in Lanciishire, in Ja-
nuary 1615, bishop of Chester in 1618, and in June 1621
rector of Bangor, which he held in commend, with his bi-
shoprick. He was father to sir Orlando Bridgman knight
and bar. sometimes lord keeper of the great seal, and a suf-
ferer in some measure for the cause of his maj. K. Ch. I.
He [viz. sir Orlando] died in Teddington or Tuddington in
Middlesex, in summer time 1674.
9. Gideon da Man or Monlmartij*,' son of a noble
man, and mast, of arts, of Cambridge.
Wolfgangus Mayer, M.A. of the said university, was
incorporated on the same day. — He wiis grandson by the
mother's side to Martin Bucer.'
10. Jerem. Ratclipfe, D.D. of Cambridge.*
John Downe, batch, of div. of the said university was
incorporated the same day. — He was educated in Emanuel
coll. the members of which presented him to the vicarage of
Winsford in Somersetshire, where he continued for a while.
Afterwards he became rector of Instow in Devonshire,
where he died and was buried, about 1631. Ten of his
treatises (the first of which is A Treatise concerning the Force
and Ffjicacy of ReudbigJ were |)ublished after his death by
Dr. George Hakewill his neighbour — Oxon 1633, qu. with
a funeral sermon before them, preached by the said doct.,
containing many things in behalf of the author and the said
treatises, as idso an epistle by Dr. Hall, bishop of Exon,
' (The plague was brouglit to Oxford by sir Janif! Hussy, sajs Claren-
don, one ot' the masters of the chancery, wli'o died hi New college the first
night alter lus arrival at Oxford, and shortly after Dr. Chaloner, principal of
Alban hall, who had supped that night with sir James Hussy. Uft ^ Li-
Hard, E. of' Clartndon, page 4]
* [Jo. Brldginaa naiiis enit Exoniic. V. Irack's .4irti^. ef Lxetfr, p. 156.
S. T. P. Cant. coll. JMagdI. an. 1612. V. rrynne's Antifathy, p. 290, 1. ajid
Korthies of Dmm. Uaker.]
' [Gedkos I)U Mars a iloxtwunlin. V. my vol. 31, p. 169. Cole.]
' [He had lived three years and better in "Trinity college, Canibr. where
he had fellow's commons at the public charge, out 'o( regard to the memory
of Bucer (who being reg. prof, of div. had his 5alar\- and commons in Trinity
coll.) and having performed his exercises with applause, had hit M. of A.'de-
gree conferr'd on him by the univ. of Cambridge. He was grandson to C«-
pito as well as Hiicer. Tanner, from Dr. Rudd't Cdleelims out if the
Registers t^'Trmity College.]
9 [He WHS fellow of Trin.coll. Cambr. presented to the vie. of Erersham,
1588; to the n-clory of Orwell 1590; was vice-muter 1597, and died 161i.
Tanner. From Dr. liuiid'a Notes.]
287
1600.
FASTI OXONIENSE8.
ICOO.
288
wherein are several encomiums of the author, " and there
" were other things of this author's printeil, Lond.
" 1635, qu."
11. Will. Paddie, doct. of phys. of Lcyden. — He stands
in the public register as twice incorporated ; see in the year
1591. He wiis esteemed one of the prime pliysicians of his
time, and was hijihly valued by the chief men of his faculty,
especially by sir Theodore de Mayerne. He gave way to
fete in Decenib. 1634, and was buried in St. Joh. coll. chap-
pel, Oxon, where is a large epitaph over his grave. '
Euw. Ratcliif, doct. of phys. of Cambr. was incorpo-
rated the same day. *
15. Rob. Williamson, D. D. of the same tmiversity.
Richard Neile, D. D. of the same university.
The last of these two doct. of div. was one who passed
thro' all degrees and orders in the church of England, and
thereby made acquainted with the conveniences and dis-
tresses, incident to all conditions. He served the church as
schoolmaster, curate, vicar, parson, master of the Savoy,
dean of Westminster in the jilace of Lane. Andiews pro-
moted to the see of Chichester, (in which dignity he was
installed 5 Nov. 1605.) clerk of the closet to both kings
(Jam. I. and Ch. I.) successively, bishop of Rochester 1608,
(with which he kept his deanery in commendam) Litchfield
and Cov. two years after, Lincoln 1613, Durham 1617,
Winchester 1628, and lastly in 1631, archbishop of York,
in which honour he died 31 Oct. 1640 (being but three
days before the long parliament began) and was buried in
St. Peter's church in Westminster.' He was born of honest
parents in Kingstreet in the city of Westminster (his father
being a tallow chartdler) and educated in the college school
there; whence being elected into St. Joh. coll. in Camb.'
made great proficiency in academical learning. Afterwards
entring into orders, he became, after some petit employ-
ments, chaplain to sir Will. Cecil L. Burghley, and to Rob.
his son, afterwards eail of Salisbury, who put him into the
road of preferment. Many good offices he had done to the
church and church-men in his attendance at the court,
crossing > the Scots in most of their suits for ecclesiastical
' [Memoria sacrnm Guilielmi Paddsei anims iDComparaliilis, hujns collegii
comtnensalis doctoratu in medicina, equcstris dignitatis splendore omati :
quorum utriqne major ipse splendor. Vixit annos LXXX, quando vita,
quam tamdiu arti sua; debuit, satiatus : vice tot animarum, quas ipse morti
eripucrat tandem poscitnr, mortem tamen et tone qua licuit, elusit, vitaque
sluduil, quam noluit natnriE, vel ultra arti sufe nisi benefaciendi, debere.
Bibliothecam libris adeo instruxit, ut Bodleianam tantum non provocare pos-
sit ; organa pneumatica, qua; preces ctcio solennius commendarent, sacravit,
libras Clf) Clg DCCC in chorum erogaudas legavit, cum ipse jam coeles-
tem Chorum esset aucturus: insuper CD libras in stiidiorum dedit alimenta:
cum denique ea fccisset, quibus quantuscunqne angustus est tumulus, magna
Britaunix salus mundum pro sua arte jussit bene valcrc : nobisque, quibus
adeo benefpcit, reliquil tamen plorare: Obiit Decemb. Anno Salutis
MDCXXXIV.
Venit seta mihi mors pulsa potentibus herbis,
Inque hostem, toties ante siibacta, furit.
Ars aliis vitam exiguara proferre solcbat,
Nunquam posse, dedit sed mihi vita mori.]
» [He lived at Orwell, 1,595. TANNEn. From Dr. Riidd's Notes.]
,1 [He died Oct. 31, 1640, in the mansion house belonging to the prebend
of Stillingion, in the close of the church of York, and was buried in the ca-
thedral, in All Saints chapel, without the least memorial. In his will he
ordei*d, if he died at Sinithwell, to be buried in Lincoln cathedral; if at
London, m Westminster abbey ; and if at York, in York cathedral. WUlis,
Catkedralt, (York) p. 55.
Lc Neve (In hit Uva if the Protesitmt Bhhops) says he was buried in the
clmpel of A II S^mts, at the cast end of his own cathedral. Wani.ey,]
< [Being raaiiitained there by the ladv Mildred Burleigh, his friends bcinc
unable. MS. Note in Mr. Ihber's cop,/.]
> See in the Life o/ Dr. WiU. Ixmd ArMUlum of Caitterb. wiitteu by Pet
Heylin, |«rl 2. lib. 4. sub an. 16 W. ''
preferments, wliich greedily and ambitiously they hunted
after, whereby he drew on himself the general hatred not
only of the Scots, but Scotizing English. He died as full of
years, as he was of honours, an affectionate subject to hig
prince, an indulgent father to his clergy, a bountiful patron
to his chaplains., and a true friend to all who relied upon
him.' These things tho' genendly known, yet inveterate
Prynne spares not to' call him a Popish and Arminian pre-
late, a persecutor of all orthodox and godly ministers, a
preferrer of popish Arminian clergy-men, with a great deal
of such stuff, not here to be mentioned. " On thi- other
" hand archb. Laud saith — That archb. Neile was a man
" well known to be as true to, as stout for the church of
" England as establish'd by law as any man, that came to
" preferment in it."' He is supposed to be author of a
book entit. Spalato's Shi/tings in Religion, written aga nst rieol
Marc. Ant. de Dominis, archb. of Spalato, and of other mat-
ters. Quaere. 3
Jul. 16. Randolph Barlow, M. of A. of Cambridge. — I
take him to be the same with Ranulph Barlow, mast, of
arts of Pembroke hall in that university,' afterwards doct.
of div. archd. of Winchester in the place of Mich, Renniger
deceased, 1609, and archb. of Tuaiu in Ireland, 1629.
Rich. Senhouse, M. A. of the same university, was in-
corporated the same day. — He was the son of Rich. Sen-
house of Alnborough hall in Cumberland, was fellow of
St. John's coll. in the said university,* installed dean of
Gloucester' in the place of Dr. Laud, promoted to the see
of St. David, 13 Dec. 1621, and shortly after became bishop
of Carlisle. He died in the beginning of the year 1626,
(2 Car. I.) leaving then behind Mm the character of an ex-
cellent preacher.
Theophilus Field, M.A. of the same university,* was
also incorporated with Senhouse. — He was son of John
Field mentioned among the writers under the year 1587,
was educated in Pemb. hall,' consecrated bishop of Landaff
10 Oct. 1619, and thence was translated to Hereford, and
6 [When he was bishop of Durham, he laid out 30001b. upon his episco-
pal houses, besides a 1000 marks which he had laid out upon the episcopal
house of the see of Lincoln. Dr. Heylin says of him — a man of such a
strange composition, that whether he were of a larger and more public soul,
or of a more uncourtly conversation it were hard to say. MS. Note in Mr.
Heber's Copi/.]
7 In Ccaiterbury's Doom, printed, 1646. p. 531.
8 •' Hist, of his Troubles mid Triial, p. 366."
9 [1590, 4 Nov. Ricardus Neale, A. M. collatus ad vicariam de Cheste-
hnnt, per mortem Simonis Williams, clerici. Reg. AUmtr, Epi Lond. 1605,
20 Apr. Rob. Newell coll. ad. vie de Cheshunt, per resign. Ricardi Neale,
S.T.P. Reg. Bancroft.
Richard, bish. of Coventry and Lichf. held in commendam the churches of
Southfleetcom. Cant, and of Clifton Cumvile, upon which the notable case of
commendam argued Mich. 10 Jac. 1. Vide Hobart's Reports, page 140.
Consecrated bishop of Rochester, Oct. 9, 1608, keeping his deanery in
commendam; translated to Lachf. and Coventr. 6 Dec. 1610; translated to
Lincoln 18 Febr. 1613; to Durham 1617, thence to Winchester 7 Febr.
1627; to York, 1631.
Rich. Neile, abp. of York, makes his will 23 Jun. 1640. — I give God ni0!t
humble and hearty thanks for his mercy to inc in giving me to be bom into
the world in the year of our Lord God 1562, in which the .^rltcfes o/' Religicn
and Faith if the Church of England were established and published, in profes-
sion of which faith he had vouchsafed rae grace to be bred. Kennet ]
' [R. Barlow art. bac. electus socius aula; Pembr. Apr. 6, 1393, A. M. an.
1594. Bakeh.]
2 [R. Senhouse Cambr. admis. socius coll. Jo. Cant. Apr. 7, 1598.— A. M.
eodem anno. Baker.]
' [20 Dec. 1617, instituted to the rectory of Cbcam in .Surrey, on the
king's presentation. Tanneh.]
* [Of Pembroke hall, Cambr. Vicar of Mashfield, in Sussex, 1610.
Tanner.]
» [J. Field electus socius aulas Pembr. Get. 9, 1598, A. M. 1599.
Baxbr.]
289
1^00.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1601.
290
soon after died.* He hath written A Christian Preparation
to the Lord's Suppirr, printed 1C24, in oct. besides several
sermons and other things.
Rob. Newell, M. A. of tlie same imivers. was also tlien
incorj)orated with Scnhouse. — This person, wlio was half
brother to Dr. Rich Is'eile beforemention'd, " wa.s chaplain
" to him," became archd. of Buckingham in tl»e beginning
of the year 1C14,' prebendary of the ninth stall in the col-
legiate church of St. Peter at Westminster, in the place of
one Cuthb. Bellot, an. 1620, and was afterwards, or about
the same time, treasurer of Chichester, canon of Litclifield,
subdean of Line, and preb. of Durham. He died (at Win-
chester, I think) in 1643, and was succeeded in liis pre-
bendship of Westminster by Gilb. Wimbcrley, D.D." and in
his ardideaconry by Giles Tliorne, D.D.' but by whom in
his other dignitaries J cannot yet tell.
At the same time was incorporated M. of A. one John
Owen, whom I take to be the same with John Owen who
was bred in Jesus coll. in Cambridge, and afterwards
bishop of St. Asaph. — Besides the said four mast, of arts
who were incorporated 16 July, were incorporated one and
twenty more.
This year also was incorporated Joh. Hone, doct. of the
civ. law of (Cambridge, but the month or day when appears
not, neither for John Cowell, Dr. of the same facidty for
whom there was a supplicate made, which being granted
simpliciter, tliere's no doubt but that he was incorporated.
Of him I desire the reader to know that he was a Devonian
born, was elected from Eaton school to be scholar of King's
coll. in Cambridge, an. 1570, and was made proctor of the
said university, an. 1586. Afterwards he became master of
Trinity hidl there, the king's professor of the civil law,'
vice-chancellor, doctor, as 'tis 'said, of the Arches, and
vicar-general to Dr. Bancroft, archb. of Canterbury. His
writings are (1) Institutiones Juris Anglicani ad Methodum
Institutionum Justiniani compositce. Cantab. 1605, [1630] oct.
&c. (2) The Interpreter : or Book, containing the Significa-
tion of Words, &c. Camb. 160", qu. &c. afterwards printed in
fol. [1672, 1684, 1701,' 1709.] But several passages therein,
relating to the king's * prerogative giving oftence, because
in some cases he saith it is limited,* the said book was
called in, and on the 26 March 1610, there was published
6 [2n'i June le.'Se, and was buried at tlie E. end of the N. aisle in tliat
cathedral, where is a monument with his busto under a canopy, lined with
ermine, in an episc. habit, leaning on a cushion, and under that an inscription.
Wani.ky.]
' [Robertus Newell presb. admiss. ad vie. dc Chcshunt com. Hartf. JO
Apr. 1605, per res'mn. Ric. Neale, ex coll. episc. Lond. quam resign, ante
11 Jun. 1610. Reg. Bancrofi. Idem Rob. Newell admiss. rector cccl. de
Wormlcy 1599, quain etiam resign. 1610. Kennet.]
' [Gilbert VVymberley, D. D. made prebendary of Westminster 1643,
and soon after minister of S. Margarets, then sequestered, plundrcd and
imprisoned; buried in the middle chancel Nov 29, 1653: by him lye his
wife and four children. Kf.nnet.]
5 [E^idlus Thome, S. T. B. ad vie. S. Sepnicri, North'ton, ad pres. Jo-
hannis Lainbe, mil. 7 Junii, 1639. Ke^. Petrib. Kenwet.]
' [He resigned his law professor's place into the king's hands ; tlie original
deed thereof was in possession of Peter Lc Neve, Norroy king of arms. See
Le Neve's Fasti Eccles. Artglic. p. 411]
* The continuator of Tho. Hatcher's Cat, of PromstI, Feltoics and Schol. nf
King's CaU. Camhr. MS.
' [This edition was edited by White Kennet, bishop of Peterborough, who
added the preface, and a great number of words. In the Bodleian is a copy
with many manuscript notes by bishop Tanner. A. 4. 5. Jur.]
^ [Making the king to have a double prerogative, the one limited by law,
the other unlimited. MS. Note in Mr. Heher's Copy.^
* [Cujus contrariuni vcrum est. See hiierpreter, voce Prerog. ' Now for
those regalities which are of the highest nature, there is not one that belonged
to the most absolute prince which doth not also belong to our king,' &c.
liAKEIl.J
a ' proclamation against it " as a pernicious book oiade
" against the honour and prerogative of the king, and the
" dignity of the common law of this land.'' This being the
reason, as must scholars think, I cannot be of the same
opinion with one, '' (no friend to the memory of king
Jam. I.) who tells us that in the said Interjrreter, 'tis said
that ' that king took not the usual oath all kings are bound
unto, at their coronation,' &c. One John Cowell or Covell,
LL. D. became prebendary of Timbrescombe in the church
of Wells, upon the deprivation of Joh. Faber, an. 155-1,
temp. Maria: 1. but what relation there was between him
and the former I know not.
An. Dom. 1601.— 43-44 Elizai.
Chancellor.
The same, viz. Thom. Lord Buckhusst.
Vice-chancellor.
Geokob Ryves, D.D. warden of New coll. Jul. 17.
Proctors.
George Benson of Qu. coll. Apr. 22.
Gerard Massey of Brasen. coll. Apr. 22.
The junior was afterwards nominated bishop of Chester,
but died before consecration.
Batchelors of Arts.
Jul. 1. Dudley Digges of Univ. coll.— He was after-
wards master of the Rolls.
6. John Ferebe or Ferriby of Magd. hall. — Sec
among the masters 1606.
10. D,\N. Price of Exet. coll.
Oct. 23. Nathan Canon of St. Mai7'8 liall.
Nov. 3. Sam. Bro\vn of All-s. coll.
Jan. 26. Francis Windebank of St. John's coll. — He
was the eldest son of sir Tho. Windebank of Haines-hill in
the parish of Hurst in Berks, knight, (sometimes one of the
clerks of the signet) and became intimately acquainted with
Dr. Will. Laud while he studied in the said coll. of St.
John; by whose endeavours, when bish. of London, he ob-
tained for him of liis gracious master K. Ch. I. the secre-
taryship of state, in the place of sir Dudley Carlcton, vis-
count Dorchester, deceased; to which office he was sworn
15 June 1632, and about that time received the honour of
knighthood. Afterwards he forsook, and became ' ungrate-
ful to, his promoter, " (tho' his coiTesjwndency with the
" pope's agents and priests and Jesuits was charged upon
" the archb. at his tiyal)" » and much hated by the puritans
" Camden in Amud. R. Joe. I. MS. an. 1610.
' Sir Ant. Weldon in his Cottrt and Char, of K. Jam. prin. 1650, in oct.
p. 191.
' See the Breviat of the Life of Will. Tjnid, printed 1644, pag. 19.
9 [On the 15 of June 163S, Windebanke was made one of the principal!
secretaries of state by archbishop Laud's procurement, as appeares bv this
pa-ssage in his Diary: .Tunc 15, Master Francis Wnidebanke my old friend,
was sworne secretary of state, which place I obtained for him of my gracions
master king Charles. To what end this in.«trument was adv^ced to this
place of tmst by Canterbury and what good senicc he did the Priests, Je-
suits, Nuncio, Papists, Pope and his Nuncioos therein, w-ill appearc in the
sequel of this narration. No sooner w.os he sctled in his place, but within
few moneths after he fals to release and protect Priests, Jesuits, Recusants,
more than any of his predecessors, and all the cnunsell besides, becoming
their espccinll palron. Pryime's Introductim to LauiTt Trial, prefixed to his
Brcriate, folio 161-4, page I'il'.
* When secretary Windebank was accused in the house of commons, he*
being then present ui the house, several wan'auts under his own hand were
u*
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291
1601.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1601.
292
for his hifirh acting in his office. A^Tiich being by that party
made notoriou-', sevenil articles \vere<h-awn iipaj^iiiist him,
and preseiiteil to tliat unhapi)y parliament wliich began at
Westminster 3 Nov. IC-iO. AVhereui>on Hying beyond the
seas, wrote a letter to the lord chamberlain in his own de-
fence, dat. nt Calais xi. Jan. 16"40, which was soon after
printed.' When K. Ch. I. retired to Oxon, after Edghill
battel, sir Francis returned into England, went to, and en-
deavoured to speak with, his majesty, but his maj. refusing
to have any communication with him, he went beyond the
seas again, and died at Paris yV Sept. 1C46. Among the
sons he had, sir Thomas Wiiidebank the eldest, was one,
who was of the privy chamber to his majesty, and another
called colonel Franc. Windebank governor of Blechingdon
house in Oxfordshire ; who, for surrendring it to col. Oliver
Cromwell upon the first summons about the 24 Apr. 1645,
was shot to death in liroken hayes near O.Kon ; whereupon
his body was buried in one of the chancels of the church of
St. Mary Magd. in the North suburb of that city, on the
third of May following.
Feb. 11. Sam. Turner of St. Mary's hall — See among the
masters 1604.
" Andrew Morris of Oriel coll. — This person, who was
" a gentleman's son of Denbighshire, was instituted dean of
" St. Asaph in the place of Thorn. Banks art. mag. deceas'd
" 28 Aug. 1634."*
13. Daniel Fairci.ough of C. C. coll.
JoH. Behy or Bury of C. ('. coll.
— Grorge Webbe of C. C. coll.
The last of which was afterwards bishop of Limerick in
Ireland.
Canon, Fairclough, Bury and Webbe will be mentioned
in another part of this work.
Admitted 177-
Masleri of Arts.
May 17. Thom. Winniff of Exeter coll.
Jun. 20. Thom. Baughe of Ch. Ch. — He published a
sermon entit. A Summons to Judgment, on Job 31. 14. Lond.
produced for tlie discharge of prosecutions agsinst priests, and fur tlie release
of priesto out of prison, wlierenpon whilst tlie matter should be debated,
according to custom, he was ordered to withdraw, and so went into the usual
place, the committee chamber: immediately whereupon, the house of com-
mons went to a conference with the lords, upon some other occasion, and
returning from that conference, no more resumed the debate of the secretary,
but having considered some other business, rose at their usual hour, and so
the secretary had liberty to go to his own house, from whence that same
night he escaped into France. Besides the secretarie's frequent letters of
intercession in his own name, and signification of the king's pleasure, on the
behalf of papists and priests, to the judges and to other ministers of jus-
tice, and protections granted by himself to priests, that nobody should molest
them, he harboured some jiriests in his own house, knowing them to be such,
which by the 29 Eliz. is felony ; and there were some warrants under his own
hand for the release of priests out of Newgate, who were actually attainted of
treason, and to be hanged, drawn and quartered.' MS. Kott in Mr. Hebcr'i
Copy.]
' [Tis eitant in a 4to. vol. call'd Speechei and Paswget of this great and happy
Porlumrnt, 1641, page 59'i. Lovedav.]
' [1634, Aug. 28, Andrew Morris was instituted to the deanery (by the
Bp.) to which he was presented by S' Maurice Abbot k<. executor to ardibp.
George .\bbot. It seems the advowson of the deanery was the archbp's option.
M'. Morris dy'd in the time of the war.
His other preferments in the diocess of S' Asaph were, 6rst the compor-
lionary sine cure of Llansannan, to which he was instituted Ap'. 10. I641.
and vicarage of Corwen, which he had the same day, and lastly the rectory
of Llanvckill, which he had the 13'h of the same month. He had a daughter
laamcd to M'. Ellis Price, vicar of Uuthlan, and canon of S'. Asaph, by
whome he had Hugh Price, A. B. of Jesus coll. Ovon. now rector of Gway-
i.yscor, an.l vicar 01 Whhford com. Flint, anil M'. Henry Price, A. M. of the
ume college, late hoad-schoolmaster of Ruthin, and prebend of IJanfair in
the church of S'. Asaph. IhiMPnatys, Cotaixiu- ,/ the Veam (f Si. Auph,
puU. by Ucarne in Otirrboume &c. 8vo. 1732.1
1614, qu. [Bodl. 4to. W. 35. Th.] and i>erhaps others, which
is all 1 know of him, only that he was a Cheshire man
born, and that in seeking after the rectory of the church of
St. Sepulcher in London, found a sepulcher therein, (being
burietl there) on which his jtleasant friend Tho. Freemaa
the poet hath an ' ingenious epigram.
2.5. Mich. Boyle of St. Jtilm's coll.
— JoH. Sansdbury of St. John's coll.
Jul. 1. Henry Tilson of Univ. coll.
10. Robert Johnson of Mag. coll.
Jan. 21. Robert Pink of New coll.
Admitted 86.
Batchelors of Physic.
Not one was admitted to the said degree, only some to
practise phys. among whom were
Nov. 28. Henr. Savile M. A.
Edm. Deane B. a.
Both originally of Mei t. coll. now of St. Alban's hall.
Batchelors of Diviniti/.
Dec. 17. JoH. HowsoN of Ch. Ch.
Besides him were but 4 admitted, among whom Ralph
Ironside of Univ. coll. was one. Father to Dr. Gilb. Iron-
side who became bishop of Bristol, an. 1660.
Doctor of Laws.
Feb. 4. Sampson Hussee of New coll. — He was brother
to Jam. Hussee mention'd in the year before.
k5° Not one doct. of phys. was admitted this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
Dec. 17. John King of Ch.Ch.
.John Howson of Ch. Ch.
The last of which accumulated} and both were afterwards
bisho])s.
Feb. 15. Chales Ryves of New coU.
Incorporations.
Apr. 6. Rob. Dallyngton M. of A. of Cambridge. — He
was born in Northamptonshire, educated in Pembroke hall,
of which he was Greek-sch(jlar, and after became ■* a school-
master in Norfolk : where having gained some money, he
tra\ elled all o\er France and Italy, was exact in his obser-
vations, and after his return, became first secretary to the
earl of Rutland, then one of the privy chamber to prince
' In liis poems called Run and a great Cast, being the second part of liis
epigrams, printed 1614. epigr. 97.
[Ceneri Thoiu.T; liaugh, qui dum ambit et anilttit rectoriam S. Sepulchr.
moriens, ibi sepulcliruiu inuenit.
Stellified Baugli, S' pulchers much raistoolte.
That tooke thee not as worthy as another,
And knew'st as well to ope the seuen-sealM boote.
And bring them sweet milk from the church their motlier:
But they reiccted tliee as Berea Paul,
For which thy blessed soule shooke off her dust.
And let her fraik* corruption monj^-.t them fall.
And now shee sings and saints it with the iust.
Now heauen her to a happier place prefer'th.
Then to be saint Sepulchred here on earth.
Aliud.
To loose by fortune, and to win by fate
Such was the case of learned Baugh of late ;
He sought S'. Pulchres, where (though not his lot
To have S. Pulchers,) yet a grave he got.]
* Th. Fuller iu his H'ortAitj if England, in Northamptonshire.
[162]
293
1601.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1601.
294
prince Charles, * master of the Charter-house (into the school
at which place he brought the custonie of cha|)ter verses or
versifying on passages of holy scripture) ami at length a
knight. He hath written (\) /I Survey of the great Duke's
State in Tuscany, An. 1596. Lonil. 1605, qu. [Bodl. 4to. S.
57. Art. Seld.] (2) A Method for Travel, shewed by taking
View of France, as it stood in the Year 1598, printed at Lond.
in qu. [Bodl. A. 17. 2. Line] (3) Aphorismes Civil and Mili-
tary, amplified with Authorities, and exemplijied with History,
out of the Jirst Quarlerne of Ft . Guicciardine. JLond. 1615, fol.
[Bodl. T. 11. 12. Jur.°] and other things, as 'tis probable,
■which I have not yet seen. He died in the latter end of the
year 1637, and was buried in tlue church or cha]>pel be-
longing to the Charter-house. By his will ' dated 25 Apr.
1636 and proved 1 March 1637, he gave to the poor people
of Geddington in Northamptonshire (the place of his nati-
vity) 300/. for the buying of an annual pension of 15/. per
an. for their relief. At which place in his life time, he built
a free-school, and was a benefactor in other respects.
July 16. Walt. Curle M. of A. of Cambridge. — ^This
person, who was born ut Hatfield in Hertfordshire, was now
fellow of Peter-house in the said university, was promoted
first in the church by the CecHlian family, afterwards he l^e-
came cliaplain to his majesty, doct. of di\ . dean of Litchfield
in June 1621, ujjon the death of Dr. Wifl, 'looker, bishop
of Rochester in 16'27, upon the tran.slation of Buckridge to
Ely, translated thence to B. and W'cWs in 1629, upon the
death of Dr. Maw, and thence to Winchester upon the re-
moval of his patron Dr. Neile to York, being about that
time made lord almoner. Afterwards he sutfeied much
for the king's, and his own, cause, was among the royalists
when they were besieged in Winchester, whence marching
in safety after its surrender for the use of the parliament,
lived retiredly at Subberton (in Hampshire) 'till the time of
his death, which hapned in the spring or summer time, an.
1647, leaving then beliind him a widow named Elizabeth
and certain children." All that I have yet seen, which goes
under his name, is A Sermon preached at Whitehall, 28 Apr.
1622; On Heb. 12. 14.— Printed in qu.»
Rich. Boylb M. A. of the same university, was incorpo-
4 [I know not Wood's authority for tliis, and suspect he should have «ii<l
frince Hauy ; as Dallyngtou certainly was gentleman of the privy chajuher in
ordinary, and received a pension irora the prince of 100 lib. Sec Birch's
Ufe of Henry Prince (f Waks. App<-nd. pages 4W, 467.]
* [gii edit. 1629. vritli the clause of Guicciardine defaced by the inqui-
sition, consisting of 61 pages. B*iiEn.]
7 In the will office near St. Paul's cathedral, in R<g. Lee, qu. ai.
s [Walter Curll, grandson to Ihe bishop, was created baronet in the year
1678, died 13 Dec. 1678, a;tat. 27, buried at Soberton with luonuuient and
inscription.
In the church of Hatfield, com. Hertf. the mon. of Will. Curll esq. auditor
of the court of Wards to queen Klizabctli, who died 16 Apr. 1617, anat. 78:
—and was jwssibly the father of Dr. \\ allir Curll, for the said Walter had a
son of the same name, William ; there iieing this entry, in the parish register
of Bromley in Kent— William son of Waller Curll, lord bishop of Bath and
Wells, baptized the 26th day of December, 1«29. Kinnet.]
9 [Amio 1712, there was printed for Edward Curll in Flectstrcet Some
Account of the Life of the ri^ht rev. Father in God.. Dr. U'oUtr Curll, liithop of
Winchester, tmd 'l.ord Alvumer to K. Chmtn L To which is added a Sernum
preached ,it Whitehall Apr. 28, 1622, befn-e K. James 1. Published hy sj-mo
Commimd. 8vo. penes me. W. K. very imperfect. Born at Hathelil, admnted
in Peter-house 1592, travailld 4 years; eutred 'mto both orders in the year
1602; B.D. 1606; D. U. I6I2"; roign'd his fellowship 1616; dean of
J.ichfield 16i'0-21 ; bish. of Rochester 1627; of Bath and W ells 1629; W m-
chester 1632, then a benefactor to the new chaple at rcter-hou!>e : retired lo
Soberton, a manor he had purcliased; died at London, buried at Soberton.
K EVN ET.
Upon the recommendation of the earl of Pembroke, lord chancellor Eger-
ton presented him lo the preb. of Lyme in the ch. of Salisbury Sept. 1615.
'I'AWKia.]
rated on the same day — He was afterwards archbishop of
Tuam in Ireland.
Richard Pahkek another M. of A. of that university,
was also then incorjwratcd — Wliether he be the same K.
Parker who was bred in, and l)ecame fellow of Caius Col-
lege, and author of Sceletos Canlabrigiensu, MS.' I cannot
justly say, or tlie same Richard Parker who was second son
of John Parker, first son of Matthew Parker archb. of Can-
terbury, (which Richard was born at Cambridge 20 May
1577) I cannot also tell. Quaere.*
On the same day also were IS more masters of that uni-
versity incorporated, among whom Miles Spenceb' was
one, and Anurew Perne another, the same, I suppose, who
was proctor of Cambridge 1616. See before in these Fasti,
an. 15.53.
Aug. 7. Wiit. Barlow doct. of div. of the said univer-
sity, was also then incorporated in the said degree. — He
was born of, and descended from, the antient and genteel
family of the Barlows of Barlow in Lancashire, was about
this time fellow of Trinity hall in the said university, * be-
came prebendary of Westminster in the place of Dr. Ekiw.
Grant deceased, dean of Chester in 1603, upon the death of
Joh. Nuttall, and in 1605 bishop of Rochester; from whence
being translated to Lincoln, sate there to the time of hi*
death, and kept his prebendship in commendam with it.
He hath written and published several things, the catalogue
of all, or most of which, you may see in the Bodleian or Ox-
ford Catalogue. " He was buried at Bugden, tho' " by his
will' which 1 have seen, proved 13 Oct. 1613 (for in that
year he died) he desires to be buried in the cath. church of
Lincoln, if he dye near it, or in the coUegiat church at
Westminster if he die there, and to have such a tomb over
his grave that may resemble that which Dr. Good (Good-
man) dean thereof set up for himself in the church of West-
minster. He was a considerable benefactor to St. Joh. coll.
in Cambridge, as it there appears, being founder of the
' [Richard Parker, son of John Parker, archdeacon of Ely, bom in that
city, and ihcre educated under Mr. Spight, schoolmaster; at 17 years of age
he was admitted pensioner of Cay's coll. under Mr. Alexander Roberts, on
the 9th of March, 1589. He was senior feJlow of that house in the year
1622, when, being B. D. he wrot the said IxsXfroc Cantabrigieniis. Kennit.
Ricardus Parker, filius Joannis P. generosi ct archidiaconi Elieru. ibid.
nalus, et educatus sub praiceptore M">. Spight in scbola communi per quatuor
annos. Addescens annornm 17, -odinissus est pensionarios minor in coUegio
nostro (Caii) Mar. \h. 1618. iJQ,"r ibid. Ba»eii.]
* [He wrot several epistles dat. to Mr. Camden, and in one dated Jul. 30,
1611, sufficiently implies that lie was bom in Kent. G. Camdeni Sfiitatas
p. 136.
Facultas concessa Ricardo Parker, 1569, 10 Mart, ad recipiendos utrosque
ordines unico die. llegistr. Facullal. Malth. Parker. Kennei.
These notes evidently nllude to d'llfcreiit persons, in no way connected,
nor, as it seems, claiming any notice in these Fasti. £dil.]
■■' [One Miles Spencer was doctor of the laws and chancellor of Norwich,
who dying about the ninetieth year of hi» age, was buried in the cath. ch.
there.
Will'us e'pus Norwic. contulit Miloni Spenser, archidiatum Sudburi ne.
per mortem Ric. Woleman. Heg. fVilL liqv Kpi.
Among the pensions paid at Ihe dissolution of religious houses, and the
pavment conthiued in the year 1555— Com. Noifolc. colleg. m campij juxta
Norwic. Pensio Milonis Spenser x lib. MS. Kesnet.]
■♦ [Gul. Barlow coll. Jo. A. B. an. 1583, 4.— A. M. coll. Jo. an LIST. — ad-
missus socius aiilic Trin. Oct. 16. 1590. Rrs'r. Ibiil.
4 .\pr. 1597, Will. Barlow S. T. P. collatus per Jo. WliilgiA arch. Cant, ad
rcct. de Orpington, sine-cura, Kent. Tanner.
Barlow bad some hopes of getting the bishoprick of London, as appears bj
a letter from s'u- Thomas B(«llev in Hearne's Keli^uiir fWfcimuf, page 241.
1601, 18 Jun. Wilelmus Barlow S.T. P. coll. ad preb. de Chiswike, per
mort. Gabrielis Goodman S. T. P. Iteg. Bimrrofi, E>i l^nd. \ 608, 14 Jul.
Valentin Carv S. T. B. admiss. ad j)reh. do Cheswyke per translationeni et
promotioncni'Will. Barlow, ad e'|>atam Line. ad pres. regis. 76. Ke.n.net.J
* In Ihe will ollice, in Keg. Capell, part 2, Qu. 109.
U* 2
295
1609.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
i(;o'2.
296
London fellows and scholiirs of that house. • I have matli;
mention of another W'M. Barlow anil his works umone: the
writers, an. 1568, vol. i. coll. 364. anil of a third an. 16*25,
vol ii. col. 375-
Casparus Thomamnvs one of the pastors or teachera of
the school at Zurich (of which city his grandfather by the
male line had born the office of pra;tor) having been recom-
mended by the professors, teachers, and ministers of the
church and school there, to live among, and receive an ex-
hibition from, the Oxonians, an. l.'iOP, did spend several
[163] years there, and occurs one of the first persons that was
entred a student in the public libraiy, when first opened for
use. He was a learned man, and read a lecture in the uni-
versity; but his education having been mostly at Geneva,
did, with other strangers of the like breeding, so corrupt
the students with their Calvinistical doctrine that it was
many years before it could be rooted out.
An. Dom. 1602. — 44-45 Elizab.
Chancellor.
Thomas Lord Buckhurst.
Vtce-rhancellor.
John Howson D. D. canon of Ch. Ch. July 15.
Proctors,
Daniel Pl'ry of Magd. coll. Apr. 14.
Walt. Bennet of New coll. Apr. 14.
Batchelor of Music.
July 13. Will. Weelks of New coll. was then admitted
iKitch. of music. — What he hath composed or published I
Icnow not ; sure it is that Tho. Weelks who was at this time
organist of AVykeham's coll. near to Winchester did publish
(1) Madrigals to 3, 4, 5 and 6 Voices, Lond. 1597, in a large
qu. Wliich being the first fruits of his labours he dedicated
them to his singular patron George Philpot esq. (2) Bal-
latts and Madrigals to Jive Voices, with one to six Voices, Lond.
1598. qu. (3) Madrigals of six Parts, apt for the Viols and
Voices. Lond. 1600. qu. besides compositions in The Triumphs
of Orianu, printed 1601. Hymns and Anthems to be sung in
Cathedrals and Collegiat Churches;, the words of which may
be ' elsewhere seen, and other compositions which are re-
mitted among the books repositeil in our public music
school at Oxon. Quaere whether the scribe or registrary of
the university, hath not set down William, for Tho. Weelks,
Batchelors of Arts.
May 7. Tho.Anyan lately of Line. coll. now of that of
Corp. Christi. — See among the doctors of div. 1614.
Jun. 8. Benjtam. Culme of St. Alb. hall. — See among the
masters, an. 1605.
June 25. Fkanc. James of Ch. Ch.-^See among the batch,
of div. 1612.
• [William Barlow, bish. of lincoln &c. his grant to St. John's college
(whereof he had been a member) was only conditional!, failing his daughters
Alice and Jane, if they should dye before they were married. So Ills will
proved in the prerogative, Oct. 13, 161.3. Bakeh.
. i^h*™" of a letter from Mr. Powell, fellow of S.John's coll. Camb. to mc:
• I have Inok't into our college books and inquired of three or four persons
who were roost likely to inform me, but cannot find that Bp. Barlow was ever
a benefactor to our college. Had he founded any fellowships, it must cer-
tainly have been known. We have none that are pecuUar to London.'
Wanlev.] '^
7 Sec in the book emit. The divine Service! md Anthems vsuaVy sim; in the
tathedrahand Cothju,te CMnin the Church ef EngUmd, collected and pub-
luhed by Jam. CUllord — Lond. 1663, ocl.
26. Rice or Rees Prichard of Jes.coU.
30. Jam. Rowlandson of Qu. coll.
Lancelot Dawrs of Qn. coll.
June 30. Tho. Aylesbuuv of Ch. Ch.
Rich. Cokbet of (^h. Ch.
— — — — Rob. Bukton alias Democritus junior of Ch. Ch.
Hen. Byam of Ch. Ch.
Of the first of these last four, you may see more among
the masters an. 1605.
Dec. 13. John Warneh of Magd. coll. — He was after-
wards B. of Rochester.
Prichard, Dawes, Byam and Warner, are to be men-
tiim'd in another part of this work.
Admitted 156.
Batchelors of Law.
Jul. 8. John Budden of Magd. coll.
Besides him were only 3 admitted, and one incoi-porated
named Joh. Crook.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 29. George Hake will of Exeter coll.
May 18. Arth. Duck of Hart hall.
June 6. Norwich Spackman of Ch. Ch. — lie w.-is after-
wards proctor of the university, chaplain to Jaincs bishop
of Bath and MVIls, and the publisher of A Sermon before the
King at IVhitehall, on Matth 9. 13. Lond. 1614. qu. and
perhaps other things; which is all I know of him, only that
he was a Worcestershire man born, " son of Tho. Spack-
" man M.D. and rector of Mitcham in Surrey, where he
" died 13 July 1617, and was buried in the chancel there."
30. Barnab. Potter of Queen's coll.
Jul. — Rob. Bolton of Brasen-nose coll.
7. Tho. Broad of St. Alb. hall.
Feb. 22. Isaac Wake of Mert. coll.
George Gerard of Mert. coll.
The last of which was afterwards master of Sutton's hos-
pital called commonly the Charter-house.
Admitted 71.
Batchelors of Physic,
June 14. Rich. Haydock of New coll.
Besides him was only one more admitted, viz. Joh.
Cheynell of C. C. coll. and six admitted to practise.
Batchelors of Divinity .
Jime 8. Will. Goodwin of Ch. Ch. — See among the
doctors of divinity following.
July 8. Will. Westerman of Oriel coll.
Admitted 14.
Doctors of Law.
July 8. John Budden of Magd. coll. — He accumulated.
Oliver Lloyd of All-s. coll. was admitted the same day.
—He was afterwardn chancellor of Hereford, and in 161.5
became canon of Windsor. Which last dignity he changed
for the deanery of Hereford with Dr. Rich. Mount;igue of
King's coll. Cambridge, an. 1617. This Dr. Lloyd died in
the city of Hereford in 1625, whereupon Dr. Dan. Piice
succeeded him in the said deanery.
C^ Not one doctor of physic was admitted this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
Apr. 20. Joh. Spenser of C. C. coll. — He was afterwards
president of that house.
June 8. Will. Goodwin of Ch. Ch. who accumulated. —
ri64j
297
UiO"..
FASTI OXOMKNSES.
MMi.
298
In lf.90 i find tliis peison to be sub-aliiioiier to (|u. Kli-
zabeth, well beneficed in Yoiksliire, und prebendary of
York. Also in 1605, Oct. 25, I find liim tolLited to the
cbancellor.shi]) of the church of York, on tlie deatii of Mr.
Will. Fiduier, as also to another prebendship in that church,
and a rectory in the said diocese." In 161 1 he became dean
of Christ Church, and afterwards archdeacon of Middlesex,
and dying on [Trinity Sunday]' the eleventh of June I6'2oi
aged 65, was buried ' in one of the North isles joining to
Ch. Ch. choire. He hath published A Sermoti before lite
King at Woodstock 28 Aug. 1614; On Jer. 1. 10. Oxon 1614.
qu. [Bodl. 4to. S. 46. Th] and jwrhaps other tilings.
QuBere.
Roger Bradshaw of Jesus coU. the king's chaplain, was
admitted the same day.
14. Will. Swaddon of New coll.' — On the 10 of Nov.
1610 he was admitted archdeacon of Worcester on the re-
signation of John Johnson D. D. and dying 1 Aug. 1623
was buried, (as I suppose) in that North isle of the cathedral
church of Worcester, which adjoins to the parlor of the
senior prebend.' In his archdeaconry succeeded Hugh
Lloyd D.D. who was admitted thereunto 18 Aug. the
same year, and dying in 1629, Edw. Thornborough M. A.
second son, by the first wife, of Dr. John Thornborough
bishop of Worcester, succeeded, being admitted to it 3 Aug.
1629.
Rob. Newman of New coll. was admitted D. D. the same
day, (June 14.)
July 8. Charles Langford of All-s. coll.
Giles Tomson of All-s. coll.
The first of these two was now dean of Hereford, in
which dignity he did succeed, if I mistake not, John Wat-
kins (who died about the middle of May 1594) and vvas suc-
ceeded by Dr. Rich. Mountague, as I have before told you,
among the doctors of law this year. The other doctor,
Giles Tomson ; * w as installed dean of Windsor on the 2 of
March this year, and afterwards was made bishop of Glo-
cester, as before, among the bishops, I have told you.
July 8. Giles Thorne of New coll.
John Williams of Ch. Ch.
The first of these two last was now dean of Chichester,
and the other dignified in the church.' One of both his
names 1 mention'd among the writers under the year 1613,
and another 1 shall mention in these Fasti, an. 1608, sub
tit. Incorporations.
« [1616, 23 Sept. Wilt. Goodwyn S. T. P. coll. ad archid. Middlesex, per
mort. Hob. Tiglic S. T. V. Reg. King, £'pi Lrnid.
1617, 28 Jul. Sampson Price S. T. P. admiss. ad eccl. Omnium Sanctorum
ad Foenum, alias Major, in Tliiime-street per cessionem Will'i Goodwyn
S. T. P. ad pres. Geo. arch. Cant. Kennet.
Lord Ch. Egerton gave him the rect. of Stanton S< Jolin, »oid by the pro-
motion of D'. Lake to Bath and Wells. Tinner.]
9 [Tanner.]
' [June 16, at the charge of the chapter. Tanner.]
* [\\illiam Swadon was autlior of Latin verses on the death of queen Anne
wife of James I*', printed on a broadside, and inserted between folios 344-.5 of
Camden's Femuins, 3^ edit. He is described ' collegii Wickamici alumnus,
sacrs theologisE doctor & archidiaconus Wigomia;,' and at the head of the
sheet the following English title ' Vpon the Death of Queen Anne, Wife of
ovr soveraigne Lord King James. Funeral Verses written by William Swa-
don of New College in Oxford doctor of divinity and chaplayne to her ma^
iesty." She died 1618. Haslewood.]
' [On a small stone in a corner of the North isle of the cath. ch. of Wor-
cester 4 Aug. 1623. WILLLAM SWADDON decessed. Kennet.]
■* [Egid. Tomson A. M. Oxon. incorpor. Cant. 1581. Ittfr. Baker.]
* [He was presented by lord keeper Kgerton, on the recommendation of
the bbhop of Bangor, to the rectory of Llanvonk (co. Denbigh) 3 Dec. 1602.
Tannib.J
IncorporationM.
Apr. 30. Will. Turner M. A. of Cambridge. — See among
the doct. of j)liysic 1 608.
June 23. IIumi-h. Leech M. A. of the same univenity.
He was originally of Brasen-uose coll. and wa« about this
time chaplain of Ch. Ch.
July 3. Ralph Hulton doctor of physic of Cambridge.
15. Will. Wheatly batch, of arts of Christ's colL in
the said university. — He was now a member of St. Edm.
hall in this of Oxon.
July 15. Martin Day M. of A. of Camb.
Phineas Hodson M. of a. of Camb.
Dan. Dyke M. of A. of Camb.
Jacob. Godscaleus M. of A, of Camb.
The first of these last four, (Mart. Day) wa« afterwards
doct. of div. chai)lain in ordinary to his majesty, rector of St.
Faith's church in London, and rector of Stoke near Laun-
ceston in Cornwall. In his life time he published Monu-
ment of Mortality, &c. containing four treatises — printed in
oct. and after his death, which happened 1628, were pub-
lished several sermons of liis under these titles (1) Dooms-
day ; or a Treatise of the Resurrection of the Body delitered in
22 Sermons; On 1 Cor. 15. Lond. 1636, qu. [Bodl. 4to.
F. 8. Th.] (2) Corinth's Collection, or the Saints of Jeru-
salem, in seven sermons on the 1 Cor. 16. the first nine
verses. — printed with the former, and all dedicated to Dr.
Jos. Hall, sometimes an intimate friend of the author.
The second Phineas Hodson, was afterwards D. of D.
and in 1611, Sept. 26, was collated to the chancelloi ship of
the church of York, upon the resignation of Dr. WUl.
(Joodwin mention'd before among the doctors of divinity.
He died at, or near, York,' about the latter end of 1646,
whereupon his chancellorship lying void 'till the restoration
of king Charles II. Christop. Stone M. A. succeeded, be-
ing installed therein 24 Oct. 1660. This Dr. Hodson hath
published The King's Request, or David's Desire &c. serm.
on Psal. 27. 4. Lond. 1628. qu. and perhaps other things. ^
Quaere.
The third, Dan. Dyke, was, as 'tis said, born in Hert-
fordshire, in a town call'd Hemstede, of wliich his father
was minister, was an eminent preacher, wrote several
things, as the Oiford Catalogue will tell you, among which
is his book Of the Deceitfulnets of Man's Heart, published
after his death by his brother Jeremiah Dyke of Sydney coll.
an. 1614. [Bodl. 4to. D. .57. Th ]
The fourth and la.st, Jac. Godscaleus, I take to be the
same with James Godskal, author of The King's Medicine
against the Plague, for the year 1604 — Printed 1604, in oct.
which is all I know of him as yet.
July 15. Andr. Bing batch, of div. of Cambr. — He was
fellow of Peter-house or St. Peter's coll. in the same uni-
versity, afterwards D. of D. and Hebrew professor thereof.
See more in the iucorpoi-ations 1612.
Oct. 25. Tho. Lodgb doct. of physic of the univ. of
Avenion.
About 27 Cambridge men were incorporated this year in
several faculties.
' [When king Charles I. and the court resided at York, Hyde, afterwards
lord Clarendon, was an inmate of Dr. Hodson's. Sec IW Vlarmdon't IM't,
page 66.]
' [The last Scrmm iveached hrfrre his Maiettirs Fmmk nt Tknmark Ilmtr,
on Tuesday 3 May, by Phineas Hodson D. D. one of' hit MaieUics Chaplaiiis. Lend.
16S5, 410. Kennet.]
[165]
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1C03.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1603.
300
An. DoM. 1C03.— 1 Jac. 1.
Chancellor.
The same.
f 'ice-chancellor.
Dr. Geokge Abbot again, July 23.
Proctors.
Chsistop. Dale of Mert. coll. May 4.
Will. Laud of St. Joh. coll. May 4.
Batchelor of Music.
July 16. Tho. Boys of AU-s. coll. — He hath composed
certain church-services, which is all I know of him.
Batchelors of Arts.
May 12. Hankibal Gamon of Broadgate's hall.
July 1. Rob. Gentilis of Jes. coll. son of ^\lberic Gent.
5. Rich. Tillesler of St. John's coll.
9. John Hales of C. C. coll. afterwards of Mert.
and at length of Eaton coll.
Dec. 12. Edm. Guntek of Ch. Ch.
13. Will. Heale of E.\.eter coll.
Jan. 19. John Ball of Brasen-nose coll. — See another of
both his names among the batch, of arts, an. 1608.
Feb. 15. Edw. Evans of Ch. Ch.
As for Gamon, Gentilis, and Hales they will be mention'd
in another part of this work.
Admitted 126.
Batchelors of Law.
Mar. 29. John Basire a French man who had studied
the civil law 12 terms in this university, and 7 years in
France and Germany, was then admitted.
July 5. Will. Juxton of St. John's coll. — In his last
days he became archbishop of Canterbury.
8. Eizo Tiarda of Jesus coll. — He accumulated,
as I shall tell you anon.
Admitted 6.
Masters of Arts.
May 11. Henry Mason of C. C. coll.
- Joh. Prideaux of Exet. coll.
June 30. Geo. Warburton of Brasen-nose coll. — See
among the doctors of div. 1636.
July 7. Will. Piers of Ch. Ch.
-^— — ToB. Venner of St. Alb. hall.
^^— — JoH. Eaton of Trin. coll.
Tancred Leill or Lelias of Magd. coll. was admitted the
same day. — He was a learned Dane, which is all I know of
him.
9. Tho. Jackson of C. C. coll.
— Brian Twyne of C. C. coll.
— Barthol. Parsons of Oriel coll.
Admitted 46.
Batchelors of Divinity.
July 7- RoB. Burhill of C. C. coll.
• Joh. Barcham of C.C. coll.
Mar. 12. Sam. Page of C. C. coll.
Admitted 14.
Doctor of Law.
July 8. Eizo Tiarda of Jesus coll. who accumulated the
degrees in the civ. law.— He was born of, and descended
irom a genteel family living in Groeningen in Germany.
JO" Not one doctor of physic was admitted this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
May 2. John Childerley of St. John's coll. — While he
was a junior fellow of that house he became preacher to
the English merchants trading at Stode, and after his re-
turn became successively chaplain to Richard archb. of
Canterbury, and afterwards to George his successor, rec-
tor of St. Mary de Wolnoth in London, of St. Dunstan's
in the East,' and of Sheinfield or Shcmfield in Essex. He
was in his time a very eminent and frequent preacher and
learned divine, but blind by age and continual labour several
years before his death: Notwitlistanding which, he suffered
much in the time of the rebrf.lion, and was outed of St. Dun-
stan's by the restless ))resbyterian, and whether he kept
Sheinfield to his last I cannot tell. He died very aged in 164,5
(being then 66 years since his first coming to St. Job's coll.)
and was buried either in the chancel of St. Dunstan, or in
that of Sheinfield, before-mention'd*
July 7. Nigh. Higgs of Bal. coll. — He was about this
time rector of Higham in Somersetshire ; where, or near it,
he dyed 1631.
Incorporations.
May 23. Laurence Whittaker M. A. of Cambridge. —
Tliis person, who was a Somersetshire man born and an
ingenious poet, was afterwards secretary to sir Edward jihi-
lips master of the Rolls, " one of the clerks of the privy
" council," and a burgess " for Peterborough" in several
parliaments: (in that which began 3 Nov. 1640 he was a
burgess for Okehampton in Devonshire.) He died 15 Apr.
1654 aged 76, and was buried in the church of St. Giles in
the Fields near to London. He was much admired by Tho-
mas Coryat the traveller; in the dishing out of whose Od-
combian Banquet, he had a considei^able hand, an. 1611. being
numbred among tlie poets of that .ige.
July 12. Will. Knight M. A. of the same university.—
I take him to be the same with Will. Knight of Arlington
in Sussex a divine, who wrote .(4 Concordance Axiomatical ;
containing a Survey of Theological Propositions with their Rea-
sons and Uses in holy Scripture. Lond. 1610. fol. [Bodl. G. 7.
19. Th.] and the same pei^haps who published Mundus alter
■Si idem, sive Terra Australis, &c. written by Jos. Hall, who
was afterwards bishop of Norwich.
Francis Dee M. A. fellow ' of St. John's coll. in Camb.
was incorporated the same day. — He was the son of David
Dee of Shropshire, (who is said to be rector of Great St.
Bartholomew's church in London') and he the great grand-
son of the great Bede Dee, of an ancient family in those parts.
Afterwards he took the degree of D. of D. being tlien mi-
nister of All-hollows in Lombard-street in London, was
x:hancellor of the church of Salisbury, and in 1630 was
made dean of Chichester. In 1634, Apr. 9, he was elected
bishop of Peterborough, and on the 28 !May following he
was installed by proxy, being then esteemed a person of a
pious life and conversation, and of very affable beliaviour.
■He died (after he had been twice married) on the eighth
* [Joh. Cliiddrclcj S. T. P. admiss. ad eccl. S. Dunstani in oriente, Loud.
53 Jimii, 1606, ad pros, regis, jure prerog. per proniot. Will'i Barluw ad
cpat. Roll". Idem adiuiss. ad eccl.S. Maria; Woolnoth 14 Mail, 1599- Kkn-
NET.]
9 [Newconrt is apt to think at Shenfield, which became yoid by his death
before 19 Jan. 1645.]
' [Franc. Dec Londincnsis, adraissus discipulus pro M™ Billingsley, pri-
vate fundatorc, an. 1596. Reg. CM. Jo. S. T. B. coll. Jo. 1610. S. T. P.
cull. Jo. 1617. Baser.]
^ [Dav. Dee A. M. coll. ad preb. consumpt. jxr mane 27 Junii 1598.
quam resign, ante 13 Dec. codcm anno; admiss. ad eccl. S. Barthol. magni
Loud. 15 Jmi, 1587. eadem depriratus ante 18 Dec, 1605. Kbmmit.J
[166]
301
1603.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1604.
302
day of Oct. 1638, and was buried at the upper end of the
choir belonging to the cathedral cliurch at I'etcrborougli,
near to the episcopal seat. A little before his death, he
gave to the niiUiter and seniors of St. John's coll. l)efore-
mention'd the iinpropriat parsonage of Pagham in Sussex,
(held by Icjise of the catliednil church of Canterbury) for
the maintaining of two fellows and two scholars therein for
ever, the scholars to he elected out of Peterborough school.
JoH. PocKLiNGToN M. A. and fellow of Pembr. hall in
Cambr.* was also then (July 12,) incorporated. — He was
afterwards D. of D. rector of Yeldon aliiis Yevelden in Bed-
fordshire, vicar of Waresley in Huntingdonshire, prebendary
of Peterborough, and in 1639 canon of Windsor in the
place of Tho. Shcafe deceased, being also about that time
chaplain to his majesty Charles I. This is the person who,
among other books, published Altare Chrulianum, " or the
dead Vicar's Plea," &c. Lond. 1637, qu. [Bodl. 4to. Rawl.
122.] and Sunday no Sabbath, &c. Lond. 1636. [Bodl. B. 6.
15. Line] WTiich last, being no other than a sermon
preach'd at Ampthill in Bedfordshire at the B. of Lincoln's
visitation, 17 Aug. 163.5, was much bought up by, and
taken into the hands of, young students, who usually read
it at their common fires, and according to their dispositions
it was liked or disliked. But both being in an high manner
disgusted by the puritans, they, who had the chief sway in
the long parliament that began 3 Nov. 1640, ordered tliem
both on the tenth of Marcli following to be publicly burnt
by the common executioner in both the universities, and in
the city of London.* About thiit time they deprived the au-
thor of all his spiritualities before-mention'd, and would
have proceeded farther as to other pimishnient, but he being
in a manner heart-broken, prevented their fury by death,
which hapned (at Peterborough I think) in the winter time
1642.'
JosEPHUs Barbatus a native of Memphis in Jilgypt was
conversant about this time with the Oxonian muses. He
could speak French and Italian very readily, but most of all
the Arabian tongue, which was natural to him, and there-
' [1606, 31 Jan. Franc. Dee A. M. admiss. ad eccl. S. Trinil. in Trinity
lane, Lond. per resign. Franc. Rogers, ad prcs. decani et capituli. Cant.
Reg. Ba»cri>ft.
Fran. Dee S. T. B. admiss. ad eccl. Omn. Sanctorum Lombard Street,
Lond. 5 Apr. 1615, per niort. Boncfacii Watts, ad pres. dec. et capit. eccl.
Christi, Cant. — Jo. Weston A. M ad eand. 19 Junii 1634, per promotionem
Franc. Dee ad e'patura Petriburg. i?e^. Abbot et Latid.
Had. Hatfield S. T. P. admiss. ad eccl. SS. Trinitatis miiioris 31 Jan. 1620,
per resign. Francisci Dee. J?f^. Bancrqfi.
The right rev. fatlier in God Francis Dee, D^ of div. some time chancel-
lour of the cathedral church of Sarum, deane of Chichester and at the tyme
of his decease bishop of Peterborough, departed this mortal lile at his palace
at Peterborough on Monday the 8*'' day of Octob. 1638, and was interred
in the cathedral church of Peterburgh on Friday following. He married
2 wives, the first was Susan le Porecjue daughter of Nicholas le Poreque, by
whom he had issue Brian Dee master of arts, and canon residentiary of Chi-
chester, who died in the life time of his father, having never been married ;
Mary only daughter and sole heire of her father at the time of his decease,
married to William Greenbill D. D. His lordship married to his 2*^ wife
Elizabeth daughter to John Winke, one of the prebends of Cantcrburie, who
now surviveth, by whom he left no issue. MS. Note in Herald's Office.
Kennet.J
* [Electus socius coll. an. 1600, electus socius aula; Pembr. Jan. 13, 1612 ;
resignavit sodalitium ibid. an. 1618. S. T. P. an. 1621. Baker.]
* [See Fuller's Injured InntKencc, part 3, page 45, 46. and Bray's Recan-
tatiim, who licensed the two books. Baker.]
' [Joh. Pocklington aula; I'cmbroc. Cantab, socius S. T. P. installatus in
canonicatu Windsor 5 Jan 16.J*.''; post annum unum deprivatus 2 Febr. jwr
parliamcntum omnibus dignitatibus. Frith, Cnlul.
John Pocklington D. I), died 14 Nov. 1642, having issue Dr. Oliver Pock-
lington, pract. in physic, afterwards rector of Bringhorn. Kr.wvET.
Said to be ' S. T. B. e coll. Sidney ; presented to the vie. of Baburgh, Co.
Cantabr. Jan, 1610. Tan.veii.]
fore recommended by the archb. of Canterbury to the vicc-
chanc. to read a lecture of it to the acadcmions.' He hath
written one or more things in that language, wliich were
acceptable to the learners of it.
An. Dom. 1604.— 2 Jac. 1.
Chancellor.
Thom. Lord Buckmurst, created this year earl of Dorset.
V'lce- chancellor.
John Williams D. D. principal of Jesus coll. and reader
of the Margaret lecture, July 14-.
Proctor*.
Will. Ballow of Ch. Ch. Apr. 18.
George Darrel of All-s. coll. Apr. 18.
Batchelor of Music.
July 14. Jon. Daniel of Ch. Ch. — Some of his instru-
mental compositions we have remaining in the public school
of that faculty.
Batchelors of Arts.
May 8. Hen. Whistler of Trinity coU;
June 10. Franc. Kinaston of Oriel coll.
July 20. Gabr. Richardson of Brasen-nose coll.
Oct. 23. Nathaniel PowNOLL of Ch. Ch. [167]
26. Sim. Birckbek of Queen's coll.
Dec. 12. Tho. Baylie of Magd. coll.
Jan. 23. Rob. Sanderson of Line. coU.
Tho. IIayne of Line. coll.
The first of these two last, was afterwards the learned
and religious bishop of Lincoln.
Feb. 4. Rich. Capell of Magd. coll.
All which batchelors, except Pownoll, are to be mention'd
at large as authors in another part of this work.
Admitted 180.
Masters of Arts.
March 27- John Dunster of Magd. coll.
May 1. Isaac Singleton of AU-s. coll. — ^This person,
who was nearly related to Dr. Tho. Singleton principal of
Brasen-nose coll. (of which house he was originally a com-
moner but now fellow of the said coll. of All-s.) hath pub-
lished The Doicnfall of Shebna, together with an Application
to the bloody Gowry of Scotland, in two Sermons at St. Mary's
in Oxon; On Isay. "^2. J5. Lond. 161.5. qu. [Bodl. 4to. A.
75. Th.] and perhaps other things. In 1622 I find him
chancellor of the diocese of Carlisle, and some years after to
be collated to the archdeaconry of that place, in the room of
7 [Sir Tliomas Bodley addressed a letter of the same import to Dr. James,
here printed from Heame's Ueliqttix Bodt^iana.
Sir, The bearer hereof Josippus Barbatus was bom at Memphis in .^gypt,
and comes recommended from the lord of Canterbury, to Mr. vice-chan-
cellor, to the end he might read the .Arabian tongue in Oion, which is oahirai
to him: as withal he speaketh French and Italian very readily, also Latin
well enough, to explicate his mind: Being likewise as I guess, of a kind and
honest disposition. I would be glad to understand, that he might be pro-
vided of a competent entertainment, to keep him in Oion, least Cambridge,
should endeavour, as I make account they would, to draw him unto them, t
pray you use your own credit and mine, where you think you may prevail
(for I have no leisure at this present to write to more than yourself) to far-
ther his desire, whom 1 think a small matter will content at the first, which
may hereafter Ik- incrciseil, aeconling to the profit, which his auditors may
reap: Wlienwiih I take ray leave, recommending your weliaie to God's gn-
cious preM'rvatiou.
Yoiu- ever assured,
London, Aug. 14. Tiio. Bodlit.]
303
1604.
FASTI OXONIENSllS.
1605.
304
Robert Wright, who had been collated thereunto in Hi21,
?e Eng then only batch, of arts. In 1640 Isaac Smgleton
o^urs by the title of archdeacon of Brecknock, but after-
WM^s wis deprived of that and other spintualit.es, which is
all I know of him, only that he was a Londoner born.'
May 22.' Dan. Price of Exeter coU.
Jun. 12. Will. Twysse of New coll.
26 Will. Wheatlie of Edm. hall.
Oct 22. Sam. Turner of St. Alban's hall.— This person,
who was- the son of Dr. Peter Turner mention d before
among the incorporations under the year 1599, by Pascha
his wife, sister of Henry Parry bishop of Worcester was
originaUy of St. Marys hall, afterwards for a time sub-
sacrisf of C. C. coll. but now of St. Alban's hall before
mention'd, and as a member thereof did compleat his degree
of master in an act celebrated 8 Jidy 1605. Afterwards he
travelled and became doct. of physic of an university beyond
the seas- and whether after his return he practised that fa-
culty in Dorsetshire, I am not certain. Sure it is, that he
was several times chosen by the men of Shaftsbury in that
county to serve as a burgess for them in several parlia-
ments, particularly in that called 1625, wherein he shew'd
himself what he was, of a bold spirit and able elocution in
assaulting the king's great minion George duke of Bucks,
as the main cause of divers infirmities in the state, being
very uncouth language to a prince's cars; the particulars of
which you may » see elsewhere. For the parhament which
began at Westminster 3 Nov. 1640, he was elected again
for the same place, but being soon after fully satisfied what
desperate courses the members thereof took, he left them,
and retiring to his majesty at Oxon, sate in the parliament
there 1643, and so consequently was a sharer of sufferings
then incident to royalists. I have seen divers of his speeches
in MS. but whether made public 1 cannot tell. He died in
1647, or thereabouts, leaving then behind a natural son of
both his names, and the character of a man of very loose
principles.
Admitted 65.
Batchelors of Divinity.
July 6. William Laud of St John's coll.
Jan. 18. John Burbadge of Line. coll. a rich dignitary
in the church.'— He was nearly related to Rich. Burbadge
of the parish of St. Leonard Shoreditch near London; which
Richard, who is stiled by the learned* Camden to have been
alter Roscius, died 9 March 1618.
Feb. 22. Robert Wakeman of Baliol coll.
. On the second day of March this year, Gabr. Powell
batch, of arts of St. Mary's hall, who had studied divinity
nine years, suppUcated for the said degree of batch, of div.
but whether his desire was granted it appears not. I have
made large mention of him among the writers under the
year I6O7.
Admitted 12.
»3» Not one doct. of law, physic or divinity, was ad-
mitted this year.
» [1614, 2« Apr. Isaac Singleton A. U. coll. ad preb. dc Browncswood per
■ resign, llio. Singleton S.T.D. Reg. King. Kennet.
Lord chancellor Egerton gave him the rectory of Whitchurch, co. Oxon.
Incorporations.
July 10. Rob. Hill batch, of div. of Christ's coll. ia
Cambr.' He was about this time parson of St. Bartholomew
near to the Exchange in London,* afterwaids D. of D. and
always esteemed a learned man and a good and painful
preacher. He hath written (1) Life everlasting: or, the
true Knowledge of one Jehovah, Cambr. 1601, oct. (2) The
Path way to Prayer and Piety, SiC. Lond. 1613, oct. (3) A
Communicant instructed, &c. printed 1617, oct. [Bodl. Mar,
373.] with an Exposition on the Lord's Prayer, and other
things which I have not yet seen. See more among the
incorporations an. 1598. This Dr. Hill died in 1623, and
was buried near to the body of his wife in the chancel of
the church of St. Bartholomew before-mention'd. One Rob.
HiU was parson of Tredington in the dioc. of Worcester, [169]
an. 1604, but him I take to be different from the former.'
I find only five masters of arts of Cambridge to be in-
corporated this year, and two batch, of div. of whom Rob.
Hill the writer before mention'd was one.
Daniel Plancius a Belgian born, was this year a so-
journer in the univ. for the sake of the public library, and
did soon after publish several books which shew'd him a
learned man; one of which was answer d and animadverted
upon by Heribert Roseweidus and Rob. Swertius.
John Drusius" also was a sojourner, not in a private
house, but in Gloc. hall; who being admirably weU skiU'd
in the Hebrew, Chaldee, and Syriac tongue, was recom-
mended to the chief heads of the university to read those
tongues either privately or publicly. He soon after re-
moved to Ch. Ch. and, as a member thereof, took a degree
in arts, as I shall tell you in the year following.
An. Dom. 1605. — 3 Jac. 1.
Chancellor.
Thomas earl of Dorset.
yice-Cliancellor .
Dr. George Abbot again, July 16.
Proctors.
Rich. Fitzherbert of New coll. Apr. 11.
John Hanmer of AU-s. coll. Apr. 11.
Batchelors of Arts.
June 11. Walter Raleigh of Magd. coll.— Many yeais
after his death were published by Dr. Sim. Patrick dean of
Peterborough his works entit. Reliquia Raleighante. [Lona.
1679. Bodl. A. 5. 18. Line]
20. Hen. Jackson of C. C. coll.
27. Sam. Fell of Ch. Ch.
3 FHe was not rector of S. Barthol. 1613. being then S. T. P. and said in
lord Ecerton's books to be of St. John's Cambr. Ian^ebJ , • „ t„„j
4 m^b Hill S.T.P. admis». ad eccl. S. Barthol. justa Escamb.um Lend.
84 Feb?. 1613, vac. per mort. Jo. Dix, ad pres. Jacobi regis. Reg. Bancroft.
^s'^Z^t^'^Silt^ircIrdtrCant^^^^^^^^^
clesii^r^Jl'Te Standefate in marchus C«lesU-dilec.«m nob.s m a»-.to
Rob. llill, clericum. Test, apud 'Westn.. 3 Feb. reg. 3,4. 1556-7. Itjmer
'■"S;9 Mait revmus con.ulit Joh. Ilardjman cler. SJ. P^vicanam de
l/)ra cnanceiior tgcnon gave mill iiic n:>.wij ". .....«- ,--■ q lu-.ii rrvmus comuiiuoii. iiaiu. ...<«. ^ — -
Not. 1610, on the reconunendation of Dr. King and Dr. Spencer. Tanner.] 1560, » «l^"' J= „ . ,. „.,, , n ^j^, ij^g. Parker. Kennet.]
. In the H«t. ^ the Ueign of K. CharUsI. &c. «ntte„ by Hammond ^y,^%l)'^'^'^^^ ^^,X^^''^^^ da^ OxonL commoraute, vide Jo.
- Lti »>,»; .»•«. <f the Ueig'. .7 ... ^ .. — --- .,
L'estrangc, printed in fol. an. 1656, second edit. p. 24, 25. sub. an. 1625.
" [Lord chancellor Egerton presented him 1610, to the rectory of Port
lock, CO. .Somerset. Tan>ka.]
* In Aimd. Jac. Reg. I. MS. sub an. 1619.
Meursi jl(/icn. Bo(. p. 253. _ , „ tKRQ.
Jo.DriscusFlander, &c. admissus m metric, acad. Cant. Aug. 3, 156a.
Baker.]
305
icon
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1605.
306
27- Pet. Turner.
Oct. 21. Hen. Rogers of Jes. coll,
23, JoH. Ley of Ch. Ch.
" Nov. 29. Sam. Eaton of Broadn:atc'8 hall."
Dec. 17. John Andrews of Trin. coll.
Feb. 26. Frank. Stewart of Ch. Ch. son of the carl of
Murray, and of kin to his majesty James I. — See more in
the year 1616, among the creations.
John Drusius of Ch. Ch son of the learned critic John
Drusius, was admitted the same day.
28. Sampson Price of Hart hall, lately of Exeter coll.
Of Raleigh, Jackson, Fell, Turner, Rogers and Ley,
will be large mention made in another part of this work.
Admitted 190.
Mailers of Arts.
Apr. 17. Dan. Faieclouoh commonly call'd Featley of
C. C. coll.
24. Benj. Culme of Line. coll. lately of St. Alban's hall.
— He was the son of Hugh Culme of MoUand in Devon-
shire, and going afterwards into Ireland, became at length
D. of D. and dean of St Patrick's church near Dublin,
where he was accounted a learned and an excellent preacher
and theologist. But he being forced thence by the rebellion
that broke out in 1641, went into England, lived several
years in a retired condition at Mudghill near to Lidiard St.
John's in Wiltshire ; where dying in Oct. an. 1657, aged 76,
was buried in the church-yard of Lidiard before mention'd.
Over liis grave was soon after an altar-tomb erected, with a
large inscription thereon, whereon 'tis said he died 21
October.
May 16. John Bery or Busy of Baliol, lately of Corp.
Christ, college.
June 16. James Rowlandson of Qu. coll.
' Lancelot Dawes of Qu. coll.
9. Tho. Aylesbury of Ch. Ch. — This gentleman, who
was a Londoner born, was second son of Will. Aylesbury
by Anne his wife, daughter of John Poole esq. and from
Westminster school became a student of Ch. Ch. 1598.
After he had left the university he became secretary to
Charles earl of Nottingham lord high admiral of England,
and to George duke of Bucks, his successor in that great
office. By the endeavours of which last, he was made one
of the masters of the requests, and master of the mint, (be-
ing about that time a baronet) which places he keeping till
the grand rebellion broke out in 1642, he adher'd to the
cause of K. Charles I. and in 1649, when all things were in
a confusion as to the royal party, he retired with his family
to Antwerp in Brabant, where continuing till 1652, he re-
moved to Breda, and dying in 1657, aged 81, was buried in
the great church there, leaving behind him a son named
William, of whom I shall speak elsewhere, and a daughter
named Frances, the wife of Eklw. Hyde of Pirton in Wilts,
since made earl of Clarendon. These things I mention be-
cause the said sir Thomas Aylesbury was a learned man,
«nd as great a lover and encourager of learning and learned
men, especially of mathematicians ' (he beiug one himself)
as any man in his time.
June 9. KicH. Corbet of Ch. Ch.
Rob. Burton of Ch. Ch.
Hen. Byam of Ch. Ch.
12. John Warner of Magd. coll,
23. George Webb of C. C. coll.
' [See s complimentary letter from liim to sir Chrijtopher Wren, in Wren
Parentalia, 1750, page 184]
July :i. Sam. Browne of AU-s. coll.
Dec. 16. Edw. Abbot 'of I'liiversity coll. — In the year
1616, Jan. 13, he was admitted chauntor of the church of
Wells, in the place of Richard Boughton, sonictimcK of
Magdalen college in this university; and dying in 1634,
Sebastian Smith M. A. of Ch. Ch. was admitted to that di<r- [169)
nity on the 9 of March the same year.
VViLL. BoswELL of Bal. coll. was admitted the same day.
— Thix person, who was afterwards chapkin to John earl of
Bristol, with whom he travt-U'd to Spain, I set down here,
to distinguish him from another Will. Boswell whom 1 shall
mentiim in these Fasti under the year 1608.
Feb. 27- Hannibal Gamon of Broadgatc's hall.
Admitted 98.
Batchelor of Physic.
May 16. Robert Fludd or de Fluctibus M. A. of St.
Joh. coll. did accumulate tin; degrees of physic, as a member
of Ch. Ch. as I shall tell you anon.
Not one batch, of physic besides him was this year ad-
mitted.
Batchelors of Divinity.
May 16. John Harmar of New coll.
Arth. Lake of New coll.
Rich. Fownes of Ch. Ch.
Nov. 12. Thomas P'kith of AU-s. coll. — He was a Kentish
man born, was afterwards rector* of the church ,,„ . _
at Elmeley in his own country; and canon of j^i,
Windsor an. 1610. in the place of Hugh Blythe
sometimes fellow of King's coll. in Camb. deceased. He
hath written in Latin, A Catalogue, (or rather History) of the
Deans and Canons of St. George's Chappel within the Castle of
fVindsor. It commenceth at the foundation of that chappel
an. 134S, and reacheth to the end of 1628, and afterwards
continued to these times by George Evans a canon of the
said chappel, and others. An original of this MS. I once
saw in the hands of Dr. Tho. Barlow bishop of Lincoln,
whence I took a copy,' and have made use of it in this pre-
sent work, as Elias Ashmole esq; had done before me in his
Institutions, Laws and Ceremonies of the Order of the Garter,
Lond. 1672. fol. and Dr. Pet. Heylin before him, in his His-
tory of St. George of Cappadocia. Lond. 1631. 33. qu. This
Tho. Frith, who was a most judicious and industrious man,
and to whom the coll. at Windsor is much indebted, died
in the latter end of the year (in Feb.) ' 1631, and was buried
in the chappel of St. George before-mention'd, near to the
body of his sometimes wife named Elizabeth, sister to my
father Tho. k Wood batch, of arts and of the civ. law of this
university of Oxon, which Eliz. died more than 4 years be-
fore her husband.
John Rawlinson of St. John's college was admitted the
same day.
Admitted 22.
' [1610, t9 Jan. Edw. Abbot A.M. coll. ad Ticariam de Yeling, com. Mid-
dlesex, per mort. Joh. Broiiifield. Reg. Lmd.
1610, 13 Feb. Edw. .\bbot A. M. coll. ad red. Sanctc Margarets in dots
piscaria, Lond. per mortem Francisci Masbury. Ih.
1616, 6 Sept. Edw. Abbot A. M. admiu. ad ecc'liam Omnium Sanctorum,
Berking, per mortem Rob. Tighe, ad pres. Geo. ar'epi Cant. lb.
Edw. Abbot resign, eccl. S. Margarets in nova piscaria Lond. ante 7 Oct
1616, et resignavit vie. de Yealing ante 19 Jan. 1615. Kennet.]
9 [Wood's transcript and Ashmole's are both preserved in the Ashmolear
museum at Oxford.]
' [Installatus in canonicatu W'indsor loco Blythe T Aug. 1610, per vrvt>
•uiun, ct in prnpr. persona 1 Sept. Obiit die 9 lacnsis Martii 1631. Frilh
Catat. Coirtin. Kivnit.]
307
it;o5.
FAisTI OXONIENSES.
1605.
308
Doctors of Law.
June 17. Hugh Barker of New coll.— He was about
this time chancellor of the diocese of Oxon, afterwards dean
of the arches and president of the civilians coll. at London.
He died in 1032, and was buried at the upper end of the
New ct.U. chappol. See his epiUph in Hist. &f AtUiq. Univ.
Oxon. lib. 2. p. 151, 152.
Doctors of Physic.
May 16. Robbht Fludd before-mention'd, now in great
repute for his admirable knowledge in cliyniistry, and after-
wards for the voluminous writings which he published.
Doctors of Divinily.
May 16. John Harmah of New coll.
Arth. Lake of New coll.
■ Rich. FowNEs of Ch. Ch.
All which accumulated the degrees in divinity.
Rowland Seaechfibld of St. John's coll. was admitted
the same day.
June 13. Rich. Brett of Line. coll.
July 4. Tho. Sanderson of Bal. coll.— On the 1 of
August 1606, he was installed archdeacon of Rochester in
the place of Tho. Staller D. D. and was succeeded in that
dignity by Dr. Richard Tillesley.
July 4. Benj. Heyden of New coll.
Will. Hill of Bal. coll.
The first of these two last became dean of Wells " in the
place of one John Herbert, an. 1602, and dying in 16o7 was
succeeded by Rich. Meredith.
Incorporations.
May 8. Sam. Bird M. A. of Cambridge. — One Sam.
Bird, sometimes fellow of Bennet coll. in that university,
afterwards a minister in Ipswich, hath published several
books, among which are ( 1 ) A friendly Dialogue between
Paul and Deinas, wherein is disputed how we are to use the
Pleasures of this Life. Lond. 1.^80. in tw. [Bodl. 8vo. S.
109. Til.] ('2) Lectures upon the eleventh Chapter of the
Heir, and upon the 3Sth Psalm. . Lond. 1598. oct. [Bodl.
8vo. E. 34. Th.] (3) Lectures on the eighth Chapt. of the
second Epist. to the Cor. Lond. 1598. oct. &c. [Bodl. 8vo.
B. 180. Th.] Whether this Sam. Bird, the author, be the
same with Sam. Bird who was incorporated M. of A. and
had been entred a student in the Bodleian library in Dec.
1604, I must leave it to tlie reader to judge.
[170] May 15. Matthew Lister doct. of physic of tlie univer-
sity of Basil in Germany. ' — He was born at Thornton in
Craven in Yorkshire, * was bred fellow of Oriel coll. after-
wards became a retainer to Mary the incomparable countess
of Pembroke, (whose estate he managed for lier best advan-
tage) physician to qu. Anne the royal consort of K. Jam. L
physician in oidinai7 to K. Ch. L from whom he received
the honour of knighthood at Oatlands 11 Oct. 1636, and at
length became president of the coll. of physicians in
London and one of the prime physicians of the nation. He
died at Burwell near Lowth in Lincolnshire, about 1657,
' [Benjaminus Heyden uatus in parocliia de Kingcsgatc iiiira civitalfiu
Wintoii ; inter socios coll. Novi Oxon. admi^sus anno 1587' ; proiuotus ad
ofticiuni inf(rt-m«toris coll. Winton. anno 1596 : S. T, D. decaii. W«ll. Catal.
SKtorum. Kennet.]
' fMatthew Lister in medicina doctor Oxon. incorporatur Canlabrigia:
1C08. Keg. Acad. CaiU. Uaker.]
* [For an account of the Listen see WhiBiker's Hist, nf Craven, Lives of
Penma mAo died in 1712, (where will be found at p. 179, niemoirj of the
Lister family,) Birch'j Hit. ^the licyal Society, U Kay's Letters.}
aged 92, and was there, I suppose, buried. Nearly related
to him, or at least of the same family, were Edw. Lis-
ter ' doctor of phys. a native of Wakefield in Yorkshire,
wlio died at London, (wliere he had practised many years)
27 Mar. 1620, and Jos. Lister his brother doct. of phys. of
tlie city of \'ork. Martin Lister also of the royal society,
who had tlie degree of doct. of phys. conferr'd upon him
by the members of this university, an. 1683, is his great
nephew, and when a youth was bred up under him.
Jul. 6. James Fitcii D. D. of Cambridge. — He was pre-
bendarv of the cath. ch. of Christ and the blessed Vii'gin
Mary at Rochester, and died in July 1612.
9. John Bowles M. A. of Trin. coll. in the said univer-
sity.— See among the incorporations 1615.
Patrick Young {Patricius Junius) M. ofA. of the uni-
versity of St. Andrew in Scotland, ^ was incorporated the
same day, and was afterwards a sojourner in this univer-
sity.— lie was a Scotch man born, ' and tl." most eminent
Grecian of his time :-^' homo ad literatura; oninis, duntaxat
Graeca;, beneficium natus ;' as a most learned ' critic saith.
He was about this time keeper of his majesty's library at
St. James's ; with the help of which he published Fersio &
Notes in Cltmentis Epistolam ad Romanos, Oxon, 1G33, qu.
[Bodl. 4to. C. 5. Th. Seld.] and Catena Grxcorum Patrum
m Librum Job. Lond. 1637, in Gr. and Lat. written by
Nicetas Heraclea;. [Bodl. E. 1. 13. Th. Seld.] It must be
now known that an Alexandrian copy of the whole Bible in
a Greek MS. was sent by Cyril patriaich of Constantinople
to K. Ch. 1. about 1628, containing the Septuagint transla-
tion of the Old Testament, and the Greek text of the
New, together with St. Clement's two Epistles to the Corin-
thians, joyned at the end. Which two were somewhat im-
perfect, as be.ing in shatter'd and torn parchments, and the
iirst had been in ^•ain sought after near a thousand years in
the West, as a late » author saith. This Alexandrian copy of
the Bible wae wrote a'jout the time of the first Nicene
council (saith the said late author, tho' anotlier ' tells you
about 1200 years ago) in great characters by the hand of
Thecia a noble Egyptian woman ; who, as some say, had
been a scholar of the apostles and afterwards a martyr.
AVhich, with the help of other antient copies, particularly
with a MS. in University coll. library, entit. Octoteuchus,
two Greek MSS. translated into Arabic, in the Bodleian
library, and an antient MS. formerly in that of sir Robert
Cotton, (but lost in the hands of a French man, to whom it
was lent) the said Pat. Young did promise to publish, with
notes added thereto, and accordingly had compared the said
cojjy with the others above named to the 15th chapter of
Numbers^ and no farther, if Dr. Br. Walton saith * right.
The effect of this undertaking being much expected, and
desired by learned men, especially beyond the seas, certain
brethien of the presbyterian (lersuasion were very zealous
with the assembly of divines at Westminster to have the
business encouraged. Whereupon, in the latter end of the
» [See ray MS. coll. (in the British museum) vol. liv. p. 162. Cole.]
" [P. Young M. A. Oiou. incorporatus Cantabrigia: an. 1619. Reg.
.icad. Bakkk.
For tlie life of this very learned and eminent scholar it is only necessary to
refer to Smith's lit. illust. J'irorum, 4lo. 1707.]
' [He was brother to Ur. John Young, dean of Winchester. Tannkb.
Patric. Young pres. per reg. ad rect. de Hayes com. Midd. 30 Apr. 1613.
Kfnnet.]
' Jo. Fricnnus in Kolis ad .ipol. A}nd.
9 Dr. Jo. I'ell iu his prel'. to his edit, of St. Clement's Epistles, at Oion.
1 Ur. Br. Walton in a little nule before his edition of Patr. Young's amiot.
on part of this copy.
« Ibid. "!
309
1605.
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1605.
310
year 1645, they sent to the house of Mr. Pat. Yoiinc: to de-
sire him to go forward with the work, and an ordinance
was read for printing and jmblishing of the .said Testament
of the Septuagint translation. At which time also John
Selden and Bulstrode Whitlock di<l undertake the printing
of it, but what hindred tiiem in going on with the work, I
find not. In 1649 1'. Young (who had sided with the
Presbyterians) left his place of library-keeper to the king,
the books there being mostly embezell'd ; whereupon the
said Whitlock succeeding. Young continued still a sojourner
at Bromfield in Essex, where, I think, he died, an. 165"^,'
for in Sept. that year his. next relation administer'd. After-
wards Dr. VValton before-mention'd printed Young's notes
and annotations, with his own continuaticm of collations in
the sixth vol. of his Polyglot Bible, and Dr. Jo. Fell The
firat Epistle of St. Clement fiom Young's edition, and Latin
translation, with some short running notes .idded there-
unto.— Oxon, 1669, in tw. In 1638, Young put out Expo-
sitio in Cant. Canticorum, in qu. [IJoill. GG. 52. Th.] writ-
ten by Gilb. Foliot bishop of London in the time of Hen. 2.
and was one of the three (Gottefridus Vendelinus and Joh.
Bapt. Cotelerius being the other two) wlio interpreted St.
Clement's two Epistles to the Corinthians. — Lond. 1697. oct.
After his death, all, or most of his Greek and Latin MSS.
collected and written with his own hand, came into the
possession of Dr. John Owen dean of Ch. Ch. in Oxon.
Oct. 21. Daniel Calendak M. A. of St Andrew in
Scotland.
These persons following were incorporated while K.
James I. was entertain'd at Oxon, .^ug. 30.
Alexander Serle LL. bac. of Cambridge. — To whose
name is this added in the public register — ' ad causas &
[17'IJ negotia ecclesiastica, civilia, maritima, & forinseca procura-
tor regius generalis.'
Thom. Howard earl of Suffolk, M. A. of Cambr.''
Rob. Cecill earl of Salisbury, M. A. of Cambr. '
The first of these two counts was afterwards lord cham-
berlain of the king's houshold, L. treasurer of England
after Ceeill, knight of the Garter, and founder of the stately
house called Audley Inn near to Walden in Suffolk. He
died in 1626, and was buried at AYalden. The other (Rob.
Cecill) who was son of Will, lord Burleigh, was now chan-
cellor of the imiv. of Cambridge, afterwards lord treasurer
of England, and knight of the most noble order of the
Garter. He died in 1612, and was buried at Hatfield in
Hertfordshire.
George Thomson M. A. of St. Andrew in Scotland. — He
was born in that city, and afterwards became pastor of the
reformed church at Chastegneraye in France. He hath
written several books, among which are (1) De Pompa in
Jac. 1. Introitu in Londinum, Sylva. Lond. 1C04. oct. (2)
Vindex Feritatis adversus Lipsium, Lib. 2. Lond. 1606, oct.
(3) Quatre Harmonies sur la Reuelation, print. 1607, oct.
(4) La Chasse de la Beste Romaine, &c. Kochcl 1611, oct.
&c. Tho. Dempster in his Apparatus ad Historiam Scoticam,
hath two George Thomsons that were writers, viz. George
Thomson a j)riest, an. 1595, and George Thomson a here-
tic, (as he calls him) an. 1599, which last, I presume, is
our author, who was incorporated at Oxon, and the same
• [t660, 19 Dec. Mark Frank S. T. B. collatus ad tliesaarar. S. Pauli,
Lond. per mort. Patricii Young. Reg. Land. KenwHt.]
* jTlio. Howard comes Sutiolc. art. mag. Cantabr. per gradam, Jiui. 31,
1^5. Reg. Acad. Cant. B*keb.]
' [Rob. CecU comes Sar. cancellarius, art. mag. Cant, per gratiam Jul. 19,
1605. Reg. Acad. Cant. Baker.]
witom Joh. Dtmbnr a Scot doth celebrate for hiii Itsarning in
his book * of epigrams.
Geokge Huugle M. of A. and fellow of Clare hall in
Camb. — One Ruggle of the said hall was author of that
celebrated comedy called Ignoramus, acted before K. Jam. I.
at Camb. S Mar. 1614. Whether the same with Gcoige, I
cannot yet affirm. '
— ^ Craig a Scot, doct. of |)hy8. of the university of
Basil. — ^Tliis is all that ap|)ears of him in the public regis-
ter. So tliat whether he be tlie same with another of the
Dr. Craigs the king's physicians, one of whom died in
Apr. 1620, 1 know not; or whether he be Joh. Cragg* Dr.
of phys. aulhor of a MS. entit. Capnuranut leu Comet, in
Aithera Sublimationis Hefutalio, written in qu. to Tycho
Brahe a Dane, I am altogether ignorant. One Dr. Joh.
Cragg was buried in the church of St. Martin's in the Fields
near L(<ndon, about 1653.
Baunab. Gouge, Goch or (iooche,' doct. of the civ.
law of Cambr. — He was about this time master of Magd.
'i EdiL in octavo 1616, cent. 6. nu. 80.
7 [Geo. Kiiggle coll. Jo. convict, it, admiss. ia matiiculam acad. Cant.
Jun. 26, 1,589. lieg. Acad.
Geo. Ilugglc aul. Clar. suciiii, auctor Celebris comoediic. Bakkr.
To this it may be added that Ruggle was born of gw^i parents at Lavcn-
ham or Lanham in Sulf'ulk, being the eighth child and tilth and youngest son
of Thomas and Margery Ruggle. He was bom in November 1575, educated
at the flee school of l.Avenhain, and at fourteen sent to Cambridge. In
1.593, May 11, he removed from St. John's to Trinity, where he obtained a
scholarship, and remaiiied till be took his master's degree, in 1597, soud after
which he again migrated on the certainty of procuring a fellowship at Clare
hall. In 1004 he was appointed one of the taxers ot the university, previous
to which time he filled the situation of tutor to his college, in the duties of
which he is reported to have bten eminently successful. He died between
the 6th of Sept. and the 3d of November 1632, on which days his will was
signed and proved.
His i)lay of Ignirramus had its foundation it is said, to the following circum-
stance— ' About the beginning of the year 1611, the university of Cambridge
became engaged in a contest with the mayor of the town and the corpora-
tion, on the question, which of the two, the vice-chancellor of the university,
or the mayor of the town, was entitled to precedence of tlie other. The inci-
dent which gave immediate rise to this contest, which was at length termi-
nated in 1612, by a decision of the privy council in favoiv of the vice-chan-
cellor, was this, that the then mayor, Thomas Smart, had, at the Guildhall
of the town, in the presence of the vice-chancellor, claimed, and accordingly
seated himself in the superior place, as Ids due, which it was contended l>e-
longed of right to the vice-chancellor, but which notwithstanding. Smart con-
tinued to occupy, till he was forcibly removed from it by the vice-chancel-
lor's attendants. In the conduct of the dispute on behall of the mayor and
corporation, one Brakyii, a common lawyer, the then recorder of Cambridge,
had shewn himself very active, and might probably if he did nut at 6rst set
it OD foot, at least contribute to keep it alive. This latter circumstance, as it
u imagined, first introduced to Mr. Ruggle's notice and acquaintance tlic
profcssioiml character of the practisers of the common law ; so far, however,
is certain, that it suggested to him the thought, and induced him to form a
resolution of exposing it to ridicule, in a representation on the stage before
king James, who had long been and still was expected to pay a visit to Cam-
bridge, and to whose prejudices against lawyers such a subject was peculiarly
suited.' Ignoramus v/AS tirst printed in I'irao. 1630, several limes between
that year and 1737, when an edition appeared in 8vo. with a frontispiece
ascribed to Hogarth. But tlie best edit, was that published by John Sidney
Hawkins iu the year 1787, which has many claims to preference over its
predecessors.
Besides the comedy now noticed, Ruggle is supposed also to have
written,
1. Cbib lyoic, a comedy, written 1.597, 8.
2. Revera or I'fiii/i * comedy : neither of which have been printed.]
" [Short Sitmme of I he whole CMechisme, gathered by John Craig, Miniiler of
G<Hr$ Hard to the kmg'i Majettt/, 1597. Ded. to professors of Christian gos-
pell, Aberdiiie, Edinburgh 20th July 1581.]
9 [My respected friend Mr. J. U. Phelps possesses a very curious volume
that has the autograph of this writer. It is Chaloner Ue Repubtica Anglo-
Tvm 1579, a gift copy ' To Mr. Barnabee Googe. W. M.' wliicb is thus
acknowledged : ' Barnabee Coclie ex dooo Golielmi Maiim, 1579. ^£tatis,
39.' IIasl£wood.]
X* 3
311
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312
colL in that university, afterwards chanc. of the dioc. of
Worcester, and died at Exeter, where he had an office or
dignity, in the latter end of 1625. ' One of both his names
translated into Englisii The Popish Kingdom, or Reign of
Antuhriit. Lond. 1570, qii. written in Latin verse by Tho.
Nuoj^eorgius,* and Four Books of Hushandry. Lond. [1.577]
l.'.Sfi, qu. and Lond. [1596, ICOl,] 1C14, qu. written in
I>at. by Conr. Heresbachius, and something of Palengenius.'
But tliis translator, if I mistake not, was Barnab. Gooche
of Albingham or Alvingham in Lincolnshire, grandfather
to Barnab. Gooche, living there in 1634 and after. — " But
" the epistle is dated at Kingston, Feb. I, 1.577-"
John Hammond do;t. of phys. of Cambridge. — He was
now physician to prince Henry, * and father to Henr.
Hammondj afterwards the learned and celebrated theo-
Ingist.
Creations.
•Tun. 18. Henry Rowlands b<itch. of div. and bishop
of Bangor was actually created doct. of that faculty.
Aug. 13. Hen. Ashworth of Oriel coll.
John Chbynell of C. C. coll.
These two, were eminent and learned physicians, were
then actually created doctors of physic, because they were
designed by the delegates, appointed by convocation, to be
opponents in the disputations to be had before the king at
his entertainment by the muses in the latter end of the said
month of Aug.
John Gourden (Gordonius) of Bal. coll. was created D.
of D. the same day, (."Vug. 13.) because he was to dispute
before the king his kinsman. — After his disputa'ion was
ended he had his degrees compleated by the king's professor
of div. purposely (not that there was a necessity of it) to
• [Bam. Gowche coll. MagdI. A. B. an. 1586-7 ; art. mag. an. 1590. B.
Goaoh coll. MagdI. LL. D. Cant. an. 1604. Baker.
He wrote
fglr^f, Ffi/tijphn and Smneten: Lond. 1563, 12mo: and translated
The Pnmerbes of the rwbk and wonrthy SouUier Sir James Lojtez de Mendaza,
Marquet tfSantillana, with the Paraphrase of'D. Veter Kaz nJ'Toledo: Wherein
is etmtained u-hatsoeuer is necessarie to the leading of an honest and veiiumts Life,
Transitted out of Spanishe by Bania.V Googe: Imprinted at Lmdan by Richarde
Wutkins, 1579, 8vo. (Bodl. Crynes 886.) Ded. to Cecill lord Burleigh.
Prefixed is the life of the author. The proverbs are in verse with a prose
paraphrase after each. As it is a vol. of peculiar rarity and will probably
never fall in the way of many of my readers, 1 give the first.
Of Loue and Feare.
My Sonne, whom I doe dearly loue,
Vnto my wordes geue eare,
Seeke not by rigour for to rule,
Nor gouerne men by feare.
Loue, and thou shalt bcloued be :
And by the same shalt doe
Such worthie things, as, hated, thou
Shalt neucr attaine vnto.]
• [See some extracts from this poem in the Cmswa TMeraria.']
' [The Zodiakc of Life wr'Uten by the excellent and Christian Poet, MarceUus
Palmgenius Stellatvs. Wherein are conteined twelve seuerall labours, painting
tut mate Hueb/ the whole Campasse tf the World, the Reformation of Mmmers, the
Miteriet of Mankinde, the Pathway'to Vertue and Vire, the Ktemitie of the. Soule,
the Course cf the Heauetis, the Mysteries of Nature, atut diners other Circu'stances
<i great l.earning and no lesse ludgement. Translated out of Latine irUo Eng-
lithe, by Bamahie Googe, and by him newly recognised. Lond. 1576, 4to. Of
this work the first three books appeared in 1560, 12mo. and the first six in
1*61 > l.?™"- Warton notices an edit, of the twelve books in 1565, Hist. Eng.
Poetry, iii, 450. There was also an edition with some subtractions, 1588, 4to.
Ai the whole of the first book has been reprinted in the Censura Litermia, it
v imnfccssary to offer any specimen in this place.]
< [ Ilex omnibus A(c. (Joncedimus dilecto servient! nostro Joh. Hammond,
in niedicmis doctori oflicinm et locum nnius medicorum no>troruni ordina-
noru«. T. R. iptid Weitm. 84 Febr reg. 1. 1603-4. Rymer ivi, p. 574]
shew unto liis majesty tiie form of that ceremony. This
noble person was ijorn in Scotland of the house of Huntley,
was instructed in his youtli in the schools and colleges, as
well in Scotland as in France, in liberal arts and sciences,
and in the knowledge of the Greek and Hebrew languages
and other Orientals. Afterwards he was gentleman of tliree
king's chanibers in France, viz. Charles 9, Hen. 3 and 4,
and while he was in the flower of his age, he was there
assailed with many corruptions, as w^ell spiritual as tempo-
ral, and in many dangers of his life, which God did miracu-
lously deliver him from. At length K. James the first of
England did call him into England, and to the holy minis-
try, he being then 58 years of age, and upon the promo-
tion of Dr. John Bridges to the see of Oxon in the latter
end of 1603 he maile him dean of Salisbui7 in Febr. 1604. *
He hath written (1) Assertiones TheolugiccB pro vera verx
KcclesuB Nota, qua est solins Dei Adoratio; contra falstp Eccle-
tuB Creaiurarum Adoraiionem. Rupell. 1603, oct. [Bodl. 8vo.
A. 4. Th. BS.] (2) England's and Scotland's Happiness i»
being reduced to Unity of Religion under K. James. Lond.
1604, qu. (3) Orthodoxo-Jacobus & Papa apostaticus, &c.
Lond. 1611, qu. (4) Anti-Bellarm'ino-tortur, s'lve Tortus
retortus S( Juliano Papismus, &c. Lond. 1612, qu. (5) Of
the Ceremonies of the Church of England. ° Lond. 1612, qu.
besides sermons and other things.' He departed this mor-
tal life in August 1619, and was, 1 suppose, buried in the
cathcd. ch. at Salisbury; whereupon John Williams suc-
ceeded him in the deanery of that place about the 10 of
Sept. and installed in the middle of Oct. following. To sir
Rob. Gourden of Sudderland, who married his only daugh-
ter and heir named Lucy, he left his INISS. of his own com-
position, written in Latin and English, desiring him that
the English may be published in Scotland, and the Latin
beyond the seas, to the end that the great pains that he had
taken about them may not be lost.
These noblemen, knights and esquires following were
actually created masters of arts, on the 30 of August, the
king being then in Oxford.
The illustrious prince Esme Stuart duke of Lenox, near
of kin to king James L of England. — He was father to
Lodowick the first duke of Richmond of his name.
Henry de Vere earl of Oxford. — He was son of Edw.
de Vere called by some the poetical earl of Oxford, and died
at the siege of Breda in the Netherlands, an. l'i"25.
Henry Percy the most generous count of Northumber-
land, a great encourager of learning and learned men, espe-
cially of mathematicians ; who, as others, ha\e in a high
manner celebrated his worth. — He died 5 of Nov. 1632,
and was buried in the church at Petworth in Sussex.
* [Lord chancellor Egerton gave to Jo. Gordon S. T. P. the rect. of Upton
I.X)vel, in Wilts, June 1608. Tannek.]
^ [EtfrnotoiKcyxa ; The Peace of the Commvniim of the Chvch of EngUmd: or,
the Conformitie of the Ceremorm's of the Communion of the Church of' England,
with the Ensamples and Dtvtritu; (f the Holy Scrij)tures, arul Priinititie Church,
established by the Apostles of Christ, and the holy Martyrs, and Riihops, their
Successors. By Jo. Gordon, Doctor of Diuinitie and Deane of Salisbury. Lon-
don: Piinted by T. S. for Nathuniell Butter, 4-c. 1612. Bodl. KK. 41. Jur.
Prefixed are twenty lines ' ad Angliam,* beL^inning
Anifiia ter foelix donis ditata supernis.]
' [The sacred Doctrine of Dirinilie, gathered out of the Word of Cod, and
citmfn-ehemled in tuv votumcs, whereof this first vohme conttdneth a Desctiiitiim of
aU that holy Doctrine according to the HulesofArt: with a Treatise concerrdng the
Olde Testament, o* the Promise. The second is to containe a larger Kipiicoritfi* of
t^f farmer Doctrines: with a Discouerie of the nwst principaU Heresies mid
ErroiiTS contrary thereunto. Imp. at Lond. by Felix Kyngeston, 1619. Bodl.
Kk. 41. Jur.J
[17«1
513
1605.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1605.
su
Robert D'Evereaux earl of Essex, now a young noble-
man of Mert. coll. — See more in the year 1C36.
Will. Hekbekt earl of Pembroke, the very picture and
viva effigies of nobility, a person truly generous, a singular
lover of learning and the professors thereof, and therefore
by the acadeinians elected their chancellor some years after
this. — His person was rather majestic than elegant, and his
presence, whether quiet or in motion, was full of stately
gravity. His mind was purely heroic, often stout, but
never disloyal, and so vehement an opponent of the Spa-
niard, that when that match fell under consideration in the
latter end of the reign of K. Jam. I. he would sometimes
rouse to the tre))idation • of tiiat king, yet kept in favour
•till; for his majesty knew plain dealing (as a jewel in all
men) so was in a privy counsellor an ornamental duty ;
and the same true-heartedness commended liim to K.
Ch. I.
Philip Herbert, his younger brother, now earl of
Montgomery. — He was quite different in nature from the
aforesaid William, being a person esteemed a very frecjuent
swearer, » and one so intolerably choleric, quarelsome, and
offensive while he was lord chamberlain to K. Ch. I. that
he did not refrain to break many wiser heads than his own.
Mr. Thomas May the translator of Lucan, and afterwards
historian to the long parliament, felt the weight of his
staff; which, had not his office, and the place (being the
banquetting house) protected, it might have been a question,
whether ever he would have struck again. ' See more of
' Ham. L'estrange in his Hist, of the Reign o/" K. Ch. I. under the year
16tO.
9 [In the Bodleian, is a curious tract which formerly belonged to Heame.
The last Wiil mid Testament nf Philip Herbert, Burgesseffr Barkshire, vulgarly
called Earl nf Pembroke and Monlgnmery. Who dyed of Foole-Age, Jan T3,
1650. With his Life and Death, and severaU. Legacies to the Parliament and
Cmnccll of State. Aim, his Elegy, taken verlmtim, in time of his Sicknesse, and
pMished'to prevent false Copies hy Michael Oldisworth. Kodnol, Printed inihe
Fall of Tyrranny, and Resurrection of Loyalty, 1650, 4to. containing one sheet.
This tract notices the earl's constant practice of swearing, and records his
osual oaths, which I shall not repeat. Towards the end of the volume is a
supposed rhapsody of the carl's, written much in the manuer of the rambling
notes in some of the Harleian books, (^see Osborne's Harleian Catulegue,
Tol. iii. page 29.) and at the end —
An yjfgie on the sometimes hmtourMe Philip Herbert, Burgessefor Bark-shire,
and a member of the new Common-wealth: who departed this lAfe Jan. 23, 1649,
just a Year wanting 7 daycs after he had seen his King mwthered before his owtie
CaU,
Here Ives swearing Pembroke, to dye he was loath.
Yet when he departed waschoak'd with an oath.
No honest men grieve when rebells doe fall,
God dam him, he dy'd — and so they must all;
In hunting and hawking was his chiefe delight,
Would bowle, drink, and drab too, rather then fight.
When he was advanc'd by his king very high,
Tum'd travtor, and holp'd pull downe monarchic.
A foole he liv'd long, yel dyed a knave,
A wonder indeed if God should him save.
His life was ne're good, his deeds were all eviil,
He's now gone to hell to outsweare the devill.
Much niiserie to England this traytor did bring.
To mine the people, and murther the king.
He had been advanced to a high degree.
Had not death, like a cheater, cozened the tree :
But now he is dead, full low he must fall.
Though by his death Will. Low hath lost all.
All you that will niounie his death at the grave.
Draw neere, and make water upon an old knave.
No more of his verlu's I need to commend.
What he was all his life, he was at his cud.
Finis.]
' [• On monday after Candlemas-day, the gentlemen of the inns of court
perlbrmed their masque at court ; they were sixteen in numljer, who rode
tbruugb lb* tUeets in foul cburiots, uid two others to carry their pages and
him in Will. Herbert among the writers, under the year
1630. »
William Cecill viscount Cranbourne, son of Robert
earl of Sali.sbury. — He was, after the death of his father,
earl of Salihbury and knight of the Garter, and lived to
16C8.
John R/idces bishop of Oxon, sometlineg of Pembroke
hall in Cambridge, • and lately dean of Salisbury, upon the
promotion of Dr. John Piers to the tee of Rochester, was
then al.so created. — He was now famous for the several
books that he had published, the titles of some of which you
may see in Bodlcy'i or Oxford Catalogue. He died on the
2f> Mar. 1618, and wa-s buried in the church of Marsh-Bal-
den, or Balden in the Marsh, near to, and in the county of
Oxford, as 1 have * elsewhere told you. He was doct. of
div. and therefore, J presume, the registrary of the univer-
sity should have put him among such that were incor-
porated this year, and not among the creations of mast,
of arts.
Theophilus Howard baron of Walden, son and heir of
Tho. earl of Suffolk. — He was afterwards earl of Suffolk
and knight of the honourable order of the Garter. He died
3 June 1640, and was buried in the church at Walden
before-niention'd.
Charles Howard baron of Effingham, son of Charles
earl of Nottingham. — He was afterwards earl of Not-
tingham.
Thomas West lord La Ware, commonly called lord de la
Ware.
Grey Brugges or Bridges, lord Cbandois. — He was
commonly called king of Cotsivould, because of his numerous
attendants when he went to court. He died at the Spaw in
Italy 1621.
Will. Compton, lord Compton. — ^He was afterwards the
first earl of Northampton of his name, and dying 14 Jun.
1630, was buried by his ancestors in the churcli at Compton
in the hole in Warwickshire.
Edward Bruce master of the rolls, and baron of Kinloss
in Scotland. — He died 14 Jan. 1610, aged 62 years, and was
buried in the chappel of the Rolls in Chancery-lane, Lon-
don. He was father to Thomas earl of Elgin in Scotland,
and baron of Whorlton in Yorkshire ; as 1 shall tell you
elsewhere.
musicians, attended by an hundred gentlemen on great horses, as well dad
as ever I saw any, they far exceeded in bravery any masque that had fiw-
merly been presented by thoie societies, and perf(»nned the dancing part
with much applause. In their company there was one Mr. Read of Graj's-
Inn, whom all the women and some men cried up for as handsome a man as
the duke bf Buckingham. They were well used at court by the king and
?ueen, no disgust given them, only this one accident fell, Mr. May of Gray's-
nn, a fine poet, he who Ininslated Lucan, came a thwart my lord charobier-
lain in the ban(|nettiiig house, and he broke his .staff over his shoulders, not
knowing who he was, the king present, who knew him, for he calls him his
poet, and told the chauiberlain of it, who sent for him the next morning, aiui
fairly excus<-d himself to him, and gave him fifty pounds in pieces. I believe
he was the more indulgent for his names sake. This riding shew took so
well, that both king and queen desired to see it again. The mayor of Lon-
don, tho' a sick man, gave them an entertainmeut t>eyond any in Scotland,
or in the way thither; and the grave aldermen would have presented a purse
with two thousand pounds in gold to the queen, but my lord cliamberlain
with a little sharpness decryed the gift, as not a fitting present from such a
body ; so it was not given, but within two days the^< sent to the queen a
diamond which cost them four thousand pounds, which was well accepted.*
Extract of a letter from (j. Garrard to Thomas earl of Stradfurd, dated Feb.
47, 16:i3. Stnig'ardc I.etters, 1739, vol. i. page 207.]
' [Vol. ii, 483; and refer to Brydges's Hist, of' the Peers of England, i, 161.J
' [Jo. Bridges, Londinensis A. B electus socius auls Pembr. an. 15564—
Mr. Bridges art. mag. 1560, S.T. r. Cant. aa. 1575. Regr. BASsa.] ,
* In ifi<t. 41- Antiq. Univ. Own. lib. t. p. S91.
315
ItiOj
FASTI OXONffiNSES.
1G06.
316
Erskeine a nobleman of Scotlan(L — Perhaps he
was the sanie with sir James Erskeine linight of tiie Bath,
[173] son to the eiirl of Marre, or with Alex. Erskeine, who was
after his father's death viscount Fenton in Scotland, and
died in the beginning of the year 1633.
Sir Hen. Nevill knight. — He had been leiger ambassa-
dor at Paris, being the same of BiLingbere in Berks, and
died about 10 Jun. 1615.
Sir Tho. Chaloner knight, sometimes a commoner of
Magd. coU. now tutor to prince Henry.
William Herbert knight.
John Egbrton (afterwards earl of Bridgwater) knight.
Valentine Knightley knight.
John Ramsey a Scot knight.
Sir Roger Aston knight. — He was the natural son of
John Aston gentleman, second son of Rich. Aston of Aston
in Cheshire, had all his breeding in Scotland, which made
some to take him to be a Scot born, was originally the
barber to king James I. while he was king of tlie Scots,
as a libellous ' author tells you, tho' from record it appears,
that he was gi'oom of the bedchamber to him, and belonged
to it in the time of that king's father and grand fatlier.
He was a plain honest man, and therefore beloved by that
king, who often instrusted him as a messenger to cariy
letters from him to qu. Elizabeth. At length being made
master of the great wardiobe to K. Jam. I. while king of
England, departed tliis mortal life 23 May 1612, and was
buried 28 of the said mouth in the church at Cranford in
Middlesex.
Sir Patrick Murray a Scot. — ^The same, I think, who
was of Elibanke in Scotland, and afterwards knight and
baronet of that kingdom.
Sir Thomas Mounson knight and baronet. — He was of
the antient family of those of his name in Lincolnshire, had
been commoner of Magd. coll. and was about this time
master of the armoiy, and master faulconer to his majesty,
and in truth such an one, as no prince in Christendom had
the like. Afterwards he was twice brought to liis tiyal,
upon deep susj)icion of having an hand in the poisoning
of sir Thomas Overbury, but at length, with much ado,
came off clear. He was a person of excellent breeding,
was a great lover of ingenuity, especially of music (having
himself good skill in it) and a patron to the j)rofessors
thereof.
Thom. Coenwallis
Franc. Castilion
GiLB. Kniveton
Rolls Kniveton
George Chawohth
Edw. Grevill
David Foulis
The last of which, who was a Scot, was afterwards made
a baronet, and is ancestor to those of his name living at
Inglebie in Yorkshire.
Will. Fleetwood
Will. Bowyer i , . ,
Hen.Capell > '^"'"''"'•
Geor. More
The first of these last four was knighted in 1603, and
therefore not to be taken for Will. Fleetwood recorder of
London, who had been dead some years before. The last,
George More, I have already mentioned at large among the
writers.
» Sir Anth. Welden in hia Court and Char. <f K, Jam. I— printed 1650.
p. 4.
kniglits.
}
esquires.
John Digby, esq; sometimes a commoner of Magd.
coll. afterwards earl of Bristol. — I shall mention him at
large among the writers in another part of this work.
Lf.vine Monk "esq; he was clerk of the signet 1611."
Gabr. Dowse
Will. Lilsley
Edm. Dowse
Anth. Abington
Will. More
Geor. Calvert
While the said nobles, knights and esquires were created,
Roger earl of Rutland, Edward earl of Somerset, and
Henry Howard earl of Northampton, who had formerly
been created and incorporated masters of arts, did sit
among the venerable masters in convocation and gave their
suffrages.
This year in the month of Aug Henry Prince of AVales,
the people's darling and the delight of mankind, eldest son
of K. James I. was matriculated a member of this univer-
sity, as a meuiber of Magd. coll. at which time John Wilk-
inson batch, of div. and fellow of the said coll. liad the
honour to be nominated his tutor : I mean that Wilkinson,
who most ungratefully sided with the rebels, that took up
arms against the younger brother of the said pi'ince, K.
Charles I. of ever blessed memory.
An. Dom. 1606. — 4 Jac. I.
ChancMor.
The same, viz. Thomas earl of Dorset.
Vice-chancelloT .
Henry Airay D. D. provost of Queen's coll. Jul. 17-
Froctmt.
Simon Baskervyle of Exet. coll. Apr. ult.
James Mabbe of Magd. coll. Apr. ult.
Batchelors of Arts.
May 20. Thom. Sutton of Queen's coll.
Rich. Nicholls of Magd. hall.
Jun. 3. Thom. Willis of St. John's coll.
30. Mich. Wigmore of Magd. hall, afterwards fellow
of Oriel coll.
Oct. 31. Leonard Digges of Univ. coll.
Nov. 24.
the batch, of div. in 1619
Jan. 24. Will. Sparke of Magd. coll.
Tho. Godwin of Magd. coll.
Feb. 10. Charles Somerset of Magd. coll. was then
admitted batch, of arts in convocation. — He was son to
Edward earl of Worcester, and was afterwards made knight
of the Bath at the creation of Henry prince of Wales.
IS. Will. Jewell of Exet. coll. — See among the mas-
ters, an. 1609.
Tho. Willis and Tho. Godwin are to be mention'd in
another part of this work.
Admitted 188.
Batchelors of Law.
June 27. John Hoskins junior of New coll. — He was
afterwards a divine and an eminent preacher.
Besides him were but four more admitted.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 10. Thom. Bastard of New coll.
[174]
Will. Dickinson of Mert. coll. — See among
317
1606.
FASTI OXONIENJjRS.
1C06.
318
Jul. 2. Edm. Gunter of Ch. Ch.
3. Will. Hele of Exet. coll.
5. J OH. Ferebe or Ferriby of Magd. hall.
Mar. 13. Edw. Evans of Ch. Ch.
Admitted 102.
Batchelors of Divinity.
" Apr. 8. Walt. Bkown of C. C. coll. — ^This was the
" person who is mention'd in the History of the Troubles and
" Tryal of Archb. Laud, cap. 40. p. 380. where sir Nath.
" Brent witness'd against the archb. that he was acquainted
" with Mr. Brown fellow of C. C. coll. (Hon, who was sus-
" pected to be a papist, and after his death proved to be
" one by a book that was found in his study, proving that
" a ninn might be a Roman Cath. and yet go to church and
" conform in England. Archb. Laud made answer that he
" was acquainted with the man, tliat he w;is a very good
" scholar, and an honest man, and a good protestant, for
" ought he knew."
Nov. 19. Rich. Meredith of New coll. — This person,
who was born in the city of Bath, was admitted perpetual
fellow of New coll. in 1578, left it about six years after,
and thro' certain preferments " succeeded at length Dr.
Benj. Heydon in tlie deanery of Wells, an. 1607. He hath
published A Sermon on Micah 6. 4, 5, 6. — printed 1606, qu.
and perha])S other things, which I have not yet seen. He
died 15 Aug. 1621, and was buried on the 17th of the same
month on the South side of the choir of the cath. ch. at
Wells. He was succeeded in that deanery by Dr. Ralph
Barlow, as I shall elsewhere tell you.
Dec. 15. Edw. Chetwynd of Exet. coll.
Admitted 10.
tCj" Not one doctor of law or physic was admitted this
year.
Doctors of Divinity.
Jul. 17. Rich. Crakanthorpe of Qu. coll.
Oct. 30. Will. Fisher of Oriel coll.
March 16. Gerrard Williamson of Ch. Ch. coll.
Incorporations.
Apr. 8. Theodore de Mayerne, or Mayernius Tur-
auETTL's, or Theodore TuRauETTUS de Mayerne, born of
Protestant parents at Geneva, (who hardly escaped the Pari-
sian massacre) doctor of physic of the vmiversity of Mont-
pellier, lately of the council to the K. of France, as to mas-
ters of physic, now physician to the queen of England, was
incorporated with more than ordinary solemnity doctor of
the said faculty. — He was baron of Aubon or Albon in
France, (being son of Lewis de Mayerne a French writer)
was afterwartis chief physician to K. Jam. 1.' by whom he
was sent in the beginning of the year 1618 into Fnmce,
about matters of concern, but being suspected to come
there purposely to disturb affairs, was commanded • by the
counsellors belonging to the king of that country to depart
the kingdom forthwith. In 1624, Jul. 14, he received the
honour of kniglithood at Tiieoljalds, and was afterwards
physii ian to K. Ch. I. and his royal consort Henrietta Maria.
He hatli written in French ( 1 ) Medicinal Counsels and Ad-
vices. (2) A Treatise of the Gout. Both put into Latin and
* [He was rector of Cheritun South, CO. Somerset. Tanner.]
7 [D"". Rfiwlinwjii liitH inserted amongst his notes an original document of
which the following is a copy :
' Die Solis 9 Junij stilo veteri 1611, p*stitura a me jiiramentum regi magiis
Britannise Jacobo 1. Greenwichi. , The. Maycrue.'j
' Camdea io Amial. R.Jac. I. MS. tub. an. li>18.
^ published by Theop. Bonet doct. of phy.s. Sec more in
Dr. Tho. Sherley in my discourse of Anth. Sherlcy among
the writers, under the year 1630, [vol. ii, col. 495.] and in
Dr. Tho. Moufct, an. 1590. [vol. i, col. 574.] (3) Excellent
and well approved Receipts and Experiments in Cookery, with
the best IVuy of preserving, &c. printed 1658, in tw. (4) [IT'S]
Praxeos in Morhis internis pracipue gravioribus & chronicis Syn-
tagma, Sec. Lond. 1690, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. K. 64 Med.] with
his picture before it, aged 82," publi.^ihpd by his godson
Theod. de Vaux; " which sir Theodore de Vaux being fel-
" low of the royal society at London, communicated to
" them, A. D. 1687, sir Theod. de Mayerns Account of the
" Diseases of Dogs, and seiieral Receipts for the Cure of their
" Madness and of those bitten by them, which was published
" in the Philosophical Transnctions, num. 191. A. D. 1687-
" There is also ascribed to this sir Theod. de Mayern, Epi»-
" tola de Gonorrhea: inteteratce, et Carunculcp, S( Ulceris in
" Meatu Crinario Curatione, to Georg. Mat. Konigius in Bib.
" Vet. Si Nov." From the experiences also of the said sir
Theod. Jlayerne, and from those of Dr. Chamberlain and
others, w<is written a book entit. The compleat .Midwife's
Practice, &c. printed several times in Oct. Before he came
into England he wrote Apologia, &c. Rupel 1603. Oct.
[Bodl. 8vo. L. 68. Med.] and perhaps other things. He
paid his last debt to nature in the beginning of the year
(about 26 March) 1655, and was buried 30 ' of the same
month in the chancel of the church of St. Martin in the
Fields near to London, by the bodies of his mother, first
wife, and five of his children ; at which time, Thom. Hodges
a presbyterian divine and minister of Kensington in Middle-
sex, preached his funeral sermon ; in the conclusion of
which, he spoke much in praise of sir Theodore, who left
behind him a widow named Isabella, and a rich daughter
called Adriana de IMuycrne baroness of Aubon, afterwards
married to a French marquess of Mountpellion.* Over hi.s
grave was soon after a fair monument put, with a flourish-
ing and high flown epitaph thereon, which for brevity's
sake I shall now jtass by, ' and only tell you, that Quercitan
and several famous men of France and Germany did make
honourable mention of him near 60 years before his death.
Jill. 10. Sam. Walsall batch, of div. of Cambridge —
He was afterwards doct. of that faculty and master of C.C.
coll. commonly called Bennet coll. in that university oa
the death of Tho. Jegon.* He hath published The Life and
Death of Jesus Christ, serm. before the king at Royston, on
9 [W. Elder sculpt. He is represented as a fat old man, full beard, seated,
in a cap, a scull in his right haiid. It is a good print and not common.]
' [March xx\x, buried Sir Theodore de Mayerue, the king's physician,
aged Ixxxii. Smith's Ohituary, printed by Peck, Desid. CuriM. ii. lib. xiv.]
» [His rich daugliter was to have m.irried Henry lord Hastings, only son of
Ferdinand earl of Huntingdon, but that young nobleman died after a short
illness on the day before that which had been fixed on for their nuptials.
This fact is collected from a small volume entitled Lachnpnx Musarum: The
Tearet of the Muses, eiprest in Elegies wriilen by divers Persons of' A'ofciiity and
]\'orth upon the Death of' the most hapeJuU Henry Lord Hastings (^c. CoUected
and set forth by Ii. B. (Hichard Bronie) IJiuo. I>ond. 1650. This has a cu-
riou« frontispiece of the muses surrounding a human figure in a shroid, and
a sheet containing an epitaph on lord Hastings. This vol. is also curious
from containing an elegy by Oryden, which was his first printed production,
as it was written when he was a boy at Westminster.]
' [Kennet has transcribed it in part, but as the whole is fomid in New-
court's RqHriarium, vol. i, p. 690, and in Le Neve's Mimumenta .ingi. iv, tS,
I follow the example of my author.]
♦ [Sam. Walsall S.T 1'. admiss. ad eccl. S. Mariie Abchureh London, ad
pres. ma'gri et sociorum coll. C.C. Cantab. 23 Mar. 1611: ccssit ante
19 Junii, 1613. Reg. Bancrnfi. Kknnit.
Sara. Walsall .-idmissus M'. C. C. C. (_Cantiauus) Mar. ST, 1616, S. I. P.
1609. I3.i.KtK.]
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FASTI OXONIENSES.
1607.
320
Isa. 53.4. Lond. 1615.' in oct. [Bodl. 8vo. VV.41.Th.] and
other tilings as 'tis probable, but such I Imve not yet seen.
He died in tlie summer time, an. I6'2(iy and was buried in
the cbap. of tliat coll.
12. Thom. Morton D. D of the same university — ^He
was of St. John's coll. and through various promotions be-
came at length the most learned and reliijious bishop of
Durham. His life is at large written by John Barwick
D.D. printed at Lond. 1660, qu. to which I refer the
reader.
14. Tho. Sheafe D.D. of Cambridge — He was son of
Tho. Sheafe of Crunbroke in Kent, was bred fellow of
King's coll. in that university, where he hatl tho repute of a
good scholar, was installed dean of Windsor ^9 March 1614,
being about that time rector of VVelford in Berkshire, and
beneficed at another place in that county. When he was
about 80 years of age, he wrote Vindici<E Senectutis, or, a
Plea for old Age, &c. Lond. 1639, oct. Which being pub-
lished, the author soon after died, viz. 12 Dec. 1639. Where-
upon his body was buried in St. George's chap, at Windsor.
He left behind a son named Grindall Sheafe, sometimes fel-
low of King's coll * before-mention'd, afterwards D. of D.
vicar of Coltshall and Horstead in Norfolk, archdeacon,
canon and prebendary of AVells, and had other preferments
in the church. From which, raking and scraping a great
deal of wealth together, (for he troubled himself not with
learning or the encouragement thereof) it had redounded
much to his honour and name to have left it to the church,
which he did not, but to lay-people and servants, who cared
not for him, only for pelf-sake. He died 28 Apr. 1680,
and was buried in the cathedral church at W'ells : Where-
upon his archdeaconry was bestowed by the bishop on
Charles Thirlby vicar of St. Cuthbert's church in Wells, his
canonry on Henry Dutton batchellor of di\ inity, sometimes
of Corp. Chr. coll. in Oxon, and his prebend, commonly
called the ' golden prebend," on Edward Waplc batchelor of
divinity, of St. John's coll. in the said university.
Thomas Erpenius, " son of Gerard John of Erpe and
" Beatrix his wife," was born at Gorcum in Holland A. D.
1589, studied in this university in the condition of a so-
journer about this time, but how long his stay was here, I
cannot tell. He was admirably well skill'd in the Oriental
tongues, the Hebrew, Chaldee, Arabic, Sytiac, iEthiopic,
Persian and Turkish. He is celebrated throughout the
whole Christian world, as the restorer of the Arabic tongue,
and died at Leyden in the flower of his age, an. 1624, " or
" as others 13 Nov. 1629. In the Great Geogruph Hist, and
" Poetical Dictionary is this account of liim: Erpenius,
" otherwise Thom. of Erpe, born at Gorcum in Holland
" 1584. He was the wonder of his age for his knowledge
" of the Eastern and Ethiopic languages. The K. of Spain
" invited him to his court to explain certain Arabic inscrip-
" tions. And the K. of Morocco f.dniired his Arabic epistles
" to that degree, that he could not forbear reading them
" himself, and shewing them to those that knew the lan-
" guage naturally. Among other things he left behind an
" Hebrew and an Arabic Grammar, and a Saracen History in
" Arabic aud Latin. Meursius Ath. Batavd, lib. 2.
' [Preached in Oct. that year 1615, at Royston. Bauer. Mr. Masters
however >a;s it is dated from C. C. C. Feb. 19, 1606, and that A. Wood is
mistalien in referring it to 1615. V. Hist, of C.C.C. C. page 139, note.
CoL«. To this note I can only add that Wood is perfectly right. The Ser-
mon b dated in the title 1615, and we are there told that it was ' preached
before the king's majesty at Royston in October last.' If M'. Masters has seen
A copy dated 1606, it must have been a former edition, since no such date
appears in the Bodleian copy, which I have inspected thoroughly.]
• [Tho. Sheale admiss. in coU. llegal. 1580. Baub.J
" Jul. 26. Edw. Sackvil, a younger son of Rob. earl of
"Dorset, was entred a student in the public library, being
" then a nobleman of Ch. Ch. See Baronagium, p. 401."
An. Don. 1607. — 5 Jac. I.
Ctuincellor.
The same.
Vice- Chancellor.
Job. Kino D. D. dean of Ch. Ch. Jul. 17.
Proctors.
Nath. Brent of Mert. coll. Apr. 15.
JoH. ToLSON of Oriel coll. Apr. 15.
BatcheloTS of Music.
Jid. 11. Thom. Tomhins of Magd. coll.' — This eminent
and learned musician was born of Tho. Tomkins chauntor
of the choir at Glocester, descended from those of his name
of Listwithyel in Cornwall, educated under the famous mu-
sician Will. Bird, and afterwards for his merits was made
gentleman of his majesty's chappel royal, and at length
organist, as also organist of the cath. church at Worcester.
He hath composed (1) Songs of three, four, five, and s'u- Parts,
printed at London, in qu. but not said when (2) Musica
Deo sacra & Ecclesix Angticanct ; or. Music dedicated to the
Honour and Service of God, and to the Use of Cathedrals, and
other Churches of England, especially of the Chappel Royal of
K. Charles I. in ten Books, &c. when first printed 1 cannot
tell. (3) Divine Strvices and Anthems, the words of which
are published by James Clifford in his book entit Divine
Services and Anthems usually sung in the Cathedrals, &c. Lond.
1663, oct. (4) A Set of vocal Church Music of four and five
Parts. M. S. given to Magd. coll. library in Oxon, by Jam.
Clifford before mentionil, where they yet remain in the
archives thereof; and also hath compositions in The Triumph*
of Oriana, published by Tho. Morley 1601, qu. He was
living after the grand rebellion broke out, but when he died
I cannot justly tell you. He had a son named Nath. Tom-
kins batch, of div. of Oxon, who was prebendary of Wor-
cester from the month of May 16'29 to the 21 of Oct. (on
which day he died) an. 1681, as also .several brethren, among
whom were (1) Giles Tomkins a most excellent organist,
and organist of the cath. ch. at Salisbury, who died about
1662. (2) Job. Tomkins batch, of music, who was one of
the organists of St. Paul's cathedral, and afterwards gentle-
man of the chappel royal, being then in high esteem for his
admirable knowledge in the theoietical and practical part of
his faculty." At length being translated to the celestial
choir of angels on the 2* Sept. an. 1626, aged 52, was bu-
ried in the said cathedral. (3) Nich. Tomkins one of the
gentlemen of the privy chamber to his majesty K. Charles I.
who was also well skill'd in the practical part of music ; and
others, but their order according to seniority 1 cannot tell.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 21. Hugh Robinson of New coll.
23. Tho. Prior of Broadgate's hall. — See among the
mast, of arts 1611.
■' [Jun. 6, 1608, conccditvr Johanni Tomkin coll. Regal, ut studium decern
annorum in mubica sulTiciat ci ad intrandum in eadem facultate : ita tamen at
canticum componat cantand. in die comitiorum— et ut presentetur per magis-
trum Rcgen. in habitu bac. in artibuf. Reg. Acad. Cant. BiKtR.l
• [See Phineas Fletcher's I'oetical ilisccUania, p. 67. Lovsoay.]
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JoH. Seller of Or. coll. was admitted the same day.—
See more of liini among the masters 1610.
Jvil. 8. Edw. Chaloneh of Magd. coll.
Oct. 17. JoH. Reading of Miigd. hall.
20. Arth. Hopton of Line. coll.
JoH. Wylde of Bal. coll.
Of the last of these two see more among the M. of A. an.
1610.
Dec. 9. Edw. Seymour of Magd. coll. son of Edward
lord Bcauehamp, son of Edward eail of Hertford.
Will. Seymour of the same coll. younger brother to the
said Edward, was admitted the same day. — This Will. Sey-
mour was afterwards earl and marquess of Hertford, chan-
cellor of this university, and at length duke of Somerset.
He died 24 Oct. 1660. '
Feb. 1. RoG. Manwaking of All-s. coll. — He was after-
wards bis^hoj) of St. David.
5. Tho. Hobbes of Magd. hall. — He was after-
wards the famous philosopher and mathematician of Malms-
bury.
2r>. Giles Widdowes of Or. coll.
As for Robinson, Reading, Manwaring, Hobbes and Wid-
dowes, there will be a large mention made of them in ano-
ther part of this work.
Admitted 154.
Batchelors of Law.
Apr. 21. JoH. Reinolds of New coll.
Dec. 16. Arch. Duck of All-s. coll.
Besides these two, was/but one more admitted this year.
Masters of Arts.
Jan. 12. Sim. Birckbek of Queen's coll.
18. Nathan Pownoll of Ch. Ch.
Rich. Tillesley of St. Joh. coll.
Jul. 8. Tho. Baylie of Magd. coll.
Oct. 20. Rob. Sanderson of Line. coll.
Dec. 14. Rich. Capell of Magd. coll.
Admitted 101.
Batchelors of Physic.
June 1. Rich. Andrews of St. John's coll.
28. Edm. Dean of St. Alban's hall. ^
Besides these two, was but one more (Will. Barker of
St. Mary's hall) admitted.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Apr. 23. Rich. Moket of All-s. coll.
■ Joh. Denison of Bal. coll.
Jul. 9. Mich. Boyle of St. Joh. coll.
Joh. Bancroft of Ch. Ch. coll.
^Vhich two last were afterwards bishops.
18. Will. GiLBERTof Magd. coll. — ^V^letherhebe the
same Will. Gilbert who was afterwards D. of D. and mi-
mister of Orset in Esse.\. (where he died about 1640,) I
know not.
Admitted 8.
Doctor of Laws.
Jan. 14. Thcmas Cwynne of .\11-s. coll. — He was after-
wards, or about this time, chauntor of the church of Salisbury
(as the cat. of the fellows of that cull, tells us, but falsely)
and chancellor of Laiulatf He was a benefactor to Jesus
coll. in Oxon, as you may sft- ' elsewhere, and lived, if I
mistake not, 'tili the reign "f Oliver the protector.'
9 In Hist, f Antiq. Univ. Oxon, lib. 1. p. ,?ir. b.
' [He was the younger son of John ao Rccs Wynn of Bodfeddan, pater-
nally descended from Hwfa ap Kynddelis one of our 15 tribes, whose herc-
Doctor of Phytic.
. Jul. 4. Will. Barker of St. Mai7'» hall. — He was a
learned physician, but whether he hath published any thing,
I know not.
Doctort of Divinity.
Jul. 8. Will. Wilson of Mert. coll.— In l.'-.84 he be-
came canon of Windsor in the place of Dr. Will. Wickham
promoted to the see of Lincoln, being about that time chap-
lain to Edmund archb. of Canterbury. Afterw,ird.-i he be-
came ))rcl)ondary of Rochester, and rector of Clyve or CliflTe,
in Kent. He died 14 May I61.'>, aged 73, and was buried id
the eliappel of St. George at Windsor, near to the Ixxly of
his father, and not in the cath. ch. at Roche!>ter near to llie
bodies of his sometimes wives, Isabel and Anne.
Charles SoNiBANKEof Ch. Ch. — ^This person, who wa« a
Salopian born, and originally of St. Mary's hall, was now
canon of Windsor,* rector of Ilasely in the county of Oxon,
and |K)ssessor of the donative of Wrotham in Kent. I have
seen a sermon of his entit. The Eunuch's Conversion, preaeliod
at Fa-il's ci-o-ss on Acts 8. 26, 27, 28, &c. Lond. 1617, oct.
[Bodl. 8vo. W. 12. Th.] And what else he hath published
I know not. Qujcre. He died on the 12 Oct. 1638, and
was buried in the chancel of the church at Hasely beforc-
mention'd.
.Tul. 8. Rich. Pilkington of Queen's coll.
Francis Bradshaw of Magd. coll. was admitted the same
day. — He Wtis born of a genteel famUy in Bucks, wa-s a dig-
nitary in the church,' and hiith written certain matters of
divinity, as some antients of his coll. have told me, yet .ill
that I have seen which he hath published, is only a sermon
entit. The World's Wisdom, or, the Politician's Religion i On
Psal. 14. 1. Oxon. 1598, oct.
July 8. Matthew Davies of New coll. — He was brother
to sir Joh. Davies, whom I have mentioned among the
writers under the year 1626.
George Benson of Queen's coll. was admitted the same
day. — He was about this time canon residentiary of Here-
ford, and parson of Rock in Worcestershire, autlwr of A
Sermon at Paul's Cross, on Hosea J. from vcr. 7 to 12. Lond.
1609, qu. [Bodl. 4to. S. 27. Th.] and perhaps of other
things, but such I have not seen. He was born of a genteel
family in Westmorland, was fellow of Qu. coll. proctor of
the university, and died (at Rock I think) about 1647-
Jan. 14. Geor. Darrel of AUs. coll.* — ^This person,
ditary office in the time of our British princes was, to assist the bp. of Bangor
to place the crown on the prince's head on the coronation day, and to have
the appart'll tlie prince was crowned in for his fee. The wife of John Precs
Wynn and D'. Gwynn's mother was Margaret Woods, the daughter of Wil-
liam Woods of Llangwyfen and Talyllin, and Ellin Owen of Bodeon his wife,
which Woods was paternally descended fruiu Rich. Wood of Woud-hall in
I..aiicashire. D'. W'yim was bom at Bodfeddan in the parish of Llaiibenlan
in Anglisey. His elder brother was Rhees Wyun Serjeant at law, whose
daughter and heir was married to S'. .Tustinian Lewyii, K'. and LI. D. He
bestowed on .lesus coll. the impropriate rectory of Holy-head, to the intent
that one quarter of tlic profits of it should be for the maintenance of s
preacher, another quarter for two reading curates and the poor, and the other
two quarters or one full half for the maintenance of two fellows ami two sclio-
lars, as 1 take it to be chosen out of the Isle of Anglisey, il such In- Ibund,
and in default of such out of the diocese of Landaf. This rector, »lien he
purchased and bestowed it was well worth aOO /.7>. fter an. but by the poverty
of the country, and some other circumstances, it is now set for about liOUb.
if so much. Humphrvvs.]
2 finslallatus canon. Windsor, 8 Apr. 1598, loco Welward. Ke.mnei.]
' fin 1611 he occur> as rector ol the rectory of lubney, in an evidence in
Magd. coll. treasury. I.ovEnAV.J
* [Geor. Darell S. T. P. admiss. ad rect. de Wormly com. Hertford, J J
Sept. 1610: cessit anno 1630.
Georgius Darell S.T. P. admiss. ad rect de West Kanniugfield Essex, 53
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who was brother to sir Marnmiluke Darrel cofferer of his
majesty's household, was installed canon of the sixth stall in
the coliegiat church of Westminster, on the S of J une this
vear, in the place of Dr. Griff. Lewys deceased; and dying
on the last of Oct. 16.S1, Pet. Ileylin batch, div. was nomi-
nated to succeed him the next day, and accordingly was in-
stalled on the 9 of Nov.
Incorporatimt.
May 16. Thom. Bell M. of A. of Cambr. * — One of
both his names had been a Rom. Cath. afterwards a Pro-
testant, and a writer and publisher of several books against
the papists from 1.593 to 1610, and after, as the Oxford Ca-
talogue will partly tell you. jQuajre whether the same.
July 14. Patrick Kinnimond M. A. of the university of
St. Andrew in Scotland. — He was afterwards beneficed in
Dorsetshire.
Anth. Cade M. A. of Oambr. was incorporated the same
day. — He bath published J Justif cation of the Church of
r.ngland. Lond. 1630, qu, and certain sermons, as the Ox-
ford Catalogue will tell you. " Among others he was the
" author of Conscience, it's Nature and Corruption, with it's
" Repairs and Means to inform it aright. In a Vindication of
" the public Prayers and Ceremonies of the Ch. of England,
" &c. Lond. 1661, qu. In a sermon of conscience, on
" Rom. 2. 15."
Rob. Abbot 'M. a. of the same university, was incorpo-
rated the same day. — He was afterwards vicar of Cranbroke
[178] iw Kent, a sider with the presbyterians in the rebellion whicli
began in 1642, was minister of Southwick in Hampshire,
and at length of St. Austin's church in AVatling street near
St. Paul's cath. in London ; where, after he had been tum-
bled and tossed to and fro. enjoyed himself quietly for some
years in his old age. He hath written and published several
things, among which are (1) Four Sermons, &c. Lond. 1639,
Oct. dedicated to Walter Curie l/ishop of \Viucliester, (to
whom he had been servant) who then exhibited tb his two
sons, one at Oxon, and the other at Cambr. ("2) Tnjal of
our ChuTch-Fofsakers, &c. on Heb. 10. 23. Lond 1639. oct.
(3) Milk for Babes, or a Mother's Catechism for her Children.
Lond. 1646. oct. (4) Three Sermons, printed with the for-
mer book. (5) A Christian Family builde.d by God, or Direc-
tions for Govemours of Families, Lond. 16.53, oct. At which
time the author was two years above the great climacterical
year. Other things ' he hath also published (among which
is. Be thankful London and her Sisters; Sermon on Psal. 31.
21. Lond. 1626, qu.) which for brevity's sake I shall now
omit.
Dec. 1611, ad prcs. Rob. Doilly et Job. Butcher pro hac Tice ; succcssit
Edw. Ailmer A. M. 9 Nov. 1630, per raort. Darrel. Reg. Banavfl & Laud.
Kennet.]
* [In the old register of S'. Thomas Apostles, London, under the year
1 541 , is this entry : Thomas Sell the son of Richard Bell was christened the
18 daje of September.
Tliis testimony is given of him by Dr. Matthew Sotcliffe in bis Challenge
cmetmmg tlie Romish Churdi, Lond. 1602, 4to. pref — ' A man while he was
yet a Popish priest among them accounted the most learned, sufficient and
grave man among their company, and now well known by bis learned works
(not answerable, at the least not answered) to have much profited since.'
Kbnnet.
See au account of this Tho. Bell in Walsingham'a Search into Matters of Re-
I'tgim, p. .55 &c. 81 &c. Baker.]
* [In the register of S<. Tlio. Apostle London, under the year 1592, is this
entry— Robert Abbot tlic son of John Abbot was christen'd the 10th daye of
September. Kennkt.]
' [The Young Mrni's IVarning PUee, or a Sermon on Pi-ov. ii>. 19, at the Fu-
neral of Will. liogert, Ayothecary, with a lliilory of his smfiiU Life and vxijid
Death, and a Postscripl gTiAc Use oJEiamjiles. Lond. 1637. Tanner.J
Creations.
Jul. 14. The most noble John Kennedi a knight of the
illustrious family of the carls of Cashills in Ireland, was
then actually created master of arts.
An. Dom. 1608. — 6 Jac. 1.
Chancellor.
The same, viz. Thomas Earl of Dorset; but he dying
the 19 Apr. Dr. Rich. Bancroft archb. of Canterbury suc-
ceeded in the chancellorshii) on the 22 of the same month. —
He was born at Farnwortb in Lancashire in Sept. 1544, son
of John Bancroft gent, by Mai^ his wife, daughter of Joh.
Curwyn, brother to Dr. Hugh Curwyn archb. of Dublin ;
a)id after he had been severely trained up in giummatical
learning, he was first placed in Christ's, and soon after re-
moved to Jesus, coll. in Cambridge. Afterwards * by the
endeavours of his said imcle Dr. Curwin, he became, when
young, prebendary of the cath. ch. at Dublin;' but the
uncle removing, a]i(l dying soon after, he was made chaplain
to Dr. Cox bishoj) of Ely, who gave him the rectory of Te-
versham in the county of Cambridge. Being thus j)ut into
the road of ))referment, he was admitted batch, of div. 1580,
and five years after doctor. About which time he put him-
self into the service of sir Christoph. Ilatton, lord chancellor
of England, by whose reconmiendations he was made pre-
bendary of Westminster, in the place of Mr. Joh Wickham,
an. 1592, from whence he had the easier passage to St.
I'aul's in London, of which cathedral he was treasurer.
Vice-chancellor.
Dr. King ag-ain, Jul. 17-
I'roctors,
Edw. Underhvll of Magd. coll. Apr. 6.
JoH. Hamdon of Ch. Ch. Apr. 6.
Batchelors of Music.
Dec. 13. Will. Stonard organist of Ch. Ch. in Oxon. —
He hath composed certain Divine Services and Anthems, the
words of one, or more, of which are published in the Col-
lection of Divine Services and Anthems put out by Jam. Clif-
ford an. 1563. We have also some of his compositions in
our jiublic music school at Oxon, sent by Walter Porter, to
his kinsman Joh, Wilson doct. of music, and the public pro-
fessor of the praxis of that faculty in Oxon, to be reposed
and kept for ever in the archives of the said school. In the
8 [1584, 11 Sept. Ricanhis Bancroft e coll. Jesu in oniv. Cantabr. ad-
missus ad cccl. S. Anilrea; Holboni, per mortem Jacobi Proctor, ad pres. exe-
cutorum testament! Ilenr. com. Southamton. Keg. A'dmir, E'pi Land.
1585, 10 Febr. Ricardus Bancroft S. T. P. admiss. ad thesaurar. S. Pauli
per promolionem Herberti Westpbaling, ad ep'atum Hereford. lb.
Ric. Banckcroffe, S. T. P. atimiss. ad eccl. de Cottingliam, vac. per mort.
ult. incumb. 27 Apr. 1586, ad pres. hon. viri Christopheri Hatton mil. Reg.
Houland, E'pi Pelrib.
Ricardus Bancroft coll.Xti, Cantabr. scolaris, coll. Jesu conmiensalis. Ric.
Parkcri .Skektos Cantab.
Dr. Hill, master of Trin. coll. and vice-clran. of Canibr. a special means of
procuring from the parliament the Lambeth library, which fell to the uTiiver- ■
sity by the will of archb. Bancroft, Tuckuej's f'uneral Sernwn on Dr. Hitl,
page 43. Kennet.
Bancroft was chaplain to archbishop Whitgift about 1592, on whose recom-
mendation in 1597 he was made bishop of London in opposition to Hugh
BrouEhton. Strype, Life of Whitg^t, p. 515.]
9 [I am apt to question this preferment, for D'. Curwen was translated
from the archbishoprick of Dublin to the bishoprick of 0.\ford in October
1567, at which time Bancroft had not been three quarters of a year batchelor
of arts. MS. Note in Mr. lieber'i Copy.]
525
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organists place of Ch. Ch. succeeded Edward Low of Salis-
bury about 1630, who was afterwards professor of the mu-
sical praxis in this university, and author of Short Directions
for the Performance of Cathedral Sa-vice, printed at OxonJn
Oct. an. 1661. The second edition of which came out at tiie
same place in 1664, [liodl. 8vo. C. '^o-.i. Art.] with a re-
view, and many useful additions relating to tlie common
prayer, by the same hand. This Mr. Low, wlio was judi-
cious in his profession, but not gi-aduated therein, died on
the 11 July 1682, whereupon his body was buried at the
upper end of the divinity chappei, joyning on the Nortli side
of the cathedral of Ch. Ch. near to the body of Alice his
sometimes wife, daughter of sir Joli. Peyton the younger of
Dodington in the isle of Ely, knight.
* Batchehrs of Arts.
Apr. 13. JoH. Harrys of New coll.
16. Charles Croke of Ch. Ch. — See amone- the D.
of D. an. 1625.
20. Will. Lewis of Hart hall, afterwards fellow of
Oriel coll. — ^See among the creations 1627.
31. Rich. Gove of Magd. hall.
June 2. GiLB. Ironside of Trin. coll. — He was after-
wards bishop of Bristol.
James Martin of Broadgate's was admitted the same
day. — See among the masters 1611.
6. JoH. Wall of Ch. Ch.
Jul. 7- Edw. Bagshaw of Brasen-nose coll.
9. JoH. Barlow of Hart hall.
Oct. 14. Isaac Colf of Ch. Ch.
Nov. 19. GiLB. Stoakes of Hart. Hall.— See among the
batch, of div. 1646.
Jan. 25. Sam. Smith of Magd. coll.
- Will. Greenhill of Magd. coU.
Accepted Frewen of Magd. coll.
The last of which three was afterwards archb. of York.
Feb. 16. Hen. lord Clifford baron of Skypton, eldest
son of the earl of Cumberland, was then admitted batch, of
arts, as a member of Ch, Ch— After this man's time, stu-
died in the same house Henry Clifford, son of Francis earl
of Cumberland; who, by the various copies of verses that
he wrote (but whetlier published I know not) obtained the
character of the best of poets among the nobility. ' He was
afterwards earl of Cumberland; and dying on the 11 of
Decemb. 1643, was buried by his ancestors in a vault under
ihs ciiurch of Skypton in Craven in Yorkshire.
Feb. 16. NicH. Guy of Hart hall. — See among the mas-
ters, an. 1611.
18. Rich. Eedes of Brasen-n. coll.*
17- Joh. Ball of St. Mary s hall, lately of Brasen-
nose coll.
20. Thom. Howell of Jesus coll. — He was after-
wards bishop of Bristol.
23. Will. Slatyer of Brasen-nose coll.
As for Harrys, Gove, Ironside, Wall, Bagshaw, Green-
hill, Frewen, Howell and Slatyer before-mentioned, there
will be large mention made of them in another part of this
work.
Admitted 213, or thereabouts.
' [See some account of this nobleman in these Athenae, under the year
1643.] •'
' [In the first edit. Wood gave a short account of Ecdes, but as he after-
wards drew up a life of him as an author, (which will be found in another
part of this work) this was omitted in the edit, of 17S1.]
Matters of Arts.
May 12. Hem. Whistler of Trin. coU.
May 30. Sam. Fell of Ch. Ch.
John Ley of Ch. Ch.
Hkn. Rogers of Jes. coll.
June 2. Walt. Raleigh of Magd. coll.
6. Sampson Trice of Hart hall, afterward* of Ex
coll.
" Sam. Eaton of Broadgate's hall."
July 7. Gabriel Richardson of Brasen. coll.
Mar. 18. Hen. Jackson of C. C. coll.
Admitted 98, or thereabouts.
Batchelors of Divinity.
June I. Lionell Day, fellow of Bal. somcliraes of Or
coll. was then admitted.— He was younger brother to John
Day mentioned among the writers, under the vcar 1627
was rector of Whichford near to Brailes in Warwickshire,'
and author of Concio ad Clerum, habita Oxunii, die Mortis pott
Comitia, An. Dom. 1609 ; in Luc. 22. 31. Oxon. 1632. qu. be-
sides otlicr tilings, as 'tis said, but such I have not yet seen.
He died in 1640, and was buried in the chancel of the
church of Whichford before-mention'd.
Jun.30. JoH. Davies of Lincoln, sometimes a student in
Jesus college.
Jul. 7. Thom. Peacock of Brasen-n. coU — He was a
Cheshire man born, and tutor to the famous Rob. Bolton;
the author of whose life doth much celebrate the said Pea-
cock for his learning, and great sanctity of life and conver-
sation. He was buried in St. Mary's church in Oxon
Pec. 1611. '
13. Joh. Sandsbury of St. Joh coll.
Besides these four were 24 more admitted, among whom
Nich. Simpson of C. C. coll. was one, and Rich. Colfe of
Ch. Ch. another; both accumulators.
Doctors of Law.
Apr. 16. James Cook of New coll. — He was the only
doctor admitted this year.
Doctors of Physic.
June 1. Rich. Andrews of St. Joh. coll. — He had im-
proved himself much in his faculty in his travels beyond the
seas, which afterwards made him highly esteemed among
learned men and others.'
Will. Turner of Bal. coll. was admitted the same day. —
He was a Londoner born, and was master of aits of Cambr.
in which degree being incorporated with us, an. 1603,
entred himself into Bal. coll. (having before spent some
years in foreign academies in the study of phys.) and as
a member of that coll. he was admitted to practise his fa-
culty, 13 July 1604. After he had been admitted doctor,
he retired to London, lived in Fetter-lane, became one of
the coU. of physicians, and eminent for his practice. One
Will. Turner doct. of phys. wrote a pamphlet entit. Ad no-
bilem Britannum, or an Abstract of England's Royal Peers.
W^hen written I cannot tell; sure I am, 'twas printed at
London in 1641, qu. Whether this Will. Turner be the
same with the former of Bal. coll. I cannot justly say, nor
whether he was one of the sons of Dr. Pet. Turner men-
tioned among the incorporations, an. 1599 ; yet that he was
descended from William, father of the said Dr. Peter Turner,
'tis not to be doubted.
' [Sec some lines addressed by Andrews to Camden, priiUcd iu thc.Uoc.
Elisttb. cd. by Hcanie, 8vo. vol. iii, page 59i.]
y* o
327
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[180]
" field and Cov. in the beginning of the year 1619" but died
before consecration.
14. David Ellis of Jesus coll.*
Tliese two last accumulated the degrees of divinity.
Incorporations.
May 30. Rich. Butler batch, of div. of Cambr.' — He
was formerly of St. Joh. coll. in Oxon. and now chaplain
in ordinary to his majesty, which is all I yet know of him.
Jun. 14. Christoph. Musgkave batch, of arts of C ambr.
One of Vjoth his names was about this time a Carthusian
at Liege in Germany, and afterwards wrote Motives and
Reasons for his Secession and Dissevering from the Church of
Doctors of Divinitij.
May \1. Sbbast. Benbfield of C. C. coll.
.Uine 1. J OH. Lea of St. Joh. coll. , , ., r
The last of these two, who was of the genteel family of
the Leas or Lees of Qiiarendon in Bucks, and of Dichley in
Oxfordshire, was chaplain to the most noble knight sir
Hen Lea, was beneficed in the said counties, and dying
about 1609, wils buried in St. Joh. coll. chappel ; to the
adorning of which, he was an especial benefactor. He gave
also luimy books to that coll. library.
Rich. Thornton canon of Ch. Ch. was admitted the
same day.— In the beginning of Sept. an. 1611, he became }j„,„g^ Lond. 1621, qu. But this last I cannot affirm to be
the
prebendary of Worcester in the place of Gervace Carring
ton deceased; and dying 1 Jan. 1614, was buried iu "-
oath, of Ch. Ch. in Oxon.
June 6. Will. Laudb of St. Joh. coll.
. Joh. Rawlinson of St. Joh. coll.
Rob. Wakeman of Bal. coll.
the same with him who was batch, of arts, because he saith,
that before he seceded from the church of Koilie he had
been a Carthusian monk for the space of twenty years.
David Owen M. of A. of Clare hall in the same univer-
sity, was incorporated the same day. — He was afterwards
batch, of div. and chaplain to John Ramsey lord viscount
25. Edw. Wickuam of Bal. coll. now prebendary of Hadington, afterwards D. of D. and chaplain to the said
■ ' "^ ' "^ '■ '■''"'' — —" "'^"^ - - He hath written
and Puritan for
ings. Cambr. 1610,
if I mistake not, buried in the chancel of tlie church of Sto-
rington in Sussex, near to the bodies of his father and mo-
ther. In his archdeaconry succeeded, as I suppose. Rich.
Fitzherbert.
Thom. Higgons of Bal. coll. was admitted the same
,lay._He was father to sir Tho. Higgons of Grewell in
Hamjjshire.
30. NicH. Simpson of C. C. coll. who accumulated. — He
was now prebendary of Canterbury, where dying in 1C09,
left behind him a son named John, who was afterwards D.
of D. and preb. of the same church, and dying 1630, aged
51, left behind a son named Nicholas, who also was pre-
bendary there.'^ This last, who was of C. C. coU. in Oxon,
died 22 Aug. 1680, aged 56, and was buried in, or near,
the graves of his father and grandfather in the cathedral
church of Canterbury. Over their sepulchres was a stone
soon after put, with an inscription thereon, which for bre-
vity's sake I now pass by.
Rich. Colfe of Ch. Ch. was admitted the same- day. —
He was now prebendary of Canterbury, * and dying 7 Oct.
1613, aged 63, being then subdean of that church, was bu-
ried therein 3 days after, at which time Thomas Wilson, a
member thereof, preached his funeral sermon, entit. Christ's
Farewell to Jerusalem; On Luke 23. 27, 28, 29, &c. To
which a testimony is added concerning the said Rich. Colfe,
of his great piety and learning.
June 30. Joh. Browne of Univ. coll.
Christoph. Sutton of Line. coll.
—.— Tho. Alleyn of C.C. coll.
July 7. Tho. More of Ex. coU.
12. Will. Leonard of Ex. coll.
Mar. 11. Gerard Massie of Brasen-n. coll. — " This per-
" son, who had been fellow of that coU. and proctor of the
" university," was afterwards " rector of Wigan in Lan-
" cashire, and" nominated " and elected" Bp. of Chester
" on the translation of Dr. Tho. Moreton thence to Litch-
* [A mi>uke. Kewket.]
» [He was eldest son of Einandiis Colfe mentioned in the Atiif.k«, i, 590.
In 1585 (July l.t) he was vicar of Milton, Kent, and after of Hcrne in the
iiinc countj. lie died in 1613, and was buried in Canterbviry cathedral,
hning married three wives. Uasttd's Hist, of Kent, i. 70; iv. 611]
qu. (2) Anti-Puraus, site Determinatio de Jure-Regio, habita
Cantabrigim in Scholis Theologicis, 19 Apr. 1619, cotitra Da-
videm Paraum caterosque reformatte Religionis Antimonarchns.
Cantab. 1 632, oct. What other things he hath published I
know not,' nor any thing else of him, only that he was
born in the isle of Anglesea.
July 8. Will. Eire (Eierus) doct. of phys. of Leyden.
W^iLL. Cavendish M. of A. of Cambr. son and heir of
Will, lord Cavendish, was incorporated the same day, in
the house of convocation. — He was afterwards the first earl
of Devonshire of his name.
" July 12 Rob. Aylet master of arts of Cambridge, he
" Wiis afterwards doctor of laws, and made miister of the
" faculties on the death of sir Charles Csesar in the begin-
" ning of Dec. 1642."
Walt. Curle M. .\. of Cambr. was incorporated again.
— See among the incorporations an. 1601, and in 1636.
Eliezer Hodson M. A. of the same university, was in-
corporated the same day. — See among the incorporations
1615.
JoH. Williams M. A. of Cambr. was also then in-
corporated. This noted person, who was the son of Ed-
mund AVilliams of Conway,,conmionly called Aberconway,
in Caernarvonshire (by his wife Mary daughter of Owen
W^ynn of Eglwysfach) the sixth son of William Wil-
liams of Cych Willan, was educated in St. John's coll.
in the said uni\ersity, of which he was fellow. Afterwards
he became chaplain to Tltomas lord Egerton lord chanc.
of England, and in 1611-12, one of the proctors of the
university of Cambridge, in which office he gave so noble j-jgj-j
and generous entertainment as well in scholastical exercises
as in edibles and potables, to the Spanish ambassador, con-
I Flint-
llow-
6 r David E;iis was instituted to the rectory sine cum of Cwmb in Flii
shire Apr. 21. 1608. He is then st.yled 13. D. But May 18'h next folio
ino he was instituted to the rcctoiv of Nortiiop, and he is then styled V. D.
1 find him continue rector there till 1624, and then I suppose he dyed, lor^
there is no farther mciiliun of hln. HuMrnntYS.J
7 rS.T.B. Cant. an. 15'8. BARtB.]
e [Deteclio Calumniamm Diulogi Papislid, dicti Deus et Hex. US. Keg. 10
Treatise on the PoKcr of Pmces and Duly of Subjects; 1610. MS. Reg.
18 B. v.]
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ducted thither by his patron the lord chancellor, that when
they took their leaves of him, the chancellor, with the ap-
probation of the ambassador, told him that he had behaved
himself so well in liis entertainment, that he was fit to
serve a king, and that he would be glad to see hira as wel-
come at the court, as they were in the university. About
that time he had several benefices confer'd upon him, ' of
which tiie rectory of VV'aldgrave in Northamptonshire was
one, Diiiam and Grafton two more, a residentiaryship in the
church of Lincoln, one or more prebendships thei'ein, and
the office of chauntor ; besides a prebendship in the clnirch
of Peterborougii, and a donative in Wales.' Afterwards he
Wiis made sacerdotal rector of the Savoy, chaplain in ordi-
nary to his majesty, and on Sept. 10. an. 1619, dean of
Salisbury in the place of Dr. J oh. Gourdon deceased :
Whereupon giving up the Savoy, upon his mjyesty's desire,
it was by him confer'd on ' M. Ant. de Dominis archbishop
of Spalato ; and at the same time 'twas order'd that an
yearly pension should be by him (Williams) paid to the fa-
mous Pet. du Moulin a French protestant, who a little be-
fore had fled into England upon account of religion.' About
that time, he by the favour of George duke of Buckingham,
was made a privy councellor to his majesty, and upon the
promotion of doct. Hob. Tounson to the see of Salisbury,
had the deanery of Westminster confer'd upon him, in
wliich he was insUU'd 10 July 1620: Afterwards the
deanery of Salisbury was confer'd upon Dr. Job. Bowles of
Cambridge, as I shall elsewhere tell you. In the month of
July 16'iil be was nominated bishop of Lincoln on the
translation of Dr. George Mountaigne to the see of Lon-
don, and about the same time was made lord keeper of the
great seal by Buckingham's endeavours. On the 9 Oct.
following he proceeded to Westminster hall, as lord keeper,
but without * pomp, and on the 11 Nov. was consecrated
bishop of Lincoln in the collegiat church of St. Peter at
Westminster, by the bishops of London, Worcester, Ely,
Oxford and LandafF ; and about that time his majesty gave
him leave to keep Westminster in Cfin.mendam. It was
then observed by many, that as sir Nich. Bacon had befi)re
received the great seal from a clergyman, (Nich. Heath
archb. of York) so a bishop again received it from his son
sir Francis, at which the lawyers did fret, to have such a
flower puU'd out of their garden. But as for the further
addition to the story, that Williams was brought in by
Buckingham to serve such turns as none of the laity could
" [1610, 2.> Aug. Joh. Williams A. M. admiss. ad eccl. de Duddingliurst,
per inort. Uub. Coiiiin ad prcs. Aiui,-e Stonlcy, rdictse Joliaiiiiis Stonley da
Duddingliurst. Reg. Bancwjl, Kpi Lonrf.— 161'<>, 31 Oct. Joh. Williann .A.M.
itcrum udini^.'^. ad eccl. de Dudd'uighurst eo quod putroiius recupcravit jus
suum conrra Ep. l.oiid. lieg. lung.
1611, .1 Mali, Joh. Williams cler. et A. M. ad rect. de Grafton, ex pres.
regi.^, pro hac vice. Ueg. Dove, Kp. Petrih.
1614. 4 Mail, E'pus iiistiluit. Joh. Williams cler. S. T. B. ad rect de Wal-
grave ad pres. Ricardi Line, episcopi, |)er resijjn Will. Bate cler. Reg.
Voee. Kennet.]
' [His <l0Tiative iu Wales was the rectory sine cur i of" Llancliladr iu Kin-
merch in the diocese of Bangor, which he resijiued 9.»oti alter Ije was dean of
Saruni, ami Dr. Dan. Featle^' was instituted into it as the proxy ol' Peter du
Moulin, Aj)r. 8, 1620. Penrhim house stands eleven miles Irotn Conway,
and little more than a mile from Bangor. HumpiirevsJ
* Camb. in Annul. R. Jnc. I. MS. sub. an. 1C19.
' [Peti u'' .Moiinasus, Petri tilius, S. T.P. in acadeniia Lugd. Bat. iacorporat.
Cant. 1640.
Petr. Molin*us sen. S.T.P. Cant, regiis literis an. 1615.
Vide Colomisii Collect. Litentrum, pp. 'iM, '271. Biker.
Old Peter du Moulin of Sedan had the sine-cure rectory of Llanhrayader
in Derbyshire, which he enjoyed 1646. (LeUers Nov. 1646.) Tanneb.]
* Cauibd. iu Aimal. sub. au. 165tt.
be found bad enough to undertake, a.s a libellous ' author
reports, we must leave it to knowing men to be judges of
it. After K. Ch. i. came to the crown, he was continued a
privy counsellor for a time, but Buckingham being then in
great favour with that prince, caused tlie seal to Xk. token
from him in Oct. 162.'>, as having neglected, and been very
ungrat^'ful to him ; and in the beginning of Feb. following,
when that king was crown'd he was set aside fiom admi-
nistring service at that ceremony, as dean of Westminster,
and Dr. Laud bishop of St. Duvid'n, and j)reb. of Westm.
(who before had received several schtKilings and alfronta
from William.s while lord keeper) oHiciated in his place.
Further also, lest he should seek revenge against Bucking-
ham for what he had done unto him, he, with the earls of
Somerset, Middlesex, and Bristol, (all of an inclination,
tho' not all of a plume) were interdicted the parli.tment
house. Hereupon Williams grew highly discontented,
sided with the [)uritan, and finding the king to decline in
the affection of his people, he fomented ' popular discourses
tending to his majesty's dishonour, so long, until at length
the incontinence of his tongue betrayed him into speeches,
which trespass'd up<m loytdty : for which words, they hav-
ing taken vent, he was cpiestion'd by a bill in the Star-
Chamber, 4 Car. I. Dom. 1628. But the information being
somewhat lame and taken up with second hand reports,
the accusation lay dormant 'till about 1632, when it was
revived again. And the purgation of B. Williams depend-
ing principally upon the testimony of one John Pregian
registrary of Lincoln, it hapned that the Febr. after, one
Elizab. Hodson was delivered of a base child, and laid it to
this Pregian. The bishop finding his great witness
charged with such infamy, conceived it would invalidate all
his testimony, and that once rendred invalid, the bishop
coidd easily prognosticate his own mine. Therefore he
bestirs himself amain, and 'tho by order of the justices at
the jmblic session at Lincoln, Pregian was charged as the
reputed father, the bishop by his agents, Powel and Owen,
procured that order to be suppressed, and by suljornation
and menacing of, and tampering with, witnesses, did at
length in INIay, 10 Car. L procure the child to be fathered
upon one Bohun, and Pregian to be acquitted. After this
he being accriminated in the Star-Chambcr for corrupting
of witnesses, and being convicted by full proof on the U
of July 1637 he received this censure. That he was to pay
ten thousand pounds fine to the king, to be iinprison'd in
the Tower oFLondon during his majesty's p1ea.«ure, and to be
suspended ab ofliciis & beneficiis. In 1640, Nov. 16. he was
released from the Tower, and became the idol for a time of
both houses, (having since his fall closed with the puritan) L^^^J
and who then shoidd be in daily conference with him but
Edward Bagshaw a parliament man for South wark, .and af-
terwards Will. Prynne, two zealous and bigotted puritans ;
whose counsels were chiefly to pull down Laud archbishop
of Canterbury, \A'entworth earl of Strafford, Hevlin of
Westminster, and other royalists. On the 12 Jan. follow-
ing, he preached before the king, and pleased the puritan
very much, as being zealous for the sabbath, and against
the book for sports ; yet towards the conclusion said that
the discipline of Geneva, and Cornaries diet, were fit for
none but beggars and tnulesmen. Afterwards, it was ob-
served by many, that ha declined daily in the peoples favour,
* Sir Ant. Weldon in his Cmrt and Char, if King Jama, printed 1650,
p. 139.
s Ham. L'estrange in his Hat. of the Reign of King Ck. I. under the je«r
163?.
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who took him then not to be the same man as they did
before. In 1641 he was by his maj. favour, purposely to
authors who lived and wrote after his death are therein
quoted ; which are unadvisedly done by another hand. At
they made their protestatioi _
behalf of themselves; for which being iniprison'd in the
Tower again, continued there eighteen weeks. At length
being with much ado released, he retired to the king at
Oxon, where he provided himself with a commission, and
instructions what to do when he went farther. Afterwards
he went into his own country, repaired his castle at Aber-
conway, fortified it, and spared not any cost or labour to
make it tenable for his majesty's service. But then his
majesty and privy council suspecting that he would not be
faithful to him, they put a commander therein, and ;n a
manner thrust the archb. out. Whereupon taking these
matters in high disdain, he retired to his house at Pentryn
or Penrhyn, not far from Aberconway, which he fortified ;
and having gained the favour of the parliament, put a gar-
rison therein, and declared for them. Afterward obtaining
some forces from one Tho. Mitton a parliamentarian colonel
in those parts, went forthwith and set upon Aberconway
castle, took it and kept it to his dying day in iiis own ])os-
session. This was in the latter end of 1645, at which time
tlie king's cause did daily decline, as the aiclibishop did in
the minds of the royalists, who, for these his actions, spared
not to stile him a [jerfidious prelate, the shame of the
clergy, and the ajwstate archbishop of York ; whereas
while he was in his greatness, he was characterized to be a
person of a generous mind, a lover and encourager of
learning and learned men (he himself being veiy learned)
hospitable, and a great benefactor to the i)ublic, yet always
high and proud, and sometimes insolent, and to have Pha-
risaical leaven in him. His works are (1) ^ Sermon of
Apparel before the King and Pr. at Theohiilih, 22 Feb. 1619 ;
on Matth. 11. 8. Lond. 1620. qu. [Uodl. 4to. F. 26. Th.]
(2) Serm. before the Lords. Lond. 1623. qu. (3) Serm. at
the Funeral of K. James ; on 1 Kings 11. 41, 42, 43. Lond.
1625. qu. [Bodl. 4to. T. 17- Th. BS.] (4) Preseverantia
Sanctorum, &c. on Job 42. 12. — pr. 1628, qu. (5) Letter
to the Vicar of Grantham, &c. pr. 1636, qu. answered by Dr.
Pet. Heylin in his Coal from the Altar, &c. (6) Holy Table,
Name, and Thing, more antienUy used under the New Testam.
than that of an Altar, pr. 1637, [Bodl 4to. HII. 29. Th.]
which is a reply to the Coal from the Altar, &c. Where-
upon Heylin came out with a rejoynder, called Antidotum
Lincolniense, &c. as I shall tell you more at large when I
come to him in another part of this work. (7) Annotationes
in Vet. Testam. S; in Ephesios, Cantab. 1653, oct. published
under the name of Johan Kboraccnsis, ' by which, I jire-
sume, is meant John Williams. He hath also published
one or more sermons which 1 have not seen, and hath also
extant Parliamentary Speeches, " (one speech in defence of
" the bishops rights to sit and vote in parliament was
" printed 1661, qu. if not before,)" and Letters of State.
In 1672 was printed at London in octavo, A Manual : or,
three small and plain Treatises, viz. 1. Of Prayer, or active, 2.
Of Principles, or passive, S. Of Resolution, or opposite. Divi-
nity. Translated and collected out of antient writers for
the private use of a most noble lady, to preserve her from
the danger of popery. In the title page 'tis said to have
been written by John luchbishop of York, yet certain
" his addit. to the Hist, of Wales says thus of Dr. Joh. Wil-
" liams archb. of York. — His places and preferments
" brought him wealth which enabled him to purchase Cych
" Willan in Carnarvonshire, which had been the house of
" his ancestors, and also Penrhyn the seat of the antient
" and once flourishing family of the Griffiths with other
" lands, which came (he dying intestate) to sir Griffith
" Williams of Penrhyn his eldest brother's son and heir."
There is extant a Latin apology for this Dr. Williams archb.
of York, written in good Latin by Joh. Harmcr M. A.
sometimes of Magd. coll. in Oxon, to Lambert Osbaldeston
a great creature of the said archb. in which are many
things, that are true, inserted. But the reader is to know,
thiit the said Harmar, who sometimes taught in the college
school at Westminster, had often piirticipated of the genero-
sity of archb. Williams ; and when afterwariis he became
Greek professor of the univ. of Oxford, he was esteemed a
parasite, and one that would do any thing below him to
gain a little money or a meals-meat.
July 12. M.'VTTUEW When M. of A. of Pembroke hall in
Cambridge, was then incorporated in the same degree. — I
have spoken largely of him elsewhere.
Will. Boswell' M. A. of Jesus coll. in the said univer-
sity, was incorporated the same day. — He was afterwards
proctor of that university, secretary to sir Dudl. Carleton
while ordinary ambassador to the states of the United Pro-
vinces, and afterward resident or leiger ambassador there
himself; in which capacity he was knighted by the lord
Hor. Vere of Tilbury, and other commissioners, named in
his majesty's letters patents, in the army of the said states
at Bockstal near Balduck in Brabant, 25 July 1633. He
was a learned man, a great encourager of learning, zealous
for the church of England, faithful in the execution of his
embassy, and highly valued by eminent persons. He died
much lamented in 1647-
JoH. SauiEE M. A. of Jesus coll. in the same university,
was also then incorporated. — He was afterwards vicar of
St. Leonard's Shoreditch in Middlesex, a zealous and ortho-
dox preacher, and therefore respected by Dr. Laud archb.
of Canterbury. But wheti the puritan or presbyterian brake
into an open rebellion, he was one of those many godly
ministers that suffered by imprisonment, sequestration,
phmdering, and 1 know not what. He hath written Lec-
tures, being an Exposition of the first Part of the second Chapter
to the Thessalonians. proving the Pope to be Antichrist. Lond.
1630, qu. and idso published several sermons, the titles of
most of which you may see in the Bodleian or Oxford Cata-
logue. Pray be pleiised to see more of him in that vile
« [He dyed at Gloddiiith not Glodcdd, anno 1650, not 49. He was
buried in the parish cluirch of Llandegai near Bangor, where a very fair
nionmncnt was erected for him sometime alter by his nephew and heir sir
Grifiitli Williams of Penhryn, baronet, where is liis effigies in alabaster, tlie
arms of his family, and the purse and mace, llie ensigiies of his being lord
keeper, finely done, and a very liandsom inscription, of black marble, com-
posed by his chaplain Ur. llacket, to which I refer you lor his vijidication
and character; as also to his life writ by the same Dr. Hacket, extant in MS.
I presume in the hands of sir Andrew Hacket. HuMpnREYS.
Dr. John [Jacket (allerwards bishop of Litchfield and Coventry) 's Life tf
Archbishop and Lord Keeper H'UUams, was published in folio, London 1693,
- , prefixed to which is a liead of the lord-keeper by R. White.]
But Wassc thniks WilKams might be the author. Vid. Joumcl DrUamuqiic 9 [Gul. Boswell Suffolc. clectus socius coU. Jcs. 1606. art. mag. coll. Jes.
pour letmoude Mart, &c. 1753, p. 283. Loveday.] 1607. Baker.]
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' r/ncCTto Autore, e Biblwthera Jeannit Archlep. Eboracemit m Luccm erutce.
lut Wassc thinks WilKams might be the author. Vid. Joumcl Britmoiiquc
333
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FASTI OXONIENSES.
l«f)9.
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pamphlet called A Century of scandalous, malignant Priests,
&.C. printed 1643, qu. p. 25.'
JoH. 'Freston M. a. of Qxi. coll. in Camb. was also
then incorporated. ' — He was afterwards doct. of div. mas-
ter of Emanuel coll. in the said university, a perfect poli-
tician, and the patriarch of the jiresbyterian party. ■• The
titles of most of the sermons and treatises wliich he hath
written and published, you may see in the said Catalogue,
and the actions of his life, written and published by one that
was his pupil, named Tho. Ball of Northampton, who tells
you, that he died 20 Jul. 1628, imil that he was buried in
the church at Fawsley in Northamptonshire.
An. Dom. 1609.— r Jac. I.
Chancellor.
Rich. Bancroft D. D. archb. of Canterbury.
Fice-chancellor.
The same, viz. Dr. J. King, July 14.
Proctors.
Charles Greenwood of Univ. coll. Apr. 26.
JoH. Flemmyng of Exeter colJ. Apr. 26.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 28. Edw. Littleton of Ch. Ch.
May 2. Joh. Heath of New coll. the epigrammatist.
6. Brian Duppa of Ch. Ch.
6. Edw. Boughen of Ch. Ch.
The former of which two was afterwards B. of Winton.
June 22. Tho. Dugard of Ch. Ch. — Quisre.
— 26. Christoph. Wren of St. John's coll. — See more
among the batch, of div. 1620.
Jul. 7- Nathan. Grenfield of St. Edmimd's, lately of
GIoc. hall. — See among the masters 1612.
* [John Squire was grandson to bishop Aylraer and nepliew to Theophilus
Ayhner archdeacon of London, who bred hint at tlie university, and presented
him to tlie vicarage of Shoresditch, to whicli he was admitted (being then
M. A.) 29 Apr. 1612. Serrrum of the Second Commandmmt preached in St.
Pauls Church, January 6, 162.3, hy John Squire Vicar of St. Letmard Shveditch.
Lond. 1624, 4to. ])cd. to tlie reverend Theophilus Aylmer D. D. and arch-
deaci-n of London—* You sent me to the nniversit^y, tlicre your cost, counsell
and care made me a student, scholar, and fellow : you call'd me from the uiii-
vcrsitie to a lining of your own donation.' Kinnet. See also Strype's L^e
tf Aylmer. 177.
Articles exhibited in Parliament agaijist Master John Squire Vicar of S. Leo-
nard Shoreditch, Aug. 7, 1641. Printed 1641, 4to.
An Answer to the said Articles by Mr. John Squire, with an Attestation of his
Parishimers to his Imiocence and licputation. Printed 1641, 4to. ]>cnes me. W.
K. KhNNET.
See much more of him in Walker's Sufferings of the CUrgy, part i, page 68,
&c: and iu Ellis's i/istmy of SAwfi/itc/i, page 'i6, &c: When ejected from
his vicarai^c he retired to Richmond in Surrey, where he kept a sdiool, and died
Oct. 28, 16.53, leaving a son who was afterwards reader of Barnes in Surrey,
who died Jan. 9, 1662.]
* [One John Preston a Franciscan frier died at Dublin Dec. 10, 1639, the
forty second year of his profession, of his mission in Ireland 33. He was
often vicar provincial there : an argument of his sulficiency. Vid. P. n. Ar-
cbibold, MS. Bakkr.]
' [Jo. Preston admitted of King's coll. an. 1604 ; admitted fellow of
Queen's coll. 1609, as said in his life and in the register, then only A. B.
Jo. Preston coll. Rcgin. art. bac. Cant. an. 1607-8. Meg. Acad. Cant,
Art. mag. coll. Regin. 1610. Ueg.ihid. Bakeh.]
* [Dr. Pre.xton was born at Ilcyford in Northamptonshire, he was the
greatest pupil-monger in man's memory, having sixteen fellow commoners ad-
mitted in one year in Queen's college. The duke of Buckingham rather
used, than loved, him to work the puritan party to his coroplyance; but when
he found that party useless to the intended purpose, he neglected Preston.
He was a perfect politician, admirable at concealing bis intentions and
governing bis passions. MS. Note in Mr. Ueber's Copy.]
Oct. 14. Edward Cotton of Ch. Ch.
Pkrcival Buksel of Ch. Ch.
Of these two you may see more among the maaten, an.
1612.
Dec. 7. Mich. Oldsworth of Magd. haU, afterwards of
Magd. coll. — See also among the roaaters, 1614.
Feb. 10. Anth. Whytb of Ch. Ch. — You may see more
of him among the masters, an. 1612.
— 13. Ralph Robinson of Line. coll. — Thia person I
set down here, not that ho was a writer, but to prevent an
unwary reader hereafter to take him to be the same Ralph
Robinson who was born at Heswall in Wirrall in Cheshire,
an. 1614, bred in Catharine hall in Cambridge, where he
continued 'till 1642, at which time he sided with the pres-
byterians, and iifterwards became minister of St. Mary de
Wolnoth in London, and a publisher of several theological
matters favouring of presbytery. He died 15 June 1655,
and wiis buried in the chancel of his church before-men-
tion'd, on the North side of the communion table, imder
the stone called Mr. Buckminster's stone.
E. Littleton, Br. Duppa, and Edw. Boughen before-
mention'd, will be spoken of at large in another part of
this work.
Admitted 191.
Batchelors of Law.
I find but five were admitted, among whom J. Boys oF
All-s. coll. was one ; and one supplicated, named Jam.
Ma-bbe of Magd. coll. of whom will be large mention made
in another part of this work.
Masters of Arts.
June 20. Joh. Hales of Meit. coll.
21. Tho. Willis of St. Joh. coll.
Jul. 6. Tho. Sutton of Queen's coll.
Oct. 11. Tho. Godwin of Magd. coll.
27. JosiAs Bird chaplain of All-s. coll. — He was
lately incorporated batch, of arts, as in the incorporations
following you may see : afterwards he became chaplain to
Alice countess dowager of Derby, wife of Tho. lord Elles-
mere, and the publisher of Love's peerless Paragon : or the
Attrilmtes and Progress of the Church, serm. at St. Mnry's in
Oxon, and at Harfield in Middlesex, on Cant. 2. 10. Oxon.
1613, qu. ' and perhaps of other things.
Nov. 9. VViLL. Spakke of Magd. coll.
— 17. Will. Jewell of Exeter coll.
The last of these two did translate from French into
English The golden Cabinet of true Treasure, containing the
Siimm of moral Philosophy , Lond. 1612, oct. What other
things he hath translated, or what he hath written, I know
not, nor any thing else of him beside, only that he was a
gentleman's son of Devonshire, and that he became a
sojourner of Exet. coll. an. 1603, aged 17-
Admitted 97.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Dec. 14. RoB. Bolton of Brasen-n. coll.
Feb. 22. Tho. Thomson of Qu. coll.
' [Ep. dcd. to that heroic and right noble countess Alice, dowager of Derbie,
wife to the right hon. the lord high chancellor of England, baron of Ellesmere,
and his much honoured and singular good lady.—' 1 rejoice for three things,
1. that it was my hap{> in my public prayer in S. Maries in Oxford, first, and
bi^fore all others, to salute aitd name my lord our honourable chanceliour; 3,
tlut I have both the universities for my mother: S, that I have a coimlcsJ,
and such a countess for my raistrcs,' Ojford, All Souls, Sept, 3, 1613.)
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Will. Los of St. Alb. hall ilid supplicate fi>r the same
degree, but whether he waa admitted, it appears not.
Admitted 11.
Doctors of Law.
June 28. Albxandek Sheppard ' of Jrsus roll. — He
was a learned civilian, but what he hath published 1
know not.
Doctor of Physic. .
Jun. 86. Thom. Johnson of Oriel coll. — He was buried
in St. Mary's church in Oxon 16 Nov. 1621 f but whether
he was author of a book which goes under the name of
Dr. Johflson entit. I'ractica Medicinip de MgritudMbus
capitis, Lond. 1 602, qu. I cannot justly say. See another
Thom. Johnson M. D. in another part of these Fasti under
the year 1643.
Doctors of Divinity.
June — Rich. Mocket of All-s. coll.
July — Walt. Bennet of New. coll. — In Sept. 1608, he
became chauntor of the church of Salisbury, on the death of
Dr. ^^'ill. Zouch ; and on the 7 of March 160l), archdea-
con of Wilts, on the death of Dr. Edni. Lilly. In his
chauntorship succeeded Hen. Cotton, as I shall tell you in
these Fasti, an. 1610, and in his archdeaconry one Tho.
Leach, 15 Nov. 1614.
— 19. Rob. Clay of Mert. coll. — He afterwards suc-
ceeded Dr. Joh. Fa\our in the vicaridge of Halifax, and
dying 1628, left by will ' to the said coll. 100/. for two
sermons yearly to be preached to the university, (as Dr.
Bickley had formerly given to them) to be preached by a
Yorkshire man, if any such be fellow, or chaplain of that
college, who in his prayer is to mention Dr. Clay some-
time vicar of Halifa.x as the founder of those sei inons.
Jan. 24. John Bancroft of Ch. Ch. a compounder.
He was soon after master of Univ. coll.
Incorporations.
Apr. 29. Thom. Wharton eldest son of Philip lord
Wharton was incorporated M. of A. as he hud stood at Cam-
bridge.— He was father to Philip lord Wiiarton, who
openly appeared in amies against K. Ch. I. an. 16^2. And
many years after was made one of the privy council to K.
Will. 3.
May 4. Josias Bird batch, of arts of Cambridge. — He
was now of All-s. coll. under the inspection of his kinsman
or uncle Dr. Will. Bird.
Jun. 12. Hippocrates D'othon or Othf.n doct. of
phys. of the university of Montpellier. — He died 3 Nov.
1611, and was buried in the church of St. Clement Danes
without Temple Bar, within the liberty of Westm. " See
Stow's Survny, p. 890."
Jul. 11. Will. Gouge M. A. of Cambridge. — He was a
native of Stratford-bow in Middlesex, was educated in
Kmg's coll. of which he was fellow, afterwards he was
doct. of div. and the pious and learned preacher in the
Black-Fryers in London, where in his time he was ac-
counted the father of the London ministers, that is, of
such as were put in by the authority of the rel.cUious par-
liament in 1641, 42, &c. He was one of the assembly of
divines, was a good text man, as his Uliole Armoitr of God,
Exjiosition ' of the Hebrews, E.fposition of the Lord's Prayer,
and other learned works (the titles of some of which you
may see in tlie Oxf. Cat.) shew. He is often honourably
mention'd by \'oetius, Streso, and other outlandish divines ;
and was always accounted by the puritan eminent for his
humility, patience, and faith : He died 12 of Dec. 1653,
and was buried in tha said church of the Black-Fryers,
on the 16 of tlie said month, aged 79 or thereabouts. »
John Richardson M. A. of the same university was
incorjiorated the same day. — One Joh. Richardson was
educated in Eman. coll. ' was aftei>war(is D. D. master first
of Peter house, then of Trin. coll. in Cambridge, and vice-
chancellor of that university.* This person, who had a
hand in the translation of tlie Bible, appointed by king
Jam. I. died about the beginning of 1625, and was buried
in Trin. coll chappel. Another John Richardson, who was
D. D. succeeded Dr Walt. Balconquall in the deanery of
Rochester, and died in Apr. 1636. and a third John
Richardson I find, who, from being D. of D. of Dublin,
was made bi.shop of Ardagh in Ireland : W'hich bishoprick
he being forced to leave upon the rebellion that broke out
in tliat kingdom, an. 1641, letiied to London, where he
died in 1654. Whether any of tliese three, were tlie same
with John Richardson the incorporated master of arts, I
cannot now justly tell.
Jul. 11. Abrah. Dickinson D. D. of Cambr. was also
then incorporated in that faculty.
. " This year Will. Forbes a Scot M. A. of Aberdeen be-
" came a sojourner in this univers and in the beginning of
" Dec. he was entred into the public library. He was af-
" terwards D. D. and principal of the Marisctiall college at
" Aberdeen, a per.'son of rare endowments, vast learning,
" and a celebrated preacher. He was the first bishop of
" Edinburgh appointed by K. Ch. I. and indeed a holy
" person, of whom all that ever knew him gave this cha-
" racter, that they never saw him, but they thought his
" heart was in heaven. He was indeed a fit pattern" to all
" that should come after him. — So The Present State of
" Scotland, p. 245. There are extant of his writing, Consi-
" derations concerning the Controversies of Justijication, Purga-
" torii, Invocation of Saints, Mediatorship of Christ, and of the
" iMcharist. So George Matth. Konigius in Bib. Vet. 4
" Nov. saith, that an elench or a brief of his life was writ-
" ten. He ttlls you of other things that this aut'ior hath
" written, and that he dy'd 1634, whereujion David Lindsey
" bishop of Brechan was translated to Edinburgh." '■
An. Dom. 1610. — 8 Jac.
Chancellor.
I.
<
nuu
[See the epitaph <,f Alice rolicl of Alexander Shepherd LL. D. and T
Shepherd their wn, in .Slrype's Surm/ ff Lo„Jon, vol. ii, p. 7Q.1
llO-
ql M " "*" ^'"'"' "*^- ^^- ^ London, in R^. Scmwr.
Dr. Rich. Bancroft archb. of Canterbury, but he dying
2 Nov. Thom. Egerton baron of EUesniere, lord chan-
* Learned and useful Commentary «i the whole Tjnstk to the Hebrews. — Lond.
1(555, fol. With his picture before it, and the titles of such books that he
hath written.
9 [See my MS. Collect, (in the British Museum) vol. xv, page 18. Colf.
Arclibisliop Tillotsou preached his funeral sermon.]
' [It was not he who was now incorporated, because when he was ap-
pointed by the bishop of Kly master of Peter house, he was S. T. P. Lc Neve,
Fasti, i'-n]
* [In 1617, and also king's professor of divinity. Of his capacity for that
place see Hackel's Life of' WiUiums, page 24. Watts.
Jo. Richardson S. 1". P admilliturad ofBciuni custodis doraus Sancti Petri,
ab episc Elien. Jan 30, I0O8. .Alter Richarilson coll. Eman. S.T.B. 1603.
Jo. Richardson coll. Eman. S. T.B. l.'>9si. Coiiceditnr Mali quinto 1609, ut
Mr. Joh'es Uicliardsou bac. theol. et Mr. Hen. Boucher A. M. eisdeni sint
hie apud vos, anno, ordine et gradu, quibus sunt in acadeniia Dublin, &c.
Beg. Acad. Cant. Baker.]
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cellor of England, and one of the king's privy council,
was chosen into his place the next day, and on the tenth
was installed in the bishop of Durham's house at London.
Vice-chancellor.
Dr. Jo. King again, Jul. 14. at which time the chancel-
lor's letters being read for hia election, 'twas order'd that
the heads of colleges and lialls should at all times be ready
and diligent to assist the vice-cl»anc. in his government of
the university, especially in matters of religion, for the
suppressing of popery and faction, &c. The said Dr. King
was soon after bishop of London.
Proctors.
Rob. Pink of New coll. Apr. 17.
Sam. Radcliffb of Bnisen-n. Apr. I7.
Batchelon of Music.
July 11. Thomas Bartlet of Magd. coll. — He hath
several compositions in music in MS. but whether extant I
cannot tell.
On the 26 of Apr. Richard Deering, did, as a member
of Cluist Church, supplicate for the degree of batch, of
music, and had his desire, :is it seems, granted (tho' not
registred) because in matters of his composition which were
soon after by him made extant, he entitles himself batch,
of music. — ^This person, who was born of, and descended
from, a right antient family of his name living in Kent,
was bred up in Italy, where he obtained the name of a most
admirable musician. After his return he practised his fa-
culty for some time in England, where his name being
highly crietl up, became, after many entreaties, organist to
the English nuns living in the monastery of the blessed
Virgin Maiy at Brussels. At length after the marriage of
K. Ch. I. he was made organist ito his royal consort Hen-
rietta Maria, with whom he continued 'till she was forced
to leave England by tlie presbyterian outrages in the time
of the grand rebellion. He hath written (1) Cantica sacra
ad Mdodiam Madrtgalium elaborata senis Vocibus. Antwerp
1618, qu. divided into six volumes, according to the voices.
In the title of this book he writes himself Kicardus Derin-
gus bac. mus. ("2) Cantica sacra ad duos Sf tres Voces com-
posita, cum Basso continm ad Organum. Lond. 1662, &c.
published by John Playford, and by him dedicated to Hen.
Maria the queen dowager, the author (who was always a
Rom. Catholic) having been dead about 4 or .5 years be-
fore. A second set was published in the year 1674, entit.
Basso continuo, Cantica sacra ; containing Hymns and Anthems
for two Voices to the Organ both Lat. and English, composed
by Rich. Deering, Christopher (nbbons, Ben. Rogers,
Matthew Lock, and others, printed in fol.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 26. Will. Page of Baliol coll. afterwards of AU-s
coll.
— 27. Hen. Welstede of Broadgate's hall. — See
among the m;jsters, an. 1612.
— 30. Christoph. Potter of Qu. coll.
June 14. Ron. Skinner of Trin. coll.
21. NicH. GuEY of Ch. Ch.
28. Ghifun Uiggs of St. John's coll.
Jul. 5. Nath. Carpenter of Exeter coll.
Nov. 6. Will. Stbode of Broadgate's hall. Quiere.
JOec 13. Tho. Nevill of Trin. coll. — He was the eldest
ron of sir Hen. Nkvill knight, heir to the baron of Aber-
gavenny.
— 17. Chhistoph. White of Ch.Ch.
Jan. 24. Humph. Sidkwham of Exeter, afterwards of
Wadhain, coll.
28. Gilbert Wats of Line. coll.
Jasp. Fisher of Magd. hall, afterwards of Magd. colL
was admitted the same day.
Of all these batchelors, only Nath. Cabpbkter, Cheis- ,,^^1
Toi'H. White, and Jasp. Fisher have been largely men-
tiond in this vol. among the writers. As for the other*
that are writers, they are to be mcntion'd in another vol
Admitted 183.
Masters of Arts.
May 15. Edw. Chalonek of Magd. coll. afterwards of
All-8.
June 22. John Reading of Magd. hall.
26. Hen. Cotton of Brasen-n. coll. a compounder.
— ^Ihis person, who was the son of Dr. Hen. Cotton B. of
Salisbury, became prebendary of Fordington and Writli-
lington in the said church, on the death of Dr. WilJ.
Zouch 29 Sept. 1608. preb. of BytUm on the death o'f
Meredith Morgan, 4 Dec. 1612, chauntor thereof by the
death of Dr. Walt. Bennet 30 July 1614, and at length pre-
bendary of Highworth in the said church of Sarum by the
death of Dr. Pet. Lilye, on the eleventh day of March fol-
lowing. He died in 1622, and was succeeded in the
chauntorship by Dr. Humph. Henchman, afterwards bishop
of Sarum.
Jul. 4. Joh. Wyldk of Bal. coll.— This person, who was
the eldest son of serj. Geo. Wylde of Droitwich in Worce$-
tershire, was about this time a student in the Inner Tem-
ple, of which' he became Lent reader 6 Car. I. afterwards
Serjeant at law, one of the commissioners of the great seal
A. D. 1643, " and (^ct. 1648, lord chief baron of the
" Exchequer and one of the council of state." This wu
the person who drew up the impeachment against the
bishops, and by him sent to the house of lords, an. 16+1,
being the prime manager in that afl'air, and at the tryal of
aichb. Laud; and what he wrote as to that matter, was af-
terwards printed. He was the same also who, upon the
command, or rather desire, of the great men sitting at
Westminster, did condemn to death at Winchester one capt.
John Burley for causing a drum to be beat up for God and
K. Ch. at Newport in the isle of Wight, in order to rescue
his captiv'd king, an. 1647. For which act, (after Burley
had been executed at Winton, on the 10th of Feb. the same
yeai) he received lOOO^ out of the privy purse of Derby-
house. About the same time also he received imotlier 1000/.
(as 'twas then confidently affirmed) for the acquittance of
major '♦ Edm." Rolph who had a design to murder or poi-
son the said king ; so 'twas all one to him whether he hung
or hung not, so he got the beloied pelf. After t)liver came
to the protectorship, he retired and acted not, but when the
Rump parliament was restoreii after Richard's deprivation,
then he was restored to the Exchequer, and after K.
Charles 2. returne<l, li»ed about 9 years in a retired condi-
tion. At length giving way to fate at Hampsted near Lon-
don, his body was buried at Wherwellin IIamp«hiie, which
is a lordship belonging to Charles lord de la Warr, who
married Anne dau. and fceir of the said John Wylde.
" Under the name of this serj. Wild are extant his speech
" made as an introduction to the tryal of Laml. t«ee Uusk-
" worth's Collections, p. 827, and Cant. Dome p. .51, and
" several speeches, arguings, and pleatlings against archb.
"Laud, which iii^y partly Ijc.scea in the irulory of 'the
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" Troubles and Tryal of Archb. Laud, prin. 1695. See also
" ill Rushwortl.."
Jul. 5. JoH. Seller or SellaroF Or. coll. — One of both
his names hath publishe<l Ftve Sermons. — Lond. 16.S6, wt.
and other things. Whether the same witli lum of Oriel,
who was a minister's son of Glocestershire, I cannot tell,
imless I could see the said sermons. Nor do I know any
thim; to the contrary, but that he may be the same witli
Johii Seller of C. C. coll. a minister's son of Kent, who
was admitted batch, of art« 18 Feb. 1611, and master 2
Julv 1614. This liist John Seller being a learned man, Mr.
Rich. James (whom I have mention'd among tlie writers
1638,) numbred him among his learned acquaintance, and
therefore wrote divers epistles to him. " He became clerk
" of C. C. coll. 1608, and chauntor 161.'5."
Jan. 23. Hugh Robinson of New coll.
BatcheloT of Physic.
Apr. SO. Theodore Goulson M. of A. of Mert. coll. —
He was the only batch, of jjhys. that was admitted this year.
See among the doct. following.
Batchelors of Divuiity.
Mar. 27. Tho. Winniffe of Exet. coll.
Geor. Hakewill of Exet. coll.
Jimc 31. JosiAS White of New coll.
25. Brian Twyne of Corp. Ch. coll.
Thom. Jackson of Corp. Ch. coll.
Henry Mason of Corp. Ch. coll.
July 5. Barnab. Potter of (Qu. coll.
Will. Piers of Ch. Ch.
Which two last were afterwards bishops.
6. Rob. Barnes of Mag. coll. — This person, who
.was son of Joseph Barnes printer to the university of Oxon
and fellow of the said coll. of St. Mary Magd. became after-
wards minister of Greys in Oxfordshire, by the favour of
William viscoimt W^allingford, and published A Sermon
preached at Henly at the Visitation 27 Apr. 1626 ; on Psal. 9.
16. Oxon 16'26, qu. [Bodl. 4to. A. 42. Th.] besides a collec-
tion of verses made on the death of Will, son of Arth. L.
Grey of WUton.
Admitted 26.
Doctors of Law.
Apr. 30. Fravcis Alexander of New coll. prebendary
of Winchester.
June 21. Tho. Ryves of the same coll. — He is to be re-
membered among the writers in another part of this work.
Doctor of Physic.
Apr. 30. Theodore Goulson of Mert. coll. — He accu-
mulated the degrees in physic, being now much in esteem
for his knowledge therein.
Doctors of Divinity.
June 11. Ralph Barlow precentor of C.C. coll. origi-
nally of Oriel, and afterwards of New coll. was then ad-
mitted D. of D. in the quality of a compounder' — In Sept.
an. 1621, he succeeded Rich. Meredith'' in the deanery of
' [Oct. 1606, lord ch. Egcrton gave Rodolpho Barlow S. T. B. e coll. C. C.
Oxon. the rect. of Radnedge in Uucks. Tannkh.]
* [Tito Sennonf preached before his Majesty in ftix chnpcl at Whitehall, the one
I the Wth tf Fehr. the other the 25tA of the same month hy Richard Meraiith, one
-efhis Maiatiet Chufilidns in ordinary, lond. 1606, 4to.
Ricardus Meredilh S. r. B. ad net. do Fartliington, ad pres. Job. Line,
e'pi, 9 Nov. 1627. Reg. Dove, e'pi Petrib.
S3 Jul. 1631, Ricardus Meredith S. T. B. ad rect. dc Wapenhani, ad prcs.
Job. Line. e'pi. Reg. Piert ep. i'ttrib. KtNNiT.]
Wells, and dying there, was buried in the cathedral 27 July
1631. 'Whereupon Dr. George Warburton dean of Gilo-
cester succeeded him in that dignity. ,
13. Francis Kekrie of Bal. coll. a compounder — He was
now canon residentiary of Hereford.
June 13. JoH. Best of Ch. Ch.
July 5. Silvan Griffith of Ch. Ch.
AVhich two were compounders, the last being archdeacon
of Hereford.
6. John Parkhurst of Magd. coll.
Will. Langton of Magd. coll.
The first of these two last, was afterwards master of
Bidiol, and the other president of that of St. Mary Magd.
coll.
Incorporations.
Apr. IS. John Donne sometimes of Hart hall, now M.
of A. of Cambridge, was then incorporated in that degree —
On the 17th of the same month, he supplicated to proceed
in the faculty of arts, and to have all exercises retpiisite to
perform for that degree, be omitted. The reason was, as
'tis said in the public register, ' quod huic academiae max-
ime ornamento sit, ut ejusmodi viri optime de republica &
ecclesia meriti gradibus academicis insigniantur," &c. The
next day, he, with one John Porye M. A. of Cambridge
were incorijorated, as the said register tells us, tho' in ano-
ther i)lace therein, 'tis said he was admitted to proceed, yet
stood not in the act following to compleat that degree.
24. Ralph Codworth batch, of div. of Cambridge.' —
He was afterwards D. of D. rector of Aller in the dioc. of
B. and Wells &c. * where he died (as it seems) either in Aug.
or Sept. 1624. Another of both his names, a presbyterian,
and a writer, was bred in Eman. coll. was afterwards master
of Clare hall, D. D. Hebrew professor, &c. in the said
university.
July 6. James Meddous or Medowes {Meddusius) D. of
D. of the university of Basil in Germany — He was a Che-
shire man born, had formerly studied arts and div. in the
university of Heidelberg, was now chaplain to Peregrine
lord M'illoughby, and afterwards to his majesty K. Jam. I.'
What he hath written I cannot justly say: Sure 1 am that
he hath translated from high Dutch into Eng. A Sermon
preached before Frederick 5, Prince Elector Palatine, and the
Princess Lady Elizabeth, by Abr. Sculteius Chaplain to his
Highness; on Psal. 147. 1, 2, 3, &c. Lond. 1613, oct. and
perhaps other things, but such 1 have not yet seen.
10. John Norton batch, of arts of Cambridge — ^The two
names of this person being common, I cannot therefore say
that he was the same John Norton who was minist.'-r of the
church of New England,* author of Responsio ad Guliel.
Apollonii Syllogen, ad componendas Controversias in Anglia.
Lond. 1648, oct. and other things. One John Norton was
proctor of Cambridge after this time.'
4 [Coll. Eman. A. M. Cant. 1603. Biker.]
^ [1606, 4 -4ipr. Radullns Cudworth S. T. B. admiss. ad vicar, de Cogges-
hale, per deprivationeni Tho. Stonghton, ad pres. Rob. doniini Rich. lieg.
Bancroft, P.p. Lond. — 1607, 8 Mar. Job. Heilcj A. M. adraissus ad vie. de
Coggeshalc, per resign. Rad. Cudworth. /fr. Kennet.]
' [Rect. S. Gahr. Fencliurch, Lond. cone, per dom. chanc. Egerton, 30
Sept. 1603. Jacobo Meddus S. T. P. e coll. Magd. Oxon ex commend. Tho.
Chalener mil. Tanner.]
He was a gre.it accpiaintance of the learned Joseph Mede, to whom he
wrote many letters from London 1621-23, being a strenuous friend to tbreign
protestants. Several of his letters are among the Harleian MSS. in the Bri-
tish Museum.]
8 [.Tolm Norton minister in New England was born May 6, 1606; ad-
mitted in Peter-house aged 14. See Cotton Mather's //ist. of New Englmid,
where i* his life. Baker]
3 [Vis. in 16^5. CoLt.J
541
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Griffin Williams M. of A. of the same university, was
incorijorated the same day. — He was sonietinies of Ch. Ch.
in this university, was afterwards a frequent writer, and
bishop of Ossory in Ireland, and therefore is to be remem-
bered at large in another part of this work.
Henry Thorcross M. of A. of the said university ' also,
was then (Jul. 10.) incorporated — He was collated to the
archdeaconry of Cleveland in the dioc. of York, in the place
of John I'hilipps promoted to the sea of Sodor or the Isle of
Man, on the second day of Aug. 1G19. Which dignity he
resigning 1635 was succeeded by Timothy Thurcross batch,
of divinity.
Jan. 22. David Foulis M. A. of Glasgow in Scotland —
He is stiled in one of the registers ' Colintoni Comarchi
filius." Sec another of both his names in these Fasti,
an. 1605.
LuDovicus Capellus or Cappelus Seoaneksis, a young
French man of great hopes, became a sojourner in the uni-
versity in the beginning of this year, and in the month of
Feb. did answer publicly in disputations in divinity, in the
school allotted for that faculty, and about the same time
gave books to the public library. He was afterwards an
eminent Hebrician, tutor to the famous Sam. Bochartus,
and author of divers most excellent books, as you may see
in the Oxford Catalogue: among which are his Critica Sacra,
much commended by Hug. Grotius. This Lud. Capellus
was living at Saumur in France, an. 1656, and perhaps
some years after.'
[188]- An. DoM. 1611.— 9 Jac.I.
Chancellor.
Tho. Lord Egerton baron of EUesmere.
Vice- Chancellor.
Dr. Tho. Singleton principal of Brasen-nose coll. the
same who had been vice-chanc. 1598.
Proctors.
Norwich Spackman of Ch. Ch. Apr. 3.
John Dunstbe of Magd. coll. Apr. 3.
Batchelors of Arts.
Jun. 10. Franc. White of Magd. coll.
Tho. Freeman of Magd. coll.
" John Smith of Magd. coll."
" Of the first of which three you may see more among
" the masters 1614. There was one John Smith A. B. and
" fellow of Magd. coll. who translated from Latin into
'• Greek Apologia Ecclesiee Anglicancc, written by John Jewell
" B. of Stdisbury, prin. at Oxon 1614, [Bodl. 8vo. J. G6.
" Th.] and 1639, oct. dedicated to Dr. Laughton, president
" of Magd. coll. He took not the degree of mast. Quiere,
" whether the same with one John Smith a Berkshire man
" born at Abingdon, who was matricvdated as a member of
" Magd. coll. in 1610, aged 18."
19. Henry King of Ch. Ch.
John King of Ch. Ch.
Rich. Gardiner of Ch. Ch.
The two first of these three, were the sons of Dr. John
King bishop of London.
Oct. 12. Mich. Jermin of C. C. coll.
Rich. Jeames of C. C. coll.
' [Coll. Magd. A. B. ai). 1586-r. BtKER.]
' |Ue died in 165B. Sec a long account of bim under that year.]
" 23. John Swan of Qu. adl lately of Ch. Ch."
Nov. 4. William Nicholson of Magd. cull.
12. Hugh. Lloyd of Oriel coll.
Sam. Ybbworth of Oriel coll.
The first of these last three, was afterwards biahup of
Glocenter, and the second of LandafT.
26. George Jay of Ch. Ch.
EuwABD Terry of Ch. Ch.
Of the first of these two, you are to expect a farther ac-
count among the created doctors of div. an. 1660.
Dec. 16. Tho. Vicars of Qu. coll.
Jan. 29. Immanuel liouRNE of Ch. Ch.
Feb. 15. Hezekiah Woodward of BaL coll.
18. Rich. Spencer of C. C. coll.
Edw. Spencer of C. C. coll.
Both the sons of Rob. lord Spencer, which is all I know
of them, only that Richard w:us afterwards M. of A.
As for Gardiner, Jerniin, Nicholson, Lloyd, Yerworth or
Jeruworthius, Terry, Bourne and Woodward, before-men-
tion'd ; I shall speak more at large in another part of this
work.
Admitted 218.
Batchelors of Law.
Between the ending of one register and beginning ftf
another, which hapned this year, not one batchelor of law
occurs admitted.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 18. John Wall of Ch. Ch.
20. Jam. Martin of Broadgate's hall. — Tlxis person,
wlio was a German born, hath published The King's ffay In
Heaven; On 1 Sam. 12. 23, 24. Lond. 1615, oct. and ha<l
then, as he saith, ended his -work against Baronius, but
what that was, he tells us not, neither in truth can 1 yet
tell. He wiis intimate with the learned doctor Prideaux,
and wi»s then (being 58 years of age) master of arts of both
the universities in England.
June 4. Isaac Colfe of Ch. Ch.
Jid. 1. NicH. Guy of Hart hall. — He was a Hampshire
man born, and hath published Piety's Pillar, a fun. serm.
for Mrs. Klizab. Gouge, on Joh. 11. 26. Loud. 1626, in oct.
and jjcrhaps other things. Quaere.
4. RjcH. GovE of Magd. hall.
5 RoG. Manwarino of All-s. coD.
Nov. 13. Will. Slatyer of Brasen-n. coll.
28. ALcHAEL Wigmore of Oriel colL
Jan. 23. John Harris of New coll.
Feb. 12. Thom. Prior of Broadgate's hall. — He was af-
terwards prebendary of Glocester and the luithor of A Ser-
mon at the Funeral of Mile* late Bishop of Glocester, preached
in the Cath. Ch. of Gloc. 9 Nov. 1624; On 2 Tim. 1. 12.
Lond. 1632, fol. put at the end of certain sermons })enn'd
by the said Miles bishop of Glocester. What other things
the said Prior hath publislied I know not, nor any thing
else of him, only that he was a minister's son of Glocester-
«hire, and that dying in 1634 he left behind him a son
named Christoph. Prior of B;il. coll. of whom you may see
more among the weation of doctors of div. an. 1642.
March 9. Peter Turner of Mert. coll.
Admitted 105.
Batchelors of Physic.
June 20. Sim. Baskervile of Exeter coll.
Rob. Vilvaine of Exeter coll.
" The former of tliese was afterwards doctor in his fe-
" culty and knighted ; he died July 5, 1641, aged 68 years,
Z* 8 •
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" and was buried in a certain North i.sle of St. Paul's cnth.
" ch. Of him is tl»e following account in sir Will . Dua:-
" dale's History of St. Paul s, p. 105. Sir Simon Biiskcrville
" (Wmg of the ancient family of the Baskerviles in llere-
" fordsh.)hatl hi.s education in Exeter coll. in the univ. of
'■ Oxford, where he laid his foundation in the knowledge of
" the arts, and became so eminent for his excellent parts
" and quickness in arpuing, that upon the first coming of
" K. James to see that Hourishing university, he was chosen
" as a prime |)erson to dispute before him in the philosophic
" art, which he performed with great applause of his ma-
" jcsty, wiio was not only there as a hearer, but as an accu-
" rate judge. After this he had the honour to be one of
" the proctors of that university, which gave him farther
" occasion of shewing himself publicly, and having laid his
" grounds in natural j)hilosophy, he went on happily in the
" study of physic, according to the known method of ' Ubi
" defiuit philosophus, ibi incipit medicus.' He was made
" doct. in his facidty by the university, knighted by K.
" Charles, famous for his skill in anatomy^ and happy in
" his practice."
Besides these two, were only two more admitted, viz.
Edw. Lapworth of Magd. coll. and Tho. Clayton of lial.
CoU.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Mny 6. John Prideaux of Exet. coll.
Dak. Price of Exet. coll.
28. Bartholm. Parsons of (Jr. coll.
June 10. John Lee of All-s. coll.
The last of which two became treasurer of the church of
Salisbury in the place of Dr. Tho. White deceased, 21) Apr.
1654, and dying there in 1634, was succeeded in that dig-
iiity by Edw. Davenant, 19 Nov. the same year.
Jun. 25. Rich. Carpenter of Ex. coll.
Lewis Bayly of Ex. coll.
27- John Day of Oriel coll.
Nov. 14. John Glanv-ill of Bid. coll.
This last person hath written Articuli Christiana Ftdei
quam Ecclesia prqfitetur Anglicana, lersu (quoad ejus fieri po-
tuitj eipressi facdlimo. Oxon 1G13, qu. in 6 sh. What he
hath written besides, or whether he took any degree in arts
in this university, I know not. He was living in 1C14, in
wliich year he gave several books to the Bodleian library.
Admitted 24.
t^ Not one doct. of law was admitted this year.
Doctors of Physic.
June 20. Edw. Lapworth' of Magd. coll.
Sim. Baskervile of Ex. coll.
Tho. Clayton of Bal. coll.
Rob. Vilvaine of Ex. coll.
All which did accumulate the degrees in physic. As for
Ivapworth he was afterwards the first reader of the lectin-e
of nat. philosophy founded by sir Will. Sedley, and dying in
the city of Bath (where he ususilly practised in the Summer
time) 23 May 1636', as I have somewhere before told you, was
buried in the great church there dedicated to St. Pet. and St.
Paul. The second Sim. Baskervile, was now in great esteem
for his admirable knowledge in medicine, (as before he had
been for his humanity and philoso])liv) was afterwards
knighted by K. Ch. L and dying 5 July 1641, aged 68 years,
•«!«[!? '*"' """" ^'^" ""^ "^ *'"''' *"' "■""<■$ commenced D. M also «t
•Cumbndije. Virte Mnn«s'» Life of Members of C. C. C. C. and his Hislon,
p«8* 331. I<OY»CAv.] •'
was buried in the cath. ch. of St. Paul in the city of Lon-
don. The third, T. Clayton, wiis soon after the king's pro-
fessor of ))hys. in this university, and at length the last
principal oi' Broadgale's hidl and tlie first master of Pem-
broke college. The last R. Vilvaine being afterwards a
writer, I shall mention him at large in another part of this
work.
Doctors of Divinity.
Apr. 10. Tuo. Ireland of Line. coll. — Tliis persrih, •who
was afterwards prcbendiu-y of York and Southwell, hath
published one or more sermons, as (1) Serm. on Eccle-
siastes 8. 2. — pr. 1610, qu. &c. Another of both his names
and time was a common lawyer of Grey's inn, and a knight,
and the abridgcr in English of Sir Jam. Dyer's Peports. —
Pr. 1651, and of the Eleven Books of Reports of Sir Edward
Coke. — prin. 1656. But whether "this last (Tho. Ireland)
was originally of Oxon, I cannot tell. " In archb. Laud's
" Tryal is mention made of one Mr. [Richard] Ireland,
" who wiis sometime a student of Ch. Ch. and after school-
" master of 'Westminster. One Tho. Ireland son of a Lan-
" cashire knight was entred of Brasen-nose coll. 1617, and
" took his master of arts degree there 10 Jul. 1623."
June 6. Samuel Page of C. C. coll.
20. John Denison of Bal. coll.
Rich. King of Bal. coll.
Jul. 2 Chkistoph. Hooke of Magd. coll.
Mich. Boyle of St. John's coll.
Geor. Hakewill of Ex. coll.
Incorporations.
July 5. Thom. Spackman doct. of phys. of Cambridge —
He hath written and published A Declaration of such griev-
ous Accidents that commonly follow the Biting of Mad Dogs,
together with the Cure thereof. Lond. 1613, qu. and per- [190]
lia])s other things : Quaere. " He was father to Norwich
" Spackman."
9. John Towers M. of A. of Canibr.* — He was a Nor-
folk man born, was bred fellow of jQu. coll. in the said uni-
versity, was afterwards D. of D. chaplain to William earl of
Northampton, (who conferr'd upon him the benefice of
Castle-Ashby in Northamptonshire) dean of Peterborough
in the place of Dr. M'ill. Piers promoted to the episcopal
see thereof, an. 1630, and on the 8 of Mar. 1638 was in-
stalled bishop of that place. After the long parliament be
gan, he was one of the twelve bishops- who drew up a pro-
testation against all such laws, orders, votes, resolutions,
and determinations, which should be done in their absence
from the 27 Dec. 1641 to be null and of no effect, dic.
Whereupon he with the said bishops were committed pri-
soners to the Tower, where they continued above four
months. Afterwards being released. Towers retired to the
king at Oxon, and continued there 'till the surrender of that
garrison for the use of the parliament, and then most of the
royal jiarty being put to their shifts, he went to Pcter-
borougli, where dying in an obscure condition 10 Januar.
1648, was buried the day following in the cath. church of
Peterborough. In the year 1660 were four of his sermons
publislicd in octavo, one of which was jireachcd at tlie bap-
tism of James earl of Northam))ton, and another at the fu-
neral of William eaii of that place.
♦ [Jo. Towers elcctus socius coll. Regin. Cambr. virtute regiae dispens.
Mar. 1.S, 1 607 : adniiasus S. T. P. regiis Uteris Dec. 13, 1624- Barer.
He Wi\3 prebend of S'. I'eler's Westmiustcr 1634. Ncwcourt, RqKrtor. i.
DJti.J
345
16U.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1619.
July 1). Anth. Sleep M. of A. of the same university—
This person, who wiis a member of Trin. coll.* was so ex-
cellent an orator, that he p^ave K. Jam. 1. occasion several
times to say that Is. Wake orator of the university of Oxon,
had a good Ciceronian stile, but his utteniuce and matter
was so grave, that when he spake before him he was apt to
sleep, but Sleej> the dcjuity orator of Cambr. was quite con-
trary, for he never spake but kept him awake, and made
him apt to laugh.
Isaac IJargbave M. A. of the same university was incor-
porated the- same day. — This learned gentleman was the
eon of Robert Bargrave of Hridge in Kent, was afterwards
D. of D.° '
(1) England' t Face in Iiraefi GUut, eight Sermons on P$al
106, 19, 20. &c.— |)rint«i 1646, <|u. They were published
ag-iim afterwards, < with others added to them. ('^) IVkiU
hole, or Surplice vindicated, in several Sermons. — urin. 1CC<1
63. in oct. fic. '
John Pocklinoton batch, of div. of I'emb. hidl in Cambr.
was incorporated in tliat degree the same day.— bee more
among the incorporations, an. 160,1.
Thom. Ho Nil am doctor of phys. of the «ame univer*ity, wa»
incorporated the same day, July y.— There is a book going
under his name, which is thus entitled. The Chirurgions
Closet : or, an Antidotary Chirurgical, furnished with Varietu
Lond. 1630,
rh„..l„« rector of Chartham m Kent," chaplain to prince and Choice of Apophlegms, Balmes, Baths, &c
Charles, pastor o M. Marg,iret's church in Westminster, qu. The greati^t par* whereof was scat terMly set down in
afterwards chaplam to that prince when he became king, sundry b.4s and papers of the said J iS.am -Tfte ?
and about 162..' was made dean of Canterbury in the place ' ' " • "lomm, aner-
„f n,. T 1 1. « w , L .... , y in the place wards drawn into method and form,
Tmi, f I'v, -'J "el'-'th pubbshed several sermons, the the said book) by Edw. Poeton ofPetworth, licentiaVin
iv Li in So' "^ ^'"''' Ty r J^ fff-T'iCflogue, and physic and chi.urge.y, late and long servant to the Xe"
Uymg in 1642 was succeeded by Dr. Geor. Eglionby. said Dr. IJonImm
July 9- Thom. Westfield batch, of div. of Cambr.— He Nov. 11. Franc. Kinaston M. A. of Cambridee latelv
was a natne » of the parish of St. Maiy in the city of Ely, of Oriel coll. ^amDnage, lately
was educated in grannnaticals there, in academicals in Jes. Mar. 9. Will. Youno M. A. of Aberdeen in Scotland
coll. m the sa,d university, of which he was made succes- now a student in Line coll ^°e™een in acotlan.l,
Sively scholar and fellow. Afterwards he became curate or In the latter end of this year one Matthew Evans a
assistant to Dr. Nu^h. Felton while he was nunister of St. gentlen.an of Lon.lon, well Ikill'd in the"ebr^w Gr4
S St rt'h ^^'-P^".''^'' '•«^"?'- of Hornsey near, and of Lat. and vulgar tongues, sojourned in this universT v p^J:
G.eat St. Baitholomew in. London, archdeacon of St. Al- posely to compleat certain writings lying by him, for the
, London, archdeacon of St. Al-
bans, and at length (in 164 1 ) advanced to the see of Bristol ;'
where dying 25 June 1644, was buried in the cathedral at
the upper end of the isle joyning to the choir on the North
side.' After his death were published of his composition,
' [A. M. there 1609, D. D. an. 1617. Baker.]
« rS. T. P. aul. Clar. au. 1622. Uee. Baker. 1
7 [Oct. l.i, icr).]
* [Rector of Kvlhorn, S. T. P. and one of tlie i>rocfors for the clergy of tlie
dice, of Canterbury in the convocation lfis!3. Mfi. Bailey. '1'annhb.]
Bargrave was a fellow collegiate with Kugale at Clare hall in Canil)riil<»c,
and performed the part of Forest in the comedy of Jgnaramui when acted
before James the first. He mas, says Granger, a true friend to religions rights
and liberties, and incurred the displeasure of .fames by preaching against
popery, corruption and evil counsellors. He was buried in the dean's cha[)el
in Canterbury cathedral, where bis picture, said to be by Cornelius Jansen,
hangs, under which is his epitaph. This has been engraved by Cole tor
Dart's Antiquities nf that Church. There is also, says Mr. Lovedav (MS.
Note) a fine head of bini by Dobson in the possession of Samuel Bever es(i.
of Mortimer, Berks.]
» Tho. Fuller in his Worthies of Englmd, in Cambridgeshire.
' [During which tin)e he was zealous against popery. Watts.]
* [Which be had refused twenty five years before. MS. Nate in Mr. He-
ber's Copy.]
' 160.^, 18 Dec. Tho. Westfield S. T. B. admissus ad rectoriam S'ti Bartho-
lomei Sniithtehl, per privationcm David Dee, ad pres. Itob. dom. Kich.
Reg. BancT'ft, Ep. Lond.
1614, 12 Apr. 1 ho. Westfield S. T. B. coll. ad preb. de Ealdstrete in eccl.
Paul per mortem Joh. Spenser S. T. P.
1631, 14 Nov. Tho. Westfield S.T. P. coll. ad archidialinn S. Albani.
1637, a9 Aug. Tho. Lant cler. coll. ad eccl. de Haringev alias Horusev,
per resign. Tho. Westfield S.T. P.
Dr. Thomas Westfield was not succeeded in the church of S'. Bartholomew
lill the next Deecniljer after his death, which makes me apt to think thai he
Jield that church in commendam with his bishoprick, as also his archdeaconry
111 S.Albans, and prebend, which were not fill'd up till after his majestie's
restoration. Kf.nnet.
Tho. Westfield H. D. at Cambr. Jes. coll. an, 1604 : D. D. ibid. an. 1615.
Nalus in paroch S": Maris Elien. 1573, educatus in schola gram. ibid, ad-
missus in matriculam aead. Cant. Jun. 26, 1589; quadrantarius coll. Jes.
Baker.
benelit of the learned republic, &c. Thus in the license,
granted to him by the ven. congregation, in order to his ad-
mission into the pub. libraiy. But what writings they were
that he was iibout to finish « ith the help of tlu; said library,
I know not, nor anv thinir else of the mnn
The same
nor any thing else of the man.
An. Dom. 1612. — 10 Jac. 1.
Chancellor.
Vice-cliancellor.
The same, July 28.
Prodors,.
Tho. Seller of Trin. coll. .Apr. 22.
Rich. Corblt of Ch. Ch. Apr. 22.
The junior of which was afterwards bishop of Oxon and
Norwich.
Batchelors of Arts.
May 5. Richako Stewart of Magd. hall, .ifterwards of
AU-s. coll.
14. Rob. Weldon of Ch. Ch.
Bakten Holyday of Ch. Ch.
July 1. Jekem. Stephens of Brasen-n. coll.
Vivian Molineux of Brasen-n. coll.
The last of these two, who was son of sir Rich. MoIineiL\
Obit «5 Junij, anno MDCXLH'.
Senio et moerore confectus.
Tu lector (quisquis es) vale et resipiscc
Epitapliiuni ipse sibi dictavit vivus.
Monumenlnm ujor moestissinu
Elizabetha Wc^tfield
Marito desidiranlissimo
possuit siipersles.]
* [r.lere>i choice Sermons as they utre drliirred by thai late reverend Divbte
Thomas H'«//i<W, Dr. m Dii'mity fiishoi) of 7iri*i/. Lond. 1655 4to. Allowed
346
The long parliament had a good opinion of him, for May 13, 1643, ordered
then the profits of his bishoprick be restored to him, and a safe conduct be _ ,,. _., „. „. „„ „,„ , „„„,,, ,
; granted to him to pass with his family to Bristol, being himielf of great age, to be printed and published by John Downam; penes me W K KrNNrr 1
and a ,«r«n of great learn.ng and nurit. His.epitaph is : * [In 1609 he stood suit with the college o.^-hyskLs in Lo^^.^
fusing to be ciammed by them in order to have their licence to practise
there. Browulaw and Ut'ldsboroagh'i Reports. Waits.]
Hie jacct Thomas Westfield S.'l'. D.
Episcoporum iofimus, peccatorum primus.
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of Sefton in Lane, and vise. Molineux of Maryborough in
Ireland, travelled afterwards into several foreign countries,
was at Rome, where, (tho' puritannically educated under
the tuition of Sam. Radcliff of Bnisen. coll.) he changed bis
religion, returned a well bred man, was knighted, and in
the grand rebellion sufferd for the royal cause. He trans-
lated from Spanish into English A Treatise of the Difference
heticixl the Temporal and Eternal. Lond. 1672, Oct. written
originally by Eusebuis Nieremberg, S. I.
Feb. S. Will. Thomas of Brasen-n. coll.
Of about 198 batchelors of arts that were admitted this
vcar, I only find the aforesaid five persons (Molineux being
exceptetl) who were afterwards writers, as in another part
of this work you shall see at large.
Batchelors of Law.
Nov. 16. Robert Gentilis of ,\ll-8. coll. son of Aubrey
Genttlis — Besides him (who will be mention'd also in ano-
ther part of this work) were only three more admitted.
Masters of Arts.
May 5. GiLB. Ironside of Trin. coll.
14. Edw. Boughen of Ch. Ch.
Gabriel Clarke of Ch. Ch.
The last of these two, I take to be the same Gabr. Clarke
who was collated to the archdeaconry of Northumberland
bv Dr. Neile bishop of Durham, upon the resignation of
Dr. Job. Craddock, 7 Aug, 1619. Which G. Clurke, (who
is stiled D. D. in the registers of the church of Durham)
became archdeacon of Durham by tiie same hand, on the
death of Will. Moreton batch, of div. in the beginning of
Sept. 1620.
Tho. Dugard of Ch. Ch. wiis adm. the same day — Quaere.
23. Sam Smith of Miigd. coll.
Accepted Frewen of M;igd. coll.
June 30. Percivall Burrell of Ch. Ch. — ^This person,
who was originally of Hart hall, and afterwards preacher
at Sutton's hospital called the Charter-house near London,
published Sutton's Synagogue, or the English Centurion, Serm.
on Luke 7, part of the 5 verse, Lond. 1629, qu. and per-
haps other things.
Jul. 2. Edw. Cotton of Ch. Ch. a compounder — He was
son of Will. Cotton bishop of E.xeter, and w.as about this
time archdeacon of Totness in the dioc. of Exeter. He
" was also rector of Shobrooke in Devonshire, and" de-
parted this life in 1647, whereupon his archdeaconry conti-
nuing void 'till the restauration of K. Charles 11. Franc.
Fulwood D. D. then succeeded.
9. Thom.Hayne of Line. coll.
Tho. Howell of Jesus coll.
Will. Gheenhill of Magd. coll.
Jan. . . . John Heath of New coll.
Hen. Welstede of New coll.
The last of these two, who Wiis now chaplain, as I con-
ceive, of New coll. but lately of Broadgate's hall, was the
same Welstede who wrote and published The Cure of a hard
Heart — prin. 1624-5.
Mar. .5. Nathaniel Grenfielo of St. E<Im. hall. — He
was afterwards preacher at Wliitfield in Oxfordshire, and
the w: iter and publisher of The great Day ; or a Sermon set-
ting forth the desperate Estate and Condition of the Hoicked at
the Day of Judgment; On Reg 6. 15, 16, 17. Lond. 1615,
Oct. and perhaps of other things. Quaere.
18. Anthony White chaplain of C. C. coll. — He was af-
terwards vicar of Wargrave in Berks, and the writer and
publisher of (1) Truth purchased; on Prov. 23. vcr. 23.
(2) Errour abandoned; On Jam. 1. 16. — ^Both which were
preached at St. Mary's in Oxford, and were printed at Oxon,
1628, and dedicated by the author to his patron sir Hen.
Nevill, of Billingbere.
Admitted 110.
Batchelors of Divinity.
July 9. Will. Bridges of New coll.
Will. Twisse of New coll.
The first of these two, who was son to Dr. John Bridges
bishop of Oxon, was, by his father's endeavours, made arch-
deacon of that diocese, in June 1614, (he being then one of
the fellows of Wykeiiam's coll. near Winchester) which dig-
nity he holding to the time of his death, was succeeded by
Barten Holyday of Ch. Ch. before the year 1626.
July 9. Franc. James of Ch. Ch.
Hen. Byam of Ch. Ch.
Of the first you may see more among the doct. of div.
an. 1614.
Admitted 22.
Doctors of Law, ri92l
Jan. 30. Nathaniel Harris of New coll. — He died at
Blechingley in Surrey 1625.'
Basil Wood of All-s. coll. — He was about this time
chancellor of St. Asaph and of Rochester.
July 9. Arthur Duck of All-s. coll.
Dec. 7. Charles Cjesar of All-s. coll.
The last, who was a younger son of sir Julius Caesar
mast, of the rolls, was afterwards a knight, .judge of the
audience, and master of the faculties, and died in 1642."
t^ Not one doct. of phys. was adm. this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
Jun. 10. John Prideaux of Ex. coll.
John Whetcomb of Ex. coll.
July 2. Will. Whyte of Trin. coll.
16. John Brookes of Univ. coll. — He was about this
time canon residentiary of York, and in Apr. 1615 became
chauntor thereof, in the place of Hen. Banks, D. D. who
had been admitted thereunto in Apr. 1613, on the death of
John Gibson LL. D. and a knight, which hapned 28 Feb.
1612. As for the said Brooks he died 23 March 1616,
aged 49, and was buried in the cath. ch. at York.
Jan. 27. John Abbott of Bal. coll.
Incorporations.
.Tune 30. George Ramsey a Scot, was incorporated M.
of A. as he had stood elsewhere.
On tho 14 July, being the day after the public act had
been celebrated, these Cantabrigians following were in-
corporated.
July 14. Henry Burton M. A. — ^This person, who made
a great noise and disturbance in his time, was born in an
obscure town called Birdsall in Yorkshire, educated in St.
John's coll. in the said university,' afterwards was tutor or
master to the sons of Robert lord Carey of Lepington,
(whose lady was governess to pr. Char, when a child) sole
* [Hi' was rector of Blechingley in Surrey, where he died April 15, 1625,
set. .57, and was buried in that church. Rawi.inso.n.]
7 [Hen. Burton coll. Jo. Cant. A. M. an. 1602. Htg. Acnd. Of him and
books wrote by him sec liis Life wrote by himself, or published 1643, 4to.
bibl. coll. Trin. Cant. — The grand Jmpottor tmmasked against bish. Laud's
speech 4to. — Truth's Triumph over Tratt, Lond. 1629— TAe Baiting irf the
Pope's Bull, Loud. tTHT—Habet no Bethel, 1629, by Hen. Burton. V. Chr.
Dow's Answer to Hen, hnrtoti's ApoUyg}!, chap. 2. and H. Cholmcley and Rob.
Bulterfield's Defence of Bish. Hall, against H.B. BAXKn.]
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officer (which some call clerk) in the closet of pr. Henry,
and after his deatli to the said prince Cluules ; removed
ftrom liis service wlien that prince became Iving, for liis
praginaticalness and impudence in demonstrating by a letter,
which he presented to the said king " 23 Apr. 1625," how
popishly affected were Dr. Neile and Dr. I^aud his continual
attendants. About tliis time he being made minister of St.
Matthew's clmich in Friday-street in London, liis sermons
wliich lie preached there (some of which lie afterwards pub-
lished) savouring of nothing else but of schism, sedition,
and altogether against his majesty's declaration, he was for
so doing, and especially for publishing two virulent pam-
phlets, not only brought before the council-board, but
several times into the high commission court, for «hat he
had said <ind done, and afterwards imprison'd, Hn'd, de-
graded, deprived of his benefice, pillorized with Prynne and
Bastwicke, lost his ears, condemn'd to perpetual imprison-
ment in Lancaster gaol first, and afterwards in the cattle in
the isle of Guernsey. From which last place being released
by tlie members of that parliament which began at West-
minster 3 Nov. 1640, Wcus (with Prynne and Bastwicke)
brought home in triumph to the great contempt of Justice,
restored to his benefice and well rewarded for his losses.
The titles of several of his books you may see in the Oxford
Catalogue, and some that are r.ot there I shall here set
down, viz. (I) The Law and the Gosj>el reconciled against the
Antmomians, printed 1631, qi'. (2) The sounding of the two
iflst Trumpets ; or Meditations on the ninth, tenth, and eleventh
Chapters of the Revelations, Lond. 1641, ipi. " (3) The I'ro-
" testation protested, or a short Remonstrance, shewing what is
" principally required of all those that have, or do take the last
" Parliamentary Protestation — printed 1641, qu. 3 sh." (4)
Relation of Mr. Chillingworlh. This I have not yet seen. (5)
A Narration of his Life (viz. of H. IJurton) &c. Lond. 1643,
qu. (6) Parliament's Power for Laws in Religion, pr. 1645,
Oct. " (7) yindici(e Veritatis : Truth rindirated against Ca-
" lumny ■■ In a brief Answer to Dr. Bastwiclc's two late Books
" entit. Independency not God's Ordinance, Lond. 1645, 4 sh.
" and a half qu. (8) Truth shut out of Doors: or a brief
" Narrative of the Occasion and Manner of proceeding of Al-
" dermanbury Parish, in shutting their Church Door against
" him, Lond. 1645, qu. 1 sh." (9) Conformity's Deformity,
" in a Dialogue between Conformity and Conscience," &c.
" Lond." 1646, " qu. 5 sh. ' the author being then 67 years
of age. Afterwards seeing what strange courses the great
men at Westminster took, he grew more moderate, not-
withstanding he was an independent, and lived, as I con-
ceive, "till they took oflFhis old master's head."
« [Suspemio Hen. Burton 18 Jun. 1629: rclaxatur per subniiss. et junint.
ejus ad obscrvand. ct stand, juri et mandatis ecclcsia; 14 Jul. 1629. Ilcg.
iMud. Ppl Lond.
After the parliament recali'd him, he gave an account uf his sufferings ma
pamphlet thus intituled — A Narration of' the Life of Mr. Henrji Burton uhciein
is set forth the varuAts and remarkable 'I'afsages thereof', his Sufferings, 4'u;7x)i(s,
Comforts attd Deliieranccs ; nme published for the Benefit of' all those that either
doe or may si/Jfir far the Came of Christ, according to a Copij tcritteii uith his oim
Hand. London, 'for John linthuell, 164,;, 4to.— P. 33. I told the warden of
ihc Fleet as he carried me from mv degradation in Paul's, that I thauked
God 1 had cast off the bishop's liverj, and fimnd my shoulders much the
liglitcr bj it. — P. 2. After the decease of pruice Henry, I was coutinucd in
the same place and office to prince Charles, when God stirred up my heart
to enter into the ministry, being then above 30 years of age. In that lime I
writ a trcat'uc against siiuony intituled A Censure of Simimij, also another book
intitlcd Truth's Triumph over Trmt: these two books were published " cum
privilegio,' though with much adoe obtained of the archbishop's chaplains, and
archbishop Abbot himself— 1 coidd not obtain of his chaplain the licensing of
an answer of m'lne to a Jesuit's books intituled The Comerted Jew which he
boldly had dedicated to both our universities' — He also gives an accoui:t ot
bi» many other writings. KE>^^tT.
RicR. Franklin M. of A.— 1 take this pernon to \>e tl>«
same with R. Franklin, who was butch, of div. minikter of
Klsworth in Cambridgshire, imd author of Tractaitu dt
Tonis in Lingua Grwcanica, &c. Ixind. 163U. oct.
Thomas Walkingtos batch, of div.» — He was afterwords
doctor of that fiu-ulty, minister of Fulhani near London, '
and the writer and publisher of Rablxmi; Mary Mug. Tear$
of Sorrow and Solace, preached at Paul's Cross, on Joh. 20.
16. Lond. 1620. oct. and of another senoou on Ecclesiastcs
12. lo. &c.
John Gostlyn or Goslyv doct. of physic — lie was bora
in the city of Norwich, e<lucated in Caius coll.* was after-
wards proctor of Cambridge, master of the said coll. and
twice vice-chancellor of that university. He had the repute
of a general scholar, an eloipient ' artist, and one that w:is
admirably well skill'd in physic, of which faculty he
was the king's professor in the said university. He died in
Oct. or Nov. 1626, and was buried near to the botly of his
worthy friend and patron Dr. Legg, in the chappel of the
said coll. of Ciiius, to which he was a very considerable
benefactor. One of his sirname was author of Aurifodina
Linguee Gallicte.
Ai,EXANDER Bound D. of D. — He wa.s sometimes of
King's coll. * was afterwards vice-provost of Eaton and
rector of the rich church of Petworth in Sussex ; where, as
also in Canibr. he wtis esteemed a godly, learned and reli-
gious man.
Andrew Bi.vg D of D. ' — On the 12 May 1606, he was
collated to the sub-deanery of York, upon the resignation
of one Hen. Wright, (who, when he was M. of A. suc-
ceeded Edm. Btmny in that dignity, an. 15*5,) and on the
13 Apr. 1618, he was installed archdeacon of Norwich in
the place of Tho. Jegon D. D. uho died in the latter end of
1617, being then niiist. of C. C. coll. in Cambridge and pa-
tron of the parsonage of Sibell Henningham in It^sex;
where, if I mistake not, he the said Jegon was buried.
Which Cantabrigians, I say, viz. H. Burton, R. Frank-
lin, T. Walkington, J. Gostlyn, A. Bound, and A. Bing,
M'. Burton writ and printed, before his imprisonment, against M*. Hugh
Cholinley of Tiverton and it'. Hob. Hutterfield that the church of Rome was
no true church — <lcd. to bish. Hall. 4to.
A Censure of Simmiie, or a nttwf importani Case tf C^msciemr eoMcemisig $*•
monie, briefly discussed iwt ulti>gether j)eThaps unparaUeU Jvr the Meridian of these
Times, Lond. 1624, 4to. Rawiisson.
Henry Burton wrote also A Plea to on .ippeale trarerted Dialagueidie, 4to.
1626, ' 'lis against popery. Pfck. The ep. ded. to king Charles—' Most
gracious sovenugne, if it be a man's glory to pass by an otfence, how much
more a kings ? who being armed with power to revenge, his pardon is the
more glorious, the more gracious. This is your majesty's glory, that you
have |>assed by the olfencc of your servant, and your glory how beautifully
shall it shine forth, if your noble pardon shall be sealed with your royal pa-
tronage of this poor I'lea^]
9 [Tho. Walkington Lincohi. admiss. socius coll. Jo. Cant. Mar. 26, 1602.
Ueg. ibid. Bakkr.]
' [Iho. Walkington S.T. P. admisn ad vk. de FoIhaiD com. Middloex,
25 Mali, 161.5, per mort. Petri Lillye. Reg. Bancrofl. Kennet.
Of St. John's Cambr. presented by the lord chauc.to Randes vie. co. North-
ton. 1608. Tanner. '
He wrote, besides the seruwns here mentioned. The optic Glatte of Hsmort
Sue. Printed at Oxford without date, and in London 1607, 8^. Prefixed to
tlie former edition is the plate of a sphere, with the views of Oxford and Cam-
bridge, and another (the title page) with the representation of two divines,
over the head of one is written Cambridge, over tliat of the other, Oxford.
Bodl. HO. B. 17. Mid. and Cryiies, 871.]
« [Joh. Gostlvn coll. Gon. et Caii conv. 2. adniist. in matric. acad. Cant
Dec. 8, 1582 : A. B. coll. Caii, 1586-7 : M. D. an. 1602. Bakkk.]
^ llu). Fuller in his Worthies if England, in Norwich.
* [.AdmisMis in co'l. Regal. I.i64. Baksb.]
* [Audr. Bviig Cantabrigiensis, admis. socius coll. S"' Petri, Apr. 6, 159?.
Reg. Professo'r Ungtiic Hebr. 1608. Bakeb. Vide my MS. coU. vol. >i,
p. 35. CoLt.]
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were incorporated in their respective degrees, on the 14th
of July before-mention'd.
Will. Conway doct. of phys. of Caen in Normandy,
was inc-orporated the same day.
Jan. 14. John BALCAsauALL M. A. of Edinburgh.— He
was a Scotch man born, was now a fellow of Exet. coll.
and aftcrwiuds rector of Tatinhills in Staffordshire, where
he died about the latter end of 1646, which is all I know of
him, only that he was after this year batch, of div.
March 18. Philibert Vernatti doctor of both the laws
of the university of Leyden. — One of both his names was
afterwards a baronet in Scotland, and another, who was a
knight, hath a Relation of making Ceruss, in the Philosophical
Transactions, numb. 137. an. 1677.
Creations.
Oct. 30. Francis More esq. sometimes of St. John's coll.
in this imiversity, now an eminent professor of the muni-
cipal laws, was actually created mast, of arts in the house
of con\ocation. He is mention'd at large among the wri-
ters, an. 1621.
In the latter end of this year, Frederick Count Pala-
tine OF THE Rhine, prince elector of the empire, and after-
wards king of Bohemia, (who had lately married princess
Elizabeth the only daughter of K.James 1.) canie to visit
the university, where being sumptuously entertained, was
pleased with his own hand-writing to matriculate himself a
member of the university (sub tit. ^d. Chr.) with this
symbole, ' Rege me, Domine, secundum verbum tuuni.'
This year Claudius Plumius a Dane, born in 158,5, be-
came a student or sojourner in the university, for the benefit
of the public library. He afterwards wrote De Jure Con-
mtbiorum, and other things, and died 1649.
An. Dom. 1613.— 11 Jac. 1.
Chancellor.
Tho. Lord Egerton.
Vice-chancellor.
Dr. Singleton again, Jul. 24.
Proctors.
Anth. Richardson of Queen's coll. Apr. 14.
Vincent Goddard of Magd. coll. Apr. 14.
Batchelors of Music.
Jul. 8. Martin Pearson. — He was afterwards master of
the choristers of St. Paul's cathedrid, while Job. Tomkins
was organist, and a composer of certain Church Services and
Anthems. He died about the latter end of Dec. 1650, being
then an inhabitant of the jjarish of St. Gregoiy near to the
said cathedral, and was buried in St. Faith's church adjoyn-
ing. Whereas most musicians die obscurely and in a mean
condition, this died so rich, as to leave to the poor of Marsh
in the parish of Dunnington in the isle of Ely, an hundred
pounds to be laid out for a purchase for their yearly use.
May — John Amner organist of the cath. church of
Ely, and master of the ihoristers there. — He hath composed
and published Secred Hymns of three, four. Jive, and six Parts
for Foices and Viols. Lond. 161.'), qu. as also certain an-
thems; the words of one of which, are in James CliflFord's
collection, meution'd before in the year 1543.
Batchelors of Arts.
May 13. Joh. Scull of Mert. coll. — See among the mas-
ters 1616.
Jun. 17. Tho. Goffe of Ch. Ch.
Ben J. Coxof Ch. Ch.
Rich. Parre of Brasen-n. coll.
The last of which was afterwards bishop of the isle of
man.
Jul. 8. Owen Morgan or Morgan Owen of New coll.—
He was afterwards bishop of Landaff.
Jul. 8. Will. Foster of St. Joh. coll. [194]
Franc. Potter of Trin. coll.
Oct. 21. George Singe of Bid. coll. — He became bishop
of Cloyne in Ireland, 1638.
26. Tho. Randol of Brasen-n. coll.
Nov. 15. Tho. Stafford of Exet. coll.
Of the first of these two last you may see more among
the batch, of div. 1624. and of the other in my discourse of
George Carew among the writers, under the year 1629.
18. Will. Lucy of Trin. coll.
" Christoph. Phipp of Brasen-n. coil. — ^This jierson,
" who was a Lancashire man born, left soon after his
" country and relations, crossed the sea, went to Doway,
" changed his religion for that of Rome, and advanced his
" studies so far as to be divinity reader there (at Doway)
" among the English seculars, and shortly after died."
Dec. 1. Joh. West of Magd. coll.
17. Jam. Howell of Jesus coll.
The first of these four, was afterwards bishop of St. Da-
vid's, and the third, was son of the lord De la Ware.
Feb. 9. Jo. angell of Magd. hall.
10. Alex. Huish of Magd. hall.
The last of these two was afterwards one of the original
scholars of Wadham coll. and a writer of note.
Feb. 17. Bevill Grenevil of Exet. coll. the eldest son
of a knight, was then admitted not only batch, of arts, but
about the same time the senior collector of the batchelors
that determined this year. — He was afterwards a knight,
and much famed for his exemplary loyalty to K.Ch. 1. in
the beginning of the rebellion, which was raised by a pre-
valent party (Presbyterians) in tlic two houses of parlia-
ment, an. 1642. He was killed in his majesty's service at
Lansdown near Bath, 5 July 1643, leaving a son behind
him named John, sometimes a gent. com. in Gloc. hall,
made the first earl of Bath of his name, by K. Ch. II. Soon
after sir Bevill's death, came out a book of verses made by
several Oxonians, wherein you'll find much of his worth
and gallantly. He had a brother named sir Rich. Grenevill,
who had received some education in this university, was
afterwards a stout maintainer of the king's cause in the said
rebellion, was high sheriff of Devon. 1645, and author of A
Narrative of the Affairs of the West, since the Defeat of the
Earl of Essex, at Lestithiell in Cornwall, An. 1644, in 3 sheets
in qu.
Feb. 17. Henry Carey of Exet. coll. the eldest son of a
knight was also then admitted batchelor, and the junior col-
lector. He was afterwards earl of Monmouth, and a fre-
quent translator of books, as I shall hereafter tell you.
Thom. Carey of the same coll. was admitted on the same
day. — This Thomas, who was younger brother to the said
Henry Carey, was born in Northumberland while his father
sir Robert Qarey was warden of the marches towards Scot-
land, proved afterwards a most ingenious poet, and was au-
thor of several poems printed scatteredly in divers books;
one of which, beginning ' Farewcl Fair Saint,' &c. had a
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vocal composition of two parts set to it by the sometimes
fiuiR'd musician Henry Lawts. Upon the breaking out of
the rebellion in lti42, lie adhered to his majesty, heing tlien
of tlie Ijedcliamber to, and nmcli esteemed by, him. lUit
after that good i<ing had h)st his head, he took it so nmch
to heart, that he fell suddenly sick, and died before the ex-
piration of the year 1C4S, aged 53, or thereabouts. Soon
after his body was buried in a vault (the burying place of
his family) under St. Job. Bapt. chappel within the precincts
of St. Peter's church in VV'estminiitei'.
Mar. 3. Will. 1'emble of Magd. coll.
As for Cox, Faire, Morgan, Potter, Singe, Lucy, Howell,
Angell, and Huish, there will be large mention made of
them in another ])art of this work.
Admitted 189.
«
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 28. Nath. Carpf.nteb of Exet. coll.
June. 10. Nigh. Grey of Ch. Ch.
July 8. Christoth. Potter of Qu. coll.
Dec. 3. Humph. Sydenham of Wadhara coll.
Jan. "27- Giles Widdowes of Oriel coll.
Jasper Fisher of Magd. hall, was admitted the same
day.
Admitted 102.
Balchelors of Physic.
Maych ult. Tobias Venner of St. Alb. hall. — Not one be-
sides him was admitted this year.
Balchelors of Divinity.
June 17. Thom. Powell of Brasen-n. coll. — He hath
published A Sermon preached at St. Mary's in Ojcon, on Exod.
28.34. Oxon. 1613, qu. * and perhaps otliers, or else cer-
tain theological tracts, which is all 1 know of him, only that
he was a Caernarvonshire man born.
Jul. S. Will. Symonds of Magd. coU.
Dan. Faireclough of C. C. coll.
Nov. 2.5. Rich. Tillesley of St. John's coll.
. Dec. 1. John Warner of Magd. coll.
Admitted 13.
rjgg-] Doctor of Laws.
Apr. 28. John Hoskins of New coll. — He was com-
monly called John Hoskins junior, as 1 have among the
writers told you.
Doctor of Physic.
March ult. Tob. Venner of St. Alb. hall, who accumu-
lated the degi'ees in physic.
Doctors of Divinity.
June 21. Dan. Price of Ex. coll.
Lew. Bayly of Ex. coll.
Jul. S. Will. Symonds of Magd. coll. who accumulated.
Nov. 9. John Fle.mming wainien of Wadhani coll. for-
merly fellow of that of Exeter, and about this time one of
his majesty's chaplains.
— 29. Will. Ballow of Ch. Ch.— He died iu Dec.
1618.
' [Printed by .Joseph Barncs^-cum ep. ded. Lat. omatissiino viro D. D.
S'lnj^letoiin saiictaB tlieol. doclori, coll. .-En. Nas. principal, et acad. Oxon.
vice-cancell. — vale, collpgii per prudenliain tuaiu optinie gubernati olini
alumiiUJ, Thomas Powelus Cainbro-Britanuus. penes me. W. K. Kennet.]
Dec. 1. Gborge Cableton of Mert. colL
— John Wilkinson of Magd. hall.
The liist of the said two doctors was now principal of the
said hall of St. M. IMagd. and afterwards was president of
Magd. coll. but hath published nothing. One John Wilkin-
son hath written An tltposition of the ISth Chapt. of the Re-
velations of Jesus Christ, printed privately in 1619, qu. The
publisher of which tells us, that it vras the jjurpose and de-
sire of the author of the said book to have published his
Jutlgment of the whole Ixjok of the Hevelution, but thro'
the malice of the jjrelates, (as he adds) who divers times
spoiled him of his goods and kept him many years in prison,
he was prevented of his purpose. He tells us also, that af-
ter his death some of his labours coming into the hands of
his friends in scatter'd anil imperfect papers, they laboured
with the help of others, that heard him declare his Judg-
ment therein, to set forth the said little book or treatise.
Whether this Joh. Wilkinson was of Oxon, I cannot yet tell,
neither whether he was the same Joh. Wilkinson M. of A.
who became rector of Babcaiy in Somersetshire, in Apr.
1587. Another Joh. Wilkinson was a lawyer of Bernard's
inu near London, who hath |)ublished A Treatise collected
out of the Statutes of this Kingdom concerning the Office and
Authority of Coroners and Sherijf's. ,A nd another entit. An
easie and plain Method fur the kee/iins^ of a Court Leel. Both
printed in 1620, &c. in oct. Whether he was ever bred in
any university, I know not : sure 1 am, one Kob. Wilkinson
who applying his study to divinity, proceeded in that facul-
ty, (at Cambr I think) was rector of St. Olave's in South-
wark, and a publisher of several sermons, as the Oxford
Catalogue will tell you.' He died in the year I6I7.
Incorporations.
Apr. 3. Christianus Rumphius doctor of philosophy
and phys. chief and principal physician to Frederick 5,
prince elect, of the palat. and to the illuf^trious l:uiy Eliza-
beth daughter of K. Jam. I. of England, was incorporated
doct. of phys. as he had stood at Basil and Heidelberg, in
the house of sir Joh. Bennet knight, situated in Warwick-
lane within the city of London, by virtue of a commission
from the vice-chancellor, directed to the said sir Joh. Ben-
net, Joh. Spenser D. D. president of C. C. coll. Tho. Clay-
ton doct. of phys. and others.
The incorporations of the Cantabrigians are this year
omitted by the public scribe.
Creations.
!Mar. 30. Will. Hakewell of Lincoln's inn esq; some-
times a student in Exet. coll. was then actually created M.
of A. being the very next day after his kinsman sir Tho.
Bodley was buried. — I shall make large mention of this
Hakewell in another part of this work.
It was then granted by the ven. convocation, that Will.
Cambden Clarenceaux king of arms, who had served as an
herald at the burial of the said sir Tho. Bodley, might be
created M. of A. but for what reason he was not, unless
his refusal, as I have elsewhere told you, I cannot tell.
' (Sir Isaac Wale, in a letter from Turin, 22 Aug. 1619, thanks his
fricn<l for Imbracing so kindly a suit that his brother Mr. Wilkinson w«»
Ixild to make nnio him lor the obtaining the third portion of the rectory of
Wadsdcn. CoUect. Pa/ien, 1618, fol. penes D. ar'ep. Cant.
An Kximilhn if iht 13 Chapter of the Hevelatimi of'Jetu$ Christ, by John
}yilhhism. Imp. in the year 1619, 4to. pp. 37. Kennet.
A Paire of Sermons jvcmhed to a I'airc of peereles and succeeding Prmca,
(viz Hen. and Char.) by Kob. Wilkinson, 'Loud. 1614, 4to. 13.ik£R.
Wilkinson was chai>iain to P. Henry, and this was the last sermon
preached before him.]
2 A*
I
355
1613.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1C14.
356
Laurence Bodlby M. of A. canon residentiary ot the
catli. ch. of Kxeter, and chief mourner at his brother's (sir
Tho. Bodlcy) funeral, was actually created D. of D. the
same day, as a member of Ch. church.
Jul. i. John Walter sometimes of Brasen-n. coll. now
of the Inner Temjile, and counsellor for the university of
Oxon, was created M. of A. — He was afterwards attorney
to prince Charles, serjeaiit at law, a knight, and chief ba-
ron of the Exchequer. He died 18 Nov. 1630, aged 67,
and was burieil in a little vault under a North isle (which
he before had built) joyning to the church of Wolvercote
near Oxon, where at this day is a splendid monument over
his grave for him and his two wives. David Walter esq;
one of the grooms of the bedchamber to K. Ch. II. and
lieutenant general of the ordinance, was his second son ;
who dying at London 22 Apr. 1679, was buried in the
same vault with his father on the 30 of the same month.
Aug. 7. It was then granted by the ven. convocation,
that sir Tho. Flemming lord chief justice of England,
might be created M. of A. but whether it was eflFected, it
appears not.
Feb. 21. Sir Joh. Doderidge knight, one of the justices
[19€] of the King's Bench, was created M. of A. in Serjeant's inn
in London.
A young man named Jacob Aretius, who stiles himself
Gemiano-Britannus, studied now in Oxon, and published
(1) Primula Veris : seu Panegyerica ad excellentiss. Principem
Palatinum. Tliis he calls Eidyllium. (2) In augustiss. glo-
riosiss. Regis Jacobi Inaugurationem Carmen seculare, &c.
written in Greek, Lat. Dutch, Ital. and Engl. (3) In
Nuptias illustriss. Principis Frederici S; Elizahethce, Meletemata.
Which three things were printed at Ijond. 1613, qu. He
hath also Lat. verses extant on the death of prince Henry,
and perhaps other things.
This year also studied in the university Rob. Spotswood
and UoB. Murrey Scots. Of the first 1 shall speak at large
elsewhere, as also of the other, if he be the same with sir
Rob. Murrey who was afterwards president of the Royal
Society.
The most learned Isaac Casaubon was also entred a stu-
dent in Bodley's library as a member of Ch. Cli. in the
month of May this year, but died soon after to tlie great
loss of learning. He wiis a great linguist, a singular Gre-
cian, and an exact philologer.
• [Rex omnibus ad quos &c. — Sciatis^Kioncedere Isaaco Casaubon in par-
tibus transmariiiis oriundo— quud durante vita sua sit indigena et vcrus
ligeus nostcr — 'i'.R. apud Wcstmon. 3 Jan. rtg. 8. 1610-11. Reiner, Foederu,
xvi, 707.
Rex dccano et capitulo ecclesise Christi, Cant. — Cuin nos deciino se]ilimo
die instantis niensts Decemb. — conccsseriiiius dileeto nobis in Christo Isaaco
Casaubon, viro de onini genere lilerarura optime nierito, ilium canonicaluin et
prsbeiidam in ecclesia nostra catbedrali et mctropolitica Christi Cantuar.
quern Nicbolaus Sympson clericus sacra> theologian i)rolL'Ssor jam deftuictus
nupcr habuit facultatcm dedinms — praifato Isaaco Casaubon, quod licet
ipse mere iaicus sit necnon conjugatus, iVuctus tanien redditus etiain
tamctsi residentiam ullam magnam vel parvam non tenuerit. T. R. apud
Westm. 17 Januar. reg. 8. 1610-11. Rymer, xvi, 709.
Jauics by tlie grace of God, &c. — As our progenitors have heretofore beene
carcfull to call into their realm persons of eminent learning, agreeing in pro-
fession of religion with the church of England, and here to make use of them
for the furtherance of learning and religion among tlieir people ; as namelie,
of Paulus Fagius, Marten Bucer, Peter Martir, and others ; soe have wee, in
regard of the singuler learning of Isaac Casaubon, and of his concurrancye
with us and the church of England in profession of religion, uiviled him out
of Frauuce ijito this our realme, here to make his aboad— and for his better
support and mayntenancc — doe give and graunt unto the saide Isaac Casau-
bon a certeync annuitye or pension of three hundred poundes of good and
lawful! money of En^Lind bv the yearc. Witnes our self at Westm. 19 Jan.
ref, 8. 1610-11. Himer, xvi, 710]
An. Dom. 1614.— 12 Jac. I.
Chancellor.
The same.
Vice-chancellor.
William Goodwin D. D. dean of Ch. Ch. July 15.
Proctors.
Jenkin Vaughan of All-s. coll.
Sam. Fell ofCh. Ch.
Batchelors of Arts.
May 23. Will. Jemmat of Magd. coll.
28. Christoph. Davenport of Magd. hall, who for
one year and three months had studied in Trin. coll. near
Dublin. — ^I'his person was no writer, as I can yet learn, yet
1 set him down, lest posterity take him to be Christoph.
Davenport, who was now (1614) a student in Mert. coll. 1
mean the same Davenport, afterwards known by the name
of Franc, a Sancta Clara, and celebrated among men of his
persuasion, and by many Protestants too, for his elaborate
books tliat are extant, as you shall further see in the next
vol. of this work.
June 16. Tho. Turner of St. John's coll. — Sec among
the creations in 16.33.
28. John Flavell of Wadh. coll.
•^-^ 30. Edm. Wingate of Queen's coll.
Jul. 4. Will. Stafford of Ch. Ch. — See in the year
1617, under the title of creations.
7. Richard Thornton of Line. coll.
Oct. 29. Christoph. Tesdale of New coll.
Of the first of these last two you may see more among the
masters 1617, and of the other in 1618.
Nov. 4. Tim. Woodroffe of Bal. coll.
Dec. 1.5. John Harmar of Magd. coll.
17. Hen. Ramsden of Magd. hall, afterwards of
Line. coll.
Feb. 1. Rich. Toogood of Oriel coll.
Five of tliese batclielors, namely Jemmat, Wingate,
Woodroffe, Harmar, and Toogood, will be remembred at
large in another part of this work.
Admitted I87.
Batchelors of Law.
June 30. Rich. Zouchk of New coll. — ^He was after-
wards the great ornament of the uni\ ersity for his singular
knowledge in the civil and canon law, as you shall fully
understimd in another ])art of this work.
Besides him were but four more admitted this year.
Masters of Arts.
May 5. Rich. Spencer of C. C. coll. son of Robert lord
Spencer.
28. Brian Duppa of All-s. coll.
Jun. 25. Rob. Skinner of Trin. coll.
30. Hugh Lloyd of Oriel coll.
Jul. 2. Will. Page o'f Bal afterwards of All-s. coll.
5. Michael Oldsworth of Magd. coll. » — He was
afterwards " fellow of liis college, secretary to Philip eail
5 [In Ileame's Curious Discourse!, edit. 1775, i 98, is a tract by this
author. On the Diversity of Names in this Island, and in the same work ii, 393,
a short epistle to him by Uegory Wheare. See also Prynne's Caiiterlniry's
Doom, pp. 350, i32. 533, &c. aud the Hist, of the Tryal and Troubles of
Archb. Lawl, cap. 39-]
357
1614.
FASTI OXONIKNSES.
1614.
35^
" of Pembroke," elected a burgess to serve in several par-
liaments for ISaniin and old Sarum, and tho' in the grand
rebellion he was no colonel, yet he was ii;ovcrnour of old
Pembroke and Montgomery, led him by the nose, as he
pleased, to serve Vtoth their turns. He had a share with his
lordship out of the ollice from which sir Ilenry Compton
was ejected in the time of the said rebellion, worth 3O00 /.
per an. was keeper of Windsor park, one of the two mas-
ters of the Prerogative Office, and miule ' the bayliff of
Westminster give him .50 /. per an. to continue him there.
Jul. 5. Fhanc. White of Magd. coll. — He afterwards
published, London's H'arn'mg by Jerusalem, Serm. at Paul's
cross on Mid-lent Sunday 1618, on Micah 6. 9. Lond.
ri97l 1619. qn- W'hat other things he hath made public I find
not, nor any thing else of him, only that he wa-s a gentle-
man's son of London. I find another Franc. White who
was D. D. of Cambridge, afterwards chajjlain in ordinary
to K. James I. dean of Carlisle, and at length bishop of
Ely, the titles of whose works you may see in the Oxford
Catalogue, and among them the sermon before-mention'd,
as if it had been his. Also a third Frimc. Wliite (a lawyer
as it seems) who became well read in the antient histories
and laws of our nation, author of a book entit. For the
iacred Law of the Land, Lond. 1659, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. W. 2.
Jur. Seld.] But whether he was of this university, I can-
not yet tell.
July 6. Edw. Terry of Ch. Ch.
7. GiLB. Wats of Line. coll.
Hen. King of Ch. Ch.
JoH. KiNGof Ch. Ch.
' Rich. Gardiner of Ch. Ch.
Jan. 24. Rich. Steuart of AU-s. coll.
Mich. Jermin of Corp. Ch. coll.
1 629, was buried in the cathedral church there, near to the
body of his wife Jane.
Rich. James of Corp. Ch. coll.
Admitted 108.
Batchelors of Physic.
July 12. Peter Bowne of C. C. coll.
Not one admitted besides him, and but one supplicated
for the said degree, viz. Rich. Berry of Line. coll. but
whether admitted this, or in any year following, I know
not. He died in June 1651, and was buried by the name
of Dr. Rich. Berry.
Batchelors of Divinity.
May 5. Rob. Harris of Magd. hall.
— 16. Tho. James of New coll.
Rob. Burton of Ch. Ch.
June 8. Jam. Rowlandson of jQu. coll.
July 5^ Rob. Moor of New coll. a compounder.
Admitted 19.
Doctors of Law.
Oct. 13. John Hawley principal of Gloc. hall, formerly
fellow of St. John's coll.
Mar. 23. N'ich. Darrel of New coll. — He was about
this time prebendary of Winchester, ' where ilying in Oct.
' Mfltery rf the good Old Came briefly unfolded, &c. Lond. 1660, oct.
p. 21.
8 [Francis White, born at St. Neots in Hunt, his father v/ns a minister and
had five sons, divines. His brother John Wititc, chaplain inordinary to king
James, was also born here. Franciis, bishop of Carlisle, t)ien of Norwich,
and at last of Kly dyed, and was buried at St. Mary Wolnoth in lA)mb&rd-
street, 16I;5. KL>JNtT.]
' [He became so on July 1.5, 161.5. He, as domestic chaplain of bishop
Jame* Mouutagu, was on Apr. 25, 161B, collated by hiin to y rectorjr of
-He accumulated
Doctor of Phytic.
Jul. 12. Peter Bowne of C. C. coll.-
the degrees in physic.
Doctors of Divinity.
May 16. Edward James of Ch. Ch, ? these two were
Thom. James of New coll.
brethren.
The la.-.! of which accumulatetl : And to both I have seen
several learned epistles written by^'their nephew Rich.
James of C. C. C. who hath also written the epitaph of the
first, who died some years before Thomas.
30. John Simpson of C. C. coll. — He was about
this time prebendary of Canterbury. * See among the doc-
tors of div. 1608.
June 8. Will. Westerman of Or. coll.
Adam \\'ilson of Qu. coll.
The last of which two died at Nutfield in Surrey (of
which place 1 think he was rector) in the beginninij of
1634.
27. Will. Piers of Ch. Ch.
July 5. NicH. Love of New coll. — He wa« at this time
chaplain to his majesty, warden of Wykeham's coU. near to,
and prebendary of, Winchester; where dying about 1630
was liuried in the chappel belonging to the said coll.
Rob. Moor of New coll. who accumulated, was admit-
ted the same day.
John Charlet of Or. coll. was also admitted the same
day. — He was now prebendary of Worcester, ' antl dying in
1640, Herb. Croft D. D. succeeded him in that dignity.
Theodore Price was admitted as a member of New
coll. on the same day also. — He was originally chorister of
All-s. coll. afterwards fellow of Jesus, now principal of
Hart hall, and about this time subdean of W^estminster,
prebendary of Winchester ; and afterwards (as 'tis said by
some, " but false") mast, of the hospital of St. Cross.* He
gave way to fate 15 Dec. 1631, and was buried at West-
minster ; whereupon Dr. John Williams dcim of that place
called together the prebendaries of the church, and took
great pains to make the world suspect he died a Rom.
Catholic, only to raise a scandal on his enemy hishop Laud,
who had recommended him to the king for a bishoprick in
Wales, " in opposition to the earl of Pembroke and his
" chaplain Griffith Williams." A rigid and inveterate
Est Woodhay, alias Wydhay, with y« chapel of Ashmaninwortb and (supn)
Hamshire. MS. penes J. L. LovEDiV.]
* [Rector of Aldington and one of the proctors for dioc. of Cant, in the
convocation 1625. MS. Bailey. Tinner.]
* [Johaimes Cherlet presb. A. M. ad eccl. de Overworton, oo. Oion. per
resign. Laur. Hunifrey presb. ad pres. Job. HungerforB mil. 8 Aug. 1594.
lUg. K'liUpJl arch. Cant. Kknnlt.J
* [Dr. Theodore Price was born at Bron y foel in the parish of Llanenddwn
in Dytfryn Ardudwy com. Merion. He was the son of Rees ap Tudor ap
William Vauglian of Glgerran (descended paternally from Osburn Fits
Gerald, son to the earle of Desmond) and of 5largery Stanley, daughter of
Edward Stanley, esq; constable of Harleigh castle, his wife. All that I find
of him here is, that 1.591, Oct. 18, he being then A. M. was instituted to the
rectory of Llanvair near Harleigh, where I have seen a fair comniu;uon cha-
fice of his gil't to that church. He did not keep this rectory, which is but a
poor one, long. For 160,5, 1 find one William Prythcrch possest of it, and
then resigning it Oct. 29 that year, and Owen Rowland B. D. collated to it.
Dr. Theodore Price wiis also rector of the great sine cure of Uanchaidr in
Kinmerch of St. Asaph diocese. Hvhpuiieys.
'I'heodorc Price S. T. P. installed preb. of Winchester Sept. 9, 1596. on
the promotion of Dr. Bilsou to the see of Worcester. Gale's Antiq. (f Wia^
Chester, page 121.J
2/<»2
359
1614.
FASTI OXOMENSES.
1614.
560
presbyterian tells ' ue, that the said Dr. Laud ' did endea-
vour to promote iiim to a Welsh bishoprick, ' but was op-
posed by Philip earl of Pembroke, so Dr. Morg. Owen 'was
[lyS] preferred in his stead. This Price lived a professed, un-
preaching epicure and arniinian, and died a reconciled
papist to the church of Rome, having received extreme
unction from a popish priest, &c.' Thus Prynnc ; yet the
church ' historian tells us that Dr. A\'iUianis before-men-
tion'd did much endeavour tt) make liini archb. of Armagh,
but denietl by the duke of Bucks, without any mention
made of Dr. Laud his endeavours. But .so it was that Dr.
Williams being a great favourer of the j)uritan or presby-
terian, Prynne therefore made no mention of liim, but laid
all upon the score of Laud.
July 5. Robert Say of New coll.
Will. TwYSSE of New coll.
Thom. Wyatt of Oriel coll.
— — 6. Thom. Anyan president of C. C. coll. who ac-
cumulated.— This doctor, who was born at Sandwich in
Kent, and had lately been chaplain to Egerton lord keeper,
published (l) -^ Sermon preached at St. Mary's Church in
Oxon. 12 Jul. 1C12; being the Act Sunday ; On Psal. 1. 3.
Lond. 1612, qu. [Bodl. 4to. N. 12. Th.] (2) Sermon
preached at St. Mary Spittle 10 Apr. 1615; On Acts 10.
34, 35. Oxon. 1615, qu. [Bodl. 4to. F. 15. Th.] In tlie
year 1619, he being then one of his majesty's chaplains,
yraa made prebendary of Gloucester, and afterwards being
found unfit to g-overii a college, because he was a fosterer of
fiiction, he rcsign'd liis jiresidentship and was made preben-
dary of Canterbury ; where dying 1632, was buried in the
c«th. ch. there.
Francis James of Ch. Ch. stood in the act this year to
corapleat his doctorship in di>inity, but when lie was ad-
mitted, it appears not in tlie public register. — He was now
in great esteem for several specimens of Latin poetry wliich
he before had made, especially for iiis poem published in
1612, entit. Threnodia Henricianarum Exequiarum. Sive
Panolethria Anglicana, &c. He was near of kin to Dr. Tho.
James mention'd before, and among the writei's under the
year 1629, was abovit this time preacher or reader at the
Savoy in the Strand near London, and, as it seems, a
preacher at St. Matthew's in Friday-street. At length de-
parting tliis mortal life in 1621, was buried, (I think) at
Ewhurst in Surrey.
Incorporations.
July 7- Franc. Barrough lately of Eman. coll. in Cam-
bridge, now of St. John's in Oxon. was incorporated eitlier
batch, or mast, of arts.
' Will. Prynne in his Canterbury's Doom, &c. printed 1646. p. 3.15.
* [It >yas St. .\sapli. Williams, who had bcoii so much his friend, that he
lad. not oiJy strenuously recouniiendcd liiiu for the archbishoprick of Arniauh
in Ireland, but continued him sub-dean of Westminster many years together,
was at last his enemy, because he supposed hiin to be better affected to Laud
than to himself, and therefore, that two birds might be killed with one bolt,
no sooner was Dr. Price dead, but the bishop of Lincoln, being then at
^ye«lTn^nstcr, calls tlie prebends together, tells them that he liad been with
Mr. aub-dean before bis death, that he left him iu very doubtful terms about
religion, and consequently could not tell in what form to bury him : that if the
Br. hail died a protest Papist he would have buried him himself, but being
Mi it was he could not see how any of the prebendaries could with safety or
credit pcrtbrm that oflice. But the artifice and design, being soon discovered,
took so little effect, that Dr. Newell one of the senior prebendaries performed
the obscnuie.«, the rest of the whole chapter attending the body to the grave
with all due solemnity. Heyliu's Eiamin Hist. 1659, page 74. Watts ]
' Here you arc out as to time, for Morg. Owen was not made bishop of
Landaff 'till 1639, which was eight years after Dr. Price his death. [Hum-
rHRtra.]
' [I'ho. Fuller in his Church Jlhtmy.icc. lib. U. sect. U;
9. AuousTiN LiNDSELL M. of A. and fellow of
Clai-ehall' in Cambridge. — He was born at Bunisted in
Essex, was bred ' scholar and fellow iu the said hall, where
he became well studied in Greek, Hebrew and aU antiquity.
" He was prebendary of Durham, and by the favour of the
" lord tieasurer Portland." — Afterwards he succeeded Dr.
AValt. Ciule in the deanery of Litclifield 1628, Dr. WiU.
Piers in the episcopal sec of Peterborough, (to which he
was elected 22 Dec. 1632) and being translated thence to
Hereford, in (December ♦) 1633, upon the translation of
Dr. Juxon to London, died at his palace in Hereford 6 Nov.
1634, whereupon his body was buried in the cath. church
there. ' He was a man of very great learning, of vvliich he
gave sufficient evidence to the church by setting forth
that excellent edition of Theophylact upon St. Paul's Epis-
tles.'^
Thomas Goodwin M. A. of the said university, ' w:vs also
then (July 9.) incorporated, as it is said in the public regis-
ter ; but if he be the same person whom 1 shall mention
among the creations an. 1653, I should rather think that he
was incorporated batch, of arts.
Sam. Buggs was incorporated M. of A. the same day. —
See more of him among the writers in John King, an. 1638.
Vol. ii. col. 632.
July 12. Edmund Wilson doctor of phys. of King's
coll. " in Cambridge and fellow of the coll. of physicians in
London. — On the 18 Dec. 1616, he was installed canon of
Windsor on the death of Dr. Rich. Field , but because he
was not ordained priest within a year following, he was de-
prived of his canonry and Dr. Godfrey (Joodnian succeeded,
being installed 20 Dec. 1617. This Dr. Wilson, who was
.son of Will. Wilson mention'd among the doctors of divi-
nity under the year 1607, and had practised his faculty
several years in Windsor, died in the parish of M. Mary
le Bow in London about the beginning of Oct. 1633, at
which time, or before, he gave many books to Line. coll.
library in Oxon.
= [Augustin Unsell aul. Clar. S. T. P. an. 1621. Baker.]
' Fuller, in the Worthies of England in Essex.
* [24 March. Kennet.]
' [Will. Liiidsell cler. ad rect. de Markam ad pres. mag. Will. FitzwUlianu
arniig. 4. Octob. 1602. Reg. Dove F,p. Fetrib.
Augustin Lyndsell A. M. admiss. ad rect. de Wickford com. Kssex 29
Mar. 1610, ad pres. Job. Lyndsell pro hac vice; ac iterum admiss. ad eand.
4 Mali 1610, ad pres. regis.
The right reverend father in Cod Augnstyn Lindsell late bishop of Here-
ford, being translated from the see of Peterborough to the see of Hereford,
departed this mortal life at his pallace at Hereford aforesaid, the 0th day of
Nov. 1634, and in the cathedral church there his body lies interr'd. He
died unmarried, and made Samuel Lindsell, his kinsman, bach, in divui. and
parson of Stratford in the county of Suttblk, the sole executor of his last will
and testament. Note in the Herald's Offict. Kennet.]
^ [Thcophilacti Archiepiscopi Bulgaria in D. Pmdi Epistolas Commentarii,
Studio et Cura reverendissiini Patris Domini Augustini Lindselli, Episcopi Here-
J'ordiensis. Ex imtiiiuis MSS. Codicibus descrijtti et castigati et nunc primum Grtrce
editi. Cum iMtina Philippi Montatii Versitme, ad Gracorum Exemplariurn
F'ulem restituta. Londini, E ti/pognrpheo Regio. 1636, in fol. (Bodl. A. 3. 8.
Th. Scld.) Dedicated by Dr. T. Baily to arehbisliop Laud.
The piiblisber notices Lindsell. — ' Affligebatur qiiidem aeerba doctis juxta
ac bonis omnibus morle reverendis*imi anlistitis Heretiirdensis, viri.suninKt]»ere
venerandi : cujus in peculio erat inter alios aliquot Orientalis ecciesiie patres
e manuscriptonim sitn conquisitissime ab ipso erutos, atque publicationi des-
tinatos.' And ag.iin, in bis prcf. to the reader, he characterises hira as ' vir
omni litcramra gcnere excultissimus.'j
7 [Tho. Goodwui coll. Chr. Cant. A. B. an. 1616-17.
Tho. Goodwui aul. S" Cath. A. M. an. 165!0.
Tho. Goodwyn M. A. subscribes the three articles as one of the uiuTersity
preachers, an. 1635. Itegist. Bakbr.]
* [Admissijs ui coll. Regal. 1598. Baxer.]
361
1615.
FASTI OXOMENSES.
1615.
562
Thomas Hoksmanden D. D.* of the said university of
Canibr. was incorporated the same day. '
July 14. Lancelot Lanqhorne batclj. of div. of Cnm-
bridtre — He wa-s now parson of St. Martin's church within
Ludg-ate,' London, and had publi^hed iViiry si//i;i^ a/ Christ's
Feet ; Serm. at the funeral of Mrs. Mary Swaiiie, the H'ife of
Mr. fi'itl. Svaine, at St. Botolph'.i without Aldersgate; on Luke
10. 41. Loud. 1611, oct. and perhaps other tiling. He
died aljout tlie beginning of Nov. this year (161-1) and
was burietl, 1 presumCj in his church of t^t. Martin before-
mentioned.
Mar. 23. Philip Kino M. A. of the same university—
anotlier of both his names was of this university, as I shall
tell you in these Fasti an 1618, and 1645.
Tliis year Charles he Beauvais of the isle of Cniernsey,
a young man most conversant in the study of learnetl arts,
was entred a student in Bodley's library, but whetiier lie
was matriculated as a member of any coll. or hall, it api)ear3
[199] not He is the sanje Ch. de Beauvais without doubt, who
was afterwards author of (1) De discipimis & Scientiis in
Genere ; & de redo Ordine quo sunt in Svholis Sf Academiis
Doceiidte, &c. (2) Recta Delineatio Disciplime Universalis,
seu prima Philosophur ; ileinque Logic<r. Which two were
printed at Lond. 1648, in oct. [Bodl. 8vo. I. 35. Art .^eld.]
(3) Exenitations concernins; the pure and true, and the impure
and false Religion, Lond. 1665, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. J. 3. Th ] '
at which time the author was rector of Witheham in Sussex.
An. Dom. 1615.— 13 Jac. 1.
Chancellor.
Thom. Lord Egerton.
I'ice-chaHcellor.
Dr. Will. Goodwin a{^ain, July 17.
Proctor*.
IIvoH Dicus of Brasen-n. coll. .\pr. 19.
IticHARD Balie of St. Joh. coll. Apr. 19.
Batclielors of Arts.
May 4. John Bayly of Exet. coll.
5. Steph. tiEREE of Magd. hall.
July 5. Cornelius Burges of Wadh. coll.
7. Charles Herle of Exet. coll.
Nov. 9. Francis (ioucH of New coll. ~
The last was afterwards bishop of Limerick in Ireland.
Dec. 13. James Lamb of Brasen-n. coll. afterwards of
St. diary's hall.
Feb. 5. '1 HoM. Tw ITTIE of Or. coll.
6. Thom. Favbody of Mert. coll.
Of the lirst of these last two, you may see more among
tlie hatch, of i\\\, 1633, and of the other, among the masters
of arts, an. 1624.
7. John Brian of Queen's coll. — 1 know not yet to
'.he contrary but that he may be the ^ame John Brian who
published a funeral sermon called The virtuous Daughter,
' [Ttio. Horsmandcn, Cantbuias, ndmiss. lociiu coll. Jo. Cant. Mar. 18,
1596." Baiib.]
' [One Tho. Horsmandcn rector of Holkfidd, Kfnt 1569. MS. BaUh/.
Tannrr]
■ * [Ijiiicflut Lanchiimo S. T. U adin. nd eicl. S. Martini Ludgatc, 15
Nov. 161.1 tieg. ihncriyl). Kknnki.]
' fHf hImi wrote l)es .4rta et Scimce$ humainef, Iri'fB Bodl. 8vo. h. 86.
Med.) uud l)c Ititibia ac CarcmaiUa EccUsiic in Gcnirc ft S/xcif. Luud 1661.
Bodl. Bvo. C. 7il. Line]
on Prov. 31. vcr. 29. Lond. 1636. qu. &c. and perhaps
other things. Qua;re.
Feb. 15. AjtBH. Fhilifs of Line. coll. afterwards oerjeant
at law, I think.
26. Alexander Gill (son of Alexander) lately of
Trin. coll. now of Wadhani, and afterwords of Trin. Again.
Five of these batchelors, namely (ieree, Burges, Herle,
Lamb and (iill, will be mention'd at large elsewhere.
Admitted 203.
Batchelors of Law.
June . . . Tho. Merriot of New coll.
John South of New coll.
John Crook of New coll.
The first, who will be mention'd in another volume, was
a good Latinist and onttor. The second was afterwards the
king's professor of the Greek tongue, and at length (upon
the death of Dr. Tho. Hyde) chaiintor of Salisbury, 24 Sept.
1666. He died at Writtle in Essex (of which place he was
vicar) in August lti72, and was buried in the church there;
whereupon his chuuntorship was confer'd on Dr. Dan. Whit-
bye of Trin. coll. .\s for the last, John Crook, he was of-
terwards fellow of the coll. near Winchester, prebendary of
the cathedral there, and master of the hospital of St. Mary
Magd. near to that city.*
" This year was adniittetl also to this degree Rowland
" Willet of Hart hall who translated from French into Eng-
" lish Papistogelastcs, or Apologues by trhich are pleasantly
" discovered the Abuses, Follie.i, Superstitions, Idolatries, and
" Impieties, of the Synagogue of the Pope, and especinlly of the
" Priests and .Monks thereof, written first in Ital. by N. S.
" and thence translated into French by S.J. and now out
" of French into English by R. W. nt supr. Oxon, 1614,
" in tw."
Admitted 9.
Masters of Art*.
May 3 Jerem. Stephens of Brasen-n. coll.
20. Will. Nicholson of Magd. coll.
Jun. 15. Rob. Weldon of Ch. Ch.
Barten Holyiiay of Ch. Ch.
17. Will. Thomas of Bra.sen-n. coll.
Tho. Vicars of Ou. coll.
27- Griff. Higgs of Mert. coll.
" 28. RowL. Willkt of Hart hall."
Admitted 106.
Batchelors of Divinity.
July 13. Sampson Price of E.xet. coll.
Nov. 23. Ei)M. Guntkr of Ch. Ch.
Samuel Fell of Ch. Ch.
Hen. Whistler of Trin. coll.
Dec. 1. John Hanmeh of .\ll-s. coll.
March 4. Fredkricus Dorvilius of Exet. coll. — He
writes himself ' A(|uisgrancusis iiatione, & Palatinus educa-
tione,' being at this time a sojourner in the said coll.
fov the sake of Dr. Prideaux the rector, whom be much
admired.
Admitted 15.
t^ Not one doct. of law was admitted this year.
* [Put. 1 Edw. VI. p. 4. in. J4 dors. lU-x rev. in Christo (mfri Tlionin
Cant, iirch. — Ostensuin est nobis in ciincvllaria nostra ex |>arte Hulierli lluvko
I.A)ndon. dioc. iirlis nicdic» protessoris innni Johannes Cri»ke lepnn diH'tor in
negotio sive ciiusn divorlii inter dietnni Uolu-rtum et Ktixnti. ni(ori*ni ejus pcr-
pt'rani et iniipie proeedent (|iiitndank seiUentiain definitivam nnlliter et inique
pro parte in tiivorein dicta' Kli«.ibclh» el contra prefiitnin Robcrtuin de
faelo tulit et pronnil^avit — h ijiiadam sontriitia appcllatuin luit— examinelis.
T. R. apud Westm. a4 Slartii. Kknnkt.]
363
1615.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1615.
364
1 Doctor of Phytic.
Jul. 3. Clement Westcombe of New coll. who accumu-
lated the degrees in pliysic. — He was about this time held
in great value for tlie hap})y .success in tlie practice of his
faculty in. and near the city of Exeter, where he died in
1652, or thereabouts.
Doctors of Divinity.
Mar. 27. Sam. Radcliff principal of Rrasen-n. coll.
June 17. John- Barnston of Brasen-n. coll.
The last of which who was now chapUiin to Egerton lord
chancellor of England, was about this time canon residen-
tiary of Salisbury, and afterwaids a benefactor to learning,
as I have told » elsewhere. He lived to see himself outed
of his spiritualities, and dying 30 May 1645, was buried, as
it seems, at Everton in Wilts.
Jun. 27. Barnab. Potter of Qu. coll.
July 6. John King of Mert. coll.
The last of these two was installed canon or preb. of the
twelfth and last stall in the coUegiat church at Westminster,
on the death of Dr. Will. Barlow bish. of Line. an. 1613,
and this year (1615) Nov. 23, he became canon of Windsor
in the place of Mardochy Aldem deceased. He died 7 Aug.
16.S8, and was buried in the chappel of St. George at
Windsor.
Dec. 1. John Han.mer of All-s. co'.l. — See more among
the creations in the year following.
Feb. 27- Jasper Swyft of Ch. Ch.
March 14. John Barcham of C. C. coll.
21. John Davies df Line. coll.
. Incorporations.
July 11. Will. Spicer batch, of law of Cambridge — See
among the incorporations 1618.
Abraham Gibson M. A. of the said university, was incor-
porated the same day; and again on the 15 July 1617.^ —
This person, who was afterwaids preacher to the Temples
in Ltmdon, hath published (1) The Land's Mourning for vain
Swearing, Sermon on Jerem. 13. 10. Lond. 1613, oct. [Bodl.
8vo. L. 102. Th.] (2) Christiana polemica ; or, a Narrative
to Mar, Serin, at Wool-church in London before the Captains
and Gentlemen of Exercise in the Artillery-garden ; On Judg. 7.
18. Lond. 1619, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. G. 98 Th.] and not un-
likely other things. He was afterwards D. of D. and dying
in, or near, one of the Temples, was buried near to the
communion table in the chancel of the church belonging to
the said Temples, 5 Jan. 1629.
July 11. Godfrey Goodman batch, of div. of Cambridge.
— See more of him among the bishops in Miles Smith,
an. 1624. vol. ii. col. 863.
Samuel Purchas batch, of div. of the said university was
incorporated the same day — This worthy divine, who is by
some stiled our English-Ptolemy, was born in the covmty of
Essex, either at Dunmow orThaeksted, but in what coll. or
hall in Cambridge educated, I cannot yet tell.^ After he
had left the university he became mini.ster of Eastwood in
Rochford hundred in his own country, ' but being desirous
to furward and prosecute his natural geny he had to the col-
lecting and writing of voyages, travels, .ind pilgrimages,
left his cure to his brother, and by the favour of the bishop
of London got to be parson of St. Martin's church within
» fn HUt. & Aiaui. Vtm. Ozm, lib. 2. p. 215. b.
• [Coll. Jo. Caiit.— A. M. coll. Jo. 1600. Baker.]
' [Sam . Purchas admiss. n<l vie. d<- Eastwood, com. Ess. ad pros, regis,
S4 Ang. lOOl: — temp, adiaiss. ad cccl. S. Martini 11011 constat. Kennkt.]
Ludgate. He hath written and imblished (1) Pilgrimage :
or. Relations of the World, and the Religions observed in all
Ages, and Places discovered from the Creation to this present,
&c. in 4 parts. Lond. " 1613, fol. 1 ed." 1614, fol. second
edit. [Bodl. K. 4. 9. Art.] and there again ICIG,^ fo).
[Bodl. J. 1. 2. Art. Seld] (2) Purchas his Pilgrims ; in 4
volumes or parts, each volume containing 5 books, Lond.
1625, fol. [Bodl. K. 5. 5. Art. with a curious frontisp.
which includes a head of the author a;t. 48. This is the
best edition.] (.i) Purchas his Pilgrim. Microcosmus or the
History of Man, &c. Lond. 1619, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. P. 167.
Th.] (4) The King's Tower, and triumphant Arch of London,
pr. 1623, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. T. 100. Th.] By the publishing
of which books he brought himself into debt, but died not
in prison as some have said, but in his own house, (a little
while after the king ha<l promised him a deanery) about
1628, aged 51. What other things he hath published, be-
sides a funeral sermon on Psal. 39. 5. prin. 1619 in oct. I
know not, and therefore be pleased to take this character
given of him by a learned » person, which may serve instead
of an epitaph, ' Samuel Purcha.-s, Anglus, linguarum & ar-
tium divinarum atque humanarum egregie peritus, pliilo-
sophus, historicus, & tlieologus maximus, patria; ecclesia:
antistes lidelis; inultis egregiis scriptis, & in primis orien-
talis, occidentalistjue India; vastis voluminibus patria lingua
conscrijrta celeberrimus. One Samuel Purchas A.M. ' hath
published A Theatre of political fying Insects, &c. Lond.
1657, qu.
July 11. John Wood* D.D. Cant.
" Rob. King D. D. Cant.
John Bowles' D. D. Cant.
The first of these three died in the parish of St. Dionysius
Back-Chunh in London, being minister, as it seems, of
that place, an. 1624; and the last who was a native of Lan-
cashire, and fellow of Trin. coll. in the said university, be-
came dean of Sahsbury in the latter end of July an. 1620,
upon Dr. John Williams his being made dean of Westmin-
ster. At length upon Dr. Walt. Curie's translation to the
see of B. and Wells, he b. came bishop of Rochester in 1630,
and dying in an house situatetl on tlie Bankside in West- [204]
minster, 9 Oct. 1637, was buried in St. Paul's cathedral.*
8 [Which is the fourth edition much enlarged, with additions, and illus-
trated with maps, and three whole treatises annexed. Loviday.]
9 In BibUtitheca Joh. Bossardi.
' [He was rector of Sutton in Essex, and son of the former, as appears
from Jo. Fisher's verses before Purchas' Theiitre.
To the learned author of this bee-like laborious treatise :
What shall I praise, the author or his pen.
Or run division 'twixt them both ? oh then
My Muse would tire, bis name needs not my layes.
His father's Pilgrimage earst ware the bayes.
I then will shig the praise of monarchy
In female sex, &c.]
2 [Jo. Wood S. T. B. aibuiss. ad eccl. S. Dioiiysii Backchurch Lond. 31
Dec. 1603, qu» vac, per mort. ipsius auto 26 Sept. iGto. lieg. Whitgift ft
Ahhat, Kennet.]
3 [D U. Cant. 1613. B*iirR. .
1579, 14 Nov. Joh. Booles A. M. ad eccl. de Broughton, per resign. Iho.
Harlev,'ad prcs. Ric. Fennis anuig. Reg. GrrndaU, Afep. Cant. Krnnet.]
< [The ri"ht reverend father in God John Bowles D' of divinity some-
time dean of Salisbury, and afterward bish. of R<ichester, departed this mor-
tall life at Mrs. Austen's house on the Banck-side the 9'h ot October 1637,
and his body was interred in S'. Paul's ch. London in the moiicth lollowing.
He married Bridgeit daughter of Copping, and sister to sir George
Coppin.' of the crown office, by whom he left issue at the time of his decease
one Sonne and one daughter, viz. Richard son and heir," the daughter of
Wood U' of the civil lawe, and Mary uniuarried at the tyrae ol his decease.
MS. Note in Herald's Office. Kennet.]
• So in the MS. perhaps the words, who married omitted. Edit.
365
ICIC.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1616.
366
He hath extant Concio ad Clerum, [^Provinc'ue Canluar. in Sy-
nodo congregatum in Eccl. S. Pauli Jan. 31, 1620.] * in Act.
cai). 15. 4.— pvin. 1(>'21. qu. and perhaps other things.*
Quajre.
Jan. 2. Eleazar Hodson doct. of phys. of Padua. — He
was aftei wards eminent for his practice in the city of Lon-
don, wliere lie died (in the parisli of St. Steplien in Cole-
inanstreet) about the latter end of 1638. His brother
Phineas Hodson I have mention'd in the incorporations
under the yeaj- 1602.
JoH. Uadolphus Stuckius and Jo. Waserus both of
Zuricli, were this year students in the university. After-
wards they became learned men and writers, as I shall tell
you in another vol. in my discourse of Dr. John Prideaux.
An. Do.M. 1616.— 14 Jac. 1.
Chancellor.
Tho. Lord Egerton created this year viscount Brackley,
but he voluntarily resigning liis office of chancellor of this
university on 24 Jan. William eail of Pembroke, knight of
the gjirter, chamberlain of the king's houshold, &c. was
unanimously elected into his place 29 of the same month.
Vice-chancellor.
Arth. Lake D.D. warden of New coll. July I?.
Proctors.
Robert Sanderson of Line. coll. Apr. 10.
Charles Choke of Ch. Ch. Apr. 10.
Dalchelors of Music.
July 4. John Vautek of Line. coll.
John Lake of New coll. had his grace granted for the
degree of batch, of mus. but whether he was admitted it ap-
pears not; 01-, that he, or Vauter, have made any public
compositions in their faculty.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 19 NicH. Hunt of Exeter coll.
June 19. John Speed of St. Job. coll.
One Ni(h. Hunt hath several things extant, who being, I
presume, the same with the former, is hereafter to be men-
tion'd at large.
26. Anth. Faringdon of Trin. coll.
Jul. 3. Jo. Allibond of Magd. coll.
Of the last of these two you may see more among the
created doctors of div. an. 1643.
5. John Langley of Magd. hall.
Oct. 24. Charles IIobson of Qu. coll. — See among the
batch, of div. 1629.
26. Bruno Ryves of New, afterwards of Magd. coll.
Will. Price of Ch. Ch. was admitted the same day — See
among the masters 1619.
Nov. 4. John Doughtie.
Dec. 14. Rob. Grebby of New coll. — See more among
*lhe masters of arts 1619.
Jan. 29. Will. Hayes of Magd. hall. — See among the
batch, of div. 1627.
Feb. 28. John Gee of Exet. coll.
John Thorie of Magd. coll.
* [Tanner.]
^ [Sermon preached o« Flitton in the countie if Bedford, at the fimerall rf
JHeirie Earle of Kent. On Luke 2. 29. Lond."l614. 4tu.]
Of the last of these two, you may see more among tbe
incor|)orations, an. 1627.
As for Faringdon, Langley, Ryves and Doughtie, you are
to ex|>ect large mention of them hereafter.
Admitted 223.
Matters of Arts.
Apr. 19. Rich. Pahhb of Urascn-n. coll.
Jime 4. Morgan Owen of Hart hall.
12. iMMANUEL Bourne of Ch. Ch.
George Sihge of 15al. coll.
20. Tho. Goffe of Ch. Ch.
21. John Scull of Line, lately of Mert. coll. — He
hath published Tieo Sermons on Matth. 10, 16. printed 1624,
qu. being the same person, as it seems, who was afterwards
rector of Shinfold in Sussex, where he died in 1641.
26. Franc. Potter of Trin. coll.
July 5. John Anoell of Magd. hall.
Dec. 17. Alex. Huish of VVadham coll.
Feb. 25. Will. Jemmat of Magd. hall, lately of Magd.
coll.
Admitted 117-
Batchelor of Physic.
Francis Anthony Olevian of Glocester hall, waa
admitted; but the day or month when, appears not. — He
was a German of the Palatine of the Rhine, and had studied
ten years in the faculty of physic in the universities of
Heidelberg, Mountpelier, Paris, and Oxon. He afterwards
practised his faculty (being licensed by the university) at
lilandford Forum in Dorsetshire, where he died in 1642;
but whet"lier he hath written or published any thing, let the
physicians seek.
Batchelors of Divinity.
May 15. Sim. Birckbek of Qn. coll.
Thom. Sutton of Qu. coll.
June 4. Tho. Godwin of Magd. coll.
" 28. M'illiam Kingsmill. He was born at Enham
" in Hampsh. admitted peri)etual fellow of New coll. 1604,
" left the coll. 1611. — lie puhlish'd Encomion Rodolphi M'ar-
" coppi ornatissimi, qneni hahuit Anglia, Armigeri, qui com-
" muni totius Putrue Luclu extinctus est, De Jovis Kalend.
" August. 10(-5, Oxon, 1605, in 5 sh. and half, qu. —
" This Mr. Kingsmill wrote epist. dedicat. to it. — several
" cojiies of Latin verses in the beginning contained in one
" sheet, and the conclusion."
July 10 George Wall' of Brasen-n. coll.
The last was about this time beneficed in his native
country of Worcestershire, and afterwards published A Ser-
mon lit the Archbishop of Canterbury his f'isitation metro-
political, held at All-saints in Worcester by Dr. Brent his
Grace's Vicar-General, 3 June 1635 ; On 2 Cor. 5. 20. Lend.
1635, qu. [llodl. 4to. U. 62. Th.] and perhaps other things.
Quoere.
Dec. 13. Henr. Rogers of Jesus coll.
Besides .hese, were 13 more admitted, of whom Joh.
Flavel of Broadgates hall w.is one, and Evan Morsan of
Line. coll. another, both compounders.
Cf" Not one doctor of law or phys. was admitted this
year.
Doctors of Divinity.
Apr. 18. John Warner of Magd. coll.
May II. John Hambden of Ch. Ch.
7 [i573, 7 Jan. Geo. Wall A. M. roll. a<] preb. He Cadingtou minor, jwr
luortem Job. Soiucrs. Ucg. Sondes 1}» Lend. Kennct]
[202]
1
567
1616.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1616.
368
15. Tho. Hollow at of Bal. coll.
June 13. i»AM. Clark of Magd. hall a comi>ounder. — He
had a son of both hi.s nnmes of Univ. coll. an. IfiS.'S, but
neither of them, as I can yet find, were writers, which 1
thought fit to let the reader know, because there have been
several Samuel Clarks tliot have been authors, as (1) Sam.
Clark of Mert. coll. whom I shall pieiition in another part
of this work. X^) Sam. Clark sometimes minister of, St.
Bennet-Fink in Londoti, lM>rn at Wolstan in ^Varwickslliro,
10 Oct. 1599, being of the siinie family with those of Wil-
loiighby in that county, (as i>an). Clark the compounder
before-mention'd was) afterwards a severe Cahinist, and a
scribbling plagiary, as his works (mostly the lives of pres^-
byterian divines) shew ; a catalogue of which you may see
in one of his books entit. The Lives of sundry eminent Persons
in this latter Age. In two parts, 1. Of Divines, 2. Of Nobility,
&c. Lond. 1683, fol. before which is a canting narrative of
his own life. Ue died at Thistleworth or Istleworth in
Middlesex 25 Dec. 1682. (3) Sam. Clark of Pembroke hall
in Cambridge, who published certain matters in 1641), and
after, &c.
June 25. Will. Kingsley of AU-s. coll'.
26. JoH. Flavell of Broadgate's hall, compounder.
July 4. Hen. Skward of Brasen-n coll.' compounder.
The first of these three was at this time archdeacon of
Canterbury, and died about the beginning of the year 1648.
The second was a dignitary, and rector of Tallaton in De-
vonshire, where he died 1623. Another of both his names
Jwas a writer of Wadham coll. as you may see among the
, ^^ „ ,j-j writers, an. 1617-* Jo. Flavell of Tallaton
whonnstt Vem- had a son named Thomas who was batch, of
nian htmi, and alts of Trin. coll. in this university, afterwards
"" "^."l. '''"' vicar of Mullian and rector of Great Ruan in
'^ tj TaUatm, ^oTnwaX, also prebendary of Exeter, and died
hath published se- 1682, aged 77 years.
veralthings/some 9. Edw. Gee of Brasen-n. coll.
^ «'i«'i "re i5_ Yjdw. Chetwynd of Ex. coll.
PtmellofWadh. ^^^- ^3. JoHN MoSELEY of Magd. Coll.
coll.) and ma Nov. 7. Henr. Beaumont of AU-s. coU.
living divers ycart The last of which was a compounder, being
after the rpau- gj (j,jg tjiue dean of Peterborough and canon
bJuhetiier he "^ Windsor. In 1622, May 18, he was installed
UBS (f the itniv. dean of Windsor in the room of ^Nlarc Anton.
tf' Oxai. I can- de Dominis, who in Feb. going before had left
F***Ed"' Kngland.i' This Dr. Beaumont died 30 June
1627, and was buried in St. George's chap.
there, on the right side of the grave of Tho. Danett one of
his predecessors in that deanery. See more in the incorpo-
rations, an. 1571.
Feb. 10. Rich. Carpbnteb of Exet. coll.
JoH. Standard of Exet. coll.
Both of these were learned men, and so taken to be by
Dr. Joh Prideaux, as I have elsewhere told you. Dr.
Stsmdard was afterwards a justice of peace for Oxfordshire, ■
(being lord of Whithill) and dying' 16 Dec. 164*, aged 66,
was buried in the church-yard at Tackley in the said county.
Incorporations.
Apr. 24. Tho. Farnabie M. A. of Cambr. sometimes of
Mert. coU. in this university, and afterwards the eminent
school master of Kent. — 1 shall mention him at large in
another part of this work.
' [He married Damans daughter to John Abbot of Guilford, who was bro-
tlicr to »rclibi»ho|) Abbot. MS. BatUei/. Tanner.]
» [Sec Hackc-t's Ufc of H'iUioBu, part L p. 192j.)
Jul. 2. Ralph Rand M. A. of St. Andrew in Scotland.
9. John Hacket M. A. of Trin. coll. in Cambr.'—
About thiii time he wrote a Latin comedy called Loiola —
printed at Lond. 1648, in oct. was afterwards D. of D. par-
son of St. Andrew's church in Holborn near London, ciiap-
lain to K. Charles I. residentiary of St. Paul's, and a great
sufferer in the time of the rel>ellion. At length .after the
restoration of K.Ch. II. to whom he was chaplain in ordi-
nary, he became bishop of Litchfield and Coventiy, to which
being consecrated at Lambeth 22 Dec. 1661, sate there to
the time of his death, 28 Oct. 1670, aged 79. Afterwards
came out uniler his name A Century of Sermons &c. Lond.
1676, fol. The book entitled Chrustmn Consolation taught
from .^ Heads, 1 . Faith, 2. Hope, 3. Holy Spirit, 4. Prayer,
5. TIte Sacraments. Lond. 1671, oct. was written by Dr.
Rob. Ilacket,* with his picture before it, of whom see
another volume in Dr. Taylor. Of Dr. Joh. Hacket see
more among the bishops in another volume.
Rob. Farsekeus or Faisereus M. A. of Lovain, was in-
corporated the same day.
Jan. 14. Edw. Kellet M. A. of King's coll. in Cambr. —
He was at this time rector of Ragborough and Croc-
sombe in Somersetshire, and afterwards canon residentiary
of Exeter. His writings speak him a learned man, some
of which are (1) Miscellanies in Divinity, in 3 Books, &c.
Camb. 1633, fol. (2) The threefold Supper of Christ in the
Night that hewas betrayed. Lond. 1641, fol. besides sermons,
of which one is entit A Return from Argier, preached at Min-
head in Somersetshire 16 Mar. 1627, at the re-admission of
a relapsed Christian into our church, on Gal. 5. 2. Lond.
1628. qu. This was pieached in the morning of the third
Sunday in Lent, and in the afternoon preached Dr. Hen.
Byam on tlie same occasion, but not on the .same subject.
Kc the said Kellet was a sufFerer, if I mistake not, in the
time of the rebellion, which began 1642.'
Feb. 20. J OH. FoxcRoFT batch, of arts of Cambr. — See
more among the masters in the year following.
This year was a supplicate made for one John Ha\"ward
LL. D. and historiographer of Chelsey coll. near to London,
to be incorporated in the same faculty, but whether he was
really so, I cannot tell. — In the year 1619 he received the
honour of knighthood from his majesty at Whitehall, being
then accounted a learned and godly man, and one better
read in tlieological authors than in those belonging to his
own profession. The titles of all or most of the books that
he published, you may see in the 0.rford Catalogue. As for
those of history which he hath published, the phrase and
words in them were in their time esteemed very good ; only
some have wish'd that in his History of Hen. 4. he had not
called sir Hiigh Lynne by so light a word as mad-cap,
though he were such ; and that he had not chana'ed his his-
torical stile into a dramatical, where he induceth a mother
uttering a woman's passion, in the case of her son. This
sir Joh. Ilayward ended his days in his house in the parish
of Great St. Bartholomew in London, on Wednesday 27
June 1627, and was buried in the church belonging to that
jiarish. You may see more of him in Camden's Annals of
Qu. FJJzab. under the year 1601, where you'll find him pu-
nished by a tedious im])risonment for an unseasonable edi-
tion of one of his books.
' [Jo. Hackot coll. Trin. admiss. m matric. aciul. Cant. Apr. 10. 1609.
jRc^. B.\KER.]
^2 [In the first edition Wood had given this book to D' John Uiiekct, which
mistake he afterwards corrected.]
3 [He died before May 1645. Cole.]
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icir.
370
Creations.
July 9. Francis Stewart of Cli. Ch. (knight of the
Bath) one of the eons of earl Murrey, was actually created
master of arts. — He wius a learned gentleman, was one of
sir Walt. Raleigh's club at the Mereniaid tavern in Friday-
street in London, and much venerated by Ben. Johnson,
who dedicated to him his comedy called The Silent H'oman.
He was a person also well seen in marine affairs, was a cap-
tain of a ship, and, as I have been informed by those who
remember him, did bear the office for sometime of a vice,
or reer, admiral.
Nov. 13. John Hanmer of All-s. coll. was then actually
created D. of D. as the register saith; which was, as I
suppose, no more than the completion of that degree, which
should have been done in the act preceding, had he not
been absent.
In the latter end of Aug. this year, Prince Charles
came honourably attended to the university, and after he
had been entertained with ceremonies and feasting suitable
to his dignity and merit, he was pleased with his own hand-
writing to matriculate himself a member of tlie said univer-
sity, Aug. 28. with this symbole or sentence, "Si v'ls omnia
subjirere, svbjice te ratiuni.* To say no more, he was after-
wards a king of great religion and learning, but un-
fortunate.
An. Dom. I6I7.— 15 Jac. 1.
Chancellor.
William Earl of Pembroke, sometimes of New coll.
Vux Chancellor.
Dr. Will. Goodwin again, July 17.
Proctors.
Franc. Grevill of Mert. coll. Apr. ult.
JoH. Harrys of New coll. Apr. ult.
Batchelors of Arts.
May 10. CuRisTorH. Harvey of Brasen-n. colL
23. JoH. Seager of St. Mary's hall.
Oct. 17. Pet. Heylin of Magd. coll.
23. Will. Tipping of Qu. coll.
Nov. 23. JoH. Athekton of Glocester hall, afterwards
of Line. coll. and the unfortunate bishop of Waterford in
Ireland.
27. Gilbert Sheldon of Trin. coll. afterwards fel-
low of All-s. and <at length archb. of Canterbury.
Feb. 10. Robert Blake of Wadham coll. — Tlus right
valiant person having taken no high(;r degree in this uni-
versity, I must therefore make mention of him in this jilace.
Born therefore he was at J5ridgwater in Sotnerset«hire,
being the son and heir of Humplirey Blake of that place
gent, but descended of the antient family of the Blakes of
Blanchfield in the said county. In the beginning of Lent
term an. 1G1.5, he being then about 15 years of iige, was
matriculated in the uni\crsity as a member of St. Alb. hall,
about which time standing for a scholarship of C. C. coll.
with Rob. Hegge and Rob. Newlin, was put aside, whether
for want of merit or friends, I cannot tell. While he con-
j_204 I tinued in the said hall, he was observed by his contempo-
raries to be an early riser and studious, but with.il he did
take his pleasure in fishing, fowling, &c. and sometimes in
< [I have now by me a small fair silver medal, having on the one side I'le
arms of the prince of Wales, and on the reverse this motto in a double circle
with a rose in the centre— £< m omnia suhjictre, subjicc (e ratiaii. Ken .set.]
Stealing of swaiu. Before the time came when he waa (o
take a degree in arts he translated himself to his country-
men in Wadham-coll. and as a member of that house he did
stand for a fellowship of Merton coll. with Alex. Fisher,
John Doughtie, Edw. Reynolds, John Earl, &c. an. I6I9,
but whether it was for want of scholarship, or that his per-
son was not handsome or pro|)er, (being but of stature
little) which sir Hen. Savile then warden of that coll. did
much respect, he lost it, continued in Wadham coll. without
the taking of any other degree, and in 1623 wrote a copy
of verses ' on the death of the learned Camden. After-
wards he went into his own country, where he lived in the
conditiim of a gentleman, but always obsened to be pin'i-
tannically inclin'd. In 1640 he was chosen a burgess for
Bridgwater to serve in that jiarliament, which began at
Westminster 13 Apr. 1640, but missing that office in the
same year when tlie long ]>arlianient began on 3 Nov. fol-
lowing, he sided with the presbyterian, took up arms for the
parliament soon after, received a commission fi'oro the mem-
bers thereof to be a captain of dragoons ; and afterwards
being made governor of Taunton, was made a colonel.
Which town, as also afterwards Lyme, he defcnderl with
gi'eat valour against several famous and forcible sieges of
the king's army under the command of prince Maurice and
George lord Goring. At length the war being in a manner
terminated, the worth of this inestimable great commander
(being so esteemed by those of his party) was Uiken notice
of by the parliament: whereu|<on they resolved that it
sliould not lie hid at home, but shew it self abroad, and
therefore he was made first one of the commissioners of the
navy, then one of the lord wardens of the cinque ports,
and at length about 1649 one of the " admirals, or" gene-
rals at sea: At his entrance into which office, he pent up
prince Ru))ei-t in tlie chief jwrt of Portugal, and hunted
him from sea to sea, 'till he Iwid reduced those ships with
him, which before had revoltetl from the parliament. In
the beginning of the year 1651 he reduced the isle of Scilly
to the parliament service, and on the 25 Nov. following he
was elected one of the council of state, being then in great
repute with Oliver. In 1652, Sept. 2. he sorely beat the
French fleet, and at that time, there being a quarrel be-
tween the two republics, En^and and the united Provinces,
he a:.d his fleet were worsted in theDownes by Van Tromp
the Dutch aduiiral and his fleet, 29th of Nov. following;
but on the 18th of February following that, on which day
hajmed a most terrible sea-fight betwixt them again, near
to the isles of Wight and Portland, tlie Dutch were in a wo-
ful manner worsted. Ever after, Blake contimied a fortu-
nate vindicator of his counti^y's privileges, from the en-
croachments of insulting neighbours, a victorious enemy of
the Spaniard, and was highly valued of all, even the roj-alist.
The last part, and the m»)st desperate attempt he ever acted
in a sea of blood, (not that i shall now take notice of his
daring piece of service at Timis against the Turks, an. 1655)
was against the Spaniards at Sancta Cruz, in Apr. 1657i
which made him as terrible as Dndie had been before to
tltem, there being less difi'erence betwixt the fame and re-
port of their actions and exploits, than in the sound of (heir
names : For there, with 25 sail, he fought (as 'twere in a
ring) with seven forts, a castle, and 1-6 ships, many of them
being of greater force than most of those ships Blake Ciir-
ried in against them : yet in spite of opposition, he soon
calcined the enemy, and brought his fleet Ijack again to the
coast of Spain fidi fraught with honour. But what com-
1 See Camdcui Itaigiua. -
-Oion. 1624.
9. B*
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mander is able to repel the stroke of death ? This is he that
(loth conquer the conquerors, and le\el the honours of the
inicrhtiest monarclis with tlie meanest captains : there is no
withstanding his force, for iJl must fall: Blake himself was
compeld to\strike the top-sail and yield, for in his return
home he pave up the gliost in tiie ship called the (ieorge
theadniirid, as it entrcd into Plymouth sound, on Friday the
seventeenth of August, an. 165", aged 59, occasioned by the
scurvv and tlropsy which he had contracted by his seafaring.
The next day his body was inbowelled, and closed in a sheet
of lead, and the bowels were interred in the great church at
Plymouth. He was a man wholly devoted to his country's
service, resolute in his undertakings, and most faithful in
the performance of them. With him, valour seldom mist
its reward, nor cowardice its punishment. WTien news was
brought liim of a metamoi-phosis in the state at home, he
woidd then encourage the seamen to be most vigilant abroad ;
for (said • he) 'tis not our duty to mind state-affairs, but to
keep foreigners from fooling vis. In all his expeditions,
the wind seldom deceived him, but most an end stood his
friend, especially in his last undertaking at S. Cruz in the
Canary Islands. To the last, he lived a single life, ne>er
being espoused to any, but his country's, quarrels. .Soon
after his death and embalming, the body was conveyed by
sea to Greenwich houfe, where it remained foi- some time. '
From thence it was conveyed by water on the 4 th of Sept.
following with all due solemnity and honour in a barge of
state covered with vielvet, adorned with escutcheons and
[205] pencils," accompanietl with his brothers and divers of his
kindred, relations, and servants in mourning, together wiih
Oliver's privy council, the commissioners of tlie admiralty
and navy, the lord mayor and aldermen of London, the field
officers of the army, and divers other persons of honour
and quality, in a great number of barges and wherries co-
vered with mourning, marshal'd and ordered by tlie officers
of arms, who directed and attended the solemnity. In that
order they piissetl to Westminster Bridge, and at tiieir land-
ing proceedetl in the same manner through a guard of
several regiments of foot soldiers of the army, wherein he
had been a colonel in many eminent services. And so pro-
ceeding from the new palace yard at Westminster to the
abbey, was interr'd in a vault, made on purpose, in the
chappel of king Hen. 7- In that place it rested till the 12th
of Sept. 1661, and then by vertue of his majesty's express
command sent to the dean of Westminster, to take up the
bodies of all such persons which had been unwarrantably
buried in the chap. (;f Hen. 7. and in other chappels and
places within the eoUegiat church of St. Peter in Westmin-
ster since the year 1641, and to bury them in some place
in the church yard adjacent : His body, I say, was then
(Sept. 1<2.) taken up, and with others buried in a pit in St.
Margaret's church-yard adjoyning, near to the back-door
of one of the prebendaries of Westminster ; in which place
it now remaineth, enjoying no other monument, but what
is reared by his valour, which time it self can haidly deface.
At the same time were removed the bodies of (] ) Col. Rich.
Deane sometimes one of the admirals at sea fur the republic
of England, w ho was killed in a sea-fight between the Eng-
lish and Dutch (which last were worsted) that ha])ned tlie
2d and 3d of June 16.53. (2) Col. Humph. Mackworth one
• Sc» ThtfuU new of the Life and Actions of 01. Cromwell, printed in 1660.
octavo, pap. 318.
' [Of lilake's death, burial &c. See Aferctiriui PolUicui Hi" 376, u 7a8'>
&c. Bakib.] I •>
» [Qu. FeudmU. Wanlzv.]
of Oliver's council, who was interr'd in Hen. 7* chappel
with great soleumity 26 Dec. 1654. (3) Dr. Isaac Do-
rislaus. (4) Sir \Vill. Constable of Flamburgh in York-
shire, one of the judges of K. Ch. I. somt'timcs goveiuour
of Glocester, and colonel of a regiment of foot; who dying
15 June, was buried in K. Hen. 7- cliap. 21 of the same
mouth, an 1653. (5) Col, Job. Meld rom a Scot who re-
ceived his deaths wound at Ailresford in H.impshire. (6)
Col Boscawen a Cornish man. (*) Col. Edw. Pop-
ham one of the admirals of the fleet belonging to the par-
liament; who dying of a fever at Dover 19 Aug. 1651, was
buried the 24th of Sept. following, in St. Joh. Bapt. chap-
pel. His body, after it was taken up, w.is not buried in the
said pit, but carried elsewhere (into the country I think) by
some of his relation.'--, yet his monument wtis permitted to
stand by the intercession of some of his lady's friends, with
the stone, wherein the epitaph was insculp'd, to be turn'd.
(8) Will. Stroud or Strode a parliament man, and one of the
live members demanded by K. Ch. I. (9) Thorn. May the
j)arliamentarian historian. These with the bodies of WiU.
Strong and Steph. jNIarshall sometimes ujeml)ers of the as-
sembly of divine", (the last of which was buried in the south
isle of the church 23 Nov. 1655) and of several women also,
and others, wjpre re-buried in the pit before-mentioned, on
tlie 12th and 14tli of Sept. 1661. But afler-this long digres-
sion let's return to the remaining part of the admissions.
Feb. 13. Rob. Hegge of C. C. coll.
Mar. 22. Jon,4s Mountague of Mert. coll, — This person,
who was a Berkshire man born, became a student in the
said college 1604, aged 18, but befoie he took a degree he
w;is eall'd away by sir Hen. Savile to drudge for him in his
edition of St. Chrysostom's Works. Afterwards sir Henry
procured for him the usher's place in Eaton school, and after-
wards the degree of batch, of aits. One Rich. Moun ague
fellow of King's coU. in Cambridge (who became bishop of
Norwich in 1638) was employed by the said sir Henry to
correct Chrysosiom in Greek before it went to the piess at
Eaton, (about which time Mountague was fellow of the said
coll.) but how nearly related Jonas was to tliis Richard
Mountague, who was a minister's son, I know not.
As for Harvey, Segar, Heylin, Tipping, and Sheldon
beforc-mention'd, there will be large mention made else-
where.
Admissions in all come to 225.
Batchelors of Law.
Dec. 10. Rich. Steuart of AU-s. coll.
Will. Skinner of AIl-s. coll.
The liist was afterwards chancellor of Hereford ; besides
him and Steuart, were only two more admitted this year.
Masters of Arts.
June 23. Rich. Thornton of Line. coll. — ^This noted
preacher, who hud newly been elected fellow of that house,
in a Lincolnshire place, became about the year 1626 rector
of Roughton in the same county, and afterwards published
The /Egyptian Courtier, two Sermons before the Unioersity at
St. Mary's Church in Oxon ; On Gen. 40. 23. Lond. 16J5,
qu. [Bodl. 4to. H. 30. Th.] I have made mention of tmo-
ther Rich. Thornton in tliese F.vsti 1608.
Jun. 23. John Flavell of Wadham coll.
Tim. Woodroff of St. Alb. hall, lately of Bal.
coU.
25. Jon. Bayly of Ex. coll.
28. JoH. Harmar of Magd. coll.
30. Benj. Cox of Broadgate's hall.
373
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ICI7.
374
Jvil. 6. Will. Foster of St. John's coll.
Oct. 29. Jon. FoxcRoiT of Magd. hall. — He was after-
wards minister ol" (iothaui in Nottinghamshire; where he
[206] continued a i)uritiuiical prfachcr several years. At length
closing with the presbyterians when they grew dominant in
1641, he was chosen one of the assembly of divines two
years after. So that residing mostly in London in the war
time, (upon pretence of being molested by the cavaliers at
Gothavn) became a frequent preacher there. He hath pub-
lished The Good of a good Oovmtment, and well grounded
Peace, a fast-sermon before the II. of commons on Isa. HI.
\, 2. Lond. 1646, qu. and perhaps other things. Qua;re.
Jan. 21. Henky Kamsden of Magd. hall.
Feb. 4. Rich. TooGooD of Or. coll.
13. JoH. Atkins of .St. Kdni. hall. — Whether he
took the degree of batch, of arts, I cannot yet find; how-
ever it appears, that one of both his names, entitled master
of arts, was admitted rector of North Perrot in Somerset-
shire, in tlie begiiming of May 1618, who publislied The
Christian's Race, he. sorni. on Heb. 12. part of the fn>t and
second verse, Lond. 1624, qu. and not unlikely otlier
things. We have had several of both his names, but before
him in time, yet never took the degree of M. of A.
Admitted about 105.
BatcheloTs of Divinity.
May 8. Rich. Corbet of Ch. Ch.
19. Rob. Sanderson of Line. coll.
30. Edw. Chaloner of AU-s. coll.
Jun. 18. Hen. Jackson of C. C. coll.
Jul. 11. Geokgk Webb of C. C. coll.
Admitted 24.
Doctor of Law.
Jul. 11. John Crahock of New coll. a compounder, and
now much in esteem for his great knowledge in the civil
law. 9
Doctor of Physic.
Jul. 16. Ralph Baylie of New coll. — He was afterwards
an eminent practitioner in the city of Bath, where he lived
many yeai-s in good repute, and dying in 1645, was buried
at Widcombe near that city.
Doctors of Divinity.
May 8. Will. Osbaldeston of Ch. Ch.
George Hamden of Ch. Ch.
Rich. Corbet of Ch. Ch.
The last of which accumulated the degrees in divinity.
Rich. Lloyd of Line. coll. — He was about this
time dignified in Wales, and dying at Ruabon in Dcnbigh-
sliire (of which place I think he was minister).about 1642,
was buried there.
Jun. ult. Samps. Price of Ex. coll.
Jul. 7. Rich. Tillesly of St. Joh. coll.
JoH. Tapsell of Meit. coU.
This Joh. Tapsell, who was the son of Rob. Tapsell, was
Ijorn at Garsingdon near to, and in the county of Oxon,
about the beginning of Febr. 1571. admitted prob. fellow of
the said house of Merton, an. 1593, took the degrees in
arts, being then accounted a most excellent disputant and
orator, and a person of prodigious memory In 1599, Jul.
9, he according to tlie statute of his coll. did publicly dis-
9 [10 Jun. 1C16, lord chancellor Egerton jires. Jo. Cradock IX. B. lo j*
rectory of Burdani in Sussex. Tanner.]
putc and speak .speeches against the oi>iniun of Aristotle
(whicii the said statute stiles varying) in the common refec-
tory of that house, on these three theses, ( 1 ) J uvcnis est
idoneus auditor inoralis philosophia:. (2) I'robanda est in
sdne verecundia. (3) Bonus k male ]>er dimidiam vitte per-
tem differt. A\'hich S])ceche8 being esteemed most admira-
ble in their kind, and of a Ciceronian stile, were, upon the
desire of many of the auditors, printed in an octavo vol. but
in what year I know not ; for few copies being printed, I
could never see one. He was afterwards a lecturer in the
city of York, and at length in London, ' where lie died about
1630.
July 9. John Holt of C. C. coll.
12. Dan. Featly of C C. coll.
The first of these last two, was prebendary of Westmin-
ster, and afterwards president of the said coll. of C. C. *
He died 10 Jan. 1630, and was buried in the church of St.
I'etcr at Westminster : vvhereuiwn Dr. Lodowick AA'eems
or VV'cmmys succeeded him in his prebendship. As for the
other. Dr. Featly alias Fairclough, there will be large men-
tion made of liiin in another vol.
Dec. 16. Francis Gibbons of Ch. Ch. — He died in the
parish of St. Cross (of which he was parson) near to Shrews-
bury, ' in 1639, or thereabouts.
Incorporationt.
July 14. Arthur Lake M. A. of Camb. — He was son, if
I mistake not, to sir Tho. Lake one of the secretaries of
state.
These following masters of Cambr. were incorporated on
the 15th of July, being the next day after the act had
been concluded.
Thomas Goad mast, of arts of King's coll. — He was af-
terwards chaplain to archb. Abbot, rector of Hadley in Suf-
folk, doct. of div. prebendary of Canterbury, &c. a great and
general scholar, exact critic and historian, a poet, school-
man and divine. ■* This person, who was son of Dr. Roger
Goad provost of King's coll. before-mention'd, died in the
year 1636, or thereabouts. ' Another Tho. Goad was doc- [207]
tor of the laws, ami the king's professor of that faculty in
Cambi'idge, who died about the beginning of 1666. Of
one Tho. Goad see in the pamphlet entit. A Century of
scandalous, malignant Priests, &c. p. 27-
Benj. Lan^y M. of arts. — He was the fourth son of a
' [Joh. Tapsall was rector of the church of ,S. Mary Hill, Lond. and Mary
his relict presented Samuel Baker S.T. B. to the said church 5 July 1637.
Kennkt.]
9 [h^ ch. Egerton presented him A.M. to y« rectory of Ewhurst, Surrey,
Apr. 1613 ; and to the y" rectory of Welbury in Yorksh. 1612. TANNrR.J
' [Fr. Gibb. S. th. B pres. by lordchanc. Egerton toy'rect. of Aberdain,
Angle, vac. per prom. Hen. Huwlands e'pi Bang. Tanner.]
* [Tho. Goad S.T. P. adiniss. ad prcccnt. Paul, 16 Febr. 1617, per niort.
.fo. Duport. Successit Tho. Wykes S. T. B. 27 Aug. 16.58, per mort. Tho.
Goad.
Dr. Tho. Goad was made dean of Becking jointly with Dr. Jo. Barkham,
22 Octob. 1633. He was rector of Black Notley, which he kept to his death
1638.
Slirmilus OrthtxioTiis: Siiv Goadta redmivs. A Duputatitm partltf theological
imrth) metaphysical concerning the Necetsity and Contingency of' Events in the
JVorld, in fesjicct iif Ood's eternal Decree, wnttctt o/ure twenty Years since Inf (Adt
rev, and leanicd Divine, Thomas G(»td Dr. tf Divinity, and Hector of' Hadlctgh in
Siffft'lk. Ltnut jar If ill. Leake, 1669, 4lo. wiiii a prelace by J. G. bt'ginning
— ^Iiristian reader, this pitxe which I here propose to thy view was the only
remain (that I know ut ) ut that reverend divine, &c. Kennet.
Preb. of Wolverhampton. Taweii.
I'ho. Goiid scripsit tchgas, et Mnsas Virgiferas ac Juridicat, Cantab. 1634,
8vo. Fatis cessit 8vu. Au^usti lt>38. Ex Epitaphio in tempio de Hadieigh,
Suffolk. Bakkk.J
» [Not in 1636, but 1638. Kennet.]
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wenlthy merchant of Ipswich, named Joh. Laney esq; who
spared nothing that might advance his education, took him
from school, and caused him to be admitted a student in
Christ's coU. in Cambr. » Where making great proficiency
in his studies, was removed to Pembroke hall, of which he
became fellow, and contemporarj- there with llulph Brown-
rig. Afterwards he was made master of that house, doct.
of div. vice-chancellor of the university, chaplain in ordi-
nary to K. Ch. 1. prebendary of Winchester, and about the
same time of Westminster, in the place of Lambert Osbal-
deston deprived an. 1638, and afterwards (upon the resto-
ration of Osbiddeston by the long parliament) in the place
of Griffith Williams, an. 1641. Soon after, he was outed
of his mastership of Pembroke hall for his loyalty, and
about that time did attend in his majesty's service in the
treaty at Uxbridge, being then esteemed a learned divine.
Afterwards when his majesty Ch. il. was in exile, he did in
a most dutiful manner attend him, and for several years
after siiffer'd great cidamity, as iimumerable royalists did.
Upon his majesty's return to his kingdoms, he was restored
to his headship, and in recompence of his suffeiings, he was
first made dean of Rochester, in the place of Dr. Tho.
Turner, in which dignity he was installed 24th of July
1660, and soon after had the bishoprick of Peterborough
confer'd upon him, (with liberty to keep his mastership in
commendam) to which he received consecration in the
abbey church of St. Peter at Westminster, on Sunday Dec.
2, an. 1660. Afterwards, u])on the death of Dr. Uob. San-
derson, he was translated to Lincoln, in Feb. 1662, and on
the death of Dr. M. Wrenn, to Ely ; where he sate to the
time of his death, in the latter end of 1674. Five of his
sermons preached before the king, were printed in 1668-9.
And after his death were published his Observations on a Let-
ter about Liberty and Necessity, &c. Lond. 1676, in tw.
which letter was written to the duke of Newcastle by Tho.
Hobbes of Malmsbiu-y.
Rich. Holds worth' M. A. of St. Joh. coll. — ^This most
eminent and loyal person was a native of Newcastle upon
Tyne in Northumberland, where, for some time, he was
educatetl in grammaticals ; afterwards being sent to the
said coll. he made wonderful proficiency in arts and theo-
logy, became successively divinity professor of Giesham
coll. (being about that time D. of D.) master of Emanuel
coll. several times vice-chancellor of Cambridge, archdeacon
of Huntingdon in the place of Dr. Owen GwTnn' master
of St. Joh. coll. before-mention'd deceased, an. 1633,
(which dignity Gwynn had confer'd upon him in 1622,
upon the resignation of Dr. Laud) and at leng-th upon the
grant of the deanery of Durham to Dr. Christopher Potter
in the latter end of 1645, had the grant of the deanery of
Worcester made unto him, having in the beginning of the
grand rebellion refused the bishoprick of Bristol. But the
principles of this reverend doctor being wholly orthotlox,
he suffered therefore very much during the miserable con-
dition which the members of the long parliament had
brought this kingdom to, lost most, if not all, his spiritua-
lities, was several times imprison'd yet afterwards being at
liberty he attended his majesty in his disconsolate and
. [Benj. Laine coU. Chr. admissus in matriculam acad. Cant. Jul. 7, 1608 ■
•ociiu. dein magister auls Pembr.. Bakkr.] '
' [K'c. Houldsworth coll. Jo. quadrant. admUs. in matricul. acad. Cant.
Jul. 9. 1007. K,«-. A. B. 1610-H._A. M. coll. Jo. 1614. socius ibid.
Hee. /lead. Cant. Bakeu,]
J^ fOwcn Gwjnne S T. B. admiss. ad tIc. de East Ham, Es.«c, 5 Octob.
afflicted condition at Hampton Court, and in the isle of
Wight. At length, after he had seen him crown'd with
martyrdom, he surrendred up his pious soul to him that
gave it on the 22 Aug. 1649. Whereupon his body was
buried in the church of St. Peter le Poor in London ; of
which church he had been minister till the violence of the
presbyterians forced him thence, an. 1642. After his death
were published some of his works, viz. (1) Valley of f'ision
in 21 Sermons. — printed IG.'il, qu. (2) Pralectiones Theo-
logiae hubitce in Collegia Gresliamensi apud Londinenses.
Lond. 1661, fol which bust book was published by Dr.
Pearson his nephew, who hath set an account of his life*
before that book. ' " (3) Qucestiones dace, unica Pralectione
" in majuribus Comitiis Cantabrig. determinates, An. 1642,
" Lond. 1S4.5, oct. (4) An Answer without a Question, or
" the late Schismatical Petition for a Diabolical Toleration of
" several Beligions, e.rpounded, being presented to the Juncto
" at U'estin. 16 Aug. 1646, withsome Observations on the Mys-
" tery of their Iniquity, with the Juncto' s Answer thereto,
9 [The account of Dr. Holdswortb's life was writ by his son Mr. Tho.
Holdsworth the reel, of Durham, &c. (Stmavft't Letters 1661.) TiNNEE.]
' [Ric. Holdswonli S. T. P. was rector of St. Peter le Poor in Lond. when
the general return of the church-wardens was made in 1636, but in the rebel-
lion was for his loyalty sequestred, plundred, imprisoned in Ely house, then in
the Tower. Merc. liust. 'Z.'yT. Ric. Holdworth, fellow of St. John's, roaster
of Enian. coll. elected Marg. prof of Cambr. in Sept. 1643, &c. Vid.
Catal. Profm.
Richard Holdsworth to his much esteemed friend Mr. Whichcott, fellow of
Emanuel coU. in Cambridge. (Among the papers of Mr. John Worthingtou,
late fellow of Peter house in Cambr.)
Loving Sir,
I thanke you heartily for your continued care of my con-
tent, which would be very much increased, if once I had all straight at Cam-
bridge, never to returne. There is no anxiety, I humbly ihanke God, lyeth
upon me, and the lesse because thinges worke to a fair loose. The college
hath a share in my books, whicli I hope will preserre the whole : the fami-
ture of my lodging if it must needs goe, it will please me better, if tliey give
it to my successor, then to a sequestrator. The college plate for which I
stand engaged, must be supplyed whats ever else miscarry. If other fellows
have not restored their's, it is no example for me, nor credit for them. There
is as much plate as will satisfye left behinde as a pawne, I pray take it into
your custody, and now account it not mine, but the colleges. If it come
short, I will make up the rest. Only my silver standish and candle-stick,
which are Joyes, will not be for your use : Will. Chapman will deliver it to
you upon shewing him this letter ; to whom I would have writ, but for bring-
ing him into trouble by the prejudice which is cast u|)on me. I pray you,
seeuig I am likely to be lost to him, be-friend him all the ways you can.
There is a broken ewer of mine, which I durst not call for all this time, but
now the colledge being really entitled to it, you may safely, and recover it.
The two wyne bowles in the vault were not lost, but were rendred up before
I left Cambridge, as Will. Chapman can tell you. If you have any-thing of
mine in your hands, I pray keep it till we see whether I be not in any fur-
ther arreare. So with my renewed respects to yourselfe and the fellows, and
my prayers for your comforts, I rest
Your aifectioned friend,
R. Holdsworth.
Plate belongiiij to Eman. coll. lost by Dr. Holdsworth.
Fitzwilliam Pott - - - 39 ounces.
Lumbards Pott - - - 37 ounces,
1 Beer Bowie - - - 11 ounces.
87 ounces.
Plate delivered to Eman. coll. by Dr. Oldsworth, 107 ounces J J.
Trinity coll. Cambr.
WMiereas I am nifornied by some of the fellows of Emanuel 1 colledge that
Dr. Holdsworth hath given or desit^ned his hbrary , or a great part thereof to
the said colledge ; These are thereibre to require all assessors and sequestra-
tors to forbeare to seize or sequester the said library, or any thing in his
lodgings (witiiin the said colledge) till you receive further order from myself.
Which I retpiire the rather, because I am well assured that all his goods
there besides books are no wayes considerable.
Given under my hand this tliird of April 1644, Manchester.
Keknet.]
377
1617.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1617-
378
" Lond. 1649, 1 sheet, written by the Dr. a little before his
" death."
Henry Burton. *
Abraham Gibson'.
Of these two, who were incorporated masters again, I
have made mention among the incor{x>rationSj in un. 1612,
and 1615.
Will. Isaacson M. A. — He was afterwards D. of D. rec-
tor of St. Andrew's cliurch in the Wardrobe in London, and
of Wodford in Essex , but whether he hath published any
thing, 1 know not. He was younger brother to Henry
Isaacson, the chronologer, sometimes amanuensis to Dr.
Andrews bishop of Winchester, son of Rich. Isaacson sheriff
elect, of London, who died 19 Jan. 1620, and he the son of
Will. Isaacson of Sheffield in Yorkshire, by Isabel his first
wife. This Hen. Isaacson by the way I must let the reader
know, was born in the parish of St. Catharine Coleman in
London, in Sept. 1.581, but what academical education he
received, I cannot yet tell. Sure it is, that he arrived to
[208] great knowledge in chronology, as his large book of that
subject doth suflieiently attest ; and dying about the 7th of
Decemb. 16.54, ' was buried in tlie church of St. Catharine
Coleman before-mcntion'd, having before been a consider-
able benefactor to the poor of that ])arish. *
Will. Ueale M. A. of Pemb. hall. — See among the in-
corporations, an. 1645.
Dan. Horsmanden M. A. — He was afterwards D. of D.
and rector of Ulcomb in Kent, and accounted by his con-
temporaries a learned man ; but he being a zealous person
for the church of England, and a higli loyalist, was thrown
out of his living by the committee of religion, an. 1643, as
you may see in the pamph. entit. Thejirst Century of scanda-
lous, malignant Priests, &c. p. 36, .37- He lost other spri-
tualities, and sufter'd much for the king's cause during the
time of the rebellion.
Humphrey Henchman M. A. ' — This loyal and religious
person, who was son of Tho. Henchman of London skin-
ner, ^ and he the son of another Thomas of Wellingborough
in Northamptonshire, (in which county his name and family
had for several generations before lived) was afterwards D.
of D. chauntor of Sidisbury, on the death of Hen. Cotton,
in Jan 1622, and preb. of South Grantham in the same
church, an. 1628. After the restoration of K. Ch. II. he
was nominated bishop of that place, upon the translation of
Dr. Duppa to Winchester. Whereupon being consecrated
in the chappel of K. Hen. 7, within the abbey church of St.
Peter in Westminster 28 Oct. 1660, sate there three years,
and then upon the translation of Dr. Sheldon to Canterbury,
he was translated to London in Sept. 1663, " and sworn
" Dec. 9, that year one of his majesty's privy council."
' [A. M. coll. Jo. Cant. an. 1602. Baker.]
' [Dec. 14, 1654, Mr. Hen. Isaacson buried. Mr. Bich. Smith's Obi-
.euo>j|.]
* [1619, 16 Nov. Will. Isaackson A. M. admiss. ad ecclesiam de Wood-
ford, torn. Essex, per resign. Rob. Wright, ad pres. Hen. Isaackson de Lon-
don, gen. Reg. Limdoji.
Will. Isaackson S. T. B. adnjiss. ad eccl. S. Andrese Wardrobe, Lond. 26
M^r. 1629, per niort. Edw. Wliiteliome, ad pres. Car. regis. Reg. Laud.
He was living when the rebellion broke out in 1642, and was outed of liis
church in London by sequestration. Kennet.]
' [Humph. Hoy^i.'ian coll. Chr. admiss. in matric. acad. Cant. Dec. 18,
1609. Rfff. Ar ta. Canl. — dein sociui aul. Clar. Baser.]
^ [Bp. Henchman was born (as I am very well informed) at Burton Lati-
mer m Northamptonsliire, in the house of Owen Owens, rector of that place,
his mother being sister to Mr. Owen's second wife, and daughter to Robert
Griffith of CarnarvuD, es<j; IIvufuriys.J
About that time he was made bishop almoner, and died, as
it seems, in the montti of Octub. an. 1675. He was for his
wisdom and prudence much valued by K. Ch. IL whose
happy escape from the battel at Worcester, tliis pious pre-
late did admirably well manage, es|>ecially when his majesty
came in a disgui.se near Salisbury. He was born, as I have
been informed, within the parish of St. Giles's Crippiegate,
London, and educated in Clare hall in Cambridge, of which
he was fellow.
Arthur Jackson M. A.' — .\ftcrwards he was a frequent
and puritaiiical preacher, and sided with the presbyterians
when the religion began, an. 1642. About which time he
was minister of St. Michael Woodstreet in London, where
1 find him in 1649. He hath written expositions on various
parts of the scriptures, as (1) yfn Help for undtfrstandtng the
holy Scriptures, thejirst Part, being an Exposition upon the
Jive Books of Moses, viz. Gen. Levit. Numt). Deut. S<c. Camb.
1643, qu. (2) Annolutiont on the remaining Part of the Old
Testament, viz. Josh. Judges, Sam. Kings, Chron. Ezra,
Nchem. Esther, the second Part. (3) Annotations on tliejive
poetical Books of holy Scripture, viz. Job, Psalms, Prov.
Eccles. and Cant. Lond. 1658. Besides several other things,
which for brevity's sake 1 now omit. See more of him in
Ch. Love among the writers, an. 1651.
The said masters of arts, viz. Tho. Goad, Ben. Laney, R.
Holdsworth, Hen. Burton, Ab. Gibson, W. Isaacson, W.
Beale, Dan. Horsmanden, H. Henchman, and A. Jackson,
were incorporated, as I have before told you, 15 July, as
they had stood before at Ciimbridge. Besides them were
about 27 more incorporated (of whom Sam. Carter was
one) but not one of them being then, or after, men of
note, as I can yet hnd, are here omitted. On the same day
also, one Rob. Newton, M. A. of the miiv. of St. Andrew
in Scotland, was incorporated, of whom 1 know no more.
Creations.
March 5. Will. Stafford a student of Ch. Ch. was
actually created master of arts in the congregation house by
virtue of a dispensation obtained in that of c-onvocation, on
the second day of the said month. — This |)erson, who was a
Norfolk man born, and nobly descended, was a member of
the house of commons for a time, and wrote a little thing
(as I have been informed by those that knew him) entit.
Reasons of the War, &c. which I suppose is the same with a
pamphlet entit. An orderly and plain Narration of the Begin-
ning and Causes of this War ; with a conscientious Resolution
against the Parliament Side, printed 1644, in 3 sheets in qu.
" There wsls published a book with this title The Reason of
" the War, with the Progress and Accidents thereof, &c. Lond.
" 1646, qu. 20 sheets, written by an English subject.
" Qujerc, whether tliis be not Staffords. Besides this VVill.
" Stafford, was another of both his names, but before him
" in time, author of A Compendium, or brief Examination of
" certain ordinary Complaints of dicers of our Country-men in
" these our Days, &c. Lond. 1581, qu. in 14 sheets. [Bodl.
" 4to. A. 47- Ait.] The running title on the top of the
7 [Arthur Jackson coll. Trin. A. B. Cant. 1613.— A. M. 1617.
An. 1666, Aug. 7, old Mr. Jackson sometime minister of Si. Mich. Wood-
street, there buried in mines. Mr. Itk. Smith's Obitjian/. Bakir.
He was minister ot St. Faith's under St. Pauls, both before and at the time
of tlie restauration of K. Charles i, in 1660 ; but was ejected atlerwards for
not conforming, as was required by the act of uniformity. Newcourt, K(-
pert. i, 497.]
379
1C18.
FA8T1 OXONIENSES.
1618.
380
" page is A brief ConceU of English Policy." ' He » died iit
Thornboroiigh in GlocesteVshire (where he had a plentiful
estate) about the year 1683, and in tlie ninetieth year ofhis
age, leaving behind him a son named John, father of Rich.
Stafford, lately master of arts of Magd. hall, author of Of
Happinat, &e. Lond. 1689, qu.
An. Dom. 1618.— 16 Jac. I.
Chancellor.
W1U.1AM carl of Pembroke.
Vice-chancellor.
The same again, July 17-
[009] Proctors.
Daniel iNGftLL of Queen's coll. Apr. 15.
JoH. Dropb of Magd. coll. Apr. 15.
Batchclors of Aris.
Apr. 20. Sam. Hoard of St. Mary's hall.
Rlay 8. Meric Casaubon (son of Isaac) of Ch. Ch.
June 9. Will. Paul of AU-s. coll.
Tho. Laurence of All-s. coll.
The first of these last two was afterwards bishop of
Oxon.
10. Thom. Coleman of Magd. hall.
13. Alexand. Griffith of Hart hall.
The last did not take the degree of M. of A. till 1C31.
18. Hen. Blount of Trin. coll.
July 2. John Pointer of Urasen-n. coll. — He was ma-
triculated, and took the degree of batch, of arts, as an
esquire's son. Afterwards departing without any otlier
degree, became a puritanical ])reacher, and acquainted with
Oliver Cromwell ; who, when protector, gave him a canon-
ry of Ch. Ch. in Oxon, as a reward for the pains he took in
ci)n\erting him to godliness, i. e. to canting puritanisin and
saintism. After the restoration of K. Ch. II. he was
ejected, and living many years after in Oxon in a retired
and studious condition, died 2 Jan. 1683, aged 84 or there-
abouts; whereupon his body was buried at the lower end
of the North isle joyning to the church of St. Peter in the
Baylie, Oxon. '
* [Tliis was reprinted in the year 1751, ill 8vo. as the composition of Wil-
liam Shakspeare, and dedicated to the king as .* a treatise composed by the
most extensive and fertile genius, that ever any aye or nation produced *
But the error was soon discovered by Dr. Farmer, who in his V.sswj on the
Learning nf Shahjr-jre, (guotes our author and these Athen*. lor the true
writer, and convicts the false assumption, that a passage in the dedication of
the oripnal, alluded to the talc of Shakspcare's deer-stealing. The fact was,
that Stafford having been concerned with others in a conspiracy against
queen EUzabeth acknow ledges ' her majesties late and singular clomency in
liardoniug certaync his unductifull misdemeanour' — and this misdeinejinour
was construed by those who search no farther than the surface for theu' argu-
ments, to be the deer-stealing story told of our illustrious dramatic jxjet.]
• [That is Will. STArfoiio rf Christ church.']
' [a I'irulicatum of the rev. Mr. Pm
I'cfj/titer sometime canon of Christ-church,
Oiatifrom i/eJ'aUe (Oicrtitms cast on him In/ Mr. Ant. U'lvd.
(From a printed paper with MS. corrections and additions, by John Poin-
ter of Mcrton college, in Tanner's copy.)
How many falsi- characters the said biographer (viz. Mr. Anthony a Wood)
may liave given of oUier persons i; not my business to enquire. Only I am
]NUticuUrly coiiceni'd in honour and justice to the memory of my grand-
father, the rev. Mr. John Pointer sometime canon ot Christ-church in
Oxford, lo take this op[M)rtunily of clearing him from the base and malicious
sspertioiiA cast on him by the aforesaid antiquary, who in liis aforesaid book
Alhenx Oianiaues, vol.i. p. 829. calls him '• a purilaiiical preaJier. accpiaint-
ed with Oliver Cromwell f now there are several persons still alive that can
Icslif)-, that be was no favourer of the puritanical party, but a true orthodox
Oct. 15. Humph. Chambers of Univ. coll.
Edw. Reynolds of Mert. coll.
The last wtis afterwards bishop of Norwich.
" Nov. 3. Evan Griffith of Brasen-n. coll."
Dec. 3. Philip King of Ch. Ch. a younger son of Dr.
King B. of London. See among the created doctors of
div. 1645.
" Ferdinando Nicholls of Magd. coll."
church of England preacher, in every thing conformable to the rites and
ceremonies of the said churchy and received episcopal ordination by the hands
of the right reverend Dr. Thomas Morton, lord bishop of Coventry and Lich-
field, who was so orthodox himself, that he wrol a book iu defence of episco-
pacy (call'd Episcopacy Apostolical, printed in l(j70) whose letters of orders,
bearing date aimo 16'jf5, are still to be seen in the hands of the rev. Mr.
Pointer of Merton college in Oxford. Nor was he otherwise acquainted with
Oliver Cromwell, than as being rector of the same parish in which the said
usurper lived. He accepted indeed of the canoury of Chri»t<hurch (vacant
by the death of Dr. French) from the hands of the I'roteclur iii 16.i5, as
being then the only man in power to bestow it; but he had refua'd several
sequestered livings, freely offer'd him by the said Protector. And at the re-
stauration was not ejected, but voluntarily resign'd.
Had our biographer been impartial in his characters (as every honest bio-
grapher and historiographer ought, and every wise one would, otherwise he
infallibly forfeits his own chaructcr) he ought to have mcntion'd Mr. Poin-
ter's other preferments, besides his canonry, which were given him by other
persons, and which heacceiiled of one alter another, (and so by the bye was
no pluralist,) for he was first lecturer of St. Mildred, Uread st. London,
where lie continu'd 2 years, thence he remov'd to Wooloii Waven iu War-
wickshire in 1(330, where he coniiou'd a year and ;.n half. Afterwards he
was prefi iT'd to Huntington (not by the Protector, but) by the right wor-
shipful and most ancient company of mercers in London, where he continu'd
eleven years (and was made free of the said company in 1632.) After this
he was [ireterr'd to the vicarage of Bures iu Suffolk and Essex, in 1649,
where he continued six years. Some of these places he was forc'd to quit
for his health's sake, which was the reason of his changing his preferments so
often. Now whether a man, that had at first receiv'd episcopal ordination, and
afterwards frequent institutions and inductions to so many church preferments,
from several ortiiodox bishops, and never was a private preacher, and neveY
acted contrary to the establish'd ruh s of tlie church of England, and never
was one of those wretches that took the solenin league and covenant ; (in-
deed, how was it possible he shou'd.' having been constantly j>ossess'd of
some church preferments from 1630 lo 1655.) Whether such a man can be
properly called a pm'itanical preacher, I leave the world to judge.
'Twas our biographer's business likewise to have tuui-h'd a little upon Mr.
Pointer's extraction, as he uses to do upon theirs whose characters he favours.
He was descended from the honourable Richard Pouiteresq; who was one
that attended queen Elizabeth lo 'J'ilbury camp, and was afterwards tttfer'd
knight-hood by her, and is caU'd by archbisho]» Cranmer, (in Mr. Strype's
Memorials of him) a bold proteslant. This Mr. Richard l^ointer was son to
sir William Pointer of Whitchurch hi Hampshire, (but born at Stepney)
who was. a gentleman of a considerable estate, and married a daughter (an
hehess) of Mr. William Curtis on Enfield in Middlesex, brother to sir Tlio-
mas Curtis sometime lord mayor of London, and therefore liore his and her
arms cut quarterly; the Pointers, field argent three crosses pateed sable, i. e.
patee in 3 parts, and fitch'd in y-' 4"'. i. e. sharpen'd into a point: the Cur-
tis's arms, lield gules chevron vary betwixt 3 bull's heads argent, trunked
and coup'd. The crest, a baud pointing or directing, being a rebus on the
name.
Ita tester
Johannes Pouiter M. A.
e coll. Mert. Oxon.
(Here follows a MS. copy of bishop Morton's letters of orders granted ttf
Mr. J. Pointer sometime canon of Christ-church, Oxon, in 16'i5.)
Tenore prajsentium iios Thomas, providentia divina Covent. i^ Lichf. epis-
cojius, iiotum facimus, quod 18 die Dec. A D. 16'J5. ix nostra; traiislationis
7" sacros &; generales oMines Dei Omnipot. pnesidio celebrand. in ecclesia
parochiali ^l pra.'bendali de Eccleshall intra dictam noslrani dioc. dilectum
nobis in Christo Johannem Poynter colleg. -ICneonas. in academia Oxon. .\.h.
de vila sua laudabili ac moru u ac virtutuiu suarum donis nobis in luic parte
commendat. atq. in sacrarum literarum scientia et doctrina coinpeten: eruditum,
ac B nobis ipsis prius exam'uiat. & eumprohatu u, ad sacrum prasbyleratus
ordinem, juxta morein et ritum ecclesito .Vnglicma; ailjuisinms 6; prumovimos
cundeiiu|. Johannem Poynter (iu debiia Juris forma juralum de agnosccnda
suprcma p..tesiate Dni Regis Caroli nostri infra luee regna A: jurisilictiones
suas juxta formaiu slatuti hac in parte provisi Ac editi nccnon articulis reli-
giou'u infra hoc inclytum Anglias regnuni stabilit. voluutarie couscnCieiit &
J
381
1618.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
lUlS.
382
15. Will. Lykord of Magd. coll.
17. Rob. Bedingfield of Cli. Ch.
19. George MoRLEY of Ch. Ch.
Rob. Gomersall of Ch. Ch.
ZOUCH ToWNLKY of Ch. Ch.
Of the first of these last four, you may see more among
the lioct. of (liv. 1630, and of the lust, among the masters of
A. 1621.
Jan. 27- John Gereb of Magd. hall.
Feb. :i. Matthew Griffith of Gloc. hall, lately of
Brasen-nose coll.
4. Thom. Swadlin of St. Joh. coll.
All these batchclors, except Bedingfield and Townley,
are to come into another part of this work.
Admitted 223.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 20. Cornel. Burges of Line. coll.
May 20. Tho. Lushington of Line. coll.
The last of these two, who was originally of Broadgate's
hall, but had not taken the degree of batch, of arts, will be
mentiou'd in another vol.
Jun. 9. Will. Pemble of Magd. hall.
10. Christoph. Tesoale of New coll — He was af-
terwards minister of Husborne-Tarrant in Hampshire, one
of the assembly of di\ ine;^, and a preacher before the long
parliament, lie hath published, Hierusalcnt, or a Vision of
Peace, ftist-serraon 28 Aug. 1644, before the house of com-
mons, on Psal. 122. 6. Lond. 1644, qu. [Bodl. 4to. G. 12.
Th. BS ] and perhaps other things, whicli is all I know of
him, only that he was an Abingdon man born.
10. Charles Herle of Exeter coll.
12. Thom. Twittie of Oriel coll.
27. Franc. Gouge of St. Kdm hall.
This year Francis Little of Ch. Ch. was admitted, but
the day or month when, appears not. He afterwards pub-
lished ihe posthumous works of Dr. Tho. Sutton, as 1 have
elsewhere told you, and was himself a learned man. He
was the son of Franc. Little sometimes mayor i.f Abingdon
in Berks, who in the year 1627 wrote a leiger book con-
taining a short account of the monastery or Aliingdon, an
account of the hospital of the brotherhood of the Holy
Cross there, and of several matters relating to Abingdon.
Adm. 131, or thereabouts.
Jun. 8. Will.
ban's hall.
Batchelors of Divinity.
LoE of Mert. coll. sometimes of St. Al-
coram nobis subscribentera juxta canonem sive constitut. in oa parte sancit. &
promulgatiim in presbjti'rum rite et canon, ordinaviiims tunc et il)iH.
In cujus rt!! tcstimoiuuin sigillum nostrum episcopate pra?5entibu9 appo-
suimus. Dat, anno, mense, die locoq. prxdictis.
Ric. Baddeley
Notanus publicns.
Tho. Coven.
et Lichf.
(Annexed is the following MS. memorandum.)
The aforesaid Mr. Poynter late canon of Christ-church, died Jan. 2,
1683-4, aged 8(i, and was buried in St. Peter's church in the Baily, Oxon,
without any uionunient.
In whKt year lie left Christ-chnrch I know not, but after he left his
canonry ihere, he retir'd with his family aud lived iu a house in New Inn
Hall lane, Oxon, where he died.
He was posscss'd of a temporal estate of about £. 500 a year.]
Jul. 6. Tho. Marleh of Trin. coU. — In leS.-i, Jun. 97,
he wa-s made archdeac'on of Salisbury, and dying in 1643,
was succeeded in that dignity by ^Vill. Buckner, 7 Aug. the
same year.
Nov. 3. JoH. Harrys of New coll.
24. Joh. Wall of Ch. Ch.
Feb 5. Nathaniel Canon of St. Mary's hall.
Admitted 19.
Doctors of Law.
June 2.5. Charles Twysden of All-s. coll. — He mn
soon after principal of New inn, and at length chancellor
of Litchfield and Coventry. " He w;is born at Hyth in
" Kent."
Doctors of Physic.
Jua. 25. Andr. Byrd of Mert. coll.
George Raleigh of New inn.
The first of these practised his faculty at Reading in
Berks, where dying in 1630 wiis interr'd in St. Laurence
ch. there. The other, in O.xford, where he was much in
re|)ute * till the time of his death, an. 1623, or there-
abouts.
Doctors of Divinity.
June 8. Will. Loe of Mert. coll. a compounder and an
accumulator.
25. Simon Jux of Ch. Ch.
Rich. Etkins of Ch. Ch.
The first of these two, who was a compounder, was about
this time rector of St. Oiave's in Southwark, where he died
about the beginning of the year 1631.
Edmund Jackson of St. Joh. coll. — He was now bene-
ficed in Kent by the favour of Dr. Buckridge bishop of Ro-
chester, to whom he was chaplain.
Jul. 10. Thom. Oates of Magd. coll.' — ^This learned
doct. who was at this time domestic chaplain to Will, earl
of Pembroke chancellor of the university, became canon
of Windsor in the place of Dr. Rob. Chalon^r deceased,
being at that time one of the king's chaplains ; and soon
after, if not then, prebendary of St. Paul's cathedral in Lon-
don. He died and was burietl at Windsor, an. 1623.
14. Evan Vaughan of Jesus coll.
16. Roger Bates of Trin. coll. a compounder. *— He
was at this time chaphiin in ordin.iry to K. James I. as he
was afterwards to K. Ch. I. and much in esteem for his
excellent preaching. On the 20th of May 1630 he was col-
lated to the prebendship of Lyme and Halstock in the
church of Saruni, upon the translation of Dr. Walt. Curie
from the see of Rochester to Bath and Wells, and in the
year following, in the month of Dec. he ;tvas made preben-
dary of Westminster in the place of Dr. Theodore Price
deceased, being about that time a justice of the pchce of
Middlesex and the liberties of Westminster. He died at his
house in Milford-Lane, without Temple-bar, on the 15th
of March 1633, and was buried in the chancel of St. Cle-
ment's Danes in the Strand near London.
March . . . Ritii. Astley warden of All-s. coll.
' [He wrote a book cntituled AUimia, printed 1641, 4to. Baker.]
3 [1618, 14 Nov. Tho. Oats S.T. P. admiss. ad prcb.de Cbainberiains-
wode |>er resipn. Nich. Fellow Bristol episc. ad pres. regis. Jieg. Ijmdon.
Tho. Ote.H coll. Magd. Oxon. socius S. T. P. install, canonicus Windesor 14
Apr. 162!^, loco Spalatensis. Rector de Stoke Hamond in com. Buck. Ken-
net.]
* [Rog. Bates S. T. B. admiss. ad rect. S. dementis Daconuni Lond. 6
Nov. 1617, ad prt-s. Tho. com. Exon.— Vac. per mort. ipsius ante 16 Apr.
1634. Utg. Laid. Kennet.]
[210]
383
1618.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1618.
384
Incorporations.
June 18. Jambs Wats M. A. and fellow of Magd. coll.
in Cambridge. — He was afterwards minister of Wodnesbo-
rough in Kent, and published The Controvertie debated about
the reverend Gesture of Kneeling in the Act of receiving the
Holy Coninmnion. Lond. 1621. qu. and perhaps other things.
Quae.
July 1. Sam. BAtCANeoAL M. A of Edinburgh in Scot-
land.*
On the 14th of the said month, being the next day after
the conclusion of the act, these Cantabrigians following
were incorporated.
Will. Wats M. A. of Caius coll.* — ^This admirable critic
and divine, who was born near to Lynn in Norfolk, did af-
terwards travel into several countries, and became master of
divers languages. At his return he was made chaplain to
king Ch. 1. doet. of divinity, minister of St. Alban's in
Woodstreet within the city of Ivondon, afterwards chaplain
under the earl of Arundel, general of the forces in the Scotch
expedition, an. 1639, and prebendary of Wells. But being
sequestred from his benefice in London, plundred, and his
wife and children turn'd out of doors, and himself forced to
fly when that city was in the heighth of its rebellion 1642,
he retired to his majesty,' served under prince Rupert when
his majesty raised forces in his own defence, and was pre-
sent with him in all the battels that he fought with the par-
liamenteers, and many times when that prince made his
desperate attempts on that party. Upon the declining of
the king's cause, (a little before which time he was made
archdeacon and residentiary of Wells, as I ha\e been in-
formed) he stuck to the said prince when he served his ma-
jesty on the seas, upon the revolt of certain English ships
from the parliament, and was with him when he was blocked
up in the harbour at Kingsale in Ireland, where being over-
taken with a distemper which no physic could cure, surren-
dered up his soul to the Almighty, and was buried there in
the latter end of- the year 1649, iis 1 was many years since
informed by his widow, the daughter of Mr. Vaughan
minister of Ashted in Surrey, brother to Dr. Rich. Vaughan
sometimes B. of London. This Dr. Wats, who is several
times honourably mention'd by Vossius ' by the title of doc-
tissitnus and clarissimus Watsius,and 'qui optime de historia
meruit/ &c. had an especial hand in sir Hen. Spelman's
Glossary ; corrected, added considerable notes to, and pub-
lished Matthew Paris his Historia Major, an. 1640. He
wrote also (1) The History of Gustavus Adolphus. (2) Mor-
tification Apostolical. &c. Lond. 1637, wherein justifying
the use of canonical hours, gave great offence to the ])uritan.
(3) Treatise of the Passions. (4) Treatise of the Surplice, not
extant, 9 besides several sermons. He also translated into
English, St. Augustine's Confessions. Lond. 1631, in a thick
' [Sam. Balcanqual M. A. electus socius auL Pembr. Jul. 22, 1619-
• [One Will, \yatt9 coll. Chr. adniissus in matriculam acad. Cant. 1.584.
yV. Wats coll. Caii saccllanus an. 1619, non occurrit socius ibi, vej discipulus,
in libro admissionum. A. B. coil. G. et C. 1610. A.M. 1614, coll. G. et C.
Gul. Wats coll. Call S.T. P. Cantabr. 1639. Keg. Acad. Baker.]
[Dr. W illiam Watts was chaplain in ordinary to his majesty of glorious
memory, king Charles 1 — by whom be was appointed to attend as chaplain
upon his highness prince Rupert, and at last died in his majesties service at
Kingsale m Ireland. This 1 have from the mouth both of his widow and his
•on. See Uujd's Menwin, &c. Ex Coll. MSS. 1). Griffith. Kennet.]
« Job. Gcr. Vossius in tract. De VUiu Sermonis, &c. lib. 2. cap. 16. &
hb. a. c. 1. &c. "^
» [ConcemiDg which treatise lee bb Glmary to M. Paris sub voce ' supcr-
peUicum.' LovtDAY.]
oct. illustrated by him with certain marginal notes : and
from French into English The Catholic Moderator, which I
have not yet seen. He hath also published the several num-
bers of News- Books in the English tongue (more than 40)
containing the occurrences done in the wars between the
king of Sweden and the Germans. All published before the
civil wars of England began.
John Lynch M. A. — He was afterwards chaplain to the
bishop of Salisbury, pars(m of Herietsham in Kent, and the
writer and publisher of The Christian Passover, a serm. at
Paul's cross, on Wednesday in Easter week, 163*, on 1 Cor.
5. 7, 8. I^nd. 1637, qu. [Bodl. 4to. C. 57. Th.] and per-
haps of other things. Quaere.
Walter Balcanbual batch, of div. of Pembroke hall.'^
This learned Scot, who" was now chaplain to his majesty,
became * master of the hospital called the Savoy in the
Strand near London on the 16th of Dec. 1617, which place
he giving up soon after, it was conferr'd ' on Marc. Ant. de
Doniinis archb. of Spalato (who came into England upon
.account of religion the 6th of Dec. 1616,) on the 23d of
April 1618, in which year the said Balcanqual was sent to
the synod of Dort to represent the church of Scotland ;* and
with hin> went 'i'ho. Goad of Cambridge in the place of Dr.
Joseph Hall dean of Worcester, indisposed. In Feb. 1621
the siiid Marc. Ant. being weary of the king's favour and
benevolence extended to him, left England; whereupon
Balcanqual was restored to the Savoy again, and on (he 12th
of March 1624 he \vas installed dean of Rochester, (being
then D. of D.) in the place of Godfrey Goodman promoted
to the see of Gloccster. Jn 1639, May 14, he was installed
dean of Durham in the place of Dr. Rich. Hunt, who had
succeeded in that rich dignity sir Adam Newton knight and
baronet a lay-man.' Soon after, the grand rebellion break-
ing out, Balcanqual ^\as forced from his mastership of the
Savoy, plundred, sequestred, and forced to lly by the impe-
tuous presbyterians, an. 1642, so that retiring to his ma-
jesty at Oxon, did afterwards shift from place to place for
security. At length flying for the safety of his life to Chirk
castle in Denbighshire, died there in a very cold season, on
the day of the nativity of our Saviour, an. 1645. The next
day his l>ody was buried in the parish church of Chirk, and
some years after had a noble monument set over his grave
(the inscription on which was made by Dr. John Pearson)
by a most worthy royalist named sir Tho. Middleton of
Chirk Castle, who dying in 1 660 aged 79 was tilso buried
in the same church. In Jan. following (1645) Dr. Chris-
toph. Potter* provost of Queen's coll. in Oxon obtained of
his majesty the grant of the said deanery of Durham, but
he dying in the beginning of March following, without in-
stallation, his maj. conterr'd it upon Will. Fuller D. D. of
Cambiidge, who dying in 1659 Dr. John Barwick of Camb.
Wits instcdled in that dignity 1 Nov. 1660. Dr. Balcanqual
hath written and published (1) The Honour of Christian
Churches, serm. at Whitehall before the king, on Matth. 21.
13. Lond. 1633, qu. [Bodl. 4to. Z. 81. Th.] (2) Serm.
' [W. Balcanqual A.M. admissus socius aula Pembr. Sept 8, 1611.
Baker.]
s Cajubden in Annul. Reg. Joe. I. sub an. 1617.
» Ibidem, an. 1618.
■• ff he Scots presbyterians in their Canterburian's Sey Condctim, 1641, 4to.
make Dr. Balcanqual the penman of the king's large declaration against his
subjects of Scotland, and so sjieak bard things of him, as a favourer of Armi-
nianisme after his being a member of the synod of Dort till the late promo-
tion to Durham altred his mind. Ken net.]
* [See these Atuen.t., vol. ii, col. 403, art. James.]
6 [See the epitaph of Christoph. Jd son of Dr. Christ Potter, who died «
Apr. 167T. Le Neve Suppltment, 120. Keknst.]
ran J
585
1619.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1619.
386
t212]
preached at St. Mary's Spittle on Monday in Easter Week,
14 Apr. 1G2;J ; On "I'sul. 126. b. Lond. 1634. <|u. [Ikxll.
4to. 11. 62. Th.] and also drew up The Declaration of K.
Ch. I. roncerning the late Tumults in Scotland; with a parti-
tular Deduction of the seditious Practices of the Cuvenanteers ,
Out of their own foul Arts and IVritings. Lond. 1639, fol.
" epistles also concerning the synod at Dort, print, in Jo.
" Hales Works."
John Whiting D.D. — He was at this time a minister in
London,' where he died about 1624.
David Owen D. D. — bee among the incorporations, an.
1608.
Martin Day D. D. — See among the incorj). 1602.
Wliieh Cambridge men I say, viz. W. Wats, J. Lynch, W.
Balcanqual, John Whiting, D. Owen, M. Day, and at least
20 more were incorjwrated on the 14 Jul.
Will. Spicer a Devonian born and doctor of the laws of
the imiv. of Leyden was incorporated the same du) .
■ Oct. 12. Lionel Sharp D. D lately of King's coll. in
Cambr. ' — He had before been chaplain to the earl of lissex,
(in whose treasons he was engaged) and afterwards to
Henry prince of ^^'!Jes, and was now, or lately, rector of
Malpas in Cheshire, minister of Tiverton in Devon, and
archdeacon of Berks, which dignity wiis conferr'd upon him
9 Nov. 1C05, upon the death, as I su|)pose, of Dr. Martin
Colepeper. He hath jmblislied ( 1 ) Oratio funebris in Hono-
rem Henrici H^allia: Prinvipis, propriam at'jue inlimam ejus
Effigiem prcpferens, &c. Lond. 1612, 'in 3 sli. in qu. [Bodl.
4to. O. 14. Art.] (2) Novum Fidei Symbolum, sive de 7iovis,
&c. Lond. 1612, qu. (3) Speculum Papce i.e. vira 8r cx-
pressa Antichristi E^'gies &c. printed there the same year.
fBodl. 4to. L. 30. 'l"h.] These two last were translated
into English under tliis title, A Looking-Gluss for the Pope ;
wherein he may see his own Face, the express Image of Anti-
christ. Together with the Pope's new Creed, &c in two Dia-
logues.— Lond. 1623, qu.' He hath also published certain
sermons, of which one is on I Kings 10. ver. 9. — printed in
Oct. 1603. He died in 1630, and was succeeded in the
archdeaconry of Berkshire by Edward Davenant, 26 Jan.
the same year." You may see more of this Dr. L Sharp in
Joh. Hoskins among the writers, an. 1638, and in Cabala:
Mysteries of State; printed 1654, p. 255. and 257-
An. Do.m. 1619. — 17 Jac. 1.
Chancellor.
Will, earl of Pembroke.
Vice-Chancellor.
John Pbideaux D. D. rector of Exet. coll. July 17-
' [161 , 27 Jun. Joh. Whiting S.T.P. coil, ad preb. de Eaidstrect per
raort. Will. Wilson S. T. P. Ileg. King, Kp. Land.
Joh. Whiting A. M. admiss. ad occl. S. Martini Vintray Lond. 7 Mail
1611 ; coll. a<l cccl. dc East Ham, Essex, 28 Sept prox. secju. Kexnet.]
8 [Lionel Sharp admissus in coll. Kegal. 1676. Hatcher's Catal. conti-
naed. Bakkei.]
9 [With verses prefixed by Andr. Sharp, W"> S. and Edward S. brothers
to the author. Bakeh.]
' [This was translated by Edward Sharpe, and first piinted, by Edward
GriffiTi, Lond. 1616. Bodl. 4to. S. 39. Tii.]
s [In the epitaph of Mrs. .Vlice Pickard wife of Richai-d Pickard secretary
to bishop llackct, dying Sept, 7, 1667, in the catli. ol Liclif. — Pater Alicim
predicu- tiiit W'" Sharp S.T. B. uiius rectoruni de ryverli>n — patrtms
I.«onell Sharpe S. I'. P. capellanus Eliz. reginse. Pro suie ijwiuH elcctione
I lenr. princ. et Jiieobo regi, et niatcrtera uxor Joan. Godwin Herelord epifc.
See the instructions given to Dr. Lionel Sharp in Tilbury camp by llie
earl of Leicester, Cabdu, ed. fol. page 376. Klnset.]
Proctort.
Christoph. Wkenn of .St. John's coll. Apr. 7.
Brian Dt;prA of All-». coll. Apr. 7.
Batchehr of Music.
RicnAnn Emot of Bra«en-n. coll. who had been a stti-
dent in the faculty of music for 20 years, supplicated for the
degree of batchelor of that faculty; but whether he waa ad-
mitted, it appears not (perhaps upon neglect) in the regis-
ter.— ^This person, who was son, or near related to Will.
Emot sometimes fellow of Brasen-nose coll. and afterwanln
vicar of Einshain nesir Oxon (where he died and was burieil
in Feb. 1584) lived mostly in the city of Wells, and had, as
I conceive, some place in the cathedral there. He hath
made several com|)ositions in music for voices and instru-
ments, but whether any of them were ever made public I
cannot tell. One Richard Browne was admittc<l vicar
choral and organist of Wells an. 1014, which place he
keeping till 1619, one John Okever succeeded, and there-
fore 1 presume the said Emot wtis never organist of Wells
in his own right.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 24. Philip Nye of Magd. liall.
May 12. Tho. Atkinson of St. Joh. ooU. — See more
among the batch, of div. 1630.
June 9.- Will. Pinke of Magd. hall.
20. Will. Strode of Ex. Quaere coll.
July 8. John Earl of Mert. coll.
The last of these two was afterwards bishop successively
of Worcester and Stdisbury. .
Oct. 19. Rich. IIeyrick of St. Joh. coU.
Rich. Byfield of Qu. coll.
21. George Stinton of Bal. c-oll. — See among the
mast. 1622.
Nov. 3. ^V'ILL. Evans of St. Mftry's hall. — See among the
batch, of div. 1635.
25. Nathaniel Simpson of Trin. coll.
John Lfwgae of Trin. coll.
Hen. Gellibkand of Trin. coll.
Dec. 11. John Oliver, lately of Merton, now of. Magd.
coll. — See more among the doct. of div. 1639.
J;ui. 19. Edw. Stanley of New coll.
24. Hen. or Harry Martin of Univ. coll.
Feb. 3. J OH. Maynard of Qu. coll.
8. Ed.m. Staunton of C. C. coH.
The first of these two last was a compounder, and after-
wards of Magd. hall.
Of all these batchelors, none but Atkinson, Pinke, Stin-
ton, Evans, and Gcllibrand are mcution'd in this work.
Adm. 252, or thereabouts.
Batchelors of Law.
Apr. 8. JoH. Ryves of New coll. — He w.ns afterwards
preljcndary of Winchester, became prebendary of Gilliog-
ham Major in the church of Salisbury, on the de.aih of John
Jessop, 1 March 1625, and archdeacon of Berks, on the re-
signation of Edw. Davenant, 20 Nov. 1634. He died 19
Aug. 1665, and was succeeded in his archdeaconry by Dr.
Peter Mews of St. Joh. coll. in Oxon.
Besides this Joh. Ryves, were but two admitted batch,
of law this year.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 24. JoH. Langley of Magd. hall.
27. Lambert Osbaldeston of Ch. Ch. — He waS af-
2 C*
387
1619.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1619.
388
wards made master of the college school at Westminster, in
the |>h»ce of Dr. John Wilson, and prebendary of the tfenth
etall in the church there, in the place of Dr Christoph.
Sutton deceased. By his industry he did improve his scho-
lars to as great eminency of learning, as any of his prede-
cessors did : Insomuch tliat he had as 'tis ' reported, above
80 doctors in the three great faculties, in the two univer-
sities, that did gratefully acknowledge their education under
him, before the grand rebellion broke out. But so it was,
* that he having been much favoured and patroniz'd by Dr.
Williams dean of \\'estm. and B. of Line, diil always stick
close to him in his controversies had between him and Dr.
Laud archb. of Canterbury, for which he suffered in some
measure, especially after he had been found guilty of certain
libellous passages in a letter written by him to the said
Williams, wherein he stiles Laud, the little Vermin, the
Urchin, and Hocus pocus. For which being called into
question in the Star-chamber, and found guilty, he lost his
spirituidities, was lined .50001. and sentenced to have his
ears tack'd to the pillory in the presence of his scholars.
Which last sentence he avoiiled by a seasonable withdraw-
ing himself from Westminster,* an 16;i8. Afterwards he
was restoi'ed to the long parliament, and suffered for a time
to keep his prebendship, when all the rest of the ])rebenda-
ries were turned out. But then seeing what mad courses
rSlS'l t''^ members of the said parliament took, favoured his ma-
jesty's cause, and in some measure suffered for it, lived re-
tiredly during the interval, and dying in the beginning of
Octob. 16.^9, was burled on the 7 of the said month, in the
large South isle of St. Peter's church in ^Vestm. He vvivs a
learned man, but whether he hath published any book or
books, I know not, nor any thing else of him, only that he
was the son of Lambert Osbaldeston of the parish of St.
Olave's in Southwark near London, who died an. \6(>'-2.
June 5. Rob. Gkebby of New coU. — This pei-son, who
was a Lincolnshire man born, wiis one of the chaplains of the
said coll. and afterwards, as it became a true scholar, spent
all his time in reading and writing, especially in divinity
and philosophy, in which last he w.is a great sceptic. He
wTote much in both, and had his labours perused by his
learned acquaintance, yet none of them, though thought fit,
were ever published. 1 find it reported by a certain author *
that one master Silo (whom Mr. Odo de Ceriton or Seryton,
■who lived in 1131, stileth * Serlo) a master of the university
of Paris, and professor of logic, had a scholar there, with
whom he was very familiar : AVhich scholar being excellent
in the art of sophistiy, spared not all occasions, whether on
festival, or other days, to study and improve it. This so-
jduster being very sick, and almost brought to death's door,
Mr. Silo earnestly desired him, that after his death, he
' Tho. Fsller in his Ch. Hist. lib. 11. cent. 17. p. 166.
♦ [Fuller says, by going beyond Canterbury, conceiv'd seasonably by going
beyond the seas whilst he secretly concealed liimself in London, on wliich
pauage Ur. Heylin in his Exam. Hist. 224, by way of animadversion thereon,
says, that he had escap'd if he had stay'd at home, for tho' at that time Mr.
O. conceiv'd y' abp. to be his greatest enemy yet v= abp. was resolv'd to shew
himselt his greatest friend : assuring him (Dr. Heylin) before any thing was
known of Mr.O'suppos'd flight, that he would cast himselfat theK« feet for
obtaining a discliarge of that corporal punishment. Which may obtain the
greatest credit in regard that no cause was taken to stop his flight, no search
made alter him, nor any thing done in order to his apprehension. And
by Mr. 0> readiness to do yc abp. all good oflices in y« time of his troubles
upon the knowledge which was given him at his coming back of y' arch-
bisliop's good intemioiis towards him. Watts.]
* Steph. llaron. De ordiae Mimnvm in sernionibus declamatis coram Uni-
wr». Cantabr. Impress, bond, per Winand. de Worde.
• VtiaSptaJe Lmcoruin, cap. 35. cui ut. est, De FcstU Sanctmm. MS. in
bib. Bod.
would return to, and give him information concerning hia
state, and how it fared with him. The sophister dying, he
returned soon after with liis hood stutt'd with notes of so-
phistry, and the inside loyned with flaming fire, and told
him, that that was the reward which he luul bestowed u|>on
him for the renown that he had before obtained for his
sophistry. But Mr. Silo esteeming it a small punishment,
he stretched out his hand towards him, on which a drop or
spark of fire falling, 'twas pierced through with terrible
pain. This passage the defunct or ghost beholding, told
him with a faint voice, that he need not be amazed at that
small matter, for he was burning in that manner all over.
Is it so? saith .Silo; then in very truth 1 know what 1 have
to do. Wheretiijon resolving to leave the world, and entei
himself into religion, called his scholars about him, and
took his leave of, and dismiss'd them with these metres :
Linquo coax ' ranis, eras ' corvis, vanaque » vanis.
Ad logicam pergo, qua: mortis non timet ' ergo.
Sed quorsum hsec ? you'll say, or to what end do you tell
this old story? Then give me leave to make answer thus.
This Mr. Cirebby having been always dubious of the immor-
tality of the soul of man, did some years before his death
make a contract with two of his acquaintance of the same
mind, that he that died first of the three, should make
known to either of the other two, his then state or being.
Grebby therefore dying first, his resemblance shortly after
appeared in the night-time in the chamber of Job. Good
batch, of di>. and fellow of Ball. coll. (commonly called
tutor Good) who was one of the other two that had made
the contract ; and opening his curtains, said to him with a
trembling and faint voice,
Sors tua mortalis, non est mortale quod opto.
Afterwards the resemblance vanished, and was though
mtieh wisli'd for again, seen no more. At the same time
the other j)erson, who was sometimes chaplain of New coll.
but then living at his benefice near Oxon, had a dream that
the said resemblance did appear to Good, and that the doubt
seem'd to be resolved, which I have heard him several times
very confidently report; yet he being a reputed banterer, I
could never believe him in that, or any thing else. 'Tis
true that Good was a scholastical, retired and melancholy
man, wo\ild sometimes tell these passages, but with great
shiness, unless to his philoso])hical acquaintance; most of
whom seemed to be well satisfied with, and some to believe
them. This Mr. Grebby (coinnionly called father Grebby)
who had read and written so much, till he was almost blind,
yet always cheerful and in a contented condition, died in
1664 (in the spi ing time I think) aged 60 or more, and was
buried in the North cloister of New coll. near to the door
leading into the tower, and the monumental insci'iption of
Pet. Woodgate. At which time being present a consider-
able number of his philosophical acquaintance, (for he
usually delighted in such, though never so young or mean,)
was an eloquent oration delivered from a pew set near his
grave, by Rob. Matthew LL.B. (afterwards tloctor) a great
admirer of the learning and virtues of him the said Grebby.
From this digression, which niiuny will laugh at, let's
j)roceed to the rest of the admissions. ^
June 9. Bruno Ryves of Magd. coll.
21. Will. Price of Ch. Ch.^He was afterwards the
first moral philosophy reailer after the lecture had been
1 Luxuriam scilicet Loxuriosis, vel potius Rixas Sophistis.
8 Avaritiam sdl. Avaris.
9 Superhiam Pomposis.
■ Ad reli{;ioucm, ubi bene viventi non timetur sdmulus mortis.
389
1619.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1S19.
390
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founded by Dr. Tho. White, and the writer and publisher
of Oratio funeliris hahita OivnUe 22 jlpr. 1624. in Laudem
Doctoris White Lectures moralis Philosophic apud Oxoniemei
Fundatoris. Oxon. 1624. qu. 'Tis at the end of n book of
verses entit. Schola Moralis Philosophia: Oxon. in Funere
Whiti pullata; mostly made by tlie students of Magd. hall,
of which house Ur. White was oiif^inally a memljer. * Ano-
ther Will. Price I find wlio was batch, of div. and a |mb-
lisher of certain sermons and divinity tracts, in the time of
K. Jam. 1. and Char. 1. but whether he was of this univer-
sity, I cannot yet tell.
Nov. 9. Alex. Gill of Trin. coll.
Dee. II. Jam. Lamb of St. Mar. hall.
Admitted 130.
Batchelors of Divinity.
June 26. Robert Pink of New coU.
Jul. 1. Gilbert Ironside of Trin. coll.
8. Gabr. Richardson of Hnisn. coll.
Accept. Frewen of Magd. coll.
Nov. 24. Will. Dickenson of Meit. coll.
The last of these five, who was now chaplain to Will, earl
of Pembroke, jmblished The King's Right, briefly set down in
a Sermon before the Judges of Assize held in Reading for the
County of Berks. 28, Jun. 1619; On Psal. 7.''. 7- Lond.
1619. qu. [Bodl. 4to. D. 41 Th.] and perhajis other things;
which is all 1 know of him, only that lie was son of Thoin.
Dickinson a servant of Eaton coll. near Windsor^ and now
rector of Appleton near Abingdon in Berks.
Dec. 8. Rob. Johnson of Magd. coll.
Admitted 33.
Doctors of Law.
Apr. 8. RicHARn Zouch of New coll.
Richard Clarke of New coll.
Both which, es])eci!Jly the first, were eminent civilians.
One Will. Cleike LL.D. an advocate in the court of arches,
was made one of the .judges of the admiralty, Nov. 1651,
and died about the month of Aug. 1635, but whether he
was ever of Oxon, 1 know not as yet.'
Kj* Not one doctor of phys. was admitted this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
May 12. Richard Parker of St. Mary's hall.
June 15. John Wilson of Ch. Ch. who accumulated —
This person, who wjis born in the city of Westminster, was
about tliis time master of tlie college .school there, having a
faculty more than ordinary in instructing yo\itli. In Octob.
J 623 he was installed canon or pieb. of the third stall in
the church of Westm. in the place of Dr. John Fox,'' who
in the year 1606 had succeeded one I'erciNal Wyburne a
nonconformist, after he had enjoyed the said stall 44 years,
without seldom or never wearing a hood and surplice. Af-
ier\vards Dr. Wilson becauic prebendary of Kippon, and
« fThis William Price the moral philosopher was institiiU'd to the rectory
ef Dolgelly ill the coimty of Merioneth Feb. 10. Ifi.-il. wlieic he afterward
resided and inarrved Margcret, <lie daughter of Robert Vauglian of Hengwrt
the great aiitiiiuarj . He dyed at Dolgelly, and was buryed in that church.
Hl'MCHHEVS.]
' [The Triatt of' Uaslm-dir, that Part ofthetecmd Part rf Poficie, orMroirr (^
Gmcrtimmt </ the I'eolme of Kvglmul w termed, ninriliiall or ecclesiasticalt, m-
naed at the ¥.nd of thit Treatise bivrhing tlie Proliibitim of Morria/^e. a Table
rf the I.evitiniU, higlish, mid iv>iimc Canon Catalogues, their concordance and
difference. I^iiid. l.V.H. iiu. Kawiin9ii>.j
■< [Tlii> Oi-. John Ko\ was also prebendary of Wolverhampton ; was of St.
Jolui'j Caiubr. and ri-ctor of Harwell in Middlesex of y« gift of lA keeper
Egerton 4 Sept. Xb96. Tanner.]
dean thereof, (in the plare of Anth. Hi^^gins batch, of divi-
nity) prebendary of Lincoln, vicar of Uuraton, and rect<ir of
Heddall in Yorkshire He died on tlie 19 Feb. 1634, and
was buried in the church of .St. Peter in Nottingliiun.' i)iv
of both his names (Job. Wilson) was a preacher of the wnnl
at Guilford in .Surry, and wrote Some IMja to Faith, slimiinj
the Necessity, &c. Lond. 1625. oct. [Ho<ll. Hvo. C. 148. Th J
and another (perhaps the same) who published Zaccheut con-
verted, germ, or ex|Mis. on 19 Luk. from ver. 1. to lO. Lond.
1631. oct. Ijesides severiU otiier things. Whether he Wiu
of this university, 1 cannot yet tell.
June 15. Henry Watkins of Ch. Ch.*
16. IIenky Hook of Qu. coU. a compounder. — On
file 3 June 1617 he was collated to the archdeaconry of
York, or the We.«t Riding of York, on the death of Rog.
Acroid D. D. which dignity he resigning. Hen. Wickhaiii
M. A. was collated thereunto, 20 Mar. 1623. On the 19
Mar. 1623 the said Hook was collated to the chantorship
of York, on the death of Dr. Jo. Favour ; in which dignity
he had for his successor Uichard Palmer batch, of div. ad-
mitted thereunto 23 Apr. 1624, and he (wlio dyed on the
place) George Stanhop D. D. in the beginning of Nov.
1631.
June 18. Tho. Cliffobd of Exet. ooU. compounder.
23. Sam. Fell of Ch. Church, compounder.
Tho. Iles of Ch. Church, compounder.
JoH. Brikenden of Magd. coll. compounder.
Dec. 25. Rich. Clewet of Or. coll.
26. Rob. Pink of New coU.
Will. Smith warden of Wad. coll.
The last of which was afterwards prebendary of Wor-
cester and rector of the rich church of Tredingtou in that
county.
July 5. TiioM. WiNNiFF of Ex. coll.
Nov. 6. Edw. Chaloneb of All-8. coll.
Incorporatiottt.
Many Cambridge men were incorporated on the 13th of
July, being the day after the conclusion of the act, of which
these following were .some.
.Andrew Agar batch, of Law.
Theophilus Wodenote M. a. — He was Ixirn at Lanken-
horne about 6 miles distant from Launceston in Cornwall,
being the son of Thorn. \V'odenote descended from an an-
cient family in Cheshire; educated in grammaticals in Eaton
school near Windsor, in academicids in King's coll. in
Cambridge,' of which he became scholar 1608.* After-
wards ht'was jM. of \. batch, of divinity, rector of Lanken-
horne beforementioned, (after the decease of his fiither.
who also htid been fellow of the said coll.) and a writer of
several books ; among which aie tbe.«e ( 1 ) Observations upon
the History of Nabal and Abigadi 1 Sam. 25. — printed 1623.
oct. (2) Good Thoughts m bad Tunes. 'Tia a mimual, and
' flC34, ?4 Mart, adniini^lraiio bononim Johannis Wilson S. T. P. decani
Ripen et rectoris de Bedal. Johanna Wilson vidua ejus et Jubanu« ct Ka-
theriiia proles eorura. liei^.Ebor. Kennet ]
s [lu the chancel of Ay uoe cliurch in Nortliamptonshire.
M. S.
Quod superest vencrubilij viri
Hfn. Watkins S. th. Professoris.
hie exituni est. Obiit 16 Maii 1658,
letat. suK 72. Kin net.]
' [Theop. Woodnole adiuissus in coll. Recal. 1606, Juila catalof^m nos-
trum. Tlieoph. Wooduoth Regal. S.T. B. 1633. S.T.P. Caut. 1630.
Baif.r.]
» [111 1606. CoiE.J
2 C* 2
391
ICID.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1G20.
392
'twas written ut Brood Chalke in Wilts, while he absconded
ill the house of a n.eur relation of his, (vicar of that jilace)
being then obnoxious to arrests. (3) Hermes Tlitotogut :
or, a dicine Mercury, new Descants upon old Records. Loud.
lt»49. in tw. (4) Eremicus Tlieologus: Or, a sequestred Di-
■QlK^ fins ''i* .Iphorismes : or, Dreviats of Upcculation, in two Centu-
'• ' ri«. Loml. I6.'i4. oct. [Bodl. 8vo. W. 8. Th. BS.] &c.
When he died, or where he was buried, I know not; nor
any thing to the contrary but that he did live to be restored
in 1(J60 to what he had lost for his loyalty during the time
of the grand rebellion."
Robert Sibthorpe M. A. ' — He wa.s aftenvards bisliop
of Kilfenore in Ireland, and at length of Limerick, an.
1642. He died in Apr. 1649, and was buried in the parish
church of St. Werburge in Dublin.*
Granado Chester M. A.' — He was afterwards D. D.
and dignified in the church.*
Edward Davenant M.A. — In Feb. 1623 he was collated
to the prebendship of Ilfraconib in the church of Salisbury,
and upon the death of Lionel Sharp, to the archdeaconry of
Berkshire. In 1634, Nov. 19, he was collated to the trea-
surership of the church of Salisbury, upon the death of Job.
Lee, which he kept to the time of his death 12 of JIarch
1679. Afterwards succeeded Dr. Tho. James, as I sliall
tell you in another volume.
RichardHunt M. a.' — One of both his names was in-
installed deiui of Durham, in the place of sir Adam Newton
knight and baronet, 29 May 1620. AVhether the same with
him, who was incorporated M.x\. is doubtful.
GiLB. WiMBERLEY M.A." — I have made mention of him
before. " There was one Dr. Wimberley rector of Engle-
" field in Berks, who dying 23 Nov. 1633,' was buried in
" St. Margaret's church in Westminster, where formerly he
" had been minister." '
" Chr. Chancey M. a. of Trin. coll. Camb."
Which eight persons were, I say, incorporated 13 July.
Dec. 2. Patrick Saunders doc. of phys. of the univer-
sity of Franeker in Westfriesen. — He afterwards practised
his faculty in the parish of Great St. Hellens in London,
^vhere he died about 1637-
A proposal was made much about the act time for one
Thomas Batson batch, of music, to be incorporated, but
whether he was really so or no, I cannot tell. In the be-
ginning of the reign of K. Jam. 1. I find him organist of
the cath. church of Christ in the city of Chestei", and now
(1619) organist and master of the children of the cathedral
church of the blessed Trinity called Christ Church in
Dublin; where as I suppose he took the degree of batch, of
music. He was a person esteemed vei^ eminent in his pro-
fession, especially after he hatl jjublished Thejirst and second
9 [See my MS. Coll. (in the British museum) vol. xv, page 49. Coi.r,.]
' [One R. S. of Trin. coll. Cambr. commences A. M. there an. 1619.
Baker.]
' [A Cmmterjim (o an Apostates Pardon. A Sermon preached at Puulcs
Irmeupm Shroce Smdm/ Febr. 15. 1617, by Uohert Sibthorpc Preacher of the
W'md of God at Water Stratford in Buckinghamshire. Lond. 1618. 4to. Dcd.
lo his patron sir .Arthur Throgmorton. Kennet.]
' [Of Trin. coll. Cambr. where he commences A. M. 1619. Bakeb.]
* [Granado Chester S. T. B. coll. ad preb. de Isledon 1."! Jun. 1638, per
'"'!?}■ Will. Rogerson. Will. Hall A. M. ad i-and. 17 Aug. 1660. Kennet.]
« tn' Vt^'^'r'^ ^ *^*'"' '"" ^""'*"'- ""• 1008. Quis fuit ille? Bakeh.]
[O. W. ()f Trm. coll. Cambr. where he commences A M. 1619. B.ikeb.I
In 1653. See Ashmole's Dian/.]
Dr. Gill). WvmbcrUj made prebciidarv of Wcstm' 1643— and then
I minister of St, !VIargaret's ch. vVestm' from whence he was ousted, sc-
.jnestered aiid plundered for his loyalty— and reduced to g< strei'ts before he
, '.1, *^n "x'^V" ^' '",''*'*'' "=•»"«' o*" St- Margaret's church Nov. '29.
IbDJ. (Reg';. Tannih.]
s
7
about
Part of Eiiglisk Madrigales 9 to 3, 4, 5, and G Voices. The
first part was printed at Lond. 1604, and the second there,
1618, both in <iu. One Randal Jewit batch, of music of
Dublin, who had been bred up undej- one Orlando tiibbons,
did succeed him in the organist's place of Ch. Ch. who ea-f
joying it but a little while, Ben. Rogers of Windsor suc-
ceeded him, \G'^0. Soon after tlie rebellion breaking out
in IreLind, Jewit went into England, and was made organist
of Winchester, where he lived in good esteem for his skill
in his profession, and soon after died.
Creations.
July 19. Benjamin Johnson the father of the English
jioets and poetry, and the most learned and judicious of the
comedians, was then actually created master of aits in a full
house of convocation.
" Jacob Fetzeh became a sojourner this year with his
" brother Matthias Fetzer both de Noricio'Castello, tor
" the benefit of the public library. Geo. Mat. Konigius in
" Bib. vet. «f Nov. edit. 16*8. saith, that Jacobus Fetzerus
" Norimberg. 1. Ctus. edidit Exercifationes Justmianeas."
An. Dom. 1620. — 18 Jac. 1.
Chancellor.
The same, viz. William earl of Pembroke.
Vice-chancellor ,
Dr. Prideaux again, July 21.
Proctors.
M.\tthew Osbourn of Wad. coll. Apr. 28.
Samuel Smith of Magd. C. Apr. 28.
But the junior proctor dying 17 June, Tho. Fox of the
said coll. succeeded him on the 20 of the said month.
Batchelors of Arts.
May 5. Tho. Blake of Ch. Ch.
Obad. Sedgwick of Magd. hall.
11. Will. Haywood of St. John's eoll.
Tho. Hicks of Baliol coll.
June 15. Thom. Case of Ch. Ch.
21. Thom. Bradley of Exet. coll.
28. Will. Chillingworth of Trin. coll.
" Will. Hook of Trin. coll.
" Oliver Thomas of Hart hall."
July 5. Will. Gilbert of Line. coll. afterwards of Gloc.
htdl. See more among the masters 1623.
Oct. 17- Edward Leigh of Mac;d. hidl.
Sam. Newman of St. Edm. hall.
19. N.4THANIEL Holmes, lately of Magd. hall now of
Exeter college, (afterwards of tlie said hall again, a mutable
man and of ilivers religions in the time of rebellion) was
then admitted B. A.
Nov. 9. Will. Crompton of Bras. n. coll.
28. Anth. Fawkner of Wadh. coll.
Jan. 22. Will. Hhynne of Oriel coll.
Will. Sherley of Ch. Church.
Of the last you mav see more among the batch, of div.
1631.
Feb. 1. Eliot Farley of Ball. coll. — This | erson, who
>vas a Worcestershire man born, and bred imdc r Mr. Henry
Bright in the king's school at Worcester, did leave Bal. coll.
before he was master of arts, and crossing the seas became
° [See one 9/ these in Uawkiiu's History of Muiic, vol. iii, S76.]
[21C]
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393
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a priest in tlie church of Rome, anil at present (ICG I) he is
s^id to be chief favomite of the Pope, and in likclyliood to
be the next Cardinal, as a writer ' of no gi'eat credit tells
lis, who calls him Elias Farley.
All these, except Micks, Gilbert, Fawkner, and Sherley,
will be mention'd in another part of this work.
Admitted '2S1.
Masters of Arts.
March 28 Anthony Faringdon of Trin. coll.
May 3. John Speed of St. John's ooll.
10. Christopher Harvey of Hrasen. coll.
28. Jon. Seageh of St. Mai7's hall.
GiLB. Sheldon of Trin. coll.
Jul. 1. Pet. Heylin of Magd. coll.
Jan. . . . Sam. Hoard of St. Mary's hall.
March 17- Reb. Hegge of C. C. coll.
Admitted 134.
Doctors of Physic.
Apr. 17. SANf. Smith of Magd. coll. — In tiic latter end
of the siime month he was admitted the junior proctor.
Besides him, were two more admitted, who will be men-
tion'd among the doctors this year, two also admitted to
practise phvsic, and two chinirgery, of whom one was called
Jacob Van Otten, t!ie same I suppose with Jac. Otten who
was a student in physic in this university, for the sake of
the public library an. 1G04, and after.
Batchelors of Divinity.
May H. Nathan Carpenter of Exet. coll.
June 2. CiiHisTOP. Wrenn of St. John's coll.
This last i)erson, who was younger brother to Dr. Mat-
thew ^V'^enn bishoji of Ely, was afterwards made domestic
chaplain in the king's family, dean of ^^'indsol•, (in which
dignity he wiis inst*dled 4 /Vpril 1635) and on the 2'2d of the
sjiid month he was constituted and sworn scribe or regis-
trary of the most noble order of the Garter. Abotit that
time he was made dean of Wolverhampton in Statibrdshire,
and in Novemb. 1638 he was piesented to the rich rectory
of Haseley in Oxfoidshiie, but whether he took the degree
of doctor of divinity in tiiis university, it appears not.* He
died at Blediingdon in the said county, in the house of Mr.
William Holder rector thereof (who married his daughter)
29 May 1658, and was buried in the chancel of the church
there.' Dr. Edward Hyde of (Cambridge succeeded him in
the deanery of Windsor, but died before his majesty's res-
torati.in, as I have told you elsewhere.
June 28. John Con ant lately fellow of Exeter coll. now
rector of Limington in Sonierset.ihire. — He was afterwards
cue of the assembly of divines, and the writer and jmblishor
of The H'oe and Weal of God's People : fast sermon before
the ho.ise of commons 26 Jul. 1643. on Jer. 30. 7. Lond.
1643. qu. and of another on Lament. 3. 31, 32, printed the
same year in qu. but this last I have not yet seen, or any
thing I'lse of his extant.
July 18. CjEsar Callndrinus of Exet. coll. — He was by
birth a German, by profession a puritanical theologist, and
being a learned man, was beloved of the fiunous Dr. Usher,
' Hen. Savage in his BuUiifcrgm, ^r. printed at Oinn. 16f>8. p. 117.
« fC.lir. Wrcuii S. 1. P. Cant. an. i(j;>0. Iiicorpurat. Cantabrig. an. 16*0,
tuiieS. I. 1!. Jul. 5 BttEu.)
3 [('Iiri.»tophoru5 Wrcnniis IIiii;oni Grotiii Epi.st. 403, inter F.pp. Arminumaf.
lie wrote the Ciitabigue of' t'eUoies imd SchMars if St. John's L'oilegf, »> olWn
quoted in these voluiuts, and wliicli urc preserved itt llic cu>lutly of the
presidcuc]
who took him with htm into Irrhind, and th^rr, m 'iU aaid,
prefcr'd him.* lit my searches 1 liiul one Cir-uir f'aleiidriniu
of the iMtriah of .^t. Peter Lc Puor in London ; wtut dvlng
there in 1665, left beliinil hiiu a Kon named John: Hut
whether this Cu.-8. ('al. be the same with tiie fonnrr, who
was butch, of div. 1 cannot tell. I find also one Ca->nr (^nl-
derinus to be author of IHctionariolum tive Tlwtauri Lin/fute
LiUina, & omnium a h'ocil/iis Lalinu incipivntium Dictiuna-
rioruin Compendium, &c. \'enet 1649. net. but thit |H'rs<m
must not l)e taken for the simie with C. Calendrintis, ),«( m^i-
their names difliir, and that the hist was born in tlie li 1 1 1
tory of Verona.
19. CiiRisTOFH. White of Cli. Ch.
March 9. Chrutoph. Potter of Qu. coll.
Admitted 20.
K^ Xot one doctor of law was admitted this year.
Doctors of Phytic.
May 23. Dak. Oxbnbridoe of Ch. Church.
Francis Hanisier of Trin. coll.
Both which accumulated the degrees of their faculty.
Doctors of Divinity.
May 12. Thomas Sutton of Qu. coll.
23. Edw. Brunker of V\'ad. coll.
June 26. Anth. Morgan principal of St. Albon's ball,
formerly fellow of Magdalen coll.
Dec. 18. Kicuard Hall of All-s. coll.
Incorporations.
May 28. Thomas Rhead CRhaxlusJ M. A. of Abeidene ia
.Scotland. — He had before been a student in this university,
and this year published Paraphrasis Psalmi 104. Lond. 1620.
in oct. and about the same time, as it should seem, Episl.
ltd F.piscopum lioffensem in oct.
Alex. Rhead M. of .\. of the same university ' was in-
corpor.ated the same day. — One .Vlex. Rhead was jiroctor of
the university of Cmiibr. four years before this time, whom
I t;ike to be the same person who was afterwards minister
of Yeatlcy in Hampshire, where he died about 1628. I
shtdl make mention of another of Ixith his names among
the creations following.
June 6. Festus Hommius D. D. of the university of
Leyden was incorporated in that degree, in a meeting called
simile primo, or assiniilatio parva, held at six of tlie clock
in the morning, Hommius then ha%ing on his legs a greeij
pair of stockings, and a habit not altogether proper for his
profession. He was at tl'.is time a divine of great note in
the Low Countries, and had lately been scribe at the synod
of Dort. The occasion of his coming into England, with
the catalogue of the books he wrote, John Meursius will'
tell you. He -.vas born at Hielsem in the territory of Leen-
warden in Westfriesen, and dying 5 July 1642, aged 66
years and six months, was buryed at Leyden in the t hurch
of St. Peter, (as I conceive) having been pastor of that
church forty, and rector of the college there twenty years.
June 26. Peter Chamberlayne doct. of phys. i.f tlie
I
■* [Ca'sar Calendrinns cler. adnii<«. ad n-ct. de Stoptcford .\bbati9 com.
Essex, 26 Junii 16s!0, (x-r re^ii^^. Uinlelridi tioo<lfttan. ad pres. Canili prin-
cipis Wallia^. qiiani resiiniavit ante ;f6 Fel>r. Iti-lO If eg. Lawi. Kin vet.]
» [.Alex. Read electus dociiis aid Prnil>r. Nov. 5,1605: procurator 1617, 18.
Alexander Rxdus .Scoto-Britaimiis M. D. iiKorporat. Cantabr. Jtd. T, t6i4.
" 111 .'l(/iM(t Bataar, lib. 2. p. 307.
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396
university of Padua.* He hath written (1) The poor Man's
Mtiocate ; or England's Samaritan, &c. Lond. 1649, qu.
(8) yindication of public Artificial Baths, and other things ; and
from his papers was published The accomplish'd Midwife,
&c. printed with cuts in 1673. in oct. Afterwards it was
inlare:ed by others and several times published. One Tho.
Chanibeilainc, who was called and written doct. of phys. did
practise his faculty in the }>arish of St. Gregory in London,
and died, as I think, in Mark-lane 1666, but whether he was
ever of the iiniv. of Oxon. I cannot yet tell.
July 7. Hery Briggs M. A.' of Cambr.
John Kainbridge doct. of phys. of Cambr.
Of the first I have spoken largely among the writers
under the year 1630, and of the other I shall (God willing)
make mention in another part of this work.
July II. Will. Jackson M. A. of the same university. —
Perhaps he may be the same Will. Jackson, who was now
term-lecturer at \VTiittington coll. in London, and who be-
fore had published The Celestial Husbandry : or, the Tillage
of the Soul, Serm. at Paul's Cross 25 Feb. 161.5, on Hosea
10. 12. Lond. 1616. qu. [Bodl. 4to. J. 27. Th.]
Thomas Whitfield M. of A. of the said university, was
incorporated on the siune day. — 1 take this person to be the
game Tho. Wliitfield who was afterwards minister of Great
Yarmouth in Norfolk, author of ( 1 ) yf Refutation of loose Opi-
nions and licentious Tenets, wherewith those Lay -preachers which
wander up and down the Kingdom, labour to seduce the simple
People. Or, an Examination of the erroneous Doctrines of Tho-
mas More late a Weaver in Wells near H'isbich in his book [The
Universality of Gods free grace to mankind] Lond. 16*6.
qu. [Bodl. 4to. W. 4. Th. B S.] (2) Full Answer to the Ar-
minian Tenets concerning Election, Redemption, Conversion and
Perseverance, printed there the same year. (3) Discourse of
the Liberty of Conscience, &c. Lond. 1649. qu. [Bodl. 4to.
W. 5.Th. BS] (4) The righteous Man's rejoycing. Or, a
Treatise tending to shew the Nature of true Joy, whence it
ariseth, and to whom it belongs, &c. ' Lond. 1649. in tw.
[Bodl 8vo. A. 10. Th. BS.] (.5) Extent of divine Provi-
dence, &c. print. 1651. qu. (6) Doctrines of Arminianisme
and Pelagianisme stated, print. 1652. qu. (7) Perswusive to
Peace amongst the Sons of Peace, &c. print. 1655. in tw. and
other things. This Thomas Whitfield being a jjerson that
ran with the times of the interval, removed to the rectoiy of
Bugbrook in Northamptonshire, where a neighbour of his
named Tho. Pierce, animadverted upon one or more of his
books, as 1 shall hereafter tell you. He had a son named
John Whitfield M. A. and sometimes fellow of Jesus coll. in
Camb' i(!gp, afterwards rector of Bugbrook beforen.entioned,
and a publisher of one or more sermons. I find one Tho-
mas Whitfield admitted batch, of arts, as a member of Magd.
hall 4 May 1631, and another of Hart-hall 9 February the
same year, but what relation they had to the former Tho-
mas, I know not.
July 11. John Johnson D. D. of Cambr.— One of both
his names and D D. also, was admitted aichdeaion of Wor-
cester 24 Nov. 1.598, in the place of Godf. CJoldsborough
promoted to the see of Glocester. Which archdeaconry the
said Johnson resigned an. 1610. Qu. whether the same.
July 12. Rich. Evans D.D. of the university of St. An-
drew of Scotland.
alive^t^ l^Tlt "■'",£■ ^ )? "chbishop Sheldon Oct. 1673. He was
Creations.
May 18. Thom. Grent of New coll. was actually created
doctor of phys. — He was afterwards famous for the making
of artificial baths, and discovering those that were natural,
but wanted money to make them fit for use.
29. Alexander Rhead or Read (Redius) a Scotch man
was actually created doctor of phys. in the house of convo-
cation by virtue of the letters of K James 1. for that pur-
pose— This learned Scot, who was afterwards one of the
coll. of physicians in London, and a brother of the company
of barber-chirurgeons, hath written and published, (I)
2co,u.a7oyfa^ia Avbquitiy^ -. or A Description of the Body of
Man by artificial Figures, representing the Members, &c. Lond.
1616, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. R. 21. Med.] (2) Chirurgical Lec-
tures of Tumors and Ulcersfi Lond. 1635. qu. [Bodl. 4to.
L. 7. Med.] (3) Treatise of the first Part of Chirurgery,
u-hich teacheth Re-Unition of the Parts of the Body disjoynted. [218]
Lond. 1638. ([u. (4) Treatise of the Muscles of the Body of
Man. Lond. 1637. qu. [Bodl. 4to. P. 2. Th.BS. and re-
printed Lond. 1650, Bodl. 4to. A. 5. Med. B S.] All which,
except the first, were reprinted in 1650. qu. [Bodl. 4to A. 6.
Med. BS] the author being then dead, after he had prac-
tised his faculty about 50 years. (5) The Manual of Anatomy :
or, the Dissection of the Body of Man, &c. in 6 books — Lond.
1638. in tw. [Bodl. 8vo. R. 24. Med.] I think it is the
same which some call his Epitome of Crooke's Anatomy. (6)
Approved Medicines and Remedies for the Diseases of the Body
of Man; when piinted I know not. In his last will he be-
queathed 2001. to the Mari^chal college in Aberdene. in
in which house, I presume, he had been educated, and all
his books to the librai-y there.
Nov. 4. A young man named Will. Moyle, the eldest
son of an e-squire, was created M. of A. in convocation — He
was then sent to the chief memliers of this university by
Francis viscount Verulam with his learned book (Instau-
ratio magna, I think) to be presented from the author to the
public library.
Jn the month of September this year came into England
the famous theologist named Daniel Tilenus, and published
at London his Paranesis ad Scotos Genevensis Disciplinee Ze-
lotas. He settled in Oxon for a time for the sake of the
public library, but whether he was incorjjorated in any de-
gree, or created (which some have avouched) it appears not
in the public register.
" Nigh. Sansonius Geldrus, was a sojourner this year
" in the univ. for the benefit of the public libr., disputations,
" and scholastioal conversation — Konigius saith that he did
" publish Tabulas Geographicas, printed at Paris 1644."
An. Do.m. 1621. — 19 Jac. 21.
Chancellor.
William Earl of Pembroke.
Vice-chancellor.
Will. Piers D. D. canon of Ch. Ch. and dean of Chester,
July 20.
9 [Chirurf;mm Cnmes: or the whole Pmctiec of Chinirgtry. Begun by the
learned Dr. Read; continued and completed by a Member of' the CoUege o/' Pky-
sicUms in London. Lond. 1687, 8vo — Pref. to the reader,"p. 3 — ' II' any would
have been at the pains and charge of translatuig Read into Latin, I question
not, but e're this he had obtained the suftrages of the learned, to have been
one of the best chirurgeons that ever writ: so all our English chirurgeons of
any note since him, have subscribed their testimony of his great abilities.
But his Iccturis in English being very scarce, it was judged that an edition of
them would not be unacceptable.' IJodl. 8vo. N. 58. Med.]
n
397
1631.
FASTI OXONrENSES.
1091 .
398
Proclors.
Matthew Style of Exct. coll. Apr. 11.
NicHOL. Baylie of C. C. coll. Apr. 11.
The last of which was the first of his coll. that ever bore
the office of proctor.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 30. Sam. Faucet of Qu. coll. — See among the mas-
ters of arts 1C34.
25. John Maynard of Exet. coll.
June 8. Pet. Wentworth of Hal. coll.
Of the last you may see more among the doctors of divi-
nity 1633.
12. JoH. ToMBBS of Magd. hall.
14. George Newton of lixct. coll.
Hen. Glemham of Trin. coll.
Tlic last of which vvas afterwards bishop of St. Asaph.
Morgan Godwin of Ch. Ch. afterwards of Pembr. coll.
was adm. the same day. See among the incorporations an.
1642.
Jul. 6. JoH. Angell of Magd. hall.
JoH. Greaves the linguist.
Oct. 17. James Cranford of Bal. coll.
Nov. 20. Jon. Gumbleden of Ch. Ch.
Dec. 6. Will. Strode of Ch. Ch.
Jan. 31. Will. Streat of Exet. coll..
Feb. 22. Jam. Eglesfield of Qu. coll.
Of the last you may see more among the masters, an.
1625.
27. JoH. Ellis of Hart hall.
JoH. Arnway of S. Edm. hall.
28. JoH. Leycester of Bras. coll.
Oliv. Whitby of Trin. coll.
JoH. Trapp of Ch. Ch. coll.
Of Whitby, you may see more among the masters, an.
1624.
Mar. 1. Shackerlie Marmion of Wadh. coll.
2. Edw. Willimot of Magd. hall.
As for Maynard, who was afterwards Serjeant at law,
Tombes, Godwin, Newton, Glemham, Angell, Greaves,
Cranford, Gumbleden, Strode, Streat, Ellis, Arnway and
Trapp, will be mention at large made in another part of
this work.
Admitted 280.
Batchelor of Latct.
Apr. 18. Will. Merick of New coll. — He was after-
wards a knight, and judge of the prerogative, as I shall
hereafter tell you.
Besides him, were only three more admitted.
Masters of Arts.
May 16. Tho. Laurence of All-s. coll.
June 1. Will. Paul of All-s. coll.
11. JoH. Atherton of Line. coll.
12. JoH. Geree of Aliigd. hall.
14. Will. Lyford of Magd. coll.
" Ferdinando Nichols of Magd. coll.''
June 14. Meric Casaubon of Ch. Ch.
ZoUCH ToWNLEY of Ch. Ch.
George Morley^ of Ch. Ch.
Rob. Gomershall of Ch. Ch.
As for Townley, he was a Lancashire man born, or at
least extracted from an ancient family of his name in that
county, and now (1621) esteemed a noted orator and phi-
losopher. He hath written and published Oratio inJUento-
riam clariu. viri Cut. Camdeni, Lfflura HUlorica apud
Oxonieiuen Fumliitoru, &c. Oxon. 1624, qu. [Ilodl. 4to. X.
4. Art. -Scld.] .set before a book of Lat. verses emit. (Mnuleni
Insignia. What else he Imth published I know not, nor
any thing besides, that is memorable of him, oidy that he
was several times deputy orator of this university. " His
" oration in memory of Cambden was reprinted by Dr.
" 'J'ho. Smith, at tlic end of Cambden's life, before his
" epistles, and the epistles of others to him."
Jun. 21. Tiio. Tyro of St. l^dm. hull. — One of both his
names was a boon and jolly blade in the time of qu. Elizab.
as it ap])ears by his Roaring Megg planted against the Wallt
of Melancholy. Ltmd. 1;VJ8, qu. [Bodl. 4to. L. 62. Art.]
and his EpistoUe, [\)r\nted with Tyro's Roaring Megge, 1598.]
which shews him to have been a scholar, but whether of tbia
university, I know not as yet.
Jul. 6. Humph. Chambers of Univ. coll.
Thom. Coleman of Magd. hall.
Oct. 17- JoH. Gee of Exet. coll.
Admitted 123.
Batchelors of Physic.
Tho' not one admitted this year, yet three were admitted
to pnictice, viz. Rich. Gardiner of Broadgate's hall, Kow.
Dawson of Line. coll. and Sam. Bavey a German of Ch.
Church. Which hist wits commotdy called Dr. Bavey of
Bath, where he wiis in great practice to the time of his
death.
Batchelors of Dicinity.
Apr. 19. Rob. Skinner of Trin. coll.
25. Alexand. Harry of Exet. coll.
Of the last you may see more in what I shall say of Will.
Hicks among the writers in another vol. an. 1659.
May 11. Tho, Baylie of Magd. coll.
12. Will. Page of All-s. coll.
ftlar. 8. Tho. Wilson of Mert. coll. a compounder. —
See more among the incorporations, an. 1645.
Admitted 20.
Doctors of Law.
Nov. 27- Will. Steed of .\ll-s coll.
Mabt. Aylworth of All-s. coll.
The former of which was about this time official of Can-
terbury.
Dec. 12. Will. Juxon jircsident of St. Job. coll.
K^" Not one doct. of phys. was this year admitted.
Doctors of Divinity.
Jul. 2. Paul Godwin of Magd. coll. compounder.
Rob. Robotham of Magd. coll. compounder.
Tho. Godwin of Ch. Ch.
Joh. Hughes of C. C. coll.
Panl and Tho. Godwin were the sons of Dr. Franc. Go<I-
win bishop of Hereford, and Robotham and Hughes were
his sons in law, having married two of his daughters. The
last of which was beneficed in Herefordshire, where he died
about 1648.
Mar. 21. Job. Tolson provost of Oriel coll.
Incorporations.
Jun. 16. George Snell D. of D. of the university of St.
Andrew in Scotland.
[«»»]
399
16«1.
TASTI OXONIENSES.
1621.
400
These Cambridge men following were incoriiorated on
the 10th of July, being the next day after the conclu-
Biun of the act.
MiCH\«L HoNYWooD M. of A. '—He was afterwards D.
of D. and in IUGO wius made dean of Lincoln in tlie place of
Anthony Tophani wlio died in the rebellious times. This
Dr. Hollywood « died about 12 Sept. 1681, and was, as I
suppose, buried in the catliedral there. Whereupon Dr.
Dan. Biovint succeeded him in his dignity.
Will. Urough M. A. of Christ's coll. — I shall speak at
large of him among the incorporations of doctors of div. an.
1645.
Christopher Dow M. of A.' — He was afterwards batch,
and doct. of div. much favoured by Dr. Laud archb. of Can-
terbury, (whose creature and champion he was) and by him
promoted to several ecclesiastical benefices. He hatli writ-
ten (1) A Discourse of the Sabbath and Lord's Day, wherein,
&.C. Lond. 1636, qu. [Bodl. 4to. W. 22. Th.] second edit.
(2) Innovations unjustly charged upon the present Church and
State, or an Answer to the most Material Passages made by Mr.
Hen. Burton in his Book entit. An Apology of an Appeal, &c.
Lond. 1637, qu. [liodl. H. H. 31. Th.] with other things
very otfensive to the Puritan, who held the author to be a
rank Arminian.
George Walker batch, of div. — ^This learned person was
born at Hawkesheail in Fournifalls in Lancashire, educated
in St. Joh. coll. * in the said univ. of Caml)r where he was
' esteemed an excellent logician, orientalian and divine. He
was about this time cha|)lain to Dr. Felton bishop of Ely,
and minister of St. John the Evangelist in Watling-street in
London, * where he was ready upon all occasions to en-
counter with any learned cath. priest. On the last of May
1623, was a set and solemn disputation between him and
one that went by the name of Smith ; at which being pre-
T<11Q\ sent a great auditory, it was published for the satisfaction
of both parties, with this title. The Sum of a Disputation be-
tween Mr. H'alker Pastor of St. Joh. the Evang. Sfc. and a
Popish Priest calling himself Mr. Smith, but indeed Norris,
printed 1623, qu. Which Norris was a D. of D. and a pub-
lisher of several little Popish pamphlets about tlie same
time. In the year following he the said Walker had to do
with fath. Joh. Fisher the Jesuit, as being Dr. Dan.
Featly's second, and thereupon published Fisher's Folly un-
folded; or, the vaunt'ing Jesuit's Challenge answered. Lond.
1624. [Bodl. 4to. T. 2.5. Jur.] Afterwards when our author
Walker, who was a severe Puritan, beheld the profanation
of the Lord's day, " as he took it," he preached against it,
' [.\dmiss. in matric. acad. Cant, a coll. Chr. Jul. 8, 161.3. Segist.
Biker.]
* [Mary Waters daughter and coheir of Robert Waters of Leuhain in the
county of Kent esq', wife of Robert Hony wood of Charing in the said county,
had at her decease lawfully descended from licr 367 cliildrcn — viz. 16 of her
own b(Kly, 114 grand-children, 228 in the third generation and 9 in the
fourth.
In roemoriam charissinue et pientissinue matris suie officii ct honoris ergo
■acruni hoc posuit illius primogenitus Robertus Honywood arnii^cr. She led
a most pious life, and in a Christian manner <lyed here at Markishall in the
93rd \iar of her age and 44th of her widowliiK)d, on the Itilh of .May A. D.
1680, Her Irody lyeth in the church of l.<Miham in Kent, and her monu-
mera may be seen at Marksliall (Essex) where she dyed. Kennet.]
' [Chr. Uow admiss. in nuitric. acad. Cant, e coll. Chr. Jul. 8, 1613. Reg.
Bakkr.]
* [Geo. Walker coll. Jo. A.B. Cant. an. 1608; A. M. colL Jo. 1611.
Reeitt. BAkER.]
* [Geo. Walker A. M. admiss. ad eccl. S. Johannis Evang. Lond. 29 Apr.
1614, vHc. per resign, Chr'utopberi Foster ad pre*, dec. ct cap. Cant. Reg.
Atibot. Ken.vet.]
and other practices and opinions, which procured him trou-
ble, and two years imprisonment, as 'tis said. After the
long jiarliament began, lie preaclied against the king and
his followers, and published several things, which Lefore he
was not permitted to do, among uhich were (1) Sovinianism
in the fundamental Point of Justification discovered and con-
futed, &.C. Lond. 1641. oct. (2) The Doctrine of the holy
Weekly Sabbath,* &c. Lond. 1641. [Bodl. 4to. C. 1. Th.]
&c. In the year 1643 he was chosen one of the assembly
of divines, preached sometimes before the memhers of par-
liament, and had his sermons made public, one of which is
entit. Fast-sermon before the House of Commons 29 Jan. 1644;
On Psalm 58. 9. Lond. 1645, qu. He liath also other
things extant, as, God made visible in all his Harks, &c.
print. 1641, qu. &c. wliich for brevity's sake I now pass by,
and only tell you, that he died in 1651, aged about 7'0, and
was buried in his church of St. John before-mentiou'd.
" In archb. Laud's annual account of his province to the K.
" for the year 1635, at the end of his Hist, of Troubles and
" Tryal, p. 535, the reader may find him thus mention'd.^
" Mr. Walker of St. Joh. tlie Evangelist in London (a
" peculiar of mine) who hath at this time been a disorderly
" and peevish man, and now of late hath \ery forwardly
" preached against the bishop of Ely's book concerning the
•' Lord's day, set out by authority — But upon a canonical
" admonition given him to desist, he hath recollected him-
" self. So also in the said History of the Troubles and Tryal
" of Archb. Laud, cap. 23. p. 237. George Walker, for
" preaching factious matters was imprison'd by the council
" table, and afterwards upom some caniage of his there
" censured by the court of the Star-chamber."
Edw. Martin batch, of div. — He was afterwards doctor
of that faculty, domestic chaplain to archb. Laud, rector of
Houghton Conquest in Bedfordshire, and of Dunnington in
Cambi idgeshire, " master of St. Joli. coll.' in Cambr. and
" dean of Ely ;" but being a zealous man for the church of
England, was turned out of those livings by the committee
of religion, as you may largely see in that infamous libel
entit. The first Century of scandalousmalignant Priests, &c.p.41.
He lost other spiritualities, and sutfered much for the king's
cause, notwithstanding he was a godly and learned man.
All that seems bad of him, you may see in Canterbury's Doom,
published by ^^'ill. Prynne, an inveterate enemy to prelacy,
good order in the church, arniiiiianism, or any thing that
look'd that way. " He died in Aug. 1661, antl is buried in
" St. John's coll.' chappel." '
FouLK Hoi!.\KTS batch, of div. ' — In Feb. 1616 he became
prebendary of Norwich on the death of Hugh Castleton,
which he held to the time of his death in the interval or
broken times. He hath written (1) The Revenue of the
Gospel is Tithes due to the Ministry of the IVord, by that Word,
in Tim. 1.5, 18. Cambr. 1613,^ qu. (2) God's holy House
and Service described according to the Primitive Form thereof.
Lond. 1639, qu. and other tilings as 'tis probable. In 1660,
Aug. 21, one George Kent M. of A. was installed preben-
6 [His Doctrine of the .Sabbath printed at Amsterdam 1638. Baiee.]
7 [Read Queen's coll. Cole.]
8 [Queen's. Coi e,]
9 [Jidw. Martin, sizator, admiss. in coll. Regin. 1§05. E. Martin ooll.
Regin. quadr. adni. in matric. acad. Cant. Jul. 4, 1605 :— Electus socius coll.
Regin. iMar. 11, 1616, dcin magister, Oct. 16, 1631. Regiit Coll. Baker.
See my M.S. Collections (in the British nmseum) vol. vii, page 146.
Cole.]
' [Fulco Roberts coll. Trin. S. T. B. 1609. Reg. Acad. Cant. Baker.]
« [Dedicated to J". Jegon bishop of Norwich, and sir Edward Coke,
chief justice, there said to be boru in Norfolk. Baker.]
401
lOUi.
FASTI OXONIKN.SE.S.
16S1.
40-2
dary of Norwicli in tlic place of the said Foulk Itobni'tg,
who liad bi-en di-ad some years before.
Samup-i. Bkokk or Uhookk D. D. and about this time
master of Trinity coll. ' — He was afterwards nrchd. of
Coventry,'' and protean Arininian treatise Of Predestination,
which he communicated to Dr. Laud bishop of London, an.
1 630, (so Siiith I'rynne in Canterbury's * Doom) and about
the 16th of Sept. in the year following he departed this
mortal life. " He had an ingenious brother named Christoph.
> [Sara. Broke admlis. magistcr coll. Trin. Cant. Sept. 5, 1689. fl*^.
Ibid. Bakkk.]
♦ [Sam. Brooke S.T. P. adiniss. a<l ecd. S. Margarets Lotlibury, LoQd.
30 Junii lfi18, ad pros. .lac. regis. Reg. Bancroft. KtNNtT.]
» rriiited at Loud. 1646, p. 167.
* [Samuel Brooke descended from a considerable family at York, wliose
father was an einiiient merchant, and twice lord major of that city, (so
Horsey in his finicral oration on Broolte.) He was admitted into Trinity col-
lege at Cambridge in tlie year 1.596, took the degree of master of arts in
1604, and commenced batchelor of divinity in 1607. Some time after this,
Mr. John Donne, afterwards doctor of divinity, and dean of St. Paul's, who
had been his fellow student at Cambridge, marrying tlie daughter of sir
George Moor, chancellor of the Garter, and lieutenant of the Tower, without
her father's consent, Mr. Brooke, to oblige his old acciuaintance, performed
the ceremony ; and Mr. Christopher Brooke his brother, who was some time
chamber-fellow to Mr. Donne at lincolnes inne, gave the lady, and witnessed
the marriage. For this sir George committed them all to three different
prisons ; but Mr. Donne being first discharged, did not rest, till he had pro-
cured the enlargement of his two friends.
Upon the 26 of September 1612, Mr. Brooke, then chaplam to prince
Henry, was chosen divinity professor in Gresliani college, being recommended
by that prince, whose unhappy death followed on the 6th of November
ensuing. March tlic 11, 1613, he was admhted one of the twelve preachers
of the university at Cambridge. And the year following he wrote some
Latin comedies, which were acted with applause, while king .lames was enter-
tained there, in March that year. One of these plays is taken notice of
by himself, in the dedication of a Latin discourse to the earl of Pembroke,
which I shall have occasion to mention afterwards. His words are these :
' Quum ante trieimium regcm a Cantabrigia abiturientem concomitans mihi in
tni^ja conspccto dramatis exemplar illius, ([uod ego in acadeniia; usum ct regis
oblectaiuentum adparaveram, dextra protendens, et vultu sinml benigno,
diceres : Eece tuam prolem, quam ego tollam, et fovebo studiose.' And soon
after he seems to refer to some of the characters in that play, under the
names of Melidorus and Sylveria, Alcinus and Melanthe. In the year 1615
he was created doctor of divinity, and on the 13 of June 1618, made rector
of St. Margarets Lothbury in London. A few years after this, namely, on
the 10 of July 16s!l, he was incorporatLd in the degree of doctor of divinity,
at Oxford as Mr. Wood informs us. But what he adds, of his being about
that lime master of Trinity college in Cambridge, is a mistake ; for his ad-
mittance to that oiiice was not till the 5 of September 1629. as appears by
the college register. And U[)on the 17 of November following he resigned
his professorship at Gresham college.
Mr. Prynne sais • that in the year 1630 he wrote An Anninian Treatise <f
' Prcdislinalion, with which he acquainted bishop Laud, who encouraged him
* in the worke, recommending it to the perusall of Dr. Lindsey and Dr. Bealc
' (two great Arminians) j)romising to peruse it himself, as a])pears by sundry
* letters.' There is a manuscript pajier preserved in Trinity college in Cam-
bridge, which contains part of one of those letters, and is tlius described :
December 9, 1630. The passage <if my letter to Dr. Brooke, concerning a
tract of his. Then follows the passage itself. ' For your pastorall I lake little
'care, yet wish it well. But for your other tract I must needs say thus
* much, fitteen years study cannot but beat out something. And I like it
* well, that you meane to have the judgment of so many and such men u|)<,n
' it. And if God give me lejaure, and the tract be not too hing, I ilmll be
* glad to read it too. And the making even of the old way will to most men
' seem better, than a new. Nevertheless I am yet where I was, th..l sonie-
' what about these coiUrovcrsies is unmasterable in this lile. Neilhir can I
* think any expression can .be soe hapj>y, as to settle all these dilhcuttys.
' And however 1 doe much doubt, whether the king will take any man's
' judgment so far, as to have these controversies any further slirr'd ; which
' now, God be thanked, begin to be at more |>eace, etc. And fur the several
* copies wliich you mention to send to those friends you name, it shall be
* wisdome for you to take heed, that none be stole out privately to the press,
' belbre you are aware, &c.' Mr. Pryime sais further, that Dr. Brooke re-
turned an answer to that letter of the bishop, dated from Cambridge the 15
of December 1630, (which was allerwards found by himself hi the bishop's
Mudy) wherein was the following [wssage, which he thought fit to pub-
lish.
Urooke, a Yorkshire man born, who after be lia'!
university (whether thin, or Cainbri(lL''i\ I (amni'
notwithstanding several of his siriiam ha\e xioditd
in University coll.) he sclle<l in Liixio , , puipobely ta
advance himself in the municipul law,, where he became
' My Loni, etc.
' I dare say, that their HoctritM" of predeslinalion i< the rv.ie r,f pnri
' tanisuie, ami puiitariismc the rtMitc of nil rebellious iuid cliM,)K'dicit( inrr^,'-
* tablencsse in parliuuient, etc. ajul "( mM .■' I- i .i,. .
' try, nay in the church it selfe ; ihi
' pie, and too great a |)art of tli
' hearts. Besides where nothing in doiH!, the Wfulk will uv.
' a* they due. Fur last parliament they led their word i
' cause of religion; and Ixrgan to use tlic lunrie of church, ami cur .iiriclei <.l
' the church of England, etc. and wuuniled our church at the very heart
* with her owne name, and by pretenre of imiiiIh.' ri.,-Ani- Ani.ini.-.r.i.n,,. unti
* defence of lliat church against which S«i
' tliat now they hold the very opinions ' .^lcr(
' and Coppiiij^er, in tiieir begiimuig, and others, of whom »oiuc w. .
' most imprisoned, many deprived, and some censured hi the Starr'
' for seditious pcrsoiu, and enemies to the church of England ■, th' v, i s.i . .
' that hold the same opinions, cry out now, the church of England, and will
' have the church of Kngland to be theirs. I cuuld justice this, and mucli
' more ; but your lordship kuowes these things to be •», better than I, etc.*
What is here said of puritanisme, and the last parliament, may roccive some
light from the following resolution, agreed to by the house of common^,
Wednesday the 28 of January, Iwforc their diuolution npoo the 10 of March
1628, to which the doctor seems to refer. ' We the commons in parlianieut
' assembled do claim, protest, and avow for truth the sense of the articles of
' religion, >vlnch were established by (>arliaiiicnt, in the thirtacoth year of
' our late queen Elizabeth, which, by the puhlick act of the church of
'England, and by the general and current ex|iositions of the writers of our
' church, have been delivered unto us. And we reject the sense of the
' Jesuits, and -Vrniinians, and all others, wherein they differ from us.'
U|)on the 13 of May 1631, Dr. Brooke was admitted an lii- ■• •" '^'■ivcn-
try, but enjoyed that preferment only for a few months ; I i»)ut
the middle of September following, and waip buried in'l'riiii ■ hap-
pel, without either monument or epitaph, 'i'ho' he lived unmarried, aitd hod
uo family, yet he left but a small fortmie tieliind him. By his will he be-
queaths three hundred pounds to each of his two brothers, Arthur aod
Robert Brooke, fitty pounds to one servant, forty pounds to another, and an
hundred poimds for funeral charges. This he calls the body and substanoe
of his estate.
He was doubtltss a man of wit as well as considerable leamiog by the
acceptance of his Latin plays, which were acted with applause betbre the
court at Cambridge. And Mr. Horsey commends hira for his conciinandi
copia. But he seems to have been of a very warm tci- ■ ~^ ' ,1 find that
any of his writings were ever printed, or are now •■ <)nc Latin
discourse, (in the royaUibrary at Cambridge, fonucrij , I^K>r's) with
the lullowing title :
Dc Auxilio divinie Gratve Exerritatia iheoleigica, mniruai: An pomibik sU duet
eandem hahrre Gratitc Menturam, et tamen uttm cdmerUtur tt eredal, tlxa nsa :
e Johttn XI. 45, 46.
At the head of the dissertatiun it is called, Qiuatitmit DtterminatitiKSduli*
C<mtal>rigue ;m>/<asil<c But the date is ■ E museo in cull. Gresham, Loud.
Sept. 29, fest. Mich. 1618.' It is dedicated to the cari of Pembroke, aod in
that dedication lie takes notice of his play above mentioned. In the discourse
itself he lais duwn the arguments un each side the question, under three
heads; from scripture, authorities antient and modem, and reason; and then
concludes in thb manner : ' Spectatis scripturas contra scripturas, .-Vu^ustinum
contra Augustinum, Prulcstantes contra |'r..t..^f-. ...... >^>'>'ificios contra poo-
tificios etc. Ex diutina igitur et seria i\ '. quantum licuit»
attenta perpensione dico, lianc causam < in hac vita : id
est, qua ratione actualis usus voluntatis humaiue libera; stel simul cuin infal-
libilitate pncscientite, providentie, et praedestinatinnis, ct eflicacia gratia
divuia;, lion potest in liac vita solo natune lunr npreheodi,
etc. Ut igitur ad 5cri|ilura,' nustrje cuniextur. idieis illta,
quod hi crediderunt, gratijc divina; fuit ; quod il.. : ..:..■.■ ipsorum ;
juxta illiid pnmhcta; ; |)erditio tua ei te, O Israel ; salus autem a Domino.'
.'\s to his Tretitw: of Praiestmatiim, Mr. Horsey has given the following
account of it ; * Nee ilium pnctereo factum nuperrime forroatura. De magno
et secreto pnedestinallonis mysterio disputatione«. Quanti nobis essct a
tineis et lalebris rediniere' has prctiosas chartas, ut typis fideliter excuse in
maiuis omnium pervcnin-nt r'
He uiliinates likewise his having written u|x)n the tliirty-ninc articJcs,
where he sais : ' Articulos ecdesiie e patribus, coiiciliis, historiis, ad amussim
omnes illustravit,' SlC Ward's iiifs of the Pnfcssort oj' Gresham 'CtUegt,
page 53.]
•i D*
^
403
IC'21.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1622.
404,
known to, and admired by, Joh. Selden, Ben. Johnson,
Mich. Drayton, Will. Browne, George Withers, and Joh.
Davies of Hereford, especially after he had published An
Ele<^ comerrated to the never dying Memorij of Henry Prince
of Hales. Lond. 1613, qu. [Bodl. 4to. B. 35. Th.] In the
year following, he being then a bencher, was elected Sum-
mer reader of his house, became a benefactor to the chap-
pel there, and w rote another book entit. Eglogues ; dedicated
to his much loved Friend Mr. Hilt. Brown of the Inner-Temple.
Lond. 1614, oct. [Bodl. 8vo. T. 14. Art] He hath also
verses put before the first part of Britannia's Pastorals, pen'd
by the said Browne, also before a poetical piece called The
Legend of Great Cromwell, written by ISIich. Drayton, and
had a considerable hand in dishing out The Odcombian Ban-
quet, an. 1611.' Later in time than tlie former (give me
leave to divert my self) I find another Christoph. Brooke
who married a daughter of the famous mathematician Will.
Oughtred, having been by him before initiated in mathema-
tics. Afterwards he became a maker and framer of mathe-
[221] maticiJ instruments, and the publisher of (1) Anew Quad-
rant of more natural, easie, and manifold Performance, than
ant/ one heretofore extant, prin. in 1649, in 2 sheets in oct.
having been the invention of Oughtred. (2) The Solutiun of
all sphterical. Triangles, both right and oblique, by the Plani-
tphere, &c. Oxon, 1651, oct. This Chri. Brooke being
known to the ingenious and learned Dr. John \\'ilkins war-
den of ^'adhani coll. had a servant's place of that house
worth 301. per. an. conferr'd upon him by that doctor pur-
posely to encourage his ingenuity. What else he hath pub-
lished I know not, nor any thing of him besides, only that
dying in his house near Wadham coll. was buried in a doy-
ster belonging thereunto, situated and being between the
chappel and the library, an. 1665.
Edward Kellet D. D. of King's coll. — See before
among the incorporations an. 1616, where you'll find the
titles of some of the books that he hath published.
All which Cantabrigians, were, I say, incorporated on the
10th of July.
Aug. 30. Andrew Rivet D. D. of the university of
Leyden in Holland, was solemnly incorporated in that
degree, and taken into the bosom of the university, in a
convocation then held : at which time he gave several books
to the university library. — This Rivet, who received his first
breath at St. Mai.'tent in the province of Poictou, was a
learned and godly divine, hath very well expounded Genesis,
the Prophetical Psalms and Hosea ; and hath written learn-
edly against the papists in Ids Catholicus Orthodoxus, and
against Grotius. He is stiled by a learned * author ' vir
f [Brooke prefixed two sonnets to Lichfield's Madrigals, 1613, and wrote
A FimeraU Poem: coiaecrated to the Memorie of that ever hmored President
ifSoldiieinhip, Goodnes, and Vertue, Sr Arthure Chichester, Baron of' Belfast, ^-c.
1645. MS.
This, altliougli certainly intended for the press, was never printed. Seve-
ral extracts from it will be foiuid in the Bihliograjiher, ii, 235, 6cc. from which
I take the following, on the ridiculous creation of knights. I'hey were struck
out by the licenser, but arc equally applicable to other days, and other titles,
Uian those for which they were intended.
The wortliles knights that now and then are made
Some foole.t, some clowncs, some yeoraen, some of trade j
That when wee s[)eake of thera (as 'twere in scoffe)
It may be ask'd what trade the knight is of:
Thcisc parcell guilt ones, counterfetts that fly.
And dare not stand the test of gentrie,
Our here e scom'd : compar'd with him no better
Than empty cyphers, or a flourish't letter.
Tytles are cyphers, honor but a blast.
That want existent parts to stand and last.]
• Ciarissol. dc linputat. priini J'iic<rti, cap. 17.
clarissimus, & nunquam satis laudatus, Gallicaj Belgicaeque
ccclesia: micantissimum lumen," &c. The titles of most of
his books are in Oxford or Bodly's Catalogue. See more of
liim in Athenm Batavce, written by John Meursius. lib. 9.
p. 315.
Creations.
.\ug. 1. Jon. Keeling a counsellor of the Inner Temple,
and a person well read in the municipal laws of Engliid,
was then f.ctually created INI. of A. in the house of convo-
cation. Whether he was the same with John Keeling a
Staffordshire man, who was matriculated as a member of
Brasen-n coll. an. 1593, aged 17, I know not. One of
both his names was after the restoration of K. Ch. II. made
a knight, one of the justices of the Common Pleas, and at
length lord chief justice. He died in the beginning of the
year 1671-
Nov. 24. RicH-^RD Wats of Oriel, stiled in the common
register ' vir omni humana literatura & bonarum artium
cognitione feliciter instructus,' was actually created M. of
arts. — He was entred in the public library as a student in
the municipal laws.
Feb. — James Baylie a Scot, now of Ex. coll. who 14
years before this time was made M. of A. of the university
of Glascovv, and 8 years since batchelor of laws of the uni-
versity of Anjou in France (where he performed not only
his e.\ercise for that degree, but also for the degree of doc-
tor of that faculty) was actually created doctor of tiie laws
of this university. Dr. Zouch the king's professor of that
faculty then executing his office in the solenmity. — He was
now tutor to James earl of Arran a nobleman of Exet. coll.
afterwards duke of Hamilton. I find one James Baillie M.
of A. and a Scot born, to have published Spir'itual Marriage;
or, the Union between Chr'isl and Ids Church, Serm. at West-
minster on Hosea 2. 19. Lond. 1627, qu. But his name
being written different from the former, 1 cannot say he had
any relation to him.
Baldwinus Ham^us a learned German, was admitted a
student in the public library. — See among the incorpora-
tions an. 1629. So also was Tho. Gardiner of the Inner
Temple esq; afterwards recorder of London, a knight, his
majesty's solicitor general, and eminent for his knowledge
in the municipal law. He died in Oct. 1652, and was
buried, as I conceive, in the church at Cuiiesden near 0.\ford,
in which town he had an estate. Qucere.
An. Dom. 1622. — 20 Jac. I.
Chancellor.
The same.
Vice-chancellor.
Dr. Will. Piers again, Jul. 17.
Proctors.
Griffin Higgs of Mert. coll. May 2.
Rich. Steuart of All-s. coll. May 2.
Batchelors of Music.
May 17. Will. Heather, or Heyther.
At the same time Orlando Gibbons did supplicate for
the same degree, but occurs not admitted. See more
of him and of Heather among the doctors of music fol-
lowing.
405
lfi22.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1022.
40«
BatcheloTt of Arts.
June 17. Will. Moricb of Exet. coll.
Hen. Hibbert of Brascn-n. coll.
Oct. 22. NicH. Darton of Exet. coll.
Nov. 28. Edw. Pocock of C. C. coll.
Dec. 4. Edw. Corbet of Mert. coll. — See among the
created doctors of (liv. 1G48.
G. John Sedgwick of Magd. hall, lately of Qu.
coll.
£222] Dec. 9. Joh. Strickland of Qu. coll.
" Tho. Crossi-ield of Qu. coll."
" Of the la.st of these two you may see more among the
" batch, of div. 1635."
11. Hen. Hammond of Magd. coll.
Feb. 17. John Marsham of St. Joh. coll.
18. Rob. CoDRiNGTON of Magd. coll.
19. George Hughes of Corp. Chr. coll.
Charles Gibbs was admitted the same day.
All these will be largely mcntion'd elsewhere.
Adm. 257, or thereabouts.
Doctors of Music.
May 17- Will. Heather or Heythek, who accumulated
the degrees in nuisic. — ^This person, who was born at
Harmsworth in Middlesex, near Cokbrook in Bucks, was
now one of the gentlemen belonging to his majesty's chap-
pel, and so great an encourager of his faculty, that soon
after he founded the music lectures (theory and practic) in
this university, as I have * elsewhere told you. He died in
the latter end of Jul. 1627, and was buried on the first of
Aug. in the broad or South isle joyning to the choir of St.
Peter's chuich in Westminster. See more of him in Nath.
Giles following.
Jul. 5. Nathaniel Giles, batch, of music, was then
licensed to proceed in that faculty. — In 1607 he supplicated
the ven. congregation of regents to be admitted doctor ;
which desire of his was granted conditionally that he com-
pose a choral hymn of 8 parts to be publicly sung in the act
wherein he should proceed ; but for what reason he did not
perform that obligation, I cannot justly say. Sure I am,
that in the act this year, wherein he proceeded, were certain
questions appointed to be discussed between him and Dr.
Heather liefore-mention'd, which being pro forma only,
and not customarily to be done, were omitted. The ques-
tions were (1) Whether discords may be allowed in music?
Affirm. (2) Whether any artificial instrument can so fully
and truly express music as the natural voice ? Negat. (3)
Whether the practic be tlie more useful part of music or the
theory? Affirm. This Dr. Giles, who was noted as well
for his religious life and conversation (a rarity in musicians)
as for the CKcelleacy of his faculty, was born in, or near to,
the city of Worcester, was one of the organists of St.
George's chap, at Windsor and master of the boys there j
afterwards one of the organists of the chappel royal to K.
Ch. I. and master of the boys thereof, was famous for his
compositions of divine hymns and antliems ; tlie words of
some of wliich are remitted into a book entit. liivine ServUes
and Anthems sung in the Cathedrals and Collegiate Choirs in
the Church of England, publi'^lied by Jam. Clifford an. 1663,
Oct. lie the said Dr. Giles died about the year 1635, and
was buried in one of the isles joyning to St. George s chap,
before-mention'd.
« In Hitl. 4: Antiq. Univ. Oxm, 1. 2. p. 41. b.
On the 17th of May, Orlando Gibbons, one oF the
organists of his majesty's chappel, did supplicate the vene-
rable congregation that he might accumulate the degrees in
music ; but whether he wat admitted to the one, or licenicd
to proceed in the other, it appears not. However the song
of 6 parts or more, which w.m performed in the act for
Will. Heather, was con)|x>8cd by liira, as one or more emi-
nent musicians then living have several times told aie.
This Orlando, who was accoimted one of the rarest musi-
cians and organists of his time, hath extant A Set of Mndri-
gait of Jive Parts for Voices and VioU, had also a liantl in
Parthenia, mention'd before, under the year 1592, and com-
ix)sed Several Divine Services and Anthems; the words of
which are in Jam. Cliffords book before-mention'd, besides
admirable compositions that are printed in several books
of music. At length being conmianded to Canterbury to
attend the solemnity of the nuptials between K. Ch. I. and
Henrietta Maria a daughter of the king of Fr.ince (in order
to which he had made vocal and instrumental compositions)
died there of the smsdl-pox to the great reluctuncy of the
court, on the day of Pentecost, an. 1625. Afterwards was
a monument erected over his gi-ave in the bo<iy of the cathe-
dral there, with an inscription thereon, beginning thus :
' Orlando Gibbonio Cantabrigiae inter musas & niusicse
nato, sacrse R. capcllae organistae, sphacrariunquc harmonia:
digitorum pulsu a;mulo, cautionum complurium quaiquc
dum lion canunt minus quam canuntur conditori," &c.
From which monument, set up at the charge of Elizabeth
his widow, wlio gave instructions what to be inscrib'd
tliercon, but not the time of his age, we are given to under-
stand that the said Orlando Gibbons was born .at Cam-
bridge, yet the reader is to know that one Orlando Gibbons
was baptized in St. Martin's parish in the city of Oxford
25 Dec. 1583, which some have been pleased to take to be
the same that was afterwards the famous organist ; who,
as those that knew him have told me, was not quite 45
years of age when he died. But to let these scruples pass,
iis jilso another Orlando Gibbons M. A. of Cambridge,
who was incorporated at Oxon. an. 1607, ' I shall go
forward.
"■ Batchelor of Law.
" Jan. — David Lloyd of All-s. coll. — Besides him
" were admitted six more, but not one of them was a wri-
" ter or a bishop."
Masters of Arts.
May 9. Philip Nye of Magd. hall.
Will. Pinke of Magd. hall.
The last was aftenvards of Magd. coll.
Jun. 26. JoH. Maynard of Magd. hall, a compounder.
Rich. Heyrick of St. Joh. coll.
Joh. Lewgar of Trin. coll.
Jul. 4. Geor. Stinton of Bal. coll. — He was the eldest
son of an esq; was born, and educated in grammar learn-
ing, in the city of Worcester and after he had taken the
degree of M. A. he became vicar of Clayties in the bishop of
Worcester's gift, and rector of Sj)eecidy, both near to the
said city. He hath published A Sermon preached m the Ca-
thedral Church of H'orccster, in the Tune of the Pestilence ;
^ [An. 1606. conceditur Oriand. Olbbon;, regio organt>t», at stadhira*
scptfni annoi-uin in niu>icH, suAiciat ci «d intranduin inpadcm, sic lurocn at
CAnticuiu coil ponal. canlinid. curani univcrsilalc in die cuiuitioruoi, et nt pr*-
scntetur per uiagi.strum rej;eii. in habilu h.<ccaiaurei in utibos. Itrg. Acad.
Coat. Dae iu musics Orlaud. Gibbons. Baker.] •
2 D* 2
[«23J
407
lfi2'2.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1622.
408
On 1 Kiiitf* 8. ver. 37. 38, 39. Oxon. 1637, oct. and hath
wiHtci! others fit for the press, which po from himd to hand
to this day. He died at Speechly about 16.")4, and was
huried in the church there.
JoH. BinDLE of lliil. coll. was ndtn. on the said 4th of
Julv ; but \%hether he ever took the <legree of batch, of
nrts in this university it doth not appear in tlie public regis-
t^a-. I set this J. Biddle down here, to tiistinguish him
from another of both his names, (a grand Socinian and
Arian) whom I shall mention in another %'olume, but Avhe-
ther he huth jmbrished any thing I cannot yet tell. One
John Beadle M. of A. minister of Barnstone in Essex, wrote
TVie Journal or Diary of a thankful Christian, presented in
some Meditations upon N^umh. 33. v. 2. Lond. 1G56, oct.
Which author, 1 presume, was of Cambridge. See more of
him in an epist. to the reader before the said Journal, writ-
ten by Joh. Fuller minister of St. Martin, Ironmonger lane,
wherein he speaks much of the said author.
Oct. 29. Rich. Byfield of Qu. coll.
Dec. 11. Matthias Turner of Broadgate's hall, lately
of Bal. coll. — He was an excellent philosopher, had great
skill in the Oriental languages, and wrote (iis he himself
j)rofessed) all his sermons, which he preached, in Greek.
Jan. 23. Tho. Hicks of Bal. coll.
Obadiah Sedgwick of Magd. hall.
Feb. 21. Tho. Blake of Ch. €h.
Admitted 141.
Batchelors of Divinity.
May 10. Tho. Vicars of Ou. coll.
Besides him were admitted 8 more, but not one of them
was a writer or bishop.
Doctor of Law.
Jul. 4.,WiLL. Bird of All-s. coll. — ^This learned doctor,
who was son of Thom. Bird of Littlebuiy in Essex, brother
to sir Will. Bird, (mention'd before, under the year 1587,)
was afterwards custos or master of the j)rerogative court of
Canterbuiy, and died in the latter end of 1044.^ One Will.
Bird hath written The Magazine of Honour : or, a Treatise
of the Nobility of this Kingdom, &c. which was afterwards
perused and enlarged by sir John Doderidge, as I have in
him told you before, among the wiiters. [vol. ii, coll. 427.]
But what relation this Will. Bird had to the former, I
know not.
Doctor of\Physic.
May 27. Rich. Spicer of Exet. coll. who accumulated
the degrees in medicine. — He was afterwards an eminent
))hysiciim in London, where he died in the beginning of the
year 1640.
Doctors of Divinity.
June 26. Tho. Jackson of C. C. coll.
Chhistoph. Green ' of C. C. coll.
The first is largely mention'd elsewhere ; the other, who
was also a learned and godly man, w as now prebendary of
BrisUil, where dying 5 March 1658, aged 79, was buried in
the yard belonging to the cath. church there.
« [Dr. Will. Byrd ob. S8 Nov. 1639, st.51, and bjiied in Liulcburv
church in E.we.. St.- my MS. coll. toI. x. page 3. Coif.]
■V, ri; k'^/Zo *^"'n ^-^-i^. ■"*'"'"• ■«* ■■"*• ^^ Littkbury sine cura,
oOOctob 1618. « coll. tp', Ebcn. Reg. Bancroft. Ke.vnet.J
Lord chaiiccll<,r tgcrton prcs. Chr. Green A;M. of C. C. C. Oj. to the
rcct. of Southcjc 10 fcusscji, Nov. 1607. TAN.vtu j
Jul. 1. Thom. Benson of Ch. Cb.
Joh. Harrys of New coll.
Incorporations.
On the 9th of July, being the <lay after the conclusion of
the act, were these Cantabrigians following incorporated,
being part of the number of about 24 that were taken into
the bosome of this university.
Charles lord Stanhoi'e of Harington M. of arts.
Timothy Thurscross M. .\.-^Afterwards being batch,
of div. he was installed archdeacon of Clievlaiid in the place
of Hen. Tluirscross resigning, 16 Nov. 1635. And after-
wards resigning that dignity, Joh. Neile batch, of div. was
installed therein 27 Oct. 163S, I mean the same Neile who
was made dean of Rippon in the phice of Dr. Joh. Wilkins
promoted to the see of Chester. One Tim. Tluirscross
D. D. died in the parish of St. Sepulcher in Lond. in Nov.
or thereabouts, 1671, which perhaps luay be the s.ime with
the former. Quaere. " One of both iiis names was mini-
" ster of the Charter- house in London, after the restora-
" tion."*
Thom. Aylesbury M. of A. — See among the incorpora-
tions 1626.
Will. Fenner M. A. of Pembroke hall. ' — He was after-
wards batch, of div. and exercised his ministry for a time in [2241
Staffordshire. « At length, upon the invitation of the earl
of Warwick, he became rector of Kochford in Essex,
where he was nmch admired and frequented by the puritan-
nical party. He gave way to fate in 1640, or therc.ibouts,
aged 40, and hatl sever.il theological tracts of his writing
published after his death by Tho. Hill, (whom I shall anon
mention) the titles of most of which you may see in the
Oxford Catalogue, but more in that published by Will. Lon-
don a bookseller, an. 1658. " Archb. Laud in his annual
" account to tlie K. 1636, p. 37, mentions one Fenner a
" principal ringleader of the separatists, with their con-
" venticles, at and about Ashford in Kent."
Thom. Hill M. .\. of Eman. coll.' — He was afterw.ards
rector of Tychmersh in Northamptonshire, one of the as-
sembly of divines, a frequent preacher before the long par-
liament, master of Trin. coll. in Cambridge in the place of
Dr. Tho. Comber « ejected, and vice-chancellor of the said
university. He hath published several sermons, as (1) The
Trade of Truth advanced, preached before the house of com-
mons at a fast 27 Jul. 1642, on Prov. 23. Lond. 1642, qu.
(2) Militant Church triumphant over the Dragon and his Angels,
< [Tim. Thurscross coll. Magd. A. M. 1622, S. T. B. 1629. Reg. Acad.
Baker.
Thurscross was a fellow of Magd. coll. and afterwardsprebendary of York.
In some extracts from Dr. Wortlungton's Letters {Life of Dr. John Banrick,
8vo. 1724, page 339, note h,) he is mentioned as a person of great piety and
devotion, a mortified man, of a strict life, and of great charity, and in the
year 1660, living at Westminster. In a letter of the year 1670, the Dr.
stiles him Dr. Thirstcross, then it seems one of the fellows of Eton, and
intimates that he had formerly had sonielliing at the Charter-house and at
York.]
» [Electus socius aul. Perabr, Oct. 16, 1618; A. M. 1619; S. T. B. 1627.
B.tKER.]
I [1629, 13 Aug. Will. Fenner S. T. B. institutus in eccL de Rochford
ad pres. Rob. com. Warwic. Reg. iMvion.
Will, Fenner S. T. B. admiss. ad rect. de Rochford com. Essex, 13 Aug.
1629, ad pres. Rob. com. Warwic. Edni Calamy eandeni cccl'iam resign,
ante 21 Nov. 1639. Reg. Lond. Kknnt.t.]
' [Thom. Ilill coll. Eman. socius coll. Trui.— T. H. Eman. S. T. B. 1633,
S. T.P. 1646. tunc coll. Trin. mag. — T. H. coll. Eman. A. B. 1622; A. M.
coll. Eman. 1626. Reg. Aeail. Baker.
II Jul. 1633. Tho. Hill S. T. B. ad rcct. de Ticlunersh per resign, ult.
jncumb. Reg. Lindseli r/i't Petrib. Kennet.] i
" [Vide Duporl, Carm. p. 491. Bakeh.]
409
1622.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1CS3.
410
serra. before both liouses 21 Jul. 1G4G, on Rev. 12. U.
Lond. 1643, <iu. (3) The Reason for EngluiuVs Self-re/lic-
tion ; ail extraordiniiry fiist-sennon l.S Aug. 1644, licforc
the two houses, on Hiujgiii 1. 7. 8. (4) The right Separa-
tion encouraged, fast-serm. before the house of lords, 27 Nov.
1644, on 2 Cor. 6. 17, 18. IJesides others ; as also liis Best
and worst of Paul ; <in exercise in Trin. coll. in C'ambr.
printed in 1648, and his collecting into one quarto vol.
several of the theological tracts of the aforesaid \\'ill. Fen-
ner, printed at Lond. 1651. You may see more of him the
said Tho. Hill in Anth. Tuckncy's sermon at his funeral,
with an account of his life and death, prin. in 16.'j4, in oct.
Besides this Dr. Tho. Hill, was another also, who was mi-
nister of Brodlield in Suffolk, and died there in the winter
time 1638, but hatli nothing extant, as I can yet see : and a
third Dr. Tho. Hill you may see in my discourse of Dr.
George Abbot among the writers, an. 1633. [Vol. ii, .561.]
Thom. Thokowgood M. a.' — He was afterwards batch,
of div. rector of Grymston in Norfolk, and one of the assem-
bly of divines. Among several things that he hath published
are (l) Jews in America; or Probabilities that Americans are
of that Race, ^ Lond. le.'iO, qu. (2) Moderation justifed, &c.
fast-serm. before the house of commons 26 Dec. 1644, on
Phil. 4. 5. Lond. 164,5, qu. &c.
All which Cantabrigians with many more, besides 13
batchelors of arts, were incorporated on the 9th of Jul.be-
fore-mcntion'd.
Feb. 28. Thom. Fuear or Fkyer doct. of phys. of the
university of Padua. — He was at this time a practitioner in
the city of London, and dying in the beginning of 1623,
about two months after bis incorporation, was buried in the
parish church of St. liotolph, in the tomb of his mother
lately deceased ; but in which of the churches of St. Bo-
tolph in London, 'tis not said.
Creations.
Apr. 12. Francis Whiddon of Exeter coll. and a Devo-
nian born, was actually created M. of A. — He was after-
wards minister of Morton Hampsted in his own country,
and published A golden Topaze ; or, a Heart-jewel : namely
a Conscience purified and pacified by the Blood and Spirit of
Christ; on Heb. 13. 18. Oxon 1656^ oct. he being then
conformable j o the men in authority and power. What ,
other things lie published, I find not.
Jul. 1. JoH. Leigh of Brasen-n. coll. was actually created
M. of A. in the house of congregation. — 'Twas four years
since he took the degree of batch, of arts, in which time he
had * studied in several transmarine universities, and had
obtained such admirable knowledge in all humane learning,
and especially in philosophy, and other arts, that he was
esteemed by the venerable icgents most worthy of the de-
gree of M. of aiis.
Sam. Bochartus of Roan in Normandy became a so-
journer this year in the university, and was cntred a stu-
dent in the public library in the beginning of Lent term :
with the help of which and other libraries, he laid the foun-
dation of most rare books which he afterwards published.
His Geographia sacra hath made him famous in the learned
9 [Tho. Thtirrogood coll. Jo. A.B. 1C08-9; A. M, 1618; S.T.B. 1624.
Hcg. B*iiEn.]
' [It'iiJi tht Remoml ofsrrme contrary Reasma and ramest Desires for effectual
iiiu/rmrurs to make them Xtiani, jiroposed hy Tho. Thamrgood B. V. one of the
lii-u-Tiiblif of Diiines. Licensed by Jo. Downanic Sept. 4. 1649. Mcai. I bor-
rowed this remarkable book of <lie rev. Mr. Fox. Kennet.J
« Reg Univ. Oion, N. fol. 14S. a.
world, as also hi.s Ilierotoicon ; for both which, eminent au-
thors do in u high manner celebrate \\\^ iiuiuc. He woa
pxttor of the I'roti^stiuit ('hurch at Caen in Normandy,
where he dietl in 1667. being ever eHtceuied a grwit lover of
the church of England.' " 'I'he great liutorical, Oeograph,
" tmd Poetical Diet'umary, fm. Lund. 1694. vol. I. gives this
" farther acc(nintof that learned per»<m. — .Sam. Bochiirt born
" at Roan in Normanily descended from the illu.strio>is fa-
" mily of Bochart dc Champigny, imd of the branch of
" Menillet. He studied divinity, but his inclination leading
" him to other studies, besides he not only read all the
" Greek and Latin poets, and the Itply fathers, butalso leorn'd
" most of the Oriental tongues, not only those of his com-
" munion, but of those also who regarded le:u-ning and
" probity. The Q. of Sweden engaged him in 1652 to
" make a journey to Stockholm, when she gave public
" marks of the esteem she had for his learning. At his
" return into France 16.53, he continued his ordinary excr-
" cises at Caen in Norm, of which he was a Protestant mi-
" nister, and was of the academy there, which then was
" composed of great men. He died suddenly while he was
" speaking in the said academy on Monday the 8th of May
" 1667> .which gave Mr. Brieux occasion to make a fine
" epitaph on him. He was rich and left his estate to an
" only daughter, who was married to a counsellor of the
" [larliament of Roven. The considerable works which he
" published during his life are these. Phaleg : or Sacred
" Geography, and the Hierozoicon or De Aniinalibus Scrip-
" tura: — He writ also A Treatise of Minerals, Plants, and
" precious Stones, wliereof the Bible makes mention. Another
" Of the Terrestrial Paradise, Commentaries upon Genesis, A
" Vol. of Dissertations. It were to be wished that those who
" have those fragments should publish them."
An. Dom. 1C23. — 21 Jac. I.
Chancellor.
William eiirl of Pembroke.
Vice-chancellor.
Dr. Piers again, Jul. 21.'
Proctors^
John Smith of Magd. coll. Apr. 23.
Will. Oldis of New coll. Apr. 23.
Batchelor of Music.
Jul. 12. Hugh Davits of New coll. organist of the ca-
thetlral church at Hereford. — He was eminent for the various
compositions of church music that he had made, wtiich is
all I know of him, only that he died about 1644.
Batchelors of Artt.
Jun. 18. Hen. Tozer of Exet. coll.
23. John Price of Jesus coll.
Whether the last was afterwards the learned critic, who
studied about this time in Oxon, is, t\s yet, doubtful.
Jun. 26. Georoe Griffith of Ch. Ch.
George Eglionbie of Ch. Ch.
The first of these two was afterwards bishop of St. Asaph,
the last dean of Canterbury, as I shall tell you among the
doct. of div. an. 1634.
' [Londini et Oxoiui sanctte theologis operam dabam, &c. fyaUila D.
Morley, p. 13. BAkEK.]
[225]
411
iG'za.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1023.
412
June 29. Hugh Cressy or Hugh Paulin de Crbssy.
Oct. 29. Will. Ebbuky of Brasen-n. coll.
Feb. 6. Arth. Salway of Brasen-n. coll.
Of the last, you may sec more among the masters an.
1686.
7. John Hoffman of Exet. coll.— See among the
batchelors of div. 1634.
John Bird of Merton coll. was admitted the same day. —
^\^^ether he "be the same with Joli. Bird, who was after-
wards schoolmaster in the city of Glocester and author of
Grounds of Grammar, Oxon, 1039, oct. 1 cannot say to the
contrary. He that was batch, of arts was an Oxfordshire
man born, and had been originally of St. Edni. hall.
All which batchclors, except Eglionbie, Salway, Hoffman
and Bird, will be mentioned in another part of this work.
Admitted 233, or thereabouts.
Batchelors of Law.
Apr. 24. Alexander Hyde of New coll.
Oct. 11. Nathan Brent of Mert. coll.
The first was afterwards bishop of Salisbury, the other
was now warden of Mert. coll.
Besides these two were only two more admitted.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 2. Edmund Staunton of C. C. coll.
May 26. Nathan. Simpson of Trin. coll.
Hen. Gellibrand of Trin. coll.
Will. Gilbert of Gloc. hall was admitted the same
aay. — He was the younger son of an esq; in Derbysliire, and
was now esteemed by his contemporaries a general scholar
and a rare man. One of both his names hath certain ser-
mons extant, one of which is a Funeral Sermon on 1 Thess. 4.
18. printed 1649, qu.
Jun. 18. Edward Leigh of Magd. hall.
Nath. Holmes of Magd. hall.
Anth. Fawkner of Jesus coll.
June 26. Thom. Case of Ch. Ch.
Jul. 7. Will. Hook of Trin. coll.
10. Will. Crompton of Brasen. coll.
Oct. 16. Edw. Stanley of New coU.
Feb. 6. Hen. Glemham of Trin. coll.
Mar. 16. Will. Chillingworth of Trin. coll.
Admitted 1.57.
Batchelors of Divinity.
" Jul. 1. Edw. Sutton of Oriel coll. — One of both his
" names being batch, of div. writ Anthropophagus or a Cuu-
" lion to the Credulous , printed 1623, or thereabouts; as also
" The Serpent Anatomized; or, a moral Discourse, wherein
" that foul Serpentine Vice of base creeping Flattery, w mani-
"festly discovered, and justly reproved, &c. Lond. 1626, qu.
" in 6 sheets."
Jul. 3. Thom. Goffe of Ch. Ch. '
[226] 10. Gilbert Wats of Line. coll.
Dec. 13. NicH. ViGNiER of Exet. coll.
17- Will. Sclatyer of Brasen-n. coll.
Admitted 11.
Doctor of Law.
Oct. 11. Nath. Brent warden of Mert. coll. who accu-
mulated the degrees in law.
tf Not one doct. of phys. was admitted this year.
Doctors of Diiinily.
Jul. 18. Tho. Worrall of Biasen-n. coll.
Rob. Babcroft of Co. Chr. coll.
Oct. 14. Paul Hood rect. of Line. coll.
JoH. Wall of Ch. Ch. coll.
Dec. 17. Josh. Aisgill of Co. Chr. coll.
Will. Sclatyer of Brasen. coll.
George Webb of Co. Chr. coll.
The last saving one, viz. John Sclatyer, accumulated and
compounded.
Incorporatiotu.
May 7. Samuel Baker M. of A. of Christ's coll. m
Cambr.* — He afterwards became a puritannical preacher in
Lond. and much followed ; but being taken off from those
courses, was made houshold chaplain to Dr. Juxton bishop
of London iind a creature of Dr. Laud archb. of Canterbury.
About which time being rector of St. Maiy on the hiU and
of St. Christopher's in Lond. where his preaching was much
applauded by some, became prebendary of St. Paul's ca-
thedral. On the 20th of Sept. 1638, he being then D. of D.
was install'd canon of Windsor, on tlie death of Dr. John
King sometimes fellow of IMert. coll. but be being soon
after made prebendary of Canterbury, he resigned his ca-
nonry, and Tho. Browne batch, of div. of Ch. Ch. in Oxon
was installed therein 28 May 1039. This Dr. Baker, who
was a great licencer of books, but publisher I think of
none, gained a great deal of envy from the Puritan for his
partiality in that office ; for which and his great resj^ect to
the tenets of Arminius, he was in the beginning of the
rebellion pursevanted and imprisoned, and at length de-
prived of his spiritualities.'
Thomas Hurst M. of A. of the said university was in-
corporated the same day. — He was afterwards D. of D.
chaplain to K. Ch. 1. and minister of Lednam (in Lincoln-
shire.) He hath published The Descent of Authority .- or,
the Magistrate's Patent from Heaven, Sermon at Lincoln as-
sizes, 13 March 1030, on Gen. 9. 6. Lond. 1637, qu. and
other things, as I conceive. Qua;re.
On the 14th of July, after the conclusion of the act, these
Cambridge men following were incorporated.
JoH. Harding M. of A. — One of both his names who
had been a Dominican or Black fryer, did speak A Recanta-
tion Sermon in the Gatehouse at H'estminster, 30 July 1620;
On Psal. 119. 71. Lond. 1620, qu. containing motives why
he left the church of Rome. 'Whether he be the same with
the former who was M. of A. I know not.
Thomas Scot M. of A. — One of both his names, also,
who was batch, of div. of the said university," and a preacher
in the city of Norwich, hath several things extant, as the
Oxford Catalogue tells you ; but he is not to be taken for the
same who was M. of A. because, if 1 mistake not, the batch,
of div. died 1024, aged 45.
* [Sam. Baker coll. Chr. conv. 2. adraissus in matriculam acad. Cant Jul.
11, 1612. Regist. A. B. coll. Chr. 1615 ; A. M. 1619. Reg. Acad. Caitt.
Sam. Baker coll. Chr. (juailr. admis. in uiatric. acad. Cant. Jul^ 9, 1607.
Alter, opinor, ab illo.
Sam. Baker coll. Clir. S. T. P. Cant. 16j9. Regist. BAXtn.]
* [Sam. Baker A. M. pres. per major, et comuiun. civit. Lond. ad eccl.
S. MaigarelK Pattens (|Uam resign. 16j7 Jime 5, Jul. adniiss. ad eccl. S.
Maria; at Hills S. T. B. ad cand. eccl. item pres. per purocliianos et readmissus
16 Jun. 1640. quo anno resign, eccl. S. Xtopheri. Coll. ad vie. de Southwell
com. Ess. 4 A|)r. cod anno.
This lihel upon him in y<- Scot's Scoufs Discoveries 4to.5l64a. Baker the
bishop ol London's chaphim being one morning desired to present a petition
Iroin a nunister to his loril for a prebends place carried the matter so craftily
that he had it tor himsell, yet il did him uo Kood, lor ere night, the weight of
his bod V broke hi- legs. Kinni--7.j
' [All. \tiMI.), nieorporatiLS llio. Scott, Petr. S.T. B. Scripsit I'oi PopuZi.
Ita Keg. Acad. Cantabr. \ ide class N N. 8. 9. bibl. coll. Jo. a relation of his
death, June 18, 1626. Bakkr.]
413
1623.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1C24.
414
Thom. Edwards M. of A.' — He was aftcrvvurds a mi-
nister of God's word, a zealous puritan, and in tlie begin-
ning of that rebellion raised by the presbytcrians, an. KJl*?,
did, with his wife, children, estate, and all that was dear to
him, imbark in the same ship with tht-m, shew'd himself
most zealous for the cause by preaching, praying, and stir-
ring up the people to stand for them: Also by going out in
person, and lending money to carry on the war. He hath
written (1) Reasons against the Indtj)endant Goveniniftit of
particular Congregations, &c. Lond. 1041, qu. answer'd the
same year by a woman called Catharine Chidley. (2) Anli-
pologia: or an Answer to an Apologetical Narration of Mr.
Goodwin, Nye, Sympson, Burroughs, and Bridge, Members of
the Ash. of Divines, Lond. 1644, qu. &c. (3) Gangra-na : or, a
Catalogue and Discovery of many of lite Errours, Heresies,
Blasphemies, S;c. acted in England in these four last Years. As
also a particular Narration of divers Stories, remarkable Pas-
sages, Letters, Lond. 164.5, qu. there again the second time
1646, qu. The second and third parts of tiic same book
came out in 1646, qu. (4) " The casting down of the last
" and strongest Hold of Satan ; or" a Treatise against Tole-
ration, Lond. 1647, qu. the first part. The other parts, if
any, 1 liave not yet seen. He hiitli also written, if I mis-
take not ; Of the particular Visiliility of the Church. .-Mso A
Treatise of the Civil Power in Ecclesiusticals, and of Suspension
from the Lord's Supper, whicli three were published in qu.
an. 164 i. 44.
Will. Fairfax who had been incorporated M. of A. in
162'2, vvas incorporated again this year in the same degree.
— He was afterwards D. of D. ixctor of the p irish church of
St. Peter in Coinhill within the city of London, and vicar
of East-Ham in Middlese.x. Of both wliich he was de-
prived by a committee of parliament, (after he had been
plundred, imiiiison'd in Ely-house and the ships, and his
wife and children turn'd out of doors) an. 1642-3. You
may read more of him in that most scandalous libel entit.
The first Century of scandalous and malignant Priests, &c.
printed 1643, qu. p. 7-
Sam. Hildersham Ijatch. of div.
Anthony Shert doct. of div.
All which with many others were incorporated on the
14th of July, as 'tis before said,
["goyl Aug. 4. Ferdinando Texeda batch, of div. of the uni-
versity of Salamanca in Spain. — He had been a monk in the
said country, but left it and his religion, came over to the
church of England, and at length receding to Oxon, was
not only incorporated, but foimd relief among tlic scholars
thereof. He liath written, Texeda retextus: or, the Spanish
Monk, his Bill of Divorce against the Church of Rome.' Lond.
1623, qu. It contains the chief motives of his conversion,
and 'tis probable it was an usher to other of his labours.
Oct. 14. NicH. ViGNiER M.A. of Saumur in France. —
He afterwards took the degree of batch, of div. in the year
following.
Creations.
July 18. George Berkley baron of Berkley, Moubray,
Segrave and Bruce, knight also of the Bath, was actually
created master of arts. — ^This most noble person (who hail
been sometimes of Ch. Ch.) died in 1658, leaving then be-
' [Tlio. Edwards coll. Rcgin. Cant. adin. in matric. acad. Cant. Jun. 15,
1575. A. B. 1578, 9; A.M. 1.582. Keg. Acad. Cmt Cakfr]
8 [He was also author of Miracles unmasked ; a Treatise proving that Miracles
are not infaUible Signs nf the Time atid orthodoz I'ailh, &c. 4to. 1525. It
pxposes Popish miracles, especially those said to be wrought io Spain.
WUALLEY.]
hind him a son named George, created earl of Berkley by
K. Ch. 2.
Anthony Stafford sometimes a member of Oriel coll.
was created M. of A. the same day. — I shall mention thl.*
person among the writers under the year 1641, or el&c-
where.
Sam. Thomas of Brascn-n. coll. was created batch, of art*
on the same day also, which is all I know of him.
An. Dom. 1624.— 22 Jac. I.
Chancellor,
Will, earl of Pembroke.
f'ice-chanceUor.
Dr. PrideaUX again, July 26.
Proctor$.
Daniel Escote of Wadh. coll. Apr. 7-
Rich. Hill of Brasen. coll. Apr. 7.
In the election of which proctors, was the g^atest canvas'
(as 'twas thuught) in the memory of man. There were
four candidates for the two places, viz. Henry Warner of
St. John's roll, who had 229 voices, Philip Parsons of the
said house, 247 Hill before-mention'd, 253, and Escote
255. For the fciking of the suffrages, given partly by
country parsons, curates, school-masters, &c. who were
masters of arts of the university, and had been incited
thereunto for a time, the scrutiny continued till after 9 of
the clock at night. In the year 1626 was a greater canvas
than this, there being then 1078 voices given on all sides.
Batclielors of Arts.
May 11. JoH. Dawson of Ch. Ch.
June 5. Will. Denton of Magd. hall.
10. Rich. Allen of Baliol, afterwards fellow of
Pembr. coll.
Will. Berkley of Mert. coU. was admitted the same
day.
Nov. 6. John Davis of St. Edmunds, afterwards of Magd.
hall. — See among the masters 1628.
Dec. 2. Thom. Browne of Ch. Ch.
15. Hen. Beesley of Mert. coll.
Steph. Goffe of Mert. coll.
Of the last of these two, you may see more among the
creations an. 1636.
Jan. 22. Roger Turner of Ex. coll.
Feb. 17. Joseph Caryl of Ex. coU.
Of the first of these two last, you may see more among
the masters, an. 1627.
19. Sam. Kem of Magd. coll.
Rich. Owen of Oriel coll.
22. Christop. Elderfield of St. Mar. hall.
Thomas Ford of Magdal. hall.
35. Isaac A.mbrose of Brasen. coll.
Will. White of ^^'a^lh. coll.
Joh. Fairclouch of All-s. coll.
26. Joseph Henshaw of Magd. hall.
Franc. Davies of Jes. coll.
The first of these two last was afterwards bishop of Pe-
terborough, the other of Landaff.
All these batchclors, except Jo. Davis^ will be mention'd
in another piu-t of this work.
Admitted 268.
415
16'24.
FASTI OXONIENSES,
IC'24.
416
Doctor of Music.
July 2. John Mundy batch, of music and organist of his
niajest>'s chappel within the castle of Windsor, was then
licensed to proceed in that faciUty.— ^)n the 12 of the same
month he solemnh ])roceeded as a member of Ch. Ch. in the
act then celebrated, being- in high esteem for his great
kno%vlcdge in the tlieoretical and practical part of music.
He hath published Songs and Psubiis composed into three, 4
and 5 Parts. Lond. 1594. in large quartoes, hath composed
several Church Sen-ices and Anthems, the words of some of
which you may see in James Clillbrd's collection of Divine
Services and Anthems, '&c. and liatli Madrigales in The
Triumphs of Oriana. He gave way to fate in 1630, and was
buried in the cloister joining to St. George's chappel at
Windsor beforemcntion'd.
Batchelors of Law.
Nine this year were admitted, but not one of them was
afterwards a writer or bishop. Some of them were after-
wards doctors and dignified, iis I shall tell you elsewhere.
ngog") Masters of Arts.
Apr. 16. Will. Haywood of St. Job. coll.
John Tombes of Magd. hall.
May 8. Thom. Paybody of Merton coll. — He hath written
An Apology for Kneeling in the Act of receiving the blessed Sa-
crament. Printed 1629- qu. which is all I yet know of him.
June 2. JoH. Arnway of St. Edm. hidl.
20. William Streat of Exet. coU.
Jam. Cbanfokd of Bal. coll.
17. Will. Strode of Ch. Ch.
John Trapp of Ch. Ch.
23. George Newton of Exet. coll.
July 5. Shakerley Marmion of Wadham coll.
9. Sam. Faucet of Qu. coll. — He published A sea-
sonable Sermon for troublesome Times, on Psul. 25. 22. —
printed in qu. but wlien I know not, or any thing else of
the author, only that he was a Londoner born.'
Dec. 2. Oliver Whitby of Hart hall, lately of Trin.
coU. — This person, who was a Bedfordsliire man born, and
a great admirer of Will. Chillingworth, bath published A
Sermon on Hosea 6. 1, 2. — Printed 1637. qu. and perhaps
other things. Quaere.
Admitted 16G.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Apr. 22. David Primerose of Exet. coll. — There will
be large mention made of him in another volume.
June 2. Robert Sibthorpe of Line. coll.
10. Richard Parr of Brasen. coll.
July 1. Hugh Lloyd of Jes. coll.
3. Nathan. Nobrington of Exet. coll.
The last of which was now esteemed one of the best dis-
putants in Oxon, especially against the remonsti-ants, as it
partly appears in his epitaph ' in Exeter coll. chappel run-
ning thus. Ubi, hie, quis 9 proh dolor! Remonstrantium mal-
leus Norringtonus ; sat est.
7. Richard James of Co.Chr. coll.
Joh. Randol of Brasen. coll.
The last published A Sermon preached at St. Mary's in
Oxon. 5 Aug. 1624; On Mark 3. 25. Oxon. 1624. qu. which
« [Sam. Favrcet A.M. admiss. ad eccl. S. Alphagi Lond. 6 Dec. 16-13 per
mort. Joh. Sedgwick ad pres. cpi Lond. lieg. Laud.
Idem adniivs. ad occl. S. MariiK Siainiiii,' Lond. 14 Jan'. 1627. Kennet.]
' See Hist. ^ Anliq. Vniv. Oxm. lib. 2. \). 102, b.
is all I yet know of his works, or of the author, only that
he was a Sussex man born.
Admitted 25.
Doctors of Law,
July 3. Thomas Bennet of All-s. coll.
Rich. Steuart of All-s. coll.
The first was younger brother to sir Joh. Bennet of
Dawley in Middlesex, father to Henry earl of Arlington.
23. Rob. Mitchill of Exeter coll.
Kf* Not one doctor of physic was admitted this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
May 7. Theop. Gale of Exet. coll.
June 2. Rob. Sibthorpe of Line. coll.
7. Morgan Jones of Jesus coll.
July 3. Francis Mansell of All-s. coll.
The first was about this time either prebendary or canon
of Exeter. The second accumulated the degrees in div. as
I shall at large tell you when 1 come to speak of him in ano-
ther vol. ; and the last who had been principjil of Jesus coll.
was upon the death of sir Eiib. Thelwal made principal
again of the same house, as I have elsewhere ^ told you.'
Incorporations.
Pasor M. of A.
of tlie university of
June 5. Matthias
Heidelberg.*
On the 13th of Jul. being the next day after the conclu-
sion of the act, were these Cambridge men following
incorporated.
Steph. Nettles M. of A. of Queen's coll.* — He was af-
terwards batch, of div . and author of An Answer to the Jewish
Part of Mr. Scklen's History of Tithes. Oxon. 1625. qu. De-
dicated to Dr. John Prideaux the king's professor of div. in
the university of Oxon.
Richard Peck M. of A — He was afterwards minister of
Columpton in Devon, and published Christ's Watchword, occa-
sioned on the Funeral of the truly reverend Mr. Laur.^ Bodley
late Fellow of Exeter Coll. in Oxon, and Rector of Clist-Hidon
in Devon. Serm. on Mark 13. 37. Lond. 1635, qu. Be-
sides this he hath at least four more seruions extant, as
(1) Serm. on Hosea 10. 12— printed 1632. qu. (2) Serm.
on Matth. 13. 37. (3) Serm. on James 5. 9. pr. 1632. qu.
&c.
Robert Cotesford INI. A.' — He was afterwards D. of D.
and rector of Hadleigh and Monks Ely in the county of Suf-
folk : * of both which places he was deprived by a committee
for religion appointed by parliament, an. 1643. At which
2 Sec Hist. £? Anliq. Uiiiv. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 318, 319.
' [See several letters of Howell to Dr. Mansell, in his very curious volume
of correspondence. JWanscll, it seems, gave up the office of principal on the
promise of Thelwall's becoming a benefactor to the college.]
* [He was author o( A Dictimnni of the Greek Tcslument. Watts.]
* [Steph. Nettles Salop, admiss. socias coll. Regin. Cant. Oct. 11, 1599.
Idem, (Salop.) admiss. in coll. Kegin. pens. Jun. 25, 1595. Baker.
Stephen Nettles rector of Lexden in Essex, from whence he was ejected
by the conmiittee for scandalous ministers, which sat at Halsted, 16 .\ug.
1644. See the articles exliibited against him for conformity and some levi-
i s in regard to women, in my iSth volume of MS. collections, p. 48. Cole
1616, 24 Mar. Steph. NeUles S. T. B. admiss. ad vicar, de fey magna per
mort. Stepiri Wiseman ad pres. Nich. Nevill gen. Ueg. Limdim. Kennet.]
s He was nephew, as 1 conceive, to Dr. Laur. Bodley, canon of Exeter. _
7 [Rob. Cotesford clectus socius coll. Regin. Nov. 24, 1633, Suffolciensis.
S. T. P. an. 1636. Bakisb.]
« [Rob. Cotesford A. M. coll. ad preb. de Hoxton 12 Sept. 1633 per mort.
Joh. Sympson.
Tho. Holbcach S.T. P. ad eand. 23 Aug. 1660 per mort. Cotesford.
KjvNET.— He had also tlie vie. of Cancwdoi), Essex, 13 Dec. 1629. New-
court, Repcrt. ii, 121.]
417
16^4.
FASTI OXONIENSES,
1624.
418
time and after he suffered much for the royal cause. You
may sec more of him in the wirked libel emit. The first Cen-
[229] tury of scandalous, malignant Priests, &c. j). S. Tliere was
one Dr. Cotc-sford son of Araie Robinson, hiilf sister to \\"i\\.
Laud, archbishop of Canterbury. See the Historti of his
Troubles and Tryal.
Thomas Campion M. of A.— One of both his names was
an atbnircd ])oet and musician in tlic reign of K. Jam. I.
and hath the honour to be named by the learned Cambden,
with Spencer, Sidney, Drayton, and otlier the chief of our
English poets.9 In the Oxford Catalogue you may see the
titles of some of his books, and among them Songs on the
untimely Death of Prince Henry, pricked out to the Lute or
yiol by Joh. Coprario.^ Which Coprario by the way, I
5 [Pliillips, ii, his Thntmm Poetarum 8vo. 167.';, page 174, noriccs this as
an honour Campion did not deserve, and calls liiiu ' a writer of no extraor-
«inanr tanic'J
rrv- ^f^^! ^, ^™'"'"'"«- B^HMifiiig the mtimely Death rf Prince Henry.
V ,, V , ^"'"1""'- '*'"' ««y«-"' to bee $ung with me Voyce to the Lute
orytoU: hii John Coi>rario. Lmulon: Printed Jbr John Browne, Sec. 1^3, (oVm,
with musical notes, containing pp. 20.
Campion's other works wore :
The Description of a Maske, jiresmtcd before the hinges Maiettie at White-hall,
m lueljth K,ght last, in honour of the Lord Hayes, and his Bride. Daughter and
Hnre to the Honourahle the Ixn-d Dennye ; their Marriage hauing been the same
Day at Court solemnized. 1607, 4to.
A nelalim of the late royall Entertainment given by the right honorable the
lard hnoules, at Oiuwmc house neerc Hedding: to our most graciotts Queene,
Queene Anne, m her Progresse toward the Bathe, ivon the scuen and ci'hl and
twentie Dayes iff Aprill, 1613, 4to. "
The Desrrijklon of a MaOcc: presented in the BamjuetingSoome at Whitehall,
on Saint Stephen's Mght last, at the Mariage of the right Hmwurable the Lart of
Somerset, and the right Noble the Lady Frances Houard. 1C14, 4to.
Epigrammatum Libri U. Vmbra. 'F.legiarum liber rnus. 1619, 12mo.
A new Way of making foure ParU in Counter-point, by a most familiar and
irtfaUMe Rule. Secondly, a necessary Discourse of Keyes and their proixr Closes.
Thirdly, the allmced Passages of all Cmcords perfect, or imperfect, are declared
Also by way of Preface, the Nature of the Scale is' apressed , uiih a briefe Method
teachaig to sing. Pr. by T. S. for John Broune. n. d. oct. Ue|)rin!cd as The
Ah of scttmg or composing Miisick in Parts, at the end of Plaj lord's Introduc-
tion, 1660: as also He Art ofDescmt, &c. 1674, 8vo. and aga'in without date.
In addition to these pieces Campion was author of a small tract now very
rare. Observations in the Art of English Paesie, 8". Lond. 1602, reprinted
1815. This gave rise to Daniel's Defence of lihi/mc 1603. Campion's object
was to prove that the English tongue was "capable of admitting as many and
Tanous measures as the Greek and Latin, and to explode what he terms ' the
ehilduh titilation of riming.' I shall give an example of his practice, from
page 31. n
' Rose-cheekt Lawra, come ;
Sing thou smoothly with thy beawtics.
Silent musick, either other
Sweelely gracing,
Lovely formes do flow^
From concent deuinely framed,
Hau'n is musick, and thy bcawtic's
Birth is heauenly.
These dull notes wc sing.
Discords ncede lor helps to grace them,
Only beawty, purely louing,
, Kuuwes no discord;
But still niooues delight,
Like cleare springs renu'd by flowing,
Euer perfct, euer in them —
selues etemall.'
Tlie miscellaneous poems by Campion, that arc known, consUt of A Uymne
.ri praue cf Neptune sung by Amphitn/te Thamcsis, and other sea Nimphes
m Grayes Imi Maske, at the Court, 1594 ; and tlne<- other poems, inserted
m Davison's Poetical Hllpsodie 1602. Jhree pieces, highly (Kietical, written
about that period, first printed by Sir Kgerton llrydges, in the hjcerpla Tu-
dorunui 1814. oct. Conuuendatory verses before the Ayrcs hr) Alfmiso Eeirabosco
1609 ; Oct. barimby Barnes's Foure Bookes of Offices, Lond. 1606, fol. and A
Briefe DiKourse of the true (but neglected) we of Charact'ring the Degrees by
Ihar Perfection, Imprfectim, and Dimnution, in measurable ilmicke, rf-c. by
would have the reader to understand, wa« not a forciirncr
but iin Knglisb man born, who having spent much of hit
time in Italy, changed his name from Ctxiper to C:oprario
(by which la.st he was sp called in Italy) being in hi» Unie
much admired for his com|)osition of lanriri of various
parts. As for the said Thomas Campion the poet I take him
to be too so<m for Tho. Campion M. of A. of Cambridge •
Jon. Fahmp.ry LL.D.— He wa« about this time clwn-
cellor o^the dioc. of Lincoln, was a burgess for the city of
Lincoln to sit in that iMU-liament which began at ^\'est
minster 13 Apr. 1640, and died in 1647. One Joh Far-
mery batch, of div. succeeded Dr. Tho. Sparkc in the arch-
deaconry of Stow in Apr. 1582, whom I take to Iw uncle t.i
the former, who was son of Will. Farmery of Heapluun in
Lincolnshire.
Francis Foxton D. of D.
Will. Lincolne D. of D.
All which, were, I say, incorporated 13 July, being of
the number of 3.5 at least who were then taken into the bo-
som of this university.
Oct. 11. Lancelot Lowther batch, of arti of Trin
«)1I. near Dublin.— One of both his names was admitted m'
of A. as a member of Oriel coll. 21 Jan. 1616.
July 27. Mich. JerminD. of D. of Leyden in Holland —
lie was lately of C. C. cnll. in this university.
Aug. '25. 'I'he right honourable and most-^cellent An-
TONius Kus.Eus maitiuess of Fiat, lord of Chelly and I^n-
gimeau, &c. jirivy counsellor to the most Christian kin<' of
France, chief master of the said king's horse, master of^the
mines within the said kingdom, and ambassador extraordinary
from the said most Christian king U. the king of England
was incorporated master of arts; with which'degrec he liatl
lately been adorned at Cambridge. •• a'his Anthony mar-
" quess of Fiat was a learned man, and when he was am-
" bassador here in England he was taken with an extraor-
" dinaiy desire of seeing the most noble and learned Francis
'■ Bacon, vise. St. Albans, then in his declension; wliich
'• being effected to his desire, there wa.s afterwards con-
" tracted such an intimate actjuaintance belween them, that
" thei€ passed letters between them written one to the
" other under tlie name of father and son. See Dr W'iil
" Rawleigh in the Life of Lord Bacon.-
The right honourable Robert Rich earl of Warwick,
baron of Leighs, kniglit of the Bath. &c. was incorporated
M. of A. to which degree he was lately a<lmitted at Cam-
brulge.— He afterwards sided with the parliament in the
time of the grand rebellion, and was their admiral at sea for
a time.
Sir Gaspard dAlgre knight, count of Beau-voir, baron
of Vivroux, La Croste, Baffle, St. Desire, S. Marcel, Cor-
nusset, Parnassout, Bruges, .Sauset, captain of 50 chevaliers
by the ordination of the most Christian king, was also in-
corixirated in the same degree, to which he had been lately
admitted at Cambridge.
Sir Lewes Lewknore knight, master of the ceremonies
to king Jam. 1. and M. of A. of Cambridge.— \ATiether he
be the same Lew. Lewknore who translated from Spanish
into English, The resolved Gentleman, printed 1594 in qu.
Thomas Ravenscroft, 1614, 4to. Ther* is alto a fong by him, reprinted by
Mr. Haslewood, Irora the L«g«iOTiii<i AngUca Cmserwia oh Alexmdn GiM
1621. qto.]
« [Thomas Campion the poet was certainly educated at CambrMce; and is
supposed, by Mr. Haslewood, ' to be the Thomas Campion, of I,ondon Gen-
llenian, who made his will, dated Octol>cr the 29lh, 1621. which was proved
on his decease, in the C^onsistory Court of Canterbury January 16SS.' See
AncKiit critical Essays upm English Poets and i'oiiw. 1815. Vol. II. p. liii.l
2£*
419
1624.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
16'34.
420
and other things, I know not.' See more in these Fasti,
uinong the creations, an. 1636.
Monsieur .'am. des Chempes, orator of the most Chris-
tiim king, was also incorporated M. of A. as he had formerly
stood inthe univ. or academy of Dividon (Dividonensis.)
All which honourable persons were incorporated with
Anton. RusjEus, before-mention'd, on the 25 Aug.
Jan. 18. GiLB. 1'rimerose M. of A. of the university of
S. Andrew in Scotland. — See more among the creations fol-
lowing,
19. Ranulph Aoams a Scot, batch, of arts of the said
imiversity.
Feb. 24. JoH. Vicars batch, of arts of Cambridge, now
a commoner of Line. coll.
Creations.
Aug. 2.'j. The honourable James de la Mariniere baron
of Montmartin, Gruchy, Horrivet, le Vignies and Guhebert,
ordinary prefect of the horse belonging to the most Chris-
tian king, was actually created master.of arts.
W:ll. Browne of Exeter coll. had leave then given to
him to be actually created M. of \. but 'twas not put in
execution till 16 Nov. following. — He is stiled in the public
register, ' vir omni humana literatura & bonaruni artluni
cognitione instructus.' This pei'son is the celebrated poet
whom I have mentioned among the writers, under the year
1624.
Peregrike Langford had then also the degree of M. of
A. given to him, when he would be ple.ised to come to the
university for it. — On the 11th of Dec. following, he sup-
plicated the ven. congregation (being then absent) that his
[?30] creation might be deferred till Trinity term following; but
whether he was then created, it appears not.
Jan. 18. GiLB. Primerose mention'd before among the
incorporations, was actually created D. of D. in the house
of convocation (just after he had been incorporated) by vir-
tue of the * letters of the chancellor of this university,
■wherein is contained a large testimony of his singular pro-
bity and great learning, and that he had spent twenty years
in the study of theology, backed by recommendations from
the king in consideration of his learning and worth. He was
a Scotch man born, had been one of the French preachers of
the Protestant church at Bourdeaux in France, but now of
the French church in London, and chaplain in ordinary to
the king. In 1628, Jul. 21, he was installed canon of
Windsor in the |)lace of Dr. John Buckridge promoted to
the see of Ely, (for he had kept that dignity several years in
commendam with Rochester) which place he keeping till
his death, Mr. Hugh Cressy sometimes of Merton coll. was
designed by his majesty to succeed him, but was never in-
stalled because he afterwards changed his religion. This
Dr. Primerose hath written many things, as you may see in
the OiJ'oTd Catalogue, among which are (1) Jacob's Vow, op-
posed to the Vows of Monks and Friars, Bergerac, 1610. oct. in
' [The Todixd Gmtlenum, trantlaled out of Sptmishe into Englyshe in/ Leue j
Ltii]ieju)r etquier. Lond. 1.594. 4to. Ep. ded. to the lady Anne, countesse of
Warwicke.
— ' in reganl of your many honourable favours, and continual) redicnesso
lo (lf> nie f»(xKi in court since my first coming to her Ma'lies stTvicc, as also of
liie inliniie obliftations, which not only I, but also my father, and sundry of
my friends do owe unto the memory of your noble deceased husbande and
hi» most worthy and ever memorable brother. Ken net.
A letter from him, ni Latin, to Dr. Francis Anthony, on the merits of the
Uittcr's aurimi |).ii.ibile, is printed in Assertw Medicina ChyrnKtc H teri PiJta-
bilii Auri, Cnnlabr. 1610 : in this he mentions his brother Thomas Uwkenor
yrlio WB» a doctor of medicine.]
« Urg. Omtocat. N. fol. 199. b.
4 tomes or vol. All whicli were written in good French,
and the first vol. containing two books, was translated into
English by Jolm Bulteol a minister. — Lond. I6I7. qii. (2)
La TronifK-lte. de Sioii, &c. Bergerac 1610. oct. in IS ser-
mons; translated into Latin under this title. Tuba Sionis,
seu Exhortatlo ad Poenitentiam &; Jejunium. Dantsick. 1631.
oct. (3) The righteous Man's Evils and the Lord's Deliver-
ances. Lond. 1625. qu. in i) sermons, (4) The Christum Man's
Tears and Christ's Comforts .- a fast-sermon 7 Oct. 1624. on
Matth. 5. 4. and on Luke 6. 21. Lond. 1625. in two parts,
in tw. (5) The Table of the Lord; whereof Ist. The whole
Service is the living Bread, &c. Lond. 1626. oct. in 3 serm.
&c. He paid his last debt to nature in his house in Chis-
well-street near the Artillery-yard in the suburbs of Lon-
don, in Oct. or Nov. 1642; ^ leaving then behind him several
sons, viz. (1) James Primerose doctor of physic. (2) Da-
vid Primerose minister of the French church at Roan in
Normandy. ° (3) Stephen, who was born 1606, Jan.'l^
new stile: who after he came to age always rejected his fa-
ther's cpunsel, and would never follow any calling. After-
wards he became a presumptuous and vain-glorious person,
tho' very ignonmt; did precipitate himself into divers and
damnable heresies, would abuse his father iit his own table
in the presence of his elder brother and others, and would
several times tell him that ' Jesus Christ was to come to
put division between ftither and children,' &c. upon which
account his father left him nothing in his will but six pence.
(4) John Piimeiose born 24 Nov. 1608, who had spent so
much money ttt Paris, London, .-md in the Low Countries,
tliat he could give him no more in his will. " Of the same
" family of the Primerose's was Gilb. Primerose, who was
"Serjeant surgeon to K.James 1. and surgeon to prince
" Henry. — Sec at the end of The First 14 Years of K. James,
" p. 47."
John Durie a Scotch man became a sojourner in the
university, in the month of July this year, for the sake of
the public library, but how long he continued there, I can-
not tell. He afterwards travelled into various countries
beyond the seas, especially thro' most parts of Germany,
where he visited the chief recesses of the muses, and by
long continuance spoke the German tongue so well and
fluent, that many English men after his return took him to
be a German native. He was by profession a divine, was
in orders and a preacher; but whether he took them accord-
ing to the church of England, which he always scrupled, it
doth not appear. He was a great pretender towards the
making of a reconciliation between the Calvinists and Lu-
therans beyond the seas, «r as he himself used to say. For
the making and settling a Protestant union and peace in the
churches beyond the seas, &c. In which work he received
encouragement ' from archb. L.iud, though Prynne, his in-
veterate enemy, saith ' not, but found so small encourage-
ment from him, that he oft complained thereof to his
friends. You may be pleased to see more of these matters,
and of various transactions of the life of the said Durie in
a letter written by him to his ancient acquaintance Sam.
Hartlib esq; who published it (when the said Durie fell into
» [Obiit 1643. Kennet.]
8 [D. P. S. T. B. Oxon. incorporat. Cantabr. 1624 — I^cgr. Biker.
A Treatise of the Sabbath and the Lord's Dai/ hi IV Parts wherein is declared
both the i^ature, Originall, atul Ohservatiim as u-cW of' the one under the Old, as of
the other under the Xew Tcstami nritten in French Ity David Primrose batch, in
div. in the univ. of Oxford and minr of the Gospel in the ProtestatU Church of
Roan—Englislitd'oiU i^his French MS. by hisFuther G.P. D. D. Loud. 1636»
4to. Tanner.]
^ Cautcrbury's Doom, pnated I6i6. p. 539.
« Ibid. p. in.
421
1654.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1C25.
422
the displeasure of the piesbyterians for shewing himself
false to them in several respects) with this title, The un-
changed, constant, and single-hearted Peace-maker drawn forth
into the World: Or a yindkation of Mr.Joh. Dury from the
Aspersions cast upon him in a nameless Pamphlet called, The
time serving Proteus, and ambidexter Divine, uncased to the
world; wherein &c. Lond. 16"50, in three sheets in quarto.
Upon the turn of the times occasion'd by tiie presbyterians,
an. 1641, he sided with them, was one of the ])reachers be-
fore (he long parliament, the members of which apjiointed
him one of the assembly of divines, and took from them
several places of emjjloyment. Afterwards he side<l with
the independents, took tlie engagement, as he had the cove-
nant before, and all other oaths that followed, tiU his ma-
jesty's restoration 1660; at which time, and after, he was
living. He hath written and published about twenty books
and pamphlets; among which are (1) Consuttatio Theulogica
super Negotio Pacts Ecclesinst. Lond. 1641. qu. (2) "A
" summary Discourse concerning the H'ork of Peace Eccle-
P3l] " siastical, &c. presented to the Consideration of my Lord Em-
" bassador Sir Tho. Roiv at Hamburgh, 1639. Cambr. 1641.
" qu. (3) Petition of the House of Commons now assembled in
" Parliament, for the Preservation of true Religion, Lpnd.
" 1642. qu. &c. (4) Certain Considerations shewing the Ne-
" cessily of a Correspondenaj in spiritual Matters betwixt allpro-
" fessed Churches, &c. Lond. 1642. qu." (5) Epistolary
Discourse to Tho. Goodwin, Ph. Nye, and Sam. Hartlib. Lond.
1644, &c. qu. This being \VTitten against toleration, was
answer'd by H. Robinson. (6) Of Presbytery and Indepen-
dency, &.C. print. 1646. qu. (7) Model of Ch. Government,
print. 1647. <iu- (8) Peace-maker the Gospel Way. print.
1648. qu. (9) Seasonable Discourse for Reformation, Lond.
1649. qu. published by Sam. Hartlib. " (10) An epistolical
" Discourse to Mr. Tho. Thorowgood concerning his Conjecture,
" that the Americans are descended from the Israelites. To
" which he added The History of a Portugal Jew, Antonie
" Monterinos, attested by Manasseh Ben-Israel to the same Ff-
" feet, written at St. James's 27 Jan. 1649. in 2 sh. qu. See
c " my book cntit. Jews."^ (11) Considerations concerning the
Engagement, print. 1650. This being answer'd, Dury came
out with a rei)ly " under these titles, Oljections against taking
" the Engagement ayiswer'd, or some Scruples of Conscience
" which a godly Minister in Lancashire entertain'd against the
" taking of the Engagement. Lond. 1640. qu. 4 sh. and Just
" Re-proposals to humbk Proposals. Lond. 1640. qu. 4 sh. in
" order for the taking of the Engagement." (12) The re-
' formed School. Lond. 1650. in tw. published by S. Hartlib.
(13) Supplement to the reformed School. Lond. 1651. in tw.
published by the said Hartlib. (14) The reform. Library
Keeper. Lond. 1650. in tw. To which is added Bibliotheca
Augusta sereniss. Princ. D. Augusti Ducis Brunovicensis S<
Lunieb. qute est Wolferhyti. " (15) Conscience eas'd, or the
" main Scruple which hath hitherto stuck most with conscionable
" Men against the Engagement, remov'd, &c. Lond. 1651. qu.
" 5 sh." (16) Earnest Plea for Gospel Communion. Lond.
1654. qu. (17) Summary Platform of Divinity, pr. 1654.
" (18) He also translated out of French A Copy of a Petition
" as 'twas tendered by him to Gustavus Adolphus K. of Sweden,
" when he was at Elbing in Prussia, 1628. Lond. 1641. qu." '"
9 [Wood alludes to a volume of pamphlets, in liis own library, on the
subject of Jews and Judaism.]
'0 [1677, at Cassell Grrni. — was Dureus our countrvman ; a man of 77 y"
of age, who had learned in a good measure to forget his learning, school-
jliviriitj and ])ricst's-craft, and tor his approaches towards an inward principle
is reproachfully saluted liv some with the title of (juakcr. Sec ll'm. Fam's
Life, p. 64.]
An. DoM. 1625.— I Car. I.
Chancellor.
Will. Earl of Pembror.e.
Fice-Chanceltor .
Dr. Pbioeaux again Jul. 19.
Proctors.
NicH. Brook.es of Oriel coll. Apr. 27 .
Sam. March of Trin. coU. Apr. 27.
Batchelors of Arts.
May 5. Gervasb Warmstrey of Ch. Cb.
June 22. Hen. Elsynge of Ch. Ch.
Will. Hemmikgs of Ch. Ch.
Jul. 6. Gasper Hicks of Trin. coll.
Rob. Cross of Line. coll.
Nov. 22. Thom. Masters of New coll.
24. Hf.nky Savage of Bal. coll.
Dec. 16. Christopher Airay of Qu. coU.
Feb. 6. NicH. Gibbon of St. Edm. hall.
9. Hen. Parker of St. Edm. halt.
Richard Joves of Jesus coll.
13. Tho. Wynell of Brasen-n. coll.
Tho. Washbourne of Bal. coll.
14. Nath. Stephens of Magd. hall.
Edw. Hyde of Magd. hall.
John L'isle of Magd. ball.
15. Mich. Hudson of Qu. coll.
Guy Carlton of Qu. coll.
The last was afterwards bishop of Chichester.
All which will be mention'd at large elsewhere.
Admitted 256.
Batchelors of Law.
Oajy six this year were admitted, the senior of whom wa»
Rich. Basset of Lincoln coll. a compounder.
Masters of Arts.
March 28. Joh. Vicars of Line. coU.
Apr. 29. Joh. Ellis of Hart hall.
Quidam Joh'es Dury clericus, prcsentatus a rege ad rrctoriam de Xortlv-
lowe, dioc. Exon. 6 Fcbr. 1633. Rymer, tom. 19. p. 54?. Baicii.
I transcribed liom a paper in the hands of Mr. Richards of Mattinglejf, Dear
Leckfield, Hants, y^ possessor of some papers of chanc. Clarendon's, and S'
W" Backhouse's of Sjwallowfield, Berks— The copie of a Letter written *o
M' Gunning concerning AnastasiusCommenus a pretended Greeke bishop. —
N B. Twas written by y> John Durie, dated at ' Westminster the J6th Ja-
nuary 1659-60.' — ^Twas directed to Dr. (afterwards bishop) Gunning (for so
'tb wrote there) at Exelcr-house. Loveday.
Thomas Hayne in the dedication of The Life and Death of Dr. ^fartin Lu-
ther to S' Tho. Rue knt. chancellour of the nwst noble order of j* garter and
one of his ma'ties privy councill, saitb —
In your embassie extraordinary for his ma'tie of England into Germanj
16*i8 and once since that time. — you consulted wth other most learned reli-
gious and Christian lovers of God's church about the peace thereof — For this
end Air. John Dury a divine of singular pietie and learning, truly studioos of
the churche's peace, and incomparably sedulous to advance the same, and
first interested in the work by your honourable means and encouragcmeDt,
hath so much prevailed w'h many illustrious princes and states and the most
eminent learned men in Germany and the parts adjoyning, that the work is
very well promoted, and an hearty inclination wrought towards a good cor-
rcspondencie for ccclesiasticall peace. Klnnst.
This John Durie wrote also; The Heads or ReaMM Jar which a gatemt
Council of Pnitrsfonfs ought to he caUed together m Eagbmd. Lond. 1641- 4°.
I have several MS. letters of his. PrcK.
Two original Letters from this writer arc presented in the Bodleian. MSS.
St. .\mand, 11. They relate to the method of analyang the scriptures and
arc wriuan with judgment and ability.]
• 3£* 2
423
1625.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1625
424
May 21. Will. Clatbrokb of Bal. coll. — This person,
who was the second son of an esq; left Oxon after, changed
his religion, went beyond the seiis, and became canon of
i-ome of the hither parts of France and Flanders, as 1 have
lx«n ' informed.
June 23. George Hughes of Pembr. lately of C. C. coll.
25. JoH. Strickl.vnd of jQii. coll.
30. Henry Hammond of Mugd. coll.
July 5. John Marsham of St. Joh. coll.
July 2. JoH. Lee of Bal. coll. — He was afterwards one
of the first scholars of Pembroke coll. at its first fountia-
lion, where, as at Baliol, he was an indefatigable student,
and of proficiency answerable. He wrote an interlude, but
[2321 never acted or published, and hath a Lat. speech in * print,
which is all 1 know of him, only that he was son of Joh.
Lee of Abingdon in Berks, and educated in Jhe free-school
there.
July 7. Joh. Sedgwick of Magd. hall.
John Angell of Magd. hall.
James Eglesfield of Qu. coll. was admitted the same
day — He was afterwards vicar of Chewton in his native
country of Somersetshire, and author of A hcmienhj Hymn to
the King of Heaven, a sermon on Mark ". 3". Ijond. 1640.
oct. the author being then dead. \Vhat else was jiublished
under his name 1 know not, nor any thing else of him only
that he was a minister's son and a learned man.
Admitted 156.
Balchelors of Divinity.
Apr. 1. Griffin Higgs at Mert. coll.
Elizeus Burges of St. Joh. coll.
The last was now archdeacon of Rochester in the place
of Rich. Tillesley deceased.'
May 19. Hen. King of Ch. Ch.
John King of Ch. Ch.
June 28. John Davenport of Magd. hall.
July 1. Brian Duppa of AU-s. coll. ^
2. RoG. Manwaring of AU-s. coll. A
8. Francis Potter of Trin. coll.
Admitted 19.
Doctor of Law.
Mar. 31. William Skinner of All-s. coll. chancellor of
the (Hoc. of Hereford.
t^ Not one doctor of pflflic was admitted this year.
Doctors of Divinittj.
May 19. Hen. King canon of Ch. Ch.
Joh. Kino canon of Ch. Ch.
Both the sons of Dr. King sometimes B. of London^ and
accumulators and compounders.
26. Edw. a Meetkirke of Ch. Ch. Hebrew pro-
fessor of the university and about this time prebendary of
Winchester.*
June 20. Charles Croke of the same house, an accu-
' Vide liaUiafermt, er a Comment on the Fmmdatian and Founders of Baliol
CoU. p, 118.
» Ibid.
' [Elizeus Burges S. T. B. admiss. ad vie. de Caiiewdon com. Essex 28
.lonii 1630 per cess. Rob'ti Cottesford ex coll. epi Lund. Reg. Laud.
KrSNET.]
* [Rex omnibus ad quos &c. damus et concedimns dilecto subdito n'ro
Edwardo .Mecikirk S. T. B. locum pralectoris iiostri in lingua Hebrarca in
alma acad. nra Oxon. per niort. nat. Hie. Kilby S. T. B. ult. |)ra;lcctoris—
cum feodo quadraginia libmm. T. R. apud. Weslnioa. octavo die Novcmb.
rcgnl 18 (,16S0). Rymer. xvU, 271. Kennet.]
mulator and compounder. — He was at this time rector of
Amersham alias .^gniundeshimi in Bucks,* and fellow of
Eaton coll. and afterwards the writer and jjublisher of A
sad Memorial of Hen. Curwen, Esq; only Child of Hir Patr.
Ciiruen of Warkington in Cumberland Baronet, who died 21
Aug. 163S, aged 14, and was buried in the Church of Amersham
in Bucks. Serm. on Job 1 4.2. Oxon. 1638. qu. at which time
the author was chaplain to K. Ch. I. What other writings
he hath published I know not, nor any thing else of him,
only that he was born in Oxfordshire, and that he was a
younger son of sir Joh. Croke of Chilton in Bucks, one of
the justices of the King's-bench.
July 1. Brian Duppa of All-s. coU.
2. Roger Manwaring of All-s. coll.
Both which accumulated the degrees in divinity.
8. Thomas IIorne of Mert. coll. compounder.
Nath. Giles of Magd. coll. compounder.
The first became canon of Windsor in Oct. 1616. in the
place of Dr. Edm.Nuttal, sometimes fellow of Clare hall in
Cambridge, deceiised^ and dying on the seventh of the ides
of Nov. 1636, aged 60, was buried in St. George's chap, at
Windsor.' The other (Dr. Giles) became also canon of the
said chappel, in the latter end,of 1623, and in the latter end
of lT)26, prebendary o£ Worcester in the place of Hen.
Bright deceased. He died in t!ie time of the grand rebellion.
Incorporations.
The plague raging this year in London, and therefore the
act put off, few incorporations occur. However those that
are,, take as they follow.
July . . .Tho. Browne batch, of the laws of Trin. coll. in
Cambridge. Qua;re.
6. Edm. Prideaux M. a. of the same university. —
This person, if I am not mistaken, was the same, who
" being a member of the Inner-Temple, was chose member
" of parliament for Lyme in Dorsetshire — a busy man in
" examining the king's cabinet of letters taken atNasebyj"
was also during the times of usurpation, one of the com-
missioners of the great seal, and by ordinance did practise
within the bar, as one of the king's council, " was recorder
I " of Exeter, and after that was made solicitor and then
" attorney general to Oliver;" and post-master for all the
inland-letters. From which employments gaining a vast
estate, left at the time of his death, 19 Aug. 1569, an incre-
dible mass of gold (as the credible rei)ort then went) be-
sides lands of very great demesnes.
July 12. Lodovic. Rouseus doctor of phys. of the uni-
versity of Leyden in Holland.
Dec. 13. John Verneuil M. of A. of the univ. of Mounf-
albon in France, now or lately of Magd. coll.
Feb. 11. Thom. Levet, (of York diocese) a licentiat of
the civil law in the univers. of Orleance, was incorporated
batch of the same fac.
March 24. Edward Hayward M. of A. of Cambridge'
Quajre.
Creations.
Jan 26. John Hassall or Halsall a student in divinity,
sometimes batch, of law, and fellow of New coll. had then
' [In 1621 he was presented to Amnrsham valued in<he kings booke at
48 : 16 : 0 -i so that his ielluwship of Eaton must have befen vacated when
he took that living, as any thing above 40 marks per ann. vacates it. See
Ward's Lives of Gresliam professors, p. ,S07. Coi.e.]
'' [Joli. Ellis S.T. P. admiss. ad vie. de Islcworth com. Midd. 29 Mar.
1637 pi'r mort. Tho. Home. Reg. Lmd.
Tho. Home coll. Mcrton. Oxon. socius, inst.-Ulatus in canoaicatu Windsor
19 Octob. 1616. cui succ. — Howell. Frith, Catal. Kensit.]
[233j
425
162C.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1C«6.
4,26
leave given to him by the venerable convocation tliat he
might be actually created doctor of the said faculty, when
he pleased to accept of that degree, but the day wlien he
was created appears not. In the letters commendatory of
the chancellor of this univ. (Will, earl of Pembroke) written
to the members thereof, are these matters mention'd of
the said Plassal. — ' He hath been a diligent and faithful
' preacher of the word of (iod in the Low-Countries, and
' hatli gotten a singuliu- good reputation with the Englisli
' in those parts, having been j)articularly favoured and che-
' rished by the count Pidatine and the lady Elizabeth his
' most royal spouse. — He was, when my self was a student
' in the university, a hopeful scliolar, and of special note in
' the house with mc,' &c. The letters also of sir Horatio
Vere written in his behalf to the imiversity say thus. — ' He
' hath not only gained a singular good repute for his abilities,
' but for his pious and sweet conversation and esteem among
' us,' meariug his soldiers and voluntiers in the IjOW-
countries, where the said sir Horatio was a commander of
a regiment, sent U> joyn with the united princes in (ier-
many. The said IJr. Hassall was installed dean of Norwich
(intieplaceof Dr. Kdm. Suckling) on tlu-l.") July IGW, which
dignity he obtained by the cndcavouis of tlie ;aily Elizabeth
bef(>re-uient!<m'd.' He died and was buried at Creak in
Norfolk in the times of usurjiation, and was succeeded
in his deanery, after the restoration of K. Charles 2. by
Dr. Joh. Croft of AU-soids college, brother to William
lord Croft.
" Til s year and after was a sojourner also in the univer-
" sity, Jon. IVlocHiNGEN, Daiitiscaiius. Konisiius saith,
" in JJib. let. &- Nov. that he was a professor of Dantzick."
" and that he died in 1652, and left behind him, Florida
" Rhetorica. qu.
" This year also Henby Bixsterfield, Germanus, en-
" tred into the lilir. 12 Nov. Konigius saith, that Joi>. Hen-
" ricus Bisterfeldus, Nassovius, scripsit contra Joh. Crel-
" Hum de uno Ueo Fatre, an. 1639. in qu.
" LuDov. DuKTE Kevaliensis LivoNus was a sojourner
" this year, and after, in the university to impro\e himself
" in literature by the use of the publ. library. — Geo. Mat.
*' Konigius saith, lie was born in 1.597, and dyed in 1639,
" that he enjoy'd an ecclesiastical benefice in his own coun-
" try. He wrote De Praxi Pietatis Buccina Emngein — De
" Verhi Divini Usu ; and a golden work, entitled Decmones
*" Casuum Conscicatia: All which do shew his singular
" learning and piety."
An. Dom. 1C26. — 2 Car. 1.
4t|) Chancellor.
William earl of Pembroke.
yice-chan cellar .
Will. Juxon, LL. D. president of St. John's college,
July 22.
Proctors.
HoPTON Sydenham of Magd. C. Apr. 19.
DiONYS. PuiDEAUX of Ex. C. Apr. 19.
Batchelor of Music.
July 24. John Frith of St. John's coll. — Some of his
' [Joh'cs HasMlccivitatcNorwiccnsioriundus, inter socios. coll. Novi Oxon.
conscriptiis aimo 1594. Sodalitio valediiit anno 1603, LL. B. et denium,
S. T. D. CcUiil. Socinrum. Kknnf.t.
He was presented by lord keeper Egerton to the preb. of Ecclesliall
(eccl. Licli.) 10 Feb. 1602. TANxen.]
' 8 [He was one of the Lutheran preachers at S. Elizabeth's church in
Dantzic, 1640-1. Dr. Ward's LeHers, 242. Tanner.]
compositions and anthems I have seen, but whether extant
1 cannot tell.
Salclielon of Art*.
Apr. 28. George Bate of St Edm. hall.
Oct. 21. Giles Workman of Magd. liall.
Philp Hunton of Wad. coll.
Nov. 20. Calybute Downing of Or. coll.
2.5. Hen. Wilkinson of Magd. hall comcnonly
called Long Harry.
Dec. 4. KicH. Napieb of Wadh. coll.
Jan. 31). Enw. Hinton of Mert. coll.
Of the lirst of these two hist, i shall make larger mention
among the created doctors of phys. an. 1642, and of the
other among the created doctors of div. an. 1649.
June 30. Jon. I'RicHETof St. Edm. hall, lately of Queen's
coll. — He was afterwards bishop of (.ilocester.
31. Henry Edmondson of Qu. coll.
Thom. ItRowsE of Pern. coll.
The last of these two wa.s the first man of note that was
admitted to a degree, as a member of Pembroke coll. He
was afterwards an eminent physician, viituoso, and knight.
Feb. 1. Franc. Cheynell of Mert. coll.
JoH. BiscoE of New inn.
All which will be mention'd at large hereafter.
On the l.5th of March sir Charles Howard of Ch. Ch.
had his gr.ice granted for batch, of arts, but whether ad-
mitted, it appears not. — 1 take him to be the same sir Ch.
Howard, who was lately made knight of the Bath, and after
the death of his father became earl of Berkshire. He died
about the beginning of tlie year 1679.
Admitted 272, or thereabouts.
Batchelors of Law.
Of nine batchelors of law, that were admitted this year,
I cannot find one of them that was afterwards a writer, or
bishijp, or of any eminent place in the church.
Masters of Art*.
March 28. Edw. Pococke of C. C. coll.
Apr. 28. Hen. Tozer of Exeter coll.
May 4. George Griffith of Ch. Ch.
June 27. KoB. Codrington of Magd.- coll.
July 6. Arthur Salway of Bras-n. coll.
The last was afterwards minister of Severn-stoke, in his
native country of \\'orcestershire, and hath published Halt-
ing stigmatiz'd : a fast sermon before the house of commons
25 Oct. 1643. on 1 Kings 18. 21. Lond. 1644. qu. and
perhaps other things. Qusere.
Feb. 26. Tobias Crispe of Bal. coU. — He is to be num-
bred among the w riters in another part of this work.
" Tliis year proceeded, M A. also Edw. Pope of Magd.
" hall, who about the year 1666 became archdeacon of
" Gloucester by the favour of Dr. Nicholson, to whom he
" had been usher when he taught at Croyden, and dying at
" his cure, caU'd Midton on the hill in Surrey on St. Ste-
" phen's day I671, was there bmied. Whereupon John
" Gregorv succeeded him in his archdeaconry, and him
" Tho. Hyde of Qu. coll. in O.xon."
Athmitted 134.
Batchelors of Physic.
Of six batchelors of phys. that were admitted this year,
I cannot find one that was afterwards eminent. Besides
them, were two students in that faculty adm. to practise.
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427
16'i(J.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1G2G.
428
viz. John Speed of St. John's, andTHOM. Nourse of Lin-
coln coll. both afterwards eminent physicians.
BatcheloTs of Divinity.
May 6. John Morris, chaplain of .■\1I-s. coll. — See more
uf him among the doctors of (tiv. an. 1634.
Besides Mr. Morris, were 10 more batchelors admitted,
of whom 1 caimot as yet give any account.
ft^ Not one doctor of law was admitted this year, nor
one in physic.
Doctors of Divinity.
Dfec. 14. Walt. Coxingsbie of Exeter coll.
16. Accepted Fbewen, president of Magd. coll. a
compounder.
Feb. 17- CHBiSTorHER PoTTEK, provost of Queens coll.
Incorporations.
July 7- Edm. Layfield, batch, of div. of Cambridge.' —
He published The Soul's Solace : fun. serm. on psal. 7S. ?5.
printed 1632. qu. And if he be the siime Layfield, who
had been chaplain to George earl of Cumberland in his
travels, he was author of A large Relation of Port Bicco
Voyage, which is inserted in the fourtli vol. of Sam. Pur.
chas, his Pilgrims, printed at Lond. 1G25 p. 11. 55. One
John Layfield, D.D. had a hand in translating the Bible
in the beginning of K. Jam. 1. but he, you must know, was
fellow of Trin. coll. in Cambridge, and afterwards parson
of St. Clement's church without Temple-bar, near London,
where he died in 1617-' " This Dr. Eduiond Layfield mar-
" ried Bridget, half sister to Will. Laud, by whom he had
" issue Dr. Edw. Layfield."
July 10. Thom. Aylesbury, batch, of div. of the same
university. He hath published (1) Serm. preached at Paul's-
cross, June 1G22 : On Luke 17- 37. Lond. 1623. qu. (2)
Treatise of the Confession of Sin, with the Power of the Keys,
&c. printed 16.57. qu. (3) Diatribx de telerno divini bene-
placiti circa Creaturas InteUectuales Decreto, ubi Palrum Con-
suUa, &c. Cantab. 1659. qu.
Edward Alston, doct. of phys. of the said imiv. of Cam-
bridge,' was incorporated on the same day. — He was after-
wards a knight, and president of the coll. of physicians at
London. He died in the parish of Great St. Hellen's in
Lond. in the winter time, 1669.
July 24. James Usher, archb. of Armagh, and primate
of all Ireland, was incorjiorated doctor of div. as he had
stood in the univ. of Dublin. — ^This was done while he
lodged in Jesus coll. purposely to peruse certain MSS. in
the public library and elsewhere. In a convocation, held 10
9 [E<lra. Lajficld, coll. Clir. .S.T.B. Canl. 1624. Bakeb.
The Majipe of' Man's Moi-tality and Vanih/ A Sermon praichcd at the solemn
Fimeralt of Abraham Jacob, J^ in the Church if St. hemiard's liromtey, by
Stratford hotr. Mm/ 8, 1629, ly Edmund Lai/field, B. D. and Preacher there.
Londonfor Nich. Bourn, 1630. 4to. Kennet.]
' [Joli. Layfield, S. T. B. admiss. ad eccl. S. Cleineutis D.iiconi Lond.
S3 Mar. 1601. ct vac. per raort. ipsiusante 6 Nov. 1617. Reg. Ijmd.'i
It was this John Laj field wlio wrote the followuig lines to sir William
Leighton on his Teare> or Lamentations of a sorrmrfull Sotcle, Lond. 1613, 4to.
Christ's yoake is sweet, see now it workes the heart,
Willi steams of sighs, with throws of supplication !
Say irfU-i-am, when griefes Leight-on my part ;
Souls are sublim'd in fire of tribulation.
No meruaile marble weepes on gloomy day,
Siuce griefc yceldes bunny dewes griefc to allay.
Bodl. 4to. L. 32. Th.]
' fEdn. Alston, coll.Jo. Cantabr. M.D. there 1626; .VB. coll. Jo. 161.5;
A.M. J619. Ueg. Acad. CanL liiKEU.]
March 1644, certain doctors and masters were by the vice-
chanc. and proctors a]ijx)inted to t.ike eare and see that his
effigies should be engraven on a coijper plate, with an elo-
gium under it, to be prelix'd to his Annotations on Ignatius,
his Epistles, then printing in O.von. It was also then or-
der'd that the said plate should be engrav'd at the charge of
the university, and in the name thereof. The elogium,
which was afterwards by their ajipointnient made, runs
thus. Jacobus Usserius, &c. ' James Usher, archb. of Ar-
' magh, primate of all Ireland, the most skilful of primi-
' live antiquity, the unanswerable defender of the orthodox
' religion, the maid of errors, in })reaehing frequent, elo-
' quent, veiy i)owerful, a rare example of an unblameable
' life. Rob. Pink, vicechanc'
But this inscription, witli the effigies, was not put before
the said book, but before that I)e Jio. Eccl. Symbolo Apost.
Lond. 1647- and some others since.
Jan. 31. Nigh. Andrews ' was, with Rich. Andrews,
(both masters of arts of Cambridge) incorporated here, as
they had stood there. — Nich. Andrews was afterwards doct.
of div. rector of Guilford, and vicar of Godalniine in Sur-
rey ; where shewing himself a zealous man for the church
of England, and a great loyalist, was turn'd out of his liv-
ings by the committee of religion, appointed by the long
parliament, an. 1643. He is mention'd in The first Century
of scandalous, malignant Priests, p. 8.
Feb. 1. Tobias Crispb, batch, of arts of Cambridge, now
of Bal. coll. — See before, among the mtisters of arts this
year.
Creations.
July 22. JoH. Chudleigii, batch, of .trts of Wadhani
coll. the eldest son of sir George Chudleigh of Alston in
Devonshire, baronet, was created master of arts, he being
a little before elected a burgess to serve in parliament.
Nov. 20. Leonard Digges, batch, of arts of Univ. coll.
' in Academiis transmarinis bonarum artium studiis diu
versatus (as the public register saith) ' earumq; cognitione
optime excultus," was actually created master of arts.
On the 27th of Dec. this year, Edward Michelbourne,
a gentleman's son of Ilampshiic, originally a commoner of
St. Mary's hall, and afterwards for many j'e.trs of that of
Glocester, was buried in the ])arish church of St. Thomas
the martyr in the West suburb of ().\ford, aged 62 or there-
abouts.— The reasons why I set him down here are (1)
Because he took no degree, being a Rom. Cathclic, other-
wise I would have put him in that year wherein he took a
degree. (2) Because he was the most noted Latin poet pf
his time in the university, as divers copies of his composi-
tions printed in sever.al books, .«hew; which if put to'.'ether,
would make a manual. (3) That the jjoets of his time did
mostly submit their labours to his judgment before they
were made public, particularly Charles Fitz-Geffry, who
dedicates his AJfania to him.
Rich. Broughton, a sojourner in Oxon, was entred a
student into the public library on the 19th of June this
year, under the title of a minister of God's word. This
person, who had formerly studied in Oxon, to gain mate-
rials for publishing certain books, was born of genteel pa-
rents aKireat Steukley in Huntingdonshire, (but descended
of an antient family of his name living at Broughton Tower
in Lancashire,) sent when young to Rheimes in I"rance,
' [Nic. Andrews, admis. in aul. Pemb. 1619 ; electus socius ibid. Nov. 8,
16ii. Bakeb.]
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1627.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1627.
430
where passing his course among the English, became a
good philosopher and theologist, and well skill'd in the
Greek and Hebrew tongues. Afterwards, he being made
priest, was sent into the mission of England, continued
there many years in good repute for his religion, learning,
experience, and public spirit : for which he was thought
to be the fittest person to be chosen assistant to tlie arcli-
priest, that had been lately ap]>ointed by his holiness the
pope. He hath written (1) Apologeikal Epuille. (2) Mo-
derate Answer to a most calumniating Libel, which endeavours
to prove that a Rom. Catholic cannot be a good Subject. (3)
Continuation of the Cath. Apology made up out of the Protest-
ant Authors. (4) Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain de-
duced by Ages, or Centuries, from the Nativity of our Saviour,
unto the happy Conversion of the Sa.xons, &c. Doway 1633,
fol. Tho' 'tis a rapsody, and a thing not well digested,
yet there is a great deal of reading shew'd in it. 'Tis said
in the title to be the first tome, as if another was to follow.
(5) True Memorial of the antient, most holy and religious
Estate of Great Britain, flourishing with Apostles, Apostolical
Men, Monasteries, religious Rules and Orders, in great Number,
in the Time of the Britains, and Primitive Church of the Saxons,
&.C. printed 1650, oct. published by G. S. P. (6) Monasti-
con Britannicum : Or, a Historical Narration of thejirst Found-
ing and four ishing State of the antient Monasteries, religious
Rules and Orders of Great Britain, in the Times of the Britains
and Primitive Church of the .Saxons, &c. Lond. les."), oct.
This book I h;ive, the title of which running idmost verba-
tim, as the former, (which I have not yet seen) makes me
togutss, tliat it is in many things the same. Quaire. This
industiious author, who probably hath written other mat-
ters, died in a good old age, on the lifteenth of the kal. of
Febr. an. 1634, and was buried near to the bodies of his
father and mother, and other of his relations, in the church
of Great Steukley before-mention'd. Over his grave was
soon after a mon. with an inscription thereon, ])ut, wherein
he is stiled, ' presbyter Anglus, innocentia morum angeli-
cus. Majorum prosapiam, quorum ipse nemini impar sacra
functione longe superavit, & claro virtutum ingenitarum
praeconio pirennavit, &c. Antiquariorum sui saculi exqui-
sitissimus, ecclesiasticorum monumentum, aurifodinam,
haereditatem omni thesauro pretiosiorem, raro scientiss.
virorum, sed optabili exemplo, posteris reliquit,' Slc*
w An. Dom. 1627.— 3 Car. 1.
Chancellor.
Will, earl of Pembroke.
Vice-chancellor.
Dr. JuxoN again, July 19.
Proctors.
Hugh Halswell of AU-s. coll. Apr. 4.
* [At Vorsoy, a town in the canton of Berne, Ludlow was buried, and just
by hu monument is a tombstone with the following inscription.
Depositorium.
AndretE Bronghton, armigeri Anglican! Majdstonensis in comitatu Cantii
nbi bis proetor urbanus, dignatusque etiam fuit sententiani regis reginn pro-
fari. Quam ob causam expiiUus patriA sua, peregrinatione ejus finita, solo se-
ncctutis niorho aflectus requiescens a laboribus suis in Domino obdormivit,
!3 die Feb. .\nno D. 1687. aetatis sua; 84.
The inhabitants of the place couUI give no account of this Bronghton, but
1 suppose, by his epitaph, it is the same i)erson that was clerk to tlie pre-
tended liigh court of justice, which passed sentence on the royal martyr.
Mr. Addison's Remarkttn Italy, &c. p. 464. Kennet.]
Fhanc. Hyde of Ch. Ch. Apr. 4.
Upon the resignation made by the proctor* of their office,
22 Apr. 1628, .Mr. Will. IIydb and Mr. Isaac Taylor
were procuratorcs nati till the 13th of June following, the
controversy of electing proctors being not till that time
tinish'd. See more in Hist. Sf Anti(j. Univ. Ozon, lib. 1.
p. 330, b. 331, a.
Batchelort of Arts.
June 1. Jon. VVebberley of Line. coll. See among the
batchclors of div. in 1640.
11. Sam. Fisher of Trin. coll. afterwards of Xew inn,
and of all religions in the time of the grand rebellion.
RoG. Lorte of Wadham coll. (the poet) was admitted
the same day.
July 3. Rich. Chalfout of New inn, afterwards of Line.
coll. — See more among the batch, of div. 1637.
Oct. 23. Joh. Archer of Exet. coll.
25. Rob. Maton of Wadh. coll.
" Jan. 26. Hen. Studbe of Madg. hall.''
Feb. 18. Rob. Randolph of Ch. Ch. — This person, who
took no higher degree in this university, was a most inge-
nious poet, as several of his copies of verses printed in va-
rious books shew. ' He collected together the poems, plays,
and other matters of his brother Tho. Randolph, the cele-
brated poet of his time, as I have before told you. This
Rob. Randolph, who was the first vicar of Rarnetby, and
after of Donnington in Holland in Lincolnshire, was buried
in the church at Donnington 7 July 1671, aged 60 or
thereabouts.
21. Hen. Carpenter of Exet. coll.
Sam. Austin of Exet. coll.
27- John Aris of Magd. hall. — See among the
masters 1630.
As for Fisher, Lorte, Archer, Marton and Carpenter,
they are to be mention'd at large hereafter.
Adm. 240, or thereabouts.
Batchelors of Law.
But seven were admitted this year, of whom Morgan
Godwin of Pemb. coll. was one, Edw. Lake, whom I shall
* [He characterizes his brother's verses in the following fines:
These, if they cannot much advance thy fame.
May stand dumb statues to preser\*e thy name ;
And, like sun-dials to a day that's gone.
Though poor in use, can tell there was a Sun.
Yet (if a fair confession plant no bayes,
Nor modest truth conceiv'd a lavish prnise)
I could to thy great glory tell this age.
Not one iuvenom'd line doth swell the page
With guilty legends ; but so clear from all
That shoot malicious nobe, and vomit gall.
That 'tis observ'd in every leaf of thine,
Thou hast not scatter'd snakes in any line.
Here are no remnants tortur'd into riine.
To gull the reeling judgments of the time ?
Nor any stale reversions patch thy writ,
Glean'd from the rags and frippery of wit.
Each syllabic doth here as truly run
Thine, as the light is proper to the SutL
Nay in those feebler I'uies which thy last breath,
And laboring brains snatch'd from the skirts of death,
Tliough not so strongly pure, we may descry
The father in his last |x)sterity,
As clearly shown, as virgins looks do ]>ass
Through a thin lawn, or shadowes in the glass.
And in thy setting, as the Suns, confess.
The same large brightness, though the heat be less.
Such native swcetne^ flows in every line ; .
The reader cannot chuse but swear tis thine.]
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431
i62r.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1627.
432
anon mention, another, and a third called Oliver Lloyd of
AU-s. ooU.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 17. Rich. Allen of Pemb. coll.
June 1. Thom. Ford of Magd. hall.
2. Hen. Bkeslky of St. Alb. hall.
Steph. Goffe of St. Alb. hall.
Tho. Browne of Ch. Ch.
Joseph C.\ryll of Exet. coll.
July 9. Christoph. Elderfield of St. Mary's hall.
6. RoG. Turner of Exet. coll. — This person, who
■nas afterwards beneficed near Southampton, and the place
of his nativity, hath published The Usurer's Plea answered,
u sennon preached at Southampton 18 Jul. 1633, on Matth.
25. 27. Lond. 1634, qu. and another on 2 Kings 11. ver.
12. — Printed in 1661, qu. and not unlikely others.
Mar. 14. Francis Davies of Jesus coll.
Adm. 131, or thereabouts.
(C5° Not one batch, of physic was admitted this year.
Batchelors of Divinity.
June 2. Alex. Huish of Wadh. coll.
16. CouNEL. Burces of Line. coll.
21. Hugh Robinson of New coll.
27- Alexand. Gill of Trin. coll.
July 5. Will. Hayes of Magd. hall. — He was the same
person who had published The Lawyer's Look'ing-glass, a
sermon at St. Mary's in Oxon, at (he assizes 7 Jul. 1624,
on Esther 1. 15. Oxon 1624, qu. Whether he wrote or
published any thing else, I know not, nor do I know any
thing of him besides, only that he was a Hamjishire man
lx)rn, and that he was afterwards rector of Skilgate, and
at length, in 1635, rect. of Orchard, both in Somerset-
shire.
July 6. Thom. Lushington of Pemb. coll.
Admitted 27.
Doctors of Law.
June ult. Matthew Nicholas of New coU. — This per-
son, who was afterwards can. resident, of Salisbury, became
dean of Bristol on the death of Dr. Edw. Chctwynd an.
1639, iind in 1642 was made canon ot the fifth stall in the
coUegiat church of St. Peter in Westminster on the death
of Dr. Will. Robinson, brotlier by the mother's side, to Dr.
Laud, archb. of Canterbury. Of which dignities being de-
prived in the time of the rebellion, became, after his ma-
jesty's restoration, dean of St. Paul's cathedral in London."
In Bristol succeeded Dr. Hen. Glemham of Oxon, an. 1660,
and in St. Paul's, Dr. Job. Warwick of Cambridge, elected
thereunto 15 oct. 1661. To this Dr. Nicholas, his piety
and moderation, the church was as much beholden, as the
state was to his elder brother sir Edw. Nicholas. The
former died 15 Aug. 1661, the other on the first of Sept.
166!), aged 77, and was buried in Horsley church in Surrey,
where there is a fair inouunient, with a large inscription
thereon, over liis gi-ave. By tlie way 1 desire tlie reader to
know that the said sir Edward was born at Winterbourne-
Earles in ^^'iltshire, where his name is, or at least hatli
been, antient and genteel, that he had his education in this
* [Dr. Nicholas, being ronstcr of St. Nicholas' hospital in Hernhain, near
Salisbun,-, lone brfore 1645, was ilcprivcH ol it lor hi« residence nt liis dcanry
of Bristol, biintj Ihc king's garrison, being then a very worthy and reverend
divine: but Jnnc 20, ]C<K)', re»iore<l to it by parliumeut. JmimaUoJthc
Haux if Comment, vol. viii, page 69. CoLii.l
university "at Qu. coll." and afterwards in the royal court,
where he became " secretary to George duke of Bucks,
" and" at length secretary of state to K. Ch. I. and after-
wards a sufferer for his cause, and an exile with his son
Ch. II. After the restoration of the last, he continued iu
the office of secretary, but then growing antient, resigned
it in Oct. 1663. At wliich time his majesty in considera-
tion of his fitlelity, constancy, and artection to his and his
father's service, did freely offer to make him a baron, but
sir Edward, according to his wonted canlor and modesty,
(after he had most humbly return'd his thanks) besought
his majesty therein to spare him. A gentleman of both his
names wrote /In Apology for the honourable Nation of the
Jews, and all the Sons of Israel, Lond. 16J8, in qu. What
relation he had to sir Edward, I know not. " Sir Edw.
" Nicholas was buried at West Horsley in Surrey."
Jun. ult. Will. Merick of New coll.
Will. Griffith of New coll.
The former was afterwards " made by archb. Laud,'
judge of the prerogative ■ out t for the province of Canter-
bury, upon the death of sir Hen. Martin, Oct. 1641, emi-
nent for his great learning and abilities, as also for his loy-
alty and affection to his majesty, king Charles II. and to his
glorious father, both at home and beyond the seas. Upon
which account he was sent for to the court, 8 Nov. 1661,
and had the honour of knighthood conferr'd ujxm him in
his majesty's bed-chamber, ile died in the winter time,
an. lt)6S, and was succeeded in liis judgeship by Dr. Leolin
Jenkins. The other, W^ill. Griffith, was chancellor of the
dioceses of St. Asaph and Bangor. ^
' [Dr. William Griffith was the eldest son of Bobcrt Griffith of Carveg-
Iwyd, in Llaiifaetliln in Angliscy, by his wife Ann, the daughter of Owenap
Hugli of Guenvnoe in the same county. He was born at Llantiicthln afore
said, Oct 28, 1597. lie wiis fellow of New college, and in 16'i9, Oct. 13,
Bp. Bayly granted the jurisdiction of the diocese of Bangor in a.jotnt patent
to one Hiigii Griffith, LL. D. and this William Griffitli tlien also LL. D. and
one of the advocates t»f the arches. In the vacancy upon Bp. Bayly's death,
archbp. Abbot made liiui and the dean guardian of the spiritualities, by a
patent, dated Oct. 10, 1631. And archbp. Laud granted the jurisdiction iu-
tirely to him upon the death of Bp. Dolben by patent, dated Npv. 28, 1633.
U'p<m Bp. Edmund Griffith's coming to this see, he snrrendereu up the JMnt
patent be had formerly to Dr. Hugh Griffilii and him, and that Bp. made him
sole chancellor and vicar general, dated July 27, 16.i5. In this he is styled
LL. D. and one of the masters of liis majesties high court of chancery. He
was also chancellor of St. Asaph, and marryd Mary, daughter of Bp. John
Owen of that see, by whom be had si.v children, of which John Griffith of
Llaiifaetliln, esq; high sherif of Anglisey, for the year IdOO, was the eldest.
Tlie second was Francis Griffith, .V.M. of Jesus college, Oxon, and rector Tif
Lianfihengel y Gnvnt in the county of Montgomery.
Chancellor GriHitli's usual residence #as at Lanfaethin, where he and Ids
brother John Griffith, a learned and good rector of that place, did much bet-
ter and enlarge the parsonage house, by the addition of a very fair parlour
to it, and other lodgings and conveniences, and beautify that little church
extreeinely with a set of the most uhiform and decent wainsct)t seats in the
diocese. He departed this life there, Oct. 17, 1648, and was buryed in that
church in the grave of his father, and close to his wife, where he had pre-
pared his dormitory 3 years before, as you'l see by the inscriptions on his
and his wife's graves, which are these underwritten.
He hath nothing in print that 1 know of, except a copy of Latin versej be-
fore D^ Davies Welch dictionary, printed 1632.
Chancellor Griffith wife's epitaph.
Here is a blessed assurance of a joyfuU resurrection, rcsteth the body of
Mary Griffith, dhughter of John Owen, Ld. Bp. of St. Asaph, and wife of
Williaui Griffith ol Carreyhiid, U'. of Law, and one of the masters of the
high court of chancery, with whom she lived, inarryed, in all viiily of affec-
tions near 13 years, and hare him six children, of which live survive her.
She was a woman in all lur was s pious and virtuovis, in lailh well instructed,
in lier devotion indefatigable, in her charity sincere, and iu her conversation
blameless, in lier conjugal love exemplary, and in her children Wessed, in
health tliankfuU, and in sickness patient, in life contented, and in dea.th
happy. Obiit, 9 Apr, Aa. Uommi 1645, a:tat. sue 31.
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iG^r.
TASTI OXONIENSES.
ItfCr.
434
July 21. Charles Tooker of Or. coll.
Jan. 14. GiLB. Jones of All-s. coll.
The first of these two last died at Abingdon in Berks, an.
1660, the other was about this time chancellor of the dio-
cese of Bristol.
1^ Not one doctor of physic was admitted this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
June 16. Cornelius Burges of Line. coll.
•21. Hi'Gn Robinson of New coll.
25. Vincent Peirse of Peinb. coll.
Which three doctors did accumulate the degrees in divi-
nity. " In K. Ch. I. time one Piers hwl a mandamus lo
" be doctor, and the poets amongst other rhimcs had these
" verses,"
" That blockhead Piers, that arch-ignoramus,
" He must be doctor by the king's mandamus."
27. George Byrom of Brasen-n. coll.
July 4. Rich. Puliston of Wad. coll.
Feb. 21. Ant. Saunders of Univ. coll.
The first of these last three was now beneficed in Cheshire,
and had fc<r several yi'ars served K. Jam. 1. and K. Ch. I.
both as connnissioner of the peace, and a commissioner of
the high commission for causes ecclesiastical.
Incorporations.
On the 10th of July, being tlie next day after the conclu-
sion of the act, were 59 Can abrigians incorporated in seve-
Jal faculties, the names of some of which follow.
Rich. Stehne, batch, of div. of C. Christi coll.* — This
most worthy and loyal person, wlio was son of Sim. Sterne
of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, (descended from those of
his name in Suffolk) " «!is born at Mansfield," was after-
wards D.D. mast, of Jes. coll. and chajdain to archb.
Laud ; with whom he was present on the scaffold, wl)cn he
was to be beheaded, purposely to administer comfort to him.
But bffore that time, he had been imprison'd by the endea-
vours of Oliver Cromwell, a burgess for the town of Cam-
bridge in the long parliament, for being verv instrumental
in conveying the plate belonging to several colleges and
halls in Cambridge to his majesty then at York, and there-
abouts: I say being hurried up to London with other doc-
tors was iiiiprison'd in the Tower of London, where by )ier-
mission he attended the said archbishop. About that time
he was ejected his mastership of Jesus coll. lost all he had,
suffer'd in a high manner for bis loyalty, and lived ob-
scurely during the interval. At length, upon his majesty's
restoration, lie wius nominated by him bishop of Carlisle ;
whereupon being consecrated theieunto in the abby church
of St. Peter at Westminster, on the second day of Dec. an.
I6G0, sate there till the death of Dr. Pre wen, archb. of
York, and then being elected to succeed hiin in that see 28
Apr. 1664, was enthroniztd on the loih of June following,
in the person of Dr. £dmund Diggle, a dignitary of that
W. G. in MemoriHrn clinrissimffi conjugis P.
The fame William Liriffith, duel}' eonsidering his iiiorlaHlY, lintli licrc pre-
pared Itif- grave, it God sliali so dispose ot hint at the si<ie ot his behived wife,
that dealli ii sill nmy iiul part tlieiii, and in the dust ul his dear lather here
i-.nUer buiied. that he ma^ return Ins ear|h whenec he was exiraeted.
Dictus, VV. (j. '.;7" i\iiV. An. D'ni Idl,'). a'latis sua;
49" 1'. cbiii 17''Uct. 1648. HuMpnnEvs.J
^ [Bic. Sterne, coll. Tr'm. adm. in matric. iicud. Cunt. Jul. 8, 1611. /?f^.
ibid. Coll. C. C. socius; coll. Jes. prelect, inriqtie coll. bcneficus. C.ixer.]
church. Thi« Dr. Sterne hath written (1) Sermon*, or a
Comment, on Psalm 103. — Printed 1649,. oct. (2) Summa
Logicie, partim ex optimit quibusq; jiutoribut turn antit/uis turn
recentioribus collecta ; maximi autem ex V*u & ad Utum com-
parata, Exemplis omnium Generum abunde illtutrala. Lond.
1686, Oct. and, m 'lis probable, other things. This worthy
archb. died about 18 June 1683, and was burietl in the colb.
church of York." Afterwards succeeded Dr. John Dulben,
as I shall tell you elsewhere.
Jon. ]5uRO£s, doct. of phys.' and parson of Sutton Col-
field, in Warwickshire, wa* also then incorporated. At
whicJi time liberty was allowed to liini by the vcn. congre-
gation that he might study in the public library, being then
a conformist to the church of England. He paid his laU
debt to nature on the last day of Aug. 1635, aged "2, or
thereabouts, and was buried in tlie chancel of Sutton Col-
field, in the same vault where the body of his then lute wife
Dorothy was buried. He hath written An Apology to the [238]
Bishop of Lincoln, &c. answer'd by Dr. Will. Covell, an.
1606. Also The Pope's deadly H'ound, resolving the Contro-
versies between us and them, pr. in qu. and other things, as
the Oxford Catalogue will tell you. See more of him in
Tho. VV'ilcocks among the writers, an. 1599.
George Stanhop, D.D.
John Partenton, D. D.
As for the other persons of Cambridge, who were incor-
porated on the said day (July 10.), I know no great matter
of them, and therefore I shall proceed to speak of others
who were afterwards incorporated.
July 11. John Thorie, Thohius or Thoris, doct. of
phys. of the univ. of Dublin. — He was son of Ralph Tho-
rius, a physician, and had formerly been batch, of arts of
Magd. coll.*
Rich. Hawley, doct. of phys. of Leyden in Holland was
incorporated the same day. — He was now or lately fellow of
Mert. coll.
Oct. 25. Francis Glisson M. of A. of Gonvil and Caius
coll. in Cambridge.' — ^This learned gentleman, » ho was
second son of William Glisson of Rampisham in Dorset-
shire ; and he the second son of Walt. Glisson of the city
of Bristol, was afterwards doct. of physic, the king's pub-
lic professor of that faculty in the said university, candidate
of the coll. of physicians at London, an. 1634,- fellow the
year aftei', anatomy reader in the said coll. 1639, prac-
tised physic at Colchester during the time of the rebellion,
where he was present when the generous royalists of Kent
were besieged 1648, and after. In 1655 he was chosen one
of the elects of the said college, and afterwards was presi-
dent thereof for several years. He hath written (1) Prole-
gomena Anatomica. (2) Anatomia Hepatis. (3) De Lym-
pha-ductibus. All which were several times printed, and
^ [An account of his family in Dueatus I^nd. S1.5. Jaques Sterne, the
archbishop's grandson, a dignity of the churcli of York, and an author. Lau-
rence Sterne, also a descendant of the archbbhiip. The archbishop had a
long suit at law with Raiubtjw, his successor at Carl sle. See the tile of that
])relate, published with Tullies sermon at his funeral, printed ItiBB, Itino.
p. 6t2. HeNiEn.J
' [Jo. Burses, coll. Jo. A. B. Cant. l.iSC. Doctor Burgesius iiicurporat.
Cantabr. 1612, pniut in acad. Lugd. Bat. Peg. Aciid. Cant. B>km<j
• [TIte Cntiiictlcr, A Trcotae vj CmmelU ^ CivnseUas of Princes- Written
in Spanish fci; Barthatemetv Phidip, J')oct(ir flf' the fifill '|- eawm Ijnrr. hngUihed
h\) J . T. Critdtuite in Orfrrd. l^^tuion, printed fa/ John Wotje. 1589 4to.
I'o the right lion. Mr. John Fortescue, esq. master of her nia'lies great
gardrobe, and one of her privie cuunsell, John Thorius wi»heth health, &c.
KlNVVT.]
' [Admiss. in cull. Caii, Cant. Jun. 18, 1617. Filiiu WUlielmi Giiasoii
gencrosi, e coin. Dorcestr. Bakeh.]
435
16«7.
FASTI OXONIENSKS.
1027
436
once at Amstenlam 1659, in tw. (4) Tractatus de Naturd
Substantue energeticd, seu de Fita Natur<e ejusq; trihus priinis
Facultatibui, &c. Loud. 1G73.. qii. with his picture before
it. (5) Tractatus de Ventriculo if Intest'mis. Cui praniitti-
tur aliui de Partibus continent ibiis in Genere, 8< in Specie de iis
Abdominis — .\instel. 1G77- His picture before it, qu. and
was one of the three (Geo. Bate ami Ahasuerus Regeniorter
being the other two) who wrote De Ilachitide, sive Morbo
puerili, qui vulgo the Rickets dicitur. Lond. 16.50, oct. The
discovery also of the capsula communis or vagina portse is
owing to him, wiio hath likewise given us certain notes for
the more easy distinguisliing of the vena cava, porta and
vasa fellea in excarnating the liver. Further also he hath *
given such an excellent account of sanguification (dis-
charging the liver from that office) and proved it by so
good arguments, and clear experiments, that few have since
doubted the truth thereof. This worthy doctor to whose
learned lucubrations and deep disquisitions in physic, not
only Great Britain, but remoter kingdoms owe a partictilar
respect and veneration, died much lamented in the parish of
St. Bride alias St. Bridget in London in Oct. or Nov. 1677.
" In George Fox's Great Mystery of the great Whore unfold-
" ed, &c. Lond. 1659, fol. p. 13. Dr. Glisson's paper
" concerning James Parnel's death in prison is animad-
" verted upon "
Dec. 15. Edward Lake, lately batch, of arts of Cathe-
rine hall in Cambridge, was incorjiorated in the same
degree. — On the 24th of Jan. following he was admitted
batch, of the civil law as a member of St. Alban's hall. '
This year was a supplicate made for one Hen. Jacie M.
of A. to be incorporated, but whether he was so or not, I
cannot find. I take him to be the same with Henry Jessie
alias Jacie a preacher's ■son, who was born at West Rowton
in the North riding of Yorkshire 3 Sept. 1601, and who in
1618 became pensioner of St. Job. coll. in the said univer-
sity. Whence, after he had taken one degree in arts, he
was invited to live in the house of Brampton Gourdon of
Assington in Sutfolk gent, father to Job. Gourdon a .bur-
gess in the long parliament that began 1640, (nominated
one of the judges to sit on K. Ch. I. but was not present
when sentence was passed) and to two others of that name
who were recruiters in that parliament. In which house
being setled, he studied physic as well as divinity. After he
had commenced M. of A. which was in 1626, he preached
privately in the neighbourhood, and distributed practical
books among the brethren. Afterwards he removed to
several places, but was not permitted to tarry long in any,
because he was zealously averse to conformity. At length
in 1645, he repaired to London, where he joyned himself to
the congregation, of which Mr. Hen. Jacob and Mr. Jwh.
Lathorp had been pastors, where be continued 25 years,
not without several disturbances, especially.before the grand
rebellion broke out. He hath written (1) A Catechism for
Children. The answers in which were wholly in the words
of the scripture. (2) The Scripture- Kalendar in Use by the
Prophets and Apostles, and by our Lord Jesus Christ, explain-
ing the Accounts, Measures, &c. This was first printed in
1644, and afterwards came out with several additions to the
time of his majesty's restoration 1660, and perhaps after.
(3) The exceeding Riches of Grace advanced in the Conversion
* See in the fpUt. dedic. to Dr. Charles Goodall's book. emit. The Rm/al
CM. if Phyucumt of Ijmdm founded and establUhcd hj Law, Uc. Loiid.
1686. qu. ■'
» [1682, 30 Nov Edw. Uke S.T.P. admisj. ad cccL S. Maris ad Mon-
icm, et S. Audres^ Hubbard. Kenket.]
of Mrs. Sarah IVight. Lond. 1647, oct. (4) Store-house of
Provision for resolving Cases of Conscience, &c. Lond. 1650,
in tw. " (5) Sa-ipture Motives for Kalendar Reformation,
" &c. partly urged formerly by Mr. J. B. renewed and en-
" larged by II. Jessey, Lond. 1650. 1 sh. oct. I have it [239]
" among Aim'."'' (6) Description and Explanation of 268
Places in Jerusalem, and the Suburbs thereof, with a large
map; printed 1653, qu. (7) The Lord s loud Call to Eng-
land : being a true Relation of some late, various and wonder-
ful Judgments, or handy-works of God, by Earthquake, Light-
ning, &.C. Lond. 1660, in six sheets in qu. This book
begins with certain matters relating to Oxon, which being
very false, the reader cannot otherwise but judge the rest
so to be. In 1661 came out an imposture of a most damna-
ble design called Mirabilis Annus, or the Year of Prodigies
and Wonders, &c. and in 1662 the first and second part of
Annus mirabilis secundus, and probably other parts, but such
I have not yet seen When these came out, which were
advanced by several hands, it was verily supposed that
Henry Jessie had a principal share in them. (8) Miscel-
lanea sacra : divers necessary Tniths seasonably published, &c.
printed 1665, in oct. (9) A Looking-glass for Children: be-
ing a Narrative of God's gracious Dealings with some little
Children. Lond. 1674, oct. He hath also written a pref.
or commendatory epistle before John Grayles' Modest y in-
dication of the Doctrine of Conditions in the Covenant of Grace,
&c. and other little things beside his own Experiences,
which I have not yet seen. At length paying his last debt
to nature 4 Sept. 1663, being then accounted the oracle and
idol of the faction, was on the 7 of the same month laid to
sleep with his fathers in a hole made in the yard joyning to
Old Bedlam near Moorfields in tlie suburbs of London,
attended with a strange medley of fanatics (mostly Anabap-
tists) that met upon the very point of time, all at the same
instant, to do honour to their departed brother. Some
years after came out a short account of his life and death,
&c. but full of ridiculous and absurd cantings ; to which is
annexed An Elegy on Mr. Will. Bridge. Which Bridge had
been sometimes fellow of Emanuel coll. in Cambridge, was
afterwards a presbyterian, one of the ass. of divines, and
the independent minister of Yarmouth in Norfolk. He
died a nonconformist in 1670. ' See more of Hen. Jessie
in Jos. Caryl, in another part of this work.
Creations.
May 25. Robert Lord Dormer of AVenge, lately of
Exeter coll. was actually created mast, of arts. — He was
afterwards the first earl of Caernai-von of his name, and
taking up arms in defence of his majesty king Ch. 1. had
the hard fate to be killed near Newbury in Berkshire
20 Sept. 1643. See among the created doctors of law in
1642.
William Lewis M. of A. and lately provost of Oriel
coll. was actually cre<ited doct. of div. on the same day, by
virtue of his niaje.sty's letters dated 9 of the same month,
running partly thus — ' William Lewis an ancient master of
' arts, who hath spent divers years both at home and abroad
' in the study of divinity. — We, out of our experience of
' his diligence and ability of some affiiirs of weight, wherein
' we have in foreign parts employ'd him, being to use his
' person in some further service, wherein we think him fit
^ [Meaning his collection of jdmanacks.]
' [Sec a letter of his to Henry Scobcll iu 1658, in Peck's Desid. Curiesa,
vol. ii, lib. 13. page 28. Colu.J
437
IC'ZT.
FASTI OXOMIENSES.
IGiB.
438
' to be continued, and graced with the degree of doct. of
' div. &c. we therefore require you to create and admit him
' doctor,' &c. This person wlio was born in Merioneth-
shire ' was elected from Hart hall (of which he was com-
moner imder tlie government of Theodore Price his uncle)
into tlie society of Oriel college, an. 1608, being then
batchelor of arts. Afterwards proceeding in tliat faculty,
he took holy orders, and tho" a junior master in his col-
lege, yet by a faction, and majority of Welsh men, got the
provostship of that place in 1617- But being too young for
that office, and not alile to conceal his amours (which were
much aggravated ' by the puritans) he abruptly left it and
went beyond the seas in his majesty's service. After his
return he became cliaplain to the duke of Buckingham,
witli whom being to go beyond the seas for the relief of
Rochel, was actually created D.of D. as before 'tis told you.
After his return from that unhajjpy expedition, he drew up
from his notes A general Relation of a Voyage to Rhe under
the Command and Conduct of the Duke of Buckingham. The
beginning of which is, ' Though the variety of the occur-
rents of this action might furnish argument enough of a
just story,' &c. This I have seen in a folio MS. of 18
sheets or more, but whether ever printed, I know not.
Afterwards ' he was made m;ister of the hospital of St.
Cross, and prebendary of Winchester ; which, with other
preferments, losing in the time of the rebellion, he fled
beyond the seas, and suffered much for the royal cause ;
while, in the mean time, his sons were gained to the church
of Rome. After his majesty's return, an. 1660, he was
restored to what he had lost, and dying within the hospital
of S. Cross before- mentioned, 7 July 1667, was buried in
the chappei there, under, or near the high altar. " Will.
" Lewis 13. D. succeeded sir Peter Young, 21 Feb. 1627'.
" in tlie mastership of S. Cross's hospital. When Dr.
" Lewis was turned out in 1643 or thereabouts, succeeded
" Joh. Lisle a pari, man, * and him Joh. Cook, solicitor
" general, &c. After Dr. Lewis's death succeeded Dr.
" Henry Compton."
Dec. ,il. Richard Napier lately batchelor of arts of
Wadham coll. was created master of that faculty in the
house of convocation, by virtue of the chancellor's letters,
which say that he is a kinsman of the dutchess of Rich-
mond, and a person well deserving in all that is necessary
in a gentleman and a scholar.
' [This William Lewis (as I take it) was the son of Hich. Lewis D. D.
the -son of Lewis ap William ap Tudur of Egrin in the parish of Llaneber com.
Merioiiith ; for the wife of this Ric. Lewis was sister to Dr. Tlieodore Price,
and he had a son called William Lewis D. D. which must be this. Richard
was born in Llanaber in Merionithsliire, but whetlicr William was born tiiere,
I know not. But in tiie Herald's visitation register, the pedigree of Richard
Lewis is registred, as an inhabitant of Bron y foel in Llanenddwyn jmrish in
Merionithsliire, and signed by Richard Lewis B. D. himself Oct. 14, 1388.
But tliis William was not born then, it seems j for it is sayd, the children of
Richanl were only Humphrey and Gwen. • Biit in Mr. Vaughan of
Hengwil's book, William Lewis D. D, son of Richard Lewis D. O. is
inserted. Humpiiiieys.]
" See Lew, du Moulin his Patromis bontz Fidei in Cauia Puritanonim amtra
Hierarchos Angtiif, &cc. Lond. 1672, in specini. contra Durcllum, p. 61. See
also in Canhrbwy's Doom, in the index, fur Lewis and elsewhere.
' [In 1627. Kknnet.]
* [Nov. 14, 1644, aii ordinance for making Jo. Lisle esq; a member of
this house, master of St. Crosse, and amoinng William Lewes D. D. Jmr-
nalt tf the Home of Commons, vol. iii, p. 695. And see 696, where is the
charge against Dr. Lewes, and the admission of Mr. Lisle of Moylcs court in
Hants. CoLE.j
I have made mention of him before, and shall
among the created doctors of physic, an. 164'^.
Cam. 1.
■gain
An. Doh. 1628.-H
Chancellor.
William eakl op Pembbokb.
Vice-chancellor.
D. D. president of Magd. college.
ACCBFTBO FbBWBN,
July 24.
Proctori.
Rob. Williamson of Magd. coll. June 13.
Rob. Lloyd of Jesus coll. June 13.
Which proctors were named by the king, as I have else*
where told you : For certain new ordinations being trans-
mitted to the university by the chanc. thereof in the month
of Apr. for the election of the jiroctors, the academians
could not after their usual way meet together for the elec-
tion of them, many parsons, curats,. and schoolmasters
having already resorted from several parts of the nation,
nay some from Wales, to elect Lloyd. A\'hereu|)on no
small tumult arising in the university, the election of new
proctors was prorogued till such time that the controt ersies
therein were equally composed. At length after all parties
were satisfied, it was reputed unlawful for the masters to
nominate any to the procuratorial office, but the aforesaid
candidates Williamson and Lloyd. Which being the sen-
tpnce of the king and chancellor, that ancient custom of
choosing proctors by suffrages in n scrutiny vanished and
came to nothing, and another new form of election was
introduced, as I shall the next year shew.
BatcheloTs of Arts.
June 21. Will. Sedgwick of Pemb. coll.
•Jul. 3. Tho. Warmsthy of Ch. Ch.
Oct. 11. Joh. Gregory of Ch. Ch.
The last was the most curious critic of his time.
14. Edm. Vaughan of C. C. coll.
21. Tho. Good of Bal. coll.
Rich. Busby of Ch. Ch.
Jasp. Mayne of Ch. Ch.
24. Will. Burton of Q\i. coll. afterwards of Gloc.
• [So Mr. Baker's copy, and the transcript he sent nic.
should be Ouen. Heahnz.]
Probably it
hall.
Nov. 13. John Oxenbridge of Magd. hall.
Dec. 13. John Goughe commonly called GoFpe, lately
of Merton, now of Magd. coll.
Feb. 5. George Bathuhst of Trin. coll.
AfiRAH. Woodhead of Uuiv. coll.
Of the first of these last two, you may see more among
the batch, of div. 1640.
r. Tho. Hall of Peinbr. coll.
IC. Franc. Roberts of Trin. coll.
Obadiah Grew of Bal. coll.
^^'hich three last were zealous presbyteriooa in the time
of the grand rebellion.
Feb. 12. Edm. Chilmeao of Magd. coll- afterwards of
Ch. Ch.
14. Tho. Horne of Magd. hall.
Mirth Waferee of Merton coll.
All which batchelors, except Bathurst, will be mentioned
as writers in another vol.
Adm. 255.
t^" Not one batch, of law was admitted this year.
2 F* 3
[t<0]
1
439
1628.
FASTI OXONIENSKS.
1G28.
440
Masters of Arts.
May 10. Rob. Crosse of I-inc. coll.
13. Kdw. L\yfield of St. Joh. coll.
15. Gasper Hicks of Trinity coll.
As for LayfieUl, he was afterwards archdeacon of Essex,
in the place,' as I conceive, of Dr. Geor. Goulman, which
doctor dying on the first of .Ian. 1633, was buried in the
chancel of the church of Cheshunt in Hertfordshire. '
About the same time Layfield became D. of D. but not by
admission or creation of this university, " (perhaps by his
" uncle archbp. Laud's diploma)" and vjcar of AUhallows
Karkin near the Tower of London, where continuing till
the grand rebellion broke out in 1642, "was then, for his
loyalty, and for his being favoured by Dr. Laud, purse-
vanted, imprisoned in Ely house and in the ships, seques-
tred, plunderd, and afterwards forced to fly. When K.
Ch. 2. return'd to his dominions, he was restored to his
vicaridge and archdeaconry, and had other preferments, as
1 conceive, bestow'd on him, of which one was a prebend-
ship of S. Paul's cath. ch. He was buried in the said church
pf AUhidlows, 10 Aug. 16S0. ^hereupon Mr. Tho. Turner
of C. C. coll. Oxon, one of the sons of Dr. Th. Turner
sometimes dean of Canterbury, was installed in his arch-
deaconry in January following.
Jun. 25. Nath. Stephens of Magd. hall.
Hen. Parker of St. Edm. hall.
Thom. VVashbourne of Bal. coll.
Rich. Browne of Mert. coll.
JoH. Greaves of Mert. coll.
Charles Gibbes of Mert. coll.
WiLL. White of Wad ham coll.
As for Rich. Browne who was fellow of Mert. coll. he
was afterwards a traveller and doctor of the laws, but of
what university I cannot yet tell. After his return, he be-
came one of the gentlemen of the privy chamber to K. Ch.
I. and clerk of the council. In 1640 he was employed by
his majesty to go to Henry Frederick prince of Aurange or
Orange, about the marriage of the princess Mary to the
prince his son ; as also to the tpieen of Bohemia and the
p4lj prince elector, an. 1641, to hinder that prince his coming
o\er into England at tlie then juncture of affairs, with pro-
mise to take into his consideration the concern of the pala-
tinate and other matters of state. In the same year the said
R. Browne was sent to Paris, where he continued resident
in the court of France for K. Ch. I. and Ch. 2 to the
French king Lewis 13, and his son Lewis 14, till the lesto-
ration of his majesty an. 1660. In which time, which was
19 years, I find these things following to occur relating to
him. (1) That divers important matters of state were
transacted by him with those great ministers cardinal
Richlieu and Mazarine. (2) That many advantages were
offered him by the usurpers of England to be false to his
masters, but he resisted them. (3) That he did to his
great expence, but more to his everlasting glory, keep up
' [Geor. Goldman S. T. P. admiss. ad rect. de .Soutli Okeiidon in com.
Essex, T Jan. 1611, succcssit Fran. Goldniau A.M. 26 Mar. 1634, per
loort. Georgii Goulman. lieg. Abliot.
Geor. Goldman S.T. P. coll. ad Arcliid. Essex, 8 Nov. 1609, per resicn.
Sam. Harsnelt a<lmi.«. ad vie. de Stepney 12 Aug. 160.3 tunc S. T. B.— ad
rcct. de Suulli Ukcndou com Kss. 7 .Ian. 1611.
Kdw. Ijiyficid A. M. coll. ad Arcliid. Ks.sex 5 Feb. 1633 per murt. Geor.
Goldman ex cell, ar'epi Cant, pro liac vice, ad preb. de Harlcston 2 Maii
16.32, ad vie. IJmn. Sclorum Barking Lonil. 4 Maii 162.5, post regis reditum
, o — . u—^, post regis 1
fmt residcnlarius in eccl. Paul, et rector cccl. de Barnes com, Surr.
K(T.]
in the large house which he hired at Paris the public ser-
vice and liturgy of the church of England, whithei- his maj.
Ch. 2. and the then duke of York did cojistantly resort.
From whence divers ministers of the church of England
(e.xiles for their loyalty) had many disputes with the R.
Catholics and others concerning the visibility of their
church, which they then kept up, while it was eclipsed in
England. (4) That he was employed by his maj Ch. I.
to carry tht George and Garter to Bernard duke of Esper-
non. (5) That he did negotiate about the queen's por-
tion ; out of which, he had, 1 think 1000/. which, witk
200/. more, was all he touched in the said 19 year, whilst
he spent of his paternal estate much more than that yearly,
during his abode at Paris (6) Tliat on the first of Sept.
1649 he was created a baronet (Ijeing the first that K. Ch.
2. made) by virtue of a dormant warrant sent to him by
Ch. 1. datetl'l Febr. 1643 ; and on the 19 of the said Sept.
he received the honour of knighthood at St Germains
from his said maj. Ch. 2. he being then also clerk of the
council to him. In 166<J he return'd into England with his
majesty, and did execute the said office for some time. But
years then coming on, he resigned it, and retir'd to Charl-
ton in Kent, where he spent the lemainder of his time in
a pleasant retiredness and studious recess. At length
giving way to fate in a good old age on the 12 of Febr.
1681, was buried according to his desire in the chuichyard
at Deptford, close to the wall of the church, where is a
black marble ballastred over his body. On the other side
of the wall in the church lies buried his father Christop.
Browne, es(|; who died in March 1643 aged 70 years, and
his grandfather sir Rich. Browne, knight, a younger son of
an ancient family at Hitchain in Suffolk, seated afterwards
at Ilorsley in Essex ; who being a student in the Temple,
was by Robert Dudley the great earl of Leicest^M- taken
into the service of the crown ; when he went governour of
the United Netherlands, and was afterwards by qu. Elizab.
made clerk of the Greencloth. In which honourable office
he also continued under K. James 1. until the time of his
death; which hapned in May 1604, aged 65 years. The
before-mentioned sir Rich. Browne, grandson to this last
sir Richard, left behind him a daughter named Mary, (who
being his heiress, was several years before marrieil to the
learned virtuoso Joh. Evelyn of Says-court in ihe parish of
Deptford, esq: in which house, or at least in that])arish,
sir Richard was born ;) as also three folios of his di-patches,
several letters, sonic in cypher, &c. as well fi'oni his maj.
Ch. I. at Oxon, as from his royal consort, and other great
persons.
Jun. 27. Gerv. Warmstrey of Ch. Ch.
Rich. IIemmings of Ch Ch.
July S. Oliver Thomas of Hart hall. — " He was a gcn-
" tleman's son, born in Montgomeryshire, matriculated
"of Hart hall 8 Xov. 1616, took the degree of hatchelor
"of arts 28 Jul. 1620." He * was after- * The time
wards, beneficed in Shropshire, and wi'ote "''"' ''^ '■"'^ ''"
and published a book in Welsh entit. Car- t^^ts"'' ^pet
wnj Cymrii, &c. printed 1630 or thereabouts, n-.t.nor u hat or
and dying at Felton in that county * was there ofwhut home he
buried, "in the year 1647, one Oliver Tho- '«'«'""'""'/<"«'.
mas, minister of Oswe-tiy, did subscribe ,/^, | '^,f^J ^
among other ministers of .Shropshiie to the him is. that he
lawfidness of the cij\enant; who, I suppose, «"« itflermardt,
is the same with the former; perhapinow, ej^c.
First Edit.
Kin
■• So I have been informed by Dr. Slich. Roberts sometimes principal of
Jesus coll. his contemporary.
441
1628.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
10^8.
443
Jul. 11. Rich. Jones of Jesus coll.
" Nov. 16. Edw. Wyi.limot of Miigd. hall.
Jan. I'i. Geobgk Bate of S. Kdm. hall.
29. CuRisTOP. .'Vyhay of Qu. coll.
Guy Carlton of Qu. coll.
Mich. Hudson of ^u. coll.
March 19. J oh. Price of Jesus coll.
This year Jun. '2.5. Joh. Davis of Magd. hall, sometime
of that of S. lidin. wus licensed to proceed master of arts,
and accordint;ly com|)leated that degree in the act following;
which being all 1 know of him, he therefore is not to be
taken to be the same with Joh. Davis M. of A. afterwards
lecturer of Christ Church in London, and at length y)iustor
of a congregation in Dover, author of Heaven and Earth
shaken : A Treatise shewing how Kings, Princes, and their
Government, are turned and changed hy Jesus Christ, &c. I ond.
1656, oot. For this Joh. Davis the author was originally
of Cambri'lge, where he took the degrees in arts ; and af-
terwards siding with the faction, was tirst a presbyterian
and took tin; covenant, afterwards an independent and took
• the engagement ; for which lie stickled in his lectures at
Ch. Ch. At length being disfovered by the then godly
party to be every way fit to carry on the trade of faction, he
was translated to Dover, where he kept a conventicle in a
noted brewhousc by the iteer, and soon after was made
[2421 cha|)lain to the cast'e there by col. 'I'ho. Kelsey then
governour, and preached constantly at S. James's church,
tho" he was no settled incumbent. A\'herc continuing
officiciting till after the king's return, he was then outed,
and afterwards kept a conventicle in S. James's street in
Dover, \\ here he ontinued to the time of his death, which
was abbut 1663.
Admitted 149.
Batchelors of Physic.
I find but three admitted this year, of whom John
Speed a learned physician of S. Joh. coll. was one, Jun. 20.
Batchelors of Divinity.
May 7. Rich. Lloyd of Oriel coll. '
Jun. 14. Meric Casaubon of Ch. Ch.
* [Richard Lloyd of Oriel was the 5th son of David Lloyd of Henblas in
Llangristiolis in Anglesey, a very learned lay gentleman, who was an ingeni-
ous poet, as severall pieces of liis poetry MSS. and a Welsh prosodla MS.
(composed by him betore John David Rhees) shew. A very good linguist,
underManding perfectly seven languages, besides the British, as Mr. liugli
Roberts, minister of Abcrfraw, testilies in an elogy co:n|K)sed by him on his
death, and well skilled in the scriptures, as I jndg by notes writ by him in
Welsh on the margui of his Hebrew Psalter, an^I on his iVthle also. He edu-
cated his own M)ns at lutuie, ot wliich three were divines, rt?. Jolin IJoyd
A. Rr. and I think, fellow of Oriel, and I am sure, rector of Beaum.ires, his
eldest. His 4th, William Lloyd .\. M. rector of Llanelian in Angiesey, a
very learneil, industrious, and religious good man (whose laughter and heir
was the wile ot bp. Robert Morgan, of Bangor) and this Richard his 5th.
His second >on was bred a scholar, and Iwcanie steward or secretary to the
earle of Nortlunnbcrland, in whose service he dyed. Owen Lloyd his third
son lived on his estate at Henbius, both his elder brothers having dyed with-
out issue, us he himself also did The mother of these and wife ot old
David Lloyd was Catharine tlie daughter ot Rich. Owen Tudor of Penmy-
iiYdd,th(r family (if the famous Owen Tudor ( tVom whom all our princes since
Henry VII. who was his gr.tndchild, are descended ) she was a poetess also as
well as her husb.iiid ; lor I have seen a good Welsh poem of hers, writ by w y
of advice to Ik r sons at Oriel college.
This Richard writ a (inimmtr and severall other things relating to it. He
lived in lierkshire, win re he luarrycd Joan the daughter of Wickins,.
aud had issue Dr. Wi liani Lloyd lord bishop ot St. A-aph, a daugher mar-
ryed to I-aae Backhouse A AL and fellow ot St. John's coll. in 0\l6rd, now
rector of Norlhop in Flintshire. Another daughter mariyed to James Davies
A. M. and fellow of Jesus coll. in Oxon, now rector of Ijarton Mills ui Suf-
folk, and I tliink, prebend of Rippou. He is author of a sermon on lUc
Nov. 11. Jerem. Stephens of AIl-s. coll.
GiLB. Sheldon of All-s. coll.
KoB. GoMEHSiHALL ofCll. Cll.
Mar. 13. Will. I'AULof A11-» coll.
Tho. Laurence of All-s. coll.
Admitted 28.
Doctor* of Law.
Mar. 26. David Lloyd* of All-s. coll. — He was about
this time warden of Ruthin in Denbighshire, prebendary of
Chester, and afterwards dean of .S. Asaph in the place of
Andr. Morrice sometimes chaplain of .\ll-s. coll. This Di.
Lloyd died about two years after the restoration of K.
Charles 2, having, for his sake and his father'*, suffeml
much in the time of rebellion.
Jul. 8. Franc. Baber of Trin. coll.
Rich Hart of S. Albans hall.
The said Dr. I5aber was afterwards chancellor of the
dioc. of Gloc. for 39 years together, who dying 17 of June
1669, aged 69 years, was buried in a little tlinp|>cl on
the South side of the choir belonging to the oath. ch. at
Gloucester.
Doctors of Physic.
Mar. 2f). Will. Taylour of S. Joh. coll.
Jun. 20. Joh. Saunders of Oriel coll.
Jon. Speed of S. John's coll.
Which two last accumulated the degrees in jihysic.
Jul. 3. Sam. Bave or Bavo of Ch. Ch. — This person,
who was son i>f Franc. Bave of Colcn in Germany, became
eminent for his practice, Hrst in the city of Gloucester, and
119 psalm, verse ."ir, entitnled, Tke Coorf Mm'i Poriim. A third danghirr
(Rlr. Lloyd had by a second wife) marryed to Mr. Junalliun Blaiinrc A. M.
rector ol i..ongwurth, prebend of Worcester, and chaplaui in unlinary and
sulvahuoiier to their majesties. Mr. Lloyd was very ioyall, atfectionatc, and
zealous tor K. Charles the martyr, aiul sulfred very much for his wal for tlw
king, in the t.me of the wars. Iieing 4 or 5 teverall timea imprivjiied by tbr
rebels. He dyed at 0>on in June 1669, and was bury'd at St. Peter's in the
Bayley. Humpmrlvs.J
° [David Lloyd, \A.. D. who was bom (as I am told) at Dertlilwyd 'in the
parish ot Llanidlos eoui. Montgom and diocese of Bangor, was instituted to
the rectory ot Treldraeth in Anglesey Dec. ?, 1641. This he alterwarda re-
sign'd in 164'^, and was instituted to Uangguhavall July tlth, that year, and
to the vicarage of Unifair Dyirryn Clwyd Dec. 31 following. His admiaiioo
to the wardenship of Ruthin 1 don't finde registrt*d. After the kmg's restOr
ration 1660, he succeeded dean Morris in the deanery of St. Asaph, and
(;on){)ortion of Llansaiuin, and dy'd 1663. Tht Legrmi of CaplaM Jtma, a
very good burles<)ue in imitation of a Welsh poem, called Owdl Rick. GrnUtm,
is by many sayd to be writ by Dr. David Lloyd. To this there is prefixed,
among other things, a copy of verses, in praise of the legendary captain, by
captain Henry Jones of Llangoed in Angles<-y, who was bred up at Queen's
coll. Oxon. pupil to Dr. Barlow since bp. of Lincoln.
Where Dr. IJoyd was bury'd, or what monument or hucription he may
have, I know not, but he being a very generous man, and having by his lil>e-
rality grown much in debt, some wagg, or, as they say, he himself made this,
vii.
Tliis is the epitaph
Of the dean ot St. Asaph,
\\'l)o hy keep ng a table
Better than he was able.
Run into debpt.
Which is oot payd yet.
HuHPHKKVs's Cotalr^a a/' the Dram if St. Ataph, pnbl. by HewT,e in
Otlert^mme, &e. 8vo. 1732.
He had a lease ul y<^ rectory of the parish of Clwltington com. Buck, made
to him I'v David Ro'berls clerk, rector of the said church 26 Mart. 38 Elis.
I pon which a triall Mich. 38, 39 Elis. Cook's liqvrtt, p. 149.
D hs David Uoyd p'br. pres. p«T abb'eni de Tame, virtute conceas. aJ
eccl. de Whit.cld, per oion. mag'ri Cunyers, 7 Aug 1498. Beg. Si^tA,
Litir.
D'lis Geor. Longstonie capell. prev per Mauric. Barowie in'J. ad ecil. de
Whitfcld per mort. mag'ri David Lloyd, 14 Jan. 1504. lb. Ki.-oet.J
443
1628.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1G28.
444
afterwards in Bath ; where dying in 166C, aged 80, was
buried in the great church there dedicated to b. Peter and
S. Paul.
Doctors of D'winity.
Jul. 7. Rob. Adams of New coll.
9. Thom. Pkichard of Jes. coll.
Tho. Chafyn of Exet. coll.
JoH. DowLE of Jesus coU.
Incorpwations.
Jun. 19. Daniel Gotereus batch, of arts of Cambr.—
In bis sui)])lieate for incorporation, he is written Gotzer.
20. Philip Parsons doct. of phys. of Padua in Italy.
—He was now, or lately fellow, of S. John's coll. in Oxon,
and afterwards principal of Hart hall.
Jul. 10. Edm. Randolphe doct. of phys. of Padua. — He
was sometimes a member of University coll.
11. George Douglas a Scot, M. of A. of Aberdeen.
On the 15 July, being the next day after the act, were
these Cambridge men incorporated.
Will. Spurstow, batch, of arts (so he is written in the
register) was then incorporated. — ^This person, who was
the son and heir of Will. Spurstow citizen and mercer of
London, but originally descended from tlie Spurstows of
Spurstow in Cheshire, was afterwards M. of A.' a grand
presbyterian, one of the five Smectymni, (Steph. Marshal,
Edm. Calamy, Tho' Young and Matthew iS'ewcomen being
the other four) " minister of Hambden in Bucks, and
" chaplain to the regiment of coll. John Hamden in the
" army of the earl of Essex 1642," one of the assembly of
divines, minister of Hackney near London, ^ a preacher
before the long parliament, master of Katherine hall in
Cambr. (wherein he had been educated) in the place of Dr.
Ralph Brownrig, and doctor of divinity. He hath pub-
lished ( 1 ) England's Pattern and Duty in its monthly Fasts,
sermon to both houses of parliament 21 July 1643, on I
Sam. 7. 6. Lond. 1643, qu. (2) England's Eminent Judg-
ments caused by the Abuse of God's eminent Mercies, thanks-
giving serm. before the house of lords, 5 Nov. 1644, on
Ezra 9. 13, 14. Lond. 1644, qu. (3) Fast Serm. before the
House of Commons, 24 Jun. 1646. This I have not yet
seen, nor other sermons on several occasions, as one at the
funeral of Mr. Will. Taylor, printed 1661, qu. another on
the lady Viner, &c. (4) fVellji of Salvation opened, discover-
ing the Nature, Preciousness, Usefulness of Gospel Promises,
and Rules for right Application of them, Lond. 1655, 59. oct.
(5) Practical Treatise of the Excellency and right Use of the
Gospel Promises, Lond. 1658. (6) Sp'ir'itual "chym'ist or six
Decads of divine Meditat'ions. Lond. 1666, 68. oct. &c. In
the year 1662 he was ejected fiom his benefice at Hackney
for nonconfoniiity ; where, and in the neighbourhood, he
lived (exercising his parts in private among the brethren)
[243] till his death, (which was at Hackney as I conceive) in Jan.
or Feb. 1665.
Edward Rainbow batch, of arts of Magd. coll. in
Cambr. » — He was afterwards M. of A. master of that coll.
1642, doct. of div. four years after, and in 1650 was
ejected from his mastership. Afterwards he enjoyed two
! f^.'.'l; Spui-^t"*. aula Cath. prefectus, S. T. V. Cant. 1649. Bakei,.]
[Hill S|.uM,m.V.M. adinjss. ad vie. dc Hackney 3 MaU 1643 per
resign. CaliLut Uowning. lUg. ImiuI. Kenmit.]
-,L'^;,^"!^"'"f""' ^^'^'^- '^"■"'- 2. adniiss. in matric. acad. Cant. Jul. 7,
1625. Reg. ttnd. A. B. coU. Alagd. l(j26-7. Ba»eh.]
livings successively without examination by the tryers, and
in 1660, being restored to his mastership, was soon after
made dean of Peterborough upon the promotion of Dr.
John Cosin to the see of Durham, and in Nov. 1662, vice-
chancellor of Cambridge. In 1664, Jul. 10, he was conse-
crated bishop of Carlisle in king Hen. 7, chappel at West-
minster, where sitting about twenty years, gave way to
fate in his palace called Rose Castle near Carlisle, 26 March
1684, aged 7fi years or thereabouts. On the first of April
following he was inter'd in the yard belonging to the
parochial church of Dalston, under the chancel wall ; at
which time Mr. Thomas TuUy one of his lordship's chaplains
and chancellor of the diocese of Carlisle preached his fune-
ral sermon. This Dr. Rainbow having been originiUly of
C. C. coll. in this university, I shall in another part of this
work speak more largely of him.
Thom. Ball M. A. — 1 take this person to be the same
Thora.is Ball who was born in Sliropshire, first of Queen's,
under the tuition of Dr. John Preston, and afterwards fel-
low of Emanuel coll. in Cambr. " minister of the gospel
" at AU-saints" in Northampton, and a publisher of several
books, as (1) The Life of Dr. John Preston. (2) Pastorum
Propugnaculum : or, the Pulpit's Patronage against the Force
of unordained Usurpation and Invas'ion, in four parts, Lond.
1656, qu. &c. He was buried at Northampton 21 June
1659, aged 69 years or thereabouts. At which time his
intimate acquaintance John Howes M. of A. (sometimes of
Eman. coll.) rector of Abbington near Northampton
preached his funeral sermon : wherein were several matters
delivered in commendation of Mr. Ball.
Rob. Creyghton or Crichton M. of A. of Trin. coll. *
— ^This person, who was born in the North parts of Scot-
land, was educated in Westminster school, and theucc elect-
ed into the said college 1613, took the degrees in arts, and
became orator and Greek professor of Cambridge. In
1632, Dec. 17. he was installed treasurer of the cathedral
church at Wells, having been collated thereunto by George
archb. of Canterbury, upon the then vacancy of the see of
Bath and Wells ; in which vacancy Dr. Kobert Wright,
who kept the said treasurership in commendam with the see
of Bristol, was translated to Litchfield, and thereupon
forced to give up that dignity. In 1637 he became dean of
S. Burians in Cornwall, in the place of Rich. Murray a
Scot deceased, and about that time doctor of divinity, and
beneficed in Somersetshire. In the beginning of the rebel-
lion he suffered then and afterwards very much for the
royal cause, retired to his majesty at Oxon, became one of
his chaplains, afterwards an exile with king Ch. 2. to whom
being chaplain at the H.ogue, preached very liberally before
him against the presbyterians, and the murderers of king
Ch. 1. After his majesty's return he becsmie dean of Wells,
(the grant of which he had before) and being then also
chaplain to the king, he would freely preach before him
against the vices of the times, which was well taken by
some, tho' sneared at by others. In 1670, Jun. 19, he
was conseci-ated bishop of Bath and Wells at Lambeth in
the place of Dr. Will. Piers deceased ; at which ceremony
assisted the bishop of London in the place of his grace the
' [Tho. Ball coll Eman. A. BI. Cant. 1625, sochis ibid. Baked.]
" [Rob. Creitton adiu. orator acad. Cant. Jan. 28, 1627 ; profess. Grsec.
codeni anno, utrumciuc officiuiu deposuit 1639, coll. Trin. socius. Baker.]
' To this Rich. Murray was near of kin a certain gent, of quality named
Miuigo Murray servant to king Charles II. in his exile, who dying at An-
twerp in the times of u'urpation, was buried at midnight in a poor cloyster
tliere, by Dr. George Morley an e.xile for his loyalty, at which ceremony the
earl of Dysart his kbisman was present.
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446
archb, of Canterburj-, with the bishops of Winchester and
Ely. This Di-. Creyghton was a learned man, as it appears
by his translation from Greek into Latin, and illustration
with excellent notes, of a book entit. Concilii Florentini
txactissima Narratio, &c. written by Sylvcst. Sijuropulus.
Hag. Com. UJGO, fol. dedicated to king Ch. '2, which being
animadverted upon by Leo Allatius a Jesuit, Creyghton
came out with an answer. He hath also one or more ser-
mons extant, and dying ^1 Nov. 1672, aged 79 or there-
abouts, was buried in a chappel joyning to the cathedral
church of Wells. Over his grave was soon after erected a
fair tomb of alabaster with his effigies at length, in his
pontificalia, lying thereon, and on the wall over it, is a large
inscription, part of which runs thus ; ' Robertus Creyghton,
&c. Nutus Dunecaledonia; in IJoreali Scotia, jier patreni
Thomam ex anticjuis Ruveniae To])archi3 : per matrem
Margaretam Stuart Johannis Jacobida; filiam, ex illustriss.
familia Stuartorum comitum Atholise, Johannis sccundi
Scotioe regis d fratre pronepos,' &c. Finances the widow of
this Dr. R. Creyghton, who was daughter of Will. Wakl-
rond, esq; died on the third of the kal. of Nov. 1683, aged
68, and was buried near to the said tomb : Over whose
grave was a monument, with a lai-ge inscription thereon,
put at the charge of Rob. Creyghton her son, * chauntor
and canon of Wells, doctor of divinity, chaplain in ordi-
nary to his majesty, and author of The Vanity of the Dissen-
ter's Plea for their Separation from the Church of England,
( sermon on 1 Cor. 1. 10. Lond. IGS'J, qu.
RoBiiRT Sheeingham M. of A. of Gonvil and Cains coll.
—This learned gentleman, who was, if I mistake not, a
Cambr. * man born, was ejected, or at least left his fellow-
ship of that house in 1643, and afterwards retiring to Lon-
_ don for a time, went thence into Holland; wiiere he taught
L"**J the Hebrew and Arabic tongues to young men at Rotter-
dam, and in other places. After the king's return in 1660,
he was restored to his fellowship, and lived in a very re-
tired and studious condition, being then esteemed a most
excellent linguist, esj)ecially for the Oriental and Gothic
languages, as also admirably well versed in the oiiginal
antiquiti'S of the English nation, as it fully appears in his
book De Anglorum Gentis Origine Disceptatio, &c. Cant.
1670, in a large octavo, and in his translation from Hebrew
nito Latin, with an illustration by commentaries, of a
Talmud book called Jama, wherein are several matters
treating of sacrifices. — Lond. 1648, in qu. He hath also
published Two Sa-mons preached at S. Mary's Church in Cam-
bridge, Lond. 1647, qu. Also The King's Supremacy as-
serted, printed 1660, in ,qu. and other things. He died
of an apoplectical fit, which caused him to fall on the
fire in his chamber in Caius college in the winter time an,
3677.
NiCH. Bernard M. of A.' — He was at this time chap-
lain to the learned Dr. James Usher primate of Ireland,
from whom he had received his ordination in S. Peter's
church in Drogheda, ' an. 1626. Afterwards he was made
by him dean of Ardagh (some say of Kilmore) and intrust-
ed in making useful observations and collections for bim.
^ [First fellow of Trinity coll. Cambr. and Greek professor there. Watts.]
* [A Norfolk man. Rob. Sberinghaiu filius Gulielmi S. dc Gcstwick in
com. Norf educalus Nordovici sub iiiagistro Brigqs. A iiiio yttatis 16 ad-
missus est pensionarius minor in com. sciiolarium (coll. Caii) Mar. 15, 1618.
lieg.ihid. A. B. coll. Caii 16'i2. Reg. Ami. Bakkh.]
* [Qiiidam Nic. Barnard coll. Emiui. admiss. in matric. acad. Cant. July 5,
1617. Kij;. ibid. Bakkr.]
' [He was intrusted wth arclipb. Usher's library then in that town
(Drogheda.) fANNiiR.J
In the time of the rebellion in Ireland, he being then doc-
tor of divinity, he suffered much, and was often in danger
of his life. At length having lost all there, he returned
safe into England to attend on his lord, becunie rector of
tlie rich church of Whitchurch in Shropshire, by the gift
of tiie earl of IJridgewattr, chaplain to Oliver lord protec-
tor, one of his almoners, and preacher to the s<)ciety of
Grey's inn. After the king's restoration in 1660, being
possessed with just doubts concerning the settlement of Ire-
land, he refused to return to that country to take posses-
sion of his deanery, and perhaps of a bislioprick. Where-
upon he continueil at M'hitchurch before-mentioned to his
dying day. He hath written (I) The penitent Death of a
icoful Sinner : Or, the Penitent Death of John Jthcrton late
Bishop of Walcrford in Ireland, who wat executed at Dublin .1
Decemh. 1640, with some Annotations on several Passages.
Lond. 1641 , qu. 42, oct. (2) Sermon preached at the Burial
of John Atherlon the next Night after hit Execution, .5 Decenib.
1640, in S. John's Church in Dublin ; on Acts 26. part of the
17 verse and all the 18. Lond. 1641, quart. 42, octav.
(3) Letter from the Siege of Drogheda to a Fr'iend in Dublin,
7 Jan. 1641. (4) The whole Proceedings of the Siege of
Drogheda in Ireland. Lond. 1642, qu. To which is added
an Append'ix concerning other Occurrences fallen out since.
He was jH'csent all the time during the saiil siege, and was
several times in jeopardy of his life. (5) Dialogue between
Paul and Agrippa, on Acts 26. 17, 18. — |)rinted 1642, in oct.
(6) Farewel Sermon of Comfort and Concord preached at
Drogheda, on 2 Cor. 13. 11. — printed 1651, in octav. There
was another farewel sermon preached, but that 1 have not
yet seen. (*) Life and Death of Dr. James Usher late Arch-
bishop of Armagh, S(c. in a Sermon at his Funeral at the Abby
at H'estminster, 17 Apr. 1656, on 1 Sam. 2.5. 1. Lond. 1656.
oct. To which are added some enlargements. (8) The
Judgment of the late Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of
Ireland, concerning, first the Extent of Christ's Death, secondly
.of the Sabbath, &c. Lond. 1657. Whereuj)on Dr. Pet.
Heylin came out with an answer to it called Respondet
Petrus. (9) Sereral Letters between h'lm and Dr. Heylin.
See more in Dr. Heylin among the writers in another vol.
of this work, under the year 1662. " (10) This Dr. Nich.
" Bernard published and enlarged several things of Dr.
" Usher archb. of Armagh, as II'is Judgment of Babylon,
" Rev. 18. 4. being the present See of Rome, with a sermon
" of bp. Bedell's upon the same words, &c. 1659. At the
" end of the said book is Dr. Bernard's little thing, con-
" taining A Character of Bp Bedell, late Bp of Kilmore i«
" Ireland, and an Answer to Mr. Thomas Pierce's Letter con-
" cerning the lute Primate, which is one of those 5 letters
" printed in the appendix to a late book of his, viz. Mr.
" Pierce. This collect, is dedic. by Dr. Bernard to sir
" Will. Ellis B. solicitor general to protector Richaid.
" (11) Devotions of the ancient Church in seven pious Prayers,
" with 7 Administ. &c. printed 1660, in oct. (12) Clavi
" Trabales : or. Nails fastncd by some great Masters of As-
" semblies, confirm'mg the King's Supremacy and Church Go-
" vernment under Bishops, &c. Lond. 1661. qu. See more
" in Dr. Robert Sanderson, among the writers in another
" vol. an. 1662." What other books he hath written or
published I know not, nor any thing else of him, only that
he died and was buried at Whitchurch in the winter time,
an. 1661, leaving behind him a son named James.
Nathan. Bernard M. of arts.' — .\mong my searches I
find one Nathaniel Bernard to be lecturer of St. Sepulchre',9
» [Quidom Xal. Barnard A. B. coU. Eman. an. 1618. Baiib.J
447
1628.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
ICiti.
448
in London, an. IG'29, wlio for uttering certain words iji.his
pmyer before sermon iit Antholine's concerning tl)C queen,
was brouglit » into the lugh coniniission court : Also for
preaching against his majesty's declaration, at St. Mary's
church in Cambridge, 6 May I6.S2, and u.sing certain dan-
gerous expressions therein, was suspended, excommuni-
cated, Bned, and committed to the New-prison near to
London, where he continued several months, &c. It doth
farther appear also, that one Nathaniel Hernard was bene-
ficed in Essex, but in the beginning of the grand rebellion
in 1642 he was sequestred from liis calling and <thaige
there, by se\er^l committees sitting at Westminster, ba-
nished from his dwelling and society of his wife and chil-
dren, and they turned out of doors, &c. Whereupon retiring
for safety to Oxon, published J Looking- Glass for Rebellion,
[245] sermon preached 16 June 1644, in St. Mary's church
in Oxon, before the two liouses of parliament, on 1 .^am.
15. 23. Oxon 1644. qu. Whether these two are the same,
or whether he that was the author of the Looking Glass for
Rebellion, was author of the Mysten/ of the Incarnation, being
a sermon on Johri 4. ver. 14. printed 1648. in qu. I know
not, or whether the same who was incorpprated M. of A.
befoie-mention'd. " Qiicere, Whether this be not the per-
" son meant in that pitssage in the History of the Trouhlcf
" an^ Tryal of Ahp. Laud. cap. 39. p. 371- A sentence in
" the high-commission court against Mr. Bernard, for
" words about the Pelagian errors and pojjery. Dr. Com-
" ber, Mr. of Trin. coll. Caaibr. was prosecutor againat
" him; which ofTice, so grave and worthy a man would not
" have undertaken, had there not been great and just cause
" for it." I find one Dr. Nathaniel Bernard to have died
beyond the seas in 1656, whom I take to be the same with
him, who was author of tlie Looking- Glass, &c.
KicHARD CuLMER M. of A.' — Tliis liusy man I find wsis
born in the isle of Thanet in Kent, educated in grammar
learning in the city of Cantei'bury, and in academical in
Magd. coll. in Cambridge. Afterwards he became minister
(if Cioodneston in his own country, was susjiend-.-d ab officio
& beneficio for refasing to read tlie book of sp<nts on the
Lord's day. For which usage being njuch provoked, he be-
came a bitter enemy to archbishop Laud, to the cathedral at
(Canterbury, and to <ill the prelatical party in the beginning
of the rebellion raised and carried on by tlie disaffected
party. About that time he became minister of ILarble-
dowue in Kent, and if I mistake i)ot vicar of St. Stcplien's
near to Canterbury, in the jilacc of Mr. John Gouge ejecteJ
thence for refusing the covenant. And, least he sl\o\dd not
be esteemed as zealous a tirolhcr for the cause as any then
in being, he published a most vile pamphlet entit. Cathedral
Neici : or, Dean and Chapter News from Canterbury. Lond.
1644. in qu. In which, heai)ing up all that he could rake
together against the cathedral of Canterlmry, archbishop,
dean, canons, and other officers belonging thereunto, bad
imme;liately two answers from Oxon, one in a pamphljt
cntit. The razing of the Record, &c. Oxon 1644. in two sh.
and half in qu. apd in another called, Jntulutum Culme-
rinnum: or. Animadversions upon a late Pamphlet, entit. Ca-
thedral News from Contirlmry, &c. Oxon 1644. qu. in 5
sheets. In which last is set down many actions of Culmer's
life, his demeanour while he was in the university of Cam-
bridge, and in the country ; his refractoriness, impudence,
• Src in CanterbtiTxfi Doome, p. 362, 3d3.
' [Ric. Culiner coll. Ma-d. admis. in mafric. acati. Cant. JuL 8, 1013.
Veg.ihid. Ric. Ciiliiicr coll. Ilcf;in. A.B. Cant. 1649. Sec his character
ji; the Ilitl. oflhe Tryal <f Arehb. Laud, p. 3U. B.akeh.]
covetousness, unnaturalness, &c. imd what not that the au-
thor thereof, who Wiis a most generous loyalist and who
knew him, could put together to display him to the world.'
There aiso goes under the s;ud R. Culmer's name. The Mi-
nisters Hue and Cry: or, a true Discovery of the insufferable
Injuries, Robberies, Sec. acted against Ministers, &c. Lond.
1661. qu. in 3 sh. as also Lawless Tythe Robbers discovered
who make Tylhe-Revenue a Mock-Maintenance, &c. Lond.
1655, besides oilier things which I have not yet seen. After
the king's restoration, he continued so zealous in his opi-
nion, as to engage (for it was notoriously suspected) In that
hellish plot for which Thomjis Venner, Rog. Hodgkin, &c.
anabaptists and (ifth-monarcliy-men suffered in Coleman-
street in London, 9 Jan. 1660. But the spirit of the man
being as well known as his face, he was taken posting up
from Canterbury to London, riding upon Chatham-hill.
Whereupon being committed for a time, he, among several
examinations, was asked why he brake down those famous
windows of Christ C'hutch in Canterbury? to which ho an-
swer'd, he did it by order of parliament; and being asked
why in one window, (wliicb represented the Devil tempting
our Saviour) he brake down Christ, and left the Devil
standing ? he answ er'd, he had an order to take down
Christ, but had no order to take down the Devil. Whereby
was imderstood that those plotting brethren did mean when
they intended to set up king Jesus, to pull down Christ.
This Richard Culmer, >\ho w;is commonly called in Kent,
Blue Dick of Thanet, because he wore blue in opi osition to
black, which he hated, lived several years after, and (lying
(but when 1 know not) was buried in the parish church of
Monkton in the said Isle of Thanet. '• Archbishop Laud
" says, that Mr. Richard Culmer was an ignorant person,
" and with his ignorance one of the most daring schis-
" matias in all that country (Kent)."
Ralph Brownkig dgct. of div. — This learned and most
religious person was born in Ipswich in Suffolk, was bred
scholar and fellow of PemiToke hall in Cambridge,' became
afterwards prebendary of Ely, master of Catharine hall in
the said university , and archdeacon of Coventiy in the room
of Dr. Sam. Brook. In 1641 he was made bishop of Exeter
(to the liking of all good men) upon the translation of Dr.
Joseph Hall to Norwich, but the episcopal function being
soon after silenced, he became (after some years spent in -
the family of Tho. Rich, esq; afterwards a baronet) preacher
* [He obtained of liis rich father to part w"' liis whole estate to him during
his Hie, and then suffered the old uian (who was livinj> 1644) lo want. He
was ejected out of his curacy of Goodueston for refusing to read the hoolt of
' sports, in revenge whereol he accused Mr. E. 13. a gentleman (whom he sus-
pected to have been iiistnnnental therein) of treasonable words hclorc y'
. councill, where the matter being heard, the accusation w.is tuund to be false
and malicious, whcreu]Km Culmer was committed to the Fleet lt);^5. Oct 9.
About 1644 he was thrust into j« vicarage ol Minster in _\' isle of I hanet on
■ y^. ejection of Dr. Casaubon where he took down j= cross from the spire of
ye steeple, delated the windows, and pull'd down the hall in the vicarage
house. Aman so odious lor his zeal and lury that the parishioners of Minstre
had petition'd to j^ parliament against his coming to (hat place, where he
liv'd to llie king's retiu-n, and being then loreed to yield to the restitution
of Dr. Casaubon he died fuon alter lor grief and vexation at Moncttoii.
Wharton, Collect, i. p. 77-
I have by me bound up in a collect, of titles a 4t6. The Minimer's hue and
cry, or a tntc ci'ncmery if the umufe}-uUe iiijiirin, rohhn-irt, ciizeifiina:, and op-
fnessiom now acted agiimt ministers and upf.ntirMtort, esjvcialli/ njiamat minUters
placed b<i authoritii o)' farliament, published hi/ I icf'iira Culmer lute minister if
Cod's word at Hmhledouii neirr Contet biin/. l.i.nclon li .^1. 4lo.
He says, p. 8 that it was objccteO to hiui ihat h. was turnid out ol Uood-
iicston, when in truth the minister was aepi:veil ol iliot living In archbishop
Laud oiilv lor not puhlisliiiig the prophane book ol Sabbath sports. Kkknet.)
3 [Ua.'Brownrigg aul. Penibr. conv. 2, adiuiss. in luatric. acad. Cant. Jul, 9,
1607. Iteg. ibid. BaK£h.]
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1629.
460
to the temples in London, where being 8ettle<l according to
his desire witli all conveniencies, surrendered \\y> his pious
soul to him tliat gave it, 7 Dec. 1659. Whereupon his
body was buried in the church belonging to the said Tem-
ples on the 17th day of the same month, at the charge of
the Teniplers, who iilso put a very fsi'r monument over his
grave.* Dr. John Oauden preached then his funeral sermon,
and at the end of it printed a short account of his life ; which is
mostly remitted (without acknowledgment) in a book entit.
Memoirs of tfie Lives, &c. published by David Lloyd. This
Dr. Brownrig h.ath two volumes of sermons extant, whereof
the second contains 25, and both 65 sermons.*
All which Cambridge men, viz. Spurstow, llninbow.
Ball, Creyghton, Sheringham, Nic. and Nath. Bernard,
[246] Culmer and Dr. Brownrig, were among many others of
the university of Cambridge incorporated on the said 15th
of July. Afterwards these following were incorporated this
year.
Oct. ■27. Maurice Williams doct. of phys. of Padua in
Italy. — He was the son of Lewis Williams of the diocese of
London, was educated in Oriel coll. of which he became
fellow in 16*20. After\vards resigning it in 1631 settled in
London, was fellow of the coll. of Physicians , a knight and
eminent for his practice in that faculty. He died in his
house within the parish of St. Anne Black-Friars in London,
in the beginning of the year 1 658, and was there (I sup-
pose) buried."
Nov. 6. Rob. Hall batch, of arts of Cambridge, now of
Exeter coll. — He was sou of Dr. Joseph Hall bishop of
Exeter, and was admitted M. of A. of this university in
Feb. following. See among the created doctors of div.
an. 1643.
Mar. . . . James Primerose M. of A. of the university of
Bourdeaux and doct. of phys. of Moiitpclicr, \vas incorpo-
rated doct. of phys. — ^This learned doctor, who was son of
Dr. Gilb. Primrose mention'd before under the year 1624,
• was born in the city of St. Jean d''Angely in the province of
Xantoigne in France, and afterwards lived and practised hi.s
faculty at Hull in Yorkshire ; where, and in most parts of
that country, he was esteemed an eminent physician. He
hath written and published several books, the trtles of some
* His monument in the Temple church.
. Sumptibus & auspiciis honorab. societal. Templi siiblus pofita- sunt reliquia:
Radolphi Brownrici S. T. D. Cant, revcrendiss. Episc. Exon. quera honorcm
oprime meruit, & per annos xix tenuit, malo taracn sacculi fato (bellis, schis-
matibus, sacrilegiis et regicidibus ferocien.) nunquani exercuit. Tandem anno
Ktatis Ixvii. provinciam terrestrera nondam visam deserens, a cselestem mi-
gravit. jEra Christi MDCLX illucesscentc Car. II. fajlici.'ssimo reditu.
L. M. P. J. G. Episc. Exon. electus.
In this uiscription, tlie year of his death seems to be mistslen (viz. 1660.)
Newcourt, Repertorittm, vol, i. p. 547.
Rad. Brownrigg S. T. P. V. of Barley, Herts, re». ante 8 Jul. 1642. IHd.
vol. i. p. 800.
See many farther particulars of his life and character in the English Life of
Barwick, pr. 1724, in 8vo.]
' [1642 2 Jul. Herbert Thomdika M.A. admits, ad eccl. de Barley per
promot. Rad'r Brownrigg ad ep'atum Exon. ad pros, regis. i?f^. London.
EPITAPH OF DR. BROWNRIGG.
Sumptibui et auspiciis honorab. socictat. Tcinpli subtus posits sunt
reliquisc Radulphi Brownrigg S. T. D. Cant, reverendiss. episc. Exon. quem
honorem optirae meruit et per annos xix tenuit, raalo tanien sa.-culi fato (bellis,
scbismatibus, sacrilegiis, et regicidibus ferocicntc) nunquam exercuit. Tandem
anno letatis LXVII provinciam tcrrostrcni nondum visaui deserens ad cajlea-
tem migravit sera Christi MDCLX illucescente Caroli II. felicissimo reditu.
L. M. P. I. G. Exon. electus.
The year is mistaken MDCLX for MDCLIX. Kbnnet.]
« [.See the Earl of Strafford's ierter aad Dupatches, vol. i, 375, and ii, 171,
178, 194, 212.]
of which follow (1) Exercitationes is Animadveriionei in Li-
brum Gulielmi Harva-i de Motu Cordis S( Circulntione San-
gttinis. Lond. 1630. & Ludg. Bat. 1639. qu. Aaswered by
one Roger Drake, doct. of phys. of Cambr. son of Rog.
Drake a cloathworker of Breadstrcet in Lond. (2) Aca.
demice MonspeliensLt descripta, ejuidem Imutum Mompeluira.
Ad Tliomam Claylunum apud Oxonienses Regiiim ProfesMOreni.
Oxon, 1631. qu. (3) De Vulgi in Mediciiia EttotHus, lib. 4.
Lond. 1638. in tw. &c. Tran.slatcd into English by Rob.
^^'ittie doct. of phys. of Hull. Lond. 1551. oct.' Before
which translation are several copies of verses in praise of it
made by ceitain poets of Hull and in the neighbourhood,
among wliom Andrew Marvell is one. (4) Aphoritmi neeet-
sarii, nee non Quccstiones quadam ad Doctrinam Medicitut ac-
quirendam perutilea, &c. Theses receptissima, &c. Lugd. Bat.
1647. qu. Dedicated to Dr. Tho. Clayton. (5) .^r* PAar-
maceuliciB de eligendis Sr coniponendis Medicinee, &c. Amstel.
1651. in tw. (6) Enchiridion medicum practicum de Morbu
communibus, part 2. Amstel. 1654. in tw. printed before in
oct. 1650. (7) De MuUerum Morbis if Syr.ttomatis, Lib. 5.
Roterd. 1655. qu. (8) Destructio Fundamentorum Fop. For-
tunat. Plempii. Roterd. 1657. qu. (9) De Febribus, Lib. 4.
Rot. 1658. qu. and hath also written Animadversions on Joh.
IValeus, wliich I have not yet seen.
Creatiotu.
Jan. 20. Henry Jacob educated in the Low Countries
under Tho. Erpenius the fiunous critic, was actually created
batch, of arts, by virtue of the letters of the chancellor of
this univcr-fity, written in his behalf. — He was soon after
elected probationer- fellow of Merton college, and is here-
after most deservedly to be inserted among the writers in
aiiother part of this work.
An. Dom.,1629. — 5 Car. I.
Chancellor.
William Earl of Pembroke.
Vice-chancellor.
Dr. Accepted Frewen again, July 17.
It n)ust be now observed that whereas the elections of
proctors had hitherto been made by public canvassing, it
pleased the king's majesty to make them private and do-
mestic. And that the said office might be equally distri-
buted through every coll. according to an arithmetical pro-
portion, a cycle of 23 years was by command of the king
made. Which, while it revolves, sheweth how each coU.
(from which the proctors are yearly to be taken) is to join
till the year 1720 and after, and how many courses each
college hath therein. Which cycle being remitted into the
statutes by the king's authority, and afterwards published
in a sheet of psiper, together w ith such statutes that belong
therexmto, the factious elections by canvassing, or public
solicitations for suffrages (which oftentimes proved perni-
cious to the university) were now (not too late) expired.
The first proctors of the said cycle, called by some the Ca-
roline cycle, were these.
Proctors.
Thom. Atkinson of St. Joh. coll.
Will. Strode of Ch. Ch.
Presented to their offices in convocation, 15 Ap.
' [Dedicated to the right boo. lady Frances Strickland, daughter to Thc-
luas, Utc earl of W iniliclsey .—n portrait of Dr. Wittic lo this work.]
451
16«9.
FASTI OXONIRNSES.
1629.
452
Batchelor of Music.
July 18. Matthew White of Ch. Ch. — And the same
year took the degree of doctor, as I shall anon tell you.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 16. Will. Burt of New coll.
30. Edm. Gattqn of St. Joh. coll.
Of the first of these two, I shall speak at large among
the creations in an. 1658.
May 12. Allan Blane of Qu. coll.
Rich. Stannix of Qu. coll.
June 10. Henry Ireton of Trin. coll. — He was after-
wards son in law to Oliver Cromwell, and commissary-
[247] general in the army of Thomas lord Fairfax. He will be at
larg^ mention'd elsewhere.
Oct. 27. Clement Bakksdale of Merton coll.
Nov. 4. Thomas Powell of Jesus coll.
The first of these last two was afterwards of Glouc. hall
and a frequent writer.
20. Robert Price of Ch. Church. — He was afterwards
bishop of Ferns and Leighlin in Ireland.
Jan. 23. Humphrey Lloyd of Oriel coll. — He was af-
terwards bishop of Bangor.
28. John Wells of Gloc. hall. Qusere.
" Feb. . . . Rich. Eedes of C. C. €.'•
All the said batchelors, except Wells, will be mention'd
at large elsewhere.
Admitted 240, or thereabouts.
Doctor of Music.
July 18. Matthew White of Ch. Ch. who accumulated
the degrees in music. — He hath composed certain anthems
to be sung in cathedrals, the words of one or more of
which are published by Jam. Clifford in his collection be-
fore-mention'd.
Masters of Arts.
May 9. Nick. Gibbon of Edm. hall.
June 11. Tho. Masters of New coll.
Joh. Prichett of St. Edm. hall.
Tho. Browne of Pemb. coll.
Hen. Wilkinson of Magd. hall.
Giles Workman of Magd. hall.
July 9. Rob. White of Univ. coll. — One of both his
names occurs archdeacon of Merioneth, an. 1640, whether
the same I know not.
Jul. 10. Hugh Cressey of Mert. coll.
Will. Berkley of Mert. coll.
Joh. Reynolds of Mert. coll.
The last of these three, who wa* chaplain of the said
coll. was installed archdeacon of Norwich in the place of
Will. Gery mast, of arts, 25 May 1668. Which dignity was
conferr'd upon him by bis brother Dr. Edw. Reynolds bishop
Of that city. The said Grey was M. of A. of Cambridge,
and I think the same who was author of Spiritual Gleanings,
&c. and of other things.
Nov. 24. Hen. Savage of Bal. coll.
Philip Hunton of Wad. coll.
Admitted 150, or thereabouts.
Batchelors of Physic.
Mar. 1. George Bate of St. Edm. hall.
Besides him was admitted only one more, named Henry
Heme of Pemb. coll.
Batchelors of Divinity.
June 13. Pet. Heylin of Magd coll.
July 10. Charles Robson of Qu. coll. — He was lately
preacher to the company of English merchants at Aleppo,
and wrote and publislied Neus from Aleppo written to T. V.
(Tho. Vicars) Batch, of Div. and Vicar of Cokfield in Sussex.
Loiul. 1628. in 3 sh. in qu. and perhaps other things. On
the 4 May 1G32, he was presented by the university of
Oxon to the vicaridge of Holme Cultram in his native
country of Cumberland, and, if I mistake not, was the same
Charles Robson who was made preb. of Stratford in the
church of Sarum, 28 May 1633, which he kept till 1639.
July 30. William Sparke of Magd. coll.
Dec. 17. Anth. Faringdon of Trin. coll.
Jan. 16. Obadiah Sedgwick of Magd. hall.
Admitted 22.
t^ Not one doctor of law or phys. was admitted thi»
year.
Doctors of Divinity^
July 9. Edward Burton of Magd. coll. one of his ma-
jesty's chaplains; who accumulated the degrees in divinity.
Incorporations.
t^ This year John French M. A. and fellow of Merton
college was elected public scribe or regislrary of the uni-
versity, who being a careless man (tho' a good scholar) and
more tit for another, tlian that, employment, hatii omitted
throughout all his thne the incorporations of the Cantabri-
gians at tlie conclusion of the act, liaving had sometimes 40,
at other times 50 and more incorporated at that time, in
several degrees and faculties. Those therefore that I find,
you shall have as they follow.
May 21. Joh. Faber batch, of arts of Cambr. — He pro-
ceeded master of that faculty as a member of Exeter coll.
soon after.
July 4 James Fryer M. of A. of the university of Basil
in Germany.
Oct. 10. Joh. Stanley batch, of arts of Cambr. — In the
next month he took the degree of M. of A. as a member of
St. Alban's hall, which is all 1 know of him.
Nov. 14. Gilford Slingsbie M.A. of St. Andrew's in
Scotland.
Rob. Jackson B.A. of Edinburgh in Scotland.
Feb. 4. Baldwin Hamey (Ham.«:us) doct. of physic of
Leyden in Holland was then incorporated. — In the year
following he was admitted candidate of the college of phy-
sicians at London, afterwards fellow, censor, anatomy [248]
reader, elector, register and consiliarius (but never presi-
dent) of the said college. He hath certain Theses of the
Quinsie in * piint, and is stiled by those of his faculty ' Mu-
sarum & Apollinis delicise.' This person, who was son of
Baldwin Hamey alias de Hame, doctor of phys. of Bruges
in Flanders, by Sarah his wife, dau. and heir of Pet. Oeyles
of Antwerp, merchant, died on the 14th of May 1676, aged
76 years, and was buried in the middle isle or nave of the
church of Chelsea St. Luke near London.
Feb. 27- Griffin Higgs made D. of D. of the university
of Leyden in Holland about three weeks before this time,
was also then incorporated. — He w<ts afterwards dean of
Litchfield.
This year, but the day or month appears not, was incor-
porated doctor of div. one Hen. Wickham of King's col-
« Lugd. Bat. 1626. <]u.
453
1C30.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1630.
54
lege in Cambridge.' — He was son of Will. Wickham bishop
of Winchester, was now archdeacon of York or of the West-
riding of Yorkshire, (which dignity he had obtained in the
latter end of 1623, in the resignation of Dr. H. Hook) and
residentiary of the church there, besides prebendary of
Southwell, chaplain in ord. to K. Char. 1. and rector of two
churches in Yorkshire. In his archdeaconry succeeded Dr.
Rich. Marsh, who was afterwards dean of York.
Creations.
Oct. 10. Edm. Manwaring batch, of law and a civilian
belonging to the king's council in the North parts of Eng-
land, was actually created doctor of the said faculty. He
was originally of All-soul's coll. and as a member thereof
took the degree of batch, of that fac. 1€05. Afterwards lie
was chancellor of Chester, and father to sir William Man-
waring, Serjeant major to col. Francis Gamul's regiment in
1643, against the forces raised by the Parliament against
K.Ch. 1.
Nov. 12. Thom. Daches an esquire's son of Exeter coll.
was actually created mast, of arts, being then about to go
with his majesty's ambassador into foreign parts-
March 6. Raphael Throckmorton of Ch. Ch. was
created M. of A. — See among the created doctors of div. in
1660.
" James Dlllon the son of the earl of Roscommon in
" Ireland, now a student in Exeter college, was entered
" into the public library 9 May 1629."
Ak. Dom. 1630. — 6 Car. I.
Chancellor.
William Earl of Pembroke; who dying 10 Apr. (as
Mr. Tho. Allen of Gloc. hall had several years before pre-
dicted) Will. Laud D. of D. sometimes president of St.
John's coll. now bishop of London, was elected into his
])lace the 12th, and confirmed the 28th, day of the same
month.
Vice-Chancellor.
William Smith D. of D. warden of Wadham coll. July 17.
Proctors.
Ralph Austen of Magd. coll. presented Apr. 7-
Hkn. Stringer of New coll. presented Apr. J.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 10. Edward Fisher of Brasen. colL
June 3. John Eedes of Oriel coll.
George Kendall of Ex. coU.
Hen. Jeanes of New inn.
Will. Durham of New inn.
14. Hen. Hunt of Pembr. coll.
SO. Lorenzo Gary of Ex. coll. son of Ken. viscount
Falkland, and younger brother to Lucius.
July 8. Oliver St. John of Trin. coll. — This person, who
was son of sir Job. St. John of Lydiard Tregose in Wilts, I
set down here, not that he was a person afterwards emi-
nent, but only to distinifuish him from Oliver St. John, son
of Oliv. St. John of Caishoe in Uedfordshire, esq; (descended
from the family of the eiu-l of Kullingbrook) educated in
Catharine hall in Cambridge, afterwards in Lincoln's inn,
where he was a counsellor of note, especially after he had
£hewn his parts in arguing the case of shij)-money in behalf
9 [Henr. Wickham, son ol W. W. bishop of VVint. adm. in King's coll.
1608; — rector of Bedell com. Ebor. — an-hdeacim of York oh. 1641. Bakkr.
See an account of him in the English 7,i/fe/lWiaifc, Appendix, page480.J
of Job. Hampden, esq; who refused the payment of it an.
1637. In the year 1640, he was chosen a burgcM for Tot-
ness in Devonshire to serve in the two parliamenU th^t
began that year,- wherein shewing his activeness, and readi-
ness in speaking against several abuses, he was first made
solicitor, and afterwards attorney general, purposely to mo-
lify his humour, and to make him have a good opinion of
the king's cause. But all God wot operated little or no-
thing in him, as having been possess'd to the contrary by
O. Cromwell, whose kinswoman Elizalieth (daughter and
coheir of ... . Cromwell of Upwood in Huntingdonshire)
he had before taken to his second wife. So that proceeding
very zealously against the prerogative, and all that looked
that way, was made lord chief justice of the Common-pleas,
was sent amba.ssador into the Netherlands, an. 16.52, lie
being then commonly called Cromwell's dark-lanthom,
chancellor of the university of Camlir. &c. and signally an-
timonarchical till the usurpation of Oliver Cromwell; yet
notwithstanding was one of the lords of the other house.
After his majesty's restoration, (he being excepted to cer-
tain forfeitures which the parliament then declared) he
retired to an estate at Long Thorp in Northamptonshire,
which he before had purchased, and resided mostly there r24<i]
till the time of his death, which hapned on the last of Dec.
1673, aged 75 years or thereabouts. He hath several .
speeches, arguments of law, and other things extant.
July 24. Thomas Barlow of Qu. coll.
Gerard Langbaine of Qi\. coll.
The first of these two was afterwards bishop of Lincoln.
Oct. 26. JoH. HuLETT of Ncw inn.
Dec. 16. Thom. Grantham of Hart hall. jQusere.
Edward Gee of Brasen. coll.
Jan. 19. Will. Stampe of Pem. coll.
27. John Toy of Pem. coll.
Feb. 1. Lislibon Long of Magd. hall. — ^This person,
who was the eldest son of Will. Long of Stratton in Somer-
setshire, esq; went afterwards to one of the Temples, be-
came a barrister, sided with the rout in the time of the
rebellion, was made master of the requests, and recorder of
the city of London in the reign ot Oliver, from whom he
received the honour of knighthood, 15 Dec. 16."')6. He af-
terwards supplied the place of speaker in the absence and
indisposition of Chaloner Chute, esq; in the months of
Febr. and March, an. 1658 ; but Long being taken with a
sudden disease in the last of those two months , died on the
sixteenth day thereof, and Chute died not till the 14 .\pr.
1659. As for Long he was esteemed by the men of those
times a person of great integrity in the profession of the
law, and for his particular affection to the service of Oliver
protector and to the common-wealth. " And as for Chute
" he was a counsellor of the Middle-Temple, wa." sou to
" Ch. Chute of the said Temple, son of Arthur Chute of
" Wrenham in Suffolk. Quan-e. Whether this Lislibon
■" Long was related to one Kingsmill Long, gent, who
" translated from Lat. into Engli.sh, Barcliuj his Argenis :
" or, the Loves of Poliarchut and Argenis. Lond. 1625. foJ.
" Which translation is dedicated by Long to Will. Dunche,
" of Avebuiy, esq; in com. — Bit. SheUi. Owen Felthain
" hath verses in commendation of the translation."
Feb. 11. Tho. Widdowbs of Magd. coll.
Tim. 1 aylor of Qu. coll.
17. Rich. Kentish of Hart hall — I take him to be
the same Rich. Kentish who published a sermon on Ephes.
5. 2, — j)rinte<l 1649. qu.
19. Thomas (ireaves of C. Christi coU.
Mar. 3. NicH. Monke of Wsulh. coll.
2 G» 2
I
455
1630.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1630.
456
The last of which was afterwards bishop of Hereford.
All these batchelors (some few excepted) will be largely
mention'd in another volume.
Admitted 212, or thereabouts.
BatcheloTf of Law,
July 1. Will. Sandbrook of Gloc. hall.
• Nov. 15. Rich. Napibr of AU-s. coll.
16. Will. Bukton of Gloc. hall, lately of Qu. col-
le£re.
Admitted 19.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 15. John Barret of St. Edm. hall. — This person I
here set down, not that he was a writer, but only to distin-
guish him from another of both his names and time, who
was educated in Emanuel coll. in Cambridge, and after-
wards became a presbyterian divine, and minister of St.
Peter's church in Nottingham, where continuing till liis
majesty's restoration, was then suspended for rei'using to
read the common-prayer, and liis living sequestered. After-
wards, being a nonconformist, he kept conventicles in those
parts, and lived in 1682, and after." He hath written several
things, as (1) The Christian temper, &c. (2) Treatme of the
tico Covenants, &c. (3) Fifty Queries seriously propounded to
those that question Infants' Right to baptism. (4) Few notes
upon T. G's (Thorn. Grantham's) Antiqueries, &c. as also
several things against Dr. Edw. Stillingfleet.
Apr. 15. Will. Davis of Ball. coll. — Another of both his
names of Gloc. hall was admitted M. of A. on the 3 Jun.
following, but which of them became archdeacon of Bath in
Dec. 1643 (for one Will. Davis M. A. and vicar of Chard
was then admitted to that dignity) I know not.
June 8. JoH. Aris of Magd. hall. — He was afterwards
rector of Middle Cleydon in Bucks and published The Re-
conciler, a sermon preached before the communion, on
Matth. 5. 23, 24. Lond. 1G51. qu. which is all I know of
him, only that he was a Gloucestershire man born.
10- Rob. Maton of Wadh. coll.
28. Rich. Owen,* of Oriel coll.
' Yes loDg after. I have a printed sermon which he preached on the 8th
of December 1708. It is a funeral sermon for John Whitlock, who, as well
a» himself, was ejected at Nottingham by the act of uniformity. This is the
only sermon in which I have found the language of blazonry. • I am think-
■• ing of the disticli about my honoured deceased brother's coat of arms (bear-
• jug azure a chevron engrailed between three falcons)
' Vive diu Whiteloce Deo, sic utere fatis,
' Ut referent sensus alba nee atra tuos.
' which (of God's grace) was happily eminently fulfilled in time. He lived
' lung, and to God, and neither prosperity nor adversity had power to turn
• liira from his course. His white locks were found in the way of righleous-
' ness. A crown of glory.' In the same pamphlet is another sermon which
Wr. Barret had delivered on the same occasion. Advertised at the end is A
IHvouTU of Secret Prayer, Sic. by J. Barret, M. IJ.D: the same perwjn, I
presume, though in the title page of bis pamphlet he is content with writing
only M. A.
1 have another pamphlet by John Whitlock, minister of the gospel ; (son
to the above mentionnl Mr. W.) entitled A short aUempt for presennng the
Uemoni and improving the Death of three evwient, aged ministers of Christ, late if
^otti/t^ham, viz.
Mr. li'ilUam liei/mlds, who died Feb. 26, 1697-8, in his 73d year.
Mr. John Whiltock wlu) died Dec. 4, 1708, in his 84(h year.
Mr. John barret who died Oct. 30, 1713, in his S3d year.
in tuv sermons, &c.
Sec more of all these in Calamy. Hunter.]
' pUch Owen was the son of Cadwalader Owen, A. M. vicar of Llanbryn-
mair, and rector of Llanfecher com. Montgomery, by his wife Blanch, the
daughter and coheir of J<,lin llobcrts. Esq -. younjiLT brother to Lewis .Vnwvl
of Park iu com. Mcrionuh, Es<i; This Cadwallader Owen wlio, as I think,
wai of Oriel coU. wa> io his time reputed a great disputant, and generally
June 30. Hen. Eomonoson of Qu. Coll.
" July 8. Hen. Stubb of Magd. hall."
9. Sam. Austin of Ex. coll.
Nov. 19. Sam. Fisher of New inn.
Admitted 160, or thereabouts.
Batchelors of Physic.
Only five were admitted tliis year, and one to practice that
faculty, but none of them were afterwards writers.
Batchelors of Divinity.
May 12. Thom. Atkinson, of St. Joh. coll.
Will. Haywood of St. Joh. coll.
The first of these two, who was a Londoner born, was
afterwards rector of South Warnborough in Hampshire,
wliich he exclianged with Dr. Pet. Heylin for the rectory of
Islip near Oxon, an. 1638. 1 have seen of his compositions
a.s Andrei Melvini Anti- Tami-Cunicategoria, written in saphics,
and Melvinus delirans, in iambics. But whether either of
them are printed, 1 cannot tell. He was buried in St. John's
coll. chappel 6 Feb. 1C38, after he had enjoyed Islip but few
months .
June 15. Sam. Hoard of St. Maiy's hall.
22. Rich. Gardiner, of Ch. Ch.
July 8. Tho. Howell of Jesus coll.
Dec. 7. Joh. Bayly of Exet. coll.
Feb. 22. Humph. Chambers of Univ. coll.
Doctors of Law.
June 30. Will. Boswell of Wadh. coll.
Will. Dillon of New coll.
JoNATH. Browne of Gloc. hall.
The first of these three, who was a learned civilian, was
afterwards high sheriff of Oxfordshire (about 16,52) and
dying unmarried, 5 Apr. 1678, aged 79 years, was buried in
All-Saint's Church in the city of Oxon, near to the grave of
his father Will Boswell, sometimes alderman of the said city.
The last was afterwards dean of Heieford in the place of Dr.
Dan. Price, deceased, preb. of Westminster in the room of
])r. Rog. Bates, in the latter end of 1633, minister of St.
Faith's in London, (from which he was sequestred by the
presbyterians in the time of the rebellion) and rector of
Hertingfoi'dbury in the dioc. of London. He was an excel-
lent preacher, and a person much reverenced by all (even
his enemies) for his ecclesiastical aspect. He died in the
latter end of 1644 or thereabouts; whereupon Dr. Herb.
Croft, who had married liis daughter Anne, succeeded him
in tlie deanery of Hereford.
C^ Not one doctor of physic was admitted this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
Jun. 22. Hannibal Potter of Trin. coll.
John English of Baliol coll.
Rich. Gardiner of Ch. Ch.
Joh. Stubbins of Ch. Ch.
Jam. Marsh of Merton coll.
called by the name of. Sic daces. He was instituted to the tine cura of Llan-
brynnmir, Feb. 10, 1610, being vicar before of the same place. He was
also rector of Lhtnfechan, and (as Lewis Dwn in his Iforuid's visitation sayth)
was a justice of the peace in Com. Montgomery. He dyed in 1617. I have
heard he was a writer, but what he writ, I know not. For his son Richard
Owen, he was fellow of Oriel coll. and rector of Ixtndouslone aud Kiliam.
He is sayd to have put Vr. Bates's Klenchtis Mntwim nuperonim into Latin,
and published a Latin sermon called Fmdus muttiformis on 1 Cor. 9, i?'^, and
perhaps others. He hud some lands of inheritance from his ancestors in the
jiarish of Tiacclynydd com. Merioneth, which he sold to sir Thomas Middle-
ton of Chirk. Ht;.MruB£V9.J
[250]
457
1630.
TASTI OXONIENSES,
1G30.
458
The last was afterwards archdeacon of Chichester and
rector of St. Dunstan's in the West, London, where he died
in 1643.' In which year his archdeaconry was conferred
upon Dr. H. Hammond.
July 5. Henry Locket of Line. coll.
Tho. Howell of Jesus coll.
Dec. 5. JoH. Bayly of Ex. coll.
The two last accumulated.
Jan, 21. Rob. Beddingfield, of Ch. Ch.— Hehad before
published A Sermon preached at Paul's-cross '24,Octob. 1624,
on Rom. 6. 2.3. Oxon. 1G25. qu. and, as 'tis probable others;
which is all I know of him, only that he was a Suffblii man
born, elected from Westm. school a student of Ch. Clu 1614,*
and that he died at Newton in Cambridgeshire, (of which I
think he was rector) in the year 1651.
Incorporations.
July (8) John Paterson of M. of A. of the university of
St. Andrew in Scotland, as the public register saith. — He
was now a student in this university.* * ^"<i •"<" <•/-
July— HcGH Symmes doctor of Physic of ^^^^.'"'^
Leyden in Holland. ' J^, „„° ^^^
Oct — John IIukne M. of A. of Edinburgh First Edit.
in Scotland. — Whether he be the same John Hurne, wlio
wrote and published The History of the Jew's Deliverance out
of Babylon, &c. in ten Sermons upon Psal. l26.Lond. 1622.
qu. I know not.
This year was incorporated (or at least was a supplicate
made for that purpose) one Thomas Taylor doct. of div. of
Christ's coll. in Cambridge,* who was at first, if I mistake
not, a preacher at Watford in Hertfordshire, afterwards at
Reading in BerUs, and now, tliis year, pastor of Alderman •
bury in London; where, as also by most of the ministers in
that city, he wiis esteemed an illuminated doctor, excellent
in following and opening an allegory. The first thing that
made him known to the world was liis Commentary on the
Epistle of St Paul written to Titus. Cambr. 1612. qu. &c.
From which time to 1635, were several sermons, expositions,
&c. published under his n.ime, the titles of most of which
you may see in the Oxford Catalogue. He was also author of
" The Use of the Law, which some call" The Rule of the
Law, answered by one Rob. 'J'owne an antinomian, in his
book entit. The Assertion of Grace.' He died about the be-
' [1631. 21. Mail Jacobus Marshe S. T. P. admiss. ad ric. Scti Dunstani in
Occident, per mortem Job. Donne S. T. P. ad pres. com. Dorset. Hfg. Laud,
qj'i Lond.]
Jacobus Marsh S. T. P. adniis. ad rect. de Chingford Com. Essex. 17. Maii
1632 per Mort. Niclii. llowe ad pres. Rob. Leigb armig. cui success. Fran.
Merlin S. T. P. 30 Nor. 1633 per amotionem Ric. Marsh. Rrg. Laud.
Kbnnf.t.]
* [Rob. Beddingfield, S. T. P. ex iEde Christi Oion. incorporat. Canta-
brigiab an. 1633. Baker.]
* [Tho. Taylor coll. Christi, S. T. P. Cant. 1628. Bikeb.]
* [I'liomas Taylor who was called the illuminated doctor, was brother of
Theophilus Taylor, vicar of St. Lawrence, where he resided frequently in
Reading, where he was held in great veneration.
Besides the sermons of Tho. Taylor, mentioned above, he published a dis-
course, the substance of which he preached at Readuig. which has escaped
the notice of A. Wood. It is intitled
The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed; declaring in foure general groundt,
among other things: 1. How fatre an hyjHicrite may goe in the way totuards
Heaven, and wherein the sontui Chijftian goeth beyond him: and 2. In the last
iiud best Ground, largely discourwth of a good Heart, liescribing it by very many
signe$ of it, digested into a fatniliar method: which of itself is an entire treatise.
And also 3. From the constant f-uit of' the good (h-imnd justifieth the doctrine of
the persevcnmce of Saints: ojjnjgneth the tijlh article of the late Arminians ; and
shortly and ptainly imswereth their most colourable arguments and eixisions. By
Thomas Taylor, Itile feUow of Christ's college in Cambridge, and preacher tf the
vxrrd of God, at Reding in Barhshire. Imprinted at London, by FeUx Kyngston,
for John Bttrtkt, and arc to be sold at the signe of the gilded cup, m the gold-
ginning of the year 1632, and was buried in the church at
St. Mary Aldcrmanbury. See more in Will Jemuiat, among
the writers, in another part of this work.
Ephraim Uoall was entred a student in the public
library in the beginning of July this year, but how long lie
continued tliere, or whether he was originally of this uni-
versity, I cannot yet tell.' This |)er3on, who was gutlieriiig
materials towards the publi.thing of n Imok or txioks, I take
to be the same Ephraim Udoll who was now, or at least
shortly after, parson of St. Austin's in the Old Exchange,
near St. Austin'^ Gate in London, a man of eminent piety,
exemplary conversation, profound learning, and indefati-
gable industry, by preaching a lecture at his own parisli [251 ]
every Tuesday in the afternoon, and if 1 am not niiskiken,
every Sunday before the first Sunday in the month, a pre-
paratory sermon to the blessed sacrament of the I>ord°s
supper. Besides all tliis he was esteemed a man of an
affable, courteous and peaceable conversation among his
neighbours. In a word, he was a man of their own vote,
viz. of the puritans or presbyterians, and was (without pro-
fanation be it spoken) a shining and burning light, fiut
wlien he found himself mistaken in the ends and intentions
of the heads of the rebellion, that broke out in 1641, and
1642, when he saw that the zeal of sonic did degenerate into
madness and frenzie, and that the endeavours of others
(under the pretence of reformation) was to bring in anarchy
and sacrilege, hepublislieda learned tract called by a certain'
autlior (notwithstanding P. Ileylin published a book with
the same title) A Coal from the Altar : And another learned
book entit. Noli me tangere, or a Thing to be thought of,
printed 1641, qu. in 5 sh. " against anarchy, he also de-
clared himself for episcopacy, and the established liturgy,
and published iuiother book entit. Communion Comeliness:
M'herein is discovered the Cimvetiienry of the Peoples drawing
near to the Table in the sight thereof, when they receive the
Lord's supper, &c. Lond. 1641, qu. " in 5 sheets." In
which book, by many impregnable arguments, he proves a
highconveniency. if not a necessity for that laudable custom
of liaving railes about the Lord's Table. So that this person
being discern'd by the faction to be a friend to the Protestant
religion, established in the church of Kngland, was look'd
ujjon as their enemy, and was by them branded with |,opery
or as popisldy affected, ^'et his former reputation in the
city bore him up against the obloquy of private discontent
for a time. At length wljen they came openly to defy their
smith's row, in Cheapside, 1621. 453, pp. 8to. but like a small 4to. (Here follow
the extracts from the two dedications. 1. To the mayor, &c. in Englisli,
the other in Latin, to his fellow ministers at Reading, and afterwards some
remarks on the nature of the book, shewing that the author was a Calvinitt.)
In the preface to the folio edition of his works, published in 1653, it is
said that Thomas Taylor was born at Richmond in Yorkshire, and was
descended from a good family. He had a most religious education i'rora his
father, whose house was a retreat for such ministers as had hccn silenced in
England, or exiled in Scotland. He was admitted at Christ's college, ia
Cambridge, of which he was afterwards a fellow ; and was a serious and dili-
gent student.
At the age of 21 he entered into holy orders; and, during the reigns of Q.
Elizabeth and James 1. preached at St. Paul's Cross with much applause. He
met with violent opposition from bishop Wren, who did all in his power to
prevent his doctor's degree : and he was silenced by dr. Harsntt, and
threatened to l>e degraded for a sermon preached at St. Mary's in Cambridge
on canticles v. 7. In liis manners he was of an affable and cheerful disposi-
tion, of a meek temper, and bestowed much in private citarities. He died of
a pleurisy, at his coimtry house in Isleworth at the age of 56. Coans's Uilt.
of Reading, p. 353—356.]
7 [Eph. Udall col. Eman. A. B. 1609: A. H. coll. Eman. 1614. Seg. Acad.
Baker.]
> [.\uihor of AtigUic I?Htnii comiuoDly called Merc. Asutinu. p, 1647, in oct.
nu, 14. p. 132.]
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sovereign, (the Lord's anointed) it was a fit time to silence
and remove Mr. Udall ; for neither Dr. Gouge his church
in the lUack-frvers, or Mr. Jo. Goodwin's in Colemanstreet
were half so full before the long parliament began, as Mr.
Udalls had been since. First therefore they plundered his
house » take away his library and houshold stuff, then
remove him from his miiiistiy, and sequester the profits
thereof, for a Levite of their own. .Afterwards they sought
to commit him to prison, tho' aged and very weak and infirm
in body, and at length carried his aged and decrepid wife out
of her doors by force, and set her in the open street to shift
for hei self. This most jjious and meek man, who had been
favoured in his ministry by the Vincents of Stoke-Dawber-
non in Surrey, baronets, hath written other things, among
which is, The Good of Peace, " and the III of War," " Sermon
on Psal. 29. 11. "at St. Paul's July lf>42," Lond 1642. qu.
He surrendered up his " most" pious and devout soul to
God, about the latter end of May 1647,' at which time he
desire<l that his body might be butied in the chancel of All-
hallows in Hony-lane in Cheapside in Lond. unless the
parishioners of St Austin desire to have the disposing of it.
In a mo<t unworthy ' pamphlet entit. The first century of
scandalous, malignant Priests, &c. print. 1643. 1 find these
matters of Ephraim Udall, viz. ' that he hath affirmed that
' the great reformers of the church now are hypocrites ; and
' and hath made, framed and published a book, entit. Noli
' me tangere, without license, charging the parliament with
' sacrilege, in endeavouring to abolish episcopacy, and to
' take away the lands of deans and chapters, to amend
• therewith the maintenance of preaching ministers; and
' that thereby they have brought a national sin on the land,
' as was formerly done by them in taking monasteries,' &c.
For which, and other passages in the said book, he was
thrown out of his rectory by the blessed parliament, as it
was then called.
An. Dom. 1631.— 7 Car. 1.
Chancellor.
Dr. Will. Laud bishop of London.
Vice-chancellor.
Dr. Smith of Wadh. coU. again, July 16.
Proctors.
Atherton Bkuch of Brasen. coll. Apr. 20.
John Doughty of Mert. col. Apr. 20.
Which Proctors being removed from their places by the
king's command in the month of August (as I have told '
you at large risewhere) were elected for the remaining part
of the year.
Mr. JoH. Earl of Mert. coll. presented 26 Aug.
Mr. Laur. Washington of Brasen. coll. presented 26 Aug.
Batchelor of Music.
Jul. 8. Will. Child of Ch. Ch. — He was now one of the
organists of his majesty's chappel at Windsor, having before
been one of the gentlemen thereof. I shall speak more
largely of him in the year 1663.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 27. Thom. Wood of Ch. Ch.
Will. Aylesbury of Ch. Ch-
The first of these two was afterwards bishop of Litchfield
and Coventry.
30. George Hall of Exet. coll. — He was afterwards [^52]
bishop of Chester.
" May 6. John Conant of the same coll.
June 20. Rich. Allein of St. Alb. hall.
Oct. 20. Walt. Bushnell of Magd. hall.
JoH. Wilkins of Magd. hall.
Nigh. Clagett of Mert. coll.
Dec. 10. Daniel Whitby of Brasen-n. coll.
Jan. 17. Dudley Dioges of Univ. coll.
Feb. 9. Christoph. Fowler of Magd. coll.
The liist of which was afterwards of St. Edm. hall.
Mar. 22. Anth. Sadler of St. Edm. hall.
24. JoH. Shaw of Brasen.-n. coll.
Will. Rowland of Exet. coll.
All these will be mentioned at large elsewhere.
Admitted 249.
Batchelors of Law.
Oct. 11. Tho. Reade of New coll. — See more of him
among the doctors of this faculty, an. 1638.
Besides him were 18 admitted, among whom. Will.
Dowdeswell of Pemb. coll. was one, often commended by
sir Tho. Browne the physician for a learned man, and
Franc. St. Barbe of Bal. coll. another. Tho. Heath of
All. -s. coll. was also admitted the same year, but whether he
was afterwards doctor of his faculty of this univ. 1 cannot
tell. When Dr. Sheldon became archbishop of Canterbury
he was made (if I mistake not) comptroler of his family,
and a knight, but after the said archb. death, he retired to
Stoke near Guilford in Surrey, and died in the beginning of
the year 1680.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 30. Thom. Warmstey of Ch. Ch.
May. 4. Will. Sedgwick of Pemb. coll.
JvN. 18. Rich. Busby of Ch. Ch.
Jasp. Mayne of Ch. Ch.
Joh. Oxenbridge of Magd. hall.
22. JoH. Gregory of Ch. Ch.
25. Joh. Gough or Goffe of Magd. coll.
30. Tho. Good of Bal. coll.
Mirth Waferer of St. Alb. hall, lately of Mert.
Oct
coll.
Nov
17.
10.
coU.
» [See Walker's Suffermgt of the Clergy, page 179.
■ [An. 1647, May ii, Mr. Udall, a sequestered minuter buried.
Smith's Obituary, piibl. in Peck's Desid. Curiosa.]
* Writ by Joh. White printed at Lond. 164.S, p. 9.
> lu Hi*, i Amiii. Univ. Oim. lib. 1. p. S34. b. 33.5. a.
Mr.
Abraham Woodhead of univ.
Dec. 10. Edm. Chilmead of Mag. coll.
Alex. Griffith of Hart hall.
Jan. 24. Allan Blane of Queen's coll.
Richard Stannix of Queen's coll.
27. Edm. Vaughan of C. C. coll.
Admitted 128.
Batchelors of Physic.
Six batchelors of physic were admitted this year, of which
Nich. Lamie, a French man of Pemb. coll. was the junior;
who, before this time, had spent 7 years in the study of the
said faculty in the university of Caen in Normandy. There
was also one admitted to practise physic, and another chi-
rurgery named Will. Manowrier a French man, who in
Ihe public register is stiled Dominut de Pratu.
461
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Batchelort of Divinity.
March 30. Nathan. Simpson of Trin. coll.
Apr. 21. Chiustoph. Newstead of St. Alb. hall.
May \1. Will. Lyford of Magd. coll.
June Will. Sherley of Ch. Ch. — This learned divine,
■who was a Dorsetshire man born, became rector of Uuish
Comb-flower in the dioc. of Wells, upon the promotion of
Dr. Joh. Atherton to the see of Waterford in Ireland, in
Feb. 1636, and about the same time beneficed in his own
country. He is author of The Excellency of the Order of the
Church of England under Episcopal Government : set fortli in
a sermon at the visitation at Blandford, an. 1640, on 1 Cor.
11. 34. Lond. 1662, qu. published by Rich. Harris of the
Inner Temple after the author's death.
June — Henry Glemham of Trin. coll.
Joh. Tombes of Magd. hall.
Dec. 10. Will. Strode of Ch. Ch.
Admitted 27.
Doctors of Law.
Francis Gerard of All-s. coll.
John Gervais of All-s. coll.
They were admitted in the Hillary term, but the day and
month when are omitted.
Doctor of Phytic.
July 21. Will. Ford of Pembr. coll.
Doctors of Divinity.
May 18. Tho. Mason of Magd. coll.
Tho. Westlev of Magd. coll.
The last of these was rector of Chart in Kent, and
preacher at the Savoy in the Strand near London ; where
dying in Apr. 1639, was buried in the chancel of the church
there .••
[253] May 26. John Hodges of Line. coll.
March 10. Will. Paul of All. -s. coU.
Incorporations.
Jun. 30. Constantine Jessop batch, of Arts of Trin.
coll. near Dublin — I shall make farther mention of him
elsewhere.
July 7. Thomas ClavekiSg M. of A. (but of what uni-
versity 'tis not set down) was then incorporated in the same
degree.
8. Rob. Sparke M. of A. of Aberdeen in Scotl.
Mar. 1. JoH. Ramsey M. of A. of St. Andrews in Scotl.
One Dr. Rob. Sparke and Joh. Ramsey, Were afterwards
publishers of several sermons ; but whether the same with
the two former, I cannot tell.
This year Thom. Randolphe the most celebrated poet of
Cambr. was incorporated M. of A. but the day or month
when, appears not. — I have made mention of him at large
among the writers, under the year 1590.
JoH. Pell also a graduate of the same university,' was
incorporated, but in what degree, whether in that of
batchelor, or master of arts, appears not. — This person, tho'
I have several times occasionally niention'd in this work,
yet I shall take liberty to be more at large upon him
row. He was the son of Joh. Pell, and he of another John,
descended from those of his name in Lincolnshire, where
* [14 Mali 1610 lord chaacellor Egerton presented Tho. Weslley A. M.
e coll. Mapd. Oion. to y' rectory of St. Clements near Oifonl. Tansfb.]
> [Jo. Pell adinissus in niatriculum acad. Cant. Jul. 8, 1624. Reg. ibid.
Jo. Poll, coll. Trin. A. B. ad Baiitist. au. 16<8. Ibid. Bailor.]
they seem to be of ancient extraction. Hia first breath was
drawn at Southwick in Sussex, (of which place liis fattier
WHS minister) on .M. David's day, an. 1610, and his gram*
mar learning received in the free-school (then newly
founded) at Stenning a market town in the said oounty. At
13 years of age he was .sent to Trin. coll. in Cambr. being
then as good a scholar as some masters of arts in tliat uni-
versity: and tho' he understood Lat. Gr. and Hebr. well,
yet he never stood at an election of scholars and fellows of
that house. He was of a strong and good habit of b<Mly,
and therefore using recreations seldom or never, he plied
his studies while others play'd. About two years after
he had taken the magisterial degree, he married, and un-
derstood then, besides the said three tongues, Arab. Ital.
French, Spanish, High, and Low Dutch. In Dec. 1643 he
took a jouiney to Amsterdam, and was there made professor
of the mathematics next after Matt. Hortensius, where his
learned collegue Ger. Jo. Vossius, (as he testifies Dttcientiit
Math. c. 10.) heard him with admiration read his public
lectures upon Diophantus; by whom likewise he is stiled a
person of various erudition, and a most acute mathematician.
And in 1646 the prince of Orange called him to be public
professor of philosophy and mathematics in the schola
illustris at Breda, founded that year by his highness. While
he continued there, VV'illiam lord Biereton Wiis sent by his
grandfather George earl of Norwich to be his scholar, an<l
became a good proficient, especially in Algebra, to which
liis genius most inclined him, and carried it on to his dying
day; which hapning on the 17th of March 1679 (he being
then a chief member of the Koyal Societv) was buried in the
chunh of St. Martin's iti the Fields within the city of West-
minster, leaving then behind him the character among the
virtuosi of a very good Algebraist, and an excellent musician,
having composed severiti things of that faculty. In 1652,
J. Pell return'd into England, and two years after Oliver
lord protector sent him envoy to the Protestant cantons of
Switzerland, where he chiefly resided at Zurich. He waa
sent with the title of ablegatus, but afterwards he had order
to continue there under under the title of Resident: and by
that title he was known till his return into England a little
before Oliver's death, an. 1658; at which time it was vul-
garly known among the royalists, that in the said employ-
ment he had acted nothing to the injury of the church of
England. After his majesty's restoration he took holy
orders from Dr. Sanderson, B. of Lincoln, had procur'd for
him by Dr. Sheldon B. of Lond. the parsonage of Fobbing
in Essex, an. 1661, and two years after the parsonage of
Laindon with the cliappel of Bartclsiion annexed in the same
county. After the said bisIiL'p was translated to Canterbury
he became one of his cha|ilalns, being then doct. of div. and
expected soon after to be made a dean, but being not a
person of activity, as others, who mind not learning, arc,
could never rise higher than a rector. The truth is, he was
a shiftless man as to worldly atfairs, and his tenants and n-
lations dealt so unkindly with him, that they cnzen'd him of
the profits of his parsonages, and kept hiin so indigent, that
he wanted necessaries, even paper and ink, to his dying day.*
' [Jolies Pell A. M. adniiss. ad rect. de Fobbing com. Essex 19 Junii 1661'
qu» vac. per mort. ijisins ante TO Febr. 1686. H«g. Ltmri. KFNstr.
Pell's father died when he was but five or six years old, and his mother
was of the fiimily of the Hollands in Kent. In 1688, he drew up the flc«i-rii>.
tion and use of the quadrant; written for the use of a friend in two books
(the preface to it is dated May 10, 16?8) tlic original MS. of which is still
extant among his papers in the Royal Society; and in the same year he held
a correspondence with .Mr. Henry Briggs on loearilhms (tlicre is rxlafit a
letter to him of Jlr. Briggs on that subject, dated at Mcrton cillrgc Oct. *5,
n
463
1631.
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[254]
ThUleame«l and curious person hath written (1) Controvertia
cum Christiano Longomontano de vera Circuli Menmra. Amst.
1647, q<i. (2) An Idea of Mathematics. Lond. 1651, in tw.
written to Sam. Hartlib esq ; and printed at the end of The
reformed School written by Jo. Durie. It was before printed
in Eng. and Lat. (3.) A Table of ten thousand Square
Kumbers, namely of all the Square Numbers, between O, and an
hundred Millions, and of their Sides or Roots, which are all the
uhole Numbers between O and ten thousand. IVith an Appendix
concerning the Endmgt, or last Figures of all square Numbers.
Lond. 1672, fol. &c. He hath alsd succinctly and clearly
demonstrated the second and tenth books of Euclid, which
is in MS. in the libr. of the lord Brereton in Cheshire, as
also Archimedes his *au.ju,injy, and the greatest part of Dio-
phantus his Sir Books of Arithmetic. Which last is done
more and better, than was before done by a certain French
man. Both which are in the aforesaid library. He also
publisheil a little anonymous Exercitation concerning Easter j
and at the instance of Charles Scarborough did demonstrate
the proportion of the diameter to the circumference, and
shews the reason' why Archimedes did use those two
1628.) In 1630 he wrote Modoi supputandi cphemerides astronomicaa (quan-
tum ad motum soils attinet) paradigniate ad annum 1630 accomotato. And
' A Key to unlock the meaning of Joannes Trithemius,' in his discourse of
iteganograpliy ; which key Mr. Pell the same year imparted to Mr. Samuel
Hartlib and Mr. Jacob Homedas. In the same year 1630 lie took the degree
of master of arts at Cambridge (Gen. Diet, ubi supra) and the year following
was incorporated in the university of Oxford. (Wood, ubi supra) and on the
7th of June wrote a letter to Mr. Edmund W'ingate on logarithms! and on
the 5th of October, 1631, wrote ' Commentationes in cosmographiam Als-
' tcdii.' July 3, 1632, he married Ithamaria (she is sometimes written
Athamar) second daughter of Mr. Henry Reginolles of London, by whom he
had four sons and four daughters. (General Diet, ubi supra). March 6,
1 633-4, he finished his ' Astronomical History of observations of heavenly
motions and appearances,' and on the 10th of April following his ' Eclipticus
Prognosta; or the Eclipse Prognosticator; or Foreknower of the eclipses;
teaching how by calculation to foreknow and foretell ail sorts of eclipses of the
heavenly lights.' In 1634 he translated the everlasting tables of heavenly
motions grounded upon the observations of all times, and agreeing with them
all, composed by Philip Lansberg of Ghent in Flanders, and set forth by
himself in Latin in the year of his age seventy one, and in the year of our
Lord 1633 t now turned out of latm into English, and from the sciaginal to
the decimil subdivision for the more ease in calculation : and on the 18th of
June the same year he committed to writing ' The manner of deducing astro-
nomical tables out of the tables and axioms of Philip Lansberg.' March 9,
1634-5, he wrote a letter of remarks on Mr, Gellibrand's discourse mathe-
matical on the variation of the magnetic needle ; and on the third of June
following another on the same subject. He was instituted to the R. of Fob-
hing 16 June 1661, to the R. of Laingdon in Essex, 23 July 1663. In
March 1682 he was invited by Dr. Whisler to live in the college of physi-
cians, where he continued till June following, when he was obliged by his ill
state of health to remove to the house of a grandchild of his in St. Margaret's
church-yard, Westminster. (Gen. Diet. p. 251, 2S2.)
He was declared a fellow of the Royal Society May 20, 1663, by the
council, 50(m after the grantmg of the second charter to the society.
After Archimedes ^afjLfwni; read * and the greatest part of Diophantus's
six books of Arithmetic ;* of which author he was preparing in August 1644 a
iiew edition, in which he would have corrected the translation, and made new
illustrations (letter of Mr. Pell to Sir Charles Cavendish, from Amsterdam,
Aug. 10-20, 1644). He designed likewise to publish an edition of Apollonius,
hilt laid it aside in May 1645 at the desire of GoUus, who was engaged in an
edition of that writer from an Arabic MS. given him at Aleppo eighteen years
before (letter to the same from Amsterdam May B-19, 1645). Besides those
of his jHipers left by him at the seat of LA»rd Brereton in Cheshire, a great
quantity of the rest came into the hands of Dr. Busby, which Mr. Hooke re-
porting to the Royal Society, Feb. 10, 1685-6, was desired to use his endea-
vours to obtain those papers for the society. But they continued buried
under dust, and mixed with the papers and pamphlets of Dr. Busby in four
large boxes, till June 1755, when the writer of this history procured tliem for
the tociet; by means of the Rev. Richard Widmore, M. A. librarian of the
church of St. Peter's Westminster, from the trustees of Dr. Busby. The
collection contains not only Dr. Pell's mathematical papers, letters to him, and
oopict of those from him, 6cc. but likewise several MSS. of Mr. Walter
Warner, the philosopher and mathematician, who lived in the reigns of kings
Junes 1, and Charles I. Birch's His*, (fthe R(yul Society, vol. iv. 444—447.]
numbers. The Introduction to Algebra, written in High-
Dutch by Rhonnius sometinies his scholar at Zuiich, is
mostly also his (Dr. Pells.) His Inauguration Speech at
Breda is also extant, and A Letter relating to the Faiultu was
printed at Hamburgh by Joachim Junginiis. He was the
first inventor of tliat excellent way or metliod of the margi-
nal worliings in Algebra, and was a great advancer of some
things pertaining thereunto, and the mathematical faculty.
At length after he had .spent las last days in great oljscurity,
and had been once or twice cast into prison for debt,' (with
shame be it spoken to tlie great virtuosi of this age) died in
Dyot street in the parish of St. Giles in the iields near
London, in the house of one Mr. Cothorne a reader in the
church there, on Saturday 12 Dec. 1685, and was buried by
the charity of Dr. Rich. Busfcy school-maste^ of the coll.
school at Westm. and Dr. Joh. Sharp minister of the said
church of St. Giles, in the vault under part of the said church,
commonly called the vicars or rector's vault. His books
and papers came after his death into the hands of the said
Busby ; among which is the last thing that he wrote. The
Tables, which are (according to his promise in the last line
of his printed Tables of Squares) drawn up and fini.'ihed; and
which sir Cyrill Wych when president of the Royal Society
did license for the press. There only wants a leaf or two
for the explanation of the use of them, which his death hath
prevented. See more in Tho. Branker among the writers
in another volume, an. 1676.
Creations.
Dec. 17- Edmund Wright of Ch. Ch. was actually
created master of arts in the house of congregation; wliich
is all I know of him.
Georg. Albert: of Wadh. coll. was created mast, of arts
the ^ame day ; which is all I know of him also, only that he
had been lately a student in the university of Heidelberg in
Germany, and that lie was forced to leave that place, because
of the wars in that country.
An. Dom. 16;52.— 8 Car. 1.
Chancellor.
Dr. Laud bishop of London.
Fice Chancellor.
BuiAN DuPFA D. D. and dean of Ch. Ch. July 19.
Proctors.
Rich. Chaworth of Ch. Ch. Apr. 11.
JoH Meredith of All-s. coll. Apr. 11.
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 26. John Warner of Magd. hall.
Rich. Hatter, of Magd. hall.
Job Charlton of Magd. hall.
The last of these three, who was son of Rob. Charlton
esq. was born in London, and much about the time that
he took the degree of B. of A. was entered a student of
Lincoln's inn, of which he became a barrister and a coun-
sellor of some note. After the restoration of K. Ch. II. an.
1G60, he was created serjeant at law, and in the year fol-
lowing being elected a burgess for Ludlow in Shropshire to
serve in that pai'liament tliat began at Westminster the Sth
7 [Sec Mr. Harllib'i Ictten to Dr. Wortfaiogton, MS. Bau*.]
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of May, was made deputy for sir Geflry Pdiner chief justice
of Chester, by the name of Job Charlton of Ludford in
Herefordshire esq; and in Oct. the same year (U>G1) was
made the first judge of tlie council of AV^ales and Marches
of the same. In 16C2, he being then a Itnight, was made
chief justice of Chester, and on the 5th of Feb. 1672 he was
elected speaker of the house of connnons in the place of sir
Edw. Turner knight. At which time he spake two speeches
to his majesty and parliament upon his admission to thatoflice,
which were soon after printed in folio papers. On the 1 5th of
the said month he gave up the said honourable oflice, under
pretence of indisposition of body : yet a certain ' writer tells
us, that he (whom he calls a dull Welsh judge) had 500/.
per an. for giving it up; at which time succeeded Edw.
Seymour esq; In the latter end of Apr. 1680 he was consti-
tuted one of tlie justices of the Coumion Pleas : whereupon
his chief justiceship of Chester was conferr'd upon sir
. George Jeffries, recorder of London. Afteiwards he was
made chief justice of Chester again, and was living in 1G8S,
and perhaps may be still, being a great friend to the church
of England.
May 12. Will. Thomas of Jesus coll. — He was after-
wards B. of Worcester.
June 7, John Bishop of Bal. cojl. — See among the
masters an. 1635.
11. JoH. Owen of Qu. coll.
21. Charles HooLE of Line. coll.
Tho. More of Mert. coll.
July 5. Henry Killigrew of Ch. Ch.
Franc. Goldsmith of St. Job. coll.
Oct. 20. Hen. BiGNELL of St. Mary's hall.
£^^^-1 Hen. Bbidgman of Oriel coll.
The first of these two was originally of Brasen-n. I'oll. the
other was afterwards of the same coll. '
25. Will. Eybe of Magd. hall.
Dec. 4. George Ashwell of Wadh. coll.
Randal Sanderson of Qu. coll.
Of the last of these two you may see more among the
masters in 1636.
Feb. 27. Franc. Woodcock of Brasen-n. coll.
All which, except Job Charlton, J. Bishop, and R. San-
derson, will be mention'd at large elsewhere.
Admitted 198.
Batchelors of Law.
Nov. 9. Rob. Price of Ch. Ch.— He was afterwards
bishop of Femes and Leighlin in Ireland.
27. Will. Fulleb of St. Edm. hall. — He was also
afterwards a bishop m Ireland, and at length bishop of Lin-
coln.
Besides these two were admitted nine more, among whom
were Giles Sweit of St. Mary's hall, Justinian Lewin
of Pemb. coll. and John Mabch of St. Edmund's hall, which
last I take to be the same Joh. March who afterwards pub-
lished several tilings of the common law. Qiiajre.
Masters of Arts.
May 8. Constantike Jessop of Jesus coll.
June 5. Clem. Barksdale «f GIoc. hall.
Thom. Powell of Jes. coll.
26. Franc. Roberts of Trin. coll.
July 5. Obadiah Grew of Bal. coll.
Admitted 152.
• The author c^AteasonabU Argument, &c. printed iu qu. 16TT, p. 15.
Batchelort of Phyiie.
But two were this year admitted, of whom Thom\»
Simpson of Ch. Ch. was one, and ooe admitted to pra<.ti:e
in the same faculty.
Batchelors of Dio'mily.
May 2. Joh. Gumbleden of Ch. Ch.
•9. TnoM. Wetherell of Queen's coll.
JoH. .'Strickland of Queen's coll .
Joh. Ellis of Jes. coll.
The first of these three (Tli. Wetherell) who was a Cum-
berland man l>orn, and eminent for his knowledge in the
Greek tongue, wrote Radices Lingua Graett, which are put
at the end of one of the editions of Jo. Rider'* Dictionary.
One Tho. Wetherell, batch, of div. published five sermon*
in 1635. But he is not the same with the former, as the
seniors of Qu. eoll. tell me.
June 30. Bruno Ryves of Magd. coll.
July 6. Jon. Lewoar of Trin. coll.
Oct. 23. George Grifpith of Ch. Ch.
Feb. 23. Alex. Grosse of Exet. coll.
Besides these were nineteen more admitted, of whom
Thom. Cook of Brasen-n. coll. w;is one, being then ac-
counted a most learned divine. He was after the restora-
tion of K. Ch. H. made one of the vicars of Bampton in
Oxfordshii'c, and archdeacon of that part of Shropshire,
which is in the diocese of Hereford, in the place, as it
seems, of Dr. Morgan Godwin. You are now to under-
stand, that one Tho. Cook, batch, of div. wrote a book entit.
Episcopacy asserted as it now stands established in our Church
and Commonwealth, &«. Lond. 1641, qu. Which Tho.
Cook having been bred, as I conceive, in Cambr. and after-
wards beneficed in the East parts of England, he is not to be
taken to be the same with the former of Brasen-n. who
afterwards ' was a covenanter, and never lived in those
parts, or, tho' very able, published any thing. He died 6
Apr. 1669, aged 73, and was buried in the church at Bamp-
ton : whereupon his vicaridge and archdeaconry were con-
ferr'd on Steph. Philipps, M. of A. of Braseu-n. who mar-
ried his only daughter and heir.
Doctors of Law.
June 30. Giles Sweit of St. Mary's haH, lately of Or.
coll. accumulated the degrees in the civil law. — He was
afterwards principal of St. Alb. hall, dean of the .Arches,
and a knight; and dying 13 Sept. 1672, was buried the
I8th day of the same month in the church of Barn-clmes In
Surrey. '
July 4. Alexander Hyde of New coll.
Edward Mottershe.^d of New colL
Doctor of Physic.
July 4. Thomas Simpson of Ch. Ch. who accumul.tted
the degrees in physic. — He w.-w a learned physician, but
whether he hath published any thing 1 camiot tell.
Doctors of Dicinity.
June 2. Rob. Burhill of C. C. coll.
9 See in Hist. <|- Antiq. Vniv. Own. lib. 1. p. 341. a.
' [Egidius Sweit, L. U. post regis rcdituiu ab ar'epo factns offieiafo eo-
r'ue de arcubus ct decanus pcculiaruni ; et a rege eqiies auratns. Obiil IS
SepL 1672; sepultus ill ecd'ia de Barnes com. Surr. KENvr.T.
In lfi41, GilCT Sweit wnj appointed the vice chan. commissary, aa if said
iu auothcr part of these Fasti. Watts.] ■
2 U*
467
1C33.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1633i
468
81. Tho. Lushinoton of Peinbr. coll.
25. Sam. Seward of Line. coll.
30. ROWL. ClIEDELL of JcSUS CoU.
[?56] The two first of these were writers, and the last an accu-
mulator.
Incorporations.
Apr. 17. JoH. Macubie, a Scot, mast, of arts of the uni-
versity of St. Andrew in Scotland.
May — John Chamberlayne, M. A. of Cambr.
Oct. — James Morecraft, batch, of aits of St. Leonard's
coll. in the said university of Andrew.
March 13. Sir Will. Fleetwood, knight, comptroller
of Woodstock park in Oxfordsliirc, (brother to the famous
general sir George Fleetwood, a baron of Sweden) was in-
corporated mast, of arts as he had^tood at Carabiidge.
In the latter end of tliis ye.ir (tlie day or month occurs
not) were incorporated Peter, (the son of Rob.) Salmon of
Essex and John Kirton, both doctors of physic of the uni-
versity of Padua. Of Peter Salmon I know notliing, only
that a doctor of his sirname died at London in Nov.
• Whom I take to 1^75.* As for Kirton he spent most of his
btthemmcKithDr. time afterwards in Italy, assisted sir Robert
Bvlt. Salimn, author Dudley, duke of Northumberland (to wliom
Mf SjTiopsit Medi- ]^g yr^g pliysician) in his cliymical opera-
cms, c. irst jJQjjg^ jjjjj ^^5 living in Florence, where he
was much resorted to for his practice, in
June 1673, aged 70 years or more.
About the same time also (in Jan. I think) one Alex-
ander Gross, M. A. of Cambr. was incorporated, and soon
after took the degree of batch, of div.
Creations.
March 13. John Oxenstierne, a noble Sweed, baron of
Kcmetso, lord of Fiholme and Tydoon, being adorned with
a scarlet gown and hood, and presented in convocation by
the aforesaid sir Will. Fleetwood, was actually created mas-
ter of arts with great obsenance and solemnity. — He was
the son of grave John Oxenstierne, now ambassador to the
king of England from his father Axel Oxenstierne, the
grand chancellor and general director of the Swedish
affairs.
GusTAVus Horne, another noble Sweed, lord of Kamhas
and Purkala, being adorned with scarlet as the foi-mer was,
and presented by the said sir WiU. FleetAvood, was actually
created M. of A. in the same convocation.
When the vice-chancellor was to admit these two nobles,
he openly spake these words to the large auditoiy. ' Gra-
.dum ambiunt magistri in artibus duo nobiles juvenes, quo-
rum alterjus pater, altcrius patruus, pro aris & focis, pro
religionc, pro libertate, deniquc totius Germanise, tanquam
duo fulmina belli, in terrorem domus Austriae jamdiu emi-
cuerunt.' They were very nobly treated, while they con-
tinued here, had rich gloves presented to them in the name
of the university, and testimonals of their degree very fairly
wiitten and adorned, with the seal of each, put into a silver
box.
An. Dom. 1633. — 9 Car. 1.
Chancellor.
Dr. Laud, bishop of London^ who in Sept. this year be-
came orchb. Canterbury.
Vice-chancellor.
Dr. Bk. Duppa again, Jul. 23.
Proctors.
Tho. White of C. C. coll. May 2.
Freeman Page of Ex. coll. May 2,
Batchelor of Music.
July .5. John Okever of New coll. organist and vicar
choral of the church of Wells. — He hath composed several
ayics of 2 and three parts for the violin and viol, which, I
think, are extant. He succeeded in the said organist's
place one Rich. Browne, an eminent musician, 16 Feb.
1619.
Batchelor s of Arts.
Apr. 12. Paul viscount Bayning of Ch. Ch. — He was
son of Paul, late viscount Bayning of Sudbury, and dying at
Bentley-hall in Essex, on the eleventh of Jime 1638, was a
little pamphlet soon after published entit. Death repealed by
a thankful Memorial sent from Ch. Ch. in Oxon, celebrating the
noble Deserts of the right hon. Paul, late Viscount Bayning,
&c. printed at Oxon 1638, in qu. The chief poets that had
a hand in it, were. Will. Strode, orator of the university.
Will. Burton, alias Democritus junior, Will. Cartwright,
Rich. West, Rob. Mead, H. Greisley, Joh. Fell, Mart. Lle-
wellin, &c. all Ch. Ch. men.
May 1 1 . Joh. Priaulx of Magd. hall, afterwards of Mer-
ton coll.
14. Nick. Lockyer of New inn.
Hen. Glue of Bal. coll.
The last was afterwards a minister, changed his religion
for that of Rome, was made priest, and known to some by
the name of Peter Glue.
16. Abrah. Wright of St. Joh. coll.
28. Thom. Gilbert of St. Edm. hall.
Oct. 24. Nath. Newbury of Magd. hall.
Of the last you may see more among the mast. an. 1636.
Nov. 19. Andrew Dominick of Trin. afterwards of
Pembr. coll. — See more among the creations of doctors of
div. an. 1661.
Jan. 14. Rich. Samwaies of C. C. coll. FSS?]
Feb. 4. Rob. Levinz of Line. coll. — See among the crea-
tions of doctors of law, an. 1642.
11. Joh. Bishop of Hart hall. — See among the mas-
ters, an. 1635.
All which batchelors, except Bayning, Glue, Newbury
and Bishop, will be mention'd elsewhere.
Adm. 243, or thereabouts.
Batchelors of Law.
June 25. John Blencow of St. John's coU. — This per-
son, who had been elected scholar of the said coll. from
Merchant Taylors school, did afterwards publish St. Mi-
chad's Covibate with the Devil, a serm. on the 9th verse of St.
Jude's epistle, Lond. 1640, qu. and ])erhaps other things.
Besides him were admitted eight batchelors of the same
faculty, among whom was Will. Stone of St. Edm. hall,
afterwards j)rincipal of New Inn, and a most excellent
preacher and canonist,^ but not to be understood to be the
same Will. Stone, who was author of The Institution of the
Passover, pr. 1622, and of one or more sermons.
2 [1590, Will. Stone, S. T. P. fuit prebcndarius dc Shaldel'ord in eccl.
Well. 24 Mail 1590. Reg: Ailmer e'pi Lond. Kbnnet.]
469
1633.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
10.13.
470
}.
Masters of Arts.
May 9. Geor. Kendall of Exet. coll.
Edm. Gayton of St. Joh. coll.
14. Henry Jeanes of New inn.
Will. Durham of New inn.
June 27- Thomas Barlow of (Qu. coll.
Gerard Lancjbaine of Qu. coll.
July 1. Franc. Cheynell of Mert. coll.
3. Joshua Tooker of Exet. coll.
The last became archdeacon of Barnstaple about IG63.
4. JoH. HuLETT of New inn.
Tho. Horne of Magd. hall.
Oct. 23. NicH. MoNKB of Wadh. coll.
24. William Stampe of Pembr. coll.
Dec. 17. Thom. Widdowes of Magd. coll.
Jan. 17- George Hall of Exet. coll.
Adm. 196, or thereabouts.
Batchelors of Physic.
Six were .admitted this year, of whom Charles Bostock
of Ch. Ch. was the first, but whether any of them were
writers I find not. On the 3d of March, Tho. Trapiiam
was licensed to practise chirurgeiy, and accordingly did
practice that art in these parts for some lime. See more
among the batchelors of physic, an. 1649.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Apr. 3. Rich. Washington of Univ. coll. — He became
the eighth provost of Trin. coll. near Dublin in Ireland,
upon the resignation of Will. Chappel, on the first of Aug.
1640. After the rebellion broke out in that country he
retired to Oxon again, and was re-admitted to his fello\v-
ship of Univ. coll. by the master and fellows thereof, an.
1644, submitted to the parliamentarian visitors, an. 1648, and
was tlic only man of the old stock that was then left there-
in. Afterwards going to London for a time, died in Fet-
ter, alias Feuter, lane, near toFlcetstreet, an. 1651, (in the
Summer time) whereupon his body was buried in St. Dun-
stan's church in the AVest.
Apr. 13. James Smith of Line. coll.
June 17- Natii. Holmes of Ex. coll.
July 3. Tho. Twittie of Oriel col!. — This person, who
was a minister's son of Worcestershire, became a student of
the said coll. of Or. an. 1611, aged 17 years, and after he
had taken the degrees in arts, became successively school-
master of Evesham in his own country, minister of St.
Laurence church there, vicar of North Leigh in Oxford-
shire, beneficed afterwards again in his own country, and
at length became minister of Kingston upon Thames in
Surrey. He hath published (1) Ad Clerum, pro Furma,
Concio habita in Templo B. Mdvitc Oxon. 13 Afnr. 1634; in
1 Pet. 3. 8. Ox. 1640, qu. ('2) The Art of tiakutlon, a ser-
mon at St. Mary's in Oxon, on Acts 6. 30, 31. — printed
1643, qu. He died at Kingston before-mention'd, in the
latter end of the year I667, and was tliei'o buried.
July 10. George Hughes of Pembr. coll.
Nov. 7. Rich. Towgood of Oriel coll.
9. Joh. Sedgwick of Magd. hall.
Jan. 28. Hen. Hammond of Magd. coll.
Admitted 24.
Doctors of Law.
.lun. 3. Will. Nevill of Mert. coll.
Tho. Temple of St. Edm. hall.
The first of these two was chancellor of Chichester, and
both the sons of knights.
27. Joseph Martin of Wadh. coll.
Doctor* of Phytic.
Jun. 21. Edw. DAW8o^f of Line. coll.
Anton. Salter of Exet. coll.
Both which were eminent physicians of their time anil
nge.
Doctors of Divinity.
Apr. 3. Hen. Glemham of Trin. coll.
13. Pet. Heylin of M.agd. coll.
June — Rich. Down of Exet. coll.
July 16. Rich. Baylie, president of St. Joh. ccill. — On
the 7th of Feb. 1027, this Dr. Baylie, who was then batch,
of div. and one of the king's chaplains, aa also a dignitary
in the church of St. David, was collated to the ai'chdeaconrv
of Nottingham upon the promotion of Dr. Jo». Hall to the
see of Exeter. Which dignity he resig^iing, was succeeded
by Dr. Will. Robinson,' (brother by the mother's side to Dr.
Will. Laud, archb. of Cant.) who was installed therein
the 25th of May 1635 : at which time Dr. Baylie was dean
of Salisbury,* in the place of Dr. Edm. Mason, whom I shall
anon mention in the incorporations. He died in a good old
age at Salisbury, (after he had suffer'd much for his loyidly
to K. Ch. I.*) on tiie 27th of July 1667, and was buried at
the upper end of St. Joli. coll. chap, on the right side of the
grave of Dr. Will. Juxon, sometimes archb. of Cant.
In the year 1662, he built a little chappel at his own
charge, (and not at that of St. Joh. coll. as, by a mistake,
is elsewhere" told ycm) situate and being on the North side
of the said chappel of St. John's, with a vault underneath,
" consecrated privately on the 13th of March 1675, in or-
" der to receive the body of his son Mr. Rich. Baylie, a
" merchant in London." In which chappel was, soon after
his death, a stately monument erected, with the effigies of
him the said Dr. Baylie lying thereon, curiously engraven
in alabaster from head to foot, and much resembling him
in his last days. One Richard Baylie, sometimes minister
of Crawley in Sussex, wrote The Shepherd's Star, or Minister'*
Guide. Cone, ad cler., in .\poc. 1. 16. Lond. 1640, qu. At
which time the author, as it seems, was dead. But where
he was educated, being quite diflerent from the former, I
know not.
July 16. Thomas Laurence of AIl-s. coll.
' (I6M, 9 Mail, Gal. Robinson, S. T. P. admiss. ad ecd. dc Bingham ad
pros, regis per promot. Mattli. Wren ad cpatam Hereford: eodrra die ad
archidiHt. NoU. [)cr resign. Rid Bayly, S.T. P. Reg. Elxir, Kf.nnkt.]
•• [16."i2, 21 Apr. Ric. Baily, S.T. P. admiss. ad vicar, dc Northall per
resign. Will. Pierce, S. T. P. turn e'pi Petriburg. ad pres. regis. lUg. Laud.
e^pi Ltmd.
1637. SO Dec. Geo. Palmer, S.T. B. coU. ad ricar. de Northall per ccv
sionem Ric. Baily, S.T. P.
Ric. Baily, S.'T. B. coll. ad preb de Chiswicke, 2 Maii 1631.
See his epitaph in Lc Neve's supplement, 71; and of £liz,' his wife, 74.
KtNNET.]
' [' It is farther to be noted, that upon some of the moneys of tliis kind of
all sorts as well of gold, as uf sllrer, the letters Ox orOxov. occur under the
date ; and these pieces were very probably minted out of plate or bullion
furnislicd by the gentlemen of the university or city of Oilonl. There are
besides some others that have under the date an R and a B uiterlaccd : these
are, I behove, all dated in 16-H, and are of silver only. They are reported
to have been thus marked in memory of Dr. Richard Baylie, president of .St.
John's college, and dean of Salisbury, a gentleman who suflVred greatly after-
wards for his services to the king, and who is said to have procured hhn a
considerable loan about tliis time ; but what credit is to be given to this tra*
dition I shall not dctenuine.' Folkes' Eng. Silv. Coins, p. 90.
There is no question but that this money, thus marked, was formed from
the plate belonging to St. John's college, which was one of the first focietJM,
if not the lirst, that gave this substantiaJ dcmonstiatiou of their loyalty.]
6 In liiit. ^ Aiuiq. Univ. Ox. lib. 2. p. 3l'.>.
2 U* 2
[2.-,S]
471
lC3i.
FASTI OXONIENSES,
1633.
472
July 16. Pet. Wbntwobth of Bal. coll.
The fii"st of these two was afterward master of Baliol
coll. and Margaret professor of this university. The other,
(who was an esquire's son of Northamptonshire, and fellow
of the said coll. of Baliol,) was afterwards made dean of
Armagh by Tho. earl of Strafford, lord dejmty of Ireland.'
But when the rebellion broke out in tliat kingdom he lost
all, and fled into England ; where living obscinely till the
restoration of king Oh. 11. refused to return to his deanery,
or be made a bishop there, and accepted only of the rectory
of Haseley in Oxfordshire. He <lied in the city of Bath,
22 July 1661, aged 60 years, and was buried in the church
of St. Peter and St. Paul there, on the North side of the
stately tomb of Dr. James Mountague, sometimes bishop of
the said city. In his epitaph engraven on a brass plate,
fastncd to a plain white stone lying over his grave, he is
thus characterized; ' Patriciorum proles, doctrina mari-
tus. — Summus HybernioB decanus, Anglia; praeconum pri-
mus,' &c. One Peter Wentworlh, who was rector of Much
Bromley in Essex, and chaplain to Thomas lord Darcie,
hath published a sermon on Psal. 2. 10, 11. Lond. 1587, in
Oct.' and is the same, if I mistake not, who wrote Jn Ex-
hortation to Qu. Elizabeth, and Discourse of the true and lawful
Successor, printed in 1598, oct. But whether he was of this
university, I cannot yet find, or whether he took any de-
gree, or was incorporated.'
July 19. John Elly of Merton coll. who accumulated. —
In 1623 he was made canon of \V'indsor, in place of Dr.
Thomas Oates, deceased.
20. Thom. W.-^lker, master of Univ. coll. and preb.
of Litton in the church of Wells.
Oct. 7. Arth. Wingham of St. Job. coll.
Feb. 27. Hugh Williams of Jesus coll.
This Dr. Williams, who was father to sir Will. Williams
of Grey's inn, baronet, and several times speaker of the
house of commons, ' weis now, or afterwards, beneficed at
Llantrisant in the coimty of Anglesea, where he died in
1670.
7 [The dean of Armagh (for so you say now Dr. Wentworth is) will I
Iiope do very well, and not need much direction, yet for tliat which he may
r.ecd. Your lordship has done very well to fasten him upon my lord of
Derry ; for as for some others, which you speak of, certainly they do not
only sing tlie psalms after the Geneva tune, but expound tlie text too m tlie
Geneva sense, at least so far as they can possibly venture upon it ; and your
I'jrdship knows I ever said so much, and have bad too good cause to know
it. But those things, and many others, must be passed over, or there will
be no peace.
Letter from the Abp. of Canterbury (Laud) to lord deputy Strafford.
.S.-afm-de Letters, vol. ii, p. 100.]
' [Petrus Wentworth clericus adrais. ad rect. de Abberton com. Essex,
9 Dec. 1678 per resign. Oliveri Pygg ad pres. Katli. Audley. quam rcsig-
navit ante 6 Mali 1591. Reg Grindall. .
Idem aduius. ad rect. de Bromley magna 14 Sept 1581. admiss. ad rect,
de Gesthing Thorp, sine cura, 1582.
A iSermfln fuUhftilty and truly published according as it was preriched at the
Courtc, at Greenwiche, the Tctvsday in Kaster ueek, before the right honourable
mid diligfttt auditory, by M. Peter Wentu^orth, parson of Much hromtie in Kssex,
and chajdtiine to the right honourable the L. Darcy. At Lond. printed by John
K^mirt, 1387 12'. penes me. W. K. Kennet.]
• [This, I suppose, was Peter Wentworth, a member of the lionsc of com-
moiu, who wrote such a book, MS. Puck. Which I have since seen printed,
8»o, Bakkr.
For Peter Wentworth, esq. See my MS. coll. (in the British museum)
»o!. xxxii, p. 9, in Burnliam church in Bucks. Coi.e.]
' [Dr. Hugh Williams was the second son of William Williams of Chwaen-
back i:i Anglesey, gent, and Margaret the daughter of .lohn Owen • Llan-
farthly his wife, and was born at Chwaon in the parish of J.lantrisant. He
waf one of Bp. Dolben's chaplauis, but was rector of Llantrisant long before,
' f. OwtnefLlanfacthb/. IlEAn.\'ii.
Incorporations.
May 9. Jam. Howson, M. of A. of Cambr.
Oct. 24. Will. Hatton, doctor of physic of the tiniver-
sity of Padua.
Sam. Bispham, a Lancashire man born, and doct, of phys.
of the university of Leyden in Holland, was incorpo-
rated about the same time. — Afteruai'ds he practised his
faculty in London, where he died in 1664.
Feb. 6. David Cunningham, M. of A. of the univ. of
Glasgow in Scotlanil, — He had lately received holy orders
from James Spotswood, bishop of Clogher, in the church of
Clogher in Ireland.
This year was a supplicate made for one Edmxjnd Mason,
D. of D. * to be incorporated, but whether he was really so
it appears not. All that I can say of him is, that he was
tutor to prince Charles, that he became dean of Salisbury
20 March 1629, on the promotion of Dr. John Bowie or
Bowles to the see of Rochester, and dying in his house in
Petty-France in the city of Westminster, on the 24th of
March 1634, was buried in the North cross part of the abbey
church of St. Peterj near to the convocation house.
Creations.
Apr. 1. Thomas Turner, batchelor of div. lately fellow
of St. Joh. coll. and now one of his ni.ijesty's chaplains, was
actually creatal doct. of div. being by his ma.jesty's com-
mand to go with him in the next month into Scotland. —
This worthy doctor, who wiis son of Thomas Turner of
Heckfield in Hampshire, alderman and mayor of Reading in.
Berkshire, was born in the parish of St. Giles within the
said borough, and admitted scholar of St, Joh. coll. in 1610,
being then put under the tution of Mr. AV'ill. Juxton, who
was afterwards archb. of Canterbury. After he had entred
into holy orders,' he became a practical, useful, preacher,
which he kept up to the very last, and was much resorted
to by those whose principles were orthodox. Afterwards
he was made domestic chaplain to bishop Laud, chaplain in
ordinary to K. Ch. I. canon residentiary of St. Paul,* and
dean of Rochester, in the place of Dr. Hen. King, pro-
moted to the see of Chichester ; in which dignity he was
installed 26 Feb. 1641. Soon after he was secpiestred from
his church of St. Olave in Southwark, plundered, carried
thence prisoner by a party of horse, and at length forced
to fly to save his life. In 1643, he had the deanery of
Canterbury besto^ved on him by his majesty, on the death
of Dr. Geoi'gc Eglionby ; so that he constantly adhering to
the cause of his master in the worst of his calamities, par-
ticularly at Ham])ton-coiu-t, and afterwards in the isle of
Wight, suffered afterwards great misery himself during the
being instituted to it by Bp. Bayly the 8th of May 1626. In Bp. Dolben's
time he was tirst made canon of Bangor, .Tan 4, 1632, rector of a comportion
of Llandinani sine cura, ilar. 17, following, and had the rectory of Llanchu-
dlad to hol<l with these, Apr. 15, 16.'33. He had alto the prebend of Daynol
(or the golden prebend) in St. Asaph church, Oct. 2, 1633, He died at
Nanlanog in the parish of Llantrisant, .■md was bury'd in the church of Llan-
trisant, ilu^ii'nitr.vs.J
"[Ur. Mason, aul. Pembr, S.T.P. Cant. an. 1628. Edm. Mason unu»
e |)ra'dicatoribus enutteudis an, 1614, tunc, A. M. Reg. Acad. Coxa.
B.*KF.I1,]
' [In 1610, he was collated to the rectory of Stocke Hamon, in Bucks.
Vide my vol. xxix, p. 139. Cole.]
■» [Iho. Turner, S.T. ». coll. cancellarial, S, Paul. Lond. 29 Oct 16J9
per niort. Job, Bowman, ad preb dc Is'ewington, 14 Apr, cod. anno. Ken>
Ktl]
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times of usurpation, which he bore with good coiiriige,
beint? tlien, as always before, esteemed a great exemplar of
humility, most Christian simplicity, and of most fenent zeal
to the chiu'ch. After the restoration of king Charles II.
he contented himself only with those spiritualities which he
before had lost for his loyalty, and dying on the eighth of
Oct. 1672, aged 81 or tliereabouts, was bmied on the 17th
of the same month within the catiiedjal church of Canter-
bury. At which time Dr. Peter du Moulin preaching a
funeral sermon, did speak honourably of the person that
then lay dead before him; to which sermon, being extant,
1 refer the reailer. He the said Dr. Turner hath piiblisheil
A Sermon preached at Whitehall, on Matth. 9. 13. Lond.
1635, qii. and perhajjs other things, but such 1 have not yet
seen. He left beliind him several sons (which he had by
his wife Margaret, daughter of sir Francis \A'iudel)ank,
knight, sometimes secretary of state to king Charles 1.) of
whom Francis was one, now bishop of Ely.
Apr. 3. Rich. Doughtie fellow of All-s. coll. was ac-
tually created M. of A. which is all I know of him.
An. Dom. 1634 — 10 Car. I.
Chancellor.
Dr. Will. Laud archb. of Canterbury.
Vice-chancellor.
. Rob. Pinke D. of D. warden of New coll. July 26.
Proctors. *
Herbert Pelham of Magd. coll, Apr. IG.
John Warren of Wadh. coll. Apr. 10".
Batchelors of Arts.
Apr. 18. Thom. Gawen of New coll.
24. CiEORGE Kendall of New inn.
June 18. JosiAs How of Trin. coll. — See among the
created batchelors of div. .an. 16"46.
20. Rob. Waring of Ch.Ch.
21. Hen. Gregory of Ch.Ch.
Of the last of these two, you may see more among the
mast. an. 1637.
July 8. John Maplet of Ch. Ch.
July 9. Ralph Bridecake of Brasen-n. coll.
Nov. 11. Matthew !>malwood of Brasen-n. coll.
The first of these last two was afterwards bishop of Chi-
chester.
20. Rich. Harwood of Magd. hall.
Jan. 15. Hen. Janson of Bal. afterwards of All-s. coll.
24. Hen. Hall of Line. coll.
Christopher Merret of Oriel coll.
The first of these two was afterwards bishop of Kil-
lala and Achonry in Ireland. Tiie other was afterwards of
Gloc. hall and an eminent physician.
Feb. 6. N.\THAN. Heigmore of Trin. coll.
JoH. Fountain of C. C. coll.
The last of these two was originally of Lin. coll. See
more among the niaf^ters of art in 1637.
F^b Will. Taylor of Magd. hall.
All these batchelors, except Henry Gregory, will be men-
tion'd elsewhere.
Admitted 216, or thereabouts.
Batchelors of Law.
Nineteen were admitted this year, among whom George
Wild of St. Joh. coll. waa one, Feb. 7. afterwards bishop
of London-derry in Ireland^ as I uliall tell you at large in
another volume.
Masters of Art*.
Apr. 21. Tho. Wood of Ch. Ch.
29. Rich. Allein of New inn, lately of St. Alb. hoU.
Jun. 11. John Wilkins of M.igd. hall.
NicH. Claooett of Magd. hnll.
Walt. Bushnell of Magd. hall.
Tlie first of these three wa.s afterwards bishop of Chester,
as I sTiould have told you under the year 1631, and Clagett
had before been of Mert. coll.
14. TiM. Taylo« late of Qu. coll. now of St. Mary's
haU.
June 28. Dan. Whitby of Brasen-n. coll.
July 2. John Toy of Pemb. coll.
Oct. 29. Christoph. Fowler of St. E<lm. hall.
" Geor. Cary of Exct. coll. lately of that of Queen's.
" He became dean of Exeter cath. ujwn the promotion of
" Dr. Seth Ward to the see thereof, 1662.*
Dec. 5. Will. Rowland of Exet. coll.
" Jan. 12. Joh. Conant of Exet. coll.
Jan. 29. John Warner of Magd. hall.
Rich. Hayter of Magd. hall.
Feb. 5. Will. Thomas of Jesus coll.
" Mar. 17. Rich. Eedes of C. C. coll."
Admitted 150.
Batchelors of Phi/sic.
Oct. 10. Will. Denton of Magd. hall. — Besides him
were five more mlmitted, (the first of whom was John
Dixon of Gloc. hall, and the last John Aubrey of Magtl.
coll.) but not one of them was afterwards a writer.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Mar. 26. John Hoffman of Exeter coll. — He was the
son of John Hoffman a merchant of Elsentia in the Pala-
' [To tUe Rev. George Cary, D. D. md Deao of Exctrr.
Reverend Sir,
Although I am no conjurer, yet I suspect I have done enough to rmise tho
spirits of" the Dcnatists which arc wont to tx- very Irouhlcsoini', and titAt it
may exceed my skill to allay them: and thcretbre I have thus seasonably (I
hope) taken sanctuary under your name; for 1 have observed tliat some con-
secrated jiersoiis, as well as places, are not haunted with such s[iectrcs. And
though such apparitions have been very atfrighting and vexatious to men of
weak judgments and wavering minds, yet some persons who have arm'd
themselves with constant integrity to God, and resolved loyalty to the king,
have been least obnoxious to their power and malice; as good ^ouldiers that
keep their ranks arc not so nnich e.xjiosed to the hazards of war, as tbey
wliose fears make them sneak from place to place. And this, through God'>
good providence, was your security in the late times of confusion, wherein not-
withstanding the busie emissaries of the prince of darkness, you did not only
shiiic as a bright example of Christian resolution, sound doctrine, aivl a holy
life, but did really influence a great |>art of your neighlM.uring clergy, the
sense whereof hath obliged me to this (uiblick ackmiwicdgment: by which I
cannot hope to add to your reputation, but to provide for my own quiet
against such unjust and unsavoury rellections, as guilty persons are prone to
luake, from whom I appeal to your more righteous judgment, whether I have
done them wrong or no (then follows some account ot the character of the
Donatists &c.; the deilicatiou ends thus)
And now, reverend sir, if I have said any thing unworthv of your name, I
know, that as your judgment will discern il.so your candor wdl |«rtlon it, since
nothing hatli moved uie to this attempt, but my duty to the church, and my
particular esteem of your great merits, who are a chief ornament of the same ;
for though you have been placed in an eminent station, yet tliat you have
rather honour'd that dignity, than been dignified by it, is the judgment of «U
that know you, and not only the private opinion of
Eion Febr. 1. Vour bumble servant
1676-7. niO. LONG.]
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476
tinate of Germany,* was about this time rect. of Wotton
near Woodstock in Oxfordsh. which pliice he kept during
the time of the rebellion, being himself a presbytcrian,
and published The Principles of Christian Religion in 30 Ques-
tions and Jnsuers, IjonA. 1674, oct. and perhaps other things,
but such I have not yet seen. He died soon after, and was
buried at Wotton before-mention'd.
June '26. Edm. Staunton of C. C. coU.
Admitted 12.
Doctors of Law.
July 5. George Ryves of All-s. coll.
^3. Tho. Heath of Mert. coll.
The last of these two was about this time chancellor of
Peterjwrough, where continuing till that office was annuUd
and all matters relating to the church tending to ruine, he
went beyond the seas, changed his religion for that of
Rome, and lived ever after, especially in his last days, in so
great poverty at Ghent in Flanders, that he was mostly sus-
tained by the almes of the monastery of English nuns there,
and partly by the contribution of some charitable persons in
that town. He died on the second day of Febr. 16S0, ac-
cording to the accompt there followed, and was buried by
the charity of others (having nothing of his own) in the
parish church of St. Nicholas near to the said monastery.
Doctor of Physic.
Oct. 10. Will. Denton of Magd. hall. — He accumulated
the degrees In physic, and was the only proceeder in his fa-
culty this year. He is now living in Covent-garden near
London, 1690.
Doctors of Divinity.
Mar. 26. Morgan Wynne of AU-s. coll. ' — In the be-
ginning of Dec. 1629, he became archdeacon of Lincoln,
but in whose room 1 cannot tell, for between the death of
Dr. Joh. Hills which liapned in 1626, to Nov. 1629, that
dignity was enjoyed by one, as yet unknown to me. This
Dr. Wynne, who was rector of Scotter in Lincolnshire, died
(and was buried at Scotter as it seems) an. 1644. Where-
upon Raphael Throckmorton succeeded him, an. 1645.
May 10. John Morris Hebrew professor of the uni-
versity and canon of Ch. Ch. sometimes chaplain of All-s.
coll.
14. Anth. Clopton of C. C. coll. compounder.
June 25. Gilb. Sheldon of All-s. coll. compounder.
26. Edm. Staunton of C. C. coll. — He accumulated
the degi'ees in div.
July 1. Tho.m. Leigh of Brasen. coll.
Rich. Parr of Brasen. coll.
The first of these two was a compounder, the other was
afterwards bishop of the isle of Man.
a. Will. Page of All-s. coll.
10. Edw. Williamot of Magd. hall. " He was a
8 pie came into England 1623 with others of his countrymen and found
relief at Oxon; he died and left behind him a son nam'd Benjamin, men-
tion'd in these Fasti in the next vol. Watts.]
' [Morgan Wynne was bom in the parish of Llanfair Dollmim in the
county of Denbigh, being the seventh son of William Wynne of Llanfair (or
Melay) by Mary (the daughter of Rich. Clough) his wife. Beside his pre-
ferments m England, he had also the sine cure of Kilkcn in com. Flint, to
which he was instituted Nov. 18. 1622. and also the sine cure of Llanouss,
both which were vacant by his death in Sept. 1644. With a sum ol money
left him by his brother S' Erasmus Wynne K^ (a captain of the low coun-
treys) for pious uses, he endowed a fellowship of Jesus coll. O.von. of which
I h,id the benefit, and am therefore obliged thankfully lo remember. Hum-
rllREYS.
Morgaiius Wynne S. T. B. ad rect. dc Cranford s'cti Joh'is ad pres. Joh'is
Line, cp'i, 7 Jauuar, 1624. Rtg. Dove q/i Petiiburg. Ken net.]
" great tutor and moderator in Magd. hall — Afterwards mi-
" nister of Derby and there died, but hath written nothing.
" He had an elder brother named Robert Williamot, who
" was born of genteel parents in the borough of Derby,
" became a commoner of Magd. hall in 1617, aged 16 or
" thereabouts, went to the inns of court. — and afterwards
" was Serjeant at law, and a great and learned lawyer."
26. George Eglionby of Ch. Ch. — ^This person, who
was sometimes master of Westminster school, and after-
wards tutor to Geor. the young duke of Buckingham, was
made canon or preb. of the twelfth stall in St Peter's church
in Westminster, on the death of his uncle Dr. .lohn King,
an. 163S, dean of Canterbury in the place of Dr. Isaac
Bargrave deceased, an. 1642, and dying in the beginning of
Nov. 1643, was buried on the eleventh of the same month
in the isle joyningon the South side of the choir of Ch. Ch.
in Oxon.
Nov. 4. Geor. Griffith of Ch. Ch.'
Incorporations.
May 4. Robert Bostock D. of D. of the university of
St. Andrews in Scotland. — This Robert Bostock, who was
originally of Trin. coll. in Oxon, was installed archdeacon
of Suffolk, in the ])lace of Dr. Rob. Pearson deceased, on
the fourth day of Feb. an. 1639, and dying soon after,
Richard Mileson M. of A. succeetled. Dr. Bostock also was
canon residentiary of Chichester, where dying in Nov. 1640,
was there buried.
July . . Roger Goodibbb doct. of phvs. of Leyden in
Holland.
Will. Goddard doct. of phys. of Padua in Italy.
John Hodge doct. of phys. of Montpelier in
France.
In the reign of K. Jam. I. lived in London one Will.
Goddard a fantastical poet, (among the Templars as it
seems) author of (1) A Mastiff Whelp with other ruff'- Island-
like Curs, from among the Antipodes alias London, in 85 Satyrs.
(2) Dogs from the Antipodes, in 41 Satyrs. [Bodl. 4to. G. 8.
Art. BS.] — Both printed at London in qu. in the reign of
K. Jam. 1.9 But these 1 cannot say were made by Will.
Goddard, who was afterwards doct. of phys.
" [D'. George Griffyth was the third son of Robert Griffyth of Carrey
Iwyd, and brother by the full blood to D^. William Griffith chancellor of
Bangor and S' .■Vsaph. He was bom at Llanfaetlilw in Anglesey. Upon his
leaving the university, he became chaplain to Bp. Owen of S'. Asiipii, and
was by him prefered, first to the rectory of New town Jun. 3. 16.31. In
1632, he was canon of S'. Asaph, and .Tan. 19. 1632, 3. he was instituted to
Llandrinis, which he kept to his death, and his successors bishops of S^.'
Asaph have ever since held it in conimcndam. Jan. 7. 1633,4. he had
Llanfechan, which he exchanged for Llanyniyuacli the 20"' of March fol-
lowing. This he also kept in conunendam, till a little before his death. He
suffered in the times of the rebellion, as all others of his principles did, and
npon the restauration was rewarded with the bishopnck of S'. Asaph. He
was a learned, religjous, and truly good man. He hath in print (1) A copy
of Latin verses before D''. Davies Dictionary. (2) A Disputation between
him and Vavasor Powell. (3) An Exposition of the Lord's Prayer in Welsh,
prhited at Oxon. 1685. Humphheys.]
9 [.-1 MASTIF WHKLP with other niff-JskmiUik Cum fetch t Ji-om amongst
the Antijiedes. Which bite and barke at the fantasticall humorists atid abusers of
the time.
(Figure of a mastiff with a scroll in his mouth bearing these words. ' In
earnest ilc but jeast.')
Imp-inted amongst the Antipedes, and are to bee sould, uherc they are to be
bought. 4to. no date.
To my very loving Friends, G F. R N. W S. R G. I F. I G.
Gentlemen of tlic Inner Temple.
Renoewned flatt caps (worthy sprighted men
Accept (but doo't with thanks) fmites of ray pen.
Protect with tongues (for tongues arc lawyers helps)
My toothless (though much seeming-bitten whelpes.
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478
Oct. 21. John Ellis D. D. of the university of St. An-
drew, lately of Jesus coll. in Oxon.
Jan. 29. Jon. Spencer doct. of phys. of Leyden.
One Rich. Lloyd M. of A. of Cambridge, was incorpo-
rated this year, but the day, or month, when, I know not,
nor any thing else of him.
" The most illustrious Bogulanus count of Leshno, a Po-
" Ionian, was a sojourner in the university, and a student
"■ in the public library."
An. Dom. 1635.— 11 Car. I.
Chancellor.
Dr. Laud archb. of Canterbury.
Vice-chancellor.
Dr. PiNKE of New coll. again, Jul. 22.
Proctors.
JoK. EowABOs of St. Joh. coll.
Guy Cakleton of Qu. coll.
Batchclors of Arts.
Apr. 23. Will. Creed of St. Joh. coll.
Jan. 4. Anth. Hodges of New coll.
Of the last of these two you may see more among the
roasters, an. 1638.
Protect em waggs, and when their teeth growes longe
They sliali with teetli protect ech lawyers tongue
Defend eia waggs, and when X come Irom warr
(If you'le stand fort)* He have you cald too th' ban*.
Ever yours
WILLYAM GODDARD.
TO THE READER.
Expect noe fine phrase from a souldyers penn
For (Reader) wee the bluntest are of men
Our Eiloqucncc wee vtter with our swordes
Makinge our deedes to pollislie o*re our wordes
But yf thou iikst a harshe vupollisht vaine
Why then reade or'e this infant of my braine
It knowes not howe to fawne, it wantes liis wittes
To clawe the l)acke, Hke true-brcdd parrasitts
It's like (as tis) the Mastif Whclpe whicli bites
Those whom it plaies with, more tlien it deliglites
It is no lewe to please a ladycs sight
It barkes too loude, t'would wake her in the night.
If thou aSTectst a right-bredd dogg for th' liearc
Then krepc this wheipe: this dogg such beastes will teare
Or wonldst haue Raynard hunted to his denn?
Heele hunt him too't and fetch hinj out agenn
Heele seazs vppon the wolfe, (soe bitten's bee)
Noe beaste this dogg will dread that he can see
Heele hunt the liogg, and shalt not neede be feard,
for heele descrie eatch knave with in thy yard.
If thou canst like a Curr whicli is soe rutF
Then take thou this : hu'es full as fcirce as tuff.
W. G.
SATIRE 4.
Solus the student takes on him such state
'ITiat sure the gallant's T^ordefy'd of late
My Goldsmith is, i)uolh he, the best i'th towne
And none could Shrcdd my taylor ere putt downc
Push, push, quulh lie, looke on my rapyrs guylt
None like my culler fashons out a hilt.
Yf others talk of Barbers, he'ele crie, tutt
Awaie, t'is mine that has the cxlentst cutt
What doe I prate? he niaie use this word my
For sure the wayte on hiiu which watchful eye ;
But shall I tell you howe > and cease to icst
Oh I t'is with seriannts Solus to arcst.
* 1 mean nue purse.
16. Rich. Whitlock of Magd. hall, afterwards of
All-s. coll.
July 4. Fbanc. Bamfield of Wadh. coll.
Obaoiah VV'alkeb of Univ. coll.
II. Thomas Smith of Queen's coll.
The last was afterwards bishop of Carlisle.
Oct. 15. JoH. (ioUOLl'HlN of Gll)C. ll.'Ul.
20. Nath. Haudy of Magil. hall.
Rich. Hookr of New inn hull.
One Rich. IIookk M. of A.' and minister of Lowdhan
in Nottinghamshire luith written The Lqar of Regeneration,
and the Cup of Salvation, in two Treatises cuuceming Baptism
and the Lord's Supper, &.C. Limd. 1653. Whether lliis Rich.
Hooke, who hath also one or mure sermons extant, besides
the said book, be the some with Rich. Hooke of New ina
who was a Northamptonshire man Ijorn, but not M. of A.
of this university, I cannot yet tell. One Rich. Hook vicar
of Halifax in Yorkshire, is author of The Nonconformist
Champion, &c. pr. 1682. oct.
Oct. 23. Obadiah How of Magd. liall.
Nov. 28. Hen. Wilkinson jun. of Magd. hall.
Dec. 3. Rob. Cary of C. C. coll.
Jan. 19. Rich. Burney of C. C. coll.
" Feb. 27. John Norris — He was afterwards of Pemb.
" coll."
All these, except Hotlges and Hook, will be mention'd
elsewhere.
Admitted 234.
Batchclors of Law.
Nine were admitted this year, but not one of them was
afterwards a writer or a bishop.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 15. Will. Cartvvright of Ch. Ch.
Joii. Bishop of Bal. coll.
One Joh. Bishop was autlior of The Survey of Man, on
Job 14. 10. — sprinted 1652. <ju. and perhaps of other things.
Whether this Job. Bishop be the same with Joh. Bishop of
Bal. coll. M. of A. before-incntion'd, or the same with ano-
ther Jo. Bishop who was batch, of arts of Hart-hall and a
Wiltshire man born, I cannot tell unless I could see The
Survey of Man, which I have not yet done.*
SATIRE 10.
Aske who tliey be ? deniaund not that of me.
Nor I, nor none (I thinke) knowes who they be :
To daic Iheile Divells be nor Earthlie men.
An other dale theylc Kinges unto you seenie
The next dale (happlyc) you'l them beggers deeme :
Noe shape, nor forme, they euer longe contayne
Lest be the fooles, but that they still mayntayne
If lliey nor apes, nor fooles, nor Players bee
Then who they »re 1 cannot aunswer« jee.
S.\T[RE a.
Cotts pluttronells hir was appused bee,
I fir was a shentleman all worl was see ;
Was not hir father etl'Kr wlieare coot frce«?
And cffer trink coot trynk ? was tost coot sheMe,
Was not liee make his create pigg foi" to yeyld?
Kild a create deale a shyaunts in te feyld ?
Hir was a shentleman, all worl was sec
Pye Cot, and pluttronells was wronged bee.]
' [1663. 11 Mar. Ric. Hook. c~licus adujiss. ad cccl. de Cranford in com.
Middlesex per resign. Joh. Williams ad pres. Geor^i Dni Buckley. Reg.
London.
10 Martii 1C.33. Ric'dus Hooke -A.. M. ad vie. de Bray field ad pres. regis.
Reg. Vien, cp'i Petrih. Kennep.]
« [Collier, in his Keeks. HUt. vol. ii. p. .W4, says, that one John Bishop^
Papist wrote ag't the disloyal principles of Campion and other Popish mb-
sionaries, Quiere is it the same Johu Bishop here luention'd ? Waits.]
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FASTI OXONIENSES.
1C3E
480
May 13. Humph. Lloyd of Oriel coll.
Jun. 4. WtLL. Eyre of Magd. hall.
16. JoH. Michel of Qu. coll. esq; a compounder,
which is all 1 know of him.
27. George Ashwell of Wadh. coll.
John Owen of Queen's coll.
Oct. 15. Dudley Digges of All-s. late of Univ. coll.
Jun. ly. Edward Gamage of St. Edm. hall. — I take him
to be the siune Ganiiigc, who was aftei wards archdeacon of
Landaif, in which dignity he was succeeded by Dr. George
Bull an. 1686.
Admitted 128.
liatcheloTS of Physic.
Seven were admitted, of whom Steph. Bridges of C. C.
coll. was the senior, and Leonard Trahekne of Pemb. coll.
was the junior, but not one of them can I yet find, that was
then or afterwards a writer.
Balchelors of Divinity.
June 6. Will. Evans of St. Mary's hall. — He had before
this time published The Translation of the Book of Nature
into the Use of Grace, a sermon on Rom. 12. 4, 5. Oxon.
1633. qu. \\liich is all I know of him only that he was
living in 1660.
8. Edw. Stanley of New coll.
Jul. 22. JoH. Gauden of Wad. coll.
Dec. 12. Joseph Henshaw of Magd. hall.
" 17. Tho. Crosfield of jQueen's coll. a Westmorland
" man under whose name was publish'd, A Letter relating
" to the Martyrdom of Ketaban, Mother of Teimurases Prince
" of the Georgians, Ssc. Ox. 1633. qu. with The Imposture
" of a Jesuit, written first in Greek, now done into English, by
" Tho. CrosjieUl, M. of A. Fellow of Qu. coll."
Admitted 7.
Doctors of Law.
Jun. 13. George Riddell or Riddle of Qu. coll.
Dec. 8. James Littleton of All-s. coll. — When he was
batch, of law, he succeeded Dr. Christop. Helmc in the
chancellorship of the dioc. of Worcester, and dying in the
times of usurpation, was succeeded in that office by Tim.
Baldwin LL. D.
Oliver Lloyd of All-s. coll. was admitted the same day.
S^ Not one doctor of physic was admitted this year.
Doctors of Divinity.
June 8. Edward Stanley of New coll.
Dec. 8. John Littleton of Jes. coll.
The first of these two accumulated the degrees in divinity.
Incorporations.
Jun. 16. John Bugges a Londoner born, and doctor of
ph3's. of Leyden.
Jun. . . . Matthew Thoris M. A. of Franeker in West-
friezen. — This person, who was formerly of Pemb. coll. wag
also a Londoner born, and son of Mich. Thoris, which is all
1 know of him.
Jul. 10. Joh. Silvius.
Kentigern. Moravius.
These were both Scots and masters of arts of the univer-
sity of St. Andrew.
July .... Will. Day M. A. of Cambridge.' — He was a
native of Windsor in Berks, and being educated in Eaton
school, was thence transplanted to King's coll. in the s;ud
university. Afterwards he became minister of Mapledur-
» [W. D. «dnii5s. in King's eoU. 1623.4. Baier.]
ham near Henly in Oxfordshire, and author of An Exposition
of the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, [and on the Romans'] * Lond.
• imd of other 1 654. fol. and of * "A Paraphrase and Commen-
thingt. ' First " tary upon the Epistle of St. Paul to the Rom.
Edit- " Lond. 1666. fol. Ded. to Rich. Allestree
" D.D. provost Of Eaton coll. and to Dr. James Fleetwood
" provost of King's coll. in both which colleges Mr. Day
'' was educated."
Oct. 20, Jeremiah Taylor M. A. of Cambr. soon after
fellow of All-s. coll. — He will be at large mention'd in ano-
ther volume. . ,
30. Joh. Munlossius M. of A. of Boui-deaux in France.
This year was incorjxtrated master of arts John Milton,
not that it apjiear.s so in the register, for the rea.son 1 have
told you in the incorporations 162!», but from his own
mouth to my friend,' who was well actjuainted with, and
had from him, and from his relations after his death, most
of this account of his life and writings following. (1) That
he was born in Bread-street within the city of London, be-
tween 6 and 7 a clock in the morning of the ninth of De-
eemb. an. 1608. (2) That his father Joh. Milton, who was
a scrivener living at the Spiead-Eagle " in the said street,
was a native of Halton in Oxfordshire, and his mother
named Sarah was of the ancient family of the Bradshaws.'
(3) That his grandfather Milton whose Christian name was
John, as he thinks, was an under-ranger or keeper of the
forest of Shotover near to the said town of Halton, but de-
scended from those of his name who had lived beyond all
record at Milton near Halton and Thame in Oxfordshire.''
Which grandfather being a zealous papist, did put away,
or, as some say, disinherit his son, because he was a Pro-
testant, which made him retire to London, 10 seek, in a
manner, his fortune. (4) That he the said John Milton
the author, was educated mostly in Paul's school under
Alex. Gill senior, and thence at 16 years of age was sent to
Christ's coll. in Cambridge,* where he was put under the
tuition of Will. Cha])pell, aftenvards bishop of Ross in Ire-
land, and there, as at school for 3 years before, 'twas usual
with him to sit up till midnight at his book, which was the
first thing tliat brought his eyes into the danger of blind-
ness. By this his indefatigalsle study he jirofited exceed-
ingly, wrote then sc\eral poems, paraphras'd some of Da-
vid's Psalms, performed the collegiate and academical
exercise to the admiration of all, and was esteemed to be a
virtuous and sober person, yet not to be ignorant of his own
parts. (5) That after he had taken the degrees in arts, he
left the uni\ersity of his own accord, and was not expelled
for misdemeanors, as his adversaries have said. Where-
upon retiring to his father's house in the countiy, he spent
some time in turning over Latin and Greek authors, and
now and then made ^ excursions into the great city to buy
* [Bakeh.]
■'' [Lovcday says tliat tins friend was ' Mr. William Joyner, fellow some
time of Magdalen college:' — He is however wrong in his conjecture; it was
John Aubrey, whose account hav'uig been lately printed entire at the end of
the Boditiim Letters, and in the Appendix to Godwin's Liva of Edward and
John Philips, I shail content myself with referring the reader to it as a great
curiosity.]
® The arms that Joli. Milton did use and seal his letters with, were.
Argent a spread eagle with two heads gules, legg'd and beak'd sable.
7 [I liave, by the kindness of Mr. Ellis the vicar, inspected the register of
Milton, but the name of Milton as a simame, does not occur in any part of
that document.]
" [Jo. Milton coll. Chr. conv. 2. adroissns in matriculam acad. Cantabr.
Apr. 9, 1625. A. B. coll. Chr. 1628-9.— A.M. 1632. Reg. Baker.]
!> See in Joh. Milton's book entit. Dffaisio secunda: edit. Hag. Com. 1664.
p. 61, &c.
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books, to the end that he might be instructed in mathe-
matics and music, in whicli last he became excellent, and
by the help of his mathematics could corajjose a song or
lesson. (6) Tiuit after five years being thus spent, and his
mother (who was very charitable to the poor) deaii, he did
design to travel, so that obtaining the rudiments of the Ital.
tongue, and instructions how to demean himself from sir
Hen. Wotton, who delighted in his company, and gave him
letters of conanendation to certain persons living at \'enice,
he travelled into Italy, an. 1638. (7) That in his way thi-
ther, he touched at Paris, wliere Joli. Scudamoure, viscount
Slego, ambassador from K. Cli. I. to the French king, re-
ceived him \ery kindly, and by his means became known to
Hugo Grolius, then and there ambassador from the qii. of
Sweden; but the manners and genius of that place being
not agreeable to his mind, he soon left it. (8) That thence
by Geneva and other places of note, he went into Italy, anti
thro' Leghorne, Pisa, &c. he went to Florence, where con-
tinuing two months; he became accpiainted with several
learned men, and familiar with the choicest wits of that
great city, who introducal and admitted i>im into their pri-
vate academies, whereby he saw and learn'd their fashions
of literature. (9) That from thence he went to Sena and
Rome, in both which places he spent his time among the
most learned there, Lucas Holsteinius being one; and from
thence he journied to Naples, wheie he was intioduced
into the acqxiaintance of Joh. Bapt. Mansiis an Italian Mar-
quess (to whom Torquatus Tassus an Italian poet wrote his
book £)e.<^//!ici<i(/) who shewed great civilities to him, ac-
companied him to see the rarities of that place, visited him
at his lodgings, and sent to, the testimony of his great
esteem for, him, in this distich,
Ut mens, forma, decor, facics, mos, si pietas sic,
Non Auglus, vcioim hercul^ Angclus ipse fores.
And cxeus'd himself at ])arting for not having been able to
do him more honour, by reason of his resolute owning his
(Protestant) religion : which resoluteness he using at Rome,
many there were that dared not to express their civilities to-
wards him, which otherwise they would have done : And 1
have heard it confidently related, that for his said resolutions,
which out of policy, and for his own safety, might have been
then spared, the English priests at Rome were highly dis-
gusted, and it was question'd whether the Jesuits his coun-
trymen there did not design to do him mischief. I'efore he
left Naples he return'd the marquess an acknowledgment of
liis gi'eat favours in an elegant copy of verses entit. Mlansus,
which is among the Latin' poems, (lo) Tliat from thence
(Naples) he thought to have gone into Sicily and Greece,
but u|)on second thoughts he continued in Italy, and went
to Luca, l?ononia, Feriara, and at length to Venice ; where
continuing a montli, he went and visited Verona and Milan.
(11) That after he had ship'd the books and other gtods
which he had bought in his travels, he returned through
Lombardy, and over the Alps to (ieneva, where spending
some time, he became familiar with the famous Joh. Deo-
date D. D. Tiience, going through France, he returned
home, well fraught with knowledge and manners, after he
had been absent one year and three months. (12) That
soon after he setled in an house in St. Bride's churchyard,
near Fleetstreet, in London, where he instructed intheLat.
tongue two youths named John and Edw. Philips, the sons
of his sister Anne by her husljand Edward Phili|)s : lioth
which were afterwards writers, and the eldest principled as
ills uncle. iUit the times soon after changing, and the re-
bellion thereupon breaking forth, Milton aided with the
faction, and being a man of partii, was therefore more capa-
ble than another of doing mischief, especially by his pen,
as l>y those books which I shall anon mention, will npiiear.
(13) That at first we find him a presbyterian and a moat
sharp and violent opposer of ])0'lacy, the established eccle-
siastical discipline and the orthodox clergy. (14) Thai
shortly after he did set on frwt and maintain very odd ajiJ
novel positions concerning divorce, and then taking part
with the independents, he became a great antimonarchist, a
bitter enemy to K. Ch. I. and at length arrived to that mon-
strous and unparallel'd height of proiligate impudence, tut
in print to justify the most execrable murder of him the
best of kings, as I shall anon tell you. Afterwards being
made Latin secretary to the parliament, we find him a com-
monwealth's man, a hater of all things that looked towards
a single person, a great reproacher of the universities, scho-
lastical <legrecs, decency and uniformity in the church.
(15) That when Oliver ascended the throne, he became the
Latin secretary, and proved to him very serviceable when
employed in business of weight and moment, and did great
matters to obtain a name and wealth. To conclude, he was
a i)Crson of wonderful parts, of a very sharp, biting and
satyrical wit. He was a good philosopher and historian, aa
excellent jioet, Latinist, Grecian tmd Ilebritiim, a good ma-
thenialician and musician, and so rarely endowed by nature,
that had he been but honestly principled, he might have
been highly useful to that party, against which he all along
appeared w ith nnich malice and bitterness. As for the
things which he hath jmbli.shed, are these, (1) OJ Re-
formation, touching Church Discipline in I'.ngland, and the
Causes that hitherto have hindred it, &c. Lond. 1641. qu.
at which time, as before, the nation wiismuch divided upon
the controversies about church government between the
prelatical party, and puritans, and therefore Milton did
with great boldness and zeal offer his judgment as to those
matters in his said book of reformation. (2) Animadcersiom
upon the Hemonstrant's Defence against Smectymnus. Lond.
1641. qu. ^\ hich Rem. Defence vms written (as 'tis said) by
Dr. Jos. Hall, bishop of Exeter. (3) Apology (gainst the
humble Remonstrant. This was written in vindication of his
Animadversions. (4) Against prelatical Episcopacy. This 1
have not yet seen, {h) The Reason of Church Government ;
nor this. (6) The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, &c.
in two books. Lond. 1644, 45. qu. To which is added in
some copies a translation of The Judgment of Marl. Bucer
concerning Divorce, &c. It must be now known, that after
his settlement, upon his return from his travels, he in a
month's time courted, married, and brought home to his
house in London, a w ife from Forslliill lying between Hal-
ton and Oxford, named Marj' the daughter of Mr. — —
Powell of that place, gent. But she, who w as very young,
and h;ul been bred in a family of i)lenty and freedom, being
not well pleas'd with her husband's retired manner of life,
did shortly after lea\e him and went back into the country
with her mother. Whereupon, tho' he sent divers presring
invitations, yet he could not prevail with her to come back,
till ab(Htt 4 years after when the garrison of Oxon was
surrender'd (the nighness of her father's house to which
having for t)ie most jKirt of the mean time hindred any
communiciition between them) she of her own accord re-
turned and submitted to him, pleading that her tnother had
been the chief promoter of her frowardnc-ss. But he being
not able to bear this abuse, did therefore upon considera-
tion, after he had consulted many eminent authors, write
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the said book of divorce, with intentions to be sei)ar.ited
from her, but by the compronusing of her rcliitions the
niuttcr did not take effect : so that she continuing with him
ever after till her death, he liad several children by her, of
whom Deborah was the third daughter, trained up by the
father in Lat. and Greek, and made by him his amanuensis.
(7) Tetrachordon : Expositions upon the four chief places in
Scripture, which treat on Marriage, on Gen. 1, 27) 28, &c.
Lond. 1646. qu. (9) Colasterion : A reply to a nameless An-
steer against the Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, &c.
printed 1645. qu. Upon his publication of the said three
books of marriage and divorce, the assembly of divines then
sitting at Westminster took special notice of them, and
thereujwn, tho' the author had obliged them by his pen in
his defence of Smectymnus and other their controversies
had with, the bishops, they impatient of having the clergy's
jurisdiction (as they reckon'd it) invaded, did, instead of
answering, or disproving what those books had asserted,
cause him to be summoned before the house of lords : but
that house, whether approving the doctrine, or not favour-
ing his accusers, did soon dismiss him. To these things I
must add, that after his majesty's restoration, when the
subject of divorce was under consideration with the lords
upon the account of John lord Ros or Roos his separation
from his wife Anne I'icrpont, eldest daughter to Heni-y
mar<iuess of Dorchester, he was consulted by an eminent
member of that house, as he was about that time by a chief
officer of state, as being tlie prime person that was know-
ing in that affair. (9) Of Education, written or addressed
to Mr. Sam. Hartlib. In this treatise he prescrib'd an easy
and delightful method for the training up of gentry to all
sorts of literature, that they might at the same time by
like degrees advance in virtue and abilities to serve their
country, subjoyning directions for their obtaining other ne-
cessary or ornamental accomplishments. And to this end
that he might put it in practice, he took a larger house,
where the earl of Barrimore sent by his aunt the lady Ran-
nelagh, sir Thomas Gardiner of Essex, to be there with
others (besides his two nephews) under his tuition. But
whether it were that the tempers of our gentry would not
bear the strictness of his discipline, or for what other rea-
sons I cannot tell, he continued that course but a while.
(10) Areopagetica : A Speech for the Liberty of unlicensed
printing, to the Parliament of England. Lond. 1644. qu.
written to vindicate the freedom of the press from the ty-
ranny of licensers, who for se^■eral reasons deprive the
public of the benefit of many useful authors. (11) Poemata :
quorum pleraque intra Annum /Etatis vigesimum coiisa-ipsit
Author, &c. Lond. 1645, oct. (12) A Mask. printed 1645.
Oct. (13) Poems, &c. printed the same year. Hither-
to we find him only to have published political things, but
when he saw, upon the coming of king Charles I. to his
tryal, the presbyterian ministers clamorously to assert in
their sermons and writings the privileges of kings from all
accountableness, or (to speak in the language of that time)
non-resistance and passive obedience to be the doctrine
of all the reformed churches (which he took to be only
their malignity against the independents who had sup-
r265l l'*'"*'^'' ti'cm. more than for any principles of loyalty) he
•- ■'•' therefore to oppose that thesis (which as he conceiVd did
encourage all manner of tyranny) did write and publish
from divers arguments and authorities, (13) The Tenure of
Kings and Magistrates : proving that it is lawful, 8fC. to call to
Account a Tyrant or King, and after due Conviction to depose
and put him to Death, &.C. Lond. I640-5O. qu. Soon after
the king being beheaded to the great astonishment of all
the world, and the government thereupon changed, he was,
without any seeking of liis, by tlie endeavours of a private
acquaintance, who was a member of the new council of
state, chosen Latin secretary, as I have before told you.
In this public station his abilities and acuteness of parts,
which had been in a manner kept private, were soon taken
notice of, and he was pitch'd upon to elude the artifice (so
it was then by the faction called) of Eikon Basilice. Where-
upon he soon after published (14) Iconoclastes, in Answer to
a Book entit. Eikon Basilice, the Portraiture of his sacred Ma-
jesty ill his Sollitudes and Sufferings. Lond. 1649-50. qu. and
1690. oct. which being published to the horror of all sober
men, nay even to the presbyterians themselves, yet by the
then dominant party it was esteemed an excellent piece, and
perform'd answerably to the expectation of his wit ami pen.
After the return of king Charles II. this book was called
in by proclamation, dated 13 Aug. 1660, at which time the
author (who a little before had left his house in I'etty
France which had a door going into St. James's park) ab-
sconded, for fear of being brought to a legal tryal, and so
consequently of receiving condign punishment. At the
same time also, was called in a book of John Goodwin,
then lately a minister in Colemanstreet in Lond. entit.
The Obstructors of Justice ; written in defence of the sen-
tence against his majesty Charles I. " Mr. John Milton is
" also thought to be the author of (15) The grand Case of
" Conscience concerning the Engagement stated and resolv'd,
" &c. Lond. 1650 qu. 3. sh." At which time also the said
Goodwin absconded to prevent justice. Soon after the pub-
lication of Iconoclastes, Salmasius, a professor in Holland,
who had in a large treatise not long before, maintain'd, as
'tis saitl, the parity of church governours against episco-
pacy, did publish Defensio regia, pro Carolo I. Rege Anglite,
wherein he justified several matters, as Milton conceived,
to the contradiction of his former book. Whereupon he
wrote and published, (16) Pro Poputo Anglicano Defensio
contra Claudii Anonymi alias Saimasii Defensionem regiam.
Lond. 1651. fol. said to be written in more correct Latin
than that of Salmasius. While Milton was writing the said
book his sight began to fail him, and before it was fully
complcated, one of his eyes did absolutely perish. In the
month of June the same year (1651) the said book was
burnt at Tliolouse by an arrest from the parliament, under
the government of the duke of Orleans. And in Sept. fol-
lowing it was the usual practice of Marchm. Nedham a
great crony of Milton, to abuse Salmasius in his ))ublic
Mercury called PoUticus, (as Milton had done before in his
Defensio) by saying among other things that Christiana qu,
of Sweden had cashiered him her favour, by understanding
that he was ' a pernicious parasite, and a promoter of ty-
ranny.' After his majesty's restoration, this book also was
called in by the same proclamation before-mention'd. But
so it was, that in 1652, a certain book entit. Regii Sangui-
7iis Clamor, &c. being publislied, Salmasius was highly ex-
toll'd in it, and Milton liad his just character given therein.
The nameless author of which being for a considerable time
sought out, but in vain, by Milton, he at length learn'd
by certain ministers of state sent to the republic of Eng-
land, (wlio would sometimes visit him iis a learned man)
that it was written by one Alex. More, formerly a professor
and minister at Geneva, then living in Holland. Whereupon
he published (17) Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio secunda,
contra infameni Libellum Anonymum, cui titxdus, Regii San-
guinis Clanwr ad Ciclum udversus Patricidas Jni'Ucanos. Lond.
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1654, and at Hag. Com. the same year, in oct. Upon the
writing of this book, tlie author Milton lost the other eye ;
and tho' to his charge lie used many means, yet he could
never recover either of his eyes. Tliis book, entit. Reg.
Sang. Clam. &c. tho' written by Dr. I'eter <lu Moulin, pre-
bendary of Canterbury, as it afterwards well appciired, yet
Milton ujx)n the reports before-mention'd could not be con-
vinced to the contrary, but that it was written by the said
Moore, * and therefore not only abused him in his answers,
but by his friend Nedham in his Politicus whereby the re-
putation of that learned person was severely touched. (18).
Pro $e Defeiisio contra Alex. Moritm Ecclesiasten, Libelli fa-
mosi, cui tit. Regii Sanguinis Clamor, &c. Lond. 1655 oct.
In this lx)ok he is exceeding bitter against Morus, and pre-
tends to give a true history of his notorious impurities both
at Geneva and Leyden, and an account of his own particu-
lar life, to vindicate himself from what, as he thought, wiis
scurrilously said of him by Morus. At the end of the said
book, the author Milton added M Alex. Mori Suppltmentum
Responsio. About tlie time that he had finished these things,
he had more leisure, and time at command, and being dis-
pensed with by having a substitute allowed him, and some-
times instructions sent home to him from attending his
office of secretary, he began that laborious work of amassing
out of all the classic authors both in prose and verse a Latin
Thesaurus, to the emendation of that done by Stephanus ;
also the composing of Paradise Lost, and of the framing a
body of divinity out of the Bible. All which, notwithstanding
the several troubles that befell him in his fortunes, he
finished after his majesty's restoration. But to go on with
the catal. of his books according to time, take these as they
follow : (19) Treatise of civil Power in ecclesiastical Causes,
[266] &c. Lond. 1659. in tw. (20) Considerations touching the
likeliest Means to remove Hirelings out of the Church. Lond.
1659. in tw. (21) Ready and easy Way to establish a free
Commonwealth, and the Excellencies thereof compared with, &c.
Lond. 1659. in two sheets and an half in qu. This being
published in Feb. the same year, was answer'd by G. S. in
his Dignity of Kingship. (22) Brief Notes upon a late Ser-
mon titled, The Fear of God and the King, &c. Lond. 1660. qu.
See more in Matthew Griffith among the writers, an. 1665.
(23) Accedence commenced Grammar, &c. pr. 1661. in oct.
(24) Paradise lost : a poem in 10 books, Lond. 1669. qu.
pr. in fol. with cuts, an. 1688. (25) Paradise regain'd: a
poem in four books. Lond. 1670. qu. pr. in fol. with cuts,
an. 1688. (26) History of Britany from the first traditional
Begiyining, continued to the Norman Conquest. Lond. 1670.
qu. This history, when it first came abroad, had only the
reputation of the putting of o\ir old authors neatly toge-
ther in a connex'd story, not abstainuig from some lashes
at the ignorance, or I know not what, of those times. (27)
Artis Logicte plenior Institutio ad Petri Rami Methodum con-
cinnata. Lond. 1672, in tw. (28) Of true Religion, Heresy,
Schism, Toleration, and what best Means may be used against
the Groicth and Increase of Popery, Lond. 16/3. qu. (29)
Poems, &c. on several occasions, both English and Latin, &c.
composed at several times. Lond. 1673-4. oct. Among these
are mixed some of his poems before-mention'd, made in
his youthful years. (30) Epistolarum familiarium Lib. 1.
Lond. 1674. oct. (31) Prolusiones quadam Oraloria in Coll.
Christi hahita, printed with the familiar Ejiistles. (32) Li-
tera Pseudo senatus Anglkani, Cromwellii, reliquorum Per-
* [Sec Du MouUn's words concerning llic epistle dedicatory to tlie book,
5n the Gentleman's J^ratie, for 1773, p. 369, b.— Newton's Life of MiUm,
p. xxvii, — and T. Warlon's notes on Milton's Poems, p.497.]
dueUium Nomine ac Justu contcriptte. printed in 1676. in tw.
(33) Character of the Long Parliament, and of the AmemlAu
of Divines. Lond. 1681. in 2 sheets in qu. In which Ixjok
is a notable account of their ignorance, treachery, and hy-
pocrisy. (34) Brief History of MuKovia and of other leu
known countries, lying Eastward if Ruuia as fur at Cathay,
&c. Lond. 1682. oct.' (36) The Right of the People over
Tyrants, jninted lately in qu. These, I think, are idl the
things that he hath yet extant : those Uiat are not, are
The Body of Divinity, which my friend calls Idea Theologia,
now, or at least lately, in the hands of the author's ac-
quaintance called Cyr. Skinner, living in Mark-lane, Lon-
don, and the Latin Thesaurus in those of VaIw. I'hilipps his
nephew. At length this great scholar and frequent writer
dying in his house at Bunhill near London, in a lit of the
gout, but with so little pain, that the time of his expiriii{{
was not perceived by those in the room, on the ninth or
tenth day of Novemb. 1674,* was buried in the grave of
his father, (who died very aged about 1647) in the chancel
of the church of St. Giles near Cripplegate, London. See
more of him in sir Walter Raleigh among the writers,
[Col. 212.] He was of a moderate stature, and well pro-
portion'd, and of a ruddy complexion, hght brown hair, and
had handsome features, yet his eyes were none of the
quickest. When he was a student in Cambridge he was so
fair and clear, that many called him the lady of Christ's coll.
His deportment was affable, and his gait erect and manly,
bespeaking courage and undauntedness. On which account
he wore a sword while he had his sight, and was skill'd in
using it. He had a delicate tuneable voice, an excellent
ear, could play on the organ, and bear a part in vocal and
instrumental music. The estate which his father left liim
was but indifferent, yet by his frugality he made it serve
him and his. Out of his secretary's salary he saved 200(M.
which being lodg'd in the excise, and that bank failing
upon his majesty's restoration, he utterly lost that sum.
By the great fire which hapned in London in the beginning
of Sept. 1666, he had a house in Bread-street burnt, which
was all the re;d estate that he had then left. To conclude,
he was more admired abroatl, and by foreigners, than at
home ; and was much visited by them when he liv'd in
Petty France, some of whom have out of pure devotion
gone to Breadstreet to see the house and chamber where he
was born, &c. *.
Creationt.
June 16. Henry Bkidgman of Brascn-nose, lately of
Oriel, coll. was actually created master of arts. He was
afterwards bishop of the isle of Man.
Jul. 30. David Smart of Hart-hall was actually created
master of arts, which is all 1 know of him.
' [' This was writ by the antlior's own band, before he lost bis sight ; and
sometime before his death he disposed of it to be printed. But it lieing
small the bookseller hoped to hare procured some other suitable piece of the
same authors to hare joined with it, or else it bad been published ere now,'
Advert, to the book. Wanlky.]
* [Nov. 15, 1674, died Jo. Milton at Bunhill, Cripplegate parish. Sec The
Obitiianj of Ric. Smith, publ. by Peck, Dcsid. curiota, under 1674-]
* [Mrs. Katharine Milton, wife to John Milton, Esq was buried in St.
Margaret's church in Wcsminster, Feb. 10, 1657. Reg. Brook.
Mr. Millon then lived in a new house in Petty France, where Mr. Harrev.
son of Dr. Harvey of Petty France, Westm. told me Nov. 14, 1730, that eld
Mr. Lounds Hssured him that when Mr. Milton buried his wife be had the
coffin shut down with 1'.' several locks that had IS several keys, and that he
gave the keys to 1^ several friends, ;md desired tlic ccffiu might not be
opcu'd till they all met together. Ken net.]
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[367]
Whereupon Ludlow hastning away (as soon as he heard of
tlie motion of an address) to the sea side, lay almost a fort-
night before he could be acconuuodated witlj a good wind,
and then returned to Svvitzeiland in the year of his age 74
at least.' In the beginning of March 1690, was published
a pernicious paniphlct entit. A l.elier from Major General
Ludlow to Sir £. S. (Seymour) comparing the Tyranny of the
An. Dom. 1036.— 12 Car. 1.
Chancellor.
Dr. Laud, archb. of Canterbury.
Vice-chttncellors.
Rich Baylie D. D. president of St. John's coll. and first four Years of K. Charles the Martyr with the Tyranny of
dean of Salisbury, Jui. 22.
Proctors.
Tho. Browne of Ch. Ch. April 27'
John Good of New. coll. April 27-
Batchelors of Arts.
May 3. John Goad of St. John's coll.
Will. Walwyn of St. John's coll.
Of the last you may see nioie among the batch, of div.
1647.
Rich. West of Ch. Ch. was admitted tlie same day.
See among the created doctors of divinity in Dec. 1660.
5. Edm. Gregory of Trin. coll.
24. Christ. Bennet of Line. coll.
June 30. Rob. Wickims of Ch. Ch.
Jul. 2. George Laurence of New-inn.
5. Tho. Holyoake of «u. coll.
Oct. 15. Benj. Wells of St. Albans, afterwards of St.
Marys-hall, and at length of All-s. coll.
20. Jerem. Turner of St. Edm.-hull.
Nov. 14. Edmund Ludlow of Trin. coll. This person who
was born at Mayden Bradley in Wilts, did upon tlie break-
ing out of the rebellion, side with the presbyterians, be-
came a colonel, governour of Wardour-castle in his own
country, one of the prime officers in the parliament army,
and at length sate as one of the judges « hen K. Ch. 1. was
condemnd to dye. Afterwards he went into Ireland, where
he was lieutenant general of the army appointed by the
parliament, and lord deputy ftn- a time upon the death of
Ireton. In the time of Oliver he was a major general, a
grand fanatick.and a zealous favourer of all such who were
anti-monarchial j but upon a foresight of the king's resto-
ration he fled into a strange land to avoid the halter, was at
Losanne with Goff, Whaley, Fare, when Lisle was killed
there in Aug. 1GG4, and soon after, as 'twas then said, he,
with his wife, retired to Zurich. He was the son of sir
Henry Ludlow of Mayden Bradley before-mentioned knight.
the four Years Reign (f the late aidlcattd King James 11.
occasioned by reading Dr. I'elUng's leud Harangues upon the 30
of January, being the Anniversary or general madding Day.
Amsteid, alias Loud. 1691, in 4 sheets in qu. Written as a
preface to a larger work to come, to justify the murder of
king Charles I. not by the said Ludlow, but by some nnde-
volent person in England. Much about which time was
published under Job. Milton's name The Right of the People
over Tyrants ; such is the liberty, since the late mutation, '
allowed to the press. " In answer to that letter in Lud-
" low's name, came out The Plagiary expos' d, or an old
" Answer to a newly received Calumny against the Memory of
" K. Ch. I. being a reply to a Book entituled K. Ch's Case,
"formerly written by Joh. Cook of Grey's Inn, Barrister, and
" since copied out under the Title of Col Ludlow's Letter,
" written by Mr. Butler the author of Iludibras, printed at
" Loud, by Tho Bennet, 1691, qu. 3 sh. and half. There
" wiis also long before printed, A sober I'mdication of Lieu-
" tenant General Ludlow, and others, in Answer to a printed
" Letter sent from Sir Hardress Waller in Ireland, and other
" Non-commissioned Officers at Dublin, by Lieutenant General
" Ludloiv at Duncannon, Commander in Chief of all the Pari.
" Forces in Ireland, where'm you have a fa'Uhful but summary
" History of the Affa'trs in Ireland, as they now stand, Lond.
" 1660, in 3 sh. qu. printed in the winter time 1659."
Jan. 16. Jon. Birkenhead of Oriel, afterwards of All-s.
coll.
Febr. 11. Henry Birkhead of Trin. afterwards of All-s.
coll.
March 9. Joseph Brookbank of Brasen-n. coll.
17- Hen. Vaughan of Jesus, lately of Oriel coll.
All which batchelors, except Ludlow, will be mentioned
elsewhere.
Admitted 233.
Batchelors of Law,
Jun. 18. Hen. Janson of Bal. coll.
Jul. 3. John Godolpiiin of Gloc. hall.
Besides these were sixteen more admitted, and two
elected a knight for his county to seive in that parliament created, but not one of them, can I yet find, -was afterwards
which began at Westminster 3 Nov. 1640, where he shewed ^ writer, or bishop.
himself an enemy to the king and his party, and dying at
ISIayden Bradley 1660 or thereabouts, was there buried.
By letters dated at London 19 of Sept. 1689, 1 was informed
that the sf.id Edmond Ludlow, who had lived several years
in Switzerland, was daily expected at Westminster, with
finir deputies from the Cantons, to make an offer to his
majesty king William III. to raise men in that country for
his ser\ice. ' How true this is I know not ; yet sure I am,
that the said Ludlow was then in London, and that his
lieing there being notoriously known, an address was pre-
.'■ented to his majesty from the house of commons on the 7
of Nov. following or thereabouts, by the hands of sir Ed-
waid Seymour a member of parliament, that he would be
pleased to put out a proclamation for the apprehending of
col. Ludlow attainted for the murder of king Charles 1. &c,
' [See ihc English Li/c o/Bamick, pages 377, 378, note]
Masters of Arts.
Jun, 25. Nathaniel Newbury of Magd. hall. — He was
afterwards minister of Ludenham in Kent, and published
The Yeoman's Prerogative, a serm. on 2 Chron. chap. 26. ver.
10. Ijond. 1652, quarto.
30. Charles Gataker or Gatacre of Pemb. coll.
lately of the university of Cambridge.
Jul. 5. Randall Sanderson of Qu. co'l. — ^This person
who was a \V'estmorlan(l man horn, fellow of the said "coll.
and afterwards rector of Weyhill in Hampshire, and for
many years (irebendary of Salisbury, hath written and pub-
lished, An Explication tf the follow'ing Direction for the read-
' [.Etatis anno 73 morions. So iu his rpilaph in Addison's Travels.
LOVEDAY.]
« [It is nothing to what is in fashion since Wilkes and Liberty became the
ton. Cole.]
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490
ing of the Bible over in a Year. Also An Explanation to the
necessary Use and Practice thereof. Both printed in one sheet
of paper in qu. He died at Weyhill, and was buried tliere,
about 1680.
[268] July 7. Charles HooLE of Line. coll.
Thom. Hunt of Pembr. coll.
8. Enw. Gee of Brasen-n. coll.
Jan. 24. Hen. Hall of Lin. coll.
Mar. 3. Rich. Samwaies of C. C. C. coll.
Admitted 136.
Batchelors of Physic.
Jun. 30. Christop. Merret of Glouc. hall.
Besides him were seven more admitted, of whom Nath.
Chamberlaine of Pembr. coll. was one, which is all I know
of him.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Apr. 1. Tho. Washbourne of Bal. coll.
Jun. 2,5. Herbert Croft of Ch. Ch. — He was afterwards
bish. of Hereford, and is this year (16'90) living.
Jul. 8. Edw. Pocock of C. C. coll.
23. Tim. VVoodhoif of Bal. coll.
28. Hen. Tozer of Exeter coll.
Admitted 18.
Doctor of Law:
May 31. Sam. Gardiner of New coll. was admitted,
being then accounted a learned civilian.
Doctors of Physic.
Jul. 7- Valentine Broadbent of Magd. coll.
15. Sim. Owen of Hart-hall, who accumulated the
degrees in physic.
Doctors of Divinity.
Nov. 18. Thom. Godwin of Magd. coll.
Mar. 9. Alexander Gill of Trin. coll.
Incorporations.
March 26. Assuerus Reglmorterds Londino-.^nglus,
doct.' of phys. of the univ. of Leyden in Holland, was incor-
porated doctor of the same faculty. — This- person was edu-
cated in school learning under the famous Tho. Farnabie,
hath extant, Disputatio publica de Febribus intcimittentibus.
Lugd. Bat. 16b5, qu. had a hand in a treatise Dc Kachitide,
&c. Lond. 1650, oct. aud hath written, iis I have been in-
formed by one or more doctors of his faculty, Principia Me-
dicinx. lie lived and practised in Liinestreet in London
during the reign of Oliver. One of both his names lived at
Northcreake in Norfolk, and died in 1671, who perhaps
was son of the said Dr. Regimorter. Qu.
Aug. 31. Walt. Curle bish. of Winchester, D. D. of
Camb.
Math. Wren bish. of Norwich, D. D. of Camb.
Of these two I have made mention at large before.
Creations.
Aug. 13. -Robert Skinner bishop elect, of Bristol, lately
fellow of Trin. coll. and chaplain in ord. to his majesty
Ch. J. was diplomated or actually created D. of D. by a
diploma then dated under the seal of the university.
'J he king, queen, and their respective cotiits having beery
entertained this year by the university on the 29th and 30th
of August, it was his majesty's pleasure upon his leaving
the university, which was the 3 1st of the sanic month, that
there should be a creation in ^ ' ' ulties. Whereupon
the names of those that mail , Im: actually created,
being given into the hands of llie cliuiicellor by one of tho
secretaries of state, vmis a convocation celebrated nn the
same day in the afterno<m, wherein were actually created
two batchelors of arts, two batch, of law, fire and forty
masters of arts, ten batchelors of divinity, three (lo<-tori of
civ. law, three doctors of phy.-iic, anil one and twenty doc-
tors of divinity. The niuues of some who were to crcattxl
are these.
Batchelors of Aru.
Frederick Saoittarie a German of Queen's coll.. son of
Fred. Sag. of Heregord in the Pnlatinat. — He was aftcr-
ward.s create<l a diH't. of phys. of this university, and prac-
tised his faculty in Dorsetshire. '
John Kingsmyll of Trin. coll. son of sir lien. King^-
myll of Sidiuanton in Hampshire knight.
Masters of Art»,
Prince RuPEifT count palatine of the Rhyne and duke of
Bavaria, second son of Frederick prince elector of the em-
pire and king of Hohemia, by princess Elizabeth his wife,
daugliter of James I. king of England, was the first person
that was actually created master of arts. — He was after-
wards an heroic general under his uncle K. Ch. [. when
the civil wars began in England, an. 1642, a knight of the
Garter, earl of Holdeiness, and duke of Cumberland. He
gave way to fate (after he had performed great exploits at
sea against the Dutch) 29 Nov. 1 662, aged 63 or there-
abouts, and was buried in a vault on the South side of the
chappcl of K. Hen. VII. at Westminster, leaving then be-
hind him a natural son usually called Dudley Rupert, begot-
ten on the body of one of the daughters of Hen. Bard,
vicount Bellomont: which Dudley, stiled in prince Rupert's
last will and test. Dudley Bard, was educated in grammar
learning in Eaton school, being then a mcxlest and meek- [969],
temyer'd youth, as was by all there observed. But he be-
ing not much made for learning, was bred to arms, (I
think under sir Jonas Moor) at the Tower, and after the
prince's death, went into the Palatinate to look after a legacy
and a great house left him there, and in Germany, and was,
as 'tis said, kindly received by the prince Palatine. Soon
after going to the siege of Buda, he was kill'd in a despe-
rate attempt made by some English gentlemen there, upon
a breach made in the walls or fortifications of that city, in
July or Aug. 16S6. At which time his signal valour being
expressed, tho' scarce twenty years of age, his loss was
mnch lamentetl. Pr. Rupert had also a natural daughter
commonly called ITie Lady Ruperta, begotten, as I have
been informed at the ofllce of arms, on the body of one
!Mrs. Margaret Hewes. " Under prince Rupert's name are
" extant several letters, declarations, &c."
James Steuart duke of Lenox in Scotland, afterwards of
Richmond in England, sometimes a sttidc-nt in Trin. coll.
in Cambridge. — He was slain in the battel at Keinton com-
monly called Edghill fight 23 Oct. 1642, and was buried at
the upper end of Ch. Ch. choire in Oson.
Will Seymour earl of Hertford. — He w.is .iftcrwards
duke of Somerset. See more among the batchelors of arts,
under the year 1607.
Rob. Devereux earl of Essex, who in the year 1605 hajl
been created M. of A. was now actually created again. — He
was afterwards made lieutenant general of his majesty's
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annv when he went his cxiicdition against the Scots, an.
1639; lord chamberlain of his houshold, and soon after
(such was the nnitability of the man) captain general of the
army raised by the parliament against the king. He hath
several letters extant wiitten to the sjicaker and parliament
during the time that he bore that office. He died 14 Se))t.
1646, and was buried in St. Paul's chappel (Northward of
the capella regum) in the abbey church of St. Peter in
Westminster.
Thomas Howakd earl of Berks. — He afterwards suffer'd
much for the cause of K. Ch. 1. and dying 16 July 1669,
was buried in the abbey ch. at Westm.
Thom. Bbuce earl of Elpn in Scotland. — He was after-
wards made a baron of England by the title of lord Bruce of
\\'hoiiton in Yorkshire, and departed this life 21 Dec.
1663, leaving then behind him a son named Robert, created
earl of Aylesbury in Bucks by K. Ch. II. who dying on the
19th of Octob. or thereabouts, an. 1685, (he being then
lord chamberlain to the houshold of K. Jam. II.) was buried
at Ampthill in Bedfordshire, where, if I mistake not, the
body of his father had been interr'd. He was a learned
person, and otherwise well qualified, was well vers'd in
English history and antiquities, a lover of all such that were
professors of those studies, and a curious collector of MSS.
especially of tlwse which related to England and English
antiquities. Besides also he was a lover of the regular
clergy, as those of Bcdfordsh. and Bucks, know well
enough.
Henry Spencer of Magd. coll. eldest son of William
lord Spencer, baron of Wormleigliton. — This Henry was
afterwards earl of Sunderland, and taking part with K. Ch.
1. when he was opposed by his rebellious subjects, wfis
slain at the battel at Newbury in Berks '20 Sept. 1643,
whereupon his body was cari'ied to Braynton commonly
call'd Brinton in Korthamptonshire, and there buried.
George lord Digby of Magd. coll. the eldest son of
John earl of Bristol.
William lord Craven of Trin. coll. — He was after-
wards earl of Craven, and is now (1690) living.
Will. Herbert of Exet. coll. a younger son of Philip
ejirl of Pembroke.
Henry Coventry batch, of arts and fellow of All-s. coll.
son of Thom. lord Coventi^, keeper of the great seal. — See
among the batchelors of law, an. 1638.
Rich. Lovelace a gentleman commoner of Gloc. hall. —
Afterwards eminent for his valour and poetry, as I shall tell
you in another vol.
Hen. Jacob the curious critic of Mert. coll.
Ralph Brideoake of New coll. sometimes a student
in that of Brasen. — He was afterwards bishop of Chi-
chester.
Frederick Schlodc of the Palat. in Germ.
NiCH. Oudart esq; — ^This person, who was born at
Mechlin in Brabant, and brought from beyond the seas by
sir Henry A\'otton (who afterwards trusted him with his
d(jmestic affairs) went secretary to sir Will. Boswell ambas-
sador to the States 1640, studied physic, of which facidty
he was batchelor, as I shall tell you among the creations
under the year 1642. About which time he became secre-
tary to sir Edw. Nicholas one of the secretaries of state at
Oxon, and afterwards attending king Charles I. in the
treaty in the isle of Wight, an. 1648, lived for some time
obscurely. At length he became secretary to the princess
of Orange, then I.atin secretary to Will, priuce of Orange,
and of his council ; in which capacity 1 lind him in 1669,
He paid his
• Or near to
WhitfkaU about
the daij cf the
nativity ^ our
Saviour an.l681.
df-c. First Edit.
and afterwards Latin secretary to king Ch. II.
last debt to nature * in " little Deans yard in
" Westminster," about the nativity of our
Saviour, an. 1681. One Nich. Oudart of
Brussels, who was official of Mechlin, died
1608, whom 1 take to be father or uncle to
the former.
Paul Becker of the Palatinate.
George Kendall of New inn.
JoH. Su.\Tosius, &c.
Batchelors ofDivinily. [270]
Sam. Keme or Kbm of Magd. hall, sometimes of Magd.
coll.
Mark Zeiglier of Exeter coll. who entitles himself
Archipalatinus. — He was a learned man, and whether he
hath published any thing I cannot justly tell. He became a
sojourner in the university 1623.
" Will. Hutchinson of S. Joh. coll."
Doctors of Law.
Sir Dudley Carleton of Holcombe In Oxfordshire,
knight. — He was soon after made one of the clerks of the
council, and whether secretary of state, as an author ' of no
good credit tells us, I cannot tell.* See more of him in
sir Dudley Carleton among the writers, imder the year
1631.
Sam. Henton or Hinton. — He died at Litchfield in
1668.
Will. Turner of Wadh. coll. — He was now, or soon
after, a civilian of doctors commons, and in the time of the
rebellion he sided with those that were uppermost. In the
middle of Jan. 1659 he was appointed by the Rump par-
liament, then newly restored by general Geor. Monk, one
of the judges of the court of admiralty, and of the court for
probat. of wills. Dr. Walt. Walker and Mr. W. Cawley
being the other two. And after his majesty's restoration
he became chancellor of Winchester, a knight, and advocate
to the duke of York : He died at Richmond in Surrey, as I
conceive, an. 1670.
At the same time that these were created doctors of the
civil law, was a proposal made in the convocation that sir
John FiNET knight, master of the ceremonies, should be
also created, or at least diplomated, doctor of the said fa-
culty, but whether he was really so, it appears not in the
public register. However what I have to say of him, shall
be briefly this, viz. (1) That he was the son of Rob. Finet
of Soulton near Dover in Kent, son and heir of Thomas, son
and heir of John Finet of Siena in Italy, (where his name
is antient, who came into England in the quality of a ser-
vant to cardinal Laur. Campegius legat a latere from the
poj)e) by his wife, the daughter of one Mantell, sometimes
a maid of honour to qu. Katharine the royal consort of K.
Hen. 8. (2) That the said John Finet was always bred in
the coui't, where by his wit, innocent mirth, and great skill
in composing songs, he pleased K. Jam. I. very much. (3)
That he was sent into France an. 1614, about matters of
public concern, and in the year after he received the honour
of knighthood at Whitehall ; about >vhich time he was made
assistant to the master of the ceremonies, with the rever-
sion of that place. (4) That upon the death of sir Lewis
Lewknore master of the ceremonies, he and that office con-
' Will. Sanderson m his Hist, of the Life and Reign of K. Ch. I. under the
vcar 1641.
" 'i Whitlock ia his Manoriak p. 44. confirms it that he was so.''
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494
ferr'd upon him 12 March 1626, being then iu good esteem
with his majesty king Charles I. (5) Tliat he wrote Fuieti
Philoxenis : Some choke Observations toudting the Reception
and Precedency, the Treatment and Audience, the Punctilio's
arid Contests offoreipi Ambassadors in England. Lond. 1(J.56,
Oct. Published by James Howell, and by him dedicated to
Philip lord L'isle. (6) That he translated from French
into English, The Beginning, Continuance, and Decay of
Estates, &c. Lond. 160G, qu. Written originally by ll. de
Lusing. And histly that dying 11 July 1641, iiged 70 years,
was buried in the North side of the church of St. Martin's
in the Fields, witliin the city of Westminster, by the body
of Jane his sometimes wife, daughter of Henry lord Went-
worth of Nettlestead in Suffolk, sister to the earl of
Cleveland.
Doctors of Physic.
Peter Turner of Mert. coll. lately geometry professor
of Gresham coll. now the Savilian professor of geometi7 in
this university.
John Carter of Magd. hall. — He was afterwards a
practitioner of his faculty, near to Chancery-lane in Lond.
Gasper Hopfius of the Palat. in Germany.
Doctors of Divinity.
George Warburton of Brasen-n. coll. T.as the first and
senior theologist that was actually created doct. of div. —
He was a Cheshire man, born of an antient family, had been
chaplain in ord. to king Jam. I. and afterwards to K. Ch. I.
was installed dean of Glocester (after Dr. Tho. Winniff's
removal to the deanei-y of St, Paul's) on the eleventh of
June 1631, and on the 25th of Aug. (or thereabouts) fol-
lowing, became dean of Wells, on the death of Ralph Bar-
low.' He hath published King Melchizedek, a serm. at
court at East-Hamstead 2 Sept. 1623, Lond. 1623, qu. and
whether any thing else, I cannot yet tell. In 1640 he went
to London to attend the convocation of the clergy that began
with the long parliament, and dying in Drury-Iane in the
month of Dec. or thereabouts, an. 1641, was succeeded in
his deanery by Dr. Walt. Raleigh.
James Hena or Hannay a Scot.
Walt. Raleigh of Magd. coll. — He was admitted to the
deanery of Wells 13 January 1641.
Edw. Burby of Line. coll. — He was now * prebendary
and archdeacon of Winchester ; which dignity was before
enjoyed by Ranulph Barlow D. D. of Cambridge.
George Gillingham of Pemb. coll. — He was at this
time one of his majesty's chaplains, and on the 2d of Nov.
[271] 1639 was installed canon of Windsor in the place of Dr.
Joh. EUy deceased. * He had other preferments, ' and
died 16 Dec. 1668, being then rector of Chalton in Hamp-
shire.
Daniel Escott warden of Wadham coll.
Rob. Sanderson of Line. coll.
' [20 Aug. 1613, lord chanc. Egerton presented liim to the rectory of
TIeswall in the deanery of Warham co. of Chester on tlic recommend, of Dr.
Singleton. Tanner.]
■* [Rob. Cottesford A.M. admiss. ad vie. de Canewdon com. Ess. 13 Dec.
1629, per cess. E<lwardi Burby. lieg. Land. Kknnet.]
* [1639, 20 Feb. Dan. Collins S. T.P. admiss. ad vicariam de Rislip per
mort. J(jh. Elly S.T. P. ad prcs. decan. el capit. Windsor, lieg. Lmiil.
Johes Elly coll. Blerton Oxon, socius, installatus in canonicatu de Windsor,
22 Nov. 1623, loco Oles rector de Lapworth in com. Warwic. Frith, Catal.
KENNtT.]
' [1630, 9 Jun. Gcorg. Gillingham A. M. admissus ad rect. de Ging Hos-
pital alias Frycring com. Ess. per cesslonem Will. Smith .S.T. P. ad prti.
gard'iani ct soc. coll. Wadham. Reg. Luud, ef'\ Lmd. Kennjei.]
Ja.m. Rowlandson of Qu. cull.
Morgan Owen of Jes. coU.
The tirst of these three was afterwards bishop of Lincoln,
and the last, bishop of Landiilf.
Samuel Maksii of Trin. cull. Bomctiinea one of the proc«
tors of the university, und at this time preb. of Hoscotnbe in
the church of Sarum.
Steph. Goffe or Goloh of St. .\lb. hall, lately of .Mert.
coll. — This person, who was son of Steph. Gutfe the puri-
tanical minister of Stanmcr in Sussex, travelled into the
Low-countries iifter he had taken his masters degree, and
became ciiaplain to the regiment of coll. II. Vere, whereby
he gained gootl acquaintance and cx|>erienec, which wotmd
him at his return so much into the favour of Hen. Jermyn
(afterwards earl of St. .Mbans) that he was made one of the
king's cha|)lains, by which title he was created doct. of div.
antl afterwards employed in the (piality of a minor agent
and envoy into Fiance, then into Flanders, Holland and
other countries, &c. In the time of the rebellion he also
acted mucli for his master in several coiintrjs lieyond the
seas, and did him great service, but when he saw the Eng-
lish church niin'd and monarchy declining, he changed hia
religion for that of Rome, and was thereu))on taken into
the society of the Oratorians at Paris, an order very famous
there, tho' but little known among us. ' The brethren
whereof having liberty to improve their particular estates
(for tilings are not common among them, as with other
orders) he gi-ew rich upon the stock which he liad formerly
gathL'red together by his endeavours, whereby he was in
capacity sometimes to do courtesies for his exil'd country-
men. Abrah. Cowley the prince of {loets, was, while at
Paris, preferr'd and plac'd by him (tho' the story is per-
verted) in the family of the said noble Henry, then lord
Jermyn : thro' whose heroical bounty he was afterwards
design'd to the mastership of the Savoy, but by certain ene-
mies to the muses, was deprived of it. Afterwards Henrietta
Maria the tpieen mother, to whom the said (Joffe was chaplain,
committed to the said Goffe's care the tuition of the natural
son of K. Ch. II. known then by the name of Jame- Crofts,
afterwards duke of Monmouth ; with whom continuing till
he was about nine years of age, was taken from him and
committed to the care of a gentleman called ' Rose or
Rosse, who after his majesty's restoration went secretary to
Henry Coventry, esqj in his embassy into Sweden. 'ITiis
doctor GofFe, who was esteemed by some a learned man and
well read in the fathers, and therefore respected by Gerard
Jo. Vossius and others, died in the house of the fathers or
brethren of the Oriitory situated in the street called St.
Honore at Paris, on Christmas day according to our account
an. 1681, aged 76 or thereabouts, and was buried in the
chappcl belonging to that house, ^\'hat writings of his are
pulilislied, besides nine Latin epistles to thelearnetl CJer. Jo.
Vossius, ' and his negotiations taken by the rebeb at the
battel at Sherburne in Yorkshire (which, v^ith George lord
Digljy's Cabinet and other things, were published at Lond.
in qu. 1646,) I know not. He hail a younger brother
named John Goffe, who was a true son of the church of
England, as I shall tell you among the writers under the
year 1661, and another called William originally a Salter
(or a hatter as some say) in London, who closing with the
' [V'id. an account of his reonlinatiou in &th. Le Quicn's Kuttiti da Ordi-
nations Angticants, tome 2, p. 316.]
« The same, as it seems, with Tho. Rom who w«» library keeper to his
majesty Char. 2.
!> [There are two Latin epistles to Vossius in Pivstantium ac EntdUmm
I'troi urn i/is/ok, besides the nine here mentioned. Lovidat.]
495
1636.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1636.
496
prcsbytcrians in the time of the rebellion, became a colonel,
great with (Hiver Cromwell, one of the .iudges of king Ch.
1. and a member of the other house, that is, one of Olivers
lords. See more in the Fasti an. 1649, among the crea-
tions.
Rk-h. Marsh of the university of Cambridge, lately
<hai>lain to arrhb. Laud, afterwards to his raaj. Ch. I. — He
was row jireljendary of Ilustwayt in the churclv of York,
and soon after vicar of Halifax in the room of Hen. Kams-
den deceased. In Nov. 1644 he had the deanery of V'ork
fonferr'd upon him, on the death of Dr. Joh. Scot, who
died in 1 he Kinu;'.s bench prison* in Southwark. At which
time his majesty being at Oxon, Dr. Pet. Heylin endea-
voured by his friends to obtain tliat dignity, but was put
aside. After his majesty's' restoration, he was elected the
17th of Aug. and installed the 90th of the same month, an.
1660, and dying 13 Oct. 1663, aged 78, was buried near to
the grave of Matthew Ilutton sometimes aiehb. of York,
in the South isle joyning to the cath. church there. In his
deanery succeeded Will. Sandcroft D. D. of Cambridge, in-
stalled therein 26 Feb. 1663, who being removed to the
deanery of St. Paul's cathedral in London, Dr. Rob. Hitch
of the same university succeeded in Dec. 1664. Dr. Marsh
hath one or more sermons «xtant.
Edw. Morton lately M. of A. of King's cgll. in Cambr. «
now rector of Sefton in Lanc:ishire, chaplain to the lord
keeper and prebendary of Chester. — He was born of an an-
tient family at Morton in Cheshire, and was father to Dr.
Will. Morton bishop of Kildare in Ireland.
Samps. Johnson of Magd. coll.
Thomas Whittington of Briisen-n. coll.
Thomas Manwaring of Brasen-n. coU.
p72l M E K 1 C C AS AU E o N of C li . C h .
Edw. Thornborough of Ch. Ch.
The last of these two was son of Dr. Jo. Thornborough
bishop of Worcester, was now archdeacon of Worcester';
who dying in 1645, Will. Hodges batch, of div. of Oxon,
was admitted in his place tlie 30th of May the same year-
Mich. Reade of Line. coll.
WitL. Haywood of St. Job: coll.
Laur. Pay of Ch. Ch.
These were all the doctors of div. that were tlien crea-
ted. Afterwards these noble persons were created in Oct.
following ; —
Oct. 14. The most illustrious and high born princ Chris-
TiANUs landtgi'ave of Hussia, count in Catzenellebogen,
Dieza, Ziegenliain and Nidda, was diplomated mast, of
arts.
The most illustrious and high horn prince Ernestus bro-
ther of Christiimus before-mention'd, landtgrave of Hassia,
and count in the same countries, was diplom. M. of A. the
same day.
The most noble and valiant Winandus a Polhelme, lord
in Rozenhall, counsellor to the illustrious prince of Hassia
and in-efect of the hall, was also diplomated M. of A. the
same day.
Charles LonowicK count palatine of the Rhine, prince
clertor of the empire, &c. the eldest son of Frederick K. of
Bohemia, did with liis own hand m.atriculate himself a
member of this university, 30 Aug. 1636, being then enter-
t.iincd l)y the heads thereof, with liis uncle K. Ch. I. At
the same time prince Rupert and several of the English
' fnic. Marsli coll. lUgin. A. B. Cantabr. 1607, 8. Bakeb.]
* I Kdw. Morton adin. in King's cofJ. 1618 : — left the collcgo .'V. M. — preb.
ol Cliestcr, ice. ejected and lived to be restored. B.\stii.]
nobility were also tlien matriculated. Dr. Laud in his Diary
saith that the said Ch. Lodowick was then (with his younger
brother llujieit) actually created masters of arts, yet no
such thing appears in the public register, or in any other
record, of the university.
An. Dom. 1637.— 13 Car. T.
Chancellor.
Dr. Laud archb. of Canterbury.
Fice-chancellor.
Dr. RiUH. Baylie again, July 29.
Proctors.
Dan. Lawford of Oriel coll. .\pr. 19.
John Glisson of Trin. coll. Apr. 19.
Batchelors of Arts.
May 13. Joh. Riland of Magd. coll.
Oct. 19. Sam. Bolton of Line. coll.
Of the last you may see more among the created doctors
of div. an. 1661.
Oct. 19. John French of New inn.
Tuo. Weaver of Ch. Ch.
24. Marchamont Nedham of AU-s. coll.
Will. Harvey of Gloc. hall.
One of both the names of the last, (Will. Harvey) who
took no other degree in this university, hath several ser-
mons and other things extant : And one Will. Harvey who
writes himself M. of A. and late vicar of Odyliara in Hamp-
shire hath written A Treatise concerning the Baptizing of In-
fants, &c. Lond. 1647, in one sli. or more. Whether either
of these two be the same with him of Gloc. hall, I can-
not tell, except 1 could see all the sermons and other
things, that have been published under the name of WUl.
Harvey.
" Nov. 29. Will. Granger of Qu. coll. — He was born
" at Souterfield in Cumberland. One Will. Granger hath
"written Dial, of Death — printed 1648, oct. And one
" Thorn. Granger was a noted writer of his time, and pub-
" lished several things, among which were (1) Si/ntagma
" Grammaticum : or an easy and methodical Explanation of
" Lillifs Grammar. — Lond. 1616, oct. Lat. and Engl. (2)
" Several sermons as (1) The Application of Scripture ; on
" 2 Sam. 12. 7. Lond. 1616, (pi. Other things you may
" see in the Bodleian or Oxford Cat. but tlie said Thoni.
" Granger was bred in St. Peter's coll. in Camb. where he
" was M. A. and afterwards minister of Butterwicli in East
" HoiUand near Boston in Lincolnshire."
Dec. 1.5. Sam. Fisher of Magd. coll. — One of both his
names, who hath been mention'd in these Fasti, an. 1627,
and 1630, is to be hereafter mention'd at large in another
vol. And this wliom I take to be afterwards a cove-
nanter and a writer, is to obtain a place also therein, or
elsewhere.
Jan. IS. Philip Taverxer of Ex. coll.
27. Rob. Dingley of Magd. coll.
Feb. 3. Matthew Fowler of Ch. Ch. — He was after-
wards author of Totum Hominis, or the ichole Duty of Man,
a sermon on Prov. 24. 21. Printed 1662, qu. and pcrhai)s
of other things, which is all I know of him, only that he
was a Staffordshire man born.
Mar. 2. Joseph Sedgwick of Magd. hall. — He was
497
1637.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1637.
498
afterwards master of arts aud fellow of Christ's college in
Cambridge.
All which, except Harvey and Fowler, will be largely
mention' d elsewhere-
Adm. 195, or thereabouts.
Batchelors of Law.
Seven only were admitted, of which John Nourse of
[273] Magd. coU. was the senior, Apr. 1. but not one of them was
afterwards a writer or bishop.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 22. Abhah. Wright of St. Joh. coll.
26. Rob. Waryng of Ch. Ch.
Jun. 15. John Grayle of Magd. coll.
Rich. Harwood of Magd. coll.
July 13. Edward Greaves of AH-s. coil. — The time
when he took the degree of batcli. of arts, occurs not.
Sept. 9. Hen. Gbegohy of Ch. Ch. — ^This person, who
was admitted in convocation, the vice-chancellor made
then this honourable mention of, in liis ^ipplicate thus,
' Supplicat vobis rei quamplurimae juvenis llenr. Gregory
art. bac ex ^^d. Christi, ripi h^c ad pede.s viri Gamaliele
pditioris enutritus, in cyclo literature, sicut in legibus ille
instiTictissimi : cujus sub auspiciis juvenis hie duci Ebora-
censi a primis literis imbibendis adest, ut cum tanto domino
matrique academiic vacare non possit, veniam etiam ab ho-
noratiss. canctUario, & a, coliegioi-um & aiilarum pra;fectis
impetravit, singulari hujus domus dignatione ad gradiim
magistri in artibus promoveatur,' &c. This Hen. (iregory,
who was younger brother to John Gregory the critic, and
both the sons of John Gregory of Amersham in Bucks, was
;adniitted necessary regent on the 7tli of Oct. following, and
■became afterwards eminent for his learning.
Oct. 19. John Fountains of C. C. coll. — ^This person,
^*jwho was son of Will. Fountaine of Scabroke in Bucks
%^.and originally of Line. coll. was about this time a barrister
^in one of the inns of court, his time going on there, as in
- ; the university, stood afterwards a neuter at Lond. wlien the
V predominant party in the parliament house were raising a
~s^ rebellion. Afterwards lie receded to O.xon, imd shew'd
Shimself a great royalist, but when he saw that the king's
;2^ cause declined, he came into llainsborough a colonel on the
parliament side, in Apr. 1C4G, and afterwards retiring to
JLondon, struck in with the usurpers, and was by Oliver
made serjeant at law in Nov. 1656. In Jan. 1659 he, with
.^^ sir Tho. Widdrington and serj. Tyrrel, were maile commis-
^^«ioners of the great seal, and after his majesty's restoration,
^ he was made serjeant at law again, 1660. Tins is the
^ person who is commonly called Turn-coat Fountaine, author
.j^" of a certain letter or discourse mention'd among the writers
""^^ in Rich. Steuart, under the yesir 1651, He died in the
>^ parish of St. Clements Danes within the liberty of Westmln-
*-S^3ter, in May, or June 16*1.
^ Feb. 21. Nathaniel Heighmobe of Trin. coll.
Adm. 110, or tliercabouts.
halL — ^A moct ccl«-
The last you may find mentioned among the doctor* of
div. in these Fasti, nn 1608.
Nov. 8. Hen. Savage of Bal. coll.
Dec. 15. Rich. Chalfont of Line coll.
The last of these two hath published A Sermon at a public
Fast before the House of Commons at Oxon, 10 May 1644, o«
Jtrem. 44. 10. Oxon. 1644, tju. Which is all, 1 think, that
goes under his name.
Admitted 19.
Doctors of Law.
June 30. Justinian Lewyn of Pcnib. coll. — Ue wm
afterwards judge-martial of the army under iniomas earl of
Arundel in the Scotch expedition, 1639, and after tliat one
of the masters in ordinary of the high i-ourt of chancery, a
knight, antl commissary and official of Norfolk. He was
son of Will. Lewyn of London and nephew to sir Justinian,
mentioned among tlie incorjwrations, an. 1582.
July 10. John VVoRSLEY of Ch. Ch.
Doctor of Physic.
July 7. GEORfiB Bate of St. Edm.
brated physician of his time.
Doctors of Divinity.
June 23. Rob. Rainsford of Wadh. coll.
28. Nathaniei, Holmes of Exet. coll.
July 4. Matthew Bevnet of St. Marys hall.
6. Adam Aybay principal of St. Edm. hall.
8. Nathaniel Goulson of Trin. coll.
Nov. 22. Hen. Rogers of Jesus coll.
Incorporations.
July 10. Thom. Browne lately M. of A. of Pemb. coll.
now doct. of phys. of the university of Leydea in Holland.
was then inoorjwrated doct. of that faculty.'
Nov. 4. Michael Boyle M. of A. of Trin. coll. near
Dublin. — He was afterwards bishop of Cork, Cloyne and
Ross, archb. of Dublin, chancellor of Ireland, and at length
archb. of Armagh.
Jan 26. Martin Westcomb batch, of arts of the univer-
sity of Toulouse in France.
Two batchelors of arts of Qu. coll. in Cambridge named
Nich. Frost and Tho. Lee were incorporated this year,
which is all I know of them, only that the first proceeded
M. of A. in the year following, as a member of Bal. coll.
This year, among several Cambridge men that were in-
corporated mast, of arts, must not be forgotten Jontr
Cleaveland the poet, not that it appears so in the public
register, but from the relation of a certain jierson who waa
then a master of this university. — This Mr. Cleaveland, who
was the vicar's son of a market-town called Hinklcy in
Leicestershire, was born tliere, and in the same town re-
t^ Not one batch of physic was admitted this year.
Batchelors of Divinity.
June 12. Thomas Browne of Ch. Ch.
July 6. Rob. Crosse of Line. coll.
Elias Wkf.nch of Ch. Ch.
13. Nich. Simpson of Ch. Ch.
' [T^e Theoriqua if the xren PtmrtJ. thetc'mg all their dliTrre Mntims, 4c,
by Slastcr Bliindevile, 160-2, 4to. who in the pref. to the reader writes thuf
— ' 1 have in many things followed Maginns a later writer, who came not
unto my liands betbre that I had almost ended the first parte of my book.
Neither sliouid I have had hira at all, it" my good friend M. doctor Browne
one of the ordinarie pliysicians to her majestic hii'l nut gotten him for mc,
wth which good doctor I have had in times past in Norwich many learned
conferences, and have received at his hands many good documents : wlium I
take to bo so universally leanied in all manner of pood and libcrull science*
as any other that I know in these dales : .lud besides his jrreat leaniiB|b I
know liim to be very wise and honest, w"i two virtues I wish to raigne in all
learned men, because they be the greatest oroanieuts tlul beluiig tol
KsNNIiT.]
iK*
[974]
499
1637.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1638.
5oa
ceived his grammaticnl educalion under one Mr. Kicli.
Vines a zealous puritan; where obtaining; a perfection in
Lat. and Greek learninji: was sent to Christ's coll. in Cam-
bridge j and in short time proving an ex»iiiisite orator and
pure LAtinist, was preCcr'd to a fellowshi]) of S. Jolm's coll.
in the said imiversity ; ■• and as the delight and ornament of
that house he continued there, about nine years, and from
his oratory became an eminent poet. At length u))on the
eruption of the civil war, he was the first champion that ap-
peared in verse for the king's cause against the pi'esbyterians j
for which, and his signal loyalty, he was ejected thence.
Whereupon retiring to O.xon, the king's head quarter, lived
there for a time, and was much venerated and respected not
only by the great men of the court, but by the then wits
remaining among the affrighted and distressed muses, for
his high panegyrics and smart satyis. From Oxon he went
to Newark upon Trent, where lie w;is so highly valued by
all, especially by the then most loyal and generous sir Rich.
Willis baronet, the governor of that garrison for his majesty,
that he was made judge advocate, and continued there till
the surrender thereof for the use of the parliament, siiewing
himself a prudent judge for the king and a faithful advocate
for the country. Afterwards being iniprison'd at Yarmouth,
where he continued in a lingring condition, and with little
hopes of relief, drew \ip an address to Oliver Cromwell
written in such towring language and so much gallant
reason, that upon the perusal of, he was so much melted
down with, it, that he forthwith ordered his release. After-
wards he retired to London, where finding a generous
Meeaenas setled in Greys inn in Plolborn and became nmch
admired, if not adored, by all generous loyalists and inge-
nious men. He hath written (J) Potms. Lond. in oct. there
again, with additions, 1651, oct. and severiJ times after.
(2) Chccracters. (3) Orations. (4) Epistles, &c. Several
times also printed. At length an intermitting feaver seiz-
ing him, brought him to his grave in the churcli of St.
Michael Royal, commonly called CoUege-hill-chuich within
the city of London, on the first day of May 1658. Soon
after were published several elegies on him, particularly
that entit. Upon the most ingeniotts and incomparable Musophi-
liit of his Time Mr. John Cleaveland. A living Memorial of
his most devotional Brother and cordial Mourner, printed at
London on the broad side of a sheet of paper, an. 1 658.' Twas
Written by his brother Phil. Cleaveland, who tells us there
that the said John Cleaveland died 28 Apr. 1658. 1 have
another elegy lying by me entit. An Elegy upon the Death of
the most excellent Poet Mr. John Cleaveland. printed also on
one side of a sheet of paper, in May 1658. It was written
by Francis Vaux a servitor of Queen's coll. in Oxon, of about
3 years standing, the same who printed A Poem in Praise of
Typography; which is all I know of him, as having taken no
degree in this university. " There is also printed Clevelandi
" ('indicia, or Cleveland's genuine Poems, Orations, Epistles,
" &c. purged from many false and spurious ones which had
" usurp'd his Name, and from innumerable Errors and Corrup-
" tions in the true, &c. Lond. (Qujere, this must be a false
" date) 1617,' oct. before which is a little account of his life,
" wherein 'tis said that Tho. Thurman perform'd the office
♦ [Jo. CIcivland Lcicestrcn. admissus socius coll. Jo. Cant. Mar. 87, 1634.
Hcf. Colt. Jo.
.'o. Cleivland coll. Chr. A. B, 1631. Reg. Baker.
Sec a very full account of ttiU author in Nicliols'.i excellent Illu. (f Ibices-
tfrjfiire, which I cannot, with propriety, insert, and which it would be liilicu-
l<Mi^ to abridge.]
<- [Tif 1677 in inj copj. Lovidai .]
" of burial, and Dr. Pearson afterwards B. of Chegter
" preached his funeral sermon."
An. Dom. 1638. — 14 Gar. 1.
Chancellor.
Dr. Laud archb. of Cant.
yice-Chancellor.
Accepted Fhewin D. D. president of Magd. coll. and .dean
of Gloucester.
Proctors.
Edw. Corbet of Mert. coll. Apr. 4.
JoH. NicoLsoN of Magd. coll. Apr. 4.
Batchelor of Mitsic,
.Tuly 5. Rob. Lugge organist of St. Joh. coll. in this uni-
versity.— He afterwards went beyond the seas, and changed
his religion for that of Rome, and was at length, as 'tis said,
made priest. Several vocal compositions for the church go
under his name. *
Bntchelors of Arts.
" Jon. Lamphirb of New coll. — See among the created
" doctors of physic 1660."
Apr. 7. Anth. Palmer of Bal. coll.
Jam. Browne of Oriel coll.
9. " George Sikes of St. Joh. coll."
11. Will. Hughes of New inn. [2751
Robert Mead of Ch. Ch.
Hen. Greisley of Ch. Ch.
Will. Towers of Ch. Ch.
Jon. Hinkley of St. Alban's hall.
20. Enw. Chamberlayne of St. Ed. hall.
May 29. Sam. Harding of Exet. coll.
JoH. Osborne of New inn.
June 23. Joh. Biddle of Magd. hall.
July 3. Franc. Moor of Gloc. hall.
The last of these two I take to be the same person whq
was author of A Funeral Sermon, SfC. on Luke 8. 5. printed
1656, qu.
Oct. 13. Tim. Baldwin of Ball. coll.
30. Jam. Baron of Exet. coll.
Of the last of these two you may see among the created
batch, of div. ann. 1649.
Dec. 3. Miles Smith of Magd. coll.
4. William Hill, of Mert. coll.
Jan. 24. George Rogers of Line. coll. *
29. Daniel Whistler of Trin. coll.
Feb. 1. Thom. Greenfield of Pemb. coll. — See among
the masters, an. 1641.
12. Tho. Jones of Oriel, afterwards of Mert. coll.
!Most of these batclielors, who were all afterwards writers,
will be mentioned in another vol.
Admitted 224.
Batchelor of Law.
June 26. Henry Coventry of All-s. coll. — This honour-
able person, who was tiie only batch, of law that was atl-
mitted this year, was a younger son of Thomas lord Coventry
lord keeper of the great seal of England, and was, as it
seems, before tlie grand rebellion broke out, chancellor of
Landaff. Afterwards suffering mucli for his majesty's cause,
was after the restoration of king Ch. II. made one of the
grooms of his bed chamljer, in Dec. 1661, and in May 1667,
501
163S.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
vcas,
5U4
he, with DenziU lord Holies, went ambassadors extraordi-
nary from his majesty of Great Britain to Breda to consum-
mate a certain treaty there. In Sept. 1671, he went aniba.s-
sador to Sweden (having been an envoy extraordinaiy there,
in 1664) at wliich time he gave his helping hand to the
breaking of the triple-league, and on the 3d of July 1672,
he was sworn principal secretary of state in the room of sir
Joh. Trevor deceased. Which honourable office he keeping
till his body was much broken with business, to the l)egin-
ning of the year 1680, resign'd it with his majesty's leave,
and retired for health's sake to Entield for a time. Where-
upon the place of secretary wiis bestowed on sir Liolin
Jenkins, knight. At length Mr. Coventry giving way to
fete in his house situated in the Hay-market, near to
Charing-cross in Westminster, 5 Dec. 1686, aged 68 years or
thereabouts, was buried in the church of St. Martin in the
fields, which is all I can speak of him for the present, only
that he was a native of London.
£^76]
Masters of Arts,
Apr.
7. Fhanc. Bamppield of Wadh. coU.
11. Anthony Hodges of New coll.
The last of these two, who was chaplain of that coll. be-
came a florid preacher in Oxon, during the time that the
king and parliament were there, and in June 1646, a little
before the garrison of that place was surrendered to the par-
liament, the degree of batch, of div. was given to him by the
venerable convocation, in consideration of several noted
sermons that he had preached before the royid court. But
so it was that he never took that degree, or had any thhig
<»nferr'd upon liim, as others had, only the vicaridge first
\of Comnore, (which he soon after left) and afterwards the
rectory of Wytham near .Vbingdon, in Berkshire. He hath
translated from Greek into English The Loves of Ciitophon
■and Leucippe, a most elegant History written in Greek by
Achilles Tatius, Oxon, 1638, oct. in 7 books, there were two
impressions of this translation made in that year, .and in one
of them are commendiUory copies of verses made by several
poets of the university, namely among the rest, by Richard
liovelace of Gloc. hidl. Franc. James M.A. of New coll.
John Metford B. A. of St. Edm. hall. &c. Mr. Hodges hath
published nothing else, though very able he was in many
respects to do it. For those that were his acquaintance,
knew him to be a most admirable philologist, a man of a
great memory, and well veis'd in several sorts of learning;
but being delighted to please himself in a juvejiile and
bantring way among junior masters, could never he courted
to set pen to paper for that purpose. He died in his lodging
without theTurl-gate of Oxon, 1.3 Jan. 1685, aged 72 years
or thereabouts ; and was buried in the remotest part of the
yard, joyning on the North side, to the church of Wytham
before mention'd, and not neivr his sometimes wife in the
church, because she had been dishonest to lum.
Apr. 11. Will. Taylor of Magd. hall.
20. Martin Westcombe of Exet. coll.
53. Obadiah Walker of Univ. coll.
The first of these last two I have mention'd among the
incorporations, an. 1637-
26. Edw. Grey of Ch. "Ch. esq; a compounder.
May 26. Obadiah How of Magd. hnll.
Hen. Wilkinson jun. of Magd. hall.
June 27. Nath. Hardy of Hart, lately of Magd. hall.
Nov. 7. Thomas Gilbert of St. Edm. hall.
Jan. 24. Chbistop.. Bennet of Line. coll.
Feb. 23. Ro>. Caky of C. Chr. coll.
Admitted 143.
Batchelors of Phytic.
Only two were admitted, viz. Hugh BAiiKt> of 8tl
Mary's hall, and Jos. More of Pcmb. coll. which i« >]l I
know of them, only that More accumulated, as I shall n 11
you anon.
Batchelort of Dicinitif.
Nov, 16, Hen. Wilkiksom sen. of Magd. hall.
Dec. 4. Jasp. Fisheb of Magd. coll.
Rich. Owen of Oriel coll.
Mar. 15. Joseph Crowtuek of S. Joh. coU. '
Admitted 14.
Doctors of Law.
May 8. Thomas Read of New coll.
Jam. Masters of New coll.
The first of these two was afterwards a great royalist, an4
by his majesty was nominated principal of Magd. hall, upon
the flight of WilkinsoB to the parliament. Afterwardb be
changed his reUgion for that of Rome, lived beyond sea,
and wrote, as 1 have been told, certain matters against Dr.
Edw. Roughen, I shall mention him upon that account
elsewhere.
May 29. Will. Child of All-s. coll. — He was afterwards
one of the masters of the chancery, and a knight.
June 13. Edward Aldehne of Exet. coll. — He wn« after-
wards chancellor of the diocese of Rochester, where he died
in the beginning of 1S71.
Doctors of Physic.
June 15. Joseph More of I'emb, coll. — He acciuuuLilcil
the degrees in physic.
July 5. Thomas Bokd of Ch. Ch.
Doctors of Divinity.
June 26. Hugh Lloyd of Jesus coll.
July 6. Matthew Stiles of Exet. coll.
The first was afterwards bishop of Lendaff : The other
was now an eminent minister in London, an excellent
grammarian and casuist, and one that had gained great
knmvletlge and experience by his travels into several parte
of Italy, particularly at Venice, when he went as chaplaia
with an ambassador from England, an. 1684. In 1643 he
was nominated one of the assembly of divines, but whether
he sate among them I know not, because he was forced by
the giddy faction about that time to resign his cures at St.
George in Botolph-lane and St. Gregory near I'aul's, in
London.*
Will. Strode canon of Ch. Ch. and orator of the univer-
sity was admitted the same day.
July 7. Andr. Reads of Trin. coll.
Dec. 4. Jasp. Fisher of Magd. c<dl.
Jan 26. Hopton Sydenham of Magd. coll.
Mar. 1. Thom. Temple of Line. coll. — Sec among the in-
corporations following.
7. Hen. Hammond of Magd. coll.
15. Sam. Barnard of Magd. coll.
Thom. Buckner of Magd. coll.
« [Matth. Stiles S.T. B. adniiss. ad eccl. S, Gcorgii in Botolph UfK. I'V'f.
18 Jiin. 1630, per niort. Gcriasii Scarlwroiigb, «d prcj. Car. rrgl«. Krf. I.:vrf.
Idem adiuiss. od rcct. de Orsett com. Euez. i Jan. 1640, ad pm. n^
KiNKt.T,]
2 K * 2
503
1638.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1038.
504
[«77]
The first of these last three, wa« now rector of l'en»bur.st
in Kent; the second, vicar of Croyden in iSurry, and after-
wards the author of A Funeral Sermon, on Ezek. 24. 16.
Lond. l6oH, <\u- who dying in 1G57 was buried in the
chancel of the church of' Farlegh in .Surrey, of which pbce
he bad for some time been rect<»r, which is ail I know of htni,
only that he was a Berkshire man bom, and had in his
younger days been accounted a good Greek and Lat. jjoet.
The last (Buckner) was about this time prebendary of W'in-
cbester anil dying in 1C44,' was 1 presume, according to his
desire, buried' at the foot of his uncle Mr. Adam Buckner in
the dwncel of the church at Merstham in Surrey.
Jnctrrporatunu.
May 30. Nathaniel Wbight sometime M. of A. of
Cambr. afterwards doct. of phys. of Bourges in France, wa.s
incorporated drxt. of phys. — What he hath extaut Ijcsides
bis TheMei de Pleuritide vera, printed 163.0 in qu. 1 know not.
He wa» afterwards one of the coll. of physicians, and physi-
cian to Oliver Cromwell when he was siek in Scotland, aa.
1650, 51.
June 30. John Donne sometimes of Ch. Ch. afterwards
doct. of the laws of the university of I'adua in Italy, was
then incorporated in the same degree. — He was the son of
Dr. John Donne sometime dean of St. Paul's c-atliedral, by
his wife Anne daughter of sir tleorge More of Losely in
Surrey, was elected a .student of Ch. Ch. from Westminster
fcfaooi an. 1622, and had all the advantages jmaginaljle
tendred to him to tread in the steps of hi» virtuous father;
but his nature being vile, he proved no Ijetter all his life
lime than an atheistical buffoon, a banterer, and a jjcrson of
over free thoughts: yet valued byK. Ch. II. He liath pub-
lished certain matters v#Vitten by his father, and several fri-
volous trifles under his own name, among which is The
humble Petition of Covenl-garden* against Dr. John Baljer, a
physician, an. 1661. He died in the Winter-time an. 1662,
and was buried under, or near, the standing dial situate and
being in the yard, at the West-end of .St. Paul's church in
Covent-garden. On Feb. 23. an. 1662 was published or
printed his fantastical and conceited will, on a broad side of
a sheet of paper, wherein the humour of the per.son may be
discovered. There is no doubt but that he was a man of
sense, and parts ; which, liad they been applied to a good
use, he might liave proved beneficial in his generation.
July 5. John Nicholaus Vauohan a Camlno-Britain,'
sometimes of Jesus coll. in this imiversity, afterwards
doctor of the laws of Padua, was also then incorporated,
having spent lO years in the study of that faculty. He was
the son of Job. Nich. Vaughan, esq.
10. John Bkownlowe sometimes of Brasen. coll. after-
wards of St. Mary's hall, and at length (in 1631) doctor of
]ihysic of Leyden, was then token into the bosom of this
university.
Oct. 12. Daniel Bhevint of the isle of Jersey, mast, of
arts of the univ. of Saumure in France.
16. Antom lus Aubertus master of arts of the imi-
■ [On 3t Jan. 1644-5, a petition from Mr. Wm. Blackwell, minister, to tbc
huuM of coDimoiu, to be admitted to tlie rectory of Merstham in Surry, on
the death of Ur. Buckner. JounaU tfihe Haute if Comwum, vol. 4, \>. 38. At
p. 95 one Symon Blackwell pcthiont the house for adnnirion to tbu rectory.
Coit.]
■ ^ John Donne wrote vene* prefixed to his father's Poemt, 1650 &c
Lmes to Ford's Lorm Mei«dWiy 1619, and other iniall detaclied jricces
prefixn^ to the works of hit acqoaiDtaiice.]
" [Vide Jauium sub voce Wicket. LotiCAY.J
▼ersity or academy of Deinse. CDeia AuguMta Foeuntiorum) .
The said degree was conferr'd upon him there on the iden
of .Septemb. 1619.
Nov. 7. George Ekt doctor of physic of Padua.^ — This
learned j)erson who was the son of Josias Ent, was born at
Sandwich in Kent, 6 Nov. 1C04, educ-ated in Sidney coll. in
Cambridge,' was, after he luul been doctoratetl, fellow of the
coll. of physicians at I.iondon, eminent for his practice during
the times of usurpation, afterwards president of the said
coll. and at length hati the degree of knigtithood conferr'd
upon him by king Charles II. He hath written (1) Apologia
pro Circulatirme Simgumui contra Aimilium Paritanum. Lond.
1641, oct. Wherein he hath learnedly defended Dr. William
Harvey against the said Parisanus, and rendred a very
rational account concerning the operation of purging medi-
cines, &c. (2.) Animadeeriionet in Maliichia Thrutioni M. D.
Diatribam de Respirationit Utu primario. Lond. 1679, oct.
before which is his picture in a long periwig. What other
things he hath published, I cannot tell, nor any thing else
of him, at present, only tliat he dying 13 October 1689, was
buried in a vault under [>art of the church of St Laurence in
the Jewry, within the city of London. " In the Plulosophkal
" Tramactiom nu. 194. an. 1691, are .Sir George Ent's Obser-
" vationet PontJeritTettudinit, cum in Autumno Terram tubiret,
" mm ejutdem ex TerrS f'erno Tempore exeuntit Pondere cofw-
" parati per plure* Annot repeliUr. See also the said Ttaiuac-
" tioru, nu. 1/3."
Dec. 6. Charles Vane master of arta of Sanmure. — Hr
was a cailet of the knightly family of the Vanes of Faire-
liiine in Kent; and being nearly related to sir Hen. Vane,
closed with the faction, antl in 1 6.50 w as sent agent into
Portugal by the parliament of England.
Jan. 19. Thom. Tp.MrLE batch, of div. of Line, colh
sometime M. of A. and fellow of Trin. coll. near to Dublin,
was then incorporated batch, of div. — ^The said degree he
took there 18 June 16.'iO, and in the beginning of Marck
following he was licensed to proceed in this university, a«
'tis before told you. This person, who was brother to sir
Joh. Temple knight, master of the rolls, and one of his
majesty's privy council in Ireland, continuctl not long in
Line. coll. for upon the turn of the times in 1641, 1 find him
in London to be a forward jrreacher, an<l about that time
minister of Battersea in Surrey, afterwards a frequent
preacher before the members of the long parliament, and
one of the assembly of divines ; which is all 1 know of him,
only he hath certain sermon* in print which he preached
before the said members; one of which is entit. Christ's
Government in and over hi» People, before the house of com.
at their fast 26 Oct. 1642, on Psal. 2. 6. Lond. 1642. qu.
" He w:is rector of Tredington in Worcesttrshire in the
" place of Dr. Smith."
Creatioru.
Apr. 1 1 . JoH V J uxoN, an officer belonging to the lord trea-
surer (qui adcubitum summi totius.Angliaj tliesaurarii acom-
putis est, as the Register hath it) was declared batch, of the
I [Geo. Elite coll. Sidn. admissus m matricnlam acad. Cant. Jul. 8, 1624.
Reg. Acad.
Geo. Elite coll, Sid. art. bac. ad Baptist 1627.
An. 1624, Georpius Eut fil. Josiae Ent Ketienm et niercatoris Aiigk>-Bejg«,
natus Sabuloduiii sive Sandwici in com. Caiitii, uistitulus per tres plus mintu
annos in schola Iloterodaincnsi in UoHandia, por Jacohum Beckiiian, antca
vero per quadrieniiium, Vecse, quod est oppidura in Walacliia per eumlem
praeceptorem, adalesceiis 19 annorura adtuiiius est ad couvictum scliolariuni
mense Apriles. Tutore et fidejussore Ri. i)u^arxi S. T.B. solvjtque pro io-
gressu Vs. Heg. CoU. Sid. Cmt. p. 179. Baieb.]
505
u;;j8.
TASTI OXONIENSEis.
i(;;jw.
506
civil law by a diploma then read and sealed. — He wag nearly
related to Dr. Juxon, bishop of London and lord treasurer
of England.
Philip Warwick, secretary to the lord treasurer (qui
ad cubitum, &c. ab epistolis est, as in the said Heg.) was
also diplomated batch, of the civ. law the same day. — This
noted per.son, who was the son of Tlioni. AVarwick, ori^anist
of the abbey church of St. Peter in Westminster, and ho,
the son of Thorn. Warwick of Hereford, descended from tiie
Wanvicks or Warth^vykes of Warwick in Cumberh\nd, wa.s
born in the said city of Westminster, educated in Katon
coll. scliool near Windsor, and wiis for a time chorister
at Westminster. Afterwards he travelled into France, and
was much at Geneva under tlie instruction and good coun-
sel of Deodatus the famous divine. Thence returning into
his native country, witli many accomplishments, l)ecame
secretary to the lord treasurer before-mention'd, one of the
clerks of the signet, and in 1640 was elected a burgess for
the town of Kailnor in Wales, to sit in that parliament
which began at \\'estminster 3 Nov. the same year. But
perceiving soon after, what desperate courses the members
thereof took, he retired to his majesty, wjis with him at
Oxon, and sate in tlie parliament there, an. 1G43, at which
[2781 ti'ne and after he had his lodging in University coll. and his
counsel was much relyed upon by his majesty. Afterwards
he was one of the commissioners to treat with those a])-
pointed by parliament, for the surrender of the g'arri.son of
Oxon, an. 1G46, and in 1648 he did attend his majesty in
his disconsolate condition in the isle of Wight. In the times
of usurpation he w;is invohed in the same troubles, as all
loyalists were ; but after his majesty's restoration, being
then fix'd in the clerkship of the signet, he became secre-
tary to Thomas earl of Southanijjton, lord treasurer of
England, in which place he acted so much, and so dexte-
rously, that he, being then a kniglit, was usuiUly called ' sir
Philip the treiisurer.' This person tho' he hath published
nothing " with his name to it," yet he hath left behind him
several things fit for the press, among which are, (1) Me-
moirs or- Reflections upon the Reign of K. Ch. I. in fol.*
(2) Of Government as examined by Scripture, Reason, and the
Law of the Land : or, true Weights and Measures between So-
vereignty and Liberty, fol. &c. " this was writ in the year
" 1678, and published Lond. 1694. oct." He was esteemed
by those that knew him to be a jjerson of a public spirit,
above the riches and preferments of the world, and to be
just in all his actions, and needed not therefore that charac-
ter which a certain nameless author ' gives of him thus, that
he never lies more than when he professes to speak the sin-
cerity of his heart. He died on tlie 17th of the cal. of Feb.
1682, aged 74 years,* and was buried in the church at Chi-
selherst in Kent, where he had an estate. I have seen an
epitaph made on him by Dr. Tho. Pierce, dean of Salisbury,
the first part of which runs thus, ' Cavesis tibi viator, ne
» [With a continuation ' to the happy restaiiration,' printed in 8vo. Lond.
1701, with a portrait of the author. This lias also been reprinted in a very
neat volume, Lond. 18.]
' The author uf A seasonable Argument, See. printed 1677. p. 12.
« [Sir Philip Warwick, horn in Warwick hous, Wcstnir. Dec. 24, 1609 —
by his last will, dat. July 4, 1682, he gave y'^ interest of (. 100 to put out
poor children to sea service for ever. He dyed 17 Kebr. 1682, being aged 73
years ; a year younger than Mr. Wood makes him. Mi'. Hia. of St. Margaret's,
Westminster. Kennet.
Of Sir Philip Warwick, see Dr. Hammond's Life, p. 56 ; Clarendon's Conti-
nuation, pp. 31'i, S'iti, 23.5; Thoresby's Leeds, p. 173; Birch's Hut. ./ the
Hoyal Society, iv, 233 ; Sir R. Fanshaw's letters, p. 350 ;— And of hii son,
RobuiKin'9 Suiden, p. 75, aad Thorpe's Rtgiit. Roffensc, p. 930.]
legens, lugeas : nam cujus fidem veriverbio Caroius primiu
celebravit, (Carolusquc secundum cs|)ertus o«t) Ncc m^oni
quidcm nee plura de se dici voluit. Vir ccelu iiatu*, boao-
rum in tcrris desiderium, optimua veri irstiinator, equi
bonique teuacissimus Philippu.s Warwick, &c. " To this
" Phil. Warwick is lusrrib'd, A Letter iu Mr. S, ' . ,,.
" thall, shewing that it xiere better to ciiinply aith ./'§
" Offers and Desires if Peace, than to pursue the JJntii^tum
" of this Land, in the donlinuance of this unnatural H'ar. Pr.
" 1646. I sh. ((." 111.1 son and heir was Philip Warwick,
esquire, sometimes envoy extraordiiutry from hix maje»ty
to the king of Sweden, who returning post thence, to tlie
court at Newmarket, in order (uirtly to ttike the hut breath
of his father, died suddenly of an a|>oplcxy there in bis bed,
on Monday the 12ih of March 1682.
The beforc-niention'd Tho. Warwick, father to sir Philip,
was also one of the organists of the royal chappel belonging;
to K. Ch. I. and was so admirably well skill'd in the theory
part of music, that he coni|)oscd a Song of forty Parts, for
forty several persons, each of them to have his part entire
from the other. This song was pcrform'd before his loa-
jesty about the year 16.35, by forty musicians, mostly be-
longing to his majesty, and by some to certain churchc*,
iuiiong whom lien. Rogers of Windsor was one.
Apr. 17. Jon. Maplet of Ch. Ch. was then actually
created master of arts, being about to take a journey to bis
uncle in Holland. — He is hereafter to be remcmbred as a
writer.
July 4. Hen. Killigrew of Ch. Ch. was actually created
master of arts. — He is to be numbred hereafter among the
writers of this university.
TuEODORus UcHT.MANMUs of Groning was this year (in
July) entred a student in the public library, where he
studied the supream facully. He was afterwards professor
of the Hebrew tongue at Leyden, and a publisher of seve>
ral booths.
" JoH. Radulph Wettslein of Basil, professor of the
" Greek tr.;igue there, studieil at Uxoa this year, and after
" his return became famous."
An. Dom. 1639.— 15 Gas. 1.
Chancellor.
Dr. Laud, archb. of Canterbury.
Vice-chancellor.
Dr. Frewen again, Jul. 13.
Proctors.
Edw. Fulham of Ch. Ch. Apr. 24.
Rob. Heywood of Brasen. coll. Apr. 24.
Batchelor of Music.
Jul. 5. Will. Ellis, lately organist of Eaton coll. near
to VVindsor, now of St. John's coll. in Oxon. — He hath
some small things of his faculty extant, as rounds, citches,
sacred hymns ami canons for voices, wiiich you may |>artly
see in a book entit. J choice Collection of Catihrs, Rouitds,
and Canons for three or four Voices. Lond. 165^, &c. oct.
collected and publislied by John Hilton, batch, of music,
sometimes organist of St. >Lu-garet's church in West-
minster, and clerk of the parish belonging thereunto. This
Mr. Ellis died in M;igd. parish in ihe North suburb of
Oxon, and was buried in the churchyard there, in the latter
end of the year 1679-
507
16-39.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1639.
508
BatcheloTs of Arts,
Mat 8. Christop. Love of New inn.
16. JoH. J.\CKSON of Gloc. hiill. — ^This person, who
was a Cornish man born, is not to be understood to be the
same with that Jo. Jackson, M. of A. of Cambridge, as it
seems, born at or near Hathornewait, in the forest of Over-
Wiersdale in Lancasliire, beneficed in Essex, and author of
several tracts of practical divinity, as of (l) A Taste of the
[2"9] Truth as it is inJesus, consisting often Questions and Answers, &c.
Lond. 1648. oct. (2) Directions for private fVorshipof God, &c.
printe<l there tlie same year : besides divers sermons pub-
lished in 1641, and 42, &c. "Besides this Joh. Jackson,
" there have been several of both his names that have been
" writers or translators ; as (1) Joh. Jackson, who trans-
" lated from Lat. into English, a book entit. De Immortali-
" tate Jnima, Lond. 1611. oct. written by Guilermus Houp-
" pelandus. (2) Joh. Jackson, his Exact Concordance of the
" holy Bible. Camb. 1668. qu. There wasalso one John Jack-
" son, jKirson of Marsh in Richmoiidshire, who hath writ-
" ten The faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, described by polish -
" ingthe twelve Stones in the High-Priest's Pectoral, &c. Lond.
" 1628 This John Jackson was of the assembly of divines,
" an. 1643, and preacher of Grays-Inn; but qua;re wliether
" the same person with John Jackson of Line. coll. son of
" a Yorkshire minister, who was 23 years of age in 1628,
" or by his father a minister, if his Christian name was
" John. One John Jackson published these things foUow-
" ing. The true evangelical Temper and Disposition, preach'd
" in three Sermons at St. Martin's in the Fields, on Isa. xi. 6,
" 7, 8. Lond. 1641. oct. The Book of Conscience opened and
" read, in a Sermon preach'd at the Spittle on Easter Tuesday,
" 12 Ap. 1642. on Lond. 1642. in tw. Of Conversion
" or Repentance, the chiefest Point in practical Divinity,
" printed 1640. in tw. Sermon on Prov. 15. ver. 15. —
" 1642. oct. Sermon on Cant. 6. ver. 9. — 1640. oct."
Jun. 13. Rich. Parr of Exet. coll.
GiLB. Coles of New coll.
Will. Bew of New coll.
The last was afterwards bishop of LandafF.
15. Thom. Manton of Hart hallj lately of Wadh.
coll.
JoH. Nelme of Magd. hall was admitted the same day. —
See among the masters, an. 1642.
19. Hen. BENNETofCh. Ch.
Tho. Willis of Ch. Ch.
Of the first of these last two, you may see more among
the created doctors of law, an. 1663. The other was after-
wards an eminent physician.
Jul. 4. Tho. Lamplugh of Qu. coll.
Tho. Tullie of Qu. coll.
John Dale of Qu. coll.
The first of these three was afterwards archb. of York,
the other two writers, and the last afterwards of Magd.
coll.
5. Joh. Corbet of Magd. hall.
12. JoH. Maudit of Exet. coll. — See among the mas-
ters, 1642.
24. Will. Russell of Lincoln coll.
Nov. 19. Sam. Aneley of Queen's coll.
Dec. 10. Walt. Blanford of Wadh. coll.
The last of which three was afterwards bishop of Wor-
cester.
Jan. 18. Thankful Owen of Exeter, afterwards of Lin-
coln coll. — See among the masters in 1646.
23. Will. Scrogos of Pemb. coll.
" Feb. 20. John Feeebeb of Oriel coll. — One John Fer-
" riby or Ferebye, educated in Oxon, was minister of Thoy •
" don Sernon, and lecturer of Epping in Essex, and hath
" written A Discourse, shewing that they only ought to preach,
" who are ordained Ministers, &c. Lond. 1652-53, qu. The Pul-
" pit Guard reliev'd, in answer to a Book call'd, The Pulpit-
" Guard routed, written by Tho. Collier. Lond. 1652-53. qu.
" which Collier was a husbandman, afterwards a teacher to
" the chuich at York, and in 1652 a teacher at Westljury
" in Somersetshire. What other things Joh. Ferriby hath
" written I know not, nor whether he be the same with
" Joh. Ferebye, son of a father of both his names of Ciren-
" cester in Glocestershire, who became eitlier one of the
"clerks or choristers of AU-s. coll. an. 1631, aged 17
" years; or tliis Joh. Ferebee, son of a father of both his
" names (sometimes master of arts of Magd. liall, and af-
" terwards minister of Poole in North- Wiltshire) who be-
" came a commoner of Oriel coll. about the beginning of
" 1636, aged 17 years, and taking one degree in arts in
" Feb. 1639, left the university. Joh. Ferebee, minister of
" Poole, died the 2d of May 1662, and was buried in the
" chancel of tiie church there : over whose grave was soon
"after a stone laid, with an inscription thereon; wherein
" he is stiled ' theologus tam studio, quam exercitio insig-
" nis.' If this stone was laid for Joh. Ferebee, sometimes
" M. of A. of Magd. hall before-mentioned, then uas he 87
" years of iige when he died, as being 16 years of age when
" he was matriculated in Feb. 1591."
AU which batchelors, except Jackson, are to be men-
tioned among the writers, and in the Fasti, in another
vol. of this work.
Admitted 217-
Batchelors of Law.
Six were admitted this year, of whom Joh. Nicholson
of Mag. coll. lately i)roctor of the university was one ; and
John Wainwright of Ali-s. coll. another. Both which
were chancellors after the restoration of K. Ch. II.
Masters of Arts.
Apr. 29. Will. Creed of St. Joh. coU.
May 2. George Lawrence of New inn.
John Norris of Pembroke coll. lately of Ch. Ch.
13. Benj. Wells of St. Mary's hall, afterwards of
All-s. coll.
16. Tho. IIolyoake of Qu. coll.
Rob. Wickens of Ch. Ch.
July 4. Hen. Vaughan of Jes. coll.
5. Thom. Gawen of New coll.
Feb. 5. Joh.Riland of Magd. coll.
22. Ralph Button of Mert. coll.
Joh. Priaulx of Mert. coll.
The last, saving one, was made afterwards, by the par-
liamentarian visitors, orator of the university, and canon of
Ch. Ch.
Admitted 135.
Batchelors of Physic.
But three were admitted this year, of whom Edw. Len-
TON of Magd. hall, was one, and John Edwards of St.
John's coll. reader of the nat. philosophy lecture another.
Batchelors of Divinity.
Jul. 4. NiCH. Gibbon of St. Edm. hall.
Rich. Stannix of Qu. coll.
[380]
509
1G39.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
ICSii.
510
Dec. 17- Tho. Good of lial. coll.
Feb. 6. Noel Spakk. of C. C. coll.
The last was a lun.st excellent Lutinist and Grecian, a most
curious critic in all kind of learning, and admirably well
vers'd in the fathers, yet never published any tiling. His
epitaph you may see in Hint. Sf Antiq. Vniv. Oxon. lib. 2.
p. 244. b.
Edm. Vawghan of C. C. coll. was admitted the same
day.
Admitted 18.
Doctors of Law.
June 13. Tho. Lloyd of St. Job. coll.
25. Herbert Pelham of Magd. coll.
Jul. 5. JohnNicolson of Magd. coll.
The last, who accumulated, was after liis majesty's resto-
ration made chancellor of the dioc. of Gloc.
Doctors of Ph7jsic.
June 14. Jon. Edwards of St. John's coll. — He accumu-
lated the degrees in jjliysic, being at this time, as I have
before told you, natural philosophy professor.
19. Thom. Clapton of Pemb. coll. — He was after-
wards the king's professor of physic, warden of Merton
college, and a knight.
Jvd. 5. JoH. Aubrey of Magd. coll.
Nov. 24. Bridstock Harford of Line. coll.
Doctors of Divinity,
Apr. 29. John Oliver of iSIagd, coll. — This person, who
was -^ Kentish man born, and originally of Mert. coll. w;is
afterwards successively demy and fellow of that of ISIagd.
where his eminence in learning and orthodox principles in
religion being conspicuous, he was taken into the service of
Dr. Laud, arclib. of Cant, and by him made his domestic
chaplain, and promoted in the church ; but losing all in the
time of tlie rebellion, be was elected president of his coll.
in April 1644, upon the advancement of Dr. Frevven to the
see of Litchfield.' In the latter end of 1647 he was turned
out of his presidentship, by the connuittee of lords and
commons for the reformation of the uni\ersity of Oxon, and
in the beginning of the next year, by the visitors themselves
in their own proper persons. So that afterwards living
obscurely and in great hardship, wanted the charities which
he before bestowed on the poor and the public, being in a
manner the object of charity himself. On the 18th of May
1660, which was about a fortnight before his majesty's re-
turn, he was by the authority of pari, restored to his presi-
dentship, and on the 22d of the said month he took posses-
sion thereof, being the first of all loyal heads that was re-
stored to what they had lost in this university.'' Soon after
he was by his majesty's favour nominated dean of Wor-
cester, in the place of Dr. Rich. Holdsworth, who died
1649; in which dignity being installed 12 Sept. 1660, kept
it to the time of his death ; which hapning 27 Oct. 1661,
was buried in Magd. coll. cliappel. This most learned,
meek, and pious person, was strangely desirous to leave this
world, tho' few alive had then such temptations to stay in
it. That little which he had got since his majesty's return,
he gave to pious uses, either to the j'oor, or reparation of
churches, viz. St. Paid's, Winchester (of which he was pre-
bendary) Worcester, and to bis coll. To which last his two
immediate predecessors, Wilkinson and Goodwin, who were
' [Sec Dr. Hammmd's Life, pages 27, 31.]
■• [See Kennel's RegUtcr aid ChrmicU, p. 153.]
thrust in by the parliament and Oliver for their «aiat«lifp utd
zeal to the blessed cause, gave not a furtliing, but rak'd and
scrap'd up all that they amid get thence, nj the rent of th«
saints then did in the university. Dr. (Jliver left uImj a le-
gacy seal'd up in a paper to iiir l-xlw. Hyde, then earl of
Clarendon, and lord chanc. of England, sonietinicit hi« pupil
while he was in the univer.tily, fcir ujton lii.i motion it v/at
that he Wius made dean of \\'orcester, and legacies to hia
nephews, niece (who had been kind to him in hi< wantii)
and servants. There was some affinity between him and
Tho. Oliver, an eminent phy.sician and mathematician,
(educiited, os 1 concei\e, in Cambridge) apractilioner of lii<i
faculty at St. E<lniund's Uury, where he died and wiw buried
in 1624. The titles of his works you may »ee iu the Uxfurd
Catalogue.
May 9. Thom. Wykes of St. Joh. coll.
17. Aaron Wilson of Queen's coll.
The last was now archdeacon of Exeter, ' in which dig-
nity he w iis succeeded by Edw. Yonge, D. D. who occurs
archdeacon 1660.
June 2.5. Bkltno Ryves of Magd. coll.
Jul. 2. Joseph IIensiiaw of Magd. hall.
4. KiCH. Gibbon of St. Edm. hall.
The last of which accumulated.
.5. Walt. Clauk of Magd. coll.
Nov. 29. Will. Hobbs of Trin. coll.
Incorporations.
June 13. Will. Mosrvs, M. A. of St. John'rt poll. In
Cambr.' — One of both hi« names occurs archdeacon of
Bangor in 1640, and whether he succeeded in that dignity
Edw. Hughes, D. D. rector of Woughton in Bucks, who
died in Oct. 1633, I cannot yet tell.'
Rob. Lesley, a noble young man of great hopes, son of
Henry, bishop of Down and (Connor, and M. of A. of Aber-
deen in Scotland, was incorporated the same day. — The de-
gi'ec of batch, of arts was confer'd upon him in the univer-
sity of Dublin 23 March 1636, and that of master at .\ber-
deen, 16 July 1638.
July 2. Rob. Price, doct. of the laws of Dublin. — He was
afterwards bishop of Ferns and Leighlin in Ireland.'
9. Edward Lane, M. of A. of Cambridge. — This
* [Aaron Wilson resign. eccli'«ra S. Stepliani Walbrook, Lond. ante SO Apr.
1635, quo die adin. est Tho. Ilimcll, ST. P. Reg. Ijmd. HrsNtr.]
" [Will. IMostyii, cull. Jo. Cant. .\. M. Cam. 16^7. Bakik.]
7 [WiHiani Mostvn wa.i one of the younger sons of S' Roger .Nfostjn, K'.
by his laily Mary, the ehle«t daughter of S' John Wynne of Gwidr, B'. H«
was rector of Crisleton near Chester, and arcMeacon of Baneor. lie dyed
about 16rO, or 71. His eldest son and heir by his first wife is Roger Mostyn
of Brynibo, esq; high sherif of Uenby shire for the year Hi89. And his now
eldest son and heir by his second wife (who was .Ann, d ■-' ' coheir
of John I.ewih of Chwaen wen com. Anglesey, est|; and I* - John
Mostyn, .\. M. of Cambr. souietitnc chaplain to the prcsc!/ ~ \»aph,
and now rector of Castle and Ltanginiw coin. Montgomery, and preiK-nd of
Mivod in the church of S' .Vsaph, and rector of the sine cure of Whitford.
Edward Hughes was instituted to the arclideaconry of IJangur on the death
of Rich. Gwyn, A. M. Oct. 'it, 1617, and on his death \\ illiam Mostjn w«i
instituted toil Oct. iJ6,l(i.i!. IIuMPHRrvs]
» [Robert Price was the younger son of John Price, the eWcr of lUiiwla*
in the county of Merion. e>q; and of Ann, the daughter of John Lloyd, re-
gister of S' Asaph h'ls wife. He was ordaim-d deacon in the cathedral of
liangor on Sunday the first of June 163-t, being then LI.. B. of Christ
church. Soon after this he was instituted to the yicaridge of Towin com.
Mcriun. and installed chancellor of the chuixb of Uangor, Nov 16. l&U.
He resigned both his places here in 36, and went over into Ireland with rov
lord Stratford, as one of his chaplains, Wliat preferments he liad there I
know not, more than he was Bp. of Ferns, and had hia Conge d'Eslire to
have been removed to Bangor, but dyed before that affitir «•» finished iS
Spring 1666. IU-mi'iirlvs.]
[Mil
511
1039.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
1639.
512
person, who was educated in Paul's school, and afterwards
in St. John's coll. in the said university,' became vicar of
Northstrobury in Essex, by the fiivour of the lord keeper
Coventry 1630,' and was thence removed by the same hand
to the vi'caridge of Spersholt near to Rumsey in Hampshire..
He huth written LmoU nnto Jestit : or, an Ascent to the holy
Mount, to see Jesus Christ in his Glory, &c. Lond. 1663. qu.
and Mercy triumphant : the Kingdom of Christ enlarged beyond
the narrow Bounds which have been put to it by Dr. Lewis du
Moulin, in his inost Anti-Christian Book called Moral Reflec-
tions on the Number of the elect. &c. Lond. 1680. qu. In
which year the author Ed. Lane was living at Spersholt.
The said book was reprinted in the year following, with
this title, Du Moulin's Reflections reverberated, being a full
Answer to a Pamphlet, entit. ' Moral Reflections on the Number
of the elect,' together with several Arguments about Transub-
stanliation, not in any Author yet. To which is added. An
Answer to Mr. Edm. Hiclceringil's scurrilous Piece, stiled. The
second Part of naked Truth.
Will. Gorton, batch, of div. of the univei-sity of St.
Andrew in Scotland, was incorporated the same day. — He
was now vicar of Lower Gitting in Glocestershire.
Jul. — Thom. Mocket, master of arts of Cambridge. —
He was educated in Queen's coll. in that university, * was
about this time minister of Holt in Denbighshire, and after-
wards of Gildeston or Gildesden in Hertfordshire. He hath
published certain sermons, and Christmas, the Christians grand
Feast : its Original Growth, and Observation : Also of Easter,
Whitsontide, &c. Lond. 16.51. qu. besides other things.
Jul. — EuM. Calamy, batch, of div. of Cambridge.' —
After he had left that university l\e became a preacher in
St. Edniundsbury in Suffolk, where, as a certain ■* anonymus
observes, he complyed with bishop Wren the diocesan,
preach'd frequently in liis surplice and hood, read prayers
at the rails, bowed at the name of Jesus, and undertook to
satisfy and reduce such as scrupled at those ceremonies.
Thus the said nameless autlior ; yet Calamy himself saith '
that while he continued there, he never bowed to, or to-
wards, the altar, never read the book of sports, never read
prayeis at the high altar, and that he preached against
innovations, &c. But so it was, let he himsflf say what he
will, that after he had continued 10 years at that place, and
had complyed, as is before-mention'd, Robert, the purita-
nical carl of Warwick, usually said ' he would be lost if he
' were not taken off,' and so removed him to Rochford in
Essex : where continuing till the long parliament began in
Nov. 1640," removed thence to London, and became mini-
ster of St. Mary Aldti nianbury. About which time the
9 [Ed. Lane, coll. Jo. quadrantarius, adiii. matric. acad. Cant. Jul. 4,
1622. E. L. coll. Jo. A.B. 1625.— A.M. 1629. lieg. Acad. B.>ker.]
' [Edw. Lane, A. M. admiss. ad vie. de North-Shobuiy com. Ess.
24 Mar. 1630, ad pres. regis: ccssit autc 28 Jan. 1635. " lieg. Laud.
Kennkt.]
« [Vho. Mocket, coll. Regin. quadrant, adra. in matric. acad. Cant. Jul. 4.
1622, Ueg. ibid.
T. M. coll. Regin. A. B. 162.1— A. M. 1631. Baker.]
' [Jul. 4, 1616, Edm. Calamv aul. Pcnibr. conv. 2. adin. in matric. acad.
Cant.— A.B. 1619.— S.T. B. 1632. Jieg. ibid.
Edm. Calamy aul. Pcmbr. A.M. 1658. Heg.—Filius, ut opinor. Baker.]
* i«ber Sudnnt: or. Historical Obtermlim$ u;«wi the Proceedings, Pretences,
md Design of a premUing Party in both Homes of Parliament, &c. Oxon. 1643
qu. p«g. 32.
» In Ins Just and nccessan/ Apotogy against an unjust Invective of Mr. Hen.
Burton, &c. printed 1C46. |)ag. 9. •' ./
« [Nic. Beard, A. M. admiss. ad rect. de Hocliford com. Essex, 21 Nov
16o9. per resign. Edm. Calamy ad pres. Rob, com. Warwick. Ueg. Laud.
presbyterian growing dominant, he became a great evange-
list of the new way, encouraged the people to rebellion, was
one of those that joyned in making Smectymnus, which was
the first deadly blow in England given to episcopacy (as
divers thought) that had ha])ned for many years before.
His house also in tliat parish was a receptacle then for all
presbyterian ministers, and there was the remonstrance
framed against the prelates, and all or most things hatclied
to carry on the blessed and beloved cause. At that time
he was a frequent preacher before the members of the long
parliament, and he was the first that did openly defend,
before a committee of parliament, that our bishops were not
only not an order distinct from presbyters, but that in
scripture a bishop and a presbyter weie all one. After-
wards he was made one of the assembly of tlivines, took the
covenant, to which he closely stuck ever after ; and was not
wanting on all occasions to carry on the cause, wliereby he
gained to himself not only a name and repute anioiij:; the
brethren, but also wealth, which was the chief thing he
looked after. After his majesty's return in 1660, there were
some offers in private made to him of a l)ishoprick, condi-
tionally that he would conform, but made delays, thinking
to enjoy that honourable function as to be alter'd by the
king's declaration about ecclesiastical affairs, and to be used
according to that declaration, and not according to the an-
cient laws and customs of the land and church. Wherefore [282]
he being uncertain whether the king's tieclaration would
stand, or pass into a law, he delayed to see the certainty ;
and when he saw that the declaration was dead, and prelacy
was as 'twas before, he utterly refu.sed it. So tliat continuing
in the said cure of St. Mary Aldermanbury till St. Bartho-
lomew's day in 1662, he was then ejected for nonconfor-
mity. Notwithstanding which, he preached soon after in
the said church on a Sunday, and on the 28th oi Dec. fol-
lowing, when then, among other dangerous passages, he
said ' the ark of God was lost, and the glory was departed
from Israel.' For which his contempt to the then late. act
of parliament for uniformity, he was by virtue of the lord
mayor's mittimus coinmitted prisoner to Newgate on the 6
Jan. 1662, where continuing for some time. Dr. Rob.
Wild, the Presbyterian poet, made and published a poem
on his imprisonment, as did the author call'd Hudibras.
Most of the things that he hath written and published are
sermons : seven of which at least were jireached before the
long parliament, as (1) England's Looking-glass, before the
House of Commons at their solemn Fast, 22 Dec. 1641 : on
Jer. 18. 7, 8, 9, 10. Lond. 1642. qu. (2) God'sfree Mercy
to England : before the House of Commons at their solemn Fast,
23 Fel. 1641 : on Ezek. 36. 32. Lond. 1642. qu. (3) The
Nobleman's Pattern of true and real Thankfulness, at a solemn
Thanksgiving, 15 Jun. 1643 : on Josh. 24. 15. Lond. 1643.
qu. (4) England's Antidote against the Plague of Civ. Mar,
before the House of Commons at their Fast : on Acts 17- latter
part of the 13th verse. Lond. 164.5. qu. (5) An Indictment
against England, because of her self-murdering Divisions, before
the House of Lords at their Fast, 2:5 Dec. (Christmas-day)
1644: on Matth. 12. 25. latter part. Lond. 1645. qu. &c.
Afterwards he published The great Danger of Covenant refus-
ing, and Covenant breaking, &c. preached before the lord
mayoi', sheriffs, aldermen, ministers, &c. of London, on
2 Tim. 3. 3. Lond. 1646. qu. Serm. at the Funeral of Sam.
Bolton ; another before the lord mayor, called The Monster
of self-seeking anatomized ; five sermons, entit. The godly
Man's Ark ; or a City of Refuge in the Day of his Distress,
printed several times in tw. The eighth edition of which
513
1639.
FASTI OXONIENSBS.
1640.
5U
waa printed at Lond. 1683. The first sermon was preached
at the funeral of Mrs. Elizab. Moore, to which are added
her ' evidences for heaven ;'- and the other four were
preached on several occasions. Another serm. to the native
citizens of London called The City Remembraictr , in oct.
Sermon at the Funeral of Rob. Earl of IVarwick, an. 1658.
Sermon at the Funeral of Simeon Ash, an. 1662, and about the
same time A Farewel Sermon when he was to leave St. Mary
Aldermanbiiry, &c. He hath also written A just and neces-
sary Apology against an unjust Invective, published by Mr. Hen.
Burton, in a late Book of his entit. Truth still Truth, though
shut out of Doors, &c. Lond. 1646. qu. Also The Art of
divine Meditation, in oct. and A leading Case, &c. At length
having lived to a fair age, gave way to fate in Oct. 1666,
being soon after the grand confliigration of the city of
London, wFiich liastned his end, but where buried, unless
within the precincts of the church of St. Mary Alderman-
bury, which a little liefore was consumed by the said fire, I
cannot yet tell.' He left behind him a son named Henja-
min, afterwards D. of D.» a loyal person, excellent preacher,
and a zealous man for the church of England. Of Edm.
Calamy, see more in Jos. Cai-yl in another volume.
Jul. 10. Thom. Fleetwood, doctor of the laws of Pa-
dua.— H^ was now, or lately, of AU-s. coll.
Oct. 12. George Hammond, scholar of Trin. coll. near
to Dublin, and batch, of arts, there,
Nov. 9. Dudley Loftus of Trin. coll. before-mention'd,
■was incorporated batch, of arts, as he had stood there ;
which degree was conferr'd upon him in that university
(Dublin) 19 Jan. 1637.
Dec. 17. Richard Rolle, batch, of arts of Cambr. — He
was now of Gloc. hall, but originally of New inn, which is
till I know of him.
March 16. Eow. Harrison, batch, of arts of St. Joh.
coll. in Cambridge.
Creations.
Jun. 14. John Birkenhead of Oriel coll. was declared^
mast, of arts, and admitted to the degree in the congrega-'
tion house, by virtue of the diploma of the arciib. of Can-
terbury, dated 5 Oct. 1639, I shall make mention of this
person at large in another vol. of this work.
" Apr. 24, 1639, Thom. Hoyges or Hoyge, a Scot, be-
" ing then a sojourner in Oxon, was entred a student in
" the public library. This person is the same, 1 suppose,
" who afterwards became the noted Presbyterian minister
" of the parish of Kildarae in the county of Ross, near the
" laird of Foulis, his house. If so, then it must be known
" that he entred on the ministry in 1655, was in the way
" he profess'd blest with success, the seals whereof are vi-
" sible to this day on many zealots of the same profession.
" After the restoration of K. Ch. II. he being lookM x\[V3n
" as a great enemy to episcopacy was deposed, silenced,
" and imprison'd for a long time in the Bass, and at length
" banished. So that making Holland his recess, he
" became esteemed by those of his persuasion for his learn-
" ing and great piety. He was esteemed very singular for
" natural and acquired parts, and so faithful in the dis-
" charge of his function, that he stood in awe of no man,
T [An. 1666, Nov. 7. Edm. Calamy, once minister of St Mary Alderman-
bury, buried in the ground of liis late parish, then demolished by the late
fire, died at Enfield, Oct. 29. Mr. Ric. SmUh't Obittuay, ptibl. by Peck, in
his Deiid. Curima, sub ann. 1666.] -,
' [Ben. Calamy aul. S« Catherinee, A.B. 1664-5.— A.M. 1668. Ktg.
Bakes.]
" tho' as 'tis said his enemies stood in awe of him. He had,
" more than an ordinary foresight of things to come, and
" did plainly foretell the prince of Orange his descent and
" success : after whose comeing to the crown the said
" king (Will. 3.) was pleased to send him a commiisioa to
" be one of his chaplains in Scotland, a little before his
" death, which hapned in Sept. 1692. See The Oreat llu-
" torical, Geographical and Poetical Dictionary, tie. Lond.
" 1694, vol. 2d. in voce Thomas."
An. Dom. 1640.— 16 Car. I.
Chancellor.
Dr. Laud, archb. of Canterbury.
F«ce-c/ianceWor.
Christoph. Potter, D. D. provost of JJueen's coU. and
dean of Worcester.
Proctors,
P«ter Allibond of Line. coll. Apr. 15.
NicH. Greaves of All-s. coll. Apr. 15.
But the senior dying in the parish of St. Bride in London
about the beginning of Feb. Will. Watson of the same
coll. was within few days after elected into his place, and
admitted according to the Caroline cycle.
Batchelor of Music.
July 9. Arthur Philipps, organist of Magd. coll. and
public professor of the musical jjraxis of this university. —
Afterwards, upon the change of the times, and a perfect
foresight of the ruin of the church, he changed his religion
for that of Rome, and became organist to Henrietta Maria,
qu. of England. From whose service being 'dismist he re-
turned into England, and was entertained by a Roman
Catholic gent, called Caryll of Sussex. He hath ma<le se-
veral vocal compositions of two and three parts, which
have been tried and commended by several great masters of
music ; but whether any of them are extant, I cannot yet
tell. One Pet. Pliilips, an English man and organist to
Albert the archduke of Austria, hath composed and pub-
lished Madrigals for eight Voices. Antwerp 1599. qu. dedi-
cated to sir Will. Stanley, a colonel of a regiment of English
imd Walloons. To which Peter Philipps, Arthur before-
mention'd was nearly related, if not descended from him.
Batchelors of Art*.
Apr. 22. Humph. Brooke of St. John's coll.
June 4. Henr. Stanhope of Ex. coll. son of the earl of
Chesterfield.
George Jolliff of Pembr. afterwards of Wadham, coll.
admitted the same day.
11. Sim. Ford of Magd. hall.
July 7. Martin Llewellin of Ch. Ch.
Oct. 24. John Fell of Ch. Ch.
Rich. Allestrie of Ch. Ch. .
Nov. 3. Will. Joyner of Magd. coll.
6. George Stradling of Jesus, afterwards of All-
soul's coll. — See among the created doct. of div. 1661.
10. Phi HP Stephens of St. Albans hall. — See among
the doct. of phys. an. 1655.
Feb. 9. Will. Jackson of Magd. afterwards of Braeen.
coll. a noted grammarian.
" 25. JoH. Martin of Oriel coll."
2L*
[a«-n
I
515
1640.
FASTI OXOXIENSES.
1C40.
All which batchelors, except Stanhope, will be at large
niention'd elsewhere.
Admitud 181.
Batchelors of Late.
May 19. Rich. Whitlock of All-s. rolL
21. JoHS Maslky of Magd. hall. — He afterwards,
as it seems, studied the comnioa law, aad became euiinent
therein.
Besides these two were nine more admitted, among whom
JoH. Hall of St. Alb. hall was one, a younger son of Dr.
Jos. Hall, bishop of Exeier.
Matters of Arts.
Mar. 28. Joh. Goad of St. Job. coll.
Jun. 18. S.AM. Fishes of Magd. coll.
Jan. — Joh. Bachler or Bacuilek of Gloc. haU. — He
is not to be undei^stood to be the same %Tith Joh. Bachiler,
author of Golden Sunds, &c. Lond. 1647.. The f'irgvis Pat-
tern, &c. Lond. 1661, oct. and of several sermons, because
he was bred in Eman. coll. in Cambridge.
31. Tho. \Ve.aver of Ch. Ch.
Jul. 9. JoH. Fkesch of New inn.
Oct. 20. Dcdley Loftus of Univ. coU.
Nov. 3. Will. Dikgley of Magd. coll.
Jan. 16. Will. Hughes of New inn.
Mar. 6. Edw. Chaubeblayn of 5t. Edm. hall.
22. JoHH HiNKLEY of St. Alb. hall.
Admitted 108
Batchelors of. Physic.
July 18. Edw. Gsbates of All-s. coll.
Fbanc. Goddakd of Exet. coll.
Whether the last was afterwards a writer, I cannot teU.
The first I am sure was.
Batchelors of Dicinittf.
Jnn. 20. Fkabcis Davies of Jesus coll.
Jul. 7. Geohge Bathurst of Trin. coll.
[294] The last of these two, who was fellow of the said coll.
■and a native of Garsingdon near to Oxon, hath extant Ora-
■lio Funebris in Obitum desideratlss. Firi Thonur Alieni CoU.
Trinit. ohm Socii, & Aula Glocestrensis 62 Annas Conwiensa-
ta. Lond. 1632, qu. He was afterwards engaged in his
majesty's .service, was a defendant within the garrison of
Farringdon in Berks, where he died of a wound in the
tbigti, about 1644.
9. John Webbbrley of Line. coll.
Jan. 30. Tho. Masters of New coll.
The first of these two, who was the son of Thom. Web-
berley of East-Kirbey in Lincolnshire, w;is now esteemed by
all a high flown Socinian, and afterwards a desperate zealot
for the king's cause in tlie time of tlie grand rebellion. He
had translated into English several Socinian books ; some
of which he had published without Tiis name set to them :
and others which were lying by him were taken out of his
study by the parliamentarian visitors, an. 1648, in which
year he suffer'd much for his loj"a1ty by imprisonment first,
and afterwards by cxpxilsion. See in Hiit. S( A.itiq. Vnir.
Oxon. lib. 1. p. 405. a. b. &c.
Admitted 16.
Doctors of Law.
July 2. Rich. Chawohth of Ch. Ch. — He was after-
wards vicar general to the archbishop of Canterbury, a
knight, chancellor of Chichester and London. He died and
wa* buried at Richmond in Surrey, in June or July 1673.
RowLAKD Scudamobe of Braseu. col), was admitted the
same day.
Oct. 17. Thom. Hvde of New coll. — He was a younger
son of sir Lnur. Hyde of Salisbury, knight, was about this
time chancellor of that j)lace, and at length judge of the
high court of admiralty. He died in 1661.
Doctor of Physic.
Jun. 9. Chables Bostocr of Ch. Cb. — ^Not one besides
him was licensed to proceed this year.
Doctors of DitinUy.
Apr. 18. Hebbert Croft of Ch. Ch.
June 25. Hes. Cbok.e of Brasen-n. coll.
26. Sebastian Smith of Ch. Ch. — He was now, or
lately, prebendarv- of Peterborough, and chauutor of the
church of WeUs, to which last he was admitted on the death
of Edw. Abbot, on the 9th of March, 1634, and at length
became canon of Ch. Ch. in Oxon.
July 2. Will. Evans of Qa.. coll. now prebendary of
Hereford.
Nov. 28. Rob. Neolis, president of C. C. coU. — He wa«
ejected from his presidentship in 164S, was restored in 16t»<l,
and dying 5 March 16S7, aged 90 years or more, was bu-
ried in C. C. coll. chappel.
Incorporations.
Jul. 14. Tho. Stanley, M.A. of Cainbr.'— This gentle-
man was only son of sir Tho. Stanley '• of Cumberlow
" Green, in com. Hertford, knight," by Mary his second
wife, one of the daughters of Sir William Hammond, ' of
St. Alban's in Noniiigton com. Cantii, knight, by his wife
Eliz. daughter to ,\nthony .\wcher of Bourne in Kent, esq;
and of Margaret his wife, daughter to Edwyn Sandys, lord
archb. of York, and sister to sir Edwyn Sandys of Borne in
com. Cantii, knight, and to Cieorge Sandys, esq; the famous
traveller and excellent poetical metaphrast. He was bom
at Cumberlow aforesaid, educated in grammatical learning
in his father's own house, under Mr. William Fairfax, son
of Eklw. Fairfax of Newhall, in the parish of Otely in the
county of York, esq; the much commended translator of
Tasso's Godfrey of Bolloign. Initiated in acaderaiad learning
in Pembroke hall in Cambr. in the quality of a gentleman
commoner, ' where he became a very early proficient in all
sorts of polite learning, not without the assistance of the
said Mr. Fairfax, as well during his stay in that university,
* [In the first edition Wood haA pma m to; iiqpeTfect aocoont of Sun-
irv ; bot upon procarii^ better inibmiatioD, he drew op that which now
studs.]
■ [■ Oct. 15, 16^. married Thomas Stanley, gent, and Maij Hammon.'
Rtg.<fWAfi)Bme,Ketd. P.tRs.]
< [(joidam Tho. StanWv, cooptatur in ontinem magistramm inirtibcs, per
giratiaiii, Mar. ii, 1641, uoa cum pnncipe Carolo, Geo. dace Bock, et ajis
Dobilibus. JU^- Acad. .-\Jibi noo inTenio.
Tho. StanlcT aui Pembr. convict. 1, adm'issns in matriculam acad. Cant.
Dec. 15. 1639. Reg. Acad. Fuit igitnr art. mag. extiaord. B>»>.
Dr. Will. Wottoo, in a letter to John Cbaraberl. esq. out of Wales, dat.
Jan. 18, 17tO, wrote thus:
' In a former letter I told vou that if voa had a miDd I would draw op as
account of Mr. Sianlej and his writings, w'h whom and which I am perfaajs
better acqoaiiited than anv man in Kngfand. S' WillSam Hammood of S'
Albans in East Kent, who was his grandfather by the i»o«her^ aide, w«» |{re»t
grandfather to mv wife b; the faiberS, that led ne lang since to he curiQos
to know what Icould concerning that «rf learned genticnan. There wa»
a blocUwwll; bosness prefixed to the last e«fitioo of the Zices cfl3uPUtt»-
jlten, called an account of the life of Mr. Stanley : that blade kitcw so Sttle
of what he wrote about, that he suA Mr. Stanley was air John Mariham'j
nr^>ew, and this he said becaoae Mr. Souiley , at 'the end of a dedicatico of
part of bb H^uty tf tie PUki^crf, underwrites himself sir JUin
1640.
FASTI OXONIENSES.
i««a
518
[2So]
ad afterwards in his more advanced yean ia the times of
usurpatioR, he lived gome time ia the Middle Temple aiter
bis return from hii trarek •broad ^ wbere be estred inio a
near commimication of frieadahip and (todies with his (rill
then unknown) bat aftenrards dear relation, Edward Suer-
bome, esq; arriving aboat the same time at the tame place,
fttMn the unfortunate tradition of Oxford to the parlia-
ntent forces. He became much deserving of the commoD-
wealth of learning in general, and particularly for the
smooth and genteel spirit in poetry, wbicb appcats not only
in his own genalne puems, but also from tbose thij^ be
kath translated out of the antient Greek and Latin, as the
■nodcra Italian, Spanish, and French poets. Uona^ nar-
ried when young, Dorothy the eldest daughter and one of
the cobeirs of sir James Enyon of Flowre, in the county of
Northampton, barooet, by whom be bad the acceasioB of a
fair estate to that of his own.* This Tho. Stanley, esq; is
much c-elebrated by Job. Hall of Durham, in Us i^oeait
which he dedicated to him 1646, oct. His wiitoigB are
{!) Poesu. Load. 1651. Oct.* dedicated to Lore; sone of
which, (and not others in his translation) had, if 1 am not
mistaken, musical compositions set to them fay John Gam-
ble in his book entit. jifra and Dialogmet, to be itmg to the
Theorho-LmU or Baa i'M. Lond. 1651, foL Whidi J.
Gamble, by the way I must let the reader know, was fa«cd
up in the condition of an apprentice under a noftd mastrr
of music called Ambrose Beyland, was afterwards a musi-
cian bdof^ng to a playhoase, one of the comets in tfae
kill's cfaappd, one of the violins to K. Ch. 3. and a coai-
poeer of lesaoas far the king's playhouse. (1) Tramtlaliem
of. Kith jMmtfatkmi m, Emvpa, fm the tdglU of Thtocritn*)
Cmpid ermeyted, Vemu VigiU. Lond. 1649, oct. To the se-
cowl e«&tiaa of which, be added the Trww/nfina rf. ami A'otet
M, jttaertam. Bioa, £t*MS iy Stemmdai. printed 16S1, oct.'
<3) The Butoni of PUIomtpInf, tmUaaumg tkoie cm mkom tie
AttrihmUef fToetras coa^eaL'Lond. 1^5, foL in three
parts, with Stanley s picture befare them. The second vol.
WK printt^ in 1^6, fol. contamiiig five parts, making in
an ^f!tA parts : and at the end of the tecood vol. b Tke
Doctrine of the Stoiela, in two parts. The thinl vol. of the
said Hilt, of PUIatepkfme poUi^bed in 1660. foL teotained
also in several ports. All which parts, iDustrated with
cuts, were reprinted 1687, foL (4) Uittorg of CkMmirk
Pkiian^kg. kc. Load. 1663. (5) Feniom of, amd Commen-
tary em, ^tehfli Tragudi^ Sep^mt ow SekoGa Grccw aani-
bmgjudeper^torum Dramabam Fragmtntit. Lond. 1664, foL
He also translated into KngJish, without annotatioos, (1)
jfmrorm baumm and The Prmee, written by Don Jnen Perez
deMontalvaa. Load. 1650, second e^. (3) Oromta tke
Ofpiimm flrgim, by Signior Girolamo Preti. Load. 1650,
second edit. (3) ji Platamie Dhnmrse of Lore, written in
Ital. by Jo. Ficos Miiandula.— printed 1651, oct. (4) Sft-
n his '-i^rtm
-s in the RdS,
Oromto. by Preti. Eeko, bf Mviao. Uoe', EmkmmmJH
BoMan. Tke Sottadr, by Goii«an,^.%D printed ICSI.oO.
«c. This learned gent. Tho. Staalcy died in his In' '
ia Soflblk Street in the parish of 8c MwtM's in tke 1
ia the city of WestaoinMer, 13 Apr. I«78,
in the church there. He left behsad hia a soa of
aames. edncated ia Pcaib. haD fai Caaibri^R. who,
very young, tnadatcd ialo Eagiiah Claa£ >EI«as hta
f'arkmt Hmlaritt.
Jol. — Thomm PBiiiroTof C^dbrfa^ewasiacaryontal
after the act line, aa a certain prfvMe note tcQs att, bat
in what degree, unkaa ia that of bmIct of am. I rait
yet fiadv — He was tbesoaof Joha F^patof Kaal, (hoaid
of ana* by the Utk of SonMrset) by Sna«i Us wife, oaly
daughter and heir of WilL Glover, btather to ttel mm
skilful gcBcalogiat Robert Glover, SoaMtict herald, wm
educated in Clate hall,* fiaaaMined M. of A. aod waa by
tboae that wdl knew Urn, esteemed a toieraUe pact whca
young, and at riper years well ^tx%-i in atatteo of div.
histMyaad aatiiiaities. He hath extant under his aaaM
(I) EU^oferedrnptotheMemorfofm-iU. Gloter. Esq-, tatt
of ShaUtatom m Baeb. Load. 1641. ifu. (7) frsamaiials
lory EUgy oferoi mp to tke Earl ef £ner, ^oa im iiiifituii
rcHk tke Digmay of Lord CkamUrlam. Losid. 1641, qa.
(3) PocsM, Load. 1646. ocC (4) kUIare Cmmlimmm: or.
Kent tmrteftd amd Uhmtr^fed. hand. 165», aad 1664, UL To
which is added, Ja Otlorieai Calalogmt ^ the if^k Sker^
t^Katt. by John PUl^iet the father, who k indeed tke true
author of flUare CmtOmmm. (5) The CripfUoCamplmmt: a
serm. priated 1663, qn. (6) The OrigimI amd Gromtk ^
tkeSptautkMommrOi^, mailed wUk tke Omme ^ Jmtlria. Load.
1664, oct. (7) jtUiqmitmi Tknlegica * GemtilM. Or tea
DiMcoarm,. Tke jhtt ameenmmg tke Origmal of Omrtket,
mmdOrar^rtet amd eoUaUral EmdtmmtmU: tke letomd tomekmf
tke ReUgkm of Oe Gemtiles, kc Load. IC70. in-tw. (8)
HUtorical Daeomne of tke origmal mU gromtk of Btr^drf,
pr. 1673, oct. (9) i^-kmmdde Mmrtker : or. mme JmtidoUa
gleamed omt of tke Trtatmrieo of otr modem Piaaiifi asd Di-
rime»agaim$ttkatkorridamdreigmm^Sm ^ Sey-aomrtker. Load.
1674, qo. He bath written aad pnbBriwd nthrr lbi^;s
which I have not yet seen (amoag them is Tht lift ii/ifTwy,
yet seen (amoagt ._
in English) and died in I6»4, or tfaercaboata.
July 15. VTiu.. Blau, doct. of the civ. law of Ffed<m.—
This \FilL Blake who was now. or lately. Mbw of Wadh.
coIL as also brother to Rob. Blake, gncral at aea ki iW
re^ of Oliver, died at Bridgwater in SoaeraetiUre 1667.
Nov. — Isaac Basibx, D. of D. of Caabri^.— Tha
learned doctor who had that degree conferr'd oa Um there,
in July tfa«»year, and is stiled m Oe public xegisia- of tkk
time ' vir doctissinnw — iagcaii ft dacniag oraaMcalis prs-
ditus,'^ was bom in dK ale of Jersey, and was ahoot tkis
• [Mr. PMiiis t*mt»i Itlhi ■ ri rf Ch» faB, TV*. M^t«ML
■iilaa. mmni Im iiirr. n r- Tt».V.md.Om. tmmtcx. mtaimm^ mtmat. mmL Cmt. Urn "
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imfOL BrtVIiblkbkikRwii r [!,» BW»r >«J Ae *y«« rf BL P. vmttmimotimtaCmiM
be » meamms fcr wr »» imn « u Mniyt — t rf Aat » WooJ^ JAam Otm. tj virueariWki^knmi, Jd. 1. M3S. m4 k dai b ikr ratfk
«f di tha W ■« rfMr. gimlij. Tat knk i> aM ■ Aw csMiiy. Bm I ^~ • — — ^ ^ T r • ^' n» i ItP ^ CmmAm
iaMabcrwbtMr.Was4m«iiJH(.Wtaiiperfra. Mr. Ww4. 1 forw.
>«r.««v»i I nrn,»l»rfl»w^ltr.TfciSiid«yt>ej nir.»t> —
-IkK aho a^ kc added ; id llw acrima I *»*>» ar
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I as I caa, at wv Iraanc' Kassrr.]
. ta^ aad Mn. D. E.
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c W w ^naa B>7%a, kart. Lnd. ]«14. am.]
' [Bcfoardb «hb a r*c^ cridcal
B.D.atSt.Jatafk
>hHiHiWi J^ laad. 1«0> tmj atma»M.A.at
(LcOBstobr. Wafd,MS.] TAima.]
519
IMO.
FASTI OXONIENSIiS.
1640.
520
['^S6J
time one of his majesty's chajilains in ordinary, and soon
after archdeacon of Northumberland in the place of Ever
Gower, batch, of div. who had that dipiity conferr'd on him
about 1640 by the ceasing of Will. Flathers, batch, of div.
collated thereunto ?4 Nov. 1636. In the time of the rebel-
lion Dr. Basire fled to Oxon, adhered to his majesty's cause,
preached frequently before him and the parliament there,
and was an equal sharer in afilicfions with other loyalists.
About the year 1646 he left the nation cond travelled into
remote countries, purposely to prop;igate the doctrine esta-
blished in the British church, among the Greeks, Arabians,
&c. as to the island of Zante near Peloponnesus, thence to
Morea, where the metropolitan of Achaia prevailed with
him to preach twice in Greek, at a meeting of some of the
bishops and clergy. From thence, after he had travelled
through Apulia, Naples and Sicily, (in which last place he
had been once before) he imbarked for Syria, where, at
Aleppo he continued somemonths, and had frequent con-
versation with the patriarch of Antioeh. From Aleppo he
went to Jerusalem, and so travelled all over Palestina. At
Jerusalem he received much honour, both from the Greeks
and Latins : from the last he procured an entrance into the
temple of the Sepulchre, at the rate of a priest. Afterwards
returning to Aleppo, he passed over Euphrates, and went
to Mesopotamia. Thence to Aleppo again, and at length to
Constantinople in 1653 ; in which year he designed to pass
into Egypt, to survey the churches of the Cophites there,
and to confer with the patriarch of Alexandria, as he had
done with three patriarchs besides, partly to iicquire the
knowledge of those churches, and partly to publish ours,
quantum fert status. Afterwards he went into Transylva-
nia, and was entertained by prince George Rogoczi (or
Rogotzi) the second, prince of that country, by whom
he was entrusted with the chair in the divinity school.
After the return of king Charles II. to his dominions he
took his leave of that country, then in broils, returned into
England, took possession of his archdeaconry and was made
prebendary of Durham : which dignities he kept to his dy-
ing diiy. He hath written (1) Deo &; EccUs'm sacrum. Sa-
criledge arraigned and condemned by St. Paul, Romans 2. 22.
Oxon. 1646. qu. Lond. 1668. oct. (2) Diatriba de antiqua.
EcclesUe Britannicce Libertate, Bruges 1656. oct. The MS. of
which being found in the cabinet of John lord Hopton
after his decease, by Rich. Watson an exil'd theologist for
his loyalty, was by him published at Bruges. Afterwards
the said Watson translated it into English, and put it out
under this title The imcient Liberty of the Britannic Church,
and the legitimate Exemption tliereof. from the Roman Patri-
archate, discoursed in four Positions. Lond. 1661. oct. Dedi-
cated by the said Watson by his epistle dated from Caen in
Normandy, 12 Aug. 1660, to sir Rich. Browne, clerk of the
privy council to his majesty of Great Britain, he supposing
then that Basire, the author, had been dead in Transylva-
nia. Three chapters or positions of which were selected
from a Latin MS. written Ijy F. John Barnes, of the order
of St. Benedict, as I have elsewhere told you. (3) Letter to
Sir Rith. Browne, Resident at Paris for his Majesty of Great
Britain relating his Travels, and endeavours to propagate thi
Knowledge of the Doctrine and Discipline, established in the Bri-
tannick Church among the Greeks, Arabians, &c. dated from
Pera, near to Constantinople, 20 July 1653, and printed at
the end of The anlient Liberty of the Britannick Church, &c.
(4) History of the English and Scotch Presbytery, &c. printed
1659, 60, oct. (5) Oratio privata, boni Theologi (speciatim
Concionatoris practici) Partes pnrcipuas complectens. Lond.
1670, in half a sh. in oct. (6) The dead Man's real Speech ;
Serm. on Heb. 11.4. at the funeral of Dr. John Cosin, late
Bishop of Durham, <29 Apr. 1672, Lond. '1673, oct. (7) A
brief account of the Life and Dignities, of the Benefactions and
principal Actions, l(c. of Dr. John Cosin, late Bishopof Durham,-
printed with the former, together with An Appendix of his
Profession and Practice, and of his lost Will concerning Reli-
gion. This Dr. Basire, who, without doubt, hath published
other things, paid his last debt to nature in a good old age,
on the twelfth day of Oct. 1676, and was buried in the
cemitery belonging to the cathedral of Durham, near to the
body of an antient servant that had lived many years with
him, and not by that of his wife in the cathedral. In his
archdeaconry he succeeded Will. Turner, rector of Stanhope,
in the county palat. of Durham, M. of A. (afterwards D. D.)
and sometimes fellow of Trin. coll. in Oxon. a younger son
of Dr. Tho. Turner, sometimes dean of Canterbury.
Jan. 14. JoH. Regius (King) Londino-Anglus, doctor
of phys. of the university of Leyden in Holland, was then
incorporated. Which degree was confer'd upon him in the '
said univ. 1638.
" The most honourable lord the L. Botho HBNRictJS,
" free baix)n of Exlenbourg, a Prussian born, wiis a so-
" journer this year in the university, and in the latter end
" of Sept, had licence from the convocation to peruse the
" MSS. in the Bodl. libr."
Eno o¥ the First Part or Fasti Oxonienses.
rnoud bjr T. Seosler. BiAt'Ctfurt, flr« -street.
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