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LIFE  AND   TIMES 


ANTHONY    WOOD 


effort 

BDKACS  HART,    PBINTU  TO  TBE  OKHtltSITT 


The  Life  and  Times  of 

Anthony   Woodj  antiquary^ 

of  Oxford,    1632-1695, 

described  by  Himself 


COLLECTED  FROM 


HIS    DIARIES   AND    OTHER    PAPERS 

BY 

ANDREW  CLARK,   M.A. 

FELLOW  OF  UNCOU*  COLLEGE  AND  VICAR  OF  S.   HICHAZl's,    OXFORD 

VOLUHX  I:    1632 — 1663 

WITH  ILLUSTRATIONS 


Oxford 

PRINTED    FOR    THE    OXFORD    HISTORICAL    SOCIETY 

AT    THE   CLARENDON    PRESS 

1891 

[All  rights  reserved ^ 


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••CI       '        *   I  .*  I  "*.  ■'      1   *•'*** ' 


PREFACE. 


In  issuing  this  first  volume  of  Wood's  Life  and  Times  I  have  to 
express  my  obligations  to  all  members  of  the  Bodleian  staff,  for  their 
ready  help  in  the  multitudinous  enquiries  which  I  have  had  to  address 
to  them.  My  particular  thanks  are  due  to  Mr.  F.  Madan,  M.A.,  for 
information  and  counsel  which  have  helped  me  out  of  many  diffi- 
culties. My  pupil,  Mr.  John  Darlington,  Commoner  of  Lincoln 
College,  associated  himself  with  me  in  preparing  for  this  work  the 
narratives  of  contemporary  Entertainments,  Ceremonies,  etc.,  found 
in  Wood  MS.  D  19(3):  I  gratefully  acknowledge  his  assistance. 

As  the  sheets  have  been  passing  through  the  press  I  have  noticed, 
too  late  for  correction,  several  slight  repetitions ;  it  will  perhaps  be 
considered  sufScient  apology  for  such  slips,  that  these  notes  had 
to.be  brought  together  from  widely  scattered  sources  and  at  such 
irregular  intervals  as  pressing  duties  allowed. 

The  whole  of  the  copy  for  this  work  has  been  sent  to  press,  so 
that  no  other  delays  need  take  place  than  those  caused  by  yearly 
publication.  Complete  indexes  will,  of  course,  be  given  with  the 
last  volume.  But  in  view  of  the  intervals  between  the  yearly  issues, 
a  temporary  index  has  been  added  to  the  present  volume.  It  is 
designedly  brief  and  incomplete,  but  embraces  the  chief  names  of 
Academical  interest. 

The  analyses  here  given  will  supply  the  place  of  a  Table  of 
Contents. 

ANDREW  CLARK. 


CONTENTS. 


TKAK 

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I.    Events,  btc.  relating  to  the  Ukiveesity  and  City 
OF  Oxford. 

UOKTH 

March  orders  for  repair  of  streets 

July 

July 


»635 
1636 
1640 
164a 


Aug. 

Aug. 


■      44 

Somerset  and  Blaemaotle  heralds  visit  Oxfordshire        .        .      44 
the  University  claims  exemption  from  heralds*  visitation        .      45 

a  qoack  visits  Oxford 377 

Smith  gate  widened 351 

visit  of  Charles  I  and  his  conrt 46 

a  quack  visits  Oxford 377 

the  Univeisity  takes  up  arms  for  the  king  •  •  •  53>  54 
Aug. — Sept.  the  Uni\-er5ity  fortifies  Oxford  for  the  king  .  .  55,  57 
Aug. — Sept  Oxford  occupied  by  the  king's  troops     ...         56,  57 

Sept.      the  City  inclines  to  the  Farliameot 59 

„  the  Univeisity  offen  submission  to  the  Parliament         .        .      59 

„  Oxford  is  abandoned  by  the  king's  troops     ....      59 

„  Oxford  is  occupied  by  Parliamentary  troops         ...      66 

„  the  fortifications  are  destroyed  by  the  Parliamentary  forces  .       61 

„  plate  and  arms  are  searched  for  by  the  Parliamentary  forces  61,  63 

„  popish  books  and  pictures  bomt 63 

„  plate  restored  on  condition  of  being  withheld  from  the  king  .      64 

„  mutiny  among  the  Parliamentary  forces        .         .         .   64,  65,  67 

61,65 
-  67 
.  67 
68,69 

•       70 
73-74 


Oct. 


Nov. 


the  University  is  disarmed 

Oxford  is  abandoned  by  the  Parliamentary  forces 
the  City  fortifies  Oxford  for  the  Parliament  . 
Charles  I  makes  Oxford  his  head-quarters    . 
the  king  disbands  the  County  train-bands     . 


Nov. — Dec.  the  long  fortifies  Oxford 


Dec  dispute  about  an  Assessor  in  the  Vice-chancellor's  court  J6,  84,  85 

.  .  .       yearly  payment  to  a  Greek  student 76 

1643    Jan.  petition  from  the  Parliament  presented  to  the  king       .         79,  80 

„  the  Mint  set  up  in  Oxford 80 

„  .  the  king  borrows  the  University  money  and  demands  College 

plate Si,  94,  100,  loi 

„  the  king  reviews  his  army 83 

,,  military  punishments  and  executions             .        .83,  83,  91,  93 

„  the  Courts  of  Law  sit  in  Oxford 83 


viii  COXTEXTS. 

nxc       momm  fMK 

1643  Feb.       Coramuaooen  from  the  Puttsment  come  to  the  kn^  .         86-88 

„  CotnmusioDers  from  Sosdind  come  to  the  king  .   88, 93,  98 

„  the  king  calb  npoa  the  UniTcisitT  to  ccMopIete  die  locti- 

ficatiou 89^  100 

March — June,  the  forti£citiocs  ue  poshed  oo  .  -  9if  97,  99.  100 

March — ^Apr.  CommtssicMicrs  from  the  Parliament  come  to  the  king  92,  97 

Apr.       the  king  reriem  his  army 95,  9^  97 

„  the  king  commands  the  UnireiBty  aod  Citj  to  provide  a 

gxnisoo  for  Oxford 96,  100 

„  the  County  traio-bands  are  called  npoo  to  provide  part  of  the 

garrison 99 

Jane      the  king  demands  more  mooey  tttxa  the  ITnmnity  and 

City 100,  loi 

„  great  thmider-stotm     ...         .....     loi 

„         the  Unirenity  is  called  npon  to  "■'"t* '"  soldien  .        .     loa 

„  the  UntTcrsity  complains  that  the  City  is  interfering  with 

priTileged    persons  of  the  Uoivosity  and   with  other 

priTileges loa 

July       the  qaeen  arrires  in  Oxford  and  resides  there        ...     103 

OcL        an  epidemic  rages  in  Oxford 104 

.  .  .       theChancellorof  the  University  (earlofPembroke)isremovcd 

from  office 104 

.  .  .       Smith  gate  widened 351 

1644  Apr.      the  Univeisity  furnishes  a  regiment  for  garrison  doty  .     106 
May      the  earl  of  Essex  and  the  Parliamentary  army  maid)  put 

Oxford 107 

Oct       a  great  fire iii,  439 

.  .  .        Parliament  (King  Charles')  in  session  at  Oxford  .         .         .     iia 

1645  May      plague  in  Oxford iig 

,,  Godstow  nunnery  burnt 344 

1646  Jan.        Oxford  prepares  for  a  siege 135 

June      plague  in  Oxford 137 

„  Oxford  Eurreadeis  to  the  Parliament 138 

.  .  .  Presbyterian  preachers  sent  to  bring  Oxford  over  to  Presby- 

terianism 13O 

.  .  .  the  Presbyterian  preachers  opposed  by  the  Independents       .     130 

.  .  .  evil  effects  of  the  siege  on  the  University     .        .        .        .129 

1647  Aug.  plague  in  Oxford 133 

.  .  .  defects  of  the  Matriculation  register 133 

1648  .  .  .  Puritan  students  flock  to  Oxford 140 

.  .  .  Common  Prayer  disconttnued       .         .         .      -  .         .         .     313 

.  .  .  Visitation  by  the  Parliamentary  Commissioners    .         ,      141-144 

.  .  .  negociations    with    the   City  about    the   privilege!  of   the 

University 371 

Aug.       a  Cavalier  ;?lot  frustrated' 146 

.  .  .        leading  Presbyterians  and  Independents  in  the  University      .  147 

1649  Jan.        orders  to  enforce  the  wearing  of  Academical  dress          .         .  148 
.  .  .       neglect  of  the  old  rules  about  dress     , 149 


CONTENTS.  ix 

YEAK  HOKTH  PACE 

1649  Jb^  Ijait  dispoUtions  ('  determination ')  enforced  .  .  .  149 
Feb.  a  new  MatricoUtion  register  begun  .....  150 
Feb. — Nov.  controversy,  as  to  the  University  privileges,   with  the 

City 150,  153,  158 

Jnne       scarcity  of  R(^ent  Masters 153 

July       a  Univenity  '  Architypographns '  appointed  .         .         .     354 

„  money  given  to  a  Greek  abbot 154 

Sept  rising  of  the  Levellers,  mutiny  in  the  garrison  at  Oxford  .  155 
SepL — Oct,  number  of  oaths  required  by  the  University  and  College 

Statutes  ordered  to  be  reduced  ....  155,  157 
Oct.  an  Assessor  is  appointed  for  the  Vice^hancellor's  court  .  157 
Nov.       the  Collies  are  called  upon  to  iind  money  to  carry  on  the 

suit  about  privileges  against  the  City  .  .  .  -159 
„  attendance  at  the  Tuesday  sermons  is  enforced      .        .        -159 

1650  March  the  Colleges  desire  to  conduct  their  elections  without  inter- 

ference from  the  Parliamentary  Visitors  or  Conunittee  .  162 
Jnne  the  City  disputes  the  authority  of  the  Proctors  .  .  .  163 
July       the  Vice-chancellor  is  to  exercise  the  powers  of  the  Chancellor 

during  a  vacancy  of  that  office        ....      163,  164 

„  an  Assessor  in  the  Vice-chancellor's  court  ....  163 
Nov.  oath  at  Matriculation  replaced  by  a  promise  .  .  .  165 
Dec.       an  execution  at  Oxford 165 

„  Select  Preachers  appointed  for  University  Sermons        .        .     166 

...        a  coffee-house  opened  in  Oxford 168,  466 

.  .  .        Oxford  Castle  fortified  by  the  Parliamentajy  governor  .         .     1 70 

1651  Jan.       Oxford  infested  by  b^gars 166 

„  Parliamentary  Visitors  interfere  at  Merton  College        .         .  167 

Feb.  publicity  ordered  for  degree  disputations      ....  167 

Aug.      Charles  II  expected  to  atUck  Oxford 170 

.  .  .       old  church  pictures  obliterated 309 

1653    Jan.       turbulent  state  of  the  University 174 

Apr.  Parliamentary  Committee  for  regulating  the  University  is 

stopped 174 

July       an  Act  celebrated 173,  175 

.  .  .  declamations  are  made  part  of  exercises  for  M.A.,  and  wall- 
lectures  stopped 177 

...  the  passage  at  Smith  gate  is  closed  with  posts       .        .        .  351 

...        a  quack  visits  Oxford 377 

1653  Oct.  five  Oxford  parishes  united  for  registration  purposes      .         .  183 
.  .  .  proposal  to  confiscate  University  and  College  eadowments    .  394 

1654  July        double  execution  at  Oxford 186 

Aug.  John  Selden  is  allowed  to  borrow  certain   MSS.   from  the 

Bodleian 187 

Nov.       the   University   petitions  the  Parliament  on  behalf  of  the 

faculty  of  Law 187 

.  .  .        the  University  sends  complimentary  vcrsee  to  the  Protector, 

Oliver 189 

...       a  second  coffee-house  is  opened  in  Oxford     .  1S8,  189 


X  CONTENTS, 

YEAS          MONTH  PAUE 

1654  .  .  .       the  Quakers  come  to  Oxford 190,191 

1655  Jnly  a  collectioa  in  the  UoiveTsity  for  the  Vaudois                             198 

,,  an  Act  celebrated 336 

.  .  .       TUliard's  cofTee-honse  opened 301, 466 

1656  Apr.  the  course  for  M.A.  is  increased ;  definite  study  is  required  in 

the  faculties 306 

,y  superfluous  oaths  required  by  the  Statutes  are  abolished        .     307 

July       an  Act  celebrated 307 

Oct.  the  University  tries  to  get  John  Selden's  library    .        .        .     309 

.  .  .  weeklymusic-meetingsat  the  house  of  William  Ellis  304,373,375 

1657  July       an  Act  celebrated 331 

„  Vavasor  Powell  preaches  in  Oxford      ....      33i,  393 

.  .  .       numerous  maltsters  ia  Oxford 333 

.  .  .       dder  commonly  dnmk 333 

1658  .  .  .       Davis  Mdl,  the  musician,  in  Oxford 341 

Apr.      Nixon's  school  is  begun 345 

May       execution  in  Oxford 350 

„         Smith  gate  is  closed  with  posts 351 

July  a  salaried  Assessor  in  the  Vice-chancellor's  court .        .      356,  373 

„  an  Act  celebrated ;  the  Terrat_fiHi  punished        .        .             356 

„  John  Gamble  and  Thomas  Pratt,  musicians,  in  Oxford         .     356 

„  Thomas  Baltzar,  the  mosician,  in  Oxford     .        .        .      356,  357 

„  the  foundation  is  laid  of  Nixon'i  school        .        .        .      356,  358 

„  the  Vice-chancellor  interdicts  the  sale  of  Francis  Osborne's 

Advice  to  a  Son 357 

„  a  proposal  to  abolish  Terraefilii  is  rejected         .        .        .     358 

Aug.      a  great  wind 358 

Sept.  Richard  Cromwell  proclaimed  at  Oxford      ....     359 

1659  Feb.  the  University  petitions  Parliament  to  recall  the  Parliamentary 

Visitors a68 

„  partial  contempt  of  Academical  dress  ....     368,  359 

March    scurvy-grass  driulc  is  fashionable 373,  466 

Apr.      a  fire  in  Holywell 377 

Jane — July,    an  Anabaptist  rising  feared  ....     379,  380 

Jnly       a  Cavalier  rising  feared 380 

„  dissensions  between  Presbyterians  aud  Independents  in  the 

University 368, 369 

„  a  great  wind 380 

Sept.  John  Selden's  library  brought  into  Oxford    ....     383 

„  a  sham  patriarch  in  Oxford 383 

.  .  .       Chemistry  studied  in  Oxford 390,  473 

.  .  .       proposal  to  disendow  the  University 394 

.  .  .  weekly  muMC-meetings  in  College  rooms      .        .        .        -375 

.  .  .       old  church  paintings  obliterated 309 

1648-1659,  characteristics  of  Presbyterians  and  Independents  .                396-301 

1653-1659,  attacks  on  the  Univeisities  and  Academical  learning     .      394-396 

1660  Jan.  John  Belchior,  Anabaptist,  preaches  at  Oxford      .         ,         .     30a 
Feb.  rejoicings  at  Oxford  for  news  of  '  a  free  Parliament '     .      303,  304 


COm'ENTS. 


xt 


MCMIl  rw* 

ManJi   liulependenti  ejected  from  Giriit  Cburch,  icd  rcpkocd  bjr 

Pieibyteiiaiu 307 

Ape      eledknof  memben  ofrarliuncnt  for  the  Citjr  •     3ii 

„  ,,  „  for  the  U&ivcnitjr     .        .313 

„  ComaoQ  Pnycr  vic&  m  a  parish  chttrdi       .        .        .        '313 

Apr.— May.  dispatcd  clcctton  to  the  Proctontup      .        .      310,  313.  314 

Apr.— May.    tokeni  of  mooardiy  restored         ....     313,314 

Mftji       Ma<r-pole  «et  np 314 

,,  Oarlo  11  proclumed  at  Oxford  .        «        .        .        .     314 

M         Ricbanl  Cromwell  resigns  the  CbuiccIkinUp  of  the  Uni- 

vwihy 315 

„  Arabic  books  aDdertakcn  bj*  the  University  press  .        .        .     316 

,1  oelebniioo    uf    Cbaitcs    IFs    RcstomlioD :     fetiritiet    si 

Ox£9id 31A,  317 

„  mnaetous  M*y-poles  in  Oxford 317 

June      William  Seymour,  tnanjtus  of  Hertford,  le-iiatMtcd  In  the 

Cbancgllonhip  of  the  UniYenJty 318 

„  King  Charla  II  appoints  a  Royal  Conunlstoo  to  nsit  the 

Unlvcnity 318 

„  aDtt-ouuiaichical   books  taken  oat  of  Bodleian  and  other 

libraries  and  bomt 319 

n  CommoD  Prayer  ucd  io  CoVe^  chapcU      .        .        .     313,  319 

„  the  Uoitcmty  coaf^ratsUtes  tbe  kiDg 319 

„  Scldca's  marbles  set  op  in  Oxford         ....     320,  351 

Jnly        DO  Act  this  year jao 

„  a  play  pnblicly  acted  by  sdtolan 33a 

«  ejectiaa  of  intnded  Heads,  Profeasors,  Bedells  .        .    336 

July— Oct  Visitatko  of  the  Unhmnty  aiid  Colltses  by  the  Klag'i 

Cotcraiariooers 3i4-3a6, 336 

Aof.      the  Acting  Conmuttee  appointed  by  the  FarHamcntary  Visitors 

is  diMolTcd 318 

„  the  oaths  of  allegiance  am)  taptemacy  are  enloroed  .     3«S 

Aag.— Dec  floods  of  hortoraiy  decrees    .         33^335t  337i  34*^348,  3B1 
Sept.      the  UniTcrsity  petitkau  the  Idng  in  £tvoor  of  the  fsculty  of 

Uw 33a 

I,  the  UaiTetnty  bsae*  vene*  oa  the  death  of  the  dake  of 

Gtoooetter 33a 

„         — i^—niw  to  the  Kh^s  f<  WD  III  1  iiioiOT  i  at  Ltacolo  Col* 

I««e 3»i334 

.         CDittcn  for  Bodky*!  libtuiatishtp         ....     334,  335 

Oct.       orden  esfordnE  Academkal  drew 336 

„  Edward  Hyde  (call  of  Ghnndoa)  elected  Chaaccllof  of  the 

VaiTenky 337,  J46 

Odv—Dec  ceouonny  with  the  City  abovt  the  Mayor^  caih  of 

fidelity  to  the  Unircrdty  33A,  350,  370,  371 

Not.      cnl  of  Clanadoo  iuEtalled  Chaocellor  of  tbe  L'nifeeuty  (al 

Lsndaa} 34^ 

ssrplioci  MBd  orjjans  icsBned  in  Oxwrd       ....    347 


xii  CONTENTS. 

YEAR  MOKTH  'ACX 

1660  Nov. — Dec.  a  malignant  fever  at  New  College  .  .  .  347,  349 
Dec  another  play  publicly  acted  by  scholars  ....  350 
.  .  .       collection  in  the  University  00  bdialf  of  the  College  at  New 

Aberdeen 351 

.  .  .  opposition  in  the  University  to  the  Royal  Society         .        .    3^ 

.  .  .  LatJtndinarians  arise 355 

.  .  .  declamations  for  M.A.  abolished  and  vrall-lectnres  resnmed  .     464 

.  .  .  contrast  between  Pnritan  and  Restoration  Oxford.      353,  355-370 

.  .  .  venality  of  Restoration  times       .        .       310,  333,  365,  367,  465 

1661  .  .  .  sloth  and  dissolnteness  of  Restoration  Oxford 

353,  355-357.  359-36i,  366 

.  .  .       Tuesday  sermons  abolished 356 

Jan. — Apr.  controversy  with  the  City  about  the  Mayor's  oath  to  the 

University 37»-376. 384. 399 

Jan.       a  rising  of  Anabaptists  is  feared 377,  379 

„  the  University  claims  the  night-police  ....      371,  380 

Jan. — Feb.  the  snrplice  is  abused 358,380 

Feb.       a  quack  visits  Oxford 377,  3S0 

March  the  University  petitions- the  king  for  the  restoration  of  many 

privileges  usurped  by  the  City 373 

„  turbulence  in  the  University  during  Lent  exercises  .         .     384 

„  an  Ordination  at  Christ  Chnrch ;  chapter  of  accidents  there  .     388 

March — May.    opposition  to  Sir  Thomas  Clayton  at  Merton  College 

385.  389-393 

March — Jane,    floods  at  Oxford 401 

Apr.      election  of  members  of  Parliament  for  the  University    .        .     398 
»  „  »  for  the  Cky      ...     399 

„  Coronation  festivities  at  Oxford 399 

June       prince  Manrice  of  Nassau  visits  Oxford  ....     402 

July       the  duke  of  Yoik's  company  of  actors  and  actresses  exhibits 

at  Oxford 405, 406 

„  scholars  ruined  by  them 406 

„  an  Act  celebrated 406, 466 

Aug.       Terreufilitu  punished 406, 407 

SepL      state  reception  of  the  Cbanccllor  of  tlie  UniveTsity  (earl  of 

Clarendon)  at  Oxford 411-415 

„  Clarendon's  hostility  to  the  Puritans     ....      413,  415 

„  a  flood  of  honorary  degrees  ,         .412,  438, 439 

Sept.— Oct.    fever  in  Oxford 417,418 

Oct       old  Academical  rites  at  a  Doctor's  funeral    .  .        •417 

.  .  .       sloth  and  dissolnteness  of  Restoration  Oxford        .        .        .     433 

1663    Feb.       chinmey-money  imposed  on  the  University   .  39S,  431,  433 

„  a  great  wind 431-433 

Feb. — Apr.    dispute  about  the  Proctorial  cycle  433,  435,  437 

June       proposal  to  increase  exercises  for  M.A.  .  443, 464 

July        Arminianism  versus  Calvinism     .....      445,  465 

„  Friday  sermons  stopped 445 

Aug.       Hungarian  students  in  Oxford 452 


CONTENTS.  xiti 

YEAR  MONTM  PACK 

i66a     Ang.      Assessor  in  Vice-chancelloi'g  conit  abolished        .        .        .     453 
„  'Black  Bartholomew*  in  Oxford;  Pnritan  Heads  and  Fellows 

ejected  .         .         . 453 

SepL      Pmitaa  stodents  expelled 454 

„  Christian,  prince  of  Denmark,  visits  Oxford  ....    456 

„  an  affray  between  scholars  and  rustics 457 

Not.      small-pox  at  New  College 461 

Dec       declamations  for  M.A.  restored 464 

.  .  .  matricnlation  at  coming  up  to  the  Univeisity  enforced  .  .  464 
.  .  ,       Oxford,  deserted  alike  by  Fnritans  and  Romanists,  declines  in 

numbers 301, 465 

.  ,  .        sloth,  cynici.<;m,  and  petnlance  of  Restoration  Oxford     .         .     465 

.  .  .       vmality  of  the  times 465 

...       the  Collies  contribute  towards  a  University  poor-rate  .        .     466 

.  .  .        Chemistry  is  stndied  in  Oxford 47  a,  473 

1663    Jan.       plays  acted  by  Oxford  prentices 467 

Apr.      dissensions  at  Magdalen  College 473 

May       a  great  flood 474 

„  election  of  High  Steward  of  the  University  ....     475 

Joly       fhneral  of  archbishop  Jnxon 47*^483 

„  an  Act  celebrated 4S3 

„  funeral  of  Dr.  William  Creed 484 

„  removal    of  archbishop  Land's    remains  from  London   to 

Oxford 484 

„  a  miracle-monger  in  Oxford 486 

Ang. — SepL    the  Magdalen  Collie  libel  case  ....      486-4S9 

Sept      the  cage  and  pillory  set  ap  in  a  different  place     .  489,  508 

„  Charles  II,  his  qneeo,  and  court  visit  Oxford         .        .      490-499 

,,  Clarendon's  hostility  to  the  Puritans  .        ,     499,  500 

Oct.       opposition  to  Robert  Sonth's  honorary  degree  goo,  50a 

Nov,       a  swindler  exploits  Oxford 504 

,,  Magdalen    College    case    is    tried    before    the    King    in 

Council 507, 508 

Dec.       triplets  bom  in  Oxford 508 

.  .  .  Pnritan  conventicles  hunted  out  by  lewd  persons  .  .  .  509 
.  .  .  extravagancies  of  the  dress  of  the  period  ....  509 
.  .  .       dispute  about  the  boundary  between  S.  Peter's  in  the  East  and 

S.  John  Baptist  parish 510 


II.  Events,  etc.,  personal  to  the  author,  Anthony  Wood. 

1633  Dec.  A.  W.  bom  and  christened 43>  44 

1633  ...  is  nursed  by  bis  mother 44 

1635  .  .  .  has  small-pox '.        .      45 

1636  Aug.  sees  Charles  I 46 

1637  .  .  .  leams  to  read 46 

...  is  trodden  on  by  a  horse 46 


XIV 


CONTENTS. 


TEA!  HOmK  fACK 

1640  March  bU  younger  brotlier,  John,  dicf 47 

b^bs  Latin 48 

b^ins  to  collect  ballads 48 

1641  .  .  .       sent  to  New  ColI^;e  School 49 

164a    ...       bis  schooling  distnxbed  by  the  tumolt  of  arms       .        .         53,  69 

1643  Jan.       his  lather  dies 78 

his  schooling  still  disturbed  by  the  tmnnit  of  arms       .        .  93 

his  christening  plate  appropriated  by  the  king       ...  94 

1644  Jnne      is  sent  to  Lord  Willianis'  Sdiool,  Tbame     ....  107 

is  a  diligent,  bnt  pettish,  scholar 108 

of  melancholy  tempenuuent 108 

1646  Sept      returns  to  Oxford 139 

is  coached  by  his  brother,  Edward 129 

refnses  to  follow  a  trade  or  the  law       ....      139,130 

1647  May  is  matricolated 131 

Oct  is  nomioated  postmaster  of  Merton 133 

1648  Feb.  makes  his  freshman's  speech  and  becomes  'a  senior'  139,  140 
May  appears  before  the  Parliamentary  VisitOTS,  and,  at    last, 

submits  to  them 144 

1649  .  .  .       visits  Cassington 151 

Dec       spends  Christmas  at  Bledlow 160 

1650  Feb.       becomes  pnpU  of  Clintra  Mamid,  a  Poiitan  fellow  of  Merton  16a 
Apr.      is  made  biUe-clerk  of  Merton i6a 

„  'passes  smalls' 163 

Aog.      visits  Wallingford 164 

1651  Feb. — March,    disputes  for  B.A. 175 

Apr.      verses  published  mider  A  W.'s  name 170 

.  .  .       b^lns  to  play  the  violin,  without  instruction        .        .      173,  178 

165a    Joly       passes  the  esaminationa  for  B.  A 175 

„  admitted  B.A 175 

„  thrown  from  a  horse  and  injured 175,  176 

Aug.      has  ague 176,178,179 

1653  Feb. — Sept,    at  Casaington 178-181 

„  leams  bell-ringing 178 

„  practises  singing  and  violin-playing 178 

SepL  returns  to  Oxford 181 

,,  is  taught  violin-playisg 181,  ai3 

.  .  .  frequents  the  Bodleian i8a 

.  .  .  studies   heraldry     and    genealogies,    English    history    and 

antiquities 183,  373 

1654  July  witnesses  an  execution 186 

Aug.  passes  the  examination  for  M.A t86 

..  .  goes  about  as  a  strolling  fiddler 189 

1655  May  declaims  for  M.  A. 197 

„  has  toothache  and  a  tumour 199 

„  his  brother  Edward  dies 197 

Nov.  (7)    transcribes  certain  inscriptions  in  Mert.  Coll.  chapel  .        .  199 

Dec.      admitted  M.A 199 


CONTEmS. 


XV 


nAM  MOtTTM  rAtWC 

l6$6    March  editi  Mme  of  his  t>mth«r  Edward's  Mrraixu  »oo 

...       Ere<|aenl£  weekly  naufiic-Rieetings ao^,  3^3 

...       is  impicsKd  by  Dogdale's  iVarvrUkshirt     ....     109 
Oct.       bcgiu  to  collect  inicriptioos  m  Oxford  city  ....     309 

1657    Jtn.— Jniy.    is  uaght  to  pUy  the  violin iii 

Ap.      begins  lo  collect  inscriptiatiB  m  OxIanlBhire  .        .        .        •     3ij( 

„  viwts  WolvciCTit 316 

May      vliiu  Kuneham- Courtney,  nad  SUnton-narcnurt  .     aiS,  319 

Aug.      tods  John  Lclaod's  Collections sai 

„  viuts  Do^tbcster  tbbey 32} 

Sept.       visits  Einsham  abbey 338 

l6$B    Apr.       Ttiits  Cuxhatn,  Watlington,  etc 343 

,.  boys  tome  of  Dr.  Gerard  Lan{>tiaine'&  books  .        .     347 

Hsy       Ttsits  Soath-ldgh,  Cogges,  etc 353,  353 

July       plays  tbe  vtoUo  with  T.  Baltxar 357 

Oct       visits  Cnmnor 360 

„         TisitsStokclyae,  Cotsford.etc 363 

.  .  .       freqnents  the  weekly  mtisic-mcetbgs     ....     373,  375 
ltij9     Feb,       vi«U  Bayworth  and  is  inlrodoccd  to  Ibc  Basfccrvilles    .       368-»;o 

March    visits  N'orthmoor  371 

Apr.      rlsits  Slokc-lyne,  Middletotk-Cbeyney,  Warkworth,  Buibury, 

etc 376,  377 

„  hiSB^ne 377 

May      is  acqnaiotcd  wttli  Arthur  Crew 378,  476 

SepL—Oct.    helps  Bodle/s  libmriaa  in  arraaging  Seldcn's  library     .     aSa 
...        in  foolish  generouty  snrrendcrv  bis  mrersiunary  rights  in  the 

tiinily  property 384 

Oct.       beglos  to  read  tbe  caTtDUries  of  S.  Fridcswj-de's,  Osney,  and 

Einsham a86 

Nov.      bcf^os  to  read  Mecton  College  registers        ....     388 

I>ec       spends  Chrifttnuis  at  Coxbam 289 

16A0    Feb.       fiu   Dp  a  rooin    in    whlcli   to    cany  od    his    oatiqnajian 

studies  ^ 

...       Is  disturbed  by  John  Dee's  gboet-stories        ....     30S 

.  .  .       projects  \  book  od  Oxford  ' 310 

Apr.       is  refused  occeu  to  the  Uoiveruty  archives    ....     313 
May       commBaicatcs  bis  notes  on  Balliol  College  to  Dr.  Iteory 

Savage  who  is  writing  a  history  of  that  College        .        .    314 

,,  is  allowed  access  to  MS^.  in  C.C.C 315 

Jane       b  allownl  acecw  to  MSS.  in  Balliol  and  o*hcr  Colleges  .     318 

July        visits  Meyaey- Hampton  and  Fniiford 333 

f,  obtains,  nithoDt  official  sanction,  access  to  the  archives  of  tbe 

Vnircrsity      .        .        - 336 

Nov.      snrveys  Godstow  abbey ii^,  344 

*  note  3  00  p.  310  is  in  error:  tbe  vcys  of  churches  in  Oxford  city  ami 

pcnjectcd  book  was  miKt  probaLly  in-  cotmty,  i.e.  notes  on  the  history  of 

teuded  to  «khibit  tbe  rcsniLi  of  his  Osfonl  witb  copies  of  mooumental  and 

reading  in  MS.  autboitlies  aud  bit  sur-  feoeMral  inscriptkiiis. 


xvi  CONTENTS. 

I  Ml     March  employed  by  the  University  to  draw  op  a  conspectas  of  the 

privil^es  now  in  coDtroveny  with  the  town  384,  416 

Apr.       begins  to  write  hi«  Survey  of  the  Antiquities  ef  the  City  ef 

Oxford^ 399 

May       writes  a  nanative  of  the  dispute  aboat  the  Wardenship  of 

Merton 393 

Jane      visits  Sandford  and  Littlemore 403,  404 

Aug.      visits  Thame 408 

Sept.      put  off  from  perusing  the  cartularies  at  Ch.  Ch.'  -  .    410 

16^3    Jan.       doctored  by  Richard  Lower 438 

Apr.       bu3rs  some  of  Dr.  Baiten  Holyda/s  books    .  .      436,  437 

July       bays  some  of  Dr.  Adam  Airay's  books  ....     444 

July — Aug.    draws  ap  a  parish  roister  for  S.  John  Baptist  parish  (io 

whidi  be  was  bom) 446 

„  makes  a  survey  of  S.  John  Baptist  parish     ....     447 

Aag.      peruses  muniments  at  Oriel  College 454 

Sept.      joins  a  new  weekly  masic-meeting  (for  catches)  .     454 

„  visits  Abingdon  Abbey 455 

Oct.       put  off  from  perusing  New  College  muiiments  .        .     4j;8 

„  boys  some  of  Henry  Jackson's  books 459 

1663    Feb. — March,    attends  on  his  relation,  John  Tavemer,  High  Sheriff 

of  Oxfordshire 468-470 

March    arranges  to  board  with  his  brother  Robert    .  .        •47' 

Apr. — May.    studies  Chemistry  onder  Peter  Sthael  .        .        .     473,  475 
.  .  .       but  continues  devoted  to  antiquities  and  music  .     475 

Aug. — Sept    peruses  the  registers  of  the  Vice-chancellor's  court        .     487 
Sept. — Nov.    pernset  the  roisters  of  Convocation  .      487,  503,  503 

Dec.      plays  cards  with  Roger  Brent  and  Is  insulted         .  .     507 

„  bays  some  of  Dr.  William  Creed's  books      ....     507 

.  .  .       notes  that  S.  Peter's  in  the  East  pariah  is  trespassing  on  S. 

John  Bapt.  parish  .' 510,  511 


DRAWINGS. 

I.  Anthony  Wood's  earliest  signatures to  fact  p.      48 

II.  plan  of  Dorcheiter  Abbey  Church „          335 

HI.  plan  of  Einiham  Abbey  Church „          338 

IV.  tower  of  Osney  Abbey  Church  (from  Agas)        ...  „          341 

V.  *  KoMtmond's  Bower '  at  Woodstock  (by  John  Aubrey)       .  „          383 

VI.  plan  of  Godstow  Nunnery „          346 

VII.  '  Ttie  Devil's  hand '  exhibited  at  Qoeai's  Collie  .,498 

plans  of  Merton  CoII^e  Church pp,  450,  451 

>  sec.  for  its  impress,  pp.  418,  467,      were  now  ejected,  and  A.  W.  bad  to 
476,  4S3 ;  ^-ol.  ii.  p.  Si,                               make  suit  to  the  Royalists  who  had 

*  the  Puritan  canons,  who  had  al-       replaced  them, 
lowci)  WixhI  access  to  these  ijv  3S6\ 


INTRODUCTION. 


Tbe  heads  of  thu  mtrodacuoa  arc : — 

L  An  ftocouot  of  the  MSS.  availahle  for  the  tifc  of  Wood. 

IL  A  D(rte  on  the  Wood  Colledioti  of  MSS.  and  printed  books  (p.  (*)',  uid  in 
paiticnUr,  notes  (A}  of  tbe  AlmuAcs  in  it,  CR)  nf  tbe  Kcmpiipm,  (CI  of  tbe 
OxfonI  pamphlets,  (D)  of  the  KngHtb  hi&tory  pamphlets,  (E)  of  the  Irish 
bbtory  pamphlets,  (F)  of  pamphlets  concerned  with  iliahletie  and  the  mar- 
Tclloiu,  ;G)  of  pamphlets  concerned  with  crimes  and  crimlnaU,  (ITi  of  tbe 
chap-books,  ballads,  and  pwna,  (Jj  of  the  book-li&ta,  (K)  of  the  catalopiea 
of  play*,  and  (L)  of  the  misccllaneoos  pamphlets. 

Til.  A  note  about  the  name  OVood  itri  Wood),  p.  at. 
IV.  A  note  aboat  the  history  of  tbe  Wood  family,  p.  aj. 

V.  Notes  oa  the  families  with  whtcb  the  Woods  were  conneded  by  marriage, 
p.  32. 

I.  AfSS.  QvailabU/or  the  life  of  Wood. 

The  •  Life  of  Wood '  as  hitherlo  printed  has  been  drawn  mainly 
from  two  sources:— 

(d)  1632-1672,  directly  from  Wood's  autobiography. 
(*)  1673-169S,  indirectly  from  Wood's  journal-notes. 

{a)  Wood's  autobiography  exists   in  two  recensions,  an  earlier 
EBnd  a  later. 

I.  The  earlier  draft  is  in  the  British  Museum,  MS.  Harl.  5409, 

has  the  note  'Mr.  Anslis  gave  this  hook  to  mc,  1712,'  i.e.  John 

instis'   (afterwarcU,  in   1718,  Garter  King  of  Arms)   gaw  it  to 

Jward  Harley  (afterwards  second  earl  of  Oxford).     This  volume 


*  Thomas Heame,ediitogthe'Lifcof 
^VTood*  io  17.^0,  states  tliat  '  Mr.  Anstis 
eivcd  It  from  Mr.  <Robcrt)  Uale  the 
Id  (who  died  \^^^)  many  years 
c,  in  exchange  for  sereral  otipual 
tten  of  Mr.  Wood's  to  Sir  Pelct  I'cU 
kJn^Ts  advocate  for  the  kingdoou  of 
which  he  {Anstis)  bought  at 
•ale  of  his  (Pea's)  tioults.    The 


letten,  were  mostly  nbont  his  method  of 
defending  bimsdf  agninst  the  posccu- 
tion  in  the  vicc-chanccUour's  conrt  and 
desiring  hi*  advice  j  and  he  (Anstis)  is 
Tcrj-  sorry  that  he  did  not  take  copies 
of  ihtm'  These  Ictten are  now, I  lap- 
posc,  XoA.  without  record  taken  of  them. 
I'ot  Jo)in  Anstis,  tee  Relt^uitu  lltarn- 
iatiae  II  lo, 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  T/MES. 


coosi^sis'uf  6a  leaves',  and  brings  the  narrative  down  to  the  end 

oC.Ma'Kh  i6^g.     It  was  wriilen  in  the  Brst  person,  beginning  'I, 

.^(nibony  Wood' ;  but  Wood  lias  gone  through  the  book,  changing  'I' 

•^'-•hc'  'my'  to  'hia,'  etc. — changes  which  take  much  away  from 

■•^    the  clearness  of  the  story.     It  has  an  elaborate  title : — 

'  The  dlarie  of  the  liTe  oT  Aiithnny  i  Wood,  histoiloenphci  and  MtiqaAhe  of 
the  most  fnmons  University  of  Oxford  : 

'  III  which  are  Intennix'd  tevcnll  neinoTiaUs  icUtbj;  to  Ms  oeare  allies,  kindnd, 
and  othcis;  rk  also  ontainc  poblklc  utioos  of  his  tim«,  which  may  be  lueftil  beie- 
after  to  tttstorians. 

'Oincu  cpcrit  accieta  dies,  ex  tempore  Tcmm 
Nascitur,  ct  veni«ni  netas  abecondiU  pandit.    Mantuatt. 

*  Lord  make  me  to  know  mine  cod  and  the  okmuk  of  my  dayes  what  H  b,  that 
I  mi|;hl  Imow  how  frail  I  am.     Ptaim  39,  4. 

'Sit  tead»  mc  to  numliet  my  daies  llut  I  may  apply  my  heart  onto  wiidomc. 
Pialm  90,  I ).' 

Lord  Ilarley  lent  this  MS.  to  Hcame,  who  collated  it  with  the  later 

draft  (Tanner  MS.  102),  and  printed  the  variants  in  the  notes  to  his 
edition  of  Uiat  later  draft.  Hcarnc  has  done  his  work  very  well, 
except  for  the  somewhat  childish  pedantr)'  with  which  he  makes 
his  obscn-ations,  and  a  few  slipR'.  I  have  re-collated  this  MS. 
While  this  Ilarleian  MS.  was  in  Heame's  hands,  an  excellent  tran- 
script of  it  was  made,  which  is  now  MS.  Rawl.  D.  97  \ 

2.  The  later  draft  is  in  the  Bodleian  (MS.  Tanner  102  part  i). 
This  MS.  is  written  in  the  third  person,  which  gives  it  a  Iieavier 
style;  but  ii  is  fuller  in  its  narrative  in  the  earlier  years  and  is 
brought  down  to  June  1672.  It  has  therefore  hecn  made  the  text 
for  the  first  forty  years  of  Wood's  life  by  all  editors  from  Hearne 
downwards.  Hearne*  printed  this  in  1730  at  p.  438  of  his  edition 
of  Thooiae  Caii    Vindiciae  AfUiquiiaiis   Acadaniac  Oxon.      I   have 


'  fol.  C3  i»  a  s]ip,  endoned  'Ktattin 
College  acqaatance,  16S1,' 

'  e.  g.  he  j;ivcs  '  Jnlin  Nap  of  Trin.' 
for  'John  Trap' — ^a  blunder  which  sub- 
sequent editors  have  been  careful  to 
copy. 

*  in  Mr.  Macray's  Catalfi^e  ef  ^awi. 
/>.  MSS.  thii  U  erroneou)Jy  taid  to  tx: 
a  transcript  of  MS.  Tanner  loi.  Mr. 
Macray  hax  been  misled  by  a  false  note 
made  hy  some  former  oHiciftl  of  the 
librnry  on  the  binding  of  the  MS. : — 
*  this  is  a  trtnuript  from  a  MS.  in  Bp. 
Tiumcri  cDltection.' 

*  Jicanie'i  wt>tk   is   very  carefully 


done.  Ilia  childish  pedantry  displays 
itcelf  in  odd  freaks,  si,  for  example,  in 
calling  attrntion  with  a  threat  flourish  of 
trnniptts  to  an  obvioos  slip  of  the  pen 
in  the  MS.  or  an  nncooTcnlional  spel- 
ling, alto  In  misreadiog  the  Mb.  in 
order  that  he  may  nipply  the  right 
reading  e  t^tijectmra  sua  in  the  notes. 
Ilt'.ame  hiu  made  a  few  slips,  which 
have  bren  carefnlly  Mnlncd  in  sobae- 
qncnt  rrditioDG  ;  thcu,  he  begins  witli  an 
tmposMbIc  date  '  1630,  8  Car.  T,'  the 
MS-  bciOE  plainly  '  1631.  8  Car.  I.'  and 
this  it  repeated  even  in  Ullss*  edition  of 
1848. 


INTRODUCTION. 


I 


collated  Hcamc's  text  with  the  MS.,  and  bavc  tlius  been  able  to  supply 
ft  few  omiUed  dates,  and  to  correct  several  mis-readings,  some  of 
which  aflect  the  sense,  llearne  says  *  there  is  no  title  in  the  orig:inal 
MS.'  This  is  over-staled.  The  Tanner  MS.  is  not  prefaced  by 
an  elaborate  title  such  as  is  fotind  in  the  Harlcian  MS.,  but  tn  pencil ' 
at  the  top  of  p.  t  Wood  lias  written  '  Secretom  Anlonii,  second 
part'/  on  p.  a  'Sec  Antonii,'  on  p.  4  'Sccretum  Antonii,'  on  p.  5 
•SecrcL  Ant.,'  sufficiently  indicating  his  desire  to  call  the  MS.  by 
the  name  of  StirftHm  Antoniu  We  can  tell  also  how  he  came  to 
choose  this  name;  he  had  in  his  own  possession  a  cartulary*  of 
Glastonbuf)-  Abbey,  which,  he  sa)-s,  waa  called  '  Setrttum  Abbatis,  as 
being  alnnys  in  his  own  custody.' 

{ft)  Wood's  jaurml-notts.  These  are  preserved  in  an  unbroken 
aeries  in  interleaved  almanacs  (called,  durinj*  last  cenniry,  Wood's 
'pocket  almanacs')  from  1657  to  1695.  ^r-  Richard  Rawlinson* 
made  excerpts  from  tliem,  now  found  in  MS.  Rawl.  D.  36,  but 
his  excerpts  are  disBgured  by  gross  inarcuracics"  and  he  omits 
altogether  several  years.  After  Rawlinson's  time  the  originals  were 
lost  sight  of.     William  Iluddesford,  re-ediiing*  in  1772  the  auto- 


'  Wood's  pencil,  I  assiinw^  was  not 
ftaplitle  but  aclaal  lead,  probably  r 
wooden  ktj-tni  with  a  Ind  tip  «ut]ing 
in  n  biRDt  [loint,  xocb  u  I  remcmbcT  tn 
CSC  ia  coontiy  plao«  to  Scotland  tome 
twenty  years  ago.  It  luu  left  1  fiiat 
nurl:,  odm  almost  Dle^ble  except  (or 
tbc  indcatatioQ  of  the  paper. 

*  'part*  here  refers  to  the  draft,  I 
sttjipmc;  '  Srcrctnin  Antonii,  put  fint* 
would  be  the  Hvl.  MS. 

♦  O.C.85S9;  oncoftbcMSS.booght 
£roia  Wood  in  1693  by  the  Bodleian 
Ltt>raiy. 

•  •  The  Ufc  of  Mr  Anthony  i  Wood* 
...  pubL  U  Lond.  1711,  jS  pp., waa  by 
Richard  Kawliaaon.  RawUnson's  own 
«opy  o(  U  ('•  8to.  Rawl.  594")  in  Ilod- 
tej'  has  MS.  addition*  by  liim— MS. 
BodL  Add.  A  do  conlnins  a  transcript 
of  Hcarne'i  notes aboat  Wood  extracted 
tsma.  Uconie's  MS.  CoUectlont. 

*  iboB  in  RiatinK  the  family  misfor- 
tanes  of  Richard  Soucb  of  rembrokc 
Coll.,  WoihI  uys  tluU  bit  grandmother 
wav '  burnt  in  her  bed,'  he  having  a  few 
paga  before  narrated  the  fatal  fire: 
Ra^kno  nialces  him  tay  tliat  ihe  was 


'  touched  it)  her  bead.*  Similarly,  by 
Icaring  out  the  fint  half  of  the  note  in 
1677,  KawUnson  mattes  'Mr.  Lane' 
(and  not  the  Cafflbridgc  antiquary  Sber- 
inctos,  aboQi  whom  Lane  it  speaking) 
'die  niddtiily  in  hit  chamber';  and, 
to  all  appearances,  himself  oamte  to 
Wood  his  tmgical  end.  Sec  also  the 
pUtage  deMztiliiiig  the  so-ne  belwecn 
Dr.  Fell  and  Uooii  on  17  March  167! 
in  this  edition,  and  compare  it  with 
RawlioMd'a  text  in  the  earttcr  editions. 
Wood  was  not  the  only  author  whom  Dr. 
Kawlinaon  mangled.  Of  an  edition  by 
Richard  Rawlinsoo  of  Ashmolc's  Anti- 
quirUi  9f  Berkshire  in  1719,  Hcame, 
with  the  more  perfect  sincerity  that  he 
did  not  know  who  was  editor,  says 
( F.tliifuiaf.  Fham  iattoi,  II.  94)  that  Ash- 
mole's  '  wotdt  and  aense  are  moM  hor- 
ridly pcrvcttctl." 

'  in  '  The  Lives  of  Leland,  Hcame, 
and  Wood'  (177a).  Iluddesford  but- 
defied  bis  text  with  preleotiona  notea, 
drawn  from  what  in  charity  wc  mart 
aouine  lu  have  been  au  unknown  book, 
Wooil's  Athenat  Oxm.  Dr.  Bliss 
Btmck  out  many  o(  these  in  his  editions 


B  a 


4  WOOrtS  LIFE  AND  TIMES, 

biography  of  Wood  as  printed  by  Hearne,  Biipplcmented  it  by 
printing  from  MS.  Rawl.  D.  26  (from  1673  onwards)  RawUnson's 
'  Historical  passages  from  .\nt.  Wood's  papers.' 

Olher  MS.  auiharitia  for  Wood's  lift.  In  Huddesford's  edition, 
and  to  a  slightly  larger  extent,  in  BlJit-s'  two  editions',  additional  notes 
had  been  drawn  from  other  papers  by  Wood,  e.  g.  from  his  account 
of  contemporary  'entertainments  and  ceremonies,'  of  'persons  buried 
m  Oxford'  in  his  time,  and  from  notes  written  by  liim  in  liis  printed 
books.  The  present  edition  seeks  to  incorporate,  in  strict  chrono- 
logical sequence,  the  is-ho1e  of  the  additional  matter  which  can  be 
derived  from  these  sources,  so  far  as  it  Ix^-ars  on  Wood's  own  life 
or  bis  times.  The  MSS.  which  have  been  drained  for  this  purpose 
are  as  follows :— - 


Prtitnt  frets-mart. 

No.,  i/aty,  i»  tfu 

Title  hy-mhuk  Wood 

1697  Cat.  MSS. 

tUts  tfu  MS. 

Wood's  Almioacf  with 

'my  Almanacks.' 

Diary  1657-1695 

MS,  Tanner  loj  part  a 

'  Indt'x  pro  aDDis.' 

Wood  MS.  F  4 

0.  C.  8466 

■  ObUal  book.* 

Wood  MS.  F  31 

part  of  0.  C.  8463 

*  loose  pajwn  in  my  FjigUi 
coi>y/ 

%[S.  Sodl.  294 

0.  C.  8i6i 

'Note»    from  CooTocstioi 
Krister.' 

Wood  MS.  019(3) 

0.  C  8566 

'  Eolertniaineiitk.* 

Wood  MS.  £  3a 

'  book  of  jests.* 

Wow]  MS.  E  1 

0.  C.  8505 

'  Oxfordshire  mooDin«flts.* 

Wood  MS.  B  15 

0.  C.  8} 86 

MS.  Biilbid  68 

0.  C  8558 

The  other  Wood  MSS.  in  the  Bodleian  and  notes  by  Wood  in 
his  printed  books  have  been  seardied  and  have  supplied  additional 
matter  ^ 


of  the  Life  of  Wood :  stUl  further  re- 
trCDcbmcnM  baru  been  made  in  the  pre- 
sent edition. 

'  In  1813  in  Vol.  I  of  his  edition  of 
Wood's  AiheHiu ;  in  1648  as  Vol.  I  of 
hii  projected  edition  of  the  Athcnae  for 
the  Ecclestnatlcal  I  listory  Sodcry,  a  de- 
alcn  which  onhappily  went  no  further. 

*  in  the  PhiUipps  library  tX  Thirlcs- 
taine  Hotise.ChHlrti}inm,  is  an  intcrrst- 
ing  Wooil  MS.  which  I  would  gladly 
have  prtnlei)  in  full  in  the  present  vo- 
lume, had  (bis  txrn  pcrmissihle.  MS. 
Pbililppt  7018  (oltLno.  30),  is  a  small 


(ju&rto  Tolume  entitled  '  Antony  4 
Wood's  Rcnealogy  ';  the  first  37  Leaves 
arc  vcUum,  the  rest  paper.  The  con- 
tents arc:  1,  uR[>a^l, '  a  (;vncaIogical 
IkIjIc'  (o  tbr  book  ;  3,  pp.  1-19,  a  fais* 
toiy  of  his  family  1568-1584 :  3,  ppL 
S4  sqq.,  notes  and  slips  on  the  same 
subject.  Incidentally  Wood  here  al- 
Indcs  to  another  volume  of  family  his- 
tory by  him,  of  which  1  have  seen  no 
ottkCF  notice  : — Til.  thnt  Alice  Reare  (c 
Itoltiin),  WofMl's  fnllicr's  aniil,  who  died' 
'  a  vcric  old  woman '  on  19  Apr,  1634, 
told  Wood's  father  '  many  stories  of  the 


INTRODUCTfON. 


It  i»  plain  th»t,  out  of  the  material  repre.<tcntcd  b;  the  above  MSS., 
Wood  designed  several  dlsttncl  works : — 
as,  e.gn  1)  ^  autobiograph)'  or  memoirs; 

2,  ao  '  Itinerary/  on  the  model  of  his  favourite  Leland ; 

3,  an  'Antiquities  of  Oxfordshire,'  lo  male  the  admired 
Dugdalc's  Warwickshire ; 

4,  a  continuation  from  i66o  of  his  'Annals  of  the  Uni- 
versity'; 

5,  a  '  book  of  jests,'  in  emulation  of  Captain   Hicks' 
Oxford  Jests; 

6,  an  account  of  persons  buried  in  the  city  of  Oxford; 

7,  a  volume  describing  the  pageants  of  his  time : 

bot  as  these  are  left,  oU  of  them  in  a  rough,  and  most  of  them 
in  a  fragmentary,  condition,  it  is  necessary  lo  brin^  them  all  into  one 
vrork,  according  lo  the  only  unity  existing  among  them,  tlic-  unity 
of  chronological  sequence '. 

In  doing  so  I  have  adhered  closely  to  tw*o  mles,  to  give  Wood's 
statements  faithfully,  and  to  give  them  in  full.  Breach  of  the  first 
of  these  rules  sins  against  ilie  truth  of  history  by  concealing  the 
sordtdness  of  the  stxaUed  'happy*  Restoration.  As  regards  the 
second  rule,  many  of  the  notes  arc  indeed  very  trivial,  but  their  mere 
triviality  is  oflcn  of  help  towards  understanding  the  manners  and  liabits 
of  the  time.  It  is  chiefly  by  Wood's  jottings  of  his  petty  expenditure 
that  we  can  appreciate  the  part  then  played,  in  academic  hfc,  by  the 
cook-shop,  the  tavern,  and  the  coffee-house,  or  such  things  as  the  rain 
of  pamphlets  which  accompanied  the  movements  of  the  day,  the 
Restoration,  the  Popish  Plot,   ihc   Revolution.     It  will  readily  be 

Jerstood  that  in  such  hasty  and  unfinished  notes,  punctuation  is 
tically  absent,  and  contractions  of  words  abound.  I  have,  as 
a  mailer  of  course,  neglected  these  throughout,  and  presented  Wood's 
text  simply  and  exactly,  as  one  would  now  put  one's  own  MS.  into 
print.  I  have,  however,  carefully  followed  Wood's  own  spelling, 
wherever  he  writes  his  words  in  full. 


hmily.'wd  tbu  bcr dai^tcrKliabelb 
Bene,  wbo  died  Rged  So  in  i66g,  lodd 
Wood  blmielf  tome  •  whitk  I  thaii  n- 
mtmhr  in  atutfur  ie^JL'  The  initial 
C  wllil  Wonit't  ajrnt  ic  pasted  tnmlc 
the  com.  Tliu  PhiUippK  MS.  bdonged 
In  aad  has  the  book- [>lal«  of  ■  Sii  Ccotfc 
NajUr,  Ctna,'  who  dicil  1^31.  1  hm 
lu  thank  T.  FiUioy  K«irwick.  E.«j.. 
lor  his  kindocMi  to  allowiog  mc  access 


to  thb  ffolankc. 

'  I  hai«  ab<tuned  rrom  iDoorponUtnc 
the  Viood  coTTHpotuicace,  nserving  that 
far  trealmmt  hereafter.  The '  book  of 
ieOa'baftbccnpfiotEd: ' MaJuu Salium, 
aooUectian  ofsodb  [deoestif  humoof  as 
pTFTKiled  at  Oxford  in  the  tunc  of  Mr. 
Aothoay  h.  Wood,  collected  hj  himsdf 
aad  pobliriied  from  bis  original  MS.,' 
OxT.  1751,  liaoi 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TL\FE^ 

IL   The  Wood  Cdltction  of  MSS.  and  printed  hocks. 

A  CoUection  fonned  two  centuries  ago,  and  still  preserved  practi- 
cally* intact,  deserves  a  note  about  its  character  and  contents;  and 
Wood  in  his  journal-notes  makes  so  frequent  reference  to  his  papers 
and  books  that  their  present  arran^mcnt  must  be  explained. 

A  Catalogue  of  the  ^'ood  MSS^  full  in  some  respects  though 
in  others  unsatisfaclory,  has  been  printed  in  sewral  recensions'.  Of 
the  printed  books  there  is  no  account  in  existence,  except  a  Cata- 
logue'(in  MS.)  made  before  1769,  when  the  Collection  was  in  tlie 
Ashmolcan,  supplemented,  for  the  books  in  Wood  B-Wood  E,  by 
a  hand-list  made  in  the  Bodleian  in  1890. 

On  Wood's  death  in  1695,  his  MSS.  and  snch  of  his  printed  books 
and  pamphlets  as  were  not  already  in  that  institution  were  deposited 
in  the  library  of  the  Ashmoleau  Museum.  Ac  iliis  time  the  Keeper 
of  the  iViimioIean  was  Edward  Lhwyd,  a  man  llioroughly  capable, 
who  drew  up  the  Calalo);ue  of  Wood's  IVISS.  for  the  Caiaicgus  MSS. 
Angl.  ei  HiUrn.  of  1697,  numbering  them  from  1  to  137.  Subse- 
quent Keepers  were  less  competent,  and  the  Collection  suffered  many 
things.  Some  entire  MSS.  were  stolen,  and  papers  and  portions  out 
of  others.  Several  MSS.  were  negligently  re-bound,  (a)  [>arts  of  one 
MS.  being  mixed  up  wiili  others;  (i)  MSS.  incongruous  both  in  size 
and  in  contents  being  bound  together  to  the  injury  of  each  other; 


*  Dot  abiolntely.  partly  rrom  losses, 
partly  ficm  volumes  txiipg  uliirtcd  from 
the  Wood  CoUcctiof)  iato  oibcr  collcc- 
tioits.  Tlie  loaae»  will  be  nuticed  aftcT- 
wutU  ;  bnt  il  mny  hcrv  t>e  uoliocd  ihat 
Wood  757  haLB  been  rnnovcd  lu  "  8vo 
Prayer  Hooks,"  aod  \\'ood  706.  Wood 
716.  Wood  809  harebecome  respectively 
•Mather  8vo  ij.'  '  MalhcV  8vo  i),' 
'Mutber  8vo  14J,'  chani.'cs  (made,  I 
l»elicvc  by  I5r.  Coxc)  which  vxm  to 
mc  ill-adriicd.  Wood  706  ii  CoUoa 
htalbcr's  '  I^e  memorable  providence* 
relating  to  irilchcrnfl,'  the  ucnod  im- 
pi««uon,  Loud.  i6(|i ;  and  has  ihete 
note*  by  Wood :— («^ '  1 7  Jan.  I  Cyf ,  re 
cri>i  a  CmoenUo  Maihero ' ;  (l>)  'Coiton 
Mather,  ihc  author  of  this  book,  was  fioa 
of  Crcsccntiui  (or  looraie)  Mather.' 
Wood  716  ia  *de  ncoeua  EraDgelU 
sptid  lodos  in  NoTi<Anglii  ejnstoU  '  a 
Creiceotia  Matbero,  Lood.  16S8 ;  aitJ 


baa  the  note  by  Wood  : — '  Jan.  1 7, 169&; ' 
(i.e.  I)  rcc(i.'pi)  ab  authore.*  Woodil 
809  it  '  Diatriba  de  tX^o  FiUi  Homloia 
et  dc  sccnndo  Mcs&iae  advcotn  .  .  .* 
authorc  Cre&ceatio  Matbero,,  AmsteL 
1681:  and  has  this  note  by  Wood: — 
'  17  Jan.  1690  (i.e.  t)  recept  ub  au- 
tbore.' 

*  in  1697  in  Kdward  Ikmard'a  '  Cat. 
Codd.MSS.Angt.etHibcra.';  reprinted 
by  WilUam  llnddcsfoid  '  Cat.  lib.  MSS. 
Aotonii  i  Wood,'  Oaf.  1761  ;  reprinted 
tn  1834  at  hii  Middlehilt  press  by  Sir 
Thomai  PtiiUippa.  John  Gulch  prefixed 
a  rcGcnaoD  of  it  to  hU  edition  of  Wood*s 
Htiloty  of  the  Univewily  (1793!. 

'  DOW  in  the  Bodleian ;  '  IJhroniin 
Impttnonuii  ct  MScriptontm  AntonU 
k  Wood  Catalf^u  ' — the  printed  books 
occupy  pp.  t-70;  at  the  cod  is  a  CaU- 
lugueoftheDugdalcMSS.  Ibavedted 
it  as 'Wood  Catalogue'  {l^~-'). 


TNTRODVCrrON. 


{c)  the  disUnctive  fbntures  or  (he  binding  being  lost,  so  destroying  the 
possibility  of  tracing  Wood's  references  lo  his  'russet  book,  'black 
book,'  etc.  Forty-eight  printed  books  were  stolen,  besides  nLmcroua 
single  tracts  out  of  odicr&.  The  lundcr  was  allowed  to  wreck  the 
pani|>hlet  volumes,  shearing  away  here  a  hne  or  two  of  text  and  there 
a  tnarginal  or  foot-note  added  by  Wood.  In  Nov.  18.17  ^  survey 
of  the  Collection  by  W.  Kirdand  and  W.  H.  Black  shewed  the  extent 
of  the  injury  it  had  sustained.  In  i860  ilie  Collection  was  transferred 
to  the  Bodleian.  The  arnuigement  and  numeration  of  the  volumes 
10  ihe  Aslunolean,  where  iJicy  were  grouped  in  a  room  called  '  Mr. 
Wood's  study,'  were,  of  course,  retained  in  the  Bodleian,  where  with 
the  Ashmolc  Collection  they  occupy  the  'Ashroole'  room.  That 
arrangement  must,  therefore,  next  be  described. 

The  Wood  MSS.  and  books  were  arranged  in  four  divisions : — 
(i)  those  without  mark ;  (ii)  those  indicated  by  letters ;  {iti)  those 
indicated  by  letters  and  numbers  ;  (iv)  those  indicated  by  numbers. 

Dtvision  (i)  was  a  mass  of  unbound  MS.  notes,  letters,  and 
loose  charters,  contained  in  boxes,  whicli  were  handed  over  from  the 
A^hmolean  to  the  Bodleian  in  i860.  The  charters  and  rolls  have 
now  been  arranged  as  port  and  parcel  of  the  Bodleian  collection 
of  charters,  and  calendared  in  W.  H.  Turner's  and  H.  O.  Coxe's 
Calendar  of  BadUian  Charters.  The  rest  of  the  loose  papers  have 
been  bound  up  into  volumes,  Wood  F  3^Wood  F  50,  which  will  be 
nodced  afterwards.  I  have  great  suspicions  that,  while  the  *  Wood 
boxes'  were  in  the  Ashmolean,  several  collectors,  or  the  persons  who 
supplied  them,  helped  themselves  from  the  unguarded  store  %  and 
bence  perhaps  many  of  llie  Wood  papers  in  the  Rawlins  (of  PopliiUs, 
CO.  Warwick),  Ballard,  and  Rawlinson  Collections. 

Dmsion  (li)  comprised  six  volumes,  lettered  A-F.  These  volumes 
contain  Alm.inacs  which  will  be  noticed  later  on. 

Division  (iii)  comprised  five  series,  containing  all  the  bound  Wood 
MSS.  and  (excluding  some  intruded  volumes)  9a  of  the  Wood  printed 
volume?). 

Wood  B.  Wood  B  i-B  15  are  MSS.  B  16-B  41  are  27  volumes 
of  printed  books,  B  aS  liaving  to  be  counted  twice  (B  28  a,  B  28  b). 

Wood  O.  Wood  C  i-C  12  arc  MSS.  C  13-C  49  are  37  volumes 
of  printed  books.  C  50  was  lost  anterior  to  the  making  of  llie  'Wood 
Catalogue'  in  17 — .  Csi  (a  printed  book),  C  5a  (a  few  pages  of 
MS.),  and  C  53  (Laud's  resignation  of  his  Chancellorship  in  1641, 
with  autograph  signature)  have  been  added  to  the  original  set  of 
Wood  books  in  this  scries.     The  MS,  now  marked  C  i  (formerly 


WOOJfS  UFE  ASD  TIUES. 


£  30)  hn  BikcB  ^  plKc  of  dae  origind  C I  >  vlbdi  w»s  *  Dictioiiili 
doiiiai  Angfe-BriMicMB.  aiftoR  Enso  Lewm,*  a  book  or  I 
wlikfal  fame  DOC  bec«  sue  U  tnce. 

Wood  I>.  Wood  D  i-Dio  and  D3X,  D33  are  H5S.— vv  19 
BiMber,  D7  honng  been  viatfy  R-faonnd  m  five  ports  [Df^i 
B  7  (>),  etc]  and  D  19  in  foor  pans,  each  pan  banqg  beeo 
a  (fittiDct  U&    Dii-D^i  are  it  volnmes  of  priaicd  booJu^  D 
repnaeodng  tvo  TtduBxs. 

Wood  B.  Wood  £  i-E  IS  and  £  19  arc  MSS.    £  13-E  38 
16  voJumes  of  ptinted  books.     Wood  £30  «u  m  MS^  wfaich 
been  moved  10,  and  is  nov,  C  1.    These  Rpment  the  ordinal  W< 
set  as  placed  in  the  Ashmoleao.    Ejf,  £31,  and  £33  are 
snail  MSS.  of  Wood's  vritii^,  vidcb  had  poosed  into  prime 
saon  (being  pan  of  the  'pri^^te  papers*  left  10  James  Bine" 
Thomas  Tanner  to  dbipose  oQ  and  were  afterwards  procured  far 
Ashtnolean.     Unfbmiiately  £  31  (Wood's  *  book  of  Kbdb  oa  divene 
persons  in  Oxford,'  MS.)  was  early  stolen,  the  Wood  Cualogue  having 
the  note  '£31  dc-esl,  Nov.  20,  1837— W.  K.*'    E34  b  a  prin 
book  prescDLcd  by  Richard  Rawlinson  to  the  Ashmolcan. 

Wood  F  contained  37  vohimcs,  all  MSS.,  F  1-F37.  F31 
'misang'at  a  very  early  date,  and  has  never  been  traced.  Al 
later  dau  several  of  the  Tolames  were  bound  together,  so  that  the 
lemainmg  36  MSS.  are  now  found  in  24  volumes.  F  15  lias  F  10 
added  to  it  F 11  has  F  18  added  lo  it  Fai  has  Fix.  F17,  F  19, 
F  30,  F  33,  and  F  34  added  to  it  F  33  has  F  36  and  F37  added 
10  it  F33  has  F  30  and  F34  added  to  it. — ^To  these  coosderablc 
additions  liave  latcerly  been  made;  F29  is  now  marked  F39A,  and 
a  tran&cript  of  it  (w/  made  for  Sir  John  Peshall)  in  two  votunKs 
is  marked  F  39  B,  F  29  C.  For  the  missing  F  3 1  a  volume  (marked 
F31)  has  been  substituted;  made  up  of  loose  papers  which  had 
accumulated  in  the  Ashmolcan  by  sifting  out  of  ihe  Wood  MSS.,  the 
ddbris  from  Fi  and  F29A  being  the  chief  element  F38  is  an 
(imperfect)  MS.  of  Wood's  History  of  the  Uuivcrsil;'  and  Colleges, 
bought  by  the  Bodleian  b  1846.  F39-F45  arc  seven  volumes  of 
letters  to  and  from  Wood.  F46-F50  are  five  volumes  of  miscel- 
laneous papers— scraps  for  the  Athcnae  and  personal — made  up  out 


nng 


'  £33  has  the  signature  'G.I*.  Dute' 
as  or  a  rormer  owner.  E  .^  has  a  broken 
piece  of  a  printed  book-plnte  which 
■ays; — 'D*  jacolnii.  Biu«  de  C<>dtcci( 

Wadh.  .  . .  poslea  c  ictlamcnti 

curatocibus  .  -  ■  plia   (quae   ^itti    vivcus 


donavoat  A  ...)-••  d>  cnraviL*  Alao 
tlicvigQaturc'CP.  Biae.  I735.*  See  R- 
B.  Gartlincr'i  Ktg.  Coil.  It'm/i.  p.  35*. 
*  William  KinLand,  a  capable  and 
painftakiog  tmdci-ketpei  of  the  Aih> 
tnoleao. 


INTRODUCTION^, 


of  Division  (i).  Fgi  is  a  small  volume  conlaining  some  Wood 
letters  and  papers  found  in  1891  in  the  RawUnson  D  Collection. 

Division  (iv)  comprised  the  mass  of  llie  printed  books,  numbered 
Wood  r-Wood  899. 

This  numbering,  however,  was  not  consecutive.  Nos.  no.  700, 
723,  748,  887  each  represented  two  \-oliiines  (iioA,  iioB,  etc.); 
and  660  &ve  \'oIumes :  and  for  a  lost  276  two  volumes  of  Wood 
single-sheeis  (276  A,  276  B)  were  substituted.  This  would  give 
an  apparent  total  of  910  volumes  as  placed  in  the  Ashmolean  from 
the  Wood  bequest;  but  some  deductions  have  to  be  made,  e.g.  Wood 
5S6-Wood  558  are  Gazettes  published  afler  Wood's  death. 

There  were  also  a  number  of  intruded  volumt-s,  some  of  which 
have  since  been  removed  into  the  Ashmolean  numeration.  Wood ' 
iiA-iiC  ('The  New  Baronetage  of  England,'  Lond.  1769)  have 
the  inscription  'dono  dedit  J.  Pcshall  Nov.  29mo,  1768.'  Wood 
«76C-»76E  are  now  Ashmole  1818-1820.  Wood*  428 B-438E 
arc  books '  printed  after  Wood's  death.  Wood  62;^  B  has  the  inscrip- 
tion 'dono  dedit  Browne  Willis,  Acd.  Xti  sodo-toiumensalis.'  Wooil 
660  R  has  the  inscription  'Ds.  Jacobus  Bisst;  M.D.  dc  Codicot-Bcrry 
Hertf.,  longe  abhinc  e  socits  Coll.  Wadh.,  honoris  ergo  mu.saeo 
Anton ii  h  Wood  clarisslmj  antjquarii  dono  dedit  1737.'  Wood  660, 
in  addition  to  the  Wood  volumes  (Wood  660  A-660  K)  proper,  repre- 
sents 37  intruded  volumes  (some  of  lliem  Ashmole  MSS.),  viz.  660  R 
just  mentioned,  Wood  660  Q  (now  "Bibl.  Engl.  1715  b.  3"),  ten 
vcdumes  Wood  660  A-660  P,  tlirec  volumes  marked  Wood  660  S, 
two  volumes  marked  Wood  660  T,  one  marked  Wood  660  XT. 
Wood  660  U,  660  V,  660  UV,  660  W.  660  GG,  are  now  Ashmole 
1813-1817  (correspondence  and  papers  of  Edward  Lhw)'d  and 
minutes  of  the  Philosophical  Society  at  Oxford).  Wood  660  AA  is 
DOW  Ashmole  1821;  Wood  6rtoBB-66oDD  and  660FF  are  now 
Ashmole  1806-1808.  Wood  660EE  (an  intruded  MS.)  has  long 
been  'missing.' 

Of  these  Wood  books  forty-seven,  over  five  per  cent,  were  'missing' 
before  the  Wood  Collection  left  the  insecurity  of  the  .\shmolean : — vix. 
DOS.  I,  50.  5'.  56,  57.58.  61,  63,  64,  66,  74,  77,  86,  94,  iioB,  120, 
Iij,  13a,  161,  192,  201,  276,  282,  298.  324,  395,  398,  400,  440, 
449,  490,  69a,  729.  734,  748A,  748  B,  749.  755,  758.  790.  791.  Boa, 
827,  842,  881,  887  A,  887  B. 


*  addition*!  to  Wood  11  proper. 
'  ■dditJonal  to  Wood  418  A. 

*  Uo&numi    Lcxkm,    Lu^    Uot. 


1698  ;  Hickcft'  Theuutrw  Ling.  Vei., 
0x00.  1705. 


lO 


WOOTfS  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


Excluding  45  Ixxiks  added  at  later  dates  and  12  MSS.*  not  of 
Wood's  writing  or  coHecting,  wc  haw,  as  the  present  total  of  the 
genuine  Wood  Collection,  115  volumes  of  MSS.'  (or.  if  we  include 
also  ibc  39  almanacs  interleaved  with  Wood's  (Uarj,  154  MSS.),  and 
959  printed  volumes'.  These  prinlcd  volumes  represent  an  enor- 
IQOUidjr  greater  number  of  printed  pieces,  5  or  6  and  in  some  cases  1  o 
or  30  pieces  being  bound  together;  while  in  the  pamphlets  we  have 
sometimes  50  or  60,  or  even  150  or  160,  separate  pieces  bound 
togetticr. 

In  getting  his  single-sheets  and  pamphlets  bomid  up,  Wood  arranged 
them  in  divisions  according  lo  subject,  and  (generally  speaking)  tried 
to  arrange  each  division  in  chronological  order*.  Some  of  these 
divisions  deserve  particular  notice. 


{K).   The  Almanacs. 

Wood  was  a  considerable  buyer  of  Almanacs.  Those  now  found 
in  the  Wood  Collection  in  the  Bodleian  occur  in  three  sets: — 

(a)  Almanacs  from  1657-1695,  interleaved,  with  Wood's  diaries 
written  in  them.  The  history  of  these  is  very  obscure.  They  were 
known  to  Dr.  Richard  Rawlinson,  who  made  excerpts"  from  them, 
now  found  in  MS.  Rawl.  D  36.  Thereafter  they  disappeared  en- 
tirely and  seem  to  be  quite  unknown  to  the  successive  editors  of 
Wood's  life  (William  Huddesford  in  1773,  and  Dr.  Philip  Bliss  in 
1848).  A  good  many  years  ago  ihcy  were  found  in  the  Bodleian 
in  a  drawer  in  the  Gough  Koom  by  the  Rev.  W.  Dunn  Macray,  and 
then  carefully  bouul.  They  hod  no  doubt  been  in  the  library  foFi 
many  years,  and  are  probably  ihc  papers  mentioned  in  a  small  410 
MS.  Catalogue  of  M  SS.  in  the  Bodleian  (bound  in  green  vellum,  written  * 
1747):  but  how,  or  when,  they  camu  into  the  Bodleian  is  not  known. 


J 


*  8  of  them  Ashnwle  MSS.  made  op 
out  of  those  in  Wood  660. 

'  this  tskcs  00  Rccooat  of  lost  vo- 
Ittmes,  iome  of  which  ilisap]>ear«l  prior 
to  the  1 7 —  '  Wood  CaUlogot.'  Nor,  of 
coune,  b  any  accouni  taken  of  MSS.  of 
Wood's  vritbkg  or  colletting  in  other 
collections  in  ibc  BmllciAn  or  clucwbczc. 
Nor,  again,  ilo  I  incltitJe  the  '  rolU '  and 
*ehartcn'  of  Wood's  collecting  which 
an  Dour  in  the  Bodkioo. 

*  1006,  less  47  lost  voluDcft.  No 
ftocoonl,  of  coarse,  is  taken  of  any 


prtnted  books  fonnctlr  possessed  t^ 
Wood  which  may  )«  in  othct  cuUections 
in  the  Bodleian  01  eUcwbcre  1  as  uite 
(and  a  most  valonble  one)  is  in  Jcsu 
Coll.  Libr.,  as  w:ll  Ijc  noted  aflcni-anls. 

'  in  many  coses  Wood  bos  matkcd 
on  the  tltlc-pagc  the  date  of  appearance 
of  the  pamphlet. 

'  Kawlinson's  excerpts  b«}^witb  the 
1657  Almanac,  hut  HaddeiToril  lo  edi- 
ting Wood'*  life  luintcd  the  excerpts 
from  1673  only. 

*  by  Humphrey  Oweo. 


INTRODUCTION, 


II 


{*)  Six  volumes  of  Almanacs  known  as  Wood  A,  B,  C,  D,  E,  F. 
These  were  among  ihe  books  bequeathed  lo  the  Ashroolcao  by  Wood 
in  1695  and  transferred  with  the  other  books  of  the  Ashmolean 
Library  to  the  Bodleian  in  1H60. 

{/)  Simy  volumes  of  Almanacs  in  the  ordinary  enumeration  of 
the  Wood  printed  books;  e.g.  Wood  t-6,  Wood  10,  Wood  13-15, 
Wood  498,  Wood  843. 

The  Almanacs  are  by  a  great  variety  of  wrilera :  the  more  rccogniaabl*  of  tbem 
may  b«  amnged  thus  alphabeticaUj',  puttinf  fiiU  a  sbott  title  by  wtuch  tbey  may 

bcdtcd. 

* 
AmJrtwj :  '  d£  icboa  ooelestfbiiR  or  an  eplutnena  *  ...  by  WiUiam  Andrews, 

London. 
AtkinsM :  '  Puiteipe,  M  est,  onmc  delcctaie,  or  a  pleasant  almanack  foi  *  .  .  . 

by  Churlrt  Atkioscm,  London. 
SMktr  :  appealed  in  diflcreot  yean  under  difTcrent  titles,  e.g.  in  164.11 '  Almanack 

c!  Prognosticon,"  in  1646  '  Mcreoriiis  Coclicus  sivc  Almanack  ct  I'togro»- 

tlcoo,'  in  1A61  *  TcIesGupiam  Uranicnm  or  an  Almanack '  .  .  . — all  by  John 

Booker,  I.ood. 
Ceihem  :  '  Speculum  perspicnum  Vranicum  or  an  Almanack '  ...  by  Lancelot 

CocUoo. 
C^j  :  'Nofiidut  Coelestia  or  Urania's  M^eneni^r '  ...  by  Henry  Coley,  London. 
Crmi^ani ;  '  Vox  Urantae  ot  Astiologiciil  ObtenraUuns  ...  for  the  year  *  .  .  . 

by  Henry  Crawford,  Lond. 
Dtme :   '  Dove  :  Speculum  Ann!  ...  or  an  almanack  for  the  year '  .  .  .  Cam- 
bridge. 
Epii<Qfai :  *  An  episcopal  almanadc  for  the  year*  ,  .  .  Lond. 
Cadbitry  -.  'Z4ltM£nz  or  a  (Uaiy  astronomical  and  ajtrological  for  the  year ' . . . 

by  John  Gadburj",  Lood. 
G*S€» ;  cither  '  An  almanack  and  progntwticatJon  for  the  year '  ...  or  *  A  com- 

pleat  pocket  Almanack  foi  the  year '  ...  by  Thomaa  Gollen,  Land. 
M^nltliaH :  '  Montchon  or  3  propbellcal  Almanack  '  .  .  . 
Natuorth ;  '  A  new  abnanack  and  prognostication  for  the  year '  ...  by  George 

Nawortb  [an  anagnun  for  Whaiton.] 
Parktr:  •  Meicurtos  Angllcanos,  ot  an  l^gUsh  Mercory '  ...  by  George  I^uker, 

Lood. 
PaHri^ijf^  :  '  Merlinas  Ubenttos,  being  an  abnanack  * ...  by  John  Partridge,  Lond. 
Mrt.   Vartrid^ :    '  Tbc   Womjm's   Almanack   for   the   year '   ...   by   Dorothy 

Partridge. 
P<md'.  'A  new  almanack  for  the  year*  ...  by  Benjamin  Pond,  Oxford ;  or 

'  Pond  :  an  aliaanack  for  ■  .  .'  Cambrii)f;e. 
/Vtfr  HobtH :  '  Poor  KoUo  ...  An  almanack  after  the  old  and  new  ^hion '  .  .  . 

I.ood, 
Jlidtr ;  '  Rider'*  Bhtiab  Merlin  '  ...  by  Cardanos  Rider,  Lond. 
SauitUrt :  '  ApoUo  Aoglicanus,  The  Englixb  Apollo'  ...  by  Rkhaid  Sannderv, 

Lond. 
Sen'filuft:   'A  sciii>ture  aloaanack  oi>cning  and  reconciUog  difficult  Scriptures' 

.  ..byH.J.' 

'  Wood  notes  *  H(eniy>  Jesicy  pnbliilied  a  Scripture  Almanack  <for)  i6$7.* 


tVOOIfS  UFE  AND  TWES. 

Smith  :  *  A  new  almanack  uid  pro^ostication  '  ...  by  John  Smith,  Lone). 

SufOHi  *  Ad  cfJiemeris  or  ftlnuaftck  iox*  .  .  .hy  John  Swan,  Cambr. ;  also  'Swan: 
■  new  almanac  for '  .  .  .  Cambr. 

TOHHir:  '  Angeltu  nrilARniciix,  &I1  Eplicmcris  for'  .  .  .  by  John  Tanner,  Load. 

THg^  :  '  Calcndarinni  astrologioim  or  an  almanac  for  "...  by  Thomas  TrigKC 

Wharton  :  appealed  in  succu^ivc  years  wn\cr  a  grecl  variety  of  natne^ :  thns  *  No 
Merlinc  or  Mercuric  but  a  new  Almanack  after  the  old  fiuhion' .  .  .;  '  Hc- 
meroscopclon,  a  metcorologicall  diary  arud  prognosticatian  ' .  . .  (fullowed  by 
'  Ptoaiui[)hoiirsiK,  or  an  aslraU  jircdiction ') ;  *  Ephcmeris,  or  a  Uiaiy '  .  .  .fj 
'Hemerulo^um' ;  'CaJcndariom  Ecclcsiasticnm';  'Calcndariuro  CaroUnum'Fl 
etc, — all  by  George  \\7iarlan,  London.     Sec  '  Naworlh,*  sapra. 

Wing:  'OAO/tna  Ai/ftara ;  or  an  almanack ' by  Vincent  Wing,  Lood. ;  after* 

vranU  by  John  Wing,  Canfbr. 

i'te  anti  A'ajr :  '  A  yea  and  nay  almanack  for  the  people  called  by  the  men  of  tha 
world  Quakers,'  Lond. ;  tnteiidn)  to  EAliriw  the  Quakers. 

Arranged  chrocolo;;icAl1y,  with  references  to  the  volumes  in  which  they  ore 
found  (those  marked  *  being  in  the  diary  Kt^,  the  Wood  collecdon  of  Alnuuuci 
mns  as  follows : — 

1639,  Kalcadrier  on  Joumal  pour  .  .  .  i6ir^,  par  Jean  Franco,  Anvai  1629; 
Wowl  J.— A  Dutch  almanac ' ;  Wood  498  (14). 

1630,  Pond';  Wood  Aim.  A. 

1631,  Kalixcdricr  00  Journal  pour  .  .  .  1631,  par  Jean  Franco,  Anren  1631 ;  i 
Wood  3. 

1633,  David  Origantu',  a  Dutch  almanac,  printed  at  Amsterdam;  Wood 
Aim.  A. 

1634,  a  Dutch  almanac ;  Wood '  1. 
1641,  Poiif! ;  \Voi>ti  Aim.  A. 

1641,  Nawotth  ;  W&od  Aim.  A.— Gallen,  Wood  Aim.  B. 
164^1  Hooker ;  Wruxl  Aim.  A, 

1644,  Nawoith ;  Wood  Aim.  A. 

1645,  Naworth;  Wood  Aim.  A. 

1646,  Booker;  Wood  Aim.  A. 

1647,  Wharton;  Wood  Aim.  B. 

1648,  Wharton ;  Wood  Aim.  B. — Scriptorc ;  Wood  Aim.  A. 

1649,  Wharton ;  Wood  Aim.  11. 

1650,  Wbanoa ;  Wood  Aim.  Ji. 

1651,  Wharton ;  Wood  Aim.  B  (also  !n  Wood  lo>. 
165a.  Whaitoii ;  Wood  la — Smith;  Wood  Aim.  A. 

1653,  Wharton;  Wood  10. 

1654,  Wbartun;  Wood  10.— MerUousAnonymni  by  Raphael  DesDOs;  Wood  15. 

1655,  Wharton;  Wood  10, — MetUnus  Anooymiis  ;  Wood  i£. 


'  '  Comptoir  Almaoach,'  Amster- 
dam, 16J9. 

■  this  book  containi  nota  of  IrnvelK, 
etc  by  a  furmcr  owner,  an  Kngligb- 
man. 

'  this  book  coiitalni  the  diary  of  a 
former  owner,  resident  at  the  Hague, 
etc  The  hand  ia  the  same  aa  that 
iriiidt  wrote  the  note*  in  Pond  (or  163a 


I  shnnld  not  be  unrpriicd  if  on  exami- 
nation these  turned  ont  to  be  tlic  Jour- 
nals of  Griffin  Hlge«i  f«'llow  of  Mwiwi; 
rciident  abroad  from  iCj;  to  iSjR  ox 
chaplain  to  Hiwibrth  (danghter  of 
James  I)  ;  afterwards  dean  of  LichlieMj 
died  16  Dec  1659. 

*  this  book  u  iraw  'miitiog'  from 
the  Library. 


rXTRODUCTIOr^. 


>3 


1656,  Wharton;  Wood  10. 

1657,  •Saoodcr*. — Wharton;  Wood  10. 

1658,  *WIuff.~Wharton ;  Wood  10. 
J659,  •SaondcT*. — Wharton  ;  Wuod  10. 

|sfi6o, 'Gsdbnry. — Wharton;  WcKid  10.— Montelioo';  Wood  15. 

1661 , 'Booker. — Wharton;  Wood  Aim.  C' — Montelitm;  Wood  15. — Gidbnry; 
Wood  Aim.  D. — Tanner;  Wood  Mm.  £. — Calendarinm  Catholicum  or  an  Uai- 
Tcnal  Almanack  for  1661  ;  Wood  4. 

161S1.  "Pond.— Uliarton ;  Wood  Aim.  C— MontcUoD;  Wood  15.— Triggr; 
Wood  Aim.  E. — Cozcuq's  Ephemcris  ;  Wood  15, 

1W3,  •SouadcR.— Wharton;    Wood   Aim.  C. — Andrews;    Wood  Aim-  E — 

Poor  Robin;  Wood  la. — Endjrmion,  bis  northcni  wcAtlm-gluss ;  Wood  15, A 

new  almanac  after  the  old  Easbinn  for  1663,  L«nd.  16135  :  Wood  6. 

1664,  •rood.— Wharton ;  Wood  Aim.  C— Poor  Rohin  ;  Wood  la. 

ifi^s.  •Winp.— Wharton;  Wood  Aim.  C— Poor  Kobm;  Wood  13. 

1666,  •Oore.— Wharton ;  Wood  Aim.  C— Poor  Robin  ;  Wood  13. 

1667,  •Swan.— Wing ;  Wood  Aim.  E. — Poor  Robin ;  Wood  13. 

16C8.  "DoTc.— Ciulhiiry  WcmxI  Aim.  D.— Poor  Robin  •  Wood  la.— The  Pro- 
testBBt  Almanac,  by  Philoprotcst ;  Wood  Aim.  K. 

1669,  •Pond.— Gadbury  ;  Wood  Aim.  D. — Poor  Robin  ;  Wood  u. 

1670,  "Fond. — GadbtuT';  Wood  Aim.  U. — Poor  Kobto;  Wood  13. — Samulen, 
Wood  Aim.  F. 

1671,  •Atkinson. — Satmden,  Wood  Aim.  F. — Poor  Robin ;  Wood  13. 
i6jj,  •Tanner, — Sanndcrs,  Wood  Aim.  F. — Poor  Robin;  Wood  t3. 
1673 '.  "Gadbary. — Saandcn.  Wood  Alra.  F. — Poor  Robin ;  Wood  i^ 

1674,  •Episcopal.— Poor  Rot^  ;  Wood  13. 

1675,  'Episcopal. — Poor  Kobtn;  Wood  13. — Mercniiui  Vcrax;  Wood  15. 

1676,  •Crawford.— Poor  Robin  ;  Wood  I  J. 

1677, 'Pond. — Poor  Robin;  Wood  13. — Tbc  New  FrolciUnt  Almaiuc,  by 
Philoprotnt ;  Wood  Aim.  E. 

1678,  •Gadbury.— Poor  Rohtn :  Wood  13.— Yea  and  Nay ;  Wood  Aim.  E. 

1679,  •Coley.— Poor  Robin;  Wood  13.— Yta  and  Nay  ;  Wood  Aim.  E. 

1680,  •Pond.— Poor  Robin;  Wood  13— Coclson;  Wood  Aim.  E.— The  New 
IVolesUnt  Aim.,  by  Philoi>Tote«  ;  Wood  Aim.  E. 

1681,  •Pond.— Poor  Robin  ;  Wood  14. 

1682,  •Dove.— Poor  Robin  ;  Wood  14. — Rider;  Wood  5. 
i6i*3,  "Swan.— Poor  Robin  ;  Wood  14.— Gallen;  Wood  Aim.  R 

1684,  •Dove.— Poor  Robin  ;  Wood  I4. 

1685,  •Sauadei*. — Poor  Robin  ;  Wood  14. 

1686, •Wing.— Poor  Robin  ;  Wood  14.— KalendariumCaUioUcum*;  'WGod843. 
1687,  ■Gadbnry.— Poor  Robin ;  Wood  14. 


'  Wood  15(3)  U  MontelioD  for  1660 
in  xrbicb  Wood  notes : — '  John  PhilippA, 
nephew  by  tlie  mother  to  John  Miltun, 
wax  anlhonr  of  thb  AloHtelion  and  not 
of  tbc  nix  that  loUow ;  see  In  his  Mtr- 
furiiu  yerojc,  etc' 

'  Wood  748  A  was  'Mcrlini  Anglici 
EphemcTui'  (or  KJ73 ;  but  the  volume 
k '  qHtffb>g.' 

■  Wood  843  (i)    11    '  Kalendarium 


Catholicum  for  the  year  1686/  1686, 
price  6(/;  wilti  this  note  by  Wood: — 
'  Such  an  almanac  as  Ibis  was  pablishetl 
i6fii, '61, '63 ;  and  if  I  am  not  mit- 
lalten  Thomiu  Blount  of  the  Inner 
Temple  bad  a  hand  in  it.  After  it  had 
laid  donnant  so  ycarcs  it  was  againe 
published  when  all  people  eipccled 
popery  to  be  introduced.' 


WOOrfS  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 

1688,  ^Gadborj. — Poor  Robm ;  Wood  1 4.  — Ephcraerii  ad  aanitm  1668,  Land. 
|6«8:  Wood' 498  ^t5\. 

1689,  •Wing.— Poor  Robin ;  Wood  1 4. —Pood  J  Wood  Aim.  E. 

1690,  *SanDdcn. — Poor  Robin  ;  Wood  14. 

1691,  •Gadlioiy.— P*>or  Robin  ;  Wood  Aim.  F.— Parker  ;  Wood  Aim.  F. 
169a,  •Gadbory.— Poor  Robia;  Wood  Aim.  F.— Partridge ;  Wood  Aim,  F.— 

Gadbtt^;  Wood'  Aim.  IX 

1693,  'Gadbory.— Poor  Robia;  Wood  Aim  P.— P«itridgc :  Wood  Aim.  F.— 
Gadbary ;  Wood  »  Aim.  D. 

1694,  •I'aitridge.— Poor  Kobin ;  Wood  Aim.  F.— Mrs.  Partridge.  Wood  Aim.  F. 
— Cadboiy,  Wooil  Aim.  I>. 

1695,  *TaiiiieT.— Poor  Kobin;  Wood  Aim.  F.— Gadbniy;  Wood  AlzB.  D. 

(B).  Nttospapa-s  in  the  Wood  CoIUcHon. 
(i)  Periodicals  called  Mercuries. 

1641,  Mercariu  nritanolciifi  or  Ttie  Enf*)isb  IntcIligcDccr;  Wood  615  (30). 

1641^1642,  pp.  1-750,  Mercnrioa  Aoliou*;  Wood  613. 

164I-1644.PP.  751-13J8.  MetcnriiM  Aalicoa;  Wood  634. 

Dec.  1656,  Mercuriua  Poliricos ' ;  at  the  btKinning  of  Wood  389. 

l65f~l6s;,  Mcrcuriu*  Politicui ;  WooiJ  jjj. 

i65{-t65S,  Mercantu  PoUticus;  Wood  513. 

165I-1659,  M«rcDnns  Politicus;  Wood  514. 

Jan.  i6|i-t3  Apr.  i66oti  Mercuriiu  PoUticas;  Wood  524. 

[+  Wood  notes  in  Wood  514: — *Man;hioraont  Necdham  gi»e«  offl^  writingt 
or  tallMi  prohibited,  aboat  this  time  ;  and  AffrehHiu  PuMuut  goes  forward  who 
began  in  the  beginning  of  the  jw  1G60.'] 

39  Dec  1659-3  J*^  i*^.?  Mercnrios  Poblicoi ;  Wood  393. 

I66f-lti6l,  Mcrcuriu*  Polilicos;  Wood  394. 

166J-1663,  Mcrcurini  I'nbiicusi  Wood  530. 

16  Jan.  166I-31  Aug.  i66s+,  McToirius  Poblicus ;  Wood  gar. 

[t  Wood  oo(c«  in  Wood  531  :— 'Mr.  Henry  Mtiddiman  dcslutng  from  writing 
Mtrcurius  PHblifuSt  Mr.  Roger  I.'Btnmg  by  order  sacorde*  in  wiiting  the  InteU 
IlgeiKer  and  the  Ncwes ' — the  Utle  had  been  already  to  ttie. 

15  Dec.  1656-38  Dec.  161,7,  PBblick  Iiite!lit,-CTiL-cr ;  Wood  389. 

38  Dec.  1657-31  I>ec.  1658,  Pobliclc  Intelligencer;  Wood  390.] 

(u)  The  InUUigencer  and  tht  News. 

Wood  in  his  disrics  freely  dtes  '  the  News.'  *  News.'  '  Tbc  iDtelligencet'  wu 
pnbtUied  00  Mixntay ;  '  tbe  News  pabltshcd  for  the  satisfaction  and  informatioa 
of  the  people,'  on  Thnnday. 


*  this  book  hai  the  note : — '  Johaonh 
Aabrey  ex  dono  Edmtmdi  Hallcy,  m* 
toria.' 

■  thisbook  has  the  note:— 'Jo(hanri) 
Aabrey,  R(c(,'iac)  S(octctatis>  li(ocio). 
dedit  author.' 

'  this  book  has  the  antogiaph : — 
'  £d(waid)  Shirburoc.* 


*  in  Wood'a  Catalogne  of  hit  own 
books,  now  in  Wood  MS.  E.  a,  he 
speaks  of  having  three  volnmcs  of 
Aftrmriuj  AuUcm,  and  says  they  coa> 
tain  *a  grent  deal  of  wit  and  buffooory.* 

*  in  Wood  MS.  D.  l8  arc  notes,  ap- 
parently excerpted  from  Mtrrurius 
fW$tiaUf  for  the  years  16^1-16^6. 


INTRODVCTION. 


»5 


31  A0£.  i6fii-.8  Drc.  1665  j  1^  ^^^^"^  \  Wood  5.1. 

4  Jail  166J-39  Dec.  1664  „  ;  AVood  391. 

a  Jul.  iG6|-]9ju.  166)  „  ;Woo<l393. 

(iii)  Thi  GaztUt,  freely  cited  by  Wood  In  his  diaries. 
Not.  1-13  were  cntillcil '  the  Oxford  Gaietic ' :  no*.  14  onwtrd*  •  The  Loadoo 

i-)j.  y  Nov.  i6Sj-i  Feb.  166J ;  Wood  541. 
a4-J46,  I  Feb.  i6(>|-i4  Mar.  l(S6J  ;  Wood  J41. 
'47-45-1.  26  Mar.  iA6B->4  Mar.  i6fi  ;  Wood  543. 
455-663,  38  Miu.  1670-34  Mar.  167)  ;  Wood  543. 
663-871,  35  Mw.  167J-33  Mar.  167!  ;  Wood  544'. 
S73-I0S0,  36  Mar.  1674-37  Mar.  1676;  Wood  £45. 
1081-1 38S,  37  Mar.  1676-35  Mar.  i6;8 ;  Wood  546. 
IJ89-1497,  15  Mar.  1678-35  Mar.  1680;  Wood  547*. 
1498-1705,  35  Mar.  1680-33  M"-  »68|;  Wood  g+S*. 
I706-I9r4,  33  Mar.  16SI-34  Mar.  168J  ;  Wood  549*. 
1915-1133,  34  Mar.  i68{-35  Mar.  1686:  Wood  55a 
3134-3333,  35  Mar.  1686-36  Mar.  1688;  Wood  551, 
'3.^3-'M'.  '<>  Mar,  1688-34  M**"-  '^  i  Wood  551. 
'.S45-375I.  34  Mw.  i6|t-3i  Mar.  169}  ;  Wood  553, 
37JJ-3960, 14  Mar.  169^36  Mar.  1694:  Wood  554. 
3961-3^73,  36  Mar.  1694-3]  Mar.  169};  Wood  555. 

Bat  Wood  died  oa  sS  Nov.  1695  and  therefore  the  tait  Gazette  he  aui  hare 
had  t«  No.  3134,  that  'from  31  Nov.-s;  Nov.  1695.'  The  set  uf  Gaiettea  is 
cootinaod  in  Wood  556,  Wood  557,  aod  Wood  558  to  the  year  1 704. 


We^t  CcattUs  1— 

Vol.1. 

Noi. 
No*. 

Vol.  IL 

Nos. 

Vol.  HI. 

Nos. 

Vol  IV. 

Nos. 

VoLV. 

NOL 

VoLVL 

Nos. 

VoL  vn. 

Sa&. 

Vol.  VIII. 

No* 

Vol.  IX. 

Noi. 

Vol.  X. 

Nos. 

Vol.  XI. 

Nos. 

Vol.  xn. 

No*. 

Vol.  xm. 

Nofi. 

VoL  XIV. 

N05. 

Vol.  XV. 

Nos. 

(iv)  LiiiTQty  ptriodicals. 

(a)  The  teriei  frrt^nentlr  dted  b;  Wood  as  Term  Cataioguts :  the  title  of  whkfa 
tras  ai  fint  Mtnurius  Lihrarius,  but  n'as  sood  chanj^cd.  An  Index  made  by 
Wood  (for  pnrpoKt  of  the  Athenat)  to  the  Mercoiii  Libiarii  and  Tcnn 
Calalo^es  it  fonod  in  Wood  MS.  F  36. 

Noa.  1-7,  Mich.  Term  t668-EastcrTerTn  1670, '  Mercorius;  libtarias';  Wood65S. 

Nos.  1-57,  Kaaler  Tcnn  1670-Triiiity  Term  1695,  'Catalogue  of  books  printed 
aod  published  at  Loodon ' ;  W*i>od  63ft. 

(.^)  'The  Unircnal  HLttorical  UibtiotMqtx,'  5  parts  (Ju-i  Feb.,  March  i68f), 
Load.  16S7:  Wood  £36. 

(«■>  *  The  work*  o(  the  Icained  or  a  historical  account  ...  of  books  newly 
printed'  by  J.  de  la  CnMe,  XmvA.  1691,  1693,  nine  parts  (Aag.-Oec  1691,  Jan.- 
Mar.  169^,  Apr.  1691)  ;  Wood  E  24. 

(lO 'Mercurius  Erwtitoram  or  oews  from  the  learned  world,'  one  part  only 
(no.  3,  that  for  Wcdo.,  At^.  tr,  1691),  prolKtbly  seat  to  Wood  because  coDtaiaing 
a  U&datory  octke  of  the  Atkntat ;  in  Wood  H  34. 


■  Wood  ootes  that  he  paid  for  'bind- 
ing, 31  6«/,'  and  that  it  was  '  rc-botmd, 
3  Ai«,  1694,  \»  fid' 


'  Wood  notes  that  he  paid  for  bind- 
ing this  volume  '  m  &/>  Dec.  94  anno 

1688.' 


i6 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES, 


(C).  Oxford  pamphltts :  cited  by  Wood  as  'Oxonienria.* 

Vol  I,  Wood  513,  t6  fMunphlets,  1571-1669.  chiefly  Litln  spccchet. 

Vol.  n.  Wood  513,  8  patnphlcti,  1651-169J,  chiefly  (opographiaJ. 

Vol.  ni,  Wofxl  £14,  54  pAinphlett',  1641-1649,  L&tid's  raienUioo,  tlw  itffi 
of  UkJbrd,  the  ParliuDcntary  Vlxiton. 

Vol,  IV,  Wood  fit£,  34  piunpUeU*,  1640-1687,  Mtircs,  the  Qoakers  in 
Oxford,  etc. 

VoL  V,  Wood  516,  13  pamphlrtu,  i585-i6[|[. 

Vol  VI,  Wood  517,  6  pamphlets,  1 68S- 1 69 1,  M«gd.  CoU.  ami  James  11. 

To  these  niast  be  added  Wood  433  (containing  67  pamjAlcts,  1619-1689), 
Wood  6ji  fcootaining  20  jKunphlets,  chlcfJy  concerned  with  the  tiotibtes  at 
Exeter  College  in  1690-1691).  Also  Wood  376  A  and  Wood  376  E,  containing 
narocroas  Oxford  iingle-sheets,  especUll;  UtUTcnity  noticei',  cited  frequently  by 
Wood  OS  '  Oxford  pipenL'  Wood  614  (6a  pamphleu),  Wood  615  (26  iwmphlcts), 
Wood  616  (35  pompbleu)  oooUia  tome  Oxford  pieces. 


I 


(D).  PamphUls  about  English  contemporary  history^  arranged  in  several 
distinct  sets : — 

(a)  Pamphlets  ahout  $hip-monty,  1641,  Wood  537  (4  pamphlets). 
(*)  PampJiUti  ahemt  the  CiviUVar^  1641-1659.    Nine  wilumcs  of 'pamphlets 
cootoiaiog  matten  making  for  and  against  the  rcbcUion  that  broke  fnitb  iqdo  164}.* 

Vol  I,  Wood  373,  67  paraphlets,  1641. 
Vol.  n,  Wood  374,  36  pamphlrti,  1643. 
Vol.  Ill,  Wood  375,  47  pamphlet*,  1641-1641*. 
Vol.  rV,  Wood  376,  73  punphlrts,  i643-ifi4J. 
Viil.  V,  Wooil  377,  43  pamphlets,  1644-164!. 
Vol.  VI,  Wood  378,  66  pamphleU,  1645. 
Vol.  VII,  Wool  501,  43  pamphlets,  16+6,  1647. 
Vol.  VIII,  Wood  501,  7^  pamphlets,  1648. 
Vol.  IX,  Woiid  503,  37  pamphlrts.  1649-1659. 
Several  siogle-sbcctB  be1oii)^nf>  to  this  set  are  found  in  Wood  376  A.  Wood  614 
(63  pamphlets),  WyotJ  615  i'a6  pamphlets).  Wood  616  (35  pamphlcU),  Wood  617 
(31    pamphlet!^),  and   Wood   619   (13   pamphlets)   siso   cootain    several   pieces 
belon^g  to  thiH  ael. 

(f)  FampkUtx  ahout party-UtuUrt  of  the  Civil  War  period  (and  Uler). 

(i)  King  Charles  I;  Wood  244  (4  pamphlets).  Wood  363  (?  pamphleU  abottt 

the  Et«ArB«rtAuBicontrowerByini69f-i693),  Wood  364  (37  pamphlets,  1649-1660). 

(U)  Royalist  sufferers,  Siaffonl,  Laud,  etc.;  Wood  366  (33  pamphlets,  164:- 

1646);    Wood  367  (33  pamphlets,  i650-i6£5;   with  added  pamphlets  about 

cxecnCinns  1690-1691). 

(iil)  The  Regiddes;  Wood  369  (10  pamphlett,  1660-1663'}. 

(iv)  Pailiamcntary  leaden ;  Wood  531  (15  punphlets,  1643-1661). 


'  boond  together  Feb.  8,  l6||,  at  a 
cost  of  6</;  to  Wood's  note. 

*  boond  together  Feb.  S,  i61|i  at  a 
cost  of  3</;  »  Wood'*  note; 


*  oce  section    of  these    Wood 
qoently  cites  as  '  EocaenU  papers.' 

*  ihc   year    wiUi    Wood    being 
March-34  March. 


INTRODUCTION, 


17 


(fl\  Pamfhltti  about  tht  amotion  /or  artd  agaimt  A/trnanA/t  [649-1660. 
Wood  608   {7i    pamphlets};    Wood   609   (4S   psmplilets)  ;    Wood    tito   ';64 
pamphlm)  ;  Wood  6jj  (7a  pamphlets);  Wood  613  (63  pamphlets) ;  Wood  53J 
(13  pamphlets').    Several  singic-^ccU  of  this  class  are  found  in  Wood  2^6  A. 
(/)  PampMltts  abcut  the  J?iito>^i<m. 
Wood  537    (ao  pamphlets) ;    Wood  398  (aa  pamphlets) ;  Wood  B  37  (13 
pamphlets). 

(/)  Pampkhtt  about  Charles  IPs  Parliaments. 
Wood  657  (6a  pamphlets,  bnt  osly  a  lew  of  tbcm  00  this  subject) ;  Wood  560 
(Ihc  CoUeclinn  of  State  tracts  of  Charles  II's  reiipi). 

^f)  I'Am^Iels*  about  tkt' Popish  PM,'  1678-1683. 

Vol.  I,  Wood  434,  31  [Munphlrts,  1678-1679. 
Vol.  II,  Wood  435,  30  pamphlets,  1679-16S0, 
Vol  HI,  Wnoil  426,  3S  pamphlets,  i68o-l63l. 
Vol.  rV,  Wood  417.  50  pamphlets,  l63l-iS8s. 
Wood  376  A  contains  several  single  sheets  bcton|pii);  to  this  period. 
(*)  PampkUU  about  tMt  * Prtsbyttriaa  Plot;  1683-16B5. 
Food  4<8  A  (33  pamphlets). 

(i)  Pampkltls  about  Jama,  Dukt  of  York,  ^td  James  II,  1673-1688. 
Wood  660  C ;  Wood  6^9  (8  tmtises  about  Jnmes  IPs  dispensing  power). 

{K)  PampkUts  about  Monmouth  amd  his  invasion  (1680-16^5). 
Wood  660  C  Cthe  volume  contains  37  pamphlets,  bat  scrcral  of  them  belong 
to  the  preceding  set). 

(/)  Pamfklelt  about  the  Prime  of  Orange  ami  the  Revolution,  1688-1689. 
Wood  519  (aa  pamphlets);  Wood  530  15  pamphlets');  Wood  D  a^  (tweire 
*  Collectioas  of  Papers  relating  to  the  present  junctuie  of  affairs  in  England,'  with 
od»r  limilu-  Collcctiou), 

(E).  PamphUts  aheut  Ireland^  chiefly  about  contemporary  events. 

Vol.  J,  Wood  504,  4  pamphlets. 

Vol.  11.  Wood  505.  5  pamphlets. 

Vol.  ni,  Wood  iio6,  3  pamphlets,  1640-1641. 

Vol.  IV,  Wood  507,  48  pamphlets,  1640-1641. 

Vol.  V,  Wood  508,  5a  pamphleu,  1&43-1644. 

Vol.  VI,  Wood  IJ09,  35  pamphlets,  1645-164). 

Vol.  VII,  Wood  510,  37  pamphlets,  1649-1693. 

(F).  Pamphlets  e<mtemed  wilh  diablerie  and  the  marvelhut. 

Wood  643, '  God's  indgments ' ;  1 3  pamphlets. 

Wood  646,  prophecies  ;  1 7  pamphlets. 

Woofl  ;o4-Wood  708,  Wood  B  r6-Wood  B  a.l,  witches,  ghoats,  etc 

Wood  B  35.  apparition),  momtejs,  etc. ;  35  pamphlets. 

Wood  D  aS,  floods,  carthqnakcs,  comets,  great  fires,  etc. 


(G),  Pamphlets  eonmcttd  with  crimes  and  crimifMls. 

Rogues  and  thieves:    Wood  384  (10  pamphlets),  Wood  371  (11   pamphlets). 
Wood  37a  (14  pamphlets,  1651-1694% 

Murders  :  Wood  363  (Jj  jwmphlets,  1649-1693). 

'  see  \\'ood  E  37,  ttt/ra  p.  19. 
C 


Tniton:  Wood  5S6  (i}  pampUetB,  1582-1679^,  Wood  5S7. 
TrUli  and  execatiooi :  W»od  36S  (3S  punphlcii,  '645-1649),  Wood  411 
punpUets,  1685-1689),  Wood  41a  (16  pampblets). 


»o- 

1 


(H).  Chcp-bcckj,  ballads,  ondpeemT. 

(i)  Ciafi-iMJtt.    Wood  C  31 ,  Wood  C  31,  Wood  154.  Wood  359,  Wood  184, 
Wood  331  (Tom  a  Ltacoln>  Gujr  cule  of  Warwick^  Sir  Bevis  of  IIuie 
Wood  350. 

(ii)  Sa//atb. 

Wood  £  35  ii  ■  coltectioo  of  153  bftlUds,  arranged  io  great  mnuDre  in  chrooo- 
logical  onler  of  publicAtion,  and  dealing  largely  with  political  aflairs,  e^.  dm.  11 
cqq.  are  about  the  Prince  of  Orange  and  16&S. 

Wood  400  was  a  collcctiun  of  ballads,  but  was  slolcn  before  1B37. 

Wood  401  is  a  laig«  colleclioo  of  balUids,  arranged  for  the  most  part  in  chrono- 
logical order ;  Wood  403  ^  ti  a  umilar  collectioo.  In  401  the  Kobu  Hood  >?ia11ailt 
ate  well  represented. 

Wood  416  and  Wood  417.  conloining  respectively  133  and  183  pteod,  are  a 
collcctioaof  ballads  and  other  pieces  in  Terx',  largely  political  and  arranged  for 
the  mo<tt  part  in  cbiunological  order  and  in  groups,  e^.  Rump  ballada,  ballads 
about  General  Monde,  ballads  against  tbc  Quiken. 

Wood  376  A  and  Wood  376  B  contain  a  number  of  ballads,  chiefly  political. 
(iii)  /"etmi. 

Garfandt;  Wood  94,  stolen  before  1837,  contained  a  nouber  of  'garlands,' 
e.g.  the  'Robin  Hood  Garland'  i6B9,tbe  '  Garland  of  Goodwill,' Load.  1685,  etc 

Sfiigi;  Wood  336  contains  Rump  satires  and  Restoration  ttrolteries,  'Col- 
IectionsorKcwSongs'ofHlAtcsi673,i675,  1677.  Wood  laft  b 'AchoicccoUectioa 
of  catches,  rounds,  etc.,'  Ix^nd.  1653.  Wciotl  110  A  is  a  cullcction  of  Chriltmts 
carols.  Wood  399,  stolen  before  1837,  was  a  volamc  of  toQf^s  prbtcd  at  Edin- 
burgh. 

fMitu ;  Wood  383  contains  8  collections  of  verses,  in  pjarticolar  the  fust,  second, 
third,  and  '  fooitb  and  last '  Collections  '  of  potrms,  5at}rrs,  songs,  against  poperj/ 
Dec.  t68S-March  i68|.  Wood  460,  endorsed  Funehria,  is  a  collrctioo  of 
memorial  verses,  e.g.  to  Sir  Thomas  Bodley,  etc.  Wood  439  is  a  collectioo  of 
54  Eltgiti  and  other  foneml  vetws,  from  before  1653  to  1694.  Wood  483  and 
Wood  484  contain  reapcctJrely  34  and  1 1  pieces  and  collections  of  reraea.  Wood 
319  is  a  collection  of  fnneral  poems,  congratulatory  verses,  etc 

(J).  jBook-It'sfs,  printed  catalogues  of  books  written  by  individutl 
authors,  of  books  for  sale  by  booksellers,  of  books  in  given 
subjects,  of  books  for  sale  by  auction  *. 


'  this  voltinie.  Wood  notes,  was  mode 
up  and  Ixwnd  at '  ChiisCnuts  16^)9.' 

■  Wood  refers  to  tbcse  two  volumes  in 
a  note  in  Wood  383  : — '  Mcmorandcm 
that  1  have  two  volumes  in  folio  en- 
dorsed P6tmi,  sntgjy  tUgits,  itvtral 
things  in  prou,  tU, :  the  first  volume 
contains  133  several  things  und  the 
second    1S3,  amoog   which    many  are 


balhds  ;  but  those  being  all  printed  in 
folio  sheets  and  papers  cannot  be  bomid 
with  these  (i.e.  Wood  38J)  following; 
nor  a  thick  octavo  book  {Wood  336]^ 
endorsed  Stngs,  DreOtrits  containing 
7  scverall  6vo  books  bound  Ci^rther.' 
'  sec  also  the  Literary  Perio(ii<altt 
sttfra,  p.  15. 


INTRODUCTION. 


19 


Wood  E  13-E  30  conlfttn  cbieRy  anction  ciUloenei*,  qtuirto  hw,  which  Wood 
bu  arranged  cbrooologically  and  DQinbered  conMcuttveljr  (as  Catalogue  i,  Cata- 
logue ),  etc.;,  and  which  Wood  probably  cilet  in  hi*  papen  by  their  numbers, 
H«  has  also  rc-pnged  them  in  many  cases  for  easier  reGerence.  Wood  E  at  and 
E  3J  continDc  the  series. 

Wood  E  13;  CaUloKQes*i-6;  1676-167B. 

Wood  E  14;  CaUlogucs  7-13  ;  j678-i6go. 

Wood  £15;  Catalognn  13-18;  1680-1681. 

Wood  E  16  ;  Cotatogaes  l(^-]6  ;   1681-1683. 

Wood  E  17 :  CatAloguei  17-38  ;  i683-t6B(. 

Wood  E  18;  CatalogDcs  39-49  ;  1685-1686. 

Wood  E  19  ;  Calalognca  50-56;  1686-1637. 

Wood  £  10;  CatalogDcs  £7-68  :  1687-1681. 

Wood  £  31 ;  catalogocs  cot  nnmbercd  as  in  the  scries ;  i6S{-~i668. 

Wood  E  aa  ;         ,.         , ,         „         ;  1688-1693. 

WfwdEs};  chiefly  dcplicates  ;  1674-1687. 


WoodC  a6;  catalogues  of  books  1609-767^!. 

Wood  D  aj  ;  eighteen  catalogues  of  books  1618-1693. 

Wood  E  37 ' ;  '  Caulof^ne  *  of  all  stJtch'd  books  and  lingle-sbeets  since  the  firtt 
discovery  of  the  Popiah  Plot,  ScpL  t678-Jan.  16^,'  price  ^d". — '  Cuntinnstion'  of 
this  cjttalogtM '  from  1  Jan.  16U  to  35  Jnne  1680/  price  6t/. — 'CoDtinnation  *  &0ID 
34  June  to  Micbaelmai  Term  1680,*  price  4^. 

Wood  91  ;  caiaIo(^c4  of  books  1654-1693. 

Wood  654  C ;  Andrew  Mantiicirs  Catalogiie  of  Books.  Lend.  1595. 

Wood  658  haa  at  the  end  a  number  of  book  prospectuses,  1667-1694. 

Wood  660  B :  Robert  ClinU's  cataloguef,  catalogues  of  books  printed  at  the 
Tbcatrr,  etc. 

Wood  896  ;  nine  catalogues  of  books.  1597-1694. 

Wood  S97,  898;  WiUiaro  Crowe's  catalogues  t.EDgl.,  Lat.)  of  Divinity  books. 

Wood  S99 !  scren  catalogues,  1634-1693. 

(K).  Cataloguts  of  plays;  Wood  E  a  8, 

(i)  Woof)  E  18  (i^  is  (anonymoos)  'An  exact  and  perfect  catalogue  of  all 
pUyea  that  ue  printed,'  which  Wood  dates  as  of  1656. 


*  many  of  these  are  marked  as  ^ifts 
&oia  Andrew  Allam,  others  from  Ilcnry 
Cnttcndeo,  IcsKc  of  the  prJnlinj; -press 
iD  the  Theatre.  The  booksellers  E<lward 

liUiiigitoa  and  William  Cooper  arc  the 
by  whom  most  of  these  cata- 
logues are  drawn  up;  Richard  Chi»we1I, 
John  Dunmore,  Robert  Scot  contribute 
a  few.  Many  have  slight  notes  by  Wood 
in  preparation  for  the  Ath^^ae. 

*  not.  1  and  3  Wood  found  he  had 
Idted  wmetimci  by  one  nombcr  ■ome- 

times  by  another,  and  so  he  clnbs  them 
*C-atalogoe  t  aiiai  j  '  and  'Cntnin{;ue 
1  aiiai  I.' 

*  no*.   *-4  in  this  volume.    Wood 
17  (1)  is  Tborau  GoK*»  (1674)  CaU- 


loRUc  of  Heraldry  Books.  Wood  E  37 
(5)  is  '  A  catalogue  of  all  diKourses 
pubtlahe<I  against  Popery  .  .  .  during 
the  rdgn  of  James  II,'  Lond.  1689,  in 
which  Wood  [lutes  that  it  cost  him  *6(/, 
14  Mardi  1688,'  i.e.  (.and  that  'Mr. 
William  Wake  of  Ch.  Ch.,  the  author, 
uiidcr  R.  Bnlflwin's  [the  printer's  of  the 
book]  name' 

*  at  Ihc  end  Wood  makes  sevrral  ad- 
dtdotu)  of  papers  printed  167),  1679, 
16S0. 

'  the  publisher  stales 'the  continua- 
tion is  inttmdcd  to  be  published  c«cry 
|«TB,*  on  which  Wood  remarks  'but 
yooT  intention  was  not  sotTercd  to  take 
effect.' 
C  2 


«0 

00  Wood  F,  >S  ;3'>  U  (naonymoai)  '  An  exut  and  perfect  caUloinie  of  kH  ^ 
plaits  tint  were  c«r  printMl,*  on  which  Wood  notes  '  this  catalogue  of  pUye«  wu 
lakcn  froiM  the  end  of  a  cometjy  called  T)u  Old  Law  priatcd  at  London  1656.' 

(iii)  Wood  E  18  (3)  i»  '  A  true  perfect  and  exact  catalogue  of  all  the  Coroedief 
etc  .  . .  printed  .  .  .  til)  this  present  year  167^  ...  for  sale  at  the  shop  of  Frmncij 
Kjrkman,  London,'  on  which  Wood  notes  'this  catalogue  was  taken  from  the  end 
of  A  Tnigi-Domedy  called  Kicsfnu^  liniuikied  ont  of  the  Frcadi  of  tsonsicttr 
Coroeillc  by  John  Daxiccr,  printed  al  London  1671.' 

(Iv)  'An  exact  catato^e '  of  all  comedies,  etc, . . .  printed  till  this  prtKnt  Tear 
1680,  .  . .  printed  ...  for  Nicholas  Cox.'  Oxford  1680.  price  3f/.,  00  which  Wood 
notes : — '  Note  that  at  the  eiid  of  Kiiomtdt  .  .  .  i<  •  Catologoe  .  .  .  from  which 
catalogac  did  Nicliolas  Cox  manciple  of  St.  Ednond's  Hall  in  Oxon.  lake  th« 
following  catalogue,  adding  tbentnio  all  such  that  came  out  to  this  present  yeare 
1680.  The  said  catalogue  at  the  end  of  Niconicdc  was  by  Francis  Kirkman, 
■Utioncr,  Uving  in  Thames  Street,  London, 

Mr.    J  p ''  "*"  I  tevcrtl  of  our  Oxfurd  scholan  have  read  your  catalogiMi  of 

playcs  .  .  .  and  like  them  well,  but  would  have  lik'd  them  better  bad  you  set  down 
the  yeare  when  they  were  printed  that  they  might  hare  Woownc  when  Ihe  anthoti 
lived  and  when  the  playcs  came  first  in  Qse,  for  withoat  time  they  cannot  be  exact 
judges  of  matters  ;  but  they  hope  that  for  the  fnlure  you  will  rot  omit  those  matten 
and  [other  *  plays]  that  arc  not  yet  [set  downc  bet  arc  yet]  extant,  as  : — 

I",  the  tragedy  of  Kciod  and  Antipalcr,  by  Cjctvok  Markbam  and  Wtlliani 
Sampson,  Lond.  1663,  410. 

a",  the  Ihfaake  of  Fluwrcs,  a  play  acted  by  the  gentlemen  of  Grey'f  Innc,  Load. 
1614,  4to. 

3",  Faria,  comoeflia  per  Thonuun  Vincent,  Lond.  1648. 

4°.  The  Projector  lately  dead,  printed  16^  made  agunit  William  Noy  lately 
attorney -general. 

j*,  Thomas  Kondolphe's  playes,  4to. 

<(•,  John  Skelton's  playes  and  intcilndes.' 

(y)  Wood  E  38  (5)  '  A  new  Catalogue  of  English  playes  . .  .'  by  Gerard  Lang- 
baine,  genL^Lond.  16S8,  price  ti.,  011  which  WoihI  notes: — '  Publtslieil  in  the 
beginning  of  Dec  16S7.  Th«  hrst  edition  of  this  book  bote  this  title  "  Msmtu 
triumpham,  or  the  plagiaries  of  the  English  stage  expressed  in  a  catalogue  of 
comedies,  etc.,  by  Ueraid  Langbaine  e^q."  Lond.  168S,  4I0.  pobllsbed  Not.  1687. 
Which  title  with  Ihe  hook  jI  sclfc  being  i;onlrary  to  the  mind  of  the  author,  as  in 
the  Adrcmsement  [in  the  md  issue]  it  appearcs,  and  500  of  them  sold,  be  fonhwidi 
caused  the  title  following  as  also  the  AdvcrttscmtnC  to  be  printed  and  set  before  the 
renrtauiLng  pajt  of  the  copies.* 

(L).  Misailamotu  pamphleU. 

(i)  Pampkltts  aLoul  rtligioui  questions. 

—  for  and  against  government  by  bishops;  Wood  D  31  (1636-1660). 

—  for  and  against  i'resbyLcriamsm  ;  Wood  D  a6  {16  iwmphlets,  1645-1681). 

—  for  and  against  Qnakcrs ;  Wood  G+5  [>6  pamphlets.  1653-1675). 

—  for  and  against  'sectaries';  Wood  G47  [33  pamphlets). 


'  Wood  C  >6  r  jo)  is  a  duplicate  and 
has  practically  the  same  note. 
*  the  wonU  io  square  brackets  are 


Inserted  from  the  copy  ta  Wood  C  a^ 
to  tnend  the  scote. 


INTRODUCTION. 


%x 


—  for  and  agalnit  RomtniiU;  Wood  8j4  (la  pimphlelft).  Wood  B  40  (17 
paxDpblfrU],  Wood  D  14  (to  pimphleU). 

—  foraDtl  iLgainM  Toleration;   Wood  6ti  (19  pamphlets). 

—  lenrices  toA  lonaalae  of  the  Charch  of  Engliad,  Wood  D  95,  Wood  B  36, 
"WooJ  B  37. 

(U)  Pamphlets  abeni pciitual  qHtttiem. 

—  aboot  the  power  of  Harlianient ;  Wood  457,  Wood  f;iS>  Wood  519,  Wood 
6ao  (1641-1660).  Wood  6ai  £1678),  Wood  657  U660,  i685). 

—  aboat  the  fonns  of  Govcmincnt,  Wood  625,  Wood  6>6  (oinctcea  psmphtets}, 
(til)  famphltit  about  Ugai  qtuttiotu. 

Wood  630  (1643-1673),  Wood  633  (78  pamphlets). 

(it}  PampkUij  about  military  matters. 
Wood  635  (Englisb  itriU  and  tactics),  Wood  559  (won  abroad), 

(t)  PamphUts  abotU  ticnomic  ^tuttimu. 

—  about  oatioosl  prosperity,  etc ;  WooiJ  D  >7. 

—  tbonl  Qsnry  ftod  inrcstments  \  Wood  6iB. 

—  about  tilhei ;  Wood  370. 

—  about  taxation ;  Wood  536  (lo  pampblete). 
(t1)  PamfhUts  about  sofial  mafttrs. 

—  tobacco,  ale,  wine,  tea,  coffee,  chocolate,  cofTee-bouscs,  etc ;  Wood  679 
(1651-1671),  Wood  U  30  1:1603-1675). 

—  about  womcii  and  marriage,  u&unlly  against  them ;  Wood  654  A,  Wood  750. 
(vii)  PampAle/i  about  literary  ma/ttrt. 

—  about  the  art  of  prtotiag.  Wood  64]. 
^  about  writers  of  almanacks.  Wood  6i>. 

—  abool  the  value  of  Ualveruty  studies,  \S'ood  B  14, 


in.  Of  the  name  Wood  or  A  Wood. 

Il  is  plain  from  several  pieces  of  evidence  thai  the  family  name  was 
'Wood'  and  noi  '\  Wood':  thus,  (a)  in  different  MSS.  by  our  author, 
where  he  is  writing  naturally  and  not  pacing  on  the  high  horse,  he 
refers  to  his  fatlier,  mother,  brothers,  nephews,  as  'Wood'  or  ' Woodc' 
amply' ;  (^)  in  other  writings  by  other  people  they  arc  called  Wood 
simply,  e.g.,  in  the  matriculation  and  degree  books  of  the  University; 
(f)  in  their  autograph  signatures,  found  in  various  volumes  of  printed 
books  in  the  Wood  collection,  the  name  is  always  Wood  or  Woode, 
never  ^  Wood. 

Th4  father ^'X\\ov\3a  Wood  senior,  ngna  himiiclf  'Tho.  Wood'  in  Wood  239 
('  A  faandredlh  sondrie  l-lowTei '  etc.    Lond.  [1576]). 

'fh*  mother^  Mary  Wood,  bas  written  her  name  several  times: — e.g.  'Mary 
Wood'  In  Wood  B  34,  in  Wood  34,  in  Wood'  46  ('A  short  introduction  to 
grammar  generally  to  be  used'  Oxford  1636),  in  Wood  330  (8)  (Beaumont  and 


'  Ibe  evidence  of  MS.  Phillipps  7018 
is  important  Tbeic  in  the  earlier  «Ups 
m  paper  at  tbc  end  our  aathor  ^^k% 
'  Wood  '  or '  Woo<te ' ;  but  in  the  formal 
and  later  writing  od  vellum  be  tci;ins 


liy  writing  'i  Wood'  or  'at  Wootl,' 
but  afterwards  ti»cs  most  frequently 
'i  Woodc.' 

*  the  date  it  Riveo  la  this  instance  :— 
'ilaiy  Wood  1647.' 


WOOirS  UFE  AND  TTMES. 

Fletcbcr^i  *A  king  and  no  king,*  Lood.  1631},  in  Wood  411 ;  *  M117  Wod'ia 
Wood  C  40  (■  David's  desi/«  to  guc  to  church,'  Oxronl  l6i£^j  ;  '  Mnry  W.* — ber 
ftbbreruited  stgcatorc — in  Wood  46,  in  Wood  595,  in  Wood  614  (48)  ('A  de- 
clamtioo  or  renionatnnce  of  the  Lofds  and  CommoRi,  19  M17  1643,*  Lond.  1643), 
aod  In  Wood  614  (57)  ('  His  nwjcstic's  decltntion  to  *11  his  loving  «abjects,' 
164a). 

Tkt  trathtrt  (Thoous  (jnnior),  £dwird,  Robot)  «bo  nign  thrnuelves  Wood. 
'Thomas  WckkI*  and  '  Edward  Wood'  are  fotind  in  Wood  411.  '  Robert  Wood* 
(befon;  1645]  ii  fomid  b  Wood  54 ;  '  Robert  Wood  1647 '  in  Wood  46 ;  '  Robert 
Woud '  in  Wood  70. 

It  is  plain  also  that  our  author's  contemporaries  generally  wrote 
his  name  as  Wood,  as  will  appear  from  the  addresses  of  several 
Ic  ters  given  in  the  course  of  these  volumes. 

Further,  there  arc  numerous  signatures '  showing  that  at  first  our 

author  wrote  his  name  Wood  or  Woode. 

The  stgnatore  '  A.  Wood,'  Anlhmy '  Wood,'  ■  Ant.  Wood,'  *  Anionins  Wood  ' 
b  found  in  1653  (Wood  18  no,  1) ;  in  1656  (Wood  MS.  B  15) ;  in  1658  (Wood 
16,  Wood  34,  Wooil  139,  Wood  6o>,  Wood  616  no.  la)  ;  to  1659  (Wood  loi)  %■ 
in  :66i  (Wood  141,  Wood  4063 ;  in  1667  (Wood  126).  The  «tgnatiire  'A. 
Wotitle,'  'Ant.  Woodc,* '  Anthonjr  Woode  '  is  found  in  ifiji  (Wood  515  no.  I»)  ; 
\n  1655  (Wood  348)  ;  in  1656  (Wood  C  44,  Wood  379) ;  in  1657  (Wood  49S); 
ill  1658  (Wood  16,  Wood  M.S.  D  7  no.  3.  Wood  MS,  D  »i,  WwKi  134,  Wood 
149) ;  in  i6j  j  (Wood  46a) ;  ia  1659  (Wood  U  3a  no.  4,  Wood  MS.  C  3.  Wood 
376  no.  17,  Wood  3S1,  Wood  38:;)  ;  in  16&0  (Wood  D  31;,  Wood  laa,  WootI  513, 
Wood  534) ;  in  1661  (Wood  MS.  U  18,  Wood  136,  Wood  393,  Wood  394I ;  in 
1664  (Wood  391};  in  166^  (Wood  391,  Wood  5]6)[  in  l(»6f  (Wood  330);  in  1668 
(Wood  534  BO.  3). 

The  form  J  Wood  was  therefore  only  a  fanciful  form  adopted  hy 
our  author  as  more  distinctive  and  distinguished.  I>atierly  it  is  his 
common  signature  '  Anihony  \  Wood,'  '  Anlonius  i  Wood.' 

On  its  adoption  he  defaced  a  i^od  many  of  his  former  slgnAlnm: — (i)  hf 
drawtog  1  pen  through  tlirm  and  blolting  them  ont,  c-g.  in  Wood  B  15  (Owen 
Fcltbam's  'KeiciKcs/Lond.  1634)  thcinficripiiun  *  Anthonius  Wood,  1656'  isthu 
scored  out;  sttnilorly,  in  Wood  34  '  Anlbony  Wood  bis  bookc  Amen  16^6' t» 
scored  out  and  hit  booli-plajc  dcstroj-ed  because  it  bad  no  'a';  simtlarly'  Ant. 
Woode,'  t6|J,  in  Wood  B  3a  (t),  is  scored  ont :  (a)  by  pasting  ■  slip  of  paper 
crcT — e.g.  if  the  Utle-page  of  Wowd  D  34  no.  10  ('The  Jesuits'  downcfall 
Ibreateacd  against  them  by  the  secular  priests/  Oxford  ifiia)  be  held  to  the  light 
It  will  show,  under  the  jiastwt-on  sUp.  llie  in5criptton  '  Ant,  WojjiJc  Mcrt,  Coll. 
0»on.  i6j8  ' :  (3)  by  inscrtiag  the  A,  e.g.  Wood  10  has  the  rote  'Ant.  &  Woodc 
Jan.  31  h.o.  1659'  {i.e.  i6|S)  and  Woud  C  18  (Tbomas  James'  '  Eclogn  Oxonio- 
Conisib.,'  Lond.  1600^  has 'A.  W.  {16)60  "  and  (apparently  of  the  same  date)  'Ant. 
k  Wood  Coll.  Mnt.';  bat  in  both  cases  the  dirfcrencc  of  the  ink  shows  that  the 

'  be»ides  those  with  dates,  there  arc  '  *  Anthony '  is  the  form  which  he 

undated  (but obviouslyeArly;signaturc9,  naturally  ui«i  for  his  Chrixttan  name; 

e.g.  '  Anthony  Wood  'in  Wood  3  and  Utterly  he  wiitrs  also  'Antony'  from 

Wood  46  ;  '  Anthony  Woode 'in  Wood  infloencc  of  the  Latin  '  Antonins.* 
C  1;  and  Wood  C  a6  (14), 


INTRODUCTION.  %% 

*  i  '  ii  a  UlcT  ins«rtioa  (Wood  C  38  hu  aba  the  n^alore  '  Anlonii  4  Wood  167 1 ' ; 
is  this  cue  gcnnuie).  Wood  438  exhibits  as  in  165S  the  fonn  '  Aql  It  Woode/ 
hot  I  doabt  its  gcnobencss.    *  AnL  &  Uuod'  i»  foond  in  i66j  id  Wood  341. 

Wood  at  first  wrote  his  initials  as  *A.W./  e.g.  in  1660  in  Wood 
326  (1);  but  Utterly  he  almost  Invariably  used  the  raonogram  'iW,* 
'AVood.* 

Wood  also,  from  about  1670,  made  frequent  use  of  a  Latinized 
form  of  his  name  in  accordance  with  the  absurd  fashion  of  the  day. 

In  Wood  396  Atid  Wood  654  A  (15)  be  writes  'A.  Boaco.'  In  Wood  331,  in 
Wood  403,  in  MS.  Jcs.  Coll.  ji  (an  illaininnlcd  Latin  scrricc-book  fonncrly 
tKloDciOK  to  hlm%  &&,  he  writes  '  AaL  a  Uosco.'  Id  Wood  M.S.  IJ  I3  (O.C. 
8583}  we  hare  'Antonins  a  Bosco  vuigo  a  Wood,  histono^ntphns  Oionicosis.' 
He  taes  also  the  moaojrrams  '  iC,"  'VDosco.'  E.g.,  Wood  MS.  D  3  (O.C- 8514;,  a 
Tolumc  of  collcctioos  outdc  by  him,  is  marked  /&,  jast  as  a  similar  volomc.  Wood 
MS.C  j(O.C.8si6),  Umaiked/W.  Wood  S 7, 'Ovid his iarcctiTeaRainstlhis trans- 
lated into  English  meeter  bjr  T.V.,'  Lond.  1569.  has  the  si^atoic  '  >Bosco  '  [and 
the  antograph  of  RiJiiinl  Dicr,*  a  former  owner].     Wood  457  (3)  John  Scldcu'a 

*  The  privilcdgcs  of  the  Borooagc  of  I'lngland,'  Loud.  l£4i ;  and  Wood  %%  Edward 
Philhp*'  '  Tbcatnim  Poctamm,'  Lond.  1680,  arc  also  marked  '  ^Uosco.'  Wood 
B  36  (4) '  Fides  Aboriginuin  Britsnniao'  has  ihv  note  : — '  AnL  k  Uosco  ex  dooo 
Joa.  Crowthcr  S.T.P.  ct  prindpalis  aoLac  B.  Matiae  Vug.  5  Aug.  1683.' 

IV.  Wm^s family  hiitory. 

I  have  brought  together  from  the  entries  in  Wood's  autobiography 
and  diaries,  Wood's  notes  as  to  the  history  of  his  family,  witli  addi- 
tional names  and  dates  supplied  by  the  register  of  S.  John  Baptist 
parish  Oxford  (MS.  Rawl.  B  402  a),  by  Wood  MS.  C  iz,  Wood  MS. 
E33.  etc,  I  have  been  allowed  to  verify  the  stalcmcnts  here  made 
by  cotnparison  with  Wood's  own  history  of  his  family  in  MS. 
Phillippg  7018.  Reference  may  also  be  made  to  the  pedigree  of  Wood 
printed  by  Dr,  Bliss  ('  Life  of  Wood/  cdiu  1848,  p.  357)^ 

(i).  Tht  origin  of  the  family  in  Lancashire, 

The  Wood  family  believed  that  they  came  from  .  .  .  Wood  of 
Croston '  parish  near  Preston  in  Lancashire.  This  man,  the  family 
tradition  ran,  afler  his  wife's  death,  took  upon  him  priesdy  orders 
at  the  beginning  of  Queen  Mary's  reign,  and  made  a  vow,  which 
lie  kept  to  bis  death,  txever  to  eat  flesh.  In  Elizabeth's  reign  he 
refused  to  take  the  oath  of  supremacy,  and  was  thereupon  imprisoned 
in  Lancaster  castle.    He  died  there  towards  the  end  of  1 568  (1 1  Ellz.), 


'  a  paper  la  MS.  I'hiUipps  701$  has 
cxcerpia,  lent  by  some  one  to  Wood, 
of  burials,  marriages,  christenings  of 
pcnoos  named   Wocid    Id  the    p*rikh 


register  of  Croiton  ;  bnt  they  seem  to 
throw  no  Itghl  an  the  descent  o(  the 
family. 


a4 


WOOr^S  LIFE  AND  TIAfES. 


after  an  imprisonment  of  seven  years,  and  was  buried  in  the  Castle 
precincts.  Wood  could  not  discover  his  Christian  name  for  certain, 
but  thought  that  it  was  RicJiard  V 

(ii)  Stillement  of  the  family  in  Oxfordshire  and  London. 

. . .  Wood  of  Croston,  co.  Lanes.,  (.\nthony  Wood's  great-grand- 
father) was  survived  by  three  daughters  and  a  son.  The  three 
daughters  were  'menial  servants'  in  the  household  of  the  earl  of 
Derby  (Wood  thought,  ai  Latham  House'), and  came  with  the  rest  of 
the  household  loEinsham  (co.  Oxon.),  where  the  carl  had  a  seat  on  the 
site  of  Einsbam  Abbey.     There  they  married  tenants  of  the  earl, 

Emme  Wood,  married,  istly,  on  9  May  1568  George  Makyne 
of  Einsham,  who  was  buried  10  March  158?;  married,  andly,  on 
9  Nov.  1588  William'  Yate  or  Yates,  tailor  of  Kinshara,  of  kin  to 
the  Yates  of  Wiiney,  by  this  second  husband  she  had  no  children. 
She  'lived  and  died  a  papist,'  and  was  buried  at  pjnsham  j  Apr.  1603. 

Alice  Wood,  married,  istly,  John  Beare  of  Einsham,  who  was 
buried  5  Sept.  1595;  married,  zndly,  John  Bolton*  of  lliat  Einston 
^i.e.  Enstone)  near  Chipping-Korlon  which  is  called  '  Neat  Einston.' 
She  died  'a  verie  old  woman,'  29  Apr.  1634.  She  told  Wood's  father 
many  stories  of  the  family,  stories  which  (to  Wood's  regret)  died  with 
him  ;  see  In  July  1634.  Her  daughter  by  the  first  marriage,  Elizabetli 
Beare,  told  stories  of  the  family  to  Wood  himself;  was  twice  married; 
died  in  tlie  latter  end  of  May  1668  at  Gasingwell  in  Enstone  parish, 
aged  80;  and  was  buried  in  Enstone  churchyard. 

Mary  Wood,  married  on  ti  July  1587  John  Bamcote,  who  was 
buried  25  Feb.  (.')  159?.  She  '  lived  and  died  a  strong  papist.'  Her 
eldest  son  Thomas  Barncote  is  mentioned  several  times  in  the  diaries 
as  receiving  small  presents  from  Wood,  his  mother,  and  brothers. 
Wood  describes  him  as  having  been  '  tall  and  proper,  a  free-mason 
by  trade,'     He  died  13  June  1665,  aged  77. 

'  Wood     DOt«!t     tliat    in    Kictiolas      Chnstian   nunc,   giving   in   one  place 


Sanders'  Df  vinlnii  mciiarthia,  pp.  674, 
677,  mcntiqn  is  tnndc  of  '  WiKclmu* 
Woddu.pretbitcr.in  cnrcere  dertmctas' 
•t  I^Qcaster,  Wood  cite*  the  copy  of 
the  book  in  Seldcn's  library  ^WLrceb. 
1593,  foL:  prcss'iavk  "H.  j.  9  Th. 
Seld.") 

•  Wood  MS.  Ti  ifi  (O.C.  8555)  is 
'  A  journal  of  the  sirgc  against  Latlioni 
House  {'64,^]  vfhcrcin  1  w«  wouoded, 
i:d[waTd?J  Hal-oil.' 

'  Wood    wu   nnccTtait)    abont    the 


'  Willinm,'  in  aaothcr  '  George' 

'  Wood  says  that  by  this  marriage 
shf  had  issue  John  Bolton  who  married 
Elirat>cth  Itcarc.  But,  If  this  wcie  so, 
Elizabeth  Ikarc  would  be  his  sistei. 
This  John  Doltoo  (joninO  ^vas  pettuips 
onjy  a  stepton.  In  Wood  MS.  E  Ji 
there  is  ati  entry : — '  165 j,  Jan.  4. 
toward  Bolton,  tlcbouse  keeper  of  the 
Pit,  ton  of  John  Uolton  of  Einston, 
died ;  boned  in  the  parish  isle'  of  S. 
Jobo  Bapt.  chur  ch,  Oxford. 


aS 


WOOlfS  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


Richard  Wood  (Anthony  Wood's  grandfather)  was  in  his  boyhood 
taken  by  Robert  Wood,  his  godfaiher  and  kinsman,  lo  Islington,  where 
he  acquired  wealth,  being  lessee  of  the  UTiile  Lion  at  Islington  and 
of  Axe-Inne  in  AJderroanbury.  He  married  EJizabcih  Jackson*, 
daughter  of  Henry  Jackson,  draper,  of  S.  Mary's  parish  in  Oxford 
and  sister  of  Henry  Jackson,  B.D.,  fcUow  of  C.  C.  C.  Richaixl  Wood 
died  at  S.  James',  Clerkcnwell,  and  was  buried  at  Islington  in  April 
1594)  his  sons,  Richard,  Thomas,  James,  being  then  aged  respectively 
14,  13,  12.  Their '  o%'erseer  and  guardian  *  till  they  came  of  age '  was 
their  uncle,  Henry  Jackson,  mercer,  of  Oxford :  they  had,  Wood  says, 
a  portion  of  at  least  500  /».  a  piece,  *  but  were  cozened  out  of  much 
of  it '  by  him.  This  Richard  Wood  (senior)  is  described '  as  'a  person 
tail  and  proper,  .  .  .  and  in  later  years  inclining  lo  corpulency.* — 
Richard  Wood  (Junior),  Anthony's  uncle,  was  baptized  at  Islington 
4  Jan.  15S2-;  'lived  to  man's  estate  and  died  «itbout  issue.'  James 
Wood,  another  uncle,  baptized  at  Islington  32  Apr.  1582,  although 
having  no  better  education  llian  that  of  the  grammar  school,  'yet 
being  handsome  and  gay  married  a  gentleman's  daughter  of  Surrey 
called  .  ■  •  Cole '  but  was  immediately  separated  from  her,  probably 
by  the  intervention  of  her  friends.  He  bought  lands  at  Wytham,  died 
in  Sept.  1629  in  his  brother  lliomas'  house,  and  was  buried  In  5. 
John  Baptist  (Merton  College)  church. 

(iii)  Sdllcment  of  Ifu  Woods  in  Oxford  city. 

Thomas  Wood,  B.A.  Corpus  15  March  r6oj,  B.C.I-.  Broadgates 
Hall  10  March  161^,  married  in  1603  at  Wood-eaion  co.  Oxon,  Mar- 
garet Wood.  She  died  14  July  162 1  at  Tcisworth,  and  was  buried 
in  Tetswonh  church  (S.  Giles'  church).  Her  children  bad  all  died 
in  infancy.  Thomas  Wood  on  10  Oct.  1622  at  Wiiuey  co.  Oxon. 
married  Mary  Petty,  he  being  then  in  his  42nd  year,  she  in  her  aist. 
She  was  bom  at  Wood-caion,  about  Chribtmas  r6oi.  Her  mother 
was  Penelope  Tavemer,  sister  of  Richard  Tavcrner  of  Wood-caion 
near  Oxford.     Anthony  Wood  was  tlic  fourth  child  of  this  marriage. 


*  Wood  notes  that  the  Jacksons  cune 
bom  Preston,  co.  Luiis.  Tlicy  were 
tberrfote  possibly  old  scquunuaccs  of 
the  Woods. 

*  their  mother  wu  buried  39.  Dec. 
r596,  two  yean  after  her  huibaod. 
Their  suter,  EUubeth  Wood,  act.  6  at 
hct  father's  dealb,  was  mairicd  on  19 


Jul.  i6o(,  at  tbe  if^  of  17,  from  this 
miclc's  boDse.  to  Thomas  Frith,  fellow 
of  AH  Souls. 

'  this  seems  lo  he  the  funilj  tjrpe : 
sec  what  Wood  says  of  \m  father  in 
164} ;  his  father's  sifter,  Elizabeth  Frith, 
be  cdls  '  a  fat.  comhc  woman.' 


ft8 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES, 


(iv)  Families  of  Wood's  hrolhen. 

Robert  Wood,  as  the  eldest  surviving  son  of  the  Tamily,  and  joint 
owner  wilh  his  mother  and  brothers  of  the  family  property,  settled 
btmself  on  his  marriage  in  Postmasters  Hal),  his  father's  house,  where 
he  continued  till  Nov.  1662.  On  3  Nov.  166a  be  went  with  his 
family  to  a  house  at  the  cast  end  of  the  street  {S.  John  Baptist  Street) 
in  S.  Peter's-in-the-Kaat  parish,  and  conlinucd  there  till  2  June 
1663.  After  that  dale  he  and  his  family  returned  to  Postmasters 
Hall,  where  they  auhsequently  abode '.  Anthony  Wood  had  rooms 
in  tlic  house,  and  for  some  years'  took  his  meals  with  his  brother's 
family,  as  a  sort  of  boarder.  He  complains  much  of  his  'sister's' 
(i.e.  Robert's  wife's)  temper  and  tongue,  and  his  after  life  was 
much  crabitcered  by  strife  with  her.  In  Thomas  Tanner's  account 
of  Wood's  last  illness  is  this  sentence :— *  he  is  verjr  charitable, 
forpving  every  body  and  desiring  all  to  forgive  him  :  he  lalkt  a  great 
while  this  evening  wilh  his  sister,  with  whom  he  had  been  so  long 
u  vtriance/ 

Christopher  >^'^ood,  on  his  first  marriage,  settled  in  a  house  in 
the  old  liocherew  (the  modem  Queen  Street)  on  the  north  side ; 
but  before  December  1661,  he  moved  into  a  house  at  the  south 
corner  of  Bullock's  Lane  (tlie  modern  Bulwarks  Alley,  near  the  cast 
end  of  Casilc  Street).  After  his  second  marriage  in  1667,  he  lived 
for  some  years  at  Marriage  Hill,  a  fann  in  Ufton  parish,  Berks  (near 
Reading),  which  be  had  bought  bat  afterwards  sold.  In  1670  be 
Kmovcd  to  a  house  in  Holywell  in  Oxford,  where  he  continued  till 
his  death.— The  three  daughters  of  Christopher  who  grew  up  all  made 
bad  marriages,  their  hosbonds  John  Marat,  Edward  Read,  and  Robert 
Aldworth  all  bditg  bankrtipt  about  1694. 


^  tbfT  MCflt  to  kave  kt  put  of  the 
hoMT  M  Uka  la  lodgcn.     la  Wood 

MS.  E  U  ^  >^  o^  =— *  i^T4<  S«P*- 
«,  Wtkoa  Lntfe  »aa  «f  Dr.  Join  L«ff«, 
phyiMaK,  ww  faaptiad ;  bonic  ia  tbe 
koat  «l  Mi.  Rgbat  4  Wood  tcakx 


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the  cdries  of  tbe  birtb  of 'Aanc  Lafft^ 
9  ^%x^  xfti^  and  U '  Mai;  Lofie,  10 
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INTRODUCTION. 


37 


The  following  are  the  names  and  matches  of  the  daughters  of 
fChametl  Petty  supra^  p.  36,  among  whose  children  Wood  counis 
-toany  '  cozens.' 

I,  Fruces  Petty,  m.  Thomas  Widnocrc  of  Ilughenden,  Bndu. 

a,  Ellea  Petty,  «.  (1)  William  Ptvicft,  impnjpmtor  of  Great  Milton  j  (j1  John 
Cave,  vicar  of  Great  Miltoo,  sometlroci  rector  of  Middleton  Ontjnvj, 
Nonhts,  eldest  ^  Knn  tii'  Sir  Rrirm  Cave.  She  died  30  Match  l68|,  act.  80 
or  more;  buried  in  Great  Miltoo  church. 


{obn  Cave,  B.A.,  m.  Ellen  (Petty  or)  Daries. 
fagd.  H.  33  Oct.  I 
1639.  I 


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John  Cave',  m.  ...  St.  John.    Brian  Cave ',    Geoii;e  Cave,  «.  Ellen  Petty. 


JeUowofUoc. 

Coll.  to  1 06s; 

died  1690. 


fcUowofWtdh. 

hi  1G63  ;  died 

1675. 


of  MUtoo. 


John  Cn*e,  m. 
ulm.  at  Lioc 
CqU.  i.s  Nov. 
1660,  act  16. 


Henry  Cave,  adm.  at 

Unc  Coll.  9  July 

1694,  act.  17. 


George  Care,  matric.  at  Trin. 
Coll.  7  Feb.  i6yi. 


John  Cave, 

Diatnc-  ac  Maj^.  Hall, 

31  March  1705. 

3,  ..,*  Petty,  ffi.  AylwortbMajorofCowleyiotheparisfaofPiesloOjCa  Bucks. 


CharocU  Slajor,  m.  Mary,  daughter  of 
a  sUkDian  iitPater-        ...  Koy»toa,  of 


DOftcr  Kow, 
London. 


Lonrlon,  on  to  Feb. 

i66|,  being  then 

Shiovc  Mondajr. 


Holt  (jf 

Stolccline. 


Edmund  Major,  M.  of  m.  Samti,  hisfir^ 
Arts.iind  KiTnE.*tiiiics  fel-  COicn,  diiiightct 
low  ofLyoc-  Coll.,  rector  of  Thomaa 
of  Whilcbuich  co.  Oxon., 

and  also  minister  of 

Turston  near  Drairlilcy; 

tltcd  at  Wliil^lmtch 

17  Oct.  1685. 

4,  Ann»  Petty,  m.  to  ...  WoUey  of  eo.  Leic. 

5,  Mar]-  Petty,  w.  to  William  Meade  of  Naiboro&gh  co.  Leic.  which  Wlllian 

died  In  1663. 

6,  SoHui,  m.  (i)  Thomas  Holt  ofStokclyne  I  (a)  ...Templer,  of...  inNorthonts. 

Thomas  Holt,  m.  Sttsan  Petty. 
(ice  the  pedigree  in  Oct.  i'65S.)  I 


RalT»h  HoU,  High  Sheriff  Snsao  Holt,  m.  Edmund 

ofOxfvtilshirc,  167**.  M.ijor. 

7,  EliiLftbeth,  «.  William  Bent  of  Cosb)-  co.  Ldc,  died  wne  prole. 


'Kcond  son  ',  J.   Foster  Alumni 
7jrtfn.  (early  aerici)  i.  151. 

•  Bloxiun,  Keg.  Coll.  Mdgd.  v.  33r. 
»  Gardiner,  Keg.  Cull.  Wadb.,  p.  3  tfi. 

*  name  written  in  pencil  as  doubtful. 


and  DOW  ilk{pble.  Wood  notes  that 
'  she  died  6  Jane  1659,  and  was  baricd 
at  Preston ;  he  {her  hu&tnnd)  died  33 
Nov.  I&G4,  and  was  borietl  by  bis  wife.* 


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lyOOD'S  LIFE   AND    TIMES. 


NOTANDA. 

Puiwf^  withont  dbtJnctlTe  nrnric  ue  from  the  Altniuiac&. 
Passages  mirkeii  with  an  utciisk  *  are  from  'Tanner  MS,  102'  [wrt  i,  tha 
'Secreinm  AatuQii.' 

Pftiugcs  marked  with  a  dagger  f  are  from  '  Tonnct  MS.  loa  '  part  it,  tha 
'Indices  pro  annis  i66o-i68a' 

Pauagcs  endoted  in  square  brackets  [  ]  arc  later  addiiions  nude  by  Wood 
tn  the  MS  cited,  or  notes  tiy  Wood  foam]  in  other  MSS.  or  books,  or,  in  a  £ew 
cases,  notes  communiaued  to  \Vood  and  Toaiid  in  hi*  MSS.  The  nature  and  aonrce 
of  each  oftbese  passages  is  indicated  in  the  notes  to  it, 

Passagei,  words,  and  Ictten  enclosed  in  onguLai  brackets  ^  )  are  insertions  by 
the  editor. 

The  maH(  . .  .  indicates  tluit  Wood  has  omitted  a  word  or  words,  or  left  the 
sentence  unfiQialied. 

Throughont.  wherever  it  wai  omitted,  the  day  of  the  week  has  been  supplied 
withuut  comment. 

The  editor  is  reapoosibte  for  the  oolea. 


Ajino  Domini  1632 :   regni  8  GaroU  I. 

December. — •  Dec-  1 7,  M.,  Amhony  Wood  or  a  Wood  '  (son  of 
Thomas  Wood  or  h  Wood,  bachelaur  of  Arls  and  of  the  Civil  Law) 
was  borne  in  an  antienl  stonc-bousc  opposite  to  Ibc  rorefront  of 
Merlon  Coll.  in  tlic  collegiat  parish  of  S.  John  BaplUt  dc  Merton, 
situai  and  being  within  the  City  and  Universiiie  of  Oxford,  on  Munday 
the  sevcnteoih  day  of  December  (S.  Lazarus  day)  at  about  4  of  the 
clock  in  ihe  morning,  anno  1632  :  which  stone  house,  with  a  backside 
and  garden  adjoyiilng,  wa^  bought   by  his  fatlicr  of  John  Lant', 


'  rortbcfomu'Wood'and  'aWood' 
tee,  iupra,  [l  11. 


*  John  Lant,  M.A.  Ch.  Ch.  n  May 
i5;$;  Claik'sricG.Univ.Oaon.IJ.iits6, 


46 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TlAfES. 


An.  Dom.  1630:   xii  Car.  I:   (Wood  aot.  4.) 

AugOflt. — *Aug.  89,  M.,  the  king,  queen,  prince  Rupert,  many  of 
the  nobility  and  others,  came  from  Woodstock  inio  Oson.  A  liule 
before  which  Umc  he  was  conveyed  in  a  servant's  armcs,  with  his 
father  and  mother  going  to  the  lodgings  of  Dr.  Thomas  lies,  canon 
of  Christ  Church  ;  whence  being  conveyed  to  the  mount  in  his  garden 
looking  into  Fish  street,  he  saw  the  king,  queen  and  the  rest  riding 
downc  the  said  street  into  Ch.  Ch.  great  quadrangle'.  This  was  the 
first  lime  dial  he  ever  saw  the  said  king  and  queen,  and  the  first  time 
tliat  he  ever  saw  such  a  glorious  traine  as  that  was,  which  he  would 
often  talk  of  when  he  was  a  man. 

•Aug.  30,  T.,  they  were  entertained  by  the  Universide;  and  by  Dr. 
(WilUam)  Laud,  archbishop  of  Canterbury,  at  S.  John's  ColJege". 
Aug.  31,  W.,  ihey  departed — see  the  whole  story*  of  this  entertiiin- 
ment  in  'Hist,  cl  Antiq.  Univ.  Oxon.'  lib.  i,  sub  anno  1636:  which 
History  was  written  by  ISrr.  A.  Wood. 

An.  Dom.  1037:   xiii  Car.  I:  <Wood  aet.  6.) 

•He  was  put  to  school  to  leame  to  read*  the  psalter.  And  about 
that  time  playing  before  the  dore  of  his  father's  Itouse  neare  Mcrion 
coll.,  one  of  Ihe  horses  called  Mutton  belonging  to  Thomas  Edgerlcy  * 
the  university  carrier,  rode  over  him  (as  he  was  going  to  be  watered) 
and  bruis'd  his  head  very  much.  This  caused  a  great  heaviness  for 
some  time  after  in  his  head  and  perhaps  a  slowness  in  apprehending 
with  quickness  things  that  he  read  or  heard  ;  of  which  he  was  very 
sensible  when  he  came  to  reason, 

December. — [Dec.  i6\  S.,  1637:  Richardus  Adams,  scholaris 
facuiiatis  Artium  e  CulL  Lincohi.,  suspendatur  a  gradu  proximo  quern 
capessunis  est  per  duos  tcrminos,  quonlam  inter  alios"  cum  otBcia 


'  '  gipat  pite,*  in  the  H«I.  MS. 

*  Wood  435  C17)  is  n  balUd,  with 
tlic  music,  on  this  cntfrtajnniciit,  vit. 
Edmund  Uaytoii'i  '  Epnlnc  Oxanicoses 
or  a  jocular  rclatioD  of  the  bftcquet  .  .  . 
1636  in  the  Matticmatioil  Library  at 
St.  John  Kapt.  CoUcfte.'  Wood  398  (j) 
iaarxither  copjr. 

*  Wood's  FjiglUh  tenion  U  in  Gulch's 
Wood'»  Hi%t.  Univ.Oxon.  ii.  p.  407-41 3. 

'  'to  read'  added  from  the  Harl. 
MS.  J  omitted  from  the  Tanner  M.S. 

*  Kc  L'latk'i  Reg.  Univ.  Oion.  11.  l. 
316.  40s- 


*  note  in  '  Lihcr  Niger  Procomtonim,' 
Wood  refers  to  this  bmwl  in  S.  Martin's 
church  ia  (JutcVs  Wood's  Mist.  Univ. 
Oxon.  il.  4)8  In  coonectioQ  with  a  simi- 
lar commotion  In  164}. 

'  the«  '  other '  brawlers,  all  moic  or 
IcM  panifthed  in  tlie  K.-ime  sort,  were  : — 
Tcmjxrsl  Erighoii5^,  John  Bnnsell  [i.e. 
Burascll],  Samuel  Bcchin  [or  Bechinn], 
Tbomas  Hardie.  ]>anict  Hill,  Matthew 
HolHnfTs,  Henry  Kamnlen,  ThuTnns 
Springei  B.A.,  Anihoay  Sprinprt,  Jubn 
Ward,  WUIiAm  Wood — all  ol  Lincoln 
College. 


jICTG.  \eZB~AfARCM,  1640. 


47 


divina  v«spcri  celebrantur  in  ecclesia  Sti  Martini  per  ejusdem  ccclesiae 
leclorem  quominus  cadcm  tranquilk  pcracta  fuerint  elTccit:  et,  quia 
ad  poenitcntiam  die  pracsUtuto  non  acces&it,  insu|)er  praediclus 
Richardux  Adams  tenclur  veniam  flexis  gcnihus  in  domo  Congrega- 
tionis  pelere  die  decimo  quinto  Januarii  proxime  sequente.] 

An.  Dom.  1638:  xiiii  Car.  I;    (Wood  aet.  6.) 

"In  ihe  beginning  of  thisyeare'  his  eldest  brother  Thomas  Wood 
(who  was  borne  at  Telsworth  in  Oxfordshire)  became  one  of  the 
students  of  Christ  Church,  by  ihe  favour  of  Dr.  Thomas  lies,  he 
being  then  14  ycarea  of  age.  See  more  of  him  under  the  yeares 
164a  and  1651. 

(Wood  516  no.  10  is  'Articles  to  be  enquired  of  within  llie  diocese 
of  Oxford  in  the  visitation  of  John  [Bancroflj  bishop  of  Oxford, 
i638-'> 

An.  Bom.  1639 :  XT  Car.  I :  (Wood  aet.  7.) 
*He  was  in  his  Bible,  and  ready  to  go  into  his  accedence^ 

<iej^:   Wood  aet.  8.) 

January.— [Jan.  a?',  M.,  i6J^,  Robert  Burton^  B.  of  Div.  and 
itudcnt  of  Christ  Church,  and  audiour  of  the  book  0/  Mtlanchofy^  was 
buried  in  Xt.  Ch.  cathcdrall ".] 

Karoh. — 'March  8,  Su.,  his  yonger'  brolher  John  Wood  died, 
and  vas  buried  the  day  following  in  Merton  ColL  church. 


'  i-e.  abont  Apr.  or  Mny  16.18,  the 

'jrcur  with  Wood  ahoays  beginning  on 

lUu'cb  15.    Wood  in  this  mattcf  wu 

I  dOKQluly     co«srrvitiTe     of    the     old 

[frihioiir  K-Idom  ddf^inf;  to  uic  even 

the  common  double  notatiao  (eg.  i6,ti)r 

and  guienilly  altering  Ibe  d«teft  of  pab- 

lication  on  ihc  title  fmge*  of  )ii<  jHnnjih- 

kicts  where  the  mod<ni  bcf.'ioning  of  the 

■Teu  bad  been  followed  (lhu«,  'l>3ndon, 

lfi6o'  Is    ofien    changed    by  faim    to 

I'LondoD.  Feb.  i6<;9*;  and  the  like). 

>-3  have  howercr  Ibroughoot  used  the 

'doobtc  aolatimi,  as  the  only  means  of 

avohling  cunfa-!^ion  of  yenni- 

*  i.c.  the  Latin  grammar.    Aa  soon 
•a  a  boy  could  read,  be  bcgao  I^tin. 

*  note  among  a  act  of  itray  papen  of 


Wood'i  writing  found  in  the  Kavlisson 
D  series  of  MSS.  in  a  mificellancotts 
volume  of  papers  rdathig  la  Oxfoid. 
The  Name  slip  contains  a  list  of  burials 
in  the  Cathedral,  \^\i-\(s^t).  The 
volume  was  formerly  marked  RawL  D 
1383:  afterwards  marked  Rawl.  D 
1390 ;  in  the  absence  of  a  present  preta- 
mnrk,  I  shall  cile  it  in  these  noto  as 
MS.  Rnwl.  1)  oHm  1 190. 

'  Woo<i  gaye  the  inscription  and  the 
scheme  of  his  nativity  on  his  tomb- 
stooc,  in  Hist,  et  Anliij.  Oxoh.  IL  j8S, 
and  complains  that  wbcreis  '  A'.  natMs 
ft.  was  upon  the  scheme  itself,*  Dr. 
John  Fell  altered  his  text  to  * /t.  B. 
na/us.' 

*  '  yongeit/  in  the  Harl.  MS. 


-^  . 


i'..  ■'■ 


^•'JT 


\..  * 


a. 


a 
o 
o 
> 


7> 


2 


44 


WOOD*S  UFE  AND  TISfES, 


master  of  Arts  of  the  Univ.  of  Oxon,  8  December,  6  Jac.  I,  Dom. 
i6o8,  and  is  held  by  his  family  of  Merton  Coll.  before  raention'd. 

•Dec.  23,  Su.,  he  was  christncd  or  taken  into  the  bosorac  of  the 
church.  At  which  time  he  had  to  liis  godfathers,  Anthony  Cloplon^ 
bachelaur  of  DUinity  and  fellow  of  Corp.  Chrlsti  College,  and  Edward 
Dawson'  Doctor  of  pbysick  of  Lincolne  College:  and  to  his  god- 
mother, Mris.  Catherine  Fisher,  the  w-ife  of  William  Seymoure  of 
Oxon  an  attorney;  and  afterwards  ihe  first  wife  of  Tliomas  Rowney 
an  attorney  also  of  the  same  place,  father  (by  his  second  wife)  to 
Tliomas  Rowney  esq.  High  ShcrrifT  of  Oxfordshire  anno  169(1). 

An.  Dom.  1633:   9  Car.  I;    <Wood  aet.  L) 

•  He  was  altogether  nttrscd  by  his  mother  (of  whome  shal  be  men- 
tion made  under  the  year  1666'),  and  by  none  else.  For  as  she 
nursed  his  3  elder  brothers,  so  she  nursed  iiim  (wlioui  she  found  very 
quiet)  and  the  two  next  that  followed. 

<163J:  Wood  aot.  2.) 

(The  orders  and  schedules  of  names  issued  by  Brian  Duppa,  nce- 
chancellor,  for  the  repairing  of  the  streets  of  Oxford,  20  Mar.  163J, 
are  found  in  Wood  MS.  F.  31  foL  28-30.) 

An,  Dom.  1634:  10  Car.  I:   (Wood  aet.  2.) 

July. — 'Jidy.  At  the  summer  assize  held  in  the  Guild  hall  of  the 
citie  of  Oxon,  appeared,  with  a  commission  from  the  king,  Gcorg 
Owen  and  William  Rylcy  officers  of  armcs*,  to  visit  and  take  an 
account  of  all  the  armes  and  pedegrees  of  the  gentry  of  Oxfordshire  *. 
And  to  add  authority  to  their  commission,  'twas  read  in  the  openj 
court  before  the  judg,  justices  and  country  gentrie.  This  mcmoirc 
here  set  downe  becaus  Mr.  Wood's  father  (of  whom  I  shall  make 
mention  imder  the  yearc  1642')  was  warn'd  among  the  gcntnc  to 


*  Anthony  Cloplon  RD.Corp.  ;  July 
1624,  D.U.  14  May  i<>M;  *ft«  whom 
he  wa»  called  'Anibcmy.' 

"  Edward  Diwson,  Jocorp.  M.  A.  from 
Ctunbr.  11  July  1620;  not  M.D.  till 
31  Jane  1633.  Wood,  ia  MS.  rbillip^-4 
7018  mure  correctly  dctcribeft  him  at 
this  time  as:  '  M.A.  and  piaclilioiier  uf 
pbysick.' 

>  i.  c.  166^ 

'George  Owen,  'Yoik'  Herald; 
William  Kylcy,  'Bine    Maollc'  Par- 


suirant. 

»  No.  CXXIX  In  Cott'a  Cat.  CeJd. 
MS.  Coil.  Rtginat  Oxon.  is  'The  visi- 
tation of  Oxfordshire  by  John  Pbilitiot, 
Soincraet  herald,  and  William  Itylcy, 
blewm&ntlc,  iiunbaU  and  deputies  of 
CJartcr  and  ClBicncieDx  King!  uf  Anns, 
Aogust  16^'  It  is  printed  lo  W.  II. 
Turner's  The  VUiiatimis  sf  (ht  County 
cf  Oxford,  (ItaileioJi  Society)  i8;t. 

•  t  c.  1643. 


DEC.  \%%%  —  AUG.  1636. 


45 


appeare  before  the  said  officers  or  heralds  with  his  armes  and  pedegree 
and  to  liave  them  entred  into  their  books ;  but  he  forsooth  pleading 
ihc  privilege  of  the  univcrsiiy,  or  that  he  was  a  privileged  person,  and 
so  consequently  exempted,  as  he  pretended  (but  false)  t  cttrta 
Miirischalli^,  he  did  not  appeare  in  his  owne  behalf,  tho  he  did  in 
the  behalf  of  the  Petties  of  Tetsworch,  and  cntrcd  what  he  knew  of 
that  family,  the  annes,  matches  and  issue  of  three  or  more  descents, 
being  desired  so  lo  do  by  Maximilian'  Pettie,  who  gave  him  the  fees, 
and  he  ilic^  heralds.  It  was  afterwards  lo  Mr.  A.  Wood  when  he 
came  to  understand  those  things  a  great  trouble  to  him  that  his  father 
did  not  enter  three  or  more  descents  of  his  ownc  famiEie,  which  he 
had  then  Liecn  better  able  to  doe,  than  those  of  the  famllie  of  his 
wife  (Pettie).  And  the  reason  is,  because  that  his  father  dying  when 
he  was  yotig,  those  things  which  he  knew  of  his  family  dyed  with 
him,  and*  his  son  could  never  obtainc  Uicm'  from  any  other  person 
of  his  kindred,  nor  can  he  yet  from  any  place  of  record,  unless  he 
take  a  journey  into  I--ancasliire  from  whence  his  grandfather  came 
about  the  beginning  of  the  raigne  of  queen  Jliltzabeth. 

An.  Som.  1635  :   xi  Car.  I :    <Wood  aet.  d.) 

*Tbis  yeare  he  had  the  small  pox  so  much  that  he  was  for  a  time 
blindetl  with  them. 

August. — "Aug."  I,  S.,  a  fine  of  30//'.  was  set  by  the  warden  and 
fellowes  of  Merlon  coll.  when  his  father  renewed  his  lease  of  the  old 
stone-house,  wherin  his  son  A.  Wood  was  borne  (called  aiiliently 
Portionists'  or  PosImasCcrs  hall)  for  40  yearcs ;  aiid  for  a  common 
inn  called  the  Flowr  de  Luce,  situat  and  being  in  the  parish  of  S. 
Martin  ad  Quadrivium  in  Oxon  (which  inn  his  father  had  bought  of 
Richard  Theed  gent,  on  the  eleventh  of  Sept.  14  Jac.  I,  Dom.  1616) ; 
and  at  the  same  time  a  lease  of  the  garden  opposite  to  S.  Alban's 
hall,  was  let  to  his  father  for  27  yeares. 


■  the  '  Kail  ManbAlt  *  ii  head  of  tbe 
Collcue  of  HeraW*. 

'  '  Mojuniiluin '  u  entered  only  in 
[>encn,  u  unceitain,  both  in  the  Tanner 
and  lUrl.  MSS. 

*  '  the  Mid  hertlds, '  ia  Lbe  llart. 
US. 

'  'and  1  coHid  never  Icam  those 
things  ^wbich  he  in  all  piul^ability 
knew)   fioin    any  other  jienon  of  llis 

kindred.'  in  tbe  lUiL  MS. 


*  when  collecting  materials  for  the 
history  of  hi*  family  m  MS.  Phtllipps 
7018,  Wood  thought  uf  several  plans 
Ijy  which  to  get  this  information  *  that 
wee  may  not  be  nurobrcd  among  tbe 
ignorant  who  tcaire,  or  perhapt  not 
(at)  all,  like  aecrc  bmtcs,  know  any- 
thing of  their  fathers  and  mothets.* 

*  Aug.  I,  j.e,  I,amnia«  Pny. 

'  i*e  OarJc'i  Wood's  City  of  OxTord, 
i.  183. 


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MARClly  \^\Q  —  AUG.  1641. 


49 


An.  Com.  1641 :   xvii  Car.  I :    (Wood  aet.  9.) 

•He  was  translated  lo  New  Coll.  schoolc.  situated  between  the 
west  pan  of  the  chappcll  and  cast  pari  of  the  cloyslcr,  by  the 
advice,  as  he  usually  conceiwd,  of  some  of  the  fellowes  of  the  said 
coll.  who  usually  frequented  his  fallier's  Iioukc.  One  John  Maylard 
fellow  of  the  said  coll.  was  then,  or  at  least  lately,  the  master  (after- 
wards rector  of  Stanton  S.  John  neare  Oxon) ;  and  after  him 
succeeded  John  Davys',  one  of  the  chaplaynes  of  the  said  house, 
whomc  he  well  remembers  to  be  a  quid  man.  etc. 

[John  Vicard'  in  his  book  calle<l  'A  looking-glass  for  malignants, 
or  God's  hand  against  God-haicrs,'  etc.,  printed  1643,  quarto,  p. 
13: — 'Also  in  the  parish  of  Holywell  neare  Oxon,  one  of  the  in- 
habilanls  of  the  same  parish,  being  a  most  licentious  and  prophane 
fellow,  set  up  a  May-pole  in  Uic  summer- ttxnc,  1641;  and  that  it 
might  transcend  the  vanities  and  irajHelies  of  other  May-poles,  he  set 
upon  this  the  picture  of  a  man  in  a  tub,  thereby  (as  he  said)  "  to 
describe  a  Roundhead."  Which  picture,  as  it  w.is  credilily  reported, 
he  made  in  derision  of  a  godly  gentleman,  a  manciple  of  one  of  the 
Colleges  in  Oxon:  and  the  reason  why  it  must  represent  this 
gentleman  was.  because  he  was  truly  religious  and  used  rei>t;tition  of 
sermons,  singing  of  psalmes,  and  other  holy  duties  in  his  house. 
This  picture  being  thus  set  up  on  the  May-pole,  the  said  prophane 
fellow,  the  author  of  it,  with  his  loose  and  licentious  companions, 
making  themselves  mad-merry  about  it,  at  last  must  needs  go  shoot 
at  the  Roundhead  upon  it ;  and  having  for  this  purpose  brought 
muskets  wiib  them  and  other  pieces,  one  of  them  (being  the  ser^'ant 
of  the  chief  master  of  this  May-game)  shot,  and  did  hit  the  picture. 
At  vhich  the  said  master  did  fall  a-laughing  exireamly,  and  on  a 
fiudden  sunk  downc,  falling  Into  a  sharp  and  terrible  convulsion- 
fit,  and  so  continued  a  long  time  after  very  sick  and  in  great 
paine  and  misery ;  but  whether  he  l»e  since  alive  or  dead,  I  am 
unccrtaine. — This  reladon  I  had  confirmed  to  me  by  an  honest  yong 
gentleman,  a  scholar  of  Oxon,  then  resident  in  Oxon  and  an  eye- 
witness of  most  of  it."] 

Angnat.— <Wood  jo;  (49)  '  is  Civiuu  Oion  :  burisls  from  F.,6  Aug.  lo  S.,  14 
Aug.,  1641,' — one  of  tlic  wccLly  bills  of  inurtAlily  in  the  city  which  were  pub- 
Uabed  in  Oxford.    Tlte  week  fr-13  Aug.  1641  tbowi  a  tot&l  of  13  deubs.) 


•  JobD  [>av!es,  B.A  New  C.  18  Dec. 
i6i4- 


'  dted  on  a  «Iip  pasted  to  p.  888  in 
Wowl  MS,  F  I. 


so 


IVOOffS  UFE  AND  TTMES. 


Ifovembor. — •Nov.  His  grandmother  Pcnclopie,  the  wcldow  of 
capt.'  Roljcrt  PelUe  or  Ix  Petite  gent,  (his  mother's  father)  died  with 
grcif  at  or  neare  Charlemount  in  Ireland,  the  seal  of  her  nephew 
Wilhara  viscount  Caulfieid'.  occasion'd  by  the  barbarous  usuage  of 
her  intimate  acquaintance  (but  a  bigottcd  Papist)  Sir  Philim  O  Nealc, 
who  acted  the  part  of  an  arch-traytor  and  rebcll,  when  the  grand 
rebellion'  broke  out  in  that  kingdomc,  S^  33  October  1641.  This 
Pcnelopic  was  daughter  of  Richard  Tavemer*,  lord  of  Wood-Eaton 
in  Oxfordshire,  by  his  second  wife,  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Har- 
courl  Kt.  of  the  anticnl  and  noble  family  of  the  Harcoiirts  of  Stanton- 
Harcourt  in  the  said  countie.  She  was  borne  at  Wood-Eaton  in  the 
beginning  of  SepL  1566,  and  when  shee  was  about  2t  ycarcs  of  age 
(being  then  a  most  comlic  and  proper  peison,  as  most  of  the 
Tavemers  were  then,  and  in  after  times,  some  of  whome  he  docs 
remember)  shee  was  married  to  his  grandfather  Robert  Pcttie  before 
mention'd,  then  lord  of  Wyfald  or  Wivcohl.  and  of  other  lands,  neare 
to  Henlie  in  Oxfordshire,  and  a  tenant  to  Eaton  Coll.  of  a  very  good 
farme  at  Cotsford  neare  to  Bister  in  the  said  countie. 

[Kicbaid  Tavenicr*  of  Woodcatoa  (High  Sberriff  of  Oxfordshire,  13  Klizabeth 
^1571)),  vawntA,  first,  Margirct  one  of  the  daughters  of  Walter  Lamtscrt,  by 
whom  he  had  (.unong  other  issQc)  Maithn  «-Uc  of  George  Ciliciid  esq.  recorder  of 
Oxford  and  judge  of  the  aasi/«R  in  Wales,  father  of  Sir  William  Colfcild  kt.  lord 
CatfeiJd  io  Ireland  ;  nunied,  secondly.  Mar)-  oac  of  the  daughters  of  Sir  John 
llucourt  of  Stuiloa  lUicoart,  by  wbam  be  lud — i,  Harcourt  Tavemer  (dyed 


'  he  was  captaiD  of  the  Oxford  train- 
liandi. 

*  Willinm  Ciulficld,  MCOnd  baroa 
Chirlemi>nt,  was  wn  of  George  Caul- 
field  (recorder  of  Uxford)  and  Martha 
Tavemer  danghter  of  Richard  Tavemer 
of  Woudeaton.  Hit  eldest  son  and 
tacccMor,  Toby  Caallicld  third  baron 
ChorlcmoDl,  wu  scited  and  pnt  to  death 
by  uidcrs  of  Sir  rhclim  O'Nclic.  HU 
brother,  William  Caul5eld  fifth  baron 
CharlcnHKit,  brought  about  the  capture 
and  execation  of  Sir  rhclim  O'Neile, 
and  was  created  viscount  Cbarlcniunl 
on  6  Oct.  1665.     See  sapra,  p.  40. 

*  Wood  506  (l)is  Sir  John  Temple's 
•The  IiUh  Rebellion'  (of  1641).  Loud. 
1646.  Wood  506  (])  U  'A  collection  of 
cettain  horrid  murlhen  in  Ireland  sinoe 
1641,'  Loml.  1679.  Wood  508  (50)  if 
'Mercnrius  Hibctniccs,  or  A  discourse  of 
thfl  late  Iniancctioa  in  Ireland,'  Bristol 


1644,  in  which  Wood  notes  that  Dr. 
Thonuu  Barluw  lotd  him  that  'Jamn 
Howell  was  the  author  :  sed  rjoacrc.' 
'  sec  the  pedigree,  tufra,  |jp.  39,  40, 
*  notes  by  Wood  on  fot.  39  of  Wood 
MS,  K  31.  He  gives  there  a  long 
pedigree  of  the  Tavcmerc,  the  source  of 
which  is  partly  expkiincd  by  him  : — 
'  Memonuidam  that  Krands  Tavemer 
of  llexton  in  Hertfordshire  esq.  son  of 
Peter  Tarcraer  of  the  same  place  writ  a 
book  of  hii  Gimily  thus  intituled  "  The 
gnicaiogic  of  the  familic  of  the  Taver- 
ncrrs  of  North  Elmham  in  Nurfulke  .  .  . 
by  me  Francis  Tavemer  and  written 
with  mine  owne  band  anno  dorrtiui 
1636,"  Tlus  book,  which  is  la  folio, 
was  lent  to  me  (A.  W.l  by  Edward 
Tavemer  and  Thomas  Tavcincr  grand- 
BODS  of  the  .uid  Francis  id  Jan.  167a 
(i.  c.  I).'    Sec  infra  in  March  HS^I. 


NOV.  1641  —  MARCH,  1642. 


51 


wiUKMit  lamfr) ;  a,  Penelope  TaTutin-,  Tnamed  Robert  Petty  of  Wiveold  com. 
Onwi,cs«|.  3rd  son  of  John  Petty  of  Stoke  T»Iaiach  and  Tctiwoith  com.  Oj(oa.e5(i.; 
be  was  captaioc  of  the  tiAinbant]  in  Oxfonl. 

Robert  Petty  m.  Penelope  Ttvemer 


lUrcourt  Petty 


I  . 

Francis 

(died  without  luae) 


Mary,  a  daughter,  married  to 
Thomas  Woods  of  St.  John's 
pahth  Oxon.  gent.,  and  bath 
iisue.] 


{Among  the  pamphlets  of  this  year  relating  to  Oxford  which  Wood  has  collected, 
he  gives  most  pronuocace  to  the  following  : — 

(O  Wood  514  CO.  I ;  *  Arcbbisbtip  Laad's  letter  with  <a  gift  of)  MSS.  to  the 
University  of  t^xford  with  their  answer'  printed  lit  the  year  1640  (i.  e,  f).  Of 
I-ntid's  letter  Wood  note*  *  This  letter  was  written  in  Latine,  remaining  yet  to  be 
seen  io  Registro  Domus  Convocatioois  Oxon  "  R  "  iol.  tSs  b;  the  translataur  hath 
mangled  it  and  abtitcd  the  aothocr — ila  tescor  Anth.  &  Woode,  Oxonienfis  Anti- 
qnarios ' :  of  the  anewet  he  notes  *  This  epistle  was  wrillcn  in  Latin  aa  'tis  to  this 
day  remaining  in  "  R"  fol.  iSja;  bat  the  tmulatour  hatb  much  erred  and  abused 
the  Univenitle  in  it.' 

(i)  Wood  514  no.  5;  'To*  the  high  and  honoontble  court  of  parliament  the 
hnmMc  petition  i>r  the  Univcrsilic  of  Oxford  in  behalf  of  Episcopacy  and  Cathe- 
drals '  delivered  to  his  majesty  by  the  VicechanccUor  F.,  nit  Apr.  1641  with  the 
King's  answer  in  MS.  and  the  note  (7?otlcr's  actngrapb)  certi^ing  ila  correct- 
ne« : — '  Tcitor  ego  C[hrislophents]  Plotter]  haec,  Vicecanoellarins  Oxon.' 

(3)  Wood  514  no.  4;  'The  answer  to  thie  pedtioii  sent  from  the  Unirersitie  of 
Oaon,'  \xfaA,.  11S41. 

(4)  Wood  616  no.  19 ;  'A  copie  of  1  letter  from  Land  to  resign  his  chancellor* 
■hip*  1641  :  a  garbled  issue. 

(5]  Wood  JI4  no.  5;  'Land's  letter*  resigning  his  ctiaDCellorship,  and  the 
answer  of  the  Univetsilie*  Oxford  164I.  Of  both  letter  luid  answri  Wood  says 
that  they  are  not  transcribed  in  Register  '  R',  'the  reason  is  becaoie  'twas  seat 
when  the  Regesters '  were  in  tlie  hands  of  a  Committee  at  London  :  A.  Woode.' 
This  was  printed  to  controTert  no.  4. 

(6)  Wood  514  no.  6;  'Cbeap&ide  Cross  censored  and  condemned  by  a  teller 
seat  fron  [se*eral  memberfi  of]  the  Univenitic  of  (Oxford  '  Lond.  1641.) 


<164i :  Wood  aet.  10.) 

March, — •Mar.  In  the  beginning  of  March  his  broiher  Robert, 
who  had  lately  been  taken  from  the  frce-schcx>l  al  Thame,  left  Oxon 
in  order  to  goc  to  France  with  Charles  Dufore  of  MontiUet  a  kind  of 
a  merchant  at  Bloys.  After  he  was  sciled  there,  the  said  Charles  was 
10  send  his  son  Dcnnb  to  Oxon  to  live  with  Robert's  father  by  way 


*  Another  copy  i*  Wood  514  no.  ). 
Wood  423  DO.  iS  is  a  similar  petition 
*  of  all  colleges  and  halls.' 

'  the  original  document  is  now  Wood 


MS.  C  53.     Another  copy  of  the  pam- 
phlet is  Wood  616  no.  30. 

>  i.  c.  of  Convocation  and  Cocgr^a- 
tioB. 


E  a 


5a 


WOOD*S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


of  exchange  for  Roheri;  but  the  troubles  in  England  Bonn  after 
following,  Charles  Duforc  rcfosed  to  send  his  son.  Wicrcfore  Robert 
Wood  conlinuing  at  Bloys  and  in  other  places  in  the  kingdonie  of 
France*  till  the  beginning  of  1647  (al  which  lime  he  was  neare  17 
}xarcs  of  age)  he  rctum'd  to  his  native  pliice  of  Oxon,  but  had  utterlie 
forgotten  his  mother  tongue',  xvhich  was  a  great  trouble"  to  his 
brethren  to  make  him  understand  what  ihey  spoke  to  him. 

An.  Dom.  1643:    18  Car.  I:   (Wood  act.  10.) 

•In  ihe  beginning  of  lliis  yeare*  the  second  brother  of  A.  Wood*, 
named  Edward,  liecame  one  of  the  porllonists  or  postmasters  of 
Mcrton  Coll.,  und<-r  ihe  tuition  of  Mr.  Ralph  Button. 

Angost. — *  August;  upon  the  publication  of  his  ^^ajcstic's  pro- 
clamation", for  the  suppressing  of  the  rebellion  under  the  conduct  and 
command  of  Robc-rl  (Devcreux)  carl  of  Essex',  llie  members  of  the 
Universiiie  of  Oxon  began  to  put  thcmstlvcs  in  a  poslure  of  defence, 
and  especially  for  another  reason,  \vhich  was  that  there  was  a  strong 
report  that  divers  companies  of  soldiers  were  passing  thro  the  country 
as  sent  from  London  by  the  parliament  for  the  securing  of  Banbury 
and  War^vick.  Dr.  (Robert)  Pink  of  New  Coll.,  the  deputy  vice- 
chancellour',  called  before  him  to  the  public  sclioolcs  all  the  privileged 
men's  armcs  to  have  a  view  of  them :  where  not  onlie  privileged  men 
of  the  Universiiie  and  their  servants,  but  also  many  scholars  appeared. 


'  in  the  Wood  collection  of  printed 
books  tiicte  is  I  !iouvL-iiir  uf  Kulx'rt 
Wood's  nay  in  France.  Wood  70  is 
'  Le&  facecieusM  nuicts  da  Kigncai  Jkd 
Fnincoiii  Stniparole/  rendered  into 
French  b]r  Jan  Ixinnaia,  Lyon*  i^fio; 
which  kobcrt  Woodmiisi  have  bronght 
luck  with  hicQ.  At  the  end  of  ibc  pre- 
face is  wnttm  in  a  buid  i^ewitig  foreign 
teaching  'de  Lyon  cc  premier  jour  dc 
M*y  1647 ' ;  on  p.  135,  '  Ic  vingt 
troisieme  jonr  de  M»re  1647  ' ;  uid,  in 
tbe  sarac  hand  on  p.  1 1 3  '  je  confcue  dc 
devoir  (T)  ii  monsieur  Dafi^ui ;  Robert 
Wood.'  On  p.  365  is  wriltcn  the  verse 
*  Ari»e  ftoiD  sina,  thou  wicked  miin,  | 
Bdore  the  trump  doth  sound ;  {  Ixmst 
ibou  amont;  the  goilUc  son  |  A  damocd 
sonle  b«  found.* 

'  hence  ever  Rflcrwardfi  in  his  own 
famil]'  Kotxrrt  Wood  was  known  by  the 
ni<>nainc  '  raonaeor ' — by  which  he  is 
gCDcnmy  tcicrred  to  in  Wood's  diaria. 


'  [he  Hnil.  MS.  has  '  a  gre»t  tronhle 
lo  n»  lo  miike  him  undertland  our 
minds,  cic.' 

'  (c«  ncte  I  p.  47. 

*  here,  and  constiimly,  A.  W.  in  the 
text  rcpments  AV  of  the  MS.,  a  mono- 
gr^ni  lo  the  use  dI  which  Wood  wai 
niimt  parliai. 

*  dated  at  York,  (>  Atig.  l4S4a. 

*  Wood  531(5)  is' Aliat  of  the  army 
under  the  command  of  Roben,  carl  of 
Essex,'  Lond.  164a. 

"  the  vice-chancellor  of  the  year  1641 
(Dr.  John  Prideanx,  lale  rector  of 
Exeter  College,  now  bishop  of  Wor- 
cester; had  abruptly  left  ihe  Univcnity 
ftttout  June  14,  1643,  wilboat  properly 
resigning  his  oflliu.'.  By  coramand  of 
Convouatinn  the  dutiea  of  the  vice- 
chancel  I  orafaip  were  dJadiarged  by  a 
'  I'ro-vicc-chancellor ' ;  Pink  was  the 
'  rro-vicc-chaiiccllor'  during  the  latter 
hftlf  of  1643. 


MARCH--' AUG.  1842. 


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bringing  wUh  ihem  ihe  furnitnre  of  armes  of  every  CoH.  that  ihen  had 
any^  Mr.  Wood's  father  had  then  armour  or  furniture  for  one  man, 
viz.  a  helmet,  a  back  and  breaMpiece,  a  pykc  and  a  niusquct,  and 
other  appurtenances:  and  the  eldest  of  his  men-servants  (for  he  had 
then  three  at  least)  named  Thomas  Bumham  did  appears  in  those 
amies,  when  llie  scholars  and  privileged  men  trained  ■ ;  and  when  he 
could  not  train,  as  being  taken  up  with  bu-^iness,  the  next  servant  did 
trainc:  and  much  adoe  there  was  to  keep  Thomas  Wood,  the  eldest 
son,  then  a  student  of  Chr.  Ch.  and  a  youth  of  about  i8  )xare3  of 
age,  from  putting  on  the  said  armour  and  to  irainc  among  the 
schnhrs.  The  said  scholars  and  privileged  men  did  somtimes  traine 
in  New  Coll.  quadrangle,  in  the  eye  of  Dr.  Robert  Pink,  the  deputy- 
vicechantcllour,  then  warden  of  the  said  Coll. — And  it  being  a  novel 
matter,  (here  was  no  holding  of  the  school-boyes  in  their  school  in 
the  cloyster  from  seeing  and  following  them.  And  Mr.  Wood 
remembred  well,  that  some  of  Ihem  were  so  besotted  with  the 
training  and  activitic  and  gayitie  therein  of  some  yong  scholars,  as 
being  in  a  longing  condition  to  be  one  of  tlic  trainc,  that  they  could 
never  be  brought  to  their  books  againe.  It  was  a  great  disturbance 
to  the  youth  of  the  citie,  and  Mr.  Wood's  father  foresaw  that  if  his 
sons  were  not  removed  from  Oxon  they  would  he  spoyl'd. 

[  The  UnivtniHis  mustermgfXy  with  other  thingts  Ihat  have  happened 
in  the  Univtrsilie  since  that  time,  etc} 

Note*  that  presently  uppon  the  commingc  forthc  of  his  majestic'a 
proclamation  for  the  suppres^nge  of  the  present  rebellion  under  tlie 


'  *  then  any  taj '  is  in  the  Tuuier 
M&,  by  ft  slip  for  'then  fast)  uty.* 
The  ifarl.  US.  luu  *  bringing  with 
llieni  the  fumiture  of  every  Collcj^c  that 
then  bad  armea.' 

*  WutMl  6^5  coiitniDs  some  pamphlets 
oa  military  afTairs.  Wawt  6311(1)  a 
'  The  cKcrcisc  of  the  I-loglifih  in  the 
militia,*  illustrated  Kith  tif^rct.  Wood 
635  (3'  is  Sir  John  Smythc's  (Ij;?!) 
'  liiMnictions  observatiooB  and  orders 
miliury.' 

*  The  M5.  from  which  thr  folluwing 
narraliTc  is  tranicrihc<l  was  written  by 
Itriaa  Twyoe  ;  was  owned  liy  Wt'od, 
who  has  written  it)  it  a  Tew  maiginal 
notes ;  and  w.aa  bcqti«athed  by  him 
wit))  bis  othiT  M.S.S.  to  the  Ashmolean, 
wbrtc  it  it  fonml  in  the  16^  Catalogiie 

ox:.  8J58,  Wood   MS.  96).    Stolen 


from  thence,  it  paaficd  through  sercral 
bands  tnit  came  into  the  Uodleian  in 
1755  with  the  MSH.  of  George  Ballard 
{,M&cray'K  /tnnals  0/  tht  Bettleian  p. 
354).  IHa^■iIlg  been  fonnerly  marlced 
MS.  Balknl  18,  it  ■&  now  marked  MS. 
Ballaxd  68.  It  had  Urn  printed  hj 
Thomas  Heamc  in  1733  at  the  end  of 
the  second  volume  of  the  '  Chrotiicon 
sive  Anoales  prioratiis  de  Duastaple/ 
the  MS.  then  being  in  the  posseafon  of 
Thomas  Kawlins  of  Pophills  in  Wat- 
wiclcshire.  Wood  had  already  in  Wood 
MS.  F  I  fol.  H^7  «(j(]  exploited  this 
MS.,  bat  his  copy  rctnaincd  anprinled 
till  1796,  wht-u  Jolm  Gutch  edited 
it  in  Vol.  II  of  Wood's  History  of  the 
Univenity  of  Oxford. 

'  ■  Note '  &uli«tituled  by  a  later  hand 
for '  memorandNin.' 


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WOOlfS  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


conduct  &  command  of  Robert  (Devcreux)  e&rle  of  Essex,  printed 
and  dated  *at  Yorke,  9  August  1642,  in  the  18th  ycre  of  king 
Charles '  (which  proclamation  was  openly  proclajined  here  at  Oxford 
uppon  Saturday  the  13  of  August  1642);  and  likewise  uppon  the 
report  and  bruii  of  diverse  companies  of  soldiers,  that  were  daily 
sent  downe  from  London  by  the  parliament  for  the  succoringc  of 
Banbury  &.  Warwickc,  passinge  thorough  the  country,  the  UniveraitJe 
began  to  put  themselves  into  a  posture  of  defence.  Whcreuppon  the 
then  Deputie-V'icechanccllor',  Dr.  (Robert)  I'inke,  called  before  him 
to  the  Schoolcs  all  ilic  privilcdgcd  mens'  atmcs,  to  have  a  veiwe  of 
them  &c.  When  not  only  priviJedged  men  of  the  Universitie  or  their 
servants  but  allso  a  great  many  of  schollcrs  appeared,  bringinge  with 
them  the  furniture  of  every  Colledge  that  then  had  armcs. 

And  then  afterwardes,  uppon  Tharsdaye  bcinge  the  18  of  August, 
in  tlic  aftcrnoune,  all  those  marched  from  the  Scliooles,  all  alonge  up 
llic  high  street,  to  the  number  of  330  or  more,  to  Clirist-church 
College,  where  they  were  put  into  arraye  and  a  little  exercised  in  their 
postures — some  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Arraye  which  were 
formerly  directed  to  Oxford  by  the  kinge,  viz.  the  lord  Lovelace"  & 
the  lord  Willmol'  ffor  tlic  other  commissioners  were  taken  at  Wattle- 
ton  or  ihereabouta),  being  there  present  at  some  windows,  because 
they  would  not  be  aeene :  &  about  4  or  5  a  clocke  it  beginninge  to 
rainc,  they  marched  backe  again  the  same  waye  to  the  Schooles  ;  and 
so  they  departed  for  that  time. 

The  Saterday  followinge*,  they  met  at  the  Schooles  agalne  in 
the  fore  noone;  from  whence  they  marched  downe  tliorough  Haly- 
wcll' ;  and  so,  thorough  a  gate  necre  Mr-  {Edmund)  Nappcr's  house, 
theyentred  in  to  Newe  parkes ;  where,  by  their  commaunders,  they 
were  devidcd  into  fourc  squadrons,  whereof  two  of  tliem  were 
muskcters,  the  third  was  a  squadron  of  pikes,  the  4th  of  hallberdes ; 
and  after  they  had  byn  reasonably  instructed  in  the  wordcs  of 
commaund  and  in  their  postures,  they  were  put  into  bauell  arraye,  and 


*  Dr.  John  Fridcaux,  rector  of  Exeter, 
the  vice-chasccLluT,  hul  Icit  Oxfitnl 
(having  been  made  bidiup  of  Worcester, 
see  C.  W.  Boise  in  Jk^  ColUges  of  Ox- 
Jvri  (1891)  p.  81),  without  fonnxlly 
rcsigniog  his  place.  Ko  tacccssar  was 
therefore  elected,  bol  the  Univetiity 
rewirtetl  to  Ihc  derice  of  a  'dt-poiy- 
Ttcc-chanceUor '  who  was  to  discli«i{;e 
the  vicc-chouccUoi's  duties. 


*  John  Lovelace,  lecond  boroD  Love- 
lace. 

*  Chactcs  visGoimt  Wilmot  of  Alh- 
lonc. 

'  i.e.  ao  Aug. 

'  this  and  other  word*  h«»c  been  by 
ii  laicr  band  touched  up  with  ink  to 
adapt  them  to  the  modem  spcUinf; : 
'Halywell'  piima  maau,  'Holywell' 
scctinda. 


AUGUST,  1642. 


S5 


skirmished  together  in  a  very  decent  manner;  and  contlnucingc  ihcre 
untyll  about  2  of  the  clocke  in  the  aftcrnoonc,  they  returned'  entringe 
into  the  townc  at  St.  GiJes  his  church,  and  so  to  Bocardo,  they  came 
marchinge  all  the  waje  thorough  the  market  piace^,  &  so  over 
Carfax,  and  downe  ihc  high  street  (that  so  bothe  towne  &  country 
might  take  notice  thereof) :  &  so  tliey  arrived  at  the  Schoolcs 
againe,  from  wliencc  they  were  dismissed  for  that  time. — Theschollers 
were  promiacuoualy  bodie  Graduates  &  Undergraduates ;  a  great 
many  of  them  Masters  of  Art,  yea  devines  allso,  and  Dr.  (Thomas) 
Read  of  Kewe  Coll.*,  a  Dr.  of  Lawc.  served  with  a  pike. — The  Cookes 
Drummes  fc  Auntient'  served  their  tumes,  &c. 

At  the  hether  ende  of  Eastbridgc,  just  at  the  comer  of  Magdalen 
Colledge  chaplaincs'  quadrangle,  the  high  n^-aye  was  blocked  up  with 
longe  limber  logges,  to  keepe  out  horsemen,  &  a  kinde  of  timber 
gate  (to  be  chayned,  if  need  be)  at  the  ende  of  the  blockes  next 
toward  the  Col!,  for  common  passage  of  cajts  &  horses,  &c,  to 
bringe  provision  to  the  towne.  3  or  4  loades  of  stones*  were  carried 
up  to  Magdalen  Coll.  Tower,  to  flingc  downe  uppon  the  enemie  at 
their  entrance,  Jfcc. — In  the  highwaye  leadingc  into  the  towne  hff 
Ncwe  parkes  by  Wadham  College  and  so  towardes  Smith  gale,  viz., 
crosse  the  same  high  waye  just  at  the  ende  of  St  John's  College 
watkes,  there  was  a  crooked  trench  made  in  forme  of  an  home,  to 
hinder  the  entrance  of  any  forces  tliat  waye  &c :  About  this  place, 
and  likewise  at  the  place  where  tltc  waye  is  blocked  up  at  Eastbridge, 
they  kepe  very  strict  sentinell  ever)*  night. — Two  wooddcn  posts  allso 
sett  up  at  Smith  gate  for  a  chaine  to  chaine  up  the  waye.  At  this 
way"  there  is  every  night  kept  a  court  of  guard. 

Uppon  Saturdaye,  beinge  the  so  of  August  1642.  in  the  afiernoone, 
the  schollcrs  and  pri\iledgcd  men,  to  the  number  of  400  or  (as  some 
saye)  to  the  number  of  450,  repayred  againe  with  their  armes  to 
Kewe  parkes,  where  llicy  were  instructed  againe  in  the  wordcs  of 
commaund  &  their  military  postures,  and  trained  up  &  downe  in 
the  exercise  of  armes  in  a  very  decent  arraye,  and  no  Icssc  delightsome 
prospect  to  behold  the  forwardncssc  of  50  many  proper  yonge 
gentlemen,  so  intent  docile  &  pliable  to  their  busincssc,  as  were  then 


'  here  follciwc<l,  but  •corrH  out, '  ihe 
ume  wsy  through  lla]Ij-wcU(to  aroyilc 
Uefldmge  dowse  of  ihc  come)  and'. 

•  i.e.  Comniikct  Street. 

■  'New  CoU.'  substituted  for  'AU- 
sonles.' 

*  '  AnottcDt '  sobstittitcd  Tot  '  I1(^i;ek.' 


TVks  It  mean  that  *  the  dnims  and 
banner  of  the  Company  of  Cooks 
(tUrk's  Wood's  City  of  Onford, ».  486) 
were  Mcd  00  this  mwch-ont '  ? 

*  '  atone* '  jybslitolcd  (or  '  pebbles.' 

•  '  way  '  substituted  for  *  wick^cl).' 


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WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


present,  and  which  I  heard  nowe  &  then  iheir  leaders  confcsse  4 
acknowledge  in  the  field,  as  cxcasion  served.  The  weather  beinge 
sonieihinf^e  unseasonable  &  wei,  Ihey  marched  towards  the  eveninge 
from  ihcncc,  over  ihe  siile  there,  up  lo  St.  Giles  his  church,  &  so 
tiuwne  that  waye  unto  St.  John's  Coll. ;  &  from  thence  to  Newe 
Coll.  and  to  other  .severaJI  Colledges,  from  whence  they  had  ilieir 
armes,  &  so  they  scattered  every  one  to  his  home  for  that  time. — 
It  was  cast  out.  that  the  townc  allso  should  have  trained  that  daye  in 
ihe  same  phice  with  the  schollers,  to  the  ende  that  il  might  have  byn 
discerned  that  the  schollers*  armes  and  furniture  were  not  borrowed 
of  ihcm,  as  some  had  sinncrsterly'  suggested;  but  whether  it  were  for 
fcare  of  some  emulation,  or  other  jealousies  that  might  Xvwc  arisen 
betwixt  bothe  the  bodies  at  that  lime  beinge  in  armes,  or  for  some 
other  consideration*  I  knowe  not,  the  townc  trained  not  then  at  all, 
either  there  or  any  where  else. 

Thurcsday,  being  25  August  1642,  they  met  againe  at  8  of  the 
clock  in  the  forenoone  at  Newe  parkes,  &  did  as  before,  and  about 
noone  ihey  left  the  feild,  and  marched  into  the  lowne  in  8  or  10 
companies,  and  were  all  ranked  in  Newe  College  Quadrangle,  the 
Viccchancellor  his  Deputie  beinge  then  Dr.  Pinke  &c. ;  and  from 
thence  they  departed  every  company  to  iheir  scvcrall  collcdges. 

August  28,  beinge  Sunday,  1642:  about  12  of  the  clockc  at  night, 
certAJne  troopers  from  his  Majestic,  beinge  in  number  about  150  or 
200,  came  into  Oxford  under  the  conduct  of  Sir  John  Biron  or 
coloncll  IJiron  &c.  They  came  from  Urackley,  where  they  were 
encountred  by  other  soldiers  placed  there  for  the  nonce  by  tlie  lord 
Brooke's  appoyntment  as  it  was  sayd ;  &  some  of  them  were  taken, 
and  2  or  3  alaync,  and  there  iheir  sumpter  horses  with  400//.  in 
money  and  something  else  that  they  should  ha^-e  shewed  here  was 
taken  from  them,  etc,  TTiey  came  in  to  Oxford  thorough  the  high 
waye  by  New  parkes,  where  the  trench  is  by  St.  John's  College  wall, 
beinge  discovered  by  the  watch  or  centinell  of  schollers  that  lay 
abroad  that  night,  &  theire  so  sudden  comminge  at  that  time  of 
night,  ptit  bothc  the  Univcrsitic  &  Townc  in  great  fright',  nntill  it 


'  i.e.  siniitcrly. 

'  Twyne  Dotrain  themnrgin: — 'sonie 
•ay  that  the  townc  was  lorbiddcn  by 
their  barjjcssw  to  Iminc  lea.st  they 
shoold  seem  to  doc  it  for  the  kinge.' 

'  Wood  3;5(i;i  l»  '  A  iTDcrelation  of 
the  muuier  of  taklag  the  carl  of  Nortb- 
smptoa'  Load.  [AuguU]  1641.     It  hu 


tb).4  sentence,  under  djite  38  Aug.  :— 
'  Abuiil  la  a'dcick  there  came  about 
ninescore  of  them  imo  0«forrt,  which 
much  aPrightcd  the  lownesmen  itisi>- 
mucb  that  some  of  Ihcm  rctnoTcd  to 
AbingtoD  for  ufety';  or  Ibis  a  note 
bat  been  written  'alderman  John  Nizoa 
wu    oat   {ol   thobc  who    removed^; 


AUG.  — SEPT.  1648. 


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was  knowen  on  whose  part  ihcy  came,  viz.  on  the  kiiigc's  part  or  die 
parlamcnt's. 

The  next  da>',  beinge  mundaye  (August  29),  in  the  aftemoone  the 
Deputy-Vicechancellor,  Dr.  Pinke,  wiih  some  other  heads,  and  with  a 
garti  of  musketcrs  and  halbenleers,  went  from  the  Schooles  toNvard 
the  signe  of  the  Starre',  to  conferre  wiili  the  leader  of  those  troopers 
&  10  see  their  commission:  but  the  leaders  met  them  allmost  at  the 
SdKX>le3,  and  so  they  all  relumed  together  to  the  place  of  con- 
ventinge'  by  the  newe  Convocation  house,  and  there  they  shewed  their 
commission"  Ac,  which  what  it  was  I  Icnowe  not  yet.^ — On  Munday 
night  the  court  of  guard  was  kept  at  pennilesse  bench  at  Carfax,  and 
the  watch  was  solemnly  appointed,  &  kept  that  night  both  by  the 
scboUcrs  &  some  troopers  &c. 

Tuesdaye  (Aug.  30),  all  daye  wett,  &  noihinge  done. 

Wednesdaye,  the  fast  daye.  being  the  last  of  August,  after  the 
sermon  ended  in  the  aftemoone,  the  daye  beinge  fayre,  the  schol- 
lars  repaired  to  Hewe  parkes  to  exercise  Uicmselves  in  feates  of 
armes. 

September.— Thursdaye,  i  September,  the  troopers,  with  some 
schollers  amongest  them,  attempted  10  take  up  the  arch  or  stone 
biidge  called  Osney  bridge  over  Osney  mill  streame,  stoppinge  that* 
causewaye  or  caUetum  lowarde  Boieley,  with  an  intent  to  set  up  a 
drawebridge;  but  the  lownc  scndinge  forth  their  traine  bonds  with 
the  rest  of  their  freemen  thai  could  bcarc  amies,  in  all  to  the  number 
of  about  400  or  500  (as  it  was  supposed) — they  were  409  as  I  was 
told  by  some  of  ihcm— to  muster  tliat  daye  in  the  forenoone  at 
Rrokenhayes,  some  of  them  were  sent  thither  to  hinder  the  pluckinge 
up  of  the  saide  bridge,  under  pretence  that  it  would  hinder  the 
passage  of  such  as  should  bringc  in  viiteJIs  that  waye  in  to  the  towne  ; 
whereas  the  schollers  &  the  troopers  would  have  done  it  in  relation 
to  the  defence  &  safcgard  of  tlie  Universliie  &  towne,  A  for 
hinderingc  the  comminge  in  of  cenainc  forces  tliat  waye  from 
Abinglon  and  other  places.  They  had  but  ncwcly  beK:un  to  worke 
uppon  the  arch  on  the  west  ende  or  fool  of  the  bridge  towardes 
Boictey,  when  the  towncsmen  came  thither;  6c  beinge  forbidden  to 


Itcnrjr  Cartdne,  n  boolcfiellcr,  another ; 
<TE«lw«nl>  Colled;;  .  .  .  Walker,  ■ 
joyncr." 

'  now  the  Clarendon  Hotel. 

*  qitnere.  the  Apodyicriam. 

*  Wood  nole»:~'and   (or  what  id- 
leot  tbey  cainc^  whitJi  caiue  shall  be 


told :  the  letter  mc  (in  R^tslru  Gm- 
Tocationit)  K  fol.  7  a ;  vide  proximain 

•  this  seems  to  be  Tw)-ne'f  writing. 
A  latet  hitnd,  po&iiibly  Thoauu  Rawlin*', 
hAx  inked  it  orei  to  make  it  reiid  'mill, 
to  sa.\z  stopping  the.' 


IVOOffS  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


proceede  any  funher,  they  desisted  A  parted  avrayc  quietly :  and  the 
rather  because  that  mailer  was  altcmpled,  bothe  the  Universirie  & 
ihe  towne  beingc  not  made  acquaynted  therewith,  alUhough  it  be  well 
Itnowne  that  neither  St.  Thomas  parish  nor  that  bridge  is  within  the 
towne  liberties,  &c. — That  daye  allso  in  ilie  aftemoone  there  was  a 
Convocation;  wherein  were  red'  s  letters*  from  his  majestic:  tlw 
one,  whereby  his  majestie  was  pleased  to  retume  thankes  to  the 
Universitie  for  iheir  loane  of  money  to  him,  which  letter  (1  thinke)  is 
printed:  the  other  was  to  stgnifie  that  his  majestie  had  nowe  sent  a 
Iroope  of  horsemen,  under  the  conduct  of  Sir  John  Biron,  for  defence 
of  Uic  Universitie.  Sec.  And  the  Universilic's  letter  of  thankes  againe 
to  his  majestie,  was  there  red',  and  directed  to  his  majestic. — There 
was  allso  a  Delegation*  then  appoynted,  to  order  all  thinges  that  was 
to  be  done  on  the  Universiiie's  behalfe  in  joyninge  with  the  troopers, 
for  the  findinge  of  maintenance  for  them  duiingc  their  abode  here, 
and  for  providingc  of  armes,  and  the  like,  for  the  safetie  of  the 
Universitie  &c. — The  Unirersitie's  militia  allso  repaired  tlicn  to  Newc 
parkes;  where  Sir  John  Biron,  with  his  Icifetenants  &  other 
ofBcers',  had  a  veiwe  of  the  schollers'  forces  &  armes:  but  they 
trained  not,  and  about  6  of  the  clockc  ihey  left  the  feild,  and 
&  marched  to  Ne^-e  College  Quadrangle,  where  tliey  were  ordered 
&  ranked  into  a  bodie;  and  so  they  broke  up  &  were  dismissed, 
every  company  marchingc  home  to  their  scvcrall  Collcdgea,  &c.— 
That  dayc  allso  it  was  reported  that  uppon  the  kinge's  sendingc  of 
about  500  troopers  on  Wednesday  to  Ailcsburj*,  where  were  billeted 
a  great  company  of  soldiers  by  the  parlament's  appointment,  who 
should  have  come  to  Oxford,  but  (beinge  all  unarmed)  were  by  the 
supposed  comminge  of  thobc  troopers  all  scattered,  and  their  leader 
^colonel  Arthur)  Godw)*n  had  much  adooe  to  scape  &  came  to  the 
lord  Wenman's'  house  at  Tame  or  thereabouts  for  succour,  as  it  was 
then  noyscd  &c. — how  true,  I  knowe  not'. 

Friday,  2  September,  nothinge  done  in  publikc :  but  the  schollers 
exercised  themselves  at  home  in  their  private  Colledges,  as  Christ 
Church  &  Corp.  Xii  together  in   Christ  Church  Quadrangle  &c. 


*  corrected  by  KjivIuu*  ;?)  hand  to 

"  Wood  init«  in  maiiKia  : — '  vide  \a 
(Kcf^tro  Convocattonis)  S  fol.  7,  Mc  ; 
vide  Acta.' 

'  corr.,  ta  before,  to  '  re«d.' 

*  T*yne  notes  in   maTgin  : — •  This 


wu  called  Tie  CeuHttU ef  IVarrt* 

•  Twync  note*  m  nmr)^ ; — *  There 
wfts  xllao  the  lord  of  Andovcr.' 

*  Thomu  Wenmui  lecood  viscount 
Wciitnso. 

'  Twync   niAts   in   rnaT(;in  :— '  Tbis 
proved  but  a  talc,  u  many  ollicn.' 


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59 


arrowes  provided'  &  loo  archers,  aU  schollers,  to  shoot 
against  the  troopers  if  any  should  come. 

Friday,  9  September,  the  Universitie  was  informed  Uiat,  nolwith- 
slandingc  all  the  faire  pretences  which  ihc  lownesmen  made  of 
jo)Tiinge  with  the  Uniwrsitie  and  the  kinge's  troopers  in  defence 
of  tlie  lowne  &  Universitie,  yet  nowe  they  were  altered  and  had  made 
meanes  to  informc  the  parliament  that  whatsoever  they  had  done 
in  semblance  to  take  part  with  the  kinge  against  the  parliament's 
forces  it  was  all  at  the  solticitation  and  instigation  of  the  Universitie 
more  then  of  their  ownc  proper  inclination,  &  so  fell  to  deprecate 
for  themselves  to  the  parliament.  It  was  allso  reported  that  the 
parlaraent  had  a  purpose  to  send  forces  iramcdiately  against  the 
kinge's  troopers  here  &  against  the  Universitie  for  reccivinge  them, 
and  had  voted  against  the  Universitie  in  their  houses  conccminge  iJial 
bnsinesse,  &c.  Where  uppon  the  Universitie  perccivinge  that  the 
towne  would  flinch  from  them,  began  to  thinke  of  some  other  course 
A  to  dispatch  awaye  the  kinge's  troopers,  &  directed  certaine  Masters 
to  repaire  to  Ailebbury  to  spcakc  with  llic  lord  Say '  &  and  others 
tliat  layc  there,  with  forces  prepared  (as  it  was  conceived)  for  Oxford, 
to  excuse  themselves.  &  that  ihey  had  nowe  laide  downe  their  armes 
&  dismissed  the  uoopcrs  &c.  But  the  lord  Saye  was  not  there,  and 
those  commanders  that  were  there  returned  sharpc  answers  about 
deraaundinge  of  them*  Doctors  delinquents*,  &c. 

And  so,  uppon  Saturdayc  in  the  aftemoonc  September  lo,  Sir 
John  Byron  with  all  his  troopers,  went  out  of  Oxford  &c.  There 
went  forth  with  him  diverse  schollers  voloniers*;  and  by  name  3  Drs. 
viz.  Dr.  <Peicr)  Turner  of  Mcrton  College;  Dr.  <John>  Nurse*  of 


'  Wood  Adds  to  nwigin  a  reCeience 
lo  'S.  p.  j6.' 

*  Vi'illtitn  FicQQcs,  first  Tbcou&t 
Sayc  And  Sele. 

'  the  word  is  niicrrtain,  haTUtg  been 
doctored  by  a  later  hand. 

'  Twync  add»  in  Ihc  margin  : — 
'  UppoD  which  nnswen  Dr.  (Robert) 
Pinkc,  then  Deputy- Vicccanccllor,  re- 
jiayred  thither  himselfe,  to  deprecate 
iC't  htmielfc ;  and  was  there  taken  a» 
a  drliiK|uent,  and  sent  to  London  to  the 
parliament,  and  by  thetn  committed  to 
the  GatehoQK.' 

'  corrected  by  x  tater  hand  lo  '  volon- 
leers.'  Twytw  adHk  in  the  margio  :— 
'  When  they  came  lo  Wot>dslocicc  they 


w(^re  enforraed  that  Mr.  Fynes,  ODe  of 
my  lord  Saye's  mas,  with  a  troope  of 
borgemen  wayelayed  them  about  ChJp- 
ping-Narton,  WTiexctippon  they  hired 
a  guide  at  Wodstock  to  have  tbem 
another  way,  which  guide  was  taken  at 
Easomc*  (the  word  is  nncertain,  havinj; 
been  doctored  u  before)  'and  well 
whipped  naked  for  his  paioes.' 
Nathaniel  aixl  John  Fiennea,  lord 
Saye's  and  and  3rd  sons,  were  both 
coloQcli  in  the  parliamentary  army. 

*  Dr.  NonrK  fell  at  tdgehill :  see 
RcY.  H.  A.  WiUon'i  Majjdalca  College 
in  T%e  CcUtgti  ef  Oxford  (M«tbuen, 
1891)  p.  346, 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


I 
I 


Magdalen,  a  civill  lawyer;  &  Dr.  (Thomas)  Rcdc  ofKewe  College, 
another  civill  lawyer.  It  is  saidc  thai  at  S:owe-in-lhe-wolH,  as  they 
were  in  tlicir  journey  lowardc  the  kingc,  they  were  set  upipon  by  the 
cuntrj-  &  lost  la  of  their  men;  and,  as  some  saye,  Sir  John  Byron 
htmsclfe  was  Hiaync  :  but  of  this  there  is  no  ceruinetie  as  yet  [&'  nowt* 
it  is  knownc  to  be  false:  but  Dr.  (Peter)  Turner  was  taken  piisoncr 
at  that  combatt  ft  brought  backc  to  Banbury,  and  from  thence  re- 
moved nowe  to  Norlhamplon  gaole,  &  alt  tliat  he  left  here  at  Oxford 
plundrcd;  as  Dr.  (John)  Nurse's  goods  allso  &c.] 

Uppon  Munday  la  Sepieml)er  1642,  about  10  of  clocke  in  the 
momtnge,  there  came  into  Oxford  from  Aylesbury-ward  a  great  many 
of  tlie  parlamentary  troopers,  conducted  by  colonell  (Arthur)  God- 
wyn,  ft  one  captayne  Saunders  and  the  lord  Wcnman,  as  I  heard ;  to 
be  billettcd  here  in  Oxford,  for  howc  longe  I  tnowe  not,  or  durante 
be/upladto.  Colonell  Godwyn  was  lodged  ai  Merton  College  &  other 
captaynes  with  him,  the  residue  were  scattered  about  the  towne,  and 
in  all  the  villages  round  about  the  towne  there  were  of  tbcni  lodged 
everywhere.  They  sent  for  ihe  mayor  of  llic  lownc  to  Eastbridge 
(by  Magdalen  College)  where  ihey  cntred  in ;  before  whom  they  red 
their  commission  from  the  2  houses  and  my  lord  of  Essex  their 
generall,  and  so  Ihey  were  Ictt  in  by  50  at  a  time. 

Uppon  Tuesdayc  13  September,  they  seemed  as  if  they  would  ride 
forth  out  of  the  towne  againe :  and  were  all  horsed :  but  then  at 
length,  word  came  to  the  contrary,  &  so  ihcy  stayed  :  and  that  aftcr- 
noone  they  mustered  themselves  in  the  fields  or  meadowes  at  the 
preachinge  fryers  out  of  Little  South  gate :  and  returninge  to  the 
towne,  they  put  all  their  horses  for  that  nighi  into  Christ-church 
mcadowe.  Many  of  them  came  into  Christ  Church  (for  nowe  all  the 
Colledge  gales,  which  before  were  shult,  were  nowe  opened)  to  veiwe 
the  church  and  paynted  windowes,  much  admiringe  at  the  idolatry 
thereof;  and  a  ccrtalne  Scot  bcingc  amongest  lliem,  saide  ihat  'he 
marvayled  howe  tlic  schollers  could  goe  to  their  bukes  for  those 
painted  idolatrous  wyndowcs':  hut  at  that  lime  there  M-as  no  %'iolence 
offered  10  any  thinge. — Tuesdaye  night  there  was  a  great  hubbub, 
as  if  there  were  some  of  tlic  kingc's  forces,  \iz.  Prince  Rupcrtc's, 
comminge  to  the  towne,  when  indeed  lliey  were  another  troopc  of 
more  parlamentary  soldiers  from  Banbury-sidc,  and  il  was  saidc  ihat 
the  lord  Say  would  come  in  to  the  towne  with  more  company  thai 
night,  or  else  uppon  Wednesdaye. 

Uppon  Wednesdaye  (14  Sept.),  the  parlamentary  troopers  that 

'  Uk  words  in  yjuuc  biaiJteU  aic  a  lalcr  atlditton  by  Twjnc. 


SEPTEMBER,  1643. 


6x 


came  in  to  Oxford  on  ihe  Munday  moniinge  were  conducted  awaye 
out  of  the  lowne  by  ihcir  governours  about  noonc ;  and  ihose  that 
came  in  last  into  Oxford,  viz.  on  Tuesdaye  night  from  Canbury-side, 
about  eight  score  or  200  in  number,  went  out  of  Oxford  allso  at 
Fjistgatc,  to  meet  with  the  lord  Sayc,  the  ncwc  Lord  Leiutenaiit  of 
Oxfordshire'  by  the  parlament's  authoritie,  and  brought  him  to  the 
lowTw  about  s  of  the  clocke  in  the  eveninge,  where  he  layc  at  the 
signe  of  the  Starre,  he  comminge  into  the  towne  in  a  coach  of  6 
burses :  and  in  comminge,  gave  order  that  the  workes  &  trenches 
V'hidi  the  schollers  had  made  crosse  the  high  wayes  about  the  lownc 
should  be  demolislicd. — That  night,  sometliinge  laic,  wth  his  guard 
of  sokliorSf  &  with  torches,  he '  went  to  Newe  Coliedge  to  search 
there  for  plate  and  armes,  and  allso  to  Queen's  College  where  there 
was  a  guard  of  soldiers  scU  all  night,  not  suflering  any  one  to 
goe  out. 

On  Thuresdays  mominge  {15  Sept.),  the  said  lord  with  liis  guard 
went  to  Magdalen  College  uppon  die  like  businessc;  and  that  mom- 
inge a  drumme  went  up  &  downe  the  towne,  for  volontcrs'  to  serve 
the  kinge  &  the  parliament  under  the  lord  Sl  Johns*  ft  captainc 
.  .  .'.  Magdclcn  college,  Mcrton  college,  Corp:  Xli,  Christchurch, 
disarmed ;  ihe  deane's  *  truncks,  which  he  had  conveyed  to  M™* 
Weekes'  house  in  St.  Kbl>e's,  found  out  &  discovered,  &  carried 
up  to  the  lord  Saye's  lodginge  at  the  signe  of  the  Starre,  in  a  cart 
guarded  widi  musketers;  Dr.  (Tliomas)  lies  his  backe  gate  toward 
the  street  guarded  likewise  with  2  musketers  lest  anythtngc  should 
goe  out  that  waye,  Ac. ;  a  guanl  of  musketers  left  in  the  great  gate 
all  night,  and  at  every  doore  towards  the  Quadrangle  a  musketer. — 
Thai  night  they  founde  out  Christchurch  plate  hid  in  walles  behindc 
waincscote  &  in  the  seller.    It  was  carrictl  aw^ye  in  the  night  time 


*  William  Ficnnc?  first  vUcoant  Saye 
WM  snbttitated  for  Tbomu  Howard 
fint  earl  of  Berkshire  in  th«  lard 
licutcnanc]'  of  Oxford  ia  Angoit  164a. 
LonI  Reik).)iire  wa&  imprisoDed  for  liU 
■ctinljr  as  hrsd  of  lh<^  kinj^'s  Commiv- 
»ioo  of  Amy.  Of  bim  Wood  says  In 
Wood  MS.  D  90 :— '  Tbomu  Howvd 
eul  of  Berks  <£ed  16  Jnty  16&9  snao 
nelntis  90  or  ihereabouFs.  V'ou  do  not ' 
^be  refers  to  PogiUIc'a  Barwinge  H 
380  b)  '  mention  hi&  (.teat  sufTcring  for 
the  king*!  cADsc :  bh  golnc  poor  ind 
bare  aU  ibc  brok'O  times,  and  bad  it 


not  t>een  for  bis  ribbaii  would  bavp  been 
vcric  •fnpicabtc,  beboldttig  to  a  freind 
for  a  pint  of  sock  01  meal's  meal.* 

■  Wood  notes  : — '  be,  ibe  said  lorrl 
Say." 

*  corrected  by  a  later  hand  to 
'  volunlcen,' 

*  OUtct  St  John  (eldest  ton  of 
OUvET  Sl  John  earl  of  Bolir^broke) 
was  called  to  the  Lords  in  bis  father's 
barony  iif  .*^t.  John,  14  Majr  164I. 

«  bJank  in  MS. 

*  Vt.  Samuel  Fell,  dnn  ofCh.  Ch. 


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WOOrfS  IJFE  AND  TIMES. 


in  a  great  cowlc*  betwixt  a  men  to  my  lord's  lodginge  at  the  Starrc. 
— That  daye  al  noone  allso  there  came  into  lowne  another  regiment 
of  horses,  but  from  whence,  or  who  they  were,  I  cannot  ycl  Icame. — 
That  night  allso  Mr.  Thomas  Smith's  bouse  was  searched  by  the 
soldiers,  for  munition,  armcs,  plate  &  rcadie  coinc,  either  of  his  owne, 
or  schollcrs*  there  hidden ' :  allso  Mr.  Tudball's  house  at  Henxcy 
was  plundred  by  the  soldiers,  but  nothinge  taken  awaye  except 
armcs. 

Friday  <i6  Sept.)  about  4  a  clocke  in  the  afternoone  the  towne 
shewed  their  annes,  and  mustered  a  wliilc  before  his  lordship  in 
Brokcnhayes. — Mr.  (Humphrey)  Floyd'  of  Oriel!  College  kept  as 
prisoner  *  at  the  Starre,  for  some  wordes  uttered  by  him  to  this  effect 
that  'if  he  were  able  he  had  rather  lend  the  kinge  a  thousand  pound 
then  one  penny  to  the  parlamcnt.'  Mr.  (William)  Cartwrighl  and 
Mr.  (William)  Stute^-j-le  &  Mr.  (John)  Castilion  of  Chrisichurch 
imprisoned  likewise  for  uneringe  of  some  wordes,  &c.,  but  especially 
for  trayninge  at  the  Universitie's  musters. 

Satuiday  (17  SepL)  beinge  market  day,  there  happened  a  muskctt 
to  be  discharged  from  a  barber's  shoppe  allmost  over  against  the 
sign  of  the  Bcare",  the  bullett  pearcinge  thorough  one  of  the  butcher's 
Stalles',  and  so  thorough  a  wall  of  the  Beare  chambers,  and  hit  a 
woaman  in  the  legge  &c.  At  this  the  lord  Say  was  much  taken, 
in  regard  that  2  or  3  schollcrs  were  found  to  be  there  in  tlic  barber's 
shoppe,  tc  one  captaine  Staggars,  whome  the  schollcrs  much  distasted, 
lave  at  that  inne  of  the  signe  of  the  Beare  over  against  that  shoppe. 
The  schollcrs  were  examined  by  my  lord,  and  sent  to  prison,  &c. 
And  about  4  or  5  of  the  clocke  in  the  eveninge,  his  lordship  tooke 
coach  &  went  to  Banbury  to  his  house  thereabouts  &c. 

Uppon  Sunday  (18  Sept.)  there  was  a  sermon  in  the  forenoone 
at  St  Marie's,  where  there  was  no  Dr  but  only  2  Doctors  of  Physicke, 
Dr.  (John)  Banbridge  and  Dr  (John)  Sanders;  &  very  small  thin 
company  of  schollcrs,  &c. 

Monday,  19  September^  1642*  his  lordship  relumed  againe  to 


'  a  larj^  wooden  tub  carried  on  s  pole 

*  Twyne  notes  in  the  mugiii  :— 
'There  w«  UnmrBilic  College  plate 
found.' 

'  Hnrnphrey  Tloyti.  fcltow  of  Oriel. 

•  Twyncnotcsin  ihcmar^n: — 'ThesB 
were  alterwatds  rclcaied  uppon  300/1*, 
tiaile  a  |x-ke  taken  for  Iticm  and  tlint 
tlteyshonlii  not  conic  to  ihc  tTnivensilic 

■  Older  from  oiy  lord  S»i 


"  see  Clark's  Wood'i  City  of  Oxford. 
i.  149  nr>te  8. 

*  '  boolhc '  written  oter,  pcihnps  as  a 
correction  of 'stalles,'  For  Ihc  meat- 
market  on  Wcdn.  and  Sat.  in  Ihr  Hicli 
Street  at  Oxford,  we  Clark's  Wood's 
City  of  Oxford,  i  4S3. 

»  in  MS.  it  is  *  Sunday,  18  September/ 
bat  corrected  by  Wood  to  '  Munday, 
19  September.* 


Oiford  about  dinner  time;  and  in  the  aflemoone,  he  caused  diverse 
popish  bookcs  &  pictures,  which  had  byn  taken  out  of  churches  & 
papist's  houses  here  and  abroad,  lo  be  burned  in  the  street  over 
against  the  signe  of  the  Starre  where  his  lordship  laye,  and  in  some 
other  places. — ISIundityo  toward  the  cveninge,  one  Sir  Robert  Pie, 
a  Baikshire  knight,  come  in  lo  llie  townt;  with  a  fcwe  horsemen  of  his 
owne  well  appoyntcd,  but  whether  he  Rtaide  in  the  towne  or  no  all 
night  (and  my  lord  Sayc  allso)  I  could  not  heart* ;  for  uppon  a  bruit 
cast  out  that  prince  Robert '  was  comminge  toward  the  lowne  with 
a  great  power,  it  was  said  that  both  his  lordship  and  Sir  Robert  Pic 
were  gone,  or  intended  to  goc,  out  of  the  towne. — That  daye  was  the 
choice  of  the  towne  mayor,  alderman  {John)  Nixon  beinge  sett  up 
by  my  lord  Say  {as  it  was  reported)  to  stand  for  the  place.  Hut 
comminge  forth  lo  the  commons  wiih  Mr.  ^Tliomas)  Ikiinis  the 
mcTccr,  the  commons  made  cl:oice  of  Dennis  niihcr  then  of  him, 
because  at  the  comminge  in  of  the  kinge's  troopers  he  fled'  to 
Abingdon  and  left  his  owne  towne,  and  '  they  would  have  a  mayor  that 
should  not  flie  out  of  the  towne  if  occasion  served '  &c. 

Tuesdaye  <2c  Sept.),  most  of  the  soldiers  (or  I  thinkc  all  of  lliem) 
went  out  of  the  towne  and  departed  severally,  some  one  wayc  & 
others  another  way  in  severall  companies.  The  Lundon  troopers 
went  out  al)out  noone;  and  as  they  came  abnge  downe  the  high 
strecte,  Mr.  mayor  *  presented  them  with  wyne  at  his  doorc  freely ; 
and  iKLSsinge  by  St  Marie's  church,  one  of  them  discharged  a  brace 
of  bullctts  at  the  stone  image  of  our  lady  over  the  Church  porch,  and 
at  one  shott  strooke  of  her  hed  *  and  the  hed  of  her  child  which 
she  held  in  her  right  arme;  another  discharged  at  the  image  of 
our  Saviour,  over  All  Soulcs  gate,  and  would  have  defaced  all  the 
worke  Uiere,  had  it  not  byn  for  some  lownesmen  (amoiigesl  whom,  they 
saye,  Mr.  alderman  Nixon  was  one)  who  entreated  them  to  forbeare  ; 
ihey  replienge  tliat  they  had  not  byn  so  well  enlertayned  here  at 
Oxford  as  ihey  expected  &c. — All  the  arms  &  munition  which 
the  lord  Say  had  taken  au'a>%  from  the  schollers,  together  with 
Christchurch  plate  A:  none  else  (savinge  Dr.  (Samuel)  Fell's  plate 
token  in  his  irunke  at  Mr**  Weekes'  house)  the  said  lord  carried 
awayc  with  him  to  his  house  iicare  Banbury.  And  it  was  reported, 
that  he  would  not  Iiave  taken  awaye  that  colledge  plate  more  then 
any  other,  if  it  had  not  byn  hidden  at  the  lirst :  for  no  other  colledge 


•  te.  'Ropen.'     Twyne  sometiincs 
gires  '  Kapcrt,'  bat  gearnilly  '  Robctl.' 
^  MC  note  3,  p.  56. 


*  Leonard    Bowman,   the   otttEoing 
mayor. 

*  'heft,'eon«clet],lAler,to*heiid.' 


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WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TTMES, 


was  taken  away  (except  Univcreitic  college  plate)  but  given  backe 
againe  uppon  condition  it  should  be  forth  comniiiige  at  the  parla- 
ment's  appoyntmcnl,  and  not  imploicd  at  tlic  Ica^l  against  tlie 
parliament. 

Thurscday,  22  September,  there  came  into  Oxford,  about  foore 
of  the  clocke  in  the  aftemoone,  a  foot  regiment  of  blewe  coate 
soldiers,  in  number  about  450,  from  Tame  or  Aylesbury,  but  originally 
from  Lundon  and  beyond  Lundon  allbo,  as  it  is  supposed;  the  com- 
maundcrs  most  of  them  very  likely  and  proper  men;  but  most  of  the 
company  very  younge  &  but  mcanely  appcrrelled  and  very  unexpcrt 
in  tlieir  armes.  About  the  very  same  time  allso  came  in  the  lord 
Saye  againe  into  the  towne;  about  what,  it  is  not  thought,  unlcsse 
nppoE  some  newe  commission  from  l3ie  parlament,  or  for  the  seitlinge 
of  the  militia  over  all  the  countic,  or,  as  some  say,  to  restraync  tliosc 
footmen  soldiers  from  pillaginge,  &c. 

Friday  (23  Sept.)  in  the  afternoone  all  these  footmen  soldiers  that 
came  in  last  were  mustered  in  Newe  parkcs,  where  they  appeared 
very  untraclable  &  undocile  in  their  postures ;  and  be>ides,  lltey 
began  to  mulinie  amongc  themselves  and  against  Ihcir  commaundcrs, 
sayinge  that  they  were  promised  51.  by  the  moncth  for  every  man 
as  a  reward  besides  his  daily  paye  at  their  first  seilinge  forth,  and 
nowe  the  moneth  was  out,  and  they  would  have  that  which  was 
promised  them,  or  e]se  they  would  doe  no  more  service  nor  muster, 
&C.  The  lord  Saye  being  tlicn  in  towne,  was  faine  to  come  amongest 
them,  and  pacific  them  as  well  as  he  could  for  the  present,  and  sent 
some  of  the  mutiners  to  prison. — That  daye  in  the  eveninge  allso,  the 
lord  Saye  went  to  Newe  College  and  searched  Dr  Pinke  his  studdy, 
lakinge  out  some  papers  from  thence ;  &  in  the  lodginge  one  of 
my  lord's  men  brake  downc  Uic  kingc's  picture  that  stood  there, 
made  of  alablaster  &  gilt  over;  for  which  my  lord  was  much  dis- 
pleased, &c. 

Saturday  (Sept.  24)  in  the  forenoonc  the  lord  Saye  sent  for  so 
many  heds^  of  houses  as  were  then  in  the  Univcrside  and  their 
deputies  of  such  as  were  absent,  to  come  to  him  to  the  signe  of  the 
Siarre,  where  he  had  a  great  conference  with  them  about  setllingc  the 
peace  and  quiet  of  the  Universitic,  which  (he  said)  they  had  so  much 
broken  that  they  had  nowe  left,  no  face  of  a  Univcrsitic,  by  takinge  up 
annes  and  the  like  courses,  and  to  acquaint  thc-m  that  unlcsse  they 
could  assure  him  of  the  quiel  and  peace  of  tlie  Universitie  for  the 


*  '  hfidg,*  corr.  to  '  heads.' 


SEPTEyfBER,  1642. 


65 


time  to  come,  he  was  minded  to  place  a  garrison  of  soldiers  here  to 
awe  bothe  ihe  Univcrsitic  &  the  Iowdc,  &c.  To  which  it  was 
answered  by  some  there  present  that  they  hoped  there  would  be  no 
need  of  any  such  garrison,  seinge  that  the  Universitic  was  enabled 
well  enough  to  govern  their  ownc  boclici  &c.  Then  my  lord  required  to 
be  assured  that  they  should  not  send  for  any  other  forces,  and  that  if 
any  did  come  they  should  oppose  ihem.  To  which  it  was  replied  by 
some  of  the  scbollcrs  thai  they  were  not  able  10  make  any  resistance, 
seinge  that  his  lordship  had  disarmed  all  the  Universitie  and  taken 
awayc  their  armes  from  them  &c.  Then  principall  Rogers'  stood  up 
and  pleaded  for  a  garrison  to  be  placed  here,  in  regard  of  the  townes- 
men's  insolencie  here,  that  honest  men  could  not  passe  alonge  the 
streets  but  they  are  called  Roundheds  by  them,  &c.  And  so  after 
some  time  spent  to  &  fro  in  this  kinde  of  doubtc*  about  the 
garrison  and  the  like  passages,  they  broke  of  toward  dinner  time, 
without  any  resolution  about  any  thinge  at  all.— In  the  afiernoone 
that  daye  my  lord  was  imploied  about  the  mutiners'  dcmaunds,  and 
to  such  a  passe  they  came  that  he  would  have  taken  away  the 
soldiers'  armes  from  th<;m  and  dismissed  them,  sayengc  that  he  cared 
not  for  their  heEpc,  and  bid  them  begone.  They  protestinge  againe 
that  they  would  have  the  paye  which  was  first  promised  to  them  and 
would  not  be  dismissed  unlesse  they  had  their  armes  alonge  with 
them  ;  otherwise  they  would  staye  here  still,  &c.  And  after  some 
contestation  about  this  businessc,  tlic  lord  Saye,  toward  the  eveninge, 
tooke  coach,  and  went  home  toward  Banbury,  to  his  owne  house 
called  llroughton.  'Twas  said  that  his  lordship's  minde  was  that 
these  ptdilts  should  be  for  Ireland,  &  were  appoynted  to  take  their 
n-ayc  from  Oxford  to  Uurford,  &c.  And  because  they  were  refractory 
to  his  lordship  and  would  not  goe  out  of  Oxford  at  his  appointment, 
therefore  he  gave  order  that  the  Collcdges'  gates  should  be  shult 
against  them,  and  they  not  suffered  to  come  In,  &c. 

Uppon  Sunday  {35  Sept.)  there  was  a  bruil  here  raysed  that  my 
lord  Sayc  liis  house  by  Banburj-  was  bcsctt  by  Sir  John  BjTon,  and 
that  prince  Robert  was  commingc ;  whereuppon,  in  the  afternoone, 
all  the  troopers  that  were  then  in  Oxford  made  speed  to  be  gone 
toward  Banbury,  and  went  awaye  that  aftemoonc  to  my  lord's  house 
as  it  was  saide,  as  beinge  sent  for  by  my  lord  to  come  &  succour 
bim,  &c.    But  what  the  truth  of  that  businesse  was,  I  knowe  not. 


'  ChiiatopheT  Rogen,  principal  of  New  tna  Hall. 
'  'detMie,'  altered  lo  '  double* 


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WOOlfS  LIFE  AND  TTSfES. 


They  sate  3  or  4  houres  on  hors^cbackc  against  the  signe  of  the 
Starre,  and  went  not  fonh  till  7  of  the  clockc  &c. 

Mundaye  (26  Sept.)  all  the  pediUs,  or  footmen  blewe  coates,  de- 
parted out  of  ihe  lowne  (very  unwillitigly,  as  it  seemes) :  but  whither, 
1  could  not  learne :  toward  llic  kipge,  and  their  gcnerall,  I  suppose. 

Tuesday  (27  Scpi.)  in  the  evcningc,  came  in  many  more  ptdiks  of 
my  lord  Brookes  his  regiment  (as  it  was  saide)  and  the  lord 
Grantham's".  There  were  8  or  10  auntients  of  them  of  a  purple 
cullour,  wiili  the  armcs  of  England,  and  7  starres  in  the  feild.  Kvcry 
aunlicnt  had  an  hundred  men  under  it,  and  (here  had  come  in  6 
hundred  before  in  the  forenoone  and  more ;  so  that  there  lay  in  the 
towne  that  night  about  3000  soldiers.— This  day  the  lowne  trayne 
band  went  to  Tame,  where,  at  tlic  lord  Saye's  appointment,  all  the 
trained  bands  of  Oxfordshire  mett. 

Wednesday  (28  Sept.)  the  fast  daye,  most  of  them'  departed  to 
Woddestocke.  In  the  afternoone  Jacke  and  Matthew  Richardson  of 
Granpoole  were  apprehended  in  a  most  violent  manner  by  the 
soldiers  that  were  left,  for  uttcringe  ccrtainc  wordes  to  this  effect  that 
'  they  should  sayc  a  poxt  of  all  Round  heds^  thai  goe  to  fight  against 
the  kinge '  &c.  They  were  drawne  with  haliers  up  to  Yeild*  haJI, 
from  whence  after  some  examination,  they  were  had  to  Bocardo 
prison.  There  was  great  meanes  used  to  Sir  John  Peto,  beinge  here 
present  (as  conducler  of  the  parlameiit  soldiers)  for  their  releasemcnt 
by  reason  of  Iheir  aged  parents;  but  when  Mr.  {Stephen)  Bridges, 
the  phisition,  came  to  him,  to  the  signe  of  the  Starre,  to  intercede  for 
them,  Sir  John  Peio  told  him  in  a  rough  manner  (as  he  said)  that  the 
Universitie  had  forefeyted  all  their  estate  by  their  late  doeingcs  and 
takinge  up  amies,  &c.;  and  that  there  was  neither  religion,  honesty, 
nor  goodnesse  in  ilie  Univcrsitie,  &c.  j  and  that  he  would  cary  away 
one  of  them  (viz.  the  elder,  Jackc  Richardson)  and  make  him  an 
example  &c.  But  when  he  went  with  his  soldiers  out  of  the  towne, 
he  caused  them  both  to  be  bound,  and  put  into  a  cart,  and  carried 
them  awayebothe  oflhem',  and  this  was  uppon  (29  Sept.)  Michaelmas 
daye.^ — Uppon  which  daye  allso  in  the  afternoone,  there  came  into 
Oxford  another  company  of  parlamemary  ptditis,  to  the  number  of 
sixteene  hundred,  goeinge  toward  Worster  to  their  general]. 

'Robert     Ofevillr,     wcoiid     baron  •  i.e.  the  Gild  hall. 

Brooltc     '  L(tnl '  GnULtham  is  1  slip  for  •  Twynu    notes    in    the    margin : — 

'colonel'  Granthani.  '  Matthew  was  released  at  Wolrercote, 

•  i.e.  thesoldicn.  bnt  Jacke  was  carried  lo  Wodstoke  and 

*  'hcd*'  corrected  to  'beads,'  as  there  whipped  thoroogti  the  legimeat 
above.  iuid  so  diintiatcd.' 


SEPT,  —  OCT.  1642. 


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Fridaye  (30  Sept.)  in  the  afternoone,  many  of  the  soldiers  fell  ont 
amongcsl  themselves,  and  fought  wiih  their  naked  swordes  one  with 
another  in  the  high  strete'  at  Carfoxe  &  about  the  Siarre,  some 
havinge  ibeir  thumbcs  cut  of,  and  some  iheir  fingers.  The  quarrel) 
arose  amongcst  some  of  them  bcingc  in  drlnkc,  A  castingc  out 
wordes  to  this  puniose,  that  *  when  Ihey  came  to  fight,  if  it  were 
against  the  kinge,  they  would  take  hi»  part  rather  then  fight  against 
him,'  &c. — as  the  common  report  was.  The  quarrcll  was  betwixt 
the  blcwe  coaces  &  russctt  coates  and  their  capiaines,  &c. 

Octobor.  Sunday  (a  Oct.)  about  noone,  the  blcwc  coales 
marched  out  of  the  towne  toward  Woodslocke,  the  nissett  coates 
stayd  bcliind ;  the  captaincs  fearinge  lo  have  them  out  together,  lest 
ihey  should  fall  out  againe  uppon  the  former  quarrell,  Ac. 

Monday  (3  Oct.)  the  russett  coates  departed  out  of  the  loft-ne 
about  noone :  but  many  bothe  of  the  blewe  coates  and  russet  coates 
were  missinge  at  the  time  of  their  departure ;  ibe  captainea  & 
constabtcii  gocingc  up  Sc  downc  the  towne  to  scckc  them :  many  of 
them  havinge  flange  awayc  their  armes,  and  ran  awaye,  &c. — That 
night  a  great  company  of  troopers,  beinge  dragoners,  went  thorough 
Islep  toward  Worceter  and  to  the  carle  of  Essex  his  armie :  and  about 
sUe  or  seven  score  of  the  best  sort  of  them  came  to  Oxford  &  laye 
there,  very  well  horsed,  armed,  and  appoynlcd,  &c.,  and  departed  the 
next  dayc  after  the  rest  of  their  company. 

After  that  time  there  came  no  remarkable  number  of  soldiers 
thorough  Oxford,  except  one  or  two  driblinge  companies  of  60  or  an 
100  at  a  time  once  or  twice  &c.  and  therefore  I  forbeared  the  notinge 
ibercof. 

Saturday,  Sunday  &  Munday,  beeingc  the  22.  23,  &  24  of 
October,  two  or  three  great  fights  betwixt  the  kinge's  forces  &  the 
earle  of  Essex  or  parlamont  forces,  about  Byfeild  not  farre  from 
Banbury — at  Edgehill  by  EdgccotC- 

The  towne  of  Oxford  beinge  nowe  pretty  well  quilted  of  any  more 
entercour.se  of  soldiers  repairingc  to  the  carle  of  Essex  his  army  at 
Worcester,  and  the  Univcrsitie  beinge  disarmed  by  the  lord  Saye.  our 
townesmen  began  to  fortifie  the  towne,  setiinge  up  posts  and  chaines 
at  every  gale  &  posterne,  in  the  moneth  of  October  164a,  Mr. 
Dennis  the  mercer  beinge  ilion  mayor;  and  this  (as  it  was  reported) 
to  keepe  out  prince  Robert,  the  kinge's  ncphcwc,  and  the  kinge's 
forces. 

AdvmUu  rtgis  Oxoniam:  October  29,  1643,  beinge  Saturday,  the 

*  'itrcte,*  con-.,  M  above,  to 'itreete.* 
F  2 


WOO0S  UFE  A\D  TIMES. 


Kofaen,  * 


ETC  faOelki  ■  A  ibaitf  Gbdbd.    Throne  m  tfaor 

HK^  HlD  BE  lOSMC^  VJB  WIOMt  tO  IV  JO  CIB^BI  bVBC  bOBiB 
VHCB  B^  nd  lUBB  M  BC  WMQt  bMMB  flf  E^gCflfl  frOM  OB 

f»  facxa,  viacfa  ^k^  lad  m^iiAed  ^poa  SaaAij.  the  ±3 
iiOeuktr^—ThK mayor  aad niiwa  tiwBtJ  ihawtm  10  ' ' 
wmftttcM  FesBflcMc bCBC^  nd  ptoealed  Ihi  sIhi  viA  babi 

I9I  Boaej',  M  I  hcsnL— ibe  onSanKe  A  gictf  {W  were  dn 

iMo  Kagdifeo  ooB^e  pvre,  2bom  a6  ot  rj  peice^  «idi  al  tfaorj 

tiMiimfc — Ai  Chxiittterdi  ifae  Unmnkie  stood  10  ■Jmac  fab 

■^mk.  Dr.  <R>dun3>  GarSna  preboid  of  CUinJ—iA 

a  tpeecfa'  to  fab  majoCie,  as  Dr.   (WtSam)   Strode  ifae  caaoifm\ 

depotir. 

t^pos  Hoodajt  (31  Ocl}  the  lunge's  boraenm  or  tnxyera  and 
dragowfi  came  ifanx^fa  Oxford,  a  very  great  maoy  of  dien,  m  all 
abooi  4000;  aad  nurcfaed  lovaid  Aba^;toa,  sofci^  not  in  Oxford 
at  an*.] 

*OcL  33,  SiL,  the  great  figfa:  al  Edgfaill  in  Warvicksfaixe,  caUed 
Kcjnlon- battle,  between  the  annies  cf  King  Cbaries  I  and  faia 
parUamenl  was  begaiL — L'pon  the  fitat  newes*  at  Oxon  that  the 
annfea  were  going  to  fight,  Mr.  Wood's  eldest  brother  Thomas  before 
mention'd  left  hts  gowne  at  the  town's-end ;  ran  to  £dghtll ;  (fid  bis 
majettie  good  service ;  rettini'd  on  bone-back  weQ  accoontred ;  aitd 
afterwards  was  made  an  officer  in  the  king's  army.  See  more  in 
*  Atbenac  et  Fasti  Oxon'  (written  bj  A.  Wood)  lib.  2  p.  692. 

•Oct-  29,  S.,  liie  king  with  his  army  of  foot,  prince  Rupert 
and  prince  Maurice  (his  two  nephews),  prince  Charles  and  Jame» 
duke  of  York  (his  two  sons),  cntred  into  Oxoil 


'  Wood  Dotei  in  the  toArgin  : — 
'Printed,  tec.' 

*  bete  cod»  the  fint  extract  from 
Twynu'* '  Mnslrringt.' 

■  u  trpnla  ihc  »lowncw  or  rapicUty 
of  new*  in  ihotc  Cty*,  I  tnny  [rin  bete 
ft  note  by  Rct.  R.  ijt.  Jolu  Tyrwhit!  of 
Ch,  Ch. : — '  Wtioi  one  r«tnemlieTs  the 
•Etrtonliairy  performance  of  Anbroiie 
Roolcwood'a  tXitd  In  the  Powiler  IMot, 
ajid  again,  aa  we  ounelve*  penoiulljr 


do,  that  the  present  Sir  Drury  Wake  of 
Ch.  Ch.  gall<q)ed  the  distance  from 
Oxford  to  the  Marble  Arch  and  bade 
in  a  day  of  it  honrs  (widl  u  ^Dod 
bnt  oadittingaiihed  Oxford  hacks  of 
the  period)  and  ihoo^l  nothing  of  it, 
we  think  thjit  leading  mm  in  Oxford 
may  haTC  been  very  rapidly  supplied 
with  newt  in  1641 ;  particuliuly  as  the 
wide  extent  of  open  country  nod  soft- 
going  allowed  10  great  a  rale  of  apecd.' 


OCT.  — NOV.  1642. 


69 


November. — *  Nov. ;  his  father's  house  opposite  to  McrtoD  CoIL' 
was  taken  up  for  the  quancrs  of  John  lord  Colepeper',  Master  of  the 
Rolls,  and  of  the  privic  councill  to  his  majestic ;  whereupon  Mr. 
Wood's  father  with  his  familie  removed  to  a  little  house  iii  his 
backside,  which  he  about  2  or  3  jeares  before  bad  new  built'. 

'About  the  same  time  his  majestic  caused  his  magazine  to  be  put 
into  New  colkge  cloisler  and  lower  &c.  Whereupon  the  master  of 
the  school  there,  with  his  scholars  (among  whome  A.  Wood  was  one) 
were  reniowd  to  the  choristers'  chamber  at  the  east  end  of  the 
common  hall  of  the  said  Coll.  It  was  then  a  dark  nasty  room  and 
very  unfit  for  such  a  purpose,  which  made  the  scholars  often  com- 
plaine,  but  in  vainc. 

[This*  yeare,  Oxford  was  garrisoned  for  the  king.  The  scholars 
^were)  put  (out)  of  their  colleges :  and  those  that  remained  bore 
armes  for  the  king  in  the  garrison.] 

[Tuesday  *  ( i  Nov.)  was  All  hoUan  daye. — Upon  all  HoUan  daye  in 
the  afternoone  their  was  a  Convocation*,  where  llic  yongc  prince  was 
incorporated  Muster  of  Arts^  and  liis  brother  the  duke  ofYorke  was 


'  '  My  father's  house  .  .  .  wherein  I 
wu  borne,'  in  the  Hftrl,  MS. 

'  Sir  Jotm  Colepeper,  Privy  Cooncil- 
lor  a  Jan.  i6^\;  Muter  of  the  Rolls 
18  Jan.  164}  ;  created  buon  Colepeper 
of  Thoresway  ai  Oct.  1644.  Wood 
811  ('The  Psalter  of  David,  with  titles 
and  eollects  according  to  the  matter  of 
each  PsalEDC,'  Oiford  1644)  U  a  sod- 
TOitr  of  lord  Colepepcr's  ktay  Id  the 
bouse  of  the  Woods.  Wood  has 
written  in  it  this  note : — '  Sir  John  Cul- 
peper,  kaight,  then  lodging  in  nty 
notber'i  bouse  against  Mcrton  Coll., 
Chriitopber  lord  Hattoo  then  in  Oxoo 
tent  bim  this  hooke,  which  after  Cnl- 
peper's  departure  came  into  the  hands 
of  my  brother  Edward  Wood.  These 
paaltiica  witli  the  derotiona  at  the  end 
were  collected  and  publinhed  by 
Chriito])hcr  loid  Hattoa ;  but  written 
by  Dr.  JcmnJah  Taylor  of  Alls.  Coll.' 
More  than  oiic  incmber  of  the  Wood 
finnily  Mcms  to  hare  laid  claim  to  the 
pOMGHloo  of  this  derelict  book,  and  to 
have  written  m  it  tbeir  EUtme  to  SDt>- 
atantiate  the  cIoIid:  ttcoutaiiifithcaulu- 
giaphs  of  '  Mwy  Wuud  '  the  niolher 
and  uT  the  three  elder  sons, '  Tbonins 
Wood  *     '  Edward    Wood '    '  Anthony 


Wood,'  It  Dontalos  also  lord  Itatton's 
autograph,  the  s^atarc  to  which  is 
partly  Wotli-d  out: — 'For  my  noble  and 
much  honored  fri-nd  S""  John  Cnlpeper, 
Kt.,  Master  of  the  Rolls ;  from  yoor 
affectionate  and  obltf^d  servant  Christo- 
pher Halton  :  7*  Mail  1644.' 

*  Tllis  house  was  afterwards  let  by 
the  family  to  Thomas  Bumham.  In 
Wood  MS.  E  33  arc  thL-»c  tnlrte*: — 
*  1647,  Dec  16,  John  Uumham,  son  of 
Thomas  Bomham  and  Joanc  Potter  bis 
wife,  was  borne  in  the  house  of  Mris 
&  Wood  in  her  backside  ....  1654, 
Nov,  3,  Thomas  numhain,  son  of 
Thomas  Bnmham,  vrai  bonie  in  the 
backside  hoiuc  of  Mris.  i  \N'ood.' 

•  Wood's  note  In  MS.  Taon.  456  foU 
iWh. 

*  Twyne's  '  Musterings,'  as  before 
see  note  p,  53. 

•  Wood  notes  in  (be  margin  : — 'vide 
^kcg.  Convoc.)  S  fol.  II,  and  papers.' 

'  on  1]  March  164^  as  the  king  oad 
his  train  passed  throiij;h  Cambridge  00 
bis  way  from  Newmarlcct  to  YoHc, 
priccc  Charles  had  been  created  ftf.A. 
Rt  Cambridgr:  see  Hnmc's  MS.  Col- 
lections, vol,  1 36  p,  88. 


JO 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


created  Mr.  of  Art :  divers  others  allso  were  created  graduats  in  all 
faculties  &C. :  and  the  next  daye  allso  ^2  Nov.^,  others  were  created. 

Wednesday  {2  Nov.),  all  the  footc  men  marched  out  of  Oxford  to 
Abington,  and  so  toward  Henly  uppon  Thames:  but  in  ihoir  i>a5sage, 
&  within  a  niilc  of  Abington,  iliere  was  one  Ulake,  n  groome  of  the 
kingc'a  bedchamber,  hanged  on  a  tree'  for  treason  agaiitst  the  kinge ; 
he  slioiJd  have  betrayed  the  kingc  and  his  2  suns  to  the  earic  of 
Essex  .It  one  Sir  Robert  Fisher's  house,  &c. 

Thurseday  <3  Nov.)  the  hinge's  majestic,  with  all  his  followers  & 
the  younge  prince  and  duke  of  Yorke,  departed  from  Oxford  in  the 
mominge,  toward  Henly  on  the  Thames  and  so  10  Rcdinge,  and 
a  great  troopc  of  horses  and  dragoners  followed  him,  as  his  guard  as 
1  ihinke.  The  earlca  of  Dorset'  &  Bristoll"  a^nd  the  lord  Andover*, 
with  some  other  lords,  \*iz.  the  lord  Dighy',  with  a  troope  of  horsemen 
and  dragoners  were  left  here  at  Oxford  for  the  defence  of  the 
Universitie  and  towne. 

Uppon  Fridaye  (4  Nov.),  about  noone,  there  was  a  false  alarum 
here  in  Oxford  llial  the  earlc  of  Essex  with  his  army  was  comingc 
within  4  mile  of  tlie  towne,  and  in  the  aflcrnoone  the  lord  Digbie's 
regiment  aforesaide  went  out  of  the  lowne  into  the  feilds  nortliward  (o 
musier  and  veiwe  their  company. — That  eveninge  allso  aboLt  4  or  5 
of  the  clocke,  the  towne  was  disarmed,  and  a  cart  loade  of  musketts, 
and  another  carl  loade  of  powder  and  sholt,  bcinge  loaded  out  of 
Yedd  hall*,  were  carried  to  the  Schooles,  and  lodged  En  the  upper- 
roost  roome  of  llie  Schoole  Tower  by  such  as  the  kinge 's  counQell  of 
wane  had  appoyntcd,  &c. 

Saturday,  5  November,  the  trayned  men  of  Oxford  shire,  brought 
in  their  arraes  at  his  majestie's  appointment  before  the  lords  that  were 
left  here  in  Oxford,  and  shewed  them  at  Bullington  greene  in  the 
aftcrnoone,  horse  &  fooie,  and  after  they  had  shewed  tliem,  they 
were  told  by  the  lords  that  either  Uiey  were  to  serve  the  kinge  in  their 
owne  persons  in  his  warres,  or  else  to  ycild  up  their  weapons  & 
armes;    and  so  they  yeilded   up  their  armes,  and  thereby  were 

*  Charl«Ilow«nl,viacountAnc!o'rcr, 
SOD  of  Tbomu  Howard,  Cint  cail  of 
BeikHhire. 

>  George  I>ij;t>y,  elder  tea  of  tbe  eirl 
of  Bristol. 

•  [Jianged  to  '  Guild  hall '  by  %  Inter 
blind.  \\'ood  alto  spells  it' Yeitd*  ball; 
seeClaik'ftWood'tCity  ofOzford.i.  154 
oDte  a  (e). 


'  Hcame  notes  :  '  Tbc  oak  od  which 
he  was  banged  is  still  (17.1^3)  standing 
and  is  called  by  ihi-  \v:ma<A  Blaki  i&ak' 
For  the  detnits  of  tl)r  ti<ra»an  Henme 
cites  Sir  Roger  Mnnlry's  History  of  llic 
Kebcllions  in  t^igland  etc,  1<n>i,  $vo, 
p.  49. 

*  Edward  Sackrille,  focrth  earl   of 

DotMt 

■  John  Difiby,  fint  ctrl  of  Brbtol. 


NOVEMBER,  1642. 


7» 


disarmed,  and  their  amies  were  conveyed  to  Christchurch,  and  put 
into  a  chamber  there  in  Pccwatcr's  Innc :  their  horses  allso  were 
either  then  taken  from  ihem  for  the  kioge's  use,  or  else  they  were 
cnjoyned  to  lia\'(;  Ihcm  fortli  commingc  for  his  majesUe's  use,  when 
they  should  be  sent  for. 

Wedncsdaye  followinge  {9  Nov.),  there  went  out  of  Oxford  5 
regiments  of  horsemen  towarde  Redinge  &  Windsore  for  the  kinge, 
under  the  conduct  of  the  lord  Cbandoys,  or  the  lord  Dlgby  &c. :  ihey 
went  out  of  Kast  gate. 

Sunday,  13  November,  at  eveninge,  good  newes  came  to  Oxford 
of  his  majcsdc's  armio's  success^:  over  the  Lundoncrs  and  parla- 
mcntaries  workes  at  Brainford  uppon  the  Saturday  before.  Bells 
ringginge  and  bonfires  made  in  Oxford  &c.  abundantly  by  the  lords' 
appointment  remaininge  here  at  Oxford.  And  uppon  Munday  c.mie 
the  lite  tidJngcs  of  another  victory  at  Brainford  uppon  [he  Sundaye, 
when  fiftecne  hundred  of  the  parlamcnl  side  were  blowen  up  &c. 

aa  November  1642,  beingc  Tuesdaye,  a  drove  of  fait  great  oxen, 
brought  out  of  RiickinghamBhire,  were  driven  into  Chrisichurch 
quadrangle  earely  in  the  mominge,  beingc  taken  by  some  tropers 
that  went  out  of  Oxfotd  uppon  Sunday  night,  thinkinge  that  they 
had  byn  the  goods  of  Godwyn  &  other  parlanicnticrs;  but  it  proved 
otherwise,  and  thai  most  of  them  were  the  carle  of  Carnarvon's,  and 
so  by  night  most  of  them  were  took  ^  away  againe  by  the  true 
oweners ;  but  some  were  strayed  '  &c.  But  uppon  the  Wcdnesdaye 
or  Thursedaye  after  there  came  to  Oxford  another  drove  of  oxen 
an(d)  about  300  shcepc,  which  were  true  pillages  from  his  majesiie's 
enemies,  Ac. — That  dayc  (22  Nov.)  in  the  afiemoone  I  went  to 
sec  the  foundation  iaienge  of  the  newe  timbcrworke  gate  uppon 
Magdalen's  bridge,  and  the  newe  earthen  wall '  raised  from  the  saide 
bridge  to  the  comer  of  the  phisickc  garden,  to  laye  pcices  of  ordi- 
nance Utere,  to  secure  the  entrance  uppon  the  bridge,  &c.,  by  the 
appointment  of  the  lords  and  commissioners  of  warre  that  were  left 
at  Christchurch. 

Thursday,  24  November  1642,  tl\e  Danish  embassador  landinge 
in  the  nortlircn  parts,  came  to  Oxford ;  and  U|>pon  Fridayc  he  went 
hence  to  Redinge  to  the  kinge ;  and  from  thence  to  tlic  parliament, 
as  I  was  enformcd. 


'  the  woiri  looks  like  '  frti  '  t.  e. 
(ctcbird,  but  it  has  been  inked  o*ct  to 
make  '  look '  by  a  later  boru]. 

*  the  word  bos  been  Utked  orci;  U 


may  have  been  '  tlayne.* 
'  Twync  notes  in  the  tniTgin : — '  ibe 

pRraiKt.' 


7« 


fVOOirS  UFE  AND  TTMES. 


Tuesday,  29  November,  about  2  in  the  aftcrnoone,  the  imge's 
majeatic  came  backc  from  Rcdingc  to  Oxford,  in  a  coach  with 
ihe  yongc  prince  (for  ihc  duke  of  Yorke  came  two  or  three  dayea 
before)  newly  recovered  of  the  nieazlcs  at  Redinge,  and  with  prince 
Robert.  They  came  into  the  towne  over  Magdalen  bridge.  The 
kingc'b  majestic  lod;;cd  at  Christchurch :  prince  Robert  &  his  brother 
were  quartered  at  Timothy  Carter's  house  the  towne-clarke. 

Wednesday  (30  Nov.)  St  Andrew's  day  and  the  fast,  at  night 
the  Library  doore  was  allmosi  bK>kcn  oj>rn,     SuspiU'o  dt  tmtndio,  Sfc. 

Deoombor.^Sunday,  4  December,  the  bellman  published  that 
all  hursc»  then  belngc  in  the  towne,  except  troopers'  horses,  should 
be  brought  into  St  Giles  his  fci!d  to  be  vciwcd ;  where  about  zoo 
or  300  of  ihem  were  taken  for  the  kinge's  use  for  dragoners ;  and 
the  next  raornitigc  a  great  multitude  of  soldiers  with  prince  Robert, 
both  horttc  &  footc  &  dragoners,  went  out  of  Oxford  toward  Tame  & 
Ailcsbury  &c.  to  meet  \\\\\\  the  parliament  forces  Ac. 

And  uppon  muiiday  (5  Dec),  I  went  to  sec  the  trenches  then 
<Ugg]nge  ft  makinge  about  the  old  trench  that  was  formerly  made  by 
ibe  schollers  at  the  cnde  of  the  wall  of  St  John's  college  walkes. — The 
same  raiuiday  allso,  the  Uaiversitie  bellman  went  about  the  towne, 
warninge  all  priviledged  men  at  the  vicechancellor's  appointment,  that 
were  house  keepers,  to  send  some  of  their  family  the  next  dayc  to 
Newe  parkcs,  to  digge  there  for  the  trench  worke  through  Mr. 
{Edmund)  Napper's  groundes  &c.;  which  they  did.  The  kinge 
riding  forth  in  the  aftcrnoone  lo  see  the  workes;  whereof  that  on 
tlie  north  of  St  Giles  church  was  to  be  done  by  the  townesraen, 
and  sixescore  and  two  on  their  part  appointed  to  worke  there  daily 
till  it  were  done :  that  worke  by  St.  John's  College  walkcs,  was  to 
be  done  by  the  cunlry  or  shire ;  and  that  mola  in  Newe  parkcs, 
was  to  be  done  by  the  priviledged  persons,  whereof  there  were  then 
at  worke  a  great  many  (the  Collcdgca  scndingc  forth  workcmen 
allso) ;  and  at  the  town  worke,  there  were  but  twelve  persons  only 
then  at  worke,  whereof  his  majcslie  then  tooke  notice,  and  told  them 
of  It  himselfe  in  the  feild. 

Uppon  Tuesday  <6  Dec.)  there  was  an  assises  of  Oytr  if  Urmitur 
held  before  the  Lord  Cheifc  Justice  Hclli '  at  Vceld  *  hall  in  Oxon, 
where  were  arraigned  of  treason  one  Lillbumc,  Viuers',  and  Catesby. 
whereof  Viuers '  was   then    tried   and  casL      Catesby  pleaded    that 


'  *  Hetb,*  con.  by  the  Uter  btiii:)  to 
'Hemtli.* 
'  *»ee  nj/Mw  p.  70  note  6. 


*  or  *  Vinpts,'   the  letter,  as  nsaal, 
being  tincenain. 


NOV.  — DEC.  1642. 


73 


he  might  have  couiutell  to  gpeake  for  him,  and  was  respited  a 

while, 

Wednesday,  7  December  1642,  prince  Robert,  with  all  his  forces 
that  went  forth  to  Ailesbury  from  Oxford  uppon  the  Munday  the 
5  of  December,  returned  home  to  Oxford  agaiiic  re  iv/ecia,  llie  towne 
of  Ailesbury  bcinge  so  fortified  that  there  was  no  entringc  into  il.  But 
two  or  three  dayes  after,  prince  Robert  iniendinge  another  journey 
thither,  better  provided,  word  came  that  they  were  fled  thence  &c 

Friday,  9  December,  uppon  a  rumour  brought  to  the  court  at 
Oxford  that  foure  or  Bve  thousand  of  the  parlament  forces  were 
goit  into  Wantage ',  there  were  great  alarums  in  the  morninge  for 
expedition  of  his  majestic's  forces  lliilher,  both  horse  &  foot :  but 
about  eleven  of  the  clocke,  there  came  a  comett  or  the  like  officer 
to  cerlifie  his  majestic  that  all  was  well,  and  that  by  reason  of  the 
lord  Digbie's  beinge  about  those  parts  wiih  some  forces  of  his 
tnajestie's  they  were  departed  from  (hence  &  scattered,  reluminge 
to  Newebury  or  some  sucli  place.  Whercuppon  the  goctngc  forllie 
of  his  majcstie'a  forces  being  assembled  in  Christ  Church  quadrangle 
was  stayed:  the  soldiers  departed  with  acclamations  to  their  quarters, 
it  beinge  a  very  wett  daye.  And,  in  the  afternoone,  the  captive 
parlament  soldiers  taken  at  Marleborough  were  brought  into  Oxford 
over  Southbridge,  bound,  ft  led  with  matches  (whereat  there  was 
mulch  houtinge')  ft  conveyed  into  some  place  or  prison,  I  know 
not  yet  where*,  to  be  imployed  in  diggingc  of  ucndics  (as  I  hear) 
about  Oxford,  or  to  be  disposed  of  to  his  majestie's  pleasure  &c. 

Wednesdaye  14  of  December  Mr.  Whistler,  the  towne  of  Oxford 
Recorder,  was  brought  into  the  towne  as  a  prisoner'  by  three  or 
fowre  of  the  kinge's  troopers;  he  came  in  at  Southbridge  ftc. — And, 
uppon  the  Munday  before,  our  soldiers  relumed  from  Winchester 
spoyled. 

Thurscday,  the  15  of  December,  a  written  proclamation  publi-hed 
by  his  majestic  for  the  towne  to  bringe  in  more  armes,  both  oflfensive 
and  defensive,  into  his  majestie's  magazine  ftc. :  which  where  il  was, 
I  doe  not  yet  knowe ;  but  most  of  the  armes  and  furniture  of  arliUerie, 


'  Twyne  note*  in  the  margin  ; — '  with 
an  intcatlua  lo  ^oe  to  sticcout  Marie- 
borough  that  was  taken  a  fcwc  (dajcs) 
befotc  by  the  lord  Uigby ' — the  words 
'  A  fewe  (dajrcs) '  are  ooccrtaii],  having 
been  ioked  over  hj  a  Liter  hand. 
Another  hand  has  tried  to  make  than 
into '  on  Tuesday.' 


*  i.r.  hooting. 

*  Tvr)-ne  aflerwAnIs  added  between 
the  liwrs ; — '  vit,  the  Ca^e.' 

*  Twyne  notes  in  the  margin: — 'he 
was  for  a  while  contnittcd  to  the 
ccstodic  of  the  deaiie  of  Ch:  ChuiL^h 
CDr.  <Samtiel)  Fell),  and  about  the 
caile  of  January  0^41)  ^  ^"  6ccd.' 


74 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


as  bulletts,  ^npowdcr  for  the  ordinance,  match  &c.  was  laide  up  in 
Newe  College  Cloyster  and  Tower ' ;  and  at  Gildhall.  wheat ;  and 
oatcs  and  come  was  laid  up  as  It  were  m  granaries  in  tlu:  Lawc 
Schole  &  Ix>^ckc  Schole  &c,  one  .  . .  Davis,  a  towneiiman,  dwelltnge 
at  Carfox,  havinge  the  oversight  of  ihose  corne-provisions.  The 
gunpowder  myll  was  at  Osncy  where  the  fulling  myU  stood. 

Wednesday,  the  a  i  of  December,  belnge  St  Thomas'  day,  his 
majestic  mustered  up  all  his  horses  and  horsemen  in  Ncwe  piirkes 
and  the  workes  newly  made  and  in  makings  about  the  towne  on  tiie 
north,  the  north-east  &  north-west  tliereof;  at  which  time,  of  the 
shire,  the  priviledged  persons  and  the  towne,  then  were  at  the  least 
3  or  4  hundred  at  worke  in  castinge  up  trenches  and  maklnge  other 
fortifications  &c 

The  next  daye  after,  viz.  Thursedayc,  33  of  Dtceraber,  tippon 
relation  and  newes  brought  to  Oxford  to  his  majestic  that  2000 
and  more  dragoners  on  the  parlament  side  were  entrcd  imo  Banbury 
to  reinforce  that  towne  againe  against  the  tinge  (chough  the  earle 
of  Northampton  were  then  with  the  kinge's  forces  in  the  castle)  there 
was  a  great  company  of  dragoners  and  other  horsemen  dispatclkxl 
thidier  from  ihc  kingc  from  Oxford,  and  about  H  or  nine  of  the 
clockc  at  night  prince  Robert,  with  a  great  guard,  tooke  his  journey 
thitherwarde  to  Banbury,  with  an  intent  to  give  them  a  breakefast 
the  next  morninge  &c.  That  Thurseday  at  night,  the  saide  parla- 
ment forces  made  an  assault  uppon  Banbury  caade  where  die  earle 
of  Northampton '  was  widi  his  soldiers,  in  so  much  as  they  fought 
allmosl  all  night.  And  prince  Robert  came  not  to  Banhur)'  untill 
nine  of  the  clockc  on  Fridaye  moniinge  :  and  his  approaching  thiiher 
beingc  discovered  by  a  scout,  about  three  of  the  clockc  in  ilic  morn- 
inge, they  ran  all  away  and  deserted  Uic  place,  and  so  avoyded 
the  kinge's  forces,  havinge  buried  their  cheife  peices  of  ordinance 
in  the  ground,  but  some  other  lesser  peices  were  taken,  and  some 
horses,  &c.  And  uppon  Saturday  (24  Dec.)  lowarde  eveninge, 
prince  Robert  returned  to  the  court  at  Oxford  with  all  his  dragoners 
Ac. 

A  liule  before  Cliristmas  the  doctors  and  beds'  of  houses,  that 
had  formerly  fled  from  the  Universiue  (\'iz.  Dr.   (Samuel)   Fell, 


'  the  MS.  li  rather  oDDfaBcd  here  by 
interlinear  InsGrtioDs  nude  by  Twjnie. 
It  is  clear  from  p.  83  infra,  tbst  it  is 
to  be  panclnaXeil  as  above ;  or  else  ' .  .  . 
Tower,  etc. ;   (victuab)  at  CildluU  ; 


wheat  and  oald.* 

*  Sprnccr  Coinpton,  flccood  carl. 

*  'hcdi,'  cfajLOKcd  to  'he&dft'  by  a 
later  hand. 


DECEMBER,  1643. 


75 


Dr.  <Chiiiilopher>  Potter,  Dr.  <RicIiard)  Bayly,  Dr.  (Accepletl) 
Frewen)  to  avoidc  the  parlanieni'a  summons,  relumed  home  to  their 
places  in  the  Universitie. 

Snnday,  beinge  Christmas  daye,  there  were  more  dragoners  dis- 
patched out  of  Oxford ;  but  whither,  I  cannot  yet  learne,  or  for 
what  purpose :  some  saye  to  Redinge ;  others  lo  otlier  places,  &c. ; 
and  some  saye  lo  Chichester,  beinge  then  beseigcd  by  tlic  parkmeot 
forces.  They  went  over  East-bridge,  which  is  not  the  direct  waye 
from  Oxford  thither,  hut  South-bridge. 

Uppon  Munday  (26  Dec.)  there  went  forth  more  troopers  out 
of  Oxford,  the  same  wayc ;  and  in  die  aftemoone,  prince  Robert 
went  lo  Abington,  where  his  quarters  was,  in  a  coach,  and  returned 
the  same  night. 

And  TuL-sdaye  (27  Dec.)  in  the  aftcmoonc,  he  was  at  Mr.  Ed- 
wards his  lennice '  court,  and  so  was  the  kinge. 

And  so  on  Wetlnesdaye  mominge  (28  Dec),  on  the  fast  dayc. 
For,  that  morningc,  a  trumpeter  came  into  Oxford  from  my  lord 
of  Essex,  about  some  newe  tidinges,  and  the  lordes  rcpayred  to 
his  majcstie  to  the  tcnntce  court,  where  the  businesse  was  imparled 
to  him :  which  what  it  concerned  as  yet  we  knowc  not :  but  it  is 
hoped,  that  it  concerned  some  tidinges  of  peace,  or  accommodation, 
or  the  like.  [Afterwardes  *,  nppon  better  instructions,  I  learned  that 
this  trumpeter  was  sent  from  ihc  parlament  and  the  Lord  Mayor 
of  London,  with  a  message  to  desire  his  majesties  safe-conduct 
for  certaine  persons  that  stiodd  be  sent  from  the  parlament  &  the 
dttie  of  London  hither  to  Oxford  to  his  majestic,  to  treat  alvout 
articles  of  accommodation.  Which  (as  I  heard)  was  granted  by 
his  majesiie,  and  the  trumpeter  dismissed ;  and  the  parties  arc  dayly 
expectetl,] 

Thurscday,  29  December  164a,  the  Delegates  for  the  Vice- 
chancellor's  accounts  (.is  many  as  were  in  the  Universitie,  viz.  Dr. 
(Samuel)  Fell,  Dr.  <Richard)  Uayly,  Dr.  (Christopher)  Potter,  Dr. 
<Thomas)  Clayton,  Dr.  (John)  Banbridge,  Ur.  (Daniel)  Esccott, 
and  a  Master  of  Art  (for  some  bodJc'sdcputie),  met  in  uin'o  vtntrabilis 
domus  CongregaU'onii,  ^'c. ;  at  \^hich  mcctlngc  I  was  not  then  present. 

But  hearinge  thereof,uppon  the  next  daye,  beinge  Eridaye  (30 Dec,), 
in  the  morningc  I  addressed  mysclfc  to  ihem  to  see  what  would  be 
done  conceminge  my  wages  '  for  one  whole  year  at  Michaelmas  last 


*  Altered  by  the  Uier  h»nd  to '  tenniie.' 

*  the  words  b  square  bncketi  ut  1 
later  addition  by  Twjdc 


*  i.e.  as  Kecpci    of   the  Ardiim, 
which  office  Twyne  bad  bcld  Bince  1634. 


76 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES, 


past  due  unto  me,  where  there  was  much  inquiry  &  qucstioninge 
about  the  booke '  of  the  Vicechancellor's  accounts,  then  missinge, 
and  not  to  be  found,  but  supposed  to  be  lost  betwixt  my  selfe  (who 
had  sometime  borrowed  it  of  Dr.  (John)  Prideaux,  and  restored  it 
safely  againe,  God  is  my  judge),  and  Mr.  (  Richard)  Parr "  of  Exceter 
College  who  supplied  die  place  of  Dr.  Prideaux  his  clarke  in  liis 
Vjccchanccllorship,  and  Mr.  (John)  French'  the  rcgisteniry.  In 
Dr.  Pridcaux  his  accounts,  there  were  some  exceptions  found,  and 
would  not  passe  or  be  allowed  as  I  conceived,  eitlier*/n  tola  or  iit 
tanto,  viz. — about  a  journey  to  London  to  deliver  a  booke  of  verses; 
allso  a  matter  of  ifi//.  for  procuringe  commissions'*  to  keepe  the  Vice- 
chancellor  his  court;  ten  pound  for  sendinge  letters,  which  was 
brought  downe  to  five  pound;  allso  allowa:ice  for  the  mcndinge  of 
the  conduit  water-pipes,  lalde  forth  by  Dr.  Prideaux  as  for  tlic 
Universilie,  the  Delegates  affirminge  that  the  towne  was  to  con- 
tribute as  well  as  the  Universitie,  seingc  that  they  enjoyed  the  benefit 
thereof,  and  had  pipes  to  their  houses,  as  well  as  the  Unlvcrsitie 
&c ;  and  about  40/r'  per  annum  for  Connopius''  the  Grecian's  allow- 
ance, which  Dr.  Pridcaux  bad  paied  out  of  the  Universitie  common 
money  when  it  should  goc  by  Colledges,  &c ;  and  the  like.  .\t  that 
raeetinge  the  squire  bedles  paide  in  such  moneys  as  they  were  charged 
witha3l ;  Mr.  (George)  Locksmyth '  allso  the  yeomen  bedel)  paied  in 
money,  as  he  told  me  there,  viz.  21//.  or  some  such  matter  pro  hundts 
prmlfgiis,  as  he  saide ;  William  Ball  allsoe  was  sent  for  from  the 
fortification  works  to  make  up  his  accounts,  bringinge  a  paper  or  two 
in  his  handes,  but  I  could  not  see  him  payc  in  any  money ;  Mr. 
(Solodcll)   Lichfcid"  was  not  there,    though   sent  for:  and  such 


'  in  the  Archivei  the  rolls  of  Vice- 

chimccllor's  nccotrnti  arc  preserved  for 
the  years  15JO--1554,  etc  t'Tom  1610. 
1  BodcrsuiDd,  they  Are  conlinuouslj'  kept 
in  a  book,  which  it  the  odc  referred  u> 
here. 

*  s»  Boftse'ii  Reg.  ColL  ExoD.  p.  67. 

■  Twyiic  notes  in  the  margiD  : — 'Mr, 
Frcncb  h&tl  tcft  this  bcKikc  at  Upper's 
the  apothecaries  shop  or  hoDse,  where 
afterwards  it  was  found.'  John  French 
A-M.  Mcrt-  was  elected  Rc|::i<trar  oa 
J  I)  Oct.  16  J9. 

'  'would  not  pass  in  tola,' Le.  i.amt 
items  Were  alioji^hei  dUallnwcd  ; 
*  would  aol  pftu  in  tiutlo,'  i.e.  pi.>rtion6 
of  some   itcDU  were  disalluwcd.     J-'ot 


an  example  of  a  vice-chancellor'i  ac- 
count, cut  down  by  the  auiliicm,  %ct 
Clark's  Wood'i  City  of  Oxford,  ii.  341- 

J54- 

*  sec  infra  p.  84. 

■  see  Clark's  Wood's  Citr  of  Ox&id, 
i.  447. 

"*  Nathaniel  Conopius,  see  R.  L. 
Poole  in  Tht  Cn^tegxt  0/ Oxfm-J ii9<)l) 
p.  47  ;  Barrows'  Kcgisicr  of  the  Visitors 
195. 

*  GcoTfic  Locksmith  was  elected  sub* 
bedell  of  Thcolojiy  on  q  Dec.  1635. 

*  Soloilcn  Lichfield  wa.<i  e!ei;led  tab- 
bcdcll  ai  Iaw  on  13  JaiL  ifisj  ;  ejected 
by  the  Pari.  Visitont  in  1648,  he  was 
rcctoied  m  1660. 


DECEMBER,  1642. 


11 


wranglinge  there  was  about  this  and  t!iat  account,  thai  for  mine  owne 
part  I  could  doe  no  good  in  my  busincssc,  and  so  the  accounts  were 
put  of  further  to  Uic  next  Tuesdaye  &c.  By  occasion  of  the  missinge 
of  the  Vlccchancellor's  booke  of  accounts,  I  havinge  borrowed  the 
proctors'  booke'  of  Mr.  <John>  French  the  rcgistrary,  brought  it 
Uiither  to  that  meetinge,  and  re^ored  it  unto  him  againe.  Sir  Nichoku 
Kcmpe  his  chest"  beinge  opened  there  lo  looke  what  was  in  it,  Dr. 
Poller'  borrowed  from  Ihcnce  a  coppje  of  the  newe  charter  which 
was  found  ihcrc  in  that  chest,  and  carried  it  away  with  him  downe  to 
Queen's  College,  giving  his  hand  for  the  same  lo  Dr.  Fell,  as  I  thinke : 
at  length  the  chest  was  locked  up  againe  and  committed  to  Mr. 
Parr's  keeping  againe,  but  the  keys  were  delivered  to  Dr.  Fell. 

{Saturday,  31  Dec.)  New  Year's  Eve,  a  Spanish  embassador  came 
to  Oxford  to  the  kinge :  [vide  *  Mercurius  Auh'cus,  p.  4.]—] 

{AmoDg  tbe  pamphlets  relating  to  Oxford  in  this  ytu  collectol  by  Wood,  ihe 
following  dcscTTC  mectjon : — 

(i)  Wood  f  14  no.  7  ;  'A  tme  relation  '  of  a  dinlish  dcsigne  by  the  papisti  to 
blow  Bp  the  city  of  Oxford  on  [Th.]  13  Jan,  1641  '  (i.e.  J),  of  which  Wood  notei 
•  aU  fiOse.' 

(a)  Wood  376  A  DO.  307;  <  A  tme  tefatatioa  of  a  false  and  lying  pamphlet 
entitled  "  A  dlvclbh  designe  by  the  papists  to  blow  up  the  city  of  Oxford  with 
guniwwdcT  Jan.  13,  1S41."' 

(3)  Wood  514  no.  B;  'Two  speeches  spoken  by  Sir  Slmonds  D'ewes,'  Lond. 
1641 ;  Wood  notes  'The  first  uf  liicsc  speeches  isaniwet'd  in  Hist,  tt  Antiij.  Univ. 
Oxoo.  to).  L' 

{4)  Wood  514  no.  9;  'Letter  frora  the  pro-Tice-chancellor  [Robert  Pink)  of 
Oxford  to  Philip  [Hert>ert]  earl  of  Fembroke,  wiUi  his  answer  [T.]  Sept.  13^  1643.' 
Lond. 

(5)  Wood  514  no.  10;  •  The  King's  Majestie's  Speech  [W,]  3  Nor.  1641,  with 
William  Strodc's  (PDhl'ic  OnturV]  answer,'  Oxford  1643. 

(6)  Wood  514  no.  II  ;  '  A  copyof  the  Spcalccr's  letter  to  tbe  Viccchanccllor  .  .  . 
of  Oiford  together  with  the  ptotesiation  .  .  .'Oxford  tfi4a  [T.,  8  Feb.  164JI,  of 
which  Wood  notes  '  'VYtii  letter  protestation  and  declaration  ore  oot  regcstrcd  in 
tbe  University  regcstcr'— A.  Woodc;  they  should  ha-ee  bin  inserted  in  keg.  "  R."' 


'  in  Wood  MS.  E  4  Wood  lays : — 

'The  account  book  of  the  proctors 
begbs  1564:  Mr.  (Itcnjatnin)  Cooper 
(the  rqnstrar)  hath  it.' 

*  see  Catch's  Wood's  UisL  Univ. 
Oxoo.  ii.  3.S3. 

'  I>r.  ChristopbcT  Potter  made  'Col- 
lections concerning  tbe  pnTileges  of  the 
University,  extracted  onl  of  the  charters 
in  the  School  Tower.'  This  paper  cane 
into  Wood's  hands ;  was  bequeathed 
by  liim  to  the  Ashmolean,  where  it  was 
Wood  MS.  117  (O.C.  8s8<ij;  bnt  baa 


been  raitsing  since  before  17S1. 

*  the  reference  in  scpiarc  brackets  b 
added  by  Wood:  for  Woud's  copy  of 
Afenuriui  Auiifwi  see  npra  p.  14. 

*  a  sitaitar  '  ridicolons  and  imper- 
tinent pamphlet,'  as  Wood  styles  it,  is 
Wood  373  [(S)  '  A  plot  lauly  discovered 
for  the  taking  of  the  Tower,'  Load.  164I. 

*  in  a  note  in  Wood  MS.  E  4,  p.  177, 
Wood  says  'The  Acts  of  Coavocation 
from  10  Nov.  1640  to  1 1  Joly  ifi^i  are 
wanting':  see  Gntch's  Wood's  IllsL 
Univ.  Oxoo.  ii.  436, 


iVOOffS  LTFE  AND  TTMES. 

(7)  Wood  516  00.  6 ;  'An  Agreement  bchrixt  bis  Maj«t]r  and  tbc  iababitnntB 
of  the  county  of  Oxford/  Oxf.  [Occ.]  11541. 

(8)  Wood  516  00. 7  i  '  The  requcsu  of  the  Graad-jBiy  of  Oxford,  [M.]  Dec  19, 
l64a.'> 

<ie4| :  Wood  aet.  U.) 

January. — *Jan.  19;  his  father,  Thomas  Wood'  or  \,  Wood 
before  mciilion'd,  died  Jan.  19,  being  Thursday,  at  about  4  of  the 
clock  in  the  morning  to  the  very  great  grief  and  reluctancy  of  his 
ivtfe  and  children.  He  died  tn  bis  hou^e  in  the  backside  before 
mctition'd  in  the  room  over  the  kiichin :  and  being  a  fat  and  corpulent 
man',  and  therefore  his  body  could  not  keep,  he  was  buried'  between 
8  and  9  of  the  clock  at  night  on  the  same  day  in  iJie  norlli  part  of 
Jfcrton  Coll.  outcr-cbapi^ll  or  church,  ncare  to  the  graves  of  James 
Wood  his  yonger  brother,  who  died  in  Sept.  1639  and  John  Wood 
his  son,  whome  I  have  menlion'd  under  the  yeare  1639*.  This 
Thomas  Wood  (father  to  A.  W.)  n-as  borne  at  Isllngdon  ncare  London 
in  January  1580";  was  bred  in  grammar  learning  in  those  parts; 
became  a  student*  in  Broadgales  hall  (now  Pembroke  Coll.)  in  tlic 
yeare  1600,  afterwards  one  of  the  clerks,  I  think,  of  Corpus  Christi 
Coll.  and,  aa  a  mcmlwr  of  that  house,  he  was  admitted  bach,  of  Arts 
on  the  15  of  Mar.  1603.  Uefore  which  lime  he  had  taken  to  wife 
an  antient  and  rich  maid  called  Margaret,  daughter  of  Hugh  Wood 
of  Kent  (of  the  family  of  the  Woods  of  Watcrbury  in  that  county) 
and  sister  to  Robert  Wood  a  haberdasher  of  hats  living  at  tlie  Plow 
and  Harrow  on  Ludgate  hill  ^  in  London,  and  to  Henry  Wood  living 


'  Tbomms  Wood  seiiior*9  sntograph 
(•  Tho.  Wood  ')  i»  forat!  in  Wood  329  ; 
on  a  S^'Ieaf  ofwbicb  vc  faond  scvcinl 
fragmeuU  of  mcmonndA  probably  by 
him  : — c.^.  '  hem  for  a  quul  of  claret, 
. . . ;  h«ni  for  a  gallon  of  sack  with  tny 
itmngcra.  4T  41^';  'claret  opoa  my 
tiiike,  4i/;  gaUon  of  lack  for  my 
slrajigcr,  41  41/.' 

^  inMS.Piitllipiw7oiRWood«ayi:— 
'  he  wa^  tail  bikI  bit;geaiifl  iii  bU  yonger 
daycs  vcrie  ttrong  and  active  in  manly 
sports  and  recreations,  as  football, 
wrestling.  nuuiLng,  etc.* 

'  aslip  on  p.  67  of  MS.  Flullipps  7018, 
which  Wood  conjectorcs  to  be  in  the 
handwritLDg  of  his  lirothrrr  Edwanl, 
Dotes  tbAt  the  funeral  es[ie[uies  were 
13//;  lOJ.  lad.     Ill  '  MS.  Knwl.  B  401  a  '■ 


Wood  note*  that  the  foutjal  wu  *  with 
e*cocheons.' 

'  1-e-  "'P>^>  P-  47. 
'  I  e.  :58f. 

*  fhumax  Woodc  appears  10  the  Uni- 
versity malrimilation  regi»tcr  a«  matri* 
culatcd  on  10  June  lOoo  ^m  Broad* 
gates  H.  '■  of  Middlesex,  plebeii  liUui, 
act.  iB';  B.A.  Corp.  15  Mar.  160); 
B.C.L.  Broad^.  H.  10  Mar.  i6i|.  In 
the  '  Book  of  Benefactors  tothe  building 
of  the  Schools,  i(ii3'i<S,' as  transcribed 
b]r  Wood,  he  appears  as  giving  lo/t.  in 
1616,  'Tbonoasi  Wood.  A.B.,qiiDadain 
ex  Aala  LaL  Ton.' :  icc  Wood  MS.  D 
II. 

*  MS.Fhi£lippa7otSsays'at  tliesigno 
tA  the  Plow  and  Hanuw  over  against 
the  Ikll  Sarnge  without  Ladgatc' 


DEC.  \e4,i—jAiy.  ie4a 


79 


in  Kent.  They  were  married  at  Wood-Eaton  '  tn  Oxfordsliire.  where 
shec  lived  in  the  house  of  Richard  Tawmer,  esq.  (uncle'  to  Thomaa 
Wood  his  second  wife.)  About  which  Uroc  the'  said  second  wfc, 
named  Mary  (who  was  borne  in  tlie  said  house)  being  then  a  child 
of  about  two  yeares  old,  Thomas  Wood  would  often  take  h<>r  out  of 
the  cradle,  dandle  her  in  bis  armcs,  and  would  several  limes  say  that 
he  hoped  shee  would  live  lo  he  his  second  wife  ; — which  accordingly 
came  to  pass,  and  was  mother  to  A.  Wood.  My  and  with  *  the  money 
which  Thomas  Wood  had  wllh  the  said  Margaret  Wood,  and  the 
500/1.  which  his  parents  bequeathed  lo  him,  he  grew  rich  :  purchased 
the  liousc  wherein  A.  Wood  was  borne,  with  its  appurtenances ;  also 
the  great  inne  called  the  Flour  dc  Luce  in  Oxon,  which  I  have  before 
mention'd;  land  in  Tetsworth,  now  olued  at  45//.  per  ann, ;  and 
lands  and  tenements  in  other  places.  In  the  yeare  1618  the  said 
Thomas  Wood  was  actually  created  bachelor  of  the  civil  law,  had 
some  employment  in  that  facultie,  and  after  the  death  of  his  said  first 
mfe,  which  hapned  at  Tclswortli  14  July  1621,  he  took  to  wife  Mary 
Pettie  alias  La  Petite,  mother  to  A.  Wood  (the  same  who  had  been 
the  child  in  the  cradle  liefore  mention'd) :  by  whome  having  a  good 
portion,  and  growing  richer  thereupon,  he  was  fined  in  October  1630 
for  refusing  the  honour  of  knighthood,  a  matter*  then  lately  brought 
up  to  obtaine  money  for  his  majcsUe's  use.  This  money  which  was 
paid  by  all  persons  of  40//'.  per  an.  that  refused  lo  come  in  and  be 
dnb'd  knights,  was  called  knighihood-monfy.  This  Thomas  Wood 
was  son  of  Riclard  Wood,  who,  when  a  youth,  was  brought  to 
IsUngdon  by  Robert  Wood  his  uncle  and  godfather,  as*  the  tradition 
goeih  in  the  family:  who^  giving  him  good  breeding,  be  ever  after 
lived  in  good  fashion.  The  posterity  of  Uie  said  Robert,  who  have 
lands  and  tenements  to  tills  day  in  IsUngdon,  live  at  Kingston  upon 
Thames  in  Surrey ;  where,  and  clswhcre,  they  have  an  estate  that 
amounts  to  zooo/i'.  per  an. ;  and  have  been  several  tJmca  offcr'd  the 
degree  of  baronet- 

[^^unday^  2  of  January  1642  {i.e.  j),  there  came  to  Oxford  two 
coache.s  from  Lundon,  wherein  were  six  commissioners  (as  it  were) 
from  the  cittie  and  the  parlameni,  for  whose  safe  conduct  the  trum- 


»  MS.Phil!ipp87oi8«iy»'«1.Wytncy.' 

*  *  my  mother's  imcle  *  in  the  ontio 
direcu  of  ibe  Harl  MS. 

*  '  (ny   said    mother '   in    die    HarL 
MS. 

*  '  By  the  money,'  in  the  HarL  MS. 

*  '  a  bosineu,'  in  the  l\u\.  MS. 


*  '  u  the  tradttioQ  it  among  ob,*  in 
the  Harl.  MS. 

'  *  who  breeding  him  op,  be  crcr 
liter  Uvc<l  iu  gentile  la^on,'  in  the 
Uarl.  MS. 

"  here  are  rcramed  the  excerpU  Uutn 
Twyiic's  '  Mu&tcriii(;«.' 


WOOrfS  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


peter  came  in  Chrislmas  weeke.  They  were  2  aMennen  and  fowre 
of  the  common  councclt  of  Lundon,  who  brought  with  them  a  petition 
from  the  parlamcnt  to  that  effect  as  formerly  had  been,  viz.  that  his 
majestie  would  be  pleased  to  returne  to  the  parlament  and  he  should 
be  protected  both  by  the  parlament  and  the  cittizens  &c ;  the  kirge 
answeringc  A  askinge,  why  tiiey  could  not  protect  themselves  &c. 
At  tlicir  first  commingc  in,  there  were  of  the  schollers  that  were  like 
lo  attempt  somethinge  against  them,  as  they  conceived,  wherefore 
ihey  desired  that  they  might  be  garded,  &  so  ihey  were.  They  lave 
at  the  Flower  de  luce'  &c.  The  kinge  sent  2  or  3  of  his  gentlemen 
with  them,  who  were  to  carry  his  majeslic's  answer  printed  to  the 
cittie  of  Lundon,  and  see  it  red  there.  As  they  were  come  to 
Magdalen's  bridge,  they  would  be  libcrall,  and  throwe  a  pdcc  to  the 
soldiers  that  warded  there,  who  flunge  it  backc  to  them  into  the 
coach  againe,  saienge  that  their  master  the  kinge  paid  them  their 
wages,  and  that  they  scorned  iheir  money,  caih'ng  them  Roundbeds, 
Ac,  for  which  (as  they  saye)  the  king  sent  them  5  peices,  Ac. 

On  Tuesday  morniiige  (3  Jan.)  there  met  at  the  place  appoynted' 
Dr.  Bayly,  Dr.  Bambridgc,  and  Mr.  Twyne,  but  no  more  came ;  and 
so  noihinge  was  done,  etc. — Tuesday,  3  of  January,  there  came  into 
Oxford  and  to  the  court,  diverse  carts,  to  the  number  of  1 2  or  more, 
loaden  with  prince  Rupert's  gooddes,  and  with  the  mint  from  Shrewes- 
bury,  and  with  some  good  store  of  silver  ore  to  be  melted  into  silver 
and  coyned  into  money :  one  Mr.  <Thomaa)  Buahell  beinge  the  chcife 
dealer  therein :  the  mint  was  set  up  in  New  Inne,  &c. 

Wednesdaye,  the  4  of  Januar)*,  the  Spanish  embassadour  that 
came  downe  lo  the  kinge  to  complaine  of  the  earle  of  Wan,vick'9 
scizinge  uppon  one  of  the  king  of  Spaine's(or  a  merchant  of  Spaine's) 
ship,  uppon  the  English  coast,  fraught  with  rich  merchandize  as  silver 
A  cuccbencll  Ac,  obtaintnge  a  proclamation  to  be  published  for  his 
purpose  forbiddinge  any  man  lo  buy  thereof,  departed  backc  againe 
toward  Lundon,  Ac.  AUso  the  Lundoners'  messenger,  that  came 
from  the  parlament  and  the  cittie  of  Lundon  about  the  businesse 
formerly  spoken  of,  was  dismissed  with  their  answer  from  the  court ; 
A  the  next  daye,  they  sett  out  for  Lundon,  Ac.  The  kinge  sent  2 
gentlemen  with  them. — That  daye  ailso  there  came  forth  an  order 
from  the  kinge  and  the  lords,  that  neither  vintner  nor  any  other 
victualcr  In  Oxford  sliould  suffer  any  wyne  or  drinke  to  be  sold  in  his 


^  the  site  of  tbb  inn  b  now  rcpre- 
■entcd  by  Mr,  Tbompsoo's  china  ihop 
BO.  130  S.  Aldate'k. 


*  i.e.  the  ApodTteiiaiD,  to  Rtidit  the 
account!  :  we  «*i/n>  p.  77. 


JANUARY^  1B43. 


u 


house  to  any  body  after  nine  of  the  clocke  at  night  &c.  uppon  payne 
of  forefeyling  lox.  loties  quoiies,  etc. 

[Thursday  \  Jan.  5,  vide  Mtrcuriui  Auiicus^  p.  6.] 

Fridayc  (6  Jan.),  beinge  twelfe  dayc.  prince  Robert  rode  forth 
very  early,  with  a  good  company  of  troopers  ami  dragoners,  to 
Cicester  as  some  suppose  or  to  the  like  place,  &c.  [The'  place  he 
■went  to  was  directly  Ciceaer;  but  returned  againc  on  Sunday  night 
(3  Jan,)  rf  inftda,  in  regard  it  was  so  fortified  with  ordinances  & 
great  peices  that  there  was  nolhinge  to  be  done  uppon  it,  he  goeingc 
only  iK-ith  foot  and  horse.  They  in  the  tcwne  jeered  him  much  at  hts 
departure,  and  range  out  their  great  bell,  and  shot  of  their  guns  &c. 
Others  *>ayc,  that  prince  Robert  came  awayc  the  sooner  from  thence, 
because'  he  could  not  meet  the  marqucsse  of  Hartford's*  Welch 
forces  (which  were  marchiuge  hiiherward  to  Oxford)  soone  enough, 
the  saidc  marquessc  with  7  or  8  hundred  foole  men  of  Wales,  com- 
mingc  into  Oxford  uppon  the  Tuesday  next  afterwards.] 

Munday,  the  9  of  January,  a  drummer  was  sent  from  the  carle  of 
Essex  10  his  majestic  about"  an  exchange  of  a  certaine  prisoner 
whom  the  kloge's  forces  had  taken  some  where,  beinge  a  commaunder 
of  note  under  ilic  .saide  carle  :  which  saide  drummer  was  brought  into 
the  towne  over  IVIagdalcn's  bridge  blindcfold ;  that  ko  he  might  not 
see  the  workes  of  fortifications  thereabouts,  and  so  was  convc}ed  on 
horsehacke  to  the  court  at  Christchurch,  and  led  forth  againe  blindfold 
to  his  lodginge  on  footc,  to  expect  his  answer. 

Tuesdaye,  10  Jan.,  the  lunge's  letters  came  abroad  to  all  the 
colledges  &  halls  in  Oxford  for  their  plate  *  to  be  brought  in  to  llie 
mint  at  Oxford  there  to  be  coyned  into  money  &c.,  with  promise  of 
refunding  it  or  payeinge  for  it  againc  after  51  the  ounce  for  silver  and 
5j  6rf  for  silver  and  gilt.^Uppon  the  munday  after  (i.e.  16  Jan.) 
there  was  a  Convocation  for  creation  of  graduates,  and  there  was  lent 
300/1.  more  of  the  Univcrsitic's  money  10  ilic  kinge  &c. 

Thursedaye,  13  Jan.,  there  was  a  muster  of  all  the  foot  soldiers 


'  the  note  is  square  brackets  is  io- 
Krted  by  Wood. 

*  the  pasHgc  la  sqnarc  bracket)  ii  % 
flier  ndditioD  by  Tvrync.  At  the  time 
of  iM  imcrtioa,  the  tut  words  of  the 
prcvioni  aentcocc  were  tcoied  oot. 

*  Twyne  nou*  in  the  tnaxcin :— '  but 
others  u>e  tluit  ibc  uiar>|imsc8  Wclch- 
nteii  iimtlc  di-loy  and  hungc  backe  at 
beinge  unwillinge  lo  fi^ht :  l>ul  the  plxce 
wu  toic  cask  to  be  ukco,  had  they 


given  the  onset,  etc.* 

•  William  Seymonr.  second  ciul  of 
Hertford,  created  manjuis  of  Hertford 
oa  I  June  1640. 

*  Twync  notea  in  ihe  roargin  : — 'Iw 
caraefiir  one  leifelenant . . .  WaggestafTe, 
a  man  of  great  strrvicc,  etc.* 

'  n  sunnnnr)-  of  the  plate  surreodere<l 
U  found  in  MS.  Tanner  33S  ;  printed  in 
John  G\i\c\%tC<ftlt(taiua  Cunua  (1791) 
i.  3J7  ;  Me  note  4,  p.  94  infra. 


8s 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TmSS. 


ihen  in  Osford,  ai  Ncwe  parke<s).  the  kingc  and  the  prince,  *:  the 
duke  <of  York)  &c.  bdngc  ihcn  prcsenl  on  Toole  because  it  was  a 
fayre  pleasant  dayc.  There  ^^as  about  one  &  fortie  or  two  and  fortie 
coltours :  and  by  aestimation  about  3000  men  armed  sufficiently  for 
sen'icc,  besides  two  or  three  hundred,  Kiandinge  behind,  not  as  yet 
armed:  [vide'  Affreurius  Aulkm  p.  17,  Jan.  12.] 

Friday,  13  Jan.,  a  great  solcmnc  funerall  in  Oxonof  lord  AuWgny' 
(brother  In  ilie  duke  *  of  Lennox)  who  was  slainc  at  Kaynton  fcild  or 
at  the  battell  of  Kdgehili.  The  body  was  brought  up  from  Mugdalcu 
College  and  so  brought  and  attended  all  the  waye  through  tlic  street 
to  Chrislchurch  the  Caihedrall.  and  there  cnterred.  The  footmen 
soldiers  came  first  with  their  muskets  under  their  armes,  the  noses  of 
the  musketts  beinge  behind  them ;  the  pike  men  drayled  thcrr  pikes 
on  the  ground;  the  horsemen  followed  with  their  pistolis  in  tlicir 
hands,  the  handles  beinge  upwardc;  the  lopps  of  the  auntients  allso 
was  borne  behind.  A  chariott  covered  with  blackc  velvctt.  whore  the 
body  was  drawen  by  6  horses,  &c.  The  man  that  drove  the  charriot 
strowcd  money  about  the  streets  as  he  passed.  Three  great  voleys  of 
shott  at  the  enlerringe  of  the  body;  and  lastly,  an  herald  of  arrocs 
proclaymed  his  titles,  &c. — The  same  daye  in  the  morningc,  there  was 
a  gibbet  set  up  at  the  east  side  of  the  conduit  at  Carfoxc. 

And  the  next  daye  (Saturday,  14  J^n.)  Iwinge  market  daye,  about 
xi  a  clocke  there  was  one  brought  thither  which  should  have  byn 
executed  for  sonne  ofTencc  or  other  (what  it  was,  I  knowe  not)  but 
was  pardoned  by  the  kinge,  and,  as  I  heard,  was  only  burned  in  the 
hand  and  shoulders,  &c.  But  gocing  up  thai  waye  in  the  afiemoone, 
there  was  *  a  paper  written  cleaved  uppon  the  gibbett  poste,  publish- 
inge  his  majestie's  disavowinge  of  a  certaine  scandalous  pamphlet 
conceminge  the  kinge's  finall  answer  and  resolution  loucbinge  the 
Ltindoners'  late  petition  to  his  majestic,  which  was  there  declared  to 
be  none  of  his  majcsUe's  and  adjudged  to  be  burnt  by  the  hangman, 
etc.  The  title  page  of  ihe  pamphlet  was  there  cleaved  on  allso  for 
open  vciwe,  printed  at  Oxford  and  willi  the  counterfeit  armes  of  the 
Universitie,  viz.,  the  bookc  &c. ;  but  the  saidc  pamphlet  was  allso  lliere 
burnt  by  Uie  hangman  :  [vide  *  Mercunux  Au/icus  p.  19.] 

[Monday,  16  Jan.";  Convocation,  vide  <Rcg.  Convoc.)  S.  p.  14, 
P-  '7] 


'  the  reference  hi  sqnare  brackets  is 
added  by  WooJ. 
■  UcDi^c  Sluart,  lord  TVAnWpny. 
'  V^mi  Smart,  thiri]  dultc  cJ'lA'imox. 
*  Twync  wrote  ai  fust  '  I  uw,'  uid 


Iben  substituted  '  tbere  was.' 

•  this  reference  is  aiided  by  Wood. 

*  note  added  by  Wood,  aftcrwanis 
scored  out :  see  p.  81  tupv. 


JANUARY.  1643. 


«3 


Tuesday,  17  January,  a  soldier  put  uppon  the  wooddcn  horse  over 
gainst  GiUl  hall,  for  lieingc  a  tume  coatc  from  the  kinge  to  the 
parbmcnt  and  backward  againc,  and  for  scllinge  his  armes  &c. 

And  uppon  Wednesdaye  morninge  <iS  Jan.)  t^vo  more  uppon  the 
saide  horse  together,  for  other  faultes  &c. :  [\ide '  Mercurius  Auiicus 
p.  29.] 

Saturday.  21  January,  prince  Robert  went  out  of  Oxon  with  a 
great  army  of  horse  &  fnote,  in  number  about  7  thousand.  They 
went  out  of  Nonhgatc,  but  whither  it  ia  not  yet  knowen. 

Mondaye,  23  January,  the  terme  began  in  Oxford  for  the  lawe, 
accordinge  to  his  majesties  proclamation.— The  Court  of  Chaunccn,-. 
where  the  lord  LilUcton  '  sale  as  Lord  Keeper,  was  held  in  the  neue 
Convocation  house  at  the  Schooles,  where  there  were  some  causes 
pleaded  that  daye. — The  Court  of  Requests  was  kept  in  the  Natural! 
Philosophy  Schoole,  where  Sir  Thomas  Aileshury,  one  of  the  Masters 
of  the  Court  of  Requests,  sate  a  little  while,  y>r(iy(>rm<z,  that  momingc. 
—  Tliat  da)'e  allso  in  the  forenoone  there  was  a  trumpeter  from  the 
carle  of  Ksscxe  brought  in  blindfolded  to  the  court  at  Oxford,  with  a 
message  to  his  majeslie  conceminge  a  challcndge  of  fight  or  combate 
that  was  10  be  had  about  the  7  of  February  next  or  thereabouts, 
betwbct  the  lord  Grandison"  and  two  more  on  his  majesiic's  side'  and 
three  of  the  parlament  side^  and  50  seconds  on  each  side,  in  relatioa 
to  the  businesse  that  happened  at  Wjuchester  where  the  lord  Grandi- 
son  wa-s  supposed  to  be  foylcd  by  the  parlameut  forces  &  was 
taken  and  escaped  awaye  againe  &c.  But  of  llicsc  thingcs,  I  could 
leame  no  ccrtaintie  for  the  present  as  yet :  only  I  heard,  that  the 
challendgc  was  accepted  on  hoihe  sides ;  Jfe  what  will  become  of  it, 
•we  shall  heare  hereafter  &c. — And  as  the  magaain  for  armes  * 
gunpowder  was  in  Ncwe  CoUedge,  and  the  magazin  for  victells  in  the 
Gild  hall,  and  for  come  in  the  Schooles,  so  the  magazin  for  cloth 
for  soldiers'  apparrell  and  coates  was  in  the  Musicke  Schoole,  and  in 
the  Astronomy  Schoole  adjoyninge  to  it.  That  daye  albo  were  a 
great  many  of  tajlers,  as  well  forrainere*  as  townesmcn,  set  on  worke 
to  cult  out  these  coates,  to  the  number  of  4000  or  5000  (as  I  was 
told),  which  were  presently  afterward  put  forlli  lo  the  laylors  here 
inliabitants,  and  to  strangers  within  ten  miles  wbo  were  called  into 


'  refercQce  vldtd  by  Wood. 

'  Sir  Kdwan)  Lyulrion,  I.(ml  K«cpcT 
Jan.  19,  164!,  creatM  Innin  Lyttlclon 
of  MowQfclow  1)4  Frb.  164T. 

'  William  VilUen^  KCood  Tuoottnt 
GnuKUsgo. 


'  a  Ulcr  lumd  (?  RAwIini')  tiu  tn- 
urted  beie  between  llie  lines  : — '  u 
challengetv' 

*  the  same  haod  has  iosntct)  bere  : — 
*  u  drfmdant3.' 

'  t.c.  not  rcudcntB  in  Oxford. 


C  3 


84 


tf^OOD'S  LIFE  AND   TIMES. 


Oxford,  to  be  made  up  &  finished  Ac. — The  drawe  bridges  were  aD 
made  &  framed  in  the  Rhetoricke  Sclioole. — And  in  the  old 
chappell '  over  against  Ncwc  Inne,  and  allso  in  an  house  made  of 
boords  on  the  north  side  of  the  newc  biiildinge,  there  were  peiocs  of 
ordinance  cast,  and  bells  were  melted  for  thai  purpose. 

About  Uiis  time  allso  the  taverns  in  Oxford,  beiiige  formerly  (a 
Uitlc  after  Christmassc)  all  drawcn  dry  of  wine,  and  insted  thereof 
sold  ale  and  becre,  began  to  be  supplied  with  wines  againe,  as  longe 
as  they  will  last;  for  it  is  not  like  to  growc  dead  for  wantc  of 
SfKndinge,  witnesse  old  January  iiiih  his  polo*  &c. 

Tuesday,  January  24,  at  one  of  the  clockc  in  the  afiemoone,  there 
was  a  roeetinge  of  the  Delegates  of  the  Vicechanceller's  accoonts  at 
the  Schoolcs,  Dr.  (Samuel)  Fell,  Dr.  (Richard)  Bayly,  Dr. 
(Christopher)  Potter,  Dr.  (John)  Banbrid[»e,  Dr.  (Thomas)  Clayton, 
Dr.  (Daniel)  Estcote,  where  I  attended,  as  formerly  I  had  done 
December  29,  about  my  wages,  &c. ;  but  there  was  nothinge  done 
because  Mr.  (Solodcil)  Lichfcild  the  bedle  had  not  brought  in 
his  account  to  Mr.  (Richard)  Par,  neither  would  he  appear  there  &c. 
Whereuppon,  Dr.  Fell,  Dr.  Potter.  Dr.Cla)ion,  &  Dr.Barabridge,  walked 
downc  to  Dr.  (John)  Tollson's  lodgings  tlicn  Deputie  V'tcechanccUor, 
to  cnformc  hitn  thereof,  and  that  he  would  take  some  order  to  cause 
(Solodell)  Lichfeild  to  appeare  before  them  and  make  up  his  accounla 
Ac.  At  that  meetinge  there  was  much  adoe  about  alloweinge 
expences  for  procuringe  a  commission  from  our  Chancellor,  directed 
to  Dr.  (Giles)  Swcit  to  be  tlic  Chancellor's  Commissary  for  causes*, 
uppoi)  llie  Vicechancellour's  supposed  uncapabilitic  of  medltnge  in 
secular  aflaires  accordinge  to  the  newc  act  of  parlament  &c.;  wlicrc 
the  coppie  of  the  saide  Dr.  Swell's  commission  was  read  by  Dr. 
Potter  which  Dr.  Fell  gave  him,  and  it  was  then  moved  that  Dr. 
Sweit  sitould  send  in  his  commission  to  be  cancelled  &c.,  Dr.  Clayton 
staJidinge  in  niainctcnancc  of  those  cxpcnccs,  it  bcinge  thought  at 
Uiat  lime  (in  Dr.   Prideaux  his  Vicechancellorship)   thai   the  Viec- 


'  i.c.  of  S.  Marj-'s  Collrgc  (now 
Frewin  HaU) ;  see  CUik's  Wood'i 
City  of  Oiford,  ii.  ijj. 

*  the  ailuioQ  appears  to  be  to  aomc 
proTcrbial  verses  .piolnkly  iii  an  old 
Almuuc)  detcribing  the  employments 
and  uniuements  of  the  months  of  the 
ye«r,  thi»  being  the  character  then: 
given  to  Jaonary.  Thus  in  a  rtndcnt's 
common- place  book  tn  Lincoln  ColItf;« 
Libtaiy  C^ttec  1612-1616)  we  have 


two  sets  of  venes  on  the  twelve  tnontlut ; 
(1)  *ex  proceisionili  aot  qusmodi 
fjnodun  libro  '  bef:tns; — 

'Januarius.     I'ocnla  Janus  aouit^ ; 
(3)  the  uiher  '  cjt  alnuLoadi  Joliuuiit 
JonfT,  ifiia  '  begin*  :— 

'  Feoiodtis  Janus  calJces  escam(]ac  te- 
pentcm  Foscit.' 

*  Wood  notes  here :  '  of  tfiii  nialtct 
sec  p.  17'  of  the  MS.  (in  Hcamc's  time 
it  was  maikctl  p.  41) ;  i.e.  pi.  8j  injm. 


JANUARY,  ie4a. 


85 


chancellor  was  made  uncapable  by  the  act  of  parlamcnt,  which  ihe 
rest  denied,  saienge  that  the  act  expressed  no  other  medlinge  by 
spirituall  persons  in  secular  matters  but  only  by  waye  of  commission, 
whereas  the  Vlccchanccllor  is  a  justice  by  prescription  &  charter,  &c. 

Friday,  37  January,  word  came  to  his  majestic  to  Oxford  that 
Rcdingc  was  beseigcd  the  night  before;  allso  that  Brill  (where  his 
majestic  had  forces)  was  in  danger  of  beinge  taken  by  the  ennmie 
that  came  from  Ailesbury.  Whereuppon  there  was  an  alarum  in 
Oxford,  and  after  dinner  the  tdnge's  troopers  were  goeinge  for  Brill  to 
succour  It;  but  ere  ihey  were  very  farre  on  thdr  waye,  word  was 
biought  that  the  cncmic  had  left  Brill,  bcingc  beaten  backc  by 
cotonell  Gerard ;  and  so  the  troopers  returned  againe  about  4  of  the 
ctocke  &c. — That  daye  allso,  word  was  brought  (or  else  on  the  next 
diiy,  viz.  Saturday)  that  ihe  parlament  forces  that  were  come  (or 
comminge)  to  beseigu  Redinge  were  defeated  and  repulsed  by  his 
majestic's  forces  in  Redinge,  whereof  Sir  Arlliur  Aston  was  goveniour 
under  his  maJL-slie. 

Saturdaye  morninge  (28  Jan.),  Sir  Peter  Killigree  came  to  his 
majesrie,  sent  by  the  parlament  about  some  businesses,  namely  (as  U 
was  conceived)  to  mediate  for  safe  conduct  for  certaine  lords  that 
were  to  come  to  his  majestic^  from  the  parlamcnt  with  ccrtajne 
propositions  of  accommodation  &c, — Allso  that  mominge  there  uime 
to  his  majestic  a  drummer  from  the  earle  of  Kssex  about  other 
businesse,  which  as  yet  1  cannot  leame:  he  was  brought  in  mufBed, 
with  his  drumme  tied  about  him  at  his  backe. — A  post  or  two  allso 
came  to  the  court  ilial  mominge,  but  from  whorae,  or  about  wliat,  as 
yet  1  koowe  not:  lIic-  post  was  had  to  secretary  (Sir  Edward) 
Nicholas,  lodginge  in  Pembroke  College. 

Munday,  being  the  30  of  Januar)-,  164a  (i.e.  J),  Dr.  Tollson 
beioge  yet  Dcputic  Vice-chancellor,  there  was  a  meetingc  of  the 
contfers/us  prat/ictorum  * ;  at  which,  by  occasion  of  the  disagreemcnl 
amongcst  the  Delegates  for  the  Vicechancellor's  accounts  conccminge 
cxpences  and  moneys  laid  out  in  Dr.  I'rideaux  his  Vicechancellorahip 
about  procuhnge  of  commissions  for  Dr.  Sweit's  commissaryship  in 
Ivitt  of  the  then  Vicechancellor's  uncapabililic  of  inlermedlinge  m 
lemporall  matters  by  the  supposed  act  of  parlamcnt,  tlie  saide  Dr 
Swcit  was  there  convenlcd  before  them  about  that  matter,  and  it  was 
laidc  to  bis  charge  tliat  he  procured  letters  patents  of  the  earle  of 


'  '  roajcBtick*  in  MS.,  by  a  ii\\\. 

*  a  nuKluit;  »f  tlic  bcad»  ol  houses. 


ercry   Monday,   wni>  enjoined    by  the 
Laudiau  iuilics  bca.  VU.  Tit.  uiL 


I 
I 


Pembroke',  High  Chancellor  of  the  Univershic,  for  ihat  power 
without  the  Universilie's  consent,  bcinge  a  matter  of  so  great  con- 
sequence &  moment ;  and  dclL '  witli  him  as  farre  as  tlicy  could  to 
(^vc  up  hLs  said  patent:  which  he  utterly  refused,  saieinge  finally  that 
he  would  not  give  it  up  to  any  man  in  Oxford,  except  one  only, 
mcaningc  the  kinge's  majestic  who  was  then  present  in  Oxford 
Ac.  Dr.  Potter,  the  dcane  of  Worstcr,  told  him,  that  if  he  were 
Viccchancellor  he  would  discommon  him  etc.,  and  the  deanc  of 
Christchurch.  that  unlessc  he  would  give  up  his  patent  they  would  call 
ft  Convocation  and  acquaint  the  whole  Universitic  with  it,  etc.  Howe 
it  ended  I  knowc  not;  for  I  was  not  there;  but  thus  much  I  had  of 
Dr.  (Samuel)  Fell,  dean  of  Christchurch,  &c. 

Tuesdaye  (31  Jan.)  the  Lord  Keeper'  and  the  Judges  then 
present  in  Oxford  were  made  Dra  of  the  Cjvill  Lawc  Ac,  in  a 
Convocation  in  the  aficrnoonc. 

February. — Wednesdaye,  beinge  Candlemas  Eve  and  the  first  of 
February,  heiwixi  5  A  6  of  the  clocke  in  the  evenlnge,  there  came  in 
lo  Oxford  ^  or  5  coaches,  wherein  were  the  lords  (viz.  the  carles 
of  Northumberland*,  Penbroke\  Holland*,  and  Salesbury')  wiili  B 
more  of  ilit:  house  of  Commons,  sent  from  the  parlamenl  to  bringc 
certaine  propositions  of  accommodation  lo  his  majestic  Ac.  They 
were  guarded  into  the  towne  by  Sir  Jacobc  Ashley  with  some 
souldiers,  and  conducted  to  (he  signe  of  the  Starre,  where  they  supjwd 
together  dial  nigliL  But,  8  of  the  clocke  that  nighi,  his  majestic  sent 
for  Ujcra  to  come  to  the  court  to  him  and  deliver  llieir  message  that 
nighL  Which  they  did  accordingly  ;  and  were  aflcrwardes  dismissed 
lo  their  severall  lodginges,  Northumberland  lo  the  signe  of  tlic  Bcarc; 
Penhroke  10  Dr.  (John)  Bambridge  his  house  over  against  Mcrton 
College ;  Holland  to  . .  . " ;  and  Salcsbury  to  Kdwards  his  house 
at  the  racket  court.  Where  the  oilier  8  of  the  house  of  Commons 
lave,  I  knowe  not. 

The  next  da>-e  (a  Feb.),  bcinge  Candlemas  day,  none  of  them 
came  lo  the  court  nor  appeared  any  where  else  abroad,  as  farro 
as  I  could  undcrMand.  But  In  the  after  noone,  the  Doctors  assembled 
togeilicr  and  went  to  visit  the  carle  of  Pcnbrokc  their  Chancellor. 
Where,  amonge  other  conference,  it  pleased  his  honour  to  lett  them 
knowc  that  his  mlnde  was  that  Dr.  Tollson  •  should  continue  Vice- 


'  Fbitip  Herl<en,  fourth  crtrl. 

*  altered  bj*  a  Utcr  ttand  to  '  dcalc' 
'  lidtnttl,  lonl  LyiUctua. 

*  Alg<:ni<M)  I'oicy,  ti^nth  cnrl. 

*  I'tiilip  Herbert,  fonrUt  call. 


•  Henry  Rich,  find  «aiL 

*  William  Ceicil,  WGrMid  earl. 

*  Maitk  in  M.S. 

•  John  Tolson  D.D.  Sad  been  acting 
%t  fro-vi(t-<kaHt{flor.  tht  vicc-t;hajiwl- 


yAN.^FEff.ieAS. 


fi7 


chancellor  out  the  yere'.  He  told  them  allso  that  though  he  were  no 
sthollcr,  nor  could  doe  them  linle  good  nowe,  as  thinges  stood,  yei 
Ik  would  Dol  ttasc  to  praye  for  them,  and  hereafter  wlien  thinges 
were  better  soiled,  he  would  doc  for  the  Uiiivcrsilie  what  laye  in  liis 
power.  And  moreover  (as  I  was  told)  praicd  to  God  that  he  would 
open  the  kinge's  eyes  to  see  the  light  of  the  parlanient.  Some  saye 
that,  uppon  supposall  of  a  great  dearth  and  scarcitie  of  vittelts  in 
Oxford,  some  of  the  lords  (especially  the  earle  of  Penbroke)  brought 
some  store  of  villells  with  ihcin,  as  fowles  and  bottells  of  wine,  on 
sampler  horses  &c. ;  and  iindlngc  it  otherwiic  here  at  Oxford  (God  be 
llianked)  their  servants  made  ihcir  vittcls  awaye,  and  sold  of  ihc  wild 
fowie  to  the  huxslers  &c. 

Friday  mominge,  Febraary  3,  joyefull  newes  was  brought  to  the 
court  for  the  lakinge  of  Ciccslcr  by  prince  Robert's  forces  upiwn 
Candlemas  daye,  and  the  bells  runge  &c.  But  then  againe  there  were 
tldinges  brought  that  uppon  Candlemas  daye  there  wx^re  some  of  the 
partament  forces  seene  in  &  about  Tame  under  the  conduct  of 
captainc  Skiptoawho  hovered  thereabouts  with  a  purpose  to  gelt  that 
place  and  Brill  allso,  and  90  to  prepare  s.  wayc  to  invade  Oxford  &c. 
— That  dayu  allso,  about  noone,  the  aforcsatde  parlamentar)*  lords 
and  other  embassadors  of  the  house  of  Commons  were  wiih  his 
majcsiie  at  the  court ;  where,  in  the  garden,  they  received  an  answer 
in  writinge  to  their  propositions,  yet  so,  as  that  there  was  some  oilter 
meetinge  &  conferences  to  be  had  about  it  betwixt  them.  And  so 
they  were  dismissed  for  thai  lime,  and  were  very  merry  and  pleasant 
logvtlicr  in  their  coach  as  tltey  came  awaye,  wluch  was  obscrvi-d  by 
many,  &c — That  daye  a!lso  at  cveninge,  his  majestie  appointed  a 
thankesgivinge  to  be  made,  at  a  solemne  eveninge  praiers  at  Christ- 
church,  for  the  saidc  victory.  At  which  praiers  the  Vicechancellor 
(Dr.  0°^)  1'ollson)  and  all  tlie  Doctors  of  the  Universitie  were 
present  in  their  scarlet  robes,  the  Vicechancctlor  sittlnge  in  ihc 
dcAne's  stallc,  &  the  deane  in  the  subdean's  stalle;  but  there  was  no 
newo  forme  of  thankesgivinge  saide,  save  only  that  former,  for  the 
victory  at  Kdgehill,  and  a  very  solemne  anllieme,  /&vu^  skill  set  a 
trtfwnc  of  pure  gold  uppon  his  hid*^  &c.  and  uppou*  his  fttd  shall 
his  cratvnt  Jlourish,  &c. 

The  nest  daye  {4  Feb.),  beinge  Samrdaye,  these  lords  and  other 


lor  (Dr.  John  Prideaax}  baring  left  tbe 
Univrmty  wiihout  resipiiog.  Lord 
Pcmbmlcc  Qow  tiioitc  him  i'!ce-(ha«- 
nlfar  foj  whal  icinniti<.'!l  of  the  fcur. 


'  altered  by  Uic  Utcr  hood  to  '  yoir.' 

■  I'ain.  31,  3. 

'  ahercd  by  a  Uler  hiuid  to  '  liead.' 

'  INm.  131,  19. 


WOOnS  LIFE  AND  TIMES, 

pariament  embassadors  about  noonc  dined  all  together  at  the  Siarre, 
and  thence  departed  home  toward  Lundon  &c,  with  their  answer  and 
liis  majcstic's  proposalis  &c :  and  Saturday  ni;;ht  llic  printed  coppie 
came  TorUi,  &c. 

Mundayc,  the  6  of  February,  about  6  of  the  clocke  at  night  the 
prisoners  captives,  to  the  number  of  above  eleven  hundred,  with  some 
twelve  or  14  ciilours,  taken  at  Cicester  by  prince  Robert,  together 
with  6  or  7  cart  loadcs  of  pillage,  were  brought  in  to  Oxford  by 
Si.  Giles  his  church.  His  majcstie  haviage  byn  abroad  all  that 
aftemoonc  as  farrc  as  Wolvercote,  veiwed  them  as  they  came  in,  most 
of  iliem  bcingc  able  and  lusty  fcllowcs.  For  that  night  they  were 
most  of  them  lodged  in  St  Giles  his  church  and  Magdalen  parish 
church ;  from  whence  they  were  aflerwardes  dispersed,  some  to  tlie 
Castle,  some  to  other  places  Ac.  And  tlien  some  of  the  propcreat 
felloves  of  them,  a.fter  they  had  taken  the  newe  protestation  appointed 
lately  by  his  majePtie,  were  newe  apparrelled  and  tookc  into  service 
for  his  majV-stie,  &c.,  and  most  of  them  dispersed  up  and  downe  into 
other  regiments,  as  occasion  served. 

Tlic  next  dayc  after  bclnge  Tucsdayc  (7  Feb.),  prince  Robert  him- 
selfe  with  all  his  companie,  exceptingc  those  that  were  left  at  Cicester 
for  a  garrison  under  the  conduct  of  prince  Maurice,  brother  to  prince 
Robert,  returned  to  Oxford,  &c. 

Febr.  17,  beingc  Fridayc,  the  Scolts  commissioners  came  to  his 
majeslie  to  Oxford,  viz.  Lowden'  &  another  lord  and  Henderson'; 
one  for  the  nobilitic  of  Scotland,  the  other  for  the  clcrgic  and  gentrie, 
the  other  for  the  commons.  There  was  anoiher  lord,  viz.  the  carle  of 
Lanneringe'  brother  to  marquesse  Hambleton,  &  Secretary  of 
Scotland,  who  had  all  the  letter.%  packetis,  and  informations  about 
him  that  were  sent  from  Scotland  to  his  majestic;  but  he  came  short 
home,  as  beinge  cither  unwillingly  or  willingly  intercepted  *  by  the 
wave  by  the  parlamcnt  forces  in  the  north  country,  and  all  his  letires 
&c.  conveyed  up  to  the  parlament.  Whereuppon  the  kinge  would 
not  nor  could  hold  any  treatie  with  the  oihcr  commissioners  nor 
undcrstaiide  ihcir  meaninge  for  want  of  those  letters  and  papers,  and 


'  John  Campbell,  created  earl  of 
LoodoiiD,  13  Mty,  1633. 

"  Alexander  II«ndi-n>oti,  lately  mlniii- 
tcrof  LcGdurs.now  rcizlorurivlintiargti 
Uoivcraity. 

*  A  liter  Iiiin<l  hns  wriltCD  above; — 
'Laonck.'  William  llnmilton.  earl  of 
IjAaik     (created     31     March    i''<39^ 


brother  of  James  Hnmilton,  thirl  mar- 
quess (created  on  13  Apr.  16^3,  duke)  of 
ITninihoTi. 

'  Twyntf  ndiU  in  the  margin  : — '  hut 
aftcrwardc«  he  cnmc  nlUo  to  Oxfrml  to 
ttK  wnrt  with  bis  fcllowc  conumtftitnicr*. 
etc." 


FEBRUARY,  1643. 


89 


it  is  thought  that  there  is  some  double  dealinge  on  thr  Scoits  side  in 
this  businesse,  &c.  [Nowc  *  it  is  well  knowne  why  A  wherefore 
these  Scottish  commissioners  came;  namely,  to  presse  his  majestie 
thai  the  church  of  England  might  be  made  conformable  in  all  points 
to  tlK-irs  of  Scotland,  &c-] 

Mundaye,  20  Fcbr.,  the  lord  Digby,  with  2  or  3  troopcs  of 
horsemen  and  as  many  of  dragoners,  set  forth  out  of  Oxford  over 
South  bridge,  tnwardc  llic  Vies'  in  Wiltshire  (as  it  was  thought), 
about  some  exploit,  but  what,  we  could  not  tell:  [but'  on  the 
Wednesdaye  after  <  \2  Febr.)  prince  Robert  went  out  of  Oxford  with 
other  forces,  toward  the  West  country  allso  as  it  was  supiwscd,  to 
meete  &  joyne  with  Sir  Ralfc  Hopton  &c.] 

[a  I  Feb.*  T.,  Convocatio  (vide  in  Registro  Convoc.)  S  (fol.)  ai  : 
against  conferring  of  degrees  :  see  in  paper.] 

Lent  discharged  this  year  by  ihe  kinge's  prochmation,  Wed- 
nesdayes  &  Saiurdayes  beinge  flesh  markets',  and  Oesh  eaten  tn 
Collcdges  &  Halls  all  tlie  lent  longe.  And  whcrexs,  tiie  Wednes- 
daye fast  for  Ireland  Ix'inge  kept,  Uie  market  was  wont  to  be  kept 
uppon  the  Tuesdayc :  nowe,  uppon  Wednesdaye  2  2  of  February, 
being  the  fast  daye,  the  market  was  allso  kept  uppon  the  same  day 
in  Oxford. 

Saturday  the  25  of  Febr.  the  duke  de  Vandome,  who  liad  byn  in 
England  a  g0G<I  while  lK:forc,  base  sun  to  king  Henry  4  king  of 
France,  and  brother  to  (he  queen  of  England,  and  who  came  into 
England  to  avoide  the  displeasure  of  the  great  cardinal!  of  Fraunce 
(Richlieu),  nowe  hearinge  of  the  said  carclinall's  deih",  came  to 
Oxford  to  take  his  leave  of  his  majestic,  with  purpose  nowe  to  reiume 
bome  into  his  owne  cunlry  to  Fraunce  &c.  —The  same  daye  havinge 
occasion  to  payc'  the  Vitechancellor  Dr.  (John)  Tollson  >ome  money 
for  llie  Universilie,  Dr.  (Richard)  Steward  deane  of  Paule's  came  lo 
Dr.  Tollson,  to  thanke  him  In  tlie  kinge's  name  for  the  Universitie's 
workcs  about  the  townc  (for  the  trenches  &c.)  with  a  desire  tliat,  in 
regard  that  the  towne  was  some  thinge  back«-arde  in  their  taske  of 
wnrkc,  the  Universilie  would  be  pleased  to  hclpe  the  towne  forward  in 
their  taske  &c. 


'  added  by  Twyne  at  a  Utci  date. 

*  the  latci  hand  note*  io  the  nurgin: — 

*  ad<]cd  afti^rwaidit  hjr  Ttvyne. 
'  txsAx  *A'\»\  hy  Wuod. 

*  ««  Clark's  Wood's  City  of  Oxfotd, 
i.483. 


*  '  deth '  changed  by  a  later  hand  to 
•  death.' 

*  the  oicuilng  eccins  to  be  that  Twync 
wns  wiib  the  vice-chancellor  on  this 
rmnrl,  when  Dr.  Stenmud  came  in,  and 
•a  Twync  heard  tlie  menage. 


.Muoday  27  Fcbr.  in  the  evefung«  word  was  brought  to  Oxrord  ft 
to  the  court  thai  tbc  qoccnc  was  landed  al  Ncwecasllc,  uid  sotne^ 
bonfiers  were  made  in  the  streets  &c — Jttdge  Heth',  Lord  Chdfe 
Juiltoc  of  the  kingc's  bench,  sent  fmm  Oxon  to  Abingtone  to  keepe 
Uhlxci  or  gaole  delivery  there  for  Rirkshirc. 

Tuot-day,  38  Fcbr.,  prince  Rolwrt  Sc  his  brother  prinw  Maurice 
rolunK-<l  home  to  Oxford  &  came  to  tbc  court.  They  had  b}-n 
itttniad  in  Hampshire  &  Surrey  &  at  Basingc,  as  it  uas  thought  to 
tiilrri«|)l  a  ^rcAi  dcak*  of  money  in  Windsore  forrest  that  was  sent 
IVttni  London  to  tlie  eitrk  of  Vstex  at  Windesore,  and  so  to  be 
I'ouvc  I  I'tt  wc»lward  10  [>a,i'c  Ihc  juirlanirnt  soldiers  that  were  that  u-ayc. 
VlniiUii|*ui  Sir  Kalfv  A^ti^i  from  Redding*-,  and  prince  Robert  from 
lU«IU|lc,  ttM)|:hl  to  »ctt  up(<on  it,  one  before  &  another  behind :  bat , 
thty  (lut  ki»d  Ibe  chftC|v  of  the  nxmcy,  ha\-inge  some  inklinge  of 
\au,\\v  KnbMl'*  Utacf  tUoad  there,  itnnv  backe  againc  to  Wyndsore, 
«ih(  ihu*l  ftal  ikdwuiiuv  Ihc  monty :  tad  w  prac«  Robert  reiumedj 
hvuiv  (u  iUfot  '  -  ^*  A\ 

httad^Vi  J  <^  IVtct  KUVrtftrwv  cunc  Dom  the  parlament 

t(i  Uiv  voutt  Ut  ^^^>i(  Kv  «  mk  wlkttKt  for  cextaine  lords  and  others, 
s4  Oh>  hiHMp  \fi  i\^^ttu««lu  Kt  ctww  h>  Oxford,  coocemtnge  the  cessa- 
SM\  k4  vtww*  UMf  thkv  «»4tw,  t>w  UvAUke  the  kwil  Saye  was  named 


I  MM^Mt.  nciuitM  whom  his  majcsiie  hath 
..  .;^«  tWtn.  ihereforv  some  stoppage  was 
l<ut  Sit  IVter  was  ili>maaed  b«cke  with  his 
I  ^mk>  Kil  ith>  wcflke*. 

i)>.   •  ,<i  MAR'h,  St  D«Wd's  daye,  the  assizes 
>  Jutlge  lleihe.  Lord  Cbeife  Jnstioe 


K'l  wiv  \*i  lUvlu, 
WMW  i>I  thv  I 

uf  ih*  lttU|lV«  Witvh  .^1. 

)irtVUi\^y.  <  \il  Mitivh.  princv  Robert  and  his  brother  prince 
M^»ik^  vrtih  *  pvAi  nunpAny  of  troopers  ft  dragoners,  went 
t'tti  '       >        1  |iv\M  Si>ulhbn(lgc  about  6  in  the  mominge  ftc;  and 

U|>| ',iu  ittt(lil  It  wa«  Ktidc  Umt  he  layr  at  Malmesbury  &c. 

lilt  AjriMv  niu  lit  llrlAtoU  (aa  it  Bcemcs)  where  it  was  thought  a  good 
p'Kii  ■     .1  tut  ilw  kinjjo  anil  ctirac  out  to  him  or  leu  liim  in:  but 

till'    I  >■  »idi'  *  liitvcit   that  were  goti  in  there,  ovennastercd 

(hvin  Utat  Wtft«  of  the  kinged  side  in  the  tittie  and  imprisoned  them 
AiNI    Aiul   ko  U|i|Hin   VVldaye   night  and   Saturday  mominge   next 


*  *  ll(^|l>  t  •  Uti-t  liaixl  to           *  hcR   (bitowed,  bat   tcorcd  nut  -.^ 

'  lUalli '                     .  I  ii«|ti.  niailv  Lunl  '  andtowctctfaeScottislicoinaiiisiaocnt 

(lilt-l  JiMlUw  «rt  llie  Klitc'a   Ucni^  31  alUo.' 
<iDt,  Iftii. 


FEB.  — hf ARCH,  1643. 


91 


followtnge,  beinge  the  10  and  11   of  Marcb.  they  all  returned  to 
Oxfurd  agatnc,  re  in/ccfa  &c. 

Mundaye,  13  March,  a  warninge  from  Sir  Jacob  Ashley,  govcrnour 
of  the  towne,  for  men  to  come  forth  wiih  axes,  hatchcOs,  &  bills,  for 
loppmge  of  trees  &  cuttingc  up  hedges  about  St  Clement's  parish 
ft  toward  Hedington  hill,  for  the  better  discovery  of  the  enemy,  if 
Ibey  had  come  that  way,  &  freer  passa^  for  shoolinge  at  (hem  from 
thu  workes  and  fort ifica lions,  there  bcinRr  at  itiat  lime  some  companies 
of  the  parlament  forces  at  Tame  and  WTicatly,  and  drawings  hilher- 
wurtles  to  Oxford  as  it  was  feared,  in  regard  ihat  they  heard  of  prince 
Robert's  beinge  at  Bristol),  but  not  heard  of  hts  returne  home  agatne. 
So  sixe  troopcs  of  the  kinge's  beinge  sent  forth,  they  chaced  awaye  9 
troopes  or  more  of  the  pariament's  as  farrc  as  Wickam  or  farther  Ac. 

Then  allso  the  pas.*-agc  from  the  kinge's  lodgiugcs  ihorougli  Dr. 
{Robert)  Pajii's  garden,  Corpus  Christi,  and  Mcrton  College  into 
the  queen's  lodginges  in  Merton  CoIIedge  then  *  makinge  ready  for 
her  majcstie  *,  was  l)egtin  &c. 

Toesdayc  14  of  March,  the  southeme  backe  workes  or  fortifications 
at  and  about  Merlon  College  and  the  river  Chamell,  were  begun  &c. 
The  bankea  w  crc  cast  up  to  make  ihe  river  overflowe  llie  medowes. 

Wedncsdayc  (15  March)  a  ducll  bctwxt  the  lord  John  *,  one  of  the 
duke  of  Richmond's  *  broihera  and  Mr  Ashboraham,  a  gent,  of  his 
majestie's  bed  chamber,  at  the  further  ende  of  Christchurch  medowe  ; 
no  hun  done  on  cither  side. 

Friday,  17  of  March,  many  troopers  &  dragoners  were  sent  out 
of  Oxford  toward  Gloceler  as  it  was  supposed,  or  else  toward 
I\!ahncsbury  as  others  thought,  and  that  prince  Ro1>ert  was  to  goc 
afier  uppon  Munday,  in  regard  that  in  the  mcanc  lime  the  lords  & 
others  were  expected  from  the  parlament  to  treat  about  the  cessation 
of  armcs  Ac. 

Saturday,  18  March,  a  soldier  hanged  uppon  the  gibbet  slandingc 
at  Carfox  conduit,  for  killing  of  a  woaman  dwellings  about  Glosier-Iiall 
or  Brokcnhaycs  Ac  He  had  byn  a  parlament  soldiour,  taken  at 
Hraincford. 

Friday,  Saturday.  &  Sunday  (beinge  the  19  of  March),  many 
soldiers,  both    troopers,  dragoners   &.  footemcn,  marched    out    of 


'  '  dieo,'  chan[r«)  by  a  later  band  to 
•  there.' 

*  Wortd  notfs  in  the  margin  ;— '  pro- 
Tiftlou  (t)(  the  i|uccire  cominmg.* 

*  JohnStuail,tifihioaof£AncStaan 


third  dnkc  of  Lennox. 

*  Jamrs  Sliinrt.cMcat  sonofthcthml 
ilukc  of  Lcnoos,  wiu  created  duke  of 
Kicbmond  8  Aag.  i64r. 


Si 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


Oxford,  to  the  number  of  3  or  4  ikousund  (aa  it  was  supposed),  some 
one  waye,  others  another  waye,  but  no  man  knowcth  yet  directly 
whether,  or  to  what  place,  and  prince  Rolwrt  hiraselte  went  forth  on 
Saturdaye  (as  I  was  told) ;  yet  the  concurrencie  of  opinion  is  that  theyc 
were  all  for  Ailesbury,  haWnge  4  or  g  peices  of  ordinance  with  them, 
the  earlc  of  Essex  (as  it  was  said)  havinge  lately  sent  5  or  6  great 
peices  of  ordinance  thither  for  some  designe. — About  that  time  allso 
(as  1  was  told)  the  Scotts  commissioners  went  awaye  from  Oxford  (if 
they  had  never  come  at  all  I  thinkc  it  had  byn  better)  and  Sir  Peter 
Killigree  allso  that  came  for  a  safe  conduct  for  the  commissioners  of 
the  parlament  about  the  cessation  from  armes,  si  diis  placeal,  returned 
to  Oxford  againe,  &c.  [But '  Uie  Scolls  commissioners  went  not 
then,  Ac.  And  though  there  was  no  cessation  of  armes  agreed 
uppon,  yet  the  ireatie  began  either  uppon  that  Saiurdaye  or  the 
Munday  followinge.] 

Tuesday,  21  March,  prince  Robert  with  his  company  retreated  from 
Aylesbury  rt  jn/tcla,  the  place  beinge  to  strongc  for  him,  and  so 
fortified  by  the  parlament  forces,  that  there  was  no  good  to  be  done, 
etc. — The  same  daye  came  the  earle  of  Norihuml^rland'  and  others 
from  [he  parlament  to  the  court  at  Oxford,  to  treat  about  the  cessation 
of  amies  &c.  Since  prince  Robert's  retornc  or  retreat  torn  Ailesbury, 
it  was  reported  at  Oxford  (which  I  fmde  most  probable  since)  tliat  the 
said  prinoc  was  sent  for  home  by  the  kioge  from  Ailesbury  in  regard 
that  iJic  parliamenteers  were  come  to  Oxfurd  about  the  cessation  &c. 

Wednesday  32  March,  the  Lord  Cheife  Justice  of  the  kinge's 
bench,  {Sir  Robert)  Hcathe,  was  directed  to  a  common  counseil  of 
our  townesmen  of  Oxford  to  impart  unto  them  his  majestie's  pleasure 
for  the  grasse  of  porlniede  bctwixl  our  Lady  daye  and  the  25  of  July, 
for  provision  of  hayc  for  his  maJesLie's  horses,  if  he  should  be  driven 
to  continue  here  bo  longe,  with  assurance  to  them  of  his  majesties 
propension  and  furthcrencc  to  convert  that  meadow  to  thcix  best 
profit;  and  eommoditie  &c. 

Fridaye  (24  March),  our  Lady  daye  eve,  prince  Robert  went  out 
from  Oxford,  as  it  is  thought  toward  Malmesbury  lately  taken  by 
Sir  William  Waller,  and  to  Cicesler  &  those  parts  &c. :  and  he 
returned  againe  to  Oxford  tippon  Mundaye,  bavinge  regained 
Malmesbury  againe  to  the  kinge,  &  goud  store  of  armes  which 
Waller  and  the  parlament  forces  had  left  there  in  their  flight  from 
Malmesbury  &c. 

'  sentence?  a<lt!cd  l>y  Twync  ■fterwanls. 
Algernon  I'cicy.  tenth  cArl. 


AfA/iCH,  1643. 


n 


Tursdaye,  March  a8,  1643,  prince  Robert  went  forth  with  his 
forces  tigaine ;  but  whither  or  lo  wliat  [)lacc,  it  is  not  yet  Icnowne  &c. 
—The  sanie  daye  the  flesh  market  was  kept  in  Oxford  by  reason  of 
iJie  fast  followeinge  uppon  Wednesda)'e,  but  the  come  market  tc 
otlier  ihinpes,  and  some  flesh  sta!k-s  allso.  was  held  uppon  Wcdncs- 
dayc  it  sclfe  &.c.  [Il '  appcarcth  since,  Uial  prince  Robert  went  to 
Binningham,  which  lie  tooke  &c.] 

Thtirsdaye^  30  of  March,  3  soldiers  were  brought  to  the  gibbet  at 
Carfoxc,  to  be  hanged  for  ranninge  awayc  from  their  cullours :  but 
then  word  came  from  the  court  that  but  one  of  them  three  was  to 
Buffer  for  all  tlie  rest,  and  that  the  dice  should  be  cast  to  trie  who  (hat 
one  Rhould  be :  but  when  all  came  lo  all,  other  word  was  brought, 
that  the  prince  had  Iw^ged  all  their  lives  for  this  time  Ac,  and  so  they 
were  pardoned  a!I  three. — Allso  that  daye  in  the  afternoone  the 
solemniiit;  of  the  Lord  Almoner's  washinge  poore  men's  feele  was  kept 
4  performed  solomncty  tn  Christchurch  hall  '.j 

[Anrhony '  Roper,  esq.,  was  buried  in  the  north  isle  joyning  to  Ch. 
Ch.  cboire\  M.,  27  March  1643.] 

An.  Dom.  1643 :  19  Car.  I:  (Wood  aet.  U.> 

*It  was  much  laraenied  by  the  relations  of  the  father  and  mother 
of  A.  W.  that  he  and  his  brother  Christopher  were  left  yong,  when 
their  father  dyed,  and  that  no  body  was  left  (because  of  the  raging 
of  tltc  civil  warr)  to  laJcc  care  of  tlicm,  only  a  woman.  His  eldest 
brother,  Thomas,  whome  J  shall  mention  under  the  ycare  1651, 
was  then  a  rude  and  boisterous  soldier.  His  second  brother,  Edward, 
was  now  a  yong  ncholler  of  Trinity  CoSI.  (lately  of  Merton)  and  did 
in  this  or  in  the  next  ycarc  beare  srmes  for  his  majesty  within  llw 
garrison  of  Oxon,  and  was  so  farr  from  being  a  govemour  or  tutor 
to  others,  that  he  could  scarcely  govern  himself.  And  his  third  brother 
Robert  was  in  France  in  the  thirteenth  yeare  of  his  age.  In  this 
condition  he  continued:  and  yet  went  to  schoolc*  at  New  coU.; 
but,  by  the  great  hurry  and  noise  ihat  was  this  yeare  in  Oxon, 


'  ulded  aftenraids  by  Tvrj-nc 

*  here  enda  the  ricerpt  from  Twync's 
'Maitering*.' 

'  this  lod  the  obilnary  noticcx  which 
Jollow  from  Ibis  point  arr  I'rom  Ihe  MS. 
which  Wood  calls  his  '  Oxford  Obiul ' 
or  his  •  Obital  book ' ;  Wood  }^  S.  Y  4. 

*  for  intAtmcnU  ia  Ch.  Cb.  cathedral, 


dee  Wood's  grouni!  plan  ofthc  cathedml 
at  the  end  of  vol.  ii.  of  Clark's  Wood's 
City  of  Oxford.  For  moDnmcnlal  io- 
Bcri|itJoni  in  the  cathedral,  see  Catch's 
Wood's  Colleges  and  Halh,  p.  467  sqq. 
•  •coo1inocd:yttwcotMHlUo«cht»lc/ 
b  the  HarL  MS. 


H 


WOOlfS  LTFE  Am)  TIMES. 


and  by  Uiv  absence  of  his  master',  he  and  his  brolher  lost  much 
time. 

'This  ycare  the  plate'  which  had  been  given  to  A.  Wood  at  bis 
christning'  by  his  godfathers  and  godmoiher^which  was  considerable 
— leas  (witli  all  other  plate*  in  Oxon)  carried  by  liis  majcstic's  oom- 


'  i.e.  tlic  mister  of  New  Collie 
school  abrurntcd  himself  from  his  duty 
during  the  oommotion  utd  confoKon 
of  the  year. 

*  (he  iiitmlioR  ofthU  note  w  to  net  up 
a  claim  for  Wood  himself  to  be  uue  of 
the  'loyal  inffeicrs." 

'  the  words  '  at  his  christning '  ore 
nilded  from  the  Ilarl.  MS. ;  they  uc 
omitted  in  the  TatiiuT  MS. 

'  (cc  tufra,  p.  8i.  Dr.  Blisi  gives 
the  following  note  abont  Celiac  plate. 
*  AccowQt  of  the  College  plate  sent  io  to 
theMiotin  1C4I  {[lirom  MS.  Tanner  33H;: 

The  cathedral  dmich  of    ib.  oc  dwt. 

Chriat 173  3  14 

Jc40S  coU^c 86  1 1  5 

Oiiel 83  o  19 

Qnceot  .    .*....    .193  3  I 

Lincoln 47  ^  5 

Uniwrsity 61  6  5 

Braseiittuiic iJi  >  15 

&(.  Mary  Mnedftlcnc.     .     .  896  6  15 

All  Souls 353  1  19 

Italliol 41  4  o 

Wcrton 79  ri  10 

Trinity 174  7  ]o 

Exeter '■4'i  5  ' 


1856    6  19 

Tt  Till  be  rem.iiltcd  that  the  omissions 
in  ttiis  list  arc  New  College,  Corpus,  Si. 
John's,  WatlhaTD  iintl  Pembroke.  There 
is  no  Uwitt  but  that  each  of  these  col- 
lides concribntcd.  Corpus  tent  in  iheir 
l>kte  shortly  after  the  list  was  made, 
although  the  exact  quajitity  no  where 
■ppcon.  Til  New  CfiSIeyc  no  rei-ord  nf 
the  trnnsiction  hns  yet  lieeii  discorcrcd, 
bat  that  society  has  no  plate  of  an  age 
earlier  than  the  reign  of  Charles  the 
Second,  (some  few  pieces  hereafter  cnn> 
mcntted  excepled.t  and  in  11343,  for  Uie 
Gnt  time,  appear*  a  charge  in  tht  bur- 
mt's  books  for  gtani  and  horn  drinking 
Tcnels,  and   shortly   after   for  prutUr 


spoons  for  the  nic  of  the  waiden.  Wad- 
ham,  as  is  proved  by  n  docnment  in 
their  Drchi^x^,  conlnlnitcd  loolb.  tor. 
I  fdwt.  of  white,  and  ajlb.  40Z.  of  gilt, 
pjalc :  Pembroke  has  no  plotc  of  aa 
earlier  dale;  whilst  the  following  me- 
morandnm.  taken  ima  the  MS.  account 
of  the  IJankenilk's  very  satisfactorily 
Bixounts  for  the  untiuion  nfSt.  John's  ; 
and  in  corroboration  of  the  statement, 
the  college  register  of  1643  sets  down 
800/.  as  the  exact  sum  paiil  over  to  ibr.' 
king  in  the  first  instance. 

"  I  am  informed  by  my  worthy  friend  ■ 
Mr.  Ridiitnl  Red,  that  when  King 
Charles  y*  first  bad  his  rcsidcocc  in  Ox- 
ford, in  y*  time  of  onr  civil  war*,  the 
king  wanting  ca«h  to  pay  his  soldiers, 
he  wa«  necessitated  to  said  for  the 
college  plate  to  eoyne  money,  and  ac- 
cordingly bad  it  delivered  to  him.  But 
St.  John's  colletlge  people  bcin;:  loath 
to  loose  the  memory  of  their  bcne&cton 
gave  y"'  king  a  mme  of  money  to  y* 
value  of  it,  and  so  it  iciid  wiib  them 
some  time,  bat  y  king's  urgait  occa- 
sions for  money  still  pressing  him  frjr- 
ward,  he  sent  to  demand  it  a  sci:iiiid 
time,  and  had  it ;  upon  which  y  king 
ordered  the  rebus  of  Richard  I^yly.  the 
then  president  of  Sl  John's  1644,  lo  be 
put  on  the  money  coyn'd  with  y*  plate. 
Mr.  Kod  did  help  me  lo  half  a  crown  of 
this  money,  wh"*  had  y»  rebus  of  kich. 
Uayly  on  both  sidi-s;  via  under  y»  king 
ft  horseback  on  ooe  siiie,  and  under  this 
motto : — 
REL .  PRO .  LE .  ANG .  UB .  PAR. 

The  Pintcslant  religion,  the  laws  of 
England,  and  the  privil^c  of  [larlia- 
mcnt." 

'  It  may  be  added  that  a  few.  and  but 
a  fe^v,  rcliqucs  of  the  andcnl  collegiale 
plate  are  «ill  lo  be  loond  in  the  Univer- 
sity ;  in  most  hutanccs  pieces  either  be- 
stowed by  the  fooDden,  or  givca  by 


APKILy  1843. 


95 


liid  to  the  mint  at  Newe  Innc,  and  Uiere  turned  into  money  to  pay 
his  majesties  armies. 

April.— [Paul  Pert',  scijcant  of  the  counting  hcDsc,  was  buried, 
S.,  I  April  ifi^3,  in  the  north  isle  joining  to  Ch.  Ch.  choiw-  I  have 
printed  his  epitaph  in  'Hist!  et  Antiq.  Uni\-ers.  Oxon.'  lib.  a  p.  287 
and  288.] 

[Thursday',  6  ApriU,  in  the  forcnoonc  a  wamingc  came  from 
his  majestic,  published  in  writinge  upjion  Christchurch  gate  under 
his  majesties  handcs,  for  all  manner  of  troopers  in  Oxford  thai  either 
had  heretofore  served  his  majestic  in  the  warres  or  were  to  serve  him 
nowe.  together  with  their  ser\'ants  or  adherents,  to  present  themselves 
before  his  majestic  uppon  Saturday  momlnge  in  Ncwe  parkes,  tlKTC 
lo  be  ranked  &  distributed  for  service  as  his  majcstie  sihould  sec  good, 
for  the  guard  of  his  majesties  person  &c.  And  in  the  aftemoone 
bis  majestie  had  a  vciwe  of  his  owne  troope  at  Newe  parkcs  &c. 

The  nexte  daye  (7  Apr.),  beingc  Fridaye,  in  the  morninge  ail  the 
lowne  of  Oxford,  with  the  mayor  &  his  brctliren.  and  all  house 
keepers  else  inhabitingc  in  Oxford,  bothe  pri\nlcdgcd  and  freemen, 
beinge  housekeepers,  were  called  together  to  the  court  at  Cbrisl- 


tpedftl  benefacton,  ind  doabtlen  saved 
from  tbc  f^icral  wreck  out  of  a  gnttrful 
respect  to  the  memory  of  the  donors. 
Thus  at  Exdcr  utUcgc,  there  U  a  salt* 
Miliar  of  very  licatiliful  workmanship  ;  at 
Oriel,  tJiiec  piece*,  a  grace  nip  ulvcr- 
gilt  gi»tn  by  kini;  Kdward  the  Second, 
a  ctaicr  ImwI  and  a  cocoa-nut  set  in 
silver,  a  present  £roin  Carpenter,  bUhop 
of  Worcester,  about  1470;  al  CorpUK,  a 
remarkably  chaste  and  fine  chalices,  two 
BaU-«cllnrfi,  silvcr-giltj  ooc  of  utqniate 
hcauty  formerly  Hisfaop  Fox's,  and  some 
si>oon»  of  cciQiiderable  antiquity  ;  at 
Queen'*,  the  celebrated  honi,  given  by 
tbc  foDiider  according  to  one  tradition, 
by  queen  Philippa  as  othcrB  say,  and 
the  communion  plate  (i<^3t  and  1637). 
At  New  college  are  several  fine  pieces; 
a  ult-»cllar  of  singular  dcsifpi,  an  ape 
holdui);  A  large  crysial  enclosed  in  silver 
l^t,  and  at  the  bottom  satyrs  in  gro* 
lesqnc  altitRdex:  this,  together  ttidi  a 
bow)  of  fignrcd  ware  elc^nnlly  wt  in 
•ilveT,  wa«  given  by  arciitiishop  War- 
ham  \  two  standmg  cups  with  covers, 
one  given  by  Walter  liyll;  and  three 


nota  Mt  In  silver,  one  apparently  of  con- 
siderable nnli<)uity  rcprcs<^iting  a  vine 
with  Its  hrancbtni.  running  up  the  cup, 
and  hcdgetl  in  with  a  mde  paling  of  sil- 
ver; a  second,  not  »o  old,  resting  nn 
small  iciilptu(c<l  angels ;  the  thiidgireti 
t>y  Catharine  Baylic,  who  died  in  lAoa 
At  'Iiinity,  a  chalice  of  eLit>ontc  work, 
and  in  excellent  taste,  which  there  Kcms 
00  reason  to  doubt  come  from  the  abbey 
at  St.  Alhan's,  and  falling  into  the  hands 
of  sir  Thnnias  Pope,  was  bestowed  by 
him  on  his  newly  rounded  college.  Christ 
Chaich  has  a  large  solver  originally  be- 
longing to  Osncy  Abbey  ;  and  the  com* 
munion  plate  at  St.  John's  (15A6).  New 
Culli-gi;  i;i<ioz).  Bniscnnow  (1608),  as 
well  OS  a  chaliocat  Kalliol  (1614),  Oriel 
(1641),  Wsdham  ^abont  1613),  arc  all 
anterior  to  the  reign  of  Charles  the  First, 
and  were  probably  concealed  dtn-lng  the 
ciril  wars.'— Sec  also  Th€  CetJiga  ^ 
OxforJ  [Mcthocn,  1891],  pp.  89,  135, 
a67.  i.^8.  413- 

■  note  in  Wood  MS.  F  4. 

•  Twync's  Musltrinp,  rennied. 


9fi 


IVOOirs  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


church,  bis  majcslic  and  the  lords  beingc  in  the  council  chamber 
(\dz.  the  chapter  house),  where  the  mayor  &  his  brethren  A:  assistants 
were  called  in  to  his  majeslie  &  the  lords, — the  commonaltie,  pmi- 
ledged  men  &  freemen  beingc  in  Chrisich.  hall  &c — (he  principall 
molion  beinge  about  a  garrison  to  be*kept  here  in  Oxford  by  the 
Univcrsitie  &  the  townc  uppon  his  majesiie's  departure  hence  when- 
soever it  should  happen  &c.  Wliat  was  said  or  done  in  it,  as  yet 
I  knowe  not  &c.  nor  who  was  the  chcife  man  that  broke  the  matter 
to  the  company  in  Christ  church  hall  &c. — That  afCernoone,  mectinge 
witli  Dr.  (Thomas)  Clajion,  I  happened  to  askc  him  about  it  & 
whether  he  was  warned  as  an  house  keeper  to  come  thither  or  not 
about  any  such  biisinesse  &c.  He  saidethat  a  towne  sergeant  came 
la  him  to  wame  him  to  come  to  Gildliall  as  uppon  that  dayc  morn- 
inge,  and  from  thence  to  goe  to  the  court  to  attend  his  majestic's 
pleasure,  Ac.  Where  uppon  he  sent  to  the  mayor  Mr.  Dennys  to 
knowe  whether  he  sent  any  such  warninge  or  not,  who  answered 
tliat  he  sent  word  only  for  such  priviledged  men  as  did  trade  to  come 
tliilher  &  for  none  else :  but  whether  the  priviledged  men  did  come 
thither  or  not,  I  knowe  not  as  yet,  &c. 

Saturday,  8  Aprill  in  the  aftemoone,  all  troopers  &  horsemen  that 
were  then  m  Oxford  presented  themselves  before  his  majestie  In  Newe 
parke,  where  they  were  severed  into  3  rankes  or  companies  as  I  con- 
ceived ;  but  what  was  further  done  about  them,  as  yet  1  knowe  not, 
&c:  divers  were  ranked  under  troopes  thai  formerly  were  of  none. 

This  wceke  beingc  Easter  wi-ckc,  and  the  governor  of  the  cittic 
appointed  by  his  majestie  (viz.  Sir  Jacob  Ashley)  beingc  sicke,  there 
was  another  {viz.  .Sir  John  Penniman)  joyncd  with  him  ;  though  others 
conceived  that  the  old  gentleman  (Sir  Jacob)  w.is  displaced,  why  or 
wherefore  I  knowe  not. — This  wteke  allso  the  cutt  was  made  thorough 
Timber  yarde^  for  the  passage  of  the  water  from  Mcrton  College 
privies,  and  the  old  passage  under  Chrisichurch  garden  wall  (viz., 
the  garden  to  Dr  (William)  Stroud's  lodginge).  and  the  other 
slinckiiige  ditch,  were  slopped  up. — Allso  uppon  occasion  of  a  dcepc 
trench  digged  about  that  lime  from  llie  corner  of  Mcrton  College 
wall  to  the  physickc  garden,  there  w*ere  digged  out  a  great  many 
of  stones;  which  as  it  wa.*)  conjectured  were  used  there  for  the  build- 
inge  of  some  vaults  or  subterranean  passages",  the  earth  allso  being© 
found  to  be  made  ground  all  there  abouts,  viz.  some  blacke  earth, 

'  »ee  Clark'i  Wood's  City  of  Oxford,  water  pipe*  th«t  oime  from  HalyvrcU 
it  isS.  to  Mcnoo  College.' 

*  Wood  notes  in  the  nuirgin  :— *  Uic 


APRIL,  1643. 


97 


other  red,  without  any  vcynes  of  gravell,  whereof  it  seemcs  it  had 
formerly  *  byn  robbed,  which  gave  occa^on  to  some  of  the  digsers,  & 
other  plebeians  then  present,  to  imagin,  yea  &  stifFcly  to  mainclayn, 
that  diere  had  byn  a  mote  in  former  ijines,  and  that  this  towne 
had  byn  formerly  moted  atx>ut  on  the  south  side  allso  as  well  as 
on  the  north  side,  which  on*  my  part  (beinge  uppon  a.  time  there 
present)  I  denied,  aflirmingc  that  this  towne  was  moated  only  on  the 
north  side,  allso  partly  cailw  aid,  &  partly  westward,  especially  ever  since 
the  buildinge  of  the  castle  on  the  west  ende  of  the  towne ;  for  what 
it  was  before  that  lime  we  knowe  not;  though  certaine  it  is  that 
It  was  a  walled  towne  longe  before  the  buildinge  of  the  castle,  in 
the  Saxons'  time  (and  perhaps  allso  in  the  Britons'  times)  whereof  we 
have  good  proofe  &c 

Tuesday,  1 1  of  Aprill,  the  kinge  had  his  troopers  in  Newe  parke 
againc  in  the  ailcrnoone,  where  they  were  trained  Ac.;  and  so  againe 
uppon  <J4  Apr.)  Friday  that  weeke  [and'  (i8  Apr.)  ihe  Tuesday 
followinge.] 

Saturday  *,  Sunday,  &  Afunday  that  weeke,  many  forces  sent  out 
of  Oxford  &  the  parts  adjacent  for  the  releife  of  Readinge,  bescigcd 
by  the  earle  of  Essex  &  parlament  forces — God  prosper  his  majestie's 
businesse  &c.— prince  Rupert  and  his  brother  prince  Maurice  beinge 
not  domi  but  mt'litiae  in  other  places. 

This  weeke'  allso  the  parlamentary  committee  that  were  a  few 
dayes  before  sent  hither  to  his  majeslie  to  Oxford  to  treat  together 
about  propositions  and  articles  of  peace  &  disbandinge  of  armies, 
were  sent  for  backe  againe  home  to  Lundon  by  the  houses  of  parla- 
ment ;  and  so  dcpaned  re  infecla  and  the  treatie  dissolved  &  broken 
up ;  and  then  presently  after,  the  earle  of  Essex  advanced  to  Kedinge 
with  his  forces,  as  aforesaidc. 

At  the  latter  ende  allso  of  this  weeke,  the  cutt  of  groundc  toward 
the  further  ende  of  East  bridge  by  St  Clement's  was  made  for  the 
lettingc  in  of  Charwcll  river  the  better  to  owrflowe  Cbristchurch 
mede  and  Cowley  landcs  about  Millham  bridge*,  by  the  mcctingc 
of  Charwetl  and  Thames  together,  for  defence  of  the  cittie  &c. 

Allso,  Sunday  i6  April,  1643,  in  the  forenoonc  in  sermon  time 


'  Twyne  here  inicrted  between  the      the  Ittcr  hwid  bu  changed  this  to '  mat} 


ltDC«  '  to  have,'  omitting  lo  strike  oot 
the  preceding  'it  hud.'  The  later  haiitl 
wekfc  lo  combine  both  readings  by  b- 
»Tling  here  '  used  to  have.' 

'  the  MS,  bai)  pcihaps  ■  one/  i.e. '  on* ; 


■  added  by  Twyiic  later. 

'  April  15,  16,  17, 

*  that  endit^  Sat.  Apr.  15. 

'  KC  CUilt's  Wood's  City  uf  Oxford, 


WOOtrs  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


at  St  Marie's  Clnirch,  uppon  ilie  nortli  ^oorc,  there  was  a  paper* 
found  pasted,  in  a  fayre  luilian  hand,  thus  inscribed': — 

QuaesthHts  tlmutiotdat  i»  Sfkota^  Jurifprudtntiae  dit  19  hujtts  mtnsis. 

An  militia  irgni  sit  mnlitia  pulinnicnti  ?     Ncg. 

An  protestatio  pailunenuha  rit  dcterior  joTunento  cnm  &c.?    Nrg. 

An  ccclcsis  pura  Scaticana  debcat  esse  moderatrtx  corrnptae  tcdcsiae  Angli- 
caau?    Aff. 

Rfspendfntt  Alnnndrci  Hcodersono,  Soolonun  catntnissionuio ;  Op/ontnitf 
qnicUDqac  thIc. 

But  in  the  aftemoone,  when  Dr  (John)  Oliver  preached,  it  was  not 
there  to  be  scene. 

Wednesday,  19  Aprill,  at  evcninge,  alwut  6  of  the  cIcKke,  hia 
majeslie's  forces  (of  horse  especially)  went  out  of  Oxford  in  all 
ha»t,  to  meet  with  the  parlamentar^-  horsemen  about  Abington  (as 
it  was  saide)  in  number  about  200,  Redinge  beinge  then  beseiged 
by  the  lord  of  Essex :  but  what  became  of  that  businesse,  I  knowc 
not. 

Friday,  ai  Aprill,  there  came  into  Oxford  from  Worcester  (as 
it  was  said)  about  foure-score  &  fifteenc  cart  loades  of  ammunition, 
and  was  conveyed  to  his  majesde's  magazine  in  Newe  College  and 
else  where;  for  1  could  not  leame  the  ccrtaintie  ilicreof:  but  some 
cart  loades  of  stuffe  and  bedtlinge  was  driven  into  the  court  at  Christ- 
church  fire. 

The  next  day  after  (33  Apr.),  beinge  Saturdaye*,  prince  Maurice 
returned  to  Oxford  from  Glocestcrshire  parts  &  followinge  of  Sir 
William  Waller  whom  he  drove  into  Glocester,  much  wounded,  as 
it  was  saide,  &c.  It  was  saide  that  the  Scottish  commissioners  ft 
other  Scotts  were  dismissed  this  wecke  &c. 

Sundayc  (23  Apr),  toward  eveninge,  a  company  of  foote  soldiers 
marched  out  of  Oxford  toward  Dorcliestcr;  where  the  rcndevous  was 
appoynted  for  that  night,  and  so  toward  Redinge.  In  this  company 
llic  kinge's  standard  was  borne  &c.  There  were  allso  fowrc  other 
culburs  carried,  but  not  in  that  array  as  they  should  be.  And 
uppon  Munday  morninge  (34  Apr.)  there  was  a  great  rumotir 
here  in  Oxford,  as  if  all  chose  soldiers  had  byn  cutt  of  that  night 
by  the  parlamcnt  forces  at  Dorchester:  but  (God  be  thanked)  it 
proved  otherwise. 


'  in  the  fashion  of  an  ordinary  notice 
of  a  dc'gtM  cxcrciic :  kc  Clark's  Ke^. 
UnW.  Oxon  11.  i.  74. 

'  Twyne  aolcs  in  ii»c  marji^n  : — '  Mr, 
.  .  .  EUon  brought  me  ihis  coppie  whieb 
be  aawe  upon  the  doorc' 


*  Twyue  note*  in  the  mni^n  that  the 
Low  School  wai  '  then  a  siorehotiie  for 
come  and  cheeK  for  the  k'm^'i  promion.* 

'  Wood  note*  in  the  mar^a  : — '  aa 
Apr.,  kine's  lettcn,  vide  loos  paper.* 


^pj?/L—sfAy,ie^3. 


99 


Mumlay,  34  April,  his  majestic  tooke  hLi  journey  from  Oxford 
toward  Rcadinge  betwixt  7  &  8  of  the  clocke  in  the  morninge,  & 
hy  ihat  night  (as  it  was  saide)  in  Walingford.  And  at  dinner  time 
prince  Rupert  returned  from  Lichfeild  to  Oxford ;  and  after  he 
had  refreshed  himsclfe  a  little  at  Oxford  &  dined,  he  tookc  his  journey 
after  ihe  kin^c  toward  Wallinjjford,  with  all  his  company ;  an  abun- 
dance of  soldiers  bollic  horse  and  foole  came  in  and  went  out  of 
Oxford  after  the  kings,  that  daye;  and  the  next  daye  allso  &c.  His 
majcstie  tookc  with  him,  his  eldest  sonnc  prince  Charles,  but  the 
yoonge  duke  of  Yorke  he  left  behinde  him  with  his  tutor  (the  bishop  ' 
of  Salisbury)  at  Clirislchurcli  &c.— AUso  that  daye  and  the  next  daye 
the  cunlry  men  of  the  trained  bands  of  tins  county,  bcingc  sum- 
inone<!,  came  in  and  appeared  here  at  Oxford,  to  receive  order  about 
a  garri>.on  to  he  made  up  of  them,  for  the  defence  of  the  Universitie 
&  dttie  of  Oxford  duringe  his  majestie's  absence,  by  the  lords  and  the 
commissioners  of  the  councell  of  warre  which  bis  majestie  had  left 
here.     What  became  of  the  businessc,  I  knowe  not. 

Thurscdaye,  27  of  Aprill,  after  much  fightingc  &  bloodshed  about 
the  toniie  of  Readinge,  the  said  towne  was  yeilded  up  to  the  paila- 
ment  forces  &c. 

The  next  daye,  licinge  Friday  (28  Apr.),  there  was  not  so  much 
as  a  drutnme  mo  heard  to  beaie,  all  the  morninge  {as  usually  they 
did)  in  Oxford,  nor  any  tramplingc  of  horses  &c ;  but  every  ihinge 
bush  and  silent. 

Uppon  Saturday  ^29  Apr.)  his  majestie  returned  home  to  Oxford 
by  dintter  time,  and  in  the  aftemoone  all  the  horse  &  footc,  together 
with  prince  Rupert  and  prince  Maurice,  returned  to  Oxford  with 
all  their  forces,  and  with  the  garrison  allso  that  came  out  of  Kedinge, 
a  very  great  number  in  all,  and  about  40  cullours  &c. 

May'. — Tuesday  (2  May),  a  great  number  of  footc  men  were 
led  forth  out  of  Oxford  towards  Abington,  viz.  to  quarter  there  abouts 
and  about  Newnham,  to  kccpc  out  the  earle  of  Essex  his  forces  from 
gocingu  to  Salisbury,  as  it  was  noysed.  Others  sayc  that  they  staye 
tlierc  to  expect  a  battcll  with  Essex  bis  forces  Sec.  They  have  pitched 
their  Icnts  there  for  their  rcndcvons. 

This  wecke  the  workes  of  fortificaiion  '  in  St.  Clement's  parish  were 


*  tbe  Iftter  hmid  ootes  '  Dr.  {Brian) 
Doppa.* 

»  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4,  Wood  notes  :— 
'Sir  Aathoajr  Browne,  knight,  clerk- 
coDlroIln,  was  buried  between  Ifae 
graTcs  of  Antbony  Roper  ntid  Pnui  Perl, 


W.,  3  May  .645.* 

'  Wood  notes  in  the  margin  : — '  Mr. 
Rnwliiuoo  of  (Jncen's  (I.e.  Xalpti  Kall- 
iogsoa)  cfiKiuocr,  vi<le  (Kcf^.  Convoc.) 
S.  <foI.>  37.* 


U  2 


lod 


WOOERS  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


begnn.  Coloncll  Feildinge  «*»  questioned  allso  before  the  lords  of 
the  councell  of  warre,  and  condemned  (as  it  is  said)  for  yeeldinge  up 
of  Rcdiiigc  towne  lo  Uie  earle  of  Ksscx  by  ircchcry  &  oilrcr  the  like 
basenessc  &c :  see  the  articles  of  the  jcclclinge  up  of  Readings  in 
Mercuric  i  17th  weckc  conccniinge  the  deliveringe  up  of  ccrtaine 
soldiers  to  the  carle  of  Essex,  who  were  fled  from  his  army  to  the 
kinge's  part  in  the  towne,  whereof  his  excellence  forsoothe  hanged 
some,  and  shot  others,  for  forsakinge  tlieir  rebellion  &  rcturningc 
to  their  duetie  &  obedience  to  their  sovcraigne  leigc  lord  &c. 

Uppon  Ascension  daye  bcinge  Thursdaye  May  {4)  at  ereningc  the 
duke  of  Richmund,  who  had  byn  with  the  quccnc  in  Holland,  came  to 
the  court. 

[Su.,  7  May'  1643,  vide  printed  loose  paper.] 

[29  May",  M.,  Acta  convocalionis  (in  Registro  Convoc.)  S.  <foL) 
39.] 

June. — [5  June',  M.,  1643,  scholars  at  work  at  the  works  and 
beare  armes  :  vide  loose  paper.] 

About  the  8  or  9  of  June  1643,  the  parlament  forces  advanced 
irom  Redinge,  &  came  stealinge  alongc,  amonge  &  under  llie 
wooddes,  to  Ncltlebcd,  and  so  little  by  Hulc  to  Stokcnchurch,  from 
whence  they  gott  under  the  covert  of  the  woods  lo  Tame,  where  & 
about  the  necre  adjacent  plares  they  quartered,  we  at  Oxford  ihinkinge 
that  their  intention  had  byn  to  come  directly  uppon  us,  and  to  bcscige 
our  towne,  &c.  ^Vhe^euppon  his  majesiie's  leaguer  removed  from 
Abynglon  warde,  &  was  drawcn  10  BulHugton  greene,  &  quartered 
in  tlic  villages  tliercabouts.  The  wcckc  fullowingc,  viz.  on  Munday 
June  12,  13,  14.  &c.  the  houses  at  Si  Clement's  parish,  as  many  u 
were  without  the  works,  were  pulled  downe ',  and  Barthelmewe's 
grove  or  ulmetum  was  cult  downe*  all  in  one  daye,  for  feare  lest  the 
enemie  draweinge  neere  to  beseige  the  towne,  might  harbor  there  in 
&c,  and  the  trees  were  sold  to  diverse  men  &c. 

That  wcckc  alUo,  his  majrstie  sent  bothe  to  the  Universitie  &  the 
towne  for  another  supply  of  money,  m.  iooo/i.  of  the  Uniwrsiiie,  & 
as  much  of  the  towne,  or  else  lliingcs  could  not  goe  one  for  ihe 
present  safetie  of  his  majestic  &  of  bolhe  the  bodies  &c.  The 
schollers  wrought  &  digged  for  the  raisinge  of  the  workcs  and 
ibrtifications  in  Christchurch  mead.     Sec  the  printed  orders. 


'  note  inserted  hj  Wood. 
*  note  jott«d  by  Wood  at  the  fool  of 
the  p«ge,  and  tcurcd  odl 


*  KC  Clark's  Wood's  City  of  Oxfotd. 
i.  i86. 

*  ice  tUd.  iL  517. 


MAY—yUNE,  1643. 


101 


14  of  June  and  3  or  4  dayes  following  his  majcsiifi  borT<V!»tijLor  il»e 

Universille  2000//,  and  of  ihe  town  2000/i".  and  500//.  _.-;  * 

Friday,  belnge  17  of  June,  towarde  night,  joyefull  newes  came  ttf  the 
court  of  the  great  victory  obtained  by  his  nxajesiie's  forces  in  the  wast:' 
\\Ticreuj)pon,  the  bells  &  bonfires  were  sett  on  workc  in  Osfordj  ail* 
alongc  the  streets  and  in  Chrtstchurch  quadrangle,  &c. 

Sunday,  iS  June',  a  great  skinnish  l>etwixt  the  kinge's  forces,  led 
by  prince  Robert,  and  the  parlamcnt  forces,  about  Chislington  hridgc, 
foure  miles  southeast  ward  from  Oxford,  or  rather  at  a  place  called 
Chinnor  neare  Tame,  where  prince  Robert  had  the  victory  of  them, 
retumingc  liome  about  noone  with  diverse  prisoners  and  2  or  3 
Cornells  taken  from  the  enemy  &c. — Ncwcs  allso  was  brought  of 
another  battelt  lately  fought  in  L)'ncolnshire  by  one  Cavendish  the 
carie  of  Newcastle's  brother  &c.  much  joye  for  this  and  ringingc  bells 
at  Christchurch  Ac. — In  the  other  skirmish  or  fight,  about  Chiimor,  ic 
was  saide  that  Uamden  ^  was  either  mortally  wounded  or  slaine ;  ft 
Uiat  Godwine  was  one  of  ihcm  that  were  burnt  in  a  barne,  fired  at 
that  lime  by  some  of  prince  Rupert's  soldiers,  wlicrin  many  round- 
heds  were  gotten  &c,  but  this  was  not  so.  Amonge  the  prisoners 
there  taken  &  sent  to  Oxford,  there  were  4  or  5  Oxford  lowncsmen, 
viz.  a  ceriaine  joyner'  by  name  .  .  .*  &  one  Jellyman,  and  a  man 
of  alderman  (John)  Nixon's,  which  alderman  had  fled  to  London 
uppon  tlie  kinge's  comminge  hither ;  and  these  were  to  be  banged 
the  next  dayc,  bcingc  Monday;  but  ihey  gott  loose  out  of  prison,  and 
ran  awaye,  &c.,  as  captaine  Windegatc  had  done  before,  when  coloneU 
Feildinge  (who  betrayed  Redinge  to  the  carle  of  Essex)  should  ha%'e 
byn  behedded'  in  the  Castle  yard  at  the  latter  cnde  of  Maye. 

June  23,  Friday  morninge,  great  thunder,  raine,  and  hail  at  Oxford, 
by  which  Christ  Church  steeple  011  the  south-east  side  was  sliaken  and 
some  stones  fell  out. 


'  «  Ultlc  later  in  tlic  MS.  Twjrnc  gives 
thia  scwspapcr  eittict  about  this  skii> 
miib  : — '  Sunday,  the  18  of  June,  a 
gml  lighl  betwixt  the  kuigc'siuid  the 
paflamcat'a  forces  aX  ft  pUcc  called 
Chinnor,  lome  3  mile  beyond  Tune 
whuc  the  carle  of  EU«x  then  layc, 
wbcTc  prince  Robert  was  la  great  dan- 
gcf,  but  came  of  agnJne  with  hcmor  and 
wone  the  feild,  Hamiien  wounded,  of 
which  he  died  a  few  dates  oftirr,  etc — 
Mc  the  Mtrairim  in  the  J^lb  wtcke.' 

'  John  Hampden  wonndcd  on  Chal- 


grove  field.  So.,  iS  June,  died  at  Tharac, 
S.,  34th  Jane.  Wood  319  (J)  are 
'  Elegies  on  the  death  of  colooeU  John 
Hani|Mlcn,'  liy  J.  S.,  Lond.  1643;  Wood 
noting  that  Hainjulen  was  '  a  grand 
relwll  uf  Rnckv' 

*  I  think  the  word  Is  'ioyner',  Le. 
joyner,  with  the  i  not  dotted,  and  not 
'  coyJicr '  as  Hcamc  reads  it. 

*  blank  in  MS. ;  Wood  notes  in  the 
niargln  *  Walker.  q(  nacre).' 

^  altered  by  th«  later  hand  to  'be- 
bended.' 


lOA 


WOOrfS  LIFE  AND  TTS^ES. 


[2},'jtine\  Tuesdajr,  soldiers  to  be  p^d  by  scholars,  vide  loos 
pap<f(-;*and  allcgalion  against  taxing  scholars.] 
.•l9_of  June,  bcingu  Su  Peter's  dayc,  in  the  afiemoonc  a  mcclingc  of 
;Hi(ft8r'  of  howaes  al  the  Viccchancellor  his  lodgingc  in  Oriel  CoUedge, 
•t^  advice  about  the  order,  sent  to  the  Universilic  frotn  his  mnjestie 
'ftjid  the  rest  of  his  commissioners  and  of  the  counccll  of  warre,  con- 
ceminge  the  towne's  motion  to  have  the  priviledged  persons  inhabi- 
tants of  the  towi>e  to  be  jojned  &  concurre  widi  them  and  their 
5  or  6  hundred  soldiers  which  they  would  raise  &  niainetainc,  if 
occasion  served,  for  the  towne's  defence  ;  from  which  modon  they 
were  all  most  averse  &c.,  refusingc  utterly  lliat  their  priviledged  persons 
should  be  joyned  with  the  towne,  but  that  they  should  be  joyned  with 
the  schoUers  who  were  to  be  listed,  and  were  actually  listed,  for  scnice 
in  warre  as  to  the  defence  of  this  Universitie  &  towne,  and  whereof 
there  had  assembled  400  of  them  that  momingc  in  Christchurch 
mede  &c. — That  \tTy  eveningc  allso,  the  Vicechanccllor,  accompanied 
with  3  or  4  other  of  the  beds  of  houses,  delivered  a  pctidon  in  tlie 
Univcrsitie's  name  10  his  majestic,  for  the  free  use  &  enjoycinge  of 
their  liberties  &  privilcdgcs,  so  much  wronged  &  violated,  in  so 
many  passages,  as  in  the  taxinge  of  priviledged  persons,  and  the  like 
&c:  to  which  his  majestie  gave  a  grattous  answer  for  Utai  tim<^  as 
Mr.  Vicechanccllor  told  roe :  but  what  will  become  of  it  further,  as 
yet  we  knowe  not  &c. 

July '. — July  6  *,  Thursday,  a  piiblickc  thankesgivingc  app>ointed  to 
be  held  here  in  Oxford  by  his  majestic,  for  the  late  victory  in  the 
north,  with  a  sennon  preached  in  Christchurch  by  my  lord  archbishop 
of  Armali  ^James  Usher),  &  another  at  St.  Mane's  &c.  Tlu-ec  or 
4  nights  before  that  daye  there  had  byn  bonfires  in  OKford  u[^n 
that  occasion  &c. 

8  of  July,  Saturday  eveningc,  good  rewes  brought  to  the  court  at 
Oxford,  conccminge  the  takinge  of  Leeds  in  Yorkeahire  &  2  or  3 
other  places  ihereabouis,  by  a  great  victory  obtained  over  ihem  by  the 
kinge's  forces.  That  cvcninge  allso  good  tidinges  from  the  west 
country,  of  a  great  victory  obtained  by  his  majcslie's  forces  there 
under  prince  Alaurice  and   marqucsse  of  Hartford  &  Sir  Ralph 


'  note  jotted  by  Wood  at  the  foot  of 

the  pftgc,  and  then  sccttd  out. 

*  altered  Iiy  11  later  hand  to  '  beada.* 
'  in  Wood  MS.  F-  4  Wood  notes  :— 
'Sir  WillisRi  Wiseman,  baronet, buiied 
in  the  chuich  of  St.  Peter  in  the  ICasl, 


S.,  I  July  1643.— Sir  John  Spelraan, 
knight,  liuiied   in  the  chaaccll  of  Su 
Marie's  church,  W.,  a6  July  1643  :  ion 
of  Sir  Henry  Spelman  the  ojitiquarie.* 
•  'July  8 'in  MS. 


yi/A'E -'AUG.  164^3. 


103 


Hopton  against  the  parliament's  forces,  led  by  Sir  William  Waller  &c 
Bonfires  made  over  all  Oxford  &c. 

The  Tuesday  foUowcinge  ^i  ■  July)  prince  Maurice  returned  home 
10  Oxford,  havingc  received  a  defeate  in  the  west  cuntry  by  Waller 
about  a  place  called  the  Vizc  ' ;  who  went  backc  againe  the  next  daye 
witli  more  forces  to  encounter  Waller  &c. 

Thursday,  13  of  July,  tlie  kinge  with  his  troopes  that  were  here 
in  Oxford,  with  the  youngc  prince  &  the  duke  of  Yorkc,  rode  forth 
to  meet  the  quecnc  comininge  out  of  the  north  cunlry,  and  ihcy  mett 
together  at  Edge  hill,  where  the  battcll  was. 

And  on  Friday?  (14  July)  in  the  ewninge  the  kinge  and  qucene, 
with  all  their  trainc,  came  into  Oxford.  'I'hey  rode  intoChristchurch 
in  a  coach,  and  as  soonc  as  Uiey  were  alighted,  the  kinge  had  the 
qucene  to  her  owne  lodgings  or  court  appoynted  in  Merlon  college 
through  Corpus  Christi  backeside  &c. ;  where  there  w-ts  a  speech  made 
to  the  qucene  for  her  enteri-iinement  &  wellcome ;  bookes  of  verses 
&  gloves  presented  to  her  by  the  Univcraitie.  Mr.  Dennys,  the 
mayor  of  the  towne,  accompanied  only  with  his  mace  bearer  on 
horse  backe.  brought  his  majestic  into  Christ-church,  the  mayor  in 
Rcarlelt  bearinge  the  mace  uppon  his  owne  shonlder,  ridlngc  with 
Garter  the  cheife  of  the  heraldes  &c.  hut  no  oilier  of  the  towne  came 
with  him ;  and  of  the  Universiiie  there  rode  none  at  all  &c. — That 
daye  allso,  or  the  daye  before,  came  joyefiiil  newes  to  Oxford  of  the 
good  successe  of  the  kinge 's  forces  at  the  Vize  against  Waller,  and 
howe  he  was  quite  vauquislied  &c.  Ringingc  of  bells  over  all  the 
towne  &c. 

And  uppon  the  next,  viz.  Saturday  ('5  July)  all  the  common 
soldiers  then  at  Oxford  were  newe  apparrclled,  some  all  in  red,  coates, 
breeches,  &  mounicers;  &  some  all  in  blewe*.] 

Angust. — [William  Killlngtre',  esq.,  was  buried  in  the  middle 
north  isle  joj'ning  to  Ch.  Church  choire,  ¥..  4  Aug.  1643. 

Steven  Scanderet,  yeoman  of  the  wardrobe  to  his  majestic,  was 
buriedin  the  north  isle  joyning  to  Ch.Cb.  catliedrall,  W.,  16  Aug.  1643. 

Sir  William  Pennyman,  bt.,  govcrnour  of  the  garrison  of  Oxon, 
was  buried  in  the  south  isle  joyning  to  Ch.  Ch.  choire,  Th.,  34  Aug. 


*  '  DeTu«3 '  added  in  the  margin  bjr  s 
later  hand. 

*  herecBdstbcMS.,Twyne*s'MBstcr- 
U^*;  the  later  hand  (which  I  take  lobe 
that  of  Thomas  Rawlins  of  Fo|'liilU) 
haa  aotcd  here  'pMB»«lFcb.  17th  ijj!,' 
aad  hA»  noted  tbc  coinjxus  of  the  M& 


'From  9th  Ai^*   164,1  to  15U1  July 
1643."    Twync  died  4  Joly  1644. 

*  tbcK  obitcary  boIcs  are  trom  the 
MS.  which  Woud  calli '  Oxford  Obital ' 
or  '  OIJltA]  Suok  *  (DOW  nMiked  Wuvd 
MS.  F.  4;. 


3Q* 


WOOrfS  ITFE  AfW  TIUES. 


1643.  I  hav-c  primed  his  epitaph  in  '  Hist-  et  Aniiq.  UnivcR,  Oxon.' 
(edit.  1674)  lib.  2  p.  290  col.  2. — Anne  Pennyman,  Oie  relict  of  Sir 
William  Pennyman.  buried  by  her  husband,  18  July  1644. 

Edward  Holt,  esq.,  heir  apparent  to  (Sir  Thomas)  Holt,  (of 
Aston),  baronet,  was  buried  in  the  south  isle  joyning  to  Ch.  Ch. 
choire  ncare  10  ihe  head  of  bishop  (Robert)  King's  monument,  W., 
30  Aug.  1643.] 

8«ptember.^[Franci8  Bcrlic*,  fourtJi  son  to  the  earl  of  Lyndsey 
(Robert  Bcriic).  was  slainc  in  Newbury  figlu,  W.,  20  Sept.  1643,  in 
the  king's  service.  Whose  body  being  embalmed  was  reposed  in  the 
™ult  belonging  to  AU  hallowes  Church.  Which  being  afterwards 
removed  was  interred  in  the  chancell  of  Wjtham  Church  by  Cumnore 
in  Berks,  by  the  bodies  of  Edward  Wrey  and  Edward  Sackvill 
esquires.  T.,  10  Oct.  1658.] 

October. — [William  Villiers',  viscount  Grandison,  buried  in  the 
south  isle  joyning  to  Ch.  Church  choire,  neare  to  the  dore  leading 
into  the  church-yard,  M.,  2  OcL  1643-  There  is  a  monument 
lately  put  up  for  him  by  his  daugliter  Barbara,  dutchess  of  Cleveland.] 

['643  *.  IV  OcL,  Convocation.] 

[Sir  John  Burroughes  *,  Garter  King  of  Armes,  was  buried  in  the 
middle  (a  little  more  towards  the  upper  part)  of  the  Divinity  Chappcll, 
Su.,  32  Oct.  1643. 

Roger  Jones,  viscount  Ranelagh  in  Ireland,  was  buried  in  S. 
Peter's  Church  in  the  East,  M.,  30  Oct.  1643.  He  was  president  erf" 
Connaught  there,  and  died  of  the  cpidemicall  disease  then  raging  in 
Oxon.] 

November. — [Nov.*  3,  F.,  John  Bainbridge,  Dr.  of  Phisick,  died; 
and  was  buried  afterwards  at  the  upper  end  of  the  choir  at  the  high 
altar  (in  S.John  Bapl.  cliurch)  ;  buried  with  escocheons.] 

[Gcorg  Aglionby*.  D.D,  and  dcanc  of  Canterburj-,  was  buried  at 
the  foot  of  bishop  (Robert)  Kind's  monument  in  the  south  isle  joyning 
to  the  choire  of  Ch.  Ch.,  S.,  1 1  Nov.  1O43.] 

[William  ^Levins*  of  BoUcy  in  Berks  ncarc  Oxon,  son  of  William 


'  note  ID  WmkI  MS.  F.  4. 

'  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4. 

'  note  by  Wood  in  M^  BalUrd  6S : 
Id  the  tame  MS.  he  notes  ii]»o  '  1645, 
October,  <e*irl  of)  Pftnbroke  articled 
a{;ainin  and  liira«d  out  (of  the  Cbanccl- 
lotship  ot  the  L'tkivcnily) ;  tee  paper 
oil  u)y  tahle.' 

*  oalea  m  Wood  MS.  F.  4. 


•  note  la  Wood  MS.  E  33  and  MSv 
Rawl.  II.  403  a. 

•  iio(e  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4  p.  63. 

•  note  in  Wood  Ma  F.  4  p.  Ra. 

'  Wood  gi*es  these  ana*  :— '  arRcnt 
on  a  bend  sable  3  cfcallopf  of  the  ticid 
(LerlDil:  impalinf;.  ^<t  a  wiTcm 
pauant  argnt  ^  Brent].* 


AUG,  — DEC.  1643. 


105 


Levins  of  Oxon,  was  buried  at  the  west  end  of  Allsainls  Church,  T^ 
t4  Nov.  1643,  H(!  mairicil  KlUalwlh '  one  of  the  daughters  of 
Anchor  Brent  of  Liule  Wolforcl  in  com.  Warwick ;  by  whom  he  had 
issu,  Robert  (master  of  Arts  of  L>iicoln  Coll.,  afterwards  a  captainc 
in  the  King's  army,  and  exet:ulcd  for  l:ts  lo^-aUic  against  tin;  Old 
Exchang  in  Corahill  on  S.  the  13  July  1650,  anno  actatis  35,  leaving 
then  a  widdow  named  .  .  .  daughter  of  Sir  Peregrine  Bertie  son 
of  Robert  carle  of  Lindsey),  then  Richard,  and  a  daughter  (named 
. . .  ,  who  was  married  to  .  . .  Spencer,  a  chandler  Hving  in  the  parish 
of  St.  Peter  in  the  Baylie,  sometimes  chamberlain  of  the  city  of 
Oxon).— The  said  Elizalx-ili,  wife  of  William  Lcvinz,  was  buried  by 
her  husband,  . .  .  1646.] 

December. — [Dec'  4,  M.,  Richard  North,  one  that  came  wth 
the  queen's  retinew  died,  buried  in  the  north  part  of  the  outward 
chapel  (of  Merlon  College).] 

[Sir'  Peter  Wjche,  ki.,  controuler  of  the  king's  house,  buried  ncarc 
ibe  lord  Grandison's  grave,  Th.,  7  Dec.  1643  :  father  to  Sir  Cyrill 
Wyche. 

Caplaine  John  Sacvyle,  buried  under  ihc  north  wall  of  the  north  irans- 
ccpt  joyning  to  the  body  of  Ch.  Ch.  cathedral!,  T.,  12  Decemb.  1643. 

Sir  Ricliard  Lydall,  kt.,  was  buried  in  Su  Peter's  Church  in  the 
East,  S.,  16  Dec.  an.  dom.  1643.] 

(Wood  619  (1)  is  John  White's  *A  first  century  of  scandalous 
malignant  priests,'  Lond.  1643;  pretium  is.  td.:  it  has  this  note  by 
Wood: — 'few  or  no  Oxford  scholars  are  mentioned  in  this  most  vile 
ocntut).') 

(Wood  hiu  few  Oxford  pamphlets  of  diis  year. — 

(1)  Wood  514  no.  13  ;  '  A  true  reUtioo  of  tile  cruelty*  od  .  .  .  priioQcis  at 
Oxford,  Th.,  9  Feb.  1643  '  (i.e.  l),  Londotu 

(a)  Wood  514  no.  13  ;  'llic  inbumiinity  of  Ibe  King's  priion-kccpcr  ■!  Oxford,* 
Load,  itf^j. 

(5)  Wood  376  A  ao.  I  j6  is  a  pioclamation  by  the  king  ordericf^  coUcctioni  Co  be 
mftde  in  Oxford  cbuichcs  for  (he  wounded  Loyaliits  Iti  and  nboul  Oxford:  a 
previont  owner  liai  thi(  note  la  tl : — *  This  wa«  red  publikely  in  the  afurc»idc 
places  at  tbe  time  appointed,  Snoday  7  of  May  1643.') 

(In  Wood  MS.  E.  4  p.  336  in  a  Mtst  of  matters  to  be  put  in  the 
next  edition  of  his  history '  Wood  mentions  a  *  Caialoguu  of  all  scholars 
that  were  officers  in  the  King's  army,  annis  1641,  43,  43':  but  there 


'  uder     of    »r    Nathaniel 
warden  of  Mert.  ColL 
*  note  In  Wood  MS.  E  33. 


Brent,  '  notes  ia  Wood  MS.  F  4  p.  6^ 

*  KC  Dote  p.  48. 


io6 


WQOtfS  UFE  AND  T/JfES. 


a  00  evidence  that  Wood  ever  compiled  snch  a  Catalogue.    A  list 
for  Pembroke  College  is  however  found  in  Wood  MS.  F  aS,  fol.  241.) 


<ie4;  :  Wood  aet.  12.) 

Jannaiy. — [Jan.  30,  T.,  164^,  de  curia  cancellarii':  (vide  Reg. 
Con\-oc.>  S.  foL  52,  55.] 

Pobmary.— [Sir'Thomas  Byron  buried  on  the  left  side  of  the  lord 
Graiidison's grave  in  Ch.  Church,  F.,  9  Kcbr.  1643  (i.e  J).] 


An.  Dom.  1644:  20  Car.  I:  (Wood  act.  12.) 

March. — [Sir'  John  Smyth, "tt^  major  gcncrall,  third  son  of  Sir 
Fr.intia  Smylh  of  Wotton-wawen  in  the  countie  of  Warwick,  bt.,  died 
S.  ihe  30  March  1644  of  his  wounds  received  the  day  before  in  the 
fight  of  Bmmdeane  in  Hampshire :  buried  in  the  isle  joyning  on  the 
soudi  side  of  Ch.  Church  chotre.  There  was  a  fair  marble  stone  Uyd 
over  his  grave  anno  1671  by  Sir  Francis  Tlirogmorton  of  Great 
Coughlon  in  WarwicsUire,  hia  sister's  son ;  but  the  epitaph  on  it  was 
made  by  me  *  and  I  intend  to  print  it  hereafter  in  the  next  edition  of 
my  book.] 

April.— [John  lord  Stuart,  brother  to  the  duke  of  Richmond,  was 
buried  neare  the  high  allar  in  Ch.  Church  choire,  F.,  5  Apr.  1644  on 
the  left  side  of  the  grave  of  Georg  lord  Aubigny.  He  died  of  his 
wounds  that  he  Iiad  received  at  Bramdene  fight. — Bernard,  lord 
Smart,  earl  of  Lichfeild  *,  buried  on  the  left  side  of  his  brother  John, 
lord  Stuart,  W.,  the  11  of  March  1645  (i.e.  ^).  lie  (was)  skine  in 
a  fight  nearc  Chester  in  Febr.  going  before. 

lilizabcih  Curwen,  genUewoman,  buried  in  ihe  cathedrall  of  Ch. 
Church,  T.,  23  Apr.  1644.] 

(Wood  376  A  no.  127  is  a  proclamation  by  the  king  directing  the 
raising  of  a  regiment  to  serve  in  garrison  in  Oxfurd  under  the  carl  of 
Dover",  dated  28  Apr.  1644.  A  previous  owner  has  headed  it  'The 
Universltie's  Militia  ordered  by  his  Majestic/  and  has  written  this 
note: — 'Tuesdaye  the   14  of  Maye   1644  the  regiment  of  schollcrs 


'  jgtting  by  Wood  in  MS.  Bftllard  6S 
p.  S?. 

*  note  from  Wood  MS.  F.  4. 

'  from  Wood  MS.  F.  4,  pj*.  67,  68. 

*  K«  it  in  Gulch'»  Wood's  Coll.  ani] 
lUlU,  p.  470. 


'  the  title  of  carl  of  Lichfield  wmi  to 
be  conferred  on  liemajrd  htuart,  but  tie 
died  before  the  pMeat  passed  the  gicat 
ioH.  On  to  Dec.  lO^fj  ttic  title  was 
cunferral  on  bis  ncphvw  Charles  Stuail. 

•  Ilairy  Ciirey,  litil  carl. 


DEC.  1643  —  MAY,  1644. 


107 


and  strangers  here  spoken  of,  new]y  listed  and  raised,  shewed  Uicir 
armes  and  mustered  in  Majjdalcn  Coll.  grove  to  ihe  number  of  (130 
or  thereabouts.  The  nest  TucsJaye  after,  being  31  of  Maye  1644, 
boihe  tlie  Universitic  regiment  and  the  Towne  regiment  mustered 
agalne  at  Bullington  and  Coweley  Grcienc,  the  King's  majeslie  being 
present  at  both  raeetinges;  the  earlc  of  Dover  himselfe  in  person  con- 
ducted and  led  the  Universltie  regiment,  and  Mr.  Thomas  Smith  llic 
brewer  bcinge  then  mayor  was  coloncll  of  the  Towne  regiment.') 

May. — '  May  29,  on  Wednesday,  being  the  eve  of  the  Ascension, 
Robert  (Devereux)  earl  of  Essex,  generalissimo  of  the  parliament 
rorccs.  and  Sir  William  Waller,  going  with  their  Forces  '  from  Abendon 
over  S.mdford  Ferry,  and  so  thro  Cowley  and  over  IJullington  Green 
(10  the  end  that  they  miglit  go  towards  Islip'),  faced  the  city  of  Oxon 
for  several  hourcs,  whilst  their  carriages  ^Itpt  away  behind  them. 
This  gave  some  tenor  to  the  garrison  of  Oxon,  his  maj.  being  thtn 
therein  ;  and  great  taike  there  was  that  a  siege  would  suddenly  fotlo^y. 
Mr.  A.  Wood's  mother  therefore  resolving,  that  he  and  his  brother 
Christopher  should  be  remowd  out  of  harme's  way,  she  sent  them 
with  an  horse  and  man  into  the  country :  and  because  tJie  infection 
was  tlien  in  Oxon,  she  ordtrr'd  that  l}icy  shoulJ  be  conveyed  to  Tcis- 
wonh,  ten  miles  distant  from  Oxon  ;  where  they  continued  for  a  fort- 
night or  more  in  the  house  of  Rich. '  Sciense,  then  called  the  Catherine 
Wheel,  now*  a  great  new  built  inn  of  brick  (1683')  at  the  lower  end 
of  the  towne.  There,  1  say,  they  continued  till  it  was  thought  that  thvy 
had  no  infection  about  ttiem,  and  then  they  were  conveyed  two  miles 
on  one  side  of  Tetsworth.  to  a  mcrkate  towne  called  Tliamc,  and 
there  they  were  set  downe  and  conveyed  into  the  vicaridge  house 
neare  to  and  on  the  north  side  of  the  church,  where  they  were  very 
lovingly  received  by  the  vicar  Mr.  Thomas  Henant  and  his  wife 
Elizabeth  one  of  the  daughters  of  Leonard  Pettie  gent,  kinsman  to 
the  mother  of  A^nihony)  and  Ch^risiopher)  Wood  ;  in  which  house 


'  Wood  514  (14)  ii'Two  pnjxn; 
for  tbe  Ml'ety  of  hia  DAJeKyi  pcnoo, 
the  other  for  the  prescrvarioo  of  Oiford,' 
Oxford  1644;  in  which  a  note  (in  ihe 
blind,  1  tliink,  uf  G<mn]  I_.aiiglninv) 
sty*  'thii  was  when  the  anny  of  Ihe 
cstle  of  £sKx  and  the  purliament  forces 
oune  muching  to  Oxford  over  Saodford 
ferry,  uid  to  to  Cowley  and  Cowley 
flTwng  and  Bnlllngion  Greene  on  the 
cast  ndc  of  Oitwd,  Wedn.  May  39, 
1644.' 


*  at  Itlip  they  got  on  (o  the  main 
line  of  road  from  London  to  Worcester : 
ace  in  the  sererol  edllloiu  of  Ogilby's 
•Rooda.' 

■  '  Rich '(aid)  buth  in  the  Taonci 
and  Hatl.  Mh.S.  ii  in  pencil:  in  the 
Harl.,  'Science.' 

*  'i68j',  is  pB(  by  Wood  •■  a 
marginal  note  here  in  the  Harl.  MS., 
laier  than  the  text. 

*  '  idSj'isin  pencil, and  Inserted  bcrc 
only  in  the  Taiiaei  MS. 


]o8 


IVOOD'S  LIFE  AND  T/MJ^S. 


their  ihrce  eWrr  bmthere  Iiad  before  Bojoum'd  while  they  went  to  the 
free  school  in  Tliame  [,  founded  '  by  John  lord  Williams  of  Tharnc] 
Afterw  ards  they  were  entred  into  the  said  school,  there  '  to  be  educited 
till  they  were  fit  to  be  Academians  or  apprentices.  The  master  of 
that  school  was  William  Burt',  Mr.  of  A(rts),  somtimes  fellow  of 
New  Coll-,  who  bcrorc  had  married  EUzabcUi,  one  of  the  daughlcni  of 
Maximilian  Pcttie  (of  Tttamc  and  Tetsworlh)  kinsman  to  Uieir  mother. 
Which  William  Burt  was  afterwards  schoolmaster  of  Wykcham's 
school  ncarc  Winchester,  warden  of  the  College  there,  and  Dr.  of 
Divinity.  The  Usher  of  the  said  school  was  one  David  Thomas, 
bach,  of  Arts  of  Jesus  Coll.,  who  before  had  married  a  maid  of 
ordinary  note,  but  handsome.  Shce  had  several  ytarcs  lived  in  ihc 
parish  where  A^mhony)  and  Ch(rislopher)  Wood  were  bome,  and 
her  sirname,  I  think,  was  Price*,  having  been  brought  up  under  her 
kinswoman  or  aunt  called  Joane  Evans  u  ho  kept  .a  publick  house  (now 
knowne  by  the  name  of  the  Magpie)  in  the  same  parish. 

•  The  said  David  Thomas  was  afterwards  the  setond '  master  of  the 
frcc-scliool  at  Dorchester  in  Oxfordshire,  founded  by  John  Fctcplacc, 
csqr. ;  and  at  length  master  of  a  well  endow'd  school  at  Leyccstcr,  the 
chief  towije  in  Leyccsiershire,  where  he  continued  till  the  time  of  his 
death,  in  Aug.  1667,  having  before  oblained  a  comfoilable  estate  by 
the  great  paines  he  look  in  pedagogic,  and  by  the  many  sojoumours  * 
tliat  he  alwaics  kept  in  his  house. 

•It  was  obsert''d  by  the  \icar  Mr.  Henant\  while  A.  Wood 
sojourned  in  his  house,  that  ihc  said  A.  Wood  was  very  sedulous,  was 
alwaies  up  and  readie  the  first  in  the  house,  and  alwaies  ambitious  of 
being  first  in  the  school  in  the  morning  j  and  if  any  way  liindred, 
lie  would  be  ajjt  to  cry  and  make  a  noise  to  the  disturbance  of  the 
lamily,  as  Mr.  Henant  hath  several  limes  luld  liim  when '  he  was  Mr. 
of  Ans. 

'A.  Wood  did  partly  remember  thai  be  was  much  retired,  walked 
mostly  alone,  was  given  much  to  thinking  and  to  melancholy  ;  which 
Bomtimcs  made  his  night's  rest  so  much  disturb* d,  tliat  he  would  walk 


*  the  vrordi  in  iqtiAre  brackets  are 
added  from  the  Hail.  MS. 

■  the  cluse  of  ihii  Kntence  in  tb« 
ITarl.  MS.  ift:  '  tht-re  U>  rcmaine  till  they 
vrcTC  made  lit  to  be  Atradcmians.* 

*  William  Hun.  kllow  of  New  Coll. 
1617,  M.A.  5  July  1631. 

'  '  AoiK  Price '  11  Doied  in  the  margin 
oftbeTuuKrMS. 


*  i.  c.  in  point  of  date.  Tlic  school 
was  A  recent  fouodatioD  :  and  David 
Thoma*  was  the  tecond  pcrfioo  who 
bad  liecome  maiter  of  iL 

*  i.e.  boanlen. 

'  '  bjr  my  coicn  TIenant,'  in  the  oratio 
dirccta  of  the  llarl.  M.S. 

'  'told  him  after  he  wai,'  in  the 
l{arl.  his. 


MAY,  1644. 


109 


in  his  sleep  (only  with  his  shirt  on)  and  disturb  and  fright  people  of 
the  house  when  ihcy  were  goinK  to  their  respective  beds,  two  or  3 
houres  after  he  had  ta^kcn  up  his  rcsL  This  also,  besides  his  owne 
memorie,  he  hath  been  often  (old  by  his  cozen  Henant  the  wife,  who 
lived  at  Great  Milton  nearc  Oxon  in  the  house  of  his  cozen  John 
Cave  after  her  husbands  death. 

[Thame  Schoole  \ 

In  ihe  will  of  John  lord  Williams  of  Thame  dated  18  March 
^?  i5oi)i  he  takes  order  for  the  founding  a  free  schoole,  vide  2  vol. 
Itaronagii  p,  393.  (His)  executors  (were)  Sir  Waller  Mildmay, 
John  Doyley  and  Robert  Doylcy  (his  cousins),  and  Wdliam  Place, 
his  servant. 

Afasftrs  oftht  Schoelt,  who  have  40  murks  per  tcotnn  for  ibeir  saUry. 
Edward  Honys,  A.M.,  1575. 
Rictunl  Boochter,  LL.1I..  1597. 
Hugo  Evans,  A.M.,  1637. 

William  UoTt,  A.M.,  1631  ;  ifterwuds  D.D.  and  Wardeo  of  WtQchcster. 
William  Ayl)(f,  A.M.,  1647 ;  destraiAcd,  flung  bimself  out  of  a  window  at  Ded- 
ii]g(ton)  and  so  died. 

Hugo  Willis,  LL.B..  1655. 
Thomas  Mtildlcton,  A.M..  1675'. 

Edtualid  in  this  nkooU. 
Hcnricct  King,  epiic(i[>us  Cicetlrciun. 
Dr.  (JoLin)  Foil,  now  bUhop  of  Oxon. 
Dr.  lidward  Pocock,  that  leaned  Oneataliim. 
Theopbilus  Iliegous. 


'  rot«  from  'School  Notea,'  Wood 
MS.  I>.  n  (4)  fol.  14  b.  In  Wood 
MS.  D.  4  fo^.  383  arc  noicg  of '  Armea 
in  th«  windows  uf  Thame  scboolc^'  of 
which  Wood  Mys  : — 'Note  ihcl  I  look 
these  Brmn  from  the  im|it;if<;ct  notes 
of  Richard  Hawkins,  painter,  who  took 
them  with  \\U  priitill,  ilfij  :  but  I  per- 
ceive he  halh  cominitli-d  nuuiy  faults, 
tbcrfore  Iransciibc  ihcni  fioun  the 
wiodowi  themscltes  at  my  next  going 
to  Thame.' 

'  to  these  have  (o  be  added  : — 

8,  Henry  Ilnii^es   ....     1694. 

9.  William  Lamplugb. 

June  10,  1737. 
la  Jamet  Fuswll,  July  37,  .  1737. 
ir.  K6b.  WheclcT,  Apr.  7,  .  17*9. 
13.  John  Kipling.  June  J3,    .     1739. 

13.  William  Cooke      .    .    .     177.V 

14.  William  Shaifonl  .    .    .     17,16. 
ij.  Timothy  Tiipp  Lve    .    .     1S14. 


16.  Thomas  llroadlcy  Fooks     1841. 

17.  (Jeoigc  I'lommer,    M.A, 

Lond 1879- 

18.  Bcnjamiii    Sharp,     M.A. 

hrna.       .......     189I. 

Dr.  61ti»  mentions  *  n  pccoliartjr  rare 
volume  in  folio,  containing  the  foutida- 
tioii  dred«  ami  stalnle*  of  the  tcbool, 
pniilcd  nt  London  by  Vnutrolliet,  (al- 
tboBgb  wilfaotit  his  iismc,^  an<l  Ihos  en* 
titled:  *'  IS/P-  Schola  Thnmensis  ex 
hndatione  loliaunis  Williams  Militia 
domini  Williams  dc  Thame  God  sane 
the  Qucenc."  It  contains  A  to  K  in 
fouri ;  then  L  M  and  N  having  two 
leaves  only  ;  and  concludes  with  an 
apficndix  <jf  twelre  pagn.  A  copy  on 
TcUnm  is  in  the  Dntish  Museum  amoiig 
the  books  bctjacaihcd  by  the  Kighl  Hon. 
Thomas  Grcnville.'  The  Bodleian  has 
only  an  imfictftel  copy,  among  the  Raw* 
liosoD  Sutotei. 


no 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


Edward  i  Wood  of  Mcrt.  Coll.  who  hath  some  sermons  pcbliifaed. 

Ant.  ^  Wood,  bistoriupaiibiis  Uoivrrs.  Oxun. 

Sir  C«orgc  Croke,  s  judge,  wu  one  of  the  fint  scholan.] 

July- — [July  a',  T.,  Ellis  Roberts,  one  that  came  with  the  queen's 
retincw  died ;  buried  in  tlic  north  part  of  S,  John  Bapt.  church  or 
that  which  they  call  the  parish  isle. — Pamcll,  widdow  of  ihc  aforesaid 
Ellis  Roberts,  died  19  Dec.,  Th.,  1644,  and  was  buried  by  her  husband. 
— Mris  Mary  Skcvington,  one  ihat  belonged  to  the  queen's  court  was 
buried  this  year  in  the  south  pan  of  the  outward  chapel.] 

[Sir'  William  Boteler  of  Kent,  kt.  and  baronet,  was  buried  in  the 
south  isle  joyntng  to  the  clioire  of  the  cathedrall  of  Ch.  Church  (at  the 
upper  end),  Th.,  4  July  1644. 

Katherine  Smylh,  wife  of  Dr.  William  Smyth,  (buried  in  the 
cathedral)i  Th.,  11  July  1644,  ^^  ^^^  Divinity  Chappcll.] 

September.— [Sir  Arthur  Asion'  was  govemour  of  Oxon  at  what 
lime  il  was  garrison'd  for  llie  king,  a  testy,  froward,  imperious  and 
tirannicall  person,  haled  in  Oxon  and  clswliere  by  God  and  num. 
Who  kervctling  on  horsback  in  Bullington  green  before  certaine  ladies, 
his  horse  flung  him  and  broke  his  legge* :  so  that  it  being  cut  off  and 
he  thenipon  rendred  useless  for  employment,  one  co!I.  Logge  suc- 
ceeded *  him.  Soone  after  the  country  people  comming  Co  the  market 
would  be  ever  and  anon  asking  the  sentinel!  '  who  was  governor  of 
Oxon  ? '  They  answered  '  one  Leggc.'  Then  replied  ihcy : — '  A  pox 
upon  him  I     Is  he  governour  still? '] 

[Arthur  Swayne',  Icivienani  colonel!,  was  buried  in  the  trancept  or 
north  isle  joyning  to  the  body  of  the  cathedral],  neare  \o  the  middle 
dore  leading  into  the  middle  north  isle,  Th.,  26  Sept.  1644.  He  was 
slajne  by  his  boy.  leaching  him  to  use  his  armes.  He  bid  his  boy 
aime  at  him  (thinking  the  gun  had  not  been  charged),  which  be  did 
too  well.  He  was  bred  up  in  Eaton  Schoole ;  chose  scholar  of 
King's  College  in  Cambridge,  1638;  afterwards  fellow,  as  it  seems. 
He  was  a  lusty  man,  and  a  good  soldier ;  son  of  Robert  Swayne  of 
Sarston  m  Hampshire.  (Armes)  '.  . .  ,  chevron  between  3  phcons, 
a  chief . . .'.] 

Ootober.— [Oct.'  4,  F.,  Marj'  Jeanes,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Jeanes 
upper  butler  of  Men.  Coll.  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  was  borne  in 


'  notes  b  Wood  MS.  E  jjand  Rawl. 
MS.  K  403  B. 

'  notes  from  Wood  MS.  F.  4  p.  6S. 
»  notf  Id  Wood  MS.  E.  3)  fol.  aj  b. 
*  oD  .Sept.  19,  1644;  Me  in  Wood's 


ftuti  sob  anno  1644. 

*  Lin  35  Dec.  ifi44:  iMd. 

*  note  from  Wood  MS.  F.  4  p.  69. 

*  note  in  MS.  Kawl.  U.  403  a. 


JULY— NOV.  \%iK. 


Ill 


S.  Pctci's  parish  in  the  cast ;  baptized  in  S.  John  Baptist's  church, 
Su.,  the  6ih  of  the  same  month,  by  Mr.  John  Gurgany,  chap- 
le)Tie.] 

*Oct.  8. — On  Sunday  the  8 '  of  October  hapncd  a  dreadful!  fire 
in  Oxon,  such  an  one  (for  the  shortness  of  the  time  wherein  it 
burned)  that  all  ages  before  could  hardly  paralel.  It  began  about  two 
of  the  clock  in  the  afternoon  in  a  little  poore  house  on  the  south 
side  of  Thames'  street  (leading  from  the  north  gate  to  High  Brids") 
occasion'd  by  a  foot -soldier's  roasting  a  pigg  which  he  had  sloln. 
The  wind  being  verie  high  and  in  the  north,  blew  the  flames  south- 
ward very  quick  and  Strang!/*  and  burnt  a!l  houses  and  stables 
(except  S.  Marie's  Coll.  °)  standing  between  the  back-part  of  those 
bouses  *  thai  extend  from  the  north  gale  to  S.  Martin's  church  on  the 
cast  and  those  houses  in  the  North  liaylie  (called  New  Inn  lane)  on 
the  west :  then  all  the  old  houses  in  the  Bocherew '  (with  the  Bo- 
cherew  it  self)  which  stood  between  S.  llarlin's  church  and  the 
church  of  S.  Pclcr  in  the  Baylic  *,  among  which  were  two  which 
belong'd  to  A.  Wood's  mother;  besides  the  stables  and  back-houses 
belonging  to  ihe  Flowr  de  Luce,  which  were  totally  consumed,  to  her 
great  loss',  and  so  consequently  to  the  loss  of  her  sons,  as  they 
afterwards  evidently  found  it. 

November. — [Sir"  Henry  St.  Georg.  kt.,  Garter  King  of  Armes, 
was  buried  in  the  cathedrall  of  Ch.  Church  in  the  north  west  comer 
of  the  north  isle  or  transcept  joyning  to  the  body  of  the  church,  W,, 
6  Nov.  1644  :  faiher  10  Sir  Thomas  St.  Georg,  kt.,  afterwards  Normy 
and  Garter  King  of  Armes;    to  Sr  Henry  St.  George,  afterwards 


'  both  tbe  Turner  ind  Hsrl.  MS. 
haTe  *  Oct.  8  ' :  but  Oa.  8  was  TncKUy. 
Th«  day  is  civeo  as  '  Oct.  6 '  in  the 
HUl.  «.  Anliq.  and  in  Gntch's  Wood's 
Hist  UniT.  Oxon. 

•  now  Georj^c  .Street. 

•  arariaiit  in  Wood'*  time  for 'Hythe* 
Bridge. 

•  i.  e.  strongly, 

•  now  Krcwin  Hall. 

'id.  the  wen  side  of  Cominarkrt 
SireeL 

•  now  Qneen  Street :  in  which  \a 
Wood's  time  the  batcbera'  stalls  stood. 

•  Ihc  old  cburcti  of  S.  Peter  1«  Bailey 
at  the  sonth-wcsl  comer  of  New  Inn 
llall  Street,  soiitb  of  New  Inn  Uoll. 

'  aboBt  this  time  she  cither  let  boUi 


her  honies  in  Otford  or  took  in  lodf^en ; 
ia  Wood  MS.  E  .13  Is  the  entry  '  164I, 
March  9,  Dorothy  II  ail  danght«r  of 
Henry  Hall  prinlcr  and  Oorotiiy  Bow- 
ring  his  wife  both  living  in  the  hotisc  of 
Mflt  Mary  &  Wood,  widdow,  was 
l>an)e';  similar  entries  follow  for  KIkn 
Hall  hom  3  Apr.  164$  aiid  Richnrd 
Hall  bom  i  Aug.  ll^47.  A1«o  the 
entry  : — 'i6^,FrancefiKrctke.diiaghter 
of  Kalph  Freakc,  esq.,  waa  bomc  in  the 
house  standing  in  the  backside  of  Mris. 
\  Wood,  widdow;  baptized  May  33.' 
In  MS.  RawI.  I).  40J  .1  this  last  entry  is 
'  in  Mris  Wood's  hoiu«  in  tbe  backside 
of  the  teois  court.' 
**  notes  from  Wood  MS-  F.  4,  p.  69. 


iia 


IV00D*S  UFE  AKD  TIMES. 


Clarencenux  King  of  Armcs;  and  (o  Richard  St.  Geor^,  esq.,  after- 
wards Ulster  King  of  Armcs  of  Ireland. 

William  Alford,  major  gencrall  to  the  earl  of  Cleveland,  was  buried 
on  the  right  hand  of  Sir  Henry  S.  Georg,  i3  Novemb.  164+.  (;\nnc3 
of)  Alford  of  Berks  :  '  gules,  6 '  peares  3,  a,  and  i  or ;  on  a  cheif  of 
llie  second  a  file  of  3  labells  blue.'] 

December.— [Robert'  Josse,  yeoman  of  the  robes,  was  bnried  in 
the  north  isle  joyning  to  Clirist  Church  choire  ncare  to  ihc  dore  lead- 
ing from  the  transccpt  into  the  said  isle,  W.,  18  Dec.  1644. 

Sir  John  Banks,  kt.,  Lord  Cbc^if  Justice  of  the  Common  Pleas,  and 
privy  counseliour  to  ihe  king,  died,  S.,  the  28  Dec.  1644;  and  was 
(buried)  in  the  north  isle  or  transept  joyning  to  the  body  of  Ch.  Ch. 
cailicdrall.  1  have  printed  his  epiuph  in  '  Ilist.  et  Andq.  Univers. 
Oson.'  (edit  1674)  lib.  3  p.  289  col.  i.] 


[Anno*  1644  or  thereabouts  Uiere  was  a  heart  dugg  out  at  the 
Preaching  Friaries  Oxon.  It  was  closid  En  lead  as  big;,'  as  the  bole  of 
a  man's  hatt.  It  was  carried  to  the  king  tying  then  (at)  Christ 
Church :  and  when  it  was  opened  the  heart  looked  as  fresh  as  if  it 
had  been  buried  but  a  weeke.  What  else  there  was  in  the  lead  I  have 
not  heard ;  but  Mr.  Smith  of  Brasnose  College  had  the  lead.  Some 
thought  iher  was  a  crucifise  in  it. — Mr.  Wrench  diegardiner  told  me* 
their  was  such  a  thing  found  at  the  Black  Fryers  with  the  date  upon 
it  and  that  old  Mr.  Oliver  Smith  had  (it)  and  probably  (the)  yong 
man"  may  have  it.] 

(Among  tbc  Oxford  pamphlets  of  thU  year  Wood  lias  : — 

(.1^  Wood  536  no.  a  ;  '  Orders  presented  to  his  majesty  by  desire  of  Ihe  Lords 
and  Cominoiu  of  failiamcDtasiemtjIed  At  Oxford  for  thenisiag  of...coatribulioat>' 
Oif.  1644. 

tJ)  Wood  5)6  no.  3;  'The  Schedule  in  which  t»  contained  the  excise  ,  . .  cpoQ 
.  . .  commodities  ...  by  older  of  the  Fartiamcnt  al  Oxiucd,'  Oxf.  1(144. 

(3]  Wood  413  (10} ;  An  order  of  the  Privy  Coimcil  agaioit  ftrtfaiiic  tokens, 
Oxford,' S.,  la  OiA.  1644. 

(4)  Wood  376  B  no.  30  ii  a.  plu  of 'Oxforde  u  it  now  Iy«lh  foniFicd  by  his 
majestie'i  forces'  on  wMcb  Wood  notes  'aiuio  1644:  this  m^p  is  nude  very 
£aUc.'> 


i 


IhcMS.  hM's'byailtp. 

notes  from  Wood  MS.  1'.  4,  p.  6g, 

note  by  W'ood  printed  by  Ucomc 


St  Ihc  end  of  '  Liber  Niger 
'  in  1659. 
•  Oliver's  graadsoD. 


',  1644  —  JAN.  1646. 


nj 


<ie45:  Wood  aet.  13.) 

January.— [Sir  Henry  Gage',  kL,  coloncll  and  povemour  of 
Oxfurd  garrison,  was  killed  with  a.  straggling  bullet  from  Abendon 
at  Culham  bridge,  S.,  ii  Jan.  164 1,  and  was  buried,  M.,  33  of  the 
same  month  in  the  north  isle  or  transept  joyning  to  the  body  of  Ch. 
Church  cathcdrall.  Soe  his  epitaph"  which  I  have  printed  in  '  HisU 
et  Antiq.  Univers.  Oxon,'  lib.  2  p,  289  col.  i.] 

[Jan.'  It,  S.,  1644  (i.e.  i>  Mr.  Farmer  Hatton  was  killed  on  the 
other  side  of  Abingdon  at  Colnham  bridge.  He  was  major  to  the 
prince  his  regiment  and  fought  an  hourc  with  his  sword  and  killed 
him  that  he  fought  withall.  Alt  last  he  was  shoU  through  the  throat 
by  another  with  a  carbine,  stript  and  left  naked.  lie  bore  to  hia 
armes  att  his  funeral — '  argent  a  fcss  sable  inter  3  lyons  heads  erased 
gules  a  crescent  for  a  difference.'  Not  in  All  sainta'  (parish) 
register.] 

[Halton  Farmer*,  major  to  the  Prince's  regiment,  kill'd  with 
colonell  Gage  by  Culham  bridge  neare  Abendon,  S..  1 1  Jan.  i64t* 
His  body,  after  it  was  stript  and  left  naked,  was  at  length  brought  to 
Oxon  ;  but  where  buried  1  find  not  as  yet. — One  Hatton  Farmore  of 
Northamptoiisliirc,  son  of  a  kt.,  was  entred  a  genu  commoner  of  Ball, 
Coll.  1594,  aged  15.  Halton  Farmore  of  Eston-ncston  was  High 
Shcrriff  of  Northamptonshire  1618;  he  had  a  son  called  Halton 
Farmore.  Hatton  Farmer  of  Eston  Ncston  being  dead,  Anne  his 
relict  had  letters  of  administration  granted  to  her,  W.,  16  Dec.  1640.] 

[ .  . .  Escou",  a  caplaine,  died  in  llie  home  of  Grcgorie  Ballard, 
notarie  public,  situated  in  Magdalen  parish,  M.,  13  Jan.  1644  {i.e.  ^) 
and  was  buried  in  MagdalL-n  parish  church.  He  was  of  the  Lord 
Keeper's  ({Sir  Edward)   Littleton's)  company.— In  Uie  regialer  of 


'  note  from  Wood  MS.  F.  4  p.  70. 

Wootl  5i5  (10)  is  'Alttr  Britannme 

^^eros,  or  the  tife  of  Sir  Hesry  Gaf:e,* 

ioid  1645,:  ta  which  Wood  has  the 

lots : — '  Written    by   IIcnr>'   [so    r>r. 

rTbomu   liorlow;    but   hii  name  was 

Ut^Min/]      WaUin^hnm,     ■      Romui 

'Cathulic  antl  undcisccrctiry  to  tlic  lonl 

George  I>igby,  principal  SccrctMy  of 

Stale.' 

■  Wood  gives  a  colonred  drawing  of 
fail  armt : — '  f^oimy  of  4,  Azure  nnd 
argent,  a  aaltiTe  gules  (CJaKc) ;  qoar- 
tcriag,    aiun:  a  &aD  in  i>pIcndoat  ot 


(St.  Cleic).' 
»  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  31  fol.  70. 

*  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4  p-  ?<». 
Wood  notes  ia  the  margin  :  — '  de 
luiMon-nettou  in  com.  Korthsmptoti. 
WoimI  glvK  a  colouTv<l  drawing  of 
nrnis: — '  argent  a  fct*  »able  between  5 
lioo's  heads  erased  golci  kijgued  azure, 
a  creacent  or  on  the  Iw  point  for  dif- 
ference.' 

*  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4  p.  7 1  ;  an 
earlier  form  of  the  note  U  in  Wood 
MS.  K.  31  foL  70. 


t 


114 


WOOffS  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


Magd.  parish  it  is  Uius  wrilten: — 'Richard  Westcol.  yeoman  of  Uic 
guard,  was  buried  the  ijof  Jan  1:644'  ('-c.  ^).  Note  that  these' 
are  Escot's  armes.j 

*While  A.  Wood  and  his  brother  Christopher  continued  at  Thame, 
you  cannot  imagine,  what  great  disturbances  they  suffer'd  by  the 
soldiers  of  boili  parties;  somtimes  by  the  parliament  soldiers  of 
Aylesbury,  somtimes  by  ihc  king's  from  Borslall  house,  and  somtimes 
from  the  king's  at  Oson  and  at  Wallinji^forJ  Caslle.  The  chiefest 
disturbances  and  afTriglitments  that  they  and  the  family  wherein  they 
lived  endured,  were  these. 

*0n  the  27  of  Januarj',  beinjj  Munday,  an.  1644*,  colonel  Thomas 
B^sgge,  govemour  of  Wallingfurd  castle,  roving  about  tlie  country 
very  early  with  a  troop  of  slout  horsnicn  (consisting  of  70  or  80  at 
most)  met  with  a  partie  of  parliamenteira  or  rebclls  (of  at  least  200) 
at  Long  Crendon  about  a  mile  northward  from  Thame:  which  200 
belong'd  to  the  garrison  of  Aylesburic,  and  being  headed  by  a  Scot  called 
colonel  Crafford,  who,  as  I  think,  was  govemour  of  ihe  garrison  there, 
they  pretended  ihal  they  were  looking  out  quarters  for  them.  I  say 
that  col.  Blagge  and  his  partie,  meeting  wiUi  these  rebclls  at  Long 
Crendon,  fought  with,  and  made  them  run,  till  his  men  following  thera 
too  eagerly  were  overpnwcr'd  with  multitudes  that  afterwards  came  in 
to  their  assistance  (almost  treble  his  number) ;  at  which  time  he 
himself  with  his  stout  captaine  .  .  .  Walter  (they  two  only)  fought 
against  a,  great  many  of  the  rcbells  for  a  long  while  together;  in  which 
encounter  the  brave  colonel  behaved  himself  as  manfully  with  his 
sword,  as  ever  man  did,  slashing  and  beating  so  many  fresh  rebclls 
wth  such  courage  and  dexterity,  that  he  would  not  stirr,  till  he  had 
brought  off  all  his  owne  men,  whereof  the  rcbells  kild  but  two,  (not  a 
man  more) ;  iho  they  took  sixteen  who  stayed  too  long  behind. 
Captain  Waller  had  six  rebells  upon  him,  and  according  to  his 
customc  fought  it  out  so  gallantly,  that  he  brought  himself  off  with  liis 
colonel;  and  (they)  came  home  safe  to  Wallingford  with  all  their 
men,  except  18.  Col.  Blagge  was  cut  over  the  face,  and  had  some 
other  hurls,  but  not  dangerous. 

'After  the  action  was  concluded  at  Crendon,  and  Blagge  and  his 
men  forced  lo  fly  homeward,  they  took  part  of  Thame  in  their  way. 
And  A.  W.  and  his  fellow-sojourn  ours  being  all  then  at  dinner  in  (he 
parlour  with  some  strangers  there,  of  whome  their  master  Burl  and 

'  Wood    givea  a  cotU  of  koh   in      for  a  difference.' 
colonn  : — '  sable  six  ctcallops  3,  1,  uid  '  i.  e.  164^. 

t,  or ;  a  mnUtt  argent  od  the  feu  point 


JANUARY,  1645. 


"5 


his  wife  were  of  the  number,  ihey  were  all  alanim'd  with  their 
approach :  and  by  that  lime  they  could  run  out  of  the  house  into  the 
baclciude  to  look  over  the  pale  that  parts  it  from  the  common  raid, 
they  saw  a  great  number  of  horsmen  posting  towards  Thame  over 
Crendon  bridge,  abont  a  stone's  cast  from  their  bouse  (being  the  out 
and  only  house  on  Oiai  road,  before  you  come  into  Thame)  and  in 
ihe  head  of  them  was  Blagge  with  a  bloody  face,  and  his  party  with 
capt.  Walter's '  following  him.  The  number,  as  was  then  guessed 
by  A-  W.  and  those  of  the  family,  was  50  or  more,  ami  they  all  rode 
under  the  said  pate  and  close  by  the  house.  They  did  not  ride  in 
order,  but  each  made  shift  to  be  foremost ;  and  one  of  them  ridinf; 
upon  a  shelving  ground  '  opposite  to  the  dorc,  his  horse  slip'd.  fell 
upon  one  side,  and  threw  the  rider  (a  lusty  man)  in  A.  Wood's  sight 
Colonel  Crafford,  who  was  well  hors'd  and  at  a  pretty  distance  before  bis 
men  in  pursuite,  held  a  pistol  to  him ;  but  the  trooper  crying  'quarter,' 
the  rcbells  came  up,  rifled  him,  and  took  him  and  bis  horse  away 
with  tliem.  Craflord  rode  on  without  touching  him,  and  ever  or  anon 
he  would  be  discharging  his  pistol  at  some  of  the  fag-end  of  Blagg's 
horse,  who  rode  ihro  the  west  end  of  Thame,  called  Priest-end,  leading 
low*ards  Ricot.  Whether  Crafford  and  his  men  followed  (hem  beyond 
Thame,  [I  *  iliink  not,  but]  went  inio  the  towne,  and  refreshed  ihcm- 
Bclvcs,  and  so  went  to  Aylesbury. 

*I  find  *  one  Lauicncc  CraHTord,  the  mtli  ton  of  Hagb  CrafToitl  (of  the  same 
family,  which  U  noMc,  or  Killionnic^  lu  have  been  borne  In  his  father's  cattle  al 
Jordan  hill  neon  Olotcow*  in  Scotland,  on  the  cal.  of  Nov.  lOii,  and  to  have  re- 
ceiTcd  some  education  in  Gloscow,*  Afterwards  it  appcarcs,  that  \\e  wcnl  hcyoud 
the  icii,  and  icrvcd  in  the  warn  for  c1c\-cn  ycares  under  Gncuiviut  and  Chrisiiooiu, 
ktni^  of  Swcedland,  in  Ccnnan}',  and  aftcrwanlit  for  Oie  s^iacc  uf  thrtr  yciim  h« 
was  t  piotubune  of  hone  iinder  Cbarle*  Levri*  elector  Palatine.  In  1641  he  was 
lent  into  Ireland  by  the  parliament  of  i-Viglond  to  fight  against  tlie  rebellt,  where 
he  serred  in  the  quality  of  a  tribune  for  two  yeare*.  and  in  1643  be  was  khi  for  from 
tbcncc  by  the  pari,  of  Lngland,  and  isadc  Icgafus  sratmiut  *  under  £dward  ^Moa- 
Uga)  carl  of  Maiichnlcr,  and  aflcrwanls  in  the  Scotch  expedition,  At  length 
when  the  Scoti  besieged  Hereford,  Itc  was  kil'd  with  a  bullet,  shot  from  the  works, 
on  the  17  of  Aug.  1645.  aged  34  jearcK  :  whenxipun  1ii&  bo<1y  being  carried  olT  to 


»  'Walter's'  in  the  Har)  .MS.  ;'Wal- 
tCT  •  in  ihc  Tanner  MS. 

*  *a  theving  or  shelving  ground,'  in 
the  Uarl.  MS. 

'  '  of  the  hinder  men  of,*  in  the  UaiL 
MS. 

*  Ibc  words  in  square  lir^ickets  are 
an  obscure  condensation  iu  the  'I'otuicr 
MS.  of  what  it  laid  more  fully  and 
clearly  in  the  Harl.  MS. — 'in  truth  I 


cannot  now  tell ;  but  I  think  they  did 
rtol,  but' 

*  in  the  inscription  in  Gloucester 
Cathedral,  a  summary  of  which  is  fotmd 
in  Wood  MS.  D.  11. 

•'GIoscow'  in  the  Tanner  MS.; 
'Glatcow*  in  the  Hnrl,  MS. 

^  explained  in  ihe  margin  of  the  MSS. 
as  '  major  gencrall.' 


I  2 


ufi 


WOOiyS  UFE  AND  mfES. 


the  city  of  Glocestn-,  it  was  Imri;^  there  in  the  larg  cbappcl  Rt  tbe  east  end  of  the 
diolre,  called  our  Ladic'i  chappcl,  witbin  tbc  cathedral  there,  and  soon  after  bod  a 
very  fair  raunuirKtit  set  or  faslncd  on  the  nortti  wall  nearc  to  bit  i^vr,  containing 
the  proportion  of  a  man  Is  ihc  middle  (or  the  bcM  of  a  man)  in  white  marble,  with 
a  short  Mafi"  in  hi*  right  band.  AVhich  monuinenl  continuing  in  its  luster  till  after 
the  restoration  of  K.  Cb.  3,  it  was  then  ordered  to  be  plucked  don-ne  by  the  bishop, 
denne  nnd  [irebenils.  This  LAitieiK-e  CrafTonl  scctos  to  be  the  same  prrsiii  with 
colonel  CraiToid  before  mention 'd  who  I  ihlnk  waiC^rcTnourof  Aylesbury  in  Bucks 
for  a  time.^ — A«  for  colonel  Blagge,  who  wa«  borne  nf  an  ntiticnt  ami  gentile  famille 
in  Saffolkc,  he  tnffcrcd  mnch  between  the  declension  of  the  king's  cauic  and  the 
icitoiatlon  ofK.  Ch.  t,  by  exile  and  several  imprtsocmcnts  ;  but  after  the  king  wag 
restored,  he  was  rcwanJcd  with  the  govcrnoorsbip  of  Yarmonth  and  other  things  in 
Norfolk  ;  yet  being  just  settled,  and  in  capacity  of  spending  the  remainder  of  his 
dayes  in  rase  and  qiiictiic^f.,  he  ilicd  to  the  grcnt  grief  of  his  family  and  relations 
witbin  the  city  of  Westminster,  on  the  14  of  Nov.  ififlo,  aged  47  ycarcs :  whcrc- 
upoD  his  body  was  buried  in  the  great  north  isle  joyniog  to  the  charch  of  S.  Peter 
(commonly  called  the  Abbey  church')  within  Che  said  citie. 

March. — [William  Strode',  borae  in  com.  Devon,  Dr.  of  Div., 
Canon  of  Ch.  Church,  and  ptiblic  orator*  of  the  Universil)',  died,  M., 
10  Mar.  anno  1643  and  was  buried  in  the  Divinity  Chappeil  on  the 
north  side  of  the  cboire  of  Ch.  Ch.  cathedral!.  He  was  the  son  of 
Fhilipp  Strode  neare  Plimpton  and  he  a  yonger  son  of  Sir  Richard 
Strode  of  Newingham  in  com,  Devon. —  .  .  .  Strode,  widdow  of  Dr. 
Strode  and  daughter  of  Dr.  .  .  .  Sympaon  ',  prebendary  of  Canterbury, 
died,  Su,,  6  Feb.  164J  and  was  buried  at ...  in  Bedfordshire, — They 
had  one  onlie  daughter  between  them  named  Jane  who  was  married 
lo  Henrj-  Langley,  master  of  Arts  of  Wadham  Coll.,  son  and  heire  of 


'  in  the  Harl.  MS.  this  sentence  nins : 
— '  Now  whether  this  laurcncc  CrafTord 
be  the  uune  with  colonel  CrafTurd  before 
mLTilioDMl,  n-hom  1  ttikelo  l>c  govmiaiir 
of  Aylesbury  for  a  time,  1  know  not.' 

*  the  Harlcian  M.S.  hns  a  pencil  rc> 
ference :— 'secMonumentn  Westmonast. 
p.  186.' 

'  note  in  Wood  M&  F.  4  p.  83.  An 
earlier  draft  of  the  note  is  In  Kawl-  MS. 
D  fflim  1390.  Wood  gives  in  colonn 
tltcse  arms ;-~'  urgent  op  a  chevron  be- 
tween 3  cuiiics  courant  snhlc  a  martlet 
or  [Strode] ;  impolini;,  per  bend  sinister 
•able  and  or  a  Xvm  rampant  counter- 
changed,  Rmcd  sod  tangoed  gnlcs 
[Sympsonl.' 

'  in  Wood  MS.  E.  4,  he  cites  '  Scvc- 
rall  sprechcs  spoken  by  William  Strode 
lo  King  Charles  I  and  greai  personages 
while  he  was  Orator  t(>3t)-\(>^i\  some 
of  them   are   in   n  MS.  Cullection   of 


speeches  and  Ictten  [made  by  Richtnl 
S-iundcrs  of  Oriel]  in  Francis  Barryc'a 
hand,  rector  of  Kingscy  near  Thame. 
One  Kpcech  which  he  ipoke  to  the  king 
at  Woodstock,  anno  16^(3),  when  the 
heads  of  the  Universitic  Went  to  con- 
gratulate him,  bath  thii  beginning. — 
"  Aoguftiuime  ct  Christo  proxime 
Homo-Detu  \  qiuiles  pro  te  ad  aras 
sanctiMimas,  tales  accedimus  ad  te,  non 
oculari  officio,  non  gcniibus  lanlum  pro- 
voluti,  8cd  animis  dcvoti,  gratulalionis, 
laudum,  ct  gratianim  cffwiiiaimc  plcni," 
etc'  The  parallel  in  Acts  xli.  as.  J.t, 
suggests  itself.  Sec  Mftcray's  Annals  of 
tbc  Uo«l!.  [edit-  i8qo)  p.  73;  Case's 
Cat.  Codd.  MSS.  Coll.  C.  C.  O*on,  do. 
CCCI,  fol.  lay. 

*  John  Simpson,  prcbrnil.ATy  of  Can- 
terbury, died  i6j|o  :  Nicholas  Simpson, 
prebendary  of  Canterbury,  died  ifioj). 


yAN.  —  APJ^fL,\Q^^- 


117 


Jonathan  Langley  of  Abbey-rorial  ncarc  Slirewsbun-. — The  said  Mris 
Strode,  widdow  of  Dr.  Strode,  had  a  sister  that  was  married  to  Matthew 
Skinner  a  physitian,  eldest  son  of  Dr.  Robert  Skinner  bishop  of 
Worcester] 

[March  24  ',  M.,  1644  <i.e.  |>,  Mr Smith  died  at  New  Coll.; 

he  was  an  attumey  and  a  Buckinglianisiiirc  nian.J 


An.  Dom.  1646 :  21  Car.  I :  (Wood  aet.  13.) 

April. — *  Tlie  next  great  disturbance  whereby  A.  W.  and  his 
fellow  sojoumours  were  alarum'd  at  Thame,  wag  this.  In  ihc  latter 
end  of  Apr.  1645  a  famous  Buckinghamshire  commander  called  capt. 
. . .  Phips  the  rag-man  was  in  Thame  with  ao  horse  and  dragoons  to 
guard  their  committee  for  the  excise  (the  chief  of  which  committee 
were  goodman  Ileywood,  and  goodman  Hen '  ihe  butcher  his  seri-ant) 
and  tarrying  there  two  daj'es  or  mora^  Sir  William  Campion  governour 
of  Borstall  house  having  received  notice  of  them,  sent  out  his 
caplainc  hcveienanl  called  capt. .  . .  Bunce,  with  a  partie  of  20  horse ; 
who  instantly  marching  thiiher  over  Crendon  bridg,  as  It  seems ',  and 
so  by  ihe  vicaridge  house,  drove  them  thro  the  lowne  of  Thame. 
Whereupon  I'hips  and  his  committee  fljing  pretty  fast  till  they  came 
lo  the  bridg  below  Thame  mill  (which  *  is  eastward  and  a  Utile  by 
iwrtli  about  a  sione's-cast  from  the  vicar's  house)  they  faced  about, 
hoping  to  make  good  the  bridge  with  their  dragoons.  But  this 
valiant  capcaine  Buncc,  after  he  had  receiv'd  a  volley  from  Phips  and 
his  partie  (which  touched  only  one  *  common  soldier  stiglitlie)  charged 
over  the  bridg,  and  with  his  pistols  shot  one  of  ihem  dead,  and  beat 
tliem  off  the  bridg,  so  as  ihcy  all  ran  away,  but  lost  just  half  Uielr 
number :  for  besides  him  that  was  killed,  there  were  nine  taken. 


*  thtl  note  is  from  a  slip  nt  Itie  end  of 
MS.  Kawl.  tfelim  1190.  The  slip  \x- 
loQgs  to  k  ootc-book  in  'which  hare 
been  jotted  down  Uie  tkathtuid  bariahof 
sereml  pcrtoni  in  Oxford  and  Oxford- 
•hire  (roin  l  G44  onward*,  A  good  many 
pop:*  of  it  are  found  in  MS.  ItawL  D 
b/i'w  1390;  other*  in  Wood  MS.  F  31. 
It  is  impossible  that  Wood,  a  Ijoy  at 
•cbool  at  Thame,  could  have  made  these 
notes  of  penoiis  dying  in  Oxford.  The 
note-book  may  be  thai  of  some  rcMdenl 
in  Oxford.  On  the  other  hand  the 
writing  U  not  nnlike  that  of  Wood  MS. 
B.  1 5  and  other  .MSS.  written  by  \S'ood 


abovt  jGtf^-xdtZ:  and  It  may  be  hit, 
the  noica  being  iranscritj«d  from  some- 
body's jonmat  They  are  aoi  in  atrict 
chronological  onler. 

*  the  name  'Hen'  is  omitled,  by  a 
slip,  from  the  Tanner  MS. 

'  '  as  it  seems '  is  Itie  omtio  obliqua 
of  Ihe  Tanocr  MS,  for  *  as  I  rcincmfaer,' 
tbe  oralio  dirccta  of  the  Hail.  MS. 

*  this  parenthrsis  in  the  Ilarl.  MS. 
readt  thus : — '  which  is  eastward  and  by 
north  tichiiid  our  hooMr.' 

*  '  touched  nobody  but  one  *  in  the 
Harl.  MS. 


IVOOD'S  LIFE  AND  T/AfES. 


I 

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I 

I 


whereof  Iwo  were  capt.  Phips  himself  and  bis  licvtenant,  tfn  only 
escaping,  most  of  which  had  marks  bestowed  on  them. 

*  Capt.  Bunce  returned  safe  to  Borslall  with  9  prisoners,  10  horses, 
six  (ire-locE;  musquets,  and  4  case  of  pistols.  This  is  that  capta,iDe 
Bunce  who  shot  the  pillaging;  Scot  cal'd  major  Jccamiah  Abercromy 
(belonging  X  iJiink  to  Aylesbury  garrison)  nearc  Siretton-Audley  in 
Oxfordshire ;  which  ^  cntring  deep  into  his  side,  fell  from  his  horse 
on  the  7  of  March  1644':  so  that  being  carried  off  prisoner,  wiih 
others,  to  Borslall  house,  died  there  soon  after,  full  of  sorrow  for  his 
activity  in  the  rebelEion  against  K.  Ch.  1. 

[Richard'  Brainlhwayle *  of  Ringwood  in  the  county  of  Southamp- 
ton, esq.,  died  in  S.  Giles  parish  in  the  norih  suburbs  of  Oxon  and 
was  bujied  in  (the  chancell,  I  think,  of)  that  church.  He  died  T., 
29  Apr.  1645. — In  the  year  1639  he  gave  to  the  said  Church  of 
S.  Giles  a  communion  table,  a  carpel  of  ]'ijrple  veh*el  fairUe  fringed, 
a  damask  linnen  table  cloth  anjl  two  napkins  of  the  same,  a  silver 
flaggon,  a  silver  chalice  with  a  cover  to  it,  a  plate  of  silver  for  the 
bread.] 

[T.,  Apr.  29*,  1645,  Richard  Brainlhwaite,  esq.,  died  in  St.  Giles' 
Oxford  and  was  buried  in  the  church  ihcre  wiih  this  inscription  with 
his  arms: — '  ln:^ignia  speciabtlis  viri  Ricardi  Bronthwaytc  de  Ring- 
wood  in  com.  Soudilon  armig.  qui  obiit  29  die  Apr.  1645.'  His 
armes  were  : — '  two  bendlclls  ingraled  sable.*] 

May. — [Sir  John  Terryngham*  died,  F.,  2  May  1645,  and  was 
buried  in  St.  Marie's  church.] 

(On  M.,  12  May,  1645,  M-ere  issued  'Orders  for  preventing  ilie 
spreading  of  die  plague'  in  Oxford  ;  Uiis  [laper  is  now  found  in  Wood 
376  A  no.  311.) 

[Lucia  Heath',  wife  of  Edward  Heath  (lion  of  Robert  Heath  tlte 


'  i.e.  ■  which  shot ....  he  rdt.' 
■  ie.,  ¥.,  7  Mar,  164^. 

*  notes  from  Wood  MS.  F.  4.  p.  73. 
On  p.  71  space  hu  been  left  for  two 
eiiliics,  the  aimcs  noted  in  pencil  being 
'Dr.(S>lroiid«'imd  Mr.  Smith  of  N. 
Coll.*  (.ace  shfm  p.  117).  Tbtsc  pencil 
entrie*  are  not  in  Wood's  hand.  I  ihink  ; 
but  poMibly  by  the  heraldic  paiatcr  who 
(as  1  imiKine)  was  employed  by  Wood 
lo  draw  and  coloiu  Ihe  coau  of  armB. 

*  Woods  gives  in  coloon  this  coat  1 — 
'  or,  two  bcndlcts  engrailed  sable :  crest, 
on  «  rock  proper  an  eagle  rising  argent.' 

*  note  in  Wood  Mb.  K.  n  M.  69. 


•  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4  p.  73 :  an 
earlier  draft  13  in  MS.  kawl.  D.  oUm 
1390,  where  Wood  Dotc!i. — ■'  not  in  the 
ngistet '  of  the  parUb. 

'  note*  frum  Wood  MS.  F.  4  pp.  7J 
foil.  Wood  gives  in  colours  tbisi  coat : 
— 'Quarterly,  i  and  4,  arf^cnl  a  crosa 
ingrailed  between  twelve  billets  gnlcs; 
3  and  i,  ermine  a  fcss  gules  between  3 
griflias*  heads  erased  azore :  impaling, 
gules  a  fest  bctwcm  sii  luarllcts  argent, 
3,1,  and  ].'  In  MS.  KawI  .U.  (;/i'0f  1 390 
is  an  earlier  draft  of  this  bote,  which 
run  : — 'May  16.  K,  1645,  Mia.  tleath, 
wife  to  juc^  Heath's  sunnc,  died,  and 


APRIL  — 7UIY,\Q4A. 


"9 


judge),  died  F.,  i6  May  1645:  cmbalcicd  in  lead  and  laid  in  the 
v-aull  of  All  Saints  cliurch.— Robert  Heath  of  Eaton  Bridge  in  Kent 
had  issue  Robert  Heaiti  of  Michnm  in  Surrey,  justice  of  peace  for 
tliat  countic  and  sollicitor  general  to  king  James.  He  married 
Margaret,  daughter  and  heir  of  John  >riller  of  Tunbridgc  in  Kent; 
by  whome  he  had  issue  Edward,  John,  Georg,  and  Mary, — living 
anno  1623. — Note  that  iJie  body  of  the  said  Lucie,  wife  of  Edward 
Heath  esq.,  was  deposited  in  the  vault  under  S.  Ann's  chapel  on 
the  nonh  side  of  All  Saints'  cliancell,  F.,  16  May  16^5: — ita  regis- 
crum  Ecclesbe.] 

[John  '  West  (of  Hampton-poyle  com.  m.  Muy  (daughter  of  Leonard  Kirk, 
Oxon,  Brmiger,  boq  of  Vilentiae        I  mcrchnal,  of  Luoduo). 

West  uf  Berwick  upon  Tweed        I 
com.  Northiimberland.)  \ 


John  (ton  aad  heite,      l^llzabeih  (oxor      Muy.      Alice.      XAthciiac    Ana.] 
act.  13,  166S)  SamuL'IuPocadc). 

m,  Katbcrine,  daughter 
of ...  Seaman  of 
Oxionl. 

[May  28*,  W.,  1645,  capl.  .  .  .  Blomfdd  died  of  a  consumption 
at  ihe  Kathcrine  WheeJe,  Oxon.  He  was  a  captain  of  dragoners  to 
Sir  Thomas  Hooper;  and  buried  in  St.  Marie's  church. 

May  31,  S.,  1645,  Mr.  . .  .  Clapham,  a  minister  died  att  BaHiol 
Coll.  His  broiher  was  a  pensioner  to  ihe  king.  (His)  armes  are : — 
'  or,  on  a  bend  sable  6  flcur  dc  lis  of  the  first.] 

July. — [Sir*  Thomas  Gardiner  *,  son*  of  the  Recorder  of  London 


was  irobalined  in  lead  and  laid  in  All 
SabiU'  cliUTcti  in  (he  vnull,  Oxon.  .She 
liore  to  Ikt  arrae^^i^lc^  a  tow  inter  6 
Diartlctta  argent.  llcaUi'i  armcsarc — 
ftrgenta  crou  ingrailcd  inter  13  billet* 
gtiirt  impaling  <|U(irtcrly  ertRini;  a  fcsi 
gnka  inter  3  grij^ni'  heads  cniBcd  blue.* 
'  this  note  is  on  a  slip  pasted  oa  to 
>Vood  MS.  F.  4  p.  75.  The  slip  is 
pasted  in  a  blank  space  opposite  to  the 
following  coat  of  arms  drawn  to  colours 
(with  which,  prutably,  it  has  no  con* 
Dcction)  ; — 'Qonrtcrly  of  %i%  :  ist.,  or, 
on  A  bend  sable  six  Qeur-de-liz  two  two 
udtwoof  the  field  ;  and.,  or,  00  a  bend 
sable  three  tiovered  cops  ^1)  of  the  field ; 
3rd.,  uble,  a  swan  Handing  oa  a  tower 
argent ;  4th.,  ];uleft,  a  cock  standing  00 
u  cvallop  or ;  jth.,  argent,  three  grey* 
hounds  cooRuu  in  pale  h61c;   l^tk.. 


rjuartcrly  argent  and  sable,  four  man's 
beads  i:un[)«d  connit^rchanged.' 

'  nutc»  In  Ms.  Kawl.  L>.  olim  1190. 

*  note*  in  Wood  MS.  I-'.  4  p.  76.  The 
notes  in  MS.  iUwl.  D.  oiin  1190  re> 
fetring  to  llic  two  biothcrs  arc  ■ — 'July 
'9*  '''45t  being  Tuesday,  Sir  Thomas 
Gardiner  was  killed.  He  bore  to  his 
armes — partic  per  pale  gules  and  or,  a 
fesa  inier  3  riowe»  trippant  cuunlcr- 
c)iangr<l  of  tlit  feild.'  *  7  Sept.  (Sn.) 
164J,,  cnjitsiii  (Hrnry)  GardiDcr.  son  of 
bir  'Iltomas  Gardiner  recorder  of  Lon- 
don, was  killd  Alt  Tame  when  Lbcy  beat 
np  the  parlamcnt  quarters.' 

*  Wood  gives  in  colour  these  arms :  — 
'  parted  pei  pale  gales  and  or  a  fris 
Ijctween  jhiinU  tripping  cocntcrcbangcd, 
■  label  o?  3  pQtnu  ardent.' 

*  origiuLlIjr  written '  Sir  Thomas  Gv 


130 


tVOOl/S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


(Sir  Thomas  Gardiner),  and  a  captane  of  horse  under  the  king,  was 
buried  in  ilie  cathedral)  of  Ch.  Church,  1".,  29  July  1645  under 
Alexander  Gerard's  monDment.  He  was  knighted  by  his  majesty 
whilst  he  sate  at  dinner,  upon  ihe  delivery  of  ihc  news  of  prince 
Rupert's  success  against  the  rebclls  thai  had  beseiged  Newark.  March 
164J. — Henry  Gardiner,  a  capt.  of  horse,  second  son  of  Sir  Thomas, 
killed  at  Tliame  when  (he  cavaliers  beat  up  the  quarters  of  the 
ParliameTitarians  there,  Su.,  7  Sept.  1(545,  and  was  buried  by  his 
brother  '.^ — Sir  Thomas  Gardiner  of  Cudesden  in  com.  Oxon.,  Re- 
corder of  London,  died  . .  .  Oct.  1652  aud  was  buried  in  ....  He 
was  his  majesty's  sollicitor  and  by  ihat  name  occurrs  1644.J 

August. — [Sir  Henry  Poole',  kt.,  died  in  the  house  of  Mr.  John 
Holloway"  in  St.  Aldaie's  parish,  M.,  4  Aug.  1645.] 

('I'.,  19  Aug.  1645,  was  issued  'An  Order  for  completing  the  forti- 
ficaiiou  of  Oxford':  it  is  found  in  Wood  276A  no.  341.) 

[Edward '  lord  Littleton,  baron  of  ^^ounsIow,  Lord  Keeper  of  the 
Great  Seal,  and  privi  councellour,  died,  W.,  27  Aug.  1645;  and  was 
buried"  the  next  day  in  the  caitiedrall  of  Ch.  Church  in  the  isle 
on  the  north  side  of  the  cbotre  under  Dr.  '(William)  Goodwin's 
motiumcnt".] 

September. — *Anotlicr  great  alarnie  to  the  juvenile  muses  in  tlie 
vicaridge  house,  particularly  to  A.  W.,  was  this : — Colonel  Richard 
Greaves,  a  most  confiding  Presbyterian,  laying  couchant  for  a  con- 
siderable time  in  Thame  with  a  great  partie  of  horse  (upon  what 
account  I  can  not  yet  tell)  in  the  beginning  of  Sep.  1645,  it  was 
knowne  among  Uie  chief  officers  in  Oxon.  Whereupon  colonel 
William  Legge  the  govemour  thereof  resolving  to  beat  up  him  and 
his  parlie,  he  sent  400  horse  from  Oxon  commaiuled  by  col.  David 
Waller  (high-sheriff  of  the  counlie)  and  col.   Robert  Legge  the 


diner  of  CuilMlen  in  Oxfoidshire,  ku, 
Rccordrr  of  LuntUm';  corredod  by  a 
marginal  oulc. 

•  '  fiihcr'  in  the  MS. ;  having  been 
■written  before  the  above  correction  was 
made 

•  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4.  p.  75. 
^'ood  givts  ia  co]oui  thin  coat  ofanns : 
^'utire  senHfe-dc-liz  or,  ■  lion  nun^Muit 
■i;gc»t,  langud  xnd  irtned  gales ;  im- 
paling, per  pale  galei  Had  or  three 
Uons  pusaat  gturdftnt  in  pile  counter- 
changed.'  In  an  earlier  draft  of  the 
sole  in  Wood  MS.  F.  31  fol.  71,  Wood 


says; — 'be  bore  to  his  oxmcs — bine  a 
lytxn  ram[>iuit  argcoC  within  an  orle  of 
dear  lie  Lis  or,  impaling,  etc' 

'  two  slips  pasted  here  say : — (a)  '  of 
the  Holloway*  see  "  Notes  from  He- 
rald's' Office"  <i.e.  Wood  MS.  B  13, 
U  14,  orK  5)  p.  70,  71'j  (b)  'Snsan, 
dftughter  of  John  Holloway,  was  mar- 
tied  to  Dr.  Jotin  Windcbaalt  of  Guilford.' 

*  note  in  Wood  MS.  K.  4  p.  76. 

'  'was  barbed  in  XL  Ch.  quier/  aote 
in  Wood  MS.  F.  31  fol.  71. 

■  tee  Gutch'ft  Wood's  Coll.  and  Halls, 
p.  496. 


JULY  — SEPT.  164B. 


131 


govcrnour's  brother.  These,  »ilh  Go  musquetticrs  of  the  gcvemotir's 
regiment  (commanded  by  caplaine  . . .  Burgh)  marched  forth  from 
Oxon  in  ihc  afternoon  of  Saturday  Sept.  6;  and,  before  they  came 
neare  to  Thame,  they  divided  into  two  bodies,  the  van  headed  by 
colonel  Walter  and  the  reer  by  colonel  Robert  Leggc.  They  found 
the  towne  very  strongly  barricaded'  at  every  avenue  :  notwithstanding 
which,  major  (Scrope)  Mcdcalf  (major  lo  coll.  Robert  Legge) 
[gallantly'  led  up  the  forlome  hope],  charged  the  rehclls'  guard.% 
[and'  maintained  his  ground  so  handsomty,  that  m.ijor  .  .  .  Aglionby 
coming  up  to  his  assistance  the  rebels  were  beat  ofT  the  guards]  so 
as  major  . . .  Medcalfe  with  7  troopers  leapt  from  Uicir  horses,  and, 
removing  Uie  carls,  opened  the  avenue.  Tiiis  done,  the  two  gallant 
majors  charged  the  rebclls  up  thro  the  street,  doing  execution  al  the 
way  to  ihe  market-place,  where  col.  Greaves  himself  stood  with  atwut 
aoo  horse  drawn  up;  but  col.  Walter  being  ready  wiih  the  other 
troops  (viz.  his  owne,  that  of  coL  Tooker  and  that  of  major  Trial) 
gave  the  rebels  such  a  charg  as  made  them  fly  out  of  tlic  towne;  and 
after  pursuing  the  fugitive  rebels,  drove  them  above  half  a  mile  from 
Thame.  In  the  meane  while  coll.  Legge,  who  with  ihc  reere  guarded 
die  towne  and  avenews  least  other  of  the  rebclts  (being  in  all  800) 
should  break  in  and  defeat  the  whole,  now  drew  into  tlie  towne,  that 
others  might  have  secure  time  to  search  houses  and  stables.  Orders 
were  given,  and  'twas  done  accordingly.  After  which  ihcy  all  drew 
out  of  the  towne,  and  marched  away  with  their  horses  and  prisoners. 
•Before  they  had  gone  two  miles,  at  least  200  rebels  were  got 
in  their  reere,  but  then  col.  Legge  charged  them  so  gallantly  that  the 
rebels  ran  back  much  faster  than  they  came  on.  Yet  farr  had  they 
not  gone,  before  these  vexed  rebels  came  on  agaiue ;  and  tlicn  also 
col.  Legge  beat  them  so  farr  back  that  they  never  attempted  to  come 
on  againe.  In  this  last  charge  that  most  hopeful  yong  gentleman 
capt.  Henry  Gardiner  (son  of  Sir  Thomas  Gardiner,  liis  majestic *3 
soUicitor  gen.)  was  unfortunately  shot  dead  ;  a  youth  of  such  high 
incomparable  courage,  mix'd  wiili  such  abundance  of  modesty  and 
sweetness,  that  wee  cannot  easily  match  him  unless  with  his  brave 
brother,  yong  Sir  Thomas  Gardiner,  which  two  are  now  buried  both 
in  one  grave"  in  ilw  cathedral  of  Christ  Church  in  Oxon,  whether 
they  were  brought  with  much  universal  sorrow  and  affecllon. 


'  'barricadoed,'  in  the  liar!.  M.S. 

*  the  wuids  in  Kjeuc  brnckcls  nic 
tapplKd  from  the  Hail.  MS-,  betng 
omitted  (jKotwbly  nnialcotioiullyj  io 


Ike  Tanner  MS, 

•  »cc  Claik's  Wood'a  City  of  Oxfbtd, 
ii.  5St>- 


133 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


I 


I 


\ 


*  Besides  ihts  gallant  gentleman,  no  officer  vas  killed,  only  3 
common  solditrs;  nor  scarce  any  hurt,  only  major  (Scropc)  Med- 
calfc  shot  in  the  armc.  The  rebels  dropt  plentifully  in  the  street  and 
tn  llic  fitlils,  and  col.  Greaves  escaped  very  narrowly,  being  run  into 
the  body,  and  at  first  tliousht  lo  have  been  slaine*.  The  rebell*^ 
being  thus  beaten,  his  majesties  forces  brought  away  those  prisoners 
they  had  taken;  which,  besides  common  iroopera,  were  27  officers: 
among  whomc  were  their  adjutant-general  . .  .  Puide*,  their  provost- 
general  marshatl  (or  prov.  marshal  general)  and  their  chief  engineer, 
four  captaines  as  capl.  Hanson,  John  Thonihill,  James  the  elder  &c^ 
wven  lievtcnanls,  viz,  WilmoLt,  Hughes,  Bagnall,  Lampert,  Canne, 
Wilson,  Crompton,  and  three  cornets,  Bradshaw,  Brooks  and  S}Tnons. 
There  were  also  taken  1 3  sergeants,  qua(r)tcr-masiers  and  corporalls ; 
ami  a  great  deal  of  money  was  found  in  the  rebels'  pockets  (ba\-ing, 
lately  received  advance-money).  Many  armes  also  were  taken  and 
between  two  and  three  hundred  good  horsie,  besides  three  colours, 
two  whereof  had  mottos.  The  one  was  Non  Reos  Hu,  and  the  otlier , 
was  Patria  poicenle  paratus. 

•This  alarm  and  onset  was  made  by  the  cavaliers  from  Oxon  about 
break  of  day  on  Sunday  morning  Sept.  7.  before  any  of  the  reLwls 
were  stirring.  Bui  by  the  alarm  taken  from  ihc  sentinel  that  stood 
at  that  end  of  the  towne  leading  to  Oxon,  many  of  them  came  out 
of  their  beds  into  the  market  place  without  their  doublets ;  wherct 
adj.  gen.  Puidc  was  one,  who  fought  in  his  shin.  Some  tliat  wcr«l 
qnarier'd  near  the  church,  as  in  Vincent  Barry's  house  between  it  and 
the  school,  and  those  in  the  vicar's  house  (wherein  A.  \V.  then  so- 


I 


^  Thomas  Kcamc  addi  bcre  sn  ex- 
cerpt from  a  letter,  by  W.  R  (i.c.  Wil- 
llflm  Browne,  scholar  of  Trinity  in  lO^g 
and  fellow  in  1643,  died  Ji  Uct,  1C69) 
lo  Jotin  Aubtcy,  dilcl  Tactdaj-  9  Sept. 
1645.  'Sunday  montLng  lut  odt  hone 
from  Oxon.  fell  on  the  enemies  fioartcrs 
nt  Tluiinc,  wheie  were  tome  iloo  horae 
rtrfoniitulue*.  All  tlie  qwoitcm  there- 
about made  soinc  C  or  700  horse  and 
dragoons.  Wee  fell  on  them  unex- 
pectedly, kLll['d]  and  Cuokc  lOo  of  Ihtnn 
(amoDRit  the  token  was  m  Dutch  man 
Uieii  agit&iLt  gcncratl,  amongst  the  slaime 
ooL  Grcavc»,  lire  that  Lcgil  Lichfiefd 
B^iHt  prince  Ku)«rt)  and  joo  hoisc. 
They  galheinl  up  their  SL-altercd  com- 
jwnica   and    purbocd   as  in   ttic   reare, 


bB^Hn[rc  al«*e»oincheJ[)e  from  .■Vlisbnrie 
&c.  but  were  repaired  with  lossc ;  oncty 
incbclait  charge  wee  lost  captain  Hcnrie 
Gardiner,  son  lo  Sir  I'faonuis  Cnrdincr 
Ihc  kings  soUtcitonr,  whose  losse  ii 
generally  lamented ,  not  onely  hi  tcgarde 
of  hii  valofir.  sweet  dispD»ition  and 
hopcfnll  carriage,  but  'cause  too  hii 
brother,  youngc  Sir  Thoniaii,  was  slaine 
in  Ihc  same  maimer  not  past  a  ctontJi 
bincc.' 

'  a  marginal  reference  in  the  HarL 
MS.  hays:-  'Paid,  loe  Mirrv-frenuoH 
at  the  end  of  Queula  Catttal'rigiemis 
anno  1645  In  .September.'  Wood  107 
(3)  is  'Querela  Cantab.'  1647;  Wood 
ao7  (4.)  b  '  MiurD-cronicon  '  1647 


SEPTEMBER,  1846. 


133 


joum'd)  fled  inio  lire  church  (some  with  ihcir  horses  also)  and  going 
lo  the  top  of  the  lower,  would  be  peeping  thence  lo  see  the  cavalicra 
run  into  the  houses  where  they  quarter'<l,  to  fetch  away  their  goods. 

•TTicre  were  about  6  of  the  parliament  soldiers  (troopers)  that 
quartcr'd  in  the  vicar's  house ;  and  one  being  slow  and  careless,  was 
airing  and  warming  his  boots,  while  they  were  figbtinp  in  the  townc : 
and  no  sooner  he  was  wiihdrawnc,  into  the  garden  1  think,  but  some 
of  the  cavaliers  who  were  retiring  with  their  spoyle  towards  Eorstall 
(for  iliey  had  separated  themselves  from  those  that  went  lo  Oxon)  ran 
Into  the  \icar's  house,  and  seized  on  cloaks  and  goods  of  the  rebels, 
while  some  of  the  said  rebels  (who  had  lock'd  ihemselws  up  in  the 
dmrch)  were  beholding  out  of  iIil*  church  windows  what  they  were 
doing. 

"On  the  day  before  (Saturday)  some  of  the  said  rebels'  that  lodg'd 
in  the  said  house  had  been  progging  for  venison,  in  Thame  park 
I  think ;  and  one  or  two  pasties  of  it  were  made,  and  newly  put  into 
the  oven  before  tlie  cavaliers  cntred  into  the  house.  But  so  it  was, 
that  none  of  the  said  rebels  were  left  at  eleven  of  the  clock  to  eat  the 
said  pasties,  so  tlicir  share  fcU  among  the  school-boyes  that  were 
sojournours  in  the  said  house. 

•As  for  the  beforemeniion'd  adj.  gen.  Puid,  he  had  leave,  wiiliin 
daycs  after  he  was  brought  to  Oxon.  10  depart  U|K>n  his  parol ;  yet 
vanted  il»e  civility  either  to  retunie  himself,  or  to  release  the  gentle- 
man (or  any  other)  that  he  had  promised  in  exchange  for  liim.  Such 
and  no  better  is  the  faith  and  humanity  of  die  rebels. 

•Besides  these  here  set  downe,  were  other  alarms  and  skirmishes, 
which  being  frequent  and  of  little  concern, — ^yet  much  to  the  school- 
boyes,  who  were  interrupted  theretiy,— I  shall  forbeare  the  recital 
of  them.  They  had  also  several  times  troopers  from  Borstal,  who 
would  walch  and  be  upon  the  guard  in  the  vicaridge  bouse  (the  out- 
house northward  from  Thame,  as  I  have  before  told  you)  and  continue 
there  a  whole  night  together,  while  some  of  their  panic  were  upon 
London  road  neare  Thame '  to  lay  in  wait  for  provision  or  wine  that 
came  from  London  towards  Aylesbury,  or  to  any  persons  thereabouts 
thai  look  part  with  the  rebclls'.  Some  of  these  troopers  would 
discourse  with  ihe  school-boyes  that  lived  in  the  house  (lieing  of 
the  number  of  six  or  somlicnes  more)  while  they  were  making  their 


*  the  lUrl.  MS.  i»  less  dcdded  tn  its 
expr«»ion*,  saying  b«rc  *»otne  of  the 
pkrliament  truopcr'.' 

*  luMcaduf 'DcucTluuiic' the  Ilnrl. 


MS.  rradi  'eastward  frvm  the  t<nm«.' 

'  iottcsd  of  '  rclicLU  '  the  Hart  MS. 
reads '  parliamcni.* 


114 


WOOtfS  UFE  ASD  TIMES. 


I 


* 


exercise  \n  tbe  hall  against  ibc  next  day.  Some  of  tbcin  A.  W.  found 
to  bave  grammar  learning  in  them,  as  by  the  questions  they  proposed 
10  the  boys ;  and  others  having  been,  or  li\'ed,  in  Oxon,  knew  the 
relattoiu  of  A.  W,,  which  vould  make  them  shcvr  kindness  to  him 
nnil  his  brodicr.  But  that  which  A.  \V.  obscrv'd,  was,  tlial  the  vicar 
nnd  hi»  wife  were  alwaics  more  kind  to  tbe  pari,  soldiers  or  rebcUs 
lh>in  10  ihc  cavaliers,  as  his  master  W.  Burt  and  his  wfe  were,  having 
\\vfx\  alwftiei  ncquainicd  with  and  obliged  to  the  families  of  tlic 
lh|(uhtpit>lcs  nnd  Hamdens  in  Buckinghamshire,  and  other  puritanical 
iidil  Iht  tkniH  families*  in  the  said  countic;  who,  while  yong,  had  been 
lit«t|ly  bml  in  the  said  school  of  Thame,  and  had  sojourned  either 
^\\\\  llio  vkttr  or  roaster.  But  as  for  the  usher  David  Thomas,  a 
|tiit)wt  itKUi  \VcI»hin«n,  A.  W.  aln*aies  took  him  to  be  a  good  loyallist, 
n  .  '  '  ' '  M'u. 

I ,  .,  -.^  -V  *  Scrv^  Medcair,  a  Yorkshire  man,  died  in  the  house  of 
|i>Ku  KjtviWx  iMPUiwt  t'ni\-«nity  College  in  tbe  parish  of  S.  Peter 
l>  S^,  ij  Se^H   1*45.     He '  commanded  the  troop  belonging 

t.i  ..  ,,  ,'.!»H,Hir  W  iXutd  ((Sir  WiUiam)  Legg)  when  the  cavaliers 
imti  W  ^  |«f tUmcnt  ^uvtrn  U  Thame ;  and  receiving  wounds 
ti'  >!  ifcnk     tU  w«i  borifd  in  S.  Peter's  church  in  Uie  East. 

^  \  '  iii(ivui,  ,1  ^br<(«  liMSftBt  sable,  a  mullet  gules.'] 

Mvvvui^iMS  ^b-Atnh*  KUirttP  {written  somethnes  Eldrige)  I.l. 
t^v  <M\\  (VU»«  «|  M*W  0)U«  tttld.  W.,  fi  Nov.  1645 ;  and  u-as  buried 
\\\  \\\A\  Ss\'Xl  cImHIvIL  H*  «•■  borne  at  Blackwell  hall  in  com. 
MuKUv«*v 

\  "(vti^  gtHU  Ilk  co«L  Berks,  cfied*  in  the  house  of 
s->  \t4mt«  HftfilllMi  (Arish,  S.,  15  ^'ov- (645;  and 

MM  W.^\  Mv  WiklUw  l\4k««  chAfipeU.  He  married  Kathcrine. 
iWtMhIvi  \\X  1'Ihmams  lUttMMiv  {Anus) :— *  b<hie>,  a  fess  betweene  3 
vit>ui«  ^mitiV  tti||*m.  (^'Urk];  tmpaUas.  argent  on  a  bend  sable 
lhh«  liuiu*  ViUhUi  a  U»(\Ktte  (tuW«  [Uaicman].* 

Wtllum  \  '  Mu.uuvker •  aied  at  Wadham  CoIL,  T.,  18  Nov. 
tfi4ji  At>^^  ^«  '  '»  il^  CAthc^lmU  of  C&.  Omrcfa,  Th.,  20  of  tbe 


Mit  Im  ^im^  '  othtc 


)<«n  ttk  MS.  K««l   tV 
'  K»  WM  »h%>u  •(  1  h«m 

U\H>)>«   to   hU 


lit*  vOi  «i  tli> 

HWII  ' 

*  MVIM  Hi  WmA  M&  P.  4  11V  rr.  t*- 


*  Wood  fim  ibcM  anni  *  or,  a  bend 
ncmU« ....  in  buc  a  martlctt  Estn 
braked  MMe.*  An  cirller  draft  In  MS. 
KxwL  D  9lim  1190  ibcwi  tlmt  be  did  oot 

kuow  tbe  culour  of  ihe  '  l>cii(l  ragguled.* 

*  '  febont  9  uf  tltc  clock  in  the  munf 
Ibk  ' ;  M&  lOiwI.  D.  0//M  1390. 

'  ■  tKrevpUles,'  ibid. 
'  *  BrxicMtl,'  corrected  in  the  marjjin. 
Wood  civet  in  colour   tbcK   ums: — 


SEPT.  1046  —  MARCH,  1046. 


"5 


same  month  near  to  ihe  grave  of  Sir  Henry  Gage. — Winefrid  the 
relict  of  William  lord  Brunchard  was  buried  by  her  husband,  F., 
10  Aug.  1649.] 

[Mary'  Croft*,  wife  of  Dr.  Richard  Chawonh,  LL.D.,  was  buried 
in  the  south  isle  jo)-ning  to  the  choire  of  Christ  Church,  T.,  25  Nov. 
1645]  

(Wood  476  A  no.  308  is  'An  oath  to  be  administered  unto  all 
.*. .  within  the  garrison  of  Oxon,'  Oxford  1645.) 


(164^:  Wood  a«t.  14.) 

January. — (M.,  la  Jan.  1645  {i.e.  g)  was  issued  'An  order  by 
the  Governour'  of  Oxford  dircciing  every  responsible  person  in  the 
City  and  University  to  see  that  six  months'  provisions  were  in  store 
for  every  person  under  his  charge :  it  is  now  found  in  Wood  276  A 
no.  342.) 

Pebmary. — {On  T.,  3  Feb.  164  J,  was  issued  a  '  Proclamation  for 
the  preveniing  of  disorders  in  the  night-time  in  the  garrison  of 
Oxf-'ird.'     This  paper  is  found  in  Wood  276  A  no.  i2fi.> 

Korch. — [Clirislopher  Potter',   D.D.,   provost  of  Queen's  Coll. 


'arffciit  six  pclku  in  p«Ic  three  and 
lhre«  sable,  on  a  thcif  embattled  sable 
a  loicngc  fc4s-wajs argent  ch.ir(;cd  with 
a  Malicac  cr««s  sable;  impaling,  gulea 
a  cruAs  cngmilcd  argent,  in  tlie  fiist 
quatlcr  a  loienge  ar^eni.'  In  MS, 
Kawl.  D.  «/»'<«  iiyo,  'Icnl  BrancotL' 

'  note  in  Wood  MS.  K.  4  p.  79. 

'  Wood  givci  in  coloiin  this  coat : — 
'borry  of  eight  argent  and  gulet,  on  ihe 
first,  thirJ,  fifth,  and  teventh  acvcn 
martlets  three  two  two  aiMl  one  sable 
(Cbnworth) ;  Impaling,  ^juartcrlj  in< 
dented  azure  and  argent,  on  the  firrt 
quarter  a  lion  pastuinl  gnan^ant  ut 
(Croft):  crest,  five  ostrich  firalltcrs  the 
second  and  fourth  gales  the  others 
argent  luning  ont  of  a  lower.* 

'  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4  p.  79. 
Wood  f^vcs  this  C0.1I  in  colours: — 
'  argent,  on  a  pale  aiuic  3  pairs  of 
wings  conjoined  at  tbe  base  in  pale  of* 
the  first :  crest,  an  csloile  of  twelve 
points  or,  isiob);  oat  of  a  pair  of  wiiigi 
conjoined  at  the  base  argent :  motto, 
Snrtum*    In  Wood  MS.  E.  31  fol.  19  b 


it  this  note:— '15  Aog.  1633  or  nacb 
about  that  time  Dr.  Potter  presented 
one  nf  hit.  Umkft  lo  the  Ling  intilolnl 
Ckaritie  mittaktn;  a  prelicndihip  of 
Windsorc  (was)  designed  him  for  his 
reward  then  Itkcly  to  be  void  by  (be 
promotion  of  the  bishop  of  Ctoocester 
lo  Hereford.  It  wu  thought  that  Dr. 
(Peler)  H(?yI)Ti  should  have  been  the 
■nan,  and  many  of  his  friends,  especially 
Richard  Neale  aicbbiihop  of  York  pot 
him  hard  upon  it;  but  it  did  not  move 
him,  onllc  to  far  at  to  tnake  ihii  epl- 
gtam  upon  it  and  so  pass  it  by : — 

When  Wbdsore  pnbcad  late  diiposcd 
was 

One  aak'd  me  sadly  how  U  came  to 
pass 

Potter  was  chose  and  Hcylyo  waa  for- 
saken. 

I  antwo-'d,  'twas  by  ekarilit  mistakin. 
Dm  the  bishop  of  Olnuocstcr  (Godfrey 
Goodman)  did  not  move,  and  so  the 
business  endeil.'  -  Dr.  Cliristopher 
Potter's  book  is  '  W'ant  of  charity  justly 
charged  upon  all  soch  Komanisis  etc* 


196 


WOOffS  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


\ 


Oxaa.  and  detne  of  Wonxslcr.  £ed,  T^  3  BCsucb  164I;  and  vas 

I  buried  la  Qnecn's  CoBe^  ''*"n**"  ^^  ^"^^  borne  at  Kendall  is 
Westmotkud;  muricd  EfiaibcA  iW  duigfater  oT  Dr.  Charles  Sunny- 
bftnlw  \  D.IX,  cmDon  of  Wadsore  and  somtimes  Student  of  Ch. 
ChuftJi.] 

P>r.  <C%ri«of>k>r)  racier*  «neA  (EUakMk)  ducfater  of  Dr.  <aitrles> 
SMijrbaBk  OAM  of  Whikiii^  by  «1m»  W  lad  »«.  Clurlcs  {who  died  . .  .\ 
CMOttiAwr,  ma  ...  —  Ckicla  rtOoi^  A.  M.  inMifiiiin  of  Ch.  Ch.  ud  «bo 
IMblislird  •  Uxd:  tetu.  ^'"no^  Im  II1H.1  ImiIii'J  died  at  LondoD  about  the 
nuiltlle  of  IVc  %«£}.  tic  ra  r  |.iiiiiImii  ahs  to  HaikBa  Maria  ijiKcn  mother 
inibcT.  wnwit  to  dw  dalae  «f  ItiMiiiiirt)  —  CkbUiffaBr  Potta*  nurried  . . . 
•  •  • .  •  MViwt  helawg^  !•  M  MM  Mife  HUaMta.— Ednrd  Fotter  married  the 
dwihter  of  Sit  Sw^p«M  «>««,  U^^  of  Odiotd.  (Mr.  E.Iward  I'otier  of 
S.  Unmtee  Um  \tmAm  Md  Mm.  Marr  \Muie  named  at  &  Marie's  chucfa 
Jul^  I},  lA£^    QaMMckik  ia  my  f«pcr  o(  faitiaU  letttn  ofWadham  CoU^^ 


i>»fo^.  r««bcMkt7  4  \Yii«*«c  nctor  | 

uf  llwclcr  e^wl.  O»o«  mad  of  iW 

doaabw  of  Wivtkui  ia  Ktrt, 

KathaoWl  GiW*. 


I  I 

Margaret  w.  to        Jooe.  m.  to 
Ccvrc  5l  Paal  of   Jaho  Hickmote 
I^nbiU^  kaight.    of  WimlMtr, 

genL.,a  pbiUaer.] 


■  bUhuprIc   of    .'■:?"™"">»w     *»U,    bis 
I»  Wood    MS     k"*'"  *"  ^"'^  '***- 

t   «"-■'""' "-«Ca^^"^''^"^^ 

rour  ch.„a^^  J     "Plicate  which  or  the 
Chiiaophrr  l'ott«\.       "*'Bned  to  ibu 

^«^^■->dMsV'.'•' 
jmcrip*i.,n  of  (ti.  n.      ■  **^  '^  «  "« 
l^iirirUai  IU»cU  ,     ,"*'•«  Soanibank 

■  •'*P'^'»»PMl*dmWood 


M&  F.  4,  p.  157. 

*  web  a  paper  ii  fomd  In  Wood  MS. 
D.  s  at  pp.  II,  13  'loititaU  (00  gtawe- 
stooo)  m  Wadhun  Collrge  cbapd*; 
Wood  viihcd  lo  discoid  torn  tbe 
pamb  rrgiucT  of  llotywetl  wbo  th« 
persons  Iniried  were,  and  irhoi,  bnt 
found  diftcnlty  for  this  reason : — ^'  Note 
that  tbedavci  of  btirialsof  thcsei<enoaa 
mic  nioatljf  set  downe  false  by  the  ckik 
of  St  Ciou  alias  I  (otjrwcti  in  the  parish 
teglsteT :  a  drwiken  cttrlen  derke.' 
Tbe  MS.  iueir  {\Vo.jd  MS.  D.  5)  con- 
laioa  notw  from  the  rcgUlM*  of  Oxford 
parishea  made  tn  i6;y  ^%^  the  cxlracta 
from  &  Mary**  register  arc  fouml  at  p. 
j6  iqq. 
*  note*  on  a  tlip  oow  pasted  ia  Wood 

MS.  F.  4.  P-  *77- 


I 


MARCH—  yUNF,  1846. 


127 


[Sir  Edward  Wardoxir',  kt,  died,  Su.,  ilic  14  March  164^;  buried 
in  All  Saints  church  in  the  chanceU  called  the  College  chanccll. — The 
lad/  Jane  Wardour  died,  Th.,  zo  Jan.,  and  {was)  buried  by  her 
husband  (Sir  Edward),  T.,  i  Feb.  i6g|.] 


An.  Bom.  1646:  22  Cor.  I:   (Wood  aet.  14.) 

April. — [Thomjis'  Smyth  ',  alderman  of  Oxford,  died  at  his  house 
in  S.  Aldate's  parish,  ftF.,  20  Apr.  1646;  and  was  buried  by  his 
ancestors  in  S.  Aldate's  church.  He  married  *  Margaret  daughter  of 
John  Wilniot  of  S.  Aldate's  parish,  baker ;  by  whom  he  liad  issue 
Oliver  Smytl)  (who  married  .  . .  daughter  of  (Robert)  Bohun  or 
Boon,  deputy- recorder  of  Oxon,  and  by  her  had  issue  .  . .  who  was 
married  10  (Henry)  Evans  of  New  Inne,  now  minister  of  Twyford  in 
Hucks),  The  said  Thomas  Smyth  had  a  daughter  named  Ann  who 
was  married  to  George  Wake  LL.D.  somdmes  fellow  of  Magd.  ColL 
and  proctor  of  the  University,  afterwards  master  of  the  Hospital!  of 
Kortliain|iton :  and  (anollicr  daughter  named)  Elizabeth*,  married 
lo  Gabriel  Seymour  of  Oxon. — The  said  Oliver  Smyth ',  son  of 
Thomas,  died  at  his  house  in  Grandpoole,  Th.,  14  March  x66^;  and 
was  buried  by  his  father.  He  was  commonlie  called  Oliver  Smyth 
junior.] 

June. — (Th.,  4  June  1646,  were  issued  'Orders  for  preventing 
ihe  spreading  of  tlie  plague'  in  Oxford:  this  paper  is  now  found  in 
Wood  276  A  no.  312.) 

■June  10,  Wednesday,  the  garrison  of  Rorstall  was  surrendrcd 
for  the  use  of  the  parliament.  The  schoolboys  were  allowed  by 
their  master  a  free  liberile  that  day,  and  many  of  ihcm  wont  thither 


'  note  io  Wood  MS.  F.  4,  p,  80. 
Wood  gives  tbis  cinit  in  coIoute: — 
'■able,  on  a  chevron  tKrlwccn  3  iBlbols' 
beads  eiascil  argent  three  llciu«-<le-liz  of 
the  fint  [Waidonrj:  impaling,  argent, 
a  nv«D>  is  pale  lable,  bea)c«d  and 
Itggtd  jijulc*  [Bowdlcr  de  com.  Salop.].' 
The  llcurs-dflix  in  the  Wardour  coat 
axt  cototnrd  table,  but  Wood  hu 
marked  '  b.'  i.e.  blue,  for  a  correction 
in  the  margin.  Wood  OBCS  *  W  for 
luurc  cooKAOlly,  probably  for  tear  of 
conrnsing  the  cooCractiooa  ax.  (mifrcBt), 
at-  (a/&re). 

*  Doce  iu  Wooil  MS.  F.  4  p.  So.  See 
in  Wowl  &IS.  F.  ](f  A,  a  slip  at  fol.  330. 


*  Wood  here  0tcs  in  coloor  thc«c 
arms :—' argent,  a  feu  dotiixCt^  gotes 
between  3  coses  uf  ibc  same  seeded  or 
barbed  vm  ;  on  the  fcsa  is  a  martlctt 
or,  for  difTercQce;  impaling,  arycnt  00 
a  fcss  gules  between  3  caglci*  heada 
erased  table  Ungiud  gvles  a  unicorn 
lodged  enclosed  tiy  two  escallopa  or.' 

*  Wood  iiuirs  in  the  margin:— 
•Thomas  Smyth  and  Margnret  Wil- 
motc  were  married  14  Oct  1611  in  S. 
Aldalc's  drnrch.' 

*  '  tli^abcth '  is  In  pencil  only. 

*  lee  Wood  MS.  F.  >()  A  in  a  slip  at 
fol.  33a. 


X  "HiLea  ■■^riTB  i  .amc  '  r  i  c  .^e  ::ock.  3  ^e  "mrm^v  :d  see 
■Jie  jcaae  r  ■■nrssasn  ^r  -.iffgm  r'  -ne-  ^sxrarax.  ind  :i:t  aoi- 
'Jess  I  ^sc^  'Trr-p.  Tjl;*",  ™f  ■■■ ii'-'-Mm-  .^^  T,  .lau.  .name- 
iocs  .j-e^    3    -Tp^    .eiis^    zcy  -'caE.  '.=il  "ix    ce    f  :zeir  ihcnid 

-aascn    T33.  .zr   .=irr   :3S  tvx.  Titrr  "Tta  ~rerr  ,3  3arc=i  :iic  -iience 

iiiSTe  ■::«=.  lir  a  -—  T.  ^3se5r::rr'i.  is  ccai  ait  ^  .210  3ie 
ji"hon.  jm  iuioc  ^  -inacirciS  iii.  ■^"'''^  "3e  tciss.  Tiicrr  ht  :a\r 
'He  :«.'^  '"^^f*ir.  ^ir  ^i"dtim  .\jxirx'ii.  i  -iiir:^  -nn,  -wrrn  a:on  some 
HrcssKiii  T  Tser  xd  im  -u^a  at  ^rrusd  ra  ■-is.;tair:o  inte  i 
'.esKr.  jr  liiL  :r  :ae  .rna   1  .  -aaa.    r  ^sine  i«ca  nine: 

'Jane  ia.  Tr-jncsuiT  Jiii  'licsumcr  -av.  ne  curaoit  ji"  -rsDn. 
Thica  "raa  "::r  Jnesa  . Jiui  ■  :ii:  -iissz  '^-'.  -mi  ■•inimii  .ai  Jac  nttretiy 
nsuieti  -vcii^  -ce  jt^  ^arr  ^-^nnstasi.  wa  ?arr=Eizwi'  :br  ±e  -jec 
3f  se  -aniantesL.  is  rmisc  ;i  ':3s  carsans  "were   its  .tare,  xcaaon'i 

"i»  ">-t:'t-  iEii  jis  -ana:   Ters    3   1   Tcrm.  TMitncr    T-jpftctL     In  ±e 

'jo  -Jie  iaic  junacn  .-ame  aio  "sunc.  asi  ^ni  iuwne  -amr  ames 
"Jitire.  jemir  ±<si  1.  wk  ieaaon.  >Jnie  ji'  wajme  .•ctttmns^c  '-iieit  die 
a*^  iiv.  .i,  X.  Ten:  Hie  .ze  w:k  -j  :«t;  rreci.  H-.'  i^c'*  some  jf 
'Jur.T  rai-«  ind  iiev  xi  :ui  m  :e::nr  -  r"-"*"  :i^^  =i.--i::-^  :w  iicne'-.  he 
i:fic:.'i  r.(7r  hen  -cilere  :^c^^.  :r  -riiie  uiti=  ;r^'.:i  "t;!:  le  .iiiid  ^nth 
:h.em   ifccn:  ''rrjrd  mij.  .iii  rrij.:iL:za   mi  ^■^:2ii:i..izc:;   xere:    :'or 

Fr'^Tich  'i-^urt,  oaii  :crr.e  juusind  ?ous,i5  n  -x.-i.ji::!i7is  n  ::c  irjiiiis  of 
cjrainfl  pernios   :o    juy   jp  the   i[SS.  ia   u:e    ?-ibUc   i:id    Jjilei^ 

'   '.V'koH  .:;:<    :V  is  ■  .Vrridsrs  Mudi-  if    ?x:"'t:'    Ljcri.    ■"^•».      '-VxiJ   fot 

inu  'hr    iorrv-nrfer  -^f  the   .jair^aiia    jr  ::    ■  rixrrii's  iuniniu;;:?  «rr.t  .nio  Ox- 

fytinjA.'      Wvid  g*S     :.)     a  '  ■\r::c:es  fijrL'    LdiiiL    I"**'!.        '^V  juii    5-^1      :;" 

ciwymirfT   "be    Hirn^rKicr  ■«'   Ocnni '  "the  -asss;^   »  ihe  Tiruiy  vr  ie  «ir- 

frffoM    i^«l^;  arother    -^.[i*   Lt    WmmI  rraiier  it'  .-^brri.'  L.'Ci:.  I'j+'i.      WjoJ 

561  'i^.  ;  ^ii'"'th''r  ;ft?7  in  Wjod  6iJ  set     rj     •  Or iers  jni:   xstnccocs  hjt 

'^4,.     W'K^-l  51^    30    in  -A  fail  onii  rhe  smr^niier oi'Oxiijm,'  L^ad.  :'>4'). 

triK  r''l:iti>->n  of  thr  itr-reral  articles  ind  '  aote   in   Wi;oti    >[i  E.   *  :  Wood 

a'-t'cFiiH  f'-f^^.   i»r   fn.;n    w-cj:   'he   nir-  ^loes  3<:t  itjts  wina^  these  P'^r*'^  were. 

r*n'I''i'     wsn     mfl'lff,'     lj->rA.     t^i^fi —  TTie   mo*  li'Kely  place   to   iearca   :or 

sr'^h'r  "'p^y  in  Wr^,^  501  'i-  .   Wood  them  is  the  Twrne  CoUectioa  in  the 

i,fii  ''>,  IN  '  Tr«at]r  alyMt  the  isrreiuier  Uoi-rcnit;  ArcIuTa. 


JUNE  —  SEPT.  1646. 


199 


September.^* In  the  latter  end  of  Aujf.  or  beginning  of  ScpL 
foUawing,  his  brotlier  £d\vard  Wood  (bach,  of  Arts  :uk]  scholar  of 
Trinity  Coll.)  came  on  foot  from  Oxon  with  Leonard  Fettle  (the 
brother  of  the  wife  of  his  cozen  Hcnant  the  \'icar)  and  another  scholar 
to  see  him  and  his  brother,  the  vicar  and  the  master  and  their 
wives'.  They  continued  at  least  two  nights  in  the  vicar's  house  and 
great  kindness  was  expressed  by  Ihem  towards  A.W.  and  his  brother 
Christopher  whom,  the  next  day,  Uie  said  Edward  told,  that  they 
were  soon  after  to  return  lo  Oxon,  and  that  their  mother  had 
much  suffer'd  in  her  estate  by  the  late  dreadful  lire  in  Oxon  and 
therefore  was  not  able  to  maintainc  tticm  any  longer  at  school  in 
Thame  &c.  A.W.  seemed  vcrj' sorry  at  this  neu-s,  because  he  was  well 
and  n'anne  where  he  was ',  had  good  companie,  and  seem'd  to  have 
a  fix'd  love  for  the  place,  even  so  much  that'  he  did  never  aficrwaids 
care  to  hear  of  New  Colt,  school  to  have  given  him  scholastical  education 
but  applied  all  that  he  had  to  that  of  Thame,  etc.  But  there  was  no 
remedy  for  go  he  ninst,  and  go  he  did  with  his  brother  after 
Michaelmas  following  [on  *  a  horse  or  horses  that  were  sent  for  them.] 

'After  his  relume  to  the  house  of  his  natinty,  he  found  Oxford 
empty  as  to  scholars,  but  pretty  well  reptenish'd  with  parliamentarian 
soldiers.  Many  of  the  inhabitants  had  gained  great' store  of  wealth 
from  the  Court  and  royalists  that  had  for  several  yeares  continued 
among  them  ;  but  as  for  the  yong  men  of  the  city  and  university  he 
found  many  of  them  to  have  been  debauch 'd  by  bearing  armes  and 
doing  the  duties  belonging  to  soldiers,  as  watching,  warding  *,  and 
sitting  in  tipling-houses  for  whole  nights  together.  His  mother  put 
his  brother  Christopher  to  school  in  Oxon  and  himself  to  the  tuition 
of  his  brother  Edward  of  Trinity  college,  to  whom  he  went  once  or 
twice  in  a  day  to  receive  instruction,  and  aJwaica  spent  every  after- 
noon in  his  chamber,  which  was  a  cockleloft  over  the  common  gate 
of  that  college. 

"While  he  continued  in  this  condition,  his  mother  would  alwales  be 
soliciting  him  to  be  an  apprentice,  which  he  could  never  endure  to 


*  the  ontio  ^irecti  of  the  HvL  MS. 
ii  ber«  more  distinct : — '  to  see  me  and 
my  brother  and  our  rclationi — the  vicsi 
and  his  vife.  and  ooi  master  ^fiott)  and 
his  wife.* 

*  Hail.  KT.Sl  M3rs  'bnante  he  mn 
very  veil  and  wann  where  he  then  was.' 

'  the  Hart.  MS.  ii  briefer:  '  ihat  he 
■Iwaies  owned  that  place  (to  be)  that 
(which)  gave  bim  acad<eiiucal>  educa- 


tloa,  and  none  else.' 

'  this  detail  ia  found  only  in  the  Hail. 
MS. 

*  HaiL  MS.  has  'ifood'  for  '  ervat.* 

•  Wood  90  (4^  U  MCartin)  IX[ewe]- 
Ijn'i]  Poems  {•Men-Miracles');  00  pi. 
44  is  a  'fwngat  the  Hutlybuah  Guard  '; 
there  it  also  a  poem  lo  Vulcan,  with 
obtcure  allusioaa  to  the  Oxford  fire  of 
Oct.  1644. 


13° 


WOOLfS  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


heire  of:  and  somtimcs  kHc  would  tell  him  that  she  would  set  him 
out  to  an  attorney  or  sollidtor,  and  he  remembred  well  that  she  oflen 
tneniioo'd  Mr,  John  Theyer  a  solUcitor  (of  whom  shall  be  mention 
made  under  the  ycarc  i66(8))  as  a  fit  master  for  him,  but  still  he 
drew  back  and  tum'd  his  eare.  Kay  she  was  so  silly  that  she  would 
sevcial  times  i»'opose  to  him  some  inferior  mechanical  trade,  because 
she  found  him  to  have  a  mechanical  head,  and  alwaies  at  leisure 
times  very  active  in  framing  little  trivial  things  or  baubles*. 

[Note'  that  when  the  Queen  lay  in  Merlon  College,  which  was 
from  the  year  1643  to  1646,  there  were  divers  marriages  christnings 
and  burialls  carefully  rcgcstrcd  in  a  privat  regisier  by  Mr.  John 
Gurgany,  one  of  the  chaplaynes  of  Merton  College ;  but  about  the 
time  of  the  surrender  of  Oxon  the  said  register '  among  other  books 
were  stolen  oat  of  his  window  in  his  chamber  jojming  to  the  church 
dore.] 

[In  anno*  1646  a  little  after  the  citie  of  Oxen  was  surrendred  to 
the  Parliament  forces  were  sent  6  presbylcrian  preacliers'  from  the 
parliament  to  settle  their  doctrine  there.    Their  names — Cornish  and 


*  the  ITul.  MS.  tpcftlcs  out  more 
Jtrottgly  here: — 'Niyshce  w««o  «lly, 
that  shee  woald  sevenl  times  fonooth 
propose  to  mc  the  trade  of  a  tinner  or 
tin>m&o,  or  *.  mui  that  makes  kildiin* 
wire,  lanthoms,  and  such  like  tiivUl 
thin;;s.  because  she  found  me  to  have  a 
mechanical  head  and  idwaiai  at  leisure 
limeii  active  in  framing  Uttlc  baubles." 

*  note  in  Wood  MS.  E  33,  rtfening 
to  Mcrt.  Coll.  iS.  John  BapL)  church. 

'  in  MS.  Kawl.  B  402  «,  p.  61  another 
drift  of  this  note  says  :— *  the  register 
with  other  book-s  was  stolen  away  from 
him  by  the  soldiers  and  quite  lost* 

*  note  in  Wood  MS.  E.  31  fol.  ai. 

*  Henry  Cornish,  formerly  of  New 
Inn  Hall,  Oifterwanls  by  the  Parliamen- 
tary Visitors  made  Canon  of  Ch.  Cb. ; 
Henry  l-anglry,  formerly  of  Fembrolte 
College,  afterwards  made  Master  of 
Pcmhrolce;  Edward  Reynolds,  formerly 
of  Merton,  afterwarciE  matJe  Dean  of 
Ch.  Ch. ;  Robert  Ilair^'s,  formerly  of 
Ma^d.  Ha.II.  afterwards  made  President 
of  Trinity;  FmncisCheyncll,  formerly  of 
Merton,  al^crwsrds  made  PrcsideM  of  S. 
John's;  Henry  Wilkinson  senior.fonnerly 
of  MagtI.  Hall,  aficrwaids  made  Canon 
of  Ch.  Ch.     See  an  acumat  of  their 


mission  fo  Gotdi's  Wood's  Hist.  Univ. 
Oxon.  ii.  489.,  and  of  tlie  way  in  which 
the  Independents  contended  with  them, 
ibid.  ii.  494.  Wood  afierwardi  col- 
lected the  jaraphlels  issued  in  connecttoo 
with  this  debate  : — 

(a)  Wood  514  (31)  'A  true  rcUtioo 
of  the  late  conference  held  nt  Oxford 
between  Fresbytcriuu  and  Indepeo- 
dents.*  1646. 

(h)  Wood  514  ( J  a)  *  A  pnhlilce  con- 
feraice  betwixt  Che  six  PresbyleTi«n 
ministers  and  some  Independent  com- 
manders at  Oxford,  is  Kor.  1646/ 
1646. 

[c)  Wood  514  (J3)  'Troth  trinrnpli- 
ing  over  Error  and  Heresy,'  Load. 
1646;  in  which  Wood  notes  *  Francis 
CheyncU  the  author  (»iiuicre).' 

[d)  W"ood  514  (34)  *  Nor  Tmth  nor 
Error  nor  Day  nor  Night,'  1647;  in 
which  Wood  notes  : — *  pnbliihed  by 
{William)  Erbnry  or  one  of  hii  party; 
rather  by  Cheyuell.' 

[e)  Wood  514  (1.0  '  An  account 
given  to  Parliament  by  the  Ministers 
sent  by  them  lo  Oxford,'  Lond.  1647 ; 
in  which  Wood  notes  '  (pnbllshcd) 
menic  Fcbr.  1646  {i.e.  f),  the  authour 
Fr.  CheyncU." 


SEPT.  1648  --  MAY,  1647. 


>3i 


Lai^er.  two  foofes;    Reynolds  and  Harrys,  two  knaves;  Cbe^'nell 
and  rabbi  Wilkirson,  two  madmen,] 


[The*  founder  of  Magd.  (Coll.)  bis  crosier  and  miter  taken  away 

out  of  the  Treasury  of  Magd.  by  the  prcsbyterians':    and  col. 

(Thomas)  Kclscy'  countenanced  them.] 

(  WtMKi  53 1  ( lo)  *  Jtttta  honoraria,  or  ftincnJ  rites  in  hononr  of  Robert  {Dctctcox) 
earl  of  Rssex*,' Lond.  164^,  hy  Daniel  Evancc,  Icctorcr  nfSl.  ClcrDcnl'sDanrshas 
■atyrical  ddccs  wrilteo  by  Wood  ia  the  margin,  hot  I  doubt  whether  they  are  bis 
own.  Thiu,  the  author's  name  *  I^nniel  Evanoc '  is  represented  in  an  anagram  at 
'  I,  a  leane  Dunce.'    Oa  the  lines  of  the  preface  which  saj — 

*So  the  state  orders  that  which  walks  abroad 
Must  pus  the  press  by  licence;  so  it  shou'd* 

■  note  is  made  '  "  at>road  "  and  "  shoa'd  "  are  ryme  by  poetical  license,  not  the 
slate's.'     On  the  openiDg  lioc  of  the  [laiiegyric 

'  More  fragrant  then  the  braised  pomander,' 

thb  note  is  written :— '  they  that  cmbalm'd  say  No ! ') 

An.  Dom.  1647  :  23  Car.  I :  (Wood  a«t.  15.) 

May.— 'May  26,  W.,  A.  Wood  was  matriculated '  as  a  member  of 
the  University  and  a  gentleman's  son'. — This  was  done  by  his  brother 
Edward,  who  obtained  a  certificate  that  he  was  matriculated  from 


'  note  hy  Wood  printed  by  lleame 
in  'libei  Niger  Soiccarii.' 

'  in  MS.  Tanner  338  fol.  243  is '  an 
account  of  the  whole  proceedings  be- 
fore the  right  honourable  the  boose  of 
Lords  in  otdcr  to  the  recovery  of  the 
nitre,  crosiar,  staffe,  etc,  taken  oni  of 
Magd.  Coll.  Oxon.  in  the  yearc  [646  fay 
one  Michael  Baker,  messen^^r  of  the 
hoase  of  Lords,  under  colour  of  an 
order  of  the  hottse  for  the  scizic);  popish 
rcli(|iies,  estimated  to  be  worth  jooo//'.' 
Tbcy  were  given  np  to  Alexander 
Thaine,  n&hcr  of  the  Black  Rod.  The 
Mid  Thaine  and  .  .  .  Wheeler  a  jjnld- 
tmith  (lunce  deceased)  concenlnl  tbein. 
John  Oliver,  president  of  Magdalen, 
tried  to  recover  them  at  the  testontioD. 
Henry  Clcrkc.  after  1 )  years,  resnm«d 
the  proceedings  which  had  dropped  at 
JobBOliYei*sdeathini6(Si.  LordiMooae 
(t  Warwick  Mohun,  thicd  Wron)  and 
Locas  {John  Lucas,  fint  baron)  be- 
friended the  college ;  the  bishop  of 
Louloo  (Gilbert  Sheldon;  discouraged 


it.  1  do  not  ealhcr  chat  the  college 
ever  recwcred  its  property. 

'  de]iniy-govcmDT  of  the  Parliamen- 
tary garriiton  orOxfonl. 

•  Wood  531  {9)  is  Thomas  Twyn's 
'  An  clt^  Qpon  the  imbnppy  losie  of 
the  .  .  .  carl  of  Essex,'  Loail.  164't. 

■  among  the  Wood  books  are  some 
which  Wood  may  concuvably  have 
boogfat  on  tdt  entrance  to  the  University. 
(a)  Wood  4J3  (15) ;  'Synopsis  statuto. 
mm  Univ.  Oxoa.'  1635,  a  compcnd  of 
the  promions  of  the  statstcs  affectine 
ondcTtiTadQatcs :  (,b]  Wood  433  fid)) 
'  Speculum  Academicum,'  including  a 
'  Cydus  pfsplecloinm '  in  which  the 
chief  isformatioo  given  is  about  the 
amount  of  fine  incurred  tiy  HMf-aiiend- 
aace  at  a  gi>-en  lecture :  (c)  Wood  413 
(19)  '  Qnadratma  ciicnli  atndlonmi,* 
1643- 

'  'filiusgcnerosi*;  for  the  significance 
of  ibis,  see  CUrlt's  Keg.  Univ.  Oxon. 
11.  i.  6,  163. 


K  2 


i3» 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


Matthew  Cross  the  superior  beadle  of  law,  which  *  be  kept  by  him  to 
the  time  of  his  death.— But  afterwards  when  he  was  master  of  Arts 
and  had  a  full  sight  of  the  matriculation  tx)oks,  he  could  not  find  liis 
name  rcgestred  in  any  of  them. 

JUI7. — [Thomas-  Clayton*,  Dr.  of  Physick,  the  king's  professor 
of  Physick  and  head  or  master  of  Pembroke  Coll.,  died  in  his  house 
in  5.  AJdate's  parish,  about  12  at  night  on  S,,  the  10  of  July  1647  and 
was  buried  in  the  chancell  of  S.  Aldate's  church.  He  married  . .  . 
daughter  of  Bartholomew  Warner,  Dr.  of  Physick  and  the  King's 
profesaour  of  Physick  in  the  University;  by  whomc  he  had  issuer 
Thomas  (who  succeeded  his  father  in  the  professorship  and  is  now 
warden  of  Morton  College  and  a  knight),  and  James,  also  a  daughter 
named  Elizabeth  (who  was  married  to  one  John  Milboume  of  Alleslon 
in  com.  Glocester,  genL).  He  had  also  another  son  named  William 
borne  in  S.  Marie's  pariah  Oxon.  Aug.  1619. 

. . .  Sacvyle  *  of  Bybery  in  com.  Glouc.  died  in  tlic  house  of  Martin 
Lypiat  an  apothecary,  living  against  S.  Marie's  church ;  died  .  .  . 
July  1647,  and  was  buried  at  Bybery  I  .wppose.  —  . . .  ,  the  wife  of 
Sackvyle  of  Bybery  died  Su.,  18  Januar.  anno  1657  (i.e.  ^) ;  buried  at 
Bybery.     She  was  daughter  of . .  .  Trinder  of  Holwell  by  Burford.] 

August.— [Thomas  Scudamore",  son  of  John  Scudamore  of  Kein- 
church  in  com.  Hereford,  esq.,  died,  M.,  9  Aug.  1647,  ael.  20;  and 
was  buried  in  tlie  isle  jo)-ning  on  the  south  side  of  the  chancell 
belonging  to  the  church  of  S.  Peter  in  the  BaJye.] 

[1647',  T.,  Aug.  24,  Jane  Heame,  daughter  of  Kdmund  Heme, 
somtimes  curai  of  Garsingdon  near  Oxon,  died ;  buried  in  the  church 
yard  (of  S.  John  Baptist  church).  She  died  of  the  plague,  and 
about  the  same  time  a  certainc  man  died  of  that  disease  in  the  Pit 
yard.     His  body,  I  remember,  was  searched  '.J 

October. — *Oct.  1 8,  Sl  Luke's  day  and  Munday,  he  was  entred 


*  the  Hul.  MS.  bu  'whicb  I  bare 

yet  laying  by  me.' 

>  notes  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4  p.  Bi.  Ad 
culiet  draft  U  in  MS. Raw]. n.ff/iJM  1390. 

*  Wood  givft  in  colour  this  cont: — 
'  soblcj  Ml  owl  atgent.  a  chief  indented 
of  tbc  second :  crcal,  an  owl's  hckd 
parted  pet  fets  indented  argent  St  sable.* 
Wood  576  (John  Nicodontu"  '  Ft&odttl 
Fatricii  Scocniii  dc  ttg^o  «t  regix  in- 
Uttutione,'  Farli  i£7S,  pouibly  l^e- 
lonj;cd  to  bitn,  haviu{>  ihe  autogrepb 
'Tbumu   CleytoD,'  and   ibe   notes: — 


ia'\  '  £z  ■nJma.  nuLlae  mtltint  co^ta.- 
tioncs :  Tob,  Marter ' ;  {&)  •  Ta  ergo 
nialus  Marler.' 

*  Wood  has  dnwn  pencil  outliaet 
for  a  coat : — '  quarterly  or  and  gviiet,  a 
bend  Tair,  nithin  a  bordorc  . .  . ' 

*  note  b  Wood  MS.  F.  4  p.  8r. 
Wa<')d  gives  in  colours  this  coott : — 
'  gules,  3  stirrnpt  leathered  and  buckled 
or:  cres.1  a  Iwnr's  paw  proper  issuing 
out  of  a  docal  coronet  or." 

'  note  in  Wood  MS.  E.  33. 

*  i.  e.  for  the  tokens  of  the  plague. 


MAY— DEC.  1647. 


>3S 


Into  the  butteiy-boolt  of  Merton  college,  being  about  that  time  made 
by  Mr.  Edward  Copley  ',  fellow  of  thai  house,  his  postniasior,  and  put 
into  the  chamber  under  him  in  llic  great  quadrangle.  He  had  not 
then  any  tutor  in  thai  Cull. ;  but  couLiaucd  still  under  the  insiruction 
of  his  brother  Edward  in  Trin.  coll. 

NoTember. — [Robert*  Pynk,  D.D.,  warden  of  New  Coll.,  died  Su. 
the  3  Nov.  1647  sine  prole  and  was  buried  in  New  College  chappell 
neare  the  pulpit.] 

[3  Nov.*  1647,  Dr.  Pinke,  D.D.  and  w-arden  of  New  Coll.  died  and 
was  buried  in  the  chappeU  ;  he  bore  to  his  armcs : — '  argent,  a  pale 
lozcngce  gulcs,  within  a  bordure  sable  charged  nnth  crosses  pate  fitche 
or.'] 

December. — *At  that  time  Christmas  appearing,  there  were  fires 
of  charcole  made  in  the  common  hall  on  Allsaints  eve,  Allsaints  day 
and  night,  on  the  holydayes  iheir  *  nights  and  eves  between  thai  time 
and  Christinas  day ;  then  on  Cliristmas  eve,  Christmas  day  and 
holydayes  and  their  nights,  and  on  Candlemas  eve,  Candlemas  day 
and  night '. 

•At  all  these  fires  every  night,  which  began  to  be  made  a  little 
after  five  of  the  clock,  the  senior  under-graduats  would  bring  into  the 
ball  the  juniors  or  freshmen  between  that  linae  and  six  of  the  clock, 
and  there  make  ihem  sit  downe  on  a  forme  in  the  middle  of  the  hall, 
joyning  to  tlie  declaiming  desk  :  which  done,  every  one  in  order  was 
to  spcakc  some  pretty  apoihcgmc,  or  make  a  jest  or  bull,  or  speake 
some  eloquent  nonsense,  to  make  the  company  laugh.    But  if  any  of 


»  Edw»nl  Copley,  BA.  Exet.  35 
Oct.  163  J :  M_V  Mm.  a  a  Feb.  iSHl 
fellow  of  MctloQ  i6,-]3.  Tbe  right  of 
Uie  Icllows  to  nominate  to  tbc  po&t- 
maitersliips  was  &boitly  afler  this  dis- 
puted hy  the  l'trlliitnci)tu7  Viiiton. 
la  Wood  MS.  E.  33  is  thii  cntiy: — 
•1G48  [I.e.  I],  Much  n  (lut  day  of 
the  year)  Edwaid  Co[jley  A.Mr,  and 
IcUow  of  Mertoo  ColL  died  ;  buried  in 
the  choire  (of  McrL  CoU,  dupel) 
againit  his  itall.' 

■  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4  p.  81. 
Wood  gives  in  colour  the  snns: — 
'Argent  two  cbevionelU  sable  between 
3  roses  gules  seeded  or  bubed  rcrt 
[New  College]  ;  inipalioj;,  aigeot  9 
loteoget  in  pale  gules,  on  k  lionlorc 
ublc  nine  croucs  F>Btce  fitchcc  or 
[i'jrfike].'     Wood,  in  Wood  Mb.  £.  4, 


has  the  following  note  aboal  Ptnke'i 
aamiive  of  hit  vice-duncellonhip  : — 
Robert  Pinke's '  book  conuinin); the  acts 
of  hb  vice-cbooccllor&hip  from  July  j6, 
1644  to  July  11, 1646 — iherinnte  several] 
speeches  of  bis  spoken  in  CoaTocatioa. 
It  coauinet  So  pages  of  his  owue  hand- 
writing; and  (is  now,  1674)  in  the  hands 
(as  I  take  it)  of  John  Holton,  hit  kins- 
man, of  Hflckwuu<l  in  Hampvhire — a 
little  thin  folio.  Tht!>  book  hath  been 
peroscd  by  $€¥67,111,  and  ga?e  example 
to  Dr.  (Kalph)  Batltunt  when  he  was 
Vic«>chanocilor.'  1  do  not  know  whether 
thii  MS.  is  still  in  exigence  or  not. 
'  note  in  MS.  Kawl.  D.  oiim  1190. 

*  *  their '  simply  makes  the  gMittire, 
i.e. '  the  nighuond  eve^  uf  the  HulyKlAys.' 

*  the  Horl.  MS,  has  'and  Candlcmu 
night,'  whjcb  seems  right. 


134 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


the  frcabmcn  came  off  dull,  or  not  cleverly,  some  of  the  forward  or 

pragmatical  seniors  would  '  luck '  them  ',  that  is,  set  the  nail  of  their 
thumb  to  their  chin,  just  under  the  lower  lipp,  and  by  the  help  of 
their  other  fingers  under  the  chin,  they  would  give  him  a  mark,  which 
somtimes  would  produce  blood. 


{  Wo0(£i  cofttemporaries*  in  Merlon  College.') 

[1649  ^.—Edmund  Dickenien,  Berks,  son  of  WilliuD  Didcenson  of  Abendoo, 
minister,  aged  l6.  He  was  ao  Eaton  postmaster :  bore  armes  for  the  kiug.  BA. 
1647 ;  afterwards  fellow  and  Dr.  of  I'liysick. 

tfieioias  Davis,  Berks,  soa  of  William  Davis  ofMongwrll,  Berks.,  gcot,  aged  17. 

Edward  A  Wood,  waa  of  Thomas  ^  Wood  of  Oioa,  gent,  aged  15 ;  postmattcr, 
■fierwaids  fellow. 

/oHn  Munoi,  SOD  of  Joha  Murcot  of  Warwick,  aged  15. 

Edward  Benaek,  of  Coniwall,,  900  of  John  Beoock  of  Botreanx,  co.  Contw.,  [Jd>., 
afiedis. 

Samuel  Blount,  plcb.  fil.,  aged  16. 

Wiiliam  PeoU,  of  Kent,  son  of  Benjamin  Poole  of  Maydston,  gent.,  aged  i|. 

William  Herfward  or  Harwood,  Kent,  son  of  a  minister,  aged  1 6.  rustmaKter. 
He  gave  do  answer  to  the  Visitors,  bat  withdrew  himself  from  the  College  opoa 
some  (I  knuw  not  wliat)  accouaL  Sod  of  Dt.  {Richard)  Harwoodc,  ptcbcDdary 
of  tilonccsLcr,  I  think — qoiere. 

Robert  Wood,  Snrrey,  I-Aion  postmaster.  B.A.  (Mert)  18  March  ll54f  ;  H^ 
(Men.)  1649 :  afterwards  fellow  of  Lincoln. 

1643. — Henry  Munday  01  Mundy,  son  of  Henry  Monday  of  Henley-OQ- 
Tbames  in  com.  Oxod.  Became  posttaaslcr  from  C.C.C.,  where  he  was,  I  think, 
a  cboiister.     B.A.  1647. 

1044,  Not,  77, — Edtvard  Bmghen,  Berks,  «m  of  Edward  Dougben  of  Wood- 
cfanrub  in  Kent,  clerk,  aged  18. 

Id4|,  Msjch  ^. — Thomas  Jiainhew,  son  of  a  clerk  or  minister, 

1046,  Jnnc  ai. — Richard  //odgiJtiti,  of  Shropshire,  son  of  Klchnrd  Ilodgskin  of 
Little  Arcal  in  the  same  cotmly,  plcb.,  nged  18.  He  waa  expeltcd  from  hi*  jiosl- 
inaster'fi  place  for  non-£obmissioti  to  the  Pari.  Visilois,  anno  164S.  AftcrwardE  be 
rctnnicd  asd  was  tutor  for  a  time  to  Johc  Corbet  of  S,  Mairie  tlall  eaq.  in  the  be- 
ginning of  the  ycAre  1^51. 

164|,  Feb.  \i.-^Jffhn  A'eicmaH,  of  Doisetshire,  son  of  WUIiiim  Newmao  of 
Devclish  in  the  same  county,  pleb.     B.A.  13  May  1649 ;  submitted. 

Rohert  Cripps,  of  Oxfordshire,  afterwards  fellow.  1  think  originally  of  Magd. 
Hall ;  B.A.  14  Nov.  164!!. 

1346. — Joiias  Priekttt^  Cboraccnsis,  sen  of  Marmaduke  Pricked,  a  college 
tenant,  of  Allalhorp  Yorkshire,  plcb.,  aged  17;  [lotdmoitvr :  sobmiltcd  to  the 
Visitors. 


'  for 'tucking 'see  also  Shaftesbury's 
autobiography  (he  matriailntcil  at 
Exeter  34  March  163!),  cited  in  Boase's 
Ke£.  Coll.  Exon.  p.  xxix. 

*  these  notes  by  Wood  about  bis 
eontcnipotaries  in  his  undergraduate 
days  axe  taken   from  a  paper  in   MS, 


Tanner  43!)  ful.  1^4  sqq.  and  from  a 
portion  of  the  came  ]w|ier  in  MS.  Kawl. 
D.  «//«(  1 390, 

^  *  May  30 '  is  addcfl :  bat  it  !s  not 
clear  whether  it  applies  only  to  Pickcn- 
son's  admission  or  also  to  those  which 
follow. 


DECEMBER,  1647. 


^55 


Rfittrt  Bo!te<k,  Bucks.,  son  oi  Micliael  Bostock  of  Harcrtham  co.  Bocks,  prieit, 
Bged  17.  lie  was  an  Eaton  postmaster.  Expelled  by  the  VUitors  Tot  noo-sub* 
mttsion,  6  Ang.  1649-  After  fac  was  expelled  by  the  Vtsiton  he  went  to  'a.  Alban 
llail  ud  as  a  member  ttcreof  took  the  dc(p«e  ofB-A.  7  Match  i6tg.  After  the 
kiDg'*t  restoration  be  became  ministct  of  Roinaey  in  Keot. 

William  KtmbU-,  son  of  William  Kemble  of  Stixttoc  Id  Wilu,  gent.,  a  Colltf::* 
tenant,  aged  18.  Postmaster.  Submitted  to  the  Visitors;  took  his  bacheUui'a 
de^jTCC  35  May  1651 ;  weat  to  Alban  Hall  for  a  time. 

Hmrjt  Ifav/Iey,  of  l^xfonl,  ion  of  Dr.  Ifenry  Ilawlcy,  a  physltian,  aged  15.  At 
fint  he  did  not  sabmtt ;  bat  at  last  upon  better  thoDgbt  be  did  submit.  Foitmaster. 
Afterwards  fellow  of  Oriel  College :  proctor.  Lstated  at  BnUttfurd  in  ...  ^  wlicte 
he  died.    B.A.,  Mcrt.,  alS  May  1649. 

Richartl  PhiiUfs,  of  Shiopshire,  son  of  Andrew  Phillips,  roiniater,  of  Tone 
Alton  in  the  same  coanty.  He  was  taken  from  Hall.  Coll,  where  he  was  a  serritor ; 
by  Mr.  {Nicholas)  Howson  made  his  postmaster  ;  aged  iS  or  more.  At  fint  he 
did  not  submit  to  the  Visitors,  but  nficrwanls  upon  second  thoughts  he  did.  He 
continued  in  the  Collrge  abunt  3  yearca  after;  where  be  was  observed  to  be  giren 
mtich  to  tricking  and  drawing  pictures  with  his  pen,  and  somthing  to  mosick.  lie 
was  B.A.  it  Apr.  t6^i  ;  but  did  not  dctermitte.  An  ingenious  man.  He  went 
afterwards  into  his  owne  cuontry,  wliere  be  hai^l  sunie  small  cure.  He  was  created 
M.  of  A.  at  the  king's  restoration  ;  and  about  3  or  4  ycaies  after  died  in  his  owa 
oouatry. 
/ohH  Lckt,  potfnaster.  expelled  for  oon-submiuion. 

.  .  ,  Smylk,  of  whom  I  know  no  more. 

Basil  BrtHt,  son  of  Sir  Nathaniel  Urcnt,  warden,  was  a  feUow-coiunotter ;  and 
enjoying  a  faire  estate  after  his  father's  death  ncare  H'alltogford  in  Berks,  became 
High  Sheirifr  of  that  oonoty.    He  had  an  estate  also  in  Hereford  '. 

Wiiliam  CoU,  son  of  John  Cole  minister  of  Alderbnry  in  Oxfordshire,  was  his 
tmcle'a  Mr.  John  French  bis  postmaster.  Ue  w&i  originally  one  of  the  clerks  of 
Mew  College.    i).A.  iS  Feb.  165;. 

1047. — Barthtlmtvt  Orme  of  Stratford  Bow  neare  London,  M.A.  of  St.  Andtewei 
ia  Scotland,  became  a  cooimaner  of  Merlon  College  in  expectation  of  preferment 
from  the  Visiton,  to  whom  he  snbmittcd  in  the  yc&re  following,  and  in  the  same 
yeue  in  April  being  incorporated  ^L  of  A.,  was  made  fellow  of  Wadliam  College 
by  them  in  October  foUowing.  He  was  chainbcr-fcUowwith  William  Cox  follow- 
ing in  the  comer  chamber  under  the  library ;  took  their  commons  in  that  cbambcri 
and  vrhcn  they  left  the  college  they  garc  belwccn  them  a  little  piece  of  plate. 

tViUiam  Ccx,s<xi  of  William  Cox  (wmtimes  fellow  of  Mcrton  College,  after- 
wards ricar  of  Emildon),  M.A.  of  Andrew's  Universiiy  in  Scotland,  was  a  com. 
mono  of  Mcrton  College  in  expectation  of  prefermcat  from  the  Visitors,  to  whom 
he  submitteil  in  the  yeare  following ;  and  in  the  same  yeare  in  Ajtril  being  in- 
corporated M.A.  was  made  toon  after  by  the  Vtsitots  fellow  of  Biasnosc  College. 
He  resigned  in  1651  * ;  succeeded  his  father  in  thevicaridge  of  Emlldooanuo  1657, 
Oct.  19,  by  the  preaentatiun  of  the  College ;  where  he  died  167-. 

1047,  May  i.f>.^Antkony  Wood,  Oxoo.,  ioq  of  Thomas  Wood,  geot.,  pott- 
master,  afterwards  clerk. 

Samiul  Jotus,  Meriooetb,  son  of  John  Roberts  of  Cawen  in  the  said  cotmty, 
{deb^  aged  19,  was  made  from  being  a  scrvituor  of  AlUouics  College  either  a  pott- 


' 'Hereford'  is  in    pencil    only  a* 
doabtful. 

*  this  clause  Is  substituted  for  '  After- 


wards being  cxpclkd  by  Dr.  (Daoiel) 
Greenwood  for  misdemeanour.' 


I3tf 


WOOD^S  trFE  AND  TTMES. 


nftster  or  pro-poslmuter.    Expelled  for  DQD-mliimttton.    Alterwuds  lired  poote. 
Was  \a  Oxoo  «rter  the  Fcstotalion  and  ta  1660  wu  cicalcd  H.  of  A.  bat  Ibea 
little  betln  tban  cfoKsl. 
John  Prickttt,  Ebor.,  brother  to  Josias  'before-raentioned,  tgcd  16. 
John  BIomJu,  son  of  the  improprutor  of  Bicdiow  com.  Bucks,  postnuster ;  ex- 
p^ed  for  noa-subtniision.    He  wu  aftennrda  ao  attoniey  in  Aylesbaiy. 
Samuel  Heskitts,  pleb.  61. 

John  Smart,  of  LTcshain  in  Worcerierehirc.  He  afterwards  nibmitted  to  the 
Vliiton  and  bcou&e  scholu,  tuid  aftijwards  Fellow,  of  Trinity  CoUi^.  Aa  ex- 
oellcnl  preacher. 

BrystH  Ambler,  a  nuniiter'i  BOo  of  Sbropihlrc,  a  pofU&astcr  or  pro,  expel'd  by 
the  Visitors  \(>^i}.  Aflcmaiils  a  minister  in  Shrojithire  where  he  diol  (bruke  bis 
oeclc,  they  say :  with  a  fall  from  ti»  horse.  '  Johannes  Ambkr,  filiu*  Brian  Ambler 
de  Lidbury  com.  Salop,  clcrici,  act  17,'  malrimUted  of  Allsoulcs  Coll.,  9  April 
1689. 

SyhieJter  Sxoitzer,  son  of  the  host  of  the  inn  called  'The  Garter '  in  WindBore ; 
Eaton  postmaster;  expelled  lor  non-iul>mikioD  Aug.  1649.  Aftcrvrardj  taught 
school  in  Cornwall. 

John  H'right,  sea  of  . . .  Wright  lohiister  of  Bidford  in  Warwickshire,  post- 
master or  pro  at  least.  Kxpel'd  for  non-subiaisuon.  Afterwords  there  was  a 
itrong  report  that  he  timicd  a  Koman  Catholic  aod  afterwards  a  pnrist — which  is 
fa.\ix.  After  hi&  maJMly's  rcslonlioo  be  was  created  M.A.  (1660),  and  became  the 
cticil'  master  of  the  King^'s  Schole  ai  Worcester. 

HicharJ  Immimgt  or  Ycomani,  son  of  Richard  iTncoinj^  of  Stratford,  Wilts, 
clerk  ;  brcame  postmaster  or  pro  from  C.  C.  C.  [where,  I  tbink,  be  was  chorister), 
aged  14  or  thenbuuts.  Exjxrlled  for  non-submissiun,  as  JC  seems.  Created  M.  of 
A.  after  the  Kinif's  restoration.  Became  minister,  I  think,  in  his  coontry;  bat 
being  alwaiei  crax'd,  as  his  elder  brother  Thomas  of  C.C.C.  was  and  bis  sister 
(wife  of  .  .  .  Hasclwood  the  apothecary;,  killed  hiinxU  by  the  river's  side  Dcare 
Uiftcy,  anno  . . .  ,  and  his  tenement  or  iCDcniecta  in  Oxon  behind  All  hallows  were 
forfeited  to  the  University. 

William  Hill,  a  committee  man's  ton,  of  Hertfordshire,  bible-clerk. 

£.druard  Keyttdds,  son  of  Dr.  (Edwnrtl)  Rcyriolde,  of  Nurthamplonsliire  ;  poA- 
master  (I  think).    AAerwards  by  the  endeavour  of  bis  father  . .  . 

1648.— ywir/A  Harocy,  afterwards  fellow.     [ 
Kichard  Trevcr,  afterwards  fellow,  i 
These  two  did  enter  theintelfet  comniooert  a'loiit  the  beginning  oftliisyeare  in  ex- 
pectation of  preferment  Irom  the  Visitors.     They  were  both  elected  probationary 
fellowes  this  yeare. 

id4|. —  'fhemoi  James,  of  Sussex,  ministri  filial.  Postmaster  Feb.  %'j,  164I,  or 
pro.  ExpeUcd  1649.  He  was  a  short  whiC-h&ircd  man,  and  afterwards  was  an 
officer  (leirtenanl)  In  a  sJiip. 

Sttphen  Riikmcnd,  plcb.  lil.,  first,  aervitoor,  then,  postmaster,  and  after  lobmit* 
ting  to  the  Viiitors  was  by  tliem  made  poslmaslrr,  1650.  He  dcllgblcd  ninch  ia 
dialling  while  in  the  College  ;  bad  a  mechanical  head.  B.A.  i  April  165J.— He 
was  put  in  postmaster  by  one  of  the  fellowes  against  the  Visitors'  order,  rcmorcd 
for  a  time,  and  came  in  againe. 

John  Martin  alias  Biik^,  of  Witney  in  com.  Oaoo,  pofttmaster;  afterwards^ 
upon  his  submission,  fellow  of  C.  C-C. 

164|. —  Wiliiam  Statu,  a  College  tenant's  son;  postmaster;  rabmilted  to  the 
Visitors  and  was  coofinned  in  that  place.    A  confessed  member  of  {Thomas) 


DECEMBER,  1647. 


'37 


I 


I 
I 


Goodwin's  church.  B.A.  3  Much  t6f  j,  MjV.  165$,  A  stoot  nan.  AAct  the 
king*!  tcstonttloQ  he  ran  ont  of  hii  estate  ;  tum'd  Tor7.  Though  his  anocstore  for 
•cretmll  gcnentioos  bjid  beld  s  rich  farme  of  the  College  at  Norton-MaiidcvilL  (for 
300  ycaies  or  more),  yet  this  peraon  sold  it.  He  died  in  the  bcfflnning  of  1684.  A 
hiir-bnioe  fellow. 

Tkomat  LaurtHU,  an  apolhecnry's  suin  ui  1«i)c1un  :  forced  to  Ictvve  Mcrinn 
College :  went  to  Alban  Kali ;  took  both  the  degrees  in  arts  as  a  member  of  that 
house;  smdied  pb>5icle. 

Franiit  Sayer,iQXi  of  Franci* Sayer  tDiDister,of  Yatteodenlo  Baki ; poatmtster ; 
B.A.  1651,  M.A.  1655. 

Georgt  Owm,  son  of  Dr.  Owen  of  Pembrokeshire  :  postmaster.  Pnt  oat  by  the 
Visitors  iG  Jan.  l65{,  becatue  he  was  put  in  hy  a  fellow  vrithonl  their  urtler,  B.A. 
18  March  ifijj.  Alterwards  one  of  the  junior  Officer*  of  Armes  by  the  cndcaronn 
of  his  kLnsman  Gconjc  Owen,  York  herald.  Afterwards  fellow  of  AlliKwles ;  D  J). ; 
beoetic'd  and  dig&ified  la  Wales. 

RoUrl  Ifinktey,  yongcr  brother  to  Dr.  (Jolm)  Hinklcy.  was  cither  iK«tmaster 
or  pro:  went  afterwards  to  Ch.  Ch.,  and  was  a  Student  there.  B.A.  (Cb.  Ch.) 
3  Feb.  165!. 

l.Q^9.~-Gtcrse  Child,  pat  In  poBtraaster  by  the  Visitors  6  Aug.  i$4«>  In  the 
place  of  (Robert)  Bostock.  Went  aftrrwnnls  to  Qncen's  College  of  which  he  was 
B.A.  17  July  165J.     M.A.  (New  Inn  Ifall)  1655. 

Joints  Britkneli,  son  of  James  Bnckncll^  a  suTgcon  in  the  Parliamentary  army, 
among  the  forces  raised  for  the  parliament  by  William  (Russell)  eail  of  Bedford. 
He  afterwanls  aucc:ccdetl  William  Hill  in  the  clerkship  of  the  College  and  took  his 
degrees  in  Arts  (M.A.  165s),  and  became  a  minister  in  Kent 

BJxoard  Rood,  aii  Abendon  man  boine,  sun  uf  .  .  ,  Rood,  a  facUoiu  minister  of 
that  place.  Bred  in  liaton  school.  Katon  posimasler  by  the  Csrocr  of  the  Visitors 
II  Nov.  1649.     A  bold  and  iinpndrnt  person.     Afterwar^ls  fellow,  etc. 

Thfimaj  Mytn  or  Myerst,  gen.  fil.  e  com.  Kbor. ;  pnt  in  postmasicr  by  one  of  the 
fsllows  but  removed  by  the  Visitors  because  put  iu  contrary  lo  their  order,  16 
Jan.  i6«t. 

G<org  Prictut,  yonger  brother  to  Josaas  and  John  Pricket  before  menlioned  ;  was 
postmaster  also  but  removed  because  contnry  to  the  order  of  the  Visitors.  Pat  In 
sgaioe  hy  them,  B.A.  fi  July  1653.  Aflirrwnrds  went  to  one  of  the  Temples  \  be* 
ouse  a  bsncstcr;  swome  Serjeant  at  Law  37  Apr.  1693. 

Daiil  Martial,  Eaton  postmnatM'  an.  Dooi.  1649,  KA.  1653. 

Atfraham  'J'komton,  postmaster,  removed  thence  by  the  Visitors  16  Jan.  ifijf, 
because  put  in  against  their  order.  Went  to  Alban  Hall :  was  admitted  B.A.  as  X 
member  of  that  hoose  iB  June  1651  :  he  did  not  determine. 

franfis  More,  of  Clanfield  in  Oxfordshire,  postmaster  ;  removed  thenee  by  the 
Visitors,  because  put  in  agabist  Ihelr  order.  I'ul  in  againe  by  their  order.  fi.A. 
6  July  16^4.    Afterwards  had  a  beneficial  place  belonging  to  the  law. 

KicharJ  Cote,  biothur  to  William  before  mentioned,  was  made  postmaster  by  his 
imcle  John  Krench,  removed  by  the  ViMtors  because  put  in  against  their  order.    Ms 
was  afterwards  botmd  an  apprentice  to  an  apothecary  in  T^Airidun,  served  his  time 
oat  and  soon  after  died.    He  came  in  after  Christopher  Abdy. 
Jthn  <7M<Aff/A,  gentleoun-commoDer.    Admitted  B.A.  a$  March  1653. 

ftohtrt  Cltment.  poftnuister  Co  his  ancle  Richard  >'nuiklin.  B.A.  J3  Fcb^  1651^ 
M.A.  16.17.     -Minister  of  Ogbnnic,  Wilu. 

imo,—J<rAH  Siafford,  gen,  fil  de  Tboraborow  io  com.  Gloc,  gcntleman- 
conunoiter. 


»38 


WOOTfS  LIFE  AND  TTAfES, 


Xithard  H^'rigkl,  pleb.  fiL,  pat  in  postmastcz  by  the  Visitors  i6  Jan.  i6{t.  B.A. 
35  Oct.  1654;  itctit  in  Comitiis  1657. 

WiUiam  JeknsoHy  pDl  la  postmaster  by  tlie  Visitori  16  Jao.  i6^f. 

Robert  Listtr,  plcb.  fil.,  pot  is  poitmuter  by  the  Vititon,  t6  Jon.  tdjf.  B.A. 
I  June  1654. 

.  .  .  Davis,  pat  in  at  the  tsme  time.    I  dctct  rcmenibcT  bim  resident. 

Sautiul  flieron,  pleb.  fil.,  of  New  Inn,  put  in  poftnuAtr  by  the  Viiiton  at  the 
same  time.     B.A.  8  Feb.  \ht\  \  M.A.  ai  June  ]6jj. 

Thomas  SoUy,  lerritor,  put  in  also  poitcuiter  at  tbc  nine  Ume.  Aftenrar4a 
dcmie  of  Magd.  Coll. ;  curat  at  Cassdngton. 

Wiitiam  Itard  or  Isod,  servitor,  pTit  in  postmaster  at  the  tame  tiae.  f»SfM- 
vards  rector  of  Welford  in  Glonccttcrsbire  in  which  parish  Dirkmenh  10  War- 
vrickahiie  is. 

Sptmer,  pDt  Id  posonaatet  at  the  ume  time.    I  do  not  remember  blm 

resident. 

Robtrt  Pretty,  postmaster.] 


<184^  :  Wood  aot.  16.) 

February. — 'On  Candlemas  day  ',or  before  (according  as  Shrove- 
tucsdriy  fell  out),  every  freshman  had  tvartitng  given  him  to  provide 
his  speech,  to  be  spoken  in  the  publick  hall  before  the  under-graduats 
and  servants  on  Shrove^Tuesday  night  that  foliowcd,  being  alwaJes 
the  time  for  the  ob,ser;'ation  of  that  ceremony.  According  to  the  said 
summons  A.  Wood  provided  a  speech  as  tbe  other  freshmen  did. 

*¥eh.  15. — Shrove-Tuesday,  Feb.  15,  the  fire  being  made  in  the 
common  hall  before  5  of  the  clock  at  night,  the  fcllowes  would  go  to 
supper  before  six,  and  making  an  end  sooner  tlian  at  other  times, 
they  left  the  hall  to  the  libcrtie  of  the  under-graduats,  but  with  an 
admonition  from  one  of  tlie  fellowes  (who  was  then  principal  of  the 
under-graduats  and  postmasters)  ihat  all  things  should  be  carried  in 
good  order.  While  they  were  at  supper  in  the  hall,  the  cook  (Will. 
Noble*)  was  making  the  lesser  of  the  brass  pots  iiil  of  cawdel  at  the 
freshraans'  charge ;  which,  after  tlie  hall  was  fret-  from  the  fellows, 
Viii  brought  up  and  set  before  the  iirc  in  the  said  hall.  Afterwards 
every  freshman,  according  to  seniority,  was  to  pluck  off  his  gowne 
and  hand,  and  if  possibly  '^  to  make  himself  look  like  a  scoundrel!. 
This  done,  they  were  conducted  each  after  the  other  to  the  high  table, 
and  there  made  to  stand  on  a  forme  placed  thereon ;  from  whence 


'  Feb.  J. 

•  In  Wood  MS.  E.  .^3  is  this  entry  ;— 
'  '^-tti  ^'i^l^-  lOi  ^Vil]iftl^  Noblr  of  the 
pariflh  of  Comnor,  lie/ks,  upj>er  couk 
of  Mertoo  Coll.  wa&  mauied  lo  Haniiah 


Bates  of  Faithingo  in  Northamptoo* 
ihEre*  {in  a  John  fiapt.  Chucb, 
Oxfoid). 

*  'poe&ibly*  id   both  the  flarl.  and 
Tanner  MSS.,  by  a  slip,  for  '  possible.' 


FEBRUARY,  1648. 


139 


they  were  to  speak  their  speech  with  an  nudible  voice  to  the  com- 
pany :  which  if  well  done,  the  person  ihat  spoke  it  was  to  have  a  cup 
of  cawdic  and  no  salted  drinke ;  if  indiflferenlly,  some  cawdle  and 
some  salted  drink ;  but  if  dull,  nothinj;  was  given  to  him  but  salted 
dHnk  or  salt  put  in  coUcg^c  bcere,  with  tucks  to  booL  Afterwards 
when  they  were  to  be  admitted  into  the  fraternity,  the  senior  cook 
was  to  administer  to  them  an  oath  *  over  an  old  shoe,  part  of  which 
runs  thus — "  Item  tu  jurabis  quod  penniless  bench'  non  visitabis" 
&c.  the  rest'  is  forgoltcn,  and  none  there  arc  now  remembers  it. 
After  which  spoken  with  gravity,  the  Freshman  kist  the  shoe,  put  on 
his  gowne  and  band  and  took  his  place  among  the  seniors. 

*Now  for  a  diversion  and  to  make  }-ou  laugh  ai  llic  folly  and 
simplicity  of  those  times,  I  shall  entertaine  you  with  part  of  a  speech 
which  A.  Wood  spoke  while  he  stood  on  the  forme  placed  on  the 
table,  with  his  gowne  and  band  off  and  uncovered. 

"Most  reTercnd Scniorfi, 
"  May  it  please  yourGravitics  to  at^mit  into  yonr  presence  a  kitten  of  the  Mu»«.  nnd 
"  a  meci  frog  of  Ilelicoa  to  croaJt  the  cataracts  ai  his  plumbeous  cctcbrosily  before 
"  yoor  sagadom  int^enuities.  Pcrhapi  }'ou  may  expect  thai  1  sboald  thoader  oat 
"  ikmicaimDn  words,  and  lerel  my  talptmrtous  tbioat  against  my  fellowes  of  ths 
"  TyriKtntaD  crew :  but  thi»  being  ibc  nuivenal  jud^cDt  of  wee  fresh  water  Acaile- 
"  mians,  behold,  as  to  maoy  »ty^an  ftuica  or  g^otls  risen  oat  of  tbcii  winding 
"ahcets,  wcc  present  onrselrcs  before  yoat  tribunal,  aiid  theiefuK  I  will  not  fnlmi- 
"naie*  nor  tonitmaie  wonis  nor  Ewell  ioTo  gigiuiiick  sueiiia:  such  towring  cbaUi- 
"  tioos  do  not  exutierate  in  my  Aganippe,  tieing  at  the  lowest  ebb.  I  have  been  do 
"  chairman  in  the  committee  of  Apollo's  creatores.  neither  was  I  ever  admitted  into 
**  the  cabins  councils  of  the  rycrian  datncs,  that  my  btaines  should  evapofatc  unto » 
"  high  hyperboles,  or  that  I  shoald  bastinado  the  limes  with  a  tart  satyr*  of  a 
"  magic  pen.  Indeed  I  am  bot  a  fresh  water  soldier  XLnder  the  banners  of  Phoebus, 
"and  therefore  cannot  as  yet  »et  ()uart-pots  or  doable  joggs  in  battalia,  or  malcc  a 
*'good  shot  in  sack  and  claret,  or  give  fire  to  the  pmtolctto  tobacco  pipc^  charg'd 
"  wfth  its  ladiao  powder ;  and  therefore  ha\-ing  bat  poor  sliUl  in  such  service,  I  were 
"  about  to  tunie  Heliconian  dr^ooner,  but  as  I  were  mounting  my  dapper  oaffi 
"  Pegasus,  bchoM  Shrovc-tticfrjay  niglit  arreiled  me,  greetlni;  me  in  the  name  of 
"  this  honorable  convocation,  to  appeare  before  Ihelr  Inbimal  and  make  answer  for 
"my  self;  which,  most  wise  Scniun,  &ball  be  in  tliis  wise 


'  a  parody  on  the  oath  and  declara- 
tioo  reijtiire'l  by  Xhe  University  at 
different  stages  in  Hie  Academical  cam- 
ralum,  e.g,  (he  oath  not  (□  lecture  at 
Stamford  ;  ice  F.  Madan's  Bnucnose 
CoU^e  ui  Tht  ColUgti  of  Oxford  (Me- 
thtien  1891).  p.  354. 

*  Wood  has  adtied  a  marginal  note  Id 
the  Tanner  MS.—'  Penniless  Bench  is  a 
■eat  juyning  to  St.  Martin's  C-huidi  apod 
Qoadiiviom  where  butler  women  and 


hucksters  ate  to  sit.' 

*  the  Harl.  MS.  reads— 'the  rest  I 
have  furgottcn  and  1  iinow  not  how  to 
retrcivc  it.' 

'  '  folminato'  in  the  Harl.  MS. ; '  sob* 
Umate"  in  the  Tanner  MS.,  by  a  slip. 
»  'with 'in  the  Harl.  MS. 

*  '  the  tart  tat)-n '  in  the  Harl.  MS. 

*  the  Tanocr  MS.  bu '  pipes,'  by  ft 
•lip. 


t4P 


WOOlfS  UFE  ANT>  TIMES. 


"  T  ftui  none  of  thoae  May-pole-fr«fatnen ',  thai  ar«  ull  cedars  tieTore  they  como 
"  to  be  pIsDted  in  tbe  ■cademiiui  garden,  who  (are)  fed  with  the  papp  of  Arictotlc 
"  at  tweiit)r  or  thirtie  yeates  of  age,  and  tuck  at  the  dugg&  of  their  mother  the 
"  Univemty  tho  they  be  high  Colossui**  aad  yoothi  rampant.  These  are  they,  who 
"  come  newly  from  a  ooootry  *  bsgg-ptidding  and  a  good  brown  loaf  to  deal  with  a 
"  pcnny<comraon$,  as  an  elephant  with  a  poor  fly,  twnblcs  it  and  toues  it,  and  at 
"  last  giva  him  a  chop.  [These*  are  the  Mcitonian  counter-ftcnfflera,]  that  logg  af 
"  hard  for  a  po»tmailer*s  place',  aa  s  dog  al  mottoa. 

"  I  am  none  of  the  Univertily  blood-honnds,  that  teek  for  preienncnt,  and  whoae 
"  noses  arc  a>  acute  ta  their  cares,  that  lye  perdue  for  places,  and  who,  good  »aiiitsl 
"  do  groan  till  tht  Vititafittt  *  comes,  lliesc  ate  they  that  esteem  a  tatrem  as  bad 
"  as  purgatory,  and  wine  tnorc  superstitious  than  holy  water  :  and  therefore  I  hope 
"  lhl«  honorable  coovocatioQ  will  not  suffer  one  of  Ihu  tribe  to  Last  of  the  lackf 
"  least  ihcy  slioald  be  troeblcd  with  a  vertigo  and  their  beads  Ionic  rcunJ'. 

"  I  nevci  came  out  o(  the  country  of  Lapland^  I  am  not  of  the  number  of  betlts 
"  ■'—X  meane  ihoAc  grcedic  Oogt  and  kitchin- haunters,  who  noial  tbctr  chops  WVTf 
"  night  wttfa  ervese  and  rob  the  cook  of  his  fees  "  &c. 

•Thus  he  went  forward  -witli  smart  reflections  on  the  rest  of  tbe 
freshmen  and  some  of  the  sen'ants,  which  might  have  been  here  set 
downe,  had  not  the  speech  been  borrowed  of  him  by  several  of  the 
seniors  who  imbezt-l'd  it.  After  he  had  concluded  his  speech,  he  was 
taken  downe  b/  Edmund  Dickenson,  one  of  the  bachelamr-commoncrs 
of  the  house ;  who  with  other  bachelaurs  and  Uie  senior  under- 
graduals  made  him  drijik  a  good  di^^h  of  cawdic,  put  on  hts  gowue 
and  band,  placed  him  among  tlic  seniors,  and  gave  him  sack. 

•This  was  ihc  way  and  custome  that  had  been  used  in  the  college, 
time  out  of  mind,  to  initiate  the  freshmen ;  but  between  that  time 
and  the  restoration  of  K.  Ch.  a.  it  wa£  disused,  and  now  such  a  thing 
is  absolutely  forgotten '. 


I 


^  Utcr  age  at  matiicnlatton  than  the 
ordinary  was  a  suiijcct  for  saure  then 
■s  now. 

*  'coimtry*  has  been  omitted  from 
the  Tanner  MS.,  by  a  slip. 

'  the  words  in  square  brackets  have 
been  omitted  from  the  Ttoiner  MS.  by 
aUip. 

*  *  commons '  is  wriltcn  in  the  margin 
of  the  Uarl.  MS.,  u  an  aUcmatirc  for 
'  place.' 

*  a  back-hander  at  the  Puritanical 
party.  One  ofth^ir  cant  phrucs  was  to 
pnty  for '  a  visitation '  of  abundant  grace, 
and  the  like  :  again,  the  University  was 
at  Ibia  lime  fitl)  of  Poritaiu  from  Cam- 
bridge,  &c  watting  in  expectancy  of 
preferment   through   the  action  of  the 


Parliamentary    ViHtors.      See    sufm 

IT-  '.«.  ^l<*- 

'  a  pun  on  '  ronnd-heads.* 

'  the  serviton  who  lap  or  lick  the 
dishes,  when  they  are  uken  from  table. 
Tbe  occurrence  of  petty  thefts  of  food 
hi  indicated  by  an  anecdote  in  Wood 
MS.  E.  31  fol.  J5  b— '  "  WTiy  do  yun 
take  away  my  bread?  Why  do  yoo 
take  away  my  victualts?"  quoth  John 
Powell  senior  of  McrL  CoU.  when  be 
was  at  dinner  in  the  hall.  Replied  the 
theif— "becauaelwantlhcm."  "What I" 
soith  Powell  *'  do  you  come  to  the  Uni- 
versity to  catch  wants?  "  * 

'  William  Uuddcsford,  editing  this 
Life  in  1 77>.  notes  here : — '  The  custom 
described  above  wu  not,  it  is  probable. 


1 
I 


FEB.— MARCH,  1048. 


141 


[Feb.  6\  Su.,  1647  (i.e.  |>,  Mrs.  Stmadc,  wife  to  Dr.  William 
Stroud  cannon  of  Xt.  Church,  and  daughter  to  Dr.  .  .  ,  Syrnpson 
canon  of  tbe  same',  departed  this  life  and  was  buried  au Bedford- 
shire.] 

March. — [John  *  Morris,  D.D.,  Canon  of  Ch.  Church  and  Hebrew 
professor  of  the  Univer.%ity,  died,  T.,  21  of  IVfarch  i64|-  and  was 
buried  in  the  Divinity  chappel  by  Dr.  (William)  Strode. — He  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Walter  Darrell  or  Dayrell  (recorder  of  Abendon, 
bul  descended  from  the  Dayrells  of  Liningsion-Da)TelI  in  Bucks),  sister 
to  llic  wife  of  Charles  HoUoway  (serjeanl  of  law)  ;  but  had  no  issue  by 
her.  She  afterwards  married  Thomas  Kcjt  of  Great  WoUbrd  in 
Warwickshire,  gent.  She  died  without  issue  .  . .  Aug.  1681  and  was 
buried  in  the  church  of  Great  Woiford  in  Warwickshire.] 


An.  Dom.  1648  :  24  Car.  I :  (Wood  aot.  19.) 

"The  Visitors  appointed  by  Parliament  having  sate  several  times  in 
the  lodgings  of  Sir  Nathaniel  Brent,  warden  of  Merlon  coll.,  in  the 
last  ycare,  but  to  little  purpose,  they  proceeded  this  yeare  with  very  great 
rigour,  to  the  ruin  of  the  Universitie.  The  members  of  e\*ery  college  were 
all  summoned  to  appeare  on  a  certainc  d.iy,  and  somtimes  two  or  3 
colleges  or  more  appeared  in  one  day,  and  if  they  did  not  give  in  a 
positive  answer  whether  they  would  submit  to  them  and  Uicir  visitation 
as  appointed  by  pariiament,  they  were  forthwith  ejected. 

(Wood  h«  given  a  minute  ntmitive  of  the  ptocccdinRS  of  (he  ParlitmenlMy 

ViMtnn  in  Gutchs  Wood's  IlUt.  Univ.  Oxon.  ii,  501  xjq,  which  it  is  unuccetsaiy 

tito  repeat  hcFc.    The  astboritics  which  he  followed  may,  however,  be  entunenited : — 


peculiat  to  McrtoD  coUege.     Perhaps  it 

was  once  general,  as  striking  ttaccs  of 

[tt  may  be  found   in  rauiy  societies  in 

llift  place,  and  in  some  a  very  near  re- 

Emblance  of  it  hai  been  kept  up  till 

'irithin  these  few  year*.'     Occasion  may 

be  taken  here  to  condemn  in  the  strongest 

terms  this  empty-headed   type  of  note 

twbicb  it  oommon  in  Tln<l4lc:&roid.    Ilad 

[ihe  writer  hod  the  sense  to  write  down 

[an  aocoonl  of  the  '  stritcing  traces  '  and 

''tte  '  near  resctnbluicc '  with  a  list  of  the 

CoUegea  in  which  they  were  fotind,  his 

note  woold  now  have  been  both  ralnable 

inteiesting    for    Oxford     hittory. 

Imidc  (see  Bliss'  Rtliquiat  iftamiatiae 


III.  76)  n)ciitioa&  Brosenosc  ruid  Rnlliol 
as  having  customs  of  this  kind. 

'  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  31  fol.  68. 
Tbe  slips  there  probably  represent  on 
older  note-book  of  Wood's. 

'  ralhcr,  cuion  of  Caatcrboiy,  sec 
p.  ti6. 

»  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4  p.  83.  Wood 
gives  in  colours  these  arms  :—'  sable  a 
saltire  argent,  on  aa  escutcheon  of  pre- 
tence a  cross  patt^  [Morris] ;  impaling, 
argent  on  three  l>ars  sable  sis  cirKiucfoils 
of  the  field  three  two  and  one,  n  mullet 
sable  in  chief  [Darrell]  ;  crest,  two 
hands  proper  holding  np  a  cross  patt^e 
arge&L' 


Ua 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES, 


(0  The  Regifler  of  the  Vimlois,  in  ibc  Bodleum  Libnuy,  O.C.  3736,  nunc  '  MS. 
eMn.  77':  edited  for  the  Cunden  Society  by  ProfcsMr  Bttrrovt  ia  1881.  la  Wood 
MS.  E.  4  Wood  fivet  this  Kcconot  of  it:— *  It  begins  30 Sept.  1647  and  endi  8  April 
165!*  ;  written  by  Willinm  Xcwhi>iiae  and  Tlalf  Austen  (author  of  the  book  inti- 
tuled <'A  ttntiK  of  Fniit-tieei'  Oxford,  1657,  second  edition),  died  {1676)), 
regislen'  Huxestinly  to  the  nid  Viuton,  It  contuos  Dot  only  the  acts  of  the 
Visiton  tppointed  1647,  bat  of  those  <lhoQgh  ttcndcrly)  uno  i6$i  tod  anno  |6$4> 
It  b  kept  in  Dr.  <Rabeit)  Say's  huds  *.' 

(tij  Original  docamaiU*,  letters,  trtc,  connected  with  the  Porliamentsfy  Visita- 
tion, given  to  Wood  by  arehbuhop  Gilbert  Sheldon,  and  biihop  Thomas  fiariow, 
DOW  in  Wood  MS.  F.  35  O.C.  8497. 

<iii]  '  History  of  the  Visiutiao  of  the  Unirertity  of  Oioo  by  the  VlsitorB  of  the 
lyoeg  PartianHmt,'  by  John  Xcwton,  one  of  the  scninr  fellows  of  Bras.,  n  lew  pp.  of 
MS.,  now  in  Wood  MS.  F.  jf ,  foL  178. 

(it)  N'ewBpapen  of  the  day  :  c.g.  an  extract  from  the  '  Moderate  Intelligencer '  is 
fotind  ta  Wood  514  (no.  45)  dcscribiog  lord  Pembroke's  entrance  into  Oxford  oa 
M,  17  Apr.  1648. 

fv)  Narrative  of  proceedings  of  the  Vidton  (I  June  1647  to  7  Apr.  1648),  a  few 
printed  leaves,  fonnd  in  Wood  514  (no.  46).  Wond  ha^  this  note  about  it : — 
'  Note  that  the  "  Narrative  "  following  bcii^  privately  in  the  press  at  Oxon  was 
stop'd  from  going  any  farther  by  the  Visitors'  command.  With  much  ailoe  I  got 
thne  two  sheets  following  of  the  said  Narrative.  I  could  never  see  any  other 
printed  copie  of  it  or  any  of  the  MS.  cojiie  that  folKiwed.  This  that  I  got  I  can- 
not now  tell  from  whence  I  bad  it,  unless  from  Dr.  (Gerard)  Langbaine's  papers 
(qoaere).' 

(▼i)  In  his  oarrative  of  their  proceedings  (Gntch's  Wood's  Hist.  Univ.  OxoOm  «/ 
SMprd)  Wood  has  given  lists'  of  the  persons  expelled  by  the  Visitors.  In  Wood 
MS.  F.  35  is  Wood's  MS.  *  List  of  members  expelled ' ;  in  WooiJ  5 1 4  (54)  is  fonnd 
'OxoniaeLachrjmae,'  a  printed  list  of  expelled  mcmbeis,  published  at  Londoa 
1649,  with  some  MS.  notes  by  Wood. 

(rii)  Various  printed  Orders  rctitlons,  etc.,  issued  by,  aiid  for  or  against,  the 
Visitors  are  foaud  in  the  Wood  Collection,  e.g. : — 

Woo<l  514  (37) ;  '  The  Ordinance  [i  May  16^7)  of  the  Lords  and  Commons 
tiseroblcd  in  Parliament  for  the  Visitatioa  and  Kefoimalion  of  the  Uriveraitic  of 
Oxford/  Load.  1647 ;  another  copy  in  Wood  6ia  ('5a) ;  Wood  433  (24). 


'  Le.  rei^stran.  Wood  here  notes: — 
'  R.  Austen  was  sot  chose  raster  till 
ifijOi  bat  he  was  deputy  before  (that 
date).  When  Rolf  Auilen  was  absent, 
Elishs  Cole,  steward  of  Magd,  Coll., 
npplied  ;  and  some  of  his  hand-writing 
it  theiin  p.  355.  356  '—sec    EnrrowB, 

I- c,  p.  337- 

*  Wood  afterwards  amended  this 
slalement  by  adding  'now  in  Bibl. 
Bodl.*  The  bo<Iy  of  Wood's  note  was 
written  In  1674.  Rohcrt  Say  was  vice- 
chancellor  in  1664,  Provoit  of  Oriel 
1653^1691.  This  seem*  to  dispose  of 
Prof.  Uurrowi'  conjecture  (I.e.,  p.  viii) 


Chat  the  register  remained  lo  Atntcn's 
poMesiion  and  came  to  the  library  at 
his  death. 

'  MS.  Tanner  338  contains  a  number 
of  papers  relating  lo  the  Patliamcntaiy 
Visits  tion. 

*  At  the  end  of  Heame's  '  Liber 
Niger Scaccarii '  Heame  prinli  a  memo- 
randnm  by  Wood  :— '  Rememljcr  toaske 
Mr.  (Ralph)  Austen  for  a  catalogue  of 
the  Bcholnn  that  were  turned  ont  at  the 
Visitation.'  .Some  notes  l>y  Wood 
about  the  Visitation  are  found  in  Wood 
MS.  F.  31  fol.  J54. 


MARCH,  1648. 


H3 


Wood  514  (18);  Fro^tmnma'  (15  May  i647)aLUiBg  the  EDembcrs  of  ihe  Uni- 
wnity  to  Bppor  at  the  SchotiU  before  the  Visiton. : — it  bus  n  MS.  note  by  some 
Head  of  ai  Hoosc  'rcccii-cd  May  34  (1647)  after  diruer:  pabliaheU  at  oigbt  to  the 
company.' 

Wood  514  (30) ;  '  PetilioQ  of  the  well-iifrected  lo  the  Vuitors  against  Dr. 
Samuel  Fell,'  1  Jtme  1647.    Another  copy  is  Wood  415  (33). 

Wood  514  (36J ;  '  The  swonic  confederacy  between  the  Coovocation  of  Oxford 
and  the  Tuwer  of  London,'  Lood.  $  Jtme  1647  (with  some  MS.  notes),  aa  attack 
on  the  University. 

Wood  514(33) ;  'The  pririlcRCs*  of  the  Umversit)-  of  Oxford  in  point  of  Visita- 
tion.' 1647  .  ascribed  by  Wixi"!  to  Richard  AUcslrie.  Wood  had  at  first  written 
'  written  as  'tia  supposed  by  Mr.  John  Fell,  (tudcot  of  Cbttit  Church  and  Richard 
Allmrie,  of  the  same,  Btmlenl :  ttcil  (jnnere.' 

Wood  J14  (jyj ;  Order  of  the  Viiiton  13  Apr.  1647,  with  an  order  by  Fair^ 
(31  March  1648)  lu  Ucul.  cull.  Kclsey  to  send  ticrapa  to  Oxford  to  support  the 
Viaitora. 

Wood  514*  (37)  ;  Order*  by  the  lofdt  and  comtnons  '.  . .  to  bnrson  to  keep 
mu,*  31  Apr.  1648. 

Wood  514*  (39):  'An  Order  of  the  Commons  assembled  in  ParliamcDl  enabling 
the  Visitors  of  Oxford  to  displace  fellows,  ai  Apr.  1648,'  printed  34  Apr. ;  another 
copy  is  Wood  376  A.  no.  135. 

Wood  514  (40);  'The  case  of  the  UoivcTsity  of  Oxford,  in  a  letter  sent  from 
theoee  to  Mr.  ^John)  Selden,  1648';  another  copy  is  la  Wood  £14  (4) ;  anotbei 
Wood  631  (I). 

(viii]  The  pamphlets,  published  in  1647  and  1648,  criticising  or  tatiriziog  the 
Visitors,  several  of  which  are  described  in  Gotcb's  Wood's  Hist.  Uoiv,  Oxon.  iL 
£79,  are  found  to  the  same  volume',  Wood  5r4. 

(a}  Wood  514  (3]) ;  'Lcnci  from  a  scholar  in  Oxford  to  bis  friend  in  the 
countrey,  15  Juae  1647/  1S47. 

(b)  Wood  514  ^41);  '  Merctirios  Acadcniii,-u»,'  Numb.  I,  S.,  Ig  Apr.  1648  : — 
in  which  Wood  notes :— '  I  could  never  leara  that  any  other  nombers  of  this 
"  Mercarias  Academicus  "  were  afterwani*  published.' 

(c)  Wood  514  (4a)  ;  '^Lord  have  mercy  upon  ni,  or  ths  Visitatioa  at  Oxford,' 
1648. 

(d)  Wood  514  (43)  ;  '  Halifax  law  tran»Iated  to  Oxon',  1648. 

(ej  Wood  514  (44] ;  Jobn  litrkeahead's  '  Nencs  fiom  Fetabroke  and  Mont- 
gomery,'  164)$. 

(0  Wood  514  {47);  Thomas  Wynryard's  'Midniramer  Moone.'  1648. 

(g)  Wood  514  (48) ;  <  An  Owie  at  Athens,^  1648.  Mr.  Madan  tells  me  that  a 
MS.  note  in  another  copy  in  the  Bodleian  ascribes  this  to  I'homaa  W'inyard. 

(h)  Wood  514  (49) ;  Thotnai  Barlow's  *  Pegasna  or  the  Flying  horse  from  Ox- 
ford'(1648]. 

(i)  Wood  514  (50] ;  'The  third  and  fourth  part  of  Pegasus,'  in  which  Wood 
notes  '  Thomas  Pierce  of  Magtl.  Coll.  the  author* 


'  it  has  the  autographs  of  these  Visi- 
tors!— Christoph.  Kogcra,  E.  Corbel, 
Henr.  Wilkinson,  F.  Chcyncll,  Na. 
Brent,  Gol.  i'rjTine,  J.  Packer.  Wro. 
Tipping,  Johannes  Hcylin,  Ga.  Bcckc. 

'  Wood  514  (34)i5  William  Prynne's 
answer,  Lood.  1647,  'The  University  of 


Oxford's  plea  rrfbted.' 

*  Wood  514  (38)  combines  the  two 
orders  in  nos.  37,  39. 

*  at  tlte  beginning  of  h  Wood  notei 
that  he  paid  for  its  '  binding,  (td,  Feb.  8, 
i689'<i.e.«>- 


144 


WOOlfS  UF£  ASD  TIMES. 


G)  Wood  fir4  (5i)i  *  Tt*ci-a>w>cAa  OinMiMii.'  ii  «U(A*  Wood  notes  :— 
*b7  AduB  UnietoB^  tfsdac  (rf  CL  Ch.:  Dr.  <TW»v}  Bvtov  uitb  it  wu 
wxittoi  by  John  Csnidc  of  ike  me  Wbil.* 

(k)  Wood  $14  (53> :  John  AnOaad's  -Rstfiea  Acwiane  Oxoaieii^  . . .  d«- 
leriptio';  itiii  1  \\\\\ '  liii  ■■hIimI  m<iu  Tij  Wrwid.  lint  llr  anlr  ' Fnr  mj hnrntin  i\ 
ftiCDd  Uc.  Aathooy  Weode  ftoa  ka  afaedt  scnMC,  Jo.  ABbnE7.'> 

Kbj.— {X  Mr'  ume'f  WiikUW,  God  bkv  tW  part. 
If  /  CBbout  te  Udc  ^^  kMv  b": 

qnotb  Rob«n  \V'hiteban  of  Ch.  Ch.  to  tbe  Visiuirs  anno  1648.  The 
said  WhicebaD  was  turned  oat  of  his  plioe;  but,  Bt  cnng7ng  to  the 
COTnmiUcc  at  London,  became  soone  after  feDow  of  Menon  Coll.  where, 
foUowiDg  the  trade  of  drinlung  as  be  was  wont,  procured  to  himself  a 
red  face.  WTiereupon  John  Powell,  senior,  of  ^ferton  Co!L  used 
often  to  tell  him,  especiallj  when  he  plard  opon  him  with  his  wil, 
that  he  was  "  loyncd  with  sack  and  faced  with  clarei."] 

"May  12. — Friday  (May  ti)  the  members  of  Mcnon  College  ap- 
pear'd,  and  when  A.  W.  was  called  in  (for  the  members  were  caHed  in 
one  by  one)  he  was  ask'd  this  question  by  one  of  the  Visitors:  *  Will 
you  submit  to  tbe  autfaonty  of  parliament  in  this  visitation  ? '  To 
which  he  gave  ihis  answer,  and  wrot  it  dowoe  on  a  paper  lying  on 
the  table,  as  he  was  directed:  *  I  do  not  understand  the  business,  and 
therefore  I  am  not  able  10  gix-e  a  direct  answer.' 

•Afterwards  his  mother  and  brother  Edward,  who  adnsed  him  to 
submit  in  plaine  termes,  were  exceeding  angry  with  him,  and  told  him 
that  he  liad  ruined  himself,  and  must  therefore  go  a  begging.  At 
length,  by  the  intercession  of  his  mother  made  to  Sir  Nathaniel  Brent 
(who  usually  cal'd  her  his  lilUe  daughter,  for  he  knew  her,  and  us'd 
to  set  her  on  his  knee,  when  shee  was  a  girle  and  a  sojoumour  in 
her  husband's  house  during  the  time  of  his  first  wife)  he  was 
conniv'd  at  and  kept  in  his  place,  otherwise  he  had  infallibly  gon 
to  the  pot. 


'  uiothpr  copy  of  Ihis  'Tragi-co- 
moedia  Oxonicosis'  ii  Wood  615  (Ji) ; 
in  it  is  a  note  bjr  ■  former  owner  (not 
bj  Wood]  '  thi»  was  wrin,  u  1  take  it, 
bj  one  .  . .  Crmdock,  a  yoong  ftndent  of 
Ch.  Ch.' 

*  another  copy,  with  similar  marginal 
nolet  by  Wood,  la  Wood  413  (1$)  ;  it 
haa  tlii«  note :—' These  verses  were 
made  by  Dr.  Joha  AUibond  tometimcs 
fellow  of  Magd.  Coll.  and  rector  of 
IbadwcU  com.  Oloc  who  died  1659.' 


Tbe  marginal  no(e«  are  probably  copied 
by  Wood  from  an  aimotated  copy  by 
one  cif  his  elder  contemponmcs,  e.  g. 
from  that  now  foocd  in  Wood  376  A 
no.  510. 

'  note   in  Wood   M.S.   E.  3a   p.  J5. 
The  answer   is  '  ben    troralu,"  but   il 
genu7ncnesa  is  dispntnble.     Whitehall*! 
veritable  answer  .W.,  to  May  1648)  tol 
the  Vi>iton  is  given  in  Uonowa'  Kepstcr] 
of  the  Vtiiton,  p.  68. 


ATA  y— AUG.  1648. 


145 


[WTdliam  Percy ',  esq.,  son  '  to  the  eari  of  Northumberland,  died 
an  aged  bachelaur  in  Pennyrarthing  street,  after  he  hnd  lived  a  melan* 
choly  and  retired  life  many  yeares.  He  w-as  buried  in  the  cathedrall 
of  Ch.  Church  neare  to  the  grave  of  Sir  Henry  Gage,  Su.,  38  May 
1648.] 

Juae. — [Samuel  RadclifTc',  D.D.,  and  princiifflJI  of  Brasnose  Coll., 
died,  M.,  26  June  1648  and  was  buried  in  the  middle  of  St.  Marie's 
chancell,  sine  prole :  a  great  benefactor  to  his  coUcg'e — sec  what  I 
have  said  of  him  in  *  Hist,  ct  Antiq.  Univers.  Oxen.,'  lib.  1  p.  39a, 
395.  396.  404.  etc.,  lib.  2  p.  215  col.  2,  225  col.  2.f 

[Steeple-Aston  *.  A  free-schoole  here  built  by  Dr.  Samuel  Ralclifle, 
sometimes  princtpall  of  Brascnosc,  who  endowed  it  with  20/1'.  per 
annum  for  a  master  to  be  chosen  from  Brasenose  :  it  is  now  fallen  to 
17//.  lOJ.  per  annum. — Brasnose  College  built  an  hospital!  here  for  two 
Ti-omen  a  little  after  the  king's  rcstauration,  each  woman  to  have  aoj. 
per  quarter  to  be  paid  by  Brasenose.  It  goes  under  the  name  of 
'RalclifTs  hoapitall';  but  he  playing  the  knave  with  the  college,  the 
college  at  length  was  forced  to  build  it.] 

AuguBt. — *.\ug.;  his  eldest  brotber  Thomas  Wood,  who  had 
served  in  the  c|uality  of  a  lievtenant  of  horse  for  his  majestic  during 
the  warr,  did,  after  the  warr  was  U-rminated,  relume  to  his  coll.  of  Ch, 
Ch.  and  there  receiv'd  the  profits  of  bis  place ;  but  about  the 
beginning  of  Aug.  this  yeare,  he  very  abruptly  left  the  uniwrsitie,  went 
into  Ireland,  and  finding  out  his  scliool-fcUow  colonel  Henry 
Ingoldcsby,  became  an  officer  in  his  regiment,  to  6ght  against  the 


'  note  In  Wood  MS.  F.  4  p.  83. 
Wood  giws  in  colour  thne  »rni»: — 
'or  s  lion  rarapuil  azare  ottdccI  kiuI 
Ungued  golci ;  a  crcKCDt  Mt>le  for  dif- 
ference.' 

*  tbin)  (oa  of  Heoty  Percy,  eighth 
fA. 

»  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4  p.  83. 
Wood  giro  in  colonn  th«fe  armi : — 
th«  una  of  BrnKooK  Collcf^,  viz., 
'parted  per  pale,  first,  ai|^ot  a  cbcvroo 
azure  bciwecn  ^  r<He«  gules  uc<led  or 
[^Wtllinm)  Smyth,  bithup  of  Lyncoln], 
second,  gules  two  lions  passant  gnardftnt 
or,  on  I  chkfBxore  the  Virgin  icatcd  and 
crowned  bearing  the  Holy  Child  and  a 
K«ptre  of  the  aecond  {kc  of  Lyvcoln], 
third,  qaaii«Tly,  in  the  first  and  fDnnli 
argent  a  chevron  between  j  hugie  horns 
sable,  in  the  second  and  third,  argent  a 


chevron  between  3  croMei  croalet  «able 
[{Richard)  Sutton,  second  fuundrr] ; 
initialing,  argent  a  l>cnd  engrsilcd  sable, 
a  mullet  MblcfordiGrL-rencc  [Kadctiflc].* 
In  Wood  M.S.  !■:  31  fol.  13  Wood  notes 
a  slip  of  his  which  aitnctcd  nouce  at 
the  time: — '"A  proud  man  will  bBy 
&  dj{f>cr"  (said)  Dr.  {Samuel)  Kad- 
cliH  priDcipall  of  Brasnose,  '(meaning) 
"  dye  a  becgar  ").'  Ibid.  fol.  16  Wood 
notes  a  siinilar  slip  of  Dr.  Ralph 
Kcticll's— '  "  Rlc«w  likewise  nil  our 
factors  and  benefactors  —  Mistake  me 
not.  good  Lord.  I  mcanc  all  our 
foondcrs  and  bcncfactois."  so  Dr. 
Kettle  president  of  Trinity  Coll.  in  hli 
prayer  before  scrmoit  at  St.  Marie'i 
Ox  on.* 
*  notes  in  Wood  &IS.  E  i  foL  1 13  b. 


M« 


WOOl^S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


rebells  there.  The  reason  of  his  sudden  departure  was  this :  viz.  that 
he  being  one  of  the  prime  plotters  of  the  remaining  caraliers  in  Oxon 
10  seize  on  the  garrison,  Visitors,  and  all  the  armes  they  could  find,  to 
the  end  thai  tlicy  might  joync  themselves  to  otlicrs  that  had  plotted  in 
the  same  manner  in  other  parliament  garrisons,  to  relieve  the  distressed 
cavaliers  that  were  besieg'd  in  Colchester,  tlie  plot  was  discovered  by 
one  or  more  of  them  when  they  were  in  their  cops ;  which  made 
cverj-  one  shift  for  themselves  as  well  as  they  could.  But  some  being 
taken,  one  of  them  named  Edward  Adams,  a  barber,  was  upon  the 
point  of  being  bang'd,  having  mounted  the  ladder  in  order  thereunto, 
on  llic  signc  post  of  the  Catherine  Wheel  in  Magdalen  parish  (in 
which  inn  they  had  layd  the  foundation  of  their  plot).  Mr.  Francis 
Croft  \  whomc  A,  W.  found  to  be  one  of  the  chaplaj-nes  of  Merton 
Coll.  at  his  first  coming  thereunto,  was  deeply  engaged  in  the  said 
plot.  He  was  a  htgb-flo(w)ne  cavalier  and  a  boon  companion,  and 
was  the  man  that  gave  to  every  person  that  was  conccm'd  in  the  plot 
the  oath  of  sccrcc)':  which  being  done,  they  were  to  write  tlicire 
names  in  his  little  paper-book  which  he  usually  carried  in  his  pocket; 
but  if  they  could  not  write,  they  were  to  set  their  mark,  and  he  to  add 
their  names  to  it.  At  the  first  discovery  of  the  plot  Mr.  Croft  fled", 
and  some  of  the  parliament  soldiers  of  die  garrison  supposing  that  he 
might  be  in  his  chamber,  which  joyned  to  that  chamber  which  was 
afterwards  the  common  room  belonging  to  Merton  coll.,  they  broke 
open  his  dore,  searched,  but  found  the  bird  flown.  This  being  done 
early  In  the  morning,  his  dore  stood  open  most  of  the  day  following, 
and  A.  W.  with  some  of  the  juniors  going  into  it,  saw  it  all  adom'd 
with  escocheons,  which  he  (Mr.  Croft)  had  got  by  burying  several 
persons  of  quality  in  Merton  Coll.  Church  and  clswherc  during  the 
abode  of  tlie  Kuig's  and  Queen's  Courts  in  Oxon ;  but  these,  hia 
books,  and  bedding  were  not  then  touched. 

[1648',  Aug.  10,  Th^  Richard  Jeanes,  son  of  Nathaniel  Jcanes* 


*  Fnnds  Croft,  M.A.  Orkl  18  Jooe 
1640. 

«  'sknlkdMnthcHwl.  MS. 

*  n<Ab  ill  MS.  KawL  D  403  *  p.  7. 

*  Wood  MS.  D.  K>  b  bis  notes  on 
"Da^aXe'iBaivnagiitm;  Uwyharcbc«i 
pcnued  by  Dngdalc  and  hare  scvcml 
notes  in  his  handwriting  (mostly  \a  T«d 
ink).  Wood  418  if  Vol.  I  of  William 
Dagdale'ft  '  The  Bafoa&gc  of  EogUnd  * 
Load.  1675,  with  notes  by  Wood.  In 
both  places  be  tcfen  to  a  tnck-stun 


connection  of  the  Jeina  bmily  with 
the  nuhilily.  'Emonttel  Scioopc,  lord 
ScToo^ic  of  Bolton,  had  a  servant  in  bis 
bmily  named  Mutb*  Jcaocs,  daughter 
of .  , ,  Jconcs,  &  poore  taylor  liTing  nt 
Tnrfeild  Heath  in  the  pArish  of  Turfcild 
in  Budci  near  Wullngton  in  Oxford^ire 
and  btotbet'  ^'brother'  is  undcrluiedf 
pcthsps  as  in  error)  '  to  Nathouiel 
Jcascs  of  Mert.  Coll.  Oxon.  and  I>aniel 
Jeaocs  bntler  of  S.  Alban's  Hall  there  : 
by  which  serrant  he  had  a  son  John 


AUG.  ^  NOV.  1048. 


U7 


buUer  of  Men.  Coll.  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  was  borne  in  the  corner 
chamber  under  ftren.  Coll.  library ;  and  baptized  in  this  parish.] 

Bovember. — 'Nov.  6,  M.,  Kdward  Wood  before  mcnliond,  bach, 
of  Ans  and  scholar  of  Trin.  Coll.  (who  before  had  submitted  to  the 
Visitors),  was  with  others  admitted  probalioncr-fclbw  of  Mcrton  Coll. 
—They  were  severely  cxamin'd,  and  in  due  course  elected  and 
admitted:  which  was  done  by  the  favour  of  the  warden  Sir  N(alhaniel) 
Brent  the  arch- Visitor :  [yet '  all  that  were  then  admitted  submitted  to 
ihe  Visitors.]  Some  admissions  [of  fellows]  tliat  followed  were  done 
by  the  sole  andiorit>'  of  the  Committee  and  Visitors.  Soon  after, 
E(dward)  Wood  bciiiR  sellcd  in  ihc  bay-tree  chamber  in  the  first 
quadrangle  nest  to  the  gale  of  Merlon  Coll.,  A.  Wwjd  was  put  into 
the  cockloft'  over  him.  So,  then  and  after*,  his  trudging  to  Trin. 
CoU.  to  receive  his  instruction  was  saved. 

(^Parties*  in  ike  University  1648-1660.) 

[The  generahty  therfore  of  the  University  were  divided  into  two 
panics,  Presbyterians  and  Independents ;  and  each  had  their  leading 
members  to  direct,  instruct,  perswade,  etc. 

The  former  (the  Pre8b)-terians)  had  (Edward)  Reynolds,  deane  of 
Ch.  Church  for  a  time,  and  (Francis)  Cheynell,  president  of  St. 
John's  for  a  time  ;  (Edmund)  Stanton,  president  of  C.  C.  C. ; 
(Danie!)  Greenwood,  principall  of  Brasenose;  (Robert)  Harrys, 
president  of  Trinity;  (Jolm)  Conant,  rector  of  Exeter;  (Henry) 
Langlcy,  master  of  Pembroke ;  (Ralph)  Button,  (Henry)  Cornish, 
and  Henry  Wilkinson  (senior),  canons  of  Ch.  Church ;  (John)  Mills, 
(canon)  of  Ch.  Ch.  for  a  time  ;  Henry  Wilkinson  (junior),  (principal) 


fomtimes  gentlemim  •commoner  of 
Trin.  ColT.  Omir,  (who  died  sooa  niler 
be  bwl  left  Oxon,  before  he  was  of  age). 
He  bad  alto  tliree  daughters  by  her, 
▼ix.  one  tuined  Eliutictli  who  wu 
married  to  Thmnafl  (Savage,  third) 
earl  Rivets;  nootber  iinmeil  Mary  first 
married  to  Henry  (!  Carey)  son  of 
(Htnry  Carey,  Mcond)  eail  of  Moo- 
month,  secondly  to  Charles  (Paolet) 
marquess  ofWynchcsIer;  aaothernamed 
Annabella  married  lo  Jobs  Gmbbam 
How  of  Glonccsteishlre,  (bro)ther  to 
(Sir)  ScToope,  barl.' 

'  the  word*  to  square  bfackcts  are 
fodod  only  in  the  Hart.  Mb.    The  di»- 


tinction  drawn  seems  to  be  this :  in  Uie 
earlier  admissiuBi  of  feUows  the  College 
retained  the  semblance  of  sotonomy, 
making  its  own  election  (though  its 
choice  was  limited  to  those  who  had 
submitted  to  the  Visitors);  but  in  the 
later  admissions,  the  College  had  pu- 
sively  to  accept  the  nominees  of  the 
C-omraittee  in  Looilon  or  the  Vtsilors  la 
Oiford. 

«  '  cocklcloft  ■  in  ibc  Harl.  MS. 

'  'So,  by  that  means,  his,'  in  the 
Uari.MS. 

•  nol«  in  Wood  MS.  F.  31  (61.  9; 
with  some  additions  from  another  draft 
of  the  same,  ibid.,  ful,  6  b. 


L  3 


148 


IVOOiyS  LIFE  AND  TIMES, 


of  Magd.  H. ;  ^Joshua)  Cross,  (fellow  of  MagdaJcn) ;  besides  others 
of  inferior  note. 

The  Independents  ihey  had  (John)  Owen,  deane  of  Ch.  Church  ; 
(Thomas)  GoodwjTi.  president  of  Magd.  Coll. ;  (Jonathan)  Goddard, 
warden  of  Merlon;  John  Palmer,  warden  of  Allsoules;  (Thankful) 
Owen,  president  of  S.  Jolin's ;  (Francis)  Johnson,  masrer  of 
University  Coll.;  (John)  Wilkins,  warden  of  Wadham ;  (Peter) 
French  and  (Ambrose)  Upton,  canons  of  Ch.  Ch.  ;  (Francis) 
Howell,  of  Exeter,  afterwards  principall  of  Jesus ;  (James)  Baron, 
(fellow)  of  Magd.;  (Samuel)  Basnett,  (fellow)  of  Allsouls  ;  besides 
others  of  inferior  note. 

Which  two  parties '  dad  in  some  respects  make  a  faction  in  the 
University  ;  and  when  occasion  served  they  would  both  joyne  against 
the  Royallists,  whom  ihey  stilcd  '  the  common  enimy.' 

The  fonner  of  iliese  (I.e.  the  Presbyterians),  with  Uicir  disciples, 
seemed  to  be  veiy  severe  in  their  course  of  life,  manners  or  conver- 
sation, and  habit  or  aj)parcn  ;  of  a  Scoth '  habit,  but  especially  those 
that  were  preachers.  The  other  (ihc  Independents)  more  free,  gay, 
and  (with  a  reserve)  frolllcksome  * ;  of  a  gay  habit,  whether  preachers 
or  not.     But  both,  void  of  publick  and  generous  spirits. 

The  former,  for  the  most  part,  preached  nothing  but  damnation : 
the  other  not,  but  rather  for  libertie.  Yet  both  joyne  togcatber  to 
pluck  downc  and  silence  the  prclaticall  preachers,  or  at  least  expose 
their  way  to  scomc.] 


(164;:  Woodaet.  17.) 

January. — [The*  a6  Jan.,  F.,  the  Umversitie  Delegates  ordered 

that  tlie  statutes  concerning  *  vcb'Utus  et  liabitus  scholasiici '  according 
to  factUties  and  degrees  (ut  in  libro  Statutorum  lit.  14)  should,  being 
now  much  neglected,  be  revived  and  pur  in  use.  Also  llicy  ordered 
that  reverence  of  juniors  towards  seniors  be  put  in  execution  (ut 
tit  XV  etc) — not  then  confirmed  by  Convocation. — The  reader  must 
know  that  the  new  commers  from  Cambridge  and  other  parts  In 
the  beginning  of  this  yeare '  observed  nothing  according  to  statutes. 


'  in  the  other  diaft:  'These  (two 
parties)  did  for  the  most  joit  divide 
the  Uainnitie;  wberby  bction  was 
foitered.' 

'  ihL.  oocjdoaal  spelling  fur  '  Scots  * 
or  '  Scutvb  *  svg{csls  thai  Wood  had  a 


Ibp. 

'  in  the  other  draft :— '  rather  gay, 
free,  aod  ioofTcnaiTcly  froUicksome.* 

*  notes  in  MS.  UodL  594  p.  i. 

"i.e.  the  year  reckoned  from  aj 
Mareh  1648. 


yANUARY,  1649, 


149 


Undergraduates  and  BaccheUurs  of  Arts  wore  the  sleeves  of  wide- 
slecv  gowDS  as  wide  as  those  of  surplices,  a  fashion  brought  into  ihe 
Univereitic  by  the  Cantabrigians.  This  fashion  did  not  onlic  con- 
tinue till  the  king's  restauration,  but  for  some  ycares  after,  viz.  till 
1666  at  what  time  Dr.  John  Fell  l>ecame  vice-chancellor. 

Square  or  round  caps  also  were  not  worcn  in  publick,  neither  was 
it  forced  upon  any  one  to  bring  caps  and  hoods  to  Congregation  and 
Convocation.  But  when  the  Independents  by  degrees  crept  into  the 
Unlversitie,  who  made  such  formalities  ridiculous,  tlien  would  the 
leading  men  of  ihc  Fresbtterian  faction  use  them  in  Congregation 
and  Convocation  but  never  in  divine  service.  Some  would  use  them 
in  their  respective  colleges — viz-  square  and  round  caps — hut  never 
appeare  in  them  abroad. 

Gentlemen-commoners  would  we(a)re  their  gownes  oftentimes 
faced  with  velvet,  and  commoners  many  times  wc(a)re  the  gownes 
of  gcnL-commoners.  And  none,  whether  Prcsb>'tt:rians  or  Inde- 
pendents, went  in  cassocks,  or  canonicall  gownes  or  coates,  or 
circingles,  because  ihey  smek  too  much  of  the  prelaticall  cut. 

The  new  commers  also  (who  mostly  were  very  mcane  and  poore 
at  their  first  comming)  having  gotten  into  good  fellowships,  became 
wondrous  malepert  and  saucy,  especially  to  the  old  stock  remayning. 
They  went  in  lialf  shirts,  appearing  at  their  brest  and  out  at  sleeves, 
great  bands  with  tasscll  band-strings,  and  Spanish  leather  boots  with' 
lawnc  or  holland  tops.] 

[Jan.'  26,  F.,  the  said  Delegates  ordered  that  exercise  be  performed 
in  ihe  Schooles  according  to  duty  and  ordtr  in  the  Lent  following, 
viz. — 

t,  Itijit  all  sach  BacheUnra  that  oune  ^m  Cambridge  uid  were  cntrtd  into  1107 
college  nr  hall  aind  have  not  complcatly  performed  all  exercises  for  Bachelannhlp 
etc.  sbtUl  dctcmiintf  in  tlic  Schooles. 

a,  thai  all  rtndiclaars  of  this  University  who  have  xkK  dctcnnincd  the  last  yeuc 
do  drtcTtninc  this  Lent. 

3,  that  all  delrnngniiig  Ttachclanrs  (thoagfa  there  will  l>e  no  Latin  scrnion  on 
Alb-Wednesday)  <lo  meet  at  Si.  Marie's  aC  1 3  of  the  clock  on  that  day  and  be  coo- 
ducted  to  the  Schooles  bf  the  bedells. 

4,  that  all  leflections  in  the  Schooles  00  that  day  and  all  resomug  to  the  tavern 
tiy  proceeders  be  forborne  allogenlbrr. 

f ,  that  all  determining  bachclanrs  are  to  meet  ia  the  Natural  Philosophy  School 
OD  the  Saturday  after  Ash-Wednesday  where  the  senior  Collector  is  to  malw  a 
^>eech,  etc. 

6,  that  all  detennining  Bachelaun  meet  there  at  9  of  the  clock  on  that  Satniday 
towtfds  the  latter  cad  of  Lent  called  Abwtation  Saturday,  a&d  there  the  oamei  of 


'  notes  in  MS.  Bodl.  $94  p.  a. 


>5o 


WOOD*S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


/. 


\ 


IboM  that  hftve  (lelermlDcd  are  to  be  called,  and  those  that  have  doI  deteniilaed 
ue  to  be  jiiotiounccd  Non-Barealaurei-I 

February.— [Til.,  Feb.*  i,  1648  (i.e.  5>.  Dr.  (Samuel)  Fell, 
D.D.  and  dcane  of  Xl.  Church  Oxon,  departed  this  life  at  Sunningvrell 
com.  Berks,  and  was  there  buried.  He  bore  to  his  amies — 'or,  on 
2  barres  sable  3  crosses  paid  fiichd  of  the  first;  impaling,  argent, 
on  a  cheif  sable  3  maitleits  of  the  first.'] 

[Feb.'  5,  M.,  the  University  Ddcj^atcs  ordered  iJiat  a  malrlculaiion- 
booke  be  provided  wherin  all  that  come  to  the  Univcrsitic  should 
have  their  names  enlred.-TThere  was  one  provided  and  all  weirc 
matriculated  by  Bernard  Hore,  superior  bedell  of  \jxvt.  After  whose 
death  it  came  into  the  hands  of  Samuel  Clarke  his  successour,  but 
wlien  be  died  it  could  never  be  found'.  His  widdow  is  supposed 
to  have  made  wast  paper  of  it.] 

[26  Keb.  *,  M..  Convocation:  it  was  then  shewed  to  the  mcmbera 
that  the  citizens  of  Oxen  did  endeavour  to  infring  the  liberties  and 
customes  of  the  University,  '  rati  conalibus  suis  opporumtun  tempos 
sc  nactos  fiussc' 


The  originall  of  this  controversk  was  thus  :— \Vhea  Thomas  Weeks  entrcd  Into 
the  office  of  mnyor  at  Micbacltnas  anno  1648,  Ihe  Ticcchanccllor  sent  two  of  the 
bi-dclis  to  wuiie  bim  and  63  citizens  to  come  to  Sl  Marie's  aii<l  there  occonilnfr  to 
cnstonic  and  ordci  t^lte  their  oath»  of  fidelity  to  the  Univcrsitic ;  whentpon  Ihcy 
dcnic  it.  Alto  in  the  twginniug  of  Fctit.  thl«  ]-eare  tlie  SAid  vicc-chaocL-Uor  KQt  to 
the  said  nmyor  and  citixcns  to  acc^oaint  thcni  that  they  come  to  St  Marie's  on  Sl 
Schotoslkac:!  day  (10  Feb.)  and  there  according  to  anlicnt  cnstoinc  hcarc  prayers 
and  offer  their  pence ;  bat  ihcy  dcnic  this  aUo  and  threaten  to  put  up  a  petittoo  to  the 
pailiament  to  shew  them  thdr  gic^ia&cei  and  to  accuse  the  UDiveisitie  of  snperetittoa. 

These  tliinj^s  being  done,  they  send  first  their  greviances  to  the 
vicc-chanccllur  which  were-  re(a)d  tn  Convocation  26  Feb.,  wher- 
upon  delegates'^  were  ordered  to  inspect  and  answer  ihcm. — There 
is  a  diary  under  G(crard)  L(angbaine)  his  hand  in  Turri  Scholantm 
of  all  these  proceedings.  The  citizens  were  more  eager  to  prosecute 
this  controversi,  because  they  thought  chat  all  the  old  stock  being 
ejected  none  were  left  to  manage  the  conflict  with  them.] 

Uaroh. — [Alice'  daughter  of  Sir  John  Peyton  the  yongCT*  of 


'  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  ji  fol.  68. 

*  note  ic  MS.  Dodl.  ■194  p.  3. 

'  Wood  infra  under  the  year  16S6 
j[{ve>  Che  Matory  of  his  discovery  of  it 
It  is  now  in  tbe  Archives  (marked 
*  Lit>cT  Matricalac  W./  from  164!  to 
1661). 

*  ootei  in  MS.  Bodl.  594  p^  5.    See 


Gutch's  Wood's  Hist.  Univ,  O10n.ii.631. 

*  in  Reg.  Coavoc.T.pp.35,36  is  the 
'  RespoDSHm  gramninibuaoppidanortun 
per  delegatos '  read  in  CoDTOCatloo  on 
Th.,  8  Mardi. 

•  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4,  p.  84. 
Wood  gim  lhc»e  arms  b  coloan  t— 
'  golcs  a  fca  ennine  between  two  wolvea 


yAJV.  —  MARCH,  1649. 


151 


Doddington  in  the  isle  of  Ely,  wife  of  Edward  Lowe  of  Salisbury, 
roaster  of  the  choristers  and  organist  of  Ch.  Church,  died  in  childbed 
of  her  7  son,  S.,  the  17  March  1648  ^i.c.  J)  act.  42  ;  and  was  buried 
in  the  upper  end  of  the  Divinity  Ch.ippell  on  the  north  side  of  the 
choire  of  Ch.  Church  cathedrall. — Etiward  Lowe  bcforc-menlioncd 
died,  Su.,  si  July  1682;  buried  by  Alice  bis  wife  bcforcmentioncd 
which  was  his  first  wifc.J 


An.  Dom.  1640  :  1  Cor.  II :  (Wood  aet.  17.) 

•A.  Wood's  mother  (Mary  Wood)  being  much  out  of  purse  in 
reedyfying  the  stables  and  out-houses  of  the  Flowr  de  Luce,  and  in 
repairing  the  inn  it  self,  she  gave  off  house-keeping ;  and  taking 
her  son  Christopher  and  a  maid  witli  her,  went  to  Cassinglon  nearc 
Woodslok,  and  sojourned  in  a  fair  stone-house  then  inhabited  by 
one  . . .  Tipping  lately  seqnestred  from  the  vicaridg  of  Shabhington 
Jn  Bucks,  ncare  to  Thame,  who  had  married  an  Oxford  gentlewoman 
the  daughter  of  one  Williatn  Dewey  who  had  been  acquainted  with 
Mri»  Wood  from  her  childhood.  In  the  same  house  did  then  sojourn 
Mr.  John  Lucas'  lately  senior  fellow  of  New  College,  and  Mr.  Riclard 
Sherlock  lately  chaplain  of  the  said  college,  but  now  (1649)  curat  of 
Cassington.  A.  Wood  did  often  retire  thither  to  see  his  mother,  and 
somtimes  lodge  there  for  a  nighi  or  two.  Mr.  Sherlock  was  civil 
to  him,  and  would  give  him  good  instruction  and  talk  fatherly  to  him. 
Mr.  John  Goad'  was  llicn  vicar  of  Yarnton,  a  mile  distant  from 
Cassington ;  (to  whom  Christopher  Wood  went  dayly  to  school)  and 
being  a  suffering  cavalier,  did  go  of^n  to  the  said  Mr.  Tipping'a 
house  to  visit  his  brolher- sufferers-  This  person  A.  W,  did  often 
see  there  and  received  instruction  from  him  in  many  particulars 
and  found  him  an  exceeding  loving  and  tender  man. 

*A.  \V.  (\ii\  not  then  in  the  leiist  think  to  write  the  lives  of  the  said  Kicbnnl 
Sherlock  acd  ihc  sai<l  John  Goul,  an  aftervrftrds  be  did,  or  to  live  lo  see  Ibcm  wcU 
promoterl  and  become  erotacnt  aotlion.  hvX  so  it  was,  that  length  of  linic  and 
snfferio^  made  tbcm  forget  ftuch  a  Uttl«  thing  as  A.  W.  was,  and  in&cb  adoc  he 
bad  to  make  lit.  Sherlock  know  and  undcrstaiKl  bim,  when,  ao  ycares  a^cr  this 
time,  he  scot  to  hiu  letters  to  W'mwick  io  Lancashire  (one  of  tbc  fattest  parsotuges 


panant  argent  (Lowe)  ;  impaling,  table 
a  aoM  en|:Tatlct]  or,  in  the  first  qnarter 
a  mullet  argent  (Peyton).' 

>  John  Lucai,  of  S.  Giles  parish  Ox- 
ford, sent.,  dietl  in  iGflr,  |ic<]uratliiag 
to  New  College  '  lo/i.  to  be  Inydc  out 
in  plate  for  the  Masten'  tabic.' 


*  John  Goad,  Eellow  of  S.  Joba'a, 
B.D.  1  Nov.  1647.-^000  439(44)  i» 
'  An  elegy  on  the  d«alh  of  John  Goad, 
38  Nov.  1689,'  by  Joshua  Barnes,  1-ond. 
16S9.  Wood  439  (47)  is  an  cl^y  'on 
the  ileAlh  of  Dr.  John  Goad'  by  J. 
\V[tight].  of  the  Middle  Temple. 


153 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TTMES. 


IB  EngUnd)  to  let  him  hjxn  ui  ucount  of  bimself,  to  be  pnt  ia  Hist  et  Astiq. 
UaiwruL  Oxon*.  At  which  lime  finJiiig  him  shie  in  answermg  his  Utters,  he 
forced  at  length,  when  be  uw  vrhere  the  finlt  Uj,  to  tell  him  that  he  vras  tlie 
of  that  *  Uttl«  woman'  'M'l*.  Wowll  that  aomUmci  sojount'd  with  him  in  the  i 
hoBK  at  Catstnglon,  wherin  he  also  had  tojoum'd;  aod  then  be  was  free  vilfc.^ 
A.  W.  iDcl  answer'd  htii  letters. 

*In  like  mannce  also  when  A,  W.  was  coDpUtia^.  50  jctucs  after  this  time, ' 
AtbcctE  ct  Fasti  Oxon,  he  sent  to  Mr.  Goad  at  Merchant  Taylon  school  In  Locdc 
for  some  account  of  bimself  and  wrilingt,  and  found  him  very  shic ;  bat  giving  him  - 
the  like  answer  that  he  gave  to  Dr.  Sherlodc,  he  was  very  free  aflerwards  ia  bis 
conitnuiiicatioiis,  and  received  from  him  fal'tatitfactioniCKiircwinghimietf.as  Sber- 
lode  before  di<1,  verie  joyfull,  and  congraluUted  thcmKlvci  that  tbcy  should  live  to 
■ec  such  a  little  junior  that  they  had  knuwne  him  to  be,  to  become  an  aatbor  and  ■ 
pnblisher  of  several  folios  for  tbe  good  ojid  benefit  of  tbc  commoawealtb  of  learning. 

•Mr.  Anthony  Hodges'  rector  of  Wytham  in  Berks  (a  mile  distant 
from  Cassingion),  would  orien  corac  among  llicse  royallists  at  Mr. 
Tipping's  house  and  there  make  them  tacvry.  He  was  a  very  good 
scholar,  and  fit  in  many  respects  to  oblige  poslerity  by  his  pen ; 
but  delighting  himself  in  mirth,  and  in  that  which  was  aner^rard* 
called  buffooning  and  bantering,  could  never  be  brought  to  set  pen 
to  paper  for  that  purpose.  He  was  the  mirth  of  the  company,  and 
ihey  csteem'd  him  their  Trrra  filius. 

▲priL — [Apr.**  6,  F.,  the  mayor  and  aldermen  put  up  a  pclitioo 
to  the  house  of  Commons.     I  have  it  printed'.] 


'  Wood  notes  in  the  margb  'lib.  J 
p.  350  b :  see  alio  in  Ath.  et  Fasti 
Oxon  vol.  3  p.  533.*  In  MS.  Rawl.  D. 
elim  1 390  is  a  note  (of  date  1693)  which 
says  :— 'Mr.  Umb.  tells  me  that  Dx.  R. 
Sherlod(  was  roach  for  confrssluns  and 
some  there  were  of  quality  that  would 
come  scvcrall  times  in  a  ycarc  to  confess 
to  him  and  women  of  quahty  every  yearc 
came  to  him.'  Edward  Umbcrston 
was  Obadiah  Walker's  F^manist  chap- 
lain. 

*  Wood  notes  in  the  margin '  sec  to 
Ath.  ct  Futi  Oxon.  vol.  i  p.  637.' 

■  Wood  notes  in  the  majgin— '  sec  in 
the  first  vol.  of  Ach.  et  FasU  Oxon.  p. 
893.*  Anthony  liodgcs,  M.A.  New  C. 
II  Apr.  1638. 

*  note  in  MS.  Ik>dl-  594  p.  4.  See 
Cutcb's  Wood's  HL>L  Univ.  Oxon.  ii.  p. 
631. 

*  Wood  515  (4)  is  'The  petition  of 
the  mayor  aldermen  baylifTi  and  com- 
moaalty  of  tlie  dty  of  Oxon  to  the 
Hoiae    of  Commons'    Lond.    1649: 


another  copy  of  it  is  Wand  609  (19^ 
The  following  notes  indicating  tbe 
further  progress  of  tbe  suit  may  be 
brought  in  here  :— -'  In  Convocation  oa 
June  S,  Fiid.,  an  answer  being  driwn  (^ 
to  the  cicie  petition  it  was  ordered  to  b* 
printed  ;  the  vice-chancellor  proposed 
tliat  there  should  be  a  yearly  sum  ot^ 
money  raised  frum  the  colleges  to  defend 
the  UDircnity  liberties  and  priTiIegcs'; 
note  in  MS.  Bodl.  594  p.  4.  Ibid.,  p. 
6:— 'Jone  31,  Thursd.,  ordered  by  the 
committee  tliat  the  Universitie  should 
an&wcr  ar  make  answer  to  the  dlic 
jictilion  ;  July  34,  Tund.,  an  answer  waa 
put  in  which  I  have,  primed.'  Wood 
515  (5)  >*  '  Theaiuwciof  tbcchanceUor 
masters  and  scholars  of  tbe  University 
of  Oxfurd  to  the  petition  ...  of  the  city 
of  Oxon  '  Oxford  167S,  in  which  Wood 
notes  :— •  by  Dr.  Gerard  Langbaine  of 
Queen's  College  auao  1^49;  tbe  6r^ 
edition  cnme  out  1A49  in  qnailo,  this 
edition  wsa  published  nt  Oxon  7  Feb. 
1677  (i  e.  f )  upon  certaitte  diffcrcsces 


MARCH—  yUNE,  1649. 


^S% 


^Wood  36B  (7)  b  '  The  Annie's  martyr,  or,  ft  GiitlifDl  relation  of  the  baiboTDiu 
proceedings  npon  Mr.  Robert  Lockier,'  Loud.  1649.  In  it  is  this  note,  not  by 
Wood  but  by  a  prcvioos  owner: — *  MemoraRdum  that  this  Lockicr  (shot  37  Apr. 
1649)  was  a  I.evcllcr, the  most  violent  man  id  the  army  (of  his  i:|iiali(jr}  against  the 
king  who  was  sot  lon^  before  martyred  and  murdered  att  Whitehall;  bad  the 
orrnccing  of  the  bnitding  of  the  scafToId  on  wlitch  his  ucrcd  sovcrelgne  waa 
beheaded';  said  "if  none  else  would  execute  the  king  he  would"  and  "hoped  to 
wash  his  hards  in  his  blood. "  'Ex**  ^*^  IxSutor  u/i/n,  the  Lord  saw  and  makes 
him  Boffer :  jostns  es,  Domiae.') 

Jime. — [June  8',  F.,  Convocation:  it  was  then  alledged  that  in 
some  Colleges  tlicre  were  not  Regent  Masters  to  present  such  that 
took  degrees  in  Congregation,  whenipon  it  was  decreed  that  Mr. 
<Johu>  Good'  of  Ball.  Coll.,  Mr.  \V<i]liam>  Segory"  of  Ch.  Ch., 
and  Mr.  (William)  Woodward'  of  Univcn-ity  College  who  were 
Inceptors,  should  be  then  admitted  Regent  Masters  though  it  vere 
2  months  before  the  Act. 

Note  lliat  in  anno  1648,  viz.  from  Mich,  term  1647  to  the  Act  time 
1648,  were  scarce  40  Inccplors,  of  which  half  or  more  were  lurned 
out  or  else  had  voluntarie  left  tlicir  places  bt;fore  the  Act  time  1648. 
Yet,  notwithstanding,  there  were  many  created  in  the  Pembrochian 
visitation  who  though  they  had  gotten  fellowships  yet  did  not  appear 
in  Congregation  and  perhaps  were  not  admitted  ad  regendum!] 


tbcD  ofl  foot  between  the  Uoircnity  and 

tOWOG.* 

'  in  the  summer  of  1S90  a  series  of 
letters  appeared  in  the  "Times"  dis- 
cosaiog  the  posibon  of  Charles  I  al  the 
badiag-block.  It  may  be  worth  while 
therefore  to  note  here  the  cndencc  of 
the  Wood  pamphlets  as  to  the  execu- 
tions of  the  time.  Sevcial  of  these  have 
Uluftnttt  ons  of  beheadings,  and  they  shew 
the  sufferer  f^cnerally  lying  prone  on  the 
scBfTolfJ,  but  occasionally  with  the  neck 
resting  on  a  slightly  higlirr  1)1ul^k  so 
that  the  tnffcrer  is  on  his  elbows  and 
bis  knees.  S<:e  c.  g.  Wood  366  i;9)  '  A 
abort  and  tme  relation  of  the  life  and 
death  of  Sir  Thomas  Wvotwortb,'  Lond. 
1641 :  W'oo<)  389  (14)  '  The  manner  of 
tbe  beheading  of  Duke  lUmbletoo,* 
Load., .  .  . :  Wood  515  .5)  *  A  tme  in- 
fonnation  of  the  beginning  and  cause  of 
all  oor  troubles,*  Loud.  1648  [on  p.  9, 
ihe  earl  of  Strafford's  beheading,  on  p. 
31  Sir  Alexander  Carew's  beheading  j 
Wood  519^6)  'A  brief  review  of  the 


most  material  itarliamentary  proceed- 
ings,' Im^mk).  1653  (n.-pcats  the  tlliuttra* 
tions  of  the  piecediog  book) ;  Wood 
608  (91 '  A  great  and  bloody  plot  dis- 
covered against  bis  royal  majesty 
Charles,'  I-ord.  f.\pr.]  1660.  An  odd 
variety  is  given  by  the  cuts  which  re- 
present the  sufferer  lying  sapine  00  the 
•caffold ;  e.g.  Wood  E  25  (35I.  a  balM 
entitled  '  A  pattern  of  tree  love  to  yoa 
I  will  recite' ;  the  same  cut  being  found 
also  in  Wood  E  if  (54),  another  ballad 
entitled  *  The  lady  Isabella's  tragedy.' 

*  note  in  MS.  BodL  594  p.  4. 

'  John  Good  M,A.  BaU.  23  Jan.  164I ; 
William  Scgory  M.A.  Ch.  Ch.  3  Nov. 
1648  ;  William  Woodward  M.A.  Univ. 
83  Jan.  i64(.— Wood  in  MS.  E.  39 
notes  that  : — '  ad  annum  necessariae 
regentiae  admiasi  erant  in  termino 
Tiioltalii  1649,  quia  dod  e»t  Magister 
in  Collegiis  Ball,  vel  Acdc  Christl  vcl 
Univ.  qui  gradas  petete  ct  ad  gradns 
ptaesentare  potoit  in  domo  Congrega- 
tion is.' 


154 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TLVES. 


[Thomas  lies',  D.D.,  canon  of  Ch.  Church,  somtimes  pnncipall 
of  Hart  hall,  died,  W.,  ao  June  1649  and  was  buried  in  the  north 
isle  jojTiing  10  the  choirc  of  Ch.  Ch. — Martha,  daughter  of  .  .  . 
Vaughan  (yonger  brother  to  Dr.  Richard  Vaughan,  bishop  of  Lon- 
don), minister  of  Ashted  in  Surrey ;  first,  ilic  wife  of  Dr.  Thomas 
Anyan**  somtimes  president  of  Corpus  Xti  Coll.,  but  had  no  issue 
by  him ;  llicn,  Uic  second  wife  of  ihc  said  Dr.  lies;  died  in  Halj-well 
near  Oxon  vcric  old  and  poorc,  Th.,  1 1  Febr.  167I,  and  was  buried 
by  her  second  husband :  no  cscocheons  upon  her  hears.  Slice  had 
been  mistris  in  her  yonger  dayes  to  Dr.  John  \N'illiams,  afterwards 
archbishop  of  York.] 

July.^[i4  joly",  S,,  Convocation,  chancellour's  letters,  dated 
Th.,  ult.  May,  were  read  wherby  he  commends  lo  them  Uic  bearer 
therof 

'  riierotbetu,  CepbAlloniGt,  Inmed  pioos  and  Btudiaus,  who  batlt  spent  mnch  time 
ind  tnraylc  in  tmnblnllng  the  confcniuDS  of  {oith,  catcchl&mcs.  and  the  like,  of  the 
rtfonned  chtirchci  in  foircigae  pans,  into  the  Milgur  Greek,  for  the  benefit  of  the 
EasIctbc  churcbei.  He  ii  now  dcuruus  to  see  if  luiy  *  here  miy  be  had  lo  Ihc  im- 
piQvetaent  of  so  piooi  and  glorious  a  vrork*  and  the  chancellor  '  desErcs  the  heads 
of  Colleges  an^l  YlulU  now  \o  give  hitn  such  civil)  and  faire  reception  u  may  be- 
come the  honor  of  so  famoos  a  UoiTenlty  in  so  woithy  »,  caiue  and  also  how  la 
promote  and  advantage  his  pious  designe.* 


'  note  in  Wood  M.S.  K.  4  p,  8^ ; 
Wood  gives  in  colour  these  arms: — 
'  sable  a  fesi  cngnuted  argent  in  chief  3 
flenr-de-li£of  thelatt{Ucs);  impaling, 
table  a  chevron  between  -i  fleut-de-lic 
ttigeDl  (Vanghon).'  Id  MS,  Rawl.  D. 
oiitH  I  a*)0  Wood  notcc  : — '  ho  vras  bnrtcd 
that  night  alt  the  upper  end  of  the  aortli 
cbappel.  He  bore  to  his  anncs  :— 
sable,  a  chevron  iograilcd  and  3  Hear 
de  liz  in  chcif  ar)^cnl.'     . 

"  the  following  note  b  in  Wood  MS. 
E.  Jj  p.  17  ■ — 'On  Ilr.'rhoiniS  Anyon, 
president  of  C.  C.C.  Oson.  "They  say 
some  of  OS  Doctors  are  citckoldt ;  is 
^My  otu  heiet"  saith  Dr.  (John) 
Piidcaux  at  a  meeting  of  the  Doctors, 
meaning  Dr.  Anyon  who  married  a 
comly  woman  (daughter  ofoac  Vaogban 
a  minister  of  Surrey)  verily  thought  to 
have  been,  or  then  vras,  a  mistris  of 
{John^  Williams  biii'hnp  of  I.ii>colne. 
This  woman  after  Anyan's  death  inis 
le-inorried  to  Dr.  Thomas  lies  eanoc  of 
Ch.  Ch.  and  lived  in  Oxon  to  the  month 
of  Feb.  i6;t.    The  »id  Dr.  lies  was 


principal  of  Hart  Hall,  and  finding  him- 
self  not  in  a  capacity  ever  to  study  in  a 
tnoming  without  a  cup  of  ale,  would,  as 
soon  AS  drest,  look  out  of  lus  -window 
and  call  to  the  next  per^in  he  saw  *'  'Isl  I 
some  ale."  Which  wurls  lie  using 
often,  Kolarf  icaile  it  an  anagrum  for 
his  name.'  Id  Wood  MS.  E.  33  fol. 
39  h.  Wood  Dotes  : — '  The  Fellows  of 
C.  C.  Coll.  have  these  verses  running 
among  them  :— 

"  Dr.  Spencer  was  a  wcnchcr  ^Vnd  built 
for  OS  a  new  bouse 
Dr.  Anyan  was  a  drinker  And  hailt  for 
as  a  brew  house." 

Kote  that  Dr.  John  Spencer  was  the 
first  inarriHl  [iresidcnt  of  C.C. Coll.  and 
built  an  house  for  her  on  the  west  side 
of  the  College ;  and  Dr.  Tbonios 
Anyan,  who  succeeded  him  in  the 
presidentship,  being  a  bibber,  built  for 
the  college  a  brewhonic  ceare  to  the 
College  sUUes  by  Grope  lane.' 

*  notes  in  MS.  Bodl.  «;94  pp.  4,  5. 

*  i.e.  coofessions,  catechisms. 


JUNE  — SEPT.  1849. 


^S5 


The  vicechaocelloT  then  shewed  in  Convocation 'Ubruin  vulg^  Gnurom  cjnem 
qoidem  Hierothctu  abbas  Ccpbatincnsit  dono  dedcrit  bibliothecac',  in  quo  cod- 
leiiio  fidci  seciiiiiIuTii  ecclntas  icfurmatas  vcititui  in  lingoam  vulgo  Gntecam  tn  usum 
ccctcsianun  oneatalium.* 

Deli^fatei  weic  appointed  wbo  on,  M.,  i6  July  decFCcd  llut  the  lan  of  50/1. 
,-aluiald  be  given  to  tbc  uid  Hiciothccs  'pro  wom  vcnione  confcssiooii  et  catechismi 
*(ccleiian»n  refoniiiiUiniui  iii  Uu^tiaia  vulgo  GiaCbajii  *  wbicli  money  ww  to  bc 
nued  bom  the  coUcgci.] 


Augnat. — [. . .  Heale ',  a  commoner  or  gentleman-commoner  of 
Lyncolne  College,  pupill  to  Mr.  Thankful!  Owen,  died,  W.,  29  Aug-. 
1649:  buried  in  All  Saints'  Church  in  that  chancel!  lltat  they  call  the 
College  chancell.] 

September. — [An'  order  made  by  the  Delegates  Sept.  ir,  T., 
that  proctor  < John)  Maudil,  Mr.  (John)  Wilkins  warden  of  Wadham, 
College  and  Mr.  (Henry)  Cornish  canon  of  Ch.  Ck,  should  U;  ajH 
pointed  to  conferr  with  the  mayor  and  citizens  about  the  belter  being 
and  security  of  this  place,  whether  they  think  fit  it  should  be  dis- 
mantled or  retained  a  garrison  siil!  or  what  other  course  might  be 
taken  for  the  security  of  the  University  and  city. — This  consultation 
was  upon  the  Icvclkrs  rising  in  Oxford  *.  Tlie  officers  that  quell'd 
tbem  bad  presents  given  to  them  by  the  University. 

Sept.  30,  Th.,  ordered  by  the  Visitors  that  Ihe  head  of  every  College 
in  this  University  of  Oxford  be  desired  to  call  unto  him  such  a  number 
of  discreet  fellowes  as  he  shall  think  fit  to  peruse  the  sevcrall  siatutcs 
of  their  bouses  and  to  present  lo  Uie  Visitors  such  oaUis  and  statutes 
as  are  fit  to  be  taken  away ;  and  that  the  Delegaies  of  the  University 
be  desired  to  appoint  such  a  number  of  themselves  as  they  shall  ihuok 
fit  to  do  tlie  like  by  the  statutes  of  ihc  Univcrsitie.] 

[Twenty'  horse  of  (James)  Hind's  company,  the  great  robber, 


/ 


*  I  euinot  diKorer  this  boolc  anong 
ellber  the  MSS.  or  printed  boolu  of  the 
libtary. 

'  note  in  W'oo<l  MS.  F.  4  p.  84. 
Wood  gives  in  colotjrs  this  coat: — 
*  pJet,  six  loic^gci  in  bend  argent.^ 
lo  an  earlier  dnUt  of  this  note  (Wood 
MS.  F.  31  fol.  71)  Wood  uys:— 'be 
bore  to  his  annes,  ^vXt»,  five  fuulleft 
tn  beuiJ  argnit.'  Hcnlr  <tocs  not  ap- 
pear in  the  matricnlatioD  rcgiitcr,  which 
has  many  defccu  at  thb  time. 

'  note*  la  MS.  Bodl.  594  pp.  6,  7  : 
these  orders  were  approved  by  Coovoca- 
don,  Oct.  30,  T. 


*  see  an  account  of  this  meeting  tn 
Gutch't  Wood's  Hist.  Univ.  Oxon.  iJ. 
pp.  6ij;,  636,  The  nmrilfesto  of  the 
mutiiicrrs  ti  fuand  in  Wood  515  (6), 
'1'hcTcprc$cntaltonofc4j1oncl(R)duLrd) 
Inglesby"*  regiment  in  the  ganison  of 
Oxford,  7  Sept.  1649,"  Lond.  1649. 
Another  copy  is  Wood  603  no.  ao  (a). 

*  notes  in  Wood  373  (J) '  l"be  Ei^- 
liih  Gozm&n  or  the  liistory  of  Jamei 
Hind,'  by  G[eorge]  Ktidge],  honA. 
iti^a.  Wood  373  (i)  is  'The  Humble 
Petitioo  of  James  Hind,'  I.wid.  lAjt. 
Wood  3S4  (8)  Is  a  cbap-book  on  the 
aame  penon  : — '  No  jest  like  a  tne  jot. 


15*5 


WOOffS  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


committed  about  40  robberies  about  Bamet,  not  far  Uctax  London,  in 
the  space  of  2  houres,  about  33  Sept.  1649. 

An  sbttnct  of  Jamet  Hind  hit  exajninition,  of  what  he  confnscd  of 
penunbulstioos  :^W.,  mA  May  tf>40,  it  being  30  dny»  after  he  vros  por^ned 
S.  Jamesa  hj  captain  .  . .  ETani,  <he)  departed  Etiglaod  and  went  to  the  Hagne. 
After  he  had  been  there  Ibrce  dayes,  he  dei»irted  for  IreUnd  in  tbe  vcucll  that 
canted  the  Scotch  kiag**  goods  <;Chaxles  U)  and  landed  in  that  vessel  at  Gallovrajr] 
sisid  in  IrcUad  3  quarters  of  a  veare  (part  of  which  time  he  was  a  coiporal 
(jAm«s  Botlct)  the  lotd  of  Onnond'<  life  gnard)  ;  and  being  at  Yooghall  wt 
he  waj.  surprized  bf  the  inhabitants  for  the  juarWuncot  was  &en  wounded  in  both' 
hands  by  halbcrts.  After  which  be  went  to  Dancaonon  and  bcvauv:  uf  (he  liok- 
ness  he  came  thence  to  Sctlly ;  itoid  there  eight  months  and  fcom  thence  be  came 
to  the  Isle  of  Man.  (He)  slaid  there  13  weeks,  and  went  from  thence  to  Scotland ; 
came  to  the  king  at  Sterlin  and  kis^Kl  his  hand.  The  king  *  being  lafornwd  who 
he  was,  after  uimc  discourse  commended  him  to  (George  Villien)  the  duke 
£acks  then  present  to  ride  in  his  troop  because  his  life-gnatd  was  fnll.  He 
to  England  with  the  aatne  troop ;  was  in  the  engagement '  at  Warryngtoo 
Lane.  ;  also  at  Worcester*  where  he  slaicd  with  the  said  tioop  ttll  the  king 
fled,  and  it  was  after  night ;  when,  the  gates  being  full  of  fl7lng  persons,  be  lea; 
over  tbe  wall  (tlie  traurh)  un  foot  by  himself  onlir,  travnii'd  the  country  and  \m.y 
3  dayes  imder  boshes  and  hedges  because  of  the  parliament  soldiery  that  flew  in 
every  corner  to  search  the  royalists.  At  length  he  came  to  Sir  John  Packington'c 
woods  where  he  lay  5  dayes.  Afterwards  (he)  came  00  foot  to  London,  by  tuune 
of  Broom ;  lodged  5  weeks  in  Txmdon ;  and  was  taken  9  Nov.  1C51  at  Deniy's 
tbe  barber,  by  S.  Dimstan's  cbnrch  in  Fleet  Street,  he  having  lodged  there  3  weeks 
before  by  the  name  of  Itrown.  He  stood  then  committed  to  Newgate  for  high 
treason  by  order  of  tbe  coimscll  of  state :  canicd  afterwards  to  Worcester  and  wac 
banged  there*. 

This  James  Hind  (borne  at  Chipping  Norton)  was  a  little  dapj 
dcspcrat  fellow  and  his  Ufc  here  written'  by  one  who  calls  himsel 
George  Fidgc  is  very  weakly  performed.  Many  things  arc  tme  in 
it ;  but  most  are  false,  and  many  materia)  things  are  omitted. 
remember  one  James  Dewy  (son  of  Mr.  \\^illiam  I>ewy  of  S.  El 
parish  in  Oxon),  who,  long  before  my  acquaintance  with  him,  was 
one  of  his  desperate  companions — a  little  man,  but  verie  metalsoi 
and  daring.  Also  I  remember  one  . .  .  Ha)'M-ood  of  Einsliam 
Oxon,  a  tall,  slender  man,  who,  for  carrying  on  the  trade  of  robbery, 
about  the  time  that  Hind  was  executed  was  taken  (and)  comjnitted 


being  a  compendious  relatioo  of  the 
merry  life  and  mad  exploits  of  CapL 
James  Mind,  the  great  robber  of  Eng- 
land ' :  London,  no  dale ;  Wood  sc«ms 
to  have  twgght  it  in  1657, 

'  Charles  I]  was  crowned  at  Scnnc 
00  I  Jan.  l65t.     Wood  633  (9;  is '  The 


fofm  and  older  of  the  oorooalion  of 
Charles  the  Second  at  Scooac,'  Aber- 
dcenc  1651. 

'  16  Aug.  1651. 

»  battle  of  Worcester  3  ScpL  1651. 

*  00  34  ScpL  1651. 

*  i.e.  Wood  37a  (j). 


SEPT.  —  OCT.  1649. 


157 


10  Oxford  Otstle.  But  soon  after,  endeavouring  to  make  an  escape 
by  the  help  of  his  sheets  and  bedcords  tyed  together  to  let  him  downe 
from  a  high  place,  brake  his  Icgg  and  was  taken.  Artliur  Roe,  a 
tanner  of  Oxford,  was  his  senunl,  a  donnright  drudge  at  fighcing, 
a  rustical  hero :  from  wbome  1  have  heard  many  of  the  pranks 
committed  by  Hind.  This  Arthur  Roe,  being  eaten  up  with  the 
scurvies,  died  at  Oxon  in  the  beginning  of  March  168J,  aged  under 
to ;  buticd  in  ilie  yard  of  St.  Peter's  Cliurdi.j 

October. — [Oct.'  3,  \V.,  the  Delegates  appointed  as  subdelegatea ' 
<RaIph>  Button,  (John)  Milward,  (Thankful)  Owen,  (Robert) 
Hancock  '  qui  animadversiones  suas  (e  corpore  statutorum  Universi- 
tatis)  referrent  si  quae  superstiliosam  pravitatem  sapiant,' 

Oct.  3,  W.,  the  Delegates  appointed  ccrtainc  persons  to  consider 
a  way  to  raise  40/1.  per  annum  to  be  allowed  to  an  assessor  lo  help 
the  vice-chancellor  in  rthus  fortnsibus;  letters  also  to  be  sent  to 
Mr.  John  Fell*  for  the  restauration  of  the  Universi tic's  goods  and 
plate;  to  have  writts  procured  out  of  Haberdasher's  hall  lo  arrest 
Edmund  Gayton,  Matthew  Cross,  William  Ball,  and  Henry  Davys, 
bedles*,  because  they  have  carried  away  Uie  staves^  of  their  ofBces 
which  are  tlic  University  goods. 


notM  in  MS.  Eodl.  594  pp.  6,  7  : 
I  orden  were  approved  by  Coovoca- 
,  on  30  Oct 

to  rcvitc  the  itatutcs  of  tbe  Uaiver- 
Bly,  (ce/w/rj  p.  155. 

u  execntor  of  hit  father  Dr.  Samuel 
FeU. 
•  Edmniid  Gaytoo  M.A.  S.  Jolui's 
[was  elected  esquire  betiell  of  Art*  aod 
WV(lit:ine  19  Sept  \i>i,f>\  was  rjccTctI 
vtiy  the  Porliamciilaty  Viaiiort  who,  00 
Apr.  1649,  appointed  Richard  Catniiioa 
to  bis  place.  Gayton  was  re^torc<l  in 
llitio  by  ihc  Kin^s  Commisw oners. — 
Matthew  Crosse  was  elected  «<jtiire 
bedell  of  Law  33  May  1618;  ejected 
by  the  Pari.  Vi».,  who,  on  i  J  Apr.  1648, 
appointed  Bernard  Here  iii  kit  place. 
Crosse  died  in  i6<;5.  Here  died  in 
1658. — WiUiam  Ball  was  elected  yeo- 
man bedell  of  Arts  15  Jcly  1637; 
ejected  by  Pari.  Via.,  and  John  Ijngley 
appointed  on  13  Apt.  1648.  Ball  vrac 
tettored  in  1660. — Henry  Havyi  was 
elected  yeoman  bcdcU  of  Divinity  in 
1643 ;  ejected  ly  the  Fori.  Via.,  and 


Anthony  Fido  (aftermurdb  fellow  of 
Univ.)  appointed.  13  Apr.  1648. 
Dary*  wat  restored  in  1660. 

'  notes  in  MS.  Bodl.  594  pp,  8, 9  may 
be  brought  in  here,  explaining  tbe 
further  coanc  of  thi«  claim  :— *  at  a 
meeting  of  the  Delegates,  ao  Nov.,  T., 
ii  was  ordered  ihnt  all  meancs  shontd 
be  used  for  the  rt-gainin^  uf  the  iKtIles' 
staves  and  ihit  tJic  Linivcrsity  should 
not  buy  any":  (?  May)  '1650,  the 
Dclej^alea  ordered  llint  money  should  be 
collfctcd  from  cvciy  college  to  buy 
bedells'  staves.'  Ibid.  p.  10, '  June  10 
(and  affilne  13  Nov.)  1650,  the  bcdles" 
staves  to  be  enquired  after  from  the  (Jd 
l>cdle&  thai  live  in  the  I'nlversicy ;  Mris 
Fell  to  be  sent  to  for  Henry  Jacobs' 
staffe  taken  away  by  her  husband  (Dr. 
Samuel  i'dl)  and  the  virgcr's  staCT.' 
Henry  Jaco(>»  had  been  elected  esquire 
bedell  of  Divinity  In  June  1641  ;  tbe 
FarL  Vis.  had  ejected  him  and  on  13 
Apr.  1648  appointed  John  I)lagrav« 
M.A.  Mfrt.  in  bis  place.  Blagravc 
died  in  165  a. 


'58 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TUfSS. 


William  Cole,  public  notary  and  a  student  of  7  years'  standing,  was 
appointed  deputy-regislraj  in  the  absence  of  John  French.] 

[. .  .  Babcr',  gent,  commoner  of  Trinity  College,  buried  in  Magd. 
parish  diurcli  in  the  north  suburbs  of  Oxon,  Th^  11  Oct.  1649; 
a  Somersetshire  man,  of  or  neare  Wells.  ^Arms: — )  'argent,  on 
a  chevron  sable  three  mascles  or  between  as  many  roundles  sable  each 
charged  with  a  martlet  argent.'] 

(Wood  B  18  (9)  was'  Thomas  Widdowes'  'The'  just  devill  of 
Woodstock'  1649;  Wood  Bi8(io)  was  '  The  Woodstock  scuffle.' 
Wood  has  lliis  note  at  tlie  beginning  of  the  volume  : — 

'  Robert  Plot,  LL.D.,  in  his  "  Natural  History  of  Oxfordshire  '* 
(printed  1677)  cap.  8  paragr.  37-40  etc,  hath  an  account  of  *' the 
just  devill  of  Woodstock,"  not  from  this  printed  copie,  which  he  never 
saw,  as  he  himself  hath  told  mc,  but  from  the  relation  of  se\-era.ll 
people  that  then  (1649)  lived:  and  so  consequently  (as  it  docs) 
difiers  much  from  this  printed  relation  of  Thomas  Widdowes.  He 
sayes  their  first  coming  to  the  mannour  bouse  to  sit  and  take  a  survey 
of  it  was  on  the  13  of  Oct.  1649.') 

[(?  Oct.  30,  7'.,)  tlic  *  -riceduncetlor  &i£niried  to  the  Dcle^tn  that  he  lad  bad  a 
mectLng  with  some  af  the  chief  of  the  city  who  presenlctl  hini  with  the  desticft 
following,  which  they  desired  10  be  grauated  before  they  would  treat  of  the  rett. 
It  ii  desired  :— 

1,  tbftt  there  be  no  more  offeriDg  pence. 

a,  ilut  discominoiiiiig  be  taken  off. 

3,  that  the  oath  to  tbe  University  be  no  more  D^ed  to  tbe  citbetis. 

4,  that  tbe  Uairersity  do  not  let  up  any  trade  within  the  University. 

5,  that  the  ci(ii«ns  may  have  lU  free  Ubcrtic  to  sue  privilcdged  pcnooj  lo 
the  city  court  as  they  have  to  sue  dtiztta  in  the  chancellotir's  court, 

The  viccchancclloor's  letter  *  in  answer  to  these  iDHtlcrs  b  dated  Nov.  ft,  M.J 

Wovembor. — <In  Wood  510  is  a  copy  of  'An  Act  for  ibe  day 

of  pubhque  tiianksgiung  to  be  observed  on  i  Nov.  1649,'  in  which 


'  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4  p.  85.  I 
leam  from  the  Rev,  II.  E,  D.  Dlakiston 
of  Trin.  Coll.  that  this  must  be  Henry 
tiaber  of  Somerset  who  appears  in 
Aithnr  Charlct's  Nonuiulalor  ;MS.  in 
Tiin.  Coll.)  as  pupil  to  i<alph  Bathcrst 
in  1649.  He  mnsC  have  died  soon  after 
coming  up  ;  and  does  not  appear  in  tbe 
mat ri dilution  tegtstcr. 

*  at  the  beginning  of  Wood  R  18  b 
this  note  :  — '  No.  4  was  not  found  in 
this  Yolome  when  examined  by  ns,  13 
Jane  1839 ;  also  no*.  9,  to,  and  14 
['The  demon  or  dlvll  of  Tidworth'], 


W.  Kinlaad,  W.  H.  Black.'  Mr. 
Kiitlond  i.see  su^ra  p.  8  oote  a) 
went  through  tbcte  volumes  of 
pamphlets,  comparing  the  actual  coa- 
teots  of  each  volomc  with  the  list  of 
couteau  givea  within  ita  cover,  and 
noting  '  abstracuoos.'  lUi  IniliaU 
'  W.  K.'  thus  occur  &eqnently  In  the 
Wood  book»,  accompanying  the  melan- 
choly note  '  dc-<»t.' 

'  Wood  cites  it  in  bis  catalogue  of 
his  own  books,  cow  in  Wood  MS.  £.  x. 

'  notes  in  MS.  liodl.  594  p.  7. 

>  fonad  la  i\eg.  CoQvoc.  T.  p.  79. 


OCT.  — A'Or.  1649. 


'59 


an  official  has  written  these  instnictions : — '  To  iIk  constable  of 
Woolh-ercott.  By  vertue  of  a  warrant  from  the  high  shreife  of  this 
county,  you  are  to  cause  this  act  and  declaration  herewitli  sent  to 
you  to  be  published  on  Sunday  next  by  the  minister  in  your  parish 
church,  and  that  you  make  retume  of  the  doing  thcircof  to  the  said 
shreiflT,  and  if  it  be  hindcrei]  or  neglected  by  any  you  arc  to  retume 
their  names  likewise  to  him.  Hereof  you  are  not  to  fayle.  Dated, 
S.,  27  October  1649.    John  Wood.)  * 

[At'  a  meeting  of  the  Delegates  zo  Nov.,  T.,  it  was  ordered  that   \^ 
some  course  be  taken  to  rai:>c  money  from  all  colleges  to  carry 
one'  the  sulc  with  the  towne.    A  scheme  was  drawnc'  whcrby  every 
person  of  each  college  was  to   pay  money  towards   defraying   the    y^ 
charges  of  tlie  controvcrsie  with  the  towne.  ^ 

The  Delegates  ordered  that  the  Tuesday  sermon  •  at  St.  Marie's  at 
7  in  the  morning  be  frequented.] 


[Ceurut  fir priachtag  the  Tueuiay  Jaturt. 


XtChnreh  — 
Msgd.  Coll.  — 

K«w  CoU. 

St.  John's  CoU. 


38 


Mcfton  Colt. 
Bnuen-NoK  Coll. 

All  Soolea  CoU. — 

Exeter  Coll.  

Waiibain  Coll.  — 
Coq)iis  Xli  CoU.  - 

Queen's  CoU 

OtiellCoII.     

Trinity  Coll. 

Lincolae  ColL  — 

Univcisily      » 

Baliol  1 

Jews  1 

Pembroke      ( 


ir 


"9 


30.] 


(ThJt  Table  is  found  in  MS.  Bodl.  594  p.  151,  not  b 
Wood's  hand,  aod  undated.) 


'  notes  In  MS.  BodL  594  p.  8. 

■  i.  e.  on. 

*  rornnd  in  Rt^.  Coavoc  T.  pp.  S8, 
89. 

'  E«  Gtitch'i  Wood'a  Hift.  Univ. 
Oxoa.  ii.  p.  645.  This  weekly  tcnnoa 
vai  ail  (>M  institotioD.  In  Lincoln 
Collc^  '  Rcipstrum  mcdinm*  fol.  160  b 


ibereisBnentry'ioTan.  ili>I:  whcfta* 
tome  three  yean  since  It  was  agreed 
and  drtemitned  that  . .  .  whereat  there 
is  a  T)ie«day  criurac  to  be  sapplicd  by 
the  College  in  one  ■ermon  or  more 
yearly  at  St.  Mary's  the  di*ch*rge 
whcicof  tnncb  coocemi  the  oedit  of 
the    Colle^,    and  wbereas '.  .  .  .  In 


i6b 


IVOOlfS  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


Deoembor. — [Samuel  Radcliff\  Mr.  of  Arts  of  Brasnose,  nephew 
to  Pr.  Samuel  Radcliff,  died,  Th.,  20  Dec.  1649,  act.  30  ;  and  was 
buried  in  HalywcU  churchyard  nearc  the  church  dore.  He  was  the 
son  of  John  Radcliff  of  Chester,  genl.  He  married  ...  the  daughter 
of  Thomas  Holt',  Eboracensis,  Novarum  Scholarum  Oxen  archi- 
lectus;  but  he  had  no  issu  by  her  that  lived. — She  afterwards  married 
William  Whclpdalc,  but  bath  no  issue  by  him.] 

*Dtc.,  John  Blanks,  a  hansome  yong'  man  and  contcraponirie  with 
A.  W.  in  MerL  Coll.,  being  sent  for  home  to  keep  his  Christmas, 
A.  \V.  went  with  him  to  the  house  of  his  father  James  Blanks,  genl., 
impropriator  of  Bledlow  in  Bucks,  neare  to  Thame  in  Oxfordshire, 
where  he  continued  more  thui  a  weekc.  The  church  there  stands 
upon  a  rising  ground;  and  at  the  end  of  the  chancel  is  a  larg  deep 
place,  having  on  its  sides  bushes  and  brambles  growing.  At  the 
bottome  of  this  deep  place  issues  out  one  or  more  springs",  and  giwa 
the  original  to  a  liule  river.  Between  llie  end  of  tlie  clianccl  and  the 
brink  or  edg  of  this  deep  place,  is  contain'd  as  much  ground*  as  the 
space  of  six  paces  of  a  man.  A.  \V.  then  heard  several  of  the  inhaW- 
lanls "  repeat  two  old  verses,  that  had  gon  from  man  to  man  these 
many  yearcs,  which  run  thus  ; — 

He  that  liTCt  and  itil  aliide, 

Will  sec  the  dumcel  UX  in  the  Lyde. 

*This  deep  place  is  with  them  cal'd  the  Lyde,  and  the  ground 
between  the  brink  of  it  and  the  end  of  the  chancel  doth  sensibly 


Wood  MS.  E.  33  fol.  19  there  is  an 
RRccitol!;  which  a^igna  the  inslilutiun 
of  tliis  Tuodlay  »rrmon  to  qmtc  the 
beginaing  of  the  century  '  —  "who 
pccachca  at  St.  Marie's  next  TueMlay?" 
asknl  ft  ccitsinc  pcreon.  It  was  answer- 
ed "  'incitus."  Why  Tadtusf  Uccausc 
'iwM  Mctton  Colle;;c  torne  to  prcAch. 
Yoa  must  note  UiclI  when  Tuesday 
lectures  came  up  in  the  beginning  of 
King  James  his  laigDe  Sii  Ileaiy  Savile, 
wnnku  of  Mcrloii  Cwllcgc,  who  had 
lately  published  Comeliu  Taciiui  with 
Dotes,  would  by  do  meaoB  consent  with 
the  heads  of  hotiies  that  bb  house  should 
have  a  turse  in  pleaching  that  kcturc^ 
1  have  looked  in  the  l^ndian  code  of 
sutute*  (edit.  John  Grifhths,  1888)  but 
cannot  find  any  rnactineat  about  this 
coone.     The  30  tonu  in  the  Tabic 


repre«etit  the  number  of  Tuesdays  on 
which  the  term  on  was  preached  each  year. 

'  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4  p.  85. 
Wood  gives  th«e  arms  in  colonn : — 
'argent,  a  bead  engimilcd  sable,  in  the 
chief  a  mallet  sabte  charged  with  a 
martlet  of  the  field  for  difTerenoe,'  and 
say*  '  These  anncs  itre  on  tiis  montUDcnt 
in  (lalywdl  churchyard.' 

■  see  the  Portfolio  for  1SS8 ;  and  J. 
WelU'  Wadkam  C^lUgt  in  'The  Col- 
le^s  of  Oxioid'  (.Mcthoco,  1S9J),  p. 

'  seven  ipnngt  are  now  counted. 

*  in  the  ontio  diiccla  of  the  Harl. 
MS.  *  as  mucb  ground  that  I  can  go 
over  with  about  six  of  my  paces.' 

*  the  Ycnci  are  still  current  (tS9i)at 
Bledlow  and  popularly  ascribed  lo 
'  mothei  Shiptou.' 


DEC.  1649  —  %-1M  1660. 


101 


weare  away  [and'  fall  inio  Uic  Lydc],  so  that  if  some  care  in  time  be 
not  taken,  ihc  proverbial  verses  may '  prove  true. 

*Jn"  the  church  here  were  some  annes  in  the  windowes,  and  an 
inscripiion  or  two  on  grave  stones,  of  which  A.  W.  tokc  notice 
according  to  liis  then  capacity,  but  afterwards  obtained  a  better 
method  of  taking  tbem.  TIich:  things  are  here  set  downe ;  because 
they  were  tlie  first  mauers  of  that  nature  that  A.  W.  look  notice  of. 

[Dr.  Richard  Gardiner*,  a  boone  companion,  ejected  from  his 
canonry  of  Ch.  Church,  Oxon,  by  the  parliamentarian  visitors  anno 
1648,  preached  the  year  following  among  several!  ejected  loyalUsts 
at  Magd.  poHiili  church  in  Oxon  and  dilating  himself  on  Xt's  miracle 
of  turning  water  into  wine,  said  that  "  every  good  fellow  could  turne 
wine  into  water :  but  who  or  any  other  mortall  could  tume  M-ater  into 
wine.    This,  I  say,  makes  the  miracle  the  greater."] 


[In'  the  j-ear  1649,  the  new  president  and  fcllowes  of  Magd.  Coll. 
caused  the  picture  of  our  Saviour  to  be  taken  downe  out  of  the  west 
window  of  their  chappcll  (In  which  window  is  represented  the  day 
'of  judgment)  but  left  the  picture  of  the  devill  standing.  Wherupon 
a  country  man  seeing  what  had  been  done  said  :— '  Blez  uz  !  what  a 
revormation  is  here  !  Wliat !  pluck  downe  God  and  set  up  the  deviU  I ' 
But  this  picture  was  set  up  againc,  1675.] 


<1B|S:   Wood  aet.  18.) 

January. — [John  Wilkinson*,  D.D.  president  of  Magdalen  College, 
somltmcs  principall  of  Magd.  Hall,  died  in  Magd.  Coll.,  VV.,  3  Jan. 


'  the  words  in  sqiiar*  bmcVrts  lu*  ia 
the  tI.irL  Mi?. ;  omitkd  in  the  Tanner 
MS. 

»  'will'  iD  the  Harl.  MS.  The 
chnrcb  at  BUdlmr  bu  been  restored  by 
the  preKfll  liicumbcnt  (Rev.  T.  A- 
Sncalbl  nnd  protected  (rom  ibe  riak  of 
this  iiccidcnt. 

'  'I*he  Hftrl.  MS.  hu  •  le»  deoepttre 
Tcnioii  of  this  paragnpb  : — '  Hen  were 
tSrn  rame  amtcs  ia  the  nindowa  and 
moDtUDcnts  on  the  gratind :  but  my 
Kit^  wiu  not  then  arrived  .it  maturity 
luid  tbenrfbrc  I  di<l  not  commit  tltcm  tu 
wriiinsul  did  aitcTward*  things  of  thii 
laiusK.' 


•  note  in  Wood  MS.  £.  33  p.  24. 
»  note  in  W'ootI  MS.  M  31  fol.  t«). 

*  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4.  p.  Sj. 
Wood  e^vc$  these  snnes  in  colour:-— 
'  lozengy  cmiinc  and  sable  on  a  chief  of 
tlic  Itut,  3  lilies  slipped  argent,  (Mag- 
dalen CoIlq:c)  ;  imiuling,  gnlea  a  fess 
Tair,  in  chief  a  nnicom  In  fnll  course 
below  a  cresct-nt  Iwtwccii  two  mDllcts 
or  within  a  bordore  en;;railed  of  the 
last :  ciest ;  a  tigtri  head  erased  or, in 
the  nionlb  a  wing  arf^ent  (Wilkiason).' 
All  citrlicr  fnrm  of  the  note  in  Wood 
MS.  F.  31  ful.  70  says:— 'bis  fuaenll 
wa5  solcnuiiied  nt  his  own  college,  V., 
Jan.  II.' 


l62 


W^OOrfS  UFE  AND  TUffES. 


1 6)^ ;  and  n-as  buried  in  the  middle  of  the  chancel!  of  Great  Milton 

Chorch  in  com.  Oxon.     He  married  Katherine,  daughter  of 

but  had  no  issue  by  her.] 

"Jan.  In  the  latter  end  of  January  be  sent  a  generous  requital 
to  Mr.  James  Blanks  for  the  great  civilities  he  shcw'd  unto  him  during 
his  being  in  hts  house  last  Christmas. 

February. —  "Feb,  i6,  S.,  his  brother  Edward  who  was  his  tutor 
thinking  it  more  fit  tlial  he  should  chang  him  for  another,  he  was  put 
under  the  tuition  of  Clinton  Mannd,  an  Irish  man  bome  of  Enghsh 
parents  as  being  descended  from  the  Maunds  of  Chesterton  near 
Bister  in  Oxfordshire.  He  was  a  bach,  fellow ',  well  grownc  in 
yeares,  but  a  grand  Presbyterian,  alwaics  praying  in  his  chamber,  and 
when  master  of  Arts  preaching  abroad.  A.  Wood's  brother  was 
pevish  and  would  be  ever  and  anon  angr>-  if  he  could  not  take  or 
imderstand  Logical  notions  as  well  as  he.  He  would  be  somtimes 
so  angry  that  he  would  beat  him  and  lume  him  out  of  his  chamber ; 
of  which  complaming  to  his  mother,  she  was  therefore  willing  that 
Anlliony  should  take  another  tutor. 

/  March.— [March  '  i6,  S.,  the  Ddegalcs  pedtion  to  the  Committee 
for  regulating  the  Universitic,  speaking  thus: — 

'  WTieras  tliis  Univeratie  have  alwaies  had  power  of  electing  of 
their  oflficcrs  and  members  into  their  severall  societies,  it  is  desired  by 
the  Delegates  that  the  houses  that  are  now  sctled  in  a  collegia!  way' 
of  government  by  the  present  Visitation  may  be  left  to  a  free  election 
of  their  owne  officers  and  members  according  to  the  severall  statutes 
in  those  cases  provided.'] 

An.  Dom.  1660:  2  Car.  II:  <Wood  aot,  18.) 

April — 'In  the  bcgirming  of  this  yeare'  A.  W.  was  made  one  of 
the  Bible  Clerks',  by  ihe  favour  of  Sir  Nadianiel  Brent",  ilic  warden, 
for  these  reasons;  (i)  because  the  Visitors  cal'd  into  question  the 
right  of  the  fellows  of  the  said  Coll.  their  bestowing  of  the  postmasters' 


'  *a  tiachelor  fellow,'  Le.  feUow  of 
hb  college,  of  only  RA.  degnc. 

'  note  io  MS.  Uodl.  594  p.  8. 

•  see  note  5  p.  148. 

'  the  M«i1on  College  books  are  de- 
icctlvc  at  this  time  and  the  dales  of 
Wood's  appuLDtineiit  to  and  cession  of 
the  Bible  Clerkship  caoaol  Ik  discover- 
ed from  tliem. 


'  Wood  ^39  (7)  is  '  Epilaphium 
Nathanidis  Brent,'  wbo  died  6  Nov. 
1651.  Nathaniel  llrcnt  was  fifth  too, 
of  Anchor  Brent  of  tittle  Wolford  in 
com.  Wanv.  ;  he  mameO  Martha, 
daoghlcranciheirof  Robert  Abbot  bishop 
of  Samm.  Wood  has  an  elaborate 
pedieice  of  the  IlreoU  la  Wood  MS.  F 
33  fol.  i69,  i^. 


yAN.  —  yVLY,  1660. 


163 


places ;  (3)  because  a  clerk's  place  u-ns  better  than  that  of  a  post- 
master, the  since  not.  because  that  benefactions  have  been  after  this 
time  bestowed  to  make  the  postmasters*  places  belter.  There  was 
then  no  duly  in  the  cliappcl  for  tlie  clerks,  because  the  Common 
Prayer  and  Sacraments  in  the  cliapel  were  put  downe,  and  but  very 
little  attendance  there  was  for  them  in  Ihc  hall. 

"Apri]  g,  F.,  he  answer'd  Generals '  in  the  public  schools,  and 
James  Bricknell,  his  chamberfellow  and  clerk  of  Merton  Coll.,  opposed 
him. 

"Apr.  22,  M.,  he  left  the  cocklclofl  over  his  brotlicr's  chamber  in 
the  first  quadrangle,  and  removed  to  the  chamber  in  the  little  or  old 
quadrangle,  opposite  to  the  Exchequer^  cliamber,  whidi  was  ap- 
pointed for  the  clei^. 

June. — At  *  11  meeting  of  ihe  Oclcgales,  4  June,  T.,  Mr  (Robert)  Hancock 
proproctor  the  last  yeare  <]jd  certifie  the  Deli^atet  that  one  Kcblcwhitc  a  citizen 
liacl  served  hint  vrilh  a  writ  out  iif  the  Common  Fleas  for  false  imprisonment, 
whcns  what  he  did  10  KeWewhite  wju  in  the  exccnlion  of  his  office  for  hb 
manifest  mii^cineaiioUT  an<i  for  being  in  a  tavcni  after  9  of  the  clock  at  night. 
He:  thcrfoie  desired  to  knon*  the  lease  of  the  Dclet^ates  whether  the  Uiuvcnity 
would  owae  him  in  this  wite  or  no.     Whempom  the  Delegates  voted  : — 

I,  that  if  Kir  Hancock  had  done  nothing  in  that  business  bat  what  by  the 
statute  he  migb^  doe,  then  be  was  to  l>e  owned  by  the  Universitic ; 

3,  ecconling  to  the  relation  of  tbc  matter  of  fact  made  by  Mr.  Hancock,  be  had 
dfMK  no  more  than  n  proctor  by  vcrtue  of  his  office  minht  lawfully  do  ; 

3,  that  in  rrgMxi  this  bnisncf  s  did  conccrne  one  of  those  points  now  depending 
before  the  committee  betwixt  the  Univcmty  and  City,  that  I>r.<G«anl)  Langbone 
and  Dt  (Joshua)  Cross  should  signiHc  to  Mr.  Berry  *  in  the  name  of  the  city  that 
tbey  take  a  course  to  susjtcnd  the  proceedings  in  this  Euitc  till  that  controvenie 
cnncerning  the  proctors'  power  be  determined  by  tRtitic  or  otherwise  bcfoie  the 
committee,  or  otherwise  the>-  must  cz|tcct  that  tlic  Univcrsitic  would  commence 
suite*  agaiort  them  for  injuries  done  upon  other  articles  now  depeodiog.] 

Jiily.^[On  4  June",  T.,  Dr.  (Gerard)  Langbaiie  had  been 
desired  ■  to  prepare  an  instrument  to  constiime  a  commissary '  for  the 
University  therby,  with  the  advice  of  such  counscll  as  he  should 
think  fit  to  use.-  July  1 1,  Tli.,  the  Delegates  met :  tlie  necessary  use 
of  the  viccchanccllor's  court  was  debated  and  the  prejudice  that  the 


'  the  disputations  corresponding  to 
the  modern  Responiions ;  Clark 'k  Keg. 
Unir.  OxoD.  11.  i.  j),  33. 

*  'the  Checqaer  chamber,'  tn  tbc 
UaiL  MS. 

*  Dote  in  MS.  Bodl.  594  p.  9.  Tlus 
vote  was  *  approved  by  Convocation, 
S.,  8  June.' 


'  marginal  note  : — '  dtiico  and  gold- 
smith of  Oxford.* 

*  notes  io  MS.  Bodl.  594  pp.  10,  il. 
'  i.e.  by  the  Delegates. 

*  Wood  note*  : — I.e.  '  a  commissary 
to  help  Uie  \^iced)Bnce]lof', '  as  we  would 
now  say  *  an  Assessor  in  tbc  Vioe- 
chaocellor's  cotirt.' 

a 


i64 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


^ 


Uaiversitf  had  suffered  by  ihc  discontinuance  thcrof;  whcrupon 
there  being  now  a  treaty  between  the  lowne  and  Unirersity,  it  was 
therefore  voted  that  Dr.  (Gerard)  LangMne,  Dr.  (Richard)  Zouch, 
and  Dr.  (John)  Mills  would  take  that  matter  into  prime  and  speedy 
considcralion.  taking  unto  ihem  one  learned  in  the  common  law. — 
uly  22,  M.,  it  was  reported  iJiat,  according  to  a  former  order  of  ihe 
delegates,  Dr.  Langbanc,  Dr.  Zouch,  and  Dr.  Alills  had  met  and 
consulted  about  the  constituting  of  a  commissary  for  the  University 
Court  and  had  set  down  their  opinion  in  wridng  as  foUoweth : — 

"  I,  wee  cooccItc  it  oeceasarj  to  have  a  conit  in  the  Uoivenitr  uicl  a  oomtDlisitry 

constituted  to  excrci&e  the  jarisdictioa. 

3.  Uiat,  ootwithstaoding  the  Tacancy  of  the  chonccllour's  place  at  pietcnt,  tberv 
is  power  sufficient  in  tbe  Univoretly  accordiog  to  the  statutes  and  ctHtoaift  for 
coBitituting  of  a  commisiary. 

3,  that  this  power  according  to  the  old  statutes  was  in  the  senior  Doctor  of 
Divinity  or  Lav  as  eatuiUarius  nattn,  and  accotdiaE  to  tbe  new  in  tbe  Tice- 
cbaocellor. 

4,  wcc  conceive  it  more  fit  that  thii  power  be  setled  in  the  vicechaDceUor  tban 
in  the  scoiar  Doctor, 

5,  that  for  the  due  tetlinfr  thcrof  and  talds^  away  all  doubts  which  may  be 
inovod  about  thitt  point,  the  Vtsituun  of  the  University  be  desired  tn  npprovc  nnd 
recommend  the  sew  atatutc  as  to  that  particular,  and  it  beicg  propo«cd  and 
Rpprovci]  in  Coavocntiiin,  the  vicixJiajicrllour  may  n|>|iuint  a  cotnmiuary  to 
exercise  all  jarisdictioa  In  as  fall  and  ample  a  manner  as  heretofore  batb  bceo 
accustomed  by  the  chAiiixllour  :  to  u-hidi  purpose  wee  shall  prcjiaic  a  cumtnissioa 
wbcn  h  shall  be  required. " — 

/  July  24,  W.,  the  Visitors  being  acquainted  with  this  matter  did 
tlien  order  that  the  new  statute  devolving  all  power  and  authority  of 
the  chancellor  on  the  vicechanccHor  during  the  racancy  of  a  chancel- 
lour  be  confirmed.-^These  things  and  the  above  order  of  the  Visitors 
were  proposed  to  and  approved  by  Convocation,  July  25,  Th.  .] 

'Augxiflt. — In  ihc  latter  end  of  Aug.  several  juniors  of  Mert.  coll. 
as  John  Blanks,  Brian  Ambler,  A-iWood,  &t.  got  horses  and  rode  to 
Wallingford '  in  Berks,  purposely  to  see  the  castle'  there,  being  then 
about  to  be  demolished.  They  were  in  number  about  eight,  and 
when  they  came  to  desire  the  guards  to  let  them  come  into  the  castle, 
they  refused  to  doc  it,  for'  no  other  reason,  as  the  scholars  supposed. 


•  Wood  50]  (23)  is  'Articlfs  for 
tbe  surrender  of  Wallingford  *  Lijod. 
1646.  Wood  foi  (a^)  is  'Articlfs  for 
ibe  BurR'nder  of  Wallinglortl'  OxfonJ 
1646;  aiiolhvf  copy  in  Wiwl  612  C4*)- 
—Wood  tSio  (34)  ia  '  A  dcclantion  of 
Uic  general  council  of  tbe  Oflkcts  of  the 


Army  at  Wallingford  27  Oct  1659* 
Load. 1659. 

'  see  fieliguitu  Htamiattae  i.  39  j. 

*  in  the  Harl,  MS.  it  runs  : — 'for  no 
otlicr  reason,  ai  I  mpposc,  tban  that  oat 
munhcr  bcinj;  larg  may  hare  aoBie 
designe  with  us.' 


JULY— DEC.  leSO. 


J<S5 


but  liiat  tlicir  number  was  too  great  and  may  have  some  dcsignc  upon 
them.  Col.  Arthur  Evclin  vs-as  then,  as  it  iieems,  tlie  govertiour,  hut 
was  not  at  home,  otherwise,  as  'tis  believed,  iliey  might  have  had 
entrance.  So  going  back  to  the  towne  of  Waltingford,  they  dined 
there,  and  reium'd  to  Oxon'. 

November. — [Nov.  13=,  W.,  at  a  meeting  of  Uic  Delcj^-ates  the 
vicccliaiicclior  produced  and  shewed  a  book  to  them  intituled  5^ 
iaiographia*^  most  richly  bound,  given  to  the  Uni^-eraiiic  by  the 
author  Johannes  Hevelius,  Borassus,  Urbis  Gcdancnsiii  Scabinus 
consuUissimus,  to  be  reposed  in  the  pubhck  library.  Which  being  by 
ihem  perused,  they  ordered  the  orator  (Ralph  Button)  to  write  a 
Lattin  letter  of  thanks  to  him.  Which  accordingly  was  done,  d.ited 
from  the  Congregation  house  XI  Cal.  Dec.  ^S.,  21  Nov.)  1650  and 
subscribed  *Tibi  amicissima  Academia  Oxonicnsis,'  a  copy  of  which 
is  in  Reg.  Convoc.  T.  p.  1 19.] 

[Nov.  13*,  W.,  ordered  that  those  that  were  to  be  matriculated 
hereafter  should  not  take  an  oaik  as  formerly  and  lately  but  only 
Hrely  prmnhe  to  observe  the  statutes  privilc}^s  aiid  cusloraes  of  tlie 
Univcrsitie. — So  that  wheras  when  a  matriculation  book  mxs  provided 
in  Feb.  1648  {i.c.  %)  lltcy  swore  to  obscr\-e,  now  upon  the  sug- 
gestion of  some  nice  consciences  they  were  onlie  barely  to  promise — 
approved  by  Convocadon,  W.,  i  January  following.] 

December. — *Dcc.  14,  S.,  one  Anne  Green  a  sen-ant  maid,  was 
hang'd  in  the  casUe  of  Oxon,  for  murdering  her  bastard-child, 
begotten  by  JeHVy  Reade  grand-son  to  Sir  Thomas  Read  of  Duns- 
Tew  in  Oxford-shirc.  After  she  had  sufTL-r'd  tlie  law,  she  was  cui 
downe,  and  carried  away  in  order  to  be  anatomiz'd  by  some  yong 
physitians ",  but  they  finding  life  in  her,  would  not  venter  upon  her, 
only  so  farr,  as  to  recover  her  to  life.     Which  being  look'd  upon  as  a 


i  tbe  Uaxl.MS.  ad.U:—'  Iliad  then  by 
{ine)  all  ACCOiiDtennenU  foi  a  jaoncy, 
which  I  kept  til)  I  gicw  too  bigg  for 
than.*  Wood  at  a  btcr  dale  perhaps 
thought  be  wouUI  impiorc  Iiltridint;by 
theory:  Wood  C.  19  i*  *  llic  Art  of 
Riding'  liy  G.  B.,  LoDd.  1584,  which 
by  the  ioacrlptioo  ('.\.  Wood,  l66a') 
be  tccmi  to  have  bought  in  lOfia. 

'  Dotc  in  MS.  BoiU-  534  p.  11. 

*  Wood  noted  in  the  marpn  'vide 
litnlnin  Id  IJbro  BeDc/actoruni  bibl. 
bodL' ;  ihcD  fiuditig  It  waf  not  ditcitd 
Iho^  he  DoUd  'kc  ibc  book  il  acl/ 


and  his  writiiig  before  the  title,'  Johauocs 
IIcTelius  (Dniitiscannt]  'Selcnograpbia, 
sivL-  lunac  dctcriplio  .  .  .*  GedanI  t&47f 
fol.  [FoI.  BS.  6i]  cum  uiscripliuiic 
anctoris  sutograjdia. 

*  CDtc  in  MS.  Ijodl.  594  p.  I3. 

*  their  aamci  are  given  in  the  pam- 
phlet here  alluded  to  (Wood  515  do. 
la  '  Newes  fiom  ttic  dead,  or  a  tnie  aud 
enact  iiniratiuu  ...  of  Anne  Giecoe' 
Oxford  1651,  and  cdiliwi).  Tbey  arc 
Dr.  William  rctlyofitraa.;  Mr.'l'homni 
Willis  of  Ch.C"h-':  Mr.  Kalpti  Uaihum 
of  Trin. ;  Mr-  Ucnrj  Gierke  of  Mayd. 


i66 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TnfES, 


great  wonder',  there  was  a  relation  ■  of  her  recovery  printed,  and  at 
the  end  several  cofttes  of  verses  made  by  the  yong  poets  of  ibe 
Universitic  were  added.    Sec  more  tu  the  neil  yearc\ 

[Dec.*  31,  T.,  fit  and  able  men  were  appointed  by  the  Delegates  to 
preach  at  S.  Marie's  every  Sunday  in  the  afternoon  for  Che  yeare 
foUowing,  Masters  of  Ana  of  4  ycares  standing  and  to  be  in  Holy 
Orders— approved  by  Convocation,  W.,  1  Jan.  following.] 


<16&f :    Wood  aot.  10.) 

January,— [Jan.  1 1 ",  S.,  the  Delegates  appointed  Dr.  (Gerard) 
Langbane,  Dr,  (John)  Wilkins,  Dr.  (John)  Sanders  and  others  to 
consider  'quomodo  pauperibus  prospiceretur  ut  ne  collegialera  stipem 
mendicantes  ulterius  sint  Universitati  adeo  molesti.'^These  were 
poore  soldiers,  cashiered  or  maimed,  and  Irish  people  with  peiitious, 
that  pretended  to  be  undon  by  the  late  rebellion  there.] 

•Jan.  16,  Th.,  twdve  [Wiitmaslcrs  of  ftTcrton  coll.  were  expel'd*  by 
the  Visitors,  viz.  Jolin  Blanks,  John  Wriglii,  Brian  Ambler,  Richard 
Philipps,  &c.  Some  of  whicli,  who  were  godly  youths^  as  Georg 
Pricket,  Stephen  Richmond,  William  Staine'  &c.  they  afterwards 
restored  to,  and  confirmed  them  in  their  places.  So  that  had  A.  W. 
continued  postmaster  a  Utdc  longer,  he  had  without  doubt  received 
liis  quietus.  As  for  John  Blanks,  he  aAer^iirds  retired  to  his  father's 
house  and  became  an  attorney :  John  Wright,  after  the  king's 
restoration,  became  master  of  the  King's  School  at  Worcester ;  Brian 
Ambler,  a  curat  or  minister  in  Shropshire:  and  Kichaxd  Philips, 
upon  a  second  answer  given  in  to  the  Visitors,  was  kept  in ;  and, 
after  he  had  taken  a  degree  in  Arts,  he  became  a  mortified  and  pious 
minister  in  Shrop!>)iirc,  &c. 

•Jan.  22,  W.,  Edward  Wood,  fellow  of  Merton  coll.,  was,  for  diwrs 
pretended  miscarriages  and  njisdeameanors,  suspended  by  the  Visi- 
tors' from  his  commons  and  all  profits  from  his  place,  as  also  from 


*  ice  Erelyn's  Diary  under  date  as 
Mar.  1G7I. 

*  '  this  relation  in  pfosc  was  written 
by  Mr.  Rictuird  Watkini  somtinici 
ftodto:  of  Ch.Ch.,  DOW  rector  of  Which- 
foid  ia  Warwicksbire ' ;  Wood's  note  id 
Wood  515  (li).  There  is  a  copy  ofthe 
Ant  editioa  in  the  Bodleian,  pressmark 
'  Bliss  a,  173.' 

*  i.e.  infra  p.  169. 


'  note  in  MS.  Bodl.  594  [>.  ta. 

'  note  in  MS.  Bodl.  £94  p.  la. 

•  sec  Borrows'  '  Register  of  the 
Viutot*,'pp.  316,338. 

'  'StaDcs/inthe  Harl.  MS. 

'  Wood  aftenratds  obtained  n  tran- 
script of  thii  order,  if  not  the  actual 
document  itself,  which  is  bow  found  as 
a  slip  pasted  to  p.  1006a  (an  odd  way 
Wooii  has  of  writing  io6j)  in  Wood 


DEC^  1660  —  FEB.  1661. 


167 


being  tutor  in  that  coll.,  untill  Tarther  order.  The  miscarriages  were, 
first,  for  entertaining  strangers  at  hb  chamber  with  more  wine  than 
'twas  thought  convenient;  {2)  Tor  drinking  the  king's  health'  at 
Medley  neare  Oxen  two  yeares  before  with  some  of  his  contem- 
poraries of  Trinity  coll.  &c.  Whicli  suspension  was  occasion 'd  by 
the  uncharitable  information  made  to  the  Visitors  by  Thomas  Franke, 
a  junior  fellow  of  Mert.  Coll. ;  who  now  did  lay  in  wait,  as  'twere, 
10  bring  the  said  coll.  into  distraction  and  trouble. 

"This  Thomas  Franke,  after  all  Iiis  obsequious  flatteries,  fals  taks, 
cringing  to  the  Presbyterians  and  Independents,  and  his  being 
actually  in  arraes  in  the  troop  raised  by  the  university  of  Oxen 
against  King  Charles  2  at  Worcester,  an.  1651,  had  the  impudence 
after  the  restoration  of  the  said  king  to  turn  about,  and  for  his  money 
to  get  the  rectory  of  Cranfield  in  Derbyshire';  whilst  others  that  liad 
been  great  sufferers  for  his  majestic's  cause  and  had  no  money  were 
forced  to  shark  and  live  as  opportunity  served.  He  was  a  most  vile 
person  and  not  fit  to  live  in  a  society ;  yet,  if  I  am  not  mistaken,  he 
did,  when  he  used  10  retire  to  the  college,  after  he  had  been  seUed  at 
Cranfield,  express  some  repentance  of  what  he  had  done  Co  the  injury 
of  several  of  the  society  before  Mr.  Peter  NicoUs  and  John  Powell 
senior,  fellowcs  of  the  said  coll. 

February. — [Feb.*  9,  Su.,  Mr.  John  French,  bach,  of  Civil  Law, 
fellow  of  Mert,  Coll.,  and  registrary  of  the  University  of  Oiton,  died  ; 
buried  the  i  ith  day,  T.,  in  the  choire  (of  Mert-  Coll.  chapel)  against 
his  stall.  ] 

[Feb.  1 9 ',  \V.,  it  was  ordered  by  the  Delegates  that,  whereas  no 
nodce  was  given  when  examinations  for  degrees  were  performed 
in  the  Natural  Philosophy  Schoole  but  by  tickets  stuck  up  on  certainc 
public  comers  which  would  be,  suddenly  after,  taken  downe  by  such 
that  were  appointed  so  to  do  by  those  uho  were  to  be  examined,  that 


MS.  F.  I  :— '  Jan.  SJth,  1650  (U,  X): 
WbcroLi  it  bath  bccnc  made  Rppcnrc 
befoic  OS  that  Mr.  Wood,  fellow  of 
Mert  Coll.,  U  guilty  of  diverse  mi>- 
curia^-s  and  mixUiceaDon  particularly 
Uid  o[)cri  bcfuie  us  :  wc  thctcfore  order 
that  tiie  »ai<l  Mr.  Wood  tiuiU  ke  sos- 
peoded  from  liis  cotntnons  mid  nil  other 
profitts  of  the  house  for  one  wixke,  ai)ii 
alloc  tnspcnded  &om  bcinf^tutoor  in  the 
Coll.  uotill  fanher  order  ;  by  the  Viii- 
tnri,  Ra(I|>h)  Auhtrn,  KGg(istrAriui) 
Coin(inissioiuinonun).'     .Sw  Ilnrrovs' 


*  Rcgi&ter  of  the  Visiton,*  p.  %i*. 

'  for  »  siiiiiUr  case  ttx  BrodricVs 
Menon,  p.  100. 

■  underlined  in  pencil  iii  the  Tanner 
MS.  and  '  I  Itedfonbhire  '  wrinen  in 
the  man^tn.  This  correction  is  not  b/ 
"Wood,  but  by  a  later  band. 

*  note  in  Wood  MS.  K  35.  William 
AVhitCinghani,  Lt-D.  Oriel,  was  electc<l 
trgistnir  in  Frcncli'a  place  on  S.f  15 
Feb.  165?. 

'  Dotc  in  MS.  Bodl.  594  [>.  la. 


i68 


WOOERS  LIFE  AND  T/AfES. 


the  derk  of  the  Universitie,  a  quarter  before  9  in  the  morning,  at 
^^hal  lime  they  begin,  toll  ihc  two  least  bells  at  Sl  Marie's-j 

March. — [Sir'  Henry  Hyde,  brother  10  Dr.  Alexander  Hide  after- 
wards bishop  of  SalisbuT)',  beheaded,  T.,  4  Mar.  1650  (i.c.  ^).  His 
crime  was  the  receiving,  and  acting  by  vcrtue  of,  a  commission  from 
Ctarles  Stuart  as  '  King  of  Great  Britaine  France  and  Ireland,'  being 
qualified  by  him  as  his  agent  to  the  court  of  the  Great  Mogul  Turk 
with  intent  to  destroy  the  irade  of  the  Turkey  company  and  the 
parliament's  interest,  not  only  in  Constantinople  but  also  in  Mytylene, 
Anatolia,  and  Smyrna  (in  uhich  place  he  had  a  commission  to  be 
consul).  His  aimi;  being  likewise  to  seize  upon  the  Unglish  mer- 
chants' goods  for  ihe  use  of  the  said  Charles  Siuart.  For  the  effecting 
of  which  designe  he  presum'd  lo  discharg  Sir  Thomas  QcndUh  of  the 
emUissie,  being  leiger  tlicre  for  the  state  of  F.ngland ;  he  procured 
audience  of  the  Great  Visier  and  raised  great  fearcs  and  uproars 
among  tiic  merchants,  etc.] 

'This  ycaie'  Jacob  a  Jew  opened  a  coffey  house'  at  the  Angel  in 


'  notes  by  Wood  fa  Wood  367  {6) 
*  A  trae  copy  of  Sir  Henry  llide't  speech 
OQ  the  teaffoM,'  Lood.  1650.  Wood 
6o<>  (34)  U  *  A  trae  copy  of  Sir  Henry 
Hide's  spcvch  on  tbe  scaffold  *  by  John 
ilinde,  l^nd.  1650. 

*  i.c.  in  1650  probably;  the  yoir 
with  Wood  cndiag    ilwayt  oa  Mar. 

'*■ 

*  Dr.  lIliK'inoteoDcofTce'boiuesf^e- 
Krves  prioting  io  iu  entirety  : — '  The 
UiJiicju  of  (Innking  cnffw  iu  public, 
prevailetl  in  Oxfoit]  immeiliatcly  i|]Kiri 
ils  introditciion  ioto  lin^land,  and  con- 
tinuctl  to  a  late  period.  I  am  told  I)y 
a  Tcnerabic  Mend,  now  {Vtb.  iS^g)  in 
his  t)2,n\  year,  that  he  well  n-inembcrs 
the  lime  when  every  ncaclcmic  of  any 
faibioo  moned  to  tlie  cnfTee  house 
doriiif;  the  afternoon  :  Tom's,  nearly 
oppoiile  the  ptL'sent  tnatkct,  being  fre- 
r|uente<l  hy  llle  nioU  gity  nnd  e3([)CnsiTe ; 
UuntcmBn's,  also  iti  the  Higb  Sticrt, 
nearly  opposite  tbe  honse  of  the  ptioci- 
pal  of  BTa>CQO«e,  received  the  members 
of  Mcrtun.  All  SodU,  Corptis,  and  Oriel  ,- 
Harper's,  the  comer  boiue  of  the  lane 
leading  to  Edmund  hall,  tfaoce  iif 
Queens  aod  Magdalen ;  Ruff's,  the 
itooe  bonce  (Imill,  Iiy  the  way,  irut  of 
tbe  surplus  matcruls  ^m  Blooheitn  by 


sir  John  Vanborgh,  vrbo  built  also  a 
similar  bouse  in  New  Inn  ilall  Lone, 
now  occupied  by  Mr.  Watsh,  and  an- 
otlicT  in  bt.  Aldatei,  near  Folly  brid)^, 
pulled  doM-n  &oine  twenty  years  since) 
at  the  comer  of  Holywell,  being  tbe 
King's  Amw,  used  by  New  cutlq^, 
Hertford,  nn  J  Wmlhnm  ;  ninl  Mnlbon's, 
a  dimiDOtiro  tenement  some  feci  t>clow 
the  present  street  ai  the  aortb  east 
comer  of  the  'I'url,  was  tilled  from 
Trinity,  and  by  the  members  of  the 
nei^li  hoc  ling  colleges. 

Il  <li(es  not  Appear  that  the  press  took 
much  or  rarly  notice  of  the  new  fashion. 
William  Knm>cy  in  1657  printed  his 
Ofgatum  Salulit,  in  wliicji  hii  "  Exprri< 
meats  of  cophie  and  tobacco  "  arc  much 
Iftoc!  cd  by  sir  Henry  Bloont  tlic  traveller, 
and  ilouell  thclcttcrwrttcr  :  and  then 
are  ttru  nihet  t/pAliacs: 

1.  Tlic  Naitual  History  of  Coffee, 
Thee,  Cliocolnte,  and  Tobacco  in  four 
fccreral  scctioni ;  with  a  tract  of  elder 
and  jonlpct-bemcs  shewing  how  nsefnl 
they  may  he  in  our  Coffee-honscs ;  and 
al»>  tlic  way  of  mokioi;  Mnm.  Lood.  for 
Christopher  Wilkinson.  168).  4". 

1.  Tlic  mnnner  of  malctag  of  Coffee. 
Tea  and  Chocolate,  as  II  is  used  in 
most  pans  of  Europe,  Asia,  Ahica  and 


FEB.— APRIL,  lefil. 


169 


the  parish  of  S.  Peter,  in  ihe  Kast  Oxon ;  and  ihcre  it  was  by 
some,  who  delighted  in  novelde,  drank.  When  he  left  Oxon  he  sold 
ii  in  Old  Southajny.ton  buildings  in  Holborae  neare  London,  and  was 
living  1671. — See  in  1654. 


An.  Com.  1661 :  3  Car.  II :  < Wood  aet.  19.) 

April — 'Apr.  7,  M.,  a  fine  *  of  thirlic  pound  was  set  by  the 
warden  and  fellowcs  of  McrL  ColL  for  Mria.  Wood  (mother  to  A.  W.) 
to  pay  by  way  of  renewing  for  the  housing  and  gardens  against 
Merton  Coll.,  and  for  the  I'lour  de  lace  and  its  appurtenances  in 
S.  Martin's  parish,  [which'  was  soon  after  paid.] 

*About  llic  same  time  the  irccond  impression'  of  the  pamphlet 


America ;  with  their  vcrtccs.  Lood.  for 
William  Crook.  16H5.  8". 

Whilst  upon  this  *u>)]ccl  it  may  be 
wuttb  recording,  Ihkt  ftom  s  [iriotcd 
catalogue  of  uni.-  of  the  East  India  Com- 
paiif'i  salw  In  I7iy,  the  avrrrage  price 
of  tea  ftt  that  time  appears  to  liavc  been 
tevcntecD  ihillin^  and  iixpcnce  pcx 
pound ;  and  that  the  compaiiy  ncre 
aIsq  importers  of  cliinK-wsne  cops  and 
sumn,  which  renlizctl,  in  large  lots, 
aboat  foBftcen  ahlllings  the  tlozcn. 

The  wits,  however,  vety  soon  took 
adnntnge  of  the  novelty,  as  the  follow- 
icig  lltt  of  faceU.T,  which  may  perhaps 
be  niDch  cnlaigod,  will  shew  : 

t.  The  Maidifii's  Complaint  against 
Coflee:  or  th«Cufii-c-liousc  iliscovcre*), 
bcii^cd,  stormed,  taken,  uniylcd,  and 
laid  open  to  pnblick  view,  in  a  mcny 
eonfoetce,  &c  Load,  for  J.  Jon<^s. 
1663,  4". 

a.  The  Cofiire>man*9  Gruiado  dis- 
charged opon  the  Maidcn'i  Complaint 
BgiiDit  Coffee,  in  a  dialogue — wherein 
la  dlacof^reil  wveral  9.lnin^,  wonderful 
aad  miraculous  cvics  pcrfanncd  by 
CofTcv.    Load,  for  J.  Johnson.    1663. 

4'. 

3.  The  Character  of  a  Coftce-hoose, 
wbereio  b  contained  a  Description  of  the 
TerMMit  ti»nally  frc^jucnting  it,  with 
tbrir  DiscoRrsc  and  I-lumar%,  as  also  Ihc 
admimble  Veitocs  of  Coffee.  Prtnled 
in  the  year  1665.  4^  (In  vcnc.) 

4.  The  ('haraacr  of  a  CofTvc-hoDse, 


with  the  Symptomo    of  a  Town-wit. 
Lord,  for  Jonathan  Edwin,  1673.  fol. 

5.  ColTcc-hoiucs  vindicated  in  an- 
swer to  thv  late  pnblishcd  Character  of 
ft  Cnflee-hntuc.  I.uiid.  by  J.  Lock. 
1674.  foL 

6.  The  Women's  Fctitioo  agoinat 
Coffee.    Lond.  1674.  4^ 

7.  The  Man'sAnswexto  the  Woman's 
Petition.  Lood.  1674.  4*. 

8.  The  School  of  Politicks:  or  the 
Humoun  of  a  CurTec-huaw.  Lond.  for 
Rich.  Italdwin.  1690.  4*'.*  See  infra 
under  date  March  165I. 

'  Wood  uoles  in  the  margin— 'see  ia 
anno  163(5)/  1-C-  P-  45  i»pra. 

*  added  in  thellarl.  MS. 

'  Oxford,  1651,  wcood  edition: 
Wood  515  (la)  ia  n  copy.  Wood  516 
(8)  is  another  copy  which  belonged  to 
-  Mr.  Watkins,  C.  C,  C.  Oxon.'  Wood 
484  (10)  is  another  copy.  The  narrm* 
live  portion  ii  ascribed  to  Kichanl  Wat- 
kins  of  Ch.  Ch.  Dr.  Blhs  notes  '  a  very 
rare  tract  oa  the  same  anbjcct  cntit.  "  A 
declaration  from  Oxfonl  of  Anne  Green, 
ft  young  woman  that  was  lately  and  nu- 
jnstly  hanged  in  the  Castle-yord,  but 
since  recovered,  her  occk  set  straight, 
and  her  eyes  fued  orderiy  and  firmly  in 
her  head  again,"  I,ond.,  printed  t^  J. 
Clowes,  1651,  410,  with  a  wood-cut  le- 
jireficntini;  the  cxeculiuo  and  the  saffcrer 
reuovcring  in  bed.'  Dr.  lUis's  copy  is 
ootv  in  the  Uodleion,  press-mark  *  UUjb 
3,  J73-" 


170 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


concerning  Ann  Green,  with  the  verses  at  the  end,  was  published 
with  its  old  title,  viz.  '  Kewes  from  the  dead :  or  a  true  and  exact 
Narration  of  the  Miraculous  Deliverance  of  Ann  Green,*  *c.  At  the 
end  of  tliis  impression  arc  several  copies  of  verses  added,  which  were 
not  in  the  first  impression,  among  which  is  one '  printed  under  the 
name  of  A.  Wood,  beginning  thus : 

*  I'lc  stretch  ray  miiK,  but  ttut  a  Terse 
Pie  bang  upon  thy  liriag  hearse. 
Chime  in  yec  wits,  and  thyme  a  knell ; 
For  Death  her  self  is  lately  fell ;  dCc* 

Augiiflt. — [The 'year  1650  and  i65i,coll.  <ie-  colonel)  Draper, 
being  Governor  of  Oxon,  sleighted  the  workc(s)  about  the  city,  and 
fortififd  the  Castle  very  strong  and  almost  impregnable — which  cost 
noc  smal  labor,  and  cost  (some  say)  to  the  value  of  3  thousand  pounds. 
But  for  all  tliat,  when  tlic  Scots  invaded  Eng(land)  in  the  latter  end 
of  July  and  the  August  following,  1651 ;  whether  by  coll.  Draper's 
policy  (or,  as  was  thought,  his  engineer  was  greased  in  the  fist)  or 
some  o:her  l(h)ing  moving  him  therto,  he  sleighted  also  the  Castle 
wo<r)kes,  and  took  in  New  Colledge  for  his  garrison,  ■plucking 
down  a  or  3  houses  joyning  to  the  cloister  by  Hart  Hall,  and  also 
built  a  new  fort  in  the  middle  of  New  Coll.  Lane  lo  defend  it  and 
plucked  downe  Queen's  Coll.  wall  that  stood  before  it,  and  made 
great  havock  of  their  gardens  laying  close  therby.  AH  which  was 
done  from  ]\Iunday  momJng  <[r8  Aug.)  till  Thursday  night  <2i 
Aug.) ;  for  they  heard  that  ilic  King  would  come  lo  Oxon  by 
Thursday  or  Friday  night  {21  or  23  Aug.)  but  was  intercepted  by 
much  nine  and  thunder  that  fell  on  the  Wednesday  night  ^20  Aug.) 
which  made  him  lake  his  abode  at  Worcester'  where  he  was  in- 
countered  by  the  F.ng(lish),  Sept.  O'"*''  Wcdn.) 

"  Ue  began  to  pluck  downe  the  houses  on  Sunday  night  (17 
Aug.).  He  had  a  iroup  of  scholkrs,  and  had  this  imprcese  for  thir 
ensigncs — ' non  arte  icd  MarU'^ 


'  at  the  end  :  53  Itnei :  si^ed  '  AaL 
Wood,  KchoW  of  Men.  Coll.*  Hcsnte 
MS.  Collections  vol.  UviU  p.  8S  attributes 
the  venes  In  ICdward  Witoil,  on  the 
itrengtb  of  a  copy  of  tite  second  edition 
(i«>wA»hiii.i67J(i4).fonBcr]ybcloi3ginB 
to  John  Aubrey,  and  having  the  note 
'  Jo,  Anbrey,  pnct.  %-ii/.')  having  n  paper 
with  '  E.  W,'  giMleil  ovtr  '  Anl.  Wood, 
■choUr  of  Men.  Coll.*  Hcnme  ad- 
^-ancc*  as  an  additional  argamcnl  against 


Aftlhony's  aathonhip  of  the  lines, 
*  Anlhony  wu  no  |}oei,*  u  if  the 
(they  cannot  be  called  venea)  were 
)itictry.  Wood,  howevt^r,  it  may  he 
ni'ticcil,  iloea  not  piii  in  a  strong  claim 
to  the  lines :  ihey  were  only  *  printed 
under  his  nante.* 

'  this  passage  occors  on  an  inieileaf 
in  the  Almanac  for  Sept.  1657. 

*  Charles    IT   cntcted  Woronlef  uo 
Friday,  11  Aug. 


APR/L  —  DEC,  1651. 


171 


Kovembor.— {John  *  Skipp  uf  Balliol  CdU.  died,  Su.,  9  Nov.  1 65  r ; 
and  was  buried  in  Magdalen  parish  Church  in  ihe  north  suburbs  of 
Oxon.  He  was  gcntlcman-coninioncr  of  the  college  and  was  buried 
in  Magd.  parish  chancell.] 

December. — •Thomas  Wood,  eldest  brother  to  A.  W.,  died  of  the 
flux  at  Drogheda,  commonly  called  Trcdagh,  in  the  month  of  Decem- 
ber'. He  was  borne  at  Telsworth  neare  to  Thame  in  Oxfordshire 
(where  his  father  then  had  a  farme),  on  the  24  May  1624  ;  educated 
mostly  in  the  free  school  at  Thnmc  under  his  kin!!man  Mr.  \V(illiani) 
Burt;  was  made  student  of  Ch.  Church  in  1638,  as  I  have  before 
told  you;  and  afterwards  was  the  first,  or  one  of  the  first  yong 
scholars  in  Oxon  tliat  llircw  off  his  gownc,  and  ran  to  Edgbill  battle  ^ 
Sec  more  under  the  yeare  1643'.  At  his  retume  thence  he  was 
actually  created  bach,  of  Arts  among  soldiers  that  had  done  service 
ai  the  said  battle :  and  then  his  father  seeing  that  he  could  not 
persuade  htm  from  being  a  soldier  *,  he  bought  a  horse,  annes,  cloalhs, 
Ac. ;  set  hiin  up  for  a  troper ;  and  got  him  a  place  to  ride  in  the 
troop  of  capiainc  Thomas  Gardiner  of  Cudesdon  nearc  Oxon.  After- 
wards he  became  a  stout  and  desperat  soldier ;  was  in  several  baules ; 
and  besieged  in  divers  garrisons,  particularly,  if  I  am  not  mistaken, 
at  Basing  in  Hampshire  ;  and  was  made  a  licvtenanl  of  horse.  When 
the  warr  was  tcrroinatcd.  and  the  ting's  cause  ulterlie  vanquished,  he 
return'd  to  liis  college;  was  actually  created  Mr.  of  arts,  an.  1647*; 
but  in  ihe  next  yeare  being  deeply  engaged  in  Uic  cavalicring  plot, 
as  I  have  lold  you  under  thai  yeare '  (1648),  he,  to  avoid  being  taken 
and  hanged  for  it,  fled  into  Ireland,  where  finding  out  his  quondam 
school-fcUow  at  Thame,  called  col.  Henry  Ingolde&bie,  he  became 


»  note  In  Wowl  MS,  F.  4,  ]>.  8fi. 
Wooal  gLvefl  these  arms  in  colour: — 
*  axarc  on  ■  cttemui  between  £  estoiles 
or  two  roM«  gales  seeded  dt  boHjeil  antl 
(lipped  vert.'  The  flower?  are  lowanls 
tile  fee  point;  the  alips  prolonged  down 
the  legs  of  the  chevron.  In  Mti.  Kawl. 
Xj  olim  la^o  the  note  nini : — '  Nov.  9, 
ifiji,  Mr.  .Skipp  of  IJaUioU  Coll.  died 
Rnd  was  bniivtl  ntt  Magdalen  paiish 
chardi.  He;  boic  tu  his  annes  : — blue 
oa  a  chcrron  or  a  rcscs  slipped  And  leavd 
(irnper  inter  3  ciloiles  of  the  iccood.' 

>  va  the  llarl.  MS.  this  Kctence  run*  : 
— '  1S51 ;  TbomaitWood,ii//a/ik  Wood, 
eldest  brother  to  A.  W'.,  dietl  of  the  flux 
ti  Droghcda  comtnoni/  called  Ttedagh 


to  Ireland;  bat  the  dny  or  month  when 
1  caiuiol  )Tt  IcH.'  On  wJiich  nl  .%  later 
dote  be  has  oiAcd  in  the  margin — '  be 
died  after  the  18  of  Dec.  1651.* 

'  Wood  hai  a  marginal  note : — '  see 
in  the  second  volume  of  Alb.  ct  Fasti 
Oxou.  p.*  693. 

*  I.e.  mpra  p.  53. 

°  in  Ihe  J-IarI.M,S.  'aoHicr'  corrected 
to  'scholar';  in  the  'I'anncr  MS. 
'schoEai';  Wood  perhaps  intended  to 
change  ibc  sentence  into  'could  not 
persuade  him  to  be  a  scholar.' 

*  Wood  hoft  a  nurginal  note :—'  tee 
more  there  ^i.  c.  Ath.  el  Fasti,  w/  mfra) 
p.'  74». 

*  svpm,  p.  145. 


lya 


WOOr^S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


a  licvtcnant  in  hia  regiment,  [ancrwards '  a  captaine,  and,  as  I  have 
heard,  had  a  commiasion,  a  little  before  his  death,  to  be  a  major. 
About  a  yeare  before  that  lime,  \\t.  in]  1650,  he  returned  for  a  time 
to  Oxon.  to  lake  up  his  arrears  at  Ch.  Church,  and  to  settle  his  other 
affaires ;  at  which  lime  being  often  with  his  mother  and  brethren,  he 
would  tell  them  of  the  most  terrible  assauhinpf  and  sloroiinjf  of 
Tredagh^  wherein  he  himself  had  been  engaged.  He  told  tliem 
that  3000  at  least,  besides  &omc  women  and  children,  were,  afler  the 
assaliants  had  taken  pari,  and  afterwards  all  tlie  towne,  put  to  tlic 
sword  on  the  11  and  13  of  Sept.  1649;  at  which  time  Sir  Arthur 
Aston  the  governour  had  his  brainca  beat  out,  and  his  body  hack'd 
and  chop' d  to  pieces.  He  told  them,  thai  when  ihey  were  to  make 
their  way  up  to  the  lofts  and  galleries  in  die  church  and  up  to  the 
tower'  where  the  enimy  had  fled,  each  of  the  assailants  would  take  up 
a  child  and  uisc  (it)  as  a  buckler  of  defence,  when  ihcy  ascended  the 
steps,  to  keep  themselves  from  being  shot  or  braJn'd.  After  they  had 
kil'd  all  in  the  church*,  they  went  into  the  vaults  underneath  where 
all  the  flower  and  choicest  of  the  women  and  Indies  had  hid  them- 
seKes.  One  of  these,  a  most  hansomc  virgin  and  arrai'd  in  cosily  aitd 
gorgeous  apparel,  knoel'd  downc  lo  Tho.  Wood  with  leares  and 
prayers  to  save  her  life  :  and  being  struckcn  with  a  profound  pitic  ', 
took  her  under  his  arme,  went  with  her  out  of  the  church,  with 
intentions  to  put  her  over  llie  works  and  to  Tel  her  shift  for  her  self; 
but  then  a  soldier  perceiving  his  intentions,  he  ran  his  sword  up  her 
belly  or  fundament.  Wiereujxjn  Mr.  Wood  seeing  her  gasping,  took, 
away  ber  money,  Jewells,  &c.  and  flung  her  dowiie  over  the  works,  &c. 
*In  the  latter  end  of  1680",  when  the  parliament  sate  at  Oxon, 
A.  Wood  was  walking  wiih  Sir  Henry  St.  Georg,  Clarentius  king  of 
flrmes,  in  the  school- quadrangle.  Sir  Henry  then  meeting  with 
col.  Henry  Ingoldcsbie  Ijcforc  mcntion'd,  and  telling  him  who  A.  W. 
was,  A.  W.  thereupon  did  discourse  with  him  concerning  his  brother 
Thomas :  and,  among  several  things  that  the  colonel  told  him,  was, 
that  Thomas  was  a  good  soldier,  stout  and  ventrous ',  and  having  an 
an  of  merriment,  called  biUTooning,  his  company  was  desired  and 


'  for  the  wonlt  In  Hjoarc  bntckcts  the 
IlarL  MS.  rcatli : — 'and  at  Icagtli  a 
captain,  if  not  major.  In  the  )fiar  licfare 
hU  ileaih.' 

'  Wood  fio  !fi)  is  'Letters  from 
Ireland  relating  lo  ihc  taking  of  Dro- 
gbcda,'  Land.  i64<> 

■  the  Harl.  MS,  has  '  in  cfaoicbcs  and 


op  to  the  lowerj.' 

'  '  chnichcs,'  in  the  Hurl.  MS. 

*  'wilb  a  deep  Ktaonc,'  in  the  Kail. 
JLS. 

•  i.e.  March  iCRf. 

'  '  a  giioil  Mtldicr  imd  >-cry  vcotroOi,' 
in  the  Harl.  MS. 


t>Ec.  lesi  —  JAN.  ies». 


'73 


loved  by  the  officers  of  his  regimeni.  He  told  him  then  he  was  buried 
in  a  church '  al  Tredjph  answerable  lo  his  quality,  but  could  not  tell 
him  when  lie  died.— This  Thomas  Wood  was  a  tall,  proper,  and 
robust  man,  like  his  father ' ;  but  black  and  swarthy,  unlike  in  that  to 
ly  of  his  brethren,  or  father. 

•This  ycare  A.  W.  began  to  exercise  his  natural  and  insatiable 
;nie  be  had  to  miisick.  He  exercised  bis  hand  on  the  violin ;  and, 
laving  a  good  eare  to  take  any  tune  at  first  hearing,  he  could  quickly 
iw  it  out  from  the  violin,  but  not  with  the  same  tuning  of  strings 
bat  ollicrs  used.  He  wanlud  understanding  friends  and  money  lo 
^ick  him  out  a  good  master,  otherwise  he  might  have  equal'd  in  that 
wtrumenl  and  in  singing  any  person  then  In  the  Univcrsitie.  He 
lad  some  companions  that  were  musical,  but  they  wanted  instruction 
rss  well  as  be. 

[This*  yeare  I  began  to  exercise  a  natural  and  unsatiablc  genie 
1  had  to  musick.  I  played  by  road  ^i.e.  rote),  without  any  teacher, 
jOn  the  \iolln;  and  having  an  eare  I  could  play  any  tune,  but — you 
lost  conceive — not  well.  William  Boreman  *,  gemJeman  commoner 
jf  Pembr.  Coll.,  of  the  Isle  of  Wight,  my  companion^  good  at  the 
jliuaU :  VS'illiam  Bull  of  Trln.,  gentleman  commoner.] 


<ie5}  :  'Wood  aet.  20.) 

January. — [Jam  2*,  F.,  the  Delegates  ordered  an  Act  to  be  kept; 
^ftnd,  T.,  i^  of  the  same  month  it  was  caused  by  ihcm  to  be  proposed 
Convocation 


/ 


(1)  wlicihcr  ihc  caps  and  hoods  woren  by  Inccptoni  •  should  be 


omitted — not  granted. 

(a)  whether  the  oath"'  'dc  gradu  Henrici  Simeonis'  taken  by  all 
Inceptors  should  be  abrogated — not  grattied. 

(3)  whether  tJie  Congregation  immediatly  followmg  the  Act,  with 
ttbat  dispensation*  therin  'de  ocreis  crepidis  ac  soccatis  excundis,* 
should  be  omitted — granted  as  to  the  dispensation. 


J 


'  '  one  or  the  churches,'  in  the  Hnrl. 
MS. 

'  we  sttpra  p.  78. 

■  note  ill  the  Ilorl.  StS.  The  two 
persons  nt  ih?  end  of  it  ate  prohably  the 
'  miiBiciil  cucipnnicins '  rclcrrcd  to  in  ttie 
pTCCoJing  paiagraph. 

*  WilliuD  Bowunuo,  B.A.  Femhr. 
;3oJaa.l65|. 

*  notes  111  MS.  Dodl.  594  p.  13. 


•  see  the  Laudian  Coiit  ef  Statutu 
1636  (edit.  J.  Griffithi,  1888)  p.  78. 

'  Lattdian  Code  pp.  69.  73.  The 
oath  against  aU  owing  Henry  Sjrnieou'fl 
(l^ree  was  a(  imknovni  a»li<]tuty,  tee 
Aiislcy's  Muniaunta  Aeadtmita  p.  43a. 
It  was  abrogated  in  iHi/,  sec  Maxwell 
Lytc's  Hirt.  fniv.  Oxford  i.  314. 

■  see  CUtk's  Kce-  Unir.  Oxoo.  11.  I 
83,  SS;  Laudian  C^e  p.  7S. 


174 


WD  TIMES. 


(4)  whether  u.ny  one  is  bound  10  accuse  himself,  as  it  is  item'c 
libro  Statutonun  '  Seel,  11  $  3 — not  granltd. 

(g)  that  there  be  a  reservaiion  in  all  oaths — granttd  nmpliciter. 
/  (6)  that  in  ic-iu  of  names  of  all  immov-eable  feasts  of  popish  saint 
Vbe  substituted  the  daj-s  of  the  respective  months — tonctditur  simpUcikr^ 
[Tb.',  Jan.  8,  i6gi  (i.e.  5>  atl  la  of  the  clock  alt  night  died  Mrj 
.  .  .  Harborne  of  Tackley ;  and  was  buried  on  the  20  day  in  the 
cliancell.    lie  married  .  .  .  Evers.J  ^ 

/      (F.,  9  Jan.  1651  (le.  I)  the  Vice-chancellor  (Daniel  Grccnwood^f 
issued  a  paper  setting  forth  thai  there  had  been  riots  and  dismrbances 
and  that  '  private  meetings  of  religion  '  had  been  interfered  with,  and 
strictly  enjoining  the  observance  of  the  University  statutes  againi 
carrying  weapons.     Tlus  paper   is  now  found  in  Wood  276 
^  no,  3 1 9.) 

March. — [James  Bricknell  \  of  Menon  Coll.,  answering  nndcr 
a  Bachelour  in  Lent*  anno  1651  (i.e.  V)  was  coursed  by  another 
scholar,  but  that  scholar  hammaring  at  his  arguments  and  unable 
almost  to  produce  them,  would  be  ever  and  anon  crying,  'non  iia^| 


nd 

1 


sed  sic,  sic' 
Britkncll.J 


*  Immo  puio  quod  sic  est,  nam  pessime  aegrotat  %'  saith 


An.  Dom.  1062  * :  4  Car.  II :  (Wood  aet.  20.) 


I 


ApiiL — [1652^,  John  Russ  or  Rouse,  M.A.  senior  fellow  of  Oriel 
Cedl^e  and  head  keeper  of  iIil-  Bodleian  Library  was  buried  in  Oriel 
College  chapel  in  the  beginning  of  April — the  first  of  all  if  I  am  not 
mistaken  that  was  there  buried.] 

[Apr.'   2t,   W..    1653;    the  Committee  for  tlic  Universities 
K  silenced  and  put  downe  by  the  parliament.] 


'  Laudiaa  Code  p.  77- 

'  note  in  Wood  MS.  F  31  fol.  70.  In 
\Vood  MS.  E  I  fol.  101  are  the  maiiii* 
mental  insert  [it  ions  of  the  Hiubornes  in 
Tackley  churdi. 

*  note  ia  Wood  MS.  E.  33  foL  35. 

'  note  in  Wood  MS.  li.  3a  fol.  37  : — 
'  a  Khotai  dispnttng  with  anotber  tem- 
pore XL  they  fell  to  hamogttuum  ocd 
iuUrogtiuitm :  and  one  being  mnch 
pulled  said  '*  If  I  were  at  home  agtu  I 
would  never  come  hither  agtn  ".' 

*  ic.  argnmentam  taum. 

*  Wood  401  p.  159  b  ii  R  b&llad  ea- 


tilled  '  England  new  bclI-mAn 
In^:  intu  all  people's  ears  God's  dieadfi 
judgements  against  this  land  and  Icings 
ddtn  [>rt>gno<tticntcd  )>y  the  great  cell pte 
of  the  saa  Match  19.  1653';  it  be^ns 
'  Awake  awske  0  Englaad  |  Sweet 
England  DOW  awake.'  Another  copy  of 
the  tame  is  Wood  £  3E|  no.  l]6.  Wood 
B.  18  (II)  is  'Black  Monday,  or  3  full 
and  exact  description  of  tluU  great 
cclIpK  of  ihc  siui  which  shall  bap; 
ou  3!>  Mnrch  1652.'  Lend.  1653. 

*  note  in  Wood  MS.  E.  33. 

*  oote  in  Wood  MS^  D.  18  fot  198  b. 


H 


yAl^.  —  yi/LV,  1659, 

May. — [Mris '  Anne  Parsons,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Parsons,  buried 
in  All  Saints  commonly  call'd  AUhallows  Church,  Su.,  9  May  165a, 
in  the  College  chanccll.] 

July. — "Friday,  July  a,  A.  Wood  was  examin'd  for  the  degree  of 
of  Arts  in  the  natural  philosophy  school,  by  William  Broune. 
I.A.  of  Magd.  Coll.,  a  native  of  Oxon.  He  had  before  aiiswer'd 
Kice  under  a  bachclaur  among  the  crowd  in  the  divinity  school,  and 
[once,  if  not  both  the  limes,  under  Matthew  Bee,  a  determining 
rbacbchur  of  Utiiversiiic  Coll.  in  (lie  Lent-time  165^ :  which  M.  Bee 
[vas  afterwards  minister  of  Windlebury  ncarc  Mister  in  Oxfordshire  : 
'uid  on  the  6  of  the  same  month  he  was  adm.  bach,  of  Arts. 

[July'  2,  Friday,  1  was  examined  for  my  Bachelaur's  degree  in  tf»c 
Natural  Philosophy  school.  The  person  who  examined  me  was,  as  I 
remember,  William  Rrowne  of  Magd.  Coll.,  a  native  of  Oxon.] 

{July  5,  M.,  1652,  the  Vice-chancellor  (Daniel  Greenwood)  issned 
ta  paper,  threatening  widi  scveie  punishment  all  who  should  disturb 
Ihe  Act  with  '  humininKS  and  other  clamorous  noises.') 

[July*  6,  Tuesday,  I  was  admitted  bachelor  of  Arts.  I  have  no 
F  certificates  by  me  when  I  performed  my  respective  exercises ;  and 
Lvhether  I  had  any  I  cannot  tell.  Sure  1  am  that  I  answer'd  twice 
lander  a  bachelaur'  among  the  crowd  in  die  Divinity  school,  and  once 
:(if  not  both  the  times)  under  Itlatlhew  Bee,  a  determing  bachclaur  of 
X^niversjty  College,  in  the  Lent  time  iCSi-] 

•July  a6,  Munday,  and  Shabinglon  Wake  z&  it  seems*;  he  rode  in 
the  company  of  a  mimick  and  buffoon,  called  Thomas  Williams  ;  and 
the  horse  of  A.  W.  Ijcing  bad,  or  else  that  he  was  no  good  rider,  he 
had  a  fall,  and  put  out  hit> .  .  .'  amie.  When  he  came  to  Shabbington^ 
be  put  off  his  doublet  and  found  hts  arroe  swcl'd  and  exceeding 
tender.  Thomas  Williams,  who  had  been  bred  an  apothecary,  would 
needs  perswade  him,  that  his  arme  was  not  out  of  joynt,  only  bruised, 
and  so  applycd  a  cloath  and  oyle  (o  it ;  yet  notwithstanding  this  he 
could  not  use  it,  which  caus'd  all  his  mirth  to  be  tum'd  into  melan- 
choly. In  this  condition  he  continued  about  a  week  there,  rode  to 
Thame,  cat  and  drank,  but  with  little  comfort  or  rest,  and  at  length 
came  home  in  a  most  afflicted  condition. 
*Affer  he  had  been  at  home  some  dayes  he  was  advised  to  go  to 


'  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4,  p.  86. 

*  this  b  the  entry  tn  the  Harl.  MS. 

*  ICC  Clark*  Reg.  Univ.  Oxoo.  IL  i. 


•4- 


'  as  U  Kens  *  is  the  ontio  ob]](|aa 


(if  the  Tanner  MS.  for  '  I  think '  in  the 
oratiu  drrectn  of  the  Hail.  MS. 

*  a  space  is  left  both  in  the  IlarL  and 
Tanner  MS.,  \Voo<l  having  forROllBn 
wticthct  it  was  his  left  cr  lighi  arm. 


Aug.'  lo;  he  spoke  mildly  to  A.  W.  when  he  look'd  oa 
gave  him  siseet  words  and  told  him  all  was  fver}']  wcIL 
casting  his'  head  as^idc,  Adams  fastned  one  of  his  hands 
abovt  a/id  [the]  other  below  llic  elbow,  pluck "d  ilw  artiic  straight,  and 
set  iL  But  the  jiaine  being  great  and  unexpected  (because  that  the 
[veincs  and]  arteries  had  been  shrunk)  he  fell  into  a  great  sown,  and 
could  sec  nothing  but  green  before  his  eyes.  Adams  then  laid  him 
upon  the  bed,  gave  him  cordial^:,  and  put  him  to  sleep.  Afterwards 
he  found  himself  at  case,  and  better  every  day,  but  never  before  that 
time  or  since,  knew  what  sowning  was  or  is,  [which  without  doubt  is 
as  bad  as  death], 

•Thomas  Williams  before  mcntion'd  bad  an  estate  in  land,  houses, 
and  money  leli  to  him  by  his  father;  but  never  would  follow  his 
trade,  onlie  live  a  loos  life  and  take  alt  advantages  to  do  it  gra/t's. 
Afterwards  when  A.  W.  came  lo  understand  the  world  better,  he 
found  him  a  dcbauchcr  of  youth,  and  not  fit '  to  live  in  an  Univeisitie 
among  gentlemen.  His  usual  way  was,  that  after  he  had  let  out  ^ 
money  to  any  man,  he  would  hang  ujun  him,  eat  and  drink  in  his 
houae :  and  if  he  could  meet  with  any  of  his  acquaintance^  whose 
nature  was  easie,  he  would  take  him  with  him  to  cat,  drink,  and  lodg 
on  the  debtor*.  And  to  this  farmer  of  Shabington  [to  whome  he 
had  lent  money]  did  be  go  to  hang  upon  him  and  take  A.  W.  willi 
him.  as  he  afterwards  understood. 

August. — *In  the  latter  end  of  Aug.  or  beginning  of  Septemb. 
A.  \V.  went  to  angle  with  William  Staine'  of  Mert.  coll.  to  Whealely 
bridge  and  nutted  in  Shotover  hy  the  way.  The  day  was  hot  and 
A.  W.  sitting  and  standing  some  honrc-s  in  (ishing  be  got  an  ague, 
came  Iiome  faint  and  dry,  with  the  loss  of  an  api>ctiie  of  eating '.  It 
prov'd  a  quartan  •  ague,  and  an  hoorc  or  two  before  it  came  on  him 
he  would  be  exceeding  prone  to  vomit,  and  what  in  the  well-days  his 
stomach  bad  contracted,  he  would  on  Uie  sick-day  vomit  it  out  with 


4 


'  tliii  ilate  of  the  visit  to  tbc  bonc- 
Kttcr  U  iiucncd  Iicre  from  tlic  Harl. 
MS.,  which  luu  ■upjilk'd  alio  home 
other  slight  intCTtiocueQtilosed  in  sqoare 
brackets. 

»  i.c.  Wood'fc  The  HmI.  MS.  luu 
'utf  hod.' 

*  'nud  fcsAMt  Bt/  in  tbc  llul-  MS. 


*  <h»ll«nt*iaUicHuL  MS. 

*  'to  ^a<]  oo  hi«  dcbter,'  in  the 
Hwl.  MS. 

*  '  •I.*  in  the  HurJ.  Ma 

*  *an  uifilbig/  'SfaUK,'  in  tbc  Uarl. 
MS. 

*  •  apfwUtc  to  cat.*  Ui  tlic  UwL  MS. 
>  'fjimrteni,'  in  the  Hwl.  MS^ 


yt/ir— OCT.  1G52. 

great  wretching'  and  payn*.  This  brought  his  body  low,  but  made 
him  grow  mucli  taller :  and  much  physiclt  and  slops  being  taken  in 
the  winter  following,  yet  he  tould  find  no  remedy.  At  length  he  ■was 
advised  to  retire  into  the  country  to  take  better  ayre  than  in  Oxon, 
follow  the  plow,  and  ase  what  exercise  be  coutd  there  to  shake  the 
ague  off. 

fi^S^',  John  Reeve  and  Lodovick  Muggleion  verie  high  in  their 
ranting  principles  in  August,  both  wiih  others  of  the  same  profession 
living  at  Great  Trinity  Lane  at  a  chandler's  shop  against  one  Mr. 
Mellis  a  browne  baker  ncare  Bow  Lane  end^ — their  canting  and 
blaspheming  letters  sent  to  several  ministers^ these  two  men  call 
themselves  iht  two  witnesses^.  Reeve  and  Muggleton  were  then  two 
taylors.] 

September, — [William  '  Spr)*gg,  steward  of  New  Coll.,  somtimes 
servant  to  William  <lMene5)  lord  Say,  died  T.  the  14  Scptemb.  1652 
and  was  buried  In  New  Coll.  chappell.  He  had  two  sons,  borne  (as 
I  think)  at  Banbury. — The  chk-st,  named  Joshua,  was  chaplaj-ne,  or 
had  some  office,  under  Thomas  lord  Fairfax  and  afterwards  became 
fellow  of  Allsonlcs  Coll. :  and  having  been  the  gallant  of  the  lady  Say 
in  the  time  of  her  husband  James  lord  Say ',  did  after  the  death  of 
the  said  James  marry  her  and  lived  at  Crayford  (as  I  take  it)  in  Kent, 
— The  other  son,  named  William,  was  a  barrester  of  Grey's  Inn  and 
now  (1676)  lives  at  Dublin  in  Ireland.] 

October. — [6  (?)  Oct*  1652,  Sir  Thomas  Gardiner  of  Cudesdoa 
com.  Oxon.,  recorder  of  London  and  the  king's  solhcitor,  departed 
this  life  and  was  buried  at  .  . .] 

[In  the  year'  165a  declamations  were  appointed  in  the  Natural 
Riilosophy  Schoole  in  the  place  of  wall-lectures.  About  which  time  one 
Best ',  a  Bachelor  of  Ball.  Coll..  being  to  dcclaime  in  the  tub  or  pew  where 
those  that  are  examined  stand,  began  thus: — '  Florcntissimi  Academic!, 
licet  ego  sum  Diogenes  in  dolio,  tamcn  non  doleo  quod  ita  sum,'  etc. 
He  pretended  to  be  verie  careless  of  what  he  said,  and  conceived  it  to 


*  •  iMhiag,*  in  the  HatL  MS. 

'  note  in  Wood  MS.  D.  18  fyl  199  b. 
'  of  Rev.  xi.  J. 

*  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4,  p.  B6. 
Wood  Ki»«  this  coal  in  coloni*  :— 
'  cbeoqny  or  uid  mure,  a  fesn  ennine.' 

*  James  Ficon  sccoiod  viscount  Say 
died  1674. 

*  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  31  foL  73. 
'  Dotcin  Wood  MS.  E  33  fol.  34  b. 

*  there  U  n  note  in  M'ood  MS.  K.  ja  p. 


17,  tod  in  Wood  MS.  K.  31  fol.  105.  pro- 
bably referring  to  the  Mine  person : — 
'  Kven  &fi  a  hoise-mill  is  not  a  mill-hone* 
and  even  as  "  goe  ere  you  driakc  "  is  aot 
"  drink  ere  yon  goe  "  even  50  oratour 
Rest  i»  not  the  best  omlor— this  vrai 
made  on  Hcst  a  pirtcndcd  oialor  (T 
tfainke,  of  Ball.  Cotl.).'  Edward  Best, 
B.A.  BaU.  It  Oct.  1650,  M.A.  33  Feb. 
165I. 


WOOERS  UFE  AND  TIMES. 

Bui  many  of  the  seniors  laughed  ai  him,  and  one  flniif 

him.] 


(IQBl :  Wood  act.  21.) 

iry. — •Tuesday  (Feb.  15)  A.  W.  went  to  Cassington  before 
mentfv*.  -  \  and  because  Mr.  Tipping  and  his  wife  had  quitted  their 
quarters  in  that  towne,  he  took  up  his  quarters  at  the  next  dore,  id 
the  house  of  an  honest  and  sufficient  fanner «  called  FrancJa  Bolter ; 
whose  house  tho  thatched,  yet  he'  had  a  very  fair  chamber  ibercin 
wth  a  chirancy  and  a  place  to  lay  his  books  in. 

[Edward  L)Tigen*or  Balliol  College  died,  W.,  16  Feb.  165a  (i.c. 
I),  and  was  buried  in  Alagdalcn  parisli  church  in  the  north  tiuburbs 
of  Oxon.  He  was  a  gentleman  commoner  of  that  college  and  of  the 
family  of  L>-ngens  of  Sutton  in  Herefordshire.] 

"Feb.  31,  JI.,  A.  W.  had  a  very  sad  drearoe  fn  his  sleep.  He  was 
in  a  melancholy  place,  had  no  companion  &c. 

•His  body  was  much  out  of  order,  and  on  those  nights,  wherein  he 
had  his  hot  fit  (for  his  cold  fit  would  come  with  exireame  vomiting 
about  5  or  6  at  nighl)  he  would  have  disconsolate  dreames,  which 
would  make  him  melancholy  on  the  dayes  following. 

•While  he  continued  in  the  country,  he  followed  the  plow  on  hia 
well-dayes  and  somlinies  plowed.  He  learnt  tJicrc  to  ring  on  the 
six  bells  tlicn  newly  put  up :  and  having  had  from  his  most  tender 
yeares  an '  extraordinary  ravishing  delight  in  musick,  he  practiced 
privately  there,  without  the  help  of  an  instracter,  to  play  on  the 
violin.  It  was  ihen  that  he  sei  and  tunei)  his'  strings  in  fourths,  and 
not  in  fifths  according  to  the  manner  :  and  having  a  good  eare  and 
being  ready  to  sing  any  lune  upon  hearing  it  once  or  twice,  he  would 
play  them  all  in  short  lime  willi  the  said  vi-ay  of  tuning,  which  was 
never  knowne  before. 

[Robert  Townsend '  of  Balliol  CoU.  died,  Th.,  24  Feb.  165a  <i.c.  |> 


>  thr  Hirl.  MS.  »dds  'onto  the 
ycue  1649' :  tbe  TtfcreBce  is  to  p.  151 

■  '  (cnnour,'  io  th?  H«rl.  MS. 

'  L  «.  Wood  had;  istbeoraliodtrecta 
of  the  Hxil.  MS.  it  is  '  I  had.* 

*  note  Id  Wood  MS.  F.  4,  p.  86. 
Wood  gives  tbnc  arniB  io  colour:  — 
'  bsrTjr  of  six  argent  and  amte  od  a  beod 
gnl»  3  loscs  or,  a  label  of  i  points 
%tAAK  fof  diffcTCDcc.'    The  cuUcr  fonn 


of  IhU  note  is  feoad  in  W'ood  MS.  P 
at  To}.  68. 

*  '  a  moft  cxtraonlLfiaiy,'  to  the  Harl. 
MS. 

*  the  TaooCT  MS.  has  '  tonnl  in 
strings,'  'in'  beiDg  a  slip  for  'bis.' 
The  Hart.  MS.  has  *  toned  my  ttring».' 

^  Qolis  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4,  p.  87. 
Wood  gives  tfacse  arms  in  colours  :— 
'  aruTC  a  chevron  ermine  between  3  es- 
callopi  argent :  crest :  a  stag  posiant 


OCT.  1662  —  Af A  RCJf,  1663. 

and  was  buried  in  Magdalen  parish  church.  He  was  gent-commoner 
of  thai  colIcgc.^Onc  captaine  Robert  Townscnd  of  the  king's  army, 
aod  that  bore  these  armes,  was  buried  in  the  same  church,  M.,  7  Nov. 

Maroh. — 'Mar.  4,  F.,  his  landlord  did  once  perswade  him  to  drink 
his  ague  away:  and  thereupon  going  to  the  alehouse  an  hourc  or  two 
before  it  was  come,  they  set  hand  to  fist  and  drank  very  desperatly. 
But  then  vomiiing  al!  up  before  it  made  any  continuance  in  his 
stomach  or  before  it  got  up  in  his  head,  he  was  forced,  after  he  had 
spent  three  shillings,  to  lead  his  landlord  home,  notwithstanding  he 
had*  put  in  Mr.  Wood's  cup  tobacco.  This  country  man  (a  merry 
fellow,  and  one  that  pretended  to  wit)  thought,  that  the  ague  was  a 
htUe  spirit  or  devil,  thai  had  goi  witJiln  him';  and  therefore  when  hot 
weather  came,  he  would  have  him  go  into  the  water  and  drowne  it, 
or  go  10  Oxon  in  a  boat  and  so  shift  it  from  him  into  the  water  and 
row  hastily  from  it,  and  leave  it  to  shark  for  ii  self.  A.  W.  told  him 
this  was  a  Pythagorean  opinion  of  his;  at  which  hard  word  being 
startled,  he  thought  it  was  none  of  his',  but  the  little  devil  within  him 
that  sent  it  out  of  his  mouth,  &c.  In  this  condition  he  continued  till 
the  weather  was  allcr'd  and  *  grew  hotter,  and  then  his  ague  and  &ts 
grew  less;  yet  when  cold  weather  came  againc  it  would  be  apt  to 
return,  and  would  have  fastned  on  him  agatne  had  he  not  prevented  it 
by  taking  pliysick. 

•Saturday,  Mar.  12,  his  brolhcr(s)  Edward  and  Robert  Wood, 
with  Mr.  Thomas  Cole'  steward  of  Merlon  Coll.,  were  wiih  him  to 
comfort  him  in  his  disconsolate  condition ;  they  dined  with  him  and 
then  departed. 

[John*  Saunders,   Dr  of  Physick,  provost  of  Oricll   Col!.,  died 


mnic  on  a  cuiblon  parted  per  feac  ra- 
grailctJ  ^Icswid  cnnine.'  The  earlier 
form  of  thift  note  is  Wood  MS.  F.  31 
foL  68. 

>  in  tHe  Hart.  MS., '  he  bad  secretlj 
pot  toboci'o  ill  my  drlctkc.' 

■  ie.  witlitn  Wood. 

'  i.  r,  of  Wood's. 

•  in  the  Hari.  MS.,  '  ami  th«n  a&  tlie 
weather  grew  hotter  and  liottcr,  bo  my 
agae  aod  fits  grew  less.' 

•  ice  pcdiEree  on  p.  180. 

•  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4,  p.  8;. 
Wood  gives  tlie^e  onns  in  colotifs: — 
'  parted  pel  sberrOD  sable  aod  asnre  3 


eIq>haRts  beadt  erased  coatiterchaiiEcd: 
crest ;  an  clcptimnTs  head  erased  argent 
{Saimdcn);  impaling,  sable  on  a  cbC' 
▼ron  between  thnrc  leopards'  faces  or  a 
crescent  sable  (Wentworth).*  In  MS. 
UawL  D.  eit'm  iiqo  an  earlier  draft 
aays : — '  March  ao,  i^Si,  being  Sunday, 
the  bell  ntng  oat  for  Dr.  John  Saunders 
provost  of  Onell  Coll. . .  .  Hewas  buried 
&U  the  tipper  end  of  the  cbappeEl  and 
bore  to  his  anncs  parti  per  cherroo 
argent  and  tabic  3  elephants'  heads 
erased  of  the  fcild;  impaUog,  sabl«  a 
chcvToo  gnlcs  inter   3  leopards'  faoca 


N  2 


MARCH —SEPT.  1663. 


x8x 


20  March,  Sunday,  165a  (i.e.  |),  and  was  buried' at  the  upper  (end) 
of  the  Coll.  chapel  under  the  communion  table.  He  Tnarried  . . .  the 
sister  of  Peter  Wcnlworili'  of  Nortliamptonsliire,  DD.,  deane  of 
Armagh  in  Ireland  and  reclor  of  Hasclcy  in  com.  Oxon,  by  whom  he 
had  issu:— Etorothj,  married  to  Sir  Orlando  Bridginan, Lord  Keeper; 
and  Elizabeth,  married  to  Robert  Pledwell  of  Holyrood  Amney  in 
com.  GIduc,  esq. — The  said  wife  of  Dr.  Saunders  died  at  Holyrood 
Amney  about  1675,  and  was  there  buried.] 


An.  Dom.  1663 


6  Car.  n. 

I  Oliv.  protect 


I  :  (Wood  aet.  21.) 
•  i 


Jane. — [Nicholas  Howson  *,  Mr.  of  Arts,  laie  fellow  of  Merton 
College,  son  of  Dr.  John  Howson  somlimes  bishop  of  Durham,  died 
unmarried  at  liis  house  in  Grandpoole  in  the  south  suburbs  of  Oion 
—  June  1653 ;  and  was  buried  in  S.  Aldaic's  Church.j 

<F.,  10  June,  1653,  Wood  bought  'Discourses*  politicall  and 
morall  of  the  conveniency  and  justice  of  resen-nng  some  lands  in 
Ireland,'  etc. ;  and  probably  also  '  A  map  »  of  Ireland '  by  John  Wood- 
house,  Lond.  1653.) 

September. — 'Afic-r  he  had  spent  the  summer  at  Cassington  in 
a  loiiisli  and  rctir'd  condition,  he  retum'd  to  Oxon ;  and  being  advised 
by  some  persons  *,  he  entertain'd  a  master  of  musick  to  teach  him  the 
usual  way  of  playing  on  the  violin,  that  is,  by  having  every  siring 
tuned  5  notes  lower  than  ihe  other  going  before.  The  master  was 
Charles  Griffith,  one  of  the  musllians  belonging  to  the  city  of  Oxon, 
whom  he  thought  then  to  be  a  most  excellent  artist,  but  when  A.  VV. 
improv'd  hiniscLf  in  iljal  instrument,  he  found  him  not  so.  Th., 
Sept.  8;  He  gave  him  zs  bd  entrance,  and  lox  quarterly'.  Tliis 
person  after  he  had  cxireamly  wondrcd  how  he  could  play  so  niany 


'  'buried  with  escochei>n<t,'  note  in 
Wood  MS.  E.  Ji.  .See  Gutcb's  Wood's 
Coll.  and  Halh,  p.  135. 

■  on  a  «Up  at  p.  76  of  Wood  MS. 
F.  4  Wood  has  a  note ; — '  somcbotly 
faatb  told  i»e  that  I'ctec  Wcntwortli  was 
son  of  Thomas  Weotworth  recorder  of 
Oxford.' 

»  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4,  p.  87.  Wood 
^Tcs  iheK  arms  la  colours  : — '  qoartcrly 
ardent  and  sable  in  the  first  aod  4tb  a 
ptHet  in  the  lad  and  3rd  a  plate:  in 
chief  a  ciesoent  gvles.'     In  MS.  Raw). 


11.  oUm  1 190  Wood  says : — *  he  bore  to 
bis  armcs,  (jnartctly  argtnt  and  sable  4 
TooadclU  of  the  &eld,  a  crcssant  for 
difTerence.* 

•  Wood  510  (19). 

•  Wood  510  (»o). 

•  thcHarl.  MS.  adds,  'whom  I  CU- 
Eot  now  remember.' 

■*  the  Harl.  MS.  say* :— '  I  gave  him 
3f  ^d  eotrance,  and  whether  aficrwarils 
I  gave  bim  £x  oc  lOf  qtuuteilf  I  have 
utterly  foigotten.' 


i8> 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


tunes  as  he  did  by  foarths,  Mriihout  a  director  or  guide,  be  then  taned 
his  violin  by  fifths,  and  gave  him  insirucUcns  how  to  proceed,  leaving 
Uien  a  lesson  with  him  to  practice  against  his  next  comming. 

•The  last  yearc,  after  he  was  cntrcd  into  the  publik  library  (vhlcb 
he  took  to  be  Uic  happiness  of  his  life,  and  into  which  he  never  entred 
without  great  veneration)  he  could  do  but  little  in  it,  because  he  vas 
entred  but  a  litde  while  before  his  ague  took  him.  But  this  yeare 
being  a  constant  student  therein  he  became  acquainted  with  the  places 
in  the  Arts  library  (for  no  farther  could  bachelaurs  of  Arts  then  goe) 
when;  tlic  books  of  English  historic  and  antiquities  stand.  He  lighted 
upon  '  The  Description  of  Leyccstcrshirc '  written  by  William  Burton : 
and  being  exceedingly  delighted  with  the  performance,  he  did,  this 
(yeare)  or  in  the  yeare  following,  take  notes  thence  and  make  collec- 
tions from  it,  which '  he  had  lying  by  him  in  his  last  daycs.  lie  took 
great  delight  in  reading  '  The  Display  of  Heraldry '  written  by  John 
GuUlim ',  and  in  oilier  books  of  that  faculty,  wTtiten  by  John  Bosae- 
well',  John  Feme*  &c.  and  cndciivour'd  to  draw  out  and  trick  armes 
with  his  pen '.  And  afterwards  when  he  came  to  ful  ycares,  he  per- 
ceived it  washis  natural  genie  and  could  not  avoid  it*.  Heraldry,  musick 


^  '  which  1  hmve  layjng  by  me  al  this 
time,'  in  tlic  Hirl.  MS. 

'  published  in  scvcnl  oditiont.  Load. 
1610,  1631,  1638,  etc. 

'  John  Bosuwell's  *  Workei  of  Ar- 
moric  dc%7dcd  into  three  hookcs '  Loud. 
'597>  4t'>  ■  ]ire>9-m>rlc  4"  A.  33  Art. 
Dr.  RnwtiDsoQ  snbKqncatljr  prescntetl 
u  emrller  editioa.  Load.  1573  :  prcw- 
mark  4°  RawL  356. 

*  JohaFcnw'i 'The  blazon  of gentrie' 
Lood.  1 5S6, 4I0:  prMJt-maik  4''M  .50  Alt. 

*  AmoQg  Ibe  MS.  papers  showing 
Wood's  foodn«s3  for  heraldry,  the 
followbc  may  be  racntioncd : — 

Wood  MS.  D.  7  (3),  O.  C.  S.nai  :— 
'CoUetlion*  from  the  "  Survey  of 
Devoosbire"  wtittcn  by  . . .  Risdon, 
whcfeooto  are  aiuicjccd  (notes  about) 
the  umei  of  the  gentry,  espedally  of 
the  anndeDt  (families),  of  Dcranshire 
pfr  me  Am.  WixhIc  Oioo.  a.  r«.  ifigS.' 

Wocxl  MS.  D.  7  (^).  O.  C  8fS3  :— 
*  Arms  ajid  marriages  of  the  gentry  of 
Oxfordshire  ftom  kJchard  Lee's  1574 
Tisttatloo';  li  has  the  cote  'Mar.  to, 
i6j|,  Antooiiiis  i  M'Aod,  Oxon,  me 
po«uiie[.' 


Wood  MS.  D.  14,  0.  C  8548:— 
'Richard  Lec't  1^74  Visitatioa  of  Ox- 
fordibirc.' 

Wood  MS.  C.  6,  O.  C.  8539  :-St. 
Loyft  Koyveton't  letter  to  Sir  Robert 
Cotton  pviiiE  '  the  dcscrnl  of  the  lines 
family  from  Eustace  carl  of  Rnllen.' 

Wood  MS.  C.  9.  O.  C.  8549  :— coats 
of  arms  coloured  by  hand. 

Wood  MS.  R  a,  O.  C.  8573:— 
■John  Windsor's  [hctald,  11S19}  I'rotes- 
tatto  Magnalum  An;;!iae  jS  Edw.  I 
(1300),'  with  bcautifatly  drawn  copies 
of  acali. 

Wood  MS.  B.  8.  O.  C.  8579  :— ootcs 
of  malt<^rs  of  heraldry,  with  drawiogs 
coloured  by  hand. 

Wood  MS.  F.  4,  0.  C.  84156:— lijt  of 
persons  buried  at  Oxford  1643-1688, 
with  numcrons  coat*  of  arms  drawn  aad 
coloured  by  band. 

Among  the  printed  boolcs  showing 
the  snmc  fotidncn  may  be  mentioned  : 
— Wood  436,  '  la  devise  des  anncs '  etc., 
the  i;6  conta  of  arms  in  which  bav« 
been  coloured  by  lund. 

'  'it,'  in  the  Harl.  MS.;  'them,'  In 
the  Tanner  MS. 


SEPT.— OCT.  1658. 


"83 


and  painting  did  so  much  crowd  upon  hiro  that  he  could  not  avoid 
them  ;  and  could  never  give  a  reason  why  he  should  delight  in  those 
studies  more  than  in  others,  so  prevalent  was  nature,  mix'd  with  a 
generosity  of  inJnd  and  a  haired  to  all  that  w-as  servile,  sneaking,  or 
advanlagious  for  lucre  sake. — But  his  brotlier  Edward  Wood  was 
much  against  these  studies,  and  advised  him  to  enter  on  those  thai 
were  beneHciat,  as  his  mother  did.  He  had  then  a  gentile  com- 
panion  of  tlve  same  Coll.  (J.  W.)  who  delighted  in  vertuous  studies  as 
he  did,  and  would  walk  several  times  with  him  in  shady  recesses  and 
retired  walkes,  to  each  others  content;  but  the  same  J.  W.*  being  a 
gent,  of  a  good  descent  and  an  heir  lo  an  estate  of  700//.  per  an.  at 
least,  he  went  afterwards  to  London,  mixed  himself  with  idle  company 
that  flattcr'd  and  admired  him,  and  at  length  debach'd  him  :  which  did 
not  a  little  trouble  A.  W. 

Ootober. — [M.,  10  OcU=  1653,  Maihew  Jell>'man  was  elected 
and  swome  register  before  us,  jusdces  of  the  Peace  for  the  city  of 
Oxford,  whose  names  are  here  under  wriltt-n,  for  five  parishes  viz., 
Wane's,  AUsaints,  Peter's  in  the  East,  Michaell  and  S.  John's,  being 
tinitcd  into  one,  at  the  gcncrall  sessions  of  the  peace  held  for  the  said 
city  at  the  Gildhall  within  the  luid  city  on  Thursday  next  after  the 
feast  of  Saint  Michael  the  archangel  anno  1653  aforesaid  by  vertue  of 
an  Act  of  Parliament  intituted  An  Act  touching  marriages  and  the 
registering  of  them  as  also  touching  births  and  burialls.  In  testimony 
wherof  wee  have  here  set  our  hands : — 

Thomas  Williams.    Thomas  Berry.] 

[John '  Holt,  gentleman-commoner  of  BaJliol  College,  died,  Su., 
33  Oct  1653,  and  was  buried  in  Magdalen  parish  chmch.  The 
occasion  of  his  death  was  this: — comming  on  horsback  from  Hcdlng- 
ton  ncare  Oxon,  met  him  in  the  way  called  Smallman's  cross,  one 
Thomas  Pelham,  Mr.  of  Arts  and  fellow  of  New  Coll.  (somtimes  a 


*  John  Wamronl,  heir  to  Ettmund 
Wirnfortl  of  Scvcnhwnpton.  Dr.  Bllsi 
ujTi  [bit  the  lands  of  this  hamlet  exceed 
>ooo  acres  and  were  fur  ccntmici  the 
propeilj'  of  [be  Wamfoids.  See  tn/ra 
under  date  6  June  1&63. 

'  Hole  to  Wood's  tegiEter  of  S.  JoliB 
Bapttst'i  pah»h  (Mfi.  Kawl.  B.  ^oja). 
Wood  addi : — '  note  that  by  vertue  of 
the  said  Act  was  a  rci^ter  in  velloine 
made  foi  the  said  &vc  parkbcs,  and 
coatiDacd  by  the  said  JcIlymNn  till 
1660,  bot  *o  imperfectly  that  ia  those 


7  ycarcs  vit  from  1653  to  lG'60  were 
hardly  10  names  in  tlut  part  of  it  bc- 
loDgiDf;  to  ist.  John  Bajit  parish  at  that 
time  whcD  'twas  taken  10  pieces  and  5. 
Jolut  Dapt.  part  sumndred  tato  my 
baiuls.  I  have  transmitted  all  the  names 
tbcrin  into  this  registet — ita  teslor, 
Antooius  i  Wood.' 

■  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4,  p.  88. 
Wood  gives  these  amu  in  colours:— 
'aturelwo  bars  or,  ia  chief  &  GTocs  pattc« 
fitcbre  vi  tbe  last  \  a  crescent  or  for 
diffatooc.' 


i84 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


captaJne  in  the  parliament  army) :  both  whom  struggling  for  the  way, 
Felham  uiihorb'd  him,  so  lluit  his  horse  Liampling  on  his  breast  and 
belly,  died  about  3  or  4  dayea  after  his  wounds.  This  John  HuU  was 
of  the  family  of  Holts  of  Aston  by  Brimicham  in  com.  Warw.;  uncle, 
as  'us  said,  of  Charls  Holt  lately  Mr.  of  Arts  of  M.igd.  CotL  Oxnn,, 
who  became  a  baronet  upon  the  death  of  his  father  (Sir  Robert  Holt, 
3  Oct.)  1679.] 

[Oct.  23  ',  1653,  Mr.  Holi  of  BallioU  Coll.  departed  this  life,  being 
on  Sunday  ait  3  of  ihc  clock  in  the  morning.  This  Holt  upon  a 
frollick  had  been  merry  at  HcJdingion  neare  Oxon,  and  coming  home 
mctt  one  Pelham  a  Ma.ster  of  Arts  and  fellow  of  New  Coll.;  who 
striving  for  the  way  about  Smallman's  Cross,  was  unhorsed  by 
Pellhara,  soc  that  when  he  was  downe  under  his  horse  the  horse  trodd 
upon  his  belly  and  brest — which  suddenly  after  was  the  death  of  him. 
He  bore  to  his  amies ; — •  blue,  2  barrcs  or,  a  cross  paid  fitch  and  a 
cressant  in  chcif  for  a  difference  or.'     He  was  a  Warwickshire  man.] 

IfQvember. — *Nov.;  his  kinsman  Charnel  Pettie,  esq,  an  old 
puritan,  and  an  honest  and  quiet  man,  became  high-sherriff'  of 
Oxfordshire.  His  estate  was  at  Tetsworth  and  elsewhere,  bat  lived 
now  at  Sloke-Lyne  neare  to  Bister,  the  inheritance  of  his  daughter's 
son,  named  Ralph  Holt,  who  being  a  minor,  llie  said  Charnel  Pettie 
was  his  guardian. 

('A*  relation  of  the  lale  accident  in  the  New  Exchange,  T.,  ai 
Nov.  i653.> 

December. — [Dec.*  13,  T.,  John  Howe,  steward  of  C.  C.  Coll., 
died;  and  was  buried  in  the  south  cloyster  there — his  will  being  to  be 
buried  in  the  worst  of  places.] 

[Dec'  29,  Th.,  1653,  (he  lady  Ursula  Whorwood,  the  gcnerall 
heire  of  Brome  of  Halton  com.  Oxon.,  departed  this  life  and  was 
buried  at  Halton  aforesaid.     Shee  was  wife  to  Sir  Thomas.] 


[Gnat  Tom'  of  Osncy  is  sis  foot'  in  his  diameter,  which  is  in 
composse    18   feet — probatura.    Dr.  (William)  Tresham*  baptized 


'  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  31  fo!.  7  a. 

*  »ee  Dflvetiport's  *  Oxfordshire : 
Ix>rds  Lieutenant,  Higb  Sheriffs,  etc.' 
Oxford,  iSSS.  p.  68. 

'  Wood  365  (i>; :  ft  MS.  account  in 
Wood's  hand,  copied.  I  tnppoK,  from 
a  printed  paper  or  from  ft  uewjifjapcr. 

*  note  in  Wood  M.S.  E.  3.V 

*  note  in  MS.  Rnwl.  D.  elim  1290. 


*  note  in  Wood  MS.  D.  iS  fol.  144 
no.  19  ;  Wood  notes  '  sec  »\%o  in  Bale'* 
Pageant  of  Fafts  of  bells  christened.' 

'  Wood  note»  :— '  i.  e.  a  yards  ;  and 
MM  doth  bell  DutiHone  ftt  CanierbnTy  «• 
Dr.  (Fnncii)  Godwin  jsith  in  the  Life 
of  ftTchirinhop  Chichljr.* 

•  tre  Clark'i  Wood's  City  of  Oxford 
ii.  %n,  %%\. 


OCT.  XW^  —  MAY,  1664. 


585 


this  bcU  by  ihc  name  of  <Maiy>,  for  joy  of  queen  Marie's  raigne  as 
Dr.  (Laurence)  Humphrey  saith  in  Judts  lift  parte  3*  fol.  81 ;  and 
hearing  him  ring  when  Juell  was  with  him  about  oUicr  buisncss  he 
burst  out  into  these  words  : — '  O  bellam  ct  suavem  harnioniam  I  O 
pulchram  M,tri.iml  ut  sonat  musicc,  uc  linniL  melodice,  ut  placet 
ouribus  mirifice ! '  The  inscription  that  was  upon  this  bell  when  he 
was  cast  about  the  yeare  1C53  was  this  :^ 

'In  Thome  laude,  resoDO  Bim  Bom  sine  fraode/ 

which  was  formerly  put  on  by  a  monk  of  Osncy.  But  the  tnscriptioii 
which  was  put  on  then  when  it  was  cast  are  some  English  verses 
made  by  Mr. .  .  .  Godolphin,  a  student  there. 

Inscription  on  bell  Edward  at  Westminster,  London, 

'Tertius  aptAviC  me  rex  E^waidque  vocavlt 
Edwudt  decon:  sancli  sicacntor  nt  hone ' ; 

ii  was  made  for  a  clock  bell  by  Edward  III;  it  hath  noe  whele 
nor  clapper;  it  is  18  foot  in  compass  about.] 

[i'^53  'f  Francis  Osbourne,  author  of  tlie  Advice  to  a  Son,  did  run 
wllli  and  truckle  to  the  limes  in  Oliver's  raigne,  and  accepted  of  petty 
offices  under  him.  (He  was)  one  of  ihe  seven  for  the  countic  and 
dty  of  Oxon  that  was  a  judge  as  to  all  prisons  and  persons  com- 
mitted to  any  prisons  in  comiutu  vel  civitate  Oxon  1653.] 


(166":  Wood  aet  22.) 

January.— [Jan.'  26,  Th.,  1653  (i.e.  J)  Mr.  Thomas  Osballcston 
of  Cbaddington  com.  Oxon  departed  this  life.  He  bore  to  his  armes 
— *  quarterly  argent  and  sable,  four  leopards'  faces  counterchanged  of 
the  feild.'] 


Axu  Dom.  1664: 


{ i  S^v  °;ot. }  ■■  (^oo"  «"■  ''=^> 


May.^[i654",  May,  a  plague  in  England,  particularly  at  Chester  | 
and  iherfore  the  coumie  court  that  used  to  be  kept  at  Chester  was 
by  ordinance  of  pacliament  kept  at  Norihwych.  The  phanaticks  use 
to  say  that  king  James  and  king  Charles  I  brought  the  plague  with 


'  note  ID  Wood  MS.  D.  18  fol.  aoob. 
'  note  ill  Wood  MS.  F.  31  fol.  70. 


*  oou  in  Wood  MS.  V>.  18  fol.  101. 


i8ff 


IVOOL^S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


them  when  they  were  first  crown'd.  The  cavaliers  do  now  «ay  that 
Cromwell  did  the  like  when  he  berainc  Protector.') 

Juno.^[June^  30,  F.,  1654,  Mr.  ..  .  Loggin,  of  Idbury  com. 
Oxen,  tlcpartcd  this  life.] 

July.— "July  25,  T Hussey  and  .  .  .  Peck,  two  gentlemen 

that  were  lately  officers  in  the  king's  army,  were  hanged  in  the 
Castlc-)-ard  in  Oxon  to  the  great  reluclancy  of  ihe  generous  royallists 
then  living  in  Oxon.  They  were  out  of  commission  and  employ 
{and)  had  no  money  to  maintain  tlicm,  which  made  them  rob  on  the 
high-way.  After  a  tedious  imprisonment  in  the  jayle  at  Oxon  tliey 
were  condemn'd  to  dye  by  that  inveterate  enimy  to  the  royal  partie' 
John  Gl>Tm,  sergeant  at  law,  who  lliis  )'eare  went  Oxford  circuit. 
Hussey  was  the  eldest  of  the  Iwo,  had  rccci-vcd  Bome  marks  of 
honour"  in  his  face,  and  no  doubt  in  his  body  also,  and  died  penitent. 
Peck,  who  was  yonger,  was  proper,  robust,  and  seemed  to  be  a  stout 
man.  He  died  resolutely,  and  not  so  penitent  as  Hussey.  As  soon 
as  they  were  cut  downe,  they  were  carried  away  by  some  royallista, 
and  Hussey  was  on  the  same  day  at  night  buried  by  thc-m  in  the 
church  of  S.  Peter  in  the  Baylic.  This  was  the  first  or  second 
execution  that  A.  W.  ever  saw,  and  therefore  it  struck  a  great  terror 
into  him  to  the  disturbance  of  his  studies  and  thoughts.  They  were 
exceedingly  pittied  by  all  men,  etc 

Auguat. — 'Aug.  10,  Th.,  A.  W.*  was  examined  for  the  degree  of 
master  of  Arts  by  William  Bull  of  Trinity,  afterwards  fellow  of  All- 
souls,  CoU.  The  other  examiners  were  Gcorg  Wcldon  of  Magd.  Coll. 
and  John  Whitehead  of  Exeter  Coll.  who  examined  the  rest  of  the 
class.  He"  had  certificats  by  him  for  the  performance  of  other 
lectures,  but  they  are  imbezeld  and  lost. 


*  DOte  io  MS.  Rawl.  D.  elim  I J  90. 

■  iD  MS.  Rawl.  D.  eiim  1390  Wood 
bu  a  tow : — '  These  4  vctscs  wot  put 
out  of  the  poem  callled  Hudibfos  nhca 
it  wax  ta  \x  liccnutl  fur  the  pichs — 
**  Did  not  the  learacd  Gljmn  ksd 
MayDftrd 

TomaicefoodiBbjecti  traytors  itnyn 
ttArd? 

Was  not  the  king  Ijjt  procIiinatioD 

IJccUr'd  a  rebel!  o're  the  nation?" 
Thai  lludibrtu  la  the  originall  copie 
bot  duhed  out  b)r  the  liceasei  for  fcare 
of  giving  offcsceto  Glynn  and  Maynard 
then  living.' 

'  in  his  rcsccnslon  of  the  Harl.  MS., 


Wood  wrote  *TaloBr'  oi*r  'hononr' 
of  the  original  draft  as  an  alternative  ; 
he  has  retained  'honour  '  io  the  Tanner 
MS. 

'■  in  the  Ilatl.  MS.  this  mos :— '  Iirai 
examined  im  the  degree  of  MaAu,  In 
tfat;  Nalcrn]  Philosopfajr  School,  by 
William  Bull  of  Tiiiiity  Coll.* 

*  in  the  Harl.  MS.  this  nini :— '  I 
ha\'e  a  etrtificatc  of  this  examination  by 
me ;  bat  no  certiAcate  of  any  other 
exercises  performed  for  the  taid  d^ree, 
at  being  lost  or  Imbecil'd.'  This  re- 
mark IS  made  to  account  fur  the  absence 
of  eauiea  of  the  date  of  these  other 
exercises. 


MAV — NOKieSA. 


187 


[Aug.  29  \  T.,  1654,  Convocation  acceded  to  a  request  that  John 

jSelden  of  the  Inner  Temple  might  borrow  out  of  the  lilirary  from  the 

imnber  of  those  MSS.  given  by  William  (Herbert)  carl  of  Pembroke, 

I'Sir  Thomas  Roe,  and  Sir  Kenelm  Digby:   conditionally  that    he 

borrow  but  three  at  a  time  and  give  security  of  loo/t'.  to  restore  them 

in  a  yeare's  time.]  >. 

Hovember.— [18  Nov.',  S.,  1654,  Dr.  (Gerard)  Langbone,  pro- 
vice-chancellor,  told  Convocation  that  the  faculty  of  Law  liad  been 
languishing  for  some  years  and  all  but  dead,  The  doctors  of  Law 
resident  in  London  and  the  law  students  in  Cambridge  had  sent 
petitions  to  Parliament.  Fifty  years  ago  Oxford  had  done  the  same. 
A  petition  to  Parliament  was  then  read  and  approved  of: — 

'TothcpuHamcnt  ofthc  commocwcflllh  of  EagUod,  the  humble  petition  of  tbe 
Univenitj  of  O«on  abmrctb  that  your  pctitiontrrs  uncl<:Tst»iiillng  that  ont  of  your 
pioiu  tncliaotiotis  towards  the  Kdnocemcnt  of  the  public  good  yoa  bavc  been 
plraud  to  tftktf  into  your  considentioo  ft  petition  presented  by  the  duclors  of  the 
CiviU  Law  xtsiding  in  London  wee  are  emboldned  to  adde  our  humble  requcata  for 
Mime  cncouiagemcnt  Co  that  profe^unn,  being  one  of  the  priiicipttll  parts  of  Learn- 
ing for  whicti  this  Umrctsity  tuitb  been  antiently  famou  und  where  there  is  ftiU  a 
Lpublic  profes&or,  Doctor  of  that  faculty,  who  is  obliged  to  rend  and  bold  public 
dispotatiou  in  the  same,   and  where  teTcrall  colleges  by  the  statutes  of  their 
respective  founders  are  bound  to  have  lupine  of  their  soc'clics  to  lie  ntudents  and 
gradoats  to  that  Lxm.    Which  as  it  is  a  dittioct  body  from  the  Cacon  Law  wcc 
I  humbly  conceire  to  lie  \ery  Kilable  to  tlic  preseol  govemmcnt  aixil  a  profesfiJon  of 
[  much  Qse  and  poblic  coocenuncat  u  well  for  forraigne  commerce  and  Dcgodations 
'  abioad  being  generally  received  and  practi&ed  in  other  nations  as  alto  for  many 
qacstiona debates  and  decuioca  Bt  to  be  knowne  and  made  use  of  in  this  nation  not 
lonlic  in  causes  maritime  but  also  in  causes   malrimani&ll  and  tcslimcntary  and 
others  the  cognisance  whcrof  hath  formerly  been  held  proper  for  and  allowed  to 
persons  of  that  profession.    Which  if  in  your  wisdomes  yoo  shall  thick  (it  to  restote, 
it  would  be  a  great  encoanigeittent  to  all  students  of  that  faculty  in  Ibis  place  to 
endeavour  to  enable  themselves  by  their  studies  here  to  become  hereafter  seiviceable 
to  the  commonwealth  in  those  aflaircs. — Whidi  your  petitioners  shall  acknowledge 
■s  a  reall  testimony  of  your  care  and  respect  to  learning  and  shall  be  obliged  to 
pray  for  a  happy  incceu  upon  all  your  tmdertakings.' 

ll  seems  by  this  petition  that  the  Civil  Law  was  put  downe  and  that 
the  University  presented  this  for  the  restauration  of  it.  Quaere  when 
this  parliament  u-as  dissolved  *  and  what  they  did  in  this  buisness.]  ^ 

[After*  this  the  vice-chancellor  told  the  Convocation  that  the 
lord  Whiiiock',  one  of  the  keepers  of  the  Great  Seale,  lately  re- 


*  note  In  MS.  Bodl.  594  p.  14;  ibid. 
I  y.  16  Wood  has  tranicribed  (from  Reg. 
'CoQTOC  T.  fol,  351)  the  exact  words  of 

thedeaee. 

*  note  in  MS.  DodL  594  p.  14. 


*  it  act  Sa.  $  Sept.  1654  and  broke 
sp,  M.,  aa  Jan.  t6i;{. 

*  note  in  MS.  Bodl.  $94  p.  15 :  in  Uw 
Mme  CooTocation,  S.,  18  Nov.  1654. 

*  Bulatrode  W  hillock. 


]88 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


turaed  from  his  embassy  into  SwccdJand,  had  given  certatne  cotnes 
to  Uie  University  wiicrof  one  was  gold  and  another  silver;  and  that 
he  and  the  lord  Widdrington ',  another  keeper  of  the  Great  Seal, 
had  done  much  in  the  present  parliament  by  many  perswasions  *ne 
capicia  ilia  diininutio",  qua  altero  burgensi  parliamcntario  excidisse 
videbanlur,  Academiis,  cum  aliis  minorum  gentium  burgis  el  civita- 
tibus,  communis  esset.'  Whcrforc  it  being  thought  requisit  to 
renirne  thanks,  the  Orator  drew  up  iwo  letters :— that  to  the  lord 
Whitlock  was  dated  6  KaJ.  Dec.  (Su.,  26  Nov.)  1654,  beginning 
thus — '  Honoratissime  domine,  muniflccntiae  vestrae,  qua  nos  ultro 
occupasti,  reverenter  occurrimus,'  etc. ;  tluit  to  the  lord  Widdringion 
is  of  the  same  date  and  begins  '  Honoraiissimc  domine,  percnni  grati- 
tudinis  et  obsequii  debito  togatam  gentem  libi  addixisti,'  etc.] 

December. — [Joshua*  Hoylc*,  D.D.,  the  king's  professor  of 
Divinity  and  master  or  head  of  University  Coll.,  died  *,  W.,  6  Dec. 
1654,  unmarried;  and  was  buried  in  the  old  chappcll  belonging  to 
that  College,  whirh  chappell  was  pulled  downe  anno  1668.  See 
more  of  him  in  '  llisi.  et  Aniiq.  Univcrs.  Oxon.'  edit  1674,  lib.  2  p. 
373  col.  I. 

Elizabeth ",  the  wife  of  Henry  Wilkinson,  D.D.,  and  principal!  of 
Magdalen  Hall,  died  at  her  houhC  ncare  Magd.  Hall^  F.,  8  Deccmb. 
1654  act  41 ;  and  was  buried  in  the  clianccll  of  Great  ISUkon 
Church  '  in  com.  Oxon  by  the  grave  of  her  husband's  uncle  of  whom 
before,  pag.  (161).    She  was  a  Gifford  of  Halsbury  in  Devon.] 


•Cirques  Jobson.  a  Jew  and  Jacobite*,  borne  neare  Mount- 
Libanus,  sold  coffcy  in  Oxon  in  an  house  between  Edmund  hall  and 
,^Quecn  Coll.  corner.    See  in  tlie  yeare(s)  1650  and  1655*. 


'  Sir  Thomas  Widdrbgton. 

'  the  writ  iuucd  in  June  i6£.|  to  the 
University  tlire«teci  iJie  choice  of  only 
coc  bargcss  for  the  paiLiamnit  which 
was  to  rrcct,  So.,  5  ScpL  j  sec  Cutch's 
Wood'*  latti  p.  193. 

■  notes  b  Wood  MS.  F.  4,  p.  88. 

•  Wood  gives  these  airoi : — 'azGK  a 
cro»  patunce  between  five  mActlcts  or 
{UnivereityCollegf) :  ini[>almg,  argent, 
on  «  fcss  (nnirc)  between  3  mnilets 
(Mble),  an  cp<n  book  .  . .' 

*  in  the  earlier  draft  in  MS.  Raw].  D. 
«/iM  1390,11  is  said:— 'bcwu  Taken  sick 


as  he  was  preaching  att  St.  Marie'i* 

•  Wood  gives  ia  colour  these  arms : 
' — '  gales,  m  fess  voir,  in  chief  a  snicoro  in 
full  course  or  beneath  a  cicftt-ent  with  a 
mullet  on  each  aide  of  the  lasr,  vrithio  a 
boidure  engrailed  or  (Wilkinson);  im- 
palinf^  sable  3  ftisills  conjoined  in  fesa 
eimine  {CJifford)  ;  crtst,  a  tiEer's  head 
erafied  or,  iti  the  mooch  a  wing  argent.' 

'  her  inscriptiiHi  there  i»  fouriO  in 
Wood  MS.  E.  I  fol.  aSi  b. 

•  'Jacobite'  was  ihc  Dame  given  to 
the  monophysite  Cbristiaiis  of  S^ria. 

•  i6s(  ud  i65|. 


ATor.— /?rcies4. 


189 


[CoBey'i  which  had  been  drank  by  some  persons  in  Oxon  1650, 
was  this  yeast  publickly  sold  at  or  ncare  the  Angel  witlitn  the  east 
gate  of  Oxon ;  as  also  chocolaic,  by  an  outlandcr  or  a  jew.] 

•By  his  sedulous  and  close  studying  in  tlic  publick  library,  and  by 
conversirg  with  bonks  not  used  by  the  vulgar  students,  especially 
MSS.,  he  was  taken  notice  of  by  Mr.  Thomas  Barlow  the  Head- 
keeper  of  the  said  library ;  who  began  thereupon  to  express  some 
kindness'  towards  him,  with  the  offering  his  assisting  hand. 

['Momus'  Klencticus'  was  made  on  several  persons  of  llie  Univer- 
sity of  Oxon  who  bad  written  verses  on  tJie  peace  made  between 
Oliwr,  Lord  Protector  of  England,  and  the  common  wealth  thereof 
and  the  Slates  of  Holland,  which  verses  were  put  into  a  book  entit. 
'  Musarum  *  Oxoniensium  'E.VAlo#opiA :  sive  ob  foedera  auspictis 
screnissimi  Oliverl,'  etc;  Oxon  1654  in  410.] 

"A.  W.  having  by  this  time  obtain'd  proficiency  in  musick,  he  and 
his  companions  ^  were  not  without  silly  frolicks,  not  now  to  be  main- 
tained. 

[Having*  by  this  time  got  some  musical  acquainunce,  a  frolick  by 
all  meancs  must  be  taken  by  us;  and  what  should  it  be,  but  to 
disguise  our  selves  in  poor  habits,  and  like  conlry  fidlers  scrape  for 
our  livings?  Farringdon  fair  this  yeare  M'as  the  place  designed 
to  go  to :  and  all  of  us  (Hvc  in  number)  lodging  in  a  house 
in  the  middle  rew  in  Magd.  parish,  belonging  to  one  Gregory  a 
chandler,  wee  sate^  out  very  early  the  next  morning,  and  calling  Srst 
on  Mr.  Th^omas)  Latton's  house  at  Kingnton  Bakepuze,  wee  bid 


*  from  tlK  HarL  MS.  Sec  iit/ra  p. 
aoi,  note. 

•  Wood  36+  f  1)  '  A  letter  of  adyioc 
from  a  secluded  membrr  of  tbe  Houie 
of  Commons  ta  TbumoA  loid  Faitf&s,' 
1649.  ii  probibljr  a  giit  from  Barlow  to 
Worn],  bnt  when  given  u  Diiknown.  It 
has  (he  autograph  '  liber  T.  K.  e  ColL 
Keg.  Oun.'  Wood  MS.  F.  31  fol.  a  1 1 
b  a  paper  of  notes  addresMd  '  To  my 
vcTT  loving  frend  and  kimman  Mr.  John 
Greavci  tubwatdeo  of  Merton  Colledj; 
(or  in  bis  absence  to  the  tcoior  fellow 
there)  in  Oxford  ' ;  and  lias  this  noleby 
Wood  '  ThU  paper  I  had  of  Mr.  Thomas 
Barlow  tbc  librarj'  keeper  anao  1659; 
'tis  la  tbe  huidwritLog  of  Dr  ?etcr 
Tvmcr — A.  Wood.* 

'  pibliibed  in  i6.;4.  Tbe  note  above 
uby  Wood  in  bUoop)'  (Wood  515  uo. 


13).  In  the  tame  place  is  another  note, 
not  by  Wood, '  Momni  Elencticu  sap' 
poMd  to  be  vrritten  by  Thomas  Ireland 
of  Ch.  Cb.'  Wood  baa  marginal  notes 
of  the  oamca  alluded  to  in  the  piece. 

*  Wood's  copy  ii  Wood  4S4  (4) ; 
Wood  bu  fiUed  up  the  ioitials  of  the 
contTibntors. 

*  in  tbe  mirgin  Wood  has  noted  '  W. 
Bnll :  E.  U. ;  J.  T. ;  G.  M.'— the  initials 
of  these  companions :  see  tbe  next 
paiagrapb. 

*  this  paragraph  is  from  a  slip  in  tbe 
Hatl.  MS.,  fol.  41.  It  gives  an  uo> 
TescTvcd  account  of  tbc  frolics  altad«d 
to  in  tile  preceding  paragraph.  Wood 
has  written  on  it  the  direction ;— '  al  the 
latter  end  of  1654.' 

'  a  klip  for  '  icl' 


T90 


WOOl^S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


/ 


him  good  morrow  by  2  or  3  tunes. — He  came  in  the  hall  among  us, 
listncd  to  our  musick,  gave  us  money,  and  ordered  drink  to  <bc) 
carried  to  us.  After  wee  had  done  wiUi  him,  wee  retired  to  the  in(n> 
standing  on  the  road  going  to  Faningdon,  dined  there,  and  afler 
dinner  wee  were  enlertain'd  by  some  of  the  neighbours,  who  danced 
(as  I  remember)  in  the  green,  gave  us  some  money  ami  victualls,  and 
I  think  wee  returned  very  late  that  e\ening  to  Oxen.  The  names  of 
those  in  this  exploit  were,  myself  and  William  Hull  before  menliond, 
who  played  on  the  violins  ;  Edmund  Gregorie,  B.A.  and  gent.  com.  of 
Mert.  ColL,  who  playd  on  the  bass  viol;  John  Trap  of  Trinity,  on 
tlie  cilernc ;  and  Gcorg  Mason  of  the  said  Coll.,  on  another  wycr 
instrument,  but  could  do  nothing. — Soon  after  wee  took  another 
voyage  northft-ard,  called  at  Hampton  Poyle,  play'd  at  Mr.  West's 
house,  had  some  money,  but  more  drink.— Afterwards  wee  went 
(I  think)  to  Kidiinglon,  got  somthing  there,  returad  in  the  evening, 
and  certain  soldiers  overtaking  us,  ihey  by  force  made  us  play  in  the 
open  fcild  and  then  left  us  without  giving  a  penny.  Most  of  my  com- 
panions would  afterwards  glory  in  this,  but  I  was  ashamd,  and  could 
never  endure  to  hear  of  it.] 

[This  simple  pamphlet  S  containing  a  relation  of  the  sufferings  of 
certaine  Quakers  done  by  Oxford  scholars,  then  under  the  govcrnraeDt 
of  Presbyterians  and  Independents,  was  pubiislied  1654  in  ilic  raigne 
of  Oliver.     Some,  but  not  all,  tilings  in  this  pamphlet  are  true. 

The  Quakers  came  lirst  to  Oxon  in  that  year  (1654)  and  had 
their  meetings  in  an  old  stone-house,  almost  opposite  to  the  common 
gate  of  New  Inne  (in  which  house  Richard  Beatrice',  chirurgian  and 
Quaker,  then  lived),  as  they  journied  from  the  north  parts  of  Kngland 
to  London.  The  said  Richard  Balrice,  one  of  the  chief  Quakers  ia 
Oxon,  lived  to  the  time  of  King  James  II.j 


'  notes  by  Wood  in  his  copy.  Wood 
515(14)-  TKc  pumphlet  bc^u'Hcre 
followcth  ft  tmc  rclalioa  of  the  nfTcr- 
]ngt  ofQoxkctsby  icfaolajsuid  proctors 
ofO«fonl.'  Other  paniplilcts  ijwur<l  by 
the  Qoalccts  al  Oifotd  may  be  noted 
'htm,  Ai  found  in  tbc  Wood  Collection  : 
—Wood  515  (15)  Richaid  Hubber- 
tfaorne'i  '  A  tmc  testimony  of  the  ical 
of  Oxford  piofcssors  (of  tdigioQ)  and 
Vaivenity  men,' 1654  ;  Wood  515  (17) 
Margaret  Greenway't  '  A  lamentation 
agaio-U  the  profeatiag  priest  and  people 
ol  Oxford  and  to  all  to  tbc  cages  of  aa- 


cleao  birds  called  Colleges,*  pttblbhcd 
anno  165;  'or  tbereabooti.*  Wood 
515  (13'  O«orec  Bistiop'i  'A  tender 
risiution  of  love  to  both  tbc  Unirenitiei,' 
I^nd.  1A60.  In  this  last  Wood  hat  a 
note  lo  this  effect: — 'The  "Tender 
visiution  of  Io?c  "  I  oiicc  communicated 
to  Dr.  Thomas  Barlovr  who  upon  bia 
perusal  of  it  told  me  (that)  by  the 
quotations  and  Tarioui  readings  therein 
it  could  not  be  written  by  a  mechanical 
Quaker  but  rather  by  a  popish  lednccr 
or  a  Jetnit.' 
*  Ricbmid  Belterii. 


DEC.  1664  —  FEB.  1666. 


191 


[Thai'  Oxon  this  yeare  (1654),  in  the  lime  of  autumn,  was 
pestered  wilh  the  northern  Quakers,  of  whom  Georg  Fox  was  chcif, 
so  that  whcras  wee  had  a  mcedng  of  the  Quakers  verie  rarely  in  anno 
i*a3i  or  scarcely  at  all,  now  wee  had  them  constantly  in  the  lane 
called  the  Scaven  Deadly  Sins. — I  beleive  in  1654,  in  the  beginning 
of  the  yeare,  the  first  Quakers  came. — Georg  Fox  saith  that  the 
Quakers  moved  southward  from  the  north,  1654,  and  I  think  ihey 
came  to  Oxon  that  yeare  and  had  soicmne  meetings  iherc  in  an  old 
stone-house  against  New  (Inn),  see  my  pamphlet  of  their  abuses  by 
scholars  among  'Oxford  papers.'  Sec  Hubbcrthorn's'  book  of  Quakers 
and  another  Utile  pamphlet  *  among  my  Oxford  papers.] 


> 


(165^ :   Wood  a«t.  23.) 

February.— [Thomas  Darrell*.  Mr.  of  Arts  and  feDow  of  All- 
soules  College,  died  in  tlie  house  of  Thomas  Jackson  an  apothecary, 
T.,  20  Feb.  i<)5j;  and  was  buried  in  that  College  chappell.  He  n-as 
brother  to  Paul  Darrell,  now  living  in  St.  Giles  parish  Oxon  ;  and  to 
Dr.  Walter  Darrell*,  somtimes  of  Ch.  Ch.  now  archdeacon  and 
prebend  of  Winchester ;  also  lo  . .  .  the  wife  of  Charles  HoUoway 
Serjeant  at  law,  etc.— All  the  children  of  Walter  Darrell  or  Dayrell  of 
Abcndon  in  Berks,  councellour  at  law. 

[W.*,  21  Feb.  1654  <ix.  J),  Mr.  John  Harboum  of  Tackly  died  at 
Cassenton  and  was  buried  at  Tackly  by  his  father.  He  married  to 
his  second  wife  a  RatclifTe.  Look  more  of  his  father  in  Januar. 
<i65i.) 

[Kdmund  Napier',  esq.  of  Halyweli  in  the  north  suburbs  of  Oxon, 
died,  M.,  36  Febr.  1654  (i.e.  |)  actat.  75;  and  was  buried  in  the 


*  notconasliptt'p.  Ioo$3'»(ro8]) 
of  Wood  MS.  F.  I. 

*  i-c.  Vf'oodsij  (15). 

*  oue  of  thou:  dted  Ln  note  I  p.  190. 

*  nole  in  Wuod  M.S.  F.  4,  p.  89. 
'  Mr.  Dorrcll  of  A[ls«tilrs  tiictl  mtl  Sam. 
Jacksoa's,'  in  ibc  earlier  form  of  the 
note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  31  fol.68.  Wood 
^vct  thii  coat  in  coloun : — 'argent  00 
3  bart  lable  six  cinqDcfotlB  of  the  licld 
lhre«  two  and  ooe;  in  chief  a  mullet 
uble  fur  a  difTetencc.' 

*  Walter  T>'ayicll,  D.D,  died  19 
March.  i684,«eel)itinKnptionin  Wood 
MS,  D.  11(6). 


*  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  31  fol.  S8. 

'  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4,  p.  89. 
Wood  gives  tliis  coat  in  colours:  — 
'  argenl  n  ultire  engrailed  giiles,  between 
4  roses  of  the  sccoml  seeded  or  tiarbed 
vcTl(Nap(er)  ;  impaling,  ainrc  a  Mltire 
wavy  ermine  ^Waieemao)."  In  Wood 
373  ('4)  )■  )U)  aiiiuioin  to  '  Mr.  Nappcr, 
a  Catholick  and  now  an  inbabilanC  lo 
Ilollowell  in  Oxford  Jan.  7,  1641  ' 
(L  e.  i).  on  which  Wood  notes  'Ed- 
mund Napier  of  Halyweli.'  Sec  his 
epitaph  in  Wood  MS.  F.  19  A.  fol. 
355"- 


194 


WOOIfS  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


chancell  of  Hal}'veI1  church  nearc  the  grave  of  his  father.  He 
married  Joyce,  sister  to  Edward  Wakeman  of  Bcckford  com.  GIouc. ; 
but  she  dj-ed  severall  yeares  before  her  husband,  and  was  (as  I  think) 
buried  in  Halywell  chancell. — They  had  tssae,  i,  Edward,  obitt 
coclcbs;  z,  William,  a  Franciscan  fryer  of  S.  Omers  and  afterwards 
of  Doway;  3,  Gcorg,  who  married  and  was  heir  to  the  estate;  4, 
Francis,  coeleba ;  5,  Kdmund,  a  schoolmaster  in  i^tagdalcn  parish 
Oxon ;  6,  Charles,  a  Francisc.in  of  Doway ;  7,  Ursula,  married  to 
Henry  Chaloner  of  Sieple-Claydon  in  Bucks  (half-broiher  to  Thomas 
and  Fredrick  Chaloner  those  eminent  Cromwellians).] 

[TiroKAS  Napier  ('p.  193),  m.  Maiy  Collins,  daughter 


of  Tcmjtlo  Cowley  Dear 
Oxford.     He  died  1664 

Mid  was  baricd  in  St 

church,  Worceater. 


of ...  CoUioft  of  Cuwlcy. 


TlioinAsXapicr,  m.  aVorkshiK         William  Nftpder,  a.        Porothy  Nftpier,  m. ...  Croftby, 


a  cullonrll  io 
Fiaacc 


wumui.         ImcbcUiirantl  a  cnplaia 

ia  France,  was  a  commoner  of 
Ch,  Ch.  16.^7,  del.  I  a,  or  chomtcr. 


paretin  of 

ID  com. 
Glouc 


...  Napier,  now 

(1676)  B  capuine 

in  the  kinjf  of 

France  his  lervice. 


Francis  Napier, 
in  the  kiiie  *>f 
Fnncc  \m  scrvioe 
anno  tfi7<S. 


I 

Rowland  Crosby, 

a  Benedictloc 

monk. 


William  CnMby, 
a  Jetait.] 


March. — [165^;  the*  Anabaptists  being  much  discontented  at 
Oliver's  proceedings  in  making  himself  'Protector*  ami  aiming  at 
monarchy  (to  which  aJwaics  he  before  pretended  to  be  an  cnimy),  and 
therefore  {he)  had  cashired  some  of  the  activst  men  of  that  party^ 
the  cavaliers  thereupon  took  opponunily  to  joyne  with  them  to  pluck 
him  downe.  They  had  several  meetings  and  caballs  and  at  length 
appointed  that  insurrections  should  be  made  in  severall  counties,  viz. 
Merioniilishirc,  Nottinghamshire,  Shrewsbury.  But  their  plots  Iwing 
underhand  betrayed  by  one  .  . .  M.anning,  belonging  to  King  Charles 
II  beyond  the  sea,  iheir  risings  were  nipt  in  the  beginning.  How- 
ever, the  western  association  thought  themselves  in  honor  engaged  to 
rise  on  the  very  day  which  they  had  agreed  uj>on  with  one  another  in 
the  other  parts  and  bad  nouficd  it  to  the  king  who  was  then  removed 
from  Colen  and  absconded  himself  ncare  to  the  sea  cost  to  be  ready 
to  pass  over  into  England  upon  the  first  success  of  the  affaire.  Upon 
Uie  XII  of  March  being  Munday  (very  early  in  the  mom)  a  party  of 


»  note  in  Wood  367  (iJ)  'The  Trial!  of  col.  Jobn  PcnnidticMJc;  1655. 


MARCH^  1666. 


195 


200  horse,  under  the  command  of  Sir  Joseph  Wagstaff  (fonnerly  a 
lievtenant  colonell  in  the  parliament  ;irmy  in  the  licgirining  of  (lie  war, 
but  revolted  afterwards  to  the  king  who  made  him  a  colonell),  col. 
John  Pcnruddock,  and  Jlr.  Hugh  Grove,  entred  into  ihe  city  of 
Salisbury — at  wliich  time  ihc  judjjcs,  (ilciiry)  Rolle  and  (Robert) 
Nicholas,  were  then  in  dr{c)uit — and  veiie  early  in  the  morning 
seized  upon  all  the  horses  of  tlie  judges  sherriffs  lawyers  gentlemen 
and  others,  and  would  have  forced  Mr.  John  Dove  the  High  SherrifF 
to  proclairae  King  Charles  II  but  he  refused  it.  Afterwards  having 
increased  their  number  to  400  tiicy  departed  and  marched  10 
Blandford  where  Penruddock  himself  prot;laim'd  llic  king  in  ilie 
market-place  and  so  marched  westward  to  try  what  could  be  done  in 
Devon  and  Cornwall.  But  ht-ing  pursurd  at  some  distance  by  some 
of  Oliver's  partie,  many  of  his  men  slunk  away ;  so  tliat  his  forces 
being  reduced  to  100,  reached  without  sleep  or  hardly  baiting  to 
South  Moullon  in  Devon,  hoping  at  worst  to  gel  away  by  sea.  But 
that  night,  15  March  (Thursday),  at  10  of  the  clock  Uieir  quarters 
were  beaten  up  by  captain  Union  Croke,  some  of  whose  men  were 
wounded  from  the  windows.  Penruddock's  men  disputed  It  hotly  and 
kept  ofT  Croke  so  much  that  they  made  articles  with  him  for  life — 
wliich  he  afterwards  denied.  Sir  Joseph  Wagstaff,  the  colonel,  who 
sliould  have  been  major  general  of  all  these  western  cavaliers,  escaped 
and  got  away  by  sea.  Commanders  of  these  cavaliers  besides 
Wagstaff  and  Penruddock '  were  coll.  Richard  Bowl,  major  Henry 
Clark,  capt.  Hugh  Crofis,  co!.  .  . .  Duck,  capi.  Robert  Mason.  Sir 
Henry  More  of  Berks  was  with  them ;  two  of  the  Jones,  etc.  In  the 
beginning  of  Apr.  1655  were  appointed  70  commissioners  of  oyer  and 
terminer  and  goale  delivery  for  the  counties  of  Wills  Dorset  Somerset 
and  Devon  and  the  counlic  of  the  city  of  Exon.] 

[Unton  Croke  ^  who  was  the  fourth  son  of  Sir  John  Croke,  kt,  one 
of  the  Justices  of  tlic  King's  Bench,  married  Anne,  daugluer  and  Iieir 
apparent  of  Richard  Hore  of  Merston  com.  Oxon  by  Marie  his  wife; 
by  which  Anne  he  got  half  a  j-ard-I.ind  at  Merston  worth  50/r.  per 
annum,  and  built  a  house  thereon.  Hee  died  at  Merston  28  Jan. 
167?  aet.  77  ;  and  was  buried  in  the  church  there,  ile  had  issue  by 
her:^ 

(i)  Richard  Croke,  afterwards  knighted,  of  whom  below. 

(a)  Unton  Croke,  an  active  man  for  llie  parliament  cause  in  the 

'  ia   Wood   MS.   D.  4  is  a  lauda.       Hugh  Grore. 
tory   epil»ph.  truulatcd   out    of    the  ■  notes    in    Wood    MS.    D.   4   lot. 

I.aUn.  00  colonel  John  Penruddock  and       297. 

o  a 


MARCH  —  MA  V,  leSA. 


197 


buried  Id  Corp.  Xti  ColL  chappell.  Descended  from  ihe  family  of 
Nellliorps  of  Leggesby  and  Barton  com.  Lyncolne.  His  father  was 
an  esquire. J 

•Apj.  25,  W.,  Edward  Wood,  eldest  brother  to  A.  W.  and  fellow  of 
Mcrton  Coll.,  was  insuillcd  Junior  Proctor  of  the  University  of  Oxon. 
Whereupon  he  soon  after  appointed  A.  W.  his  collector  in  Austins'; 
which  office  he  kept  till  he  was  admitted  Mr.  of  Arts. 

May. — 'May  3,  Th,,  A.  W.  made  bis  first  declamation'  in  the 
Natural  Philosophy  school  for  tlic  degree  of  Mr.  of  Arts. — The  subject 
was  '  Bonum  quoddam  quilibet  efficiat,  optimi  autcm  solom  perse- 
verant.' 

•May  16,  W.,  A.  W.'  made  his  second  declamation  in  the  said 
schoole.— And  his  subject  was  'Utrum  praestanlius  cssct  Ciceroni<B) 
libros  comburcrc  quam  mortem  lubirc  *.' 

[Edward  '  b.  Wood,  Mr.  of  Arls,  fellow  of  Merlon,  and  one  of  the 
proctors  of  the  Universitie,  died,  T.,  22  May  1655  ;  and  was  buried* 
in  Merton  College  by  a  great  concourse  of  people.  He  was  the  son 
of  Thomas  Ji  Wood,  bachelor  of  Law  of  the  said  Univcrsilie,  by  Mary 
his  wife,  daughter  of  Robert  Pcttie  of  Wyfald  ncarc  Henley  gent.,  a 
yonger  son  of  John  Pettie  of  Tclsworth,  esq.] 

*May  33,  T.,  Edward  Wood  died  to  the  great  reluctancy  of  his 
friends  and  relations,  in  his  mother's  house  against  Merton  Colh,  being 
the  fourth  week  of  his  proctorship.—  He  was  administrcd  to  in  his 
last  days  by  Ra){>h  Button  his  quondam  tutor,  but  now  Canon  of  Ch. 
Church.  He  died  of  vomiting  blood  and  consumption  with  it,  and' 
made  a  most  religious  end. 

•May  34,  Th.,  his  body  was  carried  into  the  common  hall  of 
Merton  Coll.,  where  the  society  and  such  masters  of  Arts  that  were 
pleased  to  come  to  pay  their  last  respects  to  him,  had  gloves,  wine 
and  bisket  in  abundance,  as  also  had  the  Doctors,  Headcs  of  Houses, 


■  sec  Clark's  Ree.  Uoir.  Oxon.  IL 

>•  ■■*• 

'  Kc  Clark'i  UdIt.  R«g.  Own.  TT. 
i.  58  note  > :  the  dcclnmalions  were 
IhcrcfoK  Eubstimtes  for  the  '•Qlcnncs 
lecliotics'  (ibid.,  p.  76)  tni  not  iat 
dctennination  (u  is  there  »atd,  ta 
error). 

•  in  the  Harl.  MS.  (hii  luos  :— 
*  AboQl  Midsomcr  day  ^Juiic  34)  I 
spoke  my  second  dcclainxliun  in  the 
NatunI  PhiIo»i->phy  School  ;  a  copie  of 
wbid)  I  bAving  not  by  me,   1  cuooi 


thetcfore  tell  yos  the  day  vbra  'twai 
tpoke.* 

*  ■  aubiri,'  b  the  Toaner  M&,  by  a 
alip. 

*  note  in  Wood  MS,  F.  4,  pu  90. 
Wood  gives  these  anns: — 'or,  a  wolf 
pa»nnt  and  a  chief  lutblc.' 

'  In  Wood  MS.  K  a  it  Is  noted 
'  horied  in  the  chuir,  Th.,  14  May,  with 
escuctierii!-.' 

''  in  the  ICorl.  MS  the  ccntcnce  ends 
'and  very  penitent,  to  the  great  comfort 
ol  bia  rclationti.' 


198  WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TfAfES. 

and  his  broiher  Proctor  (Samuel  Bruen),  to  which  last  E.  Wood  had 
bequeathed  money  to  buy  lum  a  mourning  gowne.  Afienrards  hia 
body  being  carried  to  Merlon  coll.  churchy  there  was  a  sermon 
preached  for  that  occasion  by  his  aforesaid  quondam  tutor ;  which 
being  not  extant,  I  cannot  refer  you  to  it  His  hearse  was  adom'd 
with  cscocheons  and  verges  ;  among  which  last  was  3  copie  made  by 
his  acquaintance  Dr.  Barton  Holyday,  archdeacon  of  Oxford,  an 
antient  poet,  running  thus : 

Ufot  the  death  of  hit  vertuous  anJ  fruJeni  friend  Mr,  Edward  Wood,  in  the 
itgiuning  of  hii  frcciersMp  of  (he  Univcrsitit  ef  Oxen, 

ChoSTD  ht  wm«  &  censor  of  Ihe  litneft; 
He  chose  to  dye,  rather  than  view  the  crimes. 
The  CjTiiquc"*  lantcme  he  fnrr  wt»cr  thought 
That  f(Jt  an  honest  tnui  at  higb-Doon  sought. 
Then  liriag  a  tnidnighl  stoncr  to  the  light 
Wliosc  darker  acticni  do  unuhadc  the  night. 
Friend,  thon  was  wise,  wlih  honour  Uius  to  dje, 
Fane  is  thy  eiutaph,  thy  tombe  the  akye'. 

July. — {In  the  University  Archives  is  'an  acquittance  for 
384//.  gj.  j^d,  gathered  in  the  University  for  the  relief  of  the 
Protestants  in  Savoy,'  dated,  W.,  18  July  1655.) 

[.  . .  Stringer',  fellow  of  Magdalen  College,  died,  M.,  23  July  1655 ; 
and  was  buried  in  that  College  chappell.] 

Sopt«mber.^[Jane ',  daughter  of  Martin  Wright,  alderman, 
Kcond  wife  of  Georg  Lowe  of  Cainc  in  Wiltshire,  gent.,  died,  T.,  4 
September  anno  1655*  at  her  husband's  house  in  Pennyferlhing 
street ;  and  was  buried  in  the  chancell  of  S.  IManin's  church. — Shee 
had  one  only  son  by  him,  named  Wright  I-owc,  who  tUed  in  the 


*  a  slip  in  MS.  Thillipps  7018  p.  So 
icemsto  be  ilarteit  Hollida/t  autugiajih 
of  these  vertea.  Wood  notes  '  my 
mother  hath  a  coppy  of  Mr.  ^Kobcrl^ 
^Vbitchall's  verses  on  my  brother't 
denth ;  remember  to  enquire  further. 
John  Dropc  also  hath  a  cuppy  in  bis 
book  of  poems  which  nrc  not  yt-t 
printed.'  (In  Woix]  MS.  K  i  (Woott's 
catalognc  ofhis  own  books)  is  a  note  :— 
'John  Utopc — I  have  seen  some  poems 
in  MS.  of  his  going  ahoot  (in  maaibus 
E[dw&tdi  V\  D[rope  I])  worthy  to  be 
printed.') 

■  note  in  WckkI  MS,  F.  4,  p.  90. 
Wood  gives  in  colnurs  these  amis : — 
'gales,  a  cross  palonce    between  four 


martlets  argent,  a  canton  of  the  second.' 
Joseph  Stringer;  Uutrows'  Register  of 
the  Pari.  Visitors  p.  Ji8.  In  MS.  Rawi. 
ID.  elim  1390  it  is  said  : — '  he  bore  to 
hi)  armes — gules  a  cross  patonce  or  be- 
tween (our  martlclts  argent.' 

'  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4.  p,  91. 
WiH"!  give*  ihev;  nrniA  : — '  gules,  a  wolf 
pansnt  argent  [Lowe] ;  impaling  ermine 
a  lion  laiTipant  azure  crowned  or  ' :  on 
wliich  Inst  coal  Wood  notes  that  it 
should  have  be4:n*Wrigbt;  but  tills  it 
Midbop's  (Mcdbop's)armes':see ii^na 

p.  3tl. 

'  theilatc  bus  been  altered  to  '  ifiig.' 
pahaps  from  *  1636.' 


MAY— DEC.  1655. 


199 


\ 


Inner  Temple  (of  which  be  was  a  student}  the  25  or  36  Nov.  1672 
act.  21  or  iherabouta,  ami  was  buried  in  the  Temple  Church.' — ■ 
George  Low  before  mentioned,  somtimes  burgess  for  Calne  before 
mentioned  to  serve  in  those  parliaments  began  at  Westminster,  3  Nov. 
1640  and  3  May  1661,  died  at  hts  house  before  mentioned,  Su.,  19 
Nov.  1683  aged  82  and  was  buried  in  St,  Martin's  chancell  *  by  his 
wife  Jane  before  mentioned. — Sir  Edward  Low,  somtimes  fellow  of 
New  Coll.,  afterwards  LL.D.,  one  of  the  Masters  of  the  Chancer)*,  and 
a  knight,  son  of .  .  .  Low  of  Fisherton  in  Wilts  by  hts  wife  .  . .  (sister 
to  Sir  Edward  Hyde  somtimes  Lord  Chancellor  of  England),  was  liia 
heirc  and  executor.] 

October. — *Oct.  12,  F.,  a  handsome  maid  living  in  Calslreet,  being 
deeply  in  love  with  Joseph  Godwin  ',  a  junior  fellow  of  New  Coll., 
poyson'd  herself  wiih  rats-banc.  This  is  mcntion'd  because  it  made  a 
great  wonder  that  a  maid  should  be  in  love  with  such  a  person  as  he, 
who  had  a  curl'd  shag-pate,  was  squtnt-ey'd  and  purblind,  and  much 
deform 'd  ^vith  the  smal  pox.  He  wor  the  son  of  a  father  of  boUi  his 
names  *  who  was  a  bookseller  at  the  upper  end  of  Catstrect ;  and, 
before  he  had  been  translated  to  Winchester  school,  had  t)een  in  the 
same  forme  with  A.  Wood  at  New  Coll.  school. 

•Oct.  17,  W.,  on  the  vigil  of  S.  Luke,  part  or  half  of  the  roof  of  the 
south  part  of  Merlon  Coll,  outer-clr.ippel,  joj-ning  to  the  tower,  fell 
within  the  church  about  9  of  the  clock  at  night,  and  broke  all  the 
stones  laying  on  the  floor,  of  which  some  were  monumental  stones. 
Afterwards  when  the  ruins  were  taken  away  A.  W.  retriev'd  the  brass 
plates  that  were  fiicd  on  them,  and  transctib'd  and  sav'd  the  inscrip- 
tions on  them,  which  he  afterwards  printed  in  his  'Hist  et  Aniiq. 
Univ.  Oxun.'  lib.  z.  ^pag.  91.) 

December. — *Dcc.  17,  M.,  he  was  admitted  Master  of  Arts,  being 
then  his  birthday,  and  at  the  same  time  he  was  admitted  ad  rtgrnSunt' 
It  was  his  intention  to  be  admitted  2  or  3  dnycs  after  he  had  last 
dcclaim'd  ;  but  being  troubled  with  the  aking  of  a  tooth,  he  drew  it, 
which  caused  a  sweUing  in  his  check,  and  that  a  tumour,  and  that  a 
lancing  thcrof,  which  made  him  unfit  to  appeare  in  pubhc. 


'  Wood  MS.  R  5  (O.  C.  8576)  i»  a 
tnuifcript  of  th«  Temple  Cbiireb  regi»- 
ter,  16 13- 1 635. 

*  underliocd  for  conectioD  and  *■ 
note  s<}c)eil  in  the  margin : — '  the 
executors'  mtnils  nfterwanls  alltrcd ; 
and  i^")  wns  buried  in  St.  Atdatc's 
chucell,  S.,  aj  Nov.,  in  which  pvish 
he  died.* 


'  'Joscpli  Godwin, admittc'I  fellow  in 
i(;5i,  «nd  created  in  165H  An.  Bscct 
MaEi»tcr';  New  Coll.  rcgiKci.  1111658 
he  vacated  his  ftllowthip. 

*  Joseph  Ciodwin.  bookMlIec,  died  b 
l£73,  bc<]Deathing  ttis  estate  tt>  this  son 
joMrph  Oodwia,  ex-tUuw  of  New 
College 


300 


IVOOD'S  UFE  AND  TWES. 


165^  and  1666:  |f 


8  Car.  H. 
Oliv.  protect. 


Wood  aet.  34. 


(The  Almajiacs,  having  Wood's  joamal-notcs  written  oa  tbetr  icterleaTcs,  begin 
wilb  the  Almuuitf  fur  1657  ;  and,  attfcoagh  nt  fint  meagre,  soon  come  to  fonn  rhe 
chief  lOBice  for  Wood's  life.  In  tbe  first  of  the  set  (that  for  1657)  several  me- 
Donuida  foe  the  preceding  year  ('^5^)  ■"%  fuiuid.  AccoTilingly  at  this  point  the 
Almanacs  nay  be  adopted  as  tbe  basis  of  tlie  text. 

Tbe'Secretum  Antonii'  goo  down  to  1671.  The  p«iuges  which  come  from  it 
will  be  brought  in  ia  their  dironological  order,  and  will  be  distingvhdted  as  before 
by  an  asterisk  prefixed  to  each  pass^e. 

Some  alight  incongntity  will  arix  la  places  from  the  Almanacs  being  written  la 
the  first  {>enoo,  the  '  Secrcium '  in  tbe  third.) 

February.— [Thomas  Hyde ',  commoner  of  Queen's  College, 
died,  W.,  13  Feb.,  165I;  and  was  buried  in  the  church  of  S.  Peter  in 
the  Kast.] 

MarclL—March  (iGsS)  I  pnt  out  my  brother  Edward's  booke  of 
sermons',  collecting  of  it  from  his  owne,  all  with  miae  ownc  jjcn ; 
and  dedicated  them  to  Jonathan  Godard,  M.D.  and  warden  of  Merton 
CoU. 

*In  the  beginning  of  March  he  published  five  sermons  of  his  brother 
£dward  Wood  lately  deceased,  which  he  had  [made*  and  publickly] 
preached  before  the  Universitie  *.  He  dedicated  them  to  Dr.  Jonathan 
Goddard".  warden  of  Merton  Coll.,  and  sem  to  him  a  very  fair  copie 
of  them  bound  in  blew  Turkey-leather,  with  their  leaves  gilu    1 '  sent 


*  note  b  Wood  MS.  F.  4  p.  90.  A 
slip  patted  on  there  has  some  doubts 
abont  bis  nrma : — (a)  '  argent  two  che- 
vtonels  gnlc^:  quaete;  Hide,  ijDacTe.* 
(b)  'or  rather  those  of  (the  Hytles  of) 
Nurbary ;  quaere  of  Mr.  (Thoouu) 
Hide  the  library  keeper.'  (The  Hydca 
ofKorbury  co,  Chester  bore  '  atutc  a 
chevron  between  3  lozenges  or  ' :  several 
families  of  Hyde  bore  '  golc*  two  che- 
TTonels  argent.')  On  the  back  of  Ibis 
sllpis  this  note: — 'argent  alyon  rampant 
bine  crowned  or,  on  his  shoulder  a  ciou 
pat^e  6lchi!c  or — granted  to  William 
Wright  anno  1679  by  Sir  Edward  Bysh, 
quaere.' 

*  there  it  oddly  00  copy  In  the 
Wood  Collection  of  Edward  Wood's 
Mrmoni;  the  copy  which  was  in  the 
Collccttoa  (the  l674eiiiiion,Wood  8K1) 
having  been  stolen  before  i860.     The 


Bodleian  library  has  now  a  copy  of  the 
first  edition  ("  Bliss  a,  305  ")  with  the 
title  '  rvaFffrd*-  rev  ttou  »ai  yitMrrif  roO 
X^oroi-  or  that  which  may  be  known 
of  God  by  the  book  of  natnre  and  the 
excellent  knowledge  of  Jesus  Christ  by 
the  book  of  Striptorc,'  Oxford  l6j6, 
8to  ;  also  of  the  second  edition  (8*.  W. 
10.  Th.  HS.)  at  Oxford  1674,  3vo. 

•  the  words  in  square  brackets  are 
added  from  tbe  Harl.  MS. 

'  Wood  notes  in  the  margin — 'see 
Athenoe  el  FoatiOxon,  vol.  2  p."  ^117), 
i.  e.  of  [he  first  criition. 

■  Warden  of  Mert.  Coll.  1651-1660; 
see  Itrodrick'fi  Memorials  of  Merton 
College,  p.  168. 

•  '  I,'  by  a  slip  for  '  he  ' ;  the  writer 
tending  to  slip  into  the  tint  person  of 
direct  narration. 


FEB,  ~  MARCH,  1666. 


301 


the  book  by  the  carrier  to  London,  and  James  Bricknell,  M.A.,  his 
quondam  cbunber-fetlow,  presented  it  In  his  (A.  Wood's)  name  to  the 
said  warden  living  in  Gresham  Coll. 


•In    this    yeare'   Arthur  Tillyard,   ^an)  apothecarj  and   grcal   \ 
royaHisl,  sold  coffey  '  publickly  in  his  house  against  All-soulcs  Coll. 
He  was  cncouragal  so  to  do  b}'  som  royallists,  now  living '  in  Oson, 
and  by  others  who  cslccm'd  themselves  either  virtuosi  or  wiis ;  of 
which  the  chiefest  number  were  of  Alls.  Coll. — as  Peter  Pett,  Thomas       i 
Millington,    Timotliy    Baldwin,   Christopher    Wren,    Gcorg    Castle,      , 
William  Bull,  etc.     There  were  others  also,  as  John  Lamphlrc  a     • 
physilian,  lately  ejected  from    New  Coll.,  who  was  somUmcs    llie 
natural  droll  of  ilie  company  ;  the  two  Wrens,  sojournours  in  Oxon, — 
MathewandThomas,  sons  of  Dr.  (Matthew)  Wren  bishop  of  Ely;  Ac. 
This  coffey  house  continued  till  his  majesiic's  rcturne  and  after ;  and 
then  they  became  more  frequent,  and  had  an  excise  set  upon  coffey. 


'  the  year  ending  on  Mnrcb  24;  this 
means,  liiereforE,  'in  1655.' 

'  Ktiupra  p.  :68.  In  Wood  679  are 
twoof  the  pamphlets  oncofTceuidcoiTce* 
itiinkiag.  Wood  679^3,^  it  'ibe  nature 
of  the  drink  Kauki  (1  Kati5)  ot  CofTee 
and  (be  berry  of  which  ii  U  made,  de- 
■cnbed  by  aa  Arabiui  ph]riitiiin/  Oxf. 
1659.  Wood  679  (5}  is  '  Organon 
Salads,  an  inunimciit  to  dcaose  the 
Btomacli ;  a&  alaO  diverse  new  cxpcri- 
inrDts  of  the  vcrlne  of  lubacco  and 
coffee,'  by  W[il[iam]  R[um«-y].  Lond. 
1657.  Al  the  end  of  the  »nme  volume 
it  a  printed  advntiseraent-alip  with 
the  localisatioo  lo  Oaford  entered  io 
writing  (hcte  marked  by  being  enclosed 
in  «iQaie  biackela)  '  The  verluc  of  the 
Cofiec  dciuk  . . .  Ic  ta  to  be  aold  [by 
James  Gongh  at  Mr.  Snrye's  the  Uylor 
by  Qoeen'aColI.  corner  Oion.],'  which 
Wood  dates  '  December  anno  1660.' 
Wood  30  (s)  is  'The  chararfer  of  a 
coffee  bouse  ...  as  also  the  admirable 
vertucs  of  coffee,'  i66j. — The  same 
volnme  cootains  simiUi  notes  of  choco- 


late. Wood  (^79  (i)  is  'Chocolate,  or 
an  Indian  drink'  Lond.  165J.  At  the 
end  of  Wood  679  is  a  printed  adTeitise^ 
mcm-sIip  "The  veitues  of  chocolate 
{Haax.  India  drink) :  the  properties  of 
CavectEjipl  drink).— These  driaks  arc 
to  he  sold  by  James  Coagh  at  M(r). 
Suiy's  oearc  fcxst  Gate,"  dated  by  Wood 
•  December  1660.'— Wood  367  A  no. 
36  is  '  Ad  cxad  description  of  the  .  .  . 
leaf  Tee  aiiai  Tay,'  which  Wood 
notes  to  have  been  '  published  anno 
1664.'—  Here  may  be  added  a  few  books 
■Ituut  tobacco : — Wood  D  30  (l)  is 
'  Work  for  chininey  swecpen  or  a  warn- 
ing fortntiscconists,' Lond. ifioi.  Wood 
D  30  ()Mi  '  A  dcfi&cc  of  ubacco  with 
a  friendly  answer  to  a  late  printed  botik 
called  Wtfk  for  cktmmy  siMtfrrt.' 
Load.  i6oa.  Wood  D  30  (3)  is  'A 
couDtn-til&slc  to  tobacco,'  L.ood.  1604. 
Wood  D  30  (4)  is  'The  women's  com- 
plaint against  tobacco,'  Load.  1675. 

■  'now  remaining  In  Oxoa'  in  ibe 
llaiL  M±>. 


/ 


MARCH,  1658. 


303 


Edward  Tiixtarb  (p.  »oa),     m.  Anne,  «J«ughte*  of . . .  Saver 
ft  mercer,  liviDs:  in  All  Sainti'  puiib  :  I    of  Didcotc  b^  WalltDgford 
buried  bi  St.  Marie's  chnreh,         I                  in  Ucdca. 
I  Feb.  iftjf. I 

Edwiid  TrUynfd,     WUliam  Tillyard,   m.  Anne    Catherine  m.  Dr.  Nicbolis 
li.A.  of  BniMi  .     of  Oion  ;  died  3  Dec.     Lorkin.     Tlllraid,    CoHell.  fellow  of 
died  in  com.  Somcnct,     1683  and  wai  Eaton  by  Windaoie. 

aine  prole.  buried  in  S.  Michael's 

church  Oxoo  ;  sine  prole. 


Aktrdr  Tiixyaud  (p.  »ot), 
baker  in  St.  Marie's  pariah 
Oxon  :  buried  in  St.  Marie's 
church,  31  Jaa.  i6a}. 


m.  Jdbd  Smith  orPldcot.aeTvaot 
lo  Edward  Till)^Td  :  abe 
married  mdly  ^lumphrey  WbUller, 
altlennanofOxon,  by  wbon 

sbe  bad  no  cbildrcD. 


I  I  I 

Peter  Ttllyard,      Arthur  Tillyaid.    wt.  (Jane)  Smith,     James Tillynnl.  m.  ... 
otie  of  the       of  Oxon,  ajiotliecaric  ;  1  who  was  baricd   stcwan)  at  Dlchlcy 
sergeants  of  ihc        bora  1615  ;  died      I    in  St.  Marie's  to  the  lUrl  u( 

city  ofOxon.       14  Dec.  l6()3;  buried    charch,  la  Dec.  Lichfield. 

in  S.  Marie's  church.  I  1689. 


John  Tlllyard.    Anhor 

Tillyard,  of 

Oxon.,  apotbecazy 

(died  1696). 


w.  (Anne,..)    Joaoc 


rillyard  m.  George  Wlokhnm, 
of  Oxon,  draper.] 


(Arthur  Tillyard, 
cleik  of  AlUouls  iftita:  B.A.  30  Time  i(kia; 
M.A.  S.  Alb.  n.  1697.) 


[Friday',  21  March  165^,  (James  Usher)  died  at  Riegat«  in 
Surrey,  a  most  reverend  man,  famous  for  religion  and  literauire  thro' 
out  Kurope,  an  eminent  pillar  of  tlie  prott,-!)lanl  cause  against  tlte 
papacie,  and  of  the  common  wealth  of  leaming. 

Monday,  Afarch  31,  1656,  Oliver  Cromwell,  Lord  Protector,  sign'd 
a  warrant  directed  to  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury  for  the  Rum  of  aoo//. 
to  beare  the  charges  of  his  funeral,  M-hicti  sum  was  paid  to  Nicholas 
Bernard,  D.D.;  and  this  he  did  out  of  an  honorable  res|>ect  to  (he 
memory  of  so  pious  and  learned  a  champion  of  the  protcstant  cause  as 
he  was. — Thursday,  t?  April,  his  body  was  brought  in  the  morning 
to  S.  Geot^'s  church  in  Southwark  at  which  place  at  12  of  the  clock 
hii)  friends  and  many  of  the  clergy  and  gentry  met  it  and  accompanied 


■  Dote  by  Wood  at  the  end  of 
Nicholas  Bernard's  '  The  life  and  death 
of . ,  .  Dr.  James  Usher  late  archbishop 
of  Armagh'  ■  . .  Lond.  1656;  Wood 
307  (5)-  Wood  baa  a  few  notes  in  the 
book,  e.g.  that  his  'daughter  (was) 
wife  to  Sir  Timothy  Tirrell  of  Sholover 
In    Oxfordshire.'     Bcmaid    says   that 


Usher  had  '  sciatica  ...  by  ailtini;  up 
late  In  the  Collcflge  Library  of  Dublyn' ; 
Wood  notes  '  that  is  not  allowed  to  be 
ia  any  library  in  Oxon.'  Wood  319(4) 
is  '  An  clrgie  00  the  tniracnlously 
learned  [Usbet']  bishop  of  Arma{;h.* 
Load.  iti£6. 


004 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


it  tlience  to  Somerset  house  in  the  Strand ;  where  lajing  for  some  time, 
was  accompanied  thence  lo  S.  Peter's  church  at  Westminster  about  a 
or  3  of  tlie  clock  by  innumerable  people,  especially  of  llic  ministry. 
Where  after  the  said  Dr.  Bernard  had  preached  over  most  of  ihi:»  book, 
he  was  there  interred.] 


/^  'By  lliis  time  '  A.  W.  had  genuine  skill  In  musick  ',  and  frequentt'd 
the  weekly  meetings  of  musiiians  in  the  house  of  William  Ellis,  late 
organist '  of  S.  John's  Coll.,  situat  and  being  in  a  house  opposite  to 
llut  place  whereon  the  Theater  was  built.  The  usual  company  that 
met  and  performed  their  parts  were  (i)  John  Cock*,  M.A.,  fellow  of 
New  Coll.  by  the  authority  of  the  Visitors.  He  afterwards  became 
rector  of  Heyford-Wareyne  ncarc  Bister :  and  marrying  with  one  of 
the  Woodwards  of  Woodstock,  lived  an  uncomfortable  life  with  her. 
(a)  John  Jones,  M.A.,  fellow  of  the  said  College  by  the  same 
amhority.  (3)  Georg  C^oke^  M.A.,  (fellow)  of  the  same  Coll^  also 
by  the  same  authority.  He  was  afterwards  drown'd,  with  Brome,  son 
of  Brome  Wliorwood  of  Hakon  neare  Oxon,  in  their  passage  from 
Hampshire  lo  the  Isle  of  Wight,  5  Sept.  1657.  {4)  John  Friend*, 
M.A.,  fellow  also  of  the  said  house  and  by  the  same  authority.  He 
died  in  the  country  anno  1658.  (5)  Georg  Stradling,  M..\.,  fellow  of 
Alls.  Col!.,  an  admirable  lutlnist,  and  much  respected  by  Wilson'  the 
professor.  (6)  Ralph "  Sheldon,  gent.,  a  Roman  Catholick  of  Steple- 
Barton  in  Oxfordshire,  at  this  time  Uving  in  Halywell  neare  Oxon, 
admired  for  his  smooth  and  admirable  way  in  playing  on  the  vio). 

He  died  in  the  city  of  Westminster 165-.  and  was  buried  in 

the  chancel  of  the  church  of  S.   ft fanin-in-tlie- fields.     (7)  Thomas 
Wren,  a  yonger  son  of  MatUicw  Wren  bishop  of  Kly,  a  sojoumour  now 


'  I.«.  St  the  beeinning  of  1656 
(counting  ^oa.  jcar  as  U-ginniaj;  od  35 
Match}. 

*  the  rcEuHng  in  ttic  llarl.  M.S.  is 
'Ibid  Bomc  genuine  &kill  in  cno&ick,' 
that  having  been  snb&iitutvd  for  '1  was 
proficicat  in  mosick.' 

'  b  the  Hul.  MS.,  'the  ejected 
orgaDutt.' 

*  John  Cock,  a  Cambridge  man, 
itiltwicil  fellow  of  New  Coll.  bjr  the 
rorl.  Vis.  5  June  1649  (' S'.  C-ooke'), 
ejected  by  King's  Comtn.  in  1660  j 
Burrows  '  Keg.  gf  tbe  Vis.'  p.  169. 


»  '—  Cake,'  'scolaris'  of  New  C, 
6  Maj  164S  tefosed  suhmisstoo  to  Pari. 
Vis.;  Burrows,  I.e.  p.  55;  expelled 
('  Gcgige  Crnck  *)  15  May,  ibid.  p.  Q'l; 
intruded   Fellow   4  ScpL    ■<^49i   '^'d- 

P-  '95- 

•  John  Frend,  intruded  Fellow  oJ 
New  C.  16  June  1649,  Burrows  I.e. 
p.  170. 

'  John  Wilson.  D.  Mas.,  HcAtber's 
Profesoor  ofMosic  16515-1661. 

*  'Rfll|ih*  is  in  i^encil,  ns  though 
\Vood  were  not  quite  sure  atwut  it 


MARCH,  lase. 

in  the  house  of  Francis  Bowman  hooksellcr  living  in  S.  Marie's  parish 
in  Oxon*.  (8)  Thomas  Janes  M.A.  of  Alagd.  Coll.  vrould  be  among 
them,  but  seldome  played.  He  had  a  weekly  meeting  in  his  chamber 
at  the  Coll.,  practiced  much  on  the  Thcorlio  lute,  and  Gervace 
Wcstcote  being  oAen  with  him  as  an  instmctor,  A.  W.  would  soroc- 
tiiDcs  go  to  Uieir  meeting  and  play  with  them. 

•The  musick  maslcrs,  who  were  now  in  Oxon  and  frequented  the 
said  meeting,  were  (i)  William  Ellis,  bach,  of  mu&ick,  owner  of  the 
house  wherein  the  meeting  was.  He  alwaies  pla/d  his  pan  either  on 
the  organ  or  virginal.  (2)  Dr.  John  Wilson,  tJic  public  professor,  the 
best  at  the  lute  in  all  England.  He  somlimcs  play'd  on  the  lute,  but 
mostly  presided  the  comiort.  (3) .  .  .  Curteys  a  lutinist  lately  ejected 
from  some  choire  or  caih.  church.  After  his  majcstic's  restoration 
be  became  gent  or  singing-man  of  Ch.  Church  in  Oxon.  (4) 
Thomas  Jackson,  a  bass-viollst ;  afterwards  one  of  Uic  choire  of  S. 
John's  coll.  in  Oson.  (5)  Edward  Low,  organist  lately  of  Ch.  Church. 
He  play'd  only  on  tlie  organ  ;  so  when  he  performed  his  part,  Mr. 
Ellis  would  take  up  a  counter-tenor  viol  .md  play,  if  any  person  were 
wanting  to  performe  that  part.  (6)  Gervace  LitUeton  alias  Westcoti 
or  Weslcot  alias  Liltleion,  a  vioHst.  He  was  afterwards  a  singing 
man  of  S.  John's  coll.  (7)  William  Flexney,  who  had  belonged  to  a 
choire  before  the  warr.  He  was  afterwards  a  gent,  or  singing-man  of 
Ch.  Ch.  He  playd  well  upon  the  bass  viol  and  somtimes  sung  his 
part.  He  died  6  Nov.  1692  aged  79  or  thereabouts.  (8) .  .  .  Proctor 
a  yong  man  and  a  new  commer.  He  died  soon  after  '  as  I  shall  tell 
you  anon.^John  Parker,  one  of  the  Univcrsitic  musitians,  would  be 
somtimcs  among  tliem ;  but  Mr.  Low,  a  proud  man,  could  not 
endure  any  common  musiiian  to  come  to  the  meeting,  much  less  to 
play  among  them. — Among  these  I  must  put  John  Haselwood  an 
apothecary,  a  starrh'd  formal  clisterpipe,  who  usually  play'd  on  the 
bass-viol  and  somtimes  on  the  counter-tenor.  He  was  very  conceited 
of  his  skil  (tho  he  had  but  Utile  of  it)  and  therefore  would  be  ever  and 


*  io  Wood  MS.  E  5  Wood  note*  ihil 
oa  6  Nov.  1651  Mathew  Wren,  gent., 
wu  Ri]mitt«d  to  read  in  the  BodleLui 
by  diipcnsatioti  from  CoDVooiioo  and 
that  Thonuu  Wren  was  admitted  on  g 
Aug.   1655.     lo  MS.  Tanner   306  fol. 
371  are  some  ribald  vcrKi:— 
'  Mat  Wren  is  both  grave  and  wise 
Hit  Idle  ulke  ii  bnt  diigtii*e 
All  day  for  ihc  Monarcfar  bcc  writes 


And  takes  prince  Rapert'i  place  at 
nigbla : — 

i.e.  lyes -with  Mrii.  Bownum  his  land- 
lady on  whom  he  begat  a  too.*  Mat' 
arthy  AsserttJ,  by  Matthew  Wren,  waa 
puU.  Oxfurd  1659  at>d  (sod  edit.) 
Lend.  1660. 

'  '  BariaIiA.D.  1656,  Joseph  Procter, 
gent,  Jaly  aa': — Holywell  pailib 
legjttcr. 


«etf 


WOOrtS  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


anon  ready  to  take  up  a  >-iol  before  his  betters :  which  beiBg  obwmd 
by  all,  they  usually  call'd  him  Uandlewood.  As  for  other  mnsitians 
who  were  about  this  time  bcgiiu«rs,  you  shall  have  the  names  of  ihera 
under  the  yearc  16(58). 

.     April.— [Convocaiion',  Th.,  10  Apr.  1656,  gave  the    force   of 
^  statutes  to  several  sets  of  orders  by  ihe  Delegates  : — 


/ 


(A).  Ordtrs  '  o^m/  study  and  examinatieni  for  the  M.A.  degree. 

Q.^  Bfter  one  year'  fiom  pTcsenUtioa  to  B.A.,  B.A's  xre  to  enter  their  names  and 
tlic  facalt7  io  wUch  tbcy  Intend  to  ttudy  in  •  register  to  be  kept  for  that  purpox 
hy  the  vice -chain  ex)  lor.  The  vice-chRnc«Hur  U  to  lix  io  each  trrm  a  day  on 
which  he  will  enter  the  aatDes,  and  to  leod  round  k  bedell  to  the  Colleges ood  Halls 
to  give  notice  of  il :  od  that  day  the  pcnoiu  canoemcd  aic  lefjuired  to  repair  Xa 
the  CoDTOcatioc  home  to  cater  their  oamci  and  faculties.  No  U.A.,  except  the 
■ons  of  nol>!cmicii,  is  to  be  exempt  from  w  entering  Ins  lume  on  the  plea  of 
leaving  the  University,  unleu  his  pli-a  is  attested  by  ayfr/e  dtgnut  person :  and  if 
»iiy  person  who  has  been  exempted  on  this  plea  returns  to  the  University  to  resi-me 
rcbidence  he  is  not  to  be  allowed  to  supplicate  for  M.A.  natil  two  ycftrs  havA 
elapsed  from  his  coCciing  his  name  and  faculty  is  the  register. 

[ii)  on  the  first  day  of  every  tenn,  between  i  and  5  P.M.  all  H.A's  whose  names 
arc  so  entered  are  to  attend  the  vicechancellor.  professors  and  doctors  of  ihcir 
faculty  (and  sDi:h  others  ai  the»e  muy  desire  to  join  with  them),  *  to  receive  diree- 
Uoos  for  their  studies  in  their  facnlty.' 

(iii)  all  persons  receiving  diiections  as  above  are  Io  give  an  account  of  their 
proficiency  (1.  e.  to  be  examined)  within  a  year  after  such  directions  are  given ; 
and  upon  new  direetioaB,  to  give  a  further  account  (i.  e.  pass  a  second  examina- 
tion) three  terma  after. 

(iv)  the  foUowring  '  method  of  examination  '  b  prescribed.  The  vice-ehancellor 
is  to  give  seven  days'  notice  by  a  ticket  fixed  up  in  public  places  of  the  day  which 
he  has  fixed  as  the  first  day  of  the  exarainatiori,  ^uch  day  to  be  at  least  14  days 
before  the  examination.  'Ilie  examiuetf  ore  then  to  prorogue  the  examination 
di  du  in  ditnt  as  they  think  liL  Not  more  than  six  or  eight  pcriions  are  to  be 
examined  on  one  day.  *  To  avoid  confnuons'  nndcrgraidnates  are  not  to  be 
allowed  to  be  present  at  the  examinatinns  in  divinity.  A  tegi&tei  is  to  be  kept  in 
which  the  names  of  all  thai  are  examined  and  approved  by  the  major  part  of  the 
examiners  shall  be  entered :  such  that  are  found  deficient  shall  not  be  entered  till, 
npon  after  examination,  they  do  approve  themselves. 

(v)  the  pcffornumce  of  this  course  is  to  be  put  into  the  form  of  snpplicatioa  of 
every  B.A.  for  M.A. 

(vi)  Congregation  on  special  ctnse  shown  may  grant  dispensations  as  to  sjtent- 
tious  of  date  in  entering  names  and  passing  the  examinations;  but  leave  to  omit 
the  examinations  may  be  granted  by  Convocaltoa  only. 

(vii'j  these  orders  are  to  be  binding  not  only  on  those  who  shall  hereafter  take 
RA.  but  on  all  IJA's  of  not  more  than  a  year's  standing  at  the  time  of  tbelr 
pauicg ;  and  DlA's  of  not  more  than  two  years'  standirg  are  to  take  directions 


■  notes  in  MS.  Bodl.  594  p.  17. 
'  the  full  text  is  in  Reg.  Convoc  T. 
fol.  379,  aSo. 


*  the  year  in  these  oiderv  is  cxprasly 
stated  to  be  reckoned  by  Academical 
Icims. 


APRIL  —  JULY,  1666.  aoj 

uii)  to  pass  one  cxamiiutioo  in  ibc  Bumacr  provUed,  belote  tbey  tie  tdmUted 
to  M.A. 

(B).  Ordrrs '  rtJiuing  the  nnmber  ef  oaths  to  ht  taitn  by  grahiattt. 

Upon  due  coniiileiaUon  of  thr  iicedleftx  tamUiplying  of  sundr<r  oathes  utd  the 
obligation  unto  lundry  thiags  oader  th&t  sacred  iyc,  vherby  the  conscicDccs  of 
Buny  hftve  htxa  wotind«d  and  cataiieled  and  others  ioscatibly  layd  nodci  the  giult 
of  petjuiy,  to  tlic  great  diihoaor  of  Uod  aod  aboac  of  his  Name,  it  is  ocdcicd 
that: — 

(a)  ia  ccrtato  oaths  a  saving  claosp,  Umiting  the  oath  to  things  witJun  the 
petson's  knowledge  and  power,  be  in^rted  ; 

(b)  other  oaths  arc  abolished,  and  a  fine  of  w^  is  substitated  to  be  ImpOKd  (or 
breach  of  tb«  coodilioos  formerly  swom  to.     Ei^ht  oaths  aie  dealt  with. 

(C).  Ordtrt^  oMisMiMg tht firm  ' tcio' 

It  betng  foiuid  \rj  experience  that  the  accustomed  forme  of  giving  xaVr'  onto 
pcTsoDs  presented,  or  to  be  presented,  ts  a  meet  useless  fonnc  prustltDting  an  oath 
nolo  contempt,  and  is  attended  with  many  other  cvilts,  it  b  ordered  that  the  said 
giriag  of  uio'i  be  wholy  taken  away,  and  that  in  the  roome  tberof  every  person  to 
be  procntcd  do  bring  a  tcstimoniall  under  the  hands  of  three  Masten  of  Arts 
ftt  the  leoat,  to  whomc  he  ia  knowne,  that  be  has  conducted  himself  'sobric, 
nodote  ac  ttudioac.* — Similarly  in  the  fannc  of  presentation  iiute&d  of '  Sd9  eun 
aptum  babikm  et  idoneum  esse  '  shall  b«  BKd  the  words  *  CrtJo  eum '  etc 

(D).  Orders  *  aheJis^iig  the  eustotn  of  candulatts  stamitMg  treat  to  ixamiturt. 

Many  great  and  scandalous  abuscg  contrary  to  good  manners  and  the  iiatutet 
of  the  University  being  of  laic  crept  in  ueider  pretence  of  entertainments  and 
graluitiei  given  by  persons  at  the  performance  of  scverall  exercises  unto  indi 
Masters  anri  olhers  as  are  in  nny  way  agisting  to  thein  (examining  of  tbem  or  on 
any  other  acconot  present  with  them  at  the  performance  of  the  said  exercises),  to 
the  utter  corruption  of  all  discipline  and  gooil  order,  it  is  dete[cnine<l  by  the 
delegates  that  all  entertainmccts,  public  or  private,  or  other  gratnities  whatsoever, 
made  or  given  in  reference  to  any  exercise  for  the  degrees  of  Master  or  Bachelor  of 
Arts,  either  before  or  after,  be  whoty  Uken  avay ;  aad  if  any  person  be  fonad  to 
offend  in  this  nature,  hi»  exercise  stiall  not  pais  pro  forma  \  and  if  any  Master  of 
Art)  shall  receive  any  snob  eolertainnicQt  or  gratuity  he  shall  be  deprived  of  bis  y 
■BflTrage  in  Cocvocatioa  for  a  whole  year.] 

July, — [The*  lady  Wilmot*  of  Berks,  a  Ugbl  huswife,  and  one 
notoriotis  for  tier  salaciousness,  being  among  otbcr  ladies  at  the 
musick  sclioole  on  Act  Saturday  1656  and  there  hearing  Mr.  Henry 
Thurraan  of  Cb.  Ch.  declaiming  eagerly  against  women  and  their 
vanities,  sfaee  therupon  openly  and  with  a  loud  voice  cried : — '  Sir, 

'  MS.  Bodl.  594,  p.  19.  •  note  in  Wood  MS.  E  53  fol.  93  b. 

»  note  in  MS.  Bodt.  594,  p.  »l.  '  7  Anne   St.   John,   wife  of    Henry 

*  K«  Clark's  R^.  Univ.  Oxoo.  II.  1.  Wilraot  viseoont  WUmot  aad  &rst  call 
47.  Si.  ofKochater. 

*  note  b  MS.  BodL  59.4,  p.  31. 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 

jou  are  out ;  you  are  wrong;  you  are  to  bepn  againe/  etc.,  thinking 
iherby  to  abash  him.  But  he  being  a  vcrie  bold  fellow,  answered 
thus  wilii  a  loud  voice  : — '  Madam,  IT  I  am  wrong,  I  am  sure  you  arc 
right/  Upon  which  all  the  auditory  laughing,  she  sate  downe  and 
plackd  her  hood  over  her  face.] 

[1656  ',  July  16,  W. ;  his  highness  (Oliver  Cromwell)  by  a  warrant 
directed  to  Sir  John  Carkstead,  Hevtenant  of  the  Tower,  hath  given 
order  for  the  release  of  one  that  goes  by  the  name  of  Lucy  Barlow 
who  for  some  time  hath  been  a  prisoner  in  the  Tower  of  London. 
Shcc  passeth  under  the  character  of  Charles  Stuart's  wife  or  mistress 
and  hath  a  yong  son '  whome  shec  openly  dcclareth  to  be  his  and  it 
is  generally  believed,  the  boy  being  very  like  him  and  both  the  mother 
and  child  provided  for  by  him.  When  shee  was  apprehended  she 
had  one  Mr.  Howard  in  her  company  and  the  original  of  this  royal 
transcript  was  found  about  her,  sealed  viith  Cbarics  his  signet  and 
signed  with  his  ownc  hand,  subscribed  by  his  secretary  Nicholas, 
which  you  have  here  transcribed  verhaiim  : — 

*  Charles  Rex.  Wee  do  by  these  preteitts  of  our  special  grace  give  and  gnot  to 
Mn  Ldc7  Barlow  an  aonnity  or  yearly  pension  of  &vc  thoiuanJ  livres  to  be  paid 
lo  hcT  or  bei  astijjncs  in  the  city  of  Anlwerji  ur  aiiy  such  other  coavenic-ot  place 
IIS  ibee  ahall  desire,  at  foor  sercral  paymcnu  by  cqaal  portions,  tho  tint  payment 
to  begin  from  the  1st  of  July  1654  and  su  to  continue  for  three  moathi  during  her 
life,  with  BStnnuice  to  t>cttcT  the  same  when  it  shall  please  OocI  to  restore  us  to 
oar  klngdomcs.  Given  under  our  ugne  manoal  at  oar  court  at  Cologne  tbU  il  of 
January  1655*  and  the  sixlh  yeaie  of  our  laigoe. — by  his  majcstk's  command, 
Edw.  Nicholas.' 

By  tliis  those  that  hanker  after  him  may  see  they  arc  furnished 
already  with  an  Heir  Apparent  and  what  a  pious  and  charitable 
prince  they  have  for  their  master  and  (how)  well'  he  disposeth  of  the 
collections  and  contributions  which  they  make  for  him,  towards  the 
maintenance  of  his  concubines  and  royal  issue.  Order  is  taken  forth- 
with to  send  aw.iy  this  lady  of  pleasure  and  the  yong  heire  and  set 
them  on  shoare  in  Manders  which  is  no  ordinary  curiesie.] 

July  a»,  T.,  i6s6;  Mr.  (Joseph)  Procter  departed  this  life  in  the 
parish  of  Hol)*weli,  Oxon,  and  laycth  buried  in  the  middle  of  the 
aforesaid  church.  He  was  a  rare  musicion,  especial!  for  the  Lyra 
violl  and  also  for  the  division  violl :  bred  up  under  Mr.  J(ohn) 
Jenkins  the  mirror  of  this  our  age.     He  was  very  good  for  the  treble 


^  note  in  Wood  MS.  D  18,  appar- 
cDtlj  an  extract  bom  AltrturiHt  Ptli- 
ticiu. 


*  afterwards  James,  duke  of  Moo- 

OlOUtll. 

'  iO$t,  io  this  instance. 


7l/LV—0CT.lQ6e. 


209 


violl,  and  also  for  the  \ioIin.  And  all  these  comprehended  in  a  man 
of  three  or  fonr-and-twenty  yeares  of  age. 

•July  2  2,  T., .  . .  Proctor  died  in  HalywcU ;  and  was  buried  in  the 
middle  of  the  cimrch  there.  He  had  (been)  bred  up  [in'  the  faculty 
of  rausickj  by  Mr.  John  Jenkyns  (the  mirrour  and  wonder  of  his  age 
for  musick) ;  was  excellent  for  the  lyra-vioi  and  division-viol,  good  at 
the  treble-viol  and  treble-violin ;  and  all  comprehended  in  a  man  of 
three  or  four  and  twentie  yeares  of  age.  He  was  much  admired 
at  the  meetings,  and  exceedingly  pitLicd  by  all  the  faculty  for  his  loss. 

*This  summer  came  to  Oxon  '  Tke^  AniiquiUa  of  Warwickshire* 
9k.  written  by  William  Dugdide,  and  adorn'd  with  many  cuts.  This 
being  accounted  the  best  book  of  its  kind  that  hitherto  was  made 
extant,  my  p<in  cannot  enough  describe  how  A.  Wood's  tender  afTcc- 
lions  and  ins:iliable  desire  of  knowlcdg-  were  ravish'd  and  melted 
downe  by  the  reading  of  that  book.  What  by  musick  and  rare  books 
that  he  found  in  the  public  library,  his  life,  at  this  time  and  afler,  was 
a  perfect  Elysium. 

September. — The  4  of  September  (Th.),  1656,  I  bought  me  a 
perewige  of  my  barber,  6x. 

October. — 'Oct  39,  W.;  in  the  latter  end  of  October  he  began  to 
survey  and  transcribe  the  monumental  inscriptions  and  armcs  '  in  the 
several  parochial  churches  and  college  chappels,  within  the  city  and 
universitie  of  Oxon. 

[In*  Reg.  CongTCg.  Qa,  fol.  60,  is  a  letter  of  the  University  to 
Justice  Mattliew  Hale,  John  Vaugban,  and  Richard  Dukes,  esq., 
executors  of  Mr.  John  Seldcn,  tlial  lliey  would  be  pleased  to  bestow 


*  the  words  in  stjaarc  braclccts  arc 
from  cb«  liail.  MS. 

'  Lond.  1656,  fol.  Thomis  ]ieftme 
{^Htii^iae  Ileamianae  ii.  131)  wna 
g\wi  to  get  the  book  for  iC  j/.  Tbc 
foUowuif;  fUp  Erom  ct  boolucllcr'i  CAts- 
logue  of  I R90  may  bclp  lo  luggcst  the 
riTcct  pioduc«<l  by  the  lioolc  on  tu 
appearance  •.  —  *  Dngdalr's  Warunck- 
ihirt,  the  mre  i»t  edition  i6f6,  folio, 
portnita  and  hondicds  of  illuslratioiu, 
9iC  9^  •  til'*  book  gets  KarceT  every 
year,  seldom  so  fiae  a  copf  b  ofTcred  at 
■udi  a  low  priee.' 

*  MS.  Rawl.  I)  S  coutaioa  very  crat 
drawings  of  coals  of  anm  copied  from 
s  Laud  MS. ;  it  is  dated  '  Anlbofiy 
Woode  1656  '  J  also  *  Aotboay  Woode, 


Mcrt  Coll.  OaoD.  1657':  and  hw  this 
note  by  Wood  : — '  llicse  were  drawn 
by  ne  wbea  1  lint  pnutJced  heraldry.' 
AnH«g  other  early  drawings  of  arms 
among  Wood's  fvapcrs  are  some  ray 
prettily  cxecnlcd  sheets  in  Wood  MS. 
y  .13;  c. e-  on  fol.  105  b  'Annex  in 
University  ColL  cbAppcll,  hall,  etc., 
A.  n.  1659';  'Ames  in  llalioll  Cotl. 
lybrary,  hall,  etc.,  ifigf)';  on  fol.  109  b 
'  Anncs  iu  I.jrncoln  Coll.  hall  windcwcs, 
1658  ';  on  fol.  lij  'Armcs  on  the  roofe 
of  ihe  Divinity  Schoole  Oxon,  without 
culoun,  Auf.  A.  P.  t65t)' ;  and,  alxwt 
the  same  date,  arms  in  New  C,  Mert, 
C.C.C.Magd.  C 

*  note  in  MS.  Bodl.  594  pL  16. 


410 


H^OOD*S  LIFE  AXD  TIMES, 


Seldcn'B  library  on  that  of  Bodlcy,  dated  <F.,  31  Oct)  prid.  KaL 
Nov.  1656.] 

Deoember. — [»o  Dec.',  S.,  1656,  Sir  . . .  Powell,  kt,  unck  to  the 
present  owner  of  Sandford,  departed  this  life  at  bis  bouse  in  . . .  co. 
Derby,  and  was  buried  at  Sandford  co.  Oxon.] 

Dec.  23,  T.,  1656  ;  {paid)  the  barber  &r  bd-.  whereof  41  was  for 
bis  quarteridge  and  3s  and  6(/  for  powder  and  mending  of  my  pcriwige 
(which  was  mended,  M.,  20  of  Ociob.  in  ilic  aforesaid  ycarc). 

Dec.  34,  W.,  1656,  I  paid  Rich  4;  4</  for  a  paire  of  russet  shoes, 
and  8(/to  his  men's  boxes;  I  paj-d  Hawes  the  glover  31  upon  an  old 
score. 

The  74  day,  W.,  1  bought  the  Ufes  of  S  (ain)ts  (being  for  the  eight 
tst  months).  3;;  Dale's '"Analysis.'  u  id. 

The  35  of  December,  Th.,  1656,  I  paid  yong  Mr.  Bishop  jr  for 
mending  my  base  viull. 

The  27  day,  S.,  (I  bought)  a  Nomenclator',  u. 

[In*  Reg.  Congreg.  Qa  fol.  61  a  is  a  Latin  letter  of  the  University 
to  the  Lord  Commissioner  (Nathaniel)  Fiennes,  dal.  e  dorao  Con- 
gregaiionis  16  Kal.  Jan.  1656  (17  Dec.  1656),  for  his  being  a  freind 
and  patron  to  the  Univcrsitie  and  giving  liis  band  for  the  continuing 
and  upholding  of  llic  Civil)  Law,  when  rcadic  to  go  to  ruiiic  or  fall.J 


Anno  i6g6  was  the  old  Rutchero,  Oxon,  re-edified  (see  Clark's 
Wood's  City  of  Oxford  it.  p.  483  note  3.) 

In  the  year  1639  and  40  was  OrJall  Coll.  chappie "  built. 

Anno  1640  and  1641  University  CoU.  cliappel  and  haule  was  partly 
built;  but  upon  the  coraming  on  of  the  wart  it  laid  still*  till  ann.  1657. 

Menorandum  :  in  the  ycare  1656''  the  wife  of  (George)  Low  *,  \Vilts.,esq-,  and 


'  note  in  MS.  Rawl.  D  dim  1390. 

*  Jolin  Dole**  '  Analysis  of  the  £pU- 
tln  of  the  New  TetUinent.'  Oxf.  1653. 

*  probftlily  Wood  45  ('  Xornetidiitor, 
omnium  rcrnin  pioprm  noiniiia  varils 
linj^it,'  Amswl.  1377).  There  arc  nlso 
ill  the  Wood  collcctioQ  'NomeocUtor 
prindpiomm,'  Honor.  1619  rWood 
893^ ;  and  *  A  ncmcDclator  of  TfacU 
and  Sermont,'  Oxon,  i6.|i  (Wood  891). 

'  note  in  MS.  Bodl.  §94  p.  23. 

*  it  the  end  of  Wood  t6  we  some 
jottinf^  of  persona  '  btuied  in  Oriel 
college  cbippcll':    the   chief  unooe 


them  are :— *  Tbotrut  Gammond,  .\.B., 
obiit  1653,  butler  (?>— Thomas  Dove, 
feUow,  de  ctviiate  Sorum,  obiit  30  Sept. 
1656^. . .  Fletcher,  coromonei,  buried 
1657  quncre — John  Rons,  senior  frllow, 
obiil  .  .  .  1653  ct  scpelitur  in  capella — 
Dr.  (John)  Sanders,  proTost,  obiit  ao 
March  165I — .  . .  Yong,  Mr.  of  A.— 
.  . .  Fridier,  a  commoner,  obiit  2 1  July 
1660— . .  .  lx>>-d  A.  U,  obiit  31  NUr. 
i67|.' 

•  '  still '  sobMituted  for  '  unfinishL' 
'  '  1651^,'  sec  note  4,  page  198. 

*  aec  lufira  p.  199. 


OCT.  1656  —  7AM  1667. 


31 1 


<5«n£hter  lo  nlJtnnao  (Martin)  Wright,  wm  buried  at  Cftrfu  C!«ir(c)h.  Upon 
the  hcfie  wu  I-owe's  annet  impaling  MiiihopV  her  mother  being  one  of  ibat 
fanuly.— So  likewise  uino  1657  when  Mt.  jobn  .Smith  ww  baricd  att  St  AkUte't, 
he  impaled,  paly  of  6  a{rc«it)  and  b(Iue)  on  a  c-heif  o(r),  3  martleili  g(u]es), 
belonging  to . . .  MailiD.whrras^Jiewa*  a  Hosworth  and  her  mother's  name  (Wiclu). 
—Anno  1658,  captain (W^U'^'oJShcrgTave',  who  laid  alMr.  Bowman's  the  book- 
icller,  died  and  wa*  bnrird  at  St.  Marie's.  He  bore  to  his  annes  then  as  they 
were  upon  bis  her»e  '  A(;gcnt)  a  fcsa  chcwjuy  a^rgent)  and  s(ablc)  inter  3  lyoM 
hnds  eraMd  goalee).'  Which  ctmte  vraa  ftiawn  falily,  and  besides  not  belonging 
to  hb  name.     It  waa  done  by  Mr.  (Richard)  Hawkiiu  the  painter. 

Memorandum  ;  that  when  Mr.  .  .  .  While's  ^rifc^  brewer  in  Oaon,  was  burled 
in  S.  Ebb's  charch  Oxen  in  the  beginnine  of  July  1658 — the  being  the  daiq^btcr  of 
aldennao  (John)  Weeket,  Oxon— Ihew  snnc«  were  upon  her  hcne:  — j'b(luc'), 
on  a  croa  eminc  five  ftulla  of  the  lint,  between  four  birds  cIom  a(Ti^at) ' ;  name 
tVAiU:  impaling  ■  ermine,  three  battle-axca  erect  ttable':  name  fF»i/.]  There 
was  her  mother's  aUo,  impaled  vrith  Weekes,  tu.  'sable,  a  chev(roa)  inter 
3  mallets  ar(genl).'  The  abovsaid  scothcon  ia  bung  oret  her  grave  in  the  laid 
church. 

(Among  the  books  botighl  by  Wood  m  this  year  (,t6$6  or  i^sf)  are  three 
tjcatiaea  now  in  Wood  C.  44 :  marked  '  Ant.  W'oode,  CoU.  Meitoo,  1656.' 

(1)  '  Scren  argDmeota  plainly  pronug  that  papists  are  traylcroua  sabjects,*  164!. 

(a)  Jobn  Bale's  'The  p«eeant  of  Popes '  HngUkhcd  by  1.  S.,  anno  1574. 

(3)  A[athony]  M[aoday's]  '  the  EogUsh  Romayne  life,'  Lood.  I690-) 


165?  and  1057 :  {  J  ^S^.  p;.,!  }  =  ^°^  ««*•  "■ 

January, —The  l  day,  F.,  1  bought  of  Mr.  Davis  behind  Allhallowes,  a  parceTl 
of  *  MercBrios*  Aulicos '  and  other  pomphtcts,  as. — w  day,  T.,  niTd  paper.  <W; 
and  Mr.  Mat.  I./9cke's  Ayres',  «  4*/. — ai  day,  W.,  ruled  paper,  41/. — The  aad^  Th., 
I  gave  loJ  to  Mts.  Webb  for  3  sticht  bookes,  riz.. . . . 

January. — 'Jan.  10,  S.,  A.  W.,  his  mother,  and  his  two  brothers, 
Robert  and  Christopher  Wood,  gave  5//.  to  Mcrton  coH.  towards  the 
casting  of  their  five  beCs  into  eight.  These  five  were  antient  bells, 
and  had  been  put  up  inlo  the  tower  at  the  first  building  thereof,  in  the 
lime  of  Dr.  Henry  Abendon',  warden  of  Merton  Coll.,  who  began  to 
be  warden  in  1421.  The  tenor  or  great  bell  (on  which  the  name  of 
the  said  Abendoa '  was  put)  was  suppotied  to  be  the  best  bell  in 


'  Shortgrave. 

'  Mar^-,  wife  of  John  While;  Pc- 
shall's  Addltlona  (at  the  end  of  his 
'  Anlieut  and  IVsent  State  of  the  City 
of  Oafotd*)  p.  iR. 

*  Wowl  gives  this  shield  in  trick. 

*  hi  Wood  613  and  624  arc  noa. 
i-tjiS  of  AferruriNt  AuUcms,  i.  c.  for 
the  yean  1643-1644. 


*  Wood  979  (Matthew  Locke  hii 
'  Little  consort  of  3  parts  lur  viols  and 
vJoUns,*  bassns,  Lond.  I'fsfi)  k  marked 
'  Ant  Woodc.  Hcit.  Loll.  Oxoa.  a.  d. 
UDCLVi.'  Wood  377  is  the  veble  of 
tlic  tame  book  ;  and  Wood  37S,  the 
treble  and  the  tenor. 

'  '  Abyngdon,'  in  the  Harl.  MS. 


r  9 


ai2 


WOOEfS  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


England,  being,  as  'twas  said,  or  fine  mcltal  silver  ToDnd.  The 
generality  of  people  were  much  against  the  altering  of  that  bell,  and 
were  for  a  treble  to  be  put  to  the  five,  and  so  make  tliem  six :  and  old 
sarjcunt  Charles  Holloway,  who  was  a  vcr)*  covctuous  man,  would 
have  given  money  to  save  it,  and  to  make  the  five,  six,  bells,  that  is,  to 
put  a  treble  to  them.  But  by  the  knavery  of  Thomas  Jones,  the  sub- 
warden  (the  warden  being  then  absent)  and  .  .  .  Derby,  the  bell- 
founder,  they  were  made  eight :  and  Dr.  John  Wilson,  Dr.  of  musick, 
had  a  fee  from  the  college  to  take  order  about  their  tuning. 

Memorandum  that  one'  Al.,  the  12  of  this  month  (Jan.),  my 
mother,  my  3  brothers,  and  my  self  gave  five  pounds  towards  the 
casting  of  Merton  CoUedge  bells. 

Anno  1656  (i.e.  7)  monsetir  William  Jeams  latJght  me  to  play  on 
the  violin,  beginning  in  January  and  soc  on  till  7  months'  end. 

*Janu(ary);  whereas  A.  W.  had  before  learned  to  play  on  the 
violin  by  the  instruction  of  Charles  Griffith,  and  afterwards  of  John 
Parker  one  of  the  universitie  musitiatw,  he  was  now  advis'd  to  enter- 
taine  one  WillLim  James  a  dancing  master,  by  some  accounted 
excellent  for  that  instrument,  and  the  rather,  because  it  was  said  that 
he  had  obtained  his  knowledge  of  dancing  and  musick  in  France. 
He  spent  in  all  half  a  yeare  with  him,  and  gained  some  improvement 
from  him ;  yet  at  Icngtli  he  found  him  not  a  compkat  master  of  hia 
ficuhie,  as  Griffith  and  Parker  were  not :  and  to  say  the  truth,  there 
WIS  yet  no  compleat  master  in  Oxon  for  that  instrument,  because  it 
had  not  been  hitherto  used  in  consort  among  gentlemen,  only  67 
common  musltians,  who  played  but  two  parts.  The  gentlemen  in 
privat  meetings  which  A.  W.  frequented,  pUy'd  three,  four  and  five 
parts  all  with  viols,  as  trcblc-viol,  tenor,  counter-tenor  and  bass,  with 
cither  on  organ  or  virginal  or  harpsicon  joyn'd  with  them :  and  they 
esteemed  a  violin  lo  be  an  instrument  only  belonging  to  a  common 
fidler,  and  could  not  indurc  that  it  should  come  among  them  for 
feare  of  making  their  meetings  .seem  to  be  vainc  and  fidling.  But 
before  the  restoration  of  K.  Charles  2  and  especially  after,  viols  began 
to  be  out  of  fashion,  and  only  violins  used,  as  treble-violin,  tenor  and 
bass-violin ;  and  die  king  according  lo  tlic  French  mode  would  have 
84  violins  playing  before  him,  wJiilc  he  was  at  mealcs,  as  being  more 
nine  and  brisk  than  viols. 

[John'  Ilodye,  of  Devonshire,  gentleman-commoner  of  Universitie 


*  'one*  is  an  occasional  ^xlliog  of 
Wood'*  for  'on.' 

•  note  in  Wood   MS.  F  4,  p.  91. 


Wood  givM  in  coloors  these  *rms : — 
'  argent,  b  fns  indented  jioinl  in  fiaint 
Ten  ind  ublc  between  two  cotiscs  that 


JAN,  —  MARCH,  1867. 


213 


College,  died,  F.,  30  Jfin.  1656  ^i.e.  *) ;  and  was  buried  in  the  old 
chappell  or  Universitie  College.  He  was  son  of  Hugh  Hody  of 
Nilhway  in  Devonshire,  esq.] 

February. — llic  a  day,  M.,  nii'd  paper,  61/;  and  nuthemUlcBll  paper,  it/.^ 
The  6  day.  F.,  1  ptyd  to  the  bookbinder  for  binding  of  bookcs,  31  IW. — Mr. 
Fforrest  owctti  iii«  a  news  bouke  fat  the  7  day,  S. — The  17  day,  T-,  I  tooke  a 
vomitt  of  Mr.  Alport  whicb  cost  me  11  dd. — The  19  day,  Th.,  I  gave  W  tu  ice  the 
danacing  upon  the  ropes. — The  17,  K.,  I  gave  (>4  to  Pridcaax '  the  clerk  of  5L 
Midiael's. — Tbc  17  day  of  Feb.,  F..  I  paid  Bccld'cird  the  bookbinder  tii  for  binding 
io  bookes,  6  quartoes,  one  folio,  3  octaros. — Tbc  last  day,  nil'd  paper.  \t~ 

Maroh.~Tbc  6,  F..  sack,  4*/.— The  10,  T.,  at  Mr.  EUU'cs,  W.— Mr.  Forert 
oweth  mc  a  ncwes  bookc  for  the  13  day.  F. — The  14,  S.,  painting  colours,  &/.— 
The  r;,  T.,  at  the  Pitt,  W.— The  11.  S.,at  Mr.  Harper's  the  cooke,  i/.— The  17,  F., 
1  gave  If  for  the  hiring  of  a  horse  to  gcxr  to  Mr«.  Wickam's  biuiall  alt  (Jasinglon. 
She  died  (W.)  the  jj  day  of  Maich. — The  37,  F.,  atl  the  Flower  de  luce,  91/. — 
The  aS,  S.,  I  received  my  lent  of  mounaicr'.— The  last  day,  31,  T.,  I  laid  out  jr 
lot  grarill. 

Uarob. — [Jane  Wicliham ',  widdow,  somiiraea  the  second  wife  of 
William  Wickham  of  Garsington  in  com.  Oxon.,  dicti  in  the  house  of 
William  Webb  a  bookseller  living  in  the  parish  of  St.  Peter  in  ilie 
East,  W.,  25  March  anno  1657;  and  was  buried  in  the  chancell  of 
Garsingdon  by  her  husband.  Shee  was  the  daughter  of . .  .  Brome 
of  Clifiou  ncare  Banburie,  and  sister  lo  Henry  Brome  who  died  1667. 
— The  said  William  Wickham  was  the  son  of  John  Wickham  of 
Kollicrfcild  in  Sussex,  but  descended  from  the  Wickhams  of  Swacly^-e 
in  com.  Oxon. ;  so  that  these  annes  *  which  were  upon  her  hearse  are 
false.] 

"Mar.  27,  F.,  at'  the  funeral  of  Jane  Wickham  the  widdow,  and 
somtimes  the  second  wife,  of  William  Wicklam*  of  Garsingdon 
neare  Oxon  gent.    Shec  Tvas  buried  in  the  chance)  of  the  church 


In  chief  of  tbc  first  and  that  In  base  of 
the  second '  (Ilody  of  Nelhewiy, 
DeroDshire).  '  He  bore  to  hli  annes  :— 
aiKcnt  a  feu  pattie  per  few  danc.  inter 
a  bamtletis  conatercbanged  of  the  feild, 
vert  and  sable ' — so  in  the  earlier  form 
of  the  note  m  Woud  MS.  F  31,  fol.  70. 

*  '  1678  \  Cliriitophcr  Prideaux,  late 
clerk,  wa»  bur)ed  the  Xlh  of  Jnly':  S. 
Mtcbacl's  Kc{;i«ter  of  Bnhalt. 

'  this  nickname  for  Wood's  elder 
brother  Rolxrl,  attached  to  him  because 
of  bis  French  nphim^ni;;,  will  con- 
stantly recur  in  these  Almanac  entries. 
See  note  a,  p.  51. 

*  note  in    Wood   MS.  F  4,  p.  91. 


An  earlier  draft  in  MS.  Rawl.  D  »tim 
1 390  says  *  danghtcr  of  Brome  of 
Halton.' 

'  Wood  gives  the  arms  in  colour : — 
*  aigent  two  cheTTOneU  sable  between  3 
roses  gules  seeded  or  barbed  veit 
(Wickham  of  SwalclifTe,  co.  Oxford)  ; 
impftUng,  ia.ble  on  a  cherron  nigcnt  3 
boncfaes  of  broom  vert  seeded  or  within 
a  bordnre  argent  (Brome).' 

*  in  the  lUrL  MS.  this  runs :— '  Mar. 
17, 1  loile  to  Garsingdon  with  the  coqw 
of ...  to  see  and  attend  her  buried  in 
the  chancel  of  the  diurcb  Ihete.' 

*  for  William  Wickham  of  Garsing- 
don, bee  Wood  Mb.  £  t,  fot.  iSi. 


AfARCn—  APHTL,  1657. 


atS 


ihere  by  ibe  remaines  of  the  said  WUIiam  Wickham.  This  woman 
was  sister  to  Henry  Brome  of  Clifton  ncare  Banbury  in  Oxfordshire 
(of  the  same  familie  with  the  Bromcs  of  Hallon)  and  died  in  Oxon, 
W.,  »5  March.  A.  W.  did  twK  then  Bun--ey  the  monuments  in 
Garsingdon  church,  because  of  the  company  there,  but  rode  immc- 
diatly  home  to  Oxun. 

April. — ^The  i  day,  Th^  rtilM  paper  ti  ;  Mn.  Rambnche  died. — The  3  dny,  F., 
the  barber.  41 ;  and  for  mj  battles,  91  ^d;  spent,  id;  spent,  6f/. — The  4  day,  S., 
to  Mr.  Fforrest,  ]/. — Tbe  6  day,  M.,  to  Kich  for  mending  orsbocs,  u:  ]  receired 
of  Mr.  Bnraham,  3/1, ;  the  same  "lay,  paid  to  Mrs.  Bumham,  ^i/j  the  same  day 
paid  to  Mr.  Potter  tbe  mercer  for  an  old  score,  8r. — The  13  day,  M.,  at  Mr. 
Jcanses,  ^d;  Ihc  same  day,  spent,  41/;  ihr  same  day,  3i/.^The  14  dny,  T., 
1  boBRht  a  Rowne  ofMr.  Potter,  a/i.  12/;  spent  at  Earlcs,  is  i4;  at  EUescs,  6rf. — 
Tbe  16,  Th.,  paid  Nichalls  for  making  niy  ^wne,  ^i  6d;  the  »amc  (Uy,(iM:at,  fni. 
—The  18,  S.,  3  bands,  a/.  lorf;  tlic  same  day,  spent,  loJ.— The  )l  day.  T.. 
I  bODght  inurards  for  my  suit,  i6r. — The  33,  W.,  lent  to  Mr.  (John)  Cartf-yne,  W; 
the  same  day,  spent,  &/ ;  (tpent),  31/ ;  the  same  day,  at  Mr.  Wcscott'x,  6J. — The 
33,  Til.,  3  yards  of  ribbon  at  Mr.  Grcn«rayc's,  5/. — The  34,  ¥..  !ace,  Jr/.—The  35, 
S.,  feret-ribbon,  5  {d  or  j?).— The  a?.  M.,  pbisick,  6rf.— Tbe  38,  T.,  spent,  6d.-~ 
Tlie  aj,  W.,  taffety  for  (acinji,  u  W.— Tbe  jo,Th.,  to  the  clark  of  Wolvercoie,  4*/. 

April. — [Jamcs^  Powell  of  Herefordsliire,  gentleman  commoner  of 
Baltiol  College,  died,  Th.,  2  Apr,  1657  ;  and  w.is  buried  in  Magdalen 
parish  Church.  He'  was  a  little  brfore  let  blood  in  the  urine  by  one 
Grundy  an  apprentice  to  William  Day,  cbirurgion ;  which  Grundy, 
having  Icarnd  a,  now  fashion  of  striking  the  veinc,  missed  it  and 
struck  an  arterie,  which  swelling  and  festering,  the  party  (rather  llian 
have  liis  armc  cut  off)  soon  after  expired.  He  was  also  bachelor 
of  Arts.] 

[Apr."  17,  F.,  1657,  TimotheusWIlkins  electus  est  superior  bcdellos 
Theologiac  in  loco  Leonardi  Lichfeild  defunct!  *.] 

•Apr.  30,  Th.,  he  began  his  perambulation  of  Oxfordshire':  and 


>  note  in  Wood  MS.  F  4,  p.  91. 
Wood  giTca  these  aims  \a  coloni  :~ 
*  argent  a  chevron  between  3  lions' 
ganbs  enued  gnles,  la  chief  a  crescent 
sable  for  difference.' 

*  in  an  earlier  fono  of  the  note  ia 
Wood  MS.  r  31.  fol.  69 :— *  he  was  lett 
blood  by  one  tiroundy,  nn  njiprentice 
to  Mr.  Dny  the  chinirgion,  who  xtniclc 
■a  arterie  initeail  of  a  veinc  ;  by  which 
neaoes  be  lost  his  life.* 

*  note  in  Wood  MS.  E  5. 

*  sepullns  cat  in  ecdeiia  Omniom 
Snnctonua.     '  1655,  Oct.  ty,  Lcotnudns 


Lichfeild,  Univenitatia  typo^pbtu, 
elcdus  est  fiDixrHur  bcdelln*  facultada 
•iTicoIogiae' :  Wood  MS.  Rg. 

»  Wood  MS.  B  15  (O.  C.  85«6},  in- 
Bcribcd  '  Actbooy  Wood,  Mert.  Coll. 
Oxoo.,  iAs6,'  contains  these  teries  of 
fencMral  and  sepulchral  tnscripdoiis  and 
coats  of  anns.  Tliey  have  been  tisn- 
scfibed  (with  additions)  into  Wood 
MS.  E  I  (O.  C.  8505).  Inscriptions  in 
fccvxTral  Oxfcirrfshirc  chnrcbe.i  (collected 
in  1671;  and  1676;  have  been  in*erteil  by 
Wowl  in  Ralph  Sheldon's  'Chnich 
Notes '(Wood  M.S.  C  10}. 


llie  monuments  in  Wolvcrcol  church  *  were  Uie  first  that  he  survey'd 
and  transcrib'd. 

[Wolvercoic ' ;  Apr.  30,  1657.  In  a  chappcU  on  the  north  side  of 
the  church  (built  if  I  mistake  not  by  Sir  John  Waher)  is  a  fair  monu- 
ment, built  almost  bresi-high,  wheron  layes  the  effigies'  car\-cd  in 
8tonc  of  a  judge  in  his  formalities,  on  each  ^de  a  wife,  at  the  bead 
4  sons  kneeling*,  and  at  the  feet  4  daughters,  all  carved  in  stone  and 
painted  to  the  Ufc — miserably*  defaced  when  Ojcon  was  bescigcd. 
At  the  side  below  the  first  arch  is  (a  long)  inscription  {to  Sir  Jolrn 
Walter,  Chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer  10  May  1625,  died  18  Nov. 
t630>. 

David  Wahcr,  somtimes  high  sherriff  of  Oxfordshire,  coloncU  of  a 
regiment  of  horst:  under  Car.  1  and  one  of  the  groomes  of  the  Bed- 
chamber to  Car.  3,  M-as  buried  here  in  Lhc  \'auli  (under  the  said 
chappell)  by  his  father  30  Apr.  1679.] 

[Sir  John  Walter'  in  his  judges  robes  between  his  two  wives,  his 
first  ^  wife  (Margaret,  daughter  of  William)  Offlcy  on  his  right ;  three 
daughters  •  kneeling  at  the  head,  three  sons  ai  the  feet.  The  inscrip- 
tion is  on  the  south  aide  of  the  mouumcnL  The  pillars  that  uphold 
the  canopy  arc  black  and  white. 

On  the  north  wall,  by  the  feet,  ia  the  cfBgics  to  the  shoulder  of 
Dand  Waller,  with  a  poriwige  on  and  a  cravat,  in  white  marble,  aiul 
underneath  this  inscription  in  white  marble : — 

*  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  David  W«\ttr  of  Godstow,  oq.,  the  second  *  ton  of  Sir 


'  tlic  inscriptiont  taken  by  Wood  at 
Wolvcrcotc  on  30  Apr.  1657,  arc  found 
in  Wood  MS.  B  15  and  Wood  MS.  E 
I,  fol.  68. 

'  ooles  in  Wood  MS.  E  i,  fol.  68  b. 

■  is  Wood  MS.  B  15  :— ■  hu  cffi^ia 
is  drawnt  to  tlie  life  from  lop  to  toe." 

*  Wood  MS.  U  15  adds:— -pabtcd 
toihoUlc.* 

*  In  Woml  M.S.  n  15  :— 'now  tnmbled 
M  iIowDc  Anil  dcracni.* 

*  this  Kcond  nnil  mncli  latrr  account 
U  oo  a  slip  inserted  in  Wuoil  MS.  E  1, 
Ibl.  70.  Anotlicr  slip  tbcru  bas  Ibis 
note: — "Edmund  Walter  e*q,  maryvd 
Mary,  daughter  of  Tbotnas  llackluit  of 
Eyion,  esq. ;  bad  asue  three  soos, 
Jaam.,  John  (the  jarlf;e),  Edwaid,  two 
daughtrrs,  Mary  and  Uo*oihy:  buried 
ag  Jan.  ijgj"  <i.«.  3)..  -  'This paper 
1  bad  out  of  a  French  book  being  "  the 


Catalogue  and  Annea  of  all  the  Con- 
stables of  France,  to  gcathcr  with  the 
provosts  and  cancellors  of  Paris,"  som- 
times bcloogLnt;  to  Thomas  (Windsor^ 
lonl  WindsQic  <[died  164a)  :  A.Wood, 
Ang.  1661.' 

'  his  iccoDi]  wife  waa  Anne,  wllIow 
of  Sii  Thomas  Uigges,  bt,  of  Lcnch- 
wicke,  CO.  Wore,  daughter  of  Willlua 
\V)-tham  of  Lcdslon,  00.  York.  The 
children  were  by  the  6rsl  wifc. 

■  Wood  notes:— 'there  wctc  4  pro- 
paitioos  of  sons  kneeling  at  the  head 
and  4  of  giclcs  at  the  feet— now  but  3 
gifles  at  Ihe  head  and  3  men  at  the  feet 
— all  in  stone  curiously  canrcd  and 
painted.* 

*  the  eldest  son  and  heir  of  Sir  John 
Waller  was  Sir  William  Waller  of 
Saredcii,  who  died  Tuesday  33  March 
167!  act  74rand  was  buried  at  Sarsdea 


APRTU  1667. 


ai7 


John  Walter  (Lord  Chief  Diron  of  the  Ezch«]ueiV  j^ome  of  the  bedcbAmber  to 
King  ChxrU  the  tecoDd  anil  lievtraont-gencrnl)  of  the  ordiiuuioc,  which  ofhcc  his 
majciUc  g:ive  hira  u  %  revruxl  of  the  grcit  valour  utd  Io)-aItie  he  had  ihcwed 
IB  the  service  of  his  fitther  of  glorious  mcmary  iIoHng  the  dvill  warres.  He  was 
borne  at  Sareiden  in  this  county ;  mamed  Elizabeth  the  widdow  of  Francis 
^Lcnnard)  loid  Dacfc,  of  HentmonaeaDX  in  Sussex,  ty  whoroe  he  had  do  itsue ; 
died  at  l«adoD  the  33  of  Aprill  1679  ^'"^  ^  '^^  ^^  ycarc  of  bis  age.' 

{Anns: — )  'blue,  a  fess  dauncctttfe  between  3  spread  eaglets 
argent.'  He  bequeathed  300//.  with  which  was  repaired  this  monu- 
ment miserable  shattered  and  defaced  in  the  time  of  the  civil  war. 
Repaired  1681.] 

[The  ^  village  of  Wulvcrcot  is  written  in  old  evidences  Wgaricot, 
having  been  wthout  doubt  the  habitation  of  UIgarus  or  Wolgarus, 
a  Saxon  (tempore  Saxonum). 

Tlic  said  village  by  tlic  name  of  Wlgartcot  \i^&  given  to  Godslow 
nunnery  (much  about  its  dedication,  anno  1 138)  by  Bcmardus  dc  Sto, 
Walerico,  . . .  whether  all  the  \'illage,  or  some  part  only  I  know  not 
.  .  .  You  must  note  that  King  Henry  U  had  the  village  (or  most  part 
of  it)  from  Bernard  de  Sto.  Walerico  .  . .,  and  after  the  nunnery  was 
founded  and  setled,  he  gave  it  theninto.  . , . 

The  church  or  chappell  of  Wulvercole  is  a  chappell  of  ease  to  the 
church  of  S.  Puter  in  the  East,  Oxon. 

King  Henry  HI  gave  the  rectory  of  St.  Peter's,  wiihe  the  chappclls 
tJierunio  belonging,  to  the  House  of  Walter  de  Merton  anno  ia66, 
vhtch  House  was  tlien  in  founding  at  Oxen.  By  vertue  of  which 
gift  the  Warden  and  Scholars  of  that  House  became  rectors  of  this 
chappell.  In  the  yeare  1392  tlie  said  Warden  and  Scholars  with 
leave  from  the  King  and  Oliver  (Sutton)  bishop  of  Lyncoln  did 
appropriat  the  said  rectory  to  their  house.  By  vcrtuc  of  which 
^propriaiion  this  church  or  chappell  of  Wulvercote  was  appropriated 
also. 

So  that  therupon  the  said  church  of  St.  Peter  being  made  a  vicaridge 
(served  by  Morton  College  Fellows)  the  vicar  of  thai  place  or  his 
substitute  served  here  at  Wulvercote  and  had  the  lesser  tithes  for  his 
paynes.J 

[Price'.    In  llic  mid-way  between  Wulvcrcot  and  Yarnton"  ar<^ 


1m!^«  Ui  wUe . . .  liner  to  John,  lord 
Lacu;  Wood  MS.  K  1,  fol.  l,^. 

'  notes  (abriilged)  from  Wood  MS. 
E.  1  fol.  ;i. 

•  note  in  Wood  MS.  E  1,  fol.  73. 


rtotes  ahoot  Yamtoo : — '  Vamton  ali^ 
J-jxliDgton — (hit  naonour  belonged  to 
Kewley  Abbey  in  the  Hborbs  of  OxfonI 
and  M3  cooseqwntly  ailcT  the  diwolution 
of  ihal  monaitciy  came  Into  the  king's 


*  in  Wood  MS.  C  1,  fol.  So  are  theie      hands.    John  Dorant  of  Cotsmote  in 


fll« 


WOOlfS  UFE  AND  TTAf£S. 


joyning  (o  the  horse-rode  on  tlie  right  hand,  certaine  f^rounds  of 
paijture  called  Frice,  in  the  parish  fas  I  conceive)  of  KidHngton. 
In  the  principall  foundation  charter  of  Osney  Abbey  made  by  Robert 
D'oilley  the  founder  he  gives  iherunlo  among  other  gifts  'capella 
de  Frees  ctim  manso  ct  terra  ex  opposite  capcllae '  . .  . .  Here  is 
onlie  now  a  slieppard's  house  standing;  and  nothing  at  all  of  Che 
said  chappeli  (which,  I  suppose,  was  a  chappell  of  ease  to  Kidlington) 
remaining.] 

Hay.— The  9,  S.,  ftband,  if  icu/;  a  haH,l/i'.  u  &/;  toNicholU  the  Uler,  to*.— 

The4d»y.  M..  bockla,  9</.— The 5  day.  T.,ftt  EUeses,  W.— The  7  diy,  Th.,  Akcd- 
sioo  D*y.  Bt  Newoara',  iif/.-Tlie  it.M,  al  Ule«e6.  &/.— The  14,  Th.,  at  \Ualy. 
MiltOD.  Holton  *,  3s.~1hc  18,  M.,  (wid)  19,  T.,  at  (.'auscnton,  ^. — 'ITw  itv  W., 
lit  EHeses,  &/.— The  it,  Th.,  at  Sunton-II&rcort',  ^if.—ii,  ¥.,  at  £it«aes  and  st 
Harding's,  1/  a^.— 35,  M.,  at  Ellese*,  6*/.— 3;',  \V.,  to  P;?;eppCT,  c(lcik)  of  Stan- 
ton St.  John,  W.— ly,  F.,  st  EJlcses,  is. 

May.— [Th.,  7  May*  1657  Newnham-Courtney •  a//ar  Newnam* 


com.  Rutland  who  livrd  35  Htnr.  VlII 
{ I  s43)  did  probably  Toy  it  of  the  liing : 
for  bi&  SOD  WilUnin  Punuit  (who  died 
30  ElU.  (1578))  1  am  sure  did  enjoy 
thU  mannoT :  ironi  whomc  or  else  from 
his  son  John  Dorant  of  Cottsniorc  it 
came  W  the  Spencers.  (John  Dnrant 
of  Coumore  and  '^'Mnton  gent.,  anno 
1574,  did  nurry  Kathcfine,  daughter 
of  John  I.anc  of  Walgrave  in  com. 
Korthls,  by  whonie  he  had  ii&ne, 
Patiick,  Williain,  Kliubctb.  Mnr)-,  and 
. .  . ). — The  lower  at  the  west  end  of 
Yamton  church  wu  built  by  Sir  Thomas 
Spencer,  bait.,  anno  1613  ;  about  which 
time  also  he  built  the  inannoui  house 
ihjtl  tiuw  slaods  oeare  to  the  old  one  by 
the  church  :  this  Sir  TI]oniH>  was  famous 
in  his  time  for  the  great  hospLtulity  he 
kept  here  and  hii  chaiitie  tu  the  ikkitc. 
—35  Aug.  1655  Mr.  Riclinrd  Walkina, 
rector  of  Whichford  in  Warwickshire, 
told  me  that  Sir  Robert  Daahwood, 
sotntimcsHigh  Sheniff  {ofOxon.),  bad 
poichascd  the  maooonr  of  Yarolon  of 
the  beires  and  exccutars  of  .Sir  Thomas 
Spencer  for  31  ihutitand  poundi  nl>out 
3  weeks  since' 

'  iD&criptioni  taken  at  Neimhani 
[Nuneliam]-Cotirtncy,  OioD.  by  Wood 
on  7  May  l6.;7  aie  found  in  WocmI 
MS.  B  15;  alsu  in  Wood  MS.  E  l, 
p.  190. 


*  inscriptions  taken  on  14  May  1657 
by  Wcx>d  at  Ilalton,  Great  Milton,  and 
Ilasely  ore  found  in  Wood  MS.  B  15  i 
also  in  Wood  MS.  £  I,  pp.  340,  a68, 
aSib. 

'  inwriplioni  taken  on  31  May  i6t;7 
by  Wood  at  Stanton -Harcourl  arc  funnd 
in  Wood  MS.  B.  15 ;  also  io  Wood  MS. 

E  i,p  3>- 

*  inscriptions  taken  by  Wood  at  Elles- 
fitJd  (Elsficid)  on  37  May  1(157  ^"^ 
found  in  Wuod  MS.  B  15;  alao  in 
Wood  MS.  E  I,  p.  165. 

*  note  in  W'ood  MS.  £  t,  fol.  190. 

*  on  a  loose  slip  at  the  end  of  MS. 
Ikxll.  594  is  this  note,  but  whether  in 
Wood's  hand  I  cannot  say  positively  ;— 
'Ncwnain-coutmey,  sue  called  from 
that  simame,  auncicnt  inhabitants  of 
the  same.  This  lordship  lell  to  two 
ca-hcireases  by  name  l>uckcts,  who  were 
the  right  owiicm  Iticrcof  j  hut  Sir  John 
Pollard,  knight,  a  wcstcme  man,  (by 
false  mcanca,  as  is  sDpp<»cd)  got  this 
lordship  from  them.  Who  enjoyed  itaome 
time,  and  ha^iof:  noc  issue  left  it  to  one 
John  Pollard  uf  the  same  country  (as  is 
supposed),  a  hawker.  Which  aforesaid 
John,  knight,  taking  a  jouniey  into  his 
owne  conntiy,  met  with  this  John  th« 
hawker  aforesaid ;  and  falling  into  dis- 
courw  with  each  other,  came  In  Iconic 
the  hawker's  name — npoo  whicli  tliis 


APRIL  — MAY,  1667. 


219 


Courtney,  so  called  from  the  Courtneys,  anciently  lords  iherof.  After 
them  succeeded  if  I  mistake  not  (the  Pollards)  Sir  John  Pollard  of 
Devon.  From  them  il  came  10  .  .  .  Audlcy  of  the  Court  of  Wards, 
commonly  called  '  the  rich  Audlcy.'  From  lum  (as  I  conceive)  it 
came  to  Robert  Wright,  bi&hop  of  Lychfcild,  whose  son  GUvcrt 
Wright  sold  it  to  John  Robinson  of  London,  merchant,  tempore 
Olivcri  Cromwell,  knighted  in  May  J  660  by  King  Charles  11,  and 
made  Lcivtenant  of  the  Tower.] 

[...',  daughter  of  the  Lady  Lovet,  died  in  Mr.  Arthur  Crewe's 
house  in  Halywell,  M.,  11  May  1657;  and  was  buried  in  Hal^-wcU 
chanccll.     Shcc  was  never  married.] 

'May  14,  Th.,  all  tlie  eight  bells  of  Merton  coll.  did  begin  to  ring 
^And  he  heard  them  ring  verj-  well  at  his  approach  to  Oxon  in  the 
evening,  after  he  had  taken  his  rambles  all  that  day  about  the  country 
to  collect  monuments— The  bells  did  not  at  all  please  iIk-  curious 
and  critical  hearer.  However  lie  plucked  at  them  often  with  some 
of  his  fellow-colleagues  for  recreation  sake.  They  were  all  after- 
wards re-cast,  and  the  belfry  wherein  the  ringers  stood  (which  was 
a  little  below  the  arches  of  the  tower,  for  while  the  five  hanged 
the  ringers  stood  on  (he  ground)  being  built  of  bad  timber,  was 
plucked  downe  also;  and  after  the  bells  were  put  up  againe,  litis 
belfry,  that  now  is,  above  the  arches,  was  new  made  and  a  window 
(bioke  lliro  the  tower  next  to  Corpus  Christi  Coll.)  was  made  to 
give  light. 

[Stanton-Harcourt ',  ai  May  1657.  In  the  middle  of  the  body 
of  the  church,  on  a  brass  fix'd  to  a  gravestone,  is  this  : — 

'  Of  your  choritr  prty  for  the  lonle  or  Wm  Secole,  the  which  decoMti  tlie  xxrili 
day  o(  October  ia  the  yeare  oi  oar  LorO  God  MCCCCCI.VIl.' 


John,  knight,  harlnfr  ooe  inae  made 
Joha  the  bAwkcr  his  hcirc  A  little 
ipAOc  afterwards  ihi&  Jahn,  knight,  afore- 
»aid,  died  and  Ivft  Ncvrnam  and  his  otltcr 
jiu.'flncs  all  to  hi>  vrilc,  vx  that  John 
the  hawker  was  not  to  hare  nothing 
before  the  lady  was  dead,  to  the  tneone 
time  John  the  hawker  beitiE  maiiied 
and  having  iuoe  Lewij,  living  in  or 
about  NeNmam  ran  into  debt  opon  that 
score  Che^g  Jolio  the  knight's  heirc)  toe 
much  a&aliiiost  tan  oal  his  estate.  I.cwi», 
Oil  I  Ukc  It,  iolde  it  to  ...  a  Londoner, 
and  the  LoiMloncr  sold  It  to  bishop 
^^'right,  and  UaLup  Write  hi»  son  sold 


it  to  on(c)  Kohlnson.  Lewis  >rorcsaid 
bad  itsne,  John  {aovi  living,  1656}.* 
1*he  slip  is  Inserted  among  some  notes 
of  the  Conitenay  Eamily  I567-16J3 
whiuh  Wooil  tAyj,  are  '  out  of  the  beginn' 
nitig  and  end  of  a  French  MS.  in  bibl. 
Bodl.  given  therto  by  Mr.  Joseph  May- 
oard,  S.T.B..anno'  (1658). 

^  note  in  Wood  MS.  V  4,  p.  91. 
\^'ood  gives  these  anns : — '  argent  3 
wnlves  passant  in  pale  sable'  (Lovet). 

*  Dutcs  selected  rioni  those  in  Wood 
MS.  E  I  fol.  33,  fill!.,  compared  with 
the  nolca  wtittca  00  the  spot  in  Wood 
MS.lii£. 


aao 


WOOD^S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


(In  the  chanccll)  Is  the  picture  of  a  woman  with  hands  erect, 
and  in  one  her  beads  hanging,  cut  on  a  brass  plate '  with  this  inscrip- 
tion under  her : — 

<  Of  yuur  charity  pray  for  the  soute  of  Eleo  Camby  late  the  wyff  of  John  Camby, 
which  decessed  the  xxtr  day  of  June  in  Ihb  ycrc  of  oui  Lord  God  MV^LXVI 
(1566).     On  wbox  Miulc  Jcsu  have  mercy,  Amcu.' 

'Tis  strange  that  such  an  inscription  should  be  put  on  a  grave 
stone,  after  religion  had  been  reformed  7  ycarcs. 

(In  the  chancell)  is  this  on  a  plate  of  brass  on  a  blew  stone : — 

'  Pray  for  the  sonle  of  S*  Henry  Dodschone  preist,  late  vyotr  of  IhU  charch, 
wliicb  dixesscd  the  uciii  (lay  of  Jannary  y*  }-erc  of  our  Lord  God  MV^LXIX.    On 

whose  soulc  Jcsu  have  mercy,  Amea.' 

Without  (doubl)  most,  if  not  all,  of  this  townc  were  Catholicks 
divers  yeares  after  the  Reformation.    The  Harcouris  were.] 

June. — The  $  day,  W.,  given  to  the  porter  of  Map.  Coll.  to  sc  the  chappcll^  61/. 
— The  5,  F.,  at  EUhcs,  (w/;  for  paper  arid  binding  a  bookc,  ^d. — The  9,  T.,  at 
£llc&ci  and  at  Eoilcs,  1/  yi. — Ttic  1 1,  lli.,  at  Mrs.  Btimct's,  i;  ;  and  to  Bishop,  iW. 
—The  ]j,  F.,  at  Ellcscs,  &/.— Tlic  16.  T.,  at  Dieses  and  at  EorlcKS,  1^.— Thci?, 
W.,  at  Mcdly.  <yd,—1\v:  19,  F.,  to  the  clcrit  of  St  Ebbs  and  at  Ellcses,  w.— The 
30,  S.,  for  Aocs,  4J  ^d. — The  34,  \V.,  lo  the  dorlcc  of  St.  Marie's,  W;  to  Forest, 
(or  Camden's  * '  Kcmaincs,'  u  W.— Tlic  36,  F.,  at  Ellcscs,  &/.— The  z%  M.,  spent 
on  Forest,  iW. — The  Jo,  T.,  spent  a  Sihlnn:,  6(/. 

July. — The  3.  Th,,  «[)«it  uid\  boucfat  of  Mr.  Potter  a  dcv  suit,  i/i^  16/ ■)</. — 
The  3d  day,  F.,  to  Mr.  Forcit,  1; ;  and  to  Mr.  Barnham  for  his  moaming  ribboD, 
ar.— The  4,  S.,  la  the  barbtrr,  41 ;  and  (o  Xicolls  the  tailor  {xyt  makir);  my  suit,  61 ; 
for  buckles  to  J.  Battet,  3J  tid ;  the  tame  day,  spent,  bd ;  to  Hawes  the  glover,  3J.— 
The  6,  M.,  to  Alpotl  *,  for  phisidc,  <m/;  tpont  at  the  Tavern  and  ipciiL  to  see  the 
play  at  the  Blew  Anchor,  ix  8rf.— The  7,  T.,  giTcn  to  Mrs.  Fry  for  whay.  6./.— The 
5,  Th.,  to  Blagniw;  for  Harrington's  '  '  Cliutch  Slate,'  tcd\  lo  Beckford,  for  bind- 
ing of  Camdca's  '  Kcmatacs,'  6J.— The  10,  Y.,  spent  at  Harper's,  lad:  spent 
to  &ee  Sander'  watei m oi tecs,  9>d  \  spent  in  claret  at  Hodictite's  ^d.  ^The  ii.  S.,  at 
EUesei,  6<f.— The  13,  M.,  spent  3.t  41/.— The  14,  T.,  ipcot  at  Mcdly  ^  with  Mr. 


•  Wood  MS.  D  15  adds:  'on  a  blew 
flat  stone.* 

•  '  Remained  concerning  Britain' 
I^nd.  1 1S37  ;  Wood  606. 

»  '  i6j8.  Sept. ;  Philip  Alportc  of  St 
Marie's  parinh  Oxon,  apothecary,  and 
Millicenl  Asliey  of  Little  Milton  in  Ox- 
fordshire were  married  in  S.  John  Bapt 
Church  Oxon*:  Wood's  nolo  in  Wood 
MS.  K  33 

•  Sir  John  Horington's  '  A  Inicfc 
view  of  the  state  of  the  church  of  Eng- 
land ...  to  the  year  ot  160S,'  Lood. 
1653,410;  Wood  864. 


•  Medley  Inn, now  a  private  dwelling- 
house,  wis  the  '  IcmiintM  nd  quem '  of 
Oxford  water-parties  (tailing  b<j.it  prob- 
ably from  Folly  Bridge)  in  WixmI's 
time,  a»  Godstow  Inn  is  now  (taking 
boat  bvoi  Medley).  M n.  Alicia  D'aoveis 
(daughtirr  of  i^unuel  Clarke,  esqaire 
bcdcU  of  the  University)  la  her  '  Hu- 
taoars  of  ihet'ni^enHty  of  Oxford' (1691) 
writes  thin : — 

"  and  ^U  th.it  afleriioon  to  Nfnlly. 
Near  half  a  mile  or  such  a  matter 
it  lyes  aa  yon  go  dowa  {i.  op)  the 
water; 


jifAy—yt;LY,ieBi. 


331 


Crew'  and  Mrs.  Wamfonl ",  Ri. — The  15,  \V.,pBMl  toMrs.  Burhniun  (Le.  Biinihani)^ 
firf.— The  18,  S.,  lent  to  Mr.  <WiIIi«m>  Stues  *  when  wc  wc«  In  the  water,  4*/; 
spent  at  that  time,  ^^.^2^,  S.,  vpcnl  6J. 

July. — [At*  a  commencement  at  Cambridg  an.  1657  the  pre-  \ 
varicalor  told  the  Oxonians  that  '  the  dcanc  of  Ch.  Ch,'  (Dr.  John 
Owen)  'had  as  much  powder  in  his  hairc  Ihal  would  discharg  eight 
cannons.'  Hut  Mr.  Daniel  Danvers  of  Trin.  Coll.  who  was  Terrae 
filius  the  same  yeare  at  Oxford  told  the  Cantabrigians  that  were  then 
there,  in  his  speech,  that  *  he  wondred  how  that  powder  could  make 
such  a  report,  seeing  that  it  was  while  for  white  makes  no  report/ 
You  must  know  that  Owen,  being  a  vaJne  person,  weared  for  the 
most  part  sweet  powder  in  his  haire,  sets  of  jjoints  at  his  knees, 
boots,  and  lawn  boot-hose  tops,  as  ilie  fashion  then  was  for  yong  men.] 

Tliis  Act  was  Mr.  (Daniel)  Danvers'  one  of  itie  Ttrratfilu'.  who  * 
then  tookc  occasion  to  tell  all  the  Congregation  of  Dr.  (George) 
MarsliaU ',  New  Coll.,  '  of  what  religion  they  supposed  him  to  be,  for 
he  nor  any  else  (ever)  saw  him  at  Church '—which  ever  after  that 
was  a  constant  follower. 

The  15  day  of  July,  W.,  Vavasor  PowcU'  preacht  at  AUhallowes 
Oxon,  where  he  rayl'd  aganst  the  Universities,  agansl  (Henry) 
Uickman "  of  Magd.  Coll.,  and  said  'lite  pope  should  provide  him 
a  miter  and  the  ticvill  a  frying-pan ' — wliich  was  occasioned  by 
Hickman's  answering  in  the  Vesperies  where  a  question  was  'An 
ministri  Anglicani  habeant  validam  ordinaiionem?',  Hickman  being 
respondent,  the  Vicc-cancellor' opposing  him;  and  moreover  Hick- 
man said  (not  that  he  was  drawne  by  force  of  argument,  but  by  his 
opinion)  tJial  'Rome,  for  ought  he  knew,  was  a  true  church.'  Vavasor 
rowcll  was  denied  entrance  at  fir^t  to  preach,  but  wherther  (i.  e. 
whether)  the  Vice-cancel  lor  did  command  to  tlic  contrary  (as  they  say 
he  did)  


a  place  at  which  they  never  fail 
of  cuftard,  cfder,  calces,  and  ale, 
cream  tarti,  and  checK-cakcs,  good 

neat  1'- too  (i^cs, 
snd  pretty  ^rli  to  wait  opoo'l.'* 
Sec  al*o  a  note  of  it  m  1718  In  Bllu' 
HtHifuiai  Htamitincu  ti.  p.  66. 
'  Arthur  Crew  ;  »cc  Jtoe  1663. 
■  proliably  the  mother  o(  Wood'«  col- 
let frieni]  John  Wamfotd  (lee  p.  183); 
the  %Vnmio(d«and  Crew*  being  re&ident 
in  the    Mne    parish    (Highwoith    in 
Wilto). 


'  William  Stsnn,  M.A.  Mert.  17  Dec. 
lG5i|{Dnlbc  tame  day  as  Wool)  himaelC- 

'  note  in  Wood  MS.  E  3i,  fgl.  38. 
Ch.  Ch.  wttB  founded  for  *  a  Dean  tnd 
eight  Canoai.' 

>  Paiilvl  Danrers,  M.A.  Tha.  ColL 
6  Apr.  1654. 

•  Warden  of  New  CoU.  1649-1658. 

'  Wood  500  is  '  The  tire  and  death  of 
Mr.  Vavasor  rowcll.'  publ.  in  1671. 

"  llcnry  Hickman,  B.D.  Maed.C.  29 
May  1659. 

*  Or.  John  Coitant,  Rector  of  Exeter. 


asa 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


Ancttsi.— Tbe  4  day,  T..  for  Dutch  paper,  &/.— The  6  day,  Tb.,  I  gave  to  the 
Sdlers  St  William  Holydayc's  wrJdJng  ',  li ;  the  Mine  day,  spent,  &/. — The  1 1  day, 
T^  at  Olctes,  ftJ;  tlie  &amc  day  ^pcnc  ai  Eailec,  u  6«/. — The  i^  day,  F.,  I  vcK  at 
Dorchester.— The  18,  T.,  at  EUcks,  &/.— The  3o,  Th.,  spent  att  Elle«»,  u.— The 
31,  F.,  {Aid  to  Mr.  Jcane*  for  niy  battles,  tU.  y  ;  the  same  day  I  n:ccivcd  of  Mr. 
Bomham.  30/.— The  35,  T..  at  Mr.  tllcsca  and  at  Mr.  Erica,  u  +/.— The  aj.Th^ 
91/  for  a  pint  of  wine  fur  Mr.  ^Arthur)  Crew. — The  39,  &.,  B[ieiLt,  ^J. 

*Aug.  4,  T.,  he  began  lo  peruse  and  run  over  all  the  manuscript 
collections  of  the  great  antiquary  John  Leland  that  arc  reposed  in  the 
archiws  of  Codiic's  library.  He  was  exceedingly  delighted  in  them, 
was  never  weary  of  them,  but  collected  much  from  them. 

Aug.,  the  4  day,  T.,  I  began  to  read  Leland's  Collections,  bib^lto- 
Uicca)  Bod(lciana). 

(In  Wood  MS.  E4,Woodgimthisaccoant  of  these  MS.S,' -.—Johanni»I.elaocIi 

•  CoUectionea'  (or  ' Collectanea ')  in  archivit  bibliolhecac  Bodlcianae. —  Volmtuni 
gives  excerpts  from  MSS.  on  Englia})  history  and  anli<]iii(ies;  and  contains  913 
pagesL — Vclumtn  fl  gives  oUo  hiitorical  coUectioDs  from  varioua  MSS. ;  and  con- 
tains 38]  pages. —  Velumen  If!  gives  collections  from  various  MSS. ;  and  also 
catalogoesof  MSS.  formerly  in  the  libimry  of  religions  houses  in  England  ;  it  contains 
387  pages. —  VolumtH  IV  gives  Uvea  of  Uritish  writers  ;  contaios  554  pages;  and 
vas  written  in  1546. 

A  synopsis  of  the  cootcsts  of  ttwac  four  M.SS.  is  given  In  the  1697  Catalogiie  ttnder 
the  actnbcn  5103-5105,    The  MSS.  arc  autograph  by  Leland  ;  and  arc  now  marked 

•  MS.  Top.  geo.  C  1-4.' 

Wood's  excerpts  from  three  four  MSS'.,  niade  oa  17  June  1660,  arc  foond  in  MS. 
Ballard  70  {oUm  so)  foL  1-15.) 

Aug.,  the  12  day,  W.,  I  began  to  read  John  Leland's  Itineraries  *, 
bibl.  Bod). 

(In  Wood  MS.  E  4  Wood  notes  of  Johannis  Lelaodl '  Itinerana  in  Anglia,*  that 

•  two  Toltimcs  of  Itineraries  vfcrc  bcgnn  1 543,  May  5.*  These  volumct,  now  8  *  ia 
tiuitiber,  Leland's  autograph,  are  now  nuuked  '  MS.  Top.  gen.  e.  8-15  ':  a  synopsis 
of  their  coutents  is  given  in  the  1697  Catalogue  of  the  Bodleian  MSS^  under  nos. 
5I07-51I1,  Wood  cites  Us  'Collections  out  of  Iceland's  Itinerary'  in  Clailc's 
Wood's  City  of  Oxford  i.  171,  ii.  333  ;  but  the  only  traces  of  these  I  have  been  able 
to  tliscovei  are  some  fragments  b  MS.  Tinner  454,  fol.  35,  fol.  33  sqq. 


'  at  Ifley ;  son  of  Baxtcn  Holydiiy. 
Inscriptions  at  '  Eifley  '  taken  by  Wood 
oil  C>  Aug.  1657;  see  in  Wood  MS.  B 
15.  also  in  Wood  MS,  E  i,  p.  iHf.  In- 
scriptions at  Cowley  txkcn  by  Wood  in 
Aug.  1657  ;  see  ibid.,  p.  i8». 

'  see,  for  their  history,  Macnty's 
Annali  of  tht  BadMan   (edit.   1890) 

P-  75- 

*  Vols.  I- III  were  puUislie<l  by 
Thomas  Ilcanie  nA\jt\u>A'% CdUfleueo 


in  1715  in  6  volamcs ;  vo!.  IV  was  pub- 
lished by  Antliony  Hall  as  Leland's  dSr 
Utripti^rihitt  in  1709- 

*  published  by  Thomas  Heame  in 
1710-171)  in  9  volumes. 

•  seven  <5nario  volumes  were  given  by 
William  burton  in  1633,  the  eighth 
(which  Borton  had  lent  and  conid  not 
recover)  by  Charles  King  of  Ch.  Ch. : 
Mocniy,  nt  mpnt. 


AUGUST,  ieS7. 


aas 


Aug.,  Ihc  13,  Th.,  and  20,  Th.,  1  plaid  at  tlw  Mustek  Schole. 

[Memorandum,  F.,  Aug.  14,  1O57,  Mrs.  Read  of  Ipston  (h^ixirtcd 
this  life,  who  three  weeks  before  her  deaih  was  taken  with  a  Gtt 
of  vomitting  and  vomttted  a  live  sjnder.  Her  name  was  Acton  before 
she  married.] 

This  summer  rages  a  new  kind  of  feavcr,  especially'  in  the  country 
YiUfl^es. 

"Aug.  14,  R,  in  his  rambles  about  the  country,  he  went  to  Dor- 
chester seven  miles  distant  from  Oxon  to  sec  his  old  master  David 
Thomas  \  who,  from  being  usher  of  Thame  school,  was  now  the 
bead-master  of  the  free  school  at  Dofcliesler,  founded  by  John  Feic- 
place,  esq.  an  old  bachelaur. — He  bid  succeeded  in  that  office  John 
Drope,  lately  fellow  of  Magd.  ColL,  who  was  the  first  master  ap- 
[MJinted  by  tlie  founder.  A.  W.  could  not  but  here  acknowledge 
his  owoe  weakness,  you  may  call  it  folly  if  you  please,  as  being 
Startled  at  bis  first  sight  of  this  most  antienl  city,  famous  for  its  being 
a  station  of  the  Romanes,  for  its  entertaining  S.  Birinus^and  after- 
wards for  giving  him  burial,  &c.  The  church  is  larg  and  antique, 
and  hath  contained  many  monuments  of  aniiquity,  which  are  since 
spoylcd  and  defaced.  Those  that  remaine  he  look  an  account  of, 
as  also  of  the  armes  in  the  wimkiwes,  and  tricked  out  widi  his  pea 
llie  ichnography  of  the  church  and  cloyster  and  buildings  adjoyning. 
And  at  his  departure  Mr.  Da\-id  Thomas  gave  him  some  Roman 
Coynes  found  within  the  libenie  of  Dorchester. 

[Dorchester ',  F.,  14  .\ug.  1657.  At  Dorchester  in  Ihe  county  of 
Oxford  was  an  abbey  of  Black  Channons,  founded,  as  Lcland  saiUi, 
by  Alexander',  bishop  of  Lincolne.  (Reniigius*,  who  was  the  first 
bishop  of  Lincolnc.  tempore  Willclmi  Conquestoris,  after  the  bishop- 
rick  was  translated  from  Dorchester  to  thai  place,  took  care,  as 


'  '  Rcmcinljer  to  send  to  Mr.  ^D«vid) 
Tbomb  of  Dorclicslcr  for  the  suag  of 
the  bc<lelU  in  Oxon' — note  by  Wooil, 
prialed  by  HcAme  At  the  end  of '  Liber 
Niger  Scaccaril.' 

*  '  Aniiu  6^5  beatcu  Rtrinus  ecdeiiam 
Dorciwster  fuoilavit  ct  ia  ca  scdit  cpi»> 
copna  primui — Lclvid  lom.  3  p.  71 ' : — ' 
note  by  Wood  printed  by  Hcanie  at  the 
end  of  '  Liber  Niger  SuccatU.' 

*  inacriptiocis  etc  at  tKircfaatcc  takea 
bjr  Wood  on  r4  Aug.  1657  ice  In  Wood 
M.S.  B  15 ;  oIm  in  Woud  MS>  E  1,  p. 
391.     At  the  ctid  of  Wood  MS.  £  t  at 


fnl.  301  iqq.  an  ooats  of  arms  '  in  Dor- 
cticsto  Church  taken  anno  Domini  i6]a 
per  Mr WincheU." 

■  notes  in  Wood  MS.  C  i,  foL  991 
Bq().,  collated  with  the  original  draft  in 
Wood  M.S.  B  15.  Reference  may  lie 
made  to  'The  Hi&tory  of  Dorchecler, 
Oxfordibirc'  (Parker  &  Co.,  Oxford, 
iSSa) ;  iwurd  in  one  volume  with  '  Some 
Account  of  the  Abbey  Cbnrch  of  .  ,  . 
DorchcKtcr,'  by  H.  Addiogton,  edit.  W. 
C.Macfarlanc,  1883. 

^  Alexander  was  bishop  Ii33'il47. 

*  Keiiiigius,  bishop  lofi;-109i. 


324 


WOOIfS  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


others'  say,  that  ftn  abbey  should  be  erected  at  Dorchester  least 
that  pliftre  should  be  ruined  and  »nk  in  oblivion.)  Some  say  that 
the  abbey  i,ras  built  with  ihe  stones  tliat  came  from  the  bishop's 
palace  in  Dorchester.  The  bishop's  palace  was  on  the  right  hand 
at  the  towne's  end  next  to  Oxon.  There  is  no  sign  of  the  bishop's 
palace  now,  onlie  a  few  hillocks  thai  are  yei  remaining.  There  is 
an  house  that  standeth  in  the  place  of  it,  A  it  is  called  'Bishop's 
Court." 

The  frontispeice  of  the  abbey  of  Dorchester  stands  at  the  vest 
end  of  the  church,  and  the  rest  of  the  building  run  behind  the  north 
side.  The  outside  of  the  abbey  is  all  built  of  free-stone  three  stoi/ 
high,  but  the  inside  next  to  the  court  is  built  of  timber  and  plaister. 
The  limits  of  the  abbey  run  mostly  on  the  north  side  of  the  church. 
There  be  great  flatted  bamcs,  that  arc  supported  with  bullrcsscs", 
yet  standing,  belonging  to  Mr.  , .  .  Clerk,  who  hath  a  farmc  bouse 
there,  which  some  say  was  part  of  the  abbey.  The  court  lett* 
belongs  to  the  Feteplaccs*  of  Swinbrook  com.  Oxon,  neare  Burford. 
There  be  verie  pleasant  walks  in  the  grounds  below  the  abbey,  oU 
shadowed  with  elmes,  and  the  river  Thame  '  running  thereby. 

When  the  sclioolhouse  was  built  by  Jolm  Fclcplace,  esq.,  an  antient 
bachclaur,  which  was  about  3  yeares  agoe,  at  the  west  end  of  the 
church,  there  were  in  digging  of  the  foundations  discovered  certaine 
little  roomes  under  ground,  some  pav'd  very  smoothly  with  hard 
while  stone,  and  some  brick'd  round.  In  one  of  the  roomes  was 
an  hearth  in  the  middle,  much  like  those  (but  farr  less)  in  College 
halls.  Mr.  David  Thomas  the  schoolmaster  (lately  usher  of  Thame 
Schoolc)  told  me  that  in  digging  at  tlic  west  end  of  the  church  there 
was  discovered  a  smal  \^.v^\  that  would  hold  3  or  4  men  or  more,  and 
at  the  (Op  was  a  tonncit,  like  unto  a  chymncy  but  somthing  larger. 
He  told  me  that  he  thought  when  the  abbey  was  standing,  the  tonnel 
did  go  to  the  uppermost  roomes  [and  *  iherin  to  convey  themselves 
in  times  of  inquisition  or  pi:rsequution  by  a  long  rope.  But  my 
opinion  is  that  it  was  a  place  of  punishment'.  The  vcstall  virgins  at 
Rome  had  such  places  of  punishment;  vide  Godwin*,  p.  14  edit 


'  Wood  MS.  B  15  uyi:— 'u  lome 
uf  ttie  mhobiliui!!  kay.' 

»  •  pillar*  *  in  Wo«l  MS.  n  1 5. 

*  *thi«  faime  and  tbe  court-lcct,*  In 
Wood  MS.  B  15. 

'  'x&  htr.  Fcltiplatc,  in  old  ImvIcImt- 
lour,'  ibid. 

»  'Tame.'  iWd. 


•  the  pasvige  in  «jiiare  brackets  is 
from  the  earlier  draft,  being  omitted  in 
Wood  MS.  E  I. 

^  Ihedcscnptionccrtitnly  corresponds 
to  an  oubliette. 

*  TbomaA  Godwin,  *  ^emartae  //is- 
l0riM  Anihohgia'  pobl.  Oxford,  410^ 
16)8. 


AUCl/ST,  1667. 


335 


1638.  in  Roman  IlistOT)*.  There  w-as  a  cloister  on  Ihe  north  side 
of  Ihe  church  that  led  from  the  abbey  to  a  north  isle,  joymng  ibero 
unto.     Sec  in  the  ichnograjiliy. 

<PIan'  of  Dorchester  Church.) 

..  .'.  In  the  body  of  the  church  are  no  monuments  remaining 
but  one  which  is  at  the  entrance  into  the  choire.  'Tis  a  flat  greyish 
marble,  and  thereon  haih  been  the  picture  of  a  crosier  engraven,  now 
almost  woren  out.    It*  seems  to  be  veiie  ancient. 

At  liie  upper  end  of  Dorchester  chanccll  on  the  south  side  are 
4  seatcs  of  stone  in  the  wall,  with  canopies  over  each  curiously  canrcd 
in  stone.  Over  ihem  is  a  verie  antient  window,  whcrin  Ls  represented 
the  picture  of  S.  Birine  in  his  episcopal!  habit,  standing  on  the  deck 
of  a  ship  on  the  sea,  sayling  for  Enj^Iand,  and*  several!  priests  with 
toDsur'd  aowns  or  heads.  In  another  light  of  the  same  window 
he  is  represented  preaching  on  the  sea  before  ccrtatne  people  willi 
him.  In  another  he  is  preaching  to  king  Kenigilsus.  In  another 
he  is  obtaining  leave  of  pope  llonorius  to  goe  and  venture  himself 
to  preach  Xt  unto  the  infidells.  In  another  he  is  baptizing  king 
Kenigilsus,  and  Oswald  king  of  Northumberland  stands  there  to  be 
his  godfather. 

In  the  north  window  oppoait  to  the  former  is  the  stock  of  Jesse, 
with  iheir  images,  all  curiously  cut  in  stone  in  the  pillars  of  the 
window.  They  have  each  of  them  a  scroulc  of  writing  in  their  hands, 
of  an  antient  diaracler,  but  now  almost  quite  obliterated.  There 
are  27  or  38  images,  some  of  which  were  much  defaced  by  the  parlia- 
luentary  soldiers  in  the  late  rebellion. 

The  walls  of  the  chancell  have  been  all  painted  vcric  gloriously 
with  sewrall  sorts  of  beasts.  There  yet  remaines  a  lyon,  a  griffin, 
a  leopard. 

In  my  searches  about  the  church  I  could  not  find  any  signe 
of  iKshop  Aescliwync's  tomb,  of  free  stone,  which  Leland  mentioned. 

The  tower  that  now  is,  is  but  of  late  standing;  the  staircase  old. 
Upon  the  great  bell  is  this ; — 

*  rrotece,  Uirioc,  qnot  codvoco,  tu  doe  fine* 


'  in  Wood  MS.  E.  i  fol.  291  b  ;  copied 
ffom  the  earlier  drawing  in  Wood  MS. 

'  Wocxl's  long  and  minole  accoant  of 
tbe  amu  ud  monamcRts  i*  omitted,  as 
brloajjiD);  to  an  Oxfordshire  vokine.aad 
not  to  lhi&  account  of  Wood's  life  and 


tlmei. 

■  *I  bcleevc  (it)  Is  one  of  Ihe  ann- 
eientcft  in  all  ibc  cbuich  ' :  Wood  AtS. 
B.  15- 

'  '  with  A  manyofiliavenptelatswith 
bin,'  in  Wood  MS.  B.  1$. 


WOOD'S  UFE  AXP  TIMES. 

On  the  south  west  «de  of  the  towne,  as  Leiand  salth,  stoode  two 
paris]i  churches,  and  a  great  dealc  of  the  lownc.  There  be  often 
found  '  numismata  Romanonim.'  A  lilllc  bejond  Dorchester  toward 
the  meting  of  Tame  and  Isis  is  a  trencli  cast  up  from  one  river  to  the 
other.  It  is  cast  up  on  both  sides  of  the  trench.  Some  say  that, 
when  Synodune  *,  which  is  in  Darkshire  hanging  over  the  river,  was 
a  Romaine  garrison,  this  (trench)  was  to  draw  away  the  river  that 
run  under  tlic  garrison.  Some  say  againc  tliat  it  was  only  a  place 
of  harbour  for  the  beselgers  to  defend  themselves  etc. 

Ncare  the  said  lowne  of  Dorchester  is  a  faire  stone  bridge  built 
over  the  Tharais :  and  it  hath  to  arches.  John  dc  la  Hctc  '  bishop 
of  Sw  David's  and  Richard  Drayton  esq.  were  special  benefactors  lo 
the  said  bridge.] 

Beptember— 3  day,  W.,  boxicM  o{  Mr,  David  ^i.e.  Psim),  Lewij  Owen  '  '  Ub- 
nuukinj;  of  the  Jeialu  anA  Monks,'  ion/.— The*  7  day,  M.,  tp«Dt  nt  Elleses,  it.~~ 
The'  8,  T.,  fpcnt,  6</.— The  I5,T.,  nt  Ellcic*,  fii/.— The  16,  W..  M  Ejiiiham ',  6</. 
—The  ai,  M.,  at  Evict,  10./.— The  aa,  T.,  at  Ellesc«,  C</.— The  35,  V.,  p«d  for 
incDding  of  atoclcLngs,  fti/.~ -Hie  jfi,  S,,  jwid  to  Nichyll  for  mcntling  ray  gownc, 
at  itxf. — Tbc  37,  Sn.,  bought  of  I'ores:,  '  ihe  RclAlion  •  of  Nathanlc!  Uutlcr/  6J. — 
The  99,  T.,  pnn  to  the  ctcrke  of  St.  Gilo,  3^. 

September. — (Sept.)  ihc  5  day,  S.,  csq(utre)  Whor^voo(^s  sonn. 
by  name  Bronie  Whorcwood,  was  drowned  in  the  seas  betwixt  England 
and  the  Isle  of  Whight, 

*SepL  6,  S.— Brome  \Vhorwood  lately  gent,  commoner  of  S. 
Marie's  hall,  only  son  and  heir  of  lirome  \V'honvood  of  ilallon  nearc 
Oxon,  was  drown'd  in  his  passage  from  Hampshire  lo  the  Isle  of 
Wight. — He  had  been  at  the  election  of  scholars  at  Winchester, 
and  being  minded  to  sec  tlie  Isle  of  Wight,  did  with  George  Crake  ' 
of  New  coll.  hire  a  vessel  tliat  was  leaky,  which  sunk  by  that  time 


'  Wood  cHes '  John  l.eylaod  of  Syno- 
dnnc  ' :  see  in  Heanie*«  Ijclwid. 

*  vide  Godwin  in  St.  David's,  (Fnincis 
Godwin  'de  pr&csntlbns  Aagliac  Com- 
mcnlarins,') 

*  Lewis  Owen's  'The  imoiukiDg  of 
*U  po|>iiih  moaks,  friers,  and  Jesuits  ;  or 
a  treatise  of  their  gcnealogte'  .  . .,  Lomd. 
i638:\VoodD.a4((i;.  WooilD.  96(5) 
is  Lewis  Owen')  *  The  running  register 
recording  t  tnie  relation  of  the  state  of 
Ihe  Engli&h  colledgc^  temicarics  uid 
cloystets  in  all  fontiigDc  parts,'  Lood. 

tf>76. 

'  thcw  two  cctrirs  art  in  pencil. 


'  inscriptioiuat  Einshun  aod  b  view 
from  the  Stnith  Ea>t  of  the  rutna  of  the 
Aht^Chorch  there,  taken  by  Wood  16 
Sept,  1657,  see  In  Wood  MS.  B.  15  ; 
also  in  Wood  MS.  E.  i,  p.  4S. 

•  either  '  A  full  NanatiiT  of  Ihe  mur- 
der coinmittcd  OR  Jotin  Knight  hy  Na- 
thnnicl  Uutlcr,'  Lond.  1657.  4to  ;  Wood 
3*^5  ('3^ :  or  *  An  account  of  the  life  and 
death  of  Nathaniel  Bncler' by  Karidolph 
Ycarwood,  Lond.  1657,  Bto;  Wood 
'73(1). 

'  '  Cmke '  tioth  in  the  Tanner  and 
Ilarl.  MS.    See  w/ra  p.  204  note  $. 


AUG.-^SEPT.  ie«7. 


3*7 


thej*  were  half  way  in  their  journey. — I  set  this  mcmoirc  doune, 
because  A.  W.  had  acquaintance  nnth  both  of  them. 

•The  motber  of  the  t«iri  Brome  Whorwood  who  vn»  dtown'rf,  was  Jine,  danghler 
tnd  one  of  the  two  cohcira  of. .  .  kjther  of  Kirigi.tun  ujimii  Thames  in  Surrey, 
sorotiines  (lurcyor  of  the  (tables  to  K.  Jimes  1,  Bad  daoghter  ia  Uw  to  J&mes 
Mucwell  tif\.  one  of  the  gromet  of  the  bed-chamber  to  K.  Charlei  I  u  having 
muTicd  her  mother  after  Kythcr'a  death.  A.  W.  reniembrcd  her  well,  oa  having 
often  seen  her  in  Oxon  :  she  was  red-bair'd  as  bet  tooe  Urotne  was,  acd  was  the 
mast  loyal  pcraon  to  K.  Cborlcs  I  in  bis  miscncs,  ns  any  woman  in  Knjjland,  as  h 
appcarcE  by  several  exploits  that  she  pctfonaed  in  order  to  bis  pieservatioD ; 
among  which  I  shall  set  dowoc  these  two. 

'After  bis  majcstie  had  been  taken  away  frotE  Holdsnby  be  waa  conveyed  by 
easie  rcinovals  to  Hampton  court  Asgast  1647  '1  al  which  lime  the  dlizcus  of 
London  were  very  nnnily,  had  alienated  their  affections  fram  the  parlLinKnt,  were 
very  nt-crec  to  the  army,  and  wholly  englin'd  to  liis  majestic,  as  havmg  a  dcsignc  to 
get  bim  among  thcna,  settle  him  tn  Uie  parliam.  house  and  so  conclude  a  pcAoe. 
Hit  majesty  knew  all  this,  aiid  knew  the  inaolencics  and  threatning  of  the  parliam. 
ioldien  which  they  gave  out  to  destroy  hizo,  being  animated  so  to  do  by  the  cabal 
ofjiarltatn.  officers  tutting  at  fctncy,  which  therefore  made  bim  think  ol  an  escape 
from  Hampton  Court,  if  be  could  well  know  to  what  place  be  couM  goe.  Jaoe 
V/horwnod  knowing  this,  due  went  to  William  Lillie  the  n&tronomer  living  in  the 
Stnuid  within  the  Ubcrtic  of  Westminster  to  receive  his  jodgmcnt  about  it,  that  is 
to  say,  in  what  qnarter  of  the  nation  be  might  be  most  safe,  and  not  be  discovered 
till  bimscU  pleased.  When  shcc  came  to  bis  dorc,  Lilly  told  her  he  woold  not  let 
her  come  in  for  be  had  boried  ■  maid-servant  of  the  plague  very  lalcty.  *  I  fcare 
co4  the  plagtK  bat  the  pox,'  aoitb  shcc.  So  be  let  her  in,  and  went  Dp  sioires. 
After  Lillie  bad  erected  his  figure,  be  told  bet  that  about  lO  [uilc6  from  London  and 
in  hisex  he  was  ceitainc  the  king  might  continue  undiscovered.  Shcc  liked  his 
judgment  very  well,  and  being  bcTKlf  of  a  Bh.iip  judgment,  reiiicinbri.-d  a  place  in 
Essex  about  that  dittaocc,  whoe  was  an  excellent  bouse  and  all  coovenicnces  for 
his  receplion.  &c.  Away  shee  went  early  next  morning  to  Hampton  cotut,  to  ac- 
qoaint  his  majestic  ;  but  see  the  misrortonc,  he  cither  guided  by  his  owue  appiuacb- 
■ng  baid  fate,  or  misguided  by  (John)  Ashhurnham,  went  to  TichJii^M  in  Hamp- 
shire, and  icrrcndrcd  himself  to  coL  Robert  Hammond  governonr  of  the  Isle  of 
Wight.  A.  W.  has  benrd  torn  W.  Lilly,  that  alderman  .  .  .  Adams  of  I.ondoa, 
•cut  to  hii  majesty  at  Hampton  Court  a  tbousaitd  pound  In  gold :  ttve  hundred 
pound  of  which  waa  put  into  Jane  Wborwood's  hands,  who  gave  Lilly  for  this  and 
other  judgments  ao/i*.  of  the  same  money,  as  the  said  Lilly  nsnolly  reported. 

*ADolbeT  loyal  exploit  was  this. — His  majestic  being  in  Carcsbtok  ciullc  in  the 
aaid  Isle  of  W'ight,  the  Kentisb  men  were  then  in  armcs  for  him  and  jciu'd  with  th« 
lord  .  .  .  Goring '.  A  considerable  number  of  the  best  ships  also  revolted  from  the 
(■ailinment,  and  the  dtir.ais  of  London  were  forward  to  rise  against  the  p>arliametit : 
whercupoo  his  majestic  dcsign'd  an  escape  thcocc,  if  he  coutd  tell  bow.  A  smal 
ship  was  provided  ami  anchored  cot  farr  from  the  castle  to  bring  bim  into  Saisex, 
and  horses  were  provided  ready  to  carry  bim  Ibio  Sussex  into  Kent,  and  from  thenoc 
to  march  immcdiatty  tn  London,  where  thousands  would  have  armed  for  him  &c. 


*  'Aafost  1647'  Id  the  MS.  h  b 

pencil  and  now  can  hardly  be  made 
oul. 


*  George  Goring  created  baron 
Goiing  14  Apr.  iC]8  :  created  earl 
of  NorwicJi  <S  Nov.  1644. 


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WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


These  Ihlni^  bcin;;  kntynnc  amoof;  the  luof^s  friends,  uid  particularly  to  JsikS 
Viliorwood,  sh«e  icpain-s  againc  lu  Lillic,  and  acqnftints  him  with  the  matter: 
whcreopoQ  he  foX  G.  Fanner,  a  most  ingeoions  lodnanith  dTrclling  in  Bonr  lane  In 
LuDiluD,  to  Euaiic  a  saw  lu  ciil  iron  bans  nsundo-,  I  mcane  to  kiw  them,  and  aqua 
fonii  besides.  TheK  thin;;s  beiag  quidtly  obtain'd,  bis  maj.  in  a  smal  time  ili>i  Itift 
worker  Tbc  barrs  gnvc  libcrtlc  tu  liim  to  go  (.Hit,  and  be  waa  out  with  his  body 
till  he  catnc  to  his  breasts,  bat  then  hii  heait  bilin^,  he  proccctlcd  no  faither ;  to 
afteTwards  he  was  krpt  cloKt.  These  things  A.  \V.  hnd  from  Will.  Lilly;  who 
told  him,  (and  so  he  afterwards  found  it  among  »oaic  oi  his  notes)  that  tiie  said 
Jaoe  'U'horwiiod  cimc  to  him  againe  (upon  the  direction,  as  he  thought,  of  WilL 
lord  Say ')  to  know  from-thc  pcnisal  of  his  fiptre,  whether  his  majeslie  should  signc 
the  jvopoftilions  tent  to  him  by  the  parliament,  so  won  as  they  were  rend :  to  which 
Will.  Ullic  consentirjj,  and  that  it  was  his  only  way  w  to  doe,  which  by  her,  or 
her  letters,  weie  communicated  to  his  majestie,  yet  the  said  lord  Say*  did,  aftirr  hts 
majestic  had  communicated  bis  intentions  to  him  what  to  doe,  pemrndc  Idu  from 
signiflf;  the  »aid  proiK»ilions,  telling  him,  they  were  not  lit  for  him  to  eii^ne,  thai 
he  (Say)  had  many  fhcods  ia  the  tl.  of  lords,  and  some  in  the  houK  of  commons, 
and  be  would  [irocnic  loorc,  nnd  thtn  they  would  fminc  more  easie  propoMtioiit, 
&C.  ThU  perswasion  of  that  luifoitunatc  lord  occasion'd  his  majesty  to  wa^x  the 
advice  oTI-illy  aod  otben»,  Ac.  This  Jane  Whorwoud  is  the  same-  lady  mentioct'd 
in  the  second  volame  of  *  Alb.  «  Fasti  Oxen.'  p.  53  j  where  yoa'l  find  that  K. 
Charles  I.  hnd  [int  into  her  hands  a  cabinet  of  prclious  jrwelU,  to  be  by  her  kept 
till  such  tine  that  he  should  send  for  them ;  which  he  did  a  little  before  his  death  : 
ari'I  H'hat  parted  iheri-'iipon,  you  may  see  then.  But  ail  these  things  being  spoken 
l>y  the  by,  let's  proceed. 

(Sept)  the  9  day,  W.,  Dr.  Gilbert  Wans'  of  Lincoln  Coll.  died, 
and  left  Uireescore  pounds  worth  of  bookes  lo  the  Coll.  Lib(rary)  [and* 
3  (?)  score  poimds  worth  to  tlie  PuWick  Lib{rary).] 

•Sept.  16,  W.,  A.  W.  went  to  Einshani  lo  see  an  old  kinsman 
called  Thomas  Barncole*.  He  was  there  wonderfully  atruckcn  with 
a  veneration  of  the  stately,  yet  much  lamented,  ruins  of  the  abbey 
there)  built  before  the  Norman  conquest.  He  saw  then  ilierc  two 
high  towers  at  the  west  end  of  the  church,  and*  some  of  the  north 
walls  of  the  church  standing.  He  ^\xM.  some  time  with  a  melancholy 
delight '  in  taking  a  prospect '  of  the  ruins  of  that  place    All  which, 


'  WiUiara  Fienes,  8th  baroD  and  ist 
viscount  Say  and  Sele. 

'  here  follow  in  the  Tanner  M.S., 
which  alone  gives  this  passage,  tbc  words 
'  (then  one  of  the  commissioocrt  from 
the  parliament  for  a  peace) ' :  but  they 
have  a  Line  of  dots  nndec  tfacm,  Wood's 
hatiilital  mode  of  indicating  that  a  word 
or  pasM^  is  to  be  deleted. 

»  Gilbert  \V.itts,  Fellow  of  Ijncoln 
from  9  Dec.  1611  till  his  death  ;  D.D. 
I  Nor.  1^41;  he  died  at  Einsham  and 


was  buried  in  All  Saints,  Oxford.    Seo 
DUb'  Wood's  Ath.  Hi.  433. 

*  The  clause  in  square  brackets  is 
crowed  out.  The  figure  b  uncertain^ 
'  3 '  corrected  to  '  5 '  or  vice  versa. 

*  see  svpta  p^  34. 

*  in  the  Harl.  MS.  the  sentence  ends: 
'  and  some  of  the  wall:t  on  the  north 
side  standing.' 

'  *  a  very  great  delight,"  b  the  Harl. 
MS. 

*  a  note  piiotcd  by  lleame  at  the 


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139 


together  with  the  entrance  or  the  lodg,  were  soon  after  pul'd  do%Tic, 
and  the  stones  sold  to  build  houses  in  that  townc  and  neare  it.  TIte 
place  hath  yet  some  ruins  to  shew,  and  to  iiistnict  the  pensive 
beholder  wiUi  an  exemplary  frailty. 

October. — Tlic  3d  lUy,  F.,  paid  the  liaxber,  4; ;  spent  at  Bodicot's  the  tamt 
daj,  ^. — I'tic  5  day,  M.,  paid  to  Mfs.  BurhtMis,  41/. — The  8  day,  Tt>.,  pud  to 
Forrest  iox  my  Ncwtrs  Buukcs,  u ;  paid  to  Sim  for  niliiig  my  cnmcnon-plaM  booke, 
9d, — The  9,  F.,  spent,  ^. — The  10,  S.,  for  n.  jairc  of  gloves,  u  ;  the  same  day, 
paid  to  Hawes,  foi  nn  old  score,  li  2*1;  the  aacne,  for  a  conitx,  31/. — The  13,  T., 
at  fillcso,  (>ti:  spent,  u. — 17  day,  S.,  ipcnt,  W.— The  30,  T.,  ipcnt  at  Earks  witU 
Mr.  CiesJt^',  if  id. — The  Ji,  \V.,  S[Kiitat  the  Tarenie  with  Mr.  Drope,  ti  lod. — 
The  33.  F.,  paid  to  Mr.  Hotter,  i/i'.  i  \s,  and  I  left  7t>s  to  pay. — The  aj.  S.,  pTcn 
to  a  pctitioo,  31/. — The  36,  M.,  given  to  Bishop  the  Taiker,  31/. — llie  37,  T.,  at 
Ellcscs,  6d. — The  If),  Th.,  to  Rich  for  a  pain  of  afaocs>  4X ;  to  his  prentices  box,  ir. 
—The  30,  F.,  speat,  8</. 

October.— [John  '  Lydall,  Mr.  of  Arts,  lately  fellow  of  Trinity  Col- 
lege, son  of  John  Lydall  of  Ipsdcn  in  com.  0.xon  and  of  Uxmore  also, 
died,  M.,tlie  12  Oct.  1657  ;  and  was  buried  in  Trinity  Coll.  chappelt; 
aet.  3a  or  therahouts;  sine  prole. — Elizabeth,  sister  to  the  said  John 
Lydall,  died  in  the  house  of  her  brother  Dr.  Richard  Lydall  neare 
J^Ierton  Coll.,  S.,  31  July  1673;  and  was  buried  in  Mert.  College 
church  under  the  tower,  2  Aug. — Their  elder  brollicr  Robert  Lydall 
of  Didcot  or  Dudcot  in  Berks  died,  M.,  36  Nov.  1677,  act.  6z;  and 
was  buried  there.] 

October  the  la  day,  M.,  at  4  of  the  clock  in  the  morning,  Mr.  John 
'Lydall  of  Trinity  College  died.— This*  is  Mr.  John  Lydall  his  coate 
that  he  had  upon  his  hearse  when  he  was  buried. 

<JohQ  Lydall,  M.A.  Trio.  3  Apr.  16.47  •  ^<^  Gutch'i  Wood's  CoU^s  and  UatU 
P-  .f  34-  Wood  850  ('  Am  Saiicturii  .SAnctorii  .  ,  .  de  statica  medicino,'  Lugd.  Hut. 
1543)  formerly  txilonged  to  him.  and  has  hi&  autograph  'John  Lydall,  Trim  Coll. 
Oxon.*  At  the  end  Lydall  hns  jotted  down  a  frw  mcdigal  uj>iniuns  : — {a)  'itnell 
of  the  fiesh  earth,  117  whal  virtue  iticte  is  in  the  cxtr.  of  it  :  it  is  likely  tt  niay  be 
soreraigne  against  the  plague,  etc. — some  (bare  been)  cured  by  lying  in  their 
graves  (Slymaker),  and  sotne  wornen  in  hiBtcricall  lits.'  [&)  'going  after  ihc  [ilooj^h 
very  who tsome  {»ce /<//m  pp.  177,  178);  W(illia)ai  Scott  his  crapnla  cured  by 
it'      (0  '  Capt.  A.  laith  that  after  a  great  famine  at  sea  Ly  rcaMKi  oi  a  oaboc  of  3 


end  of  'Ubcr  Niger  Scaccarii'  refers 
perhaps  to  the  loan  of  this  drawing  :— 
•  Remember  to  askc  Mr.  . .  .  Vincent  of 
All  Sonles  for  the  prosped  of  the  niins 
of  Fntliam  Abbey.' 

*  Zephulah  Cretwt,  M.A.  Moj^d.  C. 
1 1  June  1657. 

'  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4,  p.  92. 
Wood  gives  these  arms  In  coloon  :— 


'  azare  a  saltlie  or,  over  all  on  n  fen  of 
the  last  3  pcllcls.* 

'  Wood  gives  the  coat  in  trick.  The 
arms  are: — '  b^loc)  a  saliire  or,  over 
&U  on  a  fcss  of  the  tax  thice  roundles 
ft(KbI«>*  tLc.  3  pellets).  Fourwi  in 
Papwortb  as  the  cuat  of  Ljdall  or 
Lyddallj  co.  Bcrits  and  co.  Oxon. 


23* 


WOOD^S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


[Latimer  Cross  \  a  Lincolnshire  roan',  steward  of  the  lands  belong- 
ing to  Magdalen  College,  died  at  his  house  neare  Magd,  Coll.,  Th., 
3  Decemb.  1657  and  was  buried  in  Magd.  Coll.  chappcU.  He 
married  . . .  Cracroft  of  the  same  counly,  sister  to  Thomas  Cracroft, 
fellow  of  Magd.  Coll.,  by  whom  he  had  issue ;  but  they  died  yong. 
Shee  was  afterwards  married  to  Samuel  Nicholls,  Mr.  of  Arts  and 
Fellow  of  Magd.  CoIL,  aAerwards  minister  of ...  in  Sussex. — Latimer 
Cros?,  scholar  of  Corpus  Xti  Coll.,  died,  M.,  21  Apr.  r663,  buried  in 
Corpus  Xii  clo>'8tcr\  He  was  son  of  the  said  Latinicr.  He  was  not 
burit-'d  there  but  in  S.  Peter's  church  in  the  East,  as  I  have  since  been 
informed  from  that  register.] 

The  24  day,  Th.,  of  December,  I  was  att  the  dinner  of  Mr.  Edmund 
Gregory  (of  Cuxham,  com.  Oxon.)  his  supposed  wedding,  being  at  St. 
Barlhelmcw'.**  nearu  Oxon. 

•Dec.  24,  Th.,  at  about  eleven  or  twelve  at  noon*  (Merton  college 
bells  being  then  ringing)  William  Bull,  fellow  of  Allsouls  coll.  and 
Henry  HawEey,  fellow  of  Oriel,  were  with  A.  W,  at  his  lodging  neare 
Merton  coll.,  and  smiling  upon  him  and  upon  each  other,  they  told 
him,  he  must  walk  with  ihcm  to  S.  Banlielmew's  hospital  neare  Oxon 
and  dine  there  with  ihem  and  others  of  his  acquaintance,  but  would 
■not  tell  him,  who  liicy  were,  or  upon  what  account '.  He  went  forth- 
with with  them  and  comming  there  about  one  of  the  clock,  who 
should  he  sec  there,  newly  up  from  his  bed  and  ready  but  l-Mmund 
Gregory,  bach,  of  Arts,  lately  gentleman  commoner  of  Merton  Coll., 
who,  in  the  evening  before  had  conveyed  thither  a  yong  gentlewoman 
of  1 5  yeares  of  age,  named  . . ,  Pottinger  of  Choulesley  neare  Walling- 
ford  in  Berks,  whome  he  had  stole  from  her  parents ".  They  were 
married  early  that  morning  in  the  cliappel  of  S.  Barthelmcw's  hospital, 
which  being  done  he  bedded  her  for  fcare  of  a  pursuiL  The  com- 
pany sat  downe  to  dinner  between  one  and  two  of  the  clock  in  the 
afternoon,  after  die  bridegroom  had  presented  his  bride  (smiling)  to 
them.     They  tarried  till  'twas  dark  and  then  went  to  Cuxham  neare 


>  note  lo  Wood  MS.  F.  4,  p.  93. 
Wood  gives  this  coat  la  colours . — 
'qn<uterl]r  gulca  and  or,  in  tlic  lint 
quarter  a  crus»  Ijntune  argent ;  crest,  a 
stork  omrc  holding  in  iU  licak  a  cro%s 
batutie  [^Cruu]  ;  impaling,  per  pale 
uorc  and  ctilcs  on  a  besd  danccttcc  or 
3  martlets  sable  [  Ciacrofl].' 

'  W'owd  n<il(«  ia  the  idargin  : — '  lie 
wa»  »uu  of  J»shua  Cross,  ftcnt.,  living 


at  Newarke  in  com.  Nott.,  1633.' 

'  corrected  by  the  coucludiuf;  port  of 
the  note. 

*  *  at  abottt  1 1  or  1 3  of  the  clock  in 
the  monjiiig '  in  the  Harl.  MS, 

*  '  ii;>un  vrhat  account  I  was  to  dine 
there,'  in  the  Harl.  MS. 

'  in  Wood  MS.  K  33  fol.  300 : — 
*  stole  away  the  day  twlbic  fruni  Iicr 
frcituls.' 


AUGUST,  1667. 


4*5 


1638,  in  Roman  History.  There  was  a  cloister  on  the  nonli  siilc 
of  the  church  that  led  from  the  ablxry  to  a  north  isle,  jo)'mng  there- 
unto.    Sec  in  the  ichnography. 

(Plan'  of  Dorchester  Church.) 

..  .*.     In  the  body  of  the  church  arc  no  monumonts  remaining] 
but  one  which  is  at  tlic  entrance  into  the  choJrc.     "Tis  a  flat  greyish 
marble,  and  thereon  halh  been  the  picture  of  a  crosier  engraven,  now 
abnoHt  woren  out.    It*  seems  to  be  verie  anttcnl. 

At  the  upper  end  of  Dorchester  chrtnccll  on  the  south  side  are 
4  seates  of  stone  in  the  wall,  with  canopies  over  each  curiously  carved 
in  stone.  Over  them  is  a  veric  anticnt  window,  wherin  is  represented 
the  picture  of  S.  Birine  in  Iiis  cpiscopall  habit,  standing  on  the  deck 
of  a  ship  on  the  sea,  sayling  for  Kngland,  and  *  Rcvcrall  priests  with 
tonsur'd  crowns  or  heads.  In  another  light  of  the  same  window 
he  is  represented  preaching  on  the  sea  before  cenaine  people  with 
him.  In  another  he  is  preaching  to  king  Kenigilsus.  In  anothei 
he  is  obtaining  leave  of  pope  Honorius  to  goc  and  venture  himself] 
to  preach  Xt  unto  the  intidclls.  In  another  he  is  baptizing  king^ 
Kenigilsus,  and  Oswald  king  of  Northumberland  stands  there  to  be 
his  godfather. 

In  the  north  \^indow  opposit  to  the  former  is  the  stock  of  Jesseyi 
with  llieir  images,  all  curiously  cut  in  stone  in  the  pillars  of  the 
window.  They  have  each  of  them  a  scroulc  of  writing  in  their  hands, 
of  an  aotlent  character,  but  now  almost  quite  obliterated.  There 
are  27  or  a8  images,  some  of  which  were  much  defaced  by  the  parlia- 
mentar)*  soldiers  in  the  late  rebellion. 

The  walls  of  the  chancell  have  been  all  painted  verie  gtorioosly 
with  scverall  sorts  of  beasts.  There  yet  remaines  a  lyoo,  a  griffin, 
a  leopard. 

In  my  searches  about  the  church  I  could  not  fmd  any  sigiic 
of  bishop  Acschwyne's  tomb,  of  free  stone,  wliich  Leland  mentioned. 

The  tower  that  now  is,  is  but  of  late  standing ;  the  staircase  old. 
Upon  the  great  bell  is  this : — 

'  I'Totegc,  Hirioe,  qoM  coovoco,  tn  sine  fine.' 


'  la  Wood  MS.  E.  1  fol.  391  b  ;  copied 
fro™  the  c&rlkr  drawing  tn  Wocd  MS. 

B.15. 

'  Wood's  long  nrul  miitDte  account  of 
the  arms  and  tnonotunils  is  oniitKni,  fts 
belonging  In  an  Oxfoidihin;  vulpnir,.-tii(l 
001  to  ihis  Rccotuit  or  Wood'i  life  and 

Q 


timet. 

'  'I  bclceve  (it)  b  one  of  the  xnn- 
dentcM  in  all  the  church  ' :  Woud  MS. 
B.15. 

'  '  witb  a  tnuiy  of  thareo  pidits  Kith 
him,*  in  Wood  MS.  B.  15. 


B34 


IVOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


Pollard'  ofNcwtiaiD. — Vi^at  bUbop  WHght's  christian  nitcnc  wfti,  and  his  sonn's 
is  *.  and  Robinaon's  i%. — The  quancrinffs  of  Sheldon  of  Bcoljr,  Wig.* — Cheritoo  ' 
of  Wulvcrcotc  his  inncs,  uiil  whnt  his  mother's  zuune  was. — Whnt  Ruynolds* 
{of'  Cunogtoa)  armes  arc. —  . .  .  od's  cpitAph  coocem.  Canany  u|>ua  Bcla^j-K. — 
To  look  ovrr  (Itriao)  Twin*  conceniin|r  Uliittokc. — The  I»erw;£ictor(s)  tn\ 
prindpaU(s)  of  Pemb.  Coll.— To  ukc  Mr.  (?  Edward)  I'hillipg  conccnita{r  MS,  ia 
W.  C." — To  aske  llawkius  coaoeming  M.S.  in  A. — To  write  lo  E.  S.' 


(Wood  346  no.  3  is  *  A  tme  and  exact  relation  of  the  strange  finding  of  Moses 
bis  lombc  in  a  valley  necre  anta  mount  Ncbo  in  Fnlpslinn '  etc,  Land.  1657,  On 
this  Wood  luu  noted  : — (d )  '  This  is  a  mecrc  lye  ;  it  wai  wiitt  by  Thomas  Chaloner 
esq.  nnd  invcnlcd  at  a  tavern  in  London,'  {h)  '  The  '"  Tnic  and  exact  relation  " 
fullowinR  did,  when  it  fint  came  oat  Kcm  a  great  wonder  to  the  Presbyterian 
divines  and  puzzled  many  of  them  till  the  To^uery  was  discovered,') 

(Wood  364  (36)  is  '  A  messenger  from  the  dead  or  a  conference  between  the 
ghosts  of  Henry  VIII  and  Cbarls  1*  1658  ;  in  which  Wood  notes  '  "  Nunlius 
n  raonnis,  hoc  est,  stupendum  "...  colloquium  etc,'*  Loml.  1657.  octavo ;  note 
that  from  this  Latin  book  printed  at  London  1657  is  tlK  silly  pamphlet  ('  A  mc»- 
Bcnger'  etc.,  xm/vh)  taken.') 

(Wood  498(1)  is  [Miles  Windsore's]  'Acadcmianim  in  Etiropa  Catalogue/ 
Lond.  1590;  aiid  hu  the  cote  'Aat.  Woode,  i6a7.') 

[Thomas  Hyll  •,  student  of  Ch.  Church,  a  great  eater,  was  reported 
to  have  eaten  up  a  potuid  of  caiullcs. . .  .  He  was  the  miller's  son  of 
Osney  and  died  as  I  remember  about  1657.  He  was  a  goud  scholar 
but  xnanngcd  and  spent  his  time  so  that  he  comprehended  it  in  llicsc 
2  verses; — 

*Moni,  mend  hose,  stu.  Gredce,  bmkfait,  Austen,  qaoqne  dinner: 
AAcmoooe,  wa.  me.,  era.  nu.,  take  a  cop,  quoquc  supper* 

i.e.  in  ihc  morning,  mend  his  hose  or  stockings,  study  Greeke,  brwk 
his  fast,  study  Austen,  then  go  to  dinner;  in  the  afternoone,  walk  in 
Ch.  Cb.  xaeaj^  crack  nuts,  and  drink,  and  then  for  supper.] 


■  seep.  319. 

'  Rob*rt  Wright,  bishop  of  Lichfield 
and  Coventry,  llii  lun  Calvert  sold 
his  estate  to  JoKh  Kobuuoo :  su^a 
p.  119. 

■  ic.  Worccsterehire, 
*  see  in  Nov.  1661. 

'  MC  ia  NoY.  i66i. 


•  ?  Magd.  CoU. 
'  ;  his  'oozca'  Elizabeth  Stamp': 

kM  [>.  335. 

*  in  the  margin  is  written  : — *  puti- 
dom,  mcndacium,  in  sulrudiuni  causae 
pontificiae  (i*^-  Komaniisl)  haruio  ar- 
liuro  indigac  et  olias  niiturae,coDrictum.' 

'  note  Id  Wood  M:>.  K.  31  p.  20. 


DEC.  1667  —  J  AS.  1658. 


335 


r  10  Car.  n. 


1655  and  1668 :   -^  S  OUv. 
i  1  Bioh. 


protect. 


Wood  set.  26. 


January. — ^Thc  i  $t  Hay,  F.,  Tor  ihU  alnunaokc,  ^  \  paid  to  Mr.  Potter  pait  of 
ntf  dcU,  i/(.  xos  \  paid  to  Mr.  Hawes  for  a  paifc  of  dof-sVio  gloves  InnnM,  it  6t/. 
— ind,  S..  for  a  cambrick  band,  a/.~Tbe  6  day,  \V.,  for  ■  pair  of  shoes,  4f ; 
a  band,  \t  \txi\  spoil,  6(/, — The  8,  F.,  a  news  booke  owing  mc. — Tlic  9,  S..  to 
Mr.  Fforcrt  for  pamphlrtti, . . .  .—The  u,  T.,  at  Ellcsca,  64/;  for  a  slate  10  write 
on,  \s. — The  14,  Th.,  spent.  &/;  the  same  day  (or  a  horse  ta  gue  to  Haaely,  n  (ui. 
— 16,  S.,  for  Nannton'i '  '  Fraga»enu  Regalia.'  W;  the  same  to  Church  for  bis 
bos.  Is. — 19,  M.,  al  EUcscs.  &/;  spent,  \d. — aa,  F.,  spent,  Si/.^aj,  .S-,  spent  ii[>on 
tny  co£.  Eliiabcth  Stamp,  W;  the  same  for  a  pacaphlett,  id;  the  same  lo  Joan  of 
Hcdin^lon  for  puddings,  8</, — 95,  M.,  spent  at  Joan  of  HcOinf^ton  with  Mr. 
(Zcphoniah)  Crescct,  U;  for'the"  Foundation  of  Oion  Uni\-eriity,' 61/. — i6,  T., 
a  news  boolce  owing  me, —  t"},  W,,  to  Mr-  Davis  for  a  vol.'  of  Mcrc«r(iii») 
Aul(ictis),  ^ ;  for  Riche's  *  '  Shorthand,'  (>J. — 39,  F.,  for  3  of  Wbartoo's  Alma- 
nacks*, ^. — 30,  S.,  for  dressing  a  batt,  Oc/. 

January. — January  the  5th  day,  T.,  at  night,  Dr.  Edward  Corbel, 
rector  of  Ilasely,  com.  Oxon,  departed  this  life  at  London ;  and  was 
buried  the  14,  Th.,  at  IlascIy  aforesaid. 

[Al  Haseley  •.    On  a  larg  blew  marble  Uiis : — 
■  Hcic  Ed»ardu«  Corbet' . . . 

On  another : — 

*  Hcic  Margareta  Corbet  donait  MDCLVU 
Heic  Rohcrtua  CorlKt  dormit  MDCLV.' 

These  two  stones  were  here  laid  by  the  care  and  charge  of  Edward 
Corbel  D.D.  rector  of  this  churdi  (somtimes  fellow  of  Merlon  Coll.  in 
Oxon.)  who  died  al  London,  T.,  5  January-  1657  (i.c  \),  and  w-aa 
buried  here  on,  Th.,  the  14  of  the  same  month ;  but  nobody  look  care 
to  put  on,  or  to  fill  up,  tlic  inscription  on  the  said  stone.  He  was 
borne  at  Fontsbury  in  Shropshire,  and  descended  from  the  antient 
family  of  the  Corbcts  tlicrc.  His  armes  at  his  funcrall  were: — 'or, 
two  ravens  in  p.nic  sable.'  ]\fargarct  Corliei  before  mentioned  was 
bis  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Nathaniel    Drcnt,  warden  sometimes  of 


*  Sir  Robert  Naaotoo's  '  Fiagmcnta 
Regalia:  observatioos  oa  lb«  late 
Queen  ICliiabcth  hu  tim^s  and  fiivour- 
llM,'  Lond.  l6gOi  Wood  a88  /jV 
Another  copy,  of  tlic  164 1  edilioo,  is 
Wood  486  17). 

■  Load.  1651 ;  Wood  Sl3(l>-  Wood 
$I3())  is  the  companion  paper  for 
Cambridge  i    Wood  433  (4!' (5)  U  the 


Cambridge  paper  at  reprinted  in  1673. 

*  perhaps  Wood  633  and  634, '  Mercu> 
rius  Aolicui'for  the  yean  i643aiid  1644. 

*  not  now  in  the  Wood  collection. 
In  Ihtf  Aihraole  oollectloii  is  Jeremiah 
Kidi's  *  I'bc  pen's  dexterity  completed,' 
\amv\.  1659. 

'  DOW  in  Wood  10. 

■  note  ia  Wood  MS.  £.  1  foL  aCS  b. 


336 


WOOD^S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


Merton  Coll.    Shee  was  buried  by  her  little  son  Robert,  5  March 
1656  <i.e.  ?>.] 

[Martin  Aylworth',  borne  in  ihe  diocess  of  Oxford,  Dr.  of  ihe 
Civill  Law  and  fellow  of  Allsoulcs,  died  in  AlUoulcs  Coll.  about  is 
of  ihe  clock  at  night  on  M.,  tlie  11  day  of  Januar.  165I,  and  was 
buried  in  Allsoulcs  Coll.  ChappcU.  He  was  then  about  70  ycares  of 
age  but  was  never  married.  He  was  the  son  of  Anthony  Aylworth, 
Dr.  of  Physick  and  somtimes  the  king's  professour  of  Phj-sick  of  this 
Universitie,  who  married,  as  I  conceive,  the  daughter  of  Dr.  Waller 
Bayley  somliracs  the  king's  professour  of  Physick  in  this  University. 
Sec  the  epitaphs  of  the  said  Anthony  Aylworth  and  Walter  Bayley  in 
lib.  2  '  Hist,  ct  Antiq.  Univcrs.  Oxon.'  p.  153  col.  a.] 

Jan.  the  n  day,  M.,  at  iz  of  the  clock  at  night  doctor  <  Martin) 
Ailworth,  fellow  of  Allsoules  died  acd  was  buried  in  the  College 
ChappcU'.  His  armes  upon  his  hearse  were*: — 'a^rgcnt)  a  fcss 
between  ti  billetls  g^alcs).'  His  mother's  armes  were  impaled  wilh 
it,  viz.: — 'g{ules)  3  martlelts  o<r},  a  cheif  verrey  a(rgenl)  and 
b(lue),'  by  ihe  name  of  Baylie. 

•Jan.  14,  Th.j  he  (A.  W.)  went  with  the  societie  of  Merton  coll.  to 
Haseley  about  7  miles  distant  from  Oxon,  being  all  invited  to  the 
funeral  of  Dr.  Edward  Corbel*  rector  of  that  towne,  who  was  then, 
and  there  (in  the  chancel),  buried, — He  had  taken  a  view  of  the 
monuments  there  before '. 

[Thomas  Jennings  *,  Master  of  Arts  and  fellow  of  Magdalen 
College,  died  late  in  the  night  on  S.  the  16  January  165^;  and  was 
buried  in  the  College  chappcll.] 

Jan.,  the  16  day,  S.,  at  12  and  i  of  the  clock  at  night  dyed  Mr. 
Thomas  Jennings,  fellow  of  Magdalen  Coll.,  and  was  buried  in  the 
Chappt;U\  He  bore  to  lus  armcs: — 'o(r),  on  a  fcss  g{ules)  3 
besants.' 

The  17  of  January,  Su.,  Mr.  Thomas  0!dfL-i(I>d,  fellow  of  Oriall 
Coll.  Oxon,  departed  this  life  at  9  of  the  clock  at  night.  He  bcarcs 
to  his  armes : — '  o^r),  on  a  pyle  v{er)t  3  garbes  of  the  first,' 


*  note  ia  Wood  MS.  F.  4,  p.  93. 
Wood  K^m  in  colour  thnc  trms: — 
'  vgtnt  a  Chs  between  six  billtts  gnlct 
[Aylworth];  intp&ltng.cnles  3 martlets 
or,  a  chief  vait  [Haylcy].' 

■  Gutch^  Wood's  Coll.  mad  lUlls, 

P-  303. 

*  in  Papworth,  u  the  amis  of  A11- 
wmtti  or  Aylwoitb,  co.  Devon. 


'  Wood  notes  in  the  margfa  : — 'sec 
in  thv  3  vol.  of  Ath.  et  Fasti  Oxoa 

•  secj«/»rri  note  3  p.  318. 

•  RoleiiiWoodMS.  F.4,p.94.  Wood 
gives  Ui  coluufs  ibe  arms: — 'or,  on  » 
fees  gutcs  3  beiaiits.' 

^  Gutch'sWood'sCollcgcsandHiUlst 
PJ48- 


JAN.—FEIi.,  166a 


237 


[Thomas  Oldfield*,  Mr.  of  Arts  and  fellow  of  Oriel  College,  died, 
Su.,  17  Januar.  16531  and  was  buried  in  . .  .  church  in  Southwerke 
by  London.  lie  was  borne  in  the  dioccss  of  Wynchester  and  county 
of  Surrey.] 

Pebruarjr.— ad,  T.,  nt  Ellcses,  &/;  spent,  (w/.— 4,  Th.,  at  the  Pitt,  \t  61/;  tbo 
Sjimc  day,  ^d. — 5,  F.,  for  »  band,  2J ;  the  same,  for  buckels,  7^—9,  T.,  for  my 
mustck-RKCting,  SJ. — 16,  T.,  nttEIIcMrs,  M;  ftaitl  In  Formt  for  patnpTiIctts,  ss9d. 
— 18,  Tb.,  to  Bishop  for  menclbK  my  vlall,  1/  ;  to  Rich  for  my  shoes  and  spent,  I  j. 
— 33,  M,,  for  nil'd  paper  and  inke,  frf. — J3,  T.,  at  Ellete*,  fir/. ^14.  \V.,  rcvcived 
of  my  brother  Robert  my  reot  that  he  icoeived  of  Mr.  £ely  fur  me,  5/  41/,  besides 
14  pound  of  candle*  that  ai«dae  to  me'. — 3£,  Tit.,  for  rioll-&tiiags,  "jJ;  the  siune, 
for  mj  maitck-meeting.  91/. 

February.— Feb.,  ihc  5  day,  F.,  Mr.  Ezra  Price,  fellow  of  Univers. 
Coll.  died  and  was  buried  in  University  (College)  outward  chappie. 

Feb.,  the  10  day,  W.,  Dr.  Gerard  Langbaine,  Provost  of  Queens 
Coll.,  Oxon.,  departed  this  life ;  and  was  buried  in  the  chappell'  the  13 
day,  S.  He  bcarcs  to  his  armes,  *  g^ules)  a  fess  between  3  raascles 
voided  ar^gent)  ' ;  impaling  on  the  sinister  Sunnybanke,  viz.—*  b(lue), 
a  sun  projjer  ^or  *  or'),  a  bank  in  base  vert.'  {Wood  gives  this  last 
coat  also  in  trick.)  He  departed  iliis  life  al  lialfe  an  hour  past  8  of 
the  clock  at  night,  the  10  day ;  W.  lie  was  borne  at  Barton  in  West- 
morland and  was  bred  up  there  at  the  free-schoole  and  setled  30 
pounds  per  annum  upon  it  which  he  gathered  out  of  his  augmentation 
that  was  allowed  him. 

[Gerard  Langbaine*,  Dr.  of  D.  and  provost  of  Queen's  College, 
died  about  8  of  the  clock  at  night  on  W.  tlie  10  day  of  Febr.  165J ; 
and  vrm  buried  in  that  College  chappcll,  S.,  the  13  day  of  the  said 
month.  He  left  thirty  pounds  per  annum  to  the  free-schoole  of 
Barton-kirk  in  Westmoriand  wherin  he  had  been  educated  in 
grammar  learning.  See  more  of  him  in  '  Ilisi.  et  Antiq.  Uniwrs. 
Oxon,'  lib.  a  p.  132  col.  1  et  p.  125  col-  i. — He  married  Elizabeth, 
the  widdow  of  Dr.  Cbrisiopher  Potter  mcmioned  befwe  in  p.  (r^**)' 
by  whom  he  had  issue  Gerard  Langbaine  •,  borne  in  the  parish  of  S. 


■  BOte  In  Wood  MS.  F.  4,  p.  94. 
Wood  given  the  arma  in  colonrt: — '  or 
on  a  pile  vert  3  gaibi  of  the  field.* 

*  this  is  marited  '  received  '— cee  31 
Mar.  im/nt. 

*  Gntch't  Wood'i  Co^  and  Halli, 
p.  16a. 

*  note*  io  Wood  MS.  K.  4,  p.  94. 
Wood  gives  in  loIoiiis  these  tm\» : — 
'golei  a  feas  between  3  ma»c1cs  voided 


aif^cnt  [I.anghaii)c] ;  Impaliai;,  axnre  a 
chemin  between  i  sons  in  their  glory 
01  [Siinbauk].*  Over  the  last  coat  he 
has  a  pcDcil  note  '(it  sboold  be?)  a 
(e$& :  arnirti  fal^* 

•  in  Wood  MS.  F,  4  on  a  slip  posted 
00  to  p.  75  U  thia  note: — 'Oetatd 
l^anj^bftioc  left  hi»  wife  and  bona  in 
Holywell  in  the  bcginninc  of  June  i68j 
and  Henl.anay  with  a  whoicish  woman 


as* 


WOOD^S  IJFE  AND  mfES. 


Peter  in  the  East  15  July  1656  (he  look  lo  wife  - . .  Greenwood). — 
There  was  an  elder  brother  calle<l  Wniiam  Langbaine  who  became  a 
student  in  Queen's  Coll.  1663.  aged  15;  afterwards  commoner  of 
Magd.  CoU.  and  Mr.  of  Arts.  He  died  at  Long-Crendon  neare  Brill 
in  Bucks  3  June  1672;  and  was  buried  in  the  church  there;  sine 
prole.] 

Remember  to  ask  Dr.  (Henry)  Wilkinson ',  what  (Liy  my  cor^n 
(Thomas)  Jlenant  shall  wait  upon  him.  \\c  w-as  w(aitcd)  on 
Shrove-Tuesday'. 

Manlb. — ^Tbe  id,  T.,  for  strinqcs,  ^d. — 4,  Th.,  to  Cbnrcli  for  a  Spanish  pciw, 
fl*^— fit  F-.  »H  ELIcscs,  6d. — <S,  S..  for  Qoarlcs'  •  Uomabas*  *  Boanerges.'  li  arf. — 
7,  So.,  for  sackc,  4^. — 8,  M.,  for  cider  and  mtuidc  nuting,  ix  td. — 9,  T.,  for 
washing  of  my  gownc,  S(/. —  ti,  Tli.,  to  Dan.  Porter  for  tnctldnlls  ami  a  brass 
coinc*,  lod. — la,  F.,  given  lo  Mr.  (Ucnr>)  .SiiiLf*s  when  Mr.  (Edmnnd)  Gregory 
and  bis  wife  was  ia  townc,  (ki. — 16,  T.,  att  Gileses,  Hi/. — 19.  F.,  for  a  qokr  of 
paper,  lo^:  the  axae,  given  iw&y,  ^ci.~io,  S.,  for  Elias  Aahmolc's  picture,  6tl. — 
»i,  W.,  receircd  of  Mr.  Uombam,  3/1.;  the  umc,  for  my  baltlcs,  loj  dd. — 22,  M., 
at  Hocley.  ir.— 34,\V.,at  Wulvercolt,  i*. — a6,F,.  paid  my  barber  his  quarteridgc, 
41.— 30,  T.,  lo  Bobart*  for  Burcet-roott,  W;  the  same  at  Ellcscs,  6rf. — 31,  W., 
received  o(  yonog  Mr.  Ellwood  for  his  brolber's  dcdits,  5/;  received  of  Mr.  Eyly 
the  rate  of  15  pound  of  candles  at  ^  ob.  the  pound. 

March. — The  second  of  M.-»rch,  T.,  Mr.  Georg  Potter,  one  of  the 
thirteen,  Oxon,  departed  this  life  about  one  and  a  of  the  clocke  in 
(the)  aflernoone.  He  beares  to  his  armcs  's(able)  a  fess  er(minc) 
between  3  5-foylcs  a(rgcnl)  ';  imjiaUng,  *s(able)  3  bells  ar(genl)  a 
cant(on)  er(rainc) '  (Porlcr). 

[George  Potter  *,  citizen  and  draper  of  Oxon,  and  one  of  the  thirteen 
of  the  same,  died,  T.,  2  of  March  165^ ;  and  was  buried  in  the 
parish  church  of  All  hallowes.  He  married  Joane,  daughter  of  . . . 
Porter  of  Abendon :  by  whome  he  had  issue  one  daugliter  named 
Elizabeth  that  was  married  lo  Edward  Faldo  ^  alderman  of  London.] 


named  . .  .  daughter  of  WafofoTd  who 
lived  In  Halywrll.  This  Oemnl  I.ftng- 
bainewas  soaofDr  Gerard  Lno|;ljainr.' 

^  principal  of  Magd.  H.  1648-166J. 

'  Shrove-Tneadayin  tftjilwrnsisFcb. 

'  Fiasdi  Quarlcs*  *  Bokn^r^n  and 
Banutbas,  or  judgment  and  mercy,'  4th 
edit.  Loiid.  1657  ;  not  DOW  In  the  Wood 
Collection. 

•  Wood's  coins  and  medals  were 
bequeathed  as  port  of  his  estate  lo  bis 
nieces,  and  the  collection  dispersed  at 
tiU<k«th.     Dr.  Richard  Rawlinson  says 


that  some  of  them  were  got  by  the 
Botlleion  T-ilirmy,  some  by  New  Coll. 
I.ibrnry,  and  the  i»t  sold  to  an  Oxford 
goldsmith. 

*  Jacob  Bobart,  keeper  of  the  Physic 
Garden. 

*  note  In  Wood  MS.  F.  4.  p.  tjf : 
Wood  gives  the  arms  in  colours :  'sable  a 
feu  ermine  between  3  cinqoc lolls  argent ; 
impaling,  sable  3  bells  argent,  a  canton 
argenL* 

*  •  Waldo '  comxtcd  lo  '  Faldo '  in 
tbenuiTgiiL 


240 


WOOD'S  urn  and  times. 


[March*  lo,  W.,  Robert  Powell,  postmaster  of  Mcrt.  Coll.,  ncphe 
of  Mr.  John  Powell  one  of  the  senior  fellowcs,  died :  buried  in  the 
south  part  of  S.  John  liapt.  church.] 

'Mar.  12,  F.,  Edmund  Gregory  and  his  new  wife  in  Oxon.  A.  W, 
attended  tlicrn,  shew'd  them  the  public  Ixbrar}-,  iVnaloiny  scliool,  &c. 

•Mar.  17,  \V.,  or  thereabouts  liis  cozen  John  Tavcmer',  son  and 
bcir  of  John  Tavemer  of  Soundcss  neare  Nettlebed  in  Oxfordshire 
esq.,  died  at  Greys-Inn,  and  was  buried  in  S.  Andrew's  church  m 
Holboroe  neare  London.  His  sister  Mary,  the  wife  of  John  Harris  o^ 
Silkstcdc  neare  to  Winchester,  was  his  heire '. 

[JOUK  •  TavesnR  r  of  North  Elmhani  m.    Alice,  sole  Oanghlpr  imd  bcir  of 

in  Norfolkc,  obiil  1545.  1  Robert  Sylvester  of  Bryslcy  m  Norf<rfk; 

first  wife. 


Kf  argirct  m Ncwptte  of 

Xoffolkc 


Richard  Tavcnicr  of  Woodealon 
in  com.  Okod,  obih  1575. 
<«v  pedigree  oa  p.  339.) 


Margaret,  dnughtcr  of  m.  Richarc)  HnnTS, 
. . .  Newgate  of  Norfolke,    |  rector  of  Hardwi<jc 
gent  I  in  Bucks. 


John  Hum?  D.D.  tomtimcs  fellow  m.  ... 

of  New  Coll.,  afltfrwnrds  warden 

of  WinL-hcirter  Coll.;  died  tlicrc  nnd 

wu  boned  in  the  chapd 

belonging  to  thiit  college. 


Nithaaiel  Hairy? 

became  fellow  of  New  Coll., 

1588;  nftvrwudi  LL-Dr. 


John  Honys  of  Silkitodein    w.  Mary  Tnwmer. 
Kunpfihire,  tomtimct  of  New  Colt.       (jtt  pedigree  on  p.  339.}] 
Oxun.  and  barmtcr  of  the  Inner  Temple. 

Mar,  the  19,  F.,  or  thereabouts,  Mr.  Raye  of  Whitham  com.  Bcrl 
died. 

[March  ao',  S.,  165^,  Mr.  Edward  Wray  and  Mr.  <?  John)  Petty-] 
place  of  Swinbrooke  an  old  bachelor  departed  this  life.     Mr.  Wray 
was  buried  at  Whightani  com.  Berks  and  Mr.  Fcttypiace  att. .  .] 

The  20  day  Martii,   S.,   the  report  went  that  my  coien  John 
Taverner '  died  at  London. 


'  note  in  Wootl  MS.  E  33. 

'  John  Tsvctncr,  t>orn  in  co.  Oxon., 
an  '  oDdcrgrndtiatc  and  fresbman/  was 
imnidcUinto  a  Darby  fellowship  in  I. inc. 
Coll.  (for  which  he  was  not  qualified  by 
birth)  by  the  Tarliamentary  Viiiton, 
Feb.  tfiii,  n»ignc(l  5  June  1654.  His 
tnatricnlaiioo  ('  goictW  ftUun ')  i»  dated 


II  Nov.  1650. 
'  see  the  jwdigrw  on  p.  339. 

*  pedigree  in  Wood  MS.  E.   I,  fol. 
149  b.     Sec  iufra  [1.  38. 

*  note  in  MS-  Kawl.  I).  fUm  139a      J 

*  of  Cray's  Ion,  formerly  fellow  of-^ 
Lincolo  College  :  ice  tupra  p.  339. 


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The  23  Martii.  T.,  I  was  at  Ousney,  where  I  gave  8<y  to  a  poore 
man  (ihat  was  a  digging)  for  a  peice  of  p<ope)  Jo(hn>  the  33,  and 
also  a  French  peice — boih  which  was  found  there  the  ycare  fore- 
going. 

*Mar.  23,  T.,  he  walked  to  Osney',  where  seeing  a  pooru  man 
digging  in  the  ruins,  he  shcw'd  A.  W.  a  leaden  impression  or  tlie  seal 
of  pope  John  23,  which  he  bought  of  him. 

•William  Byrd',  of  Hallj'well  in  the  suburbs  of  Oxon,  stonecutter, 
did  in  the  latter  end  of  this  yeare'  find  out  the  payniing  or  siayning 
of  marble :  a  specimen  of  which  he  presented  to  tlic  king  after  his 
restoration,  as  also  to  the  queen,  and  in  1669  to  Cosmo  prince  of 
Tuscany  when  in  Oxon. 

•In  the  latter  end  of  this  yeare'  Da\is*  Mell,  the  most  eminent 
violinist  of  London,  being  in  Oxon,  Peter  I'ett,  William  Dull.  Kenelm 
Digby,  and  others  of  AUsoules,  as  also  A.  W.,  did  give  him  a  very 
handsome  entertainment  in  the  taverne  cal'd  The  Salutation  in  S. 


/ 


'  Hc»mc  at  Ibc  tnd  of  '  Libct  Niger 
Scaccorii '  printed  some  ootes  by  Wood, 
of  date  1657-1660.  on  some  aheeU 
wbiiJi  bad  come  into  hU  poMwssioo. 
Some  of  these,  which  refer  to  Osacy  and 
its  ncit:;hl)aurhnnd,  mny  be  oooveiucnlly 
brought  together  here ;-  - 

(«)  '  reioemlKr  to  tkke  the  airae*  out 
of  u  nnnctcnt  house  by  Bookbi&dcn 
Uridgc  in  St.  Thomiu  pftritb.'  (Sec 
Cluk's  Wood's  City  of  Oxfoid,  ii.  pp. 
159,  i6o.> 

(b)  '  there  i&  a  j^ace  on  (he  south 
«de  of  the  ruiits  of  Ovsney,  hy  tbc  river 
»ide,  which  is  called  "  Oniocy  walkc."' 

(c>  •  Oasney  tower  polled  down  after 
thefier.' 

(d)  *  rcmenibrr  to  goe  lo  Ousney  to 
lake  out  the  ortoes  oat  of  the  windows. 
There  be  two  coates  that  can  he  per- 
ceiTCf]  without  in  the  coBit,  rii,,  (i) 
FniDce  and  £nj;laad  quarterly  Aod  (3) 
the  Doylycs.* 

(c}  '  remember  to  a.<ike  afler  the  [lic- 
tares  in  University  CoIIc);c  that  came 
from  Otimey.* 

(0  •  remember  to  aske  Mr.  <Kalph> 
Dation  for  to  have  a  sight  of  the  mines 
of  OuaDcy  that  were  in  a  window  in 
bishop  (KobcTt)  Kind's  Isle  on  the 
luttth  lidv  of  Christ  Cburdi  quicr.'  (Sec 


Clark's  Wood's  City  of  Oxford,  li.  pp. 

9.  i59-> 

(g)  '  at  OoBiey  00  the  rifjht  band  as 
yon  goe  there,  nccic  the  mill,  where,  as 
they  My,  the  abbott's  lodgings  were, 
was  a  very  Cair  hall  as  liigg  as  any 
College  bnll  (in)  Oxon  except  Christ 
Chorcb,  and  the  slaires  ns  thry  went  up 
were  soe  large  (as  they  say)  that  6  or  8 
men  might  gt>ctip  all  in  a  brcst.'  (See 
Clark's  Wood's  City  of  Oxford,  ii.  p. 

(h>  *  rcmembct  to  take  the  armes  out 
of  the  Ticaridge  by  S.  Ebbc's  church.' 

(i)  *iii  Rewley  wiiidowcs  were  for- 
merly these  armes:— (i)  "  b(lii«),  a 
bend  sinister  a(rgeQt)":  (1)  "portk 
|ier  pale,  li(tne)  and  a(rgcnt),  a  bexant 
or  plnle  in  the  midtilc"  Quaere  quae 
(scripsi)  in  alio  toco  inter  "  inscriptionc* 
ct  arma." ' 

*  Wood  obt:uneti  information  from 
him  :  In  Wood  MS-  D  4,  p-  119  Wood 
has  a  note  ; — '  tlicsc  three  loscriptions 
(in  Wantage)  I  had  from  the  stone- 
cctter  \V.  Bird  of  Oxon.* 

*  the  year  with  Wood  being  that 
ending  on  34  March. 

*  iu  the  Unr!.  MS.  *  David  or  Davis 
Mdl,  the  eminent  violinist  of  Loodoa 
and  dock-maker.* 


*ia 


WVOifSUrX  ASD 


BvubBTfanmByi 
jcan:,  tliey  lad  ether 


1*4  tr  ThiM  Waod\  iM  «r . . .  Wood  of 

IB  ^  fe^  ^  A.  W.    TW  I  muMiij  did 

Msd  Ott  taB  noK^  md  uacr 

McLcoHB  {OB  bcymd  hi^k 

CHKM  CtaoB  ■  die  aen 

«ks  or  Ht  Xa.  «k»  ik>  be  pi«^d  fur 

Utor,  jet  Britei's  bad  «K  Moiei^ck  an 

to  die  ead  of  Ibe  fiqgeMnnd. 

AvrfL— TW  a,  F^  leoemEd  of  Vr.  WgfdK  is  wf  lOK  iv  1 7010,  ar  I 
Ik  HM.  fa*  ^Am  iar  «r  — Mr>  aif^  U;    f«  s  c>M  M  dcMk  «,  «rf; 
Fork  ibr  mt  ijmii  i  liii .  w ;  piv  to  Xc.  Fo*«  far  m  aid  eoM.  Cit— j.  S^  I 
s  bMd,  u;  ipetf  It  &e  IWscn  an  Mi^  (Zef  >■■■>>  Ckml  u-— 4,  Sb,  gmn  1 
Chmk  far  In  yinaiilgp  ix.— 5,  H,  ipdK  it  Ac  Tsioa  «  ICr.  ( An&u) 
«i^~S.  IV,  far  i^Udk  4ddL.  W;  farh»««^HMcSr»**I.«nen,*  W; 

cUricftt  WillactOB.  <«[.-««.  r^  lor  ptedkk.U~iT.S^  far  spcMn«fBk<itiik> 
ooncs,  &£— >4  T^ far  WUE  ^  af  ay  Advek  to/;  sad  far  pUMuIpcpec.. 
—31.  W^  far  Bcad^  of  dhpcs.  W— s>,  IV.  (pciC  W ;  «h1  far  FVuMr^ 
W;  far  Odianc'i'-Tn&i(MUMcaarie»,'7i£-X3.F,  far  Scale's 'fWiBe* 
Ar  SsvQini  PBofanr's  cue* — 24,  S^  ipent  oa  Mr.  (Edamad)  Gnforr  at 
Tsfcne,  1/  V:  the  nae.  faff  P*P«*  lc — >6,  M-  for  pbttkk,  u ;  dkc  bb^  far' 
btadb^  of  ■  book,  i/.-^^,  T,  at  Elksev  6/.— ay,  7^  for  mrtfc^  of  imjr 

ApTiL— \\niliam''  Geor^  art.  bacL,  ttodent  of  Ql  Dl,  and  mtorj 
to  Mr.  Wtckham's  sons,  buried  at  Gamngdon,  5  April,  M.,  165! 
This  person,  who  was  tnior  10  the  chttdren  of  John  Wickeham'  of 
that  towne,  was  a  noted  sophister  and  a  remarkable  courser  in  ibe 
public  schooles.     He  was  poor  and  ibecefore  ever  ready  to  moke  the 


*  the  Had.  M&  adds,  *a  dudng- 
Biaster.' 

'  '  Baluu,  the  oodawkr,'  m  the 
Hvt.  MS. 

■  the  IltrL  MS.  >«ys  :— *  ■ome  of  Mr. 
McU'ftOMitpoiitioai  1  have.  Mdl,  who 
bad  LccD  ooe  of  the  nmsick  to  Kinf; 
Cborle*  I  fonil  lAcrwanJs  to  Kii^ 
CUilca  II)  luul  a  twtwt  lUoko ;  Balt- 
Btf'a  WH  roBgh.' 

*  Wood  Mftcrwardi  bought  the  book. 
Wood  ;>3  »  Janic»  HowcU's '  Familiar 
Letten,'  \ahA.  1655. 

*  *  lliitorical  Mtrooln  [Trndltiotul 
nutmi:>rleB]  mi  tbc  rcieoi  of  Qiuca 
EUulwlli  ami  Kmij  JuDcs/Lond.  165S, 
lamo, ;  Wood  151. 

*  Wood  515(11) 'Tlw!  SaTQiati  Pro- 


fcsoor's  cue  stated '  by  Heorr  Stobbe. 
Load.  165$.  Wood  515(10)  is  the 
ttatcmeat  of  tbe  other  aide  of  the  qB«»'_ 
doQ, '  Keuons  shewing  the  coimsteDC 
of  the  place  of  Cnstos  ArduTonim  with 
that  of  a  SB>ilian  Profe»sor/  which 
Wood  notes  to  bare  been  '  published  \yj 
Dr.  John  Wallis,  1657  <Le.  J>  Feb- 
reaiy.' 

'  this  note  is  wilitcn  on  a  fragnunt 
of  an  envelope  addm^ed  thus : — 
'  For  Mr.  Atilhooy  Wood 
al  hi»  lodging  iieere 
Merton  Colledg 
Id 
Oxford 
Poat  pAjrd.  2{a)' 
*  tee  p.  244* 


MARCH  —  APRIL,  1668. 


443 


exercises '  of  aulary  schohrs.  He  would  not,  or  could  not  for  want 
of  money,  take  the  degree  of  Mr.     But  see. 

•Apr.  5,  M.,  William  George,  bach,  of  Arts  and  student  of  Ch. 
Church*  was  buried  in  the  chancel  of  Garsingdon  church  neaxe  Oxon. 
— This  person  had  been  lulor  to  the  children  of  John  Wickham  of 
that  townc  gent. ;  and  when  resident  in  the  Universitie,  wa.<(  accounted 
a  noted  sophister,  and  remarkable  courser  in  the  time  of  Lent  in  (he 
pnblick  schooles.  He  was  poore  and  therefore  ready  to  make  the 
exercise'  of  dui  or  lazy  scholars.  He  could  not  for  want  of  money 
take  ilic  degree  of  Master ;  yet  the  generality  of  scliolars  ilioughc  that 
if  he  had  money,  he  would  not,  because  olliem-ise  he  lihould  not  be 
accounted  the  best  scholar  of  a  badi.  of  Arts  in  Oxon,  as  be  was. 
He  look'd  elderly  and  was  cynical  and  hirsute  in  hia  behavior. 

Apr.  the  7,  W.,  in  the  morning  the  bell  rung  out  for  Mr.  Sraithiby', 
and  I  was  with  the  Warden  over  night. 

•Apr.  :3,  Easter-Tuesday,  Christopher  Wood  (brother  to  A.  W.) 
was  married '  to  Elizabeth  Sc)Tnour  [daughter  *  of  WiUiaro  Seymour 
of  Oxon,  genL — See  in  the  yeare  following'.] 

'Apr.  13,  T.,  al'Cuxham,  with  other  of  his  acquaintance,  in  the 
house  of  Mr.  Gregory;  where  continuing  3  dayes,  he  went  to  several 
townes  to  collect'  monumental  inscriptions'  and  armes,  as  at  Wat- 
Uugton,  Brighlwell  &c. 


■  the  Wood  pHDtcd  boolcB  Anit  MSS. 
I^re  as  more  than  ooe  instance  of  tfaU 
practice.  Wood  MS.  F  .V4  (O.  C.  8496) 
p.  136  is  a  copy  of  Latin  vencs  on 
'  Acdis  FaulinJte  nonduni  resurgcntU 
()[ierela'  professing  to  be  hy  'Ambro- 
*iot  Browne,  bnrondU  filius  c  coll.  SS, 
Trinitatb':  and,  as  Wood  notes,  'ot- 
tered by  the  said  Browne  in  Oxford 
ThcBtCT  July  1^74*  but  '  madt  ty 
iWilUant)  D'oUry  of  Mcrt.  Coll.. 
bachelor-fellow.'  Wood  689  U  Charles 
Potter's  '  Theses  QtiAdrage>iniBlei,' 
Oxford,  1651,  which  are  nid  by  Wood 
to  have  been  wrlileo  by  rotter's  tutor 
Thnmax  ScYeme.  Sec  espedally  in/ra 
under  dale  9  July  1^75. 

MJohn  Stnilhsby  M.A.  Allso.  30 
JntK  l6j6  :  or  'lliotnas  Smithsby  M.A. 
An  So.  31  Mny  1651. 

*  the  inaniaf::c  took  place  in  Queen's 
Coll.  chapel,  and  was  performed  by 
Mr.  John  Ueby,  fellow  o(  Queen's — so 


MS.  Phillippi  7019. 

*  the  words  in  iquaie  bracketa  are 
added  from  the  Harl.  MS.  She  wai 
the  younger  of  the  two  danghten  of 
William  ficymonre  and  hia  wife  Katfa* 
erinc  Fisher.  She  was  born  in  Lumbanl 
alien  Slaying  Lone  in  S.  Aldnte's  pariih 
atwut  MidsanutMU'  1631,  baptized  1  July. 
She  died  30  FeU  i66f,  and  was  buried 
io  S.  John  Baptist  chnrch,  Mr.  .  .  . 
FlovrcT  of  Mcnon  preaching  the  fdneral 
sermoa. 

*  i.  e.  p.  384,  infra. 

*  the  Hftrl.  MS.  says — '  the  same  day 
I  west  with  some  of  my  acquaintance 
to  Mr.  Grcgorie's  biiuse  at  Cnxham.' 

*  In  Wood  MS.  B  1 5  ate  io»CTiptlana 
taken  by  Wood  at  Cushani  nn  ij  Apr. 
1658,  nl  Watlingtun  on  I4  A|ir.  1(158, 
and  at  Brightwell  on  ifi  Apr.  16^. 

*  '  montimeots,  inscription-i,  and 
armea,'  In  the  Harl.  MS. 


R  Z 


APRIL^  1668. 


345 


Apr.  the  13,  T.,  I  went  to  Mr.  Grcgorye's  ati  Coxham,  where 
I  tarried  3  dayes,  which  cost  me  with  my  horse,  6j  bd. 

[Cuxham ',  co.  Oxon,  T.,  Aprill  13,  1658.  This  lordship  belongs 
to  Merlon  Coll.  Oxon,  and  the  Gix^orycs  are  cheif  tenants  to  them ; 
tbcy  arc  also  patroncs  of  the  parsonage. 

John  Gregory  (obut  nono  die  Januarii  a.d.  mcccccvi)  came  out 
of  the  north,  and  was  the  firai  of  his  name  that  planted  himself  in  this 
towne.  The  next  that  succcdcd  him  was  Edmund  ;  to  him  ^  Roger 
(married  . .  .  A'Dcane) ;  after  Roger,  Edmund  (married  . .  .  Blufheid 
of  Bedfordshire) ;  after  Edmund,  ....  now  of  full  age,  father  lo 
Edmund  now  lately  married  (viz.,  December  2+,  1657).] 


(John  Grigorv',  m.  Petromlla  . 

of  Coxharo ; 
died  1506. 

Tbomu,  m.  Agnei . . . 
dkd  1530. 1 

Edmond,  n. . . . 
died  1584  I 

orisH. 


Roger,  m.  ...  &  Dctne. 

Edmund,   m.  Eliiatxth,  ttaug^tcr  of 
died  aboDt  1634.  I      Giles  Ulnfficld  or 
Hlafbtldafneet- 
I      vrick,  Ikdi. 


Roger,  bom      Edmond,  m.  Man-,  dftughter      GiW  Gr^rory,  m.  Hliubeth, 
7  March  160J,  otTuih.'iin     of  RbIiiIi  Deane  of     of  Cnxtuun.     ilaii^htcf  of  John 

JlngbtwelL  Dcnciii^on  of 

WalliogfonL 


died  ti  Mar     aod  Uright- 
1663,  cotflcbs.        welL 


Edmnnd,    m.  ...  daogbter  of . . .  rottinger, 
High  Sheriff  |        00  34Dec.  1657  ;  she 
of  (>;Ll'ordihiTe  died  June  1083. 

1680.  ad.  48.   I 


EdmtiDd,  m 


...  a  diughler, 

M. . . .  Baytte  of  Abcndmi 

ber  khiMDao,  sooo  after 

ber  mothers  dcftlh.] 


In  this  mounth  (April)  a(I)dcrm(an)  John  Nixon  setled  a  frce- 
schoole  att  tlie  Gildhal)  and  gave  30//.  per  annum  for  the  maintenance 


'  note  in  Wood  MS.  U  15. 

*  ft  note  in  MS.  BodL  594,  p.  331, 
tayt  '  Kilinand  Grei^iy  de  Cnaltnm 
died  1584  <).c.  t)  before  8th  ol  Marob; 


bis  eon  Rogid'  administm.' 

■  tbU  pedigree  Is  from  Wood  MS. 
F  33,  fol.  aoo. 


24^ 


WOOIfS  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


of  (a)  schoolmaster.  And  on  the  19  day  they  began  10  goe  to 
Bchool.    Mr.  Cornish,  a  benefactor. 

*Apr.  19,  M.,  aldcrTn.in  John  Nixon's  school  in  the  yard '  belonging 
to  the  Guildhall  of  Oxon  being  finishd,  the  first  boycs  made  their 
entry  ;  some  of  which  were  afterwards  (by  the  help  of  another  school) 
Academians. 

[Oxford  *  townc  fre>e  schoole. 

John  Nixon,  esq.,  alderman  of  the  cily  of  Oxon,  granted  by  a  deed' 
dated  13  Jan.  1658  <i,e.  \)  300/1.  to  purchase  30/;.  per  annum 
for  the  salary  of  a  schoolmaster  to  teach  40  boyes  tht:  sonna  of  poore 
firec  men  wiih(in)  the  said  dly.  (Note  thai  though  he  had  got  all 
his  estate  by  tlie  Uiiivcrsilie,  yet  no  caution  was  taken  for  poore 
privtledged  men's  sons.)  Till  such  purchase  were  made  the  mayor, 
bayliffs  and  cominaliy  of  the  city  (in  whose  hands  the  600/1'.  was  paid) 
and  their  successors  were  to  pay  30//.  per  annum.  What  time  was 
also  declared  that  a  convenient  schoolhousc,  by  them  erected  within 
the  court  or  yard  belonging  to  the  Guildhall  of  the  cily.  sliall  be  for 
ever  continued  to  that  use,  according  to  llic  rules  left  by  the  founder. 
The  first  40  boyes  were  admitted  19  Apr.  1658,  Munday.  The  allies 
of  John  and  Joan  Nixon  and  Mathew  Martin  toiA-ncIcrkc  arc  to  be 
preferred  among  those  40  boyes-] 

[la  *  Reg.  Congrcg.  Q  a,  fol.  6S  b,  are  the  nibtnissions  made  id  Consrcgatiuii 
(Apr.  165S)  oa  beiukd  knccft; — 

Of  .  .  .  SyiDpMn  of  Qdcicd's  CoU.,  far  nixing  tntntilts  and  fighting; 

Of  (Thomas)  Ctulwcll  •  of  Oiicl,  for  the  vuat ; 

Of  .  .  MadriocU  of  ]ck.,  for  the  aamc,  despising  aQthorfty,  aod  violating  the 
dlaciptine  of  Uie  Univcraity ; 

Of  t->Jvranl  Hubbcrt  of  Cb.  Ch.,  for  being  dmnk  and  abnitve  and  unaing  against 
good  maanen  and  the  discipliiU'  oflhc  University  ; 

Of  ■ . .  Maarioe  ol  Jcs.  ColL,  for  dcc>iDg  to  go  to  pruon  when  be  was  coin- 
mnnded; 

Of  William  Gilbert  of  Lynooln  CoU^  for  unging,  qnaffiag,  deb«achei7,  id  the 
twmpwiy  ofolhm.^ 

[.  .  .*  ...  of  Christ  Church  died  ao  Aprill  1658;  buried  there.] 


■  see  Oark'a  Wood's  Gty  of  Oxford 

i.  155. 

*  note  from  '  Schoolnotca '  (Lc.  Q)), 
fol.  13;  Wood  MS.  D  II  (4). 

'  the  ecdowment  beiAg  stibaeqtiant 
to  the  ojictiing  uf  tbc  school  in  tempo- 
niry  pifmises. 

*  note  in  MS.  Bodl.  $94,  p.  ij- 

'  Tboma»  Cbolwcll.  U.A^  Oriel, 
1659. 


*  note  in  Wood  MS.  F  4,  p.  9g. 
Wood  girei  in  colour  the  arms:— "ar- 
gflnt  a  chevron  gnla  between  3  haicl 
leans  erect  Teit'  On  a  ilip  paited  lo 
p.  71;  of  Wood  MS.  F4  i»  Uiii  note:— 

'  A|)T.  30,  1658, . .  .  tla died  at 

Cb.Ch.;  <aniu)  argent  cbcrron  gutcs 
inter  3  leaves  mt :  vide  Biatricolalion 
book,  Hoselwood  ot  Haadlng.' 


Langbain'g  stottf  : — (i)  PitscDS  'dc  icriptoribog  Aagliu/  7/;  (i)  Twine  '  Andq. 
Oxon.'  61  W;  (j)  Godwin's  '  Uiihopa  of  KngluKl,'  y ;  {4)  Treasoas  of  CRinpion, 
Tlirockmonoo,  Pany,  Lopez,  Sqntre  nad  Wolpolc,  Eskx,  xji'I  Gowry,  ^to; 
fSl  M*"  •  papcn'  de  Church  Kovtmrnenl  ;  (6)  Catalogne  of  the  Ku,  Ut*.  of  the 
PwUanMDt  1640;  (71  Ml.  Bird  hie  Maf:azine  of  Jionor ' ;  ^8}  Dr.  Henry  Airyhik 
'Apolog.'  8vo;  (9)  John  I^laml  'New  Wars  gift  to  King  Himry  VIII';  (10)  a 
SfTmoa  of  the  Pascall  Lamb  in  SaJtoo.Sto;  (11)  Hnmpfrey  FIoW's  '  BrcTiary  of 
Brittftine,' Svo ;  (la) 'Proponll  of  cntaine  cases  of  Conwicmx ';  (ij)' tlie  life  of 
the  70  Arch,  of  Canterb.';  (14) 'the  displaying  of  the  Family  of  Low,' 8to.  All 
tbcs  aforesaid  boolcet  coal  me  tii.  ti. 

{Scrcral  of  th«»c  are  Hilt  recognisable  in  Wood's  Collection :  some  haye  tin- 
fortunately  been  toal,  iirohatjly  by  neglrcl  of  Wood's  executors  or  ihrft  ou  the  part 
of  teadcK  in  the  Asbmolean  : — (t^  Pitsens  *de  ^JHrriptoriboa  Atigliae'  has  dUap- 
pcArcd ;  it  is  not  found  even  In  the  Ashmotean  catalcigoc  of  the  Wood  Collectlao. 
It  contained  many  notes  and  papen  by  Wood,  who  frequently  cites  hin  *  Notae  ad 
Pitsenm,'  e.g.  in  Claik's  Wood's  City  o<  OxfonI,  ii.  398,  399,  404,  408,  etc.  (a) 
Brian  Tnyne's  '  Antiq.  Acad.  Oxon.  Apologia,'  Oxon.  t6o8.  it  Wood  603 ;  having 
the  autograph  '  Gerard  Ijutgbaine'  and  a  few  notes  in  lAngbaine's  hand  ;  also  the 
autograph  '  Anthony  Wood,  1C58  '  and  a  note  that  be  had  paid  fj.  for  it ;  also  a 
goid]  many  noto^anil  iniiior  oon  I  in  nations  by  WikmI.  (5)  "Wood  MS.  T)  11  (B)" 
ia  Gerard  Ijuigbaine'g  copy  of  Krands  Go<lwln's  '  A  Catalogue  of  the  Biihops  of 
En);1and,*  l.ondoa  1615  :  in  this  Wood  has  a  few  notes. — "  Wood  MS.  D  it  (A) " 
is  Francis  Godwin's  'de  praes^libcs  AagUae  commentarins,'  Loud.  1616,  with  the 
note  "  Gnlielmi  Camdi-n  ex  dono  authnrit,  Martii  ij,  15"  {t.e.  ifilDvCamden 
has  ndd(^d  a  few  notes ;  Tw)-nc  aI»o  ban  added  a  few  note)''.  In  tfiis  book  Wood 
has  many  notes  boili  un  the  margins  and  on  inserted  slips. — Wood  544  ia  '  A  Cata- 
logue of  the  Bishops  of  I£ngl3iid'  by  F[rancis]  Gfodwin),  sabdeon  of  Exeter, 
Loodon  1601 :  to  thb  Wood  luu  prefixed  this  note  ;— 'another  edition',  with  ad* 
ditiooa,  of  this  English  Catalogue  of  Bi^ops  came  oct  in  1615 ;  bnt  being  very 
Aill  of  fiiDlts  and  not  to  be  endured  by  a  tolerable  reader,  the  aulbour  forthwith 
pat  it  into  Latit>c  and  was  printed  the  next  yrarc:  this  Ljtglrsh  edition  (of  t6oi) 
I  often  use  when  I  niislmst  mntters  related  in  the  second  edition,' — (4I  Wood  58S 
b  a  volnroc '  of  pamphlets  on  tico^ocs,  containiag  all  the  tract"  of  thb  kind 
enumerated  above.  Wood  $S6  (5)  is  '  A  particular  declaration  or  testimony  of  the 
tmdntilnl)  and  traiterous  aflfcctiotis  bomc  againsl  her  majratie  by  Fdmond  Campion 
•nd  other  condemned  prtestes,'  Land.  1 581.  Wood  <i86  (6)  is  *  A  diicoverie  *  of 
the  trcaaoos  ...  by  Francis  Thtockeroortoa,'  I  £84.  Wood  586  (7]  ia  '  A  tme  and 
plainc  declaration  of  the  horrible  treasons  by  William  Parry,'  Locd.  (l5lf4].  Wood 
j86  V.S)  is  '  A  true  report  of  sundry  horrible  conspirades  of  late  times,'  Lond, 
'S94>  *'hich  a  marked  m  writing  '  Lopci:  conspiracie.*  Wijod  586  (9)  U  '  A  letter 
written  out  of  Luglacd  .  .  .  containing  a  trnc  report  of  the  strange  coiupliacie  .  .  . 
between  Edward  .Squire  and  Kicbard  Walpoolc,'  Load.  t^<t9.  Wood  586  (to)  ia 
'A  dedatattOQ  of  the  treasoos ...  by  Rot>eit  late  eatle  of  Esiex,'  Lond.  l6oi. 
Wood  586  fjt)  is  'The  earl  of  Gowiie's  coospiradc  ' .  . .  Lund.  1600,  (7)  Wood 
444  (I)  k  William  Bird's  '  Tbc  MagaxtoeofUooor/  Lond.  1643,  Sto.     (8)  Wood 


'  ? '  MS,  papen,'  or  '  Misocllimeotu 
papers.' 

*  that  jost  cited. 

*  Wood  j66  (I)  has  the  atttograph 


of  a  former  owner. '  Phyl  yp  Iteleyeard.' 
*  Wood  616^11}  is  another  copy  of 
Uk  lame  wodc  and  edition,  with  the 
ante  'AaL  Woodc,  1658.' 


348 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


in  (l)  ia'The  Apology  i>f  Henry  Airay,"  Lend.  iCai.  (g)  Wood  i.U  (0  J«l*y- 
land'a  'New  Yell's  Gift  \o  King  Henry  VIU  concerning  hU  laborious  Joaracy,* 
etc ;  in  it  Wood  tuu  written  *  Ant.  Woude,  Mcrt.  Coll.  Oxou.  1658.'  (10)  Wood 
134  (3)  it  the  '  Semoii  of  the  P.nschal  Lftmbe,'  in  whidi  Langbaine  i^)  has  a  note 
'  pabU&hal  (u  1  lakt!  itj  uml  first  roiind  out  by  John  Jt^tssclin  ;  nines  by  William 
L*isk,  Load.  1638.*  [il )  Wood  165  is  Hurapbrey  Lbuyd't  '  BrcTiary  of  Britain' 
(Tbooutt  Twyne's  translArioo)  Load.  1(175  i  ■<  ^>  on  it  n  coat  of  iinns  in  colonn 
(psitcd  per  pale  or  and  gulcsj^  fleon  dc  liz  couDterchanged';,  and  tbe  sigoattue 
'W.Smylh  1574,  la  September';  Wood**  note  1»  '  the  anoet  ofWUliam  Smyth, 
rogue  (i.e.  rouge)  dragoo,  pancwtt  of  ansea,  who  died  i6t8;  Ant.  a  Wood'; 
tile  book  had  at  one  time  been  suld  Tot  41/.  (i  t)  Wood  893  (1)  U '  A  proposal!  of 
oeitfline  cases  of  conscience  tonching  the  pablic  worsfaip  of  tbc  New  Tesumcnt,* 
Lond.  1648.  (tj)  Wooil  307  CO  It  *  The  life  tjfTthc  70  Atirhbishopp '  off  Cantor- 
buiy  presently  siOinge,'  1574.  (14)  Wood  795  (3)  ti  'The  di*pkying  of  ihc 
Family  of  Lore,'  Lond.  1578. 

Of  tbc  books  bought  from  LangboiDc's  Andy  on  3  May  (see  below  tinder  tlial 
dale)  several  are  similarly  rccogntvible  in  the  Wood  Collection.  Wood  139 
('Charactcra  and  divenity  of  leners,'  Frankfort  i6a8)  has  a  note  by  Wood 
'Anthony  Wood,  Mertun  Coll.;  bought  out  of  Or.  Gerard  Ijingbaine's  fttudy. 
May  5,  i6j8.'  Wood  498  ('  Oratio  Aoi[ricaIi»'  of  LudoTicus  Molinacns,  Camden 
professor,  Oxon.  t6gi)  has  written  across  its  title-pnge,  probably  by  du  Moulin 
himself, '  For  Dr.  LangbaJoc,  provoit  of  Qneca's  Coll.' :  Wood  haa  written  in  it 
•Ant.  Woode,  1657.' 

At  a  much  later  date  (in  1673)  Wood  secnred  a  good  many  scraps  of  Lang- 
babe's  MS.  Collections :  see  p.  349. 

Among  the  Wood  MSS.  bnjncathed  to  tbe  Ashmolean  by  Wood  the  following 
papers  by  Langbaine  can  be  distingnishcd  : — 

(o)  In  Wood  MS.  I>  18  (O.  C.  8563)  foL  i-y^,  Langbaine's  transcripU  of 
documents  about  the  Unmruty  and  City  of  Oxford,  S.  Fiideswyde's  Prioiy,  and 
University  CoU^e. 

(«)  In  Wood  MS.  F  38  (O.  C.  8490),  Langhaioe's  CoUcctioos  about  Hart 
HaU. 

{i)  la  Wood  MS.  P  3a  (O.  C.  8494),  transcripts  by  Langboino  are  found  at 
fol.  I.  foL  14,  fpl.  144. 

(<0  tn  Wood  MS.  F  37  (O.  C.  8489)  nos.  38  to  49  arc  tnnacripts  by  l^ng- 
bsine. 

(<;)  Xn  Wood  MS.  F  39  (A)  at  fol.  381  are  sotne  ootes  by  Langbaine  (printed 
in  Clark's  Wood's  City  of  Oxford,  iL  341. 

At  tbc  time  of  his  death  Wood  bequeathed  directly  to  the  Ibxllcion  Lilirsiynioe 
Toloroes  of  papers  by  (or  belonging  to)  Langbaine,  described  on  pp.  37a,  373  of 
the  1697  Catalogue,  nos  8614-8611,  'MS.  Wood  donat.  y'  has  this  note  by 
Wood : — '  this  book  was  transcribed  from  originals  by  Mr.  lUcbard  James  of  C.  C. 
CoU^e  Oxoo.  for  the  use  of  Mr.  Henry  Jackson  of  the  nld  collc^,  fellow,  about 


'  Wood  notes  'i.c.of  Matthew  Parker, 
by  a  scpentisl.'  Attached  to  it  (Wood 
307  00.  I  b)  is  a  angle  sheet, '  A  ublc 
I'jigluhcd  out  or  that  Icgcntoff  Canter- 
bury uks  cntltuled  in  Latino  de  AhU- 
fuitaii  liritamtuae  ettUjiae."  In  this 
Wood  notes ;— '  This  wm  |irinted  be- 
yond the  sea  i  lakniout  offM,  rarkcr'e) 


Anliquilaln  JirHatinuiu  by  somr  prcist 
or  nonconformist ;  sent  into  Lngtand 
about  the  time  when  archbishop  Parker 
died.'  It  giTci  the  University,  diocese, 
name,  degree,  order,  county,  age,  date 
t>f  coDsecntion,  of  tbc  then  English 
l)is])>>p«. 


APRIL^MA  \\  18B8. 


249 


1636.'  'MS.  Wood  doftat.  1  '  lias  this  note'  by  Wood. — *  FraKmcnta  Lang- 
bAlniuis  vol.  i :  xvcntU  CoUcctions  of  1>t.  Gcranl  Lamglnine  uf  (l^cen's  College 
(which  I  round  amoog  the  wast  papers  of  Dr.  Thomas  Iloriow  of  the  said  College, 
mmo  167J),  written  in  order  to  ihg  makiofr  of  An  l/niversall  Calai^gme  0/  all 
kindi  ef  Learning;  bat  be  died  before  he  coald  go  half  through  with  U.'  '  MS. 
Wood! dona  1-  3'  has  this  ootc  by  Wood: — '  Fnigniriila  Ijin^bainttina  vol.  li : 
•evenll  Collections  of  Dr.  Gerard  Langbalae,  lomunies  provost  of  Queen's  Col- 
lege Oson,  (imperfect)  which  I  funnd  ninuog the  ofTel  papenof  Dr,  Thomas  Barlow 
of  the  sameCoUegc  anno  1671.  Written  in  order  to  the  making  of  a  UoiTersall 
Catato^e  in  all  kinil  of  leaniing.  These  Collecttoni  ar«  the  Gnt  draught ;  but 
tfac  last  are  in  MSS.  In  bil>l.  Bodl.*  imperfect.'  '  MS.  Wood  doaat.  5  '  has  this 
note  by  Wood : — *  Frajjniwita  t,^ig);aiiiiium,  vol.  lii ;  Keverall  rede  ooJ  Imperfect 
Collcctloiis  of  Dr.  Gerard  LAnt^aioe  of  Queen's  College  in  Oxon,  found  amoof; 
the  offcU  pajwre  of  Dr.  Thomas  Barlovr  of  the  tiaid  College.' 

Wood  MS.  F  36  (O.C.  8488)  probably  came  to  Wood  directly  or  indirectly 
throaf;^  I,juigbaioe's  libmr>'.  It  is  *  Catalogiis  MSS.  Mri  Thomne  Alien  dc  Aala 
Gloceurcnsi  Oxon,  A.u.  1633'  made  by  (01  at  least  for)  Brian  Twyne,  who  tuis 
written  this  note  nt  the  end: — 'Mr.  Richard  James  of  Corpus  Chniti  College 
cotnmiJig  afterwards  into  Mr.  Allen's  acqnayntancc.gott  away  many  of  these  cuuib- 
scripts  from  the  goml  old  man,  and  coaveyc<)  them  away  to  Landon  to  Sir  Robert 
Cotton's  ttnddle.  Alio  the  owner  himsclie  (Mr.  Thomas  Allen)  dicing  at  Oxford 
in  GUiceiter  Hnll  annu  nomioi  163,^,  gave  aU  hiK  wholi?  sladdie  of  bookes*  to  Sir 
Kenelme  Digbte  of  Lundon  who  afterwards  gave  most  of  them*  to  the  Universitie's 
library.'  Gerard  Langhaine  has  collated  this  catalogue  with  these  I))gby  MSS. 
and  added  references  to  the  volumes  which  arc  found  there ;  hence  the  fttS.  pro* 
bably  belonged  to  bim.) 

Hay*. — The  I  day,  S.,  spent  up  the  water,  is  \od. — 7,  F^  to  Jones  for 
pamphletts,  6./;  spent  att  Eailcs  upoa  my  coz.  Elizabeth  Stampe,  ^d. — 8,  S.,  to 
Hawes,  for  a  pair  of  gloves,  i;  jo/. — 11,  T,.  at  Eltcscs,  &/. — 11,  W.,  at  Ellesos, 
6</j  for  a  ([uier  of  Dulcli  paper,  lorf. — 14,  F.,  for  Ilupton'a*  'Corcadance,'  w  5*/. 
— 30,  Th.,  given  to  old  Hem  for  abcwing  mc  Ouscey,  41/;  for  ]  bras  peic«s  of 
oouw  of  yoag  Poioc  the  tinker,  ](/.>— 3 1,  F.,  for  mending  of  stockings,  td. — U.S., 
for  paper.  I  \d\  for  binding  Twin's  Antiq.,  ^',  given  to  Pamccott ',  (UL — 34,  H., 


>  another  note  by  Wood  in  tt  ii 
'  7  Apr.  t68t,  to  Roger  Bartlet  of  Oxon 
for  binding  of  this  book,  &/,*  followed 
by  the  bookbinder's  signature  '  Kog. 
Baitlel '  in  evidence  of  receipt. 

'  the  refetcnce  is  to  the  31  valnma 
of  Lai^balne'i  '  Adversaria '  in  the 
Itodl.  Libr.  (described  in  the  1A97 
Oitalogue,  pp.  368-371}.  It  was  with 
a  view  to  bring  together  the  Langboine 
volumes  that  Wood  bequathcd  his  own 
9  to  the  Bodleian ;  and  not,  with  bJs 
other  MSS.,  to  the  Ashmokan. 

*  in  Wood  MS.  K  4  Wood  hu  this 
flole:— 'Note  that  some  mathematical 
books  of  Mr,  Allen's  came  into  the 
hands  of  Sir  Thomas  Ailesbury  (Master 
of  the  Requests)  besides  what  came  to 


Sir  Kenelm  I^by.' 

*  see  W.  D.  Macray's  'Catalogue  of 
the  Digl>y  MSS.' 

*  Wood  16  has  the  note : — '  Anthony 
Woodc.  Mcrt.  Coll.  Oxon. May  i,  1658' ; 
no.  t  In  that  volume  is  a  MS.  copy  (not 
in  Wood's  hand)  of  John  Allibood's 
'Kufttica  Aeademiae  .  .  .  dcscriplio' 
{ptpra,  J).  144I.— Inscriptions  at  '  Gar- 
singtou  Tcl  Gasington  '  taken  by  Wood 
on  4  May.  1658.  see  in  Wood  MS. 
B  15,  and  in  Wood  MS.  E  i,  p.  184. 

*  Arthur  Hopton's  '  Concordancy  of 
Ycanes,'  Lond.  ifii-S;  Wood  ifi  ('>• 
Another  copy,  Wood  18(1),  of  the 
same  book,  has  the  entry  '  Ant.  Wooi) 

'6.S3.' 
'  no  doubt  the  auH  as  Buncote  tn 


35° 


WOOffS  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


given  to  Barncotc,  6   ;  the  sunc,  ipcnt  about  the  cotutry'  tod  bone,  }r.  iii/; 
i9,  F.,  ipoit  all  the  Tavem  on  Mr.  Safer  •,  i/.— ag,  S^  for  a  pair  of  shoe*.  4/. 

ICay. — [May  1  *,  S,,  1658,  the  lady  Wenman  rieparted  this  life  att 
Thame  IVke  ami  ^-as  buried  at  Twj'ford  com.  Bucks.  Her  mayden 
name  was  Hamdcn  of  Hamdcn.] 

About  the  I  SI  of  May  John  Clevhnd  *  the  poet  died. 

May  the  3d,  M.,  1  bestowed  upon  bookes  *  out  of  Dr.  (Genrd) 
Langhainc's  study,  1  ji. 

The  4th  (T.)  of  this  mountli  (May),  ihcir  was  a  maide  hanged  att 
Grecnditcb  Oxon  for  tnurthering  her  infant  bosiard.  And  after  shee 
had  hanged  soe  long  as  satisfied  the  bayliffs,  they  cmt  her  downe. 
But  by  the  hclpe  after  of  r>r.  (Wilham)  Coniers  of  St.  John's  and 
some  phisitians,  ahee  was  in  a  short  space  brought  to  her  selfe  againe. 
But  the  bayhlTs  the  next  uighl  between  i  z  and  one  of  the  clocke  had 
her  away  in  her  coffin  to  Broken  Hayes  (Glocester  Greene),  where 
they  put  a  halter  about  her  neck  and  plucked  her  out  of  a  coffin  over 
one  of  ihe  trees  there,  after  slice  had  said  '  Lord,  have  mercy  on  me,' 
etc.  [Vide'  Dr.  Plot's  book,  p.  197,  198.  MaUory'  not  thrived 
after  it.    Tree  cut  downe.] 

•May  4,  T.,  a  maid  was  hanged  at  Greenditch*  nearc  Oron,  for 
murdering  her  iiifanl-bastard.  After  slice  was  cut  downe  and  taken 
away  to  be  anatomiz'd,  (William)  Coniers*  a  physitian  of  S.  John's 
Coll.  and  other  yong  physitians,  did  in  short  time  bring  life  into  her. 
But  the  bayllives  of  the  lowne  hearing  of  il,  they  went  between 
13  and  one  of  the  clock  at  night  to  the  house  where  she  bud, 
and  puuiug  her  into  a  coffin  carried  her  into  Broken  hayes,  and  by  » 


the  next  entry:  Thomiis  Bomcole,  see 

IV.!I38. 

■  tnsoiptioD*  taken  by  Wood  at 
Cense*  llirope  Whitney),  at  Whitney 
uT  Wdney,  at  Soulb-lcc  otSoalb-leigh 
(gomtaonly  cnllnl  'Sowlyc  '),  all  taken 
Ob  May  14,  tAs8.««in  >\ood  MS.B  15, 
tad  *Jm)  io  Wood  MS.  £  1,  pp.  46,  j^. 
iMCfiptlnnt  at  Nonh-leeor  Nonh-lcigh 
(MBuntmly  called  '  Norlyc ')  and  at 
l.iMiit  llAtiKiTough,  probably  taken  on 
the  Mnte  •!«}',  u«  iD  Wootl  MS.  £  I, 

|i(V  (ii.  ft.^- 

•  rtaHCH  Saycr.  M.A.   Mert.  ColL 

•  Mkt  Ui  MS.  Rawl.  D  vOm  \»^ 

»  WmI  4*9(»»)  l*  »n  clecy'npon 
te  MMt  IHflBiou  asd  iooovqtarablc 


nnuopbUist  oTbU  time  Mr.  John  Cleave- 
land,'  Lond.  1658,  by  Philip  Cieaveland. 
Wood  439  (13)  is  *  Aq  Elrgy  upon  the 
death  of  .  .  .  Mr.  John  Cle»»«Und,' 
which  Wood  notes  to  be  by  '  FraacU 
Vaux  e  Coll.  Reg.  Oxoa' 

*  see  tufra,  p.  3^%, 

'  adrlnl  at  tt  later  date;  Robert 
Plot'i  'Nnlurnl  History  of  Oafordshin;* 
Olfnrd  1677,  fnl, 

'  Henry  Mallory,  Ibe  offending 
bailiff. 

*  now  .<v  Margaret's  Road ;  where 
the  city  allows  stood. 

*  Willinio  Cooycts,  M.r>.  S.  Jo. 
6  July,  i6j3  ;  fellow  of  S.  John's  till 
SepL  1661. 


MAY,  1668. 


aSi 


halter  about  her  neck  drew  her  out  of  il,  and  hung  her  on  a  tree 
there.  She  then  was  so  sensible  of  what  they  were  about  to  do,  that 
she  said,  '  Lord  have  mercy  upon  me,'  &c.  The  women  were  ex- 
ceedingly enraged  at  it,  cut  downe  the  tree  whereon  shee  was  liang'd, 
and  gave  very  ill  language  to  Henry  Mallory  one  of  the  baillivcs 
wfaeo  ibcy  saw  him  passing  the  streets,  because  he  was  the  chief  man 
that  hang'd  her.  And  because  that  fae  afterwards  broke,  or  gave  up 
his  trade  thro  povertie  (being  a  cutler),  they  did  not  stick  to  say  that 
God's  judgments  followed  him  for  the  cruelty  he  shcw'd  to  the  poore 
maid.  See'  Dr.  Plot's  'Natural  History  of  Oxfordshire,'  pp.  197, 
199. 

[In  ConvocalionV  W.,  5  May  1658,  it  was  stated  that  the  passage 
at  Smith  Gate  was  so  narrow  till  1643'  that  carts  could  not  pass,  and 
therefore  'twas  ordered  by  the  king  and  lords  of  counsell  that  a  house 
belonging  to  one  John  Treder  should  be  pulled  downe :  that,  being 
so  enlarged  there  was  a  post  with  a  lock  to  it  to  put  up  and  downe 
according  to  pleasure  to  prevent  it  from  being  a  common  thorough- 
rare ;  but,  when  Oxon  was  a  garrison  in  1643  and  after,  iliat  post 
was  commanded  to  be  taken  away  and  so  to  have  it  free  for  commers 
and  goers:  this  post  continuing  so  taken  away  till  1653,  Dr.  (Daniel) 
Greenwood,  vicechanccllor,  commanded  il  to  be  put  up  againe  to 
keep  out  heavy  carriages  from  going  through  Cat  Street  to  the  end 
that  the  foundition  of  the  schooles  might  be  prescr\ed :  which  post 
continuing  so  up  till  26  Apr.,  M.,  1653,  the  chambcrlaynes  (of  the 
City)  with  workmen  (as  ihey  did  several  stones  and  posts  to  divide 
the  foot  from  the  horseway)  plucked  downe :  and  being  set  up  againe 
by  tlic  vicccliancellor.  were  plucked  downe  a  second  time,  notwith- 
standing the  care  and  govcniment  of  the  streets  belong  to  the 
cbancellour. — But  this  buisness  being  referred  to  the  Convocation,  W., 
S  May  tfigS,  they  caused  the  post  to  bo  set  up,  and  so  it  continues.} 

[William  *  Harboume,  lately  of  Glocester  Hall,  died  in  his  mother's 


■  both  IB  the  Tanoet  and  lUrl.  MS.S. 
tbit  fcfrrence  b  added  id  [lendl,  bciog 
of  btcr  dote. 

*  note  io  MS.  Bodl.  594.  p.  31. 

*  Wood  note* : — '  ihu  U  falac.  for 
Smith  G*te  wiu  made  passable  (or 
caiU  anno  1635.  aee  my  ditcnune  of  the 
city  wall  [i.e.  Clark's  Wood's  City  of 
Oxford,  i.  3593 :  so  that  pertups  in  1643 
it  wu  ttilargid:  qnnere.' 

*  note*  in  W'ood  \\%  T  4,  p.  95. 
Wood  give*  ihe  aim*    in  coloun:— 


*  gnles  a  lion  punant  or  betweoi  3 
bc»uitt,  in  chief  a  cmccnt  argent  for 
difference ;  crest,  a  lion  Kjaot  or  tesltng 
the  dexter  paw  upon  a  l}^^.!^.'  On  a 
slip  posted  to  Wuod  MS,  V  4,  p.  76  is 
this  note ;  —  'In  coria  pnterogativa, 
rc^stra  Wootlon  part.  7.  Q  323 ; — will 
of  William  Harbame  of  Halywcll 
Dcare  Oxford  4  May  t6j8,  ptobat. 
ejusdem  meous  ao — (mention  is  Uiere 
made  of)  bis  sisteia,  Catherine  the  wife 
of  tldiranl  Hugkes;   France*,  wife  of 


35* 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


house  in  Ilalj-well,  F.,  7  May  1658  (in  his  epilaph  '6  May,  aeu  33*); 
and  was  buried  at  Tacldcy  in  com,  Oxon.— The  eldest  brother  named 
John  Harbournc  died  at  Cassenlon  in  com.  Oxon,  W^  31  Feb.  1654 
(i<.  4)  ;  and  was  buried  at  Tackley.  He  married  (she  was  his  a  wife) 
...  daughter  of  . .  .  Ratcliffe;  who,  after  her  husband's  death, 
married  James  Sachevcrell  fellow  of  New  Coll.  Oxon.,  the  son  of  a 
minister  of  God's  word. — John  Haibourn,  father  of  the  said  two 
brothers  died  at  Tackley,  Th.,  8  Jan.  1651  (i.e.  J)  (upon  his  grave 
'tis  written  the  *  9  Jan.') ;  and  was  buried  in  the  church  there  on  the 
30  of  the  said  month.  He  married  Fnmces  the  onlie  daughter  of 
Sir  Francis  Eure  of  Upper  Heyford  in  this  countie,  kt.,  by  whom  he 
bad  5  sons  and  9  daughters  ;  wherof  sLt  of  them  were  dead  when  he 
changed  this  hfe,  being  then  in  the  ycare  of  his  age  69.  lie  was  lord 
of  the  mannour  of  Tacldcy,  patron  of  the  church  there,  and  bad  been 
High  Sherriff  of  the  countie  of  Oxon  anno  163a  '. — His  said  widdow 
lived  divers  years  after  in  Halj-wel!  neare  Oxon  in  a  verie  sad  and 
distracted  condition  occasioned  by  the  ill  courses  that  her  children 
took  (John,  the  eldest,  was  a  so:  and  sold  Tackley  ;  William  was  such 
a  drunkard  that  he  could  not  speake  sense,  and  so  lie  died). 
Frauncis  *  Harboum  widdow  of  Jolm  Harbourn  of  Tackley  died  verie 
anticnt  in  Halywell,  M.,  27  July  1663;  and  was  buried  by  ber 
husband  at  Tackley.] 

[South-Ice*  or  South-lei^  commonly  called  Sowlyc;  M.,  May  34, 
1658.  In  the  north  windowes  and  on  the  canopy  by  the  pulpitt  are 
the  Harcourts*  (of  Stanton-Harcourt)  amies,  viz.  'gules,  2  barres  or' 
and  'or,  a  cross  gules.'  Most  of  this  lordship  was  sometimes  in  the 
Uarcourls'  possession :  but  now  { William )  Gwe  *,  alderman  of 
London,  hath  it  (by  report  he  hath  here  land  worth  a  thousand  pounds 
a  yere) ;  and  Dr.  William  Boswell  LL,Dr.  of  Oxon  hath  a  good 
estate  here.    It  is  most  upon  pasture  and  vtry  rich  ground.] 


Beojanun  Garf«ild  esq. ;  Magdalen, 
wife  of  Henry  Eval  gent ;  l-ucyc,  wife 
of  Thonua  Uromsted  gcot :  (and  of) 
Itit  btotKer  Sompuo  UarixniK.' 

'  Me    Diveiipott's    Oxfordshire,  p. 

>  note  in  Wood  MS.  Y  4.  p.  lof. 
\Vood  ^Tcs  in  colour  these  anus: — 
'gaits  a  lion  passant  or  betwcioi  3 
bcnnU ;  cmt,  «  lion  crjant  or  resting 
the  dexter  paw  on  a  bcTsiit  ( llarbome) : 
impaling,  tjuortcrly  or  and  gules  on  a 
bend  salflc  3  ncallops  argent,  iu  chief 


a  crescent  vert  for  difrerenoc  (Eure)L' 
■  note  in  Wood  MS.  B  15,  collated 

with  Wood  MS.  Ei.fol.  55. 

*  Wood  notes,  in  E  1  in  the  margin : — 
'high-ihemffof  OxfonJ»hireanno  16H* 
(sec  Dawnport's  Oxfonlshirc,  p.  69): 
and  add«  '  (he  said  Gore  hath  been  lord 
ofthit  plauc  about  i6  ycaics*:  'Since 
ray  writing  this  I  Iwve  been  enfonced 
that  the  Harcoorts  of  Stanton-Harcoutt 
Bold  this  raannonr  to  one  . .  .  Skinner; 
and  from  him  i(  came  to  Sir  Henry 
Marten,  let.,  jadge  of  the  pretogattve 


J/^K,  1668. 


^53 


[Coggcs ',  aotienlly  Cogis,  prope  \\Tiiincy ;  M.,  34  May  165B.  In 
Ihc  chanccU  or  between  it  and  the  north  isle  adjoyning  is  an  antient 
monument  of  free  stone  erected  and  iheron  is  the  proportion  of  a  lady 
{some  take  it  for  a  clergyman)  [>ing  on  her  back  of  free-stone  also,  2 
angelis  support  her  head.  To  whom  this  lombe  belongs'  (having 
neither  armes  or  inscription  iheron)  I  cannot  yet  learne.  Yet  this 
must  be  noted  that  ibis  mannour,  having  for  severall  generations 
belonged  to  the  Greys  of  Rotherfeild  (particularly  to  John  tempore 
Edw.  Ill,  John  his  son,  John  his  grandson,  and  Barthelmew  his 
great-grandson)  their  wives  had  this  and  other  mannours  settled  upon 
them  in  way  of  joynture.  And  if  [  am  not  mistaken  this  north  isle 
was  built  by  one  of  ibem  and  perhaps  the  present  fabrick.  of  tlie 
church. 

There  hath  been  curious  painting  and  severall  coates  of  armes  set 
tip  in  the  windowes  of  this  isle,  but  loren  downc  as  I  have  been 
informed  in  the  late  rebellion. 

On  the  south  side  of  the  churcli,  ncare  adjoyning,  is  3  ground  called 
by  the  name  of '  Casllc-yard/  where  arc  ofiendmcs  great  thick  foun- 
dations dugg  up,  and  the  vulgar  people  there  dwelling  thinke  that  in 
auncient  times  there  was  a  castle ;  but  !  have  not  as  yet  read  of  any 
such  thing. 

There  is  alsoe  a  meade  in  this  parish  (as  the  inhabitants  report) 
called  by  tlic  name  of  Langdell  mead,  valued  at  30/;.  per  annum, 
where  any  stranger  let  him  be  of  what  condition  soever,  living  in  any 
part  of  the  kingdome,  may  putt  hts  horse  therin,  and  noe  man  say 
nay  to  him  :  it  rs  free  for  all  commers.  Whether  this  mead  did 
belong  formerly  to  the  priory  here,  I  cannot  tell :  but  I  suppose  it  was 
for  strangers  horses  tliat  came  a  visiting  or  perhaps  on  pllgramage. 
It  was  intended  lately  for  the  erection  of  a  free  schoole,  but  that  noe 
man  could  shew  any  evidences  or  writings  thereunto  belonging,  to 
convey  it. 

The  prioric  did  stand  where  the  lord  of  Downe'a '  bouse  dotli  now. 


court,  whoce   ton    llcnnr   MkUcd    the 
regicide  M>ld  it  to  the  said  Gore  about 

*  notes  from  Wood  MS.  E  1,  foL  46, 
conparcd  with  Wood  MS.  B  15. 

■  Wood  MS.  n  15  has:  'h  U  quite 
out  of  rcmembrknix.  All  that  I  can 
gueu  ia  llul  |>erhii|i«  it  wiiii  fur  tome  of 
Ihc  Arsickcs  who  were  fonndm  ufthc 
priory  there;  and  that  ^c  built  Hk 


aforesaid)  north  isle  fnr  ntftss  to  be  oele* 
bnitcd  for  Iter  sqdIc  niakes  me  sap^xwe, 
bcotttie  there  li  a  chamber  in  Ihc  par- 
sonaee  house  which  It  called  by  the 
name  of  "  the  prdtt's  chamber." ' 

■  marginal  note: — '  Thomas  (  Pope) 
earl  of  Downc,  obilt  1660,  Dec  iS; 
nrpull.  ppud  Wroxtoti.'  lUt  epitaph  it 
in  Wood  MS.  D  11(5). 


IVOOEfS  UFE  AND  TThTES. 

Dcare  to  the  church,  and  ihe  people  here  think  that  his  grandfather 
bui]l  the  hotise  that  now  stands  there  oat  of  the  ruins  of  the  priory.J 

[Slaii  *  39,  S^  1658,  Samuel  Clarke,  A.M.  e  Coll.  Men.,  admissus 
est  superior  bcdcllus  Jurisprudcnliac  in  loco  Bcroardi  Hoie  nuper 
defoncti.] 

Jane. — The  1 .  «t  Ellescs,  6^:  retaember  on  the  same  day  that  Mr.  (Jo^ph) 

Harry  *  told  one  that  I  ihonld  ' — 3,  Th.,  p«yd  to  Blai^Tivc  for  bor- 

rcnntig  DogdoUc's  '  Angl.  Mooasticoa,'  8rf. — 5,  S.,  p«pn". — 7.  M.,  lo  Mr.  Dnrics 
%at  R  nupp  *  of  Oxoa  dnwne  in  the  yeaie  . .  .,  6/  ;  spent  att  the  Cromie  taTcme 
with  Mr.  (Zrphjiniah)  Crrasct  and  Mr.  Sbcrwill  =,  4//.— 8,  T.,  alt  Kllesct,  &/.— 10. 
Tb.,  to  Bcckford  for  binding  of  boolces.  \od;  the  Game,  tpetit  on  Mr.  (Chiiilo- 
plicr)  HarrtMHi  at  the  T»wf rne,  y/ — The  Ii,  F,,  far  rihbanil  for  my  stnfl  wh, 
jx  grf.— 14,  AL,  given  to  the  clarkc  of  Kidtiapton',  %d. — 13,  T.,  at  EUcaei,  6dl— 
17,  Th.,  to  NicoUs  the  laylor,  u  &/.— 31,  M.,  spent  at  the  tavenie  with  Mf. 
(ZrphanLah)  Cresset  and  Mr.  (Nicholas)  Shcnril,  8./.— aa,  T.,  att  Ellcses,  <W.— 
34.  Th„  at  the  TaTrrac  <hi  Mr.  (Zcphaniah)  Crcsscl,  \t. — The  a5,  S.,  paid  my 
baibec,  41 :  the  sane,  giTcii  lo  Church  for  the  second  part  of  '  Advice  ^  to  tbe 
soese,'  (W;  the  same,  to  Crccway,  for  my  score,  ^J  3(/.—i9,  M,,  to  Daris  for 
boola  and  ptmphletu,  4r  6^;  the  same,  spent  it. — 39,  T.,  att  EllcMa,  6d. 

June. — [John '  KtKhcrben ',  of  Bcgbrook  in  com.  Oxon,  died  at 
his  house  in  S.  Peter  in  the  East,  Th.,  3  June  1658  ;  and  was  buried 
in  BcRhrook  church  (quaere).  He  married . . .  daughter  of  Sir  Edward 
Adkuiji  one  of  the  Justices  of  the  King's  Bench  (ndc  pedegrces"');  but 
ftfler  his  death  shee  in.irried  Sir  .  .  .  Stephktn  Kt.;  she  is  sister  lo 
Sir  Robert  Atkins  kt.  of  the  Bath. 


*  «a|»  Iran  Wood  MS.  E  ».     In  Ihe 
M&    Wood     notes:— 'Samoel 

Clarke  A.M.  e  coU.  Men.  Archttypo- 
p«|thi»  Unircrsitatis,  di^itor  sup.  bed. 
Jar.  14  May  iAi;8:  desigrutus  traX  od 
Idm  oficinoi  J4  Juli)  1649,  cni  mnaeri 
qno  llherins  vacet  tifficium  m^ienoTis 
beilelH  in  Jarc  Ci\-Ui  quandoconqne 
primam  4)iiot]Da  nKxlo  vaca^-crit  deiig- 
natar:— "vlr  Utaeds  Latinisquc  Uteri* 
probe  luitnictiis  el  to  stndiis  phtlulo- 
(lob    vcnatUdnas"    Reg.   Cobv.  T. 

p-r' 

'  Juae|4i  Harvey  or  Hcrvcy,  fellow 
tMriiiK)  J  Hrodrick's  Merton,  ]>.  390. 

•  atxmt  five  words  folio*-  in  cipher. 
V  dph«r  U  In  appcanncc  Ukc  Pil- 

Mt«ii'«  ihonhaDd. 

'  |>r«>tably  ilte  map  by  Ralph  Arbi 
Vt97*>:  M«  Mncniy's  Annals  of  the 
(VHllelan.  j..  474.  Wood  had  also 
vWukI  4J3  itu  1)  Hollar's  map  of  Ox- 


ford (made  in  1443),  bat  that  woold  not 
be  so  costly. 

■  Nicholas  Sherwill,  M.A.  Magd.  C. 
]S  May,  1657. 

•  inscriptions  at  Kidlington,  taken  by- 
Wood  on  14  June,  1658,  sec  in  Wood 
MS.  B  15. 

'  by  Francis  Osbame,  Lond.  1658: 
not  now  i»  the  Wood  Collectioo. 

■  note*  in  Wood  MS.  F  4,  p.  96. 

*  Wood  ip\Ts  in  coloun  these  arms : 
— '  gules  3  lionocls  rntnpant  or ;  impal- 
ing, argent  a  cross  voided  edged  with 
half  6cur  dc  lie  sable,  between  4  mol* 
leU  of  the  Bccoad.'  In  an  earlier  draft  in 
MS-  Raw].  D  ff!im  1 390  it  Is  said  :— '  he 
bcarelh  lo  his  annes — patted  per  pate 
bine  and  gnlea  3  lyons  snlimt  argent; 
impaling.  Adltins,  vU.  arj^nt  a  cro«» 
bor.  debnising  4  Fr.  lillics  in  cross 
briween  4  mulleUa  sable.' 

"  i.e.  NVood  MS.  F33 


MAY—yOLYy  1858. 


ns 


Mary ',  daughter  of  Thomas  Weeks,  ftlderrnan  of  Oxon,  wife  o 
Mr.  John  Whytc  of  Oxford  brewer  died,  W.,  30  of  June  1658 ;  and 
was  buried  in  S.  Ebbs  church  in  the  north  isle  joyning  to  the 
chancell.] 

[About'  40  ycarcs  agoo  ther  was  a  leaden  coffin  dug  up  in  the 
Black  Friers  on  the  north  side  of  the  liousc  now  standing,  att  the 
digging  of  a  ditch.  When  it  was  opened  they  found  the  skeleton  of  a. 
man  with  a  candcl  in  his  hand  and  a  silver  penny  hanging  about  his 
necke  and  5  gold  rings  upon  his  fingers.— June '  1658. 

There  was  alsoe  aliout  30  yeares  agoe,  another  leaden  coffin  dugg 
up  att  the  upf>cr  end  of  Robinson's  lane  in  St.  Ebb's  parish  where 
somtimes  the  Whitson  ale  used  to  tw  kept.  Hard  by  there  is  an 
anticnt  house.  It  is  distant  without  the  towne  wall  some  35  yards. 
June"  1658. 

About  zo  yeares  agoe  was  a  pardon  of  the  pope  found  in  digging 
of  some  of  the  ruins  of  En!i(h)am  Abby  (com.)  Oxon,  and  was  sent 
to  the  carl  of  Derby,  lord  of  that  manner.    (1658  ').] 

Jnly.— The  3,  S.,  for  snckcs,  ^\  the  uimc,  speat  at  llirpcr't  with  Mr.  (John) 
Cnrtcine,  W.— The  5,  M..  4|ieni  at  the  Sw*n  on  my  ccw.  Bolton,  1/  3*/.— i,  T., 

I  spent  Bit  Mr.  BocUwit's  with  Mr.  Thaxiuitn.  Mr.  (NichoUi)  Shirwill.  Mr. 
(Zepbanub)  Cresseu,  fid;  the  tame.  Tor  vrioc  for  Mr.  (Zephaniflii)  CroucU  wtd 

'  Mr.  Cowdrey*,  iW;  tltc  same,  at  Mr.  Eltcsca,  W;  the  same,  [>ai<l  to  Mr.  Fforrcst, 
If  id. — 7,  W.,  gpeat,  W. — 8,  Th..  spent,  6</,  iW.— 9,  F.,  for  ft  halt,  1//.  4^.— 10, 
S.,  (or  gloves,  \s  2d\  all  Clleies,  6<i/.— 12,  M.,  for  King  the  Turke  dance,  6.^ ;  the 
lame,  spent  with  .Mr.  (John)  Wamford,  1/.— ij,  T.,  «pent  with  Mr.  (John) 
Wamfortl,  u  ;  att  Ellcac*,  6rf,— 14,  W..  spent  to  sec  the  Turk,  6^;  the  same,  att 
Ellescs,  (W;  the  same,  spent  with  Mr.  (John)  Gamble  and  Mr.  ('Iliomas)  I'ratt 
at  Tavern,  41 ;  the  same,  att  RUcses  for  a  lodging ',  11.  -15,  Th.,  at  EUcsca,  6rf.— 
16,  F.,  for  blodiof  of  a  booke,  &/;  the  same,  spent,  lo/. — 17,  S.,  given  to  see  tbe 
play  att  tbe  Cross  Inn,  6<i— The  30,  T.,  att  Ellncs,  &/ ;  tlw  same,  spent  at  the 


*  Wood  gives  in  cnlotirk  ihrite  arms: 
'azure  on  a  cross  qoarterly  ermine  and 
or  between  4  £dcons  argent  a  fret 
f  .are  and  four  lozenges  gnles  [Whyte  of 
Soaton  Sc.  John  in  com.  Okoo.];  im- 
paling, etmiiie  3  baltle-tutes  sable 
(Wecke*).'  Wood  gives  '  Whites 
crest '  a;  '  a  preffe's  bead  azore  col- 
lared argent  issuing  out  of  a  crown 
parted  pci  pale  of  and  vert,' 

'  notes  l^  Wood  on  a  sheet  of  paper 
iomerly  in  Hcame's  bonds,  printed  by 
Ilcftme  as  an  appendix  10  '  liber  Niger 
Kcaccarii '  1  Omfoni.  1 7  »8).  See  Clark'* 
Wood's  City  of  Oxford,  I.  p.  575, 

•  tbe  <iate  at  which  Wood  made  the 


note. 

'  John  Cowdrcy,  M.A.  Magd.  C.  18 
Jono  16^5.  This  Cowdicy  was  prob- 
ably an  old  achootfcUow  of  Wood's; 
Wood  54,  Wits  Aiadtmjf  by  Fr(ands] 
M[ercs],  Ixtnd.  1636  (so  called  u»  tbe 
engrav^  title  but  In  the  body  of  the 
work  Wif)  Commotrw<aitk  tkt  tttmid 
part)  has  the  note  '  .'Vnthony  Wood  bis 
txKikc  vrilneus  John  Cowdrcy';  also 
the  autograph  (T)  of  Wood's  brother 
Robert. 

*  this  lot^s  as  though  Wood  had 
kept  late  boms  thjil  night  and  found  the 
door  at  borne  locked. 


WOOffS  UFE  AND  TtMBS. 


Crairnc  Tuvcrtic  with  Mr.  (Zcpbuiih)  CitMctt  a&d  Mr.  <  Jaba  T)  Boot,  if.— 14, 
S.,  tpcDl  nit  Mr.  Ellcws  on  M.  (Tbomms)  Boltcicr.  Mr.  (Edwunl)  Low.  etc,  I/; 
span,  4</. — 17,  T.,  att  EUesef,  hd,-~ii,  W.,  for  a  (wbc  of  Spuisb  sboes,  41  &/.— 
J9,  Th.,  spent,  fin/. 

July. — [7  July ',  W. ;  the  Delegates  taking  into  their  consideration 
the  great  care  and  poines  tA  Dr.  Richard  Zouch  id  being  an  asdistanl 
to  the  Vice-chancellor  in  his  court  and  the  small  incotnc  issuing  to 
him  iberebj  .  . .  direct  that  30/r.  be  allowed  to  him  for  the  present.] 

[13  Joly*.  T.,  1658,  a  Congregation  was  held  in  which  the  sab- 
mission  of  I-ancelot  Adison,  M.A.  of  Queen's  College  and  Terrae 
films  in  the  Comitia,  was  read  and  he  asked  pardon  on  bended  knees. 
The  words  of  his  submission  were : — 

*  Ega,  laacdotnt  Adisoo,  i^osco  me  gnnler  pcccasse  in  bonos  morei  d  almini 
aatrcm  AcademisRi.  podcmU  iUa  obKaetutAlc  qua  hestcmo  meam  a  Acadcmiae 
bum  kcd  ;  caju  toipuumi  orinunn  tnei  veniam  ab  hac  TcncrabiU  danio  flexii 
genibai  nbouctc  pcto,  fpoodeoqiK  me  in  poKcram  datnntm  opcamm  dc  quid  mibi 
*icidattir  qood  autas  aims  oBieiKlat :  Laacrlot  Adisoa.' 

Thomas  PIttys  •  of  Line.  ColL,  the  other  Tfrrot  filim^  was  expelled 
from  the  University.] 

•July  14,  \V.,  A.  W.  entertain'd  two  eminent  musitians  of  London, 
moKd  John  Gamble  and  Thomas  Pratt,  afker  they  had  entertain'd 
him  with  most  excellent  musick  at  the  meeting  house  of  William 
PJlis.  Gamble  had  obtaiu'd  a  great  name  among  the  musitians  of 
Oxon  for  his  book  before  publish 'd*.  entit.*  '  Ayres  and  Diologues 
to  be  sung  to  the  Theorbo-Lulc  or  Bass- Viol.'  The  other  for  several 
compositions,  which  they*  played  in  iheir  consorts. 

The  14  of  July,  W.,  Ffelld  Whorwood  departed  this  life  an 
Maulton  com  Oxon.,  and  was  buried  atl  Sandwell  com.  Staff,  the  5  of 
August  following. 

In  this  mounib  (July)  was  laid  the  foundation  of  alderman  (John) 
Nixon's  Schoolc. 

•July  34,  S.,  Thomas  Ralsar  or  Baltzar,  a  Lubecker  borne,  and  the 
most  famous  artist  for  the  violin  that  (he  world  had  yet  produced,  was 
now  in  Oxon  ;  and  this  day  A.  W.  was  with  him  and  Mr.  Edward 
Low,  lately  organist  of  Ch.  Church,  at  the  mceling-housc  of  William 


>  fiotc  Id  MS.  Taiincr  33S  fol.  87. 

»  note  iD  Wood  M.S.  E  29. 

»  llioma«  V\\\i\  Rialric  at  Trin.  39 
Apr.  i()5.i  *  aimlinerl  rillDt';  was  B.A. 
Trin.  J  June  i6j<i.  M.A.  Liiic.  29  June 
ifl^S;  aU  10  June  1665,  D.D.  as 
June  1670- 


*  Londoii,  l6j7,  foL 

*  Wood  notes  in  the  margin  :— 'see 
Ath.  et  Faxti  Oxon.  vul.  1  \v.  i^oi.* 

"  '  ibejf  iiM*!  now  to  play,'  in  the 
Hflrl.  MS.  'They.'  i.e.  Wood  and  bis 
fhcndfc. 


7£/Zr,  1658. 


257 


A.  W.  did  then  and  there,  to  his  very  g^reat  astonishment, 
'Tieare  him  play  on  the  \*ioIin.  He  then  saw  him  run  up  his  fingers  to 
the  end  of  the  finger-board  of  the  violin,  and  run  lhen\  back  insensibly, 
and  all  with  alacrity  and  in  very  good  tunc,  which  he  nor  any  in 
England  saw  the  like  before.  A.  W.  cnlerlain'd  him  and  Mr.  Low 
with  what  ihc  house  could  then  afford,  and  afterwards  he  invited  them 
to  the  tavern ;  but  they  being  engag'd  to  goe  to  other  company,  he 
could  no  more  hcare  him  play  or  see  him  play  a:  ihat  time.  After- 
wards he  came  to  one  of  the  weekly  meetings  at  Mr.  Ellis's  house  and 
he  played  to  iKe  wonder  of  all  the  auditory  :  and  exercising  his  fingers 
and  inslnimcnt  several  waycs  to  the  utmost  of  his  power,  Wilson 
tliereupon,  the  public  professor,  (the  greatest  judg  of  musJck  that  ever 
was)  did,  after  his  humoursomc  way,  stoop  downe  to  Balizar's  feet,  to 
see  whether  he  had  a  huff'  on,  that  is  to  say  to  see  whether  he  was  a 
devill  or  not,  because  be  acted  beyond  the  parts  of  man. 

*About  iliat  time  it  was  that  Dr.  John  Wilkins,  warden  of  Wadliara 
Coll.,  the  greatest  curioso  of  his  time,  invited  him  and  some  of  the 
musiiians  to  his  lodgings  in  that  coll.  purposely  to  have  a  consort  and 
to  see  and  hcare  him  play.  The  instruments  and  books  were  carried 
thither,  but  none  could  be  perswaded  there  to  play  against  him  in 
consort  on  the  violin.  At  length  the  company  perceiving  A.  \V. 
standing  beliind,  in  a  corner  ncare  the  dore,  they  haled  him  in  among 
them,  and  play  forsooth  he  must  against  him.  Whereupon  he  being 
not  able  to  avoid  it,  he  took  up  a  violin,  and  behaved 'himself  as  poor 
Troylus  did  against  Achilles.  He  was  abash 'd  at  it,  yet  honour  he 
got  by  playing  with,  and  against,  such  a  grand  master  as  Ualt/ar  was. 
Mr.  Davis  Hell  was  accounted  hiiherlo  tbe  best  for  the  wolln  in 
England,  as  I  have  before  told  you  ;  but  after  Baltzar  came  into 
England  and  shew'd  his  most  wonderful  parts  on  that  instrument, 
Mcll  was  not  so  admired ;  yet  he  playd  sweeter,  and  was  a  well  bred 
gentleman  and  not  given  to  excessive  drinking  as  Baltzar  was. 

July  the  27,  T.,  tlie  vice-cancellor  (Dr.  (John)  Connanl)  caused  all 
the  booksellers  to  appears  before  him,  and  commanded  them  not  lo 
sell  any  of  Mr.  (Francis)  Osborne's  booke  *.  He  was  complained  of 
ll«n  by  sevcrall  ministers  in  the  country  that  (he)  bred  scverall 
principa1](s)  of  Athcisme  in  country  gentlemen.  Tbe  book  after- 
wards sold  the  more. 


'  L  e.  bouf, 

*  '  Ailvice  to  ft  Son  or  Directinnc  for 
yoBf  beitn  OMidtict . . . ,'  port  1 ,  Oaford 
lOsft  ;  jian  i.  OitfortI  |6.;S.  The  Bod- 
Idoo  copy  of  ihc  first  edition  (1656  in 


f mall  fhro'i  i%  niutitatrd ;  part  i  was  ia 
Us  HKth  nlition  (tnull  iimo)  in  i6>iS. 
'II1C  Woo<)  Culkdloa  Rcemt  to  coolun 
no  copT  of  dtlKr  part. 


July  the  30,  F.,  the  Terrae  filii  were  endeavored  to  be  pull  downC 
but  coul(J  not  praevayle.  The  Vicc-cancellor,  contrary  to  tlic  statutca, 
commandwi  those  ihat  were  for  the  Ttn<u  filii  to  goe  one  (he  one 
side  and  those  that  were  aganst  on  the  other,  etc.  Vide  Histor] 
(Gutch's  Wood's  Hist.  Univ.  Oxon.,  Vol.  U.  p.  684.) 

{On  Friday,  30  July  1658  Wood  was  formally  admitted  to  read  tfl 
the  Bodleian,  his  signature  'Ant.  Wood'  with  that  dale  appearing 
among  the  Merton  signatures  in  the  register — 'Graduatomm  .  . 
nomina  ...  qui  Ucentiam  habent  ingrediendi  biblioihecam,'  formerly 
MS.  BodL  766.  afterwards  kept  in  '  The  Librarian's  Upper  Study, 
now  (May  1391)  on  the  back  stairs  of  the  Library.) 

AQciut.^7,  S.,  spent,  6rf. — 9,  M,.  lent  Mr.  (WIlliBir)  Boll  my  booke 
pUfes';  the  same  day  stt  EUeses  with  him,  f>d, — ii,  Th.,  reMored  to  Mr. 
(Samnel)  Wnodford  of  Wmilham,  8  pctccs  of  cwinc  thiit  1  fonmrrly  borrowcil  <A 
him. — 16,  M..  ftpent  at  the  Crown  Ta\'eme  with  Mr.  (John)  Cune)iu!,  utdWd 
Holder  for  my  hatt,  \s, — 17,  T..  jpcnl  nl  the  Crowne  Tavcme  with  Mr.  {^pha- 
niah)  CresKt,  ir ;  spent  on  Mr.  <Davis)  Mell,  31  6(/.— 18,  \V.,  ttpeat  at  thi 
Crowne  Tavcrnc  with  Mr.  {John)  Curteync,  W. — 19,  Th.,  rwxiwsi  of  Mr 
Bumbam  \U.  4/  as  port  of  ny  Mlchael(mas)  rent,  trhcrof  paid  for  my  battlci, 
i/i.  li. 

August.— [Memorandum':  that  a  new  schoole  was  built  in  th« 
Towne  Hall  yard,  anno  1658  ;  the  foundation  began  to  be  laid  iq 
August.] 

'Aug.  30,  Munday,  a   terrible   raging  wind'  hapned,  which   di< 
much  hurt.     Dennis   Bond  *,  a  great  Olivarian  and  antimonarcbisl| 
died  on  tlal  day,  and  tlicn  the  Devil '  took  Bend'  for  Oliver's  appear^ 
ance. 
/    The  30  of  August,  being  Monday,  was  a  verie  terrible  raging 
windc,  which  did  much  hun,  especially  in  tearing  tre(e)s.     [Quaere 
alibi  the  mischief  it  did.    The  Proctecior  died  3  Sept..  K,     (Dennis| 
Bond  died  30  Aug.,  M.,  and  Cromwell  *gavg  hond'  to  the  dive 


*  the  Wootl  Collection  of  printed 
books  is  sLnfjulnily  dcttilutc  of  dra- 
matic ILtcratore.  Plays  ore  foncd  in 
Wood  3J0  and  in  Wood  330. 

*  thti  paragraph  li  irueited  oat  of 
place  is  the  Almanac  for  1657.  The 
•chocJ  is  Nixan't  School,  see  the  aotea 
ill  Clark's  Wood's  City  of  Oxford,  i. 
155.  A  list  of  boys,  visitors  and 
Inistees  of  Nixon's  .Sdiool  from  about 
l6gS  is  foBnd  in  the  City  archives:  see 
F.  Madan'f    '  Oxford    Citv    Kecords' 


(1887-)  p.  S. 

'  Wood  531  (»s)  is  Edmtind  WaL 
ter's  '  Upon  the  late  storme  and  of  th 
death  of  bis  Highncssc  rnmiu);  the 
same.'  Wood  383  (1)  is  '  The  Pane- 
f:yrike  and  the  stormc  by  EdmuiKl 
Waller  answered,'  1659, 

*  Wood  (totes  in  the  margta  : — '  led 
Alh.  et  Fasti  Oxod.  vol.  I  p.  333.' 

*  the  notes  to  square  brackets  aitt 
later  nddttinns. 


JULY— SEPT.  1668. 


359 


The  distnrbance  in  Carfax  Church,  quaere*.    (Col.  Edvrard)  Massjr, 

vide  1659  in  the  beginning*  of  the  Almanack  for  that  year.     I  think 

(Dennis)  Ilond  died  30  August,  the  windy  day.] 

[Nicholas"  Wadhara,  founder  of  Wadham  Coll.  Oxon.,  was  wont 

often  10  say  lo  one  Mr.  Orang*  (?)  a  ne^hbor  of  his  (who  was 

accounted  a  wise  discrete  man  in  that  country)  ihat  '  he  had  a  good 

estate  and  had  noe  children  to  leave  it  too,  and  hia  kindred  to  whome 

he  dioughi  lo  leave  his  estate  did  not  care  for  him.'     '  Why '  (said  ^^^. 

Orang)  '  doe  as  Sir  The.  Itodley  hath  lately  done.    As  he  had*  built  a 

Ubrary,  soe  you  build  a  College  and  you  shall  be  remembred  every 

day.     It  will  last  from  gcn(<:rallon)  to  gcn(cration).'     Soe   Mr. 

Wadham   preceded  and  did  all    according   to   bis   counsel!.      £x 

relatione  Mri  (Gulielmi)  Bull,  (Coll.)  Omn.  Anim.,  Aug.  1658.] 

8«pt«nit>0r. — The  4,  S.,  bongbt  of  Mr.  (Z«phutiab)  Crettet  bis  itttdytng  gowne 
wliich  cost  cie  5;.— The  6.  M.,  spent  9<i— The  J,  T.,  for  a  bookcs,  8</— The  9, 
Tb..  spent  u  Eulei,  u.— 18,  5.,  (pent  At  the  Tiveme  with  Mr.  <Rkbud)  Lower, 
i«.^»5,  S.)  spent,  (td.^-xf,  M,,  spcut  oa  Mr.  (John)  Curtcia,  61/ ;  for  a  quire  of 
Dutch  paper,  <^, 

September. — Sept.  the  3d,  F.,  the  Protector  departed  this  life', 
and  was  proclaimed  at  Oxon  the  Munday  following  being  the  6th. 
[Crokc*,  Payne,  the  mayor  (Whistler),  quaere.] 

•Sept.  3,  F.,  Oliver  Cromwell  the  protector  died.  This  I  set 
downe,  because  some  ^Titers  tell  us  lhat  he  was  hurried  away  by  the 
Devill  in  the  wind  before  racniion'd.  Sept.  6,  M..  Richard  Cromwell 
his  son  was  proclaimed  "^  Protector  at  Oxon  at  the  usual  places  where 
kings  have  been  proclaimed.  While  he  was  proclaiming  before  S. 
Mane's  church  dore,  the  mayor,  recorder,  townclcrk,  &c.  accompanied 
by  cd.  Unton  Crokc  and  his  troopers,  wera  pelted  with  carret  and 
turnip-tops  by  yong  scholars  and  others  who  stood  at  a  distance. 

[William*  Sliorlgrave,  lately  a  caplaine  in  tlie  king's  army,  died  in 
the  house  of . .  .  Mallory  a  cutler  living  In  AIIs.-unui  {orish*,  S.,4  Sept. 


*  1.  e.  Vr'ood  wns  doubtfal  whetbrr  or 
not  he  shonld  cooncct  the  panic  in 
Carfax  Church  occxuoacd  hy  a  |ralc 
with  this  j^lc.  But  see  the  story  bi  its 
proper  place  nadw  date  31  Jtily  16591. 

'  ill  jely. 

*  thtt  puaajte  is  inserted  out  of  pUce 
in  tlie  Almanac  for  1657. 

'  or  '  Oraog ' ;  the  oame  b  indbttoct 

*  \\'ood  419  (15)  is  'Epitnph  oa 
Olircr,'  Load.  1658,  by  John  Ilannar. 

*  added  later :  a  nolc  of  penoos 
present  at  ihc  ccnniaay~<  Richard  Croke 


the  rrcofder ; . . .  Payne,  the  totrncleilc ; 
etc. 

'  Wood  J31  (30)  is  'Atniecatalogpie 
or  an  account  of  the  scvtnvl  places 
where  Kicbard  Cromwell  was  pro- 
claimed Lord  Protei-tor.'  \Voo>l  433 
(3a')  is  Robert  Whitehall's  copy  of 
'  Verses  on  the  election  of  Richard 
Cromwell  to  the  CbaDccUorslnp '  of  the 
Unirersity  of  Oxford. 

■  notes  fat  Wood  MS.  F.  4,  p.  96. 

*  Wood  cortMls  Ibis  by  a  iit«f{[liul 
Dotc  \ — '  He  die<l,  as  I  now  raaeiober. 


N 


S  2 


26o 


IVOOLfS  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


J658;  boned  in  S.  Marie's  church,  aped  38;  son  of  Ricliard  Short- 
grave'  of  Everden  in  Northamptonshire.  (Arms)  'a  fess  checquy 
between  3  lyons  beads  erased  gules.' 

. . .  WoodhuU,  of  Banbury,  esq.,  died  in  the  house  of  John  Cross 
an  apothecary  against  Allsoulea  Coll.,  W.,  8  Sept.  1658;  buried  in 
. .  .  His  armes  on  the  hearse  were  '  or  3  cressants  gules ;  impaling, 
argent  a  fess  between  3  cinqfoyles  sable  [Meesc].'] 

October.— The  4,  M..  given  »wiy  att  Comuer  at  Mn.  Drope's,  f>i. — 8,  F.,  for 
Ihc  Froctcr's  Circle',  W.— q,  S.,  paid  Forrest  my  ijosrtetidge.  aj.— 16.  S.,  to  mjr 
luuber,  4J&/;  for  I«luid*s*  '  Cygoea  Caotio/ i;  aif. — Jj,  S.,  ipent  5</ uvl  3</. 

October.— [Oct.  4,  M.,  1G58,  Cumnore\  .  .  .  The  church  •  it 
dedicated  to  St.  Michael ;  the  norili  isle  to  St,  Thomas;  the  south  isle 
(the  upper  part)  10  St.  Katherine.  ...  At  the  west  end  of  the  church 
is  the  ruins  of  a  inannor  house,  aniicntly  belonging  as  a  cell  or  place 
of  rcmo\'aJl  (as  some  say)  to  the  monkes  of  Abington.  Al  the  dissolu-, 
lion  the  said  raannor  or  lordship  was  convt-ytd  lo  one  . . .  Owen 
...  In  the  hall,  over  the  chymncy,  I  find  Abingdon  armcs  cut  ii 
s:one,  viz.,  a  cross  patonce  inter  4  mariletts,  and  alsoe  anoth< 
cscolcheon  viz.  a  lyon  rampant ;  and  several!  miters  cutt  in  stoned 
about  the  house.  There  is  alsoe  in  the  said  house,  as  the  inhabitants 
tell  me,  a  chamberj  called  'Dudley's  chamlwr,'  where  the  carle  of 
Leiceslcr's  wife  was  murdered :  the  manner  how  and  ilicir  intentions 
to  poyson  her  before  that,  I  shall  endeavour,  according  to  the  relations 
I  heard  from  some  of  my  freinds  there  and  other  private  observations 
to  dcmonstrale  it.— Robert  Dudley,  carle  of  Leicester,  a  man,  of  a 
wry  goodley  person  and  singularly  well-featured,  being  much  in 
grace  and  a  great  favourite  with  Queen  Elizabeth,  it  was  iliought 
and  commonly  ruraor'd  that  if  see  be  he  had  bin  but  a  baclielour  or  a 
widdowcr  tlic  Queen  would  have  nuide  him  her  husband.  To  this 
end,  to  make  him  sclfe  free  of  that  obstacle,  he  commands,  or  perhaps. 
with  faire  and  flattering  intrcalics  desires,  his  wife  to  repose  her  sclfaj 


In  th«  bouse  of  rmods  Bowtn&ii, 
■tatioarr,  called  Bnlklcy  hall.' 

'  on  a  Bli]>  (>o»tcci  10  Wuoil  MS.  F.  4 
p.  75  is  this  note  :— ■  Robert  Shortgmve 
son  of  John  Shortgnire  act.  1,  1^19 
(qiuwre);  descended  (rom  the  Short- 
gnives  of  Everdoo  in  Northamploo- 
shlre.' 

■  Wood  433  (14);  the  Caroline  cycle 
imiited  as  a  dn.-aUi'  ditgraro  willi  ihe 
slalntes  about  tbc  proctonhip  in  the 


tnargin,  published  1639. 

*  Wood    149;    it  has    Ihe    note: — 
'  Ant,   Woodcj    Mcrton    CoU.    OioD., 

•658-* 

'  lhl»  narratiTc  of  the  death  of 
Robsart  is  faund  in  Wood  MS.  D. 
foL  31;  I  part  3. 

"  Woffd   give*  a  descriptioti  of  tt 
monument!!   in  the   church   with   tb 
infCTiptioiu,  lodudbg  that  of  Anlhoo] 
Fonter. 


SEPT.— OCT.  iQSa 


i6t 


here,  at  his  servant's,  Anihony  Foster's,  Iiouse,  who  then  lived  in  the 
aforesaid  mannor  house ;  and  also  prescribed  to  Sir  Rtcharrl  Vamcy 
(one  of  the  carle's  promoters  of  this  dcsigne)  at  his  comming  hither 
that  he  should  first  attempt  to  take  away  her  life  by  poyson,  and 
in  case  if  that  tooke  not  effect  then  by  any  other  way  to  dispatch  her 
however.  This  it  seemes  was  proved  by  the  report  of  Dr.  Walter 
Baylcy ',  who  was  somtimea  fellow  of  New  Coll.  and  then  lived 
in  Oxon  and  professor  of  the  phisick  lecture  in  the  same  University. 
This  man,  it  secmcs,  reported  for  most  certaine  that  there  was  a 
pracltcc  in  Cumner  among  the  conspirators  to  have  poysoned  the 
poore  lady  a  Utile  before  she  was  killed,  which  was  attempted  in  this 
order.  They,  scing  the  gooJ  lady  sad  and  pensive,  as  one  that  well 
knew  by  her  other  handling  (hat  her  death  was  not  farr  remote, 
presumed  to  perswade  her  that  her  present  distemper  was  abundance 
of  melancholly  and  therefore  would  needs  advise  her  to  lake  some 
potion;  which  shee  utterly  refused  to  doe,  as  sUll  suspecting  the 
worst  TVherupon  they  sent  a  messenger  one  day,  unknowing  to  her, 
for  Dr.  Baylcy  aforesaid  and  intreated  him  to  perswade  her  to  take 
some  little  potion  by  his  direction  and  they  would  procure  the  same 
at  Oxon,  they  all  this  while  meaning  to  have  added  somewhat  of  their 
owne  for  her  comfort,  as  the  Doctor  upon  just  cause  and  considera- 
tion did  suspect,  seing  their  importunity  and  the  small  want  the  lady 
liad  of  physicke.  And  iherfore  he  peremptorily  denied  their  request, 
misdoubting,  as  he  after  reported,  lest  if  they  had  poysoned  her  under 
the  name  of  liis  potion  he  might  not  have  been  hanged  for  the  colour 
of  their  sin.  And  the  Doctor  remained  still  well  xssured  that  this 
way  taking  not  place,  shee  woidd  not  long  escape  \iolencc ;  as  after  in 
this  manner  ensued.  For  Sir  Richard  Varney  aforesaid,  the  cheife 
projector  in  this  designe,  who,  by  the  commandcmenl  of  tlje  earlc, 
rema}'ned  that  day  of  her  de;)th  alone  with  lier,  with  one  man  only, 
and  also  Forster  who  had  that  day  sent  away  perforce  all  her  servants 
from  her  to  Abingdon  market  about  3  miles  remote  from  that  place — 
they,  I  say,  whether  first  stilBing  her  or  else  strangling  her,  afterwards 
flung  her  downe  a  pair  of  staires  and  broke  her  neckc,  using  much 
violence  upon  her.  But  however  though  the  common  report  went 
about  that  shee  by  chance  fell  downe  the  staires  (but  yet  without 
hurting  of  her  hood  that  stood  upon  her  head),  yet  the  inliabitants 


'  '  Pr  Baylcy  before  mentioned  wu 
phnitian  to  tlic  t^wctnc  onii  who  be- 
cause he  wonM  not  consent  tu  jioyBon 
tbc  coDDtcu  of  Lcfccslcr,  the  carle  en- 


deavoured todi&pUce  him  from  the  court 
—Vie  Waller  llajlcy,  fellow  of  Magd. 
Coll.,  i^al '^mtidson  I0  the  aforesaid 
Dr.  Walter  Itoyly;'  Wood's  note. 


Ml  lo  bsr^  bcr  befatc  nhc  cj  owner  Ma 
vUdh  vu  coodauKd  above  bj  the  bad  ■■  aac  afcJKjy  dooe. 
WUcfc  kr  fadv  Sr  Joha  Bolntet,  as  I  Hfpo^  hoov  oC  cuw 
«ilb  al  fpeed  AiAer,  caoaed  her  oorpp  lo  te  tafcca  wf^  the  uuvuei 

to  ten  spoo  her,  and  fnrtfaer  enqoBy  to  be  laade  coaccfaiag  the 
bwneialotbcfafl:  bat  it  wis  genoaSr  tho^gfat  Att  Ifce  eaxlesttipt 
Mi  motth  and  andc  ly  the  Nirincw  herria  thca.  And  tbt  good 
carle  to  duIk  plinie  to  tbe  world  ibc  great  fcwe  be  bore  to  her  in  her 
Me  tine  aad  «faat  a  grcife  the  loaae  of  so  vertoaos  a  fadjr  «as  to  bis 
tender  luart,  canted  (tboogh  ibe  tbiog  by  tins  and  other  oaeanes 
bcaien  into  the  headt  of  the  pnncipall  men  of  the  Umvoatf  of  < 
ber  bod/  to  be  re-Ixuicd  to  St.  Marie's  cfauich  Ozon  witb 
pompc  aad  floietnnitjr.  Aod  tbat  when  Dr.  (Francis)  lUboigtoa,  my 
lord'*  clnpletne ',  did  make  ibe  pablick  funerall  sermon,  <be)  tripK 
oncD  or  twice  in  hii  spfech  by '  recommending  to  iheir  memories  that 
rertuoiu  lady  boc  pitifully  murdtred '  (instead  of  *  soe  piiifully  sJayne '), 
etc.    This  carle,  afier  all  his  murderings,  poysoning?,  etc.,  was  tiim- 


74/  CtU^t  ofOxf^d,  LMcthnen,  1891),  pu  194. 


OCTOBER,  16B8. 


363 


selfe  poysoned  by  that  which  was  prepared  for  others  (some  say,  by 
hia  wife)  at  Combury  Lod^e  com.  Oxon — though  Baker  in  his 
ChronicU  would  have  it  at  Killin(f\*-onh — anno  1588.] 

Oct.,  the  i8ih  day,  M.,  I  were  at  my  cosen  Pcttye's  at  Stoke-lyne; 
and  tarried  there  till  the  22,  F. ;  (it  cost  me)  y  6d. 

•Oct.  18,  M.,  he  went  to  Stokc-Ljnc  to  give  a  visit  to  his  kinsman ' 
Charnel  Pettie  and  his  wife  and  other  of  his  relations  there.  He 
continued  there  till  the  2a  day  of  the  said  inonlh  :  in  which  time  he 
rode  about  the  countrj*  adjoyning  and  collected '  several  monuments 
and  armes.  He  was  at  Cotsford,  in  hopes  to  find  a  monument  there 
for  his  grandfather  by  Lis  mother's  side,  named  Robert  Fettle  a/ias 
Le  Petite,  gent. ;  but  linding  none,  he  searched  in  the  register,  and 
found  that  he  was  buried  on  the  10  May  1612. 

[Sl<Afr-Iync\  Octob.  19,  Tucsd.,  1658.  It  hath  its  addition 
(-lyne)  by  reason  of  its  auncient  inhabitants,  viz.  of  L>'ne,  who 
continued  here  till  about  the  latter  end  of  king  Henry  VlII,  when 
their  male  line  ceased.  Their  estate  fell  to  co-heirs,  whereof  Robcrl 
Hoh  of .  . .  CO.  Lane,  had  this  by  partition  and  match  with  the  said 
Lyne  and  (the  Holt  family)  continueth  here  10  this  day. 

The  pedigree  of  the  Holts  see  long  as  ihcy  ha\-e  bin  att  Stoke-line 
is  as  followeth : — 

Robert  Holt  m.  Eliiabetb,  co<bcire  of  Juho  Lyne. 

WiUuim  Ho!t    m.  Kftthcrioc  Pormor,  daui^hter  and  brlre  of 
fobiit  7  Jan.  ij<6|).  |    Juhn  Ponnor,  gent,  of  Owfley  co.  Buckt. 


Ralph  Holt,  m.     Eltcnur  Jonn,        William     Aon     UrigiU    Frmoco    Katheriae. 


bimedat 
Slokelyne. 


d&ugbtcrof  Walter 

Jonci  of  Cbastlrtun, 

CO.  Oxon  ;  slic  died 

11  I>c.  166S. 


t^Tbomas  Holt  m.  Stuon  reitj",  daughter 
I  of  CtuuneU  Tctty  *  of 
TctUworth. 


Ralpk^  Holt,  m. . . ,  StafTord, 
Bccoad  soo. 


adanghter, 
tnuricd... 


Ralph  Holt,  m.  Susaa  daughter  of  Thomas  RliJey  etq.  of  Chitwood  com. 
act  10,  A.u.  i6.;8.  Bucks;  obiit  19  Man:b  1660  (I.e.  {)- 


•  'coMn.'iothcHail.  MS. 
'  inacrlptions  at  Sloke-lyne  and  at 
Hanl%rick«  talten  by  Wood  on  19  Oct. 
1658,  ace  in  Wood  MS.  R  !£■  InscHp- 
lions  at  Saaicrtoa  and  at  Suuldcmc 
taken  by  Wood  on  30  Oct.  1 658.  kc  in 
l^'ood  MS.  K  I  j.  loscriplions  nt  Cut- 
ford  .Cotsfordl  and  at  Mlxtmry  taken 
Wood  on  ai  (Jet.  1658.  see  in  Wood 
MS.  ii.  15.— 'fhcac  ioscriptioas  >k  after- 


wards transcribed  into  Wood  MS.  E.  t. 
'  notes  in  Wood  MS.  B.  i{,  whrni 
there  it  a  tefcrence  '  %ee  "  Notes  ftoin 
Heralds  Ofllre"!!.  73.' 

*  Ibis  is  the  ■  corcn  Petty '  nt/ra  ;  be 
was  now  living  with  bis  widowed 
daughter. 

*  •  KaljA  Holt,  son  of  Ralph  Holt  of 
Siokclioe.  gcni.,  act  iS,  1637,  niatiic 
of  Mo^.  Hall ' ;  Wood's  note. 


364 


WOOltS  UFE  AXD  TTITES. 


The  lover  {<^  the  cbordi)  vas  much  decaied,  ready  to  (all  downe ; 
bill  now  this  yerc,  viz.  anno  i6^^8.  was  repaired*.] 

[In*  the  be^nning  of  October  a. a  1658  were  foand  at  Steple 
AstoQ  com.  Oxon  by  a  man  vbo  was  there  plowing  a  vault  under 
grownd  and  one '  the  top  of  It  «bcre  tbe  plow  stock  was  a  Romane 
ume  or  two.  This  >-a(a)U  was  all  paved  with  fictle  bricks  as  bigg  as 
faalfe^rownes  laid  in  fine  ccxDcnt.  some  viifa  fiover-de-liz  one '  them. 
They  were  all  in  the  fashion  of  lozenges,  etc. — This  I  gave  to  Dr. 
<Robcrt>  I'loc] 

NoTomber. — ^The  ad  dsj,  T^  at  EUact.  id. — Tbe  f,  F.,  q«Bt.  g^;  Kiven  to 
capt.  Bcilen,  Cii;  the  same,  to  ScUtter  for  a  Rosu  c^ymtt  dvcr.  &/.— 9,  T^ 
■pent  M  aldcmuu  Harrises,  lotf. — 17.  \S\  tot  mv  oMa  Uolt*s  Ksk.  u ;  for  3 
coioa  of  «lrcr,  W;  ipoil,  &/  — »,  M..  spent.  t», — tj,  T*  to  Dm.  Torter  for 
dntwlni;  anao,  31  &/;  spcoi,  $d. — if,  Tb.,  spent  at  }eaata,  ^J;  tbe  Mme,  to 
NicholU  for  malcing  up  ray  coat,  51. — 26,  F.,  vpat  oo  Mr.  HUl,  6^;  the  ume, 
for  ftoUng  my  shoe^  ti  6d. — Tbe  30,  T^  ai  Fllcsea,  W;  tbe  fame,  spent  at  tbe 
Sprad  ^'*^i^c,  i> :  tbe  mne,  to  FonA  for  1  bookes,  M 

[Nov.*  3,  \V.,  1658,  Mr.  (George)  Marshall,  warden  of  New  Cdl. 
Oxon,  departed  this  life  and  was  buried  in  the  ... .] 

PMamber.— Tbe  S.  W.,  ipcttt  at  tbe  Crawne  Tateme  with  Mr.  (Zephsoljib) 
Crcnet  uui  Mr.  (Jabn)  CBftcyne,  10^  — ao,  M^  it  Elteia,  ej.—  tj,.  Tb.,  for  a 
pain  of  glovei,  is;  to  tJie  gloren' box,  61/:  paid  Mr.  Potter  all  my  aeon,  171. — 
34,  V;  to  iIk  berbet,  4>  &f;  U>  Godwin  far  stitched  bookcs,  41;  to  Forrest,  u;  to 
Fucrca  for  a  couple  of  Almanacks. . . . :  spent  with  Mr.  (John)  Cvneia  ai  Lcche's, 
lOi/. —  >(<  S.,  a  pint  of  tack  on  Mr.  (Kicbanl)  Ilaukins,  u ;  ijient,  ^ — 37,  M..  at 
t:ilete«,  Jj.— aS,  T.,  spent  at  Flexon's,  W.— 31,  F..  spent  at  Jouks,  jrf;  (or 
nwruling  my  shoes,  6d. 

[7  Dec.',  Th..  1658.  obiit  Mr.  <?  Arthur)  Heme,  A.M.  Coll.  Wadh. ; 
ct  scprlilur  in  cxlcriore  capella  ejusdera.] 

[Robert*  Harrys,  D.D.,  president  of  Trinity  Coll.  and  somtimcs 
itclor  of  lianwcl!  in  com.  Oxon  died  late  at  night  on  S.  the  1 1  day 
of  December  1658;  and  was  buried  in  Trinity  college  chappclL 
His  epitaph  I  h.avc  printed  in  'Hist,  el  Antiq.  Oxon.'  lib.  3  p.  301, 
He  was  borne  of  vcrie  ordinary  parents  at  Broad-Camdcm  in  com. 


iIbW.-^  MS.  F-i  fol.aiolAood 
ao._i_',ome  of  the  inhaUtaiiU  (of 
»okrWiw)  w.lUcllyut  Ujat  thin  lowiic 
fL±  bcrti  »  m"*^*  cwncand  wiil  shrw 
iJm  -belt  hath  bcffl  «me  rum.  of 
tCw  .1  .lie  w«t  end  wdoD  the  north 

ISTrfthfChutch.     KiJrm^fo. 
*'*7iceb,Wood.prua«iby"«n,« 


at  the  end  of '  I.tber  Kiger  Scaccarii.* 

*  a  ipclliitjr  occasioDally  found  in 
Wood,  (or  'on.' 

*  note  in  MS.  Rawl.  D.  9/im  1 19a 
'  note  in  MS.  Riwl.  D.  o/i/n  1190. 

'  note  in  Wood  MS.  F.  4,  p.  97; 
vrhcic  Wood  gives  the  armK  iti  coloure, 
as  they  arc  dcwribcd  in  next  paiagrapb. 


OCT^-^DEC.  1658. 


3^5 


Glouc,  and  thcrfore  I  suppose  he  had  no  right  to  ihesc  armes'.  See 
hia  life  written  by  William  Durham',  printed  at  London  1660. 
I  never  saw  these  armes  borcn  by  any  but  by  the  Harrises  of  Cructon 
and  Tonguc-Castlc  in  com.  Salop.] 

Dec.  the  11  day.  S.,  at  xi  of  the  clock  in  the  night,  died  Dr. 
(Robert)  Harris',  D.D.,  president  of  Trinity  Coll.  Oxon.  aged  84. 
He  was  buried  in  Trin.  Coll.  Chappell*,  the  14  day,  T.,  Dr.  <John) 
Conaut  ilic  vice-can cellor  preaching  the  funeral!  sermon  at  St.  Marie's. 
He  was  somtimc  parson  of  Boroughlon,  com.  Hamp.,  40  yearcs 
parson  of  Hanvcll '.  He  bore  to  his  armes :  '  barry  of  8  peices, 
er(mine)  and  b(luc),  3  annulctts  o(r)  ;  the  chrest,  a  falcon  a(rgent) 
with  bells  on  her  Icggs  o(r),  standing  upon  the  brcst  of  a  duck  and 
pecking  out  his  braines.' 

A  little  before  Xlmas  bishop  Juxon'  departed  tliis  life  at  hiii  house 
in  Little  Coropton,  and  was  buried  thcr  on  Xtmas  day.     Quaere. 


About  45  yeares  agoe  was  a  man  that  very  sacriledgeous  rob'd 
St.  Marie's  Church  Oxon  of  most  of  the  brass  monuments.  He  was 
sett  in  the  stockes  with  the  brass  hanging  about  his  neck^ 

[About'  BIX  jeares  agoe  there  was  an  ume  of  coines  found  In 
Stockherst  wood  nearc  Stanton  St.  John's.  Mr.  (Samuel)  Lee'  and 
Mr.<Char]es)  Moorton  '°  of  Wadham  Coll.  had  most  of  them ;  quaere. 
(Remember)  10  write  to  Mr.  (Leonard)  Yale  (parson)  of  Cuxham 
whether  or  noe  he  halh  any  Roman  coines  tliat  were  found  in  Stock- 
herst wood  (in)  1651. — It"  was  in  the  year  1647.     vVmongst  sfune 


'  in  Wood  MS.  E  I  fol.  169  b  ii  the 
inacriptioa  of  Timothy  HarrU  (died  11 
Jane  1659)  in  BstiLury  church.  Wood 
there  gives  the  amu  9&  '  ermine,  j  bam 
ugeot,  orci  nil  i  annnlets  or,'  and  »}'s 
*  ihcH  annca  .-vre  oo  tbe  toiiibe  and  irere 
•]«o  apnn  the  ht^nc  of  Pr.  Robert 
Harris  his  fatEirr  wlien  be  was  buried  at 
Oxon  t6^S — (|uacrc  wbal  right  they  have 
to  thoin.' 

'  '  The  life  and  death  of  that  jodi- 
dona  divine  . . .  Robert  Ilarrii  D-D." 
by  W.  D.,  Lend.  1667,  8vo ;    Wood 

391 (6^ 

■Wood  514(50  '»  'Two  IcItCTK 
written  by  Mr.  tlarriK,*  164K,  which 
profcw  to  be  published  by  a  person 
withoiii  Mnrriii'  leave.  Wood  notes 
'  Uiia  waa  done  by  Mr.  Harris  himacUc' 


*  Gntch's  Wood'a  C<^t.  and  HaUs, 

P-  533- 

'  Beritao  and  Ilanvell. 

*  the  rumour  was  false.  WiUiam 
JuxoD,  bUhop  of  London,  was  trani- 
lated  to  Canterbury  Sept.  1O60  and  died 
4  June  1663, 

^  it  w'tuld  have  been  more  sensible 
to  hnvc  restore*)  the  brasses  to  the 
chorch, 

'  notes  by  Wood  of  date  1658 ; 
printed  at  the  end  of  Hcamc's '  Ubci 
Niger  Scaccaril' 

*  Samuel  I^e,  we  Gantiner's  Reg. 
Coll.  Wn.ih.  p,  17J. 

"*  Cbark*  Morton,  sec  ibid.  p.  iRo, 
"  i.e.   the   r!i«ovciy  of  the   coini; 

the  lecofld  part  of  the  note  it  a  coiTcc- 

tioo  of  Ibe  fust  port. 


465 


WOOZfS  UFE  AND  TTMES. 


of  the  coincs  llicrc  vas  one  of  Romulus  and  Remus.    The  man  that 

found  them  viz Alarton  of  Odington,  butcher,  sold  them  to  a 

scholler  of  C.C.C.— This  information  I  gave  to  Dr.  (Robert)  Plot.] 

[One*  Cook  being  pracva(ri)cator  or  umbra  in  Cambridge  com- 
mencement'  about  a  or  3  years  before  the  restauration  of  Charles  II 
seemed  to  be  verie  vritiie  in  bis  speech,  but  in  the  middle  therof  seing 
Jack  Glcndali  an  Oxford  wit  peeping  out  of  a  privat  bole,  the  pre- 
varicator saw  him  and  called  out  saying,  *  Salve,  Mr.  GleodaU/  lo 
which  Glendall  rcplycd  *  Salve  lu  quoquc  '  (Cocc.)] 

(Wood  T)  11  (6)  U  ft  '  Cataloece  of  the  most  T«n(!ible  books  in  England,'  Load. 
1658,  by  Willinm  Lotidcm  of  Newcastle  :  in  it  Wood  hu  thb  note ; — '  Is  il  not  ■ 
draple  thing  for  «  mui  to  m*ke  a  catalo^e  of  booki  and  not  to  lot  downe  the 
Xtian  names  of  the  •atbonf  for  there  Iw  scvernll  authore  that  ha*«  the  saow 
Himaiue.') 

(Wood  D  I]  (4)  B  a  *  Catalogue  of  books  printed  for  and  to  be  sold  by  Richard 
DiTic  at  hts  shop  near  Orld  Colledge  ia  Oxford,'  165S.) 


lesil  and  1659:   xl  C&r.  ZI:    (Wood  aet.  27) 

Janaarj.— The  i,  S.,  for  ihi*  Almiu»dt,  yi\  for  *  the  *  Idoll  of  the  downo,* 
I0«/.— 3,  M.,  at  EllcsM,  &/;  at  the  Pit  for  my  score,  loi/.— 4,  T^  for  bookea. 
Ij  lorf. — 6,  Th.,  to  Mrs.  Bumham  for  a  pyc  for  Mr.  (XalhanJcl)  Greenwood '  and 
Mr.  (Matthew)  Hatton,  11.— 7.  F.,  spent  at  Mat(thew>  Leeches  with  Mr.  (John) 
Curlcyne,  tU.— 8,  S.,  to  Mr.  Blacrave  for  liookes',  51.— 14,  F.,  spent  with  Mr. 
(John)  Curteyne  and  Mr.  Flexoo  *  at  the  widow  Flexon's,  ix. — 15,  S.,  to  Ui&hop 
for  tneoiliii];  my  ftolin,  u. — 18,  T.,  at  the  widow  Flexoo's  with  Mr.  (Jotm) 
Curtcynr,  irf.— 19,  txtoght  of  Mr.  Davies  a  parcell  of  sticht  books,  9^.-31,  W., 
bon^ht  of  Mr.  Chambers  a  parcell  of  sliclit  books,  7/ ;  the  wme,  to  (Matthew) 
Jgllyinan  to  lookc  and  take  out  »ome  names  out  of  the  remitter  of  Sl  Marie's  Oxoa, 
fW.— a4.  M.,  to  Mr.  Robio&on  for  a  parccll  of  stictht  bookcs,  »  f>d. — 35,  T.,  to 
Darli,  for  more,  11.— 18,  F..  tpeot  with  Mr.  (John)  Curteyne  and  Mr.  (Richard) 
Lower  at  Ton  Woodc's  tareme,  U  %d\  the  same  dny  »pait  with  Mr.  (John) 
Curteyne  at  Harper's,  u  ;  for  apples  and  wood  when  Mr.  (Matthew)  Ilotton  and 
Mr.  (Nathaniel)  Greenwood  were  here,  t^.—li,  M.,  paid  to  Mrs.  Bumam  for  a 
•core,  "fd. 

January-— U^n. '  2,  165},  Mr.  (?  Philip)  French  (loJd  me  that) 


>  note  in  Wood  MS.  E  3a  fol.  35  b. 

*  note  in  Wood  MS.  £  31  fol.  ii  b  : 
— ■  Jocose  mihi  dixit  qoklam,  Cania- 
farigiae  totnmttutmtnti  did  proplerea 
qood  Canlatiiigta  dc  nuvti  incacpit, 
Oxonine  autcm  vocanlur  oitm  quasi 
pctfectio  eorum,  "  ados "  cnim  "  est 
perfectio  rel."  Oxoniam  qnoqnc  a  vado 
dcnomiaari  dixit.  Cantabrigiam  a  poote, 
mA  wdam  est  prius  pootc  cfgo  et 
Oxoaia  est  prior  Cantabiigia.' 


'  Lood.  1654;  Wood  453  (I). 

*  Kathaniel  Greenwood,  M.A.,  Braa. 

*  one  of  them  was  Wood  463 
('  Chionicon  ex  Cbrooicis.' Lond.  159a) 
which  is  marked '  Liber  Anthony  Woode 
CoU.  Merton.,  Jan.  8,  iftjl.' 

*  William  Flexney,  the  mtuJcias. 

*  Dolci  by  Wood  printed  by  Hc&mc 
in  1718  at  the  cod  of  'Liber  Ni^ct 
ScaccariL* 


yAJV.^  FES.  16M. 


a67 


it  was  supposed  that  bishop  O^**")  Bancroft*,  bishop  of  OxoDr 
poisoned  himself  a  little  before  the  Long  Parlemcnt  began,  being  to 
aiLswer  many  articles  that  were  to  be  pull  up  against  him. 

Jan.  a,  1655,  Mr.  (?  Philip)  French  (told  me  of)  bishop  (J^^") 
Williams,  bishop  of  Lincoln  and  also  dcane  of  Westminster;  to  him 
the  archbishop  of  Canterbury  sent  and  desired  him  to  send  a  con- 
iribution  10  rcpaire  Paul's  • ;  '  Why,'  said  he,  '  will  he  rob  Peter  lo 
pay  Paul?' — meaning  that  he  was  dean  of  St.  Peter's  Church.] 

[*A  true'  and  impartial  narrative  of  ihe  most  material  debates  in 
the  late  Parliament ' : — this  parliament  began  by  Protector  Rtcliard's 
call  37  Jan,  1658  (i^.  g),  dissolved  36  Apr.  1659.] 


[Richard *  Gkeexwood,  of  Sow-eibie  m. ... 
in  the  VicBridgc  oi  Halyfas,  | 

I 


...  m.  John  Greenwood  m.  ... 
(acLSo,  16S0) 


Duici  Greenwood,  m. 
•oradines  fellow  of 
BiHOOKud  rector  of 
Shtepte-ftstoo,  oUit 
<i4  0ct.  1679  *et  51.) 


Duiiel  Greenwood,  Dr. 

of  Phyiick  and 

fellow  of  him.  Coll., 

1687. 


Nathaniel  Greenwood ', 
Bac  of  DiY^  fellow  of 

BruDOK,  became 
rectoi  of  CotiiDgtmro  in 
com.  Northatnpt.  i6Sa. 


Duticl  Greenwood,  D.D., 

somtimcs  principal  of  Hrmuiooe, 

married  GrisiU  Htll  of  KcDt, 

died  wtthoot  iuae  ^3^  Jan. 
'6;<,  net.  71). 

I 


Moces  Greenwood,  Mr.  of 
Arts  of  Brasnose,  Khool- 

Btaster  at  Cbarlboty, 

died  I  March  anno  1679 

<'■«■  H>.  boricd  in 

Ine  Collie  cJoister. 


Edward  Greenwood,  M.A. 

fellow  of  Bran.  i68t. 

He  died  in  Oct.  1691  at  Madrid 

in  SpaLce,  being  then  chaplaine  to  the 
English  ambasaadoT  there] 


Febm&ry. — The  i,  T.,  spent  at  tbe  Tarerne  with  Mr.  O'*'"*)  Cowdrey  ami  Mr. 
0ohn)  Corteync,  1/  6d;  the  ume  at  Lllescs,  6d. — The  id,  W.,  ipcot  with  Mr. 
(John)  Ctutcyoe  and  Mr.  (Kidiard)  Lower  at  the  CasUe  Inn,  i/;  the  tame  for 
ltBUsag««,  2^. — 3,  Th.,  ipenl  at  widaw  I<1cxney'«  with  Mr.  0ubii)  Curteyue  and 
Mr.  (Zephaniah)  CrcsKtt,  M. — 9  day.  W..  indebted  to  Potui's  for  a  shirt,  5^. — 
II,  F.,  iipent  at  Tnm  Wt»adc'«  wilfa  Mr.  (John)  Cnrleyne,  is  W.--14,  M.,  spent 
at  the  Crowoe  Tavrme  with  Mr.  {Zcphantah)  Cresset  and  Mr.  {Nicholas) 
Shirwtll,  IS  iJ.—  iS,  T.,  at  wklow  Fleuiey's  with  Mr.  <Ji»hn)  Curteyne,  (ui.-~ij. 


*  9ce  Clark's  Wood's  City  of  Oxlbrd« 
ii-p.  ij. 

■  Wood  376  n  no.  36  is  D.  King's 

fcngravinK  of  Old  S.Paol's  (1658),  with 
venes  by  E.  Bcnlowcs  (' Beuerol&s '), 
prke  li. 

*  Load.  1659;  Wood  5i9(,ii). 


*  Ibis  pedigree  a  found  in  Wood 
MS.  E.  i.fol.  Ill  b. 

*  Wood's  Meod.  He  seems  to  hare 
had  antiquariaa  tailet :  W' ood  in  Wood 
MS.  E  I,  fol.  100  b  dtes  iiiscriplioua 
and  arnu  in  Shiploa-onCherwell  chnrch 
'ex  ooltcO.  N.  G.  166a.' 


268 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


Th.,  to  the  darkc  of  Cn(!derfen%  3<t— 18,  F.,  at  Leeches  with  Mr.  <John> 
CBrtcyne,  &/.— ig,  S..  to  Blagravc  for  i  booke,  u  6rf.— 13.  W.,  spent  at  W»tcr- 
eaton  with  Mr.  (Naihiiniel)  Grenwood  and  Mr.  (Matthew)  Hutton,  4//. — j6,  S., 
speol  at  Ibc  Meereouid  T«T«nic  with  Mr.  Dropc  aad  Mr.  <John)  Curtcync,  it  6«t 

February. — Memorandum,  that  on  Feb.  the  it,  F.,  I  set  my 
hand  to  a  petition  aganst  Visitors:  Mr.  (Nathaniel)  Crewe  of  L}'nc. 
Coll.  brought  it  to  me.  The  godly  party  ihey  put  up  another  petition 
and  say  'it  is  for  the  cause  of  Xt.'  Dr.  (Jului)  Conaiit  the  vicc- 
cancellor  sent  a  letter  lo  Dr.  (John)  Owen  '  then  att  London  and  told 
(him)  tlial  'he  must  make  hast  to  Oxon  for  godliness  layes  a 
ing/  i.e.  there  was  a  petition  to  the  Parliament  to  putt  out  Visitors, 
Vide  History  (in)  English  (i.e.  Gulch's  Wood's  Hist.  Univ.*  Oxon. 
ii.  p.  686.)  [None"  more  ready  than  Crew,  a  noted  Presbyterian,  tOj 
promote  this  petition.] 

•Feb.  II,  F.,  Nathaniel  Crew,  M.A.  and  fellow  of  Lincoln  Coll.,1 
brought  to  A.  W.  a  petition  to  pi^sent  to  the  parliament  against 
standing  Visitors  in  the  university :  to  which,  upon  his  desire,  be  set 
his  hand,  &c.  The  Independents,  who  called  themselves  now  the 
'godiy'  parly,  drew  up  another  petition  contrary  lo  tlie  former,  and 
said  ''twas  for  iho  cause  of  Clirisl*  &c.  No  person  was  more  ready 
than  Crew,  a  presbyterian,  to  have  the  said  Visitors  put  downe,  not-j 
withst:inding  he  had  before  submitted  to  them,  and  had  paid  to  ihemj 
reverence  and  obedience. 

•Feb.  Ii,  Egg-Salurday,  Edward  Bagshaw,  MA.  and  student  o( 
Ch.  Ch.,  presented  his  bachclaurs  ad  dtlcrminandum,  willioul  having 
on  liim  any  formalities,  whereas  every  dcane  besides  had  formahtiea 
on.  Dr.  John  Conant  was  then  vicechancellour,  but  took  no  noticaj 
of  Bagshaw. 

•In  this  Lent,  but  the  day  when  1  cannot  tell,  A-  W.  went  as  a| 
stranger  with  Thomas  Smith  *,  Mr.  of  Arts,  (ejected  his  clerkship  o| 
Magd.  Coll.  by  the  Visitors  1648)  but  now  living  obscurely  in  Oxon.1 
I  say  he  went  wilh  the  said  Mr.  Smith  on  a  cerlaine  morning  to  SbJ 
private  and  lone  house '  in  or  nearc  to  Baglcy  wood,  between  OxoOiJ 


'  jn»criptioTo  at  CntMcfdcD  taken 
by  Wood  on  17  Fch.  1658  (i.e.  {)►  »*« 
in  Wood  MS.  U  15. 

'  the  Independent,  deas  of  Ch.  Ch. 

*  added  in  a  later  lumd  ;  it  relet*  to 
the  petition  ogAiiiat  tlie  Parliaiaeittary 
Visitors.  These  Vidtors  ('  Delegates') 
had  been  jii  session  turn  164K,  con- 
trolling the  nfairs  of  the  University, 
with  occuional  tntcrfcrcacc  from  the 


'London  C'ommitte^r/  i.e,  of  I'ailia- 
ment.  Hiis  plan  of  directing  nB'ftirs  in 
the  University  by  a  permanent  nitd 
resident  budy  of  Vinton  was  aa  old 
ooc.  Queen  Eliiaheth  having  done  the 
Bsne  thing. 

'  *ce  Blowun's  Reg-  Coll.  Magd.  i.  53. 

*  'a  ^vatc  and  obKure  place,'  In 
the  Ilarl.  MS.  Sec  BILsi'  '  KcUquiac 
ticainianac'  under  date  3  March  171I. 


FEBRUARY,  1669. 


369 


and  Abendon,  inhabited  by  the  lord  of  Sunningwell  called  Hannibal 
Baskervylc,  esq.*  The  house  (called  Bayworth)  is  an  old  house 
fiilualed  in  a  romanccy  place,  and  a  man  that  is  g;iven  to  devotion  and 

See  bis  Mintrua  Britanna,  p.  106. 

The  following  cnrioiii  Utter  from  sir 
Thomai  Bukcrvile  b  printed  from  tbe 
original,  amoog  Mr.  St.  Amaod's  p*pcn, 
in  the  Bodlcimn.  It  u  th«  more  proper 
for  inscrtioii,  u  tlte  original  is  neaily 
worn  oat  by  damp  nnd  fcrtncr  ncglccL 


'  *  Hannlbftl  llukerrille  of  Suiming- 
wcU  and  Bayworthdicd  16  March  166J, 
acL  6S :  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Itaslcerville 
of  Goodrcst  in  com.  Wnrw.' : — note  in 
Vi'ood  MS.  B  I4,     For  two  volnmcs  of 
Collcrctionsljyhtsson  (Matthew  Thomas 
Baskcrvitte)  see  Bliss'  KeU^mat  Hear- 
^mianae  ii,  137.     One  oE  thcK  Yolumet 
|(wnttCQ  in    1693)    is   in    the    Dritisb 
losctim  (MS.  Htrl.  4716);  the  other 
lb  nppoied  to  b«  dettrojred.    A  turn- 
jscript  of  one  of  them  is  foDcid  in  MS. 
lIUwl.  D.  810.    OrUiii  Dr.  B!i»  in  the 
^1848  edition  of  the  Life  of  Wood  gives 
!-tbii  acconnt : — '  A  Tramcript  cf  lomt 
tvriuitigs  of  Hattnibati  Batktrvilt,  tsq. 
or  thty  -wtrt  found  t<atUrtd  Htre  aitd 
thtr*  it*  ftit  manuurifls  ami  books  ef 
\uctsunt,   and  first  a  remembratut    of 
'  aeme  manumenti  ami  reitifuei   itt  ike 
Cilurrh  of  Hi.  Detmiif  and  ihereattmH 
ijt  ffratfit  by  Hannihal  Boikervyle  who 
went  into  y*.  iountry  tw'^.  an  English 
a/nbaiutiiffr  ia  tAereigfU  of  kitigjantti^ 
This  MS.  '  coolainit  acveral  coriou*  par- 
ticulars relating  to  Oxford  and  the  per- 
ions  eilacated  there,  and  the  following 
brief  particular*  of   Mi.    (Hannibal) 
Uoskcrvilc  binuclf. 

"April  y*.  5,  1597.  1  was  Iwm  nt  a 
town  in  Piccardy,  colled  St.  Vallcry 
where  was  a  deadly  pUgoe  among  y*. 
Ffrench,  but  it  did  not  mfcct  any  of  Uie 
EogliUi  soldiers.  1  waa  christened  by 
ooe  Mi.  Man  y*.  preacher,  and  I  bad 
&11  the  captaina.  about  3),  lo  be  my 
godfathers,  it  being  the  cmtome  so  of 
the  wars,  when  the  gcnciall  hath,  a  son 
(they  say  ;)  but  two  only  stood  at  the 
ffoni  or  great  bason,  one  was  sir  Arthur 
I  Savage,  the  otiicr  I  ean  nut  remember 
his  name.  Sir  Arthur  Chichrsti-r  was 
there,  and  other  great  men  that  have 
been  since.  My  father  Sir  Thomas 
BasVervile  died  of  a  burning  feavour  at 
A  town  called  Pic^Dcny.  I  was  then  9 
weeks  old." 

To  this  I  may  add,  that  he  was  in- 
Slracled  under  the  care  of  Peacfaam 
author  of  the  Cfmfltal  CentUman,  ttc 


'  To  the  Honorable  Sr.  Jhon  Noneyt, 
Knight,  geneiall  of  the  army  that!  goe 
for  Portugall. 

Konorahle, 
T  htimbly  dctirc  yoor  H.  lo  tfainkc 
that  the  ocasion  of  my  stay  hear  is  nott 
for  any  disUke  of  the  viage  or  of  the 
generall.butt  that  itt  is  rather  for  wantt 
of  means,  for  I  assnie  you  if  I  had  gonn, 
noe  man  would  have  gonn  with  greater 
dificieditt,  for  ihatt  fur  the  most  parte 
thatt  I  have  ajMrelcd  my  !>olldiar«  itt 
hath  bin  vpon  my  creditt  to  the  mar- 
chant  for  the  which  I  have  gcvea  my 
perticulci  bill,  and  nott  vpon  the  pro- 
nuit  loastets,  farther  my  liftenant  is  in 
prison  who  wer  vtteily  lost  if  I  wer 
wMrawen,  besides  the  dishonor  that 
would  light  one  me  for  Icnng  him  ther, 
going  into  a  new  warr,  besides  1  assure 
yow  all  llialt  I  have  is  in  [>aan,  which 
would  be  lost  if  I  wcnit  These  thinges 
battb  caasid  mc  to  sckc  the  stay  of  my 
companyc  of  my  lo.  geneiaJI.  and  nott 
any  perdcnler  dislike  f  have  of  your  lo. 
or  of  the  viag,  the  w*^.  I  humbly  en- 
treatt  your  bo.  to  belcve,  for  in  deaieitg 
to  fulow  yow,  I  shold  shew  my  lelf 
wondcriiill  vndi&crect  con^dering  ther 
is  so  many  my  betters  w<*>.  doc  ytt,  be- 
side for  the  mo«t  pail  T  have  folowd 
yow  since  I  knew  tlic  warrs,  and  if  I 
hav  Icm'd  any  thinge  I  acknowlcdg  itt 
from  yow.  Tlins  fearing  to  be  over 
ledius  I  fanmbly  desire  yow  to  rest  my 
honorable  good  fnenil,  and  lo  excuse 
my  comidgL-  w'^'^.  I  dcsiic  you  to  tmputt 
rather  lo  thcs  Ictts  than  any  wantt  of 
desire  to  folow  .yow.  Hagge  this  30 
of  January.  Your  honor's  most  asurid 
to  do  yow  scrvis. 

Tbo.  Bailtcndle.' 


ajo 


IVOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


learning  cannot  find  out  a  better  place.  In  this  house  A.  W.  round 
a  pretty  oratory  or  cbappcl  up  one  pair  of  staircs,  well  fumish'd 
with  velvet  cusheons  and  carpets.  There  had  been  painted  windowes 
in  it,  but  defaced  by  Abendon  soldiers  (rebells)  in  the  grand  rebel- 
lion ^  He  also  found  there  an  excellent  organ  in  the  said  oratory: 
on  which  Mr.  Smith  perfomi'd  the  part  of  a  good  musitian,  and  sang 
to  it.  Mr.  Baskervyle  was  well  acquainted  with  him,  and  took  delight 
to  heart  him  play  and  sing.  He  was  civil  to  them,  but  A.  W.  found 
him  to  be  a  melancholy  and  rctir'd  man ;  and,  upon  enquirie  farther 
of  the  person,  he  was  told  that  he  gave  the  third  or  fourth  part  of  bis 
estate  to  the  poor.  He  was  bo  great  a  cherisherof  wandring  beggars, 
that  he  built  for  them  a  larg  place  hke  a  bame  to  receive  them,  and 
bung  up  a  little  bell  at  his  back-dore  for  them  to  ring  when  they 
wanted  any  tlung.  He  had  been  several  times  indicted  at  Abendon 
sessions  for  harbouring  beggars.  In  his  jrongcr  daycs  while  lie  was  a 
student  in  Brasnose  Coll.,  he  would  frequent  the  house  of  bis  kins- 
woman the  lady  Scudamore,  opposite  to  Merton  CoIL  church :  at 
which  lime  the  mother  of  A.  W.  being  a  girle  and  a  sojourrrour  in 
his  father's  house  neare  to  it,  he  became  acquainted  with  her:  and* 
when  be  knew  that  A.  W.  was  her  son,  he  was  civil  to  him.  And" 
^A.  Wood)  afterwards  frequented  the  house,  especially  in  the  time 
of  his  son  Thomas  Baskervyle*,  to  refresh  his  mind  with  a  melancholy 
walkc,  and  with  the  rctiredness  of  the  place,  as  also  with  the  shady 
box-arbours  in  the  garden. 


'  tbe  Hul.  MS.  bu '  ia  the  Ute  wirr.* 

*  the  Viu\.  MS.  hu  '  kod  upon  thU 

■ccount.* 

*  the  HaiL  MS.  bu  'I  went  itftcr- 
WnnU  Co  tbe  liotiKr*  i.  e.  Bnyworth. 

*  »ec  in  Bliis"  Rtliquiat  J/eamianat 
U.  133,  id  a  note  of  the  death  of  hU 
•OQ  TboRUU  (I  [aniiibAl's  gnuid»ri). 
Thomu  Botkervillc  (the  elder]  called 
liiniM-lf  •  tbe  King  of  Jerusalem.'  Dr. 
Bttu  in  the  1S48  edition  of  the  Ufe  of 
IVood  w)d*  tbis  note  ftboat  an  engraved 
portrait  of  bim:— 'Tbe  pottrait  of 
Saalcerrllle  U  auppoaed  by  Ni>ble  lo 
have  beeo  eDgraved  by  Vciiue,  but  by 
the  execution  this  U  hardljr  probable. 
He  U  represented  to  an  oval,  witb  a 
aluLch-hat,  over  a  large  flowing  wic,  a 
neck-kerdii^f  banging  long  and  loosely, 
and  banng  bis  han<ls  clasped  toeetbcr ; 
a  «inj;nlar  and  mixTable  looking  per- 


sonage.   Above  Is  bit  cy^h)per,  and, 
"  Once  I  was  alive,  aivd  had  flesh  did 
thrive, 
Bat  now  I  ara  a  ikellitoo  at  7a'' 
And   uiifler  the  print  Bixtcen  liocs,  in 
which  he  tvlis  us  that  be  vnt  t>om  in 
Atig.  1639,  and  was  coniict^fuently  uxty- 
nbe  in  1 699,  the  year  probably  in  which 
the  engraving  was  mndc.     He  concludes 
by  saying  that  on  the  1 1'".  of  January, 
1666,  he  received  bis  title  from  some 
supernatural  announcement : 
"  A  ray  oTIi^jhi  I  saw  that  day 
Enter  my  bean  with  beat  and  joy, 
Saying  these  words  unto  me  then 
King  ofJerwaUm." 

The  rarityof  this  print  is  the  oolyexcnse 
for  so  macfa  said  00  inch  a  subject.*  A 
pedigree  of  Qaskcrville  of  Uaywortb  is 
in  MS.  Akhm.  8j6  fgl.  683, 


FEB*  —  MARCH,  1650. 


971 


[Caddcsden*,  Feb.  17.  1658  <l.e.  f).  On  the  north  side  of  the 
church  was  lately  the  bishop's  house  of  Oxon,  demolisht  in  the  warr 
Itmc :  as  alsoc  Sir  I'homas  Gardiner's  house  on  the  south  bide  of  the 
church,  who  burnl  it  for  feare  the  parlamenteirs  should  make  a 
garrison  of  it] 

Slftrcb.— The  7,  M..  to  Kitt  for  2  bniu  pdocs,  ^.—8,  T.,  to  Clarke  for 
mending  mjr  Ehocs,  lOc/;  the  umcfttEIleMa,  6^. — 10,  Th.,  for  paper,  3d',  sold  to 
8aid.  Pocoke  7t  fTOTtb  of  books,  to  be  taken  *  sevenll  titDCi ;  the  aame  spent  wllli 
Mr.  (Matthew)  Ilutton  and  Mr.  (N&lhuiici)  Greenwood  at  Eailtj^  ^!  spciit 
upon  Mr.  (Mntlhcw)  Hutton  at  the  Flcnr-de-lit,  is. — 14,  M.,  spent  going  wilb 
Mr.  (Matthew)  Motion  and  Mi.  (Nathaniel)  Greenwood  to  N(oitb)moore  and 
Slanlakc  ',  9*/. — ai,  M.,  to  Mr,  Potter  for  pbisicic  drinkc.  4^. — Jg,  F.,  bought  of 
Mr.  Forest  3  bookes,  ». — 36,  M.,  to  Dlagrave  of*  '  the  *  2d  narrative  of  the  late 
Farlatnent,' . . . — ^o.  W.,  paid  Mrs.  Bambam  a  scoie,  dJ;  tbc  same,  spent  at  the 
Ff( Icur)-dtNluc«  with  Mr.  (John)  Cnrtc>Ttc,  is.  —  31,  Th.,  to  Forest  for  my 
qaortcritlgc  and  some  other  bookes*,  51  ^;  to  Mrs.  Webb  for  a  stictch  books,  61/. 

Uaroli. — [About'  the  loth  *  of  March  anno  165$  Mr.  .  . .  Sheldon 
of  Barton  com.  Oxon  departed  this  Jifc  at  London.] 

[The*  It  of  March,  F.,  165J,  lent  to  Dr.  (Ralph)  Baihurst, 
Lcland's  '  Labourious  "*  Jomey  and  search  after  £nghsh  Antiquities' 
through  Mr.  (William)  Bull's  hands,] 

[March  la",  S.,  1655,  Sir  William  Cobb  of  Adderbury  com. 
Oxon.,  kt.,  departed  this  life  and  was  biuicd  there,  \V.,  the  i6lh;  he 
bore  to  hia  armca — sable,  a  chevron  between  3  pickrings  argent,  a 
chief  or ;  fanpaling,  quarterly  blue  and  or,  4  staggs  passant  of  the 
feild,  by  the  name  of  Fludd.] 

[North-moore  ".  This  mannour  hath  antiently  belonged  to  the 
Moores  or  de  la  More,  as  appeares  by  some  montmients  in  che  north 


*  note  in  Wood  MS.  B  I  $. 

*  Le.  the  7/.  Is  to  be  taken  out  In 
books  at  several  times. 

*  iosariptioas  taken  at  Northmoor  and 
at  Stanlake  by  Wood  on  14  Mar.  165S 
<1  e.  I)  see  in  Wood  MS.  B.  13. 

'  'of,'  a  slip  for  *  for.' 

*Lond.  165S;  Wood63oCi5).  Wood 
notes  '  this  pamphlet  seems  to  have 
beet)  vrriltco  by  a  fift  monarchy  man.* 

*  one  of  them  w.i5  Wood  101  (B. 
Mentx's  '  Synugm*  eptlaphianim ') 
which  has  the  note  *  Uber  Antonil  Wood 
Oxon  ex  offidna  Edvardi  Forest,  ejos- 
dem,  bibliopoioe,  emptus  anno  1659.' 

*  note  in  MS.  Rawl.  D.  pUm  H90. 

*  '10'  ctMTCclcd  aftcTwanU  to  '7,' 


j-th  March,  Til ;  tolb,  Th. 

'  fonnd  on  a  fly-leaf  of  the  Almanac 

"  Wood  1.^;  it  has  the  note  '  Aut. 
Woode.  Mcitun  Cull.  Oxon.  16^8.' 

"  note  in  MS,  Rawl.  D.  o/m  ugo. 

"  note  in  Wood  MS.  E  1,  fol.  31 :  the 
earlier  draft  of  it  made  on  the  spot 
Monday  '14  March  1658'  (i.e.  |)  is 
foond  in  Wood  MS.  B.  i  j ;  where 
he  adds : — '  the  iinprnpriatioo,  as  I  take 
it,  tiL-lutigS  to  St,  John's  Coll.  Oion; 
and  the  fttlows  of  the  same  serve  there 
as  vicars';  'this  towne  is  called  by 
aerrerall  nances  in  auntteot  writings, 
tIz.  Moore  aiias  Northnoorc,  Mont 
St.  DcnU,  and  MotrtoD  or  Moicloo- 
Ilythe,  etc.' 


273 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES, 


isle  of  the  cHurch,  where  there  is  a  knight  Icmplar  thai  lycs  cross-legd 
with  the  Moore!!  armcs  upon  his  sheild  and  a  lyon  at  his  feet:  on  the 
right  hand  of  him  lyes  the  proporiion  of  a  woman  with  a  hound  or 
talboi  at  her  feet  The  said  two  tombes  are  erected  knee-high :  and 
on  the  wall  over  them  are  depicted  these  armes ',  viz ;  De  la  More 
{'argent,  a  fcss  dancctl(;c  gobonatcd  sable  and  gules,  between  3 
mullets  pierced  of  the  second '),  Harcourt  {'  gules  two  bats  or ')  and 
.  . .  {'  quarterly  gules  and  or,  in  the  first  and  fourth  a  cross  botomufc 
or,  in  the  second  and  third  a  lion  rampant  gulcs,  within  a  bordure 
argent ').  Mr. . . .  Twyford  of  Northmore  enformed  me,  1664,  lliat 
these  armes  were  caused  to  be  painted  on  the  wall  by  Thomas  de  la 
More,  a  mad  man,  living  at  Payns-farmc  by  Burford,  who  pretended 
to  be  descended  from  them,  about  1646;  but  since  1  have  been 
enformed  that  he  only  repaired  them  ^] 

[At*  the  lower  end  of  Stanlake*  church  on  the  south  side  is  this 
following  inscription  on  a  brass  plate : — 

'  Orate  pro  anlnu  Johanne  Gatint  nrpcr  axons  Jotnnnis  Gsuint,  qoe  obiit  ■  die 
meosU  Maitii  anno  tlni  MCCCCLXV:  cujtu  oQimt:  prcpitietur'. .. 

This  John  Gaunt  and  Joan  his  wife  did  first  of  all,  as  I  conceive, 
built  Gaunt  house  in  this  parish,  which  was  a  garrison  for  the  king 
164,1,  44)  <^'^-  ^^  ^^'^  ^^^'^^  belong  to  Dr.  Samuel  Fell  dcanc  of  Ch. 
Ch.  in  Oson ;  afiensards  to  his  son  John  (since  D.D.  and  bishop  of 
Oxon.) 

This  towne  bath  its  name  from  its  scituaiion,  viz.  in  a  moorish  and 
lakisb  ground. 

The  parsonage  of  this  townc  (besides  some  lands  therin)  belongs  to 
Magd. "  Coll.  Oxon.,  who^  armea  are  carvi:d°  in  stone  that  supj>urts 
the  chanccll  or  cliurch; 

Ncare  to  this  lowne  is  a  bridge  called  Newbridge  leading  from 
London  into  Gloucestershire,  built  as  'tis  said  (or  at  least  repaired) 
tempore  Mcnrid  VI,  by  John  Golafrc,  whom  some  stile  'esq.,'  some 
*kt.'     But   this   bridge  being  fallen  into  decay  about  2   Kdw.    IV. 


■  Wfioil  gives  the  C0Rt»  in  trid:. 

*  licy  urc  fotitid  also  in  Wood  MS. 
E.  I  fol.  43,  drawing  of  itrms  a1  Stanton 
llucourt,  Northmoor,  etc,,  made,  ac- 
cording to  Wood. '  anno  1631  or  there- 
alxntti  * :  tbese  drawings  are  liy  the 
lame  band  f' Mr.  Winchell')  which 
capltrd  the  arms  at  Dufchesler,  »ce 
iiule  3,  p.  123. 

*  notes  in  Wood  MS.  £.  1  toX.  14. 


The  earbcr  ilraft,  written  on  the  spot 
Monday   '14   March   1658,'  i.e.  Jj,    is 
found  ill  Wood  MS.  U.  15. 
*  Dovr  f^cntlly  sp'^U  '  f^tandlitkc.* 
-   Magdalcene  CoU.*  in  Wood 

n.  n. 

'  in  Wootl  MS.  It.  T5  it  nin»  :— 
'carrcJ  in  8l<Mie  M[Mm  ihc  soppurten 
or  the  itwfe  of  the  chnrch.' 


MAUCH,  1669. 


273 


{1463),  several]  complaints  were  put  up  by  rhe  men  of  Kingslon- 
Bokepuze  and  Stanlake  for  to  have  it  repaired.  Wherupon  one 
Thomas  Brings,  that  lived  in  an  Hermitage  at  tliat  end  of  tlic  bridge 
next  to  Stanlukc,  obtained  license  to  require  ibc  good  will  and  fas-our 
of  passengers  that  came  that  way  and  of  the  ndghbouring  villages :  so 
tliat  money  being  then  collected,  the  bridge  was  repaired  in  good  sort. 

This  Hermitage  was  a  Utile  old  stone  building,  but  beyond  the 
memorie  of  man  it  hath  been  an  ale  house  or  pcttie-iniie  for  travellers, 
called  The  Checquer.  It  belongs  to  Lj-ncolne  College  and  Dod  '  the 
tenant  payes  3^  \d  per  annum  for  it,  by  the  name  of '  The  Hermitage 
aliai  the  Checquer  Innc '  in  ihc  parish  of  Slanlake.] 

[W.,  16  March  1659,  an  allowance  of  30//.  to  be  paid  quarterly 
out  of  the  revenues  of  the  University  for  tlie  present  year  was  allowed 
to  Dr.  Richard  Zouch  for  acting  as  assistant  to  the  Vice-chancellor 
in  his  court'.] 

[March  20',  Su,,  1659,  Sir  Henry  Lea  of  DItchtey,  kt.  and  barL, 
departed  this  Ufe.J 

*In  the  latter  end  of  this  yeare  *  (in  Mar.)  scurvy-grass  drink  began 
to  be  frequently  drunk  in  the  mornings  as  physick-drinke. 

"All  the  time*  that  A.  W.  could  spare  from  his  beloved  studies  of 
Knglish  history,  antiquities,  heraldry  and  genealogies,  he  spent  in  the 
most  delightful  facultic  of  musick,  either  instrumenial  or  vocal :  and  if 
be  had  missed  the  weekly  meetings  in  the  house  of  William  Ellis,  he 
could  not  well  enjoy  himself  ail  the  week  after.  All  or  moet  of  the 
company,  when  he  frequented  that  meeting,  the  names  of  them  are 
set  downc  under  tlie  yeare  1656.  As  for  titose  that  came  in  ^cr 
and  were  now  performers,  and  witli  whome  A.  W.  frequently  playd, 
were  these : 

(t)  ChAilet  Perot*,  M.A.,  fdlow  of  Oriel  Coll.,  a  «^  bred  (|;nl.  uu)  a  penoa 
f)f  a  sweet  oalure.  (a;  ChriNtupher  HBmu>n,  M.A.,  feltuw  of  Quccfi'*  Coll.,  a 
naggtjt-linuleti  p(Tw>a  and  humotitoefc.  lie  irss  aAc-rwai(U  pano»  of  Burgh 
under  Suyiuniore  in  CombeiIv)d,  where  be  dieil  in  tbc  wi&ter  time  anno  i6f|k4. 
(3)  KenelcB  Digliy,  tllow  of  Alb.  Coll.  He  w«»  nflcrwards  I.I..  Dr. ;  uid  dyiog 
in  the  laid  CoU.  on  Maoday  alghl  Not.  5.  anno  16B0,  was  boried  to  the  chappell 


'  in  Wood  &I.S.  £  i  (he  name  is 
nfiderlised  udoobifDl. probably  because 
of  the  Upae  of  time  ttocc  the  oote  was 
first  written-  In  Wood  MS.  B.  1 5  it  is  :— 
*tbe  teuatil  (to  witt,  one  Dod}.' 

'  bOle  in  MS.  Tanner  338  £01.37; 
aee  a  similar  rote  lupra  |i.  356.  The 
aame  »ura  was  allowed  to  him  on  30 
March  1660  for  the  year  Mich.  16^  to 
Mich.  t66o. 


*  note  in  MS.  Kawl.  D.  dim  1190. 

*  the  year  with  Wood  coding  oa 
34  March. 

*  this  is  placed  \rf  Wood  to  March, 
and  M  at  the  end  of  the  year  ia  his 
notation.  Tba  reference  therefore  coTcia 
the  yuf  from  April  1638, 

*  Wood  Dotrs  ID  the  taargin  : — 'sec 
Ath.  et  Fasti  Oxoo.  voL  j  p.'  781. 


tfaere.  He  vu  »  TiotinnL  an<l  the  two  formrr  -riolutB.  (4)  WiUinra  Ball,  Mr.  at 
Arts,  bach,  of  Pb/sic,  and  fcUuw  of  Alls,  coll, ;  fut  the  viuUd  and  riul.  He  died 
15  Jul.  i66t,  aged  )8  ynr«s,  and  wu  buH«4  in  the  ciia)t{>cll  (here.  (5)  John 
ViDccDt,  M.A..  fellow  of  the  taid  C0II,  ;  a  vialLst.  He  went  aflefWknU  lo  the  Inns 
of  Court,  anil  was  a  barreitcr.  (6)  Sylvanus  Taylor,  lomtimcs  commoner  of 
Wadh.  ColU,  afterwardi  fellow  of  Allioales ;  a&d  violist  and  tonf^ter.  He  went 
lAcnntds  to  Ireland,  and  died  at  Dnblin  in  Ibc  bc;;inning  of  Nov.  1673.  Hu 
elder  brathci',  ai))t.  Siliu  Taylor',  was  a  composer  of  miuick,  pUyd  and  sung  hU 
fiarts :  and  when  his  oocaaona  brou^  him  lo  Oxon,  he  woald  be  at  the  tnukicad 
mectlaga.  and  play  and  sing  his  pait  there.  (7)  Henry  Lanclcy,  MA.  and  gent,  com' 
mcccr  of  Wadfa,  ColL ;  a  vlolist  lod  longxter.  He  muBficrwardt  a  worthy  knight, 
livedatAbbey-FonatDeareShrewvbitry.wberehcdicdin  lOSo*.  (.8)  Samuel  Wood- 
fofd,  a  commoner  and  M.A.  of  the  laid  ColL;  avtoll&t.  He  was  aftcrwordt  a  cele- 
brated poet,  beneficed  in  Hampshire,  and  prebendary  of  Wincheater.  (9)  Francis 
Parry,  M.A.,  fellow  of  Corp.  Cht.  CoU. ;  a  violist  and  aongtter.  He  wa&  afterwards 
a  traveller,  (and  '  bctoaged  (o  the  excise  office  I,  (jo)  Christopher  Coward  ',  M.A, 
fellow  of  C.  C.  ooU. ;  s  \Holist  and  dlvidonvioUst.  He  wa»  afterwards  rtdor  of 
Didical  in  hit  aatim  coonty  of  Somervetshire ;  proceeded  V.  of  D.  at  Oxon  in 
l(K)^.  {It}  (.'h«iW«*  BrldgemsB,  MA.  of  Queen  coll.  and  of  kin  lo  Sir  OrUodo 
IMditCBUU^  lie  ^**  aflerwmida  an:hdcacon  of  Richmond.  He  died  j6  Nov. 
l6}i^  m»i  was  bnr^cd  in  the  chap,  belonging  to  that  colL  (la]  Nathaniel  Crewt 
M.A.,  fellow  of  Line  CoU. ;  a  violinist  and  violist,  but  alwaies  played  out  of  tunc, 
a>  h««ii>|;  no  fiooil  care*.  He  was  &fterwardi,  thro  levcial  preferments,  bisliop  of 
IMrham.  (13)  Mntlhew  Hutlon,  M..\.,  fellow  of  Bnunose  Coll.;  an  excelleat 
vlollit.  Afterwards  rector  of  A}-noe  in  Xorthamptonshiie.  (14)  Thomas  Ken 
of  New  Coll  I  ft  junior.  He  would  lie  ftonilinits  nnioiig  tbem,  and  sing  his  part, 
(if)  Christopher  Jcffryes.  a  jtinior  student  of  Ch.  Cbuid)  ;  excellent  at  the  organ 
and  viiginaU  or  hnrp«idiotd,  having  been  trained  up  la  those  inslmmcots  by  hia 
fatttri  O«otg  JciTiyes,  Meward  lo  the  lord  Hanon  of  Kirbie  In  NoithAiDp(ao!>hire 
ud  ufpuiiM  lo  K.  Cb.  I  at  Oxon.  (16)  RiiJiard  Rhodes  \  unother  Junior  ttndcnc 
of  Cb.  Cbiuxb,  a  coaftdcnt  Wcstmonaatcrian,  a  vioUoiM  to  bold  bctwcin  bis  knees. 

"These  did  frequent  the  weekly  meetings;  and  by  ihe  Iwlp  of 
ptiblick  masters  of  musick,  who  were  mixed  with  them,  ibey  were 
much  improv'd.  Narcissus  Marsh,  M.A.  and  fellow  of  Exeter  CoU, 
would  come  somtimes  amung  ihem,  but  seldome  play'd,  because  be 


■  Wood  hts  a  msr^tnal  note  i~'  see 
li  Uie  same  book  before  quoted  <!.  c. 
M^  rt  F**'  Oxon.  vol.  3>  p.  465.' 

*  •  tMo '  In  lh«  MS.  is  only  in  pvadl 

*  IW  wonlt  la  btackets  arc  oaly  in 

^UvmJ  III  ('Court  Ayns  (treble) 

•    TtOhD!.'   Ix>0d.    1655,1    *^> 

su  autograph  'Chrittopbcr 

I  ilir  MS.  corrected  in 

ifc  ot  Nathaniel  lord 

wham.  com|>iIed  from 

R»v.  I*.  John  Smith 


prebendary  of  Durham  '  which  I  bad  la 
my  hands  (March  1891)  are  these  two 
passage*:— (a)  1  p.  3) 'he  had  to  delicate 
an  ear  lltat  when  he  was  in  his  nuisc't 
arms,  njion  hearing  diKord  in  niuaick 
be  said  Mr  musui  eria ' ;  (4)  *  befora 
coming  np  to  the  University . . .  ht  waa 
also  attended  by  masters  of  mnsick  and 
made  inch  itDptonnimt  under  them  at 
leisnic  Ixwis  ...[bat  he  was  able  lo 
perform  on  several  instruments  at  &igbt 
and  ill  consort.' 

''  Wood  Qotcs  in  the  margin:  *sm 
Ath.  ct  fasti  vol.  1  p.'  399. 


MARCH —APHiL,  1659. 


275 


had  a  weekly  mecLing  in  his  chamber  in  the  said  CoU.  where  masters 
of  musick  would  come,  and  some  of  the  company  before  mcntion'd. 
■W'hen  he  became  principal  of  S.  Alban's-hall,  he  translaled  the  meet- 
ing thither,  and  there  it  continued  when  that  meeting  in  Mr.  EUis's 
house  was  given  over,  and  so  it  continued  till  he  went  into  Ireland 
and  became  Mr.  of  Trin.  Coll.  at  Dublin.  \\t  was  afterwards  archb. 
of  Tuarn  in  Ireland. 

*iVfter  his  majestic's  restoration,  wlien  then  the  masters  of  mtisick 
were  restored  to  their  several  places  that  Ihcy  before  had  lost,  or  else 
if  they  had^  lost  none,  they  had  gotten  then  preferment,  the  weekly 

■  meetings  at  ^^^.  F.Ilis's  house  began  10  decay,  because  they  were  held 
Op  only  by  scholars,  who  wanted  directors  and  instructors,  &c.  so  that 
in  few  yeares  after,  the  meeting  in  that  bouse  being  totally  layd  aside, 
the  chief  mcctiiij*  was  al  Mr.  (then  Dr.)  Marshc's  chamber,  at  Exeter 
Coll.,  and  afterwards  at  S.  Allian's  hall,  as  before  I  have  told  you. 

'Besides  the  weekly  meetings  at  Mr.  Klhs's  house,  which  were 
first  on  Thursday,  then  on  Tuesday,  there  were  meetings  of  the 

'echolastical  musitians  every  Friday  nighi,  in  the  winter  time,  in  some 
colleges ;  as  in  the  chamber  of  Hcnrj-  Langley,  or  of  Samuel  Wood- 
ibrd,  in  Wadham  Coll. ;  in  the  chamber  of  Christopher  Harrison  in 

■Queen's  Coll. ;  in  that  of  Charles  Perot  in  Oriel ;  in  another  at  New 
CoU.  &c. — to  all  which  some  masters  of  musick  would  commonly 
retire,  as  William  Flcxney,  Thomas  Jackson,  Gervaa  Westcote,  &c. ; 
but  these  meeting(s)  were  not  continued  above  2  or  3  yeares,  and  I 
think  they  did  not  go  beyond  the  yeare  166a. 

April. —  I,  F.,  paid  atGteflWftle'ii  for  a  score,  319^:  to  T)avis  for  a  pamphlett, 
31/ ;  given  lo  my  tistn  to  buy  cluutu,  ,v  ;  far  namdin^  aiy  slioes,  \sj^ii\  vpcnliU  the 
Crowne  Tannic  with  Mr.  <Jobu)  Coneyne  and  Mr.  KoMikoo',  LyniL  Coll.,  61/. — 
3,  S.,  for  a  pnirr  nf  ^lovrs,  If ;  to  my  tnrbcr  fur  h»  quarteridf;,  ^  ini. — 4,  M„  >{ient 
at  'the  Bell '  in  Stole  with  ray  cozen  (John)  Lewu,  ^.—i,  T.,  given  to  the  bailer 
and  giofDem  Mr.  (I'hiU)>)Holniui'a*  home  in  Watkwortli,  N(ort)hiini^pion),  \s; 
given  to  llic  cLirke  lliere  tu  sec  the  Cbun:h,.W. — 6,  \V.,j;1v«»  lo  ibcrKrvjutsat  my 
coten  (John)  Carc'a  hotuc  at  Middlctoo-Chcyncy,  \t. — B,  F.,  {•Ifcn  to  the  lerTanU 
Iftt  my  CM.  Petiye'»h(niH  nl  -StiA-Linc,  y  W;  fur  honchlrr,  j*.— 9,  S.,  t'tBUgrave 
for  a  tMoke,  SJ. — 10.  Su.,  for  j  tcmmont.  ^d. — 30,  S.,  bought  of  Mr.  DaTisat>ooke 
ol  inraphkttS)  \t6J;  the  umc,  spciit  al  the  FIcui^Uc-liz  witli  Mr.  {John)  Cui- 
teync,  61/. 


■  John  Rolflnson,  MA.  Univ.  Coll.  9 
Apr.  1657 ;  FeiliiMT  of  Lincoln  frum 
1659  to  t  Feb.  l66J  ;  Rector  of  Ulymii- 
ton  Oxon,  where  he  died  3  Feb.  l6Si  'ct 
•epalttu  est  in  choii>  cjiwlcm  ccclc&iac.' 

*  ia  Wood  hfS.  D  -I  i>  a  dtawiog  of 


his  monumc-nt  in  Warkwcrrtb  church  CO. 
Northli  by  llaobory  ;  the  arms  ntt '  vctl, 
a  chevron  anil  3  pheon^  vr|rTOt ' ;  the  in- 
acripitoD  U  'Uic  jacet  I'hilippm  HoU 
man,  dominus  dc  Warkvrorth.  etc.,  qni 
otiiii  anna  (alutii  1G69  antatit  •nic  "fi' 


T  3 


376 


H^OO/>'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


J 

.  hi.    ' 


April. — *Apr.'   a,  Saturday,  he  went  to  Stokc-Lyne  ncare  Bi 
(with  his  mother,  x  scn'ant-mayd,  and  a  man)  to  give  a  visit  to  his 
cozen  Chamell  Petty  esq.  and  other  of  his  rehiions  there. 

•Apr.  4,  M.,  I»e  went  to  Mi(idIcton-Che>'ney  in  Northamptonshire 
with  his  mother  and  other  of  his  relations  at  Stoke-Lyne,  to  visit  hb 
cozen  John  Cave  and  tliose  of  his  family.  He  continued  there  two 
or  three  nights,  in  whicli  time  be  took  his  rambles  to  Banbury,  visited 
the  church  and  antiquities  there  much  broken  and  defaced ;  and 
thence  to  the  anticnt  and  noble  seat  of  Werkwonh,  then  lately 
belonging  to  the  Chetwoods;  of  whom  it  had  then,  some  yeares 
before,  ben  bought  by  Philip  Holman  of  I^ndon  scrivener,  who  dying 
in  1669,  aged  76,  was  buried  In  the  church  there.  One  John  Lewes 
his  kinsman  conducted  him  thither,  where  wee  found  the  eldest  son 
and  heir  of  the  said  Philip  Holman  named  .  . .  who  was  lately  remm'd 
from  his  travells,  bad  changed  his  religion  for  that  of  Rome  *,  and 
seemed  then  (o  be  a  melancholy  and  begotied  convert.  He  was 
civil  to  us ',  and  caused  the  church  dorc  to  be  opened,  where  wee 
found  several  anticnt  monuments ;  the  chiefcst  of  which  arc  of  the 
Chetwoods,  which  A.  W.  then  transcrib'd  with  the  anncs  on  them. 
The  mannour  house  is  a  sutely  house,  the  anticnt  habitation  of  the 
Chetwoods  of  Chetwood  in  liucks ;  part  of  which,  vit.  the  former 
part,  was  built  by  the  Chetwoods,  tlie  rest  by  Philip  Holman  before 
mcntion'd.  In  tlie  gallery  of  the  said  house  are  the  armes,  quartcr- 
ings,  crests  and  motto's  of  several  of  the  nobility  in  Enfiland*.  At 
Banbury  is  a  very  fair  cliurch.  but  of  60  coates  of  armc5  that  were  in 
the  windowcs  there  before  tlie  warrs  began,  he  could  tlien  see  but 


'  in  the  Heu-I,  MS.  this  posugc  niaa  : 
'  Friday  (Good  Friday;  <Apr.  i)  I  went 

to  St<Jcc-L}Tic to  the  house 

of  mycosenChArncl  Petty, where  I  eoo> 
liaocd  a  week ;  to  which  time  1  took  my 
nmMes  aboBt  the  cattnliy  to  collect 
munumcDts  Bod  anoct  in  cbarches.'  Is- 
saipUobs  it  Buckncll  toVcn  by  Wood  4 
Apr.  1659,  ace  Wood  MS.  U  15  and  also 
Wood  MS.  li  I,  p.  176.  loscriptioas  at 
Waikworth,  CO.  Nortbonts  and  at  Mid- 
dlctoo-CbeyDey  taken  by  Wood  5  Apr. 
i659,seeWood  MS.B  ijand  also  Wood 
MS.  E  I ,  p.  i<i£.  Inscriptions  at  Heat}) 
taken  \ij  Wood  on  7  Apr.  1659,  see 
Wood  MS.  B  15  and  aUo  Wood  MS.  E 
t,  p.  181  b.  In  Woud  MS.  Y.  \  fol.  117 
is  this  note  about  Middlcton-Stoney  : — 
'  in   the   churcli-yard  axe  many  graves 


■Oax.  lye  north  and  soath  ;  othen  dedtn- 
ini;  north-west ;  (ew,  as  oidtnirily  elae. 
whcte,  cut  2nd  west.' 

*  in  the  llml.  MS.,  '^-om  histraTelli 
wherin  be  bad  beeti  reconciled  to  the 
church  of  Kome.' 

»  in  the  Hail.  MS..  •  be  was  ciril  to 
me  and  to  John  Lcwcs  who  coadncted 
me  thiihcr.* 

'  the  Harl.MS.riilstiptbtsgapthDfi: 
— '  tbcQce  I  rctorned  to  the  place  from 
whence  I  came  vii.  from  the  home  of 
tny  coien  Jolm  Cave  rectur  ofM  idilleloft- 
Cbeyney  where  I  lodged  that  (night)  : 
and  the  next  <iay,  being  Wednesday  Apr. 
6.  1  Tod(e)  to  Bantmry,  where  I  saw  ■ 
very  fair  choich  ...  I  went  the  noa 
day  (7  Apr.  7)  to  Slokc-Lync' 


APRIL  — Af AY,  1669. 


177 


13  or  13.  The  monuments  there  were  also  wofuUy  deraced  in  the 
late  civil  warr,  yel  wliat  remained  he  iranscrib'd  and  rcturn'd  to 
Middleion  againe. 

[April ' ;  in  Easier  weeke  1659  my  cozen  Leonard  Petty  of  Thame, 
m  of  John  Petty  of  Tetsworth,  esq.,  departed  this  life,  being  about 
■90  years  of  age.  He  married  Elizabeth  Crispe,  daughter  of . . , 
Crisp  of  Cobcot  com.  Oxon.  by  his  wife  ...  the  daughter  of  .  .  . 
Roper,  Icinsman  of  my  lord  Roper's.  The  said  Leonard  Petty  was 
buried  in  Thame  churchvard  by  his  wife  who  died  the  yeare  before 
(1658).] 

"Apr.  6,  \V.,  he  retumd  to  Stokc-Iync  with  a  great  deal  of  com- 
pany (two  coaches  full)  that  went  thenee  viith  him  to  Middleton. 

[Heath ',  7  Apr.  1659.  Mr.  Evans,  the  minister  of  this  place  told 
me  that  when  the  dark  dug  a  grave  for  a  parishioner,  (he)  found  the 
effigies  of  Sl  Georg  kiUing  the  dragon  cut  in  stone  wiih  tlie  face  lying 
downward.  Probably  it  stood  up  formerlie  in  some  part  of  tlie 
Church'.] 

April  7,  Th,  Mr.  Noell  Sparke,  senior  fellow  of  C.  C.  C.  Oxon,  de- 
parted this  life  and  was  l>urie<I  in  the  ColL  quire  *. 

The  same  d.^y  happened  a  fire  in  Hollywe!  Oxon  about  8  at  night ; 
the  5,  T.t  at  night  at  S(outh)  Hincksy,  and  some  time  before  that  at 
Newnham,  at  Henley,  and  (some  say)  at  Reading, 

"Apr.  7,  Th.,  a  fire  hapned  in  Halywell  in  the  suburb  of  Oxon,  in 
the  house  next  on  the  east  side  to  tlial  whidi  I^lr.  Alexander  Fisher 
had  lately  built',  Mr.  John  Laraphirc,  the  then  owner  of  it,  was 
visiting  his  patients  in  the  countr}',  and  lost  his  books,  many  of  his 
goods,  and  some  money. 

•Apr.  9,  S.,  A.  \V.  returned  lo  Oxon  and  brought  with  him  a 
tertian  ague,  which  held  turn  ten  dayes,  and  in  that  time  pluckd  downc 
bis  liody  much. 

April  9,  S.,  the  day  I  came  from  my  coz.  Peltye's  of  Stok-Linc,  a 
tertian  ague  lookc  me;  which  held  me  10  dayes.  My  apothecarye's 
bill  came  to  iij'  6^:  besides  Icmmons,  oranges,  pniins,  etc,  came 

May.— 6,  F.,  finiigw,  inkc,  stc,  6<£— 7,  S^  more  onngm,  y.— 10,  T..  to  Mr. 


'  oote  io  Woori  MS.  F  31  fol.  69. 

'  note  in  WikkI  MS.  E  1  fol.  iSl  b. 

■  Wood  MS.  B  15  ad<Ia  :— '  but  wben 
imign  were  demotislicd  accoidin|[  to 
Qaccii  tliiabeth's  act  U  migbt  bave  bin 
bid  under  giotuid.' 


*  Cutch's  Wood's  Colleges  aadB«Uc» 
p.  40a. 

*  Wood  bu  noted  (»  «  Utcr  date]  in 
tbc  toAfgin  : — '  \[r.  Bca(JaJiiiu)  Cooper 
now  lii'cc  ID  it.' 


a?  8 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIAfES. 


Seale  for  Stuuiima's  Apol.',  y^. — 14,  S^.  to  Davis  for  pamphletts,  yi;  the  wtnc,  »pmt 
with  Mr.  ^Arthur)  Crew  at  ihc  Flmr-dc-lii,  3^;  to  Mr.  Robinson  for  »  alitchc 
books,  ■J1/.—16,  M.,  to  Mr.  (Richard)  Lower  for  the  carriaf^  of  3  MSS.,  ur :  to 
NicfaolU  the  inylor  for  my  gawne,  m  6</. — 31,  S.,  for  meadiog  stucking»,  6d.~i6t 
Tb.,  to  Sam.  Tocok  for  a  boofce  quitting  my  score  *,  is. — 31 ,  T.,  at  Ellciet,  M. 

UBy» — [4  of  May,  W^  lent  the  same  boofce*  to  Mr.  {Arthur) 
Crew  of  Magot's  mill  com.  Wilts,  etc. 

May  J4,  S.,  lent  him  'Oxon.*  ViiilaL'  (MS.)  and  'Character*  of 
Engl.'] 

May  20,  F..  I  was  at  Dorchester  and  from  thence  to  Warborow 
at  one  Adam  Ilobbe  his  house  about  the  Iciger-bookc  ttiat  formerly 
belonged  to  the  Abby  of  Dorchester,  8(/.  To  Trist.  Clement  for  my 
horse 

•May  ao,  F.,  at  Dorchester  and  thence  to  Warborow  to  the  house 
of  Adam  Hobbca  a  farmer,  to  desire  leave  to  see  a  book  in  his  hands, 
containing  matters  relating  to  the  church  of  Dorchester'.  lie  denied 
bim  the  sight  of  it,  but  llobbes  being  acquainted  with  Thomas 
Rowney  an  attorney  of  Oxon,  A.  W,  perswaded  him  to  leave  it  in  his 
hands  for  my  use,  which  he  did  the  next  mercatc  day  tliat  he  came 
[o  Oxon.  'Twas  a  book  in  4to  written  in  parchment,  in  the  raigne 
I  thinke  of  Qu.  Elizabeth,  and  in  it  he  saw  the  larg  will  of  Richard 
Beauforesi,  dat.  13  July  1554  and  proved  the  8  of  June  1555, 
whereby  he  gives  lite  Abbey  Church  of  Dorchester,  which  he  bad 
bought  of  the  king,  to  the  towne  of  Dorchester. 

It  was  reported  that  Thomas  Fuller,  the  great  writer,  died  at 
London  in  Whitson  wceke'. 

[May  39 ",  Sd.,  1659,  obiit  magister  . . .  Kent,  socius  Novi  Collegil ; 
et  ibidem  in  clauBtro  sei^clitur.] 


'  *  SnsanDa's  Apolof^y  agaiDSl  the 
cUcn;  1659  :  Wood  888  tj). 

*   BCO  p.  tjl, 

"  i.  c.  Leland's  '  Labourioot  Jonxacy.* 
The  entry  i«  oa  the  flyleaf  iiftcr  tliat 
given,  iti/'ra  p.  371.  It  i«  followed  by 
a  tracing  of  n  coat  of  arms,  ('n  talbot, 
with  a  chief  in<lcnted.*diui^<l  from  '  a 
chief)  wiihoDt  indication  of  blazoning ; 
to  which  (he  note  is  added  'titcw  your 
.  .  .'  Is  this  a  sketch  for  Witod's  own 
arms?  Wootl's  annR  '  or,  n  uninl  tnWe, 
a  chief  sable :  cmt,  n  ta1l>ut's  head  i'oa- 
ing  OHi  f)f  a  crown  rtaliaUlcd  of  '  on  an 
Initial  C  arc  |mstcd  in  Wuuft  MS.  II  ij 
(O.  C.  S^}).     1[  was  thu  initial  letter 


which  w&a  nscil  a^inst  him  in  the  suit 
in  the  Ticc-ch-incelloj's  court  to  piove 
his  authnr&hij)  nf  the  AtAenat. 

*  Wood  MS.  D  14. 

^  Wood  583  (3I  *  Achaiacter  of  Eogi. 
land  as  it  was  lutely  pmoilcd  in  n  letter 
to  a  Doblemac  of  France,'  LoaA.  1659, 
8vo  [by  Jolin  iirclya]. 

*  among  the  notes  by  Wood  printeil 
by  llcame  in  apfwrnliK  xi.to  voUii-of 
'Litier  Niger  Scaci:arii'  it  one  which 
saj-s  : — '  cue  .  . .  ColdHc  in  L>on:heslcr 
keeps  the  ounticnC  wrttiogs  belongiMg  to 
tliot  church.* 

^  Whitsim  day  was  on  aa  May. 

*  note  in  Mb.  l\awL  D.  eJim  1390. 


M/ty—y(/zv,ieBB. 


379 


[. . .'  Evelin,  otilie  son  of  .  . .  Evelin  of  Su  Giles  parish  (dcane 
of  ...  ID  Ireland),  died,  T.,  31  May  1659 ;  and  uas  buried  in  the 
chappetl  joyning  oa  the  south  side  of  S.  Giles  chanccll.j 

June. — The  5,  So.,  a  new  «tiiff  Bolt  which  cort  mc  out  of  the  shop,  ili.  14/  6J; 
for  ifac  making  or  my  suit,  6r. — 4  day,  8.,  for  pimphlctti,  irillie  tame,  given  to  Mr. 
Jackson 'i  mta  th«  ftonc  colter,  3</.—  7  ^ay,  T.,  all  Hllewa.  6c/ ;  th«  Mine,  ipent  at  tlu 
Flcurdclis  with  Mr.  (Arthnr)  Crew  and  my  brother  Robert,  u. — 10,  F,,  nnd  ll, 
S.,  to  Mr.  Kobinion  tad  Mr.  Davis  for  piamphlctts,  1/  gJ. — 14,  T„  ipent  at  liwd- 
ing'*  with  Mr.  (John)  WainfoTil,  Mr.  Wbithall ',  and  Mr.  Brodrick ',  &c,  4//. — 1 7, 
F.,  to  Mr.  RobioBoa  for  pamphlctu,  ia/.~i8,  to  Godwin  and  Bowman  for  pampb- 
Ictts,  >s  ^i.—i^,  ¥.,  spent  with  Mr.  (John)  Curtcync,  (Kic^ord)  Ltnrer,  wid 
(Timothy)  None  at  mother  Joaetes,  is. — 25,  S.,  for  pdunphletts,  lod. — 39,  \V^ 
•pent  with  (? Christopher)  Cowaid  at  Ilarjjcr's,  S</, 

Jane.— 'June  a,  Th.,  a  great  meeting-  of  the  Anabaptists  att 
Abendon,  in  order  to  make  a  disturbance  in  the  nation. 

June,  6  dajr,  M.,  my  cozen  (Ayhvorth)  Maior's  wife  departed 
this  life  and  was  buried  at  Preston  near  Buckingham,  com.  Bucks. 

Jn3r> — If  P>.  paid  Forrest  my  qnarteritle,  u  6J;  (he  ume,  to  him  for  my 
lurulht-r's  book*,  ttx/.—H,  ¥..  given  to  see  a  play  al  Ihir  R<x-buck,  4J. — 9,  S.,  to 
Mr.  Robinson  for  booket,  ii  6./, — 11,  M.,  spent  with  Mr.  (Johii)  CnrteyccMd  Mr. 
'Drope,  II, — 13,  T.,  at!  FItr««.  6t^. — 14,  Th.,  paid  Mr.  Alport  my  scoie,  .v  31/;  at 
£arlc«  with  Mr.  (John)  Cmtcyn,  lo/.— 15,  h'.,  to  Mr.  Robinson  lor pamphlctt»,6(/. 
— 16,  S.,  spent  with  Mr.  (John)  Curtcyne  at  the  wtddow  Flexaey's  and  at  the 
Taveme,  it  ^ti. — iS,  M.,  at  my  brother  Cristoper  a-gossiping*,  is  id. — aj,  S,, 
ipeni,  (W.— 30.  S.,  to  Davii  for  a  ptdore  of  tbe  Benedictines*,  is;  the  ume, 
ipent,  4rf. 

July. — [July  7,  Th.,  a  fast  held  at  St.  Marie's  Oxon  for  raine.   ^ 
But  it  was  supposed  that  that  fast  with  a  more  held  at  C.  C  Coll. 
and  St.  AJdate's  by  the  presbiteiians  was  that  God  would  prosper  the 


•  note  b  Wood  MS. F4,  p.97.  Wood 

pvM  tbe  anns  in  colunn : — '  per  pale  or 

[and  table  two  cherroaeU  between  3  grif- 

Ifioa  paitant  coonlerdiangcd  :  crest,  a 

>!*»  bod  erased  parted  p<T  cbevroa 

or  and  snbic,  horned  sable,  holding  in 

the  moDih  a  leaf  vert.'      The  arms  oiv 

tho«e  of  Evclcigh  of  co.  I>evon,  from 

>  trbom  wai  descended  John  Kvclelgh  of 

Btaj^halt,  Oxfcird  (sun  of  John  Lvcldgb, 

principal    of    Hart    Hall,    1599-1604} 

made  dean  of  Rosa  is  IrcLud  19  Jan. 

1(64. 

«  Robert  Whitball ;  Brodrick'i  Mer- 
lon, p.  393. 

'  ptubably  John  Bioderwickc,  IcUow 


ofOiiel,  M.A.9Mayi6te. 

*  Edward  Wood's  SermoDi. 

*  Mary  Wood,  ChrUtophe/s  eldest 
child,  was  borne  on  7  Jyoe  1659  in  ber 
fiither's  boose  on  the  aonth  side  of  the 
old  Bochenrw,  in  S,  Peter  le  Bailey 
parish.  Her  spouson  were  John  LoQg< 
fold  («c«r  of  Cumnor),  Mary  Wood 
(her  lather's  mother,  from  whom  she 
look  her  name),  and  KAtherioc  Kowney 
(her  tnirfher's  mother). 

*  cittter '  Ait>or  llencdiMina,'  now  im. 
XV  in  WmxI  37A  B:  tv  Martin  Ban' 
'  Serin  aomnturum  FonlificDin  onllnLs 
b.  BcDcdicti.'  now  00.  >  in  Wood  376  A. 


a8o 


WOOlfS  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


proccdings  on  foot  in  relation  to  a  plott  Oiat  afterwards  broke  out 
Aug.  tbe  I,  M.,  folloifting. 

The  soldiers  search  for  armes.  See  in  tbe  month  of  July  in  this 
ilmanack '.] 

{Jul})  20,  W.,  my  mother's  house  was  searched  for  armes  by 
couple  of  soldiers.  Some  other  houses  likevise  were  searcht,  and 
coUedge  stables  for  horses. 

•July  20,  W, ;  his  mother's  house  against  Merton  Coll.  was 
searched  for  annes  by  a  couple  of  soldiers.  Some  other  houses 
were  searched,  and  the  stables  of  Colleges  for  horses.  This  was 
done  to  prevent  a  rising  of  the  cavaliers  here,  and  so  the  easier  to 
suppress  the  rising  of  Sir  George  Booth  and  his  partie  in  Cheshire 
and  clswherc,  on  the  first  of  August,  which  was  the  lime  when  they 
were  to  appeare. 

[July  24,  Su.,  the'  preaching  of  Mr.  <Robert>  South.] 

(July)  30,  S.,  inmmicrosa  muliitudo  muscarum. 

(July)  31,  being  Sunday,  a  great  stormc  of  wind  insomuch  that 
it  blew  3  or  3  stones  off  of  Cairfax  tower  Oxon  on  the  leads.  Which 
caused  to  be  made  a  great  outcry  in  the  church.  Some  cryed 
*murdtr  !'  Some  thought  ilie  d.'iy  of  judgment  w.is  at  hand,  for 
it  hapncd  that  some  taimpclts  were  sounding  at  tliat  time  in  the 
towne.  Some  thought  llie  Anabaptists  (see  p.  279)  and  Quakers 
were  come  to  cutt  their  throats.  The  minister  (Mr.  Phillips)  he  was 
ready  to  burst  out  with  laughter  to  sec  some  hang  swinging  on 
the  gallery  a  good  while  and  then  come  quelshing  downe  on  people's 
heads.  [This'  was  ju^t  before  (Sir  George)  Booth's  business*. 
That  night  (Edward)  Massy  escaped  in  a  wood.J 

•July  31,  Sunday,  a  terrible  wind  hapned  in  the  afternoon,  while 
all  people  were  at  divine  service.  Two  or  three  stones,  and  some 
rough-cast  stuff  were  blown  frcrni  off  ilie  tower  of  S.  Martin  alias 
Carfax :  which  falling  on  the  leads  of  the  church,  a  great  alarm  and 
out-cry  was  among  tbe  people  in  the  church.  Some  cried  '  murder  1 ' 
— ftod  at  that  time  a  trumpet  or  trumpets  sounding  ncare  the  Cross- 
irac  dote,  to  call  the  suldicrs  together,  because  of  tlic  present  plott. 
itiey  xn  the  ihurch  cried  out  that  the  day  of  judgment  w;is  at  hand. 
Seat  nid  the  anabaptists  and  quakers  were  come  to  cut  their  throats ; 


»  •»  ite  ant  note.     The 
ite  ^aut  bTKlurU  art  cm  a 


toii    k.'   «K 


;.ifal.i3i;ft 
„^fcj\  |«pcrs  of 


the  scxics  '  Jniiex  pro  annia} 

*  ihe  word&  in  sqaaic  brackets  were 
ailiU-i]  nl  a  Utet  dat■^ 

*  W<io«1  f03  cnntnint  srvcnl  paimph- 
Icts  about  Sir  George  booth's  rising. 


JULY— SEPT,  1669. 


281 


while  the  preacher,  Mr.  Georg^  Philips,  perceiving  iheir  errour,  was 
ready  lo  burst  with  laughter  in  the  pulpit,  to  »ec  such  a  mistaken 
confusion,  and  several  of  the  people  that  were  in  the  galleries  hanging 
at  the  bottom  of  them  and  falling  on  the  heads  of  people  crowding 
on  the  floor  to  get  out  of  the  dores.  This  was  on  the  very  day 
^before  Sir  Georg  Booth  and  his  parly  were  lo  appearc  In  Cheshire*, 
'ol.  Edward  Massey  at  that  time  was  lo  appearc  in  Gioccstershire, 
but  being  taken,  he  was  put  behind  a  trooper,  to  cany  him  away 
to  prison.  And  as  they  were  going  downe  a  hill  in  the  evening 
of  this  stormy  day,  the  horse  fell,  and  gave  the  colonel  an  opportunity 
to  shove  [he  trooper  forward,  and  to  make  an  escape  into  an  adjoyn- 
iog  wood. 

AusuflC— The  I,  M.,  to  Robinson  for  punphletti,  51/. — 3,  T.,  at  EUeses,  6^; 
the  tMne.  spent  «t  mother  Jones  with  Mr.  (John)  Curtcyn,  dii. — 8,  M.,  ipent  witb 
Mr.  (Zt^hanlsh)  Crcu«t  and  John  Banc-tt,  ii  61/.— 9,  T.,  speni  at  the  Tarcme 
with  Mr.  O*^^)  Curtcyne  aiid  Mr-  Sedgwicke",  lorf;  the  same,  a(t  EUcses,  bd. — 
II,  Th.,  for  Ixwlci  of  Mr.  (Thomai)  Halloin.  y  3d.—ti,  S.,  spent  6./.— 16,  T.,  at 
llevrs,  (kf;  the  unie,  speut  at  widdow  Flexiiyc's  vrittt  Mr.  ^Jabn)  Curteyne, 
Knighiky ',  (WtlLiam)  l-'EcuK^,  6^. — 30,  S.,  to  Sbene  forap«ire  of  gloves,  tt. — 
aa,  M.,  Kpent  with  Mr.  (John)  Curteyne  and  {Obadiah)  Snigwiclcat  the  Mecimald 
TaTcm,  &/. — 16,  F.,  fot  punphlects,  lOt/;  the  some  (day),  ipent  witb  Mr.  (John) 
Cnrtcyn^  (Obadiab)  Sedgwick,  at  widduw  Flexncy'n,  ></■ — 17,  S.,  for  mont 
pamphlctts,  1/  bJ. 

Beptember. — 5,  M.,  spent  al  Earles  with  Mr.  (John)  Caricyne  and  Mr.  (Oba- 
diah)  Sedgwick,  SJ. — 6,  T.,  to  Foreit  for  stitching  I3  volumes  upon  leather  biod- 
ings,  IS  ;  to  his  mta,  6J;  nt  Elleie*,  6J;  the  tame,  sj<ent  at  the  Crowoe  Tavera  with 
Mr.  (John)  Cartcyae,  iirf.— 9,  F.,  »peDt  with  Mr.  (John)  Cartcync  at  th<  Crowne 
Tavern,  li. — 13,  M.,  for  mending  shoes,  ft/;  for  a  Raman  coint  to  DacUl  Porter, 
8(/.— 19,  M.,  to  Mrs.  Burnham,  W. — 36*,M,.,  spent,  Rrf, — 39, spent  at  the  Crown 
Tai'eroe  with  Mr.  (Zcf)haaiab)  Cresset,  lOn/. — 30,  F..  spent  at  the  MUei  with  Mr. 
<Joha)  Curteyoc  and  Mr.  (Otwdiah)  Sed^ck,  u. 

September. — [I^achanc  Bogan*,  master  of  Arts  and  fellow  of 
Corpus  Xti  Coll.  mU.xon,  died,  Tb.,  i  September  1659;  and  was  buried 


'  •  Georg '  in  both  the  Tanner  and 
ihe  Hnrl.  MSS.  is  only  in  pencil. 

'  at  this  point  the  Had.  KA.  reads 
(afterwards  scored  out)  : — *  bat  their 
plot  was  dixoTcrcd :  and  col.  Edward 
faucy,  one  of  iheir  prime  leaden, 
'  being  taken  and  btiiried  away  behind  a 
loldicr  on  honback  late  this  Snoday 
night,  leapt  off  htiin  the  horse's  back  in 
thedaik  while  (hey  were  [MLSiingtbroagh 
a  wood,  and  mgide  bis  cacape.' 

»  Otudiah  Sedgwick,  M. A.  Trin. Coll. 
10  July  1656 ;  probably  nutated  to 


Line.  Coll. 

*  Richatd  Knightlcy,  Fellow  of  Line. 
Coll.  10  Nor.  1654,  M.A.  Ji  Jaac  1639. 
Keetor  of  Charweltuo  Northaiits  l66j, 
Prcbcudary  of  Durham  1G75. 

*  inscriptions  taken  by  Wood  00  36 
Sept.  itt,^  at  Bladoa  near  Woodstock 
and  at  Cassingtoa,  sec  in  Wood  HS.  B 
If,  and  in  Wood  MS.  E  i  p.  S7. 

*  note  in  Wood  MS.  F  4,  p.  98,  Wood 
gives  in  colours  the  arms: — 'sable  a 
cockatrice  displayed  argent,  crested 
membered  and  jallofied  gales.' 


38a 


lyoOffS  LIFE  AND  TiMES. 


in  the  cloister  there ».  He  wa»  the  son  of  WUliam  Bogan  of  Lktfc 
1  Icmpslon  in  com.  Devon.  Sec  what  I  have  said  of  him  in  *  Hist  el 
Aniiq.  Univers.  Oxon.'  lib,  a  p.  143  col.  i.j 

•In  the  beginning  of  ScpL  the  library  of  the  Warned  Sddcn*  w3s 
brought  into  thai  of  Bodlcj*.  A.  W.  laboured  scrcral  weeks  wtlh 
Mr.  Thuraas  Barlow  and  others  in  ftoning  them*,  carryii^  thnB 
op  stairs*,  and  placing  them.  In  opening  some  of  the  books  tbcy 
found  several  pair  of  spectacles  which  Mr.  Scldcn  had  put  in  and 
forgotten  to  take  out,  and  Mr.  Tliomas  Barlow  gave  A.  W,  a  pair, 
which  he  kept  in  memorie  of  Seldcn  to  his  last  daj. 

[Humphrey  Nevrton'of  Northamptonshire  (sec^'  56),  bachelor 
of  the  Civill  Law  and  fellow  of  Allsoules  Coll.,  died,  T.,  6  Sept.  anno 
1659;  and  u-as  burie<l  in  the  College  chappelL    There  was  a  f: 
coat  on  his  hearse*  ^iz.  that  of  Saunders  *  panie  per  chevron  sable 
argent  3  elephants'  heads  erased  counierchanged '  etc.] 

6  Sept.,  T.;  obiil  Mr.  (Humphrey)  Newton,  sodns  Omnium 
Animarum;  el  sepclitur  in  capella'  ejusdem. 

The  1 1  Sept.,  Su.,  I  hard  thai  Dr.  Francis  Che)TieU  was  dead. 

The  14  Sept.,  W.,  tlie  bell  rang  out  for  Mr.  (William)   Ha 
President  of  Trin.  Coll.  Oxon.     He  died  the  day  before  and  on  the' 
Mmc  (day)  or  else  on  the  12,  Dr.  (Seth)  Ward  was  chosen  in 
his  place. 

*Sept  16,  F..  one  . . .  Kinaston,  a  merchant  of  London,  with  ^^ 
long  beard  and  hairc  over-grown,  was  at  the  Milcr-Inn ;  and  faignii^^^ 
himself  a  Patriarch,  and  thai  he  came  to  Oxford  for  a  model!  of  the 
last  reformation,  fiivers  royallists  repaired  to  him,  and  were  blest  by 
him,  viz.  John  Ball,  Gilbert  Ironside,  and  Henry  I,anglcy — all  of 
Wadham  ColL :  Bernard  Rawlins  a  glasier  was  also  there,  and  crav'd 
bis  blessing  on  his  knees,  which  he  obtained.  John  Harmar  also,  the 
Greek  professor  of  tlie  Univusity,  appeared  very  formally,  and  made 
a  Greek  harangue  before  him.     Whereupon  some  of  the  compan; 


moo    y 

lium 

iwel9 
1  iheV 


)  $«e  Gntch's  Wood's  Colt,  and  HalU 
IJ.413. 

'  ■  of  great  Sclden.'  in  the  Hari.  MS. 

■  »ec  GDtcb'f  Wood'i  Hiit.  UniT. 
Oxon.  U.  p.  943-944.  See  however 
Macray'i  Anoals  of  the  Bodleiao,  pp. 
Iio-ijj.  TlieScUlen  books uuT  placed 
in  the  w«st  wiog  of  ilii:  lit>rary,  tiuitt  in 
i6^-l6jS  ovci  the  Convocation  hoiue, 
known  ■»  '  the  Selilci)  end.' 

'  «niui|;iii|;  them  (1)  nccordmE  lo 
Mihjcct  Into  iJte  oEd  divijioiu  Divinity. 


Iaw,  Physic,  Alts;  (x)  ■ccoolbg  to  size, 
(ol.,  4to.8vo. 

*  the  smaller  sizes  bdn^  placed  to  the 
gallery. 

*  nole  In  WimkI  MS.  F  4,  p.  97. 

'  the  VS.  indicated  by  this  symbol  is 
now  partly  in  Wood  &LS.  E  4  ood  paiUy 
in  Wood  MS.  E  5. 

*  see  Gutch's  Wood's  Colleges  and 
Hulls  (I.  303. 

*  *  fauiisj*,'  in  the  Mar).  MS. 


■  ^ 


/' '  • 


('!-— r^ 


'-•    ft*     s»  ^ 


L/|V/^'i 


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V 


i ..  -.*-.^--',.'^*»^.  *-  •«■***>*■.^■*r^■a•— 


("^■//.'/;■/.■ 


PLATE  V. 
Rosamond's  Bower  at  Woodstock:   see  p.  283. 


Oxford  U'lh'i-'iily  /''CJi. 


^f',*'.,^^.';,^;^-  "■'■■'  '  ■■ 


>= 


SEPTE.VBF.R.  1669. 


383 


who  knew  the  design  to  be  waggish,  fell  a  laughing  and  betra/d 
the  matier.  It  was  a  piece  of  waggery  to  impose  upon  the  royallists 
and  such  that  bad  a  mind  to  be  blest  by  a  {utriarch  Insk-ad  of  an 
archbishop  or  bishop ;  and  it  made  great  sport  for  a  time,  and  those 
that  were  bleat  were  ailiam'd  of  il,  ihcy  being  more  than  I  have  before 
set  downe.  Mr.  William  Lloyd  ^  then  living  in  Wadham  Coll.  in  the 
quality  of  a  tutor  to  William'  Backliouse  of  S\vallowfield  in  Ilerlcs, 
was  Ihe  author  of  this  piece  of  waggery,  as  be  himself  used  to  make 
his  braggs.  And  because  the  deanc  of  Ch.  Church,  Dr.  <John) 
Owen,  and  some  of  the  canons  of  tliat  house  and  other  Presbyterian 
doctors,  rc(;orted  to  him,  or  he  to  ihcm,  for  to  draw  up  and  give 
bini  a  mottell,  they  were  so  much  incensed,  when  they  fojmd  the 

itter  a  cheat,  that  Lloyd  was  forced  to  abscond  for  the  present, 
or,  as  he  used  to  say,  run  away.  This  Mr.  Lloyd  was  afterwards 
successively  bishop  of  S.  A&aph,  Lichfield  and  Coventry.  Gcorg 
Wharton  the  astronomer  did  take  notice  of  this  matter  in  his  almanack 
anno  1661,  and  calls  the  patriarch  'Jcrcmias,'  but  puis  the  raemoire 
under  the  XI  of  Sept.  which  is  false.  [.\.  \V.  *  was  ask'd  to  go  ;  but 
he  would  not.] 

16  Sept.,  F.,  some  bl(esscd)  by  one  .  . .  Kincston,  a  merch(ant) 
of  London,  a  faign^ed)  patri(arch)  at  the  Miter.  [Vide  *  Almanack. 
<John>  Ikll,  Bern<ard>  Rowlins,  <Gilbcrt>  Ir<o>n.«!ide,  <Henry> 
Langley,  and  (that  made  a  speech  tn  the  Greek)  (John)  Harmer. 
Mr.  Kinaston  was  at  the  Mller;  see  Wharton's  Alm(anack).] 

[September'  a6,  1659;  Bladon  ncarc  Woodstock.  Tins  is  a  very 
auncient  church:  Woodstock'  is  in  the  parish  and  is  a  chappcU  of 
ease  to  it.] 

[Cassenton'  alias  Kersinion  or  Chcrsinion.  At"  the  upper  end 
of  the  body  of  the  church  ...  is  an  anlient  monument  of  freestone, 
about  knee-high,  the  inscription  gone  and  quite  out  of  remembrance. 


'  Willam  Lloyd,  Gurdlaa's  Reg. 
Coll.  Wnab-p.  3IJ. 

*  *  Will.'  is  io  pencil  oaly  ;  urti  is  in 
error.  Jahn  Hoclciiouie  (son  ofW  illinm 
VnckhaiiK  of  Swallnwricld),  t^vttincT'l 
Reg.  Coll.  Wodh.  p.  314, 

'  adctcdiutbelloil.  MS. 

'  thi'  pnssngc  in  »<|uate  bisckcU  M  a 
latrradiJiUon,  10  induiicct  writing,  and 
some  nf  the  words  are  onccruio. 

*  uotc  in  Wood  MS.  II  tj. 

■  til  WockI  MS.  R  I  ful  fiq  are 
WoiKl'f  ntitcs   uf  onus  in  U'uutistoclc 


cfatircli.  Od  a  slip  tliere  are  Ihae 
jiiitinys: — (i)  ■  Bfinfr  la  that  of  Wood- 
stock ia  Twyne'a  CoUecUoni  roL  IZ'; 
{t)  '  Mr.  Aiiliicw'»<i.e.jQhn  Aabrcy'i) 
letter  nbont  Kosatnood'*  bowci'j  (3) 
'Chaucer's  odd  buosc  by  and  wilbiu 
tbc  gate  aft  job  go  down  to  ttic  manor 
houKODtherij^t';  ^4^  '(the)  potkc*; 
(5)  *  maonor  houK  pulled  down  1651.' 

T  note  ia  Wood  MS.  £  i,  fol.  86. 

'  thii  Dote  is  probably  of  date  '  ifi 
Scpl.  ifijij.'  when  Wwi>d  visitvd  tlw; 
Cbiitch  (Wood  MS.  a  15). 


284 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


Tbc  country  people  will  Icll  you  that  it  was  for  one,  or  ihrec,  daughters 
that  were  anticntly  co-heircs  of  thJa  lordship. — This*  monument  was 
taken  away  by  Francis  Greenaway,  an  aUomey,  a  tenant  to  Sir 
Thomas  Spencer  for  ihc  parsonage  house,  about  1678;  and  in  the 
room  huilt  a  square  seat  of  dcale  wood :  the  said  monument  sta.nds 
now  (1684)  in  the  south  porch.] 

•Sept.  29,  Michaelmas  day ;  the  eldea  brother  then  living  of  A.  W^ 
named  Robert  Wood,  was  married'  to  Mary  Dropc*.  daughter  of 
Thomas  Drope,  bachelor  of  Dignity,  [lately*  rector  of  Ardley  neare 
Bister  in  Oxfordshire  and  vicar  of  Comnore  neare  to  Abendon  in 
Berks.]  It  must  now  be  knowne  that  when  his  father  died,  he  did 
by  his  will  leave  all  his  estate,  except  that  at  Tetsworth,  to  the  longest 
liver  of  his  children ;  and  llicrefore  Robert  Wood  being  not  in  a 
capacity  to  settle  a  jo^-nlurc  on  his  wife,  having  but  the  tliird  part 
of  the  said  estate  which  laid  in  Oxon  (because  3  of  his  sons  were  now 
living)  A.  W.  did  therefore  upon  Robert's  request  resigne  the  interest 
he  had  in  the  said  estate,  as  sumver  or  longest  liver  if  it  should 
80  happen;  [and'  this  he  did  without  any  consideration  given  to 
him,]  which  no  body  else  would  have  done.  Afterwards'  he  did 
the  like  to  liis  brother  Christopher  U[x;ii  his  request.  Which  in  after 
times  did  in  a  manner  prove  A.  Wood's  ruin,  for  he  could  hardly  get 
his  own  share  from  the  children  of  his  brethren. 

Ootobor.— 8,  S.,  lo  tlie  tiarVicT  for  hi^i  (iiuuteridg,  41  6J  \  tbc  same,  spent  with 
Mr.  Cbristopticr  at  the  Salutation Ta vera,  6rf. — 10,  M.,  10  J-orcst,  for  my  quartcridg, 
Ij  &/;  oioR^  ciwtug  lo  him,  ij.-~i5,S.,  to  Ricli  for  n  {aire  of  shoes,  41;  the  uune, 
fgr  a  ptuBphlctl,  ftd, — The  17  dif,  M.,  3  clli  and  a  qaaitcrn  at  8  groats  an  ell  for 
A  ihilt.  Si  6d;  spent  at  the  Crows  Tavcni  with  Mr.  (John)  Curtcync  Bad  Mr. 
(Richard)  Lower,  if  2</. — i8,T^at  Kllescs  aa<l  spent,  n;  the  Eamc  for  sweet 
powder. — l<),W.,  btgto  Uto';  for  a  couplcof  rabbctts  forMr.  Rogers,  Ir. — ai,F., 
bought  a  shagg  coate  of  Mt.  Potter,  lit.  5/.  whcrof  lo;  is  paid  ;  spent  at  Harper's 
with  Mr.  Oohc)  Curteync,  is  ;  ibe  unie,  wilL  him  at  tlie  Meieroud  Ta«ni,  W— 
u,  ih,  to  KoluDaoii,  for  books*,  u  <W;  tlie  tame,  spent  at  the  Crowtie  Tamne 


'  tbii  U  a  Uler  note  added  in  the 

*  thft  marruge  touk  place  In  South 
Hincktey  church  and  was  pcrfonned  by 
John  Longford,  vicar  of  Cumoor— so 
MS.  PMUipps  7018. 

'  she  was  the  only  daogbtcr ;  see  the 
Drope  pciiii,'rce.  in/ra  p.  3S5.  She  was 
bom  b  Cimmor  ricarage  on  8  March 
163I.  Her  Riottier  wa«  Anne  Peacock, 
one  of  the  (laughters  of  Ftaneis  Pcaoock 
of  Cbawley  In  Cnmnor  parish. 

*  the  words  in  »^tuire  brackets  are 


inserted  from  the  Harl.  MS. 

''  for  the  words  in  itqaarc  brsdcets  the 
Harl.  Ms.  says  simply,  '  for  nothing.' 

*  the  oralio  tctl.^  iif  the  HiwI.  MS. 
say»: — 'Aflerwarde  my  brother  Cbristo- 
pbcr  did  Ihc  like  (i.  e.  pcraoaded  tnc 
to  letigD  my  contingent  interest)  and 
be  gave  me  Dothlog.' 

*  apparently  a  cipher ;  perhaps  '  be- 
gan to  take  tobacco.' 

'  unc  cf  them  was  Wood  617  (3) 
'the  Itiuntplis  of  Rome  over  ilespised 
protestnacic,'   Ixmd.    1655 ;    in   whic 


386 


tVOOr/S  UFE  AND  mrES. 


with  Mr.  (Z<-pbaniah)  Crcset,  \s. — 35,  T.,  to  NJcolK  for  making  my  coot  and 
nmxling  my  clotbo,  2/.— aft,  F.,  «peal  with  Mr.  (John)  Curt«ync  aod  Mr. 
(Rk-IuicI)  Lower  b|  tlie  Miscmiid  Tsveni,  lOt/;  tbe  lanie.  with  Uicm  nt  IlArd> 
ing's,  \j  6(/.~a9,  S.,  Tot  p&naphlctu,  u  &£ — 31,  M.,  to  Pavis  for  paper  »iid 
pictQK,  xxxL 

October. — 'Oct.  14,  M.,  A.  W.  began  to  peruse  the  Registers' 
or  leigcr  books  of  S.  Fridcswide's  Prior)',  Osney  and  Kindham 
Abbe)^  which  are  kept  in  Ch.  Church  Trcasur)*.  They'  were  token 
out  thence  by  Mr.  Ralph  Button,  canon  of  ttic  said  house,  and 
reposed  in  his  lodgings  in  the  clo>-stcr  there.  To  which  lodgings 
A.  W.  did  rccun  dayly  till  he  had  satisfied  himself  willi  them.  It  waa 
an  exceeding  pleasure  to  him.  and  he  took  very  great  delight  to  be 
poring  on  such  books  and  collecting  matters  from  them. 

[In*  St.  Fridswid's  book  I  find  ihai  tliey  had  land  at  Gosford, 
3  mites  distant  from  Oxon  in  the  parish  of  Kidlmgton,  some  of  which 
they  Ictl  or  else  sold  to  the  Tempters  K*"  who  had  a  chappell  or 
oratory  there  with  some  lodgings.    Amongst  these  Tcmplcrs  who 


Wood  note*  : — '  Georgt  Hill,  bishop 
of  Chester,  the  author '  and  the  dat£  of 
pttrchosc'Oa.  31,  1659.' 

'  C*)  '  Liber  rcl  r«sisinim  magnuni 
chuUrtun.  ntttalmmiloruin,  etc..  Friom- 
tut  S.  Fridttwydae  Own ' :  a  Iwyc  folio 
written  ia  the  rdgn  of  Richurd  II :  see 
G.  W.  Kiichin'i  *  CaUlogui  Co-id.  MSS. 
Apiw  Cbrlsti '  where  It  U  no.  CCCXL. 
Woo<i'»  excerpts  from  this  MS.  are 
foondin  Wood  MS.  C  a.pi>.  »-7J:  this 
Wood  MS.  U  dated  *  Aulhoiiy  Woode, 
Mettoo  Cott.,  (X-t.  10.  1659.' 

(b)  *  Regittnim  maniinciitoniin  dc 
term  (politsime  in  rare'  Abbatiae 
OineycQgis '  ;  a  folio  of  date  about 
IJ7$,  given  lo  Ch.  Ch.  by  Sir  Robert 
Coltoii:  Bc«  Kitchin's  'Catalogus'  ut 
rmpnt  no.  CCCVLIIL  Some  eUrtcU 
from  this  (made  by  Wood  at  a  later 
date)  are  found  In  \\~iiod  MS.  D  16,  p. 
■  47.  A  few  exccrpu  are  fonnd  on  a 
flylcafofWoodMS.  Cj. 

ic)  '  RcgUlnim  charlanim  et  nrnni- 
mefilonini  de  cocnotilo  Hinsham ' ;  a 
fol  rol, ;  see  Kilchin's  '  Catnlogns '  ttt 
mpra  00.  CCCXLl.  Wood's  excerptt 
from  thii.  made  on  34  Oct.  1651),  are 
found  b  Wood  MS.  D  11  (3)  pp.  i-ag ; 
alto  a  few  in  Wooii  MS.  C  a  p.  1. — In 
Ch.  Ch.  tteaiur)-  ihcic  ii  anolhcr  liin- 


sbam  volome  '  KrgiUrom  coatiDUa  la- 
qcixitioncs  ct  rentsl.a  de  terns  ct  lene- 
mcntis  coenobio  Einsham  nlim  per- 
liiientibus,'  a  folio  vol,  of  date  attout 
1444;  sec  Kitcbin's  'Catalogus*  ut 
supra  no.  CCCXLIL  Wood's  exocipts 
{soxa  this  MS.,  made  on  14  Asg.  t'^>5, 
arc  found  in  Wood  MS.  D  f  ■  (])  p.  30. 

'  the  Harl.  MS.  lays : — '  This  lavuar 
of  perosing  ihein  was  done  by  Mr.  Ralf 
Bntton,  canon  o[  Ch.  Ch. ;  and  I  s|<enl 
several  dayc*  in  perusing  ihcm  in  his 
lodgin{[S  in  the  cloyiter  of  Ch.  Cb.* 
Tlicre  I*  A  nntc  referring  to  ihii  Kalpb 
IJatton  amotig  tbe  notes  by  Wood 
which  llcame  printed  at  tbe  end  of 
■  Lilict  Niger  Scaccaril.'  It  is :— '  That 
building  thai  is  in  Mr.  BnUon'i  ordiard 
wa»  Peter  Martyr's  cKamber  and  study, 
— which  belonged  to  the  senior  siadetit ; 
bat  when  be  was  made  a  cannoo,  it  fell 
to  hi&  loti  to  hare  those  lodgings  that 
Mr.  Iluitun  hath  now,  see  that  tbe  said 
chaml^cr  goe'.h  at<jng  with  the  said 
lodgings,'  In  Wood  E  1$.  catalogue 
00.  17  is  E«Iwanl  Millingtcn's  anctioa 
Caialogoc  of  Ka1)>li  Kultoii's  arul 
Thankful  (or  Gntiao)  Owens  books, 
with  tbe  DOte  'ex  dono  Moses  Pit, 
hihlioiKjlac,  Th.,  30  Oct.   1681.' 

'  note  from  Wood  MS.  C  s. 


OCT.— NOV,  1669. 


387 


lived  here  I  suppose  that  one  of  ihe  Poylcs  of  Hampton -Poylc  (a  mile 
disianl  from  this  place)  was  one.  He  lyes  buried  in  Hampton  Poyle 
church,  crosse- legged,  with  ibc  Poylc's  arracs  over  it,  2s  it  was  soc 
scene  anno  1659.] 

"Oct.  In  this  month  Jamea  Quia,  M.A.  and  one  of  the  senior 
sludenls  of  Ch.  Church,  a  Middlesex  man  borne,  but  son  of  Waller 
Quin  of  Dublin,  died  in  a  crazed  condition  in  his  bcdraakcr's  bouse 
in  Pcnyfarthing  street,  and  was  buried  in  the  catlicdnil  of  Ch.  Ch. 
A.  W.  had  some  acquaintance  with  him,  and  hath  iicvcral  times  heard 
him  sing  w-iih  great  admiration.  His  voice  waa  a  bass,  and  Ite  had  a 
great  command  of  it.  Twas  very  strong  and  exceeding  trouling,  but 
he  wanted  skill  and  could  scarce  sing  in  consort.  He  had  been 
lum'd  out  of  his  smdeni's  place  by  the  Visitors ;  but  being  well 
acquainted  widi  some  great  men  of  tliose  limes  that  loved  musick, 
ihey  introduced  him  into  die  company  of  Oliver  Cromwel  llic  pro- 
tector, who  loved  a  good  voice  and  inslrumcntall  musick  well.  He 
heard  him  sing  with  very  great  delight,  hquor'd  him  with  sack,  and 
in  conclusion  said :  *  Mr  Quin  you  have  done  ver}-  well,  what  shall 
I  doe  for  you  ? '  To  which  Quin  made  answer  with  great  comple- 
ments, of  which  he  had  command  with  a  great  grace,  that  '  his ' 
Highness  would  be  pleased  to  restore  him  to  his  Students  place ; ' 
which  he  did  accordingly,  and  so  kept  it  to  his  tlyinj?  day. 

In  tliis  month  died  James  Quinn  ^  M.A.,  Student  of  Ch.  Ch.,  in  a 
crazed  condition  in  the  house  of  his  laundress  or  bcdmakcr  in  Peni- 
fertbing  Street  or  St.  Ebbs  parish.  The  best  base  voice  in  England, 
but  wanted  skill.  Sung  before  the  Protector,  liquored  by  him  with 
sack,  restored  to  his  Sludcni's  place  at  his  desire. 

KovAmbflr.— I,  T.,  at  Ellcscs,  ^.—4,  F.,  for  pampbletts,  i*;  [4*,  F,,  lod 
II,  F.,  yfo:c»t  oweth  mc  a  oews  books.] — 5,  S.,  foi  paniphlcttn,  u.— 8,  T.,  for 
pamphlctCs'N/. —  II,  r.,  for  »fcoc»,4j;  to  (he  shoemaker's  bvK,  61/;  for  j'smphletts, 
3J  .V;  [owing'  to  Mr.  Daries,  u  id \\.t.  iM  tot  Slabbs'  'Queries*  and  Sd  for 
HuUkhitiscs  Anliq.').]^i3,  8,  for  iDca<)iDg  my  sliK'kings,  fv/;  for  a  pooDcI  of 
candellit,  &/.— 15,  T.,  for  pampblctU,  loc/. — 16,  W.,  ^pcnt  at  the  Miter  wHh  Mr. 
{John)  Corteync,  6rf. — il*.  K,  pamplilctts,  6d. — 19,  S,  for  dyiiig  of  my  gownc, 
3s;  fur  mcniling  my  Rowne,  6)/. — 33,  W..  for  a  puopblctt,  S</. — 2(i,  S.,  ipent  at 
tbe  Miter  with  Mr.  (Jobn)  Ciutejtu;  aiid  Mr.  (Olmdiab)  Sedgwick,  S^;  the  lune. 


>  'IiU'ia  (he  llarl.  MS.;  'yonr/ia 
the  I'anncr  MS. 

■  Kc  Gotch'sWood'i  Coll.  aad  Halls 
p.  511. 

'  the  postages  In  tquore  bracket}  an 
fruro   a  (ly-lcnf  al  Uic  end  uf  ibc  Al- 


manack. 

*  Huttichiu 'Collectanea  Aiit((]aita* 
ttiin  ...  in  agro  Moguotino,'  Mugunt. 
1530  foL ;  not  DOW  Id  Uic  Wood  Col- 
Icdioa. 


for  MontrtMtes'  hUlory.  tt  yi. — a^,  T.,  iax  mj  ttoddagi,  td\  paid  Mrs  BurnhuB 
a  tcoie,  5^;  punpbletu,  ■yi. 

November. — ^' A  true  •  narrative  of  the  proceedings  in  Parliament 
from  33  Sept.'  to  i6  Nov.  1659.) 

(3  Nov..  Th^  Peter  Nicolls,  subwarden  of  Merton  College,  signed 
ihc  permission  for  Wood  to  peruse  'the  antieni  registers'  of  the 
College,  which  is  found  in  MS.  Tanner  338.) 

a6  November,  S..  Mr.  ^Henry)  St^ubs)  had  iike  to  have  been 
sh<ot>  in  Mr.  Sp<rigBs'>  ch<amber>  of  L<incoln)  C<olIcge>.  The 
b(ultet)  flew  in  his  hai(r). 

[Mr.  *  Stubs  sitting  in  Mr.*  Sprigs'  chamber "  at  \.yn<:.  Coll.,  a 
bullet  came  from  the  Miter  backside  and  came  through  his  hair.] 

*Nov.  26.  His  acquaintance  Henrj'  Siubbe  of  Ch.  Church  sitting 
in  the  upper  chamber  of  his  friend  (VV'illiam  Sprigg,  fellow  of  Line 
Coll.)  opposite  the  back-gale  of  the  Miter  Inn,  a  soldier  standing 
there  and  discharging  his  gun,  the  bullet  came  thro'  Stubbe's  haire 
and  miss'd  him  narrowly. 

Dooemb«r. — [a*.  F^  Yctva.  owes  me  a  new»  boofccl — 3  day,  S  ,  pamphlcus, 
1/  ^i  spent  at  Woodc"*  Ttvcmc  vrith  Mr.  O**'"')  Curteyiic,  8rf, — 5,  M-,  spent 
with  Mr.  ( Joha)  Cuitejuc  tX  Mr.  Jeueses,  6rf.— 8,  Th.,  «pent  at  Flcion's  with  Mr. 
(John)  Cnrttyne,  4*/. — 9,  F.,  pamphletl*,  7*/.— 10,  S..  for  the  'AnwcT'  lo  the 
M«lrst  Plea,'  4</.— 16,  F.,  punphleas,  1/  31/.— 17,  S.,  ipeni  at  Flexoey's  with  Mr. 
(John)  Cartrync,  &■/.— ao,  T.,  al  EUesw,  6rf— 31,  W.,  spent  at  Hcdtiington  with 
Mr.  (OI)«diah)  Scdp;vrfcke,  n/.—  33,  Th.,  for  faj>gotts  and  coles,  y  \d;  the  tame  to 
S^amocl)  Pocoke  for  a  hooV  of  love*,  9</;  spent  with  Mr.  {Jnhii)  Ciirtcync  and 
Mr.  (John)  Robintoa  at  widow  Flcxncys,  4i/.— 33,  F.,  for  parophlcU»,  7^.-34,  S,, 
to  Godwio  for  books,  u  ;  the  same,  lo  the  buller  fur  luttles,  is  3d ;  to  my  barber, 
45;  the  same,  for  panphletts,  5^. — 30,  F.,  for  ft«it-oayling  my  horse  at  Mr.  (Ed- 
mund) Crcgoiyc's  of  Coxham,  4^;   to  Forest  for  my  quartericlge,  2J  £(/,  being  the 


'  Wood  17a  ;  'The  oomplcat  history 
of  the  wnrrs  in  Scotlmul  ondcr  the  con- 
duct of  the  illustriooa  Jama  (Graham) 
man|ueu  of  Montrose,'  1660,  Svo. 

■  IxnHl.  1659;  Wood  519(11). 

'  the  pnragmph  la  square  brackets, 
ginng  the  names  va  fall  was  added  at  a 
later  date. 

*  William  Sprigi;,  fellow  of  Line 
Coll.  a8  Dee.  165J — 16  Aor.  i65o. 

*  the  room  which  now  looks  bya  buw- 
window  into  the  garden,  the  windows 
which  looked  across  the  street  into  tbe 
Mitre  j-ard  being  blocked. 

*  this  entry  i«  on  a  fly-Leaf  at  the  end 
of  the  Almanac. 

*  Wood  6a6  (14)  is  '  A  Modest  Flea 


for  an  equal  commonwealth,'  Load. 
1659,  wbich  Wood  notes  to  be  by 
William  SpiiQ;  M.A.  of  Line  CoIL 
'first  published  in  Aug.  1659;  there 
came  out  another  edition  in  8*  abont 
Christmas  ifi^Q.'  Wood  6a4  (ig)  is 
'The  Modest  Reply  in  answer  to  the 
modest  pica,'  Load.  1639.  See  in/ra 
p.  395. 

*  one  of  the  three  books  now  boond 
Icigethct  in  Wood  741.  '  A  treatise  of 
love  melnncboly,'  Oxon.  1640  (Wood 
741  no.  i) ;  '  Kuptial  Txive,'  Lond.  1638 
(Wood  741  no.  3)  :  or  William  Green- 
wood's '  Description  of  the  passioa  of 
love/  Load,  \f>^^  i.Wood  741  no-  3}. 


NOK  — DEC.  1669.  289 

*-'lidi^iih>t  I  ihall  pay  him ;  tbe  sudc  for  pumphlctts,  it  i  lA— 31,  S^  for  the  Klitg'* 
trbn ',  9^ ;  the  ume  to  monniir,  for  a  new  bridle,  given,  u, 

December. — 'Dec.  In  ihc  lalier  end  of  this  month,  being  Chrisl- 
maa-timc,  A.  W.  was  at  Cuxham  in  ttic  house  of  Edmund  Gregory. 
^[r.  William  Bull,  Henr)'  Hawley,  &c.  verc  there  also. 


[There '  was  Bomttme  an  auntient  custome  belonging  to  New 
College  fellows :  viz,,  on  Holy  Thursday  ever)*  year  some  of  (he 
fellows  of  New  College  (with  some  of  their  acquaintance  with  ihcm) 
did  goc  to  Sl  Barlbolmcw's  Hospital!  and  there  in  the  cha[^)  sing 
an  anthem  of  2  or  5  parts.  After  that,  every  one  of  them  would  olTer 
up  money  in  a  bason,  being  sett  for  that  parpose  in  tlw:  middle  of  the 
chapelL  After  that,  have  some  refreshment  in  tlie  house.  Then, 
going  up  to  a  well  or  spring  in  the  grove,  which  strewd  with  flowers 
round  about  for  them,  they  sung  a  song  of  5  parts,  lately  one  of  Mr. 
Wilbye's*  principium  'Hard  by  a  cristall  fountaine.'  And  after  that 
come  home  by  Cheyney  Lane '  and  Hedington  Hill,  singing  catches. 


'  Wood  364  conlains  several  pamph- 
leti  rIwdI  tl>r  trial  niiil  dcaCli  of  Ctiarles 
1 ;  Ihc  [>tecc  bac  sj>ccificil  may  i«rhapa 
be  Wogd  609  ,6) '  Number  1.  A  con- 
tinuation of  th«  tuurativc  of  the  High 
Court  of  Juilice  cunccmiAg  the  Vya\  of 
the  King,  ti^  Joo.,'  I^ond.  164S  (i.e.  |), 
&loii^  Vfith  Wood  60J  (7)  *  Number  3  ' 
of  iheuime,  '  19  J«n.,' I.und.  1648(1.6. 
1).  In  Woo«I  401  fol.  145  b  is  0. 
bklUd  entitled  '  The  mkoncr  of  the 
king's  trial  at  Wc»tmin«cr  Hall,  .  .  . 
alio  the  true  nuumer  of  ht^  being  put  to 
death '  .  .  .  ,  beginning  '  King  Charles 
w»»  otKe  a  prince  of  ■  gnat  state.' 

•  note  by  Wood  beloaglng  to  ifisg, 
printed  by  llcame  at  the  cad  of '  Liber 
Nit>er  ScaccariL' 

'  lee  Clark'*  Wood's  City  of  Oxford 
ii,  514,  wh«Tc  Wood  my%  'song  an 
Oriana  ot  else  one  of  Mr.  Jiihn  Wilbjrc'i 
■oDg&,*  etc.  The  rrfetence  is  inciact. 
The  maiic  referred  to  i>  the  volume 
etintled  'MadrigaJei:  the  Trinmpbcsof 
Oriana  ...  for  5  and  tX\  vokcs . .  .  pub* 
lukhed  \>y  Tlionus  Morley,  Bac.  Moi.' 
IamuI.  1601  :  a  copy  is  in  Uodle}'  (Ma* 
l»nc  974)-  No,  XV  in  tlie  ruluioc  is 
John   Wilbyc'a    'The    lady  Oriana"; 


but  the  Mng  [for  ttx  voice*)  cited  by 

Wood  is  by  Thomas  Muiley. 
Hard  by  it  cniilal  foDiitatnc 
Oriana  tlie  bright  Lay  downc  a  deep- 

ing. 
The  birds  Ihcy  finely  chcrped. 
The  birds  tbey  finely  cbcrpcd, 
'Hie  winds  were  stilled, 
Sweetly  with  thete  accenting 
The  aire  was  filled. 
This  is  that    fairc  whose    head    a 

Cf  ownc  itesenx'th 
Wbith  heaven  foe  her  mciveth. 

Leave,  Uicphcrds,yoar  lambs  Icccpcing 

Upon  the  banen  moontnines 

And  Mymphs  {tW}  aucnd  00  her  and 

leave  yoor  bowies 
For  she  the  ihephcrds'  life  luaJntainea 

and  yoaics. 
Tlicn  sang  thv  shepherda  and  nimphs, 

nimpbs  of  Uiona 
\joag  live  faire  Oriana,  Long  live  £tirc 

Oriana. 

*  'Cheyney  Une'  is  found  In  some 
map* applied  lo  the  li^A  which  braucbu 
a(I  Ihc  Hcndiugton  road  aud  gOM  along 
the  north  of  lleadiagton  HiU  South 
Park. 


a^o 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


The  choristers  and  singing-men  of  New  College  did,  i,  in  the 
mnrning  about  s  or  3  (o')c!o<.k  in  the  morning  sing^  an  anthem  on 
the  lower;  and  then,  from  thence  to  St.  Barthclmcw's.] 

[1659':  The  Recall  SocJetie  at  Oxon.  and  of  Chemistry,  Tlicy 
did  in  Clerk's  house,  an  apothecary  in  SL  Marie's  parish,  exercise 
themselves  in  some  chimicall  extracts,  which  were  carried  on  and 
much  impro\*ed  before  the  king's  rcstauratton,  in  so  much  that  several] 
schohrs  had  privat  elaboralories  and  did  perfonne  those  things  which 
the  memory  of  man  couJd  not  reach.  But  the  one  man  that  did 
publicklf  teach  it  to  the  scholars  was  one  Peter  Sihael,  borne  at  Stras* 
burgh  in  Royal!  Prussia,  brought  to  Oxon  by  that  eminent  scholar 
Mr,  Robert  Boyle  a  sojourner  in  the  University  anno  1659.  and  by 
him  sctlcd  in  the  same  house  wherin  he  lived  viz.  in  that  house 
(owned  then  by  an  apothecar>')  next  on  the  west  side  of  University 
Coll-  somiimcs  knownc  by  the  name  of  Deep  hall.  Where  continuing 
an  year  or  two  and  taking  to  him  disciples  in  that  time,  translated 
himself  10  a  tenement  neare  it,  and  then  to  an  aniient  hall  called  Ram 
Inn.  in  AUsaints  parish,  in  the  old  refectory  of  which  he  trecltd  his 
elalioratoric  and  taught  sevcrall  classes.  Among  such  that  he  taught 
llifll  came  to  Iw  knownc  afterwards  to  the  worid  were  Mr.  Joseph 
Williamson  of  Queen's  Coll.  (afterwards  Secretary  of  State),  Mr, 
William  Levinz  of  S.  John's.  Dr.  John  Wallis  (Geometry  Professor), 
Mr.  Christopher  Wren  of  Allsouls  (afterwards  Astronomy  ProfLSsor), 
Mr.  Nathaniel  Crew  of  Lyncoln  Coll.  (afterwards  bishop  of  Durham), 
Dr.  Ralph  Batliurst  (now  dcane  of  Wells),  Dr.  Richard  l,ower,  Francis 
Tomer  of  New  Coll.  (now  head  of  St.  John's  College  in  Cambridge). 
Mr.  Stacl  for  want  of  disciples  went  to  other  places  about  the  year 
1665;  returned  againe  1670;  and  t.irriing  there  an  yearc  more,  was 
caHed  away  to  be  the  operator  belonging  to  the  Royall  Society ;  with 
«tioiB  he  lived  till  about  1675.  and  then  died.] 

^ITw  following  note,  from  Wood  MS.  E  32,  p.  %%,  seems  to  indicate 
^M  tttts  were  kept  on  in  church  *. 

•  TW  g«tlcinen  commoners  of  the  University  of  Oxon  petitioned  to 
a^viril  tbdr  ops  on  their  heads  as  the  Masters  and  Uacht-Iaurs  did 
^^vlftcUly  fiv  this  reason  that  many  of  the  Bachelaurs  were  their 


k  ■  iKp  it  p-  1 1 1 1  in  Wood 
TW  (tip  U  a  pinx  of  on 

»i4fc  Ih*  •«Wn«:— 'for  Mr. 
.•i.  kdglBK  ovet  Bcminst 

...  ^MtftaiiC«llci)ecOxoD, 
llill  wM'A  into  ^>'  accotint 

M^  Wwa)  h**  >  note  wbkb 


•cemi  to  belong  brre,  to  the  Kojnl 
Socirty; — '  Englbh  toogac  rcfin*Mi  by 
them  :  vide  (Thomas)  SprM'i  I/istt*y 
eftke  Kigali  Sofiety  [Loud.  1667,  410J 
p.  4'-' 

'  the  time  was  pouibly  Curiae  the 
ruitftQ  dooiinatiofl  :  mv  note  1  p.  ^00. 


DECEAfJJE/f,  1669. 


291 


servitors  but  the  other  day.  This  as  it  seemes  being  dcnycd,  were 
these  verses  made : 

"  Rather  than  wce'l  be  nude 
Socb  bLivcs  to  this  trade 

And  SEScr  lucb  abuse* 
Wcc'l  go  to  AlthaHowcs 
And  tlie  church  by  the  pillowes 
To  bcarc  doctrines  and  OKs." 

The  chorcii  by  the  gallowea  is  Halywell,  for  that  the  gallowes  of  that 
parish  stood  where  the  corner  house  by  the  lower  or  lurrt-t  in  Magd. 
Coll.  wall  now  standeth.' 

The  threat  seems  to  be  to  leave  S.  Mar)'s  and  go  to  other  churches 
where  the  University  Sermon  **as  not  preached.  One  of  the  old 
orders  requiring  undergraduates  lo  be  uncovered  in  presence  of  on 
M,A.  is  found  in  Clark's  Reg.  Univ.  Oxon.  IL  i.  167.) 

(^Notes^  on  (he  aj^atrs  of  the  University  under  the  Puritan 
dominatiun,  1648-1660.) 

Of  the  endeavours  used  to  pull  down  Academies.  Thus  far,  reader, 
with  great  paines  and  industry  have  I  brought  my  History,  the  which 
lo  draw  it  lower  I  think  not  convenient :  yet,  however,  a  breif  of  the 
chcif  mcmoniblcs  wliich  follow  you  may  sec  in  my  'Fasti  Oxonicnseii.' 
Now  for  a  conclusion  I  shall  wake  bold  lo  shew  unto  you  in  what 
csteemc  the  Universitie  stood  in  the  late  broken  times,  viz.  from  the 
year  164B  to  1660,  and  then  a  character  of  the  members  thereof  in 
gcnerall  of  that  time  '. 

The  Universitie  then  having  bin  highly  honoured  by,  and  famed 
through,  all  parts  of  the  learned  woild  In  this  and  foregoing  ages  (as 


*  tbcie  note*  ue  on  atrsy  sheets  and 
fcrapa  of  paper,  m  which  SVood  made 
jottiog;!  for  bis  hiator]r  of  the  Univenity. 
The  chief  of  them  were  perhaps  at  one 
linK-  iiiMTted  looarty  in  Wood  MS.  F  r. 
Tbc-y  were  foocd  in  Mr.  Cnu's  Hody  in 
tbc  IkKllciaii,  having  txtm  collected  as 
tbcy  fell  out  uf  tlie  MSS.  into  which 
tJ)cy  bad  I«tn  laid  ;  ami  in  1H83  were 
bound  u|>  in  a  volume:  enlittvd  '  Wuod 
I'apers  (Oxford  Hiitorj-.  etc.)'  which  is 
now  Wooa  MS.  F  31,  the  MS.  which 
originally  bore  that  rnafk  ha>'ing  bveo 
loat 

■  an  altemmire  cote  fyivei  a  more 
detailed  slntntieiit  iif  hLi  [ilan,  whicb  is 
to  give  an  account  of;— '^I)  the  en- 
dcavuBrs  tnode   lt>   destroy  the  Uot- 


vervlties  In  the  Jotervall ;  (a)  the  en- 
deavoun  uae<l  to  prcwfvc  thcnt,  by 
cajotiling  the  officen  of  the  anny,  by 
complying  with  the  cbcif  lastnunents 
that  did  endeavoor,  and  cs(j«ciaUy  in 
choo&ing  Oliver  protector,  coonlng  tbrm 
Willi  epiulm,  writing  in  the  defeoce  of 
the  UnivetMlies  and  of  learning  and 
Icamnl  men ;  (,i)  a  character  in  generall 
of  ihf  Univmiiie  and  memben  thcraf 
is  the  late  times.'  'lliit  third  bead  b 
more  folly  stated  in  another  note  : — *  of 
those  that  had  kept  in,  whether  of  the 
old  stock  or  those  that  bad  l>een  entred 
into  the  UniwrMty  in  the  intrr>-aU  nnd 
had  been  initiated  in  the  ficst^ytcnaa 
and  lodtrpmtlent  discipline.* 


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WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


mxy  be  Rcen  ui  this  work),  began  in  these  lale  Limes  to  suffer  the 
same  censures  by  our  countrjincn,  as  it  (and  Cambridge)  did  in  those 
unhappy  and  unsettled  dajes  of  King  Edward  V'l,  then  which  nothing 
could  be  imagined  more,  unless  it  were  the  fate  tJiai  befell  tlic  nur- 
series of  France,  Germany,  and  other  places  after  the  rise  and  preach- 
ing of  Luther,  Calvin,  etc.,  as  in  the  '  oration '  of  Peter  Frarin  '  of 
Antwerp  'against  the  unlawfull  insurrections  of  the  Protestants  of  his 
time  under  pretence  of  reformation  of  religion  '  may  appeare. 

'Tis  well  knowne  that  the  Universities  of  this  land  have  had  their 
beginnings  and  continuances  to  noc  other  end  but  to  propagate 
religion  and  good  manners  and  supply  the  nation  with  persons  chcifly 
prore:>sing  the  three  famous  faculties  of  Divinity.  Law,  and  Phi:»ick. 
But  in  these  late  times  when  the  dregs  of  people  grew  wiser  then  their 
teachers,  and  pretended  to  have  received  revelations,  visions',  inspira- 
tions, and  I  know  not  what,  and,  therefore,  above  ^  all  religion  ordinarily 
profest,  notlung  could  sattsBe  their  insatiable  desires  but  aiming  at  an 
utter  subwrsion  of  them  *,  church,  and  schooles,  or  those  places  that 
they  thought  might  put  a  curb  to  their  proceedings.  Intell^geni  men 
knew  and  saw  verte  well  that  it  was  their  intent  to  rout  op  all  and  to 
ruine  those  tilings  that  smelt  of  an  Academy,  never  rejoycing  more  then 
when  they  could  trample  on  the  gowne  and  bring  humane  learning 
and  arts  into  disgrace.  This  I  may  vcric  boldlic  say  and  none  can 
denye  it  that  these  domestick  confusions  among  ourselves  aliout 
matters  of  religion,  and  insurrections  of  sediuous  subjects  thai  have 
and  doe  pretend  to  reformation,  hath  bin  the  only  reason  why  these 
nurseries  must  first  fcclc  the  smart  of  their  iraplacasy  *.  supposing 
thereby  that  unless  they  were  subverted  nothing  of  llicir  designes  as  to 
tlie  settlement  of  their  opinions  can  take  place  *. 


*  in  another  draft  Wood  gives: — 'the 
oatkn  of  Peter  Fraryn,  edit.  Antwerp 
Ijitf ':  Sra,  innilalcil  from  the  Latin  by 
|dtaF«iCT.Wood8oo(3,. 

■  Wood  446  coolaini  icwrBl  i»r- 
irtmKOJMck'Vttkriu.' 

■  «  ««4  nffaxotly  coined    from 

^4in«,C0t>>ts  cfTect.  Iwgins 

«c  tm  v^^  ttVe  QD  notice 

^^^  k  ■»  titxatA.  wm  a 

^g^  ^tftnonlmary  in- 


moo  was  leproftched  with  "hamsne 
leunlng,"  ihnc  being  no  advjintacc,  u 
they  thoiif:ht,  to  a  divine.  And  this 
way  they  used  to  make  Iraraing  ■>ftvm 
nnncceMRTy  and  odious  to  tbc  vuljj&r, 
tbiit  Ml,  with  more  plansiblnxrss,  they 
might  alienate  their  (i.e.  University  and 
College)  lands.  For  nothing  cite  could 
he  their  iiitentiona  to  chciiish  np  i^ 
norancc  by  lufTerlng  and  cncotmging 
pnLftRMticks,  vrhu  had  never  seen  a 
Cnllcf^,  sacnlegiouily  to  abuse  polpits; 
|)y  which  intimaltn};  to  the  people  that 
a  cobler*!  or  taylor's  stall  wa»  aj  ^ood 
a  norsery  for  a  ilivine  as  Hthcr  Unl- 
vcrtiiie.  And  to  makethiamorcfeblljle. 


DECEMBER,  1669. 


^93 


Some  '  ihere  were  also  that  made  it  their  common  practice  to  preach 
against  lliem,  stilini^  ilicm  'llic  nurseries  of  wickedness,  the  nests  of 
mutton  tuggers,  tlic  dens  of  fonnall  droancs' ;  ever  ami  anon  stiling 
the  Colledges  and  Halls  'cages'  of  uncleanc  birds' ;  and  such  like. 
Nay,  there  were  not  wanting  some  also  that  said  the  like  expressions, 
or  to  ihal  purpos,  publickly  from  the  pulpit  even  in  the  Universities 
themselves";  as  particularly  did  V'atvasor  Powell*  in  this  (Uniwrsily. 
on)  July  15,  1657,  at  what  time  be  preached  (not  without  some 
rcpulbe)  at  All  lialiowcs  church  before  a  great  multitude  of  schokirs 
and  kycs,  for  then  after  he  had  sufBciently  rayled  against  the  Uni- 
versities, wxs  Boc  impudent  as  to  particularise  certaine  persons  in  them, 
aa  namely,  among  the  rest,  Mr.  Henr)-  Hickman  of  Magdalen  Coll. 
telUng  [he  auditory  (that  the  '  Pope  would  provide  him  a  mitre  and 
llje  Devil  a  frying-pan.') 

And  as  it  was  a  common  matter  to  dcclaimc  against  Universities  in 
piiblicke,  soe  was  it  also  in  the  private  meclings  and  conventicles  of 
tAnabaptists,  Quakers,  and  such  Ukc  unstable  people,  challenging  also 
'tomtimcs  the  gowne  it  self  to  oppose  what  they  did  and  said,  and  this 
ever'  in  the  Universities  themselves,  they  being  backed  by  force  of 
'amies  or  else  some  authority '. 


\%  iMod  of  itlDennts  were  appointed  in 
Walei— ondcT  the  condoct  of  Vavasor 

[ Powell  (Ibis  It  in  his  life  which  I  have 

I  In  my  o*ber  study), "  one  "  if  rtjjort*  be 
tnie  v*e«"The  History  of  the  wicked 
Plots  and  Conspiracies  of  Ihe  Pre^by- 
tertvia"   (by   Henry    Kuulis,   l.(indun, 

>s6tii)  lib.  I  cap.  4)  "more  fii  tu  rub 
borte  hcdcB  than  enter  a  pulpit " — wlierc 
ihey  turned  ott  the  scttcd  ministry  and 
lockd  up  the  chorcti  dorei,  that  a 
lermon  was  as  race  there  as  they  were 
loo  cORitnoo  in  kngland.  "It  was 
■DOthcr  nuui'i  concordance  and  (heir 
owne  inipadencc  that  were  their  cheif 
Interpreters  of  Scriplnfts :  the  J'athen 
and  other  ComnuJitattfra  licing  held  too 
mnch  po]>iih  and  knowing,  10  liavc  any 
credit  aniiingaachenlightiie4l  brethren  ".' 
Wood  300  is  *  Ttic  life  and  death  of 
Mr.  Vara*or  Powell,'  1671  j  in  ifais 
Wood  ha*  noted  (a)  'if  not  of  Je«.  Coll., 
then  bring  bim  into  Jcs.  Coll.'  in  the 
Athena*  ;  {b)  'A.  Wood,  ij  ^  br>iind.* 
WootI  476  (10)  it  a  pamphlet  directed 
agmbst  Vavasor  Towell  '  MtmtriHS 
Cambro  ■  Bntaiuututf  ot  News    from 


WalcB,'  t>ood.  1C53.  Wood  476  (11] 
if  lAlcxandcf  Griftith'i]  'Strttta  Vava- 
sffritmu,  A  Ncw-year^t  gift  fot  the 
Welsh  Itinerants,  or  a  hue  and  cry 
after  Mr.  Vavaior  I*owcll,'  Loiid.  165). 

'  in  the  draft  in  Wnoil  MS.  F  31, 
fol.  8,  it  run»  . — '  Hue  all  lhc«c/no  .inil 
cffMS  of  whUb  I  ba\x  not  rcpcatcO  lialQ 
bcinj>  not  SiulTtcicnt,  cuiitinuoui  clamuun 
were  still  bad  against  our  l;aiver3ttiei 
and  the  learning  ptofctt  in  them.  They 
made  it  their  common  use  to  stile  them,' 
aiwl  then  as  printed  in  (iutch's  Wood's 
Hist  Univ.  Oxon.  ii.  680,  d'^t. 

'  alluding  to  Kerelailon  n-iii.  3. 

*  "vide  preface  to  llcory  Foulia's 
"  I'lou  and  Conspiracies  " ;  vide  Henry 
Tbunnaii*(intheW/Af/f«u):Wood'snotc. 

'  '  Ylde  "  Ijfe  of  Vavaior  Powell" 
(Woo<1  500).  Bailed  in  Uie  laoattck 
churchyard' : — marginal  note  in  Wood 
MS.  t'sLfoI.  8b. 

^  '  commonly '  in  the  other  drift. 

'  another  draft  of  this,  which  has 
supplied  a  few  verbal  correctioni  in  tlw 
test,  found  In  Wood  MS.  F  31,  fol.  7  b, 
adds  bctc  :->'  I'his  I  have  iceo  and 


294 


IVOOiys  UFE  AND  TIMES, 


(Altempls*  were  made  to)  annoll  the  Universities  1653-1659. 
The  priviledges  of  the  Univcrsiiie  assailed,  vide  preface  to  '  True 
RctwII.'  (A  motion)  that  all  CoUcdges  in  Oxon  nnd  Camhridgc 
be  depriwd  of  their  lands  and  revenewes ;  see  Henrj-  Foules* '  History 
of  . ..  Presbytery  '  cap.  4  pp.  27.  28,  etc. 

Furthermore  also  some  there  were  thai  endeavoured  in  Ibcir 
writings  to  make  a  reformation  of  the  Universities  not  as  to  manners, 
but  discipline  ;  not  as  10  a  settlement  and  well- ordering  of  their  lands, 
but  to  the  taking  them  awaj*  '  to  the  end  that  droanes  might  not 
be  nursed  up';  not  to  the  increasing  or  augmenting*  of  sevc 
nurseries  in  the  Universities,  but  to  the  decreasing,  by  joyning  sever 
into  one. 

And  such  as  these'  (written  much  about  the  time  that  the  Uni- 
versities were  at  stake)  were: — (i)  John  Webster,  a  chaplain  in  ihaj 
Parliamentary  army,  somtimes  a  Cambridge  student,  in  his  booki 
intituled  *  Academiarum  *  Examen'  printed  at  London  in  4to,  1654; 
wherein  though  he  hath  pro[iosed  divers  cxpedienli  (as  he  is  pleased 
10  stile  them)  for  the  reforming  of  schooles  and  the  perft-cUng  and 
promoting  of  all  kind  of  science,  yet  he  was  verie  well  knowne  to 
one  who  endeavourcii  to  knock  downe  learning  and  the  ministry  both 
logeather,  sufficienUy  demonstrated  by  his  and  (William)  Krl>erye's* 
diiipuiatton  against  two  ministers  in  a  cliurcb  in  Lombard  Street, 
London  (October  la,  1653)  and  at  other  times  in  other  places.  But 
least  this  knight-errani  *  should  prove  unanswered  in  what  he  had 
delivered,  Dr.  Selh  Ward,  one  of  the  Savilian  professors,  did  for  the 
honor  of  learning  and  Universities  write  some  animadversions  on  his 
book'  whicli  arc  intituled  *  Vindiciac  Academiarum*  (by  U.  D.) 


hrttxl,  when  the  Analxipliits  pablicVly 
baptised  people  .ii  Hiph  (i.  c.  Hyihe) 
nri<I^c  \  aiitl  tome- 1  bavc  seen  b>ipluc(l 
\if  ODC  . ,  .  King,  n  glovrr  of  Oxoo, 
hcbdd  by  hondrcda  of  people,  that 
would  shout  at  it  uid  nuke  it  ridica- 
Umu.' 

'  ia  the  other  (Irafl  is  Wood  MS. 
F  3t,  fol.  7  :  — '  jVnd  ihm  was  Ic&niiii^ 
fiiit  of  all  upciily  trod  dimnc,  and  then 
t)ie  jtotliaiucnl  paued  thin  vutc  . . .  nnno 
165,1  [tikis  is  said  in  Ihul  ycary  ihiU  ali 
CoiUget  in  Oxjarti  antt  Cami'fidj^t  l>e 
ilrprivft/  cf  Har  lamts  and  revcnttvt 
ami  that  lAe  nAolars  0/  tktm  htcomc 
f^Mtienert.'  I't^iiioucrv.  i-ccomniciiicm, 
WltbuuL  CuUcEc  ciuuluiiivlil^     1*01  llu: 


l6j;g  ttttempt  see  Gnteb's  Wood's  llu 
Univ.  Oxon.  it.  Oyg. 

'  '  augment  in;;  of  the  scTerall 
therin,'  in  the  other  draft. 

*  *  sod)  doughty  cbnmpioni  as  the 
were'  in  the  other  dmft.  An  carik 
book  of  the  tan  i*  Wood  515  (10)  'A»' 
It  amble  motion  to  ]'arllani«ni  conorrning 
Ui£  odriuiccnienl  of  learning  and  the 
refonoation  of  the  Unin-riitics  by  J.  JL' 
[Lc.  Jolin  Hal]  uf  Dttrham],  Lund., 
1649. 

*  W'<.odIla4(8). 

*  '  Erboric'* '  in  the  other  draft 

*  '  cbajilaiu-errunt,'    iu    the    uthi: 
draft 

">  Wood  D34<io). 


DECEMBER^  1669.  295 

printed  at  Oxford  In  4to,  1654,  whcrin  may  be  discovered  the  frcnzie 
and  weakness  of  Wchstcr. 

2.  William  Dell,  of  the  said  Universirie  of  Cambridge  also,  who  in 
a  book  '  that  he  entitles  '  The  Tr)'all  of  Spirits '  (printed  at  London, 

11653.  ill  4lo)  declares  lliai '  tlic  Universities',  etc./  see  in  the  title  of 
I  tiic  book  which  I  liavc.  Whidi  book  also  \  togcalhcr  with  wliai  Mr. 
Thomas  Hobbs  hatb  said  concerning  UnivcrsUies  in  his  *  Leviathan '\ 
were  answered  by  Dr.  Seth  Ward  at  the  latter  end  of  his  '  Vindiciae 
Academiamm.' 

3.  Henry  Stubbe,  Student  of  Ch.  Ch.,  in  a  book  intituled  'A  light 
shining  out  uf  darkness'  (printed  at  London  in  410  twice  anno  1659), 
wherin  arc  scveraJl  queries  against  the  mini&try  and  against  the  Uni* 
versilies*  and  customes  or  manners  thereof.  Answered  by  H.  F.' 
(quaere),  but  never  published. 

4.  William  Spriggc,  fellow  ofLyncolne  College, in  a  book'  intituled 
'A  modest  plea  for  an  cquall  commonwealth'  (printed  at  London, 
first  in  4to,  then  tn  8vo,  anno  1659),  \vherin  is  a  chapter  for  regulating 
the  Universities.  Weakly  answered  by  a  certainc  niliiistcr  in  a  little 
pamphlet*  intituled  '  A  modest  reply  in  answer  to  the  modest  plea  for, 
etc/  4to,  London,  1639-  Vide  preface  to  Foulls's  '  Plots  and  Con- 
spiracies';  vide  ibid.  p.  28. 

g.  Anon*:  'Sundry  tilings  from  sevcrall  hands  [concerning  the 
University  of  Oxford,'  Lond.  1659.} 

[6.  Matthew  Poole's  *A  Model  for  the  maintaining  students  of 
choice  abihties  at  the  University'  1658 — Wood  515  (no.  19).  Another 
copy  is  Wood  B  37  (i).] 

Robert  Borcman'",  writ  for  Univcreilies " ;   Edward  Waierhouse 


'  Wood  B  34  (a). 

^  KC  the  r|CoCation  completed  ia 
Cratch's  Wood's  iiisL  Univ.  Oxon.  ii. 

657,  658. 

•  the  other  drift  add»:— 'Mr,  (John) 
Home,  a  fjortr  of  all  Uolvc^nitic  learn- 
ing ;  antwered  tiy  {Gcorf^)  KoKiall ; 
viile  "  Notes  from  Mr.Wilmot's  books  " 
that  were  Dr.  {Thuituu)  Lodcyc's.' 
J  ohn  Hornc's  9iir*  Ar(ary>' Jr^ :  tbc  o\va 
door  for  isui's  approach  to  God,'  Lond, 
16^,  4to.  George  KccdaU'i  'Soncti 
saticiiL :  m  bIm  an  appendix  In  aniwer 
to  Muter  Home,*  Lood.  |C>54,  foL 
S««  (lUtcli  3  Wood's  Hist.  Uoiv,  Oiloo. 
li.6j£. 

*  Load.  i6$i,  folio. 


'  noaiEinal  note  in  Wood  MS.  F  31, 
fol.  8b:— 'For  tMt  Dr.  Iildward  Rey- 
nolds wticn  he  became  dean  of  Cb  Cb. 
tbc  Kcoud  timo  turned  him  out  of  hU 
Student*!  place  aiid  got  litm  out  from 
tbc  Ubrayry.' 

•  poiuibly  Henry  Foulb. 

'  Wood6j6(r4). 

'  Wood  6a6  (15) ;  sec  p.  388  supra, 

'  in  Wood's  copy  (Wood  515  no.  ii) 
Woodnoln: — 'rciwrtcd  to  be  writtca 
by  JohD  WofRaff  of  Oriel  ColL,  bnt 
falw.' 

■^  R.  B{ornnan]  '  nait«id0;Jafitf« : 
the  triamphx  of  tcftminf;  over  ignoranoe,* 
IxHid.  i6(|.u  Wood  It  14(1), 

*'  Urn  bead  v,  treated  fidly  in  the 


39^ 


WOOD^S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


his  'Apologie'  <Lon(l.   1653;   in  Wood  130  {4));   Henry  Thur- 

man  \]  * 

[  Treatius  *for  and  agaiitti  kumam  ttaming. 

(1)  *A  vinilicntion  of  learning  fiom  nnja&t  asperdont*  I.oa<l  1646. 

(1)  ■  ntuiuaSfiaiifior  tbc  triumpfak  of  Inmiiiig  over  igoonuice/  K[obertJ  B^oiv- 
nuui},  I.oj>(I.  165.1. 

(3)  *  The  tryal  of  ftptritt  both  in  teacben  aad  hearer^'  William  Detl,  LontL 
1643. 

(4I   *  A   plain  «i(]  newssary  confutation  of  diverse  .  . .  errors  delivered 
Syditch  Simpson,  Mr.  of  peinbioke  Hall,  in  a  sermon  preacbrd  to  the  UoiTcnit 
confregitloa  [of  Cambridge]  tbc  last  cocarocacnDcot  1653/  Lond,  1654. 

{p)  '  A  testimony  from  tbc  word  against  Divinity  Drg^rjcK  in  (he  (Jnirersit 
or  tay  acsdemical  degrees  made  use  of  for  ibe  ministers  of  tbc  Goipcl.* 

(6)  Jo*ci>h  Sfdj^iclc,  '  A  scrmoD  preached  at  St,  Marie's  Cambridge  I  Ma)r 
1653  with  a  fuller  discourse  of  tJoc  Mse  at  Univcrsidcs  of  clergy/  Lond.  1653. 

(7)  ''Ewi'owoiroi  &lta>rr)<r<Ir  Learoing'snccrsKit)- to  a  ...  minister  of  the  Cocpcl* 
fcjr  Joacph  ScJgwicli  fellow  of  Chr.  Coll.  Camb.,  Lend.  1653. 

(8)  John  Webster's  '  Academianun  examcn  or  the  examiiuitioo  of  Academies* 
Lond.  i6i,^. 

(<))  John  Webster's  *  The  saints'  cddc  or  Christ  the  rule  and  niler  of  aainis,* 
Loud.  1654. 

(10)  'Vindiciae  AcadcmiarBm '  bj-  [icl]H.  [war]D.,  Oxfonl  1654.  (Apiiitst 
John  Webster,  Thomas  IlobU,  William  Dell ;  by  Setb  Ward  D.D.  and  astronomy 
f>Tofcs«or  in  Oxon ;  the  preface  by  N,  S.  i-  c.  [job]N.  [walUjS,  rather  by  [johJN. 
[wilkinlS.1 

rii)  'The  snfficiency  of  tbc  spirit's  teaching  without  humane  learning  or  a 
treatise  tending  to  prove  bunuuie  learning  no  help  to  the  spiritual  nndcrstimding 
of  tbc  word  of  God,'  written  by  S.  How  (coblcrj,  to  which  Is  added  a  postscript 
written  by  Wm.  Kiilien  [anabaptist]  nunistet  of  the  go^pd,  Lond.  1683.] 


(^Charactfristi'a  of  tfu  Prtsbyterians  and  Indeptndentt^ 

[(As  to)  manners;  factious,  saucy,  and  sotne  impudent  and 
celled,  niorcKic  (tncidcnt  lo  mosi  that  are  sedentary  and  studious),* 
false,  factious  in  college,  and  deligliling  in  petty  plots  and  raising  in 
bason  of  water ',  re&erved  (being  alwaics  jealous  that  what  they  said 


other  draft  In  Wood  Ma  F  31,  fol.  8: 
it  docs  not  differ  from  that  printed  in 
Gutch's  Wood's  Hiit,  Uuiv.  Oxon.  ii. 
659.  The  other  dian  adds  '  Mr.  Sy- 
drach  Simpson  ;  ride  Wanl's  answer  to 
Dell,'  ace  tupra  p.  395.  Sydradi  Simp- 
ton's  '  Amt^^^  wherein  tbc  judgmoit 
of  the  reformed  chnrchcB  . ,  is  shewed 
concerning  . . .  preaching  hy  those  who 
are  not  oidainedMintt-tcra,'  IawI.  1647, 
4to.     Add  also  *  Dclut  (luldiiiuri  or 


a  Foem  In  praise  of  the  Unlvcr^ty  of 
Oxford,'  i6£8,  which  Wood  notea  to  be 
'  by  one  of  Queen's  College.' 

'   •  Defence  of  Hnmanc  Ixaming  in 
the  Miaistrv,*  Oxford  1660;  Wood  130 

(»)■ 

*  Wood  has  cotlectcd  these  ireattMs 
and  bound  them  into  one  Tolume.Wood 

ba4. 

*  it  this  an  eailicr  foim  of  'a  storm 
la  a  teacup '  ? 


DECEMBER,  1650. 


297 


or  did  should  be  told  to  others  to  disadvantage).  Scorning  at  any- 
thing that  seemed  formall ;  latighing'  at  a  man  in  a  cassock  or 
canonicall  coat  or  long  cloak  10  the  heels,  at  those  praying  with  hals 
before  their  eyes  when  tliey  come  into  the  chmch  or  kneeling  down 
against  a  pillar  or  form.  Sconiing  and  laughing  at  tliose  iliat  used 
the  I-ord's  prayer.  Never  siiled  any  church  by  the  name  of  '  Si.'  as 
•  St.  Mane's ' '  S.  Peter's '  etc. ;  but  '  he  preached  at  Marie's,'  '  Peter's,' 
etc. 

(As  to)  discipline  ;  by  constant  preaching  and  praying  they  worked 
verie  much  upon  the  aflections  of  people,  and  &ome  in  so  great  manner 
lliat  they  proved  no  better  than  crazed  people,  or  such  that  arc 
dreamers  of  drtiams,  tliat  pretend  to  revelalion.s,  to  be  instructed  by 
vinons:  their  meetings  too  often  (as  I  have  told  you),  which  took  up 
the  dme  of  some  zealous  scholars  that  Uiey  had  not  time  and  would 
(not)  study  philosophy.  Disputing  constantly,  and  many  good  dis- 
putants then  bred  up,  especially  in  philosophy;  for  divinity,  I  think 
none,  for  few  or  none  had  respect  for  the  fathers  and  schoolmen, 
and  scholars  made  use  of  them  in  disputing.  Philosophical]'  dis- 
putations often  in  the  Greek  tongue  in  those  limes  (but  since  this 

slauration  scldome  or  never) ;  but  fighting '  in  the  schoolcs  and 
'other  times  in  tlic  streets  (to  die  great  scanJall  of  tlic  gowne).  frequent. 
The  sak;  of  books  very  much  *,  practicatl  divinity  and  quaint  dis- 
courses, and  money  plenty  ' ;  not  so  after  the  Restauraiion.  Quaint 
discourses  extant;  since,  noi(ihing)  but  playcs *  and  seimons ',  and 

)Iish  drollery. 


another  venion  of  thlt  ootc  It: — 

^*  cutoclta  and  the  ware  of  clergie  men 

|<(tbeytbooght)ridiculoiui;  ptnyiog  with 

"their  Iinu  before  their  cjrc«  when  they 

cotne  in  the  church  ( or  *orac  when  they 

come  In,  and  knelt}   {dtey  lbDtt{<hl) 

ridiculous.' 

*  uiotbei  fonn  of  thtt  note  ii  :— 
'dk^juting  in  Greek  id  the  vAvMAntciy 
fmyxtnC 

*  this  fighting  irose  oat  of  the 
,  keenona  of  the  disputing  in  the  >chooU ; 
loi)[>onenli  pasicd  from  word*  to  blowi, 
Itbeir  pani!iuis  joined  in  the  ^t,  And 
ltb«  crowd  of  students  stood  by  and 
|«nco(itage<l   ihc   cnnntmtiuiU    by   their 

lUnse.  Wood  176  A  no.  344  is  s 
pcHMr  istncd  by  the  Vice-chancellor 
(Daniel  Greenwood)  Mar.  l>.  l6£}, 
eomplauiing  of  the  tumults,  ercn  in  llie 


■treeli.  aritb;  out  of'  covnlng.'  Tbew 
tamults  were  all  the  greater  that  lo  the 
'  cooning '  one  coLl^e  challenged 
another. 

*  another  form  of  this  note  b: — 
'  t>ook«  more  vendible.' 

*  another  form  of  the  note  \%: — 
'money  ttiiring  from  the  new  families.* 

*  Wood  certainly  did  not  follow  the 
stream  in  this  respect :  in  his  Collecttoa 
of  books  the  drama  it  almost  iu- 
represented. 

*  the  Wood  Collection  of  books  b 
also  remarkable  (considering  the  date  at 
which  it  was  fcjrmcil)  for  the  paucity  of 
wrmons  in  it.  The  few  that  there  arc 
fcbiclly  in  WootI  6,14,  Wood  635,  and 
Wood  1)  13)  arc  mostly  presentation 
copies  lo  Wood. 


298 


IVOOD'S  UFE  AND  TUfES. 


^Thcy  used  to)  love  and  encourage  instrumental  musick ; 
but  did  not  care  for  vocall,  because  that  was  used  in  cfaorcb 
by  the  prelaticall  partie.  They  would  not  goc  to  alc-housca  or 
taverns,  but  send  for  their  liquors  to  their  respective  chambtTi  and 
tjpic  it  there.  Some  would  go  iu  publick ;  but  then,  if  overtaken,  thejr 
were  so  cunning  as  to  dissemble  it '  in  their  way  home  by  a  bme  leg 
or  that  iwrne  gutldainc  paine  there  had  taken  them.  ^They  would) 
countenance  none  but  such  that  '  had  ihe  grace  of  God  in  them.*  No 
publick  spirits,  but  minded  only  their  endearments  and  comfortabte, 
importances.] 

{CharatUristics  of  the  Presbyteriam  and  Independents.'^ 

[The'  nature  or  disposition  of  both  parties'  (especially  the  juniorajj 
was  morous  *,  censorious,  false,  faclious,  and  much  given  to  report 
and  talc-bearing. 

They  would  avoid  a  taveme  and  ale-house,  but  yet  send  for  their 
commodities  10  their  re&pectivc  chambers  and  tiple  and  smoake  till 
they  were  over-taken  with  the  crctiture.  And  yet  of  all  men,  not 
more  than  these  were  ready  to  censure  the  boone  Royallist  qx  an| 
person  that  they  saw  go  in  or  out  of  a  tavern  or  alehoua. 
]  confess  did  venture ',  but  then,  if  overtaken,  would  in  their 
home  counterfeit  a  lameness  or  that  some  suddaine  paine  came 
tbem.  They  would  also  entertaine  each  other  in  their  chambers  with 
edibles,  and  somtimes  (hut  seldome)  at  a  cook's  house  that  had  a 
back-way,  and  be  very  merry  and  frollicsome-  Nay,  such  tliat  Iiad_ 
come  from  Cambridg  and  had  gotten  fellowships  would  be  more  fr 
of  cntcrlaimnent  than  any,  and  instead  of  a  cup  of  college  beare 
a  £tir'd  macliet"  which  use  to  be  the  anticnt  way  of  entertainir^' 
in  a  College  at  3  or  4  in  the  afternoon,  they  would  entertaine  with 
tarts,  custards,  clieescaks,  or  any  other  junkets  tliat  were  in  season ; 
and  that  fashion  continued  aniuiijL;  tlw  gcncraliUc  till  the  restauration. 

They  encouraged  Liislrumcnlali  musick.  and  some  there  were  that 
had  musick  meetings  every  week  in  their  chambers ;  but  vocall, 
musick  ^  the  heads  of  these  panie(s)  did  not  care  for,  and  the  junior 


'  IIk  iiTCgnUntT  in  their  gmit. 

■  note*  in  Wood  MS.  F  31.  fol.  16. 
Wood  notes  ia  the  tnarRin:—' These 
tilings  to  come  {to  the  llistor^-of  the 
Univuiuly)  iii  the  Intlcr  aid  of  1A59'; 
'  viitv  [Kit»  out  vi  prcfsci;  tv  Ui.  Suitth's 
Knaoo  wtucb  1  han:.' 


'  I.e.  ProbytcnaosandlDdepeadeot 

*  i  c  taoroK. 

*  to  Ro  to  taverns. 

*  I  do  nnt  kiKJW  the  word  ;  tlic  read- 
ing iitay  |Knail>ly  \m  '  luuclict.' 

'  jMirl-siagiug,  I  su|>|)«sc 


were  afraid  to  entertainc  it  because  used  by  the  prchticall  party  in 
iheir  devotions. 

They  were  Rteat  cnimies  to  May-j^mes  and  would  never  suffer 
anything  thcrof  to  be  done  in  the  Univcr&ilic  or  cily,  as  May-poles, 
morrices,  WTiiison  ales ;  nay,  scarce  wakes. 

They  would  not  suffer  any  common  players  to  come  into  the 
Univcrsitie,  nor  scholars  to  act  in  privat  hut  what  they  did  by  stelth ; 
yet  at  Act  times  they  would  permit  dancing  the  rope,  droUes,  or 
monstrous  sights  to  be  seen. 

They  would  not  suffer  any  swearing  or  cursing ;  and  if  a  scholar 
was  found  guilty  of  either,  expulsion  for  the  most  part  was  his  punish- 
ment :  if  any  townc-raan,  a  forfeiture  of  money,  (ihc)  stocks,  or 
prison. 

<They  did)  avoid  the  company  of  royalists  and  the  prelatical!  party, 
as  llie  prottsiants  did  the  papi:its  and  popislUy  affected  after  the  plot 
was  discovered  in  the  latter  end  of  Sept.  1678. 

They  sufferetl  not  public  drunkenness  but  punished  it  very  severely, 
And  did  make  the  boone  party  that  were  guilty  of  it  so  scnnd.ilous  in 
their  discourse,  nay,  in  sermons,  that  it  frighted  the  yong  fry  Irom  it 
and  their  company. 

Being  taken  off  from  these  pleasing  matters,  they  became  factious 
among  tliemsc-lves,  and  ever  and  anon  carrying  tales  to  the  great 
persons  and  endeavouring  to  lift  one  another  out ;  so  that  every  man 
carrj'ing  himsell'  wary  and  being  jealous,  seldome  free  discours  or 
company  was  made.     Wee  had  no  coffey  houses  then. 

JIany  also  of  llicm  that  were  the  sons  of  upstart  gentlemen,  such 
that  bad  got  tlie  good  places  into  tbcir  hands  bcIouginK  to  the  law- 
courts  and  had  '  bought  the  lands  of  the  clergy  and  gentry,  were 
generally  very  prood,  saucy,  impudent,  and  seldome  gave  respect  to 
any  but  the  li-ading  person.  As  for  any  of  the  old  stock",  lliey' 
laughed  and  flouted  at  them,  scarse  gave  diem  the  wall,  much  less  the 
common  civility  of  a  hat ' :  and  so  it  was  that  the  anticut  gentry  of  the 
nation  were  dispiaed. 


'  another  version  is  :— 'hart  por- 
chuvd  bubops',  ilvuues',  an<1  rojralUst 
Iftndt.' 

*  I.C..  Mwtcn  of  Arts  aixl  Fdlowi 
of  Colleges,  of  Ibc  limes  before  1641, 
who  stilt  remained  iu  Uxforil. 

*  i.  e.  titc  nfiiurtj. 

*  Uiii1crf;rail[Utcs  were  rifpilly  ci- 
peeled  to  'CA(>'  any  M.A.  or  FUlow  t>t 


thdr  own  CoUc)*e :  h  wu  one  of  the 
privik;:c6  of  the  tJcaitknuui-Conununer 
ill  Collc|^  to  be  exetnpt  from  this 
tiectuitjr  of  rni^ig  the  csp.  1'he  otdi- 
fumces  for  the  atlmission  of  Coillemcn- 
Coremonnit  nuule  nt  Uncoln  Colle^ 
on  la  Oct.  tlSfi6  (Kegiitnjta  netliaiD 
Coll.  Line.  M.  1 48  J  arc  probably 
typical  of  tbdr  privikjjea    and    may 


300 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES, 


The  inferior  sort  or  juniors  went  verie  lavishly  in  their  apparel) ; 
they  alwaics  wore  bats  with  ribband,  powdrcd  hair,  lac'd  l)ands  and 
tasscll  or  snake-bow  band -strings,  half  i^hirts,  and  long  cuffs :  and  no 
wonder,  seing  Dr.  {John)  Owen  when  vice-chancellor  had  alwaics  hia 
hair  powdred,  cambr^ic)  band  wi:h  larg  cosily  band-strings,  velvet 
jacket,  his  breeches  set  round  at  knee  with  ribbons  pointed,  Spainsh 
leather  boots  wiih  Cambrig '  tops,  etc.  And  all  this  was  in  opposition 
to  a  prelaticall  cut. 

Gownts  with  «ide  sleeves  (as  wide  as  surjilices),  brought  by  the 
Cambridge  bachclaurs  ;  imitated  by  undergraduates.  Masters' 
gowncs  long,  dragling  on  the  ground,  sleeves  also  not  used  by  antient 
scholars,  faced  with  velvet. 

Discipline,  strict  and  severe ;  dispuiations  and  lectures,  often  ; 
catechising,  frequent ;  prayers,  in  most  tutors'  chambers  every  uighi. 
Wee  had  then  very  good  exercises  in  all  matters  performed  in  ilic 
Schooles  ;  philosophy  di^utations  in  Lent  dme,  frequent  in  the  Greek 
tongue ;  coursing  very  much,  ending  alwaics  in  blowes,  and  that  in 
the  publick  streets  to  the  great  scandall  of  the  gownc. 

Acts  were  then  well  performed,  as  well  in  Divinity  as  Philosophy ; 
the  T<rrae  filii  witty,  but  scldome  scurulous  or  prophane,  neilher 
reflecting  much  on  their  governours. 

Preaching  and  praying,  too  much ;  and,  if  not  for  necessaries,  some 
would  carry  on  thase  exercises  a  whole  week  togcaiher.  'Twas 
*  scandalous '  to  have  a  short  and  quaint  sermon  or  to  utter  any 
docti'ine  sav(ou)ring  of  Arminius  or  Socinus;  and  'scandalous'  it 
was  to  have  a  formal]  siarcht  prayer  before  it ;  and  '  verie  ridiculous  * 
to  conclude  with  the  Lord'})  prayer  on  bended  knees.  Some,  and 
more  particularly  Dr.  (John)  Owen,  would  very  scornfully  laugh  at 
the  preacher  iliat  should  doe  so,  set  downe  (wheras  he  stood*  before), 


therefore  be  given  here.  The  gMitlc- 
mro-cotnmuiKr^  (l)  shall  n(»t  be  re- 
(|iure(l  'to  go  bow  bcTarc  the  FcHows 
as  other  commoners  do  ;  (a)  Khnll  bavc 
the  use  of  the  Colkge  library  [»  privi- 
lege which  proved  diustroas  to  the 
libniTlj ;  (3)  shall  sit  at  the  FeUowa' 
table  till  they  are  a  meu  of  thetntelvct 
and  when  there  are  4  admitiMi  thcf 
tboll  go  to  their  own  table  liistinct  from 
any  othets  in  the  hall  and  »ball  have 
commons  brought  to  them  next  after 
the  FcUowi,  hat  they  shall  be  oblijred 
to  rise  from  uble  at  dioucr  or  sapper  as 


sooii  as  the  Fellows*  grace-cup  is 
brought  np  to  them  ;  (4)  llictr  names 
shall  be  placed  in  the  bullerjr-buok  next 
after  the  Fowidation  men  ;  (5)  and  also 
Id  the  chapel  thcj  shall  hare  precedence 
nest  to  (hem.* 

'  i.e.  'cambric' 

*  standing,  not  Icneelin)^,  wni  ttie 
posture  during  prayer  of  a  I'resliyienan 
congregation  :  aa  it  continued  till  within 
the  Tart  twenty  yean  ta  all  Hrcsbytcrian 
churches  b  Scotland.  During  pmyrr 
the  head  was  tmcorcrcd  :  at  other  tiioea 
the  hat  may  have  been  worn  in  church. 


DEC,  1660  —7. 1;V.  1060. 


301 


and  put  his  hat  on  his  head;  vide  Hobbs'  '  History'  of  the  Civill 
Wars  of  England.'  p.  31. 

Slaiiy  quaint  discourses  vrtxe  then  cxiant;  and  the  sale  of  books, 
especially  practicall  divinity,  very  mucli.  Not  so  aflcr  the  rcslauratlon, 
onlic  playes,  sermons,  drollery. 

Money  then  stirring,  and  comming  from  the  new  gentlemen. 

(The)  University  flourished  in  number',  but  few  nobility;  few 
gentry  also,  unless  to  Colleges  where  an  old  Head  and  some  Kellowes 
remained.  After  the  lestauration  it  did  in  some  manner  decay  in 
number :  Presbyterians  and  Independents  and  other  fanalicall  people 
did  forbcare  to  send  them  for  fcarc  of  orthodox  principles.  Another 
[>ariy  iliough(t)  an  University  loo  low  a  breeding;  cntertain'd  one* 
at  home,  who  infused  principles  of  Athcisme.  Others  sent  them 
beyond  the  seas  and  they  return  home  factious  and  propagat  faction. 
AiKither  party  (the  papists),  ihcy  send  also  beyoad  sea.] 


leH  ^^^  1330 :  1-3  ^^'  n :  Wood  act.  28. 

JaanuT> — ^Tbe  ad,  M.,  for  ihb  Alinanadc,  51/;  paid  Mr.  Bumhaia  b  score,  ^. 
—  3,  T.,  for  i«mp!ilclts ',  \\d — 6,  F.,  pamphlctts,  is  id. — 7,  S.,  spent  with  Mr. 
{Joha)  Curtcync  and  Mr.  (Obndisb)  ScdgwicVc,  nysleni,  6(/;  the  same,  for  a 
iphlctt,  j/— 10,  T.,  for  pamphlctts,  Srf  — ij,  ¥.,  pamphlrtts,  lorf. — 14.  S., 
Mr.  Ftnmham  0  score,  (ui. — ao.  F.,  pnmphlctis,  is  3</.— ai,  S,,  lo  Beclcronl, 
for  binding  books,  \s:  pamplinift*  of  Davis,  u. — 16,  Th.,  for  pampbletu  of 
Forest,  u  ^d. — 17,  F.,  for  pacapMcttt,  ^d;  the  same,  for  tipples  uid  ale  for  Mr. 
{Willuun)  Sprigg,  (John)  Curtcync,  ftod  (Obodiah)  Sedgwick,  6<f  j  the  ume,  for 


'  T.  H(ul.bc»]  'History  of  the  Ciril 
Wars  tn  EngUnti  from  the  year  iti,io  to 
1660,'  pub).  1679  ,  Svo  [bibL  BodL  8" 
B  iOj  Line] ;  re-poblUhed  und«r  the 
title  'Behemoth,'  Load.  1680,  Svo 
(,Woodii.i  ()>]  :  and  again  in  1  volume 
of  tracu  by  Hobbet,  Lond.  1683,  Svo 
[Wood  304]. 

•  u  evidence  of  the  wide-spread 
lo  stnd  students  to  the  L'niver- 

ties  r<.'len:ni:c  may  lie  made  to  ibe 
bbscriplion-echc-ine  of  1647,  Wood 
a;6  A  no.  joj;  is  '  Tlie  names  of  Irnstccs 
for  receiving  money  to  mauitain  hopeful 
students  at  the  University  for  the  supply 
ot  the  Church  of  Ood  in  England  with 
ministers,'  Lond.  1647.  Facts  like  this 
have  lo  lie  set  against  what  Wood  says 
of  the  Puritan  wi^h  tu  oveithrow  the 
Itoirenilies. 


'  a  tutor. 

*  among  the  pamphlets  bought  by 
Wood  (bis  month  waft  Wood  510(35) 
'  A  perfect  narrative  of  the  gronads  and 
rcaioos  moving  some  ofl)ccr&  of  the  anny 
in  Ireland,*  Lond.  t66o;  which  he 
notes  to  have  been  '  sold  in  the  begin- 
ning of  January  i6<|.'  Alio  Wood 
376  A  no.  314  'A  itectaratioti  (with 
names  atladird  of  cilijxus  of  London) 
of  the  people  of  Kngtand  for  a  Free 
Parliament,'  in  wbicti  he  notes  '  300:90: 
aiid  ,s  hands,'  i.  c.  395  signatnics. 

•  Wood  B  jj  conulns  some  of  these, 
being  dated  •  Ant.  Woode  ;  Jan.  11  A.D. 
1659' i.e.  (|:  thus  Wood  B  jta  (i)  is 
Sir  Henry  Spelmaa's  '  Tilbcs  too  hot  to 
be  toudied,"  I^rtid.  [1647]  ;  Wood  B  ja 
<,l>  S[«lraftn'B  •  rie  non  temcrandis  ec- 
elcsiis,'  Oaf.  1646. 


3oa 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


a  dpaxx  of  sack  nl  their  cJuiinhert,  ai.— 30,  M.,  given  to  Robert  Cale  wbei  Mr. 
(WUluun)  Spngg  wcdi  away,  6</.    (Total)  14/  i\d, 

January.— Jan.  16,  M^  Mr.  (John)  Belchior,  the  Anabaptist, 
preached  al  St.  Pcicr's  in  the  lJall<toluiii).  inveighing  much  aganst  the 
present  overtures ;  proceding  soe  farr  as  the  vice-cancellor,  Dr. 
(John)  Conant,  turned  hitn  out  of  the  church.  He  was  set  up  by  .  . . 
Andrews  the  butler  of  Exon.  Coll.,  and  Mr.  (Ralph)  Anstcn,  and 
major  Hatchman  a  casheired  Anabaptist  officer.  Vide  History  (i.e. 
Gutch'a  Wood's  Hisl.  Univ.  Oxon,  Vol.  IL  p.  697).  (John> 
Belchior,  borne  at  one  of  the  Hasclcys,  a  butcher,  or  butcher's  son. 
[(Jan.  21,  1660)  Ant:'  &  Woodc  Jan.  21  a.d.  1659,  pret.  51  6rf.j 
{ag  Jan.  i6J^,  William  Whittingham,  registrar  of  the  University, 
died;  sec  Wood  MS.  F  zf^.K,  fol.  352  b.  0.  C.  8560  (now  in  Wood 
MS.  E  4)  is  a  '  Life  of  William  Whittingham '  (Oean  of  Durham 
1563-1579),  of  which  Wood  saj-s,  in  Wood  MS.  E  4,  that  it  was 
*  written  by  one  of  his  acquaintance,  a  Puritan :  it  was  somtimcs  in 
the  hands  of  his  great  grandson  Mr.  Whittingham,  regester  of  Oxford ; 
after  whose  death  comming  inio  the  hands  of  Mr.  Benjamin  Cooper ', 
his  successor,  he  gave  it  to  me  :  'tis  onlie  a  copie/  le.  a  transcript.) 

Febmarj. — 1,  W.,  for  bolinj:;  ray  Bhocs,  l<  tk/;  for  applet,  31^ — 3,  Th.,  apent 
at  Mr.  Homc'»  with  Mr.  (Juhn)  Curtc-ync,  (Olxuliah)  Sedgwick,  etc,  6*/;  pamplK, 
leit»  and  lake,  if.— 3,  F.,  pamphlettt,  u  i.d.~T,  T.,  paiapWetu,  u  $</.— to,  F, 
p(unplilctt»,  id\  the  tame,  'PaliticaU'  Kctlc^tiona/  61/.  — 11,  S.,  oyUcn  at  Mr: 
(Ohatliith)  Sn^pnick't  chamber,  \t\  the  came,  spent  vrith  Mr.  (John)  Curtejae 
anil  Mr.  Fowlc»'«t  tlie  Ta^cni,  u.— 14,  T.,  pamphle«»,  gdl— 17,  F.,  pamphleltt*, 
\$  &£— iS,  5.,  ipent  al  Loose  hall  *  with  Mr.  (John)  Concyne  and  Mr.  (Otudiali) 


'  note  at  the  beginning  of  Wood  10 
(Whaitoo's  Almanacs  165 1  -1 660}. 
Wood  at  a  later  date  added  this  note 
about  Wharton :— '  Capt.  Geot^g  ^lur- 
ton  bamc  ot  Kirkby-Kctidall  4  Apr. 
1617;  IrnsUTcr  of  bis  majestic')  ordin- 
ance in  the  Tower  po»t  restiumtioncm 
Caroli  Li  ;  loaiJe  a  baronet  for  hif 
fonncr  service  to  King  Charles  1  in 
Jaanary  (to)  1677.  The  t  almanack 
that  G.  W.  pablishcd  was  in  1637—so 
Mr.  Kliat  Athmoli;;  ia  1640 — to  Sir 
Edward  Sherburne.' 

*  Iknjamia  Cooper  A.M.  Mcrt.  was 
elected  Kcgiatrar  18  Feb.  t6||. 

*  by  Francis  Osbom,  LontL  1656; 
aot  now  in  the  Wood  Collection. 

*  lleory  FouUs,  matric  at  Queen's 
CoU.    10    Nov.    l6j4;    M.A.   t^ueeu's 


CoU.  35  Jnoc  i6$9;  Fellow  of  Lbc. 
CoU.  3  Feb.  16M;  B-I>-  Line.  7  Not. 
1667  :  died  74  Dec  1669. 

'  omoo^  the  pamphlcu  booght  this 
month  was  WootI  615(4)  ' Tlic  Treaty 
of  peace  between  France  and  Spain, 
7  Nov.  1659,'  Lond.  1660;  in  which 
Wood  notes  'this  came  oat  La  Feb. 
1659'  (i.  e.  I},  and  cost)  '&/.' 

*  I  rjurt-iiiin  whether  the  locality 
assigned  for  this  Titvem,  on  the  an- 
Lbority  of  Wiltiam  I  laddcsfoid,  writing 
in  1771.  con  \x  accepted  as  tnie.  Kod- 
dcsford  describes  '  Loose  hall  *  as  a 
smaU  ale-hoote  kept  by  '  mother  Lonsc  * 
at  the  bottom  of  Hendin^ton  Mill  just 
where  the  road  branches  off  to  Matstoo  : 
the  thof t  street  rtmiUng  southwards  from 
tlit»  curacf  intu  the    main  road  waa 


JAN.— FEB.  1680. 


303 


Snlgwickc.  dii. — >i,  T.,    pamphlctts,   81/. — 34,  F.,    pamphlelts,    ft/.— a;, 
pompblctu,  ^.    (Total)  ly  ^. 


M. 


February.^*In  the  beginning  of  Febr.  Henry  Stubbe '  before 
meiuion'd  was  publkkly  coinplayr/d  of  in  Uic  parliament  house,  for 
palliatiDg  in  print  tiie  wickedness  and  roguery  of  Sir  Henry  Vane. 

Tlic  beginning  of  this  mounth  was  Mr.  ^Henr>)  Stubbs'of  X*. 
Ch.  complained  of  in  the  Parliament  House  as  one  that  palU.itcd  in 
prim  *  Sir  Henry  Vanc'a  wickedness,  {Entered  in)  H(enry)  Stub  (in 
rhe  Aih.) 

(Wood  610  (63)  is  '  The  lord  general  (George)  Monck  his  speech 
in  Parliaincnt,  6  Fub.  (Monday)  i(>H,'  Lend.  1660.  It  contains  the 
words  "  and  lo  be  careful  neither  the  cavalier  nor  pbanalique  party 
have  yet  a  share  in  your  civil  or  military  power,"  on  which  a  note 
has  been  made  *  this  word  *  "  phanatique  "  comes  much  in  fashion  after 
Uiis.') 

About  the  banning  of  Uiis  mounth  (Febr.)  died  Dr.  (John) 
Oliver,  late  prae^ident  of  Mag.  Coil.  Oxon. 

Feb.  12,  Su.,  obiit  Rfr.  .  .  .  Hunt,  nuper  socius  Nov.  Coll.,  et 
sepelitur  in  claustro. 

Feb.  the  13,  M.,  at  night,  was  great  rejoicing  here  ai  Own  for  the 
news  of  a  free  parliament  *,  ringing  of  bells,  and  bonfires,  etc.  There 
were  rumps  flung  in  a  bonfire  at  Queen's  Coll.  and  some  at  Dr. 
(John)  Palmer's  window  at  Allsules. 

*Feb.  13,  Munday,  at  night,  was  great  rcjoycing  tn  Oxon  for  the 
news  Uut  then  was  brought,  that  there  should  suddenly  be  a  free- 


caWtd  'iUrpnchord  Row,*  sow  'Lon- 
don Terrace*  Bnt  ia  John  Ogilb/i 
*  Itiaeiariam  ADf;lue,'  1675,  in  the 
sum-y  of  '  ihc  ri>ad  from  Onford  to 
Carabridjjc'  wc  Iwtc  '  Lowbc  Hall,  so 
callci)  by  Die  Scholars'  niArkcii  u  a 
boose  Dortfa  of  Oxford  near  (iotford 
bridge.  TbU  is  much  moie  in  accord- 
oacc  w  ith  Wood's  habit  of  cotng  iato  a 
wA)rti<Ie  inn  for  a  rIus  of  ale  in  the 
cotiiu  i>f  nn  altetncion's  ws]k,  anil  cur- 
mponds  on  (he  nottli  of  Oxford  lo 
Finnock's  at  Cumnor  on  the  wcit  or 
Joan')  of  HcadingtoD  on  the  cut 

*  Wood  hat  a  marginal  note:— 'tee 
Alh.  ct  Fasti  vol,  3,  p.' . .  . 

*  llcfvryStublkc  was  an  acqoaintitncc 
ofWuod'i;  Wood  613  (19) 'The  com. 
moowvalth  of  luael '  by  II.  S[tuUic  uT 


Xt  Ch.],  Load.  1659,  bai  the  note  *  A. 
Wood,  donum  anthoiis.' 

*  Tin  llcory  Siabbe'a  'Letter  to  an 
officer  in  the  army,'  Land.  16^9  (Wood 
616  DO.  6).  Stabbe  wu  fncndly  to 
the  Vane  Cunily ;  sec  Wood  .1^3^.7) 
lU-cry  Slobbc's  '  EpistoU  ilcniioo 
Vaiie,  itnoi|;cro,'Oaun.  1IJ56.  Anulticr 
>  jictiU-nl '  |iam|)hlct  tssocd  by  Ktcnry 
Stubbc  this  year  was  'A  light  ahiniog 
out  o[  darknces '  etc  which  was  twice 
pablishcd  Lond.  1659;  sec  p.  195. 

*  W'ood  J76  A  DO.  jfio  is  'A  char- 
actn'  of  a  pbanatiqnc/  Lond.  i6te; 
bought  by  Wood  lo  *  Marc"!  1659,'  i.e. 
||.  Wood  613^35)  ii  '  Fanatiqne 
Qucrica,'  l^oudon,  Feb.  i6|t. 

'  we  Pe|>y»'  Diajjr  under  date  it 
Feb.  itiU- 


3<H 


WOOD*S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


parliament  V  The  bells  rang,  and  bonfiers  were  made,  and  some 
rumps  or'  tayles  of  sheep  were  flung  into  a  bonfier  at  Qu.  coll.  gate. 
Dr.  John  Palmer,  a  great  rumper,  warden  of  Allsods  Coll.  in  the  place 
of  Dr.  {Gilbert)  Sheldon,  being  then  ver)*  ill  and  weak,  had  a  rump 
thrownc  up  from  the  street  at  his  windowes.  He  had  been  one  of  the 
rump  [tarliamcnt,  and  a  great  favourite  of  Oliver. 

This  month  of  Feb.  1659  (i.  e.  i6|^),  I  set  up  my  chimney  which 
cost  me  about  tt ;  as  also  the  window  in  my  study. 

*At  this  time  A.  W.  being  resolv'd  to  set  himself  to  the  study  of 
antiquities  and  do  somihing  in  them  in  the  houste  where  he  was 
borne,  he  set  up  a  chimney  in  the  upper '  roome  looking  eastward  ;  and 
in  the  next  room  joyning  he  put  out  a  window  next  to  the  street,  and 
made  it  a  study,  in  which  he  camposed  for  the  most  part  those  things 
which  he  afterwards  published. 

{Feb.*  15,  iGfiQ  alias  i6<;9. 

C^octor)  John  K(c7DDlds>  wu  (or  should  hxre  byn)  bome  in  Pjnhoe  mtiai 
Pynhiwes.      IIi»  Cf<i^cr's  and)  grandfather'^  nniRC  was   Rii-hard  ;  who  h«d  3 
soDiu; — i,Thotnaa,wardcnDrili'Icnoa  CoUedge.viccchuicellorofOxoD.anddemcof  | 
the  catheilrsll  of  Exeter;  a,  MitJiiicll,  rector  ufPinhoca//ai  PynhAwespariTthe^te&lei 
fenedtrae') ;  3.  Kichud  (the  fathct  of  Pr.  John  I^AUiolde)  bid  six  soaos,  vizt. : — 

'•  ■!I'"""    f  fellowes  of  N'cwc  Colledge  in  Oxon. 

3,  YAvnaoA,  fcllowc  (manie  ycares;  and  borsor  of  C.  C  C. 

4,  James,  fclltiwc  of  h^cttr  CoUcdgc, 
£.  John,  praesident  of  C.  C.  C. 
6,  Nicholas,  who,  havinj;  hit  grandfather  and  father's  meanes,  had  sonos  4, 

I,  Ridiard       1 

3,  WilliAin      >  brcde  in  Oxoo 

3,  Edmord      J 

4.  James,  cnjoylngc  his  Brandfathcr's  (Richaiti's)  and  fathci**  (Nicholas^ 
meoncs,  lyveth  still  in  Tynhoc  o/uu  Pinhawcs  aboute  3  mylcs  from  £xcter  com. 
Devon. 

Your  tcrvaunl 

W.  R.  CRSS<iDgtoa>.] 

[18  Feb.",  S.,  IJenjamin  Cooper.  A.M.  c  Coll.  Mert..  electus  est 
Rcgistrarius  Universitaiis  in  loco  Gulielmi  Whittingham  defunct!.] 

[The*  latter  end  of  Fcbr.  i6£{  was  a  ston  coffin  found  at  Osney 
with  bones  in  it. — At  the  dissolution  of  Ousncy  Abbey  tin:  west  end  of 

•  Wood  6io(ji7\  U  'Tlic  fwrni  of 
writs  to  be  issued  foi  the  election  of. . . 
Farliftment  to  be  holdcn  35  Apr.  166a,' 
Lood.  t66o;  bought  by  Wood  in  March 
ifrH.  Wood  6)0,39)  *•  'A  perfect 
list  of  the  names  of  the  Knights  etc  for 
tbc  paillamenl,  35  Ai>r.  1O60,'  Lund. 
1660;  boBght  by  Wood  on  >5  Apr. 
i06a. 


»  'or'  in  the  H,«l.  MS.;  'and'  m 
the  Tanner  MS, 

*  '  uppermost  *  in  the  Harl.  MS. 

*  this  letter  ti  found  in  Wood  MS.  F 
31,  fol.  50  ;  Wood  notes  that  it  is  from 
'  William  Raynolda  of  Caasiogtoa.' 

*  Dotc  in  Wood  MS.  E  5. 

*  notes  by  Wood  printed  by  Itearoe 
M  tile  end  of  '  Liber  Niger  Scaccarii.' 


1^ 


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III 

ia-2 

fa  o^ 


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■5=3      I  o 


53 


.a 


305 


6t2|o 


U-1 


E 


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4 


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P 
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•B 


U^'OOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


Si.  TTiomas's  Church,  with  the  lower,  was  built';  and  dedicated  to 
Sl  Nicholas.  It  was  a  chappell  of  case  to  Ousncy. — There  were 
some  gravescones  removed  from  Ousncy  (wiih  inscriptions)  Lo  Sl 
Thomas  Church,  but  since  defaced.] 

{In  Feb.  i6|^5  and  on  at  May  1660  Wood  wrote  ont  a  list  of 
benefactors  of  Univ.  Coll.  which  is  now  found  in  Wood  MS.  I-  28,  fol, 

I3-J6.> 

Mapoh.— 3,  F.,  parnphtettn,  li  ?rf.— 5,  S.,  siwrt  at  ILp  Miter  with  Mr,  {John) 
Cnrtc)Tie  nnd  Mr.  <OIj<uiiah>  Sedpwick,  3J.— «,  T.,  pampUcKs,  u  6rf;  'The* 
Uentlc  Craft."  (i4.~i,  W.,  client  At  Will.  Horner's  with  Mr.  {J«>hii)  Curtcync  nnd 
Mr.  (Obaiiiah)  Scrfgwickc,  W. — 9,  F.,  pamphlctts.  1;  dd. — 10,  S.,  pamphlclts,  9^. 
—  VI,  M.,  to  \Viie  for  a  Kulhcon,  u  ;  at  Ellcses,  6i/.— 13,  T.,  a  paniplilctl,  \\d. — 
16,  F.,  pamphlcttiK  li  4^/.— 17,  S.,  epcnl  at  the  Miter  with  Mr.  (John)  Curtcyne 
and  Mr.  (Obodiah^  Sedgwicke,  1/;  the  same,  for  painphlett«, .  . .  . — jo,  T., 
pamphlctti,  ir  lorf.— 33,  F.,  piunpMctt«,  li.— 37,  T.,  paniphktu,  li.— 39,  Th  , 
spent  at  the  Salulalion  Tavcm  with  Mr.  (Eilmunil)  Gregory,  (WtUiani)  Bull,  uul 
(Hetuy)  Hawley,  lorf.— 30,  F.,  pamphlein,  \i  id. 

MaroK— March  1659  (i.e.  i6^>  lent  Mr.  <Obadiah>  Sedgwidc 
Grenwcod  *  '  of  love,'  Guzman  *,  Guillim's  * '  Hiraldry,'  and  Leigh's  • 
*  Twelve  Caesars.' 

Mar.  4,  Su.,  obiJi  Dr.  (Johannes)  Palmer,  cusios  (Coll.)  Omnium 
Animarum  Oxoii ;  el  scpctilur  in  capclla  ^  ejusdum,  die  S. 

[John  Palmer*  aliiu  Vaulx,  Dr.  of  Physick,  warden  of  Allsouks  and 
one  of  ihe  recruiters  of  the  Long  Parliament,  died  4  March  i6f  g  and 
was  buried  in  Allsoules  chappell  towards  the  upper  end.  Me  was  aa 
apothccarie's  son  of  Taunton  in  com.  Somerset,  and  had  took  to  wife 
Marj- '  the  sole  daughter  and  hcire  of  John  Tristram  of  Baroi>ton  in 
com.  Devon  counccllour  at  law  {by  Mary  bis  wife  one  of  Uie  daughters 


'  see  Clark's  Wood's  Gty  of  Oxford, 
U.  p.  116. 

*  now  Wood  C  31  (1),  a  diap-bodc 
in  praise  of  ahoemokers. 

'  Wood  741  (jl ;  William  Greenwood, 
'  DescriptioR  of  the  pasuun  of  Ixive,' 
I.oDfi,  1657.  Woml  has  a  note  in  U 
'mostly  taken  (out)  of  (Rohcit)  Bar- 
toD's  ("  Anatomy  of)  Melancholy.'' ' 

*  ponibly  Wood  305  {'  The  V-ogw 
or  the  life  of  Guiraan  dc  Alfarachc,'  by 
Matthew  ALcmau,  Lood.  ibt/b'i  with 
signttiifi  of  a  fomter  owner  '  Rotxtt 
Hangvrfoid  hi*  bookc';  or  Wood  373 
(3)  'The  EnglUh  Guzman'  (tee  tupra 
p.  153  note  s). 

'  'A  display  of  Hcmldry,'  !■>•  John 
Cnilliin;  l,u(id.  in  variu4i5 editions  1(110, 


163),  1638  :  no  copy  of  it  Is  nowfoond 
MOoOf;  the  Wood  booki. 

•  Wood 373;  Edward I^igb'fi'Chotce 
ObKTvatioru  oo  the  tint  Twelve  CBetsrs,* 
Oxon.  1635. 

'  Gulch's  Wood'*  Coll.  and  IlalU,  p. 

•  note  In  Wood  MS.  F  4.  p.  98. 
Wood  gives  in  colours  these  arou:  — 
'  or,  a  chcfTon  bctwcvn  3  cimjurfoils 
^Ica  (All  Souls  College);  impaling, 
argent,  n  bend  dieirquy  or  and  gulet 
(VauK).' 

»  margini*  note  by  Wood:— 'which 
Mary  afterward  was  married  to  I>r. 
RBl[>h  BathursI  prcudeiit  of  Trinitie 
Coll.  in  O'tni.*  On  .1  slip  pasted  on  to 
p.  76  of  Wood  MS.  F  4  Wood  has 


FEB.  —  MARCH,  1660. 


307 


of  James  (Ley)  earl  of  Marlborough).  The  said  Dr.Palmer  had  issue 
by  his  said  wife  Mary, — ^John  Palmer'  (a  merchant  in  London);  Mary' 
(who  wag  married  to  Richard  Cbaundlcr  of  Kdmundslon  by  Salisbury, 
gent,  in  Trinitie  Coll.  chappcll  Oxon  23  Feb.,  Shrove  lueaday,  1669 
(i.e.  to));  and  Klizahclh  (who  was  married  to Georg BajTiard, master 
of  Ans  of  Wadham  College,  son  of  Thomas  Baynard  of  Clift  in  com. 
Dors.,  gen.).] 

I  sent  a  letter  to  Mr.  Cristopber  Reynolds,  dated  Th.,  the  9  of 
March. 

March  13,  T.,  Dr.  Johannes  Owen*  (decanus  ex  Acde  Xli)  ana 
cum  Ambrosio  Uplon  (canonico  ibidem)  cjccti  fuerunt ;  et  Dr. 
(IHdwardus)  Reynold  ei  Dr.  (Johannes)  Mills  in  loca  coram  suffeclj. 
Vide  Newsbook. — The  ....  Dr.  Reynolds  and  Dr.  Mills  were  entred 
in  the  buttery -booke.  See  '  Mercurius  *  Civicus'  among  my 
pamplilelts,  March  18  (Su.)  1659  (i.e.  ^). 

[14  March*,  1659  (i.e.  ^),  first  Wednesday  in  Lent,  proctors 
chose  at  Ch.  Ch.,  (John)  Dod  and  (William)  Hawkins.  Controveraie 
followed.] 

March  so,  T.,  obiit  Mr.  (Thomas)  Nanson,  socius  Coll.  Reginal.; 
et  sepoltus  jacct  in  ecclesia  S.  Petri. 

March  2 1 ,  W.,  lent  Dr.  (  Ralph  )  Bathursi  of  Trin.  Coll. :— Leland's  • 
'Laborious  Juraey  in  King  Henry  VIII  daycs,*  Matthew  Parker's 
life ',  Lloyd's  *  '  Breviary  of  Britian.'     Returned  Jf.,  March  26. 

Mar.  22,  Th.,  bought  out  of  Dr.  (John)  Palmer's  study  of  books 
severall  things  *,  4s. 

Mar.^,  30  day.  F.,  wa.s  one  Fowke  Grevill  of  or  near  Banbury  com. 
Oxon.,  condemned  for  robbing  and  killing  a  man. 


Ibese  notes : — '  Mary,  wife  of  Dr.  Ba- 

tlitint  and  widdow  of  Dr.  John  Palmer, 
died  at .  . .  nearc  Tionton  la  Somcnct- 
ihi»  Apr.  14  1690:  tht'ic  tmribd': 
*  died  and  liuiied  al  Bishop's  Lydjard.' 
'  'the  wa  Johii  (Palmei)  \i  dc^d 
also '—note  by  WixkI  on  a  ilip  (of  date 
1690}  paatcd  on  to  p.  75  of  Wood  MS. 

■  Wood  has  a  marginal  note:— 'the 
said  Maiy  died  in  childt>ed  at  Edmnnd. 
tton  in  the  latter  end  oi  Apr.  16S0.* 

*  Wood  D  33  <3)  is  '  A  caLtlo^c  of 
the  —  boolu  publiabed  by  t>r.  (John) 
Owen,'  itigti. 

*  '  Mcreuritks  Ciricns'  is  in  Budley; 
but  tfactc  scans  lo  be  no  copy  of  it  now 


in  the  Wood  CoUectioo. 
>  note  in  Wood  MS.  F  31.  fol.  131. 
■  Wood  I341,i)- 

*  perltapa  Wood  307  ( I )  *  Th«  life  off 
the  70  archbithopp  of  Canteibury  pre* 
sentlyc  (Jltinge,*  1574  (t.e.  of  Matthew 
Parkrr). 

*  Wood  165. 

*  a  few  of  them  nie  itill  Kcocnliable 
inthc  WoodCoH«tioii.  Wood  514  {37) 
is  a  broad-sheet  with  the  ofder  of  Pai- 
llanif'at  (of  date  31  A|)r.  14^48'  diriKling 
College  tciiants  lo  pay  their  rents  to  the 
Heads  appointed  by  the  Vi^iton :  h  bai 
the  aatocraph  'John  Palmer.' 

"  after  this  entry  tlie  Alni.inac  ha* 
'Mar  31,  the  uieniutable  (ovciikat^  at 


X  3 


30» 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  r/AfES. 


*Mar.  30,  Fiilk  Grevill,  living  at  or  neare  Banbury,  of  ihe  anticnt 
and  gcniilc  familic  of  the  GreWIls  of  Warwickshire,  was  condcmn'd  ai 
Oxford  assize  for  robbing  on  llie  high  way,  and  killing,  as  'twas  (said)» 
a  num.  

*His  thoughts  were  strangly  distracted,  and  his  mind  ovcrwhclm'd 
with  melancholy ',  by  reading  a  Ixwk  cntit.  'A  true  and  faiilifuU 
Narraiion  of  what  passed  for  many  )'carcs  between  Dr.  John  Dee  and 
some  Spirits.'  &c.  which  was  published  in  fol.  by  Dr.  Mcric  Casaubon 
about  the  beginning  of  this  yeare '. 


[John*  Dee  was  borne  at  London  13  July  1527  ;  son  of  Rowland 
Dee:  sent  to  the  University  of  Cambridge  154a.  Where  remaining 
till  i547.went  (being  then  bachelor  of  Arts)  beyond  the  seas  to  conferr 
with  learned  men  as  Frjsius,  Gcrardus  Mercator,  Gaspar  a  Mircia» 
Antonius  Gogana.— He  vas  first  bred  in  S.  John's  College  in 
Cambridge;  from  thence  he  was  chosen  fellow  at  Trinity  College  at 
the  first  erection  tberof  by  King  Henry  VIII  and  was  assigned  there 
to  be  under-reader  of  the  Greek  tong,  Mr.  Pcniber  being  the  chief 
reader  there.  In  1548  he  proceetled  Artiura  Mr:  after  which  year 
he  left  Cambridge  *  quite  and  went  beyond  the  seas '.  Warden  of 
Manchester  College.  He  was  living  1608  as  it  appears  in  his  bode 
•  of  spirits.'  See  in  the  prerogative  office  anno  1607  or  6  or  5  for  his 
will'.  In  '  Thcalrum  Brilajmicura  "  per  (Ellatn)  Ashmole,  'tis  s^d 
Ih:  died  ifiz2  (false).  See  for  the  time  of  bis  death  and  place  of 
huriall  bi  Mr.  (John)  Aubrey '.s  letter. — See  my  '  Catalogue  '  of  Mr. 
( 1  Icnry)  Foulis'  books  '  and  there  are  a  catalogue  of  those  MSS.  which 
he  had  ATttten  and  Ijing  by  him  in  i.^SB.  See  in  bibl.  Bodl.  what 
books  he  hath  published,  i  remember  I  have  seen  a  catalogue  of  his 
works  in  some  lilllc  printed  thing  (1  have  it).  See  what  he  hath 
written  of  himself  in  his  preface  before  '  Kuclid's  F.lemcnLs.' — I  hxvt 
beard  Ecme  say  that  he  M-as  a  mcer  mountebank  in  his  profession.. 


Ch.  Ch. ;  'ride  "Annas  MiiabilU" 
(WtHMl  643  (4))  p.  R4;  Yide  1661  ': 
liut  ihls  i*  out  of  place,  tJte  incident 
k^ltNti^'Mf;  to  next  year. 

•  *vHth  a  great  mclaocboljr,'  ia  the 
llwl.  MS. 

•  Ltmil.  1659,  foL  [bibL  BodL  BS. 

««> 

•  Wtn  in  Wood  MS.  E  4. 

'  \V(Mvl   notps:— 'Hr.   !•«?  saith  in 
mm  Ml  liU  tMK>ki  that  be  was  educated 


ttt  fia/riis  Oiotl/miij'  (the  plural  sii|^ 
yesling  Oxford  as  well  trn  Cunbridge) 
Biid  lluit  he  UTBJ  '  A.M.  Oaon  155-,  so 
Mr.  (Willinm)  Fnlinao.* 

'  Wood  itotci ; — 'qaarre  plora  in 
Wbl.  Cotton  »tib  ViiclUo  C.  7,'  i.e.  U 
the  MS.  '  t-'i/a  et  ^Uajohannii  Dm  ad 
1592.' 

*  Wood  noted  afterwards  : — '  I  have 
»ccii  and  found  Bothing.* 

'  O.  C.  «5iOi  Wood  MS.  E  iol 


MARCH,  lOeO. 


309 


Also  that  that  which  famed  him  so  much  was  because  he  lived  in  a 
time  that  few  or  none  knew  what  astrologie  meant.] 


"The  pictures  of  propbeis,  apostles,  saints,  Ac.  that  had  been 
painted  on  the  back-side  of  the  stalls  in  Merton  coll.  choire,  in 
various  and  antique  shapes ',  about  the  bcpnning  of  tlw  raignc  of 
KiuH  Henry  7  were  daubed  *  over  with  paint,  by  the  command  of  tlie 
usurpers,  about  1651,10  the  sorrow  of  curious  men  that  were  admirers 
of  antient  painting.  Rul  that  daubing  wearing  away  in  two  or  three 
yeares*,  they  were  all  painted  over  in  oyle-colours  this  yeare  (1659) 
and  the  antient  pictures  quite  obliterated  *.  While  the  workmen  were 
performing  this  work,  several  of  the  brass-plaies,  with  inscriptions,  on 
gravc-slones  were  most  sacrilegiously  loren  up,  and  taken  away,  either 
by  some  of  the  paj-nters,  or  other  workmen  then  working  in  the 
chappell.  A.  W.  complayn'd  of  these  things  to  the  fellowes  and 
desired  them  to  look  after  the  offenders;  but,  wiih  shame  be  h 
•Spoken,  not  one  of  ihcm  did  resent  the  matter,  or  enqtiire  after  the 
sacrilcgists,  such  were  their  degenerated  and  poore  spirits.  Howc\-er 
A.  \V,  had  before  this  time  transcrib'd  them,  which  were  afterwards 
printed'.    See  '  Hist,  el  Anliq.  Univ.  Oxon.'  lib.  2.  p.'  <gi>. 


In  the  latter  end  of  the  year  1659  (S-^-  >"  "^^aV)  ^^^-  ^^'iDiiun 
Holder',  rector  of  Blechlngdon  nearc  Oxon,  taught  Alexander 
Popham  esquire,  act.  ro  or  thorabouis,  (being  borne  death  (nV  for 
'deaf')  and  dumb)  to  speake,  and  before  he  could  be  peifccted  in  It 
Mr.  Holder  ttus  called  to  Ely  and  so  Po|>ham  taken  home.  But  in 
anno  1662,  he  was  sent  to  Dr.  (John)  Wallia,  and  he  perfecting  him, 
all  the  honour  re<luunded  to  him,  not  without  his  seeking. — Also  he" 
then  made  one  Mr.  Whalley ',  that  could  speak  till  5  years  old  but 
afterwards  lost  it,  to  speak.  Which  art  he  primarily  received  from  Dr. 
Holder  but  took  the  fame  to  himself. — I  have  Dr.  Wallia  his  answer  '"'. 
Vide  Fasti,  1 660. 


■  •posnire*.*  in  the  Karl.  MS. 

*  'danbled.'inthcliarl.  M8. 

'  *  a  or  mofc  jrars,'  in  the  Harl.  MS. 

*  'quite  loiL'  in  Uic  Had.  MS. 

*  at  thi«  point  the  Harl.  MS.  ends. 

*  in  the  Tanner  M.S.  p.art  of  p.  69  and 
the  whole  of  p.  70  hare  Iwea  left  l)hink, 
perhaps  with  the  Intcittiori  uf  afterwards 
ioMTting  the  i(Ucriptioa&  tn  (iuc«tlon. 

*  Wood  147  h«  the  aolograph  '  Tur 
Mr.  Anthony  i  Wwil  froiD  Ur.  Hulder  * : 


Wiiud  wAet  Ihal  the  (irrsent  was  mode 
18  June  1694. 

'  John  W'allu. 

•  a  iMwItwortn  hai  <»ten  oat  the  two 
middle  Icttcn  of  thU  name.  It  b  seen 
lo  ho  '  Wlallcy,'  by  rcfcrcnte  lo  ibe 
Fasti  i6r>o. 

"  Wood  534  (1I  'A  defence  of  the 
Royal  Society  and  rhilojiophical  Ti«ii»- 
netiwof,  (Kirtimilarly  tliose  uf  July  l'>7o> 
in  answci  to  ihc  caiils  of  Dr.  WilluuD 


3IO 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


In  the  beginning  of  this  year  a  controverue  about  ihe  (Junior) 
proctorship  ((John)  Dod  and  (William)  Haukins).  Quaere  U 
papers 'thai  I  have  and  inlend  to  bind  up.  (See  Gulch's  Wood's 
Fasti  Oxon.,  p.  141.) 


Some  cavaliers  thai  were  restored  (by  the  king's  commissioners) 
were  good  sctiolars,  but  the  generality  dunces.  And  (of)  those  good 
scholars  but  few  preferred.  Among  these,  Mr.  (Ralph)  Ravnion 
could  get  nothing  unless  he  gave  money ;  which  made  aUo  discover 
a  great  deal  of  discontent  in  his  preaching,  called  '  the  querulous 
divine.' 


The  title  to  my  roemorables  '  is  to  be 

*  Memorabilia  Boschiana  *,  the  scecn  Oxon ' ;  or  '  Bcsch'an 
memoiru,  cheifly  modelled  to  the  sceen  of  Bellositum,'  ur '  calculated 
10  the  meridian  of  Bellosite.' 

April. — 3,  T.,  received  my  rent,  having  tben  6/ :  paid  Mr.  Jeancs  mj  battlet, 
5i  yrf;  jmid  Robinson  my  (jtuirtridg,  is  ;  \am\t\x\eiti,  6rf;  Ellcscs.  6d. — 5,  Th., 
spent  at  molher  Land's  at  the  towne  election  of  burgcsa,  firf;  the  same  at  ihc 
Mceriimiil  Tnverti  with  Mr.  (John)  Cmlej-nc  null  Mr,  (NathaDicI)  Greciiwoo«],  6dl 
— 6,  v.,  paid  my  barbor,  4J  W;  to  the  taylor's  boy,  6d ;  pampUctls,  1  jyrf— 9,  M., 
boi^hta(t*  bought  of)  Johnllarret  a  hat,  in. — 11,  W.,  spent  at  molher  Flcxnef's 
with  Mr.  (John)  Cnrtej-ne  and  (John)  Kobinson,  lod. — 1 1,  Tb.,  pamphletts.  \s. — 
13,  v.,  jinin|ilil<.-lts,  61/. — 14,  S.,  '  life  *  of  Dr.  IIant&,'  ijd. — 16,  M..  i^ivea  to  Mr. 
Tarions,  <W.— 17,  T.,  pamphlelts,  ir. — 30,  F.,  paid  Mr.  Forest  a  Kore,  if  Wl — 
34,  T.,  itamphlettc,  Grf. — 15,  W.,  paid  a  score  at  Grctnwaye'*,  Ijx  Jrf.— 37,  F., 
pamphlclts,  Sif.— 38,  S,,  ipcot  with  nay  coi.  John  (Petty)  and  Christoplicr  Prtly 
hi*  soon  at  Bodicote's,  u ;  the  same,  spent  with  Mr.  (John)  Curteyne  at  tbo 
Crown  TaTera,  &/.— 30,  M.,  spent  at  the  Crowno  Taveme  with  Mr.  (Joba) 
Curtcyne  and  Joha  Banelt,  (ni. 


Holder,'  Lond.  1678,  by  John  Wallis. 
The  paper  it  (ccka  to  answer  is  : — '  A 
nippletocDt  Co  the  Pbiloaophical  Trans- 
actlani  of  July  1670  with  some  iclitc- 
tloEiB  on  T)r.  Juhn  Wnllii  his  U-tlci  there 
ioserled,'  hy  William  Hnldcr,  P.D. 

'  these  *  loose  pn|(m '  art:  now  Wood 
MS.  F  37  (U.  C.  »48g),  in  which  no.  37 
was  '  The  o|>inions  of  several  cirilians 
relating  to  the  election  of  Mr.  Dod  of 
Ch.  Cli.  to  be  pfcictnr,  anno  ifisg';  but 
this  pa]ier  has  now  migrated  to  MS. 
Tanner  3.18  fol.  S9.  ace  infra  p.  31^ 

*  proliahly  rtfcrring  to  an  inlnition 
to  ptiul  his  autobioi^rajihy. 


*  iotcnded  as  an  allusion  tn  his  name, 
Wood  signing  himself  sometimes  as 
'A.  Boko';  e.g.  in  a  letter  to  Ralph 
Sheldon  of  Bcoly  dated  Tuesday  l^ 
Feb,  i6{|  in  Tanner  MS.  456  3,  fol.  as ; 
or  in  W(knI  acj6  where  he  ^^ns  hinuel/ 
'  A.  Uosco,  Bellositanns/  1.  c.  A.  Wood» 
of  Oxfofd.  Bcllositnm-Oxroi^I,  wtt' 
Clark's  W.^)d's  City  of  Oxford,  l  44. 

•  'Thclifeanddeathof  thatjodicioBs 
divine  and  aocompluhcd  preactier 
Rolicrt  Harria,  D.D.'  by  W[U]iain| 
D[crliam],  Loiid.  i60o,  8t«)  ;  Wuud 
393  {fi). 


MARCH— APRIL,  1660- 


311 


April. — *Apr.  i ;  A.  W.,  his  two  brothers,  and  moilier,  sealed 
a  lease  of  21  yearca  lo  John  WUIroosc,  uylor,  of  a  tenement  in  S. 
Martin's  parish,  in  the  Bocherew.  ll  is  an  appcrtenent^  of  the 
Flower  de  Luce. 

I  April,  Su.,  1660.  a  lease  of  21  ycares  scaled  to  John  WlUegoose 
of  a  icncmenl  in  St  Martin's  parish  in  the  Iioc(h)erew. 

April  3,  M.,  died  Mr.  Thomas  Tcrrant '  a  Student  of  Xt  Church 
and  an  aoncient  Mr-  of  Arts. 

5  Apr.,  Thursd.,  the  City  election  for  burgesses  to  sit  in  Par- 
hament '. 

6  Aprill,  F.,  lent  my  brother  Clirigtophcr  i/i*  16^;  8  Aprill,  Su., 
lent  Mr.  (John)  Curteyne,  6j;  10  Apr.,  T.,  lent  Mr.  (Obadiab) 
Sedgwick,  f^i. 

[On*  W.,  Apr.  4,  1660,  was  a  convocation  held  wherin  were  the 
letters  of  Gcorg  Monck,  gencrali&timo  of  the  anny,  dated  '  at  S.  James, 
47  March/  read  In  behalf  of  William  Lcnlhalt,  esq.,  late  Speaker  of 
Parliament,  now  Master  of  the  Rolls,  '  a  worthy  patriot '  (as  he  with) 
'  to  his  country  and  knowne  freind  to  learning  and  the  University,' 
etc. — It  must  be  knowne  that  the  generality  of  the  University  were 
iuclincd  to  cbu&e  Moncke  himself  for  one  of  their  burgesses  :  which 
comming  to  his  luiON«kdgL-,  he  forthwiili  M:nl  the  said  letter  lo  let 
them  know  dial  his  ownc  county  (Devon)  would  cliuse  him  and 
therefore  though  he  could  not  serve  ihcm  in  the  parliament  to  come 
he  desires  ihem  to  chuse  his  honorable  freind  William  Lenthall,  and 
that  the  business  might  be  attended  he  sent  one  of  his  captaines 
of  horse,  a  gentleman  of  an  estate  (named  Edmund  Warcuppe), 
nephew  to  tlie  said  W.  Lentliall. — After  llw  said  letter  was  read 
that  of  W.  Lenthall,  dated  '  3  Apr.,  at  the  Rolls '  was  read  also :  wherin 
he  saies  tiat  it  being  the  pleasure  of  his  excellency  the  Lord  Generall 
to  recommend  him  to  the  University,  he  could  not  otherwise  but 
write  them  to  let  ihom  know  what  honour  it  would  be  to  him  if  they 
chose  him.  He  tclb  them  also  (having  before  been  advertised  what 
opposition  was  made  against  bim)  what  freind  he  had  been  to  the 
Universiiie  in  the  late  times,  'what  benefitt  they  had  enjoyed  by  his 
endeavours,'  eic.^  and  how  if  he  were  chosen  by  them  '  he  might 


'  •  Tcrrant,'  nbstitated  for  '  Tram- 
bnll.'  Untcb's  Wood's  Coll.  and  HalU, 
p.  511. 

*  Henrr  Caiy  rlKonnt  Falkland  and 
James  Haxley  were  elected.  Oo  p.  136 
of  MS.  Taooer  103  Wood  lia»  a  note  :— 


•  Mr. .  .  .  Htulcy  <thc  ipelling  o(  the 
name  whicb  he  foUowt),  a  pmbjrteriu) 
cliief(i;nian,  lired  in  the  Eoii  stone 
hoiuc  bcUmd  I'caiibrokc  Colle^  oo  the 
toulli  strte.' 

'  notes  irom  MS.  Bodl.  594,  p.  a£. 


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WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


in  Uiis  juncture  of  aiTatrcs  render  himself  no  less  uscfull  in  the  setll&- 
ment  of  this  naUon  than  active  for  their  advancement/ 

A  convocation  held  Apr.  7,  S.,  whcrin  onlie  were  read  Monck's 
letters  in  behalfe  of  W.  Lenihall  dated  '  S.James's,  Th.,  5  Apr.'  And 
because  it  was  onlie  to  renew  his  desires  for  Lenthall ',  the  Pres- 
byterian parly  and  fanatical  party  of  the  University  with  the  vice- 
chancellor  {who  was  a  Presbyterian)  calld  a  Convocation  purposely 
to  read  thai  letter.  Which  tiL-ing  done  ihey  caused  some  hundreds 
of  copies  to  be  printed^  that  the  loyall  and  royall  panic  mi^t  know 
the  earnest  desires  of  Monk. — Hereupon  followed  great  cam-assing: 
and  how  carried  on  see  elswherc  in  *  red  *  book.'] 

tHis  son  at  that  time,  called  Sir  John  Lentliall  (as  having  been 
knighted  by  Oliver  *),  n'Ofi  then  in  towne  and  canvassed  for  his  father* 
Entertained  those  that  were  for  his  father  at  the  Miter  Inn  with  roast- 
beef,  ale :  and  'twas  then  said  that  he  did  in  a  manner  threaten  the 
Masters  that  would  not  give  votes  for  his  father. 

•Apr.  10,  T.,  he  was  wiih  Dr.  (John)  Conant,  rector  of  Exeter' 
CoU.  and  vicechanceliour  of  the  Universities  to  obiaine  his  leave  to 
see  the  Unlvcrsitic  registers  and  writings,  in  order  to  the  drawing 
up  a  discourse  of  the  anticjuitic  of  llic  Univcrsilie.  He  looked  upon 
him  as  a  yong  man  and  not  able  to  doe  such  a  matter.  And  A.  W. 
took  him  to  be  a  man  that  did  not  understand  the  nature  of  such 
a  question,  being  either  surpriz'd  with  the  suddaiiincss  or  novelty 
of  il,  or  that  he  did  not  understand  that  studJe,  as  really  he  did  noL 
So  nothing  being  done  they  parted. 

10  day,  T.,  I  was  with  the  vice-cancellor  to  see  the  Stat(ulcs), 
Compos(iiions),  etc.";  but  he  denied  mc,  etc. 

tApril  12,  Th..  the  election  of  University  burgesses.  Clayton' 
who  had  sided  with  all  parlies  now  put  himself  forward  for  prefcr- 


'  MS.  Taaacr  103  is  more  specific: 
— '10  choose  Willbm  I.£nlhall  uiie  of 
the  butgeiics  uftlic  University  to  kit  in 
that  patliamcnt  to  Ijcgin  id  M»y.' 

»  Wood's  copy  is  ia  Wood  315  (aj). 
In  it  he  notes  tlut '  because  the  piecby- 
tetUns  aod  fanaticall  people  vrerc  eager 
for  LaitbAll,  therfore  they  cna«^  ttiis 
Iriter  ti>  be  printed  and  di^ened  about 
the  UnivcRily.* 

'  in  MS.  Tanner  loj  Wood  nfcnto 
hil  'nuset  book,  p,  77.'  'Hie  rcbinding 
of  the  Wood  MSS.  while  in  (lie  Ash- 
molc»n  has  destroyed  ihc  idanlity  of 
Wood's  '  ru?  'or  luuet)  book,'  'blade 


book.'  etc     I  cannot  cren  say 
they  Klill  exixt. 

*  in  Wooii   MS.  B  14  U  «  list  of^ 
*  FictitioDS  dignities  nn<l  lillirt  giveo  by 
pretended  Protector  Cromirell.' 

'  In  the  Uni\Trsity  .Archives. 

'  Thomas  Clayioa,  M.D..  and  John 
Mills,  D.C.L.,  were  elected.  Wood 
376  A  no,  87  is  '  A  Catalofpjc  of  ihe 
Parliament  to  »il  35  Apr.  1660."  MS. 
Rodl.  5g4  p.  36 says  'Apr.  i J,  the  eleOj 
tioQ  madeuf  Dr.  MilUnnd  r>T.Claytun| 
who  Ditcr  choice  ailvnatiwfl  their  vote 
with  liiakcl  aud  wine  (vide 
book  ").' 


APRIL  — MAV,\WO. 


3»3 


ment.  At  ihis  Convocation  Henry  Stubbs  of  Ch.  Ch^  now  clcNiled 
al  tbe  cliangc  ibat  was  lo  be,  grumbled  about  among  ihc  Masters 
lliat  '  William  Lcnthall  was  a  rogue,*  that  '  be  had  run  away  with 
the  mace  to  ihe  array  at  Windsore  when  he  \vas  speaker  in  1647.' 
See  'Sheldrake*  p.  27  :  sec  'book  with  russet  cover'  p.  77. 

April  25,  W.,  deceased  the  reverend  Dr.  Henry  Hamond '  al  Sir 
John  Packinlon's  house  al  W^stwood,  Worcestershire ;  and  was  buried 
the  day  following  at  ... . 

(On  Th.,  36  Apr.  1660,  Ch.  Ch.  proceeded  to  the  eleciion  of  a 
proctor;  John  Dod  had  a  majority  of  votes,  but  his  opponent  William 
Hawkins  claimed  the  election  on  the  ground  that  Dods  was  not  of 
sufficient  standing.  In  MS.  Tanner  338  fol.  89  is  the  opinion  of 
ccri^n  civilians  (WiUiam  Mcricke,  George  Swcit,  and  James  Master) 
on  the  case:  see  note  i  page  310.) 

(Wood  a76A  no.  221  is  -A  declaration  of  the  nobility,  knights, 
and  gentry  of  the  county  of  Oxon  which  have  adhered  10  the  late 
king,  Aprill  28,  1660,'  Lond.  1660:  among  the  signatures  to  wtiich 
are  Richard  Baily  D.D.,  John  FeU  M.A.) 

tCommoii  Prayer  w:is  first  of  all  read  at  Magdalen  parish  (church) 
in  the  beginning  of  this  month  afitir  it  liad  been  omitted  in  Oxon  to 
be  read  in  public  places  since  the  surrender  of  Oxon  or  in  1647  ;  see 
'Knglish  History'  (p.)  1119.  (John  Lee*  of  Merton  while  vicar  of 
S.  Peter's  in  the  Est  was  the  last  that  read  Common  !'niycr  at  S. 
Peter's  in  1647-48).  Read  soon  after  in  several  College  chappells, 
1  think  Merton  the  first,  (see)  '  Black  book,'  p.  7.  (It  was  not 
read  in  Merton  Coll.  till  about  30  of  June ;  so  my  answer  lo  Jolm 
Lee's  letter). 

tin  this  month  (April)  all  tokens  of  monarchy  restored  (vide 
'English'  copie  or  History  'p.  1 1 1 2).  Armes  that  had  been  ploistred 
over  in  the  broken  limes,  especially  Uiose  in  llie  Public  Schooles  were 
all  plaistred  over'.  'I'he  signe  ol  the  King's  Head  that  h.id  been 
dashed  out  or  daubd  over  in  paint  tempore  Olivari  (and  in  its  place 
was  written  'Tliis  was  the  King's  Head'),  was  new  painted. 

Mft7. — I,  T.,  spent  at  the  Mercmaid  Tflvcm  with  Mr.  (Joho>  Carteyne,  u  ;  the 
lame,  spent  with  htm  and  Mi.  (Kiduml)  Lower  at  JeftncM*>  -^d;  the  uune,  at 


'  Wood  351  (4)  it  John  FelVn  '  Life 
ofllcnry  Haminnnd,'  VmwA.  1661. 

•  Wood  563  ('  Coon  of  koine.'  timiw. 
Uted  oot  of  the  luliai)  by  H.  C,  genL, 
Lotut.  i6.ii4\  beIoDj:cd  to  him  ukI  hn 
ihb  note :— '  codex  Johanots  Lcc,  olim 
MertODcnsb,  ai[Mid  Oxon.,  Apiilis  at, 


A.D.  MDCLV,  pietjnm  \s  84/.'  Wood 
C  30  (Thomu  Jame«*  'CotAlogui  tu- 
tcrprrluin  S,  Sctlpt,*  edit,  luct  Oxan. 
■'■.=15)  has  also  tbe  autugrapb '  J^ihoJines 
l*c,  1645.* 

'  ic.  Wood  MS.  F  I. 

■  L  e.  Kt  Dp  again  b  plaster. 


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WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


EllocK,  (W.— 4,  F.,  iwmpWetU,  it  fW.— 8,  T^  pamphletts  and  spent,  8rf.—io,  TIl» 
spent  At  the  Mcrcmaid  Tnvcro  widi  Mr.  0'''^'')  Cuitcync,  Cadbury',  Saffin'.  etc, 
xiftd. — 13,  S,,  (pent  b1  Karlcses  wiib  Mr.  (John)  Carte>'De  and  Mr.  (RicharrI) 
Saffin,  j^. — 15,  T.,  pamphlctt*  and  apoil  at  Jmncs  with  Mr.  (John)  Cnrteync,  ix. 
— 18,  F.,  lo  the  coblcr  for  nkendbg  mjr  ibocs,  u;  the  same,  pamplctti,  61/. — 
19,  S..  for  Dr.  (William)  Harvic's  picture,  6rf. — 14,  Th.,  spent  at  the  Cttjwjib 
Tavern  with  Mr.  Lerena,  Gurecy,  Glcndall,  Taylor,  UiU,  Coc,  Flower,  Ward,. 
Hanwm,  Parry,  Godwin,  Wcstcol,  Janes  ■,  clc^  is. 

May. — Upon  the  votes  in  the  ParLiment  lloase,  May  i,T..  the 
King's  annes*  are  ever>'< where)  renewed,  etc. 

tMay  I,  T.,  May  poles,  May  games.  A  May-pole  against  the 
Bcare'in  AUhaUuws  parish,  set  up  on  purpose  to  vex  ihc  Presby- 
terians an<l  Independents.  Dr.  (John)  Conant,  then  \ice-chanccUor, 
came  uitb  his  beadles  and  sen'ants  to  have  it  sawed  donnc,  but 
before  he  had  enlred  an  inch  into  it,  he  and  his  party  were  forced 
to  leave  that  place.     See  more  in  Holy  Thursday  foUon-ing. 

tMay  2,  W^  new  proctors  admitted:  vide  'Notes*  from  Convo- 
cation' p.  36,  'Englisli*  History'  p.  iiii,  'P^nglish*  Caialoguc  of 
proctors.'     Their  admission  denied;  vide  'Calaloguc  of  Proctors' 
see  folio  papers  on  the  ground  under  the  shelf  wiih  a  paper*  put 
in  entitled  'The  Proctorship,  1659.' 

flSIay  10,  Th.,  king  proclaimed  at  Oxford;  News  book  1660 
p.  305  num.  20;  sec  '  book  with  the  russet  cover'  p.  78,  81. 

Memorandum  llial  on  (Th.)  liie  10  of  this  raounth  (May)  I  gave 
Dr.  (Henry)  Savage  (the  master  of  Kail.  Coll.)  the  lives  of  all  the 
wortlieys  of  that  college  which  1  exstracied  from  Lcland,  Bale,  and 


*  George  Ca^bnry.  M-A.  All  So.,  19 
July  1656. 

"  Richard Safiin,  M.A  Liac  Coll.,  39 
Jnne  16,^8. 

*  William  Lerus.S.  John's;  Thomas 
Gnmey  and  Joint  Glendall,  t>oth  M.A. 
from  UlN'.C.  17  June  1653;  Sylvanus 
Taylor,  M.A.  Wailh.,  a8  May  1657; 
Juhu  Hill,  All  Sa ;  Henry  FUiwer, 
M.A  NVadh.,  3g  June  1658;  Itaiah 
Ward,  M.A.  Ch.  Ch.,  a8  June  iSj*; 
Christopher  Harrison,  M.A,  Queen's, 
J  Feb.  i6j|  :  Franei*  Parry,  C.C.C. ; 
Joseph  Godwin,  M.A  New  ColL, 
14  Api.  1651; ;  Cvrvase  Westcot,  a 
musician ;  Tfaonuu  Janes,  of  Magd. 
ColL  'Coe'  I  cannot  identify,  ttntcss 
it  be  in  error  for  '  Eilward  Lo(w)c.' 

'  ice  Fepys'  Diary  under  date  aa  Apr. 


i6fio.    See  supra  p.  313;  sod  Uutcfa^ 
Wood's  Hist.  Uoiv.  Oxoo.  U.  p.  69S. 

*  the  old  Bear  Inn  it  now  Fo&ter  and^ 
Co.'s  (hop,  opposite  the  Milre  Hotel 

*  i.c.  MS.  BcdL  594  where  Wood 
notes  :— '  Maii  1,  new  proctors  ad- 
mit led,  tcilicct  (Thomas)  Tanner  (Kew 
Coll.)  and  (John)  Dod  (Ch.  Ch.> 
(William)  Ilawkinit  of  XL  Ch.  denies 
the  ailiuission  of  the  latter  and  ip- 
pcnlcs.  Tanner  cutertaines  with  nirect> 
meats.' 

'  le.  WoodMS.  Fi. 

*  i.e.  the  MS.  printed  te  the  FmH 
in  Wood's  Ath.  et  Fasti  Oxon. 

'  this  paper  was  in  Wood  MS.  F  37 
(O.C.  8489)  no.  37:  I  believe  that  it  is 
now  found  in  M^.  Tanuei  3^,  ses, 
lupra  p.  310  note  i . 


AfA  y,  leeo. 


3'5 


Pits ;  the  opinions  of  scvcnLlI  aathonrs  concerning  the  founder  and 
foundation  of  that  college:  as  also  collections  of  the  name  of  BaJHol 
from  severall  cronicles. 

•May  10  (Thursday)  gave  to  Dr.  Henry  Savage,  the  master  of 
Balliol  ColL,  ihc  collection  which  he  made  of  the  lives  of  all  the 
worihic'S  of  ihal  Coil,  from  John  Leiand,  Bale,  and  Pits.  Also  the 
opinions  of  several  authors  concerning  ihc  founder  and  foundation 
of  tliat  coll.  and  ccriaine  observations  of  the  name  of  Halliot  which 
he  had  collected  from  several  histories  and  chronicles.  These  things 
Dr.  Henry  Savage  made  use  of  when  he  was  compiling  his  book' 
called  'Ualliofergus;  or  a  Comraentarie  upon  ihc  Foundation,  Founders 
and  Affaires  of  Balliol  Coll.'  Ac.  Oxon.  iC68.  qu(ario>. 

"May  14,  etc.  He  perused  ihc  MSS.  in  ihc  Ari;hivcs  of  Corpus 
Christi  College;  and  found  several  matters'  there  material  for 
his  use. 

[Convocation  *,  W.,  1 6  May,  whcrin  the  letters  of  Richard  Crom- 
well, late  Protector,  dated  at  Hursley  in  Hampsliire,  T.,  8  May,  were 
read,  whcrby  he  resigned  bis  chancelloursliip  of  the  Univenuty  :— 

*  Gentlemefl,  I  do  and  aHwates  Bhall  TCtaioc  a  heartie  sense  of  my  fonncr  obliga- 
tion! to  foa  in  yova  free  election  of  mc  to  the  office  of  yoor  cbaoccUoor.  sud  'tis 
DO  anuU  trouble  lu  my  thouchts  when  I  Koosidct  haw  little  smiccable  I  have  been 
to  yoQ  in  that  rekiioii.  hat  nncc  the  all-wise  proviifoicc  of  Cod  ^,which  I  ilcsire 
ftllwatcs  to  adoie  and  bow  downc  aaUt)  bulb  b«cn  plcuei)  to  to  change  my  con- 
dition that  I  am  not  in  a  capacity  to  answer  the  enila  of  that  ulTicc,  1  thonght  I 
shoulil  uoi  be  faithfull  to  you  if  1  did  Doi  rerigne  it  up  into  your  hands  that  you 
tnigbt  have  opportunity  to  cbuse  some  other  pcnoii,  who,  in  the  pmcnt  %HAe  of 
thipt,"-.  may  be  mure  fit  and  able  to  lene  yon.  I  doe  bcreapoQ  moct  freely  give 
np  and  rcsigne  all  mynght  and  inteml  in  tttnt  otlice  ;  but  shall  alwaics  retaine  ray 
affection  and  esteem  for  yoo,  with  my  pmycn  for  your  continnall  profperity,  that 


'  Wood's  copy  it  Wood  534  (3). 

'  (a)  'Regbtntm  panmm  »el  anti- 
<)BQm  prioralus  S.  Frideiwydae,'  written 
ill  the  reigu  of  Edwoiil  1  ;  given  by 
Thomaa  Allen  lo  Brian  Twyre,  and  by 
Twyne  to  C.  C.  C.  library  ;  no.  CLX 
in  H.  O.  Coxc's  'Catalotpis  Codd. 
MSS.  C0U.C.C.  Oxon.' 

Wood'i  excerpts  from  it  are  foonil 
in  Wood  MS.  C  3,  pp.  76-^,  exuacted 
1 1  July  i  660 ;  and  pp.  87-1 1  J,  czuacted 
>6  I>cc.  1661.  Wood  afterwards  t^S 
Apr.  iMg)  made  an  abcttact  of  ihii 
volume  :  this  abstract  ia  now  Wood 
MS.  C  4. 

(b)  There  arc  twclrc  volames  of  Col- 
Icctinis  by  Uriao  Twync   in  CC.C. 


Library,  nos.CCLTV-CCLXV  in  Coxe'a 
*  Catalogus '  nt  snpia. 

Wood's  excerpts  bom  one  of  these 
made  14  May  t66o  arc  found  in  MS. 
Bodl.  $(>4  fol.  161-165  *  Collections  out 
of  Brian  TwyneS  Collections  of  some 
monastertcs  in  Oxon  which  be  collected 
from  niwuyraus.' 

(c)  There  aie  two  Tolmnes  of  Col- 
lections by  Miles  Windsorc  in  C.  C.C. 
Ubnuy.  nos.  CCLXVl-CCLXVU  in 
Coxc's  '  Cainlogva '  ut  supra. 

Wood's  excerpts  from  tiiiCK  are  fonnd 
in  MS.  Uollaid  LXIX.  pp.  1-85,  made 
31  May  1660. 

'  Wood's  uotcs  in  MS.  BoiU.  594.  p. 
a6. 


316 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


amidit  the  maay  euunpld  of  the  instability  anil  TcvolDltontnf  hunuuie  afT«iret 
may  «tiU  Kbiile  Hooiiihiog  ood  fruitfull.     I  atn,  Rcot,  your  alTectioDitc  frcbd 
xrvant  R.  tromwtlJ.     Hurslcy,  May  8,  t6(So.     To  the  ricccbanccllor  aitd  coovt 
lion  of  tlie  Uoiveisit]-  of  OxToid  tbcse.  *] 

[In  the  same  convocation ',  the  Delegates'  decree  was  confinneclj 
by  the  rirgcnts  and  non-rcgcnts,  scil.  that  ihe  overplus  of  the  moneys 
collected  for  the  maintenance  and  rcpaire  of  the  Schooles.  vlucb 
by  statute  was  to  be  imployed  in  setting  up  and  maintaining  a  learned 
typographic  and  no  otherwise,  sliould  (viz.  the  sum  of  140//.  of  tlie 
said  money)  be  employed  in  printing  Gregorius  Abulpharagus  an 
excellent  Arabick  historian,  with  the  translation  in  Latine  of  Mr. 
Edward  Pocock  (or  Ch.  Ch.),  and  tlie  sum  of  loo/i".  in  printing 
Johannes  Malcla  a  Greek  historian,  widi  the  translation  in  LatiiK.j 

tMay  18,  F.,  Dr.  John  Ohvcr  restored  (News.  1660,  p.  325);  May 
22,  T.,  look  possea-iion  (vide  '  black  book,'  p.  6.) 

tMay  31,  M.,  Dr.  (Martin)  LlowcIUn,  principal  of  St.  Mao'  bail, 
with  his  yong  wife. 

*May  34,  Th.,  tlK.-re  was  a  most  excellent  musick-Iccture  of 
practick  part  in  the  public  school  of  that  facujlio,  where  A.  W. 
performed  a  part  on  the  violin.  There  were  also  voices ;  and  by  the, 
direction  of  Edward  Low,  organist  of  Ch.  Church,  who  was  th< 
the  Deputy  rrofessor  for  Dr.  (John)  Wilson,  al!  things  were  carried" 
very  well  and  gaw  great  content  to  the  moat  numerous  auditory. 
This  meeting  was  to  congratulate  his  majestie's  safe  arrival  to  his 
kingdomcs.  The  school  was  exceeding  full,  and  the  gallery  at  the 
end  of  the  school  was  full  of  the  female  sex.  After  all  was  concluded, 
Mr.  Low  and  some  of  the  performers,  besides  others  that  did  not 
performc,  retired  to  the  Crowne  Taverne  wliere  diey  dranke  a  health 
to  the  king,  the  two  dukes",  (George)  Monke  &c.  Of  the  number 
of  performers  that  were  there  present  were  Sylvanus  Taylour  of  All 
coll.,  Christopher  Harrison  of  Queen's  coll.,  Francis  Parry  of  C. 
coll.,  A.  Wood  &c  besides  some  masters  of  musick.  There  wer 
also  with  them  William  Levinz  of  S.  John's  coll. ;  Thomas  Gourney 
and  Jack  Gleiidall  of  Urasnosc,  the  hst  of  which  Mr.  Low  took  with 
him  to  make  ilic  company  sport,  he  being  a  witty  and  boon  com- 
panion;  John  Hill  Follow  of  Alls.  Coll.;  Esay  Ward  of  Ch.  Ch. ; 
Henry  Flower  of  Wadham  Coll.  &c.  These  were  not  performers; 
only  the  last.    There  were  oUicr  but  their  names  I  have  forgot  *. 


^7 


'  WotNl's  note  in  MS.  Bodl.  p<>4.  p. 


*  tbc  king'i  brutlicn ;  James,  duke  of 


York  ;  oii'l  Kenry,  duke  of  Gtouoaler, 
who  dktl  13  .Sej-t.  ififio. 
'  sec  note  J  |).  JI4. 


UAv,  leeo. 


3'7 


+May  26,  S.,  Marquis  of  Hertford  R-stored  to  his  chancctlourship; 
vide  'Notes'  Trom  Convocation'  p.  27. 

'May  29,  T.,  the  day  of  rL-sloralion  of  K.  Ch.  2  observed  in  all  or 
most  places  in  England,  particularly  at  Oxon  which  did  exceed  any 
place  of  its  bigness.  Many  from  all  parts  flocked  to  T.ondon  to  8ce 
hiit  entric;  but  A.  W.  was  not  tliere,  but  at  Oxon,  where  the  jollity 
of  the  day  continued  till  next  morning.  The  world  of  England  was 
perfectly  mad.  They  were  freed  from  the  cbaines  of  darkness  and 
confusion  which  iJie  presbyteriaiis  and  phanaticks  liad  brought  upon 
them;  yet  some  of  llicra  seeing  then  wliat  mischief  they  had  done, 
tack'd  about  to  participalc  of  the  universal  joy,  and  at  length  dos'd 
with  the  roj-al  partie. 

[Elizalwih  Wroughton  ',  mother  to  the  wife  of  John  Uoat  of  Wood- 
end  in  the  parish  of  Cumnore  in  Berks,  died  at  Mr.  Boat's  house 
in  S.  Aldate's  parish,  T.,  May  29  anno  domini  1660,  and  was  buried 
in  S.  Aldate's  churdi.  Shee  was  the  widdow  of  William  Wroughton 
esquire  second  son  of  Sir  Giles  Wroughton  of  Wilis,  knight;  and 
eldest  daughter,  as  'tis  said,  of  Sir  Carew  Ralegh,  knight.  Shee 
had  issue  by  the  said  William  Wroughton :  Thomas,  and  William; 
Dorothy,  Mar)-  (the  wife  of  John  Roat  aforesaid),  Lucy,  and  Anne 
— Mary,  the  wife  of  John  Boftl,  beforemcnlioned,  died  in  a  house 
in  S.  Giles'  pariiih  Oxon  (wlu'ch  her  husband  rented  of  Mr. 
Christopher  Rainolds  of  Casbcnlon)  on  Uic  12  Febr.  i68|  at  la 
of  the  clock  at  night  and  was  buried  in  S.  Giles'  church,  leaving  issue 
behind  her,  Norris  Boat.  (Arms)  '  azure  a  dolphin  naiant  between 
3  mullets  argent;  impaling  Wroughton.'] 

<May  29,  T.,  1660,  Wood  bought  'A  Catalogue'  of  the  lords, 
knights,  and  gentr)-  of  tlie  Catholick  religion  that  were  slain  m  the 
late  war,  etc.') 

This  Holy  Thursday  (31  Hay)  the  people  of  Oxon  were  soe 
\iolent  for  Ma)-poles  in  opposition  to  the  Puritans  that  there  was 
numbred  1 2  Mayiiolcs  besides  3  or  4  monises,  etc.  But  no  opposi- 
tion appearing  afierwards,  tlic  rabble  flaged  in  their  zeal ;  and  seldom 
aflcr  above  i  or  2  in  a  year. 


*  Le.MS.B(uiLf94; /Vap.3iSi).{;. 

*  DoUs   Li   Wood   MS.   F  4,  p.  98. 
Tooi\  give*  in  coluun  thecc  tnas: — 

'  niniv  a  dirrrofl  guln  between  3  Immik* 
heajls  coa)>cd  Mblc  [VVraughtun] ;  im- 
paling,  argcnt>  crasilj'  of  cross  crotsleta 
saMe,  B  cioM  mollne  IKakgh].' 

*  Wood  £03  (35).    A  iimiUr  list  of 


Catholic  Royalift  suflerm  b  foand  at 
the  end  of  WckmI  6  ('  A  new  nlmanack 
after  the  old  fiuihioii  lot  1663,'  Lood. 
><^3) :  Rntong  the  suficren  i»  Cdmiuid 
Chuich.  on  wbich  Wood  notes  : — '  note 
thni  the  lulbour  of  this  alnuuiac  Thomu 
Bloont  manied  Edmoad  Cbutcb  bis 
dAocfatcr.' 


318 


WOOrtS  LIFE  AND  TIITES. 


Thomas  Drope '  married  the  last  of  May,  <Th.). 

Jnn*.— t,  F.,  to  Nicolli  for  caeodfag  my  dotho.  tf ;  lor  an  »^""**^  far  ICc 
{Rithftrd)  Wuhborne,  W.^Si  T..  spent  on  Mr.  ^Sktltuiiel)  Onorwood  «d 
(Matthew)  Ilvtton,  6rf.— 9,  S,  punphletts,  &£— 10,  So^  tpao.  at  Uedly  wtih  Mi. 
(MatUutr)HulIan,  6>/. — (4,  Th.,  ijuirc  of  psper,6^— ig,  F^  puttphletts,  fUl— ^ 
M.,  fpcnt  on  Mr.  ((Jcorgc)  Lort  *.  it. — >6,  T^  Dlac*,  6^ — 39,  F.,  mnrtd  mj 
rcni ;  f  aid  KoUiaao  the  bookarUer,  it  \  ior'  the  Fonn  '  of  ThaoksgiriiiiE,'  6d, — 
50,  S.,  jiaiii  my  buber,  ff  6d/:  qxst  wjtli  Mr  <Jobn)  CeifcTD  wu)  Mz.  (Ricteri) 
Lower  kt  tbe  Uennuid  Ttvem,  i<  fid^ — Sarnw,  igf  Sd. 

Jane. — tjune  4,  M.,  order  of  parliament  for  visiting  the  UnireisitT ; 
vide  '  Ilistor)''  1660*. 

tJuDC  5,  T.,  the  University  of  Cambridge  pay  their  respects  to  the 
king;  'News,'  1660,  p.  368. 

June  5',  T.,  letters  were  read  rrom  the  House  of  Lords  in  the 
Convocation  to  coniinne  the  Marquess  of  Hartford'  in  his  Can- 
cellourship. 

hjunc  7,  Th.,  the  city  of  Oxford  congratulated  the  king;  'News.' 
1660.  p.  373. 

•Jun.  8,  F.,  A.  W.  began  to  pcnise  the  MSS.  in  BaH.  Coll.  library' 
and  aAcru-ards  at  leisure  times  be  perused  the  MSS.  in  other  colk^ 
libnuics. 

tjune  14,  Th.,  marquis  of  Hertford  appoints  commissioners  to 
restore  persons  to  their  places.  June  15,  F.,  his  writing  came  down 
by  Amos  Waldrond;  {they)  sate  in  Oriel,  their  names,  and  what 
they  did'. 


'  Me  tbe  pedigree  p.  385. 

■  George  Lort,  Ctia|>Uin  of  Mot. 
Coll.;  Burraws'R^McroflhcVUiton, 
p.  81. 

*  '  Konn  of  prayer  ftnd  tfaAnktgiTing 
to  be  OMd  DO  s6  June  1660 ' ;  Wood  B 
37(10). 

•  Lc.  Gutch'a  Wood's  Hist  Uoiv. 
Oxon.  11.  p.  (r99. 

*'JiU)c  6,  \V.,'  iccotdinc  to  MS. 
Taftoor  10 j,  p.  140.  Wiiod,  in  MS. 
BudL  gi>4  p,  17,  notct :  —  '  Jtine  6, 
Convooillon,  \tiltn  from  the  maniacu 
of  Hanfonl,  dntrd  nl  Ymkx  Houk  18 
May,  Were  read  whcrb)'  he  gives  Ihc 
mcmbcre  to  lunlcntand  tliat  belog  io- 
formed  of  some  Uolinaliont  in  the  Uui- 
Ycrsily  lo  proceed  nmo  llic  election  of  a 
cluLDtxIlour,  be  thought  6t  to  remiade 
them  of  hta  ri^il  to  tlint  place,  eum- 
pliried  umkr  Ibcir  publick  acalc  and  to 


continoe  dminc  bis  life,  etc  36  &lay 
i66oy  ordered  hy  the  Lords  in  patlia- 
mcnt  aaMinhled  that  the  lotd  imuijuca 
uf  Kcrtfonl  lie  admitted  In  tbe  exercix 
of  hit  chancel  lour^hip  of  tlie  UrnTOsity 
of  Oxon,  and  that  all  penoos  and  mem- 
beis  of  the  said  Unlverutr  wbocoe  it 
ma;  cotKenie  ore  teicby  requiml  to 
jrcild  obedicDce  tbcnulo.  Wbicb  Irttet 
aad  order  bong  published  in  Cocvoca- 
tioD,  tlte  uiid  natqacits  was  declared 
cliancellonr.' 

*  William  Seymooi,  restored  to  the 
tide  of  ditke  of  Somerset  13  SepL  1660. 

'  among  ibem  he  portlcnbuly  dtd 
aftenvanls' Acta  in  coodlio  BasiUcod, 
valnmina  4  in  bibl.  Coll.  Ball.'  I*>o& 
CIJV-CI.XVT  A  in  Coxc's  CaL  Codd. 
MSS.  Coll.  Bull. 

'  cc«  in  Catch's  Wood's  llbt.  Univ. 
Oxoo.  iL  p.  699. 


3M  y  —  JUNEy  1660. 


3^9 


fjunc  i6,  S.,  (John)  Milton's'  and  (John)  GoodMin's  books 
called  in  and  burnd  ('News,'  1660,  pp.  356,  357,  at  a  paper  put 
in  ti).  Taken  out  of  Uiose  librar)es  where  they  were,  esj>ecially 
out  of  the  Public  Library".  About  the  same  time  (William)  Prin's 
book  agaiDst  the  bishops  and  books  against  archbishop  Laud  were 
taken  out  of  the  Public  Library  and  put  in  tlie  study  in  the  gallery, 
quaere  there. 

•June  18,  M.,  the  uncle  by  the  mother's  side  of  A.  W.  named 
Ilarcourt  Pctuc,  Mr.  of  A.  and  sometimes  of  Gloc.  hall",  died  at 
Ulster  in  Oxfordshire,  after  he  had  spent  a  fair  estate  left  to  him 
by  his  father  Robert  Pettie,  gent. ;  which  estate  was  the  mannour 
of  Wiveold  or  VVyfald  between  Henley  and  Reading  and  a  larg  farme 
at  Col^ford  nearc  Bister  before  mcnUoii'd.  He  was  buried  in  Bister 
church. 

June  t8.  M.,  my  uncle,  Harcourt  Pettct,  departed  this  life  at  Bister 
and  was  buried  there  in  the  church.  He  married  to  his  first  wife, 
Philhp(pa)  the  daughter  of .  .  .  Cleydon  of  Bucknell  in  the  comity 
of  Oxon,  yeoman.     She  was  buried  in  the  churchj*ard  at  Bister. 

tjunc  20,  or  therabouts,  Common  Prayer  restored  in  College  chap- 
pells:  see  my  answer  to  my  cozen  (John)  Lee's  letter. 

June  23,  S.,  Mr.  (John)  Willgoose  renewed  his  lease*  and  made 
it  up  25  *  years.  The  fine  he  paid  was  5 '  pound,  of  which  1  received 
for  my  share  ili.  13J  ^d. 

•tjime  30,  S.,  the  University  of  Oxford  congratulated  the  king: 
many  Prcsbvterians  and  Independents  thrust  in  among  them.  Tlie 
L-n'ecl*  of  the  speech,  book  of  verses  presented,  see  in  'News,'  1660, 


*  Wood  notes  in  the  maij^  :  — 
*  neither  of  these  (were  studciits)  of 
OnoD.' 

'  it  tremklobcRrnct  that  Milton'tnnd 
Goodwin's  coutroveniftl  nritingt  were 
aclitallj'  tnkcn  oat  of  tlw  Rtxlleiaa. 
Altliddgh  m.iny  of  tbcm  nrc  now  found 
in  tltc  Ubniry,  tbey  arc  all  with  prtss- 
tDsrks  which  show  that  tbey  came  in 
after  Ibis  elate;  Dr.  Tfaomftft  Barlow 
pTcsected  many ;  he  was  libraiiaa  at  thia 
juDCture  and  aiay  have  Kcuied  Eome  of 
Ibe  cjccivil  bookt.  Wood  U  19  (which 
has  Ihc  si|,'Ttature  of  '  Ja.  Hole*  *  a 
former  owner"!  eoDtaimt  eight  trcatim 
by  l[ohn]  Mfilum] !— (1}  '  Thedoetrioc 
and  dbciplioc  of  divorce,'  Lond.  1645; 
Ca)  'IIm  judgment  of  Mania  Dacer 
CDDCcmlng  divorce,'  Lnnil.    1644;    (3} 


Tctracbordoa,  Load.  1645 ;  (4]  Cola- 
stcrion,  Lond.  164$  ;  (5]  Areopflgittca, 
l«nd.  1644;  (6)  'of  Edncatloa  to 
Master  Samuel  Haitltb';  (7)  'The 
tenure  of  kinfrs  and  magiAtniles,'  Lond. 
■649 ;  (8)  Eiiconoclastea,  Loiul.  1A49. 
Wool)  6^5  [])  is  John  Goodwin's  *Cie* 
Icnsas,'  Lctnd.  1G46. 

'  malricnUtcd  al  Corp.  30  Oct.  1607 
'  OxonicnMi,  generusi  iilios,  net.  l<S*; 
M.A,  S.  Alb.  H.  ('annigcri  fiUas  nata 
nuuimos ')  3  May  1615.  '  Gloc.  H.'  B 
perhaps  a  mistake. 

*  of  part  of  the  Wood  (atnlly  pro- 
perty, a  tenement  la  the  Gieal  llayly 
held  vnder  the  lease  of  the  Flcur  de  lys. 

*  the  iKwkwona  has  been  biting  here 
and  the  fibres  are  thetcfoie  onccnain. 

*  L  e.  sabttaDCc. 


3io 


WOOrfS  LTFE  AND  TTMES. 


pp.  393,  393. — The  same  day  the  doctors  and  proviccchancellor 
at  home  put  off  the  Act,  sec '  Notes '  from  Registers  of  Convocation ' 
p.  27. 

[June'  30,  S.,  Convocation,  Chancellour's  letters  read  to  have  the 
Act  for  this  ycarc  put  off  '  by  reason  of  the  present  discomposure 
of  the  University.' — TIk:  heads  of  houses  also  at  a  meeting  on  22 
June,  F.,  and  Delegates  the  29  and  30,  F.,  S.,  ordered  that  in  regard 
there  are  no  inceplors  this  yeare  in  Divinity  and  Law  and  but  one 
in  T'bysicke  and  tht:  professors  of  Law  and  Physick  (^  Richard^ 
Zouch  and  (Thomas)  Clayton)  both  engaged  in  public  cmplo}'inents 
of  the  kingdom,  and  besides  opponents  in  Divinity  neither  in  Ves- 
periis  nor  Comitiis  (by  reason  of  discomposures  of  affaires  here) 
can  be  procured,  they  thought  fit  the  public  Act  should  be  omitted.] 

•June.  In  the  latter  end  of  June  the  antique  marbles  which  the 
great  Selden  had  left  to  the  university,  were  set  up  *  in  the  wall  which 
parts  the  area  lying  before  the  convocation-house  dorc  and  Canditch. 
But  when  the  wall  was  pul'd  downe  to  make  room  for  the  Theater,  the 
marbles  were  laid  aside  for  the  present.  Aftenvards  when  the  Theater 
was  built,  they  were  set  up  on  the  wall  lliat  encompasses  it.  Each  of 
them  hath  the  letter  S  engraven  or  painted,  to  distinguish  them  from 
Howard's*  vhich  have  an  H  on  them. 

tSelden's  marbles,  given  by  his  executors,  were  put  np  in  this 
month  (in  the  latter  end  of  June,  before  the  Act  time,  1660)  on  the 
north  wall  that  includes  the  court  before  the  Convocation  (house) 
which  wall  stood  where  the  forefront  of  the  Theater  now  stands.  Bui 
these  '  mannora '  being  soon  after  pulled  downe  when  the  said  wall 
-was  pulled  downe  (and  sevcrall  tenements  on  the  north  aide  of  it, 
standing  in  Canditch)  to  make  roome  for  the  Theater  . .  . 

[Woodstock  free  school  •. 

Foimded  1585,  37  Eliz.,  by  Richard  Cornwell  citizen  skinner  of 
London,  who  gave  300//.,  one  to  buy  house  for  the  master,  and  two 
to  by  land,  etc. 


*  i.e.  MS.  Bodl.  51)4  which  supplies 
the  par9;;raph  fallowing. 

■  tote  by  Wood  in  MS^  Bcxll.  594  p. 

*7- 

■  Dr.  Bli»  give*  thi«  excerpt  from  the 
UoiTcisity  amounts  of  l66t : — '  Item  to 
Mr.  Jadcson  for  clcojdog  and  politliing 
ihe  Mfhile  Greeke  Mnrtile  Antiiiailics 
j-iveu  \>y  Mr.  .Sctdrn  :  and  for  scltLng 
theni  np  in  the  wall  aver  BgatnA  the 
Divinity  BcboolcgDcinu  lovmrilB  the  con- 


vocation hoase,  09//.  o6j  oCwf.* 

*  better  known  u  the  AmnHel 
msiblcs ;  proeatcd  to  the  Uniireraty 
in  1667  t^  ileiiiy  Uowuid,  earl  of 
Amndcl. 

"  note  in  Wood  MS.  P  il  (4)  fol.  tj. 
Wood  319(10}  Ib  '  Votivum  Carolo,  or, 
n  vclcome  to  Charles  \l,  from  the 
master  (Krancis  GrcgDiy)  iin<l  adiolan 
of  Woodstoclc  School  in  the  county  of 
Oxfonl'Uunc]  1660. 


JUNE  — yULV,  IQQO. 


331 


MasUrs'. — (i)  . .  .  Powell;  (3)  ...  James;  (3)  .  . .  Wring;  (4) 
. .  .  Newman;  (5)  (Thomas)  Widdowes;  (6)  \>t.  (Francis)  Gregory, 
Ch.  Cb.  Oxon.,  edidit  nonnulla;  (7)  Stephen  Pomfrct  1674. 

Sec  the  account  of  Oxfordshire  sclioolcs  in  Mr.  Christopher  Wase's 
hands.] 

Julr- — 4>  W.,  paid  Mr.  Potter  my  score,  17J  id\  the  wnic,  paid  Ned  Forest, 
jj.— 7,  S.,  paid  my  score  al  Mr.  Crenway's,  8j  ;  the  same,  ■  paire  of  gloves,  I*.-— 
The  9  day.  M.,  bonght  of  Mr.  Potter  an  coRKish)  tammy  gowne  which  cott 
a/>'.  5X  ^^i,  having  \%  yArtl&  ami  a  tialfc  for  llic  maliing  of  it ;  lo  Mr.  RobiaKtn  for 
ft  book  iatituled  '  A  *  compendious  Narrati\-c,' . . . :  spent  si  the  McennAid  Tavcme 
IWtlJh  Mr.  (John)  Cuilc-ynr  ami  Mr,  ^Richnnl)  .Snfiin,  it  Ctt/ ;  the  came,  to  the 
duicets  of  the  rope,  M. — 10,  T.,  tt  El\ete»,M. — 11,  W.,  to  the  ma  ton  for  culiiog  64 
letters  on  my  brother  John's  grave,  at. — tl,  Th.,  lo  NicoUs  for  making  my  gowne, 
4J  6rf — i^,  F,,  spent  at  the  Mecrmaid  Tavern  with  Mr.  (Nailiaaiel)  Greenwood 
und  Mr-  (Matthew)  Huttoii,  u  <5rf.  — 14,  S.,  bought  of  Mr.  Davis  a  books.*,  u  id. 
^19,  Th.,  at  MeUy  Hamptoa  and  Fatrford,  sj. — }i.  S.,  to  Mr.  Davii  for  pampb- 
Ictts',  ts  iO(/;  at  the  MercmaJd  with  Mr.  (John)  Carteyne,  11  41/;  to  Kobert 
Petty  for  a  ]>alre  of  gloves,  6J, — 36,  Tb.,  spent  on  Dick  l.ower  at  the  Mermaid 
Taveme,  it. — 37,  F.,  spent  with  Mr.  (Nathank-1)  Grcnwoud  and  Mr.  (Manhew) 
BnitoB  at  Harper't,  if.~38,  S.,  tpust  at  Harper's  with  Mr.  (Matihev)  Uattoa, 

Jvdj. — (2  July,  "M.,  1660,  Wood  made  excerpts  from  MS.  Digby 
A.  177  (O.  C.  1778)  '  Philippus  prior  dc  miraculis  S.  Fridcswydae,' 
which  are  now  found  in  MS.  Bodl.  594.) 

[This*  musique  was  performed  at  Guild  Hall  London  in  the  year 
1660  at  the  great  feast  for  king  Charles  the  second,  uilh  about  20  of 
his  majesiie's  servants  and  the  two  hotises  of  Parliament  at  dinner  in 
the  said  hall.  Composed  by  Benjamin  Rogers,  then  of  Windsor,  by 
order  of  Sir  Thomas  Allen,  Lord  Mayor,  and  the  court  of  aldermen ; 
performed  to  his  majeatic's  jfreal  satlisfaclion,  bcinj  instrumental]  and 
vocall  musique,  in  Lattine. — About  the  ycare  1653  was  scvcrall  sets  of 
airs  of  the  said  Benjamin  Rogers  for  the  violins  and  organ,  of  4  parts, 
sent  into  Germany  to  the  archduke  Leopold's'  court  who  is  now 


'  Wood  313(1);  'A  compctiirlious 
□anatire  of  the  late  troubles  in  K&g- 
land,'  i6f  ). 

*  one  of  them  it  Wood  336  (l)  'Ritts 
rbiroed  to  death,'  Lond.  16A0,  which 
hns  the  iascription  'A.W,,  July  14, 
1660.' 

*  one  of  these  is  probably  Wood  B 
39 (7}  'A  CDllcctioD  of  inndry  petitions 
presented  to  the  King'  [Charles  1), 
Load.  1660  :  in  which  Wood  notes  : — 
'July  30,  1660:  the  first  editian  came 


ont  in  [641.' 

'  sole  in  Wood  416  no.  87  ;  the  oote 
is  not  in  Wood's  hand :  Wood  416  no.  86 
is  the  Latin  verdoo  Hymnut  EucAaris- 
fiitis ;  no.  87  is  the  Engliih  versioa  A 
lOHg  ef  thanksgiving.  The  perform- 
ance ytv,  on  Th.  5  July  i4()0 :  see 
Wood's  Fasti  tu^  anna  1669  //  n«mitu 
llei.  Rogers. 

*  Leopold  I,  emperor  of  Germany, 
succeeded  hit  (atber  Fcrdinaod  III  lo 
1658. 


3aa 


IVOOffS  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


emperour,  and  plaid  there  by  h!a  own  musitions  to  Iiis  great  content,  he 
himself  being  a  composer.] 

(July  12,  Th.,  1660,  Wood  was  making  excerpts  from  the  S. 
Fridcswyde's  register  at  C  C.  C,  now  found  in  Wood  MS.  C  a,  pp. 
Y7-86:  on  July  14,  S.,  1660,  he  made  a  caialogue  of  priors  of  S. 
Fridcswyde's,  now  found  at  the  end  of  Wood  MS.  C  2.') 

•July  18,  W.,  Dr,  Edward  Rcj'nolds,  laic  dcane  of  Ch.  Ch.  was 
elected  warden  of  Mcrton  coll.  by  venue  of  the  king's  letters  sent 
thereunto,  dat.  Jul.  7. 

tjuly  18,  W.,  Dr.  Edward  Reynolds  chosen  warden  of  Merton 
Coll.,  after  he  bad  been  forced  to  leave  his  deanery  of  Ch.  Ch.  a 
second  lime. 

tJuly  19  or  thereabouts,  the  yong  loyall  scholars  of  Oxford  acted 
play  at  the  new  dancing  school  against  S.  Micliacl's  church  on 
purpose  10  spite  the  Presbjierians  who  had  been  bitter  enimies  to 
these  things.    Of  this  you  sliall  heare  more  anon  *. 

[1660',  July  the  i()j  Th.,  a  play  called  ITu  Gardian  was  acted  at 
Newman's  dancing  schole  by  S.  Michael's  churchj  where  Mr.  (John^ 
GlcndalP  acted  a  part  therin  with  much  applause:   and  wberas  thii 
author*  sailh  he  there  brolc  a  vcinc  is  notoriotuly  false  as  hundreds' 
can  testify :  for  it  was  very  well  knownc  by  many  of  Brasnose  Coll. 
(of  which  he  was  ftllow),  and  from  whomc  I  myselfe  have  heard,  that^ 
he  had  an  inlirmity  In  his  lungs  and  did  often  spit  blood  before  this 
play  was  acted.    Besides  he  fell  not  sick  till  almost  a  week  (after) 
this  was  done;   and  there"  sweating  and  overheating  himselfe  an< 
probably  streining  to  speak   loud  made  liimselfe  the  worse, 
wberas  this  man  *  saith  he  died  soone  afier  is  basely  false  againc,  fa 
he  recovered  of  llus  and  was  abroad  scvenill  times  after,  but  then  not 
making  much  of  lumselfc,  caught  cold  and  soe  kept  his  chamber  tiU 


'  i.  c.  in  Gntch's  WockI's  Hist.  Univ. 
OxoQ.  ii.  704  s(iq.,  where  Wood  criti- 
cism «  length  Henry  Jcsscj's  Jl«te- 
menti  that  Ood  bad  cat  ofT  K%'eral  of 
the  >cton  ia  ihU  play.  See  alio  the 
next  pAisj^pb. 

*  not*  in  Wood  MS.  F  31,  fol.  no. 
It  is  a  fragnen:  of  a  critici&m  of  Jesscy's 
X-mJ  Call  rather  fuller  in  details  (ban 
lluu  printed  in  (dutch's  Wood  ut  mfra. 

'  M.S.  Rallanl  14  fol.  10  is  the  paper 
in  crititfiBni  of  Jcssey's  lUlcmcnts  which 
ia  printed  in  Gaich'i  Wood's  Uirt. 
Uuir.  ut  tttpra.    *I~be  foUowinf  paasoge 


mny  be  cited  here:— 'one  of  the  said 
pcTsooft  Mr.  John  Ball  did  not  then  or 
CTcr  before  act,  being  very  sick  of  a 
fcaveriiih  distemper  of  vrbicli  he  died  on 
39  (ai  (he  relaler  hath)  biit  jo  of  July 
(a«  I  then  observed).  And  as  for  Mr. 
(John)  Glctidall  I  confcsic  he  did  act 
bi»  part  very  well,  notwithttandinj;  be 
wai  then  aiid  bad  bin  a  montO  before 
Ladhrposcd  :  but  that  he  died  within 
fewc  daycs  afterwards  is  false.' 

•  i.  e.  Jroey. 

^  i.  e.  in  ibv  acHn^  in  the  dancioK- 
scbool. 


JULY,  1660. 


3*3 


his  dying  day  wltich  was  ihe  B  of  October  following,  2  months  and 
above  distant  from  the  relation  ihis  author  ^  givcth. 

The  next  that  he'  misrcporta  off  is  Mr.  {John")  Ball*  of  JVatfham, 
vhome  he  saith  was  one  of  the  actora  which  is  very  false,  as  most 
there  and  the  actors  can  testify,  for  it  is  verj'  \vell  knowne  his  dis- 
position layeth  not  that  way:  and  besides  he  was  not  there,  for  he 
•was  sickc  some  dayes  before  this  by  a  heat  and  cold  he  caught  riding 
to  r^^unton  to  bishop  ^Robert)  Skinner  to  lake  orders. 

The  next  arc  fuv  of  Aftrton  CoU. — these  he '  mcanes  were  Mr. 
Roger  Brent  and  Mr.  Cliriatopher  Fowle ' — and  as  for  those  high 
demaunds  he^  speaks  off,  I  tnysclfe  know  nothing  ofT,  unlcftshe  means 
their  desiring  some  arrears*  as  most  of  others  that  were  restored  in 
other  places  did  the  like,  and  these  their  high  demands  (as  he  calls 
them)  were  but  by  the  way  as  'twere  mentioned  and  not  peremptorily 
requested :  and  as  for  ihtir  promotion  of  the  Common  Prayer,  this  I 
my  selfc  can  testify  thai  it  was  read  by  the  subwarden's  command.] 

•July  19,  Th.,  at  Mcj*scy-Hampton  *  in  Glocestershire  to  uait  his 
kinsman  Henry  Jackson,  bach,  of  div.  and  rector  of  that  towne. 
(le  heard  from  him  many  (itories  of  his  contemporaries  in  Corp. 
Ch.  coll. 

•July  20,  F.,  at  Fairford'  neare  Meysey-Hampton,  where  Mr. 
William  Oldsworth,  llw  impropriator,  did  with  great  curtcsic  shew 
him  the  beautiful  church  there,  and  the  most  curious  pa)'ntcd  windows, 
set  up  in  the  raigne  of  K.  Hen.  7.  The  said  church  Sir  Edmund 
Thame,  Kt.  (who  died  1534)  did  finish,  having  been  begun  by  his 
father  John  Thame,  esq,  who  died  anno  1500.  It  may  compare 
with  any  country  church  in  Kngland  for  its  admirable  structure.  It  is 
built  cathedral  wise,  and  hath  a  stately  tower  standing  in  the  midst  of 
it,  adorn 'd  with  pinacles,  and  s(c)u]pLurcs  of  men's  faces  and  armes. 
Tlw  church  Is  also  adorn'd  with  pinacles,  and  hath  a  fair  roof:  and 
in  it  is  an  organ  loft,  where  hath  been  a  tunable  set  of  organs.    The 


'  \.  e.  JcMcy. 

'  see  infra  p.  jiS. 

*  see  iit/ra  p.  315. 

*  Cellowi  e)ccte<l  by  the  Parliairwn- 
t«nr  Visiioni  in  164?!  ootl  restored  hy 
the  Kin^'^  CommtKuonen  in  ifiHoweTc 
asking  whdbcr  they  were  lo  be  ymxA 
tbeit  felloir»hi[)  Kllowtnces  for  the 
yean  dtmng  which  they  hid  t>ecn 
ejected. 

'  Wood  416(11)  ia  'A  contempla- 
tion on  ItatfctVdown  Hill  hy  the  mott 


ucred  adorer  of  the  Mosea  Mrs  A[imc| 
Kfeinp],'  in  which  Wood  notes '  printed 
1658  or  thereabouts '  and  that  thishtU 
is  '  neare  Meyaey-Hatnptnn  ur  novm- 
Ampiiey  in  Cloorfteraliiie.*  Tn  Wi»o<I 
MS.  D  4,  fol,  351  arc  '  annca  in  Meysey- 
Hatnpton  windows  taken  Th.,  19  of 
July  1660.' 

*  in  Wood  MS.  D  4,  fol.  351  are 
'moatimcots  In  Fairford  com.  Glouc. 
taken  F.,  Jnly  ao,  1660.' 


Y  2 


324 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


windows  consist  oF  several  scriptore  stories,  veric  well  painted  con- 
sidering the  time  when  done:  and  ihe  excellency  of  them  is  describ'd 
in  a  copic  of  verses  in  a  book,  called  '  University '  Poems.' 

[Fairford*  com.  Cloc- :  Sir  Kdward  Thftmc*  finished  the  present  chorcb  which 
bi»  fattier  tic^Aii ;  nnd  {it)  may  comjvirc  with  my  cnnnlry  village  church  in 
EogUnd.  It  hath  %  (tAtdy  tower  stunditig  ia  the  middest  cithednll  wIk,  ftdotned 
with  piiiacles  and  sculpturm  both  with  men't  facrt  and  aiiii»  *,  tu  aIm  [Htuidet 
ruuni]  about  the  church  ;  witbia»idc  with  a  fair:  roofe,  floor,  riD[r  of  belli,  and  ra 
organ  loft  lately  containiag  a  tunable  tct  of  oi^ftni, ;  as  also,  ia  the  chxncell,  and 
in  both  the  iilci  on  each  side  of  the  church,  with  nluin,  pcdeiitalls,  and  ofTering 
places,  etc  Morcovci  foi  the  ivindows  aod  that  raic  wotktnaiuhip  conlalocd  ia] 
them.  considcrinK  llic  time  when  dcjiiclcd  (which  was  about  8  score  yean  agoc), 
may  compaic  with  any  in  our  cathcdralU.  I  bhall  say  noc  mote  of  them  but  refer 
the  reader  to  s  copy  of  verses  in  the  bookc  of  poems  called*  Uitiverntjr  f«tm> 
which  doth  largly  tcstific  the  worth  of  them.] 

tjuly  23,  M.,  a  commission  from  the  king  then  dated  to  visit  {the 
University)  :  vide  '  English*  llislory,'  p.  1 1 14. 

fThe  names  of  the  visitors  that  are  to  visit  the  University  of  Oxon, 
beginning  the  last  of  July  1660. 

£dwdus  Hyde,  eqnei  aaratas,  Angliae  caocellanoi. 

Guilielrnci)  (Seymour),  mnrchio  de  Ucrlfurd,  Academiae  Oson  cinceltaniia. 

Thoma*  (Wriothedey),  comes  Soalhamptotu 

Brian  (Dtippa),  Sarucn. 

Jotunnei  (Warner),  Roffcn.      episcopi. 

Robertiu  (Skioncry,  Oxon. 

Edvardul  Nicholas  1       .  ...... 

<..,.,        ,.      .     (  equites  suraU,  secrctoni  domini  rcffts. 

Guiltelmus  Morru    i 

Johannes  OUrer,  Coll.  Magd.  pneie*.  S.T.D. 

Paulus  Hood ',  rector  Coll.  Lync,  .S.T.D. 

KichordDi  Zouch '',  LX.D.  ct  tupremae  curiae  Admlrilitatis  judex. 

Richaniu*  Cba worth 

Timothcus  Ikldwin ' 

Thomaa  CUyton*     1 

MaitmusKUietlin*  \ 

Michael  Woodward*,  Not.  ColL  costos. 


JLL.D. 

Med.  Doctores. 


*  Dr.  Bliss  gives  the  reference : — 
*  Fanwssns  Biceps,  or  Severall  choice 
pieces  of  poetry  composed  by  the  best 
wits  that  were  in  both  the  Uiiivcniitiea 
before  Ibcir  dusololioo,'  collrcle<t  by 
Abraham  Wright,  Lond.  1656,  8vo, 
pp.  81,  84. 

*  the  original  draft  of  the  preceding 
note  ;  found  in  Wood  MS.  O  4.  foL  35 1 

BO.  9. 

*  his  monmntnl  is  in  the  church  and 
the  imcriptioa  00  it  is  noted  by  Wood 


in  Wood  MS.  D  4. 

*  i.  c.  and  (with  coats  of)  armes. 

*  see  note  1  supra, 

*  i.e.  Glitch's  Wood's  HisL  ITbIt. 
Oxon.  ii.  p.  70a.  In  Ihe  Bodl.  Libr. 
iOX.  3735.  nunc  'MS.  e  Mos.  346*) 
is  '  King  Charles  II's  Commisaion  for 
the  Visitation  of  the  Univenity.'  Sett 
also  MS.  Tanner  33S  fol.  95. 

'  Wood  notes :—'  thotc  that  are  so. 
matkol  wcir  present  at  the  time  wbeo 
ihc  cuminissioa  wu  read.' 


yuLY,  leeo. 


3^5 


Thomw  Bvlow ' 
Kobrrtu&  Sftf ' 
Waltcnu  Blandford  * 
Jobannrft  Hanghton ' 
Thomaii  LAmplugh  * 
Amoi  Wntraiiid  *. 


T(hcoIogiftc)  BftC. 


(Wood's  namtlve  of  the  proccedinj:^  of  tbcie  King;'!  Commiuiooen  is  round  in 
Catch's  Wood't  Ulsl.  Univ.  Oxon.  ii,  p.  joo  sqq.,  but  is  very  incomplete.  There 
it  a  thin  voIuck  ia  ttic  Univenity  Arcbtres,  entitled  '  Acts  of  tJu  King's  Cominis- 
soDcn  tl  Spjit.  16A0  to  >4  Jnly  tCt6i,'  This  is  [Xfrhaps  tlie  volume  concerning 
which  Wood  has  this  note  id  Wood  MS.  E  4 : — '  Rcfyincr  of  the  Visitors  appointed 
Ijy  King  Cbarlct  II  tiniiu  i(Sfio,  in  Nicltolas  lionrnnn's  h.-inds  (t^stnr  to  the 
bishop  and  archdcacoD  of  Oxford) :  ytey  little  of  it  rcgcstrcd.*> 

(A  transcript  by  Wood  made,  T.,  24  July  1660  of  'Calendarium 
missanun  pro  antinabus  benefactomni  Oxon  (iranschbcd)  ex  quodam 
MS.*  is  found  at  fol.  igo,  191  of  MS.  BodL  594,  wii!i  this  note  by 
Wood : — '  I  wril  this  out  of  a  book  which  belonged  lo  John  LoDgford» 
Vicar  of  Curanore.     He  liad  it  from  Robert  Hcgg  of  C.  C.  C) 

tjuly  36,  Th.,  a  citation  {by  the  ICing's  Connmissioners)  stuck  up 
in  the  Schooles. 

July  38,  S.,  obiii  Willelmus  Grosvenor,  Staffordiensis,  e  coll.  Pembr. 
commensalis ;  et  sepelitur  cancello  beatae  Mariae  Yirginis  Oxon. 
Descended  from  those  of  Cheshire  aiid  bearcs  the  garbcs'  for  his 
annes.  The  aforesaid  William  Grosvcnor  was  the  only  son  of . . . 
Grosvenor  of  Brand*  com.  Salop.,  and  grandson  of  Sir  Richard 
Grosvenor  of  Cheshire. 

[William'  Grosvenor*,  a  commoner  of  Pembroke  Coll.,  died  in 
Oriel  Coll.  in  ihe  chamber  of  Mr.  John  Whytchall;  and  was  buried 
in  S.  Marie's  chancelL  He  died,  S.,  28  July  1660.  His  father  lived 
at  Brand  in  com.  Salop;  but  his  grandfather  was  (as  I  have  beard) 
Sir  Richard  Grosvenor  of  Cheshire. 

Cliristophcr  Fowie ',  Mr.  of  Arts,  somtimes  fellow  of  Merton 
College,  and  now  about  to  be  restored  to  his  fellowship  by  Ihc  king's 
commtsaionerSi  died,  Su.,  29  July  1660;  and  was  buried  in  Merton 
C<A\.  choire  *,  act.  50  or  ihcraboula.  He  was  the  second  son  of 
Anthony  Fowle  of  Rothcrsfcild  in  Sussex  esq.  by  his  third  wife. 
Buried  without  escochcons.] 


'  Wood  notes :— '  those  thai  art  so 
marked  were  prcseiit  it  the  time  when 
the  commissicD  was  read.' 

*  *  aztuc  a  f^h  or,'  aic  the  aimi  of 
Grosvrnor  of  Eaton,  Chcabiie. 

>  outc<  in  Wootl  MS.  K  4,  p.  99. 


*  Wood  gfvcs  in  colours  these  uns  : 
— '  unrc,  a  garb  or.' 

*  lee  mpra  p.  333. 

*  Wood  MS.  £  33  adds  '  against  the 
chapleyn's  deslcc.* 


Sa* 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  T/JfES. 


July  30,  M.,  obiit  Mr.  John  Ball\  socius  CoU.  Wadhami;  et 
sepclUur  <in)  capella  ejusdem. 

•July  30.  Dr.  John  Wallis,  ihc  kc-cpcr  of  ihc  Univcrsilic  registers, 
(and  the)  munimenls,  writings  of  the  said  universitic,  did  put  into 
the  hands  of  A.  Wood  the  keys  of  tlie  school-tower,  and  the  key  of 
the  room  where  the  said  registers  &c.  arc  reposed,  to  the  end  that  he 
might  advance  his  esurient  genie  in  antiquities,  especially  in  those  of 
the  said  Universitie.  This  v,'as  done  at  the  request  of  Dr.  Ralph 
Ealhurst,  and  on  purpose  to  promote  his  generous  designe.  Here  he 
layd  the  foundation  of  Uiat  book,  vhich  mis  14  ycaxes  after  pub- 
liblicd,  viz.  '  llisL  cl  Antiq.  Univ.  Oxoo.'  He  w-as  so  exceedingly 
delighted  with  the  place  and  the  choice  records  therein,  and  did  lake 
so  much  jiaynes  for  carrying  on  the  work  least  the  keys  should  !« 
taken  away  from  him,  that  a  great  alteration  was  made  in  him. 
About  2  months  after  his  entrance  into  tlie  said  tower,  his  acquain- 
tance took  notice  of  the  falling  away  of  his  body,  the  fading  of  his 
cheeks,  the  cliang  of  the  redness  in  diem  to  white,  &c.  Yet  he  was 
very  chccrfull,  contended '  and  heaUhfull,  and  nothing  troubled  him 
more  than  the  intermission  of  his  labours  by  eating,  drinking,  sleeping, 
and  sorotimes  by  company  which  he  could  not  avoid.  Afterwards 
Dr.  WalUs  seeing  his  diligence,  he  cold  liim  that  he  might  carry  home 
with  him  such  books  and  writings  tiiat  he  wanted,  which  be  did. 

tjuly  30,  I  made  my  first  entry  into  the  School  Tower. 

+July  31,  Visitors*  meet  in  tlie  Convocation  house*,  Dr.  (John) 
Conant  iJien  vicc-clunccllor:  \-idc  *  black  book'  p.  3  where  arc  the 
names  of  more  put  out ;  beadles  also ;  readers  '.  (They)  sate  (also) 
in  the  afternoon,  vide  'black  book*  pp.  3,  4,  where  you'l  find  some 
principalis  of  Halls  (put  out).  Quaere  (what)  readers  turned  out  ;— 
(Joshua)  Cross*,  (Lewis)  du  Moulin*,  (Jolm)  Conant*,  morall* 
quaere. 

iMany  preachers  put  out ;  bad  ones  came  in  '" ;  '  black  book '  p.  4. 
Many  meetings"  broken. 

AiiKUst. — I,  VV.,  spent  od  Mr.  (Zeptuuiali)  Creuet  at  the  Crowne  Taveiii, 
11  io</;  the  s&me,  for  dressiDg  my  hftt,  61/.— 4,  S.,  pud  Davis  a  wore,  u  ^dl— 

'  Camdm  Professor  of  Htstory. 

■  Regius  Frofcssor  of  Dignity. 

•  WiUUm  Carvcntlcr.  Whyic'j  Pro- 
ftssci  of  Moral  I'hilosuphy,  went  nut 
ia  t66o,  but  [Kiiiiibly  by  resigDotion. 

'*  see  imfra  p.  ^61. 

"  see  im/m  pp.  359,  j6o. 


1  R.  B.  Gardiner's  Reg.  Coll.  Wadh. 
p.  179:  vx  supra  p.  313. 
'  a  slip  for  'cotitcnlcd.' 
■  i.e.  Ihc  King's  Commis-iionrrs. 

*  see  Gutch's  Wood's    ilist.  UuIt. 
Oxon.  ii.  p.  701, 

*  i.e.    Professors,    in     oar     modern 
tenniDoIo|^. 

'  Scdleian  Ptofewn  of  Naton)  Phi- 


ytfLY^Ai/cieeo. 


3*7 


7,  T.,  spent  at  the  Ciown  Tarenw  with  Mr.  (Z«phiuuah)  Creuet  and  {Nicholaa) 

ShirwiU,  grf.— 8,  W.,  at  the  Tavern  wilh  Mr.  <Obadiah)  Scd<g)wiclc  .  . . .— la, 
F.,  at  the  Mcrcmald  Tavtin  with  Mr.  {Richard)  Lower,  6^. — [ii,S.,to'  Rich  (or 
■  patrc  of  xhtws,  4i. — 13,  M.,  with  Mr,  (Zq>haiiiah)  Cresset  at  the  Crowne 
Tarcroe,  i*.] — 16,  Th,,  to  BlaRtavc  for  books',  n. — 17,  F.,  spent  ai  the  cook's 
shop  ami  tavrni  wElb  Mr.  (Ridiard)  Lower  and  Mr.  Carter,  is. — 22,  W.,  on  Mr. 
(Zephaniah)  Crcsrt  at  the  Pitt,  j(rf. — 34,  F.,  oa  Mr.  0^'iUi*™)  Flexncy  ai  the 
Ciowne  Taveme,  6d, — 25.  S.,  spent  at  the  Crowne  Tavern  with  >[r.  (Nathianiol) 
GrcQwood  and  Mr.  (Matthew)  Hntton.  io<f:  for  the  book  called  Boscobcll^  ir. 
~jo,  Th.,  Liid  oot  in  books  *  to  sevenll  boolcsellers,  Si. 

Augttat. — [August*  I,  W^  Convocation,  Dr.  (Paul)  Hood,  an  old 
Puriian,  and  one  thai  had  ran  wilh  the  times,  and  a  visitor'  a]>poinlctl 
by  the  king,  took  placir  as  vice-chancellor  by  nomination  of  William, 
marquess  of  Hertford.  For  'twas  thought  fit  that  he'  rather  then  a 
thorowpaced  Royallist  should  begin  at  the  alteration  of  government 
now  to  be  made. 


'  these  two  entries  were  written  in 
led  ochre  and  afterwards  iokc^l  over. 

*  ooe  of  them  is  Vr'ood  535  (;> 
'Honoor  and  vertoe  tricmphing  ores 
the  graYC,  tn  the  life  of  Henry  (StalTord) 
lord  Stafford,'  Loud.  1640,  which  has 
the  note  '  A.  VVoode,  Aug.  16  anno 
1660,  (bouglit  for)  gti.'  ADolher  b 
Wood  D  35  (_i)  'Articuli  ...  in  synodo 
inchoata  L.ODdiiii  34  Nov.  i^S^'  which 
has  the  note  'A.  Woode,  Aug.  16.  j66o. 
{bought  for)  2ii,'  AnolhLT  is  Wuud  D 
35(3)  'Articles  agreed  upon  in  the 
Convocaticni  held  at  I.uadijii  1561,' 
Lond.  1630,  which  has  tJic  note  'Ant. 
Woode  Ang.  t6,  A.  D,  1660,  41/.' 
Another  11  Wood  D  35(4)  '  Constiin- 
tlons  and  canons  eccleslauiad  ...  in 
the  synod  at  London  163,1,'  Lond.  1633, 
which  ha«  the  note  '  .\Rt.  Woode  Aug. 
16,  A.D.  i46o,  91/,'  Oa  Ang.  11,  T., 
Wood  booght  another  of  this  set  of 
books,  Wood  D  15  (a)  *  The  form  and 
maoner  of  making  and  consecrating 
bishops  priests  and  deaooos,'  Lond. . .  ., 
which  has  the  note  'Aag.  Jl,A.a  1660, 

*  Wood  335  conCabu  six  treatises  on 
King  Charles  II ;— <i)  *  A  royall  story 
for  loyall  readers,'  1651,  bought  for  4^. 
(ii)  '  BasC(i>>c1  ur  the  compleal  histovj 
of  his  sacred  maje&lir's  inu^t  miiacalouK 
pmetvatiDa  aAer  the  iMttlc  of  W<jt- 
catcr.'  Lond.  i6Sc,  3rd  edition,  boaght 
for  I J  it/,    (ilij  'Claiuuwa  regale  re- 


seratnm  or  the  King's  conce.ilmcnt  at 
Trent,"  by  [>InsJ  ALnne]  W[indham], 
Lond.  16S1.  (iv) 'England's Triamph,' 
etc.,  his  majesty's  escape  from  Wor< 
cester,  Load.  16&0.  (v)  '  King  Charls 
his  slane.'  1654.  (vl)  'The  hiitory  of 
bis  sacred  majesty  Charles  the  II '  by  a 
pcnuD  of  i)oality,  Lond,  1660  {<  Henry 
Fotdis  of  Line-  Coll.  nsc  to  tell  me  that 
John  Dauncy  of  rutney  n<^a^e  London, 
aged  II,  was  the  author  of  this  t>ook  ' 
^Wood's  note).  Wood  notet : — 
'  Among  these  books  Botcobel  u  first  to 
be  preferred  as  to  King  Charles  II  bii 
escape  from  Worcester  battle.' 

*  one  of  ihcsc  is  probably  Wood  654 
A  no.  3  ('  Ilolland's  leaguer,*  Lond. 
1631) ;  which  is  marked  *  A.  Woode, 
Sept.  I,  1660.' 

*  notes  in  M.S.  Codl.  £94,  p.  38. 

*  Wood  has  a  note  (scoird  out)  In 
the  margin  : — *  be  never  sate  aad  hia 
name  was  not  in  the  commissioo.* 

^  a  more  natural  reason  for  bis  celec- 
tion  to  be  vicc-chaucellor  is  the  oon- 
stitutiniuil  one.  Hood  alouc  of  the  Jr 
fatto  Heads  of  Mouses  in  i659-^So  had 
been  in  bis  Headship  dejttre  t>efore  the 
Farliamentai^'  Visitation  of  1648.  Hit 
appointment  to  the  vice-chancellorship 
would  therefore  raite  no  cobstitutioiial 
difficulties.  To  .appoint  ouy  of  the 
other  Heads  would  have  txca  to  sano- 
tioQ  their  tcQurc  of  their  tlcadship. 


338 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TWES. 


At  Ihe  same  lime  the  delegacy  appointed  by  the  Visitors  anno  1648 
or  49,  made  up  of  Presbyterians  (and  some  Independents  afterwards), 
who  acted  and  framed  all  things  before  they  came  to  be  approved  by 
Convocation,  was  dissoU'ed.  The  names  of  these  delegates  may  be 
seen  in  "  reg.'  Convoc.  T."  in  the  beginning,  and  as  they  marclicd  off 
or  died,  were  supplied  by  men  of  the  same  cut. 

The  same  day  Nicholas  Monck,  provost  of  Eaton,  was  created  D. 
of  D.  by  vertue  of  the  king's  letters  wrol  In  his  behalf*.  Dr. 
(Robert)  Sanderson  presented  him.] 

+Aug.  I,  W.,  several  turned  out',  heads  of  houses,  canons. 

tMost  dayes  of  this  month  were  taken  up  with  Convocations  for 
the  read:r:g  the  king's  and  chanceilour's  letters  for  creating  of  certoine 
persons  (that  had  lately  sufFer'd  for  the  king)  in  several  faculties, 
especially  in  Divinity.  I^lany  were  created  tliat  bad  not  suffered,  and 
some  notorious  prcsbylcrians. 

In  this  month  {.\uguBt)  the  Visitors*  went  to  all  Colleges  (and) 
Halls  and  by  their  registrar  Gregory  Ballard  tendered  ther  oathcs  of 
allegiance  and  supremacy.    [All  *  prijibyteruans  took  them.] 

Aug.  2,  Th.,  a  creation  at  Oxon  of  38:— of  Drs.,  Divinity,  26; 
I-aw,  3  ;  phisick,  2  ;  Bachelors,  Divinity  3  ;  Masters  of  Arts,  z — and 
some  more  afterwards  of  Divines  which  made  31. 

Ang.*  3,  Th.,  oDOtho-  Ccmvocfttiao,  In  the  ademoone  :  and  in  the  momiiig  the 
h^ttds  of  hon)iC5  met  to  coasittcr  of  those  things  to  be  done  tn  thv  aftemoone,  nx. 
Pr.  (Paul)  Hotxi  (rtclor  of  Lincoln)  [viccchanwllor),  Dr.  (Richard)  Baylle 
(lircsirlcnl  of  S.  John's).  Dr.  (Fnmcis)  Manscll  (principal  of  Jca,  Coll.),  Dr. 
(Robert)  Newlin  (president  of  C.C.  C),  Dr.  (Richard)  Zonch  (principftl  of 
S.  Albun  Hall).  Dr.  (Timothy)  Baldwyn  (principal  of  Hart  Hnll). 

In  the  uid  Convocilion  wcic  five  of  the  king's  letters  to  the  Unlyeriity  re»d  :— 
the  I,  was  for  Oiiy  Cnrlcton,  Aothony  liawlcs,  and  John  Lloyd,  M.i!itc«  of  Arta 
and  chapUins  in  ori1inAr>-  to  the  ItinK,  mid  for  Joseph  Ciowther,  R.  of  D.,  chftploia 
to  the  dokc  of  Vork,  lo  be  created  Dts  of  Uiv, ;  the  id  wa»  for  Mr.  Gcorg  Hall, 
Kalph  Brideoke;  Nathaniel  Hardy,  Georg  Bcnion  and  Edward  Fnlhatn  to  be 
Doctors  also  of  the  laid  faculty ;  the  .^d  was  for  John  Clerke  to  he  Doctor  of 
Pbysick ;  the  4  was  for  Thomas  Peirce  ^  and  John  Townson  to  be  Dn.  of  D. ;  and 
the  5  for  Thomas  Snaitfa  of  Qn.  Coll.  to  be  Bac  of  D. 

At  the  tame  time  were  3)  lettcn  from  the  chancellor  of  the  Untvenity  (the 


'  i.e.  the  Register  of  ConvocatioD 
from  33  f)ct-  1647  to  6  Sept  1659. 

'  in  MS.  Tanner  loa  Wood  note* 
thathewas'theKcnciaH'i  brother,'  and 
'  Instmrnentall  in  briofiing  in  KiDt^ 
Chailei  11 ;  vide  Dr.  (John)  Price  his 
book  ('The  M>-*irry  and  Method  of 
bis  Majestj'fi  happy  Restoration,'  Load, 
1680)    of   the   restiGittion    of    King 


Charles  II.' 

»  i.  e.  ejected  by  the  King's  Commb- 
sionen. 

'  the  King's  Commissioner!. 

*  added  at  a  later  ditc. 

•  notc»  in  M.S.  Bodl.  s«>4,  pp.  aR,  ai>. 
^  marginal  note ; — '  not   created  tUI 

7  Ang.' 


AUGUST,  1660. 


3»9 


outqucs  of  TIcTtronl)  in  behalf  of  oUier  penoos  la  be  cilbcr  D.D.,  or  D.  of  Pb^rs. 
or  Law,  or  to  be  Muters  of  Arte. 

So  Ihat  b)r  vcttue  of  the  t^lA  letters  were  crented  id  the  uU]  Convocation  96 
Dn  of  D-,  ODC  Dr.  of  the  CItU  Law,  4  Dodon  of  Ph>-ilck,  two  BichcUen  of  Dlv. 
and  two  Mnslcn  of  Ail».  Amung  those  that  were  aftcrwnrils  bishops  wcie  Gtijr 
CarletoQ  (of  firiitow  and  aflerwaidt  of  Chichester),  Ralph  Brldeokc  (of  Cheiccr), 
Gcorg  Hall  (of  Chester),  Hcorj-  Bridgman  (of  the  Itlc  of  Maa),  Thomas  Jlarlow 
(of  Lync),  Walter  Blandfortt  (of  Oxoa  ood  aAcr  of  Worcester),  Culiclm.  Thonuu 
(l)i»ho[>  of  Sc  David'i),  WilUAto  Fnller  LL.  r>r.  (of  Lynooln).] 

+ADg.  3,  Th.,  a  great  creation  of  doctors  of  alt  faculties — a6  Drs  of 
Divinity.  They  paid  ihcir  fees,  and  other  doctors  who  were  after- 
wards created :  whereby  the  squire  bedell  of  Divinity  (Tim  Wilkyns, 
first  a  parl(iamentarian),  afterwards  when  too  late  a  royallist)  got 
money  vnough  (hundred  of  pounds)  to  pay  his  debts  and  to  get 
money  (in)  his  pocket  to  carry  on  tlie  trade  of  eating  and  drinking. 

tAbout  this  time  the  president  and  fellows  of  C.  C.  C.  surveyed 
their  plate :  see  '  black  hook '  p.  7. 

tAug.  7,  T.,  John  Crofts',  Dr.  (of  Div.)  installed  deane  of 
Norwych. 

[Aug.*  7,  T..  another  Conrocation,  whcria  but  one  of  the  king's  letters  were 
read  for  Raphael  Tbtockmortan,  arclideacon  of  Lyncoln,  to  tie  D.D.,  and  eleven 
letters  ftom  the  cbanoellor  for  others  to  be  M.  of  Arts,  U.  of  ("hys.,  Drs  of  etc. 
So  that  in  the  said  Convocation  were  created  $  Doctors  of  Div.,  3  of  Civil  Law,  3 
ol  Physick ;  one  Uac  of  D..  2  Italch.  of  I'byuck.  and  6  Mutcri  of  Arts.  Among 
the  Drt.  of  D.  wore  Thomas  Peircc,  William  Creed,  and  Pelcr  Priaulx^writets.] 

[Aug.'  10,  F.,  aaothcr  Convocation  whcrin,  fint,  were  read  the  King's  lettcn  for 
Edward  Duke  and  Augustine  Carsar  to  be  Docturs  of  Physick ;  a,  the  Chancellonr's 
kttcn  for  Mr.  James  Lamb,  M.A.  of  S.  Marie  Hall,  to  be  D.U.  Which  done  and 
they  presented,  Mr.  Ruben  South,  M.A.  of  Ch.  Ch.,  a  forward  and  conceited 
person,  was  chose  orator  of  Ihc  University,  in  onler  ;as  he  intended)  to  be  canon  of 
Ch.  Ch.'] 

[Aug.*  16,  Th.,  BoothcT  Convocation  wherin  the  king's  letters  were  read  in 
behalf  of  WilUaia  Jacob  (of  Canterbury)  to  be  Dr.  of  Physiclc.  Which  done,  he 
was  presented. — After  that  the  proctors  named  delegates  lo  expedite  the  Univer- 
iitie  alTaim  *  cum  relatione  ad  veiwrabilcm  domatn.'  Among  these  were  some  of 
the  Iniervall- Delegates,  namely  Dr.  (John)  Wallis,  (Ralph)  UathursL— Which 
being  done,  Mr.  John  I-amphirc  M.A.  of  New  Coll.  was  clio«cn  History  Professor. 

t  Aug.  JO,  M.,  Richard  Marsh  initalled  dean  ofYofk  (vide  Fasti]. — About  the 


'  Wood  C  J3  ii  'A  petite  pallaec  of 
Pcttie  his  pleasure,'  Lond.  t6o8,  which 
Wood  notes  to  be  'by  George  Petite 
son  of  John  Petlic  of  Tetfiwurtb  com. 
Oxon.  gcner.*  It  has  the  autograph  of 
a  former  owner: — 'John  Ciofts  bis 
booke,'  bnt  possibly  this  was  another 
person  from  the  dean.  Wood  H  37  is 
Stephen  Gnaito's  '  The  civile  converw- 


tion '  translated  by  Gcoi^  Fettle  ud 
Bartholomew  Yonng,  Lond.  15116. 

*  note  in  MS.  Bodl.  594  p.  19. 

*  note  in  MS.  Bodl.  jiQ^  p.  39. 

*  in  MS.  Tanner  ioj  Wood  adds: — 
'  Impndcnl  prig  (I) ;  inthisofrice  he  had 
opportunity  of  making  his  complaints 
and  venting  hii  spleen  against  aofne.' 

'  note  in  M&.  Bodl.  $^  ^  )^ 


S30 


WOOrfS  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


■ame  tiine  Alemidcr  Hyde  LL.D.  Oxon  wkb  installed  liesne  of  Wtnloo  loco 
Oolut)  V'ot^!  Mine  yearn  before  dead ;  Nfatlhmf  Nicholas  was  also  aboot  that 
time  installed  dcane  of  Paulc's;  William  Pari,  drnn  of  Uchlicid,  loco  (Griflith) 
Higgs'. 

[Aug.'  23,  Th.,  Convocaiion.  wherin  a  peiition  was  read  (presented 
lately  to  ihe  commissioners  for  Uie  ro)uU  visitation  of  the  Uiiivcrbitjf  of 
Oxon)  entituled: — 

Tlie  humble  petition  of  several!  members  of  the  Unlvemtic  ejected  for  their 
loyaltie,  and  not  consenting  (o  Ihv  fMrmcT  illc^M  visitilioD.  hnmhly  slievrrtb^ 

That  yoor  petitionas,  by  reason  of  the  force  which  ejected  them  and  kept  tbcm 
out  of  the  Univenitie  eve;  unce  1648,  hare  bccti  ititctiablcd  to  Inke  tbcii  rrspcctive 
degrees  in  the  doc  times  to  their  verie  (^teat  prejudice,  not  only  in  icspcct  of  put 
adfuotagcs  (which  they  are  willing  to  jiax*  by)  but  bIeu  of  the  jifvsent  emolameni 
of  their  restilnlioD  and  their  capability  of  fttlnre  prcfenuents  and  bene&cei  by  Iheli 
respective  coUcgcs'  clectiona. 

In  coDsidciation  wberof  Uic>'  bcmbly  pray  that  they  mfty  by  such  meanes  ai  may 
teem  most  proper  to  jimr  wisilnincs  be  gralionsly  rccumim-ndcil  to  the  Umvtisity 
for  acLmi&&ion  to  their  degrees  with  the  same  a<)^-aniAg«s  of  Kniority  aa  if  they  had 
been  resident  and  punctiuilly  taken  them  in  their  iIdc  times: — 

And  youi  petitioners  shall  crcr  pray  etc- 


c.c.c. 


lUchonl  Matbcw,  Hagd.  CoU. 
Robert  Bainbam  }  . ,       _  ,, 
John  Marshall     |  ^''^  Coll. 

Norton  Bold,  C.C.C. 

Robert  Bowman  j 
Walter  Stonehoitse,  Msgd.  Coll. 
Henry  Complin,  New  Coll. 
Thomas  WtEKard,  S.  Julm's 

John  White'       JM^fflC. 

This  petition  being  presented  to  llic  commissioners,  they  wonld  do 
nothing  in  it  till  they  had  acquainted  the  chancellour.  But  no  sooner 
had  ihcy  done  so,  but  he  comphcd  n'ith  ihem  by  his  letters  d^Ued 
18  Aug.,  3o  that  in  ihe  said  convocaiion  of  Aug.  33  were  created  39 
Masters  of  jVrts,  among  whome  were — Philip  Fell  of  Trinity,  ncrer 
expelled  (unless  it  was  for  debauchery)  for  he  came  to  the  University 
about  1650  when  all  the  turning  out  for  loyaltic  was  past ;  but  being 
brother  to  John  Fell  (dean  of  Ch.  Ch.)  and  freiiid  to  many  of  the, 


James  Mclfoid 
Williojn  Fulman 
John  Speed,  S.  John's 
Edward  Exton,  Magd.  <C> 
Gainnliel  Clarkton,  C.  CtCt 
John  Drops,  Magd.  C. 
William  Marton,  Utiir.  Coll. 

Georg  Alexander  J       "^     * 
John  Pown&Il,  Ball.  C. 
Gulielm.  Gotdham. 


>  this  MS.  (MS.  Tanner  loa)  con- 
tinoes  to  give  a  great  many  notes  of  this 
sort  about  ecclesiastical  promotions.  1 
omit  them  after  this,  as  being  mere 
jottings  for  the  Atkenae  or  Fasti,  not 
part  of  Wood's  account  of  bis  Life  and 
Times. 


'  note  in  MS.  Bod].  594  pp.  30,  jj. 
Wood  dling  this  note  in  MS.  Tanner 
loi  adds: — 'it  was  looked  npon  as  % 
scandalous  thing  that  ejected  Masters 
should  [ictitiun  for  tlitir  degrees.' 

'  Wood  noic5  in  ibe  margin : — '  be 
wu  not  expelled.' 


AVG.—SEPT.  leeo. 


331 


cavaliers,  they  let  him  pass :  but  this  I  roust  note  of  him,  thai  in  anno 
1667,  when  there  was  no  Act  or  lilcpl}'  lo  be,  he  got  himself  nominated 
by  his  brother  Dr.  John  Fell  then  vicechancellor  lo  answer  the  Drs.  of 
Divinity  in  Comiliis,  which  is  usually  an  exercise  for  that  d'.grce  when 
there  is  an  Act,  but  our  great  men  have  lately  let  it  pa^  tliuugh  ihere 
be  none  :  he  is  now  fellow  of  Ealon,  Uves  genlilcly,  and  does  nothing. 
— John  White  of  Magd.  Coll.  was  then  also  created,  but  never  turned 
001  (unless  for  debauchery  or  idleness),  for  be  came  not  to  that 
College  till  1652  or  therabouu. — One  Thomas  Drake  of  Ch.  Ch.  was 
also  created,  turned  out  in  the  intervall  {not  by  the  i'arliamentnry 
Visitors)  for  roguery ;  but  because  his  father  bad  been  sequestred 
from  his  living  for  lealty,  therfore  he  was  created. 

Thomas  Winniard  of  St.  John's  Coll.  was  then  also  created  Bac.  of 
Div.J 

tin  the  middle  of  this  month  {August)  came  out  {Henr}-)  Jessey's  ' 
'Lord's  loud  cat!  to  England,'  the  paiticuLars  (of  which)  and  the 
answer  see  in  '  Knglish  History  '  pp.  n  19,  1 1 10,  etc. 

[29  Aug.'  1660;  donum  Gulielmi  Sprigge,  authoris  et  socii  Coll. 
Lync.  Oxon.;  Anthony  Woode.J 

Beptamber. — t,  S.,  for  my  battles,  u  4^. — 3,  M.,  spcat  at  Uodicott'a  with  Mr. 
^/«:pbaniah)  Cresset  ami  Mr.  Gtcnnway,  (ui. — 4,  T.,  lo  Hlii|;rave  for  a  bonk,  Sj/; 
tiiBsamc,  an  liUeics,6</.— 7,  K.  spent  at  Earles'«  and  Uaipcr's  with  Mr.  (Matthew) 
Hulton,  M. — 10,  M.,  papct  oni!  to  Mm.  Kurnham  for  a  &cboie,  li;  ibc  same,  to 
Forest  for  books,  1/  W. — 13,  Th.,  sp«at  at  Larlcscs  with  Mr.  {Nath>nicl)  Crco- 
wood,  61/. — The  15,  S.,  paid  to  Forest  for  some  bookcs.  ii  &/.— 18,  T.,  at  ElLeacs, 
6^.-34,  M.,  lo  my  coxco  (Henry)  Jackson  for  3  books,  ^  6J;  the  sainc  for 
bytllades  *,  ji  li/ ;  the  Game  lo  Ch.  Simmons  for  D.  Joneses  booke  *,  is ;  to  Mn. 
BDnhacn  for  a  score,  t;. — [JS*,  F.,  paid  my  bArbcr,  41.] 

(It  is  pUin  that  the  above  almanac  entries  for  Scptcinl>cr  do  not  by  any  means 
represent  Wood's  book  pnrebases  in  that  moTitb.  Wood  605  [4)  Tbomaa  Blount's 
'  The  art  of  nutkiog  dc\isca,*  tnuis].  from  the  Frcndi  of  llenn  Ealknnc,  Lond.  l6£0, 
ii  corked  as  bought  *  1 1  Sept.,  a.  n.  i<ir'.o.'— Wood  B  31  '  A  true  narrxtiTc  of .  .  . 
proceedings  of  the  General  Assetnhlj  of  the  Church  of  Scotland  35  Aug.  1618'  by 
th,  David  Ljmdcsay  bishop  of  Brecliin,  Load.  i6ai,  U  marked  as  bought '  Sept.  14, 


'  Load.  1660;  Wood  643  (3)  i  sCe 
svfira  p.  3J]  note  i. 

*  note  In  Wood  ua  ;  'The  loyal  and 
happy  poverty,'  Load.  1660. 

*  Wood  401  fol  175  b,  a  ballad  en- 
titled '  England's  Object  ...  the  appre- 
hending of  Hogh  I'ctcrs'  and  beginning 
•Come  kt  ns  tryumph  and  I*  jolljr  ] 
Brave  caralicn  every  one,'  is  dated  by 
Wood  Scpttmbcr  1660. 

'  I  cannot  identify  this  book.  '  D.'  is 
foood  elKwberc  in  Woo<l  as  a  cooltac- 


lion  for'  Did:,'  and  so  the  book  might  be 
Kichard  Jones'  'Gemma  Cambricvm,* 
Oxfon)  i6f3— a  Wclsti  book — not  now 
io  (he  Wood  Collection.  Wood  246  (i) 
is  [David  Lloyd's,  anon.]  'The  legend 
of  caplaine  Jones,'  Lond.  1659,  in  vrbkb 
Wood  has  marked  91/.  as  the  price  and 
uys  'this  was  the  second  or  tlUni 
edition.' 

'  this  entry  ma  made  at  first  in  nd 
ochre,  and  then  written  io  Ink. 


33* 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  T/MES, 


l66ou*— Wood  481C4)  Lcofurd  Difx^  '1^  boolce  uuned  T<rtonieon!  Load. 
1647,  b  marked  as  bou^l  for  1/44/00  Sept.  31,  i64o.'  iDicriptions  in  the 
voldDies  tliuw  ibAt  on  the  same  date,  SaL,  3 1  Sept  itifio,  Vt'ood  boi^u  Ihe  following 
booki :— Wood  617  {i) '  The  rebell'i  cateddsiDC  '  [by  Peler  Heylyo],  1643  ;  Wood 
618  (3)  *  A  perfite  pl&tfomie  of  a  hnppe  gaideo/  Load.  1576 ;  Wood  C  13  {i) '  A 
Kgiment  lor  the  tea'  by  William  Bojrae  with  addidoDs  by  Tbosoai  Hood,  Lond. 
1631.) 

September. — [5  Sept',  W.,  Convocation,  vbcrin  was  a  peUlion  of 
ihc  University  to  ihc  king  for  the  coniinuance  anJ  promotion  of  the 
CivUl  Law  and  its  professors,  read  and  published.  The  effect  {was^ 
that  the  king  would  be  pleased  to  have  respect  to  such  persons  as  fit 
for  judiciture  and  emploj-ment  in  ecclesiastical  I  courts,  wherby  such 
as  have  spent  their  time  in  that  profession  may  enjoy  some  reasonable 
roeanes  and  our  yongcr  students  be  encouraged  to  endeavour  the 
enabling  of  thcmtielvcs  in  the  same  way. — If  I  am  not  mistaken,  after 
ibe  king's  restauraiion  there  were  Be\'eratl  places  belonging  to  civill 
lawyers  conferred  on  lay-men,  which  caused  this  petition  to  be  put  up. 
— No  answer  appearcs- 

Sept,  11,  T.,  Convocation  wherin  the  king's  letters  were  read  for 
Matthew  Smallwood  of  Brasnose  Coll.  to  be  D.D.  (aftcmard  deane 
Liclificld);  and  (he)  was  then  created.] 

ScpL  12,  \V.,  alderman  (Humphrey)  Whistler  departed  this  life; 
and  was  buried  in  S.  Thomas  parish  cburch>'ard. 

[Humphrey*  Whistler,  alderman  (of  Oxford)  and  somtimes  twice 
mayor  of  the  same,  as  also  by  profession  a  baker,  died,  W.,  ra  Sept. 
1660  and  was  buried  the  same  day  tn  the  churchyard  of  St.  Thomas 
the  martyr  in  the  west  suburbs  of  Oxford  by  his  wife  IsabctI  (iiis  first 
wife)  and  three  children.  He  was  of  the  same  family  with  those  of 
his  name  that  now  live  at  Whitchurch  in  com.  Oxon.,  but  he  died 
without  (I  ihinke)  issue.] 

tSept.  13,  Th.,  the  duke  of  Glocesler  dies:  the  University  made 
verses  on  his  death, 

[Two  presbylerian  fcllowes'  (of  Lincoln  College)  . . .  though  ihey 
had  been  notorious  complyers,  yet  now  forsooth  in  hopes  of  prcfer- 


ip. 

=1 


'  notes  in  MS.  Bod).  594,  p.  31. 

"  pole  in  Wood  MS.  F  4.  p.  yg.  Wood 
gives  in  colonn  these  arms : — '  gnlcs,  5 
niaiclei  coojotned  in  a  bend  between  2 
houniii  punat  argent ;  crcit,  a  hoa&d'i 
bead  coupcd  arcoit.' 

•  Dotc  in  Wood  MS,  F  ],pp,  1116, 
I117.  Wood  in  the  maigin  notes  tlut 
the«e  two  are  '  Nalbaniel  Crew, 
(Richard)  Knightley.'  The  full  contest 


will  be  found  in  Gotch'i  Wood't  UisL 
Univ.  Oxori.  ti.  703  :  the  above  pauage 
is  printed  here,  lircausc  Guich,  etltClng 
too  near  Crew's  titnc,  felt  constrained  lo 
suppren  it.  Richard  Knighilcy  was 
elected  fellow  of  Line,  on  3  Nov.  1654  ; 
Nathaniel  Crewe,  on  9  May  1656. 
Crewe  MKin  after  his  tmnsIatJon  10 
Dniham  prcinioleH  KnighUey  to  a  pre* 
bcJidship  Uierc  ^5  Nov.  1675). 


SEPTEMBER,  1660. 


333 


menl  and  honours^  had  faced  about  and  become  wonderfull  zealots 
for  the  prclaticall  cause.  And  it  is  to  be  noted  thai  in  order  to  this, 
one  ^  of  them  (as  I  remember)  had  planted  and  nourished  a  beard 
several]  years,  and  had  put  on  such  a  starcht  formality  (not  at  all 
sutable  to  his  age)  that  he  not  only  become  ridiculous  lo  the  Presby- 
trrian  but  also  lo  tlic  Royall  party.  At  length  *  the  rector  dies,  and 
he  succeeds ;  and  in  short  time  after  became  a  bishop,  of  which 
function,  if  you  consider  his  learning,  reall  honesty,  and  religion 
(which  /  myself  do  know  full  well),  is  altogeather  unworthy ;  but 
Presbyterians  for  their  money  must  be  served,  while  the  Royall  party, 
that  have  endured  llic  heat  of  the  day  and  become  poore,  be  putt  off 
wilh  inconsiderable  nothings.] 

[Sept.'  ao,  Th.,  Convocation,  wherin  the  king's  letters  were  read 
for  Edward  Pocock  (B.D.,  Ch.  Ch.),  John  Fairclough  vulgo  Featly  and 
Robert  Townsend  (Masters  of  Arts)  to  be  created  D.  of  D.  At  the 
same  lime  were  other  letters  from  the  king  read  for  Thomas  Long, 
clerk  (lately  of  Exeter  Coll.),  lo  be  Bac.  of  Div.  But  at  that  lime  and 
in  answer  lo  tlic  said  letters  were  onlie  Pocock,  Townseiid,  and  Long 
created.  There  were  also  a  creation  of  6  Mrs  of  Arts  and  an 
incorporation  of  Cantabrigians.] 

Sept.,  3  3  day,  S.,  Mr.  George  Hitchcock',  one  of  the  fellows  of 
Lync.  Coll.  was  arrested  by  (William)  Ball,  the  bedell,  at  L}Tic.  Coll. 
comer,  but  Mr.  IJilchcock,  praetending  buisness  with  Mr.  Speare  *  one 
of  the  fellows  of  Lync,  gave  Ball  the  slipp  and  ran  up  to  his  owne 
chamber  where  he  stood  to  his  guard  and  kept  them  downe  with  the 
point  of  his  sword.  In  the  meantime  the  rector  •,  who  was  then  vicc- 
cancelJor,  commanded  Ball  with  t(w)o  more  fellows  that  were  hired 
to  keep  gard  at  his  doore  and  not  lett  him  come  out  and  also  a 
servitor  to  stand  at  the  College  gate  and  let  noe  man  come  in  but 
those  that  bad  buisncsa  (it  being  then  shutt  up). 

In  the  mcane  time  the  rector  advised  with  his  freinds  what  to  doe. 
The  event  was  that  he  should  hire  some  soldiers  that  were  then  in 


'  i.e. Crew. 

*  Wood  his  bracketed  this  Itst  scn- 
tcocc,  and  noted  ia  the  margia  : — '  tbii 
i»  tnie,  but  I  know  not  whether  il  may 
be  publtshed.' 

*  note  in  MS.  Bodl.  534  p.  31. 

*  intmdcd  into  a  fellowship  at  Line. 
Coll.  15  N'ov.  1650  by  the  PaclUmratary 
Visiton  (for  wKich  be  wu  dUquaUfifd 
by  blnb,  bdog  a  oativ«  ofco.  Wilts)  ; 


M.A.    iS  June    1653;  ejected  by  the 
KiDga  Commissi ooen  16  Aug.  1660. 

*  Robert  Spcare,  adm.  Fell,  of  line. 
Coll.  in  Dec.  1653  ;  M.A.  33  Apir.  1656 ; 
was  Mill  Fellow  in  1661,  Imt  went  out 
that  year.  »dcc  the  Somersetshiie  (ellow- 
ship  fwhich  be  held)  was  filled  up  by 
the  election  of  John  k  Court  on  1 3  Dec 
1661. 

*  Paid  Uood,  D.D. 


5S4 


WOOifS  UFE  AKD  TIMES, 


lew  Mo  totut  md  bnkr  ofxa  fais  dooic  Md  Sonc  M 
Aod  Mldcn  were  gal  ad  laivd  far  sar.  vfe  «ift  dvir  i 

up  ihertiiKL 

But  bdoK  dvr  ««n  tn^e  w^y  x^Ux.  ICickDKk  canes  lo  itt 
top  of  dK  Maim  aad  tbeir  pirie)9  wiA  Aob  aid  tcb  Acb  Ai 

buh  bla  tncMed  by  Use  mnnts  sad  ^axj  ^amt  ibt  Ka^m 
■nJ  ih&i  by  a  '  pndeadctl '  power  ifacy  oned  Hm '  (vibcb  Mr. 
Ltalmce'  wfao  «m  Ibea  bdow  cried  'TitncMil')  esc  Weil,  Mr. 
ffitcfaeodt  retim  in  Ui  cfambcr  md  than  and  bote  bis  dMR. 
Tb«]r  brak  U  opm,  tnd  tbe  captato  cxMannp  m  adted  hia  '  Mhtfe' 
ha  ma  wiUiaR  to  ibed  blood.*  Ut.  Hkdboock  said,  'Noe.'  Batil 
■cenwa  afirnranlft  thejr  itnigled  togcatfaer.  and  tbe  odaer  aonldkn 
cooking  In  ran  liim  in  the  anne  and  cw  his  Gnger,  and  secored  ban. 

Aftermnlt  ihey  went  lo  hacking  tbe  gentlemen  in  the  dambcT  ihos 
cam*  tbrrr  acddentDy,  via.  Mr.  PoBston '  of  Jesus.  Mr.  FOk  *  and 
Scdgwidc  •  of  Lync.  Mr.  Pjlie,  going  to  by  hob  of  Mr.  Hit 
thai  be  should  ooc  be  toe  violent,  received  a  wound.  &lr. 
bad  a  out  over  the  head.  And  after  this  ihey  haled  Mr. 
to  the  CosOe. 

And  Uk  Tbumlay  after  noon  (37  Sept.).  the  Vbltora  sate,  about 
cxainltting  tbe  aforesaid  3  gmllemen.  Thef  received  a  letter  from 
Mr.  Ilhcbcock  thai  they  would  tj^c  bail;  but  ihey  would  not  gran! 
it.  uytng  that  in  the  Icner  lie  had  affronted  them.  His  letter  directed 
thus  :~  "  These  for  the  commissioners  for  \-isiUnK  the  University  of 
Oion  " ;  and  in  the  beginning  of  his  letter  calls  them  '  "  GentlcmetL" 

[Sept.  38  \  F.,  Coovocaiion.  wberin  a  of  the  king's  letters  were 
read,  one  for  John  Arthur  to  be  D.D.  and  another  for  DionfS 
GranviU  of  ExeL  ColL  to  be  Master  of  .\rt ;  the  former,  because  of 
bis  age  wu  afterwinls  (\-iju.  10  Oct.,  \\\)  diplomatcd;  the  ot 
created  thix  day. 

Which  being  done   Dr.  (Thomas)  Barlow's  resignation   o£  t1 
kcrpenh^  of  dM  BcxUcian  library   was  read,   and  forthwith  Mr. 


^TboMi   Uiipl^   use   of  Ite 
KiscS  Ccopalaioacn. 

*  lie  km  'VtMllHt.* 

•  lUjBte  rakacM.  UjL  Jm.  ColL. 
ij  Aj>t.  l«5^ 

ColL)  10  Mw.  i^(f,  ■((«.  M':  B..V  t 
buM  Liftc  CotL  «t  m»  *M.    h  Mat 


be  Ofcattah  Sede«kk  (wbo  gndHted 
3UL  feDM  TriL  CoU.)  ^gmed. 
•  doct  Wood  MM  Aat  ikeCoi 
skacn  to^Md  «■  >»fag  adte 
•My  Loflds  wd  GcMkaa't 

«rfe  war  pecn  «■  ihe  

<H^»«  p^  SH)*^  *hcy  *cma  attBDaeA 
townrtBti. 


SEPT,— OCT.  leeo. 


Z$5 


Thomas  Lockcy,  S.T.B.  of  Ch.  Ch.,  chose  inlo  his  place.  Mr.  John 
Good  of  Balliol  stood  against  him  and  had  80  votes,  but  the  other 
liaving  102  carryed  i:  by  the  help  of  his  Urge  College.  Not  alto- 
geathcT  fit  for  thac  office  ;  sec  clswhcre  '. 

[28  Sept.*,  F.,  1660,  Mr.  Thomas  Lockey  of  Ch.  Ch.  chose  proto- 
hibliothecarius.  (Thomas)  Barlow  put  it  off'  (i)  because  he  was 
those  Margaret  professor  (z)  because  thai  Scldcn's  books  were  newly 
come  in  and  were  to  be  placed  and  catalogued. 

Uliich  n-ork  laying  upon  Dr.  Lockey's  hand  and  he  not  understanding 
the  managing  of  a  library,  did  great  mtscheif: — 

I,  by  binding  severall  together  not  of  a  subject ; 

3,  by  binding  a  pamphlet  with  a  substaniiall  book,  as  I  remember  a 
'  I'hiiosophicali  Transaction  '  with  a  substantial!  book ; 

3,  in  cutting  ihcm,  a  margin  with  notes  were  destroyed  ; 

4,  and  in  placing  severall  quartoes  that  had  many  (treatises)  bonnd 
togeather  and  placing  them  below  in  common,  some  would  cut  out  a 
choice  book  from  among  thtm  and  leave  the  rest*. 

Quaere.  Who  let  Dr.  (John)  Wallis  have  the '  deciphering  of  the 
king's  Iei[ers  out  of  the  library?    Barlow*  I 

tThe  great  liopes  of  the  suffering  cavaliers  to  gel  places,  to  be 
favourers  to  the  king  —see  loose  papers  in  '  Vindication  *  of  the 
Historiographer  of  Oion  against  Clarendon '  and  '  Collections  ■  con- 
cerning old  Clarendon.' 

fMany  people  also  were  created  this  month  (September)  in  all 
faculties. 

Oetobar. — 1,  T.,  alt  Elleses,  6(/.— 4,  Tb.,  for  a  quier  of  paper,  t^. — 5,  F.,  Epcnt 
Ji/.— 9,  T.,  pniil  Forest  for  loinc  boiiki  I  hoagtil  of  him,  +1  V. — 10,  \V.,  paid 
BLigrave  for  some  booktt  I  bouji^ht  of  him,  51  i4- — 13,  K.,  paid  Mr.  Potter,  40/, 
beini;  part  of  a  score  and  there  rcmiinctb  ^s  %d  behind. — 13,  S.,  paid  Mr.  Rubioson 


*  i.e.  in  MS.  Turner  toa,  which 
supplies  the  oext  paragraph. 

*  DotcsbyWoodoaailipDow marked 
as  foL  118  verso,  formerlx  as  p.  aia  in 
MS.  Tanner  103. 

'  i.e.  resigned  the  Ubrariaoiliip. 

*  Wuod's  own  collections  of  pamph- 
lets when  in  the  .^sbniolean  ynoK  muti- 
Utcd  in  this  way. 

*  Wallis  hAi]  beai  employed  by  the 
Comnioowc»lch  to  decipher  Charles  I's 
letters  and  hii  MS.  had  been,  placed  in 
the  Bodleian.  Now  that  CliaTles  11 
was  restored  he  was  anxions  to  blot  ont 
offenshe  paaiagei,  and  for  ihi»  pnrposc 
he  KOl  Uie  MS.  oat  of  the  Library.   Mr. 


Ihlacray  tells  mc  that  (he  deletions  are 
Tcry  lUghL.  In  MS.  UalUni  46  fol.  167 
fat  this  note  by  Wood  : — '  Tktarch  iftfio, 
the  latter  end  of  tliis  month,  Dr.  Wallis 
got  by  flatteriet,  good  words,  etc  his 
Look  of  deciphering  the  kin)>'s  Irtters 
from  the  public  library  from  Dr.  Barlow  : 
whi-ir  he  allcrc<l  whjit  he  pleased.  That 
which  he  gare  as  a  trophy  of  hit  great 
skill  IK  DOW  after  a  mcokioj;  way  blotted 
ont.    QiULcre  Dr.  (Thomas)  Hyde.' 

*  added  at  a  later  dale. 

"*  Lood.  1693;  Wood  fii4  (7). 

*  probablya  collection  of paperi(MS.) 
by  Wood ;  I  cannot  identify  iL 


33« 


WOOD^S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


hi*  ^■utniilEe,  u. —  30t  5.,  to  NkbolU  for  tnpncliiig  of  clothes,  y  ;  Ibe  same,  for 
colcik  41 :  ibe  same,  ipent  at  the  Crowne  Tftvcni  with  Mr.  (Nathaniel)  Grenwood, 
•W;  pond  id  qukMIs,  6d. — 99.  M.,  spent  at  Wyghthain  with  John  Bairctt,  6<^.— 50. 
T,  ^w«  an  EUese^  6J, 

Ootobw. — tOcL  4.  Th..  Convocation :  severall  matters  relating  to 
the  Mayor's  oath  :  see  '  Notes '  from  rcg.  Convoc'  p.  35. 

4  Oet^  Th,  166a  1  was  with  Dr.  (Henry)  Savage  and  he  told  me 
1  shiHild  penis  his  collections  of  his  colledgc  a  quarter  of  a  jrear  hence 
vhc-n  he  had  finisht  them. 

•Oct  4,  Th.,  he  was  with  Dr.  Savage  of  Ralliol  coll.  and  he  told 
him  that  be  ^uld  peruse  his  collect]OD(£)  which  he  had  made  of  the 
•aid  colL  vithio  «  qtuner  of  an  yeare  after,  when  he  then  should  have 
ftntsh'dUMtik 

[Thts'  ^tnscription  at  Mickleton,  Glouc.)  I  transcribed  out  of 
Ouaden's  'Rematoes'  of  the  i  edition  anno  1605  (writt  in  the 
CMTiriQ  thcfoO  3utd  to  be  sold  in  Mr.  Blagrave's  shop,  Oct.  4,  t66o.] 

•Oct.  8»  M..  John  Ckndall.  Mr.  of  Arts  and  fellow  of  Brasn.  Coll. 
dieU,  and  was  borictl  at  the  upper  end  of  S.  Marie's  chanceU  in  Oxon. 
He  Wtts  a  minister's  son  of  Cheshire,  bad  been  the  witty  Terrae  filim 
of  the  Univcnitie  in  1655.  at  which  time  the  Acts  were  kept  in  S. 
Marie's  church.  His  company  was  often  desired  by  ingenious  men, 
UK)  therefore  thrown  out  at  a  reckoning  *.  He  was  a  great  mtmick, 
and  acted  well  in  sereraU  playes  whiih  the  scholars  before  acted  by 
stealth,  either  in  iIk  stone  house  behind  and  southward  from  Pem- 
broke colL,  or  in  Kettle  hall,  or  at  Hal>-wel]  mill,  or  in  the  refectory 
at  GkKcster  hail  A.  W.  was  well  acquainted  v-iih  him  and  delighted 
in  his  company. 

9  Oct.,  M.,  obiit  Mr.  Johannes  Glcndall.  A.M.,  et  socius  Coll. 
Acneanas.  Oxon. ;  et  scpelitur  in  superiore  parte  canccUi  bcatae 
Mariac  Virginis  Oxon.     Fuit  c  com.  Cheshire. 

(8  Oct.,  M.,  1660,  Paul  Hood  the  Vice- chancellor  issued  a  paper, 
enjoining  conformity  to  ihc  Statutes  in  matters  of  dress.  Wood  has 
preserved  a  copy  in  Wood  376  A  no.  347.) 

+In  this  month  about  Ihc  middle  or  12th  day.  the  Visitation  (by 
llie  King's  Comniiwiloner?)  ended  :  it  lasted  10  weeks.  The  visitors' 
actions  concerning  members  of  severall  Colleges : — C.  C  C.  ('  black 
book'  p.  7),  Oriel  ColL,  Bras.,  Alls.,  Line,  Trin.,  S.  John's. 


«  Le.  MS,  Dodl.  594 ;  •«  infra  p.  370. 
•  ROtr  iu  Wutxl  MS.  D  4.  ToL  350. 

■  i.e.  tbv  uttid*  iliJ  not  allow  bim  to 


pay  bis  awn  share  of  the  uvcm  teckoQ- 
Ing,  but  paid  it  amoog  thenuclvcs. 


OCT.— NOV,  leeo. 


15 


tOct  21,  Su.,  (Henry)  Thurnian's  preaching  blasphemy':  vide 
additions  to  English  coplc  in  loose  paper  ^ 

fSeverall  convocations  this  munih  wherin  were  letters  read  for 
degrees. 

35  Oct.,  Th.,  died  (William  Seymour  *)  duke  of  Somerset, 
canccllor  of  Oxford;  and  the  27,  S.,  Lord  Cancellor  (Edward)  Hide* 
chose  in  his  place. 

[27  Oct,*,  S.,  Edward  (Hyde),  earl  of  Clarendon,  chose  chan- 
cellor of  the  University — a  great  getter  of  money,  not  kind  to  old 
cavehers*.  In  the  plague  year  built  Clarendon  House''  with  some 
stones  belonging  as  'tis  said  to  Paul's'  burned  the  year  following; 
cost  above  40  thousand  pound;  sold  1674  or  5  to  Christopher 
(Monk)  earl  (jir  for  'duke')  of  Albemerlc,  for  23  thousand  pound 
by  Uis  son  (Henry  Hyde)  the  (second)  earl  of  Clarendon.  Nothing 
thrives  after  him.  Many  of  his  books  to  be  sold  July  and  Aug.  1678. 
— He  was  a  fool  that  built  that  house ' ;  'If  you  will  not  beleive 
me,  I  give  it  you  under  hand  and  scale " — as  llic  carl  used  to  say 
to  his  freinds  at  Roan  in  Normandy.] 

Towards  the  latter  end  of  this  mounth  died  my  cozen  Margaret 
Tavemer  at  Soimdess,  and  there  buried  (at  Neilebed,  quaere)  circa 
annum  aetatis  80. 

VoTftmber. — 5,  M.,  to  Mr.  Robinson  for  '  the  Rei^ntoiy"  of  ReconU,'  j*. — 8, 
Th.,  given  lo  Robert  Carter  for  bringing  two  of  Mr.  (Williain)  Sprifigs'  boxes, &/. 
—10,  S,  to  (ihc)  fellow  th»:  carried  Mr.  (Williim)  Spriggs'  mink  and  other 
thingiy  ^d. — 13,  T.,  paid  Mr.  Alport  for  a  purge  that  I  lookc  the  day  before,  n  6J, 


'  see  in/ra  p.  369. 

■  tee  iu/m  note  4  p.  355. 

*  Mu^nix  of  Hrttford  i64o;Cbatt- 
GcUor  of  Oxfonl  University  1643-1646; 
restored  to  CbaiKcllorship  t>i  Oiibul 
UnJTcrsit;  36  May  1660;  Uukc  of 
S«5mciwt  13  Sept.  1660 ;  died  34  Oct 
1660. 

*  Wood  423  (34)  is  Robert  UTiitc- 
hall's  '  Carmen  gratalatorinm  .  . .  £d- 
wudo  Hide'  .  .  .  OQ  til  election: 
[Oxford]  1660. 

*  the  note  in  sqoAre  brackets  is  a 
later  Insrrtiijn  {of  1678)  on  a  blank  leaf 
facing  the  pnccoling  note.  I'arts  of  it 
have  pencil  marks  at  llie  aitle  for 
emphasis. 

*  Wood  Is  coastoatly  recurring  to  the 
neglect  by  the  RcstoratioQ  Court  of 
•  suflcrcrs'  for  the  royal  hooK.  Wood 
476  oonliiits  nine  pamphlets  about  (he 


siifl'cringsofDavidJenfcins,Wood476(9) 
being  '  Vencs  in  honour  of  the  revcr«Kl 
and  learoc<)  judge  of  the  law,  judge 
Jeckina,'  1648,  in  which  Wood  notes: 
*yd  out  promoted  accotding  lo  bis 
soflcrings  at  the  tcstauralion  of  Charles 
II.'  From  thi«  jnrtgc  Jinkins  Wood  is 
supposed  to  have  borrowed  the  expres- 
sion agaiiiit  Clnrcndon  which  ted  to  the 
■enlnicc  agniosc  him  in  the  vioe-chan- 
cellor's  coQrt. 

'  see  Pcpys'  Diaiy  imder  dates  31 
Jan.  and  14  t'cb.  t66|;  Evelyn's  Diary 
Ufidei  data  ly  June  ajid  tS  Sept.  1683. 

*  old  S.  Paul's  was  andcrguing  ex- 
tensive repairs  when  ibc  5rc  came. 

•  see  Fepys'  Uiary  ondL-r  date  36 
Aug.  1667  and  Evelyn's  Diary  under 
dale  IS  Oct.  1664. 

<*  I.ond.  1G31;  Wood  489. 


33« 


WOOIfS  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


thoigb  t<  toorettcb;  the  nme,  to  Mr.  Robmson  for  '  Engluiti'* '  trininph,'  9^:1 
EQeMS,  6^.— ao,  T^  I  dunscd  txaao  booki  with  Mi.  Forest  for  Somncr's  * 
^dct  ofC&nleibury*  givlnc  iCk/to  boot — 9t,  W.,ipciititBoi!icotc'»Txvem  with 
my  cozen  John  Dropc,  7rf.— 33,  F.,  spent  at  the  Crawne  Ttrcm  with  Mr,<Maah«w) 
ilatlaaaod  the  Friday  <i6  Nov.)  bdbfc,  U.— J4,S.,loMr.  Adsmft  for '  the Triall  * 
of  39  rc^cids,'  If  fid. 

Norember. — TTie  i  of  November,  Th.,  1660,  died  Mr.  Jt 
Smith,  gcntlcman-conUDOncr  of  Oriel  C0IL,  at  one  .  . .  Day's  house 
a  tailor  in  St.  Aldate's  parish,  and  vas  boricd  the  same  day  at  S. 
Marie's  in  the  chancell  at  the  upper  end  on  the  right  hand  of  Mr. 
(John)  Glcndall  (p.  336).  He  was  the  son  of  Mr.  Banhelmew 
Smith  of  Winton,  esquire,  and  lately  High  Sherriff  of  Hampshire. 

[John*  Sm>ih,  gentleman-commoner  of  Oriel  College,  died  of  tlie 
imall  pox  at  one  Dayc's  a  taylor  in  S.  Aldate's  parish,  Th^  i  No». 
1660,  and  was  baried  the  same  day  at  the  upper  end  of  S.  Mane's 
chancell,  neare  to  the  gra^-e  of  John  Glcndall.  He  was  the  son  and 
hcire  of  Barthelmew  Sm>th  of  Wynchcstcr,  esq.,  a  Utile  before  this 
time  High  ShcrrilT  of  Hampshyre.    Buried  without  escochcons.] 

Nov.  3',  S.,  Henry  Price,  the  son  of  Henr)-,  n-as  borne;  and 
baptized,  Th.,  the  8th  day. 

[Godstow '  nunner}*,  Su^  November  4,  anno  1660.    One  JcffrTCS 

that  keeps  the  key  of  this  niinous  place  shewd  me  a  little  old  chappetl 

standing  in  die  garden,  and  the  vestigia  of  an  old  cloister  leading 

from  Uio  tower  through  the  said  garden  to  the  cbapcl.     He  lold 

me  it  was  called  St.  Leonard's  chapel  as  dedicated  to  him,  and  that 

in  the  cast  window  thereof  did  stand  his  picture  with  this  inscription 

under  it : — 

'Ste  Leonarde  ora  [iro  oobt«,' 

and  on  each  hand  the  portratctures  of  two  abbesses  of  this  place  with 
this  inscription  under  them  : — 

•  Pray  for  like  good  of  Murgaret  Tewkesbury  uid  Eliialiclh  Bmiotoo,  at 
of  this  place,' 

date  .  . .  ^    I  suppose  rather  it  was  soe, 

'Pray  for  Ibe  good  e*rtc  of,' etc. 


'  Wood  331;  ao.  4 ;  see  note  3  p.  337. 
■  Load.  1640;  Wool)  388. 

•  Lood.  1660;  Wood  569(3). 

*  ttote  ia  Wood  MS.  F  4,  p.  99. 

"  tliU  ii  A  note  for  Wood'a  Re^ster 
of  S.  John  &ipUst'>  puiJL  In  Wood 
MS.  E  33  It  appear*  Ibus :— '  1660, 
Nov.  3,  Henry  l*ricc,  son  of  Hcmiy 
Price,  «aior  cook  of  Coqi.  Ch.  Coll., 
and  Catbciioc  Corey  his  wife,  was  boise 


in  one  of  the  boiuM  in  the  Pit  yaid : 
baplin-d  the  8th  day.' 

*  note  in  Wood  MS.  B  if,  made  at 
the  date  of  the  visit;  it  is  to  Im  coa- 
tTMted  with  the  same  note  as  snbcfr- 
qnently  elaborated  In  Wood  MS.  E  1, 
11;^  p,  3j;9.  E.  R.  Motts'  MS.  CoU 
Iccttons  about  Godston'  are  in  the  Uoogh 
MSS.  in  the  Bodleian  Library, 

'  'IuIkU  dc  iinL}iitOQ  ^occurs   u 


KOVEMBER,  1660. 


339 


as  we  may  perceive  in  such  old  inscriptions.  He  told  me  moreover 
t}iat  there,  in  the  said  cltapcl,  on  the  north  side,  was  Rosamund 
buried,  but  he  is  much  mislalteo,  for  ihis  was  hoc  buri}-ng  place 
but  only  a  private  oratory  to  be  used  by  tht'm  in  common ',  and 
on  high  dayes  ihey  repaired  to  the  great  church,  which  is  now  quite 
downe  and  not  one  sione  standing.  lie  shewed  roe  alsoc  in  ifac 
back  side  or  the  house  toward  the  gate  house,  another  little  old 
chape!,  which  he  said  was  called  St.  Thomas  his  chapel ;  but  I 
rather  suppose  (according  to  his  inrormalion)  it  was  S.  Peter's,  for 
at  the  U|)per  end  tlicrof  there  is  two  pedestells  in  the  wall  on  \vhich 
as  be  said  were  3  cocks  standing,  relating  to  Peter's  denying  of  Xt. 
There  is  also  at  tlic  upper  end  an  alter  of  stone  joyning  to  the  wall, 
as  also  on  the  south  side  iherof  a  place  to  convey  holy  water,  and 
many  little  places  and  holes  in  the  wall  either  to  lay  books  mtssaUa 
or  beads,  etc.  This  cbappcll,  I  suppose,  was  for  there  confessors 
to  lake  confessions  of  them :  my  reason  is  this,  because  it  stands 
remote  from  the  house  and  tu:are  to  ihe  gate  house,  soc  that  they 
migt  come  in  and  out  without  coming  through  there  nunnery.  At 
the  west  of  this  chapel  is  a  lodging  which  probably  was  for  the  preist. 
There  is  also  a  garden,] 

[Godstow',  within  the  parish  or  precincts  of  Wulvercote,  where 
was  once  a  pretty  nunnery '  (well  endowed)  once  standing,  but  now 
nothing  but  ruins  ap|K-arc ;  such  is  the  iusiability  of  earthly  things. 

The  lady  Ednx  of  Winchester,  of  the  worthiest  blood  of  her  name, 
was  married  to  one  Sir  William  Lancctyne,  kt.,  and  had  i^sue  three 
cliildren,  namely  one  sonne  called  Walkclyne  (first  a  monk  of  Kinshara, 
afterwards  successor  to  Ingulphus  in  the  abbacic  of  Abendon)  and 
Emmc  and  Avice,  of  which  two  daughters  more  anon  *. 

Lady  Edyve  after  lite  decease  of  her  husband  had  a  dreame  as 


nhbcss)  11  Hmr.  \1I  (14971,  8  Hmr. 
VIll  (1516) :  Mnrgarcl  dc  Tcwksbnry, 
16  Hear.  VIII  (IS14),  36  Henr.  VIIJ 
('124}  •  •  •  ^^  I'lcx  pictorct  re- 
niioed  till  1G43,  at  what  dme  ibis 
aaiacry  wu  burnt ' :  note  in  Woud  MS. 
D  ti(i)p.43. 

'  i.c.  Bl  onlinary  scrvi'twi. 

*  this  account  is  from  Wood  MS.  £ 
I,  loL  73.  jVn  cailier  drari,  which  hu 
been  colUtcd  with  this,  it  la  Wood  MS. 
Dii;i)p.i8. 

*  '  for  iiuni  itf  tbc  older  of  S.  Bene- 
dict' i»  adticd  ill  WumI  MS.  D  11  (1). 


*  tbU  j)ro«ai(e  ii  £brgott£n  in  ihc  draft 
in  Wood  MS.  E  i.  In  tliat  in  Wood 
MS.  D  1 1  (>)•  in  tbc  lid  of  Abhestcs, 
the  protoisc  is  kept : — '  l^atly  Eilivc  the 
fouadrea  wu  tbc  fint  ibbcs  iu.d 
£OTcrard  it.  with  34  liulict  under  her, 
for  the  sp-icc  of  51  ycoret  [.Wood  notes 
in  Uie  luugio  '  I  doubt  ihat '},  and 
died  iu  great  sanctitic,  .lod  was  buried 
in  bcT  owiie  diufcb  before  tbc  gnat 
alur.  On  her  tombc  was  the  cfligics 
of  (a)  vowes  engraven,  and  so  loii- 
tinned  tiU  tlic  di5«oluuon.  Emmr,  Uie 
daughter,  was  pnoteu  of  the  bouse  in 


%  2 


3»<P 


WOOD^S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


bf  to  bed.  10  'go  to  a  place  called  Binsey/  or  (as  I  find 
e)  to  *goe  ncare  Oxenford  till  slice  saw  a  token  from 
Old.'  Acconfing  to  that  dreamc  shcc  went,  and  dwelt  at  ninsey, 
i^  one  oight  heard  this  voice': — 'Edyve,  Edjre,  rise  the(e)  up, 
^id  wUnot  abrding  goe  tlie^c)  there  where  the  lyghte  of  hevyn 
^hihiMk  to  the  erth  from  the  f)TniaRient  and  there  ordaync  ibce 
■ncbons  10  the  aenTce  of  God,  twcntyc  foure  of  the  most  geniyl 
^fini  that  ye  can  fynd.*  Soone  after  she  saw  a  light  descending 
Ifoa  ft  price  of  ground,  Ia)-ing  low  and  encompassed  mostly  with 
pleasant  streams.  Ginng  God  thanks  for  the  manifestation  of  his 
Ine  and  behig  as  it  were  owrjoycd  with  the  discovery,  she  procured 
dat  pace  of  land  of  Sir  John  St.  Jolm '.  In  the  gift  of  Godsiow 
by  S.  John,  he  gi\x(8)  it '  to  Edi'va  sanclmom'alis  and  the  rest  of  the 
BDZis  congregated  with  her'  (before  she  was  abbess). 

Upon  that  pcice  of  ground,  she,  panly  with  her  owne  money  and 
partly  by  the  benefaction  of  others,  began  to  build  a  pretty  litde 
church ;  which  lieing  finished,  'twas  dedicated,  by  /Vlexander.  bishop 
of  Lyncolnc,  on  the  vigil  of  the  Passover  anno  1138,  to  the  Virgin 
Mary  and  St.  John  Baptist.  At  the  dedication  were  present  King 
Stephen  (anno  regni  4)  a"''  'M^nfl  his  queen,  with  most  of  the 
preblei  and  nobility  of  England.  All  which  gave'  then  moneys 
towards  the  finishing  of  an  house  or  covent,  and*  afterwards  landa 
or  yearlie  revenews. 

Shee  in  the  mcane  lime,  being  the  first  abbess  ",  selected  24  virgins 
or  ladyes  to  live  religiously  with  her  and  consecrat  tliemselves  solely 
10  the  service  of  God. 

The  place  where  this  church  was  built  was  then  or  soon  after 


•i^S 


*  TW  MlbMitT  tot  this  i<  'tbc 

]j^r    t>w*i    of    Oodstow 

\W«ai«S.PiUi)p  JO. 

j^  2xi^  k  bom  tbe  '  Enelub 

^  uaAloo  NaaBcry.*   An 

Wood  .•— •  El»- 

Ae«  vu  at  her 

&  Mfticaret'K 

^■•<  tka  had  *  tUIod 

_    ^  ^U  u  mbltcy  for 

■    TV*  U  the  ver- 
^ttt^  Wood   MS. 


1,11  ]raa  that  ihe 


Wsli-rici  j^Tc  tbe  site  of  Gotlslaw  to 
the  kin^>  lod  the  king  to  (lotbtow ;  mc 
my  notes  A.V.  (ie.  Wood  MS.  D 
"<")>P- 53' 

'  Wood  notci:— 'the  severeU  gifts 
mode  to  this  nuonery  by  scvcrall  per- 
sons, see  my  aotes  oaikcd  with  A.V.. 
where  ue  some  (quaere)  that  arc  oot  to 
MoDuL  Anfil.' 

•  '  and  many  of  them,'  in  Wood  MS. 
Dii(0. 

'  Wood  notes ; — *  An  imperfect  cata* 
logne  of  these  abbewt-s  1  have  in  my 
notes  A,  V.  p.  40,  41  ;  another  more 
perfect,  there  also  p.  57 — from  both 
which  may  fl  presume)  be  diawne  a 
peWiect  catalogue.' 


NOVEMBER,  1660. 


.34> 


knowce  by  the  name  of  Godstouie,  thai  is,  the  place  cf  God  or  the 
place  where  God  is  ilaylit*  worshipped. 

In  the  church  of  the  nunnery  of  GodslOw  was  buried  Margaret 
the  wife  of  Walter,  lord  Clifford.  By  her,  was  buried  Rosamund, 
her  daughter,  who  died  before  her  father.  Waher,  lord  Clifford, 
husband  to  Margaret  before-mentioned,  was  (as  'tis  said)  Imricd  by 
her,  after  17  King  John  O^^S)-  This  Walter  gave  to  the  nunnery 
for  the  ticalth  of  his  soule  and  for  the  soules  of  Margaret  his  som- 
timcs  wife  and  Rosamund  his  daughter  ttic  mill  of  Franton  (Frumpton) 
in  com.  Gloc.  and  a  litlic  mcade  la>ing  nearc  it,  called  LcchCon,  and 
a  salt  pit  at  Wyche — vide  Monast.  Angl.  \'ol.  2  p.  884  b.  Walter,  his 
son,  called  WaUcr  ClilTord  junior  (who  married  the  daughter  and  heir 
of  Roger  dc  Cundi)  confirmed  the  gift  of  his  fatlicr ;  and  was  also 
(as  'tis  said)  buried  here,  quaere.  Rosamund  his  sister  was  in  the 
flour  of  her  youth  concubine  to  King  Henry  II  and  afterwards  a  nun 
here;  and  dying  about  the  ycarc  (1175)  was  buried  in  the  church 
here.    Over  whose  grave'  was  tliia  written: — 

*  Hie  jiwt  in  lumba  Ros«  mundi  non  rosa  ntuntla, 
Noo  tedolet  Kd  olct,  qoae  ledoIcEe  solet*.' 


*  the  sUtemenU  of  writers  «s  to  Iho 
place  of  her  burial  Wood  fnuitd  tcj  can- 
iradict  each  other.  Rnnulph  Higdai 
in  pLilfchrooico  io  Hear.  II  (cited  tn 
Wood  MS  K  4)  says  :— '  *pnd  Ood- 
ktow«  prop«  Oxonlam  in  tafituh  nta' 
niaJiHtn  scpnlta  est  cum  talt  epit&phio  : 
— Hif  joitt  etc.*  ChroDicoa  JotuLDoi 
Brampton,  p.  llji  (cited  on  ft  slip  io 
Wood  MS.  £  -i),  '  Rmninuiul  Imried  i'm 
<apiluh  iHffmaiium  ' ;  on  wbicb  Wood 
Dotei : — '  If  fio  how  could  Hugh,  bishop 
of  Lyooola,  kc  bcr  be&fK  wheti  he  was 
sCTTuig  at  the  alltir:  ibid.  p.  13^5  't» 
tsld  he  saw  it  when  be  grayed  a/  tfu 
high  attar*  In  the  text  Wood  Tries  to 
solve  the  difhculty  by  tupposiag  tluit 
her  body  was,  whcD  bUhop  Hiif;b  spoke 
out,  removed  from  the  chapel  to  the 
chaptei'botuc. 

>  ia  Wood  MS.  D  II  (I)  p.  48  Wood 
notes : — *  In  a  book  intituled  "Dives  et 
J'aHper,  being  nn  exposition  on  the  10 
co(iiinaodcmcnt9,"*piialedfttLond.  1493 
and  WestmoaasL  1496:  ^copies  in  Uie 
Uodlcian  have  prGssmarks)  M .  1 3. 9.  Tb, 
and  D.  1.  13.  Th.  SeM. ;  In  the  6  coni- 
BiandiBCot,  chapter    14,  thus  ;— "  Wc 


rede  thai  in  Englondc  was  a  king  that 
had  a  cooicul'iDc.  whose  iiame  was  Kcwe 
[Wood  notc%  in  margin  :— '  she  wat 
called  Kosamund  in  her  lUc  titnc,  &s 
appcarcs  by  charters  'J ;  and  (or  bcr 
great  l>cwtey  he  clepcd  bcr  Rose  a 
monde,  Rosa  ntundi,  that  is  to  sayt, 
Rose  of  the  world.  For  him  thought 
that  &hec  passed  al  wymcn  in  bewtye. 
Il  bifel  ihiU  she  dtnl  and  wiut  tniried 
while  the  king  wat  abvent-  And  whanne 
be  cim  i^n,  for  grctc  love  tliat  be  hjul 
to  yr,  he  wolde  le  the  bodye  in  the  grarc 
and  w(b)8a  the  grave  wtu opened,  there 
snte  an  orible  todc  upon  hir  breste  by^ 
twcDc  hir  tcetys,  and  a  foulc  adder 
bigirt  fair  body  about  in  the  midle.  Add 
the  stankc  i»o  that  the  kyng,  oc  non  other 
tcjght  stood  to  ac  that  oiyble  nght 
Than  the  kynge  dyde  shctle  agen  the 
gmve  and  did  wr)-te  these  two  rccrscs 
upon  the  grave  :^ 

Hie  jacct  in  tninba  rosa  mnndj  non 

rosa  moiida 
Nee  redolet  scd  olet  qood  redolerc 

soleL 
Merc  lydhe  io  grave  Rose  of  the 
wurUI,  but  not  cicae  rote 


343 


iVOOrfS  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


Hngh,  bishop  of  Ljrncoln,  afterwards  called  St.  Hughe,  being  tn 
vifiting  his  diocess  anno  1191,  came  to  this  place  of  Godstowe 
and  going  to  the  altar  to  do  his  devotions,  observed  an  hearse, 
covered  with  silkc,  with  tapers  burning  about  it,  which  the  nunns 
at  that  time  had  in  great  veneration.  He  thcrupon  enquired  dC  lh« 
gtandiTS  by,  'whose  it  was';  and  tlicy  answering  'il  was  feire 
Rosamund's  whom  King  Henry  so  dearly  loved  and  for  whose  sake 
he  had  been  a  munificent  benefactor  to  their  poor  house  by  giving 
larg  revenewes  for  the  maintenance  of  those  lights,'  he  replied : — 
'  Take  her  hence,  for  she  was  a  whore,  for  the  king's  affections  to 
her  were  unlawfull  and  adulterous;  and  but)-  her  out  of  the  church 
with  other  common  people,  to  the  end  that  religion  be  not  \ilifii-d 
and  that  other  women  might  be  terrified  from  such  adulterous 
practices.*  TiV'herupon,  as  some  say,  ihey  removed  her  into  the 
churchyard,  but  I  rather  suppose  they  laid  her  wiih  her  ston-coffin 
in  the  chapter-bouse,  where  she  contmued  severall  yeares.  At  length 
her  flobh  being  quilt  perished  these  chast  sisters  put  all  her  bones 
ill  a  perfumed  Ivaihcr  baggc  wliich  bagg  ihcy  enclosed  in  lead  and 
tayd  them  aga.inc  (with  her  stone  cofTm)  in  the  cliurch  under  a  larg 
grave  stone  on  which  stone  as  'tis  said  was  engraven  '  Hicjaai,'  etc., 
{ut  supra),  quaere. 

John  Leiand  in  his  Itineraries  made  about  1542  (tempore  Henrici 
Vni)  saith  that  '  her  lombe  at  Godsiow  nunnery  was  of  late  taken  up, 
and  was  a  fair  larg  stone  with  (his  inscnptioa  Tum&a  Roiomumh* 
Her  bones  were  closed  in  leather  and  thai  leather  was  closed  in 
lead.  When  it  was  opened  there  was  a  veric  sweet  smell  came 
out  of  it. 

In  a  note  of  Mr.  Thomas  Allen,  somtimes  of  Gloccsler  Hall, 
who  died  1632  aged  90  or  thcrabouis,  I  find  that  the  tom(b)- 
stone  of  Kosamtuide  Clifford  was  taken  up  at  Godsiow  and  broken 
in  pciccs:  upon  which  was  entercbangeble  wcavings  dra^mc  out, 
and  decked  with  roses  red  and  green,  and  the  picture  of  a  cup  out 
of  which  shee  dranke  the  poyson  given  her  by  the  Queen,  carved 
in  stone. 

At  Bildwas  Abbey  in  Shropshire  was  for  severall  ages  religiously 
kept  a  cope  of  this  lady  Rosamund's  working  of  needle  work.  About 
the  skirts  wherof  were  written  these  words : — 

'  Rosattmndt  CUBord  pnpriis  nuuiJbas  mc  fecit.' 

Sbw  unendh  not  swetc  but  stjml^cth  — Thii  Is  a  simple  ftorf,  and  inTented 
full  foulc  tliBt  snmtymc  smcUcd  hy  the  commciiUtui.  to  fTight  women 
full  twtte."  bvax  commitlii^  adaltcry.' 


KOVEMBER,  1660. 


343 


At  every  place  where  Rosamund's  body  rested  between  Woodstock. 
and  Godstow  King  Henry  11  caused  a  cross  lo  be  set  up.  Tltcre 
was  a  fair  cross  set  up  by,  and  wilJioul,  Toll  Bridge  (thai  is,  ihc  bigger 
of  the  two  bridges  tliat  conducts  the  passenger  to  Godstow)  next 
to  Lower  VVuIvcrcotc  and  Porlmeade,  and  on  the  cross  were  these 
verses '  written : — 

*  Qni  meat  blc.  ont.  signora  nlotu  adortt 
Utqnc  ubi  dctui  veoiam  Rosamtmda  piecetur.' 

King  Stephen  by  his  charter  granted  to  these  nuns  a  fair  to  be  kept 
for  three  dayes*  space  at  S,  John  Baptist  tyde.  Il  was  kepi  by  this 
cross  and  multitudes  of  people  resorted  llierunio-  Tlic  bridge '  next 
to  thai  cross  was  called  Toll  Bridge,  as  before. 

Rosamond '  was  wont  to  say  that  '  though  shee  was  a  concubine, 
yet  shee  should  be  saved.'  'How  shall  wee  know  that?'  said 
scvcrall  of  the  nuns.  'Why,*  said  shee,  'if  that  tree'  (pointing  to 
one  that  bad  green  leaves  on  it)  '  be  turned  into  stone  after  my  death, 
then  shall  I  have  life  among  the  saints  in  heaven.'  Within  few  yeares 
this  (as  my  author  sailb)  came  to  pass.  And  the  stone  was  com- 
monlie  shewed  to  passengers  at  Godstow  even  till  tliat  house  was 
dissolved.  It  is  now  shewed  at  Woodstock  *,  but  it  is  not  that  stone 
that  was  shewed  at  Godstow. 

R«nclpb  Hyg<lca*  in  bii  Polycbronicoo  (pdntcd  io  English,  1537)  foL  389  ■  >— 


'  see  Clark*!  Wood's  City  of  Oxford 
"■•MO. 

•  ibid.,  pp.  354,  576, 

*  Wood  401  p,  ;  ht  the  ballad  en- 
titled 'A  mournful  ditlf  of  tlie  Lady 
KosamuDd  king  Uenry  the  eecoodSi 
coacnbioe  who  was  poytoocd  to  death 
by  Queen  Eknor  in  Wooduoost  {tW) 
Bower  Dure  Oxford,'  bccinniDf; '  XMieo 
as  King  llcnry  ml'd  this  land  |  The 
Kcond  of  Ibat  nsnit:.' 

•  note  to  Wood  MS.  D  It  (i)  p.  47 : 
— 'Qnacre  Dr.  <Roben>  Plot's  book  of 
Oifordsbirc  who  uith  (liut  faUe)  that 
'lU  at  Woodstock.' 

*  brought  in  here  into  the  text  of 
Wood  MS.  E  r,  from  Wood  MS.  D 
It  ( I ),  u  directed  bya  n)ari;:inal  note. 
The  Latin  text  is  found  iu  Wood  &TS. 
E  4,  dted  from  a  MS.  by  Twy»e  (M.S. 
ucb.  Seldca  lupra  79,  p.  1^3),  who 
giTtk  tliis  cxplaimliiMi  of  the  'coAier': 
— '  CUtun  anicm  banc  RuMinortdi  [sic} 
credo  fuisfic  spcculi    gams,  dc  cnjtu 


stnictnra  ta  qaodam  wteri  ^TS.,  sic 
lego : — "  Sfttulmm  im  ijua,  h/k  viitt, 
offorehtmt  muUae  ima^ms  uttyvenfet 
u-  Accipe  piiidetn  b<n>e  piutundain, 
ct  poue  in  fiuidu  ejus  specalnni  oom- 
jDone,  scilicet  coavcxum.  Puatca  aodpe 
6  Tcl  7  alia  specula  convcxa.  ejusdem 
quARUtatis,  et  atmtdc  pltunbum  illonua 
quod  c&t  io  parte  coaeava  com  cohello. 
(Sciaa  lumea  ()uo(l  Taldc  tacdioscm  at 
abradere  totnm  plumbtun  mtinde,  doc 
rractione  vitii:  idvo  si  rclis  bene  nuin> 
dare  cl  removcre  plumbnin,  aocipe  ar- 
gcnturn  Tirum,  ct  innngc  cnm  co  ploin- 
bam  leriicT  a  spcculo.)  Qnae  cum  bene 
(uerint  mucdata,  pone  ca  la  pyvde,  iito 
modo  laiuco  quod  stent  obliqi»  io 
j>yKidc  et  hoc  secuudum  situs  divenos : 
•inod  lie  £sc)et;  nam  cum  priaittm 
^jccnlcm  potitnm  faeiit  in  foado,  pooes 
secundum  t]>ecu!iim  ut  Ulus  unnm  ad* 
bacicat  primo  tpoculo  ct  Ulus  opposl- 
lam  distt-l  ab  co  |wr  onnm  diginuD  ct 
lie  oblique  pones  in  pyxidc;  supremo 


344 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


'  RoMUDond,  concabinc  to  King  Henry  11  mu  buried  tn  the  cIinptcr-hons«  nl  God> 
■tow.  TbtB  wcDcb  lad  a  little  coffer  £'d>ta'  ia  the  I-atin  text]  scarsly  of  tiro  Toot 
loag  nude  bf  a  vonder-craft  thai  is  yet  sroi  therp.  Thnin  it  scrmclh  that  t^iiuits 
figbt  ['  coofilctiu  pQjyilam  1,  bcMtK  cunlc  ['  gcstns  ammaJltun  *],  foote  flee  and 
fjrsh  leap,  without  any  mnn's  monng.^ — To  tliiK  fnyrc  «Tach  the  king  made  at 
Woodstock  X  dumber  of  wonder-craft  slyly  nude  by  Dedalut  work  least  the  qtwea 
should  find  and  tak«  Rouunund.' 

This  nunnery  was  valued  al  ihe  suppression  to  be  worth  per  annum 

274//.  5i  \d  ob. 

Dr.  <Gllbm>  BttiDct'i  BlBtory  of  the  Rcformatloa  of  tbe  Chorch  of  England  lib. 
3  anno  1538  p.  338  : — 'The  Visitor*  for  religious  places  when  they  wcrcabont  to 
be  dissolved  did  intetceed  earneitly  for  the  nunnery  of  Godstow,  where  Acre  was 
great  strictnrw  of  life,  aiid  to  which  were  most  of  the  yotig  geiitlewonicii  of  the 
coQotry  Ecac  to  be  bred  :  so  that  the  gentry  of  tiic  country  dealred  that  tlK  Idiig 
would  spare  the  house,  yet  al)  was  uneflTedaall.' 

In  the  yeare  1660  being  very  denrous  to  survey  the  ruins  of  this 
nunnery,  1  got  one  Jeffryes,  living  at  Wulvercoie,  hayliff  to  Da«d 
Walter,  lord  thcrof,  10  shew  me  iheni.  Tie  had  me  into  a  little 
old  chappell,  imirelie  then  and  since  standing  in  the  garden  that 
belonged  to  the  nunnery.  This  chappell,  he  told  me,  was  dedicated 
to  St.  Leonard,  and  tliat  in  the  east  wbdow  tlierof  (which  containca 
3  narrow  lighis)  were  standing,  before  tlie  nunnery  houae  was  burnt 
downe  Maii  23  anno  1645,  the  painted  piciurcs  in  glass  of  St. 
Leonard,  and  on  one  side,  the  picture  of  Isabell  Draynton,  and 
on  the  other,  of  Margaret  Tewksbury,  somtimes  abbesses  of  the 
nunnery,  in  their  Benedictine  habits,  and  crosier^s)  or  pastorall 
slaves  in  their  hands.  Under  them  was  an  inscription  running  to 
this  effect : — 

*  Piay  yee  for  the  good  estate  of  Isabell  Brayntoii  and  Margaret  Tewksbvry^ 
abbcssca  of  this  pLace.' 

Out  of  their  mouths  came  a  scroll  and  in  that  scroll  was  written : — 
'  Om  pro  nobis,  Sle  I^ooardc.' 

This  chappell  being  at  some  distance  from  the  house,  there  was 


pones  snnm  spccnlnin  nititidatcin,  at 
prius,  rccte  et  nun  oblique  ;  et  ilit  apta 
ea  bene  nt  non  vldcntor  nisi  suprcuitmi 
spciruSuni.  Tont:  si  inspidas  speculum, 
videbis  in  eo  tot  .imagines  quot  suut 
ftpccuU  ;  H  circumvoivas  speculum, 
Tidcbis  qnalitcT  iiuogo  una  *eni|tcT  stet 
in  medio  ct  in  ono  situ,  ct  carierae 
imagines  circomcanc  enm  ac  si  irrint  ad 
tripudiam."— lla  Mr,  (Thomas)  AUeo 


ex  quodam  vcteri  MS.  libro  de  A*faHit 
tl  ii^rrf/MexDcrpsitfftcmihi  ['  B{riaoo) 
T(wync),'  added  by  Wood]  tiadidit.' 
It  might  be  worth  while  for  some  one, 
puMeiued  of  mechanical  ingenuity,  to 
try  whether  this  old  optical  toy  might 
not  be  revived.  Wood  refers  to 
'Naturat  History  of  Oxfordshire,  \f<j 
Dr,  Plot,  cap.  9  parogr.  144.' 


NOVEMBER,  1680. 


545 


formerly,  running  under  the  wall  that  parts  the  housing  from  the 
garden,  a  cloister  to  convey  the  nuns  from  their  mansion  to  the  said 
chappeU,  some  vestigia  of  which  were  then  remaining.  He  told 
roe  that  on  the  north  side  at  the  upper  end  by  the  altar  was  buried 
fair  Rosamund,  and  there,  saith  he,  is  the  stone  cofSn  wherin  her 
body  was  buried:  but  the  relator  of  this  is  much  mistaken,  for  there 
was  nCT-er  any  person  buried  there,  the  chappell  being  onHe  for 
privat  or  secret  suffrages,  and  the  great  church  for  buriall.  In  the 
said  chappcII  are  two  stone  coRins  laying  at  the  upper  end.  without 
planks  or  covers  to  them;  but  these  to  my  knowledge  were  about 
3  or  4  years  before  that  lime  !a\-ing  open  in  llic  ground  in  tlkit 
which  was  somiimca  llic  churchyard.  And  I  have  K-cn  sevcrall 
times  told  that  Rosamund  was  buried  there  in  one  and  her  father 
and  mother  in  another.  But  these  laying  to  every  man's  veiw, 
Jeffryes  thought  it  more  commodious  to  him  to  have  them  removed 
in  the  said  litUe  chappell,  and  accordingly  conveyed  them  therto 
a  little  before  the  king's  restoration ;  so  that  being  under  lock  and 
key,  yeilds  liim  many  a  6*/,  which  before  did  not.  The  great  thurcb 
(wliicli  stood  at  tlic  ea.st  side  of  tlie  tower  which  mostly  yet  stands) 
was,  I  presume,  only  used  by  the  nuns  on  Sunda)s,  Holy  days  and 
their  Eves,  and  other  solemne  times.  But  not  one  stone  (not  so  much 
as  any  foundation)  doth  remaj-ne,  or  hath  remayned  in  ihe  memory 
of  roan.  From  within  the  precincts  of  that  church  liath  been  dug 
up  several]  stone-coffins  (of  which  those  before  mentioned  were  two), 
imployed  for  an  infimous  use,  and  undcr\-alued  by  the  vulgar.  They 
were  not  layd  deep  in  the  ground,  onlie  so  farr,  that  the  plankc 
that  covers  them 


(which  n-as  of  this  forme 


I) 


should  lay  even  with  the  pavement  of  the  floore.  And  upon  most 
of  those  planks  or  plank-stones,  were  engraved  in  thcro,  or  embossed 
or  convexed  a  cross  from  one  end  to  the  other  g|-— *i.  Such 
1  have  observed  not  onlie  here,  but  at  Osney  and  in  Merton  Coil, 
Church. 

At  the  first  entrance  into  the  nunnery  (which  was  through  a  large 
gate,  with  lodging  roomcs  Over  it)  was  beheld  a  faiie  spacious  court. 
On  the  right  luuid  or  south  side  of  which  stood  the  nunnery,  which 
had  a  fair  portico  leading  into  it  On  the  left  hand  or  north  side 
of  the  court  were  a  long  range  of  buildings  that  reached  from  one 
side  of  the  gate-house  or  lodge,  to  the  west  end  almost  of  the  court. 
In  ibis  range  was  a  little  old  chappell,  which  as  JeR'rj'cs  told  me 


34fi 


It'OOiys  LIFE  AND  TmES. 


was  caHed  Sl  Thomas  cbappcU ;  at  Uic  upper  end  or  which  I  saw 
two  pcdcstalls  on  which  as  be  told  mc  were  standing  the  portracturca 
of  two  cocks  canxd  in  stone.  There  at  tJic  upjwr  end  also  I  saw 
OD  altar  of  stone  joyning  to  the  wall,  and  on  the  south  side  therof 
a  place  to  convey  away  into  the  ground  holy  water,  and  many  bol< 
in  the  said  wall  dther  lo  lay  in  them  books  or  missals  or 
etc.  At  the  west  end  of  this  chappell  were  certaine  lodgings  for 
a  pTcist  or  preists — so  that  I  pre±>ume  this  chappcII  was  used  by 
guests,  travetlen,  pilgrims,  poor  people,  that  daylic  come  to  this 
place;  for  other  building?^  wliich  jo)'ned  to  those  of  the  preist, 
were,  as  I  have  been  enformcd,  for  their  use  and  reception.  Jc tfrj-es 
told  me  that  there  had  been  a  ring  of  bells  in  the  tower,  that  David 
Walter  lias  a  platforme  or  prospect  of  the  nunnery,  and  many  writii 
belonging  to  it.  After  my  diligent  survey  of  this  nunner)-  I  look^ 
a  prospect  of  its  ruins  a  copie  *  of  which  is  in  notes  A.  V.  (i.c  Wood 
MS.  D  II  (i).> 

I  have  seen  a  ballad  of  the  life  and  actions  of  fair  Rosamond  and  j 
Eling  Henry  II ;  and  a  song  of  the  breaking  downe  of  Godsto\ 
bridge  and  cross,  beginning  as  I  remember,  thus: — 
•Godstow  bridge  is  broken  downe.'] 

[Nov.  7',  W.,  Convocation,  wberin  Waller  Dayrell  (MA.  Ch,  Ch.), 
Thomas  Lamlugh  and  Thomas  TuUic  (Bac.  of  Div.)  were  created  D. 
of  D.  by  vertne  of  the  king's  letters  then  read.  Lamplugh  had  before 
been  created  M.  of  A.  and  I  think  Tully  also.  Francis  D.-ivies  of  Jcs. 
and  Thomas  Smith  of  Qu.  Coll.  (B.  of  D.)  were  in  the  said  leners  but 
Davys  being  then  absent  was  not  created  till  (ai  May  i6<ii>i  ^"^^ 
Smith,  being  in  remote  parts  in  the  north,  either  looking  after  a 
prebendship  of  Durham  or  the  deanery  of  Carlilc,  could  not  come  in 
person,  and  therfore  witli  leave  from  the  Convocation  he  was 
diplomaied,  T.,  xi  Dec.  following.  This  person  was  created  M.  of 
A.  and  Bac.  of  Div.  and  (hough  a  scholar  yet  he  got  his  degrees  (and 
preferments,  they  say)  clancularly,  as  Lampluge  didj 

Nov.  8,  Th.,  1660,  obiit  Walter  Waferer, .  . .'  et  socius  CoU.  Novi, 
Ct  sepelitur  in  clausiro  boreati. 

[Nov.  9  *,  F.,  Sir  Edward  Uyde's  installment  to  be  chancellor  of  the 


'  this  ilrawing  is  oot  now  foand  in 
Wo«xl'9  MS.  'A-V.'  IVfixed  lo  MS. 
Knwl.  B  408  (•  ihc  Engliih  Idger  book 
or  Godstow')  u  n  drawing  of 'Godxtow 
DDiuicTy  tAlcca  (lom  the  Llut  1666*  by 
^Vood,  which  b  probAblj  ukhc  dabo- 


ratc  than  the  taissint;  drawttij;.  because 
on  0  lai^er  page  than  MS.  *  A.V.' 

*  QQtc  in  MS.  llodl.  H)^  p.  .^3. 

*  ft  space  is  left  for  Wafcrcr'*  degree. 

*  note  in  MS.  bodL  594  pi  33. 


.r" 

f 


-e=^  If^iiiiiiligj 


% 


NOVEMBER,  1660. 


347 


University  at  Worcester  house.  The  body  of  the  University  made 
their  procession  from  the  Savoy  to  that  place,  and  after  tlic  vice- 
chancellor  went  Accepted  Frewcn  archbishop  of  York,  Gilbert 
Sheldon  bishop  of  London,  John  Warner  bishop  of  Rochester, 
Robert  Sanderson  bishop  of  l-yncoln,  George  Morley  bishop  of 
Worcester,  and  ^George  Griffith)  bishop  of  St,  Asaph.] 

lo  Nov.,  Sat.,  a  spectruin  at  Magd.  Coll.;  see  in  the  one  yeare  of 
"Annus  Mirabilis"  p.  46  '.  One  Robolham*  of  that  house  used  lo 
play  such  tricks.  The  Tcrrat  fiUus  or  ( N'athaiiic] )  Greenwood  the 
pro-proctor  had  it  up  the  next  yeare  at  S.  Mary's  *. 

tNov.  1 1,  Sunday,  the  canons  and  students  of  Ch.  Ch.*  (the  deane, 
Dr.  (George)  Morley,  was  absent)  began  10  wearc  surplices  and  the 
organ  playd.  Great  reson  by  the  rout;  and  Dr.  (John)  Fell  then, 
and  afterwards  when  he  was  deane,  Itept  the  dore. 

The  II  ofNov.  (2isl  Su.  after  Trin.)  the  canans  and  students  of 
Xt.  Ch.  began  to  weare  surplices  and  tlie  organs  ptaid.  Great 
flocking  (the  d(ean*)  kccpt  the  dorc),  as  aftem-ards  •  ai  St.  Jolui's, 
Magdalen. 

Nov.  13,  M..  r66o.  obiit  Thomas  Hobbes,  .  . .'  et  socius  Collegii 
Novi ;  et  sepelilur  *  In  claustro  ejusdem  Cotleg^i  austral!. 

Upon  the  graves  of  the  said  Waferer  (jiupra)  aud  Hobs  are  writ! 
W.  W.  Nov.  15,  1660. 
T.H.Nov.  16,  1660. 
It  is  9oe  when  the  stones  were  laid. 

[Thomas'  Hyde,  vide  Almanack  1661,  in  Jan.,  e  Coll-  Nov.] 

1660,  \ide  Hist(ory"),  a  sickness  in  New  College  [this  "  month 
and  in  Dec.  and  January  following.  The  fellows  had  leave  if  ihcy 
pleased  to  go  home.] 

[Nov."  39.  Th.,  Thomas  Lockey  B.D.  of  Cb.  Ch.  and  Thomas 
Hacket  B.  of  D.  of  (Trin.  Coll.  Dubl.)  were  created  D.D.  in  convo- 
cation by  vcrnie  of  the  king's  letters.  Richard  Franklin,  of  Qu.  ColL, 
{was  created)  D.  of  Physic  also  by  venue  of  the  king's  letters,  though 


'  ue  the  passage  cited  Id  Dloxom's 
Keg.  Coll.  Mogil.  ii.  p.  cixJ. 

'  Cbatlcs  Rwbothani,  dcniy  of  Magd. 
Coll.  i659-i6<J3;  afterwards  of  New 
C. ;  Bloxjim's  Keg.  ColL  Magd.  toL  r. 
p.  338. 

*  Le.  fa)  bis  speech  at  the  Act. 

*  Wood  notes : — '  soine  colleges  had 
bcfnTc  begun  ;  other  places  followc<L* 

*  proleptic  :  Ur.  Juha  Fell  is  mnuit, 
who  became  denn  oo  30  Xov. 


'  see  ii*frti  p.  357. 

*  a  blnnk  lc(t  far  ITolw'  flegree. 

■  see  Glitch's  Wood's  Coll.  tod  lialls, 
p.  J17. 

*  added  at  a  later  date. 

*"  1.C  Gutdi's  Wood's  Hist.  Univ. 
Oxco.  vol  ti  p.  70S. 

"  the  wonls  ill  sqnare  bradccU  arc 
added  fiom  MS.  Tgumcr  loj  fol, 
'47  h. 

"  note  in  MS.  Dodl.  594  p.  33. 


WOOD\ 

he  never  suffered  id  tbe  least  for  his  cause.  Georg^  Brereton  of  Qu. 
Co!!.,  son  of  William  lord  Brerclon,  and  Thomas  Stalker,  of  the  said 
college,  were  created  M.  of  A.  by  vertue  of  the  king's  letters.  The 
latter  I  know  not;  the  former  never  suffered  anything  for  the  king's 
cause,  yet,  because  he  was  a  lord's  son,  got  into  a  fcllowslup  of  Alls. 
Coll.,  whtrrc  S|Mraking  evilly  of  Sheldon  archbishop  of  Canterbury  and 
Ralph  Snow  they  found  means  to  eject  faitn  tlicnce  (because  he  would 
not  enter  into  orders);  but  being  aficrwards  in  orders,  John  Cozens 
bishop  of  Durham  gave  him  a  prcbendship  of  Durham.  In  the  king's 
letters  for  Macket  was  John  Reading,  B.  of  D.,  somtimes  of  Magd. 
Hall,  mentioned,  to  be  D.D.;  but  I  do  not  yet  find  him  created. 
Edmund  Hicks  also  was  afterwards  created  by  vertue  of  the  said 
letters.} 

tNov.'  30,  F.,  S.  Andrew's  day ;  Dr.  John  Fell  installd  dean  of  Ch. 
Ch.;  strickt  in  holding  up  the  college  discipline;  4  times  in  a  day  at 
public  service  in  the  cathedral,  twice  at  home ;  loved  to  have  tales 
brought  to  him  and  be  flatterd,  and  therefore  the  most  obnoxious  in 
his  house  would  clioose  to  please  him  that  way  to  save  themselves. 
These  pcrson^t  lie  favoured  more ;  allowed  them  the  chambers  that 
Ihey  desired,  allowed  tliem  pupills,  his  countenance — while  the  sober 
partie  that  could  not  or  (would)  not  tell  talcs  and  flatter  were  brow- 
beaten. The  college  was  so  much  at  his  beck  that  he  0ew  further 
and  endeavored  to  govern  the  University, 

I,  by  appointing  such  vice-chancellours  that  would  be  ruled  by  him, 
and 

3,  by  bringing  it  so  to  pass  that  no  man  should  be  a  chaplaine  or 
have  preferment  at  court  or  under  such  iMsliops  that  wctc  Oxford 
men,  but  such  that  had  letters  testimonial  under  his  hand ;  and  those 
that  expected  such  letters  would  be  at  his  devotion. 

He  had  a  haud  in  all  public  elections  and  endeavoured  to  promote 
his  owne  men,  iho  not  so  fit  as  others.  He  had  a  fond  conceit  that 
none  could  (lispute  l>etter  than  a  Ch.  Ch.  man,  none  could  preach 
belter,  speech  it,  or  any  thing  else.  He  was  exceeding  partial  in  his 
government  even  to  comiption;  went  thro  thick  and  thin;  grasped 
at  all,  yet  did  nothing  perfect  or  effectually ;  cared  not  what  people 
said  of  him ;  was  in  many  things  very  rude,  and  in  most  pedantical 
and  pedagogical,  yet  still  aimed  at  the  public  good. 

lie,  (Jolm)   Dolben,   and    (Richard)  jVllcstryc    endeavoured    to 


'  tlus  note  abonl  Fell  is  rrom  ■  loose 
»lip  ttuuked  u  foL    148  of   tbe  old 


paging,  fol.    78  of  the  new.  In  MS. 
Taimcr  10a. 


NOV,— DEC.  leeo. 


349 


reduce  the  University  to  that  condition  as  it  stood  in  Land's  lime : 
which,  if  true,  is  very  ridiculous,  since  'twas  quite  changed  and 
{a)noilicr  diing  by  the  many  mutaLions  it  suffered  in  the  broken 
liiucs. 

{He  Vi-as)  a  frequenter  of  sermons  at  St.  Marie's  {but  would) 
sleep  in  the  afternoon ;  (a)  frequenter  of  exercises  in  the  schooles 
{but  would)  connive  at  dunces  of  his  owne  house. 

December.— I.  S..  spent  with  Mr.  {Matthew)  Hotton  »t  Bodicot'i,  8rf.— 4,  T., 
for  'the  '  Relation  of  Mr.  rctnoot,'  ^d. — S,  S.,  to  Mn.  Borhnjua  for  (a)  score,  6n^ 
— 16,  So.,  for  a  pint  of  wine  for  Mr.  (Mutthcw)  Hnttoti,  is. — 17,  M.,  paid  my 
battlci^  4^. — 18,  T.,  for  two  Almftoadcs,  91/;  spent  with  Mr.  (Matthew)  Hutlon  nt 
the  Crow(n)  Tavcra,  lorf.— 35,  T.,  spent  with  John  Cropc  Btt  the  Mcremiid 
T»Tcni,  ij. — iS,  ¥;  paid  my  barber,  41. 

Decom.b6r, — In  the  beginning  of  this  mounth,  three  tides  in  a  day 
at  London. 

fDcc.  I,  S. ;  anotJicr  Creation. 

Dec.  r,  S.,  obiit  {Johannes)  Alley,  sodas  Coll.  Novi,  et  sepelittir 
in  cUustro  australi. 

Dec.  3,  Su.,  obiit  {Ricardufi)  Edmonds',  socius  Coll.  Novi,  el 
sepelitur  in  ckustro  boreali. 

Dec.  3,  M.,  the  warden  and  fellows  of  New  Coll.  broke  up  house ', 
allowing  every  one  a  portion  to  maintaine  himselfe  elscwher  till  such 
time  {as)  the  sickness  is  ceased  in  their  house.  It  is  thought  it  is  the 
spotted  feawr  or  purples  *. — They  had  only  leave,  if  they  would,  to 
depart  to  their  homes  having  such  an  allowance  allotted  them. 

The  4  day  of  December,  T.,  at  half  an  hour  past  la  post  merid. 
died  Mr.  Clinton  Maund,  fellow  ofMcrt.  Coll.;  and  was  biuied  tlic  7, 
F.,  in  the  Coll.  Chapel.  He  bore  to  his  annes  ^  *  g{ules)  on  a  bend 
ar{gent)  between  2  eagles  displayed  or,  3  lozenges  of  the  first' 

[Clinton  Matmd',  Mr.  of  Arts  and  fellow  of  Rlcrton  College,  borne 
In  the  county  of  Firmana  in  Ireland,  the  son  of  a  lady  but  descended 
of  a  gentile  family  of  his  name  at  Chesterton  neare  a  mercat  tovne 


^  Wood  D  35  (5)  *  A  most  ccrtdoe 
uu)  tnte  relation  of  a  stmnge  maraXet 
or  serpent  found  in  the  left  ventricle  of 
the  heart  of  Mr.  John  rpnnant,'  by 
Edward  May,  Loocl.  1639.  Thisvolumo 
(Wood  B  35)  cootabu  33  papers  and 
tracts  about  monstcts,  apparitioas,  etc. 

■  ttt  Gntch'i  Wood'i  ColL  and  Hall« 
p.  3i<».  Rtdianl  EJmnm)*,  B.A  New 
C.  3  May  16^0. 

'  corrected  ia  the  second  part  of  the 


note. 

<  it  this  a  description  of  malignant 
*  acarlf  t  fever '  ? 

•  Wood  notes  of  this  coat, '  GUie ' ; 
ace  next  pan^ph. 

*  note  in  Wood  MS.  F  4.  p.  99; 
Wood  gives  io  colonrs  these  arms: — 
'aznrc,  on  a  beod  argent,  between  a 
CAgles  diijilaycd  or,  5  mascles  of  the 
field,*  {ttie  anal  of  Maood  to.  Oxford). 


350 


WOOEfS  UFE  AND  TiMES. 


called  Bister  in  com.  Oxon,  died  in  hia  chamber  in  Morton  College 
the  4  Dec.  1660;  and  was  buried  in  Mertan  ColL  cboirc^;  sine 
prole.j 

tDec.  S,  S.,  lightning  and  thunder :  see  '  Aiunis  I*"  Mirabilis/ 
p.  49. 

Dec.  17,  M.,  VTilliam  Powell,  fellow  of  New  Coll.,  died  of  ihb 
disease  al  Sam.  Pocok's  bouse,  and  was  buried  at  New  Coll.  in  the 
north  cloister  at  the  west  end. 

Dec.  19,  W.,  a  play  acted  at  Glocester  J^lall,  cald  '  the  Ordinary,' 
[out"  of  spite]. 

tDec.  20.,  Th.,  (Convocation)  about  the  Mayor's  oath :  see  '  Notes 
from  Convocation'  p.  35. 

Dec.  20,  Th.,  died  Mr.  . ,  .  Wills,  A.M.,  socius  Coll  Trin.;  et  illic 
in  capclla  scpelitur. 

Dec.  22,  S.,  Princess  of  Orange  buried. 

Dec.  28,  P.,  being  Innocenti"  Day,  the  lord  Downc'  departed  this 
life  at  Mr.  Arthur  TilUard's  house,  an  apothecary  in  S.  Marie's  parish 
Oxon,  at  ...  of  the  clock  in  the  morning.  Vide  *  Catalogue  *  of 
Nobility  buried  at  (Oxford).' 

[Thomas  Pope ',  cari  of  Downc,  died  in  the  house  of  Arthur 
Till)'ard,  an  apothecary  living  in  St.  Marie's  parish  28  Dec.  1660; 
and  was  buried  in  ^Vroxton  church  by  Banbury  in  com.  Oxon.  He 
married  Ehzabeth,  daughter  and  one  of  the  licires  of  William  Duttoa 
of  Sherburne  in  com.  Glouccst.  esq.;  by  whomc  he  had  one  only 
daughter  named  Elizabeth,  first  married  to  Henry  Francis  Lea  of 


'  Wood  MS.  E  33  adds  :— *  bnricd 
b  the  cholie  ngninkt  his  sUll,  with 
cscocbcoits.'  Cltntoa  Maood't  wiU  in 
the  form  of  a.  letter  was  proved  in  Ibc 
nce.ch«iiccIlor'i  court  by  his  mother 
Anoe  BIcocrhassctt ; — '  Dcarc  mother 
I  have  givcD  Mr.  Fowcll  5//.  for  a 
Icgadc  and  also  to  Mr.  Kowell  5/1.  in 
cue  Mr.  Powell  see  Ihnt  he  hath  stnted 
mil  accounts  right  between  him  and  mc. 
Bdeere  all  that  Mi.  Powell  doth  tell 
70D  for  he  will  not  ly.  He  directed  by 
him  and  he  will  not  o[iea  my  tiuxicke 
but  give  yen  the  key  first.  For  my 
estate  I  make  you  my  sole  executrix 
sod  yuu  rany  divide  among  yoar  dul- 
dreo,  I  am  yet  your  lovingtOQ  CUatoa 
MAond. 

In  the  presence  of  John  rowell. 
MAfcaret  lUU  ht:r  mark.' 


*  the  woirds  in  sqDiuv  brackets  are 
nddeil  in  MS.  Tanner  lO)  fol.  151  (So). 

'  Sir  Thomas  Pope,  )od  earl  Downe. 
In  MS.  Tanner  101,  Wood  notes'aodie- 
tim«s  of  Ch.  Ch.,  quaere.' 

'  i.  c.  Wood  MS.  r  4  :  which  soj^ks 
the  following  paraKraph. 

"  coles  in  Wood  MS.  F  4,  p.  lOO. 
Wood  ^tci  in  coloon  the  anns : — 
'per  pale  or  and  azuie  on  a  chevroa 
hetwecfi  3  giiOins'  heoi'.t  etaoetl  fMu 
lleur-dc-liz  all  cunntereluui^etl ' ;  al»o  a 
pencilling,  partially  inked  over,  for  the 
crc&t  '  two  griffinii'  heads  erased  ad- 
doncd  or  and  azure  ducally  collared 
comtterdtaoced.'  Wood's  pcdtj;ice  of 
the  Poi«  family,  lorn  out  of  Wuod  MS. 
F  5jt  ^whcTc  it  was  ful.  ij;  b),  ia  now 
in  MS.  Kawl.  U  807.  f^.  15  b. 


DECE.ITBER,  1660. 


351 


Dilchley  in  com.  Oxon.',  baronet,  and  aflenrards  to  Robert  (Bertie) 
earl  of  Lindsey.— Henry  Pope,  a  j-onger  son  of  Thomas  (Pope)  earl 
of  Downe,  died  in  Triiiily  Coll.  (of  which  he  was  fellow-commoncr)  38 
June  1665,  act  19  et  supra;  and  was  buried  al  Wroxton  by  Banbury: 
his  hatchment  hung  over  the  college  gate.  The  said  Thomas  (Pope)  be- 
came earl  of  Downc  after  ihe  death  of  the  former  ^vho  was  his  nephew.] 

About  the'  ist  Dec,  died  Mr.  Pedle  at  Grenford,  com.  Middlesex. 

tSeveral  creations  in  this  month. 


[Marmora "  Scldcntana  set  up  a  little  before  the  Act  time,  anno  1660.] 
(In  this  year,  1660,  the  Principal  and  Professors  of  the  Colkge  in 

New  Aberdeen  *  asked  help  from    Oxford   for   the    repair   of  their 

buildings,  destroyed  by  fire.    The  broadsheet  about  iliis  is  found  in 

Wood  423  (35)) 
[The '  consecration  of  Bishops  this  and  following  years,  see  m  Dr. 

Crouches*  '  Notitia'  Angliae '  edit  1679.    Crouch  of  BallioL    I  have 

them  among  Mr.  (Andrew)  Alhm's  notes.] 

[The  *  boua  bead  in  hsatd  'bear  I, 

Dedcdk'd  with  bays  and  low-iDiLry 

Aiid  1  prmy  yott.  Masters,  merrr  be 

Qootqnot  estis  in  oonrivio. 

Ck«nu.    Caput  Apri  deliiro 

RcddcD&  laudes  Iteraino. 


'  substituted  for : — '  of  Qtuwcndoa  in 
Socles.' 

■  <  the  1st '  sabstitutcd  for  '  the  10 ' 
— but  no  imlictttioo  wiicther  i&t  of  Dec. 
or  of  Jan.  fnLlowing.    Perhaps  for  *  t  isl.' 

*  lius  note  is  found  at  Uie  b^itming 
of  the  Almnnac  for  166a. 

*  Wood  376  \  no.  411  is  a  copy  of 
the  Iheacs  to  be  dbputed  in  King's 
College  Aberdeen  on  t )  Jaly  1660 ; 
perbaps  the  dc-pctatioo  bioti|;fat  tbc 
paper  with  them  to  show  in  Oxfoi<l  the 
ataodiid  of  their  dc^^rce  exercises. 

'  this  note  is  a  later  addition  on  n 
fljr-lcftf  of  the  Almanac. 

*  Nicholas  Crouch,  of  Ball.,  did  not 
proceed  beyond  M.A.  whicb  be  took  on 
t6  Dec.  t$4t. 

'  probably  one  of  the  editions  of 
[Edward  ChamberUyne't]  '  AitfliM 
Notitia?  In  Wood  566  Wood  notes, 
'  the  firzt  edition  came  oat,  1668,  Svo, 
the  BOthot'l  Bsioe  ooDcenlcd ;  ifac  !€<on4, 
■669  [Svo],  tlK  auLbor's  name  to  it; 


third  "  Angliae  NolUia  or  The  present 
Slateof  Englnnit "...  Edward  Chntnber- 
laj-ne  I>oiid.  x(Af)  [Sro;  Wood  566;!)] ; 
X\\c /outii  edition,  Lond.  ifijOjSvo'; 
the  f/tk  cdiiion  Lond.  1671.  The 
Second  fart  of  AncUae  NotitLa,  edit. 
Load.  1671  is  Wood  566  (3).  In  16S3 
came  out  (Lond.  i  imo)  the  fourteeath 
eililioo  of  the  first  part  with  ndililions 
by  Pbllip  A}TCS  and  the  cktentb.  cdttlan 
of  the  second  part.  A  Latin  rernoa  ta 
Thomas  Wood's  '  Angltac  Xotllia  slve 
prscscns  status  Angliae  socctncte  ena- 
clcatna,'  Oxon.  iti86,  8to  (picss-mark 
'  Bliss  a,  S.io').  Wood  568  represents 
one  of  the  iraitations  of  it — *  Scotiae  in- 
dicnlnm  or  the  present  state  of  Scotland ' 
by  A.  M[oodicl,  Lond.  16S3. 

*  note  in  Wood  M.S.  F  ai,  fol.  151. 
Tbe  words  of  Ihe  sot^  are  not  in  Wood's 
band,  being  a  eopy  tnpplied  to  him 
probably  by  some  member  of  Qwcen's 
College.  The  comment  is  written  by 
Wood  on  the  bade. 


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avi  Biaes  jesd iias  :ik  i^Lntn.  rn  u  :iie  iszii  3aie  n  hiiiiium  i 
-mil  HE  iT  :i)E  Tuwir'v  TmguES  -via  .ais  ob  iaaii  qm  -j^- 
'Mvp  ■     Tie  Tjoci^  smes  ifc  jbucsu  ss^  mi  -wtK^  ;j^^ 

ajcerfsc"  SEHX  ance  i.     Tjh  is  m  mnr*ir  asnnae.  b   j^f    :c""is 
"V:,:,!   .cr    :cu    r~-T  is   —  T'^e   *u^^   ~ii:em   rrivnil^-     ;^  -^^ 

■Vyi  Jiiiii  STiser^e::   :iir  —71:   ii=^     Toe   5c*-:n.i    :r"  jmr  aanoe,' 

Oxrcri.  / 

'Msca '  lixcr  ±je  ime  ia;  K-nT  Cz^irjes    II  -¥^5   r^storeii   Dr. 


7r,'-  *r.'\tt.X  x.^'tStt  ■.',  v.r'.n^  x  \xixri 
h'-''!  )-.  •','  iit.'.  '/!■  '  r.ri.'rr.**  'I37  wi* 
''.ti'j  u-  vf /M      A  >t«v;  weighing  70  H>. 


larf  -_ij  WM  :3:^^~i,  :n  i  3iiBi-»c  siItct 
-iisc  liii  *-  bt-itfci'i  wrfi  ba.Ts  ami  7,3,^- 

lerni^^-ansi.  i;  .^ctisl^ts  £=^xg  die 
\fAZ%  head  -anl.ziic  iolo  ot  wiica»as 
r^fieTC:  cy  >[r.  — .  I:  iz^tteuaentlv 
iVjTsied  th«  chiei'  liisa  1;  tic  Collsige 

'  r^u  b  Wooi  M:?.  E  ^i,  I'oL  2^ 


DECEMBER,  1680. 


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I 
I 


Peter  Hcylyn  came  to  the  shop  of  Mr.  Thomas  Robinson  a  stationer 
living  in  S.  Marie's  parish,  and  asking  the  apprentice  '  where '  his 
master  was  within?',  said  'No,'  adding  that  'if  he  had  any  business 
with  him  he  would  be  pleased  to  leave  his  name.'  But  refusing  that, 
bid  the  prentice  tell  his  master  that '  the  doctor  that  could  not  read 
was  to  sj»eake  with  him.'  'What,  Sirt'  replyod  the  prentice,  *  are  you 
one  of  the  Doctors  of  the  late  times?'  (meaning,  'were  you  created 
1648  ?■) — at  which  Dr.  Heylyn  seemed  much  pleased.] 

fCudcslow*.  I  remember  since  the  king's  restauraiion.  was  rented 
this  farmc  of  Cudslaw  of  David  Walter  by .  .  .  Banister,  an  accounted 
jew  or  at  least  an  anti-sabbatarian  ;  who  never  going  to  church  was 
oAen  complained  of  to  Sir  William  Morion  of  Kidlington,  kt.,  one  of 
the  Justices  of  the  King's  Bench.  So  that  he  taking  the  matter  into 
consideration  would  have  forced  .  .  .  Banister  to  come  lo  his  church, 
and  so  consequently  have  Cudcslaw  to  be  in  the  parish  of  Kidlington  : 
but  Banister  denies  it  and  saith  that  Cudstow  is  in  no  parish  ^  [ 
remember  there  was  a  great  deal  of  stirre  in  this  matter,  but  how 
ended  I  know  noL  The  house  that  is  now  standing  is  a  faire  stone 
house,  built  about  the  begirming  of  Car.  I  by  Sir  John  Lenthall, 
Keeper  of  the  Upper  Bench  prison.  In  the  windowcs  of  the  parlor 
of  the  said  house  are  the  anncs  of  Lenthall,  with  quartcrings.] 

+  *  Detection  of  (be  conrt  and  cluiaclcr  of  England '  etc.,  by  Roger  Colce,  tol.  a, 
lib.  4,  CAp.  t ,  p.  [II  :— '  In  '  the  jollity  of  the  kUij*'!  reitoralion.  all  lorU  of  inea 
(even  the  factiomy  endcavoared  to  imitate  the  jtrofuic  [irodigitlily  ami  lusiiry  of 
lb*  ooUTt :  which  ficsiCK  entertained  .-uiy  but  upon  Ihote  urds.  To  humour  the 
Uag  the  pablick  theaters  were  stnlTed  with  moat  obiceoc  scttoBk  ami  tntcr)D<lc«, 
and  the  mirtfc  ubaccoc  pleased  the  king  better,  who  gnced  the  opcutne  of  thejn 
with  bU  pretence  at  tbc  fint  uoiice  of  a  new  play.' 

I-The"  stale  of  the  University  in  OKver's  time: — spraying  and 
preaching  too  frequent ;  practicall  divinity  most  in  fashion  ;  excellent 
di^utaiions  and  much  zealous  cournng.  After  the  King  came  in  I 
never  heard  of  any  that  were  troubled  in  conscience  or  that  hung 


'  Le.  wbethci. 

•  note  in  Wood  M&  E  1,  fol-  77. 

*  Wood  ootea :— '  the  trath  U  thli 
fariDe  or  huniet  was  lo  the  ptiiab  o( 
St.  Edward  <ia  Oxford),  bot  apoo  the 
decajr  of  thai  chtireh.  mon,  if  out  aQ, 
tbc  pvlfh  wu  inormi:!!  U>  the  parochi^ 
cbncb  of  S.  Ftideswydc't,  which  b  now 
Cb.  Qmrcfa.  And  lincc  the  \m\Amg  of 
Cb.  Ch.  note  part  of  thit  which  waa  S. 
Edvaid's  pariitb  it  iocladed  wiibia  ibc 


UnsUi   of    that    place/     Sm    Cltfft'a 
Wood's  City  of  Odord,  li.  p.  5S, 

*  qvotcd  \rf  Wood,  in  MS.  Tanner 
lot,  p,  144  (£pL  73  of  tbe  new  pa^pag] : 
witb  a  tcCereoce  to  '  a  looae  paptr  b 
the  Almanac  for  1685  to  Fcbr.* 

*  a<4e  OB  a  Uip  HatkAl  aa  p.  147 
(fol.  77>  io  MS.TanM>  loa:  tbe  allp 
ts  p«n  of  an  rnvrlnpi*  witb  tbe  ad- 
drea  :—'  Tbeae  liar  Mr.  Robol  Jarwu 
(cUcMT  of  Motm  Colledg  km  OifonL* 


A« 


354 


WOOTfS  LIFE  AND  TIMES, 


himself,  as  in  Oliver's  time  when  nmhinff  hut  prajrinpf  and  preaching 
was  used.  Francis  Horion,  fellow  of  AUsomIs  College,  troubled  in 
conscience  (formerly  of  Ch.  Ch.)  for  giving  money  for  his  fellowship  *. 

t  The  '  Royil  StxTKTty  ^wms)  ftmndet]  tbi»  yoire :  tide  '  C«t.  lihrornm  et  MSS.* 
pp.  98,  99,  100.  Before  yon  draw  out  the  annalh  see  Mr.  ^Ttiomas)  Sprat's 
'  Hislury  of  Ihe  Ruvall  Socictif'  (Loud.  1667,  ^to)  and  the  answen  of  (Hcnry^ 
Slubbs*  wherin  yon'I  find  many  Ihicga  of  learning;  (Joseph)  fJIaa^illV*  '  Ploa 
Ultra';  (Henry)  Stubtx'  '  EfasloUry'  discuurae  of  phlebotomy';  Wharton's 
wid  Sanniicrs'  Alnianscks. — The  Royall  Society  and  their  endearotir  to  rcfonne 
the  Ecgtish  tongDC,  sc«  a  Jitllc  pamphlet  in  folio  that  I  have  in  my  other  ttdUy. 
Vide  in  iiKJice  for  '  Royall  Sodrtic  '  in  '  Catalogue  of  my  bookef.' 

tThe  Koyoll  Societic  instilntcd  thifi  yeare — the  Untvenitic  look  cpon  it  n< 
obnosintts;  they  desire  to  confcrt  degTces :  the  Univcrwtie  nicke  against  (thU). 
(Henry)  Stubs  writci  a^ictt  them  :  Dr.  (John)  Kell  favucn  him. 

+  Henry  Siubb  apinst  the  Koyall  Societie,  vide  Glanvill'*  '  Prelalory*  anfwer'; 
vide  I  page  of  the  preface ;  his  rnyling  against  tlie  Royall  SiKietic.  itii«l.  pp.  4, 
14  ;  against  the  bJtlory  of  it,  ibid.  pp.  37, 195,  The  Koyall  Society  rlndtcated, 
no  eolmie  to  Universities,  ibid.  pp.  70.  71 ;  yet  see  in  .Slul«' '  Reply'  to  a  letter ' 
pp.  4^  44  ;  what  the  Royall  Society  according  to  the  foandatioa  of  it  ia  to  doe, 
Me  in  the  taid  reply  p.  60.  Many  dislike  of  it  and  leave,  vide  preface  to  the 
reader  before  CmnpaniUa*.  Henry  Stubh,  'Legends*  no  bistoiies'  against  the 
Royall  Sciclcty.  see  his  dedicatory  epistle  to  both  the  Universtties.  Sec  af>et  thai 
epiille  a  specimen  of  the  animiiilvcrtioni  on  the  history  of  the  RoysU  Society. — 
*  A'*vindicadoQ  of  the  Koyall  Society  wherin  ibcir  Innoticnt  dcslgoes  are  layd 
open" — I  have  it. 


'  see  in  the  'Colleges  of  Oiford* 
(Mcthitcn),  1^91,  what  Mr.  Shadwcll 
says  in  Oriet  College  (p.  1 16),  and  Mr. 
Omin  in  All  SonU  (p.  a:?!. 

*  notes  on  loose  slips  now  marked 
as  fol.  81,  S),  116,  117,  Its  in  MS. 
Tanner  103.  \VoDd  collected  the  printed 
list  of  members  of  the  Royal  Society  in 
varions  years  from  166,)  lo  1694  :  tbey 
are  found  in  Vr'ood  176  A,  no.  193  sqq. 
That  fot  1694  is  endorsed  Toi  Mr. 
Anthony  Wnod  to  be  delivered  to  the 
Revd  Or  Chatlet." 

*  Henry  StiiMie's  '  A  censnre  WfXA 
ocrtnine  passage*  cortnincd  in  the  His- 
tory of  the  Royal  Society,'  Oxford, 
1670,  4to;  Wood  6^o()'':  second  edi- 
tion corrected  and  enlarged,  Oxf.  1671, 
4tn  ;  also  in  Woo<1  640. 

*  Joseph  Glanvill's  '  Pln«  Ultra;  or 
the  progress  and  advancement  of  know- 
ledge sJnee  the  days  of  Atiitollc,'  Lood. 
1668.  8to:  Wood  681. 

*  Load.  1671;  bonndopwithStubbe's 


'  The  lord  Bacon's  reUtion  of  the  sweat- 
ing sickness  examined,' Lond.  1A71. 

•  Joseph  Clanville's  *  A  pracfatory 
answer  to  Mr.  Henry  Stubbe  ...  his 
animadversions  on  Pins  Ultra,'  Load. 
1671.  8vo;  Wood  667. 

'*  Henry  Stnbbe's  '  Reply  onto  aletter 
of  a  virtuoso  in  opposition  to  A  etHsum 
ufifitt  ttitaint  passagu  cMiiaiiuJ  im  lit 
History  of  the  Royal  Spn'tty.'  Oxford, 
1671 ,  4to ;  Wood  640  (6).  Wood  640 
(3)  is  'A  letter  to  Mr.  H.  Slnbi  coa- 
coming  his  Ct^ninre,'  etc,  Lond.  1670^ 
4to~to  which  it  is  a  leply. 

'  Henry  Stulibe's  '  Cnmpanella  re- 
vived or  an  enquiry  into  the  history  of 
the  Koyal  Sodety,'  Loud.  1670,  410; 
Wood  640  (8). 

•  I.ond.  1670;  Wood  640(1),  Wood 
notes  ; — '  This  came  ont  ia  Oct.  1669.* 

'"  Wood  640  (4)  is  '  A  brief  vlodicA* 
lion  of  the  Royal  Society  from  the  late 
invectives  and  misrrprcsertations  of 
Mr.  Henry  Stabti^'  Loul.  1670,  410. 


DECEMBER^  1680. 


^SS 


tLatitudinarians ',  in  some  respects  like  Independents  in  llic  lale 
warrs. 

tDr.'  Price  of  Hart  haJl,  prebendary  of  Winlon  and  (aa  tiiey  say) 
Master  of  S.  Crosses  Hospital!  *,  quaere. 

(_Noies  *  m  the  Universiiy  at  and  afUr  the  RestwaHon.'^ 

See  all  particulars  acted  1660  and  before  in  my  little  black  book 
on  the  desk. 

For  some  time  (after  the  Restoration)  till  the  Act  of  Conformity 
came  out,  the  presb)'terian  preachers  Ubored  much  and  lr)*ed  to  keep 
their  disciples  togcnthcr,  and  to  strive  by  their  fluent  pra)ing  and 
preaching  to  make  the  other  way  used  by  the  preUticall  ridiculous. 
And  really  had  not  the  said  Act  been  published,  which  brought  over  a 
great  many  of  the  said  part^,  they  ^  would  have  found  themselves 
much  wcakned,  and  especially  for  this  reason,  that  this  (1660)  and 
the  next  year  (1661)  the  prelaticall  (who  were  then  taking  care  of 
gaining  preferment)  did  let  matters  goe  at  a  Strang  loose  rate  here. 
The  cheifcst  of  them  seldom  appeared  In  publick'  (which  made  many 
thitik  that  they  d(a)red  ^  not)  but  deputed  some  sorry  person,  which 
made  the  matter  worse:  seldom  disp(uted). 

Some  forbcare  to  send  their  children  to  the  Universitte  for  feare  of 
laving  orthotiox  principles  infused  into  them :  breed  them  at  home 
by  one  who  either  instills  into  them  principles  of  faciion  or  aihcisme. 
Others  also  send  them  beyond  the  seas>  returning  home  also  factious 
or  atbeisticall  or  papisticall. 

(iS/eu!?'  ^ the  University  after  the  Risloraiton.'^ 

It  now  remaines  that  I  should  say  what  was  done  by  the  persons 
restored  to  make  themselves  and  their  doctrine  acceptable. 

The  first  matter  they  looked  after  was  to  restore  all  sljjnes  of 
monarchy  In  llie  University,  the  Common  Prayer  and  surplice,  as  I 
have  before  told  you ;  to  put  themselves  in  the  most  ciact  prelaticall 


*  note  on  R  tlip  now  mnrked  fol. 
116  Tcno  of  MS.  Tuner  to). 

'  note  on  r  tlip  now  mArked  fol.  ti8 
of  MS.  Tanner  loa.  Theodore  Price 
was  principal  of  Hirt  Hall  1604-16)1, 
prebeDtlary  of  Wlndic^tn  i^^l^^l. 

'  Wood  ha«  B  liKl  of  some  Mutcrt 
of  a  CnMs'i  Hospital  in  MS.  £  3,  fol. 
M7. 


*  thcK  note*  ue  from  ttray  ilipt 
now  at  the  bcBioning  0/  Wood  MS. 
F.V. 

'  i.e.  the  Chnrch  of  Engtiud  (the 
'  pTclilical ')  party. 

*  I  e.  to  prcwb  in  their  turn,  etc. 
'  •«  note  I  pa([c  357. 

■  note*  in  Wood  MS.  F  31,  W. 
lo,  etc. 


A  a  2 


35fi 


WOOZfS  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


garb  thai  might  be,  to  encourajtc  others,  especially  the  intcrvall  men ; 
to  reduce  llic  Univcrsilic  to  the  old  way  of  preaching  and  praying, 
and  make  the  intcrvall  way  (which  was  long,  tedious,  too  practicall, 
with  puling,  whining,  ugly  faces)  neglected  and  ridiculous  and  to  be 
avoided  by  tliosc  yong  preachers  initialed  in  the  Presbyterian  and 
Independent  principles. 

And  that  they  might  draw  the  \'ulgar  from  their  prcacliing  which 
they  as  yet  exercised  in  some  churches,  nay,  in  houses,  tltey  restored 
the  organ  at  Xt.  Ch.,  Magd.,  New,  and  St.  John's,  to  which  places 
the  resort  of  people  (whether  for  the  novelty  or  what  els)  was  in- 
credible for  a  time.  (On  the  other  side,  the  Presbyterians  and 
Independents  endeivoured  to  make  these  things  ridiculous  either  in 
common  discourses  or  some  idle  pamphlets  that  ihcy  caused  to  be 
dispersed,  sUling  the  organs  the  '  whining  of  pigs,'  their  prayers  and 
preaching  '  so  fonnall  and  superstitious  that  if  one  word  was  displaced 
they  could  not  go  forn-ard  but  begin  againe.'  Their  surplices  also 
they  made  so  ridiculous  that  some  of  their  disciples  that  were  speakers 
in  the  Act  following  made  a  May-game  of  surplices,  that  *  the  devill 
appeared  several!  times  in  a  surplice  in  Magd.  Coll.  cloysler ' :  nay, 
some  varlets  of  Ch.  Ch.  did  one  the  21  Jan.  this  year  {i.e.  i66f)  go 
about  II  or  13  of  the  clock  at  night*  .  .  .  ) 

To  restore  formalities  and  habits  much  neglected  in  the  late 
intcrvall ;  but  the  exact  size  of  them,  viz.  of  bachelaurs'  and  under- 
graduats'  gownes  and  caps  not  till  Dr.  John  Fell's  \-ice-chancellorship 
as  in  that  year  1  shall  tell  you. 

And,  that  they  might  go  just  antipodes  to  the  intcrvall  time,  not  to 
hinder,  (but)  to  indulg  or  connive  (at)  walking  or  sports  or  drinking 
on  the  Lord's  day ; — to  connive  or  pass,  not  to  punish,  swearing  or 
drunkenness  or  wenching. 

To  sufTer  the  men  of  the  late  times  to  be  abused  in  common 
discours,  in  the  streets,  nay,  in  llie  speeches  at  Act  lime. 

To  lake  away  lectures  at  St.  Marie's,  on  Tuesday  mornings" 
{which  was  about  the  beginning  of  1661);  to  make  the  taking  of 
notes  after  the  preacher  ridiculous ;  so  also  the  singing  of  psahnes 
afler  supper  on  the  Lord's  day  in  some  families. 

Their  preaching  fonnall,  not  at  all  aedifying,  verie  trite  sometimes: 
their  praying  the  like,  not  fcr\*id  and  with  rcall  2eal.  Their  disputing 
dull ;  (they  were)  non-plus'd  oftentimes  by  the  inter\-all  men. 
Nothing  well  done   but  by  those  that  had  their  breeding  in  the 

■  io  the  sGcood  draft,  in/ra  p.  ^8,  Wood  nsnstct  tliii  oatnge  ia  full. 
'leep.  159. 


DECEMBER,  1680. 


357 


intervalL  TIic  IruUi  is,  they  ^ic.  the  Cavalier  students)  had  lost 
their  U-aroiag  in  the  IntervalL 

But  being  taken  of(f)  by  looking  after  preferments  this  year',  few 
preached  ilieir  turnes.  but  got  others  (of  the  iniervat),  or  dull  country 
parsons).    Exercises  loosely  performed;  lectures  few. 

Preaching  on  llie  King's  fast  this  year  none  would  do  it,  but  (they 
■were)  faine  lo  get  an  inlervall  man'  lo  do  it. 


{^Siate*  ^ iht  University  ofUr  iht  Rrsloraticn.y 

It  now  remaines  that  I  should  say  something  (i)  of  what  was  done 
by  tlie  persons  restored  to  make  thcmsclws  and  their  doctrine  accept- 
able to  the  people,  and  how  by  some  dispised.  and  of  their  learning ; 
(2)  of  what  was  done  by  some  of  the  old  scholars  that  had  weathered 
out  the  times  from  1648  to  this  year  and  of  some  juniors  that  had 
been  cntred  into  the  University  in  that  intervaJI  and  had  been 
disciplin'd  in  the  Presb>tenan  and  Independent  wayes*. 

The  first  matter,  therfore,  that  the  restored  persons  looked  after 
was  to  put  themselves  in  the  most  prelaticall  garbe  that  could  be,  and 
the  railier,  that  they  might  encourage  others,  especially  those  of  the 
interval!,  to  doe  the  like ;  to  restore  all  signcs  of  monarchy  in  the 
Universitie,  the  Common  Prayer,  surplice  and  certaine  customcs,  as  I 
have  partly  before  told  you ;  to  reduce  the  Universitie  to  the  old  way 
of  preaching  and  praying;  to  make  the  intervall-way — which  was 
long,  tedious,  and  too  practicall  {not  without  puling,  whining,  and 
ugly  faces) — neglected  and  ridiculous  and  especially  10  be  avoided  by 
those  yong  preachers  initiated  in  the  Presbyterian  and  Indei>endent 
discipline,  which  they  saw  encltmng  much  (for  hopes  of  preferment) 
to  the  prctaiicall. 

And  that  they  might  draw  the  vulgar  from  the  aforesaid  praying 
and  preaching  which  was  still  exercised  in  som  churches  and  houses 
they  restored  *  the  organ  at  Christ  Church,  Magdalen,  New,  and  St 


*■  \.  e.  iti6o-4Sf.  A  nurgbal  note 
here: — 'wbethcr  dctcTml  U<aa  cum- 
miiig  uoder  the  ceiunic  of  the  intcrvall 
TDC&,' — Higgott  I  difTctoil  iirasoQ  for 
thcii  Don-appcarancc,  viz.  thai  th«y  were 
*o  teiiMble  of  tlieir  infcnority  lo  tbo 
Psrilaa  prctdiert  that  they  did  not  vcn- 
torc  to  face  criticism  nud  ccinQpiul<u>n. 

■  John  Dod  of  Ch.  CL,  ten  infm 
p.  360. 

'  note  lo  Wood  MS.  F  31  foL  11 : 
oo  cnlaiged  dmft  of  the  piccediog  i)oCc&. 


*  «  third  head  followed :—' (3)  of 
the  Univcnitic  in  the  interval  ntid  what 
endcaronrs  were  matte  to  (Icstroy  and 
ptcKTve  it ;  and  of  ihme  membcisthca 
and  there  ptcdominant,  ttwir  chatactcr 
and  discipliac,*  but  1  tnar^inal  note 
directs  this  to  be  pnt  earlier  : — '  to  be 
brought  ID  {in  Gutch't  Wooil's  IliiC. 
Univ.  Oxiin.)  iii  tlie  Ultei  end  of  1659.' 
Sec  iupra  {l{^  291-301. 

*  a  nia[][inal  note  say*. — 'vide  No  . 
i(i6o.' 


35« 


iVOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


John's  ColIegc(s>,  logeathcr  with  the  singing  of  prayers  after  the 
most  anlicnt  way :  to  which  places  the  resort  of  people  (more  out  of 
novelty.  1  suppose,  than  devotion)  was  infinitely  reat  But  the 
Presbytfrians,  whos  number  was  considerable,  seeing  their  disciples 
dayly  faJI  ofT,  endeavoured  to  make  these  matters  ridiculous  eitlter  in 
their  common  discourses,  tibeils,  or  some  idle  pamphlets  Uiat  they 
cause^I  to  be  dispersed.  TTiey  compared  the  organ  to  the  whining:  of 
pigs';  their  singing,  to  thai  of  a  jo\iall  crew  in  a  blind  ale-house. 
They  made  also  their  prayers  and  preaching  superstitious,  and  starcht, 
and  soe  formall  that  if  one  word  was  displaced  'the  spirit  could  not 
help  them  forward  but  must  begin  againe.  <They  made)  the  sur- 
plices to  be  very  hypocriiicall  because  worcn  by  such  persons  who 
were  slovens,  scoundrells,  dmnltards,  etc.,  who  on  one  day  appcare  in 
their  owne  colours  and  on  another  full  of  innocence  and  meekness. 
'I'hcy  brought  it  to  pass  also  to  make  them  ridiculous  in  several! 
speeches  spoken  in  the  Act  the  next  year  by  such  that  had  been 
initiated  in  their  discipline,  and  to  make  the  auditory  beleive  that  the 
devill  used  to  walk  in  a  surplice  scvcrali  nights  in  Magdalen  College 
cloyslcr.  Naj,  some  ^arlcts  of  Christ  Church  were  so  impudent 
(whether  set  on  by  the  Presbyterians  or  no,  I  know  not)  to  goc 
on  the  a  I  January  this  yeare  0^^*2)  ^bout  ii  or  i3  of  the  clock  at 
ni^  to  a  chamber  under  the  common  hall  (where  the  choirestem 
learne  their  grammar)  and  thence  to  take  away  all  such  surplices  that 
they  could  And :  and  being  so  done,  to  throw  them  in  a  common 
privy  house  belonging  to  Peckwater  Quadrangle,  and  there  with  long 
sticks  to  thrust  them  downe  into  llic  excrements.  The  next  day 
being  discovered,  they  were  taken  up  and  waslied;  but  so  enraged 
were  the  deane  and  canons,  that  they  publickly  protested,  if  tlicy 
knew  ihe  person  or  persons  thai  had  committed  that  act,  they  should 
not  onlie  loose  their  places  and  be  expelled  the  Univcrsitic  but  also 
have  iheir  cares  cut  off  in  the  market  place.  The  Presbyterians  were 
wonderfully  pleased  at  this  action,  laughed  hartily  among  themselves, 
and  some  in  my  hearing  have  protested  that  if  they  knew  the  person 
that  did  this  heroick  act  they  would  convey  to  him  an  encouraging 
gratuity.     Soone  after  came  out  a  ballad  or  lampoone,  made  as  'twas 


'  thii  rcprtutch  to  the  organ  dM  not 

c«ue  tlicn ;  we  find  it  lepetUcd  )u  1691 

in   Alicia    D'anvcrs'   Atademia,  p.  ja, 

referring  to  Ch.  Ch. : — 

•  The  c-gani  set  op  with  a  ding 

Tbc  wkite-mtn  *  roar  uid  wAitt-b«ys  ' 

dag: 

■  L  c  the  toipliced  cboir. 


Rum,  Hum  the  orsuns  go,  and  did, 
Soiiietimes  they  tjtuei  ottt  like  a 

Tltcn  gvMU  like  a  Turticjr  ken. 
And   then  to  Sum,  Fum,  Hum, 


DECEMBER,  1660. 


359 


reported  by  one  Thomas  Smith  bachelor  of  Arts  of  Christ  Church, 
Imitated  '  Lowe's  Lamentation/  or  the  lamentation  of  Edward  Lowe 
organist  of  Christ  Church— tlie  beginning  of  which  %-as  this : — 

*  HftTc  plttv  oa  tti  all,  ^ood  Lairds, 
For  snrrljr  wee  mn  nil  nncleane ; 
Osr  ntrplicct  uc  dnub'd  whli  tlrdc, 
Am]  ckc  wc  havr  b  stiittm  Dc^ane* 

The  next  matter  was  to  restore  formalities  and  habits,  totally  tn  a 
manner  neglected  in  the  intervall ;  bat  sleeves'  and  caps  {were)  not 
reformed  to  iheir  exact  sire  till  Dr.  (John)  Fell  became  vice-chancel- 
lotir.  When  Dr.  (John)  Owen  occupied  that  office  in  the  interval!, 
he  was  a  great  hater  of  them  and  would  alwaies  come  to  Congregation 
and  Convocation  wtlh  his  hat' ;  quickly  imitated  by  the  gencralUty  of 
Ifastera.  But  when  Dr.  (Jo'^")  Conant  succeeded  him  (which  was 
by  the  help  of  his  freinds  purposely  in  opposition  to  the  Independents) 
he  wore  them'  in  those  places  and  endeavoured  that  the  Masters 
should  follow  him ;  but  many  of  them,  cspeciaCy  those  of  Christ 
Church,  and  particularly  Jlr.  Kdward  Bagshaw  (a  restless,  hot-beaded 
person),  declaimed  so  eagerly  against  them  in  a  full  Convocation— 
with  his  hat  cock'd — that  the  modest  vice-cliancellor  sate  downc  in 
peace  and  said  no  more.  Those  that  abetted  Bagshaw  in  ihis  matter 
and  (were)  set  on  by  (Dr.  John)  Owen,  were  Mr.  Charles  Pickering, 
Henry  Bold,  and  Henry  Thnrman,  with  others,  who  upon  the  change 
this  yeare,  forgetting  their  former  actions,  were  the  most  ready  men 
to  cring  to  and  $er\-e  these  times :  such  is  the  frailly  and  baseness  of 
humane  nature. 

These  things  being  done,  the  next  matter  was  to  make  tbose 
persons  and  their  taking  of  notes  at  sermons  ridiculous  and  not  to  be 
any  way  advantagious  to  the  present  mode  of  preaching.  Also  the 
singing  of  psalmcs  adcr  supper  in  some,  and  the  repetition  of  sermons 
in  most,  families,  on  the  Lord's  day  to  be  works  of  supererogation. 
Which  practices  tliat  they  might  by  degrees  vanish,  the  strictness  of 
the  Lord's  day  was  mitigated,  that  is  to  say  that  people  might  loyler 
about  the  streets  in  sermon  lime,  sit  upon  benches  and  bulks  and  talke 
idely,  walk  or  ride  into  the  feilds,  drink  in  taverns  and  alehouses,  etc., 
— all  which  were  accounted  damnable  in  the  interval!. 

Then,  the  taking  away  of  lectures  aa  that  at  St.  Marie's  on  Tuesday 


■  *  gownes,'  corrected  to  '■!<»¥£•  '  ia      cap). 
tbe  margin.  *  i.  D.   the    *  forTDalltiM,*   the    '  cap 

'  i.e.  Dot  in  a  'ticncbct'   (college      aod  ^own  *  of  academical  drea. 


36o 


wood's  UFE  and  TUfES. 


morning',  that  at  Allhallow-es  preach'd  by  Br.  (Jo^"^)  Conanl*.  and 
others:  not  only  that  such  lectures  in  the  nation  had  been  fomenters 
of  the  late  rebellion,  but  that  at  present  (they)  did  continue  and 
nourish  faction. 

Their  suffering  may-games,  morrises,  rcvclls,  etc,  on  purpose  to 
vex  the  precise  parly,  stagc-playes  as  well  by  Acadcmtans  as  common 
actors,  drunkenness,  swearing,  wenching,  etc. .  Their  ccnniWng  at 
abuses  done  to  the  Presbyterians,  and  Informers  in  the  late  intervall. 
whether  in  common  discourse,  libell,  open  street,  or  public  speeches 
in  the  Act.  Their  silencing  conventicles,  imprisoning  the  speakers  in 
them,  while  they  connived  at  (as  the  said  ppeakers  were  pleased 
to  twit  them  in  the  teeth)  the  meetings  of  papists  and  scvcrall  prcists 
thst  came  to,  and  from,  (he  University,  and  such  like,  needless  now  to 
enumerate. 

As  for  the  learning  of  these  persons  thus  restored  you  cannot 
expect  that  it  should  be  much,  because  the  most  part  of  them  were 
forc'd  in  the  intervall  to  gaiue  a  bare  livelihood,  and  therfore  so  far 
from  entrcasing  llial  knowledge  lliey  had,  that  they  ratlicr  lost  it 
Some,  'tis  confest,  but  yet  few,  preached  and  disputed  well,  but  the 
generallity  not;  which  made  the  Presbyterians  take  great  advan- 
tage upon  their  ignorance,  either  by  exposing  them  as  in  severall 
disputes  in  the  Divinity  Schoole,  or  giming  at  them  in  the  church,' 
with  a  scornfuU  repetition  afterwards  among  their  absent  brethren  of 
what  had  been  said  by  tlicm. 

For  some  time,  till  llic  Act  of  Conformity  was  published,  the 
Presbyterian  preachers  laboretl  much  lo  keep  their  disciples  togeailier 
and  to  sirive  by  their  fluent  praying  and  preaching  to  make  that  way 
used  by  ihe  prclaticall  party  ridiculous,  .^nd  really,  had  not  the  said 
Act  taken  place,  which  drew  over  very  many  to  their  party,  they 
would  have  found  themselves  much  weakned ;  and  especially  for  this 
reason  that  this  and  the  next  year  many  of  them  being  absent  Erom 
the  University  either  to  get,  or  settle  themselves  in  tlidr,  preferments; 
matters  went  on  very  loosely  here ; — viz.,  that  lectures  and  disputa- 
tions in  Divinity  were  scUlome  performed,  and  in  the  beginning  of 
Lent  Terme  this  yeare  there  was  no  Laiine  sermon,  no  Divinity 
disputations,  no  Doctor  of  the  Qiaire,  and  none  for  a  considerable 
time  could  be  got  to  preach  the  fasl-sermon  on  the  30  of  January. 
Ai  length  lilr.  <Jobn)  Dad,  the  proctor,  one  that  had  been  educated 
in  the  intervall,  undertook  the  work  with  some  promise  that  it  should  I 


'  Bt  J  a.m. ;  icc  JW/ra  p.  ifj. 

■  go  Friiliy  momings  at  7  Ltn. ;  mc 


Gutcli's  Wood's  Hbt.  Univ.  0«]n.ia,; 
p.  645. 


DECEAfSER,  1060. 


361 


goe  for  part  of  his  exercise  for  Bachelor  of  Divinity :  yet  these  people 
dij  not  give  him  his  degree,  bui  (he)  was  forced  to  suppUcat  the 
Chancellor  in  1663  (vide  'Notes'  from  Convocation'  p.  45).  They 
seldome  preached  but  got  others  to  do  it  for  thein,  which  made  many 
think  that  they  would  not  venter  to  do  it  for  feare  they  should  be 
disrellisht  and  find  not  that  applause  u-hich  the  Prcj^bjlerians  and 
those  educated  in  the  intervall  did.  There  were  some  hackney 
preachers  in  ihe  University  at  this  time,  who  for  inon(e)y  (40 
sliUlings)  would  ascend  the  pulpit  al  any  Ume  for  tliose  restored:  and 
I  remember  that  Mr.  John  Vincent,  a  boon  companion,  of  Christ 
Church,  did  often  protest  that  Su  Alaric's  pulpit  was  worth  above 
lo/i.  per  annum  to  him. 

As  the  lectures  of  Divinity  were  neglected,  so  those  of  the  Civil! 
Law';  and  what  was  done  at  all.  was  by  a  deputy.  The  Medciiic 
likewise  was  neglected,  while  the  Professor*  llierof  (who  liad  cringed 
to  the  men  of  the  interval))  was  not  onlic  selling  himself  in  the 
wardenship  of  Merion  College  which  he  most  unjustly  obtained,  but 
also  (in)  an  estate*  belonging  to  a  regicide  lately  purchased.  And 
as  for  the  Greek  lecture,  me  reader'  therof  (who  deserved  ihis  pre- 
ft-rraeni,  as*  his  many  olliers,  which  was  not  at  all)  read  scarse  one 
lecture  from  tliis  year  till  about  1664,  and  then  when  peopie  crycd 
shame  on  him,  got  a  deputy'  to  do  it  who  deservedly  succeeded 
him. 

2.  As  for  the  old  scholars  *,  many  of  them  seemed  now  very  sorry 
for  that  they  did  not  partake  of  expulsion  in  anno  164S.  And  why  ? 
Because  tliat  by  their  keeping  in  and  stooping  to  Presbyterians  and 


'  i.«.  MS.  Bodl.  S94,  wbcie  Wood 
notes: — 'Apr.  29,  W.,  1663:  Chancel- 
Ws  Itrttcn  (were  tead  in  Coarocalion) 
fur  Mr.  <Jubn>  Dod  of  Ch.  Ch.,  l«te 
proctor,  to  be  admitted  B.D.  for  a  mi- 
moQ  be  bad  formerly  preached.* 

'  a  laATi^iriiil  note  refers  to  'black 
book,  ji,  14.'  Richard  Zoncb  was  pro- 
fessor in  1660 ;  Mccccded  in  1661  by 
Cil«  Sweit 

'  Thomas  ClajtOD. 

*  Kc  ift/ra  p.  399. 

■a  margiiuil  ooie  «:— '(Jo«ph) 
Crowtb(ct);  black  book.  p.  14.* 

*  i.  e.  '  as  (mucb  as  be  did)  hit  many 
othcn.' 

^  William  Levinz:  be  niccecded 
Joiepb  Ouwtbei  (both  of  St.  jubu'* 
Cvltc^)  in  the  Uicdc  profesKinbip  uu 


34  Nov.  1665. 

'  in  this  part  of  the  leit  iodic  pas- 
sages aic  insetted  fiutn  an  earlier,  but 
in  patt  fuller,  draft  found  in  Wood  MS. 
F  31,  fol.  4.  The  preface  totbat  draft 
is  as  follonrsi — 'This  rout  of  Presby- 
terians and  Indrp<rnde»ts  being  le|;nlly 
made  (i-e.  by  the  Klii|;'t  Conimis- 
lionciv),  ibongb  not  complcatcd  till  the 
Act  d(  Conformity  look  place  at  Uor- 
thdmcw-tyde  i66a,  it  wtti  not  I>e  amiis 
to  lake  ntjticc  of  the  carriage  and  be- 
haviotir  of  tom«  of  ihose  old  scholars 
tliat  had  ke|)t  tlieir  places  all  the  late 
timeft,  ami  of  some  yung  (tcholan)  that 
had  been  initialed  in  the  Presbyterian 
dlKtpllne  and  were  now  lo  play  their 
games  for  preferment,  that  Is,  Malously 
lo  tbew  thcaisel^tft  preiaticall  converts.' 


36a 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TmES. 


Independents  ibey  could  not  cow  have  any  pretence  to  look  after 
preferment,  while '  their  juniors  which  had  been  then  expelled  had 
most  of  them  considerabte  dignities  conferred  on  them.  Tlicy 
cringed  to,  strivcd  to  get  favour  from,  thoite  restored  and  in  authority ; 
apologized  for  their  running  nith  the  times  and*  (were^  ready  to 
take  all  opportunities  to  tell  how  that  the  royall  parly  had  their  harts 
and  wishes  in  all  their  hile  transactions  but  (that  they)  were  afraid  to 
shew  it  Ic'ist  they  sliould  injure  themselves.  And  if  all  this  would  not 
lake  effect,  they  would  employ  a  second  or  tlurd  person  to  do  It,  with 
sdvantagious  additions.  If  any  bishop  or  deane  came  accidentily  to 
the  Universitie,  who  but  they  were  ready  to  wait  upon  them  and 
receive  their  benediction :  if  atiy  great  temporall  lord  that  was  in  the 
king's  favour  did  make  any  approach,  who  but  they  were  ready  to 
attend  him.  In  a  word  nothing  was  wanting  to  make  ihcm  plausible ; 
and  all  tliat  was  done  was  mccrly  for  preferment  least  their  juniors 
(which  was  one  cheif  cause)  should  overtop  them.  Among'  theae 
worthy  persons — not  that  I  shall  make  a  full  repetition  of  them — 
vere : — 

Dr.  Paul  Hood,  the  old  dissembUng  puritanicall  rector  of  Line 
Coll.,  who  endeavoured  to  be  a  Visitor  ^i.c.  one  of  the  King's  Commis- 
sioners) and  {was)  put  on  by  (Richard)  K(nigh)ily  and  (Nathaniel) 
Crew  purposely  that  he  might  have  advantage  to  tume  out  all  those 
of  his  College  thai  had  been  oppo^rs  of  his  Ailse  doings.  Who, 
because  grown  antient  and  therfore  not  able  to  run  about  and  search 
for  preferment,  had  the  rectory  of  Ickford  in  Bucks  conferred  apoD 
him  by  the  chancellor  Clarendon,  purposely  as  a  reward  for  taking 
upon  him  the  vice-chanceltourship  anno  1660. 

Michael  Woodward,  warden  of  New  College,  who  much  craved  to 
be  a  Visitor;  «*bo  though  (he)  cringed  to  the  tale  times  in  Uxfoid 
and  Winchester  {where  he  was  a  fellow),  yet,  because  he  was  a  man 
of  no  spirit,  had  nothing  conferred  on  him  but  Brightwell  rectory  by 
WaUingford. 

Dr.  Henry  Savage,  master  of  Balliol  College,  made  what  freinds  he 
could  to  put  (him)  forward,  and  got  a  prcbendsliip  of  Gloucester 
and  the  rectory  of  Bladon  by  Woodstock. 


'  MS-hM-whick' 

'  iu  another  draft,  this  icntcncc  goes 
on  ■  and  glad  they  were  if  they  could 
f^'t  a  civil  Ucat  ftum  aay  of  the  dicifctt 

of  them.* 


*  in  another  draft: — 'these  old 
schulare,  not  that  I  nhnll  name  eveiy 
fellow  of  a  college  (atnoRjj  thcM  I 
coold  tuuoc  tnany),  were* 


DECEMBER,  1680. 


3*53 


Dr.  Seth  Ward*,  who  having  been  expelled  ihe  University  of 
Cambridge  for  a  good  cause,  had  done  well  if  he  had  but  continued 
60  till  tliis  resuuration.  But  supposing  perhaps  Uie  Presbyterians 
would  carry  all  before  ihem,  made  a  shin  by  the  favour  of  the 
Commiltee  to  oblaine  one  of  th<:  Savilian  Professorships.  With 
which  not  being  concent,  was  ready  to  chop  at  other  preferment;  as, 
first,  the  principality  of  Jt'sus;  then,  tiie  presidentship  of  Trinity 
College,  which  last  he  carried  but  alltogeathcr  (by  statute)  inconsistent 
with  his  professorship.  From  which  being  ouied,  did  [by'  cringing 
and  money]  gel,  first,  to  be  chanior  of  Exeter;  then,  bishop  of  that 
see ;  afterwards  bishop  of  Salisbury  * ;  and  at  length  * . .  . 

Dr.  John  Wilkins',  a  notorious  complyer  with  the  Presbyterians 
(from  whom  he  obtained  the  warden&hip  of  Wadham) ;  with  the  In- 
dependents ;  and  Cromwell  himself,  by  whose  favour  he  did  not 
onlie  get  a  dispensation  to  marry  (contrary  to  the  College  statute)  but 
also  (because  he  had  married  his  sister)  Master  of  Trinity  College  in 
Cambridge.  From  which  being  ejected  at  the  resiatiration,  faced 
about  and  by  his  smooth  language,  insinuating  preaching,  fiaiieries, 
and  I  know  not  what,  got,  among  other  preferments,  the  deanery  of 
Kippon;  and  at  length  (by  the  commendation  of  George  (V'illiers) 
duke  of  Buckingham,  a  great  favotuer  of  fauaticks  and  adiei&lii)  Llie 
bisliDprick  of  Cliesicr. 


*  ftRuu^al  note  uyt: — 'ooe  that 
hud  Ukcn  the  oattu  be1oci{>lQ|;  to  ui 
M.A.  of  Cambridge;  afterwards  tbe 
CovcQAnt;  nnd  st  length  tbc  tlngo)^ 
mcnt.'  In  MS.  Tanner  ^ad,  fol.  371, 
i»  A  copy  of  ribald  verses  ia  which  Scth 
Wvd  U  mLligaed: — 

'  Dr.  Word  Is  false  in  mind 
BdI  not  soe  to  womcnktnd  : 
For  what  hce  of  ihe  tcoautt  recciTcs 
He  paycsaj^iilnc  unco  their  wires: — 
lie    aud    !>.  (Kalpb)    BatborM    wai 
ciiBght  with  a  wench  at  Ihe  Saracen'i 
head  in  St.  PcUr  in  the  Bayly.    They 
pretend   they   wcat   to  receive  rent  of 
tcnanls  that  by  there.' 

*  Ihe  wonls  In  u]uare  hnckcU  are 
liliAlcil  out,  (Mrilutps  as  luo  plaiii'tpokiui 
\oT  publication. 

'  a  marginal  note  snyi :  —  '  Dean 
(Thonuu)  I'earce  (of  ijaliibnry)  took 
all  tbe  o«tb«ft  agtiac  he  look  bciuie  ibe 
warr." 


*  Wood  leaves  the  Kntence  incoro> 
plete,  that  he  might  add  the  future 
progress,  if  any,  of  this  dexterous  prelate. 
lo  a  moigiual  aotc  he  speaks  of  Ward 
as  '  A  pfime  chapman,  aod  a  person  in 
at  many  games.' 

*  a  cuigioat  note  say*: — 'took  the 
oaths  of  M.A.  of  this  Unirersity  before 
the  warr;  (took)  all  oaths  olterwards.* 
Tbe  intention  of  this  note  U  lo  siiggest 
that  '  perjury  *  had  been  committed,  for 
the  oaths  at  M.A.  iacluijcd  the  Oath  of 
Allegiance  to  the  King.  The  came  point 
is  raised  in  regard  to  the  tnemben  of 
thelxm^rBiliammt  in  a  tly-sJiect,  dated 
Uy  Wood  as  coming  out  in  March  i^lf. 
fotind  in  Wood  376  A  no.  143 — 'Ttuj 
oath  of  allcgtancc  .  . .  whiish  oath  wa» 
solemnly  taken  by  every  metnbcr  of  both 
bouses  of  Parliament.  Ramplandall.  .  . ; 
printed  for  the  benefit  of  Uiose  pcrsoe* 
who  hare  forgotten  that  they  did  oocc 
take  thb  oath,  a.  u.  1660.' 


DECEMBER,  1660. 


3*55 


ccrUinc  tcmporall  persons '  attending  to  the  king.  He  is  esteemed 
by  those  that  know  him  to  be  a  person  of  no  sincerity,  of  little 
religion,  and  not  to  t%  that  scholar  chat  common  fame  reports  him  to 
be.  No  selea  freind  to  any,  but  only  so  long  as  the  person  is  in 
capacity  to  do  him  service.  Certainly  if  St.  Ruhtrt  with  tlie  great 
head  could  rise  out  of  his  grave,  and  behold  and  know  this  his 
successor,  (he)  might'  possdbly  repent  that  ever  he  sate  in  that  see. 

Dr.'  Thomas  Lamplugh.  anolI>er  that  kept  his  fellowship  in 
Queen's  College  after  164S,  and  that  he  might  shew  himself  a  true 
royallist,  got  to  be  one  of  the  king's  commissioners  this  year,  and  at 
length  by  flatteries  and  rewards  shuffled  himself  into  considerable 
spiritualities.  A  great  cringer  formerly  to  Prcsbyierians  and  In- 
dependents, now  to  the  prelates  and  those  in  authoritie,  to  raise  him- 
self and  settle  a  familie. 

Dr.  Ralph  Daihurst  of  Trinity  College,  much  of  the  humour  and 
stamp  of  Ward  and  Wilkins  before  mentioned,  chaplain  to  (Robert) 
Skinner  bishop  of  Oxford  before  the  warr ;  but  when  he  saw  little 
hopes  of  rising  by  Divinity,  studied  physiLk,  submitted  to  the  Presby- 
terian power  in  1648,  kept  his  fellowship,  and  proceeded  in  his 
faculty.  At  length,  the  times  clianging,  re-assumed  his  old  employ- 
ment, and  by  flatteries  got  (by  putting  aside  an  old  cavalier '  that 
had  suffered  ejection)  to  be  head  of  (lis  house,  chaplayne  to  bis 
majestic,  and  (by  reward")  deane  of  Wells,  and  at  length ' .  . . 


'  Wood  notes  thcte  in  the  mirgio  : — 
•Sir  Jowph  WiUiairuon,  sccreiiiry  of 
state,  somtlmet  of  Queen 'iCollegc  :  Mr. 
Henry  Coventry,  tlie  other  sMcetuy, 
tomtiniM  pu]>iU  (u  'lis  wid)  to  Bftrlow 
tn  Qocen's  College.' 

*  '  he  would  be  ashamed  that  ever  he 
ulc  in  the  mm:  of  l.incolae '  in  ui  alter- 
nutivtf  sketch. 

*  '  tothescmaybcaddetl  Dr.  Thomti 
I^amplugh,  who  ihongfa  not  now  a 
fellow,  yet  he  had  till  lately  kept  hi* 
place  and  had  made  great  complyancc 
with  tlie  men  of  Che  times.  A  nnrtheme 
man,  as  Barlow,  aod  theriace  not  with- 
out grmi  diuimutattoo.  A  forward 
man,  allwaies  sneakini;,  [ill  tty  fmnds 
and  money  he  had  heaped  np  <^piritnall 
prcfennenta.'  So  \S'ood  writes  in  the 
altcmatiTc  ikctch  in  Wood  MS.  F  31, 
ful.  4  b.  It  may  be  noted  Ibatiu  Wjiles, 
the  South  in  the  same  way  ditliusU  Ibe 


North,  there  being  a  South  Wales  pro- 
verb '  as  uotnistwoithy  as  a  Northman.* 
'  I  Icam  from  the  Rev.  li.  E.  I). 
Blakislon  of  Trinity  Colle^^e  that  the 
reference  roust  be  to  JdsUs  How  B  D. 
who  was  Domiuated  with  Balburtl  for 
the  prcsJdentfthtp.  It  w»  the  practice 
at  Trinity  for  the  College  to  send  two 
names  to  the  Visitor,  who  decided  which 
of  thetwOKhould  l>e  Pir-aideiit,  generally 
deciding  m  faronr  of  t}ir  candidate  snp- 
potted  by  the  majoiity  of  the  fellows. 
Bathunt  and  How  were  the  names  sent 
op  in  1660.  How  was  five  years  Ecuior 
to  Batborst ;  H&d  been  ejected  by  the 
Pailiamentary  Visilors  in  1648;  and 
was  restored  by  the  King's  Com- 
tnistioners  in  1660,  being  then  teuioc 
fellow. 

*  'reward'  it   polite  in  Wood  lor 
*  bribery.' 

*  couipore  nole  4  page  363. 


3dtf 


IVOOirS  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


Dr.  John  WalUs.  a  coraplier  with  the  times ;  keeps  two  places  con- 
trary to  statute,  and  so  consequct)U3r  cats  up  the  bread  of  ancKber 
man-     See  in  Almanack  1680.     Li\TS  upon  rapine  and  peijury. 

Robert  Sar ;  Dr.  ^Richard)  Zouch,  profesmr  (of  Z^w) ;  Dr. 
(Waller)  Blandford;  Dr.  Thonus  Clayton,  another  poore-spuited 
feUow. 

As  for  the  junior  scholars  trained  up  in  the  Presbyterian  discipline, 
it  cannot  be  im^ned  what  waves  they  took  to  express  themselves 
rcail  converts  for  the  preiatlcall  party  upon  this  change.  No  man 
could  e\-er  think,  that  knew  them  in  llic  late  broken  times,  that  ibey 
could  have  the  face  or  conscience  to  leave  their  old  freinds  and  so 
openly  and  notoriously  now  declaimc  against  them  and  their  cause. 
Those  that  hated  a  lavcrne  or  alehouse  formerly,  now  frequent  them 
and  thrust  themseh'es  into  the  company  of  royallists  (such  that  had 
fonnerty  seemed  scandakfus  to  them)  purposely  that  the  world  might 
see  their  good  wishes  to  their  cause  '.  Another  parly  would  strip 
them  of  their  puritanicall  cut  and  forthwith  pot  on  a  cassock  reaching 
to  iheir  heeles  tied  close  with  a  sanctified  circingte.  And  though 
they  lately  haled  a  square  cap,  yet  now  they  could  dispense'  with 
one,  nay,  check  and  perhaps  punish  those  that  neglected  the  wearing 
of  one.  Anotlter,  that  bore  the  faces  of  demure  saints ',  would  now 
and  then  put  out  a  wanton  (iu  plainc  terms,  a  baudy)  expression  *, 
and,  as  occasion  scrved\  a  pretty  liule  oath.  Anotlwr,  that  was  the 
other  day  perfidious,  knavish,  and  informer  against  the  RoyaJlists  *  to 
the  Presbyterians  and  Independents,  is  now  face<l  alxiut  and  become 
the  same  conditioned  person  for  the  Royallists.  Another  that  would 
not  drink  or  sweare'  would  take  all  opportunities  to  express  his  ^| 
civilities  to  die  cheif  of  those  restored.  Nay,  some  to  my  knowledge 
have  waited  in  places  ihat  they  must  necessarily  pass  through,  pur-  ^ 
posely  that  they  might  make  long  legs  and  scrapes  to  them,  and  if  ^^ 
need  be  to  lick  up  their  spittle :  but  in  the  acting  of  these  things  ^ 


«  In  anolber  draft  in  \Voo<l  M&  F  31, 
{i)1.  f,  this  «tiience  conclode*  'gooH 
w»hc»  fot  this  change ;  and  be  dniok,' 
and  in  t^c  mu^in  ift  written  the  name 
•  .  Bnwe' :  •«  *'*f^  ^^'^^  *'*'*  *5 
reb.i«6|. 

•  'bcir  wit'>  "  •  ""T' """  pcnun  thow 
(if  k  lay  in  their  power;  that  ncKtcctcd* 
jB  tiie  other  draft. 

I  I  Aootbei  that  looked  Minllike  (or 
js  if  liBtter  wool'!  not  melt  in  their 
a)  *:  Id  the  other  draft. 


actmg 

*  Wood's  •  AMim  Saliam '  (Wood 
MS.  iL  31;  and  Wood  MS.  F  31  fbl. 
I03-106),  R  collection  of  wittioiiai 
current  in  W*ood'B  day,  hu  niffidcot 
evidence  of  this  tone  of  eonreraaliofi,  e^g. 
in  (he  Ullc  of '  Robert  Kyng,  ehaplaio 
of  Merlon  Collie,  ifiyfi,' 

*  '  and,  In  common  dtscoone,*  in  tbo  1 
other  draft. 

*  '  Cavelicn '  in  the  other  draft 
^  '  Another  that    could    oetther   htj 

drank  or  cwear,'  in  the  other  draft. 


DECEMBER^  1660. 

nothing  became  more  ridiculous  to  the  wary*  olMwrvcr  than  to  ace 
these  wiflgions'  over-do  a  ihing  and  that  uncoolhly  too,  without  the 
least  suspicion  that  any  person  took  notice  of  them.  Som  would  get 
letters  commendatory  from  ccrtaine  old  bishops  (that  never  had  any 
knowledge  of  tlwm  in  tlic  University)  purposely  that  the  leading  men 
of  the  royall  party  should  countenance  thera  and  take  ihcm  to  be 
cordiall  men  to  the  cause '.  On  the  other  aide,  the  bishops  and  our 
leading  men  *  wout<l  endeavour  to  gaine  xurh  that  had  eminent  parts 
in  ihcm  or  whose  relaiions  had  Iwt^n  notorious  ringleaders  in  the  laie 
rebellion,  give*  thera  degrees  and  preferments;  while  the  royaliists, 
who  as  yet  had  only  iheir  fellowships  and  could  not  without  money 
stir  higher,  cxclaime  against  such  unworthy  dealings. 

That  parly  of  tJic  juniors '  thai  were  preachers  and  educated  in  the 
said  discipline  of  the  Presb)nerians,  ha\-ing  better  opportunities  to 
express  their  affection  to  the  prelalicall  party,  left  nothing  undone  so 
that  ^cy  might  seem  episcopal!.  At  tlieir  comming  into  the  pulpit 
they  knelt  downe  and  used  some  privat  ejacuIaUons,  which  was  so  far 
from  being  done  in  the  late  limes  that  it  was  ridiculous  so  to  do. 
They  left  off  their  long  cxtcmjwrarie  prayers  and  conformed'  to  a 
short  prayer  with  a  formall  rcpeliiion  of  those  whomc  they  were  to 
pray  for  and  the  naming  of  the  person  or  persons  (as  if  God  did  not 
know  their  minds),  and  for  a  conclusion  the  Lord's  prayer  llian 
which  nothing  was  lately  more  ridiculous.  I'hey  quoted  also  in  their 
sermons  the  Fathers  and  Schoolmen,  and  framed  their  sermons  (which 
before  were  vcrie  praciical]  and  commonly  full  of  diie ')  to  a  polite 
quaint  discourse.    But  tlicse  things  being  not  as  tlicy  thought  suffi- 


)  'wBiy  snd  c&ution»,*  in  the  other 
dnft. 

'  'kc  these  apes  orerdoe  ■  Ihli^j 
and  thnt  reiy  uocooLh  too,'  in  the  ixher 

dttTt. 

*  the  other  draft  adils,  'and  lo  they 
did.* 

'  •  tnibopi  nod  tome  beadt  of  Col- 
lies,' in  the  otbcr  <iraft. 

*  the  other  draft  has — '  to  encourage 
them  and  at  length  get  then  degrees  aitd 
Bplrltnall  piefcnnents:  veric  greiviOM 
to  those  of  the  ftoyalL  party  that  wcte 
mtored  to  (heir  fellowships  and  conld 
not  without  niooey  get  higher.' 

*  'Thaw  also  of  <tbc>  yoag  file  that 
were,'  in  the  other  draft 

'  'coufuied   thcauelvea  to,'  in   the 


other  draft. 

•  Thowr  wlio  have  '  sat  under '  a  Pres- 
byterian divine  of  the  old  school  in 
nifHli-m  S^'ollnnd  will  onrlerstond  the 
•  dire '  of  this  passage, '  the  shaking  OYcr 
the  pit.'  In  another  place  (Wood  MS. 
Fjijfol.  iS a,  Terto)Wood says  I—*  Be- 
tides also  the  fonnc  of  preaching  oflata 
was  come  to  that  pa«e  that  uolcsa  the 
preacher  decryeil  learning  asttsclewand 
either  aav'd  ot  damn'd  all  (thongh  the 
latter  was  held  mon  phmsible,  such  was 
the  people's  love  to  cxtreamcs] .  he  was 
held  to  want  l>oth  gifts  and  n  discerning 
spirit.  Sec  "A  Vindication  of  learning 
from  nnjnst  aspeislont "  etc.  Loud. 
164(11,  qiMrto,  by  anon. ;  I  have  it*:  it  is 
Wuvd  11  94  CI). 


3«« 


dent  to  exprea  the  reallity  oT  ibeir  conversion,  they  (al\  (lownerigl 
to  railing  against  the  Ute  times  and  to  paniculirizc  also  seven 
things  then  done. 

The  most  zealous  of  such  persons  was  Mr.  Robert  South  of  Chrii 
Church,  who  first  sided  with  Dr.  (John)  Owen  his  deanc  and 
pressed  himself  so  active  *  for  the  cause,  that  that  Doctor  bad  i 
tentions  to  bring  him  into  play  under  the  Protector ;  but  the  Protccti 
d^ing  and  so  consequently  Bttle  hopes  to  be  had  thai  way ',  he  sidei 
with  the  Presbyterians,  and  then  contem'd  !!o  much  Dr.  Owen  tha 
that  Doctor  told  him  plainly  that  he  was  one  *  that  ^te  In  tlie  sc 
of  the  scomfull.'  The  year  before  this,  od  the  34  July  1659,  in  ai] 
assize  sermon*  then  by  bim  preached  in  Sl  Marie's  church,  an 
when  then  alao  the  Pre9b)'terians  began  to  lift  up  tbctr  hcadcs,  upon 
some  foresight  had  of  the  success  of  Sir  Georg  Booth  in  Cheshire^ 
he  took  occasion  to  speak  of  the  great  disincouragemeni  of  teaming  \ 
the  oppression  of  the  mimstiy,  mine  of  the  lawes,  etc. ;  also '  against 
the  hypocrites  and  disputation  of  these  times,  with  reflections  oa 
colonell  Union  Croke  and  his  facdon,  who,  in  a  certain  house  in 
Grand[ioolc  *,  kept  a  fast  after  dinner.  '  It  U  an  easic  matter '  said  he 
'  to  commend  patience  when  there  is  no  danger  of  any  trial],  or 
extoll  humility  in  the  mid&t  of  honors,  (or)   lo  begin  a  fast  after 


'  '  lealous,"  lo  the  olhcr  draft, 
'i.e.  fiom  the  lodcpeiulentkfOf  wbom 
John  Owen  wu  the  leadiDg  mao. 

*  a  marginal  note  in  the  other  draft 
says '  Ibis  U  printed :  quaere  that  scrnuxi.* 
Kobert  Sniith'i  'Interest  deposed  and 
Truth  mtorcd  . . .  Two  tenuoni.'  Ox- 
ford, 1660,  410  :  reprinted  afterwards. 

*  the  Dthct  draft  adds: — 'ihal  the 
UniwrutifS  laid  ml  »takc.'  In  the  text 
of  South'a  seTTnon  he  lays  '  ihould  . .  . 
oar  coUedges  be  reduced  (not  only  u 
one  in  hit  xeal  would  have  it)  to  tArti, 
hat  lo  nrjnc' :  on  which  there  Is  a  mar- 
ginal note  '  U(oton)  C^rolce)  a  colonel 
of  the  army, . . .  openly  and  frequeoUy 
affirmed  the  oseleMncas  of  the  Uoiver- 
Nlies  and  that  three  Colledgcs  wcto 
sufficient  to  answer  the  occasions  of  the 
nation.' 

*  in  the  other  draft :— '  He  aim  took 
an  occasion  lo  (dl  the  auditory  of  sach 
hypocrites  that  pretended  to  fast,  with 
Tcflection  on  major  Crolce  who,  with 
hisfihcttuBfCclcbrated  a  fast  after  dtnocr.* 


The  margioal  note  in  Sooth's  prfaittd 
•crmoa  is  *  very  credibly  rrported  to 
have  been  ilone  in  an  Indcpeodaot  con* 
gr«|^tioa  at  Oxon.' 

*  coL  Ciolic's  own  boBM  stood  '  hi 
the  entrance  Into  Granipnle  over  ogainst 
the  lower  end  of  Christ  Church ':  scfl 
Reliquia*  Hmrman(u,  iii,  p.  46.  Dr. 
Dlisi  notes  that  in  1693  colonel  Unton 
Croke'  devised  his  Graadpont  hoase  vis. 
"  all  that  mansion  boaic  and  gaiv'en  in 
St  Aldate's,  (bounded  by)  the  stnct 
east,  part  of  the  ri«r  Thames  w««  and 
north,  and  a  gudeo  soatb  "  to  Mi  ihtee 
(Unj>bten,  Gracious,  Charity,  and 
Eleanor.  Charity  and  Eleanor  conveyed 
their  shares  lo  Gracious,  and  she  by 
will  in  17J5,  gave  the  preuise*  to 
Eleanor,  thtji  Mrs.  Glyn,  who  in  I73» 
conveyed  it  to  Dridf^tt  Trigg,  widow, 
anniher  siller,  who  sold  it  in  1733  to 
WilL  Hnyues,  Inn-bolder.  It  was  por* 
chased  by  Dr.  houlkcs,  the  j.hyvtian, 
in  1755.' 


DECEMBER,  leOO. 


3«9 


dinner'  Further  .nlso  he  said: — '  Let  Christ  and  truth  say  what  they 
will:  if  interest  will  have  it,  gaine  must  be  godliness;  if  enthusiasmc 
is  in  request,  learning  must  be  incon«istent  with  grace ;  if  pay  growes 
short,  the  University  maintenance  must  be  too  great,  etc'  So  much ' 
bitterness  was  then  expressed  against  the  Independents  that  his  sermon 
was  attacked  by  certain  severe  reprehenders,  who,  according  to  the 
then  canting  way  of  discourse,  charged  it  as  '  full  of  much  wrath  and 
darkness.'  The  Presbyterians  were  much  pleased  with  the  sermon ; 
and  Dr.  <Edward)  Reynolds  (late  deane  of  Ch.  Ch.)  being  then 
present,  did  in  his  going  from  the  church  embrace  the  preacher  and 
told  him  that  '  what  laid  in  his  power  he  would  do  it  for  htm,'  or  to 
that  effect.  From  that  time,  and  e!>pcciaUy  on  the  diangc  this  yeare 
^  1660),  who  but  he',  and  who  rayl'd  more  from  the  pulpit  than  hc» 
against  both  Presbyterians  and  Independents,  telling  his  auditory  of 
their  wry  faces,  ill  looks,  puling  tones,  etc. ;  and  all  to  obtaine  applause 
(and  its  consequences)  from  the  prelalicall  party.  But,  as  it  fell  out, 
he  was  much  mistaken  :  for,  by  his  too  much  passion  '  and  his  eager- 
ness to  trample  them  under,  the  graver  sort  of  royailists  put  their  hats 
before  their  eyes  or  tum'd  aside,  as  being  much  ashamed  at  what  the 
yong  m.an  *  did  utter.  Not  content  with  this,  he  enformes  the  leading 
men  of  the  restored  party  of  the  behaviour  and  manners  of  those  that 
had  been  the  prime  men  of  the  interval!  and  of  such  that  had  then 
kepi  tlieir  places,  viUifics  and  scomes  them,  and  leaves  nothing  un- 
done (sec  'black  book,'  p.  11)  to  engratiate  himaeUe  with  the 
royailists. 

In  this  ofBce  he  had  more  of  his  house  that  were  as  zealous  as  be, 
namly,  Mr.  (Charles)  Pickering,  (Henrj-)  Bold,  and  (Henrj-)  Thur- 
man,  before  mentioned  • ;  who,  though  bibbing  persons ",  yet  complyed 
so  much  with  the  Presbyterians  and  Independents  that  they  kept  their 
places ;  and,  on  the  change,  acted  like  so  many  ProUi. 

The  last  of  these  persons  made  it  no  consciense  to  utter  blasphemie 
in  his  sermon  or  sermons  at  S.  Marie's ;  and  in  one  at  Magdalen 
parish  church  ai  OcL  1660  he  said  to  this  effect  that  '  though  Christ 


*  in  the  other  draft : — '  In  fine,  he 
njrlcd  »o  mnch  agointt  the  Indcpco- 
(IcnU  then  in  power,  aiid  tritball  tickled 
up  the  rresfa>-tenaas,  that  Dr.  KBjrnoltls.' 

*  'who  but  Mr.  Sooth,'  in  the  oth«r 
draft. 

*  '  rnyling,'  in  the  othet  dtaft. 

*  '  this  jrwig  pngmatick/  in  the  other 
ilraft. 


*  the  other  dnft  hu  s  note :— '  These 
thfct  mm  were  cajjei  abettor*  of  Ed- 
ward Uaigthitw  when  the  Uit  year  be 
stiffly  nuiutalnfid,  io  open  Conrocatloa 
before  Conanl  the  vicechanccllur,  the 
wearing  of  hats  in  &11  assembUcs.'    See 

«'/'«  P-  359- 

*  'thongh  drnnluLrds,'  in  tfac  other 
<lrmA. 


Bb 


J70 


WOOJyS  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


Ad  and  could  pardcn  scariei  sins,  jct  he  would  not,  nor  could  not, 
mrdon  stns  of  so  deep  a  graioe  as  of  killing  a  king/  and  in  (be  con- 
clttWTO  (see  'black  book.'  p.  ii)  said  that  'be  knew  many  of  the 
auditory  were  ncH  offended  at  wbat  he  had  said  In  his  sernion,  and  for 
those  thai  «rc,  he  did  not  care  so  long  as  ropes  and  sledges  held 
good,*  etc  In  a  Tuesdaye's  sennon  also  at  St  Marie's  in  the  month 
of  December  (a  little  liefore  they  were  put  downe),  (lie)  said  that 
'  though  craxy  men  coiiUl  not  aMdc  drinking  between  mcales,  yd 
they  slioold  not  prcach  or  ttpcak  against  tliose  that  bad  more  hcallhie 
Indycs  than  tlicy,'  etc. 

Another  named  Mr.  Ed«*ard  Ferrar',  of  Univcrsltic  College  (see 
'black  book,*  p.  13),  who  Iwd  been  an  cnformer  to  and  a  sider  with 
Dr.  John  Owen  and  the  Indcixnidcnts.  preached  about  the  same  time 
notbin}{  btit  confuMon  on  these  words  'Cut  off  their  liands  and  their 
foct  and  haiiK  lliem  over  llie  poolc  Hebron '  etc. 

Anotlier  altio  (Mr.  J^ohn)  Filzwilliams  of  Magdalen  College)  to 
BJiow  bid  scale  for  the  chang  (tho  a  notorious  comptyer  before)  must' 
needs  rrncw  in  bis  preaching  the  Arminian  tcnenis  as  they  had  been 
in  the  lime  of  Dr.  Laud  when  he  was  Chancellour  of  the  Univeratie. 
But  llial  being  disliked  by  the  Royallisls,  as  being  one  of  the  originalls 
of  the  Imc  Iroiibles,  <[b^)  kiid  them  aside  and  acteil  another  way  lo 
gainc  faraur.  However,  he  shcwd  liimself  so  zealous  a  worshipper 
towards  the  east  in  his  College  chappell',  that,  overacting  it,  he 
became  ridiculous. 

Scvcrall  such  unstable  people  were  now  in  the  Uniwrsitie — which 
did  noi  a  little  vex  the  Presbyterians  and  the  Independents  to  see 
ebem  so  unworthily  (as  lliey  thought)  fall  from  iliem — buu  being  too 
muaerous  to  set  ihcm  downc,  wilh  tlieir  foolish  contrivances  to  in- 
troduce themselves  into  gnrat  and  comfortable  prefcnneats,  I  shaU 
now  (pass  them  over  *.)] 

(  Tht  dispuk  *  about  the  oath  0/  tJu  Mayor  and  Burgtssts  of  Oxford 
to  tht  Univtrsity  1660,  1661.) 

Oct.  1660,  Mr.  SuDpton  Whiles  nuyor  of  Oxford,  hod  teveral]  perempturr  »!&• 
noiu  since  Michnclmits  Ust  (nt  wbkb  time  be  came  lato  bis  oJ&cci  (bat  be,  ilic 

anil  much  that  ti«  thongbt  be  codU 
never  do  enough  to  make  people  have 
an  atccm  of  hU  real  conversion.' 

*  the  Inst  words  arc  conjectural ;  the 
bottom  of  the  Icif  being  destroyed  by 
fnying. 

*  »o*cs  io  MS.  Bodl.  5J4,  pp.  35  aQq. 


'  tbe  other  ilraft  add*  :^'  yoo  majr 
know  liim  by  hi*  reel  bcanl,  n  slabbcrct 
of  Boyes.' 

'  tbe  etbcr  draft  has : — '  >-ny  forward 
to  pnaoh  up  the  ArmiDiiLn  tcncnu,  and 
ia  A  manner  to  bc^^in  a);aioc  witti  those 
CMibovcniei  acted  in  Laud's  time' 

*  tlw  other  draft  ndds :— *  and  so  low 


DEC.  1660— 7^A'.  1661. 


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two  baytiffs,  otiJ  usiuill  number  of  cUisen»  should  n|)pnire  in  S.  Marie'fi  church  aoti 
iben  to  take  the  AcciiKomed  oath  to  obKire  and  keep  all  manner  of  lawfoll  liber- 
ties and  cnitomc*  of  the  Univenity  of  Oxford  :  bol  they  did  tiol  come,  as  they  had 
not  for  10  or  1 3  yearcs  before. 

Dec.  >o,  Th.,  t66o,  they  were  summoned  agaloe ;  but  oonsultiag  among  Iheni- 
kItcs,  they  sent  woixt  to  the  Ticcchancellor  tbat  they  deiired  a  freiodly  meeting  with 
the  vicechanQellot  and  the  Univereity  about  the  premU&ei.  \Much  measage  being 
delivered,  Moniiay  the  7  Jan.  ifrfill  was  appointed  a  meeting  day. 

Jan.  7.M.,  \t(%\.  the  vicechanceUor,  scTei-UI  ni>^taix  and  tieads  of  houses  present, 
paiticson  both  ^c9  met  in  Adam  Y>\oax  chapel  anncxt  to  S.  Marie's  church, 
Ilenry  ^Cary)  lord  Faulkhuid  and  Sir  Franeit  Wenman,  ai^  freemen  of  the  cily, 
were  procnt.  The  former  Hpolte  but  little  to  the  purpose.  Their  rccofdcr((Kichard) 
Croke}  began  to  instaac«  ia  a  trcaiic  betwixt  the  Univeriily  and  city  about  tlw 
yeare  164S,  whcrin  both  corporations  came  nigh  to  a  full  composaic  and  agrce- 
meot  of  mo*t  diffcrcDccs  bciweco  them,  and  pfetcnded  that  in  Iku  of  tlie  ac- 
custotncd  oath  the  Univcrsitic  then  wen:  content  to  engage  the  dty  hena  by 
way  of  promise  onlie.  But  'twas  tuon  replycd  that  the  intended  trcatie  he  speaks 
of,  whatever  it  was.  ticrcr  came  to  any  sgrccmc-nt  And  withaU  be  wu  adrtsed 
even  for  their  ohh  makers  to  furbea;e  infitbting  on  the  proceedings  of  tboae  times,  for 
it  wai  but  to  remind  lu  what  tbcir  caniagc  was  at  that  lime  towards  tlte  University 
and  how  ready  they  were  to  take  advantage  of  the  timei  to  have  overthrowne  all 
our  privik-gci.  But  wee  being  contented  to  forget  all  those  things,  it  would  not  be 
for  their  advantage  to  call  them  to  mind.  Whcrupoii  pctceinng  bow  Uttlc  that 
orgament  nould  advimtage  his  cause  in  hand,  he  did  not  insist  upon  iL — Sarjcanl 
Charls  flolloway,  the  Uoivcrntic  cotmccU,  made  a  quick  reply  to  what  Mr. 
Croke  had  ipokca : — that  the  Univeniiic's  right  to  demand  the  uath  was  cleaic 
by  charters  and  constant  usage,  as  be  wcU  knew ;  that  the  oath  was  no  other 
than  wbat  the  charter  of  33  of  Henry  lU  (1348)  did  picMribc  ;  that,  to  satisfic 
them,  the  Lords  of  the  CouukII  in  the  17  of  Fli^abcth  057^)  ^^  already  put  in 
the  words  *  lavfutt  aud  nasottahU '  to  take  of(f)  all  scrapie ;  and  thcrfore  'twii 
needlcM  to  tslkc  of  any  further  ivfeicnoe.  That  tbere  couldbc  no  clashing  between 
their  and  our  lawfnll  liberties ;  and  if  there  were  any  we  pretended  to,  wnich  wcte 
not  lawfull,  the  oath  did  not  oblige  to  thcni. 

In  fine,  the  vicechancellor  insisted  upoo  a  positive  answer,  whether  tbey  woold 
or  would  not  take  the  oathe.  To  which  the  mayor  de^ritig  time  to  ac>iuaint 
the  comnoD  councill  with  it,  piomised  before  the  end  of  next  week  to  give  a  posi- 
live  answer.  And  to  wtiat  had  been  said  abool  tiic  lime  of  tlie  yeaie  toeing  passed 
(which  the  mayor  at  the  beginning  of  tlu»  meeting  told  thcni},  the  mayor  having 
titkea  his  oauh  to  the  Cily  before  the  viccchanccUotit'i  tumnions,  'twas  aDtwcred 
that  this  could  be  no  excuse,  for  that  the  mayor  ought  to  have  given  notice  to  the 
vicechancellor  and  not  to  expect  summons  from  him ;  and  that,  by  the  charter  of 
33  Henry  lU  (W49),  his  taking  the  oath  to  the  towne  before  sitch  notice  given  was 
voyd  and  ought  to  be  taken  againe. 

Jan.  14,  M  ,  iti(^,  at  a  full  meeting  of  the  beads  of  hooscs  it  was  unanimously 
atfcftrtfcH  to  and  agreed  upoti,  I.  that  a  night  watch  be  spedily  setled  in  the 
Voiveriity  for  the  defetioe  and  safely  of  the  some ;  2,  that  40  ideii  with  bones  and 
armes  be  in  readiness  at  the  charge  of  the  respective  collies,  tea  of  which  to 
keep  walcb  each  night ;  3,  that  the  Rrst  watch  begin  on  Tliursday  night  next 
ensuing,  and  such  as  arc  appointed  for  each  night-watch  sbaU  recdte  their  order* 
from  Mr.  vioechancellur.  The  order  aud  pra|xiitioo  of  every  college  it  as  fot* 
lowetb:— Cb.  Ch.  10  horxt;  Magd.,  6;  Men.,  3;  S-  John's,  a  ;  New  Cut).,  5-— 

B  b  a 


372 

l*n  ettry  nJEht.    The  merting  nhoot  the  »«frty  of  the  Unlrewity 
Ch.  Cb. :  vide  '  block  book  '  it  a  \etS  hid  downc. 

CoBVOCstioD,  F.,  15  Maich,  ifiCJ.wlicrin  tlii^  jietilion  of  the  ITntreruty  of  Oxford 
to  Uie  king  wu  read;  whcrio  their frcviuicei  from  the  towne  were  read: — 1,  that 
the  mayor,  aUennen,  and  baylifb  and  bnrgesies  have  of  Ute  fearet  (taking  advan- 
tage of  the  public  distntctioiu)  tnany  walet  lafrioj^  the  said  riglin  and  privfleg^ 
of  the  Unrvcrsitie,  ns  pArticulaHy  by  rcfiising  tn  take  the  oath  for  the  {ireapmtion 
thcrof  acd  to  nuke  the  yeerly  oblatJon  oa  S.  Scholasticacs  day  (to  Fcbt.)  ;  a,  by 
cncrochbge  npon  the  maHtet  and  the  ^vrmmeiit  thcrof,  <lulnrbing  and  molesting 
thox  who  ctme  thither  to  lell  cloth  victaaltc  and  other  commoditEcs  and  dis- 
turbing tlic  clerks  of  tlie  maiket  in  Inking  toll  anH  otherwise  ;  3,  by  taking  upon 
ihetn  to  [iccoK  tavcnu,  inns,  and  alehouses,  and  ttuit  to  an  exceasTe  nnniber; 
4,  by  exerctting  the  tmdes  of  bakcn,  brcweni,  and  maDhtcn  withoot  license 
obtaioe^  from  the  University  or  the  taking  the  reipectire  oatbei  heretofore  osed 
in  their  ai)iri:t$Lrm ;  5,  by  usurping  the  government  of  the  streets  and  pavements 
thcrof  and  ausances  therin  and  amercenMnts  concerning  the  same ;  6,  by  taking 
npon  them  to  set  the  sight  vratcb ;  7,  by  seiung  upon  deodancl»  and  felons* 
goods;  B,  by  ossessiag  meinben  of  the  University,  contrary  to  the  pri^-ileiga, 
thcrof;  9,  by  impleading,  intlJctiog,  and  otherwise  molesting  privilege*! 
in  the  mayoi^s  court  and  the  towne-scsdons  and  refusing  to  dismiss  the  caoae  d[ 
the  TJcechBoccUor's  claimc;  to,  by  diatorbfng  privileged  persons  in  the  cxc 
of  their  trade  and  totrudiog  npon  thou  trades  which  belong  to  the  University — 
theiej  I  say,  being  their  greviances  they  pot  them  nil  up  into  a  petition  to  the 
king  that  it  would  please  (him)  to  giant  snch  examination  and  redress  of  thaJ 
premisses  as  to  his  majestic  and  honoiabtc  privie  coimsell  should  seem  moi(| 
meet 

Mar.  37,  W.,  i66t,  his  nujeslic's  answer  to  the  said  petition  was  thb> 
a  copfe  of  the  said  pctttioo  sfaonld  be  delivered  to  the  mayor  and  aldermen 
Oxford  to  the  end  that  they  may  be  pru%'tilcd  to  answer  the  same  uo  tlie  6  of  April' 
next,  when  bodi  parties  were  to  appeare  before  his  majesty  at  9  in  the  mom  in  the 
Covnsell  chamber  at  ^Vh■tcball. 

Apr.  1,  M.,  ififii,  I>r.  (Richard)  Baylic,  Or.  (John)  Wallis.  Dr.  (Thomas) 
Yale,  Dr.  (Giles)  Swell,  and  Mr.  (Benjamin)  Cooper  the  rrgiiter  were  tbea 
appointed  by  the  Univcnity  to  goc  lo  London  lo  act  for  the  University  io  the  neat 
hearing :  if  oil  coold  not  go,  then  WalUs  or  Yale  at  least 

Apr.  6,  S.,  iGfii,  both  parties  being  met  in  the  counccU  chamber  (at  N\'hltefaaU) 
the  mayor  by  his  petition  to  his  majesty  desired  further  time  in  regard  he  coeld 
not  be  so  Boonc  prepared  and  ready  for  a  bearing.  Vi*henipoo  his  majestle  ap- 
pofaited  Saturday  morning  next  ailei  the  coronation '  for  the  hearing  of  thai 
business. 

Sat,  17  Apr.,  i6At,  at  Worcester  house,  present  the  king's  majesty,  James  dnlM 
of  York.  Edward  Ujde  fLord  ChanecUor),  the  carl  of  Berks  ^  Lord  Chamber- 
laine',  and  secretary  (Sir  Kdword)  Nicholas;  where  it  was  ordered  and  com- 
roaniled  thai  the  present  mayor  bailifl's  aldermen  and  bargc9Sc>,  to  the  number 
of  6^  in  all,  do  forthwith  take  the  said  oath*  to  observe  the  lawfiiU  libcrtiei 
privilc^^  and  cnitomcs  of  the  nid  University ;   that  the  said  mayor  baylifls 


'  which  was  to  take  place  on  T.,  13 
Apr.  (S.  George's  day). 
*  Thomas  Eloward, 
'  Edward   Moalagu,   carl  of  Man- 


chester. 

*  see  Clark's  Reg.  Univ.  Oxou.  IL  L 


JAff.  — APRIL,  1661. 


373 


and  the  same  personi  or  taid  tmmbcr  of  btueetsct  shftll  moke  their  oblation ' 
of  iixti-thtee  pcocc  wth  the  arreango  thcrof  in  mamtct  aod  fonnc  as  hcrtofofe 


'  A  sborl  time  ago  I  porcbascd  from 
Mr.  W.  H.  Ccc's  shop  MnjOT-Oaie»»l 
(jibbes  Kigaad's  copy  of  Gatcb's  Wood's 
Hi»l.  Univ.  Oxford.  InthiswasaUttcr, 
with  hit  initials,  clipped  from  the  Ox- 
ferd  UnivtrsUy  Utrald  of  to  Nov. 
1H83.  I  prtat  the  letter  faenr,  beciuM 
it  pves  X  full  smninary  of  tlte  history 
ooonected  with  the  oath  of  the  dty  to 
the  University,  and  of  the  S.  Scholos- 
tica't  day  ocrcmony. 

*Drar  Sik.— I  know  of  few  thin^ 
hankr  tbaa  to  get  rid  of  a  "  vnlfjar 
enor,"  aud  yet  I  finJ  some  who  sUU 
believe  that,  uocil  a  fn»  years  bade,  the? 
Mayor  and  Dargcsscs  of  this  City  went 
00  dated  days  to  Si.  Mary's  Church 
"  with  halter*  rooad  their  nccki,"  and 
[|MUil  eertaiii  stijiuliitcd  monies,  and  took 
oaths  of  acknowledged  subjection  to  the 
Univcnity  Authorities. 

Another  partial  error  is  that  the  oath 
itHrhkJl  was  t&ken  hod  its  origin  in  the 
'  horron  of  the  fight  on  S.  Scholastica's 
day. 

Now  such  a  thing  never  occurred  as 
ibe  "  wearing  of  hitlter»"  on  proceeding 
to  St.  Mary's,  wid  the  imposition  of  the 
oath  was  vA  moch  older  ohgia  than  the 
lime  of  Ed.  Ill;  aod  ]  should  like  to 
,  give  the  facts,  as  I  find  them,  and  prove 
to  people  that  they  are  under  a  mistake, 
whiltt  at  the  same  time  wc  can  place 
on  leoofd  a  snull  portion  of  our  local 
history. 

It  vnuinthc  nth  year  of  King  John's 
reign  (A.  a  J30<))  as  Antony  4  Wood 
rctatcs,  on  the  authority  of  Matthew 
raiis,  that  a  clerk  was  the  accidental 
cause  of  the  ilualh  of  ■  K-umau.  The 
Mayor  and  some  Burghers  went  to  bis 
Inn  or  Hall,  and  not  finding  him,  seized 
three  innocent  clerks,  and  by  King 
John's  order  (who  was  at  WooditockJ 
took  them  out  of  the  town  and  hanged 
them. 

All  memben  of  the  UniverHty  left 
the  place,  and  the  Tope  interdicted  all 
religious  aervieea,  even  to  burial  in  con- 
secrated ground. 

In  September  1313,  Nicholas  [Fras- 


chsli)  cane  to  England  as  Legate.  The 
City  scDl  a  deputation  to  him,  and  he, 
having  enforced  various  acts  of  penance, 
gave  the  City  absoluiion.  and  issihed  a 
Bull  Inflicting  certain  punishments  for 
all  time,  and  ordering  the  taking  of 
certain  oalhs.  See  Wood's  Annals  vol- 
i.  i.p.  iSj-ifig. 

This  Hull  is  printed  (the  first  article) 
in  the  "Monimcnta  Acadcmik:a,"  pp.  a 
and  3 ;  one  of  the  series  published  by 
the  Master  of  the  Rolls.  Sec  a.  D.  1 3 1 4, 
"litcra  Nicolai  Lcgoti  de  p(Bi&  bni- 
gen&ium  ^c" 

Tbcy  were  to  pay  51  shillings  ycaily 
for  the  use  of  poor  scholars,  and  to  least 
100  of  them.  Tlie  payment  was  to  lie 
made  on  S.  Nicholas*  day,  tbrongh  the 
Abbot  of  Otney,  and  Prior  of  S.  FriiVs. 

The  oalh  was  to  be  rcncweO  every 
year,  and  taken  by  50  of  the  chicfcst  of 
the  Commonalty,  lor  themselves,  the 
Commonalt]',  and  all  thelc  heirs. 

A  hundred  and  forty  years  after,  in 
the  ]8th  of  Ed.  Ill,  aod  00  the  lOth 
February  I353'4,  St.  SchoIa&tii:a's  day, 
Oxford  saw  the  conunencera'cnl  (for  it 
lasted  some  days)  of  the  most  unheard- 
of  ontiage  on  the  Students,  by  the 
Townsmen,  assisted  by  a  large  body 
of  rustics  called  in  &om  the  country 
round  about.  The  CLcrks  and  Scholars 
wcxe  wonted,  but  the  City  forfeited  its 
privileges  to  ihe  King.  For  an  account 
of  ifacae  terrible  dayt  of  bloodshed  artd 
tumnlt,  see  Wood's  Annals^  voL  L  p. 
457  et  se.]. 

On  this  occasion  the  Bishop  of  Lin- 
colo  deprived  tbe  City  of  all  Ecclesias- 
tical benefit ;  and  the  King  appoinle«1 
Commissioners  to  enquire  into  the 
matters. 

In  the  foUowinc  j-ear  (1355)  the  City 
made  snbmisaion,  laid  down  their  privi- 
lege* and  liberties,  and  were  permitted 
to  elect  a  new  Mayor  and  Dailllves. 

The  King  grantnl  a  new  duirter  to 
tbe  University,  giving  them  sole  fwwcr, 
independent  of  the  City  Aotbotitics; 
and  a  fine  ol  £i%o  (to  hi  paid  is  two 
payments  of  j^ioo  and  00c  of  ^^50. 


hAtb  beoi  •ccastomed,  nolwithslaDding  Ihal  St.  Sdiotasticies  A»y  when  this  oUa* 
tJoB  oqgbt  to  hare  been  nude  be  already  passed ;  aad  that  Ibey  do  conUaoe 


was  impoaed  on  the  Commoonlty ;  and 
Uiejr  were  to  search  for  and  rrstote  bII 
stolen  ptx>paty  as  far  as  posidblc. 

la  March  1355-6  the  Mayor  and 
Cominooaltj  teal  a  Proaor  to  the 
Biihop  of  Uocoln  to  oboin  a  release 
from  his  interdict,  and  it  was  nutf- 
gated. 

In  1,^5;  they  Mini  to  hnve  il  totally 
taken  off.  This  was  granted  on  certain 
terms: — "  Thai  the  Mayor  for  the  time 
being,  the  two  BaJI'ivc^  and  thrrescorc 
of  the  Cbtcfc^t  Burghers  (mwrH  to  Ike 
t'Htvtriity  aefonliHg  to  the  anciftii  ust) 
should  personally  appear  at  St.  Mary's 
Church,  and  there,  at  their  awn  charges, 
ocIcbiKte  a  Mas»  for  the  souls  of  tlie 
Scholars  slain ;  and  every  one  of  the 
■aid  Laics  or  Bnrghers  should  offer  at 
the  aliar  one  penny." 

An  indentnrc  was  drawn  up  in  ^{ay 
(as  the  City  bad  boond  th«niselve&  to 
pay  100  marks  yearly  at  St.  Mary's  for 
oompositioa  fi»r  losses)  by  which  pay- 
ment vras  suspended  so  loa|>  as  ibc 
Mayor  and  6j  IJurgbeis  come  rcgtlluly 
to  the  Mass  as  arranged. 

Bat  when  in  the  letgn  of  Qneen 
EliMbeth  the  "  Afast "  wa*  forbidden 
they  dtsconlinued  their  n|)iiearancc  for 
15  years,  and  the  University  sued  them, 
in  consequence,  fur  1503  marki. 

It  was  orilcrcd  by  the  Z-ords  in  Cnun- 
cil  tliat  they  shoold  be  released  from 
theae  arrears,  bnt  should  "procure  a 
•crmon  or  Communion  on  the  day  of 
S.  Scfaolostico,  ofTering  each  a  penny 
at  least,"  and  this  continncd  until  oar 
own  time,  the  service  being  changed  to 
a  Litany. 

but  that  they  west  "with  halten 
round  thetr  necks "  is  wilfaout  any 
foimdatlotL 

The  "  only  hint."  as  Wood  «a)"»,  and 
he  calk  thai  anthority  "uncertain,"  is 
that  in  a  private  record  it  is  slated  that 
"  after  tlieir  lives  were  spared,  the 
Mayor  and  the  rest  were  led  to  Si. 
Mary's  and  through  most  port  of  the 
I0WI1  with  halters  atxiiit  thrir  necks  tn 
ihr  Irmu  ot  all."      On  xh'n  imccrtaiu 


aulhorily,  that  in  1354-5  something  of 
tlie  sort  was  supjiuseil  In  have  taken 
place,  has  been  hoilt  the  vulgar  errur. 

But  the  position  must  have  been  dis- 
agreeable enough  in  itself,  for  we  find  in 
the  "Munime-nta  Academica,"  p,  163, 
and  in  \^'ood's  Annali,  vol.  i,  p.  473, 
that  there  was  a  decree  of  the  Chancellor 
ordering  the  Scholars  "  lo  abstain  from 
personal  violence  or  anaoynnoe  of  the 
Townsmen  un  iheir  coming  to  attendance 
at  the  Maas  at  St  Mary's  Cborch  00  St 
Schotasticn's  d.iy." 

Sorely  the  cose  of  "  wearing  halten  " 
is  disposed  of,  and  I  think  we  may  ooo- 
cltlde  that  the  Mayor's  oath  was  ira> 
posed  in  King  John's  rei^i  for  the 
offence  of  i3o<),  and  t»  alluded  to  in 
•357  a«  "sworn  to  the  UoiversJty  «c> 
cording  to  the  ancient  use;"  and  it 
continued  a  legal  obligation  for  650 
yean  when  it  was  taken,  for  the  lost 
time,  in  1S59,  when  the  Mayon  of 
Oxfoid  wcie  released  from  it  by  Act 
of  rarlioment. 

It  cannot  be  (knied  that  in  some 
respects  the  keeping  of  the  City  under 
the  suppression  of  the  University  niaat 
have  been  very  hurtful  to  the  fortner, 
lowering  iu  own  self-respect  and  hin- 
dering its  progress  and  developmcnL 

However  right  and  necessary  thia 
condition  of  things  may  have  been  in 
the  reigTis  of  King  John  or  tlie  Edwards 
it  had  oitircly  lost  its  "  raison  d'etre  " 
in  the  reign  of  Queen  Victoria,  and  it 
was  high  lime  it  should  come  lo  an 
end. 

To  corapletc  then  the  history  of  this 
oath  I  may  give  certain  dates  and  &cts 
which  have  been  kindly  nfTonled  me 
fioin  the  reconU  of  the  City. 

In  September  1855  (C.  J,  Soiller, 
Mayor),  il  was  resolved  "  that  a  me- 
morial be  sent  to  the  Unfventty  of 
Oxford  requesting  that  Body  to  ditpeaae 
with  ilic  oath  usually  taken  on  the  Elec- 
tion of  Mayiir." 

On  tlic  t.eth  November,  1855,  (James 
Pike,  Mayor!.  Memorial  was  settled, 
and   ordered   lo   be   sealed,    and    scut 


APRIL,  leei. 


sn 


to  tftke  the  aid  aatii  nnd  malce  the  said  oblntioa  from  yeare  to  jrcaxe;  ud 
that  for  tbe  lime  to  come  they  do  not  klcnncddle  b  the  oight  watch,  etc. — 


(Imuted lately  to  the  Vi<je  Clianccllor, 
tnd  a  Commillec  was  appointed  by  (he 
Eslata  Coointiuee  to  lake  Buch  pro- 
ceedings lU  they  should  think  fit,  with 
«  ^  lew  of  having  the  ceremony  of  taking 
an  oath  to  the  L'lilrerxiiy  aboliKhcd. 

The  Untverdty  hsd  no  |>i>wer  to  di^- 
"pense  with  the  oath,  luid  daring  Ibc 
year  1S56  tetters  passed  bctircoi  the 
Uiiivcnity  and  City  on  ihc  lubject. 

On  the  »(h  November,  1857,  m  com- 
itmicatioQ  from  the  Vice-Chanoelloi 
nqoiniig  the  usual  oatb«  to  the  Uoi- 
vciiiily  to  he  inken  on  tbe  Mayor's 
^'fCecuion  to  oKcc  was  read.  It  wu 
olrcd  that,  in  answer,  a  commtmica- 
li<jo  be  made  to  the  Vice-Chancellor, 
that  the  Council  hiiving  dljciuscd  the 
snbject  hut  year,  and  decided  that  the 
cuitum  ought  to  Le  discontinued,  they 
Ice  no  tcouan  why  its  oUervance  ahoulii 
be  renewed. 

The  L'liiverBily  obtained  legal  opinions 
which  were  directly  against  the  line  now 
adopted  by  the  City,  and  on  the  tM 
janoary,  1858  (Isaac  Crtitib,  Mayor:, 
a  letter  from  the  Vioc-Clianccllot  to 
the  Mayor  and  Sheriff  rcf|uiriug  ihcni 
pcpionally  to  lake  the  oath  was  read ; 
and  "  It  was  resolved  to  have  a  con- 
ference," aiid  a  Oeinilation  wa*  aji- 
[vuintcd  to  mc«  the  University,  ami  u 
the  same  lime  it  was  "  Resolved  that 
a  Memorial  be  presented  10  th«  Univer- 
sity (in  conaecincRee  of  the  statement 
mode  by  the  Uuiver&ity  counsel  that 
the  OAth  could  not  be  dii|>cA]ied  with 
except  by  Act  of  I'aillamcnt)  asking 
Ihcu  to  coocnt  in  the  abolition  of  the 
oath  by  the  iutru«iuai»n  of  a  clause 
dating  t)ie  prncnt  Seuion  into  some 
Public  Act.- 

On  i^ih  May,  1858,  the  Uaivcnity 
haii  cumnicticed  proc<.cdiDgs  io  the 
Covn  of  Queen '4  iJcncb  to  cnfuroc  the 
taking  of  the  oath,  and  the  Conndl 
re&olved  to  oppose,  ami  the  Town  Clerk 
wai  iRstTUctinl  to  ilo  so.  The  oue  was 
Mill  going  on  in  1859,  when  on  May 
36th  a  settlement  was  agreed  upon  by 
Ibc  Council,    Uic  proceedings  agunit 


whom  had  Ixen  titkcn  by  applicntioa 
for  a  "Writ  of  Mandamus"  ag&Lut 
luuic  Gmbb,  E»c). 

And  now  after  650  years  a  speedy 
cessalio«i  to  the  oath  was  effected. 
The  City  found  that  they  could  get 
no  relief  but  by  Icgislalian,  and  to  that 
the  University  agreed.  On  June  aoth, 
18  59,  Dr.  Jeune  of  I'embinke,  V.C,  gave 
notice  of  a  Bill  "which  it  b  proposed 
to  introduce  into  Parliament  rcli-iring 
tlie  Mayor  of  Oxford  and  others  from 
the  obligalioii  of  taking  the  oaths  to 
preserve  the  privilege*  of  the  Univer- 
sity, &C.  Tbe  piesent  Mayor  and 
Sberiflayfr//  taking  the  oath." 

The  V.C.  asked  fur  the  luinctioD  of 
Coiivoi^tion  to  refrain  from  opposing 
thi»  Hill,  and  to  give  "  conxiit  to  it  if 
neccssJiry,"  and  then  on  iSth  July,  1 859, 
on  Aa  was  tntrodnced  by  Mr.  Cord- 
well,  Mr.  Chancellor  of  tlic  Exchequer, 
and  Mr.  Langston,  "  To  repeal  port  oi 
an  Act  passed  in  the  t  jth  year  of  kliia- 
bcth,  cap.  29,  eoikceruing  the  several 
ineor^K>nitioas  of  the  Uuiveniues  of 
Oxford  and  Cambridge,  and  the  con- 
tinuation of  the  Charters,  Liberties, 
and  Privileges  grautcsd  to  either  of 
them." 

At  hist  in  1859,  the  City  of  Oxford 
got  rid  of  oaths  which  had  been  com- 
pulsory wice  1 309.  by  some  the  ai^ 
nuigement  is  colled  a  compromise,  but 
that  term  is,  I  think,  wrongly  lucd. 
Compromise  implies  a  motoal  cocoes- 
siao,  and  the  City  cannot  be  said  "to 
have  coz>ceded  "  anyihicg  in  tokmg  for 
the  lost  time  the  oaihs,  without  fuliilling 
whidi  euidili»n  the  University  would 
not  have  wiihdiawn  iu  claims.  A  little 
mure  tact  and  temper  might,  pctbaps, 
have  cleared  the  groond  earlier,  but 
then  the  poor  lawyeis  would  have  lost 
a  lot  of  fees  for  u|ii:iiutn,  and  applioi- 
tioRs  fur  Mniidninns,  &c.  1  don't  know, 
I  with  I  did.  how  much  good  money 
WHS  spent  (siull  i  say  ■a.cutcd'l)  on  the 
condiuioa  of  Uu  matlei. 

G.  R.' 
A'tv,  6tA,  168}. 


37* 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TWES. 


Yrom  this  lime  they  took  ttunr  oalb  aod  paid  lh«ir  pence  m  S.  ScboUcticaV  Amf 
(lo  Febr.)  coastuttly,  dU  the  popiih  plot  broke  otiL] 


On  the  ftnt  sentence  of  Gcoeial  Ri- 
gauil'3  letter,  as  to  the  viullty  nf  a. 
faluboocl,  it  may  be  Doled  that  m  long 
■4[o  u  t77)  Uoditesfbrd  ia  bis  edition 
gf  Wood's  life  referred  to  this  '  vulgar 
errur  *  u  a  myth,  wiitlnj;  thus : — 

'  The  tnditiooal  ttory  that  the  mayor 
wta  obliged  to  attend  nith  an  halter 
roaad  bis  neck,  which  wii  afterwards, 
to  leaaea  the  disgrace,  changed  ioto  a 
utken  string,  haa  no  teal  foundnlion.' 


The  S.  Scholaslica'i  day  ceremony 
bad  been  abolished  bcfoie  the  oath 
ceased  to  b«  legally  reqaiml.  The 
bistory  i^  the  afaolitiun  is  i.'ivca  in  this 
Dote  hy  Dr.  Fhilip  UUss  is  hii  edition 

orWood'»Ureci848Xp-3)4-  X>r.  Bliss 
notes  ttut  the  church  service  had  been 
before  bis  time  reduced  to  '  the  teadiog 
of  the  litany  only.* 

'In  the  year  jSoo,  onather  attempt 
to  evade  ibm  customary  ceremony  wan 
made  by  the  then  mayor,  KJdianl  Cox, 
e«q.  who  neglectcii  to  attend  at  St. 
Mary's  church.  For  this  contempt  the 
university  demanded  and  recovered  the 
fine  of  loo  marks  of  Mr.  Cox.  Out  at 
the  close  of  1S34  the  mayor  and  council 
applied  to  the  university  for  a  total 
obolitian  of  the  cnsluro,  declaring  that 
llwJr  boos*  would,  "  with  one  voice, 
consider  the  acquiescence  of  that  body 
In  the  discontinuance  of  the  oeremony 
u  an  especial  mark  of  attention  and 
regard  to  the  wishes  and  feelings  of  the 
corporatioQ,  ood  ax  an  net  to  be  held 
in  gntcfdi  rcmembnuicc  by  the  citizens 
of  Osfonl."  In  conseiqucoce  of  this 
rcprceentttlion,  on  the  i»'  af  I^'ch.  iSjj, 
ihe  nntvcniiy  scat  was  afRied  bi  convu- 
cation  to  an  inslnimcnt  releasing  (he 
mayor  and  dtitens  of  Oxford  from  the 
performance  of  the  acts  heretofore  re- 
qoired  of  ihcin  on  Dies  ScholasUca, 
which  was  thus  acknowledged  : — 

"City  t"f  Oxford  in  the  county  of 
Oifeid.  The  fi'Utlh  countil  of  William 
Sbtttf.  oq.  I»y0r  of  the  said  dty, 
^*A^  n  the  council  cbambct  of  the 


said  dty,  Monday,  that  is  to  say  tbc  7** 
day  of  Fcbmary,  1815. 

*'  The  mayor  having  laid  Ijefwe  tlie 
bouse  a  Deed  dated  the  f*  instant, 
whereby  the  university  have  released 
and  dtschargfrd  this  corporation  from 
their  obligattoa  of  the  15  May,  31  Edw, 
III.  ood  from  all  payments  under  it, 
and  from  all  services  and  oflerings  on 
the  day  ol*  Saint  .Scholasiica  in  lien 
tlkereof,  and  have  cnncellctl  and  annulled 
the  said  obligation  for  ever; 

"Resolved  unanimonsly.  That  tbc 
warmest  aclcnowlolgments  of  thb  Hotue 
are  due  to  the  Uoiversity  for  this  act  of 
grocd  and  favour ;  important  in  itself, 
and  rendered  iloably  acctriitalile  l*y  tlie 
manner  in  which  it  has  been  onfcrmL 

"Tlie  mayor  having  also  laid  before 
the  lIooK  a  note  from  the  reverend  the 
Vicc-ChancdloT,  wherein  after  noticing 
the  pleasure  with  which  he  transmitted 
the  above  instrument  to  the  Mayor,  he 
repeats  liis  cordial  wi<h  that  the  most 
[lerfect  harmony  may  ever  subsist  be- 
tween the  University  and  City : — 

"  Resolved  fuithci ;  That  highly  Kn- 
uble  of  ibe  kind  and  conciliatory  dis- 
position shewn  by  the  Vice-ChanceUor 
pfTSonolIy,  and  by  the  whole  University 
collectively,  towards  the  City  upon  this 
occasion,  this  ilousc,  whilst  it  testifies 
its  hearty  concuircnce  in  the  viib  ex* 
pressed  by  ihc  Vicc-ChoiiCL-llor,  records 
with  sincere  satisfacttun  its  (am  con- 
nctioQ  that  the  prevatUiig  good  under- 
standing between  the  two  hodiei  cumot 
hut  be  permanently  stKngthcned  by  the 
issQC  of  the  Inlc  comaimitcalions,  caIcu- 
lated  as  It  is  to  coofinn  nod  jwrpetuate 
In  the  cititens  of  Oxford  the  scniimcuts 
or  respect  and  attachnieot  to  the  Uul- 
*et5Jty  ".' 

From  MS.  Ifodl.  594  fol.  190  b  [an 
excerpt  by  Wood  from  Ihe  old  Ca/ta- 
darium  Afiuanun  pro  animahiis  fietit- 
fatt^rum  Unio.  Oxam)  I  add  the  exact 
reiiutrcmrotsof  tlie  S.  ScbolastJua's  day 
ceremony:  — 

*  Uccimo  die  Febniarii,  littera  F,  hoc 
est,  fc$lo  Saoctac  Scbolosticoc,  tcncntur 


I 


JANUARVy  166L 


377 


lee?  and  leei :  13  Oar.  n  1  (Wood  act.  20.) 

(Inserted  in  this  almanac  is  a  quack's  ("  High-Duich  Fhysilian  ") 
printed  hand-bill  advertising  his  ability  to  cure  all  sorts  of  diseases 
" through  God's  mercy."  It  ends  "The  professor  hereof,  James 
Themut,  is  a  native  of  Vienna  in  Austria  and  now  lodgcth  at "  after 
which  is  put  in  writing  *'  llie  "  S(a)rasin  in  Oxford." 

Wood  has  added  a  note  in  the  margin : — '  The  vulgar  apt  to 
admire  strangers.  They  flocked  to  this  man  and  left  the  Univcrsiiic 
phisitians.'  Also  a  note  at  the  end: — 'Feb.  i66o  (i.e.  t66f): 
within  a  mouulh  after  this  roan's  comming.  he  rann  away  and  cozenned 
his  patients  of  grat  quantity  of  money  that  he  had  taken  of  them 
beforeliand.' 

On  a  fly-leaf  at  the  beginning  of  the  almanack  arc  some  notes 
abont  similar  incidents: — ) 

The  1st  comming  Dr.  John  Pnndeen's  to  Oxon  was  anno  1634 
when  Dr.  (Herbert)  Pellam  was  Proctor.  He  came  againc  a  liule 
before  the  war,  1639  or  .|o :  and  then  set  up  his  stage,  ist,  in  St 
Marie's  churchyard  by  tlie  diall ;  from  whence  he  was  removed  to  the 
Saracen's  Head  in  St  Peter's  (in)  the  East.  He  was  here  againc 
anno  165a  and  sett  up  over  aganst  Bodicot's  Tavern. 

And  now  this  year  Sept.  28,  on  Salurd.iy,  1661,  Dr.  Vincent  Lan- 
celles,  a  Venetian  borne,  set  up  over  against  Cobb's. 

About  the  year  1626  or  27,  John  Rapiisia  de  Sutca  was  in  the 
city  and  set  up  in  Allhallows  Churchyard. 


(On  the  same  fly-leaf  xl  n  mudi  later  date  Wood  has  writtca  : — )  Tlic 
Coofomin's  4tb  flco.  for  Noc-coofonnists,  Loud.,  i6Sj,  qQ(arto)  p.  34.  "Sotnc 
went  another  way  to  work  against  some  eminent  and  peaceable  men  (preachers)  in 
Oz(furd)  115  is  to  be  seen  iti  a  forged  lelter  scut  tci  Mr.  Mulin  Uic  townc-clerk  166). 
[.Upon  which  lome  of  the  militia  troops  came  to  suppret  or  prevent  a  plot  made 
"•ad  laid  by  some  more  ikilful  in  that  art,  than  the  [evcretid  persona  oanied  to  be 
in  it  "  ISec  (Henry)  Care's  Second  jiart  of  the  Hisioiy  of  the  I'opish  Plot 'J.  He 
neana  the  pcrsoos  that  wctc  mcntiancd  in  it  were  prcaciieis  and  olben  uiseil  u]ion 
and  in  the  plot. 


burgcQsci  iaccrc  cclcbiari  uoam  misjam 
solennitcr  com  diacono  et  nilKliAcono 
sius  proprii)!  tumplibus  in  cuclesia  II- 
Marioc  <lc  rcijuic  ;  ct  cui  toissae  NfoioT, 
Aldcrmantti.  ac  Halin.  nc  Kxapata 
viii  alii  maiorcs  ejuMJem  villac  inlcreac 
et  olfcne  tcDcnlur  ct  intcrcasc  ab  taiUo 


ad  fuiem  ejusdcm  miu.ie,  ct  t^uilibct 
erinim  oifeiat  utium  dniariiiin,  rx  ijaa 
oblBtionc  qnadnif^iuta  ilcnorii  [icr  majios 
proeuratomm  inter  paapeic*  scholam 
distribuDutiu.' 

*  Lend.  i6SOi  Wood  4j6  (18). 


378 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


Swaumrs. — Ja  Th^  rrveivnj  of  Mr.  Buinliun  my  rent.  jA'. — 4.  F.,  lor 
ftlmanack,  j,d ;  the  same,  for  MM'cmll  books'  to  Mr.  Robioiao,  41;  the  satne, 
tu  Mi.  Robinsoa  for  my  rcvi-sImkiJvcs,  ts ;  the  s&mc,  spent  it  the  Crown  Tavern 
with  Mr.  (M«ithcw)  Huttoo,  1/  ftd. — 5,  B.,  for  a  sacki  of  cole,  21;  for  Kvenll 
boolts*,  2J  io</;  paid  my  scoie  >t  GrrnnmyL-'s,  1^  ^d.~H,  T.,  spoit  at  Xix 
MeremsJd  Tavcni  with  Mr.  (William)  Sprigg  and  Mr.  (ObadUh)  .Sedfpvick,  it. — 
II,  S.,  LiuM-kolatc  •,  4^  —  18,  F..  paid  Mr.  Blngravc  ray  score,  I J  Sfi;  the  same,  to 
Mr.  Uowman  for  a  book,  (><f. — 19.  S.,  ipeat  at  tbc  Crow(a)  TaTcm  with  Mr. 
{.\f«tthevr)flDUoD,9</;  I  Itnw  3h'.  14J  3</(to(;)ir.~J3,  V>'.,apcnt  on  Mr.  (Thomas] 
Jaonci  at  bcitLhames,  6^. — 15,  F.,  at  Ellesca  id;  the  ssmc,  to  her  maid,  Od. — ]( 
S.,  cbocalatr.  Mi  the  same,  s\Kal  at  Jranes  with  Dr.  (ficrbcrt)  Pelham,  I>r. 
Mrbury '  of  Magd.,  and  Mi.  t'cttot  \  6d. — ij.  So.,  ipent  at  the  Meiemaid  Tarcra 
Miith  John  Diup«,  Ij;  cvffc^  2d. 

January. — In  the  i  weekc  of  tliis  moumh  (Jantjary),  or  rather  a 
little  before,  was  seen  Are  running  up  and  do«iiie  in  Salisbury  platne,! 
some  saj'd  in  Llic  furme  of  a  pillar,  others  tlial  it  was  there  seen 
ho%cnng  in  the  aire  with  a  sword  and  hand  over  it.     [Report*  by  thCj 
fanaticlu,  vide  *  Book  ^  of  Prodigies.'] 

The  4  day  of  Jan.,  F.,  1660  (i.e.  :66y)  was  the  lady  Merick  btiried 
at  X(  Church  Oxon  by  her  husband  Sir  Peter  Wiche,  knighr,  in  the 
south  isle  joyning  to  the  quire. 

[The'  lady  Jane  Meridclh,  wife  of  Sir  Wlliam  Meridetb,  knight, j 
somliincs  llie  wife*  of  Sir  Peter  Wyclie,  knight,  (was)  buried  in  iJw' 
south  isle  joyning  to  Ch.  Churdi  choirc,  F.,  4  Jan.  i6{pJ;  over  whose 
grave  bangs  six  faire  banners.] 


'  Wood  136  no.  1  (David  Lloyd'a 
'Modern  policy  com  pleated,'  Lond.i66oj 
was  one  of  them,  as  is  sliown  liy 
tile  dale  written  on  it  '4  Jon.  t66o* 
i.c.f. 

■  one  of  ihem  was  Wood  369  no.  5 
'  Speeches  and  prayers  of  some  of  the 
bte  king'ijndges'  l66a.  This  luis  on 
il  the  (late  'Januar.  5,  1660'  and  tlie 
note '  Dr.  (Ralph)  IInth(ui&t)  Imth  laid 
tnc  that  many  of  the  tbiags  in  thisbijok 
were  fatbctcd  upon  tfaoK  who  mffercd.' 

'  'Chocolate,  or  an  Indian  drink' 
bycapt.  James  WaiUwonb,  Load.  1653 ; 
is  fouiul  in  Wood  679  (3).  Ilctry 
tilubhe'i  '  Tlie  Itidiiui  nectar  or  a  di*- 
cinirvc  vniiceniinj*  Chocolate,'  8vo  Lund. 
i66t,  Il  Ihxll.  HvD  N  3  ArL  BS.  Sec 
Tu/ra  \t.  JO  I,  note  >. 

•  IKnry  Ycihiiry,M.D.,Magd.  Coll. 

*  (*hail<a  IVrrot,  M.A.  Oriel.  30  June 


ifiii. 


aililcil  at  a  Uler  date. 


*  i.e.,  I  suppose,  in  'Annas  Uiim-J 
Ulia.' 

*  note  in  Wood  MS.  F  4,  p.  roo. 
Wood  gives  in  coloDis  tbcae  two  coala 
of  arms  : — (a)  '  (juartcily ;  iu  the  Tint, 
and  fuurib  t^uarlen,  argcnl  on  a  chevron  I 
gales   3  tTe(oiU  of  ihc   field  ;    in  the 
second  and  third,  mure  a  pile  ermine 
(Wychc) :  impaling,  axnre  a  lion  imn- 
psnl  or  (Meredith)' ;  (^)  'sable.  Qua 
chevron  or  between  3  slaves  ragmlyof  j 
the  »x'ond  tiiflamc<l  proper,  a  fienr^e-i 
lii  gula  between  two  Coroiih  chongbt 
table  beaked  and  legged  Rides  (Mey- 
rick)  ;    irap-iling,  axurc  a  lion  rampant 

*  oil  n  slip  inserted  out  uf  place  at 
Wood  MS.  f  4  p.  113,1!  this  note:— 
'  the  widdow  uf  Sir  I'ciiT  Wych  was 
soon  utter  her  hiuttand's  death  married 
to  Sir  Kubcrt  llarley  ;  Mercuriua  Anil- 
ca»  Sept.  1644,' 


yANUARY,  leei. 


379 


Jan.  .|,  F.,  obiit  Thomas  Hide  \  artium  bacalaurens  et  socius  CoIL 
Novi ;  ct  scpcliiur  in  clausio  borcali  ibidem. 

[Thomas  '  Hyde,  bacliclaur  of  arts  and  fellow  of  New  CoH.  died 
4  Jan.  1660;  buried  in  the  north  clojrster  theie;  buried  wittiout 
escocheons.] 

tjan  5,  S.,  Edward  Rainbow,  D.D,  Cnmbr.,  sometimM  of  C.  C.  C. 
Oxon,  installed  deane  of  Peterborough,  loco  (John)  Cosin  promoted 
to  the  see  of  Durham.     Vide  EngUsh  life"  (of  Rainbow). 

tJan.  6,  Su.,  bishops  consecrated— Dr.  (Edward)  Reynolds,  warden 
of  Merton,  consecrated  bishop  of  Norwich;  (William)  Nicholson 
(bishop  of  Gloucester)  who  gave  a  tbotisand  potmds  for  hb  bishopric 
— see 'News'  1661  p.  18;  vide  BB.  35. 

6  Jan.  Su.,  1660  ( 166J  )  Dr.  (Edward)  Re>-nolds,  Warden  of  Mert. 
Coll.,  consecrated  bishop  of  Norwich  at  London ;  as  also,  at  the  same 
lime,  Dr.  Gilbert  Ironsides,  bishop  of  Brisiowe  —  he  was  somtimes 
of  Trin.  Coll.  Oxon. 

6  of  this  mounih  (Sunday),  Mr.  (Henry)  Whighwict,  Mr.  ofPemb. 
Coll.  Oxon  preached  at  St.  Marie's  on  this  text  (S.  Mark  x.  17) 
"  Master,  what  shall  I  doe  that  I  might  inherit  etemall  life?"  \Vhere 
be,  striving  too  much  that  his  voice  might  be  heard,  fell  in  sounn  *. 
This  I  took  notice  of  here,  in  case  the  phanaticks  may  lake  advantage 
of  il  hereafter  to  publish  it  as  a  speciall  judgment  of  God,  as  they  did 
on  some  occasions  last  August  •.  Mr.  Whilwicke,  as  1  was  told,  cat  not 
a  bit  from  Saturday  noon  before,  neither  scarce  ixxk.  rest  thai  night, 
and  besides  he  is  an  old  man. 

tJan.  7,  M.,  convocation  about  the  Mayor's  oath:  vide  'Notes' 
from  Convocation,'  p.  35. 

tJan.  7,  M,  Sir  Arthur  Haselrig  died  in  the  Tower ;  see  *  Mercurius 
Publicns'  (1661)  p.  16. 

tOxford  in  a  posture  of  dcfince  ('  News '  1661  p.  30)  because  of 
Anabaptists  and  phanaticki  (ibid.,  p.  18) — vide  Almanac  1661  m  the 
beginning ''.  Forces  to  be  raised  by  the  UniverBity  and  (Henry  Caiy) 
kx^  Falkland',  see  'black  book'  pp,  15.  i6. 

Jan.  10  day,  Tfa.,  Ralph  Dropc  of  Souldem  died  suddenly. 


'  /M/rs  p.  147 ;  Me  Goldt'ft  Wood'» 
CoU.  aed  lUUft  p.  ti*. 
>  Kite  m  Wood  US.  F  4.  p^  100. 

Raiobow;   UaA.  tt6$,  ftvo:   Wwd 
J07C7). 

*  Lc  ■WOOB. 

*  irfetiit  to    lUatj  JflMf/l  laa- 


phkl  KC  pp. 2»,  at. 

*  !.«.    H^    btxlt    594,  M    tmfn 

P-37I- 

*  L  e.  the  (]tti)Utu»  mfira  p.  377. 

*  Lord  IjeuUAMiiL  uf  OtioftllhiR; 
Mc  Dtraapufl'i  Oxfordihire  (188S) 
p.tf. 


WOOrfS  UFE  ASD  TIMES. 
t|iB.  14^  31,  t  o^  vaidi:  ste  'KoIes  '  from  rcg.  Convoc'p.  3C 

fjm.  II,  M^  the  bftse  a&ont  at  Ch.  Cb.  to  tbc  smplioc.  fide] 
'Ea^bb  Hoijorr*  in  loos  ptpers';  vide  -black  book*  p.  15:   riik 
MS.'  'book  of  Hbdk'  p^  103.— Tbe  surpBce  abased  at  Line.  CoB.a 
Fdx  fbUowing,  sec  1D7  answer  10  Mr.  (William)  Sprigg's  iecter  ml 
my  sbeir  UDder  my  picture  uDong  Mr.  (Andrew)  AUazn's  ktten. 

31  Jan.,  M.,  1660  <i.e.  ^)  Dr.  ]qAux  Meriditli.  D.  of  Jy^  cbofe 
Warden  of  Allsoutes  Coll.  Oxon. ;  his  praediccssor  I^. Gilbert  SbeldoQ 

TCSiglKd. 

( *  The  *  proceedings  in  the  consecration  of  twelve  bishopa  as  SL 
Patrick's  Dublin,  Su.  27  Jan.  i66{.'). 

tin  tiiis  month  Dr.  (John)  Meredith,  of  Alls.  ColL.  becunc  provost 
oT  Eaton  loco  (Kicliolas)  Monk  promoted  to  the  see  of  Hcrdord. 

Febnury.— 1,  S^  poiil  Mn.  Bumbani  my  score,  is. — 4,  M.,  to  WatsoD,  fcr 

'■etUng  up  3  ibelvci,  JJ-— 8,  F.,  to  Robinson  for  n  fast  booW  »,  cic^  u;  the  tanc 

for  I  book  oT  pamphlctti  viz.  i8  b.,  wiUi  a  other  books,  viz.,  'Kni£*  IIou;  IV' 

and 'Military^  Politicks,'  i  f  iW.— 9,  S.,  to  Robinson,  fur  SeMeo*  'o^Xtm^'lj. 

-16,  S.,  cufTc,  ale  at  Jcanucs,  etc,  Od.^ig,  at  fc'IlwM.  6d. — 33,  at  the  Cru«(a) 

"Tavcni  with  Mr.  (Mntthew)  HuUou,  tj  ;  the  uunc  Tot  punpblctu,  1/  8tf. 

Fobruary.— John  Themnt,  a  cheat,  came  to  Oson.  Ran  wny 
[see  fufira  p.  377).     Robert  Bunock,also,  1663  •  or  4. 

a  Feb.,  S..  1660  <i66°)  Dr.  John  Merideth  admitted  Warden  of 
All  Sou  left. 

About  the  10  of  Feb.  Mr.  (Christopher)  Wren  had  the  astro- 
n(omer's)  place'"  Oxon  bestowed  upon  him.  He  succeeded  Dr. 
(Scth)  Ward. 

1 1  Feb.,  M,,  1660  (166J),  my  cozen  ChamelJ  Pettie  of  Tetsworth, 


'  l.c.  Ma  Bodl.  ^94.  s«  svfra 
p.  371. 

•  i.e.the  papenprim«dw/ntp.358. 

•  Wood  MS.  E  31  ;  '  luiuiog "  since 

'  Woodjro(3i);  by  Dudley  LofttM, 
l.cuvl.  i66t. 

•  Wood  Ua?  (II)  u  'a  Form  of 
IVayer  lu  he  nwtl*  opoD  11  June  in 
1.uik1<ki  aiid  C9  June  in  England ; 
l.itiiil,  1661. 

•  )>r(liii]<4  Wood  337  (3)  •  til*  lifeaiKl 
Uratb  o(  Kinu  IIcj,ry  T\'  of  Fnuioc,' 
l4iltil.  iftli. 

•  I  oaiuiut  Ulctitiry  thi*  book.    Wood 


C  15  is  the  neirest  title  I  can  find  :— 
'The  polllicke  aad  militarie  (Uscounet 
of  tbe  lordc  de  U  Nowe,'  translated  by 
E.  A.,  Lood.  1587. 

*  John  Seidell's  '  &id»9pwot,  or  God 
made  inan,  a  tract  pronng  the  nativity 
of  oar  Sariour  to  be  on  the  25th  of 
December,'  Loud.  i66t,  8yo;  Wood 
883  (a).  Wood  C  1 7 1^6)  it  a  pompblrt 
against  '  Chf iainaa-day,'  I^ood.  i6$6: 
characterized  by  Wood  as  'a  pitiful 
ra3cally  pamphlet.' 

*  Kc  in  Nov.  1663. 

'"  tbe  Saviliaii  rrofcuonliip  of  Ai- 
tronomy. 


JAN.  — FEB.  168L 


3»i 


esquire,  departed  this  life  al  Sioke-Iync,  com.  Oxon.,  and  was  there 
buried'  ID  the  chance!!,  anno  acwtis  8a  aut  eo  circilcr.  The  suid 
Charaell  inaric<I  Ellen  daughter  of  Edmund  Wilson  of  Essex,  etc. 
Charnell  Petty  died  about  the  year  of  his  ape  83.  In  the  same 
church  alsoe  lyeth  buried  Georg  Petty,  a  yong  son  of  the  said 
Charnell,  who  died  about  the  year  1643,  aetat  24  aut  eo  circilcr. 

'Feb.  II,  M.,  Charaell  Pettie,  esq.,  sorolimes  high  sherriff  of 
O-xfordshirc,  and  kinsman  to  A.  W.  difd  at  Sioke-lyne  nearc  Bister  in 
llic  house  of  his  grandson  Ralph  Holt,  esq.  He  was  buried  in  the 
church  there. 

Memorandum,  1 2  of  Feb.,  T.,  I  lent  ray  mother  the  king's  picture 
.1  horsback  on  pastborde. 

[Feb.  12',  T.,  166^,  Convocatjon.  Whcras  there  had  been  some 
complaint  from  ihe  University  or  heads  of  houses  made  lo  the  chan- 
cellor against  the  conferring  of  degrees  upon  so  many  persons,  of 
which  some  were  not  worthy,  the  chancellor  by  his  letters,  dated,  Th., 
Jan.  24  excuses  himself  and  tells  them  for  the  future  that  he  will  not 
doe  it  againe  till  he  be  advertized  what  to  do  in  the  case  from  them: — 
•  and  if  a  '  committ  any  errour  of  this  kind,  I  am  the  more  excusable 
by  being  without  any  such  extract  of  your  statutes  as  would  easily 
keep  me  from  committing  these  crrours.'  Yet  in  the  condition  he 
commends  to  them  ^^r.  John  Taylour  and  Mr.  Edward  Rogers  of 
Magd.  Coll.,  Mr.  John  Richards  of  New  ColL,  and  Mr.  John  Sparks 
of  Lync.  Coll.  to  be  B.  of  D.  and  Llcwell>-n  •  Jenkins  to  be  I>r.  of 
Civill  Law.  In  which  Convocation  (Feb,  12)  Jenkins  was  created 
D.  Law,  Taylor,  Richards,  and  Rogers,  B.D. 

In  the  same  Convocation  Henry  Hyde  eldest  son  of  the  chancelbr 
and  Laurence  another  son  were  voted  Mrs.  of  Aits ;  and,  1 4  Feb.,  Th., 
diplomated.] 

"Feb.  14,  Th.,  Dr.  Edward  RcynoWa  rcngn'd  hit  wardeoship  of 
Merlon  ColU  having  been  lately  promoted  to  the  kc  of  Norwich. 

Feb.  14  day,  TL,  the  lord  (bishop  of)  Norwich  (Edward  Reynolds) 
resigned  up  fats  wardenship  of  Mcrton  Coll. 

tTbc  same  day  Henry  and  Laorencc  l\y^  were  created  M^ 


*  Wood  at  fin«  wrote  "  by  <i,  e.  b». 
rIc)  1u»  um  Cbrlrtophcr  PcUfe  in  lb« 
■orlb  Mle  of  tbe  ntd  Ctivcllip  wbidi 
CbdsCepbcr  died  is  (h«  jmt  i<f|t 
jmlmbwtmA  far '  ibovi  the  year  iCffi  *> 
■bow  MifhM'lTnt ' 

*  aau  in  IIS.  BodL  £94  p.  H- 
'  a  tbp  Cor '  L'    U  ocatn  men  tliMi 


once  in  Umm  notc»  of  Wood,  ud  rcpre- 
«du  ptoliAtiljr  ■  iU«tcctie«l  proeaada- 
Ikn. 

*  thb  b  lie  «r£nBt7  form  of  tli« 
Hoae;  b«l  tlw  Dr.  in  qoMioo  ii  better 
ItBOWD  ■•  Sb /40A1M  Jtfdtyai, '  Leoline  * 
\ttiDfi  uJuai  boa  '  LeoUans '  the  Latin 
tot '  IJoreljn,' 


382 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  T/MES. 


Feb.   19,  T.,  I  laid  up  4  broken  fir  boxes  in  ibc  koUelon, 
•A.  W;  on  (hem. 

[Richard'  Saunders,  of  the  diocesa  of  Oxford,  Mr.  of  Arts  and 
felbw  of  Oriel  Coll.,  died,  S.,  33  Febr,  i66y  about  the  year  of  bis 
45;  and  was  buried'  in  Orie!  Coll.  chappell.] 

Feb.  23,  S.,  Mr.  Richard  Saunders'  of  Coll.  Oriell,  fellow,  departed 
this  life ;  and  was  buried  iu  tlicir  chappell  ihcrc  *  llic  i6lh  Feb^  T., 
1660  (i.e.  {).  He  bore  to  his  arms  : — '  party  per  chevron  a^rgent)  et 
stable),  3  leopards'  heads '  of  the  feild.'  Fie  was  sonne  of 
Mic(hacl)  Sanders  of  Adwell  com.  Oxon. 

\J  The  <\ivill  mcatTulc  or  a  Satyr  upon  «  Satyr' : — this  *  pamphtet  that  wis 
ODO  ^  JcMUie  FUbcT,  wife  of  Ilennr  Fisher  Botntimcs  nuuidplc  xaA  butler  of  Qi 
Coll.  OxoD  snJ  vrha  now  sells  ale  over  aganst  the  said  college,  came  out  io  Vi 
or  the  bcgitmlnK  of  March,  A.D.  i66o  (i.e.  J).    Thomas  Hyde,  accood  Lil 
keeper,  was  sappuied  to  be  the  author  but  false.] 

Maroh.^1,  F.,  to  Chambers  the  boolcsellcr  fur  a  parccll  of  old  book^  i^^l 
Kobinson  for  some  books,  ijrf, — 4,  M.,  paid  Mis,  Bumham  a  wore,  1/6*/.— 10,! 
to  Rich  for  a  pure  nf  shoes,  ^  id;  tar  mcndiiig  sliocs,  ^d;  spent  at  the  Cr 
Tavctn  with  Mr.  (Matthew)  Hutton,  (ni;  the  tame,  given  to  4  'poore'  old 
the  least  of  ihcm  84  years  old'  at  Sl  Giles  Church,  6</,— 13,  S.,  to  Th(oe 
Jocksoa  for  jidiisick  dhnh,  W. — 24,  S.,  for  scurvy  grass  driak,  3^. — The  35  of 
mounth,  M..  I  had  JOs  left  of  my  fonucr  rent. — 36,  T.,  att  Elle&es,  6J;  to 
(Matthew)  Hutton  to  hare  some  ink  made,  M. 

March. — March  i,  F.,  Leoline  Jenkj-ns  elected  principal  of  J< 
CoUcse':  a  good  govemour  (though  scldome  present);  aimed  at 
public  good  of  tlie  College. 


^  note  in  Wood  M.S.  F  4,  p.  100. 
Wood  sives  in  colour  these  arms ; — 
partem!  per  chevron  argcnl  and  sable 
3  elephant's  heads  erased  coonlcr- 
chugcd;  crest,  an  elephant's  head 
erased  ugent.' 

»  Wood  MS.  E  u  «dd9 :— '  baried 
16  Feb.,  T,,  with  cscodicons.* 

'  Wood  in  "Wood  MS.  E  4,"  com- 
posed ia  iC;4,  mcfltions— 'Collections 
of  speeches,  letters  and  other  mutters 
rdating  to  the  L'Ritersily  of  Oxon, 
mostly  in  the  time  of  Kiii);  James  and 
Charles  I  before  the  warr ;  'Collected  by 
Richard  Sauntlci^,  M.H.  and  fellow  of 
Oriel  ColU'^'e.  who  died  . . .:  Initinro 
"viris  mihi  amictssunis,  doctoii  Plok," 
etc:  to  quano;  Mr.  Fraccis  Rirry, 
panoo  of  Kingeey  by  Thame  hatli  iu' 


s  MS.  b  still      ■ 
Ufa*   on    cx^t 

.  and  HaflH 

f  the  letld ' 
Is'  beads  la 


I  do  not  know  whether  this  MS.  b  still 
extant.      Francis    liarry 
fellow  of  Oriel  College. 

'  Cutch's  >Vood"s  Coli. 
p.  135- 

*  •  3   leopards"   heads  of 
substituted  for  *  2  leopards* 
dicif  of  Uic  fint,  and  one  in  base  of. . .' 

*  note  m  Wood's  copy;  Wood  515 
(iG). 

'  an  occasional  spelling  of  Wood  for 
'on,'  iK^aring  witne^  to  a  broader 
prooonctatioit  of  the  word  than  now. 

"  Wood's  entry  seems   to  set  dov 
the  Tcrr  words  of  tbe  old  men. 

*  his  letter  of  thanks  to  L>r.  Fraads 
Maftsell  for  briugtng  aboat  hii 
U  fijuitd  iu  Wood  MS.  F  31. 


leeL 


383 


The  5  of  March,  T.,  the  fellows  of  Merlon  Coll  went  to  election  of 
a  warden;  all  of  them,  saving  Dr.  Jones',  named  Sir  Richard  Urowne, 
Mr.  Alexander  Fisher,  and  Dr.  Richard  T.ydall.  The  next  day  Dr. 
(Thomas)  Clayton  and  Dr.  Jones  went  up  to  London;  Dr.  Jones 
named  Dr.  Clayton ;  Dr.  Claiton  constituted  warden,  Mar.  26,  T.,  by 
the  archbishop*. 

Uarch. — 'Mar.  5.  The  fcllowcs  of  Mcrton  Coll.  proceeded  to 
the  election  of  a  new  warden,  according  to  a  citation  that  had  before 
been  stuck  up :  but  ihey  supposing,  not  without  good  ground,  thai 
Dr.  Thomas  Jones,  one  of  their  society,  would  act  foul  play  in  llie 
election,  (having  been  encouraged  so  to  doe  by  Dr.  Thomas  Barlow, 
provost  of  Queen's  coll.  viz.  that  be  should  name  Dr.  Thomas  Clayton 
a  stranger,  and  so  make  a  devolution) — ibe  fellowea  proposed  to  Mr. 
Alexander  Fisher,  the  suhwarden,  that  ihey  might  exclude  him  from 
voting  for  that  time,  and  assigne  another  fellow  in  his  place,  ac- 
cording as  the  statutes  of  the  college  enabled  him  in  chat  point.  But 
Mr.  Fisher  being  of  a  timorous  spirit,  and  looking  upon  it  as  an 
innovation,  denied  their  request,  so  thai  Dr.  Jones  remaining  one  of 
the  7  electors,  Mr.  Joseph  Harvey  and  Mr.  Nathaniel  Sterry  (two  of 
the  said  seaven)  did  desert  them  out  of  discontent,  and  the  two  ni^xt 
fellowes  were  called  up  into  their  places.  So  that  the  said  7  fellowes 
going  to  election  in  tlic  public  hall,  all  llie  said  7  seniors,  except 
Jones,  did  unanimously  name  three  persons  according  to  statute,  viz. 
Sir  Richard  Browne,  somtimcs  fellow,  now  one  of  the  clerks  of  the 
king's  pri\ie  councill,  Mr.  Alexander  Fisher,  and  Dr.  Richard  Lydall 
a  physiUan,  somtimcs  fc-now ;  but  Jones  named  Sir  Richard  Browne, 
Dr.  Thomas  Clayton,  the  king's  professor  of  physick  in  the  university, 
somtimes  fellow  of  Pcmb.  Coll.,  and  Dr.  (John)  Priaulx,  somtimcs 
fcHow  of  Mcrton.  This  being  done,  and  the  election  devolved  to 
Dr.  (William)  Juxon,  archbishop  of  Canterbury,  who  is  the  visitor 
or  patron  of  the  Coll.,  Clayton  and  Jones  immedially  went  lo  London, 
to  act  in  their  business,  and  by  their  fiend's  endeavours  to  get  the  said 
archb.  to  confirme  Clayton.  Dr.  Barlow  by  these  his  under-hand  and 
false  doings  gained  the  ill  will  of  the  society  of  Mcrton  Coll.,  who 
stuck  not  (to)  say  (and  that  with  concernment)  that  he  was  a  most 
false,  busie,  and  pragmatical  person. 

Mar.  6,  W..  a  report  that  Dr.  Ridiard  Zouch  was  dead.  He  was 
buried  at  Ffulham  neare  London  by  bis  daughter  the  late  wife  of 


'  Thomas  Joiies,  icUow  of  Mnton  in 
1659;  D.C.I.  18  Muy  16^9. 


*  the  aii:bbisliop  of  Canterbury  Is 
Visitor  orH«rton  College. 


^OOD'S  UFE  AND   TIMES. 


Mr.  ...  Powell'  nUa$  Hinton,  4  or  Mar.,  M.,  and  died  the  ist  of 
March,  F.,  1660  <i665). 

[March  la',  T.,  Convocalion  ihc  petition  of  Thomas  Chtucli, 
Rair  Rawson,  and  John  Blackbourne  uf  Brannose  to  the  Visitors' 
was  read,  to  be  Bac.  of  Div.,  having  been  before  perused  hy  the 
chancellor.] 

Mc-morandum  that  the  18  of  March,  M.,  Mr.  Wallcis  *  sent  for  me 
to  ihc  University  tower  and  disired  (me)  to  help  hini  draw  up  some 
things  that  he  was  then  about  ;^ain$t  lie  went  up  to  London  in  prosecu- 
tion of  tlie  buisneas  then  against  the  towtic,  and  he  told  mc  *  the 
University  should  pay  mc  for  it.'  And  ther  I  was  5  dayes  about  it 
and  wrote  about  7  or  8  sheets,  viz.  of  the  brewers,  alchonses,  bakers, 
taverns,  maulsters ;  and  that  the  incorporating  of  ihem,  etc,  and  all 
other  things  concerning  ibcro  belonged  to  the  University.  The  10 
of  ApriJl,  W.,  I  wrote  a  sheet  more.     See  Sept.  following. 

•Mar.  18,  M.,  Dr.  WalUs  sent  for  A.  \V.  to  com  to  him,  then  in^ 
the  munimenl-room  in  the  School  Tower.  He  desir'd  him  to  give 
his  assisting  hand  to  the  drawing  up  of  Bome  things  that  he  was  then 
about,  against  his  going  to  London  to  prosecute  the  business  then  in 
being  against  tlie  citizens  of  Oxon ".  A.  W.  was  there  five  dayes  in 
assisting  Dr.  WalUs  and  wrot  about  7  or  8  sheets,  concerning  the 
brewers,  inholders,  bakers,  alehouses,  taverns,  malt-sters  &c.  viz.  of  the 
incopomling  them,  and  of  other  matters  concerning  tlicm.  The 
Univcrsitie  gave  content  to  Mr.  Wood  for  his  labour. 

The  19  of  this  mounth  {Mar.},  T.,  ray  cozen  Ralfe  Holt's  wife  died 
in  childbed  of  a  wench  and  was  buried  at  ...  • 

(Mardi  20,  W.,  166^'.  the  vice-chancellor,  Paul  Hood,  issued  a 
(Latin)  paixrr  complaining  of  the  turbulence  of  the  University,  fighting 
with  slicks,  fists,  and  stones,  and  persons  encouraging  the  combatants. 
Wood  has  presen-cd  a  copy  in  Wood  276  A  no.  346.) 

Mar.  25,  M.,  the  Kinge  appoimed  certaine  commissioners  of  the 
reverend'  bishops  and  presbyterian  divines  for  the  review  and  aller- 


'  a  William  Powell  alias  1  linton  esq. 
htid  a  suit  with  All  Souls  Coll.  ;  mt  the 
jinntcd  pftper  in  Wood  515  no.  iG. 

"  note  ia  MS.  Bodl.  594  p.  35. 

*  t.  e.  the  KiD};'s  Commusionen. 

*  Jotm\S'idlis,  KeqjQofthcArdLivea 
t65S-i7o3. 

*  SKcniftv  p.  37  J. 

*  in  Wood  MS.  D  4  fol.  348  is  the 
epitaph  in  Cbelwood  chaicb  of  Souin, 
one  of  the  <lABgbtai  of  Thoiou  Ktlicy 


of  Chctwood,  wife  of  Ralph  Holt  of 
Stokclync,  who  died  19  March  1660 
<i.  e.  i).  Wood  notes: — 'the  Itooe 
conuiaetb  in  length  6  foot  7  inches,  the 
bredlh  aft.  10  la.  the  piice  of  it,  earr- 
ing and  all,  is  S/i.  lOr.,  bc«idn  two 
dayec  work  for  the  man  (o  goe  with  ft 
Bod  lay  it,  which  is  4^.* 

'  *  rcrercnd '    sabMinted     for    '  re- 
foTTned.' 


MARCH,  1661. 


Ifil 


ation  of  ihe  Book  of  Common  Prayer.  Vide  Cat(a]ogum)  tih^rorum) 
vol.  2  from  Mr.  Allam's  pamphletts.  p.  166.     Vide  Cat. '  2,  (p.)  166. 

•Atar.  z6,  T.,  Dr.  (Thomas)  Clayton  obtained  hts  inairumcnU 
in  parchment  Trom  ardib.  Juxon  to  be  warden  of  Mcrton  coll.  Thb 
was  done  by  the  perj>etual  solIitilaLkms  of  Sir  Chark-s  CotlcrcII, 
which  was  troublesome  to  the  archbiahop,  even  so  much,  that  he  wan 
in  a  manner  fcrc't  to  it  for  quietness  sake.  The  next  day '  Sir  CharkH 
procured  his  brother  in  law  Dr.  Clayton  to  haw  the  honour  of  knight- 
hood confer'd  upon  him. 

*Mar.  30,  S.,  Sir  Thomas  Qayton  comming  to  Oxon  in  a  stage- 
coach, some  of  Ilia  neighbours  of  S.  Aldale's  parish  went  on 
horsback  to  meet  him,  —  as .  .  .  KJrby  clerk  of  the  pariiih,  Thomas 

Haselwood  his  barber, his  shoemaker,  . . .  Turner  the  cook  of 

Pembroke  Coll.,  William  Collier  the  butler  of  the  same  coll.,  . .  . 
Wilcocks  a  barber  living  in  S.  Michael's  parish,  Anthony  Haselwood 
a  book-seller  of  S.  Marie's  parish,  and  other  rabble,  besides  4  or  5 
scholars  of  his  kindred.  These  1  say  meeting  him  about  Shotover, 
Sir  Thomas,  either  ashamed  of  their  company,  or  for  some  other 
reason  best  knowno  to  himself,  desired  them  to  disperse,  and  not  to 
accompany  him  by  his  coach-side  ;  which  they  did  accordingly,  and 
afterwards  came  scaiteredly  into  Oxon  a  quarter  of  an  hour  before  the 
coach  came  in. 

(On  Th.,  aS  Much  1661,  Wcxvl  «ru  making  excerpts  from  'x  loose  pspcr  by 

Biian  Twync,  liaving  tlic  title  "Viiic,  vici,  nocnmcoU.  pontct,  parprrstnnu;"  in 
archim  Univ.  Oxt^o.'  Thc«e  exccq^tsarenow  foond  laBodl.  MS.  594,rol.  181,  i8>. 
—<>n  the  Ksmc  (lajr, iK  Mar.  ititii.  Wood bcpin to tnake excerpts frtun"  \  bo,"  i.e. 
the  Rtfgiitcr  of  the  Vtcc-ckuicellor's  court  Erom  1434  10  1469.  T1>ct«  cxixrpU  are 
foniu]  In  Wood  MS.  D  3  (O.  C  SJ14),  pp.  <>l~M^  \  aUo  lo  M&  Bodl.  594.  pp. 
I7J-I76.> 

[Memorandum'  that  Dr.  (Barten)  Holyday  being  at  my  motlier's 
house,  S ,  March  30,  1661,  told  me  upon  inquiry  that  St.  Frideswide's 
monument '  stood  on  the  north  side  of  Christ  Church  quire  in  the 
middle  between  two  pillars  about  the  place  where  the  singing  men 
sitt.  It  was  railed  in  wiiii  iron  gates  and  on  a  raised  monument 
lay  her  effigies  (I  bclcivc  in  the  manner  of  a  votaress,  with  her  head 


^  *  Catalogns  Ubroinmi  vol.  a  *  (pp. 
307  with  an  iDd«x)  U  now  in  Wood 
M.S.  F,  a. 

'  W..  March  37.  lu  M.S.  TaniiCT  loa, 
foL  83  Wood  refcw  to  *Q  p.  33'  (the 
■papers  to  marksd  arc  now  in  Wood 
tUS.  E  (  am)  H  4),  an<i  to  a  collection 


of  hb  papers  which  be  calls  'Mcr- 

tonentiA.' 

*  note*  by  Wood  printed  by  Keame 
at  the  cod  of  *  Litter  Niger  Scaccsni.' 

*  Wood  notes  in  the  margin :— '  Sure 
thb  tnD»t  be  lady  Montccul'(s  biodb- 
menl}. 


C  C 


WOOD'S  LIFE  ASD  TiMES, 

■opported  by  two  angells,  «tc.)  which  In  Dr.  tHipptt's  lime  (whwi 
fcc  WM  Dewic  ihere)  was  uken  tway ;  and,  in  the  mnoving,  «» 
opened:  where  they  ny  ■  a  perfect  efl&ftiet  with  many  ribbons  abcnt 
it,  aa  alsoe  hay  leaves  and  other  things  etc  He  told  me  he  could  leB 
me  more  of  it     Inquire  *.] 

[Moreover',  upon  enquiry  of  him  <Banen  Holyda7«>  coDccmn^ 
Mr.  Edmund  Bunny,  somiimes  a  fellow  of  Merton,  be  told  me  be 
waa  a  Yorkshire  man  borne,  of  a  good  famyly,  and  borne  to  an  eauce 
of  joo/r;  per  annum.     After  he  left  Merton  College  he  became  chap- 
leinc  10  bishop  Sandes  and  then  corrected  a  book  of  resolutions 
written  by  an  Italian  which  waa  after  called  '  Bunney'a  resolutions.' 
In  process  of  time  he  desiring  to  sec  the  worid  and  to  doe  more  good 
then  serving  the  bishop,  he  went  from  place  to  place  preaching  the 
word  of  God  gratia     He  maintaint-d  two  men  alwoies  that  went  with 
him  in  black  liveries  and  whatsoever  he  had  given  him  by  way  of 
gratuity   for  paines   taken   he   freely   gaw   to   these   his    iwo  men. 
Amongst  many  places  that  he  preached  in — ^which  would  be  some- 
rimes  for  a  quarter  of  an  ycre,  sometimes  halfe — was  att  Allbollow^ 
Church  in  Oxon :   where,  by  his  holj-ness  of  life  and  soundness  of' 
preaching,  ^he)  induced  many  scholters  to  doe  the  like,  which  (as 


'  to  odd  ipeUing  for  'law,'  fimixl 
ipondkalljr  in  Wood. 

*  Wood  baviog  tnftdc  this  farther 

coqoiry  wrote  the  following  note: — 
'Since  this  memiiuieil  in  the  fonner 
page  Dr.  Molydsy  hath  told  mc  that 
the  will  monuntcnt  of  St.  Fridswide 
th.tl  wu  removed  »  one  of  them  ttaiid- 
ing  by  the  Dlviaity  ChapcL  U  so,  it 
cannot  be  St.  Fridcswyde's  but  the  Ixdjr 
Motmdcute.  For  of  those  that  stand 
there,  (there)  is  not  (one  which  has) 
t[ic  cdi^ca  of  a  woman  bm  {that  of) 
Iho  said  lady.  lliU  effigies  stood  on 
the  north  side  of  th«  quire  between  the 
3  and  3  pillar.'  Wood  made  aUo  iliis 
conjecture :  —  *  Probably  St.  Frides- 
wyde's  statue  or  RKKiuineal  has  ttood 
on  tlie  north  »dc  of  the  qcire  at  the 
tipper  end  where  there  is  socac  aignc  of 
an  arch,  etc' 

'  notes  by  Wood  printed  by  neaiae 
Ut  supra. 

*  the  follow  faig  ncrtes  (printed  in  the 
same  place)  arc  also  jottings  of  infor- 
mation supplied  by  Dr.  llotyday : — 
(.a;  'Mynchery,  by  Uttlunote,  the  place 


when  the  nani»ery  wa»— (so)  Dr.  Holy^ 
day.'  (*)  *  Mr.  Powetl's  house  iif 
Saosdforii  a  place  for  the  Knighta, 
Templen,  ibid.*  (i.e.  Dr.  Holyday), 
*  Another  (pUoc  for  them  mu)  at  Tem- 
ple Cowley ;  and  soe  called  from  the 
Knights  of  the  Temple  who  bad  their 
hnliiUlino  there :  I  Lave  read  of  "  Prac-4 
ccptoT  ct  fratres  Templi  dc  Conley." 
(0  'the  aaid  llr.  (Barten  Holyday,  of 
Ch.Ch.)toId  me  he  had  some  of  Dr. 
(Leonard)  Ilnttcn's  Collections  con- 
cemrag  tht^  foundation  of  that  collc][e. 
Enquire.' — In  Wood  MS.  U  1 1  (j).  lol. 
30  b  is  this  note : — '  you  must  note  that 
Cowley  is  two  miles  from  Oxon  and] 
that  there  be  two  townes  of  that  name, 
of  which  that  which  hath  not  a  cbnrch 
is  called  Temple  Cowley  because  it 
belooged  to  the  Knight  Templars  of 
Sandford  (within  less  than  a  mile  of 
Cowley).  At  which  place  of  Cowley 
the  said  TempUrs  had  a  farme  booae. 
And  at  SondfoTil  (ihcy)  had  a  fair 
maunntir  honse  and  a  chappcll,  both 
standing  to  this  day  and  owned  byjohai 
Powell,  e*(|.' 


MARCH,  leei. 


3»7 


Dr.  Holiday  lold  mc  lumsclfc)  was  a  great  inducment  to  him  alsoe  lo 
tatce  the  minifitry  upon  him. 

The  said  llunny  was  one  of  a  pretty  big-  hulk  and  hrod  fac'L  ^rr. 
(Matthew)  Hution  of  Brastjose  hath  his  cpiiaph  which  he  wrote  out 
of  York  Minster. 

Dr.  Holyday  lold  me  aUoe  that  Mr.  Brizenden '  of  Merton  College 
was  tecttircT  of  Carfax,  a  holy  arid  zcalos  man,  and  an  able  preacher. 

Mr.  (John)  Wilton  of  Merlon  College  told  me  Uiat  the  aforesaid 
Mr.  Bunncy  was  bred  up  in  Magdalen  College  and  was  elected  into 
Merton  being  Mr.  of  Arts  "  rationc  defeciua  iheologorum,"  there 
being  then  not  preachers  sufficient  to  perrorme  their  tumes  in  S. 
Marie's,  (See  Gmch's  Wood's  Hist.  Univ.  Oxon,  ii.  15a.)  He 
had  an  excellent  faculty  of  preaching  which  in  Uiose  dayes  was  rare, 
and  soe  ready  at  all  timi-s  that  the  schollers  would  say  of  him  that  he 
had  *  the  diiinity  aquert ',  etc.] 

[It'  was  supposed  that  learning  ran  very  low  in  the  beginning 
of  Queen  Elizabeth's  dayes  a  iitUc  after  the  death  of  Queen  Mary, 
if  it  be  true  as  Sir  John  Check  sayih  (in  his  preface  to  his  booke 
called  "The  true  subject  to  the  rebel"  primed'  at  Oxon  1641)  of 
Richard  Tavernor  of  Woodealon  com.  Oxon,  High  Sheriff,  who 
gave  tlic  scolars  a  sermon  in  St.  Man's  with  hts  gold  chaine  about 
his  nccke  and  his  sword  by  his  side,  not  in  ostentation  but  of  pure 
charity,  beginning  with  these  words : — "  Arriving  at  the  mount  of 
St.  Marie's  etc "  (see  the  rest  of  the  quotation  in  Gutch's  Wood's 
Hist.  Univ.  Oxon.  ii.  15a).  Wheilier  or  noe  this  was  that  Richard 
thai  was  clapi  up  in  prison  in  Christ  Church  College  Oxon  by  John 
Hygdcn  first  deane  therof,  1  cannot  tell :  but  clapi  up  he  *  was  and 
(being  an  excellenl  musicion)  he  was  set  free  by  Cardinall  Wolsey — 
vide  plura  In  Fuller's  Church  History,  lib.  5  p.  171.J 

The  31  of  this  mounth,  {Mar.)  being  Sunday,  G«org  Purefre*, 
senior,  esquire,  departed  this  life  at  Wadlcy,  com.  Berks- 
Mar.  31,  {5  Su.  in  Lent)  memorable  accident  liapned  at  Xl  Ch,  in 
the  Cathcdratt,  vide  'Annus*  i  Mirabilis",  p.  84. 


'  Robert  Briswinleo,  fellow  of  Merton 
in  1580:  Urottridc's  Mcrtou.  p.  373. 

'  note  printed  by  Hntno.  mt  mj>ra. 

'  Wood'i  copy  i»  Wood  614^31): 
the  pntMX  to  Ihli  Oxfori  edition  o[ 
164  r  wa»  ffiittcn  byGermrd  LangbsiiK. 

*  bat  Kc  Cnlcti'ft  Wood'i  tliitUniv. 
Oxon.  ii  3). 

'  in  tlic  Ho<llriJiii  i.(ire«mMk  Mar. 

cc 


836)  «  John  Ilinckle/i  'A  sermon 
preached  at  the  fniKral  of  George 
FuTcfoy  at  [>ni)1un  in  Locnter  3i 
Apt.  1661/  Load.  1661,  4to. 

■  'TSftavt^  Ttpiarit;  Annus  Miia- 
bilii,'  printed  in  t66i ;  Wood  643  (4). 
Wood  UKlrt  that  he  paid  1/  for  it,  and 
adds  '  these  pirodi|;te«  wi^e  pubUibird 
by  ccnaitK  fanatical  people  at  tbe  le- 
3 


IpvcUm 

f^  rtBRK  ar  MM  far  Vkob,  oc  y  9^ :  piU  B^iK  ay  MR.  eu^  u  a/t 
,Jir     ^     '   ■!        —  -— : — ^— ■-*»*- »—».^ ..w-.  —  J— 

paidiiLipteBrdkt,l&«  fartheCoDi^  !■«.  ttc,  see  thtt  1  far««  «ar  Wt— 

«  6^-16,  r,  iiMnt  u  the  Mmnid  (Ufag  <^  ^ o^  «tect>»  ^  >'««""  o^ 
dM  etey  t  wllh  Mr.  <Cbutopbci)  H«imoa  at  Qhcb's  CtJl-t  Huiy  Price,  my 
<bn>lbai)  Robm  «d  Kit,  u  6^:^-17,  W,  giwB  to  k  the  pri«  '  fe«gfc«  betwreae 


■Uontlon  of  Kint  Charlci  II  porfx^^T 
lo  unoH  llw  Tulfir :  tlut  book  csme 
(bnli  U»  hK0naiog  of  Ang-  i66t ;  mi 
Ibli  eopl«  M«Bi  to  he  1b«  Mc^mii  im- 
p«Mtlon,  ninat  of  the  Tinrt  hciiig  feUcd 
on.'  Anothrf  InkiIc  of  UiU  riaoip  " 
Wood  646  (I)  Eiekicl  GreboetV 
*  Vtiloni    iitd    Prnpbtdci    concmiine 


Eogluid,  SooUud,  ud  InUod.*  Lood. 
1661,  ia  wbidi  Wood  notes  '  this  came 
out  tn  Jul  or  Feb.  aaao  1660'  (Le.  f). 
<  i.  e^  probably,  tl  bock-iwutd. 
Thuoe  U  menliooe^l  in  conncdton 
wttb  pnzv-^hting  also  in  Rtii^Miat 
Hearmiamat,  iii.  1)^4. 


4 
I 


MAR,— APRIL,  1661. 


3»9 


II.  WorMlcy  of  Tame  and  DeRnb;\\^ite  ofOxon  at  the  Kitig't  Anncs  In  Holywell, 
(W. — 19,  F.,  paid  Mr.  Potter  my  score,  19J. — v>,  S.,  to  Forest  for  (Nicholas) 
Sanders' '  'de  ScUmale  ARgUcano,'  loi/;  for  stitdiiug  a  bookc  and  orangn,  dd. — 
32,  M.,  for  pbiaick  drink  to  Alport,  W;  for  dying  my  hall,  ii;  I  bought  a  bltw 
sha|^  gownc  of  Mr,  Potter  for  which  he  set  downc,  lit.  4s. — 33,  T.,  being  Corona- 
tion day,  spent  with  Mr.  (Thomas)  Janc'»  at  ihc  Mc'cmaid  Tavern,  67;  iSc  some, 
spent  at  the  Crown  Tavcm  with  <lbe)  piocta(s)  (Nicholas)  Mease  and  (Henry) 
Hawley,  Mr.  Humphrey  Oavcnant,  etc.  ar. — The  37,  S.,  for '  the'  Corooation  book  * 
and  Mr.  Wtithall's  Tcnes  ■,  ir  4^, 

ApriL — *Apr.  r,  MunJay,  tn  the  morning  Sir  Thomas  Clayton 
sent  his  man  to  the  bible-clerks  of  Merton  Coll.  to  tell  them  that 
their  master  would  speak  with  them :  whereupon  the  clerk*  imme- 
diatly  went  to  Mr.  (Alexander)  Fisher  the  sub-warden,  and  asked 
him  what  tliey  had  best  to  doc,  whether  to  go  to  him,  or  not?  H« 
told  ihem,  he  wouhl  not  bid  them  goe,  or  (not)  goe.  So  tliey  went 
to  Sir  Thomas,  who  told  them,  that  they  were  to  retume  to  their 
Coll.  and  wame  all  the  fellowes  thereof  to  meet  him  in  the  public  hall 
of  Merton  Coll.  between  9  and  10  of  the  clock  that  morning.  Ac- 
cordingly they  retum'd  and  did  their  errand :  whereupon  when  it 
drew  towards  nine  of  the  clock,  the  fellowes  commanded  the  butler 
to  go  out  of  the  buttery  and  lo  deliver  up  the  key  to  them.  Wliitli 
being  done,  the  juniors  who  «crc  at  breakfast  in  hall  were  put  out, 
and  the  dores  thereof  were  barred  up  within  side.  Afterwards  they 
went  into  the  buttery,  bolted  the  dore  tlieroof  within  ;  and  then  they 
conveyed  themselves  thro  the  cellar  dore  next  to  the  treasury- vault, 
locked  it,  and  one  of  them  put  the  key  into  his  pockcL  The  fellowes 
by  this  lime  expecting  the  comming  of  Sir  Thomas  Clayton,  they 
retired  to  the  chamber  of  Mr.  Robert  Cripps,  which  is  over  the 
common  gate,  to  tlie  end  tliat  they  might  sec  towards  Corpus  Christi 
Coll.  when  Sir  Thomas  came.    The  bachelaur  fellows*  also  retired 


*  Colon.  Agrip.,  1638,  Sto;    Wood 

890(1). 

*  poaibly  Wood  398  C'9)  '  "Hie  form 
of  his  majc^tie't  Curonalioa  feast,  aj 
Apr,  i£6i,'Lond.  1661. 

*  Wood  319  (13I;  Robert  White- 
ball's  '  The  Coronation :  a  poem,'  Lond. 
1661.  Another  copv  of  it  is  Wood 
416  (88). 

'  ^reareseveral  indications  in  ihfise 
ntetnoirsofthe«harply-ilrawii  line  which 
then  ]>art<.'d  the  B.A.  fellows  fram  tliotc 
who  bad  pnx;ce<lcd  M.A.  Perhaps  the 
most  nfigular  of  them  it  the  tociol  dis- 


tinction :  it  will  be  observed  that  the 
persons  who  are  with  Wood  at  his  club 
aixl  other  entertain  mentsarc. almost  with- 
ont  exception,  of  M.A.  standing;  the 
appearance  of  a  new  name  among  their 
Dumber  being  an  indication  that  the 
fellow  has  recently  proceeded  M.A. 
This  separation  of  tbc  M.A.  Fellows 
from  the  D.A.  FcUovrs  was  enjoined  by 
Visiliir't  Iiijtincltons  at  Merton  College. 
ftr«  Dr.  Itroilrick's  '  Merton  College  '  In 
■  The  Colleges  of  Oxford  *  (Methaca, 
181H),  p.  61. 


39C 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  r/.tfES. 


10  tbc  di&mber  or  Georg  Roberts,  one  oT  their  Dumber,  over  thai 
of  Mr.  Cripps,  for  ilic  same  purpose. 

*About  lo  of  ihe  clock  in  Uic  morning  came  Sir  Tliomas  Clayton, 
Viith  the  Vice-chancellour  *  and  his  beadles,  Dr.  Robert  Skinocr 
bishop  of  Oxot),  Dr.  Michael  Woodward  warden  of  New  college, 
Dr,  Thomas  Yates  principal  of  Brasnose  Coll.,  Dr.  Walter  Blanford 
warden  of  Wadhara  Coll.,  Dr.  John  Fell  deane  of  Ch.  Church,  Dr. 
Richard  Alleetrie  and  Dr.  John  Dolbcn  (canons),  Mr.  John  Houghton 
senior  fellow  of  Brasn.  Coll.,  and  many  others.  All  which  (some 
of  whome  were  of  tlic  number  of  Visitors  or  Commissioners  appointed 
by  the  king  to  visit  Qie  universiiic  anno  1660)  met  the  said  Dr.  Clay- 
Ion  in  the  lod^ngs  of  Dr.  Vatc  at  Bra^nose,  and  came  thence  bjr 
Oriel  Coll.  to  Merton. 

•At  their  appearance  ncare  Corp.  Chr.  Coll.  gale,  the  fellowes 
and  bachelauis  came  downe  from  the  aforesaid  chambers,  and  racked 
themselves  in  the  gatehouse  next  to  the  street  The  fellowes  names 
were  these,  viz.  Roger  Brent,  Edmund  Dickenson,  Joseph  Harvey, 
Pelcr  Nicolls,  Robert  Cripps,  Nathaniel  Slcrry,  Henry  Hurst  and 
Robert  Whitehall.  The  bachelaur  fellowes  were  these,  viz.  Georg 
Roberts,  Edward  Jones,  Richard  Franklin,  James  Workman,  Robert 
tluniingdon,  Edward  Turner,  and  John  Powell.  All  these  had  not 
long  stood  in  the  gatehouse,  but  Sir  Thomas  Clayton  and  his  company 
came  in  at  the  mcket  (for  the  common  gates  were  not  set  open) 
and  going  straight  foru-ard  towards  the  hall  (be  putting  off  his  hat 
to  the  fellowes  as  be  passed  by)  Dr.  EiUnund  Dickenson,  one  of 
the  fellowes,  went  after  him,  pluckl  him  by  the  sleeve,  and  said, 
'Sir  Thomas,  the  gatehouse  is  tlie  usual  place  of  reception.'  When 
he  heard  this,  he  beckned  to  tlie  Vicechanceliour  and  the  iNShop, 
and  told  them  '  they  were  to  be  received  at  the  gate.'  Upon  ibis 
tbey  returned  back,  and  all  stood  in  itic  gatehouse,  and  when  they 
were  all  placed.  Sir  Thomas  asked  where  Mr.  Fisher  the  subwarden 
was?  Mr.  Brent,  the  senior  fellow,  answer'd:  'Sir,  Mr.  subwarden 
keepft*  his  chamber,  and  is  in  his  usual  course  of  physick,  so  that 
he  bath  appointed  me  at  this  lime  his  deputy.'  Then  Sir  Thomas 
Itflfed  that  '  he  came  for  admission  and  possession  of  the  wardcn- 
Mp  of  Merton  Coll.'  Mr.  Brent  ihcrcuiKjn  asked  him,  'where  was 
lis  mstiument  or  aulhonty  for  ili'     Then  Sir  Thomas  calling  bis 


I 


f>ari  UmmI,  rtctor  of  Uccola  Col- 


in the  tiuirgin  :  'He 
tUniot  <A  ibu  iinic  pDi- 


[xMcly  lo  Kvoid  this  encotititer,  because 
hii  Uauitotu  »|iiiit  could  nut  unticrjjoc 
ii.* 


APRIL,  leai. 


391 


nan,  produced  two  black  boxes,  and  in  them  two  instrumctitSt 
both  with  the  archbishop's  sealc  to  them,  and  putting  them  into 
the  hands  of  Mr.  John  Holloway,  a  covetuous  civtlion  and  public 
notary  (father  to  Richard  UoUoway,  a  coonsellour,  and  aftcru-ards, 
in  the  lime  of  K.  James  2,  a  judge),  he  read  ihcm  both,  uncovcrVI, 
with  a  loud  voice,  before  the  company  and  many  others  from  other 
colleges  that  by  this  time  were  gathered  together  to  sec  the  effect 
of  the  matter,  being  all  exceeding  wrath  against  the  unreasonable 
proceedings  against^  Clayton,  by  snatching  the  bread  out  of  other 
folkes  mouthes. 

♦After  the  instruments  were  read,  Mr.  Brent  deslr'd  them,  before 
they  went  any  farther,  10  read  a  paper,  which  lie  had  in  his  hand, 
containing  a  protestation  in  the  name  of  all  the  fellowcs,  under  a 
public  nouri<:'a  hand,  against  the  admission  of  Sir  Thomas  Clayton 
to  the  wardenship  of  Merton  coll. 

*After  Mr.  Brent  bad  read  the  paper,  Mr.  Ilolloway  asked  him 
'where  was  their  inhibition?'  (meaning  an  inhibition  from  sonic 
court  to  stop  Sir  Thomas's  proceedings)  at  which  Mr.  Brent  made 
a  stop,  and  looking  wislly  upon  the  fcUowes,  ihcy  all  replycd  '  they 
needed  no  inhibition,  till  they  found  grcimncc,  and  that  the  public 
notaric's  hand  was  bufTicic-nt  for  that  time.'  Then  replycd  Holloway 
'your  protestation  is  im^alid  and  worth  nothing,  and  dierefore  they 
would  proceed.'  Then  Holloway,  according  to  the  forme,  required 
of  them  admission  primoy  acundo,  ierlio :  which  the  fcitowcs  did  all 
coragiously  denic,  and  so  immedially  withdrew  themselves,  and  went 
to  tbeir  chambers. 

*After  this  Sir  Thomas  asked  ■  where  the  clerks  were  V:  the 
clerks  diereupon  appeared.  He  bad  tlicm  call  Dr.  Thomas  Jones. 
Dr.  Jones  was  thereupon  caUcd,  and  came  forthwith  to  him  in  the 
gatehouse.  After  some  whispering  passed  between  them,  they  drew 
down  to  the  warden's  lodgings :  and  finding  the  dorcs  fast  shut, 
Holloway  read  the  instruments  againc  bare-headed  at  the  dorc  or 
gate  leading  into  tlic  said  lodgings.  Which  being  done,  Sir  Thomas 
asked  Dr.  Jones  '  where  (the)  keys  of  the  lodgings  were  ? ' :  he  said 
*  the  5Ub>varden  had  them.'  Then  Sir  Thomas  desired  Samuel  Clerk, 
the  superior  beadle  of  law,  to  go  to  the  subwardcn  and  demand  of 
him  the  keys.  Mr.  Clerk  thereupon  asked  him  '  whether  he  sliould 
goc  in  the  viccchanccllour's  name,  or  in  his  name  ? '    Sir  Thomas 


'  the  second  '  againsl '  m  well  u  the  Gut  U  to  be  coooected  with  *  being  .  . . 

wrath.' 


39« 


WOOI/S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


I 


replycd  '  In  ihc  archbishop's  and  king's  commissioncni'  names.'  Clerk 
thereupon  went,  and  soon  after  brought  this  answer  that  '  there  were 
two  keyes  of  the  warden's  lodgings,  one  that  belonged  to  the  warden, 
which  he  (the  eubwarden)  had;  the  other  to  the  senior  deanc,  which 
Dr.  Jones  liad  lately,  but  when  he  went  up  to  London  they  took 
it  from  liitn,  which  is  now  layd  up  in  the  cxchcquei.  As  for  the 
key  which  he  hath,  he  sailh,  he  will  not  deliver  it  up  but  to  the  warden 
\\\\en  he  in  admicted.' 

•After  Sir  Thomas  had  received  this  answer,  he  sent  for  Mr.  Brent 
the  depuly-subwarden ;  and  then  HoIIoway  asked  him  aguine  primOf 
ntamdo,  ttrtie,  for  possession,  hut  Mr.  Brent  denied  it.  Then  Hollo- 
wty  bid  Sir  Thomas  lay  bis  hand  upon  the  laicli  of  the  dorc,  Icading^ 
IniD  the  tturtlen's  lodgings,  which  be  did.  Afterwards  Dr.  Jones 
whtspci'd  Sir  Thomas  in  the  care',  and  then  they  went  to  the 
CoU.  duppcL  In  the  way  Dr.  Dickenson,  who  had  more  than 
onoe  protested  against  what  had  been  done  at  the  warden's  dore, 
drew  up  10  Sir  Thomas,  and  told  him  diat  '  what  he  and  oiher 
feUuv-CK  had  done  at  ihal  time,  was  not  in  contempt  of  him  or  his 
person,  but  to  save  their  oaths  and  not  break  tlie  stamtcs,  &c,'  but 
his  words  were  heard  with  scornc  by  Sir  Thomas,  and  so  Dickenson 
left  him. 

•Sir  Thomas  being  entred  with  all  his  company  (except  Fell, 
Dolbin  and  Allesirie,  who  ran  home  to  prayers'  as  soon  as  the 
instruments  were  read  at  the  gale)  into  the  clmppcll  thro  the  south 
dore,  the  said  instruments  were  read  againc  ncaru  the  n-arden's  seaL 
Which  being  done,  Jones  look  Sir  Thomas  by  llie  hand,  and  Hfted 
him  up  into  the  warden's  seat,  and  said,  that  he  as  one  of  the  senior 
feUow*s,  did  install  him,  or  give  him  possession,  as  warden,  or  words 
to  that  effecL  Afterwards  rising  from  his  seat,  Jones  took  him  by  the 
hand,  and  repeated  the  induction  or  admission,  as  HoUoway  read 
it  vtrkatim  to  him.  After  this  was  done,  they  alt  went  out  of  the 
duppell,  the  same  way  as  they  came  in ;  and  so  rctir'd  to  their 
iMpective  homes. 

"The  key  of  the  thapptU  ibcy  got  thus.  Robert  Hanham',  under- 
bullcr  and  gronic  of  Merlon  Coll.,  haxing  been  employed  by  the 


*  witttCA  At  fint  'ycore'  ud  tbcn 
oQlTvcinL  Tbe  oM  )vi>iiaiici«tiuii  of 
lb*  WTJtit '  cat'  Trvcitinitly  userti  itself  in 
tlMK  oota  o(  Wood'*  in  the  tcodcDcy  to 
ipiUU'ynr.* 

*  itu  C4lht<lnl  MTVkC  Utog  thcQ,  u 

now,  Ki  10  K-m. 


'  in  Wood  MS.  E  33  i*  on  entry  :— 
'  i6^7>  Ap*"-  ^^'  Rot>cri  llutnam,  ton 
of  KobcTt  Humnm  simI  Friidllt  Lloyd 
hli  wife  wu  borne  (in  S.  Jo.  Uapt.  par.^ 
the  father  being  ttun  oodcr-batlcr  of 
Mcft.  ColL' 


APRIL-^MAV,  1661. 


393 


society  to  carry  letters  to  London  to  hinder  Sir  Thomas  from  cora- 
ming  in  warden  of  Merton  college,  did,  that  nixht  on  which  Sir 
Thomas  came  from  LoriJon,  go  to  his  house  in  S.  Aldalc's  parish, 
opposite  to  the  Bull  inn,  and  humbly  desired  of  him  forgiveness 
for  what  he  had  done ;  which  Sir  Thomas  ea.sily  granting,  Hanham 
laid  downe  before  him  the  key  of  the  college  stable:  whereupon  IJr. 
Jones,  who  was  then  there  consulting  with  Sir  Thomas  what  was  lo 
be  done  on  Munday  morn,  following  when  he  was  to  cra^'e  admission, 
took  it  up,  and  lold  Sir  Thomas  privately  that  '  tliat  Ley  would  open 
ihc  chappel  dore,  in  case  he  should  be  denied  entrance  therein/ 
Whereupon  Dr.  Jones  kept  it,  and  made  use  of  it  when  the  warden 
Sir  Thom.as  went  to  take  possession  of  his  place,  as  before  'tis 
told  you. 

'Afterwards  the  fellows  used  all  the  endeavours  ihey  could  lo 
binder  his  admission  and  comming  in  among  tlicm,  but  all,  it  iveems, 
was  in  vaine.  The  next  Munday  following,  Sir  Thomas  sent  word 
to  the  college,  that  he  would  come  In  by  force.  \Vhereupon  the 
fellows  meciirg  Logclher,  caused  all  the  college  gates  lo  be  shut  both 
forward  and  backward,  and  so  they  kept  them  a  fortnight  or  3  weeks, 
and  caused  some  of  tlie  bachclaurs  to  keep  possession  of  tiie  warden's 
lodg^gs.  At  len(g)th  the  appeale  of  the  fellowes  being  stopt,  and 
(i^ccing)  that  no  justice  could  be  done  for  them,  nor  have  right  nor 
law  for  their  money,  they  concluded,  by  the  continual  intercessions 
of  timorous  Fisher,  to  admit  him. 

"May  3,  l-'riday.  Sir  Thomas,  with  the  vicechanccllour,  some  of 
Ihc  king's  commissioners,  and  ccrtaine  heads  of  colleges,  came  a 
little  before  10  of  the  clock  in  the  morning,  and  the  college  gates 
being  set  wide  open,  and  the  fellowes  in  the  gale-house,  Mr.  Fisher 
the  subnarden  did  there  formally,  according  to  the  manner  and 
statutes,  admit  him:  which  being  done  they  all  went  to  the  warden's 
lodgings,  and  gave  him  possession :  which  being  done  also,  they 
wi-nt  up  into  the  dining  rome,  and  there  had  a  short  banquet  at  the 
college  charg.  Which  being  all  done  by  3  quarters  past  ten,  the 
fellowes  went  to  the  Ictany.  After  Sir  ThoiLas  was  admitted  at 
the  publick  gate,  he  speakc  a  speech  according  to  tlie  Lustome:  the 
effect  of  which  is  registred^  But  whatsoever  was  acted  in  this 
matter,  wliich  is  at  larg  here  set  downe,  is  not,  nor  would  he  suffer 
any  thing  of  it  to  be,  rcgistrcd ;  which  is  ihe  reason  that  it  is  liere 
commiucd  to  memory  by  A.  W.  who  was  present  ihroul'  all  the 


'  i.  e.  ia  the  cotlcfe  register. 


*  Wood's  speUing  for  *  throughout 


APFiL—ATAY,  188L 


395 


He  (Clayton)  loU  Jtian,  that  be  codM  canljr  \mivn  him  thro  the  efhlcATOttrs  oT 
bi»  brother  in  l&w  Sir  Charles  Cottcrd,  Mr.  of  the  CercDoaici :  aod  if  that  look  no 
^cct.  he  woaltl  aftcx  some  yam  Tctignc  faia  mudciuhifi,  and  by  IrioDds  get  turn 
to  KOGcecd  bim. 

*WUh  tbc4c  phifol  promises,  iavitatiottc  to  his  booM^  dinnen,  treats,  fair  words^ 

flattcricar  and  I  Icdow  not  vhat,  Jooes  pronned  to  be  faithfall  tu  bim  in  bis 

knavrry  ;  and  SO  he  arms,  as  'tis  tiefore  told  yov.     Bnt  when  Claytoo  was  tcttled  in 

his  place,  aad  Jodo  fnlly  saw  that  he  a^lected  him  and  made  bim  ooly  a  shotng- 

bune  \ioi  the  tnith  is  Claylon  was  Etlse^  mealJe  momb'd  aad  poorc  spirited)  aitd 

tliai  aUo  the  fcUows  aad  others  of  the  joaiot  party  diil  dispisc  bim  and  look'd  spon 

him  ns  an  errant  kaaTe.  be  io  great  discootcnt  ictir'd,  kept  his  chamber,  and  OCTCr 

,.cajiK  ioto  the  company  of  any  penoo  io  the  Coll  or  oat  of  the  Coll. :  so  that  soon 

'  after  being  poaeai  with  a  deep  melancholy,  which  bis  strcDgth  and  rcasoa  coold 

oot  weare  away,  wilhoat  cbarg  to  bitaself ;  he  fell,  as  'twere,  downe  ligbt  mad, 

not  raTiag,  but  idle  and  frantick,  as  it  appeaics  by  these  putages.    (i)  By  his 

walking  on  the  moont  io  the  cc41^^  garden  very  betimes  In  a  momiDg,  at  which 

■time  he  faacied  birds  to  flutter  about  his  bead,  and  ihcrtlbte  he  would  be  waving 

bis  aimcs  and  bat  to  keep  ibcm  ofl.     (j)  By  gutng  oftirntiincs  rery  tuMcasooably 

to  the  warden's  lodgings,  and  there  court  and  embrace  one  M*^. . . .  Wood,  atk- 

r  log  her  at  Ibc  same  time  '  wfaetbo-  the  lord  cbaacelloor  (Hyde)  was  not  then  behind 

Libs  bangbgs?*    (3J  By  going  once,  if  oot  twioc,  betimes  id  the  morning  to  the 

l^chambs  of  Mr.  Peter  NicoUs,  one  of  the  (cUows.  to  grt  bim  tu  go  whh  him  to 

take  potaestioD  of  the  warden's  lodgings,  rBD{c)yitig  himself  to  b«  waideiL     (4) 

By  waDdsg  often  in  the  warden's  gallery,  snppaciog  himself  to  be  warden,  Stc. ; 

with  nany  other  ridiculoos  matters  not  now  to  be  named,  whidt  shew  that  the  man 

wanted  sleep,  and  that  he  was  blinded  with  ambition  and  covctcottmeas. 

*At  length,  upon  some  perswadon,  he  went  to  LotHlan  anno  1661-3  or  there- 
abuat*,  and  by  the  favour  of  some  people  (of  whom  Arnold,  a  dvilian  and  college 
tenant,  was  ooej  be  got  a  chamber  in  Doctors  Commons,  cndavosring  to  get 
practice  there  among  the  civilians.  But  at  length  being  fonnd  to  be  crai'd,  had 
little  or  DO  employmtnt.  Aflcr«*atdt  taking  a  lodging  in  great  WoodsUcet  In  that 
city,  rematscd  there  in  great  diuxitilcnt  till  the  great  plague  rmge<j.and  then  by  the 
jtixt  hand  of  God  being  overtaken  by  that  diaease,  be  was  cnt  6S  bam  the  living  in 
the  latter  end  of  Sept.  or  beginning  of  Octob.  anno  i66j,  being  a  jtut  reward  for  a 
knave  and  a  togDc 

'Now  for  the  mischief  that  befel  Men.  ColL  by  having  a  manied  stranger  thrait 
Dpon  themf  will  appeare  by  ifaat  which  followes.  Bnt  before  I  proceed  to  the  par- 
liculan,  1  must  tell  yitu,  that  Clayton  being  folly  potsnt  si  bis  lird  comming  In 
warden  that  the  fellows  were  all  his  enimies,  aikd  that  they  cndcaror'd  to  conccalc 
the  College  treaAuic  from  him  and  not  let  him  know  the  worth  of  hb  place,  so  it 
was  often  buz'd  Into  Lis  head  by  his  flatterers  (among  whome  I>r.  Thomas  Barlow 
most  not  be  (forgotten  ;  Dr.  (Thoroa»)  Jone*  aUo ;  and  another  of  tnterio*'  note 
named  John  Hasclwood,  a  proud,  starch *d,  tonnal  and  lycophantixtng  clifterpipc, 
who  was  the  apothecary  to  Claytao  when  he  j>ta£ticcd  pbysick)  he  took  all  oc- 
caslona  imaginable  to  lay  oat  money,  spend  and  imbciile ;  and  this  forsooth  was 
done  upon  the  information  of  those  persons  that  '  wbatsoerer  the  warden  dtsbutct 
for  hii  own  use,  the  coll^ie  mnt  defray.* 

*Firrt  ihercfote,  be  and  his  family,  most  of  them  womenkind  (which  bcTore  were 
look'd  upon,  if  resident  in  the  college,  a  scandall  and  an  abomination  Iherrnuto) 
being  nil  sooner  setltd.  but  a  great  disJikc  was  takm  by  the  lady  Clayton  to  the 
waidcn'ft   standing  goods,  namely  cfaairc»,  itoolo,  tables,  cjumnef-fumitiirc,  the 


39^ 


WOOlfS  UFE  AND  T/JfES, 


rnmilare  belot^Rf;  to  the  kilchtn,  scnltery,  &c  all  which  vu  veil  liked  by  Pr. 
Goddard,  Btrnt,  Savile.  &c.    lliese,  I  say,  being  disliked  by  that  proud  womuiy  i 
becattie,  fonuoih,  the  uud  goods  wcfc  ont  of  faihion,  must  be  *U  cluuig'd 
aller'd  lo  the  grt»t  cxpcnix  of  the  callqji:. 

'Secondly,  ibe  warden's  garden  muBt  be  altei'd,  new  trees  planted,  aibourt  nuule^ 
routes '  of  cbnice  flowers  booj^l,  Stc.  All  which  tho  unnecessary,  yet  the 
Coll.  mnst  pay  for  tbcm,  and  all  thii  to  plciise  a  woman.  Not  content  with  the 
tnatters,  there  muKt  be  a  new  suimner-bouw  bnilt  at  the  soalh-cml  of  ibc  warden's 
garden,  whcieia  her  lidj-ttip  and  her  gossips  may  take  their  pleasnre,  and  any 
evca-droppcr  of  the  family  may  tlarkeo  what  any  of  the  fellows  shuuld  accidentally 
talk  of  In  the  passage  lo  iheir  ownc  garden.  And  tho  the  warden  (CUjIon)  told 
the  fiociely  that  it  would  not  cost  the  college  above  20/i.  yet  when  it  wa&  fmisli'd 
there  was  an  looH.  paid  for  it  by  the  bursar,  wanting  some  few  ihilUogs.  Thii 
work  was  thongbt  unueceKS&ry  by  many  pctvoni^  because  it  juyned  almost  to  tbo 
long  gallery,  the  larg  bay-window  whereof  at  ita  soath-cnd  affords  a  farr  better 
prospect  than  that  of  the  svmrocr-house. 

'Thirdly,  by  enlarging  the  expenoec  in  tbe  stable  mncb  more  than  any  of  bit 
prcdeocsson,  Fui  tbu  Sir  Natbaaiel  Hrcnt  did  kci-p  four  coach-horse*,  yet  he  Wat 
oftea  absent.  But  Si:  Thomas  tho  he  be  of^n  abacnt,  yet  two  of  bis  co«ch-bonet 
(besides  saddtc-nags)  were  alwaics  in  the  st.ihlc.  Farther  also,  wbereu  the  former 
wardens  wonld  take  but  ten  or  twelve  loud  of  hay  out  of  Hal)'well  meads  (which 
belong  to  the  Coll.  and  are  in  ihe  Imure  of  a  tenant)  yet  this  doughty  Vnigfat  did 
take  np  34  load  at  least.  And  tho  be  tued  it  not  half,  )-et  at  the  yeaie's  cod  be 
did,  like  a  oirr-mndgin,  sell  it  and  put  the  money  in  his  purse. 

•Fourthly,  by  burdning  hU  accomps  with  frivolous  ex|»nce8,  to  pleamre  hb 
proud  lady,  oa  \i)  for  a  key  to  the  lack  of  llic  ladies'  sent  in  St.  Marie's  church,  to 
which  she  would  commonly  resort ;  (a)  for  shoes  and  other  things  for  the  foot-boy* 

*iriftly,  by  burning  in  one  yeare  threescore  pounds  worth  of  (he  choicest  billet 
that  oonld  b«  bad,  not  oaly  in  all  bis  roonies,  but  in  the  kitohin  among  his  scrvaols ; 
vithoot  any  regard  had  lo  cote,  which  c&nally  (tu  save  charges)  i»  bumt  in  kitcbina, 
and  somtimes  alio  in  parlours. 

'Sixthly,  by  encroaching  upon  and  taking  away  the  rooms  helongbig  to  tha 
fellows.  Une  instincc  take  for  all.  Mr.  FUher  quitted  hU  lodgings  (.vis.  an  upper 
chamber  with  3  studies,  and  a  lower  chamber  with  a«  many,  ia  the  great  qaad- 
rangle),  in  July  anno  1665,  upon  notice  that  the  king  and  queen  would  shortly 
come  to  Oxan,  tlieie  to  take  up  thrif  winter-quarters  till  towards  the  spring. 
When  the  King  and  Queen  came  (which  wu  about  Michaelmas  following),  M'**. 
Frances  Stuait  one  of  the  maids  of  honour  ^afterwards  dacbcss  of  Ricbmood)  tot>Ic 
pOMCSsiou  of  those  lodgings,  and  there  continaed  till  Febr.  following ;  at  which 
time  the  queen,  who  lodged  in  the  warden's  lodgings,  went  to  Weslmiiuter.  and 
M"*.  Stuart  with  her,  and  then  Mr.  Fisher's  lodgings  laid  empty  for  some  time. 
At  length  the  warden  finding  that  the  lower  chambm  of  the  said  lodgings  were 
convenient  for  him,  because  they  jo)i]e<l  on  the  south  side  lo  his  parlour  and  tliete- 
fore  they  would  make  a  dainty  retinog  room  or  at  least  .in  inner  parlour,  he  did, 
by  egregious  flattery  with  some  of  tlie  fcllowcs,  iiarticularly  with  Mr.  Sterry,  by  in- 
viting him  and  them  often  to  his  lodgings,  get  their  consents  so  farr.aswhen  it  was 
proposclala  meetingof  the  society  to  have  the  snid  rooms  granted  for  his  use,  it  was 
done,  conditionally  that  the  Lower  chamber,  joyning  to  the  bay-tree,  in  the  fir^t 
qnndrangle,  which  did  lielnng  tn  the  warden,  mny  hccceforlh  be  allowed  lo  that 
fellow  which  rfiould  hereafter  come  Into  that  chamber  over  those  lower  toomt  that 

'  Wood  notes  in  the  margin : — '  rootcs  of  llowcn  which  cost  5  shil(lings)a  root.' 


APH/i—MAy,  leei. 


397 


were  allowM  for  the  warden^i  Die.  ThU  being  gmtited,  the  vardeo  broke  a  dore 
thro  Ibc  wall  that  parts  his  parlour  from  tbc  said  lower  romcs  and  mokes  them  fit 
Tot  use,  at  his  owne.  and  not  at  the  college,  charge ;  and  they  yet  rcmaiac  for  the 
wanlcn's  use :  whereby  the  best  lodgings  in  the  college,  which  usnnlly  bclongcil 
{to)  the  SGiiior  fellow,  were  se\-ered  and  spay  I'd ;  and  all  this  to  please  a  piond  ood 
silly  woman.  But  nftcrwards  when  Mr.  Stcrry  saw  that  he  was  mndc  a  shottig-homc 
to  scrrc  the  warden's  tonie,  fat  afterwards  he  disDs'd  his  company,  and  never 
Invited  him  to  his  loflgings  as  formerly  (only  at  Christmas,  when  the  whole  society 
Bsed  to  dine  thcre\  he  became  his  cnimy,  repented  of  what  be  bad  done  before  tbc 
society,  and  blamed  his  owne  wealtncss  much,  to  be  so  mndix  imposed  npoo,  as  he 
bod  been,  by  the  most  false  and  pcHidious  warden. 

■Sevcntlily,  by  his  going  lo  law  with  the  dtic  of  Oxon  concerning  ccrtaine 
liberties  ia  IlaljrweU  neare  the  said  dtie  (the  maimoni  O'f  which  belongctb  to 
Mertun  coll.)  anno  1666.  For  the  doing  of  wiiich  Iho,  with  much  ndoe,  he  got 
the  consent  of  the  fellowcs,yet  going  inconiideratly  on,  and  cot  taking  the  cooskII 
of  old  Charles  Tlolloway.  seiicant  at  law,  the  college  was  cast  and  ranch  en- 
damaged. And  A.  W.  doth  well  remember,  that  the  citizens  insulted  so  moch, 
when  they  overcame  the  coll.  in  their  sale,  which  was  tried  in  Westminster  hall, 
that  In  their  retamc  from  London,  the  mayor,  or  chief  offioets  of  the  dty,  did  ride 
into  Oxon  Iritimphantly  thro  HalywcU,  to  lake,  as  it  were,  powcssion  of  the 
llbcilici  that  they  had  obtained  [herein.  And  one  . . .  Chilmead,  as  he  remeiubcn, 
who  had  liecn  one  of  the  bcl-men  of  the  city,  but  then  living  u  an  noder  tenoiil  in 
Ilalywell,  did  Id  their  passage  present  them  with  wine  and  ale,  while  the  parish 
bells  rang  for  joy,  occasion'd,  as  'ttvas  supposed,  by  the  said  Chilmead. 

"In  all  thete  unreasonable  proceedings,  Joseph  llarvey,  one  of  the  fellowes,  did 
constantly  nppose  the  warden,  and  had  there  been  more  Harveyx  (for  he  was  n 
man  of  a  high  and  undannted  spirit)  ihey  wonld  ha%-e  curb'd  his  proceedings  so 
much  that  they  wonM  have  made  him  weary  of  the  place :  bat  most  of  them  [the 
fellowes)  being  sneaking  and  obnoxious,  they  did  mo  rather  whh  the  tem[>er  of  the 
warden  thui  stand  against  htm,  tnecrly  to  keep  themselves  in  and  enjoy  their  com- 
fonable  importances. 

*And  now  by  (his  time  the  college  was  ran  exceedingly  into  debt,  and  how  lo  pay 
it  the  society  koew  not.  Ac  length,  npon  cooinltaUon,  the  society  addrcu'd 
Ihenuelvcs  to  their  patron,  Ihe  arclihisbup  of  Canterbury  ({(xtlbert)  Sheldonli 
anno  1671.  before  whom  they  made  it  plainly  to  appcaie  that,  by  the  wardenii 
ineanes,  the  coll.  was  mn  into  di-bt,  and  thai,  by  comparing  his  accompta 
with  the  aecompts  of  tbose  of  Sir  Nathaniel  itrcnl,  he  had  spent  a  thousand  poond 
more  than  the  »id  Sir  Nathaniel,  for  the  ycarcs  bcbii»]  since  be  bad  been  warden, 
8tc.  The  warden  SirTbonnafi  istbcrcfore  chid  and  reprehended  by  the  archbishop ; 
whicb  was  all  the  remedy  that  thry  could  get,  and  as  order  was  then  made  that  the 
college  sbonld  pay  the  debt,  and  not  tbc  warden  ;  which  was  then  look'd  npon  as 
a  motit  tmreasonablc  thing.     But  there  was  falsncas  in  the  matter ;  for  be '  that  had 


'  in  the  margin  \Voo<I  has  written 
'  E.D.,'  the  initials  of  Ivimnnd  Hjckcn- 
•on.  The  biographer  of  Dickenson  in  the 
'  Biographia  Uiitannica '  (1747)  asserted 
that  these  stiii-turcs  here  arose  from  an 
animas  which  WomI  had  against 
Dickenson  becanw  he  regarded  Dickcn- 
aon  as  the  author  of  the  increased  fmc 
which  Mcrton  College  imposed  od  the 


Wood  family  on  the  renewal  of  Ibcir 
Icnte  13  Apr.  1664.  Thi*  statement  is 
absolatcly  devoid  of  foondatioo.  A 
glance  at  the  passage  in  cinestion  will 
shew  that  Wood  in  no  way  connect* 
T>ickensoii  with  the  increase  of  the  fine. 
Wood  bad  bitter  feelings  against  Dicken- 
son bccnase  of  his  unskilful  treatment 
of  Wood's  mother ;  see  in  Feb.  1669. 


398 


WQOIfS  UFE  ASD  TIMES. 


tor  7  jpcamipabBi 


hka.ik 


i<lU,l7kKi 


ihe  nfoeD  Hid  hit  pfoOBnlkigi  and 


ttemf\ 


ftMlTfrin.  gub  hte  far  a  bme,  ooll^n'd  loptW, 


■id  vodcM  tlMsr  odi  to  nack,  ihai  they  Coud  omm  that  tbr  coU^e  aho^  ptf 
the  debt;  wfakhbd^donchcificlkedlani. 

"la  1A67  *cm  tipBCWi  then  aboold  be  an  decbon  of  fellowo,  bat,  vptn  (■»• 
KBM  that  the  collcce  w«  b  debt,  there  v»  ao  ckctioa  made  tfll  1671.  So  tiae 
pibfick  ■dfei'd,  aad  all  pcopls  thm  taid  that  Hoioq  coU.  ouuJe  Uu  an  faMon- 
lidenble  %ate  b  the  Biii>a»ltfc  *,  &c 

*N<it««haCudbe  all  ihCK  thbcc,  ycc  the  wuden,  bjr  the  notion  of  hit  Isly, 
^  pat  the  ooUegc  to  bmucc— y  cka^n,  and  Tcry  fitroloaa  expcoce^  anoi( 
wUeb  wen  a  veiy  lais  lootioe-elaai,  for  ber  to  ace  her  aglf  &oe,  and  bodj  to 
Ihe  aniddle,  aod  periu4)a  lo«cr,  vhicfa  wm  bos^c  to  IliUarr  tcnue  1674',  a^ 
ooit,  ••  ihc  bonar  told  me.  about  loli.  A  bcdstnd  and  bedding  worth  ^o/a.  mast 
abo  be  boaghl,  becaaac  the  (onscr  bedstcdc  and  bedding  mi  too  abon  for  him 
(he  bebg  a  tail  man) ;  to  periiapc  wbtn  a  fthoit  waideo  corner  a  iltact  bed  matt 
be  boocfat.  As  bia  bed  wis  too  ihost,  w  the  iricket  of  the  camtnooi  gate  entring 
into  Ihe  cotL  waa  too  low,  therefore  that  waa  made  higher  m  1676  in  the  month  uf 
Ai^jsiL  The  said  boiiar  G^eorge)  Roberu  hath  acroal  times  told  toe,  that  ctthet 
be  (the  waidco)  or  bis  lady  do  mvcat,  and  sit  thinking  bow  to  pet  the  coU^e  to 
ehar^ge,  to  pbaaft  thcouclTcs,  and  no  end  there  ia  to  thcb  luilimiled  desiie.  He 
told  lae  abOk  that  there  vras  no  terrier  taken  of  the  goodi  be  had,  which  wus 
boo^itat  the  coUegc  char^g;  and  therefore  they  did  cany  many  of  tbeni,et[]ecially 
the  looldaf  glass,  to  their  country  seat  called  Tht  Voii  in  Cbalfoot  pariah  ocare 
Wycomb  in  BdcJci,  which  Sir  Thomas  Clayton  had  bought  of  Ihe  duke  of  York, 
who  had  received  the  said  mannour  from  the  king,  fallen  unto  him  by  the  attafaidei 
of  Gcorg  Fleetwood,  eaq.,  00c  that  sate  in  jodgmcnl  on  K.  Ch.  L 

[Apr.'  I,  M.,  LaureiKC  Hyde,  son  of  Edward  carl  of  Clarendon, 
and  Sir  tiennage  Finch,  kt.  and  bt,  sollicitor  g;eneral,  were  elected 
btirgesscs  for  the  Universitie;  vho  did  nothing  for  us.  The  firet 
could  nol,  being  accounted  then  nobody  in  the  house;  the  other 
minded  his  owne  business.  (They  did)  not  stirr  to  take  off  chitnnc7 
money. — Thomas  Tripleit*,  M.A.  of  Ch.  Ch.,  now  prebendary  of 
Westminster  and  so  sickly  that  he  could  not  come  to  the  Universitie. 
tad  leave  to  be  diploraated  D.D.,  and  accordingly  the  next  day  his 
dipkima  was  scaled  and  given.] 

tApr.  1,  M.,  in  the  afternoon  (Lawrence)  Hyde  and  (Hcneage) 
Finch  chose  burgesses  for  the  Uniwraly.  Hyde,  a  coxcomb,  (elected) 
to  please  the  father,  could  do  us  no  service  then ;  but  aftcru*ards  grew 
wife. 


)  the  domestic  history  of  Menon 
College  during  Sir  Thomas  Clayton's 
wardcnshlp  acema  to  be  merely  a  long 
•cries  of  bitter  qaarrels  between  the  bead 
and  the  fcUowa,  with  IieqDOit  appeals 
to  the  Visitor.  A  lai^e  ntuaber  of 
papers  connei:ln]  nitli  these  cjaarrels 
came  ijito  the  pussrssiun  of  Dr.  Kichard 


Kawlinaon,  and  are  now  io  the  Bodleian 
(MS.  RawI.  B  3393. 

'  Lt  167I. 

»  notes  io  MS.  Botil.  594.  P-  38. 

*  rccommtnilCTi  to  be  crcaXal  DJD. 
in  letters  from  the  chancellor  dated  aS 
Nov.,  md  in  CoiiTocalioa  1  Dec  1660^ 


APRIL— MAY,  leei. 


399 


tApr.  3,  W^  Thomas  Cawion '  of  Mcrl.  Coll.  admitted  B.A. 

(Beginiimg  on  Th.,  4  Apr.  1661,  Wood  composed  his  'Survey 
of  the  Aniiquilics  of  Uic  Cily  of  Oxford ';  see  the  dates  in  Clarks 
Wood's  Cky  of  Oxford,  i.  p.  i6.> 

16  Apr.,  Tuesday,  burgesses  for  the  city  chose.  ^ James)  Huxley, 
{Hcniy  Cary)  lord  Faulkland,  B<rotne)  Whorwood,  and  .  .  . 
stood*. 

[The '  oyle  or  ointment  wherewith  King  CliaHcs  II  was  anointed 
at  the  coronation  was  sent  for  from  Tnincc  where  "twaa  by  a  Popish 
bishop  consecraled.^So  R(alph)  S(heldon).J 

Apr.  23,  T.,  the  coronation  kept  here  at  Oxon  with  solemni'.y. 
The  conduit  run  a  hogshed  of  claret  nere  upon ;  Penniless  BcnLh 
railed  inn,  where  was  wine  for  the  citizens ;  Iciutenani  GrIfCn  with 
his  men  gave  volleys  of  shot,  besides  a  company  of  apprentices  led 
by  Harding  the  cook's  man.  The  citizens  gave  over  the  raile  wine 
and  cakes  to  their  freinds  and  betters,  with  great  conceit  and  undcr- 
valew  to  those  that  received  them.  The  Sessions  was  that  day  and 
a  learned  charg  given  by  [my  *  friendly  acquaintance  Sir  William 
Morton,  justice  of  Oxfordshire]  in  defence  of  monarchy,  and  right 
of  kings,  etc. 

+Apr.  23,  T.,  coronation  day  kept  by  the  citizens,  by  the  Colleges, 
etc.  Sampson  While  (mayor  of  Oxford)  butler  at  die  Coronation; 
other  citizens  attended ;  he  (was)  knighted. 

Se%'erall  Convocations  in  this  month  for  letters  to  be  read  for  de- 
grees in  Divinity,  Law,  Physic,  Arts. 

Apr.  27,  S.,  a  larg  hearing  bel^vccn  the  University  and  City. 

Apr.  21),  M.,  a  dormouse,  not  set  out  himsclfe,  lay  nesting,  etc. — 
against  me  and  in  praise  of  Mr  Par.  etc.    O  multerum "  insania  I 

TAwf. — t,  W,,  jpcnt  at  the  Crowac  Tavcin  with  DxTiicI  Porter,  6rf:  the  same, 
spent  for  oranges,  6rf.— 4,  S.,  to  Joicph  Goodwin  for  3  MSS.  *,  6j  ;  to  Dvns,  for 


'  Wood  «J4  (6)  is  '  A  feiihfal  and 
diligent  Mmint  of  the  Lord  :  ftineral 
dlsconiM  on  the  death  of  Mr.  Thomas 
Cawtoa*  by  Hetuy  itunil,  Load. 
16J7. 

"  Richard  Croke(rccOTtleT  of  Oxford) 
and  Bromc  Whorwood  wcie  elected  : 
•ee  Wood  487  (4)  'A  lUl  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  hriiameni  tbat  met  8  Miy 
1661.* 

*  the  poaftage  in  K)uare  bracket*  wu 
added  at  a  later  dale. 


*  Ifac  words  in  fqqore  bnckets  ire 
a  later  addition  for  the  mere  "Sir 
WUlJnm  Morton  "  of  the  orieioal  note. 

*  ibc  reference  ii  posaiblx  to  a  ocolil- 
Ing  of  Wood  by  his  mother,  on  the 
groond  of  hit  neglecting  ptoli  table 
stndiea;  cp.  supra  nndet  date  1653, 
p.  385. 

'  one  of  ihem  was  "Wood  MS.  C. 
la":  see  Clotks  Wood's  Qty  of  Ox- 
ford, L  618. 


400 


WOOTfS  UFE  AND  TIMES, 


a  book  of  halUdi,  ij. — 6,  M.,  puid  la  John  Watson  far  setting  up  a  loaf  shelf  ta 
write  Dpon,  4/  6</.— 7,  T.,  at  Cll«>et,  fid;  spent  with  Mr.  (Natluuuel)  Grenwood 
at  Earlcs,  u  \od\  for  'the  Catalog'  of  Parlment  men,'  id, — 10,  F^  apeot  it 
Earlcs  with  Mr.  (Jo^"))  Kobinsoo  aiid  Mr.  (Halthew)  llattco,  ir. — 14,  T.  at 
EUeus,  6idl— 17,  F.,  to  Fc-rcst  for  4  qaicr  of  paper,  U  uf.— 13,  S.,  ta  Mr.  Alport 
for  phiitclc  drink,  91/;  the  laine,  to  Mr.  Davit  for  a  S&xoo  dictiooary*  inade  by 
Mr.  William  Somoer,  lu.  — 3J,  W.,  spent  ai  Earls  with  Mr.  O^'ui)  RobtoMo,  if^ 
—99,  W.,  at  the  Crown  TaTern  with  Mr.  James  Workman,  id. — 30.  Th.,  fiw  bit 
Majatie'fi  qiecdt'  and  anothei  i^pcr,  &/;  the  same,  spent  with  Mr.  ^ohn)  Robin- 
son at  mother  Jcanscs,  6dl 

Hay.— t  May  3 «,  F.,  Sir  Thomas  (Clayton)  admitted  Waiden  <Qf 
Men.  ColL). 

May  8,  W.,  —  Evans,  Artiuro  Baccbalaurcus  Coll.  Rcgin.  et  com. 
Wills,  obiit  ct  sepelitur  in  ccdcsia  S.  Petri  (Oricntalis).  No  CbristlAa 
name  in  the  register. 

[\V.^  8  May,  1661,  monumcQial  inscriptions'  in  Eaton  College 
church  or  chappell.] 

+The  parliament*  that  met,  W..  8  May  i66t  declared  that  the  oath 
comnionly  called  '  The  solcmnc  league  and  covenant '  is  on  unJawTtil 
oath  and  imposed  opon  the  subject  against  the  fundamental]  lawea 
and  constitutions  of  the  nation. 

+20  May.  M.,  1661,  ordered  by  the  Lords  and  Commons  in  parlia- 
tncnl  tlial  'The  sotemne  league  and  cov*enant'  be  burnt,  a  a  May, 
W.,  1 66 1,  burnt  by  the  hanils  of  the  common  hangman  in  the 
new  public  yard  at  Westminster,  in  Cheapside,  and  before  the  Old 
Exchange.  Ordered  then  to  be  taken  downc  out  of  all  chtirchcs  and 
chapels  and  other  public  places  in  England  and  Wales  and  the  townc 
of  Bar»'ick-upon-Twf  de. 

May  25,  S.,  and  26,  Su.,  it  rained  wheat  in  Warwicshire,  viz.  at 
Wolverhampton,  Warwic,  etc.    Soo  Mr.  (Henry)  Stubbe. 


'  one  of  the  broadiheeU  ootioed  infra 
in  note  6, 

'  William  Somncr's  '  Dicttoniuinm 
Saxonicn- Latino- Anglicnm'Oxon.  il^jQ, 
fol. ;  Mut  now  in  the  Wooil  collection. 

"  protsably  Wood  657  (40)  '  His  Ma- 
jcsUc'ii  gradona  speech  to  the  Lords 
and  Commons  8  May  i6di,*  Lood. 
1 661.  Other  'gracious  speeches'  of 
Charles  II  ol*  various  dates  in  iti6o  ami 
1661  are  fvand  in  Wood  608  and  Wood 
£57.  Wood  407,  fol.  38  b  is  a  ballad, 
entitled  'England's  Joyful  Holiday  or 
St.  George's  day  . .  ■  being  the  . . . 
Coronation  of  Kliig  Charles  the  second,' 


and  beginning  *  Come,  brare  England^ 
be  of  good  chenre.' 

•  see  mpra  p.  395.  _ 
■  these  arc  found  in  Wood  MS.  B  la 

CO.  C.  85831,  copied  probably  from 
aomc  one's  notes,  and  not  perumally  by 
Wood. 

•  Wood  176  .^,  no.  89  ia  'A  tkt  oT 
the  Parliament ...  to  sit  8  May  1661*; 
ibid.  nu.  90  is  'A  perfect  liit  of  the 
P.irliamcnl  to  sit  8  May  1661,'  in  which 
Wood  notes  'This  coppy  is  false:  1 
hare  a  trner  among  my  pamphlets  for 
i66i,"  referring  to  Wood  487  (4). 


MAY— JUNE,  leei. 


401 


This  ycare  the  meascIU  a<rc?)  very  breif. 

Three  floucis  ihis  yeare :  one  a  little  aficr  Christma.''.  another  in 
March  towards  the  lalter  end  and  in  April,  and  another  in  May 
which  continued  till  the  middle  of  June.  Grass  and  bay  spoyled^  and 
a  dcare  yeare. 

June. — t,  S.,  to  Mr.  BUgniTe,  for  the  boolc  *  called  '  The  Uncu  of  the  Law,* 
3J  W. — 4,  T.,  (pent  at  the  Crowa  Tavcm  with  John  Barict,  f«>/;  spent  at  sevcmll 
times,  6<^. — 11,  T.,  spent  at  severall  times  for  11  boat  to  goc  in  the  mter,  h4. — 
13,  W.,  for  pnuins  to  stew,  41/;  A  Ellcscs,  61/;  given  for  a  boat  to  goc  in  the 
water,  ^\d. — 16,  So.,  for  s.  Loat  to  goc  in  the  water,  ^\d. — 19,  W.,  to  MrL  linm- 
hnm  for  flammcrj',  ir. — ao,  Tb.,  for  a  pound  of  cnndells,  i,\d. — si.F.,  spent  at 
the  Mecnnaid  TaTcm  with  Mr.  Vcnioa '  of  Ball.  Coll.,  dd ;  the  same,  for  halfc 
B  poimJ  of  !iugar,  ■></■— 3j,  .Sd.,  stactl  pruuis,  \d. —  3IS,  W.,  spent  nt  the  Mcmnniil 
Tavemcwith  Mr.  Fnutcis  Napier,  -jd. — 37,  Th.,  to  Mt*.  numham  for  flummery, 
6rf. — 38,  F,,  to  my  barber  for  his  qiiarlcridg,  ji ;  the  tame,  to  Mr.  Robiosoa 
for  3  pr(a}ycis  books,  y\i^  of  Fast '  and  Thonks^viog  \  with  other  pamphkUi^ 
If  Sd*. 

jTuifl. — [Ferrar'  Rnpeley  or  RuHgley,  commoner  of  Lync.  Coll., 
was  drowned  in  St.  John's  poole,  T.,  4  June  1661;  buried  in  All- 
haltowes  church  in  the  Gjllege  cbanccU  there ;  son  ofFerrar  Rugelcy 
and  Mat}'  his  wife  of  13urton  on  Trent  in  com.  Staff. ;  btuicd  without 
cscocbeons.] 

June  4,  T.,  Fcrrar  Rudglcy,  a  commoner  of  Lync  CoD.  was 
drowned  at  St.  Johns  poole  and  next  momning  l»ing  taken  up 
was  set  upon  in  Lync.  Coll.  hall  by  the  coroner  of  the  University, 
Mr.  ^William)  Hopkins,  a  law(y)er.  Buried  in  All  Saints  Church'. 
This  Terror  Rudglcy  was  a  Derby&birc  man.  Ills  freinds  lived  at 
B  urlon-on-Tr  ent. 

June  8,  S.,  old  Mr,  ...  Chamberiainc '  died  at  Kettle  Ha^.  His 
body  was  carried  to  ....  in  Warwickshire  and  there  buried  by 


'  hy  '  breif '  of  diseases  Wood  means 
'  eniiing  fatally  to  a  short  time  fiom  the 
first  atuck.' 

'  'Expokilion  of  the  termes  of  the 
law,'  Lond.  1659:  Wood  677  (j\ 

*  John  VcTDOO,  M.A.  ItaO.,  11  May 
1658. 

*  '  A  form  of  Comtnon  Prayer  to  be 
u°«d  apun  JO  Jan.*  [a  fast  ilay,  execa- 
tioQ  of  Charles  I],  Land.  tMi  ;  Wood 

B37C'3). 

*  'Aformofpnyerwlth  thanksgiving 

to  be  used  ou  39  May  yearly '  [Kin]; 
Charles  II's  birthday  and  rcstoratiooj, 


Lond.  1661  :  Wood  B  37  (U% 

•  note  in  Wood  MS.  F  4,  p-  lOO. 

*  Ferrer  Ruccly;  malric.  35  Fe?i. 
]6A{  '{ilius  natu  maximns  Fcrreni 
Itngely  dc  Burton- on-Trcnt  com.  Staff., 
gencrod,  act.  iS.'  See  Wood  MS.  F 
39  A  fol.  338  a. 

'  a  note  on  a  slip  at  p.  76  in  Wood 
MS.  K  4  says :  *  Ridurd  ChambcriaiDe 
died  1661 ;  sec  Notes  from  Prerogative 
Office  p.  345  '  <i.c.  Wood  MS.  il  13): 
but  I  do  not  know  vhetlttt  it  refers  to 
this  man. 


Dd 


WOOEfS  UFE  AND  TIMES. 

his  wife  who  died  last  February  or  tbcrabouts.  Mr.  Chambcrlaine 
died  anno  aetaiis  no'. 

June  9,  Su.,  I'rince  Mauritius  de  Nassaw  ^»-as  nt  Oxon  lo  see  the 
library  and  Colleges.  He  came  on  a  sudde>'(n)e  and  no  pro\isioo 
made  for  him.    He  larricd  till  ihe  1 1,  T,    He  layd  at  ihe  Miier. 

[1661,  Johannes'  Maurilius,  Nassoviae  princeps,  commiag  incog- 
nito to  see  the  library  gave  '  per  tadtam  benignitatem '  Gasp&rus 
Barlaeus"  his  Historic  'de  rebus  in  Brasilia  gestis,'  which  place  is 
under  the  government  of  the  said  prince.     Braseel  is  in  the  Indies.] 

[June*  9,  So.,  i66t.  Prince  Maurice  of  Nassaw  came  to  see  the 
University  of  Oxon,  but  he  came  with  noe  great  retinew,  neither 
(was)  received  with  any  solemnity  by  the  University.  He  lay  at 
the  Miter:  and  the  next  day  (M.,  June  10)  saw  the  library,  to  which 
he  gave  a  book  intituled  .  .  .,  as  'tis  entered  in  the  register'.  Dr. 
(Thomas)  Lockcy.  as  I  remember,  attended  him  in  the  Library 
and  Gallery.  He  tarried  till  the  eleventh  day,  T.,  and  soe  went  away 
againe.] 

Dr.  William  Crede  his  patent  for  regius  professor  (of  Divinity) 
hcareth  date  12  June,  W,,  1661. 

tjunc  17,  M..  Dr.  (Giles)  Sweit  (became)  principal  of  Alban 
hall;  alwaics  absent,  the  hall  ran  to  niine;  much  absent  and  kept 
a  deputy  (Dr.  (Thomas)  Bouchier,  quaere). 

iB  June,  T.,  lent  Mr.  (George)  Lort'  one  of  the  Rump  ballads'. 

+June  a6,  W.,  Dr.  (Giles)  Sweit,  rcg.  prof.  Legum,  made  his 
inauguration  speech :  the  day  when  he  became  professor  I  know 
not. 

18  June,  F.,  1661,  lent  Mr.  (John)  Bcby  one  of  my  brother's 
sermons. 


'  iioUsul>slitiitcilfoit  16  which  hid 
been  subsiitatc«l  (or  106. 

*  atjdeti  on  aa  iiuened  tlip  tX  a  later 
date.  The  &ltp  U  a  frftgmcDt  of  oa 
envelope  addressed  : — "  These  .  .  .  r 
AnthfKiy  Wood  . . .  r  of  MeitoD  Coll. 
in  Oxon." 

'  ritber  tlie  fol.  editJoD  Amtlel.  1647 
(Bodl.  M.  6.  30  Art)  or  the  Svo  edition 
Clivis  1660  (Bodl.  8'.  B.  i.  Art.  US.) 

'  note  in  Wood  MS.  I)  19  (3),  fol. 
4b. 

*  Le.  of  Beoe&ictors  to  the  libraiy, 
Wood  aoHng  In  the  maigin  '  vide  CaU- 
togoe  of  BeneiaGton.'      The  cutty  m 


that  book  b :— '  Hluitr*  T)*  Jo.  Mauri- 
ti'as.  Nacsoviac  {iriiicep»,  Bibl"  bAoc 
pcrltutrans,  lacita  baiisnitate  nobis  re- 
liqnit  (.hoc  est  non  donando  gratisstme 
detiit  ut  inTcnire  potiui  quom  recipere 
^idcrcmnr^  GasporL  Boilaei  hisf"  de 
rebiti  in  Bra^Ua  gathi  sub  ejmdem 
princii'i*  prMiecloia,  anoo  i6rti.' 

*  GcoT^  L.ort,  chaplain  of  Mert. 
Coll. 

'  SerenU  Rump  ballads  (braadibeets] 
are  found  in  Wood  276  A,  towards  the 
end  of  the  volume ;  bat  the  chhrr  set  of 
Rump  ballads  belnnj;!!);;  to  Wood  IS 
tomvi  ill  Wood  4t6  uo>.  19  ui*!- 


JUNE,  leei. 


403 


[In  Tslip'  King  Kdward  Conressor  w-as  borne  in  a  place  now  a 
6eld  called  the  Court  Close.  He  was  christned  in  a  chappell  now 
an  old  barne  on  the  north  side  of  the  charch.  the  font  whcrof  was 
lately  taken  away,  bouglit  by  Sir  Thomas  Brown  of  Kiddington  a 
Papist,  where  it  is  to  be  seen.  {Haec)  ex  relatione  aeditui  Islipensis, 
F.,  Junii  28,  1661.] 

•June  29,  S.,  A.  \V.  was  at  Sandford  neare  Oxon,  in  the  house 
of  John  Powell,  gent.,  which  was  a  house  and  precepiory  somtimes 
belonging  to  the  Knights  Templars.  He  took  a  note  of  some  armcs 
in  a  bay-window  in  a  low  room  there. — Thence  he  went  to  Lillle- 
more,  and  neare  it  be  found  an  anlient  house  called  if/mcArrtV,  or 
Minckianrea,  that  is  'the  place  of  nunns.'  founded  there  of  old  time. 
But  nothing  of  the  chappel  or  church  is  there  standing. 

[Memorandum'  that  Mr.  Francis  Napier  of  Halywdl  and  myself 
walked  ov<:r  to  Sandford,  29  June  1661,  two  miles  di!^tant  from 
Oxford,  where  we  saw  the  ruins  of  an  old  prior)-  and  a  chappell  there 
adjoyning,  by  whome  founded  I  know  not  as  yet.  But  of  somthing 
given  iherto  wee  find  tliat  Edward  I  granted  to  them  (the  Templers) 
and  their  successors  for  ever  free  warren  in  all  ibeir  lands  in  Saundford 
and  F.ndeburne  com.  Berks  (vide  Monast.  Angl.).  This  house  at  the 
dessohition  came  to  the  Powells  who  enjoy  It  to  this  day.  In  the 
hall,  in  a  canton  window  there,  are  these  amies  belonging  to  that 
fiimily,  \-\z.  'argent,  a  chevron  gules  between  3  cootes  (or  ducks) 
sable  within  a  bordure  blue,  besantcd';  '  blue,  3  stirrojjs  with  leather 
or';  'argent  on  a  fess  sable  3  mullets  of  the  (trst  between  3  annulets 
of  the  second,'  by  die  name  of  Fogge.  There  is  in  the  same  window 
also  a  crest  of  a  coate  of  armes,  which  is  '  a  hand  brandishing  a 
sword ' — Powell's  creast. 

From  hence  wee  went  to  the  church  of  Sandford  where  are  torabes 
of  the  Powells,  but  noe  inscriptions.  Over  the  doore  of  the  porch 
leading  into  the  church  is  this  writ  * : — 


'  thti  rote  U  on  1  loose  slip  tnaerteH 
At  lUip  io  Wood  MS.  E  i.  Attached 
to  it  ia  uiolbcT  ilip  with  the  note  alio 
referring  to  Islip  Church ; — '  On  %  AtaX 
bord  painted  blew  is  thi^  intcn]>tion  In 
Rold  letter*— Roberttts  Sonlh.  S.  T.  P., 
in  ecclcslam  banc  porochialem  indacliu 
anno  Damini  1678,  propriii  lamplibni 
hajtc  ouiceltaHam  a  inadaioeotll  b- 
Miuravlt  exlnaxilque  anno  Domini 
i68o\ 


»  notes  hj  Wood  in  Wood  MS. 
B15. 

'  'made  by  CharU  ForbTeh,  minis- 
ter of  this  place  anni»  1648,  49,  etc 
This  Charles  Forbych,  or  rnlhcr  For- 
beoeh.  was  psrtoa  or  Hcny  in  Kskx  : 
from  which  be  was  ejected  by  the  par- 
liament, and  stands  the  third  pcnoa  in 
<John  White'*)  "The  1  Century  of 
Malignant  priests ".' — note  iu  Wood 
Nf.S.  K  i.fol,  189. 

d  J 


*■  <i> 


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.3rf:«»l 


*  b  mmd  MS.  D  M  dV  r^^3— 
•^bi  mm  mk  tt^  mk  «f  ^mA 

>  Aid.  aMi  9-'if  iMdh  ^cfawfc 

•  aU.  w'  Wta  of  Iks  ^Mi7  ■ 

kr'  Sk  iW  4«4v  te  BcmA 
'  lUMory  oT ClMMft«7/  P"  >*<• 

HMrljr  ««n  woeM,  Md  It*  valki  aad 
dc«««  mwMH  Aidid  «ifk  pliiMi* 

Mvowv>  MflDjr  nM|MBai  owe  mm 
ttaw  Of  wMoa  MOW  yvt  iwalftc.  Jodb 
Towell  oT  HiadCord  otf,  and  crtholidt. 
badi  iha  Mile  of  Ikia  awocry,  m  tJcs- 
ctadad  (0  blm  frcn  liw  graM  gnad- 
blfctf.  M  1  ■vppo*^  wlw  pwduued  it 
Qnoff  «b«th«r  Im  kMh  doI  Botae  oi 
{tbt)  wrtalnfp  whkb  fenaarijr  bdooficd 
ta  )L*  lUd.  p.  >8 :— *  Tba  hooK  or 
Biuuwiy  at  or  by  Linlonon  la  com. 
Oman,  of  tlw  oriUr  of  lienallct,  tlnU- 
WUA  to  lh«  VIrjfbi  Mary  im)  .Sl 
Nkholflt.  M«B(I,  lti«  wife  of  Xing 
llviiry  I  wa*  wnliiuo  a  Bun  of  the 


^9l 


bnaf 


D«>t«).Iif^  >»m.    TbfT««aB 

^  -"-  -— •    111 ri  '  iiiT 

Tteacr*  nm'i-rrtBiTM  rfr^m 
ft  KoOs  ia  Ike  irilTilM.'  pp.  a**  h^ 
or  eae  or  ^itm  {mt  Om  "•*-'- 
p.  »^j  WoodMyv:— 'lUvvackMler 
byaref  «ae  Ropr  da  Tbaoi  niaiB 
ia  a  laiic  kfiUB  ctecEMaskafayfe* 
gitcs  M)  aoa  of  had  to  Atm  wmm. 
It  Boetahifft  bat  tbiKc  bea  asd  (aeaa 
to  be  wfittCD  befcn  Mead's  tintt  tkc 
wife  of  Kinc  SKpfaa:  Hj,  Mr.  Jaba 
Tbeycr  of  GkwjtfriiMia  bath  ttU  va 
■poD  peniull  of  it  thax  ^wast  wtinm 
macfa  about  ibc  CoaqocM.*  A  tm  «i 
come  prkiTeMea  of  Uitlenuire  it  Somad 
la  Wood  MS.  D  1 1  (I)  p.  33. 

'  Wood  647  (10)  ■  A  short  history  nl 
the  Anabaptist!  in  High  aai  Low  Gcr- 
ouay/  Loud.  1642,  410. 


yuNE—yi/LY,ieei. 


405 


for  the  exchMg  of  a  book,  <Srf.— 5,  F,  for  (he  book  c«tlcd  '  The'  chsncter  of 
a  rigid  Pmfsbiterian,'  11 ;  the  same,  lo  Mr.  l<obin»oo  for  my  qoarteridg,  j».— 
7,  Su.,  spent  apon  my  txweti  Jolin  Cave's  rctincw  in  Mcrton  College  orchard, 
4s  2i/.~S,  M.,  for  •evcraU  books,  loi  ^rf;  the  same,  spent  on  my  coucn  Sosaa 
Ho3t  and  Anne  Stamp  in  Mcrton  College  orctinral,  if  &/;  hnlTa  pint  of  tack,  6d. 
—^,  T.,  spent  on  Mn.  Gi^ory,  Mr*.  Mary  Gregory,  Mr.  (Edmund)  Gregory, 
etc,  in  Mirtuti  College  orchard,  3i,— 10,  W.,  cherry*  and  whay,  6d. — II,  Th., 
cherrycs,  6^. — n,  F.,  j^vcn  to  Kc  the  dancing  on  the  rope,  6di  spent  at  Ihc 
Mcertnaicl  T«Tcm  with  Mr.  ^Robert)  Crijip*',  ts. — 13,  S.,  at  Harper's  with 
Mr.  (Ridiatd)  Lower,  Srf;  the  same,  at  Earlscs  in  cider,  grf;  the  same,  a  pairc 
uf  gloves,  li. — 15,  M.,  »pent  at  Ibe  Meennaid  Tavern  with  my  brother  Rol*n  and 
Mr.  Vernon  *  of  Bramose.  8rf. — 16,  T.,  at  Ellesei,  C-rf.  — 19,  F.,  spent  at  Woodscs 
U<rem  with  Mr.  (Richard)  ftaflin,  6d ;  the  same,  spent  an  Mr.  (John)  VVUton 
at  White  Hou,  8d.~20,  S..  the  life  of  Dr.  (ilcnry)  Hammond,  is  yi. — at,  Sn., 
at  agouippiag*  at  my  brothci  Christopher's,  u. — >6,  F.,  to  DlograTe  for  (Henry) 
feachom's*  'Complcat  Ccutlcman,'  v  (W.  b  sheets  (the  first  edition  came  out  ia 
1617) ;  the  aaioc  spent  at  the  McrcmaiJ  Tavcm  with  Mr.  (Richard)  SaJ^n  &  Mr. 
(Robert)  Spcai,  u. — 35.  M,  paid  Mr.  Vottcr  my  score  asj  4^;  spent  at  the 
Uraiu  with  Mr.  (Zephaniah)  CrcsMl,  td. — 30,  T.,  pound  of  candles  sjtf". 

July. — July,  a  day,  T.,  Mr,  Thomas  Gurney,  fellow  of  Drasnose 
Coll.,  dt:[>arLcii  UiU  life  and  was  buried  ai  the  upper  end  of  St.  Marie's 
chancell  *. 

July  3,  W.,  a  play  acted  at  the  King's  Annes  in  Halywell,  called 
"  Tu '  quoque,"  \s. 

July  4,  Th.,  a  play  in  the  morning  at  the  same  place,  called  *' All* 
is  lost  by  lust,"  ij. 

In  the  afiemoone  the  same  day  a  tragedy'  called  "The  Yong 

Admiral!,''  ^^■ 

July  5,  F.,  in  the  morning  a  comedy,  called  "  A  mad  world,  my 
masters,"  6(/. 

In  the  afiemoone,  a  comedy  called  *'  The  ^^ilkmaides,"  6</, 

July  6,  S.,  "  City  Wilt,"  and  "  Tu  quoque  "  againe. 

July  8,  M,,  "Yong  Admirail,"  and  "The  Rape  of  Lucrece"  a 
tragedy. 


>  Wood  D  a6  (10)  :  Wood  has  this 
note  in  It : — '  March.  NeetUiam  pub- 
lished this  merely  to  curry  favour  at 
the  king's  rcslaoralioo  when  hft  had  loA 
his  credit  so  much  that  he  was  many 
times  la  dan^  of  bin  life.' 

'  Robert  Cripjn,  Fellow  of  Mcrton; 
Brodriclc's  Mcrton,  p.  291. 

*  George  Vernon,  M.A.  Bras.,  5  Joljr 
1660. 

*  ThomasWood,Cbri&topher'>Mcond 
child,  was  bom  5  Se|it.  1 660. 

'  tlK  tliini  imptcuioo  Load.  1661, 


4»;  Wood  605.  The  Bodleian  has  an 
edition  of  date  1631. 

'  See  Wood  MS.  F  99  A,  fot.  ju  a. 

'  A  comedy,  by  John  Cooke :  see 
Pepys'  Diary  onder  date  1 2  Sept.  1 667. 
John  Cooke's  'Green's  Tu  Quoqoe  or 
the  dltie  gallant '  had  bcco  printed  at 
Loi>doD  in  1614. 

*  a  tragedy,  by  William  Rowley: 
aee  Tepys'  diary  under  date  13  Mar. 
■661. 

*  Ijy  James  Shirley. 


WOOIfS  UFE  AXD  TIMES. 


Juty  9,  T^  "  AITs  loot  bgr  hst"  in  die  mocnxog;  m  the  aTicmoone 
•*  Tbe  Makmuds."  6<t 

July  lo,  W^  in  the  noniing.  "The  Oty  Wkl,*  6/ ;  in  the  aftcr- 
BOOQ^  **  The  poore  man's  coofoR  *  t.  tragi-comcdv,  6^. 

Juljr  1 1>  TIl,  in  the  nunuog  '*  To  qooque ' ;  in  the  aftemoone 
**  Tbe  Spanish  Lady,  or  The  vcfj  Woman." 

Jdj  23,5, in ifaemftenoooe "the  Rump' and "YongAdmirall,"  ix. 

These  phjres  vherin  vcxnen  acted  (among  which  was  Roxilana  *, 
married  to  tbe  carl  of  Oxoo)  made  the  scholars  mad,  run  after  ihem, 
take  in  c^o)ar«s — among  which  H}rde  *  of  Allsools,  A^.,  afterwards 
hailed;  Boswdl' — [vide *  Almanack  1672,  April  24.] 

tTbe  placets  at  Oxoa  at  tbe  King's  Annes  \  acicd  on  the  stage  in 
the  ;ard :  first* ;  to  spile  the  presbjterians. 

Juljr  10,  W.,  obut  (Johannes)  Clej^on^,  Artium  bacaJanreuse  ColL 
Univos&atis;  buried  in  the  country  (ShilUngford);  son  of  the 
Master  >. 

'^J^7  ^S*  Acc-Honday ;  pbonattcal  speeches  <at  the  Act),  sec  in 
the  beginning  of  the  Ahnanac,  1663.  Thomas  Grtgg  of  Trin.  CoU., 
vide  Fasti  1665.  N(athaniel)  Greenwood  of  Brasnose,  an  officer  in 
the  Act,  made  it  a  ridiculous  matter,  i.c.,  the  doill  in  suri)lice* ;  bated 
\yf  the  ro\-aIlists ;  see  in  Nov.  1 660.  The  same  day  came  up  Robert 
Field,  Ttrrat  filius. 

[AViUiam  "  Bull,  Master  of  Arts  and  bac.  of  Physick,  as  also  fellow 
of  Alkiouks,  died,  M.,  15  July  anno  1661  ;  and  uas  buried  in  the 
outward  chappell  of  that  College.  He  was  of  PcglLncli  ncan;  Wells 
in  com.  Somerset  and  bore  to  his  armes,  as  I  remember,  *or,  3  bulls 
heads  caboshed  gules ' ;  obiit  anno  acuiis  28.] 


*  Tbe  Dftfne  of  the  lady  is  nnkitown. 
She  WM  n  Gunoos  utiess  and  oUloJ  by 
tbe  nunc  of  bcr  chanictcr  e.  g.  fic- 
qncntly  Id  Pepys*  I>laiy.  The  earl 
deceived  her  abomiiuibly  bj-  a  tham 
tnarm^. 

>  E^lwanl  Hyde,  B.A.  All  So.,  14 
Jone  1661. 

'  powibly  William  Bof^lle  who  ma- 
tiknUtcd  at  Wadh.  Coll.  35  OcL  1659. 

*  added  at  a  later  date. 

*  in  Wood  MS.  Eji,  p.  ta  is  thU 
Dole:— 'Al  a  Xaec-play  in  Oxuo,  at 
tbe  Kiog'i  Armes  in  Halywcll,  1  Cornish 
man  wns  brought  In  to  wrestle  with 
three  Wclihiren,  one  after  onuthet,  ami 
when  he  bad  wuritied  them  all,  he  calla 
onlf  as  bu  juiit  «a%  "  llavc  you  aiijr 


more  Welshmen  f '* :  which  worth  one 
of  Jcsas  Coll.  took  in  such  indignatioa 
that  be  leapt  npon  the  itage  and  threw 
the  pUycr  in  eamesL*  In  W'obil  MS, 
F  31  fol.  104,  where  be  lella  tbe  same 
story.  Wood  adds ;— ■  this  ia  Ulcc  B(eD) 
Johnson.' 

*  i.e.  this  was  Ibefirtt  public  perform* 
ance  t\  plays  in  Oxford  tiy  professional 
actors  since  the  Purium  domination :  tbe 
pinyets  were  encouraged  to  come  to 
Oxford  '  to  spite  the  I'reabyterians.* 

'  John  Clayton,  ILA.  Uoiv.  30  Jan. 
16H. 

>  Richard  Clayton,  Master  of  Unir. 
1665-16^6. 

•  sec  fHprtx  p.  3^6. 

**  note  in  Wood  Mb.  F  4,  p.  100. 


yUL  Y— AUGUST,  1661. 


407 


<July)  15,  M.,  at  5  of  the  clock  in  the  aftemoone  died  ray  fretnd 
William  Bull,  bac.  of  Physlck  and  fellow  of  All  Souls  Coll.  Oxon, 
anno  aelatis  28;  and  was  buried  in  tbc  oulward  ctiappcll'  of  the  said 
College. 

July  26',  F.,  Dr.  (Giles)  Sweit,  (Regius)  professor  of  Civill  Law, 
began  to  read. 

Ancnit — 3^  F.,  paid  to  Mr.  Robiiuon  for  booVs,  .v-— 3,  S.,  (o  Mr.  Bowmaii 
for  books,  &  6(/;  to  Mr.  KobinsoD,  u  2d. — 5,  .M.^  booght  of  Dr.  WilkiuoD^ 
some  books  that  were  his  cozeii  Dr.  WilkinsoD  *,  %t  ^. — 7,  W,,  sjKnt  at  Medley 
with  Sr.  Turner*  and  my  cowin  (James)  Workman,  i;. — 9,  F.,  to  Pcdinton  the 
Uylor  for  a  s(;iiju%  cap,  lU ;  to  Mr.  Pnuer  llic  mucer  for  tnfTetjr  to  make  a  wbooct 
being  an  ell,  15/6./;  lurky  tarnmy.  6j  6</;  for  making  my  whood,  l/6rf, — lOiBm 
fur  cap  and  whood,  i/i.  t^  611'.— to,  S.,  10  Ik>wmaii  for  seveTall  books,  7J.— 13, 
M.,  fpent  at  Binscy  with  !ir.  (li^lward)  Turner  and  my  couo  (James)  Workman, 
8</;  the  Mine,  to  Mrs.  Davis  for  Priii's  Ifmitiret*,  being  3  pnrti,  it. — 17,  S.,  for 
mcoding  of  shoes,  to  Clark,  6^.-19,  M.,  spcDt  at  Medley  with  Mr.  Turner  and 
Adams,  Is  9c/;  paid  Mi.  Jcaos  my  battles,  >^  (td. — so,  T.,  givea  to  se«  the  scboole 
at  Tame,  6^:  ji,  W,  given  to  my  cozen  Henint's  maid,  M.—a3.Th., 'the  exalla- 
tino  of  the  horn,'  &/. — 33,  F.,  spent  at  a  fishing  with  Mr.  Brent,  Harvey,  Powi:ll, 
NicoIU  of  McTton'  Coll.,  1/  2d. — 34,  S.,  Iwaght  of  Mr.  Cripps  some  books,  ii  8rf. 
—17,  T.,  at  Medley  with  Mr.  Tomer  and  Adantes,  41/.— 28.  W.,  bought  of  Dr. 
WilkiDSOD*  more  books,  ij  6d. — 30,  F.,  bought  a  porccll  of  books  out  of  Mr. 
Cripples  shop,  6lJ. — 31,  S.,  for  Dr.  (John)  Thaoler'a  life*,  to  Davts,  tcd;  the 
same,  to  Uoman  for  *  The  Game '"  at  Chess,'  91/. 

Aogust. — tAug.  6,  T.,  Robert  field.  Terror  ^/lur,  bioxighi  on  his 
knees. 

tAug.  9,  T.,  Dr.  (Richard)  Bayly,  vice-chancellor,  took  his  place". 
Dr.  (Christopher)  Rogcra  pa-scnl ;  Dr.  (John)  Wallis  present  there, 
being  confirmed  in  bis  place ;  other  smiling  fellowa  there  that  were 
aAcrnards  ejected  by  the  Act  of  Conformity.     Dr.  (Richard)  Baylie 


'  Cuich'B  Wood's  Coll  and  Halls, 
p.  304. 

'  give  Jufira  tinker  Jnnc  >6. 

>  Powiblj'  Dr.  Henry  WiUdnson  (jn- 
nior).  Principal  of  Magdalen  Hall  1648 
-1663. 

*  PovsiMy  Dr.  John  Wilkinson.  Pre 
kident  of  Magd,  Coll.  1648- 1650,  nnclc 
of  Henry.  Joho  Wilkinson,  M.D.. 
brother  of  Henry,  died  in  1655. 

»  Edward  Turner,  B.A  McTt  37  July 
1658,  Felluw  of  Mert.  1658,  M.A.  11 
Jan.  166]. 

*  William  Prynnc't  'A  Short  de- 
fnuncr  to  the  Jcwcs  .  .  .  remitter  into 
Eoglud '  (first  and  xcood  parts),  Load. 


1656  [seoood  editkioj  ;  Wood  637  (4). 
^  Roger  Brent,  see  Bro<lrtck'iMertun, 
p.  386;  Joseph  Hcrvcy,  John  Powell, 
Peter  Nicholls,  see  ibid.  p.  990. 

*  see  note  3. 

*  I.und.  1660;  W*ood  393. 

''  '  The  game  of  Cbesa  phiy,'  Lorn). 
1653  ;  Wood  440(1). 

"  in  the  chancellor's  letter  nominating 
Bsylic,  he  says  that  when  Baylie  was 
formerly  Ticechancellor  Oxford  ondcr 
the  then  chancellor  (archUsbop  Land) 
'  flottrisbed  to  the  adroinUion  and  envic 
of  Ibe  world ' ;  Wood's  note  in  MS. 
Bodl.  594,  p.  J9. 


A  C'Gl/Sr,  1061. 


409 


wife  7  sonns   and    5   daughters,  vith  this  inscription  about   the 
verge  :— 

*  Ornlc  pro  aiiimahoB  Oalfriiii  Drnmet. raenatoHt  rtspaleville  CftlU  et  MAreerie 
ct  ALlcic  uxoris  ejus,  qui  quidcm  GaUridiiE  obiit  oono  die  MiirtU  auto  domini 
oiillcsimo  qaiajjcntoiLiaa  Mcnado,  quornm  bnimatnii  propHietot  deas,  Ameo.' 

This  man's  dwelling  was  at  the  place  hous  in  Thame  where  he  had 
larg  roomes  to  put  his  wool  in  as  is  reported,  but  whi-n  Mr.  Maximilian 
Petty  dwelt  there,  he  pulled  them  downc  and  carried  them  to  Tets- 
wonh ;  and  built  there.  This  Geffry  Dormer  had  a  son  named 
Michael  that  was  Lord  Mayor  of  London  anno  <  1541).  'Tis  reported 
that  this  JefTry  Dormer  built  this  isle :  but  I  am  induced  to  bclecivc 
otherwise,  because  that  upon  the  two  pilhirs  without,  that  support  the 
two  comers  thcrof,  is  this  coat,  viz.  'a  iyon  rampant  within  a  bordiirc 
ingraled,' which  coal  is  in  colors*  in  the  windows  of  Quatemtiayn's 
isle.  ...  In  the  body  of  tlie  church,  as  alsoe  Uie  isles  adjoyning  in 
Tame  church  are  six  flatt  marble  stones  defaced,  as  also  2  in  the 
chancell. 

Not  farr  westward  from  the  church  is  the  rains  of  an  old  prebendary 
called  '  Tame  Prebendary.'  In  it  is  a  hall  and  chappell  now  standing, 
as  also  the  ruins  of  other  roomes,  with  half  round  the  quadrangle. 
It  is  seated  low  neare  the  river  Tame,  and  hath  had  many  fishponds 
about  it,  etc. 

Ncare  the  hospitall  on  the  south  side  of  the  church  is  the  free 
schoolc  founded  by  Sir  John  Williams  %*icount  Tame  :  at  the  cast  end 
of  which  are  the  names  of  the  masters  with  the  times  when  they 
began,  viz. : — 

(i)  Ednrdui  Kftrrif  *,  anoo  1575. 
a.   Ricbiird  BciDcher',  tgy^. 

3.  Hugo  Evuif,  1617. 

4.  rVLIcLMVi  IVrte  peDagogVa  qVtrtVt. 
$.  GttUclmat  AlUrT,  1A47. 

6.  Hbco  WiUis,  1655. 

Remember  to  take  out  the  arraes  in  the  windows  of  the  said 
schoole,  that  is  to  say,  the  pedigree  of  the  lord  Williams,  a8  also  the 
matdics  of  bis  daughters.    Remember  to  loolu  into  ttic  statutes  of- 


'  *  gvk*  a  Iyon  mmpant  within  a 
bordare  ingnilccl  argent '  10  the  south 
window  of  Qimlcnniin's  islr. 

'  tdwani  Hani*,  MA.  New  Coll., 
died  3  Not.  1597,  .let.  63:  bnried  in 
Tbame  chaaoell :  Wood  givea  hii  epi- 


taph in  Wood  MS.  H  15. 

•  Richani  Boothicr.IX^RNpwCoII.. 
died  14  Jnly  1617  :  buried  in  Thame 
chnnccll:  Wood  giTCi  bis  epitaph  in 
Wood  MS.  B  IS- 


4to 


WOOZfS  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


die  hU  scboolc  and  coltect  vbat  is  most  maieriaJI  for  my  purpose 
ibcDoe;  ms  also  to  write  out  the  severall  inscriptions  over  the  5  doores 
Aratt^  vhkfa  wee  enter  into  the  schoole. 

Tbe  priory*  of  Tame  was  at  Tame  park,  where  the  lord  Wenman 
■ov  bveth:  then  b  the  old  priory  chapel  still  standing.] 

BifAMBbOT. — 1,11., a  poond  of  ca&dells,  5(^.-5,  Th.,  drank,  with  DidcLomrcT, 
haUa  piBtof  Mdk  at  the  UeetnBaMl  Tavon,  4f^.— 6,  Y^  spent  ii  Haidmg's  tlie 
COokwkhMr.  PernK*.  Mr.  Sbepud ',  aikd  dhren  otben  *t  sappei ,  91/. — 7,  S.,  (or 
1  boob  of  the  bookseUs'  ow  agnut  Lyitc.  CoU.,  ts;  spent  at  Utuper*!  the 
cotA'i  whli  Mr.<K)duud>  Lower,  Mr.  SaUow*  of  Xi  Cb.,  Mr.  Swincilebiust  and 
Witball  of  Onall  ColL',  u  ;  »Aerwards  at  the  Crown  Tarem  with  Mr.  Whithall 
•mlWlU.  Potter  tbe  apochecarr.  &/— 9.  M.,  spent  with  Mr.  (Robert)  Speare,  ^d. 
— 1).  Tli^  ^)cnt  at  Earks  with  Mr.  (Nathaniel)  Grcnwood,  9^. — tj,  F-,  spent  at 
the  Mcoaaid  TaTcm  with  Mr.  (Robert)  Crjpp^  it. — 14,  S.,  Wood's  '  Hiaiory* 
of  Chatka  L*  ir  3<£— ig*  Th,  vpaa.  at  Uamptoa  FoyU  with  Mr.  (F«er)  Nicola 
and  Mr.  (Joseph)  Ilarrer,  41/. — jo,  S.,  paid  Mr.  Robintoa  for  the  book  called 
*Atiaoi'  MinbiUs,'  ir;  tpcol  00  Mr.  Fnucis  Napkr,  to^;  spent  00  Mr. 
(Ka^inlpk)  Peiloo  at  Eaileacs,  I/. — 15,  W.,  to  Rich  fat  a  paiie  of  [ignored  iboes* 
4f  6J,  bat  if  black  then  bat  vi^- 

September. — In  September  1661,  I  asked  Dr.  {John)  Pell  lo 
have  a  sight  of  St  Fridcswyde's  and  FJn.sham  Registers.  lie  told  roe 
he  would  acquaint  the  trcsurer  Dr.  {John)  Dolben  with  it,  which  he 
dkL  TbcrupoQ  I  went  3  or  4  times  to  him  who  told  me  that  *  be 
could  not  get  a  chapter  lo  have  it  done,  but  il  should  be  done* — 
which  is  deferred  till  this  time  '. 

•Sept.;  with  Dr.  John  Fell,  deane  of  Ch.  Church,  to  have  a  sight 
of  the  leiger  books  of  S.  Frideswide's  Priory  and  Kinshain  Abbey. 
His  answer  was  that  he  wotild  acquaint  the  treasurer  Dr.  John  Dolbin, 
which  be  did.  Afterwards  A.  W,  went  to  Dr.  Dolbin,  who  told  him, 
he  would  propose  the  matter  at  the  next  chapter.  But  Uic  matter 
being  defer'd  from  time  to  time,  nothing  was  done  in  it  this  yeare '. 


*  •Tbanw abbey':  hi  Wood  MS.  D 
11  (i),  p.  ^5  are  some  excerpts  <cx 
chartis  S.  Maitae  de  Tbjune  in  agio 
Oxoo.  in  artnario  A«)isCliruli,  Oxno.*; 
ibid.  p.  87  a  list  of  »ainc  abbots  of 
Thame. 

'  Chirlca  rcrrot  of  Oriel  ColL 
'  piob&bly  Thomas  Shepherd,  B.D, 
Oriri,    36    Oct.    i66t  ;     but    |>oMdl>1y 
Fleetwood  Slicppard,  M.A.  Ch.  Ch.  Ii 
June  1657. 

*  Probably  Anhnr  SnIIoway.  M.A. 
Ch.Ch.,9 July  1658;  orJohnSaloway, 
M.A.  Ch.  Ch.,  4  July  1651). 

*  Robert  5wiii^1ehui»t,  M.A.  Oriel  9 


May    iti6o;    John    Whitehall,    MjL 
Oriel  38  May  1&61. 

*  Wood  J44  ;3) ;  '  The  life  and  raigne 
of  King  Ctiarla  from  hi>  birth  to  hia 
death  '  by  Umbert  Wood  ('Sylviui'), 
Land. i659f  8vo. 

'  '&ian^T<p(i4rrtM,  Mirabilis  Annua 
or  the  year  nf  pri)digte«  and  wimdeis,' 
l66t,  4to  ;  WootI  64.^  (4), 

*  Wood  does  not  give  the  dale  when 
he  actually  obtained  pcrmtuion.  Pos- 
sibly the  date  is  Atig.  1665;  sce,jw/nf, 
note  in  Oct-  1659,  p.  )86. 

*  sec  preceding  note. 


^UG.—S£PT,1Q91. 


411 


Sept.  4,  W.,  or  5,  Tb.,  obik  Rtcardus  Zouch,  filius  doctoris  Ricardi 
Zouch,  apud  London,  ct  scpclitur  in.  ... 

[SepL  5  \  TIl,  William  Barker  of  New  Coll.  was  created  D.D.  in 
Convocation  'for  his  laudable  sermons  before  the  king  and  jurliamcnt 
at  Oxon '  in  1643,  1644.  What  sermons  he  preached  then  I  know 
not ;  sure  1  am  he  made  a  ridiculous  sermoa  at  New  Coll.  about 
these  times  concerning;  ihe  lost  groat4] 

tScpt.  7,  S.,  Clarendon,  chancellor,  received  at  Magd.  Coll.  Sept.  8, 
Sunday,  sermon  at  S.  Marie's.  Sept-  9,  M.,  convocation  in  the 
morning  between  9  and  1 1 ;  the  bishop  of  Worcester  (Dr.  George 
Mnrley)  in  his  company;  nobleman  and  gentlemen  created  Masters  of 
Arts:  he  dined  that  day  at  St.  John's  College  and  after  (that)  went 
to  Cornbury,  Sept.  13,  Th.,  creation  in  all  faculties  by  vcrtue  of  the 
chanccllour's  letters.  Sept  17,  T.,  the  chancellor  dined  at  Alls.  Coll. 
Sept.  33,  M.,  at  Oxford  againe ;  din'd  at  Ch.  Ch. 

[Sept*  9,  M.,  Edvard  (H]rdc)ciLi']of  ClarcDdooour  cbanocllor  in  towne:  and  a 
Convocttioo  bctni;  celebrated  l>clwccn  9  and  eleven  in  the  morning,  he,  with  the 
bishop  of  Woroetter  (George  Morley),  John  (Wilmot)  c«rl  of  Roff,,  aiid  Jamrt 
(Levint^ton)  earl  of  Ncwiiurg,  and  other  coniiilerablc  persoua,  ascended  with  the 
beadle  btfore  tbein  the  home  of  Convocatlaa.  Whctc  the  chancellor  scaliof;  him- 
BcU in  Uic  cVif  fccat,  his  vicecbaiiocllor  (Dr,  Kichard  Baylic)  sate  on  hi*  right 
hand  with  the  earl  of  Newbatg  by  Mm,  the  Poctore  of  D.  and  Phys.  on  that  haod ; 
on  the  other  hand  Robert  (Skinner)  bisho|i  of  Oxford  and  Ceorj*  (Morley)  bishup 
of  Wotonur  with  other  X>n.  of  D.  atul  Law  by  them.  And  beiag  seated.  Dr. 
Baylic  tulil  the  orator  to  doe  hU  office.  After  which  wa«  done,  purposely  to 
welcome  the  duncellor  and  that  honoared  company,  Mr.  Nlcholai  Meese  the  lenior 
proctor  ktood  up  and  tea<l  with  a  loud  voice  the  names  of  web  tlinl  tlic  chancellor 
apt'Ointed  to  be  created  aad  bare  degrees  conferred  oa  them,  vie  the  names  of  aS 
to  be  created  O.D.,  the  names  of  1 7  to  be  created  Bac.  of  D.,  the  nanics  of  6  to  be 
deated  D.  of  L.,thc  names  of  3  to  be  created  Bac  of  Civ.  Law,  the  names  of  10  to 
be  created  D.  of  Hiys,,  of  one  to  be  B.  of  Phys.,  the  names  of  7  to  be  Mrs  of  Arts 
and  two  to  be  Itec,  but  with  this  conditioo  that  every  Dr.  on  the  day  of  his  admis- 
sion was  to  pay  the  usuall  fees  to  the  officers  and  id  /i'.  to  the  UniTenitle  and  that 
Ihr  othcni  tbat  were  to  be  created  to  inferiour  degrees  were  to  pay  the  wonted  feet. 
Alterwardi  the  proctor  told  them  what  :he  prefects  of  colleges  and  halls  had 
flppmnted,  viz.  that  cerlalne  nolilcK  and  others  of  their  attendance  being  come  to 
the  University  to  accompany  the  chancellour  they  thought  fit  that  the  magiateriall 
Acgnx  ihould  Iw  confened  on  them;  their  numlxr  was  ij.  Their  names  being 
read,  the  vicechancellor  told  the  company  1  before  the  said  nobles  were  broogfat  up 
by  the  bedells),  or  rather  deured  to  know  their  mind,  that  the  aforesaid  persons 
deigned  bythe  chancellor  to  be  created  condtlionally  they  pay  fees.  rii.  the  18  D. 
of  D.  etc.  might  be  created  in  any  Confocatioa  before  the  feast  of  the  Nativity  next 
following,  so  that  those  of  them  that  dwell  in  the  Uaiversity  performe  their  exercises 
for  Iheii  respective  degrees  before  that  time.   Which  being  granted,  the  said  nobles 

'  Wood's    note  in  MS.  BodL  594,  '  Wood's  notes  in  MS.  Bodl.  $94,  p. 

p.  40.  40  s<jq. 


419 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIHES. 


■ml  cendcTnen  were  created  Mra  of  ArU.  Which  dnne,  Richard  Rjutlinsoa  of  Ql. 
Cull.  w«9  CKfttcd  D.D^t  becaoie  aiginf  bosuMas  cftlld  bin  away  and  cooltl  ooc  lU; 
>  or  3  lUyea  looecr. 

Srpl.  IJ.TI).,  in  another  ConvocAtJon  thrseyo&g  Bu,  etc,  of  the  ITaiTcnitr  vet* 
created  Mi»  of  Am,  vU,  Mr.  Richard  Nc«'|>ort,  Sir  Seymour  .Shirley,  Sir 
Stradllnp,  Sir  Jatnca  Rufibont  Btft^  Edward  Stanley  Bt.  Iliey  wne  thai  %.\ 
obccrre  the  Aatutct  privilege*  and  imttomes  of  the  Univcnity.  In  the  aaid 
cation,  by  retine  of  the  dectee  of  Sept.  9,  were  oeated  16  Drs  of  D.,  1 1 
T>1*.,  6  Dn  of  Phys.,  i  Bac.  of  Phyv,  3  DocIiki  of  \*m  (of  whom  Cbristopba 
Wren  wai  one),  I  Boc.  of  Law,  4  M.  of  A.,  and  ooe  Bac] 


(^Reception  of  the  ChanetBor  of  the  Vrdvtrsiiy  ;  1661.^ 

[The  *  University  of  Oxon  understanding  that  their  chancellor 
Edward  (Hyde),  carl  of  Clarendon,  Lord  Chancellor  of  England,  bad 
an  intention  to  visit  his  university,  did  provide  themselves  for  his 
reception:  which  being  Saturday  llic  7  of  Sept.  1661,  (they)  did 
cause  the  great  bell  of  St.  Marie's  to  ring  out  at  half  an  hour  past  four 
ia  the  afternoon  to  summon  the  Doctors,  noblemen,  and  iSIaslcrs  in 
that  church.  Where  being  for  the  most  pari  meet  togcaLhcr,  caused 
a  man  to  goe  up  to  the  balllemenls  of  the  steple  and  there  to  watch 
Ills  comming  over  Shotovcr  tiill.  Which  being  discovered  at  a  little 
past  six  of  the  clock,  the  six  bedells  and  vergerer  vith  their  formalyties 
begin  to  proceed  to^-ard  Magdalen  Coll.;  after  them  came  Mr. 
vtcechanccllor *,  and  the  orator,  Mr.  (Robert)  Soiiili ;  after  them,  the 
noblemen  of  the  University  in  their  capps ;  then  all  the  Doctors  in 
their  scarktt  and  formalities,  two  by  two,  followed  ;  then  all  the 
Masters  of  Art  in  their  formalit^'es.  Who  approaching  Magdalen 
Coll.  gate,  the  west  dore  of  the  church  was  set  open,  into  which  the 
Doctors  marched  and  the  Masters  tarried  in  the  quadrangle.  By  tlils 
time  the  chancellor  was  comming  out  of  Chcyncy  lano*,  who  was 
accompanied  by  the  lord  Falkland  the  leiftenant  of  the  county  with 
most  of  the  gentry  of  the  county  riding  before  them  in  ranks :  and 
6oe  comming,  they  all  passed  by  Magdalen  Coll.  gate,  saluting  ihc 
vicccaacellor  and  the  Doctors,  who  then  was  newly  come  out  of  the 
College  to  receive  the  cancellor.  At  length  the  caiicellor's  coach 
appeared,  drawen  by  six  Flanders  mares  and  comming  to  the  comer 


'  this  namti<rc  ia  froin  Wood  MS.  D 
19(3}  fol.  I.  Wood  ^Tca  a  margical 
zcfcrenoe  lo  'New*.  1661,  p.  583." 

*  Kidtaid  Baylie,  praidcnt  of  S. 
Johu'i. 


*  'Cheyney  lane'  was  the  name  of 
the  road  lo  tleadin^on  which  strikes 
off  to  the  eajt  from  ttic  high-road  op 
Hcadiii£too  IlilL 


SEPTEMBER,  1661. 


413 


of  the  Coll.  turning  into  ihe  gate,  the  vicccancellor  ^viih  the  orator 
came  to  his  coach  side,  where  the  said  orator  Mr.  Robert  South  of  Xt. 
Ch.  made  an  elegant  siiort  speech,  for  which  the  canccllor  gave  him 
many  thanks,  being  sorry  withall  that  he  had  so  bad  a  fttanding.  which 
was  by  reason  of  the  crowd  and  incivility  of  the  pieople.  After  that 
the  cancellor  came  out  of  his  coach,  followed  by  the  vicecancellor ; 
and,  with  the  bedells  before  them,  <[weni)  into  Magdalen  Coll.,  and 
going  straight  into  the  west  dore  of  the  church  n-as  there  meet  with 
Dr.  (John)  OUver  the  president  with  some  of  the  senior  fellows  of 
Magdalen  Coll.:  and  after  severall  complements  between  them,  Mr. 
Walter  Bayly,  fellow  of  that  house,  made  another  speech.  WTiich 
being  done  and  received  thanks  for  his  paines,  the  chancellor  with 
the  vicecancellor  and  some  of  the  Doctors  accompanied  him  ihroug 
the  chapel,  in  the  cloister,  and  soe  into  the  pracsident's  lodgings, 
where  they  left  him  to  his  rest  that  night,  being  then  seven  of  the 
clock  at  night,  and  presented  to  him. — Sunday,  8  day  Sept.;  the 
chancellor  with  all  his  reiinew  and  most  of  the  gentry  of  the  county 
came  to  sermon  at  St  Marie's  church,  where  Dr.  (William)  Barker  of 
New  CoIL  who  was  created  Doctor  three  days  before  *,  preached  an 
indifferent '  sermon.  Hlien  'twas  done  he  went  hoomc  to  his 
lodgings  at  Magdalen  Coll.  where  the  same  Colledg  gave  him  a 
dinner,  a  noble  entertainment,  in  the  publick  hall ;  where  was  his  wife 
and  another  gentlewoman  setting  at  the  upper  table,  a  thing  rarely 
seen  (and  •  against  the  customs] ;  after  dinner  the  cancellor  went  to 
sermon  againe  at  St.  Marie's,  where  Mr.  Gabriel  Towcrson,  fellow  of 
Allsoulcs,  preached.  After  sermon  he  returned  home  againe ;  and 
then  did  the  maior  of  the  city  [Sir  Sampson  White),  with  the  rest  of 
his  brethren  *  in  their  scarlet,  present  him  a  pairc  of  gloves :  and  he 
supped  privaily  with  Dr.  (John)  Oliver  that  night  and  was  invited  noe 
where. — Munday,  Sept.  9 ;  in  the  morning  Dr.  Henry  Wilkinson, 
principall  of  Magdalen  Hal!  *,  presented  him  with  a  cake  and  chcse: 
and  after  some  discourse  the  cancellor  took  occasion  to  chide  him, 
telling  him  that  his  house  did  not  conforme  to  the  Common  Prayer. 
The  Doctor  told  hira  that '  he  had  h  read  every  day  in  his  hall/  etc. 


*  Wiltum  llarker  vru  creAted  D.D.  5 
jNcpt.  1661  :  \k  w«*  prme-nted  canon  of 
Canterbory  ca  9  Jn)y  1660. 

*  the  wonl '  indiETcnnt  *  is  bloHcd  oat 
u  too  fttrong  tn  exprcuioa  of  opintoo. 
A  marginal  reCcicocc  li; — 'Tide  Nem 
1661  p.  583.' 

'  Uic  wtmla  io  square  brackcu  are 


blotted  out. 

*  the  mayor'f  '  brethren '  are  tbe 
alilcmiai. 

*  Wood  9t(4;it 'Catalaetiftlibromm 
in  biUiotbeca  Aulae  Magtliilenae  Oxoa,' 
Oxon.  ttiiSl  ;  the  preface  by  Hemy 
WilkinsoD  ii  doted  Tb.,  4  Apr.  1661. 


4U 


iVOOffS  UFE  AND  TLMES. 


Then  sailh  the  cancellor  (caJIing  him  'Mr'  Deane'),  *!  hear?  y\ 
hatl  entertaineih  not  only  factious  bui  debauched  schoUere,'  for.  as 
understood  from  the  procters.  there  were  more  of  that  house  takim 
the  night  time  at  iones.  alehouses,  and  vhorehouses  than  any  hon 
in  Oxon  halh  ;  to  which  the  Doctor  <'  Mr  Deane ')  replied  but  lilt 
etc.    After  that  the  cancellor  went  up '  to  the  Schooles  where  ih« 
was  a  convocation  to  be  begun  at  nine  of  the  clock  ;  and  being  seat^ 
in  cheifest  seat  and  the  vicecancellor  on  his  right  hand  where  tl 
senior  Doctor  useth  to  silt,  and  the  procters  in  their  usuall  places, 
vicecancellor  told  ye  cause  of  the  Convocation "'  for  the  CT«atton 
some  nobles,"  etc.     After  that,  Mr  Robert  South,  student  of  Xl 
and  orator  of  the  University  with  a  proctor's  habit  on,  standing  at 
upper  end  of  one  of  the  Masters'  seats,  made  a  speech,  calling  hi 
sclfc  '  lantillus  oraiorculus  et  pauper  orator/  telling  how  '  he  w; 
deprived  of  bis  right  of  cannonship  of  Xt.  Ch.  which  was  annexed 
his  place'  and  that  '  he  hopt-d  to  find  rcmidy.'  etc.    After  which 
severall  noble  men   and  some  of   the  cancellor's  retinue   create 
Masters  of  Art,  viz,  the  earl  of  Rochester*  of  Wadham,  and  the  eai 
of  Newburg ',  who  were  presented  :n   scarlet   robes  belonging  I 
Doctors ;  the  rest  in  Masters'  gownes,  etc.     After  the  convocatio 
was  ended,  being  eleren  of  the  clock,  the  cancellor  went  home  t 
Magdalen  Coll.,  and  half  an  hour  after  he  went  to  St.  John's  CoU 
where  he  was  invited  to  dinner  ;  and  in  going  through  Magdalen  parist 
Iteftenant  Griffin  shewd  to  him  his  auxiliary  men ;  and  comming  inti 
St.  John's  gate,  Mr  WUliam  Levinz.  fellow  of  that  house,  though  tb 
very  sickly,  made  a  speech  to  him,  etc.    Then  going  to  the  president': 
lodgings  was  ushered  up  into  the  dining  room  there,  witli  most  of 
Doctors  of  the  Uaivereity.     Wliere  the  cloth  and  napkins  waa  I 
with  great  variety  of  works  in  them,  and  knots  of  flowers  upon  the 
Eoe  done  by  Mr  Thomas  Banks,  Dr.  (Michael)  Woodward's  man 
New  Coll.,  for  which  he  received  (as  I  have  heard)  five  p(ounds)  U 
his  paincs.     They  had  a  noble  and  free  entertainment  given  thcni 
the  charge  of  the  University.     Which  licing  doue,  the  cancellor  abo' 
three  of  (he  clock  in  the  afiemoone  went  to  Cornhury,  8  miles  distan' 
ofOxon;  and  as  he  passed  along  beyond  St  Giles'  church  Iciftcna 
Griffin  and  his  men  gave  him  a  volley  of  shott. — Sept  17,  1661, 


'  Ibis  Ilenry  WilklnBon  (joni*"'!  *« 
known  m  the  University  a&  '  Dc&n 
Hsrry.' 

*  ■  m&r^Qil  note  Hy«;  'the  bishop 
or  WorccMcr  (Goor^  Morkj')  in  his 
compan)-.' 


*  i.  &  prononnced  the  nsiud  formnli 
oj>ciiiiig  the  Convooitlot)  'Caou  hojn 
CoDVocttioni&  Mt  ut,  etc.* 

*  John  Wilmot. 

*  James  IJvUigstone,  e«rl  of  New 
bnrgli  in  Ch«  peerage  of  Scotland. 


SEPTEAfBER,  1661. 


415 


being  Tuesday,  Uic  canceller  came  to  Oxon  from  Combury,  bting 
invited  to  dinner  at  Allsoiilcs  Coll.  by  Dr  (Jolin)  Meridclh  the  warden 
therof.  He  came  a  little  before  ten  of  the  clock  in  the  morning. 
After  he  had  took  some  repast  there,  he  was  waited  upon  by  the 
bedells,  Mr.  vicecanccllor  and  some  of  (the)  Doctors  (who  were 
there  to  receive  (him)),  to  the  Scholes.  From  thence  ihey  went  to 
iIk  Library  and  \-e(i)wed  Mr.  Selden's  books  and  some  of  the 
coines.  From  thence  to  the  assembly  bouse  at  the  lower  end  of  the 
Convocation,  where  he  and  the  Doctors  had  a  meeting,  etc.  That 
being  done,  they  marched  a  foot  to  AlUoules  College ;  where  the 
College  gates  being  open  and  the  fellows  standing  to  receive  him,  Mr. 
(Thomas)  Tomkins  made  a  speech  before  him.  That  being  doni', 
Dcane  Harry  presented  him  with  a  precious  gilt  Bible.  And  soe 
ihcy  marched  through  the  hall,  and  then  to  the  warden's  lodgings, 
where  they  had  a  very  noble  entertainment.  After  dinner,  at  llirec 
of  the  clock,  they  all  departed  agatne  to  Comburj',  etc.  It  \vas 
replied  by  the  cancellor  lo  Dr.  (Henry)  Wilkinson  when  he  presented 
the  Bible  which  had  noe  Common  Prayer  nor  Apocrapha,  that  *  he 
tlianked  him  ;  but  howere  he  did  not  intend  to  follow  him  and 
relinquish  the  Common  Prayer  book,'  in  a  chiding  way,  etc. — ScpL 
23.  M.,  1661 ;  the  chancellor  being  invited  by  the  dcane  of  Xt.  Ch., 
came  from  Combur)*  there.  At  whose  arrivall  In  the  quadrangle  Mr. 
Henry  Bagsluw,  student  of  that  house,  deliwred  an  oration  beginning 
thus : — '  Cum  dignitas  tua  late  pateat.  tamquc  cffusa  nostra  laelitia 
est,'  etc.  And  had  a  noble  and  free  dinner.  After  dinner  many 
discourses  there  were  betwcenc  Dr.  (John)  Fell  and  the  chancellor; 
and  about  five  of  the  clock  at  night  he  with  the  vicecanccllor  rode 
privately  through  the  High  Street  to  Magdalen  College  ;  where  being, 
Dr  (Heniy)  Wilkinson  of  T^lagdalen  Hall  invited  him  to  his  Hall  to  a 
banquet  Which  the  chancellor  not  excepting,  chid  him  and  told  him 
that  '  he  entertained  a  company  of  factious  people  in  his  house,' 
naming  them,  viz.  (Henr)')  Hickman,  . . .  'and  but  one  honest  man 
among  them,'  meaning  Mr  Josias  Pullaine.  and  told  him  moreover 
that '  he  was  afraid  to  come  there,'  etc.  Which  Dr  Wilkinson  taking 
in  a  fume,  went  away  and  returned  his  sweetmeats  (which  cost  him 
26  A")  with  loss ;  and  soe  the  chancellor  went  to  the  phj-sick-gardcn. 
That  night  lying  at  Magdalen  Coll.,  went  the  next  day  to  Windsore 
and  soe  to  London. 

Sept  9',  M.,  i66t;  Dr.  (Barten)  Holyday  told  me  that  bishop 
(John)  Bancroft  died  .  . .  and  was  buried  at  Cudesdon  in  an  isle  of 

'  tuM  by  Wood  priatttl  by  Heanie  at  the  etui  oi  /.iier  Ai^grr  Stanarii. 


4rff 


WOOlfS  UFB  AXD  TI.\fES. 


fab  ovne  boihEi^ :  though  tberc  were  some  that  dki  noc  ^j^  » ] 
line  be  omihi^iaI  InaMdr  beTOod  the  test.    Dr.  <£d*«d>  F^b 
pfdKul  of  Wiufaofc,  win  infiinne  odc  of  ifao,  fijr  the  said  h^fiun  ^j 
m  111  hAa'%  house  at  Loodoo.] 

ScfL  It,  W,  dKd  Mr.  G<orge  Davenant,  fellow  of  OrieB  Cdt^m 
lii  bckeKi  hove  in  Wilts. 

S^  jo^  F^  racencd  ctf  Mr.  (Benjamin)  Cnqier,  aoj,  fae^v  te 
■■Hy  4m  tt  Me  fev  Ae  writing  of  soroe  ancient  records  lev  ife 
W*  ii*J      <A#rw|iL384) 

Sc|L  »«.  T^  faomfat  of  Joseph  Goodwin,  bookseller.  %  larc^  of 
hMlB\  M^(  pMt  of  (fee  BM^  of  Dr.  John  Speed's  the  son  of  Jote 

Aaaai^  fesMT:  ire  after  in  Dr.  Hotrdaf. 

OMabse— £,  T.  b  EAmd  ad  Joks  F«bK  for  ■  pnedlof  books  Aot  ■«« 

«*  ^  <ya  wQ  Tmmtr  a<  Mi:  (W3Bni>  ftiwow,  u  &^-{,  &,  ipM«  ^ 
&ikB«Mftlk.<]taABw}  Bmob  Ml  Mt.<NtffaBlel)  GRnood,  u  ^—9^  W^ 
%ti— J«<Miiilli.«— J4.M,bo^fc<ofForCTl«iwril<rfboofc».9<&/;  {wU 
Nta»te«*wbMfa»  w3/;q«Btal  Bbtboib's  vtih  the  fiihai,  6/;  ^oc  with  Mr. 
Xmmm  «  >B«eaaV  9^— >&,  W.,  ^cat  at  the  coffe-booae  oa  Ur.  TTnisiiiifcn 

VkQMUi,  7/; «  piM  flf  £hms  to  wnic  in, . . . .— 1 8,  F. .  ipent  with  Sk;  (EihMid> 
l^n^  Mk.  <W»«w>  Mbkw  ud  Mi.  UmbafOriciluMr.BonaaiXa^ 
Mffa^  U.— l9.&,fiTCB«o>kB  Wilmoc,  Mr.  Foresi'a  man,  Ibr  dHOdtt  Mnm 
twe*ed»'>irrt^^<w**fCMCBrfcsqr.'  i/;pudMr.  Roluatoa  bbqwlaUbUj 
ImM  TThn.""*'  vi*  '"''  ■  bn^  'v  <^:  P**<'  ''''>•  Itaravn  ha  scofe  to|tf ;  gmi 
«n  w  Ok  JMolm  of  maJkf<%  oa  a  rope  «t  GiMIuill,  3^.-33,  W.,  '|i|«Tyi 
T^oOiVT;  awl  ran.  u  Mt— ^j.  F.  ipest  at  Earletwlth  Mr.<Robcn>Cr9f^  n/; 
to  Wa»m  to  «Sl«C  ip  ihtho.  ^■— 'g*  1*-.  bought  of  Jowpfa  Godvfa  a  putcQ 
<rf  bookt,  If  Vo^be^ekCofJoka  Banet  an  ottBC  sad  half  of  tobacco,  t  j._^,  TIl, 
^MartT>iilli  I  i\w*>atfaheM*  (Sr.  Toner,  Sr.  Workmui.  Mr.  (WillUm) 
Brtaww.  Ml  ns«<hr)k  Mr.  L^f.  and  Sr.  Adaau,  lj;ipentactbeTa«cmwuhS(. 
Om«)  WimI  i^  a^  <EJ»ari>  Tuner.  &/. 

Oetobar—Oewbcr  the  and,  W.,  in  the  morning  between  7  and  8 
<^  Ae  <4oA  Acd  J>;  Batten  Hol/day  at  Efley  of  an  ague  or  ibe  new 
•^     ■    "  dtoeM»  that  lagcth  now  abroad;   and  was  buried  in  ibe 


"  McOl  i«M«alBble  in 

v4«|«^    W«od  794  (t) 

^a^Kf4•nnQk'l>7l.  R, 

^*  ft  «M<to  b)r  Wood  'liber 

-■ait  a    Johaonit 

N  JtthaoBii  Oxoo) 


JW*' 


'  TW  Kcood  part 


as  bough!  for  ij  3^;  Wocjd  ^jfi  .ji  jc 

'Merry  DroUa;  ihe  first  pan'  (1661I, 

price  tJ  3»/. 

'  Edward  Toraer,  Irilow  ot  Men.  • 
Junes  Wotlfjn&a,  B.  A.  Men  «3  July 

1657,  fellow  of  Mert  in  1658  :  Lege  « 
Lcifih  («*  WV>«  »«  Nov.);  Hfnry 
Hawlcy.  B.A.  Mrrt.  36  May  1649, 
M.A.  Orid  xo  June  1655;  Sjlwster 
Adams,  PA.  Mcrt.,  i^  May  1661. 


SEPT,  —  OCT.  leei. 


417 


south  isle  adjo}tiirg  to  Christ  Church  qidre*  ncarc  bishop  <  Robert) 
King's  monument,  the  Saturday  night  following. 

•Oct.  2,  W.,  his  fatherly  acquaintance  Dr.  Barton  Holyday*,  arch- 
deacon of  Oxon,  died  at  Eiflcy  of  an  ague  or  of  the  new  epidemical 
disease  which  now  raged.  Oct.  5,  Saturday,  buried  in  the  cathedral 
of  Ch.  Ch. 

[Bartcn  Holyday*.  D.D.  and  archdracon  of  Oxford,  died  at  F.lflcy 
near  Oxon,  W..  2  Oct.  r66i,  between  7  and  8  in  the  morning  and 
was  buried  the  3  of  the  said  month  in  the  calhetlral!  of  Ch.  Church. 
See  what  I  have  said  of  him  in  tlist.  el  .^jiUq.  Univ.  Oxon.  edit. 
1674  lib.  2  p.  278  col.  7.  He  had  by  his  first  wife  (Elizabclli, 
daughter  of  William  Wickham  of  Garsingdon)  (i)  William,  who  was 
married,  hut  died  without  issue  at  Abendon,  buried  in  Garsingdon 
Church  28  Jan.  1C63  (i.e.  J);  (2)  Thomas,  sine  prole:  and  (3) 
Georg ;  and  also  a  daughter  or  two.  Afterward  he  married  Margaret, 
daughter  of . .  .  Sheppard  of  Barnstaple  in  Dt-von,  but  tht:  widdow  of 
Francis  Dewy  (Mr.  of  Arts  and  minister  of  Chipnam  in  Wilts),  by 
whome  he  had  issue,  Barten  Holyday  and  a  daughter. — The  said 
Margaret,  widdow  of  Dr.  ilolyday,  died  at  Eifley,  M.»  16  Dec,  1661, 
and  was  buried  in  the  chancell  there.] 

23  Oct.,  W.,  i6fii,  lent  Mr.  Christopher  Reynolds,  of  Cassington, 
Carter's  'Analasis.' 

[Cossuma*  Albertus,  a  prince  of  Transylvania  ('twas  commonly 
reported  that  he  was  a  cheat  and  no  prince),  was  boned  in  Rochester 
Cathedral!  with  great  solemnit)*,  W.,  23  Oct.  ibti — sec  my  volume  of 
Ncwsbooks,  Mercurius  Publicus  for  ann.  1661  no.  44.] 

+27  Oct.,  Su.,  Dr.  (John)  Oliver  died.  Buried  Oct.  30,  W.  The 
day  before  his  buriall  the  Univcrsit)'  billTnan  went  from  College  to 
College  with  the  doctor's  scarlet  and  square  cap  on  (according  to 
antient  custome  in  these  matters)  10  give  notice  when  he  sliould  be 
buried.  This  custome  had  been  prohibited  by  the  Parliamentary 
Visitors,  1647  or  1648. 

Oct.  87,  Su.,  died  Dr.  John  Oliver,  pracsidcnl  of  Xfagd.  Coll. ;  and 
buried  in  the  outward  chapel  between  the  two  doores  under  ihe  west 


*  EccGQtcL'sWood'tCoU.anilUalli. 
|).  511. 

'  Wood  notes  In  the  margin ;  *  see 
Oxfonl  obilal,'  I.e.  Wood  MS.  K  4, 
which  supplies  the  next  parai^ph. 

*  note  in  Wood  MS.  F  4,  p.  loi. 
Wood  ^ircs  ill  colnun  the  anns: — 
'  snMc  3  helmets  sidc-laix'  aud  close,  oa 


the  fene  point  a  6cor  de  lis  or,  withia 
a  Ixiidure  engrailed  argent.' 

*  note  in  Wood  36$  (19)  'A  true  anil 
exact  relation  tjt  the  .  .  .  mnrther .  .  . 
upofi  [kfiiKc  Cofsiim»  Albcrtui  l»y  his 
own  atlciidant*  ocai  Kocbtstct  in  Kent,* 
Lood. 1661. 


xe 


4i8 


IVOOD^S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


vall.  Dr.  (Edmund)  Diggic  preached  bis  sermon.  His  text  was  '  to 
live  is  Christ,  to  die  ia  gaine'  {Phil.  i.  21).  He  lold  them  that  'he 
had  his  first  bretiing  in  McrUm  Coll.,  hronghi  u|>  there  by  Dr.  Grinin 
Higs  (arterwarda  deane  of  Worcester) ;  and  then  demy  of  Magdalen 
Coll. ;  he  was  chaplain  to  archbishop  Laud  and  admired  in  tlic  court 
for  his  preaching — the  noblemen  bragging,  after  he  had  dun,  that  "  he 
was  my  tutor " ;  he  was  tutor  to  Edward  Hide,  Lord  Chancellor,  by 
wliose  meancs  he  was  made  dcane  of  Worcester,'  etc.  [Vide  *  '  News ' 
t(t6i,  p.  701.] 
t  A  feaverish  distemper  in  Oxon ;  see  in  Sept. 

November. — i,  S.,pwd  to  Forest  for  Gildis'"  Epistle 'and  'the*  tifrs  of  Henry 
Til  and  IV"  in  8°,  Ji6(t;  paid  for  one  of  my  brother's  Iwoks*,  9./. — 5,  T,  paid 
Mr.  Potter  mj  score,  191  6J,  sue  lliitt  notv  T  atn  (|iiitc  tjuitt  witli  him ;  i(  Elletcs,  6d} 
taMr.  Kabinsaa  for  Mr.  Barton 'Commciitary*  on  Antoniaus,*  41  6d;  to  him  agaioe 
for  Mr.  Greaves''  '  Romin  foot,"  u  jrf. — 6,  W.,  paid  Mr.  Gmiway  for  part  o(  my 
score,  lis  ftd,  soc  that  there  is  tx:bind  to  be  paiJ,  lai  %d;  to  Blagrav't  pt«ntice  for 
Lanqoctt's*  Cron(iclc)  imperfect,  6t^;  to  him  againc  for  Hawkin**'  *  Naliooa 
lixceltcncies '  6rf.— 7,  Th.,  for  half  a  pint  of  sack.  \\d;  spent  with  Dr.  (lieibert)^ 
Pcllntii  at  widow  Jcantes,  id. — 1>,  T„  s[>ciit  a|  Mr.  Bumbam's  with  8r.  (tdward) 
Tomer,  Sr.  Crafu'  of  All  Sooles  &  Mr.  <Sainu«]>  Ldfih""  of  Menoa  fiihin^ 
II.  W. — ij,  W„  ■  potiod  of  candclls,  &/. — iS,  M.,  to  Mr.  Robiiwoo  for  'the' 
R^hts  of  the  Crownc.'  u.— ao,  W.,  to  Jooe  Clicrt^-  for  mtading  my  clothe*,  6rf.- 
ai,  Th.,  ^)cnt,  <Srf.— a?,  W.,  for  4  tacks  of  colm,  ^j  %d\  for  a  poond  of  cawld 
&/- — 39,  F.,  givea  Robert  Church  for  ptut  of  (Matthew)  JeUjuian's  Kegeeter,  coe' 
much  16  concern*  S.  John't  parish,  li-— 30,  S,,  lit  Mr.  RobiDMa  for  books,  4J ;  for 
pamplctts  to  Dowmaa,  u\  to  Jonci  for  ballctu",  td. 

November.— Nov.  1661  ",  Sr.  (George)  Roberts  of  Mert.  CoU. 
(told   me  that)   at  Ham  casUc  in  Worcestershire  liveth  one  Mr. 


'  added  at  a  later  date,  with  a  note 
in  red  ochre — '  rcf(cr)  to.' 

'Wood  1S3  (5:1  'tlic  Hpistic  of 
Gilc1a«,  translated  by  Tboroaa  Abing- 
loo,*  Lond.  ir>^ ;  or  Wood  777,  '  Epis- 
toloe  lilidae.'  Lond.  1567. 

'  Wood  340  (5),  Load.  1643. 

*  Edward  Wood's  ScmjOES. 

■  Wood  414  (i);  William  Barton's 
'Commentary  on  Antoninus  bis  Itine- 
rary,' Lond.  1658. 

*  Wood  3i8  (3>,  John  Ci«avc»'  •  A 
diicoimc  of  the  Roman  foot  and  dena- 
rius,* Lond.  1647,  Svo. 

*  *  Lanqaet's  Chmoiclc,*  see  In  the 
Ath.  under  the  aamcs  of  Thomas  l^nkH 
and  Thomas  Cooper.  The  rolumc  bete 
referred  to  is  '  Coojwr's  Crouiclcs,  eon- 
teinlnge  the  whole  discourse  of  the  his* 
toriea  as  well  of  this  rcabnc  of  England 


as  al  other  coontreis: . . .  first  l>yTb 
Lanqoet    .    .    .    secondly    by  Tbomotl 
Cooper  .  .  . ,'  Lond.  if  60,  4to;  Wood 
463.     'I'bc    Bodleian    tiu    an    earlier 
edition.  Load.  1559 ;  Douce  C.  377. 

•  Wood  686  (J),  R(lchard)  H(awk. 
ins')  '  A  discourBC  of  the  nalioaal  cx- 
ccUcociesof  En^jlaudt'Lond.  1658,  R%-o. 

•  Thomas  Crofu.  B.A.  Alls.  14  May 
1661. 

*'  the  *  Mr.'  is  s  courtesy  title,  and 
not  a  mark  of  a  degree  Wood  96 
is  hi)  book  '  Samnclis  Mmhiie :  an 
essay  towards  a  metrical  vcrdoa  of  the 
rulms,'  Lond.  1661.  In  it  Wood  tuu 
notcil  '  donnvit  aulhur.' 

"  Wood  571;  Load.  1660. 

"  i.c.  ballads. 

"  note  of  Wood's,  printed  by  llcftme 
at  the  end  of '  Liber  Niger  ScaccoriL* 


OCT.  ^  NOV.  1661. 


419 


jcffrycs,  esq.;  where  about  12  yearea  agoe  was  found  a  vault  under 
the  ground  on  one  side  of  his  house  and  in  it  a  great  iron  chest 
containing  gold,  silver,  and  other  kind  of  mettalls.  This  vault  was  in 
the  middle  of  an  ancient  fort  ni»dc  in  the  manner  of  a  half  moone.] 

Nov.  5.  T.,  Mr.  William  Rc)'noIds  of  Cassington,  M.A'.,  died  and 
was  buried  there  in  itie  clianccll.  [HU'  son  sailb,  'at  5  in  the 
morning  6  Nov.,  Wedn.' :  hut  I  think  fals.] 

[Cassenton'.  On  the  south-east  side  of  the  church  is  an  house, 
uith  a  moat  round  all  or  most  of  it,  situated.  This  house  hath  a  fair 
homcstall  and  six-yard  land  belonging  to  it.  Which  house  and  land 
were  owned  for  about  2  or  3  generations  by  the  name  of  Coventry. 
The  last  of  that  name  tlicrc  sold  it  <to)  Jlr.  Edmund  Iluinolds,  M.  of 
Arts  of  Glocester  Hall,  abont  the  latter  end  of  Queen  Elizabeth. 
This  Kdmund  Rainolds  was  a  yonger  son  of  Richard  Rainolds  of 
Pinhawes  neare  Exeter  in  Devon.,  educated  in  C.  C.  Coll.  of  which  be 
was  fellow  ;  but  leaving  that  house  because  he  ia'US  popishly  affected, 
retired  to  Glocestcr  Hall ;  where  l)cing  a  noted  tutor  *  for  60  ycares 
or  thcrcaboutii,  grew  very  rich.  The  said  Edmund  died  (in  Glouc. 
Hall,  I  think)  ai  Nov.  1630,  aged  9a ;  and  was  buried  in  Wulvercot 
cbancell*.  He  then  left  to  Malhew  Cheriton*,  his  nephew,  a  farme  at 
Wolvercole  joyning  to  the  churchyard  there ;  to  Richard  Rainolds, 
eldest  son  of  bis  yooger  brother  Nicholas,  a  farme  at  Einsham  (who 
having  onlie  a  d-iughlcr  or  daughters,  dial  name  there  is  woren  out). 
To  William  Rainolds,  second  son  of  tlic  said  Nicholas,  he  left  the 
chief  fame  in  Cassington  of  6-yard  land,  mentioned  before.  Which 
William  having  had  three  wives,  left  the  said  farme  10  Christopher, 


'  'M.A.'  t>  underlined,  pcrlups  fox 

deletion. 

*  added  at  11  later  dAte. 

*  note  in  Wood  MS.  K  I,  fol.  160. 

*  the  bcu  aboDt  the  rctidence  of 
yooog  Ronunisu  ia  Oxford  dorine  the 
reigns  of  Ellxabcth.  Jamei  1,  ChulcB  I, 
Kem  to  require  ntoro  clucidalioo  tbui 
ihcy  hnifc  yd  tECcived.  Uid  ndi 
stDdcnts  merely  read  with  a  tutor,  or 
did  they  become  Durmbcrit  of  the  UtU- 
Tcnity  by  the  ordinary  way  of  matiico- 
lationt  After  14 Nov.  1581  thetUtutet 
rt:()Ut^(^c1  the  Oalh  of  Sa]>m»acy  al 
malricolalioD  from  nil  slndcots  orcr  16 
(set  t'lnrk'*  Keg.  Univ.  Oxon.  11.  i.  167), 
but  ihcy  may  have  Iwen  disregarded. 
In  tlic  Viutatiuii  liy  £liiab«-tb's  Com- 
mis8)oDi.-n  M  tlie  begiimiag  uf  bei  reign, 


the  Oath  of  Sapiemacy  wu  tnpiiictl 
of  all  nKii]l>en  oa  the  Fonoditloo  of 
Colleges:  It  WAS  for  thi«  ruMO  that 
EdDiuod  Rtjuoldt,  Thomas  Allcfi,  and 
other*  gave  ap  their  fcllowstiip*,  and 
retired  to  Gloc-  Hall. 

'  wc  tlic  ioKfiptioD  on  bis  moDument 
in  Wood  MS.  E  t,  fol.  68.  Wood  notes 
that ; — '  over  it  bis  picture,  now  toreii 
off.  No  aimes  on  thU  roonnmenl :  ibcrc 
hath  been  some  bnt  they  arc  gon.' 

*  Avis,  wife  of  Maithcw  Cbcriton, 
died  33  June  1636  aet  36.  See  the 
intcriiilion  and  amts  on  her  tomb  in 
WwMl  MS.  £  I  fol.  68  a,  b.  Woo>1 
notes ; — 'tbcK  two  coats  are  not,  as  I 
concclte,  the  projKi  coatcs  bclar^ing 
\v  Atdlhcw  Cberytou  and  hU  wtEc' 


e  e  2 


4flO 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


his  onli«  son  b/  his  a  wife  (for  be  had  none  by  his  first),  who 
now  cnjoycs  it:  and  'lis  esteemed  to  be  worth  looii.  per  annum. 
The  said  William  Rainolds,  who  was  lircd  in  Glocester  Hali  under  his 
uncle  Etknund  before  mentioned,  was  a  Roman  Catholic ;  and  dying^ 
at  Cassenion  on  the  5  November  1 66 1 ',  was  buried  in  the  middle  of 
the  chancel!  there  Some  j-eares  after,  his  widdow,  a  simple  woman, 
put  a  blew  marble  stone  over  his  graw.  whereon  shee  caused  to  be 
engraven  an  inscription  but  false  according  to  time,  %iz,  that  he  died 
6  Nov.  1662.] 

This  mounlh  (Nov.)  or  ihcrabouts  Mr.  (Edward)  Low  was  chosen 
rousick  professor  in  Dr.  (John)  Wilson's  place,  [a'  diligent  man  in 
his  place,  busic  and  forward.] 

9  Nov.,  S.  (qiucre),  Dr.  (Thomas)  Peirce  chose  into  Hr.  (John) 
Oliver's  place,  a  person  more  for  the  pulpit '  then  government.  For 
10  yeares  that  he  raigncd  (for  he  use  to  sUle  himself  'prince')  the 
College  was  continually  in  faction  and  faction  he  fostered.  High, 
proud,  and  somtimcs  little  better  than  mad.  Gut  at  last  they  got 
him  out  for  the  deanery  of  Salisbury. 

tNov.  9,  S.,  Or.  Thomas  Pierce  chose  President  (of  Magd.  Coll.)  ; 
more  fit  for  the  pulpit  than  government,  being  high,  self-conceited, 
proud.  That  college  was  alwaies  in  faction  while  he  sate.  See  his 
printed  paper*  against  Dr.  (Henry)  Yerbury  1663,  inter  papyras 
Oxonicnscs  under  my  window. 

DeoemlMr. — 3,  M.,  to  Tbomc  for  tnndiDg  of  Vi'eever  uid  Barton  lUDemyci** 
lorf. — 3,  T.,  ipcnt  with  Dr.  (Herbert)  Pcllluim  at  Jcanics,  yi- — 6,  F.,  for  n  pyc  ftt 
Blackmail's,  yi- — ro,  T.,  spent  on  Mr.  (Matthew)  Hutton  at  the  Meermaid  Tarera, 
fid;  for  a  ponnd  of  candcUs,  6rf. — la,  Th,,  paid  Mrs.  Bornhjim  her  score,  6rf. — 
I3i  I'-i  given  to  the  diggers  at  Hedyndon,  &/.— 14,  S.,  for  Almanacks  (^\MuiTtoo 
and  Trigg  and  Pigol*),  lorf;  spent  with  Dr.  (Herbert)  Pclham,  irf— 16,  M.,  wiOi 
Mr.  (John)  Corteyite  at  Flexnc/s,  31/.— 18,  W.,  at  Jeoascs  with  Dr.  (Herbert) 


'  Wood  notes  in  the  margin : — '  his 
•on  saith  6  Nov.  \  fals,  I  think.' 

*  added  at  a  IsIct  d.itr.  A  note  uo 
a  fly-leaf  at  the  end  says;—"  Mr.  Ed- 
(ward)  Low  made  this  month  or  ther- 
abouu  mnsick  profcMor  In  Dr.  <John) 
^^'ilsoa's  place.  Dr.  Wilson  was  pat  in 
!n  Dr.  Owen's  time,  anno  1656 ;  cjoaerc.'* 
(John  Owen,  Dean  of  Ch.  Ch.,  Vice- 
chancelloc  1651-1^5")  Wood  1 18 
('  Directiooi  for  the  performance  of 
Catbednl  Service,*  by  E.  L.  Oxford 
1661)  baa  the  note  by  Wood  'Jan.  1, 
1660  (i.e.   W   Edward   Low  prof,  of 


miuicall  praxii  in  the  Univ.  of  Oxon.' 

*  Is  be  the  Dr.  Pierce  whose  preadi'* 
ing  Pqijrs  ndmired !  See  Pcpys'  Wary 
tinder  date  8  Apr,  1663. 

<  Wood  423  (40) ;  Kc  at  the  end  of 
April  16O3. 

*  Weaver's'  Fnncral  Monncnentt'and 
Burton's  '  CommenLuy  on  Antooions* 
Ttinc-raries '  are  bound  together  to  Wood 

4'4- 

*  George  Wharton's  Almanack  for 
1(16]  is  now  in  Wood  Almanacs  C; 
Thomas  Trigg's  in  Wood  Aim.  E; 
Pigoc,  Ibidem. 


NOV,— DEC.  leei. 


431 


TtiiMli.  ad:— 19.  Tb.,  n  pound  oT  ouKlclb,  &/.—»,  F.,  spent  with  Will.  Hall  the 
printer  and  John  AVilmot  at  mother  Wtionrood's.  tji. — 31,  S.,  vpcat  with  Mr. 
{Jolin)  Curlcync  nt  wJitow  Flcxncy's,  (irf.— 33,  M,,  to  Mr.  IHrU  for  3  boolcs, 
\s  »tf.—24.  T.,  to  Mr.  Kobtnion  for  '  Troilui'  and  Crcuids,'  6cf.— 37,  ¥.,  »pcnt  at 
Jconses  with  Sr  Giles  Etcot  nnd  Dr.  (llciU-rt)  Pclhnm,  31/.— aS,  S.,  spent  with 
Mr.  <John>  Cnrteync  at  the  Star.  W.— 31,  T.,  at  JeauKs  with  IJr.  (Herbert) 
i'cltiam,  gJ;  fur  a  pound  uf  candells,  W, 

December. — 6  of  Dec.,  F.,  1661,  departed  this  life  my  cozen  Ellen 
Petty,  wife  of  Christopher  Petty  of  Tellsworth,  esquire,  and  was  biiried 
at  the  upper  end  of  St.  Aldate's  Church  in  Oxon. 

[...  Greinfeild"  de  com.  Bucks,  esq.  {of  VVotton-underwood. 
quaere],  died  in  the  house  of  Harding  a  barber  living  at  the  west  end 
of  S.  Marie's  Church,  13  Dec.  166: ;  he  was  not  buried  in  S.  Marie's 
church  ;  buried '  - .  .] 

tDec.  15,  Sut  several  Scotch  bishops  consecrated  at  Westminster: 
see 'News'  1661  p.  790. 

Dec.  16,  M.,  Mrs.  Margaret  Holyday,  wife  of  Dr.  (Barten)  Holy- 
day,  died  at  Efley ;  and  was  there  buried  at  Ihe  upper  end  of  the 
chancel] . 

A  report  tliat  my  cozen  Edmund  Petty,  recorder  of  Wickam,  died 
this  mounth  at  the  beginning. 

Dec.  the  20,  F.,  with  Mr.  (Richard)  Hawkins  and  Dan.  Porter  at 
Earles  for  strong  waters  when  wee  came  from  Ifley  at  my  cozen 
Holydaye's  funeral,  41/. 

Dec.  20,  F.,  Strctton-Audk-y  *  house  was  delivered  up  to  Mr.  Bosh 
by  the  owner  Mr. .  . .  Chamberlaync. 

In  the  year  1660  in  the  mounih  of  August  or  therabouts  Mr. 
Chambcrbine's  hous  at  the  said  towne  being  morgagcd  to  one  . . . 
Hush,  a  tradsman  of  London  and  who  married  the  daughter  of  . .  . 
Harvey  (one  of  ihcm  that  sate  upon  the  King  Charles  1)— he,  I  say, 
being  commissionatcd,  went  with  under-sherriff  Christopher  Wood  and 
a  party  of  mm  to  take  possession,  but  they  were  repulsed  with  one  or 
two  wounded. 

In  the  mounth  of  December,  one  Martin  Lumlcy  of  Bister  was 
chose  undcr-sherifT.  And  then  he  tried  but  was  repulsed  also  and  one 
of  his  men  killed  and  he  wounded.    As  also  a  currier  of  Oxon,  who 


'  FrancI*  Kinaiton'i  '  Amores  Troili 
ct  Cretddae,'  Oxon.  1635;  Wood  4^1. 

'  note  in  Wood  M^.  F  4,  p.  lol. 
W'otnl  gives  in  colour*  these  arms; — 
*  veit  ou  a.  cross  orfroit  five  toitcailx,  la 


the  fir^  quarter  a  mallei  or.' 

'  aUler  hand  has  niIde(l,'atWottoa.' 
*  Strattoo -Aodley    about     3    loilca 

north -east  of  Biocstcr. 


4aa  WOOD'S  life  and  times. 

had  nothing  to  doe  there  bat  as  a  spectator,  was  also  killed.  For  the 
first  that  was  killed,  was  one  .  . .  Johnson,  a  carpenter  of  5treUon, 
hanged  at  Oxon  in  the  sammer  sises  anno  1661. 

In  October  1661,  Ltunlej  wtth  his  men  tried  againe  and  then 
Edmund  Chamberlaine  was  cowerdly  killed  by  one  of  Lumler's  men 
~-\iz.  by  him  that  took  up  that  man  which  Edmund  Chamberlaine 
killed  1 2  years  before  near  London  in  a  duelL 

After  this  Christopher  Wood  was  mad  tmdersherrif  for  the  following 
{year ').  And  as  soone  as  he  made  soe,  at  the  latter  end  of  November. 
the  28,  Th.,  1661,  he  with  15  hired  from  London,  came  to  take 
possession  of  it ;  but  were  againe  repulsed,  four  of  the  sherrifiTs  men 
wotmded,  and  two  in  the  house  which  two  died  of  ther  wounds. 

In  Dec,  about  a  week  after,  after  this  repulse,  Christopher  Wood 
sent  up  to  London  for  guns,  but  before  they  came  do^'ue,  did  on  the 
20  of  Dec^  F.,  deliver  it  up  to  Bush.  And  soe  Christopher  ^^'ood 
was  spighted  therin  who  had  a  good  sum  of  money  promised  him  to 
obtaine  the  bous^. 

tDec.  22,  SiL,  John  Hacket  of  Trin.  Coll.  Cambr.  consecrated 
bishop  of  Lychfield.  Dr.  (Richard)  Baylie  might  have  had  it  but 
refused  it,  because  (Accepted)  Frewen  kept  it  with  York  from  1660 
to  1661  when  'twas  expected  that  Richard  Baxter  should  take  it 
But  Baxter  refusing,  'twas  confcr'd  on  Hacket,  who  made  a  good 
bishop  for  the  benefit  of  that  church.     'News'  num.  53  p.  815. 

[Dr.  (Herbert)  Pclham*,  Dec.  the  27,  i66t,  (said  that)  'when  Dr. 
(Arthur)  Lake  was  \-icecanceiIor  of  Oxon,  there  lived  a  Jew  in 
Oxon  ;  who  dissimbling  himself  that  he  had  a  mind  to  turne  Christian, 
was  known  to  that  vice-can  cellor  and  gave  him  leave  to  make  a 
collection  throughout  the  University:  which  he  did,  and  got  about 
two  or  three  hundred  pounds.  The  time  drawing  (near)  when  he 
should  be  baptized,  scaffolds  were  set  uj)  in  St.  Marie's  Church  to 
have  him  baptised :  but  the  evening  before  it  was  to  be  performed, 
ran  away  and  cozened  them  all  of  their  money.'] 


A  reason  why  learning  hath  decayed  in  these  later  times  and  now, 
is  the  nation  of  England  her  too  much  admiring  the  manners  and 
fashions  of  the  French  nation,  when  as  there  is  not  a  gentleman 
of  a  considerable  cslalc  in  England  but  must  have  a  French  man  or 

'  'viz.  16O2'  followed  but  is  scored  the  end  of '  T.iber  Nij^cr  Scaccnrii.'  Tor 
"it-  the  incident,  sl-c  dutch's  Wood's  Hist. 

'  note  hy  Wood  printed  by  Ilcamc  at       Univ.  Oxon.  ii,  316. 


DECEMBER,  1661. 


423 


woman  to  breed  up  their  chiMreii  aricr  their  way.  And  in  London 
tliis  year,  it  is  reporu;d  tliat  Uicrc  is  above  60  thousand  French 
lamilyes  thai  live  ihcrc. 

A  neglect  now  of  the  Fathers  and  none  bnl  foolish  vame  and  Horid 
preaching.  One  that  discourecth  in  company  scolar-like  {viz.  by 
qoting  (i.e.  quoting)  the  Fathers,  producing  an  anlient  verse  from 
the  poeis  suitable  to  his  discours)  is  accounted  pcdanticaEI  and 
pedagogicall.  Nothing  but  news  and  the  aiTaircs  of  Christcndome  is 
discoursed  oIT  and  that  also  generally  at  coffee-houses.  And  clubbs 
at  alehouses  and  coGTee  houses  have  not  bin  up  alxivc  14  years  before 
iliis  lirac,  and  they  did  not  begin  in  Oxon  tit)  about  the  year  1654; 
neither  was  there  drinking  as  formerly  nor  meeting '  at  alehouses,  but 
a(t)  scolars'  chambers'. 

Decay  of  learning.  Before  the  warr  wee  had  scholars  that  made  a 
thorough  search  in  scholasiicall  and  polemicall  divinity,  in  humane 
authors,  and  natural)  philosophy.  But  now  scholars  sludie  these 
things  rot  more  than  what  is  just  necessary  to  carry  them  throug  tlie 
exercises  of  their  respective  colleges  and  the  Univcrsitie.  Their  airae 
is  not  to  live  as  students  ought  to  do,  viz.  tcmperat,  abstemious,  and 
plaine  and  grave  in  liic  apparcll ;  but  to  hvc  like  gent,,  to  keep  dogs 
and  horses,  to  ttu'ne  their  studies  and  coleholcs  in^to)  places  to 
receive  bottles,  to  swash  it  in  apparcU,  to  weare  long  periwigs,  etc. ; 
and  the  tbeologists  to  ride  abroad  in  grey  coals  with  swords  by  their 
sides. 

The  masters  have  lost  their  respect  by  being  themselves  scandalous 
and  keeping  company  with  undergraduates. 

Fresh  nights,  caroling  in  public  halls,  Christmas  sports,  vanished, 
1661. 

Presbyterian  Acad(emians)  teach  academical  learning  in  the 
country,  <Henry)  Hickman,  (Thomas)  Cole,  (Henr))  I-angiey, 
(John)  Troughton. 

[Anno*  1661,  Mr.  FJmes,  lord  of  Casaington,  sold  his  lordship  of 
3000//.  to  ...  .  They  (?  the  purchasers)  will  sell  it  by  poice  meale 
and  have  already  began  to  doe  so ;   viz.  the  cheifest  farme  ther,  of 


■  be  means.  I  suppose,  that  the  msuc- 
cncctmes,  etc,  which  wen  now  beld  in 
t&ven»,  were  (onserly  bcM  io  College 
roooiK. 

'  TfaU  passage  is  added  od  a  flylcftf 
•t  lh«  end  uf  llu!  ahnuuic  for  1G61 ;  with 


the  note  written  at  «  later  date  "  iatet 
mcmoninda  wl  fincm  KStit." 

*  TfaUpais«£ccon)«satthctKginnui{ 
of  diealmaoac  for  1663.  At  theeodof 
it  U  tlic  nole  "  tiot  soc,"  perhaps  contm- 
dicting  only  the  last  cUmc. 


4*4 


WOOD^S  LIFE  AND  TIMES, 


6o/t.  per  annum  and  above,  they  have  sold  to  Mr.  Kilby,  a  Iaw<y>ct 
of  Souldem  com.  Oxon  for  another'  in  June  or  beginning  of  Jul/ 
1662.  And  he  ihcy  say  will  sell  that  also  pcic  meat — Mr.  John 
Alnut  of  Iliston  bought  ihe  mannor',  1663.] 

(Wood  485  {5)  'Justa  funebria  Piolemaei  Oxonicnsis  Thomae 
Bodleii,*  Oxon.  1613,  has  the  note  'A.  Wood,  Mert.  Coll.,  1661.' 
Wood  535  (4)  is 'The  life  of  Sir  Thomas  Roilley'  Oxford  i647.> 

[<In  1661)  Mr.  <John>  Wilton*  told  me  diat  Mr.  <Thoinas> 
Allen  of  Gloceslcr  Hall  told  him  that  in  the  raign  of  King  Edward  VI 
ther  was  a  cart  load  of  MSS.  carried  oui  of  Merton  College  library 
when  a'ligion  was  reformed  *.  But  I  rather  ihinku  ihey  were  carried 
out  in  Queen  Elizabeth's  time.  For  Mr.  Allen  told  him  that  old 
Garbrand  ihc  bookseller",  that  lived  where  Bowman  the  bookseller  doth 
now,  bought  iliem  of  the  college,  who  lived  in  her  reigne.  Mr.  Allen 
bought  some  of  tlicm  of  him.  Upon  this  reason  I  uuppo&c  that  I  find 
some  of  our  MSS.  in  the  publJcke  library,  etc. 

(In  i6fii)  Dr.  (Ralph)  Uathurst  told  me  that  one  (Henry)  CuflFe* 
was  of  Trinity  College  and  expelled  from  ihence  upon  lliis  accounu 
The  founder  Sir  Thomas  Pope  would,  wheresoever  he  went  a  visiting 
his  frcind(f<),  steel  one  thing  or  other  dial  he  could  lay  his  hand  on, 
put  in  hia  pocket  or  under  his  gowne.  This  was  supposed  rather  an^ 
humor  then  of  dishonesty.  Now  Cuffc  upon  a  time  with  his  fcllt 
being  merry  said  '  h.  pox  !  this  is  a  poor  beggcrly  College  indeed :  the 
plate  that  our  founder  stole  would  build  such  another.'  Which 
comming  to  the  president's  ears,  was  thereupon  ejected,  though  after- 
wards elected  into  Jferton  College.] 

[On '  the  skrecnc  in  Trinitie  Collie  chapel  *,  Oxon. 

(a)  "  Tcrrai  Cnlhbertt  qui  noa  tpoliaie  vereotar 

Euc  qticant  ccrti  quod  niwte  mala  morientnT." 
{P")  "Dcdicatsm  est  boc  oltirc  in  honorein  Stuictorum  NJcoloi  ct  Katherione." 

Some   say  that  Sir  Thomas  Pope    the    founder  brought 
inscriptions  (being  cut  in  wood)  from  a  dissolved  abbey,  viz.,  from 
Wroxstou.] 

[(In  1661)  Dr.  (Herbert)  Pclham*  (told  me) :— Mr.   (John) 


'  ?  i.e.  to  XUbjr  for  a  cli«it- 

*  t  of  Cassington. 

*  Qotn  of  Wood's  belonging  to  1661, 
printed  by  I  Icvne  at  the  end  of  '  Ltbcr 
Niger  Scaccorii.' 

'  cp.  the  baroc  of  New  Coltege  library 
mnitc  in  is^f  by  Henry  VIH's  Coin- 
mUsiuncri;  Uiitcb'j  Wood's  Hist  Univ. 


Osoti.  ii.  63. 

*  Carbmnd    llarica:    Cbirk's  Rcf.^ 
Univ.  OxoQ.  II.  1.  3)3,  414. 

*  fellow ofTritLCoU.  1583;  faiow< 
Mcrt.  1586. 

■•  uc  Clark's  Wood's  City  of  Oxford, 
it.  p.  371. 


DECEMBER,  1061. 


435 


Scldcn,  bom  at  Salvinton,  the  son  of  a  common  fidler ;  bred  up  at  a 
schoole  III  Chichester  under  the  tuition  of  Mr.  (Hugh)  Barker  som- 
rimes  of  New  Coll,  who  taking  great  delight  in  him,  exhibited  to  him 
logeather  with  Dr.  (William)  Juxon,  a  scholler  there  at  Oxon,  etc.— 
This  Mr.  Sclden  had  a  brother  that  was  a  fidler  at  Chicliescer  and  had 
8  great  many  children:  at  last  being  bedridden,  ihc  parish  nnd  others 
relieved  them  and  allowed  (hem  above  25//'.  per  annum ;  whomc  also 
]\Ir.  Seldcn  would  somtimes. 

Mr.  (?  Samson)  Eyton  (told  mc)  : — The  house  of  parlamcnt  once 
making  a  question  whether  they  had  best  admit  bishop  (James) 
Usher  to  the  Assembly  of  Oivines  Mr.  Selden  said  •  they  had  as  good 
inquire  whcilier  they  had  best  admitt  Inigo  Jones  the  king's  architect 
to  llie  Company  of  moustrap-makers '  etc] 

[(Richard)  Hooker ',  somtimes  fellow  of  C.  C.  C.  Oxon,  rector  of 
Dourn  in  Kent  where  he  died,  \\t  was  very  unhappy  in  a  wife  who 
by  all  was  reputed  an  imperious  whore.  She  would  make  him  rock 
the  cradle  purposely  to  liJnder  his  study  but  whilest  he  did  that  oHIcc 
Willi  one  hand  he  would  hold  the  book  in  the  otlicr.  She  would  not 
allow  him  paper  to  write  upon,  etc.  He  dying,  she  afterwards  married 
a  captaine  who  turned  his  (Hooker's)  children  out  of  doores,  soc  that 
in  a  short  time  they  either  begged  their  bread  or  died  in  the  sueela 
with  hunger.    Mrs.  Sly  '.J 

(The  frtiqucat  mcnrion  by  Wood  of  his  acqniiUtioDS  of  old  books  about  tUs  titOR 
gives  ui  czcDic  tui  lacntioDiiig  hoc  one  or  two,  which  have  mon:  or  less  of  pcnoaal 
ijitcrait.  the  csacL  dAles  of  who6e  purcbtsc  are  not  discoverable. 

\S  oo<l  406  (*  I'wD  histories  of  Ireland  the  one  vrrittco  by  Etinitind  Campion,  the 
other  by  lltnedith  Hanmcr,'  DnbL  1633)  is  marked  '  Ant  Woodc  1661 ' ;  and  if  one 
may  jiulge  by  the  biuding  which  is  stamped  with  the  initials '  C.P.'  the  motto  *  Ich 
dieu '  and  the  Piiace  at  Wales*  feathers,  must  bare  come  from  the  Ubiary  of 
Charlci  I. 

Wood  163  ('  MlrablUa  Romac,'  Roma,  1575)  bat  the  autogrtph '  Tho.  Bodlcy.' 

Wood  40  no.  10  1,'  IIopIocdimaspuQgns,  oc  a  tpooge  to  wipe  away  the  weapon- 
nlvc,'  by  William  hosier,  Lond.  tOji)  bos  the  autograph  '  libctTboioae  Fortescne, 
Coll.  iJtODiac  tocii.' 

Wood  386(1)  is  'A  geographical  and  anthropological  description  of  all  the  cm- 


'  DOtc  by  Wood  belonging  to  1661, 
printed  by  Hcame  it  the  end  of  *  Liber 
Niger  Scaccaiii.' — -Sec  l>r.  Fowler  i  Cor- 
pm  ChriiU  C^lUgt  in  '  The  Collegtft  of 
Uitond'  (^Mcthucn,  iS^iJ.pp.  388,389. 

'*  nnmc  of  Wood's  infonnaat.  In 
Wood  MS.  £  33  fol.  18  n  thb  note  :— 
'  Old  mother  Slyc,  aa  Oxford  huckster, 
dyinj;  In  a  fituty  and  snowy  season, 
ticorg   Payne,  tlu.-  witty  and  waggish 


cook   of  St.  Alban'a  hall  made  thli 
epiujih  un  her: — 
Death  came  by 
And  St  rack  mother  Sly 

A  deep  and  deadly  blow : 
He  took  )iei  o'  the  cue 
V\'ith  a  great  oraxtgt  pcarc 
And  kil'd  hct  to  the  midst  uf  the 


4S6 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


pirea  and  kiogdomn,'  Lood.  1634,  wliJch  Wood  aotcs  to  luve  been  lonncrljr '  printed^ 
at  Uonrfan  ^to  1618.'  and  that  *  this  bookc  vras  for  tlw  mo&t  part  madv  by  Jobs 
i'liJeaux,  recloi  of  £jcoQ.  CoIL  and  siotx;  bishop  of  Woiccstcr,  but  aftcnvarda  pub- 
lished by  his  schollcT  Robert  StafTonl  unrlrr  his  nwn  name' 

Wood  MS.  B  3  i*  a  MS.  of  part  of  JuTcaal,  with  the  note  '  Dc  claoitro  Roff(cnsi)«, 
Maur(itius)  mon^adius),'  i.e.  the  moiuistciy  which  owticJ  the  MS.  ami  the  icribt 
who  wrote  it. 

Wood  J14  is'  The  Rooke  of  Common  Pmici  noted'  1550;  'or  miwcal  notes  set 
to  the  book  of  ComiDOD  Prayer  by  Jotin  Mcrbcckc  ut);ani!it  of  WuKlsorc.  He  is 
mcntiancd  by  Mr  Juhn  Fox  m  hiE  Book  of  Mitrtyn  in  tjneeii  Mane's  raigne — 
A.  Bosco." 

Wood  g6i  is  'Historiae  lei  nummariac  vetcris  libri  qninqoe'  by  Mnttliaeas 
Hoste,  Franc  on  Oder  i£Ho.  It  has  this  note  io  it : — 'Ornotiss.  viroD.  Hieronymo 
Ttibiugii,  pAtricio  Lonctiurgenu  opeili  autoi  hanc  tei  iiumniariae  hiKtoriani  amicitiae 
ergo  mittit  quod  ejus  lectioncni  ad  vetenim  automm  scripts  tarn  sacra  quam  probsa 
rectius  intcUigrada  innltum  lucis  allatamm  esse  oerto  confidat ;  precatur  ita(|ae  qi 
bilari  (route  acclpbt  ct  aeqai  boniquc  facial.' 

Wood   C  13  [3J  'The  s»i  L-iw  of  Scotland*  ICdinb.   1590,  has  the  nntogra| 
>  Daniel  Dun,  prec.  vi>/ ' ;  no  donbt  of  Sir  Daniel  Duo,  Judge  of  the  High  Coon 
Admiralty  1608-1617. 

Wood  460  is  a  volume  labelled  *  Ftioebria  *  containing  scch  faeces  u  BeJUio- 
Hituma,  Oton.  1613  ;  Tltreni  Ejotit^HSium  in  ehiium  Joatmis  .  .  .  Ptlrti^  Oaon. 
1613  ;  Uodolphi  GuaJthcri  //»  Jc.  Par/thursti  phitum  £fic£Jia  etc.  It  bears  the 
autogra;ih  '  Georg '  Sadlcir/  and  has  a  uotc  by  Wood  : — '  be  bath  Kverall  cuptes 
of  verses  here  in  MS.'  These  verses  arc  written  on  blank  leaves  boimd  between  the 
printed  pieces  ;  are  generally  initialled  *  G.S.* ;  consist  of  a  few  short  Latin  {lieoes 
and  sereral  lonj^cr  hjiglish  pieces ;  and  seem  to  shew  that  the  writer  was  of  N«i 
Col1ei;e.     The  following  spednieos  will  soilicc: — 

(I)  {Oh  thtfeuHdaiioH  cftfu  BodUiaH.) 

'  Cor  nunc  Oxoniae  nova  bibliothecs  paiatnr  ? 
Qnaoilis?  en  jacet  hie  bibliuthcca  vctns.' 

(1)      (^On  Tkcmas  HeilaHii,  Ktiim  J'n/estor  efDivimity,  dud  161  J) 

'Solvisti  dubinm  mortcndo,  Ilallande.     Piilavit 

Te  bona  pars  homiaum  non  potnluo  morl. 

Com  tu  doctores  totidem  tarn  snepc  crcasti  *, 

Quomodo  conveninot  ista — creart,  mori  ? ' 

(3)  EpUaphium :  upon  a  child. 

Within  this  marble  castle  lyes 
A  rich  jewcU  of  highest  prixe 
Which  nature  in  the  world's  disdaJDc 
Bat  shewd  and  plockt  it  bade  agaioe. 


■  Wood  C  1 8  (John  Sadleit's  EagUch 
Tci«on  of  \^egetius,  LohJoh.  printed  by 
Tliomas  Mamham)  has  a  note: — ' Ed- 
ward Sodluirtieliiliiis  bi>iiLc;  wilnesscth 
TI1UQUU  IIolba^.ThomostJilbarteand 


Ridutrd  Walker  and  Marline  Hotbagc.' 
*  tlic   Regin*   I'rofessor  of  Diviaily, 
prceenling    graduates    in   Divinity   for 
LJicir  degree,  was  said  to  cre^t  lU>k 


yANUARY,  1662.  4^7 

(4)  {fin  Sir  Thomas  Bodtey.") 

Exter  his  biith,  great  tydtngs,  can  rehearse ; 
His  live's  faire  storye  Loodon  it  can  sound  ; 
Oxford  his  goulden  praise  in  fluent  verse, 
Kindncs  beyond  imaginadon's  boonde  ; 
The  wits,  his  love  ;  Marton  *,  bis  sable  hearse. 
Heaven  hath  his  sonle ;  his  bodye,  under  groand. 
Pale  visage  earth,  his  pillow  for  his  head ; 
liis  chest  ^  his  rest ;  his  silent  grave,  his  bed. 

Wood  480  is  Thomas  Key's  '  Assertatio  antiquitatis  Oxon,'  in  aedibus  Johannis 
Day  Lond,  1574.  It  has  the  antograph  of  a  former  owner  '  Jo(hn)  Day,'  perhaps 
the  feltow  of  Oriel.  At  the  beginning  is  a  copy  (in  an  Elizabethan  hand)  ofa  letter 
to  Key  written  by  John  Griffiths  from  London,  So.,  37  Aug,  1570,  telling  him 'you 
shall  have  your  dispensation  sealed  with  the  Archbishop's  seolc  by  Saturday  next,' 
that  the  fees  arc  '  iiit/i  iir  to  the  Faculties  Office  and  twice  as  much  at  the  great 
scale '  and  that  he  must  send  np  money  to  pay  them  which  may  be  left  with 
his  *  friend  Mrs.  Kaie.' 


166^  and  1662 :  14  Car  II :  (Wood  aet.  SO). 

(At  the  beginning  and  end  of  the  almanac  for  this  year  arc  various  notes  about 
Professors  and  Mayors  which  may  be  given  here.) 

(a)  '  Dr.  Joseph  Crowthcr,  Greek  reader,  Aug.  or  theraboots  1660.' 

'  Mr.  (William)  Levins  of  St.  John's,  Greek  reader,  July  or  theraboots,  16G1.' 

'Morall  Philosophy.  Henry  Wilkinson,  Magd.  Hall,  circa  aimum  1648; 
(William)  Carpenter  of  Xt.  Ch. ;  (Francis)  Palmer  of  XL  Ch.,  i66a' 

'  Lcotorcs  Musice.  (Richard)  Nicolson  of  Magd.  C.  ;  he  died  in  the  beginning 
of  the  war. — Arthur  Phillips,  organist  of  Magd.,  succeeded  circa  1638. — John 
Wilson,  Dr.  of  Mus.,  put  in  by  Dr.  (John)  Owen  anno  1655. — Edward  Low,  1661, 
latter  end  of  the  year.' 

'  A  catalogue  of  some  Morall  Philosophy  readers  which  I  had  of  Dr.  Henry 
Wilkinson  of  Magd,  H. :  (John)  Berkinghcad,  of  Allsoulcs. — Edward  Copley. 
Merton  Coll. — Henry  Wylktnson,  Magd.  Hall,  1649. — Francis  Howell,  Exeter 
Coll. — (William)  Carpentar.— (Francis)  Palmer  of  Xt.  Ch,' 

(b)  '  1659,  John  Lambe,  mayor:  1660,  Sampson  Whytc  :  1661,  Leonard  How- 
man  ;  i66a,  Roger  GrylBn ;  1663,  John  Harris :  1664,  Francis  White  :  1665,  Sir 
Sampson  White. 

6all(ivcs)  1663,  Hall,  Robinson ;  1664,  Harrison, Mayne :  1665,  Carter,  Thomas 
Bumham.' 


January, — i ,  W.,  for  this  almanack  to  Mr.  Davis,  yi ;  spent  at  the  Uvem  and  at 
widow  Flexney's  with  Mr,  John  Curtcyne,  u  \\d. — a,  Th.,  to  Mrs.  Humham  for 
my  score,  6</. — 3,  F.,  to  Earlcs  for  strong  waters,  31/;  the  same  paid  Mr.  Robinson 
my  quartcridgc  for  News,  aj. — 4,  S.,  to  my  barber  (Thomas)  Haselwood  for  his 
quarteridg,  3^  6</;  to  Mr,  Forest  for  Weever's*  *  Funcrall  Monuments,'  7j;  to  Mr. 

'  Merton  College.  monuments  in  the  United  monarcbie  of 

^  i.e.  coffin.  Great  Uritaine  and  Ireland  ...  *  Lood. 

'John  Wccver's  'Ancient    fimcrall      1631  ;  Wood  414  (i). 


428 


IVOOTtS  LIFE  AND  TTMES. 


Robtntoofor  a,*Pbi*iciill*riiction«fy,'  t/'spen)  »t  Mm.  Jcanes  u-ith  Dr.  (Herbrt) 
Pdhnm,  id. — 6  day,  M.,  ftpmt  at  widow  Flcxacy's  now  dame  Cnryc's  with  lit 
<  John)  Corteimc  and  Mr.  (Christopher)  Pike.  W.— ?,  T.,  for  a  '  Geoeimplriori' 
DictioDary  '  to  Mr.  Bownuui,  St/.— 9,  Tb.,  to  Clark,  the  cobler,  for  mendinF  ofo? 
shoes.  If  W. —  to,  K.,  for  Sood's '  *  RcUlion  *  of  Mr.  Kobtnson,  6^/;  received  raitdT 
my  rent  of  ICly,  3  poimd  of  caadrlU. — 13.  M.,  spent  with  Mr.  0okii^  CuztcyacMl 
(Kicbard)  Lower,  &/. — 15,  W.,  spent  on  Mr.  ^Jotin)  CtiTt<?)'nc  at  John  Futket,^/ 
— 17,  Ft  spent  witb  Mr,  (Zcpbaaiah) Cresset,  Mr.  Taylor  theapothecnry,  Rfcbud 
Hay,  and  Jnhn  Bnnrt  nt  the  Crvwnc  Tavrmc,  a*. — ■»■».  W.,  spent  at  Jolin  Fulkcs 
with  Mr.  (John)  Curtcynt,  44/. — 35,  F.,  for  my  battles  to  Mcrton  Coll.,  jj  fij;  tbe 
same  at  Jciuiws  with  Dr.  (Herbert)  Pclham  and  Sr  Giles  Escot.  4^. — aS,  T.,  sfMtf 
with  Pr.  (Herbert)  Pelbam  at  widow  Jcanses,  id. — 31,  F.,  bot^^ht  ■  parccQ  of 
books  of  Jotepb  Godwin,  7;. 

January.— [Jan.  4,  Stephen  Immings*  or  Yeomans,  senitour 
Dr.  (Robert)  Newlin,  president  of  C.  C.  C,  died:  buried  in  S,  John 
Baptiiit  church  under  the  tower.] 

lyiemnrnmlum  that  the  8  day,  W.,  I  took  6  pills  made  bjr  Jc 
Fulke,  apothecaiy,  prescribed  by  Mr.  Ricliard  Lower  of  Xt.  Ch. 

J.in.  the  to  day,  F,,  I  made  an  issue  in  my  left  legg  by  the  bcl| 
of  ihe  said  John  Fulke,  who  dressed  it  afterwards  10  limes  wit 
plaisters  of  salve,  the  last  wherof  was  laid  on  the  22  day;  and  then 
1  paid  him  for  his  pills,  \s  6d,  and  for  making  and  dressing  m] 
issue,  5s. 

*Jan.  10,  F.,  A.  W.  had  an  issue  made  in  hi.s  left  legg  under 
knee,  by  the  ad\ice  of  Richard  Lower',  a  physitian  of  Ch.  Ch.     Ti 
he  kept  open  several  ycarcs  after.    And  iho  it  did  his  stomach  g:o< 
yet  by  his  continual  standing  at  his  study,  and  much  walking  withaU, 
too  much  of  the  humour  issued  out,  which  alwaics  after  made 
left  legg  and  thigh  cold,  csjxjcially  in  the  wintcr-iirae.    And  \ic  nc 
tliiiiks  tliat  wlien  age  comes  upon  him  it  will  tume  to  the  dead 
and  be  his  death. 

(Beginning  on  13  Jan.,  M..  Wood  continued  throughout  the 
the  composition  of  his  '  Surrey  of  tiie  Antiquities  of  ihe  City 
Oxford ' ;   sec  the  dales  in  Clark's  Wood's  City  of  Oxford,"  i. 
16,  17.) 

Jan.  15,  W.,  (John)  Rislcy,  late  fellow  of  New  Coll.,  died;  uni 


'  Ivond.,  l6f  7  ;  Wood  Joa  (l). 

'  Loud.,  1661 ;  Wood  703  ^3). 

*  Wood4J»(3l  ;  'Sir  George  Sondes 
his  plabic  narrative  to  tbe  world  of  alt 
pouaeei  upon  the  death  of  bis  two  SOC&,' 
Load.  1655,  price  6./. 

■  note  in  Wood  Ma  K  33.  MS,  Kawl, 


B  403  a  says  '  waiting  man.' 

*  William  Hoddcsford  (in  1773I 
notes: — *  His  name  has  been  impadcntly 
affixed  to  many  nosunnis  sold  in  the 
shops.  Tbc  priDt  of  him  it  so^>cctcd  tu 
bo  a  counterfeit.' 


JANUARY^  1682. 


429 


<was)  buried  in  ihe  cast  cIoi«>tcr  there'  almost  before  ihc  doorc  going 
into  the  gramtner  and  musick  schoole. 

[John  Risley*.  Art.  Mr.,  Lucly  fellow  of  New  College,  died  in 
Pemhrofce  College,  W.»  15  Jan.  i66r  (i.e.  J);  buried  in  the  cast 
cloister  of  New  Coll.  neare  to  the  dore  leading  to  the  grammar  school. 
He  was  bome  at  Winwick  in  coru.  Lane.  No  escocheons  on  his 
hearse.] 

Jan.,  20  day,  M.,  I  avoided  stones  in  my  excrements. 

Jan.  28,  T.,  166J,  memorandum  that  Dr.  (Herbert)  Pclham  told 
mc  that  (he)  knew  where  some  of  Mr.  (Brian)  Twyne'a  private' 
notes  concerning  Oxon  were.  He  told  me  also  that  that  College 
(Magdalen)  had  the  abbey  book  or  register  of  Sele  in  Sussex. 


(The  MS.  here  leferred  to  is  perlupf  the  volnme  of  Collcctionc  by  Miles 
Wiodsorc  in  the  University  Archive*  (olii  mark  '  V;  present  murk  'North  We*t 
PrcM  37  '),  on  the  fly-leaf  of  which  Wood  has  these  two  Dotcs* : — (a)  '  Memoran- 
dum that  I  received  this  book  fidin  Dr.  PeDiam  to  be  used  and  pertued  by  tnc  and 
when  that  I  bnvc  done  with  ii  to  put  it  up  in  the  School  Tower  whc-ri-  mnny 
of  Mr,  Twyne's  notes  ore.— AntKony  ^  Wood,'  (b;  '  This  is  not  Mr.  Twyne'a 
Collcc'lioos  bnt  Mr.  Miles  Wicdsorc  sometimes  fellow  of  Coll.  Corp.  Cbristi. 
After  Mr.  Windsore's  death  these  notes  came  into  Mr.  Twyne's  hands  who  bound 
them  togcathcT  as  now  they  art.  But  this  with  others  being  scnltered  into  several 
hands  *  after  Mr.  Twyne'a  death,  it  came  into  the  hands  of  the  catI  of  Undicy ; 
who  learint;  it  in  Dr.  rctham's  band  and  foi^ettiiig  to  call  for  it,  gave  it  to  the 
place  where  by  Mr.  Twyne's  will  it  should  have  been  at  fini  pat,  that  is,  ia  the 
School  Tower  as  before. — A,  W,' 

Wood  in  '•  Wooil  MS.  E  4  "  gives  this  account  of  the  •  scattering '  of  Twyoc'a 
pa]>ers  here  alluded  to  : — *  Mr.  Tw7nc  dying  in  June  and  the  ficr  hajming  October 
lollowtng  (1644'j,  the  hoai£  where  hU  goods  were  left  in  Pcsiyfarthlng  Street  being 
buiiil,  hts  books  were  dispersed.  Some  of  ihem  came  into  Dr.  (John)  Nonrse's 
hands,  a  clTiUan,  of  Magd,  ColL ;  after  whose  death  Ibey  came  into  the  hands 
of  hia  kiosman  Mr.  Noarsc  of  Woodeatoo,  whose  wide  converte<l  (hem  into  wasta 
paper  (qoacie  of  Mr.  (Richard)  Crokc,  recorder  of  Oxford).  Sir  Richard  Mii»- 
sholt,  knight,  borrowed  some:  sec  the  petition  against  htm  imoug  my  folio  papers 
laying  on  the  ground/ 

From  I>r.  Herbert  Pclhom  Wood  obtained  an  important  MS.  by  Twync. 
*  Wood  MS.  D  3) '  has  the  note  '  Hnnc  Ubrum  reccpi  a  doctorc  Pelham :  Anthony 


■  Goti^'s  Wood's  Coll.  and  Halls, 
p.  a3». 

'  note  in  Wood  MS.  f  4,  p.  loi, 

*  '  prirate/  with  Wood  meani  *  not 
printed.' 

'  on  the  fly-leaf  the  book  has  also 
this  note  (not  in  Wood's  hand)  : — 
'  Herbertas  Pclham,  LL.r>.,  banc  lihmm 
feliciicr  invenit  ct  restituit  matri  Aca< 
dcmlac  Ojtos,  Marlii  18.  i66f,  post 
inrcntum  alteiom  gcmclltun  et  siiolliler 


antes  restitolnnn.'  What  the '  twin '  MS. 
alluded  to  ts,  I  cannot  as  yet  detcr- 
tninc. 

'  the  fate  of  some  others  than  those 
bcre  mcQtioDed  can  be  tracn).  One 
was  proliabty  in  Gerard  Langbnine's 
possesjdon  and  so  came  into  Wooil's 
hands  {tnpra,  p.  349) ;  another  came 
into  the  Bodleian  with  Scldeo's  MSS. 
and  is  now  '  MS.  arch.  Stld.  sapra  79' 
(O.  C  347). 


43° 


WOOiyS  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


Woode,  Meitoo  CoIL,  i66fi  IbUy.'  Tliis  volume  contains  two  treatises  by  Twyne  ; 
its  lcavi:3  have  been  greatly  confased  in  the  bindiog.  The  first  of  llioe  treatise» 
is  Twync't  'Ubo^  nounun  F,'  coal&inifig  a  oombct  of  p«peji  nlating  chiedy 
Id  Oifurd.  Tbc  seooad  b  Twtdc's  *  Liber  sccoadta  KbeduuticcMum,'  conlainifig 
excerpu  from  varioos  uithon,  probably  duuIc  nae  of  by  Tvyne  in  bis  '  ApoL 
Antlq.  Univ.  Oson.* 

From  Edwud  \aaes,  CeUow  of  Mertoo,  Wood  obtained  uiother  Twyne  MS. 
On  a  liip  iiaertcil  betwcm  pp.  313,  314  o(  Wood  MS.  E  4  Wmid  has  this  note:^ — 
*  Hemonadiim  that,  5  Aog.  1666,  Mr.  Edward  joaes,  fcUov  of  Mcrtoa  Colkj^e, 
lent  inc  a  MS^  book  of  the  works  of  Brian  Twjuc :  on  the  first  leaf  of  whicb 
is  written  "  Ubct  a  T.,  C.  X>.  C.  Oxoo,  iocti  et  S.  Tbcol.  bac :  l(iber>  5cbcdia»- 
ticonin  ■ptftnD&.*'  Od  tbc  same  leaf  are  the  coolcnts  of  tbc  bo<4c'  la  Wood 
MS.  K  4  Wood  (ays  of  it  *  babeo :  qoano.*  This  MS.  is  now '  in  the  Jesus 
College  M.SS.  deposited  in  tbc  Bodleian  f  MS.  Jes.  ColL  E  30').  A  member 
uf  that  College  (perbaps  with  a  view  of  cUimiRg  ibe  Oxford  antiqaary  for  the 
priocipalily)  has  written  on  its  first  leaf  *  lliiani  Gwynn  Collcctaoca  Philosophica.* 
It  iXQO.  XXX  in  IL  O.  Coxe's  'Calalugm  Codd.  MSS.  Coll.  Jesn.' 

A  Domber  of  otber  papas  by  Twyne  ore  fossd  amoog  the  Wood  MSS.,  vhoK 
mode  of  aoqnisiliaa  is  not  known. 

(,a)  the  lK£i&mD£  of  Twync's  Latin  treatiic  00  the  cborchcs  and  partsbea  of 
OiJGord  in  Wood  %!S.  ¥  a^  A,  fol.  371-377. 

(bi  Twyne's  Catalogue  of  the  Mayors  of  Oxford  (O.  C  Syn)  with  two  smaller 
papers  CO-  C.  8503  and  S504)  in  Wood  MS.  F  26. 

(c)  Twyne's  '  Fasii  Oxonieoics'  (cataloencs  of  Cbancellon,  Vice-cbancdlors, 
md  Proctors)  to  1626  (O.  C.  8485)  in  Wood  MS,  F  27  ;  and  in  the  came  voIua« 
CollcctioCB  in  answer  to  Sir  Simtrnds  D' ewes'  speech. 

(d)  Twyne's  canative  ot  the  mostmngf in  Oxford  in  1643  and  164)  (O.  C> 

8558)  in  '  MS.  Ballard  UWIII.' 

ic)  four  small  treatises  not  in  Twyne's  handwriting,  the  third  of  them  being 
'  Iter  Boreale,  autborc  Dodorc  Aecdes  ^,  prebcndario  Aedis  Chrini  Oxotu'  llie 
volume  is  marked  with  Twyne's  monogram  l,B.T.)and  tbc  date  'MIX^XXXXIV; 
and  in  Wood  MS.  E  4  Wood  ilociiU^  it  as  '  Brian  Twyite's  *' Liber  schedlatti* 
eonim  duodccimus/'  in  a  little  octavo.'      It  is  now  Wood   MS.  B  11  ;    O.  C. 

Fobnury.— I,  S.,  spent  al  WeVs  with  Mr.  Oohn>  Cnttcyn  and  Mr.  (Kicbai^) 
Lower,  ir. — 6,  Th.,  bought  of  Forest  scverall  books,  +j  ;</.— 8,  S.,  spent  at  mother 
Whorwood's  on  Mr.  (J"*'")  Cnrteync,  ft/;  for  rocmling  «hoct,  &./.— 11,  T.,  to 
Mr.  Robinson  for  some  l>uol(e«,  3*- — »i.  Th.,  to  Jones  for  ballads,  ir.— 14.  F., 
Evcraid'  'of  Tobac£o'  to  Mr.  Kobinson,  cjrf;  spent  with  Mr.  (John)  Cuitcyse 
at  Flexncy's,  a*/.— i.S,  T.,  to  Mra.  Bambant  for  a  score,  6J. — 33,  S.,  IwtJts  of  Mr. 
KobtnaoD,  4/  iif;   spent  with  Mr.  0^")  Ctuteyne  and  O**'")  Kobiosoo  at 


*  see  my  pamphlet  *  Catalognlng  of 
MSS.  in  the  Bodleian  Library'  {Out. 
iS-zj),  p.  16. 

'  some  other  MSS.  of  Wood's  have 
got  into  that  library.  '  MS.  Jet.  Coll. 
31  *  bctonf:eil  to  Wood,  and  the  list  of 
ointenls  at  its  beginning  is  in  bis  hand. 
'MS.  jes. Coll.  Ji,*  an  illuininnlwll -Oin 
missal,   bas   his    fancy  5i};nalitrr  '  A. 


Bosco.' 

*  Richard  Eedcs,  Canon  of  Cb.  Ch. 
1586- 1604. 

*  Giles  Evcrard  '  Panncea  or  tbc  nnl- 
vcTsal  mc<licinc  ....  lolwicco,'  I.flnd. 
1659;  Wood  679  \i):  '  I>r.  EvrrarJ 
bis  disconisc  of  the  wonderfall  cfTccts 
and    opcmtion    of    tobacco,'     Wood 

679  (3). 


JAiV,~I-'ES,  1663. 


431 


widdow  Ffuhcr's  61/. — >4,  M.,  Montelion's  AlniftnAclt  ',  BJ;  spent  on  Mr.  (Jt^n) 
Curtcync  at  Webb's,  ^ri.—Ji,  Th.,  Swan's*  'Measuring  Read,'  n. — j8,  F.,  to 
Mr.  Rich  the  sbomakcT  for  a  pairc  of  black  shoes,  41  fW;  I  gave  soe  much  for  my 
wax  leather  ahocs  before  and  1  gave  34  la  mach  (or  thcac. 

February. — 9  Feb.,  Su.,  Henry  Ferne  consecrated*  in  Ely  House, 
News  i66z  p.  I03. 

Feb.  10,  being  Shrov  Mund-ty,  my  cozen  Chamell  Maior,  a  silkman 
in  Paler  Nosier  Rew  in  London,  maried  Mary  daughter  of  (John*) 
Roystou  bookseller  in  London. 

18  Feb.,  T.,  i66(  [mrliatncnt,  and  in  thai  session  was  the  additional 
revenew  of  chimney  money  added  to  the  king.  Quaere  my  papers 
among  Sheldon's  papers,  i.c.  notes  O  P-  ^At  65  (i-e.  Wood  MS. 

D  7  (^).>. 

[The  parh'amcnt"  having  been  formerly  prorougucd,  met  at  West- 
minster, T.,  18  Fcbr.  anno  1661  (i.e.  )) :  and  therin  upon  the 
motion  of  one  Poole  (Sir  Courtney  Poole),  a  burgess  for  some 
westeme  towne,  svas  an  additional!  revenew  establislied  upon 
bb  majestie,  his  heires  and  succcssours,  for  the  belter  support  of 
his  and  their  crowne  and  dignity.  This  additional!  revenew  was 
to  arise  from  the  chimneys  wiUiin  the  ktngdomc  of  England  and 
'Wales;  and  had  the  burgesses  for  (he  Univcrsitie  (especially  Sir 
Hencage  Finch)  stood  up  to  save  our  Universiiie  from  paying,  'tis 
thought  that  the  colleges  and  halls  therin  would  have  been  freed 
from  that  tribute:  but  not  a  word  did  either  speak.  Every  ciiimney 
in  every  college  and  hall  pays  2s  per  annum  which  was  never  knownc 
before — no !  scarce  that  ihcy  were  before  taxed.] 

18  Feb.,  T.,  losses  by  wind"  in  Oxon.  Sec  among  my  papers 
under  the  window.    .See  in  one  of '  Anni  ^  Mirabiles.* 


'  Mootelion  for  1663  b  oow  in 
Wood  15. 

*  John  Swan  '  Cilamna  mensnrans  : 
the  measariag  reed  or  the  ttaiidard  of 
time'  a  pit,  4I0,  I^wd.  1653;  aiict 
agmin    Load.    1654 ;    both    in   Wood 

473- 

*  UillDp  of  Chester. 

*  brackets  to  in  Wood's  writing 
iodieate  doubt  as  to  the  word  bracketed. 

'  note  in  Wood  M."?.  D  19  (3)  fol. 
19.  Thicn  are  on  this  page  two  stny 
notes,  (a)  '  The  first  wife  of  Edward 
(Hyde)  carl  of  Clarcndoo  was  .  .  . 
flanghtcr  of  Sir  Gcorg  Aylefl  of  Wills, 
kt.,  by  vihontu  he  hod  a  daughter  that 


died  yooj;.'  (b)  'Walter  CJrey  arch- 
btibop  of  Yorlc  WAS  owner  of  sevcrall 
toicmcnts  lit  Oxoa,  and  that  called 
BluidcbaU  jojrniiig  on  the  west  iJdc  to 
llail  hjill  he  gave  to  the  UnlvcTsitle. 
He  died  on  the  day  of  S.  Philip  and 
James  (1  May),  on  which  (lay  yentlie 
there  was  a  soletnnc  mass  with  a  pisaeho 
and  diri^  celebrated  for  htm  by  the 
Chancellor  and  Masters.  To  be  pot  in 
/Iiitory,aaaQ  t]4J,'t.e. Gulch's  Wood's 
IlisL  Univ.  Oaon.  L  p,  133. 

•  c<iTTectwl  fiom  "  fier." 

^  '  Mimbjlt^  annas  sccnndits  or  the 
•ccond  year  of  prodigies,'  1661,  4(0; 
Wood  64$  (6). 


4S^ 


rVOOffS  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


tMischanccs'  and  losses  by  ihc  wind  in  Oxon,  T.,  Feb.  i8,  1661 
(i.e.  I),  die  Cmcordue. 

In  Queen's  Coll.  grove,  5  great  elmes  bloved  Dp  by  ibe  nrats  wilb 
the  fall  of  one  of  which  haltered  dovmc  part  of  a  wall. 

At  Wadham  Coll.,  3  slaks  of  chimneys  of  fre  ston,  each  stale  con- 
taining 3  ctiimnej"s,  on  the  west  side  of  the  Coll :  and  falling 
inward,  and  beating  into  the  chambers  would  have  killed  scvtrndl 
schollera  if  not  accidentily  then  at  prayers;  besifles  this  Uie 
baltlementi  over  the  hall  next  to  the  Quadrangle. 

At  the  public  libraiy,  4  pinacles  blowed  do^vne  at  the  west  end, 
where  Mr.  Selden's  books  stand,  and  falling  inward  bruised  tbe 
lead  and  timber  beating  downc  some  of  <[tbc)  walnscole  sealing, 
as  also  most  of  the  battlements  bctwcne  the  same  (nnades^  and ' 
much  of  the  glasse  of  the  windows  there. 

At  St  John's  Coll,  3  single  chimne}-s  belonging  to  the  clumbers 
imder  the  library  and  running  up  on  the  south  side  of  the  same 
were  blownu  downc  and  falling  upon  the  roof  beat  into  ibe 
library  with  great  lossc;  besides  this,  half  of  the  battlements 
over  the  east  Cloister  there  blowed  downe,  as  also  scverall  trees 
in  their  grove. 

At  Exeter  ColL,  a  chimney  at  the  comer  next  to  Lync.  Coll.  blowcd 
downe  and  if  the  schoUcrs  in  the  coltle-loft  had  not  perchance 
rose  bad  bin  sorely  bruised;  both  the  crosses  at  the  west  end 
of  their  chappcll  also  downe. 

At  X'  church,  all  the  freestone  railes  upon  the  west  building  next 
to  St  Toll's  from  the  gate  to  Dr  (Edward)  Pocok's  lodgings 
downe;  the  railes  also  over  Dr  (John)  Dolbin*s  lodgings  downe. 
some  of  the  lead  of  the  hall  blowcd  up.  the  great  elme  tree  on 
the  north  side  of  the  great  Quadrangle  behind  the  new  buildings 
blownc  up  at  tbe  roots. 

At  Allsoules  Coll.,  over  the  chappcll,  the  corner  pinaclc  Uicrc  blowcn 
downe,  and  falling  with  its  sharpe  end  downeward  beat  through 
the  pavement  of  the  Quadrangle  into  the  ground  3  foot  and 
above;  besides  one  chimney  belonging  to  the  warden  next  to 
the  street. 

At  RIngd.  ColL,  a  pin-icle  on  the  north  side  of  the  chappell  fallen 
downc  through  the  cloister  underneath,  beside  3  more  joyning 
to  it  with  the  topp  blowcn  off;  also  2  dialls  in  the  Quadrangle 


'  nule  rruni  MS.  Tuincr  loa  (put  3),  pp.  159,  160  of  the  oU  |ia(:Ing,  Tol.  87 
of  the  new. 


FEB.  —  MARCH,  1682. 


433 


set  up  3  years  agoe  by  Mr.  John  Dale  fellow,  one  on  the  east 
side,  the  other  on  the  north  side  of  the  Quadrangle  with  the 
battlements  adjo^Tiing  blowcn  clowne ;    also  one  of  the  statues 
in  the  Quadrangle,  and  some  of  the  battlements  at  the  upixir  end 
of  the  chappcU  on  tlie  south  side. 
AUb<allows)  slceplc  rock(cd).    One  stone  towards  the  lop  was 
blownc  uito  the  steeple.    People  thai  liv'd  in  llie  underneath  and 
on  llie  west  side  removed  out  of  their  Ixtds. 
Greyhound  sigiie,  Dolphin  signe,  and  Holy  Lamb  signc  downc. 
tFebi  1 8,  Tt  great  wind  and  the  harmc  done  in  Oxford.    [Il' 
blew  the  water  out  of  the  river  neare  Magd.  bridge;  so  Dr.  {Robert) 
Plot  in  his  'Natural  History  of  Oxford&liire '  p.  5.]     Sec  the  second 
ycare  of  'Annus  Mirabilis'  pp.  54,  55;  no  liaraie  done  in  Yorkshire 
or  beyond,  ibid.  p.  61. 

tFeb.  19,  W.,  Menon  and  I^fagdalen  chose  proctors  acccnrding 
to  the  interuption  of  the  ciclc  made  in  t64y.  Ch.  Ch.  and  Bras, 
chose,  to  reforme  it.  Whcrupon  this  controversic  was  to  be  decided 
by  a  superior  power.    Vide  [>ost  22  March  and  9  April. 

tParliament  concerning  chymncy-money  vide  O'  pp.  64,  65. 
Colleges  paid ;  for  want  of  a  man  that  stood  up  for  us,  viz.  ^Heneage) 
Finch. 

Uwroh. — r,  S.,  spent  with  Mr.  (John)  Cnrteyne  «t  mother  UTiorwood**,  grf; 
the  same,  to  Mr.  RobinKjn  for  a  Ixiok  intituled  "Niininkll  wid  Politicall  Ohserra- 
tions,"  tjy  (J<>^)  ('f3nt%  a  buttonnuker,  whoftc  &i»ter  colloocll  (Ttiomos)  Kclsey 

morricil —3,  M.,  spent  tt   Hoilkolt's  with   Mr.  (kolwrt)  Ciipjn  and  Mr. 

(George)  Roberts,  u.— 4,  T.,  lo  Mr.  KoMnson  fur  books,  &/  &>/;  tbe  same,  to 
(trcenwmjr  Tur  a  [Miire  of  ■tocktogi  wonted  luid  of  a  yw\  colunr,  (i. — 6.  Th., 
■pest  with  Dr.  (Heibcit)  I'elham  at  Jonies,  y. — 7,  V.,  Kpent  with  St.  (I£dw«rd) 
Tiuiter  and  (Richanl)  Kranklin  of  Mertun  Cull-  and  Sr.  (Tbonnas)  Crofts  of 
AUsooles  at  a  fiihing  bout,  ir  &/. — S,  S.,  to  Mr.  Kobiasoo  for  books,  y,  to 
Mr.  Davis  for  Stiadling's*  '  Epii{:iains *,  &/;  the  uune,  spent  with  Francis  Drope 
at  mother  Whorwood'i  with  K^iward  Forest,  3^/. — 10,  M.,  lo  ({all  the  dark  of 
St.  Peter  in  tlic  Eaat  for  a  coinc,  jrf.~ii.  T..  to  Davis  for  pirture*.  u  4*^;  at 
Kllescs.  6</.— 13,  Th..  spent  at  EJfley  vciih  Ned  Vatvtt  utd  my  ■  Will  Pcwy,  6^; 
the  same  siicnt  with  Mr.  (J*^^)  CarteTDC  at  notbcr  Symplon's,  jdl— 13,  S.,  a 


*  the  words  in  sqqare  brackets  were 
added  later. 

■  this  mark  refers  to  Wood  M&  D 

7(3). 

*  (Captain)  John  Greont  (citizen  of 
[.Midoo)  'Natnral  aiul  Political  Obacr* 
vations  on  the  lUIIso^  Mortality'  Lond. 
l66a,  4I0;  sec  nnder  Edward  GrmnI  in 
the  Athcitat.    Wood's  copy  ti  Wood  D 


z7(6).  He  marks  its  price  ai  if^wA 
note*  '  this  book  was  {mblishtd  tn  the 
UllcrendofFtbr.  i66i'(i.e.  1).  There 
was  a  foutth  edition  ptinlcd  at  Oxford, 
8to,  1665. 

'  LoimI.  1607;  WoodSj  (j). 

'  A  word  omiitcd^oa  doubt  one  of 
tbe  nniDOOfu '  coietu.' 


F  f 


4M 


mroQirsxiFE 

«£— «.  T^  VM  «ifc  Ik.<H^ai> 

u- W;  te  MK.  ipoc  «iik  0<te> 
K-k.^:  *pinl  rf  ^  ^.-^K,  fei 

^  Me.  Qginh    >  nanm 

Tmw;  u  >t-aft.  S..  «Uh  Mi. 

i%  W;  »  afc.  CuJBm  fcg  '  Gifl '  Wmb  «r 


W    and  vsi 


of  Or  BOMli  «r  MBch  or  ktter 

oc  F<cftfBBy  Bi^  T***^  idOt^BBrd}  nl^  OKa  n  DcvoBfifauc 

to.  IL,  i«4|.  Eka  Pen]r<  ^  «idJo«  of  Oandl  Pctt^r 

TtfnocsK  eaqwt,  depaned  tfaifi  fife  st  Scokt^^M,  cam.  Oxoil. 
and  vai  Acre  Inried  by  ber  taiAaad  fai  die  chaaodL  Sht  dKd  in 
die  ftar  o(  ber  :^  85  aad  opward. 

*Mar.  lo.  M^  fais  iiusMUi  EOen  Pctde,  ibe  nidov  of  Cfaarod 
PeCie  C9q^  died  it  Stofce-Lyne.  iged  85  or  more ;  lad  wss  boricd  bf 
ber  hssbasd  in  the  cfanrcfa  tbere. 

11  of  Mucb,  i66|,  beti^  Wednesdaj,  lent  to  Mr.  Qdm)  Cmtcync 
u  6<  vfaicfa  be  prooxiised  to  pay  loe  in  Ladj  Day  fofiowiiig  etc 
[New' paid.] 

Hudt  15,  a,  1661.  Mr.  Gctx^  Cadbury*.  Mr.  of  Azts  and  chap- 


>  Join  Vftkefield,  VJi.  Qoeai'i  7 
Ao^.  1660. 

*  John  RobfaMOO,  MJL  Qaem'%  xt 

Apr.  1659- 

*  prrbipi  Wood  It  19  aa  3:  Jo"> 
I>ancir> '  A  tmeuntlin  of  tbeftnnge 
ud  Krerooft  \-riatlfln  by  the  I>cvi1  of  7 
pcntva  lo  Lincaifairc  u»l  Willuun 
Somen  in  NoOibcIuid*,  1600.  Wood 
H  iR  (ai  b  Tboius  Potu'  *Tbe  woo- 
deriull  di*ceveile  of  witcbca  la  tlie 
covdUc  of  LjucutCT.'  Ixmd,  1613. 

■  cdtt  1564:  Wood  144. 

*  protMbly  John  KobitiKpn  ot  Line. 
Coll.  u  meant  (and  cot  hit  cootem- 
porery,  jolm  Kobintoa  of  Quvcn'i,  who 
U  romion^it  tvfint).  Wc  Icoow  clae- 
whcTC  thai  Wocitl  nswdaled  with  the 
fomer:  and  be  wunld  nalnntlly  Ix;  in 
coapany  with  Curtcyne  (k  Unc  roui). 

'  \V.K«1  i40  ('Tbe  Civil  Wan  of 
France',  XjowL  1574);  «  WooH  At& 


(•Atrae  Uatory  oftbeCnin  W vrec  of 
France  * ...  by  Antcoy  Colyud,  hooA. 
t$9i).  Asotber  boolE  with  a  umilar 
title  is  Wood  »I9  (*  The  aril  W  w»  of 
Fnuoe  duiDg  the  rctco  of  Chailcs  IX«* 
Lood.  1655). 

^  added  to  a  later  ink.  We  Vnow 
{ram  other  toarccs  that  Cnrteyne  was 
now  bard  op.  On  18  Aug.  1660  be 
bad  been  ejected  from  his  (ellowihip  !■ 
linculo  by  tbe  King's  Cominisdacicnw 
On  3)  Aug.,  the  King'ft  Commiariooen 
ordered  that  as  Coftcyne  wu  '  moch 
iodebted  Lo  tbe  College '  his  fellovthip 
tboold  be  kept  racant  till  its  eiDolQ- 
ncnti  paid  this  debt :  ud  alihoogb 
John  Cave  of  Magd.  C.  was  nomLnated 
by  tlie  kinK  to  tlits  fellowihip  un  14 
Sept.  1C160,  he  was  not  tufTcred  to  re- 
ceive anything  fiom  it  till  Ctuteync's 
debt  was  paid. 
*  suUlitulcd  foe  '  Cadliary.* 


MARCH,  1862. 


435 


leyne  of  Allsoulcs  Coll.,  deputed  this  life  and  was  buried  in  the 
outward  chapiwH  there. 

Mar.  1 8,  T.,  given  to  Robert  Petty  at  hia  going  up  to  London 
to  be  an  apprentice,  ii. 

tMarch  20,  Th.,  Henry  Fern*  dies  (so  John  rowcll,  M.  ai);  aee 
Sir  Peter  Ltycestcr's'  'Antiquities  of  Cheshire.'  The  I'reshyterians 
and  Independents  used  to  say  tlial  *  there  was  itien  a  rot  among  the 
prelates  of  Ctiester.'     Fern  was  buried,  T.,  25  March. 

*Mar.  ai,  F.,  he  received  his  first  letters  from  William  Somner  the 
antiquary  of  Canterbury,  with  a  copic^of  the  foundation-charter  of 
Canterbury  College  in  Oxon. 

March  22,  S.,  restored  to  Dr.  (Thomas)  Barlow  'Liber  Obitalis' 
Coll.  Rcgin/  which  he  a  week  before  had  k-nt  me. 

March  22,  S.,  the  business  concerning  the  proctorship  was  decided 
by  the  Chancellour*  at  Ixindon  about  7  &  8  of  the  clock  at  night, 
there  being  praesent  Dr.  (Gillwri)  Sheldon  binhop  of  London,  and 
Dr.  (George)  Motley  bishop  of  Wigom.,  and  Dr.  (Thomas)  Peirc 
praesident  of  Magd.  Coll.  Sir  Thomas  Clayton  was  there  and  tarried 
an  hourc  but  departed  before  the  Canccllour  came  out.  And  there 
witliout  hearing  of  parties  the  business  was  allotted  for  Xt.  Ch.  and 
Rrasnose',  though  Mr.  (Robert)  Cripps  and  Mr.  (John)  Hook  (the 
one  of  Mcrton,  the  other  of  MagtJ.)  were  orderly  chosen.  Soe  that 
now  the  cicle  will  be  brought  in  order;  which  before  (anno  164^)  was 
broken"',  being  then  the  pracabiterian  Visitation.  Vide  ' collectioncs ' 
ex  Rcgistris  Convocationis.' 

The  last  of  this  mounih  (31,  M.)  the  duke  of  l«nox'  was  married 
to  squire  Lewis  his  widdow. 


'  Wood  D  95  fio)  i*  *  E|iJKX>|MU7 
and  Presbytery  comidered,'  Oxford 
1644 ;  in  whtdi  «  former  owner  hu 
written  *  by  Dr.  .  , .  Feme.  afterwanU 
Udhoji  of  CbcBlcr.' 

'  sec  i»/ra  under  date  Kcb.  l6||. 

*  Ibii  tnuiicript  by  WilliiuD  Sotnncr 
b  DOW  b  Wood  F.  19  •:  and  ii  printed 
in  Clark's  Wood's  City  of  Oxford,  U. 
p.  376. 

*  described  in  Wood  MS.  E  4  as 
a  folio  book,  p«njiin«»l,  containing 
notices  of  benefactors  and  their  gifte ; 
excerpts  fiom  it  are  fonnd  in  **  Wood 
M^.  F  a8  "  fol.  98.  1  nndemand  tbiit 
this  '  liber  vetu*  de  obitibns  collcf^i '  is 
00  loaf*cr  fonnd  at  Queen's  ColL 


*  Edvnrd  Hyde,  carl  of  Clarendon. 

*  00  9  Apr.  1663  Thomas  Kmnkland 
of  Bnu.  was  admitted  Senior  ProdOt 
and  Hmrj  Bold  of  Ch.  Ch.,  Junior 
I'roctor. 

'  Me  Wood's  Fwti  onder  the  year 
1648. 

*  i.e.  MS.  BodL  594;  aee  infra  note 

».  P-  437- 

*  '*  Charles  Stuart,  duke  nf  Richmond 
nnd  l,cnnox,  married,  secondly,  Mar- 
garet (Banaslre)  widow  of  William 
Lewis,  esq.,  of  the  Van  co.  Glamofpin 
and  of  Bletchingdon,  co.  Oxford,  March 
31,  J  661  "  —  James  E.  Doyle,  The 
Official  Ilaronage  of  England.  A  note 
by  Wood  on  a  slip  al  p.  137  of  Wood 

fs 


43^ 


IVOOIfS  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


*Mar.  ult.,  M.,  Charles  {Sttiait),  duke  of  Richmond,  took  to  wife 
Ma^iaret,  the  viddow  of  WillLim  Lewes,  of  Glamorganshire,  and  of 
Blechmdon  in  Oxror(d)shirc,  esq.;  and  soon  after,  with  her  consent, 
sold  her  csiale  al  Blccliindon,  wliich  her  husband  had  bou^'bt,  as 
it  scemes,  of  Sir  Thomas  Coghill,  to  Arthur  (Annesley)  earl  of 
Angiesie.  This  duke  was  a  most  rcdc  and  dcbanch'd  person,  kept 
sordid  company :  and  having-  employed  a  little  crook'd  back  laylor 
of  Oxon,  named  .  .  .  Heme,  he  would  often  drink  with  him ;  quarrel; 
and  llic  laylor  being  too  hard  for  liim,  would  gel  him  downc  and  bite 
his  earc. 

AprfL— I,  T.,  spent  with  Mr.  (John)  Cnrteyne  and  {John)  Robiason  at 
Fisbcr's,  ^ ;  onuses,  a*/. — J,  W.,  for  a  ganipping  '  with  tnjr  bioihci  Kit,  \s  (>d\ 
with  Mr.  ^ohn)  CiiTt<Tmc  at  mother  Fisher's,  td. — 4,  K.,  to  noj'  hwber  for  his 
qojiitCTKlg,  jj ;  for  a  stckc  py «  for  Mr.  {John)  Corteyn,  61/  ;  the  same,  spent  witli 
Mr.  (XathanicI)  Grenwood,  (John)  Robinson,  and  (John)  Corteyn  at  Fisher'i, 
id.— "J,  M.,  re«;ived  of  Wiltlgosc  %  yrars  rent.  !/  8rf;  spent  in  gossipping  with 
Mrs.  Dflvii,  fid. — 10,  Th.,  (pent  at  Pumock'ii  at  Cnmnor  with  Mr.  (John)  Ctuten, 
(John)  kobLni»nti,  and  (N'ntbaniel)  Orcnwood,  Krf;  the  same,  spent  at  W"cbl>'a 
with  Mr.  (John)  Cvirtcn,  (HcDiy)  Fonlis,  and  (Xathanic-1)  Greenwood,  41/. — 11, 
F.,  at  Short's  witli  Mr.  (Robert)  Cripps  and  Mr.  Hcythrop',  \i. —  U.S..  with  Mr, 
(Jobo)  Curtcn  at  Jeaiuef.  ^d.—it,  W.,  spent  at  liinscy  witb  Mr.  (Robert)  Crip«, 
4*/;  at  Jejinit*  with  Mr.  (Kolicrt)  CrijM  anrt  Kolx-rt  Whitball,  id. — 18,  K,  spent 
with  Francis  Najiicr  at  Shon's,  6rf;  given  to  Will.  Dewy  for  Twin's  Antic).,  4/. — 
19,  S.,  to  Dsris  for  Moor's  Cron.  and  Cases* '  Apology  for  Musick,'  11  41/;  sprat 
with  Dr.  (Herbert)  Pclham,  id. — ai,  M,,  paid  Mr.  Grenway  my  score,  aoj. — 33, 
T.,  to  Thome  the  boolcsclW  for  stiching  boolfs,  \od\  spent  at  Jcanses  with  Mr 
(John)  Cttrtc)-cc,  W.— 23.  W  ,  spent  with  Mr.  (John)  Cnrteyne  and  Mr.  (John) 
Hobiason  at  Short's  and  at  Surcy's,  U  SJ. — 34,  Tb.,  at  Pinnock's  with  Francis 
Napier.  Mr,  Stafford,  Htnry  Lawcs,  and  my  brother  Robert.  8rf. — 36,  S.,  spent  at 
Jcanse*  (with  .  .  .  f )  and  (Edward)  Joces,  5rf. — j8,  M.,  to  Forest  for  Bacon'l 
Lssayes  *,  W, — 39,  T,,  with  Mr,  (John)  Curteyn  at  ni(other)  Jonscs,  yi, 

ApriL— 8  April,  T.,  bought  of  Will.  Dewey  "a  parcell  of  books  • 


MS.  E  I  »a)-s  that '  Arthur  <Anncslcy) 
caH  of  Anglesey  bought  the  mannoor- 
house  (of  lllecbiiigtun)  and  some  land 
belonging  theuo  of  Charles  (.Stuart) 
duke  of  Richmond  who  had  tl  with  his 
wifie  Matgnrci  uiiidow  of  William 
Ijcwcs  of  the  Vaunc  Glamot^anshire 
ftiid  he  by  pnrcbasc  from  Sir  Thomas 
Coghill/ 

'  Anne,  Chrixtoplier  Wood's  third 
child,  was  born  a;  Dec-  i6l'»l  ;  nnnicd 
perhaps  after  her  god-taotho'.  Her 
sponsors  were  Henry  Uavts  (yeoman 
bcdcll).  Anne  Harris  fwife  of  John 
Harru  of  S.  Michael's  parikb,  bailiff 


thii  year,  and  in  1663  Mayor  of  Ox- 
ford), Dorodky  Lorcdy  i.wife  of  .  .  . 
LoTcdy  of  the  Blue  Bore  in  S.  Aldatc'c 
parish). 

*  Probably  John  Athrop,  MA.  Mert. 
4  July  1657.     Sec  in/ra  33  Nov,  1661. 

'  [Johanuis  Casi]  '  Apoluf^ia  Mosicet 
tom  Tocatis  qiuiin  w&tnuncntalts  et 
ruixLu,' Oxon.  158S;  Wood  33. 

*  Ijond.  159^  ;  WoikI  769. 

*  l>r.  Holyday'istep-Bon. 

*  One  of  these  books  is  still  re- 
co|gnisal>le  in  the  Wood  collectloD. 
Wood  19  ('  Ceosorioi  od  Q.  Caercltiiun 
de  die  natali,'  Paris  i^S})  has  the  an- 


MARCH  ^APRH.^  1862. 


437 


that  came  out  of  Dr.  (Barlcn)  Holyday's  study,  2/1'.;  given  the  man 
that  brought  them.  f>d;  Fpcnt  on  Ned  Forest  for  prizing  of  them, 
\s  3*/ (Will.  Dewy  was  with  us). 

tApr.  9,  W.,  proctors  admitted ;  but  before  they  were  admitted 
the  Chancellor's  letters  (dated  39  March)  were  read,  whereby  he 
decides  the  controversie '. 

April  13  (II.  Su.  in  Kaater),  Mr.  (Robert)  South  of  Xt.  Oi.  was 
to  preach  before  the  king  at  Wesiminsicr  on  this  text  (Fxcles.  7.  10) 
"Say  not  that  these  dayes  were  better  than  the  former'":  but  after 
he  had  named  his  icxl  he  fell  downe  in  a  souwne.  Wherfore  the  king 
commanded  that  he  should  preach  the  sermoa  the  next  Sunday  fol- 
lowing.    Vide  'Annus*  Minbilis'. 

Aprill  14,  being  Murday,  1663,  John  Nixon*,  alderman  of  Oxon 
and  fonder  of  the  free-schoole  there,  departed  this  life  at  the  hour 
of  cloven  in  tlie  morning ".  He  was  born  at  Blechiiiglon  com.  Oxon 
and  the  son  of  John  Nixon,  laborer,  there.  He  built  a  free  schoole 
and  when  he  died  he  left  spcciall  order  in  his  will  that  no  privi- 
Icdged  man's  eons  should  be  educated  there — malitious — he  had 
got  all  his  estate  from  the  University  and  so  he  requited  When 
he  grew  rich  he  was  a  bitter  enimy  to  scholars  and  being  a  jufttice 
of  tlie  peace  put  into  the  stocks'  Thomas  French,  a  minister, 
for  being  drunk.    He  had  a  smootli   flattering  tongue  and  verie 


to^aphs  '  IsBAcns  Casacbotms '  iy^xx"), 
'banea  Ilolj^ay'  (1630)  uid  '  AiitOD. 
4  Wood,  iWi.e  bibl.  K  Holydaii.'— 
In  \Vo<xl  MS.  D  19  (]J  ii  a  MS.  cojiy 
of  '  Iter  borealc,  by  Kicfaord  Cort^, 
bishop  of  Norwycii,  pnaled  scvcrall 
times uaonf;hia  poemt,'  in  which  Wood 
hu  thb  note  '  I  icnicmbcr  I  had  this 
oat  of  L)r.  Buica  Holydsyc'i  Mndic 
after  hit  death.' 

'  in  MS.  Bodl.  594  Wood  cooliaocs 
this  note  : — '  und  gives  hit  »«nlenix  that 
Cli.  Ch.  and  Br.  nooe  wiic  to  have 
proctors  for  this  j'citn:.  The  cunclusioa 
is : — "  And  the  logick  of  the  Utc  ill 
dmes  fairing  ininxlaccd  90  many  incoo- 
vcnicncei  and  miichcifcft  by  dUlingui»h- 
log  beCwccD  the  cqailjr  or  intciiti<'ii  and 
the  IcUer  of  the  taw,  I  am  not  w  tiling  to 
o[Ka  that  dore  tu  auy  decisioiiii  in  the 
University,  which  may  pouibly  here. 
after  pro<iiice  dispcnuitiotts  vcri  uoagrc- 
ablc,"    doted     39    MorcU.      Tbomju 


Fr&nkland  of  Bras,  and  Heny  Bold  of 

Cb.  Cb.  then  look  their  places.' 

*  inexactly  quoted,  the  text  being 
"  Say  not  ihoii,  what  is  the  caosc  that 
the  fbnnei  days  Were  better  than 
these?" 

■  Wood  643(6)  is  '  Mlrabilts  Aonu 
SccnndaSi  or  a  second  year  of  pro- 
digies '  [printed  in  1663).  Wood 
643  f?)  '•  '  Mirabihs  Anno*  Secnodns, 
or  the  second  part  of  the  second  year 
offModigies'  (printed  in  ifi6)).  This 
tecood  port  has  the  story  about  South 
on  !>.  33.  Another  eopy  is  Wood 
fio8  (4  3  J. 

*  sec  Wood  MS.  F  99  A,  M.  324  a. 
Wood  in  MS.  Tanner  io>,  ful.  90  b 
notes  : — *  his  epitaph  made  by  (  Hcnry^ 
Cornish,'  somcttfflcs  canon  ol  Cb.  Cb. 

*  '  or  a  quarter  of  on  hour  bdoit ' 
followed,  but  U  scored  oot. 

*  substituted  for  '  imprisoned.' 


438 


WOOlfS  LIFE  AND  TIMES, 


bud  in  Us  <fealings,  in  so  much  that  tl  was  a  comparison  amonge 
schoUn 

hard  ud  siDooth  like  snjr  slcick  ttoae.** 

[rcadj'*  to  haul  scholars  downe  in  prison].  Quaere  Dr.  <John) 
Lomphirc. 

[John  Nixon',  aliicrmai)  of  Oxon  and  somtimcs  tnayor  or  the 
same,  son  oT  John  Nixon  of  Blecbiogdon  in  com.  Oxon,  husbandman, 
died  Th.  the  14  Apr.  i66a,  sine  prole ;  and  w'as  buried  in  St.  Marie's 
church  neare  the  hr^  south  dorc.  He  founded  a  free-schoole  in  the 
Gild-hall  yard  in  Oxon,  of  which  I  shall  speake  elswhere. — Joane, 
widdow  of  alderman  Nixon,  died  earlie  in  ilic  morning  on  F.  the  18 
of  August  167 1  and  n^s  buried  by  her  husband.  Sbcc  was  borne 
at  We&ton-on-lhc-Green  in  com.  Oxon,  and  her  maiden  name  Mas 
Simpson  or  rather  Stevenson,  a  plebeian's  daughter.] 

Lord  Sey  died  this  week '. 

[19  Apr.*,  T.,  Convocation  wherin  Henry  Carpenter,  uncle  to  the 
Speaker,  was  declared  D.D.  and  his  diploma  was  dated  and  sealed 
in  Congregation  X  Cal.  Alay,  ^F,  22  Apr.)  The  Masters  murmured 
that  ihcy  should  he  imposed  upon  to  confer  degrees  on  those  they 
never  saw ;  and,  as  I  rememher,  there  was  some  grumbling  in  the 
matter.  With  which  the  chancellor  being  acquainted  be  in  a  manner 
excuses  himself  by  letters  dated  30  Apr.  W.;— 

thftt  be  never  icoommcDded  any  bat  sncb — i,  that  were  strangers  who  sever 
mlcnilcil  to  coCDc  inio  England  and  have  merited  well  &oiu  the  kin]^  abroad;  2, 
»ucb  that  were  rccoiiimcndetl  by  ihc  bishops  of  London  and  Wintoii,  which  Kcmcd 
by  that  to  have  aUo  a  pre^approttalion  from  the  Univcrsily;  and,  3,  '  at  my  being 
with  you  when  yoo  told  me  (Sepl.  liut)  the  University  rwolvcd  to  do  mc  that 
hnoour  as  to  confer  some  degTieci  tn  my  presence,  1  did  not  of  mjrsclfe  recommcud 
any  but  Dr.  Rawliiisoii  and  3  or  4  more,  nor  were  the  rest  knownc  to  me  othcrwlie 
then  by  such  recommend ntioa  as  I  received  there  of  them ;  so  that  the  Coiverdty 
need  have  no  apprehension  of  aity  unreasonable  coodUcentions  in  that  kuid  from 
mc,  who  never  willingly  call  any  mait  Dr.,  who  comes  to  tfant  dcgnre  fir  saltum 
and  without  pcrfonniug  nil  those  obligations  which  are  incombcnt  to  the  degree.* 

Note  that  this  his  letter  is  dated  at  Worcester  house  30  Apr.,  W, 
and  put  tmdcr  the  acts  of  Convocation  19  of  Apr.  I    Kor  the  truth 


'  The  words  in  square  brackcb  are 
very  Uhcerlajii,  the  |»ksagc  being  almost 
illegible. 

*  note  in  Wood  MS.  F  4,  p.  loi. 
Wood  gives  these  arau  in  cutotm:-^ 
'or  on  a  cbevtun  between  5  leopards 
UaOi  galea  as  many  snas  in  splendour 


or :  impaling,  ermine  and  gnki  a 
chevron  counler-diangetl :  crest,  a  hanl 
holding  a  hunch  of  wbeal  or.* 

*  Willinni  Ficoncs,  viscunnt  Sajeuul 
Sele,  died  Tb.,  14  Apr.  tM). 

'  Wood's  note  is  MS.  Bodl.  5^4. 


APJ^iL  —  AfAV,  leea. 


439 


is,  the  nceclianccUor  and  heads  being  unwtlltnj^  (hat  it  should  be 
read  in  Convocation,  did  at  a  meeting  of  the  heads  of  houses,  3  May, 
S.,  read  it  beFore  them  and  command  was  then  given  that  tlie  contents 
theror  such  as  they  then  dictated  should  by  them  he  cammunicate<l 
lo  ihcir  respecti\*e  societies.  You  must  understand  that  ihe  vice- 
chancellor  and  officers  Tor  money  sake  put  as  many  names  in  as 
they  could  think  of  and  told  the  chancellor  when  he  was  here  in 
Sept.  that  it  was  in  honor  to  hioi.  But  when  continuall  clamours 
came  to  liim  about  it,  then  he  wrot  the  said  letter  lo  vindtcat  hinuKrlf: 
which  the  vicechancellor  concealed  (as  being  onlle  directed  to  him) 
for  fear  the  members  of  Convocation  should  be  exasperated  against 
the  vice-chancellor  and  officers.  However  ttie  University  stock  w;is 
increased  by  it] 

Apr.  24,  Th.,  Thomas  Edgeiley  of  Blechington  departed  this  life. 
He  bore  to  his  armes.  . . . 

Har. — If  Tb.,  spent  tl  Sorey'i  with  Mr.  (John^  Cnrteyne,  Oo^*")  Robinson, 
{Christophcf)  Pyke,  and  (Nathaniel)  Grenwood,  i*. — 3.  S.,  spent  with  Mr  (John) 
Curtcyne  at  Jeanses,  »</. — 4,  Ha.,  ipcnt  wilh  Kitt  al  the  Meremaiii  Tavtm,  41/. 
— 5,  M.,  with  Mr.  Corteny  (i.  e.  John  Cutte)-De)  at  mother  Harwood's,  3t£— 6,  T., 
with  Dr.  (Herbert)  Pclhain  and  others  at  JcaiiMs,  iJ.-  fi,  Th.  (Aiccosion  Day), 
ipcat  at  Pinnock's  with  Mr.  (John)  Caiteyne,  (John)  Kobiosoo.  and  (Nathaniel) 
(jrenwood,  is. — 9,  F.,  spent  at  the  Meremaid  Tarcm  with  Mr.  (George)  Vernon 
and  Mr.  (Matthew)  llmton,  ir  6^. — 10,  S.,  paid  Mr.  Kobinson  Lady  Day 
qiartridg,  31;  Uaik^dale's '  'decades,'  ^i  spent  with  Mr.  (John)  Ciirtcyn  at 
Boult's,  ir. — 13,  M,,  spent  with  Mi.  (John)  Cniteyn,  (John)  Kobinson,  and 
^athonirl )  GrenwcMid,  ^. — 16,  P.,  to  my  barber's  boy,  4J;  the  same,  spent,  4^. 
—  17.  S,,  wilh  Mr.  (John)  Cartcync  at  Suryc's',  Cd;  to  Davis  for  *  bookc,  ^. — 
19,  M.,  to  Dan.  Fortcr  at  tb«  Mcermaid,  t^;  the  same,  tpent  with  Mr.  (John) 
Curtcyn,  jrf.— [30',  T..]  at  Ellescs,  6rf;  ipcnt  at  the  tavciD  with  Mr.  John  Witc* 
ball  and  Colcbonme  *  of  OricU,  Sti.~3J,  W.,  speal  with  Mr.  (John)  Curteya  at 
Jeaose*,  irf. — aj,  F.,  spent  at  gooddy  Whitldld's,  jrf.— j6,  M.,  spent  at  Jeansea 
with  Mr.  (John)Cunc>ii  and  Flaxncy*,  41^^—37,  T.,  spent  at  Pinnock's  with  Mr. 
(John)  CurtcynL-  and  Mr.  (NsthaniLl)  Greenwood,  9i/. — ig,  Tb.,  spent  at  Snicy** 
nrid  widow  Flaxncy's  with  Mr.  (John)  Cuiteyn  and  Mi.  Flasney*,  61^ — 31*  S., 
with  Mr.  (John)  Cuiteya  at  JcanMs,  jd. 

Hay. — May  4,  Su.,  Mr.  George  Bury  of  Culham  died. 
tMay  7,  W.,  six  bishops  consecrated  in  Scotland : — vide  '  News ' 
1662,  p.  309. 
May  8,  Tb.,  tKii^  Asceosioa  Day,  Dr.  Pet(er)  Heytin  departed 


'  dement  Barlcsdale's  '  Mcmnrials  of 
'Worthy  reruns,  >  dccada'  Loud.  1661 ; 
Wood  )93  (I). 

•  'SatcTTv'r  in  MS. 


■  '  IJ  '  in  MS.,  but  probably  in  error. 
'  IjiwTcnov  CDlcbomc,  M.A.  Orl«l 
ij  Jnly  l6fio. 
*  WiUiam  Flcxocy  Um  muician. 


440 


WOOlfS  UFE  AND  TTMES, 


ihis  life  and  was  buried  al  (Westminster),  anno  actaiis  64.    ITe  was 
borne  at  Burford  co.  Oxon.     Look  in  his  *  History '  of  St  Georg.' 

[Mary',  daughter  of  Dr.  Henry  Wilkinson,  principal!  of  Magdi^ 
Hall,  died,  T.,  13  May  1662  ;  buried  in  S.  Peter's  parish  in  the  East, 
by  the  belfrcy  dore,  act.  3.  —  James,  son  of  the  said  Dr.  Wilkinson 
by  Anne  his  wife,  died,  Th.,  Nov.  iS,  1660,  Iwiried  by  hU  sister. 
—  Elixabeth.  daughter  of  the  said  Dr.  Wilkinson  by  Eltacaheth  his 
first  wife,  died,  Th.,  16  March  1653  (i.  e.  J) ;  buried  in  the  said 
place.] 

[1663',  May  15,  Th.,  Charles  Poyndexlcr  son  of  John  Poyndester 
was  baptized  in  S.  John  Bapt.  cliurch,  but   bomc  in  tlic  house  of 
Richard  Da%Ts  stationer  living  in  the  lane  commonly  called  St  Mary 
lane     The  father  of  tlic  child  was  tutor  to  the  yong  lord  Ascot  (sonJ 
of  die  earl  of  Caernarvon)  a  sojoumour  with  Sir  Thomas  Clapton* 
warden  of  Mcrton  College.] 

+May  20,  T.,  King  and  Queen  married ;  a  little  woman,  no 
breeder;  and  iherctorc  ^Edward)  Flidc  (carl  of)  Clarendon  en- 
deavoured to  make  the  match^  that  the  issue  of  his  dangbler  tlie 
duchess  of  York  may  inherit  the  crowne.  Married  at  Portsmouth ; 
laid  ihc  first  night  togcailicr  in  the  Warden's  lodgings  al  Winchester. 
— The  University  made  verses  on  their  marriage ;  some  of  them 
were  burlesqu'd.  Lowe's  of  New  Coll. ;  vide  '  book  *  of  libeEs.* 
Lowe's  verses  in  a  loos  paper  in  '  book  of  libclls,'  p.  107;  4*^  M.  16. 
Arts  BS  \ 

(Wood  319  no.  14  is  'A  hymenaean  essay  or  an  epithalamj  npon 
the  marriage  of  C'harles  the  second  with  Katherine,  Infanta  of 
Portugal/  1663,  by  Jlohn]  D[ropc]  M.  of  A.  and  fellow  of  Magd. 
Coll.  Oxon.  It  has  the  note: — 'A.  Wood:  donum  authoris  Maii  2\, 
AJ>.  1662.') 


'  '  The  Hirtoiy  of ...  St  Georpc  of 
Cflppftdociz'  by  I'dcr  llcyljni,  LmiU, 
■^33)  4to  [lecoful  edition] ;  Wuod 
536  (I). 

'  note*  in  Wood  MS  F  \,  p.  los. 
See  also  Wood  MS.  F  29  A,  fol.  555. 

'  note  ia  WocxI  MS.  E  JJ.  MS. 
kawl.  B  401  a  *\k\\%  the  name  'Point- 
clcxtcr'  aod  lumrn  the  laae  *Sch>-d- 
ranlc  Street.'  Charla  Dormer,  Myled 
VucouDt  Aficott,  matric.  Troni  Cb.  Cli. 
31  Ap(-  1664.  ac*.  n.  vti  created 
M.A.  (Mert.)  a  Srpt.  iWiji.  His  Inthcr 
(Chftilci  Durmer)  succei-jcd  as  second 


eir!  of  CamJUTor  in  1645. 

■  i.«.  Wood  MS.  £  31;  *miBiiig* 
tioce  18^;. 

*  this  pres»-nitulc  refers  to  a 
in    I  lie    ttodlcian,    containing,   arac 
otbcr    University    verses,    '  IXimidac 
UxonictiBts,    live    Miine    Academine 
gialul&tio  obampicntissimaiii  KTcnJsii- 
Rue    ptiiicipis    Catbarinac    Losit 
re{^  SBO  i1e»|)Oiixatae,  ia  AngUasi 
pnlsum,*  Oxon.   166^,  in  which   is   an' 
cpif^run  l^  Eflword    Low,   L(egiinj) 
li(ac)cColl.NoT. 


MA  Y—  yuxE,  leea. 


441 


May  30,  being  VVIiiison  tuesday,  ihc  King  and  Queen  laid  first 

togeaiher  in  tlie  warder's  lodgings  at  AVinton. 

About  the  20  of  May,  my  cozen  Maximilian  Petty  departed  this 
life  at  his  brother  Robert's  at  London.  (Thomas  Petty  of  Witney 
died  1660,) 

{Wood  276  A  no.  149  is  an  announcement  by  the  marquis  of 
Newcastle  of  a  horse-race  (sweepstakes)  at  Sparton  hill,  in  wliicb 
Wood  notes  '26  May,  M.,  1662  given  to  mc  by  Henry  Hall  the 
University  printer,  A.  Woode.') 

May  17,  T.,  Dr.  ^Jasper)  Maync  preacht  a  Latin  sermon  wherin 
his  drift  was  to  display  the  dunccry  of  ihe  University  in  the  late 
intervall,  calling  the  Doctors  and  professors  '  plumbeos  aldermannos' 
and  'aldermannos  plumbeos'  aU  one  and  'Crumovellum  canccU- 
^arium).'  This  sermon  came  out  in  print  in  the  beginning  of  Aug. 
foliowng. 

Jnn«.— I,  Sn.,vithDr.  <IIeTl>ert)Pe1huii  at  Jcanief,  W.— 3,T.,  inke  to  Davli, 
id;  ipcnt  at  Jaui»e»witb  Mr.  (Jolin)  Ciirteyne,  til. — 5,  Th.,  ipcnt  st  I'boack's 
wilh  Mr.  {Joba)  Cencyne,  Mr.  (John)  Longfotd',  and  monsior,  ^J. — 6,  F., 
'  British  '  Am  Unities  revived,'  6«/, — lo,  T.,  given  to  my  cozen  {Henry)  Jackson'i 
man  kt  Mcysy-Hftmploii,  6d. — 1  j,  V.,  iot  \  key  for  the  College  orchard,  r/-— 14, 
5.,  spent  with  T)r.  {Ilcrbcrl)  Pdliun  at  Jeanan.  jd. — 1(>,  M.,  Tor  ntcuding  my 
»bocs  to  Kich,  6./.— 19,  Th.,  paid  to  Mrs.  Burhaham  a  tcore.  u;  ipent  with  Mr. 
{Rasul|)li)  PaytoD,  -jJ;  to  kc  the  wax  woik  at  the  (iildhall,  ></. — 30,  F.,  K[>ent  at 
lh«  phisick  garrioi  wiih  Mr.  (Roger)  Hrcnt,  (I'ctcr)  NicoUa,  O^IJ^)  Powell,  and 
Mr.  (JoJin)  Wilton,  Ji/;  the  same,  with  Mr.  (Johii)  Curlcj-ne,  t^L — ai,  S.,  paid 
to  Goodman  the  conper  for  my  boisc  wbcn  I  went  to  MciKy  Hampton  Jon.  7,  5/. 
— 34,  T., spent  at  Cassinglon  with  0obn)  Cnrli^ii,  Mr.  Ptytoo,  rienton,  lUiumoa ', 
8)/. — aS.  S,,  lor  books  to  Davis,  5^.-30.  M.,  with  Mr.  (Joseph)  Hoirey  ia  the 
water,  arf;  the  ume,  at  a  (ish  supper  at  Mr.  Domham's,  ti. 

June. — 4  June,  W.,  at  eleven  or  13  of  the  clock  at  night  died  my 
cozen  Henr)'  Jackson,  rector  of  Mey(s}ey  Hampton  com.  GIoc,  and 
was  buried  there  at  the  upper  end  of  the  chancell  on  the  north  aide. 
(Ic  was  Bac.  of  Div.  He  had  completed  all  Peter  Aebealard's  his 
Ethicka  out  of  Sir  Robert  Cotton's  lilirary;  hul  when  the  war  came 
and  he  began  to  dote  the  designe  failed.  He  translated  some  of  Dr. 
(Sebastian)  Benefeild's  works  and  (these)  were  in  the  press  at 
Openliam  in  Germany ;  but  the  warrs  coinming  on  and  the  towne 
being  taken,  wa.<t  quite  dashed.  He  was  an  cjcccllent  scholman.  He 
traiudaCcd  W'hJtakcr  aganst  Reynolds  :  ask  Mr.  Samuaycs. 


■  John  LoriKfotd,  H.A.,  Vior  of 
CtuDDor. 

'  by  Rohett  Vitugbaii,  Oaoo.  iWa  ; 
Wood  478  ii). 


■  Ranulph  Peyton,  M.A.  S.  Edm.  H. 
IJ  July  1660;  Henry  Denton.  M.A. 
QacL'ii'ai  35  June  I^.IQ;  John  Haiu- 
uiuud.  M.A.  &.  £din.  IL  15  July  iMo. 


+4a 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


*Juae  4,  W^  Henry  Jackson,  his  kinsman,  rector  of  Hampton 
Mcj-sey,  died,  and  next  day  A.  W.  went  thiiher,  and  f?ave  his  assisting 
band  to  lay  him  in  his  grave.  He'  was  one  of  the  firEt  learned 
acquaintance  that  A.  W.  bad ;  and  being  delighted  in  his  company,  be 
did  for  the  3  last  ycarcs  of  his  life  constantly  visit  every  summer, 
continue  widi  lum  4  or  5  daycs,  and  hearc  his  stories  with  delight 
that  he  would  tell  him  conccmtng  divers  learned  men  of  the  Uni- 
versitie  and  his  college'  (Corp.  Chr.)  that  lived  and  flourished  vfaen  he 
was  a  yong  man. 

[A*  witty  mercer  (as  himselfe  thooglit)  being  asked  by  a  country 
fellow,  *  whether  he  had  a  man '  (a  matt  for  a  bed)  '  to  sell '  ?,  brought 
forth  his  daughter  Martlia  whom  he  called  by  the  name  of  Matt, 
asking  what  he  would  give  for  llial  MatU  The  clownc  answered  that 
he  meant  such  a  malt  as  was  never  laj-n  upon.  This  mercer,  who 
indeed  was  a  witty  man,  was  old  Henry  Jackson  *  living  against  St. 
Marie's  church  in  Oxon  whose  sister  my  grandfather  Richard  ^  Wood 
married 

There  «-as  one  Henry  Jackson  a  witty  mercer  of  Oxon,  who  would 
be  playing  upon  cvcr^'  one,  but  sometimes  was  met  with  to  the 
purpose ;  as  thus — A  countr)*  man  passing  by  and  gazing  upon  his 
shop,  asked  Jackson  what  he  sold.  Jackson  answered  *  Loggerheads.' 
Then  replyed  the  country  fellow  : — '  Me  thinks  you  have  quick  sale 
for  them,  seing  you  have  but  one  left  in  the  shop.'] 

[Thomas  Wicks'  or  Weeks,  a  malisicr,  alderman  of  Oxon,  died 
tlic  6  of  June,  F.,  1662.  ai  his  house  in  Magdalen  parish ;  buncd  in 
St.  Ebbs  church.  He  was  the  son  of  William  Wicks  of  Milton  by 
Abendon  in  Berks.  He  married  to  his  first  wife  Jane,  daughter  of . , . 
Boll  of  Merslon  by  Oxon ;  and  to  his  second  ....  —  Jane  the  first 
wife  of  alderman  Weeks  was  buried  in  S.  Ebbs  church  7  Oct.  1629. 
—  William  Weeks,  fatlier  of  alderman  Weeks,  burit-d  tliere  a8  Dec 
1626,  by  trade  an  ale-bruer;  be  married  one  Emme  Atkins.] 


*  Wood  notei  in  the  margin:  'sec 
Alh.  n  Fftsii  Oson.  vol.  3  p.'  194. 

*  in  Appeu'lix  XI  lo  Vol.  U  of  hi> 
*LibcrNigeti5c«ccarii'  Thomaji  Hcvne 
printed  this  note  by  Wood : — '  noy  ccmea 
^Hcnry)  Jackson  lialh  same  of  liii 
<RIcIurd  Mcti^kccS)  coin;  lin'l  tell 
yoii  mute  of  him.' 

■  these  Botes  in  Wood  MS.  £.  31 
(p.  7,  and  fol.  17)  tcfcr  to  Ilcniy  Jack- 
sod's  IaUki  or  t^  b:ui)i:   names,   and 


incidentally  point  oQt  the  '  kinship '  ot 
•  coiciiihip '  [very  diiutnt)  ttctwccn  Jack- 
too  and  Wood. 

'  'my  jjrandnacic'  in  Wood  MS.  F. 
31,  fol.  103  b. 

*  note  in  Wood  M.S.  F.  4,  p.  loa. 
Wood  gives  tlicsc  arms:— 'cnniitc  3 
batllcAxcs  mblc  (Wcclu);  impoltng, . 
sAblc  ft  oh{.-vTon  txtwccD  3  niullcli  useni  j 
[Langdalc,  qnatie^' 


f&^E,  1663. 


443 


(June  6,  F.)  bayliv  {Arthur)  Dimmock  being  turned  out  Ma/  30, 
F.,  (Kichard)  Pml  was  chose  in  his  place  Jun.  6. 

6  Jun.,  K,  my  frejnd  John  Wamford  of  Sevinghampton  com.  Wilts, 
esq.,  departed  this  life:  and  was  buried  at  Heyworth'.  Son  of 
Edmund  Wamford. 

•June  6,  F.>  J.  W.'  esq.,  an  intimate  acquaintance  with  A.  W.  when 
a  junior,  died  in  the  flower  of  his  youth  ;  and  two  daycs '  after  was 
buried  in  the  church  of  Highworth  in  Wills.  He  wa^  the  eldest  soo 
and  lieir  of  £dm.  W. 

Quid  ipedes,  quid  lingua  mihi,  qntd  profoit  xtu7 
Da  Lachj^OKiis  laniDlo,  qui  kgis  IstA,  meo- 

tjune  t4,  S.,  Sir  Henry  Vane'  beheaded. 

[June'  13,  Su.,  John  Hc.VMOod  of  Swarford  in  Oxfordslrire,  man- 
ciple of  Mcrton  College,  and  Ann  Straiibrd  of  Cassington,  scn'snt 
maid  to  Sir  Thomas  Clayton  of  Merton  College  were  married.] 

19  Jun.,  Th.,  old  Mrs,  Peacocke*  of  Chawley  departed  this  life. 

tJune  21,  S.,  the  heads  of  houses  took  into  their  consideration  the 
encrease  or  addition  of  exercise  for  M.A. 

[June  23  \  M.,  the  Act  put  of(f)  for  want  of  inceptors  in  the 
superior  faculties,  occasioned  by  the  creation  last  yeare.  At  which 
there  was  very  much  murmuring  among  the  ^^a8le^s,  and  more 
rejoycing  among  the  Drs.  and  heads,  because  they  should  not  be 
jcrkd  by  the  Terraefilii  as  last  yeare  ihey  were.] 

28  Jan.,  S.,  a  hay-rick  fell  downe  in  the  lane  (now  Frewin  Court) 
as  wee  goe  to  St.  Mar/s  CoUege  (now  Frewin  Hall)  and  killed  4 


^i.  e  Highwonh,  in  wbloh  paiuli 
Sevenhninptun  is  a  hamlet. 
*  John  WarnfoTd;  toe  Boprm  p.  183. 
■  UlUs  u^i  the  puish  rcgUter  o( 
Highworth  enters  John  Wunfonl  u 
buried  on  Jaoc  7th.  'Use  inscnptloD 
over  bi$  gnive  in  a  chspcl  belon{*tng  to 
the  \Varneford  family  in  Hi^worth 
CburcEi  is  as  foUom  (found  in  Wuod 
MS.  D  4.  p.  357):- 

'  Here  lyclh  the  body  of  John  Wjune- 
fonl,  escir.,  sonne  of  I'ldmund  Warneford 
of  Scav-en-llninptua  la  tbc  county  of 
Willi  c»qr.,  who  dqwrtcd  tlib  liic,  Jane 
the  6,  1663.— 

Rculer,  'tis  too  late  now,  to  bee 

good  or  wise. 
Wrapt  up   in    night,  iheyr  greate 
example  lya. 


\\*bo*e  knowledge  did  enlarge,  oot 
swell,  liis  mind ; 

ilts  Bweetncu  natnrall  and  unde- 
signed. 

Ilia  thoQghtg  calme  as  his  braw^ 
an  cqnall  aire 

Tome  by  noc  angry  tempest,  but 
Mill  fa  ire 

Wouliisl  thun  know  more?  then  let 
the  country  come, 

Tbeyr  tongues  his  epitaph,  theyr 
hearts  bis  tomtfe.* 

•  Wood  369  (10)  is  '  The  tryal  of  Sir 
Ucnry  Vane,  knight.' 

■  Bote  ill  W  ood  M.S.  E  33. 

*  Maiy  Peacock,  sec  note  3,  p.  39. 

''  Dote     in     MS.     BwU.     sjh4,     |x 
4}* 


444 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


children.  The  bailives  seised  on  the  hay.  Shcrraid's*  child  was  one 
of  Uie  children  and  he  reported  that  '  the  blood  of  the  parlbb  layd  on 
Gilkcs'  bous.*    Jilkcs*  kept  the  inne  called  the  Starr'. 

July. — 1,  btrnghl  of  Mr.  Airy*  n  [Mtrcell  of  7x»oks  which  were  hit  tindc'« 
Dr.  Airyt'i',  +»  W:  the  tame  of  Sam.  Pocock  onl  of  Mr.  Bmkctt'i  study,  41. — 
8,  T.,  with  Hr.  (IIeib«it)  PcUkud,  <Ctuirla)  rerrot  acd  <H(!Dry>  lUwl«y. 
3t/.~9,  W.,  for  «  pound  of  canilell»,  ^d  t>i>',  spent  with  Mr.  (Kicbard)  Lower, 
^John)  Corteyne,  and  elgewh(cre),  6/. — It,  F.,  to  my  barber,  bt&  qontteridg, 
y  (id;  to  Mr.  Kobin&on  bU  tjunrtcridg  for  ncwibooks,  jr;  to  the  boalmtm  when 
I  went  la  the  water  with  Mr.  {Jcaeph)  Harvey,  df. — 13,  S.,  spent  with  Mr.  (John) 
Cartcjme  and  (Richard)  Saffin*.  8//.— 16,  \\.,  tn  the  water  with  Mr.  <Joseph> 
Uatvey,  acd  spent  61^.— 18,  F.,  to  Mr.  Robision  for  '  the '  Koyall  Trade  of  Fithing ' 
■od  Darye  *of  Schools  and  Library-,'  Ij. — 93,  33,  T.,  W,,  spent  with  Mr.  ^Natha- 
niel) Ureawood  and  (John)  Carteyne.  V- — 34.  Tli-.  spent  at  the  tafcm  with 
Mr.  (Chriatophcr)  Hairiion,  dJ;  the  tame,  syytnl  at  Jcancea  with  Mr.  (John) 
Curlcyne,  J*/.— 35.  F.,  to  John  Banet  for  Taylor's*  '  Psalmea,'  6d;  spent  at 
roo(thei)  Whorwood'a  with  Dr.  (Thoraas)  Jeuit  aiu.t  (Chrisluphcr)  Harrisoo,  ^d. 
— 36,  fi.,  flpent  with  Mi.  (Zcphaniah)  Creuct  and  Mr.  Tim.  Wilkins  at  the  Crow(n) 
Tarem,  n;  the  same,  at  Janim  (i.e.  JcanMs)  with  IJr.  (Hcrl«rt)  Pelham,  34- — • 
39,  T.,  spent  with  Mr.  (John)  Cnrteyne  and  (John)  KobiotoD  u  Jcaiuea,  4^ 

July, — a  July,  W.,  the  head  of  the  Virgin  Mary  set  up  on  her  body 
over  St,  Marie's  church  dore,  and  the  Bjl>e  put  up.  See  more  in  my 
Latin  copie  of  Sl  Marie's  Church  in  the  i  side  of  the  5  leafe.  Said 
by  alderman  (John)  Nixon  in  'Canterbury's'  Doome'  that  be  sav 
many  worship  it. 

July  5,  S.,  received  32*  of  monsier  for  my  rent  in  die  Fleur  dc  lis: 
and  the  same  time  he  abated  inc  57  of  my  rent  for  the  putting  up 
of  the  pales  in  the  garden  which  I  before  promised  him. 

July  ao,  VIII  Su.  after  Trin.,  1662,  Dr.  John  Conant,  rector  ot'j 


*  Richard  Shensrd  or  SherwarJ  or 
Sherwood  a  brasier  lived  in  a  boose  in 
CommaiWct  Street  jntt  north  of  this 
lane,  sec  Wooii's  City  of  Oxford,  edit. 
Clark,  vol.  i  p.  aid,  n>>lf  5.  He  died 
in  l67S:—'ifi7l<,  Richard  Shirwmid  was 
hurye<l  the  Jd  of  April!/  S.  Michael's 
KefriitGr  of  Buriala. 

*  Kobcrt  Gilkes. 

'  now  the  Dunh  port  of  the  Claremloo 
Hotel. 

*  Christopher Ainiy,fc]]owofQncen'&. 
'  Adam  Airay  (D.U.,  10  July  1637), 

principal  of  S.  Kdmaod  hall,  rector  of 
Charlton  on  Otmoor,  died  15  Dec 
l6s3 ;  his  cpitApb  is  iu  \\  uud  MS.  K  t. 


p.  afi4 ;  alfio  in  Wood  MS.  D  4,  p.  a^t. 

*  kicluird  Saf&n,  M.A.  Line.  39  Jmw! 
1658. 

^  Wood  C  :4  (95;  IXeTOeUPU,or 
the  niyal  trnde  of  fishing,'  Lond.  l6ti>; 
maikrd  as  costing  ^d. 

*  Robert  I'allour's  'Sacred  Hymia 
consisting  of  fifti  select  Psalms  of  Oavid 
and  oihcrs,'  Lond.  1615;  Wood  381. 
The  book  has  the  notes  t*)  'Liber 
Ilrnrid  Sandys  ex  dono  pBtri(,'(b) '  Mr. 
Henry  Tour,'  the  lattei  perhaps  tha 
autofpnpb  of  the  Koy&llist  sabrector  of  ^ 
tactcr. 

■  by  WillLtm  IVyane,  Loud.   1646^^ 
fol.;  Wood  £40. 


yUNE—  JULY,  1662. 


445 


Exon.  Coll.,  preached  against  Annmi(ani)sme.  as  Mr.  (TTiomas) 
Torokins  (of  AH  So.)  the  Friday  before  had  for  it  before  the  Judges. 
Dr.  Conant  prayed  in  his  prayer  that  'God  would  forgive  ua  our 
originall  sin,'  for  \vhit;h  he  was  questioned  before  the  VicecanccUor ' 
and  Dr.  (William)  Crede  the  Dr.  of  the  Chain:'.  Dr.  Creed  told 
him  iliat  saying'  in  the  Comnion  Prayer,  that  'hapiisme  washed 
away  those  sinri-s'  but  Dr.  Conant  told  him  he  did  not  hold  that 
authenticke  to  resolve  him  in  that  point  and  told  him  that  if  he  would 
anfewcr  his  sermon  when  printed  he  would  reply  againc,  etc.  Dr. 
Conant  for  this  was  silenced  in  his  lecture  at  Allsaints  church  which 
he  every  Friday  had  with  great  paiiia  preached  far  la  years  togealhcr 
or  therabouts. 

July  21,  M.,  died  Algernon  Grevill,  2^  son  of  the  lord  Brook,  at 
Magd.  Coll. 

[Algernon  *  Grevill,  one  of  the  yonger  sons  of  Robert  lord  Brook, 
died  in  Magdalen  College,  of  which  he  was  a  fellow-commoner,  M., 
21  July  1662;  buried  in  St.  Marie's  church  in  Warwick  by  his 
ancestors.  He  had  Grcvill's  coat  drawn  on  an  anchivemeni  or 
hatchment  which  hung  over  his  window  in  the  Tower-gate  leading 
into  the  quadrangle  of  JIagd.  College.] 

July  21,  M.,  Dr.  <Thoraas)  Walker  *,  Mr.  of  University  Coll,  when 
he  was  at  prayers  in  hia  chappell  as  he  came  in  bowed  low  to 
the  east;  when  he  came  out  he  bowed  soc  low  thut  he  sounded  (i.e. 
swooned),  such  it  seems  was  his  formality  ihat  brought  that  incon- 
venience upon  his  body.  In  hast  there  was  a  scholler  brought  a 
bottle  of  claret  (in  stead  of  strong  waters)  which  the  Dr.  drank  but 
vomitted  up  againe ;  so  he  did  the  2*1  time,  etc 

July  29,  T.,  old  Mr.  . . .  Sleme,  chaplcinc  of  New  Coll.,  died  and 
was  buried  in  the  ...  cloister  of  the  same  college. 

The  latter  end  of  this  month.  (July)  the  nordi  side  of  Xt.  Ch. 
quadcangle  the  outside  was  finished.  The  timber  before  had  been 
destroyed  by  the  canncxi '. 


<  Ricbard  Btylic,  D.D.,  rresideni  of 
S,  John'*. 

•  i.  c.  Krgins  Profrssor  of  riMnity. 

'  I  t.  c. 'liondt^iiry  Ihis  VVnlcrto  ibc 
mystical  wasitHgmua/t/sm  and  {^rant 
that  du»  child,  now  to  be  bapHsed 
IberEio,  may  recdrc  the  folDcsi  of  tby 


grace. 


ooic  in  Wood  MS.  F  4,  p.  loa 


by  rarliam.  Vi«ilon :  rrstortd]  i66»- 
1665.  Dr.  Tbomas  Walker  nude  col- 
Iccliont  for  a  f-'asli  C'niv.  Oxm.  (i.e. 
lists  of  Chancellon,  Vicc-chaxicelluim, 
■nd  gradoatci):  mc  no.  CXXVlIt  In 
Coxc'i  Caul.  Codd.  MSS.  CoIL  Univ. 
Oxori. 

*  i.e.  tbe  Canons  Intnided  during  the 
rarlttiincnUry  Viutatinn :   we  Gutcb's 


Master  of  Univ.  1633-1648  (ejected      Wood's  Coll.  and  Hallj,  p.  447. 


44* 


WOOlfS  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


*JuIy.    A.  W.  having  then  and  l^fore  often  conadered  whu  vnt 
there  n-as  of  a  register  for  the  parish  whereu  be  was  borne,  vA 
wherein  he  lived,  called  the  coll^tate  parish   of  S.  John  Baplijl 
Merton ;  he  was  resolved  to  begin  one.    Wherefore  getting  the  noM 
of  all  such  marriages,  birihs,  chrismings  and  burialls  which  Mr.  Jota 
Wilton  an  aniient  chaplayn  of  Morton  Coll  had  made  before  he  wro 
to  be  vicar  of  Great  Wolford  in  Warwidcshire,  and  also  taking  u 
account  of  all  the  fathers  and  mothers  of  the  same  parish  then  Cv{d;, 
what  children  they  had  home  therein,  christned  or  buried,  he  bought  a 
parchment  register,  which  cost  him  7a.  at  least  \  and  remitted  tbemKD 
therein,  as  also  the  names  of  such  that  had  been  taken,  in  the  lime  of 
Oliver  and  Richard,  by  one  (Matthew)  Jellyman',   that  had  bea 
appointed   by  the  usurp'd  powers  to  write  downe  in  a  register  ibe 
names  of  such  that  had  been  christned  and  buried  in  several 
in  Oxon.  of  which  S.  John  Baptist's  parish  was  one,   &c. 
register  which  A.  W.  began,  he  doth  continue  to  this  day,  and  wUI  do 
the  like  till  the  lime  of  his  death. 

[Note'  that  in  the  year  166a  I  made  a  motion  to  the  suhwardeo  of 
Merton  College  (Mr.  Peter  NicoUs)  and  the  bursar  of  having  a  register 
for  S.  John  Baptist's  parish,  ha\'ing  never  been  any  public  one  *  before 
that  time.  Wherefore  with  the  consent  of  some  of  the  fellowes  I 
bought  divers  shcdes  of  parchment  and  had  them  bound  up  which 
cost  the  college  seavcn  shillings.  Afterwards  the  register "  being  put 
into  my  hands  1  entred  all  my  collections  which  I  had  made  bebra 
tliat  lime  and  have  continued  it  to  this  yeare",  all  under  mine  owne 
hand.    Ita  lestor,  Antoaius  &  Wood,  Coll.  Mert.  ArL  iMag.J 


*  '  ADf[.  166],  f^Tcc  toThomu  M&u- 
Dingham  for  tb«  paichmoit  of  thU  book 
5/  fui:  given  In  Johii  Hiuiie  for  tHe 
binding  orthUbuolc,  u  6ri — SirThomns 
CUiytoB,  wanlcn" ;  ^Vood'»  note  in  the 
register  jti«Lf  ^MS.  Kawl.  11  ^oa  a). 
Merton  College  re-funded  the  7r. 

'  see  iupra  pp.  i8j,  418. 

'  Dole  mad?  op  from  the  dnplicate 
notes  ill  Wood  MS,  £  33  mid  MS. 
Kawt.  B  403  a. 

'  for  a  private  one  (*  Curcanie'a  re- 
gister'], KC  j«/no  p,  tjo. 

*  this  Tcgiitcr  is  now  JkES.  liawl.  B 
403  a  (UicbartI  Rawlioson 'collc^ctln^' 
books  and  papers  whleh  aag^x  never  to 
have  been  lost) — 'A  Register  of  Ijirlhs 
cbrutnlugs  burialU  and  niari-iii^c^  that 


have  bin  Id  the  parish  belonging;  to  the 
collegiate  church  of  St.  Jolin  Itaplist, 
Merton,  in  Oxon.'  \Vi>o»l  MS.  K  jj  is 
a  small  copy  of  this  for  Wood'*  own 
nse  3 — 'A  Kegiiter  of  marriagn,  christ- 
nings  and  burials  to  St  John  Baptist's 
parish  in  Oxford  collected  and  coa- 
liriued  by  me,  Anth.  i  Wood,  a  aalive 
nf  the  said  parish,  for  mine  own  |iropcf 
xae  and  occanani — note  that  there  is 
more  matter  rendered  in  this  book, 
Ciipccially  as  to  bRrialls,  than  in  Oie 
poUic  regittcr  of  ttie  parish — liber 
Aiilonii  a  Wood  Oxon  1675." 

*  this  note  was  wiittea  lota  than  the 
fonnaliun  of  the  regtitter,  peihajis  «s 
late  as  16S5. 


JULY,  1663. 


447 


iJSurvty^  tf  S.J»kn  B^iii's farisk,  Oxford,  made  in  i66a,  revised*  in  1675.) 

Heienftcr  foUowes  the  names  of  such  pUoeft  and  Dunilics  tbsl  ore  St.  John  Bapt. 
pvish,  nude  in  the  ycare  166]. 

Mtrlen  CoiUge,  Sir  Thomat  Clayton,  let.,  wanleo. 

St.  Alban^i  Haii,  Sir  <Ji]i»  Svrctt,  ptindpall  [aftcrvardi  Dr.  Thomis  Lamplosh ; 
ukd  now,  1675,  Dc.  Narduiu  Morclt). 

The  garden  belonging  to  Mcftan  College  on  the  eut  lide  of  St.  Albui's  hall. 

The  hoiuet  agaiust  it  now  througli  negligence  loit  bai]  aie  become  memben  of 
S-  Peter's  ponsb  ta  the  Kast '. 

The  garden  *  opposit  to  St.  Albon't  lull,  now  in  the  tenore  of  Mr.  Robert 
il  Wood  and  bis  brothers. 

llie  stone  house*  opposit  to  Mcrt.  Coll.  fbreliDnt,  poaeut  by  Mrts  Mary  k 
Wood,  widclow,  awl  her  sons  Kobcrt,  Anthony,  anil  Christophw. 

The  boiuc'  ia  Mrii.  Wood's  back-side  (on  the  ooitfa  side  of  the  tcnix  comt) 
posscst  by  Thomas  Burnliam  somtUncs  scn-wit  to  Mr.  Thomas  ^  Wood  boibuid 
tu  tile  ofurcsajd  Mris.  Wood ;  [aftenrards  by  Rice  King,  ale-hotisc  keeper ;  and 
now  by  Anhur  Fowler',  victualler,  and  nndcr-cook  of  S.  Alban't  hall.] 

The  house  standing'  in  the  badc-ude  of  Ueit.  Coll.  ttables  possest  by  William 
Martin*  groomc  of  Mcrt.  CoU. 

The  larg  stotie-houic  *  oppoth  to  Menem  Coll.  chnrcb  poaaessed  by  Dr.  Tb«nas 
Willis,  phy^itian;  [now  by  Dr.  Richard  Lydall.] 

The  larg  ktone  tenement^  called  (ht  Pit  opposit  to  Mert  CoIL  cborcb  dot^ 
wherein  "  were  anno  1661  fand  iiow,  1675]  Iheic  families  -.^ 

(I)  Georg  Oale",  taylor,  aod  bis  family  in  the  opper  rome  betveeo  Dr. 
Lydall's  house  and  the  entrie  into  the  said  Pit. 


*  fbtind  in  Wood  MS.  E  33.  Com- 
pan  with  this  Ihe  peramhulation  of 
tbe  parish  imj'm  under  date  5  Jonc 
168a. 

*  the  additions  then  made  are  here 
enclosed  in  square  brackets. 

»  for  disputes  about  the  parish  boun- 
dary between  S.  John  Baptist  and  S. 
I'eler  in  Ihe  Kast  see  infra  under  dates 
I  Jooe  1A71  and  35  May  itiSa. 

*  see  supra  p.  45 :  Clark's  Wood's 
City  of  Oxford,  i.  183, 

*  rortioniiu  or  Poitmasters  Hall, 
tupra  p.  43  :  Clark's  Wood's  City  of 
Oxford,  i.  184. 

*  tupra  p.  69. 

*  note  in  MS.  Kawl.  R  401  a,  p.  I J  :— 
*  Jnnc  4,  1674,  Arthur  Fowler,  son  of 
Arthur  l-'owlcr,  undcr-coolc  of  S.  Alban 
Ilall,  and  Jane  his  wife,  was  borne  in  the 
backside  booie  of  Mr.  Robot  Jl  Wood.' 

*  uotes  in  Wood  MS.  E  33  :— '  i66|, 
17  Jan.,  Elizabeth  Martin  danghter  of 
William  Martin  groomc  of  Meiton 
College  and  ^\anc  his  wile,  was  borne 
in  the  hooae  luoding  in  Hmoo  CoUese 


stable  yard.' — *  1670,  July  10^  William 
Marten,  groomc  of  Merton  College, 
viddowcr,  and  Joane  Lyne  of  the  citie 
of  Oxoa,  widdow,  were  nutrried.' 

•  Beam  Hall ;  Clark's  Wood's  City 
of  Oxford,  i.  it<4. 

"Clark'sWood'sCityofOxforM-iSs. 

"  '  The  Pit '  had  a  deep  narrow  court 
('the  Pit  yard*),  as  may  be  seen  in 
Loggan's  bird's-eye  plan  of  Oxford 
(167,4).  with  houses  on  every  side. 

**  the  following  entries  relating  to  the 
Gales  are  from  Wood  MS.  E  33 : — 
lAjfl,  Nov.  19,  Eliiabetb  Gale. daughter 
of  Georg  Gale,  taylonr,  and  Eliulirtli 
Crcake  his  wife  was  borne.  —  ifi6a, 
Dec.  4,  Hannah  Gale,  borne. — 1664, 
Dec.  10,  Georg  Gale,  borne.— 1666,  aa 
July,  Jemima  (*a]e,  bora. — 1668,  Anne 
Gale,  bapt.  31  June. — 16H.  Jan.  1, 
William,  son  of  William  lloplcyns  of 
Abcodon  by  Klicabeth  his  wife  wag 
baptiaed  ;  borne  in  the  house  belonging 
to  the  mother's  father  (Georg  Gale]  tM 
Dec  10,'  Of  these  Gale  Kirls  Wood,  is 
the  sequel,  gifca  '  ao  good  rqKnt.* 


448 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


<li)  RichnH  Elerne ',  Uylor,  ami  his  itxaWj  io  the  roome  nnderrtealb  | 
(now  Jcffry  Cleric,  uylor]. 

(iii)  Richard  Itxrefoot*,  letter  oirier  and  bis  nf^T^d  crew  [qow  his  wife, 
and  John  Kqiingiile  who  manied  their  daugliler*]  all  in  in  npper  and 
lower  roome  in  the  backside  oo  the  north  side  of  Gale't  and  i-fcmc's 
hzNtation. 

(iry  the  comer  tenement  opposit  toMcrton  College  charch  dore  poMcH  by 
Nathaniel  Janes  boiler  of  Nlcrton  College  [afterwards  by  Roger  Fowlrr', 
cook  of  S.  AlbA&'s  Ilall ;  now  by  Joseph  Jackson  *,  undcr-cock  of  Merton 
College. — Note  thai  the  lower  rooine  In  the  said  tenrnieDt  joyning  lo  the 
cctric  in  the  Pit  yard  hath  been  poi»C9t  by  Richard  ilcmc  [John  Robinson, 
and  now  by  TIcnry  Freeman*,  under-bstler  of  Merton  College.] 

(v)  the  tenement  joynin^  lo  the  former  od  the  north  »dc  and  which  hat 
a  public  dure  belonging  thcrlo  going  into  Grope  Lane,  pouest  by  WilU 
Blacktnan  the  elder ' ;  [afterwards  by  the  yongcr  •,  now  by  his  widdow 
son  (John  Blackmao). — ^Thb  was  toined  into  4  tenements  aano  1680.] 


'  note  in  Wood  MS.  E  33:—'  1665, 
March  30,  Richard  llierom  (Heme),  of 
Bynsey  neaie  Oxon,  a  taylour,  of  this 
parish,  and  Alice  New.  daeghtcr  of 
Thomas  New  of  All  Saints  parish,  were 
married.' 

'  note  in  Wood  MS.  E  33  :— '1674, 
March  35,  Richard  Darcfoot,  letter  car- 
rier or  Ibot-messinger,  lirinj;  lately  in 
the  Pit  yard,  was  bniicd  in  the  church 
yard.' 

■  note  b  Woorl  MS.  E  33 :— '  168^, 
Jai:.  34,  Alice  iiatefoot  (for  her  im- 
pndence  commonly  called  Bnui),  the 
wife  of  John  Repin^hale  (for  his  shark- 
ing anil  snatching  commonly  called 
Calthir],\*si.i  bnried  in  the  church  yard 
by  hci  father  (Richard  Bardunt)  after 
sliee  had  Kceire<l  relief  frtiru  the  parish 
about  3  or  4  )-eare>.'  *  jfitif.  Jan.  >a, 
Anne  Rcpinghalc  daughter  oljcjin  Kep- 
Inghale  and  Alice  llarufoot  hi&  wife, 
was  hone  in  oiie  of  the  honacs  in  the 
Pit  yard.* 

•  note  in  Wood  MS.  E  33  :— '  16;?, 
Nov.  13,  Marie,  the  wife  of  Roger 
Fowler,  cook  of  St.  Alban's  Hall,  was 
buried  to  S.  John  Bapt.  chnrch)  ard  ;  she 
ditd  in  Cat  Street,  the  1  tth  of  the  same 
month.* 

»  note  in  Wood  MS.  E  33 :— '  167!, 
Feb.  16,  Joseph  Jackson,  ondcr-cuokc 
of  Merton  Coll..  anil  Mary  Illackmon  of 
tbl«  parish,  daugiiter  of  William  Ulack- 
man  lately  the  younger,  were  married.' 
*  l<^£5)  ^i"y  30,  M.U7  Utackmai),  daugh- 


ter of  William  Blaclnnan  yonger,  and 
Mary  Vcmole  or  VcmTill  his  wife,  waal 
bamc*    In  if&^  Jowph  Jackson  occurs 
as  '  head  cook  '  of  Meit.  Coll. 

•  note  In  Wood  MS.  li  33  : — '  1673, 
July  37,  ilcnry  Freeman,  imder-bailet 
of  Merc  Coll.,  bachelor,  and  KUzal 
Chilraead  of  Halywcll  In  the  suburt 
of  Okod,  widdow,  were  married.    Tbi^ 
]{cnry  Freeman  is  now  her  sixth  ht 
baiML* 

*  notes  in  Wood  MS.  E  33  :—*  '66M 
Oct.  9,  Joanc  Blackman  (Joanna  Rttd- 
Icy),  wife  of  William   Blackman  the 
elder,  cooke,  was  buried  in  S.  John 
Bapt.  cbnrch-yard. — '  1663,  Oct.  5,  Wil- 
liam  Blackman   the  elder,   oook, 
Joane  Brooks,  daughter  of . .  .  Brooh 
of  the  Red  I.yon  in  St.  MartinS  pari* 
widdow  of  one  Mr..  .  .  Tnchard,  wci 
Quitrled.' — '1666,   13  Not.,  William 
Bhick'nau  the  elder  dicil.' — '  167^,  Feb. 
13,  old  Ruhctt  ItUdiinan,  a  dist 
person,  brother  to  William  Blackc 
somtimcs  the  elder,  was  buried  in 
churchyard!'  of  S.  John  bapL.  parish. 

'  notes  in  Wood  MS.  £  33  :— '  1631, 
May,  William  Blackman,  son  of  NS'il- 
liam  Ithickman  (eooke)  and  Joanc 
Rudley  his  wife,  was  bapliicd.' — *  1665, 
8  July,  William  Blackman.  son  of  Wil- 
liam Blackman  the  younger,  bonic.' — 
167a,  Nov.  iS,  William  filackmai 
lately  the  yomiger,  cook,  was 
by  his  father  and  mother  in  S.  Johif^ 
Bnjit.  churchyard.* 


yVLY,  1662. 


449 


(vi)  X  tcoemeat  tn  (he  north-«ast  comer  of  the  hadtiide  joyning  o  Dr. 
LjrdsVs  gnrden,  posscased  by  Henry  Price'  coottc  of  Corp-  Xti  college; 
[afterwRidi  by  John  Yoaldiog'  an  cxciMaiui ;  now  by  his  widdow  i.who 
tclU  ale  fur  o  liTclyhtmil)  uid  hct  cliililim.] 

(rii)  a  tenement  in  tht  hatk  lam  (as  they  call  it)  on  the  cast  side  of 
Corpus  Cliribti  collc|;c  slabirs  and  nlmoiit  (i[j)o&il  to  the  ^UiiirL-rsity) 
carrier's  stiiblcs,  posscst  by  William  Bladttnan  the  jongcr  by  vcrtue  of 
a  Ica>«  frmn  Henry  Price  [now  by  .  .  .  Browne  wlio  keeps  an  nle-hunse 
there. — This  b  posscst  by.  or  the  arifriDal  right  belocgB  to,  Corp.  Xti  Coll.. 
oiwl  is  reckoned  as  a  member  of '  the  Pit.'] 

In  Grope  Ijuic,  beyond  this  back  lane,  are  three  Icneraents,  belonging  to 
Merton  College,  ami  nil  in  tltiis  pariHli : — 

(J)  a  teDemcnc  containing  a  lower  and  upper  roome,  posscst  by  Richard 
Grove  \  taylor;  [now  liy  his  wjddow  and  daughter.] 

(ii)  a  tenement  on  the  north  ade  of  the  former,  pouett  by  William 
Ferryman,  a  turner. 

(ili)  a  tenemeat  oa  the  north  side  of  that,  now  called  by  the  name  of 
the  Mstgpic',  poMest  byJiJin  Piiiice*;  [ailerwards  by  his  widduw ;  now 
by  William  Harris  who  loanied  the  daughter.] 

Besides  these  the  better  part  of  the  scite  of  Oriel  College  hath  been  in  this 
parish,  riz.  the  place  where  the  boll-cuurt  is,  pri\7  ho«te,  wood  hoiise,  chappell* 
and  the  south  side  of  (he  ijolUgc.  tnii  all  nuw  involvetl  ui  St-  Mnric'i  p%/i»h  by 
negligence  of  prooestlooing  and  of  bavlog  oSioers  chose  for  the  parish. 


'  his  TaChcr  was  John  Price,  nnder- 
cook  of  C.  C.  C.  Notes  ill  Wood  M& 
£33: — '  iCjJ?,  No*.  J9,  Henry  Price, 
son  of  John  Price,  cook,  was  baplited.' — 
*  1646,  ia  (be  beginning  of  this  ycare 
died  John  J'ricc  ondei-cook  of  Corp. 
C.  C. ;  baried  in  S.  John  fiapt.  church- 
yard.' 

'  notes  in  Wood  MS.  E  33 :— '  i66|, 
Jan.  31,  Alimbani  Ynolding.  son  of 
John  VBuIdtng,excbcnum,was  baptized : 
bonie  in  Henry  Price  his  house  in 
the  Pit  yard.  17  Jon.'—'  1670.  35  Jnly, 
John  Yaulding,  one  of  [he  cxdwmcn  of 
Oxford,  died  suddenly  in  Henry  Price 
his  house  ia  the  Pit  yard ;  boned  the 
next  day  under  the  tower '  of  S.  John 
liapt.  church. 

'  note  in  WVxl  MS.  K  .13  :— ■  1664, 
T)ec.  18,  Richard  Grove,  taylor,  an 
anticnt  inhntiit&Dt  of  S.  John  Ilapt 
parish,  was  buried  in  the  citurch- 
yard.' 

*  the  house  afterwards  changed  its 
name: — '  16^)4.  .^pt.  i,  nt  10  of  the 
clock  at  night  was  baptized  Mlchad 


Walker  tan  of  Michad  Walker  man- 
cijile  of  Mertou  College ;  borne  37  Ang. 
ill  (be  house  on  the  south  siile  of  "  (be 
Magpie"  i,nuw  called  "  Uie  Talbot") 
in  Grope  lane  ' :  Wood  MS.  £  33. 

*  notes  in  Wood  MS.  £  33  :— '  i/S(5i, 
Apr.  19,  Dorcas  Prince,  widdow  of 
George  Guy.  (he  wife  of  John  Prince  of 
thcMagpyc  in  (>n)]>cl.anedie>t ;  buried 
in  S.  Jifhn  Rapt,  churchyani.' — *  1673, 
Oct.  17,  John  Prince  of  the  Magpyc  in 
Grope  lone  was  buried  in  S.  Jotio  Itapt 
church  uudei  the  Lower :  he  died  sud- 
denly Ihc  day  bdore.' 

'  in  Wood  MS.  K  33.  p.  33,  Wood 
writes  : — *  Note  that  Oriel  College  chop* 
pell  having  been  formerly  in  St.  John 
Uaptist  parish  and  of  right  ought  to  bo 
BO  Mill,  but  loM  fur  t)ie  ume  rmsun  (hat 
I  have  lulil  yun  br/orc,  I  siuiU  theterure 
— such  that  I  have  collected  that  h-ive 
been  boricd  there — here  insert,  because 
that  no  register  that  I  know  of  lakes 
notice  of  them,'  and  then  he  gives  a  list 
of  burials  in  Oriel  College  Chn|«l  from 


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450 


fyoorfs  LIFE  ASD  rnfEs. 


CoffpH  Xd  osOiie  ■  an  tntirdy  ia  thb  pari^  bnt  ikCf  bvy  ia  their  chapd 

sod  aOjMBL 


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The  IcbDOj^phy  *  of  MertAO  CoDegr  Chnrdb. 

(■]  Uie  ebolre.  (b)  tbe  place  between  the  cImuk  aad  the  duudi.  (c)  the  twv 
feau  wbcreia  levenlt  of  tbe  parUhioDcis  sit  viz.  to  the  oppeROoti  next  to  tbe  choiK 
Dr.  (Kkhard)  LydRlI'i  ui<I  Mr.  (Robert)  Wood's  bmily  only.  (d)  the  two 
■call  IxloDf^f;  to  ibc  wanJen's  family  and  aoaic  of  tbe  icmiats  of  M  enon  College. 
(e)  ihc  place  where  Itic  palpit  stood.  (^P)  Ibe  um  of  tbe  tower  nhcre  the  paitsli 
boriet.  ig)  tbe  north  iklc  wheie  the  pariih  borics.  ih)  tbe  banal  plue  be- 
longing to  the  fuoily  uf  tbe  Woods,  (ij  the  south  isle  where  Merton  College 
bario.) 

(In  Wood  276  B  fol.  116  is  a  ground-plan,  partly  in  pencQ,  of  the 
chancel  of  S.John  Baptist  parish  church,  which  i»  shown  on  p.  451. 
Wood  describes  it  thus : — '  This  is  the  ichnography  of  Merton  College 
choire,  before  the  pavement  and  grave-stones  were  pulled  up  and  stalls 
pulled  downc,  1671.') 

Angtiai. — s,  S.,  for  a  mnsmilUoa  *,  Zd;  ipeat  at  Jeanses  with  Mr.  (Nathaaiel^ 
Crenwood  and  (John)  Cancn,  ^, — B,  F.,  witb  Dick  Lower  at  Bolls,  3d;  wUh 
him  and  Mr.  (John)  Curteyiic  at  motbcr  Ilarwood,  5</. —  M,  T.,  spent  at  JcaoM^ 
id- — I3i  W.,  to  Joseph  Godwin  for  la  of  my  brother  Edward's  sermon  t>ooli9  in 
«hect&,  6i/;  to  biu  a^aine  for  rarkbnnt'  '  Epijjraini,'  ir. — 14,  Tb.,  at  mo(ther) 
Harwood'a  with  Mr,  (John)  CtuiejiMi  and  (Natfaaoiel)  Greowood,  4//, — 15,  F.,  for 


'  Wood's  word  for  'ground-plan.* 

*  I.  e.  miiak -melon. 

*  this  hook  Is  now  Woo*!  334  no.  a 
CJobanoia  Tarkhant  '  Epigrammat* 
JnveaOia,'  Lood.  1573) :  ii  haatbeanto- 
graph  '  Naih.  Cncwe.'  Wood  has  wiil- 
tcn  ihU  note  in  it, '  thiK  book  foltoniiig 


did  belong  to  Mr.  NathwiicI  Crew  oH 
Line.  Coll.,  aftenranb  bishop  of  Dor^J 
bam  ;  who  cichaoging  it  amongst ' 
for  other   books    of   Joseph    Godi 
a  bookseller    at  the   nppcr   end    (c 
Cat  Street).  1  afterwards  bought  it 
him.' 


AUGUST,  1662. 


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45* 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  T/MES. 


a  tnoBmillion  *,  yJ;  spent  with  Dick  Lower  and  Mr.  (John)  CaTtCfDC  at  Jeanses, 
7</,  aot)  at  BoUe  the  cook's. —  ii/,  T.,  for  '  (be  book  *  of  latitodc  men,'  41/;  S]«nt  at 
in(otlicr)  Harvf&od's  with  Mr.  (John)  Cuitcyac,  31/.— 14.  So.,  for  teartcy  |;mal 
drink  with  Mr.  (John)  Cnrtcync,  W,— 36,  T.,  at  mollirr  Jones  (i.e.  Jeancs)  with 
Dr.  (Herbert)  TcUum,  41/.— 37,  \V.,  at  Janics  with  Mr.  (NathAoicl)  Grcnwood, 
41/. —  38,  Th.,  paid  Mrs,  Ktimham  a  score,  u  6rf. — 39,  F.,  with  Mr,  (John)Curtcyn 
at  Jeanscs,  M;  to  Forest  for  books,  3J. — 30^  S.,  to  Rich  for  a  pair  of  round  toed 
liijuorcd  sbon,  4J  41/. 

August.— [Aug.*  2,  S.,  len  pounds  given  from  the  Univereiiie 
stock  lo  certaine  Hungarians  studying  in  ilic  Uniwrsitie.    Quaere  the 
names  of  these  Hungarians  lu  Calal.  Sludcnlium  in  bibl.  BudJ.— The 
delegates'  order  of  19  Jaly,  &.,  was  then  read  wberby  the  salary  \ 
allowed  to  '  the  assessor  to  the  vicechancellor  in  things  temporall ' 
Ixilonging  to  the  University,  settled  in  Dr.  (Kdward)  Reynolds'  linue 
was  taken  away.    Quaere  the  lime  when  the  assessor  was  appointed  \ 
I  think  in  anno  1649   when  great  controversies  were  between  the 
University  and  die  lowne.J 
Aug.  5,  T.,  1663,  lent  Will.  Hall,  the  printer,  '  Rex"  Platonicus.' 
Aug.  6,  W.,  Mr.  Harrison  of  ...  ,  supposed  10  be  munhcred  2 
years  agoe,  came  out  of  Turkic  to  his  home  in  the  country.    I  have 
the  pamphlet. 

(Wood  365  (35)  '  A  tnie  account  of  the  tryal  and  exeention  of  Joon  Perry  and 
ber  two  sons  John  and  Ridiard  Perry  for  the  supposed  murder  of  William  Harrison, 
sent.'  Load.  1676.  The  pamphlet  haj  Kalpb  Sheldon's  motto  '  In  i'ulenun  '  and 
came  from  biin  to  WooJ.  It  ii  in  the  form  of '  a  Icttcx  from  Sir  T[bomas]  0[ver- 
htirj-]  of  BJoJnrton  [on  the  hill]  In  Glouceslcrsbire  to  T[hotiias]  Spiirlcy]  Dr  of 
Fhysick  in  London.*  It  sets  out  that  VVilltam  Harrison,  a  man  of  about  70  years 
of  nge,  steward  to  the  vitcuiuitcas  Campdcn,  b;id  been  carried  olT  (perhaps  by  iho 
directions  of  his  wife)  as  he  retnnicd  lo  Caropden  at  night  aflci  coltecUng  rents  in 
the  nctghbourhood,  and  sold  to  the  1'tirks.  It  was  stijiposed  that  be  hwl  been 
mnrderod,  and  sujiptcion  fell  on  his  scnanU,  the  rcnys,  and  their  mother  (a  re- 
puted witch).  These  were  tried  by  Sir  Robert  Hyde,  Tnisne  Justice  of  thecommoa 
picas,  condenmcd,  and  ciccuted.  Wood  lus  the  following;  note  about  what 
followed. 

'  John  Perry  hong  in  chsdnes  00  ihc  some  gnSlowcs,  Richard  uid  Joane  Pttiy 
were  after  execution  taken  downe  and  boried  under  the  f^Ilowes.  Three  daya 
of^  a  gentlewoman,  pretending  to  nndcrsland  witcbes,  hitv*]  a  man  to  dig  np  th« 
grave  that  sfaee  migfal  search  Join's  body  (for  the  wiich-mork).    Sbce  being  on 


'  i.e.  mosk-mclott. 

*  'Account  of  the  Dew  sect  of 
Latitude  men,'  Load.  1661;  Wood 
607(5). 

*  Dote  in  MS.  Hodl.  594,  p.  44. 

*  Mfira  pp.  137,  163.  356,  373, 


•  Wood's  copy  (Wood  fia  no.  2)  is  of 
the  1663  Oxford  edition  primed  by 
WilUam  Ilalt,  so  that  he  probably  got 
I  copy  of  the  new  edition  in  acknow- 
Icdgmeot  of  the  loan. 


AUGUST,  1662. 


453 


honelNick  drew  op  to  the  gnivf  when  'twas  openecl,  bat  the  hone  starting  ax  ttu 
sight  or  the  body  no  avrny  nniW  the  gftllo'rci  and  tier  head  hittitig  iigmiost  Jotio's 
feet  (truck  her  off  from  the  bor&e  iiilo  the  k^vvc. 

'After  Harrisoa'ii  Tctumc,  John  wu  talcen  dowse  and  bnried  and  Harmon's 
wife  soon  aAer  (bdnf;  a  snoily  cuvetuoiu  prcsbytetun)  hung  hcnvlf  in  her  owtte 
house.     Why,  ihc  reader  is  to  judge. 

*  Upon  Harrison's  rctnmc  to  London  Sir  R(obeTt)  Hvde  vas  at  Glocetter  in  his 
circuit  and  one  tbat  had  seen  Harrison  there  brocght  the  news  to  Ultmccstcr. 
^Vbich  conuning  to  tb«  hearing  of  Hyde,  he  became  somewhat  pai&ionate  sad 
coDHBaoding  his  servant  to  call  the  mcssingcr  chid  him  for  bringing  false  news  artd 
commanded  the  jailer  to  commit  him  to  prison. ') 

Aug.  24,  Su.,  Barthcl(mcw's)  day,  were  ejected  and  silenced  about 
2000  non-confonnists.  So  Mr.  ^Richard)  Baxter  in  his  *  Sermon '  at 
J(ohn)  Corbel's  Funerall'  p.  ag.  WTiai  heads  of  houses  was  turned 
out  upon  non-sub^nbing  to  the  Act  of  Uniformity  was  Dr.  O''^") 
Conanl  of  Exoa.  Coll.",  Dr,  <Henry)  Wilkinson  (junior)  of  Magd. 
Hall ',  and  Dr.  <f  Christopher)  Rogers  *  (Dr.  Conanl  afterwards 
conformed) ;  ai.x  or  seven  fellows  of  Exon,  a  of  Lync.*,  i  of 
Pembroke  (Risley  jun.).  Thomas  liranker  fellow  of  Exeter  Coll. 
left  his  fellowship  for  Non-conformity;  conformed  afterwards.  See 
Ihe  rcgititer  of  ihat  College  for  their  names.  Fellowcs  of  Exon 
that  left  their  fellowships  for  non-conformily— (Thomas)  Brankcr, 
(Edmund)  Fido,  (Humphrey)  Sairiihill,  (Richard)  Wbiiway,  (John) 
Hop  pin '. 

(Robert)  Spcare"  of  Lyre  about  a  or  3  years  carlier(?)  had  a 
bastard. 

Aug.  28,  Th.,  (Henry)  Jones,  newly  chosen  scholler  of  CCC, 
died,  and  was  buried  in  the  cloister  *. 


'  Wood  634(31. 

■  Boose  Reg.  Coll.  Exon.  pp.  71,  74. 

'  Henry  Wilkinson,  ptjncipol  of 
Magd.  H.  lincc  11  Aug.  1648.  Wood 
bad  sums  at:({iuiintaucc  wilh  bitn.  Wood 
<S34  C'4)  (Henry  Wilkinson's 'Condo 
ad  clerum  Oxon.  7  Mar.  1660':  l.oad. 
itiCo)  has  this  ook':  —  'liber  Ant. 
Woodc  ea  dono  anthoris  Aug.  38, 
i66i.' 

'  Christopher  Rogers,  principal  of 
New  loa  Hall  16J6-1644  and  1646- 
166a. 

*  Fmncis  Jones,  elecled  Jellow  of 
Lincoln  14  August  1660,  tcvgneil  1,1; 
Ang.  1663  :  Kaphael  Hum[>iitcy,elec1c() 
letlow  of  Liocoln  J4  Aug.  16C0,  and 


admitted  aa  Sept.  i66o,resigne<1 1.<;  Aug. 
1 66a.  (Franci*  Jones  had  been  recom- 
mended to  the  CoUegc  for  a  Icllowibip 
by  King  Charles  I  on  13  Apr.  1645,  and 
fcM"  tbat  reason  bis  election  was  urged  00 
llie  college  by  the  King's  Commiaaioogl 
on  16  Aug.  1660.)  If  Speare  (supra  p^ 
5^5)  be  cotmti-<l,this  woold  make  thru 
fellows  of  Lincoln  removed  for  nua-coo- 
fofinity. 

*  for  these  fire,  see  Boase  Reg.  Coll. 
Exon.  pp.  71.  7a.  74. 

'  the  reading  of  thisnoteisnncertain. 

*  sec  Cutch'»  Wond'k  Coll.  and  Hnll>, 
p.  413.  Wood  MS.  E  a3  uys  '  buricJ 
in  the  north  cloystcr  tbcre  at  the  east 
end  ibaul;  act  15.' 


454 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


Aug.  29,  F.,  to  Robinson  for  Larkin '  '  Character  of  the  Fathers, 
historians,  etc.',  2*,  in  sheets;  to  Ned  Forest  for  the  'life'  of  Sir 
Thomas  More/  Jacobs' '  speeches,  and  Savill's  •  Oralion,  aj. 

{In  Aug.  1662  Wood  made  excerpts  from  the  muniments  of  S, 
Bartholomew's  Hospital  in  ilic  Treasury  of  Oriel  College.  These 
cxccTpts  are  now  found  in  Wood  MS.  F  28  foL  57-61.) 

8ept«nib«r.— t,  M..  to  Forwt  to  6  qnire  of  piper,  u  6*/.— 3,  W.,  with  Mr. 
IVynlim  •  ami  (John)  Cwrtcync  at  llitrwood'E,  yl. — \,  Tb,,  Ki>ent  with  Mr.  (W'il- 
litttn)  Sprig,  (John)  Ciutcyiie,(Johii)  KobmBOR,a£dBiirliii(^oDat  Bolb  the  cook's 
•nil  (avcm,  is. — 10,  W,,  spait  at  AMnj^Ioa  with  Mr.  (John)  Cuitcpie  when  the 
viutation  was,  is  xod. — it,  Th.,  giveii  to  cce the  |ui<e' at  the  K(iiig'()  Anne*, &/. 
— 11,  F.,  fpcnt  at  the  Golden  Lyoo,  with  Mr.  (Chriitophcr)  Pilce,  41/.— ij,  S.,  a 
|«iinil  of  ciuidclU  $J  a*. ;  n,-ith  Dr.  (Herbert)  Pclham  and  Mr.  (Charlei)  Penot, 
id. — ig,  M^  to  thebuler  for  my  b«tiles,  5^  ;  for  Di.  O^^)  ^VallU  his'Englith* 
GnunmcT,'  6*/.— 18,  Th.,  it  Je«ntc),  with  Mf.  (John)  Corteync.  4-/— jo,  S..  to 
BUcknuui  for  s  pye,  aad  to  Earles  for  3  bottles  of  dder,  a  &/.— 11,  K[.,  with  Mr. 
(ThooLu)  Hide  st  Bodicot's,  5^.-23,  T.,  to  Nicolls  the  taylnr  for  raenrling.  ^  \ 
at  nio(ther)  Hunvood't  wllh  Mr.  (John)  Cartcyne  uid  (Xathaniet)  Grenwood,  4^/. 
— )4,  W.,  spent  at  Jeanse*  with  Mr.  (John)  Ctirtcyiie,  Mr.  (Henry)  Denton,  and 
(Runlph)  Peyton,  id\  ttie  firtt  time  of  utch  meting. — 16,  37,  \\,  ii..  ipcnt  41/. 
— JO.  T.,  to  Watson  for  setting  up  thelvies,  8//;  s].ieHl  at  \Veitcotl'»  with  Mr. 
(Knnuli^)  Peyton  ftod  Mr.  (Henry)  Deaton  ',  ^\  to  Joaepb  Godwin  for  'the* 
Ensliib  TraTcHer,'  u. 

Septomber. — fSept  2,  T.,  John  Biddlc,  the  Arriaii,  died. 

[Die  Limac  '*,  \*izt.  8  Sept.  1662,  the  names  of  such  scholars  of  New 
Inne  Halt  that  openly  declared  before  the  vicechancellor  (Richard 
Baj'lie),  some  of  the  heads  of  houses,  the    proctors,  and  othemj 


>  EHwant  Lulcin  'Specolam  patnim, 
B  looking  glasA  of  the  EalJicn,'  I^>n(l. 
1659,  8vo  ;  Woofl  435.  Erfwar^i  Larkin, 
*  The  true  cA|{iet  ur  portnictnTc  of  the 
chief  phitoMphos,  historians,  etc.,* 
l.oni).  tfio9i  ^^^'-  Mcms  now  not  to  be 
la  the  Wooil  Collcctioa. 

*  Ijnnd.  i6fij  ;  Wood  189  (6). 

'  'Philologiac  dMueoAvwr^^Mr '  by 
Ileniy  Jacob*  of  Mcrt.,  pobl.  by  H.  B. 
(AUsouU),  Oxon.  1653,  Wood £I3  tii); 
marked  as  bought  for  %J. 

•  Sir  Henry  Savilc'a  *  Oratio  ooram 
rcgina  Elizabctha'  (at  Oxford  ij93), 
Lood.  i6}8,  4to;  Wood  5I)  (4..  Re- 
printed in  the  OxH  Hlsl.  So&  'EUu- 
betban  Oxford.' 

'  'Peynton'  is  possibly  'Ranulph 
PeytOB '  \  see  iupra  p.  441 ,  and  itifra  on 


this  page. 

*  l.e.  at  backsword:  see Pcpys'Diary 
QodcT  date  I  June  \(^Jt. 

'  Wood  43(1);  '  linguae  Ai^Ut 
Grammatica,'  Oxon.  1653. 

*  here  followcil   '  being  the  first  U 
of  our  katch  inc(c)ting.'  bet  the  wurdsl 
are   scored   one ;   the   pro;)cr  place  for 
them  beioc  above,  ttnder  date  ibe  34th. 
This  took  the  place  of  on  older  mane 
mecllnt;,  sec  supra,  p.  375. 

'  this  ia  Wood  C  49,  which  has  the 
note  : — "  bought  of  Joseph  Godwin, 
prttium  If,  anno  1663,  SepL*  The 
title-page  and  bcginiitni;  of  the  iKXik  arc 
missing ;  it  contains  maps  n(  <liurict§  in 
England  with  distances  of  the  tuwu 
Irom  each  other. 

■"  note  in  MS.  Tanner  33S  foL  41 1. 


AUG.^SEPT.  leea. 


455 


that  they  did  not  approve  of  the  doctrine  and  discipline  of  the  church 
of  England. 

Stephen  Charman. 

Robert  Middleion. 

Thomas  Wagsiaffe. 

David  Lloyd. 

JoKias  Simcox. 

Jolin  Herring. 

John  Harris.] 

*SepL  lo,  W.,  at  Abendon  *  in  Berks,  with  J.  C",  purposely  lo  see 
the  manner  of  the  visitation  then  held  by  the  diocesan,  Dr.  Humphrey 
Henchman,  bp.  of  Salisbnry.  1  le  then  saw  the  ruins  of  the  most 
antienl  and  siaiely  abbey  ihal  once  stood  there  ;  but  those  ruins 
are  since  gone  (to)  luin.  A  great  scandal  it  is,  that  l]iat  most  noble 
structure  should  now  have  little  or  no  memory  of  it  left. 

Sept.  17,  W.,  my  picture,  by  the  eating  of  the  rust  of  the  naile  it 
hung  ori,  fell  downe'  on  the  face  iherof. 

Sept.,  18  day^  being  Thursday,  (Joseph)  Maynard  was  chose 
Rector  of  Exeter  ColL  The  same  day  Dr.  (Richard)  Bayly  the  vice- 
cancellor  resigned ;  and  Dr.  Walter  Blandford,  warden  of  Wadbam, 
look  his  place. 

tSept.  iK,  Th,,  Walter  Blandford,  \-icechanceIIor ;  'reformed  the 
madness  of  the  Unix-ersity  contracted  by  the  king's  comming  in,* 
vide  Stephen  Penton  •  '  Instructions  to  a  guardian '  which  I  haw, 

P45- 

18  Sept.,  Th.,  Joseph  Maynard  chose  rector  (of  Exeter).  This 
man  was  good  naturd,  generous,  and  a  good  scholar :  but  liaving 
been  absent  from  the  college  neare  20  yearea  had  forgot  the  way  of  a 
college  life  and  the  decorum  of  a  scholar.  He  was  given  much  to 
bibbing ;  and  would  set  in  fellowes'  chambers  where  there  was  a 
musick  meeting,  smoke  and  drink  till  he  was  drunk  and  led  to  his 


'  Hctnw,  ediiiofr  diU  life  In  1730. 
took  oGcatfoo  here  to  write  x.  long  note 
(Me  the  chief  part  of  Et  In  lUin'  Keli- 
quiac  Hcarauuiu  u.  193)  on  a  scaioe 
tract,  bi>  own  cop^r  of  whicli  wns  the 
onljr  copy  he  hud  accd,  callnl '  la  honour 
of  Abiiigdon,  or,  On  tbc  ftcarenth  dn)'  of 
Septerobci't  nolentntikiioo  1641  ' ;  by 
John  KidiarduHi,  Serjeant  of  Aljtr)g<1oa 
in  Ibe  coonty  of  Hcrks;  %  4(0  thcct 
printed  in  1641.    There  wut  however  n 


copy  of  this,  in  the  Wood  CoUectioo, 

when  it  U  stdl  found  (Wood  537  ao>. 

*  John  Curteyne. 

*  Wood  notes  this,  probably,  li  an 
vnlncky  omen. 

*  a  i]UQlatioa  from  thitbookallnding 
to  the  iiuenie  of  Oxford  at  the  Reitora- 
tion  is  found  in  Cutcb's  Wooil't  HuL 
Univ.  Osoa.  ii.  698. 


45*5 


tVOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


lodgings  by  bachchurs.  This  being  notorious,  they  got . . .  and  Seth 
(Ward),  bishop  of  Exon ',  to  resigiic  his  place'.  His  brotbcr 
Scrj(eanl)  (Sir  John)  Maj-nard  conscnlcd  (?). 

John  Gauden ',  bishop  of  \Vorccstt:r  died  about  the  so  of  this 
month  (Sept.). 

tSepL  JO,  S.,  (meeting)  about  the  reception  of  Christiem  prince 
of  Denmark,  son  of  Frederic  king  of  Denmark,  (afterwards,  1670, 
king  of  Denmark  by  the  name  of  Christiern  V).  SepL  26,  F^j 
he  came  into  Oxon  incognito.  Sept.  27,  S.,  entertained  at  tbo 
Ubrar)'. 

[Sept.  zo  •,  S.,  1662  :  the  \icccancellor  *  received  letter?  frt>m  (the) 
Canoellor  to  have  some  provision  made  for  Christian ",  the  king  of 
Denmark's  eldest  son,  who  would  be  there,  he  thought,  before  the 
letters  would  come.  But  it  seems  he  diverted  his  course  and  went  lo 
Windsore ;  from  thence  to  my  lord  Seymor's';  then  to  Sir... 
Popham;  then,  10  the  Bath;  afterwards  to  Sir  Robert  Pye'a  at 
Faringdon.  From  whence  the  University  having  notice  that  ihe/j 
should  not  receive  him  publickly,  (they)  desibled. 

He  therforc,  26  of  the  same  month,  F.,  came  in,  accompanied  with 
about  sixteen,  at  the  west  gate  ;  and  so,  through  the  Bcarc  Lane,  in 
at  the  back  gate  of  the  Rcare.     Among  wliome  was  [the'  Master  of 
the  Ceremonies,  Sir  James  SbottereU,  and]   Colonell   Sir  (John  •) 
Talbot,  knight,  sometimes  fellow  of  Allsoules,  who  accompanied  him 
in  his  travctls  as  an  interpreter.     He  laid  that  night  at  the  Bare. 
The  next  morning,  being  Saturday  Sept-  27,  be  rode  with  liis  relinew 
in  Dr.  (John)  Dolben's  and  Sir  Thomas  Clayton's  coaches  to  the  | 
Scooles,  w  here  he,  with  about  7  or  8,  wem  up  to  the  library  ;  and  the 
vicecancellor  with  some   Doctors  being   then   in  the  Convocatioa| 
house,  went  up  after  him  and  coroming  into  Seldcn's  Library,  salutedj 
him.    After  some  discours  of  welcome  and  honoLring  the  University* 


'  'Sanan' con.  to 'Exon.' Thcbiihop 
of  Excb:r  is  mitor  of  Exvlcr  College. 

*  In  Auf;.  i6CiG  Ma>uard  exchanged 
nith  Anhur  Btir)',  the  rcdonhip  uf 
t^etcT  Celiac  for  a  caoonry  of  Exeter 
Cattiedrml. 

*  »ec  R.  B.  GsrdtDcr'*  R?g.  Coll. 
Wadh.  p.  106.  Wood  D  13  no.  10  U  a 
catAlogDc  of  '  book*  wriUen  Xrj  X>t. 
(John)  Gandra  asd  sold  by  Andrew 
Crook." 

*  tUit  nanabTc  U  from  Wood  MS.  D 
19  (3J,  fol.  ^  b. 


*  Walter      Klantiford.     wanlm     of^ 
'Wailham. 

*  W.Mid  notes: — 'Christiem.  prince 
of  Dctimatlc,  iton  of  Frederic  HI  Idnj;  of 
I>cDinark ;  which  ClirUtirm  waJi  nftcr- 
vanls  king  bcinj;  ttie  V,'  (j.  e.  CbncUaa 
V,  ki'iB  1670-1699). 

'  Francii  Scyniour,  baroa  Seyntot 
of  Trowbridge. 

*  the  wofda  in  tqiujc  brackets  u«j 
scored  out 

*  words  bracketed  thu  by  Wood  are 
doubtful. 


SEPT.  —  OCT.  leea. 


457 


with  his  presence,  he '  made  a  short  speech  (having  ihc  King  Charles 
ihe  I  his  works  in  his  hand  gill).  Which  being  ended,  gave  the  said 
book  to  Uic  prince,  and  ihc  prince  gave  it  into  the  hands  of  his 
ailcndancc.  After  thai,  ibey  wont  into  die  gallcr)'  to  see  the  coines. 
Which  Iwing  done,  to  the  Anatomy  Scoole ;  then  down  to  the 
Convocation  (house)  ;  then  into  the  De%'imiy  Scoole.  After  that  they 
took  coach,  and  went  to  rfie  Physick  garden  ;  where  slaying  for  some 
lirae,  went  to  Xl.  CIi.,  and  dined  with  ihe  dcane,  Dr.  <John>  Fell. 
AAer  about  three  of  the  clock  in  the  afternoone,  he  went  in  his  coach 
to  the  Reare ;  where  after  some  time  laking  horse  to  depart,  was 
caressed  hy  the  count  Galfrcy  Montgomery  in  Aqniiaine  of  Jesna 
Coll.,  and  the  eldest  son'  (of  the)  earl  of  Anglcsy  of  Xt.  Ch.  with 
some  complements.  At  last  they  widi  ihe  lord  Garetsky  (a  Poland 
lord,  living  in  Oxford)  kissing  his  hand,  departed  hence  and  went  that 
night  to  Ricot  to  brd  of  Lindsey's*  where  he  stayed  till  the  fttunday 
following.*] 

Se^jt.  29,  M.,  being  Mich(aclmas)  day,  sevcrall  schollers  went  to 
stcale  geese  at  Wulgcrcole  * ;  bul  being  discovered  they  were  pursued ; 
and  in  the  purstiit  one  schollcr  was  tlirust  in  the  armc  with  a  prong, 
another  Liken.  He  tlxat  was  taken  they  had  to  Wulvcrcote  and  set 
him  in  the  stocks  in  his  gowne  ;  but  the  rest  rallying  up  forces  to  the 
number  of  40,  came  and  rescued  the  man,  broke  all  the  windows  in 
W^ulvercote,  and  took  a  goose  and  stuck  him  on  the  end  of  a  long 
stair,  and  soe  marched  through  the  town  and  home  in  triumph. 

Ootolier. —  I,  W.,  to  Forest  for 'the"  pRintirg  of  the  Andenln.'  1/  a*/,  unil  for 
Bomthing  thai  I  owed.  71/;  at  mother  Jcantea  with  Mr.  {Jolm)  C(nrtey&e)  and 
(Nathuiiel)  G^renwood),  arf- — 4,  S.,  at  tbe  Mcrma(Ui)  Tavcm  with  Mr.  (Jolin) 
C(aneyiic)  6Y.— 4.  M..  at  the  VkmX  u  Cumner,  31/. — 7,  T.,  at  Weitcot'*  widi  die 
tingrn.  ni\  at  EllcKS.  6^/.  —9,  Th.,  at  Ellnes  with  Mr.  Bell,  W;  at  mouther) 
Fisher's  with  Mr,  (Joiio)  Cu(ncync)  Md  (Nathaniel)  t;r(cnwoofl ),  i<i\  the  day 
before,  with  the  same  cumpAoy,  id. — 10,  K.,  lu  Mr.  Kobinton  for  my  qnortcridge 
and  fur  a  booke,  u  41/;  at  jninscs  with  Mr.  (John)  Curti-ync,  4^/. — it,S.,  to 
Ntcolls  for  making  my  coat,  ,v  :  for  a  d«w  paire  of  loynings,  1$  iV. — 1 1,  Su.,  at 
Jcaincs  with  Dr.  {HnlxrH)  Pelham,  it/.— 13,  M.,  at  WeUnite'ti  witb  Mr. 
l'aini(on)'  and  (Jotan)  C(uxte>iK),  id. — 15,  W.,  to  Mr.  Bumbam  fair  a  tcore.  M. 


'  I  e.  the  ricc-chaocellor. 

*  Janicii  haanXey,  ton  of  Arthur 
Aaimlcy  eoil  of  AiigleMjr,  matrtc.  at 
Cli,  Ch.4l>ec.  1661,  act.  I&. 

*  M<Nilague  Bertie,  carl  of  l.iiuincy, 
bad  marrK<l  for  his  srcood  wife  Bridj^i 
Wray  hctress  of  the  bwony  ol  Norreys 
of  Kycotc. 


•  some  of  the  words  in  dits  Uoe  are 
vec>-  Downaiii  fiuiii  the  fiayiug  uf  the 
lower  c<lge  of  tlic  leaf. 

•  i.  e.  Wiilvercotc. 

'  li)- Ft.  Jnnius,  Lood.  1638:  Wood 
C  33— marked  as  co*titig  1/  4*/. 

•  lec  note  5  !►  454. 


WOOlfS  UFE  AND  TIHES. 


— 16,  Th.,  to  Jobn  Tonst  for 'the'  hutory  of  s  ituteician'  sad  *  the  Jcsnii 
cfabmc/  XI  W;  for  ft  pound  of  candelU,  $>/  <t^. ;  speot  with  I>r.  (Herbcti)  EN 
a./. — 17,  F,,  to  my  Ijarbei  for  hit  quirtrridg,  $J ;  ipcnt  at  loo^tbcr^  Ti 
Mr.  <Joh(i)  Cvn^trfocy  4^. — iH,  S.,  for  a  pftrcell  from  the  curien,  ^. — 
two  Mck«  of  coles,  u  41/;  al  Wcsluuatc'kU  Uircatchnieling,  ay. — 74,  F.,  rn 
BamhAn  &/foTaKOte. — 35,  S.,  *pcnt  with  Mi.  <M«nhcw^  Huttoo,  u  3i 
M.,  at  Wrslcol'tt  at  the  catch  rocctinf*,  4.^, — 30,  Th.,  at  in^otber^  FUwr'a 
^John)  C(Drtc7De)  and  Pcmtao  *,  iJ. — ji,  K.,  U  ihe  Meenaaid  t»' 
(Matthew)  Huttco,  u. 

October. — Oct  9,  being  ThurMlaj,  Mr.  (William)  Dormer's  h 
of  Ascott  (scars  finis(h)Fd)  wu  burnt  downe  to  the  grouod. 

[In*  the  parish  of  Milion  is  a  ^nllage  call'd  Ascotc  or  E) 
wherin  h  the  place  house  of  ihc  Domiers.  There  was  a  wrie 
house  built  iliere  by  William  Donncr  (son  of  Sir  Robert  Dormer 
died  35  July  1649);  and  the  omside  thereof  being  finish'i] 
joyner's  shavings  took  fire  by  accident  and  so  'was  burnt  d< 
9  Octob.  166a.  The  said  William  Dormer  was  a  Higrh-Sherf 
Oxfordshire  anno  1666*.  (H^)  '^'(^^t  to  Uxbridge  fair  in  SepL 
and  in  bis  rctumc  died  at  Great  Wycomb  35  of  the  said  n 
having  then  and  before  taken  too  much  of  the  creature.  W'bcrv 
hit  body  was  brought  to  Ascote,  and  buried  soon  after  at  Mtltc 
hiB  ancestors.  He  married  .  .  .  daughter  of  Kdmund  Walh 
Beconsficld.] 

Henry*  Lawes,  the  muxilian,  died  about  the  beginnings  o| 
TTionlh,  and  buried  at  Wcsiminstcr  (quaere).  See  my  '  Notes 
Westminster  Register':  put  in  with  (William)  t^riwright  ^it 
Atli.). 

Mem.  that  the   11    day  of  Oct.,  S..  I  was  with  Dr.  (Micfl 
Woodward  of  New  ColL  to  see  their  registers  which   he  with 
leave  of  some  of  the  senior  fellowcs  promised  hcareaftcr  to  shcn 
[This^  1  think  at  (last?)  came  to  nothing.] 

'Oct.  xi,  S.,  villi  Dr.  Alichael  Woodward,  warden  of  New  Cot 
flee  the  registers  and  some  records  of  tliat  house.  He  put  mc  off  f| 


'  probably  Wood  B  17  (i)  *  The  ad- 
mitabk  hutoric  of  the  pouesiiOD  and 
coavcnuon  of  a  penitent  woman  stdoced 
by  a  tnagieian  that  made  her  to  liccoffl« 
a  witcb  '  translated  by  \V.  B.,  Lxmd, 
161 3  ;  since  the  book  is  beaded  00  each 
page  'the  admirable  bistorie  of  a 
BiSLgiciao.' 

*  »ee  note  5  p.  454. 

''  Mc  Davenpoit't  OxfordtlUre,  p.  71. 


•  note  in  Wowl  MS-  E  1.  fol.  >9 
'  ie«  DaTcnport's  Oxfordihire,  | 

•  •  William  '  COTT.  lo  '  Henry.' 

'  the  vrtirda  in  sqnaie  braclcctB 
later  ailditian.     Wood  did  nut  get 
mminn    to   con«oh   the  mtuiimcu 
N'cw  Coll.  till  18  July  1666:  see  i 
owlet  ilial  dale. 

•  '  from  '  Mcnia  a  aUp  for  *  for.' 


i 


OCTOBER,  1662, 


459 


the  prescni  with  some  nows  of  his  ownc  *  conceroing  the  wardens 
thereof,  benefactors,  bishops,  &c. 

Oct  15,  W.,  (Roger)  Rcaton',  erf  Xl  Ch.,  died  and  was  buried 
at  Xt.  Ch. 

tOct.  17,  F.,  Sir  Henry  Bennel,  somtimes  a  student  of  Cli.  Ch., 
made  Secretary  of  Slate ;   a  great  pretender  for  sufferings. 

[Thomas  FyfuiJd'  (the  son  of  William  Kyfcild  of  Witney  in  com. 
Oxon,  plebeian),  head-butler  of  Cb.  Church,  died,  S.,  18  October 
1662;  buried  in  S.  Marie's  church  by  the  larg  south  dore.  lie 
married  Margaret  Stevenson  of  Weston  on  the  greene  {sister  to  the 
wife  of  alderman  (John)  Nixon);  by  whom  he  Iiad  issue,  Thomas, 
a  draper,  now  mayor  of  Oxford  (anno  1676),  who  married  .  .  . 
daLgbicr  of  Walter  Cave. — Tliia  Margaret  die<l  at  Binsey  neare 
Oxon,  W.,  16  October  1689,  and  was  buried  by  her  husband. — . .  . 
Fyfeild,  brother  to  the  said  Thomas  Fyfeild  of  Cli.  Ch.,  died  in  the 
house  of  his  nephew,  T.,  23  Oct.  1677  and  was  buried  in  S.  Marie's 
church  by  his  said  brother.  On  his  hearse  were  the  armcs  of  Fyfeild 
(they  say  tliat  they  arc  descended  from  the  Fyfilda  of  Fyfeild  by 
Wiir>ey);  impaling,  'ermine  on  a  cheif  gules  3  bcsanls,  owr  that  in 
the  middle  stands  a  tozeng  argent.'] 

Oct.  20,  M.,  paid  my  coz.  Jackson*  for  those  books  I  bought  of 
her  husband,  lU.  151. 

(Scvctkl  of  Henry  JocLsan's  books  can  be  identified  in  the  Wood  CoUectiou  of 
printed  books,  luivimj  his  ■iilo£Tapb  'liber  Hcnhd  Jackumi,  Coll.  Corporis 
ChriDii  Oxon,*  aad  oocasioiull)'  having  bUo  a  date  as '  anno  MDCX,  Maii  ui,' 
etc,  aiid  a  oote  of  the  price;  e.g.  Wood  jRj  ('Twoo  bookci  of  S.  Ambrose  .  . . 
of  :he  vocation  and  callln)>  of  all  niitioas'  1561);  Wood  356  (Aiidrew  Dord'ft 
'  Fini  book  of  the  introduction  of  knowlwlge,'  154');  Wood  341  ['  lUrtoria 
aliqtiot  nostri  saecoU  maitynim,*  1550)  which  Jackaon  notes  that  be  bought  for 
u  6^,  and  fai  which  WihhI  notes  '  Antoiui  k  Uaood  Oxon  ex  btbl.  Ken.  Jncksoa 
coiuaiit;tiinci  sui  1661';  Wood  47;  (ccmtaisini*  several  trcalites — c.  g.  Laur.  Valla 
'  Historiarom  Ferdtoandl  .  .  .  libri  trcs'  Paris  1531  ;  '  Philobibloa '  Kicbardi 
Diuielmeosis,  Oxon  1^99;  no.  $  of  tbcm  \h  Hcinrj-ch  Bollinger's  '  Saics  ct 
digcnio  teniporum  . . .  io  Actia  ApostolomiD,'  Tieurl  1548,  which  last  has  oa  it 
'  Magifttil  Smitbe*  and  a  note  inlimatitig  that  this  la  the  anti^raph  of  Richard 


'  these  notes  be  gave  to  Wood  and 
ihey  are  now  found  tn  Wood  MS.  F  38 
(O.  C.  H4yo).  Dr.  Woodwanl't  ground 
plan  of  New  College  to  iilustratc  thse 
notes  \%  found  in  Wood  176  Bfol  1 14  b. 
These  notes  are  described  and  partly 
printed  in  Qark's  Wood's  Cily  of  Ox- 
foid,  i.  pp.  579-584- 

'  KoGcrReston:  Catch's Wood'ftCoU. 


and  Ha1U,p.  gri. 

'  note  in  Wood  MS.  F  4,  p.  IM. 
Wood  gi«»  these  arms  in  colours; — 
'  per  less  and  per  pale  cotuiterchan|rcd 
ven  and  argent  3  acams  ibppcd  or 
(Fyticld);  ImpAlini;  pcrpalcmnioeaiMt 
gules,  a  saltiie  couotuohanged.'  See 
Wood  M.*^.  F  39  A  fol.  3>6  a. 

I  wtdow  of  Iltmiy  Jackson. 


tVOOTtS  ZJTE  Arm  TnfES. 

Smylbr,  Rr^.  Prof  Thml.  Oxon.  nndcr  If  cnry  VT1I  mnti  Qoeen  Haty)  ;  Wood  % 
(HuRijihrc/s  Ufe  of  Jnell;  Lond.  157J';  Wood  $90  no.  1  ('Tbe  Cwtuw 
London,'  1584';  ;  Wood  776;  Wood  77S  (R.  Pynaon's  'Manlputtts  Cttimtonui 
Wood  789  :  W*Dod  S54  ('  Conceftitio  eoclemc  cadiolicac  in  Aoglxs  . . .  ,'  Aip 
Trerir,  1583  ;  price  ♦i.)- 

Wood  otiuiocd  Abo  A  lew  MS.  pipen  written  by  Henry  Jadksoo. 

(a)  'CoQecUncft'  of  Henry  Jadfsoo,  bcicg  excerpts  (i  1  fnim  a  vexy  old  M 
CDotolniac  Ibe  life  of  S.  Ofwin.  bdanginf  to  Bdui  Twyne,  1,  ii  1  from  Walter 
FiQueeMff'a  chrgoicle  of  S.  Tetci's  Cloncesler,  (itf)  &om  Walter  de  Fmooen 
rejftftcr *  (wnlten  1391);  (iv)  from  (be  lodcntum-rqcutcx  of  Malntftbury  Abti 
(v)  from  (he  Idgcr-book  of  Cirencester — these  ftrc  fbond  in  Wood  HS.  D. 
(a  C  8563). 

(A)  A  Lotto  life  of  Thomu  Lapiet,  by  Henry  JatJuoQ ;  in  Wood  M&  F 
(O.  C.  8^9IV 

(f)  CAtaloeuc  of  redjdents  of  books  firom  tbe  library  Rod  by  the  beqaeat  of  Ji 
RcynoliU,  jiresidrnt  of  C.  C.  C. ;  containing  sevovl  aotographs  of  lectpic 
I'his  MS.  u  now  Wood  MS.  D  10  (0.  C.  8$64:i.  At  the  banning  Wood  1 
this  note: — 'Antonii  i  Wood,  Oxod,  utno  1680.  This  book  1  Touad  la 
library  of  Hmry  Jackson  (B.  of  Div.,  rector  of  IlBtnp(on  Mej-scy  in  1 
Ctoccsta,  Bomtimct  fellow  of  C.  C.  C  Oxon')  uwo  1661.  It  contoines  tbe  ni 
of  such  books  Ibal  the  famous  Dr.  John  Rfttnolds,  somtimcs  pivsidcot  of  the 
CoUcge,  bv<|»athed  to  divers  undciiU  of  KTcndl  colleges  and  balls  of  Ou. 
(■pedally  »ucb  (hat  had  nte  at  his  feet  and  were  liis  admirers  and  had  also 
tcvcnll  yearca  rectured  to  him  (aa  to  an  oncic)  for  the  resoluiion  of  doob 
This  catalogue  vtM  mostly  written  by  the  said  Ileory  Jackton.'  Wood  has  not 
abo  :— '  7  Apr.  1681 ,  given  to  Roger  Banlct  of  Oxon  for  binding  of  this  book,  <d 
which  is  followed  by  the  binder's  si^atare  ('  Rug'  Baitirt  *)  by  way  of  a  receipt. 

(^  Testitnooics  from  author  in  praise  of  John  Claymond,  collected  by  Hed 
Jackson  and  prcAxed  by  him  to  his  tnuiscript  of  John  Shcptcvc's  tnetrical  life 
Claymond ;  in  Wood  MS,  F  30  (O.  C.  849a}. 

[30  Oct.*    Th.»   Richardus   Reeves  e  Coll.  Trin.  elcctas   eih 
bilionarius  domini  Johannis  Craven  baronis  de  R^'ton.] 

Oct.  31,  F.,  a  report  thai  Mr.  Taylor  of  Allsouls  and  Mr.  ^Ilenry 
Slub  with  others  were  drowned  going  to  Jaimaica — which,  if  it 
true,  must  happen  in  the  beginning  of  Sept. 

Dr.  (Thomas)  Peirce  chose  prewdenl  of  Magd.  this  or  the  nej 
month,  quaere.  A  maiidanius  from  the  King  for  iu  His  cliaraccer. 
good  pulpii  man  and  bad  governor :  and  lliciicc  take  occasion  ^u 
speak  ?)  of  wrangles  and  debates. 


'  the  original  it«eir,'IJbervd  cbroni- 
coi)  de  pnma  fundattonc  mnnostnii 
8.  Petri  Gloccttricnsis  ab  Oarico  sub- 
regttio  de  llcaiia  regis  Ctbclredi  anno 
68t,  conipilaius  per  Gualtenini  Frow* 
center,  abbatem  rjusdem,  1397/  is 
described  by  Wood  in  Wood  MS.  E  4 


as  <  sonitimes  in  tbe  hand  of  Henr^ 
Jocksno  S.  T.  a  rector  of  Meya^ 
Hampton  com.  Cilooc.,  tiow  MS 
Cotton  Domitian  A.  8  num.  lo/  Le 
Domlt.  viil.  fol.  135  b. 

■  note  in  MS.  Qodl.  £94,  p.  14. 


OCT.  —  ^'OV.  1662. 


461 


November. — 8,  S.,  for  2  [wnnd  of  cniidlcs,  I  irf ;  foi  (Jmnng  of  my  but,  \%  \ 
■pent  with  Mr.<Joho>Ciincinc  at  Webbs,  3</.— 13,  Th.,  lo  Edw^arf)  for  cuxllvs 
for  the  coiDtnoa  lite,  iJ.^i^,  F.,  Kpi-nt  nl  mouther)  Jcanses  with  Dr.  (Herbert^ 
Priham,  7(/. — is,  S..  at  JcanKS  with  Mr.  (John)  Curtcyne.  6</.— 17;  M.,  at 
Weslcote's,  6rf.~l8,  T.,  lo  Mr.  Rol«iison  far  (Wnhcr)  Cliatlctoo's » '  Stcm-Hcng,' 
It. — 33,  S.,  spent  at  Bodicot'8  Ta\*enie  with  Mr-(Robcrt)  Crlpps,  Mr.(Georuc) 
Roberts,  oDcl  Mr.  (Jolin)  Athrop.  is. — 2^,  M.,  for  Joiie**  '  of  Slonlittig,*  4J  ;  at 
WeKcot's,  4d.—ii,  T.,  witii  Mt.  <John)  Cuncyii  at  m{ other)  Whorwod's,  31/. — 
a6,  W.,  to  Ldw^ard)  for  canilln  for  the  common  fire,  td. —  36,  VV,,  to  Bcssc 
Creakc  for  mending  my  stuckic|^,  7^. — 17,  Tb.,  at  lledin^oa  wiih  Mr.  Ford*, 
Mr.  (Thomas)  Hallum  *,  and  Mr.  (John)  Cnrleync,  ^J.^i^,  S.,  at  Jcanscs  with 
Ml.  <John)  Curteyae,  W. 

IVovember. — Nov.  8,  S.,  my  brother  Robert  with  his  family  left  us 
and  went  10  Mr.  Noble's  "  house. 

*Nov.  10,  M.,  his  kinsman  John  Tavemer,  of  Soundess  in  the 
parish  of  Kcttlebed,  was  made  ctioice  of  by  liis  majestic  to  be  high- 
shcrriff*  of  Oxfordshire,  &c. 

tSmall  pox  rages  in  New  College,  Nov.  166a. 

[Henry  Stubb^  'Epistolarie  discourse'  concerning  pfalebotomi^* 
edit.  1671,  p.  258;^ — 'At  New  CoJI.in  Oxon  in  thcyeare  i66o'(or  1661) 
the  small  pox  raged  witli  much  indignity  and  proved  inorla.ll  to  many, 
but  it  was  apparent  that  few  (if  any)  died  who  were  let  blood  ;  whenia 
en  the  contrary  those  that  were  not  phlebotomised,  did  alt  (or 
generally)  decease.'  By  which  it  is  to  be  understood  (this  being 
obscure)  that  those  that  had  the  smallpoic  and  were  lu  time  let  blood 


■  Wood  413  (3)  *Chorea  Gieanlnm 
or  the  most  Gunons  aiiti<]nity  of  Great 
Britan  vulgarly  called  Stutic  -  hetig 
standiDg  an  Salisbury  Plain  rtfened 
to  the  Danes'  by  Walter  Charieton, 
London,  1663.  4",  price  It, 

*  Wood  413  ',!)  'The  mod  noble 
antiiinity  of  Great  Hritnin  vulgarly 
callnl  Stonc-bcng  on  ijalistmry  Plain 
rcalored  by  Inigo  Jooei,'  Lond.  1655. 
— The  same  volnme  cootalna  a  third 
trealiie  (Wood  413  na  3)  John  Webb  of 
Bntlcitjb  *A  vindication  of  Stotie-licog 
rcst<ir«:d '  Lond.  1665,  \Vel>b  argacs 
that  bluncbcnjrc  is  'a  Roman  work  or 
temple.' 

»  William  F(wd  M.A.  C.  C.  C.  4 
Apr.  iSfs. 

*  ThoDuu  Alluni  or  Hallnin,  M.A., 
Kail.,  15  Jmie  1635. 

*  probably  Wtlliuo  Noble,  cook  of 


Merton  College.  The  hoose,  w«  team 
from  MS.  Phillipps  7018,  waa  at  the  east 
end  of  S.  John  bajitist  Street  b  S.  Peler 
in  the  East  {larisli. 

'  sec  Davenport's  Oxfordshire;  1888). 
p.  70. 

*  note  by  Wood  on  a  slip  now 
marl.-e<]  as  ful.  79  of  MS.  Tanner  loj. 

■  this  twok.  though  having  a  ic\tat- 
atc  title  and  pagination,  is  boand  ap 
with  and  included  on  the  first  title 
page  with  Stubbe's '  The  lowJ  Bncon'a 
relation  of  the  sweating  sickneai 
eiuimined  .  .  .  '  Ixind.  1671.  The 
Bodleian  ct^py  is  a  prvacnlation  copy 
from  the  author  to  Thomas  Jjarlow, 

*  the  dale,  as  Wood  notes  at  the 
end  of  this  note,  ia  wrong :  th« 
epidemic  of  1660  wu  not  Ihe  small 
pos. 


4tf» 


WOOffS  UFE  AND  TIMES, 


lived ;  and  ihoee  that  were  not,  died.    This  must  be  ooderstood  d 
those  ihal  died  i66»,  vide  (Almanac)  that  >rare  in  Nov.] 

About  the  13  Nov,  Th^  one  <\Villiara>  Wither ',  cJew*  of  Nc» 
Coll.  and  brother  to  Mr.  Anthony  Wither  that  was  fellow,  died  aod 
was  buried  in  the  cloister  before  Uie  v-est  doore  of  tbe  cfaapel  oa  iW 
sooth  side. 

[. .  A  dax^hter  of  Pimm  of  Brill  in  com.  Bucks,  widdow  tf . . . 
Austen  c^  Brill,  the  wife  of  coUonell  Valentine  Walton  the  tioted 
regtcid,  died  a  little  better  than  in  an  obscure  ccmdition  in  the  booK 
of  Anne  Lkhfeild,  a  printer's  widdow,  in  Cat  Street,  F.,  T4  Nov. 
1662  ;  and  was  buried  in  St.  Marie's  church.  It  was  then  tbe 
common  report  that  her  husband  to  save  himself  from  hnngittg,  fled 
into  Flanders  or  the  Low  Countries,  where  in  a  disguised  cooditioa, 
lived  as  a  gardiner  with  a  certaine  gentleman.  At  length  being  sick 
and  foreseeing  death,  discovered  himself  to  have  been  a  man  of 
fashion ;  and  desired  that  after  his  death  his  wife  and  relations  may 
be  acquainted  with  it,  etc.  This  I  had  from  one  that  was  acqitaiotcd 
with  Mrs.  W'alton  (the  daughter  of . . .  Pimme  of  Brill).] 

1 4  Nov.,  P.,  Mrs.  Walton  *  (wife  of  Valentine  Walton)  died  at  Mr. 
Lichfield's  (of  the  pox  as  they  say).  She  was  wife  to  Col.  Walton 
one  of  the  King's  Judges,  who  flying  the  realme  at  the  King's  reiitme 
went  into  Flanders  or  the  Low  Countrj-es.  and  having  skill  in 
gardning  and  manuring  hired  himselfe  to  gent  there  for  that  imploy- 
ment ;  but  GilUng  bick  and  scing  bis  time  draw  neare,  sent  for  his 
(master's)  wife  and  told  that  he  had  bin  a  man  of  fashion  etc.  and 
desired  to  send  word  to  his  lady  In  England  that  he  was  a  dead  man.., 
Mr.  (Charles)  Perrot  of  Oriel  •. 

[Oxfonlihirc  *  1663.    Sb:   For  the  conlianance  of  our  mntual  siociety 
acqoaiDtiuicc,  we,  the  steward*  chosen  For  thla  pfVKDt  y-ear,  request  your  oomi 
on  Tfatmdiy  tbe  twentieth  of  November  by  uoc  of  the  clock  in  the  momtag  at  Su 
MJchacl't  church  in  ComhiU  to  hear  a  sennoa  itsd  from  thence  to  Grocer's  hall 


■  see    Golch'a    Wood's    CoU.    aod 
Halls,  p.  a  1 3. 
>  note  in  Wood  MS.  P  4,  p.  toa. 

*  Pe&hall's  City  of  Oxfonl.  p.  $4  = 
sec  also  Bliss'  Reliquiae  NeamiaMae 
iiL  loS. 

*  this  ii  cither  the  beginniDg  of  a 
note  which  goes  no  futthei  or  the 
name  of  Wood's  informant  of  the 
ptecediog  story. 

*  this  priotcd  paper,  be*ded  t^  the 
anoi  uf  the  Uoirenity  and  City  of 


Oxford,  and  r«te*ted  by  nx  impr 
of  scaU  with  coals  of  arms,  is  fotmd '. 
Wood  376  B.  foL  119.  It  shows  a 
regnlarljr  conslituled  re-nnioa  of  oalivis 
of  the  C0WII7,  held  annually  in  Loodoa. 
Four  of  the  srnnoRs  preached  oo  thftflO* 
casion  of  this  Luodon  feast 
e  g.  John  WooUey'st  Woney*s}  ] 
in  1674 :  see  Ftuti  for  166S.  A  shot 
gathcrtni;  was  afterwards  held  ia 
fonl :  Ke  infra  tinder  dates  15 
1669  aitd  35  Aug.  1670, 


%LA_ 


NOV,  —  DEC.  1662. 


463 


dinner.    Voo  «»  deuied  u>  deliver  ii  tiJ  opon  the  receipt  of  Uus  dcket  wbkb  jrcm 
uc  to  bring  with  yoD. 

Tbonuu  Maityn  v 

Henry  Mcc>c 
John  HoArd 


Joho  Macock 
^\'illiam  Wing 
Nathaniel  Short 
WilL  Ligburne 
George  liwer 
Willium  Bonmc 
Michael  RoUcs 


Francis  Moore 
Hhilip  Cave 
Kobcit  Toms 


Stewards.*! 


[Richard  Lyclial',  Mr.  of  Arts  and  fellow  of  New  CoIL,  died,  F.. 
21  Nov.  1662;  and  was  burled  in  the  cast  cloister  there;  descended 
from  those  of  Alkerton  in  com.  Oson.] 

Richard  I.ydiate,  Mr.  of  Arts  .ind  fellow  of  New  Coll^  died  at  day 
of  this  month  (F.)  and  buned  in  the  east  cloister  *  before  Che  chapel 
dorc  on  the  north  side  therof.  Tlie  small  pox  it  seems  is  soe  brcife 
here  tliat  they  luvc  broke  up  house. 

Memorandum  (hat  in  the  mouth  of  Nov.  1663,  in  the  dig;ging  a 
well  for  a  pumpe  at  the  east  end  of  the  Bocherew,  was  iviihin  half 
a  yard  under  ground  or  more  a  piicht-d  floore  and  3  yards  deepe 
in  the  ground  severall  great  posts  of  timber  tliat  laid  flat  and  then 
about  a  yard  deeper  others,  as  if  formerly  iher  had  bin  a  common 
slioare,  or  els  more  probably  tlie  foundation  of  Uic  old  Bochcrcw. 

[Not.  1663  •,  fflemomndtim  that  Dr.  (Kerbert)  Pclham  of  Mogd.  Coll.  lent  to 
mc  3  Ronmn  coLncs  that  were  aliout  40  ycares  since  fount!  at  Stow  Wood,  (i) 
Uoe  was  off  CalignU  *,  «■  it  shoald  Keme,  bat  upon  one  ride  where  the  face  is  'tis 
thus  wrote : — 

IMP.  C.  ALLECtT]V&  P  F.  A.  V.— 

00  the  rcvcn,  a  woman  with  snch  a  tiling  in  bcr  right  hand  (  ^  )  and  the  letter  S. 
on  the  right  side  of  bcr  and  P.  on  the  left ;  the  words  that  are  round  her  cannot 
be  read,  (ii]  The  other  («  of  the  emperor  Cunitaniine  with  his  bee  on  one  side 
and  on  the  revets  an  armed  man,  an  inscription  abottt  ti,  and  the  two  letters  of 
S.  P.  on  each  \\ic  of  it.  (iii)  The  other  aeenu  to  be  of  TbcodoBios,  and  oo  the 
nrvcrs  b  PIETAS.— This  Information  I  gave  to  Dr.  <Roben)  Plot] 

I>eo«mb«r. — i,  M,,  spent  si  J.  Barret's  with  Mr.  O**^")  Curteyne,  W. — 3,  W., 
at  Webb's  with  Mr.  Oohn)  Curteyne,  )*/.— 5,  F..  ipcnt  at  Web's  and  ai  the  Mer- 
maid TaTcm  with  Mr.  (John)  Corlcync  and  Mr.  (Matthew)  fintton,  %d, — 6,  S., 
at  Mo(thet)  Jcanscs  with  Mr,  (John)  Cnrtcync,  61/. — 8,  M.,  at  W'etcotc's,  the 
catch  meeting,  41/. — 10,  W.,  to  ]td(ward)  for  candells  at  the  common  fire,  id, — 
1$,  M.,  at  WescoU'^  catch  moGting,  ^ — 16,  T.,  to  Knigfat  for  mcodtog  taj 


*  note  in  Wood  MS.  F  4,  p.  tot.  at  the  end  of '  Liber  Niger  Scaccaril.' 

*  Untch's  Wood's  Coll.  and  Halls,  p.  *  Hcaroc  Dotcs  that  the  coin  is  of 
93»-  Alltrtni. 

*  note  bjr  Wood,  printed  by  Hconic 


4«4 


XVOOrtS  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


chimner,  u ;  spent  with  Mr.  (Mntthew)  Hottoa  at  tlic  uvem,  6*/;  Tor  a  At- 
nunnck  for  1663,  ^i/.-tj,  W.,  (|>enl  on  Mr.  (Robert)  Sprarc  at  jcaRscs,  6^ — 
iS,  Th.,  with  Mr.  I'cnton'  and  Mr-  {John)  Curtejiic  nl  Jcnnsct,  4</.— ao,  S^  At 
Webh'i  with  Mr,  (John)  Curttvne  uid  (Matlhrw)  HDllun.  (id.  — j.i,  T,  at 
Jcvues  with  Mr,  (Jolin)  Curtc^nc.  fid. —  ag^  M.,  to  Mwts  for  a  p«tr  of  (jtows,  ix; 
client  at  JcADsea  with  Dr.  (Herbert)  Pclhaai  and  Mr.  (Ji>hn)Curtcyn,  W. — 30,  T,, 
at  Hc*bnmon  with  Mr.  (Nathaniel)  Orenwood  and  (John)  Cuneyn,  81/, — 31,  W^ 
paid  Mr.  ((ieoi^)  Kobcrti  the  htinar  fii  for  ]iart  for  the  wood  lt>wattl&  ihc 
cotnmoD  fin. 

December. — Dec.  23,  M.,  declamations  in  the  University  restored. 
They  were  brought  up  by  I>r.  (r>aniel)  Grenwod*  and  put  downe 
1660  wlien  the  Visitation'  was. 

[Dec  %%\  M.,  Convocation  wherin  the  chancellor's  letten  were 
read,  saying: — 

'  I  did  in  the  time  of  the  lost  vicccbanccllor  reconuncod  to  bim  and  the  coDvoca*^^ 
lion's  coosidoatioo  whether  it  might  not  be  of  some  use  to  inipo«c  fome  exercue 
in  Rhetoridi  la  be  perfonned  by  the  Bw:.  of  A.  before  they  take  the  degree  of  Mr., 
ud  whether  the  enjoycinj;  them  to  make  K>nc  poblic  declamation  b  the  Sdiooles 
might  not  be  an  exercise  vcrie  ratable  to  that  seasoa  of  their  slmdics,'  ete. 

After  which  time  (ho  heads  did  consider  but  could  not  think  of  any^ 
way  more  proper  than  declamation,  so  that  wheras  they  were  left 
of(f)  after  the  king  was  restored  and  wall  lectures  onlie  read  in  their 
places,  declamaiions  were  now  seiled  and  wall  lectures  too ;  and  the 
same  day  the  statutes  tliat  had  been  made  in  Dr.  (Daniel)  Green* 
wood's  time'  for  the  spcakin]^  of  two  declamations  were  dien  with 
some  alterations  read  and  confirmed.  Altered  and  consented  lo  bj, 
the  heads  of  houses  %\  June  last. 

Id  the  said  Convocation  care  was  talcen  that  all  hereafter  that  came 
lo  tlic  University  are  to  be  matriculated,  and  that  because  many 
hitherto  liad  not  been  matriculated  at  their  first  comming,  the  chan> 
cellor  desired  that  iliey  might  commence  llicir  time  for  Bachelaur 
from  their  fir^t  comming  and  not  from  their  matriculation.  Granted  j 
then  confirmed  by  the  Itousc.] 

Dec.  24,  W.,  taken  in  one  pound  of  candeUs  of  my  rent  due  to  me' 
from  Kly. 

Dec.  29,  M.,  received  of  l^fr.  Bumham  and  my  brother  Robert 
Wood  5//  ar  3*/  for  ray  rent  due  to  mc  S.  Thomas  day  (21  Dec] 
It  should  have  been  6//.,  but  he  bated  241  for  my  diet  for  6  wecl 


»  »ee  note  5  p.  454. 

*  Daniel    Ijrccnwood,    Prinapal    of 
Bras.,  Vtcechancellor  i6fo-i6gi. 

*  by  the  Kinf'i  Commissiooeri,  1660. 


*  nntc  in  MS.  Bodl.  594,  p.  44. 

*  ronri^iiiAl  note: — 'see  lo  the  Vk 
chanccllonhip  of  Dr.  Greenwood.' 


DECEMBER,  1663. 


4^5 


and  \s  31/  towards  the  RctUng  the  batchelaurs  of  Mcrton  CoU.  a 
grace-night  (13  Dec,  F.),  and  he  oved  mc  8;. 


\ 


Divers  this  year  and  the  year  before  preached  up  Armini(ani)5me 
which  had  30  years  before  see  much  displeased  the  generality  of 
people.  The  preachers  for  it  were  Dr.  (Thomas)  Peirce  president 
of  Magd.  Col].,  Mr.  (Thomas)  Tomluiis  of  Alls.,  and  Mr.  (Juhw) 
Fitzwilliams  of  Magd.  Coll 

Fanalicks  keep  their  children  at  home  or  bread  them  in  privat 
schooles  under  fanalicks  or  send  ihcm  beyond  sea.  The  Papists 
they  bre(c)d  ihcm  beyond  sea,  though  before  the  warr  they  did 
not,  but  sent  them  to  the  Uoiversilie  ((10)  Gl(ocester)  Coll.). 

But  many  that  are  orthodox  do  not  send  ihcm  to  tlic  Univcrsitie 
or  if  they  do  'tis  but  for  a  little  wlulc.  For  if  they  spend  a  great 
dcale  of  lime  in  the  Univcratte  'tis  but  lost — for  iliere  is  no  pre- 
ferment 10  be  had  without  money  and  tho  you  tarrie  here  but  a  yeares 
yet  if  you'I  give  money  you  shall  be  preferred  before  those  that  have 
tarried  there  20  yeare. 

So  that,  I  say,  seing  there  is  no  reward  of  learning,  virtue,  indus- 
trie,  our  Universities  decay  and  tliosc  that  arc  (it  for  them  betake 
themselves  to  otlier  employments. 

|"An'  age  whcrin  a  zealous  concernment  in  studies  is  laught  at  and 
many  wonder  at  the  folly  of  those  before  the  warr  lime  that  spent  so 
much  time  and  broke  their  braines  in  schol.  divinity  and  metaphi8(ics). 
This  folly  of  laughing  at  continued  wors  and  worse  till  1679  and 
from  thence ' — an  age  given  to  brutish  pleasure  and  atheisme.] 

Respect*  to  Masters  (by '  bachclaurs)  lost;  (they)  go  cheek  by 
jole  with  you  without  any  respect,  walk  in  the  same  place  ibcy  are : 
ad  fincm  1662. 

This  year  such  a  saying  come  up  in  London  **  The  Bishops  get 


'  this  poraf^ph  in  square  brackets 
ii  at  ibe  end  of  the  Almfttmck  for  1663. 
Wofxl  nt  a  later  ilnte  has  liended  it 
with  these  woiits '1 6$y:  i^narte memoir 
at  the  end  of  i66j' — referring  lo  the 
preceding  pdiragrapbi. 

'  the  Motcace  mobi  nafioiiJied ;  the 
next  words  being  a  discoonectcd  rc- 
flcctioo  on  the  times.  A  marginaJ 
jottJDg  noleft  that  in  ■  1659,  Jobn 
Lambe  (wu)  ntayor.* 


'  the  two  paraf^nphs  following  ore 
at  the  l>cf^Ding  of  the  AlmAoack  for 
t66i,  each  with  a  diicction  for  placing 
it  licrr.  The  referoice  In  MS.  Tanner 
loi  Kucgcsts  that  tbrjr  should  t>e  intro- 
dnc«d  at  tlic  end  of  1661. 

*  that  these  words  an;  to  be  inserted 
is  plain  from  MS.  Tanner  103,  foh 
90  which  refers  to  this  place  as  fles* 
cribing  '  familiaritjr  of  baich(clann) 
with  tnatlera.' 


uh 


WOOaS  UFE  AND  TIJ^ES. 

all ',  the  Courtiers  spend  all,  the  Citizens  pay  for  all,  the  King  nc^jketi 
all,  and  the  DivilU  take  all " — 1663  ad  fincm. 

(Wood  516  no.  II  is  'Articles  of  Visitation,  hy  Robert  [Skimwt] 
bishop  of  Oxford,  1662.') 

(Wood  276  A  no.  9a  is  E.  Alleyn's  *  A  CaUUogtie  of  the  nobteofa 
and  peers  of  the  kingdom  of  England,'  Lond.  1663,  which  he  nota 
10  hjive  coat  4</.) 

<In  MS.  Rawl.  D  317  fol.  201  is  a  i>apcr  with  receipts  and 
disburscmcnis  in  connection  with  an  attempt  to  organize  cfaaiitr. 
The  receipts  are  headed :— '  received  of  the  severall  Colleges  for  didr 
allo^k-aoce  yearly  to  tlie  workemaster  and  marshall  of  ihc  beggars  afltf 
ihe  rate  of  tor  (td  for  every  looii.  they  are  estimated  ai/  Ch.  Ch. 
heads  the  list  with  a  contribution  of  lo/i'.  loj,  Magd.  C.  foUoira  widi 
6/1.  6s,  and  New  C.  with  5/t'.  5;;  tlie  list  ts  closed  with  paymcDts 
from  Lincoln  of  1  u  6</,  and  from  BalL,  Univ.,  Wadh.,  Pcmbr^  Jom 
Coll.,  each  loj  6d.  These  payments  were  made  in  1663,  and  1663, 
and  apparcully  intended  to  be  made  also  in  1664.) 


166|  and  lees  :  16  Car.  11 :  (Wood  set.  ai>. 

(At  the  beginning  of  this  almanac  are  some  notes  about  previous 
years.  These  are  placed  here,  rather  than  posted  to  their  proper 
dates,  to  show  that  ihey  are  not  memoranda  made  at  the  time  but 
reminiscences.) 

'Memorandum  that  about  the  year  1650  coffee  and    chocolate 
began  to  be  frequently  drunk  in  Oxon :  and  about  1655  a  club 
erected  at  Tilliard's  where  many  pretended  wilts  would  meet 
deride  at  others.     Sec  clswhcrc  in  my  Almanacs.' 

'Memorandum  that  about  1659  scurv'ey  grasse  drink  began  lo-' 
Ircqueulty  drankc  in  Oxon.' 

■  Mr.  Thomas  Grig  (Ciregg)  of  Trin.  Coll.  in  his  speech  at  the 
Act,  1661,  made  a  relation  of  the  devill  who  appeared'  in  I^lag.  ColJ. 
Cloister  in  a  surpliss.  Afterward**  ch(aplain)  to  (Humphrey) 
Henchman,  bishop  of  London.  I  think  Naihaniol  Greenwood  sjiake 
somthing  to  tliat  purjjose :  vide 'Annus*  Mirabilis.'  Grig's  funeral 
sertnon  ^  vitic  Catalogues ;  vide  Terminal  Catalogue  p.  95 ;  vide 
Fasti  a  vol  p.  836/ 

*  see  Kvclyn'a  Diary  under  date  i  % 
Mar.  1 67 J. 
"  «c  tupra  pp.  3j6,  406. 
'  ].  c.  (irig  was ;  not  the  sppaiiliOQ. 


<  Wood  643  (p.. 

^  SimuD  Patrick:  'A  9emioD  preached 
ftt  the  fancml  of  Mr.  Thomaa  Origg* 
(on  3  Cor.  V.  i).  Load.  1670,  Sto. 


DEC.  leea  —  y^'-v.  lees. 


4«7 


'Grig's  obit :  sec  almanac  1670,  Sept.* 

*  William  Cole,  secretary  to  the  bisliop  of  Winlon,  sometimes  of 
MctloD  CoIIegE,  and  autbor  of  a  booke  of  simples  ',  died  at  Winton 
i6fi3.  He  was  home  at  Adderberry  com,  Oxon,  as  1  thinke. 
Enquire  of  Mr.  (?  Philip)  French,  his  uncle.  He  died  circa  annum 
aetalis  35.    Enlrcd.' 

'  My  aciiE  (P)  married  about  Mich.  1663  to  . . .  Franklin.' 


JaniuuT.— I*  Tb.,  givea  to  sc«  Volpo&cy  acted  At  the  town  ball  by  prrcnticvs 
ftttd  Indeunen,  ^. — »,  F.,  paid  tbe  InitltT  of  Mrrton  for  my  battle*,  Ji  3-/;  to  him 
for  ft  I)  stak  fngotU  which  I  had  Pe&  36,  1/  61/.— 5.  M.,  for  menilhig  my  shois, 
6</;  the  ihonukert  box,  6J. — 6,  T.,  given  to  see  Voliioiiey  acud  a^ioe,  6d%  spent 
at  Webb'i  with  Mr.  (John)  Curltyu,  -jd;  to  Edward  for  my  candles  for  tbc  com- 
mon fife  viil  fi»T  ihc  time  before,  4^.-8,  Tli.,  given  lu  olil  Church  bU  X'doas  boK, 
1/;  spent  at  Jranieswith  Mr.  (J'^n)  Cufteyne  and  Mr.  (Nadiaatcl)  Crcnwood, 
6(i — (J,  v.,  lo  Mt.  Robinson  the  twokiellcr  for  new*  liooka  ihc  Ust  quarter,  is  ;  for 
Polydorc  Virgil"  de  io»eatione,' 1/4^;  for  >VhMton"i  Almanack  *  ami.  1663, 61^.; 
fai  Poori:  KoLiu  *  and  Enilyrauio'»  *  Alinanadift  arm.  16(^3,  ftd ;  sp^nt  at  Ilediogton 
wich  Mr.  (John)  Cnrteyne,  (Nathaniel)  Grenvood,  (Matthew)  Huuon.  4^. — la, 
M.,  ai  Hat.  Finchn  witli  Mr.  (John)  Cnrteyne,  Brf. — 13,  T.,  at  Jentiaes  with  Dr. 
(Herbert)  Pclham  and  Mr.  (John)  Curteyne,  4*1'.— 15,  Th.,  at  JeawM  with  Mr. 
(John)  Curtcjne,  3^/. — 16,  F.,  the  barber  his  quarteridgc,  3/;  at  Web's  with  Mr. 
(John)  Cortcync  and  (Nathaniel)  Grenwoode,  6^. — 17,  S.,  paid  Jolin  Banct  my 
score,  7*  lad. — 19,  M.,  lo  Forrest  for  'The*  Manow  of  History.'  Svo,  Js  ^;  the 
same  at  Wcslcotc's  nt  the  catch  mcctiiig.  y/. — 10,  T.,  to  Edward  for  camiclls  for 
the  common  fire,  2J. — 32,  Tb.,  for  6  ^iggotts  to  the  butler, .  .  .  ;  at  Webb's  with 
Mr.  (John)  Cnrteyne  and  my  brother,  7rf ;  at  Short's  for  chocolate,  ^rf;  for  a  letter 
to  Mr.  (John)  Theyer,  jJ. — 33  \  F.,  at  Web's  and  Meeimaid  Tavern  with  Mr. 
(John)  Cnrteyn  and  (Matthew)  Utitton,  ii. — afi,  M.,  at  Wc(»)colt'i  catch  meting 
with  Mr.  (William)  Flexncy,  Oii;  for  sagiu,  3(/.— 39,  Th.,  taken  of  Ely  >  pound 
of  candle*  which  makes  up  my  whole  4  pound ;  to  Dlackman  of*  6  stak  fagot*, 
91/.— 31,  S.,  at  GOodw(Ife>  Carye'a  with  Mr.  (John)  Cnrtejiu  ud  (Matthew) 
Hiiltoii,  M. 

January.— (Beginning  on  13  Jan.,  M.,  Wood  in  Jan.,  Feb,,  Mar., 
continued  tlie  comj^tion  of  his  '  Survey  of  the  Antiquities  of  the 


'  '  Tbc  art  of  Simpllng,'  Loivd.  1656. 
There  iccma  to  be  no  copy  in  the 
Fodldaa.  WikhI  719  (3)  waa  •  Tlie 
art  of  Simpling,*  Lood.  i6gft  (jirotiably 
the  work  in  qsestion)  ;  but  that  Tolame 
ha<  disappeared. 

'  Wood  338. 

'  now  in  Wood  Almaaao  C. 

*  now  in  Wood  13. 

*  now  in  Wood  15. 

*  pouibty  an  eatly  edition  of  'MtJulta 
Uittvriat  Augiiiamu  ticuig  a  com|ue- 


hen&i\-c  history  of  the  Ures  and  reigns 
of  the  monarcba  of  lilngland'  (Wood 
5oi  is  the  5rd  e<1ition  1687;  and  ui  ft 
Wood  no4es  '  reported  to  be  written  by 
Dr.  William  Howell  of  Cambridge'). 

'  Wood  368(19^  'A  brief  nanalive 
of  that  stnpendioos  tragedic  late  ta- 
tendcd  to  be  acted,'  Lond.  1663:  has 
the  note  '  Anthony  k  Wood  e  CotL  Mert. 
Oxon.  13  Jan.  166}.' 

'  'of'bya»lipfor*fer.' 


It  b  3 


4ti8 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


Q\xy  of  Oxford";  see  the  dates  in  Clark's  Wood's  City  of  Oxrord,  L 
p.  17.) 

Jan.  33.  F.,  paid  Mr.  Potter  351  being  port  of  my  score,  soe  that, 
there  13  lor  Icfl  behind  to  pay. 

Jan.  34  being  Saturday  Mr.  Leonard  Yates,  rector  of  Cuxham,  died 
and  was  there  buried. 

tjan.  39,  Th.,  Dr.  (Robert)  Sanderson  '  died,  bishop  of  Lyncoln* 

FebmuT.— 1,  .Su.,  «t  Jranu^  with  Dr.  (Htrbcrt)  Pclham,  ^d.~l,  M,  st 
Watcotc's  at  ihc  catch-tnKting.  6rf,  bclo^  the  first  time  according  lo  Mr.  (Henry) 
nenton's  propoull  i\  laying  downe  emch  man  as  mocA. — 4,  W.,  at  the  Cnj(wi]) 
Tayeme  wilh  Mr.  (Cliaflc*)  Pemrt,  t^,—^,  F.,  M  Wcbb'i  with  Mr.  (John) 
Curteync  an*J  (Mattht-w)  lluitoii,  6*/;  the  umc  for  faggulls,  6./. — 10,  T.,  nt  Pyn- 
Dock's  at  Comnor  with  Mr.  (John)  Curteync,  u — 11,  W.,  at  the  coffy  home  triih 
Mr.  (Chrixlopher)  Re>-no1dt  of  Coiunglon,  6^:  to  BlackmiU]  for  a  doicn  of  stack 
fi^^ots,  u  fid,—\i^  Th.,  at  Short's  the  coffee  tnaa  with  Mr.  <Chu1c»>  Penot  aiul 
Mr.  WiBcinan'  in  chouolalc,  f>d\  for  a  ooggliifr  pot,  51/. — 13,  F.,  spent  at  Wcbb'i 
with  Mr.  (John)  CDrteync,  (John)  Robinson,  uh]  (Matih«w)  Ilottoo,^.— I4,Sl, 
at  mol(hcr)  Harwood's  with  Mr.  (John)  Curtryne  antl  Mr.  (H«iry)  Foolis,  j^, — 
17,  T.,  to  Jones  for  j  balUds*,  31/.— 18,  W„  at  ino(tb«)  Harwood's  with  Mr. 
(John)  Cnil^yne,  4^. — JO,  F.,  to  Mra.  Burnhnni  for  my  scon;,  firf;  spent  al  Webb's 
with  Mr.  (NBthanicI)Crcnwood,  &/.— 3i,S.,  for  dressing  of,  uid  loyning  for,  rajM 
h.u,  aj  4J;  at  Webb's  with  Mr.  (John)  Curteyn.  (Nathaniel)  Oreo* 
(Mauhew)  Hottoo,  jrf.— a6,  T.,  spent,  id. 

Pebraary.— Feb.  3,  T.,  to  Samuel  Pocoke  for  3  coppyes' 
verses  on  ftfr.  (Edmund)  Calamye's  imprisonment',  4^, — one 
ihem  by  Dr.  (Robert)  Wilde,  the  other  by  Hudibras, 

1 1  Feb.,  W„  memorandum  tJiat  I  being  with  my  cozen  (John^ 
Tavemer  at  the  Swan,  was  a  wiitness  that  Mr.  Abraham  Davis  should 
let  his  house  in  Grandpont  to  him  at  T>ent  sizes  and  sommer  sizes  for 
6/1.  a  lime  :  but  in  case  Mr.  Tavemer  should  dye  before  the  sumnter 


'  Wood  429  (19)  is  *  An  elegy  opoo 

the  mach  lamented  death  of  Dr.  Saodcr- 
son,  bishop  of  Lincoln.' 

*  Cnpcll  Witemao,  MA.  Queen's  95 
June  1659  ;  fellow  of  Ail  Souls. 

'  two  of  them  can  probably  be 
ideotiticd.  Wood  401  fol.  167  b  Is  a 
ballad  headed  '  The  careless  curate  and 
the  bluudy  butcher  .  .  .  Chctinsford  tn 
Embx*  aod  bcginntog  '  Illack  mmther 
■nd  adultery  |  Are  two  such  sworn 
brothers'  and  dated  hy  Wow!  'mcnse 
Feb.  l66x,'i.c.  ).  Wood  401  fol.i93b 
is  a  b«llad  by  Abraham  Miles  headed 
'  A  wonder  of  wonders,  being  a  troA 
rclAtioo  of  the  strange  and  invisiMe 
bcaliiig  of  a  dram  at  tlie  house  of  John 


Mompcsson  esq.  at  Tidcomb  (Wood . 
corrects  'Tidwortb'  in  tbc  margin) 
.  .  .  Wiltshire,'  and  beginning  '  All  yo 
that  feai  the  Cod    on  high  |  Amen^ 
yonr  lives  and  rrpcnt.'    It  is  dated 
Wood  •  mcnse  Fcbr.  i66j,'  i.  e.  J. 

'  Robert  Wilde's  'A  poem  upon  ih#7 
imprisoomcnt  of  Mr.  CaUmy  in  New- 
gate,' I.ond.  [1663],  foU  single-sheet ; 
Wood     416     (98)  :     ■  Hndibnts 
Catamy's    irapiisonmeni,    and    Wlld'i 
poetry  to  the  bishops,'  Lond.  1663 
siaglc-thcel ;  Wood  416(97).    Anot 
copy  Is  Wood  176  A,  no.  531. 

*  see  Pepys'  Diary  under  date  6  Ji 
l66|. 


yAN.~  MARCH,  1663. 


469 


sizes,  then  be  was  lo  loose  tlie  6/1.  due  for  that  time.  I  was  wittnesse 
also  that  he  should  tiave  the  use  of  bis  lianen  for  30^  a  time  and  that 
the  bcerc  or  a!c  which  Mr.  Davis  was  (o  U)*  in  for  ihc  supply  of  his 
sheniiTs  house  was,  if  any  whole  barrells  or  barrell  left,  10  relume 
ihcm  againc.     Ila  est.  Ant :  Wood. 

•Feb.  3ti,  W.,  he  was  with  his  cozen  Tavemer  at  the  Swan-Inn  in 
Oxon,  where  he  was  a  witness  that  Mr,  Abr.  Davis  should  let  his 
house  in  Grandpool  in  S.  Aldalc's  parish  durinji^  the  time  of  assize 
then  approaching,  and  in  the  time  of  assize  in  the  summer  following, 
for  bh.  a  time ;  but  if  Mr.  Tavemer  should  die  before  summer 
assize,  then  should  he  have  only  6//'.  for  the  Lent  assize.  lie  was 
also  then  a  witness  to  other  things  agreed  upon  between  them  &c. 

Feb.  13,  F.,  lent  Mr.  (John)  Robinson,  6d. 

[Walter  Cave'  of  Grandpoole  in  the  south  suburbs  of  Oxon,  brewer, 
brother  to  Sir  Richard  Cave,  knight,  died  at  his  house  Jn  Grandpoole, 
S.,  21  Febr.  1663  (i.e.  g),  and  was  buried  in  S.  Aldate's  church. 
He  married  to  his  first  wife,  Alice,  daughter  of  Thomas  Williams  of 
the  Star  Inn  in  Oxon ;  and  to  his  second,  Elisabeth,  the  daughter  of 
. . .  Clemson  of  Abendon  ;  by  both  which  he  had  issue. — Elizabeth, 
wife  of  Mr.  Walter  Cave,  buried  in  Sl  Aldate's  church  21  Nov. 
1668  : — so  St.  Aldate's  Register.] 

Hwoti.— 3,  T.,  given  to  LoDdoo  miuJck,  prisoners  al  (Daniel)  Prince's  the 
Mrgc&nt,  being  at  Mr.  (Cbvlct)  Bridgmnji's  chamber  At  QtiMn's  Coll.,  is. — 4, 
W.,  sprnt  at  Cuje't  and  Woodi*c«  Tavcra  with  Mr.  (John)  Roliiiiaan, 
(Cbrutophcr)  Vy)tc,  (N'.-ithaiiicl)  Greuwood,  uid  (Johii)  Cntteyn,  li  yl. — 5, 
Th.,  to  Brown's  mm  for  firtctiing  my  hun  when  I  wait  lo  meet  «ny  ci>i«i  (John) 
Ta.venier  the  sbcrrif,  <ni ;  wbay  la  tlie  morouig,  id.—'j,  S.,  at  mother) 
Harwood'a  with  Mr.  (Jolin)  Curlcync,  4//. — ^10,  T.,  al  toother  llaiwuud's 
with  Mr.  0°'*")  Cnrteyn*,  jrf.— 11,  \V.,  with  Mr.  (Matthew)  HuUon  at  the 
ooolc's,  9</. — ^11,  Th.,  I  lookc  a  vouiitt  pieacrJticd  l>y  Mr.  Jnbn  Curteyne,  for  which 
1  paid  to  Mr.  Alport,  n  f>d;  sugar  and  ccrrcns  for  water  cmcll,  td;  reasoos'  of 
the  son,  3^—13,  F.,  at  mother  Harwood'a  with  Mr.  (William)  Flaxney,  <John) 
Coiteyne  and  (Nathaniel)  Grenwood,  id;  lot  iiisue  pens,  id. — 14,  S.,  at  mother 
Jcanscs  with  Mr.  (John)  Cnneync,  &/. — 15.  Su..  1  toolc  a  purge  from  the  same 
hoodt  being  composed  in  6  pills,  it. — 1 7,  T.,  to  John  Wauon  for  laying  a  boards 
in  my  flttdj',  is  (v/;  to  Mis.  fiomtuun  for  tny  scofc,  lid. —  itE,  W.,  at  mother 
Jeonsei  with  Dr.  (Herbert)  Pelham,  4</. — ao,  F.,  al  Pinnock't  with  Mr.  (Roger) 
Brent,  (John)  I'owell  Kniur,  (Edmaiid)  Turner,  and  HoDtingdan*,  is  id;  the 
tame  at  Sol(u^cll)  Harding's  with  Mr.(Mattbcw)  Hutton  and  at  the  taremc,  lot/. 
—  IJ,  SiL,  at  Builvy  with  Mr.  (Edward)  Jonc«,  (John)  Cnrtcyne,  (James) 
Workman,  ad.— 34,  T.,  at  Ellcses,  td;  at  Jcumcs  with  Mr.  (John)  Cnrtcyne,  31/. 


'  nolc  in  Wood  MS.  F  4,  p.  103. 
'  Wood's  spelling  for  *  raisins.* 
*  Robert     Honlingdon,    Fellow    of 
McrtuD  i  KC  Brodridc's  Mertoo,  p.  ><}3. 


Wood  ajfl  C  (otherwise  Aahm.  1819J 
(no.  30)  is  a  MS.  '  epistle  from  Robert 
Huntingilon  to  Dr.  (Gervrd)  Lnng- 
UuDC     in     eight    languages,    Hebrew, 


470 


WOOD^S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


— jj,  \V.,  r(  iiio(lher)  Sjnnpson'*  with  Mr.  0°'^'')  Curteyw,  8rf;  p«id  to  Thom 
ihe  bookbinder  for  doing  op  ecveiall  books  for  me,  y. — 38,  S^  to  Rich  for  soting 
my  round  locd  &huc&,  li  3'/. — 31,  T.,  at  mother  Jcaiues  wUh  Mr.  ^Jobo) 
Curteync,  iJ. 

Maroh.— [Mar.  a',  M.,  Godfre)',  earl  of  Monigomerj'  in  Aqui* 
tanta,  was  created  Mr.  of  Aris:  and  ibc  same  day,  Mr.  William 
Merj'feild  of  St.  John's  Coll.  was  nominated  preacher  of  S.  Giles* 
church  according  to  Richard  Branlhwail's  will.] 

(4  March)  Ashwedncsday  1663  (i.e.  J)  lent  Mr.  (Jt^n)  Bebj 
'cardinal "  Wolscy's  life  '  bound  up  with  other  tracts. 

•Mar.  6,  F.,  John  Tavemer  made  his  first  cnir)-  into  Oxon,  to 
conduct  thereunto  justice  Robert  Hyde. 

•Mar.  9,  M.,  given  to  his  cozen  Tavemcr  the  high  sheriff  and  M"^'. 
Mar>'  Harris  his  daughter ",  upon  iheir  departure  from  Oxon,  each  of 
them  a  tx>olc  fairly  bound,  containing  the  works  of  his  brother  Edward 
Wood,  deceased. 

Mar,  9.,  M,,  I   presented  my  cozen  (John)  Tavemer  and  hifi 
daughter  Mrs  Mary  Harris  wUh  ray  broUier  Edward's  booke,  bollL< 
which  for  strings  and  covers  cost  roc  is  fd.     I  published  ihem  ^i.e. 
the  sermons). 

[Oliver  Smyth  *,  gent,  died  at  his  house  in  the  farther  end 
Grandpoolc  In  the  south  suburbs  of  Oxon,  F.,  ao  March  1663  ; 
was  buried  by  his  ancestors  in  S.  Aldale's  church.  This  Olu 
Smyth  was  one  of  the  yongcr  sons  of  Oliver  Smyth,  somtimcs  alder- 
man and  twice  mayor  of  Oxon. — He  left  issue  by  his  wife  Christian, 
daughter  of . . .  Lyford  of  Reading  in  Berks,  one  only  daughter  named 
Anne,  married  (S.,  Jan.  la,  i66f)  to  James  Heme  of  Abendon  in 
Serks,  gent.,  who  being  a  sot  and  not  able  to  do  the  part  of  a  husband, 
she  voluntarily  left  him.  (She)  reiurn'd,  after  18  yeares  absence,  a 
little  before  Xtmas  day  1684. — Christian  Smith  was  buried  by  h( 
husband  anno  1670.] 

Mar.  20,  being  Friday,  Mr.  Oliver  Smith  died  and  was  buried  in 
Aldatc's  parish.  His  armes  were  over  bim,  impaling  Lyford 
Reading  co.  Berks  or  iberabcuts. 


Samaritjin,  Syriac.  Chaldee,  Antbick. 
Add  Peniao  (if  J  mistake  not),  Greek 
and  Latin.' 

'  note  in  MS.  Itodl.  594,  p.  45. 

^  in  Wood  345  liotiiid  up  with  other 
tnctk  is  '  Tbc  lite  and  dcatb  of  uantinal 
\\'oolficy,'  Load.  1599. 

'  see  the  pedigree  sufn  p.  ^40. 


'  note  in  Wood  MS.  F  4,  pi  103. 

Wood  gives  these  anas  ia  colours : — 
'  urgent,  on  a  tea*  daDcettcc  ionics 
hetwecn  3  roses  gnles  sccdei)  ot  umI 
lnirtM.-(l  vert  a  ourllct  ot  (Smyth); 
impflling,  gules  a  tiuionch  or.'  See 
in  Wood    MS.  F  19  A  a  slip  at  fol. 


MARCH  —  APRIL,  1663. 


471 


Mar.  25,  W.,  1663,  lent  Mr.  (John)  Curteyne  6rf  at  mother 
Simpson's  soc  thai  he  now  owcth  me  3J :  and  if  he  will  allow  mc  a 
shilling  for  xvhat  J  spent  on  him  at  Abingdon  (which  was  ^s),  it  is  4J. 

Memorandum  thai  Mar.  s6,  Tb.,  1663,  I  made  a  bargainc  with  my 
brollicr  Robert  (bat  I  would  give  liim '  ten  pound  for  the  j-ear  ensuing, 
and  Uie  next  year  following  (1664)  iiH  per  annum. 

Mar,  30,  being  Munday,  Mr.  Robert  Grove,  senior  fellow  of  New 
Coll.,  died  and  was  buried  in  the  west  cloister '  of  that  Coll. 

In  the  beginning  of  March  following"  I  find  him  (Dr.  Thomas 
Carlow)  very  active  in  bringing  in  Dr.  Thomas  Clayton  warden  of 
Merlon  Coll.,  by  pcrswading  and  inveighling  Dr.  Thoma;*  Jones 
fellow  of  dial  house  to  be  false  to  his  trust,  and  to  make  a  dcvision 
there  and  a  devolution  among  the  followes  for  that  end,  that  so 
Clayton  by  his  friends  may  be  confirmed  warden  there  by  (William) 
Juxon  archbishop  of  Canlcrbury,  which  by  ilic  endeavours  of  Sir 
Charles  Cottcrel,  ^Ir.  of  the  Ceremonies,  whose  sister  Clayton  had 
married,  \vas  eflfected  to  the  great  injurie  of  the  s.-vid  fellowes  and 
college,  as  it  did  afterwards  well  appeare.  By  which  act  of  Rarlow,  he 
incur'd  the  great  displeasure  of  the  societie  of  Mercon  who  look'd 
upon  him  as  a  pragroaticall  and  busie  man  for  so  doing. 

Annril.— 2,  F.,  paid  my  tiatbcr  bis  qQirtcridge  ^;  ^»ii\  Mr.  Rolilnaon  book- 
■ellcT  his  quartcridgc,  21 ;  at  John  IlArctf*  at  Mr.  Grenwaie's,  id. — 6,  M.,  *t 
motlicr  Jeansd  wilh  Nfr.  (John)  Curteyne,  91/,  of  which  61/  I  sjxnil  on  him  Id 
herrings. — 7,  T.,  at  Elleso  at  the  moiick,  tii;  for  a  pound  of  candcUs,  iii  fii. — 
8,  W.,  ^(^ccivcd  my  reat  of  my  lirnthci  Robert  sad  Mr.  liamham,  6H.  \  bought  of 
Mr.  \\'ilUam  Poller,  draper,  an  English  'I'ammy  gownc  which  co«  n»  with  its 
Kppurtenaiices,  )/i  4J  at  15  lh«  yard  [(and  on)  18  (Mar.,  S.)  (o  NkolU  the 
taylor  for  maktog  it] ;  paid  Mr.  Potter  the  same  day  my  old  score,  loa;  spent  at 
Jeuiscs  with  Dr.  (II«ben)  Pclham,  id  ob. — 10,  F.,  at  mother  Jeansa  with  Dr. 
(Herbert)  Pclham  and  Mr.  0°^)  Cnrtcync.  6J. — 11,  Si.,  at  mother  Harwood'* 
whh  Mr.  PeyDton  ',  id.—ii,  M.,  to  Mr.  Urowoe  a  rough  Dciny  castor,  \%s  (yd;  at 
Leche's  ctcw  \\om  with  Mr.  (Richard)  I^wer  and  (John)  Curten,  u.—t^  T.,  at 
mother  Garwood's  with  Mr.  (John)  Cnrteyne,  t/i. — 15,  \V..  at  the  New  Coffee 
boos  OD  Mr.  (Thonuu)  Hide,  ^. — 17,  K.,  at  Iliiixsey,  witli  Mr.  Witfaam, 
(William)  l3hep(.•t^  (John)  Curteyne.  and  (Nath&nici)  Grenwood.  irf;  at  the 
cook's  and  Jeanses  with  Mr.  (Xathanici)  Grcnwood,  Zd. — iS,  to  Mecrs  for  a  pair 
of  Tan  gloves,  it;  at  mother  Jcaoscs  with  Mr  (John)  Cortcyn.  9d',  (o  the  barber's 
boy  for  his  box,  ^. — lo,  M.,  to  Mr.  Thom  for  a  Grace  Grammar  for  John 
Stilliun,  6d;  jiaiil  my  Iwlllcs  (o  the  boiler.  & ;  to  Wn.  Jeans  lot  my  scuiv  with 
Dr.  (Herbert)  Pelhain,  <id.—7l,  T,  at  Kllcses  musick  im.'etine.  61/;  at  Jcaosei 
with  .Mr.  (John)  Corteyn,  ^—Jg,  S.,  at  Bolls  the  cook's  with  Mr.  (Christopher) 


'  m  psyment  for  Wood's  diet. 

"  Gntch's  Wood'i  CoU.  luid  HalU.  p. 

3J^ 


*  t.c.  io  l66(  ;  114^  p.  583. 
'  Kc  note  J  p.  454. 


APRIL,  1863. 


473 


house  of  Arthur  Tylliard  an  apoliiccary,  the  next  dorc  to  thai  of  John 
Cross,  saving  one  (which  is  a  tavernc) :  where  he  continued  teaching 
till  the  tatter  end  of  1662.  The  chiefest  of  bis  scholars  there  were  Dr. 
John  Walh's  ;  Mr.  Christopher  Wren,  afterwards  a  knight  and  an 
eminent  virtuoso;  Mr.  Tfiornas  IMilUngion  of  Alls.  Coll.,  afterw'ards 
an  eminent  ph>'sltLan  and  a  knight ;  Nathaniel  Crew  of  Line.  Coll., 
afterwards  bishop  of  Durham  ;  Thomas  Brankcr  of  Exeter  Coll.,  a 
noted  mathematician  ;  Dr.  Ralph  Bathurst  of  Trin.  Coll.,  a  physttian, 
afterwards  president  of  his  college  and  dcane  of  Wells ;  Dr.  Henry 
Yerbury  and  Dr.  Thomas  Janes,  both  of  Magd.  Coll.;  Richard 
Lower,  a  physitian,  of  Ch.  Ch. ;  Richard  Griffith,  M.A.  fellow  of 
University  Coll.,  afterwards  Dr.  of  phys.  and  fellow  of  the  coll.  of 
physilians ;  and  several  others. 

♦About  the  beginning  of  the  yeare  1663  Mr.  Sthael  removed  his 
school  or  eUboraiory  to  a  draper's  house  called  John  Bowell,  after- 
wards mayor  of  the  dtic  of  Oxon,  situat  and  being  in  the  parish  of 
Allsaints,  commonly  called  Allhallowes,  He  built  his  elaboratory  in 
an  old  hall  or  refectcrj- '  in  tlie  backside  (for  the  house  it  self  had  been 
an  aniicm  hosde),  wherein  A.  W.  and  his  fcllowes  were  instructed. 
In  the  yeare  following  Mr.  Sthael  was  called  away  to  London  and 
became  operator  to  the  Royal  Society,  and  cunliiiuini;  there  till  1670, 
he  return'd  to  Oxoa  in  Nov.  aiid  bad  several  classes  successively,  but 
tlte  names  of  them  I  know  not ;  and  afterwards  going  to  London 
againe,  died  there  about  1675  and  was  buried  in  the  church  of  S. 
Clement's  Danes  within  the  libertie  of  W'csiminster. 

The  latter  end  of  tliis  month  ^April)  Dr.  ^Hcnr)*)  Erbury'  was 
turned  ont  of  his  fellowship  of  Magd.  Coll.  by  the  potency  of  Dr. 
^Thomas)  I'eirce  the  president  who  (it  seems),  before,  joyning  wiili  Dr. 
^llenry)  Clerk  to  turn  out  Dr.  ('I'homas)  Jeancs',  was  by  the  (said) 
Dr.  Clark  and  die  president  turned  out  himbtlf.     I  have  these  cases'. 


'  sec  CUrk'i  Wood's  City  of  Oxford, 
vol  i.  p.  147  iiote  10. 

*  Ilciiry  V«bary. 

'  '  Dr.  Thotnu  Janet,  fellow  o( 
Ma;:d.  Coll.,  who  vrot  s  pamphlet  or 
at  least  tud  a  hand  la  it  (when  he  was 
•  juninr  in  Cnniltridf^e)  in  vindication 
of  the  murder  of  Kirig  Charlwi  1,  ujuwi 
pretence  of  which  Ur.  {"itTcc  tum'd 
him  out  of  his  fellowship  t6(>l  when 
then  mo«t  of  the  fcllowes  were  ngamst 
his  expulsion.' — Note  by  Wood  in 
Wood  515  (38.\ 


'  Wood  435  (40)  it  the  JDidficatioa 
of  the  pKsidokt's  piocecdings — '  A 
tme  accompt  of  the  proceedings  and 
the  grDomls  of  the  ptocecdiogs  of  the 
presidcut  and  oflicers  of  St  Mary 
Magd.  Col  I .  in  <.)xf.  agsinst  Dr. 
Yerborie,  lately  a  fellow  of  the  sane' 
(1663).  Wood  thcic  notes  '  Dr. 
Ycrbury  bath  an  answer  tn  this, 
ijoaeie.'  In  MS.  Taniier  338  Ibl.  357 
j$  n  copy  of  this  'trn?  nccotnpt'  with, 
copious  MS.  notes.  MS.  Tanner  338 
foL  354,  fol.  19S,  cooLitn  '  The  bishop 


474 


WOOZfS  UFE  AND  T/MES. 


■fer- — *t  F-,  M  Mal(tbev)  Leecbcs  whli  the  diimicatl  dob,  j> ;  paid  to 


•Klkt< 


^  4/ k&4  «f  tomnlt  ibe  next  week. — a,  S.,alJeaaBes  «x>tl  Mt-nnat 


T^vvoi  wtt)fa.(]iatlke«)HinBn  UKl(JiiltD)CtiTlf^-iie,  u.— ^3,  So.,  at  ino(thef> 
JoMHi  «tt  Dc  (Hcrtcn>  IVDwm,  6^^^  M.,  it  Mat<tbcw)  LccbM  wilh  Mt 
()«lB)CWIqw  sMl<Ricbanl>  Lower,  .4^:  at  the  clabornlory,  ^J. — 5,  T.,  it 
JeiHCivilk  Mt.  (Johc^Coitryae  itid  Mr.(£dwird)  Jooc).  31/;  to  NtcholU  mot 
lo  ikMu  M.  i,  W.,  lo  NkLoIb  for  milling  oty  tihick  %uit  injt  of  my  cloak,  61: 
to  Rkk  Im  ft  blKk  [«k  of  rocod  toed  sboet,  4/  (./.— 8.  K.,  it  Sol<oil«:ll) 
Un^S^'k  «^  Mr.  <E«y>  Win).  (John)  r>xk,  ind  (Arthur)  S.[iiib '  for  1 
Mppct,  jA— <,  S.,  St  Jeuues  with  Mr.  <)obii)  CnrtcjTic  and  (Nitbaiud) 
Cwmxri,  ^—11,  M,  fsid  Mrs.  Bnrahain  a  score  is  M.—ta,  it  Jeoaset.  4^.— 
I  J,  W,  It  Hilf  MootK,  with  Mr.  ( John)  Cwieyne  lod  Fmncis  Urope,  7J'. — 15, 
¥.,  It  the  tiTBii  and  cooler's  with  Mr.  Ruy  Ward,  it;  to  Kilt*i  father  at  the 
dkbDntotr,  4d.~i;.  So-,  at  the  Outic  with  Mr.  <Ewy>  Ward.  iJ.~iS,  M_  for 
the  nnking  of  aumm  /mimuumt.  tJ. — 30,  for  apples  at  the  dub,  aJ. — a,  h'.,  «t 
BoUs  with  Mr-  <Kiaj)  Wani,  (Thomas)  Crigg,  (John)  Lock,  (Arthur)  Sqoib, 
ud  (Tbonus)  Martin ',  9J :  at  the  Meermaid  Tari^m  with  Mr.  (Cuy)  Ward,  6</; 
13.  S.,  It  Jouucs  with  Mr.  (John)  Cortcjue  and  (Matthew)  Hattoc,  !,J;  at  tltc 
Meenniid  Tarcm  with  the  same  |>ersans.  li. —  26,  T.,  at  Ellcses,  (W;  at  Jnicscs 
with  Dr.(Herbert)  l'clham,(Kkhard)  Trevors,  Mr.(Kobcrt)  Whithall,  6d.~aj, 
\V.,  to  Ml.  (Peter)  Nicolls  the  hutsar  for  wood-mancy,  -^  ^  soc  ttiat  I  paid  ta 
all  for  wood  itj  ;^;  at  5«l(odcU)  Hardin^i  «-ith  Mr.  (Esiy)  Ward,  (Arthur) 
Squib,  and  (Thomas)  Martin,  SJ;  to  the  Cicetcr  carrier  for  a  letter  for  Mtt 
(John)  'ITicycr,  arf.— aS,  Tb.,  at  Mecrmaid  Tavern  with  Mr.  (Naiboiuclj 
Gtenwoo<l,  (John)  Robinson,  (John)  Curtcin,  and  (Matthew)  Hatton,  M.  —  ij 
F.,  It  Sol(odcll)  Harding's  with  Mr.  (Arthur)  S-niib.  6rf.— 30.  S.,  to  Mr.  (I'cler) 
Slbael  for  the  coacltuiea  of  our  cliu.  30J ;  to  kite's  Uthet  for  his  does,  ii. 

Kay. — The  7  of  this  month  being  Thursday,  ther  was  guch 
prodigious  flood'  at  Oxun  witliin  the  space  of  a  or  3  houres  that  a 
greater  flood  was  never  before  knovn.  For  whcras  a  great  deal 
raine  fell  here  the  day  before  and  far  greater  towards  Banbury  an( 
Dcdington  vliich  filled  all  ibosc  parts  with  abtuidance  of  water, 
came  K'tttvcn  10  and  1 1  the  same  day  (viz.  7  May)  in  the  morning  in 
such  abundance  tliat  il  seemed  like  lo  the  coming  in  of  a  tide  and 
one  of  the  clock  it  came  up  to  the  backside  of  Mcnon  College  whbii 
4  }-srcU ;  all  XK  CIi.  ualk^i  and  Magd.  walkcs  were  drowned ; 
the  water  at  Magd.  Bridg  Icvill  wilh  the  common  way  almostL 
Dr.  <Rol»crt)  Plot's  book*,  p.  29. 


of  Winchnter's  Tindication  of  himself 
from  tlw  aspersions  cast  upon  him  by 
I>r.  Tierce  in  his  printed  narrative  of 
Uie  iiruccwlinRs  in  Dr.  Verboric's  cue 
and  a  cupie  of  the  dclcnnination  of  11 
by  the  kiof*  in  cotmdl  ?6  Nor.  1663 
and  of  the  prciideot  of  Magd.  ColL 
•nbmlttion  to  the  Visitor,  1  Dec. 
iW.;.' 


*  Arthur  SqniU),  MA.  ai.  Cfa.  U 
Nov.  |6<S3. 

»  Thomis  Martin.  M.A.  Ol  Ch.  IJ 
July  1660. 

*  Kc  Tepys*  Dloiy  ondcr  dite   15 
May  1665.     Clark's  Wood's  City 
Oxford,  i.  |k  609. 

'  L«.  '  Nitnril  History  of  Ox/or 
sliin!.' 


AMK— 7wv^,iee3. 


475 


13  May,  W.,  I*  laid  out  for  claret  for  my  cozen  Tavcmer,  which 
my  mother  is  to  pay  me. 

This  month  about  the  13  day,  the  lord  Digby'  resigned  up  his 
stc»'urd:iliip  of  the  University  and  tlic  earl  of  Bridi;walcr '  was  chosen 
in  his  place. 

Mr.  <John>  Jenkins,  as  'tis  said,  died  this  month  at  ...  in  Norfolk. 

•May  30,  S.,  the  Chimical  Club  concluded,  and  A.  W.  paid  Mr. 
Sthael  30  shill.,  having  in  the  beginning  of  the  class  given  30 
shiUinges  beforeliand.  A,  W.  got  sorae  knowledge  and  experience ; 
but  his  mind  still  hung  after  antiquities  and  musick. 

•J-May  30,  S.,  Dr.  (John)  Lamphire  (admiUed)  principal  of  Hart 
Hall ;  a  public  spirited  man,  but  not  fit  to  govern  ;  layd  out  much  on 
tlie  Principal's  lodgings,  buildings  done  there. 

Juno. — 3,  T.,  at  Ellcsa  mcribg,  W. — 5,  F.,  at  mother  Jcanscs  with  Mr-  (John) 
CailcyD,  6J~ — 6,S.,  to  B«sa  Gule  for  mending  slodiings,  u  ;  to  my  bfulm  for hiure 
powder,  6rf. — 8,  M.,  at  Cwslngtoo  with  Mr.  (Mjilthew)HiJK«'natthe  Whitsonale, 
1*.— 9,  T.,  at  EUcscs  meeting. . . . — 10,  W.,  foi  wine  fat  my  cown  John  Petty, 
Christopher  I'c-tly,  bis  wife  aoil  his  siilcr  Crompc  ...  of  Rochester,  is  81/;  at 
phisick  ganlcQ  for  chr«-c.ike«,  4d, — 13,  S.,  at  mother  Jeanacs  with  Mr,  (John) 
Cmteync,  iJ.^iO,  T,.  nt  Piimok's  with  Mr.  (John)  Curtcj-n,  6rf. — 19,  F.,  at  Jeontei 
with  SU.  (John)  Curtcync,  id. — ao,  S.,  for  stiawbmics  for  Mrs,  Thomas,  fit/.— 34, 
W.,  with  Mr.  (Chtirtojiher)  I'jfce,  (John)  Curtej-nc,  and  (John)  Kobinaoo,  u  Stf. 
— 35,  Th.,  given  to  one  . , .  Deck,  who  prciended  poverty  and  thai  he  was  a  barber- 
sin^on  in  London  nnd  went  to  sec  his  cotcn  Heme  at  Long  Combe,  yf. — 36,  P^ 
with  Mr.  (John)  Robinson  and  (John)  Csrteync  at  mother  Jatues  utd  Crowa 
Tavern,  iid.—ty,  S.,  at  Jeamsc*  with  Mr.  (John)  Cndcytie,  3rf. 

June. — Jan.  a,  being  Wednesday  (?  Tuesday),  my  brother  Robert 
with  his  family  came  to  our  house  againe. 

Jun.  1  or  2,  Dr.  (George)  Bales  died  at  London  of  french  pox  and 
confessed  on  his  death  bed  that  he  [loysoned  Oliver  Cromwell  with 
the  provocation  of  two  tliat  are  now  iHslwps,  viz.  .  .  .  ,  and  his 
majestie  was  privi  to  it. 

In  this  monih  died  Mr.  (Thomas)  Ballzar,  the  Swede,  the  great 
violinist,  at  London  of  the  frcncii  pox  and  other  distemiters. 

[William    Jujcon  \  LLJ).,    archbishop    of   Canterbury,    died    at 


'  George  Dighy,  elected  in  1645, 
when  lord  Dli^hy  ;  linoc  1653  earl  of 
Bristol  m  GDCces&ioa  ttt  his  bthcr  John 
Digby,  firat  caiL 

'  John  l^non,  jod  carl. 

■  now  in  Wood  MS.  F  4.  p.  104. 
Wood  ^ves  in  colour  these  arms: — 
*  ature  an  episcopal  staff  in  pale  or  en- 


stgncd  with  a  cmas  palt^  argent  snr- 
mciufiled  of  a  |ull  of  the  lost  cbarj^d 
with  4  crosses  fomcctitchee  sable  edged 
and  hinged  or  (Canterbury) ;  impaling, 
or  a  cron  eolca  between  fuur  bUck- 
ankoon'  hcadi  cooped  at  the  ibinlders 
proi»ct  0iuton).' 


416 


wooifs  UFE  ATfo  mtss. 


lambrth,  Tlu,  4  Jnne  1663 ;  and  TIl,  the  9  of  Jolj'  fblknrii^  «s 
boied  in  S.  John's  CoQegc  cbapp«Il  at  iht  high  akar  in  a  vwak  m 
repCMitorjr  on  the  left  hand  of  thai  nude  Jor  Laud.  Next  d^  «ae 
these  buincra  lumg  over  his  grave,  viz.  the  fiisl  conttining  the  «ee  tf 
Canterbury  and  Jmcra  ;  a,  the  see  ai  London  and  Joxon  ;  3,  ihe  aK 
of  Hereford  and  Joxoa ;  4,  St.  John's  College  and  Joxon  ;  5,  dcaaci; 
of  Worcester  and  Joxon. — His  father,  -  .  -  Joxon,  was  register'  d 
Chichester] 

'June.— About  the  1 5  of  June  Arthur  Crew  of  AlagoC  mill  nort 
Higbwortfa  in  Wiltshire,  gent,  died.  A.  W.  bod  been  acquainted  vidi 
this  gentleman  about  6  yeares  before,  (be  liring  then  in  Halyvd 
ncare  O^on)  because  of  hts  great  skill  and  knowledge  in  bcraUiJ 
and  matters  relating  to  Eoglish  families-  This  Mr.  Crew  was  yaj 
deaf,  and  therefore  living  a  retir'd  and  studious  life,  did  coDcd  tad 
write  much.  After  he  had  left  Ifal^-vrell  he  retired  to  Maggpe-niS,. 
where,  having  but  little  comfort  of  his  wife,  he  soon  after  died,  leavios 
behind  him  a  yong  hcirc,  who  valuing  not  his  fstlicr's  labours,  bccaote 
of  his  ignorance,  put  most  of  his  papers,  as  I  have  beard,  to  infimq» 
uses. 

[June  18,  Th.,  Ralph  Knapton*,  commoner  of  S.  Alban's  HaQ, 
buried  in  the  north  part  of  the  outward  chapel  (of  Mcrt.  CoU.^.     He 
was  drown 'd  in  CIi.  CIl  walks  Oie  Jay  before — dc  villa  Souihamptorul 

(On  June  21,  Su.,  1663,  Wood  began  the  'Appendix  of  Halls  *  for 
his  City  treatise :  see  Clark's  Wood's  City  of  Oxford,  t.  p.  5 1  a.^ 

fjune  33,  T.,  reasons  against  Mr.  (Richard)  Frankland  taking  his 
degree,  vide  '  Catalogum  Bach.  Theol.,'  1663.     A  man  of  a 
turbulent  spirit- 

This  month  hapncd  thai  notorious  business  in  the  balcony  in 
Strand  at  London — ste/us  waudilum  ^.  Sir  Charles  Sydlcy  ;  Lord 
Buckhurst  Se  inter  papyras  Sheldon,  quaere-  See  the  ctid  of 
Almanac  1676. 

■Jtuie.— Sir  Charlct  Scdicy,  S*.  EomtiiMS  *  of  Widhun  ColI..ChitrIe*<S«cfcTaic> 
loitl  Ituckhnrst  .Kfterwatdc  ear]  of  Middlesex),  Sit  Thumos  Ogle  &c  wcie  at  a 
cook's  house  at  the  tlgnc  of  the  Cock  in  Bow-«trect  tcarc  Co\xitt-GKn1cn  vrithia 
the  Ubettic  of  \V)»tictn»tcr ;  aud  being  rH  inlI«inM  with  struag  Uqucm,  they  wi»t 
into  the  balc'wy  joyning  lo  their  chamber- vriadyw,  anri  pwting  downi;  tht^ir  l>rcccbc», 
they  excrirmenti^cd  In  the  street.  Wfalcli  bcbg  done  Scdlcy  stripped  hluuelf  naludi 
and  with  eloquence  |>rt'nchcil  blsiphcmy  lo  the  people,  Wlietcupon  a  riot  being 
laiMnl,  the  people  became  very  cUmorou,  And  woold  have  forixd  the  dore.ocxt  to 


'  on  oecftsional  form  in  Wood  for 
'  itsistnir.' 
■  note  ia  Wood  MS.  £  33. 


*  tat  Pepyft'  Diary  ooder  dote  t  July, 
1663. 
'  U.;rdincr'sKeg.Coll.  Wadl).p.ai3. 


I 


yOiVE  —  7(^^yAw^' 


477 


the  street,  open ;  bet  bck);  btndred,  the  preacher  and  bis  oompaBjr  were  pelted  bto 
their  rotno  or  cbnmber,  and  the  windinrs  bclonginf;  thrn-snto  wcri;  broken. 

•This  (rollick  bcbg  coon  iprcad  abroad,  especially  by  the  ^atical  part>-,  who 
ng^invated  it  to  the  ulmnsl,  by  tnnkliig  it  the  must  Kcandnlous  Uiing  in  nature,  and 
Doibtng  more  reprmchful  to  rclij^ioa  tb&n  ibat ;  the  Mid  company  were  tammoacd 
to  the  ooart  ofjuttitie  in  WrStminsler  hall,  when;  being  indicted  of  a  riot  before 
Sir  Kobert  Hyde,  Lord  Chief  Justice  of  the  Cominon  Pleas,  were  all  fioed,  and  i>ir 
Charles  Sedley  l^eing  fined  foo/t'.  he  made  answer,  liiOX  be  thuught  he  was  the  (int 
man  that  paid  for  shiting.  Sir  Robert  Hyde  sskcd  him  whether  be  ever  read  the 
book, called  '  The  '  Cem/fleiit  CtHtUmati'  &c.?  lo  which  Sir  Charles  made aii&wer, 
lh«t,  '  set  aside  his  lordship,  he  hod  read  more  books  than  himself,*  &c.  The  dny 
orp«7mcat  betn^  appointed,  ^r  Chailei  daiicd  Mr.  Henry  Killigicw  &ad  unotbcr 
gCQt  to  apply  themselves  to  hi?  majestie  to  get  it  off,  bet  instcati  of  tliat,  they  bcg'd 
the  laid  smn  of  his  majestie,  and  would  not  abate  Sir  Charles  two  pence  of  the 
mooey.  Afterwards  Sir  Charles  taliiiig  op,  and  giawing  vtrry  serious,  he  was  cho>cn 
a  Fccmitcr  for  that  lonf;  patUomcnt.  which  hcgao  S  May  i65i  and  was  diisolvedia 
the  Utter  end  of  1678.  This  mcTooir  is  here  set  downc,  bccatuc  A.W.  had  some 
■cqnaiotancc  with  Sir  Charles  Sedley;  and  afterwords  some  acjoaintancc  with 
Charica  lord  fiiickhurst,  when  )ie  was  curl  uf  Middlcx-x ;  at  which  time  he  would 
come  with  Fleetwood  Sliephctrd  to  Great  Rowlright  in  Oxfordshirt^  and  thence  3 
mites  beyond,  to  Weston*  in  the  [lartsh  of  l>tQg-Coin[i(un,  to  visit  Mr.  ^Ralph) 
Sheldon,  where  he  found  A,  W.  and  disconr»ed  very  aeriously  with  him. 

tLatter  end  of  June,  the  University  made  preparation  for  the 
arclibisliop  of  CanttrbuT)'  {William  Juxon)  his  burialL 

July. — J,  Tb.,  At  mother  Gorge*i  with  Mr.  (John)  Corteyn  and  0<*'">)  Robin- 
son,  id. — 3,  F.,  paid  Mrs.  Bumham  my  score,  9*/;  recciTed  of  Mr.  Bumham  my 
rent,  jjt  j  spent  on  my  cozen  BUdtord  at  the  Crown  Tarem,  1/  j  at  Jcaascs,  5^  (?). 
— 4,  S.,  at  mother  Harwood's  with  him,  .  .  . ;  llic  tame  for  condcUs,  6./. — 6,  M., 
pAid  John  liarret  his  score,  I  ix ;  allowed,  onl  of  rent  I  received  of  my  brother  Rolicit^ 
towards  the  plastring  the  north  side  of  the  kitc(hen)  chim(oey).  ii/W;  given 
Edward  Budinell,  dd. — 8,  W'.,  with  Mr.(John)  Conejiie  at  mother  Itorwod'o,  zJ. 
— 9,  'lb.,  at  mother  Harwod's  with  Mr.  (Juhii)  Corteync.  »</— 10,  K.,  lo  Thome 
for  binding  2  books  of  Edward's  *  (I),  6J ;  lo  my  barber  for  his  {]uaiteridg,  y  ;  to 
Robinson  for  btMjkes,  6/  ;  for  bis  qnaitcridg,  »s ;  al  WodBc*  Tavcni,  at  Web's,  at 
Golden  Lyon  with  Mr.  {John)  Cnrtcyne,  Sphere*,  (Christopher)  Pyke,  HDmfreys\ 
ai  iii. — ii,S.,  flt  Cflitle  with  Mr.  (kichaid)I.owcr.<John)  Robinson,  and  (John) 
Cuttcync,  ii^;  fora  tcmoo,  arf.— H,T.,wilh  Mr.  Ambler' and  Waller  at  TilUard's, 


I 


'  byHcnryPeacham.M.A.  Trin.Coll. 
Cambr. ;  Wood's  copy  is  the  1G61 
edition  iWood  605  no.  1)  and,  as  be 
DOtvs,  cost  *  ^ttdia  ahccu.' 

■  in  MS.  Rawl.  D  S07  Wood  has  Ibis 
note  about  tapestry  at  WestoD  :— 
'  Richard  Hycks  was  bound  prentice  to 
■  Dutch  arras  weaver  in  Holland  by 
Ralph  Sbtldon  (who  bnilt  the  great 
bouM  at  Wcwon  in  com.  Wajw.  anno 
15S8],  and  liciDg  out  of  hit  time  ictlcd 
at  Dorchcston  (a  mannor  that  bcloogi  to 


thcSbe[dont)and  made  ami  weavcdihose 
lair  hangings  that  arc  in  the  dining 
roomc  at  Wcsloa.* 

'  this  word  is  in  a  contraction,  the 
ctptoiion  of  which  is  donbtfnl.  If  It  is 
a*  in  the  text,  it  refers  to  Eulward  Wood'a 
scrmoos. 

•  Robert  Speare  tupra  p.  333. 

•  Raphael  Humphrey  {^sv/ira  p.  4^3). 

•  is  ihia  Brian  Ambler,  mpra  p.  136, 
KvLiiUng  Oxford? 


WOOnS  UFB  AND  T7MKS. 


W;  10  Dnb  lot «  book^  u;  ipm  «tt  Mt.  Oraii>»>  T^amf  Md  OM 
GUeya  H  Bbl  KKka  «d  Wdite,  i> ;  ■iEDtMk<^_i5,  W^^ift  )|s.(Mi) 
C«lqM.<;d^l«.Tk,alJ<Mn«iAMf.O<te>Ctet^iM.  f"  -) -- 
«ood.<RnBlph)P«7taa.  ad  (Mtfikev)  HKtoiiL  >l— «7,  F,  «t  >n«A 
M».  0«**>  Cwtryne,  «<£— it.  &,  at  nockr  GM>xe'*  wtsk  Mx-  0«^>  <> 
■etb,  «/— It,  T^  to  Rid  fcr  aodBf  ay  iha^  6£^~ja.  W^  n  A^«lB 
vkk  Mr.  0«lui>  CsfUjM  Md  (K«alfli>  lyrm.  <^— 14,  F^  n  ^ 
«ilk  Mr.  (KidiiM)  GffiUi.  rtoMDck  nd  Fowrar.  4<l-^£,  &,  «rm*tt]fc 
{Nftibuid)  Gteiwod,  (;ofa)CM1r7B,  Mr.  fCKSck,  <C]uiitaptes>  Pyl«;eK.tt 
CtowB  Tftvcni,  i«  tii^.'— X7.  31^  fhin  {pood«<ife>  Gon  «bo  Niji|Ju.  t  j  — 
kaadi  bon  njr  oo»  Uanu  ',  W.— 30.  TIl,  to  Mi.  C4ilr]p  Cor  lUs  ben  to  ■«!  ft 
iheniC  I':  at  Janet  wjik  Mr.  Fur«n*,  <N->tl»iiel>  Gnmood.  0(>i>B>  C«- 
lejw.  anJ  ^mWv)  Ilmcm.  y:— jt,  F^  at  PtaoMfc't  villi  Mr.  <Job>  C«u^ 
<RiBmlph>  PcTlaa,  lad  (Xatkanitl)  Cmnrood,  K;  ax  Jmiiim  ■  «Kh  tte  km 
eof  ny.  3irf. 

J^ity.— fjaly  z,  Th.,  Ridurdi  Frankland  gntia  oegata  cat. 

Julj  4,  S.,  vu  the  day  Out  mjr  buodrcss  washed  my  cJothes. 

[July  4,  S.,  John  Hedges  *  a  commoner  of  S.  Alban  lnll»  buried  ia 
S.  John  Ba{>t.  church ;  obiit  Jul/  3,  Th.] 

tjoly  C,  M.«  Mr.  Wniiam  Stone*  <admiued>  principal  of  Kc« 
Inne. 

[^\'hcn '  Mr.  John  Dropc  of  Magd.  CoU.  was  procior  (i6t8) 

often  mcl  in  bis  walks  lA-ith  one  Stone,  a  scholar :  but  Stone  mnioM 

away,  and  Dropc  being  too  nimble  for  him.  Stone  would  oAcq  caAcI 

fallit  and  do  himself  much  injuric.     Whereupon  the  sclkolus  nse  V 

say:— 

*  Oolta  csvat  Lopldem  boo  ii  Mil  saepa  adeodo/ 

*gulta,'  le.  Drc^  (or  droppe).  This  they  report  of  Mr.  ^Wiilum) 
Stone,  now  principal!  of  New  Inn,  but  false',  because  he  caoM 
several!  years  aAcr  to  the  Universi^,  when  Dropc  had  quitted  his 
ofEce.] 

tjuly  7,  T.,  llie  archbislmp  {of  Canterbury's)  body  came  to  Oxford ; 
July  9,  Th.,  It  was  buried. 


*  Mrs.  Mary  Harm,  ttifra  p.  470. 

'  pOHibly  Hairy  Fairfax,  M.A.  Hxet. 
31  June   ifift)- 
■  Dcrfe  ia  Wood  MS.  E  33. 

•  for  William  Stone  and  the  hofpilal 
foBtidcfl  t^y  him,  tbc  building  of  which 
stands  on  the  ea«i  siJtr  uf  Hij^h  Sutet 
8.  Clement's,  ice  Rdi^uuu  I/^rMtatMe, 
ii.  185. 

•  note  in  Wood  MS.  E  2»,  fol. 
«6. 

*  i»   modem    Oxford  we  aic   quite 


fiimilbr  with  the  prtKcsi  Iiy  which  a 
well-known  story  is  [leriMrlunlly  handed 
dovm,  each  gcncntion  ntlncbiag  It  tu  m 
contctnporaiy.  Kvea  tbongh  the  story 
of  the  bumr,  who  got  bit  accoaots 
cigfatcwn  bundred  aod  odd  poaod» 
wrong  by  adding  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  which  idxHl  nt  the  top  of  ihc 
column,  got  into  print  last  geticimtiaci, 
it  continoes  to  be  told  of  pracnt-djqr 
burura. 


JULY,  1663. 


479 


{Funtral  of  WilUitm  Juxon^  archbishop  of  Cankrhury^ 

[Thursday,  June  4*,  1663,  William  Juxon,  archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
departed  this  mortall  Ufe.  In  whose  will  it  was  contained  that  his 
body  should  be  interred  in  St.  John  Baptist  Chapel  in  Oxon,  the  place 
of  his  education,  and  unto  wliich  in  his  life  lime  he  liad  given  500//. 
per  annum  <in)  1662,  and  In  fiis  will'  .  . .  The  University  of  Oxgn 
about  the  latter  end  of  June,  being  acquainted  that  he  \\-as  to  be 
interred  the  q  of  July,  Th.,  make  provision  for  the  entertainment  of 
him,  tlius :  first,  they  caused  a  rayle  to  be  set  up  in  the  Schooles 
quadrangle  from  the  south  to  the  north  doore  and  bordcd  to  the 
boitome,  with  a  passage  in  the  middle  of  it  opposite  to  tlie  east  gate 
of  ihc  Schooles,  that  had  a  post  alwharl '  it  to  lift  op  and  put  downe 
as  passengers  passed  to  and  fro.  In  the  entrj'  before  the  Di\'inity 
Schnole,  there  was  a  mourning  cloth  hung  up  over  the  doore  in  a 
square,  hanging  on  posts  athwart  il  .  .  .  ,  wttb  two  scutcheons  on  each 
side,  cotUainmg  Canterbury  and  Juxon  iuQpalcd. 

The  upper  part  of  the  Divinity  Sclioolc  from  the  professor's  and 
.  . .  scat,  wan  cleared  of  all  its  seats  csccpt  tliree  of  ^the)  south  side 
and  two  on  the  north  ;  and  in  its  place  was  a  floor  made  raised  half  a 
foot  high,  all  ]o}-ned  with  nK)<u)ming  doth.  Then  on  that  another 
floor  for  his  corps  to  lay  on,  wiih  three  tressels  theron,  covered  with 
mourning,  for  his  corps  to  lay  on.  On  each  side,  tow*  long  tresscls 
as  long  as  the  raised  fiour*  to  set  the  escocheons  and  candlesticks 
tlicron.  At  the  head  of  the  place  where  the  body  was  to  lay  was  an 
elbow  chaire ;  and  on  that  a  canopy  of  velvet,  and  all  railed  in  with  a 
rayl  navel  high,  with  distance  left  betweene  it  and  the  walls,  eicept 
the  upper  end. — All  this  being  prepared,  the  body  was  to  come  to 
Oxon,  Tuesday,  7  July  1663,  but  when  ihoy  were  on  this  side  of 
Wh(e)adcy,  it  began  to  raine  in  such  a  vehement  manner,  that  never 
or'  scarse  was  the  like  seen;  the  streets  in  Oxon  were  all  (fl)ouded 
with  water,  noe  man  durst  to  goe  forth  of  his  lodging.  This  nine 
began  at  five  of  the  clock  and  held  for  the  most  part  till  half  an  bourc 
past  six.  And  when  it  had  held  up  a  litUc  while,  they  came  into  the 
lowne  tlius: — first,  came  sixty  men  in  mourning  on  horse  back;  then 
the  wain  or  hors-htter  on  four  wheelcs,  where  was  the  defunct,  drawnc 


*  thLc  oairative  U  from  Wood  MS. 

*  som  not  stated  tn  MS. 
'  i.c.  ftthvait. 


*  an  ocouiooal  spelling  for  '  two.* 

■  i.e.  door. 

<  the  M£.  bu  'u/  by  a  slip  for  'or.' 


bjr  s(s  borses,  which  had  scotcfaeons  on  ibdr  foreheads  and  oi 
backs  but  taken  off  vben  it  began  to  nine,  but  the  scutcheons 
liner  hung  on  still;    aftrr  that,  came  flfieen  motiming   coacb4 
(saving  one  or  two)  diawne  by  six  horses  apeice,   wherin  we: 
Riomers  and  other  peraons  tltat  came  xo  attend  tite  corps,  wbcrof 
Edward  Walker]  Garter  King   at  amies  was  one   and    four 
heialds ;  who  all,  if  not  prcT-cnicd  by  raine,  would  have  rode  in, 
coates  before  the  corps  up  tttc  street.    After  tbcj  were  come 
ihe  Schoole  gale,  all  the  boxes  that  contained  the  streamers,  sc 
cons,  and    other   matters   belonging    to  his  body  were  brougl) 
then,  after  that,  the  body  by  six  men,  attended  with  the  three  s( 
of  his  family  with   white   stafles  before  him,  and   his    ncphe 
William   Juxon.  and  Sir  William  Waller   and  his  son   wiih 
others  behind,  and  soe  laid  the  corps  on  ihc  place  ap}.K}intedn 
when  that  was  done>  they  desired  all  scollers  and  others  to  depafl 
Divinity  Schoole.    After  they  were  gone,  they  ordered  the  bus 
aboutc  bis  body  thus,  first  they  covered  it  with  a  k>ng  hollai 
cambrick  sheet,  then  a  very  Lug  velvet  cloth  which  came   oi 
ground  two  yard  and  above.     Beyond  the  body  then  they  plat 
velvet  cusheon  on  the  head  of  the  coffin ;  on  that  a  miter  all  gi 
and  from  Uience  to  the  feet  lay  a  crower  gilded,  on  ihc  tresscls 
three  streamers  apeice  with  a  silwr  candlestick  between  each  i 
burning  wax  light  in  each  also.     The  streamers  on  llic  right  hax 
the  body  had  these  armes : 

(i),  the  see   of  Canterbury;    impaling,  'or,  tL  cross 
between  four  negroes  or  blackamores'  heads  propcf 
the  name  of  Jnxon. 
<a),  the  see  of  London,  viz..  'sable  two  swords  saltire 

argent; '  impaling  Juxon  ut  supra. 
(3)1  'gulw  3  leopards'  heads  jrasant  <i.e.  Jessant)  Betzrj 
i.e.  see  of  Hereford ;  impeding  Juxon. 
On  the  left  hand:— 

( 1 )  London  see ;  impaling  Juxon. 

(2)  Sl  John's  College ;  impalii^  JnxoD. 

(3)  'or>  6  torteux  3,  2,  and  1  and  . . .  .'  Le.  deanct^ 

Worcester;  impaling  Juxon. 
At  his  feci,  a  very  large  one,  CaMcrbnrjr  sec  impt 
Juxon. 


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I 


On  the  chaire  standing  at  his  h«ad  and  under  the  canopy,  a  larg 
diomond  hatchment  wth  Canicrbury  and  Juxon  impaled,  and  four 
small  ones  about  it  on  each  side  of  the  canopy  and  chair.  Over  It  a 
larg  sconce  which  seemed  to  be  silver  with  very  fine  Scripture 
histories  on  it  that  seems  to  be  cast,  and  boih  having  two  candles  of 
virgin  wax  burning  thcria ;  on  each  side  one  sconce  with  a  candle  in. 
■ — Wednesday  following,  viz.  July  8,  these  things  were  layd  to  open 
veiw  at  8  of  the  cloct  in  the  morning,  and  ahout  nine  or  ten  seven  or 
eight  moumicrs  stood  about  it,  in  the  aflernoone  I  saw  24  about  it ;  of 
which  were  Sir  William  Waker  and  his  son,  Mr  Riley'  and  some 
oilier  heralds^  at  each  corner  a  hcnJd.  This  continued  till  five  at 
night  and  the  night  foMowing  sevcrall  poore  fellows,  that  keep  the 
iloore  and  violence  of  the  (?  crowd  off),  watched  as  they  did  the 
night  before. — The  next  day,  Th.,  July  9,  sc\TalI  stood  all  the 
morning,  and  at  eleven  clock  (he  doors  were  shut  up.  The  afler- 
noone noc  doores  were  open  for  the  people,  only  but  to  Doctors  and 
Masters  who  were  in  their  formalities,  and  then  the  rayles  before- 
mentioned  in  the  quadrangle  were  loyned  in  mourning,  and  a  desk 
set  for  the  orator  to  make  the  speech,  and  over  (he  outer  doore, 
where  the  inscription  is,  was  a  mourning  doth  with  three  escocheons 
on  it,  but  becaube  it  began  to  raine  they  receded  into  the  Divuiily 
Scoolc,  where  after  they  had  stood  some  while  the  heralds  went  out 
into  the  quadrangle  and  put  on  their  irabroidcred  coates,  and  soe 
came  in  and  placed  themselves  about  the  corps,  and  then  also  the 
chelf  mourners  put  on  hoods  with  long  tippcis  hanging  behind. 
After  all  was  setled  the  University  orator,  Mr  Robert  South,  began 
his  speech,  and  proceeded  very  boldly,  and  took  occasion  when 
praising  the  list  of  his  charitable  works  10  speak  against  the  Prcsby- 
tehans  of  their  covetousness  and  of  their  rather  pulling  downe  then 
building  churches,  and  the  like :  and  then  also  he  commended 
William  Laud  and  spoke  very  much  against  (William)  I'rin  'that 
furious  and  scurrilous  municipitnn  *  etc. 

And  when  his  speech  was  don,  Mr.  Owen',  one  of  the  heralds, 
desired  the  Doctors  and  Masters  to  gee  into  the  Convocation  house 
and  there '  tarry  till  all  was  provided  to  goe  out.  When  all  was 
cleared,  and  gone  out  into  the  quadrangle,  then  the  Doctors  and 
Masters  went  out;  and  wlicn  ihey  were  gone  out  of  the  east  gate  of 
the  Scooles  into  Cat  Street,  the  heralds  placed  the  mo(u)mers 
thus: — first,  a  certainc  man  will)  a  stick  in  his  band  to  make  ■v^y, 

'  William  Kylcy, '  LancaslCT*  ITcnltL  *  Grorp:  Owen,  •  York  *  llcraU. 

•  MS.  h»  'thnr.* 

I  t 


48a 


)VOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES, 


accompanied  wiih  the  Ciiy  marshall  or  bedell  or  beggers;  (hen  Sa 
poore  men  in  black  go^^ncs'  and  boods  ihat  bad  tippeis  to  tfacm 
banging  (o  ibc  ground ;  after  them  60  men  in  long  cloaks  thai  were 
servants;  and  others  of  higher  rank  in  hoodcs,  the  last  of  whoinc 
nexl  the  corps  was  Dr.  ^Richard)  Bayly,  pracsidcnt  of  S.  John's 
College;  then  a  great  flag;  ihcn  six  lesser  (dags)  that  bad  sMod 
about  bis  body;  then  three  bcralds  at  armes;  then  another,  called 
Mr.  Elias  Ashmole,  Windsor  herald,  carried  the  crozier  star';  then 
another  (carried)  the  miter  laying  on  a  cusheon;  then  the 
corps  supported  by  eight  ordinary  people  underneath,  over  the  corps 
lay  an  ample  velvet  clutli  and  a  bolland  sheet  underneath,  the 
corners  of  which  as  also  the  middle  part  were  supported  by  eight 
Doctors  in  moDr{n)ing  and  hoods;  the  next  after  the  corps  was  the 
bishop  of  Oxon,  elected  lately  bishop  of  M'igorn.,  with  his  traine  held 
up  by  a  boy  in  mourning;  then  Sir  William  Juxon,  Sir  William 
Walter  and  bis  son,  and  divers  otliers  of  bis  relations  behind  him ; 
after  them  came  the  virgcrer  and  six  bedells  in  mourning ;  then  the 
vice-canccllor  in  mourning  but  his  scarlet  over  it ;  then  tlie  University 
orator  in  mourning;  then  the  Doctors  in  scarlet,  and  proctors  in 
mourning  widi  each  their  two  men  ;  afler  that  the  Masters  in  their 
formalities.  When  they  came  from  Carfax  into  St.  John's  quad- 
rangle ihcy  found  there"  these  things  thus  provided  for,  vvl.  a  part  of 
the  quadrangle,  containing  30  of  my  strides  in  square,  rayled  in  with 
mourning  over  it;  in  the  middle  a  desk  for  him  tbat  made  a  speech 
with  an  escocheon  over  it ;  from  the  rayle  to  tlie  chapel  were  boords 
set  up  on  each  side  to  keep  of(f)  the  people.  Over  the  chapel  doorc 
was  a  mo(u)ming  cloth  with  4  escotheons  theron :  and  the  chaplc 
itself  thtis  ordered,  all  the  place  Mithin  the  communion  rayle  was 
loaned  (with  the  boitome  of  it)  with  mourning  and  half  way  up  to  the 
top,  another  place  also,  as  larg  as  that  without  it  rayled  in  and  all 
covered  as  the  other  with  mourning  in  which  place  the  corps  were  to 
lye  on  tressells  after  it  was  come  into  tjic  chapel  and  in  which  iJw 
cheif  mourners  and  heralds  were  to  set;  all  the  cbapcl  was  hung 
roiuid  with  bays  (a  stripe)  and  theron  escotheons  as  also  all  the 
seats,  etc. 

But  to  retume: — after  they  liad  entrcd  tlic  gale  the  quire  as^stcd 
by  Xt.  Cb.  quire  met  them  in  iheir  aurpUccs  and  Dr.  (Ricliard)  B^yly 
going  before  and  all  the  fellows  behind  them  and  soe  going  lialf 
round  the  qnadrangle  they  began  to  enter  the  rayle.  But  there 
standing  ihcy  began  an  anthem  which  la^d  to  the  doorc.  Then  all 
'  MS  hu  *  Koods.*  *  tsUff.  '  -  Ibcsc  ibcK '  in  MS, 


A 


yULY^  1663. 


483 


went  in,  soe  many  that  vere  suffered.  And  when  all  men  and 
things  were  setled  in  their  places,  the/  began  another  anthem.  Then 
Mr.  Richard  Levins,  fellow  there,  in  mourning,  made  a  speech  on  a 
desk  fastnecl  to  the  rayle  of  the  communion  table,  which  should  have 
bin  delivered  in  the  quadrangle  but  hindred  by  rain.  After  that, 
another  (;inlhcm)  was  sung;  Uicn  scverall  prayers  by  Dr.  Bayly; 
then  utlier  tilings.  Wbicb  being  done,  and  Dr.  Bayly  comming  up  to 
Uie  grave  to  read,  >rr.  Richard  Berry  chaplain  of  Xt.  Ch.  sung  a  vera 
anthem.  After  which  was  don,  Dr.  Bayly  read  some  prayers;  then 
the  corps  was  taken  of  from  the  tressels  (which  Ijccausc  not  welt 
imbalmcd  was  put  in  three  coffins)  and  by  the  supporters  therof  with 
the  heralds  and  others  was  layd  in  a  tittle  ^'ault  at  the  upper  end  of 
Uk  chapel  in  the  middle  and  walled  round  very  complcat.  On  his 
coffin  which  was  kij-ned  round  with  bays  was  inscription  on  a  copper 
plate :  the  words  of  the  inscripuon 

*  DcpoEitDin  Reverendlu.  la  Xto  patris  GnlicL  jBxoa  Arcfaiep.  Cantnarien&is  (joi 
moricUtar  iv  Jon.  MDCLXllI.' 

After  he  was  buried  ^^^.  (George)  Owen  one  of  the  heralds 
prociamed  him  buried,  naming  hia  name  and  all  his  titles,  with  a 
conclusion  of  'God  save  the  King.*  After  that  was  done  they  de- 
parted in  order  and  one  of  the  heralds  led  the  bishop  of  Oxon  by  the 
hand  out  of  the  chapel.  The  mourning  and  the  escoiheoDs  remained 
in  the  chapel.] 

tjuly  8,  W.,  William  Child  admitted  Dr.  of  Music. 

+Jul/  13.  Act  Munday;  (Joseph)  Brooks  of  Ch.  Ch.,  Terrae 
fiUui\  vide  (John)  Dobson's  first  libell  p.  a. 

(On  July  16,  Th.,  Wood  wrote  the  chapter  on  S.  Mary's  Church 
for  his  city  treatise;  sec  Clark's  Wood's  City  of  Oxford,  ii.  p.  14.) 

tJuly  \%  Su.,  Dr.  (William)  Creed  died;  buried  July  27,  M. 

[William  Creed',  D.D.,  canon  of  Christ  Church,  the  king's  pro- 
fessour  of  Divinity  in  the  University,  etc.,  died,  Su,,  19  of  July  1 663 ; 
and  was  buried  in  the  next  north  isle  )oyning  to  il»c  choirc  of  Ch. 
Church*.  Sec  what  I  have  said  of  him  in  '  HisL  et  Antiq.  Univers. 
Ox.' edit.  1674  lib.  3  p.  387  et  p.  3 10  col.  i. — John  Creed,  bac.  of  Arts 
and  scholar  of  Corp.  Xti.  Coll.,  son  of  the  aforsiiid  Dr.  Creed,  died  at 
Salisbur>'  about  the  to  Januar.  167^;  and  was  b^ted  there.] 


*  note  tn  Wood  MS,  F  4,  p.  103, 

iVood  i^mi  in  colours  thcic  arnii : — 

*ennttic  oo  a  chevron  eneniled  Mblc  3 

Wopttnli'  becft  or  [Creed,  ^lanicd  by 

Sir  Edward  Walker,  Cartvt    Kinf>  of 


Armec]  ;  Impallog.  argent  a  demi'ljroo 
rampant,  latigued  and  annct)  gale».  on 
fu!>  sboolder  a  flcvr-de-Iii  or.' 

*  Mc  Gutdt's  Wood's  CoU.  and  IlaU^ 
p.  491. 


J  t  3 


484 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


[William*  Creed,  DJ>.  and  regius  professor  of  ibc  same  at  Oxoi^ 
died,  SiL,  July  19,  1663;  buried,  M.,  the  37  of  tlie  same  month  with 
tliia  solemnity.  All  the  Doctors  nnd  Masters  of  Art  in  the  University 
were  imitcd  the  said  day  of  his  burial!  at  one  of  th«  clock  to  come  in 
their  formalities  to  Xt.  Ch.  hall ;  where  after  ibey  had  received  a  cup 
of  wine  and  bisket  and  had  notice  Uiat  the  corps  was  ready  to  depart 
— which  was  from  those  lodgings  next  to  the  hall — tliey  all  went 
downc  and  followed  the  corps  (I>eing  hung  with  escocheons  and 
verses)  supported  by  several)  of  the  chapter  and  students  of  Xl  Ch. 
straight  Uirough  all  the  quadrangles  to  Cinterbury  Qtiadrangle  gate; 
from  thence  up  St.  Mary  ball  lane;  then  to  the  Schooles;  wliere 
entring  die  Divinity  Schoolc,  Mr.  Fletwod  Shc-cpard  of  Xt.  Ch.  made 
an  oration  in  the  respondent's  seet,  being  himg  with  mo(u)rning  as 
also  a  scutcheon  thfron,  as  the  chair  it  sclfc  was.  Witich  being  done 
about  3  quarters  past  2,  they  all  went  out  of  the  Scoolcs  ttirough  the 
great  gale;  then  through  Cat  Street;  and  soe  into  St.  Marie's  grwit 
gale,  where  Dr.  (Richard)  AUestree,  canon  of  Xt.  Ch.,  preached  a 
strmon.  \\'hich  being  done  by  4  of  the  clock  or  thcrabouis,  they 
went,  the  same  way,  to  Xl  CIi.  ;  where  after  prayers  was  sayed  in  the 
choir  and  the  organs  playing,  they  tarried  his  corps  in  the  norUj  isle 
(one  side  wherof  next  the  choire  was  hung  witJi  mo(u)ming  and 
scotheons  and  verses);  where  having  a  speech  made  by  Mr.  Benjamin 
Woodroffe  of  that  house,  they  buried  him  in  a  grave  under  Dr. 
(John)  Weston's  monument.] 

21  July,  T,,  lent  my  mother   fit/,  soe   that  now  shec  ows 
3J-  6d,  that  6(/  was  to  be  given  to  goodw<ife)  Gom  for  brtnginj 
dierries. 

July  24.  F.,  the  bones  of  William  Laud,  sometimes  archbishop  of 
Canterbury,  were  laid  in  a  wult  at  St.  John's  CoU.  at  to  of  the  clock 
at  night,  having  bin  the  day  before  taken  from  ...  at  London  where 
he  was  buried.  Mr.  (George)  Gisby'mad(c)  a  speech.  The  \*ice- 
canccllor  and  sevcrall  Drs  were  present,  some  of  whorae  gave  their 
hands  to  d>e  hcar(sc). 

[The    bones    of   Dr.  William  Laud ',  somiimcs    archbishop 
Canterbury,  were  laid  in  a  litUe  vault  or  repository-  under  the  altar 


nin 


t  this  lumdYc  Is  &om  Wcxid  MS.  D 

19  (3)  fo»-  '8. 
>  Gntdi's  Wood'ft  Cull,  and  HalU, 

*  note  in  Wood  MS.  V  4,  p.  104. 


Wood  gives  thae  lums  in  colom  n 
*  CuateriittTf  ;  Impaling,    sable    on 
cbeTToa  or  between  3  cstoilcs  of 
(HiiuU  of  Ibe  Kcood  as  loanf 
|«Urc  filchec  gulci.  (Lauil).' 


yKCK,  lees. 


485 


S.  Jolm's  College  chappeU  at  ro  of  the  dock  in  tlie  night  on  F^  the 
34  of  July  1663.  There  was  a  solcrane  speech  llicn  spukcn  before 
the  vicechancellor,  certaine  beads  of  houses,  and  the  society  of  S. 
John's  Coll.  by  one  Mr.  Gcorg  Gishy.  The  said  bones  were  taken 
the  day  before  out  of  the  church  of  AllhaUovrcs  B.irking  by  the  Tower 
of  London.  AftcrM-ard  there  were  Eeverall  banners  hung  over  his 
grave  ;  viz.,  the  first  conlaining  the  arnies  of  Sl  John's  (College)  and 
Laud's  iicpalcd ;  2,  the  deanery  of  Gloucester  and  Laud ;  3,  the  sec 
of  St.  David's  and  Laud ;  4,  the  see  of  Bath  and  Wells  and  Laud ; 
5,  the  see  of  London  and  I^ud ;  and  lasUy,  the  see  of  Canterbury 
and  Laud.] 

[Jan.'  10,  1644  (i.e.  J),  VViUiam  Laud,  archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
vas  beheaded  and  his  Iwdy  afterwards  being  layd  in  a  leaden  coffin 
■was  buried  at  Allhiillowcs  Barking  by  the  Tower  of  London.  After 
the  restauratinn  of  King  Cbarbs  II,  the  praesident  and  felIo*-s  of  S. 
John's  Coll.  Oxon  consulting  to  have  his  body  removed  to  that  college 
because  he  had  bin  eoe  great  a  I>cncfaclor,  resolved  on  tlic  buisness 
after  the  sepulture  there  of  archbishop  Juxon,  and  that  with  con- 
venience and  priracy.  The  day  llien,  or  rather  night,  K'ing  appointed 
wherin  he  sliould  come  to  Oxon,  most  of  Uic  fellows,  about  16  or  20 
in  number,  went  to  meet  him  towards  Whatlcy ;  and  after  they  had 
meet  him  about  7  of  the  clock  on  Friday  July  24,  1663,  they  came 
into  Oxon  at  10  at  night,  with  the  said  numlier  before  him,  and  his 
corps  (laying  in  a  hors  hltcr  on  4  wheels  drawn  by  4  Iwrses) 
following,  and  a  coach  after  that.  In  the  same  manner  they  went  up 
to  Sl.  Marie's  church  ;  then  up  Cat  Street ;  tlicn  to  the  back  doore  of 
St.  Juhn's  grove,  where  taking  the  cofiin  out  conveyed  to  Uic  chappdl: 
and  when  Mr.  (George)  Gisbey,  fellow  of  that  house  and  vice- 
president,  had  spoke  a  speech,  they  laid  him,  inclosed  in  a  wooden 
coGin,  in  a  little  vault  at  the  upper  end  of  the  chanccU  bctvp'ccn  the 
founder's  and  archbuihop  Juxon 's.  The  next  day  following  they  huo^ 
up  7  streamers.] 

"July  27.  M^  Thomas  Ballzar,  one  of  the  violins  in  the  king's 
service,  mention'd  before  under  the  yeare  16(58),  was  biuned  in  the 
cloj-stcr  belonging  to  S.  Peter's  church  in  Westminster.  See  before, 
under  the  said  ycarc.  This  person  being  much  admired  by  all  lovers 
of  n)u.sick,  his  company  was  therefore  desired  :  and  company, 
especially  musical  company,  delighting  in  drinking,  made  him  drink 
more  than  ordinar)'  which  brought  him  to  his  grave. 


■  thii  namlive  is  Iroui  Wood  BilS.  D  19(3)  Tol.  17. 


496 


WOOZfS  UFE  AND  TIMES, 


July  97,  M.«  Mr.  {Thomas)  Baltsar*,  ihe  Sweed",  and  great 
violinest,  was  buried  in  Westminster  cloister  (in  the  west  part).  Vide 
Church  Notes;  see  notes  from  Wesi(minster)  register.  [Baker  \  a 
Lubeccer;  so  col.  Peacock.] 

July  30,  being  Thursday,  a  ccrtainc  Irish  man  (a  prt-isl  or  JesaiU  u 
they  say)  named  . . .  Blake,  who  came  to  the  Miter  Inne  the  day 
l>cforc  with  A[r.  John  ^  Digby  son  of  Sir  Kenelm,  bad  soe  great 
confidence  of  hi?t  holiness  that  he  caused  several!  lame  infinne  and 
diseased  people  to  (be)  brought  to  him  to  have  them  cured.  Uia 
manner  was  to  say  some  sentences  of  Latinc  over  ihcm,  crose  their 
heads  to  and  fro,  and  soc  !ct  them  depart  See  more  in  ^Ir.  (Hcnr>') 
Foulia'  book  against  the  pope"  lib.  7  cap.  5  p.  447.  Mr.  Foulis  in 
his  Almanac*: — "  1663,  July: — About  the  latter  end  of  this  month 
the  Irish  miracle  monger  preist  and  Mr.  John  Digby  at  Ox<ford).'' 

This  month  about  the  middle  dyed  Mr.  Arthur  Crew  of  Maggot  mill 
neare  Hieworth  (Highworth  in  Wilts.) 

Anput. — 3,  M,,  vrKb  Mt.  (John)  Cuitcyn  nt  Jcanvcs,  3^-^.  W,,  st  pootber 
GeoiEc'i  with  Mr.  (John)  Curtej-nc,  (Ranulph)  Peyton,  ^J.—ft,  Th.,  to  AcUluft, 
boolcKl]cr,  For  liooks,  4J  6(/;  at  mother  Cjcoi^c's,  yi. — 10,  M.,  il  Jcanaa  with 
Mr.  (John)  CBKcyn,  jrf.— 11,  T..  at  ihc  Crown  Tavern  with  Mr.  (John)  Cuit^yii, 
(Rkhoril)  Lower,  and  Mi.  (John)  Masten  '  of  S.  Marie  bill,  9d;  for  a  boat  to 
gac  in  the  water  with  Mr.  (John)  Curleyn,  a-/.— 13,  Th.,  at  Jcftttses,  44/. — 14,  F., 
at  Ptnnock'*  with  Mr.  (I'cier)  NiJioUs.  Mr.  (Edward)  Jones,  and  Mr.  (John) 
Cnncyne.  +/.— 18,  T.,  with  Mr.  (Peter)  Nicolls,  (John)  Curtejn,  (EtlManl) 
Jones,  ani!  (Jol»r')  Slerens  nt  '  roo(thcr)  I'iiinock'i  at  Comooi,  u.— 19,  W.,  at 
Jeaniei  with  Mr.  (John)  Curtcjuc  and  oiherB,  W.— ai,  F.,  at  Jeaoses,  4^.— aa,  S., 
at  mother  George's  with  Mr.  (John)  Ciirtcync.  arf;  for  a  pound  of  candclls,  itt 96. 
—34,  M.,  for  another  imnnd  of  single  miJi,  5,1/^.-38,  F.,  at  PinnocV's  with  Mr. 
(John)  Curtcj-E,  (John)  Robinson.  (Nathaniel)  Greenwood,  (Kanulph)  Pcjloo, 
(John)  Hnnimun,  and  (Muttliew)  Mutton,  ri  4-^—39,  S,,  at  mother  jcaiiscs  with 
Mr.  (John)  Cortcyn,  3^.-31,  M.,  with  my  l>(r>Khcr)  Kitt  at  Mcraaid  Tavern,  jrf. 

Avs.  8t  S.,  paid  Mrs.  Ulncman  for  a  weck'a  commons  \s  6d  being  the  fint 
week  tbiit  Is  past.  I  began  the  a  Auj;u).t,  Su.— Aii|;.  1;,  M.,  for  another  weck'f 
commons,  u  yrf.— Aug,  75,  T.,  for  another  week,  i>  W.— Ang.  30,  !>u.,  for  another 
week,  IS. 

August. — (John)  Dobson's  libell  came  out':  vide  papers  printed 


>  in  MS.  Tioncr  101,  fol.  93,  Wood 
notes  'he  had  uverall  months  (1C60, 
1661)  lived  liefore  in  Oxoo,  to  the 
admiration  of  all,  especially  (of  John) 
WlUoo  who  look  him  to  bo  a  divell.* 

•  •  Swccd '  is  underlined  for  cw- 
trdion. 

>  ndded  En  pencil. 

'  •  John  *  Kibslitiitcd  for  *  Krnclm.' 

•  Henry  t'oulii'  '  The  Hiaiwry  of  the 


Komish  Treasons  nnd  Usurpstions^* 
Load.  1671,  fol. 

'  i.e.  hi«  diary, 

'  J.ihn  Master?  M,A.  S.  Mary  H.  19 
Nor.  1653. 

•  MS,  •  and,'  by  a  »lip. 

*  '  pnblixbed  at  Oxon  '  is  tlie  reading 
in  MS.  Tanner  103,  fol.  93;  where  alio 
i*  a  reference  'aee  *  book  of  libelli" 
IMS.)  p.  109." 


yvLY^sEPT.ieez. 


487 


inter  *'  Oxoniensia" ' :  another  in  Scpi.,  vide  there  <t.  e.  p.  4S8  infra) : 
and  of  <Thomas)  Peirce's  unworthy  government. 

(In  this  moni)i  of  August  Wood  was  making  excerpts  from  the 
registers  of  the  Vice-chanccUor's  court : — on  1 3  Aug.,  Th.,  from  the 
register  for  1498-1505,  which  excerpts  arc  now  found  in  Wood  MS. 
D  3,  pp.  131-149  :  on  19  Aug.,  W.,  from  tlie  register  for  1506-1514, 
now  found  in  Wood  MS.  D  3,  pp.  153-174 ;  on  22  Aug.,  S.,  from 
the  register  for  1527-1543,  now  found  in  Wood  MS.  D  3,  pp. 
177-202.) 

SopMraber.— 3.  Th.,  at  Webb's  wUb  diven,  id;  battlei  to  the  batler  ji  dd. — 
5,  S.,  a  puirc  of  spectacle*  of  Mr.  Orcnway  whicb  he  put  00  the  score,  u  id ;  ihcy 
are  green. — 7,  M.,a[  Webb's  with  compaoy,  at/.— ^,  W.,ftt  Wcb'swith  Mr,  {John) 
CaitCTDC  aocl  others,  \<i. — 11,  F.,  it  tnollicr  lioniliamcs,  td;  to  Mauiiington  for  a 
vdlum  skio,  lorf,— 14.  M.,  at  Cattle  (tlnu)  wilb  D(ii:k)  Lo»-er,  ( John)  Curtcyne, 
and  (N'aihuiiel)  Gretiwood,  id. — 15,  T.,  two  sacks  of  culcs,  it  4*/, — 16,  W,.  to 
John  Bams  for  bidding  a  book,  61/.— 17,  Th.,  tX  Web's  wilb  Mr.  ^John)  Curtcync 
and  (Kaihaolel)  Grenwood,  ]</.— 18,  F..  atfclarl's  with  Mr.  (Ma(thcw)  Hnttofi.^i/. 
— 19,  S.,  for  meniling  stockings,  yi. — 3t,  M..  to  Davis  for  *  Leycestcc's '  Coramoa- 
wea]tb,'  1/  io>y;  atm(othcr)llarwo<l'swith  Mr.  (Natbnnirl)  Grenwood  and  (John) 
Curtcyne,  \d;  at  Earlc's  for  ddcr,  fii/.— ai,  T.,  at  M(atlbcw)  Lccche's  with  Mr. 
(John)  Cartcync  and  Mr.  (Kichard)  Lower,  yt- — 33,  W.,  at  Blackman's  with  Mr. 
(John)  Curlcyoe  and  (Matthew)  Hutton,  %d.~t\,  Th.,  spent  with  Mr.  (John) 
Cuneyne,  3d.—is,  F.,  spent,  yi—i6,  S.,  at  Jeuucs  with  Mr.  (John)  Cuitejne 
and  (Nathaniel)  Gtcowood,  &</. 

Sept.  6,  Su.,  a  week's  commwiis.  i»  6d. — Sep*.  14,  M.,  we^'a  commoaa,  u  grf.— 
Sept.  16,  S.,  for  1  weeks'  commons,  31  id. 

September. — (On  2  Sept.,  W.,  Wood  was  making  excerpts  from 
"GG,"  ».e.  the  register  of  the  Vicecliancellor's  court  from  1545-1555. 
These  excerpts  are  found  tn  Wood  MS.  D  3,  pp.  203-229.) 

(On  7  Sept.,  M.,  Wood  was  making  exccri>ts  from  "Aa^"  i.e.  the 
register  of  Congregations  and  Convocations  from  1449-1463.  These 
excerpts  are  now  found  in  Wood  MS.  D  3,  pp.  1-10.) 

Memorandum  that  a  pamphlet'  of  half  a  sheet  containing  *  Dr. 
(Thomas)  Peirce's  preaclung  *  confuted  by  his  practice  in  a  letter  by 
N.  G.'  came  out  at  (or  to)  Oxon  Aug.  a8,  1663';  in  which  Dr. 


'  the  volume  now  knovm  as  Wood 
gl5 ;  the  tract  tn  qnattioa  beiDg  DO.  3J 
in  that  Tolumc. 

'  '  LeyceUi-VRCommonwcaUli,'  1641, 
4to  [by  Robert  Parwris] ;  Wood  535  (»), 
vhoc  Wood  note  '  in  this  book  are 
presented  the  life  and  actions  of  Robert 
(Dudley)  earl  of  Lcycestcr  who  dird 
iSttS.'    Another  copy  Is  In  Wood  456. 

*  a  copy  of  it  is  Wood  633  C?)- 


*  Thomai  Pierce's  sermon  ('  Tbe 
primtthrc  rule  of  rcformatioo,*  Oxford 
iA6ji  Wood  633  no.  $)  had  vnaUed 
Bome  controvcTsy  : — c.  g.  Wood  633  (6) 
'  (Jertain  qnerics  npoo  Dr.  INcrce's 
SmnDO,'  Lond.  1663,  in  whicb  Wood 
notes  tliat  *  these  qaeries  wctv  intwcted 
l/y  John  DobMHi  of  Mn|[d.  Coll.' 

"  Wood  sboobl  htn  have  ootol  the 
second  editioQ  of  tbe  Ubcl, '  Dr.  Pierce 


AND  TIMES. 

^  Henry)  Ycrbur>',  lately  turned  out  Iram  Magd.  ColL,  being  some- 
what abused  therin,  complained  to  the  Vicccanccllor  of  it  (Dr. 
(Walter)  Blandford).  Who  ihcrtipon  having  had  some  notice  of  the 
author  therof,  sent  for  him,  \tz.,  John  Dcbson,  fellow  of  ftJagd.;  wl 
not  making  his  talc  out  rif^lit  was  caught  in  severoll  lyes :  viz.  first 
confcbscd  thai  he  had  the  Ubcll  of  Dr.  Peirce,  he  (Dr.  Pierce)  from 
wife,  bis  wife  from  Mr.  Combs  the  barber,  and  he  from  his  boy  llut 
found  it  in  MS.  in  the  street.  Upon  \rhich  be  wa3  for  that  time 
dissmissed  and  Mr.  Combs  sent  for  and  examined,  but  he  stiffly 
denied  it  and  said  he  would  take  his  oath  upon  it  that  he  was  not  ilie 
author.  WTierfore  Mr.  Dobson  was  sent  for  againe  and  told  what 
Combs  averred.  Then  Mr.  Dobson  denied  it  that  he  before  had  said 
{^i.  that  Combs  gave  it  lo  Dr.  Peirce's  wife)  and  offered  to  lake 
oath  :  Which  circumstancs  and  his  repetition  of  some  of  the  verses 
the  coffe  house  a  month  before,  was  therforc  banished  the  Universitj 
lo  of  this  month  (Th,  lo  ScpU).  And  Edmimd  Thome  also,  for' 
his  denial]  of  bringing  tlie  last  libell  in  (which  came  out  SepL  8,  T.) 
when  tlic  proctor  sent  for  him,  was  first  sent  to  the  Castle  ;  llien  the 
9  day,  W.,  for  ewr  discommoned. 

Mr.  Dobson  who  had  got    see  great  repute   by  the  repetitic 
sermon  which  he  performed  anno  1663  hath  now  lost  much  of  il'. 

tSepL  8,  T.,  anollier  libell  came  to  Oxford  ('  Dr.   Pierce   his* 
preaching  exempliiicd  in  his  practice ') :  Dr.  Thomas  Pierce  was  the 
author  of   it.  and  John  DohM)n  took  it  upon  him.     Sept.  10,  Th., 
bannimus  stuck  up  to  eipell  Dobson  and  Thome. 

['  Dr.  Pierce  his  preacliing  confuted  by  his  practice  '  came  "  out  at 
Oxon,  F,,  Aug.  28,  1663 ;  the  authour  of  it  John  Dobson,  A.M.  and 
fellow  of  Magd.  Coll.,  was  expelled  the  University  by  the  vicc- 
cancellor's  bannimus,  Th.,  10  Sept.  fallowing  and  Edmimd  Thora 
also,  bookseller,  discomniuncd  fur  ever  for  selling  the  said  pamphlet. 

Note  that  Krancis  Drope,  Mj^.  and  fellow  of  Magd  Coll.  shew'd 
tne  Dr.  Henry  Yerbury's  answer  to  this  libell  following  {tlic  2nd 
edition;  Wood  515  no.  28)  and  tlic  very  next  going  before  <lhc  ist 
edition  of  Dobson's  satire;  Wood  515  no.  27).  In  which  answer  be 
saith  that  Dr.  Thomas  Pierce,  president  of  Magd.  ColL,  was  the  author 
or  at  least  the  approver  of  the  first  libell  (or  that  going  before).    Also 


bis  pTcacbLiiK  czempUiied  b  his  pmctice,' 
1663  ;  a  copjr  of  whicb  is  'Wood  633  (8) 
with  margtiuil  note*  by  Wood  uid  the 
ftiatcmcnt  *  iJils  cmise  Irani  Luitdoo  to 
Oiun  Sept.  8,  ifi(>j.*    See  imfra. 


'  '  it '  tabitilntcd  for  '  hb  cttdit.* 
•  aolc  by  Wood  Ln  hii  copy  fWood 

■;i5  00.  37).    Anodicr  copy  is  Woud 

633(7). 


SEPTEMBER^  1688. 


489 


that  Mr.  John  Dobson,  who  repeated  severall  verses  tliercof  at  the 
coffcy-house  (for  which  be  was  conveen'd  by  the  vicechanceilour).  did 
confess  before  him  (the  said  vicechancellor)  that  he  did  first  of  all  hcare 
them  repeated  by  Dr.  Pierce  who  had  ihem  in  manuscript  when  lie 
was  last  in  London.  The  very  next  day  when  he  was  conveen'd 
againe  he  retracted  what  he  tiad  said  before,  choosing  ratlier  to  take 
Ihc  blame  on  himself  than  put  it  on  his  president.  Dr.  Pierce.  The 
said  Dr.  Yerbury  saith  also  in  his  raid  answer  (which  was  in  MS. 
only)  thai  the  second  libell  which  followes  (Wood  515  no.  28)  was 
either  made  or  approved  of  by  Dr.  Pierce  before  mention'd,  as  it 
api)earcd  by  ccrtaine  rcHccUons  from  Dobson's  confession.  Dr. 
Yerbury  also  in  (lus)  MS.  answer  doth  cleer  those  things  bid  against 
him  therein,  \\z.  his  cringing  to  Cromwell's  \-icc-chancellor  (John 
Conanc,  rector  of  Exeter)  when  he  was  incorporated  Dr.  of  Physic  in 
Oxon  1658  (see  in  the  libcll  following  p.  7).  Also  to  cleerc  what  is 
said  of  fats  endeavouring  to  frustrate  the  letters  of  the  king  in  lx:lialf 
of  Dr.  Pierce  when  he  was  to  be  elected  president  *.  Also  the  supposed 
chcates  and  defraudations  and  unstatutable  accompts  relating  to  the 
College. 

*  Dr.  Pierce  his  preaching  exemplified  in  his  practice ' :  this  ■ 
pamphlet  came  from  London  to  Oxon,  T.,  8  Sept.  1663 ;  it  includes 
the  former.] 

tSept.  13,  S.,  the  cage  and  pillory  removed  from  the  north  end  of 
Cornmarkct  to  Nortligate  Street  over  against  the  Dolphyn. 

[F,,  18  Sept.*  1663,  Mr.  Christopher  Frye,  churchwarden,  let  mc 
Bee  divers  accompts  or  renlalls  belonging  to  the  church  of  S.  Marie's 
(the  Virgin)  in  Oxon  in  the  custody  of  the  same  parish.] 

tSept.  22,  T.,  programma  *  for  ordering  matters  agaia&t  the  king's 
comming,  vide  inter  '  Oxonicnsia.' 

tSept.  a8,  M.,  James,  duke  of  Monmouth,  incorporated. 

[1663'.  Sept.  29,  T.,  being  Michaehnas  day  Richard  Soulhby 
Sonne  of  Richard  Southby  and  Kallicrinc  his  wife  was  borne,  and 


'  '  Dr.  Edward  Dropc,  Dr.  Esmond 
Diggle,  and  Mr.  John  Tayleur  1J.D., 
stood  fur  tbc  presii1mUhif>'  (Wood's 
note  in  Wood  515  nn.  aX) ;  bol  Thomits 
I'icrcc  WM  tbnut  m  on  the  college  t>y 
royal  nundalc 
*  iioic  1>y  Wood  in  tiu  copy,  Wood 
51^  nu.  38 ;  Wood  there  ha«  alto 
mari^iail  notes  cxplniiiing  the  dilutions. 
Anotlicr  copy  i«  Wood  633  (8) ;  icc 
inpra  ootc  p.  488. 


'  note  ill  Wood  MS.  D  3,  where 
Wood'i  excerfits  from  thcte  accoonts 
arc  found  pp.  ];o-386. 

'  tlK  paper  in  (|Dcstion  u  found  la 
Wood  376  A  110.  3j6,  trbere  Wood 
notes  'This  |injici  cnme  out  in  Oxon, 
Sept  31.  1663'  and  b  'registered  in 
Convocation  twok  (i.e.  'Kc|f.  Ta.')  p. 
170.  i?l.' 

*  note  in  MS.  KawL  B  403  a,  p.  1 1. 


490 


JVOOZfS  UFE  AND  TTSTES. 


baptixeJ  tbe  1st  of  Oct  ToUowing.  The  parents  or  the  child  live  u 
OxytOB/rs  in  com.  Oxon.,  and  she  lay'd  In  chU-bcd  at  the  boose 
caBed  '  the  Pit '  belonging  to  Nalhanicll  Jcanes  her  kinsman.] 


[The^  King's  c<mmmg  to  Oxon,  1663. 

September  11,  F.,  Dr.  Walter  Blandford,  warden  of  Wadham  Cofl. 
and  vice-canocllor.  (was)  re-chosen  vice-cancel  lor  for  the  ensuing 
yrar.  After  his  election  or  nomination  he  made  a  short  sjiecch  and 
desired  that  delegates  might  be  named  to  order  affaires  for  the  re- 
ception of  the  king.  Wherfore  the  Senior  Proctor  (Mr.  (Nathaniel) 
Crew  of  Lync.  Coll.)  stood  up  and  nominated  scvcrall,  both  Doctors 
and  Masters;  but  the  Masters  for  llie  most  part  were  thought  in- 
suflicieni  by  reason  of  their'  standing  unfit  for  such  an  imployment — 
it  was  in  that  respect  a  very  weak  choise. 

S.,  Sept.  13  foUowuig,  at  a  counsel!  of  tbe  mayor  of  Oxon  and  his 
brethren  it  was  ordered  that  20  in  scarlet  and  20  in  black  budg 
gownes  with  satyn  or  tabby  doublets  (all  of  die  house*)  sliould  ride 
on  hors  back  to  meet  the  King  at  Greenditch  *,  and  that  300//.  in 
goW  should  be  presented  to  him  there  by  the  mayor  in  a  golden  bowl 
of  150//'.  price;  but  all  these  particulars  did  not  stand,  as  tt  sbaU  be 
shewen  anon. — The  same  day  tbe  University  bellman  went  about ' 
and  warned  all  priviledgcd  persons  to  make  cleane  their  doorcs  and 
remove  tbeir  blocks  out  of  the  streets  and  lanes. 

Sept.  14,  M.,  the  chancellour  of  Oxon  came  from  bis  house  of 


■  thb  Ruralive  \%  from  Wood  MS.  D 
ij)(3)fol.9fon. 

*  WooH  gii-K  in  Uie  DMrgb)  these 
names : — '  (Henry)  lU^sliavr  of  Ch.  Cb. 
<M,A.  ti  JniK-  1657);  P(hilip)  Fell  (>f 
AU5.Coll.<V.A.  33  Aug.  1660);  (Kil- 
mnrul)  Major  of  Kync  (M.A.  J  Aug. 
l6Ao> :  (?  Willinm)  Baylic  of  Mned. 
(Coll..  M.A.  ii  Aug.  1660);  (Robert) 
Huntiogdon  of  Men.  (M.A.  at  Jan. 
i66J);  Fr<ftocii)  Tamer  of  New  Coll. 
(M.A.  14  JoD.  r6IH>— Tide  "Norn  ex 
Ub.  CoavDc." '  i.  e.  MS.  IlodL  594  p.  45, 
vhere  it  U  said  that  Convociitioti  ap- 
pointed *  dekgiOcs  for  to  order  all  thinf^ 
for  the  fetxption  of  the  king,  aiul 
WTCntll  oTrrscers  of  Ibc  streets  uid 
«m)-c»  thftt  tbcy  be  kept  clcutc  and  im- 
proved ;  there  were  then  Drs.  lo  all 
faculties  nppoinlcd  lo  meet  \\\k  kiu;;,  tuid 


Mn.  of  Arts,  vji.  i\  Dn.  besiJcs  the 
%-icecbaiiccUor,  19  Mrs.  twstdes  both  the 
proctors  i  they  onlered  also  where  to 
meet  and  tnke  horte  at  the  kioif's  ap- 
proitcb :  that  after  Mr.  vicecbsoccUur'a 
sjteedi  lo  the  Icing  a  rich  hihir  should 
be  presented  to  the  king,  gloves  hIm)  to 
hira,  tbe  ^nctra  and  D.  of  V'(oTk);  a 
banquet  lo  be  prepared  at  the  chaii^c  of 
tbe  Uoivcrvtie.' 

'  i-coftheTownCosncil. 

*  now  S.  Margaret's  Road. 

'  Wood  nolca:— 'vide  "Notaa  ex 
libro  Coovocationit,*"  »•«■.  MS.  Itodl. 
594  |>.  45,  where  it  is  «aiil  that  an  onter 
isMic<)  nut  ■  tmder  the  vieccbanceltor'i 
blind  that  every  ooc  repaire  his  way  if 
it  wants  it,  and  remove  all  t)loclu  and 
ociuanoea.' 


SEPTEMBER^  1668. 


491 


Comberry  to  Wadham  Coll.  and  dined  with  the  vicecanceTIor ;  and 
there  the  Doctors  and  Heads  of  Houses  met  him  to  consult  about  tlie 
reception  of  the  king.  Among  whome  Dr.  (Thom-os)  Peirce,  the 
praesidenl  of  Magd.  Coll.,  was  one,  whome  (as  I  have  heard)  the 
canccUor  cliid  because  of  too  rigid  and  severe  actions  in  his  college 
against  Dr.  (Henr)*)  Ycrbcrry,  and  his  conniving  at  the  libell*  that 
Mr.  (John)  Dobson  fellow  of  that  house  published. 

Sept.  rp,  being  then  Saturday,  open  proclamation  was  made  in 
Oxford  market  by  the  mayor's  appointment  that  Wednesday  followyng, 
on  which  the  King  had  appointed  to  see  Oxon,  the  come  carts  and 
other  sellers  of  wares  thai  cumbered  the  street  should  stand  in 
Bocardo  and  New  Yn  liall  lane,  and  that  the  butchers  also  should 
stand  in  the  old  Bocherew :  but  within  few  houres  after,  the  vice- 
cancellor  sent  the  Universiiy  bellman  about  to  contradict  tlie  mayor's 
command  and  proclaimed  that  the  market  should  be  on  Tuesday  in 
the  usuall  places  where  it  was  kept '. 

It  was  ordered  at  the  mayor's  councell  tliat.  at  the  meeting  of  his 
majesty,  the  mayor,  recorder  and  town-clerk,  should  alight  from  their 
horses,  the  recorder  to  make  a  speech  and  the  mayor  to  present  the 
king  with  a  purse  of  gold,  made  of  white  satyn  with  the  king's  armes 
theron  and  beset  with  aglets  and  pearlcs  and  underneath  writ '  King 
CkarUs  the  2J;  a.d.  1663':  after  that  was  done  to  present  the 
Queene  with  the  richest  pair  of  gloves  lliat  could  be  made ;  llicn  a 
payre  of  gloves  for  the  duke  of  York  aiul  his  dutthcss ;  then  another 
paire  to  the  .  .  .*.  AAcr  that  was  done  to  mount  on  hors  bock 
agatne  and  the  4  constables  of  the  suhnrhs  to  goe  on  foot  to  make 
roome ;  then  the  8  city  constables  within  the  walls  to  ride  on  horse- 
backe,  4  of  them  to  have  long  staves  with  the  city  armes  on  them  in 
their  hands,  and  the  otticr  4  to  liave  tlieir  little  maces  tipt  with  silver; 
then  after  them  22  of  ihe  house  in  tabby  doublets  under  budg  gou-nes ; 
then  the  aldermen  and  13  in  their  Karlct ;  then  tlte  sarjoiUs  with  their 
maces ;  then  the  macc-bearcr  and  town-clerk ;  then  the  maior  widi  hia 
mace  on  his  shoulders,  with  the  recorder  on  his  left  hand. 

32  Sept.,  T.,  orders*  were  publislied  by  the  vice-cancel  lor  and 
delegats  printed  in  half  a  sheet  of  paper  with  the  34  masters  of  Art, 


'  Kc  mfira  p.  487. 

•  for  IIk  corn-Rvulccl  in  Wood** 
time  xc  C!*rk"s  Wood's  City  of  OxJbnl^ 
L  pp.  4RC. 48;. 

*  blank  in  thr  htS.^  u  alw  iM/ra.  It 
hai  been  sngcennl  (a  mc  that  the  words 
to  be  tapplied  are  '  cuuntcn  of  Culle* 


maine ' or '  king's  mifitrets *;  but  t  incline 
to  the  more  cbarilablc  view  that  Wood 
bad  not  been  i^vca  ih«  lut  of  noldu 
to  vtiirni '  gtirvcs '  were  lo  be  prcwnied 
by  tltc  Cit)'.  oini  sujtfKiwd  ttiat  llicie 
nii4;bl  be  utlicra.  tMaJde^  tlte  Yari». 
'  Wood  t^}  A  no.  3*6. 


49a 


n^OOD^S  LIFE  AN7>  mfES. 


aO  of  sevciuU  Colleges,  iheir  names,  that  were  to  be  as  pro-proctors 
and  exercise  procuratorial  power  over  scbollcrs  tlial  ihey  found  in  ihe 
king's  court  or  kiichin,  or  without  their  caps  in  the  street,  as  also  to 
order  ihcir  standing  at  the  king's  comming  in  and  when  bo  came  to 
the  library.  Ever)*  one  of  the  said  proprociors  had  a  paper  of  the 
said  orders  given  Mm,  and  every  bookseller  had  one  sent  to  him  to 
lay  in  bis  shop  for  schollcrs  to  read. 

J3  of  Sept.,  being  then  Wednesday,  tlie  king  and  qneen,  with  tljc 
royal  highnesses  the  duke  and  dutchess  of  York,  came  from  Ciren- 
cester to  dine  with  the  Lord  Chancellor  at  Comberry. — TIk:  \ice- 
canccllor  sent  Mr.  Bland  the  glover  to  Combury  to  obscne  that 
soone  as  the  king  was  sot  donnc  Uiere  to  dinner,  to  come  awity 
Oxon  to  give  notice  to  the  vicecancellor  and  Doctors  of  it.     He  cai 
a  litde  before  4  of  the  clock ;  and  after  he  bad  dchvered  his  messi 
to  the  vicecancellor,  the  great  bell  of  S.  Marie's  rang.    Then 
schollcrs  of  the  University  of  all  degrees,  wlio  had  received  ordci 
before,  meet  at  die  Sehooles  in  their  formalities ;  and  those  Doctoi 
and  Masters  that  were  to  ride,  at  Wadham  College  at  the  \ice-c 
cellor'5,who  being  all  meet  they  mounted  on  horsback  in  the  backyi 
there,  and  so  went  through  Canditch,  then  S.  Gileses  Street,  and 
to  tlie  mile  stone.    And  while  they  were  a-taking  hors,  the  schollci 
of  all  d^recs  went  from  llic  Scooles  acconUng  to  seniority  by  2  and 
a :  the  virgerer  first ;  then  the  3  yeomen  bedells ;  then  the  pro-\-icc^, 
chancellor,  Dr.  {Robert)  Say;  then  those  Doctors  that  did  not  ridej 
then  the  Masters  according  10  seniority;  and  soe  in  order.     Wh( 
went  through  School  Street,  and  soe  up  the  High  Street  to  Ce 
and  then  down  the  south  street:  and  when  they  were  tl>ere  the  pi 
\icecancellor  and  Uie  24  proprociors  pliiced  them,  viz.  the  Doctors  an( 
Bachelors  of  Divinity  next  to  Xt.  Ch.  gate,  and  Uie  Masters  on  boil 
sides  almost  up  to  the  Bull  Inne>  especially  on  the  east  aide  of  the 
street,  but  on  the  other  a  little  above  Penifartbing  Street;  next  to 
them  were  tlie  gentlcmtn  commoners ;  then  Bachelour?  of  Art  who_ 
reached  up  almost  to  Cari'ax  ;  then  the  junior  sctiotlers  in  North  Gat 
Street,  but  they  were  so  rude  and  brutish*  that  they  could  scarce 
ordered. 

The  burgesses  and  the  roaior  of  Oxon  bad  their  horses  brought 
Lo  Glldball  yard;  and  there  when  tlie  bcli  began  to  ring  they  rnountt 
and  went  but  as  far  as  New  College  Buts  ^ 


'  i.e.  meuage. 

'  tliU  wonl  vi  scuftd  out. 

'  I  owe  the  follow-ing  note  to  tbc 


kindnes*  of  Dr.  Scwcll,  Wanlcn  of  Nti 
College: — 'J  have  never  come 
any  notice  of  &uch  an  tmploymcDl 


SEPTEAfBER,  1663. 


493 


About  6  of  the  clock  the  king  and  queen  and  the  rest  came  on 
horsback  towards  the  mile  stone.  Then  the  Lord  Canceller  in  hts 
coach  who  came  up  bc-rorchand,  alighted  and  went  before  the  vicc- 
canccllor  and  the  Doctors;  and  there  the  vicc-canccUor  and  the  rest 
being  on  foot  spake  a  short  speech  to  the  king.  After  which  was 
ended ',  he  presented  the  king  with  a.  Larg  fair  Bible  guilt  covered 
with  black  plust)  and  bossed  .ind  clasped  with  silver  double-guilt, 
and  on  the  back*sides  thcrof  in  the  middle  2  plaine  ovalls  of  silver 
double-guilt.  After  that  was  done,  he  presented  the  queen  and  diiko 
and  dutchess  of  York  wiUi  rich  gloves. 

When  all  this  was  done  the  king  and  queen  on  horsback,  as  their 
highnesses  were,  came  forward  and  then  the  mayor  (Mr.  Roger 
GriiTyn)  and  the  citizens  came  towards  him  and  alighted  from  their 
horses  and  the  recorder  (Mr.  Richard  Crooke)  speak  an  English 
speech,  with  the  mayor  on  his  right  hand  and  his  officers  about  him. 
That  being  done,  he  delivered  his  mace  to  the  king  and  the  king  to 
the  mayor  .igaine.  Then  they  presented  him  with  a  rich  imbroidcrcd 
purse  bcforeraentioncd  with  300//.  in  gold  which  the  king  took 
with  his  left  hand  and  put  in  his  pocket.  After  that  was  done, 
then  the  maior  presented  to  the  queen  a  paire  of  rich  gloves  and 
to...«. 

When  all  tliese  things  were  performed,  which  was  about  a  quarter 
past  6  at  night  and  somewhat  dusky  they  were  all  thus  marshalled' 
and  came  into  tlie  city  before  the  king: — 

first,  1 3  constables  of  the  city  on  horsback  (4  of  the  suburbs^  8  of 
the  city),  eight  of  Ihcm  had  their  larg  staves  of  black  and  the  four 
hindermost  by  two  and  two  their  little  maces.  Then,  those  of  the 
counsfll  house  that  had  black  budg  gownes  with  tabby  doublets — the 
juniors  first,  and  ail  without  footclolhes  or  lackyes — followed.  Then, 
after  them,  the  13  and  the  4  baylivcs  (viz.  3  new  elect  and  a  old),  all 
in  scarlet  with  cither  saun  doublets  or  plush  coates  with  footclothcs 


th«  College  Und  In  St.  Giles'  ai  the 
"C^ltgtBuIti"\m^\\ci.  New  Collie 
did  own  some  land  t)icr<  ;  but  H  HU  scdd 
to  the  City.  Piuk  Town  stands  on  put 
of  it,  luid  1  home  of  Mi-  Malloxn't  Dear 
the  Wu<KUtock  Rood  oa  mother  pnrt. 
The  "Bolts"  must,  I  prcsnnie,  have 
been  thcieabonts.  Dorwt  and  airowt 
wete  formerly  ui  estntiliiJicil  pait  or  the 
"lUnninnition"  of  tbc  CuUrgr,  and 
chnrgcs  appear  &eqnvnt1y  in  the  old 
iJBnar's  KoUt  fbt  racodiog  qutvcrs  find 


Ijowt.  and  purchasing  iLrrom.' 

'  hcfc  wai  entered  between  tbc  lines 
'and  be  had  delivered  op  his  »tavc»,* 
but  afterwards  scored  out. 
"  ice  note  3  p.  491. 
*  Wood  addi  in  the  margin; — 'but 
before  the;  raanhalled,  the  dty  would 
hare  the  Unlveisitf  f>oe  Tirsi,  wbicb 
when  the  concellor  nndcrstoud,  com- 
manded ont  of  his  coacb  that  not  one 
■colnr  iboold  stir  till  the  citizcas  had 
gone  before.' 


494 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TtMES, 


and  footmen  *  by  their  sides,  Tolloved  two  by  two,  and  all  ba 
Then  came  the  canccllor  of  ilm  University  in  his  cnacfa  drawn  by  six 
horecs.    Then  the  Masters  of  ^Vrt  1 6  in  number  two  by  two,  who  roJ* 
with  proctors'  gownes  and  hoods  and  foolclothes  and  lackres '  by  ihcir 
tides.    After  Uicm  the  Doctors,  34  in  numtier,  u-ith  scarlet  gownes 
wide-sleeved,  ihe  divines  faced  wiih  x-elvei*  and  phisitians  and  law- 
(y)ers  with  scarlet  laffet)-,  with  footclothcs  of  black  on  llieir  horses 
and  each  his  lackic  by  his  side.    Then  the  sargeants  of  the  city  with 
their  maces,  as  also  maccbcarer  and  ton-n  clerk.    Then  the  s<]Uirt 
bedells,  with  their  gold  cliaines  about  their  necks.    Then  the  recorder. 
Then  the  vicccanccllor,  with  the  mayor  on  his  left  hand  with  his  mace 
on  his  shoulders  and  two  lackies  leading  his  horse,    Then,  as  I  think, 
two  other  maces  viz.  the  Lord  Cancellor's  and  king's.     Then  the 
King  and  Queen,  with  the  duke  of  York  and  his  dutches  with  severall 
lackies  about  him,  and  noble  men  before  and  twhind  him,  viz.  the, 
Lord  High  Charoberlaine.    Then  the  life  guard  and  servants  etc. 

The  townsmen  they  rode,  wlien  they  came  to  Xt.  Ch.  gate,  towards' 
GranLlpont;  and  vice-cancellor  and  Masters  and  Doctors  in(to^  Xt. 
Ch.  quadrangle,  where  the  students  of  that  house  standing  to  receive 
their  majesties,  Dr.  {John)  Fell,  the  deane,  made  a  short  speech  to 
the  king. 

AJler  the  king  was  retired,  the  maior  and  dtizcn(s)  went  to 
homes;  as  also  Ihe  vice-cancellor  and  Doctors  and  Masters;  as 
the  city  militia  or  auxiliaries  who  stood  in  S.  Gileses  street  and  mac 
a  lane  for  the  king,  homen'ard  also— but  all  this  glory  was  in  a  maimt 
eclipsed,  for  he  staying  so  long  in  St.  Gileses  feild  to  take  horse,  as' 
also  his  retincw,  and  often  siayes  afterwards,  it  was  darke;   and  hc;_ 
came  in  by  torchlight  before  bira  and  torches  on  each  side  of  the  wa] 
which  soc  ^  as  the  schoUers  reached  were  found  and  paid  for  by 
Colledgcs. 

24  Sept.,  Th..  the  king  betimes  in  the  morning  went  in  Xt. 
raetd  to  veiw  and  see  where  tlic  workcs  *  were,  and  called  U[jon 
countess  of  Castlcmaine  who  then  lay  in  Dr.  (Richard)  Gardiner'l 
lodgings  next  to  the  feilds  . .  .*. 

24  Sept.,  Th.,  the  Doctors  and  Masters  that  rode  having  bin  wamet 
to  be  punctually  at  AU  Soules  Coll.  at  ri  of  tl»e  clock  to  meet 


'  i.e.  grooias  leadini;  the  horse  by 
tbv  head. 
"  '  vcU-ct '  KiUlitntcJ  for '  pliuh.' 
'  sec  iuprtt  PI*.  96,  97. 


*  some  cigbt  words,  no  doubt 
dftloui,  follomMl,  which  bsTc  been  I 
nally  hlvucd  out. 


SEPTEMBER,  1668. 


495 


cancetlor  *  who  lay  in  the  warden's  Iodging$,  went  from  thence  to  the 
court  (o  welcome  the  king,  ihus — 

first,  the  vergerer ;  then,  the  6  bedells;  then,  the  chancellor's  officers 
and  servants,  all  a  by  2,  about  t3  in  ntimbc^r ;  then,  the  canccllor's 
mace-bearcr ;  then,  the  purse-bearer;  then,  the  chanccllour  with  his 
black  silk  gownc  laced  witli  gold  lace;  then,  the  vice-cancellor  with 
ihf  orator  by  his  side;  then,  the  Doclors,  a  and  z,  all  in  their  scarlet 
and  formahties;  then,  ihe  i6  Masters  in  proctors'  gowncs.  All  (of) 
whomc  marched  from  AH  soules  dirough  Schydyard  Street ;  then 
through  Xi.  Ch. ;  then  to  the  dean's  lodgings  where  the  king  lay ; 
then  up  staires  in  the  king's  chappie,  where  they  stayed  till  the  king 
and  queen  wae  seiled  in  Uic  presence  chamber  which  was  opposite 
to  the  chappie.  After  they  were  sctled  in  their  cliaires  under  the 
canopy,  they  were  called  inn  and  went  in  according  to  the  same 
manner  they'  went  in  the  street,  [where"  the  University  presented 
themselves,  and  the  bedells  delivering  their  staves  to  Mr.  vjcechan* 
ccUor.  and  he  lo  the  chancellor,  and  ihe  chancellor  laying  tliem  downe 
at  the  king's  feet,  Mr.  vice-chancellor  upon  that  ceremony  addressed 
himself  in  a  short  speech,  after  which  the  insignia  being  surrendred, 
he  was  sccondeil  by  the  orator] ;  after  *  which  the  whole  company 
kissed  the  king's  hands. 

35  of  Sept.,  K,  the  king  and  the  duke  of  York  with  some  of  the 
Dobles  went  out  about  6  of  the  clock  in  the  morning  to  hunt  ttie  fox 
towards  Bcchen  tree  and  about  the  country  there  and  supped  and 
layd  that  night  at  Combcrry  :  and  the  next  day,  after  he  had  veiwed 
the  country  iherabouts  and  Woodstock  parke,  relumed  the  same  day 
at  night  between  5  and  6  of  the  clock  to  Oxon  on  horsback,  with  hts 
queen  in  her  coach,  who  went  out  about  3  or  4  to  meet  him. 

3  7  September,  being  Sunday,  tlie  king  with  the  duke  of  York  heard 
a  sermon  at  Xt.  Church  in  the  morning,  in  the  choire  there,  preached 
by  Dr.  John  Tell  deane  of  the  same  house.— In  ihe  aftcrnoone  the 
king  went  out  noe  where  pubUckly  to  church.  There  was  that,  aftcr- 
noone a  sermon  preached  at  St.  Marie's  by  Mr.  Thomas  Sprat  of 


*  Edward  Hyde,  e»l  of  ClurcDtlon, 
Lorrl  Cluinccllor. 

'  MS.  has  '  then,'  by  a  slip. 

'  the  pOKOgv  in  square  tnnckcts  is 
snbidnited  for : — '  where  falling  nil  upon 
their  knees,  the  oritor  (Mr.  (Robert) 
SoBthI  flpcakc  an  clrgint  oration.* 

*  this  concltisioD  of  the  acniena:  Li 
sobstitQtcd  lot : — '  after  which  wu  dmic^ 


the  king  who  all  the  while  stood  bare, 
sii'l  the  qncco  standing  or  tiis  left 
hand,  they  gare  Ihcm  all  there,  vis.  the 
docton  ond  masitn,  their  hoods  to  kisie : 
and  the  king  then  uijnifyinjr  to  tite 
Univcinty  Uut  tic  wunld  visit  them 
next  Monday,  departed  to  tlieir 
boQies.* 


496 


H'0OD\9  LIFE  AXD  TIMES. 


Watlham  ColL  and  chapUune  to  the  duke  of  Buckingham  '  at  which 
was  present  the  chancellor  of  the  University,  the  duke  of  Bucks,  uid 
oil»er  lords  who  sate  in  the  Doctors'  seats  and  the  Doctors  sate  op  ta^ 
the  front  of  the  galleries  which  belong  to  the  bachelors  and  gentlemnrfl 
commoners.— At  night  at  .  .  .'  of  the  clock  the  duke  of  Yorke  with 
his  dutchess  went  to  S.  John's  prajcrs  where  being  meet  by  the 
fellowSf  one  {Richard)  AUworth*  a  gentlcnian-conirooner  spoke  ft 
speech. 

38  Sept.,  M.,  the  king  touched  divers  score  of  people  aOccted  with 
the  king's  cvtH  in  the  choirc  of  Xt.  Ch.  after  that  morning  service  was 
done  viz.  about  11  of  the  clock.  At  which  lime  there  was  a  convoca- 
tion at  the  Scooles  where  a  great  many  of  the  nobility  were  made 
Masters  of  Art.  Among  whomc  *  the  duke  of  Monmouth  was  the 
dieifesl,  whome  the  orator  presented  with  a  little  short  flattering 
speech  and  adding  to  it  that  'though  he  was  I^Tr.of  Arts  at  Cambridge 
first,  yet  that  made  liim  but  iJic  filler  for  Oxon  ' — as  if  Cambridg  had 
bin  a  nursery  to  Oson.  Then  the  lord  Herbert";  then  the  lord 
Middlcion "  of  Scot  Lin  d ;  with  divers  others'  whome  he  presented 
with  great  commendable  characters  [and"  not  without  much  flattery  J. 
—In  the  afternoonc  about  4  of  the  clock  the  king  having  before 
promised  to  visit  ilie  library,  tlie  Doctors,  Masters,  and  other  degrees 
of  the  University  were  marshalled  by  the  pro-proctora  in  Schydtard 
Street  and  Scoole  Street  in  their  formalities  to  receive  the  king  when 
he  came  from  Xi.  Ch.  that  way.  But  he  came  downc  the  High 
Street  and  soe  through  Cat  Street  and  deceived  them  all  At  his 
ctHnming,  ncare  the  globes  *,  Mr.  ^Katlianiel)  Crew  spake  a  speech  **. 


'  George  Vi!Ucn>  second  iluku, 

"  the  hour  it  Mottcd  out,  by  the  book 
I  IxiDg  closed  while  the  ensure  Dotcd  in 
[note  4  p.  4^  wu  niU  wet.    The  fi^ic 
bpooiWy  '4.' 

*  Richard  Aldwoilh.  innlTic.  Jrom  S. 
John's  10 Nov.  iA6i,iict.  15  ;  afterwards 
of  All  SoaU  ;  Foster's  Alnmni  Oxon 
(early  Scries)  i.  13. 

.  '  corrected  by  the  raiftrginal  note: — 
*hcw)it(not  created  M.A.,  bat^  idcot- 
poralcd : '  sec  ia  Wood's  Fnsti  sub 
anno  1663. 

'  Henry  Somerset,  lord  Herbert  of 
^Raglaod,  aAervrords    3rd    marquis  of 
VjToieestor  ottd  itt  duke  of  Be«uforL 

'  John  Middleton,  ctealcd  earl  of 
MidiUcton  I  Oct.  16(10. 

'*  Wood  tuiics  in  ibc  nai^ia : — '  sec 


the  names  of  them  in  the  Regwrter.' 

*  the  word*  til  «c|uarc;  lirnckcts  ore 
blotted  out,  as  being  too  severe 

*  A  tOTcstrial  and  a  celestial  globe 
were  part  of  tJic  fitting*  of  every  librajy. 
Tbcy  are  fuimd  aa  survivals  in  most 
College  libraries  protected  by   leather 

'  covtringt.  In  the  Bodleian  tbcy  stood 
to  the  rit;ht  and  left  of  the  entmnue  to 
Duke  Huin]>hrcy,  and  may  be  seen  im 
situ  in  old  vic.-w&  of  the  library ;  e.g. 
the  interior  view  in  I.O{>gnn's  Ojcomia 
depitta.  The  natural  fitocss  of  the  place 
for  A  speech  v.  seen  from  the  fact  tbat  to 
this  day  the  speech  founded  by  I>r.  John 
Morris  is  fpolcen  at  that  place  to  tb« 
Curators  of  the  Uodlctaa  oa  Nor.  8th 
nnnnally. 

'"  Woodnotcsin  the  raarf^i: — 'Mr. 


SEPTEMBE/i,  1863. 


497 


He  had  a  very  rare  banquet  given  him  in  Scldcn's  library  which  cost 
ihe  University  . .  - ;  and  soc  the  king  departed  home  againe. 

29  Sept.,  T.,  being  Michaelmas  day,  the  king  about  7  or  8  of  the 
clock,  in  the  morning  rode  out  to  see  the  works  at  S.  Clement's  ' ;  and 
passing  by  iMagd  Coll..  he  alighted  from  his  horse  and  went  with  Itis 
retincw  to  see  that  College;  and  leaving  their  horses  there  at  the  gate, 
he  went  in  then  into  the  walks  to  see  the  place  where  Dover  peer  * 
was.  In  the  mean  time  the  praesidcnt  ^Thomas  Pierce)  and  fellowea 
meet  togeather  and  walked  in  their  fonnaiilies  to  the  watering  bridg  * 
behind  the  college :  and  standing  under  the  great  okc  *  there  till  the 
king  came  to  him,  they  alt  fell  upon  their  knees,  and  the  praesidcnt 
there  made  a  speech  which  the  king  liked  off  well  and  put  off  his  hat 
to  them  \try  courtcoasly.  After  that  was  done  he  walked  to  his  hors 
at  the  gate  and  there  mounted  and  soe  went  to  S.  Clement's  works. 
After  which  was  done,  he  went  to  Xt.  Ch.  againe  by  Merton  Coll.  and 
within  3  or  3  houres  after  touched  again  divers  more  of  the  king's 
cvill. — After  dinner  he  and  his  queen  with  their  retinew  walked  from 
their  lodgings  up  to  Xt.  Ch.  hall  to  see  that :  where  the  deane  and 
students  waiting  his  comming,  Mr.  Thomas  Ireland  *,  one  of  the 
students,  spake  to  them  116  •  English  verses  on  his  knees,  which  soe 
much  pleased  the  king  that  he  thanked  him  for  them,  gave  him  his 
hand  to  kiss,  and  commanded  a  coppy  of  them.  After  that  was  done 
the  king,  queen,  duke  of  York,  and  dutchcss,  went  in  the  king's  coach 
with  their  retinew  up  to  Carfax  and  soe  downe  the  street  to  Allsoules 
ColL  to  veiw  that.    Where  the  warden  and  fellows  meet  him  at  the 


Crew  the  proctor  eoterUincd  him  with  a 
ipccchthcrc.Tid«  in  "Thclotclligencci" 
Oct.  5,  1663  numb.  5.' 

'  K«  Gutch'i  Wood'i  Hist.  Untv, 
Oxon.  ii.  463 ;  supra  p.  100. 

*  '  Dover  j^R '  WM  ui  erection  on  the 
Chcrwetl  at  what  is  now  'Addiscin's 
walk.'  It  bad  probaliljr  been  giart  orthe 
fnftiricatinifUnesi  Henry  Carey,  firel 
carl  of  Dover,  having  been  in  command 
of  a  rTgimcot  in  the  Oxford  garmon, 
Mc  p.  106  ;  Gctch's  Wood's  Hist.  Uciv. 
Oxoo.  ii.  470. 

'  i.e.,  I  nppoae,  the  bridge  om  the 
Cherwell  into  the  wafka. 

*  Kc  Claik't  Wood's  City  of  Oxford, 
i.  til8 ;  it  is  shown  in  Loggan'i  view  of 
Magd.  C. 

*  Thomas  Ireland  is  satirized  io  MS. 
Tanner  jo6,  foL  371  :— 


'  Tom  Iieland  daacceth  with  a  gn<x 
TboDgh  that  wont  gett  a  stndcnt'i 

place 
In  the  afternoon  from  Laod'i  hee 

rceles 
With  his  stockings  out  at  heelei,* 
10  which  a  note  is  added :— 'Ireland 
mad«  it  thus : — 

In  the  uflrmonn  to  I.auct'»  he  goes 
With  his  stockings  out  st  Iocs.' 
Laud's  was  a  lavem,  occAiionoUy  visited 
by  Wood. 

•  '  116  *  sutxtitTitcd  for  '  60.'  Wood 
515  (19)  is  'Verses  spokca  at  the  ap- 
peaiance  of  the  King  and  Quecne  ...  in 
Ch.  Ch.  Halt  19  Sept.  i663,'  Oxford, 
1663 :  by  Thomas  Ircliind.  Wood 
$'$(}<>)  is  'Speeches  spoken  to  the 
ki.ig  and  qnceo  in  Ch.  Cb.  HaU  Oxford 
39  bepL  16^3,'  Lond.  1663. 


K  k 


498 


WOOItS  UFE  AND  TTAfES. 


gale,  and  Mr.  (Thomas)  Tomkins,  the  junior  proctor,  and  fcUow  of 
that  house,  spak  a  speech.  After  that  ihey  saw  the  chappdl ;  then 
took  coach  agalnc ;  and  soe  up  Uic  sired  and  downc  by  Cocardo  to 
Sl  John's  College.  Where  also  the  praesident  and  fellows  meet  him 
at  the  gate  and  Mr.  (John)  Speed',  fellow  of  that  house,  spake  a 
speech.  There  they  saw  [the  ■  chappie  and  the  two  bishops'  herecs, 
then  to  the]  library,  where  (Thomas)  Laurence,  a  genilcnian 
commoner  of  that  house,  spake  some  English  verses*  to  ihcm-  After 
they  had  veiwcd  iliat  Colkgy,  they  went  through  Candilch  to  Wadhara 
to  see  that:  where  Mr.  (Thomas)  Sprat*  spoke  a  speech.  Then 
from  thence  lo  New  ColL :  wlicre  Mr,  Francis  Turner  s[>oke  another. 
And  from  thence  to  Queenes  College,  where  Mr.  (John)  SkeUon\ 
fellow  of  that  house,  s[}oke  another.  After  that  they  went  and  aav 
the  chappie,  tlicn  tlie  library  to  sec  llw  divcU's  hand  *.    And  as  tbejr 


■  John  Speed,  M.A.S.  Jo.  ao  SepC 
i6£o. 

'  the  words  in  s<jniirc  bnckets  mre 
Korctl  oat 

*  Wood  515(311  U'VenestpokcDto 
the  king,  queen,  and  dtitcbc&se  of  York 
in  St.  John's  library  in  OxTotd ' ;  in 
which  Wood  BoUa  that  *lbe«e  venes 
were  spoken  by  Thomas  Laurence,  gent, 
commoner  of  St.  John'i  College,  ftflcr- 
wudi  fellow  of  Univ.  Coll.* 

'  Tbomju  Spratt,  M.A.  Wftdh.  11 
June  1657,  fellow  of  Wadh.  30  jEoe 
1657 ;  Cudioci's  Reg.  Coll.  Wodh. 
p.  194. 

*  John  Skcllon.  M..V  Qacen's  4  July 

1659- 

*  some  notes  in  the' Oxford  M&g»lnc' 
(189OJ  give  further  inforautioa  as  to 
this  aotograph : — 

(i)  'A.D.  1677,  August  I  [writer, 
Thomas  Dixon  of  Queen'*  Colle^, 
Oxfonl)— '•  I  lliftiik  yun  on  bcJialf  of 
tbc  Colleges  for  ihe  China  Almanack. 
...  It  is  to  be  put  in  tlie  Archives, 
where  the  Devil's  Hand,  which  is  row 
taken  away,  ti&cd  to  be  placed. "  (Hist 
MSS.  Commission,  nth  l^epoit,  App. 
pt.  7  (1890),  p.  138).' 

(1)  'A-D.  1710,  Ang.  19  (writer,  Z.C. 
*on  UlTenbach) — "  In  the  morning  we 
Mw  Qaceo's  College  .  .  .  Onr  guide 
showed  OS  a  book  said  to  have  been 
written    by  the  Dsviu  Amhrvtn  .  .  . 


imtrodtirtio  in  tkaldatiom  lingnami 
(hapiae  15^9),  wkvtt  ai  f.  >u  v  aie 
'  LtidovUi  Sfff/etani  fratce/ta,  liw.  «/ 
vulge  diciiur,  cemittrAtio  aim  su^ttrifta 
DAEMONIS  rapomioHe:  The  ka«ts 
look  like  Chinese."  (X^e  of  A.  Bai- 
wick,  ed.  J.  £■  B.  Mayor  (1885,  not  pnb* 
li$hcd;,p.  375.)' 

(3)  'The  bock  narrates  bow  in  Italian 
coojnred  the  arch-hcnd  **  pci  Talloo, 
Aorion  ec  Amlioa  "  to  tell  him  whether 
an  the  property  which  devolved  to  bin 
by  right  had  been  recdved.  and  if  iwl 
where  tlic  rest  wa.<i.  No  sooner  had  this 
rather  communplace  ami  sordid qneation 
been  written  down,  than  an  onseen  haad 
whiiked  up  the  pen  and  scribt)led  at  a 
great  pace  a  most  remariabte  reply,  in 
letters  based  on  Old  Iberic,  and  pro- 
bably chosen  for  the  profusion  of  itronga 
and  tridcntt  which  eutjelllih  the  alphjii> 
bet.  Unfoituutcly,  jost  as  the  excite- 
meat  is  rising  as  to  the  real  nature  of 
the  mputise,  Ambrosinft  says oooUy  that 
he  did  not  can;  mncb  to  nnravrl  the 
answer,  sino;  no  good  comes  of  inrcsti- 
gating  sDch  things  :  and  no  one  else  haa 
deciphered  a  letter  of  it,  so  as  to  fona 
any  sense.' — The  Bodleiui  had  a  copy 
(4°  A.  55  Art.  Sclden],  from  which  a 
collection  uf  aDtographa  had  cat  out  the 
rngrnving  lii  <incstioa :  an  unmulilaled 
copy  has  reoectly  been  presented  (presa- 
muk  Or.  c.  1).    In  the  Queen'a  College 


APPENDIX  MVLTARVM 

CLudouiciSpoIffam  pcfptu  fiue(i  r\  uigo  dicimrj  CO' 

iuratio.  Cumfubfaipca  Dsraonisrclponfiont* 

VL:  comando  Amon^prr  liUflecGinai^amfnb^rr 
hdicifctre  Maftn,prr  l(dec«p04CTiliRiinc  |>arolfyO 
vernomicholei^ualiioWaftro  voftrovciruoco 
chcfrticonftritihavmfn,f  perTalionjAnfion^Amlion, 
pfv  Giroafko  tcrzo^pcr  U  oaanta  Drmonc ,  &  par  (un?  Ic 
{XMcnae  diuinf ^chr  mt  debi'atc  fcnufrr  k  vrma  m  qucfla 
fDfdefirnafmzafraudfpnganno^uppKzaalcuna^chiuro 
non  confufOjhapfrtamciiCf  chr  ve  pofTa  imcrdrrr/rl  Cv 
BafJfroMarchanroniofiglioIodf  nccha  donna  da  Piace 
za^a  rnrouau  luiri  li  dinai  i  che  lafo  Antonio  Maria ,  9Ck 
no  in  qual  loco  fono. 

CNu  U  dio  p«nni  Magus  dcpoTufraTj  qui  ctto  q  aderjt 
penni  f  ande  conipi^U  in  ar  ra  funoUi,  ^tn  eande  charta, 
frafcnpfoscharactrrfsvcIoci'ifrfcribCTf  vidn'utjfcrd'Jefis 
WCTO  manamdluscoprrhrderrpoterar.  Vtmihi  alicjn  rts 
lulit^qui  CD  mulos  pr^enafufratj^  cu  poibnodu  Papii  ve 
nilTetj&factuvcfumtmafTarrt.Rogams  archrrypuruihi 
ffli^  Cuius  verba  adfcnpfi.  CharscKm  vcro  taks  crani« 


CCiuii 


Plate  VII. 


Oj^ard  iimvinil^  f'rru. 


The  Devil's  Actogrami  :  sec  p.  49B. 


SEPTEMBEJi,  1663. 


4yy 


returned  they  were  meet  n-ilh  at  tlie  chapel  (lore  with  the  College 
home '  full  of  College  here  and  there  they  dranke.  From  thence  they 
thought  to  have  gone  to  Magd.  Coll.,  then  to  Merton,  C.  C.  C, 
Oriall,  and  see  home  againe  to  Xt.  Ch.  but  a  great  shore  of  ralnc  then 
falling  they  went  straight  home  to  Xt.  Ch.  up  the  High  Street. — The 
same  day  the  king  gave  .  .  .  //.  to  llic  poorc  of  Oxon  which  was 
distributee!  in  St.  Mane's  church. 

W.,  30  day  of  Sept.,  being  the  day  of  the  king's  departure,  the 
vice-cancellor,  Doctors  and  Masters  that  rode,  meet  at  S.  Marie's 
church  about  8  of  the  dock  in  the  morning  and  from  thence  went  to 
the  king's  lodgings  at  Xt.  Ch.  ;  where  they  meet  the  cancellnr  who 
conducted  them  into  the  presence-chamb[;r,  where  in  the  name  of  all 
the  University  Mr.  (Thomas)  Tomkins,  junior  proctor,  made  a  speech 
to  the  king :  and  soe  the  University  took  iheir  leaves.  After  that  the 
king  and  queen  and  all  their  retJnew  departed  the  city  about  half  an 
hour  past  9  in  the  morning  with  great  acclamations  and  shoutes 
through  the  streets.  At  the  town's  end  at  S.  Clement's  the  ciiy 
auxiliaries  stood  and  made  a  lane  for  him.  From  Oxon  he  wen:  to 
Wickam'  that  night  following  lo  bed :  and  soe  frora  thence  to  WhitehalL 

About  noone  or  else  in  the  aftemoonc  the  same  day  the  cancellor 
went  to  Comberry :  but  before  he  departed  he  sent  for  Dr.  (Chris- 
topher) Rogers,  late  principall  of  New  In,  Dr.  (John)  Conant,  Mr. 
(Henry)  Cornish,  and  Mr.  (Thomas)  Gilbert  an  Independent,  to 
him  at  Allsoules  Coll.  and  told  them  that  he  had  heard  very  foule 
things  of  them  in  keping  conventicles  and  meetings  in  their  houses; 
wherfore,  in  his  ownc  name  as  being  cancellor  of  the  University,  com- 
manded them  to  depart  tlic  limitts  tlicrof '  and  not  abide  iherin  after 
Allhallowtyde  following. 


copy  'th«  page  it  well  thombrt],  and 
tenilies  to  tiw  inlcrol  Mcited  by  the 
•toiy.' 

'  Kc  Dr.  Magrmth'*  'Qoeen'»  Col- 
lege' in  'Ttu  Colleges  of  Oxford: 
their  history  tnd  traditiou'  .Methoen) 
1891.  It  may  tie  notc'l  liere  that  in 
AHcitt  D'anrcn  '  Academia  or  the 
IIumouTi  of  the  Unireraity  of  Osfofd,' 
l^iwi.  1691  (Wood  517  no.  6),  p.  15,  it 
is  stated  ihiU  there  was  a  u>'inf;  that 
any  oive  who  conl'l  diink  of!  the  honi 
would  become  the  poucs»oi  of  it : — 

'  There  la  in  the  cellar  to  my  ihinkiof; 
A  htfn  ot  fiometbing  elie  to  diinclc 
in: 

Kk 


Which  being  ftll'd  foil  as  it  can 

hold 
'Tis    his    that    drineks  ll  off  Pm 

told. 

But  here'*    (he  thing  that   mnkes 

the  itmt— 
^Vhcn  you  drink  deep  it  flics  abovt 
And  douti  one'a  eyes  and  makes 

one  coDgh 
So  that  one  oe'te  can  tope  it  off.' 

*  High  Wycombe:  the  uioal  tx*-^ 
at  the  time  between  Oxfgrd  and 
London. 

*  in  Wood  MS.  D  19  (3}  fot.  14  i» 
a  note  about  the  abode  of  cxp<;iled 
Pu>itan«  :— '  Dr.  (John)  Owen    ictir'd 


500 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  T/AfES, 


Note  that  Mr.  Thomas  Gtlben  before  mentioned  Ixvmg  nan 
Magdalen  Hall  and  receiving  itic  sons  of  fanaiicks  to  be  his  bo^a)rdcn 
and  sending  them  to  scfaolc  at  Magd.  to  Mr.  (James^  Carcass  ';  the 
said  Mr.  Carcasse  minding  to  have  them  to  be  his  owne  bo^ar^den 
complained  to  Dr.  (John)  Fell  that  he  did  great  injury  thcrby  to  the 
youths  and  that  what  he  infused  in  them  one  way,  Mr.  Gilbert  did 
luidoc  another,  and  the  like.  Upon  which  Dr.  Fell  told  the  vice- 
cancellor  (Dr.  (Waller)  Blandford) ;  and  he,  the  cancellor.  \Vher* 
upon  for  ihai  reason  as  is  thought  and  l>ecause  Mr.  Carkess  bad  j 
mind  to  the  boys  himself,  he  was  turned  out  of  towne :  but  Mr.  Car-- 
casse  was  crossed  in  this  his  designe,  for  the  boys  were  taken  mway 
and  sent  ciswhcre. 

The  next  day  followyng,  being  Thursday  the  i  of  October  a  Convo- 
cation was  held  in  the  afternoone  about  creating  some  Drs.  of  D.,  of 
whotne  Mr.  (Robert)  South,  the  orator,  a  M.  of  A.  of  6  years 
standing,  was  one,  who  carried  it  by  scrutiny',  though,  as  'twas 
thought,  he  was  generally  denied  by  the  acclamations  of  non.  The 
other  4*  of  whomc  Dr.  (Robert)  Powell  of  Allso.  C.  was  one  [were' 
utterly  denied  and  protested  against,  yet  proctor  Crew  perfidiously 
and  contrary  to  his  oath  pronounced  them,  though  noe  scrutiny, 
'  virtute  *  juramcnti  sui,'  to  have  passed.  Soe  they  were  presented, 
but  singly  protested  ag^nst  by  the  Convocation  who  desired  it  to  have 


to  Stndh&m  uid  there  kept  preKcliing 
mirclingst  IV  (llmry)  I^anglcy  it 
Tutinry  ;  (Thomaj)  Cole  at  Nettlebed ; 
(Henry)  Comiili  for  tome  time  in 
Oxford,  «fterwan]ft  at  Stantoo  Hftr- 
Conn^vtde  Almaosc  1664,  in  the 
beginning.' 

'  in  Wood  515  (aS)  it  this  note  :— 
•Jjimc4  CarkcB  M.  of  A.  (on  2  July 
l659>of  Ch.  Ch.,  and  Thomas  Bnittlc, 
B.A.  (on  ))  Mar.  i66i)  of  the  same; 
the  one,  MmIct,  the  other.  Usher,  of 
the  &e«-scholc  joyning  to  Magd.  Colt, 
And  both  bred  under  Di,  Ridutd 
Busby,  M.i«cr  of  Westminitef.' 

*  for  leaden  ouUide  Oxford,  it  nuy 
l»e  derixable  to  write  down  the  onli- 
nnry  procedure  of  Convocation,  which 
explains  this  sentence.  The  Vicc- 
cbancellor  in  propotitig  the  honorary 
de|[te«  would  put  it  to  the  vote  by 
laying  'Pkoctnc  vobb,  domini  Doc- 
tores,  hoic  deuttto  assentire,  placcme 


Tobis,  Mftgpstri  t '  Tbo«  for  the 
degree  nuitld  then  call  oat  '  I'lacel'l 
tbcnc  Bgainrt  '  Non  placet,'  or,  more 
commcinly,  simply  '  Xon ' ;  this  is  what 
Wood  calls  the  '  acclamatioa.'  Tba 
Vioe-chancclloi  would  then  order  a 
'  Scnttinium,'  1.  c.  the  taking  of  the 
votes  singly  by  ibe  Proctors.  la 
mcntiouine  the  apparcot  prepoodermnce 
of  the '  non  '  calU  io  the  acclamatioa. 
Wood  in&intiateft  that  the  I'todura 
faUifred  their  return  of  the  vote-  5ee 
in/ra  p.  50a. 

'  Wood  notes  in  the  mar^  '  3 
nther '  and  (in  i>enciO  '  ^'■5ti  166$,* 
where  it  appean  that  the  fourth  penoa 
tecommendcd  in  the  Chancellor's  Icttera 
did  not  appear. 

*  the  words  ta  tquare  brackets  nc 
much  soared  out  and  can  be  made  out 
only  with  diiKcalty. 

*  tlKK  three  words  in  u  ensure  na 
barely  be  made  out. 


S£PT,—ocr.iees. 


501 


it  regestrfd,]  The  Convocation  was  carried  with  great  reaoludon  by 
the  Masters  though  they  had  the  canceller's  letter  for  their  degrees ; 
and  soe  earnest  were  tliey  in  tlieir  resolutions  ihai  the  Drs.,  who  were 
all  foe  the  creation  of  them,  came  from  llieir  seats  to  perswade  the 
Masters  lo  yciJd — the  like  in  the  meraury  of  man  was  never  before 
knowne.  Robert  Haukins'  of  Ball,  was  a  great  stickler  against  (_:  so 
also  was)  (Ralph)  Rauson'  (of  Bras.) 

It  is  lo  be  observed,  that  being  a  fashion  among  the  courtiers  to 
sing  and  especially  whistle  in  a  careless  way  as  they  went  too  and  fro, 
the  gentlemen  commoners  apd  other  idle  scollcrs  followed  it,  after  the 
courtiers  were  gone  Irom  Oxon,  lo  the  disgrace  of  tlie  gowne.] 

October.— I,  Tb.,  at  Para's  with  Mr.  (Nalhanicl)  Grrawood,  (John)  CurtcyBC, 
and  Mr.  (Jotui)  Kabinion,  ^—3,  ^.,  a  luad  af  billel  wood,  in  M;  for  cleaving 
atid  Mwing  it,  it;  Tor  taking  a  DAme  onl  of  Sl  Al«ltle'it  register,  M;  for  waahint; 
my  blade  coat,  ^. — 5,  M.,  a  ponrnl  of  rinj-lc  ruah  oaadell*,  frf  ti.;  at  Webb't 
with  Mr.  (Joljti)  Cartcyne,  arf. — 7,  W,,  for  mendins  of  my  »hon  to  Clarke,  8<t— 
9,  v.,  to  my  buber  T(hoaias)  Haselwood  fur  hU  qimxtcrulff,  3;  6c/ ;  at 
Jeansfs  with  D(ick)  Lower  and  Mr.  (John)  Curteync,  i*/  tf*.— 10,  S,,  M 
motber  Johnwo'i  with  Mr.  (John)  Curteync,  aj.— u,  M.,  lugar,  Kmscr,  id  oi.; 
paid  to  nty  laundras  her  (|uartciid{,  3j6d;  vritli  John  Dn>pc  at  the  Me«rmaid 
Tawio,  W.— 13,  T.,  to  M».  BunJiam  for  my  Kore.  u.— 14.  W.,  at  mother 
Harwood's  with  Mr.  (John)  Cwtcync,  arf.— 16,  F.,  at  muther  Jeansca  with  Mr. 
(Kkhard)  Lower  and  (Johu)  Curteync,  6J. — 17,  S.,  lo  Amoi  Curt(cync)  for  hit 
qitarteridge,  it ;  at  mother  Klctuey'c  with  Mr,  (Nathaniel)  OrccDwood  and 
<John)  Cwtcyoe,  5*/. — 19.  M.,  at  Web's  with  Mr.  <Joha)  Curteync  and  (Kichanl) 
Lower,  3(/.—  22,  Th.,  at  Webb's  with  Mr.  (Kanuli^i)  Teyton,  Mr.  (John)Curteyne 
and  (John)  Kohinsoo,  lott— 33,  F.,  cut  my  hairc;  al  Jeauci  with  Mr.  (John) 
Cnrteync  ami  (Kaiiuljih)  Peilon,  31^—34.  S..  at  Jeansc*  with  Mr.  (Kannlph) 
Peyton  and  (John)  Kobinion,  3^  vt. — ]6,  M.,  iuj>ar  at  AppUbye's,  3^.  — 17,  T., 
for  the  carriage  of  a  booke  from  Mi.(W|lliam)S|irig,  34/:  to  Davit  for  *  KcUg(io)' 
Stoici,'  9>/ ;  spent  at  Webb's  with  Mt.  (John)  Curtcyrtc  and  (John)  Kubinaoo, 
It/. — 29,  Th.,  at  Jcansea  with  Mr.  (kanolph)  PeilOfi  and  (John)  llaRunocwl,  3^. — 
30,  F.,  with  Mr.  (Kanolph)  Peinion  and  Mr.  (John)  Hammon  at  Jcansc*.  3^;  at 
the  tavern  with  Mr.  (Chtistopher)  Pyke,  (John)  Kobtiisoo  and  (Nathaniel) 
Crcnwoud,  $</;  at  the  Itcar  with  the  same  pcrsonn.  ij.— ji.S.,  a  |>air  of  writing 
gloves  to  Meen,  tt ;  with  Mr.  (John)  Curteync  and  Mr.  (KicbaJtl)  Lower  kt 
Jeanies,  ^J :  for  apples  In  bake,  6J, 

13  Oct.,  T.,  lo  Mn.  OUckmao  for  a  foTtnlght's  conmoiu,  31 9<£— 37  Oct,  T., 
tor  a  week's  commons,  1$  6J. 

Ootobw.— {Oct.*  I,  Th.,  Convocation,  whcrin  tbc  chancclloi^i  letteti  were  read 
to  tell  ihe  members  of  the  great  goodneas  of  the  king  to  tb«  Unlvendty  in  not 
conferring  degrees  upon  any  scbolan  of  the  Univcnitie  in  the  Utt  creation,  which 
hath  exceedingly  disnpfKiiiiled  the  prrlcDK*  of  many  men,  etc.     Yet  aflerwardi  In 


>  Kobcrt  Hawkins,  B.D.  ball.  7  May 
166]. 

■  Ralph  Rawsoo,  B.D.  Bru.  14 
Much  t60(.  The  acotctKic  ia  left 
uabni&bcd,  but  ii  clearly  to  be  filled 


up  ai  la  the  tot. 

'  by  Sir  (icorge  Mackcntie,  Ediab., 
1663  ;  Wood  870  (3). 

*  note  iu  MS.  UodL  5j4,  p.  46.  See 
sufira  p.  500. 


5oa 


IVOOjys  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


the  ume  letters  he  commaids  to  tbein  Mr.  Robert  Powell  of  Alls.  CoU.  to  be 
D.D.,  tluil  rocb  dkpKi&atioQS  that  arc  Dcceuarr  nuy  be  gnntcd  to  bim.  be  irattia( 
in  cktttioti  for  pctformiDg  hit  cxcrciic  wiJ  Ktuuling  in  the  Act  iat  ttut  (legiec.  II* 
also  commcDiJeil  to  ihcm  Mr.  Junes  Sessions  of  Msgd.  llsll.,  R  of  D. ;  and  Mr; 
Thomsi  BartoQ  MA.  of  Msgd.  H.  to  be  D.D.,  nncl  laaljp  his  chs)>UiQ  VU, 
<  Robert)  South  ;  bgt  this  lut  and  first  were  utterly  dcnycd.  The  ricechsnc 
{>roposc<l  then)  alto^athci ;  btil  the  Muten  disliking  it,  Crew  the  pcr&dic 
proctor  did  desire  their  |*nees  one  by  one :  fim,  Mr.  PowcU,  to  which  the  Vn. 
gave  thctr  cooscnt,  but  the  Masters  generally  cried  'AW — yrt  the  proctor 
profiouDccd  Et  granted.  Then  Sessions,  Barton,  and  O'^)  ^'fS*  wtucb 
jfeneralUty  denied,  yd  proiiior  Crew  pronocqced  them  granted.  Lastly^  Soi 
who  all  generally  cried  <  A'm,'  and  called  for  a  scmtiny ;  so  that  the  proctor  Crrwi^ 
Inking  dietr  rotes  tiy  the  earv,  pronounced  him  passed  and  to  bare  the  major 
of  Totcs.  Which  bdng  done,  Towell  and  Sonth  were  presented  by  Dr.  (John) 
VV'allia  and  admitted  by  llu;  viixvhancellor  ad^  Uetumetm  alUttjus  tpistilantm  Din 
PohH.  AAcr  a  Uttle  spacc,(?  I'owell)  was  presented  and  admitted  to  the  degm 
of  I>.D.  tucnon  ad  suffragandum  in  dome  Htrequt,  Then  James  Scssiona  and 
Robeit  Soiilh  were  admitted  aJ  ituipUiidum.'] 

[Koben  South  *,  M.  of  A.,  of  six  yeaies  standinf;.  was  created  at  the  same  time. 
Tkb  gent,  who  had  ))cen  bred  in  the  said  house  (Cb.  Cb.)  doring  the  times  of 
nnrpaiioo  and  was  never  ■  soffeTer  for  the  king's  canie,  was  now  orator  of  the 
University  and  chaploiQ  to  the  chancellor  therof,  and  took  all  opporlonities  to  pnt 
binuelf  forward  and  to  orertop  those,  with  very  great  impudence,  that  woe  his 
seniors  by  fiirr.  After  the  letters  of  his  patron  ((he  said  chancellor  of  the 
Unlvertily)  were  read  for  his  creation,  the  Bach,  of  Div.  and  M.  of  /Vrts  were  so 
cainest  against  his  cteatJan  [as  they  were  against  that  of  Powell)  and  so  stnngly 
rewired  against  the  taking  effect  of  the  said  Icttcn,  that  the  boose  being  in  a 
tumult  thtfreo;>oii,  the  doctors  (who  were  geocrnlly  coniciiling  to  the  creatioo,  for 
they  were  not  to  be  ovcrtop'd}  did  arise  from  their  scats  and  went  downe  and 
mixed  tlicmsrlvn  aniung  the  masters  to  i^terswade  them  to  yeild  their  consents. 
But  all  being  done  in  raine  tbcy  went  to  scrutiny;  and  being  done,  the  said 
proctor,  with  his  usaall  perfidie  which  he  ficijuently  exercised  ta  hii  office,  fut  he 
was  borne  and  bred  a  prcsbylerion,  did  prononnce  him  *  virtnte  jvramcnti  mi '  (as 
he  had  dune  Powell)  passed  by  lite  major  part  of  the  house.  Whcrupon  by  the 
doDble  presentation  of  Dr.  John  Wallii,  who  alwaies  was  ready  to  promote 
falsness  and  baseness,  he  was  lint  admitted  Bachelaur,  then  Doctor  of  Divinity. 
ThechiefpeTsonscooccTTied  in  this  mnst  resolntcact  of  denial  were  Kalph  kawson  of 
Brasenose  and  Robert  Hawkins  of  Bull.  Coll. — the  firtt  of  which,  if  nat  both,  did 
(afterwards)  reflect  cpon  these  proceedings  in  their  public  sermons.] 

(Oil  IS  Oct-i  M.,_\Viio<l  was  making  excerpts  from  "  G,"  i.e.  the  register  of 
Conrocations  from  1505  to  1516 ;  these  are  now  foimd  in  Wood  MS.  D  i,  pp. 
I  i-ao.) 

(On  ao  Oct,  T..  Wood  was  making  excerpts  from  "  H,"  i.e.  the  register  of 
Convocalion&  from  l£lS-l£3j  ;  the^e  are   now  found  in  Wood    MS.  D  3,  pp. 

30-34- > 

3a  Oct.,  Th.,  memorandum  that  I  received  my  6//.  rent  of  my  brother  Re 
Wood  and  'Iliomas  Bumham  for  the  qaaxter  last  past ;  and  also  at  the  same  time 
»ji  41/  for  my  quarter's  rent  from  the  Fleur  de  lie  wherof  151  goes  for  the  rent  to 
Uert.  Coll.  and  4^  to  the  dringing  (i.e.  drinking)  at  the  rcceiriog  it,  so  tbit  I 


*  i.  e.  to  fi.D.;  they  mra  only  M.A.       ■  note  &om  MS.  Rawl.  Titiim  l>90. 


OCT.— NOV,  leea. 


^^ 


receive  but  8j  of  It.    This  8i  I  receive  st  Michaelmas  and  oar  Lady  day ;  the 
other  2  quartere  I  teoeive  the  fall  331 4/. 

Oct.  37,  T.,  I  wn£  nt  Ein^ham  to  carry  co(zr)n  Banicote'  tome  money,  vix.  u 
from  my  mother;  \t  from  my  brother  Kit;  and  a  ihilling  from  mytelf.  Given 
tbcic  to  the  clnrkc  for  looking  in  the  regcfttcr*,  41/.  Forfeiriage,  \d\  to  another 
pooK  man  there,  sA. ;  and  to  Kitt's  boy  for  sadltag  my  hon,  id. 

Oct  at),  Th.,  lo  the  uvrerii  for  sawing  two  jxiocs  of  timber  for  my  deskcs,  11 ; 
17  Novcmh.,  T.^  to  John  \VaIsoQ  for  bords  to  make  them  aod  workmanslilp  about 
them,  lOi  :  the  timber  that  made  my  frames  I  foand  myself. 

Oct.  30,  F.,  IcDt  Mr.  0<>'">)  ^by  5  of  my  brother's  [Edward's)  sermons: 
reslored  May  7,  1665. 

In  tliis  montJi  I  gnvc  a  scio  *  to  S'  Adamei '  of  Alban  hall. 

Novombor. — 1,  M.,  to  Mr.  (Joseph)  Godwyo  for  is  of  my  brother's  books,  6r ; 
of  which  sura  I  have  paid  3/  and  the  other  3/  is  to  (be)  paid  nt  Xtmas  next. — 6, 
V^  at  mother  Jcaoses  with  Mr.  (Richard)  I^uwer  and  Mr.  (John)  Cniteync,  31/. — 
8,  Su.,  for  claret  at  the  eating  of  oysters  at  my  brother  Kobcrt''s,  f^i, — 10,  T.,  at 
Web's  with  Mr.  (Ricbaid)  Lower  and  Mr.  (John)  Curtcyne,  fit/.— 1 1,  W..  to  Mr. 
Davis  for  Warcus'  'S.*  Patrick,*  Ix  id\  to  him  for  Sila*  Taylor'  *  of  Gavelkind,' 
3r  4^, — la,  Th.,  a  pound  of  ungle  niih  candles,  ^d. — i^,  S.,  for  mending  my 
stockings,  yi,  she  owes  me  \d, — 17,  T.,  to  the  shoniakets  box,  (W;  ipeiit  at 
Jeanscs  with  Mr.  (John)  Corteyae  and  (Banulph)  Peyton,  j«/p*.— 18,  W.,  to  Mr. 
Thome  for  Mr.  (Cleiiu:nt)  Barksdall's  3  and  4  decades  \9(/;  to  him  for  sewing  of 
bookes,  5^/.— 19,  Th.,  to  Rich  the  shomakcr  a  paire  of  winter  shoes,  41  &/.— ao, 
F.,  at  Jeaioes  with  Mr.  (Kanulph)  Peytoo,  &/. — it,  S.,  with  Dick  Lower  at 
Jeamei,  jdei.~3^,  M.,  to  Mr.  Davis  for  'Scpnlchra*  vetenim,'  3s;  "Court*  of 
Room,'  ij  td;  '  Delphi  '*  rhDcnici(i)intes,'  it  td. — 14,  T.,  at  mother  Jeanscs  with 
Mr.  (Ranolph)  Peyton,  y.— j8.  S.,  lo  Mr.  Davis  for  (E-iward)  Walwhuttse's" 
'Apology  for  Learning  and  Learned  Men,'  \r6d. — 30,  M.,  to  John  Watson  for 
setting  ti]i  n  strip  of  ttml>cr  on  my  window,  6d. 

Kov.  4,  W.,  to  £Iackman  for  a  week's  commons,  1/  qd. — Nov.  9,  M.,  a  week's 
commons,  1/  6d. — >fov.  33,  M.,  for  t  weeks'  commons,  y  6d. — Nov.  30,  M.,  a 
v«ek'>  commons,  .... 

WoTembop.— (On  a  Nov.,  M.,  Wood  was  making  excerpt*  from  •*  I,"  i.e.  the 
register  of  Coo  vocations  irom  1535  to  1563 ;  these  are  now  foand  in  Wood  MS.  D  3, 
PP»  iS-4^-  On  7  Nov.,  S.,  he  was  making  excerpts  from  "  KK,"  1*.  the  register  of 
Convocationi  from  is£4  to  1586;  now  fouad  in  Wood  MS.  D  3,  pp.  47-$4> 
The  same  MS.  (Wood  MS.  D  3)  contains  on  pp.  55-89  excerpts  from  "L."  i.e. 
the  register  of  Convocations  £rom  1581-1^4 ;  and  00  pp,  6o-6a,  esccrpts  from 


'  lee  tupra  p.  aaS. 

■  Wood's  excerpts  from  Knsham 
[nrish  legistrr  art  found  in  MS.  PbiUipps 
7018. 

»  ice  Clark's  Reg.  0«on.  11.  I.  47. 
St. 

*  Silvester  Adams,  su^a  p.  416. 

*  Sir  James  Ware's  *  Notae  ad  o{nis- 
cnla  S.  Patricio  adtcripta,'  Lond.  1656, 
8vo  ;  Wood  ao6  ',3). 

*  Lond.  1663 ;  Wood  585  (3).  Wood 
585  (I)  Li  William  Somner's  'Treatise 
of  Gavelkind,'  Lo«d.  11S60. 


*  Batlcsdale's  *  Memorials  of  worthy 
persons'  3  decnd,  Oxuo-  iMa,  and  4 
dccad,  Oxon.  1663,  arc  in  Wood  J93; 
which  alio  <-'i*'*«"«  the  s  decad.  Lend. 
I68t. 

'  I  have  not  identified  this  hook. 
Wiwd  B  J]  (5)  is  Sir  Ileory  Spelmao'a 
'  Dc  scpuUum,*  Lond.  1641. 

"  Load.  i6i4  :  Wood  563. 

'*  by  Edmond  Dickinson,  Oxon.  1655; 
Wood  39  tO- 

"  Lond.  165};  Wood  130  (4). 


504 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  T/MES. 


"H  ■,**  Le.  the  rcfistei  of  ConvocKtions  from  1595  to  t6o6:  tbese  ««ceq>ts  w 
both  cues  BR  aadited,  bnt  probtbly  beloog  to  tfads  month  <d  NoTember,  or  to 
Dcoenber.) 

[A  tTM*  relkttao  of  ■  notorious  Chester,  one  Robert  BnUodc,  lately  done  ia 
OxToxd.  to  prevent  the  like,  to  the  tunc  of  ^W  fir  my  ttftmt  I  skaU  du  or 
/«r  tkt  Imm  »/  mjf  gvodi. 

CooM  lislen  oil  good  people 

uid  here  «4ut  I  cso  tell 
My  nunc  is  Robert  Bullock 

at  Cbeatington  I  dwell. 
For  Rocgery  in  Osfonl 

all  otbeis  lie  eioeU 
And  (or  mine  offence  1  did  file- 

That  famous  ancient  City, 

I  Utcly  entered  in. 
To  chcnt  them  by  the  Dozeos, 

I  thooght  it  no  great  lia: 
And  to  rrUte  particalan. 

He  wilUofly  begin. 
And  (or  t4c. 

A  wife  and  a  gnat  portion 

I  did  pretend  to  h«Te*% 
And  thereupon  T  raust 

have  all  things  £tne  and  brave: 
I  did  (licscmble  Kith  them 

mncb  like  a  cheating  knaTc. 

I  took  of  a  rich  widdow  *  ^ 

a  boose  and  shop  so  &tr 
That  workmen  of  &\\  sorts 

onto  me  did  repair. 
And  for  their  best  coatrivancc 

1  left  it  to  thdr  care. 

Spoons  and  Plates,  all  Silver, 

of  a  Goldsmith  1  procarcd. 
And  a  great  Silver  tankard 

which  Danitrrs  booke  assured 
My  yc(a)s,  and  nays, 

wen  not  to  be  eodarcd. 


1  This  ballad  is  transcribed  from  the 
broadabect  in  Wood  403,  p.  gi ;  it  has 
ihe  ma^rinnl  notes  indicated  by  figures, 
in  Wood's  hand.  Anmher  copy.  Wood 
401,  p.  198,  has  the  mirginal  notes  indi- 
cated by  letters,  in  Wood's  band. 

'  from  Kcding. 


•  from  Refiding  in  Berks. 

'  Mris.  Robiniou,  widdow  of  Tbomu 
Robinson,  bookseller. 

"  Mris.  Robinson,  widdow  ofThomas 
Robinson  bookseller,  al  the  west  end  of 
S.  Marie's  chorch. 


NOVEMBER,  1663.  505 

A  Shdte  and  a  fair  Cloak, 

I  am  tnie  I  bad  of  one, 
WhoK  name  X  have  forgot; 

Qo  matter  let  it  alone. 
To  me  hereafter, 

let  them  make  their  moan. 

A  good  man  a  rich  Sadler*", 

for  my  outomc  courted  me^ 
Both  POUra-doth  and  Bridle, 

were  at  my  sendee  &ee^ 
With  Combes*^,  for  booti  and  iboei 

I  qnieJdy  did  agree. 

My  wedding  gloves  I  bought, 

of  honest  Thomai  Bland*, 
My  bran  and  eke  my  Pewter 

I  had  serv'd  me  ont  of  hand  * ' 
And  all  poor  Price's  Bodiaes 

wen  at  my  own  conmiand. 

My  empty  rooms  were  fiinusht, 

with  all  Upholsterers  ware 
Both  Beds  and  all  things  else 

I  left  to  Thnrstcm's  *  '  care. 
And  when  I  pay  my  debts, 

thm  he  shall  have  his  share. 

Bedsteds,  and  Tables, 

and  many  a  day's  work  to, 
I  had  of  a  Wooden  Joyner*  ^ 

who  for  the  same  did  sue 
As  most  that  I  have  cheated, 

and  now  they  have  time  to  me. 

I  had  of  Cox  the  Matt  man, 

of  several  sorts,  five  Chairs, 
And  mggs  of  Bridewell  keeper, 

mixt  with  the  finest  hairs, 
And  blankets  from  a  Witny  man 

who  had  rather  lost  his  ears. 

I  was  a  general  merchant, 
for  Buttons  I  did  trade, 

'  John  Numan.  '  from  Shemrd  the  brasier. 

«  John  Newman.  '  from  . . .  Sherard  the  brader  in  S. 

'  Cnmbes  the  sho-maker  over  aganst  Michael's  parish, 

S.  Marie's  chorch.  *  Thurston  the  upholsterer. 

'  Combes  a  sho-maker  living  against  ■  Edmund  Thurston  apholsteicr  in 

S.  Marie's  church.  Allsaints  parish. 

*  living  against  S.   Marie's  church,  ■  Woodfeild  the  joyner. 

father  to  . . .  wiie  of  Richard  Witt  »  Woofield  liviag  lo  S.  Mkbael** 

LL.  Bac  pariah. 


JOtf  IVOOffS  XJFB  Aim  TIMES, 

I  dieit«d  Inttw  >aii|^H 

pad  «  p«t  ^igis  lU^ 
M7  cMriag*  wu  w  -rngs,   ■ 

di^^  BOM  oMiId  ae  v^bnld. 

An  MrtB  of  Mvsnl  iraifcBM^ 
-  t^  I  latUi  emplor'd, 
I  |Mid  them  all  alike, 

dlsMDtiaa  to  avoid; 
IfOer  BO  better  muter  UiMn  hmir 

thqil  qalddy  be  ^e^tsvfd. 

Tbenft  two  tbst  did  cacap^ 

from  my  faitaxled  j&Ot, 
Tliafi  hfloeat  Roger  Vije*, 

and  Gajdfan"  the  Sco^ 
I  am  contented  iri&  i^ 

Mcii^  it  ivaa  tbdr  Lot 

I  ffive  each  irimt  fte(7)  adnd 

ne  their  commodltyt 
I  made  iriiat  read^  mooiee, 

I  ooold  at  Banbnrr,  * 

And  then  vitfa  Edwaid  Bkitlet'k 

for  oairiafe  did  agree. 

I  hired  a  good  hocee, 

of  HoUj-^wdl  of  on^ 
May  add  a  great  lepentanoe 

(unto  his  pounce  done) 
That  such  a  rogue  and  villaiD, 
with  his  hoise  away  is  nm. 

And  when  I  came  to  Ixindon, 

that  noble  and  gre&t  City, 
I  cheated  all  my  carriage; 

it  being  not  much  pity 
That  all  shonld  loose  by  me, 

so  ends  my  Ditty. 
And  for  mine  offences  I  did  file. 

By  one  of  Oxford'!.] 

*  Jennings,  a  button-maker,  latly  mi-  *  the  carrier  of  Oxon,  the  same  who 
der-bntler  of  New  Coll.,  and  his  sister.        was  one  of  the  citie  ballives  anno  1669. 

'  Jennyogs,  a  bntton  maker,  lately  the  '  viz.  Francis  Shenton,  apothecary, 

crop-ear'd  nnder-bntler  of  New  College.  living  in  St.  Peter's  in  the  Baillye.  This 

'  the  ale-brewer  in  St.  Ebbs  parish  boisness  was  acted  and  the  ballad  came 

who  was  to  have  served  him  with  ale.  out,  all  in  the  monnth  of  November 

*  Gardiner  a  [joy]ner  in  Cat  street.  a.d.  1663. 

^some  letters  cut  off  by  the  binder:  '  viz.   Francis  Shenton,  a    dnmken 

Wood  strikes  ont  the  '  c '  so  as  to  read  and  broken  apothecary   living   in    the 

'Sot,'  in  the  text.)  parish  of  St.  Peter  in  the  Baytie.    This 

i  ...  Gardiner  a  sottish  and  drmiken  cheat  was  committed  in  Nov.   1663. 

joyner  livbg  in  Cat  street  and  in  the  same  month  this  ballad  was 

*  the  University  carrier.  published. 


[Anne  Weston*,  the  wid<low  of  Dr.  John  Weston,  sorotimes  canon 
ofCh.  Church,  died  vcric  aged  (acL  lOo)  in  Dr.  (Sebastian)  Smyth's 
lodgings  at  Ch.  Ch.,  M.,  i6  Nov.  1663;  and  was  the  18  day*  W., 
buried  by  her  husband  in  the  north  isle  joyntng  to  Ch.  Church  choire. 
Shee  was  the  daughter  of  . . .  Frenian  of  or  nearc  Wallingford  in 
Berks. — 1  liavc  printed  Dr.  John  Weston's  epitaph  in  '  HisL  el  Anliq, 
Univers.  Oxod.'  lib.  2  p.  286  col.  i.] 

Nov.  16,  M..  Mr.  (Joseph)  Harvey  went  to  I>ondon. 

25  Nov.,  W.,  lent  Mr.  (Roger)  Brent  my  book  of  fishing  by  Iz. 
Walton'. 

Nov.  26,  Tb.,  Magd.  buisncss  tried  at  Worcester  house  before  the 
king',  between  Dr.  (Thomas)  Pcirce  and  Dr.  (Henr)*)  Yerberry. 
Severall  fdlows  cited. 

December. — 1.  W.,  pooad  of  »iiif;!c  nuh  candels,  6J. — 4,  F.,  at  mouther) 
Jcflnics  with  Mr.  (Richard)  Lower,  jrf. — -,  M..  bought  of  Dr.  (Wilbam)  Cn«d'» 
books*  which  come  to  9/  3./. — 8,  T.,  ax  Plnnok's  with  Mr.  (John)  Cuneyne  ind 
(Rannlph)  Peyton,  f^. — 10,  Th,,  boa|;[tit  of  Sam.  Pocokc  bodes,  fij ;  bonght  more 
of  Dr.  (Willius)  Creed'*  books,  ix  io«/. — 11,  F.,  it  Jvanscs  with  Mr.  (Joba) 
Hammon,  ^i.~ti,  S.,  at  Jeaiiscs  with  Mr.  (Kaaulph)  I'trlon.  5*/— 16,  W,,  a 
pnnn<l  of  rsih  candclU,  6>/.— 17,  Th..  at  Jeansei  with  Mr.  (Kantilph)  Peyton  and 
(John)  Hammond,  iJ. — 19,  S..  at  Jcanscs  with  Mr.  (John)  Cuiteyn,  (Riinul{ih) 
Fcjrton,  and  (John)  llammood,  51/.— ji,  M.,  for  Father  Paol'a  *  '  Ilittoiy  of  the 
Inqoisitioa'  of  Mr.  Davis,  i/.— J4,  Th.,  with  Mr.  (Kichard)  Lower  nod  Mr. 
(John)  Corteyn  at  Jeaoses,  ^  fit. — 36,  S.,  at  Web's  with  Mr.  (Riuhatd)  I^wcr 
and  Mr.  (John)  Curlcyn,  a</;  at  Bodicot's  tavcm  with  Mr.  (Rolieft)  Whithall, 
(George)  Roberts,  and  (James)  WorLman,  I  j.— ji ,  Th.,  received  my  rent  of  Tom 
Itumham,  iU. 

I^ctf.  8.  T.,  I  week's  conunoos,  u  QdL — Dec  17,  Su.,  for  thres  weeks*  commoos, 
41  III/;  ciren  to  the  wench.  It/. 

December. — Dec.  4,  F.,  Dr.  (Edmund)  Dickinson  gave  roe  Mr. 
John  Whyie's  book  of  poetry*. 

9  day,  W.>  at  night  Mr.  Roger  Brent  and  I  p1a>'ing  at  cards,  he 
fell  out  with  mc,  called  me  all  to  naught  and  struck  me.  Mr.  (John) 
Powell  scnbr,  Mr.  (James)  Workman,  and  Mr.  (John)  Wilton  were 
present ;  hut  the  said  Roger  Brent's  mouth  is  noc  scandic,  for  every 
one  knovi-s  what  he  is.     Will.  Thomas,  a  foolish  fellow,  could  tcU 


'  note  in  Wood  MS.  F  +,  p.  loj. 

*  '  The  compleal  angler,'  jn)  edition, 
Lood.  t66i  :  Wood  ;jS  (1). 

*  see  note  4,  p  ?3. 

*  Wood  39  (' Den  grooten  vocabclaer 
EngbeU  ende  Duyu,'  Ro'.terdsmi  is 
probablT  ooe  of  tbe«e.  harlns  the  name 
*  £dwatd  Creed '  ai  of  a  fottnef  ownet. 


Wood  40  rilermannus  Hofjo  'dc  prima 
ncrittendi  origine,*  Antw.  1617)  is  pro- 
bably another,  having  the  tvame  *  W. 
Creed '  as  of  a  former  owner. 
■  Lond.  1655;  Wood  J3J('l- 
'  probably  [John  White  of  Chert, 
\Mlul  'Miscellanea  VarJegaia,'  1663, 
8voi  Wood  loj. 


5o8 


IV00D*S  UFE  AND  TIMES, 


(Apr.  26, 1665),  as  he  passed  by  Irnn 


CoU. 


,lhat*' he  looked 
like  a  rogue,  Kke  a  whorinj?  rascall,  like  a  whorinjj  rogue,"  eic. 

Bee.  12,  S.,  bought  of  Ux.  Davis  Sir  Philip  Sidney's*  life,  Bit; 
*ll»e  London  smoake  dissipated'  per  Evelj-n",  6d. 

Dec.  21,  M.,  Mr.  ^John)  Ilewlet '  the  maihematician  deceased, 
was  buried  in  S.  Peter's  church  in  tlie  East. 

About  the  middle  of  this  month  Charles  Potter  sometimes  a  student 
of  X^:h.  and  author  of  (a)  bookc  intituled* . .  .  departed  this  life  at 
London.    He  was  genUeman  usher  to  the  Queen  mother. 


>ked    ■ 

I 

ana    ■ 


This  yearc  the  Conversion  of  S.  Paul  *  was  ordered  to  be  a  solemn 
holyday:  quaere  Act  of  Parliament. 

William  Matsh,  taylor  in  Cat  street,  3  children  borne ';  vide  '  Notes 
ex  registrisV  P-  88. 

My  mother  had  3^  y.  from  the  Coll. 

Robert  Bullock,  a  grand  cheat  this  year;  vide  Ballad*. 

Francis  Isaac",  A.M.  ci  commensalis  CCC,  obiit  1663.    Frani 
Isaac  died  1663,  gent,  commoner  and  M.A.  of  C.  C.  C,  in 
beyond  London. 

Pillory  removed    lliis  year,   qu.icre.    Vide  ColIect{ions)   of  the 
market.    [Memoninilum"'  that  when  the  King  came  to  Oxon 


4 


'  posablyFulkcGrcvillclordBrookc'i 
'Life  of  Sir  Philip  i^dney,' Lon<i.  1653, 
8vo ;  nol  now  in  the  \S'ood  collection. 

'  John  Evelyn's  '  Furoifagium,  or  the 
inconvcnkncic  of  the  act  and  sraunk  of 
London  dis-ripated,'  Land.  1661,  4I0 ; 
Wood  D  J?  C5). 

»  John  Halett,  M.A.  New  Ion  Hull  4 
July  1633.  Wood  581  (7)  U  '  The  des- 
criptEOR  nnd  use  of  A  qnidnuil  .  . . ' 
Loud.  1655,  by  J.  H.,  in  which  Wood 
note*  'Hewlett  of  Oxon,  A.M„  an- 
Uiour.' 

*  'TliCM*  QuadragisJ males,'  Oxon. 
1651.  Bald  by  Wood  in  the  Ath.  to  be 
the  compositioti  of  Potter's  lotor  Thorn  as 
Sevenic-     Wood's  copy  ts  Wood  689. 

*  in  MS.  Tuuiet  10a,  fol.  93  b.  Wood 
notes: — 'the  next  yeare  (tie  day  wm 
marked  en  the  Almanacsi)  in  ted  letten.* 

«  see  Pelhnll's  CHy  of  0»ftjnl,  p.  ;i. 
Id  MS.  Tatuicr  102,  fol,  93  I),  Wood 
notes  that  they  were  baptized  39  Dec. 

'  Wood's  '  Notes  fiom  the   parish 


'80      ' 


registers'  of  Oxford  made  1677-1680 
arc  found  in  Wood  MS.  D  5,  O.  C 
8514, 

•  see  supra  p.  504. 

►  Wood  jS?  (1 )  '  A  true  and  perfect 
relation  of  (he  whole  proceciliog*  .  .  . 
a^iiisl  the  late  tisitort  Garnet,  etc.* 
Lood.  1606,  was  A  gil^  from  him,  and 
has  the  note  (cnucdl  *  liber  Antooil 
Woode  Oxon  ex  dono  Francisd  Uaac 
ocpci  C.  C.  C.  Art.  magistri  qui 
apol  .  .  .  anno  dotnini  1665.'  Vie 
in  Wood  MS.  V.  4  notes  that 
<Francia)  Isaack  of  C.  C.  C.  lent 
"  Survey  of  the  Antiquities  of 
shire,  containing  many  pcices  of 
tiquity  of  that  place"  by  Thomas  Kiailc 
of  Wintcoi  CO.  Dcron,  gent,  (who  was  1 
Exeter  College,  and  died  aboat  (636) 
from  this  MS.  Wood  nuide  exccri 
which  ate  found  in  Wood  MS.  D  7 
3(O.C.fiii3i). 

*°  (his  note  is  found  at  the  b^i 
of  the  almanac  Ut  1664. 


TiECEhfBER^  1663. 


509 


September  1663  the  cage  and  pillor)-  n-as  taken  downc  to  make 
roome  for  the  King's  passag:e  in  North  Gate  Street;  and  in  the 
middle  of  March  following  il  was  set  up  in  North  Gate  Hundred 
over  against  the  Dolphin  by  the  pound  in  Magd.  parish.  New  set 
up,  see  elswhere.] 

Neither  wanted  there  cominuaU  tcU-tales  and  discoverers  of  con- 
venticles in  Oxon,  though  themselves  were  drunkards  and  snecrers. 
Several!  schollers,  I  remember,(\'iz.  Mr,  Samuel  Jackson,  Mr.^Charles) 
PickringS  (Thomas)  Ireland',  etc.  of  X*  Ch.)  having  bin  at  mother 
Harwood's  ia  Cat  street  In  the  month  of  Deccmb.  1663  and  comming 
from  thence  late  at  night  almost  drunk,  they  saw  a  light  in  the  old 
Cnngregation  house  adjoyning  to  St.  Marie's;  who  therupon  thinking 
on  their  vigilance  that  there  had  bin  a  conventicle,  goe  and  call 
proctor  (Thomas)  Tomkins  of  Alls,  and  other  schollers  to  appre- 
hend tlic  conveniidcrs.  To  which  place  going  with  great  speed  and 
bursting  open  the  doores  they  found  none  but  Mr.  Ricliard  Davis  the 
bookseller  and  his  wife  and  boy  looking  out  books  to  exchange  at 
I-ondon ;  for  he  some  weekes  before  had  taken  the  said  Congregation 
house  of  the  University  to  make  a  ware  house.  And  soe  they  were 
frustrated  in  their  desigues.  Note  that  before  they  entred,  they 
listning  under  'ihc  window,  hard  Davi^i  say  to  his  wife  *  O  the  bible  I 
I  had  almost  forgot  the  bible ' — which  made  tliem  verily  suspect  there 
had  bin  a  conventicle. 

A  Strang  effeminate  age  when  men  strive  to  imitate  women  in  their 
apparell,  viz.  long  periwigs,  jjaiches  in  their  faces,  painting,  short 
wide  breeches  like  pciticolcs,  muffft,  and  their  clothes  highly  sented, 
bedecked  with  ribbons  of  all  colours.  And  this  apparell  was  not  only 
used  by  gentkmcn  and  others  of  inferior  quality,  but  by  souldlers* 
espccial(ly)  those  of  the  Life  Gard  to  the  King,  who  would  have 
spanners  hanging  on  one  side  and  a  muff*  on  the  other,  and  when 
dirty  weather  some  of  them  would  relieve  theu-  gards  in  pattens. 

On  ihc  other  side,  women  would  strive  to  be  like  men,  viz.,  when 
they  rode  on  horsback  or  in  coaches  weare  plush  caps  like  monteros, 
either  full  of  ribbons  or  feathers,  long  periwigs  which  men  use  to 
weare,  and  riding  coatc  of  a  red  colour  all  bedaubed  with  lace  which 
tbey  call  vests,  and  this  habit  was  cheifly  used  by  the  ladies  and 


'  Cbu-la  rkkenng,  M-A-Cb.  Ch.  lo 
Jone  1656, 

■  Tbomu  IrctuKi,  B.C.L.  S.  Mary 
Ilftll  4  July  1657  ;  Slodcnt  ofCh.  Ch. 

'  alio  tor  of&cen  of  tb*  navj':   lee 


Tepys'  Diuy  ander  date  10  Jan.  t66|. 

*  Pepjr*  wore  a.  mdT  during  the  pre- 
ceding wider :  tee  Pepya'  DUtj  uoder 
date  30  Not.  166a. 


510 


WOOrtS  LIFE  Aim  TmES. 


'maids  of  honor  belonging;  to  the  Queen,  brought  in  fashion  abont 
anno  1662,  which  they  iive(a)rc  at  this  time'  (1665)  at  their  beng' 
in  Ox  on. 

t  Roger  Coke's  '  DetecUon '  vol.  2  p.  125: — '1663,  the  king  grant* 
a  toleralion  and  Indulgence  to  dissenters  from  the  church.  Tbinkiiig 
men  thought  it  »lran}<c  that  the  king  should  Uie  yearc  before  pas  the 
Act  of  Uniformity  as  llic  best  meanes  to  secure  the  church  a{ 
pojery  and  fanaticism;  and  this  (year)  (16A3)  grants  a  toleratic 
It  could  not  be  in  favour  of  ihcm  termed  '  fanaticks '  who  kept 
from  the  crowne  and  last  yeare  (i66a)  Venner  and  his  party  would 
have  expel'd  him  agtune.' — This  indulgence  he  thinks  was  granted  in 
Nov.  1 663  *  when  the  parliament  was  adjourned  from  Nov.  1 663  to 
Feb.  1663  (i.e.  f).  I  can  6nd  nothing  of  this  Indulgence  in  tbe 
Kewes.  ^ 

t  Drollery.  Hudibras,  buffooning ;  see  *  black  book '  on  my  shelf.     H 
[In  '  tbe  year  1 663  or  thcrabouls  sevcrall  yong  physitians  of  Oxon 
vent  in  a  Lent  time  to  Aylesburv'  to  dissect  a  woman  that  was  there  _ 
executed  for  felony.     At  their  retume  they  found  the  waycs  dirty,  ■ 
weather  wet,  and  at  length  overtaken  by  the  night.     Whenipon  the 
physitians  complayning  of  their  journey,  Mr.  Robert  Whitehall,  one 
of  their  number,  rcplyed  that : — 

"  Omnia  commoditas  sua  fert  incommoda  secnm."] 


[Memorandum*  that  in  the  yeares  1660,  61,  and  63  the  parish- 
ioners of  S.  Peter's  parish  in  the  East  made  their  processioning  cross' 
in  St.  John  Baptist's  street  on  the  cast  side  of  the  dore  leading  up  to 
the  principalis  lodgings  of  St.  ASban's  hall  or  upon  lliat  part  of  the 
wall  next  to  the  said  street  that  divides  Uic  limits  of  St.  Alban  hall 
from  Merlon  College  orchard.  To  these  passages  1  was  an  eye- 
witness—Anthony i  Wood,  Mr.  of  Arts  of  Merlon  College.  WlUiam 
Huntingdon,  then  of  Alban  hall,  now  minister  of ...  in  Kortbamplon- 
sture,  hath  witnessed  this.- -In  the  yearc  1663  Hugh  Davenant,  Mr. 
of  A.,  did  translate  himself  from  Hart  Hall  to  St.  Alban's  Hall,  and 
took  his  chamber  on  the  east  side  of  that  hall  just  behind  tlie  bunerie 
on  the  south  side :  and  being  bound  witli  tbe  rest  of  tbe  students  of, 


'  «»  repp*  Riary  unrln  d»t«  »7 
h|U  1M5  uirl  I  >  June  1666. 

•  Hw  '  declaration  of  Indulgence ' 
Ml  twurd  a6  Dec.  1669;  wc  Out. 

rW  f*^*-  x-P-94' 
^  VMt*  tti  Wuod  its.  £  33,  fol.  30. 


*  Wood's  note  in  MS.  R«wl.  B  401  ft, 
p.  a. 

*  the   crM«    marked    at   the    parish 
iMMinds  when  the  bounds  ue  ticBten  oa 

Atccaiion  day. 


DECEMBER,  1668.  511 

that  house  to  come  on  surplice  dayes  to  Merton  Coll^!;e  prayers, 
expected,  being  a  senior  Master,  that  the  fellowes  of  the  College 
would  call  him  up  from  below  the  chaplayn,  where  the  Masters  of 
that  hall  have  hitherto  sate,  to  take  a  place  according  to  seniority 
among  them.  But  none  of  the  fellowes  making  any  offer,  he,  \^ith 
the  help  of  Thomas  Janes,  the  buder  of  that  hall  (fair  prouder  than 
Davenant)  invited  the  leading  and  drinking  parishioners  of  St.  Peter's 
to  come  within  the  hall  and  make  their  crosse  in  the  quadrangle  by 
the  kitchen  dore,  hoping  by  so  doing  that  the  east  side  of  the  hall 
wherin  his  chamber  was  situated  might  be  taken  as  parcell  of  St. 
Peter's  parish,  and  so  consequently  not  obliged  to  come  to  Merton 
College  prayers.  This  invitation  the  parishioners  did  wiUin^y  accept, 
and  the  rather  for  this  reason  because  Mr.  Davenant  made  them  drink 
in  the  buttery  so  long  as  he  lived  in  the  hall.  To  these  passages 
I  was  partly  an  eye-  and  eare-witness — Anthony  \  Wood,  MA.  of 
Merton  College  and  parishioner  of  St.  John  Baptist  parish.] 


INDEX. 


Aberdeen,  New  (King's  Coll.),  3Si. 

Abingdon,  455, 

actreiises,  406. 

Adison,  Lancelot,  356. 

Agas,  Ralph  (map  of  Oxford),  354. 

Airay,  Adam,  444. 

S.  Alban  Hall,  40a,  435,  510. 

Aldvoith,  Rich.,  496. 

Allam,  AJidr.,  19;  Thos.,  461. 

Allen,  Thos.,  249,  315,  34a,  434. 

AUestree,  Rich.,  348,  390,  391,  484. 

AUiouIs*  Coll.,  63,  94,  159,   168,  336, 

411,415,433.494.49?- 
'Almanacs'  (Wood's),  10,  aoo. 
Annesley.  James,  457. 
Annus  Mirabilis,  387, 410.433,437,466. 
Anyan,  Tbos.,  154. 
Apocrypha,  415. 
Arminianism,  370,  465. 
arrows,  59,  493. 
Anindel  marbles,  330. 
Ashmole,  Elias,  483. 
Athrop,  John,  436. 
Aubrey,  John,  144,  330,  383,  308. 
Aylnbnry,  73,  9a. 
Ayliffe.  Will.,  409. 

BabingtoD,  Franc,  361. 

back-sword,  388. 

Bagshaw,  Edw.,  a6S,  359,  369 ;  Henry, 

4>5.  490- 

Ball,  John,  333,  333,  3j6. 

Ball,  William,  76,  157,  33.^. 

ballads,  Wood  Collection  of,  18,  48, 
468  ;  ballads,  Robin  Hood,  48 ;  bal- 
lads, Rtimp,  40a. 

BalUol  College,  94,  95.  159,  314,  315, 
318,  466. 

Baltzar,  Thos.,  343,  356,  475,  485,  486. 

Banbary,  376. 

Banbury  Castle,  74. 

Bancroft,  John,  367,  415. 

Barker,  Will.,  411,  413  ;  Hugh,  435. 

Barksdale,  Clement,  439, 503. 

Barlow,  Thos.,  189,  349,  383,  335,  334, 

335.  364,  383,  395.  435.  471- 
Bamcote,  Thos.,  34,  3a8,  503. 
S.  Bartholomew's,  Grove,  100;  Hospital, 

'89,  454- 


Baskcrvyle,  Hannibal,  369  ;Thomas,3  70. 

Bates,  Geo.,  475. 

Bathurst,  Ralph,  165, 390, 306, 307, 336, 

339.  363,  365.  434.  473- 
Baxter,  Rich.,  43a,  453. 
Baylie   (Bayley),   Rich.,  94,  313,  338, 

373.  4°7.  4".  43a.  454.  455.  4«a. 

483 ;  Dr.  Walter,  a6l ;  Mr.  Walter, 

361,413;  Will.,  49a 
Beby,  John,  343, 403,  503. 
b^gars,  166,  466. 
Belchior,  John,  30a. 
bellman,  Univ.,  417. 
bells,  184,  1S5,  311,  ai9,  335. 
bell-ringing,  loi,  103,  178,  319. 
Benlowes,  Edward,  367. 
Bennet,  Hen.,  459. 
Berry,  Rich.,  483. 
Binsey,  340,  407. 
Bird,  Will,  341. 
S.  Birinns,  333,  335. 
Black  Friars',  Oxford.  1 1 3. 
Blake's  oak.  70. 
Bland,  Thos.,  493,  505. 
Blandford,  Wait.,  335,  339,  366,  455, 

488,  500. 
Bledlow,  160. 
Blonnt,  Thos.,  13. 
boar's  head  (Queen's  ColL),  351. 
Boaistall,  137. 
Boat,  John,  317. 
boating,  401. 
Bocardo,  55. 
Bodleian    library  (Public  libr.,  UniT. 

libr.),  7a,  138,  187,  3IO,  319,  aas, 

338,  338,  340,  348,  349,  358,  38a, 

334.  335.  338.  40».  404.  4»5i  4a4» 

*''''^3o.43a.496- 
Bodley,  Sir  'Tboa.,  434,  437. 
Bold,  Norton,  330. 
Bond,  Dennis,  358. 
bcmfires,  loi,  loa,  103. 
books,  tale  of,  397. 
Boreman,  Rob.,  395,  396. 
Bosco,  hsO..  i,  33,  310. 
BoBwell   (BoBvile),  Will  (sen.),  35a; 

Will  (Jan.),  406. 
Bonchier,  Thos.,  403 ;  Rich.,  409. 
Howell,  John,  473. 


Ll 


^^^^^   514                      1V00D*S  UFE  AND  TIMES,   ^^^^^^^H 

^^^1              Boric.  Rob.,  390,  473. 

101.  103, 159.  341, 347.  348.  366-3J?. 

^^^H                 Bnu:«,  Thua.,  366. 

37i.4ll.4is,43>.  433. 435. 445.4*6. 

^^^H               Btadley.  Savilc,  38S. 

474.  4*1'.  4^4.  496.  497- 

^^H               Bnnker,  Thoi..  455.  473. 

Christlcn),  prioce  of  Deninark,  456. 

^^^H                 Bnntfawait,  Rich.,  118,470. 

Christ  nac-lMn,  467. 

^^H                BrasenoM  College,  94.  95'  M5<   ■59* 

Chrittmai.iportii.  133,  433. 
ChiiTche*^<)jifi(nJ  : 

^^H                   3.^6.  -133. 

^^^H                 Brasil.  403, 

All   Saint*'  (All-hallow*),  391,  3(», 

^^^1               Breat,  Sir  Nath.,  169,  596 ;  Roger,  313, 

hll,  .1«6.  433.  445- 

^^H            407. 

CjirfuK  fS.  Martin  s),  47,  359,  380. 

^^^H                BrerctoD,  Ceo.,  348. 

Cftlhedml,  93,  385.  3SS.  393,  495. 

^^^H                 bribciy   to  {•et   prercnnent,   310,   333, 

S.  Giln't,  88,  118,  470.                      ^^H 

^^H            3'>5. 367. 465- 

Holywell,  391.                                     ^^H 

^^^H                 Biucoe,  Will.,  4 1 6. 

S.  Joliii  Rapt,  446,  4SO.                       ^^H 
S.  Kfar^-  Magd..  SS,  313.  369.                      ■ 

^^^H                 Kn.iMm(lcn,  Kob.,  ^37. 

^^^H                Brokea-hayes,  5;.  6a,  350. 

S.Mary's, 63,  159,166,359,  365,391.       ■ 

^^H                 Ball.  \\\\\.,   173.    186.   190,  301,  333, 

336.  35^.  368.  3%  37'.  377-  3A       1 

^^H                     141,  358,  374,  389,  406. 

411,  4i>,  413.  433,  444.  4^3.  4'^9.        ■ 

^^^H                 Bollnck,  Rot>.,  504. 

499.  509-                                                   ■ 
S,  Peter's  In  the  East,  317,  313.              M 

^^^H                Btuwey,  Edmood,  586. 

^^^H                Rurt.  Will.,  108,  134,  409. 

dder,  40);.                                                 ^^H 

^^^H               borton.  Kob.,  47. 
^^^H                 Burr,  Aith.,  456. 
^^^H               Bnsby,  Rich.,  joo. 

cipher,  354,  384.                                      ^^B 

CirciicKtcr,  81,  87,  88.  493,                    ^ 

Civil  Law,  study  of,  187,  3io,  333. 

^^H               Bashell,  Tboo.,  So. 

Clark    (CIcik),   Sam.,  150,   354,  39I  ; 

^^^^H                 Butchrr-ivvr,  310,  463. 

Hcnr-,  473. 

^^H                 BoKon,  K&lpb,  147,  157.  165,  197,  386. 

Clayton,   Thos.  (•«.).  96,    131,"  Sir 
Thov,  3i».  .l-io,  7,U*  361.  3W.  383, 

^^^1               can,  the,  i&^.  509. 
^^^H                 CiUmy,  Ramniiil,  46S. 

385.  389-398.  435.  440.  456. 47"- 
Cleveland.  John,  3^0. 

^^^H                Calcndarium  missanim   Vmv.  Oxon., 

Clifford,  Rosamacd,  341. 

^^H 

coaU,  418. 

^^^H                Csmeld,  pedigree  of,  41. 

cofTec.  168,  169.  18S,  189,  3ot,  466. 

^^^H               Cambridge,  33 1 ,  3A6. 

coffee- hotues,i63,tS8,t89, 301,433,466, 

^^^1                 CuitertiDiy  CoH.,  435, 

Comes,  253. 

Cole,   Tboi.,   179;  Thofc,  433,  soo; 

^^^H               Carcass.  Ju.,  50a 

^^^^1                carol -singing,  433. 

war.  467. 

^^^H               Cwicboo.  Isaac,  437. 

Cole,  pedigree  of,  180. 

^^H               CusingTon,  151,  178.  419,  433,  441. 

cammon-pniycr,  313.   319,   333,    355, 

^^^H                i;a»oGk,  397,  366. 

.Vir-SSj.  4'3.  4'5.  4'6- 

^^^1               Ca«tlc,  Oxford,  73,  $8,  97,  T70. 

Conaat,  John,  147.  357,  368,  303,  313, 

^^^H                 Cullemiiine,  coutitess  of,  494. 

3'4.  33rt,  359.  3<«.  444.453.  499' 

condait.  tbe,  76. 

^^^H               catcb-meetlng,  454. 

^^^H                Cave,  Johii   (aen.}'   4°5  *   1^^  <ji>'>-)< 

Coiivcriion  of  S.  Paul,  fOS. 

^^H            434. 

ConTOcalion,  registers  of,  4S7,  50a,  50J. 

^^^H                 Cave,  pedigree  of.  37. 
^^^H               Cawton,  Thos.,  399. 

Cooper,  Ben.,  301.  304,  373,  416. 
Cop*c>-,  Edw.,  133,  437. 

^^^H                 Charles  ],  46,  337,  318.  41a,  41J;. 

Corbet,  Edw.,  335,  336.                            ^^ 

^^^B               Charles  H  (Prince  Charln.).  68-70,  71, 

Combnr)-,  41 1,  414,  491,  493.               ^^1 

^^^H                   8),  99.  103,  Xifi,  170,  3oS,  313,  440, 

Corniith.  Hen.,  130,  147,  i^g,  499.        ^^^1 

^^H                   4«6,  473,  475.  490. 

Corpus  Christi  ColU  58,  61.  94,  95,^^H 

^^^H                charters,  Woud  collectioo  of,  7,  404. 

159.  '68,  3'5.  336.  449.  450-                      ■ 

^^^H                 Chaucer,  JcfTrv,  383. 
^^^H               cbetniitiy,  study  of,  47),  475. 

Cossnma,  Albertas,  417.                                   ■ 

Cottcrcll,  Sir  Chas..  385,  394,  395,  471.        ■ 

^^^H                Cbcriton,  MiUt.,  4I9. 

Covrnant,  the  Solemn  Lcagtic  and,  400.  ^^^| 

^^^H               CheyncU,  Franc,  130, 147,  381. 

Cowdiey,  John,  353.                             ^^H 

^^^H                 Cheyney-laite,  411. 

Cos,  XieK,  30.                                         ^^^1 

^^H                 Chill!.  Will.,  483. 

Corner,  pedigree  of,  43.                       ^^^| 

^^^H               cbimoer-money,  431.  433. 

Crake,  Oo.,  336.                                 ^^^| 

^^^H               cbocotatc,  168,  301.  378.  466. 

Crreil,  Will..  401,  445.  48.^,  484,  507.    ^^H 

^^^^              Christ  Church,  58,  61,  68, 70,  61, 93-95, 

CreWjAith,,  37S,  476,  48ti;Nath.,  i68,       1 

INDEX, 


6^S 


\ 


m*  390.  33a»  36".  463.  47a,  490, 
490.  500.  50*  ■ 
Cnppt,  Kob.,  405,  435. 
Crolt,  Fnuic,  146. 
J  Crorts,  Tho*.,  418.  433. 
r  Croke,  Chul«s,  igfij  Rich,  (twordcr), 
195.  »96,  359.  371,  493  ;  Unton  (ser- 
jcaot-ftt-law),     195,     196;     Union 
[tolonel],  195, 159,  368  .'Wright,  196- 
Cromwcil,  OU«t,  358,  359,  387,  504, 
31a.  36.!),,  475  ;  Rich..  459,  315. 
fCtoss.  Joahtta,  148, 163. 
Ciid<Ie«!en,  171,415- 
Cudslow.  353. 
Cnffe.  HcD.,  434. 
.  Culfiepcr,  Jftho,  lord.  69. 
VCtunnor,  360. 
Cortcyne,  John,  434,  454,  455,  471. 
Cuxhani,  343,245. 

Ebg  OB  rope,  405 ;  of  monlceys,  4 1 6. 
avers,  Dan.,  at. 
ftvenint,  Kugh,  jiio. 
fcTU,  Rich.,  j66,  509. 
'Day,  John.  437. 
dear  year  (1661',  401. 
declamations,  177,  197,  4A4. 
Dee.  John,  J08, 
dc  la  Mofe,  Thos.,  373. 
Ilell,  U'ill.,  J95,  396. 
'dctcnainatioQ,'  149. 
^pevil'a  hand,  the,  49S. 

ewer.  Wi".  433.  436. 
^•diab,  college,  433. 
DickenxiMi,    j^inund,    134,    140,    390, 

397.  507- 

I^'gt»y,  John,  48^ ;  Sir  Koielm,  349, 
486;  Dr.  KcBciin,  373. 

Diggle,  Edmund,  418,  ^H^. 

Dohson,  Juhn,  483,  486-4S9,  491. 

Dod.  John.  307.  310,  313,  557,  360. 

T)ull»en,  John,  348,  390,  393,  410,  436. 

Uorcbcstcr,  333,  178. 

Porchesrer  school,  108. 

Donncr,  WUl.,  458- 

*  Dover  pier,'  497, 

Drake,  Thof.,  ^31. 

dicsa,  Academical,  148;  dress  of  Puri- 
tans, 300. 

Drogbeda,  storming  of,  173. 

Drope,  Edward,  489 ;  Franc,  488; 
John  (sen.),  47H;  Jolin  [jun.),  198, 

313.  330,  440- 
Drope,  pedigree  of,  385. 
drawning,  dealhs  hy,  401,  476. 
Dadley,  Kob..  360.  487. 
Dned&le,  Will.,  309, 
du  Mmitin  (Molinaeas),Louu,  348,326. 
Dun,  L>antcl,  436. 


East  bridge,  55,  60. 


EdgebiU,  battle  of,  67,  68,  87, 103. 

Edward  the  Coafenor,  403. 

Einiham  Atibey,  aaS,  355. 

flej^ies.  Wood's  Collection  of.  18. 

ElUs,  Will..  304,  305,  356,  357,  373. 

Entcunia  Fapm,  16. 

Krbury,  ste  Ycrbnry. 

Ettin.  400. 

esaminalioru.  306. 

Exeter  Coll..  16,  94,  95,  159,  43a,  4S5. 

Fairclooeh.  John,  333. 

Fairford,  333, 

*  Fair  HoMmund,'  341. 

Featley,  John.  333. 

Fell,  John  (dean  and  bp.),   109,   IJ7, 

J7a,  313.  .?3Qi  347.  348>  35<).  .W. 

410.  4'5.  494-  495.  h^\  f''''-,  330, 

490;  Sam.  (dean),  75,  77,  84,  S6, 

150,  1^7,373. 
Ferrar,  Ldvratd,  370. 
Frrnc,  Hen..  4,^1,  43.1;. 
fc\'cr,  strange,  in  Oxford  (1657),  333; 

(1661),  416,418. 
Ficiinc*,  Nath.,  a  10. 
Finch,  Heneagc,  398,  431,  433. 
fire,  ill  Oxford,  ill. 
Fiiher,  Alex.,  377,  383,  389,  396. 
ntbiog,  416. 
fisbpoad*.  404,  ^09. 
FittwUliama,  John,  370,  465. 
Flear  de  lyi,  169. 
Flcxney,  Will.,  305,  375. 
flooils  (1661),  401  ;  (1663),  474. 
flummery,  401. 
For&ter,  Anthony,  aSo. 
Fonescuc,  Ttoa.,  435. 
furtifications  of  Oxford,  71.  73,  74,  89^ 

91,  97,  99,   100,  113,   no. 

Fonlii.  Hen.,  394.  303,  30S,  337,  486. 
FowTc,  Chr.,  333,  335. 
French,  John,  77,  167. 
French  influoice  on  luigUad,  433. 
'fresli' night,  433. 
Price,  317. 
S.  FrtdejirTde,  385. 
Fuller,  Thos..  378,408. 
Fulmiui,  Will.,  330. 

fuueraU,  ceremofua],  8a,  197,  479  n^q., 
484. 

Case,  Sir  Hen.,  113. 

galTowa  [gibbet),  (of  the  garriAoa),  S3, 

9'.  93  *>  of  Mm.  C0IL,  391. 
Gamble,  John,  335.  356. 
Garbiond  llarkt,  434. 
Gardiner,  Klch.,  lot,  494. 
(iaicuky,  lord,  457. 
Gauden,  John,  456. 
GaytoQ,  ExlmuiKi,  157, 
Gaa£tte,  15. 
geotlaoeo-commoncrs,  149,  390,  399. 


Lis 


5ifi 


WOOD'S  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


Ctotge,  Will.,  141. 

George's,  mother,  477  [Go^],  478, 486. 

dbbct,  J//  gallows. 

Gilbert.  Thos.,  491^,  f  oa 

GUdhall,  Oiford,  66,  70,  74,  S3, 96, 416. 

GUbey,  Geo.,  4S4,  485. 

Glaavillc.  Joseph,  354, 

g}ass,  poinlcd,  161,  11$,  Sji.V  334. 

GIohUII,  Jutin,  3lWi.  Jlj,  ,'^36. 

Glocetter  Htll,  350,  419,  465. 

Goad,  John,  151. 

Goddard,  JonaUum,  148,  aoo. 

Goditow,  338. 

Good,  John,  J35. 

Coodvi'ia,  Fruicif,  347;  John.  319: 
Joseph  (sen.\  199,  )64,  3^9,416.4^0, 
45B  :  Tosepb  (jun.).  199 ;  Tho».,  148. 

gooae,  Michaelnuu,  457, 

Gore,  Tho«.,  19. 

GotTord,  i»6. 

'gottipbe.'  405.  43'S- 
Grace-Dkht,  465. 

GruipooTe,  66. 

'  great  Tom,'  184. 

GrauDt,  Juhn,  4,13. 

Greek,  disputatious  in,  297,  300. 

Green,  Anne,  1S5,  169, 

Grcendttcb,  afo. 

Gweowood.  Daniel  (»en.)»   '47*  4^  '• 

Nalh.,  a66,  »67.  347,  406,  466. 
Greenwood,  pedigree  of,  267. 
Grcfiory,  Edmund,  190,  33a,  138,  J43, 

345,  189, 
Gregory,  pediffree  of,  345. 
Griffith.  KitJiord,  473, 
Griee.  Tho».,  406,  466,  467,  474. 

Macket,  John,  4ja. 

Hale,  Matt,  soo. 

Hall,  Will.,  45». 

HammODd,  Hen.,  313,  405. 

Hampden,  John,  90,  loi. 

Hampton-Foyie,  410. 

HarKoume,  Will.,  351. 

Hannar,  John,  jKs. 

Horhi,  Edward,  409;    Rob.,  130,  147, 

364,  310;  Tareriier,  339, 
Harris,  pedigree  of,  34a 
Hart  ball,  170,  348,475. 
Hnrrey,  Joseph.  J83,  390, 397, 407, 410. 
Haaelcy.  335. 
Haselwood,  John,  395. 
Hatton,  Chr,  lord,  69, 
Kawlcins,  Rich.,  109,  3ii ;  Rob.,  $0i, 

i(03  ;  Will.  513. 
Hawley,  Hen.,  333,  189. 
Hcame,  Tiio*^  3,  309. 
Heath,  177. 
Heg«,  Rob.,  335. 
Henoerfion,  Alex.,  18,  98. 
Hcnfotd  Coll.,  168. 


Hewlett,  tte  HotetL 

Heylyn.  Prtcr.  I3f,  333,  353,  439. 

Hickmiis.  Hen.,  i3i.  193,  412.  413. 

Hicrollieut,  154. 

Higgs.  Oriffin.  13,  330. 

Hind,  Jas.,  155. 

Hilchcocli,  Geo.,  333. 

Hobbca,  Tho».,  joi. 

Holder,  Will.,  309. 

Hodges,  Aoi.,  153. 

Holland,  Tbos.,  416. 

Hollar's  mop  of  Uxford,  354. 

liolloWAy,  OUS.  IMQ.),  313,  37t,  397. 
Holt,  Ralph,  1H4,  36^;  Tboc,  l6a 
Holi,  pcditrree  of.  37.  163. 
Hotfitaj,  Raileu,    198,  333.  385.  388, 

4IS,  4><».  4";M37:  Will.  417. 
Hood,  Panl,  334.  337,  338.  333.  33*. 

36a,  3S4- 

Hookcr,  Rich.,  415,  443. 

Horton.  Franc.,  354. 

Houghtoo,  Jubn,  315,  390. 

How,  Josiai,  365. 

Howell,  Franc,  437. 

Hovle,  Jobbua,  188. 

Hu^dcsford,  Will.,  3. 

S.  Hugh  of  Lincoln,  543. 

Hnlctt,  John,  ffiS. 

Humphrey,  Raphael,  453. 

Hungarians,  453. 

HnndngdoD,  Kob..  470,  490. 

Hultcn,  Leon.,  386. 

Huttoo,  Matt..  274,  3R7. 

Hyde,  Edw.  (iit  earlofClaiendon),}!^ 
337.  34f>,  4)36,411,413,418,431.4; 
499;   Hen.  viod  eail  of  Clarcndool 
33?.  381 ;  Laat.  (carl  of  kocbcsicri, 
381  ;  Sir  Rob.,  453,477;  Thos.,  3B3. 

Iffley,  4>fi- 

Ilea,  Monha,  154  ;  The*.,  1(4. 

Ingoldaby,  ilen^  145,  173, 

biitiatio^rcslimcn,  133. 

Ireland,  Thoa.,  497,  509. 

laanc,  Fran.,  508. 

IsJip,  403. 

JacltBOo,  Hen.  (sen.).  44"  '<  1I<«-  Cjan-W* 
36,  348,  333.   331,  441,  443,   459; 

fMtD..  509. 

James,  Rich.,  348,  349. 

Janes,  Tbos ,  473. 

Jellvman.  Malt,  183,  366. 

Jcn^ni,  Sir  l.eoIine,  381,  383;  Joho, 

joS,  »09,  475. 
Tei»ey,  Hen.,  11.313,331. 
tesos  College,  94,  159,  406,  430,  466.< 
Jew,  43). 

Joan'a  of  Headii^toa.  331. 
Tobsoo,  Ctrqun,  1S8. 
S.  John's  Collcgr,  94. 93, 159. 171, 


^                               AV/?^X                                             517              ^H 

347.  356>  3?S,  371.  411.  414,  433, 

47*.  479.   48J,  4''4.  4^5.  ^49".  49^- 

MagdalcD  ColL,  fit,  68,  94,  107,  131,                 ^^H 

159,  161,  168,  aio,  173,  347,  356,                 ^^H 

Jones,  Edward,  4J0  ;  Fnmc,  453  ;   Dr. 

.U7>  35S,  371.  4>i,  41.1.  4'5>  4io>                  ^^1 

Tho*..  iiJ,  38.1,3^1,394,  395. 

43>-  433.  435.  449>  4<><^.  473.  474<                  ^^M 

Joxon,  Will.,  ifti,  3«3,  394,  425,  471, 

497.                                                                   ^^M 

475-4S3  i  i«r  Will.,  480,  483. 

Mai^alcn  College  School,  50O.                                ^^^H 

Maj^en  Hal),  413,  415.                                     ^^H 

Kettell,  Ralph,  145. 

Major,  Edmund,  37,  490.                                       ^^^| 

KcttHI  hall,  401. 

Major,  pedigree  of,  37.                                               ^^^| 
nialtstrTS,  333.                                                       ^^^1 

Key,  Thoi.,  437. 
Kifligrew,  Hen.,  477. 

Mansell,  t-'raiic.,  338,  383.                                     ^^^| 

King.  Kob.,  366. 

market,  Oxford,  93,  491.                                       ^^^| 

King  Charif*   TTt  Visiton   (Commin- 

Marsh,  Xarc.,  374.                                            ^^^^^^^^ 

stoacrs;,  318,  334,464. 

manhaU  of  the  beggan.  466.                      ^^^^^^| 

King's  Aims  Cm  ITolriretl),  405,  406. 
KirtlanJ.  Will.,  7,  8,  if8. 

Marshall,                   J64.                            ^^^^^^| 

Marten,  Hco.,  353 ;  Maittn,  Thos.,  474.         ^^^^^H 

Kcightlcy,  Rkb.,  281,  333*  36a. 

Martyr,  Peter,  386.                                              ^^^^^H 

S    Mary's  Collr|ie,  84,  443.                                   ^^^^^^H 

Lamphire,  John,  301,  339,  475. 

Mather,  Cotton,  (1 ;  Increased.                         ^^^^^H 

Laraplogh,  Thos.,  315.  334,346, 365,388. 

mntrictilalitui-register,  Univ.  Oaon,  tjo.           ^^^^^^| 

Lftnebainc,  Gctard  (sea.),  143,150,151, 
163,    166,   337,   247,  387;    Gcnud 

Maitod,  Clinton,  163,  349,                                   ^^^H 

Maurice,  prince,  68  s^.                                             ^^^H 

(jnn),  ao,  i37- 

Maarioc  of  Nussao,  pnnce,  403,                             ^^^| 

Langley,  Hen.,  130,  147,  433,  500. 

M-iy-garoes,  399,  360.                                                ^^^| 

latitiiiUnarioBS,  35^, 

MayTArd,Joiicph,3  30, 455:SirJobn,456.                 ^^^| 

Land.  Will.,  7.  46,  ji,  481,  484,  485. 

Mayne.  Jasper,  441.                                               ^^^| 
May  [•olc,  49.  399,  314,  317.                                    ^^M 

Laurence,  Thus.,  498, 

Law,  IK  Civil  Law, 

Maaahn,  Cardinal,  iiSb                                        ^^^H 

Law  courts,  ibe,  at  Oxford,  83. 

measles,  401.                                                              ^^^H 

lAwn,  Hcii.,  458. 

Medley,  310,  407.                                                      ^^^H 

Lee,  John.  313. 

McH,  I)a\is,  341,  357,  35S.                                   ^^H 

Leicester  ichcKjI,  loS, 

Merbeck,  John,  436.                                                  ^^^H 

Leicester,  carl  of,  m<  Rob.  Dudley. 

Met«ditb.  John.  3S0,  414.                                      ^^^| 

Leigh,  Sam.,  418. 

Mertou  Cull.,  61,  91,  94,  96,  103,  130,                ^^^H 
134,  144,  159,  160,  i<$6,  168,  199,                ^^M 

Leland.  John,  MSS.  of,  331. 

Lent,  noR'OliMn-aiioc  of,  80. 
Leotbill,  Jolin,  31)  ;  Will.,  311-313. 

311,  317,  319,  309,  313.  37<i  3A3.                ^^M 

3S5, 389-39S,  434, 433, 435,  440,          ^^m 

t.eTellcri,  the,  at  Oxford,  155. 

^^M 

I^Tini,  Kicli  ,483;  Win.,  361,414,417. 

Merlon  College  cvchanl,  405,  44I.                         ^^^H 

Lichfield,  Solodcit,  74. 

Middlcton<Cheyiiey,  375,  176.                              ^^^| 

Ully,  Will.,  JJ7. 

Milham  bridf;e,  97.                                                    ^^^| 

Lincoln  Coll.,  46,  94,  159,  3>8,  373, 
388,  399,  336.  3*0,  466. 

MiUineton,  Thos.,  473.                                         ^^^| 
Mills,  Johti,  147,  164,  307,                                       ^^H 

Litttcmtin:,  403,  404. 

Milton,  John,  319.                                                     ^^^| 

Lhwyil,  l^ilward,  6. 

mint  al  Oxfonl,  80,  81.                                              ^^^| 

LlcwcUin.  Man.,  139,316,  324. 

MiUc  Inn,  >S7,  388,  40a.                                          ^^H 

Ll<n'<l,  Will.,  383, 

moat  al  Oxford,  97.                                                    ^^^| 

Locke,  Ji>bn,  473.  474. 

Modim  lalium,  $.                                                  ^^^H 

Lockey,  ThM.,  335,  347,  40J. 

Miilinactu,  stt  du  Moulin.                                     ^^^H 

Loflsfora,  John,  ^j^,  441, 
Lorn »praycr,  U»e,  300,  3^7. 
Lort.  George,  318,  403. 

moacy '  lent '  lo  Chas.  1. 58. 8 1 ,  ioO.  101 .                   ^^H 

Mock,  George  (isi  duke  of  Albcsnarle),                 ^^H 

31  tj  Chr.,  337.                                             ^^B 

Lotuc  hall,  A06. 
Low,E(lwara,30S,3;6,3i6, 359,430,417. 

mookcyi,  dancing  on  rope.  416.                            ^^^| 

Mcomoulh,  duke  of,  17,  30S,  473,  489,                  ^^H 

Lower,  Kicb.,  190,  410,  438,  473. 

^^1 

Lu|Met,  Thos.,  460. 

'fnonsieitr.' 53. 113.                                              ^^^1 

Lydall.  John.  339;  Rich.,  383. 

Montactite,  Udy  Eliz.,  385.                                      ^^^| 

Monlgomeiy,  count  Geoffry.  4,117.                          ^^^H 

M,A.,  coune  for,  306. 

More,  Thos.  de  la,  ut  dc  la  Mote.                           ^^^| 

Maduozie,  Sir  (ieo.,  ^01. 

Morley,  Thos., 389  ;Gcoigc,4i  1 ,414,435.                 ^^^| 

Magdalen  briilgc,  So,  474. 

morrii,  399,  317,  360.                                            ^^^| 

5»8 


WOOD'S  LIFE  AND  TIMES. 


Morris,  Jaho,  14I,  4<|A. 

Monon,  Sir  Will.,  35J,  399, 

iniilT,  got), 

Miiggk-ton,  Levis,  177. 

music,  398  ;  weekly  mnsic-racetingB  oa 

Tocsd.,  304,  373  ;  on  I'rid.,  434. 
mtuk-mdoo,  450,  451. 

NnfHcr,  Fnmcis,  401,  405,  404,  410. 
Napier,  pedigree  of,  193-194. 
Necdham,  Muchmounl,  I4,  405. 
Newbridre,  371. 
New  Coll..  49,  61,  fi4.  69,  74,  83,  94, 

95.  98,  159,  168,  170,  338,  389,  347. 

349.  3SO.  356.  357.  37t.  4".  4»4. 

458.  401,  466. 
New  College  butts,  493. 
New  Inn  Hal!,  95,  454,  478. 
Newlin,  Rob.,  338. 
New  parks,  54,  71,  74,  83,  95,  96. 
Ntws,  the,  14. 

Nicolh,  Peter,  390,  395,  407,  410,  446. 
night-watch,  the,  371. 
Niion,  Ji.Im,  345,  437,  444.  459. 
Nixon's  School,  34^,  J46,  3j6,  338. 
Noble.  Will.,  138.  461. 
Northmoor,  ^71, 
A'airia  AfigliM,  351. 
Nourse,  John,  59,  60,  439< 
Noncbim-Courtney,  318. 

oaths,  superfluity  of,  307. 

oath  of  Mayui  trf  Oxford  to  Univ.,  150, 

'S**.  356.  350>  370- 
Oliver,  John,  318,  334,  413,  417. 
organ*,  370,  347,  356-358,  484. 
Oriel  Coll.,  94,  95, 11^,  168, 174,  310, 

336.  449.  454- 
Otbome,  Franc,  1S5,  357. 
Otney,  34I,  349,304. 
Otney  bridge,  ."17. 
Owen,  John,  148,  aai,  a6S,  500,  307, 

3.f9.  3^4.  368,  499;    Thankfal,  I48, 

157,  »86. 
■  Oxford,  events  relating  to,  vU. 
Oxford  fafier J,  16. 
Oxvni^nsta,  tti. 

Palmer,  J..hii,  14R.  303,  304,  306,  307. 
Papisu,  3™,  465. 
Parker,  Matt.,  348. 
ParliunentaTy  Visitort.  141. 
Feacbam't  Cpmfieat  Gentleman,  40£, 

477- 
pedigT«cs :— Calfidd,  41;  Ctfe,  37; 
Cole,  180;  Cusctct,43:  I>n>i>e,  385 ; 
Gregory,  341; ;  Greenwood,  167 ; 
Harris,  340;  Holt,  37,  363;  Ma)cir, 
37;  Napier.  193-194;  Petty,  33-37. 
50 ;  Reynolds,  304,  305  :  TaTCnwr. 
38-40,50,339,1140;    Tillyaid,  103, 


Mj;   Wkkbam,  3 1 4,  144:    Wood, 

15-31- 
Pelham,  Ilerh.,  419. 
Pcmliroke  Coll.,  94,  106,  159,  466. 
Pcnbioke.  carl  of,  86. 
Penniless  bench.  57,  68,  139. 
Pcnmddodc,  John,  195. 
Pi-jit>ni,  Stephen,  455. 
pestilence   (1643),  104;    (164;;),  118: 

(16461,137:    C1647),   133;    C'654). 

185  J  :i66o),  347,  349. 
Petty,  Cbancll,   184:    George,   319; 

Maiy,  36,  40;  Maxim.,  4C9.  _ 

Petty,  pedigree  of.  33-37,  5a. 
Pe}'ton,  Ranutph,  441. 
Philosojihioil  Society  of  Oxford.  9. 
Phviic  Garden,  Oxford,  415, 
PiclicriiiE,  Clias..  359,  509. 
Pierce,  Tho»..  143.  363,  430,  435,  460, 

46.1,  473.  487-4*).  49'.  497.  507- 
Pike.  Chr.,  334- 
pillory,  4S9,  508.  J09. 
Knit,  Rob.,  77. 133. 
Pinnock's  at  Cumoor,  468,  486. 
Pitscnt,  Johannes,  347. 
pla^e.  JM  peitilcncc. 
plate,  coll.,  81. 
pUy  (1657),  330;  CiWi).40s;  (1663". 

468. 
plays,  19,  358.  333,  350,  360. 
Plot,  Rob.,  158,474. 
Pocock.  Edw.,  316,  333. 
Pope,  Sir  Thoi.,  434. 
Pojiish  Plot,  17,  19. 
Fortmcadow,  93. 
Potter,  Cboit.,  1 36,  343,  508 ;  Chr^  75, 

77.84.86,135. 
Powell.  John  (of  Sandfoid),  3S6,  403, 

404 ;  John  (»en.),  of  Mcrt.  Coll..  407, 

507;  Rob.,  500. 301 :  Vavasour,  331, 

393 
Piait,'nios.,  355.  336. 

fixess,  Univ.,  316. 
'rldeanx,  John.  154,  435. 
fdvilcgcd  persons,  103. 
■roctor.  JoBq>h,  305,  3o8. 
Proctors'  accotinis,  book  of,  77. 
proctors,  433,  435.  437. 
Pryniic,  Will.,  319,  481, 
PBllcn,  Joiiai,  41J. 

quacks,  377. 
Quakers,  so,  I90,  I91. 
QQeen'«Co]l.,6l, 94,  95,159,  16S,  I70, 

35».  43>.  435- 
Quin,  Jni..,  38;. 

Raddiflc,  Dr.Sam.,  145 ;  Mr.  Sani.  16a 
mtn,  great,  479. 

R&wson,  Ralph,  310,  384,  joi.  gos, 
Rc*di<ig,  97, 98, 99,  100. 


^^^^^                               INDEX.                    ^^^^5^9^M 

^M    Reeves,  Rich.,  46a. 

fjhrovc  Tuesday,  138.                             ^^^^H 

^H     Restoratiun,  ibe,  31 7. 

Skclton,  Johs.  498.                                  ^^^H 
Skinner,  Rob..  117,  333,  334,  365,  388,          ^1 

^m    Kvjr&okls,  Chr.,  417;    Edmaad,  419; 
■         Eilwanl,  130, 147,  195,  307,  jaa,  369, 

390,411,483.                                                  H 

379.  381;  John, 30^. 460;  Will., 419. 
ReynokU,  pedigree  ol,  304,  305. 

Sly.  Mnc.  435.                                                     H 

Smith,  RJch.,460:  Tbos.(Maffd.C.),]68;          H 
Thot.  (Ch.  Ch.),  359;  WiU.,  348.                ■ 

KiKloti,  T1)«.,  508. 

'  Robert,"  prince,  63. 
^_     Roberts,  Geo.,  390^  398. 

Smith-gale,  55,  351.                                            ^1 

Somncr,  Will.,  338,  400,  416,  435.                   ^| 

^B     Kobin  Hood  ballaiit,  48. 

Sootb,  Rob.,  380,  3>9,  36$,  403.  41a,           ^| 

^V     Rohmson.  John  (Line],  375,  434. 

414.  437.  48*.  495.  500,  503-                ^^M 
SoHth-U-ign,  J§3.                                      ^^^^H 

'           Kobstm,  Amy,  360. 

Rochester,  JotmWiln>ot,eailof,  411,414. 

Spcarc.  Rob.,  333*  453*                            ^^H 

Rcc,  Arthur,  157. 

SjiectI,  John  (ten.;,  416  ;   John  Cjim.),    ^^^^^ 

Roger*,  Ben.,  311 ;  Chr.,  65, 407,  453, 

416. 498.                                                           ■ 

499. 

Spemcer,  Or.  John,  134  ;  SiiThos.,3l8.            ^H 

Roman  coint,  3>3,  463. 

Spratt,  Thos.,  496,  49S.                                      ^^k 

RonuumLs,  419. 

Sprifift  WilL,  331,  337.                           ^^M 
Squill,  Anb.,  474.                                          ^^^^H 

rope-dancing,  sec  dandng. 

Roi^aroand's  bower,  38^ 

Stafford,  Geo.,  435.                                    ^^^H 

Koiuvlbcads,  65,  66,  140. 

Standlake,                                                   ^^^^| 

Rofal  Society,  the,  290,  354,  473. 

Stanton  Haicourt,  319,  500.                      ^^^^| 

Rnm|i  ballads,  401. 

Stanton  S.  John's,  J65.                               ^^^^| 

Rap«t,  prince.  99,  305. 

Slecple-Aston,  145,  364.                           ^^^H 
Sterry,  Nathl.,  390,  39^<  397-                      ^^H 

Sadleir,  Ceo.,  436, 

Steward,  High,  of  Univ.,  473.                     ^^^H 

Sandenon,  Rob.,  338,  347,  46S. 

Stbael,  Pclei,  390,  473,  474,  475.              ^^^H 

Sond/ord,  403. 

Stone,  Will..  478.                                        ^^H 

Sauuden,  jobo,  179  ;  Rich.,  I16,  3SX 

stooc-cofTins,  345,  404.                             ^^^^| 

SavBge,  Htn..  536,  36*. 

S(nitton-.\iid]cy,  431.                                ^^^^| 

Saroy,  the  pcrucntions  in,  198. 

Strode,  Will.,  116.                                  ^^^1 

Saye,  lord,  9cx 

Stuart,  France*,  396.                                  ^^^^H 

Say,  Robert,  315,  366,  49a. 

btnbbe.  Hen.,  3B7,  38S,  395,  303,  313,          ^H 

S.  Scholasiica's  day,  l.fo,  158,373-377. 

460,  461.                                                     ^^k 

.Schools,  the,  70,  74,  83,  98. 

aui^licc,  347,  355-357»  380.  40*.  4*S>             ^| 

SchooU  Tower,  Ibe,  7a 

Sweit,  Giles,  84,  8$,  373,  403,  407.                   ^1 

srio,  soy. 

Syoodnac,  336.                                                ^^k 

Scot,  Rob.,  19. 

^H 

Scrope,  Emati,,  lord,  146. 

Tavemer,  John  (sen.),  46r,  468-470;          ^| 

Korvy-gTMs  diink,  373,  4G6. 

John  (jun.),  339.  340  ;  Rich.,  387.              ^H 

Sifrtlum  ANtaMii.  3,  43,  30a 

Tavcnter,pcdtgree of,38-40.50, 339, 340.    ^^^B 

.SeiiBwick,  Obfld.,  306,  334. 
Sedley,  Sir  Cbas.,  476. 

Taylor,  Jeremy,  69.                                 ^^^H 

tea,  165,  169,  301.                                      ^^^H 

Seldeo,  John,  187,  soo,  aSj,  310,  335, 
435,  439:  Sclden's  libnuy,  109,  415, 

'  Term  Catatogncs,'  15.                               ^^^^B 

Temu  fliui,  33i,  356.  958,  336,  347,          ^H 

433f  497  :  Scldcn  marbles,  310,  351. 
*cmion»,  MS.,  of  hii  brother  Kdward 

406,  407.  443,  483.                              ^^^H 

Tdswofth,  4D9.                                           ^^^^^1 

^_        lent  by  Wood  to  his   Mendi,  403, 
^H        503i    wiiDuas,  ftilly,  411 ;    sermons, 
^V        bla^emoos,  by  Koyalitti.  161, 369 ; 

Thame,  407,  408.                                    ^^^^^ 

TKanie  Abbey,  4(0.                                    ^^^^H 

lliame  School,  108,  109,  409.                   ^^^H 

lermons,  Friday  couru;  of,  ay,  vcr- 

Theyer.  Jofao.  130,  404,  474.                    ^^^1 

moos,  Tuesday  counic  of,  159. 

lliomai,  l>av.,  333.                                   ^^^^H 

Sheldon,  Gilb.  (archbp.),  ^64,  397. 
Sbetdun,  Ralph  (uf  fianon,  Kn.)>  ><Mi 

Thotnc.  Edmosd,  489.                             ^^^^| 

Thnrman,  Hen.,  307,  396,  337.359>  3<^>*            ^| 

371. 

Tillyard,  Arth.  (ten.),   30l,  303,  903,            ^1 

Sbcldon,    Ralph     (of   Beoly,    Wood'* 

»,<)&  ;  (jun.),  303.                                              H 

/ticnd  and  patron),  315,  347,  348, 

Tillyard,  pedigree  of,  >o>,  303.                   ^^^H 

■        43$.  4.13- 

Timber-yard,  96.                                         ^^^^^ 

^H    Sheppard,  Fleetwood,  477,  484. 

tobacco,  168,  101,  184,  41A,  430,              ^^^H 

^B    Sherlock,  Rich.,  151. 

Tomkln»,  Thoa.,  412,  444.  485,  49B»   ^^B 

^^k    alioolius  al  a  iiurk,  49. 

499.509.                                  ^^H 

5ao 


WOOERS  UFE  AND  TIMES. 


tiiucbiog  for  kbig'i  eril,  496,  497. 

TowcrMH),  Gsbr.,  413. 

TozCT,  Hen^  444. 

Trinity  CoU.,  94,  55,  lsg»  (59,   168, 

336.  363.  4^4- 
Tr'iufhtoD,  John,  4>3. 
tnddng,  IJ4.  ^i'>- 
'  Toetdiy  Kcnoons/  IS9. 
ToiiMT,  Kdw«rd,  407;    Fnuicit,  190, 

47»,  4JJO,  498. 
Twyiw,  Brian,  55,  75,  76,  84,  147, 315, 

38$.  4»S>.  4'»* 

University  ColL,  63,  64.  94.  i^,  310. 

141,  4'f6. 
Upton,  Ambr^  307. 
U»bcr,  Jnk,  lOJ,  103,  435. 

Vine,  Sir  Hcti^  303. 
Varney,  Sir  Rich.,  36  r. 
Vcmoo,  G«o.,  405  ;  )oho,  401. 
Vice-chaaceUor'i  accounts,  book  of,  76. 
Vicc-cbAnoelior's  court,  76, 84,  85, 163, 

356.  373.  4J»' 
Vol/mte,  467. 

Wadhnm  Coll..  94,  95,  I59,  168,  359, 

381.  363.  Al3.  466. 
WndtuLoi,  Skh.,  liif. 
'WagswITc.  Jwhn,  lyfr 
vrakca,  JyO. 
Walker,  Tbos.,  445. 
WftlUngford,  164. 
Wnllii,  John.  343,  390,  396,  309,  3>6, 

319.  335.  366.  37*.  3*4.  407.  4M. 

473.  50J. 
Walronil,  Aniw,  318,  335. 
Walter.  David,  316;  John,  3i6;  Sir 

Will.,  4}io,  48),  483. 
Walton,  Valentine,  461. 
Wanlaec,  73. 
Ward,  Isaiah.  474;  Sclh,  394-396,  363, 

Warkworth,  37$,  376. 

W^mford,  John.  183,  331,  443. 

Wajc,  Chr,  321. 

wanliing  feet  ou  Matmtly  Tbnrtd..  93. 

Watkins,  Kith.,  siU. 

wax-work,  441. 

WelwtcT,  jubn,  atj^,  39! 

White.   Jolin   (■  Ccnlwry  *),    105,   405; 

John  (Magd.  C),  330-  33'* 
White,  Sir  Sampwo.  370,  .vn,  413,437, 
Whitehall,  JobJi.  410;  Kob..  144,  159, 

37y.  3**y.  h'o. 


Wliitlocke.  RuIUrode,  187 

Whitstm-ale.  joq- 

Wbittineham,  WilL,  30a,  304. 

WhoTwood,  BroiM,  336.399;  Janr.jj; 

Wickhom.  Jane,  313. 

\SickhaiD.  pediEter  of,  tt^,  14^ 

Widdiingtoo,  SuThos.,  i»8. 

Wightwick,  IIco,.  379. 

VSilt^.  John.  3K9. 

Wilkiiib,  John,  148,  151;,  t66,  ts'j,$ffii 
363:  Tim.,  315.  3JV 

WilktntoD,  Ucn.  (WD-),  130,  I47  ;  Hoi 
tjiia.>.  147.407.  4I3,  4i$r4<7i44^ 
43:? ;  John,  161.  407. 

Willmin*,  John  (bp.),  154,  167;  Job 
(lord),  408,  409. 

Williani-Kid,  Jo*cph.  473. 

Wilson,  Dr.  John,  104,  305,  »|3,  3JJ, 
>S7.  31*5.  4JO- 437- 486. 

Wilton.  J<^,  405,  446,  507. 

WincbeAtcr,  73. 

Windtore,  Milet,  315,  4a9L 

Winniard.  Tboa.,  330,  331. 

Wirley,  Edw.,  48. 

Wolvwcot,  J16.  457. 

Wood,  Anthony,  aiii ;  Chr.  (broUier\ 
37.  '8.  30.  3".  93.  "^S,  130.  151, 
343,  384,  431,  431:  Edward  (hro- 
tfaer).  31,  17,  $3,  69,  93.  110,  119, 
147. 166,  170^  179,  197,  aoo;  Mary 
(mother',,  al,  36,40,  69,  79,  151; 
Rich.,  35.  36,  79 ;  Robert  (brother), 
33.  37,  38,  39,  51.  93,  179,  384.  471. 
475;  Thomas  (Inther;,  31,  sj,  36,40^ 
43,  78 ;  Tbonaa  (brolher)^  a,  tj* 
47.53.68.6?.93.'7'. 

woodcn-hotM  \  the.  83. 

Wwwiroff.  Den.,  473,  484. 

Woodstock.  158,  183,  330,  495. 

Woodward,  Mich.,  334,  363,  390,  414. 

458. 
wotK-iaa£tcr,  460. 
Wren,  Chr.,  >oi.  J90,  3B0,  47a ;  HtIL, 

301.  105;  Thos.,  301,  304,  105. 
YamtoQ.  317. 
Yaic.  Th.».,  373,  39a 
Ycrbury  (fcrbory).  Hen.,  473,  488,  489, 

491,  soy, 
Vofit,  James,  dake  of,  68,  09,  70,  7», 

8>,  99.  103,491-495. 

Zoach,  Rich..  164,  173,  310,  334,  j«i, 

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