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VOL. XXVI 

LIFE AND TIMES 

OF 

ANTHONY 

WOOD 

VOL. III, 



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REF. & REM. 



PREFACE. 

THIS third Volume completes the text of XVood's Diaries. It 
contains a much larger proportion of unprinted matter than its 
predecessors, giving for the first time the entries of the Diaries 
for eight successive years, 1684-1691 , besides much new matter 
in the other years. 
A temporary Index bas been added. 
The Keeper of the Archives, the Rev. T. Vere Bayne, bas re- 
covered many of the original documents of the suit, Clarendon 
versus Wood. I bave transcribed these for Volume IV. 
I bave to renew my warm thanks to lIr. F. Madan and the 
Rev. Fraser H. Penny. 
ANDREW CLARK. 



ADDENDA. 

VOL. I. 
Vol. I, p. 8, line I6.--The los» of the volume» Wood MS. E3I , in which Wood 
had entered a number of lampoons on persons in Oxford from Elizabeth's reig'n 
to his own rime is partly covered by the fact that Wood's detached copies of 
several of the pieces are found in MS. Tanner 3o6 and MS. Tanner 465, some 
of them with endorsements (' entred into my book,' etc.) showing that they had 
been copied by Wood into Wood MS. E 3 I. Thus, Wood's copy of Thomas 
13uekley's libel ' ruade about the yeare x564' (cited from a late copy by Dr. 
131iss in his edition of the Athenae i. 6o9, 6Io), with marginal notes explaining 
the allusions, sixty-two stanzas of four lines, is found in MS. Tanner 465 fol. 
o5. ' Lowe's Lamentation, by Thomas Smith, A.B. Xt. Church, Januar. 66o,' 
i.e. -, eleven stanzas of four lines, is found in IIS. Tanner 3o6 fol. 373. A 
satire on Dr. John Wall's benefaction to the City (sec vol. ii. p. 9o), twenty- 
four stanzas of four lines, is found in MS. Tanner 306 fol. 3î4. 
VOL. II. 
Vol. II, p. 52, line x2.--The bells of S. Michael's church are six in number, and 
now (x892) bear the following dates :--the tenor, fifth, fourth, and third bells, 
668 ; the second bell, x755 ; and the first bell, îo8. 
¥ol. II, p. 223, line x x.--This ' Smith ' is Bernard Schmidt, for whom sec Grove's 
Dietionary of Music. 
Vol. II, p. 542, note 7, jr ' partially ' read ' partiality ! ' Wood intends to accuse 
Dr. John Fell of unfair lenieney to a member of Christ Church ; ep. vol ii. pp. 
83, I4 o. 
Vol. II, pp. 563, 564, Terraefllii, and «[usic lect«res.--MS. Bodl. Add. A. 368 
contains on fol. 4  the speech of Joseph Brooks, ierrae jlius x663, and on 
fol. x of Henry Gerrard, 7èrrae .fllius xo July 669; also on fol. x the 
music speech of' Mr. Collice' of S. John's, which I think mny be an error 
for Richard Torless, Music lecturer 66r, and on fol. 6 the music speech 
of Thomas Lanrence, M.A. Univ. 4 June 668, the Music lecturer of 669. 



CONTENTS. 

YEAR 
682 

VENTS» ETC., RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY AND CITY 
OF OXFORD. 

blOIqTH IAGE 
Jan. an Arabic letter sent to Oxford to be interpreted 2 
., mild weather 3 
,, dissensions at S. John's C ollege . 3 
., atheists and vile persons at S. John's College 3 
,, evil state of New College 3 
Jan.--Feb. emptiness of the University : few matriculations î 
,, ,, University thought to favottr Popcry 7 
Feb. severe frost 3 
,, . suicide at Pembroke College 4 
,, the City observes S. Scholastica's Day 4 
,, the City is afraid for its charter 4 
,, a new quadrangle begun at New Collegc 5 
,, honorary deees to noblemen 6 
,, a foundling at Magdalen College 7 
,, a flood 7 
March frosty weather 3 
,, Dr. tusby's proposal to found a Catechetical lecture in 
Divinity passes Congregation, but is hostilely received in 
Cnxocation . fo, If 
,, the University is jealous of the domination of Christ Church 
II» 22 29 
City for the 

March--Apr. a collection in the University and 
Huguenots 
March--Sept. a maligtxant lever in Oxford 
Apr. S. Edmund Hall chapel consecrated 
,, the City refuses to sell a site for an almshouse 
Apr.--May. continuous wet weather and floods 
May 

Il 
Il 

dispute about precedence between the professors of Law and 
Medicine - 3, I4, t5 
Dr. ]3usby's proposed lecturc is further discussed in Con- 
vocation 14 
dispute about the parish boundary betwcen S. Peter in the 
East and S. John taptist parishes . 15 
the Cty neglects the anniversary of the P, estoration 16 



X 
YEAR 
68z 

1683 

CONTENTS. 

BONTH PAGE 
May--June. the anabassador ri-oto Morocco is entertained at Oxford I6-I8 
May--Oct. opposition in the University to Samuel Johnson's 
Julian the A2ostate 18, 19 
June a Whig, on political grounds, refused his degree 6- 19 
,, S. John Baptist parish beat their bounds 2o 
,, Dr. Busby's proposed lecture is refused by Convocation 2 I, 22, 43 
,, the Chancellor asks better order to be observed in Con- 

july 
119 
July--Oct. 
Aug. 
Sept. 

Oct. 
Nov. 

vocation 
an Act eelebrated 
Christ Church takes New College organist . 
Christ Church and New College satirize each other 
a Terraefllius punished 

the highway beyond Magdalen Bridge is pitched 
the City charter is called in question by the Crown 
a cornet is scen in Oxford 
a collection in the University and County for a testimonial to 
Roger L'estrange 
restoration of sculptures at Merton College . 
fine weather 
cold, wet weather, and sickness . 
tire near High Street . 
the speech in laude» ladlîi, founded by Dr. John Morris, is 

23, 24 
24 
24 
25 
25 

26 
27 
27 
27 
28 

Dec. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
March 
Apr. 

May 

first delivered 29, 319 
the ' groaning,' or 'Protestant' elm-board exhibited at Oxford 29 
the Tories of Oxford rejoice 31 
a flood at Oxford 34 
a statue of King Alfred set up at Univ. ColL 35 
honorary degree to a Huguenot 36 
small number of determining bachelors 37 
decay of Lent disputations . 37, 44 

the B.A.'s in the Schools insult the M.A.'s who attend the 
disputations 37 
unusual splendour of the High Sheriff's entry 38 
the Ashmolean receives Tradescant's curiosities 39 
disputes betveen M.A.'s and the pro-proctor who fines them 4 o, 41 
' tuppenny ' and ' thruppenny ' ale 41 
a political quarrel brings on a Town and Gown riot : ' Jesus 
College to the reseue' 42, 43, 5 o 
the Senior Proctor's speech. 43 
tain and a flood . 45 
S. John Baptist parish beats its bounds 45 
splendid reception of the duke and duchess of York and the 
princess Arme. 46_54 
John Churchill, afterwards duke of Marlborough is offered 
an hon. D.C.L., but does hot wait to take it 46, 54 
the University present is Wood's ttist, et Antiq., Loggan's 
Oxon. lllustrala, Plot's Aat. ttis of Oxfordshir G tmd a 
1; il, lc 
54 



CONTENTS. xi 

YEAR 
1683 

MONTH PAGE 
May formal opening of the Ashmolean • 5 z, 55, 56 
May--June. wet weather and floods 56 
June E. Ashmole formally presents Tradescant's curiosities to the 
University 57 
,, Adolphus Johannes, son of the Count Palatine of the Rhine, 
visits Oxford . 57, 58 
,, scandal at the Mitre 57 
,, the Rye-house plot becomes known at Oxford 58 
,, a mountebank exhibits in Oxford 59 
June--July. the houses ofOxford Whigs are searched for arms 59, 6z 
July a monster exhibited in Oxford 6o 
,. ill-feeling against Whigs in the University 6o 
,. an Act celebrated 6o 
,, the University condemns and burns Whig doctrines and 
books 6 -64 
,, the duke of Moumouth's naine is struck out of C. C. C. 
buttery-book. 64 
,, the University presents an address to the King and the duke 
of York congratulating them on escaping assassination 64, 65 
,, the City seeks to present a congratulatory address to the 
King 64, 65 
Aug. the King and duke of York thank the University for the 
address and the decrees . 64, 65 
,, lord Comvay's funeral passes through Oxford 66 
,, two M.A.'s arrested for Whiggery 66 
,, a bawdy sermon at S. Mary's 67 
,, the City charter is surrendered to the Crown 67 
Aug.--Dec. epidemic of small-pox : the University very empty 
67, 79-8I, 
Sept• a fellow of Linc. Coll. expelled for Whig principles 68-72 
,, Thanksgiving for the failure of the Rye-house plot 
,, slight earthquake at Oxford 73 
,, Oxford (city) feast omitted, because of the small-pox 74 
,, an association to study Chemistry meets 
Oct. the University is formally thanked by the King for its address 
and decrees 75 
,, the association to study Chemistry admits more members 
and becomes the Oxford Philosophical Society 76-78 
Oct.--Dec. small-pox rife in the City and University 79, 8o, 83 
deaths so frequent that ' the passing bell ' is forbidden 81 

OV. 
Dec. 

undergraduates frightened away by the small-pox 83 
the Mermaid tavern is re-opened . 83 
riot at the Mitre . 83, 87, 88 
heavy snowfall and extreme cold 88 
neglect of speaking Latin . 44 
triteness of the degree examinations 44 
the University not allowed to have the night-police 44 
a bason for cooling drinking-glasscs 84 



x COWTEWTS. 

"FEAR 
 684 

1685 

MONTH 
JoEno 

IAGE 
exceeding severity of the weather 86, 88 
the City gives way to the Crown in the matter of its 
charter . 86, 89 
,, the Oxford translation of Cornelius Areos is suppressed 86 
,, Sabina Bowes' bequest to the University 87, 254 
Feb. the City intrigues for a dimilmtion of the privileges of the 
University 89 
,, ill-natured attacks on the University 89 
March honorary degree to Martin Lister for his gifts to the Museum 9 ° 
,, Junior Proctor's outgoing speech 9 ° 
llarch--.Apr, agues frequent in Oxford 9 I 
Apr. Senior I°roctor's outgoing speech 9  
,, manda»ms from the King to elect a fellow at Merton. 93 
., an Oxford Whig alderman brow-beaten by judge Jeffreys 93 
,, S. Edmund Hall principalship dispute begins 94 
May Great Tom ' is himself again ' 95 

May--Sept. the University pfivilege of printing is assailed 95, IO5, 112 
Jtme the University thanks the Lord Advocate of Scotland ('the 
bloody Mackenzie ' of the Covenanters) for hisJus rtgium 96 

riot at the Cross Inn . 
Magdalcn bridge repaired 
an Act celebrated 
no plays this year 

96 , 97 
97 
lO5 

july 
,, the 7èrraefllii expelled 
July--Aug. a pestilential lever in Oxford 
JulySept. many strangers visit Oxford 
Aug. the University pays a complimentary visit to its Chancellor, 
the duke of Ormond 
,, the duke of Norfolk visits Oxford 
Sept. delegates appointed to act for the Ch,'mcellor during his 
absence in Ireland o8 
,, Oxford ci;y and Oxfordshire feast combined o 9 
,, first appointment of Curators of the Ashmolean o 9 
Oct. the new charter of the City is received with great rejoicings .   2 
Oct.--Nov. dispute about the principalship of S. Edmund Hall  5,  6 
Nov. John Locke expelled from Christ Church at the instance of 

zo6 

I)ec. 

the Crown 
turbulence of the streets 
mourning gowns worn to the neglect of proper Academical 
dress 
barristers residcnt in Oxford 
extreme eold 
colds and fevers frequent 

117 

92 , 300 
Jan.  23 
. 124 
Jan.March. drought 13, 36 
Feb. Charles IFs death announccd at Oxford 125 
,, Visitation of Queen's College  26, 127 
., dispute about the principalship of S. Edmund Hall 126,  7 
,, James II proclaimed ith unttsttal rejoicioEs   7 



COWTENTS. xii[ 

YEAR 
655 

MONTH PAGE 
Feb. 
on the late king's death are published 133 
Feb.--March. agitation against the king 134 
Match election of M.P.'s for the city, the University, and the 
county . t35, 136 
Apr. election by the clergy of proctors in Convocation 137 
,, the Junior Proctor's speech 
,, increase in numbers of the Undergraduates I37 
,, a scandal at Exeter College I39 , 
,, Coronation day kept with great rejoicings r4o 
May faction in Lincoln College . I42 
May--Jtme. drought 43, I44 
June reenfits sought for on the news of Monmouth's invasion I44, r45 
,, rains 144 

the University rotes an address fo the new king 
the University address is presented, and the Univerity verses 

,, the yeomanry are assembled at Oxford and march to the 
"West r45 
June--July. the county militia assembled at Oxford I45 , I5z 
,, ,, the University raises a troop of horse and several eom- 
panies of foot 145-I5z 
July false news of victory 148 
,, rejoicings on news of Monmouth's defeat 151 , 152 , 155 
,, no Act this year . I5I 
,, popish doctrine in a University sermon; the preacher 
censured I5% I55, I56, I65 
July--Aug. uneasiness caused by thc king's maintaining a standing 
army I3o , I54 , I57 
Aug. a Greek ecclesiastic in Oxford I56 
,, failure of Richard Davis, the Oxford bookseller I57 
Aug.Sept. the University very empty . I56, I63 
,, ,, scarcity ofwater 156, 163 
Sept. ' after 2o years' . I6o 
,, public funeral of Sir Leoline Jenkins . I5S , I6 
Oct. Obadiah Walker's Z*fi of Out Saviour suppressed for 
popery 64 
,, the king champions the popishly affected of Oxford I65 
,, the king's birth-day honoured I66 
,, bridges at the Castle repaired I69 
llov. Gunpowder Plot kept with fervency 169 
,, popular indignation at the prorogation of parliament 13I, 170 
,, election of an M.P. for the University . I68, 17 I 
Nov.Dec. unusual fcver I73 , I8o 
,, ,, Roman Catholic Calendars and books published ; Pro- 
testant answers published 13r,  î6 
,, ,, dismissal of Protestants from the army and places under 
the Crown I3I , I7o , I7I , I72 
Dec. the popishly affected of Oxford begin to look up . I7I 
,, a flood 72 



CONTENTS. 

YEAR 
I685 

1686 

PAGE 
7 z 
I72 , 76 

MON'rH 
Dec. disturbRnccs at a « black night ' ai Merton 
» foggy and moisi wcnthcr 
Jan. rain and floods 
Jan.--Feb. a forward spring . 
Jan. fin.--March, drought 
Jan.--March. expeetations that Obadiah Walker and 
going to deelare themselves Romanists 
Jan.--Apr. unusual fever 
Feb. 

others are 
I76, 77, 18z 
173, I8o, 83 
accession-day observed 179 
the University condoles with the Chancellor on his son's 
death 179 
Sir William Dugdale bequeathes his MSS. fo the Ashmolean x8o 
gentlemen-commoners abandon their distinctive caps 8I, 30o 

blarch 
,, agitation against the standing army 
March--Apr. suspected Papists begin to declare themselves 182, I83 
March--Dcc. a Romanist club meets at Obadiah Walker's 177 , 
Apr. the Senior Proctor's speech I83 
Apr.--May. tains . 184 
May the fait in Brokenhayes  84 
,, the king grants official protection to the Oxford Papists 184, 185 

the king licenses Obadiah Walker to print certain (Romanist) 
books 198 
the principality of S. Edmand Hall still in dispute I85 
a fatal duel between troopers  86 
a University sermon against popery, the preacher suspended . I86 
extreme cold 187 

June extreme changes in the weather . I87, 188 
,, Sir William I)ugdale's MSS. arrive in Oxford I9O 
,, Obadiah Walker is refused leave to print at the University 

july 
Aug. 

press i98 , 2oz 
the king issues protections to dissenters I9o 
John Massey is suspected to be a papist i89, i9o 
a general Toleration of dissenters is expected i9i 
no Act this year. i9o , i9 
plays and shows, as if there had bcen an Act I9I , 19z 
death of John Fell 19 z 
preaching against popery forbidden 93 
the Ecclesiastical Commission is opened : it is to control the 
Universities 
Obadiah VCalker opens his chapel at Univ. Coll.. 
first sale of Richard Davis' books opens 

I93 
194 
I57 

Aug.--Dec. Otho Nicholson's conduit at Carfax is repaired 
Sept. rejoicings that Buda is taken from the Turks 
,, a riot in front of Unir. Coll. 
Oct. second sale of Richard Davis' books opens . 
,, a statue of S. Cuthbert set up at Unir. Coll. 
,, John Massey is to declare himself a Romanist and to be dean 

202 
196 
96 
97 

of Ch. Ch. 

197 , 200, 201 



CONTENTS. xv 

YEAR 
i686 

1687 

MONTH 
Octo 

Nov. 
Dec. 
Jan. 

Obadiah Walker's books are to be printed at Lichfield's 
press 
the king's birthday slightly observed 
Oxford city and county conjoined feast 
small-pox in Oxford 
rain and a flood . 
John Massey installed dean of Ch. Ch. 
Obadiah Walker obtains eontrol of the University press 
recovery ofthe Matriculation Register for I649-I662 
claret tmiversally drtank, sherry ont of fashion 
troops quartered in Oxford this year 
corruption of morals 
John Fell's MSS. put into the Bodleian 

PAGE 

198 
I98 
199 
200 
200 
201 
201» 202 
202 
I99 
I86, 202 
20 
240 

mandatons from the king to elect a Romanist Moral Philo- 
sophy professor 207, 216 
,, nomination of High Steward of the University 207 
,, mandamus from the king to elect Leopold Finch Warden 
of Ail Souls 2o8 
,, drought 208 
,, the University empty and the trade of the town dead, because 
students stay away for fear of popery 2oz, 209, 215 
,, unpopularity of Obadiah Valker 209 
,, Obadiah Walker starts a private printing press in Unir. Coll. 2o 9 
Jan.--Feb. small-pox in Oxford 209 
]an.--Feb. a Romanist club meets at Obadiah Walker's . 213 
Jan.--May. frequent Romanist pttblications and Protestant activity 
in answefing them . 2o9, 217, 218, 22% 221 
Feb. aecession-day observed 2o 9 
,, statue of James II set tap af Unir. Coll. 2o 9 
,, Thomas Bowman's books sold by auction 213 
,, distnrbances at Obadiah Walker's chapel 213 
,, Oxford converts to Romanism 2I 4 
,, Romanist undergraduates at Univ. Coll. 2I 4 
,, drought 214 
March the University pays a complimentary visit to its Chancellor . 214 
,, diminntion in the number of tmdergraduates through fear of 
popery . 2 i5 
,, dean Massey opens a Roman Catholic chapel at Ch. Ch. 2 5 
,, small-pox at C. C.C. 216 
Apr. the king's Declaration for liberty of conscience is published . 217 
,, mandamus from the king to elect Anthony Fariner president 
of Magd. Coll. 217 
,, a Protestant toast common at Oxford 218 
,, John Hough elected president of Magd. Coll. 218, 526 
May the Moral Philosophy professor inveighs against the Refor- 
mation 219 
,, a high wind 219 
,, a tire in Oxford . 2  9 



xvi CONTENTS. 

YEAR 
168î 

IMONTH 
May 

PAGE 
220 
220 

a duel between officers 
disturbances in the streets 
the clergy refuse to vote an address of thanks to the king for 
his Declaration of liberty of conscience 220 
,, Magd. Coll. summoned before the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sion 22x, 246, 527 
May--June. small-pox in Oxford 220, 22x 
June l,agd. Co]l. appears several times before the Ecclesiastical 
Commission; John Hough is ejected from the presidency 
and certain fellows suspended . 246, 247, 527 
July no Act this year . 221, 222 
,. Romanists put on the Commission of the Peace 223 
,, Magd. C0il. appears again before the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners 223, 248 
Aug. disturbance at Obadiah Walker's chapel 223 
,, a Presbyterian meeting-house is opened 223, 224 
,, in consequcnce of the Toleration, the Presbyterians and Inde- 
pendents cease preaching against popery 224 
,, the king appoints bishop Parker to the presidency of Magd. 
Coll. 224, 248, 527 
,, preparations for the king's visit 224, 226 
Sept. the king visits Oxford . 225-239 
,, the king touches for the king's evil 232 
,, the king is angry with Magd. Coll. 233, 248, 527, 528 
,, the king recommends preaching without MS. 237, 238 
,, the University present is a Bible and gloves 224, 234 
,, wet weather 225, 226 
,, Christ Church cited before the Ecclesiastical Commissloners 225 
,, Oxford city and cotmty conjoined feast 225 
Oct. Univ. Coll. appears before the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 4 o 
,, heavy rains 240 
,, king's birthday celebrated 240 
,, disturbance in the streets 240 
,, burglary in S. Clement's 241 
,, great burglary at Gloucester Itall 241 
,, Christ Church appears before the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 24! 
,, affray between undergraduates and troopers . 241 
Oct.--Nov. tains and floods 242 , 244 
Oct.--Nov. visitation of Magdalen College by the king's Ecclesi- 
astical Commissioners and expulsion of the Protestant 
fellows . 248, 249, 515_530 
Nov. untimely festivities at Ail Souls 243 
,, admission ofRomanists to fellowships in Magdalen College 523, 525 
,, a gang of burglars is at work in and near Oxford . 243, 244 
,, disturbance at dean Massey's chapel 24t, 
,, disputes about the night-police hetween the city and the 
University 244 
Dec. a University preacher forced to recant . 244 



CO,VTEA'TS. xvii 

YEAR 
1687 

1688 

)eCo 

a riot iu frout of Uuiv. Coll. 245 
Protestant zeal of Arthur Charlctt 245 
rebellious attitude of the demies to the intruded president and 
fcllows of Magd. Coll. 245 
emptiness of Magd. Coll. and financial troubles 53 ° 
provision ruade for the ejected fellows of Magd. Col]. 530 
the number of persons matriculating is still decrcasing 246 
prevalence of immorality 24 
Protestant and Romanist controverslal tracts 246 
troops quartered in Oxford this year 22o, 249 , 
a tire at Crist Church 252 
admission of Romanist fellows at Magd. Coll. 253, 530 
mastership of Magd. Coll. school 253 
expulsion of demies of iMagd. Coll. 254 , 53 
intriguing to procure repeal of the Test Act 254 
libel against the expected Prince of Wales 254 , 255 
thc vice-chancellor's attitude towards the new Romanist 
fellows of Magd. Coll. 255 
Obadiah Walker's club still meets 255 
Thanksgiving for the Quecn's pregnancy 255 

riot at Magd. Coll. cansed by the expelled demies ; the vice- 
chancellor dea]s with it . 26, 53 t 
,, the ' general ' of the Carmelites in Oxford 256 
Jan.March. people frequent Magd. Coll. chapel to prevent the 
troduction of Romanist services 254 , 264 
Feb. the king's accession cordially observed 256 
,, the city fulfils ail requirements of S. Scholastica's day . 256 
,, affronts offered to the Romanist fellows of Magd. Coll. ; they 
shut their gates 257 
,, Christ Church and Magd. Coll. are deserted by noblcmen, 
gentlemen-commoners and commoners 257 
March more Romanist fellows admitted at Magd. Coll.. 258 
,, financial difficulties at iMagd. Coll. ; the College plate pawned 
or embezzled? 258, 530 
,, changes in the Commission of the Peace 6o 
,, popular apprehcnsions as to the king's designs 260 
,, death of Samuel Parker, bp. of Oxford, and prcs. of iMagd. 
Coll. 26 
the Romanist fellows at Magd. Coll. seize the Chapel . 262 
262 

,, a Romanist is ruade president of Magd. Coll. 
March--Sept. the city is governed by ColnlUissioners» thc chmtcr 

VOL. III. 

being -ithdrawn 260, 270 , 27, 277 
contest for the Camden Professorship of History . 262, 263 

heavy snow-fall ; backward spring 263 
execution at Oxford 263 
the Romanist earl of Peterborough takes command of the 
regiment of horse in Oxford 264 
murderous quarrel betwcen troopers 264 
b 



xviii CO.VTENTS. 

YF.AR 
688 

Apr. m,-t begnn to be said in Magd. ColL chapel 4 
,, coronation day observed 265 
,, the University refuses to attend the S. Mark's day sermon at 
Magd. Coll. 
May-day song at Magd. Coll. omitted . 

May 

265 
266 

May--June. an epidemic fever in Oxford 267, 27 ° 
Juue a public disputation between a Protestant and a Romanist 267 
,, more Romanist fellows designed for Magd. Coll.. 267 
» no clergy in Oxford city and very few in Oxford county read 
the King's Declaration for liberty of conscience 267 
,, a great ordination in Oxford 268 
,, the news of the birth of the Prince of Wales is coldly re- 
ceived in Oxford, except by the Romanists 268 
,, the University summoned before the Privy Council on a Quo 
IYarranto 269, 3I 
,, the University refuses to attend the S. John Baptist day 
sermon at Magd. Coll. 2 î o 
disturbances at Magd. Coll. chapel 27o 
third sale of Ridmrd Davis' books begins I57, 302 
the official thanksgiving for the birth of the Prince of Wales 
is popularly observed as a thanksgiving day for the ac- 
quittal of the bishops 268, 27I , 272 
,, the University publishes verses on the birth of the Prince of 
Wales 2 
,, a Romanist confirmation at Oxford 272 
,, death of the chancellor (James Butler, first duke of Ormond), 
and hasty election in his place of his grandson (James 
]3utler, second duke) 
,, mandamus to elect Lord Chancellor Jeffreys to the chancellor- 
ship of the University arrives too late 2î3 
a hermit sets up in 13agley wood . 2î3 
no Act this year . 2ïo 
a monster exhibited 
expulsion and resignafion of the remaining Protestant fellows 
at Magd. Coll. 273 , 275 
,, disturbances at Obadiah Walker's chapel 273 , 274 
, mandamus to Allsouls College to appoint the king's nominee 
to one of their livings 274 
,, the young duke of Ormond is installed at London chancellor 
of the University 75 
suicide at Magd. Coll. 276 
invasion by the Dutch is expected 276 
the new eharter of the city is granted and received 277 
entcrtaimnent of voters previous to an election of M.P.'s for 
the county 277, 278 
,, in consequence of the expected Dutch invasion troops are 
vithdrawn from Oxford towards London 278 
,, lews that the king is going to undo his arbitrary acts . 278 

july 

Aug. 

Sept. 



COWTEWTS. xix 

YE&R 
1688 

1689 

IM ONTI-I 
Sept. 
Oct. 

PAGE 
a Quakers' meeting-place establishcd in Oxford 279 
the Ecclcsiastical Commission is dissolvcd 279 
Oxford city and eounty conjoined feast 279 
the king's birthday observed 279 
the expelled fellows of Magdalen Collcge are to be restored . 53 
the bishop of Winehester cornes to Oxford to restore the 
ejected fcllows of Magd. Coll. but is summoned to London 

in haste to attend a meeting of the Privy Council 279, 280, 53 
,, the fellows of Magd. Coll. are restored ; popular rejoic- 
ings 280, 532, 533 
,, the bishop ofWinchester visits C. C. C., New College, Trinity. 
and S. John's 533 
» the new charter of the city abrogated and the old charter 
restored 280 
,, reported ' signs' in the sky . 280, 281 
Nov. Gunpowder Plot fervently observed 28 
,, the country docs not rise to oppose the l'rince of Orange 
,, Romanists enrolled at Oxford as troopers to serve against 
the l'rince of Orange 281 
,, parties of horsemen pass through Oxford to join the Prince 
of Orange 281, 282 
,, Obadiah Walker's private press at Univ. Coll. is stopped 282 
,, reports of peers and rcgiments going over to the l'rince of 
Orange 282, 283 
,, fMI of ShOW 83 
,, Romanists leave Oxford 2Sz, 283, 285 
,, a party of Oxford citizens, etc., set out to join the l'rince 
of Orange 283, 284 
Nov.Dec. political pamphlets and verses 286, 292 , 293 
Dec. anti-Romanist riot at Oxford 286, 
,, volunteers in the interest of the Prince of Orange enter and 
occupy Oxford 86, 
,, election of M.P.'s for the University 
,, the University votes an address of welcome to the Prince of 
Orange 
,, an arch of Magdalen Bridge is pulled down . 3oS 
,, severe frost . 
,, expulsion of a Romanist fellow from Trin. Coll.. 29 I 
• . . troops quartered in Oxford this ycar 268, 27i, 278 
Jan. election of representatives for University and city and county 
for the l'rince of Orange's ' Convention' . ". 296 
,, the elms at the Parks planted 297 
Jan.--March. a deluge of political pmnphlets and verses 
29, 294, 297, 299, 3o0 
Fcb. the University visits Unir. Coll. and expels the Romanist 
head and fellows 29î, 298 
,, thanksgiving day for the accession of William and Mary 299 
,, Presbytcrians comc to the front, as a result of the Revolution -'99 
b2 



XX CONTENTS. 

689 

169o 

MONTH PAGE 
March epidemic of sore eyes . 299 
,, a violent wind 3 °0 
,, endeavours fo enforce the use of strict Academic dress 300 
,, voluntecrs raised for the war in Ireland 3 °0 
March--Apr. rains and floods ; a backxvard spring 3Ol 
Apr. coronation of William and Mary celcbrated at Oxford . Sot 
lXlay publication of the oath of allegiancc to \Villiam and Mary 302 
,, exceeding heat followed by cold veather 303 
., a great ordinntion in Oxford 303 
June dean Aldrich's installation feast 304 

June--Aug. riotous conduct of undergraduates 304, 307 
July no Act this year . 304, 305 
,, many members of the Ulfiversity take the oath of aIIegiance 
to William and Mal 3, 3o5 
,, Osney bridge repaired 306 
,, rejoicings at Oxford for the birth of a son of the Princess 
Anne 306 
Aug. non-jurors among members of the University 307 
,, Magdalen bridge rcpaired 308 
,, consideration shovn to the Quakers by the government 308 
Sept. Sir George Mackenzie, late Lord Advocate of Scotland, 'the 
bloody Mackenzie,' in Oxford 31 I, 333, 
,, the vice-ch,-mcellor's outgoing speech 31 I 
,, dispute between the eity and the University as to the 
mission of ,-t privileged person, which is carricd into the 
law-courts 31 I 
Oct. burglars imprisoned af Oxford 312, 332 
,, Oxford city and connty conjoined fcast 312 
Oct.--Dec. complaints of the dulness of trade, the emptiness of the 
University, and the burden of taxation 319 
Nov. a la), preacher refnsed his degree 315 
Dec. bill introduced in the Itouse of Commons to confirm the 
Caroline Charter of the University ; the city opposes it 317 
Jan. rains and a flood 320 
,, a tempestuous wind 321 
,, volunteers asked for the king's service . 322 
,, the bill promoted in the Commons for the confirmation of the 
Caroline Chartcr of the University is opposed by the city. 322 
,, the suit between the city and the Uuiversity concerning a 
privilegcd man is decided against the University 323 
,, King Charles I's day observed 324 
,, the nnniversary of the accession of William and Mary is 
neglected - 325 
,, expulsion of a fellow of Exeter College 325, 360 
,, election of M.P.'s for the city and the University . 325 
Feb. the rev. George XValker of Derry is nmde I-).D. 326 
Feb.--March. drotight, cold weather a backward spring. 329 
March election of M.P.'s for the connty . 327 



CO.VTI:.NTS. xxi 

691 

I,IOIITH la&G 
Match visitation of Exeter College by the cornmissary of the bihop 
of Exeter . 328 
_Apr. publication of Arthur ]3ury's 2Vacd Gosd, and feeling excited 
by it . 329, 33 ° 
,, coronation day observed 329 
,, ejected non-juring clergymen settle in Oxford 33 ° 
Junc delegates appointed to act for the Chancellor during his 
absence in Ireland . 332 
June--Aug. collection in the University for Scots episcopalian 
ministcrs 336, 355 
Jnly no Act this year 33 a 
,, rejoicings for the victory at the ]3oyne . 333 
,, Elias Ashmole in Oxford 334 
,, the bishop of Exeter in persou visits Exeter College, expels 
the rector, and suspends certain fcllows . 334, 34o, 35 z 
Aug. unusual thunder . 337 
,, elections of bedells . 337, 338 
,, election of a new rector of Eeter College . 338, 340 
Aug.--Scpt. paving of S. Giles' street 339 
Aug.--Oct. agitation against Arthur 13ury's 2Vakcd Gos.pcl; the book 

is formally condemned and burnt by the Univcrsity 337-341 
Aug.--Oct. a sickuess in Oxford . 345 
Oct. the vicechancellor's outgoing speech 34t 
,, the prospectus of the Athenae Oxon. is ready 34 z 
,, rejoiciugs for success in Ireland 342 
,, the University buys MSS. from Wood . 342 
,, tire at Magd. Coll. 344 
,, the University publishes congratulatory verses on the king's 
retum from Ireland 344 
,, Oxford city and county conjoined feast 344 
,, the non-juring bishop of Ey is in Oxford - 345 
lov. Excter College case in the courts of law at Westminster 345, 352 
I)ec. a ' grand compounder' takes his degree 346, 347 
• . . Queen's College builds a brew-house . 3i9 
Jan. elections of bedells 35 t 
,, subscribers are being sought for the Mlhenae Oxon. 353 
Feb. delegates appointed to act for the Chancellor during his 
absence in Holland 
,, tnrbulence of undergraduates 
March Seots episcopal ministers in Oxford 
Apr. theft at the Bear Inn 
,, Coronation-day neglccted 
,, the queen's birth-day slightly observed 
lXlay the Restoration of Charles II observed 
June the old chapel of Trinity College is taken down . 
» publication of Athenae Oxon. vol I 
June--July. fedings excited by Athcnae Oxon. vol. I 
July small-pox and lever in Oxford 

354 
355, 364 
355 
358 
359 
360 
362 
364 
364 
365, 368 
366 



xxii CONTENTS. 

169 

IAGE 
July no Act this year . 36 
,, death of mother George, the Oxford ' old old woman'. 367 
,, election of Lady Margaret professor 368 
,, rejoicings for the victory of Aghrim 368 
,, idleness rebuked by a University preacher 368 
Aug. the University empty ; money scarce • 3î ° 
Aug.--Nov. small-pox and a maligmant lever in Oxford 37 o, 37 I, 3î 2, 374 
Oct. rejoicings for the taking of Limerick 372, 373 
,, the vicechmcellor is rated for leniency to non-jurors 373 
,, burglary in Oxford 373 
,, Oxford city and county conjoined feast 374 
Oct.--Nov. expulsion of non-jurors from thcir fellowships 374, 375, 377 
/qov. a professorship jobbed 375 
,, election of the Camden professor of history . 375 
,, Th,'mksgiving for the conclusion of the war in Ireland . • 377 
Dcc. change of site of the Presbyterian meeting-place , 379 
• . . neglect of Academical dress by undergraduates 386 
Jan. troops from Ireland in Oxford : their lawlessness. 380 
» the Oxford press is to be farmed out to London book- 
sellers 38, 382 
Jan.--Feb. expulsion of non-jurors from their fellowships 382, 384 
Jan.--Feb. frost 381 
Feb. a Scot becomes professor of Astronomy 382 
,, execution in Oxford 383 
Match a gang of burglars at work in Oxford . 384, 38î 
,, a clue is round to the gang of burglars 385 
Apr. the senior proctor's outgoing speech 386 
,, poll-tax 386, 387 
,, comparative neglect of Coronation-day 386 
,, fourth sale of Richard Davis' books begins . 157 
,, one of the Oxford burglars is arrested at Stafford . 387 
,, an Italian teaches anatomy in Oxford . 387 
,, a press-gang collects soldiers in Oxford 388 
Apr,--May. cold, wet weather ; a backward spring 389 
May a dispensation for accumulating the Divinity degrees is 

J[llle 
July 

rejectcd . 389 
rejoicings for the victory of la tlogue . 39 o, 391 
wet weathcr, and a great flood ; the hay harvest is ruined 39t 
an Independent meeting-place opened . 393 
a disputation between a Prcsbytcrian and an Independent 393 
Arthur Charlett elected Master of Univ. Coll. 393 

no Act this year . 391, 393, 427 
execution in Oxford: the option 'marry or be haaged' is 
disallowed 
• 393 
death of David Loggan, the University engraver . 394 
.,4l]«me Oxou. vol. Il is published; commotion caused 
by it 395, 396 
cold, xct wcathcr ; thc coin harvcst is in danger . 397 



COA'TENTS. xxiii 

1693 

MONTH PAGE 
Aug. the commotion caused by Athenae Oxon. vol. II continues 398, 399 
,, a suicide in Oxford 399 
,, Gloucester Hall is repaired by the new principal . . - 399 
Sept. cold, unseasonable weather . . 403 
,, an ejected chaplain of Ail Souls is restored by the Visitor 404, 447 
Oct. dean Aldrich. assuming the vice-chancellorship, promises to 
enforce discipline . 404 
,, the University refuses to purchase part of Wood's library of 
MSS. and printed books. 4o4 
,, drought . 405 
,, rejoicings for the king's arrival from Flanders 405 
]ov. Oxford city and county conjoined feast 4o6 
,, the king's birthday greatly neglected . 406 
,, Gunpovder Plot kept with great honour 4o6 
,, rejoicings for successes abroad 406 
,, the Junior Proctor is affronted by troopers at the Mitre 407 
Nov.--Dec. the libel suit, Clarcndon versus Wood, in the Vice- 
chancellor's Court . . 407, 4o, 4   
E)ec. stormy west winds 411, 412 
,, the Oxford waggon robbed . 4  I 
,, Jacobite letters dropped in the streets of Oxford 4  I 
• . . the poll-tax . 44 
Jan. the University charter is confirmed by Parliament 415 
,, emptiness of the University : burdensome taxation : stagnation 
of trade. 415 
Jan.--July. the libel suit, Clarendon versus ,Vood» in the Vice- 
chancellor's Court . 413, 45, 4-", 429 
Feb. Accession-day scantily observed: discontent because of 
taxation .... 4 t 5 
,, ShOW and frost 417 
March--Dec. quarterly tax on money • 418, 423, 437 
Apr. coronation-day neglected 4o 
,, the anonymous Vindication of Anthony Wood is published 
at Oxford . . . 420 
,, tains and a flood . 42 I 
,, the Senior æroctor's out-going speech . . 4 z  
,, observance of the queen's birthday 42 I 
,, corn flots in Oxford market . 421,422 
IXlay corn-riots throughout England • 421, 422, 4:5 
,, profusion of May-poles 421 
,, German princes incognito in Oxford 422, 4-'3 
,, Jacobite papers dropped in Oxford streets 423 
,,  mourning gowns' in Congregation 424 
,, neglect of the king's birthday 424 
June fellowship election at Merton College : ' religious' candidates 
have to stand dovn 424 
,, Exeter College case in the Law-courts. 425 
,, design for a College for Grecks in Gloucester Hall 426 



xxiv CO]VTEA'TS. 

EAR 
693 

1694 

MONTH pAGE 
June epidemic of measles . 426 
,, extension of shelving in the Bodleian 426 
bcqucst of books by Dr. Thomas Barlow 426 
July an Act celcbrated : neglect of the Professors' lectures 427 
,, Anthony Wood is expellcd from thc University 4a9 
,, Athome Oxou. vol. II is bumt by order of the Vice-chancellor's 
Court 429 
Aug. wet weather : the corn-harvest is spoiled . 431 
Oct. hot, dry weather. 43 z 
,, the Vice-chance]lor's speech at the end of his year of office . 43 z 
,, Oxford city and county conjoined feast 433 
rejoicings in Oxford for the king's retum from Flanders 433 
Oct.--Nov. proceedings in the election of a XVarden of Merton 
College. 432-436 
Nov. neglect of the king's birthday 434 
,, eolds, fevers, mortality 434 
,, rejoicings for successes abroad 436 
,, state fnneral of James Harrington of Ch. Ch. 437 
1)ec. dcarth and distrcss in Oxford • 437 
,, the Oxford coaches robbed . 438 
• . . agitation against the Chnrch 439 
• . . millcnarian fanatics at VVatcr-Stratford 453 
Jan. six commoners at Gloucester Hall 44 ° 

thc Public Orator preachcs an old sermon, which excites the 
ire of a perfervid Scot 

44z 

Jan.--Apr. a strmage lever; mortality 448, 45 
Feb. bishop Gilbert ]3urnet ceases to maintain exhibitioncrs in 
Hart Hall - 443 
» Magdalen College claire the right of nominating the principal 
of Magdalen Hall, which right has been exercised by the 
Chancellor of the University since Elizabeth's reign 444 
Feb.--March. nev oaths of allegiance imposed on members of the 
University 445 
Match the vice-chancdlor admits the nominee of the Chancellor to 
the principalship of Magdalen Hall 446 
,, great dearth in Oxford 446 
,, factions opposition to White Kennet's B.D. degree 447 
Apr. coronation-day neglected 449 
,, consecration of Trinity College chapd 449 
,, a suicide in Oxford 450 
,, keen contest for the tmvn-clerkship 45 ° 
,, the Senior Proctor's outgoing speech 450 
May rejoicings at Oxford for successes at sea 45  
June the right of nomination to the principalship of Magdalen 
Hall is confirmed to the Chancdlor by the Courts at 

Jnly 

Westminster on the gronnd of prescription 455-458 
deformation of buildings at Allsoals 459 
speech-day at Christ Chnrch in commemoration of Dean Ydl 460 



COWTEWTS. xxv 

694 

1695 

MONTH 
July bitter cotest fo the ton-clerkship 
Aug. wet weather : harvest spoiled 
,, burglary at Magdalen Hall . 
Sept. a southerly gale . 
Sept.--Oct. drought 
Sept.---Dec. small-pox 
Sept.--Dec. poli tax 

Oct. 
1Nov. 
I)ec. 
Jan. 

PAGF. 
46z 
.. 463 
465 
467 
4î 
466, 47 I, 473, 475 
467, 4î4 

dean Aldrich re-admitted Vice-chancellor : the « hat' question 469 
falls of snow 470, 47  
the avenue of Physic Garden is finished 471 
Oxford feast 47 i 
Gunpowder Plot observed 47  
rejoicings for the king's return from Holland 47 z 
Exeter College case in the House of Lords . 474 
rcjoicings at Oxford tbr successes by sea and land 474 
news of the queen's illness mad death 475 
a severe winter 4î5, 478 
Socinian books and answers to them 475 
dean Aldrich's issues of classieal texts 475 
election of a rector of Exeter Collcge . 477 
the University condoles with the king on the death of the 
queen ; the king's emotion 4ï7, 478 

Jan.--Apr. 
Feb. 
March 

a severe and prolongcd winter : frosts, snows, floods 
478, 48% 481,483 

neglect of ' determination ' - 478 
the University verses on the Queen's death are published 479 
neglect of accession-day 479 
contest for the town-clerkship 478, 479 
state entry of the High Sheriff : assize sermon 480 
public observance of the queen's funeral 480 
slight observance of coronation-day 483 
lateness of the spring . 483, 484 
fise in the value of guineas . 483 
Apr.--July. water pipes put down in Oxford streets. 485 
May rain, a flood, damage to grass 4S4 
July Meinhardt, duke of Schomberg, in Oxford . 486 
,, continued rains . . 486, 487 
Aug. Meinhardt, duke of Schomberg, again in'Oxford . 47 
,, rejoicings for the taking of the citadel of Namur . 488 
,, ew College reredos discovered . 488 
Aug.--Sept. small-pox in Oxford 488 
Sept. election riots in Oxford 489 
,, rejoicings for successes abroad 489 
,, the new tax on bachelors 49o 
Sept.--Oct. drought . 493 
Oct. Oxford feast . 49 t 
,, a Jacobite meeting in Oxford 49 t 
, elcction of M.P.'s for the city 492 



xxv] 
YEAR 
69 

MONTH 
OVo 

COA'TEIVTS. 

PAGE 
the king's birthday kept 493 
Gunpowder Plot kept . 493 
election of M.P.'s for the county . 493 
• Mercury ' set up in Christ Church Tom Quaà 494 
reception of the King and the Chancellor ofthe University 493-496 

1684 

VENTS, 
March 

ETC. PERSONAL TO THE AUTHOR ANTHONY VOOD. 

I)ce, 
Fcb. 
June 
July 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 

Wood acknowledges White Kennet's help 7 
transcribes Sir Thomas ]3rowne's accourir of the monuments 
in lqorwich Cathedral 9 
,, begins a catalogue of titles of books in Oxford booksellers' 
shops nd private libraries 9 
/larchwApr. Wood is under treatment for his deafness • 9,  3 
May Wood gets Merton College to defend the boundaries of his 
native parish, S. John Bapt. parish.  5 
June gets S. Jolm Baptist parish to beat their bounds 2o 
Sept. the Sheldons give Wood the cold shoulder . 26 
lov. the Sheldons in Oxford 29 
Dec. lalph Sheldon gives Wood a present of ten guineas, but 
vithdraws his promise to print the Xthenae 34 
Jan. Wood transeribes Hatcher's Catalogue of the _Fellows of 
'z'ts, Cambridg'e 35 
March again acknowledges White Kennet's help 39 
May Arthur Charlett, Junior Proctor, obtains for Wood the perusal 
of a bedell's book 44 
,, Wood gets S. John Baptist parish to beat their bounds 45 
July Wooà is being treated for dcafness 65 
JulyDec. Wood speeds hot in wooing . . 6a 
Aug. Wood asks Ralph Sheldon to pay his promiseà subsidy to- 
vards the Athenae . 66 
Wood is refused access to the Archives 84 
Ralph Sheldon promises Wood ooli. towards printing the 
A thenae 8 z 
Wood asks leave to peruse Magd. Coll. registers 8 9 
Wood is called to Weston, where his friend, Ralph Sheldon 
of Beoly, is on his death-bed 9 6 
death of Ralph Sheldon ; Wood is summoned to Weston to 
superintend the funeral 97 
Wood superintends the funeral of Ralph Sheldon. 97, 98 
Wood is at Weston arranging Sheldon's MSS. and papers for 

transmission to London . 98 
Woo4 obtains MSS. and books from Ralph Sheldon's 
library . o 
• 102» I04» IO 5 
death of Wood's brother Cristopher . io 9 
ood takes Sheldon's MSS. and papers to the Heralds' 
Office 98 , io3, il 5 



CONTEA'TS. xxvii 

EAR 
1684 
1685 

1686 

1687 

MONTH 
IOV. 
Dec. 
Jan. 

, White Kennet is collecting notes for Wood . 
Jan.--Feb. Wood is at Weston moving Ralph Sheldon's books to 
another room 
Apr. Wood thinks himself slighted by William Fulman 
,, is forward in promoting the celebration of King James II's 
coronation 

PAG 
Vood is paid Ralph Sheldon's legacy of 4oli. 98, 1 8 
Wood makes a CalaloAtte of Old Plays 1  9 
Ralph Sheldon of ]3arton takes upon him the promise of 
1ooli. towards the Alhcnae nade by his uncle Ralph 
Sheldon of Beoly 123 
I2 4 

I24 
139 

lXIay--July. Wood is rudely treated by Merton men x42, 5 z 
June death of Wood's friend, Andrew Allam . 44 
Aug.--Sept. Wood is in London making notes for the Alhenae at 
the Wills Office 157 , 158, 16o, 63 
Sept. Wood has an interview vith archbishop Sancroft . 159 
Oct. Vfood buys several of Andrew Allam's books 167 
,, Wood entertains William Fulman 168 
Jan.--Dee. Wood is sending out letters of enquiry in connection with 
the Athcnae .  7 4 
Jan. Wood arranges books in Merton College library . 178 
March Wood is writing a tIistory of AA'rton ColA'ge 181 
Blay Vood is slighted in Blerton common-room . . 18 7 
Aug. Wood makes notes of titles of books in Arthur Charlctt's 
collection . 195 
Oct. V,'ood is again slighted in Merton common-room. I97 
Dec. Wood recovers a lost Matriculation Regiter of the Uni- 
versity . o2, 203 

Jan.--Dec. Wood is sending out letters of enquiry in connection 
with the Athcnae 204 
March Wood is deprived of free perusal of the University registers by 
Dr. John Wallis 26 
June Wood visits Veston : the promise of January I685 is renewed 
by Ralph Sheldon . 22 I 
Aug.--Sept. Wood is in the Wills Office, London, making notes for 
the lthenae . 

224 
Wood is engaged in a lavsuit about his niece's property 240 , 3o5 

Oct. 
1688 Jan.--Dec. Wood is sending out letters of enquiry in conncction 
with the 4lhenae 251 
June Wood visits Weston : the promise of Jan. x685 and June I65î' 
is again renewed by Ralph Sheldon 269 
July Wood is being treated tor deafness 27,- 
Aug.Sept. Wood is in the Wills Office, London, and the IIeralds 
Office making notes for the Athenae 273, 2î5 
1-)ee. Wood pays a friendly visit to Ralph Sheldon at Weston 291 
689 Jan.--Dec. Wood is sending out letters of enquiry in connection 
with the .4thcnae 294 
July Wood has a sevcre fit of cramp 306 



xxviii CONTENTS. 

I693 

• "EAR OITH IAGE 
1689 .[uly Wood makes notes of books in .[csus Collcge library 307 
Aug. visits Abingdon . 3°ï, 4 °o 
Sept. rneets Sir George Mackenzie 311 
Nov. is given free access to Ch. Ch. library . 314 
)ec. Ialph Sheldon renews his promise of contributing to the print- 
ing of the AHzcnae (sec Jan. I685, June I687, June I688), 
but reduces the amount promised to 5 ° lL 36 
169o Jan.--Dec. Wood is sending out letters of enquiry in connection 
with the .rttheime 319, 345 
Feb. Wood is refused access to the Archives by Dr..[ohn Wallis 3z6 
• Match Ralph Sheldon pays Wood the 5o ll. promised in December 
I689 . 327 
.uly scandalous reports conceming Wood 336 
Oct. the prospectus of the wllhetae Oxot. goes to press 34 
,, Wood sells several of his MSS. to the University . 342 
Nov. Wood is in London about printing the ..tlhenae Oxon.. 345 
I691 Jan.--I)ec. Wood is sending out letters of enquiry in connection 
xvith the Ithenae 349 
Jan. scandalons reports concerning Wood 352 
Apr. the Alhe,zae is passing through the press 357 
,, Wood has words xvith Ralph 13athurst 357, 358 
May Wood is in London on business about the ,4lhenae 36a 
,, Wood is witness to Obadiah Walker's will 36z 
June publication of Atht'2ae Oxot. vol. I . 364, 36.- 
JuneJuly. stir caused by Athenae Oxon. vol  365, 368, 369 
169.- Feb. Wood borrows one of the Llanerch MSS. 3.3 
Apr. Wood grumbles at the taxes 386, 387 
July Merton College increases the fine paid on the renewal of the 
lease to the Wood family . 39 z 
,, bishop Gilbert Burnet speaks ill-natnredly of Wood . 4oo 
,, publication of Athenae Oxon. vol II . 395 
,, Wood is deprived of free perusal of the Matriculation Resters 
by Dr. John Wallis . 396 
July--Aug. stir cansed by .4t]tetae Oxon. vol 1I 395, 398 
Sept.--Oct. Wood makes notes of books in the Bodlei.'m, especially 
of those recently bequeathed by Dr. Thomas ]3arlow 405 
Oct. the University declines to buy certain MSS. and printed books 
offered for sale by Wood 404 
iNov. Wood has altercations with Richard Davies of C. C.C. 408 
Nov.--Dec. Henry, earl of Clarendon, proseeutes Wood in the Vice- 
chancellor's Court for a libel on his father 4o7, 41o, 41I 
Jan.--July. the suit Clarendon versus Wood slowly goes on through 
the law's delays 43, 415, 428, 429 
Jan.--Dec. Wood thinks himself aggrieved by the frequency of calls 
to pay taxes 414, 41î, 4 I8, 423, 
March Wood again has to take the oaths of allegiance 418 
Match a TtMication of Wood goes to press o 49 
Apr. a lïmti,a/iou of Wood is published 420 



CONT.ENTS. xxix 

YEAR 
1693 

1694 

I695 

MONTH 
July 

PAGE 
Wood is expelled the Universitv and Mthetae O.ron. vol. II 
is burnt by order of the Vieechancellor's Court 4z9, 430 
49 
43 ° 
433 

July--Aug. Wood retires to Weston to conceal his mortification 
Aug. Wood reeeives expressions of sympathy 
Oct. Wood has a sharp illness 
Nov. Wood reeeives a present from Dr. Jonathan Edwards, ex-Viee- 
chancellor, to whom Athenae Oxon. had been dedicated . 43. 
Dee. Wood's expulsion is reeorded in the Proctors' Black ]3ook 438 
Jan.--Dec. Wood is sending out letters of enquiry in conneetion 
vith the projeeted third volume of (or appendix to) his 
Atkenae 439 
March Wood walks to Godstov and Iffley 448 
lIarch--I)cc. Wood is paying taxes 447, 467, 474 
Apr. Roger Altham, the outgoing Senior Proctor, spitefilly attacks 
Wood in his speech ; Wood consoles himself by rcferring 
to the entry in his Diary for 168t which records Altham's 
juvenile delinquencies 45 ° 
June Wood goes to London to give evidence in the Magdalen Hall 
suit between llagdalen Collcge and the Chancellor of the 
University 455, 456, 4. 8 
,, Wood thinks himself insulted by Sir Lacy Osbaldeston. 13art. 458 
July Vfood takes the waters at Astrop wells, and visits places in 
the neighbourhood 460, 46 
Sept. sends inforrnafion to John Prince, who is writing The lVorthies 
of Devon 467 
,, death of Wood's nephew, 3enjarnin 468 
Oct. Wood is flattered by the queen buying a eopy of tthenae 
Oxon. 469 
Jan. Wood lends money at interest to Daniel Porter (junior), a 
goldsmith of Oxford 483, 49-% 5 °6 
Jan.--Apr. severe veather, which pulls down Wood's body 
475, 478» 4 
March Wood is sneered at and slighted . 
Apr. Wood entertains White Kennet, Thomas Tanner, John Aubrey 483 
lIay Wood is abused by a chorister of Magdalen College 484 
lIay--Oct. Wood claires that his expulsion from the University is 
cancelled by a late Act of Parliament: his claire is hOt 
allowed 484, 485, 49 
June visits William Joyner at Ickford . 4S6 
,, visits Thame 486 
JuneScpt. Wood is cornplimented by visitors to Oxford and others 
for his ztthcn«e 486, 487, 4S9, 49 ° 
July--Aug. Wood takes the waters at Wotton well 487 
Aug.Sept. Wood walks to Weston and pays a visit there 4S7, 488 
Sept. Vfood pays the new tax on bachelors . 49 ° 
Oct. Vood expostulates with Henry, earl of C]arendon 49 o, 491 
,, Wood conveys his interest in the Fleur de luce lease to 
Thomas Rowney for an annuity of 3 ° li. 491, 49 , 5o5 



xxx CONTENTS. 

695 

I696 

MONTH 
Oct. 
Nov. 

Jan. 

PAGE 
Wood vtsits Willinm Joyner • 491 
walks with Thomas Tanner to 13insey and Godstow 49  
Vood fecls ill on Nov. I, walks to/3ayworth to shake it off, 
and is worse on his return 492, 493 
Wood writes an aecount of the reception of King William III 
and the duke of Ormond, Nov. 6-o 493 
Wood is hard at work on the appendix to, or volume third of, 
his Alhenae 499 
Wood writes down his complaint of the unworthy treztment 
of his Alheuae 496 
Wood makes the last entry in his Diary, Nov. 4 496 
Arthur Charlett is asked by the relatives to inform Wood 
that he is dying, Nov. 2I or 22 497, 498, 5 oo 
Arthur Charlett commends Thomas Tanner to Wood to be 
his literary executor, Nov. 2I or 2z 49î, 498, 5oo 
Wood arranges his papers, and makes his vill, Nov. z3 
498, 5oT, 5o6 
Wood simas a properly-drafted will, bequeathing his printed 
books and MSS. to the Ashmolean Museum, and entnlSt- 
ing his private papers (Z)iavy, Aulobiogra2hy , A¢pemtix 
to Ms Alhenae) to Thomas Tanner, Nov. 24 499, 5 °I, 5 °2 
Wood dies, in the communion of the Church of England, 
Nov. 29, aged 6z years x months 3 days 499, 5 °2 
Wood is buried in S. John Baptist church, Nov. 3 ° 499 
Thomas Rowney purs a mural tabler to Wood's memory in 
S. John Baptist church 499, 505 
Wood's will is proved at London 504 
his collection of coins and medals is dispersed 5o6 



DRAWINGS. 

I. P, alph Sheldon's book-plates 
II. Colours ofthe University volunteers, 685 
III. James II's entertainment in the Bodlcian» 16S 7 
IV. The initial C with Vfood's arms 
V. Wood's monument . 

fo face . 
p2. 46-?o 
p. 235 
to face t. 428 
to facc p. 499 



168 and 1682 : 34 Car. II: V¢ood aet. 50. 
(This Almanac contains a few of Andrew Allum's notes. 
As it is now bound up this Almanac is dislocated, hall Aug., all Sept., and |mlf 
Oct. being taken out of their place and inserted between the two hal es of Dec. 
At the beginning and end of the Almanac are some çtray notes which may be 
brought together here :--) 
No'c. 23, anno I681, 4 d oh., Dove 1682 (the date of purchase, priee, and name 
of this almanac). 
Monsieur and Kit for gold and rings. 
Dr. (Robert) Hitch, deane of York, somtimes of Trin. Coll. Camb., tutor to 
Dr. (James) Duport 1, was living 1675 " Dr. (Tobias) Wickham succeeded him 
in the deanery. Vide in mense Januar. 
Dr. Thomas (Tomkins) succeeded (Richard) Mervin in the chancellourship 
of Exeter. 
Thomas Pygot, vicar of Yarnton, 1679; chaplain to the yong earl 
of Ossory , July 682. 
1675 from Michaelmas terme that yeare to Mich. terme 1676 , 
nobody matriculated of Gloc. Hall. Not one in 678. 
News called Itaraclilus , that came out once a week commencing 
Jan.  or Dec. 168o, gave off in Aug. i682--1ïawlins the writer 
lïawlins is a troper and a crazed hot-headed fellow, and Mr. (Henry) 
Dodwell thinks him hot to be the author but fathered upon him. 
Will Dewy's wife, daughter of... ¥ong of Wolley farine in Berks 
by... Tipping his wife .... ¥ong vas of Wilts. 

January.2 Jan., M., received the Fleur de luce rent of my 
brother Kit, 4li. 5s. 

dean of Peterborough ; died 1679. 
Dr. Hitch died Io Feb. x67{. 
see vol. il. p. 56o, note . 
' Heraclitus Ridens,' see Luttrell i. 

119. t2o, I99. 
n Jan. of 168o (in Wood's reckoning) 
i. e. Jan. 168. 

VOL. III. B 



IVOOD'S LIFE AND TIAIES. 

Jan. 4, Wedn., St. Marie's great bell rung out for Thomas Yate, M.A. 
and one of the senior fellows of Brasnose, who died about 8 in the 
morning. Executor and heir of Dr. (Thomas) Yate, principall of 
13rasnose lately deceased. Buried in claustro 2. 
Jan. 25, Su., news in the coffee letter--(1) that (Tobias)Wiekham, deane of 
York, was dead ; worth I2,Ooo/i. in money and 8oo/i. per annum in land. He 
succeded in the deanery Dr. (Robert) Hitch who lived I675.- (2), also that 
(John) Parker, archbishop of Dublin, was dead. t{e succeeded M(ichael) Boyle 
when he went to Armagh, and Boyle (succeeded James) Margetson ; vide proxirnam 
paginarn.--(3", also that (Henry Jones) bishop of Meath there was dead.--(4), 
also that (Adam) Cusack , a judge in Ireland, was dead, and old lady Blondy. 
[I68 , M., Jan. x6, old Jane Grove, widdow, was buried in the churchyard of 
S. John Bapt. parish by the grave of Richard Grove her somtimes husband, after 
shee had received relief from the parish for neare 20 yeares.] 
About the middle of Jan. some phanaticall person cut the leggs of 
the duke of York's picture that hung in the Gildhall London . Which 
being looked upon as a great scandall, the Lord Mayor and Court of 
Aldermen made a decree that whosoever should bring the man that 
did it or tell, should have 5ooli. for his paines: vide Gazer latter end 
of Jan. 
Jan. 19, Th., I heard that Gabriel Thistletwayt, somtimes of New 
Coll., was dead ; that his fellowship of Winchester Coll. was bestowed 
on (Thomas) Peachman ; and his golden prebendarie of Sature 
on . . . . 
Jan. 2o, Friday, Sir Thomas Crson of Waterperry, Bt., died, 
leaving issue only one son named John ; who marrying . . . Çhild of 
Worcester, a papist, he himself soon after turn'd papist. 
2o Jan., F., a messenger at io at night came from the king to Dr. 
<Timothy) Halton, vice-chancellor, that he cause the professor of 
Arabick and others to make a true translation of the emperour of 
Moroccoes letters sent lately by his embassador , which were differently 
interpreted in many materiall points by a Jew and (the> Secretary to 
the embassye. The Jew false, the secretary true. 
Jan. 21, Saturday, Moses Pitt told me that the lady Dugdall  of 
]31yth IIall was lately dead (about Xtmas). 

t Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, 
p. 38I- 
" Puisne Justice of the Common 
Pleas. 
z note in Wood MS. E 33- 
 see Luttrell i. 16o. 
 Thomas Peachman, M.A. New C. 
18 Jan. 
 Wood has a pencil note here 

'Wing, 693 , quaere.' Wing, the al- 
manac, see vol. i. p. I2. Gabriel 
Thistlethwaite was appointed preben- 
dary of Wells 15 Dec. I67o ; Hardy's 
le Neve gives him no preferment at 
Salisbury. 
 see Evelyn's Diary under dates 
Jan. and 24 Jan. 
a wife of Sir William I)ugdale. 



3 

Jan. 2, Su., news 1,-tter told us--(r) that.., the eountess dow,ger of Not- 
tingham died on I6(th) instant, sister to Dr. Sebastian Smith.--(), and that the 
old lady Sanderson l, mother of the Maids of Honor, was buried verie splendidly 
in Westminster Abbey Church by the bishop of Roff. (John Dolben) on the 
r9(th ) instant.--(3), and that Dr. (I«rancis) Marsh bishop of Doune and Conner 
,,vas ruade archbishop of Dublin in the place of Di. i John) Parker deceased . 
Jan. z3, M., common news was that Dr. William Norton, dean of Ch. Ch. 
I)ublin, somtimes student of Ch. Ch. Oxford, was ruade bishop of Kildare. 

Jan. '2.6, Th., I heard that gIr. Samuel Speed, canon of Ch. Ch., 
was lately (within 3 or 4 dayes) dead. He was vicar of Godalming a 
mercat towne in Surrey, at which place he died and was buried. He 
was a prebend of Lyncoln also. Samuel Speed, an authour, different 
from this. 
Jan. 27, F., A. D. s 
Jan. 3t, Tuesday, ... Wallis, son of Dr. John Wallis, was married 
to... Harris, sister of Taverner Harrys * of Soundess neare Nettlebed. 
The winter was very mild, frosts verie (few} or none (about 2 or 3), 
but very little till the last of Jan., aud then very hard weather came 
which continued till about the 4 of Feb. lIore frost, 3 Narch. 
Latter end of this month fighting, occasioned by drunkenness, fell 
out in St. John's College common chamber, so that they have divided 
their wood and candle. A most debauched colledg, over which pre- 
sides a peevish and proud president--a good uatur'd man when fellow, 
' magistratus indicat virum.' There is a knott of four underaduats 
(), named ... Smith son of Dr John Smith, a phisitian; 2, ... 
Comby; .... These are knowne to be notorious atheists, and they 
have been knowne so this yeare past. They talke atheistically among 
themselves, but when any are in their company they forbeare, for fear 
of being betrayed. They corne drunk into the chappell and vomit in 
their hats or caps there. They'l corne into an alehouse and ask for 
'a roome that is privat, where God almighty shall not see them.' 
Some of them lay with women and get the pox particuIarly with . . . 
Hopkyns, daughter of . . . Gale, a huckster, who gave her husband 
the pox and so (he) has left ber. There is no sin but they are 
guilty of. 
The next college that wants a thorough reformation is New Coll., 
much given to drinking and gaming, and vaine brutish pleasure. 
They degenerat in learning. 

 see Luttrell i. r59.  see vol. i. p. 239. 
* this last sentence is scored through : » a line and a half left blank for the 
but a note added ' stet.' two other names. 
a see A. a. D. in July 683. 
B 



4 IVOOD'S LIFE AND TI2IES. 
'ebruery.--(Allum) On the 2nd (Th.)I paid Mr. Blaekmore 
1li. s towards the eommon roome, 1os remaining for last year, and 
lS for this. 
Feb. a, F., Richard Souch, B.A., of Pemb. Coll., lately ehorister of 
C. C. C., son of Richard Souch, junior, millener, was round hanged in 
his chamber at Pemb. Coll. early in the morning. 'Tis said he hung 
himself on Wednesday night. Buried in S. Toll's eh(ureh) y(ard). 
His gr(and)mother burnt in her bed (see vol. ii. p. 423). ' I677, 
Riehardus Soueh, aet. 16, filius Richardi Soueh de Oxon plebei, 
chorista e Coll. C. C. C.' ; squint-ey'd ; afterwards of Pemb. 
Henry Aldrieh, M.A., student of Ch. Ch., nominated or eleeted 
Canon of Ch. Ch. by tbe eommissioners, Saturday, 4 Feb. ; installed 
(W.) I5 Feb. 
(Allure) On the 4th Mr. (Henry) Aldrich of Ch. Ch. was elect'd by the 
Eeclesiastical Commissioners Canon of Ch. Ch. 
(Allure) On the 4th, I gave my brother a discharge for the reeeipt of 8li. 
At the same time I paid my sister Mary 21i. with part thereof. 
(Allure) On the 7th (T.) D or (Edward) Low's daughter of Ch. Ch. organist 
was marri'd to a Cambridge man by the b(ish)op of Oxford. 
[7 Feb-1 I68, ex dono Edwardi ]3racey, Richard Moore's  Pearl in an Oyster- 
shell' Lond. I675. ] 
(Allure) On the IOth (F.) I paid Mr. Harrison my mercer in full ofall demands 
due from me 51i. 7s» for which I have his acquittance. Ho abated me in the 
whole Is îd. 
I o Feb. , Friday, the burgess(es) or citizens of Oxford appeared 
in their full number on S. Scholasticaes day at S. ]Iarie's. Alderrnan 
William Wright their oracle told them that if they did hot appeare, 
there might some hole be picked in their charter, as there was now 
endeavouring to be done in that of the city of London. Ho told them 
moreover that though it was a popish matter, yet policy ought to take 
place in this juncture of time. 
Feb.  i2, Sunday, in the afternoone Thomas Thynn of Long-leat 
in Wilts, esq., was riding in a coach in Hyde Parke with the duke of 
lIonmouth. Three men habited like life-guard men dog'd his coach 
all that time till he retired, and leaving the duke of ]I(onmouth) in 

* note in Wood's copy; Wood 81o. 
 MS. has ' ,o Jan.' by a slip. 
s Luttrell i. ,64, ,67, ,68 ; Evelyn's 
]3iary under date Io Mar. 68. See 
also Luttrell i. '44, 63. Wood E 25 
no. 98 is a ballad headed ' The match- 
less murder.., of Thomas Thin, 2 
Feb. 682,' beginning 'Corne and as- 
sist my trembling pen ] "Yhile I en- 

deavour to explain? Wood 276 A no. 
CCCCCXLIII is' blurther unparalel'd' 
Lond. ,68z, verses on the saine theme. 
In Wood MS. F , is 'the epitaph of 
Thomas Thynne esq. lately murdered, 
to be put on a faire monument in 
Westminster Abbey but excepted 
against March I68§2 



t'ell Mell, one of the said men discharged a blunderbuss upon him 
in his coach, in the belly. That night 6 or 7 bullets were taken out 
of his body, and the king that night sent to him to know how he did. 
He took it very kindly, and prayed for his majestie for his long life 
and prosperous raigne. The next morn he died. The three persons 
straightway dispersed themselves and retired into the city. In the 
meane time the King commanded all ports to be stop'd for 12 dayes. 
Vide Fasti i68o. The count of Coningsmerk in Sweedland, the cheif 
agent in this murdcr, was taken in his flight by water at Gravesend on 
the 19 day (Sunday) at night'; brought to London the next day; 
examined by the Counsell at 5, committed to Newgate at i2 at night, 
2o(th) da)', lIunday. , 
(Allure) On the 12th Feb. about 8 at night Thomas Thynn 
esquire was barbarously murdcr'd in his coach in the Pall Mall by three 
outlandish men -, a Gennan, lolandcr, and Swedc. 
(Allure) On the 13th Feb. (M.) Dr. (Henry) ]3eeson, warden of 
New Colledge, laid the first stone towards the new buildings in that 
colledge. 
Feb. i3, Munday, the first stone of New Coll. new quadrangle s was 
laid by the warden 4, neare the gate of the quadrangle leading to the 
garden [xvhere  now the new common chamber is on the south side. 
This was finished i68 4 : vide ]ïnglish History  in New Coll.] 
(Allure) On the xsth (W.) Mr. (Henry) Aldrich, student of Ch. 
Ch., was install'd Canon of the saine. 
Thursday, 16 Feb., the King in his owne person laid the I stone for 
an hospitall for maimed soldiers at Chelsey  where the college founded 
by Dr. iJat(thew) Sutcliff was somtimes standing. 
The saine day an everlasting peace was concluded between our 
King and the emperour of Morocco by his embassador at London s 

 Luttrell i. 165, 166. 
ZCaptain...Fratz (or Wrats or 
de Vrats alias de Vallichs), a German, 
captain of a foot company, xvho had 
accompanied count Charles John Con- 
ingsmark in his travels and came with 
him into England; Georg ]3orosky 
(or ]3orodzycz), a Polander, servant to 
captain Fratz; John Sterne, a Sweed, 
somtimes a lievtenant of foot in Flan- 
ders'--notes in Wood 42q (8) 'The 
last confession of John Sterne and 
George Borosky,' by Gilbert ]3urnet 
and Anthony ttorneck, Lond. 1682. 
a the present garden front of the 

College. Wood 423 (55) is 'The 
draught or view with the ichnography 
(i. e. ground plan) of the new buildings 
beyond and on the east side of New 
College great Quadrangle, anno 1682.' 
4 Henry ]3eeston. 
 the words in square brackets were 
added at a later date. 
 i.e. Wood's Colleges and Halls, as 
edited by Gutch. 
 Luttrell i. 151 , 152 , I66 ; Evelyn's 
Diary under dates 5 May and 4 Aug. 
1682. 
 Luttrell i. 166, see ibid. i. I54-163. 



6 II'OOD'S LIFE AND TI«IIES. 
Feb. i8, Sat., Convocation in the afternoone wherin Charles 1, lord 
Herbert, eldest son of the marquess of Worcester, and Georg 2, the 
yong ead of Northampton (going to travell) were created Nasters of 
Arts; presented by (William) Wiat the Orator with encomiastick and 
flattering speeches 3. 
At the saine time were letters read from the delegated power of the 
Chancellor, for Henry Aldrich lately installed Canon of Ch. Ch. to be 
Dr. of D. and stand for his grace next Convocation, to pay all fees for 
B(achelor) and D(octor) but to do exercise only for Dr. He was 
presented D.D. (Th.) 2 Narch 4. 
(Allure) On the iSth (S.) George (Compton), the yong earl of 
Northampton, and Charles (Somerset), eldest sonn of the marquess 
of Worcester were creat'd II.A. in Convocation. 
(Allure) On the igth the lord Sherard's sonn, nobleman of 
Exeter, died of a violent feavor. 
Feb. 19, Sunday, Christopher Sherard, fellow commoner of Exeter 
Coll., son and heir of Benedict lord Sherwood of Letrim in Ireland, 
died of a malinant feaver about 4 in the afternoone. His body was 
carried to ... in great state, z7 Feb. (lI.); buried z8 Feb. (T.). 
[Christopher Sherrard , fellow-eommoner of Exeter College, son and heir of 
]3enedict Sherrard baron of Trim in Ireland, died in Eeter College of a malignant 
feaver on Sunday 19 Febrnar. anno I68½, aged 16 or therabouts. His body was 
carried in great state to Stapleford in Leieestershire, and was buried in the church 
there, T., u8 of the saine month. This eoat ( argent a chevron gules between 
3 torteaux, a lable of 3 points sable for differenee (Sherard)') quartering 8 others 
were painted in a hatehment and hung over Exeter College eommon gate.] 
[Bought  at Oxon, lI., zo Feb. i68i (i.e. -}), (price) xs zd.] 
4 Feb., F., S. Iathias, (Matthew) Loveday of Nagd. parish died 
in the morn.; buried the next day in St. Aldate's church by his 
father lIatthew Loveday (somtimes keeper of the Blewbore inn). 
[Matthew Loveday 7, the elder, keeper of the Blew-Bore Inn in S. Aldate's 
parish, xvas buried ,Mthout escoeheons in S. Aldat's church neare the great south 

 Charles Somerset, afterwards styled 
marquis of Worcester after his father's 
t Henry Somerset's) elevation to the 
dukedom of Beaufort on  Dee. I68z. 
z George Compton, fourth earl : his 
father James Compton died 15 Dee. 
68I. 
  Mr. Wyatt the orator presented 
them with a little speeeh'; Wood's 
note in MS. Bodl. 594, P- Ioi. 
 'e Match' is substituted for ce5 
Feb.» Egg Saturday.' 

» note in Wood MS. F 4, P- I45- 
 note in V'ood I53 (Mr. Glanier 
' Voyage to Bengala,' Lond. I68). In 
this month he also bought Wood I55 
(4) 'Wallography or the Briton de- 
scribed' by V. R., London 68, in 
which he notes ' Will. Richards of Trin. 
Coll. the authour ; (paid for it) 9 d to 
H. Clement Feb. 168i (i. e. ½) ; full of 
drollery and rognery.' 
 notes in Wood !IS. F 4, P- 46. 



PElé.  3IARCtt, 1682. 7 

dote, 27 Aug. 666.--Dorothie, widdow of Matthew Loveday (formerly the 
widdow of... Mander) was bnried by her husband, I8 Dec. *676.--Matthew 
Loveday, somtimes Bac. of Arts of Oriel College, son of Matthew before-men- 
tioned by Dorothie his wife, died at his house in lagd, parish Oxon, F., 24 Feb. 
(St Mathias day) anno I68- ; and was the next day buried by his father in St. 
Aldate's chnrch, with these armss on h[s hearse :--« parted per pale argent and 
sable, a spread eagle with two necks counterchanged, coronet about the neck is 
or, becked and ung'd or.' The arms that were impaled with those of Loveday 
were ' gules on a chevron argent a cressant for a diffcrence sable between 3 eagles 
or faleons seroxeant or [.Yindebank, quaere].' His father leaving him about 
2ooli. per annum, married . . . daughter of John Windebanke, Dr. of Physick and 
somtimes fellow of New College (son of Francis XYindebanke, Secretary of State 
to King Charles I" by his wife.., daughter of John HoIloway register of Berk- 
shire (mentioned vol. il. p. 3o8.)--Which Matthew Loveday the yonger had issu 
by his wife, Mathew, a student of Ch. Ch., who dying x4 Mareh i686, aged I8 
or thereabouts, was buried by his father t6 of the same month: these arms 
(' parted per pale,' etc., ut supra) were on his hearse.] 
Feb. 5, Egg-Saturday, betimes in the morning, was a male child 
found by the porter of lIagd. Coll. at and without the College gare, 
about 4 dayes or a week old--christned ' Mathias at ]ïast a.' 
Feb. z6, Su., another flood by a great deal of raine that fell for 
about a weeke before. 
(Allure) On the 26(th) (Nathaniel) Whateley the apothecary 
was marri'd by Mr. (Baptist) Levinz in Magd. Colledge chappel to 
1Ir. Taylor's daughter. 
The Universitie at this time, and this last winter, is very thin, and 
the townsmen complaine for want of their company. Reason is, 
(i) because ever and anon are reports that the king will hold a par- 
liament here, xvhich deterrs them from comming for fear of being 
forced to quit their quarters.(2) all those that wee call whiggs, and 
side with the parliament against the duke of York, will hot send their 
sons for fear of turning Tories.--(3 ) that since the bishops hath 
taken part with the king for hOt disinheriting the duke of York, the 
said bishops and consequently the Universities are taken to be popish. 
Note  that hot 20 persons have been matriculated from Christmas 
to Egg Saturday, wheras 12o hath been matriculated in the late 
yeares past ; but a great many came in before Lent terme was done. 
Mareh.--lIar. 2, Th., given to lIr. (Andrew) A(llum) 5 s to be 
given to Wh(ite) Kennett for paines he bath taken for me in Kent. 

i Matthias, the christian naine, was 
given because found on the morrow of 
S. Matthias' day: at East,' the sur- 
naneformed on the analogy of 'at 
Vood' (Atwood), ' at Well' (Atxxell), 

' at Water' (Atxvater), etc.expressed 
where he was picked up, namely near 
the East Gate. 
u this sentence is of slightly later date 
than the preceding part of the entry. 



8 IVOOD'S .LIFE AWD TIILES. 

Mar. 4, S., Lovisa (de Querouaille), dutchess of Portsmouth, left 
the court and London in order to goe to France with her natural son 
the duke of Richmond 1 and Mr. William ]3athurst his tutor. Shee 
came here anno x67o in June with the princess of Orleans" the king's 
sister. [Shee 8 did not goe but was only given out so--quaere 5Ir .... ] 
(Allure) On the 5th (Su.) about 3 of the clock in the afternoon 
died Doctor Peter Eliot M.D. at his house in St Peter's in the East of 
the stone ; and was interred in that parish church behind the pull»it 
on the 7th about 5 in the afternoon. 
Mar. 5, Sunday, in the morning before dinner died Dr. Peter Eliot 
at his bouse next Logick Lane in St. Peter's parish in the East 
aetat. 63 or therabouts. Buried in St. Peter's Church in the East in 
the isIe joyning to the chancelI. He married « Ann, daughter of..., 
neice to Dr. Thomas Jackson of C. C. C., the widdow of James Penn 
manciple of st. John's and grocer or chandler in St. Marie's parish; 
zans issue. (Arms) ' blue, fess or.') 
[Peter Eliot 5, son of Edward Eliott. minister of Newton-Ferrers in Devonshire, 
somtimes chaplayne of C.C.C. Oxon and in orders; afterwards the rebellion 
breaking out, he studied physick, took his Doctor's degree in that facultie 1652 , 
and was in much practice in the Universitie and countrie adjacent ; died at his 
house in St. Peter's in the East on Sunday  Match anno I68½, aged 64 or ther- 
abouts ; and was buried in the north ile joyning to St. Peter's chancell with this 
coat of armes (' azure a fesse or [Eliot]; impaling, argent, 2 bars wavy azure 
[Penn]') on his hearse. He married Arme, neiee to Dr. Thomas Jackson of 
C. C. C., daughter of ....... widdow of James Penn living in St. Marie's parish, 
grocer and chandler ; but had no issue by her. He left his estate which was neare 
2oo/i. per annum (of which Chibney's farine neare Cudsdon was part) to Peter 
Hele his godson, son of Nicholas Hele, Doctor of Physick, of Devonshire, soin- 
rimes of Exeter College; which Nicholas took to his first wife Anne , only 
daughter of the aforesaid James Penne and Arme his wife, by whome he had only 
issu Peter Hele before mentioned, commoner of Queen's College. Afterwards ,vas 
a fait monument set over his grave, with an inscription, wherin 'ris said that he 
was borne at Tavestock in Devonshire and descended from a knightly family ofthe 
Eliots in Surrey.--Anne, the widdow of Dr. Peter Eliot before mention'd, died IO 
July I687, aged 6-, and ,vas buried neare ber husband in the grave of Henry 
Knapp, M.A ] 
lIar. 5, Su., news came in the letter that Sir Joseph V'illiamson 

x Charles Lennox, born 29 July I672 , 
created duke of Richmond by Charles 
II, his reputed father, on 9 Aug. I675. 
 Henrietta- Maria, daughter of 
Charles I; wife of Philip, duke of 
Orleans. 
 added ata later date. Sec Luttrell 
i. x49 , I6X, i64, t69, iTi , 94. 

 Wood notes ' see St. Marie's register 
among marriages.' The ink of this note 
has faded. 
 note in Wood MS. F 4 P- I46- 
His epitaph is in Wood MS. F 29 A 
on a slip at fol. 354- 
 i.e. Dr. Eliot's step-daughter. 



«I.-tRCH, 1682. 9 
was ruade Recorder (the saine with Steward) of the corporation of 
Thetford 1 in Norfolke. 
hIar. 8, W., news in the coffey letter that the bishop of Aberdeen 
(Dr. Patrick Scougall) died at Old Aberdeene and left his library fo 
the (or a) College there, anno aetatis 76. 
Mat. 9, Th., Thomas Thyn, esq., who was murdered, was buried at 
Westminster about 7 at night. 
Mar. 9, Th., spent on Dr. Thomas Alvey at Pont's Tavern at what 
rime he prescribed somthing for my hearing, 9 « 6d. There were then 
(prescnt) Mr. Dobey and his son  and Mr. (John) Massy. 
(A/loto) On the 9th (Th.) at night came in to Oxford, judge 
Levinz and judge Atkins, riz. Sir Creswell Levinz s and Sir Edward 
Atkins 4, and on the oth (F.) in the morning Dot (John) Hammond, 
Canon of Ch. Ch. preach'd before them an excellent sermon, Mr. 
(Robert) Mayott being High Sheriff. 
Mat.  i, S., paid goodwife Payne ber quarteridge, due i (st) (of) 
this month, 5 s. 
[Repertorium » or some accompt of the tombes, monuments, etc., in 
the cathedral church of Norwych anno 68o, written by Sir Thomas 
13rowne, knight--transcribed and additional notes put to it in the 
lower margin in red inke by me Anthony à Wood of Merton College 
in Oxon in the beginning of March anno 68.-}. ' Not long after this 
paper was writt, deane Herbert Astley dyed and was interred by the 
monument of Sir Henry Hobart. Unto whom succeeded Dr. John 
Sharp, a prebend of this church and rector of St. Giles in the feilds 
neare London, a person of singular worth and deserved esteemation, 
honoured and loved of all men.'] 
(On 3 March, i68I (i. e. _.a_,_), Wood began his ' Catalogue î no. 4,' 
with excerpts about books in Mr. Wilmot's shop.) 
(Allure) On the 3th (M.) Thomas Sutton, lately of our Hall, but 

1 see Luttrell i. 69. 
 possibly John Dobie B.A. Mert. 9 
Oct. 686. 
s luisne Judge ofthe Common lleas. 
 Sir Edward Atkyns, junior, a 
Baron of the Exehequer. 
 note in Wood MS. B 4- 
* this is now round in Wood 
E  ; its old mark is O.C 833, no. 7 ; 
it extends to 4 o pp. Pages -I 3 are 
 out of Mr. Wilmot's shop' ; pp. 3- 
36, out of Mr. Robert Whorwood's 
books ; pp. 37, 38, out of Mr. Allam's 

books. On p. 39 begin notes of Mr. 
Thomas Wood's books made in May 
683; on p. 79, notes of books in iXlr. 
West's shop, ruade on May 25, x683 ; 
on p. 89, notes of Mr. (Nicholas) Cox's 
books ; on p. x  3 notes of books of Mr. 
Cooper' at the Pellican ' (in London 
This MS. contains a slip with this note 
on it :--' Sir, I was to waite on you. 
My tyme is short, and therefore shonld 
be glad to see yon in Holywell too- 
morrow ; I am, G.C.': directed 'To 
Mr. Anthony Wood, prescut.' 



IO IVOOD'._ç LII:E zlND TIIIES. 

then of Baliol Colledge, was elect'd scholar of Corp. Ch. in a tiare- 
sbire place. 
[Robert Aucher 1, Mr. of A. and priest, of Queen's College, 3rd son of Sir 
Anthony Aucher of Bishop's-bourne in Kent, died at tIampton-Poyle neare Oxon 
in the bouse of... Ward (rector therof), T., 14 Match 2t68{ aged 33 or ther- 
abouts, and was buried in the church there. On his hearse were :--' ermine on a 
cheif blue 3 lyoncells rampant or'.] 
Mat. 4, T., (Robert) Aucher , M.A. of Queen's Coll., son of Sir 
Anthony Aucher of Kent, died at Hampton Poyle coin. Oxon in the 
house of Mr .... Ward, rector. There buried. (Arms) 'rait 3 
lyoncells rampant or on a cheif blue.' 
Mar. 16, Th., goodwife Payne sick, and goodwife Freeman [waited  
on me]. 
Mar. i6, Th., Congregation about Dr. (Richard) Busbye's lecture. 
Vide Mr. (Andrew) Allum's notes: letters on my shelf. Nar. 20, 
M., Convocation about it ; vide Mr. Allum's note. 
Mar. I7, F., news came that (William) Annand, dean of Eden- 
burgh (somtimes of Unir. Coll.) was to be made bishop of Dumblane 4 
in the place of Dr. James Ramsey translated to I)unkelld » and Dun- 
kele (Andrew Bruce) to Aberdeen in the place of Patrick Scougall 
deceased . False. 
Mar. I7, F., I heard from Mr. (William) Edwards q of Edmund 
Hall that (John)Inet s of ... in Warwickshire, was ruade chantor 
of Lyncoln. alse, quaere Catalogum Praecentorum. 

[Thomas Stephens , M.A. and fellow of New College, son of William Stephens 
of Wippingham in the Isle of Wight, LL. Dris, died, F., I î Martii I68 and was 
buried at the east end of the south cloister there. (Arms :--) ' parted per pale or 
and vert, a chevron between 3 birds counterchanged ' ; crest is...] 
Mat. 17, Friday, (Thomas) Steeveus 0, fellow of New Coll., died 
there ; buried in (south) cloister. 
Mar. 2o, M., Convocation in the afternoon wherin the foundation 
of Dr. Richard I3usbye's divinity lecture was proposed ll. The Masters 

note in Wood MS. F 4 P. 147- 
Robert Auchcr, M.A. Qucea's 23 
Feb. 16ï}. 
substituted for' ruade my b'(ed). 
substituted for ' Dunblane.' 
snbstituted for ' Dunkele.' 
Scougall was succeeded by George 
Ilaliburton, translated ri'oto 13rechin. 
XYilliam Edwards, B.D.S. Em. H. 
Dcc. I677. 

 John Inett, M.A., was installed 
precentor of Lincoln 27 Feb. I68{. 
9 note in Wood MS. F 4 P- 
lo Thomas Stephens, sec Gutch's 
Wood's Coll. and Halls, p. 233. 
n Wood, in MS. Bodl. 594 P- toi, 
gives the exact words of the Convoca- 
tion register. The vice-chancellor put 
it to the vote ' an lectttra publica cate- 
chetica institui posset et debcrct iii 



A[ARCH -- APIL, 1389,. I I 

generally denied it. The vicechancellor asked ' whether they denied 
the founding of the lecture it selle or the conditions.' They replied, 
' the conditions.' Then the vice-chancellor pl'oposed that there might 
be Delegates appointed to consider of a way to settle it to the minds 
of all parties 'cum relatione ad domum.' The conditions are so that 
'twill be rive to one that a Ch. Ch. man must be reader ; that also ail 
that take their degrees must be approved by him, and he must be one 
that must give testimony 1. 
Mar. 2i, T., . .. Loveday, daughter and heir of . . . Loveday of 
•.. neare Reading, died in the bouse ofMat(thew) Loveday in Magd. 
parish : conveyed out of towne in a charriot attended with 6 coaches 
on Friday following (24 Match) to her father's home. The father 
intended to marry her to Mathew Lovedaye's son who is about 12 
yeares of age. 
... Puliston, rector or vicar of Pyrton, died about 2 5 Mal'ch or 
a little before. 
Mat. 30, Th., received of my brother Kit Fleur de luce rent 4ll. 5s and lli. 5 
for hall year's use of 5oli., both due this last Out Lady day. I received î3 gazets 
and pMd then 6s 6d for them ; but they came to but 6s d, so he oweth nie 5d'. IIc 
then told me that if I paid too much, he would retume it to me. 
&pril -.--In the beginning of this month and latter end of March 
was a collection in evely College and Hall, as also in every parish of 
Oxford, for succour and releif of poor protestants that were lately corne 
into England upon a persecution in Fraunce. lPeople gave libera]ly. 
Saturday, Apr. i, the Morocco embassador entertained at Cam- 
bridge. Vide Mr. Hallum's s notes or letters on my shelf. 
Apr. 3, M., paid goodwife Watson her quarteridge, 4s. 
Apr. 3, the saine da)" (Munday) Thomas Hyde, protobibliothecarius, 
was presented D.D. for reading only 3 lectures without an)' exercise 
for J3.D. 
Apr. 7, Friday, Edmund Hall chappell consecrated by Dr. (John) 
Fe]], bishop of Oxford, to St. Edmund (archbishop of Canterbury) : 

vide postea in hoc mense *. 
honorera et commodum Academiae ?' 
--accepted unanimously. He then put 
it to the vote :--' an sub hisce le#bus et 
conditionibus a Doctore Busby assig- 
natis hujusmodi lectura institni de- 
beret ?'--rejected. A delegacy was 
appointed to take the matter into con- 
sideration. 
 see Clark's Reg. Univ. Oxon. II. i. 
43. 

 in this month Wood had seveml of 
his note-books bound. ' 22 Apr. 1682 ; 
given to Roger I3artlet, bookbinder 
Oxon, for binding this book ' is a note 
in Wood MS. E 9; and similar notes 
occur also in Wood MS. E 7 and Wood 
lXlS. E 8. 
 i.e. Andrew Allure's. 
* the reference is to Allum's note 
which follows. 



[VOOD'S LIFt AIVD T[.][tX. 

[)Ir. Allam's noie 1.] On the 7th between halfe an hour after eight 
and ten in the morning our Chappel was consecrated by Dr. John 
Fell, bishop of Oxford, very privately,--none but the Vice-chancellor, 
Chancellor of the diocess, Doctor (John) Hammond of Ch. Ch., 
Doctor (John) Mill of Queen's, rive or six of the fellows of Queen's, 
being present, with three of tlre senior fellows of New Colledge, and 
out own house. It was dedicated to St. Edmund. 
Charls Harrys, one of the 13 or the Mayor's associats (son of John 
I-Iarrys, taylour, lately mayor) proposed in the beginning of this month 
to the mayor and the common councill that being minded to found 
an hospitall in the cit)" of Oxford, desired them to part with a peice of 
ground belonging to them upon considerable termes. They denie it, 
shew themselves clownes in the marrer. He resignes lais place ther- 
upon, and leaves them. ]3eloved afterwards by scholars L 
[Published  about o Apr. 1682 (' Friendly Advice to the corrector 
of the English press at Oxford concerning the English orthographie,' 
Lond. i682).] 
Apr. 15, S., I heard that William Peirce, canon and prebendary of 
Wells, archdeacon of (Taunton) son to bishop Pierce, was lately 
dead. (He died 4 April.) 
William Pieree of Ch. Ch., D.D. 166o *, arehdeacon of Taunton, worth Iooli. 
per annum rent (with a prebend annex'd to it of Ioli. per annum ealled bIilverton 
prima), rector of Christian-Malford in Wilts (worth 3oolL per annum, canon of 
Wells, died at Wells &pr. 4, T. I)ied worth 5ooli. per annum and 2oooli. in his 
purse. Edward Waple succeeded him in the archdeaconry of Taunton, wherupon 
he gave up his golden prebendship worth 4oli. per armure, which the bishop gave 
to Capt. Austen » somtimes fellov of St. Johns. And his parsonage of Christian- 
Malford (,vas given) to ]3aptist Levinz, Coll. Magd. Entred into b(ishop) 
(William) Pierce. 
Apr. 18, T., #vert to one Parkinson *, borne by Wiggen in Lanca- 
sbire, ls--recommended by Sir William I)ugdale; came to be a servi- 
tour of I3r(asenose) College. 
Apr. i9, W., I heard that (Richard) Annesley, dean of Exeter, had 
been for some time over-familiar with a citizen's wife of London. Who 
in their dallyings, shee put her tongue in his mouth and he pretending 
jesting bit it. It festers and shee is in danger of her life and confesses 

a this heading, establishing the 
authorship of these slips, is added in 
XVood's hand. 
 sce Peshall's Additions, p. 3- 
s note in Wood's cop); Wood 423 
r 6" 
ça )- 

I66o' is underlined for correction. 
James Ashton, on 28 Apr. 1682, 
succeeded Edward Waple in the pre- 
bendship of Wivelscombe. 
Adam Parkinson ; Buckley-Madan 
Brasenose Calendar' p. 4î- 



MPRIL  MA I; 1682. 

ail how Annesley debaucht her. It is corne to the knowledge of the 
bishop of London 1, and they endeavour to depose him. 
lin April " i682, John Mere of Ch. Ch., commoner, entred 2 June 
1673, afterwards detained in the country by sickness which hindered 
the taking of his degree of B.A., afterwards he travelled and studied 
physick was allowed by Convocation to take the degree of Bach. of 
Phys., paying the fees of grand compounder for Bac. (and) Mr. of 
Arts, and Bac. of Phys.] 
[Apr.  , S., 68, gve to Roger Brtlet of Oxon for binding this book, 
xs 6d.] 
[Apr3   S., x68 «, given to Roger Bartlet, bookbinder, of Oxon, for binding this 
book 
Apr. 23, (Low Sunday), Thomas Heylyn of Ch. Ch. repeated. 
Apr. 26, W., new proctors installed, (Roger) Altham oï Ch. Ch., 
and (William) Dingly of New Coll. 
Apr. 26, W., news came that lord Berkley, captain  of the ship 
called the Tyger, was lately dead. 
Apr. u8, F., (news calne) that . . . , toaster of the Jewell house, 
xx'as dead. 
28 Apr., F., took physick and entred into a course of diet for my 
hearing. [io « pills of Mr. Fulkes ;  bottles of diet drink, 4 7, 5, 6, 
7 ; oyle for my eares.] 
AIl this month being very wet  (every day), wee had a great flood 
about Oxon in the beginning of next month. 
1Ka" L--Note that all the month of April, especially the latter part o 
being extreame wet, wee had a flood at the latter end of the month 
and appeared so great in the beginning of this that there hath hot 
been bigger these seven yeares. Ill weather continued and wee had 
raine every day for about six weeks till Sunday 14 May, and then a 
fine day. 
May .% Tuesday, it seems in a Congregation (May 2) one (Robert) 

1 Henry Compton. 
* note in MS. Bodl. 594 P- IOI. 
 note in Wood MS. F I $ (Catalogue 
of Inceptors). 
* note in Wood MS. E 9 (Catalogue 
of Graduates in Divinity). 
 'Capt.' substituted for 'M(aste)r.' 
Sec Luttrell i. 8o. Charles Berkeley, 
second baron t3erkeley of Stratton. 
 the words in brackets are at the 
beginning of the almanac : but probably 
belong here. 

 i.e. after the first 3 he took a 
fourth ; then, a fifth ; and so on. 
 see Evelyn's Diary under date Apr. 
682. 
 Wood 515 (33) is ' A strange re- 
lation of the sudden tempest at Oxford 
May 31, 682' Oxford I68Z, 4to; in 
which Wood notes '(Robert) Harri- 
son, a poore child of Queen's Coll., the 
authour in June i682.' 
0 see Luttrell i.  



1 4 ll'OOD',_ç LIFE AND TL]IES. 

Conny i of Nagd. Coll. M.A., was to be presented ]3achelor of Physic 
and because []3allard  of New Coll.] was then to be presented LL.B. 
the vice-chancellor did cause the said LL.B. to be presented before 
the other, herfore the professor of Physic denied and protested 
against it. 
3 15Iay 3, W., Sir William Jones died, lately Attorney General. 
]3orn at Chew in Somerset, where R(obert) Cross is parson (]3ishop's- 
Chew). He was (of) Greys Inn, originally of Staple Inn. A pro- 
found lawyer. Turned out of Attorney" Gen. ; succeeded by Sir 
Cresswell Levinzs. Wherupon he became an inveterate enimy to the 
court and prerogative, a leading man and a great speecher in the four 
last parliaments, and an inveterate enimy to the duke of Yorke. He 
is mentioned in the ' Detection' by Roger Coke. 
May 8, M., I heard that M. W. « was married at London to... H. 
lXIarried (Th.) 4 May in 13ow Church. 
Iay 8, lXIunday, Convocation about Dr. (Richard) ]3usbie's cata- 
chisticall lecture. The pros and cons endured from 2 till a quarter 
past 4 in the afternoone. 
[lXIay  682 : this note belongs to Mr. A(ndrew) Allam]. On the 
oth died mv very good friend Mr. John Stopes almost suddenly of 
an apoplexy at Haddenham in Bucks. 
May 1% v., news in the coffey letter that the earl of Pembroke « was verie 
lately dead : also Sir Thomas Bludworth , sometimes Lord Mayor (of London). 
Letter from (John) Aubrey 12 May, F., wherin he contradiets the news of the 
earl of Pembroke. 
[I 5 lXlay  I682, reeeived (Tracts by Thomas Hobbs, Lond. I682) from Mr. John 
Aubrey, at Oxon.] 

1 Robert Conny, M.A. Magd. C. 3 
lXIay 1679 ; M.B. 2 May i682. 
-" substituted for 'Meryweather of 
C. Ch.' (John Merewether of Ch. 
Ch. was created M.A. and M.B. 9 May 
1682). John Ballard B.A. New C. 15 
May 1679 , B.C.L. 4 May 168. 
 ' 2 IMay' in Luttrell i. 181. 
« Mary Wood (eldest daughter of 
Robert Wood, bore 4 July 166o) 
married fo William Hacket; sec 20 
Nov. 1682, 3 Mat. I68-, 4 Mar. I68. 
In MS. Phillipps îoI8 is this note :-- 
' William Hacket, fellow-eommoner of 
Merton College, son of Sir Robert 
Hacket of Barbadoes, knight, by... 
Yeomans, his second wife, was married 
at S. Mary Bow church in London to 
dame Maria à. Wood, eldest daughter 

of Robert à Wood, gent., 4 May a682 
--she (i.e. Mrs. Hacket) saith. 
April.' Robert Wood seems to have 
been called upon to keep this Hacket, 
his wife, and family. To this niece, 
Mrs. Hacket, Wood bequeathed some 
'net-work' which had corne to him 
from his mother. 
 this heading, attesting the author- 
ship of these notes, is added by Wood 
himself. 
 the news was premature; Philip 
IIerbert, ïth earl of Pembroke, died 
683. 
ç the death of Sir Thomas Blood- 
worth is dated 12 May by Luttrell i. 84. 
* note by Wood in the book (Wood 
2o4) ; Aubrey had written in it' for Mr. 
Anthony à Wood." 



M., 5 May (accordin to N(athanicl) Thompson's Intelligence) IIenry Bridg- 
man, D.D., bishop of MoEn, dce of Chester, one of the prebendaries of Vork, 
ndn[ster of Eangor in Wal¢s, etc., died at Chester. Dr. (John) Lake succeeded 
him; vide O. 9- Dr. James Arderne, parson of AIgat, somtimes of Christ's 
College Cbridge, incorporated at Oxon 673 » succeeded h[m in the deery of 
Chester» as the news letter 2 May, (Su.). 
[Thomas Hughes , B.A. of Trin. Coll., employed in his majestie's 
service at Tangier, now advanced by the lord bishop of London to be 
chicf minister and his commissary there, was allowed to be Mr. of A. 
though absent, T., May 6, 682.] 
May 6, T., Congregation: wherin two bachelors of Ph),sic and 
one bachelor of Law were to be presented. The professor of Law 
would present his first ; the professor of Physic denied it because his 
achelors were  M(asters) of Arts. The controversie (was) hot and 
neither of thcm was presented at that rime, but aherwards presented in 
severall Congregations, viz. (Richard Tillesle),) the bachclor of L. of 
S. John's in a Congregation, May 3 (T.), and (Stephen) Fr)" of Trin. 
and (William) Gould of Wadham achelors of Physic the next day. 
(Wood E 6, ' cataloe e,' of the books of Walter Rea, has the 
note ' given to me by Wi]liam Lambourne ai/as Paynter, Bac. of Div. 
and fel]ow of Exeter College, Th., 
(Allure) On the 8th (Th.)I paid Mr. West in part 31L, there 
remaining then in whole due to him 6IL Ss. 
(Allure) On the 9th of May (F.) died John Parks and was 
buri'd on the zvth (S.) at night in the church-yard of All Hallows. 
May z, M., cl(ean) sh(eets). 
hlay z4, W., John Bateman adm. M.D. 
[Notwithstanding s our prohibition , the parishioners of S. Peter's 
in the East came yearely to make their cross in the place before 
mentioned . At length upon my often sollicitations the fellows of 
hIerton College were resolved to prohibit them again on Holy Thurs- 
day, z 5 May, 68z. In order to it they desired me to be in the 
way, and acquainted Dr. Thomas Bouchier the principall çf St. 
Alban's Hall, and Mr.... Knight the vice-principall, with the 
matter. Who forthwith commanded two or three scholars to staml 
within the public gate and to shut it when any appearance of the 
procession came. At ten of the clock in the morning, therefore, 
Mr. John Conant, Mr. John Edwards (fellows of Merton College), my 
selfe, Mr .... Knight before-mentioned, and Mr. Thomas Ca U of 
 note in MS. BI. 94 P. o.  on June 9, 67 ; see vol. ii. p. 4- 
* MS. has ' was,' by 
 note from MS. Rawl. B 4o2 a, p. 



I6 VOOD'S LIF&" AWD TI3It?S. 

St. Marie tIall (formerly of St. Alban's), walked before S. Alban's 
Hall gare to expect them. A little after o of the clock came Mr. 
Nathaniel Wight, the vicar, fellow of Mert. Coll.; ... Combes, 
barber; William Noble, cook; the churchwardens, of whome • . . 
Trapp a hatter was one; and a rout of boyes, who drew near to St. 
Alban's Hall gate to make their entrance through it into the quad- 
rangle (which was fast shut against them by the scholars before 
mentioned). Mr. Conant stept out, and in the naine of the Society 
of Merton College prohibited them from going any further, telling 
them moreover what incommodities they would bring to the College 
and little or nothing to themselves. Whereupon Dr. Thomas Bouchier, 
the king's public professour of law, hearing the conference out of his 
window, came downe and asked the said parishioners severall questions 
in order to the drawing up of a public instrument, if need should be; 
and then retired. Afterwards, wee discoursing with them more about 
the matters wee brought them to say and to promise faithfully for the 
future that they would make their cross elsewhere ; and so departed 
xvithout touching or seing their cross. In witness of all these passages 
I have here set mine hand--Ant. à Wood, historiographer of the 
University of Oxon.] 
May 2 9 1, M., but one bonfier to be seen in the four great streets, 
ruade by any townsman, whems there hath been seen twenty. 
(Allure) (William) LancasWr of Queen's preach'd a good 
sermon the 29th of May. 
(Allure) The Morocco embassador came to Oxford  about 8 of 
the clock at night on the 3oth (T.) on the first of June (Th.) he went 
hence to my Lord Norris's (James Bertie). 

( l)'sit  of the Ambassador from [orocco, 68z.) 
[May -',8, Su., notice came to the vicechancellor that the embassador 
from the emperour of Fess and Morocco would visit the University 
next Tuesday. 
May 9, M., Dr. Henry Yerbury of Magd. Coll. (was) appointed 
to ride in the head of all those scholars that had horses to goe out 
towards Shotover to meet him. 
May 3 o, T., he and certaine noble men of Ch. Ch. meet behind 
Merton Coll. at 3 in the afternoone ; went thence to the bottom of 
Shotover hiI1, where they waited for the embassador, with many others 
 Restoration of Charles II. s this account is from Wood MS. 13 
 see Luttrell i. 9 o. 9 (5) fol. 50. 



1889.. 17 

that met them.--The embassador came from Windsore in one of the 
king's coaches of 6 horses, with another with him: put in at Sir 
Timothy Tirrill's at Shotover about 4 in the afternoon, where he had 
a banquet.--Afterwards came towards Oxford, and at the bottom of 
Shotover next to Oxon he was there met by at least oo scholars on 
horsbacke. Dr. Yerbury saluted him in the University naine in 
English, xvhich he took by interpretation.--About 8 of the clocke at 
night came into Oxford, Hamet 13en Hamet I3en Haddu Ottura, em- 
bassadour from the emperour of Morocco and put in at the Angell inn 
within East gate. Where being setled, the vicechancellor and Doctors 
in their scarlet with the bedells before them congratulated his arrivall ; 
and the oramr spoke a little speech, and [Dr? (Edward) Pocock 
somthing in (A)rabick which made him laugh.] 
May 3 x, W., in the morning about 8 or 9, he went fo Queen's 
College and saw the Chapel, tIall, and had a home of beere but did 
not drinke.--Thence to the Physick Garden where Dr. (Robert) 
Morison harangued him.--Then to Magd. Coll. where the president 
spake somthing to him; went into the chappell, beheld the windowes 
and paintings; thence round the cloyster.--And so to New Çoll. 
where he saw the chappell while the organ played.--Thence to St. 
John's.--Then fo Wadham.Thence to Allsouls ; saw their chappell. 
Thence to Univers. Coll.--And so home to the Angell.----In the 
afternoon about i2 and  the sky was most prodigiously darkned. 
A great storme of wind came, which was so circular that it blew all 
the dust in the street up in the aire that you could not sec any bouses; 
afterwards followed a smart shore s of raine. A hurricane; this was 
never knowne in the memory of man. A prodigious hericane that 
broke bows and armes of trees ; blew of thatch ; and did a great deat 
of harme in the country. A pamphlet  of this I have..-:---At half an 
hour past two the Convocation bell rung. At 3 the people were 
seated in the Theater, but the embassador being indisposed after dinner 
and sleepie, came not till 5 of the clock. Being seated in a seat of 
state on the right hand of the vicechancellor, (William) Wiat the 
Orator spake a Latin speech. Which donc, followed in.-trumentall and 
vocall nmsick. That donc, (Henry) Mordant, a studcnt of Ch. Ch., 

t marginal note :' this is on his 
picture carved on a brass plate, but 
false.' Note on a slip :--" Mohamed 
son of Mohamed son of Haddu, of the 
province of Ohtor, of the family of 
Bahamvân, of the kingdome of Sus"-- 
this is thc name of the Morocco em- 

bassador in England 682, as in the 
king's letters to the Universitie or vice- 
chancellor for his reception.' 
 the words in square brackets are 
scored out. 
 i.e. shower. 
 see notê 9, P- 

VOL. I[1. C 



18 bVOOD'S LIFE ,IND TI3IES. 

yonger son i of the earl of Peterborough, spake a speech ri'oto the seat 
where the senior Terrae Filius use to sit. Which done he departed 
the Theater, with but 5 of his owne retinew: of which one bure a 
sword in its scabbard. 'Tis thought that there was in the Theater 
3ooo people, and a tbousand witbout that could not get in; never 
more people in it since it was built.--He went thence up to the 
public library, where he was entertained with an Arabick speech by 
Dr. Thomas Hyde, which he understood.Thence to Ch. Ch. to the 
deane's lodgings, where he had a banquet; and saw the hall and 
cathedrall.--Thence, about 9, he went to the Angell and afferwards 
the vice-chancellor presented to him certaine bookes in Arabick. 
The next morning, (June , Th.), to Ricot, where he ruade a 
breakiCast.Thence to Windsore, that night. 
On Su. the z3 July 68z, the Morocco embassador left London 
about 3 in the morning--see Gazer, M., 2 4 July, 68z.] 
May 3 o, T., Hamet  ben Humer ben Haddu Offur, embassador 
from the emperour of Fess and Morocco, entertained at Oxon. Vide 
Gazer. 
[31 ]Iay 3, W., I682, ambassador of the king of Fez and Morocco 
(was) entertaind in the Theater : where being sure, the senior proctor 
(Roger Altham) read the king's letters to the University for his 
reception and gave leave that a conferring of degrees might be ruade.] 
In  this montb died Sir Thomas Herbert of York, 13t. ; so ]3arn(a- 
bas) Long, chap|ain to (Richard) Sterne archbishop of York told me 
at the Act rime 682, who told me that he had been dead z months 
and that he was buried in the lIinster there. 
In tbis month came to Oxon a book newly published, entit. ' The  
Lire of Julian the Apostate,' in oct(avo), said to be writtten by one 
Samuel Johnson, minister in Essex or Sussex, afterwards chaplain to 
William lord Russel.--This book was much received into the hands 
of scholars; talked of and agairst; preached also against from out 
pulpits, parficularly by Dr. John Mill in his sermon on Act Sunday this 

 nephew of Henry Mordaunt, second 
earl, 
u Wood notes ' This naine is false : 
vide papers of Entertainments where 
his naine is written fight.' At the 
bemning of the Almanae are these 
notes :--' His name is written so, in 
James Wright's " Compendious View" 
p. i6o, "Hamet 13en Hamet 13en 
I Iaddu Ottor, embassador from the 
Emperour of Fess & Morocco to the 

King of Great 13ritaine in Dec. I68I." 
His name is otherwise elswhere. This 
though under his pieture is not right.' 
u note in MS. Bodl. 594 P- IOZ. 
« this note is scored through and a 
note added :--' he died I March.' 
 'Julian the apostate, being an 
aeeount of his life .... with a eom- 
parison of popery and paganism,' 
anon., Lond. 162, 8vo ; Wood 835 (6). 



2fA l "-- UVE, I82.  9 

yeare. In the afiernoone ....  George Royse, ni. A. and fellow of 
Oriel, who took his principles to taske and exposed them very smartly, 
but without naming the author or Julian the Apostate. Dr. H(enry) 
Aldrich preached against (it) in a sermon at Ch. Ch., z 9 Oct. (Su.), 
and orator (William) Wyat about 5 or 6 weeks before. Dr. Aldrige's 
text (was) 3 James *7, * part, [he - toke two of Julian's most 
specious arguments to pieces and repell'd them very clearly.] Orator 
Wyat had the saine text about ' months since [: this- last had only 
one or two smart flouts at Julian]. 
There is an answer to it in a thin folio supposed to be written by 
one (Edward) 1Ueredith of Ch. Ch.--(This, in turn, was) answered 
in defence of Julian. 
Samuel s Johnson of Cambridg (of Sidney Coll., quaere). Sain. 
Johnson, see what I have said in Dr. (George) IIicks (in the Ath.). 
Sain. Johnson authour of'Julian (the) Apostate' committed to the 
Gate house, prisoner for suspicion of being (in) the presbyterian plot; 
bailed soon after. So the ' list * of Conspirators.' See Gazer about ,, 
Feb. I68. Fined 500 marks Feb. ,, I68-, for writing 'Julian the 
Apostate,' by Lord Chief Justice (George) Jeffries and committed 
to prison till 'ris paid. Which he might have saved if he would have 
preached a recantation sermon: he then gave suerties for his good 
behavior.--See my index of papers in Johnson or Julian vide AA 34, 
FF 43- 
,lune.--June t, Th. [paid » goodwife Payne.] 
June ,, Th., vide Thompson's ' Loyall Protestant' that I bave in my 
other study. 
(Allure) Strange Southby, t3.A. of lqagd. Hall, was denied his 
degree for speaking treasonable words, on the first of June, Th. 
[Congregation , Th., t Jtme 68, reasons given in why Strange Southby , A.B. 
of Magd. Hall, his graee for II.A. was thrice denied :-- 
. that the said Strange Southby hath ruade it .his business in all companies to 

' a spaee seems to be left, perhaps 
for a date. 
 the words in square brackets 
seem to be in Allam's hand; they are 
hot in Wood's. 
 ' Samuel' substituted for « Robert." 
 Wood 48 A (8) 'A list of ail 
the conspirators that bave been seized 
•.. since the discovery of the bloody 
plot contrived by the phanaticks.' 
 this entry is scored through. 
 note in giS. Bodl. 594 P- 97- 

 Strange Southby, B.A. lIagd. II. 
-3 Oct. 677 ; elected felIow of Merton 
1679, but expelled (Brodrick's lIerton 
p. 297 ). In MS. Ballard 46 fol. 66 is 
this note by Wood :--' Strange Southbie 
went into Holland on the breaking out 
of the phanaticall plot, 1683 ; vhere he 
died in Aug. 685, at... 'Twas re- 
ported that he came into England 
(with) the duke of IIomnouth in June 
685 ; but false.' 

C 2 



20 WOOD'S LIFE AND TI,I'ES. 

speak scandalously ofthe government, and particulady justified thc murder of the 
old king, saying ' it was a glorious action, and donc in the face of the nation.' 
z. that (he said) ' it was lawfull to take armes against the king' and that this he 
did speake as his opinion. 
3- that he spoke slightly of the government as established in the church: and 
(said that) 'the saine power which established this might as well establish 
another.' 
4. (that he said) that ' the common faine was that the old king was a man of ill 
principles.' 
5- that discoursing about the actions of King Charles I and II and the murder 
and villanies committed in the late wars, he added that ' from the guilt of which he 
would hot excuse a first and a second.'] 
[Whit-munday 1, June 5, anno i68z, having been appointed and set 
alart for a procession-day, some of the fellowes and some of the 
parishioners went on procession to take the limits of the parish of St. 
John ]3aptist, viz., in this manner.--Wee went out of Merton College 
back gate and so to the south-east corner of the city wall which 
includes the College mount and garden. Returning thence wee went 
through Corpus Christi College back-gate to the President's lodgings 
beyond and on the west side of that College. Which lodgings wee 
leaving on the right hand, wee went towards the taouse of easment and 
ruade a cross under C.Ç.C. summerhouse and on the wall against it.-- 
Thence returning wee went by the said lodgings, went out of his 
dote by Ch. Ch. gate, w(h)ere wee ruade a cross. Thence to Oriel 
College cornmon gate ; where wee should bave ruade a + on the south 
side of it, for the south half or more of Oriel College is in St. John 
Baptist parish. Thence wee left Oriel College corner on the left and 
their chappell on the left, and went up Grope Lane where on the wall 
of Oriel College ball court wee ruade another cross and then going 
over the gutter wee ruade another on the farthest extent northward of 
the tenement called the Magpie (now the Talbot).--Thence wee 
returned and went up that street antiently called Kibald's Street * 
where the Universitie carrier's stables are, and so into the back-side of 
Mr. Robert à Vood where in the house of easement that stands cross 
Kybald street we ruade another + close by that + which the 
parishioners of St. Marie's make. Thence going through the bouse 
on the north side of the tenis court and through the alley that leads 
into S. John Baptist street, wee went into Logic lane, where in the 
middle (where an elboe or a turning is) wee rnade another + upon 
the farthest extent northwards of a garden ground belonging to Mert. 
Coll. in the tenure of the said Robert à Wood.--Thence going to the 
i Wood's note in MS. Rawl. B 4o a  see Clark's Wood's City of Oxford 
P-3. i. 8 7. 



east end of St. John Baptist street, wee ruade another 4- upon lIerton 
College garden wall.--]3read and drink to the parish 1. This 
procession was performed by John Conant, fellow, and John Dun- 
combe, chaplayne, of Mert. Coll., Anthony à Wood M.A., Robert and 
Edward à Wood (both, the sons of Robert à Wood), Arthur Fowler 
(under-cook of Merton College), John Badcock, porter, etc.] 
June o, s., received Bul'nham's money, 3 l/. 
June a7, Sat., Convocation xvherin (Richard)Busbye's lecture was 
againe disputed 2, but denied. His letters were read to the University 

1 by ancient custom certain Colleges 
provide a refection of bread, butter, 
cheese, cress, lettuce, etc., and ale to 
the senior parishioners who have beaten 
their bounds on Ascension day, for 
example, Lincoln College to Ail Saints' 
and St. Michael's parishes, Ail Souls to 
St. Mary's parish. So here Merton 
Cllege (as I suppose) to S. John's 
parish. 
 i.e. discussed 2ro and con. The 
full text of the entry in the Register 
of Convocation, " T b" fol. 33I, is as 
follows :-- 
' Die Satumi riz : I î die Mensis Jtmii 
Anno Dni. 68e. Causa Convoca- 
tionis erat, ut Literœe ab illustrissimo 
Cancellario, nec non a venerabili 
viro Doctore Busby ad senatum datœe 
legerentur. 
" To the Reverend I3. Timothy 
ttalton Provost of Queen's College 
and Vice-chancellor of the Univer- 
sity of Oxford 
humbly p. these. 
" Reverend Sir, 
"Several years bave past since I 
ruade a tender to my ever honor'd 
Mother, the University of Oxford, of a 
Catechetic Lecture to be endo,ved by 
me vith a Salary. lately advanced to 
fourscore pounds per annum by a vent- 
charge upon a greater Estate, which 
might secure the payment from any 
defalcation or encombrance. In this 
rime I bave frequently repeated the 
overture, and vaited for the aceeptance 
of it. Also when ever I understood 
that an objection was made against the 
terms proposed by me, I accordingly 
altcred them. 

" And whereas not long since the 
affair was proposed in Convocation with 
a draught of such rules and orders as 
might finally settle it; and that then 
the University was pleased by a unani- 
mous vote to approve ofthe intendment, 
but withall express'd a dislike to several 
conditions affix't thereto: That I may 
evidence my steddy purpose of serving 
my Mother in the Endowment she ,vas 
pleased to accept, and my earnest 
desire to comply with her good pleasure 
in the manner of it's disposal : Since 
the foundation of every Lecture of 
which the Candidats of inferior I)e- 
grees are auditors, and of such sort a 
Catechetic Lecture must be, do's accord- 
ing to the Statutes involve an Examina- 
tiou, and that the quœestion bas been 
Who should be the Examiners, and 
that Regent Masters who have onely 
proceeded in Arts, may hot seem with 
decency to take upon them to be judges 
of proficiency in the supreme faculty of 
Theology; I therefore offer it to con- 
sidemtion, "\hether the Doctors and 
Bachelors in Divinity, or either of 
them, vill be pleased to be ,varn'd in 
turne to examin what progresse is ruade 
by the Candidats of  I)egree of 
Bachelor of Arts in the fundamentals 
of Christian kno,vledge relating to their 
faculty; as the Regent Masters are 
obliged to examine in those Arts which 
referr to their's; which if they will 
vouchsafe to doe, I shall be well satis- 
fyed in that behalfe. But if it be 
thought more reasonable that he who 
has the Salary assig-n'd unto the Lecture 
should also bave the trouble of examin- 
ing the auditors of it; onely that he 



22 WOOD'S LIFE AVD TIIES. 
wherin he desired that two more of his nomination should be added 
to the rive electors pitched upon in the last Convocation ; but those 
two he naming not, and the lXIasters being jealous they should be of 
Ch. Ch., denie all  
Letters then read for bishop ]3ridok's son of Trinity  to be Mr. of 
Arts, rive terres given to him, and go out grand compounder. 
Granted. He went B.A. at 9 termes' standing, so that he'll be 
lXIaster at four years' standing. 
Af ter Busby's letters, were read the ehancellor's letters for regulating 
the rudeness and miscarriag of the Masters in Convocation, seconded 
by Laud's letters for that purpose 3,--about rising from their seates, 
going up to the vice-chancellor's seat, quarrelling with one another. 
[Convocation 4, S., x7 June x682, Dr. Busbye's letter read, of 
setling a catechist lecture--the house did hot approve of it. In the 

ought hOt tobe trusted with a ncgative 
in Degrees, tho' that power is allowed 
to every visitable Master, I readily 
assent that there naay always lye an 
appeale from the l'rofessor either to the 
Vice-chaneellor and Proctots, or to the 
Congregation. 
"Secondly, as to the Choice of the 
Professor, altho I thinke that is every 
where used to ho lcft to the free arbitre- 
naent of the Founder, yet I shall in 
condescension bc willing that y" Univer- 
sity do adde two Doctors in Divinity 
unto those whom I bave already nomi- 
natcd. 
" Lastly, whereas the reading a Cate- 
chetic Lecture in English at St. Maries 
which was intended principally for the 
benefitt of y" children and servants of 
the privilcged persons and others that 
had hot y° ready use of the Latine 
tongue, bas been thought an Eneom- 
brance upon the Latin Lecture tobe 
read at the Schooles and designed for 
the advantage onely of the Seholars and 
5tudents, 1 shall proceed, out of nay 
ardent desirc to serve my Mother here- 
in more, to add a separat Endowment 
for the said English Lecture of Twcnty 
Pounds per Annum secured in the saine 
naanner with the Latin ; and shall en- 
tirely leave the Choice of the Professor 
thereof to the disposal of the Univer- 
sity ; other things nautatis lnUtandis, 
alike. 

"This I request you, Revercnd S r. 
be pleasd to conamunicat with nay due 
respects to nay ever honor'd Mother the 
University, that if she shall now please 
to accept of this my Oblation, I naay 
hasteu the settlement of it, or if still it 
be refused, which I passionately depre- 
car, I ana forct to divert nay thoughts 
speedily to sonae other naore fortunat 
disposall, nay Age and Infirmities naak- 
ing delays very grievous to me. 
" What ever dctermiuation it shall 
please the University to naake, I shall 
ever rctaine that Veneratiou which be- 
seems 
I-Ier naost dutiful Son, 
and Feverend Sir 
¥our naost obliged Servant, 
Richard Busby. 
¥est r. Ço|l. lay 2.--82." 
Hasce Literas per lrocurtorem 
seniorem publicatas Venerabilis ]3o- 
naus Convocationis non approbavit.' 
 /Or. Busby, in 695, established his 
catechetical lecture in 13alliol College: 
R. L. Poole's Ealliol College in ';e 
Collegcs of Oxford (Methuen, I89), p. 
4. 
" Richard Brideoake B.A. Trin. 3 
Mar. I68ï, M.A. 3 July 1682. 
 sent to the University in 1639 ; see 
Gutch's Wood's Hist. Univ. Oxon. ii. 
49 • 
 note in MS. Bodl. 594 P. Io2. 



7UA'E -- 7UL I', 1682. 0. 3 
same Convocation were read the chancellour's letters dated at 
Windsore, M., 12 June 1682, against the lXIasters disorderly behaving 
themselves in the Convocation house when letters are read, either by 
standing up on the benches, standing in the area, or rising out of 
their places: archbishop Laud's letters were then read, dated 1639. ] 
[17 June i682, hunc 1 librum (' Introductio ad Latinam Blasoniam,' 
by John Gibbon, Lond. 682) recepi ab authore.] 
June 27, T., (Giles) Bray, son and heir of Re#nald ]3ray, died at 
Adam an apothecary's in Car Street. June 28, w., his body carried 
to Barrington. 
[Giles 13ray , son and heir of Reginald 13ray, son of Sir Edmund Bray who died 
17 Jan. 6sï: and was buried at 13arrington, died in the house of... Adams 
npothecary in Catstreet zî July 3 I68Z aged 19 or thereabouts, and his body the 
next day was carried to Barrington Magna neare 13urford, adorned with the armes 
of Bray, qu,-utering those of his mother]. 
,luly.--(Wood 276 A no CCCCI is the programme for the 
Encaenia, F., 7 July 1682 : one of the pieces is ' Ricardus Dighton , 
armiger e coll. D. Jo. ]3apt., cujus lemma 2ulae foederatorum )der- 
diclac, carmine heroico'; Wood notes that he recited ' in the  
middle,' and that he was ' a ver)" little boy, grandson to Dr. Richard 
]3aylie .') 
july 8, s., paid Mary Watson the landress her quarteridge due 
last Midsommer day, 4s. 
July o, M., Mr. John ç Fairclough vulgo Featly, a non-conforming 
minister, was buried in the fanaticall buriall place neare the Attillery 
yard London. 5oo persons accompanied him to his grave, anaong 
whome Dr. (John) Tillotson and (Edward) Stillingfleet and other 

x note in Wood's copy (Wood 446). 
The book has the author's autograph :-- 
' Domintm Antonium a Silvâ, Historiae 
Academiae Oxoniensis et multis aliis 
nominibus memorandum, hoe libro 
donat author indignus.' Wood had 
some other books by this writer :--e. g. 
Wood 66o C (16) 'Day Fatality or 
some observations of days ltcky and 
unlucky' 1678 , which he notes tobe 
' written by John Gibbon, blew-mantle 
officer of armes'; and ' Unio dissiden- 
tium : heir apparent and heir presump- 
tive ronde one,' 1679 , by J[ohn] 
G[ibbon], I3[lew] M[antle officer of 
.rms]. 
a note in Wood MS. F 4 P- 147- 
 sic, in Wood MS. F 4, apparently 

in error for' Jtne.' 
 Richard Dighton matrieMated 14 
iX{arch 68 °-, aet. 16 : it has tobe borne 
in mind that the exercises recited by 
these young gentlemen in the Theatre 
were never their own composition, but 
penned for them by thcir tutors. 
» i.e. in the middle of the Area ofthe 
Theatre, whence (for example) now-a- 
days the Regius Professor of Civil Law 
speaks when he presents honorary 
D.C.L.s, as distinguished from 'in 
rostro' i.e. the projections in the ladies' 
gallery from which at Commemoration 
the prize ex.ercises are now recited. 
 F, ichald Baylie president of S. 
John's, died 1667. 
7 ' John' is underlined for correction. 



0-4 IVOOD'S LIF£" AND TIA[ES. 

conformable ministers were present. Quaere whether Richard i Fair- 
clough. Sec OO 8. 
July xI, Tuesd., Mr. (Edward) Loe z, organist of Ch. Ch., died ; 
vide Catalogue. Richard Goodson, organist of New Coll., elected 19 
July--so Mr. (Daniel) Ashford : vide Catal%m.le. 
July i 2, w., Sir Jonas Moore s, surveyour.of lais majestie's fortifica- 
tions in the Tower, died with a fall from lais horse (broke his neck)as 
'tis in the news letter. 'Twas (the) son of Sir Jonas Moore, a foolish 
fellow. 
Act 68z, musick leclurcr, (William) Lloyd  of Jesus Coll., in the 
musick schoole; very well, but somwhat smootie. T«rrae filii-- 
(Henry) Boles of New Coll. (fellow) on Saturday, much against Ch. 
Ch. ; James Allestrey of Ch. Ch. on Munday, much against New Coll. 
and the Terrae filius of Saturday, but rcplyed by the said Terrae filius 
being proproctor or 'umbra' for (William)Dingley junior proctor. 
]3oth very well, and gave great content, treachers, on Sunday-- 
Humphrey Humphreys of Jesus Coll., deane of Bangor, in the morn- 
ing ; John Myll of Queen's in the afternoone ; Stephen Penton, prin- 
cipal of Edmund Hall, Tuesday's Latin sermon. 
July 13  Th., John Lee of London, father to the lady of Sir Philip 
Harcourt, died ; and was buried at Stanton Harcourt. (Arms) ' gules 
billettée argent, a fess checquy or and blue' or thus 'gules a fess 
checquy or and azure between i4 billets argent.' I have his epitaph 
inter . . . 
In July the 14 day ", Friday, Nathaniel Ellison, M.A. and fellow of 
C. C. C. was ruade archdeacon of Staffordshire by (Thomas) Wood 
bishop of Lichfeild, being then vicar of Tocester and minor prebend 
of LichfeiId. Vide Fasti i678. 
(Wood C I4 no. ,, 'Salt and fishery,' anon., Lond. 68z, has the 
note, 'Sat., 5 July i68z, given to me (A. W.) by the authour at 
Oxon.') 
July , S., S. Mary Magdalene's day, Nathaniel Wight  Mr. of 
Arts, one of the senior fellowes, died about 8 at night s ; at xvhat time 
Mr. Robert Huntingdon returned to Oxon from Aleppo after i .-, yeares' 
absence. 

 ' Richard' substituted for ' Samuel.' 
 Edward Lowe, Gutch's Wood's 
Coll. and Halls, pp. 5o3, 53 . 
 sec Luttrell i. o5. 
 William Lloyd, M.A., Jes. Coll., 
3 July, 168. 
» substituted for 'latter end of July.' 

« subsfituted for' about the latterend.' 
 Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, 
P-33- 
 he 'was buried in the outward 
chappell' of Merton College ' July 24, 
M., under the south wall and south 
window' ; Wood M. E 33- 



:7U£ Y ,4 UG. 1682. 5 
July 3 , M., Mr. (Henry) 13oles, the Terrae filius, recanted : vide 
Thompson's 'Intelligence' 8 Aug. t682 in my other study. 
[Elizabeth Keyt  did, in the month of August 1680, marry meerly out of 
lechery, in the I6th yeare of ber age, her father's coachman named... 2, an ugly 
red-hair'd fellow, who convey'd ber away to his relations' bouse in coin. North- 
ampton, being a poore cottage. But at length after shee had drain'd his body 
and he could serve ber no more, as she had donc another young fellow as 'ris said 
while he was in a wedded estate, shee poyson'd him with rat's-banc put in a dish 
of broath. Whereupon shee being imprison'd shee appeared at Northampton 
assize in July 1682 ; where, by the favour of a pack'd jury, ber lire was sav'd. 
A.fterwaxds went home to ber friends.] 
In this month Dr. (James) Arderne was installed deane ofChester : 
vide Mr. (Andrew) Allam's papers of the Cathedral Churches. 
In this month and in Aug. was the highway from neare the end of 
St. Clement's church to the way leading to Marston pitched xvith 
peebles and hard stone, for two carts on breast,--the middle part 
with peebles and the two collateralls or flankers with hard white stone. 
Began and carried (on) by Dr. (John) Lamphire with a collection of 
money. The workmen were in pitching it, July, August, September, 
and part of October ; a contribution amongst scholars and some 
townsmen. 
,ugust.--(Allum) On the 2nd died Mr. John Clinkard, minister 
(viz. vicar) of Water-perry in Oxford-shire. [2  Aug. (6)82j. 
Aug. 2, Wednesday, died Dr. (John) Butler, canon of Windsore; 
next morning his wife died, and both buried togeather. Vide FF 35. 
The saine day Dr. John Miclethayte, of the college of Physitims, 
president, was buried in St. Botolph's church in Aldersgate vith great 
solemnity. Died 28 July, Friday. Fasli 1648. 
Aug. 5, S., Oxford city uo warranto , sec Thomson's Gazer or 
Intelligence, Aug. 8, 682, in my othcr study. 
Aug. 9, Wedn., Georg  Barrow, M.A., vicar of Windsore, ruade 
prebendary of Windsor in the place of Butler . 
In the middle of this month, as I sate on Magd. bridge about 8 at 
night, I saw a starr in north west with a little tayle. This they sa), is 

the blazing star 

 Wood's note in MS. Tanner 454 
fol. o 5. A different hand adds here 
' eldest daughter of Francis Keyt of 
ttidcot-Bertram in coin. Gloc.' See 
vol. ii. p. 356, note 7- 
z John Mason. 
 note added by Wood. 
* see Luttrell i. to, z29: cp. ibid. 

153 , 158 , I61, 93, 195, 230, 261, 262, 
28, 282,283. 
z John Barrow; patent dated t8 Aug. 
1682 ; Hardy's le Neve. 
« see Luttrell i. 212. 
7 see Luttrell i. 214, 215; Evelyn's 
I)iary under date 20 Aug. 682. 



26 VOOD'S LIFE .4ND TIMES. 

[1682 *, Th., Aug. 24, John Kent, M.A. and Schoolmaster of 
Taunton in Somerset, and lately fellow of New College, was married 
to lïlizabeth Fowler, daughter of Roger Fowler of St. Marie's parish, 
cooke.] 
Aug. 24, Th., die S. Bartholomaei, John Maytland, duke of Lauder- 
dale e, died at Tunbridge Wells. See more of hinl and his buriall in 
HH z 7. Vide in David Whifford {in Ath.). 
In this month Roger l'estrange had zoo guynys sent to him as 
a present from the members of the University of Cambridge, ofwhich 
he had been a student, for s doing'great service for the king and church 
when the fanaticks layd hold of the popish plot to curry on their 
designs. Soon after he had money from some in Oxford : and (James 
Bertie) lord Norrys and other gentry ruade up loohl, Nagd. Coll. 
2oli. When king James II came to the crowne he seemed to (be) a 
papist : continued so, and got the ill-will of ail scholars. 
All this yeare from the spring to this month and after to . . . is a 
malignant feaver in Oxon; takes them in the head ; and some are 
gone in 3 or 4 days' time. 
8el0tember.--Sept. 7, Th., Oxford feast, ... Dalby , son of 
• . . Dalby, a taylor against Ball. Coll., preached. 
Sept. 14, Th., I went to Weston, returned the next day; lIr. 
(Ralph) Sheldon at S-kilts. 
I4 Sept. or therabout, (lïdmund) Gregory , Bac. Art. and scholar 
of Trin. Coll. died there: his body carried into the country to 
Hambleton in/3ucks. 
[682, Sept. 5, F., George Lort «, lI. of A., somtimes chaplayne of 
lIerton College, was buried in the churchyard of S. Peter's in the 
Baylie. He died two dayes belote in the bouse of Rice King {an 
under-servant to the Universitie) neare Bullock's lune, who for severall 
yeares before had received from lIerton College 5li. per annum 
towards maintaining the said lIr. Lort in his crazed and distracted 

condition.] 

 note in Wood MS. E 33- 
-" in Wood E ez, 'Catalogue 7' is the 
auction-catalogue (to be sold x4 May 
x69o ) of'Bibliothèque de feu monsei- 
gneur le duc de Lauderdale,' and ' Cata- 
logue 8' is 'The English part of the 
library of the lute duke of Lauderdale,' 
tobe sold e7 May 69o--the former 
catalogue is rnarked by Wood as being 
'ex dono Henrici Cruttenden 4 May 
I69.' 

 MS. bas 'in,' by a slip for ' for.' 
Ste Luttrell i. 93- 
« Thomas Dolby, M.A., BalL, 6 July 
I68L 
 Edrnund Gregory» B.A., Trin. 3o 
Oct. 6î9. 
 note in Wood MS. E 33- Geoe 
Lort, see vol. i. p. 38; he occurs 
as senior chaplain of Mert. Coll. in 
x6. 



.,-t UG.  OCT, 1682. 2 7 
Sept. 6, S., load of stack wood, 1os 6d; cleaving and carrying up 
s 2d. To Bets for 5o faggot, 2s 8d. 
(Michael) Gardiner, demy of Magd. Coll., son of . . . Gardiner a 
wheelwright without East Gare, died 17 Sept. at night. ]3uried in the 
churchyard 1 at Magd. Coll. 
Sept. I7, i682, Mr. (Christopher) Wase told me that Dr. Andrew 
Sall had been dead in Ireland hall an yeare. Quaere at Ch. Ch. 
Sept. 2i z, Th., a sarjeant at mace with company and a warrant 
from Sir Leolin Jenkins s seised on the duke of Monmouth at Stafford 
while he was at dinner to bring him up to London, who had been in 
Cheshire and other parts to gaine popularity. 
Sept. 3% S., paid goodvife Payne ber quarteridge 5s and 6d 
over. 
In this month was the history of S. John Baptist over out Cllege 
gare repaired and new oyled over in white colours with the picturcs of 
King Henry III and the founder. [It « had been def:aced in Oliver's 
raign. The picture of an old man sitting in a chair over that with 
a glove in his right hand, cut downe in Oliver's raigne. The babe in 
the Virgin Marie's hand over the . . . 5 torn away.] 
In this month William Nicholson, A.M., socius Cll. Reginae, who 
had a considerable hand in the Atlas , was ruade archdeacon of 
Carlile by (Edward) Rainbow. He was prebendary of Carlile in 
1681 and chaplain before that to bishop (Edward) Rainbow. 
Oetober.--Oct. i., Su., cl(ean) sh(eets). 
Oct. 6, F., Dr. John Lloyd of Jesus Coll. took the place of vice- 
chancellor. A clowne, pedag(ogue), sot, hot speak Latin. 
Oct. 7, S., paid the laundress, goodwife Watson, her quarteridge, 
4 s. 
(Da)vid  \Vallis of Watlington (and) Frances Cornish of Aston 
(Ro)want, marryed the 9th (da)) of Oct. I68Z. 
Oct. IO, T., court day at Halywell. 
All Sept. excellent good weather and Oct. till about the io(th), and 
then faine and cold comming, came colds and sicknesses. 
Oct. 2, Th., receiveà of Kit Fleur de Lize rent, 4//. as 6d; nse-money for half 
an yeare, viz. 5oli. from Out Lady to Michaelmas, Ili. os--sum li. las 6d. 
I)ednct College rent Iii., acquittance, s, spent at Fleur de lnce for the receit, 6d. 

1 Gutch's Wood's Coll and Italls, 
p. 348- 
 see Luttrell i. 222. 
 one of the Secretaries of State. 
« this part of the note is in Wood's 
latest and most stmggling hand. 

 one word illegible, perhaps ' arch- 
way." 
6 brought out by Moses Pitt. 
 this note is hot in Wood's hand. 
It is round on a slip inserted in the 
Almanac for Match I683. 



OE8 II'OOD'S LIFE AND TI2IEç. 

7 Oct. , Tuesd., died at Nr. Combes', mercer in St. Peter in the 
East, . . . son of... 
_nnth-, a gentleman commoner of Trinity College, son of 
[Niles S " ° 
lIiles Smith of Lambeth in Surrey, gent., died in the house of Edward 
Combes, draper, living within East gate, on Th., the 7 of Oct. 68z, 
aged 8. His body which was adorned with these armes ('or a 
chevron between two chevronells sable between 3 roses gules seeded 
or leaved vert ') was carried to Lambeth 
Oct. 9, Th., Sir Thomas ]3rowne died: medicus. Vide Epitaph, 
z 5 Oct., w., marquis of Halyfax ((George) Savill) ruade lord privie seal « in 
the place of (Arthur) Annesley (earl of Anglesey). Wherupon Sir Eward 
Seymour left the court in a pett and took up of the king 2o,oooli. that was owing 
to him. Edward Seymour, sometimes » Speak(er): vide Annesley's lire. 
Oct. 26, Thursd., lord Montacute 6 of Sussex--viscount Montacute (Browne)-- 
died : so the news letter dated uit. Oct. (T.). Mr. Sheldon told me that Francis 
viscount Montagu died ult. Oct. and was buried in the collegiat churcb, of lIid- 
hurst in Sussex. I beleive he was buried on that day. 
lgovember.--Nov. st, W., (John) Lane, a commoner of Oriel, 
and Sussex man, died in the morning : buried in Oriel Coll. chapel 
Nov. 1st, W., Ann Drope, widdow of Thomas Drope, vicar of 
Comnore, died at Comnore about 7 in the morning, aetat. 78 or 
therabouts. 
Nov. 5, Su., IIr. (Daniel) Ashford 8, viceprincipal of Hart hall, 
preached at S. Narie's. 
Nov. 6, 1I., a fier hapned between 7 and 8 at night in a baker's 
house joyning on the east side to the back part of Swan Court in St. 
Marie's parish. 13urnt that part where it began, and an outhouse on 
each side pulled downe to prevent farther mischief. These housing 
belongs to Arthur Tyllyard by vertue of a lease from Oriel. 

this entry is scored out, to be re- 
placed by a slip vhich is inserted here 
the first two words of which are hot 
in V'ood's writing--' MillsSmith (Miles, 
quaere) a gentleman commoner of Trin. 
Coll., died at Combs a mercer by East 
Gare. Entred in Obital book,' i.e. in 
Y¢ood lIS. F 4- 
 note in Wood MS. F 4, P- I47- 
 'Lambeth' is in pencil only, as 
doubtful. 
a sec Luttrell i. 32. 
 elected Speaker by the Commons 
in 1673 ; retircd o-ing to illness : agaiu 
elccted Speaker by the Commons in 

1678 ; but the Mng refused to sanction 
the choice. 
 Francis Brown, third viscount Mont- 
aeute or Montagu. 
v see Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, 
p.36. Wood NS. F4, P-4î, says: 
'John Lane, a commoner of Oriel Col- 
lege, son of William La_ne of Lewis in 
Sussex gent., died on the first of Nov. 
68, aged o ; and was buried in Oriel 
College Chappell.' 
s Daniel Ayshford, bi.A, Wadh., 4 
June a675; Gardiner's Reg. Coll. 
\\'adh. p. -î6. 



OCT. -- NOF. 1682. 

29 

Nov. 8, news in the coffy letter that (James) Jeffryes, lately of 
Jesus, brother to Sir Georg Jeffu's late recorder of London, is made 
canon of Canterbury in the place of Dr. (Louis) Heralt '. 
Nov. 8, Wedn., Mr. (Thomas) Sparke  of Ch. Ch. made a speech s 
in schola linguarum inter horam 3 et 4 post meridiem, in praise of Sir 
Thomas Bodley, founder of the public library, by the nomination of 
the dean of Ch. Ch. and approbation of the vice-chancellor. 13y the 
gift of Dr. (John) Morris somtimes Canon of Ch. Ch. to be setled on 
the University after his wive's death ; so that shee dying in Aug. 168 i, 
it then came to the Universitie to arise out of lands. He gave 51i. per 
annum to Alls. library and . . .  per annum to Ch. Ch. librau" and 
51i. per annum to him that should make a speech every 8 Nov. being 
the Visitation day of the public librmT, so that the dean of Ch. Cit. 
having the nomination be sure hee'l naine one of lais ovne house and 
hot of Allsouls College vhere Dr. (John) Morris 5 was somtimes 
chaplain. 
Nov. i i, Sat., at io at night, died at Radley Mr. (John) Winchurst « 
M.A. fellow of Pembroke Çoll. and vicar of Radley, buried in the 
church there Nov. 14 (T.) A good scholar, of a subtile head, 
a good mathematician, borne at Abendon, his father (a malster) 

mayor. 
Nov. 
IOVo 

12, Su., (lent) ' Dr. v (Oliver) Plunket's triall' to Mr. West. 
12, Su., the groaning elme board shewed at Oxford. Put 
a red hot iron to it, it groanes. 'Twas shewed at the Checquer Inn 
by two silly women, but quickly prohibited by the vicechancellor. 
Vide pamphlets. I have some pamphlets of it. 
Nov. t3, M., Mr. Sh(eldon) with the M(aid) of H(onour) at the 
Miter at 4 in the afternoon. (I was) sent for the next morning at 8. 
Misty and rimy morning. 
Nov. x3, M., Mr .... Pridiaux told me that Sir Thomas Browne 
the physitian of Norwych had been dead 3 weeks, and that he died in 

x , Heralt' substituted for ' Heron.' 
 Thomas Spark M.A. Ch. Ch. 8 
Apr. 1679. 
- see Macray's Annals of the ]3od- 
leian (Edit. II), p. 15o. 
 ' 5li. ', see Gutch's Wood's Coll. and 
Halls, p. 459- 
 Wood 636 (4) ' Epi8tola ad Johart- 
hem Houson' (vice-chancellor of Ox- 
lord) by Thomas Plus [Pyê], Lond. 
,603 has possibly his autoaph ' sure 
Johannis Morris.' It bas another auto- 

graph ' Amico suo charissimo Guilielmo 
Moore R. Crakanthorp salutem.' 
 John Winchurst M.A. Pembr. 26 
Apr. I676 
 Wood 427 (2o). 
s ' The last words and sayings of the 
true protestant elm-board,' Lond. 682, 
fol. : ' More last words and sayings of 
the true protestant ehn-board,' Lond. 
1682, fol., and a few others are round in 
Wood 4  7 nos. 97 foll. 



30 14/OOD'S Z1FE A,VD T1,TIES. 
his bouse in S. Peter's parish there, and tlfinks that he was there 
buried. ]3uried in S. Peter's Church in lIancroft. 
Nov. 4, T., Sir Robert Carr, chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster, 
died. Sir Thomas Chichley succeeds. 
Nov. 6, Th., (Ford Grey) lord Grey of Werk, a roundheaded 
Lord, is round guilty of conveying away and debauching the earl of 
Berkley's daughter who is sister to his wife 1, but sentence upon him 
is dcferred till next term 3. 
Notwithstanding the bonfiers on the Queen's birthd,'ty s  5 Nov. and 
 7 Nov. 4 were prohibited  by the King and Councell on the desire of 
Sir (Williana) Prichard, lord mayor, to prevent tumult, yet the factious 
people being hindred from burning the pope, they drowned him. 
Nov. 8, S., lIr. (John) Bernard told me that (William) Wilgoose, 
somtimes II.A. of ]3rasnos, afterward schoolmaster of Denton and 
a practitioner of physick there, and after schoolmaster of.. • in 
Huntingdonshire, died at Paris 23 Oct. according to their account 
(i.e. 3 Nov. according to ours), being then in the companie (of) or 
companion to the earl of Manchester. 
Nov. 8, Sat., lIr(s) . . . Clark, daughter to Dr. (Henry) Clark 
president of lIagd. C. was married to (Richard) Shuttleworth, gentle- 
man commoner of Trin. Coll. She was commonly called 'the 
Infanta': both of them î ruade about 33 yeares. 
Nov. 8 7, S., at two in the morning died Sir John Finch (somtimes 
of Ball. Coll.) yonger brother to Hennage (Finch), Lord Chancellor 
and earl of Nottingham, and lately embassador to Constantinople. 
A fier at Wapping about Nov. 8 or 9,--ooo bouses burnt. 
Nov. i9, Su., George Low, esq,, died aet. 8-; buried . . . '-'. 
Nov. 19, Su., Robert Pauling o, the attorney, was buried in St. 
lIichael's church; died the day before. 
lIonday, 2o Nov., received of my brother my rent 81L 6s; then 

' llary Berkeley, daughter of George 
13erkeley, fourteenth baron Berkeley, 
created on   Sept. 6î9 earl of Berke- 
lcy. 
 sec Luttrell i. 9, 3o, 34, 39. 
s sec Luttrell i. 88 
« Queen Eizabeth's accession-day; 
called ber birthday, sec Luttrell i. 88. 
» sec Luttrell i 37- 
 i.e. their ages added together. 
 substituted for :--' Nov.  î at night 
... so the news letter dated 8 of this 
month.' A note is added :--' In anothcr 

letter 'tis said he died Nov. 2o and was 
buried in Christ's College Chapel Cam- 
bridge.' 
 i.e. ' eighty...,' the figure for the 
unit being omitted, tte was 88 years 
old. 
 in S. Aldate's chureh ; his inscrip- 
tion is in Wood MS. F z 9 A on a slip 
at fol. 33 o. 
0 ,/Ir. Robert Palling was bnryed in 
the Collcdg Chancell November the 
I9th, aged 50 years'; S. lIichacl's 
13urials Rcg. f«9r 



irOV.E]]..E]t, 1689,. 3 I 
paid him 2os for half an year's rent for the cocklelofts and 4s for Mris. 
Hacket 1 to buy her a clout. 
Nov. 22, Wednesday, Sir Bern. Gascoigne, physifian in ordinary to 
her majesty the Queen, murdered and afterwards robb'd by his ser- 
vant. Adhered to the old King and to King Charles II ; taken at the 
surrender of Colchester 1648, at Worcester i65u--at both which 
rimes (he) escaped the gallowes. An Italian by birth; see 'the 2 
Relation of Kent Essex and Colchester' that I have, page I92. 
News in the letter dated 25 Nov., S., that alderman (Thomas) Pilkington  
lately sherriff as fin'd by a Hartfordshire jury hundred thousand pound for that 
he should say when the duke of York with his dutchess came out of Scotland into 
London to lire that 'as he had belote fired the city ofLondon, so was he then 
corne to ont the citizens' throats.' Vide Gazer when the duke of York came. 
[In the saine news, Nov. 25, S., was the right and profits of the penny post * 
adjudged to be the duke of York's ; wherfore he gave it to sir G(corge) Jeffryes 
who had stood up for him, and Sir Georg Jeffryes farines it out to (William) 
I)ocura who pretended a right belote in it 5. Or thts--The duke of York hath 
gained the point as to the penny post against (William) Docuray the manager 
of it. The said duke bath given it for a time to Sir Georg Jeffrys his favorite 
who rents it out to Docura. The news is sent that he hath taken it to himself and 
added it to the Post Office. 
Y)uke of York hath brought an action against one Arrowsmith an apothecary in 
Friday Street upon the statute of Scandalu»z maguttum, vho is taken np for it 6. 
Nov. 27, M., bonfiers ruade in severall parishes in Oxford by the 
Tory party after supper for joy that the lord Norris (James Bertie) 
was ruade earl of Abendon , with the ringing of bells. Severall col- 
leges had bonfiers, Allsouls College especially about eleven at night. 
They brought out a barrell of beare out of the cellar, and dranke it in 
healths on their knees to the King, duke of York and earl of Abendon, 
out of the buckets that hung up in the hall. They got about twenty 
of the train hand of Oxon, vho discharged at the drinking of every 
health. They had wine in great plenty from the tavern over the way, 
guarded by a file of musquiteers. They had a drurnrner that beat 
round the College quadrangle and at the gate--I)r. (John) Clutter- 
book  the captain that ordered these matters. 

 sec suîra, 8 May 1682. 
- 'A truc and exact relation of that 
as noble as unfortunate expedition of 
Kent Essex and Colehester by M. C. 
1648 ,' printed 165o; XWood 581 (I). 
It has the autooTaph 'Liber Ricardi 
Chamberlayne, clerici Wardrop, Imo 
Aug. 165o': Wood notes 'one M[at- 
thew] C[rosse] seemes to be the au- 
thour.' Wood .8 (2) is 'The loyall 
sacrifice: Sir Charles Lucas and Sir 

George Lisle, shot at Colchester, 1648. 
 sec Luttrell i. 240. 
* ' Robert Moray invented the penny- 
post' ; note by \Yood in Moray's ' Cor- 
poration credit' Lond. 1682 (Wood 
628 no. 6.) 
5 sec Luttrell i. 244. Sec in Sept. 1689. 
6 sec Luttrell i. 241. 
7 created 3o Nov. 1682. 
 John Clotterbuck, D.C.L. Allsouls 
17 Jan. 167- . 



IVOOD'S LIFE AND TL]LES. 

29 Nov., Wedn., prince Rupert died of a feaver, 
1619- Dead worth threescore thousand pound ; 
I3altilnore 1. Prince Rupert left natural issue, . . . 

aetat. 63 ; natus 
child by Mris. 
a son  by ]XIar- 

garet Hughes, now of i8 yeares of age, taken into Germany by the 
Prince Elector when late in England. And . . . a daughter 3, be- 
gotten of the body of (Frances) daughter of (Henry) Bard earl 4 of 
Bellamount, widdow of . . . .Fash" i636. 
The saine day, 29 Nov., W., (Henry Germyn) earl of St. Albans 
dead. talse. 
The saine da),, 29 Nov., W., Robert Wickins, rector of Todenham 
neare Campden i11 Gloucestershire, died. Buried, F., I Dec., in the 
church. Somtimes of Ch. Ch.; a writer. 
News letter , 29 Nov., W., (George Savile) marquis of Hallifax to be duke of 
IIallifax; (William Cavendish) earl of Devon fo be duke of Devon ; (Henry 
Somerset) marquis of Woreester to be duke of Beaufort and duke of Worcester ; 
.and (Charles Somerset)his son, earl of Glamorgan; (Laurence Hyde)viscount 
Killingavorth ' to be earl ofRoff. ; col. (John) Churchill to be a Scotch lord ; col. 
(George) Leg, baron of Tilbury ; (James Bertie) lord Norrys, earl of Abendon ; 
(James Butler) duke of Ormond to keep his old title but to take place in England 
as duke. VideS ad fiaem hujus Almanae. 
Deeember.--Dec. 2, S., news letter, Robert  Ferguson accused 
for being authour of the second part of' No Protestant Plot' ; if he be, 
then he is authour of the first. Fled for it into Holland with (Anthony 
Ashley Cooper) earl of Shaftsbury. 
Ibidem: a most treasonable piece came out lately, call'd 'The 
Second Part of the Growth of Popery,' supposed to be wrot by the 
(Anthony Ashley Cooper) earl of Shaftsbury--and, as the said letter 
saith, 'was left as a legacy at his departure into Holland.' 
Dec. 2, S., (6)8, a letter to Mr. (William) Fulman ; not sent :--marquis of 
Halyfax, lord privy seale, is repoied to be marie duke of Halyfax ; earl of Devon, 
duke of I)evon ; marquis of Worcester, duke of Beaufort and Worcester ; and his 
son, earl of Glamorgan ; lord Killingworth ao, earl of Roff. ; col. Churchill, a Scotch 

 substituted for ' Patmore.' 
z a daughter, Ruperta; married to 
Emanuel Scroope Howe. 
 a son, Dudley Bard, killed at Buda, 
686. 
4 viscount. 
» see Luttrell i. 242. Several of these 
creations did hot take place at this 
date. 
 a slip for ' viscount Hyde of Kenil- 
worth.' 
7 baron Churchill of Aymouth (i.e. 

Eyemouth) ; afterwards duke of Marl- 
borough. As'John lord Churchill of 
Aymouth' he was nominated to take 
D.C.L. at Oxford on 22 May 683, 
being in the suite of the duke of York ; 
but did not wait to take the degree 
on 23 May 1683; see Wood's Fasti 
I683. 
 the reference is to the letter which 
appears Dtfra under Dec. 2. 
 ' Robert ' substitnted for ' James.' 
v, Kenilworth. 



A'O: -- DE.C. 1682. 

33 

lord ; col. Leggc. baron of Tilbury ; lord Norris, earl of Abendon. The Hartford- 
shire jury hath given the duke of York humh'ed thousmd pounds upon an action 
ofscandalum magnatum against (Thomas) Pilkington and he is conun'.'tted upon 
it. The bill they say is round by the grand jury at the Old I;ayly against (Anth«,ny 
Ashley Cooper, earl of) Shaftsburv who is now in Holland. Thc jury hath 
brought in the lord Grey of Werk (Ford Grey) guilty of conveying away and 
debauehing the earl of ]3erkley's daughter who is sister to his lady. but sentence 
upon this is deferred till next terme. Duke of York bath brought an action (of) 
5oooo/i. against one ... Arrowsm;.th an apothecary in Friday Street upon the 
stature of scandalum magnatum, who is taken up for it. Sir John Finch lately 
dead. Captain Clifford. for conveying away the lady Sniderfield, a widdov of 
a good fortune, against ber will into France, is fin'd 2ooli. The duke of York 
bath gained the point a to the penny post against Docura the former manager of 
it. The duke of Ormond is allowed place in England as duke, but no English 
title given to him. Prince Rupert, dead of a feaver. Sir Bern. Gaseoigne mur- 
dered by his servant and rob'd. Your neighbour ... Thinn to be earl of 
Tamworth. 

Dec. 3, Su., Ch. Ch. great bell rung out about 7 at night for 
(Edward) Barber . M.A. and studcnt of Ch. Ch., who died in the 
vicaridge house at Cassenton on that dy. Next da)', (he) was 
buried in the cathedral of Ch. Ch. 

I3ec. 6, W., news came in the letter that ... Stringer, secretary to (Anthony 
Ashley Cooper. earl of) Shaftsbury, was taken with papers about him going to 
the press containing a l'indication oflke Association ; and being examined, con- 
fessed that they were ritten by Robert Ferguson a nonconformist minister and 
that he also writ ' the 2nd part of the Growth of Popery.' Wherupon a messengcr 
was sent on Thursday, uit. Dec., to the Brill in Holland to demand of the state 
bis body. News then also that Shaftsbury was dead in Holland, being harras'd 
out with his voyage. 
l)ec. î, Th., received of widow Bnrnham, 31L 
[Dorothie , widdow of Dr. Sebastian Srnith, died in ber son's bouse 
(Sebastian), situat and being in S. Martin's parish, Th., 7 Dec. 1682, 
and was buried, Su., IO of the saine month bv her husband. The 
armes of ber and her husband which shee had on ber hearse, see vol. il. 
p. 285.] 
Dec. to, Su., news that a commission is issued out to create Dr. 
(John) Lake a bishop. News also that some prentices  standing in 
the pillory in Cornhill for breaking the King's and Lord Mayor's 
order about bonefiers and burning the p(ope), they were ail the while 
fcd with good things (they sa)" custards and chees-cakes) by the 
presbyterians and afler they were taken downe were hug'd--if others 

' Edward Barbour, M.A. Ch. Ch. 8 
.Mat. 167- ; Gutch's \Vood's Coll. and 
Halls, p. 514- 
VOL. III. 

note in Woo:l MS. F 4, P. 147- 
Luttrcll i. 243 , 

D 



34 I¢OOD'S LIFI? ,4ND TI2II?S. 
had stood, or if their fault had been for favouring popery, thcy would 
bave been pelted to death. 
Dec. 13, W., received then lO gu(ineas) of Mr. R(alph) S(heldon) 
to stop my mouth. He ' acknowledged that he did promise to print 
my book ; but the times are since altered, and (he is> hOt able.' Yet 
he is able enough to throw away 2 or 3ooh ".  to alter his bouse for the 
sake of the lI(aid> of H(onour); and he gives ber and her brothers 
what they please. 
[13 Dec.  1682, <' A remonstrance of piety and innocence,' etc., 
London, 1683) given to me by R(alph) S(heldon>. These things 
were gathered togeather by James Corker, O.S.B., a condemned 
prisoner in Newgate and by him caused to be published in Nov. 
1682 s.] 
I)ec. 13, W., news came that (Anthony Ashley Cooper) earl of 
Shaftsbury and Robert Ferguson were at Amsterdam and that the 
States refused to deliver them up. They are cheerfull and merry. 
I)ec. xS, [anday, about 4 or r ofthe clock post meridiem, died (Iteneage Finch) 
the earl of Nottingham, Lord High Chancellor of England 4. 
I)ec. 22, F., paid bursar (William) Colby for the share of wood in the common 
chamber, rs 7d, in the presence of Mr. (John) Con=t, (John) Edwards, and... 
Jervis. 
I)ec. 22, F., paid goodwife Payne the bedmaker, ris. 
I3ec. 23, S., paid the laundress, 4 s. 
Dec. 26, T., judge (Sir Thomas) Twisden ofKent died ; brother to Sir Roger 
(Twisden) and Dr. Charles Twisden. Vide 2 Jan. 
I)ec. 28, Th., to I)aniel and blary, ls apeice ; lori a-piece. 
13ec. 29, F., (William) Fisher, a yong fellow of New Coll., buried 
in the cloyster . Died day before. 
This month Joan of Binsey's husband troubled with the devill, dis- 
tracted, quaere. 
Latter end of this month a flood about Oxford ; hOt occasioned by 
much faine here, but northward. 

6li. 6s Sd for quarter's rent from monsieur, 4li. 3s. Fleur de liz rent--Ioli. 9 s Sd. 
The College rent 2li. IOS ; rent for the chambers, xos ; rent for the bouse of 
office for 3 years, 6s 8d. P.ump of beef, IS 6d; dressing my bat, 6d. 

i. e. two or three hundred pounds. 
note in Wood's copy (Wood 830). 
there are several other cases in 
which the date on the title-page of a 
book is shown to be false by Wood's 

having the book at a somewhat earlier 
date. 
4 see Luttrell i. 245. 
 see Gutch's Wood's Coll. and 
Halls, p. 26. 



168. und. 1683 : 85 CuL II : Wood. uet. 51. 
(In this Almanac are two of Allum's slips. At the beginning of this AImanac 
are these notes 
(Swa)n, I583, 4 d (the naine and price of the AImanac.) 
Wildgoos rent paid July I578 ; Aider, vide Ahnanac 
January.--Jan. -% T., judge (Sir Thomas) Twisden of Kent 
died. Brothcr to Sir Roger (Twisdcn) and Dr. John Twisdcn. In 
684 Dr. Thomas Gale did obtaine from the study of Twisden in Kent 
then latel)" deceas'd an original copie ofJohannes Bostonus Buriensis. 
--A copie of this Dr. (Thomas) Barlow is supposed to bave from the 
libaff of (James) Usher which he conceals, as Br. Tw? interleaved 
copie. I saw this when I was at London, in Nov. 1691, quaere. 
1N'ews letter, S. 6 Jan., teIls that (Robert lfonta) earl of hlanchcster was 
lately dead in France ; vide Letters, P. 7 ; Fasti, 1665. Also that (Charles Henry) 
Kirkhoven, earl of Bellamont , was dead. 
6 Jan., S., Edward Sherbume of the Tower, esq., knighted. Put into my 
' Catalogue  of M(aste)rs.' 
Jan. 17, W., King Alfred's statue in stone set over the University 
College gare at the charg of... Pluck(ed) downe in the latter end 
of Oct. (16)86. 
[MS. lent  to me by lXlr. Charles Roderick, schoolmaster of Eaton 
by Windsore, 2o Jan. t68- :--' A Catalogue of the provosts, fellows, 
and scholars that bave been placed and elected into the King's College 
of our blessed Lady and S. Nicolas in the University of Cambridge 
since 1441 '--rirst gathered by lXlr. Thomas Hatcher (fellow of the 
said college, of the year t555)untill an. 1582 ; since continued by 
John Scot (coroner of the said college)till 162o; afterwards continued 
by Edward Hynde (fellow, of the year 1594 ) to 1621 ; and then by 
George Goad (fellov, of the year 162o) till 1646.] 
News letter  dated 27 Jan., S., saith that (Anthony Ashley Cooper, earl of) 
Shaftsbury was dead at Brill in Holland, having before (with Sir William Wallery) 
been ruade burgher of Amsterdam and capacitated for the supreame magistracy 
of that citie. He died Sunday 21 Jan. (2o Jan., saith the suppliment to his will). 
Jan. 3o, T., (Francis) White  of Ball. Coll., son of Sir Sampson, 
preached the fast sermon at St. iXlarie's. Veç" satyricall and bitter 

against the phanaticks. 

? Bilan Twyne's. 
created earl of Bellomont in Ire- 
land II Feb. I6¢. 
Wood MS. E6. 
note by Wood in Wood MS. E 3 

(O. C. 8567; where on pp. 9-e6 are 
"\-ood's excerpts from the MS. 
 see Luttrell i. 47. 
6 Francis White, M.A. Ball. 5 May 
1674. 

D 2 



36 

IVOOD'S ZIFE AiVD TLIIES. 

News in the latter end of this month that the earl of Sunderland (Robert 
Spencer), being taken into favour, vas ruade Secretary of State in the place of 
(Edward Conway, earl of) Conway a. 
leb'uary---Feb. 4, Su., news in privat letters that Dr. Richard 
Sterne, archbishop of York, was dead lately. 17"alse. 
Feb. 6, T.,' ($amuel) Oats , formerly a preaching weaver, father 
to Titus Oates, died.' So in the news lettcr dated Io Feb., S. Sec 
(Thomas) Edwards' s, Gangrena ' (part 2, p.  7, 121 ). 
[7 Feb. * x682 (i.e. ), (' The Cateehism set forth in the book of 
Comlnon Prayer,' ç)xford I683) given to mec by  Dr. Thomas Mar- 
shall, the authour.] 
[Robert Mayot n, an Abendon man borne, somtimes gentleman commoner of 
S. Marie's hall, Master of Arts and grand compounder 667, died at his bouse in 
(S.) Giles in the suburbs of Oxon about the o day of Feb. 6Sï - aceording to 
the English aecompt, leaving then severall larg legacies to nonconformists; and 
was buried in St .... church at Abendon. (Arms:--)'barry of six argent and 
azure, on a cheif of the second a lyon passant or.'] 
In this month (about (the) xo(th)) died (Robert) Mavott , livinff 
in S. Giles, formerly of S. ]Ia 3" Hall. Left legacies to conformists 
andnon-conformists. To non-conformists, 5oo/i. (quaere). Somtimes 
of St. Marie's Hall, grand compounder. 
Feb. x2, lXIunday, monsieur Sain. Langey , a French protestant 
minister, was ereated D.D. When he came up in the Convocation 
with the professor, all the Masters stood up in reverence to him. I)r. 
(William) Jane, the regius professor, presented him, with an harangue. 
Which being donc, and ruons. Langle had taken his place anaong the 
I)rs, he ruade an oration of thanks for the honour they did to him. 
[I68§, Feb. I4, W., George Squire*°, son of . . . Squire, was bap- 

x see Luttrell i. 247. \Vood 427, nos. 
32-44 are pamphlets and pieces in verse 
for and against Shaftesbury, I68I-I68{. 
\\ood 417 contains several pieces of 
verse of the saine kind. 
* Samuel Oates, father of Titus Oates, 
• having been formerly a preaching ana- 
baptist and notorious sectarie'; Wood's 
note in Wood 424 (3) (Titus Oates' 
• A true narrative of the horrid plot,' 
Lond. I6î9. ) 
u Thomas Edwards' ' Gangraêna or a 
catalogue and discovery of... the erlors 
of the sectaries of this time,' Lond. 
I646; second edition enlarged, Lond. 
x646 , 4to, Wood 65 (I). ' The second 

part of Gang-raena, or a fresh and fur- 
ther discovery,' etc., Lond. I646, 4to; 
Wood 655 (3)- 'The third part of 
Ganaena, or a new and higher dis- 
covery,' etc., Lond. I646 , 4to; Wood 
6» (4)- 
 note in Wood's copy (Wood 823). 
 ' to ' in MS., by a slip for ' by.' 
 note in Wood l.q, F 4, P. 48. 
r ' 68o ' in the MS. 
 Robert Mayott, M.A.S. Mary H. 
4 Jnly 667. 
 ' Langey' substituted for ' Langle.' 
Samuel de l'Angle ; sec Evelvn's Diary 
nnder date 7 June 683. 
x0 note in Wood MS. E 33. 



:7.,.:IN. -- F.EB. 1683. 37 
tzed: bcrne in Arthur Roe's bouse by the wall that encompasses 
]Ierton Çollege mount, or between hIcrton Cllege mourir and the 
corner of the Physick Garden wall. The mother is sister to ]ïdward 
Allcn, of thc Pit, coachman ; and shee came from London to lay in 
there to save charges.] 
Fcb. x 7, Egg-Sat., but one Bachelor of Magd. hall prescnted ad 
determinandum, whcras since the King's rcturne they were never 
without 6 or 8 or 2. And Exeter Coll. hot one, who use to bave 
commonly  2. 
About zo matriculated belote Egg-Saturday for Lent terme. 
I zo Bachclors detcrmine, wheras there never use to be under zoo. 
Lent disputations dccay : the Bachelors do hot dispute nor will hot, 
unles the supervisers (boyish Regents) are present. Some senior 
]Iastcrs goe to heare disputations, particularly hh'. (Robert) Hunting- 
don after his long absence1; but they will hot dispute, and stand 
silent, while thcir abbettors sneare and grin. This wee gct by having 
coursing put downe by Dr. (John> Fell. 
The reasons why the number of/3achelaurs decay, I have told you 
before. 
Feb. 25, Su., died in Halywell, (Catherine) Barry, a maid, daughter 
of Vincent Barry lately of Hampton Gayt, gent.; buried in Halywell 
Church, 27th, T. (Arms :) ' azure 2 b'ons passant or.' 
[Catherine Barry , a maiden daughter of Vincent Barry late of Hampton Gay 
in Oxfordshire died in Halywell, Su., 25 Feb. 168, and was bnried on T., the 
7 day, in Halywell church in the snburbs of Oxon. (Arms :--) ' azure  lyons 
passant or.'--Hampton Gay was sold to Sir Richard Wenman of Caswell by 
Witney in x63.--Vincent Barry (father to the said Catherine), son of Vincent 
]3arry of Thame, died at Hampton Gay on Friday, zî Feb. x68o , according to 
the English accompt, ged 5 ° or thereabouts. He was a justice of peace for the 
countie, and was buried in Hampton Gayt church.--This ¥ncent Barry had a son 
(a youth) named... , who dying also in his mother's house in Halywell  Feb. 
x68, was buried by his sister before mentioned.--Another daughter died about 
o of the same month, quaere.] 
Feb..'26, IXI., letter to lXIris Burnham about secur(ity ). 
.'28 Feb., W., news came that Philip Fell ", B.D., fellow of ]ïaton, 
and yonger brother to John (Fell) bishop of Oxon, died in the house 
of Dr. (Samuel) Benson of Hereford  (who married his sister) and 

1 13rodrick's Merton, p. e93- 
 note in Wood iIS. F 4, P- 48. 
 in this case x6 ; see vol. il. p. 480. 
 Wood had lent the/3urnham family 
.I OO. 
 Wood o 4 (Carmlna Jac. Alb. Ghib- 

besii, pars lyrica ; Rom. 667) is noted 
to be ' e musaeo Philippi Fell.' 
6 underlined for correction. A note 
is added--' buried at Worcester in the 
Cathedral.' 



38 VO01)'S LIFt ,qA'D TI3ItS. 
that he was buried in the cathedral there. He died Munday, .6 Feb. 
Entred in Obital book. 
In the latter end of this month died . . .1 newly chose fellow ; 
buried by W(illiam) Wood in Br(asenose) Coll. cloyster. 
Mareh.--News letter dated 3 March, S., saith that the duke of 
Somerset (Charles Seymour) hath changed his naine to Percy and 
that a court at Petworth was lately held under the naine of Charls 
Percy, who bath a son lately borne of the lad)" Ogle (Elizabeth Percy) 
(daughter and heir of (Josceline) Percy late earl of Northumber- 
land)  
Mat. 7, Wedn., John Wickham of Garsington, high sheriff of 
Oxfordshire, ruade his entrie into Oxford from Gasingdon with neare 
oo gentlemen and scholars. Scarce in the memory of manS. 
Mar. 8, Th., {Robert} Paston, earl of Yarmouth, died at his house in the Pall 
Mall. So the news letter dated lO Mar., S. 
The same day Georg lï)ashwood, oe of theo yeomen of the guard, cheif fariner 
ofthe excise, died ; ibidem. Vide May. 
News came also in privat letters that :Dr. Petcr Gunning, bishop of Ely, was 
dead, dated Match lO, S. He died in Ely bouse in Holbourne, S(h} day in the 
afternoone. Somtimes chaplayne or pro-chaplain of New Coll. anno 1644 , at 
vhat time :Dr. {Isaac} Barrow v¢as who was afterwards bishop of St. Asaph. See 
what I have said in Dr. {ichad} Sherlock in New Coll. {in the Ath.}. Since 
contradicted. False. 
Mar. e, Munday, Mr. Philip Wanvic (son of Sir Philip), envoy extraordinary 
to the king of Sweden«, being newly arrived thcnce to the court at Newmarket, 
died suddenly, of an apoplexy, in his bed there. So Muddiman's letter at Short's 
dated Mar. 15, Th. 'asli, 1638 : ruade hast to take the last breath of his father. 
Mar. i , Tuesday, . . . Hacket  borne about 3 in the afiernoone. 
Mar. 18, Su., cl(ean) sh(eets). 
Mar. 19, M., Thomas Killiew of the King's bed-chamber» esq. groom, died at 
Whitehall aged 80. In the letter dated 2o Match he is stiled ' Sir Thomas 
I,:illigrew, the king's jester' ; and in another letter 'ris said he died the 18 day 

 Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, 
P- 379, gives ' R. D. 1683 ' as an inter- 
ment in the cloisters. Richard lï)ale, 
I3.A. Bras. I Feb. 168ï-. 
e see Luttrell i. 19I , 5. 
 i.e. has there been so nttmerous a 
procession. 
« ' Sweeden ' substituted for ' Sweed- 
land.' 
 see8May, 168e. In WoodMS. E 
33 (' register of S. John Baptist's parish, 
Oxford ') Wood has this entry :--' 1682 
(i. e. §}, Mar. 2I, William, son of Wil- 
liam Itacket esq. and Marie his wife, 

v¢as baptized : borne in the house of 
his mother's father Mr. Robert à Vood 
against Merton College.' In MS. Phil- 
lipps 7o18, is this note :--' William 
ttacket, son of ¥ïlliam Hacket, esq., 
borne in the house of Robert à Wood his 
grandfather on the x3 of March, Tues- 
day, about 3 in the afternoone; chris- 
tened, W., el March following, god- 
fathers Robert Huntingdon (subvarden 
of Merton College, deputy for I)r. Ed- 
ward lï)rope); George Tully (late of 
Queen's College); Arme (wife of Dr. 
John Ltfff).' 



1683. 39 

aged Ioo (false). 13rother to Dr. tIenry Killigrew somtimes of Ch. Ch. Severall 
p[ayes in print---' The Parson's ,Yedding.' Vide Sir William Killigrew in St. 
John's College (in the Ath.). 
Mar. 20, T., twelve cart-loads of Tredeskyn's rarities came ri-oto 
Mr. Ashmole at London to his new elaboratory at Oxon. Dr. 
(Robert) Ilot soon after, or then, mad(e) Custos. 
[Sarah Zouch x, widdow of Dr. Richard Zouch, somtimes the king's professonr 
of the Civill Law in the University of Oxon and judge of the Admiralty, died in 
Dr. Robert Say's lodgings in Oriel College on Thursday 22 Match 1683 according 
to the English accompt, and was buried on Monday (26 of the said month) follow- 
ing by ber daughter Mary and another daughter in the isle joyning on the north 
side of the body of S. Peter's church in the East Oxon. (Arms:--) 'gules 15 
besants (riz. 5, 4, 3, 2, I) and a canton ermine; impaling, sable a chevron 
between 3 escallops argent [Hart of Brill in Bucks]' ; act. 83. Dr. Zouch belote 
mentioned and this his xvife had severall sons but all died unmarfied. The 
daughters that xvere married were these, viz. I, Catherine, married to William 
Powell aiias Hinson who lived for some time at I«ulham in Middlesex, where shee 
died and was buried ; 2, Arme, the wife of Robert Say, I).D. and provost of Oriel 
College in Oxon ; 3, Sarah, the third wife of Richard Lydall, Dr. of Physick, 
living in S. John Bal3t. parish in Oxon.--Note that John Hart, one of the proetors 
of the Arches, father to Sarah belote menfion'd (wife of Dr. Richard Zouch), bore 
to his armes  ' argent on three lozenges sable as many escallops or, vith an annulet 
at the top sable'; and therefore those tapon ber hearse belote mentioned, riz. 
' sable a chevron between 3 escallops argent,' were false.] 
March 22, Th., Sarah Zouch, widdow of Dr. Richard Zouch, died 
in Oriel Coll.; buried in St. Ieter's East by her two or 3 children, 
Monday following, aged 80 or more. Daughter of . . . Hart of ]3rill. 
[Henry Aldfich s of Westminster, gent., father to Dr. Henry Aldrieh canon of 
Ch. Ch., died in his lodgings at Ch. Ch., upon a visit given to his son, on F., 23 
March I68g ; and was buried in the Cathedrall. (Arms :--) 'or on a fess vert a 
bull passant argent arnled or ; impaling, sable a lyon rampant or." The bull hath 
his tayle hit on his back on the outside with the end on the top.] 
Mar. 3, F., (Henry> Aldridge  a Londoner father to Dr. Henry 
Aldridge, canon of Ch. Ch., died in Dr. Aldridge's lodgings in Ch. Ch. 
in the morning. In Obital book. 
Mar. 26, 1[., I gave es 6d to S r (White) Kennet » of Edmund Hall, 
through lXIr. (Andrew) Allam's hands. 
News letter dated Mar. 26, M., saith that Stephen Dugdale  one of 

' note in Wood MS. F 4, P- I48- 
 Wood in trieking the arms gives 
these, and not the others. 
 note in Wood MS. F 4, P- I5o- 
' Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, p. 
513 : lçeliqutae Zfeartiatae, iii. 91. 
 White Kennet, B.A.S. Edm. II.." 

May I682, M.A. 22 Jan. I68. 
 Wood 426 (21) is ' The information 
of Stephen Dugdale at the bar of the 
bouse of Commons, I Nov. 168o,' 
Lond. 168o: Wood 4z6 (27) is ' The 
further information of Stephen Dug- 
dale... 30 Nov. 168o.' 



40 lIzOOD'..ç LIFE .4ND TLI[ES. 

the witnesses concerning the popish plot, was lately dead. Sir John 
]3crry also, a great commander at sea; but doubtfull. 
In this month (about the beginning of the yeare) died James 13aron 1, 
B.D., at London. Quaere Mr. (Thomas) Gilbcrt. 
Mar. 27, T., lady l:ilizabeth Croke wife of Sir Richard Croke, 
knight, recorder of Oxon, dicd of an apoplexy, circa horam quartam 
post meridiem. Daughter of lXIartin Wright, alderman of Oxon. 
[Elizabeth Croke , the wife of Sir Richard Croke, knight, recorder of the citie 
of Oxford, daughter of Martin Wright, somtimes alderman and goldsmith of Oxon, 
dicd at her house of an apoplexie, behind Ail Saints church on T., the 27 March 
x683, about 4 of the elock in the afternoon ; and was buried by her father in the 
chaneell of S. Martin's church.--Sir Richard Croke, knight, reeorder of the eitie of 
Oxon and serjeant at Law, died at his house behind Ail Saints' church a little he- 
fore nlidnight, F., 14 Sept. ; and was buried in the church of Merston neare Oxon 
by bis father and mother on S., the 15 of Sept. 16S3._They leff is,ue behind 
them :--Wright Croke, aged 25 or therabouts, latcly of Lyncolne College, now of 
the Inner Temple : ho lires at Merston neare Oxford ; and, about the latter end of 
A.Ug. 16S 4, married his maid named . . . Croney daughter of John Croney of Ox- 
lord, chandler : aftcrwards ,,about 69o ) he sold part of his estate there to Thomas 
Roxney of Oxon, gent.--Cbarles Çroke, lately also of Lyncoln Çollege, now of 
the Inner Temple; he lires at Fyficld in Berks t1692).- Richard Croke, elder 
brother to \\right Croke, and of tle Inner Tcmp|e also, died xi Jan. 16îl, -, aged 6; 
nnd was buried in St. Martin's chancell by the grave of his grandfather Martin 
\Vright.--Unton Croke, counsellcr at law, father to Richard Croke knight before 
mentioned, nlade serjant at law by Oliver Çromwell 2/June 1655 a for the good 
service his son, major (afterwards colonel) Unton Çroke, did for Oliver in the west 
against col. John l'enruddock, Hugh Grove, etc., and other cavaliers when they 
rose at Salistmry in lXlarch 63: died at Mnrston neare Oxon 2S Januar. 167 , 
aged 77 ; and was buried in the chancell : he marriedAnne Hore daughter and heir 
of Richard lIore of Mcrston by Mary his wife.] 
March " 2 9. Thursday night, at the Cowne tavern between o and 
I at night, the great abuse given to pro-proctor (Arthur)Charlet  
by Math(ew) Morgan v of St. John's, . . . 13omick s LL.B. of the said 
College, (Ralph) Olive  of Ails. Coll. Complaints to the vice- 

 James Baron, II.D. Magd. C. 19 
May 1649. See OO. 26. 
 note in \\-ood MS. F 4, P- x49- 
 chmlged ffoto '1654.' \\heu it 
stood as 1654 , Wood notcd in the mar- 
gin :' the rising of the cavaliers at 
Sature was in Match 165k: therfore 
hot ruade serjeant upon that account.' 
\Vhen he changed it to • I655 ," XYood 
struck out the last clause of this note. 
 ' 1654' in MS. 
 this note is inserted out of place in 
Octobcr in thc Almanac fut" 1684. 

 Arthur Charlett, M.A. Trin. 2 Nov. 
676. He appears to have been pro- 
proctor this year for the Senior Proctor, 
Roger Altham of Ch. Ch. Ou S Apr. 
16 3 Charlett took office as Junior 
proctor. 
 Matthew Morgan, M.A.S. Jo. 9 
July x674. 
 this seems to be a slip for Bonwick. 
Benjamin Bonwicke, B.C.L.S. Jo.  
May 1681. 
Ralph Olliffe, B.A.S. Jo. 3 Dec. 
1678, M.A. Ail Souls 6 July 682. 



M.4RCtt, 1{383. 

chancellour 1 thereupon. A hearing 31 March, S., in lais lodgings. 
He would have expelled them, but they desired him hot. Whereupon 
each was to pay 2h'. a peice for noctivagation and 2lL a piece for dis- 
turbance. At that time Bomick and Olive subscribed a recantation; 
Norgan would not, because he had been pro-proctor for (Richard) 
Oliver 2 of St. John's. Another ]\I(aste)r called . . . Aldworth s, 
(quaere) of Magd. Coll. ; but he being civill, was excused payment and 
recantation. Morgan was very high at the tavern, swore desperatly, 
would have beat him but hindred. The grudge from h[organ rose 
from him  and others of S. John's being taken at the Dolphin on 
Munday night going before, lIarch 26. 
March » 3 o, F., a hearing before the vicechancellor between pro- 
proctor (Arthur) Charlet of Trin. and lIr. (Matthew) Morgan of 
St. John's, which last being some dayes before taken in the day time 
at the taverne by hiln, (h)e (the said Chailet) ruade him pay 4os ac- 
cording to the statute. 
[Charls Osbaldeston , a yonger son of Sir Littleton Osbaldeston of Chadlington 
neare Woodstock in Oxfordshire, baR., died in Wadham College of which he was 
scholar, on F., the 3 ° of Match 683; and was buried the next (day) in the 
chappell there. (Arms :--) ' quarterly argent and sable, 4 leopards' heads counter- 
change&'] 
Mar. 3o, F., (James Cecil)earl of Salisbury died--so the news.--Also in the 
said news letter dated 3I March, S., 'tis said that 4 mayors of the citie of Lyncoln 
have dyed in 8 months' time. \Vho having been severe against the \Vhiggs, they 
take it for a judgment upon them. 
lIar. 31, Sat., Charles, son of Sir Littleton Osbaldston, Bt., of 
Chadlington, scholar of Wadh. Coll., buried in Wadham Coll. ChapelL 
A yonger son. Entred in the Obital book s. 
In  the latter end ofthis month (March) ale sold for 3d per quart 
in Oxon was prohibited by the vicechancellor. It began to be sold so 
at Foxcomb hill more than io yeares agoe ; afterwards at Rmnp hall ; 
then it was sold in the city at so(me) and at last (at) most al-houses-- 
so that 2d aie was worth little and 3d a(le) brought xç' to 2d. 

' John Lloyd, Principal of Jesus Coll. 
 Junior Proctor in 16S. 
z Charles Aldworth, M.A. Magd. C. 
4 Feb. I6î§; but from the company it 
is more probably John Aldworth, B.A. 
S. Jo. 4 july 67, M.A. Ail Souls i 
Apr. 676, or Richard Aldworth, M.A. 
Ail Souls   Feb.66§, or Richard Ald- 
worth, B.C.L.S. Jo. 7 May 68. 
 MS. has ' lais,' by a slip. 

this note is scored throngh, perhaps 
because inaccumte. 
note in Wood MS. F 4, P- ISO- 
Gardiner's Reg. Coll. Wadh. p. 3e6 ; 
Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, p. 6 
i.e. Wood MS. F 4; see supra. 
the first sentence of this note is 
scored out, and a note added, 'False, 
put downe.' 
i.e. ruade as wcak as 'd aie' had 
been. 



4oE VOOD'S LIFI qWD TI.IIS. 
April. In the beginning of 683 (William) Howel], LL.D. Çantab. 
and Chancellor of Lyncoln , died. In Apr. I68 3, so Dr. (Kenelrn) 
Digby---entred in ' Catalogo LL.D.' 
teginning ofthis rnonth news was that Dr. Narcissus Marsh was 
rnade bishop in Ireland; that Mr. (Robert) Huntingdon was to suc- 
ceed him in Trin. Coll. 
News letter dated 7 Apr., S., three gentlewomen of Carnbridge, in 
bachelor's and gentleman-commoner's gownes, broke windows there 
in the night tirne, abused 'ornen that they met; discovered, and ex- 
arnined by the vice-chancellor ; but by mediation of fiiends taken up. 
 i April , Wedn., after 9 at night carne severall smart lads of the 
Green Ribband Club out of the Mag pie, and cried up ' a Monmouth !' 
with their hats waving over their heads, affronting and confronting 
scholars (knock'd downe 2 or 3 of them) that they met about Alls. 
Coll. and Pont's taverne. Sorne taken and irnprison'd, the rest dis- 
persed. To appeare at the sessions following or to be put into the 
Crowne office. Afterwards (Arthur) Charlet, the pro-proctor, walked 
to Carfax, took a townsrnan, [Atkins3 a writ server], had him to the 
Castle. The tout followed, and pelted stones. "lhey layd wait for 
Charlet's comrning out of the Castle. He therefore sends a letter to the 
vice-chancellor* to redeem him. He cornes with rnen with him, armed, 
and set him at libertie.--These people were before the Mayor's dote 
and he took no notice of it. He was asleep.--A hearing belote the 
King and Councell (so saith Muddiman's letter at Short's, 28 Apr., S.) 
who will leave them to justice and the due course of law.--Severall 
depositions taken "in the University, against Midsomer sessions. 
In Muddiman's letter dated 5 May, S., tells us a story of the riot,--that 3 towns- 
men being in the Magpie alehouse, and as many yong scholars in a roome opposit 
to them, and in hearing and sight of each other, the townsmen began a health to 
the duke of Monmouth. The scholars they dranke a health to the duke of York. 
The townsmen drank another health to his confusion. The scholars departed. The 
townsmen followed ; went up the High Street and cried ' a l\Ionmouth ! a Mon- 
nr, outh ! No York!'; gatbered company about them, knock downe oe scholar 
they met (who was faine to run into a eutler's shop to savê himself) against St. 
Marie's. Mr .... Sparks came to appease them, but eould hOt ; so retired. Pro- 
proctor (Arthur) Charlet, being at Ch. Ch., went out to the multitude, then heure 
Carfax by the nr, ayor's dote ((John) Townsend). .¥ho seing Charlet vith his 
eompany, Will. Atkyns, a writ serrer, the eaptaine of them, came up to them and 
cried ' Yhere is l'out «illi#t«s ? ' Charlet laid hold on him and haled him to 

 Hardy's le Neve makes Samuel 
luller chancellor of Lincoln from 16îo 
to 695. 
2 XVood notes :' I have a full rela- 

t(ion) of this elsewhere.' See Luttrell 
i. 255. 
 sbstituted for ' a yong man." 
« John Lloyd, principal of Jesus Cul. 



APRI£, 1688. 43 
prison, down fo Bocardo. And it being dark, he took hlm away in the head of 
his cornpany. Eut going hot into ]3ocardo, weut downe Tharnes Street to the 
Castle, and finding the outward wicket shut, got it open. By this rime the rout 
was corne there (who staied awhile at Bocardo thinking he had been there). But 
a gent., by chance (one ... Cossens) being about the Castle, kept of(f) the rout 
at the first wicket with his sword till the proctor got in to the second wieket with 
his pdsoner. ]3y that rime the tout had got in the I wicket and threatned to knock 
Charlet on the head when he carne out. But he sending to the vice-ehaneellor, he 
with Jesus College rnen carne arrned at I in the night, reseued hirn, and took sorne 
of the rout. I have a full accornpt of this alibi.--Tàe jewry found this no riot at 
the assizes Sept. 4, 1683. 
(Allure)... Salisbury, gentleman commoner of Jesus College, 
was married in London on the i lth, W., to ][r. ]3ateman's eldest 
daughter living in St. Giles's parish Oxon. 
(Allure) Edward Drope, D.D. and senior fellow of Magd. Colledge, 
died in the said Colledge about a quarter before eight of the clock in 
the morning on the 3th day (F.) of April. 
Apr. i3, Friday, Dr. Edward Drope, D.D. died at 7 in the morning. 
]3uried in tbe Chapel belote the screen, next to (John) Higden's 
stone '. 
[Edward I)rope , I).I)., fellow of Magdalen College, died, F., 13 Apr. 1683, 
aged 84 or thereabouts, and was buried in the outer chsppell of that Çolle uear 
(ou the right hand) to the rnonnrnent-stone of Dr. <ohn> Hygden. His sole exe- 
cutor was Msry, wife of Robert à Wood of St. John's parish Oxon, gent., and 
daughter of his elder brother Mr. Thomas Drope, Bac. of Div. I[e was a yonger 
son of Thornas Drope, B.D., somtirnes fellow of Magd. Coll., afterwards rector of 
Aynoe in Northamptonshire, but borne at Coit neare Burroug in Lyneolnshire. 
<Arms  :--) ' sable gutté . . 2] 
Apr. 15, Low Sunday, Mr. (John) Jenkyns * of Jesus (College) 
repeated. [Nephew  fo Sir Leolin.] 
Apr. '5, Su., news came by letters that Dr. John North. head of Trin. 
Coll. in Cambr. and prebendary of Westminster, was then lately dead 
at Cambridge. 
Apr. 8, W., Mr. (Roger) Ahham discharged his place of proctor- 
ship, vith a grave and learned speech, wherin he laid downe the 
defects of learning in the Uhiversitie and spake smartly against the 
Masters for denying the benefaction of Dr. (Richard) Busby; the 

x Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, 
PP" 332 , 349. 
 note in Wood MS. F 4, P- I 5o. 
 Wood's note stops short ; the trick- 
iug in pencil is rnuch faded and was 
perhaps never eornplete, but it shews a 
ehief. Burke's General Armory gives 
the arrns of Drope (of IIuntingdon and 

London) as ' argent guttée de poix, on 
a chief gules a lion passant guardant of 
the first.' 
 John Jenkins, M.A. Jcsus Coll. 5 
July 68o. 
 the words in square brackets are 
scored out probably as being in erro. 



44 

II"OOD'S ZI'lï AA'D TIALES. 

defects appeared in disputations and trite examination of the Masters, 
omitting Rhetorick which was the chcif matter ; the defect of speak- 
ing the Latin tongue. He said upon the townsmen's hindring the 
University night watch that ' the townsmen cosen us of our money in 
the da)" and will not (surfer) us to protect it in the night rime.' 
[18 Apr. 1, W., new proctors :--Henry Gandy, Coll. Oriel, et Arthur 
Chariot, Coll. Univ.] 
Apr. 9, Th., news ca,ne that Mr. (John) l',Iontag(u)e, brother to the earl of 
Sandwich (Edward lIontague), of Trin. Coll., was chose lIaster of Trin. Çoll. ; 
(ho) sncceeded Dr. (John)Durell in the prebendship of Durham. And (that) 
I)r. Edward Pelling (vas chosen) prebendary of Westminster. 
I683, Apr. 9, Th., news letter then dated tells that Elkanah Settle was turned 
Tt»ry, that he intends to write a narrative to tell the world who gave him mony and 
cncouraged him to write for the Whiggs. 
2  Apr., S., died Richard Toogood, dean of 13ristow : vide in vita ejus. Samnel 
Crossman succeeded, vide Richard Toogood, vide Cat., vide Indices, vide papers 
of 1 lignitaries from lIr. (William) Fulman which lay on my box. 
Apr. 24 or therabouts Dr. (Matthew) Smallwood, deane of Lychfield, sorntimes 
of Br(asenose)Coll., died suddenly at or neare Lychficld, of an apoplectick fit. 
Yide P. o. 
Apr. 26, Th., Dr. Mathew Smalvood, deane of Lichfield, died : vide vitam. 
Ncws letter at Short's dated Apr. 6, Th., saith that Mr .... Pindar one of the 
six clerks in chancery vill resigne by tenon of age ; that Mr. lqeetwood Sheppard 
is to suceeede.--Also that Sir Thomas Escourt, one of the Masters of Chancery, 
died 2z Apr., Saterday; and was buried at St. Dunstan's in Fleet Street.--Also 
Sir Francis Withens (somtimes of St. John's, pupill to Dr. (Yilliam) Levinz as 
'tis said) vas ruade judg 26 Apr. and put on his robes and took place Saterday, 
28 Apr. 
Apr. 28, S., pair of shoes of Bruckland. 
May.--lIay i, T., ... wife of William Peacock, vicar of Comnor, 
died ; daughter of Dr. Henry ]3eesly, somtimes rector of Swerford in 
coin. Oxon. (Arms :--7 ' gules 3 bezants, on a cheife of the first a 
lyon passant or.' 
1May 3, Thursday at night, died William Whorwood of Clarkenwell, 
esq.; buried in Clm'kenwell the I4(th) of the same month 
Robert his yonger brother executor. 
[Th., 3 lXlay * 1683, I borrowed of proctor (Arthur) Charlet a book 
in quarto, 3IS., which he had of (Richard) Pierce the bedell; John 
Bell, superior bedell of Physic (i6o5-x638), seems to be the 
collector.] 

 note in 1IS. IIodl. 594, P- o3- 
 note on a slip at p. t58 in Wood 
lqS. E 4- The ehief contents of the 
!MS. were lists of chancellors, vice-chan- 
cellors» ptoctors etc. from 5o5 to 635. 

It contained also an account of the 
ceremonies of laying the first stone of 
Wadham College, and the first stone of 
the New 068) Schools. 



,4/,,rZ -- .Lr.4 ] 1683. 45 
[Francis Harding ', M.A., and pRysitian, of S. Jobn's Co||ege, son 
of Thomas tIardyng of London, died at the Do]phin in Magd. parish, 
F., 4 May i683; buried in S. John's College chappell. .An excellent 
poet. No escocheons ruade for him.] 
May 4, Friday, (Francis) Harding, a physitian, M.A., fellow of S. 
John's, an excellent poet, died at the Dolphin; buried in the outer 
chapel at St. JoRn's , 6th day at night. 
Mav 4, F., at nigRt it rain'd and all the 5tR, S. ; and so on the 6th, 
Su., was a flood--not much seen becauoe the grass was bigh--but 
Port meed all over. 
News letter at Short's dated 5(th) d.ay, S., tells ns that Sain. Crosman, ].D. 
preb. of Britov» was chose deane of Britow in the p|ace of Mr. (Richard) Too- 
good, B.D. and deane, latelv deeeased. Quaere. 
The saine news also tells ns that alderman (George) Dashwood (whome he calls 
a silkman) was bnfied with great solemnity May 4, F., [in  the bnriall place by 
]3nnhill fi¢lds], his body carried fmm Sadler's hall. 
May 6, Su., cl(ean) sheets. 
May 6, Su., Dr. (John) Lamph(ire) told me that Will. Whorwood 
of London was very lately dead. Died 3(rd) day at night. 
May 9, W., the commissioners granted the deanery of Lychfield to 
Dr. Laurence Addison, for Ris service at Tangier and losses by fier in 
Wilts. So the letter. Vide vitam (in the Ath.). 
May 9, W., James Bampton, LL. bac., fellow of New CoH., died at 
my brother's * house in Halywell ; bufied in New Coll. west cloyster » 
neare (Robert) Baynham's monument. _lTast[, 683. 
May i , S., news letter that Sir Georg Jeffryes Rath kis'd the king's 
hand of  tre lord cheif Justiceship, upon (Edmund) Saundcrs his 
getting a quietus est by reason of his indisposition of body. 
May  3, Su., letters c,-une to the vicechancellor and bishop to give 
them notice that James, duke of York, would be with them Friday 
following. 
News letter, May 5, T., that ]3enjamin V(hitcheote omtime of King's Coll., 
toaster or provost, died a eonformist in the week going belote. (Eward) Stil- 
lingfleet or (Johl) Tillotson hath a fnneral sermon  on him. 
[ May*, Holy Thursday, 683, wee went in procession againe; 

' note in Wood MS. F 4, P- x5 °- 
a Gutch's Wood's Coll. and ttalls, 
p. 568. 
 added in pencil. 
 Christopher Wood's. 
 Gutch's Wood's Coll. and IIalls, 
P" 4- 

« i.e. for. 
 John Tillotson : ' Sermon at the 
funeral of Dr. ]3enjamin Whichcot' on 
Cor. v. 6; Lond. 1683, 4to. 
s Wood's note in MS. Rawl. B 4o. a, 
10.3. 
 see stqra, p. 



4 6 IVOOD'S LIIrE A2VD TI2IIES. 
and lIr. (Richard) Knight, vice-principal of S. Alban's hall, shut the 
hall gate against the parishioners of S. Peter in the East a. Bread and 
drink .] 
Iay 18 s, F., duke of York, his dutchess lIaria Beatrice (or 
Josepha Blaria), and the lady Arme his daughter, with their reti- 
new, entred Oxford.--Iay 22, T., left it.--Iy book  presented to 
the duke. 
[29/lay ", T., 2683, Convocation, these persons following were proposed to be 
created Doctors of Law, of the retinew of the duke of York then entertained in the 
University :-- 
Ilenry Mordaunt, earl of Peterborough ; 
Wentworth Dillon, earl of Roscommon  ; 
James Butler, earl of Ossory; 
*John Fitz-gerald, earl of Kildare and baron of Ophalia ; 
*Christopher IIatton, lord Hatton viscount Gretton ; 
Francis Newport, viscount Newport ; 
George Savile, lord Elin, eldest son of George Savile marquis of Halifax ; 
Robert Sutton, baron Lexington ; 
Charles lord Moray ; 
John lord Churchill of Aymouth in Seotland 7; 
* tion. Heneage Finch *, eldest son of Heneage Finch earl of Winchelsey, 
 satellitii regii eapitanet, s et serenissimo duel e cubiculis ' ; 
*Robert Bulkley , second son of Robert lord Bulkley 0 viscount Cassell ; 
*John Worden, bart., ' duci Ebor. a secretis.' 
Robert Worden, chiliarcha. 
Edward Bash, bart. 
*Thomas Cholmondeley, esq. 
*Sir John Conway, bart. 
*Hugh Grosvener, esq. 
Eward Russell, esq. 
Richard Bagett, major. 
Philip Darcy, esq. 
James Graham, esq. 
*John Egerton. esq.] 
[The x entertainment of the duke of York, his dutchess, and his 
daughter the lady Ann, by the University of Oxon, 168 3. 

t sec supra, p. 15. 
a sec note, p. 2 I. 
 sec Lnttrell, i. 25% 
 I:7istoria et Mntiquitates 6"ziv. 
Oxon. Oxon. 6î4. 
 Wood's note in /'IS. ]3odl. 594, P- 
o3. Wood notes, ibid. p. x of, that 
several did not attend to be created. 
Those marked * in tbe list are the per- 
sons actually created. 
 Wood notes :--' the poet, qtmere ; 
vide Almanac» Nov. x689.' 

Wood notes :'afterwards earl of 
Marlborough.' 
succeeded his nephew in 7. as 
fourth earl of Vinchilsea. 
he was created D.C.L. not on T., 
May with the others» but on W., 
May. 
Robert Bulkeley second viscount 
13ulkeley of Cashel in the peerage of 
lreland. 
this narrative is from Wood MS. 
9 (3), fol. 53. 



TA ], 1683. 47 
-[ay 13, Su., letters came to the bishop of Oxon' and vice- 
chancellor - that the duke of York, his dutchess Maria Beatrice, and 
the lady Ann his daughter, would tome to Oxon the Friday following, 
to give a visit to the Univerity.Preparations therefore were made 
by the respective societies, by the Orator, and noble men, to speake 
fore him in the Theater. 
Friday, 8 May, about one in the aRernoone were appointed by 
the vicechancellor in the Apoditerium a Master of every College and 
Hall to bave procuratoriall power during the duke of York's being 
in Oxon.About 4 in the afternoone (James Bertie) the earl of 
Abendon , his brother (captain Charles Bertie). and Mr. J(ohn) 
Wickham  the High Sherriff, with more than ioo country gentlemen 
xvho had met him at the Cross Inn before dinner, went out f Oxon 
fo meet the duke of York.About 5 of the clock, Mr. (John) 
Townsend the mayor and his brethren and all the common counsell 
in their gownes, with two marchalls,  constables (all with their 
staves), the mayor('s) sergeants and mace-bearer (all with their 
insignia) went on foot from the Gild hall downe the High Street to 
the East gare ; where placing themselves within the said gate on the 
north side, waited for the duke's comming.The earl of Abendon 
after he with his men had met the duke of York about Sandford (in 
his comming from Windsor) where they received him with a great 
shout (which was heard at Merton College), he return'd with two or 
3 of his men to the city, and alighting at the East gate, he stood with 
the mayor and his brethren to receive the duke. At which time and 
before, most of the rings of bells in the city and those belonging to 
Colleges rang for the duke's reception.The uk recez,ed al asl 
Gale :--After the duke was entred within the East gate with great 
shouts and applauses, the earl of Abendon drew up to the coach, and 
told him that the mayor of Oxon and his brethren were there ready 
to wait on him. Wherupon the mayor and his brethren drew closer, 
ruade him a compliment, and presented to him in the naine of the 
cit a fich pair of gloves with golden fring (as the fashion then was), 
and to the dutches   pair of fine kid-leather, and lastly to the lady 
Arme (for they all sate in one coach)  2 pair also of the mme, all 
valued (as they say) at 451i. and odd shillings.A/S, sZarie's : 
Afterwards the duke and his company, viz., a coach of six before 

x Dr..ohn 
Ch. Ch. 
 Dr..ohn 

Fell, vho was also dean 
Lloyd, principal of Jesus 

College. 
Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. 
John Wickham of Garsingdon. 



4 8 IVOOD'S I.[FE AND TI3[tTS. 

his, and two coaches of six after him, rode up the High Street fo 
St. ]arie's with his ]ife guard and country gent]emen after him; 
where being stopped at the first great gate that ]eads into the said 
church, the vicechance]]or and Doctors in their scar]et and lasters in 
their forma]ities addressed themse]ves fo him, and by their rnouth 
((William) Wyatt the Orator) saluted him with a short Latin oration ; 
which being donc, he directed himself to the dutehess, and comple- 
mented her with one in English. ]3oth which being kindly received, 
and humd by the scholars, they rode to Carfax through a lane of 
bachelaurs and underaduats.--A! Capfax:--At the conduit they 
were received by wind-musick of houtbois by the city musitians who 
stood on a gallery built on the east side of the conduit, who playd till 
they were out of hearing. AI1 which time, and for about half an houre 
after, the conduit ran claret for about half an hour at two places. 
All which the vulgar sort and rabble received in cups and bats and 
drank the duke's health.--A/Chrisl Church :--From Carfax he rode 
to the great west gate of Ch. Ch. thro a rank of scholars also. Thence 
to the lodgings of Dr. John Fell, deane thereof and bishop of the 
diocess; where they all alighted between six and seaven of the cloek, 
were received by the deane and canons in their formalities, and by 
them conducted up into the dining roome. ]3eing settled there, the 
bishop introduced Donnugh lIacarty the yong earl of Clancartie, 
aged 3, a cannon-commoner of Ch. Ch., who spake before the duke, 
dutchess, and lady Ann, and all the company, a copie of English 
verses. Afterwards the earl of Abendon introduced severall gentle- 
men of the county to kiss his hand.That night they supped at their 
owne charge (and dined also at their owne charg the next day): at 
hich rime, and til midnight, were bonfiers flaming in severall parts 
of the city, of which that at Carfax ruade at the city charg was the 
cheife. There were also severall ruade by Colleges, and one at S. 
IIarie's at the University charge. 
IIay x9, Saturday, about 9 or o the vicechancellor, with the 
Doctors in their scarlet, and proctors in their formalities, went to the 
deane's lodgings and congratulated their comming, kneeled downe, 
and kissed his hand. The lady Arme (was) at morniug prayers at 
Ch. Ch., but the duke not.2?cceiz,ed O' lhe sludenls of Chrisl Church : 
About eleven of the clock they went to Ch. Ch. eommon hall and 
at the going up of the staires leading thereto, were rcceived by a 
copie of English verses spoken by George lIann a yong student of 
that place, and when they were in the hall by an English speech 
spoken by William Graham, II.A. and student, brother to the lord 



.]/'.4]; 1683. 49 

Preston 1, but much out. Al Cortus Chrisli College :--From thence 
they went on foot the back-way (to avoid onlie the throng) into the 
back-gate of C. C. C., so that the president and fellowes and others 
of that bouse who had waited a considerable time at their common- 
gate to receive him, retired to the cloister, where the duke being 
corne, William Drake a yong 1Master and scholar of that house spoke 
a speech in Latin and English. After which was done, he veiwed the 
ebappell, and going through their common gate, was conducted to 
lXIerton College; the 8 bells of which place had rang at least an 
houre before he came. Al«Ierton Collcgc :--the subwarden, fellowes, 
and the rest of that college in their formalities, receiving bim at the 
north dore of their outward chappell, Mr. John Conant fellow of that 
house spake a Latine speech to the duke and one in Eaglish to tbe 
dutchess and lad), Arme. Which being done, they veiwed the c(h)oire, 
and thence going tbrough every quadrangle went through the coin- 
mon gate to Oriel Coll. A10ricl:--where the provost, fellows and 
rest being readie to receive them in their formalities, the provost him- 
self (Dr. Robert Say) spoke an English speech, and then they saw the 
hall and chapel.After which was done, they retired to Ch. Ch. to 
dinner in the deane's lodgings; at which time (or before, when they 
saw the hall) they viewed the cathedrall. Afl«rnoone : al Allsoules : 
Between 3 and four of the elock in the afternoone they went in their 
coaches to Alls. Coll., where the warden and fellowes receiving them 
in their formalities, one of their number, named Leopold Finch, B.A., 
a yonger son to (Heneage Fincb) earl of Winchelsey, spoke an 
English speech, well approved of. Afterwards they saw the chappell, 
and thence on foot went to Universitie College. A1 )tiversitie Col- 
lege :--where also the toaster and fellowes and other of that house 
being ready to receive them, Sir Thomas Gower bt. (son of Sir 
Edward Gower " of Stittenham in coin. Ebor. bt.) fellow-commoner of 
that College spak an Englisb speech, but miserably out in his delivery 
of it. Afterwards viewing the chappell, they took coach and went to 
the Physick Garden. A1 the 2PhA'sick Garden :--where Dr. Robert 
]X{orison, the botanick professor, speaking an English speech also, 
was often out and ruade them laugh. This person, though a toaster 
in speaking and writing the Latin tongue, yet hath no command of 

Sir Richard Graham, created vis- 
count Preston in the peerage of Scot- 
land in 168o. His brother William 
Graham was afterwards dean of Car- 
lisle. 

 a slip. Edward Gower, son of the 
second barouet, Sir Thomas, died in his 
father's lifetime. Edward's son, this 
Thomas, was third bafouer in succession 
to his grandfather. 

VOL. ni. E 



.o I'VOOD'S LF AND TIATES. 
the English, as being much spoyled by his Scottish tone. A! 
d«I«n College :--Thence they went to Nagdalen College on foot; at 
the gate of which were the president, fellowes, and other members of 
that College readie to receive them. At their approach, the president 
drew from the test, and desired their Highnesses that they might 
make their addresses to them by the mouth of that person looking on, 
Dr. (John)Yonger. Which being willingly consented to, the said 
Doctor spoke to them, especia]ly to the dutchess, an Italian speech 
(the dutchess being an Italian) excellently well. Which donc the 
duke said "twas unusual' and lik'd it well: the dutches gave him 
/hanks and ruade a bow to him. From the gate they went into 
the chappell and view'd it, all which time Dr. B(enjamin) Rogers 
the organist playd a voluntary on the organ: and thence through the 
cloyster into the water-walks. Al @t't'Jl'$ Col]t'gt" :--From lIagd. Coll. 
they went in their coach to Queen's Coll., where the provost, fellows, 
and all the rest of that College being in their formalities, they were 
by them received in the quadrangle between the gate and the chappell 
dore, and had a speech in Latin and a copie of English verses--made 
by his tutour, Dr. John lIill--spoken to them by Theobald Churchill , 
13. of A. of that college, son of Sir Winston Churchill, and yonger 
brother to (John) Churchill lately created" a Scotch baron (of 
Aymouth) by his majestie. After it was donc they went into the 
chappell and viewd it; and at their comming out, they, on their 
desire, were presented with the College horne full of drink by the 
provost at his dote joyning to that of the chappell. Of which having 
all dranke,/hey went into the hall and viewed the pictures of King 
Charles I and his queen, of King Charles II and his queen, all painted 
in the glass windowes. Al C College:--From Queen's College 
gate where they took coach, they went into the back gate of New 
College, where alighting in the quadrangle, were received by the 
fellowes of that bouse in their formalities and had a good English 
speech delivered to them by (William) lIusgrave, bachelor of law 
and student in physick. Which donc they went into the chappell, 
viewd it, and were entertained with a pleasant voluntary from the most 
stately organ there. Al IVadham College :--Thence in their coach to 
Wadham College, where the fellows being ready at and within their 
gate in their formalities, were entertained with an English speech 
spoken by Thomas Lidgould, lXI. of A. and junior fellow. Afterwards 
t , Theobald' substituted for 'Jasper." the duke of York's rnistress. 
He was no doubt put forward because  Wood notes in the margin :--' vide 
of his sister's mcrits Arabella Churchill, Gazer, Jan. or Feb. 68.' 



74 Y, 1683. 5i 
viewing the chappell, they went on foot into the back way oç . John's 
College. Ai .n'« Cd7«« :where, in the company of the prc- 
sident, çc]lows, and others oç that College, who stood in the grovc 
neare the entry into their newest quadrangle, were saluted vith a 
Latin speech excellently well spoken by Mr. William de Laune, fellow. 
Which being done, John Stawell, a yong noble man, son to Ralph, 
lord Stawell, a late created baron , spoke a copie of English verses, 
ruade by (Ambrose) Bonwick, B.D. and fellow, his tutour. Aftenvards 
they vent into the library, and viewed the ratifies there. Thence into 
the chappell and viewed the hangings at the altar (but no organ played, 
vhich was an oversight); and thence to the College gate: where the 
coaches standing ready to receive them they went about 6 of the clock 
in the evening to Cornbury to the house of Henry (Hyde) earl of 
Clarendon there, vhere they continued till Munday folloving. 
May 2x, Munday, the duke, dutchess, lady Arme, and all their 
retinew (except some that were left behind on Saturday), returnd to 
Oxon about one of the clock, accompanied with IO or I2 coaches, 
-ent to Ch. Ch., and there dined. About which rime were pro- 
grammaes stuck up in all publick places to give directions to the 
juniours how to carry and behave themselves at the Theater and 
elswhere during the entertainment of the duke, dutchess, aad lady 
Anne./ lhe pttblic ibray :bout 4 or 5 of the clock in the 
affemoone the duke, dutchess, and lady Ann, with their retinew, went 
from Ch. Ch. to the Schooles, vhich they viewed, vith the statue of 
King James ; then vent up to the public library, where being received 
at the entrie into it by Dr. Thomas Hyde the cheif keeper, with a 
speech, had all the ratifies of that place shewd to them, in the presence 
of the vice-chancellor and severall Doctors in their scarlet. Al lhe 
iz, iti Schoole :Thence to the Divinity Schoole, which being viewed, 
especially the roof, they went out of the north dote to the Theater. 
AI lhe Thealer :which, being all full except the area, they entred and 
viewed, the organ in the meane rime playing. Aftervards they 
ascended the steps to the place of state (purposely for that rime made 
in the middle of the semi-circle, where the vice-chancellor use to sit), 
covered vith rich vrought cloth and cushions, having a velvet cloth 
nailed to the posts behind them. In the middle of this bench sate the 
duke, the dutchess on his right hand, and the lady Ann on his leff, 
with the vicechancellor standing on the left hand of the lady Ann. 
i Wood notes ' of Avery in Wilts, co. Soin.; he died in I6S 9, and was 
quaere.' Ralph Stawel was on 15 Jan. succeeded by this John Stawel, his 
68 created baron Stawel of Somertol, eldest son, who died I69. 



52 IVOOD'S LIFE A2VD TLIIES. 
When the eompany was setled, the Orator, commanded by the vice- 
chancellor who stood neare him, spake a speech in Latine and 
another in English 1. After he had donc, one of Trinity College, in 
the senior proctor's seat, named Philipp Bertie, a yonger son of Robert 
earl oïLindsie, ruade three low bowes, riz. one to the duke, another to 
the dutches, and a third to the lady Ann. After which ceremony, he 
spake to them a copie of English verses. After he had finished ,«ith 
applause, Si, Thomas Trollop of the said college, baronet, bowing 
also as the former, spake another copie (both written by (Thomas) 
Çreech, B. of A. of Wadham College). Which being done and hum'd 
twice or thrice as ]3ertie's was, the said Nf. Bertie concluded with 
seaven fine neat verses directed to the lady Anne. (These verses and 
pastoral are printed in ' Lexamcn pocEcum: the third part of Mis- 
cellany Poems.') After him William (Savilê), son of Georg duke of 
Halyfax, a canon-commoner of Ch. Ch. presented himself in the 
senior proctor's seat, and al'ter 3 bowes spake a copie of English 
verses, alternately answer'd fou, rimes by George Cholmondly of Ch. 
Ch. brother to the lord Cholmondely , till at length they winded them- 
selves into a dêlicat and smooth pastorall (composed by Dr. Henry 
Aldridge and Nf. James Allestry of Ch. Ch.--sec (in the Athena) 
among Ch. Ch. writers in James Allestry, William Savile, Georg 
Cholmondely), in the middle of which they bespoke the musitians to 
play from their gallery, which was accordingly donc verie melodiously. 
Afterwards they proceeded and having continued some time in speak- 
ing alternately, the vocall musick from the said gallery dropt in to the 
great delight of the auditory. After the musick had donc, a conclu- 
sion was ruade by disticks spoken by each of them, followed by 
reiterated humms and applause. A1 Ashmole's musaeum :--After- 
wards the duke, dutehess, lady Ann and their retinue went thence (the 
organ playing vhile they departed) to Ashmole's Musaeum, where 
after they had heard an English speech spoken by Dr. (Robert) Plot 
the eurator, in the second upper roome, they were entertained first 
with the rarities in the upper room, and afterwards with a sumptuous 
banquet there (it cost 5oh. or 6o/i.) at the charge of the Universitie. 
Then they went downe to the elaboratory, M,ere the(y) saw some 
experiments to their great satisfaction. At ..eler College:After 
they had continued there neare an houre, they went on foot into 
Exeter College baek-gate whieh joyns on the west side to the said 
 a line is here blotted out, which speeehes. 
seems to bave expressed a very deeided * Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd viscotmt 
opinion as to the badness of the orator's Cholmonde!ey of Kells. 



;A Y, lasa. 53 

musaeum, where, in the quadrangle, they were received with an 
]ïnglish speech by Dr. (Arthur) ]3ury the rector, with his fellowes 
and the test of the societie in their formalities by him ; aflerwards 
seing their chappell, where the duke complained that the communion 
table stood contrary to the canon (viz. east and west). Al.esus Col- 
lege :--They xvent to Jesus College conducted by the vicechancellor 
(head of that house), where the societie being ail present in their for- 
malities, Mr. William Lloyd one of the fellows (the saine that spoke 
the musick speech on Act Saturday 682)spoke a copie of English 
verses. Which ended they went and veiwed (through the loxver end 
of the hall) Sir Leolin Jenkins' new buildings. Al Lyncoln College : 
Then they took coach and went to Lyncoln College, where the rector, 
fellows and rest of the societie being in their formalities, the rector 
(Dr. Thomas Marshall) spoke a Latin and English speech. After 
that they saw the chappell, which they liked well. Al Brasnose Col- 
loge :--Thence in their coach, through Brasnose lane, they went to 
Brasnose College, where the societie being in their formalities, Mr. 
John Blackburne, B.D. and vice-principal, spake a Latin speech, which 
was ... and ill-spoken. That being done, Edmund Entwisle, a 
junior toaster and fellow, spake one in English much better. Then 
through the cloister they saw the chappell. Al Tr«)lity College : 
Afterwards taking coach at the cloister dore, they went through the 
lane by S. Marie's church-yard into Cat Street and thence into the 
backway (through the grove) to Trinity College ; where at the entrance 
into the new quadrangle, Mr. Gilbert Budgell, M.A. and fellow, spake 
an English speech, with the society in their formalities the (president 
being absent) by him,...  bad and ill-spoken. After it was donc, 
James Newton, fellow-commoner of that house, spoke a copie of 
English verses, ruade by Josias How, senior fellow, which were liked. 
AI Balliol College :--Then the duke and dutchess with the lady Ann 
and their retinew passing through the old quadrangle and Trinity 
College lane , went on foot to Balliol College, where the toaster and 
societie being in their formalities in the quadrangle by the gate, the 
toaster (Mr. (John)Venn)spake an English speech. After which, 
Peter Lancaster, a student of the Civill Law, read * a copie of English 
verses (for they had hot time enough given to prepare). Which done 

 this eriticism is blotted out, two 
words of it cannot ]De ruade out. 
* as before, part of Vood's stricttres 
is illegible, being blotted out. 
a the passage which lcd to Broad 

Street from the College gate. 
«' read,' not having committed to 
ineinory so as to ' sp¢ak ' them, for the 
reason given. 



54 

IVOOD'S LIFE AND TLIIES. 

they saw the chappell, which they liked well.--Then they took 
coach (which came out of Trinity College grove) about half an houre 
past seaven, and rode through the 1North Street x to Ch. Ch.---Ail Col- 
leges visited except Pembroke, who had no chappell. 
lIay zz, Tuesday, a Convocation of Drs. and lIrs, was celebrated 
at eight in the morning, where were these following (vide Fasti) created 
Doctors of the Civill Law, viz. i, John Fitz-gerald earl of Kildare ; 
z, Christopher lord Hatton, governour of Garnsey; 3, (John Wor- 
den), kt., the duke's secretary ; 4, (Hcneage Finch) son of the earl of 
Winchelsea, who bath some place under the duke ; 5, Sir John Con- 
way; 6, Sir Thomas Egerton; 7, (Thomas) Chohnondily, esq.; 
8, (Hugh Grosvener, esq.). Note that James (Butler) earl ofOssory ; 
(Henry i\lordant) earl of Peterborough; (James) Graham, esq.; 
and a captaine or two, were read in the paper to be created LL.Dres., 
but did hot then appeare, neither the lord Churchill.--From the 
Convocation the vicechancellor, Drs. and proctors went in their 
formalities to take their leave of their highnesses at Ch. Ch. ; the duke 
in a civill complement gave them many thanks and said  ... After- 
wards the vice-chancellor in the naine of the University presented to 
the duke the latin ' Historie and Antiquities of the University of Oxon' 
(penned by the writer of this relation) with cuts  ; and to the dutchess 
the cuts of the schooles and colleges performed by the happy hand of 
David Loggan the University engraver, with Dr. Robert Plot's 
' 1Naturall Ilistory of Oxfordshire'; and lastly, to the lady Arme, 
a fair ]ïnglish bible, ail richly bound and gilt.--At o in the morn- 
ing they left Oxon, went to Ricot to dine with the lord Norrys earl of 
Abendon (who entertained them and their retinew, ail countrie gentle- 
men and scholars that came, with a most noble and splendid diner). 
And thence to Windsore, from whence they came.] 

[.]ttsaeut zfshmoliatut , Oxon. 

A larg and stately pile of stone squared, built at the charg of the Universitie, 
who round such a building necessary in order to the promoting and carrying on 
ith greater ease and success severall parts of usefull and curious learning, for 

 i.e. Cornmarket Street. 
 three lines left blank, Wood waiting 
to learn the substance of what the duke 
said. 
.a Wood several times mentions his 
' Hist. et Antiq. zvilh c«tls ' as presented 
to distinguished visitors. A comparison 
of the text here with the 'asli for 683 
(among the creations of Doctors of Law) 

shews that the book so described was 
the IZist. et AtNq., with the plates of 
Loggan's O.ronia Ilhtslrata either inter- 
leaved or botmd at the end. 
 this aeeount is from Wood MS. F 3t, 
fol. x4x- Wood refers in the margin 
to "Atgliae 2Votitia (Chamberlaine's), 
Lond. 687, part z, pp. -'St, z.'9, etc.' 



2lA ', 1683. 55 

which it is so well contrived and designed.--It bordures upon the west end of the 
Theater, having a very rnagnificent portail on that side, sustained by pillars of the 
Corinthian order with several curious frizes and other artificial embellishments. 
The front (about 60 feet) is to the street northward, where is this inscription over 
the entrance in gold characters :-- 
MUSAEUM ASHMOLIANUM : $CHOLA NATURALI$ HISTORIAE : OFFICINA CHIIIICA. 
The first foundation was laid J4 Apr. I679 and it was happily finished on the 
2o Match I68-, at which tirne a rich and noble collection of curiosities was pre- 
sented to the University by that excellent and public-spirited gentlernan, Elias 
Ashrnole, esq., a person so well knowne to the world that he needs no farther 
elogium in this short narrative, and the same day there deposited, and afterwards 
digested and pnt into a just series and order by the great care and diligence of the 
learned Robert Plot, LL.D., who at the worthy donor's request is entrusted with the 
custody of the Musaeurn.--By the beginning of May following the rarities were 
all fixed in their distinct cabinets and places and the roome furnished in every part 
of it : but it was hot opend publicly till al'ter 21 day of that month, on which day 
their royall highnesses the duke and duchess of York and the princess Ann, with a 
great number of earles and lords and other persons of quality who either accom- 
p,-mied their royall highnesses to Oxon or came to pay their devotions to them and 
shew the greatness and sincerity of their zeal to the royal family, were first enter- 
tain'd in it, and at the entrance were received with a set speech by Dr. Plot ; the 
vicechancellor 1, bishop of Oxford ', the ]5octors of all faculties and both the 
proctors  attending in their formalities. Which being ended they proceeded to 
take a particular view of the chiefest curiosities, and afterwards were pleased 
to accept of a banquet prepared for thern at the charg of the University. 
Take this brief description of this building :--It consists of io roornes, whereof 
the three principal and largest are public, being each in length about 56 feet and 
in breadth 25. The uppermost is properly the Alusaeu» Ashmoleanu»G where 
an inferior officer alwaies attends to show the rarities to strangers.--The middle 
roorne is the School of'alural Historie, where the professor of chyrnistry, who is 
at present Dr. Robert Plot, reads three tirnes a week, on Mundays, Vednesdayes 
and Fridayes, dudng the terre of the chymical course (which continues an entire 
month), concerning all natural bodies relating to and rnade use of in chyrnicall 
preparations, particularly as to the countries and places where they are produced 
and found, their natures, their qualities and virtues, their effects, by what rnarks 
and characteristicks they are distinguished one frorn another natural frorn artifi- 
cial, true frorn sophisticated, with their several mixtures and preparations in trials 
and experirnents, with the entire process of that noble art, verie necessary to the 
cure of diseases when carefully rnanaged by learned and skilfull persons.--The 
lower room a cellar to which there is a descent by a double pair of staires, is the 
Zal, oralory, perchance one of the most beautiful and useful in the world, furnished 
with all sorts of furnaces and ail other necessary materials in order to use and 
practice, which part is with very great satisfaction performed by 1Mr. Christopher 
White, the skilfull and industriotas operator of the University, who, by the direction 
of the professor, shows all sorts of experiments chiefly relating to that course, ac- 
cording to the limitation established by the order of the vicechancellor. 
Neare adjoyning to the laboratory are two fair roomes, whereof one is designed 
for a chymical libraJ-ie, to which several books of that argument ha,ce been alreadv 
 John LIoyd, principal of Jesus s Henry Gandy, Oriel, and Arthur 
CoIlege.  John Fell. Charlett, Trin. 



56 II'OOD'S LIE AA'D TIz]IES. 
presented.--The other is ruade use of as a «rote roomefr «hy»dia!preparatiom, 
where such as stand in need of them are furnished at easie rates, the designe of this 
building being not onlie to advance the studies of true and real philosophie but 
also to conduce to the uses of life and the improvement of medicine.--Neare the 
iMusaeum i is a handsome roome fitted for a Zibray of Aratural Hislory and 
thilosophy. 
The other remaining chambers are the lodging chamber and studies of the 
keeper of the Musaeum, whereof one which is most convenient is sometimes 
employed and ruade use of for private courses of anatomy. 
Accessions are continnal|y ruade to the musaeum by several worthy persons, as 
Dr. Robert Huntingdon, who hath given hieroglyphicks and other gyptian 
antiquities; Mr. Aaron Goodyear, to whose generous favour they owe there an 
intire mummy; and the learned Martin Lister [Lyster], /Dr. of Phys., who has 
presented the University with a larg cabinet of natural rarities of his owne collec- 
tion and of several Romane antiquities, as altars, medalls, lamps, etc. found here in 
England. So that it is justly believed that, in few yeares, it will be one of the 
most famous repositories in Europe.] 
lXlny 23, W., yeomen bedells went to severall colleges and halls to 
give notice to all Doctors and Masters that the lXlusaeum Ashmole- 
anum would be open the uext day. 
IHay 24, Thursday, those Doctors and lXlasters that pleased retir'd 
to the lXIusaeum (which is the upper room), where they veiwed from one 
till 5 of the dock what they pleased, lIany that are delighted with 
new phil(osophy) are taken with them ; but some, for the old, look 
upon them as ba(u)bles. Ch. Ch. men not there, lXIath(ew) Mor- 
gan his pref(ace), quaere. 
lXIay 2,5, F., King Carles II's statue set up in the Exchang. 
Ail this month of Iay fell very much wet e, and by the 3 of June 
(Su.) it came up to the roots of the grass. The 3(rd) and 4(th) it 
held up and caused the waters to sink a handfull, but on the 4th {I.) 
at night it rain'd and all the 5th (T.). And so on the 6th (W.) was a 
flood, hOt much seen because the grass high, but Portmeed all over. 
June.--June 3, Su., cl(ean) she(ets). 
June 4, I., received of Mris. ]3urnham my ioo/i, which (s)he had 
at use flore i67o. Received then 31i. interest from 4 Dec. (1682) to 
4 June 1683. 
June 4, IH., received of monsier Ih'. 5 s for half an year's interest of 
5o pound, riz. rioto 22 Nov. (1682) to 22 May (1683). 
Ju»e 4, M., a Convocation in the afternoon wherin were letters read 
for the taking of degrees, and Th(omas) White, chaplain to the lady 
Ann, a Cambr. man, was diplomated  1).D.Letters also were read 
t \Vood amends this in the margin,  the diploma was dated W., 6 June ; 
by adding ' under the saine roof.' MS. Bodl. 594, P- lO5- 
 see Luttrell i. 6o. 



from Mr. E(lias) Ashmolel, whereby he gives all his ratifies to the 
Universitie , notwithstanding he had been courted by others to 
bestow them elswhere, and that others had offered great sums for 
them. Wherupon Mr. (John) lames, the Deputy-Orator, read a 
letter of thanks h the Univershie naine, which was consented to, to be 
sent to him, in Latin s. 
]une 3, W., report that Dr. (John) Durell, dean of Windsore, was 
dead. Died 8 lune, Th. 
The saine day, ]une 3, W., . . . the son of prince Ado]phus, 
uncle to the king of Sweedland, came to Oxford accompanied with 
Si Charles Cotterell, M(aste) of the Ceremonies. ]une 4, Th., 
entred a Can(on)-Com(moner) of Ch. Ch. F«]i, 583. 
]une 3, W., Adolphus ]ohannes, cornes palatinus Rheni et dux 
]]avariae, act. 2o or therabouts, (son to Prince Adolphus uncle to the 
Wesent king of Sweedtand) came to Oxon in the company of Si 
Charles Cotterel (Mr. of the Ceremonies) and others ; laid at Ch. Ch. 
in the bishop's lodgings. Saw the colleges the next morning in 
3 coaches for him and his refinew, borrowed of 3 heads of houses; 
din'd at the bishop's; and in the afternoon saw the Theater, and 
thence to the Convocation about 4 in the a[ternoon, where he and six 
of his retinew were created LL. Dres. The duke was presented by 
Mr. (John) James of Ch. Ch., Deputy Orator, with a complementall 
speech : the test also were presented by him. The duke, after he was 
presented, took his place on the right of the vicechancellor ; the test, 
after presentation, on the left.This person, they, and his uncle, 
came to break off the match between (P)r(ince) Georg and the lady 
Ann. 
June 13, w., at night letters told us that the charter of London was 
forfeited to the king*. (James Bertie) earl of Abendon hçard of it at 
dinner, and caused a bonfier at Thame to be ruade for joy. 
June 14, Th., Mr. S(amuel) CIerk's daughter dancing in the Miter 
Inn with Br(asenose)men in boy's appareil: seised on next morning 
in ber bed by proctor (Arthur) Charlet. 
[June  I4, 1683. (I) Serenissimus princeps Adolphus Johannes, cornes Pala- 

 'dated at South Lambeth, S., 
May' ; MS. Bodl. 594, P- lo5- 
 ' which were somtimes Mr. Tredes- 
cant's' ; ibid. 
 ' beginning thus :--Clarissime orna- 
tissimeque vit, si iniquo hoc Academiis 
rempote' ; ibid. 
 sce Luttrell i. :61 ; Evel)m's Diary 

under date 18 June 683. 
 that part of this slip çinserted in the 
Almanac for May) which ishere enclosed 
in square brackets is not in Wood's hand. 
It bears date 'Maii 22,' but Wood has 
altered the date to 'June I3 ' and then 
to 'June 4.' 



5 8 

IIrOOD'S LIt:2ï ,4ND TIIIïS. 

tinus ad Rhenum, dux ]avariae, etc. (2 et 3) Dominus Rudolph, Dominus Otto, 
comites et nobiliores domini in Lippia. (4) Dominus Fredericus Haider, nobilis 
Germanus. (5) Dominus Andreas Fleman, suae Serenitatis Secretarius,--ad 
gradum ]Doctoris in Jure Çivili. (6) Dominns Laurentius Cronnig, praeeeptor 
serenissimi Principis Palatini, ad gradum ]Doctoris in Medicina.]. These were 
then, viz. June 14 l, ereated/)octors of the Civil Law in Convocation and one Dr. 
of Med. 
15 June, Friday, one Mr .... Keeling 3, anabaptist, went to Sir Reynold Foster 
a justice of peaee, and would have deposed before him that there was a dangerous 
plot 3 in hand to take away the King's lire (and) the duke of York. Whereupon 
he had him to Sir Leoline Jenkyns, and being examined said that there vas a 
designe to take away the King's life and the duke of York 4, and set up the duke 
of Monmouth ; and eonfess'd severall. Tuesday night following the King and his 
councell sate late (at XYindsore) and issued out I I xvarrants, one for Georg » West 
of the Inner Temple (taken, and in his papers are matters of dangerous conse- 
quence), (Richard) Nelthorp of Grcy's Inn (fled), (Richard) Goodenough under- 
sheriff of Middlesex (fled), Major Rumley6 (taken, committed to Newgate, con- 
fesses that there was a designe to kill the King and duke of York at Newmarket-- 
but a fier falling out there, they returned and prevented the same,--to set up the 
duke of Monmouth, raise 4%ooo men, seize on the Tower, Whitehall, Windsor 
Castle, etc.). 
Dr. (Thomas) Sprat in his History 7 of the Whiggish Plot p. 18 saith that 
(Josias) Keeling ruade his first discovery, 12 June, T. 
' Medulla 6 Historiae Anglicanae' p. 477 :--Josiah Keeling, citizen and salter of 
I.ondon, a man whome perverse principles as to religion and government had trans- 
ported into horrid undertakings,--for he was one that assisted at the saucy arrest- 
ing of Sir William Pritchard lord Mayor of London, and was also to bave been 
one of the 4 ° assasianates who with (William) Rumbold  and (Thomas) Vfalcot 
were to have murdered the king and duke at Rye house--this man I say having 
for some time laboured under great disquiet of mind and the lashe of a tormenting 

t changed from ' June I3,' which vas 
changed from ' May 22.' 
z ' Keeling, anabaptist ' substituted 
for ' Lee.' Josiah Keeling in Wood 
428 A (53)- 
s there is a collection of pamphlets 
concerning this plot in "Vood 428 A. 
Wood 428 A (6) is ' A narrative of the 
phanatical plot' by John Zeale, Lond. 
683. Wood 428 A (3 x) is 'The his- 
tory of the Whiggish plot' by John 
Turner of Chr. Coll. Cambr., Lond. 
684. Wood 428 A (33) is ' Copies of 
the informations and original papers 
relating to the proof of the conspiracy,' 
Lond. 685. 
4 see Luttrell i. 62 264; Evelyn's 
I)iary under date 28 June 683. 
 ' Robert Vfest' in Luttrell. ' Robert 
West of Magd. Coll.' in Wood 428 A 

6, col. John Rumsey' in Luttrell. 
' John Romzey ' in Wood 428 A (53)- 
* ' A true accotmt and declaration of 
the conspiracy against the late King,' 
Lond. 685; price 7s: Wood 428 A, 
no. 32, where Wood notes that 'this 
was published about a fortnight before 
the duke of Monmouth with his rebells 
landed at Lyme--he landed  Jnne 
685.' 
6by ]Dr. William Howell; Lond. 
I687 ; Wood 6o. 
 Vfood notes in 428 A (8) ' William 
Rumbold vas committed prisoner to 
the Tower for high treason against 
Oliver Cromwell about 28 May 1655, 
being one of the plot then lately dis- 
covered (different from that at Salisbury 
in March going bcfore)he was then a 
marchant.' 



TUNE, 1683. 59 

conscience for being concena'd in the heynous guilt of this damnable conspiracy, on 
the 12 June 1683 appeared voluntarily belote Sir Lionel Jenkyns, principal secre- 
tary of state ; and there ruade open confession of the whole marrer and swore to 
his depositions, t3ut the horridness of the treason making the king and consell 
for some rime suspend their belief and acting till the truth was confirmed by John 
Keeling the brother of the first discoverer, it gave opportunity to many of the con- 
spirators to make their er, cape and save themselves beyond the seas. 
Jtme I9, T., news that Capell Wiseman, somtimes fellow of Allsouls, was from 
being ruade deane of Raphoe, bishop of Drummore. Quaere Mr. (John) Digby. 
In the place of Dr. (Edward) Jones t, quaere. E)ugdale, Cat(alogus) Iii- 
b(erniae). 

June 19, T., Lord Chief Justice Edmund Saunders died. I "- have 
his printed elegie. 
[W., 2o June 3, x 683, Congregation ; Servington Savery, M.A. Hart 
Hall, about to take his Bac. of Phys. degree, read this apology :-- 
' Wheras I Servington Savery of Hart Hall have in my discourse 
spoke contumeliously of several Masters of this University and in pàr- 
ticular those of Ch. Ch., I make this public recantation and humbly 
beg their pardon.'] 
June z3, S., laundress' quarteridge 4s. 
June z3, S., Convocation for a dispensation to translate the musick 
reader to the theatre, because a Ch. Ch. man. 
June 54, Su., (Midsummer day), post changed his stage from 
Abendon to the ]3eare in Oxford. [This * lasted not long. This 
continued but one yeare.] 
June 25, M., lord Norrys , Sir Charles Doyly .... Pudsey of 
Elsfeild came into towne about 7 at night. At 8 they with constables 
searched alderman (William)Wright's house (and) King the 
glover('s) (anabaptist) for armes ç. The next morning they spent in 
searching. 
June 27, W., Cornelius à Tilbury, a German mountibank, began to 
shew at Queen's College corner. 
z7 June, "W., news that E)r. (Richard) Sterne, archbishop of York, was dead ; 
that bishop...  is to succeede ; that E)r. (Simon) Patrick (is) to succeede bishop 
Dolben ; that Dr. (Thomas) Sprat (is) to be deane of Westminster. 

t Wiseman sucoeeded Essex Digby in 
the bishopric of Dromore. Edward 
Jones (bishop of Cloyne, where he was 
succeeded by Villiam Palliser) had 
recenfly been translated to St. Asaph. 
z this sentence is almost faded away. 
Wood 429 (38) ' An elegy on the death 
of Sir Edmund Saunders, late Lord 
Chier Justice,' Lond. 1683. 

note in MS. Bodl. 594, P- 9 -- 
the sentenoes in square brackets are 
later jottings. 
M ontague t3ertie, eldest son of James 
t3ertie earl of Abingdon. 
see Luttrell i. 63. 
the naine is omitted. From what 
follows it is clear that it is John Dolben 
who is iltended. 



60 IVOOD'S LIFE AND TI3IES. 

ffulfr.--july 4, w., a calf with a face like a man was publickly 
seen at the Golden Lyon in Northgate Street. Cah,ed at Yarnton, 
 July (M.). 
Upon the breaking out of this presbyterian plot onr Academicall 
whigs were run downe, viz. old (Thomas) Gilbert; G(eorge) 
Reynell of C. C. C. ; (Henry) Hill of C. C. C. ; I)r. Joseph Tayler 
of S. John's; (James) Parkinson of Lync. Coll. ; . . . I)uncomb 1, 
a drunken M.A. of St. Marie Hall, a scandall to his profession--ail 
jeered by the Terraefilh'. 
(Wood 276 A, no. CCCCII, is the programme of the Encaenia, F., 
6 July 683. Wood z76 A, no. CCCXCI, is the paper of orders 
about seats in the Theatre at the Act, in which Wood notes, ' This 
paper was stuck up in all publick places on Munday, zi May, 683." ) 
_Musick l«d»r«r this Act, Sat., 7 July, was . . . Langford  of Ch. 
Ch. (Job or Emannel) who spoke in the Theater with a great auditory. 
(ïrerra«fihï) Thomas Brooks, of Magd. Hall, a fat fellow, on Satur- 
day, o;Eme; Michael Smith, of Oriel, Wilts , on Munday (9 July). 
(Preachers) Dr. (William) Turner  of Trin. in the morning at St. 
Marie's on Sunday (8 July) ; I)r. (Henry) ,SIaurice » of Jes. in the 
afternoon. 
[July io, T., 683, Edward Eedes  M. of A., chaplayne of Corp. 
Xti Coll. and cnrat of S. Michael's church, was buried in the north 
cloyster of the said College. He died the day before, being July 9, 
Act Munday.] 
July , Th., news that (Edward) Rainbow, bishop of Carlile, was 
dead. t;'alse. 

July i4, S., (news) that (Arthur Capel) earl of Essex v, lately clapt up in the 
Tower for being in the cropear'd plot, had cut his owne throat. He eut his throat 

 . William Duncombe. 
 Emanuel Langford, M.A. 3o June 
68. 
 the county of his birth. 
 William Turner, D.D. Trin.  July 
683. 
 Henry Maurice, D.D. Jesus Coll. $ 
July 683. 
 note in Wood MS. E 33. 
* see Luttrell i. 69 ; Evelyn's Diary 
under date 3 July 683. V¢ood 428 
A () is 'An account how the earl of 
Essex killed himself in the Tower 3 
July 683,' Lond. 683. Wood 48 
A ) is 'An elegie on the enfle of 

Essex,' Lond. 683. In Wood MS. D 
8 is a transcript of an acconnt of the 
countess sending after the Revolution 
for the duke and duchess of Beaufort, 
the earls of Bedford, Rochester, and 
Devon, and Gilbert Burnet (bishop of 
Sature) and declaring to them how her 
husband certainly died by his own hand. 
At the end of it Wood wfites :--' A 
note added under Mr. Arthnr Charlet's 
hand :--The countess farther acquainted 
the eompany that the earl took his leave 
very solemnly of her and several other 
relations ; sent for his steward, requiring 
hin to account for ail dues, "he being 



UL I; 1683. 

the day before upon sight of the King ont of his window (who came there oc- 
casionally to sec the ordinance) supposiug that he came to examine him himself. 
He cut bis throat with a razer. 
July 4, judge (Sir Thomas) Raymond died. 
July I4, Dr. (John) Dolben. bishop of Roff., kis'd the King's hand for the 
archbishopric of York. 

july 1 i683 : A. a. ]3.  left me and went to W., July  6, Thursd. 
E. a. D. then came to O(xford). July 28 (Sat.) news that A. a. D. 
fell sick of smal-pox, Wedn. belote (July 25). July 30, Munday, up 
the water with E. D. and Mris. Del., 3 s d, at Iinsey and Medley. 
Oct.  i, Thursd., E. à D. fell sick of the sm(all) pox at Ox(ford). 
Oct. 25, Thursd., I visited h-- 1 s on the B. and R. h. 4 but chidden 
for ventring my health and lire. Oct. 27 (Sat.) Bot. of Ch. repulsed 
by F. 5 Nov. 2, Frid., repuls(ed) by coz(en) B.  with a lye that 
sh(e)  was sleep(ing). Dec. i6, Sunday, E. à D. was unkind, sh. 
scorne and pride now corne into the city . From 25 Oct. I discern'd 
a decay of love and sh(e) gr(ew) worse and worse. I waited for a 
returne but round none, so at the Conversion of Paul Jan. 5 (i68) 
I left ber. 
[I6 July , 1I., i683, at a meeting of the heads of bouses, 'ris ordered 
by the vicechancellor and this bord that (William Jane) the regius 
professor in Divinity, be desired with the assistance of (John Hall) the 
Margaret professor and the 3 senior Doctors of Divinity who are 

not like to live long"; the steward 
thereupon replyed " My lord, your lord- 
ship lies under no infirmity of body and 
the king's clemency hath been pro- 
mised "; the earl replied " You must 
not dispute, I will be obeyed, for it is 
true." The lady Mount-Alcxander de- 
clared that she frequently heard the earl 
of Essex commend those persons who 
killed themselves, particularly the earl 
of Northu mberland (Henry Percy, eighth 
earl, shot himself in the Tower  I June 
I585) , and to dispute for approval of 
their actions and declare that were he 
in the saine case he would do the like. 
Sir Christopher Musgrave, having de- 
sired leave of the house of Commons to 
appeare in the house of Lords to give 
evidence about the death of the earl of 
Essex, deposed that he opned the door 
and thrust away the body and that he 
found the razer in the earl's hand close 

shut in the posture of a dying man, not 
xvithout the greatest difficulty ofwrench- 
ing it out.' 
 I ara unable to fill up the names in 
this note ofWood's unsuccessful wooing. 
There was an Elizabeth Drope, vidow 
of William Drope (who died "-68o), 
died I697, aetat. 79- 
 see s«pra, p. 3. 
 ? a contraction fcr ' her ladyship.' 
 ? 'h'; for 'h(ighway)' to some 
cottage on which the invalid had been 
taken. 
 ? F(rances), acting as nurse to the 
invalid. 
 ? ]3(ridget), acting as nurse. 
* ? E. à D., the invalid. 
s ? , vas uukind ; sh(eved) scorne 
and pride; now corne into the city' 
(i. e. returned to Oxford). 
 note in MS. ]3odl. 594 PP. 



IVOOD'S LIFE AND TIMES, 

resident in the Universitie and are in capacitie (by reason of health 
and their leisure) to ŒEssist him, to consider of those principles and 
grounds xvhich did encourage, produce, and carry on the damnable 
association, designe, and conspiracy against the life of his sacred 
majestie, his royal brother, and the being of the government established 
in church and state; and, with all possible speed, to deliver in Latin 
to the vicechancellor what they have resolved upon.--Convocation 
held, S., 2, July, wherein were read in Latin several eondemned 
articles (drawne up by I)r. William Jane). Afterwards a letter in 
English read publickly, directed to the duke of Ormond, chancellor, 
dated S., 2 t July, to acquaint him what they had donc 2.] 
July 7, T., alderman W(illiam) Wright's house againe searched; 
found armour cap a pee for one man, and box of papers of odd con- 
sequence. 
July 9, Th., the yong widdow of . . . Ravenscroft took a guinny 
at the Miter from Mr. (Ralph) Sheldon of Beoly, conditionally that 
shee pay him 5 guinnyes at the day of marriage, in the presence of 
Mris. ]3etty Sheldon and Mr. (John) Digby and my self 2. 
July 9, Th., alderman (William) Baylie s died. (William) 
Walker chose into his place of alderman. 
July 20, F., Dr. (Francis) Turner installed dean of Windsore, vide 
t).22. 
July 2, S., books condêmned 4 and burnt. 
[Saturday 5, 2t July, t683: Convocation in the afternoon at two 
of the clock; wherin the vicechancellor 6,--, gave the reasons of 
calling the Convocation, viz., of sending letters to out chancellour 
concerning momentous affaires ;--2, aftervards he commanded the 
professour of Divinity  to read certaine propositions taken out of 
severall rebellious and seditious authours, that the heads of the 

 Wood notes that this letter is ¢ worth 
the transcribing,' i. e. for the continua- 
tion of his History of the University. 
 Mr. Sheldon had apparently offered 
to bet that she would soon be lnarriecl 
again. 
 buried in S. Martin's church: his 
epitaph is in Wood MS. F 29 A, fol. 
46. 
 sec Luttrell i. 27I. The decree was 
at first published in Latin, ' Judicium et 
decretum Universitatis Oxon, latum in 
Convocatione habita Julii 23, 683, 
contra quosdam pernieiosos libros et 
propositiones impias,' folio, Oxon, 1683. 

The condemnation was next rendered 
into English and printed under the title 
« The judgment and decree of the Uni- 
versity of Oxford agains certain per- 
nicious books and damnable doctrines,' 
sold at 3 d. In Wood's eopy (Wood 
423, no. 58) are notes by Wood identi- 
fying the books condemned. 
 this note is from Wood MS. D. 
9 (3), fol. 59- 
 Dr. John Lloyd, principal of Jesus 
College. 
7 William Jane, D.D., admitted Regius 
Professor of Divinity 19 May 168o. 



7UL Y, 1688. 63 
Universitie I (Munday, i6 July) had belote voted among themselves 
to be published in Convocation (supposed to be drawne up by Dr. 
(William) Jane) ;--3, after they were read the vicechancellor proposed 
to the bouse for their allowance of them (the proposed condemna- 
tions), and that they (the books) be condemned to be burnt: to 
which the house (consisting * of about .'250 Drs. and Mrs.) un(an)i- 
mously consented and humd upon the vicechancellor proposing of" it; 
--4, after that, the registrary read letters of, and in the naine of', the Uni- 
versitie, to the chancellour therof, partly expressing their detestation 
of the late conspiration and congratulation of" his majesty's and royall 
highness's delivery from the hands of wicked men, withall desiring his 
grace to take such methods in the recommendation of these letters to 
his majesty as he should think most fit ;--5, after which the Convoca- 
tion was dissolved, and the vice-chancellor, bishop, Drs. and Mrs. in 
their formalities, went into the School quadrangle, where a bonfier 
being prepared in the middle therof, were severall books, out of which 
those damnable tenets and propositions were extracted, committed 
to the flames by Gigur 3, the Universitie bedell of beggars. The 
scholars of all degrees and qualities in the meane time surrounding 
the fier, gave severall hums whilst they were burning. 
The names of the books « are these :-- 
I, George Buchanan De jure regni apud Scotos. 
2, Junius Brutus Yindiciae contra lyrannos. 
3, Thomas Cawright, somthing of his works. 
4, Samuel Rutherford Zex Rex. 
5, We klali s 1 
6, Apologeticall Narrat#n Scotch books. 
7, Solemtte £eague and Covenant. 
8, The Shaftsburian association. 
9, Thomas Hobs' £evialhan and e Cie. 
xo, Richard Baxter's o Commonwealt and olilicall Akorismes (reeanted 
before by him). 
 I, Polilicall Çalecklsme. 
x , Jo Owen's [ene Tekell, on preached the next day after the king was 
beheaded. 

I for the meeting of Heads of Houses, 
seep. 61. 
 Wood notes :--' (Dr. John) Wallis 
and (Henry) Hill of C. C. C. were hot 
there; (J'ames) Parkinson (of Linc. 
Coll.) was, and about to be hissed out.' 
Henry Hill, C.C.C., B.D. I 5 Match 
167r ; 13.D. 6 luly 1688. 
 the saine naine occurs as ' work- 
toaster and marshall of the beggars' in 

I663 (see vol. i. p. 466): it seems 
therefore that that rangement was at 
this rime permanent in the University. 
 Wood notes :' quaere printed 
paper.' 
 [Sir James Stewart's] «Aa2klkali, 
or a truc and short deduction of the 
reasonableness of the Church of Scot- 
land from the reformation to the year 
16677 



64 WOOD'S LIFE AND TI3[ES. 

13, some serinons of William Jenkyns. 
x4, John Milton's pieces in defence of the king's murder. 
15, ... Bellarmine 1)epotestate paali and against Xïlliam Berclay. 
16, John Goodwin in defenee of the king's mnrder. 
17, Daniel Whitby's  trotcstant reconcil«r--two or three things from thence. 

xS, (Samuel) Johnson's L" of]ulian. 
i9, Robert Parsons or (Nicholas) Dolman his History of the (broken) succes- 
sion  ; quaere. 
o, t]isto'y of Succession, answered by Dr. (William) Brady. 
2t, Philip Hunton. 
2, John Knox. 
3, Christopher Goodman. 
4 July, T., Dr. (Robert) Huntingdon  who had been appointed 
by the Ulfiversitie, waited on the duke of Ormond, by the help of Sir 
Leoline Jenkins, with the University letter of congratulation of his 
majesty and royall highness their delivery from the pr(otestant) plot, 
with the paper of condemnation of severall propositions. Which letter 
and papers the duke of Ormond carriyng to the king in the privy garden, 
he liked very well of them. So that Dr. (Robert) Huntingdon and 
other Oxonians  (riz. Dr. (John) Hall (Margaret Professor); Dr. 
(Henry) Mauriee and Dr. (James) Jeffryes  of Jesus Coll.; Dr. 
(John) Dolbin, bishop of Roff., elect of York) being, about an houre 
or two after (viz., about xt of the clock), called into the King's 
presence Dr. Huntingdon did then and there read the Universitie's 
decrees with an open voice, with the duke of York on the right hand, 
duke of Northumberland on the left, duke of Ormond by; which 
were liked well : thanks ordered to be sent to the University.] 
Wheras James, duke of Monmouth, had entred his naine in C. C. C. 
buttery book 665 at what rime the plague was in London and hec 
lodged in the said college, which continued so alwaies after; the 
majoritie of that societie caused it to be scratched and erased out, 
about 2 or 3 dayes after the -" I July. 
july  23 or therabouts, the King refused the city address. They 

 in MS. 13allard 70, fol. 62, is a 
paper in Wood's hand, ' The recantation 
of Daniel Whitby which passed to and 
fro in MS. in the Universitie of Oxon in 
Oct. t683.' 
 Nicholas Doleman's cA treatise 
concerning the broken succession of the 
crown of England,' Lond. 1655 , 4to. 
 Robert Huntingdon, D.D. Mert. 15 
June 683. 
« what follows is substitnted for :-- 
' whom he had got with him out of 

London, being called before the king 
and his counsell, Dr. Huntingdon read 
them openly before them: which were 
much liked of and applauded by all 
there present. The king ordered thanks 
to be given by the duke of Ormond.' 
 James Jeffreys, D.D. Jesus Coll. 5 
July 1683. 
 George Fitz-roy, the klng's third 
bastard son by Barbara Villiers; created 
duke of Northunlberland 6 Apr. 683. 
 the first part of this note is scored 



TUL I" -- .4 UG. 1683. 6.5 
could get no body to introduce thcm, for (James Bertie) earl of 
Abendon had don thêir buisness before. 
July 24 , T., the Universitie decree published before the King : vide 
papers among Ln[«r[«)tmcn[s 2. 
July 24, T., news lctter told us that I)r. Francis Turner was ruade 
bishop of Roff. and deane of Westminster: but  aftcrwards ' nade 
dean of Windsor.' He keeps Windsor in commendam : vide ' Catal. 
Decanorum.' 
July 25 , W., Will. I)ormer of Ascot, esq., sometimes high sherriff, 
died  at Great Wickham in his returne rioto Oxford faire, drunk. 
lIarried d(aughter) of . . . Walter. 
July 26, Th., . . . Clark (John Clark, quaere) of Aston Rowznt, 
counsellour, died suddenly there. He married a Lane. (Arms) 
'. • • 3 saltires . . .' 
July -'ï, F., Mrs. Robinson sereng'd my eares, s 6d. 
July 27, F., news came that Dr. (James) Fleetwood, bishop of Woreesler. was 
lately dead; that Dr. (William) Thomas, bishop of St. lavid's, is to sueceede 
him. (Dr. Thomas was translated about the middle of Auæust. ) 
July 3, T., Dr. Baptist Levinz married to Mris. Hyde . 
Letter dated ult. July çT.) saith that the King hath eonferr'd the deanery of 
Westminster on Dr. (Thomas) Sprat. Another letter dated 28 Aug. (T.) saith 
that the eomnfissioners had approved Dr. Sprat to be dean of Westminster, and 
that Dr. Sprat thereupon had kiss'd the King's hand for it. 
Augusl;.Aug. x, W., one Francis Charlton, Salop., and... 
Vaughan, a lawyer, both engaged in the presbyterian plot, the former 
a warrant against him, were taken by yong Ir. Herbert of Kinsey and 
brought to the bishop of Oxon who bath c(mmitted thcm at present 
to safe custody. Carried away by guards.--Note that Francis Charl- 
ton is brother to the wife of (Richard) I3axter, (and was) somtimes 
gent. commoner of Ch. Ch. 
Aug. , Th., Convocation, wherin letters  were read from the duke 
of Ormond concerning his delivery of the University's decree to the 
King, and of the King's and duke of York's thanks. 

out: the second part is perhaps to be 
regarded as a correction of the first ; 
i.e. the address (congratulating the 
King on his escape from the plot) vas 
hot refused but was never presented. 
* the last figure is blotted ; possibly 
it shotald be ' 2.' Wood 4z 3 (57) is 
' a Pindarique Ode on the Vice-chancel- 
lor's return to Oxford," x683. 
 i. e. in Wood iXlS. D 9 (3) ; siéra, 
p. 64. 
Vt3L. III. 

F 

 i.e. the statcment was subsequently 
corrected. 
* substituted for ' 6 or thereabouts.' 
 substituted for ' died suddenly.' 
« Iary Hyde, daughter of James 
Hyde, II.D. ; Peshall's Additions, p. 12 ; 
l'eshall's City of Oxford, p. 86 çwhee 
correct the date). 
 dated  8 July  683, stating ' how well 
tas taken by his majesty' ; MS. 13odl. 
594, P- I o î. 



66 II'OOD'S LIFE .1ND TA[ES. 

Au.q. 5, Su., cl(ean) sh(eels). 
Ang. 5, Su., news that l)r. (Thomas) Cartwright, somtimes of Queen's Coll. 
and pupill to Dr. (Thomas) Tully, was to be bishop of S. I)avid's. lrals. 
o Aug., F., news letter thatlDr. Gcorg Hicks was ruade deane of Worcester : said 
then that Sir Jonathan Trclawncy [was  ruade dean of Westminster] and controller 
of the duke's household. Entred into his life (in the Attt.). 
Aug. I4, T., report that Dr. (Zachary) Cradock, provost of Eaton, was dead. 
Aug. 15, W., goodwife Gilb(ert) began to make my bed. 
Aug. 6, Th., (John) Dolben, bishop of Roff., translated to York in Lambeth 
chapel ; æresent the archbishop (William Sancroft), bishop of Oxon (John Fell), 
etc. 
Aug. I7, F., Ictter to Mr. Sheldon to put him in mind of the money he owes 

Aug. 18, S., Dr. R(obert) Huntingdon left us in order for his 
journey into Ireland. He went to London, thence to Northampton, 
and thence to Chester. 
Aug. o, M., Sir John Maynard, serjeant at law, died at his house 
in Lyncoln's Inn fields, ri'Ms. 
Aug. 23, Thursday, about 4 in the afternoone came into Oxon the 
corps of Edward (Conway), lord Conway, lately one of the secretaries 
of state, in an hears drawne with 6 horses, ail adom'd with the 
escoeheons of his farnily, followed by 5 coaches in morning drawne by 
6 a peice [with  about 2 horsemen before with mourning cloaks, in 
the head ofwhom went a flag]. The mayor and his brethren and 
common councell went two and two before, who met them at East 
Gare. 2o horse rnen with mourning cloaks, a banner before and 
a trumpet, a horse led in the middle all in mourning adorn'd with 
escocheons, another flag after, and the hears (which was most nobly 
adorn'd) had 2 flags on each side c,'trried by men on horsback. Laid 
in state in his chariot that night in the Miter Court. 
Aug. 24, F., Dr. John Owen s died ; vide vitam (in 
Aug. 24, F., S. Bartholomew's day, (James) P,'trkinson, Lync. 
Coll., is taken into custody as being guilty of [speaking * several 
words]. (Willi,'un) Latton  of Wadham, but the bishop  bath pas'd 
his word for him ; [received  a pension from the lady Pye, heard ugly 
words at Faringdon and conceal'd them.] He said before Ned Herne 

 the words in square brackcts are 
scored through. 
 the words in square brackets are 
struck out, bcing superseded by the next 
sentence but one. 
s Wood 276 A, no. tcccc.rxxvi, is 
« Au elegy on the death of... I r. John 
Ovcn,' Lond.  683. 

 substituted for 'the presbyterian 
plot.' See i'a, p. 68. 
s see Gardiner's Reg. Coll. Wadh. p. 
285 . 
6 Dr. John Fell. 
7 the words in square brackets are 
strnck ont, perhaps as supersedcd by 
what follows. 



AUGUST, 1083. 

67 

that he should hearc one say that heard Mr. Trenchard 1 say that ' if 
the Stewarts were dead that ho had as much right as any to the 
crowne of Egland ; and Ned Herne reported that Mr. Latton should 
heare Trenchard say it him self. 
Aug. z4, F., news that Dr. Gilbert ]3urnet was commandcd to de- 
part the nationS; news also that Dr. John 13arnard of Lync(oln)- 
sh(ire) was very lately dead. 
[This s is /Ir. Allam's note of Edm. Hall.] I was entred Vice- 
principal on the zsth (S.) in the morning. /Ir. (Daniel) Potenger' 
went away the day before. 
Aug. z6, Su., a baudy sermon at S. 1Iarie's in the afternoon 
by Benjamin Archer  of Exeter, son of ... Archer of Newington", 
quaere. 
Aug. z 7, N., Dr. William Thomas translated from S. David's to 
Worcester--W. 6 in Catalogo J0ecalmrum. 
Aug. eT,/I., citizens return'd from dclivering up thcir charter 7 at 
Windsor. 
Aug. 8, T., news letter saith that Dr. John Owen was lately dead. 
(Died, F., -'2 4 Aug. ) 
In a news letter at Day's coffey house dated (T.) z8 Aug. 68 3 
'twas said that Prince Gcorg of Demnarke who had married lady Ann 
lately should tell the king that he grew fat since he was marrie& To 
which the king ruade answer that if he would walk with him, hunt 
with his brother, and do justice on his neice, he would not grow 
fat. 
Aug. and Sept., the University very empty, not only because it is 
vacation, but that the small pox rages in Oxon, which drives away 
(those) that would hot otherwise goe. Many in severall parishes dy 
of it. Reported worse than 'tis. The markets small. Çitizens of 
London and other travellers afraid to corne this vacation, wheras 
before wee had many of them. 
Aug., Sept., Oct., small pox hot and frequent in Oxon, mostly 
anaong maids and children ; and tho' fcw colleges were visited with it, 
yet the Universitie was very emptie. See in Oct. 

 ' Mr. Trcnchard, somtimes fellow 
of Ncv College,' is on the list of con- 
spirators in Wood 48 A (8). 
 see Luttrell i. eTî, 7 8- 
s this heading, establishing the 
thorship of these slips, is in Wood's 
handwriting. 

* Daniel Potenger, B.D.S. Edm. II. 
5 July 678. 
 Boase, RIOE Coll. Exon. p. 78. 
 BenjaminArcherwas son of Edward 
Archer,  plebcius ' ; Matric. Reg. 
v see Luttrell i. 76, 22' 9. 
" see Luttrell i. "-78. 

F 2 



68 I, VOOD'S LII:'E AA'D TLIIES. 

[Vincent Edwards 1, chaplain of Iert. Coll., vicar of Emildon; 
obiit ibid. about the middle of August 1683.] 
IXlr. (Phelips) Harrison, commoner of lXIert., left us; went to one 
of the Temples, London; sickned of the small pox ; died in Sept. this 
yeare to the grief of his father Sir R(ichard) Harrison of Hurst. 
(In Wood IIS. F 34, P. 14o, is 'Iercurius Panegyricus rerum 
contra Turcas gestarum, Augusto mense 168 3'; on which Wood 
notes, 'Afterwards printed in Latin and English at the end of Thc 
Sccrcl Services of lIonst'eur de l/Cta.y, French mt)tisler al I¢alisbon, 
printed at London, I684, 8vo.') 
8eptember.--Sept. z, Sunday, ... Stonore e, esq., of Watlington 
Park, died; buried at Stonore. 
Sept. 3, .I., paid my battells to lIr. Jeanes, 8s 6d. 
Sept. 3, 1I., lX, h -. (William) Gise latcly fellow of Alls. ColI. died in 
S. lIarie's Coll..s; buricd in St. lx, Iichael's Church ; hath a monu- 
ment (there). 
[William Gise  or Guise, M. of A., lately fellow of Allsoules College, son of 
John Gise of Ablodes court neare the city of Glocester, died at his house, called 
St. Iarie's College, in S. lichael's parish, M., 3 Sept. 683, aged 30 or there- 
abouts ; and was buried in the College chancell of St. Michael's church,Oxon. He 
married Fraunces, daughter of... Southcote of . . . in Devonshire by his wife... 
Fortescue (now the second wife of Arthur 13ury, D.D. and rector of Exeter College), 
by whom he hath issue John Guise, and Fmunces, as also llary a posthumous 
daughter who died soon after it was borne. (Arms :--) 'gules, seven lozenges 
vairy argent and azure, on a canton argent a mullet s,tble (Guise); impaling, 
argent a chevron gules between 3 birds called cootes sable [by the name of South- 
cote or Southcoot« of Devonshire].'] 
Sept. 6, Th., bannimus stuck up to expell .Ir. (James) Parkinson » 
from the University for whiggisme; formerly expel'd from C. C. C. 

1 Wood's note in MS. Rawl. D. olittt 
 z9 o. 
 ? the bo rover of Wood's money. 
In Wood M.q. F 3 , fol. 89 is the pedi- 
gree of Stoner of Stoner. 
: i.e. Frewin Hall. 
* ' Mr. Vfilliam Gyess, esquir, wass 
buryed in the Colledge chancêll Sep- 
tember the 3 d agcd 40 years, An. Dom. 
1683 ' ; S. Michael's 13urials Register. 
 note in Wood MS. F 4, P- 5 ; his 
epitaph is in Wood MS. F 9 A on a 
slip at fol. 343- 
 the entry in the Liber Niger Pro- 
curatorum is : ' Jacobus Parkinson, Art. 
I . et Coll. Lincoln socius, oh verba 
contumcliosa malitiose et seditiose in 

serenissimum dominum nostrum Caro- 
lum Secundum prolata, tanquam pacis 
et public,te tranquillitatis perturbator 
bannitus Sept. 6, 6.q3.'--James Parkin- 
son, B.A. Hart Hall, was nominated by 
the bishop of Lincoln to the bishop's 
Fellowship (limited to natives of Ox- 
fordshire) in Linc. Coll. o Nov. and 
adm. 4 Nov. 674 ; II.A. Line. 3 
1Vov. i675 ; ejected from his fellowship 
in 1683 (.his suceessor, Henry Cornxsh, 
was nominated 26 Sept. 1683).--Wood 
517 (5) is 'An aecount of Mr. James 
Parkinson's expulsion from the Uni- 
versity of Oxford,' Lond. 1689 ; ' bought 
t Oxon in the beginning of iNov. 689,' 
in which Wood gives the names which 



M LrG. -- .YFPT. 1683. 

69 

[Articles against James Parkinson, 1H.A. and fellow of Lyncoln College, drawn 
up by the fellowes i thereof. 
Whereas 1Hr. James Parkinson, fellow of Lyncolne College in Oxon, was at 
a statutable and public meeting complain'd of before the rector and fellowes of 
the said College for holding maintaining and defending some unwarrantable and 
seditious principles and accused of several things which were ever esteemed by all 
honest and well-affected persons as incousistent with and destructive of our present 
government in Church and State as it is nov by lav established ;--and forasmuch 
as it was then thought by some that the things there objected against the said 
Mr. l'arkinson (as being of too high a nature) did hot fall under the statutable 
cognisance of the College ;--these are therefore humbly and faithfully to set forth 
and shew to ail persons whom it may concerne what things are laid to the charge 
of the aforesaid lIr. Parkinson, namely :-- 
That the said Mr. l'arkinson hath for some yeares past (under pretence of 
speaking against popery and arbitrary government) frequently endeavoured by 
popular and reipublican argmnents to maintain seditious notions and by scurrilous 
reflections misrepresented, exposed, and vili'ed the late management of state 
affairs, the actions of the king's most honorable privie counsell, and the deport- 
ment of the loyall partie in their just resentment of factious and anti-monarchical 
designes which they foresaw would endanger the government and bring (if hot 
prevented) the nation to confusion. And this he hath doue with such violence 
and passion as eommonly to eall ail those who out of loyalty contradicted him, 
or out of charity advised him to the contrary, ' fooles' and ' dunces' and ' enimies.' 
--All which will abundantly appeare from the following particulars which he is 
wdl knowne by several persons to have alîàrmed and maintain'd, riz. 
 that ' it is lawful to resist anypersons unlawfully commissionated by the king.' 
Being asked' what he meant by those words ««nlawfltlly com»zissionated,' he an- 
swered' commissionated by the king to do an unlavfid act.' ]3eing required to 
declare ' vhat he understood by an itlzla,f¢l acl,' he thus explained himself that 
' an unlawful act was anything done contrary to the law of the land.' And being 
told by some present that the said assertion was directly repugnant to these plaine 
words of the oath of allegiance ' that it is not lawful to take up armes against the 
king upon any pretext whatsoever or against those eomrnissionated by him,' he 
replyed ' in that oath it must be understood laztlly commissiotalcd and no other- 
wise, and in that sense he took it and so every honest man ought to take it.' 
z, that ' the king rnight be for ever laid aside by the consent of the king, lords 
and commons in parliament assembled,' so also that ' the bouse of lords might be 

are indicated by initiais in the text.--It 
may be noted here that Parkinson's 
'Loyal Address' was reprinted by W. 
Bates at 13irmingham in 884 as an 
early Birmingham book. 
 it is plain from what follows that 
these were a faction in College, acting 
uuofficially. I find nothing in the Col- 
lege register about Parkinson's expul- 
sion from his fellowship : so I presume 
that he must have been expelled by the 
Visitor (bishop of Lincoln), on an ap- 
peal from the adverse faction. A dis- 
agreeablc featurc of the transaction is 

that, by ejecting Parkinson, the bishop 
of Lincoln (Thomas Barlow) gained 
the nomination to his fellowship, into 
which he put Henry Cornish, M.A., 
Commoner of the College, one of the 
most forward of l'arkinson's adversaries. 
Cornish died in 68, Robert Bartho- 
lomew being nominated fellow on   
Feb. vice Comish deceased. The note 
on Cornish in Foster's .4ht»M Oxom 
(early series), i. 33 o, col z, is therefore 
in error.--The text is £rom Wood 1HS. 
D xS, fol. 5 sqq. 



VOOD'S L[FE IIV)9. TII]IES. 

laid aside ill the saine manner but the house of commons could hot be laid aside 
by the king, lords and commons by an act of parliament.' And the reason he 
gave of this differcnce was this. namely that ' the king represented himself only, 
the lords themselves alonc, but thc commons wcre the people's representatives 
and cou|d not give away the rights of the people'; and that 'dominion was 
orinally in the people.' 
3, that whcn the addresses wcre in great numbers prcsented to his aaaajesty, he 
ask'd in scorne ' Han't the king bum-fodder enough yet ? ' 
4, that ' the London charter could hot be forfcited, there was no feare on't, if 
thcy could have jnstice don them.' 
5, that he bath insinuated the association round in the earl of Shaftsbury's 
closet was hot really his but conveyed thither by other hands, because none of the 
persons concern'd in the evidence against him swore that they did hot place or 
put it there. 
6. that upon the newes of the late earl of Shaftsburye's flight into IIo|land, he 
discoursing about it declared that 'evcry man would do as he did and fly when 
a conon I vas planted against him.' 
7, speaking of the legis|ativc power of the nation and what contributed to the 
making of a law, he said that ' tbe king's power was no more than that of the 
lords or commons but that he had the advantage of voting last: and that if the 
h,rds or commons voted last, thcir rotes might be said to compleate a lawe as 
vell as the king is now.' His instance to explain himselfwas three units, any 
one of which added last to the other two equally concurred to the constitution of 
the numbcr of three. 
8, tlmt (as it was then apprehended) in a sermon in S. hlichael's church in 
Oxon , speaking how reason vas to guide us in the interpretation of Scripture, 
among other in»tances he brought in that text (Romans xiii. I) Let ezwry soul be 
sttlffecg gO g]te h(eher owers, ' which place,' he said, 'ought to be understood that 
a duZ'e or rince was not to be look't on as ŒE king of Fraltce.' 
9, that when Mr. Cornish'a told him that Sir Philip Harcourt had the common 
prayer read in his bouse, he replyed, ' What! does Sir Philip begin now to 
thc common prayer, when every body is going to lay it aside ?' 
o, that he eommended to some of his pupils Mi|ton  as an excellent book and 
an antidote against Sir Robert Filmer, whom he calls ' too high a Tory.' 
, that he bas maintained this point (of a book  called The t'rotestanl 
concilcr) that ' onr governours were obliged by St. Paul's rule of Christian charity 
hot to impose more but to take off all lawes about indifferent things from stch 
.as in conscience could hot comply with them ' ; and that  to execute penal laves 
upon disscnters was '--speaking ironically' a fine way to unite us.' 
 2, upon his high commendation of a book entitulcd Juliat lhe Moslale, being 
ask'd by one whcther he bclieved and would defend ail Julian and especially his 
propositions, he answered ' Yes ' ; but being told by the saine person ' it might be 
proved thatJulian was false as well as dangerous in many things,' he replyed to 

 i.c. cannon. 
 by the statures of Lincoln College, 
one of the fellows had to preach a ser- 
mon at S. Michael's on Michaelmas 
day : on 6 May 68 Robert l'arkinson 
was assigned that duly for next hli- 
chaclmas. This may be the occasion 
of the sermon in question. 

 Henry Cornish : see note, p. 69. 
Wood notes here ' II.A. of Lync. Coll.' 
* Wood notes in the margin the 
hcinousness of this charge : ' John lIil- 
ton, who wrot a vindication of thc 
murder of King Charles I.' 
 Wood notes :--' writtcn by Danicl 
Whitly.' 



the said person ' if you'l write againt fldian, I will write for him and answer 
you ha'e to say.' (Note the latter part of the third proposition in the said book, 
p. 92, is this' This is th¢ only case where the gospcll requires passive obediencc, 
n.mely when the lawes are against a man.')Moreover he has otten dispised 
triumph'd over the lcamed answer to it by Dr. Ilieks , sayiug  Does he mcane to 
answerfidia, with  nonsensicall distinction ' 
 3, he has asserted frcquently and defended severall of th¢ propositions publicly 
condenmcd in Convocation at Oxon, as for instance ; 
the first ; ' all civil authority is derived originally from the people.' 
part of the second ; ' there is a mutual eolnpact (taeit or expresscd) between 
the prince and his subjects.' 
paa of the fourth ; ' the veraiity of Engld is in the king, lords and com- 
all the fiflh ; ' birth-right and proximity of blood gives no title to rule and 
govemment, and it is lawful to preelude the next heir from his right and 
sucoession to the crowne.' 
the sixth; 'it is lawfull for subjects without the consent and against the 
command of the supreem magistrate to enter into assoeiations for defence of 
themselves.' 
part of the ninth; 'there lyes no obligation upon Christians to passive 
odienoe when the prinoe commands anything contrary to the lawcs of out 
country.' 
part of the thirteenth ; ' eve man after his entring into a soEietie retains a 
right to defend himself against force.' 
all the twenty-second ; ' the duty of hot offending a weake brother is incon- 
sistent xth all humane authority of making lawes conceing indifferent 
things.' 
These are sueh acts, ill-discours, and positions whieh are perfectly d fully 
rcmembred, OEsides several others of like nature which cannot now be distinctly 
oecollected : and therefore such only are here mentioned of whieh cleare and un- 
doubted satisfaction can be given. 
Neither shall any instance of his speilious and unpeaceable behaviour towards 
his fellow-colleagu be here publickly pruoed, for as much as the privat statures 
of the College have ruade sucient provision for the de correction of all domestick 
mieameanours. 
But since by the prvidential diseove of the execrable conspiracy against the 
life of his sacred majoetie, itis cleare to all the world what is tobe expected from 
the propagation of factious propositions and permission of seditious discourses, 
every one ought to suppress them as much as he can. And since the University 
h in public censured and condemned several dangeros and wicked positions, 
how can e saine be permitted to take sanctuary in private collcges, or shall any 
oae who has notoriously abetted any of them be quietly indulged therein or allowed 
the opRunity of poysoning others if he pleaæ  
Whieh considemtions seemed sucient and just reasons to the plaintiffs for their 
present accation of Mr. James Parkison. 

 "jroviaTz, or An answer to Julian the 
Apostate,' Lond. 1683. George tlickes 
(B.A. Magd Coll. 24 Feb. 166), born 
in the arehdeaconry of York, was elected 
iuto a Yorkshire fellowship at Liucoln 

College 23 May and admitted 20 .[une 
1684; M.A. Linc. 8 Dec. 1665, ]I.D. 
16î9 , resigncd his fellowship in 1681 ; 
afterwards dean of Worcêster; a non- 
juror ; dicd 15 Dec. lîl 5. 



7oE D'OOD'S LIFE AND TI«IE,_ç. 
These articles were draxvn up by the fellows of Lyncoln College and exhibited 
to the rector* for remedie, but he would do nothing in the matter and so gained 
the ill-will of the fello,ves and the repute abroad of a favonrer of fanatieks. 
Afterwards they ruade complaint to Dr. Timothy Halton, provost of Queen's 
College, then pro-viee-chancellor, xvho summoning the fellowes and Mr. Parkinson 
to his lodgings, examined every particular against him, which being proved by the 
oathes of severall ,vitnesses the pro-vice-ehaneellor would then bave secured him, 
as he did the whole day 3» till security for his appearanee at the assizes should be 
produced. Which being done by Robert Paulin, draper, and Amos Curteyne, 
bookseller, had leave for the present to depart to his College to provide hinlself 
for an expulsion. 
Sept. 6, Thursday,  683, the programma for the expulsion and banishing of Mr. 
James Parkinson from the University was stuck up at St. Marie's and the School 
dores, tobe gon within 7 dayes folloxving from the date of it. 
He was  originally a servitour of Brasenose College; thence eleeted scholar of 
C. C. C. ; expelled thence for abusing some of the relations * of Dr. Robert Iewlin 
the president, and for saying that ' it was a seandalous thing fo be a Newlin.' 
Afterwards went to Gloucester Hall, and as a member thereof tooke the degree of 
lac. of Arts 6 Apr. 674 ; went soon after to tIart tIall, and as a member thereof 
spoke a speech in the Eneaenia 6î4, which being well liked» was chose  Iellow of 
Lyncoln College in November following.] 
Sept. 8, Sat., John Wickham of Gasington, esq., IIigh Sheriff of 
Oxfordshire, died of the stone: buried at Gasington. Entred in lais 
pedigree . 
Sept. 9, Su., news letter tells us that Dr. (Laurence) Womack is to 
be bishop of S. David's. 
Sept. 9, Su., Thanksgiving da),: appointed I presume on that day 
to spire the Presbyterians, or that all people should observe it because 
harvest rime, or both. Th(omas) Heylyn of Ch.Ch. preached at St. 
lIarie's, but hot so full of girds as was expected, gIany bonefiers at 
night in the city and University. The city at Penniless bench had an 
entertainment of wind-musick, a barrel ofale, and a fier. On the pump 
below the Star 1nu was a tub set and presbyter therein preaching. 
The smart lads of the city march'd downe the streets xvith cudgells in 
their hands, crying for the King and the duke of York, and all people 
had York in their mouths, and his health was drank publickly in most 

halls at dinner. 

 Dr. Tllomas Marshall, rector 672- 
685. 
" probably on 4 Aug. ; s«ŒEEra, p. 66. 
 a native of Witney, co. Oxon, son of 
John Parkinson ' plebeius.' 
 see Dr. Fowler's Co,us Chrisli 
('ollcgc in ' The Colleges of Oxford' 
(Methueu, 89a), p. 293. 
 uot elected by the College, but 
nominated by the Visitor, tae bishop of 

Lincoln (William Fullcr), who had the 
right of nomination to this one fellow- 
ship. 
« see vol. i. p. e4- 
 i.e. either to spite the Presbyterians 
by Sabbath-breaking, or to ensure the 
observance of it by having it on Sunday 
when the harvest-hands would hot be 
at work. See Luttrell i. 73, z79- Sce 
Evelyn's Diary under date 9 SeFt- 685. 



• .çEI:'TE2IBER, 1683. 73 
Sept. i 3 1, Th., Mr. William Spencer, eldest son of Sir Thomas 
Spencer of Yarnton, 13t., died; buried in the Spencers' Isle 2--so that 
the estate goes to another line. Professed himself a papist. I had 
some acq(aintance) with (him). 
News letter dated 15th, S., saith that I)r. (Thomas} Comber was 
made chancellor  of York. 
Sept. i5, S., Sir Richard Croke, recorder of Oxon, died: buried by 
his father at Merston. 
Sept. i7, M., Sir Georg Pudsey of Ellsfield elected recorder of 
Oxford , being the day of election of mayor and baillives. 
Sept.  7, M., an earthquake (a little one) at 2 in the morne. See 
(Philosophical) Tlansac(tions), hum. iyi. 
Sept. 2, M., about 7 of the clock in the morn hapned a little 
earthquake  at Oxford and the parts adjacent, of which Thomas 
Pygot, M.A. fellow of Wadham Coll. and of the Royal Society gave 
ail account iii the Philosophical Transactions num. 1,5i, which Trans- 
actions beare date 20 Sept. i68a. Vide H(enry) Pigot (in the 
Sept. 17, T., at night in a cellar in St. lX[artin's lane  belonging to 
an house about to be pluck'd downe was found an imbahn'd body in 
a tin coffin with a glass over the face, put in a wooden coffin and that 
in a chest. Quaere about this matter. 
(Wood MS. F 33, fol. 2î9 , contains a paper about 'the dimensions 
of the cathedrall church at Winchester taken by the right honourable 
tIenry (Hyde) earl of Clarendon ill Sept. 683, with the tombes and 
monuments in this cathedrall '.) 
[Howell Gwynn , a... of Wadham, and a yonger son of RoMand Gwynn of 
Llandevery in Caermerthenshire, esq., died, Th., 20 Sept. 1683, aged 16, and was 
buried in the outer chappell of that College. He hath an elder brother of that 
College, gentleman-commoner, aged I8, cal'd RoMand, 1683 ; md a first cozen, 
named Charles, son of Richard Gwyan. (Arms :--)' sable, a fess or between two 
swords, one (the upper) vith the point up and the other (the lower) downe argent 

 changed from " I2 or I3,' with a 
note added--' he died and was buried 
Sept. 13, Thursd.' 
" in Yarnton church. 
 a slip; Thomas Comber was adm. 
precentor of York 19 Oct. 1683. 
 "Wood 423 (59), ' The speech of Sir 
George Pudsey, knight, at the rime of 
his being sworn Recorder to the city of 
Oxford ' ; Oxon. 684. 
•  Ashm. I6îî (97) in the Bodlcian is 

' Strange news from Oxfordshire, being 
a true and faithful account ofa wonder- 
ful and dreadful earthquake that hap- 
pened in those parts on the Iîth Sept. 
I683,' Lond. 1683, fol. 
 at Londen. 
 note in "Wood MS. F 4, P- 5 - 
See Gardiner's Rcg. Coll. "Wadh. p. 
3.32 ; Gutch's "Yood's Coll. and Halls, 
p. 612. 



74 IVO01)'S LIFE .,'lArD TI3IES. 
hilted or ' : crcst is ' a hand coup'd proper, holding up a sword argent peircing 
thro a dragon's head coup'd vert.'] 
Sept. 2I, F., (tlowell) Gwyn, scholar ofWadham, brother to a 
gcntlcman-commoner there, buried in the chapel. 
Sept. 21, F., St. Mathew's day, Dr. (Thomas) Sprat install'd deane 
of Westminster. Entred into lais life, quaere. 
Sept. 1 z2, S., to Mr. Spencer the tayler for turning and ahering 
my gray suite and buying things to be added to it, 4s. 
Sept: 25, T., cozcn Elizabeth ]3urt died early in the morn. ]3uried 
Sept. eS, F., under the communion table at Thame neare the grave 
of ber fathor Max(imilian) Petty and two of her children. Hcr 
mother buried at I3econsfeild. 
[William Burt , D.D., warden of the College by Winchester, son of (William) 
lIurt, somtimes a singing-man of thc cathedral there, died 3 July I679, aged 76 or 
thereabouts ; and was buried in the chappcll of Winchester Collegc. (Arms :--) 
'argent. on a chevron gules 3 cross crossletts or between 3 bugle-horns sable 
(Burt); impaling, quarterly or and -zure on a bend vert 3 martlets or [Pcttie] '.-- 
Elizabeth, widdow of Dr. William 13urt, died in the Warden's lodgings in New 
College in Oxon, on T., the er Sept. 683, aged 63 or thereabouts; and was 
buried on F., the 8 day at the upper end of the chancell of Thame z church in 
Oxfordshire neare the grave of her father. She was the daughter of MaximilioEn 
l'ettie of Thame by Elizabeth his wife daughtcr of Robcrt Waller of Beconsficld 
coin. ]3ucks.--The said William Burt and Eizabeth his wife left behind them 
issue:--, Maximilian ]3urt, who married ... ; , Elizabeth, the wife of Henry 
Beeston, LL.D., somtimes Master of Winchester School, afterwards warden of New 
College in Oxon : (this) Elizabeth, wife of Henry Beeston, died in New College, 
M. Apr. 4 69o, at o of the clock at night ; buried, F., 8 of the same month 
by ber mother in Thame chanccll : shee hath had z 3 children by Dr. Beeston, but 
ail are dead except three a ; 3, Anne, the wife of Robert Hawkins, D. of D., a Wilt- 
shire man ; 4, Judith, the wifc of (Itenry) 1;radshaw, D.D. prebendarie of \Vinton, 
which Doctor died much about the rime that Elizabeth Beeston dicd ; 5, Mary, the 
wife of .... ]3rooks» a minister.] 
Sept. 28, F., paid goodwife Payne her quarteridg 5s; given ber 
then, 6d. 
No Oxford feast this yeare , so Mr. Knibb. 
Robert Ferguson, a Scothman, deeply engaged in the crop-ear'd 
plot, sculked in England from the discovery of it in the middle of 
June till the middle of Sept., at which rime he got thcnce and arrived 
at Amsterdam, where he bragged of his exploits and escape. 

' the ink of this entry has faded 
lmost ont of sight. 
" notes in Wood MS. F 4, P- x52- 
z Wood MS. D 4, fol. 286, bas a copy 
of the inscription of Elizabeth l;urt. 

« ' three' is in pencil. 
 a second note says,' No Oxford feast 
this yeare : [they joyned with Oxford- 
»hire], quaere.' The xords in square 
brackets .re scored out. 



SEPT. m OCT. 1683. 75 
(John) Barton 1, II.A., somtimes of Ierton Coll. and put in 
Chaplain thereof to give a vote for James Workman to be Rhetorick 
reader, afterwards chaplain of Winchester Coll. and rcctor of Compton 
neare Winchester, died of the small pox in this month. Rcf(er) to. 
In the middle of Sept. when the elaboratorie was quite finisht 
certaine scholars went a course of chimistrie, riz., 
Dr. R(obert) Plot. 
lIr. John Massey of Mert. Coll. 
Stephen Hnnt of Trinity, proproctor. 
(Vfilliam) Smith  I 
(Nathaniel) Boy5 Univ. Coll. M.A. 
Charls Harrys, a laick s. 
These had meetings in the larg room over the elaboratory every 
Friday in the afternoone to talke of chymicall mattcrs, and were 
fiamed into a solcmn meeting on Oct. 26--see ther. 
Oel;ober.--[Convocation 4, F., 5 Oct., Sir Liolen Jcnkins' lcttcr 
read, dated at Whitehall, Th., 26 July 683, wherin 'tis said that the 
address of the University was presented to his majesty by Dr. (John) 
Hall and the other members of that body accompanied him. It was 
read to his majestie by Dr. (Robert) Huntingdon, and his majesty 
gratiously received it : who was pleased to command Sir Liol. Jenkyns 
'to returne lais harty thanks to the whole Convocation for so season- 
able an instance of the sound judgment and loyalty of the University, 
which, as it will be of great use and for the service of his majesty 
vithin his realmes, so it will redound to the honour of our church as 
well as of the University abroad, when the world is informed of this 
their decree which will help to wipe of those aspersions that the 
enemies of our religion and monarchy endeavour to fasten upon 
them.'--Ordered then that this letter should be put in the archives of 
this Universitie anaong their chitnelia .] 
5 Oct., F., Convocation, wherin the vicechancellor  was re-admitted 
and the King's letter of thanks read for the Universitie's contemning 
and burning severall books containing pernicious principles. 
Oct. 6, S., received of my brother Kit Fleur de liz rent and 3 ° sh(illings) for 
half an year's interest of soli. 
News letter dated 6 day» S., that Sir Harbottle Grimston was to be ruade vis- 

 John Barton, M.A. Mert. z6 June 
1677. 
"-' \Villian SITlith, M.A. Univ. I S Mar. 
67. 
 i.e. hot a member of the Univer- 
sity : « laicus,' olïosed fo ' clericus' in 

the Acadcmieal sense. See stra, p. 
I2. 
« note in MS. Bodl. 594, P- lO8. 
 John L!oyd, principal of Jcsus 
Coll. 



76 VOOD'S LIFE AWD TI3IES. 
count Verulam; and Sir Robert Sayer, Master of the Rolls; and (lIeneagc) 
Finch, sollicitor general, to be attorney general in the place of Sir Robert Saycr. 
F«lse. 
In the beginning of this month Sir Georg Treby was ejected his recordership of 
London and was succeeded by Th(omas) Jennour t. 
Oct. 7, Su., cl(ean) sh(eets). 
Oct. II, Th., letter (about some persons) to Mr. John Ilesig, a Sweede, tutor fo 
yong bar(on) Sparr, who had been coming and going more than two yeares (about 
B years) at Oxford. 
Oct. I 3, S., report that Charles Wroughton was dead. 
I3 Oct., S., ]Dr. (George) Hicks installed deane of Worcester : vide W. 6. 
Oct. I5, M., fl(annel) sh(irt). 
Oct. 15, M., Sir Allen Apsley, treasurer to the duke of York, died. Fasti, 1663. 
Oct. I6, T., Court day in Halywell.--News then in the letter that Dr. (Thomas) 
Cox was turn'd out from being President of the [College  of Physicians] because 
he was a whig and would heare treason and hot discover it. Dr. (aniel) Whistler  
put in bis place. 
(At the end of Wood 658 is a prospectus by Henry Keepe, formerly of Nev Inn 
IIall, of his book about Westminster &bbey : Wood notes ' this paper came to 
Oxon in the middle of Oct. 1683.) 
Oct. 26, Friday, Magd. Coll. bell rung out about 7 in the morn. for 
Dr. Eward Exton, fellow. Buried in the outer chapel . Obital 
book, 
[Edvard Exton n, Dr. of Physiek and fellow of Magdalen College, died, F., 
26 Oetober 68., aged 55 or thereabouts ; and was buried in the outer chappell of 
that College. He was the son of Robert Exton of the citie of Chichester, gent. 
This Dr. Edward Exton married a rich widdow after he was ejected from Magdalen 
College, 1648 ; but she dying before his majestie's restauration and the matter hot 
knowne, he was restored to his fellowship, 166o. (2X_rms :--) 'gules» a cross 
between 12 cross croslets fitché or.'] 
The said meeting  in September being noised about, others were 
added to them, and on Friday Oct. 26 they framed themselves into a 
solemn meeting, had discourses, and the discourses were registered 
downe by Dr. (Robert) Plot. The persons that met :-- 

Dr. John Wallis, the cheife. 
I)r. Ralph ]3athurst, of Trin. Coll. 
]Dr. Henry Beeston, warden of New Coll. 
Dr. Henry Aldrich of Ch. Ch. 
]Dr. R(obert) Plot. 
Dr. (Robert) Pit, M.D., of Wadh. 
Dr. (William) Gibbon, of S. John's, M.D. 
1)r. Th(omas) 8mith of Magd. Coll. 

t Thomas Jenner; Luttrell i. 283; 
Thomas Germer, sec Evelyn's I)iary 
under date 4 Oct. 1683. 
 substituted for 'Royall Societle.' 
- sec Evclyu's Diary under date 20 

Mar. 68]. 
« Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Ilalls, 
P- 343- 
n note in Wood MS. F 4, P. 51- 
 see sutSra , p. 75. 



OCTOBER, 1683. 

77 

Mr. (Edward) Bernard, Astr(onomy) Professor. 
Mr. Jos(iah) Pulleyn, Magd. lIall. 
Mr. John Massey. 
(Stephen) Hunt, Tr(in.) «o11. 
[(Nathaniel) Boys  of Unir. Coll. withdrew themselves when the meeting was 
(William) Smith  formed Oct. 2o.] 
Th(omas) Pigot, of Wadh. 
(\Yilliam) Musgrave, LL.B. and student in Physic  New Coll. fellows. 
(John) Ballard, M.A. and LL.B. 
Ch(arles) Harrys, lay-man l. 
(William) Gould, Bac. Phys., fellow of Wadham. 
Sam(uel) Desmasters, Oriel, Bac. l'hys, and fcllow. 
(John) Caswell , vicepresident of tlart Hall t which two were taken in 2 3 Nov. 
(Michael) Evans, of Ch. Ch. i (F.) as Dr. Plot told me. 

(In the Almanac for Sept. is a similar list 3--not in Wood's handwriting; the 
parts enclosed in square brackets are possibly in Allaln's handwriting 
Oct. 26, Dr. Wallis. 
Dr. Bathurst. 
Dr. Beiston. 
Dr. Aldrich. 
Dr. Plot. 
Dr. Pit. 
Dr. Gibbins. 
Dr. Thomas Smith. 
lXlr. Bernard 4. 
lXlr. Pullen. 
iMr. Massey. 
Mr. Hunt. 
Mr. Pigot. 
iMr. Musgrave lB.LL., fellow of New Coll. and student of Physick]. 
Mr. Ballard [M.A., B.LL., fellow of New Colledge and student in 
Physiek]. 
Mr. Harris. 
iMr. Gould [B.Ph. and fellow of Wadham]. 
Mr. Desmasters [B.Ph. and fellow of Oriel]. 

In Dec. following was such a 'conventus' set up at Dublin by the 
meanes of Dr. Robert Huntingdon, provost of Trin. Coll.; seconded 
by Dr. Charls Willoughby, who is the chairman ; Dr. (Narcissus) 
Marsh, bishop of Fernes ; William Molyneaux. And Dr. Huntingdon 

t in the sense of ' hot a member of 
the University ' : see p. 12. 
 substituted for ' Castell.' See Pes- 
hall's Additions, p. 25. 
- on the back of the slip Wood bas 
noted in ink the original members of 
this chemical club---' Plot, C. Harrys, 
J. Massey, Smith, Bois, Hunt,' see 

suivra, p. 75; and has written this 
pencil note, 'cr(eated) Bar(on) of the 
Exch(equer) 23 May 16712 
4 a scored-out note, in Wood's hand, 
asks ' Quaere, of what College ? ' there 
being Edward Bernard of S. Jo., John 
Bernard of Bras., and William Bernard 
of Mert. (The first is meant.) 



78 VOOD'S LIFE AND TI2IES. 

se(n)t a letter of the products of the first meeting to Dr. Plot al)out 
the middlc of Dec. wherein Mr. Molineux spoke most. 

lof  lhe Philosofihical Socfi# al Oxon. 
There is also in this famous University lately established a society 
by the naine of " The Philosophical Societie" for the improvement of 
real and experimental philosophy.--In order to the better carrying on 
this generous and usefull designe they have setled a correspondence 
with the Royall Societie at London (of which severall of them are 
fellowes) and with the society at Dublin in Ireland lately established 
there for the saine good purpose.--Of this societie are :- 
Dr. John Wallis, Savilian professor of Geometry. 
Dr. RaIph ]3athurst, dean of WeIls and president of Trin. Coll. 
Dr. Henry ]]eeston, warden of New Coll. 
Dr. William Lever, principal of Magd. Hall. 
Dr. Henry AIdrieh, canon of Ch. Ch. 
Dr. Robert l'lot, professor of Chymistry and one of the secretaries of the Royall 
Soeietie. 
Dr. Robert Pit, fellow of Wadh. Coll. and professor of Anatomy. 
I)r. (William) Gibbons, fellow of S. John's. 
Dr. Edward Bernard, Savilian professor of Astronomy 
Mr. John Massey, now deane of Ch. Ch. 
Mr .... Enclusen"  
Mr. Bambridg  I secretaries. 
iMr. (John) Caswell, treasurer. 
They meet every Tuesday in the afternoone, by the permission of the 
government , in the Natural History School. The present officers 
are--Dr. Wallis, president; Dr. Plot, director of the experiments; 
Mr. William Musgrave, fellow of New College, secretary; and 
John I3allard, fellow of New College, treasurerwhich officers hold 
their place for a yeare. St. George's day (2 3 April)is the anni- 
versary day of election. No one of the University is admitted, who 
is under the degree of Master of Arts or 13achelor of Law. The way 
of admission and the manner of procedure as to their debaes and 
experiments are for the most part the saine as what is practised in the 
Royall Societie.] 

t this note, describing the Societv a 
few years latcr, is round in Wood MS. 
F 31, fol. 143 b. It is, however, per- 
haps copicd by Wood from one of the 
cditions of [Chamberlaine's] Anliae 
Arotitia, part 2. 
2 Wood corrects this to ' Entisle.' 

Edmnnd Entwisle, M.A. ]3ras. 5 July 
1682, D.D. I July x693. 
 John ]3ainbridge, M.A. Univ. 2 
May 684; M.]3. o July 6s8. 
 i.e. of the Curators of the Ash- 
molean lIuseum. 



OCT.--NOb: 1(383. 79 
Oct. 28, Su., 5Iris. Elen  Low, a yong ruade, great-neice to Georg 
Loe, esq., died. Helen Low, daughter of Sir John Low of Shafts- 
bury in Dorset, knight, by . . . daughter and heir of . . . IIydc 
brother to Dr. (James) Hyde; act. a 5. (She bequeathed) aoli. to 
St. Peter's Church, oli. to the poore, oli. to 5Iagd. Hall. 
ovember.--Nov. 4, Su., report that (Thomas) Pilkington, late 
sherrif of London, was dead. 
Sir James Etheridge  of the Inner Temple and 5Ir(s.) Katherine 
5Iore of 5Iarlow in Bucks travelled all night on 5 Nov. (M.). Early 
at Oxford in the morning ; and having a license from London, were 
married by Sir. (Josiah) Pullèn, 6 Nov. (T.), and (the bride) given 
(away) by St (Peter) Hele s of Qu. Coll. whome lullen had taken 
up. Laid at the ) Inn. 
[Convocation , W., 7 Nov. 683, Henry Parkhurst, 5I.A. and 
fellow of C. C. C., who was some time sinee sent with the lord bishop 
ofLondon's lieense to preach in Nevis  where he officiats with good 
success, was allowed to take Bac. of Div. according to the chancellor's 
letters in his behalf.--Henry larkhurst, 5I.A. of C. C. C. and minister 
in the isle called Nevis, was actually created Bac. of Div. tho absent, 
M., 17 Dee. 1683.] 
In the beginning of this month was Tangier blowne up and 
slighted «. 
Nov. 8, Th., speech in schola linguarum by Sir. (Zacchaeus) 
Isham 7 of Ch. Ch. in praise of Sir Thomas 13odley. See Oct. 
1682. 
NOV. 9, F., (Gilbert) Sheringdon , I.A., fellow of I3r(asenose) 
Coll., died of thc small pox. 
l'qov. 9, F., Dr. Robert ,Iorison, bruiz'd at London with the pole 
of a coach hit against his brest, died the next more, S., Nov. io ; 
buried in St. lIartin's-church-in-the-fields. 
[Dr? Francis Turner, lord bishop of Rochester and Dr. Lawrence 
Wornock, lord bishop of St. David's were consecrated the xith of 
b,'ovember 1683, Sunday, at Lambeth by Dr. (William) Sandcroft, 

 ' Elen ' substituted for ' Kat.' Pes- 
hall's Additions, p.  a. 
 Peshall's City of Oxford, p. 86. 
 Pcter Hele, B.A. Queen's 6 Oct. 
683. 
« notes in giS. Bodl. 594, PP- 99, 
to8. 
 one of the Leeward islands, \\'est 

Indies. 
 see Evelyn's Diary under date 
lXlay 684. 
 Zacchaeus Isham, B.D. Ch. Ch. 
8 July 6S2. 
 Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls 
P- 39î- 
 this note is hOt in Wood's hand. 



0 IVOOD'S LIFE A2VD TIAIES. 

A(rch) B(ishop). Mr .... Fox', student of Christ Church, 
preached the consecration sermon.] 
Nov. 2, M., (John} Brooks =, M.A. and scholar of Pembr. Coll., 
died of the small pox : buried...; son of (lïdmund Brooks of the 
Cr(oss} Keys. 
Nov.  3, T., a report that... Field ", M.A. and scholar of C. C. C., 
was dead neare Winchester. 
Nov. 9, M., fl(annel} sh(irt}. 
Nov. 22, Th., paid Mr. J(ohn) Fulks, ISs 6d for pills and diet drink taken last 
May, for lny hearing. 
Nov. 27, T., (Francis Turner) bishop of Roff. (elect) entertained at New Coll. 
and the next day at Trin. 
Nov. 29, Th., received 25s interest for hall an yeare of my bro(ther) Rob(ert). 
I then gave him 2s 6d for small beere. 
Nov. 29, Th., Henry x, Valdgrave was marrled to Henrietta, danghter to the dnke 
of York by Mris. ChurehillL The Duke gave her o,oooli. Waldgrave is the 
eldest son of the father, which father bath 3oooli. per armure, quaere. [Henry  
x,\ aldgrave (ereated lord X, Yaldgrave by King James II, t6S5) married Henrietta, 
the natural daughter of King James II. The said IIenry Waldgrave was the 
son of Charles Waldgrave of Chewton in Somerset knight, chier physitian to 
King James II.] 
Nov. 3 o, F., grin(n)ing and rejoycing of phanafiques at (Robert> 
Pauling's dore upon the news of the conspirators being bayl'd s, (Wil- 
liam) Wright,... Sheen,... Browne (hatter),... King (goldsmith). 
After many scholars were return'd against the beginning of the 
terme (io Oct.), the small pox then increased  in Oxon and in the 

 probably Thomas Fox, M.A. Ch. 
Ch. 6 July x676. There was a Henry 
Fox, M.A. Ch. Ch. I Match 68°«. 
 John Brookes, M.A. Pembr. 4 July 
683. 
 Johu Feilder, M.A.C.C.C. 9 Match 
6s. 
* Wood notes :--'Arabella, daughter 
of Sir Winston Churchill; vide life of 
Sir Ch(arles) Sedley ' (in the 
» the words in square brackets are a 
later addition. 
ç see Luurell i. 292. 
 the virulence of the epidemic in 
these months may be seen from these 
entries fmm S. Michael's Burials Re- 
gister for 683, which at this point notes 
the cause of the death :-- 
' William Pertt, the sonne off Mr. 
George Pett, wass buyed in the North 
Iell (i. e. ame) October the e3d ; aged 
  years. Small pox.' 

'Robert East, a stranger, buryed 
ffrom Henery Middelltnn's the 4 off 
November ; aged 3 ° years. Small pox.' 
' Isack Keeats, the sonn off John 
Keats, was buryed Nov. the 4th ; aged 
5 years. Small pox.' 
• William Clinckett, the sonne off 
Edward Clinckett, wass bnryed Nov. 
the 6th ; aged 7 years. Small pox.' 
' Daniell Thomson, undergradnat off 
Exter Colledg, wass bnryed in the 
church, November the isth; aged 8. 
Slnall pox.' 
'Elizabeth Pertt, the daughter off 
captan Pertt, wass buryed Nov. the 22d 
in the North Iiell ; aged 9 years. Small 
1DOX.  
• Edward Hanmore wass buryed Nov. 
the 28 ; aged I. Small pox.' 
' Thomas Workman vass buryed 
ffrom Buckardo, Dec. the xg, aged 29 ; a 
strange detter. Died off the small pox.' 



5"OV.-- DC. 1683. Si 

colleges. Whereupon those that were lately corne left the University 
againe, notwithstanding (the disease) was spread about the count T. 
Latter end of Oct. Mr. (Edward) Worsley' of Edm. Hall, after his 
returne, fell sick of the slnalI pox ; whereupon six of that house went 
to Stanton St. John's and some into the citv. About that time S r. 
(Stephên) Welsted z and St. (Robert)Whitehall s sickned in Mert. 
Coll. And 6 Nov. four fell sick in one day at Ch. Ch., viz. (Henry) 
Yeh-erton (brother to the lord Yêlverton) ; St. (Thomas) Southwell ; 
(Francis) Atterbury 4 (son of Dr. (Lewis) Atterbury) ;... In the middle 
of this month some parish bells were ordered hot to toll for persons, 
becaus many dying fiighted people away and caused trading to decay. 
This sickness is supposed to corne from a mild winter in i682. 
I)eeember.--[Philippa », the widdow of Dr. Walter Jones  somtimes 
rector of Sunningwell neare to Abendon in Berks and prebendary of 
Westminster, daughter of Dr. Samuel Fell somtimes deane of Ch. Ch. 
Oxon, and govêrness of the family v of hêr brothêr Dr. John Fell 
bishop of Oxon, died suddenly at Great Wycomb in Buckæ, in her 
ieturne froln London to Oxon, on, M., 3 Dec. i683, aged 60. Where- 
upon her body was conveyed to Sunningwell beforementioned and 
buried there in the chancell on, Th., the 6 day of the said month by 
the grave of her father Dr. Samuel Fell, beforementioned, in the chan- 
cell s.--Her daughter Dorothy was buried there i 2 Nov. t 653 ; Samuel 
and Catherine also on the 3 ° Oct. t66o. Shee left behind ber these 
children living, viz. Henry, Walter, Richard, Arme, and Elizabeth. 
(Arms:--) 'gulês, a lyon rampant within a bordure invecked or 

' Edward Worseley, M.A.S. Edm. 
II. 6 July x682. 
 Stephen Welsted, B.A. Mert. 6 
Nov. 6î8, M.A. 3 Dec. 683. 
a Robert Whitehall, B.A. Mert. 24 
Oct. 68. 
 Francis Atterbnry marrie, from 
Ch. Ch. 7 Dec. x68o, B.A. 3 June 
684. 
 note in Wood MS. F 4, P. 
 Wood notes :--' Dr.  alter Jones» 
son of John Jones of Worcester gent.» 
was bnried in the abbey church of West- 
minster 6 July 6" 
ŒEE , family ' in the old sense of ' honse- 
hold." ]9ean lVell being unmarried, this 
widowed sister managed his household 
affairs. 
 on a slipinserted at p. 57 of Wood 
" OL. III. 

G 

MS. F 4, Wood notes :--' 2o May 
I687, I saw these obits on severall 
stones at the upper end of the chan- 
cell :-- 
Samnel Fell, D.D., dean of Ch. Ch., 
and rector of this church, buried here  
Feb. 64]. 
Margaret Fell, his wife, bnried 2z 
Apr. 653. 
Thomas Fell, their son, died 3 Agg. 
63. 
Elizabeth Fell, a daughter, died 9 
Dee. 634. 
Martha Fell, died e3 Dec. 637. 
Thomas Washbonrne, son of Thomas 
Washbourne, clerk, and . . . Fell his 
wife, died o Aug. 644. 
Dr. Walter Jones had a danghkr 
marriêd to Mr. Willialn Lloyd.' 



8o IUOOD'S LIFE ,4ND TIIES. 

(Jones); impaling, argent 1, 2 bars sable, the one charged with 2, 
the other with one cross patee fitchee argent [Fell].'] 
Dec. 3, ni., lIris .... Jones, widdow of Dr. Walter Jones, pre- 
bendary of Westminster and daughter to Samuel Fell sometimes deane 
of Ch. Ch., died suddenly at Great Wickham in her returne from 
London. ]3uried at Sunningwell by Abendon, neare the grave of ber 
father, 6 Dec. (Th.). Iter son is rector of Sunningwell. (Amas) 
' gules, lyon rampant within a bordure invecked or.' 
(Wood 428 A (20) is 'A very copy of the paper delivered . . . by 
Algernon Sidney  7 Dec. 1683', Lond. 1683, in which Wood notes 
' Afier this speech was delivered by the authour to the sherrilî, they 
delivered it to his majestie tobe read: vhereupon as the report went 
a proclanmtion issued out to prohibit the printing thereof; but after- 
wards it came out by authority, otherwise it would bave been printed 
beyond the seas.') 
Dec. 9, Su., i683, John Oldham, poet, died; vide vitam. 
Dec. i3, Th., in the morning I gave a scio for S r (William) 
Coward, (Thomas) Lane, (Stephen)Welsted, (Francis) Browne, 
and (Edmund) Martins. 
Dec. x3, Th., Nf. R(alph) Sheldon with me to look on my tran- 
script and papers which I had done for his sake and he said he would 
give me i ooh'. to print my t?ih'otheca . 
lin  lIr. Sheldon's diary--Dec. 13 at Oxon I told Air. Wood that 
I would allow him i ooh'. to the printing of his book. 
Diary. Dec. x3, 683, wee came to Oxon, I told lIr Wood I 
would allow him i oo/i. towards printing his book.] 
Dec. 16, Su., fl(annel) sh(irt). 
Dec. 6, Su., news came that lXlr. (John) Ledgard ç, lXI.A, and 
fellow of Unir. Coll., was lately dead at I3aroune in France. .A coach 

a Eurke's Genera! Amtory gives the 
field of bishop Fell's coat as ' or'. 
 Wood 428 A (2) is ' Remarks on 
Algernon Sidney's paper' Lond.  683, 
which Wood notes to have appeared 
' in the latter end of December, Elkanah 
8ettle the author.' Wood 428 A (I9) 
is ' The arraignment of Algernon Sid- 
ney ' Lond. i684, with Wood's notes for 
a life of him. 
 Edmund Marten, 13.A. Unir. 3 May 
6î9 , M.A. Mert. 3 ]ï)ec. I683. ]3rod- 
rick's Merton, pp. I o, 297. 
 the MS. afterwards published as the 
.4lhcnae Oxonicns,s. 

 these tvo slips, now inserted in the 
Almanac for Nov., are notes by Wood 
of an entry in Sheldon's diary, which he 
saw next year, after Sheldon's death, 
confirming the above record in his own 
diary. Itearne in t'eler Langtoft's 
Ckronicle, p. lvi. says ' Mr. Sheldon 
promised Wood an hundred pounds to- 
wards printing the .4t]cnae, which his 
heir honourably eonfirmed to him' : but 
we find later that Wood had to petition 
hard to get any portion of the promised 
subsidy. 
« John Ledgard, M.A. Unir. 4 June 
673. 



DECE.][BER, 16 83. 83 
ran over him, broke his arme,--which turn'd to a hlgh feaver. Left 
many books to Unir. Coll. library. 
Dec. i7, M., terme ended and but 49 matriculated from the be- 
ginning thereof to the end--occasioned by the smal pox. 
Dec. 17 or i8, (Charles Mordaunt) lord Mordant died; sec Q. 6. 
F«lse. 
Isaac Walton died about a week before Xtmas in Dr. (William) 
Hawkins house at Winchester. Quaere in Richard Hooker. (John) 
Oldham the poet died about that rime at Holmepierpont: see in 
Edmund Hall. 
See memoire for this month in the life of Dr. Matthew Morgan (in 
the Ath.) in an epistle there that came out this month. 
Dec. 2 i, F., St. Thomas day at 3 in the morning, died suddenly 
Mris .... Lasenby the hostess of the Miter, having about 3 houres 
before been most strangly affrighted by 3 rude persons, viz. 
Thomas ]3aker, M.A. Ails. Coll. 
(John) Aldworth, II.A. Ails. Coll. 
(Ralph) Olive, M.A. Ails. Coll. 
((Thomas) Edwards  of S. John'snot among them, but there by 
accident). These having been drinking at the Meermaid tavern newly 
opened after it had been shut a quarter of an yeare, came drunk fo 
the Miter; were let in by a boy then up. They came as the(y) pre- 
tended to eat somthing. The boy said they were ail in bed. They 
enquire where the Mris. (Lazenby) lyed. The boy shew'd the window 
(which was a lower window). They thereupon awak'd her and 
desired to have some meat dresse& She said 'twas late and would 
or could not rise. Whereupon they called her strang names, as 
' popish bitch,' ' old popish whore' ; and told her ' shee deserved to 
have her throat cut.' Wherupon being extreamly frighted, shee fell 
into fits and died at 3 in the morn. [The -" crowner aflerwards sate.] 
The Masters  examined by the vicechancellor and bishop. 
News letter dated Dec. 29, S., that (Henry) Godolphin, fellow of 
Eaton, is to be residentiarie of Paul's in the place of Dr. Francis 
Turner, bishop of Roff.That a collection goes about the court and 
judges for a collection for Roger Lestrange for the service he hath 
done the royall partie by his pen. 
Dec. 29, S., (Thomas) Trappam a of Abendon, chirurgian, who 
 Thomas Edwards, M.A.S. [o. 3  see Dtfra under date 29 Jan. I6S. 
Apr. I68o. * Thomas Trapham, Clark's leg. 
" the words in square brackets are Univ. Oxon. II. i.  25 ; Wood's Fasti 
scored out. under the year I649. 
G 2 



84 

IUOOD'S I.IFE ,,tND TI1IES. 

sewed on the old ldng's head when he was beheaded and said ' he had 
sewed on the goose's head,' was buried in St. Elen's churchyard at 
Abendon under one of the windowes. Trappam was chirurgian to 
Oliver Cromwell at Worcester fight. Vide inter Mertonenses et privi- 
legiatos. 
5 March i68} at what time to 1 workmen were providing con- 
venience for the lords to sit in parliament in the schools, Dr. (John) 
Wallis, under pretence that his keys were used by the workmen, 
desired mine when he met nie (either in the quadrangle or near the 
School gate). Whereupon I went home and fetch them and gave 
them into his owne hands: and then (as also when he ask'd nie for 
them) he told me I should have them againe. When the Ilresbyterian 
plot broke out in June (x6)83 t then forbore, for feare he shall think 
that I should dominere over him. /3ut when the traytors were bayl'd 
contrary to all expectation (the news of which came to Oxon 2x Dec.  
(x6)83) I then did on Dec. 3 goe to him for the keys; told him that 
I had leave ri-oin the vice-chancellor and that I took my oath, that 
also when he took away the keys he promised me more than once 
that I should bave them. He told me that he thought it not con- 
venient and when urg'd to him why he did not think it convenient 
then as formerly, he told me that he loved not to be expostulated 
with, that I was in drink that I talked so with him. So that if I had 
cringed and licked up his spittle, he would have let me have the keys. 
tle pointed to the dore, and bid me ' be gone,' with his three corner 
cap. Vide papers in English History of Oxon x657-58. 

This yeare in the summer time came up a vessel or bason notched 
at the brims to let drinking glasses bang there by the foot so that 
the body or drinking place might hang in the water to coole them. 
Such a bason was called a ' Monteigh,' fion a fantastical Scot called 
Monsieur Monteigha,' who at that rime or a little before wore the 
bottome of his cloake or coate so notched ,.,,a,a,a. 

168ç und 1684:36 Cr. II: Wood aet. 52. 

(At the beginning of this Almanac are thesc notes 
Dove, 684, 4 d (the naine and price of the Almanac.) 
William Stane, somtimes of 3Ierton Coll., died in the beginning of 

slip for ' two' or ' the.' ' 30 Nov.' or '  Dec.' ; see above, p. 80. 
this date must be wrong; it is either  ? Menteith. 



DEC. 1688 -- .ï'AN. 1684. 85 
the yeare 1684, affer he had sold his estate at Norton Mandavill 
which he and his ancestors had enjoyed about 200 years or more. 
This yeare about Sept. or Oct. Mr .... James, schoolmaster of 
Woodstock, died. At Alls(ouls), quaere (Ralph) Olive. 
In this Almanac or (I6)8 5 I have entred the death of Thomas 
Payn, a gentleman commoner of Glouc. Hall. He was the son of 
l'hilip P(ayn) of the Isle of Jersey, esq., aet. x3, Dec. xT, x68o. 
in tlfis or another Almanac before or after I have set downe the 
death of (Frederick) Sagittary :, fcllow of Allsouls Coll. In the 
matric, of Ch. Ch. thus "Feb. 28, 67 (i.e.-), Frederick Sagittary, 
act. I4, filius Joachim Frederici Sagittary de I31andford, Dorset, 
generosi." 
Counsdlours and tarrislcrs living in Oxon this ycare. 
Sir ichard Iarolloway, a judge, somtimes Fellow of New Coll. Richard I Iol- 
loway never came to St. Marie's while he was barrester or counsellour, bccause he 
thought .'t D. of D. would take place of him. But when he was ruade a serjeant 
and judge, then he came constantly and sate next to the bishop, above ail lhe 
doctors. Quaere Gazet when (he was) ruade a serjeant . 
Charls ttolloway, commolfiy call'd Necessity, son of Sarjeant Charles IIolloway 
lately deceased. 
Sir GcoT« tudsey, knight, rjeant af law u, recorder : lires at Ellesfield : never 
togated in any University. 
Jlïlliam Pudsey, sometimes of Lync. Coll. , living in St. Toll's [Kidlington ]. 
S«basliatz Smillt, gentleman commoner of Ch. Ch., living in St. Martin's parish. 
Charls Croke, sometimes commoner of Lync. Coll. , living in Allsaints parish. 
Richard l)z«p, sometimes of S. Em. Hall. 
ll'illiam IlS-ight, sort of aldelman William Wright, somctimes of Trin. Coll. 
[... £eck 7, fellow of New Coll., about this rime.] 
OEanuary.--Jan. z, W., (John) Pointer, I3.A., somtimes canon of 
Ch. Ch., died at his house neare New Inne, aged 84 or thereabouts. 
Buried on the 5 day (S.) at the lower end of the north isle joyning to 
the body of St. Peter's church in the Baylie. Fasti, 6r8. 
Jan.  8, W., Henry (Jermyn), earl of S. Alban's, died. Buried at 
Arundell "' in Sussex, Vide R. 9, Q. 9, xo. 
Jan. 5, s., news came that (William Petre) lord Petre x, died in 

1 see vo1. il. p. 544- 
 on e3 Oct. a677. 
 on 3 Jan. I68§. 
 gentleman commoner of Line. Coll. ; 
matriculated 5 Aug. x668 « filius Gu- 
lielmi Pudsey de Stanton St. John, 
Oxon, generosi ; aetat. 6.' 
 added later as a correction. 
 entered Line. Coll. as commoner, 
8 Mar. 6«, son of Richard Cltke» 

esq., Sergeant at Law and rccorder of 
the city of Oxford, aged 6'; B.A. a8 
Mar. x6. 
7 added later. Marmaduke ]3eke, 
M.A. New C. 5 Jan. 67. 
8 corrected from ' I or 2? 
 substituted for 'at ]ury in Suf- 
folk.' 
a0 Luttrell i. 294. 'William lord 
t'etre died in the Tower of London, F., 



86 IVOOD'S L[FE AND 

the Tower leaving issue one daughter (Iary Petre). Vide R. 9, Q. 
9 ; also that (William Paget) lord Paget 1 was dead. 
Jan. 5, S., reported that huts and tents were erected on the Thames 
by London, and that a coach and six horses drove upon the ice . 
[Saturday 3, Jan. 5, ,68, Richard Fermour of Somerton in Oxford- 
shire esq. died at London, being seized with an apoplexie. I3rought 
from London to Somerton. Left behind him issu .... ] 
Jan. 8, T., Quarter sessions at Oxon. The city surrendred up 
their charter at the desire of the earl of Abendon (James Bertie). 
They  then signed only an instrument vherby the(y) gave flee 
power to his majesty to confirme or annull all elections of ma)ors, 
aldermen, baylives, burgesses of parliament, etc., ruade by them. 
Thursday, io Jau., died (Edward Montagu) lord Mountague of Boughton at 
his house in Northamptonshire, at Boughton. 
About the same time died ... Noel, lord viseount Camden (lately of lIagd. 
Coll.). lalse , qa,tere. 
Jan. I , F., Dr. Guy Carlton, bishop of Chichester, died at Chichester--so news 
letter dated *sth çT.). ]:alse, quaere. 
Jan. *I, F., the same day tIenry (Howard), duke of Norfolk, died. asti, 
,668. 
Jan.  2, S., Cornelius Nepos ", lately printed at Oxford, forbidden 
to be sold, because severall matters against the late parliaments and 
.... in the 'Epistle to the Reader' writ by Leopold Finch of All- 
souls, xvherein is put more then was licensed by Dr. (Timothy) 
IIalton, provicechancellor, who threatens (Henry) Cruttenden the 
printer to commence a suit against him. 
Jan. x3, Su., in the morning at S. ]Iarie's Dr. (Robert) Sa)" being 
out of his sermon, after he had proceeded half way very well, was 
called downe twice by the bedell froln command of the vice- 

4 Jan. ,68 after rive yeares and severall 
weeks imprisonment there,' Wood's note 
iu Wood 47 (48) ' The declaration of 
the lord Perte upon death," Lond. ,684, 
xvhich he ' reeeived in a letter dated at 
London, Th., *o Jan. 168 from lIr. 
Arth**r Charlett, proetor of the Univer. 
sitie of Oxon, A. \' ood.' Wood 
t49) is ' Observations on a paper inti- 
tuled "The declarations of lord Perte" 
•..', which Wood notes to be ' written 
by )If. Henry Care, authour of the 
tgacquct of Advice from lome, Jan. 
 jalse : William lord Paget who 

succeeded as sixth baron in 1678, died 
I7/3. 
 see Luttrell i. 294. 295 ; Evclyn's 
diary under dates 9 Jan. and 4 Jan. 
and 5 Feb. I68. 
z note on a slip at fol. 290 of Wood 
]S. E . Wood bas a pedigree of Fer- 
mour of Somerton in Wood MS. F 31, 
fol. 44- 
 this second sentence is a correction 
of the first. 
» Baptist Noel, viscount Campden, 
died 29 Oct. 1683. 
 translated by various Oxford men, 
Oxf. ,6S 4 ; ' ood 229. 



1684. 8 7 

chancellor. He repeated over and over, and could not corne in 
againe, amazed. 
I4 Jan., M., (Richard Arundell) lord Arundell of Trerise died 1 
Jan. I8 or x9, Barbara", lad)" Grandison, mother to the duchess:' 
of Castlemayne, was buried in St. lIartin's-church-in-campis. 
Jan. 19, S., I heard that Isaae Walton died last Dec. in Dr. 
(William) Hawkins his house at Winchester. See Dec. ,683. 
Fleur de liz rent of Kit and use for the hundred pound that ... 
Stonor had and 5os. interest for halfe a yeare for oo (h'.) 
Jan. 26, S., to Wilcox for a new perwig, li. 7s. 6d. 
Jan. 27, Su., news came to Allsouls Coll. that Anthony Wolveridge, 
M.A. and fellow there, was lately dead of the smal pox  at London. 
Somtimes chaplain to Joseph (Henshaw), bishop of Peterborough. 
[Convocation , M., 28 Jan. 68, Lancelot Blackbourne ç, B.A. 
and student of Ch. Ch., engaged in an employment in his majestie's 
service in one of his forreigne plantations, was allowed to take M.A. 
by virtue of the chancellor's letters. 
Francis Bragg, fellow-commoner of Wadham College, of full 
standing for the degree of B.A. and by the parliament sitting at 
Oxford was constrained to leave the University and to enter himself 
into the Inns of Court with an intention to study the Law contrary to 
the first directions of his fl-iends, and being now returned baek to lais 
College, was allowed to take M.A. 
In the saine Convocation, M., 28 Jan. 68-, an acquittance was 
read hereby the chancellor masters and scholars of the University 
set their hands for the receipt of 5ooli. in part of the residuary estate 
devised to the Universitie by Sabina Meriton ali«s Bowes, gentle- 
woman, by her last will and testament dated M., 5 Oct. 1683. ] 
[T., 29 Jan. 7 168-, John Aldworth, M.A. and fellow of Ails. Coll., 
ruade a recantation in the Congregation then held 'for COlnmitting 
enormous and riotous actions and misdeameanours, and that at 

1 false. Richard Arundell, created 
baron Arundell of Trerice on 23 Mar. 
I66, died in I688. 
 it ought to be Mary ]3ayning, 
datlghter of Paul Bayning, first viscount 
13ayning, widow (i) of William ¥illiem 
second viseount Grandison, (ii) of 
Charles Villiers, second earl of 
glesey. 
 Barbara Villiers, daughter of Wil- 
liam Villiers, second ,«iscount Grandi- 
son, wife of Roger Palmer earl of 

Castlemayne, and created duchess of 
Cleveland on 3 Aug. I6-o by her adul- 
terer Charles IL 
 see Evelyn's Diary under date 23 
Dec. 6S3, I Jan. I68. 
 notes in MS. Bodl. 594, P- xoS. 
 ' Lancelot Blackburne, A. 13ac. of Ch. 
Ch., a minister in Nevis, was created 
M.A. tho absent 4 Feb. 68 '; note in 
MS. Bodl. 594, P- 99. 
* note in MS. Bodl. 594, P- 92. See 
st2bra, p. 83. 



88 II'OOD'S LIFE AWD TI)IIES. 

tmseasonable time in the night, in company with others at the Mitre 
inn, by giving scurrulous and contumelious language to the innholder 
thereof, xvhereby he brought a great scandal on the University and its 
discipline and a reproach on religion and good manners.' The same 
words were repeated at the same time by Ralph Oliffe, socius and 
M.A. of Allsouls, and Thomas Edwards, M.A., socius S. Joh., engaged 
ili that flot.] 
Jan. 3 o, W., fl(annel) sh(irt). 

Dec2 '5, Sat., (t683) a great deal of ShOW fell; a child or txvo 
going to Wheatly starv'd to death at the bottome of Shotover. Frost 
followed; and continued extreem col& hmocents da3", Friday, Dec. 
28, a very cold day. Wednesday night, 2 Jan., (68-) my bottle of 
ink frose at the fier side; Thursday night, the like; Friday night, 
Jan. 4, the like. Weather so cold, as hot the like knowne by man. 
Sat., Suuday (Jan. 5, 6) extreame col& Monday (Jan. 7) it gave a 
little. Thursdav the ,o and Friday , it gave and thaw'd so that the 
spouts ran and the snow and SOlne ice went axvay. Jan. t 3, at night 
(Sunday) it frose againe and by degrees till the 22 day it was then as 
cold as in the former frost. Jan. 22 (T.) at night and 23 day (W.) 
extreame cold ; Jan. 23 (w.) at night extreame cold ; Jan. 24 (Th.) very 
cold, the quil would hot run ; and so continued till (M.) 4 Feb. and then 
in the evening it began to thaw which continued till 8 Feb. (F.) frost 
in the morning. So for severall mornings following little frosts. Did a 
great deal of mischief. In gardens killed laurel, bayes, philery hedges. 
lebruary.--Samuel Crosman (nol Crosland, as elswhere)B.D. 
Çantab. and deane of Bristow, died there about the middle (of) Feb. ; 
died (M.) 4 Feb. 683 (i.e. î-). Buried in the chancell of the 
cathedral. (Vide) S. 6; vide the lire of Richard Toogood (in the 
Ath.). He hath published sonne things. 
Feb. 5, T., (John) Glanvill of Trin. Coll. (son of Mr. (Julius) 
Glanvil of IIalywell) declaimed in the Natural Philosophy schoole on 
this thesis 'contra translatores,' where he fell foul on Tholnas Creech  
of Allsouls because he stood against him for a fellowship there last 
Ail hall(ows-tide) and Creech carried it. 
Feb. 6, W., mus(ic) night. 
Feb. 9, Egge-saturday, 9 ° bachelaurs presented ad determinandum. 
 on the back of this slip is an ad- z whose translation of Lucretius had 
dress ' For Mr. Anthony à. Wood.' See corne out in 68-', and in a second edi- 
Luttrell i. 294, 95, 29î, 3o. tion in 683. 



'AzV. -- F/?/?. 1684. 89 
Feb. 4, Th., xith the prcsidcnt of llagd. Coll. <Henry Clcrk) fo 
sec some admission rcgistcrs. He told me aftcr a grcat dcal of paus 
and shifting that ' he would be rcady fo serve me' (he scrves hot me 
but the pub]ick*) 'and would send for me thc ncxt weck' (that 
is, after he bath round out things of his owne fo employ me).-- 
Chimney swcpt, 3 d. 
Fcb. ,6, S., died Francis Bamf<icl)d: vide v]tam. 
%Vheras the city had ruade an instrumen wherby they surrcndred 
up thcir ]iberties, <which they> did by the dcsire of the ear] of 
Abcndon with promise that they should bave othcr ]ibcrties addcd, 
thcy pctitioncd the king fo bave those matters fo/]owing added fo 
thcir charter, riz. 
([), that the mayor pro tempore be ustice of the Peace for the county ; 
(2), that thcre be S aldermen ; 
(3), a horse faire every first Tuesday in Lent for 3 days; 
(4), a haire  market every week, riz. of cattle, before the Theater ; 
(, that the University have no power over them in the night watch. 
Discussed ai the councill  board , 9 Feb., Tuêsd., and the}r petit]on 
thrown out. Debauch the scho/ars and spoy/e thcir studies. 
The  city having surrcndred up their charter upon the desire of the 
ear] of Abendon <Jamcs Bcrtic) with this condition that thcy should 
hot ]oose by if, it was accordingly surrendred and he did very much 
endeavour fo get all the privilcges hc could and so deminish those 
of the University. ]3ut bcing frustrat in his designe and kept back 
by the Universitic<'s) fHcnds, he took occasion in sevêrall companics 
fo talke against the Universities, particu]arly ai Astrop wcl] in Aug. 
this ycarc. His servants fo]low him, particularly ... [aund the 
toaster of thc horse: %Vho bcing ]ibera] that way ai the Cross Inn, 2 
Oct. this ycare, gave occasion for one captain . . . Co]t s sornctime of 
... Coll., M.A., fo quarrcll with him for his language then given 
beforc him, af'ter he had desired him fo desist from if sevcral rimes. 
Fcb. 2o, %Vcdn., wee chose ![r. John Massey for proctor for the 
yeare ensuing, in thc Vardcn's lodgings--present Dr. <John) Conant, 
subwarden; Mr. <Wi]liam)Bernard; l[r. <John) l[assc)'; 
<John) Edwards ; lr. <Edward) S]aughter ; and my se]le. 
Feb. 23, S., ncvs ]ettcr saith that llr .... lay, undcr-governour 

' Wood's work in preparing the 
Atltettae being for the general benefit. 
 see Luttrell i. 3o2. 
 Wood notes 'quaere, a Haire 
fair.' 
 i.e. the Priy Council. 

 this is found at the beginning ofthe 
Almanac marked ' additions to Febr. 
and Oct.' 
 Edward Colt, M.A. Oriel 23 June 
6î9. 



90 IVOOD'S ZIF.E AND T[AIES. 

of Windsor Castle, was dead. [He I died Feb. 19, T.,--about which 
rime the countess of Sunderland = died.] 
Wheras St. glathias used alwaies to be 24 Feb. and this yeare be- 
cause of leap-year 25 Feb., the archbishop (William Sancrofi) ordered 
that it should be kept as to religious service on the 24th a by his 
papers to be read in churches in his province, Su., I7 of the saine 
month. The Romane breviaries say that when there be 29 dayes in 
Febr., then lIathias is to be on the 25th ; a'go, the archbishop is 
mistaken. 
Feb. 29, F., glr. (Robert) Jarman left us to go to London and die 
there. 
Feb. 29, F., hearing at the Sizes about the riot ; the jury brought 
(Philip} Dodwcll in hot guilty. The riot was in Apr. last. 
lV£areh.--Mar. 4, T., lIr.  (William} IIac(ket} and his xv(ife} 
left us to go to London in order for 13arb(adoes}: 8 Apr., 
lau(n}ched out. He sent a letter to Dr. (John) Conant dated 
14 Apr. 
lIar. 5, W., Cnvocation wherein the degree of Dr. of Physic was 
granted  to lIartin Lyster of Yorkshire for giving to the University 
severall coines and other matters of antiquity. He was hot there 
thon ; (by} diploma, quaere. .t;asl,; I68o. 
lIar. 6, Th., cl(ean} sheets and shirt. 
lIar. î, F., St(ephen} Penton ç resign'd up his principality of 
]ïdmund hall into the hands of the vicechancellor ç, who sent the 
resignation that morning to Queen's Coll. Resign'd it for health 
sake. 
lIar. I5, S., Thomas Crostwayt elected principal: vide Edmund 
Hall notes. 
][ar. 2I, F., Dr. Nathaniel Heighmore died. 
lIar. 22, S., terre ended and proctor (Arthur} Charlet concluded 
his office with a speech in the Theater, nmch in praise of the bache- 
laurs. 4 o matriculated this Lent terme. 

 the ink of this part of the note is 
very faded. 
u Arme Digby, dnughter of George 
ligby earl of t3ristol, wife of Robert 
Spencer second earl of Sunderland. 
a Feb. =4th this t'ear was second 
Sundny in Lent. 
 sec S llay  682. 
 by virtue of the Chancellor's letters 
dated, Th., a8 Feb. ; lIS. Bodl. 594, 
p. lO9. 

 Stephen lenton was reetor of Wath, 
¥orks, 27 Sept. 1693 , and died 18 Oct. 
1706. His monumental inscription says 
he was born at Winchester, was fellow 
of New Coll., principal of S. Edmund 
Hall, rector of Glympton co. Oxon., 
Tingswick co. t3ucks, and prebendary 
of Ripon. See Whitaker's Richmond- 
shire ii. pp. 187-192. 
 John L]oyd, principal ofJes. Coll. 



FEB.  APRIL, 1684. 91 
lXI:, 2 4 l{ar., 68.î-, lIr .... Ralphson a nonconformist was buried. 
So ]Ir. (John) Aubrey in a note on the backside of the lire of 
Thomas Brightman, 3rd vol. Collectanea. 
Mar. 25, T., Henry Okever, gentleman-commoner, Trin. Çoll., of 
Okeover in Staff., died 1. (Arms :--)' erlnine on a cheif 3 l-oundclls.' 
Henry Okever , I',ach. of Arts and eommoner of Trmity College, younest son 
of Sir Rowland Okever of Okever in Staffordshire, kniht, dicd in Trin. Coll.. T., 
24 March (Lady Day) 1684, aged 24 or thereabouts ; and was buried in Magdalen 
parish church. (Arms :--)" ermiue, on a cheifgules 3 bezmts.'] 
iMar. 27, Th., paid goodwife l'ayne her quarteridge, 5s. 
[Mar? 27, Matmdy Tharsd., died, at Carlile, Edward Rainbow, D.D., bishop of 
Carlile.] From Mr. (Thomas) Tully of Emund hall, ehaneellor of Carlile-- 
• Edward Rainbow. D.D., died 26 Match (W.) early in the more, at his castle 
called Rosse Castle, and was buried 29 of the saine month (S.) in the churchyard 
of Dalston under the chancell wa]l whereon was a plaine stone laid over him." 
Rosse Castle is in the parish of Dalston, about 5 mlles distant from Carlile. See 
in Dr. Thomas Smith (in the Mth.). See in Fasti, 628. News letter dated 
Apr. (S.) saith that Dr. (Thomas) Smith, deane of Carlile, is to sueceede. (Dr. 
(Thomas) Smith somtimes fellow of Queen's Coll. was ruade deane of Carlile 
upon the promotion of 1)r. Guy Carlton to the bishoprick of Bristow). (Thomas) 
Musgrave, somtimes of Queen's Coll., son of Sir Christopher*, prebendary of 
Durham, succeeds in the deanery of Carlile (ut fertur) when Smith is eonse- 
cmted. 
[I684 ", Mareh 8, F., John IIawkyns, one of the Bible CIerks of Mert. Coll., 
diœed in the house of his grandfather Richard tIawkyns,  painter-stayner, one of 
the 3 or the Mayor's Associats of the city of Oxon, and was buried, Su., March 
3% in the north churchyard of All Saints church Oxon.] 
March (and) April, agues very frequent in Oxon, of sevêrall 
sorts. 
Æpril.--Apr. i, T., paid goodwife Watson the laundress her 
quarter, 4s. 
Apr. ,, T., in the news letter that then came 'tis said that Sir 
Leoline Jenkyns had resign'd his place, and Sydney Godolphin 
succeeded. He still retaines his place of commissioner of the 
Treasury. 
In Easter week « died major William Whorwood, equeirie to the 
Queen and keeper of the goods at Somerset house, yonger brother to 
Brome Whorwood of Halton. He died , Apr., Easter Tuesday ; see 

notes  p. 3 7. 

 his epitaph is in Wood MS. F 29 A 
on a slip at fol. 335- 
- note in Wood MS. F 4, P- 153- 
 this part of the note is scored out, 
being corrected by the next part. 
 ' Christolher' is underlined for cor- 

rection, and apparently ' Ph(ilip) ' sub- 
stituted for it. 
 note in Wood MS. E 33. 
6 Easter day this year fell on 3o 
Match. 



9  IVOOD'S I.IFE AND îVlJI'ES. 
In the saine week, as 'tis said, dicd (William Brounckcr) lord 
l]rounkar a. Fastt', 1646. 
About the beginning of this month Walter Darrell 2, D.D., somtimes 
of Ch. Ch., prebendary and archdeacon of Winton and rector of 
Crawley neare Winton, died at Winton. [tte = died 39 Narch, aged 
74; sepultus apud ... «. Dr. (Robert) Sharrock succeeded him in 
the archdeaconry.] 
About the beginning of this monlh (Richard) Thompson preben- 
dary of Bristow (somtimes of Univ. Coll.) was ruade deane of 13ristow 
in the place of (Samuel) Crossman some time since dead. Installed 
on Trinity Sunday (2 5 May) x684. No merits in him for it, but 
that he was b.rought upon his knees before the Parliament x68o for 
bcing against petitioning for a parliameut. 
Apr. 6, (Low Sunday), lIr. {William) Lloyd of Jesus Coll. 
cepeated. '-l'he saine person that ruade the musick speech, x682. 
Dr. ]ïdward Rogcrs, D.D. and senior Fellow of lIagd. Coll., died 
ther, Sunday, 6 Apr. 
[Edwara Rogers , D. of D., I)ivinity-reader, and senior fellow of .Magdalen 
College, died, Su., 6 Aprill 684, aged 67 or therabouts ; and was buried in the 
outer ehappell of lIagd. Coll. neare to the north pillar and lIr. {William) Brown's 
nmmament-stone, tte was the son of Edward Rogers of Lethered in burrey esq. 
and had been severall yeares rector of Haulton neare "Vheatly in Oxfordshire. 
{Arms :--)' argent, a chevron between 3 bucks (or ro-bucks) passant sable arnl'd 
and attir'd or.'] 
Letter, W., Apr. 9, reports Dr. W(illiam) Goulston, bishop of Bristow, to be 
dead ; hastned by the promotion of {Richard) Tonlpson to be deane, beteen 
 hom there was no right undêrstanding. Died (F.) Apr. 4 ; sec in Guy Carleton ; 
sec S. 6. 
Apr. 9, W., (Henry) Gandy of Oriel, proctor of the University, 
lcft his place  and in his speech eomplained much of the wearing of 
mourning gownes by all degrees so that in his walks he did hot know 
an Undergraduat from a 13achelor, nor a Bachelor from a 1Master, nor 
a Iaster from either; and desired the respective heads of houses to 
take care against the wearing of them. 
Apr. o, Th., Fleur de liz rent of Kit, and li. Ss. for hall an year's interest of 
soli. I expeeted then li. 5 s. for a quarter yearê's rent interest of an oo ll., but 
he did hot let it out. So one quarter is lost, and I ara hot to receive one quarter's 
rent for it till Midsonler day. 

1 in Wood IIS. D 9 () fol. 
are some abusive lines on his death. 
 Walter Dayrell. 
 notes added later. 
 buried in "\inchester Cathedral. 

 note in Wood MS. F 4, P. I57,- 
 the new proetors were John 5Iassy, 
Nerton, and Philip Clerke, Magd. C. ; 
515. Bodl. 594, P. o9. 



APRIL, 1684=. 93 

Apr. z, S., news that 13rome Whorwood was dead at London. 
He died at Westminster in the Old Palace Yard on that day, Sat.,  2 
Apr. Fasli, 64. . 
zo Feb. i68ï after the societie  had elected Mr. John Massey to 
be their proctor, the warden and society (met in the warden's 
lodgings) appointed a da)" to elect 5 batchelor fellows, which day was 
to be iI., 4 Apr. I684. Apr. I5, S., the warden deferred the 
election till Wedn., Apr. i6. Apr. 15, Tuesd., Dr. (Thomas) King, a 
physitian of Aylesbury, brought a mandanms froln the King to elect 
his son  (of Wadham Coll.) actually bachelor fellow. About 3 that 
afternoone the warden and fellows met in his lodgings and after 3 
hours discourse, they resolved to have that mandamus annulled and in 
the meane rime defer the election to another convenient rime. 8 
Apr., F., Dr. (John) Conant, Dr. (John) ]3ateman, and Mr. (Wil- 
liam) Bernard went to London to annull the king's mandat. Apr. 9, 
S., (they) presented a petition in the College's naine to the arch- 
bishop (William Sancroft) at Lambeth to do them right'; he perused 
it; and they din'd with him. Went to Windsor, Apr. i, M., got 
of(f) the mandamus  by the favour of the duke  of Ormond (James 
P, utler). Return'd to Oxford, Th., i Iay. 3 ° Iay, F., six bache- 
lors elected; vide post. 
Apr. 6, W., first day of the terme, alderman William Wright 
appeared at the King's 13ench barr where he was severely check'd by 
Lord Cier Justice (George) Jeffry. He pleaded hot guilty to a long 
information for publishing scandalous libells and other words riz. that 
' the king and duke are brothers in iniquity, and if lheocles  did ill 
must not tohnices know of it ?' Lord Chief Justice asked him ' if it 
were Oxford wit,' that also ' he should say that if «[agna Charta 
would hot do it Z.o»ga Sjoarla  should do the busines.' Lord Ctlief 
Justice told him 'evm T pitifull mechanick rascall instead of mending 
their shop tools pretended to mend the government.' Lord Chief 
Justice 'was in doubt whether to bavle him or not, because his words 
were rather high treason than grand misdemeanour,' etc. Four then 

 Merton College. 
= Charles King, 13.A. Wadh. Coll. 
93 Jan. I68.; Gardiner's Reg. Coll. 
Wadh. p. 330. 
a the archbishop of Canterbury is 
Visitor of lqort. Coll. 
 the unexpressed condition of this 
withdrawal was probably .an under- 
standing that Charles King should be 

elected. ]3rodrick's Merton, p. 297. 
 Ormond was Chancellor of the Uni- 
versity. 
» substituted for ' Eteocles.' 
 i.e. a long rope--Jeffreys' anticipa- 
tion of the Scotch judge's summing up 
that the accused was ' a very clever man 
but would be none the worsc of a hang- 
ing." 



94 IVOOD'S LIFE AND TI7[ES. 
were appointed to give in bayle of 5oooli. a piece ; yet but two on]y 
did, viz. lais laine son and Mr. Dew his son-in-law. Whereupon he 
was committed to custody to the King's Bench prison. It was 
then certified in court that Brome Whorwood was dead, by an 
attorney upon oath. Etheocles and Polinices, two tyrants of Thebes 
and brothers--see Statius. Ail that know alderman William Wright 
never knew him to be guilty of so much learning as to know these 
names and similes. 
News letter dated, W., 6 Apr., saith that Dr. William Sherlock was ruade 
preacher of the Temple, in the place of Dr .... Ball deceased, by the king the 
Saturday before. 
--1 Apr., M., paid Mr. Janes my battles for Lady day quarter, in the buttery in 
the presence of proctor (John) Massey and Mr. {Thomas) Prince. 
Apr. 24, Th., Thomas Crostwait admitted principal of Edmund 
IIall by Dr. (ohn) Lloyd, vice-chancellor. Vide in Edmund Hall ; 
vide Oct. sequent. 
[Basill Wood 1, somtimes a captaine in the king's army and a great sufferer for 
the king's cause, in respect to which Dr. John Fell deane of Ch. Church gave to 
him the head-butlcrship of the said bouse, died at his house in Pennyfarthing 
Strcet, W., 3o April I684 and was buried in St. Michael's church Oxon neare to 
the grave of his father. (Arms :--)" gules, 3 demie savalges (or wild men) argent, 
vith clubs in their hands leaning on their right shoulders or.'--Basill Wood, the 
father, Dr. of the Lawes, fellow of Allsoules College, chancellour of St. Asaph 
and Rochester, was buried in S. Michael's church before mentioned, on the last of 
Nov. 1644: he died in Lyncolne College.--.. 3, vife of Basil Wood (the son) 
butler of Ch. Ch., daughter of..., died lO May at night 684 and was buried by 
her husband who died abont a fortnight before.--Her son named ... Wood a 
chirurgion " was buried by his grandfather in 683. 
,LEXANDER WOOD, of Shynevood in Shropshire. 
I 
Easil Wood, LL.Y)r., second son, sometimes fellow of Alls. Coll., 
afterwards chancellor of St. Asaph and Roff. 
I 
I I 
Thomas Wood, Basill Wood, 
sometimcs fellow of Mert. Coll. who died 1684. ] 
May.--May , Th., paid my taylour for making a lac'd creap 
gowne, 6s. Bd.; cost of alderman (Thomas) Fifield, 4os. out of the 
shop, 26 Apr., S. It looks russet, and he cheated me. 

1 notes in Wood MS. F 4, P- 152- 
z Wood gives here a coat, apparently 
intended for her-.--'gules, 2 bars ar- 
gent.' 
 on a slip in Wood MS. F 4, P- 157, 
Wood notes :--'... wife of ]3asil Wood 
chirurgion (son of Basil Wood butler of 

Ch. Ch.) died of the small pox, Sept. 
...; buried in S. Michael's church 
Sept. 3, 69; sister to Sir Charles 
t-Iedges.' The words ' St. Marie's bell 
tol'd for ber funerall at 9 at night' are 
cored out. 



95 

May 4, Su., cl(ean) sheets. 
Ç5 May 1, M., I684, Convocation, wherein the answer of the chan- 
cellor, masters, and scholars of the University were read and pub- 
lished ' ad billam in cancellaria per regios typographos nuper ex- 
hibitam.'] 
May 5, M., reeeived of my brother Robert half an year's rent due last Lady 
day. 
In the benning of May Dr. John = Lake, bishop of Man, was translated to 
Bristow. This I heard from Mr. (Andrew) Allure, 8 May, Th. See in August. 
May 8, Th.,... Harrow, a freshman of Magd. Hall, drown'd s-- 
reviv'd, quaere. 
May xi, Snnday, Dr. Daniel Whistler, president of the College of physitians, 
died at London. Buried at Ch. Ch. Died o, oooli, in debt, left the Coll. nothing, 
notwithstanding he had married a ,iddow of ïooli. per annum joynter and got 
1 }ooli. per annum by his practice. 
May I6, F., Short's letter saith another plot is discovered. .False. 
May aa, Th., monsier (owes ane) aSS. 
BIay 8, W.,... ]3crryman *, a scrvitour of Oriel, drown'd about 
King's Mill--reviv'd. 
May z9, Th., Great Tom rang out inter horas 8 et 9- The first 
rime it rang ". 
[Convocation ", F., 3 ° Mav I684, chancellor's letters were read in 
bchalf of Francis Rogers, some yeares since of Exeter College, who 
was 7 years standing before he parted thence, in which time he per- 
formed most of his exercise for the degree of M.A., but being com- 
manded into his majestie's service, bath spent 8 yeares in Syria, the 
Mediterranean, and the West Indies, and being now returned, is yet 
engaged in one of his majesty's shipps of war whereby he is hindred 
of making his personal appearance at Oxford, to be diplomated 
M.A.] 
May 30, F., election at Mert. Coll; two Northamptonshire mên 
brought in by the means of (John) Conant and (Thomas) Lane to 
make up rotes for Conant to be warden  

 note in MS. Bodl. 594 P. 
-"MS. has ' ]ïdward' underlined for 
correction, ,and a note added 'John 
Lake, so John Dugdale in Catalogue 
of Nobility.' Translated (according to 
Hardy's le Neve) ]2 Aug. 1684. John 
Dugdale's ' Cat. of Nob.' (Lond. 1685) 
is in Wood 76 A. 
 "Wood, like Mayne Reid, distin- 
guishes betvcen ' droned' and 

' drowned dead.' 
 George Berriman son of Charles 
Berriman, clerk, matric, from Oriel 
College 5 Fcb. 68-, aet. 6. 
 after being re-cast. 
 note in MS. Bodl. 594 P- xxo. 
 Sir Thomas Clayton was now grow- 
ing feeble ad the prospective succes- 
sion a marrer of intrigue; but he con- 
trivcd to live till 693. 



9 6 

IVOOD'S I.IFE AA.'D 

Latter end of lXlay, Sir Edward Low somtimes fellow of New 
Coll., afterwards one of the lXIasters of the Chancery, died at Lont]on. 
IIe had sold his place before to Dr. {John) Edisbury. Entred into 
LL. Dres (in the _asti). 
aune.--June 5, lXI., received of monsicur i/t'. Ss. use money due 
last 5.-, lXlay. 
7 June, s., 117r. Robert Jarman, fellow of lXlerton College, died at 
VCimhledon in Sur, rey. I3uried in the hospital church of S. Thomas 
in Southwark, quaere Dr. {John) Conant. 
June 8, Su., I went to Weston in IUTr. (Ralph) Sheldon's coach. 
Returned, M., 53 June. ." 
June 9, llunday, a Convocation in the afternoone, wherein a letter 
of thanks was read and approved, pen'd by John James (depuly 
Orator), directed to Sir George 1[ackenzie, Lord Advocate of Scot- 
land, for the service he had done his majesty in xvriting and publish- 
ing his learned piece entit.Jus regium etc., against Dolman, Napthali, 
llilton a, etc., which book he had dedicated to the Universitie. 
[684 =, W., June xi, S. Barnabas day, John Duncombe, I.A., late 
chaplayne of gIerton College, now rector of Seisham in Northts, and 
Sarah Evans, daughter of... Evans, late rector of the said place, 
were married in S. John 13apt. church.] 
About the middle of this month a strong report went abroad that 
Baptist Levinz, D.D. late fellow of iIagd. Coll., had the grant of the 
bishoprick of the Isle of lIan from the earl of Derby (William George 
Richard Stanley), by the endeavour of Sir Creswell Levinz his 
brother, and that the patent was drawn up. [Not  yet true, Jan. 
{ 6)84 i.e.-.] 
 7 June, T., (Edmund) Iarshall , iI.A, and fellow of Unir. Col]., 
minister of Pidington, died : buried in that College chapel. (Entered) 
in iIr. (Obadiah) Walker {in the Alh.). 
June 17, "I',, the earl of Abendon {James 13ertie) was affronted at 
the Cross Inn at night by {John) Willis and (Midmel) 13old. Earl 
of Abendon laid there, because he was mustering the militia. 
Thursd., 9 June, a bannimus was stuck up in the usuall and com- 
nmn places of the University by the order of Dr. Timothy Halton the 

1 in Wood 423 ,58) Wood explains 
fliese books to be Nieholas ]Qo[emat 
(alias Robert Parsons, the Jesuit) 
• Treatise concerning the broken suc- 
cession of the Cown of England' 
I.ond. I655; Aralh[ali, a book written 
by a Scot named (Sir James Stewart) ; 

John 2]Iilton 'Defcnsio pro populo 
Anglicano.' 
 note in Wood MS. E 33. 
a added at a later date. 13aptist 
Levinz was consecrated 15 lIar. I6S 
 Edmund Marshall, M.A. Unir. »6 
Oct. 675. 



UA'E -- UZ V, 16S4. ç7 
dcputy Vice-chancellor wherby wcre expelled the University, Michacl 
Bold (commoner of Merton Coll.) and John Willis (bachelor of Arts 
and student of Ch. Ch.) for disturbauce of the publick peace in the 
Cross Inn yard 7 .]une at 
the countie @ail of Abendcn) being lodged there, whome thcy also 
affronted whcn he came out of hs chamber there o make peace, which 
they strivcd to break by endcavouring to pump a wench of that inn 
for neglccting to wait upon them, when the house was hfil of milifia 
soldiers.--Michacl Bold went afterwards to Trinity Hall in Cambridge 
and had a copie of verscs in Cmbridge bock on the death of King 
Charles II, which bock was given to King James II, 
zo lune, F., Sir Thomas Armstrong', kuight, suffcred at Tyburne 
fo being in the crop-ear'd plot, aged 6o or thereabouts, having beforc 
(as 'ris said) becn forgivcn by his majcsty for committing z ,nurdcrs 
since his restauration. 
4 June, T., Midsummer day, my ever honored fl'iend Raph 
Sheldon of Beoly, esq., died at Weston about o in the morning aged 
6 (4 Aug. following ) and was buried by his ancestors in the chappell 
of Out Lady there on the o July following. 
June 7, F., I went to Weston, being sent for thither by the exe- 
cutor  of Mr. Sheldon deceased, to take order about the finerall. 
June z 9, Su., I returned by Steeple Barton from Weston to see the 
scutcheons, streamers, shuffrons, hatchment ruade. 
Dr. (Thomas) Smith, deane of Carlile (somtimes of Queen's Coll.) was con- 
sccrated bishop of Carlile at York (Su.) 9 June (S. Peter's day; by John (Dolben) 
archbishop of York. (Nathaniel) Crev bishop of Durham, and Dr. (John) Lake 
late bishop of Man and then bishop elect of Bristoxv. 
July.--In the beginning of this month was a new arch made under 
Magd. Bridge for the_ river Cherwell fo pass under it, and the test of 
(the) bridge beyond it repair'd at the charg of the country  or 
B(rome) Whorw(ood). 
4 July, F., I went to Weston againe with the painter (Wise) and a 
man to carry the furniture for the funerall. July 6, Su., in the after- 
uoon, afler I had caused the hall at Weston, staircase, diuing roome, 

roome of state, to be hung with 
 see Evel)a's Diary under date 22 
June 684; Luttlcll i. 3o9, 3IO, 3. 
Wood 428 A (29) is ' The proceedings 
against Sir Thomas Almstrong' Lond. 
1684 (another copy is in Wood 657 
no. 62). X\ood 428 A (30) is ' An 
impartial accotnt of ail the material 
VOL. III. 

scocheons, Mr. Shcldon's body laid 
eirenmstanees relating to $i Thomas 
Armstong,' Lond. 684. 
u i.e. on his next bkthday (4 Aug.) 
he would have completed lais 6st year. 
a i.e. Ralph Sheldon of ]3aton, his 
heir. 
 i. e. eounty. 
H 



98 IVOOD'S LIFE AND TLIlES. 

in state and was viewed by above 500 country people. The 7, 8, 9 
(M., T., W.) in the afternoone he laid in state from 2 till 6. July xo, 
Th., at six in the morning his body was carried from Weston in a 
charriot hung with scocheons and streamers, the 6 horses with 
scocheons and shuffrons and about 8 couples of blacks before, besides 
4 streamcrs and myself. About 2 of the clock wee arrived at Eeoly 
church, wherc he was buried. Afterwards (I) din'd at Skilts. Th., 
last of July I came to Oxon and the next da), I return'd to Weston 
where I continued till, F., 22 Aug. at what rime were brought with me 
in a vaggon the MSS. and pedigrees that Mr. Sheldon bequeathed to 
the Herald's office. 

(In MS. Rawl. D olim 129o Wood has a summary x of the provisions of Ralph 
Sheldon's Will : of whieh the fol|owing may be noted here. 
-- ' By indenture I Aug. 679 he setles on Ralph Sheldon of l?arton in eom. 
Oxon. esq. his kinsman and heir the manors of ]eo]y ... in com. XVigorn. ; 
XVcston, I3archeston, etc, in coin. XVarwick ; also Skilts with the park there in 
coin. \Varw., etc. 
Ioo/L a-piece to six godsons (William Griffyn of Bickmersh is one); 5olL 
a piece to three god-daughters. 
A farm near Skilts to Onesymus Ch. Bayock. 
To William Croft, a lodging constantly allowed him at Weston house hey for 
his horse and stable-roome, and 2oH. annuity during litb. 
Item, to my good freind and fellow-antiqunry Mr. Antony A Wood of Merton 
Cllege Oxon I give 4olL, desiring him to see my old pedegrees and all my MS. 
books and other papers (exccpting what are written with mine owne handwriting) 
to be delivered into the Herald's Office neare Paul's Wharfe London that they be 
put in a cupboard apart from others.') 

(Z.iZe  oZ Z'«OEZ Sddo,,  
[Ralph Sheldon, son of William Sheldon, borne of an antient, 
gentile, and wealthy family at 13eoly in Worcestershire, 4 Aug. 6z 3, 
(was) educated in juvenile and grammaticall learning in his father's 
house, under.. Woodhop the preist of the bouse. At  9 yeares of age, 
in the beginning of the civill warrs in "England, he went to travell into 
France and Italy, saw severall famous cifies there, but ruade Roome his 
head quarters. After he had spent 4 yeares, he returned, the warr in 
England being then ceased, and took to wife Henrietta Maria Savage 

! this paper, I belicve, is the one 
'missing' fIom O. C. 8494 (Wood 
MS. F 32). 
 this accotant of Ralph Sheldon is 
from a paper now in Wood MS. F. 
The few notices, pedigrees, etc. of 
Catholic families, sueh as the Sheldons 

and Napiers, given in these diaries, are 
very suggestive ofthe amount of English 
blood shed in the King of France's 
service in the Iîth century and of Eng- 
lish money spent in foreign convents 
in the maintenance of monks and nuns 
of gentle Eglish birth. 



--Frances, buried in I.onff Coml)ton 
church 8 Aug. 1656. 

--Marie, bapt. 55 March 1639, 
sine proie. 

--Marie, bapt. 26 Nov. I63O , buried 
9 Jan. J63. 

--Catherine. 4 

--Elizabcth2 

2-Francis, buried at Long Compton 
8 Apr.  635, 
bcing but one day old. 

--William Sheldon, born at \Veston 
3 ° Oct. I659, buricd at Long 
Compton, 58 May 63o. 

--George Sheldon, born at Vfeston; 
bapt. 3 ° Apr. I658; died 8 May 
1679 ; buricd at Canterbury 
beside his second wife? 

--Edward Sheldon, bore at Weston 
5 Dec. 1624; ofthe order of 
S. Bcnedict ; was living 
1677 , a monk in the 
English college at Douay. 

H 2 



--Frances, a rnaid of honour to 
Queen Katherine, 1677.] 

--Katherine. 

--Teresa, a nun af Louvain. 

--Bridget, a nun at Brussels. 

--Mary Sheldon, »t. Sir Samuel Tnke» 
bart., of Cressing-Tcmplc 
:O. E$seX. 

--Elizabeth Sheldon,died a maid 14 Jan. 
169 ; buried by her father iii a 
vault under the chapel of 
Somerset hottse. 

--Augustine Sheldon, a cornet in 
saine regiment, killed at 
Cnsarbrick near Trevcs, 
I Aug. 675- 

the 

--Doninick Shcldon. a captain of horse 
in the saine remcnt (i.e. as Francis), 
1677 ; a nmjor-general under 
13oufliers, I693. 

--Francis Sheldon, captain of hor in 
thc duke of Monnluuth's rcgiinent 
in the king of France's arlny 
in Germany ; killed at 
the battle of Exsheim, 4 Oct. I674 
and was buried at Itenhein. 

--13enedict Sheldon, died coelebs I669. 

Richard Shcldon. 



IOZ I/VOOD'S LIFE AVD TIJIES. 

(daughter ofthe lord Savage) about 1647, who, thoug a tall, proper and 
handsome woman, ),et shee proved not a good wife to him, as being 
lavish and improvident, to the deminish of his estate. But having 
no children by her, and so consequently not so much involv'd in the 
cares ofthe world as those that have, he followed, and endeavoured to 
promote, his genie to the studie of heraldrie and antiquities, and be- 
stowd a considerable rime in collecting the monuments therof, and 
gathering togeather, by writing, severall genealogies ofthe noble nlen of 
England. At length, his said lady dying 1663, he spared hot any 
mony to set up a standing library in his house at Weston. In 1667, 
he travelled 1 againe to Rome, where cherily spending 2 yeares at 
least, he furnished himself with many choice books, as also with 
medalls and coines, for the setting up a closet of rarities. 
After his returne, anno i67o, John Vincent, son of Augustine Vin- 
cent, sometimes Windsore herald, and both excellent genealogists , 
(to which John Nf. Sheldon had for severall yeares allowed an yearly 

* Shcldon's autograph notes of his 
travels are found in XVood MS. 13 4 
fol. 5o çO. C. 8587). See vol. ii. p. 8. 
 in another draft :' both excellent 
heralds and industrious men in gather- 
ing up genealogies.' Wood afterwards 
obtaincd from the Sheldon library seve- 
ral volumes of collections by the Vin- 
cents, father and son. Augustine Vin- 
cent, Rose Rouge pursuivant, 6,6; 
Rouge Croix pursuivant, 1621 ; Windsor 
herald 624-I62(? ). Some notes by 
Vood for a lire ofhim are found inWood 
MS. D 6 pp. 4, 9-I2. If John Vincent 
the son held any post in the Heralds' 
College, it must bave been during the 
Commonwealth period, when the lists 
are defective. 
The following papers by Augusline 
I "t'ttccll are in the Wood Collection :-- 
(1) ' A cathatog of ail the knights 
dubbed in the tyme of queen Eiza- 
beth'; alphabetically : Wood MS. 
139" 
(z) ' The names of all such as bave 
been advanced to the honourable order 
of knighthood in the tyme of the godly 
prudent and prosperous reigne of King 
James'; chronologically, 6o3-I64 : 
Wood MS. 13 9- 
(3) ' A catalogue of all those which 
have bin advanced to lhe dignity of 

knighthood by our sovereigne lord 
kinge Charles since the 12 of April 
anno sine tabê partus I6 5'; chrono- 
logicall)5 brought down (?by John 
rincent) to I631 : Wood MS. B 9. 
(4) ' Notes about heralds' fees, clin- 
nets of knights of thê gartêr, coats of 
arms, etc.' ; Wood MS. B 8. 
(5) ' Genêalogical notes from records 
in thê Towêr' : Wood MS. B o. 
The following papêrs byJoht Vin- 
cent are in thê Wood Collection :-- 
(I) ' Catalogue of knights, from Ed- 
ward III to King Charles I'; Wood 
MS. F I (O. C, 8480). The MS. is 
now mutilated ; thê titlê-pagê is now 
out of place in Wood MS. F 5; and 
thê last lêavês are missing, thê cata- 
logue now ending in 6 7 5 Jac. I). 
() ' Catalogue of kings, princes, 
dukês, etc.' since thê Norman Conquest ; 
Wood MS. F 5/O. C. 8467). 
(3) 'An alphabetical ordinary of 
arms of English familles' ; Wood MS. 
F 6 (O. C. 8468 ) . The MS. has no 
naine of author : but the handvriting 
seêms to be the saine as that in the 
two precêding. 
I think aiso that many of the pedi- 
greês in thê Wood Cllection are in 
the handwriting of one or other of the 
Vincents. 



'UL 1/', 1684. IO 3 
pension o encourage }ris muse) being ai that rime deep in a dropsie, 
xvas advertised that he should leave ail his 1%I$$. and pedcgrces to the 
said Air. Sheldon, who would paid his debts thereupon, and releive 
severall of his books that were then pawned for ale. Wherêupon, his 
will being ruade and all left to him, to the number of 230 NSS. at 
least, besides many rolls containing pedigrees, glr. Sheldon conveyed 
them to Weston, which ruade a considerable addition to his library. 
Afterwards, buying more printed books, and some IISS. when he 
could lay hands on them, he came to be acquainted with A. à W. of 
Oxon. who, by Air. Sheldon's frequent invitation, coming often to 
Weston, he the said A. W. did put his library in that order, and ruade 
 such exact catalogues I of his books that nothing could be purloyn'd 
thence or taken away, but it could be with little ease straight dis- 
covered. This library he setled in a larg square waincot roome over the 
kitchin, and his medalls and rarities and pictures in a little roome over 
the entrie into the hall; which continuing there till ,682, and then 
]Ur. Sheldon causing the room at the north end of the gallery to be 
new waincoted, translated them thence. As for the library =, it con- 
tinued in the saine place till l%Ir. Sheldon's death; at what time he 
bequeathing the said closet of rarities to his uncle's daughter F(rances> 
S(heldon) lately M(aid> of H(onor) who conveyed them to Lori- 
don soon after his death, the library was translated to that room by 
his suecessor iIr. R(alph} S(heldon) of St(eeple) Barton.] 
(Dr. Bliss has this note on the dispersion of the Sheldon library :-- 
' This excellent collection of books and manuscripts was dispersed by auc- 
tion in ïS,, at the mansion bouse at Weston, by Christie and Ansell. I bave 
the catalogue priced by John Dennis, an ancient booksellcr of Middle Row, 
IIolborn. 
Among the many rare books the following may be particularized : 
lXlatthewe's Bible, 5a7, as. 
Common Prayer i55 (two copies, 8s. 
Shakespeare's Works, first edit. 6aa (with two other books), l. 4s. 
Revelacyon of Seynt KŒEtheryne (printed on vdlum)» 15 9, l. s.. 
Legenda Aurea, in English, 15oà, os. 
The lXlissals, Breviaries, Graduals, and Pontificales were abundant, most of the 

then extant County Histories, and several 
 these catalogues remained, I sup- 
pose, in the library at Weston ; see vol. 
ii. p. 475- "VVood NS. D 6 (O. C. 85z8 ) 
is Vood's Catalogue of the MSS. once 
in Sheldon's possession afterwards in the 
Ileralds' Office. Wood MS. B 7 (O. C. 
,q578) is a Catalogue of his MSS. in 
Sheldon's own handwriting. 
" the meaning of these two sentences 

very interesting manuscripts occur, and 
is :--The cabinet of rarities was (a) in 
a room over the hall, (b) changed to 
a room at the north end of the gallery 
(682), (c) removed to London (,684). 
The library was (a) in a room over 
the kitchen, (b) changed (after 684) 
to the room at the north end of the 
gallery. 



104 H'OOD'S ZIFE AND TI3IES. 
a good collection of tlearne's pnblications shews that the library was kept np by 
Mr. Sheldon's immediate successors. The Sheldon books hot unfrequently oceur 
in old libraries: they may be known by the arms impressed on the covers, riz. 
a fesse between three sheldrakes, and generally on the first leaf is written, in Ralph 
Sheldon's fine bold hand, IJt Poslerum.') 
(Several of Wood's printed books and MSS. can be traced to Sheldon's library 
as the sonrce whence they came to Wood. Allnsions bave been ruade to some 
of these where they have occurred in the conrse of the Diaries : the following may 
however be noted here. 
(A) MSS. in Ralph Sheldon's ' fine bold hand.' 
-- Wood MS. ]3 6 (O. C. 85î7) Sheldon's Collections (coats of arms in various 
churches). 
-- Wood MS. ]3 7 (O. C. 8578) contains (fol. 2-8) Sheldon's collections out of 
the Heralds' Office about the burials of several English noblemen : (fol.  -z) 
Sheldon's catalogue of his own MSS. 
-- Wood MS. B 4 (O. C. 8587) Sheldon's notes of his travels in France and 
ltaly (fol. 
-- Wood MS. C o, C  (O. C. 8550, 855) Sheldon's Church A'olcs, collec- 
tions of epitaphs etc. from various churches in England ; C o chiefly of date 674, 
C ** of date 658. 
-- in WooEt MS. D 4 fol. 368 a note of inscriptions in Sherborn church taken 
9 May ,68 is in Sheldon's hand. 
 Wood MS. D 5 (O. C. 855) Sheldon's liscellmtea, collections from MSS. 
and charters. 
-- X\ ood MS. D 9 () (O. C. 8565) ' divers remarkable orders of the ladies 
at Spring Garden,' a transcript by Sheldon. 
-- Wood MS. F S (O. C. 8465) Ralph Sheldon's ' book of pedigrees' collected 
by himself. 
-- Wood MS. F 33 (O. C. 8495) ' noblemen, bannerets, and knights tempore 
Edward I[ from "" lib. D " of lord Brudencll,' transeribed by Sheldon. 
(B) MSS. with Sheldon's coat of arms  or crest u stamped on the binding. 
MS. ab Wood no.  (O. C. 8589). 
Wood MS. F 6 O. C. 8468). 
(C) MSS. indicated to be presents from Sheldon. 
 in \Vood MS. E 2 (O. C. 8583) is acopy of Dr. Richard Eedes' ]lcrt?oreale, 
beginning ' Quid mihi cnm mnsis ?,' marked as from ' Mr. Sheldon.' 
(D) MSS. m,d papers obvionsly from the Sheldon collection. 
-- Wood 76 A no. IX is a large folio sheet with an engraved border, within 
which are written Latin verses to Ralph Sheldon by J. ]3. 
 see sz«2ra note p. o. 
(E) Printed books with Sheldon's motto ' ru t'osl«rz«»t' in his own hand. 
Vood 59; Vood z4 ; Wood 365 (aS); Yood 65 ; Wood 5 (therc par- 
tially scored out). 

 a copy of the book-plate with the 
coat of arms is round in Wood -"76 B 
no. XLI. Sec vol. ii. p. 4î5. 

* a copy of the book-plate with the 
crcst ls round ibid. no. XL. 



PI.ATE I. 

RAI_I'H SIIELD{-}N'S tBOOK-PLATES. 

T,,.fa«c . m4 



7UL]", 168,i. ]o 5 

(F) Printed books with Sheldon's initials ' R. &' in hiq own hand. 
Wood D 27 (8) ' The grand eoneern of England explained,' Lond. 1673. 
Wood 364 ( 7) ' Iter Carolinum,' Lond.  66o. 
Wood 896 (4) ' Catalogus librorum... Franeisci de Soleysel,' Lttgd. 668. 
(G) Printed books marked os presents from Sheldon. 
-- Wood E. 13 contains the sole-catalogue of Lazarus Seoman's books, « ex 
dono Radulphi Sheldon--Dee. 677.' 
-- Wood B 4 ° no. 3 is ' Roman Cotholiek prineiples in referenee to God and 
the King,' Lond. 168o; with note ' Antonii à Wood ex dono Radulphi Sheldon 
de Beoly, Aug. 4, I68- ; James Corker, O. S. B., a eondemned prisoner in New- 
gare the authour.' 
-- Wood B 40 no. 4 is the some book, 3rd edition, 68o, with the note ' A. 
\ ood, 168o; James Corker, ordinis S. Bened. monaehus, a condemned prisoner 
in Newgate relating to the Plot, wrot this book--ito testor, A. Wood an. I68o.' ) 
6 July, Sunday, Dr. Peter Gunning, bishop of Ely, died: sec 
]I 1I. ,. 
(All«m) Dr. Peter Gunning, bishop ofEly, died there on the 6th, Su. 
[Convocation 1, F., ** July 684, 'ut literae deputatoriae rem typo- 
gl'aphicam concernentes publicalentur'.] 
 July, F., Dr. (Robert) Sharrock died circa horam  ante meri- 
diem. Quaere where buried. At Bishop's Waltham, sec lXlM . 
(Dr. Sharrock succeeded Dr. (Walter) Darrell in the archdeaconry of 
Winton in April 684, vide in Apr.) Dr. (William) Hawkins"- suc- 
ceeds, see IIM. . False. 
  July, F., the Act began a--few company, because no playes. 
July , S., (Henry) Wallbanke , a commoner Master of Trin. 
Coll., was musick reader in the musick schoole, and hOt in the 
Theater; in the afternoone Robert Bell of Magd. Coll., was Terrae 
filius and came off excellently well, see lXllI. . July 3, Sunday, 
13arnaby Lang, D.D. fellow of Magd. Coll., preached at S. Marie's in 
the morning; in the afternoon Zacheus Isham of Ch. Ch. July 4, 
Act Munday, Thomas Easton ', M.A. Lync. Coll., was the other Terrae 

 note in MS. Bodl. 594, P- 11 . 
-" William Hawkins D.D. Magd. C. 
6 July I676. 
3 Wood 76 A no. CCCCIII is the 
programme of the Eneaenia for, F., 
 Jnly I684 . In this Wood writes 
opposite the part "IVoertus lïyre e 
Coll. Aenei Nasi, enjus lemmo Fiem,a 
[iberala, carmine heroico' the very 
great compliment, that it was done 
'incomporobly well.' IIe writes ' in- 
differcnt' oppositc ' Gidmus CaleG 

eq. aur. fil. e Coll. Mert., cujus lemmo 
ZIorti t?otanici querda, carmine ele- 
giaco,' and notes that the occasion of 
the piece was « becouse the frost last 
winter kill'd most of the trees.' 
 Henry Walbanke M.A. Trin. 8 
July x684. 
 Thomas Easton adm. Cmmoner 
of Linc. Coll. I8 Feb. I6 'son of 
John Easton, yeoman, born at 13ick- 
leigh, Dcvonshirc, act. 9'; M.A. 3 
June 6s 4. 



Io6 IVOOD'S LIFE AND TI«IES. 

fih'us and came off very dull, MM. i. Jan. 16, W., T«rrae filii ex- 
pell d, see 1IiI. . 13ell was accompanied out of towne by a con- 
siderable company of scholars 3 dayes after. 

(Alhm) On the I6th, W., Mr. (John) Gale * paid me io$. for his presentation 
fees. On the saine day Robert Bell, one of the clerks of Magd. Colledge, and 
Thomas Easton, M.A. of Lincoln, being the 2èrrae filii, were publickly ex- 
pelled. 
July 16, W., Dr. Francis Tnrner translated to Ely and (S.) 23 Aug. following 
confirmed bishop in S. Marie le Bow church in London. See MM. I. At the 
saine time Dr. (Thomas) Sprat was ruade bishop of Roff. about the said 16 day, 
see MM. . Dr. Gregory Hascard ruade dean of Windsor. 

26 July, S., Mris Sheldon of Barton and Mris Anne (Sheldon) 
]eft Weston, and the day before (being Friday) she borrowed the  
book 13 of the Maid of Honour for me to transcribe. 
/kllgust.--In the first week in Aug. died vicountess of Yarmouth, 
natural daughter of King Charles II, buried at Oxley in Norfolk; 
without armes, because the king in ber lire rime never assign'd her 
an)'. See Sheldrake, p. 3I.Maid of ttonour in her letter told me 
she (Chariot) was buried at Westm(inster). I have the letter. Quaere 
the end of this Almanac post mensem Dec. s 
Aug. 6, W., duke of Ormond dined at North Aston in the bouse of 
col. ]ïdward Vernon *. Dr. (John) Fcll, bishop of Oxon; Dr. 
(John) Lloyd, vice-chancellor; Dr. (John) Hammond; and Dr. 
(Henry) Alridge of Ch. Ch.; Dr. (William) Lever, principall of S. 
Marie (l\Iagdalen) hall; and Mr. (John) Meere, principall of 
13rasnose; and proctor (John)Massey, sent in meat to Dedington, 
and afterwards followed in two coaches, where they dined, and Dr. 
(George) Reynell, the Corporean  whigg, thrust in among them, 

* John Gale, M.A.S. Edm. H. 19 
June ,684. 
 Wood perhaps kept this book. 
Wood MS. F 3 (O. C. 8465 ) is a vo- 
lume of pedigrees drawn out by Ralph 
Sheldon and lettered ' B.' 
 the referenee is to the following 
notes :--' In a letter dated in the begin- 
ning of Nov. I684 these things were 
written from Mris Frances Sheldon, 
late Maid of Honour."2l July, 
Elizabeth, duehess of Ormond, died at 
her house in S. James Square neare 
London, I684, and was put in a vault 
nearc hcr son Thomas (Butler), earl of 

Ossory, till they ean be removed to 
Ireland."---" 28 July, Chariot conn- 
tess of Yarmouth died at hër bouse in 
the Pall Mall \Vestminster. Shee was 
daughter to King Chmles I by the 
lady Shanon" [Fasti. 1663, 1666].--- 
"Aug. I5, Georg 13oth, lord de la 
Mere, died." ' 
« ' Col. Edward Vernon married the 
widdow of... Brook of North Aston,' 
XYood's note in Wood 42î (3I). Col. 
Vernon gave to the Bodleian the great 
' Vernon MS.' ; Macray's .4uuals ofghc 
Bodh'ian, p. I44. 
 i.e. of Corpus Crlsti Çollege. 



'ULY-- .qUG. 1684. 

upon whome some of the company sported. After dinner they went 
to North Aston 2 mlles distant and there gave a visit to the duke. 
Quaere, whether he then nominated delegates 1 
Aug.  2, T., Dr. John Lake, bishop of the Isle of Man, was trans- 
lated to Bristow in the church of St. Mary le I3ow, London. Vide 
H(enry) Bridgman (in Aih.). Vide Catalogue of Nobility by John 
Dugdale ° 
-. 
Aug. [2, T., Thomas Baylie, M.A. of New Inn, admitted principal 
of New Inne, upon the resignation of Mr. (William) Stone. Vide 
'Catalogum 3 Principalium.' This is in Fasti. 
Aug. 2o, W., Stephen Phillips, D.D. somtimes fellow of Brasenose 
Coll., afterwards vicar of Bampton, archdeacon of that part of Shrop- 
shire in Hereford diocess, and canon residentiary of Hereford, died at 
Bampton. ]13uried in the chancell of ]3ampton by his wive's father «. 
1;'«sh;  677. 
-.. Aug., Friday, John (Robartes), earl of Radnor, was by lette dischargcd 
rioto being Lord President of the privie counsell to his Majesty, at \Yindsor ; his 
pension allowed him. Aug. 24, Su., Laurence (Hyde), earl of Rochestcr, sworne 
presidcnt of the privie councell at \Vindsore. At thc saine rime (Sidney)Go- 
dolphyn, secrctary of state, was marie chier commissioncr of the Treasury in thc 
place of earl of Rochester and to be ruade a baron. Lord  Middleton, sometimcs 
secretary of Scotland, succeeded Godolphin in the Secretaryship «. Entr(ed) in 
Index L 
News letter, Aug. 22, F., that a Royall Society is about to be 
erccted at Dublin to consist of 26 persons only, Sir William Petty to 
be president. This I tlfink takes its-fise from the conventus there, 
which took its beginning from out(s). Quaere bcfore (i.e. suivra 
P. 77.) 
Aug. e, Friday, (Alexander) 13urnet, archbishop of S. Andrews, died at St. 
Andrevs--so news letter dated 3 ° Aug., S. 13uricd in St. Silvester's  church in 
St. Andrevs city, e Sept., T. In Index. 
Aug.-'5, M., Sir Robert Wiseman, Dr. of Law and Judge of the Arches was 
buried with solemnity in the church bclonging to Doctors Commons (S. Benet's, 
Paul's Wharf). Entred in Index. 
26 Aug., T., a bannimus stuck up in the usuall places whcreby 

 to discharge the duties of his Chan- 
cellorship; but see  Sept. 
" Wood 76 A (8I) John Dugdale 
(Windsor Herald) ' A catalogue of the 
nobility of Egland according to their 
rcspective precedencies," Lond. 1685, 
fol. 
 Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Ilalls, 
p. 68I. 

* Thomas Cook. 
 Charles Middleton, second earl of 
Middleton in the peerage of Scotland. 
 sec Evelyn's Diary under date 26 
Sept. ; Luttrell i. 35- 
 perhaps the Index to his own AI- 
manacs : Wood MS. 
s a slip for ' S. Salvator's.' 



I08 II'OOD'S L[FE ..IND TL[ES. 

lIichael Smith, M.A. of Oriel College (originally of Magd. Hall), 
commoner, and 'rrae filius for the Senior Proctor in 1683, xvas 
banished or expell'd, for endeavouring to ravish a maid (Mary Findall 
of Merston) servant to... Cole a milliner in St. Martin's parish, which 
attempt was made in the Meer-maid tavern at Quatervois on z z of 
the said month at night. 
Aug. 3 o, 3 , S., Su., (Henry Howard) duke of Norfolke at the 
Cross Inn, but lodged at Jack Crosses. (He) was there also (on 
the) 27(th) at night. 
Latter end of Aug. news came that Rous Clopton was dead in 
Ireland where he was beneficed. Left 5ll. to C. C. C. to buy a plate. 
Well knowne to my relations and myself. 
In July, August, . . . a pestilentiall feaver raged. Iany die of it. 
AI1 this vacation, vîz. July, Aug., Sept., many strangers resorted to 
Oxford, especially from Astrop well. 
September.--[ Sept. l, bi., I684, Convocation, wherein the Chan- 
cellor's letters, dated, S., e6 July 684, were read to appoint delegates 
or commissioners to act in the Universitie in his absence, being about 
to goe into Ireland in his majestie's service.] 
Sept. l, Munday, Dr. (John> Lloyd, vicechancellor, re-assumed his 
place in a Convocation between 2 and 3, in which Convocation 
Henry (Howard) duke of Norfolke, Lord Marshall, son of the duke  
latcly deceased, was actually created Dr. of Law. Presented by Dr. 
(Robert) Plot'. He was created M.A. 668. 
Sept. l, Munday, paid alderman Thomas Fyfeild for my mourning 
suit that I bought for Mr. Sheldon's funerall, 31i.  s. 
Sept. 4, Th., [Wright  Croke , of Merston, eldest son to Sir 
Richard Croke,] was posted up for a shark and coward in Day's 
coffey bouse. 
Sept. 8, M., Mr. (William) Stone  having resign'd his principality 
before, left us this day to goe into his owne country (Dorsetshire) to 
spend the remainder of his dayes at Wimbourn-Minster 7 among his 

 note in MS. 13odl. 594, P- 
- llenry Iloward, died 11 Jan. I68. 
 with a flattering speeeh wherein 
he reckn'd up his titles,' MS. 13odl. 594, 
p. xtI. 
 the part of this note which is en- 
closcd in square brackets is substituted 
for :--'... (bywhich is meant ' Charles') 
Çroke, yonger brother to Sir Richard 
(Croke) and Umon Croke, who in his 
book calls himsclf" R(do]l)hus."' Thc 

book is Wood 155 (3) ' Youth's Un- 
constancie or the rambles of Rodolphus," 
Lond. 667. 
» Wright Croke, 'son of Richard 
Croke, esq., serjeant-at-law, aged I7' 
entered Lincoln College as Conlnloner 
on 26 July t675. He bas t set of Latin 
verses 'Laudes linguae Saxonicae' in 
Thcatri Oxon cncacm'a, Oxon 1677. 
° of New hm Ilall. 
» substituted for ' Wcymouth.' 



A UG. 

relations--two sisters there 
canonist. Came again (as 
beginning of April 1685. 
9 Sept., Tuesday, died Mr. 
Abendon. Excellent preacher 

-- SEPT. 1684. Io 9 
married. An excellent preacher and 
being weary of the countr)') in the 

(William) Rawlins of Pemb. Coll. at 
and scholar. 

Sept. xi, Th., I gave my brother Kit an acquittance for 41i. 5 s for quarter's rcnt, 
wherof 5 s for Gazets and he saith I ow him 6d. 
Sept. 13, S., paid Mr. Jeanes the butler of Mea't. Coll. 7s 6d for my battles for 
the quarter ending at Lammas day (I Aug.). My battles came to 7s 3d. 
Sept. xS, M., Mr. Thomas Upton, reetor of Locking in Berks, formerly fellow of 
Ails. Coll., died there at Locking; buried thcre also. Fals«. 
Sept. I8, Th., Oxford city and Oxfordshire feast joyn'd togeather 
was kept at Gild hall. Mr. (Henry) Cornish, fellow of Lyncoln. son 
of (Henry) Cornish canon of Ch. Ch.. preached the sermon. From 
this time till 4 Nov. 1686, wee had no feast. 
[Convocation , F., 9 Sept. 1684, Mr. Ashmole's letters (dated at South Lam- 
beth, M., 1 Sept. : the letter is larg) rcad for the right setling thc musaeum, in 
order that an yearly visitation thereof be ruade (as the publick library is) upon 
the Tuesday preceeding the first week in Michaelmas terme. The names of the 
visitors are to be : the vicechancellor for the time being, the dean of Ch. Ch., the 
principal of Brasenose, the king's professor of Physick, the two proctors of the 
University.] 
Sept. i9, F., Convocation, wherin letters were read for Mr. (John) 
Meare's accumulating D. of D. next terme.--Also letter from iIr. 
Ashmole that the Convocation would appoint su,oervisors or visitors 
for the Museum, viz. vicechancellor for the time being, Principal of 
]3rasnose, Regius Professor of Physic, and the two Proctors. 
Letter of Sept. t 9, F., saith that the bishop of Glascow (Arthur 
Ross) is to be archbishop of St. Andrews. 
Sept. z4, Wedn., at about to of the clock at night died my brother 
Christopher Wood at lais house in Halyweli. 
[On  the Munday before he died (i. e. on z t Sept.) he was about 
certaine business at Waterstock neare Oxon ; where raising his body 
by standing on the s.tirrops of his horse purposely to look over a wail 
and sec and talke with certaine masons there at worke, his horse 
stumbled, and rising againe verie quick and with great violence, the 
pummel of the saddle struck against Mr. Wood's bridge-bone.., that 
bone that holds the two hipp-bones together at the bottom of the 
belly, and broke it asunder (to the adnfiration of the physitians and 
chirurgeons that saw it when the body was opened) so that part of his 
 note in MS. Bodl. 594, P-  I- eaused Christopher Wood's death is 
2 this account of the accident hich from MS. Phillipps 7o8. 



0 II'OOD'S LII;E AND TLWES. 

guts falling down into the cod and all that part extreamcly swelled, thc 
circulation of the blood was hindcred, and he died without any payne.] 
[Christopher h Wood 1, a yonger son of Thomas à Wood and Mary his wife 
(mentioned in vol. i. p. 27) died at his bouse in Halywell in the suburbs of Oxon, 
V., 24 Sept., aged... Whereupon his body vas buried two dayes after in thc 
north part of the outer chappell belonging to Merton College, neare to that of 
Elizabeth, his first wife. (Arms :) 'or, a woolf passant sable unguled ,and 
langued males, a cheif of the second (Wood) ; impaling, gules 3 swords in fess 
betwecn  . . .' He was by profession an attomey of the common pleas, and had 
been under-sherriff for the countie of Oxon for 22 years, in which office he carried 
himselfe very upright. He married two wives: the first was Elizabeth daughter 
of William Seymour of Oxon, gent., attorney of file common pleas, descended 
from the Seymours of East-Garston in Berks ; by whome he had issue living at 
the time of his death:--I, Thomas à Wood, an attorney in the said pleas, who 
succeeded his father in the shrivalty; 2, Scymour à Wood; and, 3 Katherine. 
llis second wife was Margerie, daughter of Tomson Hanks of Aston neare to 
llampton in Oxfordshire, the widdow of Georg Coxeter of the said towne of 
llampton, gent. ; by which Margery he had these children following, riz. :-- 
i, B«njamin and Elizabeth, twinns; 2, Anne; 3, PeterS; and 4, Charles; besides 
Christopher who died yong.--Aug. o, T., I686, about one in the morning died 
Thomas à Wood, an attorney, under-sherrif of Oxfordshire, son of the said Chris- 
topher à Wood, aged 2 .., sine prole, never married, tIis body was buried « on 
the right hand of his father's grave, and had on his hearse these armes, riz. ' or, 
a wolf passant sable unguled and lanmaed gules, a cheif of the second.'] 
Sept. 28, Sunday, early in the morn, the bells rang out for Sir 
Sampson White, knight, who died at his bouse against University 
College; buried in St. Marie's church. 
[Sir Sampson White , knight, died early on Sunday morning 28 September 684 
at his bouse in St. Marie's parish opposit to University College aged 78, .and was 
buried on, W., the  of October in S. Marie's ehurch, riz. between the dore 

t note in Wood MS. F 4, P- 54- 
Wood giS. E 33 adds that he was 
'buried with escocheons ... in thc 
north part or north ile of S. John Bapt. 
ehurch, under the east wall.' 
 Wood gives a trick of this coat, 
but being partly in pencil it is now in- 
decipherable. In the top of the shicld 
is a canton, and a mullet or rouliers: 
then a sword, then a crescent between 
two mullets, another sword, two mul- 
lets, a third sword, a mullet. The 
sword points are towards the dexter 
side. 
 it is probably this nephew Peter 
Wood who is addressed by Wood in 
an undated note now inserted at the 
end of Wood MS E 33 :--« Peter, pray 
enquire of John Chureh for the naine 

of the child lately bnried in the church- 
yard: enquire also for the christian 
naine of one ... IIarris, a commoner 
who died last Whitsontide and for the 
naine of the place where he was buried.' 
In XVood MS. E 33 is a note :--' I683, 
Apr. o, John Church, under-butler of 
Mert. Coll., married Anne Eaton, ser- 
vant maid to the warden thereof.' 
« MS. Ravl. B 402 a, p. 72 adds 
' buried with escocheons, Th.» Aug. I2, 
I686.' 
 note in Wood MS. F 4, P- 
amended in a number of details by a 
slip written later by Wood and pasted 
on here. Sir Sampson White's epitaph 
is round in Wood MS. F 29 A on a slip 
at fol. 325. 



SEPTEJI'ER 11384. 1 I I 

leading thence into Adam Brome's chappell and the butress of the steeple, on the 
north side of the ehurch. (Arms :--) ' or a chevron gules betweell 3 perots vert, 
within a bordure azure eharged with bezants ; impaling, argent a saltire ingrailed 
between 12 billets sable.' Borne af Cogges by Witney in Oxfordshire son of John 
White a plebeian of that place (where the naine bath lived several generations) 
by his wife ... daughter of ... King. tic was a draper by trade; baillive of 
the city of Oxon, I64- ; turn'd out of the eouncell house for his loyalty ; restored 
upon his majestie's eomming to the erowne, I66o ; chose mayor that yeare ; served 
as hurler of the beer-seller at his coronation and then had the dignity of knight- 
hood eonfer'd upon him. In I665 he was chose mayor againe, being the yeare 
• ,vhen the great plague raged in London and his majestie retir'd to Oxon. He 
married Marie, daughter of Richard Soper of East Oakley 1 in Hampshire ; by 
whome he had issue that lived at the time of his death :- 
John White, esquire, M. of Arts, somtimes of Magd. Coll. afferwards of Uni- 
versity College and at length a justice of the peaee at or neare to \Yitney in coin. 
Oxon. He married Abigail daughter of John Yate of tlaley in the parish of 
Witney (where he lires) by his wife Mary daughter of John More esquire of 
Payne's farine in the parish of Taynton which John More vas father to Thomas de 
la lIore. But the said John White shewing himself too malepert when the popish 
plot broke out, was left out of the commission (of the peaee), I6î9. 
The next brother to John is Ilenry White, a draper living in the house of his 
father in St. Narie's parish, lately mayor of Oxford, who married Katherine 
daughter of William Wright alderman of Oxon by whome he hath issue William, 
Katherine» and another daughter. 
The next son is Gilbert White, fellow of Magd. Coll., aftenvards reetor of 
Selbourn in Hampshire by the gift of the College. 
Francis White, M.A. and fellow of Ball. Coll. ; afierwards Bac. of Div. 
The said Sir Sampson White had a daughter named Mary, who was married 
to Edward Potter, a draper  of London (aftenvards of Oxon), 17 July 664 : 
which Eward was a youger son of Dr. Christopher Potter sometimes provost of 
Queen's College. 
Sir Sampson White had a brother named John White of Northley; (another 
brother) Richard (White), viear of Basingstoke who married Elizabeth daughter 
of Charles /3utler vicar of Wotton St. Laurence; and, lastly, Henry White of 
Coggs who died eoelebs and left Sir Sampson \Yhite's son.., his heire. 
These Whites are deseended from the Whites of S. Wamborough in tlampshire. 
The original of the Whites of Oxfordshire was steward or baylive of Einsham 
abbey.] 
Sept. 8, Su., at night, news that ... Guy, one of the commis- 
sioners of the Treasury, was removed thence. 
Sept. 8 ", Sunday, ]3aptist Levinz consecrated bishop of Man at 
Lambeth. Fals. 
Sept. 9, M., St. Michael's day, a programme stuck up in the public 
places of the University whereby John Osmond, a debauched Mr. of 
Arts of New In, was expell'd for biting of(f) a piece of the nose of 

1 Wood notes on the slip, ' Archbishop 
(X\illiarn) Warham borne at Church 
I )akley.' 

-'haberdasher,' in the 
vol. i, p. I z6. 
 substituted for « Oct. 2.' 

slip. See 



 I I,t"OOD'S LIFE AA'D TI3IES. 

Thomas Greaves, B. of A. of Br(asenose) Coll., in a scuflle they had 
in New Parks some dayes before. 
Sept. 3 o, Tuesd., Convocation concerning the printers of London 
and their printing. Quaere lXIr. (Andrew) Allanl. 
Nathaniel Lee the playmaker endeavouring to reach high in ex- 
pression in his plŒEys broke his head and fell destracted. Whereupon 
he was put in Bedlam London, Sept. or thereabouts 168 4. 
Ootober.--In the beginning of this month many returne to the 
University to keep termes, do exercises, take degrees. 
Oct? 2, Thursd., the mayor and lais brethren in their scarlet and 
many of the common councell in their gownes went about 1i of the 
clock with the mace and sargeants before them to the east end of the 
city to wait for the earl of Abendon 2 to receive their charter 3. About 
that time severall townsmen with horses rode to meet hinl (the earl of 
Abendon). About one the earl with his company entred the East 
Gare where the mayor received the charter, who gave it to the town- 
clerk. That donc, thes horsemen rode in order up the street, the 
lnayor and his brethreu (headed by lord (?) of Glover's hall in a 1-ed 
coat and cap fur'd) followed on foot, the townclerk carried the charter 
in his hand bare-headed before the mayor and before him one of the 
sargeants carried the red box that was to coutaine it, the bells all the 
while ringing. When they came to Carfax the town musick plaïd 
from a scaffold on the east side of the conduit upon the wind-nmsick 
as they passed by to the hall. And at the saine time the conduit ran 
clarret. (They) went to the towne-hall where the earl of Abendon 
ruade a speech to thenl. Afterwards, about 3 or 4, they with the earl 
of Abendon and countr), gentlemen had a noble feast at that house 
where the judges lay; and at that time Thomas Baker the town-clerk 
was sworn. Vide Gazet, lXI., 6 Oct., where 'tis said (but false, I think) 
that bonfiers were made. 

i this note is inserted ont of place in 
the Alnmnac for July. 
 James Bertie. 
•  sec Luttrell i. 317. 
« verses in X\ ood MS. D 19 (2), fol. 
o2 (old paging, 11o). 

[October * 1684, to the right worshipfull the mayor of Oxford on Oxford's new 
charter-- (verses by) William Couldry . 
As on the flowry banke of Isis gay, 
Unknowne, unmarkt, a nameless poet lay, 
He saw the silver flood more slowly lave 
Each painted shore with a rebounding wave; 
 Wood says that Couldry was 'a 
poet that hangs on to the family of 
Sir Thomas Spencer of Yarnton.' The 
blasphemous comparison of the king to 
God the Father and the earl to Christ is 
characteristic of the flatter) of this peç[od. 



SEPT. -- OCT. 1684. 

He saw the loytring waters circle round 
And with kind eddis Mss the reedy ground, 
Then gently murmur that they must hot stay 
And, looking back, scarce softly rowl away; 
The gawdy fields forget the frost was neare 
And a new Tempe erown'd the stooping yeare. 
Whils awful wonder fix'd him thus, intent 
To guess what Heaven by these fair omens meant, 
Among the elowds themselves glad voices reare  
And all around them dash the yeilding ayre, 
As infant thunders murmur through the skie 
When lucky lambent flames shoot smiling by. 
No sooner had he left the silent shore, 
But al he saw were prodigies no more.-- 
Oxford's alive (the verie streets dedare) 
With crowding joyes that A13ENDON 2 was there. 
The tyde of bliss almost too strong does swell 
And wild delight beares downe the unequall souk 
'He cornes! He cornes! Abendon cornes in state. 
' Downe with the walls, downe with the envious gate! 
'At once let's sec, nor wait till he cornes nigher: 
' At once let's sec, and reverence and admire.' 
So on cold Zembla's frozen shores they run, 
Or Greenland's joyfull hills, to meet the sun 
Whose courteous ray does at their land arrive 
Before he came ehil'd, numm'd, scarce half alive. 
The charter cornes; even the repenting crowd, 
Growne hoarse with shouts, proclaime the news aloude. 
Even they some sparks of new good nature find 
For such a patron, so divinely kind. 
They press as if his coach it self they'd beare, 
Like Roman conquerour's, a triumphant chaire. 
The instrnmentall musick waiting staid 
To bave their part in this faire cavalcade; 
But still the lovelier vocal mounted higher, 
Like angells' anthems to a mortal lyre. 
The conduit ran with wine as heretofore 
With blood and blush that they can do no more. 
Now at the hall the charter's read, 
Like pardons scarce hop'd, never merited. 
The townclerk s speaks the giver loud and cleere-- 
So Tully would bave spoke had he been there-- 
Heaven's great vice-gerent mends their tottering stte 
And does.Heaven's monareh tly imitate 
Who us'd man's loss only to grant him more 
And fix'd (him) by the fall far higher than before. 

i.e. glad voices rear themselves 
among the clouds and dash the yielding 
air all around them. 

 the earl of Abingdon, bringing the 
new eharter. 
s marginal note:--'(Thomas) Baker.' 

VOL. III. 1 



IVOOD'S LIFE AA'D TI,IES. 

Thee, generous Pudsey 1, thee »vee seek in vaine: 
O what disloyal sickness could retaine 
Thy generous soul! Thy soule it eannot be 
Thy sickness chaines, but the last half of thee. 
Thy soule breakes forth--it must be prescrit there 
And, like glad loyer's, hover round the aire, 
Drink in the glorious newes at every dart, 
And brings that cordial to thy labring heart. 
Who for this gift sufficient thanks can have 
To Abendon who beg'd or Charles that gave ? 
Were the bright donour here, how might he spy 
Yong generons pregnant teares in every eye! 
How that part of th' offspring justly due, 
Great mediator, must be paid to you. 
Ail that remaines shal at your feet be throwne, 
AI1 that remaines when Charles has had his owne. 
Heaven is content with voice and shado's eyes 
When earth can pay no better sacrifice.] 

4 Oct., S., 2s 6d to the laundress for her quarteridge, having been 
absent two months. 
Oct. 9, Th., Digby (Gerard) lord Gerard of Gerard 13romley in 
Staffordshire died suddenly with too much drinking in a tavern in 
Covent Garden--so news l etter. [Digby  lord Gerard of 13romley, 
a beautifull yong man, and son of a most ingenious and virtuous 
mother (Digby), was utterly mar'd by keeping company with base 
lewd fellowes; was valet de chambre. He died at the Rose Taverne 
... London, 684, circ. (ann.)act. 22.] 
Oct. o, F., Mr. (Thomas) Upton 4, rector of Lockynk », died there; 
buried there. 

i Oct. 684, Su., received of Thomas Wood  4li. 5s 6d for the Fleur de lize 
rent due last Michaelmas; »vhereof I return'd li. for the college rent, Bd for an 
acquittance  (which cornes to 2s), and 6a" that I owed him s. I then received of 
him xli. fs for hall an yeare's interest for 5oli. viz. from Our Lady day last to 
Michelmas ; and li. IOS for a half yeare's interest for IOO li., riz. from Ont Lady 
day to Michaelmas last. I then remitted a quarter's interest for it, riz. from St. 

1 Sir George ludsey, reeorder of Ox- 
ford. 
 this part of the note is at the begin- 
ning of the Almanac. It is referred to 
in a note at the end of the Almanac 
'Lord I)igby Gerard, vide initium.' 
Luttrell i. 37- 
z Jane Digby, daughter of Geol'ge 
Digby of Sandon. 
« Thomas Upton, M.A. Ail So. z8 

May I657. 
 East Locking, terks. His inscrip- 
tion is copied in Wood MS. D 4, fol. 
369 . • 
 son and heir of Anthony \Vood's 
brother Christopher; he died o Aug. 
1686. 
 Anthony Wood paying ½rd of the 
charges and receiving ½rd of the rent. 
 sec suibra , p. to 9. 



OCTOB.R, 1684. I 1,5 
Thoma day (when my brother Kit took it up of esq. Stoner: to Lady day fol- 
lowing k 
1 7 Oct., F., "1 went to London. eo Oct., M., I delivered up Mr. 
Sheldon's MSS. in number about 4 74 (a catalogue  of which 1 have) 
beside very many pedegrees in parchment and paper to the Heralds' 
Office, and thereupon I received a discharge. Oct. z9, W., I return'd 
to Oxon ; it cost me 57 sh(illings). 
684 , Oct. zï, Friday, I vent to London. Oct. 8, Sat., in the afternoone 
I went to the Heralds' Office fo acquaint Sir Henry St. Georg that I had brought 
Mr. Sheldon's MSS. to London. Oct. 9, Sunday, I din'd with Sir Henry St. 
Georg and in the afternoon I went to the Tower to see Sir Edward Sherbume 
bnt (he was) hot within. Oct. 20, Munday, I din'd with Mr. Ashmole at Little 
Lambeth and in the afternoone saw his MSS. and other things. (Oct. 2z, Tnesday, 
I din'd with .John Dugdale at the Heralds' Office. Oct. 22, Wednesday, I din'd 
with Sir Henry S. Georg. Oct. 23, Thnrsday, I din'd with John Aubrey at a third 
place and I paid ail. Oct. 24, Frid., I din'd at the White Swan Tavern in Fish 
Street with Sir Henry (S. Georg) and Sir Thomas St. Georg ; Mr. Dethick, Denis, 
heralds; Mr. King and Ball, pursevants--I paid nothing. Oct. 25, S., I din'd 
with D(ick) Hnggens and Mr. Nall at The Meeremaid by Gray's In Gare. Oct. 
6, Su., with Sir Edward Sherburne and his brother. Oct. 27, M., with Sir 
Thomas S. Georg; at night, with Dr.(Thomas) Gale. Oct. 28, T., with Sir 
Henry St. Georg ; af night, with Sir Charles Scarbury. Oct. 29, W., I went to 
Oxon, conducted by the herald. 
Oct. 26, Sunday, at 5 in the morning, lord Powis 4 his house in the 
corner of Lyncoln's hm's Fields next to Queen Street was burnt -- 
thirtie thousand pound loss and two yong men burnt, viz. his page and 
a yong toaster of the horse to the lord Herbert 6 his son and beire 
whome he dayly expected from France. 
About Oct. 27, Munday, died (Charles) Andrews r, B.A. and 
fellow of New Coll., buried in the north cloister about the middle. 
z9 Oct., Wedn., died Dr. Georg Morley, bishop of Winton, circa 
horam . . . (at Farnham Castle, saith Mr. (Andrew) Allure). 
29 Oct., W., Thomas Crosthwayt declared hot principal of St. 
Edmund Hall. Vide Edmund hall and papers there. Mr. Allure 
saith 30 Oct. in Edmund hall and the papers there. 
Reported that Mr. John Roswell (Fasli I667) , canon of Windsor 

 a slip pasted in here gives Wood's 
reckoning of what was due to him :-- 
' Fleur de liz rent 4li. 5s 6d (less) Coll. 
rent Iii. and acquittance s; half an 
year's interest for 5oli. dne at Michad- 
mas 684; 3 quarters (interest)for a 
Iooli : 
 Wood MS. B 7- 

z this note is inserted out of place in 
the Almanac for August. 
 William Herbert, earl (afterwards 
marquess) of Powis. 
» Luttrell i. 318. 
 William Herbert. 
 Charles Andrewes, B.A. New C. 
:4 Apr. 1683. 
I 2 



xx6 WOOD'S LI'FE AND TIMES. 

and fellow of Eaton, died at Windsor about Munday, Oct. 2 7- [He i 
died at :Eaton Thursday, 3 ° Oct. and left several books to C. C. Coll. 
library]. Mr. John Roswell (aged 5o or therabouts) gave such books 
to C. C. C. library that they had hot, which is the 3rd part of his 
library. In his fellowship of :Eaton succeeded [ • . • Churchill 2 a 
yong Master of Queen's Coll., brother to the lord Churchhill] 
and in his canonry of Windsore succeeded Dr. William Cave of 
Cambr. 
l'ovember.--In the beginning of Nov. died at Inglefeld by... 
in Berks Mr. Benjamin Woodbridge--buried..., who for some small 
rime before conformed and frequented Common Prayer. 
Nov. 2, Su., Dr. Thomas Sprat, deane of Westminster, consecrated 
bishop of Roff. at Lambeth--see the Gazet. Put in lire (in the 
Nov. 3, M., Dr. (Peter) Mews declared bishop of Winton by the 
King in eouncill, as reported; and about a week after the president 
and societie of St. John's sent a letter of congmtulation to him by 
the hands of Ambrose Bonwick one of their societie. 
Nov. 5, W., Peter Birch, B.D., chaplain of Ch. Ch., preached at 
S. Marie's the 'gunpowder' sermon, but hOt so satyricall against the 
papists as was expected. 
Nov. 8, S., ][r. Charles Hickman, Ch. Ch., speech'd it in lauàem 
Thomae Bodley in the Schola linguarum. 
The saine day, Thomas Chrostwait eleeted principal of Edmund 
hall. Vide Edmund hall, Mr. Allum's note there s. 2 9 Oct., Crost- 
wait declared not principal of Edmund hall: 8 Nov., elected principal 
again, but refused admission--see in Edmund hall and the loose 
papers there. Mention'd before in this year (supra, p. I 15). 

 the words in square brackets are 
a later correction. 
z the words in square brackets were 
scored out later and this note added :-- 
' Churchill had the king's mandat for 
it ; but the provost and fellows had 
elected one of King's Coll. Cantab. be- 
fore it came--to the King's dislike.' 
Theobald Churchill, M.A. Queen's 13 
June I683. 
 the note in question, in Allam's 
hand, is now round in MS. Tanner 454 
fol.  :- ' On the 3oth of Oetob. Dr. 
John Lloyd, viceehaneellor, deelared 
Mr. Thomas Chrosthwait's prineipality 
of Edmund hall» void, for his having 

neglected to subscribe the declaration 
against taking up arms etc., required by 
the Act of Uniformity, or (as others 
then said) for his keeping his fellow- 
ship of Queen's with the said headship 
contrary to the Statuta Aularia. On 
the 8th of Nov. he was by a rascally 
trick of Trowhere's, oue of the senior 
fellows, re-elected by the majority of 
but one single vote, extremely against 
the will of Dr. Timothy Halton the pro- 
vost.' John Troughear, M.A. Queen's 
I6 May 1674. In MS. Tanner 454 fol. 
I4- is a long note in Allam's hand 
about S. Edmund Hall. 



OCT.  NOV. 1684. 1 I7 
About the  o day 1 of Nov. died... Guillim a gentleman of Here- 
fordshire at Spencer's in Magd. parish: buried in Magd. parish 
Church. He died Thursday, Nov.  3. 
[Thomas Guillim , eldest son of William Guillim of Langston in the parish of 
Langarran in Herefordshire, died in the house of... Spencer a grocer living in 
St. Marie Magd. parish 14 Nov. (being Friday eady in the morning) anno 1684 ; 
and was buried (T., I8 Nov.) in the chappell of Balliol College (of which College 
he had then a brother 3 that was a student) on the north side under the seat where 
the commoners sit. (Arms :--) ' sable a horse head erased or, between 3 gaunt- 
lets or armed arms argent' : (crest :--) ' an arme armed argent holding in a hand 
proper a sword argent.' He married ... daughter of... Mathews of the Postles 
in the parish of Keinton in Herefordshire, sine prole]. 
Nov. 14 or therabout John Dale, rector of Stanlake, died; buried 
there. [He* died on Wedn. Nov. 2--so Mr. (William) Colbyfrom 
lXIr. (Robert) Bartelmew.] 
[Edward Jones , M.D., went to London in Nov. t 684 to practise 
physic: lived in Bishopsgate or Aldersgate street : died there t686.] 
Nov. tS, S., John  Lock, Mr. of Arts and (student) of physic, 
student of Ch. Ch., was expell'd for whiggisme, being then I think in 
Holland at Amsterdam. The reason, because he kept company and 
was great with Robert Ferguson and Ford (Grey) lord Grey of 
Wark at the Hague, which was complain'd ofby (Thomas) Chudleghe, 
resident at the Hague, to count Ch(arles) Middleton secretary of 
state to the king in England, who giving notice thereof to bishop 
(John) Fell and wondring why he was suffered to keep his place, 
was therefore expelled. When the crop-ear'd  plot broke out, he 
left Oxon and conveyed then away with him several letters and 
writings that would have spoken tmth ; never search'd--which if he 
had been popishly affected, it would have been done. This Lock is 
supposed to be authour of ' The Hue and Crie after the Earl of 
Essex his blood,' the same earl of Essex (Arthur Capel) ,«ho 
cut his throat in the tower. A week or 8 dayes* before he was 
expell'd, there was a programma stuck up in the hall to summon  
him home by t Jan. next, but these letters comming from the secre- 
tary in the meane rime the deane dashed his naine out, Sat., Nov.  5. 

 ' the beginning' corrected to ' 
day,' and further corrected in the last 
sentence. 
 note in Wood MS. F 4, P- 156- 
s James Gwillym, M.A. Ball. 6 July 
I682, Senior Proctor 169L 
 this part of the note was added 
later, but was afterwards scored out. 

 note in MS. Rawl. D olim 129o. 
 'Joh.' with 'Th.', i.e. Thomas, 
written over it. 
 Wood had begun to write 'crop- 
year'd,' but corrected himself. 
 substitnted for ' a fortnight.' 
 ' summon' changed to 'summonirg,' 
but ' to ' hot struck out. 



1 18 'OOZ)'S LIFE &rD 

Nov. 19,W. , hall an yeares rent of m(onsieu)r for racket c(o)urt and use mony, 
81i.  s Bd. 
20 N.ov., Thursd. 1, ... widow of sargeant Holloway died. 
lews letter, 2o Nov., Th., Dr. (William) Trumball of Doctors Commons was 
yesterday knighted and is to go secretary to the Lord Livetenant of Ireland elect 
i. e. Latxrence (Hyde) earl of Roff. This is Dr. Trumball, sometimes fellow of 
Ails., now chancellor of Roff. (He did not go secretary).---Sir William Escourt 
was this day carried into the country to be inter'd in Wilts. 
Nov. 22, S., 25s (due from) monsieur. 
Nov. 25 or thereabouts duke of Monmouth came incognito to Whitehall. 
2.5 Nov., T., lord Windsore , (eldest son ofthe) earl of Plymmoth s was buried 
. by his ancestors at Torbeck in Warwicshire in which parish his seat called Hewell 
Grange is situated, tIe died at his wive's estate who was a Turvey of Leycester- 
shire, aetat. 25, about a fortnight before. 
Nov. 25, T., received of Mr. R(alph) Sh(eldon) 4oli., a legacy 
lcft to me by 5If. R(alph) Sh(eldon) of Beoly* 
Nov. 27, Th., cl(ean) sheets. 
27 Nov., Th., Dr. (Thomas) Sprat install'd bishop of Roff. ; vide Mr. (Andrew) 
Allum's ' Cathedral Papers.' 
27 Nov., Th., news that (William Cavendish) eafl of Devon(shire) was very 
latclie dead. 
Nov. 29, S., 1684, Mr. (Arthur) Charlet told me that Dr. (Peter) 
Dumoulin (prebendary) of Canterbury had been dead about z 
months. Quaere 5Ir. (White) Kennet. 
Dr. Gilbert ]3urnet, outed from his preachership at the Rolls about 
the latter end of this month for certaine expressions used in his 
sermon on the 5 Nov. last at the Rolls, and for his favouring the 
lord Russel » before and after his triall 6. (Afterwards to vindicate 
himself he published the sermon T.) Thomas 5Ianningham suc- 

 substituted for ' Nov. 15, Sat.', and 
then the whole note scored out. 
: Other Windsor, (by courtesy) baron 
Windsor. 
 Thomas Hickman (who took the 
name of Windsor), 7th baron Vfindsor, 
created earl of Plymouth 6 I3ec. 682 ; 
died in 1687. 
4 su_#m, p. 98 : hot to be confounded 
with the Iooli. promised susbra , p. 82. 
» X¥illiam Russell, lord Russell 
(eldest son of William tussell fifth earl 
of Bedford) tried for the tye-house plot 
3 June 1683 (Wood 428 A nos. 3 and 
4 are narratives of the trial) ; beheaded 
21 Jdy 1683 (Wood428 A no. 7 is' The 
last speech and behaviour of William 
lord 1Russell' Lond. 1683, price 6d). 

6 Wood 428 A (II) is 'The speech 
of the late lord Russel, 21 July 1683,' 
price 2d. Wood there notes :--' This 
speech was published within few houres 
of the lord Russell's death: and two 
dayes after Dr. John Tillotson and Dr. 
Gilbert Btarnet were summoned before 
the councell to give an account whethet 
it was the same speech that he delivered 
in writing on the stage (i. e. scaffold) 
and whether Dr. 13urnet had hOt a hand 
in it.' Wood 428 A contains several 
of the pamphlets called forth by this 
speech. 
 Gilbert Burnet' A sermon on Psm 
xxii. 21 preached on 5 Nov.', Lond. 
1684, 4to. 



NOV.- DEC. 1684. 

ceeded him» see in Thomas Manningham in New Coll. among the 
writers. 
Latter end of Nov. or beginning of Dec. (William) Musgrave, 
LL.B. and fellow of New Coll., chose secretary of the Royal Society 
in the place of Dr. (Robert) Plot. 
Deeember.uDec. 2, T., paid Mr. Barret his score; I4s 6d.u 
Letters say that Dr. John Sudbury, deane of Durham, died on the 
ist day (Munday) and (it is) reported that Dr. Dennis Greenvil, 
preb. of Durham, somtimes of Exeter Coll., will succeed him. 
Dec. 11, Th., I gave a scio to Sr. (Robert) Whitehall and S r. 
(William) Somner of !Iert. Coll. 
[I 3 Dec. 1684, (Wood ruade a Catalogue 1) from the private shop 
of Nicholas Cox, manciple of S. Edmund Hall, who had most of the 
playes 2 from Mr. Gerard Langbaine.] 

 ' Catalogue no. 7'; PP-  5 o, with an 
index ; now in Wood MS. E 4 ; O.C. 
8536 no. 74- 
 another (nndated) Catalogue of 
plays by Wood, which is now found in 
Wood MS. D 8, may be noted here :- 
'Catalogue of such playes that were in 
the hands of Mr. (John)Horne somtimes 
fellow of Oriel Coll. They came after 
his death into the hands of Mr. John 
Houghton of Brasnose; then into Mr. 
Hearne's of St. Aldate's parish ; then 
into the hands of Ralph Sheldon of 
Weston, esq.'--The fate of the Sheldon 
Collection of plays is thus described by 
Dr. Blissin anote on p. 263 ofhis 848 
edition of Wood's life. The Sheldon 
library was dispersed by auction in 
78x ; ' One of the most valuable lots, 
namely 4-2 (" Large Collection of 
scarce old Flays by vafious authors, 
bonnd in 56 volumes, quarto"), was 
purchased by King the bookseller for 
51L 5s; it was repurchased at the book- 
sellel:s private auction after the sale for 
8li. I$ by (John) Dennis (a book- 
seller); and sold by him for 3Ili. IOS 
to Henderson the actor on the spot, for 
Henderson accompanied by Isaac Reed 
had walked down from London to 
Weston, partly to attend the sale and 
partly to pay their devotions at the 
shrine of Shakspeare at Stratford which 
was hard by. It may be added that 

many of the rarest of the old plays 
have since found their way into the 
Bodleian. Henderson allowed 
round) Malone to select such as were 
wanting in his collection at the time of 
the sale at Weston. Consequently the 
University library now contains one of 
the most curious, if hOt the very best, 
dramatic library in the kingdom.'--- 
The mention of John Houghton, suivra 
in this note, enables me to jot down 
here two references by Wood in Wood 
MS. E 4 to MSS. in his possession : 
(a) ' Some notes in English eoncerning 
the severall foundations of Ch. Ch. 
bave by me (here they now are in 
the Wood Collection, I bave hot yet 
diseovered), eollccted from Dr. (eon- 
ard) Hutten's book of the antiquity of 
the University written by way of letter 
to a friend of his (the beginning is 
" Sir, your two questions ; the one con- 
cerning the antiquity of Oxford" ...) ; 
therin are brief notes of the antiquity of 
severall religious places in Oxon : but 
vorth nothing for my purpose.--One 
copie ? of the whole treatise by Hut- 
ten) is in Mr. (ohn) Longford's hands, 
viear of Comnore ; a second in Mr. 
(Richard) Washbourne's of Ch. Ch., 
which after his death came to Mr. 
(John) Washbourne of Oriel; a third 
in Mr. (John) Houghton's hands of 
Brasnose ; a fourth in Mr. News' hands 



x OEo bVOOD'S I.[FE AND T[A[ES. 

Dec. x4, Su., Dionys Greenvill installed dean of Durham (W. 6): 
lIr. (Andrew) Allum's ' Cathedral Papers' saith x sth Dec. 
fin Convocation 1, bi., 15 Dec. 1684, Edward Gerrard and William 
Simms both admitted B.A. in Cambridge, incorporated here about 
two yeares agoe, and now of Ball. Coll., were allowed to take I.A. 
--In the saine Convocation the Delegates of the chancellour chose 
John Holloway, esq., under-steward of the University, in the place 
of Sir Richard Holloway, knight, his father, resigning. Their letters 
patent for it were dated, lI., x5 Dec. 1684.] 
Dec. x 7, Wedn., about i x or lZ at night several lusty fellows (about 
5 (or) 6) with aprons wrapt about them [pull'd  down some of the 
railes before Ball. Coll.] and broke windowes in S. Giles and Magd. 
parishes. These they call ' Scourers." 

Dec. x 7, W., paid Mr. J'eanes butler of Merton Coll. my battles for the quarter 
ending at S. Katherine-time a, 3 s. 
Dec. 2o, S., laundress her quarter, 4s ; good-wife Payne her quarter, fs. 
Dec. 22, M., lord Hawley4» the great bull-maker or maker of nonsensesicall 
puns, died 22 Dec., aged 76 ; and in his place of gentleman of the bedchamber to 
the Duke of York succeeded the lord Churchill 5. In a pamphlet intituled ' A 
Seasonable Argument 6 fo perswade, etc.,' which I have (p. 6) thus :--' Francis 
lord Hawley, burgess for St. liichael's in Comwall, captaine of his Majestie's 
troop, gentleman of the bedchamber to the duke, and court buffoone, has got in 
boones 2%ooo li.' 

Dec. 26, F., T(homas) Hatton , /vI.A., and one of the senior 
fellows of Bras. Coll., died suddenly of an apoplexy; buried in the 
cloister neare to the grave of Ch(arles) Sheringdon on the left hand. 
Apoplexeys now frequent in yong people. 

29 Dec., M., the news letter told us that Sir Georg Etheridge was lately 
nominated to goe to Ratisbone to represent the King at the diet thêre. 

(butler of Exeter College) which I now 
have in my hands (l'4ews' father or 
brother was servant to Dr. Hutten).' 
(b) ' Mr. (John) Houghton of Brasennos 
hath another little MS. eoneeming the 
antiquity of the University of Oxon, 
divided in 3 books (prineipium :" Ail 
truth is of itself as glourious" etc.) ; I 
saw it in Mr. (Matthew) Hutton's hands, 
Aug. 2I, I669.' This second note is 
on a loose slip, alongside of the first; 
but it is hot clêar whether Wood meant 
to say that the second, as well as the 
first, MS. was by Leonard Hutten. 
 note in 1S. Bodl. 594, P.   2. 
* the words in square brackets are 

scored out. Till 774 Balliol College 
front in Broad Street was screened by 
an enclosure like that in front of S. 
John's. 
s S. Katherine's day is 25 i'qovember. 
 Sir Francis Hawley, created baron 
Hawley of Donamore in the peerage of 
Ireland, in July 646. 
» John Churchill. 
 Wood 6o8 (5 o) ' A seasonable argu- 
ment to perswade all the grand juries 
in England to petition for a new parlia- 
ment," Amsterdam (which Wood notes 
is a blind for ' London ') 677. 
 Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, 
P- 3ï9. 



I)ECE«IÆER, 1684. I 21 

I)ec. 3o, T., died at Highgate by London Sir William I)olben sometimes of the 
Inner Temple and a judge *. Fasti, 1665. 
Dec. 3' '-', W., died Sir Harbottle Grimston, Master of the Rolls, aged neare 90 ; 
buried at Gorhambury by Verulam. (Entered) in SirGeoÆge Croke (in the Ath.) 
Succeeded 3 by SirRobert Sawyer, attorney general ; rather Sir John Trevor. 

Mr. Joynor's acquittances are at the end of Mr. Sheldon's Almanacks 1684. 
Box Money--Tom Collins, 6d; Robert Church, ... ; Purter's boy, s; Dr. 
Lamphire's wo(man), 6d; Dan. Collins, Is ; V¢ill., 6d; Mary, lS 6d; to John 
Wood, 2s 6d; John Jennings (Dr. Lamphire's man), IS 6d. 
t684 l, at Xtmas rime were these bishops-in-England following educated in 
Oxon :- 
Dr. John Dolben, Archbp. York, Ch. Ch. 
Dr. Henry Compton, London, Queen's. 
Dr. l'eter Mews, Winton, S. John's. 
Dr. ]:rancis Turner, Ely, New Coll. 
Dr. Thomas Barlow, Lyncoln, Qu. Coll. 
Dr. Thomas Wood, Lichfield, Ch. Ch. 
Dr. Thomas Kenn, Bath and Wel]s, New Col]. 
Dr. Thomas Lamplugh, Exon., Qu. Coll. 
Dr. (William) Thomas, Wigorn., Jesns Coll. 
Dr. Herbert Croft, Hereford, Ch. Ch. 
Dr. Guy Carleton, Chichester, Qu. Coll. 
Dr. Thomas Sprat, Roff., Wadh. Coll. 
Dr. John Fell, Oxford, Ch. Ch. 
Dr. (William) Bew, Landaff, New Coll. 
Dr. Humphrey Lloyd, Bangor, Oriel Coll. 
Dr. William Lloyd, S. Asaph, Jesus Coll. 
Dr. Nathaniel Crew, Durham, Lync. Coll. 
Dr. (Thomas) Smith, Carlile, Qu. Coll. 
Dr. (Robert) Frampton, Gloucester, C.C.C. 
Dr. Seth Ward, Sarum, partly of Oxon partly of Cambr. 
Isle of Man not yet disposed of. 
684, at Xtmas rime were these bishops-in-England following educated in 
Cambridge. 
Canterbury, Dr. William Sancroft 
l'qorwych, Dr. (Anthony) Sparrow 
Peterborough, Dr. (William) Lloyd 
Bristow, Dr. (John) Lake 
St. David's, Dr. Laurence Womack 
Chester, Dr. John Pierson 
Sature, Dr. Seth Ward, partly of Cambr., partly of Oxon. 

(Wood 276A no. XXIX is a coloured plate of date 1684, ' A true representa- 
tion of the grand visir's standard taken at Vienna.') 

 Puisne Justice of the King's Bench. 
u Luttrell i. 324 says ' z Jan. I68.' 
3 Sir John Churchill succeedeà on 
Jan. I68 ; Sir John Trevor followed 

on 2o Oct. t685. 
! the two lists following are found 
in the beginning of the Almanac for 
1685. 



IOEŒE I, VOOD'S LIFE AND TIilIES. 

[Mr. William  Napier of Holywell, son of Edward Napier of the 
said place, had a farine house in Cowley neare Oxon. To this house 
did belong a certaine piece of ground, in a bo,,,,,=, rather in a bottome, 
called (since, as it seems) Hockley-in-the-Hole. This peice of 
ground, which is worth 4ll. per annum, was by the said William 
Napier let for many yeares to one... Badger, a mason, living in 
St. Peter's (in the) East (and a Roman Catholic, as Napier was); 
who built an house theron, about the latter end of Queen Elizabeth, 
for a hiding-hole of a priest or any other lay-Catholic in rimes of 
persecution. Afterwards ruade a cornmon alehouse. Which con- 
tinued so till about 1678 ; and then falling to ruine, the house, 
stones, and all, were taken away and sold 1684, Sergeant R(ichard) 
tlolloway being thcn the owner.] 

168 nd 168 : 

37 Car. II 
1 Jac. II : Wood aet. 53. 

(This Almanac contains a slip of Andrew Allure's. At the beginning of the 
Almanac are these notes 
Saunders, 1685, 4 d (the naine and price of this Almanac.) 
Armes of Dr. John Budden on his picture in W. Collier's hands are--quarterly 
sable and or a lyon passant argent on the Ist quarter. 
z 7 July x678 , rent of Wildgoose, see in that Almanac. 

January.----About New Year's day (Donogh M'Carty) earl of 
Clancartie (an Irish count) lately of Ch. Ch.  was married at West- 
minster to the earl of Sunderland's daughter s. 
Beginning of this month reported that Dr. (Richard) Thompson, 
deane of ]3ristow, was suspended his place by the bishop ((John) 
Lake) and that he was receeded to Sarum to Dr. (Thomas) Pierce. 
Quaere, an fals ? 
]3eginning of Jan., William Walker, B.D., schoolmaster of Grant- 
haro in Lyncolnshire, author of the book of particles 4 and other 
things, died in the beginning of January. (Entered in the Alh.) in 
Thomas Willis i655. 
(John) Athrop, rector of Weston-subter-Wethele near¢ Camden 

» .note in Wood MS. E I, fol. 183. 
u 'Donnugh Macarty, earl of Clan- 
carty in Ireland, lived in the condition 
of a student in the lodgings of Dr. 
John Fell, deane of Ch. Ch., an. 68I, 
aged I " yeares; hot matriculated in 
Eastet terre 683'--note by Wood in 

Wood MS. D I (O. C. 8512 ). 
* Elizabeth Spencer, second daughter 
of Robert Spencer earl of Sunderland. 
 William Walker, Trin. Coll. 
Camb., ' A treatise of English patticles' 
Lond. I655 , 8vo. 



.-IIVU4R Y, 1685. 

in Glouc., died about the beginning of Jan., verie rich, having been 
alwaies of a covetuous and luggish disposition. Bred up in Mert. 
Coli. where he was IVIr. of Arts, afterwards chaplain to William (and 
James) lord Say, by whose meanes he had that rich rectory confer'd 
on him. ]3uried at Weston, quaere. 
Jan. :3, S., fl(annel) sh(irt). 
Jan. :3, 4, 5 (S., Su., M.), as cold as any day last yeare i viz. in 
Dec. or Jan. I683. 
Jan. 7, Wednesday, Mr. Ralph Sheldon of Barton and I being in 
ma upper roome at the bliter next to the street, he told me that he 
would give me an looh', in the latter end of next summer towards the 
printing of my bookL (I) writ twice to put him in mind of it. 
Candlemas day I685 (i.e. 2 Feb. x68-) he told me ' he would pay 
me and that in good time.' 
Jan. 8, Th., news that Sir John Churchill is marie Master of the Rolls in loco 
Harbotfle Grimston. Churchill of Churchill in coin. Somerset, attomey to the 
duke of Yorke. 
Upon the promotion of Sir John Churchill, Sir Edward Herbert, sometimes 
fellow of New Coll., was marie attorney to the duke of York, being at that time 
attomey general in Ireland and Lord Chief Justice of Chester in Sir (George) 
Jeffryes' place (Lord Chief Justice of England). 
Thursd., 8 Jan., (Edwin) Sandys, LL.B., one of the senior fellows 
of New Coll., died of the small pox between 6 and 7 at night. 
Buried the 9th (F.) in the (west cloister). Funeral kept lo(th) (S.) 
at night. 
Jan. 12, 1I., Gregory 4, the son, of Cuxham, after he had been 
strouling beyond sea for some time to trail a pyke in the Low 
Countries, returned into England and died at Cholseley neare Wal- 
lingford (Jan. x2), where an estate came to him by his mother, if 
hOt before imbesill'd. 

Mtmday, 2 Jan., . . ., widdow of William lord 19etre, died; and her daughter * 
and heir named (Mary) (borne in the Tower while the father was a prisoner) 
died  (S.)Jan. 7 following. Thomas Petree, yonger brother to William lord 
Petree, succeeds in his honours. 
Jan. 18, Su., died Wentworth Dillon earl of Roscommon, gentleman or Master 
of the horse to the duchess of York, at his house neare to St. Jeames. (,M.A. 

* counting the year as beginning on 
25 March. 
" see supra, p. 82. 
 Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, 
p. 225. 
 Edmund Gregory: see vol. i. pp. 

233, 245- 
» Bridget, daughter of John Pincheon 
of Writtle. 
 substituted for ' son.' 
 the news was false: she was married 
aftcrwards to George Heneage, esq. 



1oE4 VOOD'S LIFE AND TIIIlES. 
Oxford, quaere ; false, vide Fasti, I683). 
(Muddiman's letter saith he is only sick.) Succeeded by lord (Charles) Moray 
a Scot. Lord Murrey was belote Master of the horse to the prince of Denmark 
(Georg). Capt .... Berkly marie Mr. of the horse to the said prince of Denmarke 
in the place of the lord Murray. Almerick Courcey lord Kinsale succeeds lord 
Roscommon in his office of Colonell in Ireland. 
19 Jan., Munday, Mr. William Jenkyn, a great Nonconformist, died in Newgate 
on Munday, Jau. 
bave. 
Jan. 20, T., news that the King was pretty well recovered of the 
gout. 
Jan. 2, Th., F.dmund Napier, a popish schoolmaster in lXlagd. 
parish, died; buried in Holywell chancell by his ancestors, Jan. 23, 
Friday. 
25 Jan., Su., Conversion of Paul, Dr. Thomas Ken consecrated at 
Lambeth bishop of ]3ath and Wells, sec Gazer. With the King ail 
the time of his sickness and gave him the sacrament. 
26 Jan., l\Iunday, Convocation wherin the degree of Bac. of Div. 
was granted to Luke ]3eaulieu s, sec NN. 20. Succeeded F.dmund 
lXIajor in the rectory of Whitchurch Oct.  685. 
[In 4 the saine Convocation, lXI., 26 Jan. x68, the chancellor's 
letters were read in behalf of Roger Twysden of Ch. Ch., heir to 
Sir William Twysden, bart., to be Bac. of Arts.] 
26 Jan., IX'L, I went to Weston to translate lXIr. (Ralph) Sheldon's 
library to another rome  and stayed ther till 9 Feb. (lXl.). I sent by 
little Robin ....... Ch(arles) ]3ayoek ...... 
Jan. 3 o, F., Mr. John Haselwood, fellow of Oriel, preached the 
king's fast sermon at S. bIarie's. 
Colds and feavers are very frequent in Oxon this month. 
(A list of cathedral dignitaries at Rochester, in Jan. x68, sent by 
Robert Conny ' to lIr. White Kennet of S. Edm. Hall in Oxford,' 
and by him given to Wood, is found in Wood MS. E 3 fol. 288, 289. ) 
February.--Dr. John Ludwell married  Feb., Su., in Wadh. 
Coll. chapel to... Heywood. 
 Feb., Su., William lord Allington 7, lievtenant of the Tower, died. 

1 his ' Essay on translated verse ' 
Lond. 1684, 4to, is in Wood 3o (6). 
Wood 48z is his 'Horace's Art of 
Poetry' Lond. [November] 168o. 
 on 4 Jan., see Luttrell i. 3z6. 
 ' Luke Beaulien, " clericus," ad- 
mitted to read in the Bodleian 27 July 
I68o; chaplain fo George Jeffries, Lord 
Chancellor'Wood's note in Wood 

MS.E 5. 
 note in MS. Bodl. 594, P- xI3. 
 see supra, p. 1o3. 
a a line has been cut off by the 
binder. 
u William Allington, second baron 
Allington in the peerage of Ireland» 
created baron A11ington in the peerage 
of England 5 Dec. 68. 



AA . -- FE. 1685.  25 
Georg (Legge) lord Dartmouth suceeeded him, by nomination of 
King C(harles) (I think). 
[Robert Crosse l, Mr. of Arts and fellow of Balliol Coll., son of Andrew Crosse 
of Broomfield in Somersetshire esquire, died in Balliol Coll. on T., the third day 
of February x68 ; and was buried, F., 6 of the said month, on the north side of 
Ball. Coll. chappell under the seates where the batlers sit. (Arms :--) 'quarterly 
argent and gules, in the first quarter a cross flory of the second' : (crest) ' a cross 
parée fitchée argent between a paire of wings gules each bearing a cross croslet 
of the first.'] 
(Allure) His majestie King Charles the 2nd of blessed memory 
fell ill  of an apoplectical fit (1I.) Feb. the 2nd about 8 in the 
morning ; he continued senseless till about halfe an hour after ten. 
On the 4th (W.) at night, Dr. (John) Lloyd our vicechancellor 
authorized us to pray for him in our chappels according to the usual 
form prescribed by the Church, which was done accordingly. On 
Thursday night, viz. on the 5th, he sent about a form of thanksgiving, 
to be inserted in the general form of thanksgiving, which we used 
till Sunday morning; for we received not certain news of his death 
at Oxford till after evening prayer on Saturday. He died s between 
  and z at noon on the 6th, riz. on a Friday, and was interred 
privately in King Henry the 7th's chappel in King James's vault on 
the 14th (S.) following. King James the znd was proclaimed at 
London about 5 a clock that day the King died. He was proclaimed 
here at Oxon on (W.) the i th with great solemnity. 
Feb-4 3, 1Iunday, the King taken with a violent fit of an apoplexy 
and convulsion about 8 in the morning (supposed to arise from a 
plaister laid lately to one of his feet, or feet, to cure his lameness, 
see Gazet). His fit continued the greater part of 3 houres. Dr. 
Edmund King, the first physitian that came to court, blooded him 
without the consent of any other physitian which did good for the 
present. (Feb. 5, Th.) said in the gazet to be well recovered, 
wherupon thanksgiving were ruade in all chapels (in) Oxon.--I have 
the vice-chancellor's paper ». Feb. 6, F., between   and z died 
the King at Whitehall; the same day about 4 in the afternoone 
was James, duke of York, proclaimed King ç at Whitehall gate by 

 note in Wood MS. F 4, P. I56. 
 see Evelyn's Diary under date 4 
Feb. 68 ; Luttrell i. 327. 
- Wood 429 (39) is ' A Pindarick 
Ode on the death of King Charles II," 
Oxf. 1685. 
4 this note is by Wood. 
n see ittfra, p.  6. 

« Wood notes :--' bring in here the 
Kîng's natural children; and his wife 
put upon him by Clar(endon).' 
 Wood 66o C (33) is the directions 
for the eonsequent alterations in the 
State prayers in the book of Common 
Prayer, dated 6 Feb. 68. 



IoE6 WOOD'S LIFE AArD TIC[ES. 

the naine of King James 2, at Temple barr, and the Royall Ex- 
change; vide Gazet. Soon after, the dutchess of Portsmouth i fled 
from Whitehall to the French embassador's house; commanded by 
King James not to depart Eng|and till shee had paid her debts u. 
Feb. I2, Thursday, at night 3 the king's body was carried to the 
Princes' Lodgings at Westminster where it continued till Saturday 
night. Feb. t4, Saturday night, (S. Valentine's day), his body was 
buried in Henry VIFs chappell at the east end of Westminster 
church ; vide Gazet. 

(The text of the vice-chancellor's letter which is given here is placed within 
square brackets ; it is hot in Wood's hand. The comments on it which follow are 
by Wood.) 
[' Upon this great occasion of his majestie's happy reeovery from his late 
imminent danger, I coneeive it convenient and proper that publie thanks be 
returned to Almighty Goal. And to that end I judge the saine may be performed, 
by reading (instead of the clause inserted in the General Thanksgiveing in the 
liturgy) the following period, or words to the like effeet :-- 
t'articularly for tke deliverance lately granted go out Sovereign Lord the ICing, 
who»t in tlty enseakeable love go tkis Church and A7agion tkou hast broug/t back 
from rite gares of death and continued iu the land of the liveing-- 
to ,vhieh may be subjoyned the Collect for peaee and deliveranee, ete.'] This 
paper was sent to every Head of House in Oxon (Thursd., 5 Feb.) when the 
report went about that the King was recovered. He was prayed for on Thursday 
(Feb. 5) (being the day before he died) at evening prayer, Friday moming and 
evening (the day he died), and on Saturday morning. At diner time (Sat., Feb. î) 
the report was that he was dead. 

(Allure) On Feb. 3rd (T.) a citation was fix'd upon Queen's Coll. 
Chappel by the authority of the Commissioners empowered by John 
Dolben, arch-bishop of York, to visit that College in relation ehiefly 
to the provost's place and out principality*. The Commissioners 
began to sit in the provost's lodgings Feb. the 9th (IL) at one a 
dock in the afternoon and eontinued sitting every day till  ... 
Feb. 4 ", W., citation stuek up in Queen's Coll. Chapel dore by 
certaine commissioners appoint'd by John (Dolben) archbishop of 
York  (who a little before had reeeived an appeale from Dr. 

 Louise de Querouaille. 
* see Luttrell i. $28. 
z here followed, but scored out :-- 
« the King was privatly buried at West- 
minster in the vault of King James-- 
so the coffey ferrer.' See Evelyn's 
I3iary under date 14 Feb. 68; Lut- 
trell i. 
* Wood notes :--' vide papers in Ed- 

round hall.' 
s here Allumes note ends at the end 
of the slip. The next slip is in Wood's 
hand, and continues the narrative of 
proceedings. I have attached it how- 
ever fo Wood's own note. Sec infra. 
 Wood's note. 
 the archbishop of York is Visitor 
of Queen's College. 



FEBR UAR Y, 1t38.5. 

(Timothy) Halton, provost of the said college) to examine the 
fellowes about a decree that was by a majoritie of them ruade against 
the provost. Their names were Dr. (Henry) Aylworth, chancellor 
of the diocese of Oxford ; Dr. Thomas James, of Ails. ; Dr. H(enry) 
Smith. canon of Ch. Ch. ; Dr. William Levet, of Magd. Hall; Dr. 
RoMand Townshend; and Dr. (Hugh)Wyn, ofAll Souls. Feb. 9, 
(M., T.), they sate in the provost's lodgings to examine the matter. 
(They sat till it) was a the 4th (S.). On that day they sealed up 
their papers in order to convey them to York. Dr. Henry Ayle- 
worth, chancellor of the diocese ; Dr. Thomas James, warden of Ails. 
Coll. ; Dr. Henry Smith, canon of Ch. Ch. ; Dr.William Levet, principal 
of Magd. Hall ; Dr. Ch(arles) Perot of St. John's ; Dr. (RoMand) 
Townend and Dr. (Hugh)Wyn of Ails., were the commissioners. 
N., 23 Feb. 1683, Dr. (Timothy) Halton sent his man to York 
with the Commissioners' papers, who return'd to Oxon Th., 5 March, 
• «'ith a letter from the archbishop to the Provost, acquainting him that 
he would hot corne to a resolution so as to determine matters at the 
College till the session of Parliament to be in May following, at which 
rime he desired to consult persons eminent in all facul(ties). 
Feb. 5, Th., Convocation, wherein 'twas allowed to Charles Hick- 
man 2 of Ch. Ch. to transfer termes. Feb. 6, F., he and (Robert) 
Harsnet of Ch. Ch. were presented Drs. of Divinity. 
[The manner " of proclamation of King James 
Feb. 6, Friday, the king (Charles II) died at Whitehall inter horas 
xi et xii apud meridiem, and the saine day about 4 or 5 James duke 
of York was proclaimed king by the naine of James Il at Whitehall 
gates, Temple barr, and the old Exchange. 
Feb. io, T., at night, several country gentlemen of Oxfordshire 
came into Oxon to attend the proclamation the next day there. 
Feb. x I, W., about xi of the dock the said gentlemen, that met at 
the Cross Inn, went out of the East gate to meet the earl of Abendon 
(James Bertie), Lord Leivtenant of the countie and Sir John Doyly 

the High Sheriff; and soon after 
the + Inne.About I of the 
mayor), aldermen, thirteen, those 
mounted their horses in the Gild 

conducted him and his company to 
clock, Mr. (William) Walker (the 
of the house and common counsell, 
hall yard and with their officers and 

' Wood's note in eontinuation in- 
differently of his own note preceding 
and of Allum's note (supra, p. r26) 
begins here abruptly. 
 Charles Hickman, B.D. of Ch. Ch. 

was ' then attending the lord lieutenant 
of Ireland in the quality of chaplaine,' 
MS. Bodl. 594, P- II3. 
a this narrative is from Wood MS. 
D t9 (3) fol. 62 (olim fol. 60). 



128 H'OOD 'S .[.IF.t? M«VD TII[ES. 

attendance drew up to the conduit at Carfax, where meeting them the 
Lord Leivtenant of the countie and gentlemen, proclaimed the duke 
ot York, on the south side of the conduit, by the mouth of the mace- 
bearer ((Richard) Pratt), with great shouts and acclamations, the 
conduit running claret all the while. Afterwards was read the king's 
proclamation for continuing all officers in their places that they en- 
joyed under the late king, till further order.--About one of the clock 
in the afternoone the mayor and his company came thence on the 
south side of the street to St. Iarie's church dore in this manner :-- 
, two marshalls with their white staves, on foot ;--z, ail the con- 
stables with their staves, two and two, on foot ;--3, four high con- 
stables with their little black staves tip'd with silver, on hors back ;-- 
4, four of the citie musick with their liveries on, riding all in a breast, 
playing on their wind-musick, bare 1 ;--5, four or 6 drums, on foot ;-- 
6, three or 4 trumpeters on hors back ;--7, citie sergeants on horse 
back ;--8, townclerk  in his gowne, on horse back, singly ;--9, mace- 
bearer, with the mace on his shoulder and proclamation in his hand ; 
o, the two baylives, in scarlet ;--, the mayor with his scarlet, and 
stole or tippet over it, with a foot-cloth ; z, aldermen in scarlet, with 
their foot-clothes ;--3, thirteen, with their scarlet and foot-clothes, 
two and two;--4, others of the house that had baylives' places, in 
their black gownes, two and two --5, ail the common counsell, in 
their gownes, two and two. Ail these, I say, rode on the south side 
of the High Street. And on the north side which was the left hand 
rode Lord Leivtenant and gentry in as good order as they could.-- 
When they came to St. Iarie's church dore, they found the bishop 
in his formalities, the vice-chancellor and ail the I)octors in scarlet, 
the proctors and Masters in their formalities. ]3etween whome and 
the Lord Leivtenant after some complements had passed, the drums 
struck up and trumpets sounded as they did at Carfax. Afterwards 
silence being proclaimed by Francis Holloway (one of the serjeants), 
the mace-bearer read the proclamation for proclaiming James Il 
King of England, with a loud voice on horse back, all the company 
being bare headed, as they were at Carfax. Which being done, fol- 
lowed great acclamations and shouts, beating of drums and sounding 
of trumpets.--When ail ceremonies were done there, the mayor, 
brethren, and common councell, with the Lord Leivtenant and country 
gentlemen, went in order to the East gate where they proclaimed 
King James according to the said manner.Thence going up the 
street to Carfax, they went to the place where the South gare stood, 
' i.e. bare-headed.  Thomas Baker. 



FEBRU4RY, 1085. 129 

where they did the like.--Thence thro Pennifarthing Street to West 
gate, where the saine ceremony was performed.--Thence by New 
Inne to North gare, where was done the like.--And afterwards to the 
Gild hall, where they with the country gentry had an entertainment, 
in the counsell chamber, of wine and cake; and at that time were 
eight of the Lord Leivtenant's retinue ruade free 1. That which is to 
be observed is, that, in their procession from place to place, I could 
hOt see one-popish gentleman among the country gentlemen.--At 
night about ao of the clock a larg bonfier at Carfax, with drinking of 
Mne. A little before which rime were set 5 barrells of beare or ale 
in the towne hall and yard to be drunk by all commers. The saine 
night were bonefiers in all college quadrangles, or before their gates, 
vhere the respective societies drunk a health, kneeling, to King 
James II, his queen, princess of Orange, and princess of Denmark ; 
and left the rest of the ceremony to be carryed on by the juniours 
vith wine and bere, and letting off gunns and crackes.--A larg 
bonfier before Allsoules College gare, where the drummers beat, as 
they did at most fiers, lXlr. Stephen Penton, II.A. of S. F.dmund 
Hall (nephew to the late principall-"), did bring there the bill of ex- 
clusion of James duke of York, and telling the societie what it was, 
they first tore it in pieces and then committed it to the flames.--Be- 
fore University College gate was another bonfier ruade by the societie 
of that house in the street, where the drums beat also, and healths 
vere drinking. Two candles were set in every window of the College 
next to the street (each window having only two lights), and four or 
rive torches burning on the tower over the gare. A barrell of beare 
set, without the gare, in the street, for any to drink; and another 
within the gate in the gate house.---At lXIerton College was a bonfier, 
severall times supplied, ruade in the middle of the great quadrangle 
between 6 and 7 at night. To which the subwarden and fellowes 
with other Masters of the bouse, going solemnly from the common 
chamber to it and standing all round, they altogeather knelt downe on 
the ground, and every man having a glass of claret put into his hand, 
did upon word given, drink the health of King Jalnes II, and, after 
severall pauses, the health of Queen Maria Beatrix, princess of 
Orange, princess of Denmarke, and all his majestie's loyall subjects, 
and to the pious memory of king Carles II. There were between 
that time and  at night two barrells of beere drunk out at the 
bonfier by the junior scholars and severall of the parish boys and 
x i.e. admitted freemen of the city.  Stephen Penton, szra, p. 90. 
VOL. III. K 



I23o IVOOD'S ZIFE AND TIJ[ES. 
neighbours and servants of the house. [The a gravest and greatest 
seniors of the bouse were mellow  that night, as at other Colleges.] 
--Ail that day the bells of several Colleges and parishes rung. Con- 
tinual shouts and acclamations from 6 in the evening till two or 
more in the morning. Taverns and alehouses full. Whigs con- 
temn'd and slighted. 
Feb. z, Th., an address drew up in the morning by the Lord 
Livetenant and gentry to send to the king to congratulate his coming 
to the crowne.--So that after the duke of York had been excluded by 
the House of Commons for ever wearing the imperial crowne, anno 
679 ; was forced to go beyond sea and to Scotland to avoid their 
fury, who threatned him also tobe banished 5oo mlles from any 
part of England: afier also he was writ against by every scribler ; 
vilified and abused and scandalized; talked against by most wise 
men who seemed before to be very loyall, [and 3 by many of the 
University] too numerous to be here mentioned ; death 4 sometimes ; 
scandal also to drink his health--(he) was now proclaimed generally 
throut  with great applause and setled in his throne without a bloody 
nose. Such is the world's careerel 
Had not the crop-eard plot broke out in 1683, the Whigs would 
have risen and hindred him, or had the king lived 2 or 3 yeares 
longer when they then might bave gotten more ground.] 
King Charles II died, Feb. 6, F. ; the King proclaimed with all 
joy and alacrity.--Addresses and congratulations soone after from all 
parts of the nation.--Rebellion broke out, July: the militia pre- 
tended 6 to be false to him and thereupon (he) raises a standing army 
of 2o  thousand, puts Popish officers over them.--Nov .... , the par- 
liament, after prorogation, met ; the king acquaints them what he 
had done and that he hoped the parliament would connive at rixe said 
officers to let them remaine in their places.--The parliament rotes 
seaven hundred thousand pound of the King's use to keep up the 
army, conditionally he would remove popish officers; drew up and 
presented an address to remove the said officers becaus of the Test, 
with promise to settle yearly pensions during their lires upon them 

1 these words in square brackets bave 
been blotted out, as a breach of the 
13roprieties. 
 word uneertain under the blot; 
Ineaning tolerably plain. 
z the words in square brackets are 
scored out, for reasons of prudence. 
« the Ineaning perhaps is» ' I)eath to 

the duke of York' was sometimes 
drunk as a toast : see supra, p. 42. 
 Wood's condensation of' through- 
out? 
« i.e. it was alleged (by the King) 
that the railitia were false. 
* ' 2o ' substituted for ' 



FEt?RUAR]Ç 1685. 13 I 
for their service done in the rebellion.--The King thereupon takes this 
in scorne, and prorogues the Parliament, to the great discontent of 
the nation : removes several Protestant officers from the army tbr being 
officious in promoting of the address; 16 commission officers that 
were parliament men had their commissions taken from (thcm), four 
of the I3erties among them ; (Anthony Car),) lord Falldand had like 
to be turn'd out of his place belonging to the Navy (Treasurer of the 
Navy, quaere), recants, with promise to be faithfull; turnes several 
out of the privie counsell, Compton .--Nov. and Dec., scverall popish 
books coin out 2 and are sent to Oxon, and some answered ; 13ook of 
Prayers to the Virgin Mary, Cath(olic) Alm(anac). 
Henry Cornish, II.A. fellow of Lyncoln Coll., died in his father's 
house in Stanton Harcourt, F., 6 Feb. 1684 (i.e. --); buried there. 
Nr. ]3arthehnew of gIerton succeeded him the next week. 
.Mr. (Robert) ]3arthehnew , M.A. of our Coll., was nominated by 
the bishop of Lyncoln fellow of Lync. Coll. on the day (or therabouts) 
of King James II his proclaiming King. 
o Feb., T., fl(annel) sh(irt). 
About the 17 of Feb. i68- was set up in Magd. parish the signe of 
the Cardinal's cap with the University armes painted on the signe. 
Noted by many ; and laughed at by precise people ; discourged nmch 
of it at our mus(ic) night, Th., I9 Feb. The post  was up and 
painted before the King's death ; and the signe, I think, was also done 
before. Altered ». 
Feb. 18, W., William Walker, mayor Oxon, knighted ; vide ' Cata- 
logue  of Nayors.' 
Feb. I8, W., Dr. Willimn Levinz read in lecture in schola Graeca. 
At the end of which David Jones an impudent Welsh student of 
Ch. Ch., spake to him before all the company and told him 'he 
thought he had been out by saying that such a beast was sacrificed to 
such a god xvhereas 'twas another or another god'--to that effect. 
This fellow had the impudence before last Act to answer Generalls 

 Henry Compton, bishop of London, 
struck out of the Privy Council 3 Dec. 
686. 
z see Evelyn's Diary under date zo 
Nov. 685. 
z Robert Bartholomew, M.A. Mert. 
 June 684, B.D. Linc.  July 69oE. 
Nominated (by the bishop of Linc.) 
fellow of Linc. Coll. I Yeb., adm. 
28 Yeb. 68, resigned 4 July :703, 

died o Dec. 728. 
* i.e. on which the sign was hung. 
" ' altered' was added later. 
 Wood MS. D 7 (5 , P- I4o, here 
Wood says :--' William Walker, mayor, 
was knighted by his majesty, Wedn., 
Feb. 8, 68 when he and some of 
his brethren delivered the city address 
to the new king James II.' 

K 2 



13OE IVOOD'S LIFE AND TIMES. 
without a ]3achelor or Senior Sophlster ; wherupon proctor (John) 
Nassy purd him downe and he (Jones) complayn'd and marie a busi- 
ness of it to Dr. (Timothy) Haughton 1, pro-vice-chancellor. 
Feb. z , S., the University address  to the new King (drawne up 
by Dr. (William) Jane) was read in Convocation and approved. 
When the vice-chancellor Dr. (John) Lloyd stood up to tell the 
reason of the convocation he hammered so long for a Latin word for 
'an address' that Dr. (William) Jane was forced to fise out of his 
seat to tell him a word. 
Feb. 22, S., cl(ean) sheets. 
Feb. 22, Sunday, the lady Arme, princess of Denmarke, sate on the 
]eft hand of the chair of state in the chapel at Whitehall--all nobles 
and ofiîcers to attend ber as heir to the crowne or as if the King him- 
self was there, the chaplaynes to preach, and all bows and ceremonies 
to be done to ber s. The King goes to his oratory  to heare mass, 
and the Queene to hers. 
Feb. 27, Friday, Edward Perot died in Nr. Cooper's house in 
Holywell, aged 9 (quaere): buried at Norley  by his father, 
,Iarch 2. 
[Edward Perot « or Perrot, son and heir of Robert Perrot of Northleigh in eom. 
Oxon, died in Halyvell neare Oxford, in the bouse of Benjamin Cooper registrarie 
of the Universitie, on Friday 27 Febr. I68-, aged 91 or therabouts. Whereupon 
mis body was conveigh'd to Northleigh and there buried in the ehurch by that of 
his father on. M., the second of Match following. He married Elizabeth daughter 
of Sir William Stonehouse of Radley neare Abendon i Berks: and had 
issue :-- 
, Robert Perot, somtimes of Queen's Çollege. This Robert Perot, the eldest 
son, is a justice of the peace for the countie of Oxon, nd married Ssan daughter 
of Thoma8 Coningsbie of Northmimes in coin. Hertford by whome he bath issue 
severall children, of which Edward is the eldest, a barrester of Lyneoln's Imn , 
aged  or thereabots anno 684. 
, John Perot the second son, married.., daughter of.../)evall of Einsham 
eom. Oxon. 
3, Charles Perot, Master of Arts» somtimes fellow of Oriel College (whose obit 
is belote set downe 8). 
4, Simon Perot, died sine proie : etc. 

 i.e. Halton. 
 an English version of it was printed 
and ' set before the book of verses on 
the King's iaaugaration '-- note in 
Vfood's copy 43 no. 6o (' A humble 
address and recognition of the Univer- 
sity of Oxford presented to King James 
II). 
 see Evelyn's Diary under date 8 

Apr. ,685. 
see Evelyn's I)iary under date 5 
Feb. 68 ; Luttrell i. 33e- 
the local prommciation of North- 
leigh coin. Oxon. 
note in Wood MS. F 4, P- 
'Lyncoln's Inn' in pencil only, as 
doubtful. 
vol. il. p. 373- 



FERUARY 1085. 133 
(Also daughters*) Marie z, was married fo Dr. Richard Lidall» of whome sec 
before, vol. il. p. 43 ; 
and Ursula, a maid.] 
Feb. eT, Friday, about xi of the dock the vice-chancellor, proctors, 
and several Drs. that were heads of houses, ail in mourning gownes, 
were conducted to the new king's presence by Sir Leoline Jenkyns ', 
who kneling ail on their knees presented to him an address in the 
University naine. To which the King, who bad them arise (but thcy 
did hot), told them that ' he was very sensible of the loyaltie of the 
Universitie towards him; and that as his ancestors had been gratious 
and kind to them so he himselfwould hot be backward in it ; and that 
he would endeavour to preserve their liberties and privileges to the 
utmost.' Afterwards they presented to him a book of verses ruade by 
several of the Universitie on the death of the late king 4, bound up in 
purple velvet (the saine with that covered the King's coffin) with 
purple strings edged with gold lace. In the afternoon they waited on 
the Queen and presented her with a like book, so bound. Next to 
Queen I)owager, but shee being hOt to be seen, there was one pre- 
sented to her by Sir Leoline Jenkyns. Another bound like the former 
to the lady Anne, and another to prince George. Afterwards they 
prêsented books to most of the nobility, bound iii black Turky 
leather. Ashwednesday (4 Mat.) at night they returned to Oxon. 
But this is to be noted that on Sunday belote they left London they 
din'd with the Lord Chier Justice (George) Jeffries in Aldermanbury, 
who told them that (Stephen) ' College's witnesses at his trial in Oxon 
did every night meet at Dr. (John) Wallis his house,' and therfore 
desir'd them that 'if they had any trial at the King's Bench they 
should hot employ him, least their cause faire the wors '. 
Feb. 27, Friday, in the evening the University verses were pub- 
lished in the Universitie with the Address before them. Half the 
verses that were ruade for the said book were cast aside by the over- 
seers, Dr (Henry) Aldrich and (William) Jane (appointed by the 
bishop , with consent from the vicechancellor) so that many scholars 
who had good verses and took it in scorne were resolved to have them 
printed by themselves and entitle them 2llusae repudialae, ' Iltses kickt 

downe star'res '. 

a in Wood MS. F4. in a slip af p. 
162 Wood notes :--' Edwart l%rrot of 
iNorthley had 4 daughters living, 
1634 , viz. :--I, Elizabeth; 2, Ann; 3, 
Mary (Mary was wife of Richard 
dall) ; 4, Ursula.' 

z ' Marie,' substituted for  Margaret." 
z burgess for the University; lately 
one of the principal Secretaries of State. 
« 'Pietas Unir. Oxon. in obitum 
regis Caroli II,' Oxon. 1685, fol. 
 Dr. John Fell. 



I34 IVOODS LIFE AND TIMES. 
In the latter end of this month the whiggs, who live and get their 
ends by ]ring, sent letters to most corporations (without name) to 
possess them that the king died a papist and that a papist succeeds 
him 1 and bid them look to themselves and stand to their guard. 
(Wood MS. D 4 (fol. 308-331) contains notes of inscriptions in the chapel of 
S. Cross Hospital Winchester, and of brasses and monuments at Winchester and 
notes from the register of Winchester College. These notes are dated' Feb. I684' 
i. e. , but must be copied by Wood from some one's notes, hOt ruade by himself, 
for he was hot at Winchester.---The same may be said of (fol. 332, ibid.) inscrip- 
tions at Egham in Surrcy, dated '4 Match 684' i.e. , Wood being then in 
Oxford.) 
(A list of cathedral dignitaries at Chichester in Feb. I68 communicated to 
"Vood by Dr. William Saywell (chancellor of Chichester 672-I7o1 ) is round in 
XVood MS. E 3 fol. 287. ) 
lareh.--IXlar. 3, T., Yeldard  Powell, son of... Powell of 
Forsthill, counsellour at law, died in the evening at Arthur Tilliard's 
house in S. IXlarie's parish; carried the next day to Forsthill; 
a yonger son, bred in the Charterhouse Schoole, aged 18, or there- 
abouts. ]3uried at Forsthill, 6 March (F.). 
March 4, Ashwednesday, at night came a letter to the bishop of 
Oxford, enclosed in hIr. R(obert) Sparks, a student of Ch. Ch., full 
of eanting and to possess him with thoughts that persecution would 
suddenly corne and that wee should be all overwhelm'd with popery. 
Such letters are sent by unknown hands to most mayors of corpora- 
tions and all great men that are aceounted zealous protestants. 
There is wait laid for them, and therefore they will hOt direct letters to 
mayors or great persons, but inclose them to ordinary persons that 
they might give them. 
[This  paper ('A true relation of the late king's death ') came to 
Oxon in the beginning of March 8  
x6 v, being about . . . weeks after 
the king's death ; but few believed it.] 
hIarch 4, W., Assizes at Oxon ; Justice (Sir Thomas) Street, Jus- 
tice (Sir Richard) ttolloway. Justice Holloway got himself in for 
this circuit tho' borne in Oxford, which was never knowne. He got 
it purposely to shew himself here, to gaine respect in his native 
country, to take place at St. Marie's where he never appeared before 
he was sargeant at law. Assise at Oxon also 2 7 Feb. 68 5 (i.e. ), 

x see Evelyn's Diary under date 
5 Mar. x68 and 2 Oct. a685 ; Luttrell, 
i. 332. 
 substituted for ' Eldred (or Ethel- 
red].' 
 note in Wood's copy, Wood 36(4). 

The paper is an account of Charles's 
death-bed profession of Romanism. 
Wood bas put notes in the margin, 
filling up the initials of the names re- 
ferred to. 



FEB.  II[I?CH, 1685. 135 
he came againe ; and before that caused the assise to be kept at 
Wallingford because he is recorder there and his son a burgess. 
I\[arch 51, Sir Thomas Spencer of Yarnton, 13t., died suddenly of 
an apoplexy, aged 46 or thereabouts. The bells in Oxford rang out 
for him 7 Match (S.), for he died at Whitfield in Northamptonshire, 
Mat. 6 (F.) at night; brought thence, and buried at Yarnton, 12 
l[arch, Th. 
l\Iar. 6, F., it rain'd in the evening pretty plentifully. No faine fell 
from the 26 Jan. till that time, only a little whiffting snow on the 
8 Feb. and i Match. It rained a little the 7(th) day, S. 
Mat. 9, Munday, Sir Georg ludsey, recorder of Oxford, and Mr. 
Henry Bertie, yonger brother to the earl of Abendon, were chosen 
burgesses to serve in palliament began at Westminister x 9 May 
following. 
(Wood 4'7 no. i39 is C[lement] ]3[arksdale's] verses on' Authors 
and Books ', which Wood says were ' published in the middle of Match 
I68'. He notes also that the couplet 
' Merton l[bod, with his Anliuiltë, 
Will lire to ail eternitie' 
was ' left out of this printed copie, with other matters relating to Dr. 
Ralph Bathurst and Dr. William Levinz '.) 
x 5 March, Su., Baptist Levinz consecrated at Lambeth bishop of 
the Isle of Man. Took occasion to shew himself at sermon, turn'd 
his ars to the preacher, his face perwig and lawn sleeves to the people 
ail sermon rime latter end of March and in April at St. Peter's. 
Keeps a little dog, and on the brass collar writes  his naine as bishop 
of Sodor--' the reverend father in God,/3aptist, bishop of Man.' A 
fantasficall, proud person. 
Mar. i6, M., (the) mayor of Oxford, (the) aldermen, (the) 
thirteen, and ail the gownmen of the house having been invited to 
Ricot to the earl of Abendon's , were splendidly entertain'd, came 
home most of them drunk and fell off their horses. In gratitude that 
they had chosen Henry Bertie (his brother), burgess. 
March 17, Tues&, in a Convocation in the morning Sir Leoline 
Jenkyns and Dr. Ch(arles) Ierot of St. John's College were elected, 
without any competition or controllment *, burgesses for the University 
to sit in the parliament began 19 May. 
t '5' is enelosed in brackets, a symbol  Wood notes here :'false: 
by which Wood occasionally marks a  James Bertie. 
word as erroneous or doubtful. Later  i.e. their return was not asked by 
on the date is given as ' 6.' Chancellor's letters, etc., see p. 36. 



i36 WOOD "S LIFE ./IND 
17 blarch, T., I gave my consent to monsier my brother that 
a lease of the tennis court and bouses and gardens adjoyning should 
be let to him for x4 years commencing 25 of lIarch following and to 
pay the usual rent. /k lease was then let to him by Thomas Wooà 
for his share in them, i.e. the third 1. 
]Iarch I7, Tuesd., in the afternoon I met with l[r. (Edward) 
Winf(ord') and (John) Aldw(orth') of Allsouls Coll. following 
a wh(otc)to :Eifly, dau(ghter) of G. G.' Apage!--a gr(eat) 
sc(andal) to the function. 
lIarch I8, W., election of knights of the shire ; Anthony (Car)') 
viscount Falkland stood, Thomas Tipping of Ewelme, esq., Thomas 
]3eard of Fritwell a phanatick (son of alderman Beard of London), 
and Thomas tIoord of Cote, esq. ][arch 19, Th., about 9 or io in the 
morning they concluded polling and Falkland and Tipping carried it. 
tIoord had  many voices but gave no entertainment Ç, and because 
he would not pay for their night's lodging they went home and he 
lost it. 
]Iar. i9, Th., I din'd with Dr. (Ralph) /3ath(urst) where I had 
hot eaten about xg. yeares, lIr. (Samuel ?) Blackwell there ; 
(Arthur) Charlet, and ]Ir. (Henry) Barker. 
Iar. 23, 1I., some little raigne fell ; none from 7(th) l[arch to 
this time--a dry Feb. and lIarch. Waters low, and the boatmen can 
hot 7 goe from Oxon to London but take boats at s ]3ircot 9. [Flashy 
and frite raine, 9 and io lIarch.] 
A drie winter; no flood; waters ver)' Iow, hOt portable 
lIar, z4, T., given to G. Gale for making my velvet cap, .... 
lIarch 25, W., paid goodwife Payne her quarteridge, 
IIar. 25, W., Cambridge presented verses to the King. Their 
Chancellor (Albemarle ") would hot introduce them because they 
would not choose his secreatary (named...) a parliament man, whome 
he had recommended to them. Vide Gazet. 
lIemorandum that lX, Ir. (Obadiah) Walker told me (in the beginning 

which had belonged to his father, 
Christopher Wood. 
Edward Winford, B.D. All Souls 
Dec. x68. 
John Aldworthæ ILA. Alls. x x Apr. 
676. 
G. Gale, tailor; sec under date 5 
Apr. ifra. 
IIS. bas «and,' by a slip for 
had.' 

see Evelyn's Diary under date 4 Feb. 
I67. 
' hot ' substituted for ' scarce.' 
1IS. bas ' and,' by a slip for « at.' 
9a hamlet in Oxfordshire on the 
Thames, 5 rniles below Abingdon. 
a correction of the first sentence of 
note, added later. 
i. e. cannot carry barges. 
Christopher Monk, second duke. 



)II'ARCH  APRIZ, 16 80. 137 
of Dee. x685) that Sir John Marsham di(e)d 3 quarters of a yeare 
before, before 25 Mar. 1685, quaere--and that Sir Norton Knatch- 
bull had been dead 3 or (4) months before viz. in July or Aug. 
x685. 
(A list of cathedral dignitaries at I)urham, dated' lXIarch ult., 1685,' 
is found in Wood MS. E 3 fol. 286.) 
&pril.--Apr. I, Wedn., the mayor of Newcastle-under-line in 
Staffordshire caused a bonfier to be ruade in the publick merkat place 
wherein he solemnly burnt before multitudes of people the bill of ex- 
clusion and the black box. (I nêver heard that was êvêr done by 
a public magistrate; only by privat persons at a privat or simple 
bonfier.) 
Apr. 3, John Troghêrê 1, iI.A, and a drunkên scandalous fellow of 
Quêen's Coll., died; buried .... Diêd with drinking brandy. 
The saine day, . . .  wife of Dr. John ]Iill, rector of ]31echingdon, 
diêd. She was a Palmer of Hertfordshire. 
(A list of cathedral dignitaries at Worcester on 7 Apr. 685, com- 
municated to Wood by R. Smith, is found in Wood iIS. :E 3 fol. 
282.) 
Apr. 9, Thursd., meeting of the clergy of the diocess of Oxford in 
St. ]Iarie's chancell, where they chose Dr. John Hall, ]Iaster of Pem- 
broke Coll. and Dr. John ]Iil], rector of ]31echingdon, to be clerks of 
the Convocation next parliament that is to begin . . . May next. 
This John Hall is to preach the Coronation sermon at St. ]Iarie's 
and takes ail occasions (being a Presbyterian) to shew himself 
loyall. 
Apr. o, E, terme ended and above 6o matriculated that 
terme. 
]Iiles arnes (OO. 8) degraded about the beginning of April ; ex- 
pelled Cambridge. f'alse. 
Apr. I, S., terme ended, the collector of ]Ierton (S . (Henry) 
Owen ) spake a very good speech in the Theater and after him 
lh(ilip) Clerke, the junior proctor. Report is lhat neare 2oo bave 
been matriculated in the saine terme. Now the eyes of the nation are 
open to see the false dealings of phanaticks and their lies to defame 
the Universitie with popery. 

1 see note 3, P- 116. 
 Priscilla, daughter of Sir William 
Palmer of Warden, Bedfordshire. See 
her epitaph in Wood MS. E I fol. 236 ; 
hcr¢ Wood notes' she died accord- 

ing to my account 3 Apr. 1685 ; died 
I Apr. according to her monument.' 
 Henry Owen» B.A. Mert. 26 l'qov. 
1684 . 



I38 IVOOD'S ZIFE AND TAIES. 
zo gentlemen comrnoners now in Trinity Coll. ; the whole number 
there neare 
Apr.  2, Su., I heard that Dr. ]3arn(abas) Long died at Adderbury ; 
buried there : see NN. x. Fastt; 685. 
Apr. x3, lXI., meeting of Heads of Houses to order rnatters to be 
done on the Coronation day : vide alibi inter Solernnities 1 
(Wood D. 26 no. x5 is ' A catalogue of several books to be sold 
by Rowland Reynolds,' Lond. x685 with the note 'put into my hand 
per ignolum at Trin. Coll. gate, lXI., 13 April x685.') 
Apr. 3, lXI., lXloses Pit arrested in lXIr. (Obadiah) Walker's lodg- 
ings in an action of xoooli. 
Apr. x4, T., news letter tells us that Dr. (John) Tillotson's book 
against purgatory  was lately burnt in France. Published in quarto 
about a fortnight since, but written I presurne before King James iI 
was proclaimed. Ir. John Hartcliff was the authour. 
T., 4 Apr. 685, received of Thomas Wood for the Fleur de lize rent 41L 4s 6d, 
whereof I returned li. for the college rent, Bd for an acquittance (whieh cornes to 
two shillings). I was then to receive of him fil ISS for use-money which was 
remitted towards building. 
Apr. 15, W., three of the daughters of G. Gale, taylor, were taken 
in a bed altogeather at the Hare and Hounds by . . . Ston z circa 4 
in the rnorning. 
News letter dated Th.,  6 Apr., tells us that Dr. (John) Tillotson's 
book against transubstantiation which carne out last yeare and was 
translated into French was burnt in France (at Parys). Quaere 
wh(ether he is) the authour ? 
News letter dated 8 Apr., Sat., tells us that Dr. (Anthony) Sparrow bishop of 
Norwych was dead. He died about the rime that Mr. (Andrew) Allam came 
from London blay 25 or thereabouts. 
['fhomas Marshall , I).D. rector of Lyneolne College and deane of Gloeester, 
died in Lyne. Coll. I8 Apr. (Ester Eve) about xi of the cloek at night, I685, 
aged 63 or therabouts ; and was buried two dayes after in the chancell of Allsaints 
church Oxon. The son of Thomas lXIarshall of Barkbey in Leicestershire, ple- 
beian; and died coelebs. (Arms :--) " barry of six argent and sable, a canton 
ermine.'] 
Apr. x8, Sat. , at I  clock at night died Dr. Thomas lXIarshall, 
rector of Lync. Coll., occasion'd by a violent vomir ofwinus quills that 

 i.e. in Wood MS. D 19(3), the 
narrative in which will be round izfra, 
p. 4 o. 
 'A di»course against Purgatory,' 
Lond, x6S 5, 4to. 
z the naine is indistinct. It is prob- 

ably that of a pro-proctor. 
note in Wood IIS. F 4, P- Sî- 
an erased note said "Apr. x9, Easter- 
day, early in the morning died Dr. 
Thomas blatshall, of a consumption.' 



APRIL, 1685. I39 
he had taken 3 or 4 houres before. He had received a great cold 
about Allhallow ride going before, which was not quite shaken 
off and vhich had brought him very low. ]3uried in Allhallows' 
chancell by the grave of Dr. (Paul) Hood, Tuesday night, 2i Apr. 
Rcfer to. 
Apr. x S, S., at night, a bastard laid neare the dore of lIr. William 
Paynter at Exeter Coll. and laid to his charge, but knowne to be a tric 
of malice by a pupill of his tk.at he caused to be expell'd. 
Apr. 2o, lI., Dr. William Turner, archdeacon of Northumberland, 
died at his house in St. Giles parish in the morning ; rector of Stanhop 
in episcopatu Dunelm. In the rectory of Stanhop (vide post in lIay) 
succeeded one . . . Hertwelll sometimes of Lync. Coll., servant to 
the bishop of I)urham (a kind of secretary); and in the arch- 
deaconry succeeded John Morton, ]3. of Div., sometimes fclow of 
Lync. Coll. 
[William Tumer -, D.D.» somtimes fellow of Trinity College in Oxon, arch- 
deacon of lX.'orthumberland and rector of Stanhop in the countie of Durham, died 
in his house in St. Giles parish in the north suburb of Oxon, M., 3o Apr. I685, 
aged 45 or thereabouts and was buried in St. Giles church neare to the monument 
of alderman Henry Bosworth. (Arms :--) ' gules a lyon or ungued and lanaled 
azure hetweên ,3 crosses moline of the second ' : impaling the armes of Smith, see 
vol. i. p. z,3. l[e was a younger son of Dr. Tlomas Turner somtimes deane of 
Canterbury, and younger brother to Dr. Francis Turner bishop of Ely. The said 
XVilliam Turner married ... daughter of John Smith mention'd before in vol. i. 
p. 3o» by whome he had issue:...] 
2 3 Apr. , Th., Ir. (William) Fulm(an) in towne; did hOt corne 
to see me or acquaint me that he was in towne till lIunday Apr. z7 
when he acquainted me that he was at lIr. (Richard) Newlin's cham- 
ber. lX,'ever gave me thanks for the letters I sent to him ; went away 
and took no leave. Published a book, I never knew it ; I submitted 
naine (to him) before 'twas published «. 

 William Hartwell matric, at Line. 
Coll. 6 May 167o , ' filius Ricardi ttart- 
well de London, plebeii, aet. I67 
" note in Wood MS. F 4, P- 58- 
 tlfis note is inserted out of place in 
the Almanac for July. 
 Aood 51,3 (3)is 'Academiae Ox- 
oniensis Notitia' Oxon. 1665, which 
Wood notes tobe ' the first edition ; 
Gul. Fuhnan, C.C.C., author.' Wood 
I,3 6) iS ' Notitia Oxoniensis Acade- 
miae' Lond. 675, which ,Vood notes 
to be ' file last and best editio; per 

Gulielmum Fulman A.M.C.C.C. Oxon,' 
and in which Wood has wiitten this 
note :--' the additions in this second 
edition were all taken from tfist, e 
Antiq. Unir. O_ron. edit. 674 fol. which 
lr. Yulman saw and perused by parcells 
as it came from press hich ruade him 
so quick to corne out the yeare after.' 
The book whose publication without 
his knowledge Wood takes as a slight 
is probably Fulman's edition of Henry 
Hammond's XVorks, 4 volumes fol. 
Lond. I684. 



4 o IVOOD'S Z]'FE AÆVD TI.MES. 
[The names 1 of those who attended Sir \Villiam \Valker, knight, mayor of the 
citie of Oxon, who was butler of the king's wine sellar and beare sellar at the 
Coronation 2 of King James the second 
John Townsend 
Thomas Fifield aldermen. 
Thonms Eustace 
John I3owell--one of the 8 assistants. 
John Longford--one of the bayliffes. 
Thomas Baker--towneclarke. 
Citie servante(s} that attended them 
Richard Pratt, mace-bearer or chiefe serjeant at mace to the mayoro 
Francis Holloway, second serjeant at mace to the mayor. 
GeorgeAlexanderSteynOe,cosier, I serjeants at mace to the bayliffes. 
Robert Gardiner, another citie servant .] 

( Corona/io¢¢ 4 of A'iig ./rames lI.  
[Munday, April I3, meeting of the vicechancellor » and heads of 
bouses in the Apoditerium at x in the afternoon, and there ordered 
that Dr. (John Hall, toaster of Pembroke College, should preach 
an English sermon at S. Marie's on S. George's day (3 Apr. next 
ensuing, and that the heads of all Colleges and Halls should come 
to S. Marie's in their formalities with each respective member be- 
longing to them in their formalities also. 
Thursday, Apr. e3, according to former order  all heads of houses 
with their respective members retired to St. Marie's church at o in 

 note in Wood MS. D *9 (3) fol. 7 . 
The paper is not in Wood's handwrit- 
ing, being no doubt the information 
supplied him by some city official. 
Wood bas noted on it :--' ail these were 
nominated by the citie counsel to attend 
Sir William \Valker before mentiond.' 
Wood endorses it ' Sir William Wal- 
ker's attendance at the Coronation of 
King James II.' In Peshall's City of 
Oxford, p. 339, is art Inspeximus of 
Queen Elizabeth of a charter granted 
by Henry 11 confirming the privileges 
possessed by the city under his grand- 
father Henry I, among them the right 
of serving as assistant butler at the 
Coronation. The Mayor so serving was 
knighted. (\Villiaux Walker, the 
present mayor, was knight alzeady: 

see p. *3*-) See also Boase's Oaforcl 
(in ' Historic Towns '), p. 4 e. 
2 on Apr. e3. 
 Wood notes that he was 'bell- 
 This narrative is from Wood MS. 
D 19 (3) fol. 67 (olim fol. 68).--Wood 
416 (*43) is a poem ' Egland's Royal 
Renown in the coronation ot James II': 
Lond. 1685. 
 Dr. John Lloyd, principal of Jesus 
College. 
 Wood 276 A no. CCCLAVIII is 
the printed paper directing the heads 
of Colleges and Halls to corne to the 
serinons at S. Mary's and to the Con- 
vocation at  p.m. in the Theatre : Wood 
notes that it was ' stuck up in ail publie 
efectories, W.» z April.' 



APRIZ, 1685. 41 

the morning where Dr. Ilall preached an English sermonl, per- 
suading the auditory 'hOt to hearken in the least after popery,' 'to 
pray for the king that God would open his eyes to see the light.' 
It was lukewarm, trimming sermon.--After which was doue, was a 
bouffer at St. 1Harie's church dore.--Great extraordinaries in eating = 
and drinking in each College.--At 2 in the afternoon, all members 
of the University in their formalities retired to the Convocation 
bouseS, and thence to the Theater in their formalities, where at 
their entrance the organ played. And when seated, the Orator, 1Hr. 
(William) Wyatt, spake a larg speech by hart concerning the da)'. 
Which doon, two bachelaurs' and 9 gentlemen commoners and 
commoners, etc. performed their parts in verse--see the printed 
paper.--At night bonefiers thro most parts of the city, in every 
College quadrangle, and before some of their gates. Healths drunk 
upon their knees to the king, queen, princess of Denmarke, princes(s) 
of Orange. Twenty-four lyncks burning on Nerton Coll. Tower 
between 9 and io at night. The exclusion bill, black box, and the 
first and second parts of The characler of a 2b@ish successour were 
publicly burnt by the subwarden and fellows of lXlerton CoIlege at 
their fier. Two or three candles in every window of University College 
next to the street.] 
April 23, Th., S. George's day, celebrated  at Oxon with great 
solemnity: vide 'lïntertainments. ' Vide lïlkanah Settle his two 
parts. Some crosses were burnd : see at the end of their Almanac. 
Against St. George's day I make severall badges of St. Georg of 
sarcenet and red velved ribbon; (x) for Dr. (John)Conant, (2)for 
proctor (John) lXIassey, (3) for lXlr. (Francis) Browne, (4) for lIr. 
(William) Bishop . But they were all ashamed to weare them in 
publick (lIr. Browne and lXlr. Bishop wore them but hid them). 
Whereupon I gave Dr. Conant's to lXlr. (Robert) Whitehall upon his 
desire and he wore it. I wore mine. And another I sent to widdow 
Taylour. 
Apr. 24, F., news came that Dr. (William) Jane was ruade deane 
of Gloucester. 

1 Wood noted in the margin (nov 
blotted out):'see Mr. (White) Ken- 
net's letter.' 
= this sentence is mostly blotted out, 
I suppose because thought fo be undig- 
nified. 
a Wood 2î6 A no. çCCCVIII is 
the programme of proceedings in the 

Theatre. 
 MS. has ' two and bachelaurs.' 
 being King James IFs Coronation 
day. 
i.e. Wood MS. D9 (3); from 
which the preceding narrative bas been 
taken. 
 chaplain of Mert. Coll. 



142 II'OOD'S ZIFE AA'D TIÆ]IES. 

Apr. 26, Low Sunday, lXIr. (Thomas) Burton of Ch. Ch., nephew 
to Dr. (Benjamin) Woodroff, repeated. 
Apr. 26, Su., news that Thomas Tipping of Ewelme, lately elected 
knight of the shire, was kilrd, t;alse. 
Apr. "2. 9, W., (William) Breach of Ch. Ch. and (Thomas) Smith 
of Brasenose Coll. took their places of proctor. In the saine Con- 
vocation was actually created LL.Dr. (Michael) Morsteyn, a yong 
noble Polonian, envoy to the croxne of England, son of the treasurer 
of Poland, quaere. 
May.-- May, F., I walked (with) Mr. (William) Bernard and 
Mr. (John) Edwards to Hedindon to goody Shepard's there, on 
Nr. Bernard's invitation. When wee were setled there, wee fell to 
talking about his book of Jesuits. He told me ' he valued books 
more than I money' (or, that 'I valued money more than he'). 
I told him that ' I had been labouring 3 weeks or more about a 
Catalogue of Fellows' (of Mert. Coll.). He told me "twas no 
matter whether I laboured at all in it.' He told me of the character 
of Mr. (Nathaniel) Wight that ' 'twas hOt proper, I had nothing to do 
with him in the Çatalogue'; that ' 'twas nonsense,' that'it only related 
to his private persin,' that ' Nf. Edwards was hOt Mr. scholarum.' 
May 2, S., Fitzherbert Adams * chose rector of Linc. Coll. against 
Dr. (George) Hicks. He had 9 voices and Dr. Hicks but 3. Occa- 
sioned by John Radcliff and (Edward) Hopkins that they might 
have a governour that they might govern. Radcliff represented him "- 
to be a turbulent man and that if he should be rector they should 
never be at quiet. (This they did at New Coll., so government will 
signifie nothing hereafter. This is like the phanaticall party of setting 
up the duke of Monmouth to be king and to make him a 'king of 
clouts.') 
May 5, T., I gave a scio for St (Charles) Standard of our Coll. 
The saine day Dr. (John) Mill was admitted principall of Edmund 
Hall. Vide Edmund Itall papers. 
May 6, W., cl(ean) sheets. 
lIay 6, W., John Jago of S. Marie hall, sometimes pupill to iIr. 
(William) Painter of Exeter Coll., expell'd by a programma stuck 
up in publick places for defaming Mr. Painter his tutor by laying a 
bastard at his dote in Exeter Coll. Jago was forc'd out of Exeter 
Coll. some time before for debauchery, by his tutor Painter. 
Nay 8, F., the new rector of Lyncoln (Mr. Adams), chaplain to the 

x Peshall's Additions, p. 5-  Dr. George Hickes. 



AP'IL  M'A t 1685. I43 
bishop of Durham, and lately ruade by hirn rector of Stanhop in 
the county of Durharn in the place of Dr. Wiiliam Turner deceased, 
was brought into Oxon on London road by about 4o people mostly 
of his owne house. 
9 May or therabouts, ...... , Greecian abbot of..., came to 
Oxford. 
May i5, Friday night, a great deal of rain for an houre or more 
inter horas 6 et 7 post merid. Since, a dry rime 
May 16, S., ]Ir. (Francis) ]3rowne of out Coll. left us to travell. 
May 27, W., load of chumps of the man at Watlington, I2s : to 
the old man for carrying it up and (c)leaving a little, lS. 
29 May, F., Mr. (Henry) Gandy of Oriel preached at S. Marie's, 
much against phanaticks. 
]3y letters dated 29 May, F., it is certified that four Devonshire gentle- 
men were pursevanted up to London, as knowing and consenting to 
Argyle's plot, viz. Sir John Yong, . . . Reynell, . .. Duke 9, ...... 
(Wood 42I (I) is ' Tbe trya]ls . . . of Titus Ores before George 
lord Jeffreys' Lond. x685, which Wood notes to have been 'pub- 
lished at least a month after the triall.'--Wood 4-1 (3) is ' The 
tragick-cornedy of Titus Oates, xvho had his sentence to stand in the 
pillory,' Lond. 1685, which \Vood notes to have been 'published, as 
'ris said, belote he stood in the pillory.') 
ffun.[James Herne 
of Abendon, died in his house in St. Aldate's parish on, M., the first 
day of June 1685, aged 6o * or thereabouts, having been much 
troubled with the gout for severall yeares before, and was buried 
among the graves of the Smiths in S. Aldate's church. (Arrns 
'sable 2 cheveronells or, between 3 herns argent'; irnpaling Smith 
mentioned in vol. i. p. 47o.--He married Anne, daughter and heir 
of Oliver Smith rnentioned in vol. i. p. 470; but had no issue by her. 
The said James Herne being a sot and beast, his said wife left him 
and lived about I8 yeares in London by her needle, without any 
maintenance frorn her husband. But at length returning, he by the 
fruition of her increased his gout so much that he soon after died. 
She return'd a day or two before Xtmas day 1684 ; and he died in 
the beginning of June following as is before told you. She died 
4 January x69"-, in her house in Pennyferthing street. This Mris 
Herne left the houses and lands which carne flore her father to ber, 
1 see Evelyn's Diary under date 24 s note in Wood MS. F 4, p. 158, and 
May 685. a slip inserted there. 
• see Luttrell i. 34 . * in pencil only, as doubtful. 



I44 VOOD'S LI'FE AND TIM'ES. 
to one... Scrooby her gallant, whome she kept in Oxon in the 
saine house after her husband's death and perhaps before at London.] 
Sat., June 6, received of my brother Robert rent due for Lady day 
before and use of 5oh ". due the 2 2 May last. 
June io, W., ruade even with John/3arret for 2 shirts and other 
things, i 2s. 
June io, W., news that Dr. (William) Lloyd, bishop of Peter- 
borough, was translated to Norwych (see in Apr.). Sir Jon(athan) 
Trelayny succeeds in Peterborough 1. 
June 2 xi, Th., St. Barnabas (day), duke of Monmouth with about 
200 men landed at Lyme...; commanded the mayor with what 
men he had to assist him. He rode forthwith to Exeter to the duke 
of Albemarle. 
I4 June, Su., paid goodwife Haukyn 5s 6d for a paire of worsted 
stockings; is too much. 
June 16, T., drumms beat up at Oxon for voluntiers. 
June x T, Wednesday, between  i e and I died my friend Andrew 
Allam, M.A. and vice-principal of St. Edmund hall: buried at the 
west end of St. Pêter's church in the East under the south wall about 
xo of the clock the saine night. 
June , it began to faine inter horas i et t ante meridiem; 
hOt the toth part enough to lay the dust. June ex, Su., between 
9 and i o it began to faine lustily for a quarter of an hour, yet not 
laid the dust. June z z, M., it rained veri gently from 3 or 4 in the 
afternoon to the next morn. June eS, Th., a great deal in the 
afternoon and evening. June 7, S., some (rain). June 8, Su., 
much [and  so forward]. 3 July, F., (tain) againe. 
June 22, Munday, Mr. (William) Stone died; and was buried 
in S. Michael's church  in the Cllege chancell in the grave of 
(tIenry) Foulis. In H(enry) Foulis (in Aih.). 
June 23, T., I gave a scio to St. (Francis) Foster « 
June 23, T., I paid Mr. (Thomas) Prince in the eommon chamber I3S and od 
pente for my dues belonging to the common chamber ending last Our Lady day. 
Paid the butlêr also my battlês ênding at that rime, 

 ' Peterborough' is scored out, being 
in error. Thomas White succeeded in 
that see. 
 substituted for June 2, Friday.' 
See Evelyn's Diary under date 14 June 
and 7 June I68; Luttrell i. 346 , 
347- 
z substituted for ' about 12 at noon.' 
 the words in square brackets are 

scored out. See Evelyn's Diary under 
dates 4 June, I8 June, 28 Jnne I685. 
 Wood MS. F 29A, a slip at fol. 
343- 'Mr. Stoon wass buryed in the 
Colledg Chancell June the 25th anno 
1685 '; ]3nrials ]eg. of S. Michael's 
parish. 
 Francls Forster, M.A. Mert. 23 
June I685. 



'UWE, 1685. 145 
June 24, W., paid goodwife Payne, 5«; paid the latmdress, 4s (on the 
June, M.). 
June uit., T., to Thompson for a hat» 5s 
[The training 1 and bearing of armes of the scholars of the Uni- 
versitie of Oxon in June and July anno 685. 
June xi, s. Barnabas day, Jal.nes, duke of Monmouth, Ford, lord 
Grey of Werk, Anthony Buys, a German commander, landed at 
Lyme in Dorsetshire with  or 3 stfips fui of men, horse, armes (see 
Gazet). To whome many English rebells comming in, he was pro- 
claimed king of England. 
June 6, Tuesday, an officer with drumms, who came over night 
into Oxon, beat up for voluntiers to supply the places of the king's 
foot-guards at Whitehall, who were drawn out of London toward the 
rebells in Dorsetshire; the lustiest and tallest they took, and others 
they put aside. They took away about 3 ° or 4o.---At the saine time 
drumns beat UP at Abendon, which being a mnost factious towne, they 
could get thence but 4 voluntiers. 
June 9, F., the l.nilitia of the countie, riz. a regimnent of foot, and 
a troop of horse, l.net at Oxon. 
June 2 , Sunday, the horse left Oxon (commanded by capt. Henry 
Bertie) and went about 4 in the afiernoon towards Dorchester.-- 
Thence by Abendon towards the rebells in corn. Somnerset. 
June 32, Munday, at o in the mnoming or thereabouts, Thomas 
Hord of Coat in the parish of Bampton, esq. ; Thomnas Beard, esq., of 
Fritwell ;... Philipps of Oxon, chandler, living neare to the Cross Inn, 
were, upon suspicion of being consenfing to the rising of the rebells, 
comnmnitted prisoners to the Castle.hBetween  i and  z the saine day 
Peter Birch of Ch. Ch., chaplayne to the militia regimnent, preached 
a sermon to the said regiment at S. Marie's church. There was then 
a comnmnon report that the said regimnent should mnarch towards the 
rebells.--About 3 or 4 in the afternoon, Robert Pawling, late of Oxon, 
mnercer, was brought under guard fromn his house at Hedington by 
col.nl.nand fromn the earl of Abendon , lord leivtenant of the county 
of Oxon, and commnitted prisoner to the Castle.--About the said 
time... Heburne, butler of New Inn, was commnitted to custody in 
the Castle.--On the said day (June z-) was a Convocation of Drs. 
and Mrs. at one in the aflernoone, xvherin delegates were named to 
consult and consider of raising a regimnent of scholars, and a troop 
of horse, to secure the Universitie and city of Oxon. 
 this narrative is from Wood MS. D 19 (3) fol. î3 sqq. (olim fol. 
 James Bertie, first earl. 
VOL. III. L 



146 WOOD'S ZIFE AND TI)IES. 
June =a, Tuesday, at rive in the evening, the delegates met and 
prorogued their meeting till Thursday. 
June 25, Thursday, the delegates met and appointed a troop of 
horse and a regiment of foot to be raised by the University. 
June 28, Sunday, after dinner , the Universitie troop headed by 
Dr. (Henry} Ailworth, chancellor of the diocess, went some toiles 
from Oxon, to meet and conduct thereto 4 loades of muskets, pikes, 
&c., that came from Windsore, for the scholars to train with. There 
appeared 60 horse divided in two bodies ; they came in at 7 of the 
clock at night. Of the said troop the earl of Abendon was captaine ; 
Dr. Aylworth before mentioned was leivtenant ; Dr. (John} Clutter- 
book of Ail Souls College, cornet. [But I saw no colours they had. 
mat 8 at night, the saine day, came into Oxon about x 2 prisoners 
in a waggon from towards Northampton, guarded by about 2o or :30 
horsemen, and were committed to custody in the Castle. They were 
taken upon suspicion, as holding correspondence with tl rebells. 
(June 29}, St. Peter's day, Munday, a company of scholars, under 
the command of capt. Leopold William Finch = of AI1 Souls Coll., 
exerc,.'sed themselves in feats of arms privately in All Souls College 
quadrangle; they shewed there twice a day for 4 or 5 days after; 
and then they marched in public. (The} capt(ain} was L. Finch 
before mentioned ; Brian Broughton  (LL. bac., fellow of Ail Souls 
Coll.), leivtenant; (George} Gardiner 4 (LL. I3., fellow of Ail Souls 
Coll.), ensigne. The eolours  of Leopold Finch :---- 
gu les 

8able 

rgeat 

 « after dinner,' substituted for ' about 
4 in the afternoon.' 
= Wood notes in the margin :--(a) ' a 
yonger son of the earl of Winchdsey'; 
(b) ' Leopold Finch, 5 son of Heneage 
(Finch earl of Winchelsey, borne at 
Constantinople.' 
a Wood notes :--' Brian Broughton, 

son of Sir Brian Broughton of Longdon 
in coin. Staff., bt.' 
4 Wood notes:re' George Gardiner 
son of John Gardiner of Crowlton com. 
1Vorthampton.' 
a these colours have been wrongly 
given in previous editions :--the canton 
is dearly intended by Wood to be argent 



TUNE --TUL IÇ 1685. 147 

June ult., Tuesday, Convocation in the afternoone, wherein the 
Act was defer'd for a time, with some considerations.--While the 
said convocation was celebrated, the University troop of horse met 
in Candich before the Theater, and thence went to Broken hayes, 
where they were train'd by the earl of Abendon, coll. John Peacocke, 
&c.--At 3 in the afternoone all the foot-scholars belonging to capt. 
Finch met in Ail Souls Coll. quadrangle, expecting to be called into 
Ch. Ch. mead to be there trained by the earl of Abendon, but he 
being busie about the horse, it was defer'd.- At the saine time 
Francis Bagshaw 1, LA., fellow of 'Iagd. Coll., and captain of an- 
other company, trained privatly in their quadrangle. (The) captain 
(was).. Bagshaw before mentioned; Robert Hide  of Iagd. Coll., 
leivtenant; Hugh Brawne , I.A. of Univ., ensigne. (The colours 
of this company were:--)'quarterly sable and argent, 3 coronets' 
or'--delivered to capt. Bagshaw, his ensigne, and men, by the earle 
of Abendon at his dore against Ail hallows church, F., July 3. 

Argent 

8able 

able 

July , w., at two or three in the afternoone Robert Sewster, fellow 
of New Coll., and a captaine of another company, trained priva@ in 
New College bowling-green, and so severall times after. Robert 
Sewster (was) captain (fellow of New Coll.); John Harris » of 
Exeter Coll., leivtenant ; Will. Atkinson of Qu. Coll., ensigne. (The 
colours of this company were :--) 'quarterly sable and argent, two 

charged with a cross gules, the emblem 
of England. The ' pile or' projecting 
from it gives the special mark of capt. 
Finch's company. The other flags are 
plainly different combinations of the 
F.nglish ensign (S. George's cross) with 
the University insignia (the crowns). 
1 Wood notes :w, Francis Bagshaw, 
soa of John Bagshaw of Culworth coin. 
Northampton, gen." 

2 Wood adds :--' Robert Hide, son 
of Dr. James Hide.' 
3 Wood adds :w' Hngh Brawne, son 
of John Brawne lately minister of Seynt- 
bury, com. Gloc.' 
« the crowns corne from the Univer- 
sity arms. 
» Wood notes :m, John Harris, M.A., 
son of John Harris de Aviton-Gifford, 
gen." 

I., 2 



48 I/VOOD'S L1FE AND TIMES. 

Or 

coronets or.' The said captain with his men, mostly of New Coll. 
receiv'd their colours from the saine hand, July 3 (see afterwards). 
 gulea 
\ 
A rÇe t  
8ble 
A rge t 

The saine da)', viz., W., July I, at about seven of the clock at night, 
•.. lord Norris, eldest son to the earl of Abendon, aged 15 or there- 
abouts, did as captaine of Ch. Ch. and other men a, train privatly in 
Peckwater quadrangle belonging to Ch. Ch. ; and so for several times, 
privately. (Montagu) Bertie  lord Norris, captain; Henry Mor- 
dant s, a younger son of the lord Mordant, leivtenant; (Matthew) 
Seys « or Seise of Jes. Coll., ensigne. 

Argent 

The saine day, W., July I, at night, came news that the rebells 
were confounded and dispersed (but false), whereupon the eafl of 
Abendon, lord leivtenant (who was in the city all the while during 
the militia's staying there) caused a bonfier to be ruade at Carfax, 

t Wood adds :--'with them were 
mixed many poore privileged people.' 
See vol i. p. 1o2. 
 Wood notes :--' Montague Bertie 
lord lXlorris çi. e. lXlorreys) eldest son of 
the earle of Abendon ; hot matriculated, 
a child of x 3 yeares of age.' 
 Wood notes :--' Henry Mordant, 
second son of vicount Avalon, aet. 222 
John Mordaunt (second son of John 
Mordaunt first earl of Peterborough) 
was created viscount Mordaunt of Avalon 
co. Somerset, Io July I659. Harry 
Mordatmt, his second son, here men- 
tioned, became lieutenant-general in the 

army, I Jan. x 7o3- 
« Wood adds :--« MatthewSeys, M.A., 
son of Richard Seys of Kerrigston in 
coin. Glamorgan, gen.' Dr. Bliss notes 
that administration of the goods of 
I)avid Seys, M.A., fellow of Ail Souls 
College was granted to Matthew Seise, 
M.A., 3o May 1632 ; Reg. Unir. Oxon. 
GG. fol. 134 : but this is a very different 
person ; since the Matthew Seys here 
cited took M.A. on 17 Match 1682. 
 I think this means omerely that 
Wood did hot know the blazoning of 
the flag of this company. 



1685. 49 

and the bells there tobe rung. Before this bonfier was ruade, the 
mayor and his brethren went in their scarlet from Pennyless bench 
to prayers in S. Iartin's church, and thence to Penniless bench, 
where during the burning of the fier was an entertainment of wine 
and bisket given by them to the said earl of Abendon and the officers 
of the militia. Nerton coll. made a bonfier between i o and i i at 
night, and I know not yet to the contrary whether any College 
except Ch. Ch. did so beside. It was began to be ruade in the great 
quadrangle, but disturbing the warden's 1 test, it was removed into 
the little quadrangle, whereupon all the musketiers of" the said College 
(for there were 40 musketiers and pikemen in the saine house, which 
partly served under Bagshaw, but mostly under Finch) discharged 
their guns when healths were dranke, having a barrel of beare allowed 
to them. The subwarden (Dr. (John) Çonant) and most of the 
fellows were there [and  drank healths with the undergraduats]. It 
was then by a mischance that iXIr. Edward Slatter  (one of the fellowes) 
had a mischance by gunpowder, which burnt his hands and face: 
while he was filling his bandeliers from a paper of powder laying on 
the ground at some distance from the fier, there was a cole shot from 
the fier into the said paper. At which time lXlr. Lamphyre a post- 
toaster suffered also, but very little, for he went to London the next day. 
July , Th., lord Norris with his foot-company of Ch. Ch. drew 
up by Allhallowes church before the dore where the earl Abendon 
lay (riz. in the bouse of Thomas Baker, townclerke) which company 
waiting for some time the earl of Abendon came out, (and) thanked 
them for the honour done to his son 4, at which they gave a shout. 
Then the earl gave the colours before depicted  to lord Norris, and 
the lord Norris to... Seyes his ensigne. So they marched over 
Carfax to Ch. Ch.--July e, Th., at night, from 7 to about 9, Philip 
Bertie  of Trin. Coll. (a younger son of the earl of Lyndsey, and hall 
nephew to the earl of Abendon), did, as captain, train a foot-company 
of scholars (made up of his own bouse, Wadham and Lyncoln) in 
Trin. Coll. grove. They traind privatly before, riz. on the last of 
June. Philip Bertie, a fellow-commoner of Trin. Coll., captain; 

1 Sir Thomas Clayton, warden of 
Merton since I66I. 
2 this grave breach of University 
etiquette is slurred over by the words 
in square brackets being blotted out. 
in MS. Ballard 46 fol. I6b is a 
note by Wood :--' Edward Selater being 
plunged in debt left the College without 

leave and went to the West Indies in 
Jan. 168-.' 
4 in choosing him captain of their 
troop. 
» see supra, p. 148, note 5- 
 Philip Bertie (3rd son of Robert 
Bertie» third enrl of Lindsey) ; he died 
unmarried in i728. 



150 I4/'OOD'..ç LIFE AIVD TI3IE..ç. 
William Latton , fellow of Wadham Coll., leivtenant; Richard 
Adams 8, A.M. fellow of Lincoln, yonger brother to the reetor, ensigne. 
The eolours were received from the earl of Abendon the saine day. 
Trin. Coll. men have two drummers that are ¢ommoners, one of 
Balliol, and another of Wadham Coll. 

Argent 

8«ble 

Argent 

çlule" 

July 2, being the saine day, St. John's Coll. men, with some of 
Balliol and others, received their colours also from the earl of 
Abendon. They want their number s, and the captain of them all the 
while was sick of the smal pox. John Rudston 4, LL.D., and fellow 
of St. John's, captain; (Thomas) Skinner s of Ball. Coll., leivtenant ; 
(John) Kent , gentleman commoner of St. John's, ensigne 7. 

 Wood notes:--' William Latton, son 
of (Thomas) Latton of Kingston Bake- 
puze" eo. Berks. See Gardiner's Reg. 
Coll. Wadh., p. 85. 
 Wood notes :--' Richard Adams, 
son of John Adams of Charwelton eom. 
Northampton, gen." There is a con- 
fusion here. Richard Adams (son of 
John Adams, gent., and brother of Fitz- 
herbert Adams who had been eleeted 
reetor of Lineoln College on 2 May 
1685) was admitted to Lineoln College 
on 9 July 1677 as a eommoner ; beeame 
demy of Magd. Coll. in 68o (Bloxam's 
Reg. Coll. Magd. v. 26)--he would 
rather be in Francis Bagshaw's coin- 

pany supra, p. 147. William Adams, 
born in Northamptonshire, was elected 
fellow of Lincoln CoIlege 12 Feb. i68 : 
he was probably a cousin of the rector's 
he is perhaps meant here. 
 i.e. bave hOt enough members en- 
rolled fo make a company. 
« John Rudston, D.C.L.S. John's 5 
May 1685. 
 Wood notes :--' Thomas Skinner, 
A.Bac., son of William Skinner, of 
Ledbury in Herefordshire.' 
 Wood notes :' John Kent, gentle- 
man commoner of St. John's, son of 
Richard Kent of London, esq.' 
* Wood gives no blazoning for this 



July , the saine day, New Coll. men receiv'd their colours, who 
had belote trained privately several times in their coll. ; see belote 1 

JuIy 7, Tuesday, news came at night that the rebels were routed 
and dispersed in a skirmish had early on Sunday morn. (July 5)- 
Whereupon a bonfier was ruade at Carfax by the lord leivtenant (earl 
of Abendon). And another in Ch. Ch. great quadmngle, at which 
time Great Tom rang out. 
July 8, Wednesday, Convocation in the afternoone. Wherein it 
was order'd that every inceptor, whether Dr. or lXlr., should pay 
moneys towards the Universitie militia--(it was then publickly knowne 
that wee should bave no Act, tho' about 26 Doctors in seveml 
faculties)--each IIaster was to pay os. and every Dr. 5os.--On the 
saine day, at i  at night, capt. Finch of Ails. Coll. sent his drum to 
IIert. Coll. which did beat up at the gate and in the quadrangle 
to call to Alls. Coll. all his footmen of lIerton for farther orders. 
Soon after, by command of the earl of Abendon, they went to Islip to 
secure London road, and to stop all suspicious persons going to 
London .--At the saine rime the Universitie horse rode ail night, and 
dispersed themselves on the roads by Dorchester, Abendon, Far- 
ringdon. 
July 9, Th., great rejoycing at Oxon by bonfiers and ringing of 
bells, having received certainty of the rebells' defeat. The mayor and 
his brethren met at 19ennyless bench about 8 at night, went to 
prayers in their scarlet at Carfax church, afterwards retired to Penny- 
less bench, where there ",vas a bonfier and entertainment for the earl 
of Abendon and the officers of the militia. 
July io, F., at night return'd capt. Finch and his soldiers from 
Islip. 

flag; probably the same as before :-- 
' quarterly argent and sable, the crown 
or, and the cross gales on a canton 
argent.' 
i i.e.p, x47 supra. The plain flag 
given here indicates probably that Wood 

did hOt trouble to repeat here the flag 
above depicted (p. x48). 
z as said above, vol. i. p. o7, Islip 
was an important point on the great 
road from London to Worcester and 
the West. 



IVOOD'S LIFE AND TIAIES. 

July x3, Act blunday, rive companies of scholars  shewed alto- 
geather in Ch. Ch. meadow in the afternoon. Joyned altogeather, 
and were for some time trayned by the earl of Abendon. They 
all went afterwards over Carfax to their respective homes ; the prime 
officers (viz., captaines, leivtenants, and ensignes) in scarlet coats, 
scarfes about their wasts, and white feathers in their hats. 13agshaw's 
feather was double, or so bigg that nothing of the hat could be seen. 
S. John's Coll. rnen were hot there, beeause they wanted their number. 
July x4, T., James, earl of Abendon, and lord leivtenant of the 
county, left Oxon and went to Ricot, being accompanied out of the 
town by the University troopers.--The country rnilitia retired to their 
respective houses the sarne day.--The scholars retired, and shewed 
publickly no more. 
July 2o, lxI., the University troop dined with the earl of Abendon 
at Ricot, and carne home well fuz'd . 
July 26, Sunday, and thanksgiving for the late victory, Ir. Henry  
Bois, fellow of Univers. Coll. preached on (Psm. iee, 6) ' Pray for the 
peace of Jerusalem.' In which many things savouring of popery, he 
was complained of to the vicechancellor * by Dr. Gilbert Ironside  at 
the desire no doubt of the bishop of S. Asaph 6 then present. His re- 
cantation beares date, S., i Aug., lIr. (Benjamin) Cooper hath it.] 
ffuly.--July 6 7, lI., died Guy Carleton, bishop of Chichester; 
see X. 8. 

7 July, Tuesday, at night received a rebuff from (John) lleysey in the common 
chamber in the presence of (William) Rernard, (Francis) Foster, (Charles) 
Standard, (John) Edwards. 
Qu. ' What news 8 ?, Ans. ' Ha ! what sir , is't ?' 

1 these companies, above enurne- 
rated, were as follows :-- 
, capt. Leopold Finch's eompany-- 
Alls., Mert. 
z, eapt. Francis Bagshaw's eompany 
--Magd. C. (? and Unir.) 
3, eapt. Robert Sewster's company 
New C. (? and Qu., Exet.) 
4, capt. Montagu lord Norrey's com- 
pany--Ch. Ch., privileged men (? and 
Jesus Coll.) 
5, capt. Philip Bertie's eompany-- 
Trin., Wadh., Line. :--to whieh has to 
be added-- 
6, eapt. John Rudston's eornpany-- 
never efficient--S. Jo., Ball. 
u see l,Ir. Oman's AllSouls in The Col- 
leges of Oxford (Methuen, I89Q , p. ee 7. 

z a slip for 'Nathauiel ]3oys,' soon 
to figure in these pages as one of the 
prominent seceders to Romanism. 
t John Lloyd, principal of Jes. Coll. 
 warden of Wadham. 
* William Lloyd, formefly fellow of 
Wadham; an anti-papal writer, see 
Gardiner's Reg. Coll. Wadh., p. 2I. 
* this note was added later. 
* news of an encounter between the 
King's and lonmouth's forces was 
hourly expected; see Evelyn's Diary 
under dates 2 July and 8 July 685. 
9 the reading of this word is uncer- 
tain. The point of the whole conver- 
sation is not clear ; perhaps the speaker 
was trying to ridicule Wood's de,'ffness. 
See Reliquiae Itearnianae ii. lO 9. 



Qt. « What news ?' Ats. ' I know not.' 
Qu. ' What have you been a sleep ?' Ans. ' Ha! a sleep man, a sleepe, a 
sleepe, a sleep man.' 
Ara. ' What do you say I love a wench.' 

July 8, Wedn., R(obert) Whitehall of Merton Coll. died suddenly 
in the morning. 
July 8, W., news at Oxon that Guy Carlton, bishop of Chichester, 
was dead (died perhaps 2 or :3 dayes before). 
[I685 1, July 9, Th., Robert Whitehall, Bac. of Physick and senior 
fellow of Mert. Coll., was buried in S. John Baptist Church under the 
west wall in the south part or south ile of the church.] 
(Thomas) Dangerfield died in the beginning of this month  by a 
wound taken in the eye aRer he came from Tyburne where he was 
whipt. This wound by one Robert Francis of Grey's In, barrister, 
aetat. 40 3, sometimes of Ch. Ch. Robert Francis was hang'd for it 
at Tyburne, F., 24 July. I have his speech 4 among folio speeches ; 
vide matric. 

[Thomas » Dangerfeild « having been round guilty 7 of perjury relating to the 
Popish Plot, he was sentenced to walk about Westminster hall with a paper upon 
his head ; afterwards to stand in the pillory in the Old Palace Yard before West- 
minster hall dote, next at the Old Exchange ; then to be whipt at the cart's tayl 
from Aldgate to Newgate and thence at another time from Newgate to Tyburne. 
After vhich last had been performed and in his retume to Newgate, Mr. Robert 
Frances of Grey's Inn being accidentally in Holborne when the coach containing 
Dangerfield passed by, he drew up to it and said ' How now, friend ! have you had 
your heat this morning ?' Whereupon Daugerfield being alwaies ready with ill 
language in his mouth, answered ' Go and be hang'd, you son of a whore.' 

 note in Wood MS. E 33- 
 on July 5, see Luttrell i. $5 . 
s ' aetat. 4 o' substituted for an ' an- 
tient man.' 
 Wood 4oE (xz) «the dying speech 
of Robert Frances of Gray's Inn July 
24, I685.' Wood has marked several 
passages which suggest that this 'speech' 
is only a catch-penny printer's sheet, 
and has added a note' the matters 
that are scored with a pen (besicles 
many more) are borrowed from other 
dying speeches.' 
 Wood's note in Wood 4zz (). 
« Wood 425 (5) is 'Mr. Thomas 
Dangerfeild's particular nrrative' of 
the plot, Lond. I679, price es 6d. 
Wood 45 (7) is' Mr. Thomas Danger- 
feild's second narrative,' Lond. 68o, 

price s. Wood 46 (8) is Thomas 
Dangerfeild's 'answer to a certain 
pamphlet [by Elizabeth Cellier] called 
Malice Defeated,' Lond. 68o. Wood 
4z9 09) is' the case of Thomas Danger- 
feild with some remarkable passages at 
the trials of Elizabeth Cellier and (Roger 
Palmer) earl of Castlemayne,' Lond. 
I68o, price s 4 d. Wood 49 (o) is 
' The information of Thomas Danger- 
feild at the bar of the Home of Commons 
on 6 Oct. 68o,' Lond. 68o. 
7, Dangerfeild's memoires printed al=ter 
he was imprison'd for swearing falsely 
in divers matters relating to the Plot do 
show him to be the exactest rogue and 
knave in nature '--Wood's note in Wood 
425 (6). 



1,5 4 VOOD'S LIFE AND TI3IES. 
VChereupon Francis having a little cane in his hand thn, st it towards his face, 
which hitting exactly upon his eye, broke the ball thereof so that all the cristalline 
part thereof falling out lï)angerfield dyed within few dayes after viz. about the be- 
ginning of July I685. Frances thereupon being seized on (before the coroner had 
brought it in wilful murder), he was committed to Newgate. And being tryed at 
the Old Bayly in the next sessions following the jury brought him in guilty of 
murder. Whereupon he was hang'd at Tyburn 24 of the said month. If  this had 
hapned to a man that had hot suffer'd the law, 'twould bave been scarce brought in 
manslaughter.] 
July x x, Sat., Taverner Harris died of the small pox at Soundess, 
as 'tis said. 
July xS, W., James, duke oflXIonmouth, beheaded on Tower hill*; 
buried in the chapel of St. Peter ad vincula there. 
'5 July, w., Dr. (John) Conant chosen rector of BurmingtonL 
July  8, S., (Rowland) Townsend, Dr. of the Civil Law and fellow 
of Alls. Coll. died: the bell rung out at xi of the clock. Died of 
a fall from his horse in [the * highway neare to Wolvercot] comming 
from Woodstock at boules, which rail he took x6(th) day, Th. His 
company rode before and they left him, [disi'd » with drink]. He 
died Sat. night, July x8, between 8 and 9 in the house of goodman 
... Howell at Wolvercote; and his body being brought to Oxon, 
was buried in the chappell" of Allsouls on Munday night. Originally 
of Ch. Ch. 
[1Rowland Townshend 7, LL. Dr., and fellow of Allsoules College» died at 
Wolvercot neare Oxon between 8 and 9 of the clock at night on S., the 18 day of 
July 1685, aged 37- Whereupon his body being brought to Alls. Coll. was interred 
in the outer chapell there on M., the 2o day of the said month--sine prole. He 
was the son of Henry Townshend of Elmley Lovet in Worcestershire, esq. His 
death was occasion'd by a fall from his horse neare fo Wolvercot in his returne 
from Woodstock (where he had been playing at bowles) on Th., the 16 day of the 
said month.] 
July 2o, lI., about s oo voluntiers came from Shrewsbury to Oxon 
in their way to London. Oxford voluntiers went soon after, about 
8o or 9 o. The King will settle standing regiments: takes occasion 
upon the late rebellion to do this. Quaere, what it will prove ? 

i MS. has 'had,' by a slip for 
' if.' 
 Evelyn's Diary under date 5 July 
685. Wood 66o C () is ' An account 
of what passed at the execution of the 
late duke of Monmouth,' which he notes 
to have been ' published about 5 July 
685.' 
 see Brodrick's Merton, p. gb- 

* the words in square brackets are 
substituted for ' Portmeade.' 
 the words in square brackets are 
scord ont : ' disi'd»' i.e. dizzied. 
 Gutch's "3/'ood's Coll. and Halls, 
p. 295. 
7 note in MS. Wood F 4, P- 59. 
 ' about oo' substituted for ' 6o or 
Oo  



7ULI; 16S. 55 

News letter dated 3o July, M., saith that Capt? Colepeper, one of the guard, had 
struck (William Cavendish) earl of Devon with his fist in the room the bedchamber 
whereupon his hand [is z to be cut off.] This is the mme Culpeper as it seems that 
kil'd a soldier in winter I68o. 

july 23, Th., Ir. (Edward) Slatter varied 3, being put off till that 
time because he had got a mischance by gunpowder*. Above ioo 
at supper. 
Eodem die, news that Tom King was imprison'd in Newgate for 
speaking treasonable words in his drinke. 
July 25, S., cl(ean) sheets. 
(Thomas) White, Cantab., duke of York's chaplain, created D.D. after the said 
duke of York was at Oxon 1683, is ruade bishop of Chichester 5--so the news, (S., 
July 5) S. James' day 1685. Short's letter, T., 4 Aug., saith Dr. White hath kis't 
the king's hand for the bishopric of Peterborough : vide in Oct. 
July 26, Su., Thanksgiving day--see at the end of the papers 
concerning the training of the scholars . (Nathaniel) Boys preached, 
see Oct. (6)85. 
July 28, T., (Thomas) Edwards 7, II.A. and fellow of $. John's, 
died there. 
28 July, T., about i of the clock in the moming died Henry Bennet earl of 
Arlington at his house neare to Whitehall ; refer to. ]3uried in a vault at Euston 
in Suffolk which he had ruade while living. Short's letter saith he (waç) buried 
3o July ; quaere an at Westminsternot buried at Westminster. 
July 29, w., but one judge of assze came to Oxon. lIany of 
thêm are gon into the West to try the rebells. 
July 3o 8, Th., died Sir Leoline Jenkyns at Hammarsmith. 
July 3I, F., was swome of his majesty's privie counsell George 
(Berkeley), earl of Berkley. 
July 3, F., Robert Pauling, mercer, appeared before the judge 
(baron (Sir William) Gregory) at the nisi prius for writing a letter 
fui of treason conceming the late King to the duke of Bucks (George 

1 'Capt.' substituted for 'Sh John.' 
See Evelyn's Diary under date 9 July 
685 ; Luttrell i. 4Ol. 
 for the words in square brackets 
there was afterwards substituted ' was 
judged to be cut off, zo July ; so a letter 
dated Zl July.' 
z for this Merton College exercise, 
see Dr. Brodrick's 2Ierton College in 
The Colleges o.f Oxford (Methuen 189 I), 
pp. 71-73. 
 on 1 July I685 at the volley-firing 

on a false report that Monmouth's 
followers had been defeated. 
5 an error: John Lake (of Bristol) 
was translated to Chichester. 
 i.e. in Wood MS. D 19 (3), printed 
supra pp. I45-I52 . 
v He is the ' T. E. 1685 ' of Gutch's 
Wood's Coll. and Halls, p. 568. 
 this entry is seored out, having 
been entered in error in July. It belongs 
to August. 



I56 Vv'OOD'S ZIFE AArD TIIIIES. 

Villiers). Which being sent to alderman William Wright to be 
conveyed to him, it was seised on in his house xvhen searched, I683. 
He was found guilty of high misdeameanour and of scandalum 
magnatum. Muddiman's letter dated at Whitehall, Aug. 8, S., x685. 
--' At the assizes held at Oxon, bIr. Paulyng of that city was 
indicted for a libell found among alderman Wright's papers and 
words against the earl of Abendon (James Bertie). Both which 
being ruade out by 4 witnesses, his councell could make no defence. 
So that the jury without going from the barr found him guilty.' 
lin I Bartholomew FAIR, [I685] At the Corner of Hosier-lane, and near ]Ir. 
Parker's Booth ; There is to be seen A Prodigious Monster lately brought over by 
Sir T]tolltas Grtottha»t from the grea, t A[ogttl's Countrey; being a man with one 
Head and two distinct Bodies, both Masculine ; there is also xvith him his Brother 
who is a Priest of the Mahometan Religion. trice Six etcc, and Ote Shilling 
t/ce best lYaces.] 
.ugusl;.--In the beginning of this month came to Oxon ... 
[bishop u of .... in Greece.] (He with the red beard is . . . Agapius 
of Cephalonia under the government of the Venetians. His other 
naine (his praenomen) is an hard unusuall naine ; but I will enquire it 
.gain for you. This man is not a bishop.) 
The Universitie verte emptie partly by being before cal'd away 
least they should beare armes, and because vacation time. 
Waters extreame low, tho' many flashes of raine. Rivers ahnost 
dried up. Water unwholsome for brewing. Few bath themselves 
this yeare. 
[i Aug. s, S., 1685, the vicechancellor and severall doctors of the 
University being assembled in the Apodyterium, Nathaniel Boyse, 
I.A. fellow of Univ. Coll., did make there a recantation of severall 
passages in a sermon savouring of popery, delivered in S. Iarie's 
church, Su., 6 July going before.] 
Aug. 7, F., lord Callender  of Scotland died there and so did that eminent and 
famous advocate Sir Walter Pringle--so news letter Aug. 14, F. 
/[r. Short's letter dated, S., Aug. 8.--bishop of Bristow (John Lake) is removed 
to Chichester.Sir Jonathan Trelaway is made bishop of Bristov, having received 
Orders before he came to the estate of his brother deceased.Dr. (Thomas) White 
is ruade bishop of Peterborough. In Rife's letter, Aug. I3, Th., Bristow is trans- 
lated to Chichester ; .and Sir Jonathan, ut supra. 

a this is a printed handbill inserted in 
the Almanac for July» to which Wood 
bas added the date 68fi, here enclosed 
in square brackets. 
 the words in square brackets are 
scored out, and a note' not a bishop' 

addcd. The remainder of the note is 
from a slip pasted in here ; it is not in 
Wood's hand. 
note in MS. 13odl. 594, P- I23. 
Alexander Livingston, 2nd earl of 
Calendar. 



7UL I z ,OE UG. 168. 157 
Aug. 12, W., Titus Oates stood in the pillory against the Temple gate--who 
endeavoured to be Dr. of Oxon. 
The saine day, 12 Aug., W., died in the Tower of London, lady Ann, of the 
small pox, daughter to James duke of Monmouth. Shee and her brother and 
sister with the mother were put there a little before the duke of Monmouth was 
brought fom Somersetshire to London. 
The King of England hath nov an army of horse and foot in the 
field, of the flour of the nation, raised upon defeat of Monmouth, 
under pretence to keep him in safety against false titles and fanaticks. 
This was donc by Charles II, 1677 (i.e. 5); kept standing forces 
here i and sent some into Flanders to assist the Fr(ench); but the 
Parliament that met in 1678 and ruade a discovery of the Popish 
plot, they voted them disbanded and to be called home, they 
voted them 'a terror and horror to the nation,' and that 'they 
were design'd to bring in Popery and arbitrary government.' The 
question is now what this parliament will doe when they meet againe 
Nov. 4 next, for the phanatiques (nay, some sober men) thinke that 
this army ,,vhich is to be kept in pay is to bring in popery and 
arbitrary government. 
Aug. i8, T., Mr. R. Davis  shut up his shopwindows for debt, 
having been married 3 to a second wife in the spring before. 
Aug. i9, W., reported that Tom Cary of S. Mary hall was dead of 
the small pox at York. 
Aug. 26, W., the countess of Denbigh  died--so the letter. 
News letter dated 27 Aug., Th., that Arthur (Annesley) earl of Anglesey was 
seized by a serjeant at armes for something relating to the duke of Monmouth. 
2 9 Aug., S., I went to London and return'd thence 26 Sept. (It 
cost me) 5li. 
Sir" Lleoline Jenkyn died uit. Aug., his body having been broken 

 see Evelyn's I)iary tmder date 29 
Feb. 167{. 
 his stock of books was afterwards 
sold by auction. The four sale-cata- 
logues are round in Wood's Collection. 
Wood E 18 (catalogue, no. 48) is the 
catalogue of the books of Richard Davies 
for sale by auction at Oxford to begin 19 
Apr. 1686. Wood È 19 (catalogue, no. 
52) is' pars 2nda' of these books, for sale 
by auetion to begin 4Oct. 1686, to which 
is added an' appendix to Richard Davies 
his auction catalogue which began to 
be sold 4 Oct. I686,' on which Wood 
notes ' this was published 23 Nov. I686.' 
Wood E 21 (no. 8) is' Çatalogi librorum 

Rich. Davis bibliopolae pars tertia' for 
sale at Oxon to begin 25 June 1688, 
Wood notes in it that he had it ' ex dono 
13. Shefley, June 16887 Wood E22 
(no. 1I) is 'pars quarta' of Davis' sale, 
the auction to begin I1 Apr 1692; it 
contains the theological library of Dr. 
Eward Pococke. 
s Wood is swift to note any incon- 
venience of matrimony. 
* in error for ' earI.' William Field- 
ing, 3rd earl of Denbigh, died 23 Aug. 
1685 ; his widow died 9 Dec. I719. 
s this note is on the back of part of a 
slip of paper on which Wood had 
written a form of admission to some 



I58 

WOOD'S ZIFE AND TI&rES. 

with multitude of business while he (was) secretary of state in the 
Popish plot. 
Munday, 31 Aug., Sir Leolin Jenkyns died at his bouse in Ham- 
marsmith, London. ]3uried in Jes. Coll. Oxford i in Sept. Vide So- 
lemnities . Sir Leoline Jenkins died Sept. i---- so the funeral rings s. 
8eptember.--[Sir Leolin Jenkyns*, knight, after a long and 
lingring desease died in his house at Hammersmi/h neare to London 
[about  3 of the clock in the morning on Tuesday tbe , of Sep- 
tember] 685, aged 62. Whereupon his body being imbalm'd, was 
carried to Oxon in state, and there in Jesus College chapel at 
the upper end was buried with solemnity on Th., the 17 Sept. 
folloxx, ing, being accompanied to his grave by all the degrees of the 
Universitie. (Arms:--)' argent, 3 cocks gules.' He was tbe son of 
Leoline Jenkyns a plebeian living at Llanblethian in coin. Glamorg. 
but out Sir Leolin was borne at Llanthrished in the said countie. At 
i6 yeares of age, 64, he became a student in Jesus College: left 
that house soon after, and was a tutor to several Welsh gentlemen of 
quality in the house of Sir John Aub.rey, bart., of LIanthrithyd, left 
void by sequestration, where he continued from 648 to 65 ; and 
then he removed with his charg to Oxon where they sojourned in a 
townsman's house and were educated there, as in Wales before, 
according to the way of the church of England. In 655 they were 
dispers'd as being obnoxious to the then schismatical members of the 
University, and then they travelled beyond the seas for two or 3 
yeares. After Sir Leolin's femme, he setled for a time in Shrop- 
shire; and after the king's returne he was first made fellow of Jesus 
College, and soon after principall thereof and Dr. of the Civill Law. 
About i668 he was ruade judge of the prerogative upon the death of 
Dr. William Merick, having before (when war was had with the Dutch) 
exeeuted the office of judg of the Admiralty for, and in the place of, 
Dr. (John) Exton. Knighted 7 Jan. i6wy.« About [668  or be- 
ginning of 669] he was sent embassador into France to claire the 
queen mother's jewells; and in 673 , having resigned his principality, 

official collections; the gaps can be 
filled up as follovs :--' (Adroit the 
bearer) hereof Mr. Anthony (Wood, 
historio)grapher of the (Unir. of Ox- 
lord) to peruse certaine (registers, in 
the...) Office, to take out (. the wills 
of writers) and eminent (men).' 
* sec Gutch's Wood's Colls. and 
Halls, p. 585. 

see p. ,6I, infra. 
see p. 61, ht.fra. 
note in Wood MS. F 4, P- 159- 
the words in square brackets are 
substituted for ' on Munday 31 August.' 
the words in square brackets are 
underlined for correction, and a note 
added in the margin ..' queen mother 
died ult. Aug. i669.' 



.4 UG.  SEPT. 1685. 

x59 

he with Sir Joseph Williamson were sent to Colen by his majesty to 
mediat for a peace between the emperour and king of France. After- 
wards (being return'd thence) they were sent as plenipotentiaries to 
Neomagin about x675, and at his returne was ruade one of the 
secretaries of state 1. Which hapning in the beginning of x68o in 
the popish plot time when much buisness hapned (which his 
brother secretary could hot well do or understand), his body ,,vas in a 
short rime after so much broken that he in a manner was forc'd to 
resigne his secretaryship. Whereupon giving a farewell to ail secular 
employment, he retired to an bouse at Hammarsmith which he had 
hired; and there, after some time, finished his course. He was a 
great benefactor to the new buildings at Jesus College while he lived; 
and at his death gave to the said college 7ool/. per annum and the 
advowson of two churches--all which is to corne to the College after 
the death of his brother.] 
[' Trt'nus 2 eral A&tm, talem suspendcre vadam s 
Thomam negle_vil a ; ll'ttlstatum non bene re.vit  ; 
Swithinum VO]ltt't----ct¢r ? quia lb/us 7Jg/lll't." 
Bp. Sanderson found these verses among 
records in Beavoir Caslle. 
These verses were written on Adam de Orleton, first, bishop of 
Hereford (  3 x 7 ), afterwards, of Worcester ( x 3 z 8), and, at length, of 
Winchester (x334); written before my face and for my use by Dr. 
William Sandcroft arehbishop of Canterbury when I was with him at 
Lambeth, W., z Sept. 685--at what time he told me he formerly 
had them from Dr. Robert Sanderson who was bishop of Lyncoln. 
 Thomam neglexit, i.e. he negleeted the church of Hereford which is dedicated 
to St. Thomas of Cantilupe. 
 Wolstanum non bene rexit, i.e. he did hOt well govern the church of Worcester, 
dedicated to S. Wolstan. 
¢ Swithinum voluit, etc., he gap'd after Winehester, dedicated to S. Swithune.] 
(Wood 660 C (o) is ' An account of the proceedings against the 
rebels [lately under James, duke of lIonmouth] at Dorchester, F. and 
S., 4 and 5 Sept. x685.') 
(Franeis) North, Lord Keeper, and viseount Guilford (1;'asli, 169o ) 

1 t'O faded marginal notes in pencil 
here seem to say :' pari(lainent) man 
for Unir. of Oxon, 1677' and ' v(ide) 
Henry laurice, Jesus Coll.' 
z this note is found in MS. Sancroft 
35, fol. 34; Mr. Madan drew my 

attention to it. The portion in italic 
is in Sancroft's hand ; the test is la 
Wood's. 
z ' I shall go (wlth ail my heart) to 
hang such a one.' 



I60 WOOD'S LIFE AArD TIAIES. 

died at Wroxton (Sept. 5, S.); buried there very privatly. Where- 
upon (Sept. to 1, Th.) the broad seal was brought to the King at 
Windsore. See Gazet. 
Lady (Alicia) Lisle beheaded at Winchester (Sept. 7, quaere Dr. 
(Phineas) Elwood; quaere what day  in the beginning of Sept.) for 
harbouring (John) Hicks, a nonconformist minister, (Nathaniel) 
Wade 3, and others engaged in the late rebellion. 
News letter dated Sept. 7, lXI., tells us that Justice (Sir Thomas) 
Walcot died at his seat neare Ludlow in Herefordshire txvo dayes 
since, after his returne from the northerne circuit. 
Sept. 7, ]XI., were at Oxford Samuel Palmer 4; Ir. (John) Slade ; 
(John) Tayler , the vicar of Wolford ; (Thomas) Keyt 7 ; Den(nis) 
Huntingdon s, in number rive, of the number of twelve at least that 
made a bargaine 7 Sept. t66 5 at the Spread Eagle (commonly called 
the Spread Crov) to meet that day 2o yeares. 
(Wood 896 no. 8 is a Catalogue of 'books lately printed for 
Benjamin Billingsley' in which Wood notes 'put into my hand by a 
hawker when I was at London, I., 7 Sept. 16852 ) 
[xi Sept. t685, dedit" mihi Paganus Piscator 1° in cubiculo suo 

juxta le Fleet, London.] 
1 on Sept. 6; see Evelyn's I)iary 
under 6 Sept. 685 ; Luttrell i. 357- 
 on Sept. 2 ; Luttrell i. 
 Luttrell i. 359, 36o, 365. 
 Samuel Palmer, B.A. Mert.  Nov. 
66î', M.A. 8 June 6îo. 
» John Slade, ]3.A. Mert. 3 ilar. 
166ï» M.A. 29 Oct. 668. 
 John Taylour, B.A. Mert. 7 Nov. 
66. 
 Thomas Keyt, ]3.A. Mert. 7 Dee. 
668, M.A. New C. 2 î June 67. 
s Dennis Huntington, B.A.S. Alb. 
H. 2 iiar. 66, i.A. 28 Nov. 66. 
9 the book entitled 'Jackson's Re- 
cantation,' Lond. 674 ; Wood 372 (3), 
in which Wood has this note ' this book 
was written by Richard Head, a book- 
seller in London,' and the donor has 
this inscription ' viro multi» nominibus 
eolendo, eruditissimo humanissimo, do- 
mino Antouio Wood nnper Coll. Mer- 
ton Oxon socio (here Wood has noted 
'nunquam fui socius, A. W.') et istius 
Academiae antiquitatum scholasticarum 
thesaurario recordatorique fidissimo, 
etc.' Another gift of the same date is 

Wood 534 (7) 'The tombes, monu- 
ments, and sepulchral inscriptions lately 
visible in S. Paul's cathedral,' in which 
Wood has a note ' donavit mihi author 
P. Piseator anno x685.' 
o the pedantic Latinisation of Payne 
Fisher. In Wood iIS. F 3 t, P- 47 b is 
the pedigree of PaNne Fisher. Wood 
has several pieces by Payne Fisher 
among his books and pamphlets :-- 
3,Yood 429 (14) is ' Epitaphium Roberti 
]31akii nuper Thalassiarchae' edit. al- 
tera Lond. 658, by P[aganus] P[is- 
cator]. Wood 429 (8) is P. Piscator's 
• Elogium Sepulchrale' on George 
Monk. Wood 317 contains 3 pieces 
by P. F. i.e. Payne Fisher, (I) ' Deus et 
Rex, Rex et Episcopus,' (2) 'Elogia 
Sepulchralia,' Lond. x675 ; (3) ' Paren- 
tatio, etc.' Wood 383 (4) is ' impressio 
secunda Carminis heroici in honorem 
.|osephi 3,¥illiamson,' x675 [by Payne 
Fisher]. Wood 429 (46) is ' Epitaph 
on Henry Norwood,' in which is written 
' donum authoris Pagani Piscatoris, 
Nov. 23 anno 69o. ' 



SEPT£AIIER, 168/5. 161 

( Funeral I of Sir Leoline Jcnl,?yns). 
[Sept.  , T., 1685, about 3 in the rnorning, Sir Leoline Jenkyns, 
knight, after a long and lingring desease, died at his house in 
Hammersnfith neare to London. 
On the 14 Sept?, lIunday, the body set out from Hanarnersrnith 
towards Oxon accompanied with 3 moorning coaches and his ser- 
vants in rnoorning on horse-back. 
On Tuesday, (I 5 Sept.), about dinner tirne, rode out to rneet the 
corps several heads of houses in their coaches and Doctors and others 
on horse back, with the mayor, aldermen, and some of his brethren 
in coaches and others on horse back. Al'ter dinner they ail carne 
in at East gate in good order, his servants in mourning before the 
corps, the corps in a moorning herse drawne by 6 horses all 
adorned with his armes, and in little flaggs sticking thereon. They 
all rnarched up the street as fart as Alls. Coll. ; then turn'd up Cat 
Street; and" comming to the great gate of the public Schooles, the 
vicechancellor, bishop, and rnost of the lIasters of the Universitie, 
were there to l'eceive it. Thence 'twas conducted to the Divinity 
Schoole fitted to receive it, some of the windowes of which were 
darkned with mourning cloth. 
The next day, being Wednesday (i6 Sept.), it was exposed to 
the sight of the vulgar, or (as wee use to sa)-) it then layd in state. 
There was a larg velvet pall that cover'd the rich coffin, a candle 
at each corner burning standing on a stand, and 4 in mourning 
continually to stand ther during the time it was expos'd. These 
4 were undergraduats of Jesus College, appointed by the executors. 
Thursday, Sept. 17, in the afternoon, the vice-chancellor, bishop, 
Doctors, noblemen, and Masters met at the Convocation, where 
the Drs and nobles had rings4 and . . . , and the Masters only 
gloves. Thence they went into the Divinity Schoole. Where being 
setled, the Universitie Orator (William Wyatt) in one of the lower 
pulpits did make a speech on that occasion. When that was con- 
cluded his body was carried into the quadrangle,-where it was 
mounted on six men's shoulders, the pall held up by si_,: Doctors 
of the Civil (Law) (Sir Richard Lloyd 5 one): carried up the High 
Street, with the Drs and lIrs following, and his servants in moorning 

 this narrative is from Wood MS. D 
9 (3), fol. 6 9 (olim fol. ïo). 
z substituted for 'Aug. 3x, Mun- 
day? 
VOL. III. 

s substituted for ' 16 Sept.' 
 see su;bra, p. 158. 
s Judge of the High Court of Ad- 
miralty, Oct. a, t685. 



I62 IrOOD'S L[FE AND TIAIES. 

going before. After they were at the Quadrivium, thcy turn'd downe 
the North Sçreet, then thro Jesus College Lane, and so to Jcsus 
College, where resting the body in the chappell, the vice-chancellor  
(head of the said bouse)read the service for the burial of the dead. 
The organ in the Musick School was removed thither for that time, 
and severall Mrs. of musick, and certaine choiristers of Ch. Ch. being 
appointcd there, they sang a very solemn and a most dolefull anthem. 
Afier prayers and the anthem was donc, (John) Spencer , fellow 
of that house, speak, from the desk covered with mourning, a Latin 
speech fitted for that occasion. Afterwards the body was deposited 
in a grave neare to that of Dr. (Francis) lXIansell, being inclosed 
in a rich coffin, hinged or brac'd about with barrs or clasps which 
some took to be silver , an inscription upon it on a plate of 
brass. There was a stripe of mourning hung round the chappell, 
with his armes on themq' argent, 3 cocks gules.' 

IIe was « the son of Lleolin Jenkyns of Llanblethian in com. Glamorg., a poore 
taylor, as 'ris said 5; but borne at Llanthristred in the saine county : bred up at 
schoole under him that succeeded John Owen the epigrammatist at Trylegh in 
coin. Monmouth. In 1641, being then i6 yeares of age, he became a student 
(servitour , quaere) of Jesus College; continued there some yeares; afterwards 
drove thence when Oxford was garrisond. Mr. Fienry Vaughan was his tutor. 
Seems to be knowne to Dr. Gilbert Sheldon 7 and Dr. Accepted Freuen, when they 
retired into Glamorganshire to the bouse of Sir Anthony Mansell (brother to Dr. 
Francis iX[ansell, principall of Jesus) on the approaches of the enimy to Oxford, 
where they sojourned several months. Taught several youths, the sons of the 
kindred of Dr. Mansell, in the bouse of Dr. Mansell's kinsman Sir John Aubrey, 
bart., at Llantrythyd, which bouse was lcft desolate by sequestracion . Fie began 
there to teach them under the inspection of I)r. Mansell, anno 648 ; continued 
till May 165I, at xvhat rime Mr. Ll.  Jenkyns was imprison'd for a seminary and 
they dispersed. In May 65 he removed with his scholars ° to Oxford where 
they sojourned in Sampson White's bouse against Univ. Coll. in the parish of 
S. Peter East. That knott dissolved, I655, and travelled 1., Mr. Jenkyns with 
them. Return'd from travells about  yeares before the kinge's returne: from 
which rime to the retume he lived with Sir William Whitmore of Shropshire. 

* Dr. John Lloyd, principal of Jcsus 
College. 
" John Spencer, M.A. Jes. Coll. 
8 June 683. 
 substituted for ' with silver barrs or 
clasps as they say.' 
« Wood notcs :--' sec Aubrey» part I, 
19o IOo  
5 Wood notes :--'son of a taylour ; 
so Seasonable Argumcng p. 22? 
 Wood notes in the margn that this 
is to  enquired into :' 

 Wood makes a score at the side 
of this sentence and notes :' this ean- 
hot be.' 
 Wood notes :' Sec 29r. 3[ansell's 
I" that I bave (Wood MS. F 30, O. C. 
8492) p. 8, 9-' 
u i.e. 'Llewelyn,' the ordinary form 
of the Latinized ' Leoline.' 
0 Wood notes :--' the names of them, 
quaere 3[ansell's Efe, p. 9, o.' 
1 Wood notes :' 31ansell's life, p. 
I2.  



SEPTEgllBER, 1085. 16 3 
Aftcr the king's returne, he was actually ruade fellow of Jesus, and created 
LL. Dr., having never taken any degree before in this University. Introduced 
into Drs. Commons 1. In the latter end of 1660 he xvas elected principall of Jesus, 
upon Dr. Mansell's resignation. In 1664 when watts were ruade with the Dutch 
he was, by the endeavours of (Gilbert) Sheldon archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. 
(John) Dolben and others, ruade (1668) substitute to Dr. (John) Exton judgê of 
the Admirality, and had a pension extraordinary (besides eonsiderable profits) 
allowed to him. A recruiter in parliament that began 1661 for IIyth in Kent. 
He was also commissary to the archbishop of Canterbury, and on the death of 
Dr. (Sir William) Merick xvas ruade judge of t'rerogative about 1668. In that 
yeare or 1669 he xvas sent into France in the depth of winter to claime the jewclls 
of thc queen mother of England then lately deceased (vide Gazer) ; in going to 
which place or retuming, he was frozen almost to death and had they hot rubd 
or anointed him with brandy he might bave lost his life. In 1673 he resignd his 
principality and got Mr. John Lloyd to suceeed him. About which time he with 
Sir Joseph \Villiamson went to Coin to mediit for a peace between the emperour 
and king of France (vide Gazer). Return'd, and afterward, about 1675 , went to 
Igemigen * as plenipotentiaries : then the report went that a schoolmaster and the 
eheif gazetcir 3 were sent by the king of Egland on an embassie. Ite was then 
I think knighted. In hopes to be archbishop of Cantcrbury on Dr. Sheldon's 
death. Retum'd; ruade Secretary of State; vide alibi. Chose parliament man 
for the Univcrsity of Oxford. Was Secretary when the popish plot broke out. 
Upon occasion of which being much employed in business  which his brother 
Secretary could hot do so well, it broke his body and was never well throughly 
aRer. Ail this while he kept a surrogate for the Prcrogative Office. Resigncd 
his Secretary's place, anno (1684) ; retired to I-Iammersmith for health sake and 
there lived to his end. He was a benefactor to the new buildings at Jesus College. 
Gave at his death 7ooli. per annum and two churches 5, which after the death of 
his brother is ail to corne to the College :--I, to compleat the places of i6 fellows 
and 16 scholars which belote were defcctive; 2, to maintaine two more fellows 
and two more scholars.]. 
(In Sept. 685 Wood was in London making excerpts from 
registers in the Prerogative Office "; these excerpts are found in Wood 
IIS. B. I 3 pp. 1-67. ) 
Oxford verie dead for want of scholars in this month--little trading 
--waters verie low--the boat men have no trade. 
Sir Edward Herbert, Lord Cheif Justice, quaere gazet: quaere in 
January going before. 

 this sentence is added from a draft 
of this part of the text on fol. 70 b. 
 the conferences for peace at Nime- 
guen opened July 1675. 
3 Sir Leoline was principal of Jesus 
College, Sir Joseph was editor of the 
Gazette (see vol. ii. p. 5o). The report 
rcprêsênts thê snêer of titled courtiers 
at persons connected with êducation or 
lctters. 

* "Wood notes :--' vide epitaph,' i. e. 
in Jesus College chapel. 
 Wood notes :--' the church of Pi- 
perd by Henley to be annexed to the 
principality ; another church in Kent.' 
 excerpts from documents in the 
Hcralds' Office, undated (but made pcr- 
haps during this visit), are found in 
Wood MS. B 13, PP-7.3-1Ol. 

.M 2 



164 IVOOD'S LIFE AND 
Sept. zo, Su., Mr. (Richard) Witt, registrar of the vicechancellor's 
court, died ; buried in the churchyard of St. Peter's East by capt. 
13rockherst his wive's first husband. 
News letter dated, T., 22 Sept., saith--the earl of Thanet is reported x to be 
dead, being the fourth earl z of that name dead since I679. 
News letter, Sept. 27, Su., saith that Sir Richard Ingoldesby is dead. He had 
Mr. l?Iawkyns his pMI,  2 Sept. 
l\Iunday, Sept. 28, Sir Thomas Allen, commander in z the navy, died--so the 
ncws lettcr sent to Oxford in the beginning of Oct. 
The saine day the letter reported that Dr. Thoma Short an eminent Popih 
physitian died alo. Practiccd ranch in Whitehall and thereabouts, l'apist. 
A printed clegie on his death ws soon aftcr pttblished. 
[Out of a letter dated at Harpford neare to Honiton in Devon 
3o Sept. 1615 :m'At Dorchester (coin. Dorset) were 249 rebells 
condemned to die, of which some few pleaded hOt guilty. I think 
zoo are rcpriev'd and the rest are executed, some at Lime, some 
at Dorchester, 13ridport, Sherbourne, Weymouth. At Exeter 77 
rebclls were condemned, of which 13 are ordered to be executed 
tho' I do hot yet heare but of one or two actually executed. At 
Taunton 4oo and odde were condemned ; and 3 executed. At Wells 
3oo and odd ; and one executed. They generally plead guilty, and 
many surrendred themselves. Others who are supposed to have 
been in the late horrid rebellion, and do yet keep of, will be out- 
law'd.'] 
Oetober.--In the beginning of this month or latter end of Sept. 
was hanged at Glastenbury (John) Hicks, a nonconformist minister, 
brother to Dr. (George) Hicks, for being in the rebellion. 
 Oct., Th., .... , of out Coll., told me that Strang Southby 
was dead---vide alibi; had been dead 5 weeks. Some say he died 
in his passage to Parys. 
 Oct., Th., the vice-chancellor  having had notice that several 
passages savouring of popery were in a book lately published by 
Mr. Obadiah Walker, entit. 'The Lire of Out Saviour Jesus Christ,' 
he sent the beadles to forbid the booksellers to sell any. Mr. 
Walker had dispersed ail the copies (saving 2oo) among the book- 
sellers in Oxford.--Mr. (Obadiah) Walker's book ' The Life of Our 

Saviour'; Dr. (William) Jane, the King's  professor, veiwed it, 

x false; see next note. 
 Nicholas Tufton, third earl, died 
24 Nov. 6î9; his brother John Tuf- 
ton, fourth earl, died 27 Apr. 68o; 
his brother Richard Tufton, fifth eafl, 
died 8 Mat. 6S; but lais brothcr 

Thomas Tufton, sixth earl, survived till 
729. 
z commissioner of the navy; Luttrell 
i. 358. 
* John Lloyd, principal ofJesus Coll. 
 i.e. Reg. Prof. Div. 



SEtT.  OCT. 1085. 16 5 
ruade some corrections of it, and sent them to the bishop (John 
Fell). The bishop told lXIr. Walker ; yet notwithstanding they stand 
to the bishop's dislike. Vide in Abraham Woodhead. When Dr. 
(Timothy> ttalton had been entred into his place ', which was Oct. 
6, T., he sent the beadle to see whether Ir. Walker was come 
home. 
Oct. 2, F., paid Is 6d to John Barret; so I ow him nothing. 
I had a keen or two of thread into the bargan. I then changed 
a guynny, and eat tripe with him. 
Above 3o commoners in hlerton Coll. 
Oct. 3, S., paid goodwife Payne her quarteridge, 5s; goodwife 
Watson also, 4s. 
Oct. 5, bi., Holywell court day. 
Oct. 6, T., news letter saith that Sir Edward Herbert is ruade 
Lord Chief Justice in the place of (George) Jeffries ruade Lord 
Chancellor. 
Oct. 6, T., Dr. (John) Lloyd resign'd his office of vicechancellor 
and Dr. (Timothy) Halton re-assumed it againe. Every one thought 
that Dr. (William) Levinz  should bave had it ; but some say he is 
hOt fit because of infirmities, others that he will hOt be govern'd 
by Dr. (John) Fell. Lloyd, a bibing fellow, of little business, 
pedanticall, and of little or no behaviour; shie and cross when you 
goe to make use of him, though upon a publick accompt. 
Oct. 7, W., Fo= an attorney, son of Dan. Fo«  died. His 
sister Mary (the beauty) and he were buried togeather in one grave. 
[1685 « Oct. 9, F., John Clarke, the drawer of the ere in Merton 
College cellar, died; and was buried next day in the churchyard of 
S. Peter in the East.] 
Sunday, Oct. xi, Sir John Churchill, Master of the Rois, died : Sir 
Thomas Trevor to succeed himso the news letter. 
Tuesday, Oct. '3, '685 (vide in Abraham Wdhead (in Aih.)) in 
the morning Mr. Nath(aniel) Boys of Unir. Coll. was with his Iajesty 
at Whitehall, who told him that ' he had seen and read the sermon of 
his' (meaning the sermon preached at S. Iarie's z6 July, Thanks- 
giving day, for some passages in which he made a recantation) ' and 
was well pleased with it' and that 'it was an ingenious scourse and 
well pen'd.' And that ' he had also seen a book, lately com out, by 
one that is Head of University Coll.' (meaning Ir. (Obadiah) Walker), 
 as vice-chancellor, in succession to a see Peshall's Additions, p. x4. 
John Lloyd.  Wood's note in MS. Rawl. B 402 a, 
 l'rcsidcnt of S. John's. P. 7. 



I66 I4/'OOD'S LIFE AND TIIIlES. 

that ' it was a very good book and (he) wondred how any one shall 
find fault with it.' 
Oct. 14, Wedn., the King's birth-day celebrated in Oxford with 
great expressions of loyaltie. Bells ringing in the day-time ; at night 
bonfiers in several colleges with the drinking of healths, bonfiers in the 
streets with drinking also. At ,, of the clock (dinner rime) a bonfier 
in Ch. Ch. quadrangle. 
Sir Thomas Ogle is ruade Master of Chelsey College in the place of Sir Thomas 
I)anicl, deceased--so the ncws letter datcd Oct. I 5, Th. 
[Out 1 of a letter to me from Wells, 2I Oct. 1685 :--'the records here whch 
were burnt by the rebells wcre only counterparts of leases and snch things as 
rclatcd to the patrimony of the bishoprick : but wee have no register exact of what 
they consistcd.'] 
[IIcnry Stedman u or Stedmyn of Breeknockshire, gent., died in the house of 
•.. Rose behind, or on the horth side of, St. Marie's church, Th., 22 Oct. 1685 
aged 65 * or thercbouts. ]3uried by the care of his son Henry Stedmyn M.A. and 
chaplain of Allsoules College in S. Marie's chureh. (Arms :--) ' vert a cross or.' 
tte accompanied Sir Leoline Jenkyns' body from Hammarsmith to Oxon, and 
continning there for some rime after for the sake of his son, fell sick there and 
died. IIe was the son as I conceive of John Stedman of Loveslodge in Caermer- 
thenshire, esq., and had been a student in Jcsns College with Sir Leolin Jenkyns 
bcfore mentiond. Henry  Stedman the son was matriculated of S. Alban Hall 
by the naine of Stedmin son of Henry Stedmin of St. ]3rechin, gent., act. Iî, t6î4 , 
Apr. lO2] 
Oct. , Th., ... Stedman of Brecknockshire, father to (Henry) 
Stedman  of Allso. Coll., died at Rose his house between S. Marie's 
and Allhallowes Church: buried in St. Marie's Church. (Arms) 
'vert a cross or.' ' Coll. Jesu, Henricus Stedman, Carmathensis, 
filius Johannis Stedman de Loveslodge in coin. praedict, armigeri, 
aetat.  6,  636.' Vide Obital Book ". 
Oct. un, Th., news Ictter then dated saith that the earI of Aylsbury (Robert 
Bruce), lord chamberlain of his majesty's houshold, was dead . Died '9 Oct., M. 
Vide FasN 16o5.--At the same rime came news that Georg (Savile) Marquess of 
IIalyfax, hath rcsign'd his presidentship ot" the Privi Counsell. 
Oct. u3, F., (Henry) Cornish , sherriff (of London), sufferred in 
Cheapside for being in the phanatick plot, ,683. 

 note in Wood 660 C. 
"-' note in Wood MS. F 4, P- 16o. 
 in pencil only, as doubtful. 
« this last sentence was addcd later, 
in pencil. 
 Henry Stedman, M.A. Allso. 3 
June 1680. 
 i.e. Wood MS. F 4, fronl which 

the preceding paragraph has been taken. 
 in Wood E o, 'Catalogue 64' is 
the auction-catalogne of the books and 
MSS. of Kobert Bruce earl of Ayles- 
bury. 
s sec Luttrell i. 359-361. Wood 42 
(5) is ' The tryalls of Henry Cornisl b 
19 Oct. 1685,' Lond. 1685, price 



OCTOER, 1685. 1 6 7 
Oct. 24, S., for lIr. (Andrew) ,Allarn's gowne, of Spencer, 2os. 
(Wood acquired also, no donbt by pnrchase from somc bookseller to whom 
they had been sold by Allam's executors, a considerable number of Allam's books, 
which are still recognisable in the Wood Collection by Allam's notes oftheir price, 
source, and date of acquisition (his handwriting being peculiar). Wood 5 (' Rider's 
British hlcrlin for I68z ' by Cardanns Merlin) has had some pages of notes torn 
out from the end ; from some single letters which remain in the inner edge I con- 
jecture this may bave been the place where Wood got the Allam slips noticed 
in vol. ii. p. 509. Wood 95 (Sir Richard ]3aker's ' Theatrum triumphans,' Lond. 
I67o), is noted by Allam as botaght for IOd of the bookseller Oxlad, 21 Aug. 
I676. Wood 179 (Londinensis ' de antiquitate C.'mtab.,' I568 ) is noted by Allam 
to bave been bought for us 6d, from the bookseller "Vest (' We. bib.'), on I8 Apr. 
I678; a previotas owner had written 'Antonius Weber, Coloniensis, meus est 
herus: emptus Cantabrigiae in regno Angliae anno I673: Is 4d.' Wood o5 
(i3ate's ' Elenchus lXlotuum,' Lond. I663) bas Allam's autograph ' e libris Andreae 
Allam ex aula Sri Edmundi Oxon I675,' and is notcd as bought for 4 s 6d of the 
bookseller Oxlad (senior). At the beginning is u Latin note by Allam, of some 
lcngth, about George ]3ate thc uuthor--this note is of importance as showing the 
nature of those notes by Allam which Wood admits helpcd him in the ,Itkc«ae. 
Wood 639 (Sir Thomas lXIore's Utopia, Basil. 518) is noted by Allam as ' pretium 
o Bd; We(st) bibliopola; Decembris die sexto I6î5.' Othcr books, formerly 
belonging to Allam, are Wood 345 ('V. ]3arlov's ' Vita Ricardi Cosin,' Lond. 
I598); Wood 528 (Arthur Duck's ' Vita Hcnrici Chichele,' Oxon. 1617); Wood 
567 (Anthony Ascham's ' Disconrse of vhat is lawful during revolutions,' Lond. 
I648 ) ; Wood 6z2 no. 15 ('The late story of lXlr. William Lilly,' Lond. I64. ; 
bought of Bowman, Oxford 14 Sept. I654, price 3,/); Wood 663 ('Observator 
vapulans,' Lond. 656) ; Wood 668 (R. Glanvill's ' Tract. de legibus et consuet. 
Angliae,' i6o4) ; Wood 67I (Selden's Fortescue's ' Luudes legum Angliae,' Lond. 
167); Wood 693 (Olaus lXlagnus, Lugd. Bat. I645); Wood 709 (John Milton' 
' litterae pseudo-senatus Anglicani,' I676: bonght on I8 Aug. I677 for 2s Bd); 
Wood 764 (' Doctrine of the Bible,' Lond. 1666 ; with the autograph ' Andrev 
Allam his booke, Amen, 669 ') ; Wood 8o6 (' Apostolical and true opinions con- 
cerning the Holy Trinity,' Lond. I653); Wood 826 çLouis de lXIontalte [i.e. 
Biaise Pascal] ' les Provinciales,' translatcd into English by John Davis of Kid. 
welly, I657 ). 
Wood cites frequently in his Diary ' Allam's' (or, as he often seems to spell the 
naine, ' Allum's ') ' notes.' One series of these was apparently at the end of what 
is now ' lXIS. ]3odl. 594,' that namely which Wood cites as ' Allam's notes at the 
end of A'otesfro»t Convocation egislcrs" : whether these notes still exist in some 
unknown quarter, I c.'mnot tell. A few papers which seem to me to be un- 
doubtedly in Allam's handwriting are still found in the Wood lXSS., e. g. that one 
printed supra under date 29 Nov. 168o. Numerous notes preparatory to the 
.lthcnae. in Allam's handwriting, are round in Wood SS. F 46-48. 
A few items in the Wood Collection of printed books are noted to be gifts from 
Allant. E.g. Wood E. 17, 'catalogue 35,' the libliotheca 2Uathematica of Sir 
Jonas lXlore, has the note ' given to me by lXIr. A. _Allam, 14 Oct. I6S4.' Similarly, 
Wood E. I8, ' catalole 39' and 'catalogue 4o,' of the books of William IIawkins 
of Norwich and of Dr. Richard Lee, bave each the note ' given to me by lXlr. A. 
Allam, 26 lXay, I685.' ) 
Oct. 25, Su., Dr. Thomas White consecrated bihop of Peter- 



168 bVOOD'S LIFE AND TIAIES. 

borough in the place of Dr. (William) Lloyd translated to Norwich ; 
T. 5 ; Fasli I68 3. 
Oct. 25, Su., in Mr. (William) Paynter's chamber, a rebuff from 
Dr. 1 . . . LI .... , a pedagog. 
[26 Oct. e, lI., chancellor's letters read in behalf of lXIr. (George) 
Clarke, his majesties Judge Advocate, to be parliament man in the 
place of Sir Leolin Jenkyns deceased.] 
Oct. 2 9, Th., spent at the Crown Tavern on lXlr. (William) 
Fulm(an), Dr. (John) Beale, and Dr. (Phineas) Ehvood about 7 s. 
Oct. 3 o, F., (John) Ayloff s and Richard Felthorpe were executed. 
3 ° Oct., F., paid lXIr. Janes my battles in the common chamber in 
the presence of lXIr. (John) Edwards, newly return'd from Litdemore. 
[Ncws « letter dated S., 3 of Oct. I685 :--Yesterday iustice Withens » gave the 
charge to the grand jury at Westminster, Sir William Smith being foreman. In 
which charg he said that there were under the command of the duke of Monmouth 
6ooo rcbclls in the encounter wherin thcy were routed and that not above 8oo 
wcre disposed off; that in their circuit they could not find above e or 3 that 
harbour'd them ; that it was improbable that any of them were escaped out of 
the land; what then must become of the rest? It's like many of them are in 
London and Westminster; and that it would be a proper way for the constables 
to goe about in every precinct to enquire concerning the lodgers how long they 
have been in thcir lodgings, also when they or the housekeeper were from home» 
if they took any journeys in the time of the rebellion, etc.] 
Nws letter , S., 31 Oct. 685; information being brought against one Dr. 
Eedes  for a seandalous book  in which the late duke of Monmouth is pretended 
to be justified, his cotmsell yesterday moved to put off the triall fo the next terme, 
but it was refused. 

About the latter end of this month Th(omas) King, II.A. of 
13r(as.) Coll. formerly of Merton, afterwards rector of (Pitchcott) 
neare Ailsbury, died of the smallpox at London. Refer to. He had 
been in prison for speaking treason. His father  in prison in the King's 

 probably Dr. John Lloyd of Jes. 
Coll. ; see hat Wood says 
p. 65. 
" note in MS. Bodl..9, P. 5- 
 Luttrell i. 348,355, 36- He was 
' somtimes gentleman commoner of S. 
Edm. Hall,' Wood's note in Wood 428 
A 08). 
« note in Wood 66o C. 
» Sir Francis Wythens, Puisne Justice 
of the Kinfs Bench, Apr. "-5, 683- 
 this note is written on the back of 
a fragment of an exercise in verse on 
the theme 'Imperat aut servir collecta 

pecunia cuique.' 
' Divitiae non sunt fugiendae ; si quia 
desint 
Foelicem vitam vivere difficile est ;' 
eight lines are left ; the last mutilated 
by the binder. 
v Wood notes :--'Dr. Eedes of Chi- 
chester, vide Gazett in Feb. I685(i. e. ) 
abott the middle.' Luttrell i. 372, 389. 
s Wood corrects this statement : 
"Twas for maintaining his (i. e. Mon- 
mouth's) title in comlnon discours at 
Chichester.' 
 Thomas King, M.D. 



OCT. -- NO//'. 1685. 

16 9 

bench. His rectory a sinecure; one or two houses on it; land layd 
out for him in inclosure. 
In this month of Oct. was the bridge at the Castle-tnill tayle repaired 
at the charg of the city of Oxford af ter it had laid ruinousl neare an 
yeare. The parishioners of St. Thomas they refused to repaire it and 
alleged that it was to be don by the railler; the railler alledged it was 
to be don by the parish. Whereupon a hearing of the matter being 
ruade at the assize in July going before, it was adjudged to be donc 
by the city. 
In the saine month was the bridge leading from the towne to the 
Castle repair'd at the county charge. 
lovembel-.--Nov. 5, Th., Mr. (Thomas) Sparks of Ch. Ch. 
preach'd at St. Marie's, much against the Pope. Gaudies and bonfiers 
secundum antiquam consuetudinem ï 
Nov. 8, Sunday, Sit" Jonathan Trclawny, Bt., who was double benefic'd in 
Cornwall by the gift of his father, was consecrated bishop of ]3ristow, at Lambcth, 
on the translation of Dr. (John) Lake to Chichester. On the xi (W.) he and 
13ath-and-Wells were introduced into the House of Lords. 
Sir a, Mr. John James [of Ch. Ch.] who preached [Dr. Jonathan Trelauney] the 
bishop of Bristol's consecration sermon tells me that he was consecrated at 
Lambeth Sunday November 8th [I655]. IIe thinks that the bishop of Peter- 
borough [Dr. (Thomas) White] xvas consecrated on the Sunday vas (a) fortnight 
before that; but Mr. (Richard) Blechinton of St. John's Coll. eau give you certain 
information, for he preachcd on that occasion. Your humble servant, Richard 
Old. 
Nov. 9, M., Mr. (Thomas) Newey of Ch. Ch. spake Dr. (John) 
lIorris his speech in schola linguarum. 
[... Darrell , vife of . . . Darrell, gent., and sister to Dr. Thomas Stafford of 
Magd. Coll., died in the house of.. • Pledcll, chinrgion in S. Marie's parish, M., 
9 Nov. 685. The next day her body was carried to Lamport in Bucks and there 
buried.] 
Nov. o, T., paid goodwife Payne for half a quarter, and goodwife 
Gilbert began. 
Nov. o, T., ,.. Darrell, wife of... Darrell, sister toDr. (Thomas) 
Stafford, was carried to Lalnport in Bucks and there buried. Died in 
the house of Sir. Pledwell, chirurgeon, the day before; quaere. 
Nov. I I, W., cl(ean) sheets. 

1 an earlicr sketch of this note says 
'ruinous for half an yeare before or 
more, in which rime the repairilg of it 
was controvcrted bctween the parish- 
ioners of St. Thomas parish and the 
miller of the Castle mill.' 

 see Luttrell i. 362. 
a this is an autograph note of Richard 
Old's directed by him ' For Mr. An- 
thony Wood.' The words in square 
brackets are mginal notes by Wood. 
 notc in Wood giS. F 4, P. 6o. 



J7 o IVOOD'S ZII;E AND TI3IES. 
[Robert Hacket *, son of William Hacket and lXlary lais wife, born 
in Robert Wood's house in S. John Baptist parish, Thursd. 12 Nov, 
*685 between  and 2 at night. Christened 24 Nov., T., godfathers 
Dr. Richard Lydall, Dr. John Luffe ; godlnother, Mrs. Clayton, wife 
of James Clayton .] 
Nov. , 7, T., John Coke, burgess for Derby, was for speaking these 
words ' wee are truc Englishmen, and ought not tobe huff'd out of our 
religion,' or to that effect, committed prisoner to the Tower by order 
of the house; vhere remaining till the parliament was dissolv'd he 
was releas'd and afterwards lost his captaineship of a troop of horse 
in the army and from being gentleman usher to the queen. The 
h(ouse) will be so sensible of this in time that they will consider him 
for his loss. Roger Coke hath this story I think in his ' Detection.' 
Nov. I7, T., one . . . Cook a burgess for Derby (quaere the 
Catalogue), for speaking certaine words which sounded hOt well, was 
committed by a majority prisoner to the Tower of London. Soon 
after released (i. e. after the parliament was prorogued). The words 
were 'wee are truc Englishmen and ought not tobe hufft out of 
out religion.' He lost his gentleman usher's place to the queen and 
captaineship of a troop of horse in the army. 
[Out  of a letter from Harpford dated lî Nov. 685, thtas :--' Lord Chief 
Justice (George) Jeffries said at the assize that just belote the happy defeat of 
the rebells at Sedgmore they were reckoned to be 7000 ; that he thought lOOO of 
them were kild in the fight and about IOOO xvere taken since: tapon xvhich his 
lordship charged the country to look narrowly after the others. I cannot exactly 
learn hoxv many of his majesty's forces were laine: I think hot verie many, 
perhaps 4 or $oo. There are above 7oo of those that are taken to be transported, 
and about 4 ° or 5o pardoned: the test bave been executed in several places of 
the three counties to terrifie others from doing the like hereafter.] 
(Wood 421 (4) is ' The contrivance of the fanatical conspirators.., laid open,' 
Lond. 1685, which Wood notes to have been ' published in Nov. 6S5, price IS.') 
Nov. 18, W., received of my brother monsieur 5li. as part of 
Michaelmas rent. He owes me also 2d not received. The test I 
received 5 Feb., sec Feb. following. 
Nov. 20, Friday, the parliamcnt prorogued  to the o Feb. following, 
to the amazement of ail people. It began by prorogation 9 Nov., M. 
A little belote they had ruade an address to him for the removall of ail 
Popish officers from his army and had voted seaven hundred thousand 
pounds for the pay then and to keep them up. 
x note from giS. Phillipps îo8.  note in Wood 660 C. 
œe James Clayton, son of Sir Tholnas  Evelyn's Diary under date 2o Nov. 
Clayton (warden of Mcrton College). 1685 ; Luttell i. 364. 



IrOV. m DEC. 168/i. i71 
Nov. 2 , S., Magd. Coll. bell rang out for Mr. Philip Clerke, feIlow 
of that bouse, lately proctor of the University, who died of the smal 
pox at .... 
Nov. 23, Munday at 8 in the morning Convocation for clccting a 
burgess in the place of Sir Leoline Jenkyns. Dr. (William) Oldish 
of New Coll. stood ; (George) Clerk of Alls. M.A. and fellow, judge 
advocat of the army, stood against him. Who having about 80 votes 1 
more than he, he was pronounced elect--so Oldish hath had the 
canvas thrice. (George) Clerk is a junior and a good fcllow and the 
pot men and juniors carty ail before them. 
Nov. 29, Su., fl(annel) sh(irt). 
Dr. John Leyburne, bishop of Atrumetum in partibus infidelium; 
goes in a long cassock and cloak, with a golden + hanging to a black 
ribbon about his neck ; goes in a chaire or sedan, but his traine is hot 
held up--so Mr. (Obadiah) Walker. Dr. (John) Leyburne, secre- 
tary lately to the cardinal of Norfolk 2 and now bishop of Atrumetum, 
came as nuntio from the pope to King James II about the middle of 
this month and took up his lodging in Lyncoln's Inn's Fields. His 
traine is bore up. He confers popish Orders. 
Captain Henry Bertie, yonger brother to the earl of Abendon 
(James Bertie), hath his commission taken from him, so bath his eldcr 
half brother captain Richard ]3ertie ; because not forward in the parlia- 
ment to vote up the popish officers 2. Earl of Abendon declines also. 
'Tis thought that the marquess of Halyfax (George Savile) quitted ail 
court employments upon a foresight of ill matters that were to corne. 
November, letters sent, to Elias Ashmole, to Edward Ihilips: 
December, to Dr. (Simon) Patrick, to Sir Robert Marsham. 
December.--This month and before, hlr. (John) Bernard 4 of 
Bras. Coll., grandson of Dr. (Peter) Heylyn, talkes much at ]3all's 
coffey house for popery. 
Dec. 4, F., in the moçning the bells rang out for judge (Sir Richard) 
Hollovay's mother. 
Dec. 4, F., . . . Fortune 5, rector of Todenham, who succeeded 

(Robert) Wickins °, died there. 

 ' Dr. Oldys had 3o rotes : Clark 
had o9': MS. Bodl. 594, P- IIS- 
 cardinal Philip Howard. 
 see Luttrell i. 367 . 
 John I3amard, adm. commoner of 
Line. Coll. 4 Nov. 1676, ' son of John 
Barnard D.D. rector of Waddington, 
Lincolnshirc and formerly fellow of 

Line. Coll.' [e9 Sept. I648--x65(8 ?)], 
' born at Waddington, aetat. 5 '- B.A. 
Line. 15 June 68o ; Fell. of Bras. 
signed 668) ; M.A. Bras. e4 Apr. 683. 
 Moore (or More) Fortune M.A. 
Magd. Il. 17 June 1662. 
 Robert Wickens M.A. Ch. Ch. 6 
May I639. 



I72 IF'OOD'S LIFE AND TIe]IES. 
Dec. 5, S., news came that Dr. (Richard) Thompson, deane of 
Bristow, is ¢ery lately dead; and that Dr. (William) Levet, principal 
of Iagd. Hall, will succeed. 
Dec. 8, T., a flood at Oxon by much faine I that fell; none the 
winter belote. Report then that... James, a dancing toaster of 
Oxford, was hanged at Tyburn for cutting a purse. False, quaere. 
(Wood 42 (7) is ' An account of the tryal of Charles Bateman, 
W., 9 Dec., and of John Holland and William Davis, Th., io Dec., 
1685,' Lond. I685.) 
Dec. xii, S., Dr. John Pell died, T. xi. 
Dec. i6, W., at night, a ' black night' given to the bachelors by 
Dr. John Conant, senior deane. Ten collers of brawne lost, besides 
part of Okely's victualls. 
Dec. 19, S., paid the laundress ber quarteridge. 
20 Dec., Sunday, Ch. Pe. and AI. De 3. 
married in gIagd. Coll. Chapel. 
[I685 3, gI., 2 Dec., S. Thomas day, Thomas Johnson, a Northum- 
berland man, Mr. of Arts and scholar of Corp. Xti. Coll., was buried 
in the north cloyster there next to the grave of Zachary Bogan, and 
neare to that of Nicholas Prideaux. The sa, id gIr. Johnson died two 
dayes before.] 
Dec. 25, F., paid goodwife Gilbert for half a quarter 4s. (6d. too 
n-mch). 
Dec. 25, F., news that anothcr nuntius açostolicus is corne, called 
senior Dada, or some such name--(see 4 news letter dated 9 April 
687). A cabal of 10al0ists at Somerset house where bishop (John) 
Layburne doth lodg; lord Arundell of Wardour (Henry Arundell) 
ther. 
Dark, wet, thick aire, cloudy, foggy for a week before Xtmas day 
and for the three holydayes following. Tuesday, Dec. 29, faire and 
sun shining; the rest (of the days of Dec.) like the former. 
Dec. 26, S., news that I)r. (Henry) Compton, bishop of London, 
is turn'd out of the privie counsell and that ther'l be a toleration  
He was a long and larg speech in the beginning of the session of 
parliament in Nov. against popery, and very ready to promote the 
address for disbanding popish officers that would not take the test. 
Compton, bishop of London, hath spoke severall things to the King, 
 see Evelyn's Diary under dates 22  this reference is added at a later 
Igov. and 3I Dec. 685. date. 
z see A. à D. supra, pp. 3, 6. z Luttrell i. 367 ; Evelyn's Diary 
 notc in MS. Rawl. 13 4o a p. 7 e. under date i Jan. I68. 



DECE3IBER, 1085. 173 
when duke, that did not well rellish with him. In Feb. i675 (i. e. -ë) 
he disired the duke that his daughter (lady Ann, quaere) who had 
been confirm'd in Jan. before, should be prepoEred to reccive the 
communion at the Easter following. 
[News 1 letter dated, S., z 7 ]hec. I685; 'about ioo rebells in the 
woods neare Taunton do as yet lurk there; build themselves 
tabernacles and make beds of ferne: and their tabernacles are in 
such places that but one man can at a time corne at them. Thcy 
sometimes before had sallied out ; went to Taunton and killed the 
hangmart that had hanged the rebells there: some of them are 
taken.'] 
New(s) letter, lI., Dec. zg, 685, bishop of Durham is to 
succeed the bishop of London as dcane of the Chappell and the 
bishop of Roff. is marie clerk of the cabinct in the place of the bishop 
of Durham. Quacre Gazet. 
z9 I)ec. , M., bishop (Nathaniel) Crew sworne deane of the 
chapel royall; z 9 Dec., M., Dr. (Thomas) Sprat, bishop of R.off., 
sworne clerk of the closet to his majesty, in loco Crew. 
P(eter) Priaulx , minister of Milksham in Wilts, sometimes of 
Merton Coll., died there about this time. (Died  about a fortnight 
after Christmas,--so l[r. (John) Massy.) 
(Wood 4ex (6) is ' The tryal of John Hampden, W., 30 Dec. 685,' 
Lond. x685, price 3d.) 
I)ec. ult., Th., Mris .... Ludwell, wife of Dr. (John) Ludwcll, 
died in Halywell. 
Eodem die, (Charles) Masters , a junior fellow of Exeter Coll. 
died of the small pox; buried the saine day in the chapel; of kin 
to ... Masters, minister of Bridew. 

This winter an unusuall feaver raged in Oxford ; many sick ; some 
die. See in February following. 
is. wanting of Mr. Joyner's io h'. last midsummer", -- Mr.  

Oakly, junior. 
1 note in Wood 660 C. 
 this note is xvritten on the back of 
a fragment of a Latin (prose) theme on 
the subject ' use the present hour.' It 
contains the sentence 'Epicurus etiam 
dicere solebat, contra caetera oznnia 
aliquid tutum inveniri posse, at contra 
mortem omnes nos inhabitare urbcm 
immunitam.' 

a Peter Priaulx, M.A. Mert. _8 Jur.e 
I66. 
* added at a later date. 
 Boase's Reg. Coll. Exon. p. 80. 
' S r Masters off Exeter Colledg wass 
buryed in the Chappell January the first 
1685 ' ; Burials Reg. of S. Michael's. 
it seems thnt Wood had charge of 
the gctting together the contribution 



I74 I'VOOD'S LIFE AND TIIWES. 

165 and 1686 : 9. ,lac. II : Wood act. . 
(At the end of the Almanac for 1685 and the beginning of the Almanac for I686 
are jottings of letters of enquiry sent by Wood to various people in connection 
with lives of people he was writing for the Alhenae. These may be brought 
together here i :__) 
Jan. 9, (letters sent fo) Dr. (Toby) Garbrand, Mr. Thomas Tully, Mr. John 
Aubrey, Dr. D(anicl) Whitby; queries to Exeter by Mr. (William) l'aynter; 
qucries to Lancashire by Mr... IIayne. 
Jan. 16, r685 (i. e. .) (letters sent to) John Salkeld, Daniel Ashford. 
Jan. 24, t685 (i.e. ) (letters sent to) Dr. (Thomas) Barlow, lXtr. John 
Durham. 
Lady day (Mat. 25, 16.86) letter fo Mr. (John) Goad, (about) Thomas Willis, 
William Laurence, William How, G. A. 2 ; (to) Mr. Ashm(ole) 
(abont) Sir John Iavies, Ir. John Bdg ; (to) lr. (Joseph) Cro,vther (bout) 
Sir John Marsham, William How, Dr. Gcorg "Wild's playes. 
28 Apr., (to) Mr. (William) Osb(orne *) of Edmund hall for Alan Blane. 
May 3, to Mr. Nathaniel Friend for Mr. Thomas Willis, Thomas Howell, Row- 
land Searchfield, Dr. Thomas Westfield, and for a catalogue or register of in- 
stallations of bishops deanes and canons. 
Eodem die (to) Mr. (William) Osb(orne) for Al(an) Blayne of Standish, 
Gloucestershire ; (to) Mr (Thomas) Gilbert (for) Nicholas Lockyer, Ch(ristopher) 
Fowler, Philip Nye, Thomas Gale• 
9 May, letter to Sir John Dugdale about his father (not sent)--' I doe hot intend 
to teach you civility but fo tell you according to the rules.' 
io May, Mr. George Llewellin...» Georg Atherton. 
July beginuing, queries by John Adams to (John) Chetwind for pl(ace) of 
sep(ulture) of Dr. Thomas Bentham, Robert "Wright, Laurence Nowell, epitaph 
of William Burton, Thomas Worthington ; (to) Dr .... Cantar about (Henry) 
Swinburne and Dr. Edmund Deane ; John Shaw, Georg Ritchell. 
6 Oct., fo Mr. Edward Sclater about Dr. Cal(ybutc) Downing, his father 
(Edward Sclater), and Thomas Ward's poem. 
19 Oct., to Sir Edward Sherburne about lord Digbye's book and Dr. (John) 
Goff's, as also Ch(arles) Aleyn (poet). 
• .. Oct., (to) James Hamer (about) Edward Gee, Eccles  I,reston, Is(aac) 
Ambr(ose), bishop (George) IIall at Wigorn. 
(... Oct., to) Mr .... Porter  about Thomas Çhaloner, Richard I,arr. 
Oct. last, Mr. Humphrey Hody, Nathaniel Heighmore, Humphrey Sydenham. 
Nov. , (to) Mr. (Nathaniel) Friend (about) Thomas Willis, bishop (Thomas) 
Howell, bishop (Thomas) Westficld, book of antiquities of Bristow s. 

raised privatcly fo maintain William 
Joyner. 
 the jottings are individually in- 
significant ; but collectively they are of 
value as showing the amount of per- 
sonal information which Wood collected 
for the lives in the Athcnae. • 
" possibly George Andrew, sec in the 
Aih. 
 Wood notes af a later date --' he 

did receive the letter.' 
* William Osborn, M.A.S. Edm. H. 
22 June 683. 
 a naine seems omitted. 
 possibly this is for ' Eccleston,' the 
nmne of Edwarel Gee's living. 
 possibly John I,orter, M.A. Bras. 30 
May 1665. 
 this MS. is described in a note in 
Wood MS. D 4, fol. 342: some notes 



eAN.DEC. 1686. 

75 

Nov. 2, (to) Mr. Thomas Creech (about) (I) William Hemming, (2) Arthur 
]3rett, (3) Thomas Otway, (4) Henry Bold, (5) Richard Lovelace, (6) Sir Carr 
Scrope, (7) Sir Charles Sedley, (8) Sir William Killigrew, (9) James Shirley, 
(IO) capt. Robert Mead, (II) Sir William Lower, (12) Samuel Harding, (13) John 
Quarles, (14) Robert Barron of Grey's Inn, (15) Robert Gomcrshall, (16) John 
Marston, Nicholas Lockyer, quaere Thomas Southerne. 
Nov. 7, (to) Mr .... Walkcr about Thomas Brankcr of Bras. Coll., Chr. Good- 
man and Thomas Newton. 
Beginning of Nov. 1686, (ask about) Dr. H(enry) Glemham ((ask) Mr. 
Edwards or Lloyd ofJesus Coll.), Bass. Joues, Hamlet Puliston, Dr. John Davis 
antiquary ((ask) Mr .... Edwards or . . . Lloid), Nathaniel Williams, Dr. John 
David Rhese ((ask) idem), William Vaughan of the Golden Grove ((ask) idem), 
Sir Edward Stradling of St. Donate's. 
tiskos of Llandaff--John Murrey, Morgan Owen, Hugh Lloyd, Francis Davies. 
tishos of S. Lavid's--Dr. Richard Rawlins, Dr. ttenry Morgan, Dr. Richard 
Y)avies, Marmaduke Middleton, Authony Rudd. Bishos of Z¢mtgor--Thomas 
Pygot, Thomas Skeffington, Arthur Bulkley, William Glyn, Rowland Merick, 
Edmund Griffith, . . . Price t (? Christian naine), Dr. Robert Morgan, Mr. 
(ltumphrey) Lloyd. 
Dec. 2o, (letter to) Dr. (Thomas) Lane (about) Sir Richard Lane. 
St. Thomas' day (21 Dec.) x686 (to) Mr. Richard Izaack (about) Catalogue of 
deanes and archdeacons of Exeter ; Janles Turbervill's death, earl of Anglesie's 
nativity and place of burial. 
(At the beginning of this Almanac are these other notes which may be brought 
in here :--) 
Wing, 1686, 4 d (i. e. naine and price of this Almanac) 
Sept. 24, (16)91 , Mr. (John) Aubrey told me that Endimion Porter died 
suddenly of an apoplexy in the Strand, London, under the barber's hands, 651 or 5 z. 
(At the end of this Almanac is this note :) 
Moneys to receive from my sister  and Robert Wood; () 2 May x686 was 

of inscriptions in I3ristol Cathedral and 
churches, presumably taken from 
Freind's book, follow, ibid., fol. 343- 
345. 
" Nathaniel Freind of VCesterleigh in 
Gloucestershire, who teacheth a private 
schoole there in grammar nd mathe- 
matics, hath ruade a collection of an- 
tiquities of the citie of Bristow which 
is a quarto MS. and containeth these 
things : 
"chartcrs of the city of Bristoll 
granted by several kings of England-- 
the first charter is of King ttenry II ; 
" articles or observations concerning 
the liberties and privileges of the city 
of Bristow, gathered out of the sub- 
stance of several charters granted by the 
kings of England to the inhabitants and 
burgesses of the said city ; 
'" such things as concern the city of 
13ristow takcn out of a MS. containing the 

-aluation of all monasteries, rectories, 
-dcaridges, chantries, hospitalls, etc., I 
Edward VI (I547) , in the diocese of 
\Vorcester ; 
« memorable things concerning 
I3ristow ; 
" catalogue of mayors, provosts or 
sherriffs from I John (anno 1215) to 
1669 ; 
"an account of several persons that 
bave given gifts to the city of Bristow 
t0r charitable uses ; 
" monuments and monumentall in- 
scriptions and coats of armes in severall 
or Ml churches in I3ristow, with the 
armes on them and the armes in 
windows. 
"These things were mostly collected 
in I669." 
 William Roberts, it ought to be. 
 Mary Drope, widow of Wood's 
brother Robert (whod;.cd x6 July t6S6). 



I76 H'OOD'S ZIFE AND TIIIES. 

due for the use of soli. for hall an yeare (viz. from 22 Nov. to 22 May) Iii. Ss. (2) 
3o Sept. I686 was due for the use of soli. for hall an yeare (viz. from 3o Mar. 1686 
to 3o Sept. seq.) 1ll. Ss. (3) Nov. 22, I686, (,vas due) 1ll. 5s.--smnma 3ll. iSs. 
(4) Our Lady day rent ,686 wanting two gynnies. (5) Michaelmas day rent I686, 
at due.--5//, my sister owes me. (6) Lad)" day rent, 68î. (7) Mar. 3o, 1687, use 
money 1ll. 5 s. 
(Wood 843 is ' Kalendariuna Catholicuna for the year I686' bought 
by Wood for 6d., and on it Wood has this note :--) 'Such an 
ahnanac as this was published i66i, i662, i66 3 and if I ana not 
mistaken Thonaas Blount of the hmer Tenaple had a hand in it. 
After it had laid dormant 2o yeares it was againe published when all 
people expected popery to be introduced.' 

OEanuary.--Much raine hath fallen ail the Xtmas and in the be- 
ginning of lhis rnonth the waters very high, wages bad, a great flood 
not greater these 7 ycares, nauch abated by the i3{th), W. 
Major  S. Sahvay, a great Olivarian, of Richard's Close in Shrop- 
shire, drown'd himself there in a stone pit and took out alive but died 
soon after. Attempted to destroy himself a dayes before. This was 
within the Twelf dayes. 
Dr. Benjanfin Calamy, nainister of S. Laurence . . . London, died 
there F., i Jan. ; son of iEdnaund Calanay, a presbyterian nainister. 
I heard then that Mr .... Powell's son of Forsthill (who had lately 
travel'd) was dead. 
Jan. 3, Su., fl(annel) sh(irt). 
Jan. 5, Tusday, Died Dr .... Buck, a fanaous divine of the 
Tenapleso news letter. 
Jan. 5, T., Mr. Obadiah Walker went up to London, being sent 
for. Jealous naen in Oxford say he is sent for up to the cabal of 
pp.  at Sonaerset-hous. 
Jan. 5, T., Mr. (Obadiah) Walker went to London, tarried there 
till towards the latter end of this naonth ; return'd; and [did  hot 
goe to prayers afterwards] even till the writing hereof (ult. of Feb.); 
hOt receiv'd the sacranaent i Sunday in LentL Mr. (Nathaniel) 
]3oys (and) Mr. (Thonaas) Deane were in the outer chapel, but did 
not corne in to receive, but went out. Mr. (Obadiah) Walker bath 
three disciples, and an half---Mr. (Nathaniel) Boys, Mr. (Thomas) 

1 this note is round in the Almanac 
for Dec. I68 S. 
 i.e. papists, see p. I'2. 
 the words in square brackets are 

substituted for 'as 'tis said hath hot 
been at prayers since.' 
« Feb. 2I, I68ï. 



1686. 

177 

Deane, Mr. (John) ]3arnard of (Br(as.) Coll.), and half Mr. (John) 
lHassey. 'Tis supposed that his going up to London (which was on 
a sudden)was to perswade him to declare. He was severall times 
with Dr. (John) Laybourne, bishop of Atremetum. And bath no(t) 
been at prayers but once or twice on commemoration dayes accord- 
ing to statute--ita test(atur) 3 lHar. 1686 (i. e. ï). At the begin- 
ning of Match I he did declare to some of his friends that he was 
a Roman Catholic (see nlore in Match). It was discoursed of over 
ail the nation, and phanaticks ruade it worse than 'twas, and said that 
ail the University were papists (vide Abraham Woodhead (in Alh.)). 
His company cornes to him still, and there be meetings every night 
in his lodgings. 
Januar. 7, Th., this da), was published in London two new formes 
of prayer by lais majesty's command, one to be used 3 ° .]an. (the 
Nartyrdom of King Charles I), and the other on the 6 of Feb. (when 
this King James was proclaimed). 
In the beginning of this month (Jack) Ketch the hangman was 
removed for  . . . 
Jan. 13, W., at xi of the clock at night died Anthony Hodges , 
rector of Witham neare Abendon in Berks; buried at Witham, F., 15 
ofthe saine month. Vide matric, in New Coll. (Arms) '... 3 cressets 
• . . a canton hides the first.' 
Jan. 14, Th., Quarter-sessions for the city, where one . . . Hind 
a taylor living by Magd. parish church in the Middle Rew * appeared 
for saying these words that ' the granatiers did well fil taking off the 
King's head.' It was put to the vote whether he should stand 7 rimes 
in the pillory or 3- The recorder and the vice-chancellor, for 7; 
alderman (Thomas) Fifield and . .., for 3; Dr. (John) Wallis 
turn'd the scales and ruade it 3- 
(XVood 421 (8) is ' the tryal of Hcnry (Booth) baron Delamere, 
Th., 14 Jan. 168,' Lond. 686 which Wood notes to have cost 
2s. 6d. on, S., 27 iXIarch 1686.) 
Intermitting frost a little before. Frost Jan. 20 and 21 (W. and 
Th.). 
Jan. 26, T., news came that Dr. (Peter) 1Hew bishop of Winton 

had privat discourse with the King. 
I 165. 
 insolence to the sheriffs of London, 
Luttrell i. 37o ; see ibid. i. 378. 
 ' Anthoney Hodges, parson of Wigh- 
tutu, died (January the I4th (I68r) 
aged 77 years', in this parish ; buryed 
VOL. III. 

The bishop opned his mind and 
in Wightum': Burials Rêgistêr of S. 
Michaêl's parish. 
« a close in the cluster of old bouses 
which stood northwards from S. Mary 
Magdalen church tovards the site of 
the Martvrs' Memorial. 



178 IVOOD'S LIFE AND TIMES. 
told him of the great jealousies in the nation that popery would be 
brought in. He told him that he would stand to his oath and that 
the true protestant religion of England should hOt in the least 
Surfer. 
Jan. 56, or before, lord... Digby 1 died (of Geshill, quaere). Vide 
Fash" 677: vide Kettlewell's sermon. Kettlewell's sermon s saith 
' Simon ' (Terre Catalogues 456 a). 
Jan. 7, W., news came to Mr. (John) Huff of Iagd. Coll. that 
the earl of Arran , son of James (Butler) duke of Ormon(d), was 
dead. Died Jan. 6; buried by his brother, the earl of Ossory, in 
Westminster Abbey. 
Jan. 8, Th., mus(ic) night; dancing at i and  in the morning 
never knowne belote. 
Friday, Jan. 9, market-day (because Saturday was the King's fist) 
the said Hinde  stood in the pillory for an houre post meridiem. 
Scholars pelt him with eggs ; constables with their staves and other 
townsmen resist; whereupon they fell to blows for half an hom'. 
Townsmen walk'd that night. 
Jan. 3o, S., King's fast, Ir. (George) Roys , fellow of Oriel, 
preached, late chaplayn to Sir Richard Waynman, bart. ; insisted 
much on the king's patient and meek suffering. 
In this month I view'd Iert. Coll. library, put the books to rights, 
and set up blocks to them which I had bespoken of the college 
carpenter. 
In this month died John Whitehall, rector of Sutton in coin. Glouc., 
... preb.  of Peterborough. 
Some rime fore died .. Y Huntingdon, minister of two churches 
in NooEhamptonshire ; formerly of Alban Hall. 
ebruury.--Feb. I, 5I., fl(annel) sh(irt). 
Feb. 3, W., news that a printed libell (Soo printed copies of them) 
were found in Ir. Speek's chamber in the . . . prison ; and (Samuel) 
Johnson, authour of Julian, supposed to write it. 

1 Simon Digby, fourth baron Digby 
of Geashill in the peerage of Ireland. 
The dates in Burke's Peerage are 
wrong. 
 John Kettlewell : 'A sermon 
preached on the occasion of the death 
of Simon lord Digby,' Lond. t686, 4to. 
 Richard But/er, second son of the 
first duke of Ormond, created earl of 
Arran in [66z. 

* ' Hide ' corr. to ' Hine ' ; see suaOra, 
14 Jan. 
 George Roys, B.A.S. Edm. H. 
x Mar. I67; M.A. Oriel I2 Apr. I678. 
« John Whitehall, M.A., was installed 
prebendary of the sixth stall at Peter- 
borough tf Oct. x669 ; died zo Jan. 
t68 at Stoke-Doyle co. Northants» and 
is there buried. 
7 probably John. 



AN. -- FB. 1686. 

179 

Feb. 5, F., ruade ail even with my brother Robert for last St. 
Michael's day quarter. 
Feb. 6, S., King's inauguration day kept very solemnly at Oxford. 
Service for the day 1, vide Oct. or Nov. or Dec. going belote 2. Ring- 
ing of bells. Sermon at S. Marie's by (Henry) Stedlnan of Alls. 
Gaudies, bonfiers, tire works. 
[Edward Powell , Mr. of Arts and fellow of Jesus College, son of 
Edward Powell of Shadwell in Shropshire, gent., died, S., 6 Feb. x68-, 
aged 3 ° or thereabouts, and vas buried in the College chapel there. 
(Arms :--) ' argent, a lyon rampant sable crown'd or'.] 
Feb. 6, S., a boatman ( . .. Cock or Cox) who had been drowned 
a week before by 13ulstack bridge was taken up there and buried by 
the banke side the next day till the crowner came. Aflerwards taken 
up and buried in St. Thomas parish church yard under the south side 
of the tower. 
Feb. 7, Su., news came that N(athaniel) Vincent was closely guarded from the 
country to London and impris(on)'d. Engaged in the rebellion. Quaere in N. 
Vincent (in Ath.) 
Feb. 2, F., news came that Sir Ceswell Levins . . .« was emoved from hi$ 
place for being against a dispensation of an Aet of Parliament against the Test (to 
be dispene'd with by the eh(ief) officers ofthe army). Vide Gazet. -- also that 
(Sir William) Gregory » . . . was then removed also.-- that Sir Thomas Jennour n 
is in one of their places, and (John) Holt in Sir Thomas Jennour's place of eeorder 
of London and marie a sarjeant. Serjeant (Sir liehard) Holloway  would bave been 
turn'd out, btt ecated ; (illiam) lountague  and (ir Thomas) Jones  also o. 
(Feb. x3, Egg Saturday), determining bachelors this lent were 
 44 or therabouts. 
Feb. 4, Su., cl(ean) sh(eets). 
Upon the death of the earl of Arran (Richard ]3utler) z6 Jan. last, 
his father (the duke of Ormond) lid it so much to heart that he was 
resolved to leave his place at Court and retire into the country to 
spend the remainder of his dayes in peace. But the King would not 
let him resigne his stewardship. Wherefore gaining leave to be 
absent for some time, (e) retired to (enry Hyde) the earl of 
Clarendon's seat called Cornbury in coin. Oxon about the beginning 
of Feb. Whereupon the vicechancellor n and certaine Doctors went 

sec Luttrell i. 368, 37. 
i. e. sura, p. 177. 
note in Wood MS. F 4, P- 16o. 
Puisne Justice of the Commun 
Peas. 
Junior Baron of the Exchequer. 
Luttrell i. 37z. 

v Puisne Judge of the King's Bench. 
 Chief Baron of the Exchequer. 
 Chier Justice of the Common Pleas. 
o turaed out 2 Apr. 686, Luttrell i. 
375- 
n Timothy Halton, provost of Qteen's. 



180 IVOOD'S LIFE AND TIAIES. 

in coaches to that place on 5 Feb. (Shrove-munday) to give him a 
visit and to congratulate his coming there. Mr. (Christopher) Wase a 
informes me the vice-chancellor had orator (William) Wiat with him 
who spake a Latin and English speech--lrue (they condoled him for 
his loss). Six or more heads of houses with them. 
(Wood D 23 no. 7 is ' A sad and truc relation ofa person who, Munday the lSth 
of this instant February [68], was found dead in a wood near Highgate.' Wood 
D 23 no. 8 is ' A sermon taken out of an Oxford seholar's pocket who was found 
dead in Bishop's-wood near Highgate,' Lond. 688.) 
News letter dated 6 Feb., T., saith that Sir William Dugdale, Garter King of 
Armes, is lately dead. He died o Feb. Bequeathed all his MSS. and Collections 
to Ashmole's Musaeum . 
lews letter, 9 Feb., F., that a rebellion in coin. Northampton, headed by one 
•.. Smith appeared. 
Feb. 2o, S., spring flowers sold in Oxon marcat. Having as yet 
but little frost this winter, the spring appeares very forward. Plum 
trees begin to blossom in the latter end of Jan. and beginning of 
Feb. 
Feb. 3, T., paid my battles for Mr .... Collyes 3 quarter ending latter end of 
Nov. last, by the hands of goodwife Gilbert, fs 
Feb. 25, Th., Sir Francis Clerk, a parliament man for Kent, died snddenly in his 
lodgings (London)--so news letter. 
This month, Jan., Dec., and Nov., raged an odd kind of feaver. 
Many died--thirty or more when L(eonard) Lichfield died which 
was 2 z of this month. 
When the judges were here, judge (Sir Thomas) Street 4 in his 
charg spake against News letters 'becaus a great many lies were in 
them, particularly Muddiman's.' (Quaere Gazet when they came in; 
Sat., quaere.) Whereupon Muddiman's letter came not to Oxon 
afterwards. Yet other trite and lying letters came. 
Mr. 5 John Durham lodgeth at Mr. Beasifo's house in Finch 
lane in Black Spread Eagle's Court nere the Royall Exchange 
London. 
larch.--Mar. 4, Th., fl(annel) sh(irt). 
Mar. 4, Th., at night it rained, none (but misling once or twice) 
since 9 Jan. 
Mar. 5, F., ...... , a stranger of gentile fashion, died in More's 

1 Esquire Bedell of Law. naine as Colly. 
 Macray's Annals of the godleian,  Puisne Justice of the 
p. 366. Pleas. 
a William Coleby, Brodrick's Merton,  this address is hOt in 
p. a96 ; but Wood seems to write the hand. 

Colnmon 
Wood's 



FEB.  3IARCH, 1083. 181 

 aggon going to London in the morning. Buried at 5 at night in S. 
Clement's. 
lIar. 7, Su., received of Dr. (Robert) Plot ili. 5.ç for my 5 
vol(urnes) of Philosophical Transactions. He owes me half a ream 
of paper. 
In the second week of this Iarch came to Oxon a printed sermon 
preached before the King and Queen at Windsore by P(hilip) Ellis, 
of the order of St. Benedict, in Oct. last l. This Ellis is son to (John) 
Ellis late vicar of Waddesdone ; bred in Westminster school under Dr. 
(Richard) Busby; ran away thence to Doway ; and is now a famous 
preacher. Another of his serinons came out a week after, preached 
on AIl Saints day 2. 
Iarch 9, Tu., lIr. (John) Edw(ards) told me that after I had 
done with the History of lIerton Coll. s and communicated if to lIr. 
(John) Iassy and Dr. (John) Conant in the College naine, the 
College would reward me. 
[lIar. 4 io, anno 1685 (i. e. ), the king's general pardon concern- 
ing the rebells in the west was published, wherein very many engaged 
in the rebellion (among whome were some women and maids) were 
excepted.] 
12 lIarch, Frid., Dr. L(aurence) Womack bishop of S. David's 
died at Westminster. Wherupon Dr. J(ohn) Lloyd, principal of Jes., 
was nominated by the_King to succeed in St. I)avid's. In John 
Lloyd (among the) bishops (in .Aih.) 
'Tis observed that the generality of gentlemen-commoners (tho' 
they have not spoken in the Theater) veare square caps ; those that 
doe not weare hats. Round silk caps, formerly allow'd them to 
distinguish them from servitors,fond of them at first, now leav 
them off. 
Iarch 13 , S., 1685 (i.e. .) a French cr(own) peice instead of 
an English ; I allowed him a groat for it. 
lIarch 17 or thereabouts, an antient man and one of the king's 

i Philip Ellis ' The first sermon 
preached before their majesties in Eng- 
lish' (on Matt. xxii. 37) on the xst 
Sunday in Oct. x685, Lond. x686, 4to. 
 Ihilip Ellis ' Second sermon 
preached before the King, Queen, and 
Queen Dowager at S. James' on Nov. 
x, x685,' Lond. 686, 4to. 
 Wood made large Collections for 
the history of Merton College, but did 

hot live to reduce them to form. A 
considerable part of these Collections 
is preserved among the munimen.s of 
lçerton College; other portions are in 
the Wood, Ballard, and other IISS. in 
the Bodleian. 
 note in Wood 660 C. 
» this note is inserted out of place in 
the Alto. for Dec. 



182 IVOOD'S L[FE AND TIA[ES. 

chaplains came to Oxford and next day visitcd lIr. (Obadiah) 
Walker. Said mass at S. Harding's by Holywell ehurch where ail 
papists then retir'd to do their devotions to him. 
Mar. x 8, Th., libells intit. ' Reasons against a standing army' were 
dropt in severall streets at London. Such matters were also dropt a 
week before that rime. 
French Gazet :--in a part of it dated 8 lIarch (xvhieh is Io days 
before us) is said that ' lr. (Obadiah) Walker the eheif of Unir. Coll. 
in Oxford hath lately deelared himself to be a papist and that he is a 
building a chapel to sing mass.' Upon this coming out of the French 
Gazet all people believed then that he was a papist a. It made great 
noise through the nation. He continued a concealed papist 30 yeares 
or thereabout. 
lIr. Stephen Hunt and lIr. (John) Cudworth" B.D. of Trin. Coll. 
doe talk much in vindication of papists. 
x9 lIarch or thereabouts died at or neare Ely Dr. (John) Nalson 
LL.D. author of  .... In John Rushworth (in Aih.) 
lIarch 23 or thereabouts 1New Coll. great bell rung out for... 
Wells, vicar of Hornchurch in Essex. 
lIarch 24', W., at night,.., wife of... Hunt of lIarston neare 
Oxon was brought to bed at one birth (of) two sons and two 
daughters, living, but died soon after. They were borne early in the 
morning, lIar. 24; and the next day being holyday, divers from 
Oxford went to sec them. 
,Iar. 25, Th., Lady day, Dr. Henry  Erbury , senior fellow of 
lIagd. Coll., died of the yellow jandies. 

[Henry Yerbury v, or Erbury, Dr. of Physic and senior fellow of St. lXlarie 
lXIagd. Coll., son of Edward Yerbury of Trobridge in Wiltshire, gent., died in 
lXlagd. Coll., Th., 25 lXlarch (Ladyday) anno 686, aged 58 or thereabouts ; and 
was buried the next day in Magd. Coll. chappell. (Arms :--) ' parted per fess or 
and sable a lyon rampant eounter-changed'; crest, 'a lyon's head conp'd or, 
eoller'd sable.' He had been for several yeares togeather governour to Thomas 
(Howard) duke of orfolk , while he remained in his distracted condition at 
Padoua in Italy.] 
25 lX[ar., Th., hall an year's rent du from tunsier. 
March 27, S., paid my laundress 4 s ; paid my bedmaker, Ss. 

x Luttrell, i. 373- 
 John Cudworth, B.D. Trin. t 7 Dec. 
684. 
z' An Impartial Collection of the 
great Affairs of State t639-t649.' 
* substituted for ' 23, Tuesd.' 

' Henry' substituted for ' William.' 
Henry Yerbury, Gntch's Wood's 
Coll. and Halls, p. 043- 
note in Wood iXIS. F 4, P. t6o. 
died t Dec. 677. 



L4PCH MPRIL, 1086. 

March 28, Palm Sunday, Mr. (Francis) Edwards , Ch. Ch., 
chaplain, preached at St. Marie's in the morning against popery 
because as 'twas presumed Mr. Obadiah Walker's declaration of 
being a papist had ruade great noise of being a papist. 
Mar. 29, M., Mr. (Francis) Forster of our Coll., e coin. Northum- 
berland, elected and admitted fellow of Univ. Coll. 
Mar. 3o, T., news brought to Oxford that Taverner Harris was 
dead lately. 
April.--This new feaver continues still (Easter day, Apr. 4) and 
some are sick of it. 
Apr. 4, Easter day, Mr. (Obadiah) Walker, Master of Unir. Coll., 
and his two disciples (Nathaniel) Boys and (Thomas) Deane 
received not the sacrament. Mr. (John) Barnard of Br(asenose) 
Coll. 
Apr. o, S., news came to Oxford that (John) Dolben archbishop 
of York died at Bishop's Thorp. .False, sick of the small pox. 
Apr. xi, Low Sunday, (Henry) Hellier of C.C.C. repeated. 
Apr. 14, W., news came in privat letters that Mr. William Graham, M.A., 
lately of Ch. Ch., yonger brother to the lord l'reston (Richard Graham), was 
nominated deane of Carlile in the place of (Thomas)Musgrave lately deceas'd, 
which Musgrave succeeded Dr. (Thomas) Smith and died about the beginning of 
Apfil . 
Apr. '4, %Vedn., proclor (William> Breach o[ Ch. Ch. hid downe 
hs oce o[ proc[or and in his speech much magnified the Academians 
for their alacity in taking up armes in the time of Monmouth's 
rebellion; magnified the generosity of Sir Leoline Jenkyns, his 
generosity towards the advancement of learning, meaning his benetïac- 
tion3; blamed some scholars for leaving their religion for that of 
Rome (meaning Mr. (Obadiah) Walker, (Nathaniel) Boys, 
(Thomas) Deane, (John) Bernard) but was glad there was so 
few ; commended the civility of the University. 
[Apr. x4 4, W., x686; Edward Hopkins of Line. Coll. and John 
Walrond of Allsouls (took their seats as) proctors]. 
Apr. 4, V., Sir Philip Howard, who was lately appointed by his majesty to be 
governour of Jamaica, died in his lodgings at Whitehall. 

1 irrancis Edwards, M.A. Ch. Ch. 
26 Apr. 168o. 
 Wood adds here a note :--« news 
letters say that... Musgrave was ruade 
dean of Carlisle. I say that W. Graham 
was installed in Apr. or May.' Thomas 

Musgrave died 28 Mar. 1686 ; William 
Grahame vas installed 23 June i686. 
to Jesus College; see Gutch's 
Wood's Coll. mad Halls, p. 57.5. 
note in MS. Bodl. 594, P" I  



184 IYOOD'S LIFE AND TIAIES. 
News letter dated 15 Apr., Th.,--' from York 'tis advised that the arehbishop 
there (I)r. (John) Dolben) died t last Sunday night of the small pox and was 
buried the following day. Some say Dr. (Thomas) Sprat bishop of Roff. will 
sueceed ; others Dr. (Francis) Turner bishop of Ely; and Dr. (James) Jeffries 
brother to the Lord Chaneellor stands faire for it. Dr .... Musgrave e is ruade 
dean of Carlile.' 
Letters dated Apr. 2o, T., report that Dr. (John)Pearson, bishop of Chester, 
is dead. Another of the same date saith he is absolutely dead--see in July fol- 
lowing. 
Apr. 2I, W., paid lIr. (Edward) Slatter bursar for the last quarter 
a guyny riz. iii. is 6d for my share in the wood, candle, pipes, of the 
common chamber last winter. I paid him in his chamber at I of the 
clock in the afternoon. 
Apr. 23, F., (S. George's day), Coronation (da)'), vide Entertain- 
ments, where are the notes of Sir William Walker's being butler s 
23 Apr. 4, F., St. George's day, Samuel Jones ahas Wake, gentle- 
man commoner of iXIerton Coll. was married 5 to... neice to the 
bishop of London, riz., daughter of Sir Charles Compton (brother to 
earl of Northampton). 
Letters dated 24 Apr., S., saith that this week died in St. Martin's lane the lady 
Henrietta Wentworth and that upon her death-bed shee said that the duke of 
Monmouth never did any thing to her but what was justifiable. 
Apr. 28, W., Philip (Wenman) lord Wenman died in his house at Braekley 
coin. lqorthampton aged îo or thereabouts and was (the 3o(th), F.) buried in 
Twyford church by his ancestors. He had only one daughter, married to... 
Croft. (Arms) ' sable fess argent inter 3 ankers or.' 
Apr. 28, 29, 3 o, !Iay i, 2, 3, 4, etc., much raine ; very neare a land 
flud. 
lay.--!Iay 3, !I., Oxford fait in Broken-haies 6, of horse, cattle, 
baubles, etc. 
lay 4, T., cl(ean) shee(ts). 
iUay 8, S., iIr. (Obadiah) Walker had a protection corne from the 
King under seale  to protect him for what he should omit or doe. 
Other protections for (Nathaniel) Boys, Univ. Coll. ; (Thomas) 
Deane, Univ. Coll. ; (John) Bernard, Bras. Coll. 

1 Yv'ood notes 'died at Bishop's 
Thorp, quaere.' See Evelyn's Diary 
under date 15 Apr. x686. Wood 429 
(4 ) is ' Epitaphium Joannis [Dolben], 
Ebor. arch.' by D[aniel] Br[evint], 
Lond. 166. 
e see note, p. I83. 
 see suivra, p. 4o. I do hOt find 
any notice of the observance of 23 Apr. 
686 there, i.e. in Wood lS. D. 9,3)- 

 this note is out of place in May. 
3 ' at London' followed, but is under- 
lined for deletion. 
 Clark's Wood's City of Oxford, i. 
504. 
 see Evelyn's Diary under date 5 
blay 686. John Gutch, Callecta»ea 
C,¢riosa, i. p. 87, printed the docket of 
this license. 



.4Pi?IL-- I.4 }; 16S0. i8 5 
News lettcr dated 13 May, Th., saith thus--' last night the princess 
of" Denmark was brought to bed of" a daughter 1., News letter dated 
lXlay 13 saith thus--' his majesty bath been pleased to grant his royal 
license and dispensation to several persons belonging to some of" the 
Colleges in Oxon to absent themselves from Common Prayer, ad- 
ministring the sacrament according to the Curch of England, and 
fi'om taking the oathes,' etc. 
lXIay i4, F., at night between 8 and 9 strang lightning seen in the 
air by people standing in the tIigh Street. 
Archbishop of York being dead and the see - vacant Dr. Thomas 
Crostwhat stir'd againe for the principality of S. Edmund hall; put 
up an appeale to the Queen consort. The vice-chancellor, as provost 
of Queen's Coll., to answer it went up to London about it, 4 May. 
[News  letter dated S., 15 May 1686; yesterday Miles l'rance 4 was by Habeas 
corpus brought up from Newgate to the court of King's bench and charged with 
an information setting forth that, at the triall s of Green Berry and Hill some 
yeares since in the Old Bayly, he being produced as wimess for the King and 
sworne to speak the truth, did falsely and corruptly say and sweare that Sir 
Edmund Bury Godfrey was by them strangled, and that thereby Miles Prance did 
committ wilful and corrupt perjury.] 
iXIay r6, Sunday, monsieur (Theodore) Maimburg", clerk of Magd. 
Cll., died ; buried... ; lately of Merton Coll. ; nephew to... lIaim- 
burgh the writer. His father (Theodore iXlaimbourg) had latcly 
left 8oo/i. per annum in France for religion sake. 
lIay 22, S., lXlr. (Thomas) Gilbert. 
lIay 22, S., bell rung out for counsellor Wright's wife, who died 
at London. Shee was a Dunch of Peysey. 13uried among the 
Wrights in St. lXIartin's Church, 26 hlay, W. 
[May 22 s, S., the great bell of St. Martin's rung for.., wife of William Wright 
a barrester (commonly called ' counsellour Wright'), son of William Wright 
lately of Oxon aldernlan ; which.., died at London ; and ber body being brought 

 Ann Sophia, Luttrell, i. 377 ; died 
2 Feb. 168., Luttrell, i. 393- 
 MS. has ' sea.' 
s note in Wood 424 . 
4 Wood 424 (19) is' A true narrative 
and discovery of the Popish Plot' by 
Miles France, Lond. I679. Wood 425 
(19) is ' The additional narrative of 
Miles Prance,' Lond. 1679, price Is 6d. 
s Wood 424 (8) is 'The tryals of 
Robert Green, Henry Berry, and Lau- 
rence Hill on IO Feb. I6ï, for the 
murder of Sir Ednlonbury Godfrey," 

Lond. 1679 , price 2s 6d. 
 Theodore Maimbourg, ]3.A. Magd. 
C. 9 July 1685; Bloxam's Reg. Coll. 
Magd., ii. 81. 
 this note vas at first written 
' Counsellor's Wright's wife died in S. 
Michael's parish." The Burials Register 
of S. Michael's says :--' Domthy, the 
wife of counceler Wright, wass bnryed, 
out off this parish, in the parish of St. 
Martin's, May the 26 a.P. I686 ; aged 
32 year.' 
* note in Wood giS. F 4, P. 16I. 



1 86 H'OOD'S LIFE .4ND TLIIES. 

to Oxon, was on, W., the 26 of the said month of May 1686 buried among the 
graves of the Wrights in the chancell of St./artin's church, Oxon. Shee was the 
daughter of... Dunch of Peysey in Berks esq., and sister to Major Dunch lately 
deceased. (Arms :--) ' azure, . barrs argent, 3 leopard's faces in chier or ; impal- 
ing, (sable), a chevron between 3 castles (argent).' Whereas the Wrights bave 
at the burial of 5 or 6 of their thmily borne the Iedhops' armes x on their 
respective hcarses, now this yong counsellour hath round out a coat belonging to 
the naine of Wright.] 
(' Thomas Hungerfford , a souldier in cap. Barloes companey wass 
buryed llay the 23, being slain at the Star in a dewill 
686 ; aged 35-') 
lIŒEy 23, Whitsunday, llr. (John) Berntrd, fellow of Bras. Coll. 
(a new convert), preached before the King at Whitehall or St Jeames' 
--so the coin(mon) rep(ort)--False. 
lIay 24, lI., at Crown Tavern on lIr. Cooper, London bookseller, 
and two of New Coll., Ss. 
24 lIay, Whit-3[unday, (George) Tully of Queen's Coll. preached 
at St. lIarie's on this text ' Thou shalt hot make to thyself any graven 
inaage'; suspended about lIidsomer day. Quaere Charlet's notes; 
quaere letter dated 3 Nov. 686; vide in George Tully (in Aih.) 
George Tullie, sub-deane of York: ' A discourse concerning the worship of 
images, preached before the Univetsity of Oxon, 24 May 686, on Exodus 2o verse 4 
and part of the 5(th) vers,' London I689, quarto, for which he was suspended. 
]ï)edicated fo Henry Compton, bishop of London--" Nor shall I take occasion to 
reflect upon the venerable body, the deane and chapter of York, who were pleased 
immediatly upon the receipt of a letter from the king fo suspend me there for this 
discourse preached before the University of Oxford and that without as much as 
the least summons, citation, or ordiny civility of a private letter to acquaint me 
with their summary proceedings against me tho' 'twas visible enough that as the 
management of their censure was unpresidented and then a leading case, so had it 
hOt been without fatal effects upon the clergy, had hot your Lordship, in a most 
generous and heroic manner put a stop to it here in the very saine case of the rev. 
deane of Norwych, Dr. (John) Sharp «. lly Lord, as I had the honor (for such 
even then I esteem'd it) to be the first clergy-man in England who suffer'd in those 
dayes in the defence of our religion against Popish superstition and idolatry, so 
humbly beg, etc." 
'Tis said that the matters therein against the papists were repre- 
sented to lIr. (Obadiah) Walker, who sent an accompt of them to 
London,--who acquainted the king. 
lIay zS, Whit-Tusday , din'd at the College. After dinner, at the 

' see vol. i. p. 98. 
z extract from the burials register of 
S. iIichael's parish. 
s i.e. duel. 
' see Evelyn's Diary under date 

June i686 ; Luttrell i. 38- 
 Wood here notes :--« gave me roast- 
meat and beat me with the spit.' Was 
this a proverb ? see vol. il. p. 96. 



MA I -- UWE, i8.  87 

cominon rooine where I ask'd Dr. (William> t3arnard how Dr. 
(Thoinas> Alvey did and that he was like to dye. ' I ' wondred that 
he liv'd so long being drunk every day; I abuse every one and report 
lyes.' ' You report that I ara to marry Mris. Parret, which is false; 
you tell lyes and deserve to have your head broken '--which he told 
me himselfe ,«'hen at the coinmon chamber when gone to the water- 
ing place. ' No more religion than a dog. (? A dog has> Inore than 
you. I kill hot cats or imbrew rny hands in the blood of a cat when 
I ara to give the sacrarnent.' 
News letter dated May 25, T.,--" divers scandalous papers vere on 
Sunday night last dropt about Whitehall and St. Jaines; ioooh'. 
reward to be given to hiin that vill discover the authour--entit. 
'Invoc(a>tion to the xvhipping of the Fox'." [Mr. 2 (Obadiah> 
Walker tells me (Sarnuel> Johnson, author ofJuhn, had a hand in 
thern, and a Welsh gent. of an ioolL per annum.] 
(May?> 26 ', I heard that William, prince of Aurange, vhos wife 
is next heir to the crowne, hath openly declar'd that if ever he and his 
wife corne to enjoy the crowne of England they'l adheere to the 
protestant religion. 
News letter dated 27 May, Th., saith that a Welsh gent. of ooli. per annum is 
said to be authour of the late dispersed libell and also Samuel Johnson, attthour of 
JMia, the Xostate, is concerned therein, who is in irons. (June , letters then 
dated say that Johnson is removed from the King's bench prison to Newgat.) The 
libell was an address to the soldiers . 
May zT, z8, z9, 3 o, 3 , verie cold as at Xtmas--see in the next 
Inonth. 
May 29, S., (King Charles II nativity), Mr. (Williain) Cradock  
of Magd. Coll. preached at St. Marie's. 
,luno.--June  and z (T., W.) a great deal of raine 6 with wind and 
cold. June 3 (Th.) a very vindy and teinpestious day with cold and 

 this seems to be oratio obliqtta of 
Wood as to what vas said about him- 
self. The next sentences give the oralio 
recta of Bernard's sIeech. 
 this part of the note is seored out : 
perhaps the note of 27 May is a correc- 
tion of it. 
 this note occurs in the Almanac for 
May. The note above it is dated 'Apr. 
23,' the note below it ' May zS'; its 
month is therefore uncertain. 
 ' Address to the English Protestant 

Ofîàcers in this present Army,' Lnttrell 
i. 381. It is reprinted in Wood D 29 
in ' The fifth Collection of Papers re- 
lating to the present juncture of affairs 
in Èngland,' Lond. 1688, 4to : there its 
title is ' A humble and hearty address 
to all English protestants in the army.' 
 William Cradocke, M.A. Magd. C. 
4 July 1681. 
 see Evelyn's Diary under date 2 
June i686. 



some raine. June 6, 7, 8, 9, exceeding hot, intollerably hot. June 9 
(w.), in the afternoone about 3 and 4, much raine with halle. 
'If it rains on Easter day 
There shall be good grass but very bad hay'-- 
much grass on the ground but cold and wet will hinder the making 
of it. 
[June a t, Th., anno t686, William Burke, esq., only son of... Burke or Brgh, 
lord Dunkallyn (by... Bagnall his wife) son of William earl of Clanrickard, died 
in the lodgings of Dr. John Fell, deane of Ch. Church, of xvhieh house he was a 
student, aged 14 or thereabouts. Whereupon his body was buried in the south 
isle joyning to Ch. Ch. choire, neare the grave of... (Arms  :--)' gules on a cross 
or a fleur de luce of the first : in the first quarter a lyon rampant of the second : 
over ail a file with 3 labells argent.'] 
June 3, Th., Ch. Ch. great bell rang out at 5 in the afternoon for 
1[r. William Burke ", son of (Richard) Burgh, lord Dunkally *, by... 
]3agnall his wife (which lord Dunkally is son of William, earl of Clan- 
rickard) who died in the lodgings of Dr. (John) Fell, deane of Ch. 
Ch., aged 4 or thelabouts. ]3uried in the south isle joyning to the 
choire of Ch. Ch. cathedral. 
June 4, F., paid 1Ir. Janes my battles for the quarter ending Lady 
day, 9 s 7d. 
June 6, Su., St. Peter's bell rung out at  x in the morning for 
William Cromp, a Kentish man and commoner of Queen's Coll., who 
had last lIunday taken a surfeit of brandy at Hedendonson of 
William Cromp of Wye, gent. ; obiit anno aetatis  9. 
In the beginning of this month a yonger son of the duke of 
Saxony was to sec the University incognito. 
[News  letter, dated, T., 8 June 686, saith thus :--' at the inter- 
cession of the maids of honour his majestie hath granted a warrant to 
pardon all the females excepted in the late general pardon.'] 
June 9, w., make hay. 
[June IO , Th., S. Barnabas eve, t686, Charles Perot, LL. Dr., fellow of St. 
John's College in Oxon and parliamentary burges for the University, died in 
S. John's College, aged 45 or therabouts. Vhereupon his body was carried to 
Fyfield neare Abendon in Berks (where his father hath land) and was buried in 
the church there among some of his relations. Son of James Perot, gent., who 

* note in Wood MS. F 4, P- I6I. 
 a slip with these arms is found also 
in Wood MS. F 4, P. 156- 
 ' ]3urke' substituted for ' Burgh.' 
Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, p. 
54. 

* Richard de ]3urgh lord Dunkellin 
succeeded his father in 687 as eighth 
earl of Cianricarde. Burke's Peerage 
omits this son. 
 note in Y'ood 4o4 . 
* note in Wood 



]UNE, 1686. 189 

hath land at North-Lee and Tetsworth in Oxfordshire, and elswhere. (Arms 
' gules, 3 pears argent, a cressant for a difference or, on a ehief argent a demy-lyon 
rampant sable,' granted  when Elias Ashmole, Windsore herald, went his visita- 
tion jonrney into Berks, after the restauration of King Charles II.--The said 
James Perot, the father, who had gotten an estate under a blind knight called 
•.. Drake of Bucks, is reported by the other family of Perots of North-Lee to be 
a by-blow from Herefordshire . He died at 1Yorth-Lee 8 Dec. 1687, aged 8o or 
more ; and was bnried at Fyfeild by his son.] 
[Convocation 3, M., 14 June I686, Moses Carterius, a corrector of 
the press lO yeares at the Theater, was allowed to be lI.A.--In the 
saine convocation an acquittance was given for zoli. given to lIagd. 
Hall by John Roswell, fellow of Eaton.] 
[News  letter dated Tu., 5 June 586; the attorney-general (Sir Robert 
Sawyer) renewing his motion against Miles Prance, the court gave this sentence 
that he pay a fine of oo/i. ; that he stand in the pillory on Munday next (June 
I) in the Pallace Yard at Westminster, and the Wednesday after (June 
the Exchange, and on Munday followng (June 8) at Charing Cross ; that he 
be whipped from Newgate to Tybarne; and be commtted till ail these things 
were donc. 
The saine letter tells us that the Queen Dowager bath beg'd of the king the 
remission of the last punishment, riz. whipping. (Letter dated July I, Th., saith 
that Miles Prance bath obtained that part of his sentence of whipping be taken 
off and is return'd to the chnrch of Rome).] 
June 18, F., Dr. William Durham died in his rectory hou.e at 
Letcomb-basset com. ]3erks at 4 in the afternoon of an apoplexy. 
Fasli 1669. 
June i9, Saturday, Samuel Desmasters, ]I.A. and bachelor of 
Physick, fellow of Oriel, died of the small pox and was buried in the 
College chapel the same day, funerall » solemnised the next. A bene- 
factor to the College ; ioooh', after the death of his sister. ' Samuel 
Des-mastres, son of Peter Des-mastres of Stowlton (neare Tredington) 
in Worcestershire, gent., aged i6, i672) 
June o, Su., lIr. John ]Iassey preached at St. Marie's post 
meridiem, for hIr. Obadiah Walker ; watch and wait laid whether he 
uttered popery or anything savouring of it, because suspected to be a 
papist. Bred up under lIr. Walker; his servitour. 
June 3, w., Sir XYilliam Coventry, knight, (somtimes secretary to the duke of 
York when general at sea) died neare Tunbridge in Kent ; left to the French 

a slip pasted in gives the same coat 
with the note :--' granted tempore visi- 
tationis coin. ]3erks, 1665, per F, liam 
Ashmole deputatum Edvardi Bysh.' 
in pencil onlv as doubtfuL 
note in MS. Bodl. 594, P. 116. 
note in XYood 404. 

s in the case of persons dead of infec- 
tious diseases it seems to have been cus- 
tomary to inter the body at once and 
to read the burial service at the grave 
on such subsequent day as was conve- 
nient. Several instances of this occur 
in this diary. 



1 9 ° W'OOD'S LIFE .4A'D TIIIES. 

Protestants 2oooli., for the redeeming of captives at Algiers 3oooli.,--bishops of 
London (Henry Compton) and Oxon (John Fell), overseers (of his will). Soe 
news letter dated 29 June, T. Dr. (Thomas) Smith bath a compleat accourir of 
his death. IIe got what he pleased when secretary ; got threescore thousand 
pounds. 
[Convocation t, 28 Jtme, M., x686, the Act was put off by the chancellour's 
letters which say that "because of the small number of proceeders in several 
faculties, aud that there are noue at all in some, and also that the small pox and 
a feaver are much in Oxford and the places adjacent, which by a concourse of 
people (as generally are at public solemnities) may much prejudice the health of 
the University, therefore' there is to be no Act.] 
June 28, M., paid the landress, 4 s ; paid goodwife Gilbert, 8s ; and allowed ber 
3 weeks rime to make hay, in which time ] spent double my money for diet. 
In the latter end of this month died Sir Richard Lloyd, judge of the Admiralty, 
deane of the Arches and chancellor of I)urham. So news letter dated 29 Jtme, 
T. I3ied at Doctors' Commons, June 28 (M.), ut fertur; buried in the church- 
yard of S. Bennet Paul's Wharf.--- Richard Lloyd, of Allsouls Coll. ; afterwards 
chancellor of Landav. (worth 3oo/i. per armure); a knight; judge of the Ad- 
miralty in loco (Sir Leoline)Jenkyns; chancellor of I)urham, in the place of 
Thomas Ire]and ; deane of the arches. He was succeeded in the chancellourship 
of Landaff by (\Villiam) Bew the son of the bishop» an undergraduate, who 
tooke the degrce of Bac. of LL. in Oct. 1686. 
June 29, T., St. Peter's day, Dr. Layborne, jun., doctor of the 
Sorbon, in Oxon--talking with Mr. (John) Massey, talking and ex- 
postulating. 
The saine day came Sir William Dugdale's books ( ...  volumes) ; 
quaere Dr. (Robert) Plot 8. 
Judg (Sir Richard) Holloway of Oxford declines in the favour of 
the Oxonians because he was for the Test in (Sir Edward) Haleses 
buisness 4 
June 1686, any dissenter frolloE the Church of England might now, 
for money, have a license to frequent conventicles or a protection 
from the king to secure him from all oaths' injury--to supply the 
army. This tends to the destruction of the Curch of England. No 
French protestant or outlander can trade in England unless he gives 
so much ycarly to the crowne for trading--to supply the army. They 

 note in MS. Bodl. 594, P- 116. 
"- 48 volmnes; hlacray's Annals of 
the ]3odleian, p. 366. 
 Keeper of the Ashmolean ]Xluseuln. 
 see Evelyn's Dia) T under date 2 
Apr. 686; Luttrell i. 38% 382 (judg- 
ment given 2Ist June). See especially 
Luttrell i. 384. Sir Edward Herbert, 
Cier Justice of the King's Bench, pub- 
lished a vindication of his action in 
this case:--\Vood 629 (î) 'A short 

account of the authorities in law upon 
which judgment was given in sir Edward 
Hales his case,' by Sir Edward Her- 
bert, Lond. 1688 ; Wood bought this 
for Bd. on Dec. 2, 688. A reply was 
at once issued ; Wood 629 (8.) 'The 
Lord Chier Justice Herbert's accourir 
examined' by W[illiam] A[twood], 
Lond. 689; which Wood bought for 
xs on o Jan. I68. 



cUA'E -- UL I; 1888. 191 
snffer abroad; corne here for refuge, and surfer. They spoyl the 
Ènglish trad. No prohibition for building, because money to be had 
from chimneys. 
' On t all religions present, and on past, 
Long hast thon rayl'd,--and chose the vorst at last. 
'Tis like thy selfe ; 'ris vhat thon didst before ; 
Rayl'd against ail women,--and then married a whore.' 
--ruade one  John Driden s, poet Laureat, who turn'd papist 4 in May 
or .lune i686. [Return'd  to his old opinion when the prince of 
Orange came to be king.] 
,luly.--July t, Th., cl(ean) sheets. 
July I, Th., Sir Richard Lloyd buried in S. Bennet (Paul's Wharf) 
church yard--deane of the Arches, and knight. 
July 3, Saturd., convocation in the afternoon wherin the Act was 
put off. 'Why?'--'because the vice-chancellor is sickish.' ' [Iow 
came he sick ? '--' by bibbing and smoaking and drinking claret a 
whole afternoon.' ' There also wants a Doctor of law and physic.' 
'(But there are> four Drs of Divinity.' (The vice-chanceilor> gives 
leave to all players and poppets to shew, purposely to please the 
people. 
In the beginning of this month by letters dated 4 July, Su., wee 
heard that Mr. (Thomas} Chester « of the . . . Temple lately gentle- 
man commoner of Mert. Coll. was dead at London of the small pox, 
quaere. 
July 6, Tuesday, between   and I a sharp or new moone was seene 
in the skies westward from Oxford and a starr within an yard; 
quaere. 
In the benning of this month a discourse of a Toleration to be 
given to Dissenters. The Anabaptists are glad to receive it. The 
Presbyterians and Independents will hot, but stick to the Church of 
England and will corne to Church. So that these people that were 
the chief reporters that the Universifies were all papists in the papist 
plot will now stick to us. 
o July , _A_ct Saturday, Dr. John Fell, bishop of Oxford and 

 these four lines are not in Wood's 
hand; the comments on them are. 
z i.e. on. 
 Wood 32o contains' Religio Laici 
by Mr. Dryden ' with the note in (. Dry- 
den's) hand 'ex dono authods." 
 see Evelyn's Diary under date 9 
Jan. 

 this sentence was added ata later 
date. 
 matric. (' armigeri filius') I Match 
68-. 
 changed from ' xi July.' Sec Eve- 
lyn's Diary under date I I July 686. 
See Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, 
p. 505. Wood 49 (.43) is a pindarick 



I92 II'OOD'S 
deane of Ch. Ch., died circa horam 3 in the morning; aetat. 63 , 
quaere ; buried July 13, T., between 4 and 5 in the afternoon in the 
1)ivinity Chapel in a grave brickt and vaulted over with bricks under 
the . . . on the right hand just within the entrance of the Divinity 
Chapel. 
[July o 1, Saturday, 686; John Fell, deane of Ch. Church and bishop of 
Oxon (son of Dr. Samuel Fell somtimes deane of the said church) died in his 
lodgings in Ch. Church about 3 ofthe clock in the morning aged 6 or thereabouts, 
sine prole, never married. His body was buried on, T., the I3 of the saine month 
in the divinity chappell on the north side of the choire under the seat where he 
user] to heare Latin prayers every morning berlines and after 9 at night. The armes 
on his hearse were the sea of Oxon, impaling 'or , on 2 barrs sable 3 crosses 
patee fitehee of the first' with a miter or in place of the creast. Three  square 
flaggs hang over his grave :--the  containes the armes of Fell with a miter over 
it ; the 2, the armes of the college of Ch. Ch. (which are the saine with those boren 
by cardinal Wolsey) impaling Fell, with a miter over them ; and the third con- 
taines the armes of the seê of Oxon impaling those of Fell, with a miter over 
them also. His body was buried in a little deep vault built with bricks, and an 
arch over it of bricks nlso : thê top of which vault is scarce the depth of a grave 
from the pavement of the chappell.--Philipp Fell, Bac. of Div. and fellow of 
Eaton Coll., yonger brother to the said bishop Fell, died a single man in the 
house of Dr. Georg Benson (deane of Hereford) at Worcester--which Dr. Benson 
married his sister--on the 26 Feb., Munday, 68§, aged 47 or thereabouts. Where- 
xpon his body was buried there in the cathedral. He was formerly fellow of 
Allsoules College.] 
July io. S., received of Thomas Wood, lb'. lOri for a quarter's rent due from 
Mris Hanks' house in the Bocherew last Midsomer day, being the third part of 
ber quarter's reut which shee paid to the said Thomas, riz. 3li. 2s 6d (she payes 
in the whole, 2li. Ios per armure). Received then also a quarter's rent due last 
Midsomer from Fr(ancis) Dollive's house joyning to the said tenement li. os Iod 
being the third part of the quarter's rent then du. (The quarter's rent is 2li. 7s 6d; 
the whole yeare is 9ll. xos.) 
July o, Saturday or thereabout, lady Dacres, widdow of David 
Walter lord of Wolvercot, died at London. Vide Obital book. 
Anthony Ley, in ' The Committee' acted about 16 July once or 
twice, superadded of his owne accord that 'those that chang their 
religion ought to be hang'd ; but Obadia(h) has ; ergo . . . '. 
The King's players acted in the Act rime. Anthony Ley, one of 
them, who jeared before ail the company Obadiah Walker in a play 
called ' The Committee' once at least acted---no such rnatter in the 

Ode 'to the memory of John [Fell], 
bishop of Oxford,' Lond. 1686, fol. ; in 
which Wood has a note :--' printed at 
London; came don to Oxon., Dee. 9 
anno x686.' 
 note in Wood MS. F 4- PP- 62, 

I6 3 . 
 Wood notes in the margin ' more 
rightly, argent.' 
s there is some uncertainty here: 
over ' three' is written ' fonre ' in pencil ; 
and in the margin in pencil '5 flaggs.' 



UZY-- IUG. 1686. 93 
play, but added in it that ' he that changes lais religion ought tobe 
hanged '--complained of to the king and turned out about the middle 
of August following. 
July 20, T., Dr. (John) Pearson, bishop of Chester, reported to be 
dead by news letters dated _'20 Juty. In Georg Hakewill (in 
649 ; vide (supra) Apr. 686. 
July 22, Th., S. 2Iary lIagd, day, (John Leybourne) bishop of 
Atremetum with 2Ir. (Obadiah) Watker. 
Juty 25, Su., S. James' day, 2Ir. (Thomas) Newy, of Ch. Ch., 
preached at S. Iarie's in the forenoone. The vice-chancellor I 3 or 
(4) dayes before sent for him and commanded him not to inveigh 
against Popery and he (the vice-chancellor)was commanded so to do, 
as is supposed, by authority. 
Letters dated -'29 July, Th., say that Dr. (James) Jcffries, brother 
to the Lord Chancellor (George lord Jeffries), is to be bishop of 
Chester. 
,ugust.--]ïcctesiasticat Commissioners appointed by King James II 
in the beginning of 686 , but hot opened titl 3 ofAugust folloxv- 
ing: Witliam Sancroft, archbishop of Canterbury; Georg Jeffries, 
Lord Chancellor of ]ïngland; Laurence (Hyde) eart of Roff., Lord 
Treasurer; Robert (Spencer) earl of Sunderland, President of the 
Council and principal Secretary of State; Nathaniel (Crew) bishop 
of Durham; Thomas Sprat, bishop of Rochester; Sir Edward Her- 
bert, knight, Chief Justice of the Pleas ; afterwards was added Thomas 
Cartwright, bishop of Chester. (Archbishop of Canterbury refused to 
sit ; so the bishop of Chester was put in.) William Bridgman, one of 
the Clerks of the Councitl, or his deputy, was their registrar. Though 
every one understood that the design of this commission was to intro- 
duce a Roman hierarchy which assumes a power over the temporal, in 
order to the spiritual, good ; yet here this commission grants the tem- 
poral power (viz. Lord Chancellor and any other two, riz. Lord 
Treasurer, President, and Chief Justice) a power of excommunication, 
which is a pure spiritual act. Roger Coke in his ' Detection' vol. 
p- 446. They are to take cognisance of all defaults in both Univer- 
sities. 
Aug. 4, W., Commissioners for Ecclesiasticall affairs, formerly 
appointed, sate this day in the Prince's Chamber.--Archbishop of 
Canterbury (Sandcroft), Bishop of Durham (Crew), Bishop of Roff. 
(Sprat), Lord Chancellor (Jeffries). They opened their Commission 
1 Timothy Halton, provost of Qneen's. 
z sec Evelyn's Diary under date 4 July 686 ; Luttrell i. 383. 
¥OL. III. O 



'94 wooD's L1FE A'VD TIA[ES. 
the da), before (T., 3 Aug.) see the lire of Dr. (Thomas) Sprat. See 
news letter July z7 and before. The archbishop will hOt sit; the 
archbishop desires to be excused for his age. 
Aug. ,o 1, T., ante horam i, at night, died Thomas Wood, under- 
sherrif, at lIr. Thurston's bouse  
[Io Aug , T., 6S6 Thomas à Wood , under-sherriff of Oxfordshire, died at 
Mr. Edmund Thurston's house in Allsaints parish, the house where the judges 
lodge 5 when they goe their circuit; aged 26 and was buried 2th of the saine 
month by his father' right hand. 
On the mme moming  on which he died, about 9 or xo (o'clock), Catherine 
Wood, his only sister by his mother r, was married to Edward Read, draper, 
grandson of ... Read, baronet, in S. Edmund's tIall chapel, shewing herself 
therby either a grand fool or a grand beast.] 
Aug. 4, Sat., Thomas Pigot, hI.A. and fellow of Wadh. Coll., 
chaplain to the earl of Ossory (James Butler) and fellow of the 
Royall Society, died at the lord Ossory's bouse in S. James' square, 
and was buried in the chancel of the new church of St. James (, 5 Aug.) 
which parish is taken out of St. hlartin's. Fasli I678. 
Aug. '5, Su., lIr. (Richard) Knight, minister of Abendon, lately 
vice-principal of St. Alban hall, died at Abendon of a malignant feaver. 
Buried in Buckinghamshire among his wive's relation. See in Sept. 
Aug. '5, Su., hlr. (Obadiah) Walker, head of Unir. Coll., opened 
his chappell for public mass, where some scholars, and many troopers 
were present, at xo in the morning. 'Tis in a lower chamber on the 
east side of the quadrangle in the entry leading from the quadrangle 
to his lodgings on the right hand. He had privat mass before in his 
owne lodngs. 
Aug. 17, Tuesd., Sir Henry Purefoy of Wadley, ]3t., died in lIr. 
Wit's bouse neare to 1Iagd. Coll. s(ine)p(role). Never married; 
he left Sir Willoughby Aston of Cheshire (his mother's sister's son) 
his heir and executor. Buried Sept. 7, T., in Unton's isle joyning to 
Faringdon church, neare to the body of his father Georg Purefoy. 

i substituted for ' Aug. 9, Monday, 
at a quarter past   at night.' 
u on a slip here is a fragment of di- 
rections for a funeral: 'six bearers of 
the body tobe taken out of these per- 
sons following (x)Mr .... Haywood, 
Hallywell ()William Collison (3) 
Fran(cis) ...' This may refer to 
Thomas Wood here or to 'cozen Jack- 
son' htfra. 
z notes by Yood in IS. Phillipps 
7o8, p. 7 8. 

« Wood's nephew, son of his brother 
Christopher. 
» see Clark's Wood's City of Oxford, 
i. 5o. 
 Wood notes :-- they xvere married 
about 9 or xo of the dock in the morn- 
ing on the xo of August x686; for on 
the 7 of August, he gave bond that no 
harme should happen, in the choir (?) 
of the diocess.' 
7 there were half-sisters, by his father's 
second wife. 



SEPT. 113813. 

195 

Aug. 22, Sunday, Dr. (Samuel) Parker, preb. of Canterbury, kist 
the king's hand for the bishoprick of Oxon. 
Dr. (Robert) South stood fair for the bishoprick of Oxon; but a 
bitter and satyrical letter which he wrot upon Mr. (Obadiah) Walker's 
declaration of his religion being produced, he was put asideso Dr. 
(William) Gold. 
Eodem die, Dr. (Thomas) Cartwright, deane of Rippon, kist the 
king's hand for the bishoprick of Chester. 
Vomir that Ch(ailes) Theyer prescribed for lIr. Johnson of 
Witney 26 or .'z 5 Aug. I686, a pleasant vomit. Lenetive electuary 
i ounce to purg. 
Aug. 26, Th., old cozen... Jackson died in her house at 
]3rokenhayes; buried in Hedindon church yard under the chancell 
wall. 
Aug. 2 9, Su., cl(ean) sheets. 
(Aug. 3 o, BI., 1686, Wood began 'Catalogue 1 no. 5,' with notes 
out of ]Ir. Arthur Charlet's books.) 
In this time of autumn a new feaver is frequent, and small pox, of 
which many dye. 
September.--5 Sept., Sunday, at about 5 in the afternoon died 
William Lenthall of ]3urford at Burford, only son of John Lenthall , 
aged 27 or thereabout. Left two children behind him (sons) by his 
xvife . . . Hamilton (of kin to duke Hamilton) xvho left her husband's 
bed about halfe an yeare belote his death and lived at Fulbroke. He 
was buried at ]3urford by his grandfather and grandmother, Thursday, 
16 Sept. (She was) brought to bed a little before his death of a 
child, begotten by . . . Goss his servant (a ]3urford yong man), ut 
fertur. The grandfather, a knave ; the son, a beast ; the grandson a 
fool, who married a court-whore. 
lIemorandum that 15 of Aug. lIr. (Richard) Knight died of a 
new malignant feaver since which rime to about the 6 of Sept. hath 
died in Abendon  2 lusti men of the said desease. One was baillive 
of the towne; and his successor, chose in 3 dayes after, died also in 
a week following. See before in Aug. 
Sept. 6, 1I., Dr. (Henry) Compton, bishop of London, suspended 
a3 o.fficio a: vide alibi in H(enry) Compton ; vide letters dated Sept. 
II S. 

 this is nov round in Wood MS. E 
2 (O. C. 8534, no. 7). The notes 
about Charlet's books extend from p.  
to72 oreven to p. 9 I. Theyare fol- 

lowed by notes about books in the 
13odl. library, pp. 97-3, pp. 6-36. 
* corr. from ' Sir John Lenthall, ]3t.' 
 see Evelyn's Diary under date 6 

02 



9 6 I4/'OOD'S LIFE AND TI«IES. 
Sept. 7, T., at 8 of the clock at night a larg bonfier ruade in the 
high way against St. John's Co11. which enlightned ail the city and 
affrighted the inhabitants. There was a barrel of drink drunk out 
there, all for joy that ]3uda was taken by the Christians. 
Sept. 12, Sunday, in the morning many of the rabble gathered 
togeather in the morne at IO while mass was a saying, at Unir. Coll. 
gare, made cries and shouts, insomuch that some soldiers at mass were 
forced to corne out and quiet them. lX[r. (Obadiah) Walker is now 
become a by-word to all,m' Obadiah Ave-lXIaria.' 
Sept. 12, Su., a thanksgiving 1 at London by the Lord lXlayor, 
Aldermen etc. at Bow Church in their formalities for the taking of 
]3uda by the Christians from the Turk. 
[Sept. 153, Wednesday, I6S6, Sarah Jones an antient maid between 5o and 60 
yeares of age, daughter of Henry .l'ones of Chastleton neare to Chipping Norton 
in Oxfordshire esq. by Arme his wife daughter of Sir Edmund Feteplaee of Chilrey 
in Ierks, died of the small pox in the bouse of John Fulkes, apotheeary, living 
in the parish of S. Marie in Oxon. Whereupon ber body was buried the next day 
in the chancell of St. Marie's church under... Goldsmith's monument neare to 
the lower step leading up fo the altar. (Arms :--) ' gu]es a lyon rampant within 
a bordure indented or unguled and langued azure.'--Elizabeth Jones, eldest 
daughter of Arthur Jones esq. the eldest son of Henry Jones before mention'd, 
died in Christ Church Oxon, 28 Nov. I687, in the lodgings of I)r. John Hammond 
canon of that ehurch who married ber yonger sister. Whereupon ber body was 
carried to Chastleton and there buried. Armes ut supra.] 
Sept. 15, Wedn., Sarah Jones died of the smal pox at the bous of 
lXr. John Fulks apothecary, aetat, between 5o and 60 ; sister to Arthur 
Jones of Chastleton, esq. ; buried the next day in St. Marie'sChancell  
at the upper end on the north side at the foot of the steps going to the 
high altar under... Goldsmith's monument. (Arms) 'gules a 
lyon rampant within a bordure indented or, ungled (and) langued, 
aztlre.' 
Sept. 18, S., I admitted of Robert Wood * to be my tenant for the Tenis court 
and gave a release to his mother. 
Sept. 27, M., paid goodwife Gilbert her quarteridge, Ss. 
28 Sept., T., died Sir Philip Lloyd, kt., one of the clerks of his majesty's privie 
councill and warden of the mint. Vide Notes from Ashmole's diary. 

Sept. 1686 : Luttrell i. 384, 385. Wood 
421 (9) is 'A true narrative of all pro- 
ceedlngs against the lord bishop of 
London,' Lond. I689; which Wood 
notes to bave been 'commonly sould 
at Oxon on S. Thomas day, Dec. 2, 
I688.' There are numerous other ex- 
amples in these notes of "Vood of the 
year on the title-pages of books being 

a year later than the actual year of 
issue. 
i sec Evelyn's Diary tmder date x2 
Sept. I686. 
z note in MS. Wood F 4, P- 163- 
s Peshall's Additions, p. 8. 
« second son of Wood's brother Ro- 
bert ; the elder son Thomas was a law- 
fellow of New Coll. 



,_çEPT.  OCT. 1686. i9ï 
Rent due at lIichaelmas :--4Il. 5s 6d from the Fleur de luce (whereof li. for 
the college rent, Sd for an acquittance) ; uli. IOS for the use of Ioo/i. for hall  
yeare ; li. Iod per quarter for Hanks house ; Ss IOd per quarter for Dolliff. 
[30 Sept.', Th., I686, Dr. John Venn, toaster of Balliol College, 
xvas nominated vicechancellor.] 
October.--Oct. 3, Su., a most scurrilous rebuff from (William) 
Colby in the c(ommon) c(hamber) in the presence of (John) Massey, 
(Edmund) Martin (both which said nothing), (William> Bishop, 
(John) Edwards (who took Colbye's part). (He said that) ' I study 
all day, merry at night.' 
[Oct. 4 , hIunday, 686, Peter Hele, 5I. of Arts and commoner of 
Queen's College, son of Nicholas Hcle Dr. of Phys. mention'd suçra 
p. 8, died in the house of his grandmother Arme Eliot widdow, 
situat in the parish of S. Peter in the East Oxon, aged 2e. IIisbody 
was buried on the Thursday following in the north isle joyning to the 
chancell of the church of S. l'eter in the East neare the body of Dr 
Peter Eliot, somtimes the husband of Ann Eliot mother of Arme 
mother of the said Peter Hele. (Arms:) 'gules a bend fusilly 
argent, each fusill charged with a spot of emaine sable.'] 
[Oct. 7 , Th., 686, Elizabeth Wood, daughter of Christopher Wood 
by Iargerie his second wife, was married to (John) Mayot of Ail- 
saints parish Oxford, draper, in Ch. Ch. cathedral, by . . . Ryman .] 
Oct. x z, Munday, the supposed statua or image of S. Cuthbert 
carv'd in stone was set over the chapel dote of Unir. Coll., to which 
saint that chapel was dedicated. Lace at the bottom of his surplice, 
fls. 
Oct. **, Munday, Mr. John Iassy of Mert. Coll. went to London 
to kiss the king's hand in order for the deanery of Ch. Ch. Oct. 19, 
T., he return'd with Ir. (Obadiah) Walker in accomplishment of his 
designe. 
Mr. Massy was with the King and but one besicles, for about a 
quarter or hall an houreso Mr. Msy told me; quaere the third 
person. 'Tis suppos'd the king oblig'd him to be constant for the 
CaUS. 
This Mr. Iassy was originally servitour to Mr. Walker and brought 
up at his feet; and he being popishly affected, Ir. Walker by the 
favour that he finds from the King's priests and (the} King himself, 
got him this deanery, first, to the affront of the antient canons there 
 note in MS. Bodl. 594, P. 7- * William Ryman, B.A. Bras. 9 
 note in Wood MS. F 4. P- 63- Jan. I67 ; M.A. New C. 5 Jly 68o. 
 note in MS. Phillipps 7o8. 



198 I.VOOD'S LIFE A-ArD TI2II.ES. 
because he pins his quondam servitour upon them, of eleven years 
standing 1 lXIaster and no more, (2) to the envy of his contemporaries 
and juniors, nay, to all except his intimate freinds who pity him in 
that he (is) ruade Walker's tool and that he will be obnoxious to all 
affronts and abuses. 
lXIr. Walker when he came from London to Oxford brought a 
license with him from the King to print  what books he please and a 
great deal of paper with him. He hath about 30 or 40 books to 
print. He went to the bishop (Dr. John Fell) about a month before 
he died to have leave to print them; but he denied him and told him 
that'he would as soon part with his bed from under him than his 
press.' lXIr. Walker's books are to be printed at Lichfield's. 
Oct. I2, T., three bishops  confirmed in St. lIarie le bow--see 
news letters; Oct. I7, Su., consecrated. 
Oct. 14, Th., Haliwell. 
Oct.  4, Th., the king's birthday was in some sort kept at Oxford. 
A bonfier at dinner time in Ch. Ch. quadrangle, whose great bell rung 
at nine at night. Some bells ringing; some bonefiers. 
Friday, Oct. I 5, Jacob  Allestrey, N.A. and student of Ch. Ch., son 
of James Allestrie of London gent., died in the bouse of... Gadbury 
a nourse (wife of a sawyer) living on Fish-rew in St. Thomas parish ; 
aged 3 ° ; and was buried the next day at night in S. Thomas church 
yard about 8 of the clock, carried by 4 poore men, without cloth to 
cover his hearse. He had lain 7 weeks in that bouse sick of the 
French pox of which he died (people then were more afraid then 
hurt). He had been an ingenious man, and a witty errae fih?s 
anno 168(2). (tIe bas) verses in severall books, quaere. 
x5 Oct., Frid., Jacob Allestrie, lXI.A., student of Ch. Ch., and some- 
times T«rraefih?«s, died of the French pox in St. Thomas parish, and 
buried the next day there in the church yard. He was sometime be- 
fore removed there from Ch. Ch. 
John Egerton, earl of Bridgwater, High Steward of the University, 
died 26 Oct.  (T.) 686, aged 63, and was buried 4 Nov. (Th.) at 
Little Gattesden in Hertfordshire in a vault there. Entred in ' Cata- 

logus Seneschallorum.' 

John lXIassey was licensed M.A. 
Jan. I6î. 
 see Evelyn's Diary under date I2 
May i686. John Gutch, Collectanca 
Curiosa i, p. 288, printed a list of the 
books Walker had royal license to print. 
 John Lloyd of S. David's Samuel 

Parker of Oxford, Thomas Cartwright 
of Chester, Luttrell i. 386. 
* ' James' in the degree lists. 
 in Wood's first note of this the 
date was given '2' Oct.' and the in- 
formant ' so news letter.' 



OCT.  NO U. 1686. 199 
Canary wine now sold in London for xs. 6d. per quart, because all 
drink claret; and if you buy a considerable vessell you may buy it 
for xs. d. per quart--so that whereas before the warr nothing but 
sack and mallagoes were drunk and claret not at all (only burnt for 
funeralls), now claret generally and sack seldome. 
l'ovember.--Nov, z, T., Jonathan Edvards 1, principal of Jesus 
College, elected on 2 the promotion of (John) Lloyd to S. David's. 
Nov. 4, Thursd., Dr. Samuel Parker, bishop of Oxford, install'd by 
proxie ; Dr. Edward Pocock sate. 
4 Nov., Th., Oxford and Oxfordshire feast; sermon at S. lIarie's 
by l[r. (Robert) ]3arthelmew of Line. Coll., borne at Stanlake. 
[Sir 3, For the Continuance of mutual Society, and to promote a Charitable 
Relief for the Poor, you are desired to meet your Country-men 13orn in the Uni- 
versity, City and County of Oxon, in the Guild-hall of the said City, on Thursday 
the Fourth of zVovember, by Nine of the Clock in the Forenoon, and from thence 
to go in decent order to St. ll[aries Church to hear a Sermon, and after to the 
same tIall to Dinner : and you are desired to bring this Ticket vith you. 
Th°mas I°°re l city ) 
Chtsto2bher lIZ/tile 
• Stewards, 1686.] 
1:rancis Asty 
Aa,ha,tiel II'ha,ely I C°unty ) 
NOV. 5, F., Gunpoxvder Treason, Dr. (George) Reynell of C. C. C. 
preached ; who, tho' since the popish plot, had shewed himself a bitter 
enimy against the papists, yet now in his sermon was meale-mouthed 
and timorous. 
Nov. 7, Sunday morne, a woman brought to bed in alderman 
Thomas Fifeild's porch. 
Nov. 8, 1I., speech in laudem Thomae Bodley in schola linguarum 
per (Thomas) Burton, A.II. Ed. Ch., nepotem doctoris Timothei  
Woodroff. 
Nov. 4, Su., cl(ean) sh(eets). 
Nov. 19, F., Samuel Johnson, A.B., degraded  for writing a bitter libell called 
' An address to the souldier»,' quaere ante 6 ; an in news letters . This degradation 

 Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, 
P. 587. 
 MS. has ' of' by a slip for 'on.' 
 this is the printed ticket of admis- 
sion to the feast, sealed with a seal, 
and having these notes by Wood--(a) 
' I gave 2s 6d for this ticket, 5 Oct. 
1686 AVood.' (b) ' For my dinner in 
the Councill Chamber at Gild hall, 
2S: 
 a slip for 'Benjamin.' 

» Luttrell i. 388 (.o Nov.). In Ashm. 
F 6 are tvo pamphlets relating to this 
case:--(x) 'An account of the pro- 
ceedings against Samuel Johnson for 
xvriting and publishing two seditious 
and scandalous libels against the go- 
vernment,' Lond. 1686, fol. ; (2) ' Sent- 
ence of Samuel Johnson at the King's 
Bench bar,' Lond. 1686, fol. 
 sec supra, Iay 7- 



200 V/OOD'S LIFE AND TII[ES. 

is mentioned in the news letters dated 2 Nov. (S.) ; se(e). Nov. 22 (M.) stood in 
the pillory, see news letter dat. Nov. 23 (T.) ; and 25 (Th.), see both the letters 
dated 3 ° Nov. (T.) ; whipt 1, see letters Dec. 2 (Th.). 
News letters 25 Nov., Th., say that one (John) Cutts an Englishman is ruade 
by the Emperour adjutant general of his army for his excellent service done belote 
]3uda. This Cutts they say was engaged in Monmouth's plot, but fled away 
upon his discomfeiture. 
Letters sent by the King to the University of Cambridg hot to elect 
any scholars or fellows unless they be loyall--vide letters dated 3 ° 
Nov. (T.). 
Small pox continues still in Oxon among yong people. 
In the beginning of this month, was exposed to sale at Oxon 
Helvicus' Chron(ological Theatre) in ]English, wherin is a columne 
added for eminent Jesuits and no other order, lragmatical. Quaere 
in what I have said in Mr. (Andrew) Allam (in Aih.). 
Deeember.Dec. 3, F., iXlr. (Obadiah) Walker and lXIr. (John) 
M(assey) went to London in order to get the deanery confer'd on 
him. 
I)ec. 4. S., fl(annel) sh(irt). 
News letters dated 4 Dec., S., say that Itenry Coventry, late Secretary of State, 
is like to die, if hot already dead. .knother of the saine date saith that ' this week 
died Henry Coventry at his bouse in the Hay-market neare Çharing Cross '--so 
that it must be about the latter end of Nov. He died Sunday, I)ec. 5--so letters 
dated Dec. 9 (Th.). Entred in t:.asti 1638. 
[John Clotterbuke , LL. I)r., fellow of .kllsoules Çollege and oflîeial to Dr. 
Thomas Hyde archdeacon of Gloucester, son of St. Clotterbuke of the eity of 
Gloucester, gent., died in the said city, M., 6 December 1686, aged 39 or there- 
abouts, and was baried there in the church of...] 
Dec. 9, Th., news came to Oxford that Dr. (John) Clutterbook, 
fellow of Allsouls Coll., and Offlcial to Dr. (Thomas) Hyde, arch- 
deacon of Gloucester, died at Gloucester where he was borne. He 
died I)ec. 6,--so lIr. (Thomas) Creech. 
])ec. i , Friday, most of the day it rained and all night following : 
so that a flood followed, bigger then wee have had 3 yeares belote. 
Dec. 19, Sunday, Dr. (John) Lloyd, commorant in Jesus Coll., 
bishop of S. David's, confer'd Orders in fle church of S. Peter's in 
the East iii the turne of Dr. (Samuel) Parker not )-et setled in his 
diocess. 
Dec. 2t, T., S. Thomas day, Isaac Rutten s a soldier (an under 
Offlcer) buried in S. Michael's churchyard neare to the east end of the 

Luttrell i. 39 o. 
note in Wood MS. F 4, P- I64- 
' Isack Rutton, a trooper, was buried 

from the l>lough Inn, Dec. the 2Ith' 
(686)--Burials Register of S. Mi- 
chael's. 



A-O I/'.  DEC. 1686. 

church. Taken up on Xtimas eve and carried hither to London, or 
to Kingston on Thames, where his father lires. Quaere de hoc. 
[John Upton 1, gent. commoner of Wadham Coll., eldest son of John Upton of 
Upton or Lupton in Devonshire esq., died on S. Thomas day (T., Dec. 21) i686, 
aged 17 or thereabouts. Wherupon his body being imbalm'd, till his friends were 
acquainted what fo do with it. was at length buried in the outer chappell of 
Wadham on Munday IO January following. (Arms :--) ' sable a cross moline 
argent [Upton].'] 
Dec. 23, Th., lIr. (Obadiah) Walker and Mr. (John) lIassey 
return'd [after 2 they had compleated the matter.] 
Dec. 25, S., Xtmas day, his majesty's new chapel at Whitehall 
opned 3 for use. lIr .... 13elton preached the first sermon ; his dis- 
course sutable to the day. Dr. (Bonaventure) Gifford should bave 
preached on the day following (Su., Dec. e6, S. Stephen's day) but 
was indispose& The throng was hot so great as was expected. 
Several performances of vocal and instrumental musick more than 
ordinary 4. 
News letter dated T., 28 Dec., Dr. (Colin) Fawkner, bishop of 
lIurrey died lately; Dr. (Alexander) Ross of the University of 
Glascow will succeed him. 
29 Dec., Wedn., lXlr. John lXlassey (Fasli I6î'5) installed in his 
deane's place in the cathedral by Dr. H(enry) Aldridge, subdeane. 
IIe was in his surplice and hood, and when the i lesson was reading 
ho was conveyed from the Divinity Chapel by the vergerer and other 
oiîïcers to the dote of his seat where first his patent was read ; then 
his dispensation from comming to prayers, receiving the sacrament, 
taking of all oathes, and other duties belonging to him as deane ; and 
thon ho was lifted up. IXIany yong scholars and townsmen were there, 
laughing and girning and making a lXIay-game of the marrer. They 
said what they pleased, but the canons looked grave, lXIr. (Obadiah) 
Walker goes snips with him to print his books; vix credo; his 
character, see ninth collection of papers, p. 7- 
Uit. Dec., Thursday, Dr. (John) Standish died in London--see 
letters of Jan. 4. Dr. John Standish, quaere. Fash" 669. Report was 
that Dr. (Edward) Stillingfleet was to succeed him in his parsonage. 
Mr. (John) Massey returning from London 2 dayes before Xtmas, 

i note in Wood MS. F 4, P- 165- 
 the words in square brackets are 
stbstituted for' re Df«ctg for the pre- 
sent' : Wood also notes ' Dec. 19, Sun- 
day, he received his patent on his knees 
from the king in the presence of 4 ° 

people.' 
 see Evelyn's Diary under date 9 
I3ec. I686. 
 see Evelyn's Diary under date 30 
Jan. 68. 



:2o2 IUOOD'S LIFE AND TIlffES. 

did not receive the sacrament in the College chapel on Xtmas day. 
Upon lXlr. (Obadiah) Walker's declaring and llr. (John) lIassye's 
being ruade dean of Ch. Ch, the University emptied and many were 
afraid to send their sons thereto ; so the University surfer'& 
Note that about six weeks or two months before bishop (John) 
Fell died, lIr. (Obadiah) Walker desired leave of (him) that he 
might print some books at lais press ; Dr. Fell denied it, and said ' he 
would first part with his bed from under him.' Now, so it falls out 
that lIr. Walker having got his man in to be deane of Ch. Ch. and 
going snipps with him in his revenew, he will print his books with the 
said profits which were once Dr. Fell's. Whereas, before Xtmas or 
about a week or fortnight, there were in Ch. Ch. 26 gentlemen com- 
moners, there were hOt in the latter end of Jan. following above 6, and 
two noblemen. 
This winter the proctors walk not because of the troopers for feare 
of being affronted by them; whore houses increase, surgeons have 
work, and great salivation used. O tempora! o mores! 
In this month was Carfox conduit finisht or rebuilt (except the 
upper part which stands upon arches 1) and a new statue of empress 
lXIaud riding on an ox put up by my direction according to the forme. 
Rebuilt in Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., I)ee. 

(In this year Wood recovered for the University the matriculation- 
register = from 1648-1662, which had disappeared and was in immi- 
nent danger of being destroyed. The history of it is told in two 
notes by Wood :-- 
(i) writing in 1674 in Wood lXIS. E 4, Wood says ' the next s 
matriculation-book, begun by Bernard Hore, squire-bedell, anno I648 
or 649, is lost. The next begins lXIichaelmas Terre 1662, (begun) 
by Sanmel Clarke.' 
(il) writing in 1687 on the fly-leaf of "W." Wood says:--' lXlatri- 
culation-book of the University of Oxon, from the year 164:} to the 
end of Trinity Terme 1662; begun by Bernard Hore, superior bedell 
of law, at the command of the parliamentarian Visitors. But he 
having no president  or forme how to matriculatfor the former 

t sec Clark's Wood's City of Oxford 
i., p. 44 . 
-known as ' Liber Matriculae W,' 
a quarto volume, in the University 
archives. 
a Wood had just given an account of 

' Liber Matriculae PP,' the Matricula- 
tion-register from I615-I647 , which he 
notes to be ' all written in the hand of 
Matthew Cross, esquire bedell of Law.' 
Sec Clark's Reg. Unir. II. ii. p. ix. 
 i.e. precedent. 



DECE«IIBER, 1686. 2o 3 
book (marked with «` FF ") was withheld by hlathew Cross (turned 
out to make room for Hore)--he onlie entred the names, and con- 
ditions or qualities of students, and what they were to pay (which was 
the cheifest thing he look'd af ter), there being no such thing entred 
in "PP." But when Samuel Clark succeeded and afterwards had 
received the former matriculation book from the executor of Dr. 
(Gerard) Langbaine, then lately ' Custos Archivorum,' (which he had 
received from John Cross 1, son of lIatthew Cross deceased, in Feb. 
i65), he then (I66O)proceeded according to the forme in "PP," 
riz., to set downe  the naine, father's naine, country, quality, and age. 
After BIr. (Samuel) Clerk's decease this book came into the hands 
of lIr. John Fell (one of the overseers of his will) anno i669. Who 
taking it to be an ordinary paper book and hot a ' matricula'--be- 
cause hot in a folio, as the book going before this , and that after 4, 
are--he threw it aside among other of his paper books. Afterwards 
when I was drawing up my writers for each college in ' Hist. et Antiq. 
Unir. Oxon.' I ruade much enquiry after this book. lIris. Clerk, the 
widdow, shee told me she knew nothing of it; and so did several times 
Dr. Fell, adding that ' 'twas verie probable lhis. Clerk'--who had 
taken to her second husband a cook--' had tore it and put the leaves 
under pies.' At length upon the death of Dr. Fell, i686, I being 
then about to make hue and crie after it in the public Gazer, it came 
into my head to speak to lIr. (Henry) Jones, parson of Sunningwell, 
Dr. Fell's nephew and executor, to make search after it among his 
papers and paper-books. Soon after he doing so accordingly, found 
it; and verie carefully sent it to me for my use on the eleventh day 
of Dec. i686--ita testor 
Antonius à Wood 
Historiographus Univ. Oxon. 
This book, with "PP" (which I have »), I intend to put in the School 
Tower among the Universitie's registers and records (which is the 
proper place for them)--having hot as yet (i687) been there. The 
next book 6 that follows this, which is in folio, is in Christopher 
Wase's hands, the superior bedell of Law ( 167 i- 169o), vho is care- 

less of it and useth it not well.') 

pp., therefore, had also got into 
private hands, and was in danger of 
being lost. 
in the new register, beginning in 
M.T. 166z, knmvn now as 'Liber 
latriculae Ag "--it is continued to 693. 
i. e. "PP." 

 i.e. " Ag." 
 having got it apparently from the 
representatives of Samuel Clark, the 
bedell. 
6 i.e. Liber Matriculae Ag; begun by 
Samuel CIark. 



OEo 4 gVOOD'S LIFE AND TI3[ES. 

1681 and 1687:3 OEe. II: Wood set. 55. 
(At the beginning of this Almanac Wood notes its price ' Gadbury, 1687, 5d'" 
and has these memoranda of enquiries in connection with his .4tkclzae.) 
I 4 J.-m., F., (to) Mr. (William) Fulman, (about) Edward Michelbonrn, cata- 
logue of archdeacons of Barns(taple) and Totness, (Henry) Jersey', Hen(ry) 
Jaeob. (To) Dr. ((;eorge) tficks codera die (about) catalogue of deanes and 
archdeaçons, obit of Thomas Otway by his son-in-law. 
Jan. 20, Th., (about) Philip Nye (and) Nicholas Lockyer (to) George Coxeter. 
Jan., (about)catalogne of deanes and archdeacons of Roff., Orlando Gibbons 
his epitaph (to) Dr. (Robert) Plot. 
Feb. x6, W., (about) Richard Parte, Edward Gee, Isaac Ambros (to) Mr .... 
Entizwell . 
27 Feb., Su., (about)catalogue of deanes of Exeter, archdeacons of Cornwall to 
Dr. (Richard) Annesley. 
28 Feb., M., 1686 (i. e. ) (about) catalogue of deanes and archdeacons of St. 
Asaph and of 13angor, to Mr. Henry ]_)odwell then in towne. Sec more in long 
paper book of memorandmns. 
 Mat., V., (to) Mr (Edward) Slater for Dr. Calibxte Downyng, his father's 
vorks ; Thomas Ward's book should bave been added. 
xz Mar., S., (about) deans of Bristol , archdeaeons of Dorset (to)Mr. (Josiah) 
Pulleyn (and) Dr. (William) Levet. 
May 5, Th., (to) Mr. (Obadiah) Walker at London about Sir John Marsham, 
James (Alban) Gibbes, John Priee. 
May 9, Th., (to) Mr. (Henry) Hurst * (about) (x) AoEhur (Annesley) earl of 
Anglesie, () Nicholas Lockyer, (3) Tbomas Lye, (4) Dr. Thomas Jacomb, (5) 
Thomas Cawton, (6) Ch(ristopher) Fowler, (7) Theophilus Gale. 
May 9, Su., to Mr. William Hopkins  about John Standish, Leonard Pollard. 
May 3 o, M., to Mr John Archer about his father. 
3 ° May, M., letter to Mr. H(ugh) Todde and John Moreton. 
May, (to) Dr. P(1)ot about Thomas Blake of Tamworth. 
June 6, M., to Dr. John Ellis, chmmtor of S. Davids at Caemarvon in Car- 
narvonshire (sec W. 9) (about) Henry Glemham and other queries conceming some 
bishops of S. David as on my table, catalogue of chantors and the four arch- 
deacons of S. David('s). Deanes and archdeacons of Bangor to be sent hereafter. 
June 3% Th., John Rushworth. 
July x, F., (to) Mr. Mathew Hole for John Dawson and Edward Bulstrode of 
Upton. 
July x, F., (to) Benjamin Archer of Tilton park for Sir Ralph Winwood and 
Edward Bulstrode before mention'd. 
7 July, Th., (to) Mr. (Henry) Hurst for (x) Mr. Nicholas Lockyer, () Theo- 
philus Gale, (3) Thomas Adams, (4) Thomas Vincent, (5) John Biseoe. 

Henry Jessey. 
Edmund Entwisle, M.A. Bras. 
July t68. 
' Bristol' substitut ed for' Gloucester.' 
Wood 634 (8) is ' An earthly and 
heavenly building: a sermon at the 
uneral of Henry Hurst sometime fellow 
of Merton College,' Lond. 69o. 

 Wood had had previous communi- 
cation with him. In Wood giS. B 14 
is 'a catalogue of archdeacons and 
prebendaries of Worcester' which Wood 
notes to have been ' received from Mr. 
William Hopkyns, prebendary of Wor- 
cester 2 Mar. I68.ï-.' 



]AA:--OCT. 1687. 20 5 
 July, M., to Mr. Richard Highmore of Pm'se-candel 1. 
July 5, F., to the bishop of Sature 2 for deanes, archdeacons, chanters, 
chancellors. 
July 8, M., note of Dr. John Standish to Dr. (John) Beale for Bolton [-register 3 
hot so high]. 
July 23, F., letter to bishop of St. Asaph 4 for catalogue of deanes and arch- 
deacons of S. Asaph, and deanes of ]3angor. 
Eodem die, to John Aubrey for John Rushworth, William Laurence, Robert 
Pointsz. 
Eodem die, (to) Dr. (Daniel) Whitbie. 
July 25, iI., (to) Dr. (George) Benson eoneerning deanes of Hereford, arch- 
deaeons of Hereford and of Salop. [Nothing  to be had.] 
Aug. 4, Th., to Hugh Todd about Dr. (Richard) Pilkinon and Thomas 
Wetherall, and bishops of Carlisle. 
Aug. 8, iXI., to the bishop of Exeter « for the dignitaries of his ehureh. 
9 Aug., T., note to iIr. (James) Hamer to send to iIatthew ltutton for the obit 
of Henry Swinborne and Edmund Deane. [No  answer.] 
Aug. 8, Th., letter to the bishop of Kildare . 
4 Sept., S., to Mr. (Ilenry)Hurst for the burial-place of Nieholas Loekyer, 
Theophilus Gale, Christopher Fowler, Thomas Wincombe ; when Thomas Cawton 
died; notitia coneeming ilr. John I3io ; who Z. R. is that died in lewgate, 
buried in the yard by the Artillery yard ; Dr. Robert Wikl's death. 
5 Sept., Su., to William Rogers at ![arie's coffey-house in Stanhop Street for 
William Schepre (see among my queies in the cover of my paper book) and Dr. 
Thomas Gawen. [Misearried 9, sent againe Oct. 8, T. ; answer'd.] 
Oct. o, iM., to Sir. Coxson to search Tew register for IIenry and Lueius 
Faulkland and Lettie. 
Oct. 3, Th., to Dr. Simon Patrick for () place of buriall of Laurenee Womaek, 
(2) names of dignities of Dr. Robert Porie, (3) catalogue of prebendaries of West- 
minster, (4) catalogue of archdeaeons of Westminster, (5 to speak to Dr. Ad(ara) 
Littleton for the day and yeare of death of Mr. Thomas Willis and know where his 
son Dr. Thomas Willis lives, (6) to speak to the minister of St. iIargaret's to search 
about Sî o for the day and yeare of Laurenee Vaux his buriall. Dr. (George) 
]3ull. lA 0 letter in answer but no solutions.] 
Oct. 3, Th., to Mr. John Sargant living in S. Jones neare London for matter 
about himself. 
Oct. 4, F., to ir. William Hopkyns at Woreester for catalogue of ehancellors 
of Woreester; to write to Dr. (George)Benson n to let me bave a catalogue of 
there deanes and archdeaeons in the memory of man and put me in a way to get 
others. 
Oct. 8, T., S. Luke's day, sent to iIr. (Richard) Huggyns his armes by Franeis 
Heywood. 
Oct. , F., to !Mathew Turner at the Lamb in Holborne to put 5If. (John) 
Sarjeant in mind of T(homas) Iqount's epitaph ; with an inclosed to Mr. (William) 
Joyner about William Rolandus. 
Put then in Georg Coxeter's hands a letter to him to be communicated to Dr .... 
a Candel-purse in Dorsetshire. * added later. 
 Seth Ward. - added later.  A'illiam Moreton. 
• William Lloyd. 9 added later. 
 added later. 10 added later. 
Thomas Lamphlgh.  prebendary of Worcester. 



OEo6 IVOOD'S I_IFE AND TIA[ES. 

Grant for a search for captain R(obert) Meade and for Edvard ]3ulstrode at the 
Temple. 
Oct. 24. M., fo Mr. Nath(aniel) Friend at (as in V. 9  for his MS. of Br-;stow 
and the Xtian names of those ministers mention'd in Nath(aniel) Fienn(es in the 
Oct. 30, Su., fo Seymour Wood about reparations anà (s) 6(d) to Diek 
IIuggins: to Dr. (Robert) Plot for paper: to J(ohn) Aubrey about (John) 
13idell, (Thomas) Otway, and Sir Robert Poynts; (to) Sir Edward Sherburne 
about Richard Smith and Wçilliam) Rowland. 
(Nov.) , W., letter to Seymour Wood, N(athaniel) Friend, Robert Dale, 
Gr(egory) King. [No  answers.] 
(Nov.) 6, Su., to Gregçory) King about 4 qu(eries) and to Robert Dale. 
(Nov.) io, Th., to 1-)r. (Thomas) 8mith  qu(ery) to Sir William Haward 
about Simon Harward, at Tonbridge. 
Nov. 7, Su., letter (to) Mris (Franees) Sheld(on) (M(aid)of Honor) with Sir 
Thomas More's pedigree in it. [No  answer.] 
ov. , Su., (to) M(aid) of IIonor for a gmtuity for the More's pedigree. 
Iee. 6, T., to Mr. John Sargeant for T. ]31ount's epitaph, obit and sep(ulture) 
of John Austin [not ansvered] ; to Mr .... Cudvorth for etalogue of deans and 
arehdeaeons of Chiehester ; quaere epitaph of Dr. (Guy) Carleton. 
Dee. 1ri, Th., fo Sir Eàward Sherburne for the obit of Rçiehard) Lovelaee. 
Dee. 9, Th., fo John Aubrey for Sir William Petty, John Biddle, Robert 
Pointz ; and (to) lady Abe(r)gany  about G(eorge) Chamberlayne. 
"Dec. ult., F., (to) Mr. (Henry) Hurst for Theophilus Gale, Nicholas Lockyer, 
John Bisco, Mr. John Davenport ; William Cooper, gazets and Mr. R(ichard) 
Smith's life ; and to lfr. (Richard) Chiswell . 

OEanuary.--Reported by news letters that on the  day of Jan., s., 
Laurence (Hyde) earl of Rochester is to resign his Treasurer's staff 
and that the earl of Powîs (William Herbert), Sir John Lumley and 
the earl of Sunderland (Robert Spencer) will be commissionated in 
that affair. He did then resign it and 4oooh'. per annum during life 
allowed him . He is a zealous protestant. See in the gazet of 5 Jan. 
where you'l find it otherwise. 
z Jan., Su., fl(annel) sh(irt). 

 Jan., 
of a sore 
the King, 
vest end 

Sunday, in morne, died suddenly at the Crowne Inn Oxford 
throat (ah'as the French pox) Robert Thacker, designer to 
and the next day was buried in S. Martin's church at the 
neare to the font, aged between 40 and 5o. A tolerable 

* added later, z added later. 
 vidow of John Nevill eighth baron 
Abergavenny. 
 Richard Chiswell, the bookseller 
and publisher, see in Ath. under Richard 
Smith. Wood 633 (3) is a giff to 
"Wood by him of a book published by 

him--' A sermon preached at the assizes 
at Herfford July 8, x689' by John 
Strype, Lond. i689. It bas the note, 
' Nov. 6 mno i69o dedit mihi Ricardus 
Chisxvell.' 
 see Evelyn's Diary under date 3 
Jan. 68. 



'AN/'AR I-; 1687. o 7 
mathematician, an excellent contriver for draining of waters, as also 
for the drawing of prospects, landskips, etc. He hath drawn the 
church of Salisbury which is engraven in a larg peice of paper and 
serves for a chynmey piece also a new map of Tangier with an 
historical account engraven under it, etc. See the paper of subscrip- 
tions a which I bave, put out by him x68. He was an inhabitant of 
London, but vhether borne there I know hot. 
[Robert Thacker , a Londoner, desier to his majestie, di suddenlie in the 
Crown Inne in S. Main's parish Oxon on Sunday moming, 2 Jan. 68, aged 
between 4o and 5o ; and was the next day buried at the West end (near the font) 
of St. Martin's church, without escocheons. He left a vife d children behind 
Jan.  or 3, came a mandamus from the King for Ir. (John) 
Bernard of Bras. C. to succeed Ir. (William) Halton of Queen's 
Coll. in the lecture of Moral Philosophy s 
Jan. 5. W., Convocation, wherein was confirmed the nomination of 
the chancellor of the University of Henl T (Hyde) earl of Clarendon 
to be steward of the University (vide ' Catalogum Seneschallorum'). 
Dr. (Henry) Aldridg was then chosen Curator Theatri (in) loco Dr. 
(John) Fell. 
Jan. 5, W., circa horam 5 post meridiem died Dr. Thomas James, 
warden of Ails. Coll. and treasurer of Sarum. 
[Thomas Jeams , waen of Allsodes College and treasurer of Salisbury, son of 
John Jeames minister of Cagton coin. Salop., died  his lodngs in the said 
College, on, W., the 5 day of Januar. 68, at 5 of the cloek in the aftemoone, 
aged 65 or eoeabouts and was buried in the outer chapel of that College on, F., 
the 7 of the said month.He marfied .... sister to Dr. John Dolben archbishop 
of York, daughter of William Dolben, D.D. and parson of Stanwick in coin. 
rohampton ; by vhome he had issue Gilbert William Jeames, baptized in S. 
larie's parish in Oxon (in whi parish Ails. Coll. is situated) I6 June I666 : his 
first Xtian name he took from Dr. Gilbert Sheldon archbishop of Canterbury, and 
William from Sir William Portman, bart., his father's patron in Somemetshire 
where he was benefic. He leff also 3 daughters, riz. Iarie (married to . .. 
Richardson of London, merchant), Elizabeth, and Catherine.(Armes :) ' Or, 
on a chevron between 3 lyons past vi their faces backward sable as many 
escallops of the first [anted » to the said Thomas Jeames by Clarenceux, Sir 
Edward Bys] ; impaling, sable an helmet between 3 pheons arnt (Doln).'] 

1 Wood 386 (4) is a prospectus by 
Robert Thacker of 'A new map of 
Tangier.' 
2 note in Wood MS. F 4, P- 64- 
s see Wood's Fasti uuder date 676. 
The notice of this professorship in ' The 
Honours Register of the University of 
Oxford' is defective, and has to be cor- 
rected by this note of Wood's. 

* note in Wood hlS. F 4, P- 64. 
Gutch's Wood's Colleges and Halls, 
p. 299. 
 'blew, on a chef-ton or between 3 
lyons passant regerdant or, 3 eseallops 
sable: crest, a demy lyon rampant or 
collered azure, holding between his 
paves an escallop sable, issuing out of 
a crowne murall sablepertaining to 



OEO8 IVOOD'S LIFE AND TI3IES. 

News letter dated xi Jan., T., saith that Sir Henry Progers *, sargeant porter, 
died last Saturday ; and another saith last Sunday. 
,8 Jan., Tuesday, about '4 or ,6 went out towards Shotover to 
meet Leopold Finch with his mandamus to be warden of Ails. Coll 2. 
(Fastt" 685). 
=  Jan., Friday, Leopold Finch, I.A., and regent ad placitum, was 
admitted s by the fellows warden by vertue of a mandamus from the 
King; fifih son of Heneage (Finch) earl of Wnchelsey. There 
stood Dr. (Thomas) 13ouchier 4, Dr. (John) Irish , and Dr. (Richard) 
Adams «. One (William) Harrington, a junior IIaster 7 of that house, 
offer'd 250 guinnies to Robert ]3rent of the Treasury to get a man- 
damus, but could hot effect it. (Matthew) Tindall  also, of that 
house, put in to gct another, but prevail'd not. IIr. (Obadiah) 
Walker endeavoured to get Dr. (Robert) Plot in, but was too late. 
Dr. Plot then promised if he could get it he would declare. 
Leopold Finch, (aetat. z4, quaere). The first thing that he did, at 
which he was exclaimed against, was the taking away of a canton or 
bow-window in a middle chamber of his lodgings next to the street, 
which bow window was of stone built at the foundation, with crusted 
and crisped work, resembling the rest of the building, and cross barre 
of iron. This he took cleare away and put a fiat window, set in a 
wooden case, without iron barrs. 13esides which he hath taken away 
a fiat window of crisped or crusted work and in its place set the like 
as the former. 
28 Jan., F., two tydes in the morning at London. 
-9 Jan., Sat., it rained plentifully, after it had held up neare 3 
weekes. 
Jan. 30, Su., the King's (Charles I) fast falling on a Sunday, 'twas 
kept Munday Jan. 3 , and l[r. George Fulham of Magd. C. (son of 
Dr. (Edward) Fulham of Windsor) preached. 

the Jameses of Astly com. Wigome, one 
of the gromes of the privie chamber to 
King Henry VIII, and also by his suc- 
cessors at Astley'--note by Wood on 
slip in Wood MS. F 4, P. 
* Luttrell i. 39. 
 in Gutch's Collec[anca Crgosa, il. 
49, is Finch's letter to archbishop San- 
croft about his solieiting the warden- 
ship : ibid. p. zSz is a copy of King 
James's nandate for his election. 
.s , admitted' substitnted for ' elected.' 
Wood notes in the margin' He was 

hot admitted by the archbishop.' 
4 Thomas ]3ouchier, D.C.L. Ail So. 
30 June 663. 
 John Irish, ]3.C.L.S. Edtn. H. o 
Oct. a67 , D.C.L. Ail So. o Nov. 
677. 
 Richard Adams, ]3.A.S. Jo. -3 
Mat. 6î ; M.A. Ail So. 6 Oct. x675, 
M.D. 9 July 684. 
 II.A. o July x686. 
 Matthew Tindall, ]3.A. Exet. 7 
Oct. x676 ; B.C.L. Ail So. 7 Dec. 
6î9, D.C.L. 7 July a685. 



.4N.  FEt. 1687. 20 9 
The traders in Oxon much complayne for want of trade because of 
the paucity of scholars frighted away for feare of popery endeavoured 
to be spread throught the University by the endeavours of (Obadiah> 
Walker who endeavours to make Heads of Houses and officers of his 
owne persuasion. They threaten him ; he bath the curses of ail, both 
great and small. 
In Jan. i686 (i.e. 9) lIr. (badiah) Walker published ïewo 1 
29iscourses of Abraham Woodhead (see in Abraham Woodhead (in 
Aih.) printed at Lichf(ield's) and some scholars ((Arthur)Charlet 
of Trin. Coll.) getting the book sheet by sheet (for 'twas printed at 
Lichf(ield's)), (there) came out an answer to it in a month following. 
Whereupon lIr. Walker being sensible that he was falsly dealt with, 
he set up a press in his owne lodgings (the back pari: of Univ. Coll.) 
and there printed Church Governmenl (pari 5). Vide in April following; 
vide QQ 3 . 
The small pox doth yet continue rife anaong scholars. 
February.--Feb. 2, W., (Paul) Acton 2, II.A. and chaplain of 
New Coll. and curat at Witham, died of the small pox in S. Giles' 
parish Oxford. 
3 Feb., Th., mus(ic) night and I hot there--lIr. (William) 
Colby. 
Feb. 5, S., letters then dated say that (James) Aitkin bishop of 
Galloway, and . .. Ramsey bishop of Dunkeld 3 are divested. Vide 
proximam paginam (i. e. Feb. 9 infra). 
Feb. 6, Su., the King's inauguration, lIr. Samuel Eyre of Line. 
Coll., bachelor of Divinity and chaplain to the bishop of Durham, 
preached at S. lIarie's in the morning. ]3onfiers, ringing of bells, 
gaudies in sevelall colleges and halls. 
Feb. 7, M., the great ceremony at University College upon the set- 
ting up of the king's statua over the gate within the quadrangle. I 
have a larg accompt elswhere *. 
( Slame  of ./rames II sel t al Universi O, Colle'ge.) 
Feb. 6 being Sunday, the ceremony of the king's day ï could hOt be 

 'Two discourses concerning the 
adoration of Our B. Saviour in the 
Eucharist,' Oxf. x687, 4to. ; published 
anonymously. 
 Paul Acton, M.A. New C. 3 June 
684. See Gutch's Wood's Coll. and 
Halls, p.  
 Andrev Bmce, bishop of Dunkeld, 
was deposed in 1686 for reistancc to 
VOL. III. 

the measures of James II. James Ram- 
say was bishop of Dunblane, and held 
his see till the Revolution in 688. 
 i.e. in Wood giS. I3 x9 (3) trom 
which the following narrative is taken. 
 this narrative is from Wood MS. 
D 9 (3) fol. 68 (oliz fol. 8). 
 Feb. 6 was the anniversary of.]'ames 
IFs accession. 



OE o II'OOD'S I.I'FE .qND TLI[ES. 

well performed at Univ. Coll. according to their mind, in setting up the 
king's statua over the common gate, within the quadrangle. 
Feb. 7, lIunday, about xo or eleven in the morn., was set up the 
said statua carved from Portland stone. At vhich time a partie of 
horse standing in the street (on hors-back)opposite to the common 
gate, did, upon notice given that it was up, discharge each his pistoll; 
which being done, the spectators in the quadrangle, and those in the 
street, gave a great shout.--Afterwards, as soon as they could charge 
their pistolls, they gave two more, at which two shouts followed.-- 
Afterwards, the quadrangle being emptied, they let in all such 
ofiïcers and others that were invited to dinner, and being conducted 
into the comnon hall, lIr. Edward I Iales, a gent. commoner, spake at 
a desk ma eloquent English speech before thean, all by bart. 
Afterwards, the toaster 1 of the college, Mr. Bertie  a nobleman of 
that bouse, and the ofiïcers 3 sitting at the high table, and all other 
guests at the other tables, was a most noble feast; all sorts of wine, 
sack, claret, Smyrna. At which time the university nmsick plaid, being 
their musick day by appointment.--At 7 in tbe evening were candles 
set up in all the windows of the chambers looking into the quadrangle, 
and in those looking into the street, as also in the chappell windows. 
Three candles in every light, that is, 6 candles in every window, which 
confinued burning till 9 at night. :5Iusick in the common chamber 
most of the while.] 
[7 Feb. 68, speech  spoken by Edward Hales, gent. commoner of University 
College in the public refectorie of the said College just belote a solemn dinner and 
just after the king's statua was set up in the quadrangle. 
Of all the customs bequeathed to us by the wiser nations there seems none to be 
of greater concernment than preserving the memories of their heroes and worthiest 
patrons, whether they embalme them in history or adorne them with panegyricks 
or erect monuments to their honor. But none of these are so apt to impress a truc 
notion of their actions nor to honour their family and posterity nor provoke others 
to emulation so much as those lively representations of their persons, lor, as on 
one side they are looked upon hot as .ants nor as angells but as men of like 
figure stature and constitution with ourselves» so on the other side wee are invited 
to consider that as they performed actions so noble so generous and so excellent, 
it is hot impossible but that wee also, using the saine meanes, may arrive at the 
saine perfection the sarne goodness and the saine reputation. Vfho is there that 
can without admiration and veneration behold the images of Alexander, Scipio, 

x Obadiah Walker. 
- Albemarle Bertie, fifth son of Robert 
third earl of Lindsey; matric, at Univ. 
3 July 686 aet. x 7. See Foster's 
MIumni Oxoni«nses (early series) i.   7- 
z Wood cites as one of them :--' cap- 

tain Ochonry.' 
 in Wood MS. D x 9 (2) fol. 53 and 
54 of the nev (fol. 58 and 59 of the 
old) paging: but fol. 54 (59) is now 
inserted out of place between fol. 33 and 
34 of Wood MS. D 9 (3)- 



FFBRUtR Y, 168'/. 

Plato, and the like, and doth not onlie with internall ave and reverence joyne in 
the commendations and tacitly wish his owne family were so graced with such 
ornaments, but that much more himself could enjoy in some degree their admired 
perfections ? 
Will you please then that I may, without offence, demand, my deare colleagues, 
why wee also, having such opportunities do not endeavour to transcribe out the 
similitudes of our ancestors of this place? I think may safely affirme that xvould 
wee, leaving our vanities and follies, betake ourselves to those arts which produc'd 
their greatness, wee might also attaine, though not to the saine height or to be of 
the saine class, yet somthing neare or not much inferior toit. 
]3ut itis not my business to accuse my self or yoga, though it may not seem 
improper, having before us the statue of him who were he not our prince yet is 
certainly a most excellent patterne for our imitation, and who though his birth- 
right had not entitled him to the crowne xvould bave been by ail wise men 
esteemed the most fitting and worthie to governe. Itow did his noble and 
generous fortitude adorne his private life ! How did his courage and magnanimity 
of spirit illustrate those many afflictions which he suffered vhen in his youth 
1,anished of his kingdome ! How readily did he betake himself to learne that pro- 
fession which was then not unlikely to be his patrimony, but by the goodness of 
providence was only the rudiments of those arts vhich he afterwards employed 
for his country ! In ail difficulties his advisedness, in danger his forwardness, his 
prudence in commanding, and in ail adversitie his cheerfulness were even by his 
enimies admired. That great obedience and submission to his brother, notwith- 
standing so many advantages and several interests to owne him, was to all men 
apparent, but to none more than to his late majestie who as soon as the nation 
was settled with a great fleet and army and dangerous xvarr with our neighbours 
wherein by the high victory he obtained and the great loss of the enimy he shewed 
that nothing in him was vanting to an excellent general, a firme patriot, and an 
obedient brother. And although he vas afterwards exercised with great calamities 
(as such resplendent viltue seldome fails to be accompanied with envy), his 
enimies endeavouring not onlie to banish him from the affections and presence of 
his deare brother but of his native country also and to divest him of those rights 
which God, nature, ail lawes both of this and ail other nations, had emplanted in 
hiln. And tho they ruade use of ail the cunning which malice, wicked subtilty, 
and the devill's suggestion could invent, yet did his innocency protect him. Nor 
could there be a greater testimony of his dearness to the deity than that he so 
patiently suffer'd and was at length so perfectly vindicated. For indeed he was 
reserv'd to be the stay and pillar of the xvhole nation, the foundation of out peace, 
and the very crowne of our glory. I confess myself unable to describe his vertues 
which, as being in their owne orb, were farr xtore resplendent when he ascended 
his rightful throne: where I cannot pass by that vhich astonished the whole 
world and exalted him above the expectation and opinion of ail monarchs on the 
earth, an action by my short plumme unfathomable, an action uniting greatest 
courage and greatest moderation, and mingling with neither any notion of passion 
--his courage had no tincture of pride nor haughtiness, nor his moderation of fear 
or lowness. I lneane, his so public generous and devout owning his religion and 
at the saine rime promising his patronage to the religion in use, preserving thus 
both his duty to his sovereigne and the peace of lais people, and by both giving 
an essay and earnest of his high and magnaminous endeavours of extinguishing 
faction and sedition. And wee cannot but observe that his so admirable intention 
was immediately seconded by providence in giving him so signal and miraculous 
P2 



OEOE II'OOD'S L[FE tND T[3[ES. 

victories over his sworne and mortal enimies, the one to his person, the other to 
monarchy itself, both of them sustained by numerous parties under pretence of 
religion, besides the assistance they round from deceitfull and feigned neighbours. 
Yet in a very short rime we saw their armies destroyed» our feares vanished, and 
the heades themselves brought of justice to a deserved shame. I cannot pass by 
this till I bave remarked another light in this great constellation of our prince 
whereby we discerne that great clemency which rules in his verie soal, in that he 
so freely, generously, and with exceptions of so verie few, bestowed his general 
pardon upon the scattered remainders of those so horrid and groundless re- 
bellions. 
I shall tire yoar patience if I should insist upon all the particular actions and 
vertues of his life. How his generosity when a subject is changed into frugality 
now a prince, as if his owne revenews were less esteemd by him than those of the 
public. How his courage in suffering is changed into compassion in his pover. 
To which of his then enemies bath he shewn any resentment ? yet is revenge a 
sweet morsell to all except the most excellent. How his easie and almost anactive 
life vhen under another's govcrnment is ehanged into continual labour and 
exercises for his subjects. 
And here I shall draw the curtain, hOt for want of matter, but abilities in my 
selfe. And therefore I shall conclude with our humble thankes in the naine of the 
College and ail good subjects to that worthie person  who by his exemplarie 
generositie towards the nurse of his youth in bestowing upon us this durable 
representation of our prince bath occasion'd this present and joyfull assemblie.] 
[John Lloyd , E).E)., lately principal of Jesus College and treasurer of Landaff, 
afterwards bishop of St. David, died in the principal's lodgings in Jesu» College 
in Oxon, Su., 13 Febr. 168,, aged 5o or thereabouts ; and vas two dayes after 
buried at the upper end of Jesus College chappell neare to the grave of Sir Leolin 
Jenkyns. He was the son of l,lorgan Lloyd of Pentayne in Caermarthenshire ; and 
had for his armes on his hearse (and afterwards over the College gate)--' gules a 
lyon rampant regardant or, unguled and langued azure; impalcd by the sec of St. 
E)avid's riz. sable on a cross or 5 cinquefoles of the first.'--Note that the bishop of 
S. E)avid and the bishop of Durham bave the miter over the armes of their respec- 
tive sees set in and over a coronet.] 
Feb. 13, first Sunday in Lent, Dr. John Lloyd, bishop of S. I)avid's, 
died about one in the afternoone in the principal's lodgings at Jesus 
Coll. of a dropsie and was buried in the chapel 3 there Feb. t 5 (T.) by 
the body of .... (Arms) 'gules lyon rampant regardant or ungled 
langued azure' impaled with 'sable on a cross or 5 5-foY les of the 
first.' The bishops of S. I)avid and of I)urham have their miters set 
in a coronet, and none else. 

 Wood notes ' Sir Edward Hales, 
baR., father of' the speaker. This is 
in contradiction fo the common state- 
ment that the statue was the gift of 
William Rogers, t former member of 
the College, a Rom,-mist (Doble's 
Ilearne's Collections, II. 43), perhzps 
.rhe saine who ace,mpaied James I1 in 

his vlslt to Oxford in Sept. 687. 
 note in Wood blS. F 4, P. x65. 
8 Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, 
p. 586. 'Dr. Lloyd, bishop off St. 
1-)avid's wass buryed February the 
15th .D. 6S': ]urials Reg. of S. 
ilichael's. 



Feb. 5, T., the bells rang out about 8 at night for . .. wife of 
(ulius?) Glanvill in Halywell. 
Feb. 15, T, Elizabeth 1 Blake, a virgin, daughter of ...... , died 
in the bouse of Richard Wood 2 next to hlr. Brid's ha)'. (rms) 
' azure, 3 wheatsheaves or.' 
[Elizabeth Blake s, daughter of Peter Blake of Andover in Hampshire, gent., 
lately (or now) a rich trader or merchant in London, died in an bouse neare and 
within Smith * gare Oxon, T., 15 Feb. I68,, aged 20 or thereabouts ; and was 
buried in the church of S. Peter in the East. (Arms:--) ' azure, 3 wheatsheaves 
or.' She had then a brother that was a gentleman commoner tff Balliol College, 
named Peter, the only son of his father.] 
Feb. 17, Th., cl(ean) sh(eets). 
Letters, dated 19 Feb., S., say that the present arch[ishop of S. Andrews (Arthur 
Ross) will be displaced and the bishop of Edinburg (John Paterson) put in his 
roome and Dr. John Hamilton lately ruade bishop of Dunkeld will be ruade arch- 
bishop of Glascow. 
Feb. zz, T., (David) Evans 5, bachelor fellow of Jesus Coll., buried 
in the chappell there. 
Letters dated Feb. zz, T., say that the bishop of Edinburg (John 
Paterson) is to be installed archbishop of Glascow, 2 4 ejusdem 
mensis (Th., S. hlatthias day.) 
(Wood E I9, 'catalogue 54,' is the sale-list of T. Bowman's books, 
the auction to begin at Oxford, M., 28 Feb. i68î.) 
Scholars endeavour to crowd into Mr. (Obadiah) Walker's chapel 
at Unir. Coll.; he keeps them out; they answer 'wee do hot keep 
you out of our chapels and churches; and why should you from 
yours ? ' 
Mris. Hide, a quondam whore, now a madwoman, a convert ever 
since last October (i. e. uxor Thomas Hyde).--Juniper John (John 
Smith) an ale-keeper in Cat Street, another very lately, for which he 
hath lost some custome.--Paul Durrell's daughter in good hopes in 
St. Giles' by the favour of Stephen Hunt. 
Club every night at Mr. (Obadiah) Walker's this (month); 
January, and December going before,--Mr. Walker;. (John) 
Bernard of Bras. Coll. ; (Nathaniel) Boys and (Thomas) Deane of 
Unir. Coll.; Edward Hales of Unir. Coll.; ... Clark of Ball.: 
Edward Umberston, the chaplayn to Mr. Walker ; sometimes (John 

Massey) the dean of Ch. Ch. 

 ' Elizabeth ' enclosed in brackets as 
doubtful. 
" underlined as doubtful. 
 note in Wood MS. F 4, P. 65- 
* ' Smith' substituted for ' Torl.' 

 'David Evins, bachelier off Arts 
off Jesus Coll., wass buryed February 
the ud, 168'; Burials Kegister of S. 
Michael's. 



ZI4 VOOD'S ZIFE AND TIM'ES. 
(Feb. I686 (i. e. )) 1Vapzes of oman Catholics in Oxot, lat«ly coverleJ. 
Obadiah Walkcr, Master of Univ. Coll. 
(Nathaniel) Boys I fel o,vs 
(Thomas) Deane Unir. Coll. 
Edward Hales 1, gentleman commoner 
(John) Bernard, M.A., Bras• Coll. 
(Robert) Chamock 3, of Magd. Coll. 
John Massy, deane of Ch. Ch. 
John Smith, commonly called J'uniper John, of Car Street ;---his friends 
papists, and he ahvaies before suspected. 
. .. Hyde, wife of Dr. Thomas IIyde ; a whore. Died in Aug. I657 in the 
confession of the Church of England. 
. .. Gale, daughter of Georg Gale, taylor ; a whore. 
• .. Harrys, widow of William Harrys, daughter of John Juice z ;wh(ore). 
Mary Bolt. 
A lnad man in Magd. parish. 
G«ntlcmcn-co»tmotcrs zt«d«r zrr. ( Obadiak ) IVall«er thctt are_#(aists). 
Edward ttales, went into France in Sept• I687 with (?Nathaniel)Boys his 
tutor. (Edward Hales went beyond sea  Sept• hoc anno ; use to tell me 
half an yeare before that I 'was writing a book, and would publish 
enough for money,' that I was ' a trimmer.') 
•.. Dormer, the heir of Peterley, who came about Easter 1687 (bred at St. 
Orner's) ; went away in the benning of I688 and was sworne a Justice 
of Bueks aetat. 18. Severall sueh yong popish Justices--(e. g.) Green- 
wood of Breisnorton. 
. . Scarbrich of Sharsbrick, eom. Lanc.» who came in Oct. ahout the King's 
birth-day, I687 ; bred at... 
... Cuffeild of Cuffeild, coin .... , who came in Dec. (about the Ioth) 
r687. 
Quaere register of Unir. Coll. for their Xtian names. 
lVreh.--Letter dated  Mat., T., saith that Dr. (Henry) James, 
toaster of Qu. Coll. in Cambr. is nominated bishop of S. David's. 
Mat. z, W., at Cudesden warren per meipsum, 
Mat. 3, Th., vicechancellor  and several heads of houses (as many 
as would fill 3 coaches with 6 horses apeice) went to Cornbury to 
congratulat the duke of Ormond (James ]3utler) chancellor of the 
University, his comming there from London. 
The saine day (most of it) it rained after it had held up since the 8 
of Feb. (Shrov-tuesday). 
7 Mar. (M.) or thereabout, tbe saine day that the judges went into 
Cambridge, (Joshua) Basset, wbo had a mandamus for the headship 

t see Ivelyn's Diary under date 5 
May 686. 
-" Robert Chernock, M.A. Magd. C. 
26 Oct. r686. 

 name indistinctly written : possibly 
' Prince.' 
« ' see' in MS. 
» Dr. John Venn, Master of Balliol. 



F_FB.  31.xIPtCH, 1687. 2j 5 
o Sidney Coll. in Cambr. went with his attendants ri'oto his bous 
(Pembroke Hall) to the said Coll. and a week or a fortnight after he 
was setled [had x naass said publicly in the College ehapel to him and 
his and turn'd out the fellowes--so lIr. <Edward) Slater.] 
News that Ir. <John) Bernard of Bras. Coll. hath a mandamus for 
a Doetorship of Canon Law 2; vide infra. 
[8 lIarch, T., x68-, Convocation wherein the chancellor's letters 
were read for Sidraeh Simpson, rector of Stoke Newington in Iiddle- 
sex and Bac. of A. of lIagd. Coll., anno 656 , to be ]3ach. of Div. : 
' he hath alwaies bin loyall to his majesty and predicessor.'] 
lIarch  z, Sat., Oxford terre ended and about  2o 4 scholars matri- 
culated ; whereas one Lent terme with another used to be at least 6o. 
z lIar. (S.) 686 (i. e. ) inter horas 4 et 5 post meridiem I sent 
home by Harry to Dr. <John) Conant ]3alaeus 'de Scriptoribus' 
which I had borrowed from the library <of lIert. Coll.> 
Fassion Sunday (fifth Su. in Lent), 3 lIar., Dr. <Thomas) Ken, 
bishop of Bath and Wells, preached in his majesty's chapel at White- 
hall, where letting some passages drop not pleasing to the Roman 
Catholics, his majesty on Tuesday following had privat conference 
with him for about an hour. Some conference also a little before with 
the bishop of Winton <Peter lIew>. This is ]3all's coffey letter, Th., 
 7 lIar. ; see my coffey letters,  7 Iar. 
Stephen Hunt of Trin. Coll. (sec the next month) who went to 
London about the 4th lIar., did soone after declare there; news 
of which came to Oxford in the beginning of Easter » weeke. He 
used afterwards to cross himself after grace. 
lIar.  5, T., convocation wherein a D.D. was created, a Frenchman 
named le Ferce or Force, quaere, a Hugonet doctor. [Proposed « 
perhaps, but no such naine occurs in <Richard) Peers' book.] 
In the beginning of this month of Iarch J(ohn) I(assey), dean of 
Ch. Ch., declared; set up an Oratory; and took a chaplain (Jesuit), 
one lIr .... Ward as he is called. 
[Snsanna 7, wife of John Wallis, D. of D., died, Th., x7 i[arch 6S- ; buried on 
the 2o day of the saine month (Sttnday) in the body of St. lIarie's chnrch north- 
ward. Shee vas one of the daughters and co-heires of John Glyde of North- 
Chilham in Snssex, and had on her hearse these armes, viz. '..., on a bend... 

1 the passage in square brackets is 
scored out, and a note added in the 
margin ' false." 
" see Clark's Rcg. Univ. Oxon. II. i. 
III. 
* note in 3IS. Bodl. 59, P. I Iî. 

« ' about 120 ' substituted for ' not a 
IOO.' 
 Easter day this year fell on -'î 
.March. 
 added at a later date. 
7 notc in Wood MS. F 4- P. 66. 



OEI6 IVOOD'S ZIt:E AND TI2IES. 

ftenry (or charged with 6 fleur de luces).., between 3 annulets... ' ; impaled by 
the pretended coat of Wallis*, riz .... (see)  56.] 
Small pox in C. C. C. in the beginning of this month. Severall 
fellows absent themselves for feare--Dr. (John) Beale, Mr. (Thomas) 
Paris 3. 
l[r. Ralph Rawson, rector of Rowlright magna, died there about 
9th Mar. (S.) 
ex Mat., lXI., Dr. (John) Wallis sent Mr. (William) I)eeds 3 of 
Hart Hall for the registers I have in my hands. I bave but two viz. 
'Reg. « Cngreg. 1446' which I surrendred the next day in the 
rnorning at 8 ; the other is a lIatric. (book) which I keep 5. 
lXIar. 24, Th., Henry Clcrk, M. Dr., president of lXlagd. Coll., died 
at..., Lancashire, in the house of his son-in-law Sir Richard Shuttle- 
worth and was buried at Willoughby in Warwickshire, quaere. 
[Henry Clerk 6, Dr. of Physick and preist and presldent of S. Marie Magd. Coll., 
died in the house of his son-in-law (Sir }ichard Shuttleworth) called Gawthorpe 
hall neare to ]3adyham 7 in Lm*cashire on, T., 24 Match (the last day of the yeare) 
686, aged 64 or therabouts. Whereupon his body was cartied to \Villoughby in 
Warwickshire, and bmied in the church there among his ancestors and neare to 
the body of Catherine his sometimes wife. IIe was the son of Thomas Clerk of 
Vfilloughby belote mention'd, gent., by Elizabeth Watson his wife ; and had issue 
by Catherine his wife, daughter of William Adams of Welton in Northampton- 
shire, gent., one on|te daughter named . . . who was married in the x 4 yeare of her 
age or there abouts to Richard Shuttleworth esq. (a gent. commoner of Trin. 
Coll.), afterwards a knight, son and heire of Sir Richard Shuttleworth of Gaw- 
thorp before mention'd. This Sir Richard Shnttleworth who was married to Dr. 
Clerk's danghter in Magd. Coll. chappell 8 2qov. 1682, died at Gawthorp of 
the small pox under age about the latter end of .[uly I687.A hatchment or 
achivment hanging over the great gare leading into Magd. Coll. great quad- 
rangle : ' argent, on a bend gules  swans passant of the first, between 3 ogresses 
sable ; impaling, ermine,  eats (or cats mountains) passant azure.'] 
(Wood E 9,' Catalogue 55,' is a sale-list of books at an anction to begin on, 
lXI., 14 Feb. I68{: Wood notes ' this catalogue is very false' i. e. ful! of errors ; 
and ' given to me by Thomas Creech, poet, fellow of Allsouls Col]ege, Su., 27 

March 1687.' ) 
[King .[ames II s by his letters patent 

* see vol. ii. p. 508. Wood in MS. 
13odl. 594, P- 148 has this note, as tend- 
ing to prove that Wallis was hot sprung 
from gentry : 'Sir Henry Savill's 
land in Oxney xvas let to Henry Wallis 
of Ashford in Kent, linnen-draper: 
Henry Wallis, brother to John Wallis.' 
" Thomas Paris, B.D.C.C.C. 15 Mat. 
16. 
 William eedes, adm. commoner 
of Linc. Coll. 2 Mat. x6îï, 'son of 

to the electors of I)r. Thomas White's 

Julius Deedes gent. of Hythe, Kent; 
boni at Ashford, Kent ; aetat.iS': B.A. 
Linc. i 3 Oct. 1682 ; M.A. Hart H. 23 
.[une 1685, lXI.I9. 8 .[uly I69. 
 the earliest of the Congregation 
Registers, lettered A a,' i449-I46, 
with a few entries of 448. 
 stra, p. 202. 
 note in Vfood MS. F 4, P- 66. 
 in pencil only. 
s note in MS. Bodl. 594, P. 13. 



MARCtI-- APRIL, 11387. OEI 7 
moral philosophy leeturer, dated, S., x Jan. 168, eommended fo them John 
Augustin t Barnard, M.A. and fellow of Brasn. Coll. ; by vertue of which letters he 
was eleeted by the eleetors, M., 28 Match 1687. ] 
38 Mar., ]ïaster Monday, John Aug(ustine) Bernard admitted 
Moral (Philosophy) Reader--vide Catalogue; vide supra. 
Mar. 3 o, W., Thomas Allen of St. Peter's the East being troubled 
in mind, drown'd himself in Ch. Ch. walkes in the morning ; brother 
to Catherine Allen, Br(olne) Whorwood's concubine. 
Mar. So, W., Mr. (Nathaniel) Freind of Westerleigh in towne, and 
Mr. Joshua Rabaton his scholar with him, Ss. 
/kpril.--Apr. i, F., ..., widdow of John Whitehall, daughter of 
Hurnphrey J3odicot and sister to John Cross his wife, was buried in 
St. Marie's church. 
Apr. 3, Low-Sunday, (William) Bedford - of Ch. Ch. repeated. 
Eodem die, I heard that the bishop of Durham (Nathaniel Crew) 
had declared  himself a Rornau Catholic. 
Apr. 4, M., his majesty's declaration for liberty of conscience was 
datedg and published, Apr. 6, W. Wee had it at Oxford Apr. 8, F. * 
[6 Apr?, W., Thomas Benet, Coll. Unir., and John IIarris, Coll. 
Exet., (took their place as) proctors.] 
Apr. 8, F., Stephen Hunt return'd from London, after he had 
declared there (as 'ris thought), or gave good hopes. 
Apr. 9 day, S., (Anthony) Farrnour ", dernie of Magd. Coll., 
brought a mandamus from the king to be president, the fellowes 
rejected it. Was there ever such a ridiculous thing knowne that a 
mandamus for such a person should corne from the King ? Sure if 
the King had a right understanding of things and men, he would not 
bave commended such a person. Nor also Leopold Finch to the 
wardenship of Alls., hot that he  is altogeather a debauchee, but too 
yong, being regent or regent adphzcilum. 
Apr. xi, M., at night, a tire 8 in the earl of Bridgewater's bouse in 
the Barbican London. Lord Brackley his eldest son of 13 yeares of 
age burnt, another son of o, and others. So Mris Day's letter, 
Apr. 12, T. 
In the beginning of this month was published The 5 i Oart of Church 

t the name 'Augustine' does not 
occur in the earlier notices about him : 
was it assumed on his admission to the 
lZomanist Church ? 
 William Bedford M.A. Ch. Ch. 3 
lXlov. 1681.  Luttrell i. 399- 
 sec Evelyn's Diary under date o 

Apr. 1686 ; Luttrell i. 399- 
 giS. Bodl. 594, P- II7- 
 Bloxam's 'Magd. Coll. and James 
II'p. 12, 14 . 
 the innuendo is that Fariner was 
' altogeather a debauchee.' 
* Luttrell i. 399. 



OEI8 II'OOD'S L1FE A«VD TLIIES. 

Government, printed in Univ. Coll. (vide in Abraham Woodhead (in 
A/b.)); answered QQ 3- The zealous Church of England men in 
the University seing that lXlr. (Obadiah) Walker would cut their 
throats at home, were resolved to answer whatsoever he published. 
Vide ' Catalogue of printed books.' 
In the beginning of this month came up at Oxon 'a health to the 
Churclz dowager," i.e. distressed or viduated Church of England; and 
I drank it at the Mermaid Tavern Oxon from 1Or. 1 (William) Gold of 
Wadham Coll.  5 Apr. (F.) at the lXlernaaid Tavern. 
Apr. 5, Friday, John Hough, B.D. and fellow of lXlagd. Coll., 
chaplain to James (Butler) duke of Ormond, was chose president of 
lXIagd. Coll. by the fellowes. 
[Nicholas Levct=, Mr. of Arts and somtimes of 13alliol College, afterwards 
minister of West ]3ourne in Sussex, son of William Lever of Pctworth in the said 
county, gent., died at his house in Halywell in the north suburb of Oxon on Sunday 
*î Apr. 687, aged 64. IIe was buried the next dny in the chancell of Beckley 
coin. Oxon., neare to the grave of . .. Izod, father to his wife. Armes on his 
hearse were ' argent cross crossletty and a lyon rampant sable ; impaling, argent on 
a bend mlles a plate in the upper part [by the name of Izod or Shillingford of 
:Beckley] I quartering, argent six leopards faces, 3, 2, and  vert [boren by the 
naine of Izod also].'The issue tbat he had by his wife Dorothy a the daughter of 
Izod before-mentioned are :--() Nicholas Lever, a merchant of Spanish commo- 
dities in London ; (2) John Lever, M.A. of Ball. Coll. ; 3 .... the wife somtimes 
of Henry Pierrepont, esq. (whome she inveighled or seduced to be ber husband 
xvhile he was a raw student in S. Edmund's hall) son of Georg Pierrepont of Old 
Coates in coin. Derby, esq., next pretender  to the title of earl of Kingston-upon- 
tIull.--His widdow Dorothy before mention'd died in Halywell about the begin- 
ning of Aug. 694 , and was buried by ber husband.] 
Letter dated 2 Apr., Th., saith that the duke of Bucks (George 
Villiers) is dead in the North. He died in Yorkshire on Saturday 
6 Apr. ; buried at Westminster. Many frivolous things extant 
' E,s,' a comedy. 
A letter received at Magd. Coll. 22 Apr., F., from the secretary of 
state ((Robert Spencer, earl of) Sunderland) to know wh(ether) 
they elected Hough before the King's mandamus came and the 
reasons that they did hOt obey the nmndamus. 
(Wood ]3 35 no. 33 is 'The World's wonder, that is to say, a 
living t?usiee that was brought from the Great lXlog-ul's country,' 

 The'Dr' is professional not aca- 
demic: William Gould was hot lic. 
M.D. till 2 July 1687. 
 note in Wood MS. F 4, P. 67. 
 ' Dorothy' in pencil ; and in pencil 
in the margin ' Dorothy Izod alia« 

Shillinvorth." 
« this is incorrect, the title went down 
through the sons of William, brother 
of this George. Burke's latinct 'cer- 
age represents this Henry as dying un- 
married. 



which, Wood notes, was 'to be seen at the Flower de Luce in Oxon, 
April i687.' } 
lVl:y.--]lay i, Su., cl(ean} sh(eets). 
May .% M., James (Bertie} earl of Abendon chose High Steward 
of the city of Oxon. 
6 May, Friday, Mr. John Augustine Bernard. of Bras. C., the new 
Moral Philosophy Reader, ruade his inauguration speech. Therein 
he spake much of abuses done in the Universitie of Oxford in the latter 
end of King Henry VIII and in ail the raigne of King Edward VI, ail 
taken ti'om Hist. et Antiq. Unir. Oxon., and in conclusion defended 
himself from changing his religion. A numerous auditory; and 
about 5 or 6 hist 1 at the conclusion, supposing the rest would folloxv 
(but did hot). He knows of no complaint ruade to the vice-chan- 
cellor of what he said, tho' the news letter saith there was complaint. 
Nexx's ' letter dated May i2, Th., saith thus:--'From Oxon they 
write that Mr. Bernard, Reader of Moral Philosophy, reading the first 
rime for his place, took occasion to meddle with King Henry VIII 
and :Edward VI and to defend himself for changing his religion; 
whereupon complaint bath been ruade to the vice-chancellor of his 
hOt reading according to statute.' (He) shew'd his speech to 
(Obadiah} Walker before he spoke it; had been reading my book in 
the story of King :Edward VI; turn'd, because poore and to pay his 
debts. 
May xi, W., chimney swept, 3 d. 
May i i, 12, Wedn., Tlmrsd., verie windie s and tempestious ; 
Kidney hall burnt, May  at o in the morning--see News letters. 
... Dada 4, the pope's nuntio in :England, was consecrated titular 
archbishop of Amasia in Persia in St. James chapel Westminster; 
mightily throng'd, (Nathaniel} Crew bishop of lï)urham, bishop of 
Chester ((Thomas} Cartwright) and (John} Massy deane of Ch. Ch. 
there out of curiositie. Vide letters. I have lï)ada's Xtian naine 
elswhere; vide Gazer, vide Index. 
[x687 s, May 16, Whitmunday, between 4 and 5 in the moming was borne 
Francisca Maria Hacket daughter of William Hacket ; baptized the saine day at 6 

 i. e. hissed. 
- this portion of the note is on a slip 
xvritten on the back of a fragment of 
collections for the At/z.' John May- 
nard, doth not occur matl-ic. ; Bac. of 
Arts of Qu. Coll. (a compounder), 3 
Jan. 6I 9 (i. e. ); M.A. of Magd. 
hall (a compounder) June , 162Z; 

minister of Mayfield in Sussex; an 
eminent and judicious divine ; a puritan ; 
closed with the rimes; one of the as- 
sembly of Divines, 643.' 
see Evelyn's ]-)iary under date   
May x657 ; Luttrell i. 403. 
Ferdinand, count d' Ada. 
note in MS. Phillipps îo18. 



20 [VOOD'S ZIFE AND TIAIES. 

at night ; (sponsors)m ... Porter B.D. ' of Trin. Coll. ; ... Sacheverell, wife of 
... Saeheverall of... esq., and b'lary Wood the grandmother 2.] 
[Edward Eaton 3, a gentleman-student of Lineoln's Inne, onlie son and heire of 
]3yrom Eaton, D.D. and principal of Gloeester hall (the son of SamueI Eaton soin- 
rimes rector of Grapenhall in Cheshire) died in the chamber of his friend named 
• .. Lisle esq. in one of the Temples, aged 2I, and odd months, on Tuesday night 
17 May ,687. Whereupon his body was buried soon after (for he died of the small 
pox) in the round walk at the Iower end of the Temple ehurch, London. 
(Arms :--) ' quarterly argent and sable a cross fleury counterchanged, a mullet in 
the first quarter sable.'] 
lIay  7, T., at night about xi, . .. Yates, a cornet, was kil'd in 
New Parks by leivtenant Scot, about talking of a mag pie--Scot fled. 
lIay 8, W., about  in the morning, breakers of windows. 
[Richard Martin 4, gentleman-commoner of Ch. Ch., eldest son of lIichael 
!Martin late of Einsham coin. Oxon, an attorney, died of the small pox in the honse 
of... Rawlins a barber, situat and heing in S. Aldate's parish, Oxon, 27 May 
,6S7, aged .... Whereupon his body was buried in Einsham Church by hs 
ancestors. His surname was changed to that of Knight, as being adopted by... 
Knight of Wilts, esq., who left him and his heires a fait estate. This yong gent. 
Richard lartin alias Knight was not married. (Arms :--) 'azure, a chevron or 
between 3 martlets argent.'] 
lIay 29, Su., King's (Charles Il) da),, lIr. (Richard) Greaves  of 
Ball. Coll. preached. 
lIay 3 o, 1I., clergy of the diocese of Oxon met at St. lIarie's to 
subscribe to the address" to be presented to his majesty. All refused 
it except (William) lIorehead of Bucknell, formerly of New Coll. 
The reason because the bishop ((Samuel) Parker) sent it of his owne 
head without advice of the metropolitan or acquainting the clergy 
before hand with it. Vide Oxford pamphlets v. 
The saine day a reply s to lIr. (Abraham) Woodhead's book con- 
cerning the ]Sucharist, printed at Oxon, was published. 

 « B.D.' or ' D.Z).,' the first Ietter 
being indistinct, but in either case 
probably in error; William Porter, 
M.A. Trin. x6 Nov. 669, is apparently 
the person meant. 
-" i.e. the widow of Anthony's 
brother Robert, mother of the child's 
mother. 
 note in Wood MS. F 4, P- 66. 
4 note in MS. Wood F 4, P. 167. 
 Richard Greaves, B.D. Rai1.  Dec. 
I684 . 
 to thank him for his Declaration 
about liberty of Conscience (see Evelyn's 
Diary under date I6 June 687): the 
bishop of Chestcr and clergy of lais 

diocese did so. Luttrell i. 405; the 
bishop of Lincoin and his clergy, ibid. 
i. 4o8 ; of Lichfield, ibid. i. 408. 
r one of the pamphlets alluded to is 
now Wood 55 (34  'A reply to the 
reasons of the Oxford clergy against 
addressing,' Lond. 1687 ; in which 
Wood notes that the reasons of 
Oxford clergy and answer to them were 
hot at ail published, but what are 
in this pamphlet.' 
 'A reply to two discourses lately 
printed at Oxford concerning the adora- 
tion of out blessed Saviour in the 
eucharist,' Oxford 1687 ; attributed to 
Henry Aldlich. 



1687. OEoEI 

May 3 ° Munday, Magd. Coll. men received a summons to appeare 
before the Ecclesiastical Commissioners on Munday following (6 
May ult., T., hIr. (Obadiah) Walker published two discourses 1 of 
Abraham Wodhead. 
In this month was to be seen at the Fleur de luce a brasen head 
that would speake and answer. 
The vice-chancellor  of Cambridge suspended this month s (sec 
Letters, vide Pamphlets a) for hot adlnitting father Francis M.A. 
This father (Alban) Flancis is chaplain to (Joshua) Baset, head of 
Sydney College in Cambridge. ]Iis religious naine is Placidus and 
by Order a Benedictine : sec ' Trialls.' 
June.[2 June , W., 1687, William Wansley(made by (Richard) 
Peers  Owselo, ) B.A. of Alls. Coll. was dispensed to be hlr. of A.] 
June 2, Su., (Giles) Needham v, commoner of Line., died of the 
small pox s; buried in AIl hallows Church. 
June i8, I9, 2o (S., 8u., I.) at Weston; Mr. Sheldon promised 
my money. 
A little before midsommer, ... Wright, son of alderman William 
Wright, was chosen deputy-recorder of Oxford in the place of Sir 
Georg Pudsey. 
June 22, w., Convocation, wherein John Hough , B.D., president 
of Magd. Coll., was presented D.D. 
June 23, Th., another Convocation whereby the Act vas put off, 
by vertue of the Chancellor's letters vhich say that ' forasmuch ao as 

i , Two disconrses, the first concern- 
ing the spirit of Martin Luther and the 
origin of the reformation; the second 
conceming the celibacy of the clergy,' 
Oxford I687, 4to. 
* John Balderston, I).D. mastel of 
Emmannel College. 
 Luttrell i. 394, 4 °°, 4 °2, 403 • 
4 Wood 42I ( x) is ' The Cambridge 
Case: proceedings against the vice- 
chancellor and delegates of the Uni- 
versity' Lond. I689 ; bought at Oxford 
by Wood in the beginning of Feb. 
x68- for 6d. 
» note in MS. Bodl. 594, P-   7- 
 i. e. Peers, the bedell who kept the 
register, wrote (rightly apparently) the 
naine as ' Owseley.' William Owsley, 
B.A. Ails. I6 Match x68, M.A. 7 
June I687. 

7 Giles Nedham, adm. commoner of 
Line. Coll. io Feb. x68-; 'son of 
Edvard Nedham, gent., of Ilston com. 
Leic. ; bore at Ilston in Carleton prish, 
co. Leie.; aetat. 8.' S. Michael's 
But. Register has ' Mr. George Neadum 
wass buryed June the 12th, comonor of 
Linckhorn, in the Colledg Chancell, 
16872 i.e. in the chancel proFer of 
S. Michael's church, called the ' College 
chancel' because Lincoln College was 
rector of the church. 
'aged 20 or thereabouts; buried 
without escocheons' ; Wood MS. F 4, 
p. 68. 
'' domestick chaplain to James 
(Butler) duke of Ormond' : MS. Bodl. 
594, P. x7. 
a , because there are not a snfficient 
number ofproceeders in each facultv this 



OE22 IUOOD'S LIFE AND TI3[ES. 
there are few or no proceeders' etc.--wheras then there were rive 
Doctors in each faculty and more to go out before the Act. Cam- 
bridge have no Commencement and wee think it hOt fit as the rimes 
now stand to have none a. 
June 23, Th., Act put off------i, because, as 'tis conceived, that the 
officers of the Act, 5['crrae fihï, and others, may reflect UlDOn the 
papists and proceedings in the nation and so bring the University 
into danger.----z, upon supposall of the great resort of preists and 
Jesuits to the University who will be picking holes in the Divinity 
disputations.---- 3, that the proceeders in Divinity cannot bave liberty 
to take their questions against poperyS.q4, that they think it hot 
fit to be mcrry and cheerfull in thcse rimes when the Church of 
England is endeavoured tobe over-clouded. 
[George Reynell s, a I Iampshire man bornc, Dr. of Divinity and senior fellow 
of C. C. Coll. Oxon and grandson to Sir Georg Reynell of West-Ogwell in Devon- 
sbire (marshall of the King's-Bench temp. Jac. I', died on Sunday 26 June 687, 
aged 50 or thereabouts, and was buried on Tuesday following in the outer chpel 
of the said College under the north wall. (Arms:--) argent, murelly and a 
cheif indented sablc.'] 
June 29, W., ci@an) she(ets). 

(For the proceedings in the case of Nagdalen College this month 
and afterwards, see the end of the year.) 

,.luly.july 3, Su., (Ferdinand) Dada (vide Gazet 687 num. 
zz57), archbishop of Amasia, ruade his public entrie at Windsore, hot 
at London, because more chargeable , and avoid affronts and abuses. 
A poore appearance, not above zo coaches : the gentry in the neigh- 
bourhood did hot appear. 
[John Symrnes  of t3arwyck in Somersetshire, esq., lately a gentleman- 
commoner of Exeter College, died of the srnall pox at Astrop-wells neare to 
Aynoh in Northamptonshire, W., 6 July 687, aged ei or thereabouts. Where- 
upon his body being wrapped up in seer-cloth, was buried in Exeter College 
chapel between o and  
 azure, 3 escallops in pale or' ; ' a hind's head coop'd or' for the crest.] 
July 6, w., early in the morning news brought that ... James, 

yeare to appeare in the publick solem- 
nity of the Act' : MS. B dl. 594 P.  x 7- 
 the double negative is in Wood's 
style. 
"-' for the frequency with which such 
thcmes appeared in the Doctors' theses 
iu inception, and the aggressive form 

in which they were propounded, see the 
(earlier) examples in Clark's Reg. Univ. 
Oxon. Il. i. o 4 sqq. 
 note in IIS. Wood F4, p. 68. 
« here followed ' r. (Arthur> Char- 
let there ' ; scored out. 
z note in \Yood IS. F 4 P- 6S. 



TU2VE -- A UGUST, 1687. OEoE3 
A.M. 1, fellow of Alls. ColI., had a bastard borne of... Harris in 
S. Peter 13allie. 
July 7, Th., Assize began, where in the beginning Obadiah Walker, 
clerk, and John Massey, deane of Ch. Ch., were nominated justices of 
the peace. 
July 8 or thereabouts, Edward Feteplace of Ch. Ch. died at 
Fernham near to Faringdon ]3erks. 
[Eward Fetiplace, Mr. of Arts and Bach. of Physick, senior student of Christ 
Church, a yongcr son of Thomas Fetiplace of Fernham neare to Faringdon in 
Berks, died at Fernham, F., 8 .luly 1687, al»out 4 of the clock in the afternoone, 
aged 68, or thereabouts, coelebs. Whereupon his body was buried at Longcot 
in the church there, among the graves of his fathers, which is the parish church 
belonging to Fernham (,quaere). (Arms :--) 'gules  chevronels argent.'] 
July I 2, T., pol. 
July z , Th., cl(ean) sh(eets). 
July z9, Friday, the society of Magd. Coll. appeared before the 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners; vide (at end of this year). Anthony 
Farmer reprimanded z by the Lord Chancellor and declarcd to bave 
no right to the presidentship. 
July 3o s, S.,... Spencer, natural daughter of Sir Thomas Spencer 
by Christian Hyde his vife *, was stole away or seized on in ber 
journey from London into the country by ... Mordant  of Ch. Ch. 
ugus.--Aug. 4, Th., St. Marie's bell rang out for Sir Richard 
Shuttleworth (see  32, 58), knight, of Lancs., who married the onlie 
daughter and heire of Dr. (Henry) Clerk lately president of Magd. 
Coll. Dr. (John) Meir's wife (principal of 13rasn. Coll.) is his aunt. 
He died of the small pox under age ; left behind him two sons. 
Aug. 7, Sunday, in the afternoon, at a catechising in Mr. (Obadiah) 
Walker's chapel, a gentleman-commoner of Ch. Ch. laughed and 
girn'd and shew'd a great deal of scorne. Deane (John) Massey, a 
Justice of Peace, commanded to the soldiers there present to seize on 
him. They did so, had him to the Cross Inne ; but soon freed thence 
by Protestant officers. 
In the second week of this month setled in the house of Mris 
Hyde widdov (sometimes the scruple office) in the parish of S. Peter 
the East, Sir (John) Thompson, a presbyterian knight , who enter- 

 Gilbert William Jeames, B.A. Ails. 
9 May 1683, ILC.L. o March i68; 
see sra, p. 207. 
 see Bloxam's 'Magd. Coll. and 
James II' p. îg- 
" substitutcd for ' 28 or therabmts.' 

but see vol. ii. p. 41. 
.90smond Mordaunt, matric. Dec. 
686. 
' baronet' more correctly : ste bzfra 
nnder date -7 Jan. 68. 



2OE4 If'OOD'S LIFE AND TIIIES. 

taines father Thomas Gilbert an old Independent to conventicle iit to 
the presbyterians in Oxford. So this is the first presbyterian meeting 
in Oxon, wheras !XIr. (()badiah)Walker was up with his popish 
chapel an yeare before (besides private ones) and deane (John) 
!Xlassy had a chappell (but hOt then used, quaere). Note that 
wheras before the Presbyterians and Independents had meetings 
several mornings in the weeke to preach against popery, called the 
./[or»ilg Ev,'rcise, wherin they bitterly inveighed against popery and 
the pope, now they are silent as to these matters to please the King 
who hath granted them a toleration. 
Aug. 12, F., privie seale passed for the bishop of Oxford (Samuel 
Parker) to be president of lXlagd. Coll. 
6 Aug., Tues&, Dr. (Gilbert) Ironside  took place of vice- 
chancellor. While Dr. (John) Fell lived and ruled, he would never 
surfer him to beare that once because a thwarter of him in severall 
public matters relating to the University and was not at all pliable to 
his humour. Dr. John Wilkins his memory was much admired by 
Ironside and more undcrvalued by the other, who took Ironside to be 
alwaies a prating and proud coxcomb, as indeed he is. Forward, 
saucy, domineering, impudent, lascivious. 
The 7 Aug., Wedn., I went to London , tke 22 Sept., Th., I 
return'd. 

[Th., z 5 Aug. * 687, Convocation: delegates appointed to make preparation 
for the king's comming.--After dissolving the Convocation the said delegates met 
in the Apoditery or vestry of Convocation, and appointed several Masters their 
share of streets to be paved and cleansed ; Drs. and Masters then appointed to meet 
the king, and orders appointed for them what to be done--to meet the king  about 
the furthest part of St Giles' fields upon Woodstock road--all to alight, the vice- 
chancellor to make a speech to the king on his knees, ail kneel while the speech is 
spoken--a Bible in folio richly bound, vith gloves, to be given to the king; a 
banquet to be prepared for the king at the charg of the University upon Munday 
morning in the public libmry.--The delegates then ruade orders  for the heads of 
bouses to deliver with great charg to their companies.] 

 ' conventicle it' substituted for 
' preach.' 
 warden of Wadham. 
a excerpts by Wood from registers in 
the Wills Office, London, marie by him 
in Aug. I68î are found in Wood NS. B 
13, pp- 105-191. 
« note in MS. 13odl. 594, P- 
 Wood 76 A no. CCCLXXIX is the 
printed list, dated 6 Aug. 1687, of 
13rs. and Mrs. appointed to meet the 

king : Wood notes :--'lIr. (Henry) 
Broughton of S. Alban Hall, put in for 
a voluntier.' 
 Wood î6 A no. CCCXXVII is the 
printed paper of ' Advertisements from 
the Delegates of Convocation for his 
majestie's reception ' : Wood notes :-- 
'This paper was stuck up in all refec- 
tories in the University about a week 
bcfore the king came to Oxon.' 



.d UG.  SEPT. 168'/. 22 5 
[George Y)olgerno , a schoolmaster, died in his bouse in Magd. parish in the 
north suburbe of Oxon, Su., z8 Aug. 687 ; and wzs buried in l\Iagd, parish church. 
(Arms :--)' gules, 3 otter's heads, erased argcnt.' He was borne at Old Aberdeen 
in Scotland; educated in the University there. He married ... Johnston, borne 
in Scotland, by vhome he had a son (named George, a chirurgion, living now, 
1687, at Paris in France) and several daughters.] 
8eptember.--I)r. Henry lIoore  of Cambridge said to be dead, 
vide News letter, beginning of Sept. Vide letters dated Sept. 6, T. 
See in Thomas Vaughan, 1665, (in the Aih.) 
Sept. 3, S., the King's comming here 3, vide alibi 4 
Sept. iz, bi., a Convocation ; see letters Sept. 15, Th. ; a citation » 
for the dean and canons of Ch. Ch., vide ibidem. 
Sept. 16, F., the earl of Abendon (James Bertie), high steward of 
the city, ruade his entry at East Gare, to be received by the citizens 
with solemnity. 
The first half of September very wet. 
Sept. 22, Th., Oxford and Oxfordshire feast, hlr. (Thomas) 
Vilet 6, of S. John's College, preached. 
Sept. 24, Sut., about 7 in the morning the bell rang out for one 
• . . Castillion v, a fellow of New Coll. 
Sept. 26, 27, (I., T.)William Rogers at the King's Head; I with 
him. 
Sept. 2 7, T., at the new tavern, called the King's Head, by North 
Gate, with Dr. (Robert) Plot, 7d. It was set up about a fortnight 
before. 
Sept. 29, Th., Dr. (John) Conant married to . . . Street, viddow, 
of Kidlyngton : see ' Oxfordshire 8 hlonuments' in Kidlington. 
[Woodhull Street , of Kidlington, died 3 ° Mur. a686, aged 35 yeares or there- 
abouts. He married . . . daughter of John West of Hampton Poyl, gent.; but 
had no issue by her; yet left his estate to ber. He was buried by his father: 
(arms) 'gtales, 3 catherine wheels argent' impaling 'ermine a bend indented 
sable.' His widdow took to ber second husband John Conant, LI.Dr., fellow 
of Mert. Coll. Oxon, a9 Sept. 168î, eldest son of John Conant, D.D. of North- 
ampton.] 

note in Wood MS. F 4, P- 169- 
Wood 276 A. no. XXI is George Dal- 
garno's ' Grammatical Observations.' 
Henry More, ' the Cambridge Pla- 
tonist,' died I Sept. 1687. 
to coerce Magdalen College in the 
election of their president. 
i.e. in Wood MS. D 19 (3), see 
infi-tt, p. 26. 

VOL. III. 

s before the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners: see ittfra, o Oct. 
 Thomas Vilett, II.A.S. Jo. IX May 
1685 . 
 Thomzs Castillion, ]I.A. New C. 
9 Apr. 1685. 
 i.e. Wood I{S. E 1, which supplies 
the paragraph which follows. 
 note from Wood IIS. E , p. 97- 



OEOE6 IVOOD'S LIFE AND TII[ES. 

[The rccqVion 1 of his ma]es O, I,_Tng James II at Oxon, Sel. 1687 
(in my absence ). 
Aug. 26, Friday, a convocation was celebrated by the Academians 
to order matters for the reception of his majesty--wherein were 
appointed delegates to ortier thingsS.--About the saine time the 
mayor and his brethren with the common counsill had severaI consults 
among them how to receive him.--In order to it, they (the city and 
Academians) caused all the high way from New coll. buts* to Carfax 
and so downe to Ch. Church gate, to be laid thick with gravell that 
noe horses or eoaches could be heard tread or goe, but abundance of 
faine that fell (the next day 5 after the king came in) turned it all to 
dirt, and the citizens were forced to hire people to shoveI it up « in 
North Gate street. AI1 the railes and posts before the bouses in S. 
Giles and Magd. parish on the west side of the street were taken 
away, and the ditches that dMded their land laying belote some of 
their dores were filled up, and the way made smooth, thinking that the 
king and his retinew would goe that way, but they did not, only on 
the common way in the middle of the street. They caused also the 
outside of North Gate (or the place called Bocardo) and the inside of 
it to be new whited, and the forefront and inside (next North Gate 
street) of the arches of the several gares to be trimmed up with bowes 
and green leaves tied to a semi-hoop. The city armes without the 
gate to be new painted, and the king's armes within (next to North 
Gate (street)) to (be) new painted or furbish'd. 
Sept. 3, Samrday, at the ringing of the bell at S. Marie's, about 3 
of the clock in the afternoon v, 23 doctors in scarlet, both the proctors 
in their formalities, and 19 s masters of arts in proctors" gownes  and 

I this narrative is from Wood MS. D 
9 (3), fol. 8 (o/ira fol. 84). 
" Wood at the rime was in London 
af xvork in the Wills Office, etc. His 
aceount of it he collected from friends, 
no doubt immediately on his retnrn ; 
op. vol. ii. p. x56. 
 Wood notes :--'sec the printed 
paper.' 
* substituted for 'St. Giles' church.' 
'or Nev College archery-butts, out the 
Vfoodstock road, sec vol. i. p. 493- 
» i.e. that fell early on Sunday morn- 
ing 4 Sept., the king entering Oxford on 
3 Sept. 
here folloxved, scored ont:'and 
carry it away in carts.' 

ç Wood notes in the margin :' vide 
Gazer.' 
* Wood changed ' 9' to ' 2o' and 
then scored out ' o.' The doubt as to 
the number was perhaps cansed by the 
presence of a volunteer proeessionist, 
Wood noting:--' Mr. (Harvey) Brough- 
ton, of S. Alban Hall, rode volnntarily 
and at his owne charge.' The others 
were deputed by, and their expenses 
paid by, the University. 
9 the use of the proctor's gown (and 
hood) by ordinary M.A.'s on these oc- 
casions of Academic ceremonials, is a 
relic of its original use by ail Masters 
on certain occasions of great ceremony, 
as e.g. at inception. It stood in the 



..4 UG.  SEPT. 1687. 

formalities,--all I with their foot cloaths and lackyes--repaired to 
Wadham College the warden of which, Dr. Ironside, was then vice- 
chancellor. There also  repaird the squire beedles with their golden 
chaines about their necks, but lIr. (Richard)Piers, the superior 
bedell of arts, being fat and weildy, could not ride or walk as the 
others could, whereupon he, with leave from the vice-chancellor, 
deputed Christopher White the Universitie chymist to ride and walke 
for him, which he did: these had foot cloaths, and each of them a 
lacky or servant . Having received notice by a messinger which they 
sent on purpose to watch the king's motions from Wodstock, they all 
got on horsback at Wadham College and rode in comly order 4 by 
two and two (the beadles being next before the vice-chancellor), by 
Æalliol College and so thro IIagd. (parish) and S. Giles's parish- 
the bedles first, vice-chancellor with Leopold Finch (warden of 
Allsouls, the Doctors after, and at length the Masters. When they 
came as fart as the horseway leading to Aristotle's well and Port 
Mead they made a stop in expectation of his majesty. Afterwards 
went a little forward.About the rime that the University bell rung, 
that at Carfax did, to summon all townsmen, who were engaged to 
receive the king, to the Gild hall; where being all met, and notice 
given that the Academians were gone, they all marched thence into 
St. Giles' fields in this order  :i, all the constables of every parish, 
vithin and without the walls, with their staves, on foot. 2, the 
companies of  mercers, glovers, taylors, and shoemakers. These 

same relation to the ordinary M.A. 
gown as the ])octor of ])ivinity's 
'dress' gown, used at the lïncaenia, 
etc., does to the 'undress' gown of 
black stuff which he wears on ordinary 
occasions. Whether the M.A. ever had 
any gown corresponding to the inter- 
mediate Doctor's ' Convocation habit,' 
I cannot say. A later snrvival of the 
ase of the proctor's gown by M.A.'s 
was that by the senior of the two fellows 
of New College who went down to 
Winchester to conduct the examination 
for scholarships : this continued till 
x873. 
 i.e. both Drs. and Airs. 
 Wood notes:'see the printed 
paper.' 
z Wood noted here :' There was 
also the vergerer and yeomen bedells, 
quaere'; but scored it out, hen he 

round their place elsewhere in the cere- 
mony (p. 2-'8, i'a). 
 Wood notes:--' When they went 
out (i.e. to meet the kiug, the order of 
procession being changed when they 
returned) the seniors went first, riz. 
vice-chancellor (with the bedells before 
him) and Leopold Finch--a nobleman, 
warden of Allsouls  in a proctor's 
go n, on his left hand.' 
 Vood notes in the margin :« see 
the entertainment 663'; i.e. vol. i. 
P- 493- 
« the actual text of the MS. bas been 
changed here according to Wood's 
directions in marginal and interlinear 
notes. He had written :--' 2, the com- 
panies of glovers, eordwainers, taylours, 
[weevers (who were but a few and there- 
fore joyned with the...)], and mercers 
(who were few also, because that many 

Q 



OEOE8 bVOOD'S LI'FE AND TIIIIES. 

companies went on foot, at the end of each company was the toaster 
therof with his gowne on. lïach company went apart by themselves, 
and had a flagg or ensigne containing the armes of the companie or 
corporation painted on them. The taylours, who were most numer- 
ous, had two flaggs, one containing their armes, the other .... 
After these marched on horsback those of the common counsill with 
their budge gownes and best cloaths, the juniors first, and all without 
lackyes or footclothes. (4), After them the two baylives and 13 a (or 
the mayor's associats) in scarlet gowns, all by twos, each with a foot- 
man and footcloth. (5), Then the city serjeants, townelark (Thomas 
Baker), recorder (Sir George Pudsey), mace-bearer, and mayor, ail 
whieh went as farr as New College ]3ut(t)s and there ruade an halt. 
--At the saine time all the Drs. and lIrs, that did hot ride, with all 
degrees of the University, met at the Schooles, and when the citizens 
were passed out of towne they marehed two by two from the Schooles, 
with the vergerer and yeomen bedles before them, up the street to 
Carfax ; the Drs. and IXIrs. down to Ch. Ch. gate ; the Bachelors and 
undergraduates towards North gate, where the pro-proctors placed 
them. The Doctors stood at Ch. Ch. gate ; the lIasters so farr as 
they could reach towards Carfax on the east side of the way; the 
soldiers on the west side. The undergraduates and some Bachelors 
stood in North Gare street, but disorderly . 
In St. Giles's and lIagd, parish 3, North Gate Street 4, and Fish 
Street , most of the dores and windows were dressed up with green 
boughs. Several of the windows, or such that had balconies, were 
adorned with hangings or tapestrie. The conduit was adorned with 
green boughs, and had a hoghead or vessell of clarret in it, to make it 
run while the king was passing by. A place over Penniless bench 

of them, being of the house (i. e. the 
town-council), rode on horsback).' 
Then he scored out the vords in sqnare 
brackets. Then he found out that what 
he had written down was the reverse of 
the order in which they marched from 
Gild hall to meet the king (the order 
was changed coming back), and added 
these notes :(a) ' this, I think, is quite 
contrary; only, the constables first.' 
(b) ' the was a consult in the counsel 
house that they (these city companies 
should goe according to antiquity. 
,¥hen they went out the junior cor- 
p(oration), i.e. mercers, went out first.' 

(c)  the mercers,  ; glovers,  : taylors, 
3; shoemakers, 4.' He added also 
' with some weevers, quaere ' ; but 
scored it out. 
 i.e. 'The Thirteen,' otherwise called 
' the mayor's associates ' : the number 
was ruade up of the mayor, four aider- 
men, eight ' assistants.' 
 i.e. the Bachelors hot separated 
from the Undergraduates, as the M.A.'s 
were separated from the D.D.'s. 
 i.e. in the streets nov called S. 
Giles' Street and Magdalen Street. 
* now Cornmarket Street. 
 now S. Aldate's Street. 



SEPTEAItt,7_R, 1687, OEOE9 
(was) erected for the wind musick to play. There was no market 
kept on the said Saturda); but the day before. 
At rive of the clock in the evening, the king approached Oxon, and 
comming neare to the Academians, the vice-chancellor, Drs., proctors, 
and lIrs., who for some time waited his comming, alighted fiom their 
horses; and the vice-chancellor and ail drawing up to him, they 
kneeled downe, and the vice-chancellor spake 1 a short Latine speech ; 
and then delivered up the bedles' staves which were returnd. Which 
being finished, the king and company (the lord Dartmouth ((George) 
Legg) on the right hand, and . . .=)ruade a pause s till the vice- 
chancellor and rest got on horsback, but Ch(ristopher) Wase, the sup. 
bedell of Law, being a meer scholar «, and troubled with shaking 
hands, could hot get on horsback, but was helped up, and when he 
was, he could not hold his staff upright, but cross ways, because he 
would hold the bridle, which caused laughter in some, and anger in 
others.--After they had rid a little way, they came to the place where 
the mayor and citizens stood; whereupon the Academians, especially 
the lIrs, and many of the Drs. drew aside on the left hand to make 
way for the king to corne to the citizens. When the king was corne 
neare, the macebearer, townclerk, recorder, mayor, and aldermen 
drew up to him on foot; and falling on their knees, the recorder (Sir 
George Pudsey) spoke a speech on his knees 5 (afterwards printed)", 
which tho' accounted by some too long, yet the king gave him thanks 
and put of his hat. Afterwards the macebearer put the mace into the 
mayor's hands, and he kneeling, offered it to the king who touching 
it, bid him take it again, which he did, and thereupon gave him a rich 
purse of gold (guynnies), more then zooh, or more, which the king 
took, and afterwards gave it to the lord Dartmouth sitting on horse- 
back on his right hand. These things being done, the king ruade 

1 Wood modifies this statement by 
an interlinear note :--'the vice-chan- 
eellor beginning to speak, the king bid 
him stand and speak." Wood adds 
also :--' before he spake the king put 
off his hat, and also after he had done.' 
In 1IS. 13odl. 594, P- I I8 Wood i$ still 
clearer :--' The viee-ehaneellor then 
offerd to kneel, but was commanded 
by the king to speak standing, which 
he did. Which ended, the vice-ehan- 
cellor offerd the 3 esquire bedells' 
staves to the king and (he)returnd 
(them).' 

= i.e. Wood did hOt know who it 
was who escorted the king on the left 
hand. 
s 'ruade a pause' substituted for 
 stood still.' 
4 some short words which followed 
here are blotted out : I ara afraid they 
were 'and a sot.' 
 Wood notes :--' the king bid him 
stand np.' 
 Wood's copy is Wood 43 (6): 
 The speech of Sir George Pudscy to 
the king, 3 Sept. I687,' Oxford 1687: 
another copy is Wood 657 (45)- 



II'OOD'S LIFE AND TIIES. 

another pause till the said mayor 1, aldermen, etc., got on horsback.-- 
Afterwards the citizens returning quite  contrary to the order when 
they went out (the recorder 3 mixt among the aldermen), the Irs. fell 
in their places, two by two, following just after the aldermen ; then 
the proctors, Drs. ; then the vice-chancellor 4 and mayor (with the 
mace on his shoulder)--all bare headed. Afterwards the king, with a 
scarlet coat on, his blew ribbon and Georg, and a starr on his left 
papp, with an old French course bat on  edged with a little seem of 
lace (all hOt worth a groat  as some of the people shouted). Going 
verie sloly on, accosted by the acclamations of people, and ringing of 
bells in every church as he passed by, he came within the North gate 
vhere he found eight 7 poore women ail clad in vhite, whereof 4 had 
flaskets of herbs (mostly of camomile) in their hands, and the other 4 
strewed the way therewith just belote the king's horse and retinew, 
which ruade a verie great smell in all the street, continuing so ail that 
night till the faine came. Ail the streets as they passed, which were 
cleered by the pro-proctors and certaine soldiers, vere most infinitely 
crowded with ail sorts of people, and all windows fild with faces, who 
ruade great acclamations and shouts; but no Vivat dex, as the 
antient manner was. When he came to Quartervois he was enter- 
taind with the vind musick or waits belonging to the city and Uni- 
versitie, who stood over Penniless bench--all which time, and after, 
the conduit tan claret for the vulgar, which was conveyed up there in 

 the present edition is unable to give 
the llayor of Oxford the dignity which 
previons editions here conferred on him. 
tluddesford and subsequent editors bave 
printed here ' the lord Mayor' : Wood's 
!MS. unfortnnately reads 'the said 
lXl,yor. æ 
 this is substituted for ' as they vent 
out (only the mayor and recorder be- 
hind,' Wood having discovered that 
the order of the procession was reversed 
on its retum. 
z in the march out the recorder (see 
p. 228 stpra) rode vith the mayor; 
on the return, the mayor rode vith the 
vice-chancellor, and the recorder went 
with the aldermen. 
4 Wood notes :' the vice-chancellor 
• vho had one lackye by him being on 
his (i.e. the mayor's) right hand.' 
Wood notes also :---' Leopold Finch,' 
who rode out with the vice-chan- 
cellor (see p. 2-'7 supra), now went 

with the senior Doctor.' In IIS. ]3odl. 
594, P. r8, Wood says:--'the vice- 
chancellor and mayor rode together 
into the city (the vice-chancellor being 
on the right hand) as far as Ch. Ch. 
west gate, where the king alighted 
and was received by the de,n_ne and 
canons by an oration ruade by l[r. 
John lIasy the deane: which being 
done, lr. vice-chancellor with his be- 
dells went before his majesty to the 
deane's lodgings.' 
 substituted for :  « with an old 
beaver hat on.' 
 Wood seems to have taken profes- 
sional advice on the point ; he notes in 
the margin :' worth 3s.' 
 corrected into this form from: 
«severall poore women, all clad in 
xvhite, every one with a flasket of herb 
(mostly of camomile), who strewed the 
way.' 



SEPTE2ER, 1687. 

vessels. Thence passed thro Fish Street, between the scholars (who 
had their formalities, as those in North Gate street had) and soldiers, 
to Ch. Ch. great gate 1. At Ch. Ch. great gate (next to S. Aldate's) 
stood the remaining part of the Doctors (such that did not ride), with 
the deane  and canons of Ch. Ch. with their forlnalities, and such that 
were Doctors had scarlet.--After 3 the king had entred into the 
quadrangle, he alighted and went to the door of the deane's lodgings ; 
but before he came thither the deane and canons ruade a shift to gel: 
to the dore before him. Dr. (Robert)South was there; and the 
king knowing him spoke to him, wherupon he kneeled and gave 
answer. He spoke to Dr. (Benjamin) Woodroff, and (he) kneeled 
thereupon. Then, at his going into the dote, he spake to the deane 
very kindly and put him into the dore before him.--The king went up 
into the dining roome, the deane and canons followed, and the dean 
spake a little speech to him in Latin 4. About that time the vice- 
chancellor and certaine Doctors, who were alighted, going up aftcr 
him, they presented themselves to him , kneled downe, kissed lais 
hand and so departed. Soon after, the king went to supper in the 
deane's dining roome, where the deane and canons stood by him most 
of the time, with whom he had severall discourses ; told them he was 
senior to most of them, that he was entred into Ch. Ch. buttery-book 
after Edge-hill fight in 164z.--That night one of the proctors of the 
university (Bennit  by name) and fellow of University College caused, 
out of his owne head, an illumination to be in University College but 
so sillily did he do it, that there were scarse any lights next to the 
street vhich was to be chiefly . This illumination should have been 

a here followed :--'where the re- 
maining Doctors were, as also Bac. of 
Divinity, as also the deane and canons? 
The sentence vhich follows was after- 
wards substituted for them. 
 John Massey, the Romanist dean. 
 this paragraph is substituted for : 
• At which place alighting, he went to 
the deane's dore; to xvhich the deane 
and canons followed in their scarlet 
gownes. The king spake to Dr. South, 
who thereupon fell dovne on his knees ; 
then to Dr. Woodroff, who knelt also. 
Afterwards entring into the close he 
round the deane (changed to ' and the 
deane being there, he put the deane in 
foremost'); to whome speaking, he 
kneeled dovne ; and rising, the king did 
in a manner imbrace him.' 

 Wood notes :' vide Gazet.' 
 Wood added here :--' he then asked 
Dr. (Edxvard) Pococke (D.I). zo Sept. 
66o) "whether he was not the senior 
Dr. of the University." The vice-chan- 
cellor said "No : Dr. (Robert) Nexvlin, 
president of C.C.C. xvas senior (D.I). 
z8 Nov. I64O ) and had it not been for 
his age he would have been here." The 
king asked "how many yeares old he 
was:" the vice-chancellor said "ninety." 
Then the king said " Dr. Pocock was a 
boy to him." Afterwardstheydeparted.' 
Vood struek this out, noting 'this is 
reported to be said on Sunday night,' 
see ifra, p. 234. 
 Thomas ]3ennet, Senior Proetor. 
v Wood noted here 'a hot-headed 
•..' ; and thon blotted it out. 



IVOOD'S LIFE AWD TI[ES. 

the next night, after the king had heard vespers there.--At the saine 
rime was a bonfier before Allsouls College gate--where the king's 
health was drank; bonfiers at other places. 
Sunday morning (4 Sept.) when the king was in dressing, in came 
Clarkl of Alls. Coll. in his square cap. The king asked him 'of 
vhat coll. he was ?' He said ' of Alls. Coll.' ' Are not you,' said the 
king, ' bound by stature to pray for the dead ?' ' No sir,' said Clerk, 
'not that I know of.' ' Why,' saith another that stood by, ' Chichley 
was your founder and founded 2 your College for such that were slaine 
in the battle of Agincourt.' Afterwards came in I)r. Robert Plot, 
and shewd to him severall pieces of gold (quaere vhether hot gold 
ruade out of certaine sands in Kent) which he caused to be put into 
lais cabinet. He asked him' vhat he thought of Holy-well in Flint- 
shire ?' He said 'he was never there,' at which he wondred. The 
next day, being Sunday (4 Sept.), he went, about 9 of the clock, 
into the cathedrall, where he touched, that morn. and the next, about 
seaven or eight hundred people. After he had done there, he went 
to the chappell lately set up by the deane (riz., the old refectory stand- 
ing north and south sometimes belonging to Canterbury College) in 
the quadrangle called Canterbury quadrangle, vhere he heard a 
sermon preached by a secular priest called William Hall--borne in the 
]31ack Fryers London (as his father told me), son of Thomas Hall a 
cook living in Ivy lane neare to Paul's church yard in London 
vhich was applauded and admired by all, in the chappell (which was 
very flfll) and without, that heard him. About the saine rime preached 
at St. Marie's Mr. Theophilus Tilden of Magd. Hall, vhere were 
present some of the nobility, as the duke of Norfolk , earl of ]3erkley *, 
and others ofinferiour quality. In the afternoon preached there Mr. 
(George) Roys of Oriel College ». The saine day the king dined in 

 ' Clark' is in both places substi- 
tted for 'Mildmay.' Wood notes:-- 
'Clark, the saine who was parliament 
man.' Georg.e Clarke, M.A. fellow of 
Allsouls, was one of the burgesses for 
the University in the pafliament of I685» 
see sttpra, p. I  I. 
 see C. W. C. Oman's All Souls in 
' The Colleges of Oxford' (Methuen, 
I891), pp. o9, o. The statutes 
which commanded prayers for the dead, 
etc., were not formally removed from 
the College Statute-book, either at All 
Souls or in other Colleges, till I857: 

but they were discontinned at the Re- 
formation as being contrary to the law 
of the land. A College which per- 
petuated the old services, on the plea 
that though forbidden by Act of Parlia- 
ment they were commanded by the 
College Statutes, would have had a 
bad rime of it under ]Llizabeth and her 
bishops. 
 Henry Howard, succeeded his father 
(Henry Howard), 684. 
« George 13erke]ey, created earl of 
]erkeley, ii Sept. i679. 
 Wood added here, but afterwards 



33 

the deane's dining roome at Ch. Ch. on his own charge a. After 
dinner 21 fellows of lX, Iagd. Coll. 2 went to him, according to summons, 
about three of the clock. I)r. (Alexander) Pudsey being in the head 
of them and making his appearance in the presence chamber, the 
king bid him 'corne hither ! corne hither !' Then said he ' are you 
I)r. Pudsey?' 'Yes, if it please your majesty.' Then the king fell 
foul upon them, reprimanded them very severely s. Dr. Pudsey 
offered severall times  but the king prohibited him. He bid them  
goe to their chappell and elect the bishop of Oxon ; whereupon they 
did goe, but could not elect him «. William Penn, the captain of the 
Quakers, who followed the king in his progress, went affer them to 
Nagd. Co!l. to persuade them to yield to the king's desire, but 
upon their story to him about breaking of statutes and oathes he 
rested satisfied. After lXIagd. Coll. men were dismissed he went 
over Carfax to Univers. Coll. in his coach, where, at the gate, he was 
received by the toaster, fellows and students of that bouse, as also by 
an English oration  spoke by Mr. Edward Hales, a gentleman 
commoner of that house, son and heir of Sir Edward Hales of Kent. 
Which being done, he went with many of his guard to Mr. Walker's 
chappell, where he heard vespersS. That night there should have 
been an illumination in the quadrangle, but by the folly of the proctor 
it was unseasonably done the night before °. Afterwards he retired 
to Ch. Ch., and received an answer from Magd. Coll. men which 
they left in writing for him. Which answer he perusing said that he 
was mis-informed concerning the matter 10. 

seored out ;--' That day William Pen 
preached in Sil(as)Norton's backside 
or bouse to the quakers.' 
x i.e. the king (as he did before when 
duke of York, supra, p. 48) paid his 
own bills. His naine, perhaps, had all 
along been kept on the Ch. Ch. books, 
supra, p. 23x. 
- see Bloxam's  1Magdalen College and 
James'II,' pp. 84 sqq. Wood notes 
hele in the margin :--'Quaere Mag- 
dalen College papers,' i.e., I suppose, 
those now in 1MS. Tanner 456". 
s Wood noted :--' This was for deny- 
ing his mandate to (Anthony) Fariner,' 
but ColIected it to ' for denying the 
bishop of Oxford,' Samuel Palker. 
 the words 'to speak' are omitted, 
by a slip. 
 Wood wrote, and then scoled it 

out;--bid them begon and give in 
their answer.' 
 Wood notes :--'(Robert) Charnock, 
a fellow and popishly affeeted, did hot 
give the saine answer as the fellows but 
against them: quaere the dialogue '-- 
see the passage cited in ]31oxam ul 
s«;ra, p. 86. 
 XYood notes:--"tls printed, but 
false,' i. e. incorrectly. Wood 423 (63) 
is ' Speech spoken' [at Unir. Coll. gare] 
' by lXlr. Hayles, a student of Unir. 
Coll.,' published at London x 4 Sept. 
x687. 
* Huddesford's mis-reading here, and 
su_î*ra, p. 232 , descrves to be put on re- 
cord :--the king went to Obadiah Wal- 
ker's chapel ' wherc he heardverses' ! 
9 see supra, p. 23 L 
0 this sentence ,Yood afterwards 



34 

IVOOD'S ZIFE A2VD TI«IES. 

At six on Sunday night the vice-chancellor, Doctors, proctors, and 
certaine lIasters, went from Adam Brome's chappell in S. lIarie's 
(adornd with their formalities) to the deane's lodgings, where being 
admitted into his presence, the orator (William Wyat) spake a 
speech 1 in the naine of the University on his knees, the doctors also 
being on their kneesS. Which speech being finished, they presented 
him in the naine of the University a rich Bible (a Bible printed at the 
Theatre) and a pair of rich imbroidered gloves, which the king said 
he would accept. Then they asked ' whether he would be pleased to 
accept of a collation at the Library the next day,' and (he} said ' he 
vould.' Then they asked him ' at what time' ; he told them ' about 
nine.' And so they departed.----Afterwards the king went to supper, 
where waited on him Dr. (Benjamin} Woodroff, solnetimes (perhaps 
then s) his chaplain ; where, as 'tis said, they talked about Dr. 
ward} Pocock's age. He s told him that he remembred Dr. (John} 
Fell and Dr. (Richard} Allestrey to have borne armes in the rime of 
rebellion. 
NondayS, 5 Sept., in the morning, about 8 of the clock, he went 
into the cathedrall and touched againe for the evill. Which don, he 
took coach and went to the Schooles , where entering in at the 

struck out as erroneous in point both 
of fact and of date and substituted the 
following :--' They (Magd. Coll. men) 
gave in a petition to (Robert Spencer) 
earl of Sunderland, the secretary, the 
next day, being Munday (Sept. 5), who 
told them that they would give it to the 
ldng.' See Bloxam's ' lIagd. Coll. and 
James II,' pp. 88, 92. 
 Wood notes :--' vide Gazet.' 
 Wood notes :'they kneeled al1 
the while and the king did hot bid 
them fise, as he used to do others.' At 
the end of this speech, according to 
some, took place the conversation about 
I)r. Pocock ; see s2ra , p. 3 t. Wood 
notes :--' William Rogers, who was 
there, tells me that when the speeeh 
was done, he looked on the Doctors 
and asked Dr. Poeoek whether he was 
hot the senior there ? He said "Yea."" 
 i.e. Woodroff had been chaplain to 
James while duke of York ; but Wood 
vas hot sure whether he remained chap- 
lain to James now that he was king and 
a declared Romanist. 
t see note 2» supra, 

s i.e. the king told Dr. Woodroff. 
« this part of the narrative bas to be 
ruade up from two drafts, the one scan- 
tier, the other fuller. Huddesford, ne W 
lecting this, has caused ' proctor 13ennet' 
to deliver his speech twice, once on the 
king's entrance to the library and again 
on his exit. The variants of the scan- 
tier draft are given in the notes. 
 in IIS. ]3odl. 594, P- I9 Wood 
has a short narrative of this visit, which 
runs thus :--' M., Sept. 5, in the morn 
his majesty went to the Schooles by 
13rasnose College where the Iï)rs. and 
llrs, had placed themselves on the east 
side of the way, tarrying there till the 
king had passed by to the Schooles: 
where lIr. vicechancellor was ready to 
wait upon his majesty and to conduct 
him up to the library. The senior 
proctor (Thomas Bennet) received him 
there with an oration on his knees. 
Which being ended» his majesty went 
to the banquet in Selden's library. 
Which being ended, he departed im- 
mediately west towards Cirencester.' 



SEPTEAlJER, 1687. OE35 
great east dore, the I)octors in the quadrangle were ready to receive 
him  
The king's enlertahtment in odlo,'s Ztrarie. 
(The king) came up into the library between o and eleven, 
attended by the vicechancellor and Drs, besicles severall of the lords. 
Afterwards going forward, proctor (Thomas)Bennet delivered a 
short Latin speech to him, wherein he ' hoped that his majesty would 
be good to ecclest Angh?ana' : 'twas by the globes . Which being 
donc, his majesty pluckd off his glove and gave him his hand to kiss, 
and tuming himself to the terrestriall globe, shewd to one of the 
courtiers (a lord) the passage between America and the back part of 
Cina, by which way certaine ships had passage, which his majesty men- 
tiond. From thence he went to the lower end of the library, scil. to that 
part calld Selden's library ; vhere he round a banquet  ready prepared 
for him at the south end of the library, with a seat of state at the south 
end of the table* ; none did eat but he, for he spake to nobody to eat. 
North 

 The gallery on thl's wall 
contained the Laudian M88.'' 
k:l TIm CIw.tr l 
o State l 
8outh 
 the first draft proeeeded :' After- 
wrds, (he) went up to the library, 
where in that of Selden's at the sonth 
end a broad table was erected, where 
vas a most admirable collation, and 
three hot dishes xvhich he fed upon for 
(he) did hot care to eat cold.' 
* the other draft said :--' received be- 
txveen the globes xvith a Latin speech 
by Mr. 13ennet, the proctor, on his 
knees.' For the position of the globes 
at the entrance to Duke ttumphrey's 
Library, sec Loggan's view of the in- 
terior of the Bodleian looking west. 

Q The alobes  
Duke Humphrey's Library 
O 

s Wood notes :--'quaere Dr. 
(Thomas) Hyde for the bill of enter- 
tainment, at his chamber.' To this 
quaere Wood got in answer the paper 
which follovs. 
 Wood gives the form of the table, 
and position of the • seat of state.' I 
have placed them as they seem to have 
been in the library. "We might bave 
expected them to be arranged in the 
position indicated by the dotted lines, 
facing eastwards up Duke Humphrey 
(a viev given in Loggan) ; but Wood's 
words forbid this. 



36 IVOODS LIFE AD TIIES. 

JAn accourir x of the dishes wherewith the kin was treated at the 
2ttblic Zibray. 
Dry sweetmeats and fruits, 2o large dishes» piled high, like so many rieks 
of hay. 
Wet sweetmeats, 24 little fiat plates, like treneher plates, hot piled ; plaeed 
among the greater dishes scatteringly in vacant places to fill up the vacances. 
28 large dishes of eold fish and cold flesh, as Westphalia hamms, &e. : some 
whole, others eut out into slices and piled pretty high. 
3 hot dishes, riz., shoulder of mutton, phesant, partridg and quailes ; of these 
the king did eat, hot medliug with any thing else, except only that he took one 
little piece of dry sweetmeat. 
36 plates of sallating, piled high and copped» riz., oranges, lemmons, olives, 
samphire, &c., pears , plums, &c. 

The king hot bidding the courtiers eat, nobody did eat ; but ail vas in a scram- 
ble carryed away by the rabble, which scramble the king stood to look upon about 
2 or 3 minutes, and then went away. Enquire more of Mr. Hedges, and the cook 
of St. John's.] 
This  anabigue or banquet cost the University i6o/t'. He liked the 
vine well; whereupon they  sent some after him. 
After his majesty was sate, he asked the vice-chancellor (standing 
by him) for certaine books . To which the vice-chancellor answered 
that Dr. Hyde the library-keeper could answer him more fully than 
he. Whereupon he was called from the other part of the library 
vhere his study was, and being come, he kneeled downe, whereupon 
the king gave him his hand to kiss. Which being done, his majesty 
said, ' Well, Dr. Hyde, was the Chinese here ?' To which he answered, 
'Yes, if it may please your majesty; and I learnd many things of 
him.' Then said his majesty ' tte was a little blinking fellow, was he 
hot ?' To which he answered ' Yes,' and added that ' ail the Chineses, 
Tartars, and ail that part of the world was narrow-eyed.' Then the 
king said that' he had his picture to the life hanging in his roome 

x the passage enclosed in square 
brackets is a note written by Dr. 
Thomas Hyde, ]3odley's Librarian, and 
communicated to Wood. Hyde gives 
the shape of the table and the position 
of the seat of state. 
: Huddesford's mis-reading here» 
«samphire, etc., dems, plums» etc.,' 
must be put on record. 
 this note is scored out on fol. 9 z of 
the MS., but repeated afterwards on a 
slip. In this latter place ' W. Rogers ' 
is written at the side, but I think it does 

not refer fo this note itself (for Rogers 
was less likely than Vood himself to 
know what the University paid), but to 
the accotuat of the king's conversation 
at table which probably Wood obtained 
from William Rogers. 
 i.e. the University. 
 in the first draft :--' he asked the 
vice-chancellor whether they had hot 
such a book translated by a Jesuit. 
I-le knew hot ; whereupon he called 
for Dr. Hyde. Dr. Hyde waited npon 
him.' 



SEPTEIIBER, 1687. 

237 

next to the bed chamber.' Then his majesty told Dr. IIyde of a book 
of Confucius  translated from China lanaage by the Jesuits (4 in 
number) and asked whether it was in the library ? to which Dr. Hyde 
answer'd that it was, and that ' it treated of philosophy, but hot so as « 
that of European philosophy.' Wherupon his majesty asked vhether 
' the Chinees had any divinity ?' To which Dr. Hyde answered 'Yes, 
but 'twas idolatry, they being ail heathens, but yet that they have in their 
idol-temple statues s representing the Trinity, and other pictures, which 
shew that antient Cristianity had been amongst them.' To which 
he assented by a nod. After that, his majestie left off asking any 
more questions. Onlie turning his eyes up toward bishop Laud's 
MSS. on his right hand 4, Dr. Hyde told him that those books, which 
were all MSS., were given by archbishop Laud. 
After the king had don his breakfast , they began to scramble (the 
scholars some say did begin) insomuch that the king being hot able 
to pass away for the crowd, stayed there awhile, and talkcd with some 
by him. Dr. (Samuel) Derham, a physitian of Magd. Hall, was 
noted here for a scrambler, being in his scarlet, so notorious that they 
flung things in his face. 
At length they ruade a lane for hlm, and going out of Selden's 
library into the other part, he saw the famous preacher Will. Hall, 
who had preached before him the day before; and speaking to him, 
he turnd about to the vice-chancellor and Doctors and commended 

t MS. has ' Confucion.' 
z MS. has ' so was as.' 
3 MS. has ' statutes,' by a slip. 
4 the Laud MSS. wêrê in the gallêry; 
sêê Loggan's view of the Library in- 
terior from thê Sêldên end, which shews 
thê inscription 'ex dono R. in Chr. 
Patr. Guil. Laud, Cant. Archp., Acad. 
Oxon. bon. Canc.' For Laud's MSS., 
thê ênduring memorial of his love for 
Oxford and for learning, see Maeray's 
Annals of the odleian ç189I), pp. 
83-87. 
 this is thê fifllêr of thê drafts of 
the later portion of thê narrative. An- 
othêr draft says :--' At lêngth, his ma- 
jesty having eatên, would risê up to goe 
away, but »eing thê pêoplê begin to 
scramble after the victualls and ban- 
quêtting stuff, he stood still to sêê thê 
beginning of thê scramblê ; and so wênt 
forth through a lanê ruade for him. Hê 
commended to thêm fathêr Hall; rê- 

eommended to them humility, preaching 
by heart, and told them how well the 
preachers beyond the sea were accepted 
for so doing ; and that wee were indeed 
good scholars, but when wee were 
grown up, wêe grew lazy and lost ail 
we had.' Another draft says :--' After 
he had sate 3 quarters of an houre [ex- 
horting thê Drs. abont him to charitie 
onê with anothêr, reflecting on them 
for their base lanmaage they gave Mr. 
(Obadiah) Walker and others of his 
religion,] he arose and talked with some 
about him for some time, in which rime 
the courtiers fell to scramble after what 
was rêmaining, flung thê wêt swêet- 
mêats on thê ladiês' linnen and petti- 
coats and stained t.hem.' The words 
in square brackets are struck out, bê- 
cause Wood round that this homily was 
hot dêlivêrêd whilê thê king sat ai table 
but on his way out : see p. a3 8. 



z38 

IVOOD'S £IFE AND TIAfES. 

him for a rare scholar and to their acquaintance, whereupon they 
bowed kindly to him and so passed forward. 
Then going towards the dore to goe out, he turnd againe to the 
vice-chancellor and I)octors and discoursed with them ; talked to 
Dr. (Robert) South and commended his preaching, whereupon he 
answered that he alwaies did and would shew himself loyall in his 
preaching, or to that effect. Here he said also that he heard many 
of them used notes in their serinons, but none of his church ever did. 
He said that Dr. (John) I)olbein archbishop of York did read much 
of his sermon before the king his brother, after his restauration, which 
the king telling him of, he never after did, and therefore his preaching 
was well liked off. Then he spake to the vice-chancellor and told him 
that there was a great sin raigning among them called pride: ' of all 
things I would bave )'ou avoid pride, and learne the vertue of charitie 
and humilitie: thcre are a sort of people among you that are wolves 
in sheeps' clothing; beware of them, and let them hOt deceive l'ou 
and corrupt you i: I have given libertie of conscience to some of my 
subjects, therefore do hot take it ill, for in what I bave done, I think 
I bave hOt don harme to you: let hOt therefore your eye be evil if 
mine be good, but love one another and practice charitie: do as )'ou 
would be done to, for this is the law and the prophets.' 
Then he was conducted to the Divinity school , and there he asked 
what place was that ? Which being told him, he asked where the 
Convocation bouse was ? Whereupon being conveyed thro' the postern 
which leads from the I)ivinity school to that bouse, he asked if that 
was hot the place where the bouse of commons sate about 7 yeares 
since, at what time they endeavoured to have passed the bill of 
exclusion against him ? To which one that stood by (Jones, lord 
Rannula of Ireland 3) ruade answer, 'Yes, if it please your majesty,' 
and added that'his late majesty, when he dissolved the parliament 
thereupon, said 2Vow I ara _hTng of .England and was nol bfore.'-- 
Afterwards going out of the Convocation house into the Apoditerium 
Mr. William Rogers, one of his retinew, said, 'Sir, this Convocation 
bouse is the place wherein they conferr degrees; and, Sir, I hope )-ou 
will let Mr. Hales' (who stood behind him, son of Sir Edward Hales) 
'be created M. of Arts.' 'No, no,' saith the king, 'not yet; time 

 Wood notes :--'see before,' i.e. the 
passage given supra, p. 237, note 3- 
 the first draft is:--'Afterwards 
leaving the corfipany, he »vent and saw 
the Divinity Schoole ; then, the Thea- 

tre, and at the dore before it took 
coach.' 
 Richard Jones, 3rd viscount Iane- 
lagh, created earl of Ranelagh, 11 Dec. 
I674- 



SEPT.  OCT. 11387. 

39 

enough for that.'--Afterwards he went into the Theatre, and viewing 
the painting on the roof, said' 'twas pittie that Varrio did hot paint 
it.' He did hot like the painting, and therefore wished that Varrio, 
a Neopolitan borne, had don it. This Varrio bath gotten severall 
thousand of pounds for painting St. George's chappell at Windsore, 
and several places there, and at Westminster.--Then the king going 
to the great dote behind the Theater in Candich to take coach, he 
turn'd againe to the vice-chancellor and Doctors and said 'I must 
commend unto you againe love and charitie, that there be a right 
understanding among you: I must tell you that in the king my 
father's time the church of England's men and the Catholicks loved 
each other and were, as 'twere, all one; but now there is gotten a 
spirit among you which is quite contrary, and what the reason is I 
cannot tell- there are some among you that are the occasion of those 
things, but I know them 1 and shall take notice of them for the future.' 
Note, that what the king said here and in the library about charity 
and love was occasioned by the base and scurrilous language given 
to lIr. (Obadiah) Walker and (John) Nassy, especially the former, 
sx-hen they turned from their religion. 
In the meane time the mayor and his brethren waiting for him at 
the School dore, they had notice that he was gone the other way, 
whereupon posting after him, overtook him at Balliol College and put 
themselves in a posture before him, the mayor carrying the mace on 
his shoulder. They conducted him beyond S. Giles's church and 
then the king bid them return, being wet weather. 
Afterwards, went to Yarnton, Cassington, and then to Witney, where 
they presented him with a pair of blankets, with golden flinge. 
This progress of the king was supposed to be taken to ingratiate 
himself with the people. He shewed himself extreame curteous and 
affable to all (they say to gaine and beg favour, to get rotes to take 

off the Test).] 
October.--[Quaere  in whose 

 Wood notes here :--' There is no 
question but that he knew that the 
Presbyterians, who were the occasion 
of the rebellion, were the authors of 
these matters. They endeavoured to 
lnake the papists as terrible as monsters 
and therefore to be avoided by the 
peeple.' 
 this slip is probably Obadiah 
Walker's autograph, being indorsed by 
Wood ' Mr. Walker.' The 'bishop of 

hands a volume of Saxon Homilies 

Oxford' is probably Dr. John Fell. 
' Lord Hatton' is Christopher first lord 
Hatton, whose books and MSS. were 
sold in 67o to Robert Scot a London 
bookseller (see vol. ii. p. 23. Pro- 
fessor A. S. Napier suggests that the 
IIS. which Walker  as in search of is 
perhaps MS. Junius 2 (a hlS. knowrt 
as ' Codex Wigorniensis%, cont.ining 
Anglo-Saxon Canons with Homilies at 
the end. Mr. F. Madan points out a 



oe4o II'OOD'S LIFE AND TIIES. 
belonging formerly to the church of Worcester and lent to my lord 
Hatton and bought by my lord bishop of Oxford of Ir. Scot ?] 
Oct. 4, T., (the) toaster of Univ. Coll. (Obadiah Walker) and 
some of his fellowes appeared according to summons to shew to the 
Ecclesiastical Çommissioners their statures and orders; which being 
communicated to them for a rime, they were dismissed. 
Oct. , ,, Tues&, nnd , 3, Tbursday, a great deal of faine fell. 
 4 Oct., F., King's birthday, ringing of bells in Oxford, and some 
bonefiers at night. Spent then nt Pont's tavern inter horas 8 et o 
post meridiem 2s 6d upon lXlr. (Edward) Umberston, Nr. (Thomas) 
I)eane, Air. Natson, and a yong stranger, called ...... ; ail Roman 
Ctholics. Last year Great Tom rung out, quaere whether this 
year. 
[John Venn 1, D.D., toaster or head of alliol College and lately vicechancellor 
of the University of Oxon, died in the house of his father Simon Venn, situat and 
being within the parish of Lydiard S. Laurence seaven toiles distant from TauntoXa 
in Somersetshire, on T., the ,Sth day of October ,687, aged... ; and was buried in 
the ch**rch there. (Arms :--)' argent on a fess azure $ escallops of the first within 
a bordure ingrailed of the second [Venn] ; impaling, gules a woolf passant argent 
[Loxv.' IIe married an antient maid named Catherine, sister to Sir Edward Low 
one of the Masters of the Chancery--daughter and son of... Low, of Fisherton in 
"Viltshire, by his wife . . . sister to Sir Edxvard Hyde car1 of Clarendon and Lord 
Chancellor of England.--This Catherine had no children by Dr. John Venn.] 
Oct. 8, T., Dr. John Venn, mnster of Ball. Coll., died. Vide 
Catal. . 
Oct. 18, T., St. Imke's day, my sister s, Nr. Hanks *, and myself, 
gave in our answer against Nayot  
Oct. i8, T., St. Luke's day, at night, circa i et 2, certaine yong 
scholars who had been drinking cried 'Fier! Fier!' about Carfax, 
broke windows in the bocherew, playes pranks and broke the marble 
lying before Bird's doreof Wadham Çoll., three (in nulnber). 

strong argument for supposing this MS. 
to be a latcr addition to the Junius 
Collection. \¥hen the Junius MSS. 
came in they were arranged in the 
usual way, the larger sizes first, the 
smaller sizes at the end. giS. Junius 
12I at the end of the series is however of 
the larger size, and seems therefore to 
be a later accession added when the 
Junius NSS. proper had been already 
numbered and marked. It is conceivable 
that the MS. came into the library with 
Dr. John Fell's MSS. (Macray's Annals 
of tac Bodleian, p. 54), and was placed 

at the end of the Junius MSS. as being 
in pari materia. 
i note in Wood MS. F 4, P- 69. 
 i.e. of masters of Ball. Coll.; Gutch's 
Wood's Coll. and Halls, p. 85- 
z x idow of Wood's brother Robert. 
* probably maardian ofWood's brother 
Christopher's infant children. 
 John Mayot, it would seem, had 
married a niece of Wood's and was 
claiming ber portion. See iuf-a under 
date z6 June x689. This is 'the suit 
alluded to several times in the Almanacs. 



OCTOBER, 168'7. 241 

Oct. 9, W., at night, a robbery in S. Clement's, breaking up a 
house ; two taken and cudgel'd ; had before Sir Thomas Clayton 1. 
The saine night circa horam iz vel i in hotte Dr. (]3yrom) Eaton's 
house or principall's lodgings at Glocester hall broke open, bound the 
people of the house, and took away... He was rob'd z or 3 yeares 
before. 
Oct. I9 , inter horas i z et i in the night rime, x z men armed 
entred Gloucester hall at the great gate, being let in as is supposed by 
one that got in belote the gate was shut; got a great leaver or piece 
of tituber, renched open the barrs of a lower window ; entred all, with 
lighted candells; went to their beds' sides and awak'd them, bound 
their hands and feet except Dr. Eaton's; took away 6 or 7 peices of 
plate belonging to the Hall, all Dr. Eaton's plate, his porringers, silver 
spoones, trencher plates, rings, jewells, slik (i. e. silk) petticotes and 
waiscots belonging to his daughters, other clothes; which done, they 
went downe into the lower room, eat up what they eould find, drink his 
drink (3 or 4 bottles of wine), drank ' the yong ladies' healths' ; tarried 
till neare 4, and so departed. His losses about 3 3oo/L This man hath 
lost severall sons and none but daughters left; hath been rob'd twice 
in z or 3 yeares : yet he is sordid still and nothing will change his base 
humour. 
Oct. zo, Th., deane of Ch. Ch. and certaine canons did appeare 4 
with such orders and statures that they bave. See both the news 
letters of Oct..-,z, S. 
Sunday', z3 Oct., Roger Mander, ]3ac. of Div. of Ball. Coll., elected 
toaster of Ball. Coll. ; vide Catal. . 
Munday, z4 Oct., scholars drunk in Brokenheys quarrelled with 
some soldiers who broke their pates with their swords in scabbards. 
The University is let loose to all debauchery; the proctors walk hot 
because of the soldiers. 
Munday morning , in a eongregation bishop (Thomas) Cartwright's 
son  was admitted ad eundem M.A. ; but being denied by some a 
scrutiny" was had, and he passed, lron occurril . 
[Anne 9, ,vife of Robert Say, D.D. and provost of Oriel College, died in Oriel 

t warden of Merton; Justice of the 
Peace for Oxfordshire. 
" corrected later to ' 2o,' and a note 
added ' vide Gazer Oct. 24? 
z abont '3ooli.' substituted for 'be- 
tween 3ooli. and 4oo/i.' 
* before the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners, sec Luttrell i. 417- 
 Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, 

p. 85. 
6 ? Oct. 24 or Oct. 31. 
 John Cartwright, M.A. Trin. Coll. 
Cambr. 1685. 
 i.e. in the Register of Congregation. 
 note in Wood MS. F 4, P- 169- 
A slip attached here says 'The bell 
rang out in the moming circa horam 8,' 

VOL. III. R 



242 IVOOD'S LIt;'E .4ND TlxlIES. 

College on Saturday 2 90ctober 1687, aged . .., without issue ; and was buried t 
in St. Marie's chancell (at the upper end) in Oxon. (Arms :--)' parted per pale 
argent and gules 3 chevrons argent each charged with a chevronell humettée 
counterchanged of the feild  [Dr. Say] ; impaling, gules, 15 bezants 3 (5, 4, 3, 2, I), 
a canton ermine [Anne Zouch, wife of Dr. Say].' Shee was one of the daughters of 
Dr. Richard Zouch, sometimes the king's professor of the Civill Law, Oxon, and 
Judge of the Admiralty.-I 
Uit. Oct., T., in the morning was borne . . . Ma)rot 4. 
llovomber.---In the latter of Oct. and beginning of this month 
were great store of raines and great inundations about Oxon. 
[Susanna , wife of Sir Thomas Cntler of Lechlade in Glocestershire, kt., captain 
of a foot-companie in the king's army, died in the bouse of Robert Harrison, 
draper, living in the parish of S. Peter in the East Oxon, W., 2nd Nov. I687 ; and 
was buried in the church at Lechlade, by the body of ber first husband. (Arms : 
--)' azure 3 griffin's heads erased or langued gules [Cutler] ; impaling, sable a fess 
between 2 lyons passant or [Cook].'--This Susanna who was the daughter of . . . 
Cook of Staunton in Worcestershire 6 was first the wife of Lanrence Bathurst of 
Leechlade, esq., before mention'd, eldest son of Sir Edward Bathurst, bart. ; by 
whome he had issue two daughters, riz. (1) Anne, who was married to... Gryning 
somtimes clerk to Sir Thomas Cutler before mention'd a justice of the peace ; (2) 
Marie, who married Georg Coxeter of Kennington in Berks, barrester of the Middle 
Temple.--Her second husband was Sir John Feteplace of Swynbrook in Oxford- 
sbire, bart., who died z 4 Sept. 16î2, verie suddenly by vomiting, not without foui 
suspition of being poyson'd by his said wife Susanna. Shee was examined by 
certaine justices of the peace, but nothing could be ruade cleere against ber. 
Afterwards having 2ooli. per annum setled by the Feteplaces on her, to be paid by 
way of rent-charge in consideration of ber joynture in land, shee retired to Leech- 
lade; and took to her third husband a brisk, gay, and handsome yong man Sir 
Thomas Cutler bêfore mention'd (for of Sir John Feteplace she was weary, being 
a dul fellow) second son of Sir Gervase Cutler of Stanboroug or Stanbrook in 
Yorkshire; by whome he had issue Egerton Cutler, aged about IO at his mother's 
death, shee being then about 5o yeares of age.] 
[John Bowell , lately a commoner of Ch. Ch., afterwards a gent. of the Inns of 
Curt, died in his father's house, situat and being in Allsaints parish Oxon, W., 2 
1N-or. 1687, aged 21 or thereabouts ; and was buried on, F., the 4 of the said month 
in the parish chancell of that church, neare to the entrance thereunto. (Arms 
 parted per fess argent and gules a lyon rampant within a bordure all counter- 
changed of the feild' (granted by Sir Edward 13yssh, Clarencieux) : the creast is ' a 
lyon's head erased . . . with tvo collers about his neck.' He was son of John 
Bowell (borne at Windlebury neare to Bister in coin. Oxon), a draper and one of 
' the mayor's assistants' of Oxon, commonly called  the Thirteen,' by his wife . . . 
Adkyns, daughter of William Adkyns somtimes of St. Aldate's parish, butcher, and 
one of the baylives of the crie of Oxon.--Nicholas 13owell 8, gent., died in the house 

i the slip attached here says :-- 
 buried, T., I Nov.' 
 the slip adds 'a mullet argent in 
dexter chief.' 
3 the slip says « (Richard) Havkyns 
ruade this I, 2, 4, 2, and 1.' 
 child of Wood's nicce» who had 

married John Mayot supra, p. I97. 
» note in Wood MS. F 4, P- I 7 o. 
« in pencil only. 
 note in Wood MS. F 4, P. I î I. 
8 in the marin is written in pencil 
' son of a courtier.' 



OCT. -- ArO I: 1687. 
o[ one Mr .... I-Iarrys o[ Ducklington neare ¢o Witney coin. Oxon on Friday the 
rd of Febr. I68- aged neare 80; and was bur[ed in the church of Ducklyïgton 
with the armes before mention'd, who pretending to have right to them i, were 
ruade use of by John Iowell be{ore mention'd in the burial of his son. This Ncholas 
Iowell had been one of the pensioners to kLn Z Charles Il and had married three 
wifes :---one was na,ned . . . daughter of Willlam  lord Mayïard by whome he 
had issue a daghter named . . . who was married to Sir Kdward Irom{cild 
Essex ; hEs second was ...... wddow of... Penyston ; his th{rd w[e was ..... • 
the wlddow of... Stonehouse of Cockthrop coin. Oon.] 
[Richard Pont, -intner and citzen o[ Oxon, descended rom the Ponts of Moreton 
neare to Wallingford in Berks, d[ed ......  and was buried in St. Marie's church about 
the m{ddle of the body, wlthout armes on his hearse..., widdow o[ the said 
Pont, daughter of . . . Andrews one o{ the sa]eants o[ Oxon, ded W., 2 No'c. 
687 ; and was buried (without armes) by her husband, in fine linnen contrary to 
the act, and in a rich coin provided by ber onHe daughter and heir Elizabeth» a 
vain fopp of I8 yeares o{ age.--This Elizabeth, who was the onlie 
daughter of the sad Richard 1ont, and a rich heiress, was marrie(], the day before 
her mother died, to . . . Stanley, I%I.A. ", fellow of AIIsoules CoIlege» son of... 
(of) Wilts 
Nov. , W., Allsouls day, soldiers and trumpeters with Leopold 
Finch, warden of Allsouls, in the dining roome next to the street ail 
the afternoon till about 9 at night, drinking healths and every heahh 
they soundedthe English church then languishing. What ! Are the 
Oxonian scholars mtd? to revel it; drink and eat; frequent taverns, 
alehouses, coffee-houses; be debonarewhen the church layes lan- 
guishing. 
In the beginning of this month Edmund Waller, the poet, of 
Beconsfeild, died. Quaere, about the 5th ? 
Nov. 4, F., (Thomas Hickman Windsor) earl of Flymmouth died; 
vide Warwickshire in Grange. 
Nov. 5, S., Fowder treason, 1Hr. (Thomas) Creech, the poet, of 
Allsouls, preached at S. iXlarie's. 
Nov. 7, 1I., goodwife Sig., s (two sixpences before). 
Nov. l o, Th., at night, inter 12 et l, lady Lenthall's bouse at 
]3esill's Lee rob'd,the widdow and third or fourth wife of Sir John 
Lenthall. 
From the rth to the 19th robberies or attempts towards robberies 
ruade every night in or neare Oxon. 
Nov.  , S., to lIar(y) North for a paire of black stockyngs, 4s. 
Nov. , S., at night, the house of Robert Dormer, esquire, at 
Rousham was rob'd of a great deal of plate. False. 

t in the margin is written in pencil : 
' among Bshe s ,rants. 
" ' Vfilliam' is in pencil only. 

note in Wood MS. F 4. P- 7 2- 
in pencil only. 

R 2 



244 IVOOD'S LIFE AND TIIES. 

News I letter dated I2 Nov., S., saith  that (John) Leybourne, 
bishop of Atremetum, is to be lord Almoner in the place of (Francis) 
Turner, bishop of Ely. Quaere. 
Nov. 13, Su., as it seems, Dr. William Jane preached at Whitehall 
chapel before the princess of Denmark. Some passages fell from him 
displeasing to the papists ; commanded not to preach there again,-- 
present, bishop (Nathanie]) Crew (of Durham), (Thomas) Watson 
(bishop of St. David's), and as they say (Thomas Cartwright of) 
Chester. He spoke something of the massacre at Paris. This is re- 
ported (vide news of 26 Nov., S.) to be done by Dr. (Thomas) 
Doughty s. [They  were bolh silenced.] 
Nov. 20, Su., at vespers in dean Massyes chapel was a riot, occa- 
sion'd by a Master of Arts his laughing and girning at the preist. 
Thomas, the deane's man, put him out and (a) townsman struck 
him; he struck him againe; others fell upon him. The man that 
struck is bound over to the sessions. 
Nov. 21, M., a watch of 24 appointed by the vicechancellor  and 
mayor to keep cleer the streets and to watch persons suspected to 
robb. (Many robberies committed in and neare Oxford.) [They 
disagreed about the setting them 7 (and who should punish them 
so they did not stand.] 
23 Nov., W., Convocation in the afternoone. Letters only read. 
Nov. 28, M., strong report that letters came that day or the day 
before to displace Thomas ]3aker the town-clerk and to put in . . . 
Prince, who had before been chosen. 
Ail this month of November was verie wet and tempestuous-- 
waters high. 
December.--Dec. , Th., cl(ean) sh(eets) ; Joa(n) Thomps(on). 
IF., 2 of I)ec.  1687, I)r. Gilbert Ironside vicechancellor com- 
playning before several Drs. at a meeting of them of several passages 
delivered in a sermon at S. Marie's on Sunday in the afternoon, 27 
Nov., going before, by Mr. Thomas Edwards, chaplain of Ch. Ch., 
they therfore agreed among themselves that he should make a recan- 
tation, which he did before them on that day, F., 2 Dec.] 

' this slip is a fragment of an envelope 
with a seal on it '... 3 pales billetteé (?), 
on a chief.., a lion passant guardant' 
impaling ' 3 cock's (or dragon's) heads 
erased between a fess embattled.' 
 see Luttrell i. 420, 423 . 
s see Luttrell i. 422. Thomas 
Doughty, D.D., Canon of Windsor. 

added later. 
Gilbert Ironside, warden of Wad- 
this part of the note is added later. 
i. e. the watch. 
i.e. persons apprehended by the 
watch, if any. 
note in MS. Bodl. 594, P- I23. 



NOlç  Dt,C. 1687. 245 
[John Pifs 1, of Triaity College, son of John Pifs of the island of Barbadoes, 
gent., died, T., 6 Dec. [68î, aged $ or thereabouts ; and was buried in the church 
of S. Marie Magd. neare to the north dote, without armes. He died about four of 
the clock in the afternoon of that day by a shot in the body received by accident in 
birding neare to Rump hall in the north suburbs of Oxon from the hands of one 
•.. Clifibrd a commoner of the said College, whose gun was onlie charged with 
shot, about three weeks before.] 
I)ec. 9, F., at 9 or Io at night, a riot near Univ. Coll. gate occa- 
sioned by a ]3achelor of Arts of that house named (Edward) Herne  
who was drunk and without his cap or gowne. He began with 
a soldier that passed by (one that frequents lIr. (Obadiah) Walker's 
chappell) ; and lIr. John Augustine Bernard of ]3rasn. going by took 
the soldier's part, put off Herne ; Herne trip'd up ]3ernard's heels in 
the gutter. The next day Herne being sober, he craved pardon and 
offered to make any satisfaction. 
lIr. A(rthur) Ch(arlet) of Trin. Coll., the chief setler of unsetled 
minds in Oxford in his rambles too and fro, coffey-houses, taverns, at 
his chamber; Dr. (Henry) Fairfax, lIr. William Thornton, Dr. 
(William) Gibbon of St. John's Coll.Ir. (Charles) Haules of 
llagd. C. by his long absence and submitting to the superior power 
keeps his place, and returned after the ejection; but the scholars 
abusing him, he complaines to the bishop s of disobedience and is 
continually quarrelling; for the truth is the demies are growne resolute 
and scomfull and long to be turn'd out. Haec ex relatione Ch. W. *, 
xi I)ec., Su. 
[The lady I3ridget Clayton , sister to Sir Charles Cottrell lately bIaster of the 
Ceremonies, and wife to Sir Thomas Clayton, kt., varden of blerton College, died 
in the Warden's lodgings in ilerton College on, Su., the eleventh of E)ecember 
x687, circa 8 et 9 mate meridiem, suddenly, aged 76 or thereabouts ; and was buried 
in the outer chapel of lferton College under and within the tower neare to the 
south-west butress or pillar, W., 14 of the said month. (Arms :--)' argent, an 
owle and a cheife indented sable (Clayton); impaling, sable, a bend between 3 
escallops argent (Cottrell).'--The children of the said Sir Thomas Clayton that 
were then living were :-- 
James Cla)oEon, esq., the only son, of whom see vol. ii. p. 537 ; and ]3ridget, a 
daughter, wife of Sir Edward Nicholas, second son of Sir Edward Nicholas som- 
rimes Secretary of State.] 
News letter ]3ec. x3, T., that Sir Robert Sawyer is removed from his attorney 
generallship and Sir Thomas Powys in his place ; that William Williams is made 

solicitor general and knighted. 
note in Wood MS. F 4, P- ITZ- 
Edward Heron, B.A. Unir. 6 Oct. 
t685, M.A. 3 July i688. 
Samuel Parker, bishop of Oxford, 
president of Magd. Coll. 
there was a Charles Wootton 

(Wotton), chorister at iIagd. Coll., at 
this date ; ee ]31oxam's AIag. Coll. and 
James II, pp. II 9, I54, 64 : but Wood 
would be little likely to converse with 
such a junior. 
 note in Wood MS. F 4, P. 73- 



246 IVOOD',_ç iIt:E AIVD TIAIEX. 

Dec. 17, S., terme ended and not 50 matriculated in it. 
Dec. i9, h'I., to hIary North for another pair of stockyngs, 4s. 
[John Trevor 1, a Dublin man borne, son of Mark Trevor esq. and brother to 
the viseount of Dungannon, died, S., llt. Deeemb. 687, aged 28 or thereabouts, 
having been a little before on the saine day shot by accident in the head by a gun 
from the hand of his yonger brother Mark Trevor. He was buried, T., 3 Jan. 
I68, in the west isle joyning to the north traneept of Ch. Ch. cathedrall (of 
which bouse he and his brother were gentlemen eommoners) on the left or north 
side of Sir Henry Gage's grave. (Arms :--) parted per bend sinister ermin an 
ermins, a lyon rampant or.'] 

This yeare came out a world of pamphlets pro and con between 
papists and protestants but not one put out by any scholar living in 
Oxon.--quaere whether any of Ch. Ch. against lIr. (Obadiah) 
Walker. It is to be observed also that before the Act of Toleration 
was published, it was vehemently reported a quarter of an yeare before 
(before 'twas published) that 'twould corne out ; what therefore had it 
been for the archbishop and bishops to put up a petition to the King 
for upholding and maintaining the Chureh of England. 
In the winter time this yeare, 687, Sir William Walter of Sarsden 
bought of Unton Croke the farine in Hedington parish called' The 
Wyke.' Unton Croke changed hlert. Coll. lease at Chetwood in 
]3ucks with . . . , bart., for the Wyke post annum 665. 

( 3Iagdalen College case, 'llay--2Vov. 1687 .) 
(In the Almanac for June, Oct., and Nov. this year are some notes 
about lIagd. Coll. case  which it seems most convenient to bring 
together in one place here 
Iay 3 o, 1I., vicepresident and fellows of lIagd. Coll. received a 
summons to appeare before the ecclesiasticall commissioners on lIun- 
day 6 June, to render an account why they did not adroit Ir. 
Anthony Fariner president of lIagd. Coll. according to the King's 
mandamus. 
June 6, 1I., Dr. (Charles) Aldsworth vicepresident, (and) certaine 

1 note in Wood MS. F 4, P- 73- 
 see J. R. Bloxam's 'Magdalen 
College and King James II' (O.H.S.) 
t886. Among the Wood books are 
copies of the two editions of the ' Im- 
partial Relation of the proceedings 
against St. Mary Magdalen College in 
Oxford,' sec Bloxam, 1.% p. xl. Wood 
5 () is the first edition, which Wood 
notes to bave been ' published in Oxon 
about the beginning of Feb. I68,' i.e. [. 

Wood 57 (3) is the second edition; 
Wood has marked the words ' collected 
by a fellow of the said Colledge,' and 
attaehed to them a note ' I bave enquired 
but eannot learne by whome.' He paid 
for it  s; 22 Mat. 689,' i. e. -. A 
hand (not Wood's) has a note ' Mr. 
Thomas Collins, schoolmastel" of Magd. 
Coll., bath several rimes told me Mr. 
Henry Fairfax was author of the follow- 
ing narrative.' 



lILl Y -- 'UArl?, 1687. 

247 

fellows (of whome Dr. Henry Fairfax was one) appeared at West- 
minster before the Ecclesiastical Conlnlissioners. (Sec news letter 
dated June 7 (T.) hum. 1, 1687 and hum. 3 P- 2.) Ordered then to 
appeare againe June 13, M. 
June 13, M., they appeared (and what was then donc, sec news letter 
dated June 14 num. 1, 2). Ordered then to appeare againe June 22, 
Wednesday. 
June 22, w., appeared--where the vicepresident and severall of the 
fellows brought many foul things against lX, Ir. (Anthony) Fariner 
while he continued in Trin. Coll. in Camhridg, attested by several 
hands there, of his debauchery and lechery, that he used to tongue a 
certaine woman there.--Dr. (Charles) Aldworth, vicepresident, put 
out of his place of vicepresident ; Dr. (Henry) Fairfax suspended of 
his fellowship; John Hough pronounced hOt president (sec news 
letter Th., June 23 num.  in marg.) 
24 June, Friday, the messinger (Thomas) Atterbury came to the 
College desiring the sen(ior) fell(ows) to call a meeting to pronounce 
the sentence of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners--viz. the president's 
place void, (Charles) Aldsworth to be put out of his place of vice- 
president, and (Henry)Fairfax suspended--but no sen(ior)fell(ow) 
could be found to execute the sentence, so he went away re infecla 
(sec news letter dated S., July 2, 1687, hum. 2). 
[Part I of a letter from Dr. (Thomas) Lane, from Doctors Coin- 
ruons, dated June 24, 1687.--The Ecclesiastical Commissioners 
mett yesterday at lO a clock and Magd. Coll. being called in and 
asked what they had farther to add, the vicepraesident delivered in 
several testimonies oflX, Ir. (Anthony) Farmer's lewd life and conversa- 
tion, and amongst the rest a subscribed paper under his own hand 
from Trin. Coll. Cambr. in which he confesses he had donc things 
deserving expulsion and unworthy of a Christian. There was tonguing 
of his landlady, his taking money to bring naked women into com- 
pany, his being usher to a Presbyterian scholemaster, and several 
other particulars of his life rip't up. These being read , the Coll. was 
order'd to withdraw and after about an hour's recesse being call'd in, 
rny Lord Chancellor s said : 
' Gentlemen, to give you some satisfaction, I by my Lords' order informe you 
that we sitt judges of yon here under a double eapacity, first, As we are the King's 

 this document is not in Wood's 
hand, but is endorsed by him ' part of 
a letter sent to Dr. John Conant from 
Dr. Thomas Lane.' 

 Bloxam's 'lIagd. Coll. and K. 
James II ' pp. 69-7x. 
» George Jeffries, lord Jeffries. 



248 II'OOD'S LIFE .,4ND TI2IlES. 

Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and, 2dly, As Visitors of the Universitys; and 
because you have hot shew'd that duty and loyaIty to the King as formerly, my 
Lords doe decree that Mr. J(ohn) Huffe 1 is hOt nor shaIl not be henceforth 
esteem'd president, but that pIace is void; and you, Mr. vicepresident, shaIl be 
suspended from your place' (I suppose he meant oneIy from the vicepresident's 
place) 'during pIeasure; and you, Dr. Fairfax, for your forwardness and rude 
behaviour, from your felIowship.' 
And this was all, and no directions what they should doe for the 
future, and noe mention of Mr. Farmer.] 
July l, F., Mr. (Anthony) Farmour of Magd. Coll. and the fellows 
appeared (see nevs letter July z (S.) hum. 
July 8, F., ail the fellows received a summons to appeare before the 
commissioners, July zg, F. 
July 29, F., the fellows of Magd. Coll. appeared before the Commis- 
sioners, defer'd till Aug. 5, F., quaere. (See also supra, p. zz3.) 
Aug. 9., Tuesday, on the west chapel clore of Magd. Coll. were two 
papers nailed to the dore, one contained the King's and Commis- 
sioners' order dated zz June, whereby Mr. John Hough, B.D., was 
removed from his presidentship. Another of the saine date whereby 
Dr. (Charles) Aldsworth, LL.D., vicepresident, was removed from his 
office and Dr. Henry Fairfax suspended from his fellowship. 
Bishop of Oxford (Samuel Parker) received a letter 2 from his 
majestie to be president of Magd. Coll. ; vide news letters Aug. z 3 (T.). 
A second letter 2 from his majesty for the bishop of Oxford (see news 
letter (S.) 3 Sept. I687). 
4 Sept., Su., lIagd. Coll. reprimanded 3 (see news letters, Sept. 8, 
Th.). See papers of Entertainments. 
Sept. 5, M., sent a petition 4 after the king by the Earl of Sunder- 
land, secretary. 
Oct.  3 or 4, went to the King at Wiaadsore to desire his favour hot 
to be expelled. 
A citation dated 17 Oct., 'I., was stuck on blagd. Coll. outer gate 
(on the) ig(th ) of the saine month for Magd, Coll. men to be visited 
ou Friday the e st and so de d& in diem, by Dr. Thomas Cartwright 
(bishop of Chester), (Sir Robert)Wright (knight, (Lord ChiefJustice)), 
(Sir Thomas) Jenner (knight, recorder of London s.) 

 i.e. Hough. 
 Bloxam's 'Magd. Coll. and King 
James II' p. 8. 
 ibid., p. 87. 
* ibid., p. 92. 
s this note is scored out and marked 
' fals.' Sec the source of the rumour in 

Bloxam ut supra, p. lO 4. 
 a slip; Sir Thomas .Ienner had 
vacated his recordership of London on 
his appointment to be a Junior Baron 
ofthe Exchequer (13 Feb. 168). Lut- 
trell i. 372. 



'UL Y-- zVO V. 1687. 

249 

Oct. _20, Th., the said three commissioners entred Oxford in z 
coaches about 2 in the afternoone, conducted by severall troopes of 
horse to the lodgings at Mr. Brooks house the under-sherriff against 
the Bull Inn. Ail the troopers mustered that day on Bullington Green 
and when they had done they tarried for them. 
Oct. 21, F., sate in the common hall, morning, till prayers began 
and then they went ther to the chapel. I, the afternoone also, and at 
4 they adjourned i to the common roome. 
At 8 in the morn next day (Oct. 2z, Sat.), sate in the common 
chamber, dismis'd the president: (he) retired to his lodgings and 
kept them shut. 
At night, (Gilbert) Ironside the vicechancellor gave them a visit at 
Brooks house, and after came in Dr. (Henry) Beeston of New Coll., 
Dr. (Byrom) Eaton of Gloc. Hall (lately rob'd), Dr. (Fitzherbert) 
Adams (rector of Linc.). The bishop of Chester's son  of Trin. Coll. 
was there, entertained three of the bedells xxith a bottle of claret, 
drank ' a health to the prosperitie of the University,' ' of the Church.' 
28 Oct., F., 1687, the Commissioners met in morning; Mr. 
(George) Fulham told them that their installment and admission of 
the president (the bishop of Oxon ") was illegall because the(y) did it 
xvithout the posse comilatus--wherefore he was suspended 4. On con- 
clusion that morning they prorogued till 16 Nov., W. In the after- 
noone they departed home. 
[The » forme of expulsion of 5 fellowes from Magdalen College 
ruade by the three commissioners, viz. bishop of Chester (Thomas 
Cartwright), justice (Sir Robert) Wright, justice (Sir Thomas) 
Jennour: stuck up on the College gare6 on Wednesday about noon, 
16 Nov. 1687. 

"Whereas in our Visitation of Magdalen College it appeares tmto us that 
Dr. Charles Aldworth, vicepresident 
Dr. Alexander Pudsey, Th. D. 
Dr. John Smith, M.D. 
Dr. Thomas Baylie, Th. D., lector Th. 
Dr. Thomas Stafford, LL.D. 
Mr. Robert Almond 
Mr. Manikering  Hammond 
Mr. John Rogers 

1 IIS. has ' adjoyned,' by a slip. 
- Jolm Cartwright, of Trin. C. Cambr. 
 Samuel Parker. 
* Bloxam's 'Magd. Coll. and King 
James I1,' p. I72. 

 note by Wood on a slip now in 
MS. Rawl. ]3 oli»t  290. 
 Wood notes in margin :---- see the 
Gazet of uit. Nov. 687.' 
7 Wood notes :--' Manwaring.' 



OESO IVOOD'S LIFE AND TI2]IES. 

Mr. Richard Strickland 
Mr. Henry Dobson 
Mr. James 13aylie 
Mr. John I)avies 
Mr. Francis ]3agshaw 
Mr. James Fayrer 
Mr. Joseph Hawworth l 
Mr. Thomas Bateman 
Mr. George ttunt 
Mr. William Cradock 
Mr. John Guilman 
Mr. George Fulham 
Mr. Charles Peniston 
Mr. Robert Hyde 
Mr. Edward Yerbury 

Mr. Henry Holden 
Mr. Stephen Weelks 
" fellowes of the said College have been guiltie of disobedience to his majestie's 
"' commands and obstinately contemned his royall authoritie and doth still per- 
"versely go on in the saine, wee bave thought fit upon mature consideration 
" thereof to declare pronounce and decree that the fellowes of the said College be 
" expelled and deprived of their fellowships, and accordingly we do deprive and 
'" expell them from the same. 
" Given under out seals, 16 Nov. I68." 

When these were pronounced expelled in the common chamber, for 
there they sate, many of the demies that were there desired to be ex- 
pelled also.] 
When 25 fellows of Magd. Coll. were turned out 2, Dr. (Thomas) 
Smith (was) left. Whereupon he was reported to be a papist, 
especially when the French Gazet from Harlem came out wherein his 
naine was mentioned, l'qov. Sth, F., he went to London to clear 
himself from that scandall to his friends at Whitehall, or else for 
shame. This turning out is in recompence for the taking up armes 
for the king against Monmouth and for the entertaining him (4 Sept.). 
Many of the demies desired the commissioners to be turned out too-- 
so Mr. (William) Joyner from the Commissioners. 
(The) dean of Ch. Ch. (John Massy), IIr. (Obadiah) Walker, 
(William) Joyner, (Robert) Charnock, (Thomas) Higgins, dined » 
with the Commissioners. 

1 ' Harwar' ; 131oxam's ' Magd. Coll. 
and K. James II,' p. 204. 
 on 6 Nov., u! suîbra. 
 a slip inserted in the Alm. for Sept. 
says ' They sent to Ironside to eome 

and sup with them: (he eplied)" I 
cannot come, I eat no supper" I can...' 
It perhaps refers to a refusal to be 
present at this party. Gilbert Ironside, 
warden of Wadham» viee-chancellor. 



:251 

(The presence of troops in Oxford this year is shown by entries in 
the parish registers; e.g. in S. IIichael's 13urials Register ' William 
Diekings, buryed Dee. the I6, a souldier.') 

168} and 1688:4 Jac. II: Vood aet. 56. 

(t the beginning and end of this Almanac are these notes :--) 
John Dunster, a Somersetshire man, proctor of the University 16I, published 
"A 1 litterall exposition of the 79 psahn." 
Fr(ancis) Puccius z epitaph in the church of St. Onuphrim at Rome ; quaere 
register about i6oo. 
Dr. (Robert)Plot told me that Charles Cotton of Staffordshire, gent., whome 
he mentions in the 'Natural s History of Staffordshire,' p. 276, died at London 
i688. He told me 22 lIar. (I6)S 9 (i.e. ïn]) that he had been dead an yeare and 
an hall. 

(There are also these memoranda in connection with the Athcnae :--) 
Jan. I, Su., (to) William Rogers for lIr. Thomas Wolnongh and Dr. William 
Loe at Gloucester. 
Jan. 6, F., letter to Mr. (Richard) Chiswell 4 for Mr. Richard Smith's catalogue 
of works and his life. 
Jan. 7, S., I reminded the bishop of S. Asaph (William Lloyd) about my queries, 
he being then at Suningavell. 
Jan. 8, Su., (to) lIr. (Thomas) Sykes about Im(manuel) Bonrne. 
Jan. 22, Su., letter 5 to Sir John Dugdale about John Davenport bachelor of 
Divinity of Newhaven in England. 
Eodem die, (to) lIr .... Ewards a note to enqnire about Richard Werg « and 
John Shaw of Newcastle. 
29 Jan., Su., to Dr. John Smith about Peter Walsh and Dr. William B(isho)p. 
Eodem die, (to) Sir Henry St. Georg (for a) copy of Sir Thomas Clayton's 
patent. 
Feb. 3, F., at night, 5s 6d for gazets to lIr. Heywood the lawyer to be brought 
from London. 
Feb. 7, T., (to) Sir Edward Sherburne about a College lease of 3ooli. per 
annnm and (for the) obit and place of buriall of poet (Richard) Lovelace from his 
sister Caesar vife of Robert Caesar. 

 John Dunster, 'Prodromos, or the 
litterall destruction of Jerusalem as 
described in Psm. Lxxlx,' Lond. I613, 
8vo. 
z Clark's Reg. Unir. Oxon. II, i. 379- 
s Oxf. 686, fol. 
 a bookseller in London, see suivra , 
note 4, P- 206. 
5 the following letter inserted in the 
beginning of this Almanac is Dugdale's 
rcply (antograph)--' Lond. z4 Jan. 87, 
Sir, I received yours of z-* instant. As 
to your qneries  will send to Covcntie for 

a solution to them and give you as soon 
as I can get it from some of the relation 
there who doubtless can give a truc ac- 
count of that NonCon(formist) preacher. 
So ith my hearty respect to you, I am 
your assured friend and servant John 
Dugdale.' The address is '(For)lIr. 
Anth. Wood, at his (lodg)ing neare 
Merton College Oxford.' A small seal 
is attached ... a cross double pom- 
melled, an annuler in left-top corner." 
The binder has clipt off some letters. 
e giS. has 'John Werg' by a slip. 



9,9 bVOOD'S LIF.E IND 
Feb. , T., fo Rome, by William Rogers, for the obit of Dr. Johannes 
(and the) epitaph of Frcis Puccius. 
Match, (to) John Aubrey, (for) Georg Wild of Edmund Wild. 
ty Mr. (John) Aubrey, Apr. 4, W., x688, (x) letter to Mr .... Turner concem- 
ing John Srjeant, Dr .... Smith. [Delivered .]() Note fo Mr. Ashmole 
Will. Lylie's lire, itin of ir Edward Kelly, of Sir Richd Napier. [He  will 
not prt with Lilly's life.](3) Titles ofjudg (Henry) Roll's repoRs to be tran- 
seribed by Mr. Auboey.(4) (to) Edmund Wild concerning judge Georg Wild. 
() (to) Mr .... Markham for Will. Browne the poet. [Nothing .](6) Dr. 
(Thomas) Pittys his burial.() (to) rinknorth in Malmsbu hundred for 
Tobias Crispe.(8) enquiries o( Thomas Stephens o( Holboe for Thomas 
Stephens e writer (Cantab.).(9) Mr .... Pasehall for knowledge conceing 
judge (Henry) Rolle.(xo) enquiries of Mr .... irket « conceming Benjamin 
Wells of Ails. Coll. 
MoEy 8, T., letter fo Mr. N(athiel) Freind of ristow fo be sent to Mr .... 
Stephens of Tedbury concerning the Stephens. 
Eodem die, to Mr. (7 Matthew) Hutton, eoncerning his Notes. 
May , M., Mr. Haly, Mr. Doyly. 
My , T., fo the bishop o Exeter (Thomas mplugh) for catalogues of 
deanes, archdeacons, chancellor of Exeter. 
8 June, Th., letter to Dr. (Thomas) Brlow about serjeant William Sheprd 
and William Troughton. [o  answer.] 
Jnly , S., to Dr. (Toby) Garbrand about Samuel isher. 
Sept. x3, Th., to William Dewy bout Arthur Pits. 
Sept. 4, F., to Mr. Thomas Danson (or information of William Sheppard om 
his daughter Mris Johnson o( Abendon, and (or information of himoelf. 
Sept.  ri, S., to Sir Edward Sherburne bout Thomas Carew the poet. 
Eem die, to Dr. N(athaniel)Johnston about Dr. Edmund Deane and Mr. 
Henry Swinboue. [No  answer.] 
Sept. o, Th., (to) Dr. (George) Hicks about Gervaoe Warmstrey's works and 
obit. 
Oct. 9, T., to Mr. (William) Hopkins about catalogum cnonicorum Wigorn., 
(and about) (Robot) Johnson, (and) (Hen) Joliff. 
Oct. x3, S., to Mr. (Thomas) Fairfax about Arur Pits to Douay. 
Oct. 4, Su., to Mr. Aubrey how to find out H(enry) Birket  and to send a letter 
to Olor Iscanus for the obit of Dr. John Dard Rhes. 
Nov. 4, Su., about Faian) Hicks,... Philips ; to Silvester Vagh for John 
David Rhese. 
Nov. 8, W., (to) Sir Ilen S. Georg (about) P. Plunket, (and) G(eorge) 
Fleetwood. 
Dec. 5, S., (to) Mr. Hody  about Sir John Popham. 
ffanuary.Jan, e, Munday, between 12 and i post meridiem 
hapned a tire in Ch. Ch. great quadrangle on the north side in the 
lodgings of Dr. Anthony Ratcliff, canon, occasioned by the negligence 

i added later. 
 added later. The MS. in question 
is now 'MS. Ashm. 4I ' fol. îS- 4. 
 added later. 
 perhaps John ]3irkett, M.A. Queen's, 
6 Jnly 68z. 

5 added later. 
6 added later. 
 i.e. Henry Birkhead. 
 possibly Humphrey Hody or Rich- 
ard Hody, both M.A. Wadh. 9 June 
68-'. 



aw.-INUARI; 1688. OE53 
of a student and freshman, chamberfellowes, who lefl fier in the cham- 
ber when they went to dinner. 
Wedn., 4 Jan., died at London the lord Broncard I (quaere his 
Xtian naine) ; left his estate to Sir Carles Niddleton 2. Fasti x648. 
Jan. 5, Th., at Pont's Tavern with 5Ir. (Arthur) Charlet and Nf. 
(Henry) Barker of Trin. Nr. Charlet then told me, as he had 
received it fi'om severall persons that were travellers, that the arch- 
bishop  of Lisbone, a great scholar and virtuoso, who had spent six 
thousand pound in buying of books, had but two books in his study 
that were written by hereticks or had severall matters in them against 
the papists, and one of them two was the ' Hist. and Antiquities of the 
Univ. of Oxon.'; for he had heard that the authour had writ honestly 
and what was put in against the papists was done by another hand . 
Nichael Geddes told him this. 
Jan. 7, S., Nr. Richard Reeves came from France to London with 
intentions to corne to Oxford to teach schoole at Nagd. Coll., which 
place he left I673. Ut fertur tantum: vide post. 
Jan. 8, Su., Dr. (William) Gold told me that Dr. (Thomas) Lane 
of out Coll. was turn'd papist and was to go Secretary to ...... 
embassador into Hungary to congratulate the coronation of the King 
there. Vide postea in this month. Dr. (Thomas) Lane of Nerton 
Coll. vide ' Cat.  Soc. Coll. Nert.' 
Jan. 9, 5I., six new popish fellowes admitted fellowes of Nagd. 
Coll. 
i o Jan., T., Ir. Thomas Collins, schoolmaster of lIagd. Coll., 
return'd from London after he had been there some time to gaine 
a fellowship of Nagd. Coll. and not turne Roman Catholic. In his 
absence 5Ir. (Richard) Wright, his usher, left his place and carried 
away most (of) his scholars to teach them privatly in the great stone- 
house against the Checquer Inn. 'Tis said 5If. Collins hath lost his 
reputation among his friends. 
i  Jan., w., at four in the afternoone 47 more (popish fellowes) 
admitted (at Iagd. Coll.) ; vide post. 
Upon the admission of io new fellows of Nagd. Coll. (gth and 
1 tth of Jan.) Nf. (Robert) Charnock the vice-president gave out 

i Henry ]3rounker, $rd viscount 
]3rounker. 
 Sir Charles Littleton, see Evelyn's 
Diary under date 24 iXlar. I68. 
3 Ludovicus de Sousa, a Cardinal in 
1697 , died 17o2. 
« i. e. by Dr. John Fell. 

5 Wood by this indicates a dubious 
report. 
 a MS. by Wood now partly in the 
]3allard MSS. in Bodl., partly at iXerton 
Coll. 
* '4' substituted for' 5 ': see Bloxam's 
'iXlagd. Coll. and James II,' p. 232. 



OE54 IVOOD'S LlFi .41VD TIIIES. 
that they would make use of the Coll. in a popish way, whereupon all 
plebeians frequent it on Sundays and some on Holydayes to keep 
them out. The outward chappell full and the pavement full. The 
bell on Sunday nights tolls late when other chappel]s are donc, 
purposely that scholars may participate of that service. 
Jan.' 1687 (i.e. ç), upon the ejection of iIagd. Coll. fellows and 
the major part of (the) demies, it was given out by iIr. (Robert) 
Charnoc (the vice-president) that mass should be said in the 
ehappell. Wherupon people resorted to that place more than or- 
dinary to fill up the chappel to prevent it, especially on Sundayes. 
They have got the hint ; and all people flock the more, and 1V[asters 
of Arts of other bouses fill up the fellows' seats. 
[Sabina Meriton  alias Bowes of Aldenham in Hertfordshire did by ,viii dated 
•.. Oct. z683 give ber estate after payment of her debts, legaeies, and funeral ex- 
penses to the University of Oxford ; which came to seaven hundred seventy and 
seven pounds rive shillings and ten pence. For which the Universitie gave a 
generall acquittance, Th., 2 Jan., 3 Jac. II, z68-.] 
Jan. 13, Friday, St. Peter's (in the East) bell rung out for ......  
of Queen's College. 
Jan. x6, lI., fourteen demies turn'd out by the new fellows of 
1V[agd. Coll. for disobedience to the president; vide alibi « 
Jan. 9, Th., (Edward Henry Lee) earl of Liechfield, lord leiv- 
tenant of Oxfordshire, at the Cross Inn to meet with the country 
gentlemen to take of(f) the test: but 4 or 5 or 6 there. (He) 
took each apart in a withdrawing-roome. 
Jan 20, Friday, at Turl Coffey-house, inter horas 4 et 5, IIr. 
(Walter) Howell  of Jes. Coll., a black  man, told me in the presence 
of iIr. (Arthur) Charlet and another of Jes. Coll. in a tufted gowne 
that I play'd at cards with lIr. (Richard) Reeves at 4 of the clock 
on Sunday in the afternoone and that a gent. of 4ooh: per annum 
told him. 
Jan. 21, Sat., a scatter'd libell taken up by Georg Thompson, butler 
of Alls. Coll., containing an accompt of 3 women to be brought to 
bed and if any of the children is a boy, he must be nursed up and be 

 this note is inserted at the begin- 
ning of the Almanac for 687. 
 note in MS. Bodl. 594, P- l9- 
z probably Anthony Tonstall (M.A. 
Queen's Coll. 8 .[uly x68o), whose will 
vas proved  Feb. 68 : John Griffiths' 
]»de.r fo Oxford lVills. 
* see ]31oxam's 'Magd. Coll. and 
James II,' p. z3z. 

 i.e. to ask their support for the 
king in his effort to procure the repeal 
of the Penal Laws and the Test Act: 
see Luttrell i. 49, 4zo (Nov. 687) and 
i. 4zz (Dec. 687). 
« Walter Howell, B.D. Jes. 8 July 
68o. 
7 i.e. ' dark ' as opposed to « fair.' 



rANAR Y, 1688. 

255 

King 1. Delivered by Thompson to a justice of peace (quaere, 5Ir. 
(Obadiah) Walker). 
Jan. 23, 5I., the vicechancellor 2 with the president of 5Iagd. Coll. 
((Samuel Parker) bishop of Oxford) to tell him that he will hOt 
permit the new fellows to weare gownes unless matriculated. 
(SIatthew) Tyndall 3 of Ail Souls Coll., LL. Dr., a great frequenter 
of lX, Ir. (Obadiah) Walker's club. 

[Arthur Thompson 4, lately gentleman commoner of St. Edmund's hall, son and 
heir of Sir John Thompson a nonconformist baronet , died in the hired house of his 
father in the parish of St. Peter in the East Oxon (in that house which was lately 
rented by Dr. James Hyde of Dr. Nicholas Stratford deane of S. Asaph) on Friday 
27 January 1659. Whereupon his body was carried to Haversham in 13ucks and 
buried in the ehurch there among his relations. (Arms :--) ' or, on a fess indented 
azure 3 starrs argent, a canton azure eharged with a sun in its glory, over ail a file 
,vith 3 labells gules.' His mother Frances was daughter of Arthur (Annesley) 
(first) earl of Anglesey.] 
Jan. 29, Su., fl(annel) shi(rt). 
29 Jan., Su., a libell stuek up on Ch. Ch. dote of Dublin reflecting much on the 
King, Queen, and Queen dowager; the author not diseovered. The like on the 
Temple Church dote ; quaere letters. 

2 9 Jan., Sunday, a thanksgiving throut the nation (London ex- 
cepted) for (the) Queen being breeding. Her breeding was occasion'd 
as the papists say by the prayers of the chaplayne of Our Lady of 
Loretto to whome the duchess of iXIodena (mother to the said Queen) 
bequeathed a golden heart at her death, purposely to pray for her 
breeding a son: but the Protestants say 'twas by ber being at the 
Bath last August. No bells in Oxford rang but Ch. Ch. and lIagd. 
Coll., the first by the command of the deane, the other by the presi- 
dent and new fellowes ; and at 9 at night Great Tom rung. Bonfiers 
at severall colleges, 5agd., Ch. Ch., Allsouls, Queen's, St. Alban 
Hall. lXlr. (William) Lancaster of Queen's Coll. preached in the 
morning ; and iXIr. (John) Norris  of Alls. Coll. in the afternoon. 

 thus early had preparations been 
lnade to throw doubt on the gemdne- 
ness of the expected Prince of Wales' 
birth. 
 Gilbert Ironside, warden of Wadham. 
 Matthew Tindall admitted com- 
moner of Linc. Coll.  Mar. 
' son of John Tindall, rector of Beer- 
ferris (i. e. ]3ere Ferrers) Devonshire, 
born at ]3eerferris, aetat, x5'; 13.A. 
Exet. 17 Oct. I676 ; ]3.C.L. Allsouls 17 
Dec. 1679 ; D.C.L. 7 .[uly 6 5. 

4 note in Wood MS. F 4 P- 174- 
Burke's Extinct t?awnetage gives as 
issue of Sir John Thompson of Havers- 
haro (ereated baronet x 2 Dee. x673, and 
created baron Haversham in x696 ) two 
sons, lIauriee, and George. 
 ' baronet ' is substituted for ' knight.' 
 Luttrell i. 426. Wood 883 (3) is 
the ' Form of prayer for the Queen's 
delivery,' Lond. x688. 
v John Norris, B.A. Exet. I5 June 
I68o, II.A. Ails. 22 Apr. 1684. 



H'OOD'S LIFE AA'D TI21ES. 

Tuesd., 3  Jan. I687 (i. e. ,), one or three demies 1 inviting the 
 4 lately expelled to dinner, they dined at the demies' table in the 
hall, had severall dishes of rneat, sate with their hats cock'd in 
defianee of the new rnasters, continued sitting after the rnasters had 
risen, drank healths (' confusion to the Pope,' quaere). After dinner 
Mr. (Robert) Charnock the vice-president and several of the fellows 
went to Wadharn Coll. the backway and cornplained to (Gilbert) 
Ironsides the vicechancellor of the rudeness of those rnasters. In the 
evening of that day the said 3 dernies were expell'd. Mr .... Scars- 
brig tells rne that Mr .... Lucy , who invited the said demies, had 
his gowne taken of his back and expel'd the University; the other 
two dernies fined 4os; and the 14 bound to flaeir good behaviour 3 
• 'ebrun.ry.--Feb. i, Wedn., . .. Angelo, a Frenchman, General of 
the Carrnes, aet. 50 or more, left Oxford after he had lodged about 
3 or 4 nights at the Mitre. He lives at Arnsterdam and bath a ooo 
soules that he preaches to there. (He) transeribed several things 
frorn my book ' de 4 Carmelitis,'--so Mr. (Thomas) Deane,--desirous 
to sec me but (did) hot. 
Feb. , Wedn., Mris Margaret Barry at John Barret's, daughter of 
Edward I3arry of Hampton Gay, was rnarried to ... O'connier, an 
Irishman and cornrnon trooper. Taken out of lIr. Barret's bouse by 
O'connier and 4 or 5 troopers xi Feb., Sat. "Tis reported sinee they 
were rnarried 9 Jan., M. 
6 Feb., Munday, the king's inauguration day solernnly observed at 
Oxon., Mr. (Samuel) Adarns, fellow of Exeter Coll., preached at St. 
Marie's ; the generallity of the bells rung ; bonfiers. 
Feb. o, F., Scholastica's day, all things earried well at St. Marie's. 
Feb. xo, F., S. Scholastica's day, in the rnorning reported that Sarnuel 
(Parker), bishop of Oxford, is dead. 
lïodern die 17 dernies that were expelled appeared in the viee-chan- 
cellor's court to answer for the riot eomrnitted in Magd. Coll. hall, 3  
Jan; Feb. xi, S., appeared againe and what became of them quaere post. 
Feb. i6, Thursd., severall persons rernoved out of counsell house 
at Oxford, viz. Sir Williarn Walker (knight, alderman), Thomas 
Fifeild (alderman)--in their places alderrnan William Wright (who 
gave an entertainment), Robert Pauling (mercer). 

1 ]31oxam's 'Magd. Coll. and James 
Il,' p. 36. 
 i.e. Charles Livesay, ibid. p. 36 ; 
Bloxam's Reg. Coll. Magd. iii. p. 40; 
B.A. 3 Feb. 

 here followed ' quaere ultra,' scored 
out. 
a Wood's Hist. et Antiq. Univ. Oxon. 
lib, I, pp. 98-o4; scc Clark's Wood's 
Cily of Oxford, il. p. 43. 



7AN. -- 3IARCIt, 1688. 

Sir John Doyly, Sir (Robert) Dashwood, . . . Herbert of Kingsey 
--in a paper elswhere. 
Feb. 25, Festum Ovorum (Egg-Saturday), about 80 bachelors pre- 
sented ad determinandum. 

28 Feb., Shrovetuesday, the rabble of York assembled, offered violence to the 
bouse of a certaine gêntleman there (supposed a Jesuit) by breaking and pulling 
downe, but were soon dispersed by two companiês. This in one 1errer at Woollêy's 
msee another that I have of Match 6, T. 
Feb. 9, W., cl(ean) sheets. 
In this month a diêd Dr. William Hore, preb. of Worcester, in the parish of 
S. Saviour in Southwark--so Dr. Thomas Smith. 

Several of the new fellows (papists) that are setled in Magd. Coll. 
goe in mourning gownes and when in the street are girned at, flouted, 
and sometimes cal'd after with ill names; nay, and hOt contented 

xvith that, some xvaggish 
will goe into their groves 
to girn at and flout them. 
the new fellows they have 
(thro' which passes horses 

quarrelsome scholars that are protestants 
and water-walks to meet them purposcly 
Which matter being much resented by 
caused the great dote next to Magd. Hall 
and carts), the little dote that leads from 

the cloister, and the dore leading from the kitchin into the grove 
and water-walks, to be alwaies kept shut and none to have passaeg 
thro' those dores to abuse them. These dores-vere commanded to 
be kept shut before the middle of this month. 
Note that when Dr. (John) Fell was deane of Ch. Ch. there were 
usually 35 or 36 gentlemen-commoners and 8 or io *noblemen ; now 
since this last Xtmas there are but 2 gentlemen-commoners and not 
one noble man. Not one commoner of Magd. Coll. and hOt one 
noble man. 
lureh.--[John Chetham or Chitham z, a leivtenant in the earl of 
Peterborough's regiment quartering in Oxon, son of ... Chetham 
leivtenant-colonell in the saine regiment (formerly an officer under 
Oliver Cromwell), died in the bouse of one Dudley a glover opposit 
to the Theater, on, Th., the first of ]Iarch 1685 ; and was the next 
day buried in the chancell of S. lIartin's church in Oxon, being then 
attended by the regiment to his grave. (Arms :--) ' sable, a griffin 
rampant or within a bordure gules charged -«-ith 8 bezants' : creast 
is 'a demy griffin rampant or issuing out of a wreath or and sable.' 
Descended 3 from the Chethams of Cheshier.] 
Match 2, F., (John) Chitham, a leivgenant of horse, son of leivtênant-coll .... 

 his successor was installed 8 Mar. 
I68 r. 
VOL. III, 

note in Wood MS. F 4, P-  74- 
this sentence is in pencil only. 



IVOOD'S LIFE AND TIAIES. 

Chetham (sometimes a major under Oliver), was buried in St. Martin's church. 
I)ied at Dudley's, a glover, against the Theater. 
Match 2, F., four more new fellows 1 of Magd. CoII. adrnitted. 
[Mar.  2, 687 (i. e. ) Mary Hobrey, a popish French rnidwife, 
was burnt in Leycester feilds neare London for murthering ber 
drunken husband, a Protestant.] 
hlarch 4, Su., dined with Mr. (William) Joyner, bursar of Magd. 
Coll., who told me that the fellows of Magd. Cll. who were turn'd 
out in Nov. going belote, had pa,«n'd rnost part of the Coll. plate ; 
that he (the said Mr. Joyner) had then received no rents or had 
any fines corne in; and that the Cll. was behind hand. They 
pawn'd it to I)an. Porter 4 for 7ooli. to carry on the controversies 
between the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the president and 
fellows, [Onlie  5oli. pawned to I)an. Porter.] 
[Robert Newlin 6, D. of D. and president of Corp. Xti Coll. in Oxon, son of 
Richard Newlin of Goldley or Goldleigh in the parish of Prior's Deane in Hamp- 
sbire, died in his lodgings neare to C. C. Coll. on Munday night about 12 of 
the clock, 5 of March 68, aged 90 or more ; and was buried 3 dayes after in 
the outer chappell of the said College. (Arms :--) ' argent, on a chevron gules 
surmounted with a cross pattée fitchée gules 3 bezants ; impaling, vert, a griffin 
rampant or.' IIe took to wife about an yeare before his majesty Charles II his 
restauration, Jane the daughter of Dr. Daniel Collins prebendarie of Windsore, 
widdow of William Dring a clergie man; but had no issue by her. The said 
Dring left ber a joynture of 4oli. per armure, which was all that maintained them 
till the said Dr. Newlin was restored to his presidentship from which he was ejected 
by the parliamentaian ¥isitors anno I648.--Jane , widdow of the said Dr. Newlin 
died in the house of alderman ... Eustace in S. Marie's parish in Oxon, 22 May, 
694 ; bnried at Mortimer in Berks by her first husband.] 
March 6, Tuesday, inter  2 et i ante rneridiem , died I)r. Robert 
Newlin, president of C.C.C., aged 9 ° or therabouts, which hapned 
frorn a soare foot which caused the toes to rot off. 
Mar. , Su., fl(annel) sh(irt). 
Mar. 13, T., I)r. (Thornas) Turner elected president of C. C. C. 
News letter at Halls dated T., Mar. 13, 1687 (i. e. ), saith tiret the leamed Mr. 

 see ]31oxam's 'Magd. Coll. and 
James II,' p. 239. 
 note in Wood 365 (33) ' A hellish 
murder committed by a 17reneh mid- 
wife on the body of ber hsband Jan. 
27, I68-,' Lond. 1688. Wood notes 
' this pmnphlet vas published belote or 
about the rime she was burnt.' 
 in Luttrell i. 469 the embezzlement 
of the College plate is attributed to the 

intruded (Romanisf) felloxvs : but see 
131oxam's Reg. Coll. Magd. ii. p. clviii. 
 goldsmith, of Oxford. 
 this correction was added later. 
 note in Wood MS. F 4, P- IT5- 
See Gutch's \Vood's Coll. and Halls, p. 
403. 
7 substituted for ' Mar. 5, Munday, at 
t2 at night ' : a note here says ' lXIar. 5, 
Dr. Newlin died, vide Catalogue.' 



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260 IVOOD'S ZIFE AND TIAIES. 

... Chetwood 1 hath the archdeaconry of Canterbury bestowed on him by the 
King which the bishop of Oxford held in commendam. 
[Mary Sayer 3, of the familie of the Sayers in Berks, died in Allsaints parish in 
the house of... King goldsmith on, T., the 13 March, 168, aged î3 or there- 
abouts, and was buried at the upper end of the chancell of St. Ebbe's church within 
the citie of Oxon. (Arms :--) 'argent an eseocheon gules over ail a bend between 
3 beares rampant sable; impaling, argent a fess ingrailed between 3 sea-gulls 
sable.'--Her first husband was one Roger Robinson, an attorney of S. Ebb's 
parish, by whome shee had several children, but all died young.--Her second 
husband was Edmund De la cre (Delacre) of tIuntingdonshire but of French 
extract, by whome shee had issue Charles Delacre, a son, etc. This her second 
husband left her many yeares before shee died, and lives now in Jaimaca, vhere he 
with his son Charles are lnerchants, anno 1688.] 
lXIar, 4, W., in the morning a common councill at Gild hall. 
lXlar. 4, W., judge (Sir Richard) Allibon and judge (Sir Richard) 
Holloway came into Oxford to begin the assize ; the commission was 
opned that night inter 6 et 7 and z t justices of peace of the countie 
were left out of whome some were Drs. and heads of houses, as Sir 
Thomas Clayton of lIerton Coll., Dr. Henry ]3eeston of New Coll., 
I)r. John Lamphire. 
The next day, llar. 5, Th., sermon at S. lXIarie's, judge Holloway 
there (who came in that morning from Wallingford) ; l[r. (Alexander) 
Croke z of Wadham Coll. preached (of the Crokes of Chilton). The 
High Sherriff, Sir Henry ]3rowne of Kiddington, went to deane 
lIassie's chapel at Ch. Ch. ; lXIr .... Ward, a Jesuit, chaplain to dean 
lXlassy, preached to the popish auditory. They vent to the Gild hall 
and nominated severall justices in the places of the former; some 
that had been ejected before, that had been violent enimies to papists, 
as esquire Hord. The High Sheriff had about 3 ° liveryes (green, 
faced with red), the assize  liveries being terminated, [not 
Strang alterations ruade at this time in regulating corporations and 
putting in and out justices of the peace and other officers, to the great 
discontent of the nation. Great things a(re) design'd which time 
will reveale. 
Father Peter Walsh died about the beginning of this month, or 
middle; quaere at the latter end  of this Almanac, quaere ]31ount's 

a probably Knightley Chetwood, 
prebendary of Wells and afterwards 
dean of Gloucester. The present report 
was false, Samuel Parker being suc- 
ceeded in the archdeaconry on 23 Mar. 
I68 by John Battely, D.D. 
 note in Wood MS. F 4, P. 175. 
s Alexander Croke, M.A. Wadh.6 June 

1681; Gardiner'sReg.Coll.Wadh.p. 306. 
 MS. has ' asside? 
n 'not'is added later, perhaps as a 
contradiction of the last clause. 
« the reference is to a slip now in- 
serted in June out of place, which 
formerly came after Dec. ; this note is 
given itfra in square brackets. 



2IMRCIt, 1688. OE6 i 
letter num. 68, vide Y. z. letters, sec in Dr. (Thomas) ]3arlow. 
[Father 1 Walsh, a moderat man and a secular priest, died about the 
middle of lIarch I68 : he used to say after the duke of York was 
turned papist that ' if ever he should COlïae to be King, then popery 
will take its farwell of England.' King Charles II used to say that 
'when he "- came to be King he would not continue in the throne 
above 3 yeares.'] 
Nexvs letter dated 17 Mar., S., saith that the ead of Bolinbrok s dying without 
issue male, the title and estate goes to Paulet S. John, esquire. 
iIarch i9, Munday, (Richard) Carter, brewer, elected alderman in 
the place of R(obert) Pauling, who refused to succeed alderman 
(Thomas) Fyfeild. Entred alibi. 
[Samuel Parker 4, D.D., archdeacon of Canterbury and lord bisbop of Oxon, as 
also president of S. Marie Magd. Coll. within the Universitie of Oxon, died in his 
lodgings, situat and being within the said College on Tuesday 2o Match I68, 
about 7 of the dock in the evening, aged 47 and some months ; and was buried on 
Saturday 24 of the saine month on the north side of the outer chappell belonging 
to the said College. (Arms :--) ' or on 3 escocheons sable as many pheons of the 
first ; impaling, parted per fesse indented azure and or.' He was the son of John 
larker of Northampton educated in the common law in one of the Temples, who 
being an active man in the time of the rebellion, was made Sarjeant at Law by 
Oliver Cromwell. This Dr. Samuel Parker married Rebecca, daughter of ... 
Phesant of London  ; by whome he had sons and daughters, of which only 2 sons 
were living at his death, riz. Gilbert and Samuel, Parker ; the former was godson 
to Gilbert Sheldon, archbishop of Canterbury.] 
lIar. 20, Tuesday, about 7 of the clock in the evening died Samuel 
Parker, D.D., bishop of Oxon and president of iUagd. Coll., in 
his lodgings there. The bell did not ring out for him till Wedn. 
IIar. 2i inter horas 11 et i z. 
2i iIar., Wedn., inter horas i9. et i iIagd. Coll. great bell rang 
out for the bishop of Oxon who died in IIagd. Coll. the day before 
(iIar. -o) circa horam 7 post meridiem. 
iIar. 24, Sat., being the last day of the yeare (the saine day was 
twel-month that Dr. Henry Clerk died) he was buried in south side 
of iUagd. Coll. outer chappell circa horam 9 post meridiem; six 
heads of houses held up the pall, and two doctors (whereof Dr. 
(John) Ludwell the physitian was one) followed him; carried round 
the cloister by torchlight, the choristers singing before ; the armes of 

i see preceding note. See Evelyn's 
I)iary under date 6 Jan. x68]. 
 James, duke of York. 
 Oli'er St. John, second earl ; I)aulet 

St. John, third earl, was his brother. 
4 note in Wood MS. F 4, P- I76. 
 ' London' is in pencil only. 



OE6OE I4/'OOD'S LZFE AND TI21ES. 

his family impaled by those of the see of Oxon ; and prayers of the 
Church of England said in the chapel and at his grave 1; under the 
stone"- of (William) Grey son of the baron (Grey) of Wilton. lr. 
(Samuel) Junipher 3 ruade a speech at his grave to his great com- 
mendation and spoke against Andrew Marvell. 
Upon the bishop's death (who would not surfer mass to be said 
(in) the chapel) (Robert) Charnock, a new convert and vice-presi- 
dent, secured the keys and denies protestant prayers to be said. The 
first rime prayers were omitted was Wedn. Mat. 28. 13ells were 
tolled at io in the morn. but word was sent that they 'spare their 
labour for no more prayers should be said there,' meaning protestant 
prayers. 
3 ° Mat., F., Dr. John Lamphire died, principal of Itart Hall and 
Itistory Professor, aetat. 73 (quaere). William Thornton, of Wadh. 
Coll., admitted principal the next day. 
[John Lamphire 4, I)r. of Phys., principal of Hart hall and historie professor of 
the Universitie of Oxon, son of George Lamphire somtimes an apothecarie in the 
citie of Winchester, dicd in his lodgings in Hart hall on Friday 3o of March I688, 
aged 74 or thereabouts, sine prole. He was buried, M., 2 Apr., at the lower end 
of New Coll. chappell, neare to the vest dore. (Amas :--)  azure, on a fess gules 
a cressant for a difference sable, between 3 lozenges or.'] 
Dr. Clegate 5 of Grey's Inn died (vide news letter) latter end of Match. 
Mat. 31, Sat., (Bonaventure) Gifford, popish titular bishop, in- 
stalled president of Magd. Coll. by proxie 6; at the same rime 7 
demies admitted. 
&pril.-Apr. 2, M., Convocation at 8 in the morning, lXlr. Leopold 
William Finch, warden of Alls. Coll., Dr. (Charles) Aldworth, lately 

 Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, 
P- 349- 
 Guteh's Wood's ColL and Halls, 
p. 33 . 
 Samuel Jenefar, M.A. Magd. C. 6 
May x684 ; Bloxam's Reg. Coll. Magd. 
iii. OE4; 131oxam's 'Magd. Coll. and 
James II,' p. 208. 
* note in Wood MS. F 4, P- 176- In 
Wood MS. F I, on a slip at the end, is 
a note, in Dr. Lamphire's hand, extracted 
from William of Malmsbury. In Wood 
MS. F 27 is a paper ' Of the standing 
necessary tobe proctor of the University 
of Oxon, with a list of proctors 155o- 
1667,' which Wood notes fo be ' from 
the papers of I)r. John Lamphire, Apr. 
16887 From the saine source and, no 

doubt, at the saine time, XYood got one 
of his book-lists (the auction-catalomle 
of Thomas Manton's books), which is 
round as ' catalogue 3 ' in Wood E 13 
and has written in it ' for Itart Hall, 
from the bookseller' and ' I)r. L,' 
i.e. Lamphire.Wood 276 A no. 
CCCCCXXXV, Latin commendatory 
verses by Samuel Tennulius on Nicolaus 
Witsenius, was a present from Lamphire, 
having this note by Wood 'mihi dedit 
J. L., M.D., 1679.' 
5 Dr. Clagget, Ltttrell i. 436- William 
Clagett, D.D. Cambr., t'reacher to 
Gray's Inn. 
6 Bloxam's ' Magd. Coll. and James 
II,' p..,42. 



3[,.tRCH- ,4PRZL, 1688. OE6 3 
ejected from Magd. Coll., stood for the History Professor's place 1 
Mr. Henry Dodwell, sometimes M.A. of Dublin, being absent and 
not here, his numerous acquaintance put him up to stand and carried 
it by at least io votes above Finch (who had 96). This Mr. Dodwell 
hath for severall years frequented once in a yeare the University for 
a month or 6 weeks at a rime, and frequenting coffey-houses where 
the clergy resort, they round so much satisfaction, content, and learn- 
ing in his discourse, as also affableness and love to the clergy, that 
they thereupon chose him. Dr. John Mill (was) a sfiff canvasser for 
Henry Dodwell. Note that Leopold Finch, warden of Alls. Coll. 
asked Mr. (Jonas) Proast , chaplain of that house, for his vote; 
he answered that he had promised to give it to Mr. Dodwell (for he 
told him belote he canvas'd that he should give it him ) : yet notwith- 
standing, the next day (because he gave it him not)he dashed his 
naine out of the book--he had been late at Ch. C. over night anaong 
his companions where the plot was laid. I have all those passages 
in a paper inter ' Oxoniensia.' 
Apr. :3, Tuesd., Mr. (Jonas) Proast, chaplain of Alls., expelled s 
thence by the new warden for contempt, quaere ultra of Mr .... 
Charleton, sconced 5oh" (quaere). Mr. (Thomas> Creech tells me 
'twas for not giving his vote for the warden whcn he stood to be 
History Professor and for being medling and troublesome in the 
house. When the warden stood he sent for all the fellows and 
chaplains to desire their votes and then Mr. Proast to!d him he was 
engaged for another. 
Apr. :3, T., a great deal of snow, more then ever fell in one or 
2 dayes in the winter going before : Apr. 5, Th., a great deal more. 
Snow, haile, wind, faine to 7 or 8 Apr.--the spring very backward 4. 
Apr. 5, Th., St. Marie's bell rang out for... Owen, fellow of Alls. 
Coll., who died in the country. 
_A_pr. 7, Sat., a popish trumpeter,... Cornet, a Frenchman aet. 3 o, 
hanged early in the morning in the Castle for killing a man at Henley. 

 'Charles Aldworth, LL.D. had 86 
votes; William Leopold Finch, A.M., 
varden of Alls. Coll., 98 votes; Henry 
I)odwell, A.M., lO 4' : MS. Bodl. 594, 
p. 119. 
 Jonas Proast, B.A. Queen's 19 June 
663, M.A. Gloc. I-t. 3I May 1666. A 
paper by him about the Magd. Coll. 
controversy with James II is round in 
Rawl. MSS. ]ï) ; see index to Macray's 
Ctalogue of that Collection. 

 Proast appealed fo the ¥isitor, and 
ultimately had the warden's decree 
reversed, see Dfra under date 3 Oct. 
I692. Wood 65 (55) is ' The case of 
Jonas Proast M.A.,' in which XXood 
notes,' Nov. xi anno 169o dedit mihi 
apud London Jonas Proast: it was 
published in October.' 
4 see Evelyn's I)iary tmder dates 15 
Apr. and 29 Apr. 688. 



OE64 WOOD'S LIFE AND TI2IES. 
He had kil'd two before and the king had pardoned him once. lXIr. 
(Obadiah) Walker and his chaplain ((Edward) Umberston) were 
there doing the last office. 
In the wêeke belote Easter xveeke (Thursday (Apr.  2), I think) the body of Sir 
Philip Hareollrt of Staunton-Harcollrt was carried thro' Dorchester to be interred 
in Stanton Harcomt by his first wife (Anne, the daughter of Sir William Waller, 
knight). He had issue Simon Harcourt, B. of Arts of Pembr. Coll., afterwards 
recorder of Abendon in the place of... Finmore deceased who succeeded 
(Richard) Medlieot (but Medlicot came in againe in anuo 1687 and Ilarcourt was 
pttt out 1). Sir l'hilip by his second wife (daughter of . •. Leigh) haà issue ... 
tIarcourt of Gloe. Hall. 
Apr. x3, Good Friday, fl(annel) sh(irt). 
Dr. (Iatthew) Tyndall, fellow of Alls. Coll. declared himself 
a papist about Easter anno x687, and was esteemed a zealous brother, 
and was on the point of being a Carthusian, but reading Dr. Isaac 
]3arrow his book and by conversation with some of his bous, he 
denied the popish religion and took the sacrament in the Coll. chapel 
anaong the fellows on Easter day (Apr. 5) 688, notwithstanding he 
held a candle in deane lIassyes chapel on Candlemas day (2 Feb.) 
before. 
Apr. 7, Easter Tuesday, (ttenry Mordaunt) earl of Peterborough, 
knight of the garter, and chamberlain of . .., and colonel of the 
regiment of horse in Oxon, entred in at the North Gate in the after- 
noone at 4, conducted by his troop thro' the north street to ]3rooks 
his house where he lodged against the ]3ull Inne. People jealous of 
his comming. Apr. xS, W., (he was) at lIr. lIassy's chapel at Ch. 
Ch. where was a sermon, as they say. Ail popish scholars in Oxford 
resorted to him, to congratulate lais comnfing. 
Apr. x 8, W., late at night, a corporal of ]3ister  was kil'd by another 
soldier at the King's Head tavern,--a protestant, kil'd by a papist. 
z Apr., Lowsunday, Thomas Rogers, II.A. Hart Hall. repeated. 
Apr. 22, Lowsunday, mass in the morn and vespers in the evening 
were celebrated in lIagd. Coll. chapel by the fellows and demies, Ir. 
Thomas Fairfax officiated, lIany crowded in for noveltie sake to grin 
and sneare; many to'nsmen and women, the saine who on Out 
Lady day last (being Sunday) crowded in purely out of devotion to 
heare protestant service and keep out (if possibly) the papists. To this 
mass and vespers tol'd the great bell, and afterwards the little one rang. 
Sunday, Apr. z z, ]3onaventure Gifford, a Sorbon Dr., and a 
secular preist, was consecrated bishop of Iadaura ' in partibus infi- 
x an interlinear note, added later, says  ' corporal of Bister ' substituted for 
' tIarcourt in againe.' ' qtmtermaster.' 



APRIL, 1688. 265 
delium' at St. James. He is president of Magd. Coll., borne at 
Wolverhampton in Staffordshire. 
Apr. 23, M., St. Georg's day, Coronation day, ringing of bells and 
bonfiers; no Holyday service or serinons, only service extraordinary 
at Magd. Coll. chapel. 
News letter, dated T.,24 Apr. 1688, saith that Mr. (Stephen) Jay, minister of Chin- 
nore eom. Oxon., doth offer to his majesty to annex* the perpetual advowson of 
that Chureh (which is his de proprio, and worth 3oo/i. per armure) conditionally 
his majesty will bestow the bishopriek on him. (This person was a green ribban 
man tempore Monmouth.)--Dr. (Franeis) Hawkins = of the Tower to be ricane of 
Chichester loeo Dr. (George) Stradling.--Monsieur Satree s a protestant divine of 
lXlountpelier (whose family was kind to the king in his exile) to be preb. of West- 
minster.--Dr. (Thomas) Turner, president of C. C.C. Oxford, to be preb. of 
Paul's. 
About 7 Apr. (S.) (the) vicechancellor (Gilbert Ironside) and 
(Robert) Charnock vicepresident of Magd. Coll. had a conference 
about the preacher to the University on S. lXlark's day in Magd. Coll. 
chapel. The vicechancellor told him the Coll. vas to be sconced; 
Charnock said he had provided a preacher. The vicechancellor 
asked ' Who ?'; he said ' Fairfax' : (the vice-chancellor said) ' Wee 
shaP. hot then be there to heare e(u)logies on the Virgin Mary.' 
Wherefore the vice-chancellor appointed one of his owne bouse of 
Wadh. Coll. (named (Charles) Whiting ) to preach at St. Marie's. 
2 5 Apr., W., St. Mark's day, bell rung and tol'd at lXIagd. Coll. for 
sermon at 1o. Mr. Thomas Fairfax appeared in the pulpit in his 
surplice, hot in the pulpit in the outward chapel as those that preach 
the University serinons use to doe, but in the pulpit in the middle of 
the choire. The juniors flock'd there and the rabble; but the 
generallity rather scoff(ed)and sneared. At the saine rime St. 
Marie's bell rung and tol'd for the vicechancellor, Doctors, and 
University, who refused to corne to Magd. Coll. At 1o lXIr. (Charles) 
Whyting of Wadham Coll. preached a good sermon (Fairfax's, they 

say, was but a dull one ). 

1 i.e. to the bishopric of Oxon. Cp. 
sup-a p. 261. 
z Dr. Francis Hawkins (minister of 
the Tower) was installed dean of Chi- 
chester on 12 May 1688. 
3 Wood notes 'A.M. Oxon. 1688'; 
see James Sartré in Wood's Fasti 1688. 
His Latinized naine' Sartreus' is mis- 
read ' Sartrens' in Hardy's Le Neve. 
 he was installed 17 May 1688. 
 Charles Whiting, M.A. Wadh. 2 July 

1683 ; Gardiner's Reg. Coll. Wadh. p. 
321. 
 this long note is substituted for a 
less accurate short one :-- About 7 of 
Apr. a conference between vicechan- 
cellor and Robert Charnock about a 
preacher at Magd. Co11. on St. Mark's 
day. Apr. 25, S. Mark's day, Thomas 
Fairfax of Magd. Coll., fellow and 
Jesuit, preached in Magl. Coll. chapel 
before the University.' 



266 wooD's ZIFL ,4_ArD TI3IES. 

The first day of the University terme being St. Mark's day, the new 
proctors (Thomas) Dunster of Wadh. and (William) Christmas of 
New Coll. did not take (their)place or admitted till Thursday, 26 
April. 
[Robert Holloway t, Bac. of Arts and fellow of New ColIege, son of Thomas 
IIolloway of Great Horwood in Bueks eounsellor at law, died, M., 3o Apr. 1688. 
(Arms) :--'... , a fesse between 3 ereseents . .., a canton... '] 
lay.--May i, T., wheras on every lIay-day morning about 4 of 
the dock, the choristers and clerks of Magd. Coll. used to sing on 
their Tower (which bath been constantly kept since the King's 
returne) was this morn. neglected for want of choristers and clerks. 
1Vews letter dated T., May I, 1688, saith that lord Berkley's bouse at S. J'ames 
is ruade a priorie for Ienedietines and was consecrated for that use, Saturday 
before--(the) Queen was present. Or thus :--' 28 Apr., Sat., a chapel for the 
13enedictin nse, in the house of the lord Berkley at St. James, was consecrated, 
the Queen being present. The next day (Sunday) father... Corker, t'rovineial 
of the Benedictines and envoy to his majesty from the bishop of Coloigne, preachecl 
a sermon on that occasion.' 
May 6, Sunday Philip Ellis consecrated titnlar bishop of .... in St. James' 
chappell, the king present and many of the dignified clergy of England ((Thomas 
Cartwright) bishop of Chester; (Thomas Watson, bishop of) St. David's, quaere). 
Quaere John Ellis, 1665, (in the 
!May o, Thursd., the pope's nuntio (Dada) being invited, he came 
to St. James house neare London, and at the gate the monks of the 
]3enedictin Order who had invited him received him in their formalities 
and conducted him with lighted tapers to the chappell there. _A_fier 
which was donc they conducted him to the place where they were to 
dine and there nobly entertain'd him. Afterwards, as another letter 
• saith, he was conducted to the chapel with tapers and there after 
service he gave the benediction. 
1May I 5, Su., James  Smith was consecmted titular bishop of . , in the 
Queen Dowager's chappell (at Somerset house); the Queen Dowager bestowecl 
about IOOO//. towards his ornaments ancl other necessaries. (So news) ferrer; 
quaere Richard Reeves. 
iMay 17, Th., cl(ean) sheets. 
iMay x S, Friday, iMr. Thomas Cole, rector of Lapworth coin. Warwick, diecl 
there of a fit of the stone aetat. 85. 
About I8(th) or I9(th iXlay) Dr.... Abercromy a Scotch gent., hot long since 
a Jesuit, but lately tumed Protestant and a writer against the Jesuits, hath upon 
some private information withdravne himself into Holland. This was donc, 

a note in Wood MS. F 4, P- x77- 
- the colours to be spplied are pro- 
bably: 'gules, a fesse between 3 cIes- 
cents argent, a c,'mton erlnine.' 

 ' James' is marked, as if for correc- 
tion. 'James' is given in the Athenae 
under Samucl Master. 



APRIL -- 'uArE, 1688. 267 
according fo the nevs letters, dated Thursd. 24 May, in the close of the week 
going belote riz. circa IS(th or} I9(th }. 
News letter af t[all's dated 22 May, T., saith that last Saturday, May I9, at 
night died Sir Samuel Clarke, one of the masters of the chancery, e coin. North- 
ampton. 
May zS, F., Mr. Henry Dodwell, the new History Professor, ruade 
his inauguration speech with generall applause in schola Itistoriae in 
laudem Camdeni. 
May zg, T., ringing of bells, bonfires, gaudies. Mr. (Charles) 
Walters 1 of Bras. Coll. preached. 
This month is a verie sickly rime at Oxford and London ; unusuall 
feavers, sore throats, die suddenly. 
OEune.--x June, Friday, a dispute in Halywell in the presence of 4 
or 5 between a bachelor of Arts of Wadh. Coll. called John Meddens - 
and Mr. Thomas Fairfax of Magd. Coll. concerning purgatorie, the 
bachelor against it, Farfax for it. The contents were written by way 
of dialogue and lodg'd in Hall's coffey-house to be perus'd by all. 
Eodem die, x June, F., two Roman Catholic gentlemen were 
presented to the King by bishop (13onaventure) Gifford for fellowships 
m Magd. Coll. 
June 3rd, Whitsunday, after great expectation what would be done 
by the Oxford nfinisters as to the reading in their respective churches 
the King's declaration for libertie of conscience, not one read it a. 
And very few read it in the county, riz. (William)lIorehead of 
13ucknell, Thomas Fowks of Hayford Purcell, (? Philip) Gardner of 
Tackley, Richard Duckworth of Steeple Ashton, (John) Franklin « of 
Heyford ad pontera, Mr. (John)Cudworth of Kiddyngton. Notes 
sent to ail ministers by Mr. Cooper the bishop's registrar by the hands 
of the parretter 5. Of 9000 churches in England but 400 ministers 
read it. 
8 June, Friday, (sec the Triall « which I have), (William) Sand- 
croft (archbishop of Canterbury), (Francis) Turner (bishop of Ely), 
(John) Lake (bishop of Chichester), (Thomas) White (bishop of 
Peterborough, .Fasli x683) , (William)Lloyd (bishop of St. Asaph), 
(Jonathan) Trelawnney (bishop of 13ristow), (Thomas) Ken (bishop 

1 , Walters ' substituted for' Walker': 
Charles Walters, M.A. Bras. 6 June 
I68I. 
 B.A. 28 May x687 ; Gardiner's Reg. 
Coll. Wadh. p. 338. 
3 see Luttrell i. 438, 44 o, 445. 
* John Francklin, B.D.C.C.C. 15 

Feb. i66. 
s i.e. apparitor. 
 "Wood 42I (Io) 'The proceedings 
nd tryal of the bishops,' Lond. 689 ; 
bought by Wood for 4s. on 8 Jan. 
x68. 



OE68 l, VOOD',_ç LIFE AN TIMES. 

of Bath and Wells) committed prisoners I to the tower of London  
after a hearing by his majesty and councell by a warrant subscribed 
by 18 of the councell for a petition of contempt. Released s June 15, 
F. ; great joy by the [true « sons of the Church of England]. Arch- 
bishop quitted by the jury, 2 9 June, F. (Sir Richard) Holloway and 
(Sir ]ïdward) Lutwich for him; (Sir Richard)Allibond against him ». 
Bonfiers in London streets and ringing of bells. 
June io, Sunday, ordination at St. Peter's in the ]ïast Oxford by 
Dr. (Baptist) Levins bishop of Man, where 5 ° were ordaned 
ministers, 7 of Merton Coll., not knowne so many at a rime. 
Eodem die, i o June, Su., the Queen being brought to bed at St. 
James circa 8 ante meridiem 6, a leivtenant 7 came forthwith to Oxon 
in his way to Bathe 8 to call home the Princess and svas there after 
dinner and brought news to Magd. ColI. that the Queen had a son. 
Whereupon at evening prayer (ad horam 4) 2"e Deum was said and 
sung at Magd. Coll. and after supper the bells rang. So at Ch. Ch. 
at the command of the deane. A bonfier at Carfax that evening; 
another before the Cross Inn ruade by the officers of the regiment 
lying in Oxon who gave to the vulgar a barrel or two of beere. Bon- 
fier at Magd. Coll., Ch. Ch. Noe Colleges or Halls besides took any 
notice of the birth of this prince (no, hot Jesus College ) either by 
bonfier or ringing of bells--knowing full velI that if he lives he is to 
be bred up a papist and so consequently the crowne of England and 
popish religion will never part. 
[On o a #ilIar Iately erected in the dtie of Bath. 
In perpetuam 
Reginae Mariae memoriam 
quam, eoelo in Bathonienses thermas 
rorante, Spiritus Domini qui fertur 
super aquas 
Trium regnorum haeredis 
genetricem effecit 

a they refused to give b,qil, see Eve- 
lyn's Diary under date 8 June 1688; 
Luttrell i. 442. 
 Wood notes 'sec in Henry Bridg- 
man, in Guy Carlton.' 
 see Evelyn's Diary under date 15 
June 1688 ; Luttrell i. 444- 
* the words in square brackets are 
substituted for  protestants.' 
 see Evelyn's Diary under date 29 
June 1688; Luttrell i. 446. In Gutch's 

Collectanea Curiosa are printed several 
of the documents connected with the 
trial of the bishops. 
 but see Luttrell i. 442. 
 ' leivtenant' substituted for 'trum- 
peter.' 
s see Luttrell i. 441, 444- 
o Jesus College is thus singled out, 
because, as Wood notes, the child was 
' Prince of If'ales.' 
a0 note in Wood MS. D 4, P- 338. 



UNE, 1688. 6 9 

ntriqne parenti natoque principi 
absit gloriari 
Nisi in cruce domini nostri Jesus Xti 
nt plenius hauriant 
aqVas CVM gaVDIo 
eX fontIbVs saLVatorIs 1. 
I)eo trino et uni 
tribus digitis orbem appendenti 
ae per crueem redimenti 
hoc tricolnmnare trophaenm 
voyer dieatque 
Johannes ' cornes de Melfort.] 
June 12, T., at night, Mr. John Aubrey, Dr. R(obert) Plot, lXlr. 
John Newman, and my self at the lXIeer-maid Tavern inter 8 and 9 
at night, where lXIr. Newman told me and the company that when my 
book (the A/henae) was published he would give me 51i. for a copie 
--a shark I 
June 13, w., an order came from the sherrif to the vicechancellor 
in the evening that he and certaine doctors appeare before the king 
and councell to give them an accompt how they hold their liberties 
and privileges, (on the) I Sth of the saine month (Friday). This they 
call a Q«o IVarranlo. Dr. (John) Wallis and Dr .... Haughton s 
went to London about it; defer'd an answer till the 1st day of 
lXIichaelmas terme. 
14 June, Thursday, Samuel Junipher 4 of Magd. Coll., fellow, died 
there , quaere. 
I5 June, Friday, circa horarn 7 at night ]3onaventure (Gifford), 
bishop of Madaura, was received into Magd. Coll. ; vide alibi. 
[John Cochet 6, Master of Arts and chaplayne of Christ Church, son of Richard 
Corbet of Willey in com. Salop., gent., died on Friday, x5 .lune anno x688 aged 
3I or thereabouts, and was buried in the north trauscept there, or in the west 
isle of the north transcept neare to the grave of John Trevor. (Arms :--) ' or, 
a raven sable.'] 
I6 June, S., I went to Weston; returned i8 June, M. lXlr. Sheldon 
ruade me a promise that 'it 7 should corne sooner than I expected.' 

x the letters of the ehronogram make 
688. 
z .[ohn Drnmmond (second son of 
James, 3rd earl of Perth) created earl 
of Melfort 2 Aug. 686: attainted 
z July 694: died xî. 
z probably Timothy Halton, provost 
of Queen'% recently vice-chancellor. 
 Samuel Jenefar, see su.#ra, p. 262, 
n. 3; but see ]3loxam's ' Magd. Coll. 

and James II,' p. 263. 
 ' there' is scored out and the fol- 
lowing correction added, 'he died in 
the country (died at Salisbury) and the 
bell then rung out.' 
* note in Wood MS. F 4, P- 177- 
ç i.e., I suppose, the money promised 
towards the cost of printing Wood's 
Athenae : su2ra , p. 123. 



270 I/VOOD'S LIFE AND TI21IES. 

[22 Jun. 1, t688, Antonii à Wood ex dono Edwardi Bernardi 
authoris, Savil. Prof. Astronom. Oxon.] 
June 24, Su., Midsomer day, the bell rang and tol'd at Magd. Coll. 
for an University sermon = as before on S. Mark's day (25 Apr.). 
Which being donc, Mr. Philip Lewis appeared in the pulpit in the 
chappell and preached. Grining and laughing, and had water squirted 
on them. The University took no notice of it but had their sermon 
at St. Marie's where Mr. (John) Hudson  of Unir. Coll. preached. 
[Convocation 4, 25 June, M., 1688: Act put off by the Chancellor's letters 
' beeause of no proceeders this year in several faculties and that, as he is informed, 
scarce any of the Colleges are at present free from the general indisposition of 
this season.'] 
June 28, Th., Mr. William Fulman died. 
News letter dated 28 June, Th., saith that the earl of Sunderland, 
(Robert Spencer) hath declared himself a Roman Catholic and that 
he had lately held a lighted taper at the altar in the king's chapel. 
_And why ? 13ecause a prince is borne and wee are like to have a 
popish successor. 
June 3 o, S., Edward Drope died in S(outh)werke: buried in S. 
Mary Overies church, • 
June o"o, Sat., the commissioners  for the regulafion of the citie of 
Oxford sent to ail the churchwardens in Oxon that they take order 
that the bells of their respective parishes ring the next day, being 
Thanksgiving 6; and so they did. 
_An epidemic feaver is frequent this month in Oxford and more in 
London. 
,Iuly.--(On) June 3 o, Saturday, the commissioners for regulating 
the corporation of Oxon sent to all the churchwardens in Oxon to 
cause their bells to ring on the next day, being Thanksgiving. July 

' note in Wood's copy (Wood 572) 
of Edward 13emard's De mcnsuris (et 
Oonderibus) anliquis, Oxon. 1688. 
 this is the sermon xvhich used to be 
preached from the stone pulpit over- 
looking' Magdalen College churchyard,' 
i.e. the open space at the west end of 
the chapel: see Rev. H. A. Wilson's 
'Magdalen College' in The Cdleges of 
O,rford (Methuen, I89I), p. 235 , Reli- 
quiae 2r[earnianae ii. 36. One of 
X\-ood's 'jests' (Wood MS. E 32, p. 5) 
has reference to this sermon :--'l[r. 
Franklyn preaching in Magd. Coll. 
quadmngle Oxon on S. John 13apt. day 

with a verie low voice which few could 
hear, some merry wags said amongst 
themselves : "Corne, faith, let's be gon 
to the taverne, for the preacher 
minded la be priz, at." Mr. \V. and 
F.' William Franklin, fellow of Magd. 
C., 629 : Mr. W. and Mr. F. are prob- 
ably the ' merry xvags ' of the story. 
a John Hudson, M.A. Queen's 12 
Feb. 168; fellow ofUniv. Coll. 1686; 
I).D. Unir.  June 17ol. 
 note in MS. 13odi. 594, P. 12o. 
 see Luttrell i. 44 ; and cp. ibid. i. 
438 • 
 see Luttrell i. 443, 444. 



, Su., all or most of the bells in Oxon rang in the morning, lr. 
Thomas Creech of Ails. Coll. preached at St. lIarie's before the 
Universitie in the morning according to the day a. lIr .... Peckham, 
a Sorbonist and stranger, preached at lIagd. Coll. before the new 
president, society, popish officers and soldiers of Oxon, and all papists 
in and neare Oxford, where besides was verie solemn service. Gaudies 
at some colleges At lIagd. Coll. in the hall, where the bishop- 
president  dined and all the officers, were the cheif doings. When 
the president and officers went into the hall, the trumpets and kettle- 
drums sounded at the hall staire foot ; and when each health at the 
table was dranke they sounded and beat againe in the saine place. 
The bishop all the while he was in the hall had his purple cassock 
on, downe to the foot, girt about. 
University College. Note that on the Thanksving day x July 
688 there was an illumination in University Coll. in ail the windows 
within the college and without next the street and in thosê nêxt the 
lIaster's lodgings. In most of the lover windows next the street and 
in some next the Quadrangle were severall emblems painted in colours 
on paper pasted on frames with mottoes under or neare them de- 
scribing them. These had been used 2 s or more on other solemn 
dayes, and for this solemn day were more added relating to the day. 
One I remember is--a hand holding out of a cloud a naked child, 
underneath is a table wheron is a crowne standing, at one end of the 
table is a picture representing the king and at the other end another 
representing the Queen. 
At nine at night 4 an illumination  at Univ. Coll. and a bonfier 
against the gate; two (bonfiers) at Ail Souls, one against the College 
gate, another against the warden's gare with a tall green stick fastned 
in the ground in the middle which stood till the better part of the fier 
was out. Ail colleges and halls had bonfiers (lIerton College had no 
bonfier). The commissioners of the towne and every captain and 
chief officer had a bonfier before their dore and soldiers to discharge. 
Bonfier ruade by the officers before the -I- Inn dore and another 
below the cage, the troopers discharging with their carbineers, and 
drinke gave plentifully. Some troopers had a bonfier against Wool- 
ley's coffy-house where they discharged also; many mad and drunk. 
The joy of many protestants thus shew'd was under pretence of 
1 it was third Sunday after Trinity. 5 Wood notes ' Note that at the 
- Bonaventure Gifford. bottom of each lower window was a 
 i.e. twice, motto'; the above description of this 
 MS. has 'nine,' by a slip for illumation is from a separal;e slip. 
' night.' 



OE 7 OE HrOOD'X LIFJ ./IWD TI2[JX. 

thanksgiving for the prince his birth, but really for the deliverance 
and quitting of the archbishop. 
News letter, July 5, Th., saith that justice (Sir Richard) Holloway 
and justice (Sir John) Powell (senior)received their quietus a (for 
being for the bishops). 
[Convocation 2, Th., 5 July: Peter Birch of Ch. Ch., Bac. of Div., now minister 
of S. James parish in London and one of the duke of Ormond's chaplaines, was 
allowed to take D.D.--In the saine Convocation Chancellor's letters were read 
for (Richard) Peers, beadle of Arts, to be licensed to practice physick.] 
(At the end of Wood 658 is the prospectus of a reprint of Orthuinus Gratius 
t;asciculus reruzlt exdcndarutzt et fuendarum, Colen. z,635 : Wood notes ' this 
paper was sent to Oxon in the beginning of July 16882) 
July 8, Sunday, inter horas 3 et 4, Bonaventure (Gifford) bishop 
of Madaura and president of Magd. Coll., preached in the cbapel [in s 
order to a confirmation of popish children that was to follow the next 
day.] Many flocked downe to here him; some admired, the gene- 
rallity laughed and scorned. 
July 9 or thereabouts Slrenae  nataliliae were published, and therein 
9 copies of verses ruade by the Mertonians were entred, more than 
any college or hall besides. Quaere the verses; quaere whether more 
in todlionema . 
July io, T., Magd. Coll. great bell rang inter horas 9 et to for a 
confirmation. 
July z, Th., bishop of Madaura went to London; and the night 
before (Gilbert) Ironside the vice-chartcellor gave him a visit at 
Magd. Coll. 
july 17, T., cl(ean) sh(eets). 
19 July, Th., news letters say that Sir William Glascow, toaster of 
the requests to the late king, was dead. 
July o, F., to Mris. Robinson for seringing my eares. 
2i July, Sat., at night, James (Butler) duke of Ormond died at 
Kingston Hall coin. Dorset belonging to Sir John ]3anks--see news 
letter dated, T., 4 July 688. July 3, M., James (Butler) duke of 
Ormond, his grandson, lately a nobleman of Ch. Ch., was elected in 
his place in Convocation circa horam io. Installed in lfis house in 
St. James' square (on 3 Aug.). 

see Evelyn's Diary under date 
July 688 ; Luttrell i. 449- 
note in MS. Bodl. 594, P- x 2o. 
the words in square brackets are 
substituted for--' (I) to shev himself 
openly, () to shew there were preachers 

among them that conld preach well.' 
* ' Strenae natalitiae Academiae Ox- 
oniensis in celsissimum principem,' fol., 
Oxon, z688. 
n ' ]3odleiomnema»' Oxon. i613, 4to. 



eUL I"  .4 UGUST, 1688. 73 
About the beginning of this month E. Connor, borne at Dublin in 
Ireland, raised for himself a hut in ]3aglcy wood, for devotion and 
reading sake, continuing much in abstinence from beare, aie, or 
meates. Carried home at the desire of Dr. (John) Ilall, zz july, 
Sunday, because then many people flock'd to him. 
July 24, T., given to Amy Spencer of Salop to bu)" her cloathes, 
having been rob'd of them, as, at Smith's at Hengsey; 9 d more, 
.'26 July, Th. 
July 24, T., at night came a mandat' from the king to the Univer- 
sity to choose for their chancellour (George) Jeffries Lord Chancellor 
of England. But the mcmbers had elected one belote which they 
could not revock, and so the vice-chancellor sent a letter to the 
secretary to signifie so much. 
News lctter at the Turl Coffey house dated 28 July, S., ' a warrant  
passcd the signet that Mr. Timothy Hall, minister of Allhallows 
Stayning, be constitutcd bishop of Oxon.' 
(In MS. Ballard 46 fol. 173 is a priuted advertiscrnent ith thc localisation to 
Oxford entered in vriting (here euclosed in square brackets), dated by "\ ood 
' July 68.' 
By his rnajestie's aathority. These are to give notice to ail gent. and others 
that here is corne to this place a monstrots young wornan, born in Italy, about 
Io yeares of age, whose shapes is very wonderful, having ber lcft arln and side 
scaled like a fish ; her left leg as long and as big as the leg of the biggest giant 
and six toes upon each foot ; her right thigh like the hinder part of a horse and 
ber leg like a bear : yet and her face handsome. It is a sight that hath been rnuclt 
desired by many persons of quality and bath given great satisfaction to all that 
bave seen it. And if any person ask ber any question she ansvers very well both 
in French and Italian. To be seen [at the King's Head Oxon]. Vivat Rex.) 
.ugust;.-- Aug., W., I went to London  and tarried there till 5 
Sept., W. (5 weeks). At my returne I found the University vcrie 
emptie, being then about the middle of the long vacation. 
3 Aug., Friday, the naine of Dr. Thomas Smith, fellow of Magd. 
Coll., was blotted out of the buttery book there by the new president 
{the bishop of Madaura). The x3th, M., he went to Oxford  and re- 
moved his goods to London; went away, xSth, S., and carried the 
key of his chamber with him, whereupon they broke it open. 
News letter Aug. 4, S., 'a boy going to Mr. (Obadiah) Walker's 

 Luttrell i. 459"- 
 Luttrell i. 457- 
 in Vfood MS. lq 3, PP- I93-4, 
and pp. 93-373, are excerpts rnade by 
Wood in 688 from registers in the 
Will  lffice, London. In the saine MS., 
' OL. III. 

Wood MS. B 13, pp. 244-25, are ex- 
cerpts by "Wood from documents in the 
Ileralds' Office, nndated, but probably 
ruade during this visit. 
* Bloxarn's 'Magd. Coll. and Jame 
Il,' p. 249. 



OE74 WOOD'S L1FE AND TIAIES. 

chappell while mass was singing with a cat under his coat: which he 
sometimes pinching and at other rimes pulling by the tayle, made ber 
make such an untunable noise that it put them to some disorder. 
The boy was forc'd to fly, but rescued by other people.' Ibidem, 
' Mr. Timothy Hall hath a mandatory letter to the University for the 
degree of D.D.' 
News letter at the coffey house by Grey's Inn dated (S.) 4 Aug. 
1688--'warrants are gone to Oxon to seize on those persons who 
rescued a boy for abusing a preist when he was celebrating mass.' ... 
Wheller, son of... Wheller of Kidney Hall, an arch rogue, had 
abused llr. (Obadiah) Walker, quaere. Committed by deane Mas- 
sy's warrant to the constable neare the Angell Inn, rescued by two 
scholars of Queen's Coll. ; the boy gon, they saith. 
Aug. 5, Su., Sir Richard Allibond buried by his mother at Dagenham (Dagnam) 
in Essex. 
Aug. 8, W., Henry Care 1, author of the ' Public Occurrences' died; buried 
Aug. io, F., in the church yard of the Blackfriers. See in a loose paper in 
Marehrnont Needharn. 
Aug. 8 or thereabouts Titus Oates, a prisoner in the King's bench, had a bastard 
borne of his bedmaker--so the comrnon report in London. 
News = letter at London dated Aug. i i, S.,--' last night Mr. Henry 
Care was buried in the yard belonging (to) the I31ackfiiers Church 
(St. Ann). Mr .... Vernon, the duke of Monnmuth's secretary that 
was, is to continue the Occurrences' 'Since bishop (Bonaven- 
ture) Gifford is gone to Oxon, he bath crossed out the names of Dr. 
(Thomas) Smith and others a that are protestants out of the buttery 
book, except lIr. (Charles) Hollis « and Sir. (Jasper) Thompson.' 
--' On Mr. Care's coffin was affixed a plate on which was affixed 
Hcre lies lhe mosl i»ge»ious lc»y Ca»e who deparled, elc: He died 
Wednesday, Aug. 8. 
[Robert » Whorwood died, S., x8 Aug. t688.] 
Aug .... 6 (before the zoth, N.), a mandamus came to Ails. Coll. 
from the king for bishop Cartwright's son (son of Dr. (Thomas) 
Cartwright, bishop of Chester) to be parson of Barkyng in Essex 
of the gift of the College, to succeed his father therein, who keeps it 
in commendam. 

1 Luttrell i. 453. Wood 429 (4.) is 
' An eleg-y upon Mr. Henry Care.' 
z Wood notes :--' this is truest.' 
» Bloxam's 'Magd. Coll. and James 
II,' p. 249. 
 i. e. Charles Havles. 
 note in Wood MS. F 4, P.  77. 

 Lttrell i. 455- 'King James the 
lys mandate to Ail Souls' College for 
the presentation of John Cartwright, 
M.A. Trin. Coll. Cambr. to the vicar- 
age of Barking, Essex, 3 Aug. r688 ' 
is printed in Gutch's Collectanca Curiora 
i. p. 4o4- 



AUaUST, 1688. 275 

20 Aug., M., Dr. (John) Yonger of Magd. Coll. went to Oxon, 
and the next day resign'd' his fellowship of that College ; the next 
(da3') after that, (he) came to London. 
S. 13artholomew's Eve, 23 Aug., Th., the vice-chancellor, Doctors, 
Masters, and other Oxon men in London, besides several ministers in 
London and schoohnasters, met at Northumberland House at 2 in the 
afternoone and thence in procession, vith the bedells before them, 
marched to S. James' Square to the yong duke of Ormond his house, 
where (after they had created him Doctor of LL.) they installed him 
chancellour of Oxon. Which done, they were conducted by the 
bedells into his garden, xvhere a larg place was on purpose built with 
boards as big as a barne (like the letter T) where there was a very 
noble entertainment given to them, equall if not exceeding any 
banquet made by the king. There were divers of the nobility and 
some knights of the Garter. I have an account of this elswhereg, 
I think ; quaere. 
[23 Aug. s, Th., 1688, James I1,utler duke of Ormond was sworne and install'd 
chancellor of the Universitie in his house in S..lames' square. Then present the 
marquess of Worcester (Charles Somerset), the earl of Oxford (Anbrey de Vere) 
knight of the garter, earl of Shrovsbury (Charles Talbot), earl of Devon (William 
Cavendish), earl of Scarsdale (Robert Leake), earl of Craven (William Craven), 
earl of Radnor (Charles Bodville Robartes), earl of Danby (Thomas Osborne) 
knight of the garter, earl of Berkley (George Berkeley), earl of Roff. (Laurence 
Hyde) knight of the garter, earl of Roscommon (Cary Iillon), earl of Ranne- 
laugh (Richard Jones). viscount Lumley (Richard Lumley), viscount Falkland 
(Anthony Cary), viscount Cholmondely (Hugh Cholmondeley), baron 1-)un- 
lanerie (...), baron Cavendish « (William Cavendish), baron Clifford  (Charles 
Boyle), baron Forbes (? William Forbes), baron Lanesborough (George Lane), 
and baron Saintry ( . . . ).] 
(In Wood MS. F 5o, fol. 49, is the printed hand-bill of a juggler, ' the High 
German artist, Powder Pimp a limp-pimp,' noted by Wood as at Bartholomew 
Fait, 688.) 
Aug. a5 or thereabouts Thomas Saffold , a mountibank doctor, who lires neare 
the Lilly's head within Ludgate, vas committed to eustody to a messenger, as 
'twas said. I remember in the news letters at London 'twas said that Dr. Saffold 
having received treasonable letters from Holland he communicated them to the 
king's Counsell, whereupon they ruade (him) physitian in ordinary to his majesty's 
buckhounds. 

1 but see Bloxam's 'Magd. Coll. and 
James 11,' pp. 63, 6.. 
= this account I have not corne across 
among Wood's papers: for the para- 
graph in MS. Bodl. 94 cannot be the 
one referred to, being of later date than 
this Almanac entry. 
 note from MS. Bodl..94. P.  - 

 Cavendish of Hardwick, son of the 
earl of Devonshire, supra. 
 son of Richard Boyle earl of Bur- 
lington. 
 Wood 49 (4 S) is ' an elegy on the 
death of Dr. Thomas Saffold who died 
12 May I69,' Lond. I69. 

T 2 



OE7 6 WOOD'S LIFE ,dArD TLI[ES. 
Aug. z6, Munday, Thomas Ashwell 1, a popish demie and taylor's 
son, hung himself in his chamber after dinner, being in want and 
love ; hung there till the stink of his body betrayed him. Whereupon 
he was took downe on Friday following (ult. Aug.), and buried 
towards the upper end of the grove about ;3 of the clock next morn. 
His face, hands, and all, was black. 
[Memorandum  that in the University Tower is a print or stamp 
of the Universitie armes to make an impression on the covers of 
books, the supporters are . Holy Lambs bearing banners, and the 
crest is a sun appearing out of the clouds. I asked Sir Henry St. 
Georg, Clarenceux King of Armes, in Aug. 688 whether he knew of 
such supporters and creast. He answered there were no such 
supporters and creast in the office and he knew no authority for 
them. It doth hot appeare so in a book in the office intituled 
' Academia Oxon,' containing the armes of the University of Oxon 
and colleges therein.] 
Aug. eS, T., with Sir Edward Sherburne, chief clerk of the ord- 
nance, at the Ilorne tavern on ]3ennet hil], where he told me that he 
had received orders fo give out ammunition and armes for the ships 
and several seaport townesS; which order came fl'om the king who 
said that the French and ]3utch were making great preparations 
for warr 4. 
September.--4 Sept., T., Sir John Shorter, the phanatieal Lord 
Mayor of London, died and the next day at 8 in the morn, I saw a 
printed elegie on him at London, printed on a broad side of a sheet 
of paper, beginning '.Lamenl, .[,amen/," etc. He died of a bruise 
which he received by a fall from his horse when he proclaimed 
/3artholomew fair in Smithfeild on Barthelmew Eve (Aug. z3), and 
(as idle people sa),) on the very place where (Henry) Cornish , 
sherriff (of London) was hanged, drawn, and quartered. 
In the beginning of this month Mr.... Wakeman « return'd to 
Mr. W(alker) and Mr. W(alker) went to his place, to take fr(esh) 
a(ir). (?) 
[Memorandum 7 that, on Tuesday, Sept. 4 anno 688, I dined 

 see Bloxam's' Magd. Coll. and James 
1I,' p. z43. 
 note by Wood in Wood MS. B 3, 
p. 25 o- 
 Luttrell i. 456. 
« Luttrell i. 457- 
" Luttrell i. 361. 
o Mr. Wakenmn, a Jesuit, was ehap- 

lain of Obadiah Walker's chapel. 
 note prefixed by Wood to his copy 
(Wood 517 no. 2) of' The King's Visi- 
tatorial power asserted, being an im- 
partial relation of the late visitation of 
St. Mary Magdalen College in Oxford,' 
by Nathaniel Johnston, Doctor of 
Physic, Lond. I68. 



-I UG.  SEPT. 1688. z77 
with Dr. Nath(anicl) Johnston, author of the following book, in his 
bouse in Leicester Street in Westminster; at which rime he gave me 
the said book and told me that it was rnostly compiled from mine 1 
cntit. Hist. et Antiquit. Univ. Oxon, and told me farther that it was 
published at London and in Westminster about the xo of Aug. 
the same year. Two dayes after I returned to Oxford and on the 7 
of Sept. inter horas 7 et 8 post meridiem I met near C. C. Coll. gate 
Mr. John Beale and Dr. Phineas Elwood, the last of which told me of 
the said Dr. Johnston's book, and asked me with great concernment 
'what need was there for me to compile and publish Hist. et Antiq. 
Oxon. ?--which hath given advantage to the enimies of the universitie 
of Oxon to write against it,' etc. Ridiculous !] 
Sept. 6, Munday, is and was the usual day of election of mayor 
of the city of Oxford, but their charter being annull'd and the cor- 
poration regulated by commissioners  there was no election. 
Sept. 7 or thereabout, the son of Lord Chancellor Jeffryes, of 
about 9 yeares of age and married 3, came to Oxon, was entred into 
Ch. Ch., and wore a noble man's gowne. In few dayes after came 
to Exeter Coll. (Robert Rich) earl of Warwic and Holland, aetat. 
x4 or therabouts. 
[Sept. 2o ', Th., Dr. Gilbert Ironside readmitted vicechancellor.] 
Sept. 2o, Th., St. Mathew's day, the charter of the city of Oxon 
came to Oxon, granted by King James II. 
Sept.  2o, Th., St. Mathew's day, lord Norreys  ah'es Venables, 
eldest son of the earl of Abendon (James Bertie), invited the country 
gentlemen of Oxfordshire to the X Inn, where was a noble treat for 
them at his charge, the number about 6o, in order to chose his uncle, 
captain H(enry) Berty, parliament man. 
Sept. 2o, Th., S. Mathew's dal,, the citie received their new charter. 
Sept. 24 , Tuesday, the new mayor and baillives took their place in 
the morning, and forthwith went to S. Marie's to take their oath, but 

 Wood has added marginal refer- 
ences in the book to show that the 
cases and authors cited are cribbed 
from hls Hist. et Antiq. 
 Luttrell i. 445- 
 Luttrell i. 451, to Charlotte Her- 
bert, only dattghter of Philip Herbert 
seventh earl of Pembroke. 
* note in MS. Bodl. 594, P- I2I. 
 this note was at first ' earl of Aben- 
don and divers gentI3,-of the country 

met at the X Inn to consult about elec- 
tion of parliament men.' 
 Montagu Bertie. 
 Sept. 4 was Monday; %Vood's 
Almanac this year is very badly printed, 
hence possiblythe rnistake. John P.qyne, 
mayor. Richard Wood and John Tay- 
lour, bailllves, had been ejected on June 
6 ; Richard Carter now became mayor, 
and John Weller and John Philipps 
baillives. 



VOOD'S ZIFE AND TL'7[EX. 

comming after xi of the clock the vice-chancellor would not fise from 
dinner. 
Sept. 24, M., E. Connor went towards Ireland, and I gave him... 
Sept. 241, Tues&, wet all day. Many of the country gentry" in 
towne because the next day was to be a county-court day and they 
feared an election of knights of the sbire might be ruade by stelth  
by the high sheriff and lais partie. 
Sept. 25 s, W., the fellows (father Ward 4) being jealous that the 
citizens would be mutinous, occasion'd by their charter, occasion'd 
their common gate to be shut at 7 of the clock at night; and (on 
the) 26(th), quaere. 
Sept. 25 or thereabout, the Georg and garter of the late duke of 
Ormond (James ]3utler) was by the king given to lais grandson  
so his mouth is stop'd. 
Wen the king saw that he could not accomplish his designes on 
the corporations  in order to get a parliament to his mind  and when 
he saw that the Dutch were making provision for a warr 8, then did 
collogue ' with the people of 26 Sept. 688 in the benning about 
Deputy Leivtenants and Justices of the Peace 0; see also in ' lublic 
Occurrences' 25 Sept., by H. Care or his successor. 
z7 Sept., Friday, all the tropers marched out of towne eastward 
(towards London) upon the news that the Dutch are approaching our 
coast n. Mr. Ob(adiah) Walker went toLondon, Munday 6 Sept.; 
however the report anaong the plebeians is that he is lately run away 
and gone towards Dover. All publick bouses are full wailing for 
good news . See my news letters where the king... 1 recalls many" 
things which have been greivous to the subject. 
 7 Sept., F., privat letters corne that the fellows of Magd. Coll. are 
to corne in againe. 
Sunday, ult. Sept., Timothy Hall consecrated blshop of Oxford at 
Lambeth for reading the king's declaration. 

 see preeeding note. 
 see xvhat was done at the Surrey 
elecfion in x685, in Evelyn's Diary 
under date 8 Apr. 1685. 
a this note is scored out and a cor- 
rection appended--' "twas shut but one 
night for feare of an arrest.' Sept. 5 
was Tuesday. 
4 ? dean Massey's chaplain at Ch. Ch. 
 [ames Butler, his successor in the 
dukedom. 

« Luttrell i. 420, 4I, 427 . 
 Luttrell i. 415, 416, 427, 428. 
s Luttrell i. 462. 
 Luttrell i. 462. 
i0 Luttrell i. 423, 429, 463. 
11 see Evelun's Diary under date 18 
Sept. 1688. 
 see Evelyn's Diary under date 7 Oct. 
1688. 
's one vord illegible, possibly ' ter- 
(ri)fied.' 



SEPT. -- OCT. 1688. 

In this month was finished by Silas Norton, a quaker, a preaching 
place for Quakers i in Mary Magd. parish and a burial place. 
Oetober.--Letters dated 4 Oct., Th., say that the lïcclesiastical 
Court is vacated, i.e. the Ecclesiastical Commissioners who were to 
curb those ministers that preached against popery are null'd. 
6 Oct., S., Christopher (Monk) duke of Albemarle died at Jaimaca 
(of which he was vice-roy);--so letters dated about the latter end of 
Nov. (He vas) Chancellor of Canbridge. 
9 Oct., T., Oxford and Oxfordshire fest; Mr. Robert Whitehall  
of New In preached. 
xi Oct., Th., Dr. (John) Hough in towne 8 
Letters dated i I Oct,, Th., say that Timothy Hall was consecrated 
privatly at Lambeth. Consecrated at Lambeth 7 Oct., Su. 
Oct. 14, Su., king's birth-day; sermon at Ch. Ch. in the morning 
by Dr. Robert South and in the afternoon by (William) ]3arton * 
of Linc. Coll. ; ringing of bells ; gaudies at some Colleges. 
Oct. 15, Munday, the Prince of Wales was baptized in S. James 
chapel by the names of James Edward Francis by bishop (John) 
Layburne ad horam 4 post meridiem. The royal babe did crie 5 
with a corage when 'twas sprinkled. Pope's nuntio stood for the 
pope, who was one godfather; [bishop « (Philip) Ellis or the king 
of France] who was the other; Queen Dowager stood in her ovne 
person for her selfe. Vide gazet. 
(Wood 529 (1) is ' An account of the late proposals 7 of the arch- 
bishop of Canterbury with some bishops to his majesty,' by N. N. ; 
in which Wood notes ' this paper vas commonly sold in Oxon in 
the middle of October 1688.') 
Oct. 2o, S., P(eter l\Ievs) bishop of Winton came into Oxford at 
3 post meridiem to restore Magd. Coll. men to their fellowships, and 

1 King James II had 'taken off the 
penal laws against Quakers and given 
them liberty to meet,' May 1686 ; Lut- 
trell i. 378. Vfood shows considerable 
gnimus against Quakers. Wood 645 
is a collection of z6 pamphlets on 
them, lying between the years 653 and 
675- 
« Robert Whitehall, M.A. Mert. 1 
l)ec. 1684 ; migrated to N. I. H. 
 here followed, but scored out, 
'a writing stuck upon Magd. Coll. 
gare.' 
* William à Barton matr. at Linc. 

27 Mar. I672 , ' filius Gulielmi à Barton 
de Hackleston, Wilts, paup., aetat. 15'; 
B.A. 4 Feb. I6î ; M.A. (?) 
 there seems to be an allusion to the 
popular satisfaction vhen a child cries 
at the sprinkling in baptism, that being 
taken as a sign that ' the devil is gone 
out' of it. 
« the words in square brackets are 
scored out. 
 ten propositions submitted by the 
bishops to the king on Wedn. 3 Oct., 
are printed in Gutch's Collcclanea Cu- 
riosa i. 4o-4I 3. 



280 bVOOD'S LIFE AWD TI3IES. 

did intend to do it on Munday; but at 9 at night Oct. 2o 1 a post 
came to him from the king to make him repaire forthwith to White- 
hall. Vllere appearing on Munday lnorn (Oct. 22) with other 
bishops and judges, the king told them that all the discourse throut 
the nation was that the Prince ofWales was not the son of the Queen. 
The midwife belote them took ber oath: so did others. But they 
all told the king that it was a pa(r)liamentary matter and so the 
meeting was ended. The bishops were then2 in the Tower, and 
the archbishop used to be nearc the Queen when she is to be brought - 
to bed. 
Concerning the changes in the city  and in Magd. Coll. 4 sec in 
my other papers » 
[Monday", 2--, Oct. 1688, the mayor, Richard Carter, and John 
Weller and John Philipps, baylives, with sever.all of the aldermen and 
others, went from the Gild hall to Penniless bench in their gownes; 
and there about 5 in the afternoon, the mayor did openly read the 
king's proclamation (vide Gazet) wherby all corporations that had not 
surrendcred thcir charters, as also all those that had surrendered and 
hot taken and entred upon record, were to enjoy their old privileges, 
and that the corporation be ruled and in being as it was before. 
Which proclamation being read the mayor (Carter) and baylives put 
off their gownes and went to their homes.--Tuesday, 23 Oct., in 
the morn. the bell rang at Cart:ax for the election of new officers : 
the house and commons then chose Robert Harrison (draper), mayor, 
Richard Lumley (plumber) and John Knibb, bailives. William 
Wright junior, counsellour, was chosen recorder; and .... Prince, 
townclerk (who had been chosen town clerk in the place of (John) 
Paynton, i679 ) took his place, and Thomas 13aker, townclerk, vas 
çjected. The old aldennen, 4 or 5 in nmnber, then re-took their 
places. This was donc with great acclamation and ringing of bells.] 
Oct. 2 2, M., common report that 2 sunns were seen at Winchester 
at sun-rising. 

I see Bloxam's 'Magd. Coll. and 
James II.' pp. œ55, 57- 
 at the date of the child's birth. 
 Luttrell i. 468, 469 . 
 sec Bloxam's 'Magd. Coll. and 
James II,' pp. 26% 261 ; Luttrell i. 468. 
\ ood 43 (54) is ' An Account of the 
late visitation at S. Mary Magdalen 
Colledge in OxOll on 4 Oct. 688'-- 
in which Wood notes :--' This simple 

paper, containing many mistakes, was 
published and (I think) written by 
Nicholas Cox, lately manciple of S. 
Ednmnd IIall Oxon, and first of all 
exposed to view at Oxon 4 Nov. I6$.' 
Sec Bloxam 1. e., p. xl. 
 i.e. Wood MS. I) 7(5), -hich sup- 
plies the next paragraph. 
 note from ,\ood MS. D 7 (5), P- 
142. 



OCT. -- NOV. 1688. 

Oct. 3 ox, Tuesday night, a cleer moon-shine night, men fighting 
in the air seen by some in Oxford circa horas t 2 et  in nocte : by 
(Richard) Carter (brewer, late mayor) and others. 
The saine night walking about 8 of the clock in the New Park 
I saw  a blazing starr (quaere) northward over Wolvercote or Yarnton 
--northward beyond Wolvercot. 
lgovember.--Nov. 2, Friday night at 6, bonfiers and ringing of 
some bells for the earl of Abendon's (James Bertie's) being restored 3 
to the High Stewardship of the city of Oxford loco earl. of Lichficld 
(Edward Henry Lee). (Nicholas) Oruln the fishmonger began. 
Nov. 3, S., fl(annel) sh(irt). 
News letter dated 3 Nov., S., saith that Dr. (John) Castilion, deane 
of Roff., is lately dead; and Mr. (V'illiam) Lowth  succeeds. 
Nov. 5, M., Gunpowder (Plot), lXIr .... Drake  of Lync. Coll. 
i,reached at S. Marie's shcwing the bloodyness of the conspiracy. 
More bonefiers at Colleges and in the streets than ever I saw in 
Oxford--in spite to the papists. 
Nov. 6, T., Dr. Kenelln I)igby of Alls. Coll. died suddenly aetat. 
57 or therabouts. He died on Munday night, Nov. 5- Son of Simon 
l)igby solntimes embassador into Russia. The same day died the 
lady... Fleetwood his sister who left him her executor, and mes- 
singer comming for him found him dead. If he had lived it would 
have been worth to him thousands, as 'ris reporte& Dr. Digby was 
buried in Alls. Coll. chapel Thursday night at 9 of the clock, 8 Nov. 
When Monmouth's rebellion brake out there was, every day 
almost, a duke, earl, or lord, with company, passing thro' Oxford 
and making a hurry over all the nation. No man stirs yet . 
Nov. 7, W., at night, Sir Henry Brçwne (High Sherriff of Oxford- 
shire) and Sir Charles Yate of J3uckland in 13erks came into Oxon at 
night to raise troop of horse to goe against the invaders. They took 
only papists and got .... 
Eodem die, in the morning, inter io et I I, 6o horsmen went thro' 

1 "Wood comments on this in a note 
' This is a silly story.' 
"-' t a later date Wood noted--'I 
did not see it : 'twas seen by others.' 
 Wood corrects this in a note- 
' He was re-elected, without any re- 
stauration.' 
* corrected in a note--' he did not 
succeed but (Dr. tIenry) Ullock.' 
 this naine cmmot be idcntified. 

There are several of this naine at dif- 
fcrent Colleges who had taken M.A. 
before this rime, bttt it is hot known 
which of them had migrated to Lin- 
coln. 
 the landing of the Prince of Orange 
in the West had been rumoured on 4 
Nov. and reported in London on 5 Nov. 
688 ; see Evelyn's Diary under thcse 
dates ; Luttrell i. 473- 



282 IVOOD'S LIFE AND TlilIES. 

Oxford to South Gate and so to Faringdon and forwards i, with leir 
and sumpter horses, supposed by some to be Buckinghamshire gentle- 
men to go into the West. The next night from I to 3 in the morn 
several passed thro Oxford .... Jephson of Borstall there, one of 
the sons of lord Wharton 3, . . . Goodwyn 4, lord Colchester named 
Savage ", capt .... Godfrey. 
Nov. 9, F., Mr. Ob(adiah) Walker went to London and took cure 
that if any of the rebells should corne to Oxford in his absence that 
one part of his books be conveyed into Unir. Coll. library and another 
to the Public Library. He bar'd up his dore next to the street 
because some force was put upon it Wedn. night ; upon lais comming 
to the dore they tan away. [The  printers ruade ail cleare in his 
printing house and quitted it, Nov. 27, T.] 
Nov. io, S., cl(ean) sheets. 
The earl of Abingdon (James 13ertie) went from Lavington on 
Sunday night xi of Nov. inter horas 12 et I. 
Nov. 12, lXlunday morn, (John Lovelace) lord Lovelace at Wood- 
stock. Yet in the close of that day came with a party of horse (5o or 
6o) to Cicester and put in at inne there ..... Loridge, a captain or 
officer of the militia, came into his roome and asked him ' what he 
ruade there with his men all armed.' He told him that he was going 
to serve the Prince of Orange. Whereupon Loredge discharg'd a 
pistoll on him but miss'd him; Lovelace discharg'd his and kil'd 
him. Then came Loredge's son and discharged his but mis'd him. 
Lovelace discharg'd upon him and kil'd him and wounded another. 
Lovelace was takenT; his men fled; about 5 of lais men taken and 
many horses. 
(John Lovelaee) lord Lovelaee taken at Cicester in his going fo the Prince of 
Orange .... Whitlock , one of the sons of Justice... Whitloek of Henly, (som- 
times of Edmund Hall, qaaere) in his company, who resisted Lorege, kill'd him 
and his son and himself (ws) dangerously wounded (died of his wotmds there the 
next day or 2 dayes after). Lovelace, who stood shaking all the while, was took 
prisoner. Sec Gazer that came out, W., Nov. 14, 688. 
Nov. I4, W., in the morning inter i et 2 a twich and paine in the 

 here followed but scored out 'the 
chiefwas one ofthe lord Wharton's sons.' 
"* here followed but scored out 'to 
assist the Prince of Orange.' 
 Luttrell i. 475. Philip Wharton, 
fourth baron Wharton, had three sons, 
Thomas, Goodwin, William. 
* here followed but scored out ' lord 

Lovelace followed.' 
* viscount Colchester and Savage 
(Thomas Sawge), son of Thomas 
rage, third earl Rivers. 
 added later. 
 Luttrell i. 4fi, 4 6, 481. 
 ? Samuel, son of Bulstrode XYhite- 
locke. 



NOVEzlHTER 1688. 283 
instep of the left foot while in bed. [I ' never felt the like before or 
since.] 
Privat news letter dated 15 Nov., Th., saith that bishop (Thomas) 
Lamplugh's having left Exeter upon the rebells comming to that 
place, went to London, paid his respects to the king, and kis'd his 
hand in order to be translated to York (vide alibi, vide Gazet). Yet 
afterwards he forfeited his allegiance, and voted his abdication 
(quaere). 
Earl of Shrewsbury (ChoErles Talbot) gone to the Prince of Orange ; 
(Thomas) Savage lord Colchester; three regilnents of the king's 
gon to him (viz. that of the duke of St. Alban's, earl of Oxford, and 
lord Cornbury). So the report  Nov. i6, F.--Reported then also 
that (James ]3ertie) the earl of Abendon a went to the Prince of 
Orange with those regiments. 
Nov. 7, S., a petition subscribed by several lords spiritual and 
temporal was presented by certaine bishops to the king for the calling 
a free parliament 4 
Nov. 9, M., snow . 
Nr. (John) Massy changed as much silver lately that came to 4oo 
guinnies. He hath had a good yeare lately for renewing  and hath 
received 8oo/L  
ez Nov., Thursday, the mayor and his brethren went to view re- 
parations of their houses in the city and had a noble dinner afterwards 
whereunto was invited Sir Edward Norrys and captain Henry 13ertie 
his son-in-law, yonger brother to the earl of Abendon. There it was 
that the bargaine was struck up to attend him the next Sunday  (Nov. 

25) to go to the Prince of Orange. 
Sunday," Nov. 25, about Io or 

a added later. 
 Luttrell i. 475- 
 Luttrell i. 476. 
 Luttrell i. 476. 
 see Evelyn's I)iary under date t8 
iNov. 1688. 
 estates were at this rime managed 
on the system of beneficial leases. As 
a fuie a lease »vas granted for a period 
of 4 ° years on payment of a sure down 
and a small annual rent. At the end 
of 13 years or of e6 years the old lease 
was surrendered, and a new lease for 
4 ° years granted on payment of a sum 
down (called ' a fine') and a small an- 
nual rent. In a year in which scveral 

He tarried in towne till Sunday. 
I I captain (Henry) 13ertie came 

leases were renewed, the income of a 
headship or fellowship was much larger 
than in other years, because the fines 
were treated as part of that year's in- 
corne. 
 this note is wrltten on the back of 
the following slip for the .-1Nzenae :-- 
Samuel Fox, son of John Fox, « Life 
of John Fox" written about 6o ; set 
belote the 2nd vol. of &cts and iXIonu- 
ments, London, 16.. ' 
 here followed, but scored out, 'at 
High (i.e. Hythe) Bridge." 
 this note is mostly scored out, being 
superseded by the next. 



284 IIOOD'S ZIFE AWD TI3IES. 
ff'oto Weston-in-the-green with certaine volunteirs with him ; entred 
into the skirts of Oxford by Glocestcr Ilall, met at High Bridge and 
the IIoly Iush several smart lads of Oxon, as Thomas Read (mercer), 
Alexander Wood (chirurgion), Fulks his man (James Tompson) the 
apothecary, (Alexander) Iaxter  (M.A. 2 of Brasenose Co11.), ... 
IIearne s (of Unir. Coll., scholar), ... Tipping (the brewer). 4z in 
number or thereabouts when they went out of Oxford*; layd at 
Witney that night--that is, those that he brought with him and those 
that went out with him. 
This relation is most true :--Captain (Henry) Bertie having been 
some dayes in Oxon at the + Inn, he marched out thence and from 
Oxford with about 40 or more men (Sunday, Nov. 25, about o or  
in the morning). Among them were some Oxford men, as . . . 
Tilping (the brewer), Thomas Read (mercer), Alexander Wood 
(chirurgion), James Thompson (apothecary). (Alexander) Baxter (M. 
of A. of Iras. Co11.), (Edward) Herne (M.A., Unir. Co11.), Dennis 
Fawkner (a fencer), Mr .... Clerk of Eifley ". They went out over 
High Bridge, some waving their hats over their heads; and lodged at 
Witney that night to wait for more company [which" accordingly came, 
,and ruade up 8 score, when they cross'd the country towards 
Banbury.] 
(Henry ]3ooth) lord de la Mere  up in Cheshire with forces and 
crie ' No bishops!'--unatefull, that had his life forgiven s; vide 
gazer, letters. (William Cavendish) earl of Devon  up in Derbyshire 
--ungratefull, a mul(c)t forgiven him o 
Lord Delamere rides like a mari man about the countrie, taks away 
ail horses belonging to papists, dispoyles their chappells, burns all the 
stuff belonging to them tho' the indulgence be hOt )'et called in. He 

 Alexander Baxter, M.A. Bras. 6 
June 688. 
= ' M.A. of Brasnose Coll.' substituted 
for ' bŒlonging to Brasnose ColL but- 
tory.' 
z Edward Heron, sec stra, p. 245. 
 a note says 'they proceeded from 
the X Inu 60 in numbcr, as 'ris said.' 
 Wood notes a little further on, but 
probably with reference to here--' one 
of aldermau (William) Wright's sons 
followed.' ' Tipping and Herue came 
home the next night lute or early Tues- 
day night following.' H. Clerke of 
lflly, see Bloxam's ' Magd. Coll. and 
James II,' p. $7. 

6 the vords in square brackets are 
substituted for--' Next day to Burford ; 
and so cross'd the country to meet with 
the lord Delamere at Northampton. 
But when they were at or neare Ban- 
bury, they heard that some of the kiug's 
forces were there, so they »vent to 
Brackley ; were set upon by dragoons ; 
some taken, and wouuded.' 
 Luttrell i. 4î7, 478- 
8 see Luttrell i. 354, 355, 366, 369, 
37o. 
'Luttrell i. 4î9. 
0 see Luttrell i. 4o, 4o, 405, 4o6, 
4ï, 4t8, 530. 



that is a native hath done 2o timcs more mischicf than' thc 
forcgnc !] 
iNTov. 26, I., Gazer that hen came out had not a word of Eng]ish 
news, because thc ]dng and hs parde wcrc drawing thcn from Sarum, 
whcre his headquartc was, towards London fo pcvcnt his mcn 
from running away, for befor¢ that rime Prince Georg - (of Denrnark> 
went away, duke of Ormond, duke of Grafton, dukc of ]3caufort, lord 
Churchill s 
Nov. 26, M., common report that lord Delamere, who was about 
Northampton burning all popish chapel stuffs and defacing pol0ish 
chappells, would be at Oxon next day or on Wednesday. Whereupon 4, 
Wedn. morning, Mr. (William) Joyner and Mr .... Ward (a secular 
priest, chaplain to lXIassy) took coach at the Grey hound about 9 in the 
morn. The boys gathered together and cried ' l'riests ! Priests ! ', but 
the coachnmn drove on and avoided them. Divers people thon 
gathered togeather to assault them. 
Tuesday or Wednesday (Nov. 27 or 28) M-r. (John) Massy dean 
of Ch. Ch. removed all things from his chapel and had pack'd up his 
goods before. Mr. (Thomas) Dean of Univ. Coll. and Mr .... Wakeman 
the chaplain a Jesuit did take away all rioto their chappell and locked 
up Mr. (Obadiah) Walker's lodgings. St. And.rew's day in the morn- 
ing (Friday), Mr. (Thornas) Deane (and) Mr. (John) Massy left 
Oxon belote day ; waited for the haclmey coach out of towne to goe 
to London--all blowne off. 
Nov. 2 7 or thereabouts, the king being at Whitehall, Dr. (Nathanicl) 
Çrew, bishop of Durham, petitioned his majesty for the removall of 
Mr. <John) Massy from Ch. Ch. Abominable falsness! very like 
him, if true! The common report was so. 
<3 ° Nov., F.) St. Andrew's <da)'), Mr. Sheldon with about i or 2 
in his company rode thro' Islip towards London . 
(Wood 529 (2) is ' The prince of Orange his declaration shewing the reasons 
why he invades Englmad, vith a short prcface and some modest remarks on it.' 
Wood notes :--' These remarks were commonly sold in Oxford in the latter end of 
Nov. 1688.' 

a the binder iaas cut off the last 
words. 
"" Wood 529 (8) is 'The princess 
Arme of Denmark's letter to the queen, 
ritten when she left her bouse, 6 
Nov. 688.' 
:; Luttrcll i. 479- 
« this second part is scorcd out and a 

note written in the margin--' Ir. Joyner 
then went, but not Ward or any papist, 
and he tells me there was no disturb- 
ance. ) 
 Roman Catholic gentry from ail 
parts were gathering round the king ; 
see Dzfra, p. 289 ; and Luttell i. 484. 



286 I,VOOD'S LIFE 4ND TIII[ES. 

Wood 529 (3) is « Some reflections upon the prince of Orange's declaration.' 
VTood notes :--' eommonly sold at Oxon, Sat. 7 Nov. I688.' 
Wood 529 (4) is ' The answer to a paper intitnled e_flectivns vz the ;brince af 
Orange's declaralit.' Wood notes :--' commonly sold in Oxon in the latter end 
of Nov. and beginning of December.' 
Wood 5z9 (9) is ' A review of the reflections on the prince of Orange's declara- 
tion ' : dated by Wood ' in the beginning of I)ec. 688.' 
Wood 529 (6) is ' A letter to the anthor of The Z)t«tch desig anatam[zed, by a 
citizen of London.' Wood notes ' The JOutch destte atzaloizized was an answer 
to the prince of Orange his Dec]aration, dated 8 Nov. 6S8.' 
Wood 529 (7) is ' A seasonable and honest advice to the nobility, clergy, gentry, 
souldiers.., npon the invasion of the prince of Orange.' Wood notes ' commonly 
sold in Oxon in the middle of Nov. 1688.') 

December.--At night, Dec. I, S., Dr. (Thomas) Godden the 
famous Roman Catholic writer was buried (quaere, either at Somerset 
house or S. James)--so the letters of Dec. 4, T. In Daniel Whitby 
(in AIh.). 
Dec. 4, T.,... Thorp at the Miter secured for saying that be 
wished that he could wash lais hands in he blood of the earl of Aben- 
don. Security given for his appearance by... Kimber (and) Ch. 
t larding. This was in the morning; and at the afternoone the rabble 
and boyes to the number of 2oo  went to every popish house and 
broke there windows, as first the Miter Inn were Thorp lived, 
Kimber's in Halywell, widoxv Harding's behind the Church (at Holy- 
well), Earl's in S. Clement's, Ch. Harding's in St. Tolls. 
Dec. 5, Wedn., about 4 in the afternoon, entred into Oxon north- 
ward e and through Halywell into the East Gare of the city about 200 
horsemen armed, with their naked swords, conducted by the lord 
Lovelace (all against the king). Within the East Gare they were 
received by the mayor and his brethren in their black gownes, who 
went on their right side all up the High Street with shouts and ac- 
clamations and congratulations of ail people. The lord Lovelace rode 
bare and complemented all people as he rode up the street on both 
sides. They took up their chief quarters at the X In where a couple 
of troopers stood ail night with their naked swords. Dennis Faukner, 
a fencer of Oxford, who went out as trooper with the captain (Henry) 
I3ertie, was one of the trumpeters. Captain ]3ertie and his men were 
there and among the number of 200 were oo scholars and citizens 
that went out to meet them.--Dec. 6, Th., about noon the trumpet 

 lhe figures are entered in pencil, as 
doubtfill. 
" i.e. from the north. The troops 

came past Wadham, and down Holv- 
well and Longwall Street. See Bloxam's 
Reg. Coll. Magd. vol. i. p. Io6. 



DECE3IBEtï, 1688. 

z7 

sounded at Carfax, where at Penniless Bench the Prince of Orange 
his declaration was read openly to the multitude. After which lord 
Lovelace spoke a speech to them. 

[' On i Wednesday last (Dec. 5) the lord Lovelace came to Oxford with about 
300 - horse. On Thnrsday (Dee. 6) his lordship read the Prince of Orange's de- 
claration. That night about z a elock 3 they were alarm'd that a party of the 
king's dragoons were corfling to beat up their qnarters and plnnder the City and 
University ; which put the schollars and inhabitants into sneh a consternation that 
befole break ofday there was above Iooo 4 men in arms and the test in a posture 
of defence, and to prevent coming in they forthwith pnlled down lIagdalen Colledg 
Bridge ; but no body offered to eome near them. On Tuesday last (Dee. 4) above 
a hnndred of the schollars  were np, breaking the papists' windows and particnlarly 
those of the Myter Tavem 6 beeanse the toaster of the honse b_ad said " he hoped to 
sec Oxford in ashes before Christmas and that he shonld wash his hands in the cm 1 
of Abington's blood." '] 

This month William Christmas of New Coll. succeeded (John 
Augustine) Bernard in the Moral (Philosophy)Lecture--vide 
Catalogue 7. 
News letter dated 8 Dec., S., saith that the earl of Sandwich 
(Edward Montagu) died lately in France. Died a Protestant and 
therefore (as 'ris said) was drag'd about the streets of Parys (quaere). 
--The saine letter saith that (Knightley) Chetwood of Cambr. hath 
kis'd the king's hand for the bishoprick of Bristow. Fals. A con- 
ceited flurishing coxcombe. Quaere, rector of Risington. 
Munday, Dec. io, Convocation: Sir Thomas Clarges, knight, and 
Heneage Finch, somtimes solicitor general, were chosen burgesses to 
serve in parliament to begin , 5 Jan. following. 
I)ec. x 4, F., news came that Mr. Obadiah Walker was seized and 
committed; some say he was with Sir Edward Hales and the king at 
Feversham when they went to make their escape. He was commited 
to Maidston goale s. The dean of Ch. Ch. (John Massy) goes like 
a trooper, red cloak; but taken with Walker, as the said news letter 
dated 15 Dec. (S.) saith. Quaere'Account  of the king's withdrawing 
himself.' 

 this is an extract from 'The Uni- 
versal Intelligencer, No. r, Tuesday, 
Dec. r, 688' in Wood 529 (rr): 
where Wood notes ' this is a most ridi- 
culous and silly thing.' 
 Wood notes :--' not 2oo.' 
s Wood notes :' three in the morn- 
ing.' 

4 Wood notes :--' false.' 
 Wood notes :--' 200 of the rabble.' 
6 Wood notes :--' Miter Inne.' 
 Gutch's Wood's Hist. Univ. Oxon. 
ii. 875. 
8 substituted for ' Dorer Castle.' 
 i.e. the paper in Wood MS. D rB, 
here printed. 



8 II'OOD'S L[FI AND TI311S. 

(An account 1 of AïngJamcs II his lcaving London  and the taliott.) 
[Dec. io, Munday, 1688, about 3 in the morn the queen with the prince of Wales 
left Whitehall. 
Dec. xi, Tuesd., about 3 in the morn the king with an unusual stlit of cloaths on, 
a black periwig on, and a great black patch on his face, left Whitehall incognito 
on horsback in the company of Sir Edward lIales of Kent (lately lievtenant of 
the Tower), Ralph Sheldon (lately a querie 3 ; son of Edward Sheldon of Stratton 
neare to Cirencester, a yonger son of Edward Sheldon of ]3eoly), and certaine 
servants.--When they left London, they went Maidstone road; but passed the 
river Medway over Aylsford bridge and, leaving Maidstone on the right hand, 
they crossed Penendon common (called Pichendon heath) ; then to Bersted ; then 
up Hollingbourne hill ; so to Bredgar, Tunstall, and Murston. (Where crossing 
the l)over road just above Sittingbourne, the rabble from Faversham--being in 
pursuit of Mr. Walker * and others with him in their returne towards London-- 
unhappily lighted upon them; and knowing Sir Edward Hales, whom they 
thought a better prize than Mr. Walker, rctumed to their owne towne .Faversham) 
to man out a vessel to take him.) And thence to Elmely ferry, where the ketch 
lay that was provided by Sir Edward Hales to transport them. But it wanting 
ballace they sailed to Shellnesse in the isle of Ha,oEy to take some in. Which 
whilst they were doing, the Faversham seamen (that espied them crossing the 
Dover road just above Sittingbourne) came and seized them all, their vessell being 
aground ; and carried them prisoners to their towne, where as they were passing 
along the street to the Queene's Armes, one... Marsh, a brewer, first discovered 
the king : whose opinion at length being confirmed by others, one Mr .... Napleton 
ventur'd to kneel doune and beg the favour of his majesty's hand. Which he de- 
clined and excus'd at first, but, after a little rime (ail people concurring that it 
must be the king), confess'd himself in these words that ' he was indeed James 
their king.' And then he had some respect shewn him : whereas before they (the 
seamen) had ri/]ed him of 400 guianyes before he came ashore, even ptflling clown 
his breeches to search his wastband for more, encouraged thereunto by one . . . 
Amhurst after he himself had taken the said guinnyes out of his pockets, which 
Amhurst was captai,e of the rabble.---Soon after Mr. Obadiah Walker,... Pulton 
(schoolnmster at the Savoy), and others, who we»e riding in a coach towards the 
seaside but forced to return towards London because they heard the rabble was tap, 
were overtaken, seized on, and brought'also to Faversham ; and committed them 
prisoners to the towne-house or hall and soon after to the goale where they con- 
tinued till they were tmnsmitted to London where Mr. Walker was sent to the 
Tower.--After the king had been at Faversham for some little time, he sent for 
the earl of Winchelsey , xvho lived neare that place. Who comming forth-with, 
he caused the king to be removed to the house of capt .... Southouse, mayor of 
that towne, svhere he continued till his removall to London.--As for Hales and 
Sheldon the rabble xvotfld hot surfer them to goe with the king to the mayor's 

x from Wood MS.D 18, fol. 59, copied 
by Wood from some contemporary paper. 
" \Vood 529 (2) is ' An account of 
the proceedings at Whiteh«ll, Gild hall, 
in the city of London and at the Tower, 
together with its surrender upon the 
surprizing news of the king's secret de- 

parture.' Wood 529 (13) is 'to his 
highnessthe prince of Orange the humble 
address of the city of London,' dated 
'Ii Dec. 688.' 
 i.e. equerry. See p. IOI. 
* Obadiah Walker. 
 Charles Finch, 3rd earl. 



1688. 

89 

house, but kept them prisoners in the inne. Afterwards Sheldon was let loose 
vhcn the king left that place; and Hales thereupon was kept prisoner first in 
Faversham goale, then in that of Maidstone, where he continued till he was re- 
lnoved to the Tower.--After the full discovery that the person that was rifelcd was 
the king, they offer'd him his gold againe, but he refusing it, it was divided among 
thenx.--While the king remained in the house of captain... Sothotse, the gentry 
came in to pay their respects to him; yet, notwithstanding, the rabble guarded 
the house day and night and kept him as a prisoner, supposing that they should be 
rewarded for thcir paines . 
Afterwards the king dispatched away a letter to the prlvie counsell, acquainting 
them what had befallen them. Whereupon they ordcred the earles of Faversham -', 
Aylesbury 3, Middleton 4, and Waymouth  with three of his majestie's coaches, his 
pad nagge, and  ao of his ffuards to take him out of the hands of the rabble. 
They came accordingly to Faversham and conducted (him) thence on Saturday 
 5 December to Rochester, being accompanied thither by several of the nobility 
and gentry living neare Faversham mad between Faversham and Rochestcr.--On 
Saturday night he layd in the bouse of Sir Richard I Iead st Rochcster, and the 
next day vent to London in a coach. 
A little before he came to London he design'd to goe round by Lambeth and 
over the ferry, but pereeiving the general acclamations of the people he said that 
' though they hated his religion, yet they did not dispise his person.' And there- 
fore about 4 in the afternoon on Smday, Dec. 6, he rode through the city of 
London, being preceded by a great many genflemen and nobles bare-headed, and 
followed with a numerous company, with loud huzzaies.--The king stop'd at the 
queen dowager's at Somerset bouse, and gave her a short visit. Then he went to 
Whitehall : and that evening were ringing of bells and bonfiers, and his majesty 
ppeared more cheerfil than before his vitbdrawing.--But that which spoyl'd ail 
was the great confluence of papists ruade then to him which was much resented by 
the prince of Orange then at Windsore. If the king had then prohibited ail papists 
to refraine coming neare to him ail had been well. 
Monday, Dec. 7, the prince of Orange sent from Windsore the marquis of 
Hallifoex, the earl of Shrewsbury, and Henry lord ]3elamere, with a message to the 
king at Whitehall, to tell him that he thought it convenient for the greater quiet of 
the city and for the greater safety of his person that he should remove to Haro to 
a housse there belonging to the duchess of Lauderdale. It was then ordered and 
contriv'd that the prince of Orange's guards should be possessed of all the posts at 
Vfhitehall to prevent the possibility of a disturbance from guards belonng to 
several musters. Before which was done, 'twas late at night, without advertising 
the king of the matter.--At past a of the clock at night the king being then in 
bed, they desired the lord Middleton, principal secretary of state, to tell his majesty 
that they had a message of great importance tobe delivered to him from the prince. 
Vfhereupon they being introduced to his majesty, told him the prince desired to 
have him withdraw to Haro and tobe there by noon the next day (T., Dec. 8). 
After some pause his majesty told them that he would withdraw to Rochester.-- 
This the prince of Orange did, becmme he thought it not safe for him the said 

marginal note :--' he was then taken 
with a violent bleeding at the nose.' 
 Lewis de Duras, znd earl of Fevers- 
ham. 
 Thomas Brute, and earl of Ailes- 
bury. 
VOL. III. 

Charles Middleton, second earl of 
Middleton, in the peerage of Scotland 
Secretary of State since x654. 
Thomas Thynne,  st viscount Wey- 
mouth. 

U 



OE9 0 IVOOD'S LIFE AND TIAIF..ç. 

prince) to be in London so long s there was so great a confluente of papists about 
him.--]t w.qs then also ordered that the prince of Orange's guards should attend 
him to that place under pretence to keep off the rabble, supposing that the rabble 
upon sight of those guards would not venter to abuse or set on him. This is 
strange ! that the rabble should insult on him whome 2 dayes belote they had in- 
troduced into the city with great acclamations. 
Dec. 18, about noone, Tuesday, the klng went downe the river in his barge, and 
reaching to Gravesinne that night laid in the house of one... Etkins, an attorney. 
At or about 4 in the afternoone the prince of Orange ruade his entry into S. James 
in his calash with six horses» attended, with great acclamations 1, by a world of 
nobility and gentry. 
Dec. 19, Wedn., the king went from Gravesend to Rochester, where he took his 
lodgings in the bouse of Sir Richard Head, being guarded by the prince of Orange's 
guards (who had an item given to them, to connive at his escape if he should en- 
deavour one). To him repaired his natural son the duke of Berwick, and Ralph 
Sheldon (before-mentioned, who was let loose from prison a little before). While 
he stayed there several of the clergy of the cathedral of Rochester repaired to con- 
verse with him. 
Sunday, Dec. 23, between 2 and 3 in the morning his majesty with the duke of 
lerwick, Mr. Sheldon, and Mr. Delabody, with servants, went out of Sir Richard 
tIead's back dore belonging to the garden, without any notice taken of them by 
the guards. At which rime he left a lctter - behind him in his chamber, dated 22 
I)ec., Sat., shewing the reasons for his with drawing himself from Rochester, which 
begins thus :--' the world cannot wonder at my withdrawing' etc.--Afterwards 
they went to the water's side where one capt .... Trevanion of the Henrietta yatch 
in eompany with one ... 13rowne, a sea man, took him on board the pinnace be- 
longing to the said Henrietta yatch and carried him and his company downe the 
river Medway, on board the Eagle, the guardship that lay at the river's mouth 
against Queenborough. Whence he went on board the ketch that belonged to the 
said ship (the Eagle), togeather with eaptain Trevanion and Browne (the last of 
which is said to be the captain of that ketch), in which after a long and bad passage 
they at length arrived safely neare Bulloigne in France.--In the evening of the said 
day the earles of Middleton and Aylesbury came to S. Jamses and acquainted the 
prince of Orange that his majesty about 3 in the morning went out of the back dote 
of Sir Richard Head's house, with the duke of ]3erwiek, Mr. Delabody, and Mr. 
Sheldon, and 'twas generally supposed that he was gone to France, because that 
the day before he had received an express of the queen's being there and that he 
left the lord Dunbarton  asleep. At the saine rime when the lord Middleton told 
this story, he produced his majesty's letter which he left upon his table, and gave 
it to the prince of Orange. (The said earl of Middleton, as it seems, was sent on a 
message from the king, Dec. 2o, Th. ; but about what 'ris not knowne.) 

t Wood 398 (21) is ' London's Wel- 
corne to his most illustrious highness 
Vfilliam Henry prince of Orange,' 1688, 
by Cyprian Southaick. 
* Wood notes :--' I have a copie of 
it': i.e. Wood 529 (16) ' Hismajesty's 
reasons for withdrawing himself from 
Rochester.' Wood 529 (17) is 'The 
king's reasons (with some reflections 
upon them) for withdrawing himself 

from Rochester,' in which Wood notes, 
' sold at Oxon in the beginning of Jan. 
I68ï.' Wood 529 (18) is 'reflections 
on a paper intituled lrfis majesty's reasons 
for withdrawhtg himself fi'om oches- 
ter; Lond. 1689, which Wood bought 
at ' Oxon, Jan. 1S, 
z George Douglas, first earl of Dum- 
barton in the peemge of Scotland. 



DECEillZ]ER, 11388. OE9  
In a letter dated 25 Dee., Tuesd., 1688, 'ris said that the king arrived at Azenby 
between ]3ullogn and Calais. here after he had stayed some houres a guard came 
to convey him to Paris; and also that the king of France met him neare Parys, 
saluted him kindly, and rode before (not even with him) with his naked sword, 
brandishing--sed de hoe quaere. 
Another letter dated  Januar., Tuesd., I68, says that the king and duke of 
Barwiek had only cold beef to feed on that day when they went away, whieh they 
earrled vith them in the keteh, and that they were very eheerfnll. Also that in 
the evening of that day (Dee. 23, Su.) they landed in Bulleyn bay, and the next 
da)" dined vith the duke of I3urbon.] 
Dec. x6, Su., Sir William Petty died; vide vitam (in the Alhenae). 
Dec. I7, M., fl(annel) sh(irt). 
Ix 7 Dec. a, M., x688: in a Congregation, were the Universitie 
letter, pen'd by orator William Wiat, directed to his highness prince 
of Orange, published or openly read: to congratulate his comming 
into ]ïngland. The beginning is " Illustrissime atque invictissime 
princeps, quoniam literis nuper," etc.] 
x 9 Dec. , xxr., frost began and continued till 8 Jan., T.,--the latter 
part was ver)" severe s 
Dec. _i, F., St. Thomas' day, Steven Hunt, M.A. and fellow of 
Trin. Coll., discharged of his fellowship by the president and certaine 
fellowes for not taking the degree of Bac. of Div. within the rime pre- 
scribed by statute. This all the reason that they pretended to, who 
told him he may appeale to the Visitor, ' which if he did they would 
produce reasons sufficient for his ejection besides.' He succeeded 
Dr. (Francis) Hawkyns when ejected  from being chaplain to the 
garrison of flae Tower. He himself was ejected about the beginning of 
Dec. s ; sided with Mr. (Obadiah) Walker ; had not received the sacra- 
ment since Xtmas 68 7. (Dr. John  Hawkins, deane of Chichester.) 
I)ec.  3 o, 3  (Su., M.) at Weston (3 s to Dan. Web for an horse) 
to see how he did s; (he was) troubled . 
Ult. Dec., M., Mr. (Arthur) Charlet told me that the rabble had 
seized on Dr. (James) Ardeme, deane of Chester, somewhere in 
Cheshire and had abused him. 

' note in MS. Bodl. 594, P- 92. 
 this note is now inserted out of 
place in the Alto. for June. 
 sec Evelyn's Diary under date î Jan. 
6S. 
* see Luttrell i. 445- 
 Hawkins being restored, Luttrell i. 
484 • 
* ' John' is underlined, being in error. 
Francis Hawkins is the naine. 

 this note is inserted out of place in 
the Almanae for June. 
* Mr. Ralph Sheldon had retm-ned 
from London when the papists were 
disarmed, I Ith Dec. ; or when they were 
ordcred to leave London, 22 Dec. Lut- 
trell i. 485, 49 o. 
 the mob in rations places was 
pnlling down papists' houses, Luttrell i. 
486, 48î, 488, 49 o. 

U 2 



29OE H'OOD'S ZIFE AVD TI2IES. 
(Carles Ccking 1, lord viscount Cullin, died December the 3oth 
1688; was buried in his own cuntry.) 
<Wood 417 (168) is « A nev song-- 
Ho, brother Teague, dost hear de decree 
Lilli-burlero bullen a la'w 
published in Dec. 1688. Two other songs with the mme refrain published in 
Jan. I6S are Wood 41î 068) and (169).) 
(Wood 529 (5) is ' By his highness WiIliam Henry prince of Orange, a third 
declaration i--in which Wood notes ' sold in Oxon in the beginning of December : 
said to be written by Sanmel Johnson, author ofJulian, without the knowledge 
of the prince of Orange.' 
Wood 53o (I)is 'The expedition of the prince of Orange for England... to 
the 1st day of Dec. 1688,' by N. iN.; Wood notes it as bought ' 1 Dec. 1688, 
price 
XYood 530 (2) is John Whittie's ' An exact diary of the late expedition of the 
prince of Orange.') 
iWood 13 29 contains several collections of the papers issued during the pro- 
gress of the Revolution, in which Wood has noted the date of purchase, etc. The 
items are as follows :w 
Wood E) 29 (I) is « A collection of [I 5] papers relating to the present juncture 
of affairs in England,' I688--Wood notes 'usually sold in Oxford, S., fi Dcc. 
1688, price 6d.' The fifteenth paper in this set is ' The prince of Orange his 
declaration of Nov. 28, 1688,' on which Wood notes:--usually reported soon 
after the publication of this that this vas none of the prince's declaration nor done 
by his command but pen'd by Samuel Johnson commonly called Julian Johnson.' 
Wood 13 29 (2) is 'A second collection of [î'] papers relating,' etc., 1688;-- 
price 6d. 
Wood D 29 (3) is ' A third collection of [4] papers relating,' etc., Lond., 1688: 
in which Wood notes  sold in Oxford, Th., 2o Dec. 1688, price 6d.' 
Wood 13 29 (4) is 'A fourth collection of [12] papers relating,' etc., Lond. 
1688 : in which Wood notes ' published in the latter end of Dec. 1688, price 5d.' 
Wood E) 29 (ri) is ' A fifth collection of [8] papers relating,' etc., Lond. I688. 
Wood's note is 'Jan. to, Th., t68; price 6d.' 
Wood 13 29 (6) is ' A sixth collection of [6] papers relating,' etc., Lond. I6S 9. 
Wood's note is ' Jan. 18, T., I6S, price 6d.' 
Wood D 29 (7) is 'A sevenfla collection of papers relating to parliaments and 
the penal laws and tests,' I6S9--Wood's note being ' 25 Jan., F., I68-, price 6d.' 
--together with 'Sccond pro% A seventh collection of [6] papers relating to the 
present jtmcture of affairs in England,' Lond. I689--Wood's note being « bought at 
Oxford, 28 Jan., M., 168-, price 6d.' 
Wood D 29 (S) is ' An eighth collection,' 6 papers, Lond., I6S 9 ; Wood's note 
« 29 Jan., T., I68-, price 6d.' 
Wood ]D 29 (9) is 'A ninth collection,' 7 papers, Lond. I6S9; Wood's note 
• bought at Oxon, 12 Match, T., I68, price 6d.' 
Wood 13 29 (IO) is 'A tenth collection,' 5 papers, Lond. 1689 ; Wood's note 
' 22 Match, F., I68.' 
X\-ood 13 a9 (11) is ' An eleventh collection,' 7 papers, Lond. 1689. 
x extract from the Burials Register of S. Michael's parish. Charlcs Cockayne, 
third viscount Cullen. 



DE'C. 1688 -- 'AN. 1689. 

a93 

Wood D 9 (I2 is 'A twelfih collection,' 13 papers, Lond. I6S9; Wood's 
note ' pnblished in the begilming of_[une i689.' 
The saine volume contains some other similar sets of papers :-- 
 ood D 29 ( 7) is ' Seven papers, riz. I, the grounds and reasons of the laws 
against Popery,' Lond. i689 ;  ood's note ' _[an. 9, T., 168], price 6d.' 
Wood D 29 (I8) is ' Fourteen papers, viz. I, a letter from a gentleman in Irelaud 
to his friend in London upon the vindicating of thc present government in Ireland, 
Lond. i689 ; Wood's note ' usually sold in Oxon in the beginning of_[an. I6S8.' 
Wood D 9 (19) is ' Six papers by Gilbert 13urnet, D.D.,' Lond. I689 ; Wood's 
note ' x8 Dec. T., I688, price 6d.' 

Several of the poetical effusions of the saine period are fotmd in Wood E 25, 
dated by Wood. 
Wood E 25 (  .) is ' The prince of Orange's triumph, or the downfall of the 
distressed Jesuits'; Wood's note ' Dec. 688.' 
Wood E 5 (3) is ' The Reading skirmish, or the bloody Irish routed by the 
victorious Dntch '; Wood's note ' Dee. 688.' 
Wood E 5 (I8) is 'The prince of Orange welcome to London.' beginning 
' The prince van Orange he is corne to this land I And does in defiance of popery 
stand '; Wood's note ' Dee. i688.' 
Wood E 25 (Io) is A nev song of Lulla By, or father Peter's policy dis- 
covered'; Wood's note ' Jan. 68.' 
Wood E 25 (I 5) is ' A fnll description of these rimes, or the prince of Orange's 
march from Exeter to London'; Wood's note 'Jan. I68,." 
Wood E 25 (io9) is ' The protestants' triumph, or the prince of Orange joyfully 
entertaind in the eity of London'; Wood's note 'Jan. I68.' 
Wood E 25 () is 'A nev touch of the rimes, or the nation's consent for a 
free parliament': Wood's note 'Jan. 68.' 
Wood E 25 (I I 7) is : A new ballad called 7"he t9rotestant's rojbhesie wherein is 
plainly set forth the difficulty of elearing our native country of those that infest us 
called Papists'; it begins 'Corne hearken to me whilst the truth I do vrite [ For 
in telling of lies I take no delight'; Wood dates it 'Jan. or Feb. I68-.' 
Wood 38 contains others of the &ro 190pey verses of the day :-- 
Wood 382 (4 is  A Collection of the newest and most ingenious songs against 
Popery,' Lond. 1689; with Wood's note 'published in London in the latter end of 
Dee. I688, price 6d.' 
Wood .82 (5) is ' A second Collection of the newest and most ingenious poems, 
satyrs, songs, etc., against Popery,' Lond. 689; vith Wood's note ' I 4 Feb. 68S 
(i. e. ), (price) 6d (bought in) Ox(ford).' 
XVood 382 (6) is ' A collection of poems on affairs of state,' Lond. 689 ; with 
s 
the note 'bought at Oxon, 26 Feb. I688 (i. e. ), price 
Wood 382 (7) is ' A third collection of the ncwest.., poems... ,' Lond. I689 ; 
bought at Oxon, 2 March I688 (i.e. {), price 6d.' 
Vood 382 (8) is 'A fourth and last collection of poems, satyrs, songs,' etc., 
Lond. 1689 ; 'bought at Oxon, 3o March 16897 
Wood 417 also contains a number of political pieces in verse of the close of 
688 and of 168§:-- 
Wood 4  7 (H64) is a ballad, entitled ' The Explanation,' beginning 
cour priests in holy pilgrimage 
Quite through the lalld have gon 
Surveyiug each relious house 
Of abbot, fryer, and nun'-- 



294 

IVOOD'S LIFE AND TIAIES, 

to reclaim them and their lands for the church: Wood notes 'published about 
21 Dec., S. Thornas day the Apostle, i688.' 
Wood 417 (65) is ' Tom Tyler, or the nurse,' the infant prince of Wales being 
alleged to be son of a tiler introduced into the palace ; Wood notes ' published 
SOlne few dayes before Christmas 1688.' 
During the close of 1688 and the beginning of 1689 the press was pouring forth 
parnphlets and ballads intended to justify the Revolution, by describing the surfer- 
ings of the popular party during the late reigns. 
Wood 429 A no. 26 is 'An enquiry into the barbarous rnurther of (Arthur 
Capel) the late earl of Essex,' Lond. 1689, in which Wood notes--' some copies 
are dated 1684 : commonly sold in Oxford in the latter end of Dec. 1688, price IS : 
this book being cornmonly sold in London in Dec. 1688 was called in about 
Xtmas Eve. This carne to nothing for in the bcginning of May 1689 the countess 
of Essex his ,viddow confess'd before certaine nobility and the bishop of Sarum 
(Dr. Gilbert ]3urnet) that ber husband had murder'd himself.' 
Wood 421 (17) is 'Ail account of the injurious proceedings of Sir George 
Jeffreys against Francis Smith, 16 Sept. 68o,' London [I68.]. 
Wood 51o (35) is 'Alurd«r will out, or the King's [Charles II's] letterjustifying 
the rnarquess of Antrim,' Lond. 689 ; bought by Wood 'Jan. 27, 168, price 2d.' 
Vood E 25 no. I I 7, i$ a 1688 reprint of a broadsheet lament over Monrnouth's 
defeat, headed ' Monmouth worsted in the West, or his care and grief for the death 
of his poor souldiers,' and beginning ' Now we see the fight is over [ Now poor 
Monmouth must away.' 
Wood 368 (28) is 'The dying speeches 1, letters, and prayers etc. of those 
erninent Protestants who snffered under the sentence of the late Lord Çhancellour ' 
(Jeffreys), Lond. 1689 ; which Wood notes to bave been' published in Jan. 1688 
(i. e.  ; price) 6d.' 
Wood 368 (29) is ' The dying speeches z of several excellent persons who suffered 
for their zeal against popery and arbitrary government,' Lond. 1689, which Wood 
• bought at Oxon. 9 Jan. 1688 (i. e.  ; price) 6d.' 
"x¥ood 421 (12) is ' The late lord Russel's case, with observations by Henry 
(Booth) lord Delamere,' Lond. 1689; 'bought at Oxon., I2 lIarch 1688 (i. e. ; 
price) 6L' 
Wood 421 (13) is ' Remarks upon the trials of Edward Fitz-harris, Stephen 
Colledge,' etc. by John Hawles, Lond. 1689; 'published about the middle of 
lIarch 168 ; price 2s 6d') 

168 and 1689:1 William and lary: Wood aet. 57. 

(At the beginning of this Almanac Wood notes its name and price 'Wing: 
1689 : 4(d)'; and bas these jottings for the Athcnae :) 
15 Feb., F., letter to Dr. (Daniel) Vfhitby about bishop (Seth) Ward's Col- 
lections. [No answer.] 
28 Feb., Th., (to) John Aubrey about Sir Francis Wortley. 
Eodern die, to D(r)... Vaughan of Brecknock for epitaph of Dr. John David 
Rhese, (and) about Sir Edvard and Sir John Stradling. 

1 ]Ir. John Hick's last speech is 
fonnd on p. 3 ; see su;bra, p. 16 4. 
 speech ofStephen Colledge (3 Ang. 
1681) is fouud on p. I ; of lady Alicia 

Lisle (Sept. I685), on p. 25 ; of aider- 
man Henry Comish (23 Oct. 1685) , on 
p. 27. 
" added later. 



/)EC. 1{88- 'AN'. 1{]89. 

March 3, 4, (Su., M.), to G. Passmere for the dignitaries of Exeter. 
March 28, Th., to Mr. (John) Aubrey--(for) (I) place of Thomas Jones' 
burial,--(2) place of Dr. (Seth) Ward's bariall,--(3 ) place of Sir Richard Napier('s 
burial),--(4 ) (to ask) Abrahaln Hill where Nicholas ltill died,--(5 ) which 
daughter and heir of Carev Ralegh was married to Sir John Elloves,--(6) to 
send to Olor Iscanus  to answer my letters,--(7) vhether Dr. (John) Pell was 
bachelor or toaster of Arts,--(8) to put John Dugdale in mind of John Davenport. 
Chisgrove in WiltsSir Georg More. 
Dr. Mathew Lyster, president of the College of Physitians. 
Apr. I, M., (to) Dr .... Vaughan of Brecknock about Dr. John Davies. 
June 3 o, Su., to Mr. Richard Highmore minister of Candle-purse neare Sher- 
bume in Dorset for epitaph of Nathaniel Highmore and notitia for Richard 
Haydock. 
Act Sunday, (î July), (to) Mr. (John) Aubrey a letter for... Jones of Merton 
Coll. an author as in Mr. Thomas Jones his burial, author of ' EIymas"- the 
sorcerer'; Sir Georg More of Loney his death; Sir Mathew Lyster builder of 
Amphill; Sir Richard (Dr.) Napier. 
Sept. 6, F., to Dr. (Ralph) Bathurst for Richard Emot, Dr (Robert) Creyhton 
his offices of tresurer and deane and his works. 
(To) Mr. (Richard) Reeves, (for the) life of father Augustine Baker 3, (and of) 
Leander de Sto Martino (vicar-geneml). 
17 Sept., T., to Mr. Richard Highlnore againe. 
24 Sept, T., to Dr. (Narcissus) Marsh a note about Dr. Robert Price bishop of 
Femes. 
29 Sept., Su., Michaelmas day, to Mr. (Richard) Reeves for solution of queeries 
at Doway; sepulture of Richard White, Morgan Philips, Arthur Pits; in vhat 
church was bishop William Harrys buried.--(to) Mr .... Dawson about my 
hearing. 
Nov. 12, T., to Sir Henry S. George by Dr. (Robert) Plot for the natural issue 
of prince Rupert and King James lI ; to enquire about cardinal (Philip) Howard ; 
also about the consecration of Dr. (Humphrey) Humphreys and (Nicholas) 
Stratford. 
Nov. 3 o, S., St. Andrev's day, (to) Mr. Aubrey (about) staff (?) of bicholas 
Hill; (to)Olor Is(c)anus about Dr. John David Rhese and Sir Èdward Strad- 
ling ; (to) Mr. Ashmole about William Lilly and Mr. (John) Rushworth's death, 
in what church William Butler of Cambridge and Thomas Brightman are buried, 
when Dr. Henry More of Cambridge died. 
](enjamin) Smithurst's book 4 from Mr. (Elias) Ashmole; Henry More of 
Cambridge to be put in Thomas Vaughan. 

January.--Jan. 2, w., Sir Robert  Beversham, one of the Masters 
of the Chancery, died--so Hall's c0ffey letter. 

 i.e. Henry Vaughan, the Silurist. 
 Lond. t68z ; Wood 4z7 (47)- 
z Wood MS. B 4 is 'An account of 
the life of the venerable father Augustin 
]3aker, lnonk of the English congrega- 
tion of S. 13enedict, vho died in Èngland 
upon the 9th of Aug. anno Domini 

I64t, aetatis suae 63: his happy soul 
rest in peace, Amen.' 
* Benjamin Smithurst : ' ]3ritain's 
Glory and England's ]3ravery,' Lond. 
1689, 8vo. ; Wood 442 (3)- 
 an error for Sir Willialn Beversham, 
Luttrell i. 493- 



 VOODS LIFE AIVD TI[ES. 

5 Jan., S., John Augustine Bernard resign'd his Moral Philosophy 
lecture, quaere Catalogue 1 
Jan. 7, Munday, Sir Thomas Clarges and lXIr. (Heneage) Finch 
chosen againe parliament men  for Oxford University. 
News letter dated J'an. 8, T., saith that last week died the lady lXlarshall, some- 
rimes governess to the late king's ehildren ; also the lady Ann ' Villiars' (' Hil- 
liard,' in another letter); yesterday (Jan. 7) died the earl of Suffolk (James 
Howard) ; the earl of Westmorland (Charles Fane) very ill. 
Jan. 9, W., at night, inter horas 8 et 9, died (Iary) Mounfort 
widdo% aged 8 4 or thereabouts : so the outlanders will now miss a 
victuailing or boarding house: buried Jan. 18, F., in iXIagd, parish 
church 3. 
Jan. 1 i, F., Wiiliam Christmas, lXI.A, of New Coll., elected iXIoral 
Philosophy Reader. 
Jan. xi, Friday, the citizens ruade choice of the former burgesses to 
sit in the Convention (to meet on) Jan. 22, T.,--viz. Sir Edward 
Norris and captain (Henry) Berde. 
Jan. I4, N., (John) Spencer *, M.A. and fellow of Jesus Coll., died; 
buried in Jesus ColL Chapel. 
Jan. I4, Munday, election of knights of the shire: stood Sir John 
Cope, Sir Robert Jenkinson, baronets; and (Thomas) Hord of Coat, 
esquire: a pole ruade and the next day, Jan. i5, T., towards the 
evening Sir John Cope and Sir Robert Jenkinson were pronouneed 
knights. 
[Bought s at Oxon, 14 Jan., M., I688 (i. e. ]-) (price) 6d ' Annus Mirabilis, or 
Stmnge and wonderful predictions out of Nf. J. Partridge's Almanack 688,' 
Lond. 689. ] 
J'an. I6, W., (Gilbert Holles) earl of Clare died at Warwic house in Hoborne. 
Jan. 9, S., Philip (Wharton) lord Wharton said in the news then dated to be 
lately dead--quaere . 
Jan. z2, Tuesday, (William) Christmass, the new Moral Philosophy 
reader, ruade lais inaug(uration) speech: vide in Moral Philosophy 
lecture  
[Jan. -o"', w., bought 'Table talk of John Selden ' Lond. I689, is.] 

x Gutch's Wood's Hist. Univ. Oxon. 
ii. 875- MS. Bodl. 594 P- 123 says that 
Bernard ' resigned by writing.' 
 for the ' Convention' summoned by 
the Prince of Orange to meet 22 J'an. 
 sec Peshall's Additions, p. 23. 
 John Spencer, lXI.A. Jes. Coll. 8 
June 6.%. ' Mr. Spencer, felow of 
Jesus Coledge was buryed iii the Col- 

ledg Chappell J'anuary the i,l, 68-ià'; 
Burials Register of S. Michael's. 
 note in Wood's copy, Wood 643 , 
no. 7b- 
i the report was false. 
 i.e. in Guteh's Wood's Hist. Unir. 
Oxon. ii. 875. 
 note in Wood's copy, Wood 533 
(i9). 



'.4NU.,-tR]; 1680. 297 
[S., 26 Jan. 1 i68ï, meeting at the Apoditerium, of the vice- 
chancellor and heads of bouses, wherin the fellowes of Unir. Cll. 
were summoned to be visited, M., 4 Feb. [ollowing.--M., Feb. 4, they 
met in Ulliv. Cll. chapel and commanded them to elect a lleW 
Master loco Obadiah Walker. Complaint then ruade by the fcllowes 
against Mr. (Nathaniel) Boyse and Mr. (Thomas) Deane, fellowcs, 
xvho had lately le[t their religion for that of Rome.] 
Jan. so, W., King's (Charles I) [ast, Mr. (William) Taswell * of 
Ch. Ch. preached at S. Marie's. 
Jan. 3o, W., a new im'ented bridle with screws came to Ox[ord 
to be publicly seen at the Red Lyon till Munday following and then 
'ris to be given to the... Invented, as they say, by a popish bishop 
to screw protestants to death by degrees, somthing to be put into 
the mouth that they shall make no noises. This to make papists 
odious s. 
In this month the elm trees rioto Budnorth('s) gate leading to his 
garden and so to the great gate leading rioto the hihway by 
Giles into New Parke, set (by the care of Mr .... Walker  of Bras. 
Cll.) that in future time they may be 
These trees reached as farr as hall the walke to the gate before 
mention'd ; the other hall from that gate to the end of Non-ultra were 
set in January I689 (i. e. ). 

(Wood 5z9 (15) ' An account of the pretended prince of Wales and other griev- 
ances,' 1688, Wood notes as bought on Thursday, Jan. IO, I68, price 6d. 
\Vood 529 (19) CA represcntation of the threatning dangers impending over 
Protestants in Great t3ritain before the coming of the prince of Orange' 168% 
Wood notes as bought on Friday 18 Jan. 168, price is. --Dr. Gilbert Burnct 
the author : some say Robert Ferguson.' 
Wood 529 (o) is ' His Majestie's [James III letter to his lords and others of 
his privy council from St. Germans-en-laye a Jan. I68.' 
Wood 529 (2) is 'A inquiry into the present state of affairs s and in particular 
whether we owe allegiance to the king in these eircumstances,' Lond. 1689. Wood 
notes 'Jan. 2z, Tues&, I68, price 3d; Dr. Gilbert Bumet the anthor.' 
"Wood 66o C (37) is ' An account of the reasons of the nobility mad gentry's 

 note in MS. Bodl. 594, P- 123 b. 
z William Tasvell, B.D. Ch. Ch. 26 
Mat. 1685. 
 cp. Luttrell i. 481. 
 Joseph \Valker, M.A. Bras. 19 June 
1663 or Joshua Walker, M.A. Bras. 4 
June I6îS. 
 these ehns seem to be those in 
front of Keble College ; and if so' Non- 

ultra' Walk will be the path vhich 
now runs betveen Keble College and 
the Parks. See and correct Clark's 
Wood's City of Oxford i. p. 344- 
« Wood 529 (22 is ' _A. word to the 
wavering, or an answer fo the tnquDy 
inlo t/te 2brescnl slale of affaD-s; Lond. 
1689: Wood notes it as bought on 
8 Feb., Frid., I68ï» price 3d. 



298 IVOOD'S LIFE AND TIAIt?S. 
invitation of the prince of Orange into England' Lond. 688; in which Wood 
notes ' bought at Oxon in the latter end of Jauuar. 68,}, price s.' 
E'ebrun.rsr.--[Beginning 1 of Feb. 688 (i. e. -) (bought) ' The 
Lord Chancellour's (Jeffreys') discovery and confession,' Lond. t 689.] 
Fëb. 3, Su., fl(annel) shi(rt). 
Feb. 4, BI., (the) vice-chancellor (and) I)octors of the University " 
met in the common-chamber of Unir. Coll. where, after severall 
examinations, they declared the places following void :--riz. the 
mastership held by BIr. (Obadiah) Walker, a papist, a fellowship 
(held) by B[r. Nath(aniel) Boys, papist, another by Blr. Thomas 
Deane, papist, and the revenews of a fellowship held by BIr .... 
Wakeman, a Jesuit, chaplain at BIr. (Obadiah) Walker's chape1. All 
which withdrew themselves from the College (except Ir. Boys) in 
the latter end of Oct. and latter end of Nov. last. The Chan- 
cellor and BIasters s of the University of Oxon are visitors of this 
College. 
Feb. 6, W., when it was agitated in the House of Lords whether 
the king had abdicated his throne  or the kingdome, 65 gave their 
rotes that he had done so, and 45 not. There were then 18 bishops 
in the bouse, t6 gave their rotes that he had not abdicated; two 
of them were in the affirmative, as (Henry) Compton bishop of 
London and (to the wonder of all) (Nathaniel) Crew bishop of 
Durham. O falsness ! he that tan with the humour of King James II" 
now forsakes him, to cring to prince of Orange in hopes to keep his 
bishoprick. BIuddiman's letter saith that the bishop of London did 
agree with the 6 and none 19ut Durham said that 'twas abdicated. 
(In) the printed paper wherein (are) the names of those that were 
against abdication of the king, are only eleven bishops that voted that 
it was no(t)abdicated--among them is not the bishop of London 
nor I)urham. 
Feb. 9, Egg-saturday, xoo and 2o « bachelors presented. 
[Feb,  . , T., i68, ..., wife of Sir George Pudsey, died ; quaere 
xvhere buried.] 

* note in Wood's eopy, Wood 68 
(27). 
 The Visitorship of University ÇoI- 
lege now vested in the Crown was for- 
merly vested in the University. See 
Clark's Reg. Unir. Oxon. II. i. 83, 
85, 86. 
 ' Masters' substituted for 'scholars.' 
 voted by the Commons, Jan ..... 

Luttrell i. 499, 5 °°- 
MS. has ' I,' by a slip. 
i.e. one hundred and twenty. 
note from Wood MS. F 4, a slip 
inserted at p. 59, containing some 
jottings for the continuation of that 
book (Wood's account of persons who 
died or were buried at Oxford). 



FEtL- AIARCH, 168[}. 299 
Feb.  4, Th., thanksgiving day I in Oxford ; ringing of bells, bon- 
rires ; Mr. (Henry) Helyar  of C. C. C. preached. 
(Wood 4i 7 (i77) 'The green sickness cured,' and (iî8) 'The 
modish London Lire,' have each a note by Wood' bought at Oxon for 
a new ballet [ballad], 14 Feb. I68.4') 
News letter, dated Feb.  6, S., saith that lord Latimer eldest son of 
(Thomas Osborne) the earl of Danby died suddenly, W., Feb. 15 
(at London or Westminster). 
[Feb. 2a s, F., anno 688 (i. e. -) bought at Oxford ' A dialogue 
between father Gifford the late popish president of Maudlin and 
Obadiah Walker, toaster of University, upon their new Colledge 
preferment in Newgate.'] 
Feb. 25, M., cl(ean) sheets. 
[Bought * at Oxon 26 Feb. I688 (i. e. ]), IS, 'The bloody Assizes, or, a eom- 
plete history of the life of George lord Jefferies,' Lond. I689.] 
[Bought  at Oxon 26 Feb. I688 (i. e. î) 'A fnll answer to the depositions eon- 
ceming the birth of the Prince of XYales.'] 
(Wood E 25 no. IO is an odd chap-sheet, folded three times, with pictures 
changing as each fold is lifted ; the verses on it begin ' Here Adam first leads up 
the van [ True mirrour of unstained lire.' Wood notes on it ' bought at Oxon in 
Feb. 68- '). 
The presbiterians upon this revolution grow high, preach in public, 
set up their preaching places. Mr. James his old dancing school 
without North Gare they bave made a preaching place. Mr. (Henry) 
Cornish holds out . One (Richard) Stratton , somtimes an Ox- 
onian, afterwards a Nonconformist minister, was sent for and added 
(as) an assistant in June 69 o. 
lneh .--In this month and in Feb. is a fiequent desease of sore 
eyes among men, especially children, occasion'd by bad aire (quaere). 
Continued (in) April (and) May. 

 ordered by the Convention on 22 
Jan. (see Luttrell i. 497,498) . William 
and Mary had been proclaimed king 
and queen on, W., Feb. 13 (see Evelyn's 
Diary under date ; Lnttrell i. fioi, fio3). 
Wood E 2fi (114) is a ballad on the 
proclamation--' The subject's satisfac- 
tion, being a new song on the proclaim- 
ing King William and Queen Mary,' 
13 Feb. I68. 
 Henry Hellier, M.A. Corp. 6 Match 
68. 
 note in Wood's copy, Wood 276 A 
no. CCCCCLXV. 

 note in Wood's copy; Wood 368 
 note in Wood's eopy; Wood 660 C 
(36). 
 Wood notes :--'this was hot till 
Nov. 1689.' 
 Richard Stretton, M.A. New C. 
9 July 1658. 
 'Gillbert Salmon, a printer att 
the Theatre, a stranger, buryed Match 
the 8th I68': S. Michael's Burials 
Reg. 'Gillbert Salmon' is substituted 
for ' One Gibbey,' that being his nick- 
Dame. 



00 II'OOD'S L[FE AND T[3IES. 

Mar. 3, Su., Dov. car. 
Mar. io, SI1., Mr. Jos(iah) Pullen told me that Mr. (John) Massy 
had sent his resignation of his deanery to Ch. Ch. 
Mar. ,8, fl{annel} sh{irt}. 
News letter dated 9 Match, T., saith that Sir Georg Treby hath imprisoned 
Mr. (Jeremy} Collier a minister for writing a pamphlet discnssing the king's 
leaving of England, shewing that he did hOt abdicate his people. The clergy 
discontented ; presbyterie increases. 
Jeremiah Collier of Cambridge (vide Athenae Oxon, p. 55) author of a pamphlet 
intitled ' The t desertion discued,' for which he was ¢ommitted to Newgate where 
he lay a considerable while, but released by the interceion of Dr. {Gilbe} 
Burnet. He (the raid Collier) was author of 'The IIistory of passive obedience 
sin¢e the Reformation,' London, 689, quarto, published about the beginning of 
Au,st ; in the benning are quotations of Oxford History. 
[2o Mat.  ,688 (i.e. } (bought} 'The chancellor's (Jeffreys} address and 
confession,' Lond. 689. ] 
Mat. , F., violent wind, especially in the affernoon; blew downe 
the top of S. AIoEte's steeple. 
(Wood =î6 A no. CCCLXXXVIII is a pnted paper of orders about dress 
passed at a meeting of heads of houses 2 Match 688 (}) : it is complained : 
() that graduates and other yonger scholars xveare mouming gowns without 
leave from the vice-chancellor and proctom. 
(2) that many gentlemen-commonem and others wear square caps with tufls, 
though they have hot performed any exercise in Theater to entifle them to this. 
(3) that underaduates, on pretence of being Students of Civil Law, xvear the 
half-sleaved gom and the square cap, although hot of 4 years' standing nor duly 
entered on the law line. 
(4) that the use of weang hatts (nay, even of hatts button'd up) in publiqne, 
-ith crevatt-bands, is common, to the great scandal of the University.} 
Mat. 3, S., news letter at Halls saith Mr .... Petite, one of the Assistants to 
the Lord's house (in place of . . . Judge) is ruade head-keer of the records in 
the Tower of London ; and RooE Ferguson, house-kper of the Excise ONce. 
Mat. 23, 8., to Mfis. Villis in HalDvell for a paire of vorsted stockgs, 5s; 
es and  (or 6(d}) for worsted at alderman (John} To,send's. 
Mat. 5, 6, etc., (John Lovelace} lord Lovelace his agents beat 
up for voluntiers to goe for Ireland s against the King James II and 
papists. 
News letter dated 3o Match, S., saith that bishop of Durham 

i , The desertion discuss'd in a letter 
to a country gentleman,' Lond. 1689, 
4to. \Vood 530 (3) is ' The history of 
the desertion ... with an answer to a 
piece called T]e deserlion discussed' 
Lond. 1689, by Edmund Bohun: Col- 
lier's pamphlet is printed at the end. 
2 note in Wood's copy, Wood 368 

(25. Wood 368 (26) is ' An account 
of the flight, discovery, and apprehend- 
ing George lord Geffries,' bought about 
the saine time. These numerous pam- 
phlets about Jeffreys were issued in justi- 
fication of the Revolution. 
a Luttrell i. 513, 515. 



L4RCt-- APRIL, 1689. 
(Nathaniel Crew) will give up his bishoprick and that London 
(Henry Compton) will be translated thereto; that (Edward) Stilling- 
fleet, dean of Paul's, will be bishop of London, that Dr. (William) 
Stanley the queen's chaplain will be canon of Windsore and Dr. 
(Henry) Aldrich deane of Ch. Ch. 
Ult. Man, Easter day, Dr. Gilbert Burnet consecrated bishop of 
Sarum at Fulham: vide Gazet. 
Much raine fell in this month and wee had floods. 
Latter end of hIarch and beginning of Apr. ail letters say  that the 
King (James II) is dead in France. Fals. 
.pril.--Spring very backward ; Apr. , 2, 3, great store of raines; 
waters high; a flood. 
Apr. 3, W., at night, news came that Dr. (Hem3") Aldridge had 
the deanery of Ch. Ch. bestow'd on him. Whereupon the next day 
the bells rang. IIis character, sec 9 collection of papers p. 7 ; vide 
supra. 
Apr. 4, Th., hIr. (Arthur) Charlet told me that Thomas Cooper 
of (the) Pellican in Little ]3ritain, bookseller, vas lately dead. 
Apr. 7, Low Sunday, (John) Pope  of New Coll. repeated. 
Letters dated 9 Apr., T., say that the lord Gainborough3 died at 
Exton, in Rutlandshire. 
Apr. o, W., William Cradock of Magd. Coll. and Thomas Newey 
of Ch. Ch. (which last had been several rimes pro-proctor) took their 
places of proctor. 
Apr. xi, Th., Coronation 4 (day) at Oxon solemnized (vide papers  
alibi). Mr. (William) Lancaster of Queen's preached in the morning. 
F.ncenia in the afternoon verie disorderly, the Masters got in the 
Doctors' seats and the Bachelors and Undergraduats in the Masters'. 
Robert Harrison, mayor, who served in the wine-cellar at the 
coronation, received the honor of knighthood some days after. And 
Apr. 27 (S.) came home, was met by several horslnen and con- 

 Luttrell i. 517- 
 John Pope, M.A. New C.  Mat. 
68. 
 Edward Noel, created earl of Gains- 
borough  Dec. I68. 
 substituted for 'Inauguration.' See 
Evelyn's Diary under date i I Apr. 
689; Luttrell i. o. Wood î6 A 
no. CV is a description, with engrav- 
ings, of ' the ceremonial proceedings at 
lhe coronation' of William and Mary, 
xI Apr. 689. 

 Wood 276 A no. CCCCIX is the 
programme of the Comitia held on I I 
Apr. i689, in honour of the coronation 
of William and Mary. One of the 
pieces was entitled ' Magdalena ridens ' 
i. e. that College rejoicing in deliverance 
from its oppressor. The pieces were 
aftewards printed :' Vota Oxoniensia 
pro Guilhelmo rege et Maria regina ... 
accedunt panegyrica oratio et carmina 
gratulatoria Ii Apr. 689,' Oxon, 689, 
fol. 



30 ° - IUOOD'S LIFE AND TI3IFS. 
ducted to his dore in S. Peter's East with shouts, ringing of bells, and 
acclamation. 
Letters dated Apr. 13, S., say that Dominic Sheldon , a prime officer under 
major-general (Anthony) Hamilton was slayn at Colrayne 2 in Ireland upon the 
salying out of the protestants thence on Hamilton's men, or in pursuit of the pro- 
testants who counterfeited a retreat into Colrayne where they had sprang a mine 
within their gare tmd planted canons against it. Sec Gazer 1689 hum. 2452 col. 3- 
Pals. 
Apr. I8, Th., Lord Chancellor (George) Jeffries died in the Tower,--so news 
letter at Short's--circa horam 5 ante meridiem ; died of a flux : buried 3 in the 
chappell of S. Peter ad vincula in the Tower of London neare the grave of the 
duke of Monmouth on Sat. following to prevent the indignity of the rabble. 
Apr. I9, F., John Temple*, son of Sir William Temple, some dayes since ruade 
Secretary of Warr, flung himself over a wherry when it was shooting London 
bridge, and so drown'd himself. A note left in the wherry-boat ran thus'My 
folly in undertaking what I could hOt execute is a great prejudice to the king : 
thcre was no other way to remedie it but this.'--So James Hall's ]etter at Turl 
coffey hous; and adds that he was only son of Sir William Temple, sometimes 
embassador in Holland. A pamphlet of this among Mr. Ashmole's pamphlets, 
G. IT. 
(24 Apr., W.) [in vigilia S. Marci 1689 dedit mihi A(rturus) C(harlet), SS. T. 
B. e coll. Trin. (hunc librum.)] 
Hall's letter dated 27 Apr., S., saith that Dr. (Thomas) Cartwlight, bishop of 
Chester, is dead in Ireland, supposed to be poys(on)'d  by the popish clergy; 
that Dr. (William) Ashton is to be bishop of Chester. 
.&pr. 3 o, T., 3 half-crownes and 6 (d) to Mr .... Heywood for gazets. 
My.--]Xlay 3, F., died Sir Robert Peyton at London, saith Hall's 
letter ; but Short's saith that he died at 6 of the clock in the morne on 
the 4th of May, Sat. He was the first of the green ribbon club or 
partie in 679. ]3uried in St. Dunstan's church in Fleet Street, 
lïIay 8, W. 
In the beginning of this month the new oath by Act of Parliament 
was published for all to sweare allegiance to King William. ]XIany 
refuse it. 
[Bought 7 at Oxon 4 May 689, being then newly corne from 
London, 'Auctio Davisiana Oxonii habita' (Lond. 689), George 
Smalridge A. Bac. et alumnus Aedis Xti, author.] 
News letter dated lïlay 9, Th., saith that many ministers refusing 

 see suivra, p. IOI. 
2 Luttrell i. 521,524. 
s Luttrell i. 523. 
 Luttrell i. 524. 
" ' lIusae Cantabrigienses,' I689, 
verses presented by the University of 
Çambridge to King William and Queen 
Mary. The note is found in Wood's 
Copy (Wood 32î). 

 Luttrell i. 526. Wood 51o (36) is 
'A letter out of Ireland ... giving a 
full account of the sickness and funeral 
of the late bishop of Çhester' [Thomas 
Cartwright], Lond. 1689. 
 note in Wood's copy (Wood 5Iî 
no. 4), in which he also gives the names 
of those indicated by initials in the dia- 
logue. See strct, p. i5î. 



APRIL -- ,I.4 l', 11389. 303 
to take 1 the oath of allegiance and supremacy to King William, they 
must be silenced from preaching (so that the Presbyterian ministers 
must be desired to preach in the city--Scotland, quaere). So you 
see Presbyterians take all oathes. This for Scotland: this of Scot- 
land, and not of England. 
May 1, Sunday, Robert  I)ormer of Rousham com. Oxon. esq. was buried in 
the church of Long-Crendon in Bucks in a vault there where his father was 
buried belote him. He died of an apoplexy s suddenly at Rousham. Left several 
children by his second wife, named Ann, daughter of Sir Charles Cotrell knight. 
His eldest son by his first wife ((Catherine Bertie) daughter of the earl of Lindsey*) 
succeeds him in Dorton neare Crendon. 
May I4, I5, i6 (T., W., Th.), exceeding hot: aflerwards a cold 
Whitsontide . 
May 16, Th., cl(ean) sh(eets). 
i8 May, S., (Carles Erskine the earl of Marr, governour of Sterling 'Castle, 
died--so Hall's letter dated 3o May, Th. 
May I9, Whitsunday, Sir Robert Wright, late Lord Chief Justice of the King's 
Bench, died in Newgate prison--so the news lcttcrs, l'rivate(ly) buried the next 
day in the ch(apel) belonging to Ch. C. hospital. 
lXlay 26, Trinity Sunday, an ordination of 84 ministers or ther- 
abouts in lIagd. Coll. chapel by I3aptist (Levinz) bishop of the Isle 
of Man. Nr. (William) Nicolls « of Merton Çoll. preached. Timothy 
(Hall) bishop of Oxon was then, as 'ris said, in Oxon, lodged at 
Dr. (Joshua) Lasher's7 bouse in Pennyfarthing Street, and deputed 
the bishop of Man to performe the ceremony. (Enterêd) in Timothy 
Hall (in the Aih.) 
May 27, Munday night about 9, (John Lovelace) lord Lovelace 
came in his coach up the South Street to the Cross Inne. The 
mobile shouted and rejoyc'd. 
May 27, Trinity munday, election at Trin. Coll. ; Mr. (John) 
Cudworth resign'd purposely to bave brought in Mr. (John) Brideoke 8 
of that bouse; but (he) was put aside. This Mr. Cdworth did 
appeare to be popishly affected tempore Jacobi II, and seing that 
he was neglected by the society he therefore resign'd. He gave his 
vote last Christmas for (Stephen) Hunt to be experd. 
May 29, XV., King Charles Il day, Dr. (John) Herne of Exeter 

 see Evelyn's Diary under date 26 
Apr. t689. 
 ' Robert ' substituted for ' William.' 
3 , apolexey" in MS. 
* Montagu Bertie, 2nd earl. 
 Whitsunday fell on 19 May. 
 William Nichols, B.A. Wadh. 27 
Nov. 1683, M.A. Mert. 19 June 1688 

Fellow of Merton in I684; see Brod- 
rick's Merton, p. 298 , Gardiner's Reg. 
Coll. Wadh. p. 326. 
* Joshua Lasher, M.D.S. Jo. 17 Dec. 
1679. 
 John Brideoake, M.A. Trin. 5 July 
1688. 



3o4 

I4OeOOD'X LIFE AND TLIES. 

Coll. preached at S. lIarie's. A wet evening, and the sport was 
spoyled. 
[Ult. lIay 1, F., Thomas Parsons died]. 
,Yune.--Hall's letters dated i June, S., say that marquess of Iont- 
ross is lately dead 3. Ibidem, Dr. (John) Tillotson, deane of Canter- 
bury, ruade clerk of the closet to his majesty. /bidem, Sir William 
Holcroft mounting his horse with designe to attend his majesty in 
hunting at Epping Forest was suddenly taken with an apoplexy and 
forthwith died. 
June 8, Sat., at iz of the dock at night or past . . . Creip (or 
Creak) and . .. Woodiard s of lIert. Coll. broke as many windows as 
came to 71i. and od money. 
June i3, Th., [Convocation 4 to put off the Act under pretence of 
no proceeders in the greater faculties]. Convocation to make one 
monsier (John) lIaynard , somtimes preacher of the Protestant 
church at Charentone, now chaplain to King William III and pre- 
bendary of Windsore" (loco doctoris (Isaac) Vossii), to be Dr. of 
]ï)iv.--Fasli,  689. 
June 17, lIunday, Dr. (Henry) Aldridge, canon of Ch. Ch., 
installed deane (loco (Johannis) Iassy). 
June 8, Tuesday, Convocation to put off the Act; whereupon 
4 ]ï)octors of Divinity went out. So after this rate wee shall have no 
Act, if it be put off for want of proceeders. ]3etween this rime and 
the Act went out 13 ]ï)octors in several faculties. 
June 9, W., fast day appointed by Parliament ; vide Gazet. 1Ir. 
(Thomas) Vilet  of S. John's preached at St. lIarie's. 
June .o, Thursday, lIr. William Wake of Ch. Ch. installed canon 
of Ch. Ch. loco (Henrici) Aldridg : Fasti, 168 9. 
June zS, Tuesday, the great installation feast in Ch. Ch. great hall, 
given by Dr. (Henry) Aldridge, deane, and 1Ir. (William) Wake, 
canon. Heads of Houses and all ]ï)octors invite& 

notein WoodMS. F 4slip at p. 59- 
James Graham succeeded as third 
marquess in I684, was created duke of 
llontrose 24 Apr. 7oî, died 742- 
Will. Woodyeare, marrie. 17 Dec. 
687, act. i8. 
the words in square bmckets are 
scored out, being in error : see June 18. 
John glesnard. 
installed x x June 689. 
MS. Bodl. 594, P- I.X says:--'T. 
June I689, Chaneellor's letters read 

to have the Act put of, «' beeause no 
proeeeders in any of the faculties to 
stand in the next Act, and that you had 
lately a sort of an Act on the inaugura- 
tion of King William and Queen Mary." 
--In the same Convocation Delegate 
were appointed to act in the Universitie 
by the said chancellour, then about to 
goe into Holland.' 
s uttrell i. 538. 
 Thomas Vilett, M.A.S. Jo. x x Apr. 
685. 



1689. 

305 

June 26, w., I relcased to Mr. John Mayot and his wife ail my right or 
oversight that I had in the management of his wife's portion (4oo/i.), 
and so did John Hanks. Here enlarg l--see St. Virus day last year. 
June 29, S. Peter's day, Sat., Sir Edward Villiers, knight marshall, 
died : his son succeeds 2 by patent--so Hall's news letters. 
ffuly ".--July 4, Th., Convocation, wherein passed Mr. (Edward) 
Ferrar's buisness of Unir. Çoll. to be D.D. (t;'ast/1689). 
July 5 4, F., princess Ann brought to bed of a boy ; vide Gazet. 
July 7, Act Sunday if there had beel'l an Act. Sermon at Ch. Ch. ; 
(Gilbert) Ironside the vicechancellor huffs at it ; would not goe there 
but sends Dr. (Timothy) Italton his deputy thither, while he without 
bedells goes to St. Peter's where severall Doctors were and graduats 
and undergraduats. 
July 8, 12, etc. (M., F.) the chancellor of the diocese and officers 
sate in the lower Gild hall to take the oathes of such that swear fealty 
to King William and Queen Mary. 
july 8, M., Mr .... Prendergrast, an Irish man, papist, stood in 
pillory at Charing Cross for writing and publishing ' Hoc  est Parlia- 
mentum or the new christned Parliament.' 
[July 8 , M., Convocation, wherein at the end several Drs and 
Heads took the oath of allegiance : Gilbert Ironside, vicechancellor ; 
Dr. John lXleare (principal of Bras.) ; Dr. Fitzherbert Adams (rector 
of Linc.) ; Dr. Jonathan Edwards (principal of Jes. Coll.) ; "-l'homas 
Baylie, S.T.P., principal of New Inn Hall; Dr. Ralph Bathurst 
(president of Trin.).] 
News letter at Wolleys dated July 9, T., saith that on the 7th (Su.) viscount 
Lisbourne v died (at Westminster, quaere) ; and about the saine rime the countess 
of Warwick . Shee died Friday morning, July 5; left behind her a son named 
(Edward Rich) call'd the earl of Holland, of Exeter College, and three daughters. 
She was the daughter of the earl of Manchester. 
Hall's letter dated 9 July, T., 1689 ; ' this day Mr. sergeant (John) Trenchard 
reported the bill  for attainting severall persons in rebellion in Ireland, with 
amendments ; viz. (William Herbert) marquis of Powis ; lord Thomas Howard, 
brother to the duke of Norfolk (Henry Howard) ; (Henry Jermyn) lord Dover ; 

see supra, 8 Oct. 1687. 
Luttrell i. 554- 
' John XVhite, University carpenter, 
wass buryed July the 3rd 1689, aged 
: S. Michael's ]3urials Register. 
this note is scored out, as being in 
error. The boy was born on 4 July, 
Luttrell i. 56. 
Luttrell i. 532. 
note in MS. Bodl. 594, P. 21. 
XOL. III. X 

* the news was false. Adam Loftus, 
created in 685 viscount Lisbnme, was 
killed at the siege of Limerick, see in 
Sept. 1691. 
* lady Arme Montagu, daughter of 
Edward Montagu second earl of Man- 
cheter, widow of Robert Rich second 
earl of Holland and fifth earl of Var- 
wick. 
 Luttrcll i 55 o. 



llzOOD'S LIFE AND TI«UES. 

Sir Henry Bond of Pickham, baronet ; Sir Alexander Fitting  : Sir Roger Strick- 
land; Sir Edward Herbert ; Sir William JennisU; Francis Plowden, esq.; Sir 
Patrick Tront  ; John Trinder, esq. ; Thomas Colins, gent. ; colonel I)ominick 
Sheldon ; major/3arker ; colonel Sutherland ; major ]3oshier ; colonel Burkham.' 
In the beginning of this month the arch on Osney bridge was 
rcbuilt. 
July io, W., a grave dug in ]3rasnose Coll. cloister for a yong man 4 
of that house drown'd at Patin's Pleasure the day before--the only son 
of a minister. 
Io July, W., Gilbert James, fellow of Ails. Coll., kil'd . . . Somner, 
a yonger brother of the Somnors of... neare Ailesbury, at a taverne 
dore in the Strand. Vide alibi. 
July i6, T., about two in the morning a terrible fit of the crampe 
above the ancle and about the lower end of the calf of my left legg, 
occasion'd by either throwing that leg out of the bed being hot 
weather or by over-retching my self. I was then in a sweat. 
July 16, T., common report that Dr. (Joseph) Crowther died at 
London two dayes since. Fa&e. 
July i8, W., lIr. (Stephen)Wilsted varied ; defer'd to that rime 
because of sickness. 
July 19, Th., at 9 at night paid Thomas Short 2s for news letters 
ending last lIidsomer day. 
Hall's news letter dated 23 July, T., saith that a gent. that came from I)ublin 
to Liverpool, saith that the papists bave murdered  the bishop of Waterford in his 
owne pallace giving him seven wounds and perpetrated the like on the deane and 
servant of the bishop's. Dr. Hugh Gore, quaere. 
July 26, Friday night, between 7 and 1 i, bonfiers in East Gate and 
North Gate Street, with the ringing of bells in some parishes; bone- 
fiers in some colleges, particularly in lIagd. Coll. (where the bells 
rang), for joy of a prince being borne of the lady Ann, princess of 
]3enmark. Vide Gazet. 
Nevs letter dated Jnly  7, S., saith that this week ... Carie, one of the maides 
of honor, died. 
Sat., July 27, died colonel ... Moldesworth , the new governour of Jamaica. 
So Hall's letter, 3 o July, T. 
Sunday r, July z8, the yong prince was Xtined at Hampton Court 

Fitton, Luttrell i. 593- 
Jennings, ibid. 
Trant, ibid. 
John Skeate, scholar ; Buckley 
]Iadan, ' Brasenose Calendar,' p. 49 ; 
Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, p. 379. 

 Luttrell i. 561. 
 Luttrell i. 557, 563 • 
 S., July zTth, according to Luttrell 
i. 564. The child was christened 
William, and created duke of Glocester. 



T UL I" -- A UG. 1(]89. 307 
by the bishop of London (Henry Compton); godfathers the king 
(William III) and (Christian V) King of Denmark (for whome stood 
(Charles Sackville, earl of) Dorset, lord chamberlayne); marchioness 
of Halyfax, godmother. Vide Gazet. 
July 3 o, Tuesd., to J. A. of Hed(ington), s. 
(In July 1689, Wood examined the books in Jesus College Library, 
and ruade some notes about them which are found in his ' Catalogue  
no. 5,' PP. 224, 225. ) 
.ugust.--News letter at Hall's, dated I Aug., Th., saith that 
]Iichael de lIoulina, author of' The Spiritual Guid,' died lately in the 
Inquisition at Rome where he was put for being a Quietist. 
Aug. 3, S., several letters in cipher came by a messinger from one 
of the secretaries of state to Dr. (John) Wallis, which had been taken 
from one of the party belonging to King James Il, for him to unfold. 
He told him he would not sleep till he had done it. 
Mr. (Arthur) Charlet told me Aug. 4, Su., that Dr. Henry lIore 
had been dead an yeare. 
Aug. 5, M., at Abendon assizes with lIr. Gabriel Seymoure; 
where, at the New Tavern kept by an Oxford man and elswhere, cost 
me 2 7$" 
Scholars and others exceeding rude in the night rime by giving ill 
language under windowes where handsome women are, and breaking 
windowes : and about I Aug. a scholar robb'd in Logick lane at I z at 
night of 6s, quaere. 
Aug. 9, Friday, at 3 in the afternoon John Warburton, II.A., com- 
moner s of Brasn., went to sec his mistress at Hedington (Francis 
Harris); fell sick of a feaver; and died there in her armes, Sunday 
the xi; and was buried at Brasnose the next after in the cloister. 
He  was a baronet's son and was bred up a commoner in Brasn. 
Coll. 
The oath of allegiance to King William was to be taken by the first 
of Aug. Those in Oxon » that refused it were--Dr. Thomas Crost- 
wait of Queen's Coll. ; Dr. Thomas Smith of lIagd. Coll. ; Dr. 
(Richard) Traffles 6 of New Coll.; (Edward) Hopkins  of Line., 

i sec note t p. 95- 
* ' be' in MS. 
a ' commoner' substituted for ' fellow.' 
John Warburton, M.A. Bras. 7 June 
687 ; Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, 
P. 379- 
 this sentence is substituted for 'a 
fcllow of an house and kept an whore.' 

» Luttrell i. 567. 
 Richard Traftles, D.C.L. New Coll. 
7 July x685. 
* the statement is inaccurate as regards 
Hopkins. dward Hopkins of Somer- 
setshire, adm. Fell. of Line. x Oct. 
x675; vacated his fellowship in î6 
for refusing to take the oaths to King 

X 2 



308 IVOOD'S LIFE A1VD TI.IIES. 
lately proctor; William Bishop, fellow of Ball. Coll. ; Henry Dodwell, 
history professor. Dr. John Wallis hath taken ail oathes since 64 ; 
why bath he done soe ? because a Presbyterian. 
The bishops that take not the oathes are (William Sancroft) Can- 
terbury; (Francis) Turner of Ely; (Thomas) Ken of Bath and 
Wells ; (Robert) Frampton of Glocester ; (John) Lake of Chichester 
(dead); (William) Lloyd of Norwich; (Thomas) Whyte of Peter- 
borough. 
News letter I dated 2o Aug., T., Sir Richard Browne and captain ... ]3illings- 
ley, officers of horse guards in the Dutch camp in Flanders, fought a duel. 
Browne was killed upon the spot ; the other died soon after. 
[Aug. aa =, Th., William Coxeter died]. 
News letters, dated a4 Ang., S., say that the pope Odescalcy a died at 4 in the 
nfternoon a Aug. netat. 79, anno pontificatus x2. I remember Mr. (Ralph) 
Sheldon use to tell me he was the . ..  cardinnll in 645. Letters of the same 
date say that the countess of Orrery sister to the earl of Suffolke died a dayes since. 
Aug. 24, S., cl(ean) sh(eets). 
(Oliver) Gregory , parson of Middleton Stony, buried Aug. 25, Su., there. 
Somtimes of Queen's Coll., ehnplain. Died suddenly--apoplexies and suddea 
deaths are frequent. Mr. (Francis) Offtey  succeeded. 
[5 Aug.,  Su.,  689, Elizabeth Seymour Read. daughter of (Edward) Read and 
Catherine Wood his wife, was born at the Wheatsheaf in Ail Saints' parish Oord. 
--Buried in Ail Saints church, 3 May 69. ] 
Aug. 8, W., the arch of East Bridge was finish'd at the charg of 
the country--the saine arch I meane which had been pulled downe last 
Dec. 
Aug. 31, S., G(eorge) Coxeter posted up in public places in Oxford 
for a fool, knave, and coward by Sir Thomas Cutler, father-in-law to 
his wife. 
Hall's letter, dated 3 Aug., saith that (Charles Finch) earl of Winchelsey died 
some dayes since at his seat in Kent, an author; also Oliver S. Johns, esq., a 
member of Parliament for Stockbridge is dead of the smal pox ; and captain ... 
Man, a wëalthy honest gent., died of an apoplexy in the Isle of Wight. 
Quakers are dispensed with from taking oaths and must not the 
three bishops and others now be. Perfidious wretches who joyned in 
the attempt of enslaving and undoing the nation are hot called into 
question, and the pergecutors of the bishops when they were imprison'd 

George. He took B.D. on 8 July 
x687 ; he died in Sept. x739- 
 Luttrell i. 57 x. 
 MS. Wood, F 4, slip at p. 59- 
 Pope Innocent XI (Benedict Odes- 
calchi). 
« a word illegible : perhaps' princ(i- 

pal '). 
» Oliver Gregory, M.A. Queen's 6 
July 67. 
« Francis Offtey, M.A. Ails. 7 Apr. 
689. 
v note in MS. Philliips o8. 



A UG. -- SEPT. 1089 309 
are not only received into rnercy, but into favour. And must the 
bishops who suffer'd the yeare before for the protestant cause be now 
casheired. The quakers, who bave fallen under the just displeasure 
and detestation of the kingdorne for their conjunction with King Jarnes, 
have been since hmnour'd in their nonsense, excused from oathes, 
exempted frorn penalties of the Act lately made for taking the oathes. 
And must the 1 bishops stil for refusing one oath be undone. 
Mr. Henry Dodwell, much concern'd against those that take oaths ; 
rnakes it his discourse so lnuch in coffey bouses in Oxford against 
thern, that if he had not gon away in August Dr. (Gilbert) Ironside 
the vice-chancellor would have talked with him about his freeness of 
speech and have desired him to absent hirnself from Oxon. Liberal 
in his discourse at London, so rnuch that a gent. threatned to bring 
him into danger were it not for his learning. 
8epl;ember.--Hall's letter dated 3 Sept., T.; Sir Henry Tulse, 
somtimes Lord Mal,or , died, lI., 2 Sept. Ibidem, John Lake, bishop 
of Chichester, died last week. [George = Walker, a colonel of and 
governor of London Derry, is to succeede him, or else if (Ezekiel) 
Hopkyns bishop of London Derry will corne to Chichester, then 
Georg Walker is to be bishop of Londonderry--so Hall's letter, 
Sept. o, T.] Ibidem, bishop of London (Henry Compton) is com- 
missionated to act as archbishop of Çanterbury because the said 
archbishop (William Sancrofi) refuses to take the oath of allegiance 
to King William III. Bishop of Ely ((Francis) Turner) taketh it 
hOt. 

Halrs news letter dated Sept. Io, T., that Dr. (Nicholas) Stratford, minister of 
St. iMary Aldermanbury, being ruade bishop of Chester, the parishioners bave 
chosen Dr. (Ezekiel) Hopkyns bishop of London Derry theire pastor ; that Mr. 
Georg "\'alker declines being, a bishop; vide proximam paginam (i. e. under 
dates t z and 14 Sept.). In the saine 3 letter saith that Dr. Simon Patricke stands 
fairest for the bishoprick of Chichester. 
In another letter there of the saine date, that Dr. (Ezekiel) Hopkyns bishop of 
London-Derry is to be translated to Chichester and Mr. Georg Walker to be ruade 
bishop of Londonderry. 
[Sept. xi,  W., Compton Verney of Ball. Coll. died : he bath a monument (in 
S. Mary Magdalene church).] 
Letter from Dundalk to Mr. (Arthur) Charlet dated  Sept., Th. ; John 

' ' be' in MS., by a slip for 'the.' 
 the words in square brackets are a 
later insertion. 
 substitutçd for 'another letter there 
of the saine date.' 
 note in Wood MS. F 4, slip at p. 

59. On the saine slip is a note ' Sept. 
... Ann, wife of Philip Michel, died 
--quaere Holdship,' entered first under 
169o and then sored out and put under 
689. 



IUOOD'S LIFE «VD TLIES. 

13ulkley, lievtenant of foot, lately gentleman commoner of Trin. Coll., died at 
Dundalk lately of the flux. 
(Wood 276 A no. CCCCCLXXVI is ' An advertisement on the behalf of 
William Doekwra, merchant, eoneerning the penny post,' at the foot of whieh is 
written ' The reader is desired not to take away this paper.' Wood has a note on 
it ' This paper was dispersed in every coffee-house in Oxon in the beginning of 
Sept. I689.' ) 
Hall's letter dated 14 Sept., S., saith that Dr. John Tillotson is to remove from 
the deanery of Canterbury to the deanery of Paules; and that Dr. (William) 
Stanley is to be deane of Canterbury; Mr. (John) Williams of the Poultry, 
minister, to be residentiary of Paules ; and that Dr. (Anthony) Horneck and Mr. 
(Peter) Birch are eompetitors of the chureh of S. Andrew in Holborne in the place 
of Dr. (Edward) Stillingfleet. 
Another letter there ofthe saine date saith that Dr. (Ezekiel) Hopkins bishop of 
London-Derry is to be arehbishop of Cashills in Ireland, and Georg Walker to be 
bishop of London-Derry; that (Peter) Birch of S. James is to be minister of S. 
Andrew's in Holborne and prebendary of Westminster in the place of Dr. 
(Nieholas) Stratford. 
Sept. 4, Sat., (i[ohn) lord Bellasis was buried in S. Andrew's ehureh in 
tIolborae-so Hall's letter. 

Ibidem (i. e. Hall's), letter dated  7 Sept., T., whereas in the rime 
of King James II it was ordered that that part of the inscription on 
the pyramid which said that the city was burnt by the papists was 
commanded to be put out, it was in this month ordered to be restored. 
Tuesday, Sept. i7, (some say Wedn., (Sept. I8)) Richard Oliver, 
sometimes fellow of St. John's Coll. and proctor of the University, 
afterwards dignified at Winton (arihdealon of Surrey) and beneficed 
in those parts, hang'd himself at Winton. Upon this account as 'tis 
said, that having promised lnarriage to Dr. (John) Speed's daughter 
xvith little ir nothing, was afterwards engaged to one with a great for- 
tune. Whereupon Speed's daughter told the bishop of it and the 
bishop urg'd him with it. Therefore he being disiontented, hang'd 
himself--quaere. 
[9 Sept. 1, Th., 689, Ann Wood, daughter of Christopher Wood 
was married at Long Witnam to Robert Aldworth, chandler, of 
S. Mary's parish Oxford, by Mr.  Farr(ow) of Lincoln College, vicar 
of that place]. 
In Ember-week s this month (Sept.), Dr. Henry Fairfax of Magd. 
Coll. (t;'asli 1680) had the deanery of Norwich eonfer'd upon him by 

' note in MS. Phillipps, 7oi8. 
 Robert Farrow, born at Thingdon 
Northts, matric, from Ch. Ch. x 7 May 
I67 , 'aet. 5, filins Francisci Farrow, 
de Thindon Northts, pauperis' ; B.A. 
Ch. Ch. z June 674; elected into a 

lXIorthamptonshire fellowship at Line. 
Coll. i6 Feb. and adm. 2 March I67*; 
M.A. Line. 23 Jan. x61, died 3 ug. 
I693. 
z Wedn., Sept. 8, Ember-day. 



SI'PT.  OCT. 1689. 3 [  
his majesty by the importunities of Sir Thomas Clarges in requitall of 
his former sufferingsbso Dr. Edward ]3ernard. (In the coffey 
letters dated Oct. i, T., it was reported that he was then lately made 
dean 
Sept. 21, S., with Sir George Mackensey, a famous Scot, at the 
Crown Tavern with Mr. (Mthur) Charlet, Dr. (Robert) Plot, 
(Thomas) Creech, (John) Alexander  (a Scot of Ball. Coll.). 
Letter at H(all's) datêd 2i Sept., S.; lord Lansdowne's lad)', 
daughter of the marquess of Caermarthen (Thomas Osborn), is lately 
dead. 
Sept. 25, W., Jonathan Edwards D.D. principal of Jesus Coll. took 
his place of vicechancellor. Dr. Gilbert Ironside when he gave up 
said in his speech, turning to Edwards, 'non 3 habebis monstra illt 
horrenda communiter vocata quo warranloes, non habebis Obadia- 
lus,' etc. Afterwards followed a short speech of Dr. Edwards but so 
trite and poore that Sir George Mackensie being there he held downe 
his head. Yet Dr. (Robert) Plot and Mr. (Arthur) Charlet saith 
'twas good. 
Sept. 26, Thursday, Mr .... Greenfield eonvieted last sessions for the murder 
of Mr .... Charlton was hang'd at Tyburne. A rieh eoffin was prepared for him 
to bury him at Padyngton; but the company of ehirurgeons, by verrue of a 
warrant, obtained the corps and so earried it to their hall to be anatomized--so 
Hall's letters dated Sept. 27, F. He ruade a penitent end. 
[27 Sept., * F., Dr. Jonathan Ewards took his place as viceehaneellor.] 
In the latter end of this month (Sept.) Henry Wildgoose, a painter- 
stainer of Oxon, having had notice that he should be elected one of 
the ehamberlaines of the city of Oxon, which would cost him 31i. to 
enter upon it, he thereupon denies his freedome ; was matriculated as 
a member of the University and became grome to Dr. (John) Irish of 
.A_lls. Coll. Whereupon declaring himself a University man ult. Sept. 
when he was eleeted chamberlayne and denying their authority, he was 
arrested by the city. So the University and City went to law about 
himquaere Almanac I69O, Jan. 
October.Hall's letter dated Oct. I, T. ; colonel Thomas Wilford, 
late commander of the mlardship at Chatham, died lately in the 
Marshallsea, to which place he was committed for speaking derogatory 
words against King William and the government. 
Oct. 4, F., t3arbara Villiers, dutchess of Cleevland (by whome King Charles I 

he was nominated 23 Sept. and in- 
stalled 30 Nov. 689. 
John Alexander matric, from Balliol 

6 Dec. I687, aet. 22. 
 MS. has ' hune' by a slip for ' non.' 
t note in MS. Bodl. 594, P" 22. 



3 2 II'OOD'S ZIFI ,4«VD TIJ[ES. 

had sevcral n,ntural children) died (in Westminster)--so Hall's letter dated Oct. 5, 
S. ; sed quaere 1. 
Oct. 6, Sunday, seven men imprison'd in Bocardo in the evening 
for breaking open an house neare Newbridge (Radcote). Those that 
were committed were... Wright and his son of Binsey,... Gilman 
a writt server of Oxford, a fencing toaster... , one of Gloucester- 
shire, another of Lancashire. Wakley or Wake had the butcher 
bayl'd. The robbery was comnitted late at night on Sat. on White 
of Radcote. See in June 169 o. 
Hall's letter dated Oct. 8, T. 
in Ireland, is lately dead ; and the duke called on Dr. (Robert) Gorge to execute 
that office. Afterwards was sent for to execute that office Ir .... Boneel. 
Fasli 1648. 
Ibid., dated Oct. I, F., the provostship of King's Coll. being vacant the 
fellowes desire his majesty to let them choose 3 the man that thcy desire, riz. Dr. 
(Charles) Roderick. Vide Gazer, Oct. 4, M. 
•.. 4, the king entertain'd at Cambridge. A gold cup and a bible 
presented to him by the Ulfiversity. Ibid. ; vide Gazet, Oct. 14, I. 
A creation ordered by his majesty to be af Cambridge when he was there 
entertained : 
(Edward) Pelling of St. Martin's Ludgate 
(Thomas) Lynford of S. Edmund's Lombard Street 
John Williams of S. Mildred's t'oultry  Drs. of Div. 
(John) Fielding 
(John) Hardcliffe " 
Vide Gazet. Lynford had been the famous ]èrraejqlius of Cambridge. 
Oct.  , S., (quaere in William Thomas, bishop) Dr. Edward Stillingfleet. deane 
of Paule's, confirmed bishop of Worcester in the church of S. Narie 13ow. At the 
same time Gilbert Ironside was confirmed bishop of Brlstow ; and Simon Patriek, 
of Chichestcr. AI1 these were eonseerated at Fulham, Oct.  3, Su. 
 $ Oct., Sunday, the three new bishops (Worcester, 13ristol, and Chichester) 
were consecrated by the bishops of London (Henry Compton), Asaph (William 
Lloyd), and Rochester (Thomas Sprat), being the commissioners appointed by 
the deane and chapter of Canterbury to consecrate bishops during the suspension 
of the archbishop therof. They were consecrated at Fulham» where the bishop of 
London bath a seat ; vide Gazer. 
Oct. 17, Th., Oxford and Oxfordshil'e feast, lIr. (Edwal'd) Welsh- 
man ", lIerton Coll., borne at or neal'e Banbul'y, pl'eached at S. Petel"S 
in the East. 
Letters dated Oct.  7, Th. ; one... West alias Grey forrnerly belonging to the 

 the report was false. 
 Frederick de Schomberg, created 
duke of Schomberg 9 llar. 68ïr. 
 lXIS. bas ' close,' by a slip. 
* on Oct. î, sce Luttrell i. 59 o. 

» Hartcliffe. 
 Edward Welchman, B.A. Iagd. tI. 
4 Apr. 683; M.A. Mert. 9 June 
688; Fellow of Mert. in x684, Brod- 
rick's Merton, p. 97. 



OCT. -- NOV. 1689. 33 
priests at the Savoy was fined fiooli. (sec afterwards in this month and in Nov.) for 
writing a book entitled' The nature of the Government laid open.' In another 
letter he is called West alias Green ; and that besides his fine he stood in the pillory. 
Sec Nov. 19. 
Oct. 18, F., S. Luke's day, Peter Birch, D.D. of Ch. Ch. and chaplain to the 
House of Commons, was installed prebendary of Westminster in the place of Dr. 
Simon Patrick promoted to the see of Chichester. 
Oct. zi, lI., Thornas Dunster , hI.A., elected warden of Wadham 
Coll. 
Oct. 2z, T., to Spencer the taylor for making a new cloth gowne, 
Letter dated Oct. 24, Th., (Henry Jermyn) lord Dover died between Paris and 
Brest in France (lalse) ; colonel Sir Eward Deering died of a flux in Ireland, and 
his brother the lievtenant colonel succeeds him in his colonelship. 
Letter dated Oct. z6, S., Sir Edward Hales, Ch(arles) Hales, and 
Obadiah Walker, who had remained in the Tower since last 1)et. 
vere brought 2 by a habeas corpus tO Westminster Hall and sued 
for bayle. Whereupon they were surnmoned by the House ef 
Commons to appeare before them and being examined, they by a 
warrant were impeached of high treason (except Charles). Where- 
upon Sir Edward (Hales) and Obadiah Walker were remitted back 
to the Tower. I have a paper of this fairly written. 
Duke of llodena, brother to the late Queen of England, is lately dead. 
Letter dated 29 Oct., T. ; 'yesterday one (Ralph) Gray, late chaplain to the 
bishop of Durham , pleaded to an information at the King's bench barr for turning 
the Coronation sermon ' (Burnet's * at King William's) ' with a virulent pamphlet 
or ballad with it wherein he foolishly reflected on King William and gave it the 
tune of LullaIoE, Ltllaby.' See in iNov. following. 
lgovember.-- 5 Nov., T., Gunpowder (Plot), lIr. (Edrnund) 
Entisle  of Brasn. Coll. preached at S. lIarie's. 
Nov. 6, W., the house of Sir William Walter, baronet, at Saresden 
neare Churchill was burnt. His losses, zo thousand pounds. Re- 
built in x693. 
[Nov. 6 *, W. Thomas Tudor died]. 
Hall's letter dated î Nov., Th., a late Roman Catholic schoolmaster and 
minister of the Church of England, is come to towne and hath embraced his 
former persuasion, riz. protestancy, and is now writing against the supremacy and 
other positions of the Church of Rome. 

1 Gardiner's Reg. Coll. Wadh., p. 
98. 
" on Oct. 23, see Luttrell i. 594, 
597- 
•  Chester; see Nov. 9, i'zfra. 
• Gilbert Bnmet's 'Sermon on II 
Sam. xxiii. 3, 4 p,-eached at the Corona- 

tion of William and Mary,'Lond. 689, 
4to. 
 Edmund Entwisle, M.A. Bras. 5 
July 
6 Luttrell i. 6o. 
 note in Wood MS. F 4- slip at p. 
59 : sec vol. ii. p. z.'o. 



3x4 IVOOD'S LIFE IND TIIIIES. 
Nov. 7, Th., began to take physie of Ad. ; $ boxes of... p(ills), 3 boxes of 
vil(l), a gl(ases) of waters. 
Nov. 8, F., fl(nnncl) shirt. 
Nov. o, Su., 
(Gcorgc) Smalridgc  and (Edward) Hanns s of Ch. Ch. thcrc-- 
thc latter gave me a kcy of Ch. Ch. library. 
Nov. e, T., Henry Davics, infcrior bcdcll of (Thcology) dicd; 
and on thc x4th (oEh.) of thc said month in a Convocation in thc 
norning (William) Shcrwin thc barber was choscn. Dr. (Henry) 
SavŒEgc's son of Balliol stood, and had but onc vote. 
Nov. e, T., Dr. (Robert) Plot rcsign'd thc profcssorship of 
chimistric and thc viccchanccllor confcr'd it upon lIr. 
Hanns of Ch. Ch. 
Hall's Icticr s datcd Nov. 6, S., saith « 28 of Oct. dlcd in dukc Schomburg's 
camp in Ircland coll.  Henry Wharton son s of" thc lord Wharton, coll. Sir 
Thomas Gorc, capt. Charles Woulscy, capt. Holord, and othcr commandcrs eSir 
John Casdcton latc Lord M.yor of Dublin dicd 4 daycs sincc» prisoncr in thc 
coll(cge) at Dublin.' 
I-Ialrs letter dated Nov. 9» T., «yesterday Ralph Grey, late chaplain to the 
bishop of Chester (Dr. (Thomas) Cartwright), who was convicted this terme for 
turning the coronation sermon of King William into a lampoon ]3allad, was 
sentenced  in the King's Bench to pay xoo marks to the King, to stand in the 
pillory this day before Westminster Hall gate and the next before the Royall 
Exchange, and to be kept in durance till ail is don and paid.--In another letter of 
the same date he is called Grey alias West : stood in the pillory before the Royal 
Exchange. See several times in Oct. and this montE. 
Letter dated Nov. 9, "1". ; the countess dowager of Devon Ç mother to the present 
earl of Devon (William Cavendish), died last Saturday at Roehalnpton aged 
I-Iall's letter dated Nov." ex, Th., 'some malivolent people have 
lately defaced King William's picture in the Guild-hall , his head 
crowne and scepter, in requitall for what vas done 0 to the picture of 
the duke of York by cutting off his legs.' The regalia were cut off 
riz. crowne, globe, and scepter. Vide post. 
Dr. (William) Jane of Ch. Ch., dean of Glocester, having .been 
elected prolocutor of the Convocation in order to make alterations 

x George Smalridge, M.A. Ch. Ch. 
4 July 689. 
" Edward Hannes, M.A. Ch. Ch. 6 
June x689. 
s the slip with this and some other 
Nov. notes is inserted out of place in 
the Almanac for Dee. 
* i.e. colonel. 
n Burke gives no son IIenry to l'hilip 

Wharton, lord Wharton. 
 Luttrell i. 6o 5. 
 Luttrell i. 6o6. 
 Elizabeth Cecil, daughter of William 
Ceeil second earl of Salisbnry, widow 
of William Cavendish third earl of 
Devonshire. 
 Lnttrell i. 606, 6o 7. 
i0 sec supra, p. 2. 



315 

in the liturgie I (Nov. ex, Th.), he was presented by Dr. (Henry) 
Aldridge, deane of Ch. Ch., to the upper house of Convocation and 
was by them confirmed (Nov. 25, lI.). He (the said Dr. Aldridg) 
rnade then an elegant Latin oration in praise of him and his fitness 
for that office, and in praise of the Church of England as now 
established. Afterwards Dr. Jane spake a Latin oration and much 
in praise of the Church of F.ngland. Dr. (Henry) Compton, bishop 
of London, prolocutor for the upper house, spake also a Latin oration 
at that time and was for alterations of the liturgie and desired them 
to be favourable to dissenter(s). 
Hall's letter dated Nov. e3, S. ; the city hath offer'd 5ooli. to him 
that shall discover the person that eut the king's picture.--Lord 
Hewit lately dead; quaere proximam paginam (i.e. under dates 36 
Nov., 3 o Nov., 2 Dec.). 

Letter of the saine date saith that the king of France bath adopted the Prince of 
Wales a child or son of France and that the fourth part of the king's revencw in 
the citie of Parys is to goe towards the maintenance of him and his retinew. The 
duke of 13urgundy the king's grandson went to the king and desired that he might 
beare a musket under the Prince of Wales. The king being angry at it» gave hinl 
a box on the yeare, and told him they were rogues that set him on. The arch- 
bishop of Rheimes being in his xvay, the king by chance gave him a dash with his 
whip in his eies : the king xvith submission beg'd his pardon.--Is not the king of 
France distracted to see ail the world against him ? 
[Bought  at Oxon .... blov. 1689,  The popish champion or a compleat history 
of Richard (Talbot) earl of Tyrconnel,' Lond. 1689. ] 
l*ov. 24, Su., (clean) sheets. 

Nov. 4, Su., at lIr. (Arthur) Ch(arlet's) chamber, with (Ed- 
ward) Hanns and (George) Smalridge. 
[689 s, Nov. -6, T., Congregation; the thrice denying of the 
grace of Charles R.owland of S. Alban Hall (about to go out ]3ach. 
of Arts) was approv'd of by the iIasters. The reason was that he 
being not in holy orders did for the space of several months preach 
and did ail things pertaining to a clerk, and being ask'd why he did 
so, he answer'd that homo Spht'lu Sauclo regulalus ad hoc munus 
probe coaratus esl.] 

IXTov. z6, T., letter then dated  ; the lord Rockingham (Edward Watson) dyin 
lately in the country, lXr. (Lewis) Watson his son came this weeke in the house of 
peers; took the oath, and subscribed the declaration. (This was in a letter also 
dated 9.x IXTov. (Th.) or thereabouts.) 

Luttrell i. 588, 599, 6oo, 6o6, 608 ; 
Evelyn's Diary mder date  7 Nov.  6,q 9. 
note in Vfood's copy, Wood 

(1). 
note in liS. Bodl. 594, P. 92. 
Luttrell i. 609. 



316 II'OOD'S ZIFE AND TI,IES. 

Letter dated 26 lgov., T. ; Sir John Davies 1, being lately arrived from Ireland 
to Chester, is lately dead there. Otherwise he would bave been sent up thence by 
a messenger to the Parliament.--Leivtenant-coll .... Barrington and major... Et. 
Ermin are also dead there upon their arrival, about the saine time with Sir John 
Davies.--Lord Hewit (George Hewett) and lord Roscommon are dangerously ill 
there. 
Nov. 27, W., benighted between Hed(ington) and Ox(ford). 
Letters from Chester dated 27 Nov. , W., saith that the lord Roscommon is 
lately dead at Chester. He died there very penitent ; was buried there ; and left 
 ooli. to the poore of Chester. 
Letter dated 8 lov., Th., ' the lady lIary Patdet, the only unmarried daughter 
of the duke of 13olton .a, died on Tuesday last" (6 Nov.). 
Tud's letter dated Nov. 3 o, S., Cary (I)illon), lord Roscommon, is lately dead 
at Chester.--Fasti 1683. 
]NTOV- 3% Sat., S. Andrew's day, Dr. Henry Fairfax installed ricane of Norwich. 
Letters dated ult. Nov., S., say that major Bermingham, nephew to the lord 
Delamere (Henry Booth), is lately dead in Ireland. 
Preaching and setting up conventicles at Oxford; vide Feb. pre- 
ceding. 
]3ecember.--Letters from Chester dated  Dec., /XI., say that ' the 
lord Hewet 4 died on Sunday last' < ? i Dec.). 
Dec. 2, IXI., /XIr. <Arthur) Charlet told me that Dr. (Thomas) 
Hind, deane of Limbrick, is lately dead. Vide in William Hind, 
1629 (in Aih.). 
Dec. 4, W., lXlr. R(alph) Sheldon with me at io in the rnorning 
and promised me 5oli.  
Hall's letters dated 5 1-)ec., Th., say that by letters from Chester dated 2 instant, 
tells ns that the lord Hewet (George Hewet) died there on Sunday last (riz. 
I Dec.). 
Letter from fr.... Heliar, a parliament man, to ]XIr. Arthtar Charlet, dated 
5 Dec., Th. ; Sir Edward Seymoure made a speech lately in open parliament 
wherein was this expression, ' that all our trade and riches were carried to 
Amsterdam, and that in exchange we were likely to bring from thence nothing but 
their religion, and that monarchy and the Church of England were in no small 
danger.' 
Dec. 6, F., the news here is that (John) Lock of Ch. Ch. bath a 
mandat for to be put into his student's place whence he was ejected 
1683. lXlr. (Edward) Hannes of Ch. Ch. told me 'not'--lXIar. 3, 

9 
689 (i.e. ). 

 Ltrttrell i. 6o4, 608. 
" ' Oct.' in /qS., but underlined for 
correction. Cary Dillon, earl of Ros- 
common, died 4 Nov. 1689. 
 Charles Paulet, sixth marquess of 
Winchester, created duke of Bolton 9 

Apr. x689. 
« Sir George ttewett, created viscount 
Itevett, 9 Apr. 1689. Luttrell i. 61I 
66. 
 towards printing the .4lhctae, see 
sttlbra , 13. 2 3. 



,VOl: -- DEC. 1689. 3  7 
Dec. 7, S., Neander (?) and Neal at Carv. (?) in the lower roome. 
I inquir'd after him ; he denied himsel[. 
Dec. 8, Sunday, David t Roch, viscount Fermoy in Ireland, was buried privatly 
in Somerset house chappell in the Strand. He died of an apoplexy. So the news 
lctters, dated Dec. IO, T. 
The saine letters say that the lady . . . S. John, a god-daughter to Queen 
EIizabeth, aged Ioo or more, was at the point of death. 
About the middle of this month the Universitie burgesses Sir 
Thomas Clarges and (Hcneage Finch) did at the desire of the grcat 
men of the Universitie cause a bill by their interest to be read in 
parliament that the Universitie charter called the Caroline Charter 
might be confirmed by Act of this parliament. The city burgesses 
in parliament acquaint the mayor and his brethren, who thereupon 
desire that they might be heard belote any thing of confirmation is 
donc in the marrer. See January [ollowing. 
Dec. i6 day, Munday, Dr. Joseph Crowther, a prisoner in the 
Fleet, London, died there after dinner, being as 'twere choked with 
phlegme. He was buried at S. Paule's, quaere. His chantorship 
of Paul's was bestowed on Dr. (Thomas) Turner, president o[ 
C.C.C.; his prebendship o[ Worcester on Jonathan Blagrave, sub- 
almoner to the Queen; his rectory of Tredington on (Thomas) 
Kerry; and his principality o[ St. Marie's hall . . 3. 
Letter dated Dec. 9, Th., last night s being his majesty's anni- 
versary of comming to Whitehall, the effigies of George Jeffryes late 
Lord Chancellor, the late sollicitor general named.., hIountague', 
(Roger) L'estrange the observator, the dispensing power men, and the 
three foremen of the three-knotted juries, were carried [rom the barrs 
at Whit-chappell to Temple-barr where a gibbet was erected, and a[ter 
several [ained penitent speeches, were hanged and then burnt. A[ter- 
wards a great shout by the rabble ' Let King William and Queen 
Mary live and their enimies be con[ounded.'--Another lctter o[ the 
saine date saith thus :--Yesterday being tbe dy o[ his majesty's 
comming to towne was a procession from Algate to Temple barr o[ 
many hundreds of the mobile with lighted liuks, having the repre- 
sentations of Jeffries, late Lord Chancellour, Sir Francis Wythens, 
Burton and Graham, the late Observator, with the three foremen of 

 ' David' is bracketed in pencil, 
one of Wood's ways of indicating a 
doubtfid word. Maurice Roche is 
meant. 
- on William Wyatt of Ch. Ch. 

s Luttrell i. 612 says Nov. 18. 
 'Montague' is underlined for cor- 
rection, being in error. Perhaps Sir 
Tholnas Powys is meant. 



318 I/VOOD'S LIFE AND TI,'I[ES. 
the grand juries. All which were first borne thro' the city on men's 
shoulders to Temple gate with the picture of Justice carried before 
them. Then a gallowes being erected before Temple gate, they 
were all severally hanged thereon, and afterwards committed to the 
flames. 
Dec. eo, Friday, the day before that of St. Thomas the Apostle, 
IIathew Slade a dutch man borne of English parents, Dr. of Physic 
of Amsterdam of about 40 yeares standing, died in the stage coach 
of Oxon between the top of Shotover Hill and Wheatley, supposed 
to be occasion'd by his violent motion going up Shotover Hill on 
foot 1. Aetat. 63 or thereabouts. He was son to... Slade, Hebrew 
professor and of other languages at Amsterdam, the nephew of the 
famous lIathew Slade. This lIathew Slade, Dr. of Physic, came 
to sec England and Oxon, where he tarried about a fortnight. His 
body was brought from Vheatley next day by lIr. Jeames Tyrrell ; 
lodged at the Angell; and on Sunday, e- Dec., buried by their 
care in S. Peter's churchyard. He bath published some things of his 
facultie. 
[latthew  Slade.--Swammerdam has often mention'd him with honour.-- 
Scrader has dedicated a book to him.--He put forth under the borrow'd naine of 
Theodorz«s Aldes, Atglus ' Dissertatio epistolica de generatione animalium contra 
IIarveium,' Amstelodami, apud Petrum van den ]3erge I666 in I2 °. Reprinted 
with other anatomical works at Francfort twice in the year 668, 4 °. And is 
extant in the «/3ibliotheca Anatomica ,' the collectors of which bave unveil'd him 
and put him down tmder his true denomination of A[atthacns Sladz«s, Amslelo- 
damensis, 1][.19.--" Observationes in ovis factae Amstelodami,' I673, 12°; which is 
also in the ]3ibliothéque. -« Sciagraphia nutritionis foetus in utero, et de ejus urina,' 
as before.] The  said Mathew Slade also was great nephew, as 'ris said, of Mathew 
Slade who wrote against Vorstius ; was Dr. of Physic ; author of the said physic 
books; and dwelled at Amsterdam. The said lIatthew Slade came into England 
in Oct. 689; afterwards to Oxford; where after he had continued about a 
fortnight, went to London ; but died of an apoplexy in the stage coach on Shotover 
IIill 2 mlles distant from Oxford on Friday, 2o of Dec. I683, aged 63 or there- 
abouts. Whereupon his body being next day brought to Oxon, was by the care 
and charge of James Tirrell, esq. and Dr. Edward Bernard buried at the west end 
of the church yard (behind the west dore) of the church of S. Peter's in the East, 
Oxon. Vide Almanacs. 
Letters dated 24 Dec., T., (say) that Sir John Hanmer is lately dead in Ireland. 
Letters dated 28 Dec., S., (say that) ' lIr. l{ountague, the Queen's attorney 

 passengers by the stage-coach were 
required to get out at the foot of Shot- 
over and walk np the ascent. 
u the passage in square brackets is 
noted by Wood to be «from lIr. 
Hannes of Ch. Ch. 6 Feb. I6,,' and is 

Edward Hannes' autograph. 
s per Dan. le Clerc et Jo. Jac. lIanget, 
Genev., 1685. 
* these notes are written by Wood on 
the back of Hannes' memorandum. 



DEC. 1689--7,,IN. 1690. 39 
general , died lately in the country, and yesterday his corps was bronght hither' 
(to London) ' to be buried.' 
lIoney dead; no trading; all complaine for these three months 
last past ;occasioned by taxes, warrs, a lingering warr in Ireland. 
The University very thin of scholars; but 8o or thereabout matri- 
culated last lIichaelmas terme. Half the scholars went home against 
Christmas. 

Ta'es lhis A,eare. 
July i7, w., I paid 2os as a gentleman; 1o(s) for Ioo/i.; Is for 
my head  :--taxed by the towne, the vice-chancellour angry at it. 
In Oct. and Nov. another tax goes about for is in a pound of all 
houses and land. I pay none of it. 
By letters dated 2 Nov., S., 'ris said that two millions of money 
must be paid to the king to carry on the warrs, which was agreed by 
the two houses to be raised. Sec in a leaf in December. 

The names of those II.A. of Ch. Ch. who have spoken speeches in 
schola linguarum in laudem Thomae Bodleii , Nov. 8; Thomas 
Sparke, 1682; Zachary Isham, i683; Charles Hickman, I684; 
Thomas Newey, i685; Thomas ]3urton, i686; William Bedford, 
I687; Richard Blakeway, i688; Roger Akham, junior, 1689. 
Printed in .Alhenae Oxon. 

.9 
16y and 1690:2 William and Mary: Wood aet. 58. 
(At the beginning of this Almanac are these jottings :--) 
i69o, Queen's Coll. put up a brewhouse. 
A. C. 4 at Rutter's Coffey house in Holbourne near Southampton Street : Lon- 
don. 
Kai sen tecknon ! wilt thon be false too ! 
Stockings, of the taylor : toothbrush, (of) J. Barret. 
The last gazer that I received ,,vas number 2453, from May 3 to May 16 anno 
i689--6s or 6s 6d. 
(At the beginning of this Almanac are these memoranda for the Athenae :--) 
Dr. Robert Parsons, Edward Fisher, Alan Blaine, Miles Smith, Sir Robert 
Poynts, Miles Smith, Francis Baber, three last Abbots; (to) Hill for titles of 
William Russell's Works ; Thomas Whynnell. 
23 Jan.» Th., to John Aubrey about Dr. (Simon) Forman and John Lock [no  
answer]. 
 the Qneen's attorney, Luttrell i. 619.  Wood notes « Mr. Charl.' ; it is the 
* the poll-tax, Lnttrell i. 528. town address of Arthur Charlet. 
z Macray's IitItZ[S of the odleia,t,  added later. 
p. 15. 



3ZO II'OOD'S LIFE . IA'D TIilES. 
Eodem die (to) Seymour Wood about Hanks' and Dollif's rent ; the suit i to be 
amended ; bond of 5o li. and use for it. [no answer.] 
Jan. 26, Su., to James Tyrryll, a note for the epitaph of Matthew Slade. [1Nil 
val(et)l. 
Feb. 3 6. Th., I689 (i. e. ) to Mr. (William) Hopkyns concerning the late 
bishop of Worcester (Wiltiam Thomas), Dr. (Joseph) Crowther, Barnabas Oley 
and Dr. (Thomas) Washbourne. 
Eodem die (to) Olor Iscanus for (Sir Edward and John) Stradling and Dr. John 
]3avid Rhese. 
11 Mar., T., (to) Mr. (Richard) Reeves for the life of Augustine Baker, titles 
of his books, obit of John Sarjent, Oliver Plunket. 
(By) !r. (Arthur)ChŒErlet to Gloucester (for) Dr. (William) Loe; Dr. 
(Thomas) Washbourne ; Thomas Wolnagh. 
!Xlar. o, Th., to Sir Henry S. Georg (for the) natural issue of King James 
and prince Rupert. 
(To) Seymour Wood, about the suite, 5o« use for 5o/z'., and writings of Fleur 
de htce and tennis court. 
Apr. 7, M., to Mr. (Obadiah) Walker about 1Nicholas Hyll to be directed fo 
Mr. Charles Hylls at the tarr in Bucklersbury London. 
Apr. 3, Su., a larg letter to !XIr. Sheldon of thanks and to make know that 
deserv'd the money he sent. 
lXlay 8, Th., to Mr. lewlin about William Day ; to /r. (James) Harrington 
for a catalogue of schoolmasters of Westminster. [Nothing  done.] 
June 14, S., (to) lXr. (James) Harrington about the obit of Dr. (Edward) 
Grant [non  invent.], burial of Edward Bulstrode; (to) !Xlr. (Arthur) Charlet 
for Walter Bushnell; (to) Mr .... Tilbald for Henry Bard's issue; (to) Dr. 
(Robert) Plot about Dr. Robert Fairfax [non  insert.] 
July 8, T., (to) Edward Gee for two Edward Gees and Jo(hn Gee.) 
(To) Mr. Samuel Palmer, Sept.: to /lr. (James) Harrinon (for)Dr .... 
James and H(enry) Keep twice Mich(aelmas) Sept. 
(To) Mr. (Witliam) Hopkyns (for) Gervase Warmstrey, Georg Hopkyns, 
(William) Wyat. 
Oct. 4, S., to Mr. Sheldon for an annuity. 
Dec. I1, Th., to Dr .... Bernard in Duck lane; to Robert Dale, Peter le 
1Neve. 
Dec. '5, M., to Edmund Bolman, esq. ; to Mr. Thomns Benet. 
Dec. 7, S., to Mr. John March of Newcastle ; to Dr. (Robert) Plot about 
Dr. (Edward)Aldeme and Dr. (John)Wamer; to Mr. John Aubrey about Dr. 
Robert Wood and !Xlr. Fabian Philipps. 
OEanuary.---Jan. i, W., New Year's day, the famous Dr. Thomas 
Sydenham died v. 
This Xtmas, great raines; a great flood about Oxon before ,2th 

day, Epiphany (Jan. 6, .I.). 
i see s@ra, p. 4 o. 
 added later. 
 this and the next note are at the 
beginning of the Almanac for 1689; 
eonceming them "¥ood notes at the be- 
ginning of the Almanae for i69o 'to 
51r. llopkyns of Worcester, answered : 

to Olor Iscanus in Feb., no answer.' 
 added later. 
" added later. 
 added later. 
 this note is scored out, being in 
error. Sydenham died 9 Dec. 1689 ; 
Luttrell i. 6zI. 



M«VUMRt; 1090. 32i 
Jan. 8, W., fl(annel) sh(irt). 
News letter dated Jan. 9, Th., the Parliament having notice that Francis Chol- 
mondeley, esq., a bnrgess elect for this parliament, had not sate in the parliament 
since the oathes of allegiance and snpremacy were ruade and taken ; and having 
notice that he was in London ; he was sent for and having the oaths offer'd to 
him, denied them. 
Short's letter dated 9 Jan., Th. ; diligent search is after a paper called ' The 
Englishman's Complaint': (Mr. (Arthur) Charlet hath it: printed on a broad 
side of a sheet.)--Ibidem ; Francis Cholmondeley, esq., a member of the tIouse of 
Commons, being absent ail the sessions, was called in (9 Jan.) and required to 
take the oathes; but said he was hot satisfied in the matter. Upon which the 
House ordered him to the Tower and ordered a bill to be brought in to enjoyne 
ail above 16 to take the oathes of fidelity to their majesties and in case of refnsall 
to be committed withont bayl or mainprize. (This) came to nothing. 
Jan. I2, Su., at 1 I in (the) morning  at London (so news letter) a 
hideous tempestuous wind arose, the wind South West; [but s did 
little or no harme here], much in London--very many houses 
shattered, chimneys blowne downe, some of the stone work of the 
Temple church blowne downe, the lead blowne up and shrivel'd, 
several of the elmes in S. James Park blowne up by the roots, and 
some in IIoor fields. This wind began in Oxford about xi of the 
clock at night. It blew downe battlements at Wadham College, and 
painted windowes of the chapel there ; mischief at Glocester Hall ; a 
stack of chimneys at 1V[agd. Coll. downe. 
Short's letter, Jan. 14, T. ; on Saturday night 4, Il Jan. (about II or 12) hapned 
a most violent wind accompanied with that nnusuall noise as bath hOt been 
knowne in the memory of man. It blew downe the tiles from several bouses, and 
also divers stacks of chimneys, and struck sueh a terror into the inhabitants that 
several familles rose out of their beds. It blew downe divers trees in More fields 
and above 2o great trees in S. James parke, ail tore up by the rootes. Wee heare 
of above 2o persons killed by the fall of chimneys and of a great number maimed. 
I-Iis majesty hearing of these accidents seemed much concern'd and 'ris said a day 
of humiliation will suddenly be. The shipping bath sustained damages. 
Jan. I3, 14, etc., drums beat up for volunteirs in Oxon, under the 
command of captain ... ». _About the same time several men in 
London were pres'd for the king's service . 
Jan. I4, Tuesday night, at Mr. (A_rthur) Charlet's chamber with 
2Ir. (James) Harrington of Ch. Ch. 

1 the sentence in the MS. is confused. 
Wood began by describing the wind 
both at London and Oxford in the same 
sentence ; afterwards he struck out and 
inserted words to put the two accounts 
separately. 
 Wood notes--' This tempest began 
about io or II at Oxford.' 

z the words in square brackets are 
struck out. 
 Evelyn's Diary undcr date r  Jan. 
$9 • 
69v, Luttrell ii. 5, 6. 
- 'Read' changed to 'Draper' and 
both struck out. 
s Luttrell ii. , 3- 

VOL. III. Y 



HTOOD'S LIFE AzVD TIzES. 

Jan. 15, w., bill to be read for the University charter to be con- 
firme& Quaere whether the city will oppose it as to the night watch. 
Quaere post. 
Whereas there was to be a hearing i between the University and 
city of Oxon on the 15 January (w.) why the Caroline Charter of the 
University should hot be confirmed by Act of this present parliament, 
the matter was put off till Munday the 2oth. Whereupon upon BIr. 
(Arthur) Charlet's desire ruade to the vicechancellor (upon Sir 
Thomas Clarges his letter to the University to acquaint them with 
the day of hearing) S r. (James) Harrington 2 of Ch. Ch. with 
(William) Sherwin  the yeoman beadle went on Saturday 18 Jan. at 
4 in the morning to London to solicite parliament men and lawyers 
to stand on their side. Mr. Charlet had a printed paper sent to him 
before the 5 Jan., containing 14 heads against its confirmation, 
whereof that of the night watch was the chiefest. I bave a printed 
paper containing them inter O«omënsia  vol.  fol. vide Z 8. 
Letters dated 18 Jan., S., say thus--whereas the 2 Feb. (Su.) is the 
day limited for the bishops, clergy, and others to take their oathes, 
yesterday at the sessions the bishop of Oxford (Timothy Hall) tooke 
the oathes » ; Dr .... Thomson and BIr .... Tayler ».----Ibidem ; 
BIr. Fox of the Green Coath is removed for drinking an health to 
King James n. In other letters 'ris only said that a certaine gent. of 
the Green Cloth was excluded the house by [the  Lord Steward.] 
Jan. 2o, BIunday, William Wyat, M.A. lately student of Ch. Ch., 

 ' at the barr of the house' (of Com- 
morts) ; note in Wood 423 (65). 
2 James Harrington, B.A. Ch. Ch. 28 
May 1687, M.A. 8 May 169o. 
s see tVeliquiae Hearnianae ii. 37- 
* this ' folio' volume of ' Oxoniensia' 
is that now marked Wood 423 . Wood 
423 (65 ) is 'The case of the eity of 
Oxford' against the confirmation of the 
eharter; in whieh Wood bas this note 
« some few copies of this vere printed in 
the beginning of Jan. 1689' (i. e. ). 
Wood 423 (66) is 'The case of the 
University of Oxford ' for the confirma- 
tion; in which Wood has this note 
' this case of the University of Oxford 
was drawn up on Tuesd. 2I Jan. 1689 
(i. e. ) by James Harrington. ]3. of A. 
of Ch. Ch., whome the vicechaneellor 
had appointed with a bedle to wait on 
him to attend at London in opposition 

to the towne party. But soon after, 
viz. 22 Jan., Dr. (John) Wallis arrived 
in London in order to oppose the towne 
party when the hearing was to be on 
24 Jan. (Friday) anno 1689 ' (i. e. ). 
Wood 63(2 ) is ' A defence of the 
rights and privileges of the University 
of Oxford' (containing the answer to 
the petition of the city 1649 and the 
case of the University presented to the 
House of Commons, Jan. 24, 
Oxford 69o ; it has this note by Wood 
'given to me by A. C. (i.e. Arthur 
Charlet) 23 Apr. 69o: Jmes Har- 
rington, author.' 
 Luttrell il. 6. 
« also took the oaths at the eleventh 
hour; Luttrell il. 8. 
 the words in square brackets are 
doubtful. 



ANUARY, 1690. 
now Orator of the University, was admitted principal of St. lIarie's 
hall. 
Jan. I, T., one Mr .... ]3rockhurst fell downe dead in Fleet Street. 
Jan. u2, W., one Patrick Hardyng, latcly chairman (or one that carried the 
sedan) fo Dada, the Pope's nuncio, was hanged, drawne, and quartered for i levy- 
ing I6 men for King James II to be sent into Ireland allowing each 6d. per diem. 
Whcn the cart drove away at Tyburne, the tope broke; and he falling, rose on 
his leggsand told the people that it was a signe of his innocence and prooeeded in 
an harange: but another tope being provided, he was hanged again and quar- 
tered. 
Jan. uT, M., parliament prorogued u to Apr. . ; dissolved s, quaere Gazet. 
Hall's letter dated Jan. -8, T., one Mr. (Phineas) ]3owles * is removed from his 
place of Secretary to the Admiralty and one Mr. (James) Southerne (quaere) com- 
missary of the navy, is put into his place.--Ibidem ; one John Fletcher, a gardiner 
in ]3rick-lane, was committed to Newgate for bragging at Hartford that he did 
mangle and eut King "William's picture in Guild hall'.--Ibidem; on the 14th 
instant January I689 (i. e. ï) died, at Parys, Henry, the lord Walgrave. 
Hall's letter dated 3 ° Jan., Th. ; yesterday Sir Edward Hales, knight, 
and Mr. Obadiah Walker of Oxon were brought from the Tower 
by habeas corpus to the King's 13ench, and desired to be admitted 
to bayle, but the court took rime till to-morrow to give their answer. 
But (Philip) ]3urton, (Richard) Gmham, and Sir Thomas Jenncr 
were (set) at liberty by the prorogation, they being in the custody of 
a sargeant at armes attending the House of Commons whose pro- 
eeedings are vacated by it .----Ibidem; yesterday (2 9 Jan., W.) a 
cause between the University and city ofOxon was tried at the common 
pleas barr, where his grace the duke of Ormond (James ]3utler) 
(Henry Hyde) lord Clarendon , (Thomas Thynne) lord Waymouth 
Sir Thomas Clarges °,,etc., were present in court, it being a plea of 
conusans or an action brought by the city upon one of their by-lawes 
against one (Henry) Wildgoose who had got himself matriculated or 
privileged by the University to avoid being brought into an office in 
that city. And he being a painter, the decision was whether the word 
•.. 11 in the stature (which was open'd to have been in former rimes 
'an illustrator' or 'picturer of great letters in books') did referr to 

a MS. has ' and,' by a slip for ' for.' 
u Evelyn's I)iary under date; Lutt- 
rell il. Io. 
s on  Feb., Evelyn's Diary under 
date ; on 7 Feb., Luttrell ii. 13. 
 Luttrell il. Io. 
» see sztra, p. 3r 4. 
 Luttrell ii. IO. 
 Chancellor of the University. 
s High Steward of the University. 

 Thomas Thynne (created viscount 
Weymouth on II Dec. 1682) had been 
M.P. for the University in I66--I6}. 
0 M.P. for the University. 
n Wood writes between the lines 
' illuminator ' but brackets it (? as doubt- 
ful). He says in a note ' paynter-staner 
is the word in the Act, vide Z 8, vide Ox- 
oniensia (fol.) vol. 12 (i. e. Wood 
42, ut s@ra). 

Y 2 



3z4 14.'OOD'S LIFE AND TIIES. 
hi..na. And it was adjudged that he was hOt eomprized in the stature 
--so went in favour of the city. 
Jan. 30, Th., Fast (King Charles I's execution) solemnly kept 
here: Thomas Collins, schoolmaster of Magd. Coll., preached at S. 
Marie's before the University. 
3 Jan., Friday, Sir Edward Hales (late Leivtenant of the Tower) 
and lXIr. Obadiah Walker were by habeas corpus brought from the 
Tower to the King's Bench barr where they were bailed 1 on great 
security given by each on their owne parts, and on the parts of their 
security. 
This month --see Mr. (James) Harrington's printed papers inter 
Oxoniensia in folio  and quarto. See the life of James Harrington 
(in the Aih.). 
lebruory.----Feb. 2, S., (Purification), the time for taking the 
oathes by the clergie and others being expired, who forsooth is more 
busy in his diocese than Dr. (Thomas) Barlow, bishop of Lyncoln, 
to put into their places such that have taken the oaths. This person 
while at Bugden when the duke of York passed into Scotland to 
pacifie the discontented partie, he caused all his dores to be shut and 
did not goe out to congratulate him as other loyallists did. Soon 
after when he came to be king he sneaked about, took the oaths of 
allegiance and supremacy. When the king was withdrawne upon 
the prince of Aurange's appearance, he hot only voted that he abdi- 
cated his throne but also took the oathes to king William. 
Hall's letter, dated 4 Feb., T., doctor Owen Wynn, turned out from being secre- 
tary to the earl of Shrewsbury (Charles Talbot), privie Secretary of State, for 
some maie-administration, is also displaced from being comptroller of the mint ; 
and ]Mr. Benjamin Overton is put into his roome. 
Letter of the saine date saith that the Dye and Devan « of Solley bave sent txvo 
letters, one to his majesty and another to the parliament. The latter was inter- 
preted by a Jew, who undertook to interpret both ; but when the king's letter was 
to bave been done, he was hOt to be round, so that last Thursday it was sent fo 
Oxon to be interpreted. 
8 Feb., S., 6s fo my sister per Franc(is ). 
IO Feb., M., fl(annel) sh(irt). 
Hall's letter dated II Feb., T.; 'tis said the marquis of Halifax (George 
Savile) bas voluntarily resign'd the privi seale.--The earle of Clare (John Holles) 
is married to the duke of Newcastle's daughter  with whome he had 27,o00//. por- 
tion and is to bave 4o0o//. per annum after the duke's decease. (Another letter 
x Luttrell ii. IO. is at the beginning of the Almanac. 
z see note 4, P- 322. 6 ]Margaret Cavendish, third daughter 
z Wood 423 . of Henry Cavendish, second duke of 
4 i. e. dey and divan of Sallee. Newcastle-on-Tyne. 
» this word is doubtful. The note 



.'M W. F£'B. 1690. 

saith 3oooH.)--The lord Dunblane in his returne from Ireland was taken sick at 
York and there dyed.--Lord Blaney of Ireland died in his returne thence. 
Another letter of Hall's, Feb. 11, T. ; ' the marquis of Halyfax (George Savile) 
thro' his lordship's owne inclinatioas as be(ing) strickea in yeares,' (quaere that) 
' without the least disfavour of his prince, desired leave to withdraw himself as 
well  from his station or the privy councill as of the office of the privie seal. 
]3oth which his majesty conceeded with great regret, as being satisfied ofhis faith- 
fulness and abilities. ]3ut the seal is not yet disposed ; the lord viscount Falcon- 
bridge s and earl of Chesterfield (Philip Stanhope) stand fairest for that promotion.' 
--Yesterday the earl of Castlemayn (Roger Palmer) was brought by habeas 
corpus from the Tover to the King's I3each barr, where Mr. attorney conseting, 
his lordship was admitted to bayle, etc. 
ttall's letter, 13 Feb., Th. ; the privie seale (it's said) will be managed by com- 
missioers, Sir John Knatchbole, Mr .... Mountague s, and Mr. (Vqilliam) 
Cheyney.--One . . . Gilstrop, convicted some dayes ago for wishing prosperity to 
King James' army, etc., was sentenced to stand in the pillory, to pay a fine of ao 
marks to the king, and give security for a 12-month's good behaviour. 

Feb. i3, Th., proclamation day; no ringing of bells or bonfiers, 
only a beare-baiting in S. Clement's. 
(Feb. 16, i6v, Arthur Bury's vindication of his expulsion of 
James Colmer was issued in a letter printed for distribution, of vhich 
Wood 657 (5 I) is a copy. It begins:--' To avoid the intolerable 
dmdgery of giving full satisfaction by a several letter to every one 
that may deserve and desire it, the rector of Exeter Colledge hath 
taken this way to give an account of the unhappy affair which hath 
drawn such clamours as decry him and his assessors in behalf of one 
of the fellows who (they say) is injuriously, or at least too severely, 
expelled.') 
Feb. i9, Wednesday, city election of burgesses to sit in parliament 
20 March following. Captain Henry ]3ertie, brother to the earl of 
Abendon (James Bertie), and Sir Edward Norris of Veston-on-the- 
green carried it. (William) Wright, recorder of the citie, had the 
canvas (tho' above 40o rotes), as being esteemed no great friend to 
the Church of England*: so also Thomas Hord, esq., who had 
above 200 (votes). 
Feb. 19, Wedn., Convocation at 8 in the morning--at which time 
the election of the city began--the vicechancellor ask'd the members 
(who were all there and the house full) whether they would have the 
former burgesses riz. (Heneage) Finch and Sir Thomas Clarges or 

 MS. has 'from,' by a slip for 
' well.' 
 Thomas ]3elasyse, and viscount 
Fauconberg, created earl Faucoaberg 
9 Apr. I689. 

s he died shortly afterwards; and 
then Sir William lulteney vas made 
the third commissioner, Luttrell il. 15 
* see Evelyn's Diary under date 
Feb. I6»g  Luttrell ii. 3, I9- 



326 WOOD'S ZIFE AND TlilIES. 
any other whom they should think fit. Wherupon they ail cried up 
unanimously ' Finch and Clarges,' and named hot at all a third 
person--which was a rare thing and hOt belote knowne. So they 
were pronounced elected. 
2 3 Feb., Su., cl(ean) sheets. 
2 3 Feb., Sunday, Dr. (Ralph) Bathurst spoke to Dr. (John) 
Wallis in my behalf to peruse the records in the Tower. Dr. Wallis 
therefore did up with an old story that I borrowed a book of Dr. 
(Thomas) Marshall, etc. and tore out the title. At night I went to 
Dr. Bathurst and he told me he had spoke to Dr. Wallis and Dr. 
Wallis told him that story and therefore hOt fit to peruse records. 
The next day (S. Matthias) I went to Dr. Wallis and he told me I 
should sec the records with the vice-chancellor's consent. Next day, 
Tuesday, in the afternoon at 3 I went to tbe vice-chancellor 1 and 
desired him. He told me he would goe to Dr. Wallis and aske him. 
After I had done with him, I went to Dr. Wallis and told him what I 
had donc, that the vice-chancellor would speake with him the next 
day about the matter, and desired him withall that he would not 
mention that story. To which desire he said neither yea or noe. So 
that mistrusting that he would make a story of it, I sent to the vice- 
chancellor at 7 at night hot to trouble Dr. Wallis about the matter till 
after Easter when he was to corne home. 

Short's letter dated 2 5 Feb., T., saith Mr .... Mountague who was lately nomi- 
nated one of the commissioners of the privie seale died last night. Hall's letter of 
the saine date saith that he died on Sunday, 5 3 Feb. 

Feb. z6, Wedn., Convocation about 9 in the morning where by 
virtue of the chancellor's letters Georg Walker , an Irish minister or 
priest, lately governor of London Derry and the stout defender of it 
against the forces under the command of King James II, was actually 
created D. of D. Presented a to it by Dr. William Jane, the king's 
professor of Divinity. tle took Oxford in his way to Ireland. Dr. 
Joseph Veysey, archbishop of Tuam, was present in the Convocation. 

t Dr. Jonathan Edwards» principal of 
Jes. Coll. 
u Wood notes Dr. Georg Walker, 
governor of Derry» Gazer 689 num. 
-455, 5478 (col. x), z4S 4 (col. I), 2500 
(col 4)-' 
 a slip pasted in here bas these 
words (hOt in Wood's hand) 'Presento 
vobis Gcorgium Walker» ecclesiae Hi- 

bcrniae theologum, eivitatis I)erensis 
praefectum et conservatorem, libertatis 
vindicem, utraque Pallade rnagnum, ut 
a militia ad togam redeat et inter doc- 
tores hujus Acaderniae numeretur'; to 
which bas Wood added ' These are the 
words spoken by Dr. William Jane, 
the king's professor of Divinity, when 
he presentcd Dr. Georg Walker.' 



FE1L -- [ARCtt, 1690. 

3-7 

This a Dr. Walker was killed in the river Boyne when King William 
went to encounter the army of King James II in Ireland in the be- 
ginning of July i69o. Vide Gazer. Borne at Stratford-upon-Avon, 
so Mr. (White) Kennet. Author of 2 books of the seig of London- 
Derry 2, quaere 27Icrcurius li3rarius 1689. See his successor in I)cc. 
following. 
(Wood 6o8 (65) is 'Some queries concerning the election of 
members for the ensuing parliament' Lond. 169o ; in which Wood 
notes ' ex dono Jacobi Harrington ex Aede Christi 26 Feb. 1689 (fie. 
--) in tabema Coronae, Oxon.') 
March.--Mrs. Williams rent paid March; l{ar. 2, S., 4d; Mar. 
7, Th., 2d; Mat. x i, T., 6d; Mat. i6, Su., 3 d oh. ; at several rimes 
after, iod. 
Mat. 2, Su., fl(annel) shirt. 
Mat. 3, M., Mr. (Edward) Hannes of Ch. Ch. told me at Hall's 
coffy house that Mr. John Lock sometimes of Ch. Ch. was ruade 
secretarie of warr: and that... Harrington (vho was of Trinity Coll. 
and was lately made secretary of the Navy) wrot something against 
the earl of I)anby in I674. 
Mat. 4, Shrove-tuesday, I received of Mr. Sheldon by the hands of 
Edmund Brasy, 5oh'? 
Mat. io, M., election 4 for the knights of Oxfordshire to sit in 
parliament 2o Match. Began in the moming and concluded the 
next day in the afternoon about 3 or 4- (Montague Bertie) lord 
Norreys and Sir Robert Jen -kinson carried it; Sir John Cope, baronet, 
had the canvas. 
Mar. i2, W., fast day, and vhy  see the Gazet. Mr. Edwards of 
Ch. Ch. preached (chaplain, Thomas Edwards 6 quaere). Kept very 
strictly at London 7. Two malifious fellowes were round sticking up 
a libell reflecfing on the fast on St. Ann's church dore (West- 
minster) for which they were bound over to the next sessions. Dr 
(William) Lloyd, bishop of S. Asaph, preached before the king and 

queen. 
1 this part of the note was added 
later. 
 George Walker "A true account of 
the siege of Londonderry,' Lond. 689, 
4to. 
 see sciera, p. 3x6 and p. 320. 
« Vood 43 (67) is a pamphlet issued 
on this occasion ' a letter from a person 
of honour at London in answer to his 
friend in Oxfordshir%' of date about the 

beginning of Match x6-. Wood there 
notes :--' This paper was put into my 
hand by James Harrinon of Ch. Ch. 
Mat. 8 anno x689 ' (i. e. -ô). 
 Luttrell ii. 6, to be kept monthly 
during the war in Ireland. 
« Thomas Edwards, incorp. M.A. 
from Caius Cambr. xo July x685. 
7 Luttrell ii. o. 



328 VOOD'S LIFE AND TIAIES. 
[' Reflections 1 upon the occurrences of this last year from 5 Nov. 
688 to 5 Nov. 689,' Lond. I689--Edward Stephens, an attorney in 
coin. Glouc. (related to Sir IIathew Hale) was the author of this : so 
James Harrington of Ch. Ch., who gave it to me 15 Iar. I689 
(i.e.-).] 
lIar, x 8, Tuesday morning, one ... Harris or Harrison, a scholar 
of S. lIary Hall found dead at the bottome of his chamber staires with 
a fall thence .... Harrison, bI.A., by taking only one pipe of 
tobacco. 
lIar, eo, Th., bought of Wil]. Hall a reame of writing paper, 6s 6d 
mnow paper is deare. 
/ar. 2, Friday, at night, Richard lord Venman viscount Tuam died at Cars- 
well, aetat. 3o or therabouts. Son of Sir Francis Wenman, baronet. Ylufied in 
Vitney church by his ancestors. (Arms) ' quarterly azure and gules a cross fleury 
or,' quartering \ enman. He left 3 children behind him, of whome the eldest is 
a son ". lIarried (Catherine) daughter and heir of (Sir Thomas) Chamberlaine. 
(Sir Robert) Dashwood married another (daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas 
Chamberlayne, viz. Penelope). 
lIar. 2 I, F., Exeter Coll. visited by Dr. (Edward) lIasters s relating 
to (James) Colmer's * business ; vide alibi  
Letter dated 2 lIar. Su., the lord de la/lere (Henry Ylooth) hath a grant of all 
the Jesuits' lands in Lancashire6.A parson 7 was convicted at the assizes at 
2Northampton to stand in the pillory in his canonical habit and pay ooli. fine and 
give security of an yeare and a day's behavior, for saying their majesties vere hot 
lawful king and queen and that the last parliament was no parliament, and for 
praying for King James II, Queen Mary, and Prince of Wales. 
Iar. 29, Sat., one . .. Goodyeare somtimes of Queen's Coll., who 
had spent his estate and came as a stranger to the Greyhound, kil'd 
himself by a pistol set to his eare: buried in the 8 north church yard 
of S. Peter's in the East (a tituber yard). 'Queen's Colly, i68o, 
Nov. 26, Daniel Goodere, act. 8, filius Edwardi Thornae Goodere de 
London, gent.' 

note in Wood's copy; Wood 533 
(18). 
Richard Wenman, succeeded his 
father as fifth viscount Wenman. 
as Commissary for the Visitor, 
Jonathan Trelawney, bishop of Exeter; 
]3oase's Reg. Coll. Exon. p. 83. 
Boase's Reg. Coll. Exon. xxxiii. 8o. 
the reference is perhaps to a paper 
now in Wood IIS. F 31 fol. 2 giv- 
a summary of the events at Exeter 

College from March to Aug. 69. It 
begins :' 689 (i. e. zï), F., llarch , 
Exeter College visited by Dr. Edward 
hlasters (chancellour to the bishop of 
Oxon, commissary to the archbishop 
about Colmer's business; deputed by 
the bishop of Exeter.' 
« Luttrell il. 22. 
 Luttrell ii. 4- 
 substituted for ' Magd. Coll. grove.' 
9 the matriculation entry. 



3IARCII -- APRIL, 1690. 

3OE9 

Latter end of March or beginning of Apr. ' Naked 1 Gospell' was 
first published at Oxon. The author, Dr. (Arthur)Bury, had per- 
suaded yong Lichfield (when he desired him to print the book, which 
he denied without license) that he, being pro-vice-chancellor, had 
libertie of himself to license the book. Vide alibi : vide papers on 
my shelf. 
All March drie and cold, and most of Feb. was, which makes the 
spring backward by a month than use to be. 
,pril.--Apr. 5, S., E. Gil.  
Hall's letter dated 5 Apr., S., saith that the earl of Anglesie  died last Thurs- 
day i. e. 3rd day. 
Hall's letter dated 8 Apr., T., a committee was appointed to consider and find 
out the authors of two pamphlets, riz. ' A 4 wish for peace ' and ' A vindication of 
the address.' 
[IO Apr. 5, Th., Arthur ]3uckridg, M.A. and fellow of S. John's College, chose 
(by Convocation) lecturer of S. Giles founded by Richard Branthwaite.] 
Apr. I I, F., coronation day; ringing of bells ; and bonefiers at 
night in several colleges and elsewhere. 
Another letter of Hall's dated i 2 Apr., S., saith that the bishop of 
Oxford ((Timothy) Hall) died 6 last Thursday (Apr. o). 
I2 Apr., Sat., Thomas Drope of Croft in Lyncolnshire died there. 
Apr. 14, Munday night, about io, Mris Anne Beeston, wife of Dr. 
ttenry ]3eeston, warden of New Coll., died : buried .... 
4 Apr., M., with Ja. Salesb. in .... ls; two 6ds afterwards: and, S., 
May 3, snatch'd xs : an ult. val. T, M., May 
14 Apr., M., with Ja. Ovetz in the up (per) ro(om), I.£ ; and then told me that 
if I would allow h. maintenance I should . . . , told me before if I would give 
xli. fs to buy cr.(?) gow. I should have the use of b. Two sixpences afterwards. 
May 3, S., snatched IS. May 26, M., IS on pretence of going away. Afterwards 
4d; several 2ris s; ribbon (2 yards); sleeves lac'd; gloves. Uit. June, M., 6d; 
burnt my new shirt. July 9, S., 5d at Half Moon; spent then 8d. July ult., Th., 
6d at Snowe's. Aug.  I, M.. 6d in the garden ; 6d since in farthings. Sept. 20, 
Sat., IS. Sept. 23, Tues&, 6d. Sept. 29, N., at ... faire, IS. 3d; besides con- 
tinuall entertainments at Sn(owe's). 
Apr. 14, M., died Dr. (Ralph) Bathurst's wife of Trin. Coll., and 
Dr. (Henry) ]3eeston's of New Coll. So now wee have two married 
heads of Colleges, riz. Dr. (Arthur) Bury of Exeter, and Dr. (John) 

1 Boase Reg. Coll. Exon. xxxiv. 
There is no copy of the earliest edition 
in the Bodleian. 
" see E. G. ifra under date 2 5 uly. 
 James Annesley, second earl of that 
family. 
4 'A wish for peace or an essay for 

removing the present differences about 
the proceedings of parliament,' Eireno- 
poli, i69o , 4to. 
 note in MS. Bodl. 594, P. I.2. 
« at Hackney, Luttrell ii. 29. 
 i.e. last farewell. 
6 i. e. two-pences. 



33 ° WOOD'S LIFE AND TLqlES. 
BIere of Brasnose. Two married heads of Halls, Dn (Byrom) 
:Eaton of Gloc. Hall ; Mr. (William) Wyat of S. Mary Hall. 
Apr. 16, W., monthly fast I at Oxford, Mr .... Snow  of BIert. Coll. 
preached at S. BIarie's. 
Hall's letters dated 17 Apr., Th., say that the king hath nominated 
I)r. (John) Hough, president of BIagd. Coll., bishop of Oxford. 
Apr. 27, Low Sunday, Thomas Shewing s of Ball. Coll. repeated. 
Apr. 3o, W., Francis Browne of Mert. Coll. and Francis Bernard of 
S. John's Coll. took their places as proctors. 
I)r. (Arthur) Burie's book (' Naked Gospell ") came out in this 
inonth. Vide papers on my shelf. See in what I have said in 
Arthur Bury. Vide foul copie of Arthur Bury, but false as to dates. 
Several ministers that refuse the oath to King William and Queen 
BIary retire to Oxon and live there. 
Four bishops who take not the oaths (riz. (Francis) Turner of 
Ely, (Thomas) Ken of Bath and Wells, (Thomas White) of Peter- 
borough, and (Robert) Frampton of Gloucester) have by the favour 
of the earl of Lichfield (Edward Lee) taken up their rest 4 at  Lea's- 
test neare I)ichley; and, BIunday, Apr. 28, or thereabouts are sojourned 
there by one Thomson for IOS a week each. BIr. (?BIichael) Hard- 
ing tells me they begin on that day. tgalse, no such thing--so BIr. 
(Arthur) Charlet. 
wray.--Short's letter dated 3 BIay, S., it is now certaine that the 
eafl of Shrewsbury (Charles Talbot) will give up his place of Secre- 
tary and that Sir Robert Southwell hath kist the king's hands to 
succeed. 
BIay io, S., about 3 in the morning, alderman Thomas Fifield 
died. (Entred) in obital book. 
lV[ay I I, Su., cl(ean) sheets. 
B{ay xi, Su., countess of Arran  in Seotland died--so Hall's letter. 
May 13, T., paid Mr. (John) Mayot 21i. IOS for things I owe him, remaining fo 
be paid 7s and od pente. 
lX!ews letter dated May 15, Th., saith « this weeke was eaught in the Thames a 
salmon of 8 feet and nine inches long, which was presented by the Lord Mayor to 
his majesty.' 
News letter dated May 17, S., saith that « yesterday a woman living neare Smith- 

x see supra, p. 327; Luttrell ii. 3 o. 
 ? FrancisSnow, M.A. Wadh. I6June 
I677 ; Gardiner's Reg. Coll. Wadh. p. 
291. 
 Thomas Shewring, M.A. :Ball. 2 
l,Iay 1688. 
 the word is indistinct, apparently 

 test ' corr. from ' reast.' 
 MS. bas 'and,' by a slip for « af.' 
 Arme Spencer, daughter of Robert 
Spencer earl of Sunderland, wife of 
James Douglas earl of Arran eldest son 
of William Douglas duke of Itamilton. 



.dPRIL  7UlVE, 10OO. 331 
field had atone birth 14 children whereof 13 were living'--since, the report hath 
been that shee had 4 and that 3 were living. 
May 18, Su., Dr. (alph) Bathurst told me that Mr. Seth Ward I had been dead 
at London about a week and that a day or two before one (amuel) Palmer of 
ew Coll. was elected fellow of Winton Coll. in his place. Quaere who succeeds 
him in the treasurership . ]3uried at Sarum ; a larg epitaph. 
]Iay 2 i, W., public fast, ]Ir. (Peter) Cardinal s of Ch. Ch. preached. 
Act of Indempnity of King William and Queen {ary bearing date 2 
169o , anno regni 2, excepted out of this act of pardon these persons following 
William (erbert), marquis of Povis ; Theophilus Hastings, earl of Huntingdon ; 
Robert Spencer, earl of Sundefland; John (Drummond), earl of Milfort (cl- 
fort) ; Roger Palmer, earl of Castlemaine ; lord Thomas Hovard, yonger brother 
to the duke of Norfolk ; Nathaniel Crew, bishop of Durham ; Thomas Watson, 
bishop of S. David's ; Henry Cary, lord Dover ; William Molineux (quaere) ; Sir 
Edward Hales; Sir Edward Herbert; Sir Francis Withens; Sir Richard Hollo- 
way; Sir Edvard Lutvich; Sir Richard Heath; Sir Thomas Jenner; Sir Roger 
l'estrange ; Sir Nicholas Butler ; Edward Perte  ; Thomas Tindesley alias Tildes- 
ley; ... Townley, lately called colonel Townley; Rowland Tempest ; Edvard 
lXtorgan ; Obadiah XValker ; Robert ]3rent ; Richard Graham; Philip ]3urton ; 
-.obert Lundy; Mathew Crowe; and also George (effryes) lord Jeffryes (de- 
ceased). 
iMay 24, S., earl of Dtmdalk in Scotland died ; so saith letter dated May 2î, T., 
from Scotland. 
]ay 29, Holythursday , ]Ir. (Welbore) Ellis v of Ch. Ch., brother 
to bishop (Philip) Ellis, preached at Ch. Ch., on which day the sermon 
is alwaies at Ch. Ch. The saine day was King Charles ]I his restora- 
tion dayso the sermon at St. lXlarie's was saved. Ringing of bells 
bonfiers. 
ffUlle.--June 3, T., being the day belote prince Georg went into 
Ireland, Henry (Hyde) lord Cornbury, gent. of his horse, and 
Anthony (Cary) lord Faulkland, grome of his stole, were removed 
from their places because they declined going with him into Ireland. 
Letter dated 5 June, Th., (Charles Talbot) earl of Shrewsbury sent the seales 
to his majesty s (of his office of secretary) on the 3rd ; his majesty refused. So 
Sir -.obert Southwell is to officiat till the king's returne from Ireland. Vide 
proximnm paginam (. e. June 7 infra). 
Letter at Short's dated 5 Jtme, Th. ; a great flight of birds, the like never for 
number or big-mess seen, flev over the city of Exeter and it could hOt be told what 
sort they were.--Also the drum in the well at Otmdle in lXlorthamptonshire is 

louder than it use to be. 
 died II May 169o. 
 of Salisbury. Peter Alex D.D. suc- 
ceeded. 
 Peter de Cardonnell, M.A. Ch. Ch. 
13 June 1685 ; see Gutch's Wood's Coll. 
and Halls, p. 514. 
* Luttrell il. 46. 

Wood notes ' Edmund Petre, jesuit, 
quaere.' 
Ascension day. 
Welbore Ellis, M.A. Ch. Ch. 20 
Apr. 1687- 
MS. bas ' majesties,' by a slip. 



OE I/VOOD'S LIFE AND TI«'IES. 
6 June, F., Robert Ferguson i seized upon and committed ; his papers sealed 
up; for suspicion of treason, for corresponding with the fanatical Scots, and pre- 
scribing orders for discipline in their church. 
Friday, 6 of June,... Wright of ]3insey and his son; ... Gilman, 
writ-server ; and z or 3 more, who had been translated from Oxford 
goale to Reading for committing a robbery 6 of Oct. last, were con- 
demned to die at Reading in lent Assises last, but reprieved in ex- 
pectation of being transported : but speaking treason in prison which 
was proved upon them were all six hanged at Reading 6 June 2. 
June 7, S., (Daniel) Finch earl of Nottingham entred upon his place of secretary 
in the place of (Charles Talbot) the earl of Shrewsbury 3--so 13rowne's letter. 
(Wood E 22, no. 9, is a catalogue of ' A curious collection of musick books,' 
with the note by Wood' donum Fr(ancisci) Dolliff, xi Junii I69o? ) 
June xi, xv., S. 13arnabas, paid my pole* to Petfifer, Is. 
Letter at Day's dated Th., 12 of June ; couut de Roy, brother to the earl of 
Faversham 5, died lately at the Bath. 
News letter dated 14 June, S., saith that Dr. (George) Royse of Oriel and 
• .. ]31agrave 5 are gone as chaplaines to the King in Ireland. 
June I6, 1I., put on a white demity shuit ; making 4 s 9d. 
June I6, M., Exeter College visitation ; vide alibi 7. 
Tuesday, June 17, the great bell of lXlagd. Coll. rung out for Dr. 
John Smith, fellow of Magd. Coll. and rector of Wood-eaton, who 
died suddenly the day before at Wood-eaton. His brother Francis 
Smith, lXIed. Dr., fellow of lXIagd. Coll., died a little before him in 
Ireland, where he was physitian to the English army there, leasli. 
June 18, W., fast ; Richard Halton  of Queen's Coll. preached. 
[2o June , F., Convocation, wherein the Chancellor appoints his 
delegates.] 
June o, Friday, at night, bonfiers and ringing of bells at io, i i, 
for joy that the king landed in lreland at Caricfergus (June 14, S.). 
No notice of it taken in London. 
June 25, the Act put off. Yet a Commencement at Cambridge. 
Laziness and covetuousness the reason of our Act being put off. 

1 Luttrell ii. 53- 
 Wood has drawn his pen through 
the whole of this note, and added ' all 
false.' 
 Luttrell ii. $3- 
* see Luttrell il. 42. 
5 Lewis de Duras, rnarquess of 
Blanquefort in France, earl of Fever- 
sham in England. 
5 on this naine Wood notes :' Bro- 
grave, quaere. Dr. (Robert) Brograve 
was chaplain to the lord Crew and suc- 

ceeded Dr. (William) Clegat in the 
lectureship of St. Michael's 13asing- 
shaw.' Robert ]3rograve, M.A. Magd. 
H. 7 Dec. 679- 
 i.e. Wood MS. F 3r, fol.  , where 
it is noted :--' I69o , Jtme 6, M., Exeter 
College visited by the bishop of Exeter 
in person.' See su2hra, March 2 . 
s , Halton' substituted for ' Hough- 
ton.' 
 note in MS. 13odl. 594, P-  z z. 



UNE  UL Y, 1090. 

333 

trown's coffey-hose letter, .[une 28, S. ; committed to the Tower npon the late 
discovery l--Henry (Hyde) earl of Clarendon (in the next former letter), viscount" 
Stafford, the lord Newbnrge (in the former letter), major Hastings, major Mathews, 
eaptain Charles Hatton, eaptain .[ohn Fenwick, and the lord Forbes. (Com- 
mitted) to NewgateoEir Nicholas 13utler, major Oliver St..[ohn, lIr. Charles 
Trimer, Sir Henry Sheers, eaptain William Rider, Sir Adam Blaire. (Com- 
mitted) to the Gatehouse, secretary (Sanmel) Pepys 3, major St Georg 4; Sir Henry 
S. Georg ». 
In another letter of the saine date--... Iathews (formerly a major in King 
James' army) ; (Lanrence Hyde) earl of Rochester ; captain Reading; Sir Francis 
Winclham ; Sir Roger l'estrange ; Sir Henry St. George ; lIr .... Stafford , seised 
on and committed. 

Last of June, lIunday, fight at sea7 between the French, and 
English under (Arthur) Herbert earl of Torrington, admiral. [Wedn. 8 
following, July 2, Jo(hn) Pow(ell ?) at the lIiter told me that Tor- 
rinon was revolted with his fleet to French.] July i o, T., earl of 
Torrinon committed to the Tower for high misdemeanours 9. 
july.--July 2, W., lady Curson, widow, died at lIr. White's 
house : widow of Sir John Curson, bt. ; her naine Burroughs. 
July 7, lIunday, lIr. (Edward) Hannes of Ch. Ch. ruade his in- 
auguration speech in the lIusaeum in schola experimentalis philo- 
sophiae in order to read chimical lectures loco (Roberti) Plot. No 
programma stuck up; about 2o auditors, Dr. (Ralph) Bathurst, Sir 
George lIackenzie, etc. I have mentioned him before when he came 
in, either in April or lIay. 
July 8, Tuesday night, between 8 and i i at night, innumerable bon- 
fiers and some ringing of bells in Oxon upon news then received that 
King William had defeated 10 King James his army in Ireland. 
July 9, w., last day of the terre, bishop (John) Leybourne, and 
bishop (Bonaventure) Gifford, who had been in prison ever since 
King James II n abdieated, were brought to the King's Bench barr 
and there bailed upon security given, to depart the kingdome by the 
first of August. 
July o, Th., S. Clement's watch. 

1 Luttrell ii. 63. 
 Henry Stafford Howard (eldest son 
of the late William Howard viscount 
Stafford), created earl of Stafford 5 Oct. 
x688. 
3 Evelyn's Diary under date 4 .[une 
x69o. 
 Wood notes on this naine ' to New- 
gate, in another letter.' 
» Wood notes on this name - fals.' 
« Luttrcll ii. 63. 

7 off 13eachy Head. Admiral Tour- 
ville defeated the English fleet. Lut- 
trell ii. 67, 68. 
 this part of the note is scored ont 
as being false. 
9 see Evelyn's Diary nnder date 27 
Jnne x69o (where the dates are wrong) ; 
Lnttrell ii. 73, 78. 
,o on July I, T., at 13oyne water: 
Luttreil ii. 70, 7. 
** MS. bas 'I,' by a slip. 



334 WOOD'S £IFE AND TIIIES. 
[ July 1, S., 69 o, ... 1v[ayot, son of... 1v[ayot born.] 
July  6, w., fast day, blr. John Scot of Queen's Coll. preached. 
July 5, Tuesday at night between 7 and 8, Elias Ashmole, esq., 
and his wife, came from the Bathe where he had been o weeks; 
came in a week condition--so feeble that he could not goe without 
leading. July 6, w., Fast day, after sermon, vice-chancellor with his 
beadles went to wait on him and to invite him to dinner the next day 
in the usaeum. July 7, Thursday, vice-chancellor, Heads of 
Houses, and others to the number of 3 ° or thereabouts dined in the 
upper house of the lusaeum where the rarities lay. lIr..Ashmole 
was carried in a chaire or sedan ; was placed at the end of that place ; 
and, the Doctors standing about him, l'Ir. Edward Hannes of Ch. Ch., 
chymical professor, spoke a speech to him. Afterwards they went to 
dinner, lIris Ashmole, Jack Cross, and lIr. Sheldon dined togeather 
in Dr. (Robert) Plot's study. July i8, Friday, lIr. Ashmole and his 
wife dined with the deane of Ch. Ch. ; and after dinner (he) gave 
them an entertainment of musick in dean lIassie's chapel. July i9, 
Sat., dined with his wife at the provicechancellor's Dr. (John) lIeer 
of ]3rasn. Coll. July 2o, Sunday, in the 1Iusaeum with Dr. (Robert) 
Plot. July 2i, lIonday, departed. 
July 7, Th., owing lIr(s) ]3arret for commodities i8s iod. I 
then paid her score which came to Bd. 
July 17, Th., Carfax, S. lIarie's, and other bells rung in the morn- 
ing for joy that the king was landed at Chester. Fals news. 
lqews let'ter dated July I7, Th., saith that (Richard)]3aldvin and others were 
sought after for the publication of a pamphlet entitled ' The modest enquirie' 
(quaere whether against the present government).About the saine time came 
out ' The second modest enquirie' writ against Kiug James II, the French King» 
and their adherents. 
July 24, 25, 26 (Th., F., S.) Jonathan Trelawney, bishop of Exon 
visited Exeter College . July 26, S., Dr. Arthur ]3ury , the rector, 
expelled. Dr. John Hearne « put out'propter uberius beneficium.' 
George Verman , Thomas Lethbridge , Benjamin Archer v, suspended 
'propter contemptum.' James Colmer , expelled by the rector for 
having a child laid to him, restored by the bishop. Vide Dr. Arthur 
]3ury in what I have written of him (in the Alhenae). 

 note in MS. Phillipps 7oi8: see 
s@ra, p. 4 . 
 the note in Wood MS. F'3I , fol. 
z, is ' I69o, July z4, Exeter College 
visited again by the bishop ; Dr. Arthur 
]3ury expel'd ': see sz@ra, June 6. See 
Luttrell il. 85 : Boase's Reg. Coll. Exon. 

pp. xxxiii, 83.--lqumerous pamph]ets 
were issued in connection with this dis- 
pute, seveml of which are ound in 
Wood 63i. 
 ]3oase, p. 68.  Boase, p. 73- 
 ]3oase, p. 73- « Boase, p. 72. 
 ]3oase, p. 78. s Boase, p. 



UL Y, 1090. 

335 



336 WOOD'S L[FE .4ND 

l'¢ews letter dated July 19, S., Mr. Richard Baldwin for printing and publishing 
a pamphlet entitled 'A modest enquiry into the causes of these present distempers,' 
etc. was committed to Newgate t. Reflects upon certaine bishops as if they were 
partly the causes. Whereupon they put out half a sheet of paper printed to vin- 
dicate themselves from the scandalls of that pamphlet, subscribed by William 
(Sancroft), Cant. ; William (Lloyd), Norwych ; Francis (Turner), Ely ; Thomas 
(Ken), Bath and Wells ; Thomas (White), Petroburg, with concurrence of (Robert 
Frampton), Glocester. 
July 21, M., Mr. (Arthur) Charlet told me that Dr. R(obert)Parsons, chan- 
cellor of Glocester, was committed to prison for a Jacobite. 
23 July, Wedn., at night, Mr. Nicholas Crouch of Ball. Coll. died. 
July 24, Th., Mr. Francis Browne, proctor, varied. 
(July) 25 , Friday, after dinner John Barrer told me E. G.  with 
child 4, layd on the tapster, who said that ' set the saddle on the right 
horse,' Jonc the daughter pluck off the hair of the head and tear out the 
eyes of ber that marries A.W. ; Jo(an) of Hed(ington) will hot bave 
him because full of issues ; I use to cary lobsters and crabbs there. This 
told by my sister two dayes belote. Of my going to Wheatly to meet 
papists. 
(July) 27, Sunday night, 3 Dutchmen came to Oxford a foot and 
putting in at the Crown Tavern desired to be directed to a lodging. 
They directed them to Cronye's and being discovered to be out- 
landers by their speech, the jeolous rabble took them to be French 
men and that came to fier Oxon. Whereupon they were had to 
the mayor about 8 at night, and examining them found them to be 
Dutchmen and knowne to Dr. (John) Irish, wherefore he quitted 
them. 
July 28, l[unday, Thomas Bateman, lXI.A, fellow of Univ. Coll., 
went to Enston wells ; and in his returne about Woodstock fell off 
rioto his horse, bruised his head, and spake hot one word. Brought 
to Oxford; buried in the chapel at Univ. Coll. An ingenious man, a 
good tutor, an excellent coynist and medallist. 
News letter at Browne's, 2 9 July, T., Major General (Robert) 
Worden died on S. James day (25 July) in Red Lyon Square 
London (tasli 1683). 
In June, july, and August, Scotch ministers came to collect money 
at Oxon. Sec in March 1691. 
Augus;.---Aug. 3, Su., Dr. (Thomas) Crosthwait told me that Dr. 

 Luttrell ii. 78, 8o. 
 the slip with these two notes is 
inserted out of place in the Almanac 
for July 687. 

 see "E. Gil.' supra 5 Apr. 
 a faded ink note at the top of the 
slip seems to say 'ch(ild) borne in 
(! 69- ) ai'ter Val(entine's) day.' 



UL Y-- A UG. 1690. 337 
(Thomas) Lane of Mert. Coll. was wounded in the late battle in 
Ireland; taken prisoner; and kept in custody at Dublin. (Robert) 
Charnock of Magd. Coll. also, in that king's army; Mr. (Arthur) 
Chailet saith he was kil'd in the battle--false (quaere), living at 
London in .]une 69i. 
Aug. 4, M., colonel . . . Lutterel's I body woEs carried from London 
to Dunster coin. Somerset to be inter'd--quaere, whether lately of Ch. 
Ch. ? 
Aug. 5, Tuesday, Congregafion, wherein Dr. Arthur ]3urie's busiuess 
was agitated. 
[69 o, Aug. 5, T., petitions subscribed by the hands of several 
Mrs of Arts were read in the Apodyteriuln before the vice-chancellor, 
desiring justice against Dr. ]3ury's book entitled A'aked Gosflell.--Note 
that Dr. ]3ury being expelled by the bishop for the said book and 
other mis-deameanours, they endeavoured to pull him downe as far as 
they could. O base !] 
Aug. 5, T., at night, Thomas Pember, sub-warden of Alls. Coll., 
died of the small pox; buried in the College chapel. Four dayes 
before the Coll. presented him to Harding in the place of Dr. 
(Edward) Winford for hot taking the oathes. 
Aug. o, Su., Mr. (Arthur) Charlet told (me that) (?,john) Good- 
man, of Cambridge and a writer, was then lately dead (riz. in the 
beginning of August)--circa 4, 5, or 6, quaere. 
Aug. xi, Munday, circa horas 8 et 9 ante meridiem died Richard 
Peere, squire beadle of Arts and Physick. 
Aug. xii, Tuesday, election of a bedell in his place. (Peter) Cox, 
yoeman bedell of Arts, carried it, having x63 rotes, against Ch(arles) 
Taplow  of St. John's who had only 85 votes. 
News letter dated Ang. 2, T., a medall at Paris ruade for the late victory  of 
the French obtained over the English and IAutch--king of Frmce on ont side, and 
(on the other) the French fleet pursuing the English and Dutch with the toasts and 
tacklings broke, and some ships on tire ; (inscription) ' [miberium l]laris (asser- 
tutu, Anglis et atavis uua fitgatis)' 'the dominion of the sea asserted, the 
English and the Dutch being both beatcn.' 
Aug. I, Tuesday, at night, very great and loud thunder  claps 
inter horas x x et I in nocte. Never the like heard. Mischief by it 
at London, Islingdon, Southwark, Sussex. 

 Luttrell ii. 83. 
 note in Wood MS. F 3I» fol. 212. 
 'Charles TadlowA.M.' in MS. Bodl. 
594, P- I22 ; where the rotes are given 
as Cox, 64 ; Tadlow, 81. 
VOL. III. 

off ]3eachy Head, 3 ° June 69o. 
Luttrell il. 9 o. 
see Evelyn's lï)iary under date 
Aug. 69o ; Luttrell ii. 9 o. 

Z 



338 lfzOOD'S ZIFE AND TIM'ES. 
14 Aug., Th., election of yeoman bedell of Arts in the place of 
(Peter) Cox, elected to be squire bedell of .Arts. Gerard Langbaine 
of Univ. Coll., 82 votes; ... Newlin, B.A.' of C.C.C., 71 votes; 
(William) Rawlins, a barber, 73; (Thomas) Baterton 9, cook of 
Linc. Coll., 64; (John) Crosley, bookseller, I. 
Aug. I5 s, F.; a petition delivered to the vice-chancellor in the 
Apodyterium subscribed by 60 Masters against Dr. (Arthur) ]3ury's 
book--quaere alibi  
[-Aug3 I5, Friday, another petition, subscribed by ... « Masters or 
therabouts, was delivered in the Apodyterium in the names of the 
said Masters by Mr. (John) ]3echam r of Trin. Coll., just before the 
vicechancellor and I)octors were entering the Convocation.] 
Aug. I5, Friday morning, election of a new rector of Exeter Coll. 
William Painter 8, ]3ach. of Div., (elected). Those expel'd and 
suspended caused the chapel dore to be lockcd, so the other party 
was forced to break it open. (Richard) Hutchins 9 refused it, fearing 
least (Arthur) ]3ury should turne him out againe and so (he would) 
loose lais fellowship. Aug. i6, S., William lainter sworne and ad- 
mitted. 
Aug. i6, S., cl(ean) sheets. 
[Aug. 1° i8, lI., delegacy for the burning of Dr. Arthur ]3ury's 
book : vide printed decree  and the names of delegates.] 
Aug. 19, Tuesday, Convocation in the morning, where a decree 11 
pas'd the house that Dr. Arthur Bury's book called _'abed Gospell 
containing a great deal of Socinianisme should be burnt. Where- 
upon a tire being ruade in the scool quadrangle it was accordingly 
burnt 1. 
Aug. 20, Wedn., a fast, Mr. William Bedford of Ch. Ch. preached. 
Aug. 2i, Th., Mr. (Arthnr) Charlet told me that William Stanford 
of Salford was dead in Warwick geoale. 

x , B.A.' is underlined for deletion. 
In MS. Bodl. 594, P. 122 it is ' Richard 
Newlin, Bac. Art. C. C. C. îo voices' : 
XVood bas underlined ' Richnrd" and 
put ' James Newlin ' in the margin. 
 MS. Bodl. 594, P- 122 has 'Thomas 
Batterson, cook of Linc., 45 voices.' 
s ,15, substituted for '14 (quaere 
Mr. (White) Kennet).' 
* i.e. the paper in Wood MS. F 31, 
fol. 2a2, which snpplies the next para- 
graph. 
 note in Wood MS. F 31, ut su_Pra. 
 the leaf is torn. 

 John Benchnm (Beauchnmp), M.A. 
Trin. 6 Nov. 1683, B.D. 22 March 
 ]3oase's Reg. Coll. Exon. p. î3- 
 ibid., p. 75- 
x0 note in Wood MS. F 3I, fol. 
il 'Judicium et decretum Univ. Oxon. 
latum in Convocntione habita Ang. 19, 
169o , contra propositiones quasdam 
pias et haereticas exscriptas ex libello 
cul titulus The Naked Gospel,' Oxon. 
169o , fol. 
 Luttrell ii. 93- 



A UG.  SEPT. 1090. 339 
News dated Aug .... ; 'this week died at Whitehall major . . . 
Carr, provost marshall of Jamaica.' 
(In giS. Ballard 7o fol. 75 is a copy in Wood's hand of 'An 
apology for the author of the book entitled The Araked Gospd,' in 
which Wood notes ' This was spread abroad in IIS. and lIr. (Arthur) 
Charlet shew'd me a copie of it, 2 3 Aug. i69o , from which I took 
this.') 
Aug. 29, Friday, Christopher Wase, superior beadle of law, died: 
buried the next day in St. lIarie's church in Adam Brome's chapel. 
See in January following for his successor. 
News letter at Short's dated 30 Aug., Sat., saith thus--'One of the king's coaches 
standing in the court at Whitehall against the councill chamber, and the coachman 
stepping up staires, the two horses took a run and stopping at the statua of king 
James II, pawed over the iron spikes with their forefect and much damnified the 
pedestall and if help had not corne in, they would have shook down the statua. 
Their leggs are goar'd, and 'tis thought, one of them will dye.' This statua is in 
the court on the right hand as you enter into Whitehall gate. Ialu»t o»zet [ 
8eptember.--In Aug. and Sept. was the high way in S. Giles' 
Street from about the place against lIr. Rowney's house to the towne's 
end, pitched at the charg of S. Giles' parish with pebbles and stones, 
which was never so before. 
Sept. 5, F., Mr. (John) Lowthorp, a clergyman, was tried in the Old 13ayly for 
writing and printing an ansver t to the bishop of Salisbury ((Gilbert) Burnet) his 
pastoral letter  to the clergy of his diocess; and then fined by the judge 5oo 
marks for so doing. John Lowthorp, A. ]3. Oxon, 645 (i.e. ) March 4. See 
t'asti t683. 
Sept. 8, 1I., at night the news was rife at Oxon that King William 
was landed  in England. ]3ells rang at 9 and io, and a bonfier at 
lIagd. Coll. 
Letter dated Sept. 9, T., at lI(oun)tjoy's,iIr. John Lowthorp , a clergyman, 
was indicted this last sessions at the Old Bayly upon a high misdeameanor in 
writing and publishing a scandalous libell, intituled 'A » letter to the lord bishop 
of Sature in answer to his pastoral letter.' Whieh being proved against him, he 
vas fined 5oo marks, and (to) remaine in prison till it be paid, and be degraded 
of his ministerial function, and the book to be burnt of the common hangman in 
the palace yard in Westminster, Charing Cross, and Temple barr.--I have an 
account of this elswhere. This pamphlet eontaines fi sheets and a half. An 

*see infra, Sept. 9. 
u 'A pastoral letter to the clergy of 
his diocese,' Lond. x689, 4to. 
s on Sept. 6; sec Luttrell ii. 
The University published on this occa- 
sion  Academiae Oxon gratulatio pro 
exoptato regis Gulielmi ex Hibernia 

reditu,' Oxon, 69o , fol. 
 see Luttrell ii. 73, xoo. 
 'A letter to the bishop of Samm 
beingan answer to his lordship's pastoral 
letter,' from a minister in the country ; 
Lond. t69o , 4to. 

Z 2 



4 o IVOOD'S LIFE AiVD TI3IES. 
acconnt of this matter is in the monthly acconnt of those that are condemned at 
the Old Bayly, which I have on my shelf in the other chamber. 
Sept. I5, M., Mris. Wells for a black pair of worsted stockings, Ss. 6d. 
Sept. 15, lI., Mr. James Hamer told me that John Augustine 
Bernard had been in King James his army in Ireland, that he was 
ver)' lately return'd to Chester very poore and bare and reconciled to 
the church of England ; he was maintamed with victualls for some rime 
by (Nicholas) Stratford, bishop of Chester. I do hot believe this. 
News letter dated Sept. I6, T. ; last Satnrday (Sept. I3) a scandalons pamphlet 
was seized on, published by a popish bookseller in Holborne, entitled ' A deare 
bargaine,' meaning the gaining of King William for King James IL--In another 
letter 'tis said 'twas published by one... Tayller t a papist.--In  the sessions which 
began at the Old Bayly in the middle of October I69o Matthew Turner a book- 
seller in Holborn was indited for pnblishing 3 a scandalons pamphlet intit. ' A 
deare bargaine ' ; he gave in suerties for his appearance at the next session (This 
was Sat. 18 Oct. I69o ). 
Sept. I 7, W., fast day, (Ember Week), preached at S. Marie's DJ. 
Laurence Smith, LL. Dr. of St. John's Çoll. 
Sept. 2o, or thereabouts Dt'. (John) Wallis his book in vindication 
of the Trinity was first published at C)xon. 'The doctrine of the 
blessed Trinity briefly explained in a letter to a friend--dated xi Aug. 
I69o'--London, t69o. This letter was printed at London to shew 
to the world that some of Oxon did stand up against Dr. (Arthur) 
Bury. Vide SS. 3t ; Mr. James Harrington's 4 ,Accourir.; 'The ' 
fier of C)xon continue&' 

News letter dated 20 of Sept., S., saith that the 8 day (Thursday) died the 
earl of Kingston  of an epoplexy at Holmc Pierpont in coin. Notts. ; another saith 
at Northampton. A fine gent.---The same day 8 of Sept., Th., died Sir Thomas 
Allen, the ohlest alderman of London. 
Sept. 21, Su., on that day Sir John Sharp, one of the sherriffs of York, hang'd 
himself. The reason hot yet knowne. 

 on this n.me Wood notes--' quaere, 
Turner.' 
z this part of the note was added 
later on a slip. 
3 XXood notes ' he pnblished or sold 
it.' 
4 Wood 63I (5) 'An ccount of the 
proceedings of Jonathan [Trelnwny] 
Lord Bishop of Exeter in his late visi- 
tation of Èeter College' Oxf. 69o; 
in which Wood notes ' first pnblished at 
Oxon. 23 Sept. 69o; James Harring- 
ton of Ch. Ch., M.A., the author.' It 
was immediately answered in ' The Ac- 

count examined, or a Vindication of 
Dr. Artbur Bury,' Lond. I69o (Wood 
63r no. 3) ; in xvhich XVood notes that 
it was ' published and sold at Oxon, 25 
Oct. 169o? 
 'The rires continued at Oxford' 
(Wood 631 no. 4), in which XYood 
notes ' this pamphlet, which xvas written 
by James Par]dnson somtimes fellow of 
Linc. Coll., was first expos'd to sale ,t 
Oxcm 20 Sept. I69e , having been printcd 
af London.' 
ç William Pierrepoint, fonrth earl. 



SEPT. -- OCT. 1690. 34 I 
Letters dated Sept. 9.3, T., saith thus--¥estcrday morning one... Sheldon, a 
rniss of the towne, who rented a house in Black Friers of 8li. per annum, was 
found murdered in ber bed, and also ber maid in the garret, both having their 
throates cut. They took from ber above the value of looli, in rings.--On Sunday 
(Sel»t. 21) the countess dowager of l'qorthumberland i died.---Last week, about the 
dose of it, died the lady Mountaguc ; Sir William Drake of 13,ucks ; (Wriothesley 
Baptist) lowel earl of Gainsborough died in the close of last week.--serjeant 
(Sir John) Mainard dangerously iii. (Ail these things in a letter dated 23 Sept., T.) 
News letter dated 25 Sept., Th., Dr. (John) Sellick, archdeacon of Bath and 
prebendary of Wells, is lately dead L His majesty, sede vacante ", bath bestowed 
the archdeaconry on Mr. William Clements « and the prebendary on Mr. Andrew 
Paschall . 
Instrumentall in the King's concealment and going beyond sea. 
lcws letter dated Sept. 27, S., Dr. Vfilliam Sherlock who upon second 
thoughts had taken the oathes, had institution and induction lately granted to him 
by the bishop of London (Henry Compton)to St. Botolph's ]3ishopsgate, which 
he had enioyed before. The chapter of S. Paules bath elected him one of the 
prebends, and (he) is Master of the Temple . 
Sept. 7, Sunday , Sir Rowland Lacy, kt, natural son of Rowland 
Lacy, esq., died in his house at Pudlicot neare Cherlbury : buried at 
Shipton Underwood, Friday folloing. Borne, but not begotten, in 
lawful wedlock. His mother was a... 
Sept. 8 3 o, (T.), Seymour Wood, was married to . . . Cogan, living 
in the neighbourhood. 
Oetober.--Letters dated 4 Oct., S. ; 'Sir Georg Walker, the 
famous chimist, who bath been a long time prisoner in the King's 
]3ench, died yesterday suddenly.' Ibid., ' the discovery of the sham 
Prince of Wales is said to be very manifest, the papers perused being 
sealed up, and there are divers demonstrations round in the trunk 
which will clearly evince the grand cheat.'--Note that about a fort- 
night since Mris .... Labady sent a letter from France to Mris .... 
Gough  at London for a trunk of papers in ber custody either to be 
burnt or conveyed away. 
Oct. 6, bi., Dr. Jonathan ]ïdwards re-assum'd his place of vice- 
chancellor and in his speech reflected much on ' The Naked Gospell' 
and blamed the Masters rnuch for taking the vay of petitioning to 
bave it censured by the Convocation. 

1 Elizabeth Wriothesly daughter of 
Thomas Wriothesly earl of Southamp- 
ton, widow of Josceline Percy I th earl 
of l'qorth-amberland. 
 died 30 Jtme i69o. 
 by the deprivation of Thomas Ken 
(but this is dated as on  Feb. 69ï ). 
t nominated on  Sept. and installed 

Oct. 69o. 
 instituted z3 Dee. I69o. 
Luttrell il. lO8. 
 sic, but in error, Sept. z7 was 
Saturday. 
s this note is scored out; see ifra, 
Dec. 18. 
 Mrs. Gautier; Luttrell ii. o. 



342 IVOOD'S LIFE AND TIAIES. 

Oct. 7, T., lIr. (Arthur) Charlet went to London and carried my 
paper a to lIr. (James) Har(rington.) 
(In Wood IIS. E 3 fol. 294 are the names of some cathedral dignitaries at 
Lincoln, xvhich Wood notes to be ' received from John Hutton, archdeacon of 
Stow'(2i Feb. I68{-I712 ) 'on 7 Oct. 169o, per me A. Wood; taken out of 
Lyncoln registers some yeares before.') 
/3rown's letter dated xi Oct., S., 169o, 'serjeant (Sir John) Maynard, late first 
commissioner of the great seal, died on Wedn. night aged 99.' lIr. Cromp u the 
hcrald, xvho attended, told me he died 9 Oct, Thursday. He died at Gonnersbury 
in the parish of El)ïag in lIiddlesex. Buried in Elyng church. 
John Cave died about beginning of Oct., prebendary of Durham. 
I ow s lIr. IIeywood for gazets, xs Bd. 
Oct. 18, Sat., a pamphlet xvas throxvne about the streets in London requiring' the 
prince ofAurange' (i. e. King) ' and Convention' (i. e. Parliament) ' to take into their 
consideration and eximine the marrer about the prince ofWales.' The XYilliamites 
suppose that "they will hot, or scorne to, doe it, because they think 'tis a downe 
right forgery.' The Jacobites they say ' they are afraid to do it least he prove 
genuine? 
Letter dated 8 Oct., S., saith--last Thursday (Oct. 6) was a pamphlet 
dispersed entitled ' Pay the piper, or A discoure to a Iember of Parliament.  
OCt. 9, Sunday, Thanksgiving day , vide Gazet. iIr. William 
Adams of Lync. Coll. (preached) in the morning for the occasion. 
]3onfires, and ringing of bells. 
Oet. eo, lX[., received of Dr. (Jonathan) Edwards, vice-chancellor, 
3oh'. for 5 lXlSS., of which the leiger-book of Glastenbury Abbey 
(' Secretum Abbatis ') is one. 
(In Wood MS. D 6, at the end, in a loose paper which has a long note about 
this iXIS., the substance of which is as follows :--« It is a large folio, and well 
vritten. It once belonged to the earl of Arundell. It was bought by Mr. (Ralph) 
Sheldon from among other books lying in the vestry of St. Clement's lï)anes 
London ; which, with 3 or 4 other iXISS, and a curious picture of our Saviour and 
(the) Virgin iXIary» cost 31i. It bas several papers prefixed to it ; among them on 
fol.   a catalogue of abbots of Glastonbary (the beginning of it missing) and on 
fol. x3 b the grant by John» lord Gifford of ]3rimmesfeild» to the abbot of iXlalms- 
bury of lands in Stockwell Street in Oxford' (for the site of Gloucester College). 
On a slip now pasted into Wood IIS. F 3 fol. 39 Wood has some further notes 
about this hIS., among vhich he cites this description of it :--' liber monasterii 
Glaston de perquisito bonae memoriae Walteri de hlonyaton  quondam abbatis 

 Wood 658 (84) 'Proposais for 
printing A tho«ae Oacot. and I;asti Oxou.', 
a fol. sheet. 
z Laurence Cromp, Portcullis pursul- 
vant, 689 ; York herald îoo-715. 
a this entry is scored out, and a note 
ruade ' paid, Xtmas holidayes.' 
* for success in Ireland; Luttrell il. 
]'I2. 

 26 in reality (no. II being in tvo 
volumes). They were bought of Wood 
by the University for the ]3odleian 
library. See iXlacray's Annals of the 
odleian, p. 157 and Cataloffus Codd. 
d]ISS, et tliberoet. (1697) tom. I where 
they are numbered and very shortly de- 
scribed under numbers 8fi89-86i 3. 
 Wood notes :' this Walter de 



OCTOtER, 1690. 

343 

ibidem, in quo continentur omnes copiae munimentorum ecclesiae Glaston, et 
vocatur Secreluln .4bbatis.'--This volume is O. C. 8589; ' MS. ab Ant. Wood 
hum. I.  
' MS. ab Ant. Wood hum. 2 ' (O. C. 8590) is William Forrest's  metrical ' Life 
of Queen Cathcriue,' consort of Henry VIII. In this Wood has a few notes:-- 
(a) ' this copie seems to be the saine that the author presented to Queen Marie,' 
daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine ; (b) that 'Ave Maria gratia plena' is 
stamped on the bosses at each corner of the binding ; /e)---erased , but partially 
legible--that the book formerly belonged to Ralph Sheldon of Beoly. 
MS. ab Ant. Wood num. 4,' O. C. 8592  is 'some of the works of  pope 
Innocent III. The MS. formerly belonged to  Henry Fowler, rector de Minchin- 
hampton in coin. Gloucester, I624,' who bas written at the end a few verses and 
anecdotes against the Puritans and ]3rovnists. Thomas Hearne transcribed some 
of them ; see them in Doble's I-[earne's CollecKons iii. 468. 
' MS. ab Ant. Wood hum. 5,' O. C. 8593, is a cartulary of Malmsbury Abbey. 
It probably came to Wood through his ' cozen' Henry Jackson. Henry Jackson's 
' Collections from Malmsbury book' are now in Wood MS. D i8 (O. C. 8563). 
' MS. ab Ant. Wood hum. 8" (O. C. 8596 ) is « A brief Chronicle from Brute to 
King Edward I»' in Freneh» of early date. It belonged at one time to Edmund 
Randolph. 
• 1MS. ab Ant. Wood hum. o ' (O. C. 898 ) is described by Wood as  A leiger- 
book containing a transcript of the evidences concerning thc lands bclonng to the 
Knights Templers within the preceptorie of Sandford in coin. Oxon.' 
'MS. ab Ant. Wood hum. I' (O. C. 8599) , 2 folio vols, contain «copies 
of Pope's bulls' (of the period Innocent IV and Alexander IV) ' vritten to arch- 
bishops, bishops» abbats» priors, deanes» etc. in England, taken from the pope's 
Vatican. ' 
' 1MS. ab Ant. Wood hum. 2 ' (O. C. 8600) is an old book of lawyers' prece- 
dcnts, vith the note of a former owner  Georgii Hardley de Clyfford's Inne, 544.' 
« MS. ab Ant. Wood hum. 13 ' (O. C. 86Ol) ' Sermones Alexandri equam ' has 
the note ' Aug. 5, I68z, I received this book from Mr. Thomas Lees somtimes of 
Allsouls College, schoolmaster of Yaversham in Kent, by the hands of Edward 
Vqaterman of Universitie College, Anton. à Wood.' 
' 1MS. ab Ant. Wood hum. 14' (O. C. 86o2)is ' Statuta et eonsuetudines ordinis 
Carthusiani tempore Ricardi II.' 
 MS. ab Ant. Wood num. 15 ' (O. C. 8603) is ' Rules of the School of Salemo ' : 
it has the inscription ' Ant. Wood, I66o? 
« MS. ab Ant. Wood hum. 19 ' (O. C. 8607) is a volume of prayers etc. written 
about the time of Hemy IV, with a calendar prefixed. Wood has this note 
(partially erased) in it :--' Liber Antonii Woode, Coll. Mert. Oxon. ex dono 
Gulielmi Sprigg, nuper socii Coll. Linc. Oxon., Novembr. vii .... »' the erased 
year is perhaps I659 or at any rate near it (as may be inferred from several circuln- 
stances : e.g. from the naine being' Woode' and hot ' à Wood '). 
'1MS. ab Ant. Wood hum. 21' (O. C. 8609)is 'Yorma capituli generalis 
Regularium Canonicorum ordinis S. Augustini pro5nciae Agliae»' held at Osney 

t449. 
Blonynton succeeded John de Bre3mton 
in the abbatship anno 1342 (I6 
Edward III) and goverued 33 yeares 
(i.e. to thc ycare 1375) ; and then John 
Chynnok succeeded.' 

i see vol. il. p. 486. 
 in these MSS., sold to the Univer- 
sity, the notes of Wood mentioning the 
former ovners have been generally 
erased. 



344 II'OOD'S LIFE AND TIAIt,5 . 
'MS. ab Ant. Wood num. 23' (O. C. 861l) is 'Rnles, statures, etc, of the order 
of S. Benedict.' 
The objeet of these saIes seems to me to bave been to raise money to meet the 
expenses of printing the Alhenae.) 
(ft is possible that Wood sold some of his rater books and MSS. at this time or 
a little later to other purchasers !. Thus, in the lord Herbert collection of MSS. 
in Jesus College library there are three MSS. which formerly belonged to Wood. 
The saine library bas also a volume containing three treatises issued by the early 
Oxford t'ress :--(i) 'Questiones moralissimae super libros ethicorum eruditissimi 
viri Joannis Dedicus... impress, per Joannem S¢olar in viculo divi Joannis 
]aptiste... anno dni. MCCCC decimo octavo mensis vero Maii die decimo 
quinto'; (ii) «Traetatus perbrevis de materia et forma m.qgistd Waltefi I3urlei 
doctoris planissimi.., mensis vero Jnnii die septimo' ; (iii) ' Compendium quaes- 
tionttm de luee et lumine' [W_ Burlei], '... mensis vero Jtmii die quinto.' At the 
foot of the title-page of the first treatise is Wood's signature ' A. Boseo.') 
Oct. zo, Munday, at 4 in the morning, a tire brok out at Magd. 
Coll. in the cha[,(lains') quadrangle, in lodgings on the west side of 
the Tower--one lower chamber, a middle, and a cock loft spoyl'd for 
the present. 
Oct. 2, T., to Wilcox for a new perwige, 
Letters dated Oct. 23, Th., saith that the duke of Grafton (&Ienry Fitzroy) died 
at... in lreland by his wounds received at the taking of Cork. His death was 
eertified by letters dated 6 Oct., Th. He died at Cork, 9 Oct.» 
buried at Euston. 
Oct. z T, M., University verses  ruade on the King's safe returne 
from Ireland were published in Oxford. The Friday before ,(i. e. F., 
24 Oct.), they went to the Court. 
News letter dated Oct. 8, F., Sir John Louther (not in the gazer ; quaere) 
ruade chief secretary of state in the place of earl of Shrewsbury (Charles Talbot), 
and in conjunction with the earl of Nottingham (Daniel Finch).--Sir Scroop How 
is ruade viee-ehamberlain to the Queen (another letter saith, to the King) in his 
place.--Mr. (James) Welwood n, gent., supposed to be the author of' Observator 
reformatus.' 
Oct. 30, Th., 'this day died (Richard Power) earl of Tyrone in the Tower, 
having been committed there al'ter he had been taken in Cork '--so the letter at 
Short's. Another letter saith he died 29 day, W. suddenly. 
3 ° Oct., Th., Oxford and Oxfordshire feast joyned togeather. 
(Daniel) Stacie , a junior Master of Magd. Coll., a tanner's son of S. 
Aldate's, Oxon, preached at S. Marie's. 

! a proposal ruade by Wood for the 
sale of MSS. and rare books to the 
University was unworthily rejected, see 
ioEra,  Oct. x692. Wood on 2I Aug. 
694 was negotiating with a London 
bookseller for the sale of some of his 
pinted books; sec infra at the be- 

ginning of 694. 
z see note 3, P. 339- 
n , Welwood' substituted for « Win- 
hood.' 
 Daniel Stacy, M.A. Magd. C. 3 
May x689. 



OCZ. -- AOI\ 1690. 345 
Oct. 3, F., (to) Mr. Robert Davys of Llanerch neare St. Asaph, Denbighshire. 
Understanding from Mr. Henry Dodell (who kindly remembers him to you) that 
there is an epitaph for the somtimes eminent antiquarie Itumphrey Lluyd at 
15enbigh, I make bold upon his reconmendation to put you to the trouble of 
transcribing it for me, as soon as you can, with the naine of the church wherein the 
said epitaph is. I have a book ready to be printed contnining the characters and 
lives of the eminent scholars that bave been bred in Oxon, he being one of the 
number» and to-morrow I goe with it to London to bave it put in the press. There- 
fore if you can send it me there, I shall take care to put thc said epitaph in his 
place. I shall taTy there till about the T 5 of November before which time if you 
send it you may direct your letter to me there. 
This month and in one or two months before the griping of guts 
common in Oxford, and some dye thereof. Sir (Walter) Ernley  of 
Wadham, quaere; Dan. Webb. 
In Oct.  Francis (Turner) bishop of Ely remained in a retired 
condition for a month in the lodgings of his brother Dr. (Thomas) 
Turner president of C. C.C. Few  or no heads of houses visited him, 
bccause poor spirited and full of awe. 
ll'ovember.News letter dated Nov. , S., a silver veine is dis- 
covered in the lands of one lIr. Price  of Pembrokshire. His majesty 
hath appointed certaine persons to looke after it. 
Nov. 4, T., went to London; return'd 1Nov. 9, S. Laid in lIr. 
Thomas ]3ennet's  house; (cost me) 5ll. 5 s 6d. 
Nov. 5, W., Gun-powder plot, preached at St. 5Iarie's Francis 
Owen  a country toaster of Hart hall. 
Nov. 8, S., E(dward) Wake  of Ch. Ch. speecht it in laudem 
Thomae Bodley. 
Nov. 14 or thereabouts, died Fabian Philipps in the Inner Temple. 
Letter dated 1Yov. 15, S., '(Sidney Godolphin) lord Godolphin ruade first 
commissioner of the Treasury in the place of Sir John Louther.' I took this note 
when I was at London» and I think 'twas the lsth of t'he month ; quaere. Vide 
Gazet. 
News letter dated o Nov., Th. ; yesterday a motion was ruade in 
the King's ]3ench court for a suspension of the excommunication 
against Dr. (Arthur) Bury, rector of Exeter College, which was done 

 this draft of a letter of inquiry con- 
nected with the At]zezae is round at the 
beginning of the Almanac. 
 Gardiner's Reg. Coll. Wadh. p. 367. 
 ' In Oct.' substitnted for ' Part of 
Oct., and part of Dec.' 
 Wood has dmwn a line alongside 
of this sentence and added ' quaere.' 

 Sir Carbury Price; see Luttrell ii. 
56, 58, 309 • 
 publisher of the At]zenae. 
 Francis Owens, B.A. Bas. lî Oct. 
1676; M.A. Hart H. July 1679. 
 Edward \\ ake, iI.A. Ch. Ch. z3 
June 1685. 



34 6 WOOD'S LIFI AND TI,rES. 
by the bishop of Exeter, their visitor; and they alledged against the 
validity of it. So time was given for a nisL 
: News letter dated Nov. z, S. ; one (Richard) Baldwyn of Warwiek Lane a 
printer was brought this day fo the King's Beneh barr, and had an information 
presented against him for printing a pamphlet called ' The modest enquiry»' and 
will be tried for the saine the next terme. 
News letter dated Nov. 29, S. ; yesterday William Pen, John Gad- 
bury, who had been imprison'd when the French fleet appeared on 
our shore in June last, were brought to the King's ]3ench barr and 
discharged. The two Popish bishops ((John) Labourne and 
(Bonaventure) Gifford) were continued on their recognizances, pro- 
mising to depart the kingdome in a reasonable time. 
A book of poetry ealled ' The Weesils ' published about the end of Nov. 1 against 
Dr. (William) Sherloek, entitled ' The weesils : a satyrieal fable, giving an accourir 
of some argumental passages hapning in the Lyon Court about Weeselious taking 
the oaths ' Lond. 1691 , 3 sheets and hall, published about the beginning of Dee. 
169o. See Browne's dialogue in Ch. Ch. ' A whip for the weesil or a seourg for 
.-t satyrical fopp,' London 169 o,  sheet quarto» published in vindieation of Dr. 
Sherloek, published about the beginning of Dee. Severall other things came out 
besides these :--a dialogue printed like a gazett (Mr. Parkinson) entitled' Dialogue 
between a divine of the Chureh of England and a eaptain of horse coneerning Dr. 
Sherloek's late pamphlet entitled " The case of Allegianee due ;o sovereign powers 
stated."' 'Tis printed like a gazer in 2 columns and hall a sheet. Published 
about 4 or 5 dayes before Xtmas day. 
Deeember.--Dec. 7, Su., fl(annel) sh(irt) and cl(ean) sheets. 
Dec. 8, lI., Galf(redus) Cross , an inkeeper in Kent was hang'd 
drawne and quartered at the end of Kent Street in a cross road 
(Southwark) for going on shipboard last June and giing intelligence 
to the French on the sea. Died a papist, as the letter saies. 
Dec. 8, Sat. , the grace of Francis, lord North, baron Guilford, of 
Trin. Coll. was proposed.Dec. 4 xi, Th., the vice-chancellor  bedells 
and proctors went between 9 and o in the morning to Trin. Coll. 
as also the deputy orator (iIr. (Edward) Hannes of Ch. Ch.) and 
being received in the common oome by the said lord North were 
entertained with wine and bisket. Thence they went to the schooles, 
viz., bedells, vice-chancellor, proctors, lord North (bare (headed), in 
scarlet gowne), then the deputy orator, president of Trinity, fellowes, 

1 ' beginning of Dec.' struek out here 
and ' end of lov? substituted, but at 
the end of the sentence ' beginning of 
Dec.' has been allowed to stand. 
- Godfrey Crosse; Luttrell il. x24, 
33, 135, 14o. 
 a slip ; 8 Dee. was Monday. 

 these proceedings give us a de- 
scription of the degree-ceremony of a 
' grand-eompoundex- ' ; sec Clark's Reg. 
Unir. Oxon. II. i. p. 64. 
 Jonathan Edwards, principal 
Jesus Coll. 



NOV.  DtC. 1690. 

347 

and all the house, who conducted him through the Turl by :Exeter 
and Bras. to the schooles where he was presented M.A. by the deputy 
orator with a little speech. Afterwards he was attended home by 
some of his bouse and at dinner gave a noble entertainment to all the 
college in their hall, at which was present (Edward) Hannes, but hOt 
the vicechancellor or proctors. 

Short's letter dated 9 Dec., T. ; his majesty hath been pleased to make some 
promotions and removals in the Irish clergie--viz. Dr. (William) King (is ruade) 
bishop of London Derry ; Dr. (Richard) Tenison t bishop of Killala is translated 
to Clogher ; Dr. (Narcissus) lXlarsh bishop of Ferns and Laighlin is translated to 
the archbishoprick of Cashell, and deane (Bartholomew) Vigures succeeds in 
Yerns ; Dr. (Simon) Digby bishop of Limerick is removed to Elphine and deane 
(Nathaniel) Wilson (Oxon) succeds ; deane (William) Fitzgerald is to be bishop 
of Clonfort. See the Gazer that came out 15 Dec., M.--Ibidem; Mr. (Henry) 
l'owell  (Powle, quaere), Master of the Rolls, is called by writ to sit in the House 
of Lords.--Another letter  dated ii Dec., Th., confirmes that Dr. (William) 
King is ruade bishop of London Derry ; Killala translated to Clogher ; bishop of 
]ern (Leighlin) (translated) to the archbishoprick of Cashill ; bishop of Limbrick 
(translated) to Elphin ; deane (Bartholomew) Vigures (or Viccars) ruade bishop 
of Leighlin; deane (Nathaniel) Wilson (ruade bishop) of Limerick; deane 
(William) Fitzgerald of Longford (marie bishop of) Clonfert ; and Dr. (William) 
Lloyd (is marie) bishop of Killalow and Achonry. 
On Tuesday, 9 Dec., a gentlewoman being deceased at Clarkenwell was solemnly 
inter'al. Six officers held up the pall, as being an amazon who upon some discon- 
tent listed herself in one of those troops that vent over with the earl of Marl- 
brough  to Ireland and signalized her valour at the seige of Cork, where ('ris said) 
shee vas among the first that entred the breach and received divers wounds 
(,especially one in the brest) which occasion'd her death. Her naine... Freeman. 

Dec. xi, Thursd., Convocation in the morning, where Francis lord 
North, baron Guilford , was actually created  M.A. The next 
Thursday (Dec. 8) he left Trin. Coll. (where he had continued two 
years) in order to accompany the king in his journey to Holland. 

Dec. 12, F., to Mr. Brickland for a pair of winter shoes, 4 s. 
Dec. 14, Su., Mr. (Arthur) Charlet told me that . . . Newton» somtimes a 
gentleman commoner of Trin. Coll., died lately in the Inner Temple. 

Dec. xS, M., Mr. (Arthur) Charlet told me that Mr. English, 
a Scothman, lately a sojourner in Oxford, died very lately in coin. 

the MS. has ' Tillotson (Tenison, 
quaere) .' 
Henry Powle ; Luttrell il. 14o. 
Luttrell il. 142. 
John Churchill, ereated earl of 
Marlborough, 9 pr. 1689. 
Wood notes 'vide Gazer 682 
num. I84; baron, 1863'; the last 

figures are possibly a slip for 1683, in 
which year Yrancis North (father of the 
Francis North here mentioned) was 
created baron Guilford. 
 Wood notes 'see more at the end 
of file month of Dec.', referring to fle 
note which has been given supra p. 
346 • 



348 

M'OOD'S LIFE AND TIAIES. 

Somerset. Mr. Charlet tells me his name was James English, aet. 3o 
or thereabouts, t;'alse. 
x8 Dee., Th., Seymour Wood was married to... Cooper. 
Letter dated Dee. 2o, S., (Anthony Cary) lord Faulkland sueceeds (John 
Vaughan) lord Carbury as a lord of the Admiralty. 
Dec. 22, M., John Bennet alias Freeman, commonly ealled the Golden Fariner 1, 
was hang'd in Fleet Street against Salsbury Court. He had followed the tmde of 
robbing 3o yeares, and eonfessed at the gallowes that he had eommitted 13 
murders. His body was carried to Bagshot and hangd in chaines neare to that 
place. IIe was hang'd in chaines on Bagshot heath, 26 Dec., F. 
23 Dec., T., this day the lord Sidney * was sworn secretary of state in the place 
of (Daniel Finch) earl of Nottingham ; Mr .... Poultney to be his secretary . 
23 Dec., T., notwithstanding the great intercessions ruade to the king for the 
pardon of Sir John Johnson *, and 16 maids in white who beg'd on their knees for 
his lite to his majesty last Sunday, yet this day (morning) he was conveyed in a 
coach to Tyburne  and there executed. He ruade a long speech whieh will be 
printed , and drew tears from many spectators. His body was brought home in 
an hears. [tlis  body was drawne thro Fleet Street to St. Giles church in-the- 
fields in a herse, Dec. 24, W., at night, attended with 3 ° coaches or thereabouts 
of Seotch nobility and gentry; and there buried. His hearse bedeck'd with 
plumes.] John Johnson, esq., alias eaptain Johnson alias Sir John Johnson for 
stealing or accessory thereunto of Mary Wharton, a virgin under 14 yeares of age, 
daughter of Philip Wharton esq. of Yorkshire, worth I5ooli. per annum and 
lOOOli, in money. He assisted captain James Campbell who married her. This 
Campbell is yonger brother to the marquis of Argile . Vide Gazer the proclama- 
tion there and the hue and crie. Archibald Montgomery (was) another person 
engaged. 
Dec. 4, W., . . . Pledwell (the father), chirurgion, died; buried 
:Dec. 27, S., in S. Marie's Church . 
31 of :Dec., W., came to Oxford a copy of Sir Charles Sedley's 
speech 0, spoke in the House of Commons, complayning of the great 
taxes, of the burden laid on the country ; and against the salaries and 
pensions paid to great persons, officers, etc., who pay no taxes 
(court(i)ers also and great officers of the court) while the country is 
shot thro and thro. 'Tis spoken in the beginning of Dec. Vide Sir 
Charles Sedley's life (in the Aih.). 

 Luttrell ii. 12o, 147. 
 Henry Sydney, viscount Sydney. 
a Luttrell ii. 149. 
* Evelyn's Diary under date 20 IDec. 
169o ; Luttrell ii. 128, 13 o, 133, 44, 
145, 148 • 
 Vood notes also :--« Sir John John- 
son was conveyed in a coach to Tyburne 
in the company of two divines of the 
Church of England and his friends with 
an he txse following the coach.' 

 it is round in Wood 422 (I3). 
 added later. 
 Archibald Campbell, tenth earl of 
Arg:¢ll, created in I7Ol duke of Argyll. 
]3urke's Pcerage does hot give a James 
Campbell among his brothers. 
 Peshall's Additions, p. 9- 
lO Sir Charles Sedley 'Speech in 
House of Commons,' Lond. 1691 , fol. 
13odl. lamph. 206. 



D.EC. 1690- 'A.V. 1691. 

349 

Ibidem, in letters then corne, 'tis said that lord Godolphin (Sidney Godolphin) 
is to be lord treasurer and (Anthony Cary) lord Faulkland one of the commissioners 
of the Admiralty in the place of Sir Richard Onslow. 
(Wood 416 no. 5 is ' [ensa Lubrica, Anglicè Shovel-board ' Latin verses by 
Thomas Masters, J636: in which Wood notes 'published againe by Dr. Ralph 
t3athurst in the month of December I69o.' ) 

169 and 1691:3 William and Mary: Wood aet. 59. 

(At the benning of this Almanac are these jottings about the Athenae 
Jan. 8, Th., (to) Thomas Henshaw of Kensington de seipso, Dr.... March, 
blr. (? Increase) Mather. 
Jan. I3, T., (to) Mr. (! William) Painter (about) John 13arbon, Thomas Whit- 
ficld, Samuel Fisher, William Towers. [No i answer.] 
23 Feb., M., to blr. James Mather  about John Osbome, William Sedgwick, 
Francis Woodcock, James t3am, William Troughton, John Maynard, John Oxcn- 
bridge, John t3iscoe, George Lawreuce, Henry Parker, Constantine Jessop, Georg 
Swinnock, Stephen Geree, John Warner, Rowland Stedman, John Archer, Thomas 
Lye, Georg Boreston, Robert Maton, Mr. (? Robert) Hook, Mr. (William) 
Grçenhill : (to the) eurat of I3ishops Cleve about (Richard) Eedes (quaere Mr. 
(Arthur) Charlet). 
Mar. I4, S., (to) ilr. Charles Wilkinson (abont) Anthony Stafford, Shckerley 
larmion, Sir Francis Wortley, Robert Heyrick, Gr(iffith) Williams (bishop), 
captain Robert Mead, Francis Rouse; (by) Mr. (George) Smalridge to (Willinm 
Lloyd) bishop (of S.) Asaph about b(ishop) Williams: to proctor (Francis) 
Bernard of S. John's about Mr. (William) Jemmat of Reading. 
Sept. 8, T., to Mr. Dix minister of Columpton in I)evon about Willialn 
Crompton. 
Sept. 6, S., (to) S(ir) Pet(er) Pet, Thomas Guidott. 
Sept. 9, T., (to) Mr. Took about bIorgan Godwin. 
Sept. 3o, W., to Mr. (John) March of Newcastle about John Shaw, (George) 
Ritschell " 
Sept. 3o, W., to Dr. (Salisbury) Cade  the third time about William Sedgwick 
to Mr. (William) Hopkyns of Worcester about Dr. (Thomas) Cartwright. 
Oct. I, Th., (to) Mr. Walker of t3illing about (John) Barbon and Samuel 
Fisher : (to) Dr. (Matthew) Hutton about Joshua Stopford. 
Oct. 3, S., note to Mr. (Michael) Geddis abont R(obert) Fulke. 
Oct. 8, Th., to Dr. (George) Hicks, about Samuel Holden and Henry Rose 
to Dr. (Thomas) Burton of Ch. Ch. 
Oct. o, S., to lIr .... Mather (about) Mr. William Crompton. 

1 added later. 
 Wood at this time knew also In- 
crease Mather. tlis copy of Increase 
Mather's'An Essay for recognition of 
illustrious Providences,' etc. (Vfood 797) 
is mnrked by him as 'receptus ab 
authore, 9 Jan. x69o' (i. e. ç.). See 
vol. i. p. 6, note I. 
 Wood 634 (7) is' Asermon preached 
at the funeral of Mr. Georg Ritschcl,' 

Lond. I684. 
* Salisbury Cade, M.D. Trin. 9 July 
I69I. 
Wood 37 is« A Philosophical Essay 
for the re-union of languages,' Oxf. 
x675 , which Wood bought for 6d in 
Oct. 6î4 , and in which he notes 
'written (as 'tis reported) by Henry 
Rose A.M. and somtimes Fellow of 
Lync. Coll. in Oxon.' 



0 VOOD'S LIFE ND TAItïS. 

Oct. r3, T., to Dr. (Benjamin) Woodroff (abotat) captain Wildy. 
Oct. I7, S., (to) Dr. (Henry) Killegrew. 
2o Oct., T., by llr. (John) Aubrey to London () lXr. (White) Kennet's letter 
to Thomas Gomildon of Canterbury for Richard Burney; () (to) Nehemiah 
Grew for his father; (3) (to) Gilbert Geere rector of Kenn neare Exeter about 
G(ulielm.) Gould ; (4) to Thomas Wickham of Rmdaston neare Burton-on-Trent 
for William Squire; (5) to Mr. (William) Cornish rector of East Portlemouth for 
Dr. (Robert) Cary; (6) to lir. (Richard) Reeves for  (Abraham)Woodhead's 
epitaph. 
Oct. 3I, S., (to) l{r. (Thomas) Danson about John ]3iscow, Elisha Cole, and 
Georg Sikes. [lXIo  answer]. 
15 Nov., Su., answer to James Wright of the lXliddle Temple (I sheet), Sir 
William Killigrew, Seymour Wood. 
Nov. 8, S., to Dr. (Thomas) Smith about Sir Thomas Higgons; to John 
Bernard about himself; to Edward Williams of Swansey in Glamorganshire about 
his brother Nathaniel Williams. 
Dec. 1, T., to Gilbert Geere of Ken about William Gould. 
Dec. 12, S., (to) Sir Charles Scarborough ; (to) Samuel Nalton af Hamsted in 
lliddlesex for George Sikes, Elisha Coles, Zachary lIayne. 
Dec. 14, 1I., to hlr. (Thomas) Bennet about (Thomas) Browne the poet, and 
habitation of (James) Frazer : to Mr .... Took about Morgan Godvin. [lIem. 3, 
llr. James Frazer * lives at the Naked Boy neare Hungerford llarket in the Strand.] 

ffamlary.--Jan. 3, s., farther discovery of the plot  goes forward ; 
(Henry Hyde) earl of Clarendon committed to serjeant at armes. 
(Richard Graham) lord Preston , major (Edmund) Elliot, and 
captain (John) Ashton  (the late Queen's treasurer) were taken in 
(a) yatcht going into France, severall letters taken about them which 
shews a great light into the plot. Lord Preston who had 800 guineas 
about him is committed to the Tower; Elliot and Ashton to the 
Gatehous.--In another letter they are called captain . . .  Elliot and 
major Austen.--42 sea commanders 9 are turned out by his majestie ; 
see Fasti 666 ; see (in) Edward Fowler (in Alh.).This plot was 
first discovered about a week before Xtmas, and a serjeant belonging 
to the guard who was to assassinate his majesty was examined and 
clapt up. 
Jan. 5, 1I., parliament adjourned. The Speaker (Sir John Trevor) 
in answer to the king's speech told his majesty that in this session of 
Parliament they had granted him 4 millions of money more then evcr 
was to any one of his predicessors. 

 lXlS. has ' of,' by a slip for ' for: 
 added later.  added later. 
 the licenser of the press. 
s Evelyn's Diary under date 4 Jan. 
i695 ; Luttrell ii. 152. 
6 Wood 367 (9) is ' An accotmt of 

the arraignment . . . of James [sic, for 
Richard] lord Preston for high treason,' 
Lond. I69I [Jan. i69ï ]. 
 ' Ashton,' substituted for « Astin.' 
s a word illegible. 
 Luttrell ii. 152 , 153. 



eANUARY, 1691. 351 
Jan. 6, T., (Henry Hyde) earl of Clarendon, who had been con- 
fined to his owne bouse, was committed to the Tower. 
Hall's letter, Jan. 8, Th. ; last Sunday (Jan. 4) eountess of Burlington i died.-- 
]bidem ; the body of (John) Freeman, the golden fermer» is taken off from the 
gibbet on Bagshot heath by unknowne persons. 
News letter dated Jan. o, S., saith that the bishop of Ely (Franeis Turner) 
hath been sought afler at his house at Putney, as being engaged in this plot 2 but 
absconded. 
(News letter dated) Jan. x3, T. ; ' last Saturday (Jan. IO) Sir Peter Rieh s attended 
the eommittee of eouneill with a bundle of I $oli. weight of hay so artifieially put 
up togeather that a trooper might earry it behind him as a portmanteau, whieh will 
serve a horse three weeks with a few oates. This projeet they will encourage." 
Jan. x4, W., fl(annel) shirt. 
Letter dated Jan. xS, Th., the famous Dr. (Richard) Lower 4 is at 
the point of death ; his physitians have given him over. Jan. x 7 , s., 
this morning died the famous Dr. Richard Lower (the x 5th, saith Mr. 
Aubrey; fals). Dr. Lower hath bequeathed xooolL to St. ]3artholo- 
mew's Hospitall London; 5co/t ". to the French refugees; and 5oo/i. 
to the Irish protestants (In another letter, 'ris iooo/L to the Irish 
protestants; but false, quaere.) 
Friday, Jan. x6, Convocation in the afternoon to chose a squire 
bedell in loco (Christopheri) Wase who died last Aug. Gerard Lang- 
baine, yoeman bedle of Arts, had xi6 votes; (John) Grub ç of Xt. 
Ch., 9 o. Where is the man fit for the architypographer's place" ? 
Letter dated x 7 Jan., s., 'ris said Sir John Lowther quitted all lais 
court places before the king went to Holland. 
Jan. x 9, Munday, election of yeoman bedle of Arts, loco (Gerard) 
Langbaine promoted to the esquire bedell of Law. (James ) Newlin, 
undergraduate of C. C. C. had  I5 (votes); (John) Crosley, bookseller, 
91 • 
Jan. 2o, T., this day the lord North and Grey 1° was carried into 

 lady Elizabeth Clifford, onlydaughter 
and heiress of Henry 5th earl of Cum- 
berland, wife of Richard Boyle xst earl 
of Burlington. 
 Luttrell il. I55, I56. 
s Luttrell ii. 
 see Pepys' Diary under date 3 July 
i668; Luttrell i. 36. 
n Luttrell ii. I6O. 
 Wood D 26 no. 4 is a leaf' Gualteri 
Charleton scripta jam in lucem emissa.' 
It has this note (? by Aubrey), ' Jan. 
5,' corrected by Wood to 7, 'Dr. 
Lower died in Couvent Garden, the bell 
now rings out for him. Dr. Charlton 

remembers him to you and tore this for 
you out of his book of anatomical 
lectures.' 
* John Grubbe, M.A. Ch. C. 28 
June 675. MS. Bodl. 594, P. 
says he had ' 89 voices.' 
 perhaps we are intended to under- 
stand that echo should here answcr 
' Wood ! ' 
 so in MS. Bodl. 594, P- 122. 
x0 on this name Wood noted ' Quaere, 
whether not lord Ford Grey'; then 
scored out the note ; and substituted 
for it  'Tis true.' Charles North, lord 
Grey of Rolleston ; Luttrell il. 58. 



35oE IVOOD'S LIFE A«VD TIzIES. 
the country to be inter'd ; also the body of the countess of ]3ur- 
lington. 
Jan..'zo, T., the king's messinger was within an hour of the bishop 
of Ely (Francis Turner) neare Newbury, Berks. 
Jan. 2i, w., Thomas Hore, my shomaker, buried. 
Letter dated Jan. 22, Th. ; ' Dr. (James) Weilwood , author of the Observator 
(' Observator Reformatus ') is ruade superintendent of the chirtrgeons of the flcet 
now preparing against the French.' 
To  follow Wi}liam Jacob (in the Fasti for 166o :--) ' Sept. 20, John ]3idgood 
of Exet. Coll.--This person had been ejected his fcllowship 3 of Exeter Coll. 
because... Afterwards practiced physie at Exeter ; gained a great estate. Died 
at Exeter, about the middle of Jan. 169o (i. e. ï) ; left to a fariner of his owne 
naine and kin (of about 5oli. per annuna an estate worth 37 thousand pounds, 
having before cashiered his natural son for iii nature like the father, for abusing 
him and scorning him. He left also divers legacies besids the said 37 thousand 
pounds. See  3 ? 
24 Jan., S., Ir. (Arthur) Charlet told me from lr. (Nieholas) 
lartin ", vice-principal of Ilart Ilall, that I had a ]3. » at Hed(ington), 
who heard it reported  at the coff«y-house. This is now raised to pluck 
me downe, when my naine was up in the Gazer for a famous antiquary. 
Four dayes or a week before Ir. (Henry) Gandy 7 tells me from iIr. 
(James) Davenant s that I took away some writings out of Oriel 
Coll. Treasury. (I  told him that I then wanted those of S. Iary 
hall.) This was at George's Tavern.--This (report) makes me a 
theif and a rogue; the c;ther, a beast.--I perused Oriel Coll. writings 
zo yeares before o; had never heard ofthis till now. AI1 these things 
donc u by clergymen ! 
(Wood 63 (6) is ' The case of Exeter Colledge vindicated,' Lond. 
169 , with the note by Wood ' This came from London to Oxon and 
was there publicly sold, T., 27 Jan. 69o' i.e. .) 
Jan. 7, T., news then dated, saith that (Thomas) White» bishop of Peter- 

 Luttrell ii. I62. 
 this note is on a slip, the back of 
an envelope addressed '.. thony Wood 
•.. Merton Coliedg in Oxon.' 
3 'fellowship' underlined as for cor- 
rection. 13oase Reg. Coll. Exon. p. 68. 
Sec Wood's Fasti 166o among the 
Incorporations. 
* Nicholas Martin, M.A.C.C.C. 
17 Dec. I683. 
» probably ' bastard.' Sec p. 336- 
 Wood notes 'this report (was 
raised) upon my naine being in the 

Gazet for a famous antiquary and 
historian.' 
* Henry Gandy, M.A. Oriel 2 June 
1674. 
8 James Davenant, M.A. Oriel 5 July 
1664. 
9 the eonnection seems to be ' on my 
telling him that I wished to sce the 
writings of S. Mary Hall, he objected 
that I had stolen writings from Oriel.' 
o in June 1665. 
 i.e. these stories invented. 



AWU'/RY, 1601. 

353 

borough, wrot lately a letter to the Queen to vindicat himself from being in the 
plot and that he is l'eady to live quietly under the present government. 
Jan. 29, Th., news letter (then) dated ; '(Anthony Cary) lord Faulkland and 
col. (Robert) Austin are ruade i commissioners of the admiralty in the place of 
the earl of Carbury (John Vaughan) and admiral (Edward) Russell. 
Owing to Mr. Barret Jan. 3 o, x69o (i.e. ), F., -- tooth brush, half an ounee of 
tobacco, thread. 

In the latter end of this month Mr. (Arthur) Charlet , asked 
(William) Richards, somtimes chaplain of Alls. Coll., now arch- 
deacon of Berks , ' whether he would subscribe to .zlth«nae Oxon," he 
ruade answer that ' he would rather subscribe to have it burnt '--the 
words as ugly as his face. 
Jan. 3 o, F., King's fast, (Charles I executed), Mr. (John) Hudson 4 
of Univ. Coll. preached, lately of Queen's Coll. 

News letter dated Jan. 3, S., at Short's; 'ris ail the talk this night that the 
bishop of Ely (Dr. (Francis) Turner) is lately landed  at I;ulloigne in France 
with 4 other men--a presbyterian report, quaere. The said letter saith that Mr. 
John Ashton, executed » at Tyburne, was buried last Thursday 7 night (Jan. 29) at 
x  of the clock in S. Faith's church under Paul's. Vide Gazet. He was a captain 
and ave a paper to the sherriff 8, which, containing matters in defence of himself 
and King James II, was hOt printed. Sec 7- 
This John Ashton 9, commonly called captain Ashton, was a gent. of an antient 
extract in Lancashire, was cashier or treasurer to Maria t3eatricia the royal consort 
of King James II, who had a great respect for his loyaltie and just dealing. But 
being taken with the most noble and generous Sir Richard Graham, viscount 
Preston, and Edmund Elliot, gent., as they were going in a certaine yatcht to 
France in order to adhere to the cause of King James II in the beginning of Jan. 
69o (i. e. ), they were all committed to custody. Afterwards being brought to 
their triall at the sessions house in the Old Baylie, Ashton was condemned to dye. 
And aecordingly he suffered death at Tyburne on Wedn. the 28th day of the said 
month of Jan. 69o (i. e. -). At which rime he delivered a paper to the sheriff in 
vindieation of what he had donc. Afterwards he was turned off, and died like a 
tru Xtian royallist, and buried the next day late at night in St. Faith's church under 
Paule's cathedral. (He) obtained the character and title among such whome they 
called Jacobites of ' a royal martyr.' 

1 , are added to the' is found in 
another draft of this note for 'are 
ruade.' 
 see note 6, p. 369 . 
z appointed on 3 Nov. 689. 
« John Hudson, M.A. Queen's  
Feb. 68, D.D. Unir. fi June îo. 
« Luttrell ii. 62, 8o. 
 'A true account of all passages at 
the execution of John Ashton, gent.,' 
Lond. 69 ; Wood 367 (). 

7 written at first ' Tuesday ' (Jan. 27) ; 
on which Wood noted ' quaere whether 
not hanged 28 Jan.' Lnttrell ii. 166, 
67- 
8 Sir Francis Child. 
9 Wood 42 (4)is ' The arraimament 
• . . of Sir Richard Grahme (viscount 
Preston) and John Ashton,' Lond. I69 ; 
bought by Wood at 'Oxford, 2 March 
6Oï, price zs 6d.' 

 OL. III. 



354 IVOOD'S LIFlï AND TIM'IïS. 
'ebruary.--i Feb., pope Ottoboni (Alexander VIII) died (after 
he had sate i6 months) according to the accompt  at Rome. 
Letters dated Feb. 3. T., say that there is a discours of putting out 
a proclamation to call in Francis (Turner) bishop of Ely, col. James 
Graham, William Pen. 
[5 FebY, Th., I69, Convocation, wherein the chancellor appoints 
delegates, being about to go into Holland.--In the same Convocation 
chancellor's letters xvere read in behalf of Richard 3 Healy, Mr. of A. 
of Trin. Coll., to be Dr. of the CiviI Law.] 
Feb. 7, Sat., John Forster 4, M.A. and fellow of Alls. Coll., son of 
(John Foster) brewer in West(minster), died at the Miter Inn late at 
night, after immoderate drinking. Buried at night in Alls. Coll. outer 
chapel. 
Letters dated Feb. 7, S., at Short's; 'the publisher of the late book entitled 
"' The modest enquiry" being proseeuted for the saine, hath obtained a »talle pra- 
scqti; and I am told a second part of the saine will suddenly corne to light.'m 
' Proclamation came forth to-night for apprehending » the bishop of Ely (Franeis 
Turner). William Pen, and col. (James) Graham.'--' 'Tis now reported that Dr. 
(Thomas) Tenison « will now be ruade bishop of Ely' (see the Gazer that came 
out 9 Feb., M.). 
Feb. 8, Su., fl(annel) sh(irt). 
Feb. 9, M., Spenser Lucy, M.A. of Queen's Coll., son of bishop (William) 
Lucy, and canon and treasurer of S. David's, died at Brecknock of an apoplexy. 
[]3r(ink) and smok and little exercise 
[(Feb. ?) lO 8, ... Turton, the beantiful danghter of William Turton, died.] 
News letter dated Feb. lO, T., at ]3ro(wne's) ; ' last week lord Sterlin 9 died at 
his seat in Berks.' 
Letter at Hall's dated i . Feb., Th. ; the bishop of Roan is lately dead in the 
87 yeare of his age.Yesterday Sir James Edwards, alderman of London, died ; 
and hath given IOOOli. (to) S. ]3artholomew's Hospital, 5ooli. to Ch. Ch. Hospital, 
5oli. to St. Thomas', 5oli. to Bethlem hospital, and 2ooli. towards the building 
of S. Paul's [Shrove-tuesday a°, 24 Feb., Sir James Edvards was buried in Guild- 

a i.e. new style : 2 z Jan. in the Eng- 
lish reckoning (old style); see Luttrell 
il. I78. 
z notes in MS. ]3odl. 594, PP- 
23- These seem to be the latest in 
date of Wood's 'Notes from the Regis- 
ters of Convocation.' 
 Wood notes in the margin ' Robert 
Healy, quaere.' ' Richard' is right. 
« John Foster M.A. Ails. a9 Feb. 
I68; ]3.C.L. 8 Dec. t69o. 
» Luttrell ii. I6» Tz. 
¢ underlined for correction: Ely was 
filled by the translation on zz Apr. I69 
of Simon Patrick from Chichester. 
7 these words are found at the foot 

of the page, separated a little from the 
note about Lucy: they perhaps belong 
only to the note about Edward Ferrar, 
i»fra, 13 Febr., which begins on the 
top of the next page. 
8 note on a slip at p. I59 of Wood 
MS. F 4; the slip says ' Jan. Io: but 
the entry is among aeveml others, also 
' Jan.' in the slip, but which belong to 
Feb. 
a Henry Alexander 4th earl of Stir- 
ling had marri«d Judith daughter of 
Robert Lee of Binfield, Berks; Burke's 
Dormant and Exlincl Peerage. 
to the sentence in square bmckets is a 
later insertion. 



FEB.  .L-IRCH, 1691. 35,5 
hall chapel London ; his funerall cost Iooo/i.]--Mr. Richard Baxter, the famous 
nonconformist, is dead . 
Feb. I3, Friday, circa meridiem, died suddenly of an apoplexy 
Dr. ]Edward Ferrar, toaster of Unir. Coll., on his cio(se) stool. 
Much given to bibbing and smoking and but to little exercise, t;'asli 
 689. (Arms) '... , three horshooes on a bend ...' 
Feb. I8, W., at one in the morning severall rude scholars came up 
the ]3ocherew, broke windowes there ; and downe North Gate Street. 
Two taken, of Exeter Coll. 
Feb. 8, W., at night, l[r. (Arthur) Charlet shew'd me at his 
chamber a pamphlet newly extant printed in double columns in hall 
a sheet of paper in quarto entit. ' The tribe of Levi,' written by John 
Dryden ; satyricall against the clergy for their perjuryes (and) base- 
nessa bitter thing in verse. 
Feb. 20, F., fl(annel) sh(irt). 
Letter dated 2I Feb., S., saith 'yesterday died Sir Thomas Lee  or Leih, an 
eminent parliament man.' 
Brovne's letter dated 24 Feb., T. ; ' from Dublin wee heare that Dr. (William) 
King, parson of St. Werburg, is consecrated bishop of London Derry at Dublin.' 
Mreh.--hIar. , bi., cle(an) sheets. 
Tuesday, hIar. 3, hIr. Thomas Benet, rector of Winwick, lately 
fellow of Univ. Coll., was elected toaster of the said Coll. tasli 
168 9 . 
[hI(ess)rs  Small and hIacgill, ministers in the shire of Aberdeen, 
eommissioned from the rest of theyr brethren conformable to the 
present government to wait on King William to desire his protection 
against the Assembly of Presbyterians . Theyr businesse to Oxford 
was to complement the particular freinds of Sir George hIackensy, 
and thank ail persons that eontributed to the releif of the Scotch 
]'piscopal elergy ] half an yeare since ç. There was a collection 
throut ail Colleges for that purpose, and several particular persons 
gave, as Dr. (William) Jane ioli. There was a collection went thro 
the colleges in June, july, Aug., Sept. i69o and they got about 3oo/L 
(quaere lIr. (Arthur) Charlet). Mr. lIacgil and Mr. Small came to 
Oxford 5 hIar. (Th.) and tarried their till the I3th (F.), all which 
time they were treated by several Heads of Houses and hIr. Charlet. 

1 Wood MS. F 34 (O.C. 8496) p. 
I4I is a satirical epitaph on Richard 
]3axter ' written upon him while living, 
about I682.' 
 Luttrell il. 179. 
 this note is on a slip inserted here ; 

the part of it in square brackets is not 
in Wood's writing. 
 sec Luttrell ii. I91 , 
 sec Ltttrell ii. I58. 
 sec supra, p. 336. 

A3.2 



3Ô5 I''00D'S LIFE /ND TLItïS. 
Letter dated 7 Mar., S., father Francis I a priest, repuls'd from his 
BIaster's degree in Cambridge tempore Jacobi II, was lately com- 
mitted to Newgate. Found about him a scheme of a dcclaration in 
bchalf of" King James II, as also an Association paper. 
Letter dated Mar. IO, T., saith that (Titus) Oates lais stipend (Ioli. per week) 
is withdrawne. 
iNews letter Mar. i2, Th., I69o (i. e. ï) ; the French bave throwne about several 
pasquills at Rome, one entit]ed  'Nihil pro orbe, parvum pro urbe, totum pro 
domo,' and have ruade this epitaph on the deceased pope "Here lyes Alexander 
the 8, supream bishop, who obtained the papacy by cunning, kept it with rapine, 
and lost it with ostentation. His faith and confidence in himself was great, and 
to others doubtfull, but towards God snmll or none; his hope vaine and deceitfifi], 
for he cheated France; his charity was snch that he hngged and loved himself 
only. He govemed the church one yeare and four months to the damage of the 
publick, to the private advantage of his relations, and to his owne dishonor. 
Kings themselves were abused and dcluded by him, for to him to delude and 
abuse was so natural, that even when dying he did hot forbeare to act a very 
farce . Ite veut off few lamenting him." 
News letter datcd 12 Match, Th. ; letters from Carlile affirmes that the great 
river running by Carlile was dried up in severall places on Shrove-tuesday (24 Feb.) 
last. 
Letters dated Mat. I2, Th. ; last Tuesday (Mar. Io) Sir Josias Child's son 
vas married t to Sir Thomas Cook's danghter of Hackney, with whome he had 
25,ooo/i. ; the church was hung with white and green sattin. 
'Roman  Oracles silenced' by William Thomas late bishop of Worcester: 
Gazet, Th., Mar. I2, 169o (i.e. ï). 
Gazet ending Th., Mar. I2, 169o (i.e. ); Whitehall, XV., Mat. II, their 
majesties have been pleased by letters patent under the great seal to tirant the 
office of post-toaster general  unto Sir Robert Cotton of Hatley St Georg in coin. 
Cantab, knight, and Thomas Frankland, esq., who accordingly have taken pos- 
session of the saine. 
In the beginning of March Io 4 whales were cast on shoare of the island of 
Orknay 7. The marquis of Athol (John Murray) claimes them as being admiral of 
Scotland and the matter being debated there in councill, they (by one voyce only) 
carried them for the profit of the king : and are judged to be worth 3o, oooli. 
(Wood 517 (6)is 'Academia or the humours of the University of 
Oxford,' by lXlrs. Alicia D'anvers, Lond. 1691. In this Wood notcs 
that it was ' first exposed to sale at Oxon 14 lXIarch 169o' (i.e. î), 
and that the writer was ' daughter of Samuel Clarke sometimes superior 
beadle of Law in Oxon, and wife of Knightly Danvers, sometimes 
scholar of Trinity College, son of Dr. Daniel Danvers a physitian 
living neale ]3anbury in Oxfordshire.') 

 Luttrell ii. 189. 
 Luttrell ii. 193. 
s Wood notes ' i.e. he died with a 
bull in his mouth against France, against 
the kin. of France.' Sec Luttrcll ii. 

IîS, 93- 
a Luttrell ii. I92. 
» then published. 
« Luttrell ii. i9. 
 Luttrcll ii. i94. 



gIARCI4--,4EEPRIL, 1391. 357 
6th of Mat., M., ... Wollaseot of Sutton Cnrtney, esq., late sherrif of t3erks, 
was earried tobe buried from Sutton to . . . 2o mlles off. Ite died Mat. 4, S., 
at night, I think. 
Letter dated Mat. 9, Th.; the authors of the two books, riz. () ' letter I of 
major-general Ludlow to Sir Edward Seymonr' and (2) the Dialogue between a 
elergy man and the lord Russell are narrowly sought after.--Captain John Ash- 
ton's  speeeh was dispersed in the night rime in the streets, and it will be shortly 
after answer'd 3 
Letter dated 24 Mat., T., the marchioness of Powis 4 is dead at Paris.--Ibidem» 
father Peters is dead ,t Law.aeh (qnaere). 
Friday, Mat. 27, with S. Pharo. 
Letter at Browne's dated Mar. 28, S., saith that the marehioness of Powis, 
governour to the l'rince of \Yales, died 2  Mat., S., at S. Germane's. 
Mar. 28, Sat., died Dr. Thomas Pierce, deane of Sarum, at . . . ; 
buried at Tidworth--so Mr. (Arthur) Charlet--quaere whether in 
the churchyard. 
/kpril.--Apr. 4, S., at night left that part of the copie where 
Thomas Allen (and Robert) Hayman were printed, in Mr. (Arthur) 
Charlet's hands at the Crowne Tavern with a desire that he would 
look it over against next night at 5. The next day (Sunday) he 
carried it to Dr. (Ralph) Bathurst and communicated it to him. 
When I met Mr. Charlet at 5 of the clock at the Turl coffey house, 
he advised me to call upon the president (of Trin.) that night and 
sup with him. I did so. He scouted me and told of  'vinue' (for 
'vertue') and several things and would have told me more al'ter 
supper had not Dr. (William) Levens and (Thomas) Hyde corne in. 
After supper, I left him. He desir'd me to call on him the next 
night. I told hiln I would corne on Tuesday night. I did not go the 

 Wood 363 is a volume of the pam- 
phlets which came out in I69I-693, in 
connection with the controversy as to 
the authorship of Eitou Baatad 1. The 
first of them is this letter ' frm Major 
General Ludlow to Sir E. S., Amsterd. 
69 ,' on which Wood notes that it was 
'published at London in the beginning 
of Mat. t69' and that these pamphlets 
which 'v¢ere put out under the naine of 
major general Ludlow were commonly 
reported to be written by John Philipps, 
nephew by the mother to John Milton 
the great anti-monarchist.' 
' Wood 367 () is ' A copy of Mr. 
_Ashton's papcr delivered to the sheriff.' 
Wood notes :--' This speech was printed 
by stealth and about the nfiddle of 

Mal'ch 69ï 'twas scatter'd in the night 
time about London streets. 1 saw it at 
Oxon in a private hand, 6 Mal-. 69ï-.' 
 Wood 367 (3) is 'An answer to 
the paper delivered by Mr. Ashton at 
his execution,' Lond. 69o. Wood 
notes in pencil (much faded) ' Edward 
(Fowler) bishop of Glocester the 
author' and that ' after this lamphlct 
was published came out another by 
stealth in behalf of Mr. Ashton T]te 
Zoyal 3Iartyr, etc. ; but I could never 
sec it.' 
* Lady Elizabeth (Somerset) wife of 
William Herbert ereated marquis of 
Powis 2 4 Mar. 6Sï-. 
s see lower clown further criticisms 
on Wood's spelling. 



358 IUOOD'S LIFE AWD TLIES. 
next night; and Mr .... Wheeler and Mr .... Gilbert* being there, 
I withdrew and went to hiin the next night (Maunday Thursday nigbt, 
Apr. 9) in his dining room where he scouted me againe on his owne 
dunghill . Told me that in (Robert) Hayman I said that 'most 
poets were fantastieall'; that Hayman was no poet; that he never 
heard of him; that he was a ballad singer; that I spoke s ill of the 
lord Falkland in saying that ' the Church of England had no loss 
(in) him'I told him I had (that) ri'oto Peter Heylyn. He spoke 
then against Heylyn, etc. 'Bachelaur' (for ' bachelor'); ' person' 
(instead of 'parson'), etc3 Dr. Bathurst should have given me 
thanks for what I had done and rewarded me, as others have done ; 
but like a poore spirit and snivling fêllow, he fell foul upon me, as 
(Gilbert) Ironside  did on me 674. 
Letter at Short's dated Apr. 7, T. ; ' on Sunday last died Dr. (Walter) Nedham, 
the famous physitian, at London.' 
Daye's letter, dated Apr. 7, T.; 'in the dose of the last week the late Lord 
Cier Baron" ((Sir William) Mountague) died. 
Apr? 9, Th., after dinner came a gent. in mourning cloaths into 
the Beare Inn; caIIed for a room, victualls, drink ; the largest plate 
in the house to be fill'd wih drink, lemons, sugar; silver spoone to 
mingle it; under pretenee of having it stand all night by him in his 
chamber. In the dead of the night he rose; took his horse out of 
the stable; strew'd straw on the ground that his horse might hOt 
be heard; carried away the plate, spoone, pillow, beere, linnen-- 
valued at z 5IL 
Apr. 9, Thursday, at 9 at night, hapned a fier" at Whitehall and continued till 
3 in the morning: burnt lodgings neare the stone gallery. Broke out in those 
lodgings which were the dutchess of Portsmouth (Louise de Querouaille's). The 
pile of building fronting the privie garden to the waterside xvith the stone gallery 
blowne up, almost as far as the back-staires, behag the old lodgings of the duke of 
York, the earl of Portland's (William Bentinck -) and the Heer Overkirk. The 
queen affrighted : xvent at i i o[ the dock on to the earl of Devon's being Arlington 
Itouse and did hot returne till 3 in the morning and then lay at the princess of 
Denmark's. The earl of Portland lost a caskinet of jewells valued at 6ooo/i. 

x probably Maurice Wheeler, rector 
of S. Ebbe's, and Thomas Gilbert, the 
Independent. 
 an allusion probably to the pro- 
verb that a cock crows with greater 
lustiness when on his own dunghill. 
The writers in question wcre of Trin. 
Coll. 
 ill the saine sheet, nnder Henry 
Car)'. 

 more criticisms of Wood's spelling, 
see silure. 
 see vol. il. p. 296. 
 in Luttrell ii. 203, it is Sir William 
Montagu's son. 
 this note, having been written in 
red ink, is vcry faded. 
 Luttrell ii. 206; Evelyn's ]3iary 
under date IO Apr. I69L 
 groonl of the stole. 



AtRIL, 1691. 359 
Overkirk lost much of his goods. Hapned by the carelessness of a maidservant 
who vent into a garret to fetch a candle ; there hanging several pounds against 
the wall, shee burnt off one with a candle in her hand; and being in hast, hot 
minding, set the cotton of the others on tire. Which falling downe tired some 
linnen under it and so quicldy took the roof. Some standers by were observed to 
rejoyce and two were seised for saying that there needed noe bonetiers for the 
king's returne home and there was enoug already. 
Apr.  , S., the king's coronation ; no ringing of bells, or bonfiers, 
in Oxford; only a few boyes had a little fier in Canditch neare 
Kettle hall. 
Letter dated Apr. I4, T. ; the attorney general (Sir George Treby) hath ordered 
the messinger of the press to make diligent search after a scandalous pamphlet 
entitled the second part of Mr. (John) Ashton's speech and a farther vindication 
of the Prince of Wales l. (See) in Edward Fowler (in the All.).--Last night 
(Apr. I3, Easter Monday) the king arrived at Whitehall at 7 at night.---'Tis said 
that William Pen was last night brought to towne out of Sussex by a guard of 
20 horse. See afterwards in this month. 
Apr. 5, W., at night, some ringing of bells in Oxford for the 
king's arrival at Whitehall. 
Apr. i9, Low sunday, Philip Stubbs = of Wadham repeated. 
_Apr. 2I, T., paid Mr. Hawood for gazets, in the presence of his wife, 5s 7d. 
News letter dated Apr. 2I, T. ; last week s died Dr. Herbert Crofts, bishop of 
IIereford, aged 89. False ; yet in the Gazet.--Sir Edward Seymonr, late Speaker 
(of the House of Commons) was taken with a fit of the apoplexy; and they say 
he is dead.--This morning (2I Apr.) died the lord Herbert of Cherbury4.--Sir 
I-obert Howard lyes at the point of death.--And the earl of Suffolk (George 
Howard) is dead. 
Gazer, W., Apr. 22; his majestie bath ruade Dr. Nathaniel Foy bishop of 
Waterford in Ireland in the place of Dr. Hugh Gore deceased. Foy (is a) fop. 
He had been canon of S. Patrick's. A smooth boots, ' Mr. 5 Smirk' ; talked before 
Dr. (Thomas) 1Marshall against archbishop (James) Usher as hot a thoro-pac'd 
Çonformist, put him (in) a cold sweat ; came to Oxford to look upon St. Alban 
tlall of which (Narcissus) Marsh had been principall, to dispise it. [An  in- 
genious man, saith lXlr .... 7]. Other bishops in England ruade, vide Gazer latter 
end of Apr. I69I. 
iNon-juring bishops ---(William) Sancroft, archbisbop of Canterbury; (Francis) 
Ttrner of Ely; (Thomas) /,2en of Bath and Wells; (Robert) Frampton f 
Glocester; (William) Lloyd of Norwich; (Thomas)White of Peterborough; 
(John) Lake of Chichester ; (Thomas) Cartwl'ight  of Chester (quaere). 

a Lnttrell ii. 207. 
 Philip Stubs, M.A. Wadh. 15 June 
I689; Gardiner's Reg. Coll. Wadh. p. 
335; in I73O-3I he gave to the Bod- 
leian ' MS. Bodl. 3o5-7 ' (papers by Sir 
Henry Spelman and Jeremy Stephens). 
s he died I8 lXlay I69I. 
 Henry Herbert» 4th baron Herbert 
of Cherbury. 

 in Andrew Marvell's satire, see 
vol. ii. p. 414 . 
6 added later. 
7 naine canaot be ruade out. 
s see Evelyn's Diary nnder dates 9 
Apr. and  May I691. 
 bishop Cartwright had died on 15 
Apr. 689. 



360 

.VOOD'S LIFE ;IND TIII[ES. 

23 Apr., Th., news letter ; the king this day nominated in counsell those follow- 
ing persons to fill up the vacant bishopricks, riz. (John) Tillotson, archbishop of 
Canterbury ; (William) Beveridge l, Bath and Wells ; Dr. (Edward) Fowler, 
Glocester ; Dr. (Richard) Cumberland, bishop of l'eterborough; Dr. (Ralph) 
]3athurst, bishop of Bristow 2; Dr. (John) More (chaplain to Finch » lord Chan- 
cellor), bishop of Norwich; Dr. (Robert) Grove, Chichester; Dr. (William) 
Sherlock, deane of Panle's; Dr. (Thomas) Cumber, deane of Durham; Dr. 
(Robert) XVoodward, deane of Sature ; Dr. (William) Talbot of Oriel, deane of 
Worcester ; Z)r. (Samuel) Freman, prebendary of Canterbury.--Mr. (Arthur) 
Charlet's letter thus:--(Simon) Patrick, bishop of Ely; (Gilbert) Ironside, of 
tlereford ;... Scot 5, prebendary of Windsore (John Fitzwilliams preb. of Wind- 
sore (is) put out); and (Zachet, s) Isham and (Samuel) Freman, prebendaries of 
Canterbury.--In another letter :--Dr. (Samuel) Freeman, preb. of Canterbury in 
the place of Dr. (William) Beveridge promoted  to the see of . . . ; Dr.... 
Scot  preb. of Windsore loco (Johannis) Fitzwilliams, a non-sweater. 
Letter dated Apr. 23, Th. ; the lady Paulet 7, sister to the earl of Pembroke, is 
dead. 
Letter dated Apr. 30, Th. ; lord Herbert of Cherbury s buried last Tuesday 
night (28 Apr.) in St. Giles' church in-the-fields, neare the body of his father in 
the chancell. 
Letters dated Apr. 3 o, Th. ; process ordered against the bishop of Ely (Francis 
Turner), William Pen; and (James) Grimes ordered to an outlawryg.--The con- 
secration of the archbishop to be next Sunday. 
Apr. 3 o, Th., Queen's birthday; some bells rung in Oxford; more 
celebrated at London 10 
In this month died Thomas Marriot of Warwickshire; (see) I i i. 
l¥[ay.--Letter dated 2 May, S.; (Sir Peyton) Ventris, one of the 
judges of the common pleas, lately dead; his vacancy to be filled up It 
... Greenwood, widdow of Daniel Greenwood, rector of Steple- 
aston, was buried in Halywell Church 4 May (M.); died in that 
parish i May (F.). 
(Wood 63I (6) is ' A vindication TM of Mr. James Cohnar, Bac. of 

1 see Evelyn's Diary under date 
May 169 ; Luttrell ii. 2 5. 
" the see of Bristol , as filled up by 
the consecration of John tIall on 3 ° 
Aug. 169. 
a IIeneage Finch, earl of Notting- 
ham, Lord Chancellor, died 18 Dec. 
1682. 
 Luttrell il. 224. 
 Fitzwilliams' canonry was filled up 
by John Hartcliffe, installed 8 June 
69I ; Scott having refused, Luttrell il. 
228. 
 to-Bath and Wells, but he 
clined. 
7 Susan Herbert, daughter of Philip 
srd earl of Pembrok% sister of Thoma- 

8th earl of Pembroke, wife of John 
Pmfiet, 3rd Lord Poulett. 
s Henry Herbert, fourth lord Iier- 
bert of Cherbury; with whom this 
barony became extinct. 
'Luttrell il. 23o. 
0 Luttrell il. 2 7. 
n Luttrell il. 22% 299. 
2 two other pamphlets in the Exeter 
College case published about this date 
are :--Wood 63i çS) ' A defence of the 
procedings of the Visitor and fellows 
of Exeter College,' Lond. 169i , in 
which Wood notes ' James Harrington 
the author ' ; and Wood 6.3t (9)' A copy 
of the proceedings of Dr. (Edward) 
Master upon.., appeal.' 



APRIL  2IA Y, 11391. 

361 

Physick,' Lond. 69 ; in which Wood notes 'first exposed to sale 
in Oxford 5 and 6 lXIay I69i.' ) 
lXIay 6, W., I first put on my strip'd coat. 

Hall's letter dated 9 May, S. ; an express came to the Queen that Dr. (Thomas) 
Lamplngh, archbishop of York, died at Bishop's Thorp on Tnesday last, viz. 
5 May : Dr. (John) Sharp nominated by the King and Queen, vide Gazer. 
Letter dated 9 May, S., from William Strachan of Ball. Cll. to Mr. (Arthnr) 
Charlet :--yesterday Sir Georg Mackensie died betwixt I2 and one of the clock 
in the forenoon at... in his vomiting of blood for 3 quarters of an honre before. 
His corps are to be transported to Scotland next Tnesday by London.-- 
News then in letter dated 9 May, S., that this week died archbishop (Thomas) 
Lamplngh  in the country' ; another letter at Browne's saith ' in the city ' ; Hall's 
letter saith that an express came to the Qneen that he died at Bishop's Thorp, 
Tuesday, 5 May. 
Browne's letter datcd 9 May, Sat., this week died the earl of Thomond of the 
gont at his seat in Northamptonshire. 
(Wood D 26 no. I6 is a catalogne of books 'tobe sold by anction at the Tovn- 
hall in Abingdon on Tnesday May 12' [1691]. ) 
News letter at Short's dated ]lay I2, T. ; yesterday Mr. Willis, a minister of 
]3ucks was tried for saying ' Goal data King William and Queen Mary and fle 
Cnvention that setled them in the royal throne.' Of which being fonnd gnilty 
he was fined Ioo marks and condemned to go ronnd the four courts in West- 
minster hall with a paper on his head expressing his crime.--Letter at Hall's 
saith it was ' Davis ,' a minister. 
Letter at Short's dated 14 May, Th. ; this week Dr. William Denton, the 
famons physitian, died aetat. 87 ; buried at Hilsden neare Buckingham among the 
graves of his relations.--Ibidem, in the same letter, a triall in \\ estminster Hall 
between the bishop of Landaff (\Villiam Beaw) and Dr. Joues abont the chan- 
cellorship of Landaff. Dr. Joues obtained it3, qnaere whether of Merton Coll. ; 
John Joues a physitian. 
May 16, S., 2s 6d at Swiffin's wyre 4. 
Short's letter dated May 6, S. ; colonel John Birch, who bath served for ail 
parliaments since his majesty's restauration, died this week. 
Short's letter dated S., 16 May I691 ; a clergie man of Wilts was yesterday 
before the conncil accnsed for refusing to take the oathes and hot praying for 
their majesties and also for speaking words against the government, for which he 
was ordered in cnstody. The raid Wiltshke pal'son is named Beech » (of Trin. and 
Ball. Cll.) who being ask'd ' how their majesties came to the crowne' answcr'd 
' as onr Savionr did on the pinacle of the Temple.'--Dr. (William) Beveridgc  
is pnt ont of the roll of King's and Queen's chaplaines for refnsing the bishoprick 
of Bath and Wells. 
hlay 17, Su., cl(ean)she(ets). 

 IIenry O'Brien, 7th earl of Tho- 
mon(t. 
 John Davis, Luttrell ii. 226; cp. 
Luttrell ii. 213. 
z Hardy's le Neve does hot enter him 
in the list of Chanccllors of Llandaff. 

4 past Folly Bridge ; Clark's Wood's 
City of Oxford i. p. 4 7- 
» William Beach, B.A. Trin. lO Apr. 
1665, M.A. Ball. IO Mar. 166, D.D. 
Ball. I I July 168fi. 
Ç Luttrell il. 227. 



36'2 II"OOD'S LIFE .,4ND TIIES. 
lIay 2o, W., Fast day 1, Nr. (Thomas) Lethbridge 2, Exeter Coll., 
preached at S. lIarie's. 
lIay 25, N., I went to London; return'd  June, lI.: laid at 
Oxford Armes, z/i 7s 6d. lIay 3 o, S., I was witness to lIr. (Oba- 
diah) Walker's will. 
Nay 29, F., King's Day (Charles II nativity), Nr. Thomas Sykes 
of Trin. Coll. preached. A new anthem and new service sung in the 
organ loft by singing men and choristers. 
Short's letter dated May 30, S. ; one Mr. Eures 3 was tried af the Old Bayly for 
publishing a pamphlet called ' The Encharisticon,' bcing reflections on Dr. 
(William) Beveridge, and being convicted vas fined 200 marks and to lye in 
prison till he had paid that sure. Dr. Beveridge did lately denie the bishoprick 
of Bath and Wells (quaere) and 'twas confer'd on Dr. (Richard) Kidder. 
]Hay 3 I, Whitsunday, I)r. (John) Tillotson (was) consecrated 
archbishop of Canterbury ; vide news. 
I)r. (William) Sandcroft administred the sacrament 4 on Sunday 
]Iay 31 in Lambeth chapel where were present the deposed bishops 
of Bath and Wells (Thomas Ken) and Peterborough (Thomas 
White). The crowd was so great, they shut up the gates. I heare 
that 60 communicated. 
Iay 3, Sunday, (Eleanor (Lee)) countess of Abendon , daughter and heir of 
•.. Danvers, died suddenly at Lavington in Wilts, great with child. 
In the latter end of this month or beginning of Jne, Seymour Wood sold his 
bouse in Halywell to Francis Haywood. 
Latter end of Nay died Mris... Paul, widdow of bishop (William) Paul, in 
ber bouse in St. Giles and was buried at Brightwell by ber husband. (Arms) 
5 annulets on a chevron between 5 spread eagles' in S. Giles Church. Her 
maiden naine (was) Clethero, sister to... Cletherow of /Iagd. Coll. ; quaere 
Eifley. 
In this month « Dr. Jones  obtained by a suit at law at Westminster the chan- 
cellorship of Landaff of Dr. (William) Bew the bishop. 
OEune.Letters dated June 4, Th. ; lIr. (Richard) Kidder, dean 
of Peterborough (lately minister of S. lIartin's outwich), is to be 
bishop of Bath and Wells; Dr. (William) Sandcroft will not only 

 fo be held on the 3rd Wedn. in 
each month during the war ; Luttrell il. 
" Boase, Reg. Coll. Exon. p. 72. 
3 Lttttrell ii. 236. 
 Luttrell ii. 234 , 238. 
 Eleanor, daughter and heiress of 
Sir Henry Lee of 13ichley, wife of James 
13ertie first earl of Abingdon. This 

Eleanor Lee, through ber mother Arme 
(daughter of Sir John Danvers of Corn- 
bury Oxon and sister and heir of John 
Danvers esq.), was heiress of the family 
of Danvers of Daunsey in Wiltshire. 
 it is hot clear whether/Iay or June 
is meant. 
 see note, p. 36. 



M/Y-- 7UNE, i60i. 363 
willingly quit Lambeth, but leave his books 1 valued at 3oooh to 
the library there for his successors in that see for ever. 
June 5, F., Sarah Cox, 6d; and on the 13, S. 
Short's letter dated, 6 June, S., saith that last Thursday 4 June) the new arch- 
bishop of Canterbury, Dr. (John) Tillotoen, was sworn one of his majesty's privie 
councill ; that a match is whisred to be between the bishop of London (Hemy 
Compton) and the countess of Plymonth 2.Dr. (John) Tillotson was conoecrated 
by himself canse he would have his option of the rest of the bishops that are 
to corne which he is to conoecrate. Is this religion  
tter dated 9 June, T., Mr. William Jephson, oecretary of the lords of the 
Treasury, died Sunday morning last of a maliant feaver; and 'ris said Mr. 
Henry Gny or Mr. Charles Bartie or Sir Rort Southwell will succeed.The 
Queen has sent letters to the vice-chancellor of Cambridge to retume the names 
of those scholastiques in the University who have not taken the oathes, d he 
has sent  or 3.On Sunday last the bishop of London (Henry Compton) 
either was or soon will be married to the countess of Plymouth, daughter to the 
lnarqtfis of Carnmrthen, who is actnally worth 4ooo/i. per armure. 
News letter at Short's, 9 June, T. ; the dean and chapter of Ely hath elected 
I)r. (Simon) Patriek to be bishop. 
Letter dated Jnn. I I, Th., Mr .... Browne, clerk to the House of Lords, who 
bas continned therein ever since King Charles I, died this week; and Mr. Mathew 
Johnson, bencher of the Temple, has a patent granted in King Charles II rime to 
sncceed him therein.Yesterday ing the birthday of the Prince of Wales, some 
persons privatly celebrated the saine in their caballs by drinking his health, etc., 
and at length had the boldness to make bonfiers and illuminations.The countess 
of Weymouth 3 is dead. 
June i2, F., Mr. (Edward) Hannes of Ch. Ch. told me that the 
deane and certaine masters of Ch. Ch. were return'd from Dr. 
(Thomas) Wood bishop of Lichfield, who hath given to the college 
7oooli. for the use of .... 
Letter dated June 13, S. ; a writ of intrusion  was yesterday exhibited in the 
Exchecquer against Dr. (William) Sandcroff for hot giving way to the new arch- 
bishop (Dr. (John) Tilloon) to eome into LamoEth houoe. The me was sent 
to him who read it throwont, bnt ruade little returne for answer.The bishop of 
S. Asaph (Dr. (William) Lloyd) making a visit to the said Dr. (Willialn) Sd- 
croff, he told him ' he wondred to sec him, soeing he had assisted at the late 
consecration of Dr. (John) Tillotson ; however he desired God to bless him d 
all men.' 
Whitehall, nne 3, S.; their majesties have been pleased to nominate Dr. 
Richard Kidder, dean of Petcrborough, to be bishop of Bath and XVells; and 
Dr. John Hall to be bishop of Bristow, etc. Sec more in the Gazet nnm. 267o ; 

t but see Luttrell ii. 239 ; Evelyn's 
Diary under date 7 May. 
 Bridger Osborne, daughter of 
Thomas Osborne earl of Danby and 
marqness of Carmarthen, widov of 
Charles earl of l'lymollth (bastard son 

of Charles II by Catherine Pegg). 
3 Frances (Finch) daughter of He- 
neage 2nd earl of Winchilsea, wife of 
Sir Thomas Thynne first viscount Wey- 
mouth. 
 Luttrell ii. 244 , 248. 



36 IMOOD'S LIFt ArD TI2ItS. 
Dr. (Simon) Patrick and Dr. (Edward) Fovler. June I3; they vere nominated, 
I think, the day before. 
June 5, ni., at the tavern with lIr. (Arthur) Charlet and lIr. 
Peesley the master-mason of Trin. Coll., who desired me to corne 
next morning at ten to see the vault of the College chapell opned. 
June t6, Tuesd., at to, I went and the musons opened the dore and 
shoul'd  the dust of(f) from the steps. I went in with Peesley with 
 candles and found under the north wall a woman's body and on 
her right hand t(w)o men's bodies of 6 feet long, but the coffins 
rotten with no inscription on them. The woman is lady Elizabeth a, 
widow of Sir Thomas Pope, afterwards married to Sir Hugh Paulet. 
I3ut the men wee know not, unless one be the founder, removed from 
the church of S. Stephen's Walbrook. There are also the bones of 
9_ childrcn. 
Hall's letter, June 6, T. ; 'the undergraduates of Exeter Coll. in 
Oxford (this was 5 June, so/?t'h'um Coll. Exon.)were heard in 
the King's Bench for disturbing Dr. (Arthur) Bury in his possession 
and received a reprimand from the court, 16 June ; and a rule ruade 
that the Dr. enjoy his rectorship till the matter be decided by the 
judges.'--The vice-chancellor, Dr. (Jonathan) Edwards, told me 
that certaine undergraduates did disturbe him (i. e. Bury). 
Letter of the saine date, June 6, T. ; the archbishop ((John) Tillotson) bath 
recommended, upon the vacancy of the rich rectory of Petxvorth in Sussex, to the 
provosts and fellows of Eaton, Dr. Pelling*; tho the major part of that society 
are inclined to choos Dr. (Stephen) Upman. Quaere whether Dr. (John) Price 
be dead. [Dr.  . . . Price died lately.] 
Short's letter datcd x6 June,' T. ; they conclude from Edinburgh that Charles 
(Maitland) the earl of Lotherdale died the 9th iustant and is to be carried to 
Iladdington to be inter'd. (So also Hall's letter.)--Ibidem ; yesterday 05 June) 
about seven in the evening the Lord Chief Justice (Sir Henry) Pollexfen of the 
Common Pleas died.--Ibidem; Dr. (Arthur) ]3urie's business was this day  
heard; the fellowes were reprimanded, and the Dr. restored till judgment be 
given.--The earl of Loderdale died in his lodgings in the Cono(n) gate, 9th June 
in the morning ; so Hall's letter. 
June 7, W., Fast day, Dr. (Alexander) Pudsey of lIagd. Coll. 
preached at St./\Iarie's. 
June 8, Thursday, Athenae et Fast O.s'on were published at 

1 the president, Dr. Ralph ]3athurst, 
was taking down the old chalel of 
Durham College : the first stone of the 
new chapel was laid 9 July 69I ; see 
Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Italls p. 
530. 
 i.e. sho»elled. 

a Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, 
P- 53z- 
« Luttrell ii. zSz. See vol. ii. p. 498. 
s added later. 
 it had been in court on 14 May, 
see Luttrell il.  z 7- 



UVE, 1691. 363 
London. June 9, F., they came in Moore' waggon to Oxon. 
June , M., I presented one to the vicechancel]or I to whome it i 
partly dedicated and at the ame rime I gave him one for the 
Library. 
June 19, F., in the morning, died of an apoplexy... Castilion , M.A. 
and fellow of New Co11. Oxford (e coin. ]3ucks, quaere); buried in 
the cloyster. (Arms) 'gules a lyon rampant and a castle in dexter 
canton argent.' 
Letter dated 21 June, Su., 1Hr .... 13rowne clerk of the Parliament ever since 
King Charles the first's time died this week; and one Mr. (Matthew) Johnson 
a bencher of the Temple had a patent to sueceed him in Charles IFs time. 
Letter dated June 23, T., Sir Henry Guy lately took his place as secretary to 
the lords of the Treasury loco (William) Jephson and the lord Godolphin's 
brother 3 suceeeds Sir Henry as one of commissioners of the Cllstomes. Sir Henry 
Guy took his place» 22 June, M. 
2 5 June, Th., at the King's Head Taverne with lIr. (Arthur) 
Charlet, (Thomas) Creech. Charlet shew'd me Th(olnaS) I3ennet's 
letter dated 2 3 June, T., wherein he tells Mr. Charlet that he was 
told at London by several that a great deal of iii nature was expressed 
in my book lately published. So they carried that expression on by 
tclling me that I express a gl'eat deal of ill nature in reflecting upon 
Ch. Ch. by saying  that the deane in choosing men of his owne 
bouse to read Dr. (John) Molris his lecture had no regard to All- 
souls where Dr. Iorris had his breeding; (William) Camden being 
denied a fellowship in Allsouls becaus of 'the popish partie' 
there; that there is bad sense in every page. (Vide latter end of 
AllmanacS; (they said this) to run down my b(ook).)--Who is ill 
natur'd? whether the author who speaks the truth, or a company 
of idle fellowes that sit all day in an alehouse or tavern to pick holes 
in the coates of industrious men who labour for the honor of the 
University. Mr. (Arthur) Charlet then told me that the president 
of Trinity College (Ralph t3athurst) said that I 'collect«d it but not 
wri! it,' that is, in good language. 
Short's letter dated 25 June, Th. ; a rule of court being on Tuesday in the 
Exchecqner court" that if Dr. (William) Sanderoft did hot put in a plea to the 
writ of intrusion by this day, judgment should go against him, the said Dr. finding 
no defence against an act of parliament withdrew from Lambeth house on Tnesday 
night ; going with his barg, with his bed and lading in the Temple, lodged in the 
 Jonathan Edwards, principal of « see in Thomas todley in the 
Jesus Coll. Mlhenae. 
* Franeis Castillion, M.A. New C.  i. e. the notes whieh are given infra 
14 Jan. I69ï-, of Benham, Berks. at the end of July. 
:; Charles Godolphin, Luttrell ii. «5t. " Luttrell ii. 22, 253. 



366 WOOD'S LIFE 
Palsgrave's IIeaà court. Anà 'tis said he with (Thomas Ken) the late bishop 
of Wells anà (Robert Frampton) oi" Glocester bave taken the bishop of Norwych 
his bouse neare Hoggesàen. The rule of court was ruade in the Exchecquer on 
the motion of the Attorney General (,Sir George Treby).--Hall's letter of the 
saine date saith that the barons of the Excheequer sealed a writ of possession last 
Tuesday. He left Lambeth that night, u 3 June, and came to the Palsgrave's 
IIead Court neare Temple ban:. 
Short's letter dateà June u7, S. ; this àay the under-sherriff of Surrey, a messinger, 
and some others 7 went to Lambeth house and took possession a. illr. Sancrol't, 
the archbishop's nephew, ruade some opposition, but he was taken into custody 
upon a capias ad satisfacicndum upon the judgment of the information in ortier 
to a fine 
OEuly.--... Nicholet of Hopton in Herefordshire and Eastham in 
Worcestershire died in the house of... Hunt, mercer, in St. lIartin's 
parish, July 3, 169- (Arms) '... on a bend . .. 3 5-foY les.' 
Letter dated July 4, S. ; the archbishop of York ; bishop of Norvich (More) ; 
bishop of Gloucester (Fowler), and bishop of Chichester--were confirmed on 
Thursday July z at 13ow church in ortier to their consecration to-morrow (July 5)- 
Sunday, Jnly 5 (vide Gazet), Dr. John Sharp was consecrated archbishop of 
York in Bow Church ; Dr. (John) Moore, bisJaop of Norwich ; Dr. (Edward) 
Fowler, bishop of Glocester; and Dr. (Richard) Cumberland, bishop of Peter- 
borough. Dr .... Clerk preached the eonsecration sermon, and they dined at 
Mercer's chapel. Present, archbishop of Canterbry ((John) Tillotson) (and the 
bishops of) Salisbury, Worcester. St. Asaph, Bristoll. viz. (Gilbert) ]3urnet, (Ed- 
ward) Stillingfleet, Dr. (William) Lloyd, (Gilbert) Ironside. 
July 7, Tuesday, Solomon Nash s of Trinity Coll. buried in All 
hallowes church late at night. He died of the smallpox in that parish. 
July 7, T., Solomon Nash, scholar of Trin. Coll. and inceptor 
in Arts, was buried in Allsaints Church. He died in a house in 
]3ear Lane of the small pox, the saine day. The fellows of Trin. 
Coll. were entertained at the Bear (Inn) and followed his corps from 
the ]3ear Lane end into the church. Son of Solomon Nash  rector 
of Binfeild neare Windsore, somtimes of Pembroke Coll. Stump- 
footed. The said Salomon Nash was thus matriculated ' Salomon 
Nash, aet. x 5, filius Salomonis Nash de Binfield coin. Berks, generosi, 
Nov. 24, I683.' No escocheons. 
July 8, W., (Bonfoy) Trimnel , fellow of New Coll., died of the 
purples , in the evening about 7 or 8. ]3uried late that night. His 
funerall (was) on Sunday night following (July 12); buried in the 

corner of the north-east cloyster. 
1 see Evelyn's Diary under date I t 
July 1691 ; Luttrell ii. 256. 
2 Luttrell il. 3o9. 
.a Solomon Nash, lXI.A. Trin. 6 Nov. 
69o. 

Regent toaster, quaere. 

 Solomon Nash, M.A. Pembr. 3t 
May 166u. 
 13onfoy Trimnel, M.A. New C. 14 
Jan. 16-. 
6 ' exanthematnmlue,'NewCo11.Reg. 



7/_7/; Y, 1691. 367 

No Act this yeare. Why ? sloth, idleness 1, covetuousness". 
(There are) 6 Doctors of Div., 5 in Physic, and  in Law. 
July 9, Thursday, (Abel) Gower a commoner of Mert. Coll., of an 
estate of 3oo/L per annum, aged i7, was married to... daughter of 
alderman (Thomas) Eustace of Oxford, aet. i6. 
July i2, Sunday, mother... Georg 3 was buried in her husband's 
grave in S. Giles' churchyard. Shee was borne--as shee used to tell 
me 3 ° yeares ago--in Nov. 1580 (at Droitwich, quaere) and that shee 
was 3 ° yeares of age when Dr. (William) Laud became president 
of S. John's (which was 6i i). So by ber account shee would bave 
been if shee had lived to Nov. next an hundred and eleven. But 
when shee came to be an ioo, shee doubled every yeare. Shee died 
Thursday night going before (i. e. on July 9). 
july 14, T., at night,... Terrant 4, postmaster of Mert., fell dis- 
tracted. 

1 to avoid the exercises in the res- 
pers and comitia. 
 to save the expense of entertaining 
etc. 
s Wood notes 'her maiden naine 
Alice Gyde' ; ' borne at Droitwich 
abolit Nov. x58o.' The above remarks 
of Wood show the futility of the stories 
which were current about ' mother 
George.' The following notices of ber 
lnay be given, arranged chronologically. 
In William Fulman's MS. Collec- 
tions at Corpus Christi College, the 
following statement is ruade :--'Alice 
daughter of Hngh Guies and Bridget 
Watkins his wife, was born at Droit- 
wich in Worcestershire upon AIl Saints 
day, being then Thursday. She was 
6 years old and an hall at Tilbury 
camp 588. At thirty she married 
Thomas George at Magdalen parish 
church, Oxford. By him she had ten 
sons and rive daughters, among the test 
John George, living in October 68o, 
aged 76, at which rime she reckoned 
39 great grandchildren.' 
In Lord King's lire of John Locke, 
P- 3, is mention ruade of Locke's see- 
ing on  March 68x (i.e. ?), 'Alice 
George, a woman, as she said, of xo8 
years old at Allhallow tide past ; she 
lived in St. Giles's parish, Oxford.' 
Locke states ber to bave ' possessed all 
her faculties still perfect» and to have 

had as comely a face as ever he saw 
any old woman have.' Accordingly, on 
her death in 69I, had this statement 
been true, she wonld have been in ber 
 ISth year when she died. 
In tluddesford's edition of XVood's 
Lire (t772), the following note is found : 
--' Mother George vas a very antient 
dame, living in 131ackboy-lane, which 
leads from the north end of St. Giles's, 
to Rats and Mice hill : the perfect use 
of all her faculties, at the age of one 
hundred and tventy years, occasioned 
a great resort of company to ber bouse. 
It was ber custom to thread a very fine 
needle, without the help of spectacles, 
and to present it her guests, who in 
return gave ber some gratuity towards 
her support. In the later end of ber 
lire, she removed into the parish of St. 
Peter's in the 13ailey, and died there, 
by an accidental fall, which injnred her 
back.' 
In Dr. Bliss' second edition of'Yood's 
life (848), he adds :--' There is an ex- 
cellent picture of mother George by 
V'm. Sonmans, painted about 69o, in 
Wadham coll. common room. A print, 
from another painting by M. Powell, was 
engmved by 13. Lens in mezzotinto. 
She is stated in both portraits to have 
been I zo.' 
« ' Terrant' substituted for ' Terryng- 
haro.' 



368 IVOOD'S ZIFE AWD TI:IES. 

July i5, W., fast day, Dr. (William) Wake, canon of Ch. Ch., 
preached at St. Marie's. 
July 16, Th., at Snowe's. 
18 July, S., election of Margaret Professor. Dr. Henry Maurice 
sometimes of Jes. Coll. now rector of Newington, and Mr. Thomas 
Sykes, B.D. of Trin. Coll. stood. Dr. Maurice carried it by 5 rotes, 
whereof two or 3 were hot capable to ve, riz. Dr. (Richard) 
Annesley, deane of Exeter; Dr. (George) Hooper, deane of Can- 
terbury. 
3o July, Munday, between 8 and io at night, bonfiers in all 
Colleges, Halls, streets, and ringing of bells, by the command of the 
vicechancellor for the victory 1 the English bath obtained against the 
Irish in Ireland. 
July 2 3, Th., Mr. (? Francis) Loder  told me that the bishop s, pre- 
sident of Magd., is going to reforme gownes, appareil, in his College. 
July 23, Th., James Harrington married to ... Stradling, a citizen's 
daughter, neice to Dr. (George) Stradling. 
July 36, Su., John Waugh of Queen's Coll. preached at S. Marie's 
in the afternoone and told the fellowes of bouses their egregious sin ; 
called them ' usurpers," ' for they occupied their places unworthily.' 
July 26, Sunday, (Henry Cavendish) duke of Newcastle died ; so 
the line is extinct . 
,lune, ,luly--my book bas been the subject of discourse in Oxford 
for a month togeather. The bachelors and undergraduats speak 
generally vell of it. Some heads of houses, bachelors of Divinity, 
and fellowes are generally against it; study to pick holes in it or at 
least popery.--Dr. (Ralph) Bathurst complaines that there is 'bad 
sense in very many places'; (Michael) Harding of Trin., (that 
there is) 'a great deal of popery' and that I 'speak favourably of 
the papists.'--Balliol Coll. say I call parson Hodges » a cuckold, 
because his wife was 'dishonest to him'; that 'they are careless of 
their MSS.', because ]Dr. (Thomas) James took some away--so he 
did from Merton.All fellowes of houses and ministers that sneer 
[and  ministers say strong and mighty to drink].--Dr. (Matthew) 
lXlorgan  told me in the Proscholium 13 July (/I.) that he 'had 

 at Aghrim on 12 .tuly ; sec Evelyn's 
I)iary under date 19 July 69i ; Lut- 
trell ii. 266, 268. 
2 ? Francis Loder, M.A.S. Edm. H. 
16 June I677. 
: John IIough, bishop of Oxford and 
president of Magd. Coll. 

* see Luttrell ii. 3oi. 
» Anthony Hodges, in the Fasti for 
I638. 
« added later. 
 Matthew Morgan, D.C.L.S. John's 
î July 685. 



UNE  A UGUST, 1691. 

369 

hOt seen my book but heard that I spoke of and favoured popery, 
and spoke hOt well of Thomas Cranmer in William Warham' (but 
he did hot know that 'twas in Italic characterl); that I 'said that 
father Grebby  who was lecturer of Carfax doubted the immortality 
of the soul of man.'-- 3 July, M., at the tavern with Mr. (Arthur) 
Charlet, Dr. (Salisbury) Cade (Walter) Fifeild 2, (Roger) Almond ' ; 
where Mr. Charlet shew'd me a letter received from London last night 
(from James Harrington) that my book was better received at London 
than at Oxon ; that the bookseller ((Thomas) Bennet) was well con- 
tented with it.--July 5, Th., at night, at the upper gates of Trin. Coll. 
Mr. Charlet told me that Mr. (Michael) Harding had a lecture for me 
for several passages in my book. He passed by soon after and said 
not one word.--Eadem nocte at Mr .... Joyner's, Mr. (Thomas) 
Creech told me that I said ' S .... entered into the holy order of the 
Carthusians.'--July 9, Sunday at Mr. (Arthur) Charlet's chamber, 
l'lr .... Hinton » told me of the stone pulpit of S. Marie's (vide notes 
at cardinal (John) Morton in margin). He told me (W(illiam) 
13(isho)p being then there) that Dr. (Roger) Mander (toaster) of 
Ball. Coll. said'it was not' (my book) 'fit to wipe one's arse with.' 
--25 July, S., Mr. (Arthur) Charlet told me that the toaster of Ball. 
Coll. (Roger Mander) should say that "twas no matter' or that 
'the book deserves to be burnt in every eollege quadrangle.' False. 
Mr. (William) Richards, archdeacon of ]3erks, was desired to sub- 
scribe to my book by A(rthur) Ch(arlet), he answered that he 
'would rather subseribe to have it burnt.'--7 Nov., Mr. (Arthur) 
Charlet and ... at the King Head Tavern, where his endeavours 
were to run me and my book downe, because he will not take off 
6 copies « 
• a.ugusl;.--August z, S., an account in Short's letter of a great deal 
of hail that fell at Chadlington coin. Oxon. which did a great deal of 

harme. 
 and therefore a quotation and hot 
a statement by XVood. 
= Robert Grebby, in the Fasti for 
6I 9. 
a Walter Fifield, M.A. Trin. 2 May 
6sà. 
* Roger Almont, B.D. Trin. 3 July 
6î7. 
» this naine cannot be fixed ; there 
are several Hintons M.A. at this time. 
ç Arthur Charlet seems to bave pro- 
mised to take 16 copies of the Alhenae 
Oxon., to dispose of them by getting 
YOL. III. 

his friends to buy them. Hence his 
canvassing William Richards, see supra 
towards the end of Jan. x69ï-. Mr. 
Madan bas pointed ont to me the record 
of one copy which Charlet disposed of 
(in MS. Bodl. Add. A. 75, P. I4)-- 
' Dec. , I69O, Received then of Mr. 
I-Iumphrey Hody of Wadham for the 
use of Thomas Bennet the summe of 
5 shillings according to his proposais 
oI printing Mr. Wood's book--by me 
Ar. Charlett ; Ss.' 

ub 



3 70 n:ooD's LIFE .4ND TIIIES. 

Aug. 3, M., S(arah)Cox, 6d. 
Aug. 4, T., Mr. (James) Guillim, the senior proctor, of Ball. Coll., 
died. 
Aug. 6, Th., Dr. (John) Rudston, LL.D., S. John's, died there at 
8 in the morning ; carried to S. Alban's (Aug. 9) where his father lires 
and there buried. 
Aug. 9, Su., at 8 or 9 at night, S. ]XIarie's bell rang out for . . . 
Trollop who married the daughter of alderman William Wright by his 
first wife. 
(The) University very empty and dead; and money but little 
stirring. 
Aug. o, ni., Adam Lugg, M.A. of Ball. Cll. admitted proctor in 
Convocation loco (James) Guillim. 
Aug. I,-3, Th., this day the hers of the conntess of Dorset x went from West- 
minster to Wytham in Sussex to be buried. In the Queen's bedchamber succeeds 
the countess of Nottingham . 
Aug. IS, T., el(ean) sh(e«ts). 
Aug. 8, T., . . . Simmons, fellow of New Coll., died of a feaver ; 
,and the saine day . . . Bartlet of a feaver (wife of Edward Bartlet 
the yonger).--A nexv malignant feaver rages in Oxford and many dye 
of it. 
Aug.  8, T., Mr .... Fox, treasurer of the customes, died  
Aug. 9, W., fast, (Robert) Barnes 4 of Linc. Coll. preached. 
Aug. 2z, Friday, (Henry Belasyse)lord Eellasis, a papist, died in the country. 
Aug. 27, Th., yong lord 13ellasis buried in S. Giles in-the-fields. 
Aug. 23, Sunday, chappell at Chelsey consecrated by the archbishop of Canter- 
bury (John Tillotson) and bishop of London (Henry Compton). 
Aug. 26, Wedn., at 9 in the morning, New Coll. great bell rung out 
for (Nathaniel) Pelham , a senior fellow. 
Letters dated Aug. 27, Th., say that ÇRichard Talbot) earl of Tirconnell  is 
dead. (Another afterwards, that he was buried 2o of Aug.--quaere volume of 
Ireland)--that a fast was kept among the English and Scotch in a larg roome 

 lady Mary Compton danghter of 
James, earl of lXTorthampton, married 
(second wife) 7 Mat. I68- Charles 
Sackville earl of I)orset. 
 Arme, only daughter of Chfistopher 
I-Iatton second viscount Hatton, mar- 
ied (second wife) 29 l)ec. 1685 I)aniel 
Finch eafl of Nottinham. 
•  Luttrell il. 274. 
« Robert Barnes cntered Litac. Coll. 

as servitor 21 Oct. 1676 , ' filius Philo- 
thei 13arnes, plebei, natus apud Dun- 
ninon co. Linc., aetat. 6' ; M.A. 25 
July 1686, B.D. I6 July I691 ; Fellow 
of Linc. coll. adm. 19 June 1684, res. 
4 Apr. 1712. 
 Nathaniel Pelham B.D. New C. 2 7 
lov. I6î9. 
 Luttrell il. 275. 



.,4 UG. -- SEPT. 1691. 37  
at S. Germaine's, by permission of the French king, for a prosperous success of 
King James II ; Dr. (Dennis) Greenvile, late deane of Durham, preached. 
Aug. 3% Sunday, were consecrated in the church of St. Mary Bow, Dr. (Richard) 
Kidder to Bath and Wells, loco (Thomas) Ken non-sweater ; Dr. (Robert) Grove 
to Chichester loco (Simon) Patrick translated to Ely ; and(John) Hall to Bristow 
loco (Gilbert) Ironside translated to Hereford (vide Gazet). (Gilbert) Bumet, 
bishop of Sarum, preached the consecration sermon. 
This month small pox and a new feaver very frequent in Oxford 
and divers dye. 
In this monthl a great storm at sea neare Plymouth; ships 
wrecked, 700 men lost, 18 escaped. Among those lost was Gilbert 
James sometimes of Ails. Coll. a captain of the marine regiment--vide 
Gazet. 
September.--Sept. 3, Th., hIr .... Vivian, clerk controller of 
the green cloth, died. 
Sir William Poultney, one of the commissioners of the Privie Seal, burgess for 
Westminster, and nominated judge of the Common Pleas, dyed suddenly on 
Sunday in the afternoone as he took his accustomed sleep in his chaire ; he was 
at church in the morning--so letter dated 8 Sept., T. So he died Sept. 6, Su. ; 
buried Sept. I , F., in St. Ann's church in the city of London. (Entered in the 
Altt.) in John Pulteney of Ch. Ch. 
Sept. IO, Thursday, in the evening the bell rang out for Dr. 
(Edward) Pococke, canon of Ch, Ch., who died at one of the clock 
that morning. Armes--' checquey argent and sable a lyon rampant 
or,' impaling Burdet of Hampshire. (He had) 3 sons and 3 
daughters or more. Buried in one of the north isles of Ch. Ch.3. 
Letter dated Sept. 12, S., saith Sir Edmtmd Jennings, a member of Parliament, 
and one of the commissioners of the prize office died this week : and on that day 
(Sept. 12) was buried Sir XVilliam Wood, marshall of the archers, being attended 
by the company with drums and colours, who gave two flights of arrowes at his 
grave in St. Clement Danes. 
Sept. 16, W., Fast day, (Charles) Walter of Bras. Coll. preached 
at St. Marie's. 
Sept. 18, F., between ii and i2 at night, a daughter borne to Mr. 
Hacket ; Xtned the next day Sept. 19 at 5 in the afternoone, by the 
naine of Anne. 
Sept. I8, F., . . . Bird, somtimes commoner of Queen's Coll., who 
had killed his wife, was executed at Tuburne. In the matric, book 
I find these two Birds  to be matriculated of Queen's Coll.--' 16 7 2, 
1 see Evelyn's Diary under date  James Bird was the murderer. 
13 Sept. 1691. See Luttrell ii. 277, Wood 4--2 (no. 13a ) is ' The Speech 
279. ofJames Bird gent. executed at Tyburn 
-" Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, • IS Sept. 1691 for the murdcr ofhis wife 
P. 477. Elizabeth Bird,' Lond. 169. 
Bb2 



îoE II'OOD'S LIFF NL) TIMFS. 
May , Rogcr Bird, act. , filus Rogcri Blrd de Ipslcy coin. War- 
wck, nfinsH'; «7, May , Jamcs Bird, acL , filius Jacobi 
]ird de Brougham in coin. Wcstmorland, armigcd.' 
Sept. i, I., Charlcs) Wood  wcnt to Winton rcturn'd soon 
af ter. 
Letter dated 22 of Sept., T., 1691 , the yong lord Allington s died on Sunday 
of the small pox at Eaton Coll. whereby the honour is extinct ; but 'ris raid the 
estate goes to one Mr. Hilbrone or Hilbourne a neare relation. 
Short's letter Sept. 24, Th., i691 ; Dr. (\Villiam) Harrison, toaster of St. Cross 
by Winton and preb. of that place, as also minister of Cherlton, dyed lately; 
whcreby neare 2oooli. per annum devolves to that bishop's disposall. Mr. (Arthur) 
Charlet raith 'ris false s. 
Short's letter, 27 Sept., Su. ; they conclude that the lord Lisbourne (Adam 
Loftus) was killed by a cannon-shot as he lay upon his quilt in the trenches 
(Limerick). 
!Nexvs letter at Short's, 29 Sept., T., i691 ; Mr .... Brett who was condemned 
last sessions for killing a shomaker in Grey's Inne Lan and reprieved for some 
dayes was yesterday executed at Tyburne ; and his corps vas yesterday carried 
away in a herse. The Queen would hot grant his pardon.--the lord Dorer  
(Henry Jerrnyn) is in favour with the King.--Mr .... Knowles, the non-conformist 
minister, was yesterday inter'd from Merchant Taylour's hall, above 5ooo people 
accompanying the herse. 
Sept. 3 o, W., Dr. (Jonathan) Edwards retook his place of vice- 
chancellor. 
In this month and in August small pox exceeding brief; and several 
die of it in Oxford. 
Oetober.--Oct. 4, Sunday, is layd with lir. Hiat. 
Oct. 5, M., at Bayworth with lXIr. Aub(rey) and Dyar » 
[Oct. 8 6, Th., Halswell Tynt died]. 
Oct. 9, Friday, at night, many bonfiers in the streets and Colleges, 
with ringing of bells, for joy that Limerick is taken. Yet the Gazet * 
that came to Oxford that night did not absolutely mention it. 
l'qews letter dated Oct. 9, F., saith that Dr. (Thomas) ]3arlow, bishop of Ly-ncoln, 
is at the article of death. He died 6 of Oct. s, T. ; so Mr.(Arthur) Charlet who 
told me 'twas Tuesday. Died and buried at Buckden. 
13 Oct., T, Sir William Hussey, embassador» died at Adrianople s. Vide Gazer 
29 Oct., Th. 

 Charles Wood, youngest son of 
Wood's brother Christopher. 
s Giles Alington. 
 William Harrison died 7 Aug. I694. 
 see Evelyn's Diary undcr date 7 
Nov. i69i ; Luttrell il. 3o5. 
 possibly Richard Dyer M.A. Oriel 
20 Apr. 676. 

o note inWood MS. F 4 a slip at 
P- 59- 
 Luttrell il. 293 dates the express as 
reaching London on Oct. I2. Wood 
fio (38) is 'A diary of the siege and 
surrender of Lymerick,' Lond. 1692. 
s 8 Oct. in Luttrell ii. 29i. 
s Luttrell ii. 3oo. 



SEPT.  OCT. 11391. 373 
Letter dated Oct. 13, T., i69i ; letters from Scotland tell us that the corps of 
general Dowglas  was arrived at Edinburg in order to be buried.--Mr. (William) 
Sacheverill one of the knights (of the shire) for Nottinghamshire, died on Friday 
last at his seat in that county. 
14 of Oct., W., should have been a fast, but upon the victory at 
Limerick, 'twas turned into a feast to be the 26 of Nov. 3, Th. 
News letter dated Oct. 15, Th.; Mr. (Edward) Pocock, chaplain 
to the earl of Pembroke, is to succede his father (Dr. Edward Pocock) 
in the Arabick lecture at OxfordL--Dr. (Jonathan)Edwards, vice- 
chancellor of Oxford, is lately corne to court to justifie his proceedings 
in not expelling the non-jurors or non-swearers: and gives this 
reason 'because the Queen's letter for that purpose was only directed 
to him 4, whereas it should have been to him and the Heads of the 
Universitie.' 

Letters dated 17 Oct., S.; (Sir Richard Graham)lord Preston committoE1 to 
Newgate fo» hot making confcssion concerning Dr. (Francis) Turner bishop of 
l.ly. 

Sunday morning, Oct. 8, circa 2, . . . Wise a milliner his house 
broke open and lost in plate and goods about iooli. ; brok thro' the 
Castle Ilm cellar and backside. 

Letters dated 20 of Oct., T., that counsellour (John) Hawles of Lincoln's Inn 
is in competition with Sir ]3arthelmew hore for the recordership of London.-- 
and by letters dated at Dublin, Oct. 19, M., 'ris certified that Lord Chier Justice 
(John) Keating shot himself in the head with a pistoll of a brace of bullets the 
next day for the surrender of Limerick. The jury brought him in non com.po» 
mentis. 

Oct. 2 , Wedn., at 9 at night and al'ter, bonfiers in several streets 
and colleges, with ringing of bells at New Coll. and other places, for 
joy of King William's arrival from Holland » 
Letter dated Oct. 22, Th. ; colonel . . . Kirk  is lately dead at 
]3russells. 
Oct. 22, Thursday, Anthony Hall of the Meremaid died, aetat 35 or 
therabouts: buried Oct. 24, S., in Carfax church. Died of dropsie, 
scurvy, etc. 

Luttrell ii. 292. 
Luttrell ii. 298. 
Dr. Thomas Hyde succeeded Dr. 
Edward Pocock in the Laudian profes- 
sorship of Arabic. 
he had been directed to turn the 
non-jurors out of their fellowski2Ss in 

the Colleges, in xvhich he (qua vicechan- 
cellor) had no jurisdiction ; Luttrell il. 
29I. 
 Luttrell ii. 296. 
 Lieutenant-general (Piercy) Kirk ; 
Luttrell ii. 299. 



374 WOOD'S .LIFE AWD TII"ES. 
22 Oct., Th.» ordered by parliament that Mr. Speaker issu ont a warrant fo the 
clerk of the crowne for the electing of burgesses to serve in parliament for 
-- Chipping Wicomb in Bueks in the place of William Jephson, esq. ] 
-- Saltash in Comwall in the place of Richard Carew, esq. t deceased. 
-- Hampshire for a knight in the place of Richard Norton, esq. 
-- K.ent, in the room of Sir Vere Vane now earl of Westmorland called to the 
House of Lords. 
-- city of Westminster, in file place of Sir William Poultneyo 
-- city of Rochester in the place of Francis Clerk, esq. 
-- Dunwich in . . . in the place of Sir lhilip Shippon, knight. 
-- Rippon in Yorks in the place of Sir Edmund Jennings, knight, deceased. 
-- Calne in Wilts in the roome of Henry Baynton, esq. 
-- couaty of Notts, a knight of the shire in the place of William 
Sacheverell, esq. 
-- towne of Montgomery in the place of James Herbert, esq. 
In a letter received frorn Mr. John March of New Castle in this 
month he told rne Gowen Knight was lately dead. His vicaridg of 
Pontelrn, worth ioh'., neare Newcastle. He told me he died at 
Leicester (rather Notfingharn). His letter is arnong letters concern- 
ing John Shaw. Died perhaps in Sept. 
Oct. 25, Sunday, Dr. (Henry) Maurice, Margaret professor, preached 
at St. Marie's; and on Sat. Oct. 3 , the news was that he died 
suddenly . 
Oct. 27, Tuesday, Oxford and Oxfordshire feast; Mr. Walter 
Fifield of Trin. Coll. preached at S. Marie's. 
Letter dated Oct. 27, T.; last Sunday in the rnorning (Oct. 25) 
Georg Legg lord Dartrnouth  was taken ill with an apoplexy while in 
bed with his lady ; and before a physitian could corne, he died  houres 
after. 
In the latter end of this rnonth of Oct. Dr. Hugh Wynn  of Allsouls 
and Thomas Gardiner of tbe saine vere depriv'd of their places as 
non-jurors, to rnake room for an election. 
Feaver and small pox very frequent in Sept., Oct., and Nov. 
In the latter end of Oct. and beginning of Nov. died 3 rnen of 
S. Martin's parish of a malignant feaver, viz .... Wise, milliner 
(buried at Newnharn, Nov. 4, W.) ; . . . Phillips, grocer ; . . . Larnb, 
a hosier, son of old Lamb a quaker. These three died after A(nthony) 
Hall. 
llovember.Nov. 2, M., Allsouls day; Dr. (Hugh) Wynn of 
Allsouls pronounced non-socius, a non-juror. 
Nov. 5, Tb., gun-powder treason, William Louth of S. John's Col- 
lege preached at S. Marie's. 
' Gutch's Y'ood's Coll. and Halls,  Luttrell ii. 298. 
P. 5'8.  elilMae tlearda,ac ii.  3. 



OCT.--JVOV. 1691. 375 
Nov. 6, F., Dr. Henry Iaurice, Iargarct Professor, buried : codera 
dic, Thomas Sykes, bachclor of Divinity, of Trin. Coll., elected 1 into 
his place. 
In the first weck of this month died Thomas hIunday, fellow of 
New Coll. 
Nov. 8, Su., cl(ean) shccts. 
Nov. 9, ni., SVilliam King of Ch. Ch. spokc in schola linguarum in 
laudem Bodlci. Rcflectcd upon the author of Aih. Oxon. for saying 
that Ch. Ch. did hot clcct or choosc one of All Soulcs to speakc 
]3odlcycs specch, Dr. (John) hIorris having had his brccding thcrcin. 
NOV. Il, xV., Dr. (Thomas) Chrostwait of Quccn's Çoll. pro- 
nounccd non-socius. 
Nov. z, Thursday, vice-chanccllor (Jonathan dwards) sent for 
hh'. (tIcnry) Dodwcll and forbad him to rcad the ncxt day--a non- 
juFor. 
No»'. I4, Sat., Roger Altham, senior, bac. of Div. of Ch. C., 
installed canon loco (Edward) Pococke. Fasti 1683. Roger 
Altham became Hebrew professor as canon, but doth not read 
because he is no I[ebritian. Yet being a Ch. Ch. man he was 
admitted canon. Partiality ! Others of other houses were fit for it ; 
but the place is reserved for a Ch. Ch. man. 
Letters dated 4 Nov., S., that Dr. (William) Beav, bishop of Landaff, is latcly 
dead. I«als. 
Letter at Short's dated 4 Nov., S., I69 ; on Thnrsday one Dr. Summers  
neare Exeter appeared at the King's ]3ench, he being bound over for violent 
assaulting or wounding a countryrnan with a sword for refusing to drink the sham 
Prince of Wales his heMth, and breaking severall earthen plates in an inn that 
had the pictures of King William and Queen Mary, uttering at the sarne tirne 
very scandalous words against thern, etc.--Ibidem ; the earl of Clarendon (Henry 
t-Iyde) admitted upon bayle.--Matthew Keeling a the first discoverer of the Rye 
plot is ordered to be tried at the King's bench on Fdday next (Nov. zo) for high 
misdearneanors against the goverament. 
[Nov.  I8, 69I , ('The artless midnight thoughts of a gentlernan at Court,' 
London, 684) given to me by the author.] 
9 NOV., Th., election day for Camden's professorship; Dr. 
(Charles) Aldsxvorth of lIagd. Coll.; Stephen Penton; (Thomas) 
Newey of Ch. Ch., stood)--Aldsworth carried it by z9 rotes, t'as/i 

1686. 

1 Luttrell ii. 303, 304 • 
 Wood notes on this name « . .. Surn- 
mers, /vI.A. of Trinity Coll., natural 
son of Dr (John) Bidgood of Exeter.' 
Joseph Somrners, M.A. Tfin. 4 June 
6. Luttrell ii. 3o5. 

 Joseph Keeling, Luttrell ii. 234, 
307, 3o. 
* note in Wood's copy (Wood 83), 
but Wood does not say who the autho 
VaS. 



376 WOOD'S LIFE AND TI2IES. 

Letter dated 19 Nov., Th. ; Sir Thomas Pilkington died last night. 
Gazer Nov. I9, Th. ; Sir William Trumball, late embassador from their majestles 
of Great ]3ritain to the Ottoman Port, parted from hence (Venice) on his return 
towards England (so from Venice, Nov. 9)- 
Letter dated Nov. 19, Th. ; a commission is out to make the earl of Pembroke 
(Thomas Herbert), Sir John Lowther, Sir Richard Ansley, and Sir Robert Riche 
commission(er)s of the Lord Admiralty. 
Nov. 2I, S., letter then dated; ' I ara told Dr. (Thomas) Burnet, Master of the 
Charterhouse, is ruade clark of the closet to the king.' ['Tis  true ; and gapes after 
the see of Winton.]--The late King's (King James II) chappell at Whitehall 
will be ruade a ]ibrary and stored with books of all languages . [No a such 
thing; it was afterwards demolished]. Ibidem; I)r. (James) Wehvood author 
of 'the New Observator' or ' Observator Reformatus' (and)(Richard)Baldwin 
of Varwick Lane in cnstody for printing some things derogatory to the privilege 
of parliament was then freed, paying his fees. Quaere, in John March. 
James VVelwood, I)r. of Physic (a Scot, of Cambridg) in the custody of a 
serjeant at armes for certaine passages reflecting on the Parliament in his 'New 
Observator,' to be bronght to the barr on the 28 Nov., S. Vide John llarch. 
Nov. -"4, Tuesday, Robert Say, provost of Oriel, died inter horas 
5 et 6 post rneridiem, aged ...; buried in Oriel Coll. Chapel3, 
Monday following (Nov. 3 o) at night ; and hot by his wife. His coat 
impaled by Oriel, impaling Zouch and by itself. 
News letter at Short's, dated 24 Nov., T. ; Mr. (William) Chefiînch, closet keeper 
to King Charles II, died the close of the last week and left 2o,oooli. behind him. 
--Ibidem ; the great trial  came on to-day (24 Nov.) between the earl of Bathe 
(John Granville) and duchess of Albemarle  but wee doe hOt heare the verdict. 
Sir Thomas Higgons, a witness in the tryall, no sooner came out of the crowd 
into the coffey-house in the court of requests but he fell downe dead. 
Nov. 26, Th., (Jasper) Banister , B.A. of Oriel CoII., died. 
lA v consumptive scholar died in the house of . • • Peers, butler of 
Oriel, in Holywell; buried 26 of Nov., Th., in Halywell chancell-- 
So H(arry) Clement (told me); he saith 'twas ]3anister, cornrnoner 
of Oriel.] 
A stranger, a minister named . .., died in the house of... 
Pierce, widdow of Richard Piers, bedell. ]3uried in Halywell chan- 
cell, 26 of Nov., Th. Mr .... Ellacker, a non-sweater; quaere. 
Letter dated 6 Nov. , Th., I69 ; Mr .... I)arcy in a morning gowne , lac'd 

 note by Wood, added later. 
* Luttrell ii. 307. 
 Gutch's Yood's Coll. and Halls, 
p. x36. See stra, pp. 24 , 242. 
* Luttrell ii. 225, 259 , 309. 
 lady Elizabeth Cavendish daughter 
of Henry Cavendish duke of Newcastle, 
widow of Christopher Monke duke of 

Albemarle. 
 Jasper Banister, B.A. Oriel 7 Nov. 
69L 
 this note is struck out, being in 
error and superseded by the next note. 
 Wood notes ' he was drowned that 
day in the morning." 
 Luttrell il. 3o9. 



'oM  »Ec. 1691. 377 
bat, and red breeches took boat af the Savoy staires and when he was in the 
middle of the Thames cast himself over the boat and drowned himself. 
lOV. 26, Thursday, Thanksgiving day for the taking of Limrick and 
reduction of Ireland. gIr. (William) Nicolls of gIerton Coll. preached 
at S. lIarie's, glusick (anthem) from the organ gallery performed by 
22 voices and instruments or more. At night illuminations in the 
High Street, North Gate Street, Fish Street, Cat Street, and other 
places, which was never knowne in Oxon before. These illuminations 
began at the upper end of Car Street about 5 or 6 of the clock in the 
evening by Dan. Webb, tlarry Clement, and ...... in Dan Webb's 
old bouse. Bonfiers everywhere. The Iayor ((Henry)White) 
against Univ. Coll. had no illuminations, as 'twas said. 
Letter dated Nov. 28, S. ; Sir James Warrington  a yong gent. of 4ooo/i. per 
annum, who was to have married Sir Josiah Child's daughter with 2o,oooIi. 
portion, died on Thursday last (Nov. 26) of the small pox.--llr. Darcy drowned 
himself last Thursday (Nov. 26) bccause the night before ho had lost a great sum 
of money at gaming. 
Nov. 9, Sunday, gIr. William Bishop discharged of his fellowship 
of Ball. Coll. because a non-juror; and Theophilus Downes, fellow. 
News in the latter end of the monfl that (Edward) Greenwood of 
Bras., chaplain to the embassador, died at gIadrid in Spayne. 
Deembr.--i Dec., Tuesday, John Giles, gI.A. of Univ. Coll., 
senior fellow, drowned himself at the upper end of Ch. Ch. walke on 
Cowley lIead side ; buried in the College chapel. 
The saine night Wildgoos of fle ÷ In was buried. About which 
houre, 8 or 9 at night, died . . . Browne, of S. Marie's parish, som- 
times barber to Eward (Hyde) earl of Clarendon. 
The saine day, I Dec., Tuesday, Dr. (George) Royse, lately ruade 
rector of Newington loco (Henry) glaurice, was elected provost of 
Oriel Coll. 
[z Dec., W., 1691 , bought of glr. West 'A defence  of King 
Charles I' by Richard Hollingworth, Lond. 169. ] 
Letter dated Dec. 8, T.; llr .... Graham  (a lawyer, quaere), who was 
exempted from pardon, died yesterday in towne.--col .... Titus and llr .... 
Lloyd are declared duly elected for Lndlow to sit in parliament . 

 Sir John Barington, Luttrell ii. 309. 
 in connection with the authorship 
of the .Eikon Basilike. Note in Wood's 
copy, Wood 363 3).--Wood 363 (4; is 
' A letter from general Ludlow to Dr. 
Ilollingworth ' Amst. t69t ; Wood 363 

(5) is ' A second defenee of King Charles 
I, by way of reply to Ludlov's letter to 
IIollingvorth,' Lond. I692. 
 Luttrell il. 3 t. 
* Luttrell ii. 3  I. 



.378 I/VOOD'S LIFE AND TIIES. 
Dec. 9, W., received from the hands of Dr. (Thomas) Burton 
a guinney from Dr. (Benjamin) Woodroff for great paines in, etc. 
Dec. 9, W.,... ]3anister, apothecary, the father, died ; buried in 
S. Nichael's churchyard. 
Dec. 12, S., vulgarly reported that R(ichard) Baxter is dead. 
Hague,  2 Dee. stilo novo, Sir William Trumba11, late embassador to Turkey, 
is corne to this place. Vide January following. 
Short's letter dated I2 Dec., S. ; Mr. (Richard) Baxter hath left his library to 
be sold and disposed for charitable uses ; and hasgiven his MSS. to Mr. (Matthew) 
Silvester who succeeds him in his congregation. Dr. (William) Bates preached 
his funeral sermon, and I ara told Henry Ashurst is overseer of his will. 
Ha11'» letter dated 12 Dec., S.; 'on Tuesday next (Dec. 15) Mr. (Richard) 
Baxter will be buried at Xt. Ch. neare Newgate and Dr. (\Villiam)Bates is to 
preach his funeral sermon.' [Baxter * was hOt bred iu Oxon; see what I have 
said in George Lawrence]. 
Ha11'» letter, Dec.  , S. ; yesterday the earl of Nottingham's u eldest son died. 
--The king hath allow'd Mr. Sellers, the discoverer of the plot , 4oli. till he tan 
see what he tan doe. 
Two letters dated 15 Dec., T., saith the eldest son  of Daniel (Finch) earl of 
Nottingham, called lord Finch, aet. I , died last Sunday. 
Short's letter dated Dee. 17, Th. ; this night Mr. (Richard) Baxter was buried 
4 o moumers, 9 ° dissenting ministers, thou,ands of people, and three divines 
of the Church of England, that followed his herse.--Mr. (Arthur) Charlet in his 
letter from London dated I Dee. 169I tel1» me Mr. (Richard) Baxter was at- 
tended to his grave in Ch. Ch. this night by several thousands . See more after- 
wards. 
Hall's lcttcr dated 9 Dcc.» S.; yesterday Frank  thc Jesuit and anothcr stood 
in thc pillory at Charing Cross. [Scc what I havc said in Nf. (Thomas) Dcanc 
(in thc ,4l.)].--Mr. (Richard)Baxtcr bath left behind him a littlc book to bc 
pnblishcd aftcr his dcceasc entit. ' The grand question rcsolved, or What a man 
must doc to bc saved.'Baxtcr's body carricd from Mcrchant Taylor's hall to 
Ch. Ch. ; Dr. (William) Bates preached his funcral sermon in thc meeting place. 
In another letter he  is stiled ' father Francis,' who with one Harper stood in 
the pillory at Charing Cross for forging a pass to go to Holland.--In the' Account 
of condemned prisoners at Newgate' he is called Thomas Franks a reputed 
Jesuit. Stood in the pillory at Charing Cross and Temple barr, and fined 2li. 
lbr hiring a ship to carry to France (Sir Richard Graham) lord Preston, Sir 
V¢illiam Wallis, (Francis Turner) bishop of Ely, etc. See what I bave said in 
Mr. (Thomas) Deane. The said Thomas Franks was the saine with Thomas 
Deane late fellow of Unir. Coll. and now a papist--so Mr. (William) Smith of 
Unir. Coll. who told me that his standing in the pillory (was) for concealing 
a libell against the government written by one who lodged in the saine bouse 
with him. 

note added by Wood. 
sec note 4. 
see Evelyn's Diary under date 6 
Dec. I69. 
I do hot find this son (who, if the 
statement is correct, must have been by 

the earl's first wife) noliced in the 
Peerages. Luttrell ii. $i 2. 
 Lnttrell ii. 
 Luttrell il. 
 i.e. the Jesuit mentioned in the 
preccding paragraph. 



DC. 1691 -- 'AW. 169.. 
2 Dec., T., Dr. (Thomas) Hyde was elected Arabc professor loco 
(Edward) Pocock. 
Mounoy's letter, 2. Dec., T. yesterday the bshop of Durham 
((Nathaniel) Crew) was married to madam Frowde 
Short's letter dated 24 Dec., Th. ; the earl of Nottingham's son was yesterday 
carried into Northamptonshire (Bucks, rather) to be buried.wIbidem ; Sir V¢illiam 
Levinston Gore, a member of Newcastle under (Lyme), died last week. 
Dec. 26, S., Sir Littleton Osba(1)deston, baronet, died at Woodstock; bufied 
at ... (Arms) ..., impaling Broker or Groker. Left behind him issu, Sir 
Lacy Osbaldeston. 
3o Dec., W. ; Sir Dudley North died--so Short's letter. 
Mr. (John) lIayot told me that the preaching place without North 
Gate was translated to A(nthony) Hall's house in S. Ebb's; which 
room they have ruade a neat room. 

Edwardus Littleton, custos sigilli, eldest son and heir of Edward Littleton of 
Henley in Shropshire, descended from Thomas Littleton, knight of the Bath, ' qui, 
sub Edwardo 4 ° justiciarius, leges Angliae municipales (prius indigestas) in en- 
chiridion feliciter reduxit--opus in omne aevum juris consultis venerandum.' This 
Edward lord Littleton bred in the inner Temple ; a colonel in the garrison of 
Oxon. ; Dr. (Henry) Hammond the publick orator spoke a speech at his grave. 
Ann Littleton, only daughter and heir, the widdow of Sir Thomas Littleton 
baronet, did set up the monument  1683. 

169 and 1692:4 William and lary : Wood aet. 60. 

(At the beginning of this Almanac are 7 pages of verbal emcndations of pp. 
628-894 of the Athenae, probably of the proof-sheets. One of them for p. 748 is 
' earl of Pembroke understood Latin no more than an horse.') 

January.--Jan. 6, w., Mr. (Thomas) Sikes s told me that Dr. 
(John) Hall, toaster of Pembroke College, bishop of Bristow, suffers 
8 yong scholars to his college, not to weare gownes, and Thomas 
Gilbert, a nonconformist Independent, to read to them. Fals.--In 
January also i69ï- Mr. (Nicho]as) IIartin of Hart Hall told me that 
the toaster of Pembroke College, bishop of ]3ristow, suffers him to read 
to scholars of lais house. 

Jan. 7, Th. Hall' letters :--'This morning Sir "William Trumball, late em- 
bassador of the Ottoman court, arrived from Holland, and »vent this aftemoon, 
with the Master of the Ceremonies fo attend him, to the King at Kensington.' 

 Penelope, daughter of sir Philip 
Frowde. See Luttrell ii. 326. 
 in Ch. Ch. Oxford : Gutch's Wood's 

Coll. and Halls, p. 497. 
 Thomas Sykes, B.D. Trin. 3 July 
677 , D.D. I . May I69Z. 



38o 

IVOOD'S LIFF-. AND TLUES. 

Jan. 7, Th., Mr. Robert Boyle ' buried at St. Martin's in the fields--Dr. Gilbert 
I3urnet bishop of Sarnm preached his funeral sermon (preached in that church and 
(therefore I) suppose (that Boyle was) buried there). 
]Dr. Thomas Tenison was consecrated bishop of Lyncoln, Su., Io Jan. I69 at 
Lambcth : see Terme Catalogue, p. 62I a. 
Browne's letter, T., Jan. I2 :--' On Sunday last died Sir Peter Appleby  cofferer 
to the late King (King James II, quaere), of an apoplexy.'h' Ail the bishops here 
in towne are addressing the king fo put forth a proclamation to cause the lawes 
to be more strictly put in exccution against all manner of debauchery and pro- 
phancness on the Lord's day.' 
Jan. 3, W., foot-soldiers (red coates) in Oxford, some of whom 
were lately rapiers s in Ireland, as 'tis said: rob country people 
between S. Clements and Hedindon: rob and theeve in Oxon. Tied 
neck and heels 4, Th.,  4 Jan. Many rudenesses  and rogueries com- 
mitted by them. 
Short's letter, S., I6 Jan. :--' Dr. (William) Wake being to leave the parish of 
St. Ann (Soho) bas recommended to them one Mr .... Linsey to succeed him in 
the lectureship there--Dr. (John) Hearne 6 is rector.' 
Gazet, Jan. 18, M., the library of Paulus Colomisius, library keeper to the arch- 
bishop of Canterbury, to be sold by way of auction. 
Jan. 187, M., paid Mr. Haywood 7s for 82 gazets in the presence of his wife and 
lIr .... and mother eating (?) Elowman (?). 
Out of a letter from W. Bromley a parliament man to ]Dr. Thomas ]3ayley 
principal of New Inn dated, M., 18 Jan. 169 , thus :--' The occurrences of t_lais 
day I cannot forbeare communicating. I need hot tell you what reflections bave 
been ruade occasionally upon the Universities in passing the land-tax. When wee 
thought it finished and nothing more to be added, my countryman Mr. Richard 
]Iopkyns 8 offer'd a clause (and was so backed with the party as to prevail) that 
ail heads of Colleges and Halls, all fellowes and scholars, should voltmtarily tender 
themselves to take the oathes before three commissioners or be charg'd vith 8s per 
pound for ail stipends and salaries, etc., they receive. This is imposed upon no 
other condition of people whatsoever, so that it is a discrimination upon the 
Universities.--I believe there will be a bill brought into parliament on purpose to 

' Luttrell ii. 339 ; Evelyn's Diary 
under date I and 6 Jan. I69. Wood 
49 (50) is an elegy ' On the death of 
... Robert Boyle,' Lond. I692 , in 
which Wood notes ' bought at Oxon 
5 Jan- t69I' (i.e. ½). W°°d49 (49) 
is [Dr. Matthew Morgan's]' Elegy on 
the death of Robert ]3oyle,' Oxford 
I692 , in which Wood notes ' published 
in the beginning of March I69I ' i. e. ½. 
Wood 9 r (6) is 'A catalogue of tb_e 
philosophical books and tracts written 
by the bon. Robert ]3oyle, esq.' Lond. 
I692 , to which is added 'A catalogue 
of the theological books writ by the 
saine author.' 

 sir Peter Apsley, Cofferer of the 
Household to King James II : Luttrell 
il. 334- 
z perhaps for ' rapparees." 
 substituted for 'run the gauntlet.' 
» Luttrell notes disturbances between 
the townspeople and the troops at 
Cambridge (ii. 33 o, Jan. I69½ ) and at 
Kingston upon Thames (ii. 366, Feb. 
I69½). 
6 John Hearne, D.D. Exet. 4 Içarch 
I68. ; Boase's Reg. Coll. Exon. p. 73- 
 the ink of this note has so faded 
that it is partially illegible. 
 Wood notes :' Richard Iopkyns, 
a burgess for Coventry.' 



ANUARY, 1692. 38 I 
eject the fellowes of S. John's College in Cambridge, the present lawes being 
deficient. There is some apprehension of an abjumtion." 
19 Jan., T., frost began : broke i 3 (Feb.l). 
In the beginning of this month Dr. Andrew Clench  of the College of Physitians 
was strangled by a couple of ruffi(a)ns in the night rime in a coach. Sec the 
triall of a ... 
Another letter dated 2I Jan., Th. :--'John Churchill earl of Madborough 4 is 
said to be dismissed of ail his places at court.' 
Jan. 23, S., letter then dated :--' Major-general Thomas Talmash » kist he 
king's hand yesterday, being leivtenant general in the room of the ead of Marl- 
borough. The lord Colchester « has his (Marlborow's) eommand of captain of the 
third troop of guards. Lord Berkley his regiment ofhorse. Lord Georg Hamilton 
his regiment of phusiliers. Lord Sidley (Sydney) secceeds in the bed-chamber'-- 
another letter lord Lansdowne--' his crime 7 is hot yet knowne.'--' The earl of 
Clarendon was this day discharged of his recognizance, being the I day of the 
terme.' 
In another letter dated 23 Jan., S. :--' Commissions are under the seale to make 
the duke of Ormond and Sir John Lanier lieutenant generalls.--Sir James Long, a 
member of parliament for Malmsbury, was well last night and dead this moming. 
--Sir John Abdy is also suddenly dead.' 
Letter dated Jan. 26, T. :--' The princes(s) of ]3enmark hath removed the 
countes(s) of Marlborough s from her service.' False ; shc keeps her still? 
(Wood 276 A no. CCCCCXVI is the printed scheme of preachers and theologlcal 
disputants at Cambridge, Jan.-July 692 , in which Wood notes ' Jan. 27, 69,' 
i.e. ½, ' dedit mihi J. B.' possibly ' James Bisse.') 
26 Jan? °, Tuesday, Convocation called about farming the press at 
the Theater to certaine London booksel!ers. A meeting in the 
Apoditerium belote the vice-chancellor, Doctors, and Masters setled in 
the house. Mr. (Charles) Cox n of C. C. C., deputy for Mr. (Chris- 
topher) Wase 1 absent, refused to go into the house tho sent for. So 
the Convocation dissolv'd. 

' Luttrell ii. 356, cp. ibid. 345, 348, 
355, 363 ('the great snows '). Evelyn's 
Diary under date 24 Jan. and 7 Feb. 
69. 
 Luttrell ii. 39, 33x ; Evelyn's 
I)iary under date 6 Jan. 69½. 
s Henry Harrison, Luttrell ii. 338, 
367, 4, 4, 44, 46. Wood 422 
(x4) is ' The arraiment.., of Henry 
Harrison for the murder of Andrew 
Clenche,' Lond. 69z. 
 Luttrell ii. 342, 343- 
» Wood was uncertain about the 
naine, offering here as variants Tol- 
mach,'  Talmarsh.' 
« Richard Savage. 

 i.e. the reason vhy Marlborough 
is dismissed. Evelyn's Diary under 
date 4 Jan. 69. 
s Luttrell il. 343- 
 Luttrell ii. 36o, 362, 373, 385. 
Evelyn's Diary under date 28 Jan. 
69- 
xÇ this note is written on a slip which 
bas on its back :--' being then a yong 
man, of a very unsetled head, or, as wee 
use to say, shatter-braine.' 
Xl Charles Cox M.A. Corp. 21 Feb. 
6s. 
 Senior Proctor  M.A. Corp. 2 3 
March I68. 



WOOD'S LIFIï AM TIMIïS. 

Jan. 27, w., Convocation the next day in the morn, wherein the 
business of the printers was 1... 
Jan. -"8, Th., this morning his majesty signed a warrant for passing 
a pattent to create baron Ginkle  baron Aghrim and earl of Athlone 
in Ireland. 
Jan..-8, Th., lIr. Thomas Sikes, Margaret professor, ruade his in- 
auguration speech. 
Jan. -"9, F., Dr. Charles Aldsworth of Magd. Coll. ruade his in- 
auo'uration speech as Camden's professor. 
Jan. -"9, F., (William) Pincock 3, one of the senior fellows of Bras- 
nose, turn'd out of his fellowship by the society because he will not 
take the oathes. 
Jan. 3o, S., King's day, Mr. (Lancelot) Tesdall  of Queen's 
College preached. 
Short's letter, 3o Jan., S. :--' Dr. (John) Williams (of the Poultry) will be pre- 
bendary of Cmrterbury, as 'tis said, on the resignation of Dr. (John) Yonger.' 
ebruary.--Short's letter, Feb. 4, Th. :--' countess of Bath » died 
yesterday' : vide infra. 
Febr. 6, Egg Saturday, David Gregory, M.A. of Edinburg and 
mathematical professor there, was presented in Congregation by Mr. 
Thomas Creech and admitted ad eundcm as he had stood in Edin- 
burgh. Which being donc he was adnfitted Astronomy professor loco 
Edward Bernard--see Fasli i684.--Feb, i3 s, S., Mr. (Jonas) 
Proast told me that Mr. Gregory was admitted Astronomy professor 
in that week. 
Feb. i8 , Thursd., the bell then rang out for Arthur Tilliard's son 
a milliner in London. 
Short's letter, Feb. i8, Th., saith that ' last night was buried in a 
vault under S. Clement Danes the body of (Jane,) countess of Bathe '. 
Obiit 3 Feb., quaere. 
Feb. i8 or therabouts, William Morehead 8 died at Bucknell ; see 
tastt" t 663. 
Feb. -"4, W., alderman (Richard) Hawkins making scotcheon 

 slip tom. 
 Luttrell ii. 347- Godert de Gin- 
kell, baron de Ginkel in the United 
Provinces, created baron Aghrim and 
earl of Athlone 4 Match 69. 
z William Pincocke, M.A. Bras. 9 
May 674. 
 Lancelot Teasdell, M.A. Queen's 
27 June 684. 

 Jane Wiche, daughter of Sir Peter 
Wiche, wife of John Granville Ist earl 
of Bath. 
« this note is scored out, as in error. 
 substituted for ' Arthur Tilliard the 
father died, aged 76? 
s XVilliam Morehead, M.A. New C. 
14 Jan. 66. 



AN.  3LRCH, 1692. 383 
for... Jurdan of Witney. I have his coat in my book t. This coat 
that alderman Hawkins ruade impaleth more quarterings.--The 
former  was Jurdaine of ]3urford; this, of Witney. 
Feb. 28, Sunday, the duke of Richmond s carried the sword before the king to 
church. He is lately corne from France 4; bas left his religion ; and sayes hee'l 
doe any thing to serve his majesty. 
The same day, Feb. 28, Su., captain... ]3ubb, a member of parliament, gentle- 
man usher in dayly waiting and govemor of Carlile, died of a lever. The lord 
Morpeth  succeeds him as govemour of Carlile. 
(Wood 365 (34) is ' A fair warning to murderers of infants, being an 
account of the trial condeumation and execution of Mary Goodenough 
at the assizes held in Oxon in Feb. i69x  ', Lond. 1692. ) 
(In Wood IIS. E 4 Wood cites--' Dr. Samuel Ward 6 of Cana- 
bridge Traclal«s de gymnasff Canlarigiensis anliquilale, 2IS., in less 
than 2 sheets in quarto : the beginning is " Sigebert, vir per omnkt 
doctissimus" etc. It goes by way of assertion and explication. A 
copie of this is in the hands of Robert Davies of Lannerch in Denbigh- 
shire, esq. : from whome I received it in the beginning of Feb. 169½ 
and returned it  Oct. 692 '.) 
lroh.--Gazet from 29 Feb., lXI., to 3 lXIarch, Th., number 
2745 :--' lXIarch i, T., this day Laurence Hyde eafl of Roff., Richard 
Jones earl of Ranelagh, Charles Cornwallis lord Cornwallis (vide 
infra), and Sir Edward Seymour bart. were sworne of their majesties 
honourable privie councill'--vide post, vide lasti i66o.--Ibid. :-- 
' Thomas Herbert earl of Pembroke constituted Lord Keeper of the 
Privie Seal 7, which his majestie delivered to his lordship this day, 
Match i.'--' Charles lord Cornwallis is appointed commissioner of the 
Admiralty loco Pembroke '.--' Sir Edward Seymour bart. and Charles 
lXlountague esq. are constituted by his majesty commissioners of their 
majesties' Treasury in the places of Sir John Lowther of Lowther 
bart., vice-chamberlaine of his majestie's household, and Thomas Pc,1- 
haro esq., vho have resigned the saine '. 
lXlarch 2, W., early in the morning, cramp. 

' ' painted from his wife,' followed, 
but scored out. 
- added afterwards to explain the 
difference of the coats. See vol. il. p. 
396 • 
s Charles Lennox, bast.rd son of 
Charles II by Louise de Querouaille. 
 Luttrell il. 361, 364, 365, 367, 3î o, 
371 • 

 Luttrell ii. 374- Charles Howard 
viscount Morpeth (succeeded as 3rd 
earl of Carlisle on 23 Apr. 1692 ). 
« see in Edward ]3ernard's (697) 
Catalogus Codd. iISS. Angl. el Hibern. 
in the Cambridge MSS. no. 8 (no. 
54 in the library of Gonville and 
Caius). 
7 Luttrell ii. "» 



384 

WOODS LIFE A«VD TII[ES. 

Short's letter, 1Iarch 3, Th. :--' The lord Lansdowne i was last 
night inter'd in the vault of S. Clement's church '. 
Friday, 4 Ixlarch , Ixlr. Thomas Prince of Ix[erton CoIlege expel'd 
by the society for abusing Dr. (Edmund) IxIartin. 
(Wood 372 (17) is ' The notorious impostor William lIorrell ah'as 
]3owyer', Lond. 1692, in which Wood notes 'bought of H(arry) 
Cl(ement) in the beginning of lXIarch I69 (i.e. ): it s was also 
printed in 8vo anno 1694 for a pocket book'.) 
lIarch 5, Sat., at night, IxIris. Langford's house behind Allhallows 
endeavoured to be rob'd; but discovered, and forced to fly. 
lIarch 7, IXI., fl(annel) sh(irt). 
lIarch I 1, F., at 3 or 4 in the morn, broke into IX.Iris Jeanes' house 
neare Alban Hall; took away plate, spoones. 
IXlr. (Henry) Gandy of Oriel College discharged about the begin- 
ning of this month for non-juring--see whether I have hOt mention'd 
him before. 
Thursday morn, IXIarch r T, William Levet, author of a letter to 
shew that Dr (John) Gauden did not write .Eikot Jasdike, died in 
his house near IXlarlborough in Wilts. I have this letter  in a folio 
sheet. 
(In Wood MS. E 3 at fol. 265 is ' A catalogue of the deans of Bangor from the 
year 155o' with this note :-- 
' Ir. Wood, 
I send yon now the deans of Bangor. Those of S. Asaph are hot yet quite 
transcribed and the post is just going off. 
Yonr friend, H. B.' 
Ibid. at fol. 269 a catalogue of deans of S. Asaph, sent by ' Humph. B.' 
This signature is no doubt that of Humphrey Humphreys, consecrated bshop 
of Bangor 3o June 1689. Wood has noted ' received 18 lXlarch 691 ,' i.e. ½ ' this 
I should have received a week sooner.') 
This month before the o day, severall petty thefts and robberies 
in Oxford. 
Gazet, IXlarch 19 or thereabouts, ' Thomas Coningsby  esq. created 
baron of Clanbrazil in the county of Armagh in Ireland ' 

 this is an error. Charles Granville, 
styled lord Lansdowne i66i-7oi , suc- 
ceeded his father as second earl of Bath 
Aug.  7oI. 
« substituted for ' March 9, Wedn.' 
Thomas Prince, fellow of Mertou in 
1676 ; Brodrick's lIerton, p. 296. 
Edmund Marten, fellow of lX[erton 1680, 
Warden I7O4-7o 9 ; Brodrick's Mer- 

ton, pp. 170, 297. 
z i.e. the life of this cheat. 
 Wood 36 () is William Levett's 
' Restitution fo the royal author or a 
vindication of King Charles the martyr's 
book,' Lond. 69i. 
 Thomas Coningsby, a Lord Justice 
of Ireland, was created baron Coningsby 
of Clanbrassil 17 Apr. 1693. 



3IARCtt--APRIZ, 1692. 385 
lIunday, March z i, fellow elected in Nr. Henry Gandie's fellow- 
ship of Oriel. 
Wedn., z 3 lIarch 169½ , S r. (Jmnes) ]3iss i told me that Thomas 
Irowne  the poet was writing a satyrical thing against me, my bile, 
and (Christopher) Codrington of Alls. told me by letter, Th., z4 
March.--On Easther Iunday, Match 28, I sent this letter following 
to lIr. Thomas ]3ennet  to know the truth :-- 
• There is one Mr. ]3rowne, a poet, whom to my knowledge I never yet saw nor 
ever gave offenee in word or action. This person, as I have been several rimes 
told by some of our Academians, doth intend to write some satyrieal peice against 
my book now ready to be published or against myself. Had sueh a work been 
undertaken by a Cantabrigian 'twould be no more than what I should expeet, but 
for a son of our eommon mother, the famous University of Oxford, to endeavour 
to defame, bespatter, or if you will eut the throat of another son (without any 
cause given) xvho endeavours day and night to do all the honour imanable to her 
and her deeeased sons is the most barbarous thing in nature, etc. I shall suspend 
my belief of this marrer till I heare more from you, which I hope will be speedily. 
In the meane time, I am yours, A.W. March 28, t692.' 
--Nothing  in the matter ; all lies. 
Narch 3 o, W., Oxford thieves round out, examined, and discovered 
at the Georg Inn. The keeper of it had received some goods that 
were taken from IIr. (Thomas) Lethbridge  of :Exeter College. 
April.--Short's letter dated April 2nd, S. :' Dr .... Sherinden *, 
bishop of Kilmore in Ireland, proving to be a non-jurer, Dr. (Robert) 
Huntingdon, provost of Dublin, is order'd to succeed him ; and 
deane... Burk is marie bishop of Ardagh, these being before united ; 
and Ir .... Ash is ruade provost of the college at Dublin. 
Apr. 3, Lovt Sunday, Mr. (William) Dale  of Quecn's College 
repeated. 
Apr. 4, lXI., the body of. • .s daughter of (Theopbilus) Pointer of 
Oxon, chirurgeon, the 3rd wife of... Medcalfof London upholsterer, 

1 James Bisse, 13.A. Wadh. x 5 May 
x69I. 
 Thomas 13rown matriculated at 
Ch. Ch. 4 July 1678, aet. 15; left with- 
out a degree (Wood says in the Mthenae, 
but J. Foster Ahtmni Oxonicnses early 
series i. 197 says B.A. o Match 168); 
toaster of the free school at Kingston- 
upon-Thames. 
 publisher of the Atkcnae. 
 added later, no doubt on reccipt of 
13ennet's answer. 
» Thonms Lethbridge, 13.]9. Exetcr 
1 " Dec. 1667, fellow 1655-695 ; Boase's 
Reg. Coll. Eon. p. 

 OL. nl. 

« Luttrell il. 405- William Sheridan 
bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh was 
deprived in 69I; the sees were then 
separated, William Smith xvas tmnslated 
from Raphoe to Kilmore, Ulysses Burgh, 
dean of Emly, was promoted to Ardagh. 
Robert ituntingdon became bishop of 
Raphoe in 17Ol. St. George Ash in 
1695 became bishop of Clolne. 
7 William Dale, M.A. Queen's 9 
March 169ï-. 
 Mary eldest daughter of Theophilus 
Pointer died 3 Apr. 1692; Pcshall's 
Additions. p. 9- 



386 VOOD'S LIFE AND TIII[ES. 

came into Oxford about 8 at night; buried in S. Iarie's church ; no 
escocheon s--quaere. 
Apr. 5, T., lX, Ir. White Kennet of S. Edm. hall preached an excellent 
Latin sermon at S. bIarie's pro inchoando lcrmz)to. 
April 6, W., the new proctors, William Walker of Oriel and Ben- 
jamin Browne of Brasn. Coll., took their places, lIr. (Christopher) 
Wase, the senior proctor for the last yeare, marie his dying speech, 
which was good. He ruade honourable mention of Dr. (Edward) 
Pocoek lately deceased, and condol'd the sudden death of Dr. (Henry) 
lUaurice lately lIargaret professor; commended his brother proctor 
James Guillim that died in his office1; was against the irregular 
habits of undergraduats, etc.- -In the said Convocation, W., Apr. 6, it 
was granted to William lUorton - of Linc. Coll. to be D. of D. ; lUr. 
(William) Straughan s of Ball. Coll. was incorporated lx.I.A. 
Short's letter dated Apr. 7, Th., x69z:--'Father Peters of the 
college of Jesuits at Alanzon was ruade tutor to the prince of Wales, 
who tho' scarce 4 yeares of age vas created one of the Drs. of the 
Sorbon.' 
April 8, Friday, fast day--see the Gazet published about a fortnight 
before --lIr. (Anthony) Addison of Queen's College preached. 
Apr. 8, F., fast, pol-money li. s, to carry on a vigorous war 
against the French king: vide Gazet when the parliament was pro- 
rogu'd. Every fellow of a College paies s per pole : a most unjust 
Act ; lhc_y build brewhouses , eat the fat of the earth, keep horses, and 
do nothing. 
 x Apr., lx.I., received from William Hall by the appointment of 
Thomas Bennet, 5 ll. 
Apr.  , lU., Coronation day, bells rang at some colleges; no bon- 
fiers as usually; hot so much observ'd by farr (as it was) in the 
teigne of king James. 

 James Gwillym, of Balliol College, 
the Senior Proctor, died on 4 Ag. I69. 
Christopher Wase the Junior Proetor 
was then transferred to the Sefior 
Proetorship, and Adam Lugge of 13alliol 
admitted Junior Proetor, xo Ag. 169. 
2 a slip for John lIorton. John 
Morton, eleeted felloxv of Lineoln Col- 
lege 8 Apr. I665, resigned xo Match 
6î ; ]S.D. l Nov. I674 ; D.D. 6 Apr. 
169z ; prebendary of Durhaïn in 676, 
archdeacon of Northumberland 5 Oct. 
685. 

z William Strachau incorp. M.A. 
from Edinburgh 13 Apr. 69z. 
 Lnttrell ii. 39 S ; the fast was to ask 
prosperity for their majesties' arms by 
sea and land. 
 the injustice of this Act of parlia- 
ment was that Wood himself (sa indus- 
trious) had to pay zs (xs poll-money, 
and 2os tax for being a gentleman), 
while the idle fellows of colleges paid 
only the poll-money: see x 3 Apr. 
infra. 
see p. M9 se@ra. 



.4PRIL, 1692. 387 
Apr. 1 or i2, news came that (Robert) White the Oxford thief 
was taken and committed to Stafford jayle. So 'tis hoped that com- 
pany of thieves that rob'd so often last winter is broke. :But he denied 
it at the gallowes : quaere post 1 
April i3, W., paid 2Is for a gent. and my pole ; and so quarterly 
for an yeare : whereas the fellowes of houses, who eat and drinke the 
fat of the land, pay but their pole 1s--a very heavy and unjust tax. 
Letter dated 4 April, Th. :--' On Sunday the earl of Roehester presented a 
letter to the privy eouncill directed to him from the late King James desiring it 
might be read. The eontents was that the late queen was so big with ehild that 
she expeeted to be delivered in the latter end of May following or beginning of 
June  ; that if he or any other of the English nobility desired to be present 3 he 
vould procure them passes from the French King to eome and returne safe.' 
Short's letter dated April ] 6, S..'--' yesterday (Henry) Harrison « was exeeuted 
in Holbourne against Furnivall's inn where Dr. Clenehes bat fell out of the coach, 
and supposed then that IIarrison and another strangled him. IIe eoutinued 
obstinate in his denial  to the last and ealled Goal to witness he vas innocent as 
to the murder in thought vord and deed'--quaere ' book of murders' in folio. 
Mr. (George) Verman told me that Dr. (Thomas) Wood  bishop 
of Lichfield died at Astrop neare King's Sutton coin. Northampton 
where he had lived about z years for health sake on Munday Aprill  8. 
An Italian, named ...... , in Oxon in the beginning of this 
month, who takes classes of scholars to read to them Anatomy. 
The deelaration  of King James II, dated at St. Germaine's, o April 69 , anno 
regni 8 °, published a little before he intended with tbe help of tbe Freneh fleet to 
obtaine his just fights in England :--the names of the persons excepted from 
pardon therein. 
James 13utler duke of Ormond. 
Charles Pawlet marquis of Winchestcr (sinee duke of Bolton). 
Robert Spencer earl of Sundefland. 
John Granville earl of Bathe. 
Thomas Osborn earl of Danby. 
Daniel Finch earl of Nottingham. 
Francis Newport lord New'port. 
Henry Compton bishop of London. 
William Lloyd bishop of S. Asaph. 
Henry t3ooth lord Delamere (earl of Warrington). 
Charles Paxvlet lord Wiltshire (cldest son of the marquis of Wincheste ). 
Richard Savage lord Colchester. 

 under date   July. 
 Louisa Maria Theresa, sixth child 
of James II and his consort, was born 
 June 692, died 
 Luttrell ii. 417, 49. Evelyn's 
I)iary under date 6 Apr. 69. 
a Wood 365 (35) is ' The last words 

of a dying penitent Henry Harrison" 
(executed for the murder of Dr. Clinch , 
Lond. 69. 
s Luttrell ii. 4i. 
 Luttrell ii. 4z8. 
 Luttrell ii. 45L 

CC2 



388 I4zOOD'S ZIFE AND TllkIES 

Henry Hyde lord Cornbury. 
Peregrine Osborn lord Dunblayne son of carl of Danby. 
John Churchill lord Churchill. 
Sir Robert Howard. 
Sir John Worden, bart. 
Sir Samuel Grimstone. 
Sir Stephen Fox. 
Sir George Treby. 
Sir lasil Dixwell. 
Sir James Oxenden. 
Dr. John Tillotson ricane of Canterbury. 
Dr. Gilbert 13umet. 
Franeis Russell 1 
Richard Levison esquires. 
John Trenchard 
Charles Dunconb, eifien of London. 
... Edwards 
• .. lapleton I and ail other» who offered pcrsonal indignity t to us at Faver- 
• . . Ilunt, fisherman sham. 
The judges and juries who had a hand in the barbarous murder of Mr. John 
Ashton and Mr. Cross, etc. 
Letters dated Apr. 21, Th. :--' The lord Inchequin 2, govemour of Jamaica, is 
dead.' 
Ncws Icttcr dated Apr. 23, S. :-- The late King hath made Dr. Dennis Green- 
vile, who was deane of Durham, arehbishop of York, but I cannot leame when he 
will be consecrated.'--Ibid. :--' 'Tis said the bishop of Lichficld a (Dr. Thomas 
Wood) has left 2o,ooolL to build an hospitall for old men» and x4,ooo/i, to the 
University of Oxford.' 
Apr. 25, M., cl(ean) sh(e«ts). 
Apr. aS, z6, etc., a press 4 in Oxford for idle fellowes » to fight 
against the French about to invade ç England. There went out of 
Oxon about i z, quaere. 
Letter dated Apr. 26, T. :--' King James II his declarations scattered in West- 
minster and London, that the nation shall be tax-free several yeares, that pardon 
shall be to all except 4 (one of xvhich is said to be the bishop of London (Henry 
Compton)), and that church matters shall be regulated by the non-juring bishops.' 
Ibid. :--' The earl of Carlile died in the close of the last week.'--' The miners in 
Comwall scruple to pay the tax.' 
(z 7 Apr. Th:, 1692 ) call of Serjeants  (at Law), George Pricket 
olle. 

t they had taken down his majesty's 
breeches; see in II Dec. 1688: suîra, 
p. 288. 
z Luttrell ii. 428. William O'Brien, 
succeeded as sccond ead of Inchiquin in 
1674. 
: Luttrell ii. 429 . 
' in Lomlon on 20 and _- April: 

Luttrell ii. 428. 
 Uxbridge sent up its idlers in 
January ; Luttrell ii. 345- 
 Luttrcll ii. 49, 430, 44% 444, 445. 
Evelyn's Diary tmdcr date 24 Apr. and 
5 May 1692. 
7 Luttrell il. 44, 427 . 



389 

Latter end of April, cold, wet; the spring exceeding backwardl; 
[-all 2 fruit spoiled, very deare]. 
lay.--News letter dated May a, T. :--' The Lord Chief Justice 
(Sir George)Treby and Mr (John} Somers the attorney general 
took the oathes yesterday in the chancery court; and this day his 
lordship resigned his place of recordership to the Lord Mayor and 
court of aldermen. The candidates s are Sir Bartholomew Shore, Mr. 
(James) Selby, and Mr. Combes.' 
4 lXlay, Wedn., Convocation, wherein letters from the delegatcd 
power of the chancellor 4 were read in behalf of Jonathan Blagrave ' 
of Magd. Hall, sub-almoner to the Queen, to accumulate and com- 
pound for the degrees of Divinity without doing exercise--which was 
denied and only 9 voices pas'd for him. 
4 May, W., the spring continues 6 weeks, if hot two months, 
backward. 

Lctters dated May 5, Th. :--' Plot for a rising fo bring in King James II. Earl 
of Huntingdon  committed to a messinger.'--' This night, May 5, 'tis said that 
Robert Ferguson, Mr .... Aston a minister 7, capt .... Hastings, capt .... St 
George, Mr .... Ridley» and the earl of Marlborough  (John Churchill) are taken 
into custody.' 
Letter dated May 7, S. :--' Last Thursday (May 5) about I2 at night thc earlcs 
of l Iuntingdon and Marlborough were committed to the Towcr to be kept separate. 
Lord ]3rudnell  (son to the earl of Cardigan) and the lord Fanshaw 1o were seized 
and, upon examination, were cornmitted to the Tower.'----Ibid. :--' Robert Ferguson 
committed to l'qewgate for treasonable practices,' etc. : see in June following.-- 
« Plot also in Scotland n ruade by Henry l'qevill Pain and thereupon the lord 
llallantine and archbislmp of Glascow lz are confin'd.' 
[Bought la of Ed(ward) Reade, March 29, '9 a _---IO yds  strip't stuffe at 2ç 4 d, 
li. ris d; }silk wax ... dle and 2 bntts, s; looplace, d: total ili. 6s 
making, 2s 6d; paid IO May 1692. 
Letter from London to Dr. (Fitzherbert) Adams, rc, ctor of Linc. Coll., datcd 
o May, T., that Dr. Thomas Ken late bishop of Bath and Wells 1., Thomas 

i Evelyn's Diary, April 1692. 
 the words in square brackcts arc 
added in pencil. 
 Salathiel Lovel was elccted recorder 
on o June ; Luttrell il. 478. 
 James Butler duke of Ormonde the 
chancellor was on service in Flanders : 
Luttrell il. 397, 4 o8- 
» Jonathma 131agrave, M.A. Magd. H. 
9 Jnly 1674 ; preb. ofWorcester (seventh 
stall) 3 Jan. 16; dicd 3 ° Aug. 
1698. 
 Luttrell il. 441. Theophihts I-Iast- 
ings, seventh earl. 
7 Luttrell ii. 

s Luttrell ii. 44 I. 
s Luttrcll ii. 443- Francis Brudenell 
lord 13rudenell (cldest son of Robert 
13rudenell and earl of Cardigan), died 
698. 
 Charles Fanshawe 4th viscount 
Fanshawe in the Irish peerage. 
1 Luttrell il. 44 a, 443, 444- 
1. John Paterson, archbishop of Glas- 
gow ill 687, ejected in 1689. 
1 the bill is in Ed ard Reade's hand, I 
suppose ; the note ahout the cost of 
making and the date of paymcnt arc by 
Wood. 
a Luttrell ii 446, 44S. 



39 ° II'OOD'S LIFE AND TIAIES. 
Watson bishop of S. David, and Thomas Sprat bishop of Rochester are committed 
to the Tower.' 
Letter dated IO May, T. :--« On Sunday morning (May 8) Dr. Thomas Sprat 
bishop of Roff I was taken into custody, aud in the evening examined before a 
cabinet councill and had some of his papers rediliver'd to him but is confined fo 
his owne bouse under the guard of two musquetiers. In the evening of the saine, 
the lord Stourton * was taken into custody.' 
May xi, Wedn., fast day, Mr. (John) Sizer 3 of Univ. Coll. 
preaehed. 
May z, Thursd., S. Marie's bell tol'd and rung out for Mr. 
Thomas Bennet, toaster of Univ. Coll., who died suddenly of an 
apoplexy. 
May x 2, Th., the bell at S. Michael's rang out for Mr. (Thomas) 
Wight (minister of West Hendred) by Edward Bartlet. He died May 
9, Monday, buried at West Hendred May x 2, Thursday following ; on 
which day Mr. Bardet rang out the bell. 
May x9, Th., was the first day of fighting4 at sea between the 
English and Dutch on the one side and French on the other. The 
French admiral of the blew squadron was fir'd by the English on that 
day (9 May)at night. In whieh ship was Mr. James 5 Fitz-James 
yonger brother to the duke of erwick (both, the natural sons of King 
James II ), but whether he perished in the ames or saved himself by 
changing his ship is not )'et eertainly knowne.'--Living ¢. 
May x 9, Th., Dr. yrom Eaton resign'd his principality of Gloc. 
Hall, after it had laid in a religated condition several yeares  
May z z, Sunday, bells rang about 3 in the afternoon for the 
victory out fleet got over the French at sea. Bonfiers followed at 
night. 
Letters dated May zS, S., say that 'capt .... Hastings ° kil'd in the fight between 
the English ,and French was buried yesterday in St. Anne's church in (Westminster) 

attended by very many coaches of quality. 

i Luttrell ii. 446. 
 Luttrell il. 446. Edward Stourton, 
twelfth baron. 
 John Siser, M.A. Univ. 3 July 
688. 
 battle of la Hogue, news of xvhich 
were reeeived in London on S.» May  I; 
Luttrell ii. 459, 461, 462, 463, 464 • 
Wood 5o3 (37) is 'An account of the 
late great victory obtained at sea 
• gainst the French' in May 692 off 
cape Barfleur, Lond. ,692 , which Wood 
uotes to have been bought 'June IX, 
r692 , price 

The queen will erect a monument over 

•  Wood notes :' James Fitzjames is 
duke of 13arvick--so Sir Henry S. Georg 
--and Henry is his yonger brother.' 
James Fitz-James was created duke of 
Belnvick 19 Match I68; the younger 
brother Henry Fitz-James was created 
duke of Albemarle (one of the creations 
of James IFs exile). 
6 by Arabella Churchill. 
7 added later. 
 i.e. for several years back the 
principalship of the Hall had been dis- 
charged by Dr. Eaton's deputy. 
 Lnttrcll ii. 460, 465. 



[.4 Y  TUNE, 1692. 39 t 
his grave." Another letter calls coll. Hastings, commander of the Sandwich.-- 
' One/lr .... Hoyle l, counseller of the Temple» was wounded (whereof he soone 
after died) by /lr .... Pits a councellor of Grey's Inn on Thtarsday night (26 
/lay)'---see in ./une following. 
lIay 29, Sunday, Thanksgiving, lIr. Peter Randall  of Oriel college 
(preached) in the morning. 
,lune.--Coffey Ictter dated 7 June, T., saith that 'by private letters 
from France 'tis certified that the queen 3 is brought to bed.' 
June 8, W., fast day, lIr. Robert ]3owsher', LL.B. çf New College, 
preached at S. Iaries. Quaere whether rector of Wotton. 
June 13, Iunday, Convocation for putting off the Act.  reasola 
is the monthly fast falls out about that time ; 2, that it would cause a 
confluence of people and so plotting against the statc (why » do they 
hot put downe the horse race at Woodstock which was mentioned in 
Tuesday's Gazet following to be had in Sept. ncxt ensuing); 3, it 
debauches yong scholars. 
June 8, S., cl(ean) sh(eets). 
June 19. Sunday, wet ail day and rainy; wet all night also.June 
zo, Iunday, rain'd ail day.--Rain'd every day for a week after--a 
great flood, all grass spoyl'dnot such weather in the menory of 
man n.June 2 4, F., Iidsomer dal- , it began to raine before one in 
thc morne and coutinued raining all that day till 4 or 5 in the 
evening ; and then held up till about midnight, rainiug all that night 
and the next day (June eS, S.) to i i of the clock in the morn.--It 
held up that day (June 25) , June 26 and z 7 ; and June z8 at night it 
rain'd several houres between 4 and 9 at night. 
June 7, a terrible earthquake 7 began in Jaimaica and continuecl till the 3rd-- 
quaere Gazer. Swallowed up houses and men. /lcn sxvallowed up to the chin, 
their heads left above ground, and doggs eat them. Rogues and brutes made 
advantage by plundering» as some people doe in fiers, llany retired to ships and 
were safe. 

June 3, Thursday, at night, Gerard Langbaine, superior beadle of 
Law, died : buried June 26, Su., in the body of S. Peter's church in 

 Luttrell il. 464 . 
 Pcter Randall, /I.A. Oriel I Dec. 
1686. 
z see stoEra, p. 387. Luttre ii. 475, 
496 , 499- 
 Robert 13owsher, B.C.L. New C. 
6 Apr. 1676: rector of Wootton near 
V oodstock in 1691. 
" put in by Wood to show the in- 

sincerity of the alleged fear of a con- 
course of people. 
6 E, elyn's Diary under date 9 .[une 
169 and end of.[uly 169. 
 Luttrell ii. 533, 539- Wood D z8 
(31) is '_A_ sad and terrible relation of 
the dreadful earthquake that happened 
at Jamaco î ]lne 69z ," publ. 169z. 



39 WOOD'S LIFE AND TlitIES. 
the East among the bodyes of the Potters ; armes of Langbalne on 
his hearse. 
Letter af Hall's dated 5 3 June, Th. ;--' Yesterday lIr. Robert Ferguson was 
dismis'd from being house-keeper of the excise office, for being in the conspiracy, 
for which he was comrnitted to custody but bayl'd the last day of last terme.' He 
appeared the I day of Michaelmas terme but was remitted till the last day of that 
terre. 
Letter dated June u 5, S. ;--'A person hot long sinee displaeed from being a 
justice of peace shot himself last night dead : his narne is Eisted i : he was one of 
Cornishes  jury and toaster of the stationers' eompany.'--' Charles Eisted ' saith 
another letter, which adds that ' upon some diseontent he eut his owne throat ': 
buried in a vault in S. Clement Danes. 
June uS, T., Sh(ort's) letters then dated :--'Sir William Wentworth who was 
heir to the old earl of Strafford - dyed last week suddenly, being abroad the mme 
day.' 
June 28, T., Giles Thistlethwayt 4, Bac. of Law of New Coll., chose 
esq. bedle of Law in the place of Gerard Langbaine deceased. None 
stood for that place but he. 
Letter dated ult. June, Th. ;--' In the dose of the last week died the lord n 
Hollis'--' Mr .... Pits who killed Mr .... Hoyle was tried this day and the jury 
brought it in manslaughter.' 
,Iuly.--' Friday, July i, Lord Chief Justice (Sir John) Holt died 
in his circuit' ; so news letter : quaere. 
Short's letter dated u July, S. :--"Tis said that Dr. (Edward)Jones' (another 
letter saith ' James') ' bishop of Cloyne in Ireland vill sueeeed « Dr. (William) 
Lloyd bishop of S. Asaph who is translated to Lichfield and Coventry.' 
July 5, T., William Hopkyns, preb. of Worcester, adm. D.D. ; and 
so was Abraham Markland. 
Tuesday, July 5, the leases of the Fleur de luce and the housing 
and tenis court were sealed. Fine of the Fleur de luee 6oli., of which 
my share was 2oli. (The fine belote was 5oli. ; and because wee had 
bestowed above 2ooh'. in building, they therefore rais'd). Fine for the 

I Ambrose Isted [or Eysted] ; Lut- 
trell ii. 494- 
 HenryCornish, executed on a charge 
of treason, 23 Oct. i685. 
:* Luttrell il. 495. William Went- 
worth second earl of Strafford died in 
I695 without issue ; his barony of Raby 
(the other honours becoming extinct) 
passed to Thornas Wentworth (younger 
brothcr of captain William Wentworth 
who died I603, unmarried, in service in 
Iqanders). The father of these two, Sir 

William Wentworth (High Sheriff of 
¥orks., a672 ) is, I suppose, the person 
meant in the text. 
« Giles Thistlethwayte, ]3.C.L. Ncw 
C. Io Oct. I689. 
 Luttrell il. 496. Denzil Holles 3rd 
baron Holles of Ifield succeeded 16-, 
died I694. 
 Edward Jones was nominated to 
S. Asaph 3 Oct. 69. Luttrell ii. 
5o. 



7UIVE-- TUZ Y , 1319.. 393 
housing and tennis court against [ert. Coll. zSE., my share 9E. 6s 8d. 
Fees to the subwarden (rny share) for the fleur de luce iii. i$ od. 
Fees for the housing and tennis court (rny share) zli. 2s od. Steward's 
fces (rny share for ail) 14s 4d. To the servants (my share), a new 
thing, 3s:--so that rny share for renewing, fees, etc., cornes to 
SSI/'. 14ç zd.--Tho rnoney is scarse, yet wee pay rnore and rnore to 
uphold the trade of eating, drinking, living high which pertains(?) to 
fellowes of Colleges. 
July 5, T., received Hanks rent due... Backward of an yeares rent due Midsomer 
692. 
July 6, Wedn., Richard Claridg 1, sorntlrnCs of S. ll?ary Hall, after- 
wards a zealous Independent, opned his rneeting-place at the housc, 
sorntirnes Tydmcrsh , neal-c the Castle. He spoke, or at lcast 
reflectcd, on the cerernonies of the church of England and... 
Oldfin, sorntirnes a scholar of Carnbridge, a Presbyterian preacher 
among them in St. Ebbes parish, did then oppose him--de hoc 
quaere. 
July 7, Thursday, Arthur Charlet was elected toaster of University 
College in the morn; and in the afternoon his grace passing for Dr. 
of Div., he was adrnitted in Congregation the next day (July 8, F.), and 
on the sarne day in the rnorning about 8 of the clock he was adrnitted 
toaster of the said College. 
July XI, Act Munday if there had been an Act, was executed by 
hanging early in the morn in the Castle-yard one Robert White, sorn- 
tirnes a servitour of Ch. Ch., son of Alrnond White a barber living 
neare the lIiter Inn in Oxon, for stealing a clock from a certaine per- 
son of Ch. Ch., a plate s from Allsouls College, another frorn C. C. C., 
and books and cloths frorn lIr. (Thornas) Lethbridge of Exeter Col- 
lege. Evidence carne in against hirn about the clock and cloths, but 
none concerning thc plate. He was accused for being one of the knot 
of robbers who cornrnitted several robbcrics in the night tirne last 
winter in Oxon ; but he several tirnes denied it to the viccchancellor in 
prison and at the gallowes   otherwise, as 'tis thought, if ho would or 

• Wood notes : -- See among the 
writers of S. Mary Fiall' in the 
Mtheuae. Richard Claddg% M.A. 
S. Mary H. 22 Feb. I67. 
 is this the origin of the name « Tit- 
naouse Lane ' on the west of the Castle ? 
In 1665 Richard Titmarsh was a house- 
holdcr in S. Thomas' parish : Thorold 

Rogers' Oxford Cily Documents (89), 
p. 84. 
u a shorter version of this note says : 
--'a clock from one of Ch. Ch., and 
silver plate and tankard from Ails. 
Coll. and one from C. C. C.' 
* the shorter draft says :' Fie was 
accused as being one of the prime knot 



394 WOOD'S LIF.E AND TIMES. 
could have confessed the knot 1 he would have been saved. He was 
a handsome yong man and therefore when he was to be executed the 
maides of the towne had dres'd up an ordinary body to beg him to be 
ber husband ; and shee appeared at the gallowes and desir'd him, but 
denied 2 unless he would confess the knott. After he had hang'd an 
houre and a quarter, he was cut downe, coffin'd, and carried to his 
mother's house neare the lIiter ; but multitudes of people comming 
to see him, he was laid in Alhallowes church, where, finding much 
warmth in him, they let him blood and gave him spirits, but in vaine. 
The next day (or the saine day at night) his body was conveyed to his 
mother's; and the next day (July x 2, Tuesday) in the afternoon his 
body was supported by yong men, and being covered with a white 
sheet, the said sheet vas hcld up by maides in white, with innumer- 
able women, maides, and children following. After prayers said, he 
was buried in Allsaints churchyard under the upper window of the body 
of the church in the north churchyard. 
Letter dated z July, T. :--' Sir William Farmel,, vho was ruade baron of 
Lcmster  in Herefordshire, took his place in the house of Lords vhen they met on, 
M., the ith July according to the late prorogation.' 
July x3, w., fast day, lIr. (Thomas) Stamp  of Ch. Ch., vice- 
principal of S. lIarie's hall, preached. 
July . .., David Logan, born of Scotch parents at Dantzig, the 
University engraver, died in his house in Leyc(? ester) feild in West- 
minster. []Ir .... ]3urges  told me Oct.  3, Th., that he had heard 

of theeves that committed in Oxon 
several robberies last vinter; but he 
denied it to the vice-chancellor at his 
execntion and confessed that he only 
stole the clock and a tankard.' 
1 i.e. revealcd the names of thc test 
of the g,-mg. 
 hele the denial came from the agents 
of the law. In the ballad the refusal 
cornes from the person about to surfer:- 
' There was a criminal in a eart 
A going to be hanged : 
Reprieve to him was granted-- 
The crovd and eart did stand 
To see if he vould rnarry a wife 
Or, otherwise, choose to die. 
' Ah. why should I torraent my lire ?' 
The victim did reply : 
' The bargain's bad in every part 
But a wife's the worst 
Drivc on the cart.' 

 Luttrell ii. 509; Sir William Fermor 
was created baron Lernpster of Lemp- 
ster (i. e. Leominster) coin. Hereford 
12 April I68. Ilis son Thomas was 
advanced to the earldom of Pomfret (or 
l'ontefract) 27 Dec. i2i: it was the 
widow of this Thomas who sent to the 
University of Oxford in XT from the 
family seat at Easton-neston co. North- 
ants the Pomfret marbles : Gutch's 
Wood's tIist. Unir. Oxon. ii. 8o 7. 
 Thomas Stamp, M.A. Ch. Ch. t 
June 689. 
 the passage in square brackets gives 
the information from which Wood 
reasoned out the preceding note. The 
date of Loggan's death seems uncer- 
tain. ' Burges' is Michael Burgher% 
the engraver. 



7UL V, 1692. 395 
9 weeks since that he was dcad and was dead 3 wecks or (a) month 
before he heard it.] 
Letter dated 16 July, Sat., saith thus :--' The bishop of Lincoln (Dr. Thomas 
Tenison, late rector of St. Martin's in-the-fields) having nominated Dr .... Gough, 
rector of S. blartin's in the fields  and Dr. (XVilliam) "Vake, (rector) of S. James', 
the bishop of London (Ilenry Compton), as elapsed, has nominated Dr. Charles 
Hickman (for the former) and Dr. Peter ]3irch for the latter ; to whome on Mon- 
day he gave institution and induction. Upon which 'tis said the attorney general 
(Sir John Somers) is ordcred to bring it to a trial at law.' 
July I8, M., paid the quartefly tax, lli. Is. : unreasonable. 

(PuMicaIion and receplion of Alhenae Oxon. vol. II.) 
--July I8, Munday, ,4lhcnae Oxon. end vol published at London ; 
came downe to Oxon by John Bartlet's waggon, 19 July, T. 
nJuly 2o, W., at night, Dr. Arthur Charlet at Dr. Thomas Sykes' 
dote told me that Dr. John Wallis (was) angry and would complaine 
and have satisfaction for what is said of him in my second volume. 
--July 2i, Th., at night, met lXlr .... Harris  of Jesus College 
beyond Hinxsey steps  between 8 and 9 at night ; told me that' I had 
set all Oxford in a flame.' 
July 23, S., met him again towards Wolvercote ; he told me of the 
scurrulous « answer ruade by Dr. John Fell to Thomas Hobbes his 
epistle to me--vide Itobbes (in the Alhenae); somthing of Dr. Thomas 
Yate in Creations (in the ri'as/i for) 166o. 
--July 24, Su., with S r. (James) Bisse at the Fleur de lis who told me 
that Dr. Charlet should tell the booksellers that 'they make hast with 
selling the books least they be burnt' : that many know me hOt and 
think it impossible that one man can doe such a work. 
All people endeavour to pick out such things that are bad from it, 

 Luttrell ii. 519, 520. The dispute 
about these livings is several times re- 
ferred to. The following seem to be 
the facts. Thomas Tenison xvas conse- 
crated bishop of Lincoln Io Jan., and 
received the temporalities i8 Jan. I69. 
The two benefices xvhich he then held 
(St. Martin's in-the-fields and S. James's, 
both ' in the liberties of Westminster ') 
xvere in the patronage of the bishop of 
London, but on this occasion the ap- 
pointments fell to the crown by Teni- 
son's elevation to Lincoln. The crown 
claimed that Tenison continued to hold 
the two livings it cont»zcnda»t vith his 
bishopri G and that thcreforc thc crown 

had the right of presentation within six 
months of his cession. The bishop 
claimed that the benefices were voided at 
the date of Tenison's consecration, and 
that therefore, the crown having failed 
to nominate within 6 months, the ap- 
pointments lapsed to him. The anxiety 
to secure the nomination is intelligible 
when we note in Crockford's Clerical 
I3irectory for 189I that the gross value 
of St. blartin's in the fields is £i8oo» 
and of S. James's, £917 . 
 James Harries, M.A. IO June I687. 
 Clark's Wood's City of Oxford i. 
416. 
' the italics arc Wood's own. 



39 6 VOOD'S ZIFE AND TIAIES. 
mention nothing good, and say I abuse all people and speak well of 
none 1.--Dr. Wallis is much talked ofand he resents if and out of a poore 
spirit sends by way of revenge for (Liber) lX![atrie(ulae) P  in my eus- 
tody.--Fellowes of houses and such in orders doe very uncharitably pick 
out what they tan from it as they did from the first volume and send 
their 8 reports flying as in other matters and posses(s) people with 
.strange things, that ' because I have no place to lose I speak more 
freely,' they govern Oxford. 
--Every one tells me I speake freely of Dr. John Wallis and against 
him.--Some tell me that I speak well of the non-jurors, archbishop 
William Sancroft, Mr. Henry Dodwell, etc. 
--lXlr. West, bookseller, tells me that the divines tell him I have many 
' malicious rcflections' in the book : nobody shews particulars. 
--The next day, Sunday, at night, July 31, lXIr. 13iss told me that the 
junior scholars say it is a most prodigious and elaborate piece and can- 
not be the work of one man. 
--Thomas Cockrill, a yong man, nephew to Thomas Cockrill, a 
fanatical bookseller at The Three Legs in the Poultry London, in 
Oxon * with S r (James) 13iss of Wadham: who told him  that on 
lXlunday night the 18 of July 1692 , th day when the book was pub- 
lished, several Presbyterians and Independents were at Cockrill's 
bouse and had Alhcnae el Fasli Oxon there in quires, where they de- 
cided  to look up it, viz. Edward Veale,... Taylor, ...... , to sec 
what I said of the Presbyterians and Independents, and they blamed 
me much for speaking ill of them and say that 'they were civil to me 
and wonder I should be false to them.' 13ut they were hot civil to me 
but were shie and denied me : only lncrease lIather, an Independent, 
was civil and I acknowledge it. 
--Dr. Francis v 13ernard, a physitian of London, told lIr. Thomas 
13ennet, bookseller, that ' if he was sure that thcre were but 2o copies 
rcmaining of Alh«mc Ovoz he would not have his copie for 5o/i.s. ' 

Wood notes of this charge :-- 
"fMse: 
the first University register of lXla- 
triculatiou, I86-x61: Clark's Reg. 
Univ. Oxon. II. i. p. viii. 
MS. bas ' there.' 
date of his being in Oxford hot 
given; prior to July 3x, vhen Bisse 
apparently told this to Wood. 
i. e. Cockrill told Bisse. 
lXIS. has ' dccided it to look up it.' 
The sense seems to be that they agreed 

to look up some test persons to see 
what aArood said of them. The names 
which follow are, I presume, names of 
persons present on this occasion in 
Cockdll's house, and the construction is 
' they (Veale, Taylor, and... ) decided 
to look up it to see.' 
 ' Francis,' substituted for 'Edward.' 
a see further notes of the feelings ex- 
cited by vol. II of the At[zzae ioEra 
und.er date x 5 Aug. 



]UL Y -- .,4 UGUST, 1692. 

397 

Short's letter dated z3 July, Sat. : ' The deane and chapter of Lichfield having 
clcctcd ' Dr. William Lloyd (bishop of S. Asaph) bishop of that diocesc, thcy this 
week ruade a retume of the congedelere '--vide post in Oct.--Ibid. :--' lIr. Henry 
Cooling, one of the gent. ushers to the queen, died yesterday'--son of William 
Cooling, clerk of the counscll, quaere : one... Cooling occurs deputy ushcr of 
the Black Rod in Apr. 1694.--Ibid. :-' 'Tis said that Dr. William Lancaster hath 
the living of S. Martin in-the-fields confcrr'd on him '---see afterwards, his troble 
about it. 
July 25, 1v[., S. James day, the place of Dr. Thomas Smith oflIagd. 
Coll. was pronounced void . 
Short's lettcr dated 30 July, S. :--' Sir Robert Sawyer died on Tuesday night 
(26 July) in his bouse at High Cleere near Ncwbury. He bath Icft about 
I oo,oooli, to the children of the earl of Pembroke 3 who married his only daughter ' 
' The parish of S. James bath chosen Dr. (Charles) Hickman their lecturer.' 
Sat., July 3o, at io at night, a son was born to lIris. Aldworth, 
named . . . 
Sunday, July 3, at night at  i or 2 of the clock, was a daughter 
born to lIris Read 4. 
/kugust.Frank's letter dated 2 Aug., T. :--' The qucen hath 
given St. Martin's in the fields  to Dr. (William) Wake and S. James 
to Dr .... Goughe , both which Dr. Thomas Tenison kept in com- 
mendam with his bishoprick for six months: but being lapsed to the 
bishop of London (the bishop) gave St. lIartin's to Dr. Peter ]3irch 
and St. James to one 7 of his chaplaines.' 
Aug. 4, Th., much wet fell. Aug. 5, F., a frost in the morn and 
much wet the saine day and the day following (Aug. 6, S.). Very un- 
seasonable weather , and like to spoyle the harvest of corne, as the 
harvest of hay was before. Aug. 7, Sunday, wet ail day. 
(Wood 625 is a series of dialogues on political questions with the general title 
« ibliotlzecatolilica or an enquiry into the ancient constitution of the British 
government' Lond. I694. Wood had received the parts as they came out, by gift 
from the zuthor, Dialogue I, headed ' Bibliotheca Politica or a discourse by way 
of dialogue whether monarchy be j«re divbto' Lond. 169½, being dated ' Aug. 6, 

' he vas nominated by the king, 
9 July ; thc royal assent was given to 
his election 20 Sept. I692. 
 for hot taking the oaths to William 
and Mary ; Bloxam's Reg. Coll. Magd. 
iii. 84. 
3 Thomas Herbert 8th earl, married 
in 684 Margaret only daughter of Sir 
Robert Sawyer (attorney-general  68- 
687). 
 the ink of these two entries has 
faded almost beyond possibility of rcad- 

ing them. Arme Aldworth and Cathe- 
rine Rezd vere daughters of Wood's 
brother Christopher; see vol. i. p. 3 I, 
and p. 30. 
 stpra, p. 395- 
 ? Nicholas Gouge, D.D., S. Cath., 
Cambr., 69 -. 
 William Laucaster, sz2hra ; Luttrell 
ii. 5zo. 
 Evelyn's Diary tmdcr dates z 5 July 
and I4 Aug. 169. 



39 8 VUOOD'S LIFE AND TI3IES. 
1692'; Dialogues 6 and 7, Lond. 69u, having the note 'given by the author 
Apr. 7, 693' ; Dialogue 8, 'given to me by the author May 3, 693' ; Dialogue 
2, 'ex dono authoris» t 2 May t694'; Dialogue 13 ' ex dono authoris, u May 
694'. Wood has hot paid the donor the compliment of reading the book (it is 
eertainly lengthy)--the pages being uncut.) 
Thursday, Aug. I I, fast day, Mr. White Kennet, vice-principal of 
S. Edmund Hall, preached at S. Marie's. 
News letter dated  Aug., Th., 692 :---' The lord llunsdon , wee heare, is 
dead at Haver-de-grace in France, whereby that etate and honour will rail to one 
capt. Cary in Ireland.' 
Letter dated Aug. 3, S. : * Yesterday the lord Sydney z set forth to Ireland ; Sir 
Cyril Wych and Mr .... Poultney attend his lordship as secretaries.' See  in 
John l'ultney (in the Atkenae). 
Aug. 5, M., bIr. (William) Strachan told me that Mr. James Frazer was re- 
moved from his place of licenser--a  clamorons, eovetuous fellow, a great round- 
head, never contented. Robert Ferguson in like manner such.--The reason vhy 
he was removed sec in the volume » 'pro and co» for £ikon tasilike ' for licensing 
of Dr. (Anthony) Walker's booke ; I bave the booke , quaere. 
5 Aug., M., Dr. Benjamin Woodroff, D.D. and canon of Ch. Ch., 
was admitted principal of Gloc. Hall. 

(Rcccplion of Alhcnae Oxon. vol. II (conlinucd).) 
--Aug. I5, 1I., Mr. (William) Strachan tells me people say I ara 'a 
Jacobite, favour the non-jurors'" ' 
, a papist, hOt eome to church.' 
Aug. i8, Th., at Dr. Arthur Charlett's lodgings Mr. (Henry) Crut- 
tenden told me that in New Coll. common-chamber severall of the 
fellowes said that I had abused their relations and that when dark 
nights corne they would beat me : I)r. John Wallis will put up an action 
against me. 
Aug.  , Su., at Mr.  Charlet's chamber, he told me ' all that is 
good in my book is not of my putting in' ; that I ' understood hot 

1 Luttrell ii. 537- Robert Carey, 
sixth baron Hunsdon. His successor, 
Robert Carey seventh baron, was a re- 
more relative. 
 Luttrell il. 537- 
 Wood in the Athenae says this 
seeretary was William Pulteney elder 
brother of John. It seems, however, 
that it was John Pulteney himself. 
* is Wood here expressing his o,vn 
experience of him in conneetion with 
the licensing of the AN«eua« ? 
 Wood 363. 

 Wood 363 (6) is ' A tme account 
of the author of a book intituled Einov 
BamX, m)' Lond. I692 ; it has the notes 
(«) 'bought at Oxon ou May-day 
69z'; (b) ' Dr. Anthony Walker, the 
author of this book ' ; (c) " Dr. Anthony 
Walker was buried at (Fyfield) in 
Essex 18 Apr. 1692 , and Josiah VVood- 
ward, minister of Poplar, preached his 
funeral sermon.' 
 sec suivra, p. 395- 
8 Charlet's I9.I9. was so recent, that 
custom makes Wood write ' Mr.' 



tUGUST, 1609.. 399 
Greek : if I did, I would not speak so well as I have donc i of Dr. 
(John) Mill  who understands not Greek also' ; that ' if I had bcen 
fellow of a house or had a place, I should be turn'd out.'--Why ? be- 
cause I speak the truth. (Charlet is)a partial man; followes the 
steps of I)r. Fell. 
--Aug. 29, M., Mr .... /3iss s told roc that an Oxford scholar, living" 
out of the University, will auswer my book--(he had this) from 
I-I(arry) Clem(ents the bookseller).--Mr. Davis of London engraver 
reports (Aug. 7, Sunday) that the Presbyterians of London will raise 
a tax (two hundred thousand pounds) to give to the King that he will 
hang Ine. 
Letter dated 1,q Aug., Th., tells us that 'the corps of Sir John Laniere arc 
comming into England tobe interr'd.' 
2o Aug., Sat. 4, Elizabeth Situons , servant maid to ...... bed- 
rnaker of Wadham College drown'd hcrself at Patten's pleasure neare 
New Park. She was got with child by...  . .., lXI.A, and com- 
rnoner of Wadharn College, who now lives at Plymouth whcre he was 
borne. The rnaid was search'd and found to be with child; and 
therefore being turned away and knew not what to doe, drowned her 
selfe. 
Letter dated 2o Aug., $. :-- Mr. Henry 1-)odwell 7 having writ a book in defence 
of the non-juring bishops, or a vindication of them, the book is seized on and 
stop'd at the press.'--Ibid :--« Mr. 1-)ives (E)'yves) hath now his patent for clerk 
of the council in the room of Charles Montague esq. who is now one of the lords 
of the Treasury.' 
Aug. 22, M., the workmen begau to repaire Gloc. HallS; '4li. and 
od shillings every week for reparations '--so I)r. Chadet: but . . . 
Collison the carpenter told me 2h'. a weeke. 
Aug. 24, W., S. ]3artholomew's day, I)r. Charlet told me that I)r. 

 in the 'asti for I6SI. 
2 John Mill, 13.13. Queen's 8 Dec. 
68; principal of S. Edmund Hall 
I685-17o 7 ; his Aovum Testamentum 
Graecum, cuit lectt, varr. appeared in 
17o7. 
z James Bisse of Wadh., I suppose : 
but he did not take M.A. till 9 Jan. 
169. 
 snbstituted for '19 Aug., Friday.' 
» substituted for  Eliz. Dimock.' 
 the blank may be filled up with the 
naine ' Samson Vallack' : see Gardi- 
ner's Reg. Coll. Wadh., p. 343; of 
Plymouth, commoner of Wadh.  May 

686 to 3 Jan. I69 ; M.A. x8 Apr. 
1692 , M.B. x6 Dec. I7O. 
 Luttrell ii. 543, 544- 
8 Luttrell ii. 583, under date 4 Oct. 
1692 , hasthis note : « Dr. Woodroffe is 
erecting a nev College at Oxford, out 
of Glocester Hall, to be callcd the 
Greek colledge; and that 2o famous 
Grecians are sent for from Antioch and 
Constantinople, etc. fo reside there.' 
It seems strange that Wood should 
make no allusion to this project : for 
which see Rev. C. H. Daniel in T/te 
Colleges of Oxford (Methuen, I89I ), 
PP- 437, 438. 



4co Vv'OOD'S LIFE MND TIMES. 
George Benson, deane of Hereford, prebendary of Glocester, and 
toaster of Ledbury Hospitall, was lately dead. 
John Striblehill, commonly called Striplin, of Thame, an attorney, 
a rich man, descended from a long succession of his naine in Thame, 
died in Oxon, distracted, as 'ris said, W., 24 Aug. i692, aged 49: 
buried in Thame Church 1. A daughter of a7 yeares of age died 
about a weeke after : another daughter (is) married to Charles Hoir 
son of Ralph Holt of Stoke-line, esq. 
Certaine records belonging t the cathedral church of Salisbury are 
under the custody of several keyes, wherof the bishop (Dr. Gilbert 
Burnet) keeps one. A little belote the 2nd vol. of .gtlhenae ci .Fasli 
Oxonh'nses were published (8 July 692), a certaine clergyman be- 
longing to the church of Salisbury desired the bishop's key to corne to 
the said records to search for matters for lXIr. Wood of Oxford. 
Whereupon the bishop said "Why do you trouble your self about such 
a little silly fellow who hath an ill designe to libell honest  men ? "-- 
This was told me by . . . Iartin  (who was told the very saine words 
by the said clergyman), Th., 25 Aug. i692.--I never desired any per- 
son 'to search records' for me: only I desired Dr. (Robert) Wood- 
ward 4 belonging to the said church to bring with him to Abendon, 
when he came with the bishop to visit that place in Sept. i689, a cer- 
taine book conceming the bishops, deanes, and dignitaries of the 
church of Salisbury ; as also Dr. (Daniel)Whitby 5 to let me know 
the naine of the preferment in the church of Salisbury of one Paul 
Latham 6, and when he died, which was in Match or Apr. i692 
A. Vood 25 Aug. 692 . 
(Letter  dateà 27 Aug., S.):  26 Aug., F., Sir Peter Rich, one of the sitting 
aldermen of the city of London, lied.' Another letter saith ' Weàn. 24 Ang. "; 
another ' 26 Aug.'--Ibid. :« Embassador . . . Harborà dieà at Belg-rade 2i of 
July, hot without suspicion of poyson contrived by the French kingso in letters 
from Vienna.' Another lctter saith ' x xth of Jttly.'--Ibià. : Cardinal... 

 in the Ahnanae for September 
Wood has jotted down :--'... Striplin 
of Thame died distracted.., in Oxon; 
buried at Thame 5 Sept., M., after he 
had been dead about a week, quaere.' 
2 Wooà notes in the margin :-- 
« alias trimmers, dissemblers.' 
 ' Martin' is in pencil only, as douLt- 
ful. 
 chancellor of Sature, I68 ; dean, 
a69. 
s preb of Sarum since 668. 

s Paul Lathom, preb. of Warminster 
in the chureh of Sarum 15 Aug. x672: 
Thomas Lessey was installecl in this 
prebend 28 May I687 (on the death of 
Lathom). 
'« Wooà notes here ' has he abused 
the old earl of Clarendon?'--a pre- 
monition of the charge shortly to be 
ruade against him. 
s Wood omits the date and source of 
his note : both arc obvious, cp. Luttrell 
il. 



.,4 UG. -- SE,PT. 1692. 4 o  
Bovillon , chief almoner fo the king of France, christned the princess of England 
at St. Gerrnaines by the naine of Lovis(a) Maria» the French king standing ail the 
while at the font for godfather.' 
September.---Letter dated Sept. , Th. :---' Col .... Wolseley is ruade toaster 
of the ordnance in Ireland in the room of the lord Mountjoy  kil'd lately in Flan- 
ders.'--Ibid. :--' The wife of lIr. Harbord, embassador to the great Turke, lately 
deceased at Belgrade, bath the place of park-keeper of St. James (which was 
enjoyed by her husband)confer'd upon her during lire.'--' Lord Pagit goes em- 
bassador to the great Turke in the place of Mr. Harbord.' 
Letter dated Sept. 3, S. :--' The bishoprick of Kilmore 3 in Ireland which was 
some monthssince vacant by Dr. Sherindon's hot taking the oathes to King William 
and Queen Mary is bestowed by the king upon the archbishop of Glasgow : Dr. 
Robert Huntingdon hath refused it.' 
Sept. 4, Su., cl(ean) she(e)ts. 
Sept. 5, bi., hIr. John hIayot's shop was shut up. 
Letter dated Sept. 6, T. :--' Yesterday !Iris 4 . . . Hallily (.9) çkin to Sir John 
Fenwick) hung herself in her lodging in Leicester fields upon account of love '-- 
vide Oct. following. 
'Sept. 8 , Thursday, about 3 in the a[ternoone an earthquake  hapned in Lon- 
don which affected most persons with dizziness for the time and shook most bouses 
in and abont London, Westminster, Brentford, Epsome, etc. And wee heare 
Sheerness, Chatham, Portsmouth, felt it more sensibly ; and wee doubt not but 
that it was universall over England. It was at Kensington, and very sensible to 
the queen and court. At Westminster a gent. who had kept his chamber several 
months for the gout was so terrified with the shaking of his room that he ran dovne 
staires into the street. Another house in Westminster was so shook that it threw 
the pewter from the shelves : and in a goldsmith's shop in Fleet street some of his 
plate fell against the glass. In the Royall Exchang they tan downe staires and 
some afterwards shut up their shops. It very much shook the church at Islington. 
At Rochester 8 persons being at dinner in one house, it so shoik it that they all 
tan out into the street. They also were very sensible of it on boord at Chatham 
and Sherness, but that which was very observable here was that all those that felt 
it were so seized with a mist or giddiness as if they were falling into a sowne. 
Some gentlemen that were hunting in Ensfeld chase 7 with two packs of dogs, the 
dogs suddenly lost the sent or smell and smelt something of sulphure etc.'--lIr. 8 
(Humphrey) Hody of Wadham College perceived an earthquake at Oxford; 
quaere who else. 
Another letter of the same date saith that, 'At the same rime when the earth- 
quake was at London, Shere was the like at Ashford in Kent and the ehurch 
there shook so much that the master and boyes tan ail ont ; and it was the like 
over all that towne,' that 'they were as in a maze and giddy-headed' ; that' it 
lasted a minute.'--' The earthquake hath throwne downe the Ethelbert Tower, being 
a small antient building at Canterbury.' 

1 Emmanuel Theodore de la Tour 
Bouillon, Cardinal 669, died at Rome 
75 • 
- William Stewart. 
 supra, p. 385. 
4 Luttrell ii. 557 calls her « Mris. 
Fenwick.' 
 OL. III. 

 a passage clearly cited from one of 
the ' news letters.' 
« Luttrell il. 56o: E-elyn's diary 
under date af Sept. 169. 
 Luttrell ii. 56a. 
s Wood's comment,asregardsOxford 
and this earthquake. 



402 IVOOD 'S LIFI£ AND TIAIES. 
• The house wherein King William III was af dinner af Grammen in Fanders 
shook so much that they within thought there was some eonspiracy ; a brick fell 
out of the walls '---vide Gazer about, Th., 5 of Sept. 
Letter dated xo Sept., S. :--Dr. John Tyler is ruade deane of Hereford loeo Dris 
]cnson.' 
Sept. 12, Munday, Richard ]3all a, commoner of Wadham College, 
a Londoner, died : and was buried the night of that day in the outer 
chapel there between the two dores neare John Frenches monument . 
Letter dated Sept. 13, T. :--' The earthquak was so sensibly felt at Sandwich 
that most of the inhabitants ran into the fields. It shook ail the houses in the fort 
at Sheness : at which the governor vas so eoncel-n'd that he ordered ail the sol- 
diers to church to returne thanks to God for their preservation.'--Ibid. :--'The 
carl ot" Mountague  was married to the duehess of Albemarle on Saturday last.' 
Sept.  4, W., fast day, Mr. Thomas Roberts 4 of New Coll. preached 
at St. Marie's.--(Nicholas) /3irch 5 of Brasn., Friges (?) of Brightwell, 
(John) Wallis at Waterstock.--Dr. (John) Wallis, Mr. (Nicholas) 
]3irch of ]3rasenose at Waterstock, besides prayers twice that day «. 
Lettcr dated Sept. 5, Th., tells us that ' On Tuesday last (Sept. x3) the lord 
Newbury 7 vas married fo the lady Frances Brudnell ; and I ara told that the 
queen has proposed a marriage betwixt the earl of Doncaster 8 (eldest son of James 
late duke of Monmouth) and a daughter of the earl of Rochester.' 
Letter dated 5 Sept., Th. :--'An order from the court was some rime since 
sent to Bathe fo forbid  the mayor and aldermen fo pay any more formalities to 
the prince and princess of Denmark.'---' A great snow in ¥orkshire.' 
Mr. Robert Morgan 0 of Ch. Ch., ]3ach. of Arts, a non-jurer, and 
brother in law to Dr. Humphrey Humphreys bishop of Bangor, lcft 
the University about x 6 Sept. to avoid the oathes at the taking of his 
master's degree. 
' Sir Thomas ]31oodworth, bart., son of Sir Thomas ]31oodworth who was Lord 
Mayor in the fier yeare, died on Wedn. (4 Sept.) in his chamber in the Temple' 
--so news letter dated 7 Sept., S.--Another letter of the saine date saith that ' he 

 matriculated 6 May 69z: Gardi- 
ner's Reg. Coll. Wadh., p. 375- 
 Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, p. 
6o6. 
s Ralph Montagu 3rd baron Mon- 
tagu of Boughton created earl of Mon- 
tagu 9 Apr. 689, married ndly Eliza- 
beth Cavendish widow of Christopher 
Monck nd duke of Albemarle. 
 Thomas Roberts, M.A. 1Vew C.  5 
Jan. 165. 
 Nicholas Birch, B.D. Bras. 3 July 
684. 

* these notes are jotted about the 
note concerning the fast day : I do not 
understand their purport. 
7 Luttrell ii. 53, 565 . Charles Le- 
vingston nd earl of Newburgh married 
Frances Brudeuell daughter and heir of 
Francis lord Brudenell (son of George, 
earl of Cardigan). 
8 Luttrell ii. 565; see ioEra under 
date 6 Dec. 693. 
9 Luttrell ii. 564, 567. 
10 Robert Morgan, B.A. Ch. Ch. 5 
June 686. 



SEPT.- OCT. 1099.. 403 
(who was brother to the lady Jeffries 1) died yesterday (F., 16 Sept.).'--A third 
saith ' last Wednesday.' 
Sept. I9, M., Littlemore. 
Letter dated Sept. 2z, Th. :--«Mr .... Isaae, elark eomptroller of the green 
eloth, being lately dead in Flanders, 'ris believed Mr. secretary Vernon vill sue- 
eeed.'--' Seotts letters of the 15 of this month say that a show knee-deep fell the 11 
and r 2 of this month in the south west 2 parts of that kingdome.' 
Letter dated 22 Sept., Th. :--'The earthqnake hath been so terrible at Mons 
that 5 ° persons vere killed by the fall of some houses and that two of the churches 
were much damaged.' 
(Letter dated) Sept. 24, S.:--« The corps of Sir John Lanier are brought over 
from beyond sea and wiil be buried in S. James ehurch in Westminster.' 
Letter dated 24 Sept.» S. :--' More relations eome in conceming the earthquake : 
that from Leyden 'ris said some persons being viewing the skeletons in the ana- 
tomy ehapter they pereeived them to move, and hot dreaming of the eanse were so 
affrighted that they all tan away.' 
Sept. z6, M., the parliament met aeeording to prorogation--vide Gazet--Lord 
Willoughby 3 introdueed into the bouse after the death of his father, Mr. (Robert) 
Cary 4 also, the next kinsman to the lord Itnnsdon lately deceased. 
Letter dated 29 Sept., Th. : 'The letters yesterday from Scotland gave an 
account that at Abercromie or Abereorne , nine toiles distant from Edenburg, a 
great whale « was cast on shore valned at 3oo/i. sterling, it being in length 12o 
foot and 17 foot over : his mouth so vide that a boat with xo men went therein.'-- 
Ibid. :--« Wee have news that a blazing starr 7 is seen in the north.' 
Sept. ult., Friday, Edward Master (sec at the end of the Almanac for 
I675), LL.D., chancellor of Exeter, died at Halton coin. Oxon: buried 
there by his wife's father Brom Whorwood, aged 61. Dr. John Edisbury 
succeeded him in his chancellorship of Exeter; and Mr. Jonas Proast 
in (his place of) the ofiiciall (of Berks). 
September vas a cold and unseasonable month in England, as all 
the months of this yeare hitherto hath been. An unseasonable yeare. 
Nothing but unseasonable rimes, nothing but [sicknesses 8 :] nothing 
but [winter]. 
Oetober.--Oct. 3, M., Mr. Jonas Proast, of Allsouls College, had 
the officiality of t3erks confer'd on him by Mr. William Richards arch- 
deacon of Berks on the death of Dr. Edvard Master. About a week 

1 George Jeffreys, King James IFs 
Lord Chancellor, married . . . widow of 
Sir John Jones of Funman co. Glamorg., 
daughter of Sir Thomas Bloodworth. 
 ' south and west parts' in Luttrell 
ii. 572. 
 Hugh Willonghby twelfth baron 
Willoughby of larham; his father 
Thomas Willoughby had died... 
« see st@ra, p. 39 S. 

 Abercorn is a parish in Linlithgow- 
sbire on the Forth. Some one of 
Wood's friends ruade a note of this 
whale on a slip and sent it to Wood : 
the slip is now pasted into the Almanac 
for Oct. 
 Luttrell ii. 
7 Luttrell ii. 
 the handwriting is scratchy: the 
bracketed words are tmccrtain. 

bd2 



404 IVOOD'S L1FE AND TIlIlïS. 
before, he was restored by the archbishop 1 to his chaplainship of All- 
souls from which he had been unlawfully ejected by Leopold Finch the 
warden; but will not take possession till he hath his arrears paid from 
the time that he was ejected L 
Oct. 4, T., Dr. Henry Aldrich, dean of Ch. Ch., was installed vice- 
chancellor. Dr. Jonathan Edwards in his dying speech much lamented 
the death of Dr. ]ïdward Pococke and of Dr. Henry laurice, and 
blamed (Charles) Cox the pro-proctor for not appearing in Convoca- 
tion in the business of the booksellers . Dr. Aldrich told the 
Doctors and Iasters that he will severely look after the discipline of 
the Universitie, disputations in Austins, wall-lectures, examinations, 
Lent exercises.' 
Letter dated Oct. 4, T. :--« Sir Robert IIolmes governour of the Isle of Wight is 
dead and the marquis of Winchester  succeeds him in that office '--see afterwards. 
__c Letters dated from Edinburgh Sept. 27, T., say "Yesterday wee received an 
accompt that another great whale 5 came on shore at Aberlady « within 9 toiles of 
this place çEdenburg) : a third also of the like bigness at Aberdeen." For the first 
whale of ,zo foot long mentioned in the former month (Sept.) duke ttarnilton 7, 
as admirall of the seas, received 84 guineas.' 
Letter dated Oct. 8, S. :--' The lord Fleetwood , who married Oliver Crom- 
well's daughter, died this week ' (' on Thursday, 6 Oct.', saith another letter) ' zt 
i'qewington Green neare London 'this must be Chzrles Fleetwood of Bucks. 
Letter dated Oct. x x, T. :--' A new prayer is sent to the press by order of the 
archbishop of Canterbury , to return thanks to God for the king's safe arrival' 
he was hot then arrived but came at least a week al-ter. 
Oct. * *, T., vice-chancellor's accompts ; he ao proposed to them .1 the 
buying of certaine ISS. and printed books of mine 12 for the public 
library, but they ruade answer that they would hOt buy. 
Oct. , W., fast day, (Roger) Altham  (junior)of Ch. Ch. 
preached. 
Oct.  7, lI., it rain'd and drisled most of the morning, having not 

the archbishop of Canterbury is the 
Visitor of Ail Souls College. 
see subra under date 3 Apr. 688. 
see sra, p. 38i. 
Charles Pawlet, 6th marquis. 
Luttrell il. 583. 
Aberlady, on the Forth, is the port 
Edinburgh. 
William Douglas, earl of Selkirk, 
created duke of Hamilton  Oct. 66o. 
Charles Fleetwood, M.P. for 13ucks 
I645, married /3ridget Cromwell in 
652, was Lord Deputy in Ireland 654, 
nmjor-general in 6,5, one of Crom- 
well's peers 65- . 

'Wood notes :' archbishop John 
Tillotson caused this prayer to be 
rnade.' 
o Jonathan Edwards, the outgoing 
vicechancellor. 
' i. e. the Delegates of the Vicechan- 
cellor's Accounts who had the right of 
spending the sums handed over by the 
outgoing vicechancellor or of putting 
them into the University chest. 
 see supra, p. 344- 
z Roger Altham, M.A. Ch. Ch. 9 
July 684 : Roger Altham (senior) Ch. 
Ch. was I.D. z June 683. 



OCTOBER, 1692. 40 5 
rain'd, not to mcntion it, for a month before. Very drie 1, and the 
wayes hard. 
Oct. zo, Th., Dr. Yïlliam Lloyd bishop of S. Asaph, was translated in Bow 
church to Lichfield. 
Oct. 2I, Friday night, between 6 and o, bells ringing in Oxon ; 
illuminations in the great streets, in all or most of the little streets, 
and all or most of the lanes; and some bonfiers at colleges--for joy 
of the king's safe arrivall 2 from Flanders : sec Gazet. Sec also in the 
Gazer in Feb. or IIarch last when he went. He was to have corne 
into England about the 5 of this month but prevented upon the 
Frenches approach at Charleroy « in order to besiege it. At Allsouls 
a bonfier in the street ; no illuminations in the windowes, only in the 
warden's dining roome. 
Oct. z, F., Thomas Trevor, solicitor geneml, knighted : vide Gazer Munday, 
4 Oct. 
Oct. z2, or therabouts Salathiell Lovell 4, recorder of London, knighted: vide 
Gazet, iIunday, 24 of October. • 
Letter dated Oct. 2, S. :--' The eountess dowager of Styra , of the bedchamber 
to the queen, died on Thursday last (Oct. o) at Whitehall, of the small pox.' 
Eodem (die), ditto :--'Mr. Peter Birch , minister of S. James, bath received 
orders that he shall not stay or wait in the church till the prince and princess of 
E)enmarke corne there but begin prayers as soon as he corne into the church, and 
take no more notice of them then ordinary persons.' 
Letter dated Oct. zS, T. :--' The place of auditor of the duchy of Cornwall, 
vacant by the death of Mr .... Harbord, is given to iIr. Philip Bertie ' (late of 
Trin. Coll.) ' son to the earl of Lindsey , and that of surveyour general will be 
given to Mr. Yernon, late under-secetary of state.' 
Oct. 7, Th., paid tax and pole for last Miehaelmas, li. s--unreasonable. 
Letter dated Oct. zT, Th. :--' Last Tuesday (Oct. 2z) died the duchess dowager 
of Somerset 8 and 'ris said has left the earl of Warrington 9 above îo,ooo/i. in 
money and jewells." 
Letter dated 9 Oct., S., saith that ' One iIr .... Chester 0, a Herffordshire 
gent., shot himself neare the Fountaine Tavern in the Strand,' (another letter saith 
' in the Fountaine Tavern' in another street) and is supposed to be the same 
person for whom Mris .... Halliley hung herself'--vide Sept. 
(In Wood 1MS. E 4 (O. C. 8535) is Wood's (MS.)' Catalogue 6' ruade in ' Sept., 
Oct. I692,' pp. -66 ' out of Dr. (Thomas) Barlowe's printed books,' pp. 73-80 
out of books in the Bodleian ; with an index.) 

 Evelyn's Y)iary under date x Oct. 
692. 
 Luttrell il. 598. 
 Luttrell ii. 59, 59z, 593, 597- 
 Luttrell il. 598. 
 Luttrell ii. 599- 
 Wood has another note on this :-- 
' Letter dated Oct. z, Sat., a story there 
about Peter 13irch» minister of S. James 

--nihil valet.' 
Robert Bertie 3rd earl. 
Luttrell ii. 6o. John Seymour, 
fourth duke, married Sarah Alston, 
daughter and heir of Sir Edward 
Alston M.D., widow of John Grin- 
stone. 
Henry Booth  st earl. 
Luttrell ii. 6o 4. 



4o6 I4700D'S LIFt AND TIIltS. 

lgovember.--Letter dated Nov. 3, Th. :--'Father ... Warner, 
confessor to the late king James II, died lately at Paris.'--' Captain 
• . . Kempthorne , lately killed in a duell, was yesterday (Nov. , W.) 
inter'd in St. Clement Danes church.' 
Nov. 3, Th., fl(annel) sh(irt). 
Nov. 4, F., Oxford and Oxfordshire feast, Mr. (Thomas) Fogg 2 
of Ch. Ch., vicar of Cassington, preached.--The saine day the king's 
birth-day ; some bonfiers at Colleges and some bells rang ; but little 
observ'd. 
Nov. 5, S., Gunpowdcr treason, Mr. (Robert) Michel s ofTrin. Coll. 
preached. A picture of the pope, with the king of France on his 
right, and father Peters 4 on the left hand, carried about Oxon from 
dore to dore upon a stage to be seen by ail. Money given at every 
dort to defray the charge of 41i. that it cost. At night illuminations 
in ali streets and but few bonfiers. This is the first of Novembers 
that hath illuminations in windowes. The colleges bave bonfiers. 
Nusick at St. Marie's after sermon. 
Nov. 6, Su., at night Willialn Flexney died, aet. 79 or thereabouts ; 
accounted formerly a good musitian. 
Nov. 6, Su., (John) Winter  of Mert. Coll., and widdow Willis' 
(daughter of John Willis, chapter clerk of Ch. Ch.) was married at 
St. Tolls by bishop John Hall. 
Nov. 9, W., in the morning, William Collier, yeoman beadle of 
(Law), died in his house in Pennyferthing Street. 
Nov. 9, W., Francis Gastrell 6 of Ch. Ch. spoke a speech in schola 
Linguarum in laudem Thomae Bodley. 
Nov, io, Th., a Thanksgiving (vide 7 Gazer which came out 
?,Iunday Oct. 24). Mr. John Waugh 8 of Queen's College preached 
at S. Marie's, and before and after sermon was good musick from 
the organ loft, both instrumental and vocal: ringing of bells in the 
day, and illuminations in ail streets at night : crackers and fier-works, 
bonfiers in all colleges at night: few or no bonfiers at privat houses 
because they had illuminations. 
Nov. x i, F., Convocation in the morning wherein (Thomas) 
Rogers, somtimes an undergraduate of Magdalen, was chose beadle 

Luttrell ii. 604. 
Thomas Fogg, M.A. Ch. Ch. 15 
June 1686. 
Robert Michell, M.A. Trin. 17 
)ec. 1681, B.). 29 Apr. 1692. 
Luttrell. ii. 61o. 
]3rodrick's Merton, p. 298. 

« Francis Gastrell, M.A. Ch. Ch. 20 
Apr. 1687. 
 in another draft of this note Wood 
says :--' the reason why, see Gazer a 
fortnight before.' 
 John Waugh, M.A. Queen's 7 July 
1687. 



NO I:'EilI[IER, 1692. 4c7 
in the place of William Collier .... Crossley, bookseller, had most 
votes next to him; and after him, Robert Wood ; and then two other 
persons (barbers) that stood. 
Letter dated 2 Nov., S. :--' On Thursday (IO Nov.) the lord Capell i ws in- 
troduced into the house of peers and swome; and yesterday the yong ead of 
Carlile  was swome and took his place in the house.' 
(' 692 , a bastard child off Mary Tayler's wass buryed 1Novr. the 2th, being 
seposed by hur to be murdered.'-- S. Michael's parish register.) 
'5 Nov-3, Tuesday night (some say Wedn. night, 6 Nov.) Ben- 
jamin Browne, junior proctor, of Brasenose, at the Miter about xo at 
night went into a roome where 4 troopers were sitting drinking-- 
several troopes of horse being then quartered in Oxon--to look after 
scholars. The troopers forceablely kept (him) there till midnight; 
ruade him pay the reckoning, 4s 6d. His man went to call company : 
four came with staves to rescue him: the soldiers kcpt thcm out. 
He complained to Dr. Henry Aldridg, vicechancellor ; and he, to the 
duke of Orm0nd, chancellor. 
Nov. x 6 4, W., received a citation by the apparator-beadle ((Thomas) 
Rogers) to appeare in the vice-chancellor's court, Nov. x 8, F. 
Nov. x 7, Th., paid Mr. Shirley, bookseller, zs 6d in the vault  in the 
Schooles for books I ow'd him. 
Letters dated Nov.  7, Th. :--' Mr .... Slaughter, rector of Gamlingay in Cam- 
bridgeshire, son of Mr. Slaughter a minister who turn'd Roman Catholic tempore 
Jac. II, is preseuted by his parishioners for not observing in his church and parish 
the m.onthly fast. 
Nov. 8, F., I appeared (in the vice-chancellor's court) inter horas 
 et z post meridiem, where (x) Benjamin Wood stipulated for me in 
4oli.; (z) I desired a copie of the articles against me.--At 4 of the 

clock in the afternoon (or past), I 

x Sir Henry Capel, second son of 
Arthur Capel xst baron Capel of Had- 
ham, created I Apr. 1692 lord Capel 
of Tewkesbury ; Lord Justice in Ireland 
1693 , Lord Deputy 695. 
" Charles Howard, 3rd ead, in suc- 
cession to his father Edward Howard. 
 a shorter draft of this note says : 
' Nov. 5, Tuesday night, the proctor 
at the Miter Inn to look after scholars 
detained by soldiers.' 
 at the end of the Almanac is an- 
other draft, which runs :--' Citation 
serv'd mc on Wcdn, 16 Nov., to ap- 

was with Mr. (White) Kennet of 

peare in the vice-chancellor's court, 
(Nov.) 8, in the cause of Henry earl 
of Clarendon.' For the stages of this 
suit, sec vol. iv. 
 i.e. I suppose in the vaulted gate- 
way nnder the Schools Tower. 
 i.e. became security that if Wood 
lost the case 4oli. wonld be forthcoming 
to pay the costs and damages. Dr. 
William Levett on, T., 15 Nov. had 
« stipulated' in Ioli. for Clarendon, i. e. 
had become security that oli. would be 
forthcoming to pay expenses if the pro- 
secution failed. 



408 IVOOD'S LIFE AWD TIIES. 

S. Edm. Hall; thence I went downe the street, and at the dote of the 
Eagle and Child Mr. Ric(hard) Davies of Sanford and Mr. (William) 
Sherwyn the beadle were talking. Mr. Davies look(ed) red and jolly, 
as if he had been at a fish dinner at C. C. C., aud afterwards drinking 
--as he had been. ]3), that rime I had got out of the East gare, he 
overtook me on horse back (for he took horse at the Eagle and 
Child dore) and discours'd me aloud, and told me he had several 
letters of naine. I asked him how he came by them; he answer'd 
among Mr. (William)Fuhnan's papers, and asked whether he had 
best print them or hot. I answeled noe, but that he should let me 
have them. He said 1 there were many bad things in them, and I had 
printed several bad things in my book, etc. I bid him go forwards, 
and wee would talke more of these things hereafter, etc.--I would now 
aske this person (who spoke these things in a loud way which ruade 
the people stare) why he did not tell me these things before, when 
1 usually met him. To which I answer that what the mind had been 
conceiving for 3 or 4 yeares (for so long Mr. Fulman bath been dead), 
it ail cornes out when the head is hot and possess'd with drink. He 
is also of a pure = spirit, and hearing how I had appeared at the vice- 
chancellor's court, he was resolv'd, if that could not do enoug(h), to 
blacken and daub me the more.--The bookbinder without Eastgate 
heard this ; told Mr. (Henry) Reeks ; and Mr. Reeks, me, 2 3 Nov. 
(Wedn.) in the presence of BIr. Combes. 
Nov. i8, F., at the coffey house and at Swift's, on 13enjamin Wood 
and Mr. (John) Cook of St. John's (my proctora), 2s 3d. 
21 Nov., Monday, between i i and i 2 Mr. Davies I met at C. C. C. 
gate, and he fell upon me againe (but hot so loud), and said that I said 
Mr. Fulman was a proud man--no  such thing. He talked againe 
about my letters. He said that Mr. Fulman help'd me in a great 
many things, and I did hot acknowledge it, that I did hot mention 
him, etc. 

2x No,v., M., Dr. Arthur Charlet told me that Sir Robert Holmes, go,vernour of 
the Isle of Wight, was lately dead ---therefore what is before said is false. 
Letter dated aa lXTo,v., T. :--' Last week the honourable Mr. Henry Powle, 
Mastcr of the Rolls, dyed afler a few dayes' sie-kness, and 'ris said the lord com- 
missioner (Sir John) Tre,rot will succeed  him affer the sessions of parliament is 

t the MS. bas ' he had there were,' by 
slip. 
 Wood's spelling for ' poor.' 
i.e. in the stfit in the Vice-chan- 
cellor's Court. John Cooke, B.C.L. St. 

John's 3 Mareh 69L 
« Wood's denial of the preceding 
allegation. 
 Imttrell ii. 6o ; ep. ibid., p. 584. 
¢ he did so, 3 January 69. 



1692. 

409 

over.'--' Mr. (Thomas) Shedwell 1, the poet laureate, is also dead, and Mr 
(Nahum) Tare succeeds him in that office and Mr. Rymer or Raymer -" historio- 
grapher.'--Ibid. :--' Last night the old countcss of Scarsdale 3 was inter'd in West- 
minster abbey.'---Another letter of the saine date saith that ' Mr. Sha&vell died 
suddenly on Sunday (3o Nov.).'--Ibid. :--' Francis*, son of the lord Newport, died 
yesterday.' 
Hall's letter dated 32 Nov., T. :--' Last Stmday or thereabouts, Dr .... Pitts of 
Gmcechurch Street in London died'--quaere. ' Henry t'owle, esq., Master of the 
Rolls, formerly speaker of the house of Commons, died this morning.'--Another 
letter saith ' on 2I Nov., M.'--' Next Thursday (-4 Nov.) Sir Thomas Fowles 5, 
late alderman of this city, vill be interred in S. Dunstan's church in the west.' 
Letter dated 24 Nov., Th. :--' His majesty hath given the vice-treasurership of 
Ireland, vacant by the death of Mr. "William Harbord, to justice (Sir Thomas) 
Coningsby.'--' Mr. Thomas Shadwell's  place of poet laureate is given to Mr. 
Nahum Tare, who is allowed IoolL per armure.'--' Sir Henry Powle, Master of 
the Rolls, and of the pri W council, died on Munday (3i Nov.) ; Sir John Trevor, 
speaker of the house of Commons, sneceeds.'--' Col. Emund Ludlow * is said to 
be dead beyond sea.'--' Sir Thomas Fowles, a!derman, was this night buried in 
S. Dunstan's church in the west.'--' 'Tis reported this night that Sir John Cutler * 
is dead and that he hath left 5oooli. to build and endow a hospitall,'--another 
letter saith he is recovered.---' Sir Robert Atkins  a judge, put in to be Master of 
the Rolls : he is speaker of the house of Lords, who addressed his majesty for 
him2 
Hall's letter dated 34 Nov., Th. :--' [Sir TM Robert Howard, auditor of the Ex- 
chequer], is dead ; and the marquis of Winchester ri will succeed him.' 
Letters dated 24 and -6 Nov., Th. and S., say that it vas proposed in the bouse 
of Lords that there should be an oath ruade ' vhereby ail persons should abjnre 
the title of King James II and his posterity.' 
Short's letter dated 36 Nov., S. :--' Yesterday died the earl of Lincoln 1 in 
131omesbury square.' 
Franck's letter dated 36 Nov., S. :--' I.ast night Mr. Francis Newport, second 

la slip hem says :--'Ira Thoma»a 
Shadwell, archi-_oelam Gulielmi Yèr- 
iii- 
'Mors uni Bavio lucrum est: nain 
jugera vates 
Qui vens habuit nulla sepultus 
haboE' ; 
Wood notes that he had received it 
'from Mr. (James) Hainon' and 
it is probably in Harrgton's hd- 
writing. For the context ofthese lines, 
see i,ra under date 23 Apr. I693. 
= Thomas Rymer, editor of the 
dcra, appointed historioapher royal, 
a3 Dec. I692. 
 Frances Rich, daughter of Robert 
Rich =nd earl of Yanvick, widow of 
Nicholas Leke 2nd earl of Scarsdale. 
 Francis Newport 3rd son of Francis, 
viscount ewport. 

 Sir Thomas l%wle; Luttrell il. 
64, 623. 
 Wood notes :--' He (Mr. Shad- 
well) died at Chelsey--so Mr. John 
Aubrey, who saith (but false) that he 
died about  Dec.' 
 ' major-general Ludlow' ; Luttrell 
il. 623. 
s Luttrell il. 608. 
9 Luttrell il. 624 . Sir Robert At- 
kins, Chier Baron of the Exchequer 
since 8 Apr. I6S 9. 
1,, Wood has scorcd out the words in 
square brackets, uofing ' quaere,' whether 
hot Sir Robert Holmes, governour of 
the Isle of Wight.' Sir Robert Howard, 
auditor of the Exchequer, was succeeded 
in Sept. 1698 by Christopher Moatagu. 
:' su/ra, p. 404 . 
" Eward Clinton, fifth earl, 



41o Iff'OOD'S L[FE 4WD 

son to the lord viscount 1Vewport, was buried in "VVestminster abbey, etc. '-« Sir 
John Brattle t toaster of the mint, is dead ; died this week.'--' Yesterday morning 
died the enrl of Lincoln in Blomesbury square, having been very well on Tuesday 
going before in the house of peers.' 
27 Nov. Su., cl(ean) sheets. 
Letter dated 29 Nov., T., the earl of Lincoln is to be inter'd this night in the 
tomb of his ancestors in Westminstcr abbey.'--Ibid. :--' Dr. (Eward) Pelling, 
minister of Ludgate, died this week.' 
December.--Dec. i, Tb., Tbomas Wood appeared : see bis letter. 
Letter dated  10ec., Th. :--' the earl of Lincoln was buried on Tuesday (29 Nov.) 
in the abbey church of Westminster. His coffin was 2 foot 2 inches deep and 
3 foot over.'--' Lord Stawell : of Somersetshire died yesterday morning at West- 
minster, leaving only a daughter, the estate goes to his brother 4 who is at Merchant 
Taylor's schoole.' Another letter of the same date saith he died ' on Thursday. 
last at his house in Arlington Street.'--Ibid., and in a later dated  13ec. :--' Mr- 
Samuel Johnson 5 was in the night rime beaten and wounded in his owne house 
by certaine Jacobites for writing . . . ç bookes--not robbed : his life in jeopardy.' 
Letter dated Dec. 2, Th. :--' Titus Oates his pension of Ioli. per week is taken 
off, and bas allowed him only 2li. per week.' 
Dec. 2, F., my proctor, Thomas Wood, appeared about the articles. 
Letter dated I)ec. 3, S. :--' 'Tis advized by letters from Winchester that Richard 
Cromwell, quondam Protector, died this week  at Hursley, 3 mlles thence 'so he 
must bave died in the latter end of November. 
Dec. 5, M., c](ean) sh(eets). 
Letter dated 6 I)ec., T. :--' Yesterday a great hearing in the house of peers 
between the duke of Southampton  and Sir Caesar Cranmer : an appeale brought 
by the latter (Cranmer) out of the court of Chancery about the estate of Sir 
Henry Wood lately belonging to bishop Thomas Wood of Lichfeild, esteemed 
at 4oooH. per annum; and after a full hearing their lordships revers'd that decree 
from the duke and gave the verdict to Sir Caesar Cranmer.'--Ibid. :--' Serjeant 
. . . Topham, who attended the house of Commons, is dead '--so letter dated 
6 Dec., T. 
Letter dated 8 Dec., Th., say that 'Daniel Finch earl of Nottingham is by 
vote of parliament to be removed from his place of Secretary for evill councill 
conceming the descent into France' ; and that Dr. George had left England. 
Letter dated 8 Dec., Th. :--' This week captain . .. Tyrrill, commander of the 
Ossory a second-rate ship, dyed : much lamented for bis valour and conduct '--- 
younger son of Sir Timothy Tyrrell; quaere Obitall book.' Mr. Topham, ser- 
jeant at armes to the house of Commons, dyed on Tnesday night (6 Dec.).'----' Mr. 
Graham, belonging to the Inner Temple, vho lived in Fetter lane, was kil'd last 
night by an unknown person in the King's 13ench walke '--the person who killed 
him was one... Long, a country attorney or some such employment : he is 

' Luttrell ii. 623. 
 i.e. in the Vice-chancellor's Court 
in the case Clarendon v. Wood. The 
note is scored out, being in error. 
 John Stawel 2nd baron. 
 William Stawel, half-brother of 
John. 

 Luttrell ii. 627- 
 one word illegible. 
* Luttrell ii. 630 : a false report. 
s Charles Fitz-Roy, claiming in right 
of his first wife (died x68o), Mary Wood 
daughter and heir of Sir IIenry Wood. 
Luttrell il. 606, 650 , 632. 



2VOV.--DEC. 1692. 4I I 
taken and eornrnitted. This Graharn is nephew to Mr. Graham of Clifford's 
Inne and another letter saith ' the man that kil'd hirn his narne was Yong 1., 
Bec. 8, Thursday, Thomas Wood appeared (in the case Clarendon 
v. Wood), vide letter.--Dcc. 9, Friday, (he appeared) againe, vide 
letter. 
Dec. 9, Friday, about 2 in the morning arose a dreadful west wind 
at Oxon and lasted till about 7 in the morning. 
Letter dated Dcc. o, S. :--' Last Thursday (Dec. 8) Mr .... Grigg, rnarshall 
to the Lord Chier Baron. was sworne serjeant at armes to the house of Comrnons 
in the place of Mr... Topham deceased, who was yesterday carricd to Windsore 
to be buried.'--' Last Thursday night (Dec. 8) the lord cornrnissioner (Sir John) 
Trevor received his patent for Master of the Rolls.'--' Last night çDec. 9) Mr. 
(Williarn) Monntford the player was kil'd by one capt .... Hill 2 in sorne quarrel 
-herein the lord Mohnn had been concerned.' 
Letter dated o Dec., S., 692 :--' Dr. Joha Wiccart is rnade deane of Win- 
chester in the place of Dr. Richard Meggot deceased ; and Dr .... IIill preben- 
dary of Windsore in the said Dr. Meggot's place.'--Votes of the house of Cornmons, 
Th., 8 Dec. 69: 'Ordered that Mr. speaker do hmnbly put his majestie in 
rnind 3 of the several addresses of this honse in the several sessions of this parlia- 
ment on the behalf of Dr. Thornas Mannyngharn, chaplaine to their rnajesties and 
also chaplaine to this house, that his rnajestie wonld grafiously please to confer on 
him the next prebend of W'estrninster or Windsore that should fall, Dr. Meggot» 
the deane of Winchester, being lately dead.' 
I)ec. 12, Munday, John ]3artlet's waggon* was rob'd of 3oo/[. 
comming from London and he wounded for making some resistance 
and had 3ol£ about him taken awayall done by highway men of 
whome . . . Savage, sometimes an Oxford mercer, was one. He lyes 
under his wounds at Gerard's Cross. 
Bec. I3, T., in the morn, a letter round dropt in the street directed 
to . . . ]3ishop, a cutler and papist, wherein 'ris said that king James II 
vould be in England next spfing. This lctter is said to be written by 
one of ]3rasnose College. 
Letter dated Dec.  3, T. :---' The oath of abjuratlon of King Jamcs II and his 
posterity, proposed in the house of Lords : 2oo against it, 175 for it.' 
Letter dated 13 Dec., T. :--' Coll .... Mildrnay knight of the shire for Essex 
is dead.'--' Archbishop of Glascow, a close prisoner, to be banish'd '--see Term 
Catalogue p. 656 b, a.--' Mountford, before mention'd, was kil'd by capt. tlill of 
the regirnent of the lord Mohun ; he finding himself rnortally wounded reccived 
the sacrarnent belote his death '--see Gazer, 15 Dec., Th. 
Lettcr dated 15 Dec., Th., 692 :--' Mr. Mountfort the cornedian was yestelday 

i Luttrell ii. 636. 
- ritten at first 'capt .... Clinton' 
but corrected to ' IIill,' a note being 
added ' Another letter saith, "by capt. 
• . . IIill".' Luttrell ii. 63î , 638, 64. 

s the reminder vas successful : 
Thornas Manningharn being norninated 
on 19 Dec. 69, to the canonry of 
Windsor vacant by Meggot's death. 
-* Luttrell ii..4I, 



412 IVOOD'S LIFE AND TLUES. 
night buried in S. Clement Danes chtarch where were above ooo people. The 
great bell of S. Clement's ehureh, ringing his knell, crack't, which is taken much 
notice of by the criticks.'---' Sir Robert Henly, prothonotary of the King's Bench, 
died this morn.' 
Letter dated x 7 Dec., S. :--« Sir William Pritchard, one of the aldermen of 
London, died this morning.'--' On Thursday last died Sir Robert Henly, Master 
of the King's Bench Office in the Temple: he died in the toe, and Lord Chier 
Justice (Sir John) tIolt hath given that office to his brother Rowland Holt the 
counsellor and Mr. Coleman joyntly with him.' 
• • •  7 1, inter horas 3 et 4 in Bullington Greene, another rebuff--- 
going to fighting. 
Letter dated Dec. 2o, T. :--' Sir William Pritehard, alderman, died last Satur- 
day (Dec. 17). 
Letter dated 2o Dec., T. :--' capt. Tyrell lyes in state against Somerset bouse.' 
Dec. 23, F., Xt. Ch. and S. Marie's bells rung out for a senior 
student of that house named Mr. Richard Old, B. Div. 
Letter dated 24 Dec., S. :--' lIr. Nathaniel Lee, the famous comedian 
at the Theater Royall, died on Thursday last (22 Dec.) ; and Mr .... 
Sandford, another of the chiefest of them, is dangerously ill.' 
Dee. 27, T., Mr. John Mayot told me that the godly brethren at 
Abendon had dismiss'd Thomas Danson about a fortnight since. 
Letter dated 29 Dee., Th. :--' Serjeant (William) Wogan hath kist the king's 
hand in order to be constituted one of the eommissioners of the great seal , in the 
place of Sir John Trevor (made Master of the Rolls).'' On Tuesday last (27 I)ec.) 
Mr .... Jermyn,  only son of the lord Jermyn, about x4 yeares of age, as he was 
clim(b)ing up an old lyter , in the storme, neare the Savoy staires, the mast 
broke, fell npon him and kil'd him.'--' Lord Mohun gone beyond the seas to avoid 
a tryal '--tried in Feb. x69r , vide Terre Catalogue, p. 67z a. 
Letter dated 29 Dec., Th. :--' Yesterday Mr .... Dives» clerk of the eouncil, 
died.' 
Another letter dated 29 Dec., Th. :--' On Tuesday last Mr. J'ermyn, son to the 
lord of that naine, a youth about x 5 yeares of age, in the height of a great storme 
would needs go on board a lyter neare the Savoy : where a gust of wind blew him 
off, and he catching by the side, another lyter that lay close by, dashing against it, 
squeezed his body to peices.'--' Mr. Dives» clerk of the council, died yesterday 
(W., 8 Dec.).' 
3 ° Dec., F., early in the morn, a great blustring west wind : mis- 

chief done by it. 

* Wood notes :--' I cannot tell 
whether x7 of Dec. or Jan.' The 
note occurs at the end of the ' rebnff' 
by Davies (supra zx Nov.), and pro- 
bably refers to him. Wood had noted 
the day only, '  7; and was afterwards 
unable to recall the month. 
 this appointment was not made, 

the Commission being dissolved and 
Sir John Somers made Lord Keeper. 
 Luttrell il. 65o, 65L ]3urke's 
tinct Peerage has no reference to this 
son. 
 ' lyter ' i. e. lighter, substitted 
for ' vesscll.' 



DEC. 1692  AA'. 1693. 

43 

Letter dated Dec. 3I, S. :--' Mr. (William) Bridgrnan will succeed Mr. Dives 
as clerk of the councill and Dr. (Owen)Wyn, formerly under-secretary to Sir 
Leoline Jenkyns (Secretary of State and Warden of the rnint) is rnade secretary of 
the prize office in the room of Mr. Dives deceased.' 

169 and 1693 : 5 William & Mary: Wood aet. 61. 
January.--Jan. 2, M., fla(nnel) sh(irt). 
Letter dated, T., Janu. 3 :--' Dr .... Bryan 1, preacher to a Jacobite meeting in 
S. Dunstan's court in Fleet street, (was) taken on Sunday last' ( Jan.).--'A new 
cornedie cornposed by Mr. (Nahum)Tate, poet lanreat, was acted belote their 
rnajesties, M., 2 Jan.'--' Last Saturday (31 Dec.) Sir John Marsharn  died ; left his 
son an estate of 4ooo/i. per annurn.' 
(Wood 417 no. I82 is a copy of Latin verses, entitled ' Arrnante Gulielmo anno 
salutis I992, ' in which Wood bas noted « ex dono Edvardi Joyner anthoris, T., 
3 Jan. 1692' i. e. 
Letter dated, Th., 5 Jan. :m, Mr .... Jennings s a rnernber of parliament is to 
be secretary of the prize-office and not Dr. {Owen) Wynn.'---Ibid. : ' Col .... Sal- 
vyle  died yesterday.' 
Gazer, Th., Jan. 5 :--« Sermon preached at the funeral of Richard Meggot, 
D.D., late deane of Winton, Dec. 1% 1692, at Twickenharn by Williarn Sher- 
lock, D.D.' 
Letter dated, Th., Jan. 12 :--' Sorne dayes since duke of Richrnond  was rnar- 
ried to the yong lady Bellasis of a vast fortune.' 
News letter dated, S., 14 Jan. :--' From ])artmouth, T., Io Jan., yesterday the 
valiant commander, captain Charles Stocker, commander of the Cloudsley galley, 
died.' 
Tuesday, 17 Jan., Lent terme, Humphrey Hody, of Wadh. Coll., 
was admitted D.D. 
Letters dated, T., Jan. 17, and Th., Jan. 19 :--' One lXIr .... Meryweather is 
round guilty of dispersing the late king's declarations.' 
Jan. 20, F., I gave in my answer to the articles per Tho. (Wood) 
to the assessor. They disliked 
Letter dated, S., Jan. 21 :--' The bishop of Landaff * (William ]3ew) hath ex- 
hibited several articles against Dr .... Jones, chancellor of the diocese, in the court 
of Arches for severall rnisdearneanours.'--' Mr. Edrnund Bohtm to be rernoved from 
his place of licenser for the press for licensing a pamphlet called Içing l, Yillian 

i Luttrell iii. I. 
 Luttrell iii. 2. 
 Luttrell iii. 2, 4- 
 XVood notes :--'Savyle, Sackvyle, 
quaere.' On the back of the slip is a 
jotting out of all apparent connection : 
--' George Savile marquis of Halyfax 
the anthor, IS 2d. in quires: Sir 
Robert Howard.' Col. Sackvill M.P. ; 
Luttrell iii. 4. 

 Charles Lennox, bastard son of 
Charles II by Louise de Querouaille, 
born 29 July I6î2, created duke of 
1Richrnond 9 Aug. 1675 , rnarried Anne 
widow of Henry Belasyse lord Belasyse 
of Worlaby. Luttrell iii. 9- 
 i.e. apparently, the court thought 
the answers insufficient. 
 Luttrell iii. 17. 



414 

I4/'OOD'S LIFE .4A'D TI«IES. 

and Queen Iary conquerours.'---Another letter saith :--' Mr. ]3ohun  vas taken 
into custody for licensing ICin i ll/ïlliaÆt and Queen Iary, which is to be burnt 
by the common hangman. Mr. Charles ]31ount, a barester, the stapposed anthor, to 
be sent for in custody.' 
Jan. 24, Tuesday, ordered z that the printed'pamphlet (licensed by Mr. Edmund 
13ohun) entitled ]Çing lVilliam and Qtteen Iary conquerours etc., wherein are 
several matters asserted of dangerous consequence to their majesties, to the liberty 
of their subjects, and the peace of the kingdome, be burnt by the hand of the com- 
mon hangman on Wednesday morning next at Io of the clock in the new pallace 
yard at Westminster, and that the serjeant of armes attending the house do see the 
same performed, etc.--Eodem die, ordered that the bishop of Salisbury (Dr. 
Gilbert ]3urnet) his book 3, entitled .4 ;basloral lelter, be burnt by the hands of the 
common hangman at the saine rime and in the saine place and that the serjeant of 
armes etc., and that the sherrifs of London and Middlesex do assist the said ser- 
jeant therein. Both burnt accordingly, W., 35 Jan. [The like was also doue in 
the old pallace yard by the order of the bouse of peers .] In the pastoral letter 
"ris said s, King William III came in by conqnest.' It was then discussed or pro- 
posed that Dr. William Lloyd's book (bishop of S. Asaph, now of Lichfield), en- 
titled GoaVs way of disbosing khtgdomes etc., be burnt also : but waved only by 
eleven votes.--Another letter saith that the house of Lords ordered to bave it 
burnt. 
24 Jan., T., his majesty promised the house of commons according to their 
address that Emtand ]3ohun, lieenr of the press, should be removed from his 
office for licensing I'ing IVillia»z III and Qtteet i]Iary cotqucrours. [Quaere » 
whether Mr. 3ently be the author.] 
24 Jan., T., resolved by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in parliament that the 
assertion of King William and Queen Mary's being king and queen by conquest is 
highly injurious to their majesties, and inconsistent with the principles on vhich 
rhin government is founded, and tending to the subversion of the rights of the 
people.--Which the saine day was resolved by the bouse of Commons. 
24 Jan., T., paid poll-rnoney for S. Thornas day, h'. is. 
ly letters dated, F., 27 Jan., I69-, thus from Cornwall  :--« A man and his 
son were at plow. The son drove the plow, but ackward against the father's will. 
This father flung the hatchet at him, broke his seuil, and (he) fell downe dead. 
The father disceming his own perill hung himself on the next tree. Newes of it 

 Luttrell iii. 7, I9- 
 by the tlouse of Commons. 
z Evelyn's Diary under date 4 Feb. 
x69}. 
 Luttrell iii. 19. 
 Wood notes on a slip:Dr. Gil- 
bert ]urnet, bishop of Sature: A bas- 
total letler fo the clergy of kis diocess 
cozcernDtg" the oaths of alleffiace and 
setb'emacy to A'tg" lVillian and Qteez 
AIay, Lond. ,689, quarto, published in 
the month of May; p.  (vide p. 7) 
" Therefore King James (II) having so 
fart sunk in the warr that he bath aban- 
doned his people and deserted the go- 

vernment, ail his right and title did 
accrue to the king in the right of a 
conquest over him" etc. : ibid., "And 
indeed which way soever King James' 
deserting the government is turned this 
argument bath much weight; for if 
he was forced to it, then here was a 
conquest ; and if it was voluntary, it 
was wilful desertion ".' On the back of 
this slip Wood notes :' Thomas (Her- 
bert) earl of Pembroke, lord privie seal 
in the later end of 69I: quaere in 
lov., ]3ec. ; vide Alto. 69 in blarch.' 
» Luttrell iii. 2o. 
 Luttrell iii. 23. 



'AN. -- FF/. 1693. 415 
was carried fo the mother af home, vho running out in hast left her suckling child 
on the table. The child rolled off and broke its neck. The mother vas afterwards 
distracted.' 
3 ° Jan., M., King's fast, Philip Thorne of Exeter College preached. 
In this month the charter of the University of Oxford confirmed by 
parliament. 
Latter end of this month things are deare in fle market, though 
money is deare. Few scholars in Oxon; great taxes and payments. 
All things are dead. 
ebruary.Feb. , W., capt .... Whitney a (orgnally a butcher), 
a famous highwayman, hanged at Smithfield barrs, after 5 dayes re- 
prieve in expectation of confession of his fellow robbers and their 
haunts. 
[2 Feb3, Th., i69 , bought at Oxon, ' 'u/h brot«ghl lo hh/, or the 
gross forgeries of Dr. [Richard] Hollingworth,' Lond. 1693.] 
Feb. 3, F., at Mr. (Richard) Blechindon's chamber at St. John's at 
5 at night, where neuves was brought that Dr. Baptist Levinz bishop 
of the Isle of Man died at Winton (where he was prebend) the Tues- 
day before, viz. 3i Jan. He was rector of Christian Malford and a 
minor prend of Wells. 
Feb. 9, Th., this moming Sir William Tumer , a member of padiament and 
senior aldean of London, died.Another letter said that ' he is father of this 
city, prcsident of Bedlam and Bridewell, aged 8o.' 
Feb. io, F., another answer in the assessor's chamber. 
Feb. 13, I., inauguration day, ringing of bells and some illumina- 
tions in the High Street, etc. Not so much as formerly; people dis- 
contented at paying many taxes. 
tter dated, T., 14 Feb. :' On Sunday last (Septuagesima, I2 Feb.) John 
(Tillotson), archbishop of Canterbury, preached at Lincoln's ]nn fore the 
society out ofthe I 9 alm verse 96 ; afterwards he administered the sacrament ; 
nd OEen publickly dined in their hall  a member of that society (having formedy 
been preacher there).' 
Feb. o, M., sister * broke up house and went to London. 
In February  Mris Margaret Bagshaw, widdow of Edward Bagshaw, died in her 
lodgings over against Grey's ]nn in Holboe, and was buried . . . 
Letter dated, T. Feb.   :' Reported that the doEe of Somerset is to succeed 

James Whitney : Luttrell iii. I, 
27. 
note in Wood's copy, Wood 363 
04)- 
Luttrcll iii. 32. 

« Margery, vidow of Anthony's 
brother Christopher. 
 Wood writes ' 2o ' above this, per- 
haps meaning the date to be Feb. 



46 



FEB.  .ILqRCH, 1693. 41 7 
in the mastership of the horse Here 1 Overkirk. Here Overkirk is made deputy 
Stadtholder 2 in Holland for King William III.' 
Friday, 24 Feb., ... Williarns-, cook of Oriel, had 3 sons borne in S. Mary's 
parish. 
Mr .... Wright *, a schoolrnaster at Carnberwell in Southwark (as 'ris supposed) » 
round drowned in the Thames neare Black-fryers staires, F., 24 Feb., in the 
moln. 
(Wood 13. 23 (2) is ' Dei Incarnati Vindiciae' Lond. 1693 ; which Wood notes 
to have been received ' from Edmund Elys the author, F., 24 Feb. 169.' ) 
Feb. z 4, zS, z6, etc., much snow »: frost. 
Letter dated, T., 28 Feb. :--' Sir Robert Howard 6, auditor of the exchecquer, 
aged above 60, is married to rnadarn Dives, one of the maids of honour.' 
1Karch.--March 4, S., cl(ean) sheets. 
March 8, W., the dissenting ministers of London kept a fast and 
preached and prayed among themselves for the prosperity of the 
English armies, beyond the sea and on the sea, against the French. 
This was to flatter the king and queen, and upbraid the church of 
England who kept no fast. 
March 9, Th., between ,i and i z at night died John Newman  
gent. at Dudley's the glover against the Theatre : buried in the cloister 
of New College with escocheons, T., March i4. 
[xl Match * 69 , bought at Oxon, price 6d, 'A letter writ by the bishop of 
Salisbury to the bishop of Coventry and Litchfield concerning a book lately pub- 
lished called .,4 speci»ten of some errors attd defects in the Histoy of lhe 2efornta- 
tiot ofthe Church ofEnglandby Anthony Harmar,' Lond. I692. ] 
March I2, Su., fl(annel) shirt. 
Letter dated 14 March, T. :--' Sir Richard Onslow" hath resigned his place of 
one of the comrnissioners of the Admiralty.' 
March I5, W., about 1i of the clock in the morning died Mr. 
Edward Read. His son and heir named... Read died in Seymour 
Wood's house 3 Oct. ; vide post in October. 
March 16, Th., (paid) 2li. 9s. to Thomas Wood for fees for the 
chancellor's court; May 2, T., (paid him) i3s. id. more; May 28, 
Su., (paid) 6s. to John Cook. 
Note. In February having been taxed for an iooli., there was a 

 i.e. Herr. Henry de Nassau d'Au- 
verquerque, Master of the ltorse to 
King Willia,n III. Charles Seyrnour, 
sixth duke of Sornerset, appears in 1702 
(in Qucen Anne's reign , as Master of 
the Horse. Luttrell iii. 39- 
" Luttrell iii. 42. 
•  entered also under date March 3, 
but scored out thcre. 

X OL. III. 

* Luttrell iii. 43. 
z Luttrell iii. 48, 5o ; Evelyn's Diary 
under date 26 Feb. 169. 
6 Luttrell iii. 45- 
* Gutch's Wood's Coll. and Halls, 
p. 224. 
* note in Wood's copy, Wood 61 
(,. 
 Luttrell iii. 54- 

Ee 



418 II'OOD'S LIFE .-t'VD TI3IES. 
demur ruade of paying it because 'twas upon a mortgage. Afterwards 
the Commissioners taxd me at 2ooli. and accordingly the collectors 
came to collectit, Th., the  6 of March. Whereupon I going to them 
to sweare off a iooh', on F., the 17 of March, at the Guildhall, they 
imposed on me the oaths of allegiance and supreamcy, which I took, 
notwithstanding I then told them that I had taken them 2 yeares 
before. Necessity Holloway a busy man in this: the recorder very 
civil. 
1Marcb 20, M., paid the quarterly tax of 6s for iooh 
Letter dated March 21, T. :--« This morning died of the small pox, Walter 
Chetwind 1, esq., knight to sit in parliament for Staffordshire ; and the day before, 
lIector Philipps  of Cardigan, another parliament man. But another letter saith 
that he died at Chelsey Saturday I8 Match.' Walter Chetwind's sole executor 
was capt .... Chetwind his kinsman. 
Letter dated 23 Match, Th. :--' Yesterday Sir John Summers 3, attorney general 
(somtimes of Trin. Coll.), was ruade lord keeper at Kensington' ; vide Gazet-- 
Edward Russell, esq., eldest son  ofthe earl of Bedford, is ruade treasurer of the 
ehamber, lately possest hy Sir Rowland Gwin.' 
Sir John Trenchard m:xde Secretary of State, Th., March 23, in the place of 
the lord Sidney 2, lievtenant of Ireland. Serjeant Wogan 6 (is) to succeed him in 
the cheif justiceship of Chestcr. 
Letter dated March 23, Th. :-- It is advised from Guildford that Mr .... 
Thornborow  the minister there, whose living was 2oo/i. per annum, after 9 dayes 
being mist, was found hanged in a thicket of a wood. 'Tis not yet certainly 
knowne whether he hangd himself or not.'-« Dr. John Hartstonge» chaplain to 
the duke of Ormond, kis'd his majesty's hand for the bishoprick of Ossory s void 
by the death of Dr. Thomas Otway'; vide Gazet, Th., Match 23. (Created  
I).D. in Convocation at Oxon, T., 28 Match I693). 
Letter dated 23 Match, Th. :-- Sir Scrope How 10 is made controller geneml 
of the excise office.' 
Letter dated, S., 25 Match :--... Pooley, deane of ... in Ireland, is made 
bishop of Killaloo l in the place of Dr. Raynon deeeased.' 

 Luttrell iii. 58. 
z Luttrell iii. 57- 
 Luttrell iii. 58, 59, 60. Sir John 
Somers, created baron Somers of Eve- 
sham 2 Dec. 697. 
 Luttrell iii. 4 o, 58, 60. Third, and 
eldest surviving son of Villiam Rus- 
sell, fifth earl of Bedford. 
 Henry Sydney, created viscount 
Sydney of Shepey 9 Apr. I689, and 
earl of Romuey 14 May I694. 
6 Luttrell iii. 61. William Woogen 
or Wogham, Serjeant-at-Law, 689. 
He did hot become Chier Justice of 
Chester, Sir John Trenehard appointing 
a deputy; Luttrell iii. 66. John 
Trenehard appears as Chier Justice in 

689 and John Coombe in x695. The 
note in X\ood's text settles the doubt 
in Ockerby's Haydn's The look of 
Z)ignities (qo', p. II49 , as to the 
identity of Trenchard the Chief Justice 
of Cheshire with Trenehard the Seere- 
tary of State. 
 Luttre11 iii. 59- 
 Luttre11 iii. 8. 
 Luttrell iii. î4- 
10 Luttrell iii. 60. 
ix Luttrell iii. 6I; the information 
was false, ttenry Rider, arehdeaeon 
of Ossory, sueeeeded John Roan in the 
see of Killaloe ; Luttrell, iii. IO6. John 
Pooley, dean of Ossory, beeame bishop 
of Clovne in I697. 



«IMRCH--,4PRIL» 1693. 419 
Letter dated, T., 28 Match :--' Sir William Rawlinson and Sir Georg IIutchins, 
late eommissioners of the great seal, lately dismiss'd by the making of a new 
Lord Keeper , do follow their practice again. Duke of S. Albans  said to be east 
nway in a ferry boat on the Thames with a coach and six horses.'--' Mr. ('*,Vil- 
liam) Bridgman " ruade under-secretary to Sir John Trenchard.'--' Mr. (Edward) 
Ward , of the exchequer, ruade attomey general : Sir Thomas Trevor to eontinew 
sollicitor ' ' 
general.- A great whale had been seen of the Lizard.'--A libell seized, 
entitled The Jacobite rinciles vhtdicated ; another The Scotch sotg: 
lIarch 8, T., my 17ndicah'on went to London in More's waggon. 
('Vood 6i 4 (î) is ' A vindication of the historiographer of the Uni- 
versity of Oxon and lais works from the reproaches of the lord bishop 
of Salisbury in his letter to the bishop of Coventry and Lichfield,' 
written by E. D?, Lond. 693.--In this copy on pp. , 3, 7, 8, 
9 Wood had noted the passages which were 'put out of the copy by 
the licenser'; as also the passages which the printer had put in, there 
being 'no such matter in the copy.' The binder, however, has been 
allowed to sheer away the margins, and only one of these notes is now 
intelligible, that on p. 2z referring to the Athen«e, vol. iii' and how 
vou shall find some ill things put into the book by other hands (the 
author being then in a remote place), and thereby indeed he has been 
ruade a tool to speak the sense of envious persons, for which he has 
in some degree suffered.') 
[3 ° March  Th., 693 , lIrs. Hacket brought to bed of a dead 
female child : buried in $. John Baptist churchyard.] 
Match 3 o, Th., lord Hyde v, son of the earl of Rochester, is marie treasurer to 
the queen in the place of lord Bellamont .--Edward Southwell , esq., of Merton 
Coll., was sworne clerk of the eouncil extraordinary : vide Gazer, Th., 6 Apr. 
,693. 
All the last winter and to the end of the year 0 great robbing n in 
and neare London. Also the summer following. 
A.10ril.--Letter dated, S., Apr. x :--' Admiral Russell *u ruade gornour of the 

 see supra under March 23. 
 Charles Beauclerk, first duke. The 
report was false. 
•  Luttrell iii. 6L 
 Luttrell iii. 59, 6o, 67- 
 E. D. is said to be Thomas Wood 
of New College, Anthony's nephew. 
Wood notes here (I suppose as the 
date of its going to press) ' 2o Match 
69' i.e. . 
 note in giS. Phillipps îo8. 
 Luttrell iii. 65, 67. Henry Hyde, 
son of Laurence Hyde, first earl of 
Rochester. 

Ee 

a Richard Coote second baron Coote, 
of Coloony, Treasurer to Queen Mary, 
was created earl of Bellomont  ov. 
x689. 
 Luttrell iii. 67. 
t0 the year with Wood ending on 4 
Match. 
u e.g. Luttrell iii. x, 9, x8, x, 3 
28, etc. 
x Edward Russell, second son of 
Edward Russell çthe fourth son of 
Francis, fourth earl of Bedford), the 
victor of La Hogue, created earl of 
Orford î May 1697. 
2 



4oEo OOD'ç LIFE t«VD TIrEç. 

Isle of Wight last Tuesday night.' (Quaere wh(ether) the lord Cutts 3.--' From 
Shipton-mallet  in Somerset is reported that a prodigious storme of halle accom- 
panied with fier hapned, in so much that the inhabitants thought that the world 
was at an end. And from Otmdle it's said that a prodigious storme of raine 
hapned there, with flashes and streames of tire that melted the bells in the steple 
and they had much adoe to preserve the church.' 
Letter dated, Th., Apr. 6 :--' It's wrot from Ireland that the lord ]3ofey's lady 
was brought to bed of 5 sons, 4 of which were xtned ; but the next day they all 
dyed and also the lady and were buried together.' In another letter written Bofin. 
Nevs lctter dated. S., 8 Apr. :--' A monstrous child of 6 months old to be 
shewed at court. It hath three yards and he makes use of them all at once.' 
(At the end of Wood 658 is a sheet, 'Proposais for printing lIonumenta 
Britannica by John Aubrey,' which Wood notes to have been received on II., 
io Apr. I693. ) 
11 Apr., T., Coronation day, several sers of bells rang : no illumi- 
nations : no bonfires. 
(' Johnathan ]3attershell s, undergraduett off Exter Colledge, wass 
buryed Aprill the 14th in the uper end off the Wellch Iiell, an. Dom. 
I693 '---entry in S. IIichael's parish register.) 
Letter dated, S., Apl'. 15 :--' Sir John Cutler , knight, died in Westminster this 
moming. 'Tis said he had 8o,ooo/i. in cash lying by him, and died worth 
3oo,ooo/i.'The earl of Radnor , his son-in-law, is his heire; laid in state ; and 
afterwards buried in St. BIargaret's church. 
Apr. I9, Wedn., Tho5 and I with my lord 7 circa horam 8 ante 
meridiem : my lord very high 8. At  o with Dr. (William) Levet and 
Josiah Pullen to know what my lord said--' tattle in my book,' 'my 
letter to him with epistle inclosed troublesome.' 
Apr. eo, Th., V)d[calio of lhe Hl'Sloriographer  came privatly to 
Oxon, and the next day lIr. (White) Kennet sent me six. Not ex- 
posed to sale till, W., e6 of April. 
From 10 lIr. James Eckersal  Apr. o, Th., I693 : 
Clauditur hoc tumulo ]3avius, gravis esse memento 
Terra tuo ]3avio, nam fuit ille tibi. 

* John Cutts, created baron Cutts of 
Gowran in the Irish Peerage, I69o. 
The original report vas that admiral 
Russell was ruade governor; Luttrell 
iii. 67, 68. The appointment was given 
to lord Cutts, S., 8 Apr.; Luttrell 
o.o 
m. 73- 
 Luttrell iii. 67. 
 Jonathan 13attishill, matric. 19 
/arch I69 , net. I8. 
 Luttrell iii. î6, 78, 8, 87. 
n Çharles Bodvile Iobartes, second 
earl; rnarried Eizabeth, daughter and 
heir of Sir John Cutler, knight, of 

London. 
6 Wood's nephew, Thomas Wood. 
 Henry Hyde, second earl of Clar- 
endort. 
s the word is indistinct: "high' 
perhaps, or 'bttsy': it is possibly 
nleant that lord Clarendon refused to 
see Wood. 
 see supra, p. 419 . 
0 this is inserted out of place in the 
Almanac for Nov. I692. The heading 
only is in Wood's hand. 
 James Eckersall, M.A. Bras.  Dec. 
i686. 



APRIL  31.41Ç 1693. 42  

Tam cito miraris 13avii foetere cadaver? 
lYon fnit in toto corpore mica salis. 
Mors uni 13avio lucrum : nam jugera rates 
Qui moriens habuit nulla, sepultus habet. 
Dicite num bene vos nostis, gens critica, Vates 
An fuerit 13avius pejor an Historicus ? 
T. 13.1 nuper ex Aede Christi. 
Letter dated , S., 22 Apr. ;--' From Paris 'ris said that Sir Edward Herbert is 
created by King James 1I, earl of Portland 3, and that he with the earl of Middle- 
ton 4 are the chief ministers of state about the said king.' In Edward Herbert (in 
the Alhcnae). 
Apr. z3, Low Sunday, (Charles) Monkton " of Ch. Ch. repeated. 
Letter dated Apr. 28, T. :--'Edward lYicholas «, esquire, was ruade Treasurer 
to the Queen in the place of the lord  Bellamont '--son of Sir Edward lYicholas 
(quaere). 
Great store of raines this month 8 and a flud by the z5 day. 
Apr. z6, W., Mr. (William) Walker senior proctor quitted his oflïce 
with a ver), good speech. New proctors admitted, viz. Roger Altham 
of Ch. Ch. and Richard Vesy of Magd. Coll. 
Letter dated 29 Apr., S. :--' News that William Penn bath set up a brewhouse 
in France at S. Germans.' 
9 Apr., S., the poore in Oxford by clamoring brought the price of 
corne from 9 s to 6s .d. 
Last of April, Sunday, ringing of bells at some parish churches and 
at one or . colleges because the Queen's birth-day. 
lV[ay.--May i, M., paid lXlr. Haywood 5 s 6d for Gazets. 
As many Maypoles this yeare throughout England as there were in 
i66o or 6i--quaere the reason. 
Letter dated May , T. :--"Tis wrot fiorn Shrewsbury 9 that 3o0 
people getting there together carne to the market cross and ruade 
proclamation that the carrying of corn out of the nation ould breed 
a famine and that they ought to hinder it. But the rnayor that night 
seizing sorne of the ring-leaders cornnrnitted them to prison. ]Sut the 

 Wood notes :--' Thomas 13rowne,' 
i.e. the author of the lines: they are 
an insulting mock-epitaph on Thomas 
Shadwell, the dead poet-laureate and 
historiographer royal ; see supra under 
date 22 Nov. 692. 
= the saine note is found on a slip in 
MS. Rawl. D olim  29o. 
3 King William had, on 9 Apr. 689, 
ereated William 13entinck, his Dutch 
friend and adviser, earl of Portland. 

Charles Middleton, second earl of 
Middleton, outlawed 23 July 694. 
Luttrell iii. 75, 79, 86. 
Charles Monekton, M.A. Ch. Ch. 
May 69o. 
Luttrell iii. 67, 84. 
suibra ' p. 49 . 
Evelyn's Diary under date 23 Apr. 
x693. 
Luttrell iii. 88. 



422 IVOOD'ç LIFE ,4.VD 
next morn the rabble got together, broke open the dores, and released 
them.'--Tumults t in every place by the poore. Meale men inhance 
the price, and millers. 
6 May, S., poore women in Oxon market clamoring again at the 
price of corne; pelting millers, mealmen, bakers, etc., with stones 
The mayor repaired to the guild-hall and sent for and quieted them. 
Letter dated 6 May, S. :--'Worcester s, lI., lIay , some factors 
being corne hither to buy up corne, bacon, and chees, and butter to 
export them, the rabble got together last Saturday (3 ° Apr.), and 
seized what they had bought. On which the mayor dispersed them 
and seized the ringleaders. But this day they met in a greater hum- 
ber and demanded the prisoners : which the mayor refusing to release, 
they broke open the prison and set them at liberty; and understanding 
some corne was laid up 4 toiles rioto hence to be êxported they went 
thither, broke open the dores and divided the corne among them. 
I)uring their absence the mayor raised the militia to suppress them 
at their returne, but the post going away wee cannot give you the 
result.' 
lIay 7, Su., cl(ean) sh(eets). 
lXIay o, W., a generall fast, sec the Gazet a fortnight or 3 weeks 
before 4. lXlr. (Francis) Tompson » of Qu. Coll., a junior lIaster, 
preached at St. lIaries. 
May io, Wedn., two princes of Saxe-Gotha * at the Cross In incog- 
nito, or thus (as Mr. (Isaac)Abendana tells me) 'redericus 
S'axoniae Gotha etc., ged about 26, and his yongêr brother--two 
princes of grand extraction. They visited ail places in the Univêrsity 
incognito ; went away the next day. 
About the middle of this month (or beginning) Sir Cyril Wyche with 
two more s were appointed Lords Justices of Ireland. 
Letter dated i May, Th. :--'A second disturbance at Worcester 

1 e.g. Luttrell iii. 29, 32. 
 in John Galt's The Provost (chap. 
xiii, ' The Meal Mob ') is a lively pic- 
turc of a riot of this sort at the close 
of the American war. 
 Luttrell iii. 9 t. 
 Luttrelliii. 72, îT, 95- Thefastwas 
to be kept on the seevncl Wednesday 
of e'ery month till further notice; its 
objeet, to implore suceess of the forces 
by sea and land. 
 Francis Thompson M.A. Queen's 
x6 Jme x692. 

t Luttrell iii. 84, xoo. 
 Frederick, son of Frederick II 
(succeeded x69x ) duke of Saxe-Gotha- 
AItenburg ; succeeded as Frederick IlI 
in 732. 
* with Henry, lord Capel, and Wil- 
liam Duncombe : Luttrell iii. lox. 
 Wood wrote at first :--' Colchester 
(hOt V'orcester, which note)": affer- 
wards scored ' Clchester ' through and 
wrote ' Worcester' over it. without 
scoring out the words in brackets. 



3L4 Y, 1693. 423 
about buying corne to be exported, and about 4oo of the rabble being 
got togeather broke open a granary  about a toile from thence.' 
May i3, S., Ch(arles) Wood admitted or entred chaplain of New 
College. 
May 2o, S., paid Arthur Fowler 6s for the second payment for an 
i oo lL--a month or more beforehand. 
May 2o, S., a sturgeon 8 foot and 2 inches long was taken neare 
Barne-elmes in Surrey, brought to the Lord Mayor who presented it 
to the Queen. 
Letter dated 2o May, S. :--' From Rome 'ris said the abbat Hane  is conse- 
crated here bishop of Corke': ibid. ' Orders are sent to all the seaports to 
prohibit the exportation of corne '--this 3 is to please the vulgar, but false (quaere). 
May 23, Tuesd., at night, some of the FI.* king's declarations dis- 
persed in Oxford streets 5--some carried to the vicechancellor. 
Letter dated 2 3 May, T. :--' On Saturday night (20 May) a great 
number of King James II's declarations were scatter'd about the street 
in all parts of London 6, as also in Whitehall ; many were also laid on 
shopkeepers' stalls wrapt in browne paper ; some at gentlemen's dores. 
That "he would pardon all that would corne to his royal standard 
when set up ; he would maintaine the church of England as established 
by law; that both the Universities and all the colleges therein should 
remaine unmolested; liberty of conscience should be tolerated, as 
agreed on by parliament; chimney money should be laid aside in 
case an equivalent be (?granted) in the roome." Then eoneludes 
that "his deare brother the king of France desires no money for all 
the charg he hath been at, only that he might have the glory to sec 
his injur'd brother restored to his kingdomes."' 
May 24, W., a yong German prince (as 'ris said) aged i6 or ther- 
abouts at the Angel, with a retinew of 3 coaches; visited that day 
the publick library and other places.--Next day (Holy Thursday) 
he went away.--I cannot yet learne whether he was a prince: vide 
post v 

 Wood adds :--'at a mill--so Mr. 
• .. ]3race.' 
 John ]3aptist Sleyne, elected bishop 
ofCork I3Apr. 693, died 6 Feb. 7½ ; 
Gares' Series Eiiscoporzt (supplement) 
Ratisb. x886. 
 Wood's comment on the preceding 
pieee of' news.' 
 s&; a slip for  Ff.,' i.e. ' French,' 
i.e. King James II's Deelaration dated 

from St. Germains 17 April. 
 they were scattered in Worcester 
before 25 May : Luttrell iii. IO5. 
« Luttrell iii. Io 4. Evelyn's Diary 
under date 4 May 693. 
 possibly referring to the entry 
given SUlra under May IO, vhich in the 
Alrnanac occurs on leaf 27 a, this May 
4 entry being on leaf z6 b. 



424 »VOOD'S LIFt AND TI3IES. 
May z4, Wedn., Congregation; Dr. (Timothy) Halton pro-vice- 
chancellor. About 12 lXlasters in the Congregation had mourning 
gownes; and thereupon he denied their votes. They put in a pro- 
testation against it. 
lX'Iay 29, lX[., King's birthday and restauration, lXIr. (John) Sizer 1 
of Univ. Coll. preached at St. lXIarie's. No musick or instruments 
from the organ-loaft as formerly. Few or no bonfiers in the great 
streets; only some at Colleges. 
ffune.--Letter dated June I, Th. : 'Dr. (John) Spencer, deane of Ely and 
toaster of Bennet College  in Cambridge, dyed lately' : ibid. ' The earl of Derby 
bath nominated Dr .... Finch 3, brother to the earl of Nottingham, to be bishop 
of the Isle of !ffan.'--ln another of the saine date, thus :--' Dr. Finch, brother to 
the earl of Nott., is ruade bishop of !Man and hot Dr .... Duke * as was formerly 
said.' Finch of Cambridge. 
Letter dated June 3, S. : major John Wildman, " alderman of London and ..., 
died last Thursday. 
(' William Estance, undergraduett off Jesuss Colledge, was buryed 
June the l oth, being drownded, 1693 '--entry in S. ]Iichael's parish 
register. ) 
June 14, W., Fast day, lIr. Joseph Jackson « of Qu. Coll. preached 
at S. blaries. 
June 15, Th., C. C. Coll. day 7, six  bachelors were elected bachelor 
fellows of lXIerton College. Peter Wood of that bouse stood; put 
aside, as "twas then said, because he was too precise and religious and 
therefore not fit to make a societie man. This is the custome of most 
elections in the Universitie. 
Letter dated June 17, S. :--' Dr. (John) Lamb, one of the king's chaplains in 
ordinary, is ruade deane of Ely in the place of Dr. (John) Spencer deceased, and 
bas kist the Queen's hand for it.' Dr. Lamb, the high priest 9. On(e) ... 

 John Siser, !V[.A. Unir. 3 July 1688. 
 now better known as Corpus Christi 
Coll. Cambr. 
3 probably Henry Finch, iI.A. Christ's 
Cambr. 168, sixth son of Heneage 
Finch, first earl, and younger brother of 
])aniel Finch, second earl of Notting- 
haro, prebendary of Ely xo Oct., 169% 
dean of York es iay 17o2.--The see 
of Sodor and ilan was kept vacant for 
rive years after the death of ]3aptist 
Levinz (suibra, p. 415), being finally 
filled by the conseeration of Thomas 
Wilson 16 Jan. 169---ttardy's Le Neve. 
* probably Richard Duke, preb. of 

Gloucester sinee 6 July 1688. Richard 
Duke (possibly the saine person)occurs 
as M.A. Trin. Coll. Cambr. I682. The 
' letters' here cited seem lavish in the 
marrer of ' Dr.' 
 Luttrell iii. 1I 2. 
 Joseph Jackson, iXLA. Queen's 26 
iIay 1685. 
7 June 15 v-as Corpus Christi: the 
' College' in Wood's note is probably a 
slip. 
9 According fo Dr.Brodrick's Merton, 
p. 299,four fellows only were elected. 
 this remark was written in red ochre, 
and then inked over. 



AIA Y -- .TUA'E, 1698. 4oE5 
Green,¢il i, a gent. of a considerable estate, shot himself on Th,Irsday night (I 5 
June) towards the Soho ; the reason hot knovne.'--' William Anderton * the printer  
executed yesterday (June 16) at Tybnrne (hot quartered) for having a non-licensed 
press, and printing King James II's declaration.'--' Viscount... Churworth 4 died 
lately ai his sent in coin. iNott.' 'Dr. (William) Stanley, clcrk of the closet, is 
made toaster of Bennet College in Cambridge.' 
19 June» Munday, (V'illiam) Anderton buried at 11 at night at Great S. 
]3arthehnew's: many people at it. 
Letter dated June 20, T. :--' Yesterday there was a hearing at the 
King's Bench barr between Dr. (Arthur) Bury and the bishop of 
]Sxeter  about the rectory of ]Sxeter College to which his lordship had 
preferred Mr. Richard Paynter. The court seemed to favour Dr. Bury, 
but it will hot be decided till next terme.'--' This morning, June 20, 
T., died Dr. (Samuel de) L'angle, preb. of Westminster and 'tis said 
Dr. (Anthony) Horneck " will succeed him.''Dr .... Stubbs was 
this day seized for clipping in Westminster hall.'--ibid. ' The judges 
are returned from "Worcester, having past sentence of death on four, 
riz., two for breaking open farmers' bouses and two for murder : but 
they are reprieved for 18 dayes.' This is concenfing the rioters that 
took away corne; vide in May going before. 
Another letter dated 20 June, T., saith thls :--' On Saturday night (I 7 June) 
died Dr. L'angle, preb. of Westm. ; Dr. (Thomas) Manningham  stands fairest to 
succeed him, and hot Horneck. 
Letter dated 22 June, Th. :--' The sieur le Noble, who had writ some satyrical 
dialogues against King Jalnes II, condemned to beg his pardon with a halter 
about his neck and a taper in his hand, to pay 2ooo crownes fine, and to be 
banished for ever.' 
Letter dated 24 June, S. :--' Sir John Ashby , a great commander at sea, dead : 
appointed to be buried in the church of Rixam (neare l)artmouth) 23 June, F.' 
aliai Brixham.--[Another 9 letter dated July I, S., saith that ' Sir John Ashby was 
inter'd at Dartmouth in great state, T., 27 June.'] 
Lctter dated 24 June, S. :--' It's wrot from Lcighton in Chcshire that about the 
i  instant hapned such a storme of hall with thander and lightning as was never 
knowne in those parts ; that it tore up several trees threw downe some houses, and 
overturn'd a barne wherein were 2o persons sheering sheep, but hurt noue.' 

 Luttrell iii. 117. 
"- Luttrell iii. 9 o, iii, Ii3, I18. 
 Wood notes :--' I bave his s.peech.' 
See Luttrell iii. i77. Wood 657 (3 o) is 
' A true copy of the paper delivered... 
15 June I693... by William Anderton.' 
4 Patrick Chaworth, third viscount 
Chaworth of Armagh in the peerage of 
Ireland: the family seat was at South- 
well in Notts. The peerage became 
extinct on his death. 
 Sir Jonathan Trelawney, ex qïciv 

Visitor of Exeter College : see Boase's 
Reg. Coll. Exon. p. xxxiii. 
 Anthony Horneck, 1).D. Caius 
Cambr. I68I, was installed zic de 
l'Angle I July I693. 
 Thomas Manningham, M.A. New 
C. 15 Jan. I6î,, a Lambeth D.D., 
canon of Windsor 28 Jan. 169§. 
 Luttrcll iii. I4. 
9 addcd later at the bottom of tho 
leaf. 



426 IVOOD'S LIFE AND TL]IES. 

lin t aulant Glocestrensem et Rumensem  
Dura pergraecatur parvae chorus ebrius aulae, 
Ah! major Graecis indiget aula suis U; 
Hinc ait, insultans, vulgus Rumpense Calendas 
Induet ad Graecas Graeca juventa togam'; 
]tinc et idem soli sibi vastos arrogat haustus, 
Me vix sicca sinens tangere labra mero. 
Ceo tamen, laetorque videns, ut et amplior olim 
Glocestrensis erit floridiorque domus. 
Sottitttt enim Avale , novum et sublime poema, 
Hue trahir agrestes ex Helicone viros, 
lluc et pastores trahir Archadas, hue et aoces 
Bistoniae fures, Thessaliaeque magos. 
ee mirum si prisca tigris pardusque seqnnntur 
Orphea, uunc ratera nos habnisse parera. 
Jamque bibit Graecus reparata multus in aula» 
Me serte non paucos participante scyphos. 
Junii u9 mmo 693. Edvardus Joyner de tIorspath, Oxon, 
aet. 73 or ereabouts.] 
In this month the measells were extreame frequent anaong children 
in Oxon. 
In the month of June x 693 were finished the shelves in the public 
library over the Divinity and Law books, set up to contain Dr. 
(Thomas) arlowe's books, and others that the Universitie had pro- 
cured before that time. 
ffy «.July x, S., Peter Wood admitted B.A. 
Letter dated July , S. :' The queen hath signed 8 warrants for 8 
brace of bucks v in Wodstock park to go to Oxon.' 
July 4, T., Dr. (Arthur) Charlet told me that Sir James Hay * has 
been dead a month. 

 From Wood's copy in Wood MS. 
E4. 
 Wood notes :--' Rump hall, an aie- 
bouse distant about half a mlle from 
S. Giles church northwards." 
n ' parva aula,' i. e. Rump hall; ' major,' 
i. e. Gloucester hall ; ' indiget,' it seems 
to have been i698 before the first Greck 
students were settled in Glouccster hall 
on the proposed ' Greek College' plan : 
sec Rev. C. H. Daniel's IForcester Col- 
lege in The Collees of Oxford (Methuen, 
89I), PP- 437, 438. 
* Wood notes:J' Dr. Timothy (rectius 
13enjamin)Woodroff, principal of Gloces- 
ter Hall, wrot a poem called Sonttitot 
Navale.' Byrom Eaton resigned his 

principalship 19 May x69z; Woodroff 
was admitted x 5 Aug. x69. 
 this note is on a fly-leaf at the be- 
ginning of the Almanac. These'shelves' 
were the galleries along Duke Hum- 
phrey taken downe in 877 (Macray's 
,dnna/s, p. 39)- 
« two leaves with Wood's jonrnal- 
notes for this month are inserted out of 
place in the Almanac for February 
I69L This month bas inserted in it 
part of the journal-notes for July, Aug., 
and Sept. r694. 
v against the Act festivities : Luttrell 
m. i 9- 
8 Sir James IIayes : Luttrell iii. 8. 



'UNE  'UL IÇ 1693. 4oE7 

[july 4, T., x693, bought  at Oxon, price 6d, 'A vindication of 
King Charles the lIartyr proving that his majesty was the author of 
EiK,v/3ar,X,K,' Lond. 1693 ; Thomas Wagstaff, chancellor of Lichfield, 
the author.] 
For about 8 or 9 yeares space wee had no Act. The six last yeares 
of neglect was imputed to the laziness and covetuousness of two Welsh- 
men, riz. (John) Lwyd and (Jonathan) Edwards of Jesus College 2. 
Dr. (Henry) Aldrich being now vicechancellor resolved to have an 
Act s, to his honour let it be spoken. 
July 7, F., Encoenia 4, twenty-four spoke : all well done. 
July 8, S., Nusick speech, (Hugh 5, quaere) Smith of Unir. Coll. 
spoke in the Theater. Above 2ooo in the Theater, as many as in 
the great Act x669, or when the 3Iorocco ambassador was here. 
Nr. Smith was very baudy among the women: (he had) a grand 
auditory, while some lecturers had none--so you may see what 
governs theworld. In the afternoon full againe. (Robert) Turner«, 
a little black N. of A. of Wadham Coll., T,rrae flliltS: he did not 
answer expectation. 
July 9, Act Sunday, Dr. (William) Bedford 7 of Ch. Ch. preached 
in the morn. at S. Iarie's ; and in the afternoon Dr. (Edmund) Ent- 
wisle 8 of Brasenose. 
Nunday, July io, (Henry) Aldworth , of Ch. Ch., son of Dr. Ald- 
worth ao chancellor of Oxon, Terrae fih'us : optime. 
Tuesday, July II, William Leopold Finch, warden of Alls. Coll. 
preached the Latin sermon for conclusion of the term. 
Wedn., July xz, after the Act Dr. (Jonathan) Edwards his book u 

a note in Wood'scopy :Wood 363(6). 
 John Lloyd, D.D., principal of Jesus 
College, Vice-chancellor 6 Oct. 68- 5 
Oct. x685, Jonathan Edvards, D.D., 
principal of Jesus College, Vice- 
chancellor 7 Sept. 689-3 Oct. 69. 
Henry Aldrich, dean of Ch. Ch., Vice- 
chancellor 4 Oct. x693- 3 Oct. x69fi. 
s Luttrell iii.  9,  34- 
 Wood 76 A no. CCCXCIII are the 
orders about places at the Ecaenia. 
Wood "76 A no. CCCCIV is the 
programme for the Encaenia, F., 7 
July, 693. The pieces were afterwards 
published :--' Theatri Oxon. Encaenia, 
sire Comitia Philologica 7 Julii 693 ,' 
Oxon. 693, fol. 
 bracketed as uncertain. There was 
a Ilugh Smyth, M.A. Unir. 4 Oct. 

684, but he would be too senior for the 
lIusic speech: the speaker is more 
probably Thomas Smith, M.A. Univ. 6 
July 69 , M.D. 7 July 696. 
Robert Turner, II.A. Wadh. 3 July 
693. 
William ]3edford, D.D. Ch. Ch. 5 
Feb.  69-. 
Edmtmd Entwisle, D.D. Bras.  
July x693. 
Henry Alworth, M.A. Ch. Ch. 7 
13ec. 69 : the name is also spelt Ayl- 
worth. 
Henry Aylworth, chancellor of the 
diocese of Oxford, was created D.C.L. 
lkIarch 66. 
Jonathan Ewards' .4 ;breser,ative 
against SociniaMsm ... Oxon. 1693, 
4to, the first part. 



428 IVOOD'S LIFE AA'D TL4IES. 

against Socinianisme was published--severall writers against Socini- 
anisme. 
W., July 12, fa8t day, ]]r. (Charles) Sloper 1 of Pemb. Coll. preached 
at S. IIarie's. 
July 13 2, Th., a hearing in the assessor's s chamber at Allsouls. 
Dr. Bouchier 4 there, very passionate and base, and would hot surfer 
Th(omas) Wood » to speake. ' The preface with armes and pictures 
were,' saith he, ' as a mark on an ass that was turn'd to common': he 
would have my book burned. 
July 13, Thursday after (the) Act, a hearing was to be in the vice- 
chancellor's lodgings, but he being taken up with the strangers, it was 
at the assessor's lodgings in Alls. Coll., and it being the last day before 
sentence, Dr. ]oucher alias t3utchcr appeared on behalf of my lord, 
which he had hot hitherto done ; and when my proctor T. Wood was 
pleading, he would not surfer him to speak for snapping and snarling, 
and ill language, no better than a tinker's 6 scolding, tho the assessor 
bid him hold his tongue severall rimes. The meeting therefore was 
prorogued to the afternoon. 13efore the rime came, my proctor sent 
word and excused himself from comming, because of the incivility of 
Boucher. 
July 4, Friday, in Apodyterium IIr. Smith  of St. John's brought 
in a sentence drawd up by Dr. Boucher, but, before the judge took it, 
IIr. I)odwell s an attorney gave him an haeas corpus, and so an end 
for the present. News thereupon was sent to the earl of Clarendon, 
who thereupon repaired to lord chief justice Holt , and obtained of 
bim a procedendo (Tuesday, 18 July) contrary to custome which allowes 

 Charles Sloper, ILA. Pemb. 6 .[une 
x689. 
" the first fire has faded, leaving 
only a faint trace. Rawlinson copied it 
as ' 3,' and Huddesford so edited it. It 
must however be ' I3,' and the note only 
another draft of the note vhich follows : 
otherwise the statement there marie that 
Dr. 13ouchier appeared in the case on 
the 3th for the first time would be 
False. 
 the assessor was George Gardiner, 
D.C.L. Ails.  July 687. 
* Thomas Bouchier. D.C.L. Allsotds 
30 Jnne  663, Regius Professor of Civil 
Law 67-7 , Principal of S. Alb. 
Hall 679-7. 
n Thomas Wood, B.C.L. New C. 6 
Apr. 687, Anthony's nephew. 

6 the word is written in a serawl and 
a blot has been ruade on it, but there is 
little doubt that it is ' tinker's.' Rawlin- 
son in his transcript left it blank ; Hud- 
desford, editing Rawlinson's transcript, 
ungallantly suggested ' woman's,' to fill 
this blank. 
 John Smith, B.C.L.S. John's 3 
Nov. i686. 
 inserted in the Almanac is Dodwell's 
bill of charges, receipted :--' A habeao" 
corpus in King's Bench, ios ; allowance 
of it, s 6d; fee for taking it out, 3 s 4d; 
letter, 4d--J6s d. Ieceived this sure, 
i6s d, of llr. Anth. Wood z July 
693 by me, R. Dodwell.' 
 Sir John Holt, Chief Justice ofthe 
King's Bench 689-7o. 



PLATE |\;. 
\VOOD'.q BOOI,-PLATE (INITIAL Ç WITII HI. AR,XISI. 



'UI. I"  A UG. 1693. 4 9 
it hot till the beginning of the terme following. Might overcomes 
right. My lord got Heneage Finch  the sollicitor to goe xx, ith him. 
The assessor upon the bringing in of the habeas corTus prorogued the 
meeting till 9 July, Sat. 
July 7, II., cl(ean) sh(eets). 
Friday, 28 July, I went to Weston and tarried there till IIunday 14 
of August. 
Saturday, July 29, sentence against Mr. Wood and his book pro- 
nounced in the Apodyterium in the morn. Late at night were 
programrnaes stuck up, and were read and seen on Sunday morning 
on S. Iarie's gate and (the) Schooles : plucked downe in the after- 
ilOOll. 
July 3 I, Munday, about io of the clock in the morn (Andrew) 
Skinner the parator  ruade a tire of two ragots in the Theater yard, 
and burnt the 2d volume of Ath. Oxon 3.--In the Gazet of:3 ofAugust 
is an accourir of it, but the scandalous places in the book are not 
pointed at. 
/kugusl;.--Letter dated i Aug., T. Mr. (Charles) Blount 4 men- 
tion'd in the last to have shot himself is not dead, the bullet only 
passing through his flank. 
Aug. :3, Th., Mr. (William) Joyner in towne. 
[' Edvardus Bernardus , Theol. Doctor et reetor eeclesiae de Brightwell in eorni- 
tatu Bercensi, patte ortus Josepho e familia equestri Bernardorum matreqae 
Elizabetha de Laneea cujus majores ad Salinas Wigornienses  per quamplurima 
saeeula eum gloria eonsederunt, anno MDCXCIII a. d. VIII Idus August.  in 
uxorem duxit probarn ac generosam foeminam Eleonoram Hoveliam ", a principi- 
bus Cambriae Cereticae prognatam, vitae suae deeus magnum et dulcedinem. 
Vivit Bernardus ,0. 
Edvardus Bemardus natus est Mail die e, A.D. 639. 
Eleonora Hovelia nata est Augusti die , An. Dorn. 667.' 
Ail this is written on a pieee of vellum which is put behind the hatchment or 
achivement of Dr. Bernard, eontaining his armes quartering those of Lench and 
both empaling the armes of Howell kviz. argent, a ,olf rampant azure ').] 

 Heneage Finch, second son of 
tt eneage F'inch, first earl of Nottingham, 
solicitor-general 6î--686, M.P. for 
Oxford Unir. 688-695; afterwards 
created earl of Aylesford. 
z i.e. apparitor. 
3 in another draft (scored out) of this 
note Wood had written:--' 3 July, 
about o of the clock the parator Skinner 
burnt the 2d vol. of Ath. with 2 faggots, 
and late at night programmaes were 
stuck up on S. Marie's church dore where 
they continued till the afternoone of the 

next day. In the Gazet of the 3 of Aug. 
an account of it, but tells hot the places 
excepted against.' Wood remedies this 
omission in a paper which will be given 
in vol. iv. 
 Luttrell iii. I48, I49. 
 note in Wood MS. D x8. 
 Wood notes, i. e. 'Lenche.' 
 Wood notes,i, e.' Wich orSaltwich.' 
 i.e. August 6th. 
 i. e. Ilowell. 
ao Dr. Edward Bernard died 12 Jan. 
169ï,. 



430 IVOOD'S ZIFE A.VD TI3IES. 
Aug. 9, W., fast, Mr. Richard Barker of New Coll. preaehed at 
S. lIarie's. 
Letter dated o Aug., Th. :--' Wee heare from Cambridge that the Lord Chier 
Justice in his charge to the grand jury directed them to present Dr. (Humphrey) 
Gower *, toaster of (S. John's, Cambr.), for hOt displacing 3o fellowes who would 
hot take the oathes to king "\'illiam 1II and queen Mary ; but 'ris hot said the jury 
eomplyed with it.' 
(In MS. ]3allard XIV fol 35 are two copies of verses which Wood marks as 
' received, Th., Aug. I7 anno I693) They are dated ' Aug. 6, 693,  and ad- 
dressed ' For Mr. Antony Wood at his bouse against Merton College Oxford, 
these : paid ud.' There is no naine attached, and I do hOt know the hand. They 
are as follows :-- 
"To the author of Athenae Oxonienses. 
"Oxford thou Athens eall'dst in compliment, 
"Not dreaming of th' Athenian punishment : 
"B**t now in that they both too well agree, 
" As they their grandees, these have banish'd thee. 
"But chear np, man ; and count it no disgrace 
"' With such heroick exiles to give place." 
"Upon the burning of his book. 
"Was it for treason or for heresy 
"Thy book was burnt? Or was't for blasphemy 
"Against the great Apollo's deity s ? 
"O that's the crime for which the Muses* doom 
"Its numerous leaves to be a heeatombe. 
"Ungrateful Muses, and more nice than wise! 
"The god was hardly worth the sacrifice. 
"Adroit one page were guilty round, yet why 
"Must all the rest rtm the same destiny? 
" Why, to repair the blemished faine of one, 
"So many worthies surfer martyrdom .9 
"If thus th' Athe*fian garblers should proeeed 
"Their great Bodleian library to veed, 
" A little corner might the books contein 
"'Vhich now the crowded shelves tan scarce sustein.") 
Aug. 24, Th., letter then dated :--' 'Tis said Dr. (Humphrey) Gower, toaster of 
S. John's College in Cambridge, excuses his disobedience to the mandamus by 
pretending that by the lawes of the eollege no man tan be displaced for scruples of 
conscience, papists only excepted.' 
Aug. 8, lIunday, 1Ur. (Robert) Farrough, fellow of Linc. Coll., 
died at the White Swan at Holborne bridge, London. 
Letters dated Aug. 3I, Th. :' One Browne 'Thomas Browne , poet, quaere 
' who wrot a scandalous pamphlet called Tlze Salamanca weddin E which xas 
written against Titus Oates who had married a London widdow  about a fortnight 

* Luttrell iii. I44, I58, 191 , 2I 3. 
u ostracism. 
 the earl of Clarendon. 

* the University. 
s Luttrell iii.  î3, 179- 
 Luttrell iii. 65. 



.,'t UG.  OCT. 169. 43 I 
hefore , was ized on Tuesday in Cheapside.--The word "if you will final out the 
the plot, you may go to " Nottingham" being found in a coffee-house written on the 
city address to her majestie, the coffee man is taken into custody till he produce the 
seribe.--lXlr. (Charles) Blount s, who shot himself» is dead.' 
All this month of August very wet 4 : much corne spoyled. 
Seltember.--Letters dated 2 Sept., S. :m, Wee heare a whale of 2 2 foot long is 
cast up in Comwall.' 
Sept. 14, Th., letter to Mr. (Edmund) Bedingfield » of Cleave. 
Sept. 15, F., (letter) to iMr. (James) Harrington for Catalogue and Hyper- 
critica . 
S. Peter and S. Paul's church in Bath [Dr.  Charles Conquest was buried in the 
sarne church 2o of Septernber x693. ] 
25 Sept., lI., died Sir William Basset 8, a parliament man for Barbe. 
W., 27 Sept., at 3 in the morn. died John lord Lovelace  at his house in Lincoln's 
Inn's fields, justice in eyre of his rnajestie's forests and captain of the band of pen- 
sioners. He died without issue maie : so his kinsrnan (John) Lovelace 10 succeeds 
in his honors. Aged 23. Lord Lovelace, High Steward ofWickham ; llr. comp- 
troller Wharton n succeeds. 
The sarne day died (James) Piercy, the trunk-maker, in the Kn _-benc-" ,,'s h prison," 
the saine who pretended right to the earldome of Northumberland lz. 
Oetober.-- 3 Oct., Tuesd., died, in Seymour Wood's house at the 
Woolsack in Cheapsidê, . . . Rêad, only son and heire of Edward 
Read gent. by Catherine Wood his wife. 

' Wood notes :m' Thus runs the letter 
but not intelligible; no such thing in 
the pamphlet.' 
-" Daniel Fineh, second earl of Notting- 
haro, one of the Secretaries of State, was 
suspected of intriguing with the king 
over the water : see ioEra, p. 435. See 
Luttrell iii. lîî. 
 Luttrell iii.  74- 
« Luttrell iii. 165. 
» Edrnund Bedingfield, M.A. Ch. Ch. 
22 Nov. r662, rector of Bishop's Cleeve» 
co. Glouc. 
 Wood lXlS. F 9 (O. C. 8471) is a MS. 
'tZysbercrilica , or a vale of jndgement 
for writing or reading our histories.. 
cited by Wood in the life of Sir Henry 
Savile in the Alhetae. This IIS. bas 
the inscription ' Antonii à Wood, Oxon., 
167o.' The work is by E. Bolton, and 
was published at Oxford in 172. 
 the words in square brackets are hot 
in Wood's hand, being a slip sent him 
by some one. See Luttrell iii. 9 o. 
Wood 49 (52) is An Ei¢aîh on Don 
Quicksot, whom he notes to be ' alias Dr. 
Charles Conquest who died at Barbe in 

Sept. anno x693 ' ; he notes also that the 
piece is ' by Thomas Guidot, physitian 
o Bath.' Another example of inter- 
professional amenity is Wood 429 (53) 
' On Don Quicksilver,' whom he notes 
to be "alias William Gold or Gould, 
II.D. a physitian of Bathe;' he notes 
also that the piece is 'by Thomas 
Guidot a physitian of Bath 1694.' 
 Luttrell iii. x93. 
 John Lovelace, third baron. Lut- 
trell iii. 194. 
i John Lovelace, fourth baron, was 
son of William, who was son of Francis, 
who was uncle of John Lovelace the 
third baron. 
u Thomas Wharton, since I6S 9 
Comptroller of the Household to 
William III; in 1696 he succeeded his 
father (Philip Wharton)as fifth Baron 
Vfharton ; was aftervards (1 î  5) created 
rnarqucss of Wharton. 
 Wood î6 B no. îo (old number 
XLIII) is 'The case of James Percy 
claimant of the earldom of Nort3aurnber- 
land' Lond. I6S 5. 



432 II"OOD'S I.IFE ..IVD TI31.ES. 
Letter dated 3 Oct., T.:--' Dr. (William) Oldish I the civilian is 
dismist his attendance in the High Court of Admiralty, and Dr. Fisher 
Littleton supplies his roome.' 
W., Oct. 4, in the morn, died Sir Thomas Clayton. 
Oct. 6, F., weather held up: continued so a week, and very hot. 
Oct. 9, lXI., Dr. (Henry) Aldrich re-admitted vicechancellor: ruade 
an eloquent speech. 
Oct. 9, M., received a letter from Theod. Allen 2, but returned it. 
Oct.  io, T., some ringing of bells in Oxon (Magd. Coll.) for joy of 
the king's landing. 
Oct. 1 I, W., fast day omitted 4 
Oct. i z, Thursday, day of election of a new warden of Ierton Col- 
lege, Dr. Coward », who claimd a vote, being put aside, caused 
a disturbance and a prorogation. 
Oct. iz, Thursday, eleetion to be of a new warden. Dr. Coward, 
a physitian, living at Northampton and fellow, came to the College to 
give his vote. The society suspended him of his vote. He appeales. 
The election thereupon was prorogued. 
(Wood 41 î' (I83) in a copy of verses, entitled ' Dr. Pope's wish,' in 
• ,vhich Wood notes ' bought of Ir. West, F., I3 Oct. 1693:) 
Oct. 14, S., (Eward) Combes, of S. Peter's in the Est, draper, 
one of the thirteen and lately 6 mayor of Oxon, died of the stone. 
i î Oct., T., duke Sehomberg died, wounded in the duke of Savoy's army against 
CatinetTmso the letters from Turin ; and that he desired his body to be buried at 
Lausanna.--Duke of Leinster, younger  brother to Schomberg, in rnourning for 
him.--Another letter dated, T., 7 iXTov-, saith that duke Schomberg was buried at 
LŒEusaine in Switzerland.--Duke Scomberk, son of duke Scomberg ° (killed in 
Ireland), had a command in Piedmont under the duke of Savoy : desired in his 
will to be buried at Lozanne ; other letters say at Lauraine in Svitzerland. 

 Luttrell iii. x83. William Oldyss 
(or Oldiss) became Admiralty Advoeate 
on 7 July x686, and was suceeeded on 
17 Sept. 693 by Fisher Littleton.-- 
William Oldys, D.C.L. New Coll. 7 
June I667; Fisher Littleton, D.C.L. 
Allsouls I3 June I678. 
 probably Theodosia Allein, furens 
femina, on aceount of Wood's evil 
stntements about her in the Athenae 
under Jseph Allein. 
 this note is seored out. King 
William landed at Harwich, Su. 9 Oct. ; 
Luttrell iii.  I6. 
* i.e. the order for its observance 
was recalled : Luttrell iii. o. 
» William Coward, M.D. Mert.  July 
687; t3rodrick's llerton, p. 296  Gar- 

diner's Reg. Coll. Wadh. p. 305. 
 he was mayor in 685. 
 duke Schomberg was wounded in 
the battle of Marsaglia in Piedmont 
Oct. x693 , in xvhich general licholas 
Catinat defeatecl Victor Amadeus II, duke 
of Savoy. Luttrell iii. o4, 6, x6. 
8 elder brother, see next note. 
o Frederiek de Schomberg vs created 
duke of Schomberg 9 F, Iarch I68, with 
remainder to his tkird son, Charles de 
Schomberg ; he was killed at the t3oyne 
July 69o. On the death of Charles 
de Schombexg, second duke, above men- 
tioned, the title passed to lXleinhardt 
Schomberg, secozd son of Frederiek, ho 
had been created duke of Leinster in the 
Irish peerage in 169-ï-. 



OCTOt?ER, 1693. 433 
Oct. I9, Th., Oxford and Oxfordshire feast--Oxford and Oxford- 
shire joyned together. Mr. Thomas Northgrove 1, scholar of C. C. C. 
Coll., a tanner's son of Chipping-norton, preached at S. Marie's.-- 
After sermon, musick from the organ gallery, voices and violins : Mr. 
. . . Goodson, organist, a native of Oxon. 
Munday, Oct. 23, the wind in the north, and the weather took up 
and was dry till Thursday (Oct. 26) and then it tain'd, the wind in the 
north still. 
Letters dated Oct. 24, T., say that ' last Saturday night (Oct. .) a fiery meteor 
was seen by several travellers, ith a brushy tayle, and falling to the earth it broke, 
so that the earth where it fell was so light for a minute's time that one could see to 
take up a pin; and on Sunday morn çOct. 22) the soldiers of Chelsey Hospital sav 
such another fall neare that place.' 
In the same letter dated 24 Oct., T., 'ris said that Mr. Thomas Pitts of the... 
Temple is sworne Master of the Chancery in the place of Sir Adam Oately2 
deceased. 
Letter dated 26 Oct., Th.:--'An alderman of Northampton s having bought 
a great deal of corne and conveying it by night away, the mob had notice of it, 
overturn'd the carts, cut the sacks : so that next market day corne was fallen in 
Northampton market es or 2s 6d in a bushell.' 
Oct. 2 7, F., at night taken with a paine in my left side, which caused 
a voniting all the night and most of the dav following--too much 
blood, sharpness, and hOt stone or gravell. 
(' William Wright, esquier, one off the alldermen off this city, dyed 
Octr the 26th; wass buryed att the parish off St. Martin's Octr 3oth 
i693 , aged 9 8 '--entry in S. Michael's parish register, in which parish 
alderman Wright's house was.) 
Oct. 3 I, T., at night inter 7 et io, bonfiers, ringing of bells, and 
illuminations for the king's comming to Whithall the day before . Not 
so many as formerly. 
Letter dated Oct. 3 r, T. :--' His majesty hath given duke Schomberg's regiment 
of foot mrds Çae being lately dead of his vounds) to the lord  Sydney.' 
31 Oct., Nov. I, and Nov. 2, the fellows of Mert. Coll. were elect- 
ing a warden, and at length pitched upon Dr. Lydall, Dr. Conant, and 
Dr. ]3ateman « : there were other voices given 7. Nov. 3, F., they went 

up to London to present. 
 Thomas Norgrove» II.A. Corp. 
4 Apr. 69. 
z Luttrell iii. eo 4. 
s Luttrell iii.  i 3- 
« Luttrell iii. 6. 
 Henry Sydney» created viscotmt 
Sydney of Shepey 9 Apr. 689. 
trell iii.  16. 
'OL. III. 

 Richard Lydall, M.D. Mert. 3 July 
x656 ; John Conant, 1).C.L. Mert. e 
June 683 ; John E, ateman, M.D. Mert. 
24 May 68. 
 Robert I-Iuntingdon, D.D. Mert. 5 
Jnne 683, was a candidate : see Lnttrell 
Lut- iii. 203 . 



434 

II'OOD'S L[FE .4«VD TLIES. 

lgovember.--Nov, r, Wedn., Mr. (Robert) Kinsey 1, fellow of Oriel 
and vicar of St. Mary's church, died in an house in Cat Street. Left 
Oriel College 5olt'.: buried . . . 
Nov. 4, Sat., King's birth-day, some ringing of bells : no illumina- 
tions, only some crakers and squibbs ruade at S. Marie's church dore 
inter 7 et 9 at night. 
Letter dated Nov. 4, S. :--' countess dowager of Shaftsbury - dead.' 
Nov. 5, Su., gunpowder treason, Dr. Hugh Todd  of Unir. Coll. 
preached in the morn. 
Nov. 8, W., Mr. Francls Hickman 4 of Ch. Ch. spoke a speech in 
Schola Linguarmn in laudem Bodlei et Graecae  linguae, being 
accompanied rioto his college to the Schooles by some of his fellow 
students. 
This month of November colds very fl-equent, which creat feavers, 
of which some dye. 
Letter dated Nov. 9, Th. :--- Advice from 13anbury that the mob had been up 
there, as also at Chipping-norton and Cherlbury in Oxfordshire, and took away the 
corne by force out of the vaggons as it was carrying away by the ingrossers, saying 
they were resolved to lmt the law in execution since the rnagistrates neglected it.'-- 
Ibid. :--' the earl of Abendon is declared justice in eyre in the room of the lord 
Lovclace deceased.' 
(Letter dated) Nov. I I, S. :' resterday the lord Lovelace  was introduced into 
the House of Lords and took his seat.'Ibid. :' Sir Philip Carterett» bayliff of 
Jersey, being dead, his son is ordered to succeed him.' 
Nov. 13, M., borrowed a brass watch of Mr. Knibb. 
13 of Nov., M., died  at his country house in Suffolk 13r. (William) Sancroft, 
the late archbishop of Canterbury : deprived of his see for hot taking the oathes : 
formerly sent to the Tower by King James II because he refused to read the 
I)eclaration for liberty of conscience. See my notes of him among my papers. 
Letter dated Nov. 4, T. :--' Wee are credibly informed that Dr. William Sand- 
croft, late archbishop of Canterbury, died at hls paternal estate in Suffolk, on Friday 
last' (i.e. o Nov. ).--Another letter, dated 5o Nov. Th., said he died ' the Thurs- 
day before,' riz. o Nov. . 

 Robert Kinsey, M.A. Oriel 6 May 
I669. 
 Margaret Spencer, daughter of 
William lord Spencer of Wormleighton, 
3rd wife of Anthony Ashley Cooper first 
earl of Shaftesbury. 
 Hugh Todd, D.D. Univ. I2 Dec. 
692. 
 Fmncls Hickman, M.A. Ch. Ch. 
6 July 1688. 
 a slip for « Ebreae' ; Hebrev belng 
the language appointed for laudation by 
the speaker on Dr. John Morris's founda- 
tion. 

* John Lovelace, fourth baron. Lut- 
ttxll iii. 224. 
 the report was premature : see Dtfi'a. 
XVood 13 23 no. I2 is ii letter out of 
Suffolk to a friend in London giving 
some account of the . .. death of 
William Sancroft, archb. Cant.' Lond. 
i 694, on which Vfood notes ' published 
about the middle of Match I69.' 
s this is a slip. Nov. 2o was Mon- 
day; ' the Thursday belote' was Nov. 
23. ttardy's Le Neve says that San- 
croff died at Fresingfeld in Suffolk on 
24 Nov. 1693 : see Luttrell iii. 232. 



NO VEAIIER, 1693. 435 
Letter dated 4 Nov., T. :--«earl of Notfingham 1 fo be removed from his 
secrctaryship '--for keeping eorrespondence with the Freneh, quaere. 
15 Nov., W., Dr. Narc(issus) Marsh 2, arehbishop of Dublin, died there--see 
Gazet, M., Nov. 27 ; vide his life among Exeter College wfiters (in the Al]cnac). 
Nov. 5, W., dicd Dr. Franci Marsh. archbishop of Dublin, and was buried with 
solemnity in Ch. Ch. within the said city : vide Gazer. He had a daughter on 
whome he doted, tho neither handsome or witty : but becanse shee marfied, against 
his consent, an officer (a soldier) broke his heart.--Lettcr dated 2  Dec., Th. :  The 
bishop of NOl'Wch (John Moore) is to be translated to Dublin '--false. 
NOV.  7, F., Jane Fowler began to make my bed. 
Nov.  7, F., Dr. Lydall came from London without hopes of the 
wardenship; was here the next day in the afternoon. 
Nov. 8, Saturday, the archbishop of Canterbury, who had in 
a manner denied him, nominated him warden. John Franklin the 
drawer, being then at London wkh the fellows, was sent with a packet 
to the sub-xvarden, and anofler to Dr. Lydall ; he came by dinncrfime 
on Sunday (Nov.  9), and finding Dr. Lydall in the hall, he congratu- 
lated him, and delivered the packets; after dinner the bells rang at 
Merton college. On Monday (Nov. 2o) Dr. Lydall went to London. 
Nov. 2o, M., received 3li. of Dr. Jonathan ]ïdwards gratis in liew of 
• . . cate. 
Letter dated 2  Nov., T. :' Yesterdav the case of Exeter College 
was argued at the King's Bench barr; deferred to the next terme.' 
(Wood 76 A no. CCCCCXV is two leaves containing directions for the services 
in commemoration of benefactors and a Iist of obits of Magdalen College Oxford, 
arranged apparently for being pasted into the large prayer-books in the College 
chapel ; Wood notes ' impress, per Len. Lichfield Oxon 22 Nov. 693.' ) 
Letter dated 23 Nov., Th. :--' The honorable Mr. Charles Bertie is made secre- 
tarie to the justice in eyre (earl of Abendon, worth 6oo/i. per annum.'--Charles 
Berfie is nephew  I think to the earl of Abendon : lhilp , another nephew»  as of 
Trin. Coll. 

 /3aniel Finch, second earl: one of 
the Secretaries of State since 6S9, in 
which office he was sncceeded by Charles 
Talbot earl of Shrewsbury on 4 Match 
I69. Luttrell iii. -zI. 
" this note is in error : the archbishop 
whose death is noted was Francis Marsh, 
archbishop of Dublin, died x6 Nov. 
693. Narcissus Marsh, formerly of 
Exeter College, was translated from 
Cashel to Dublin in succession to 
Francis: he was afterwards translated 
to Armagh and died 2 Nov.  î I3. The 
next note, correcting the present one, is 
round at the end of the Ahnanac. 

s the word is indistincfly written, and 
I cannot make out the first four Ietters. 
The only occasion I tan think of for 
13r. Edwards giving \Vood a gratuity 
is that Wood had presented him with a 
eopy of the Athcltae, sec p. 365. 
* Charles Bertie, of Uffington, Lincoln- 
shire, M.P. several rimes for Stamford, 
was a younger son of Montagu Bertie 
second earl of Lindsey (an elder brother 
of James earl of Abingdon). 
 Philip Bertie was a grandnephew of 
the first earl of Abingdon, being son of 
Robert third earl of Lindsey eldcst son 
of Montague second earI. 



436 WOOD'S LIFE AND 
Nov. z5, S., in the morning the great bell of Ch. Ch. rang out for 
Mr. (Jarnes) Harrington--so I presume he died on Thursday, 
INTOço 
Nov. z5, S., at 6 at night came frorn London to Oxon the new 
nominated warden of lXIerton Coll., accompanied by oo persons on 
horsback, while lXIert. Coll. bells rung. 
lXIov. 26, Sunday, Thanksgiving day ; and the reason why see in the 
Gazer about a fortnight or 3 weeks before. Dr. Jonathan Edwards, 
principal of Jesus Coll., preached at S. larie's in the morn. At night 
bonfiers, illuminations, ringing of bells. 
Nov. 26, Su., fl(annel) sh(irt). 
Nov. 27, 'Iunday, Dr. Lydall admitted warden. As the archbishop 
(John Tillotson) hath done the college justice, in letting it have 
a senior and a man of their owne body, so he hath done great injustice 
in this, that he hath nominated a warden with a wife and 7 or 8 
children, which being to be fed with the bread belonging to pietie and 
learning, is a great detriment to the college ; what they eat and drink 
will serve for exhibition of 7 or 8 poore scholars. esides, Dr. Lydall 
is old and unserviceable, a man of no generous spirit, ignorant of 
learning, and so consequently no encourager ereof. He bas been a 
packhorse in the practical and old Galenical way of physick, knowes 
nothing else ; buyes no books, nor understands what learning is in the 
world, how the affairs thereof passeth, wholy bent for sordid interest 
and sneaking complyance, care(s) for no man, but for xd or 
The first thing that Dr. Lydall caused to be done after he was ad- 
mitted warden and before he setled in (the warden's) lodgings, were 
to take down the old windows in the warden's dining roome and hall 
under it, containing rebuses, fantasticks, devices, in almost all the 
paines, and to set up square glass, yet caused the armes to be set up 
againethe lnajestick light of the roome was lost. Had he been 
a single man, and not had a nice wife with 6 or 7 daughters, this 
vould hot have been done.The next was to set up a coach having 
had none before. Yet had he been a single man, as Dr. (Jonathan) 
Goddard was, he would bave kept none a 
Charles Hawles, M.A., fellow of Iagd. Coll. died neare Southamp- 

a this note is written on the back of 
a note from Dr. Arthur Charlet, 
dressed ' For Mr. Antony \ ood over 
against Merton College.' The note is 
as follows :1 
' Sir, 
Your freind the earl of Clarendon is 

now in town. I ana sorry you was so 
much out of humor the other day, as 
hot to dine with the author of the 
GenNemat's Jmtral. I want one of 
your pictures which I desire you fo rend 
to your loving freind 
Af. Charlett. Oct. 4, '93, past x I.' 



NOU.--DEC. 1698. 437 
ton in the house of a minister to whome he gave a visit, in the 
beginning of this month. 
Letter dated i'qov. 28, T. :--' Last Sunday (Charles Beauclerk) dnke of 
S. Alban was declared captain of the banal of pensioners in the place of the lord 
Lovelace deceased 
NOV. 30, Th., S. Andrew's da),, inter 2 et 3 post meridiem, the 
body of James Harrington esq. was conveyed into Oxon from London 
accompanied by 40 or 60 horse before his herse and 12 coaches 
behind : buried in Ch. Ch. at evening prayer in the north transcept. 
]3eeember.--Dec. 4, II., paid the last quarterly tax to Arthur 
Fowler for ioo h'.--6s. 
Dec. 4, M., (Robert) iXIontaKue , knight of the sbire for Huntingdon, younger 
brother to (Charles iXlontagne) the earl of iManchester, died of a fever in his 
chalnber in the Temple. 
Letter dated Dec. 5, T. : ' serjeant . . . Itecchel  of the Temple, noted for a 
good conveyancer, died this veek in the Temple.' 
5 Dec., T., 1693', the king after having been in council sent Sir John Trenchard, 
second principal Secretary of State, to the lord Nottingham », first principal 
Secretary of State, to tell him that he fonnd it necessary for his service that he 
should deliver np his commission. In obedience to this order he went the 5 to 
Kensinon and surrendred it up, and the king received it with all manner of 
expressions of esteem for his person and satisfaction in his conduct  hich he has 
exercised in that employ. Sir John Trenchard has taken possession of his apart- 
ment in Whitehall, and at present is the only Secretary of State. 
A dialogue by way ofquestio»t and answer coucerning lhe Z)eity and A briefbut 
clccr cotfutation oftke doctrine ofthe Trinity (see in what I have said in \\-illiam 
Freeke (in the Athenae)) xvas as a blasphemous book latcly published burnt by 
order of the parliament on Wednesday moming the 13 of Dee. in the pallace yard 
at Westminster. Copies of it had been sent inclosed in a letter by the permy post, 
as if it had been a libell : supposed to be sent that it might be burnt and so sell 
the better. Thought to be composed by some quaker ». 
Ail things so deare and scarse for the belly that 3 ° honest dwellers 
in S. lIarie's parish crave aimes and weekly sustenance, as in other 

parishes. Corne 9 s 6d a bushell. 
a according to H. Ockerby's Haydn's 
Thcook of Z)ignities (189o) p. 299, John 
third 1 ord Lovelace  as succeeded in 1693 
in the captaincyof the corps of gentlemen 
pcnsioners by Ralph iMontagu first earl 
(afterxvards 1st marquis) of hIontagu; 
and the duke of S. Albans superseded 
Montagu in 695. See Luttrell iii. 228, 
230, 23. 
" Luttrell iii. 35- 
 the only naine like tbis which 1 
find in the list of serjeants-at-Law is 
Henry Hatsel, admitted t ilay 689; 

They eat turnips instead of bread. 
but he became baron of the Exchequer 
3 i'qov. 69î. 
 Wood notes:--'«[emories of the 
resent state of Europe, for Dec. 1693 ,' 
from which, I suppose, this paragraph 
is an excerpt. 
 Daniel Finch, second earl of i'qot- 
tingham. 
 Wood noted here later :--« See in 
Jan., and Feb. following :--(WiIliam) 
Freake the author.' See Luttrell iii. 
3î- 



438 IVOOD'S ZIFE AA'D TIM'ES. 
Sat., i6 Dec., Oxford's 3 hackney coaches rob'd at Wheatley 
bridge by 4 Oxford scholars (as 'tis said) with vizard maskes. A 
minister on horseback who rode on hors back with the coach lost x 5 
guinneys; Dr. (Richard) Lidall's son, his silver-hilt sword and 
money ; Necessity Holloway ; and others. 
(Letter dated) Dec. x6, S. :--' Great search is marie after a libell i entitled 
ansïver lo 1)r. IVehvood's emarks rot Ix7nff James" Z)cclaratimt.' Ibid. :--' On 
Thursday last the lord Doncaster , son of the late James, duke of Monmouth, was 
married to a daughter of Laurenee (Hyde) earl of Rochester, a match, as 'ris said, 
of his majestie's encouraging.'Another letter dated 2 Jan., T., saith (the marriage 
took place) on lew Yeare's day. 
Dec. 27, Wedn., my naine and effect of the sentence was put into 
the proctor's black book , subscribed by Dr. Aldrich, vicechancellor, 
Altham of Ch. Ch. and Veysey of lXIagd. Coll., proctors. 
Letter dated 3o Dee., S. :'¥esterday Vere (Fane, fourth) earl of West- 
morland t died, and this day (IIenry Booth, first) earl of Warrington died.'-- 
A**other dated Jan. 2, T., saith that the earl ofWarrington is not dead.--'IIe 
died on Tuesday Jan. 2,' saith another letter, 'ofa feaver taken by drinking with 
I.ewis  prince of Baden.' Earl of Westmorland also died, as 'tis reported, with 

high drinking with the said prince. 
1 Lnttre11 iii. -39- 
u James Scott, car1 of Dalkeith, eldest 
son of James duke of Monmonth and 
Arme Scott eountess (afterwards duchess) 
of Buccleugh, married Henrietta ]Iyde 
second daughter of Laurence Hyde, car1 
of Rochester. The earldom of Doncaster, 
firfeited by the attainder of the duke of 
Monmouth in ,685, was restored in 743 
to Francis Scott, duke of Buccleugh, 
son of the above marriage. In common 
use, however, the title of Earl of Don- 
caster which had been borne by James 
Scott previot, sly to his father's attainder 
in x68 S continued to be applied t6 him: 
Luttrell iii. 236. 
 the following is the entry in the 
Liber Niger trocuratorum, fol x49 b of 
the old paging :--'ANToJS A ,VooD 
hu]us universitatis Oxon. A. M. eo quod 
honoratissimi viri ae D. D. Edwardi 
Hyde miIitis nuperi eomitis de CIaren- 
don regnique Angliae domini cancellarii 
nec non cancellarii hujus universitatis 
Oxon. defuncti famosis quibusdm li- 
bellis in libro cul titulus [-ATItENAS 
OXONIENSES &C. l'ohtme the secoml], 
publice editis existilnationem et famam 
adhuc superstitem laedcre tentasse le- 

gitimis probationibus eonvictus fuerit 
ex deereto judicis curiae eancellariatus 
Oxon. quousque ob tantos morum suo- 
rum excessus recantationi per judicem 
dictae curiae adprobandae subscri»serit 
et cautionem fidejussoriam de pace con- 
servanda et quoad crimina objecta in 
postemm honeste se gerendo interpo- 
suerit ex bac tmiversitate Oxon. tanquam 
pacis perturbator bannitus et pr_vilcgiis 
ejusdem universitatis exutus erat, et in- 
strumento publice affixo Quousqtle &c. 
(ut praemittitur) bannitus et exutus 
declarabatur et denuntiabatur vicesimo 
nono die mensis Julii A. D. x693 necnon 
in criminis tare infesti detestationem 
libri praedicti copia ex decreto judicis 
praedicti in area Theatri Sheldoniani 
ultimo die mensis praedicti per dictae 
curiae mandatariorum untm flammis 
comburebatur. 
. ALTtIAII t9,'oc, sE, tir. 
R. Vv.sY, Proc. jun" : 
 Luttrell iii. 47: Evelyn's Diary 
under date - Jan. 69. 
 Luttrell iii. 238 , 239, 24r, -4 ,q. 
Louis Villiam, umrgrave of Baden- 
Badcn, t677-, 707 . 



DEC. 1693- LI,,; 16D4. 

439 

]ï)ee. ult., Su., Mr. (John) Keynton 1, pro-proctor, of blagd. Coll., 
told me that (Robert) Turner II.A. of Wadh. Coll. who was T«rrae 
flh?«s last Aet, had withdrawne himself, because a maid with child 
being examined by the mayor, shee told him 'twas of Turner's 
begetting. .4. drunken rude fellow ; a debauchee ad omnia. 

The effect of toleration--instead of enjoying their religion in 
peace without disturbance, they endeavour to pull downe the church 
of England by their writings and preachings. 

169î and 1694 : 6 William and Mary : Wood aet. 62. 
(At the beginning of the Almanac arc jottings of enquiries in eonnection vith 
thc continuation of the Mlhcnae.) 
Jan. 5, T., to Mr .... Long or Lang of Trin. 2, a note to Dr. (Dudley) Loftus. 
Jan. I3, S., note to Mr .... Hudson to be given to Mr. Jackson of the Vent to 
enquire about Thomas IIarlackinden. 
Jan. 53, T.» 169 , sent a lettcr to Mr. IIenry Vfharton to know when archbishop 
Sancroft died. 
Jan. 59, M., a note to Mr. I3rowne to send to James Clayton about coll. George 
Fleetwood. 
Feb. 3, S., to I3enjamin Wood a note concerning Sir Miles Sandys. [Nescit 
of Wilberton, he says.] 
Feb. 4, Su.» a larg letter to Sir Peter Pett about Dr. (Walter) Charlton and 
others,: I have a copie.--The saine day another to Robert Davies esq of Lanerch 
neare Denbigh for the death of David Lloyd. 
Feb. 6, T., to J. Aubrcy about Walter Charlton. 
Feb. 56, M., a letter to Mr. Robert King at Langton in the Isle of Purbeck 
I)orsetshire for the obit of Mr. John Bond of the Savoy and Dr. Nicholas Gibbon. 
Apr. , W., letter to Mr. Benjamin Archer, rector of Quainton, about 
Ch(ades ?) Gataker. 
May 14, M., letter to Dr. Thomas Guidot * for the obit of Richard Sparke and 
1N'athaniel IIodges. 
June 3, Su., to Mr. St(ephen) Hurman  for the death of John Chetwind, 

 John Kenton, M.A. Magd. Coll. 
2I June x689. 
z the answer is round in giS. Tanner 
454 fol. 6o with the note :' sent in a 
letterfor my use--to Mr .... Lang of 
Trin. Coll., who gave it to me, F., 
xi /Iay 694, but it does me little or 
no good because that it doth not justly 
answer my queries to Dr. Loftus, which 
I formerly sent.' 
 added later when a reply vas re- 
ceived. 
 at the end of Wood 658 is Thomas 
Guidott's proposais for printing a book 

l)e Thermis t?rilawticis (x69), with a 
specimen of the title-page and a note 
in his hand ' Dr. Guidot remembers 
him kindly to )-ou: the printers bave 
ruade him almost weary of his lire ; but 
noxv ail is over.' At the end of the saine 
volume is a paper with the names of 
the subscribers, ' to lIr. Guidott's book.' 
» Wood 608 (.66) is ' A brief account 
of the nullity of King James's title,' 
Lond. 689, with the notes (mutilated 
by the binder) ' liber Stepheni Hurman 
ex dono authoris...' 'March 169ï , this 
given to me by Stephen...' 



44o 

II'OOD'S LIFE ,ztA'D TIiIIES. 

Theod(osia) Allea's surname by her second husbaad, and whither aot in Mon- 
mouth's rebellion. 
Aug. I9, Su., letter to Robert Dale. 
Aug. 2i, T., to Mr. XVilliam Crompton about his graadfather and himself and 
the birth of Mr .... Tickell.--Eodem die, to Mr. Batemaa bookseller about buying 
my books x. 
Qu«rics fr $Zr. (John) Atbrcy:--epistles for Mr. Bagford, where he lives ?-- 
Mr .... Hook for the Christian naine of... Oliver, glass paynter--what is said 
of father Simons in his collections.--Mr. John Gadburie's Almanac for 1693-- 
Thomas Jekyll for an account of himself and time of burial of Sir William 
Waller--Dr. Walter Charlton, who he succeded?--John I)avies of Kidwelly of 
Sir Edward Sherburne--my letters to be returnd--Mr. Birkhead about Sir Henry 
J'anson--where Mr. Robert Boyle lived and died--Mr. Ashmole's obiit. 
Sept. 20, Th., letter to Seymour Wood/'or my I5oli. and hall an yeare's interest 
of it due this Michaelmas comming. 
Sept. 24, M., letter to Mr. Watts minister of Dinton neare Thame/'or the death 
of Thomas Rogers ; sent againe 27 Oct., S. 
Oct. 9, T., letter to Mr. Jonathan Kimberley about Robert Lovell. 
Oct. 1o, W., note to Dr. (Arthur) Charlet conceming Joseph Jane.--Note to 
Mr. (George) Verman  concerning Dr. (Arthur) ]5u(r)y and Baker.--Note con- 
cerning Quick, Baker, and Ashwood. 
13 Oct., S., letter to Mr. I3aker a minister neare Mells, fo be left with Mr. 
Moreton of Mells neare Frome in Somerset, for notitia of his [ather.--Mr. (George) 
X crman, letter about Trihill. 
I 1 Nov. Su., letter to Mr. Josiah King of Exeter. 
OEnury.--Letter dated Jan. 2, T. :--'About 4 ° persons of the sect called 
Quietists, who were presented at Rome for heresy, found meanes to corne into 
E.ngland. They have consulted with the chier of the Quakers to find out how 
thcir persuasion agrees with them. They pretend to the revelation of the Spirit. 
(An Sunday (3 Dec. I693 ) a collection for thcm in the Quakers' meetings.' 
Jan. 6, S., Thomas Wood told me that the earl of Clarendon and 
his party vill turne my lord's fees into a medall in token of the 
victory, to be put into the musaeum. 
Jan. 6, S., I was with Dr. (Benjamin) Woodroff, and he told me 
he had 6 in commons at Glocester hallhis two sons two. 
Letters dated 6 Jan., S., say that 'Last Thursday (4 Jan.) the lords  ordered 
that the blasphemous libell should be burnt in the old pallace yard and that the 
attorney general should be ordered to prosecute the author and printer.' The 
commons burnt this book before, now the lords.--Socinianisme doth much increase, 
and ail other seets, since King William came to the crowne. 
Letter dated 6 Jan., S. :--' The last letters from Ireland say that the lord 
Kingston » is dead in the province of Conaught.' 
Letter dated Jan. 9, T. :' Last Stmday night (7 Jan.) (Charles) Gerard  earl 

t ste supra,  I Oct. I692. 
 fellow of Exeter College, 13oase's 
Reg. Coll. Exon. p. 73- 
 13enjamin Woodroffe, principal of 
Gloucestcr Hall 1692-I î 12. 

« Luttrell iii. 249; William Freake 
the author. Freeman Collins the printer. 
 Robert King, second baron Kings- 
ton. 
» Charles Gcrard, first earl. On 2z 



1694. 44 

of Mackclesfield, Lord President of Wales and lievtenant of several counties' 
(quaere) ' went to bed well, but died of an apoplectick fit belote morn.'---' Coll. 
Charles /3utler, yonger brother to the duke of Ormond, is ruade or likely to be 
ruade  earl of Arran in Ireland and baron of Weston in England.'--' The earl of 
\Varrington's body is conveyed into Cheshire to be buried among his ancestors. 
The Lievtenancy of Cheshire is to be confer'd on his son.' 
(Letter dated) Jan. , Th.:--'The yong earl of Warrington * succeeds his 
father in the lievtenancy of Cheshire and is to have a deputy 3 till he is of age.'-- 
Ibid. :--"Tis wrot from Rome, 3 ° of the last month, that the pallace or apart- 
ment lately belonging to the queen of Sweedland is fitting up for King James t lI.' 

In the beginning of this month came to London a German prince 
called Lewes prince of 13aden ». He was entertained every day by 
one lord or other « and once by the cityL Macclesfield, drinking 
high in his company according to the Gerlnan mode, died suddenly s. 
Lord Sidney viscount Shepey (nephew to Algernon) was taken also 
avith a fit, and would have marched off, had it hot been for his 
juvenility and Dr. (John) Radcliff his physitian. 

Letter dated Jan. 13, S. :--' A book called ,4n account ofJgcnmar] hath ruade a 
grcat noise in London for a week bcfore this time. It was written by... Moulds- 
xvorth of Dublin esq. : complained of to the privie councill by the Danish envoy 
who excepted against 5 articles in that book a. The privie councill would have it 
suppressed but that iooo are sold off,' etc. 
Letter dated Jan. 16, T. :'(lXlary) widdow of viscount William Stafford 0, who 
suffered upon account of the popish plot, died last Saturday (13 Jan.): and this 
day, as 'tis said , died (Henry Mordaunt) earl of Peterborough. John Lemot 
Honywood, esq., a recruiting knight of the shire for Essex, hanged himself in his 
garters in his lodging in Fleet Street at 5 of the clock in the evening Jan. 5, M. : 
talked idly and crazedly several dayes before.' He had 4oooli. per annum, and 
3ooooli. in personal estate. 
In TM the rotes of Jan. I6, T., is mention ruade of Robert Fleetwood, son of coll. 
Georg Yleetwood, deceased, about selling lands with James Clayton at la Vache. 

bIarch i68] he had been appointed 
Lord Lieutenant for ail the counties of 
l'qorth and South Wales together with 
the counties of Gloucester, Hereford, 
and Monmouth. 
 Charles Butler on 23 Jan. I69, was 
ruade earl of Arran in the Irish peerage 
and baron /3utler of Weston in the 
English peerage : these honours became 
extinct on his death in I î59- 
 George Booth, second earl. The 
Lord Lieutenancy of Cheshire was given 
to Richard Savage viscount Colchester. 
z Luttrell iii. 250, 251. 
 Luttrell iii. 24î. 
 see note 5, P- 438. 
« Luttrell iii. 249, 250, 251, z6I. 

" Luttrell iii. 25 , 259. 
 Luttrell iii. 250. 
 Luttrell iii. 253. 
10 Mary Stafford, sister and heir of 
Henry Stafford 5th baron Stafl'ord, 
married Sir William Itoward; they 
vere created baron and baroness Stafford 
 2 Sept. 64o ; he was created visconnt 
Stafford  Nov. 64o (beheaded 29 
1-)ec. 68o); she was created countess 
of Stafford for life 5 Oct. 688. 
n false. Henry Mordaunt, second 
earl died 697. Luttrell iii. 254, 256. 
"- this and several other notes of flfis 
month, Jan. 69} , are now inserted 
out of place in thc Almanac for Aug. 
692. 



44z IVOOD'S LIFE AND TI3IES. 

Jan. I8, Th., this evening the corps of the earl of Maeclesfield was honourably 
bnried in Westminster. 
Jan. 19, F., 'the corps of the lady Stafford was baried' but (the news-letter) 
mentions hot the place. 
Jan. 23, T., the body of John Lemot Honywood esq. was carried from London 
into the country to be buried. 
Jan. 1 23 or 24, judg (Sir William) Dolben of the King's Bench died suddenly as 
he was drinking a dish of coffey. 
Jan. 25, Th., this morning judge Dolben died suddenly in the place of his retire- 
Inent, at his devotions : buried in the Temple church , 29 Jan., M. 
Jan. 25, Th., 'this day the lord Holles 3 aged 19 died of a pleurisy' : quaere 
• vhcthcr drtmk with prince de Baden.--The yong earl of Macclesfield * is ruade by 
commission major general of the horse. 
Jan. 3 o, T., King's fast, Mr. Williain Vyat, Orator, principal of S. 
Mary hall, preached. It was a (high)flown serinon, Inade, as 'ris 
said, for K. Jalnes d. reigne, and not for this . He was Inuch 
against the perfidiousness of the Scots, and said they were the chi& 
authors of archbishop Laud's death, who was of Inore worth than all 
Scotland, etc. At this serinon was present . . . Cainpbell a yongcr 
son of the earl of Argyle , yet a high flowne loyallist, and noblelnan 
of University Coll. ; who being Inuch enraged at what he said against 
the Scots, he did accost Mr. Wyat when he caine out of the pulpit, 
and did in a most egregious Inanner abuse hiin in the face.of the 
loeoplecalled him red-fac'd sot. Mr. Wyatt coinplained to the vice- 
chancellor (Dr. Aldrich). Dr. Aldrich sent for Campbell; Campbe]l 
is gone, and will not appear. The University gave this Cainpbell his 
degree of M.A. belote he was (of) standing  for it and allow'd hiln 
to wear a nobleinan's gowne. 
January s. In the beginning of this rnonth Mr. (Nicholas) Mar- 

1 this note is seored out as in error. 
Luttrell iii. 259. 
 Luttrell iii. 262. 
3 I)enzil IIolles third baron: with 
him the title became extinct. Luttrell 
iii. 259. 
 Charles Gerard second earl. Lnt- 
trell iii. 26i, 267. 
» in vol. il. p. 48 we have an earlier 
instance of trouble caused to a preacher 
(John Powell) by preaehing an old ser- 
mon aflcr an intcrval of solne years. 
 corrected by Wood in a note :-- 
' This Campbell is the yonger son of a 
yonger son of the marquis of Argile.' 
Archibald Campbell, second son of Neil 
Canpbell of Ardmaddie co. Arg'yle 
(second son of Archibald 8th carl and 

Ist marquis of Argyle) by his first wife 
lady Vere Kerr (third daughter of 
William Kerr first earl of Lothian). He 
was M.A. Edinbnrgh I692 ; incorporated 
(as a member of Unir. Coll.) lO Oct. 
1693. He was afferwards bishop of 
Aberdeen 172 I- 1724- 
 this means, I suppose, that being 
M.A. of a Scottish University, he ought, 
according to Wood, to bave been incor- 
porated only as B.A. 
 the slip with this note is inserted out 
of place in the Almanac for Aug. 1692 , 
that it belongs to this year (I69) is 
clear froln the note in 6 Jan. 169½. On 
the slip are these notes :--' Divers fel- 
lowes ofhonses in Cambridge (especially 
of S. John's) bave shuttlcd off taking the 



e-4W. -- F//Y. 1694. 443 
tin 1 told me that Dr. (John) Ilall, toaster of Pembroke College, 
allowed of old father Thomas Gilbert to read to scholars. 
• 'ebruury.--Feb. 9, F., Mr. (Nicholas) Martin of Hart hall told 
me that bishop Burnct hath put off and cashier'd his exhibitioners, 
which he hath maintained ever since he was bishop of Sarum. 
Letter dated Feb. io, S.:--'Last Wednesday (7 Feb.) died Dr .... Scot 
lninister of S. Giles in the fields (loco (John) Sharp).'-' Dr. Thin, a Sorbon Dr., 
and Dr. Creagh , a French pensioncr, two titular bishops of Ireland are arrived 
thcre (for no good 3, as 'ris thought) under pretence of the emperour's pass.'-- 
' From Edinburgh, 3 Feb., Dr. Eliot to be hang'd 21 instant for forgery and 
adultery, to be hang'd in the Grassmarket'--an apothecary or quack. 
Feb. IO» S., Peter/3irch his sermon came to Oxford : prcached bcforc the Housc 
of Commons, 3o Jan. ; which tho he was desired to print, yet when it was pub- 
lishcd some cried ad igttett for passages in thc 20 page. See among Ch. Ch. 
writers for the text.--In less than a fortnight after came out A birchet rodfor Dr. 
Feb. r r, Sunday morn, the bells rang out for the death of William 
Lever, principal of Magd. hall, and deane of Bristow, who dicd at  z 
at night io Feb. Quaere what I have said in the obitall book «. 
Quaere in the Account. 

oathes for these three yeares or more, 
which is very wcll knowne. Bnt certaine 
fanatical members of parliament under- 
standing that many in Oxon bave not 
taken the oathes, it was proposed in 
parliament in the beginning of this 
month that the oathes should be offer'd 
to ail fellowes and heads of both Uni- 
versities, and those that refuse are to 
poll 8s in the pound of the benefit of 
their places towards the tax. This hath 
been read and committed twice, I think.' 
--'The King, .ehief part of the court, 
and parliament men are hot fricnds to 
the University: the University and 
clergy are left to themselves.' 
1 Nicholas Martin, M.A. Corp. 17 
Dec. I683 ; vice-principal of Hart 
Hall. 
z Peter Creagh, el. bp. of Cork 4 May 
1676 ; transi, to Dublin 9 Match I69- ; 
died J'uly 17os.--Gams' Series IEtisco- 
dbortt]t, Ratisb. I873. 
z Luttrell iii. 266. 
 the ' obital book ' as we now have it 
(Wood MS. F 4) stops at I688: the 
reference in the text must be to another 
draft of it, continued later, and probably 
now lost. Dr. Bliss in I848 gave the 

following note on Dr. Levett :--' Dr. 
Levett had been chaplain to the earl of 
Clarendon, and aceompanied him into 
exile. He became rector of Husband's 
]3osvorth, in Leicestershire, 167 , vicar 
of Flower, Nrorthamptonshire, 1676 , 
principal of Magdalen Hall, 1681, and 
dean of ]3ristol, x685. His will, which 
is in the archives, is dated Jan. 7, 69ï, 
and directs that his body shall be 
decently interred, "without any manner 
of speech, or funerall oration, or either 
good or bad verses, and without any 
opening of it, or the least dissection of 
it whatever," in the cathedral at Ch. Ch., 
and that the invitations may be so sent 
out, and his corpse so carried, aud all 
things so adjusted before four of the 
clock, that the divine service may begin 
regularly at the canonical houre. He 
bequeaths 5o/. for the library at Ch. Ch., 
2o/. to the use of Magdalen Hall, and 5l. 
for books for Corpus library, besides 
money to apprentice poor boys from 
Flower and Husband's I3osworth. He 
mentions his nephew, William Levett, 
second son of his brother, sir Richard L., 
knight, and then alderman of London, 
aud makes his kinsman, Mr. Henry 



444 

IVOOD'S LIFE AND TI3IES. 

Feb. 12, l,I., the president and fellows (of Magd. Coll.) chose Dr. 
Manwaring Hammond 1 to be principal of Magd. hall; presented 
him the same day to the vice-chancellor Dr. (Henry) Aldrich, and 
(he) denied to adrnit him till the chancellor was satisfied. The 
president  (the bishop of Oxford) went that day to London, and was 
not at the election. 
About 3 dayes af ter the death of Dr. Levet, the chancellor of the 
University, then in Westrn(inster), nonfinated Dr. (Richard) Adams s, 
a physitian ofAllsouls, to succeed him. 

I.etter datcd 13 Feb., T. :--' Sir Ralph Ashton chose knight of the shire for 
Lancashire in the room of lord Brandon Gerard « translated to the ttouse of Lords. 
--Sir James Smith, one of the commission of the Lievtenancy of London, is 
rcmovcd, with others (as suspected to be too honest to the right hcire, or somthing 
of Jacobitcs).--Yesterday counselIour Freak  of the Temple who vas formerly in- 
dicted for a vriting or book against the Trinity vas yesterday arraigned for the 
saine at the King's Bench, to which he pleaded not guilty and is to be tryed the 
next terme.'--n another letter of the saine date :--' Dr. (George) Royse, one ofthe 
chaplains to John Tillotson arehbishop of Canterbury, is ruade deane of ]Sristow in 
the place of Dr. William Levet.' 
Letter dated 17 Feb., S.:--' The earl of Macklesfield's patent to be coi1. of 
a regiment of horse ç is gone to Kensington to be signed. And so is the earl of 
Arran's for another regiment: he is yonger brother to James Butler duke of 
Orinond, and yesterday he was introduced into the house of lords by the naine of 
Charles Butler baron of Y'eston.'--Ibid. :' 6 Feb., F., Anthony Cary viscount 
Falkland, a burges of this present parliatnent and (Coinrnissioner) of the Adiniralty 
was committed prisoner to the Tower by order of Parliament for begging and re- 
ceiving the sure of 2ooo/i. of his majesty by an unusual rnethod and theretbre guilty 
of high misdeineanor.' 13ischarg'd upon his petition presented to the house by coi. 
Ernle, 9 Feb., M. 
• Since Sir John Lowther's resigning his office of vice-chatnberlaine to the king 
upon prctence ofwant of health, the air ofWestminster not agreing with him. Pere- 
grine Bertie second son of the earl of Lindsey  and burgess for Boston had that 
office confer'd on hirn and on February 9, M. he came into the parliament house 
with the golden key hanging at his breast.' 
'Yesterday, Feb. I, W., Mr. Donilun'de Laune * ' a French minister, who 
had been cominitted prisoner for preaehing treason in St. Mathew's church in 
Friday street, was round by the jury not guilty, and so acquitted.' 
Letter dated z Feb., Th. :--' Serjeant (John) Treinaine, the king's serjeant at 
law, died this week and is succeeded by serjeant (Henry) Gold . Serjeant 

Levett, fellow of Exeter college, his sole 
executor. By the inventory, also in the 
archives, it appears that his personals 
were valued at e4oeli, os.  
 Luttrell iii. zTz. Mainwaring 
tIarnmond, D.D. Magd. C. e5 June I69L 
"' John tlough. 
 Richard Adams, M.D. Ails. 9 July 
I6S4. 

Charles Gerard, eldest son of the 
earl of Macclesfield, styled lord Gerard 
Brandon, had now succeeded his 
father. 
William Freake ; Luttrell iii. 268. 
LuttreI1 iii. 267. 
Robert Bertie, third earl. 
, Dallion,' in Luttrell iii. 272. 
Luttrell iii. 273. Henry Gould. 



FEtL  I[ARCH, 1694. 

44,5 

(Samuel) Eyres is sworne a judg of the king's bench in the place of (Sir I William 
Dolben).'--Letter dated Feb. x5, Th., from Edinburgh, « Dr. Eliat is to surfer 
death next Wednesday (Feb. 2I)? 
In another letter of the saine date, Feb. 22, Th., thus :--« On Tuesday night (2o 
Feb.) died in his chamber at the temple Sir John Tremaine, serjeant at law, one of 
the burgesses in parliament for Tregony in Cornwall.' 
25 Feb., Su., Mr. (Jaunes) Biss  from Dr. (Humphrey) Hody told 
me that Mr. Thomas Lindsay 3 of Wadh. was ruade deane of Patrick's : 
vide Fasli p. 881. 
Act of parliament passed by the king for the granting of 4s in the 
pound to carry on a vigorous warr against France--sec Gazet in Feb. 
The printed act came downe to Oxon about the latter end of Feb. 
I693 (i. e. 3) and at the end p. 69 is this :-- 
"that every toaster and fellow of every eollege and hall (who are now resident in 
this kingdome) and every reader, and officer, and minister of either Universitie, 
shall voluntarily appeare before the said commissioners, or any three or more of 
them, before the rime limited for the retuming the assessments of 4 s in the pound, 
etc., and take the oathes required and mention'd to be taken by an act ruade in the 
I ycare of their majestics' raigne entitled An act for abrogaNnff the oathes of 
stŒEEreamacy amt allegiance azd ajbtoiuting olher oalkes: which oathes the said com- 
missioners are hereby impowred and required to administer : and those that take 
them hot are to pay 8 shilling in a pound of the profits whieh they receive of their 
respective places." 
No mention here of students (as students of Ch. Ch.); no bachelors, 
or undergraduats. 
The commissioners sate in the Apodyteriuln, M., Feb. z6, x69. - de 
die in diem and so continued till Munday 5 Match, taking of sub- 
scriptions of those that take oathes and take register of them. 
Feb. 26, M., cl(ean) sh(eets). 
Letter dated Feb. 7, T. :--' Yesterday in the afternoon died Sir Thomas Samwill, 
knight of the shire for Northampton, of the small pox.' 
From Edinburgh 27 Feb., T., they add that Dr. Eliot is repriev'd for a fort- 
night. 
lareh.--Letter dated March I, Th. :' Last Tuesday night (Feb. 2î Sir 
Charles Scarborough, chier physitian to their majesties, died at Whitehall.'-- 
Ibid. :--' This day or the day before, they had before them the pamphlet throwne 
about the streets, said to be Sir John Knight's speech in parliament, wherein is con- 
tained seditious matter ; and 'tis ordered to be bumed by the hangman on Saturday 
(3 March).'--' Sir Cyril Wych, one of the Lords Justices of Ireland, will be ruade 
Lord High Chancellor in the place of Sir Charles Porter.' 
Letter dated March I, Th. :--' Tuesday (27 Feb.) in the night time was buried 

t the MS. has ' serjeant Eyres' by 
dittography. 
z James Bisse, M.A. Wadh. 19 Jan. 
69. 

s Thomas Lyndesay, M.A. Wadh. 13 
March I69, D.D. 5 July 1693: Gar- 
diner's Reg. Coll. Wadh. p. 296. 



446 

IVOOD'S ZIFE A«VD TI3II?S. 

Mr. Joseph Washington, of the Temple, a favourite of the Lord Keeper '--(entered) 
in James Ilarrington (in the Atltenac). 
(Letter dated) March 3, S. :--'The King was yesterday pleased to declare 
(Charles Talbot) the earl of Shrewsbury a Secretary of State, and sent him the 
seales thereof.' 
The speecll before mention'd said to be Sir John Knight's is entitlcd 7he 
follorz,Dtg sibeech being off-hand upon the debates of the I louse of Commons, was 
burnt by command of the llouse by the common hangman, Satnrday 3 March, as 
a most scandalous thing. 
3 lIarch, Sat., Dr. (Richard) Adams, of Ails. Coll., was admitted 
principal of Magd. Hall by the vice-chancellor in the morning. When 
they came to the gatcs, they found them lock'd, and when they begula 
to break open the dote by chopping it to pieces, some of/X[agd. CoU. 
came to them nnd told them that their college had let a lease of the 
Hall to Dr. Manwaring Hammond, whome they had chosen principall. 
I[owever, making their way in, the vice-chancellor conducted Adams 
into the refectory, and there admitted him. Afterwards Dr. Adams 
madc a little speech, and entertained the vice-chancellor and aularians 
u-ith a glass of wine. The principall's lodgings were lock'd up by Dr. 
Hammond. 
Ail things exceeding deare--corne at os per bushell, mutton 4d a 
pound, butter Bd a pound, apples z a penny and 3 at ed. 
Letter dated Match 6, T. :--' Sir Cyril Wych to be Lord Chancellor of Ireland 
in the place of Sir Charles Porter.'--Ibid.  :--'Russell , Sir Hugh Buscawen z 
a privie councellour3, and Anthony Cary lord Falkland * will become barons of 
this realm ; the earl of t3edford " to be duke of lXTewcastle ; marquess of Car- 
merthen , duke of Pontfract. '-« The earl of Shrewsbury, Secretary of State with 
Trenchard, hath made choice' (vide Gazer, M., March 5) «of Mr. Vernon and 
Mr. l'oultncy his undersecretaries ; Trenchard to be chancellor of the exchecquer 
in the place of Mr. (Richard) Hamden and to keep his Secretary's place still.' 
6 March, Tuesday, Edward Wood married. 
Letter dated 8 March, Th. :--'Mr. Jacob Hubland minister of ]3ubbinvorth 
and Mr. Vfilliam Soader curat of Abbes-Roading in Essex have reported that Sir 
Francis Massam a member of the House of Commons was a pentioner and that 
there were above 60 in the House that paid their taxes out of the pensions they 
had from the king. ,Vhich being looked upon as a breach oI the privileges of 
the House, they (the said two cler'mcn) were summoned to attend the House 
forthwith, 6 March I693 (i. e. {) : ,\-illiam Collyns and John Starly were vit- 
nesses against them.' 

x Luttrell iii. 280, 299 , 300. 
- on 7 May I797 admiral Edward 
P, ussell was created earl of Orford. 
 on 9 June 172o Hugh Boscawen 
was crcated viscount Fa]mouth. 
* see ifra, p. 453, note I. 

 on ii ]Xlay 1694 William Russell 
5th earl of ]3edford was created duke 
of ]3edford. 
 on 4 May 1694 Thomas Osborne 
Ist marquis of Carmarthen was created 
duke of Leeds. 



IARCH, 1694. 447 
March 8, Thursday, the grace 1 of White Kennett of S. Edm. Hall 
did pass by a majority in Congregation, after it had been denied 
thrice because he had sent a letter to a  certain gent. wherein he told 
bim that such a college in Oxford was a debauch'd college, that they 
were all given to loosness, which deter'd that gent. from sending his 
son to that bouse. Mr. Kennet was then at Bicister very sick, having 
about ten dayes before gone to that place to sec his wife that was 
before sick, and afterwards to bury her. 
' Mareh 9, F., Dr. Eliot hang'd at Edinburgh in the Grassmarket ' : so letters 
dated x 7 March, S. IIis confession read, because he eould not speak it, his 
mouth being no bigger than the bowle of a tobaceo pipe head, which he said had 
been eontracted by a jadgment of God for ridiculing the Seriptures. Eliot was 
an apotheeary. 
Saturday, March 1% or thereabout, old I)r. John Conant  died at Northampton. 
Letter dated Mareh o, S. :--' The lord Mohun*, a yong man, who killed Mr. 
(William) Mountfort, has a commission to be eaptain of a troop of horse under 
the earl of Maeelesfield to go to Flanders this next spring.'--Ibid. :' Mr. Itub- 
land having but one witness against him was disehargd. Mr. Soader had two, 
and therefore committed to a serjeant at armes, but upon his petition soon after 
released.' 
Letter dated Mareh 13, T. : On Saturday last (IO Mareh) the marrer between 
Dr. (William) Lancaster and I)r .... Gough  eoneerning S. Martin's-in-the-fields 
was deternfined and Dr. Googe put in. 
lXlarch 15, Th., the archbishop's order dated for the restoration of 
lXIr. (Jonas) Proast, chaplain of Allsouls College, to his chamber and 
commons from which he had some yeares before been unjustly 
deprived by the new warden. 
March 20, T., swore off ioo ll. before the commissioners. 
Letter dated March 20, T.:--'Last Saturday (17 March) was buried in great 
state ... countess dowager of Portland  in ILing Henry VII's chapel at \\ cst- 
minster: it is said 2ooo/i. per annum of her estate devolves to the crowne.' 
Letter dated 22 March, Th. :--' Mr. Tobias Rustat , an old bachelaur courtier, 
who set up King Charles his effigies at Windsore, was yesterday carried in great 
state to be inter'd at Cambridge. He bath leff yearly maintenance to breed up 
,S minister's sons and the like number of minister's widdowes '--see in  S. John's 
College. 
(Wood C ."6 (I9) is a mock-sale-list of fictifious books with satiri- 

* for B.D. 
 MS. omits ' to.' 
s John Conant, D.I). archdeacon of 
Norwich, died  Match x694 . 
« Charles Mohun, 5th baron Mohun 
of Okehampton. Evelyn's Diary under 
date 4 Feb. 69. 
 ?Nicholas Gouge; sttSra, p. 395, 
note L Evelyn's Diary under date 25 

Match x694 (where the name is spelt 
' Goode '). 
» Franees Stuart, 2nd daughter of 
Esme, duke of Lennox, widow of 
Jerome Weston second earl of Portland. 
 Luttrell iii. z85. 
 Gutch's Wood's Coll. and tIalls, 
P. 



44 II'OOD'S LIFE iç'D TI3IES. 

cal titles, in which Wood notes 'Nathaniel Johnston I M.D., the 
author.' Its title is 'The auction or a catalogue of some useful 
books lately published,' about the latter end of Match 1692-. One of 
the itens is ' The present bishops the surest courtiers, writ by a 
reverend count Palatine [Nathaniel Crew bishop of" Durham] to be 
sold by Nathanael Do-little at the sign of the orange tawny mitre.') 
Eetter dtted 24 lXarch, S. :--«'esterday Inorn. (Friday, 23 lXlarch) died Sir 
Thomas XX etherley, president of the College of Physitians at London.'---Another 
letter calls him ' an eminent physitian and president of that fraternity.' 
Letter dated 24 lXlarch, S. :--' This morning (Sat.) died Sir P, alph Box, drugster, 
an eminent and wealthy citizen, of the gout.' 
All the winter before going, raged an unusual feaver in Oxford and 
the neighbourhood, which was hot understood by physitians a good 
while. Some dye of" it. 
]Or.... Curie or Çarew, t non-conformist divine md a curer of deafness, diecl 
in his house in Itatton Garden, in lXIarch belote the 25 day and was carried away" 
in a hearse to .... 
Lady-day, Su., 25 March, Robert brok up bouse. 
lXarch 27, T., at Godstow, Iod. 
lXiarch 28, XV., at Eifley, 9d. 
Great loss by the Turkey fleet--vide Gazer 29 March, Th.--Letter dated 
29 March, Th. :--'Sir Edmond 3overy, an eminent Turkey Inerehant, dyed 
yesterday morn : he had above 2ooooH. concern in the Turkey fleet. Sir Benjamin 
Thorovood died this week and Sir John Mathews, an eminent Spanish merchant. 
Iovery, 'tis thought, ied with greif.'--When the news came first to Oxon of the 
loss of the Turkey fleet, lXr. Henry I)odwell, being then al: the coffey-house, held 
up his hands and said ' Lord have mercy upon us : this is another judgment that 
befalls this poore nation,' or to that effect. The other judgment was the grand 
overthrow last yeare at Landen . Many persons take notice of this and dislike 
him. 
Letter dated 3I March, S. :--' I)r .... Oliver, who belonged to Sir Francis 
Wheeler's ship, wa wonderfully preserved, being just before the storme sent for 
to another ship to visit a sick person.'--' Sir Bcnjtmin Thorowgood and Sir 
Rnlph Box wcre yestêrday both carried in great state to be interred in the country, 
the latter at Hammersmith.'--Another of the saine date :--' Within thee 8 dayes 
wee have lost 6 eminent citizens, whereof Sir Peter Clliton i one.' 
.lril.--By letter dated from Hull Apr. 3, T., 'tis said that ' Seremt (Roger) 
Belwood dyed last night (2 Aær. ) at York.' 
Apr. 9, M., captain Edward Wilson kil'd in 131oomsbury sqnare by one... 
Low or Law, son of a goldsmith of Edenburg. He kept his coach md horses, 
md htd no visible state. A little before he dyed, he gave an acquainttnce of his 
a key with 60 pieces of gold, bidding him take the latter and deliver the other to 

a leliquhte 'arnianae iii. 47- 
-" wrecked in a hurricane near Gi- 
braltar : Luttrell iii. 287, 288. Evelyn's 
13iary under date 22 March 169J. 
z at Landen on 29 July I693 William 

III was defeated by marshal Luxem- 
bourg. 
¢ Lawes: Lnttrell iii. 291 , 296 , 297 , 
299, 3 °8, 39fi, 4o% 43 o, 432. Evelyn's 
I)iary under date 22 Apr. 1694. 



APH:, 169I. 449 

his brother xvith a command to burne all the papers in his cabinet. Ite is sup- 
posed tobe the chief person that robbed the mail from Itarwich wherein was to 
the value of IOO, OOo/i. in rough diamonds of the Jews. 
Letter dated Apr. Io, T. :--' Lord Newburgh i died in the close of last veek ; 
the bishop of Lichfeild 2 is dangerously ill; Sir Thomas Pope 131unt, a parlia- 
ment man," quaere catalogue. 
Apr. xi, W., Coronation day. Some bells rang: people weary : no 
bonfiers. 
Apr. xi, W., . . . Prince, townclerk, was bmied in the night time in 
S. lXlartin's church, his body being then brought from London where 
he died about 3 dayes before. 
Letter dated Apr. 12, Th. :--' Said that Sir Francis XYheeler ws inter'd at 
Gibralter.' 
Gazet, Apr. I2, Th. :--' Apr. 11, W., his majesty has been pleased to nominate 
Narcissus (Marsh) archbishop of Cashell to the archbishoprick of Dublin vacant 
by the death of Dr. (Francis) Mrsh; and William (Palliser) lord bishop of 
Coyne to the archbishoprick of Cashell.' 
Apr. 12, Thursday in Easter week, Trinity college new chapel  was 
consecrated for a pious use. Between 8 and 9 in the morning met 
together those heads of bouses, Doctors and others, that were invited 
to the solemnity, in the president's lodgings of Trilfity Coll., and at 9, 
Dr. (John) Hough, bishop of Oxford (who had a commission from 
the bishop of Winton*, Visitor of the college), went thence to the 
new chapel in the head of them, afterwards the bedells, then the 
president and vice-chancellor ", aud the rest of the Doctors. The 
chapel door being opened, the bishop entred, knelt downe, and said 
somthing; and then in the choire knelt aaine; and so at the altar. 
The president read the service; lXIr. Fyfield  the first lesson; and 
1I1. Harding z the second. When service was donc, Dr. Thomas 
Sykes s one of the seuior fellowes preached. Which donc, there was 
a sacrament, and an offering, the money of which was given to  .... 

t Charles Levingston, recognised as 
second eafl of Newburgh, 25 Jan. 
i684 . 
 Villiam Lloyd» translated to Wor- 
cester in I699. 
 for this building see in ThomasWar- 
ton's Life of Dr. ?a]urst, 176I. Wood 
276 A no. XII is ' The orthography 
and ichnography of Trinity College 
chapel in Oxford I69 t,' i.e. the elevation 
(' orthography') and ground plan (' ich- 
nogmphy'). 
 Peter Mew. 

s Henry Aldrich, dean of Ch. Ch. 
 Walter Fifield, M.A. Trin. 26 Oct. 
I686. 
 William Harding, M.A. Trin. 2 
Nov. 693. 
s Thomas Sykes, D.D. Trin. I2 May 
I69Z. Vood D 23 (6) is Thomas 
Sykes' 'A sermon reaced at the con- 
secration of Trin. Coll. d,zel, Apr. 12, 
694 ,' Oxford 694. 
 a line left blank in the MS. for the 
insertion of the object to xhich the 
collection was devoted. 

VOL. III. G g 



45o 

IVOOD'S LIFE AWD TIIES. 

Aftenvards (they) went to dinner in the hall, where the company was 
nobly entertained. The president (Dr. Ralph ]3athurst) built the 
outside, which cost him 17 hundred pounds; and the inside by 
benefactors. 
Letter dated Apr. I4, S. :--' On Sunday last (8 Apr.) a person delivered in a 
bill into one of out churches containing :--" Your prayers are desired that God 
would mollifie the hearts of the parliament that they might not pass a bill about 
hackney coaches." ' 
5 Apr., Low Sunday, Daniel Stacy, M.A. and fellow of Magd. 
Coll., repeated the 4 Easter Serinons at S. Marie's. He had preached 
the Oxford feast some yeares before. 
Apr. i5, Low Sunday, in the afternoon . . . Read of New Coll., 
organist, a yong hot-head, ript up his owne belly upon some discon- 
tent; died 8 day, W. 
Apr. i6, M.,... Slatford chose town-clerk: son of... Slatford 
somtimes butler of Hart hall, son of . . . Slatford somtime baylie of 
Oxon. A great canvass for it. 
April 8, W., Mr. Roger AItham, the senior proctor, quitted his 
place, and in his speech spoke very honorably of James Harrington 
of Ch. Ch. lately 1 deceased, and as dishonorably of the historiographer 
by calling him ' scurra et calumniator; one that in his late book that 
he published spoke of the vices, and omitted the virtues, of men'; 
that ' he had Linceus his eyes, prying and peering as a spy.' This 
was to please his deane (Dr. Aldrich), then vice-chancellor, who sate 
just behind him and who belote hand had taken part with Henry 
(Hyde) ear] of Clarendon against the said historiographer as I have 
elswhere told you. (This Altham, I think, had been belote turned 
out: see Almanac i68, 6 June.)--Gabriel Barnaby of New College 
and Stephen Napleton of Allsouls took their places of proctor. 
Letter dated Apr. 19, Th.:--' On Tuesday night (Apr. I7) at I of the clock 
was married to Diana, eldest daughter of Aubrey de Vere earl of Oxon, (Charles 
I3eauclerk) duke of S. Alban's.'--' From Paris 'ris said that the lord Stafford 2 is 
married to thc eldest daughter of count Gramont.' 
Apr. 21, Sat., Mr. Thomas Middleton, schoolmaster of Thame, died suddenly 
there. 
Apr. 23, M., cl(ean) sh(eets). 
Letter dated Apr. 24, M., saith « Whereas the duke of Hamilton s bath been 

1 another draft of this note says 'who 
died in Nov.'--suibra , p. 436. 
 Henry Stafford Howard created on 
Oct. 688 earl of Stafford, married 
Apr. 694 Claude-Charlotte eldest 
daughter of Philibert, comte de Gra- 

mont. 
 William Y)ouglas, created earl of 
Selkirk in 643 , married Ann Hamilton 
duchess of Hamilton, and on I2 Oct. 
66o was given the title of duke of 
ttamilton for lire. 



Al'RIL  L4 V, ltt9zl. 4,5 I 
dead for some rime, his title doth not descend fo his son i the eafl of Arran till 
after his mother's death, but he is now a marqness 
of Apr., T. He died on the I8, W., at 5 in the more. in Scotland. His garter 
given to the earl of Shrewsbury, one of the principal Secretaries of State. Sec the 
death of duke Hamilton in Gazet, Apr. 93, lXl. 
Apr. 25, W., (Charles Talbot) earl of Shrewsbury elected knight of the Garter 
in a chapter held af Whitehall : vide Gazer Apr. 26, Th., I694. 
'Apr. 25, W., about 6 in the morn. died Sir Thomas luppa, usher of tlle black 
rod, and will be sncceeded by Mr. Fleetwood Sheppard '--so letters dated Apr. 
26, Th.--The next letter after calls him Sir Fleetwood Sheppard s.__, I ara cer- 
tainly enformed that Sir Willialn Trumball and iXlr. (John) Smith of the House 
of Commons are appointed Lords Commissioners of the Treasury in the room 
of Sir Edward Seymour and sXlr. (Richard) ILamden, the latter of which is to be 
nade a viscount.' John Smith, quaere Gazet, Th., Apr. 26 anno I694. 
Letter dated 26 Apr., Th., the lord Howard 4 of Escrick is said to be dead. 
Apr. 26, Th., Georg IIalsted ', lXI.A., fellow of C. C. C., died of 
the new feaver; a drunken fellow. He died at night. 
2' Apr., F., (Francis) Goodwin 6, lXI.A, and fellow, a sober man, 
died early in the morning of the lever. No bell or bells rung, because 
Dr. (John) lXIanship  was sick of the said disease, fearing least it 
should discourage him. This feaver rages and many die of it. 
Sat., Apr. 28, Sir Thomas Dnppa bnried neare bishop (Brian) Duppa in West- 
minster Abbey ; originally a serving man. 
Ma]r.--Creation of nobility , sec Gazet, lXlay I, T. ; another creation , May 
3, Th. 
Letter dated 5 May, S. :--« From Leigh 0 'tis said the great toaster of the 
Tentonick order died there on the 4 instant, and his body being embalmed was 
sent thence, the 7th, for Dusseldorf: that a pestilential feaver rages in Liege 
which sweeps away many and has caused many of the great ones fo retire thence.' 
Letter dated iXlay 8, T., Dr. (Charles) D'avenant is ruade surveyonr general of 
the duty upon salt : Sir Charles Sedley to be ruade a viscount. 
lXlay 9, W., paid Mr. Francis Heywood's son Ss. 3 d. for Gazets, reckning from 
the Gazet which came out 20 July 693 to 22 Feb. I69. 
Letter from Sir P(eter) P(ett) dated IO lXlay, Th. :--'Lawrence Hyde earl 
of Rochester is removed from the cabinet council and privie council.' 
Letter dated May  2, S. :--' On Thursday (lXIay IO) the earl of Stamford n and 
Ir. (Charles) Mountague of the Treasury were swome of the privie council and 
yesterday the latter took the oathes in the exchequer conrt.--iXlr .... Braddon 

i James Douglas, earl of Arran, be- 
came on Io Aug. 694 (by his mother's 
surrender of her honours) duke of 
Hamilton. 
= lnarquess of Clydesdale. 
a Luttrell iii. 300. 
« William Howard, third baron of 
Escrick. 
» George Halsted, B.D.C.CC. 
 2 Apr.  690. 

 Francis Goodwin, B.D.C.C.C. 
6 July 687. 
 the 'Dr.' is professional. John 
lXlanship, lXI.B. C. C. C. 8 Feb. I68. 
 Luttrell iii. 303 . 
0 Luttrell iii. 3o 4. 
10 i.e. Liège. Luttrell iii. 304, 305 . 
n Thomas Grey, second earl. 
1- Lnttrell iii. 441- 



45 OE IVOOD'._ç LIFE ,I.'VD TI3IES. 

who wrot a book that the earl of Essex did not murder himself is ruade secrctary 
to the corrnrnissioners of the hackney coaches.' 
Letter dated 15 May, T. :--' Mr. Richard Harnden, late chancellor of the 
Exchequer, sent yesterday his seeretary with the seal of that office and delivered 
it to the Lord Keeper in eourt.--Charles Mountague succeeds Mr. Hamden in the 
chancellourship of the Exchccquer.--Yesterday the cause of Dr. (Arthur) B, ury 
was againe armaed in the King's Bench, but judgrnent was put off till next terme.' 
May 15, T. :--Mr. (John) Durnrner , rector of Hardwick in Bucks, died 
suddenly there. 
Letter dated May 19, S. :--« Last Thursday (May 17), a son of Serjeant (John) 
E)arnel '-" being in a high feaver threw himself out of a window and broke his neck. 
--This day (May I9) the duke of Shrewsbury 3 instal!ed knight of the Garter.-- 
This day (May I9) Mr. (William) Freake 4 was tryed at the King's Bench bar 
for writing the Soeinian pamphlet against the Trinity, and fined 5ooli., to give 
good security for his behaviottr for 3 yeares, and to make his recmtation at the 
4 courts in Westrninster hall.' 
May I, M., news that (Robert) Spencer  earl of Tiveot, killd hirnself at 
Lnndon--so Thomas Wood, vide post. 
May 22, T., at aine at night sevcral parish sers of bells in Oxford 
rang for joy of the taking and sinking of a great many French ships 
by admiral Russell--see the Gazer of May 2,, M. 
May , T., letters thon dated say from St. Germans that ' the royal consort of 
King Jarnes II was brought to bed of another gifle.' Ibid. :' Mr. (William) 
Freke that wrot the blasphemous book appeared at the King's ]3eneh on Saturday 
last (May I9) and pleaded hot guilty to the indictment, and afterwards let it go 
by default ; so had judgment given against hirn to pay ooli. fine, to give sureties 
for his good behaviour for 3 yeares, and to acknowledge his crime in ail the 
courts, which yesterday  (May I, M.) he did accordingly.'--Ibid. :--' On Sunday 
night (May o), Robert Spencer  viscount of Tiveot, uncle to the earl of Sunder- 
land , aged 7% being sick of a lever and light-headed, cut his throat.'--Ibid. :-- 
' Sir Carbery price 9, a mernber of Pafliament, died last Sunday.--countess or 
vicountess of Eland t0 dead '--son of marquis of Halifax (quaere). 
(At the end of Wood 658 is a sheet, ' An account of the book 
intituled _Aolih'a n 2[onastica' in which Wood notes (a) that he re- 

 John Durnrner, M.A. Nev C. 
Sept. 166o. 
 Luttrell iii. 
 Charles Talbot. 12th earl of Shrews- 
bury, created duke of Shrewsbnry 3o 
Apr. 1694. 
 Luttrcll iii. 33- 
» Luttrell iii. 314. F.velyn's Diary 
tmder date 3 o May 1694. 
; Luttrell iii. 315. 
 Wood notes :--' This Robert was 
a yonger son of Villiam (second) lord 
Spenser (of Wormleighton) and yonger 
brother to Henry the 1 earl of Stmder- 
lmd: he had rnarried one of the 

daughters and heirs of Sir Thomas 
Spenser of Varnton.' He rnarried Jane 
the eldest datghter and co-heir of Sir 
Thomas Spencer; was ereated viscount 
of Teviot zo Oct. 1685; the peerage 
died with him. 
8 Robert Spencer. second earl. 
9 Luttrell iii. 314 . 
a0 William Savile, 2ad son (and suc- 
cessor) of George Ist marquis of Hali- 
fax, was styled 'lord Eland' 1688- 
695: his first wife, Elizabeth Grim- 
ston, died May 1694. 
a Wood 2Ol was a copy of Tanner's 
2Votilia 3Ionaslica Oxon. 1695 ; but it 



1{394. 453 

ceived this prospectus ' flore Dr. (Arthur) Charlet, 24 May 1694) 
(3) 'this is the undertaking of Thomas Tanner B.A. of Queen's 
College.') 
Letter dated 26 May, S. :--' The lord Falkland t died on Thursday night 
(24 May) of the smal pox, and 'ris said some part of his estate falls to the heires 
of Mr .... Carey  who was formerly head-baylie of Westminster.--It cornes by 
lctter this night that not coll .... Legg , brother to the late lord Dartmouth 4, 
bath not cnt his throat, but one... Clifford, formerly a captain in King James II 
his army, upon some discontent that the French affaires go not well.'--Anthony 
Cary lord Falkland had increased his estate from 3 or 4ooli. per annum to above 
2ooo/i. per annum, and was in expectation tobe ruade a baron of England . He 
died in the yeare of his age 36 or more. 
Letter dated May 26, S. :--' Mr. (John) Mason , the minister who 
bath ruade such a stirr at Water-Stratford, is dead and most of his 
fellowes are gone home.' Died, ut fertur, of a swelling in his tongue. 
hl the latter end of 1693 one... Mason a ministcr in ]3ucks, 
somtimes of Cmbridge, diserted the church, turn'd ..., bas many 
disciples there, ail things common among them. eat and drink to- 
geather, many resort to them to see the novelty.--... Mason, minister 
of Water Stratford in Bucks : he and his disciples (6o in number, 
Apr. 1694 ) lire in common. They say our Savior is on earth and 
they cannot see him for the scales on their eyes. They beat the walls 
and clamor to God to take the scales of(f) their eyes. They are 
continually catching with their hands, to catch out Savior. One man 
cambred on the top of a barn and endeavoured to catch out Stwiour ; 
fell downe and broke a rib or two. Eat, drink, and sleep, dance, swive. 
Henry Maurice, rector of Tyringham in ]3ucks, ,4n imparlial accaunt of l[r. 
Jalon 2ldasn of Yaler-ç[ratfrd and Iris sen[Dnents, Lond., I695 , quarto; pub- 
lished in Jan. I69 :--John Mason borne in Northamptonshire, bred in the school 
at Strixton in the saine county, where his toaster use to say that he would prove 
a vident zealat. Bred in Clare Hall . Removed from Cambridge to Isham in 
Northamptonshire where he lived in quality of a curate with Mr .... Sawyer, a 
rigid Calvinist in his principles. Lived at Haversham, where afterwards lived one 
Mr. Wrexham, a melancholy man, full of strange notions, who was the man that 
first put Mr. Mason upon Revelation thoughts. Minister of XYater-Stratford neare 

vas stolen from the Ashmolean before 
1837. 
 Anthony Cary, fifth viscount: his 
father's cousin Lueius Henry Cary sue- 
ceeded as 6th viscount. Luttrell iii. 
317: ]velyn's I)iary under date 3 ° 
May 1694. 
« Luttrell il. 535- 
z Luttrell iii. 37, 318. 
 (icorge I c,,'c crcatcd baron of 

])artmouth 2 ])ec. 1682, died 26 Oct. 
I691. 
 the viscounty of Falkland being in 
the peerage of Scotland. 
 Evelyn's Diary under date 24 Apr. 
1694. 
 John Mason M.A. Clare, Cambr., 
1668; presented to XVater Stratford in 
674. 



454 IVOOD'S LIFE AA'D TLIIES. 
13uckingham. Possessed several yeares belote xvith the millenary notion whieh ho 
had from Mr. Wrexham. For 4 yêares belote Mr. Mason died he was a stiff 
assertor of out Saviour's raigne a thousand yeares on earth, and had drawne a 
scheme of it in a discourse, called The Iidnight Cry, vhich he preached in 
several places with great zeale and receiv'd with much applause. This brought 
him many followers ten toiles about ; and as his hearers increased for the novelty 
of the doctrine, so the notion was eonfirm'd and in rime improv'd. The reign 
upon earth was to commence in England, and Water-Stratford was the very spot 
of ground where his standard vas tobe set up. Those that would repaire thither 
might find a safe rctreat but ail other... 
May 29, T., King's day, Mr. (William) Dale ' of Qu. Coll. preached 
at St. Marie's. 
Letter dated May 29, T. :--' Last nlght the lord Falkland was inter'd in West- 
miuster Abbey.' 
Letter dated May 31, Th. :--"Tis said Henry lord Capell one of the Lords 
Jnstices of Ireland is dead.--The earl of Romney (viscount Sydney of Shepey) was 
invested on Tuesday (May 9) at Dorer with the title of Lord Warden ofthe Cinque 
l'orts with the accustomed ceremonies whieh has not been practiced of late.'-- 
' Wee hear from llereford that thc bishop  of that see with lais attendants vent to 
XVelby to deface s an inscription on a monumcnt erected in that chureh in memory 
of coll. John Bireh, the minister and churchwardens thinking some words thereon 
vere not right for the church institution.'--News letter dated 6 June, W. :--' The 
inscription on coll. ]3irch's tomb lately defac'd by the bishop of Hereford is 
this  :-- 
" In hope of resurrection to etemal life here is deposited the body of col. John 
]3irch, descended from a worthy f:unily in Lancashire. As the digmity he arrived 
at in the field, and the esteem universally yeilded him in the sonate hous exceeded 
the attainments of most, so they were but the moderate and jnst revards of his 
courage, conduct, and fidelity. None who knew him denied him the chameter 
of asserting and vindicating the lawes and libertie of his country in warr, promoting 
its welfare and prosperity in peace. Ho was borne the 7 of Apr. I66, and died 
a member of the honorable house of commons, being a burgess for Welby, 
May IO, anno 69I."--The collonel's nephew designes to bring a action against 
the bishop for defacing it.' 
(Wood 383 (6) is Edvard Littleton's  'dejuventute, oratio in Comitiis' Lond. 
1689, with the note ' donum authoris, blaii 16947 ) 
Juno.--Letter dated z June, S. :--' It's advised from Edinburgh that the earl 
of Angus  is dead.' lle died before the zz of May.--Ibid. :--' The corps of Mr. 
• . . Wake who sufferd lately at Tyburne was last night (June ) decently buried 
in S. Giles church in-the-fields.' 
News letter dated 6 June 694 , W. :--' There is a copie of a prophecy round 

 William ]baie, M.A. Queen's 9 
March  69ï-. 
'" Gilbert Ironside, translated from 
]3ristol 27 May 1691. 
 Luttrell iii. 319. 
 Luttrell iii. 32L 
 of Allsouls. 
" Luttrell iii. 3.,L Joha Douglas, 

earl of Angus, eldest son of James 
]-)ouglas und marquis of Douglas, by 
his first marriage, xvas killed 3 Aug. 
I69Z at the battle of Steenkirk. Wil- 
liam Douglas, eldest son of the mar- 
quis by his second marriage, born 15 
Oct. i693 , dicd zo May 1694. 



AIA V-- 'UNE, 1694. 

455 

under the foundation of Wallingford house neare Whitehall, eng-raven in a leaden 
plate rtmning thus :a 
' When Tewkesbury musterd shall wander abroad 
And dye in a land without magpie or toad 
Then the sauce of the veal joyning 3 to a lyon 
Shall devoure the padoragy of Arrion 
The lillyes shall try to swim over the ferry 
And shall be met with and drown'd by a cherry 
The children of France by famine opprest 
Shall weep that their mother had never a breast.' 
Letter dated 7 June 1694 , Th. :--' Thomas (Herbert) earl of Pembroke will 
manage the presidentship of the cotmcill in the absence of the duke of Leeds , who 
went this day for Yorkshire.--Sir Bouchier Wray  is dead of his wotmds received 
in a duell in Cornwall, 29 May.' 
(Wood 896 no. 7 is the prospectus of Edward Bemard's Catalogus A[SS. Angl. 
et ttiberu. (published 1697), dated, F., 8 June 694. ) 
June IO, Sunday, at night was disperscd a pamphlet in London and Westminster 
streets entitled A parallel betweoz Oliver Cromwell atd the pritce f Oratge. 
Another lettcr hath, A dialogue betweoz OL Ct. atd the pr. OE Or., false. 
[Mr. Wood 3. A mixture, 3 s ; oyles, 6d; a plaster, 6d; pomatum et plaster, 
a clyster, lS 6d; a draught, lS; carduus, bd; pills, IS; syrrup, 9d:--Ss IX½d. 
June the 1 lth (16)94, receiv'd of Mr. Anthony Woods eight shillins and sixpenee 
in full by mec Hen. Reeks.] 
Letters from Plymouth of the th, T., say that leivetenant general (Thomas) 
Tolmash* died of his wounds about 7 at night that evening. I have his elegie 
among my collection of elegies 
June 13, W., fast day 6, Mr. Anthony Addison 7 of Queen's College 
preached at S. Marie's. The occasion of this fast, see the Gazet a 
fortnight or 3 weeks before. 
Saturday, June i6, at 9 at night, I received a subpoena from two 
of the servants of Magd. Coll. to appear in the court of the Common 
Pleas at Westminster, on the zo of the saine month, being Wednesday, 
to sweare to such things, that should be then proposed. 
Tuesday, June 19, I went to London with Dr. Thomas Baylie of 
Magd. Coll .... Kingston 8 of Trin. Coll. with us. 

 Thomas Osborne, created earl of 
I)anby z7 June x674, created marquis 
of Caermarthen 9 Apr. x689, created 
duke of Leeds 4 May x694. 
u Luttrell iii. 3, 
 this apothecary's bill is in Henry 
F, eeks' hand. 
* Thomas Talmash : Luttrell iii. 328, 
z Wood 49 is his ' Collection of 
Elegies'; in that volume no. 5  is 
' An elegy in commemoration of Lieut. 
Gcu. [Thomas] Tahnash, who died I 

June 694,' Lond. 694; and no. 54 is 
• An elegy on his excellency lieut, gen. 
Tolmach,' by Edmund Arwaker, Lond" 
1694. 
 to ask prosperity for the armies 
against France: Luttrell iii. . 
* Anthony Addison, B.D. xo July 
69. 
s the naine is written in a scrawl. 
I make it 'Kingston' or 'Kingham'; 
but I find no one of this naine at 
Trinity. 



456 

IVOOD'S LIFE AA'D TIIIES. 

Wednesday, 2o of June, a trial in the court of Common Pleas at 
Westminster, between the hours of 9 and one, between James duke of 
Ormond, chancellour of the University of Oxon, and the president 
and fellowes of lIagd. Coll., concerning the right of nomination of 
the principality of lIagd. Hall. The duke challengd it as his by 
prescription only, because he and his predecessors, chancellours of 
the University, have had the nomination of the principals thereof, from 
queen llizabeth's raigne (when Robert earl of Leycester was chan- 
cellor of the University) to his time. The president and fellowes of 
lIagd. Coll. they claimed the nomination, because the Hall was theirs, 
and that the principal thereof payes rent to them, that it was originally 
built by the founder, and contined and enlarged by the College. But 
the jury, Oxfordshire men, granted it to the duke meerly by prescrip- 
tion, t«nqus immemoriale. I then gave oath that the register of elec- 
tions of lIagd. Coll. marked "A.'" was the register that belonged to 
that College, that the site of lIagd. Coll. containing lIagd. Hall was 
situated on the east side of Canditch. 

( l[agdalcn College v. lhe Ckancellor of lhe Utiversily about llagdalen Hall. 
Wood in Wood MS. D x8 fol. 47 bas transcribed a letter rom his nephew 
Thomas Wood, giving the substance of this suit 
[For Dr. Thomas 8tafford of Magd. Coll. 
According to my promise I senti you herewith an account of the tryal, which 
I ara sorry was hot so successfull as the College desired. The jury by the direc- 
tions of the court brought in the verdict for the defendants. 
On your side it was pleaded that 
x  the title to the ground was proved by the grant of the founder anno 38 Henr. 
VI (x487), and afterwards the building your school tpon the soil was proved by 
the Register anno 488 (to the Register Ant. Wood deposed, Ior that he had 
perused it neare o yeares agoe). 
 that many of the fellowes of your College vere principals till 6o (but this 
xvas hot thought a material argument, for ' at vhose nomination and presentation ? ' 
was the question). 
3, that for the last 200 yeares the principal payd 40 shillings annual rent for the 
soli, xvhich was pleaded as an annual seizin and possession though if you had had 
no rent you should be presumed to be still in possession because no person ap- 
pcared that could produce an under title. 
4, the chancellour and his successors could hot prescribe to a title, hot being 
a body politick to china by the word successors. 
8, the College statutes bar'd the College from transferring the soil over in fee, 
therfore it maght hot to be presumed against the College thnt the members were 
guilty of perjury in any such alienation, but that they had done their duty accord- 
ing to the statutes and retained their right of reversion if there had been a person 
capable to take an under-title. 
The defendants pleaded-- 
, that by the ai of King James I 06,.a) cap. I6, the College was bar'd of 
their title bccauae they COllld/lot shew possession, claire, or entry within ao yeares 



1694. 457 

before the interruption or claim by Dr. Hammond.--But the court ansver'd this 
upon perusal of the statute that crsou or îcrsns xvere prohibited to bring an 
action unless such claian or entry, but that bodies olitick vere hot named in the 
stature, under whome the Dr. claimed. 
2, the hcades of the Collcges, except Queen's College, subscribed and alloxved 
the nomination to be, and were, in the chancellour, before the restraining statute of 
3 of Eizabeth (1571) cap. Io, whereby Colledge assignments are limited to 
21 yeares or three lives only. 
3, the Slalu[a aularia  confirmed in the rime of Charles I, give rules for the 
admission of the principal at the nomination of the chancellour. 
4, Dr. Timothy IIalton was produced who dcposed he had knowne M,gdalen 
Ilall about 4 ° yeares, and that about  i yeares agoe he himself vas vicechancellor 
and at the nomination of the chancellour, according to the Slallt[a attlaria, ad- 
mitted Dr. William Levett. Some of the fellowes of Magd. Coll. talked of their 
right to nominate them but he saw nor heard of any presentation or nomination 
undcr seul. , 
5, that they had proved possession from Charles the first's rime and that the 
College had proved no possession after the yeare 1458 or any act that looked that 
way, wherefore their possession might be presumed to begin where the proof of 
the College possession failed. 
6, though no deed of eonveyance eould be shew'd vesting any power in the 
chancellour, yet everything ought to be presumed to protect an antient possession 
whieh the law mightily favour'd and that a conveyance now lost might perhaps 
bave been heretofore legally and regularly ruade, as supposing a conveyance to the 
University from the College, in tnlst for the chancellour for the rime being, to 
nominate the principal upon every vacancy.--Upon this the Lord Chief Justice 
Treby said that Judge Hales said he would presume a private Act of Parliament 
in favour of an antient possession rather than disturb it. 
7, that the 4 ° shilli,ngs rent was a quitt rent only for the soil consistent with a 
fee or inheritance, for the College cannot shew it was either more or less since 
1458 but constantly the exact sure and never alter'd.--Upon this the rentall was 
called for, but hOt bcing produced, it was suspected that this 4 ° shillings was 
placed among the quitt-rents and that therefore the College did not think con- 
renient to exhibit it for feare it should be evidcnce agalnst them. 
8, that the principal of the hall gave security to the chancellour and schollars to 
puy the rent annually and to save then harmlcss. 
9, that plate, books, and exhibitions, etc., were given to the University (the 
presumed trustees of the soil of the hall) for the use of the scholars of that 
hall ; that the rent of the chambers was paid to the principal, the nominee of the 
chaneellour, the college claiming nothing but their rent of 4os. 
o, that all the halls in the Universitie, except one, stood upon the same 
foundation, and that, if they were tome from the Universitie, societies for the 
education of youth and for the encouragement of learning wonld be destroyed to 
the prejudice of the publick, and the lodgings and chambcrs turned pcrhaps into 
inns and tipling tenements--that vas the expression of serjeant Ludwich . 
The 5th, 6th, and 7th arguments engzged the court against the Collcdg and 
were nuch insisted on in thc charge to the jury. 

 part of the A]endix Stalutrum 
to the Laudian Code; see Zaudian 
C,tc ,f St«utcs (I636), edit. J. Gril- 

fiths, i888, pp..-67-z85. 
 Edward Lutw)cl,e, Sçrjcaut-at-Lav 
Jan.  6S.]. 



4.58 

tVOOD'S I.ïFL  AND TIAILS. 

I have throwne all that was spoken--or what I thought most materialllinto 
this method, and I may venture to say the arguments are set downe here more 
distinct than they were pleaded. For there was a great deal of nanseous repe- 
tition, snarling, and interruption. If I have mistaken or omitted anything, I shall 
set it right when I see you, after a more deliberate perusall of my notes. 
In the meane rime pray give my service to ail my freinds and acquaintance in 
the College, and accept of the saine from, 
Sir, your most faithfifl and devoted at command, 
Grey's Inn, Tho. Wood. 
2o June 1694. ] 
June 22, Friday, a Convocation to put off the Act, because a 
sickly time. ]3clore, there was but one Dr. of I)iv. Afterwards * 
proceeded (Roger) Altharn of Ch. Ch., Christopher Coward of 
C. C. C. 
June 23, S., I returned from London in the company of a little 
poore thing, Sir Lacy Osbaldeston 3. 

June 25, M., laundress, 6d: sheets. 

t the Doctors were anxious to avoid 
the trouble and expense of ' standing in 
the Comitia' and giving the customary 
entertainments. Hence there were al- 
ways some ]3achelors in the faculties 
ready to take their Doctor's degree when 
they knew there would be no Comitia 
in the year of their inception. Roger 
.Altham (senior) of Ch. Ch. was licensed 
ILD. on 26 .[une; Christopher Coward 
of C. C. C. on 4 .[uly. 
 this person had endeavoured to 
show his wit by making Wood ridi- 
culous 'becanse of his then growing 
infirmity' (possibly his deafness ; see 
supra, p. I52 ). Wood's anger is suf- 
ficiently seen in the draft of a letter, 
now round in MS. Ballard 14, fol. 3ï: 
directed ' For Sir Lacey Osbalston, 
baronet, to be left at Mr. ]31agrave's 
bouse in S. Ebbe's parish Oxon; paid 
to Oxon.' 
"Nothing but an implacable en- 
mity to immorality and foolery, and a 
zeale of discountenancing vanity, hath 
mov'd me now to let you know un- 
worthiness by imposing upon a generous 
person, and making him a ridicule to 
the company you were lately in, be- 
cause of his then growing infirmity; 
whereas on the contrary you should 
bave had a mind, sutable to your honor 

and greatness, of eomforting and pitty- 
ing him ; for, according to the common 
maxime, the greater the person is, the 
l«ss harme tlere shouM be in him. 
"A1 persons that pretend to prudence 
will understand their company belote 
they enter into free discourse ; but you, 
like a vain man, either out of a high 
conceit of your flashy parts, or to make 
your self the Aferry Andrew of the 
company did venter upon a person 
freely to expose him to scorne to the 
societie, and to make him a poore and 
sensless thing. 
"You have been bred an academian 
in the New Inn, and afterwards, as I 
have heard, in the inns of court, and 
in short time one of your issue is like 
to make you a grandfather, and so con- 
sequently to number you among the old 
gentlemen ; and therefore consider, that 
seeing you bave had a just educafion, 
and are arriv'd in yeares, you play hOt 
the coxcomb any longer, least a glove 
be throwne to you, your noddle broke, 
or your plump podex kickt into a jelly. 
" Farewell, be civil and sober, and 
henceforth think hot that ail are fools 
or poor things that are hot b(aron- 
e)ts. 
" 9 July 1694." 



UN ULY, . 459 
Letter dated 26 J'une, Th. :-- Mr .... Burton who was generally knowne in the 
late raigne of King James II in conjunction with Mr .... Graham to bave carried 
on the Quo IIrranlo's against the cities and corporations died suddenly on 
Saturday of an apoplexy.' 
Letter dated 28 June, Th. :' Leivt. gen. Thomas Talmash  lyes now in state 
in his bouse in Leycester fields and 'ris said hee'l be caied to He(1)mingham 
hall in Suffolk tobe inter'd.' 
Thomas Talmach, esq., licheront general, second son of Sir Lionel Tolmach 
of Helmingham hall in Suffolk bart., siding at Fakenham mana in the saine 
county anno 1664, at which time the said Thomas being then aged 14 yeares or 
thereabouts. This Thomas, lievtenant (general), was buried at Helmingham 
3o June, S., I694. icholas Brady A.M. minister of St. Catherine Cree Church 
London preached his funeral sermon (in London). 
June 3o, S., letters then dated :' Mr .... Harcourt , clerk of the peace for 
Midlesex and one of the clerks of the Exchequer, who lately disputed the case 
with the earl of Bedford, is displaced and an information brought against him for 
his maie-administration of the matter'(some place on a towne ocevide 
lil. ngl. 694 ). 
$Euly .London, uly 3, T. :--' On Saturday (30 June) leivt, eoll .... Butler, 
vho lived in the Mews and commanded the 3d troop of guards under the lord 
Colchester4, dyed; and so did also on Sunday (I July) Dr. (Adam) Littleton 
X estmlnster. 
preb. of r • , 
July 5, or thereabouts, Mr. Leopold Finch, Warden of Alls., brought 
home lais wife (the sister of the wife of Richard Annesley, deane of 
Exeter). More plucking downe and altering windowes  follow. 
Letter dated, F., 6 of July :« The lord Griffin  has privately left England d 
is gone to King James 11 in France. 'Tis thought he gave notice fo the Foench  
that the English navy would attaek Brest.' 
Letter dated 7 July, S. :'Four Holland males  came in this even, vhieh 
relate that cardinall Howard  was dead, to whome the ghostly father gave the 
extream unction.' 
July 9, Munday t0, at night circa horas 8 et 9 died Thomas Rowney 

i Luttrell iii. 334- 
2 Luttrell iii. 396. Simon Harcourt, 
sêe Luttrell ii. 409, 422. 
 many of the notes for July I694 are 
inserted out of place in the Almanac 
for july I693. 
* Richard Savage, second son of 
Thomas Savage second earl of Rivez, 
major-gênerai May x693. 
» see stibra , p. 208. 
 Edward Grifl]n ereated (3 Dee. 
I688) baron Griflïn of Braybroke Cas- 
tle: died, a prisoner in the Tower, 1îlo. 
7 for the suspicion of treachery as 
regards the expeditiol against Biest, 
sec Luttrell iii. 328. 
" i.e. mails. 

9 lhilip tIoward, third son of Henry 
Frederick Howard earl of Arundel. 
1o an interleaf of this Almanac for 
I694 , now fol. 42 in Wood MS. F 3 , 
bas the notes : --(a) 'Thomas Rox»ney 
died 9 July 694 ; bmied in St. Giles 
chancell. William Rowney his brother 
buried there about a weeke after (he 
died 29 July, so yong Thomas Row- 
ney)', the bracketed words being a cor- 
rection of the date of William's burial. 
(b) ' Thomas Rowney, son of Simon, 
son of Thomas of Dascot in the parish 
of Tredington coin. Wigorn. (Arms :--) 
(or), on a chevron parted per pale 
(azure and gules)3 roscs counter- 
changed.' 



460 VOOD'S LIFIT /IND TI3IITS. 
of Oxon, gent.; buried in the... His brother William Rowney 
buried by him a week after: vide Catalogum Studentium Coll. 
Mert. 1 
July Io, T., Edward Wells, M.A., student of Ch. Ch. spoke a 
speech in praise of Dr. John Fell (being lais obitall  dal" ) in Ch. Ch. 
publick refectory before dilmer rime; the deane and canons dined 
there, and the deane entertained all the hall with venson. This 
speech was founded by John Cross, apothecary, one of the executors 
of the said Dr. Fell :« 
Letter  dated July o, T. :--' Last Saturday (July 7) appeared at the King's 
13ench in \\'estminster hall a yong woman in rnan's apparel, or that personated 
a man, vho was fouud guilty of marrying a yong maid, whose portiou he had 
obtained, and was very nigh of being contracted to a second wife. Divers of ber 
love letters were read in court, which occasion'd much laughter. Upon the xxhole 
she was ordered to 1Mdewell fo be well whipt and kept to hard labour till further 
order of the court.'---Ibid. :' Mr. Souflwell  who is secretary to the Admiralty 
having resign'd the saine, Mr. (\\illiam) 13ridgman, one of the clerks of the 
council, is put therein.'--Ibid. :--' Mr .... l'oultney succeeds Mr. Bridgman as 
secretary to Sir John Trenchard, Secretary of State.' 
Letter dated July o, T. :--' Rome, June 19, cardinall Howard, protector of the 
English Scoth  and Irish Catholicks, being dead, there is now void 1 caps. 
IIe hath leff behind him 55,ooo crownes, a pallace richly furnished, besides plate. 
He hath leff the earl of _&rundell  ooo crownes and bath ruade the couvent of 
the Dominicans at 13russell (of which order he was a member) his sole heire.'-- 
Vide Gazer : quaere what earl of Arundell . 
July xo, T., I went to Astrop wells : took up my lodging at Will. 
Upton's at King Sutton neare thereunto and continued there till the 
 5 of Aug. :  2s for my carriage backward and forward and 5li. for 
my being there4s 6d I gave for my lodging per weeke. 

1 a MS. of Wood's own vfl'iting, per- 
haps now destroyed : a fragment of it 
bas been printed in i. p. 134. 
 Dr. Rawlinson's and Huddesford's 
rnis-reading ' obitual ' here bas added 
a non-existent word to the English 
dictionary: see e Century Didionay 
sub verbo ' obitual.' 
 a slip here bas the jottings (refer- 
ences to Bodleian books) :'Second 
part of Waller's poems: E. WaIler, 8 
\V 8 Art. Seld., 8 W ri Art. I3S.' ; and 
an address:--'Mr. Robert King at 
Langton in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset : 
l'ope the carrier goes from Oxon 26 
Feb.' 
 this note of July 694 is inserted 
out of place in thc Almanac for July 

1693. 
 James Southerne, secrctary of the 
Admimlty, was succeeded in that office 
on x Aug. 1694 by \¥illiam Eridgeman. 
Luttrell iii. 341. 
s i.e. Seots or Scotch : this lisp bas 
been noted belote. 
 lord Arundel of \\'ardour : Luttrell 
iii. 34 L Henry Arundell third baron 
Arundell of \Vardour died 28 Dee. 
1694. 
s Wood could hot understand this 
description, the earldom of Arundel 
being now merged in the dukedom of 
1Norfolk (IIenry IIoward seventh dtlke 
of Norfolk succeeded 11 Jan. 168], 
dicd 2 Apr. 7oi sine prole). 



ULY, 1694. 46 

[On i the south side of thc body of the church of King Sutton :--a man in a 
long fur'd gowne betweeu his first wife on the right hand and 2 wifes on the left, 
on bmss plates fastned fo a raised altar monument --underneath in brass 8 sons 
and seven daughters ail kneeling ; several proportions toren out ; no armes on the 
monument. In a plank of cours marble laying on a foundation of free-stone. 
Monument for John Creswell of Purston in com. orthampton who marricd 
Elizabeth daughter and co-heire of Rowland Wilcox of Lilbourne in the same 
countie, esq., by whome he had issue 2 sons named John and John, and six 
daughters, riz. Elizabeth, Mary, Ann, Susan, Sara, and Sibill. John Creswell esq. 
died 2i May I654 aged 42 ; kil'd in a duel with... Armes are :--'3 squirrells 
sejant on 3 lozenges [Creswell]; impaling, .... lyon rampant.., between 3 half 
moones..., a chief raire [3,VilcoxJ.' On a stately monument at the upper end 
of the south isle joyning to the body of the church of/Vew-bottle neare Astrop 
wells com. Northampton. The marble is all of white marble, the bust of him 
(the said John Cresvell)in marble, and the bust ot his wife in marble--a larg 
monttment reaching from the top to the ground. 
July 694 ; Newbottle, in the chancell on the north side a tombe of course 
marble and on the side of the wall over the said tombe a man in a gowne between 
2 wives : for Peter 3ormer of Lee grange in com. 13ucks, son of Walter I)ormer 
of West Wiccombe in the saine eounty esq., lord of this mannour. He married 
two wives, ofwhich he begat .o children. He died on the first day ofApril 555- 
Over his head ' nebule, a lyon passant on a chief' ; over his first wife the Dormers 
armes namely 'billettee of 4, 3, 2, and one' : and over his second, Dormer im- 
paling 3 fleur de liz--all on brass plates .] 
[Rainsborow  in the parish of Newbottle com./Vorthampton, a campe double- 
mounded ; the inner mound neare half a mile in eompass, the outer more. Once 
plowed up, and a part or lot falling to a certaine person in Charleton (which is in 
the parish of Newbottle), he laid level one part of it on one side as broad as a land 
and another part as broad as that opposite to it. () In levelling it he round many 
broken pots, glasses, rubble (an apothecarie's shop, as the country people say) 
--sec Camden's Britannia. It is the top of an aseent, hath a prospect every way, 
and has stood among woods ; it is a wooddy soyl.] 
Letter dated July 2, Th. :--' A plot discovered, lIr .... l'epper and ofler 
gentlemen are taken into custody of a messenger for treasonable practiees. Coll. 
• . . Parker a seised a fortnight or more before ; col .... Crosby  also. Sir Row- 
1and Stanley, ... Massey, ... Leigh taken into the custody of a messenger in the 
country.' Letter dated I2 of July, Th.:--'Mr. Henry Killigrew is made one of 
the commissioners of the hackney coaches, and yesterday he took his place at the 
board.' 
Letter dated July I4, S. :--' Vesterday William Pen the quaker made his personal 
appearance before a eommittee of councill at "Yhitehall, praying to be re-established 

1 notes by Wood in Wood MS. D 4, 
ri,l. 346 sqq. ; the note on Newbottle is 
dated 'July I694': the others are of 
the same date. One of the slips has 
a note probably of articles for his jour- 
ney :--' cravet, scul-cap, handkerchief, 
3 pair of socks' ; also the note ' Chal- 
cedon in Greece, quaere.' 
- Wood givcs the Latin inscription 
of Tholnas ,Vestou (dicd 25 Jan. 5oï) 

and his wives Agnes, Elizabeth, and 
Agnes. 
 the bottom of the lcaf is fmyed and 
the last two words uncertain. 
 note in Wood 1MS. D 8, fol. Ii : 
Wood no doubt visited the place when 
at King's Sutton. 
 imprisoned 2I May; Luttrell iii. 
34, 334, 342. 
' Luttrell iii. 33, 334, 34 z- 



46oE tVOOD'S LIFt AA'D TI37ES. 
in his colony at Pensilvania, which government is now managed by coll .... 
Fletcher governour.'--lbid. :--' Sir William Hedges declared one of the 24 
directors of the new banke.' 
July x 9, Th., letter then dated:--' Reported from reland that the bishop of 
I)owne and Connor t was at present suspended on account of simony.'--bid. :- 
'Dr. (John) Tillotson archbishop of Canterbury bath given the bishop of S. 
]3and (Dr. Thomas Watson ) a month's rime to answer some matters alledged 
against him.' 
Lettcr dated 2r July, S. :--« Paris, July 20, the king of France bath given King 
James II of England the tenths of all the English prizes, so that the said abdicated 
prince may now reasonably hope that Lewis r 4 will make him high priest.' 
Letter dated 2x July, S. :--' The earl of Clancarty s, now prlsoner in the Tower, 
has obtained liberty of ber majesty to retire into the country for some rime for 
benefit of the aire.' 
Letter dated July 24, T. : ' The queen bath bestowed the prebendship of West- 
minster lately belonging to I)r. Adam Littlcton on Mr. Thomas I)ent a country 
minister.' Quaere «. 
Letter dated July 4, T. :--« Dr. (Thomas)/,[en, late bishop of ]3ath and Wells, 
is nlade archbishop of Canterbury by King James.' So in another letter.--Ibid. : 
'The archbishop of Canterbury bath appointed commissioners to visit the 
diocese of St. David, the bishop whereof being under a sort of suspension until 
ho acquits himself of the articles exhibited against him.' 
July z4, Tuesday, Samuel Thurston chose townclerk, who had 7 
rotes more then... Slatford, by the endeavours of James (Bertie) 
earl of Abendon, who got several country gentlemen that were of the 
house to give votes for the said Thurston. The commons enraged 
at it and spoke vilely of the earl of Abendon and his son--calld them 
Jacobites. He layd in towne that night, went next day to the 
bishop's  lodgings at Magd. Coll. in the company of one or two 
constables to prevent abuses. 
Letter dated 26 July, Th. : ' The lords lietenants of the northern counties have 
seised a great number of armes belonging to disaffected persons and bave taken 
into custody s the lord Molyneux 7, Sir William Gerard, Sir Thomas Clifton.' 
Letter dated July 26, Th., at Astrop :--' Dr. (John) Robinson, his majestie's 
envoy at Stockholme, is ruade prebendary of Westminster s in the place of Dr. 
(Adam) Littleton.' He had been fellow of Oriel, and having been chaplayne to 
the envoy, took upon him the office of envoy (who died at Stockholme) and per- 
formed it well. 

 Thomas Hacket, deprived in this 
year. 
 Watson was deprived for simony 
3 Aug. x699. 
 ]3onogh M'Carty, fourtb earl ; taken 
pfisoner at Cork in 169o , attainted  
May 169L escaped to France Oct. 694 , 
died abroad Oct.  734.--Camplete ccr- 
c(e by G. E. C., Lond. $89, ii. 
252. 

Thomas Dent xvas nominated 2o 
July and installed i 5 Sept. 1694. See 
Foster's Abc»mi Oxonienses (early 
series) i. Sg5- 
John Hough, president of Magd. 
Coi1. and bishop of Oxford. 
Luttrell iii. 347, 48. 
Ctryll Molyneux, 5th viscount Mo- 
lyneux of Maryborough. 
see Dfra, p. 469 . 



ULY-- A UGUST, 1694. 

463 

Letter dated 28 July, S. :--' I heare abotat 20 persons are committed to Chester 
Castle on account of the new discovery, but the lord Molyneux by reason of his 
indisposition is confined to his bouse. A letter is intercepted that discovers a 
scherne of the whole designe .... Standish i of Standish taken into eustody.' 
Letter dated 28 July, S. :--'The ship called the Rochester is corne into the 
]3ownes with the body of Sir Fr(ancis) Wheeler.' 
Letter dated July 28, S. :--' Will. Pen was yesterday before the council about 
his re-establishment in Pensilvania, promising to conforme exactly to the govern- 
ment, and retire thither.' 
Letter dated 31 July, T. :--' Georg Pits, esq., a very rich comrnoner is dead at 
the Bath.' Another saith 'the richest comrnoner in England: died on Saturday 
last (28 July) at the Bath : on the I of Aug., W., his son sent for away at Astrop 
wells.' 
_August 2.--Th., 2 Aug., very wet weather 3 began 2 Aug. and con- 
tinued till Munday 2 7 Aug. Much of the harvest is spoylcd. 
Letter dated Th., 2 Aug. :--' News frorn Paris that the end of Montross is 
dead.' 
Letter dated Aug. 2, Th. :--' Capt .... Wilkinson 4 seised on by a messinger.-- 
Most of the rnessingers are gone into the country to fetch up persons seised upon 
account of the plot :--riz. Sir RoMand and Sir Thornas Stanley, Sir Philip 
Egerton, Sir William Gerard, Sir Thornas Clifton, Mr .... Cholrnley, Mr .... 
Minshew, M1 .... Leiburne (related to bishop Leiburne), Mr .... Leigh, Mr .... 
Standish s.--Mr. Worrnesley  a gent of 6000 ll. per annurn was comrnitted before 
that tirne and examined.--Mr .... Fountaine 7 committed to Newgate: so (also 
is) capt .... MackdonnellS.--Coll .... Fountaine, ... Crosby, and others will 
be tryed.Sir Thomas Stanley, who escaped out of Cheshire, was seised here in 
towne for high treason.' 
In the beginning of this month (August) the report was that Mr. 
Henry Dodwell was married. 
Letter dated Aug. 4, S. :--' Williarn Pen was yesterday before the council 9, the 
Lord Keeper and President there ; and they bave in a rnanner restored him to his 
colony in Pensilvania, but are altering some lawes and making others relating to 
that country.'--Letter dated 7 Aug., T. :--' The letters patent for re-establishing 
William Pen are ordered to the seales.' 
Letter dated 7 Aug., T. :--' Sir Richard Temple (of Stow), Sir John Mordant 0, 
and Mr.... Both are removed from being commissioners of the custome house ; 
and in their places are put Sir Walter ¥ong, Mr .... Chedwick (the archbishop's 
son in law), and Mr .... Clerk who was ware-house keeper.' 
Letter dated 9 Aug., Th. :--'The earl of Dorset u is married to a daughter of 

 Luttrell iii. 349. 
z rnany of the notes belonging to this 
rnonth are inserted out of place in the 
Alrnanac for July I693. 
 Evelyn's Diary under date 5 Aug. 
I694. 
4 ' capt. Williamson' : Luttrell iii. 
35- 
» William Standish ofStandish ; Lut- 
trell iii. 

« ' Bartholomew Walmesly'; Lut- 
trell iii. 344, 35x. 
7 ' la Fountain ' ; Luttrell iii. 336, 
35I. 
s ' Mackdonald ' ; Luttrell iii. 336. 
 Luttrell iii. 35e. 
10 Sir John Worden ; Luttrell iii. 353- 
1, Luttrell iii. 354.4 t8- Charles Saek- 
ville, 6th earl. William Alington third 
baron Alinon died 1 Fcb. 68. Lord 



464 "IVOOD'S LIFE ..I.VD TLIIES. 

the late lord Allington, with whome he bath lO,OOO/i.: they were married on 
Tuesday, 7 Aug.'--Ibid :--' Col .... Smith l, ncphew to the earl of Rumney-, is 
rnade governour of ])over and is gone thither.' 
Letter dated Aug. 9, Th. :--' Here is a letter from Lincolnshire which gives an 
account that a field ofwheat being reaped and bound in shcaves, was on a snddaine 
taken into the aire by a whirlwind and the bonds thereof breaking, some of the 
corne fcll divers nfiles distant and all lost, to the admiration of a|l the people.'-- 
Ibid. :---' Mr .... Smith the ordinary of Newgate is dcad' (False a). ' It is confirmed 
that the emperour of China with 7 of his provinces « are turned Xtians.' 
Letter dated Ang. 9, Th. :--' One . .. Stacy.was taken on Tuesday on account 
of the plot. Mr. Stanley is re-taken, who ruade his escape in the country.' 
(Wood 660 ]3 no. 16 is a list of books from the Oxford Press, headed ' Anno 
Domini MI)CXCIV in Thcatro Sheldoniano apud Oxoniam jam imprimlntur," 
with the note by Wood :--' recepi ab Albo Cunetio  IO Aug. 1694.' ) 
S., II of Aug., reportcd that ])r. \Villiam Harrison 6, Master of S. Cross, is 
dead : that by his fall the bishop of Winton (Peter Mcws) hath bcstowed S. Cross 
on Dr. (Abraham) Markland  (his) prebend of \Vinchester on (John) \\'amer s 
of New Coll., and his parsonage of... on . . , Jones (sometimes the bishop's 
scrvitor) of S. John's College. 
Letter dated 14 Aug., T. :--'On Sunday morn. (12 Aug.) col! .... Parker  
ruade his escape out of the Tower. Great search is ruade after him and immediat 
orders were ruade to all sea-ports. His two warders are confin'd (Air .... Hill 
one), committed to Newgate. On Saturday night (I I Aug.) Sir Thomas Stanley 
was committed to the Tower for high treason. On Saturday night (I 1 Aug.) rive 
priests were taken going to an Irish ordinary and are in custody of a messinger.' 

5 Aug. 694 t0, W., (Catherine) Juxon, a maid, daughter of Sir 
William Juxon n bart. of Little Compton coin. Gloc., died of the small 
pox in the house of Richard Wood, stone-cutter, against the Theater ; 
bufied neare the graves of the Walters in Wolvercote church, because 
her mother was daughter of Sir Villiam Walter bart., son of Sir John 
Walter one of the barons of the Exchecquer. 

13orset's third wife had died 6 Aug. 
169I : if this marriage with an Aling- 
ton actually took place, it is hot noted 
in the peerages: lord Dorset married 
a Mrs. Roche on -7 Oct. 7o4. 
 Luttrell iii. 354- 
z Henry Sydney ISt visconnt Sydney 
created earl of Romney 14 May 1694. 
 \Vood's comment on the preceding 
« news.' 
* ' provinces' in MS. ; perhaps a slip 
for ' princes.' 
s ? White Kennet. 
 William Harrison, M.A. Wadh. a 
May 1661 : Gardiner's Reg. Coll. Wadh, 
234 • 
 Abraham Markland ]).D. ,q. Jo. 
5 July 169_,. 

s John Warner, M.A. New C. I67. 
 Luttrell iii. 356- 
o the diary-slip vith this and tvo 
other notes on it bas been lost out of the 
Almanac and is round now in Wood 
MS. F 31, fol. 42. On its back is this 
jotting :--' Thomas Baylie of Manning- 
lord 13race in Wiltshire, was chosen one 
of the Assembly of ])ivines anno 643.' 
In S. Michael's parish register is the 
note :--' Mris CatherineJuxson, d aughter 
offSir William Juxson of Littel Cumton 
in Glostersheir died Angust the 4th in 
this parish ; was buryed art Woollvercott 
Augnst the 5, 1694 ; of the small pox.' 
n Sir William Juxon (nephew of 
archbishop Juxon) married Elizabeth 
daaghter of Sir John Walter of Sarsden. 



.4 UGUST, 1694. 

465 

Letter dated 16 Aug., Th. :--' The queen yesterday signed ' a warrant to revoke 
that part of col .... Fletcher's commission which relates to Pensylvania.'--Ibid :-- 
' Yesterday came forth a proclamation offering 4oolL reward to any that should 
take coll. Parker, whose escape as to the manner is not yet found out. Mr .... 
1)od , the gentleman-goaler, is put out of his place. The printed proclamation of 
coll. Parker's escape is in the Gazet.' 

Aug. 17, F., about i or 2 in the morn Magd. Hall plate was 
stole. The theves broke open Magd. Coll. gate leading into the 
grove, and then wrenched open a barr by force out of the window of 
the buttery .... Philipps, a dancing master of London, who married 
one of Thomas Jeanses daughters, did take away the plate. 
In the Gazet, M., Aug. 2% Wednesday 19th September is appointed 
to be a fast. 

Letter dated Aug. 21, T. :--' The lady Eland a, wife to the second son 4 of the 
marquis of Halyfax and daughter to Sir Harbottle Grimston, died on Sat. (Aug. 
 8)?--' A printed sheet of paper being a scurrulous pamphlet against the govern- 
ment was throwne about on (Aug. I8) Saturday night, intituled ]gdenda esl 
Carhaffo ; or ohelher il is in rite interest of England go joyn 7t, ilh t{olland or 
'rance, wherein he mightily magnifies the French and vilifies the Dutch, and at 
the end subscribes in larg characters Zong Skehn.'--' The bishop of S. David  is 
suspended ab officio yesterday, M. Aug. ao.'' Yesterday a sword fish  was brought 
to Whitehall of a prodigious bigness.' 
Thursday 7, at night, 23 Aug), 1694, died Mris Anna Thomas, 
maid, a great heiress and fortune of 2oooli. per annum, of Glamorgan- 
shire. Shee died  of the small pox, a little better than the plague. 
She died at Pusey in Berks in the house of the widdow of Major 
Dunch. Her nmther was daughter to the lord Wharton, and Major 
1)unch married another*°all Roundheads. 13uried in the church of 
Uborne near Great Wycornb in 13ucks, the seat of Philip lord 
Wharton. The yong earl of Warringtonn, a suter to ber; aud 

t Luttrell iii. 357. 
= Luttrell iii. 358. 
a supra, p. 452. 
 William Saville (second son of 
George Savile, first marquis of Halifax, 
sueceeded his father as second marquis 
in 1695) married Istly Elizabeth Grim- 
ston, daughter of Sir Samuel Grimston, 
bart, and sister and heir of Sir Harbottle 
Grimston. One of the titles of lord 
Halifax was baron Savile of Eland, and 
this William Savile was styled lord 
Eland  688-1695. 
n Thomas Watson. Luttrell iii. 
347, 360. 

VOL. III. 

¢ Luttrell iii. 360. 
v in Wood MS. F 31 fol. 42 : see note 
Io, p. 464 . 
s substituted for ' Friday, S. Bartholo- 
mew's day, 24 Aug. or thereabouts.' 
 Wood wrote after this, probably as 
a correction, ' with eating to(o) much 
fruit, and was ...': the last word is 
illegible. 
1o Major I)unch, of Pusey, Berks, 
married Margaret, second daughter çby 
his second marriage) of Philip, fourth 
lord Wharton. 
v George Booth, succeeded as second 
earl, Jan. 16%a. 



466 II'OOD'S ZIFE ./tA'D TI3IE._ç. 

others. Daniel Webb ruade the escocheons--' gules, a chevron and 
canton ermine.' 

EDMUND THOMAS Of A'ennoe, coin. Glamorgan, esq. 
(one of Oliver's lords, I think). 
William Thomas, m. Mary, danghter of 
son and heire ] Philip lord Wharton 
Anna, danghter and heire, died at Pusey 
coin. Berks, 23 Aug. 1694. 

Letter dated Aug. 23, Th. :--' Mr .... Ewre, an eminent lawyer of Linc. Inn, 
died yesterday: he was a conveyancer.'--'The reason why the archbishop  hath 
suspended the bishop of S. Y)avid , because that he granted institution after the 
archbishop had prohibited him.' 
Letter dated 23 Aug., Th. :--' Coll .... Fountaine, Mr. Crosby, and . .. Hill 
the warder are to be tryed next week at the Old Bayly for suffering Parker to 
escape.--Capt .... Stow who came over with col. larker from France is seized 
and committed to a messinger on Tuesday last (21 Aug.)for high treason. He 
was taken up about 2 yeares agoe but ruade his escape and ever since absconded.-- 
Yesterday (22 Aug., W.) one Air .... XVhatton and others were taken into custody 
for treasonable practices.' 
Letter dated Aug. 28, T. :--' Mr. (John) Hallis s of Linc. Inn is ruade one of the 
King's counsell. The countess of Salisbury , and the great bea(u)ty the lady 
Stowell 2, are said to be dead.' 
Letter dated 3 ° Aug., Th. :--'Dr. (Thomas) Hacket « bishop of Doune and 
Connor being formerly suspended by an ecclesiastical commission, and deane 
(Samuel) Foley nominated to succeed him, this week presented a petition setting 
forth his case, alledging the proceedings against him were illegal, and that the 
matter was hot proved ; so prayed to be relieved. I-Ie had belote been suspended.' 
(At the end of Wood 658 is ' A specimen of a new edition of Josephns,' with 
the note ' donavit mihi Edwardus Bernard, 3 ° Ang. x694.' ) 
8elatember*.--[Sept3 i, S., 1694, Henrietta Maria Hacket borne; 
baptized... Sept.] 
2 Sept?, Su., 1694 , ... second wife of . .. Sayer, minister of Har- 
we]l, died of the small pox in S. Giles parish ; buried in the chmch 
there the next day. Her maiden name was Tooker, of Devonshire. 

 John Tillotson. 
 Thomas Watson: Luttrell iii. 361. 
 John Hawles. 
« this is a false report. Frances 
]3ennet married on 13 July I6S 3 to 
James Cecil, fourth earl of Salisbury, died 
8 July 1713: her husband died Dec. 
1694 . 
» this also seems to be false. Abigail 
Pitt, widow of Ralph Stawel, first baron 
Stawel, died 27 Sept. 1692. Margaret 
Cecil, daughter of James Cecil, third 

earl of Salisbury, widow of John, second 
lord Stawel (who died 30 l'ov. I692 , 
married afterwards Richard Jones, earl 
of Ranelagh, and died 21 Feb. Iî2. 
 Luttrell iii. 364 . 
 many of the interleafs of the Alman ac 
for 1694 with notes for Sept. are now 
inserted out of place in the Almanac for 
I693 in Jnly. 
a note in MS. lhillipps 7o18. 
 this note is now in Wood MS. F 3  
fol. 4  ; sec note o, p. 464 . 



1694. 467 

Sept. 5, Wedn., lhe morning hot, but the afiernoon exceeding windy 
from the south. Much mischiefdone without doubt. The saine day 
half Warwick as 'ris said was burnt. 

Letter dated Sept. 6, Th. :--' The persons that came from Chester  as prisoners 
are the lord Molyneux, Sir RoMand Stanley, Sir Thomas Clifton, Sir William 
Gerrard, Mr .... Blundell, Mr .... Leigh ; Mr. (William) Wood, Mr. (Richard) 
Jackson, and Mr. (John) Wilson.' 
Letter dated Sept. 8, S. :--' The letters yesterday from Wanvick give an account 
that a tire hapned there the 5 instant which bumt that day, night, and next day, and 
was hot extinfished vhen the letters went away. It began in a flax-shop, W., 5 Sept. 
It hath consumed the high-church, market-house and most of the towne.--A pardon 
is passing the seales for the hon. Mr. King , now lord Kingston, who was with 
King James II in Ireland and till now with him in France.--The tire in Warwic  
hath burnt above half the towne, viz. the High Street, Church Street, Sheep Street, 
New Street, part of Jury Street and Cow Lane, vith the great church and towne 
hall. The losses corne to too, oooli.' 

Sept. xi, T., paid my second pol s, to Pettifer and (Arthur) 
Fowler  

Letter dated II Sept., T.:' Mr. (Henry) Maynard (second son to the lord 
Maynard ), one of the 4 tellers of the Èxchequer, died last Sunday (9 Sept.) ; Mr. 
•.. Squibb, one of the clerks of the Treasury and an under-tellcr of the Ex- 
chequer, died yesterday morn.' 
Letter dated Sept 3, Th. :' The tire began al Warwick in one Pierks house, a 
baker, but how none can tell ; that it hath burnt 2 or 3o0 houses, but the eounty 
hall is standing, etc.' Vide Gazet : the queen will grant a brief. 
Letter dated 3 Sept., Th. :' 'Tis said that col. Parker hath wrot a letter from 
France importing that it was hot his guilt that made him make his escape, but the 
barbarous usuage he meet with in the Tower.' 

[Note 6 that I transcribed what chiefly relates to Nicholas de Upton 
from Sir Edward Bysshe's epistle: which with my owne observa- 
tions s, I sent in a letter to John Prince, M.A., vicar of 13erry-Pomery 
neare Totness in Devonshire, dated 13 Sept. 694 : which Mr. Prince 

1 Luttrell iii. 366, 367• 
 Luttrell iii. 368. John King, brother 
and heir of Robert King, second baron 
Kingston in the Irish peerage. 
 Luttrell iii. 369- 
 collectors of the polMax. 
 Luttrell iii. 368. Banaster Maynard, 
third viscount Maynard: Henry May- 
nard was his third but second surviving 
son, and succeeded his father as fourth 
wscount in 71. 
 note in MS. Bodl. 594, P- 49- 
 the Epistle to the Reader prefixed to 
'Nicholai Uptoni de studio IU«Yitari 

libri quatuor; edid. Edoardus Bissaeus, 
Lond. I654, fol. 
 round in MS. Bodl. 594, PP- a4î, 
48 : the conclusion of them is:--' I ana 
almost perswaded that Nicholas de 
Upton was borne in Sumersetshire (at 
Upton so called) ; that also from our 
registers, he was bred in the famous 
hostie for Civilians and Canonists 
called Broadgates Hall (now Pembr. 
Coll.), which was a noted receptacle in 
his rime, and other rimes that followed, 
for Somersetshire men. But of these 
matters I will not be confident." 

11 h 2 



468 IVOOD'S ZIFE AA'D TIAIES. 
is in writing the History I of the worthies of Devonshire, viz. of writers, 
bishops, statesmen, soldiers, lawyers, etc. He desired me in a former 
letter to give him an account of those things which I know of Nicholas 
Upton.] 
[i694 u, F., 14 Sept., Benjamin Wood, LL.B. and fellow of New 
Coll., died at his mother's house in Halywell. He died of a feaver 
and hart-broken, because of the breaking of Robert Aldworth, who 
married his sister. (He broke about 14 August, at which rime Ben- 
jamin was at Winchester, Portsmouth, and elsewhere.)--Mr. John 
Iayot, xvho married another sister, broke also--Mr. (Edward) Read, 
'ho married another who is his half-sister, broke first]. 
Sept. I4 3, Friday, I694 , ad horam nonam ante meridiem, died 
]3enjamin Wood, LL.B., fellow of New Coll., buried in New Coll. 
west cloister neare the grave of Mr. (James) ]3ampton. He died 
partly of a feaver, and par@ of grief for the miscarriage of his 
brother-in-law, Robert Aldworth, of Oxon, mercer, and Ann his wife 
(whole sister of him, the said Benjamin), who had shut up shop and 
were broken about 13 August going belote: at what rime Benjamin 
was at Winchester at the election, and afterwards at Portsmouth. On 
lais returne and xvhen he saw how matters, stood he went to London 
and found them out in Black Fryers (a place of sanctuary), in a low 
and disconsolate condition, xvhich cut him to the heart ; and after his 
returne, he fell sick. He told the servant maid (Arme) on his death 
bed that he would be buried with his father . However, by the per- 
swasions of Thomas Wood » of New Coll. made to his mother, he was 
buried in New College.--In the latter end of August he lost his 
dear freind of New Coll. ((Thomas) Hawkins), which was another great 
disturbance.] 
Letter dated Sept. 5, S. :--' Yesterday died the lord (alias car1) of Rivers , 
whereby the lord Colchester enjoyes both honour and estate.' 
Sept. 19, Wed., fast, Mr .... Ryman  of Ch. Ch. preached. Sec 
the reason of the fast in the Gazer about 3 weeks going belote. 
lXTews letter dated Sept. 20, Th. :--' On Saturday (I 5 Sept.) Mr. Thomas Dent 

* Danmonii orientales illustres or 
the Worthies of Devon,' by John Prince, 
Exeter 7oI, folio. Nicholas Upton 
occurs there p. 572 ; and ample acknoxv- 
ledgement is there ruade of Wood's help. 
u note in MS. Phillipps 7o18. 
 this leaf of the Almanac for 694 is 
round now in MS. Phillipps 7o18. 
 Christopher Wood, Anthony's 

brother : see su/ra, p. I I O. 
 ]3enjamin's cousin, son of Robert 
Wood: sec vol. i, p. 29. 
« Thomas Savage, second earl Rivers, 
succeeded by his second son Richard 
Savage (styled viscount Colchester 
x68x-694). 
 ? William Ryman, M.A. New C.  
July 165o: possibly migrated to Ch. Ch. 



SEPT.  OCT. 1B0z. 469 
was installd prebendary of Westminster.'--Quaere whether Dr. (ohn) Robinson t 
of Oriel is not ruade prebendary  
Sept. 21, Frid., Seymore Wood shut up his shop at the Woolsack 
neare Mercer's chapel in Cheapside. 
Sept. 3 o, Su., cl(ean) sh(eets). 
Oetobor.--Letter dated Oct. 2, T. :--' On Saturday (Sept. 29) the 
lords of the Treasury by an order rioto the king declared William 
Palmes 3 esq. teller of the Exchequer in the room of lXIr. (Henry) 
Maynard deceased.' lXIr. lXlaynard was a yonger son of the lord 
lXIaynard ; lately a crooked, debauch'd noble man of New College. 
Some of the last Paris letters say that the late Queen Mary was going to Italy to 
take possession of the duehy of Modena « and would perswade the late king James 
to take upon him the government.--Another letter of the saine date saith that ' the 
said duchy descends to her by the death of her brother', and that it is worth 
8o,ooo/i. revenew per armure, which is more than our king allowes them.' 
Oct. 8, Munday, Dr. Henry Aldrich re-took his place of vice-chan- 
cellor, which is the third yeare. In his speech he spoke against hatts 
turnd up on one side ; nd after the speech, he dissolved the Con- 
vocation. But Dr. (\Villiam) Jane going to him, he put him in mind 
of nominating the (pro-}vice-chancellours and sweariug them: which 
was done. 0 mt'rum t. 
Upon Dr. (Jonathan) Edwards his returne from his attendance on 
the queen as chaplaine, about the middle of October, (he) reports that 
the queen hath taken order that a copy of A/hcnae e! Fasti Oxon be 
new bound and she will read it--so he told Dr. (Arthur) Charlet.-- 
Dr. Edwards serv'd his month of September, and told me that the 
queen ordered Dr. (Edward) Stanley, clerk of the closet, to buy and 
get for her Athenae et Fasti Oxon, which he did; and he saw it lay in 
the closet. 
[' The case « of founder's kinsmen with relation to the statutes of 
College' (London, no date)---this pamphlet came to Oxon 
from London as a new thing, T., 9 Oct. 1694, price 6d.] 
Æews letter dated Oct. IX, Th. :--« Yesterday 3 children, narnely two boyes and 
one gifle, borne on Munday last in an house in Bloornsbury of a wornan the vife 
of a soldier in Flanders, were earried to be shewn to the Queen and were intro- 
duced by Dr. Charnberlayne who laid the said wornan. Her majesty gave them 

1 John Robinson, M.A. Oriel $ March 
I58 ¼; D.D. 7 Aug. 7o: installed 
prebendary of Canterbury 26 March 
697 , afterwards dean of Windsor, 
bishop of Bristol and of London. 
2 Luttrell ifi. 347, 348. 
: tly Palmes; Luttrcll iii. 376. 

 Luttrell iii. 377. 
» Francisco Il, duke of Modena, died 
6 Sept. 1694; the duchy passed to his 
uncle, Rinaldo (.cardinal) d'Este. 
« note in Wood's copy, Wood 6 M 
0o). 



47 ° WOOD'S LIFE A,VD TLIlES. 
ready money for a subsistence and ordered them a future allowance.'--Ibid :-- 
' Oct. I I, Th., Mr. (John) Havles is of the ki,g's councill for the tryall of the 
plotters in Lancashire ; riz. lord x Molyneux.'--lbid. :--' The lord Paget  is dead 
at Constantinople.' 
Oct. 12, F., Henry Cruttenden 3 printer buried in Hallywell church- 
yard : died the day before, of a feaver. 
Oct. 13, S., some 4 snow fell. 
Oct.  5,/XI., at 3 in the afternoon, died of a consumption, Nicholas 
Birch , ]3ach. of Div. and commoner of Bras. Coll., act. 39 or 40; 
buried in the cloyster; son of Nicholas t3irch of Rochdale in coin. 
Lanc. 
Letter dated Oct. 6, T. :--' Lord Clifford , eldest son of earl of Burlington, 
is dead in Yorkshire.'--' Died last week,' saith another, ' and bath left behind him 
a son 7, one of the hopefullest yong gentlemen in England.'--' Tomson the printer 
was seized on by Stephens, the messenger of the press, in the act of printing a 
pamphlet reflecting on the government and ridiculing the late conspiracy, saying 
" wee had gotten lrish evidences to take off sober statesmen." ' 
Letter dated Oct. 20, S. :--' The lord mayor s hath imprisoned several persons 
for digging up graves in churchyards and cutting of heads of men and women to 
sell to drugsters and apotheearies. They were cataght in Southwark.'--Ibid. :-- 
' 1Ir. Trenehard's brother  (Secretary of State) is dead.'' Cardinall de Est  hath 

 Caryll Molyneux, third viscount (in 
the peerage of Ireland). 
" William Paget, sixth baron Paget, 
ambassador to the Porte. The report 
was false; lord Paget dying in 1713. 
 Henry Cruttenden was the donor 
to Wood of several auction-catalogues 
of books (see vol. i, p. 19). The follow- 
ing may be mentioned :Catalogue no. 
24 çEdward Millington's sale-catalogue 
of John Arthur's books) bas the note 
'given to me by Henry Cruttenden, 8 
Jan. 168': no. 25 (E. hlillington's 
sale-catalogue of the books of Dr. 
hately) is 'donum Henrici Crtatten- 
den in vigil, pascatis' (7 Apr., 1683) : 
no. 27 (sale-catalogue of Dan. Rogers' 
books) is ' donum Henrici Cruttenden, 
I June I683' : no. 29 (Eward lIilling- 
ton's sale-catalogue of the books of 
J ohn Lloyd B.D. and Thomas Raymond) 
bas the note ' given to me by Henry 
Cruttenden, io Nov. 1683' : no. 3o (E. 
hillington's sale-catalogue of the books 
of Gaspar Gunter) bas the note ' given 
to me by Henry Cruttenden, x Match 
168z]': no. 32 (E. llillington's sale- 
catalogue--sale to take place 26 3Iay 

1684of the books of John Owen, 
formerly dean of Ch. Ch.) has the note 
'given to me by Henry Cruttenden, z 
1VIay 1684 ' : no. 34 (Bibliotke«a Slurbit- 
chiana, E. Millington's sale-list for an 
auction at Sturbitch fair on 8 Sept. 1684) 
bas the note 'given to me by Henry 
Cruttenden, 6 Sept. 16847 
 ' some ' substituted for 'a great 
deal of.' 
 Nicholas Birch, B.D. Bras. 3 July 
1684 . 
« Charles Boyle, eldest son of Richard 
Boyle, first earl of Burlington, called to 
the Lords in his father's barony of 
Clifford of Lanesborough, 16 July 1689. 
 Charles Boyle, allowed a writ of 
summons to the Lords as lord Clifford 
of Lanesborough in 1694 , sueceeded 
his grandfather as second earl of Bur- 
lington in 1697. 
 Sir William Ashurst. 
 Henry Trenchard, brother of Sir 
John TrenŒEhard ; Ltattrell iii. 385. 
x0 Luttrell iii. 3So, 386. Rinaldo 
d'Ete, cardinal 2 Sept. x684, became 
duke of Iodena in successi»n to his 
nephew Francisco II. 



OCTOIlï, R, 169zi. 47  
laid aside hls cap and bath taken upon him the government of Modena and is to 
marry the princes(s) dowager of Parma, the emperor's sister.' 
' Oct. 22, M., Sir Robert Atkyns resigned  his place of Lord Chier Baron into 
the queen's hands'--so letters dated Oct. 23, T.» sed quaere. 
Oct. 22, I., it snew much in the morn. 
Oct. 23, T., rain'd all day; no faine to speak of all Sept. and Oct. 
till that time. 
Oct. 23, 24, 25, T., W., Th., a solemn ball at Besell's Lee in the 
house of Sir John Lenthall, performed by 5o or 6o maides, virgins of 
quality, that are sojourners there under the government of... 
Letter dated Oct. 25, Th., saith ' Yesterday died at Hatfield the earl  of 
Salisbury.' 
Letter dated Oct. 25, Th. :--' Several of the conspirators who were sent downe 
into Lancashire to be tried were quitted s by the jury without stirring from the 
barr. Several sets of bells rang and great rejoycing by the Jacobits. There 
wants evidence.' 
Letter dated Oct. 27, S. :--' Earl of Clancartie t hath made his escape out of 
the Tower. He caus'd his effigies to be layd in the bed with a night-capp on 
which made the keeper think he was asleep.'--' Dr. (George) Berkley, son to the 
earl of Berkley  and preb. of Westminster, died last Thursday (25 Oct.).'--' The 
earl of Salisbury hath left an infant son  to be his heire.'--' Dr. (Richard) Anesley, 
deane of Exeter, is reported to be dead.' Another saith he is absolutely dead 
false. 
Oct. 28, Su., «l(ean) sh(eets). 
Letter dated Oct. 3o, T., Dr. (William) Payne of Whitechappell alias S. Mary 
of Metfellon, bath kisd the queen's hand for the prebendship of Westminster in 
the plaoe of (George) t3erkley deceased. 
Ult. Oct., W., 1Ur. West  told me. that Dr. (Samuel) Ayres s, 
prebendary of Durham (lately of Linc. Coll.), died at Durham very 
lately. 
The avenue leading to the physic garden was finishd in Oct. 1694, 
at the charg of the Universitie. 
Oxford feast this month; Mr. (Thomas) Wise  of Exeter Coll., 
borne at Drayton neare Abendon, preached. 
Smal pox very frequent in this month (as it was in Sept.), and 

several dye of it. 

 he was succeeded, on 8 J'une I695, 
by Sir Edvard Ward. Luttrell iii. 386. 
 J'ames Cecil, fourth earl. 
 Luttrell iii. 374, 380, 386, 388. 
 see 21 July 694 supra. 
 George Berkeley, first earl of Berke- 
ley, created  July 689. 
James Cecil, fifth earl, took his seat 
in the Lords in 712. Luttrell iii. 388. 

v probably West the bookseller. 
* Samuel Eyre, M.A. Linc. 30 J'une 
67 , D.D. 8 July 687, elected into 
a Lincoln diocese fellowship at Linc. 
Coll. 23 Oct. 67, vhich he resigned 
Io.[an. I68. ; prebeud, of Durham (3rd 
stall) 14 Oct. 69o. 
 Thomas Wise, M.A. Exet. î July 
1694 ; Boase's Reg. Çoll. Exon. p. 84. 



472 II'OOD'S IIFE A,ZVD TI,IES. 
lovember.--Letter dzted 1 Nov., Th. :--' The prisoners in Lancashire are 
discharg'd  for want of evidence zgainst them. A great hurray followed, to the 
disturbance of the judges 2, who were angry thereupon and checq'd the clergy 
there for their rejoycing with the multitude. Many of the ministers caused, the 
Sunday following (i. e. Oct. 28), the 94 psalm to be sung in their churches, part 
of it." Quaere, what part ? 
Letter dated 3 Nov., S. :--« The bishop of London hath put Dr. (William) 
Lancaster  into S. Martin's in-the-fields in the place of Dr. * ... Gough.' 
Nov. 5, M., gunpowder plot, solemnly kept at Oxford. Mr. (John) 
Downes » of Pembr. Coll. preached at S. Marie's: vocal and instru- 
mentall musick from the organ loft. 
' Nov. 5, M., Dr. (William) Payn of Whitechappell was instal'd preb. of West- 
minster, and Mr .... Barnes ruade chanter'--so the letter dated 6 Nov., T. 
Nov. 8, Th., visitation day of the public library, Mr. George 
Smalridge  spoke a speech in schola linguarum in laudem Bodlei. 
Letter dated Nov. 8, Th.:--'Dr. (Hans) Sloan (or Slone) of the College of 
]'hysitians is chosen physitian to Ch. Ch. hospitall. ' 
12 of Nov., Munday, at night between 7 and 9 illuminations in the 
four great streets in Oxon and some bonfiers and ringing of bells for 
the king's safe arrivall from Holland, Nov. xo 8, S., at night. 
Letter dated Nov. I3, T. :--'Sir Edward Ward, attorney general, vas declared 
Lord Chier Baron of the Exchecquer last Sunday (Nov. 1I), and the solicitor 
eneral named (Sir Thomas Trevor) was declared attorney general, and !Mr. 
(John) Hawles of Lincoln's Inn solicitor.--Dr. (William) Johnson, preb. of 
Hereford, is ruade deane of Hereford; and Dr. (John) Tyler is translated from 
being deane of tlereford to be deane of Lincoln in the place of Dr. 1)aniel Brevint 
deeeased L--Henry Killigrew, esq., is ruade the king's jester and bath a salary of 
3oo/L per annum allowed him.' 
Letter dated 13 Nov., T. :--'Col .... Lloyd is dead in Flanders and his leiv- 
tenant collonel,... Fairfax, is to succeed.--Lancelot Johnson, a bencher of the 
Temple, died this week.' 
Letter dated 13 lYov., T. :--' (1)onogh Macarty) earl of Clancartie is arrived at 
St. Germans and is ruade captain of King James' guards.' 
Wedn., 14 ]NOV', I)aniel Porter, goldsmith, died suddenly in his bed 

1 Luttrell iii. 39 z. 
2 Luttrell iii. 393- 
 William Lancaster, D.D. Queen's 
8 July 1692. 
 ? Nicholas Gouge, 13.I). Cath. 
(Cambr.) 1692. Luttrell iii. 392, 394- 
 John Downes, M.A. Pembr. 19 Apr. 
16,ql. 
 George Smalridge, M.A. Ch. Ch. 
4 July 689. 
 i.e. Christ's Hospital. Luttrell iii. 
.396 • 

 rather II IOV., SU. : Luttrell iii. 
398 • 
 this intbrmation is false. Dr. Bre- 
vint, dean of Lincoln, died 5 May 1695 , 
and was succeeded by Samuel Fuller, 
1).1). 1)r. Tyler held the deanery of 
Hereford (in commendam with the see 
of Llandaff, from 1706) till his death 
on 6 July 724 . William Johnson, 
preb. of Hereford since 14 Jan. 66{, 
archdeacon siuce  I Dec. 169o , died 
2 Feb. 69. 



A'OV.  DEG 1694. 473 
in the morn., act. 64 or more.--His daughter-in-law, yong Daniel's 
wife, died z5 Feb. i69. 
Letter dated 2o hTov.» T. :--« Yesterday the court of the King's ]3eneh gave 
judgment in the cause between the king and the bishop of London relating to the 
presentation of Dr. (Peter) Birch to St. Jantes church, and they have given it in 
the king's behalL '--- The earl of Kildare 1 is said to be dead beyond sea.' 
' Tuesday , 2o of Nov., Dr. John Tillotson, archbishop of Canterbury, being 
suddenly taken with a dead palsey and afterwards with an apoplexy» died sud- 
denly in the night.' 
Iov. 22, Th., news letter then dated :--' The archbishop of Canterbnry (Dr. 
John Tillotson) continnes vorse and worse, and 'tis doubted vhether hee'l re- 
cover.'--He died et 3 of the clock in the afternoon of that day of a dead palsey a. 
--Ail the news in the next letter was that Dr. (Edward) Stillingfleet» bishop of 
Worcester, would succeed. 
Iews letter dated 22 Iov., Th. :--' An appeale will be put up to the House 
of Lords by Dr. æeter Birch concerning the right of S. James' church.' 
Letter dated Nbv. 27, T. :--' Mr .... Pit of the Temple is chose burgess for 
Stockbridge.--The widdow * of Dr. John Tillotson, archbishop of Canterbury, is 
to have the revenew of the archbishoprick till our Lady day, by leave from the 
king.--The earl of Barrymore is dead s in Ireland.' 
The archbishop's death, sec Gazet ; obiit aetatis anno 65. 
Iov. 29, Th., letter then dated, saith that Dr. (Peter) Birch hath lodg'd an 
appeale in the House of Lords concerning the matter before mentiond. 
Smal pox very frequent in Oxford in this month, and some dy 
of it. 
]3ecember.(' lIr. John Croney (senior), sumtime mayor  off this 
city, dyed Decr. the i st; wass buryed in the midell iiell, Decr. the 
6th, aged 8o year, I694 '--entry in S. Michael's parish register.) 
I.etter dated Dec. I, S. :--* Lest night was inter'd, in the church of S. Lanrence 
Jury, the corps of Dr. John Tillotson, late archbishop of Canterbury, (of which 
church he was formerly lecturer) by the bodyes of 2 or 3 children of his that had 
been there buried v. Dr. Gilbert ]urnet» bishop of Sarum, preach'd the sermon, 
and the corps was attended by divers coaches of the nobility and gentry.'--' A 
writ issued ont to the major and burgesses of Appleby in Westmorland to chuse 
a burgess in the place of Charles ]3oyle lately called up to the House of Lords by 
the name of the lord Clifford '---Sir John Walter» bart.» of Sarsden, chose in his 
place. 
(Wood 533 no. 3 is ¢ Observations upon the warre of Hungary' Lond. 689, 
and has the note ' received from the aŒEthor (Mr. Edward Littleton) T., 4 Dec. 

16942) 

1 false information. John Fitz-gerald 
succeeded as 17th earl of Kildare in 
lIarch I66, died 9 Nov. I7O 7. 
 this note is scored out, as being 
false information. 
 Luttrell iii. 4o2, 403: Evelyn's 
Diary under date  Nov. 1694. 
 Wood notes :' 'Tis since repolted 

that shee is to have a pension of 5ooli. 
per annum.' Luttrell iii. 405. 
» Richard ]3arry, second earl of Barry- 
more. 
« John Croney was one of the bailiffs 
of the city in 1677, mayor in 169-. 
 Lnttrell iii. 406. 



474 WOOD'S LIF.E AND TI,IES. 

Dec. 5, W., paid xs for my pole : my sister paid it. 
Letter dated Dec. 6, Th. :--'Last night Dr. (Thomas) Tenison t, bishop of 
Lincoln, kis'd the king's hand for the archbishoprick of Canterbury and this night 
hee'l be declared in council.--Dr .... Stanley , clerk of the queen's closet, fo be 
bishop of Lincoln.' 
8 of Dec. the duke of Parma  died, leaving behind him two sons. 
(The House 4 of Lords this day (Sat., 8 Dec.) heard council on 
both sides in the case between the bishop of Exeter and Dr. Arthur 
]3ury rector of Exeter Colledge about the rectorship of the said 
colledge, and adjourned the further consideration till lXlonday, i o 
Iec.) 
Dec. 9, Su., Mr. (Thomas) Tanner told me that Dr. (William) 
Lancaster of Queen's College was setled in S. ]Iartin's in-the-fields. 
He told me then also that the king pro(po)sed to his councill two 
bishops to be chosen archbishop of Canterbury, riz. (John)Hall 
bishop of Bristow and (Jonathan) Trelawny of Exeter. The 
latitudinarian party were for Hall, the other for Trelawney, but the 
king pitched upon (Thomas) Tenison bishop of Lincoln. 
(Monday , Dec. xo, the House of Peers gave judgment in the 
cause between the bishop of Exeter and Dr. Bury, in favour of the 
bishop. ) 
Letter dated 15 Dec., S. :--'Yesterday about 5 in the morn., one Mr .... 
Gardiner, a clergyman, who lodged over the gate going into the Bowling Alley in 
V'estminster, threw himself out ofthe xvindow two stories high and dasht his braines 
out of his head--the occasion hot knowne.'--Another letter of the saine date 
saith that he threw'd himself out of the window that morning (Dec. I5) in Tuttle 
Street, Westininster, being disappointed of a benefice ; a yong clergyman--but 
the former narrative is the truest. 

Sunday, 16 Dec., Thanksgiving dal, ; the reason vhy , see the 
Gazet a fortnight before, lXlr. (Joseph) Bingham  of Univ. Çoll. 
preached in the morning for Dr. Arthur Carlet, and Mr. (William) 
Thomson  of Bras. ColI. in the afternoon. Musick both vocal and 
instrumental from the organ gallery. Ringing of belIs, bonfiers, 

 F.velyn's E)iary under date 9 Dec. 
1694. 
 a false surmise: James Gardiner, 
sub-dean of Lincoln, as elected bishop 
of Lincoln 8 Feb. I69. 
z Ranuccio II, duke of Parma and 
Piacenza, died It )t2c. 1694 ; xxas suc- 
cceded by his son Francesco, who in 
1727 was succeeded by his brother 

Antonio. 
note from Luttrell iii. 4to. 
note from Luttrell iii. 411. 
for success by sea and land: Lut- 
trell iii. 4o2. 
Joseph 13ingham, M.A. Unir. 23 
June 1691. 
William Thompson, M.A. Bras. 8 
May 1692. 



D.EC.I.Et?, 1694. 47,5 
illuminations at night in the 4 great streets. Mr. Sherwin flourished 
most in the east street. Illuminations on Magd. Coll. Tover. 
Letter dated Dec. 22, S. :--' Mr. (Maurice)Vaughan 1, chapla.vn to the House of 
Commons, is ruade preb. of \Vindsore by the king--kinsman tas 'tis said) to Sir 
John Trevor speaker to the House of Commons.' 
• Jan. 2, I695' (according to the French account)' died at Versailles marshall 
Luxenburgh, aged 68 yeares, of a plurisie after 3 dayes sickness'--so that he died 
(,according to our account) M., 24 Dec. 694. 
Dec. 26, W., S. Stephen's da)', the queen prayed for in several of 
the churches and chapels in Oxon, being sick of the smal pox . 
I)ec. 29, S., (Charles) Walters s, M.A., fellow of Bras. Coll., died 
of the smal pox. 
I)ec. 29, S., letter then dated :--'Yesterday the lord Arundell of 
Wardour4 died, aged 8o'--carried into the country to be buried on 
the 3 of Jan.,--'Yesterday also (Friday, I)ec. 28) at one in the 
morning the queen  died at Kensington of the smal pox.' Another 
letter saith ' at 3 quarters past  2)--' The archbishop (Tenison) was 
with her to the last minute. The King troubled with two swooning 
fits, with grief: let blood twice to cure his distemper.' 
Dec.:Mr. (William) Sevill  of C. C. C. distracted: Mr .... 
Lucas v of Brasn., a nonjurer, Mr .... Bate  of Ails., Mr .... 
Brigenden  of Oriel not well discomposed lO. 

This yeare several Socinian books were published; with Answers 
to them. See Terre Catalogues. 
Dr. Henry Aldrich: ,.ENOI,2NTOX AOFOX 'IYIIIIKHÇ etc. accessere 
veterum testimonia de Xenophonte, Oxon.,  693, octavo. 
,ENO2NTOX AOFO OIKONOMIKOq" accessere 
fragmenta Oeconomicorum Ciceronis. 
Mrs. Nevlin j buried at Mortimer in/3erks by William Dring. 
This hard winter of 694  hath strangley indisposed my body, 

1 his patent vas dated 26 Jan. I69-. 
 Luttrell iii. 4 7. 
 Charles Walters, M.A. Bras. 6 June 
1681. 
 Henry Arundell, who succeeded as 
third baron in 643. 
» Luttrell iii. 48, 49 . 
 William Sevill, M.A. Corp. 13 
March 168. 
7 ?William Lucas, B.A. Bras. l î 
Oct. x687, M.A. x4 Jnly x696. 

* I have not identified him. 
 Edmund Brickenden, B.A. Corp. 
2., Oct. x69x, fellow of Oriel 692, 
M.A. Oriel 7 Oct. 695. Gardiner's 
Reg. Coll. Wadh. p. 354- 
1o meaning, apparently, ' vix compos 
mentis.' 
u widow of Dr. Robert Newlin, supra, 
p. 258. 
 this note is at the beginning of the 
Almanac for 1695. The 'winter of 



476 II,'OOD'S LIF.E A.VD TI,I.ES. 
caused a weekness in my left leg, and soin inkling of a cramp in 
left thigh when I turn in bed. 
Nicholas Duck several rimes chose one of the governors of Lincoln's In tem- 
pote Jac. I and in the beginning of Car. I. Lent reader of Lyncoln's In l 5 Jac. I : 
a bencher. 

169 and 1695 : 7 William III." Wood net. 63. 
<At the beginning of this Almanac are some jottings about letters ; Vvood was 
engaged on volume III of the 
In the beginning of the yeare letter to Dr. John Rend mnister of S. 1cholas in 
]ristow about John Speed and ... ¥icafidge, quakers. 
Note by Dr. Humphrey Hody to Mr .... Clerk mnister of Lambeth for bnrial 
of Dr. Smon Forman and Mr. Miles Smith. 
Queries to Mr. <John Aubrey:--() Letter to Ir. Humphrey Hody; 
1orden's Su;o ; () John Lock's works ; {4) Sr . . . Chancey about Georg Fer- 
Æers; (5) about Dr. Walter Charlton; (6) George Chapman's eptaph; () Sir 
Edward Sherbume about the marquis of Halyfax. 
Aug. 8, Th., letter to Mr. Benjamin Browne of Chester for John WIson and 
Ir. Edmnnd ]orlase. 
Aug. xi, Su., letter to Mr. Hnmphrey Smith mnster of Dartmonth, about Walter 
Vyshman and Georg XVidley. 
Roger Clavell at the Peacock neare S. Dunstan's Chnrch in FIeet Street. 
OEanuary.Letter dated Jan. I, T. :--«Col. John Ieane a member of Par- 
Hament, burgess for Lndgarshall in WIts, aged 7o, died yesterday of the smal 
pox?--Ibid. :--' Dr .... Hawtrey  (or some such name), sub-deane of Exeter» 
died some dayes since 'so Hall's letter. 
Letter dated Jan. 8» T. :--' Upon the comming of the news of the queen's death 
to Bristow, some of the late custome-house officers and others caused the bells to 
ring , and afterwards wth fiddles and other mnsck went about the streets n night 
rime.'--' Certaine  Scothmen  in Oxon drove out of ther country by the laie revo- 
lutioa siag and be joyfull : some scholars with them also.'Ibd. :-- On Saturday 
last (Jan. 5) died the old lady  Petre.' 
Jan. xi, F., 3 d of Dan. Porter. 
Letter dated Jan. 15, T. :--' I am informed that Dr. <Peter) Birch hath lately 
preached his farewell sermon at S. James.'--' The yong lord Spencer Ç, son to 
Robert earl of Sunderland, was married last Saturday (Jan. I) to the duke of 
lX/ewcastle's daughter.'--' 'Tis said Dr. <John) Williams of the Ponltrey will be 

bishop of Lincoln loco Tenison.' 

694' with Wood includes, of course, 
Jan.-24 March I69. For the severity 
of the season see in Jan. and March 
69]. 
 Eward Cary, collated sub-dean of 
Exeter a Dec. 693, died 28 Dec. 1694 , 
and was succeeded in that office on 
9 Jan. I69 by Lancelot Blackbm'n. 
" Luttrell iii. 423, 424 . 
 from the saine news letter: on tlfis 
XVood commcnts ' I could hot hcare 

this confirmed.' 
 Scotchmen : Wood, as before, lisps. 
s Bridget Pincheon, widow of Wil- 
liam, fourth lord Petre (who died in the 
Tower, I678). 
 Charles Spencer (son of Robert 
second earl, succeeded as third earl of 
Sunderland in 17o2) mrried Arabella 
Cavendish, daughter of Henry Caven- 
dish, second and last duke of Newcastle. 
Luttrell iii. 427. 



'. IA'UAR Y» 1695. 

477 

'Twas said in aletter that Dr. Thomas Tenison was tobe translated to Canter- 
bury Tuesday Jan. i 5 : his election vas confirmed on the I6th of Jan. in Bow 
Church, 9 bishops present, and instead of an entertainment, he gave ooli. to the 
poore--vide Gazer. 

(' Sir William Wallker, allderman of this city, dyed January the 
Tth; wass buryed January the 2st in the minister's chancell, aged 
8o year, an. I)om. a694' i.e. --entry in S. Iichael's parish 
register.) 

Lettcr dated Jan. 17, Th. :--¢ Dr. lqirch is dismist from being chaplayn to his 
majestie.'--' The earl of Clancartie (Donogh Macarty) is ruade captain of the 
guards to King James II at S. Germaines.' 
Jan. o, Su., news that Dr. (James) Gardiner, sub-ricane of Lincoln, is to be 
bishop of that place. 
Letter dated Jan. 22, T. =--' Last Snnday (Jan. 20) Sir William Thompson 1, an 
eminent lawyer» died.'--Another letter saith he was the king's serjeant. 

Thursday, Jan. 24, Samuel Conam B.D. rector of (Child Ockford) 
in I)orsetshire was elected  rector of Exeter College by 5 rotes only. 
The other 7 fellowes would not give rotes because they had before 
elected ]XIr. (William) Paynter. 

(Wood 276 A no. CCCCCXXXIX are rive Latin stanzas rn Obitum g]Iariae, 
[agn. trit, etc. Reginae," and beneath ' Antonius à Wood e Coll. Mert.' ; neither 
verses nor name are in Wood's hand, but the date ' Convers. S. Panli, 1694 ' i.e. 
5 Jan. 69- , is by Wood. The paper is endorsed (by the same hand that wrote 
the verses) ' For the much honour'd Mr. Thomas Collins of Magd. Coll.'--It 
looks as though it had been intended to take in Collins : because no. CCCCCXL 
is a printed copy of these rive stanzas with a sixth added to them ; at the bottom 
,Vood bas a note ' Edward Joyner alias Lyde, the author : printed at the Theater 
in the latter end of Feb. 1694' i. e. .) 

Jan. 27, Sunday, ]XIr. Thomas Tanner entred on his place of 
chaplain of Allsouls College. 
Jan. 28, lXlunday, 3 hack-coaches containing the vice-chancellor, 
some heads of bouses, the proctors, orator, and servants went to 
London to present their address of condolement to the king, and 
books of verses on the death of the queen.--3 Jan., Thursday, they 
were presented to the king at Kensington, with an address of condole- 
ment for the loss of his queen, which, while reading, caused teares 
to stand in his eyes. He gave the vicechancellor thanks and the Drs. 
with him, and told them' he would stand their friend'etc. Two 
hundred copies s were given among the nobility at London and els- 

 William Thomson, Serjeant at Law 
8 June 688, King's Serjeant 1689. 
 the election did hot take effect. 

 of the University verses: « Pietas 
Univ. Oxon., in obittm Mariae Re- 
ginae,' Oxon. t695 , fol. 



47 8 II'OOD'S LIFE .tA'D TLIIES. 
where, and one was presented to the king with a purtle cover.--You 
must note that his majesty being strongly possest with sorrow for the 
loss of his queen, he ordered ail addresses that were to corne from 
corporations to be given in to the secretarie's office, and the sure of 
them to be put into the Gazets : and this he did to avoid greif that 
might arise from the reading of the said addresses before his face. 
But the address of the Universitie, which, with the verses, were tobe 
presented to the king, his majesty gave attendance while it was 
reading (they having been introduced by their cancellor the duke of 
Ormond) with teares in his eyes. Which done, he took it to himselfe, 
and 'twas not put into the secretarie's office, otherwise there would 
have been an account of it in the Gazet. 
3 ° Jan., w., the King's fast, lIr. Thomas Creech of Allsoules 
College preached at S. l.Iarie's. 
Letter dated 31 Jan. Th. :--' Last n|ght (Diana Russell) countess of 13radford t 
died, act. 72, at Whitehall, sister to (William Rus»ell) the present duke of Red- 
ford.' Her body was carried from Westminster to Cheyneys in 13ucks and buried 
there among the graves of the earles of Bedford, Feb. 4, M. 
About a week before Xtmas the frost began, and now and then 
showrs of ShOW fell. The ShOW laid upo? the ground about a month. 
On, T., the z9 of Jan. it snew ail the day, and part (if hot ail) of the 
night that followed, whjch ruade the ShOW deep, and the weather a 
little relaxd*.--Jan. 3 I, Th., wind in the west and thawed: then 
followed a flood. 
You must note that after the first freezing several thaws followed 
but the frost hot quite out of the ground.--The znd of Jan., T., it 
began to freze hard s, and so continued till the thaw, z 9 Jan., T.-- 
Feb. xi, lIonday, more snow; and so several dayes after. 
"ebruarr.--Feb. 2, S., S. Mile's « bells rang at night and a 
bonfier ruade against t3ridewell gare for joy that . . . Slatford bath 
carried the town-clarkship from... Thurston. 
Feb. 2, Egg-Saturday and Candlemas-day, the sermon at S. 
lIarie's, where the vice-chancellor  sate; and at the same a presen- 
tation of determining bachelaurs in the Convocation house, where Dr. 
(Timothy) Halton  sate. Few bachelaurs were presented, one of o 

t l)iana Russell, daughter of Francis 
Russell, fourth earl of 13edford, mar- 
ried Francis Newport, first viscotmt 
Newport, who was created earl of Brad- 
lord,  1 llay 1694. 
 Luttrell iii. 433- 

Luttrell iii. 420. Evelyn's Diary 
under dates 13 and o Jan. 695. 
i. e. S. Michael's. 
Henry Aldrich, dean of Ch. Ch. 
provost of Queen's, pro-vice-chan- 
ccllor. 



A.V. -- FEB. 16195. 479 
of Wadham College, one of 5 of Hart Hall ; the rest are afterwards to 
corne 1--ail to save charges. 
Feb. 4, Shrove-munday, the University verses on the death of the 
queen were published at Oxford. 
Feb. 4, lXI., the judges in Westminster Hall gave their opinion in 
the case between the bishop of Exeter and Dr. (Arthur) Bury that 
they could hot give any farther judgment 2 in the case because the 
House of Lords had revers'd the former judgment. 
' Feb. 4, Munday, countess of Caernarvon 3 died.' So Hall's letter--she died in 
Lindsey-house. 
Letter dated Feb. 5, T. :--'On Saturday (Feb. 2) Mr. (William)Congreve  
received a gratuity of Iooli. from his majesty for an accurate poem that he wrote 
on the death of the queen.--Mr.... Erick 5. sollicitor generall to the queen, is 
displaced.' 
(Wood D 23 (4) is ' iXtr. White Kennett's sermon at S. Martin's church in Ox- 
lord, Su., Jan. 20, I69 ' vith the author's note ' for my worthy friend Mr. Anth. à 
Wood, Th., Feb. 7, 
 Feb. II, M., died lord 6 Withrington' so says the true letter: the other, 'on 
Sunday night, Feb. io.'---' Feb. i i, M., lord Ossulton 7 died, aged 89,' so the other 
letter. 
' Fcb. I I, iM., in the night major-general Dorrington escapcd out of the Tower' 
--so the other letter at Puffets.--William Dorrington, sec Gazer. 
Feb. x 3, T., proclamation day: some bells in Oxford rang. 
Feb. 14, W., corps of lord Ossulton carried from Westminster to Dawley in 
Middlesex to be there buried--he died very rich. 
Feb. x4, W.,... $1atford, townclerk, sworne, t3onfier in Canditch 
against alderman (William) Wright's dore : another against the Georg 
Inn in Nagd. parish : St. Michael's bells rang. 

i Wood 276 13 no. 65 is the printed 
Ordo baccalaurcorum determinantium 
for I69 , in which the absentees are 
marked by a dagger. This note is 
added 'All those that have the cross 
daggers added to their names were ab- 
sent on Egg-Saturday when they were 
to be presented ad delerminandun.' 
 Luttrell's note (iii. 435) is :--' The 
house of lords having reversed the 
judgment in the king's bench, in 
favour of the bishop of Eeter, his 
lordship yesterday moved in the said 
court to grive judgment against Dr. 
]3erry in order to put his lordship into 
possession ; but the court declined it, 
sayeing that the lords upon reversal of 
the judgment should have done it them- 
selves.' 

3 ? iMary I3ertie, fourth daughter of 
Montague, second earl of Lindsey, wife 
of Charles Dormer, second earl of Car- 
narvon : but she died 30 June  îo 9. 
 William Congreve the dramatist: 
Luttrell iii. 435- 
5 Luttrell iii. 436. 
6 William Widdrington, third baron 
Viddrington of ]31ankney. 
 Luttrell iii. 438. Burke's P«erage 
says that John Bennet, first lord Osul- 
ston, died x 688 ; but his son, Charles Ben- 
net, suceeeded as second baron in Feb. 
I69, and Daniel Lysons ('Parishes of 
Middlesex not in the Evirons ofLon- 
don' Lond. I8oo, pp. 133, I34) gives the 
burial of John lord Ossulston in Harling- 
ton (in vhich parish Dawley is) on 15 
Feb. I69. 



480 II'OOD'S I.IFE tA'D TIA[ES. 

Letter dated Feb. 16, S. :--'llr. (Henry) Guy , secretary of the Treasnry and 
one of the House of Commons, was committed to the Tower for bribery, lu ad- 
vancing the king's money. A bribe of zoo guinneas ; committed by the parliamentÆ 
h'mine conlradicente.' 
8 Feb., N., ... Newlin, steward of C. C. Coll., nephew to Dr. 
(Robert) Newlin the late president, died in S. lIarie's parish, 
,nged 6 7  
'69, Feb. 19, T., it was ordered by the lords of his majestie's 
privie council that the biggest bell in every cathedral, collegiat and 
parochial church in England and Wales shall on Tuesday, 5 of March 
next, be tolled from the hour of nine to ten in the forenoon and from 
two of the clock till three and from rive till six in the afternoone of the 
said day.'--So the Gazet that came out Thursday Feb. 2 .--Accord- 
ingly ail bells in Oxon tolled s. 
The flood occasion'd by the melting of the snow or the thaw being 
gone, another came from the north parts of Oxon downe Charwell on 
Wedn. night Feb. 2o and Thursday morn Feb. 2, when we had no 
faine here. 
Letter dated Feb. a3, S. :--"Tis said Sir Thomas Littleton is to sncceed lIr. 
Henry Guy in the secretariship of the Treasury.--Sir William Phipps, late gover- 
nour of New Egland, died here this weeke.' 
Robert Jennings , son of John Jennings of Reading somtimes 
fellow of S. John's Coll. and afterwards for many yeares chief toaster 
of the free school at Abendon (where he got a plentifull estate), ruade 
his entrie as High Sherriff in the person of his son and hêire into 
Oxon, W., 7 Feb. 69}. He bath an estate between Henly and 
Reading. 'Tis said the father got himself off and put in his son 
James Jennings  (lately of Wadham Çollege undêr the tuition of 
Nf. (Charles) Whiting). 
Feb. 8, Th., IIr. (Charles) Whiting  of Wadham College preachêd 
before the judge (Ayres 7). 
March.--iIarch , F., c(lean) sh(eets) and shirt. 

 Luttrell iii. 443- 
 ' 67 ' substituted for ' 7o and odd 
yeares.' 
z this note is on the back of an enve- 
lope addressed by Wood ' For llr. 
Ralphe Sheldon at the Red Bull in 
Drury Lane London': the seal is still 
attached bearing the impression of 
Wood's scal 'a talbot's head erased 
issuing out of a crown.' 

 see Davenport's Oxfordshire, p. 77- 
 James Jennings, commoner of 
Wadham I Nov. 1686; Gardiner's 
Reg. Coll. Wadh., p. 347- 
 Charles Whiting, II.A. Wadh. 2 
July 1683 : Gardiner Reg. Coll. XVadh., 
p. 321. 
* Sir Samuel Èyre, Jnstice of the 
King's 13ench. 



FEB.  M24RClt, 1695. 

48 

March 3, Mid-lent Sunday, great store of ShOW and windy withall : 
followed frost and nother winter. 

Match 4, M., Mr. Henry Wharton died ; burried in Westminster Abbey. 
Letter dated March 7, Th. :--' This week died Mr. Henry Wharton, lately 
chaplain to archbishop \Villiam Sancroft.' 
Letter dated March î, Th. :--' The countess dowager of Waldgrave  is lately 
dead.--The primate of Hungary who died lately was IO3 yeares of age.' 
Letter dated Match 7, Th. :--Next Sunday (Match IO) Dr. James Gardiner will 
be consecrated bishop of Lincoln at Lambeth chape].'--Ibid. :--' Certaine works of 
Charles Blount lately deceased were stop'd going to the press, containing atheisti- 
call and profane matters.' 
March IO, Su., Dr. John Scot died. 
Match xi, M., Dr .... Dove of S. Bride's died. 
Letter dated Match 14, Th. :--'Dr. Peter Birch is to succeed Dr .... Dove 
in the church of Bride, by the presentation of the deane and canons of "West- 
miaster.' 
Letter dated Match 4, Th. :--' Dr? (John> Knightley' (in another letter 
' Knighton ')' chaplain to the archbishop s is to be sub-deane of Lincolne loco Dris. 
Gardiner.--Dr. or Mr .... Martin, chaplain to the Lord Keeper (Somers), is to be 
rector of St. Giles in the fields loco Dris. Scot.--Dr. Peter Birch is presented to 
the church of S. Bride's bv the deane and chapter of Westminster. Paul Foley is 
ruade speaker: he had a son 4 or 5 yeares ago of Pembr. Coll.--Sir John 
Trevour, speaker, (father to the solicitor generall, lately of Ch. Ch., quaere) ws 
this day ejected from the House. Sir John Trevour, speaker, after he had endca- 
voured to pass the bill for the orphans () of London in the house, he received from 
the Lord Mavor and citizens a ooo guyneas. He was deprived of his speaker's 
place, for bribery as the commons said, and afterwards expeld the house. He 
was burgess for Yarmouth in the Isle of "Wight.' 

March 23, S., with Mr. J. Ecc. Æ at the house next the Half-moon ; 
two snearing and laughing wo(men) ; he sneared and laughed with 
them.--March 24, Ester-day, at night, at . .., drinking metheglin, the 
woman sneared, called ' old man,' Mr. (William) Joyner and Mr. 
• .. Philipps.--March 25, Easter Monday, invited to go on to Hed- 
(ington), went belote with excuses, said » nothing. The day before 
the like at Wolvercote. 

Letter dated 26 Match, T. :--'The new archbishop  (Thomas Tenison) hath 
created 1  Doctors, viz. 4 of Div., 4 of Law, and 4 of Physic. Those of Div. are 

' Henrietta, bastard daughter of 
James II and Arabella Churchill, widow 
of Henry \Valdegrave, created baron 
Waldegrave of Chewto o Jan. 68, 
who died in 689 at Paris• The report 
was false: she died 3 Apr. lî3O. See 
3o Match infra. 
 John Knighton D.D. was nomi- 
nated sub-dean of Lincoln ï Match 

 OL. III. 

I69 , installed IO l,[ay I695. 
 Thomas Tenison. 
* J(ames) Ecc(ersall), see supra, 
p. 42o. 
» scratchily written : possibly 'paid'; 
i.e. though he invited Wood to walk 
there with him, he left Wood to pay the 
vhole bill at the rime. 
 Luttrell iii. 454- 



482 II'OOD'S ZIFE .4A'D TI3IES. 

Mr. (Richard) Willis  of Ails., his chaplain ; Mr. (John) Knighton, originally of 
Cambridge» afterwards of Oxon ; Mr .... Green, chaplain to the archbishop ; Mr. 
•.. Gee. 
March 29, F., Thomas Tanner gave me his 'ol[l[a 3[onaslica. 
Letter dated March 3 o, S. :--' Lord Howard of Effingham z is said to be dead. 
--Mr. George Nevill of Sussex is to succeed the lord Abergavenny - in his title and 
estate.--The lord Galmoy4» an Irish lord, is married in France to the widow 
of the lord Waldgrave , natural daughter of King James II. 
Letter received by Dr. (Arthur) Charlet, Sunday, ult. Mat.» saith that Dr. 
Midgley, a physitian, was then very lately dead. 
3Æ March, Low Sunday, David Gwyn , of Jesus Coll., repeated. 
/kpril.----Apr. 2, T., the widdow of Rowland Lacy , lately High 
Sherrife, was brought from London thro Oxon to be buried by her 
husband at (Shipton undcr Wychwood). She was a Feteplace. 
Letter dated Apr. u, T. :--' Mr. (James) Sontherne, who is Secretary to the 
Admiralty, is to be ruade one of the Commissioners of the Navy in the roome o! 
capt .... S. Loe.--The earl of Marlborough (John Churchill) is to have his old 
post of Leivtenant-general, and will go into Flanders this spring.--The earl of 
Monmouth also (Charles Mordant) is to be restored to his gentlemanship of the 
bedchamber (Charles  viseount Mordant).--Mr .... Nash, who taught French and 
Latine, hanged himself last Sunday (Match 3I) in Albemarl buildings.' 
Apr. 3, W., John Bagwell of Exeter College and John Waugh of 
Queens took their places as proctors. 
Letter dated Apr. 4, Th. :--" Secretary (Sir John) Trenchard is past ail hope of 
life, and Sir William Trumball, one of the lords of the Treasury, is to suceeed him.' 
Ibid. :--'Mr. (William) Haley, who was one of the king's chaplaynes, and last 
yeare went with him as chaplayne into Flanders, succeeds Dr .... Scot in S. Giles 
in the fields.'--Another letter of the saine date saith he was ' chaplayne to Sir 
William Trumball at Constantinople, and last summer was one of his majestie's 
chaplains in Flanders.' 
Letter dated Apr. 6, S., saith that George (Savile) marquis of Halyfax 0, died on 
the same day early in the morn, aged 63. His eldest son n was two or 3 dayes 
belote married to the lady Mary Finch daughter of Daniel Finch earl of Notting- 

I Richard Willis, Alls., M.A. by 
diploma 15 March 695. 
z Francis Howard, 5th baron Howard 
of Effingham. 
- George Neville Ioth baron ; George 
Neville his suecessor was a remote 
relative. Luttrell iii. 456. 
 Piers utler, 3rd viscount. 
 sec note I, p. 481. 
*a slip here has a note hot in 
Wood's hand :-- I)avid Gwyn, written 
usually tho' corruptly Gwynne.' 
 Sir Rowland Lacy, High Sheriff of 

Oxon in 686, died in I69o. His wife 
was Arabella 2nd daughter of Sir John 
Fettyplace of Swinbrooke co. Oxon. 
I)avenport's Oxfordshire, p. îS. 
8 Eàward St. Looe became Rear- 
Admiral in Iî27. Luttrell iii. 454, 
"Charles Moràaunt, succeedeà as 2nd 
viscount Mordannt in 1675 , was created 
earl of Monmonth 9 Apr. 1689. 
10 Luttrell iii. 457. 
n William Savile, who succeeded as 
second marquess, was elàest surviving 
son. 



,lfARCtI w APR1L, 1695. 483 
haro. The said Georg marquis of Halyfax was elder brother to Itenry Savile 
somtimes gentleman-eommoner of Ch. Ch. 
Letter dated Apr. 6, S. :--' Mr. Henry Guy, prisoner in the Tower, bath sur- 
rendred up his place of Seeretary of the Treasury.--Mr. (William) Lounds is to 
sueeeed.'--Ibid. :--' The duke of Quenborow  in S¢otland is lately dead.'---Ibid. : 
--' This week Sir John Walter was married to the widdow of John lord Stawell .' 
Letters dated 9 Apr., T., say that Mr. (Thomas) Knipe 3 sueeeeds to Dr. 
(Richard) Busby in Westminster sehoole--that Dr. Busby hath left severall 
moneys to por ministers whose viearidges are hot above soli. per annum--that 
Dr. (Richard) Willis (of Allsouls) sueeeeds him in the prebendship of Westminster 
--that the marquis of Halyfax hath left i5ooli, to non-juring ministers. 
Apr. x , Th., marquis of alyfax was inter'd at xi at night in a vault in King 
Henry ¥II ehapel, wherein the duke of Albemarle was inter'al. 
Apr.  , Th., Coronation day, ringing of bells. 
Apr.  % F., Dr. Willis was installed preb. of Westm. loco Busby. 
.A_ most unnatural season; many dye; cold weather continues yet 
and no appearance of a spring--God bless (? us). All flesh ex- 
ceeding deare. 
1o spring time appeared till the  3 of .A_pril ; then the cold began 
to vanish and the north-east wind change. 
x695 , April  4,  5, and before, troubled much about the net-work  
by lIr. Hacket.April  7, W., threatned to go to law with me . 
Apr. zz, 1I., received of D(aniel) Porter 3 li. for Lady day quarter. 
Between xi of Jan. and this time the 8o guinneys that I gave him at 
.s per guinney rose to Ss. 
Apr. z3, T., s to the laundress of l\Iidsomer quarter . 
Apr. z6, F., at the Fleur de luce on lIr (Nicholas) lIartin, 
(White) Kennet, (Thomas) Tanner, . . . Colling, and (? Johu) 
Aubrey. 
Lette: dated Apr. 3o, T. :--' The arehbishop of Canterbury (Thomas Tenison), 
Woreester Edward Stillingfleet), Salisbury (Gilbert 3urnet), and Ely (Simon 
Patriek), took their oathes yesterday at the Chaneery barr for themselves as eon- 
missioners eeclesiastieal for the king during his absence" 

1 William Douglas, created duke of 
Queensberry 3 Feb. x68t. Luttrell iii. 
458. 
 John Staxvel second baron who died 
in x69 had married Mrgaret Ceeil 
daughter of James fourth earl of 
Salisbury. 
a Thomas Knipe M.A. Ch. Ch. x Dee. 
x663, D.D.  July x695. 
 a pieee of ladies' faney xvork of at 
least a generation back. Wood's will 
says :--' Item I . . . bequeath unto 
I 

Mary (Wood, danghter of Robert, 
Anthony's brother) the wife of William 
Hacket gent., all the net-work that I 
am now possess'd of, and which was 
formedy left me by my mother Mary 
Wood.' 
 this note has faded almost out of 
sight. 
« Wood has entered this note opposite 
Midsummer day in the Almanac, to re- 
mind him to subtract this advanee from 
quarterday-payment. 



484 IVOOD'S LIFt? MND TIMES. 
In the latter end of April I was told tiret Thomas Hill canon of Salisbury was 
dead, by Mr. John Aubrey. 
lty.--May I, W., the duke of Shrewsbury (Charles Talbot) came into the 
Secretarie's office loco Sir John Trenchard. Sir William Trumbull hath kis'd the 
king's hand for the other Secretaryship.--vide Gazet.--The duke of Shrewsbury 
is at present president of the privie council, in the place of the duke of Leeds 
(Thomas Osborn) suspended.--Sir William Trumball, secretary of State, see 
Gazer in the beginning of/lay : he had before been one of the commissioners of 
the Treasury.--There are also Custodes regti i appointe& 
Letter dated May xi, S. :--Sir William Smith of the Treasury is swonae one of 
the King's councill.--E)r./)aniel Brevint, deane of Lincoln, is said to be dead.-- 
Lord Grey  (now earl of Tanqnervyle) and Pergryne Bertie, vice-chamberlain to the 
king, are sworne of the privie councill.--Duke of Norfolk s has resigned his 
constableship of Winsore Castle. 
Letters dated May 14, T. :--' The deanery of Lincoln will be bestowed on Mr. 
(Samuel) Fuller, one of the king's chaplains.--This day the archbishop of Canter- 
bury (Thomas Tenison) goes to Canterbury to be enthroniz'd next Thursday 
(May I6).' 
lIay x S, W., the first summer's day for heat that hath corne this 
yeare. 
Nay xT, tS, F., S., much faine fell, which, with other raine that 
fell a weeke before, hath caus'd a great flood at Oxon and spoyls the 
yong grass. 
Nay e, T., at the hither end of lIagd, bridg, came out of the hole 
between it and the new herb-house one... Barksdale 4 and told me 
I had abused his grandfather and followed me nmttering till I came 
to lIagd. Coll. corner. I was faigne to hold up my cudgell at 
him. 
Letter dated May 3, Th. :--'Mr .... Bierley 5 of the Temple vho some time 
since fonght a duel, died of his wounds this morning '--so saith the best letter : but 
another saith ' last night.'' Mr .... Musgrave, parliament man for Carlisle, was 
sworne one of the clerks to the Custodes Regni.'--' On Thursday (May x6) arch- 
bishop Thomas Tenison was enthroniz'd at Canterbury.' "Sir Cyril Wych is going 
ambassador to Constantinople, his native place.' 
Letter dated May zS, S. :--' The attorney-general, named (Sir Edward Ward) 
has got his writ for Lord Chier Baron, and the last Saturday of the terme he takes 
npon him the degree of Serjeant at Law.' 
e8 lXIay, T., with the assessor (Dr. George Gardiner) and put him 

! Luttrell iii. 467, 475- 
 Forde Grey, 3rd baron Grey of 
VZerke, created earl of Tankerville l I 
June 1695. 
z Henry Howard, succeeded x684, 
died XTOt. He continued Constable of 
Windsor till xToI. Luttrell iii. 47 o. 
 Clement ]3arksclale, chorister of 
]VIagd. Coll. 69o-I698 (Bloxam's A'eg. 

ColL AZagd. i. xez), matric. 9 1Iay 
i694 , aet. x S- He vas the son of 
CharRon Barksdale, son of Clement 
Barksdale (died 6 Jan. x68-), of whom 
in the Alhenae Wood speaks very favour- 
ably, except for one expression that he 
was ' very conceited and vain.' 
5 Luttrell iii. 476. 



APRIL  7UVE, 1695. 485 
in mind of the Act of pardon, and that I ara restored to my gowne, 
libr(ary) , suffraging in Convocation, etc. He told me he wished 
me no harme. 
May 29, W., Mr. (Ralph) Bridoake  of New Coll. preached at S. 
Marie's. There was no musick from the organ loaft. 
Letter dated May 3o, Th. :--' bishop of Downe and Connor in Ireland (Thomas 
Hacket) who vas suspended some time since for simonie is dead.' 
In the month of" April was a trench 3 quarters of a yard deep ruade 
on the west side of the Northgate Street and therin elm-trees with a 
wide bore thro each for water to pass from Carfax to North-gate.-- 
hl May the like trench made from Carfax to the Bocherew and thence 
as farr as the Flying Horse belonging to alderman (Richard) Haw- 
kyns.--In the beginning of June the like trench on the west side of 
Fish Street was made from Pennyfarthing Street to Carfax.--6 July, 
they began to dig between Allsouls College back-gate and Queen's 
College corner, afterwards dug upwards and towards ...--July 15, 
they began to dig on the other side of the way neale counsellour 
Holloway's dote; and July i6 they began to dig up Cat street. 
Latter end of July they began to build the water-house at Welcom's 
Folly 3. 
OEtme.--Letter dated June I, S. :--'connsellor Stockford  is ruade attoruey 
generall 5, and Mr. (Alan) Brodrick sollicitor.--Sir Christopher Vandsford, Sir 
Richard Royden 6, Sir Robert King, and Mr .... Dayne  are ruade privie counsel- 
lours in Ireland '--this relates to Ireland. 
.lune , Su., clean sheets. 
Letter dated June 4, T. :« Sir Giles Ayres» one of the judges of the King's 
Bench, died last Sunday night (June ).' 
Letter dated June 6, Th. :--' Sir Thomas Trevour will be advanced to an attorney 
general and Mr. (John) Hawles of Lincoln's Inn, will be sollicitor-general '--vide 
Gazer. 
June 7, F., I put in the printed Act of pardon into the hands of 
the assessor Dr. Gardiner in open court, and told him (in the presence 
of the registrary and Mr. (John) Smith of S. John's) that I am re- 
stored to the University by vertue of that act ; and left it in his hands. 
He told me that 'twas fit that my kinsman Mr. (Thomas)Wood 

should have done such a thing. 

x i.e. the right of reading in the Bod- 
leian; \'food by the sentence in the 
vice-chancellor's court had been ' privi- 
legiis... Universitatis excisus, et banni- 
tus.' 
 Ralph Brideoake M.A. New Coll. 
14 Jan. 168{. 
 I do not know this place. 

 Robert Rochfort, attorney general 
of Ireland IO May 695. 
 for Ireiand. 
* Sir Arthur Rawdon; Luttrell iii. 
45 o. 
 ' Mr. Doigne,' Luttrell iii. 479 ; 
perhaps Robert Doyne, Chier Baron of 
the Exchcquer in Ireland IO May 1695. 



486 IVOOD'S I_IFE AND 

Letter dated June 8, S. :--' This day the ceremonie of making Sir Edward 
Ward, now Lord Chief Baron, a serjeant of the coif, was perforln'd in the fore- 
noon,' vide Gazet May 1% F.--' The lady Brudenell 1, mother to the duchess of 
Shrewsbnry ' (' Richmond,' the news letter saith, but false) ' walking on Wednesday 
(.[une 5) with ber in the country to take the air» the coach following, was taken 
suddenly iii, and fell downe dead.' 
June 9, Su., at Ickford with Mr. (William) Joy(ner).--June io, 
M., went to Thame; laid at Mr. Parslow's house, who shewd me ail 
the things there.--Returned June Ie, W. 
Letter dated June 12 T. 1--' Yesterday2%eing the birth of the sham prince of 
Wales, a great number of Jacobites assembled in a taverne in Drewry lane and 
rnade great revelling with musick, drinking the late king's health, and at night 
came into the street and stopt the eoaehes for them to give money for a bonfire. 
Upon which the mob assembled, beat away the Jacobites, broke open the tavern 
dore, filled themselves with wine» carried away ail the plate, and broke ail the 
glass in the bouse.' 
Letter dated June I5, S. :--'Sir Edward Windham of Shropshire died 
yesterday.'--Ibid. :--' John Vaughan of Troescod, esq., grandson to Lord Chief 
Justice Vaughan , is made * a baron and viscount of Ireland by the name and stile 
of baron of Fethers and viscount Lisbome.' 
June I9, Wedn., fast , Mr. Anthony Addison « of Queen's College 
preached--see the Gazet about 3 weeks before. This Addison married 
• .., widdow of... Crouch, cook. 
June 2o, Th., at Mr. N(icholas) Martin's chamber with Mr .... 
Cane a minister neare I3road-chalk who desir'd my company. 
july.--July 4, Th., (Meinhardt Schomberg) duke of Schomberg 7 
came to Oxon in the evening and lodged at the ]31ew boare. 
July 5, F., at the new well at Wbtton Gate to try the water. 
Letter dated July 13, S. :' John Hook, esq., one of the judges of North Wales, 
is chosen recorder of Newport in the Isle of Wight in the place of Judge (Sir 
Giles) Eyres, deceased.' 
July I5, BI., s. Swithun's day, foul, much faine; rained every day 
after till the 26th, F., and then it held up : and afterwards rained till 
the 29th, M.--it rain'd then a little. 

 Charles Lennox created duke of the Common Pleas, 23 May 668. 
Richmond 9 Aug. 1675 , married Anne * John Vaughan of Trawscoed vas 
(vidow of Henx 3, lord Belasyse) second created viscount Lisburne 26 June 695. 
daughter of Francis Brudenell (styled Luttrell iii. 4S6. 
lord Brudenell eldest son of Thomas  to ask success for the army; Luttrell 
Brudenell Ist earl of Cardigan) and iii. 477- 
Frances Savile danghter of James Savile  Anthony Addison B.D. Queen's o 
1st earl of Sussex. Luttrell iii. 482. July 1691 ; see Foster's .4h«mni Oxo»t. 
« Luttrell iii. 483, 484, 486, 487. çearly series) i. 8. 
z Sir John Vaughan, Chief Justice of * Luttrell iii. 507 . 



7UNE--  UGUST, le95. 487 
July 6,T., I was told that Ir. J(hn) Iayot was ruade one of the 
king's messingers. 
July z9, 1I., Dr. Robert Gorges told me at Pont's tavern that the 
duke of Brandenburg had lately sent Dr. John Wallis a meddall for 
deciphering certaine letters. 
8 July, Iunday, was the first day I went to Wotton well, and twice 
after in that week : but from the  5th for 1 a fortnight I went hot be- 
cause of foul weather. On the i, 3 and 7 August, Th., S., W., I went 
againe. 
Augusl;.--Aug. 2, F., Dr. Robert Gorges, who had been in Oxford 
3 weeks before, read part of the second volume of Athenae, and ad- 
miring at the industry and curiosity of the author then told Dr. (Arthur) 
Charlct that he had rather displease half the University then displease 
the said author.. 
About the beginning of August (or about the 4 or 5) gIr. Thomas 
Tanner of Alls. Coll. told me that (Christopher) Codrington 2 of 
Ails., who was captain of foot at the seige of Namur, did signal ser- 
vice in the taking the towne of Namur, for which he was rewarded 
with the captainship of the guards worth about 500 li. per annum. 
August 7, W., duke Schomberg againe in towne with a regiment of 
foot: attended at the Library and Schooles and Theatre by the vice- 
chancellor.--Entertained the next day (Aug. 8, Th.) by (George) 
Cark * of Ails. Co!l., secretary of warr, who came with them into Oxon: 
they were entertained in the common chamber. 
In a letter dated 8 Aug., Th., much talk there is of'a famous well 
found at Chipping-norton that has been approved by the ingenious 
glr. ]3oyle  and others to be altogether as good, if hot excelling, 
Tonbridg.' Robert Sheppard told me of this well last glarch. 
Aug. 9, F., at 8 in the morn, died John ]3arret aged 64 or there- 
abouts, after 40 yeares acquaintance or more. 
Aug.  6, Friday, I went to Weston on Friday on foot. It was a 
bright moonshine morn : I set out at 12 at night, was at Gazingwell 
hedge ahas Cookoldsholt by 5 in the morning. I went to bed, was 
up at 8; and might have been at Weston by dinner time at z, had 
hot Ir. ]3ishop of Brailes and his chaplaine corne in accidentally.I 

 MS. has ' and' by a slip for « for.' 
 Foster's Ahtmni Oacon (early 
series) i. 97: Oman's Ail Souls (in 
The Colleges of Oaford» Methuen, 8 9 t) 
pp. 228, 229. 
 l lcnry Aldrich, dean of Ch. Ch. 

 Foster's Ahtmni Oxon (eady series) 
i. zSo ; Oman tt! $tra, p. 228. 
 ? Charles 13oylc, afterwards earl of 
Orrery : Robert Boyle, the scieutist, had 
died 3 ° Dec. 169. 



488 WOOD'S LIFI:,  AWD 7"I,'I,IES. 
tarried there till xi Sept., W. Nathaniel Picot and his wife there; 
13asil 131-oke, and Sir Robert Tharrold of Lincolnshire. 
[25 Aug., Su., 1695, he 1 told me that . . . Goodyeare lord of the 
mannour of Heythorpe neare Chipping-Norton had then lately sold 
that malmour to one... Milbank of Northamptonshire.] 
Letter dated Aug. 29, Th.:--' Sir Gilbert Talbot, Master of the 
Jewcll house, dyed, this week.'mIbid.:--The news of the taking of 
Namur castle =. 
Aug. 3 o, Friday, at night, bonfires at several colleges and ringing 
of bells for joy of the taking of the castle of Namour. 
Aug., Sept., the small pox rire among scholars--Dr. (George) 
Gardiner of Ails. died. (Samuel) ]3ishop3, Mr. of Arts of Wadham 
College, fellow, and (Richard) Gilbert 4, undergraduat of Wadham 
College, died of the small pox about Sept. i. 
Latter end of this month or beginning of Sept. Mr .... Hooper 
of Magd. Coll. died. 
In this month.., t3ouchier, son and heir of Dr. Thomas t3ouchier, 
died at Winton of the smal pox, being newly elected a poore child. 
Some look upon this as a great judgment for his covetuousness and 
grinding of the poore. 
In this month of August the plastering of the high altar at New 
Coll. was pul'd downe, and old broken statues discovered. 
September.--(' Thomas Lethbridge », senior fello of Exter 
Colledg, was buryed Septr the second, in the Colledge chapell, aged 
72, 1695.' ) 
Letter dated Sept. 5, Th. :---' Report that Sir Robert Howard is dead and that 
the marquis of Carmerthen6 who hath the reversion will be auditor of the ex- 
checquer.' 
Afier my returne from Weston, Sept. xi, W., I met with Edmund 
Gibson7 of Queen's Coll. soon after, who told me he had been at 

i note on a slip at fol. 162 in Wood 
MS. E 31: 'he' is possibly Richard 
Y'atkins. 
 Luttrell iii. 518. 
 Samue113ishop M.A. Wadh. 1 _[une 
693: Gardiner's Reg. Coll. Wadh. p. 
349. 
* Richard Gilbert matric. 19 Feb. 
169: Gardiner p. 386. 
 entry in S. Michael's parish register. 
« Christopher Montague on 5 Sept. 
698 succeeded Sir Robert Howard. 
t'eregrine Osborne, eldest son of the 

first duke of Leeds, styled marquis of 
Carmarthen i694- 712, seems to have 
held no office in the Exchecquer. 
7 Edmund Gibson, B.A. Qu. 25 June 
69I , M.A. 21 Feb. I69- . \Vood 318 
(3) is William Drummond's t'olemo- 
3liddDda, edit. E[dmund] G[ibson] 
Art. Bac. Coll. Reg. Oxon. 1691. Wood 
384 is Edmtmd Gibson's Ckmnicon 
Saxonicum Oxon. 1692. Wood C 29 
is E[dmund] G[ibson's] Catalogus libro- 
run 3ISS. Tenison et l)ugdal G Oxon. 
[26 Dee.] 1692. 



,4 UG.  SEPT. 1695. 489 
Norwich, and was with bishop lIore 1 who told him that he had read 
over my book with great delight and pleasure and would read it over 
againe. 
Letter dated 12 Sept., Th. :--' Yesterday Mr .... Mayo, a nonconformist 
minister, was conveyed from London over London bridge to Kingston upon 
Thames and there buried, being accompanied by 4 ° coaches : the mayor, sherriffs 
of London and nmny more (foremost divines).' 
Sept. 18, Wedn.,... Crab 2, II.A., chaplain of New Coll., lately of 
]ïxeter Coll., died. 
Letter dated Sept. 19, Th. :--« A considerable dealer in this city '--London-- 
 bath brought carrier pidgeons from beyond the seas, such as are used in the 
Levant, by vhich wee may have advice from any of out sea-ports in a few houres ; 
and I ara told that the experiment was this week tryed about 4 ° mlles riont hence, 
from whence wee had a letter in about an hour's time.'--Another letter saith 'twas 
from Sturbridge fait and that certaine prints then lately published did mention such 
a thing, but he holds it as a meer flam. 
Sept. 2o, Friday, Mr. Thomas Rowney who stood to be burgess of 
Oxford s, entertained his voters, and cost him 2oli. and they went 
away civilly. Recorder Wright 4 entertained his men in his backside 
on Monday following (23 Sept.), and being drunk at 8 at night, 
wandred about the city, broke windoves, and abused many; went to 
Tom Rowney's bouse, and hooted there, and he came out and hooted 
with them ; then went to Taylor  the new mayor, and Wood  the old 
mayor, and ruade a disturbance at their dores. These are the 
fanatical or factious sort, and shew what they will do when they are 
in authority. They broke the windows of Mr. Eyans, a gent. in 
lagd. parish, who hath a baylie's place in the house and is a great 
sticler for the loyal partie: they broke the windows of Howes, a 
taylor in Halywell, upon the saine account. This riot being mostly 
provoked by the town-clerk Slatford, who had formerly obtained his 
place by the endeavours of Wright, recorder, (he) was bound over to 
the sessions. 
Sept. 2z, Sunday, Thanksgi,«ing day (see Gazet), Mr. (Nicholas) 
Zinzan 7 of S. John's College preached in S. lXlarie's in the morn: 
there was before, vocal musick from the organ gallery. 
22 Sept., Su., Thanksgiving, ringing of bells and some bonfiers at 

John Moore, bishop of Norwich 
since I69L 
]3rooke Crabbe, M.A. Exet., I 
July 693. 
at the approaching general election 
now expected (see Luttrell iii. 533) ; see 

Dzfra, p. 492. 
 William Wright, junior. 
 J. Taylor. 
 Richard Wood. 
7 lgicholas Zinzano, M.A.b. John's, 
16 lXIarch 69. 



49 ° IVOOD'S LIFE A3rl) TIc,lES. 
night in some Colleges--illuminations in some houses in Halywell 
particularly at Waver's, in one or two houses at Carfax, and till laine 
and afterward lights on lIagd. Coll. tower. 
Sept. eS, W., paid Arthur Fowler for an half yeare's rent for being 
a bachelour. 
Sept. eS, Wednesday, dined with Dr. (Arthur) Charlet, (Henry) 
Gandy, (Thomas) Creech, and one . . . Harbin, a clergyman and a 
Cambridge man by education, somtimes chaplain to Dr. Francis 
Turner bishop of Ely, but a non-juror and in a lay habit. He was 
desirous to see me, so Dr. Charlet sent for me. He complimented 
him  much, told him  of severall matters in his  book. 
Letter dated Sept. a6» Th. :' The duchess dowager of Newcastle = died this 
week.  
Sept. î, F., blr. West  who had it flore Dr. (Fitzherbert) Adams two or 3 
dayes belote told me that Mr. (John) Cave (son of John) died at his parsonage  
m Leicestershire ; nd that Mr. (Richard)Knightly prebendary of Durham was 
then lately dead s : he was parson of CharRon coin. Northampton, quaere. 
Sept. 8, S. ; to widdow l)od, the laundress, for ber first quarteridge, 4s. 
(Wood î6 B, no. LXXXVIII is the prospectus of ' a history of church and 
state aflirs relating especially to England for 8oo years ending in 66, by Thomas 
tIaing, B.D. Oxon.' Wood bas dated it ' Sept. 695 '.) 
Oetoger.Oct. 3, Th., with Dr. (Thomas) Turner  to let me 
know when lord Clarendon cornes to town. 
Oct. 4, F., Dr. (Henry) Aldridge quitted the place of vice- 
chancellor, and Dr. Fitzherbert Adams, rector of Linc. Coll., took it 
on him. 
Letter dated 8 Oct., T.:' Last Saturday (Oct. ) died of an 
apoplexy Sir Thomas Clarges, burgess for the Univ. of Oxon and one 
of the commissioners of the accompts : his estate  6oook2 per armure,' 
sed quaere. 
Oct. 9, Wednesdy, at 8 in the morning, I was with the earl of 
Clarendon at Dr. Turner's lodgings, and there I began to ripe up all 
the matter, how unworthily he had dealt with me against all law; that 
no abuse could be ruade against his father because he was capable of 
no law to vindicat him, first, hot in Westminster hall because he had 
been dead several yeares, and not in any court elsew(h)ere, civil or 

 'him.' 'his,' i.e. Wood, Wood's: 
the oralio directa of the ]3iary slides 
into the oratio obliqua which Wood 
uses in formally speaking of himself. 
 FrancesPierrepoint, widow of Henry 
Cavendish, second duke of Newcastle. 
a the bookseller. 

 of Cold Orerton : Foster's Alumni 
Oaon early series) i. ara. 
z he died 7 Sept. x695. 
» Thomas Turner, president of C.C.C. 
3 March 68-7I 4. 
7 Luttrell iii. 534. 



SEP7".- OCT. 11393. 491 
canon, because he had been banished. Whereupon he said that ' tho 
he was banished in person, yet they did not banish him in honor.' 
Company came in, and stop'd our farther progress. I told him he 
had gotten from me more money than I should get againe in 5 or 6 
yeares for I earned but 2d per diem. I told him I was restored from 
my banishment by verrue of the late Act of Parliament : he said not, 
but I was excepte& I told him ail manner of libells was excepted. 
He said not; but talked after a rambling way. 
Oct. 9, Wedn., at night, writings past and sealed between me and 
lXIr. Thomas Rowney concerning the Fleur de luce: annuity of 3oli. 
per annum to commence from 24 June (yet the writings were dated 
20 Sept., F.). 
Oct. io, Thursday, Oxford feast, hIr. (William)Sherwin I of 
Nerton College preached. 
Oct. Io, Th., cl(ean) shee(ts). 
Oct. i, Friday, with Mr. William Joyner. I went to the Three 
Pidgeons in a coach; the rest on foot. It was to find out a way how 
he might receive his money without comning into my hands. At 7 I 
returne and found the bells ringing and some bonfires making for joy 
of the king's landing from Flanders where he had taken Namur. 
Oct. ie, Sat., with St. (Thomas) Tanner  of Alls. Coll. at Binsey 
chapel, where, in the porch, I read and told him the whole story of S. 
Frideswide s and the antiquities of that chapel: thence to Godstow, 
where I told hin the antiquities of that place and all matters of lady 
Edyve and Rosamund . So, eat a dibh of fish, and went thro part of 
Wolvercote hone. 
Oct. I4, M., birthday of King James II, meeting of the Jacobites 
at Mris Harding's house near Halywell church; musick there, and 
ringing of bells in the church. 
Letters dated Oct. 7, Th., say :--' Yesterday Dr. (Zachary) Cradock, provost of 
Eaton Coll., died. Dr. Thomas Burnet, governour of Sutton's Hospital, hath re- 
signed up his place of clerkship of the closet to the king who bath given it to Mr. 
•.. Mountague.' 
Letters dated Oct. 9, S. :--' Dr. (Henry) Godolphin, fellov of Eaton Coll., 
succeeds Dr. Cradock in the provostship of Eaton. He was design'd to be deane 
of Lincoln ; so Dr. (Samuel) Fuller is to be deane.' 
Oct. e, M., Sir William Trumball, Secretary of State, somtimes fellow of Ails• 
Coll., and Heneage Finch, esq., chose burgesses for the Universitie to serve in the 

 William Sherwin, M.A. Mert. I$ 
Nov. 69. 
 Tholnas Tanner took M.A. from 
Alls. '8 Apr. I696. 

 see Clark's Wood's City of Oxford, 
ii. 1-'. 
 see vol. i. pp. 339 sqq. 



492 VOOD'S LIFt ,xlIVD TIILS. 
parliament that begins 22 Nov., F.---The other parliament {which met 20 March 
16) was dissolv'd  about the 10 of Oct., quaere Gazet. 
Post boy, Oct. 22, T. :--' Eafl of Strafford  is dead at his seat in Yorkshire.' 
Oct. 23, W., at the election ofcitie burgesses to serve in parliament 
to begin at Westminster, F., 22 INIOV., Sir Edward Norrice, Thomas 
Rowney, esq., (William) Wright, recorder, and Henry White, aider- 
man, stood; and after a larg pole Norrice and Rowney carried it. 
The next day (Oct. 24, Th.) Sir Edward Norrice and Thomas 
Rowney invited all the citizens to the town-hall affer dinner, where the 
botter sort had wine, ale and tobacco; the common sort, ale and 
tobacco: and this was done whether to friends or foe. 
Latter end of Oct., about Oct. 24, (James) Badger, schoolmaster, 
was married, so he hath managed (?) New College of the school. CHe) 
married... Pointer's daughter. 
(' i695, John Twicross, keeper of Buckardon, wass buryed Octr 
the 27th , aged 74 years ': entry in S. Blichael's parish register.) 
Oct. 28, M., Simon and Jude, received Mr. Rowney's rent, being 
the first, 7li. es.--At the saine time Dan Porter's rent, 3/i.both for 
last BIichaelmas. 
Oct. 28, M., Simon and Jude, BIr. (Joseph) Bingham s of Univ. 
Coll. preached at S. Peter's fin the East). He was very bold about 
the Trinity, and took part, as 'tis said, with Dr. (William) Sherlock 
against Dr. (Robert) South.--BIr. (John) Beacham  of Trin. Colh 
complained to the vice-chancellor about Bingham's sermon. 
Eodem die, Convocation, in order to receive his majestie. 
Oct. 29 , T., another Cnvocation, for the saine purpose. 
Oct. 29, T., (Henry) Reeks , apothecary, died, heart-broken, in his 
hous in S. Peter's in the East. He had been long before in the 
Castle for debt; and being like to die Mris. Thorp the goaler sent 
him home. 
lovmbr.Nov, x, F., at Bayworth; T. B.  was hot at home, 
yet shee » entertained  well. 
Early in the morning of the i of Nov., F., I shiffed my shirt, and 

Luttrell iii. 536. 
William Wentworth 2ncl earl. 
Joseph Bingham, M.A. Univ. 23 
Jtme 169i. 
John Beauchamp, B.D. Trin. 22 
BIarch 169{. 
this entry is scored out. 
on 6 June IîO6 his widow Aliee 
Smith and his Ollly child Jane wife of 
Rev. Emanuel Mugg renounced the ad- 

ministration of his effects.--William 
Reeks, fellow of Magd., who died 1675 
was possibly his brother : Bloxam's Reg. 
Coll. Magd. v. 2î3. 
 Thomas Baskerille; see vol. i. 
p. 2îo. 
 the lady of the house. 
 the xvord is indistinct  'enter- 
tained' or ' entreated (me).' 



OCT. -- IVO V. 1695. 493 

after that ail my wearing appareil; but by twelve finding an alteration 
in my (body), I was resolv'd to walk it out. So at one of the clock 
I went to Bayworth; and returning exceeding weary, I went to bed 
at 8 of the clock. But between  and z the next (morning), after I 
had slept four houres, I fell to vomiting, and was very uneazie for 3 
houres. At length drinking a spoonfull or two of cherry brandy, it 
put me into a s]eep, and sleep I did about three or four houres. About 
o I rose and was hungry ; but putting on my clothes without warm- 
ing, I fell to vomiting againe, and so continued till  or 3 in the after- 
noon ; then slept . boutes and was well, but my urine ail the w(h)ile 
was as red as blood.--I set these things downe to prevent the like for 
the future by shifting. 
Nov. 4, M., raine from early in the morning; whereas wee had hot 
a drop (only frequent and great mists) from about a week before 
Michaelmas. 
4 Nov., M., the king's birth day, he being then at 13urford 1; ring- 
ing of bells and some bonfiers. 
Nov. 5, T., Nr. {Richard) Blackway  of C. C. C. preached at S. 
Iarie's. Ringing of bells, bonfiers, and some illuminations, especially 
in S. John Baptist Street. Blacway, originally of Mert. Coll. 
Letter dated 15 Nov., T. :--gIr. {Willialn) Healey 8, minister of S. 
Giles in the fields is made one of his majestie's chaplains in the place 
of Mr .... Nountague ruade clerk of the closet. 
Nov. 6, W., election of Knights of the Sbire, lord Norris and Sir 
Robert Jenkinson chose. None stood against them; so all donc in a 
quarter of an houre. 
Letter dated Nov. 6, Th. :--' Sir Edward Hales is lately dead at 
131oys in France.' 
Nov. 9, S., King William III entertained at Oxon--see .Enlertain- 
raents . 
(Reception  of IVtlh'am Ili at Oaford.) 
Oct. z8, M., Convocation about ordering matters for the reception 
of the king. 
Nov. 6, Wedn., proclamation in Oxford market that Saturday 
market should be on Friday because the king was (to) corne through 

Luttrell iii. 547- 
Richard Blakeway, t3.A. Mert. 22 
lgov. 1688, M.A. Corp. 22 June 1691. 
William Healey (Hayley), M.A. 
Pdls. 23 June 168o; I).D. I July 1695. 
this paper, written in continuation 

of Wood MS. D I9() , is now in MS. 
Tanner 456, fol. 43- 
 this narrative, one of the latest 
papers from Wood's pen, is found in 
MS. Tanner 456 , fol. 43. 



494 

IVOOD'.ç LIFE MA'I) TI,I[ES. 

Oxon on the said Saturday, and therefore the streets to be cleer'd 
(of) ail stalls and other rnatters relating to the rnarket. 
Nov. 7, Thursday, a brass Mercury set in the middle of the pond 
in Ch. Ch. quadrangle and water spouting from the pedestall, given by 
Dr. John Radcliff  a physitian. 
Nov. 8, Friday, papers 2 containing orders what the scholars are to 
doe and how behave themselves before the king comes from Wod- 
stock and after. 
Nov. 8, Friday, between 6 and 7 at night, Jarnes 13utler duke of 
Ormond, chancellour of the Universitie, entred into East gate in a coach 
and six, with many scholars and gentlemen riding before his coach 
and Albernarl 13ertie of Universitie College in the hcad of them, and 
severall coaches after hirn. He was received at Allsoules public gate 
by the warden and societie, and Sir Richard Vernon (who was chosen 
probationary fellow from Ch. Ch. scarce a week before) did speake a 
speech to hirn. Which donc he was conducted to the warden's lodg- 
ings through Stafford's alley. Which being done, and he setled in the 
lower parlour, the vicechancellour s and heads of houses, who attended 
in S. Marie's church, went thence into Allsoules great gate and from 
thence to the lodgings to congratulate him ; and discoursed together 
for a tirne about riding to rneet the king and to attend him into the 
city and so to the Theater. The king lay this night at Woodstock in 
the bouse of Mr .... Cary. 
Nov. 9, Saturday, the horses of ail the Doctors and Masters that 
were to ride to rneet the king were conducted to Allsouls Çollege and 
there put into the court to attend the tirne when the duke of Ormond, 
the chancellour, was ready to go out ..... 4 (The king) carne into 
the Theater at half an hour past io of the clock with the duke of 
Shrewsbury » and Benting  earl of Portland with him. The duke of 
Orrnond chancellor of the University was in lais Doctor's habit, and 
corning on lais left hand conducted him up to the chaire of state ; and 
(there) followed him the duke of Leeds 7 and Fielding 8 earl of Dên- 

 this is probably an error for ' An- 
thony Radcliffe, D.D., canon of Ch. 
Ch.,' sec Gutch's Wood's Coll. and 
Halls, p. 453- 
 round inWood 76 A, no.CCCXXX, 
' Advertisements from the delegates of 
Convocation for his majestie's reception, 
published, F., Nov. 8, 695.' 
 Fitzherbert Adams, rector of Lin- 
coln College. 

 a leaf is lost, containing the account 
of meeting the king. 
 Charles Talbot, twelfth earl, created 
duke of Shrewsbury 30 Apr. 1694. 
« William ]3entinck, created ead of 
Portland 9 Apr. 689. 
 Thomas Osborn» created duke of 
Leeds 4 May 1694. 
 ]3asil Feilding, succeeded as 4th 
earl of Denbigh in 1685. 



.'VO VEI][IER, 1695. 495 
bigh.bHe put of his bat and look'd round the Theater and on the top 
on the painting and had several discourses with the duke of Ormond. 
--Then was brought to him captain (Christopher) Codrington of 
Allsouls College who knel'd on the lower step, then stood up and 
spoke a short Latin oration'.--Then musick, first instrumentall, thon 
vocal, which continued at least a quarter of an hour: in which time 
was presented to him by the chancellour kneeling, in the name of the 
Universitie, a larg bible fairly bound, a common prayer book, and the 
cuts z belonging to the histor}, of Oxford fairly bound, which he 
gratiously accepted.--Then had some discourse with Dr. (John) 
Wallis who stood by, and the king gave him thanks for his de- 
cyphering certaine letters which had been taken from the enimy (the 
French).--Afterwards he was desired to descend in(to) the area to tast 
of a rich banquet then prepared at the charg of 
I[ the University, or rather an anlbigue; but he 
denied it  and went straight out with Shrews- 
[ bury, Portland, Leeds, I)enbigh, to his coach 
standing in Canditch, neare the Theater dore. 
 So took coach and wcnt thro Halywell and so 
over Magdalen Bridge towards Winsore. 
Now so it was that the Masters, Bachelaurs, and Undergraduats 
being confined to their galleryes, and the women to theirs, there were 
only some gentlemen and ordinary people and attendants in the Area, 
who rudely scamb(1)ed away all the banquet and sweetmeates, all 
sorts of souse fish (lobsters, crayfish), fruit, cte.--about 50 larg dishes 
besides very many little or small dishes intermix'd--who swept all 
away and drank all the wine. The Universitie had employed 
(William) Sherwin, the inferior beadle, to go to London and provide 
all rarities that could be; were at great charge; and when all was 
donc, few scholars participated, few gent., and no women. 
Afterwards the chancellour dined with the deane of Ch. Ch. : and 
in the afternoon about x or 2, a Convocation, where was a creation of 
the duke of Leeds Dr. of Law, Sir Charles Holt, Dr. LL. 
Sunday, Nov. o, Dr. Leopold Finch, warden of Allsouls College, 
preached: and the Chancellour present. ]3efore and after sermon 
excellent musick from the gallery.--He afterwards went to Magd. 

1 substituted for :--' spoke some Eng- 
lish verses which were short.' 
 i.e. David Loggan's OxoMa Illu- 
slrala. Wood notes in the marin :-- 
' They would hot present my Latin Hist. 

et Anliq. 
 Wood notes :--' Reported that a 
letterwas dropt  dayes before to desire 
the vice-chancellor that there be care 
taken that the king be not poyson'd.' 



496 II'OOD'S L/NE A.VD TLIlE.ç. 

College where he baited at the bishop's JwAfterwards to sermon at S. 
Marie's where Mr. (Samuel)Adams"-of Exeter College preached ; 
and musick from the gallery as in the morning.---Afterwards at dinner 
at Allsouls College, with the heads of houses, all the /)octors and 
proctors, at the charg of the University, while the fellowes in their 
scarlet (those that were /)rs) attended. There was wind musick ail 
the while, which the duke brought, with sackbuts and 4 other instru- 
ments. He went away between 6 and 7- 
The University was at great charge in providing a banquet for the 
king; but the king would hot eat an3rhing, but went out ; and some 
rabble and townesmen that had got in by the connivance of the 
stairers (and some when the king went in and out), they seyzed upon 
the banquet in the face of the whole Universitie, and in spite of their 
teeth, all looking on and would hot or could hOt help themselves ; and 
after this the University caused this collation to be put into the Gazett. 
--This is partly my case. I bave spent ail my rime in providing a 
banquet for the honor of the Universitie. Which being done and 
applauded by the generalitie of the Universitie, come some barbarous 
people of the Universitie and spoyle that banquet, burne in the face of 
the Universitie, undoe the preparer of the banquet in the Universitie 
and before and in the face of the Universitie, and then make public 
proclamation of their most excellent dinner. 
Had your excellency been bred in the Universitie  . . .] 
Nov. xi, Monday, Visitation of the library, and Mr. (John) Pelling  
of Ch. Ch. ruade a speech in Schola linguarum in laudem Thomas 
13odley: this was to be done on the 8 day, but because the king was 
to be entertain'd the next day, 'twas defer'd fill (the) xi.--Note that 
8 Nov. is the Visitation day, but because the king was to corne in the 
next day, it was defer'd till Monday xi day, and from thence defer'd 
till Thursday the 4. 
Nov.  2, T., Mr. (Sebastian) Marsh, rector of Bix, told me that Mris. 
Wallis 5, daughter of my cozen Harris, had been dead a whole veare. 
Letter dated Nov. 2, T. :--'Dr. (Nathaniel)Wilson «, bishop of 
Limbrick, is dead.'--So another letter dated Nov. 14, Th. 7 

Dr. John Hough, pres. of Magd. 
Coll., bishop of Oxford. 
Samuel Adams, fellow of Exeter 
sinee 677 ; B.D. 6 Aug. 69o ; Boase 
ReK. Coll. Exon. p. 79- 
caelera desunt. No doubt a tirade 
against Henry earl of Clarendon was 
intended here. 

* John Pelling, M.A. Ch. Ch. 8 Apr. 
t693. 
 s,tra, p. 3. 
 Luttrell iii. 549- 
 this is Wood's latest entry. Under 
it a later hand bas written ' Wov. 29th, 
ob. ipse 



APPENDIX I. 

W00D'S DEATH AND ]URIAL. 

THE following letters of Arthur Charlett and Thomas Tanner give 
the authentic account of Wood's last illness. 

I. Lellcr ' from Jr. C]arldl concerm)g IYood's hsl illncss. 
Univ. Çoll. Dec. I, 95- 
May it please your Grace, 
Having been Absent some days from this Place, I crave 
leave now to give your Grace an Account of" the Death of out laborious 
Antiquary, Mr. Antony à Wood. Having missed him for several 
days, (more Particularly because he had left several Querys w tt' me 
to answer, which I knew he very impatiently desired) upon enquiry, I 
was surprised to heare that He lay a dying of a Total Suppression of 
Urine *. Immediately I sent to sec him, W eh was ye 22 d. Nov r. 
His Relations sent me word, lere were no Itoes o_/']is recovery, being 
the i I th day, but that he apprehended no Danger, was veryfroward, 
that l]e.y dursl nol sea] lo //bn--that therefore they did very much 
beseech me to corne to H ira, being the only Person they could think 
on, that probably He would hearken to. I was very sensible of the 
Difficulty, but having been so long and Familiarly acquainted, I thought 

t from the original letter, acquired by 
the Bodleian in 1889, now' MS. Engl. 
Misc. d. IO.' Hearne, who printed it at 
the end of his edition of Johannis Glas- 
toniensis C]ronica in 1726, says it was 
addressed to archbishop Tenison. 
u William Huddesford relates :-- 
' A. Wood complained to I)r. South 
of a disorder with which he was much 
afflicted, and whieh terminated in his 
death: riz. a painful suppression of 
urine ; upon which South, in his jocose 
manner, told him, that if he could hot 
VOL. III. 

make water he must make earth. An- 
thony went home» and wrote South's 
life.' And then he goes on to say that 
this heartless joke of South's on Wood's 
disorder called forth ' the severe and in 
some respects, unjust, character' of 
South in the At]enae, adding ' if was 
South's custom, if hot foible, to surfer 
neither sacredness of place, nor solem- 
nity of subject to restrain his rein of 
humour.' But it will be seen ff'oto the 
1-)iaries etc. that Robert South had been 
dislikcd by Wood for many years. 
k 



498 IVOOD'S LIFE iliVD TI3IES. 
myself obliged to go without delay. His Relations ventured to leave 
his Doors unlockt, so I got up into his Room, which he never let me 
see before. At first sight, Poor Man, he fell into a Fit of Trembling, 
and disorder of Mind, as great as possible 1. I spoke all the Comfort- 
able words to him, and complained that He would hot send for me. 
After He had composed himselfe, I then began to be plain w h him. 
IIe was very umvil]ing to beleive any thing of it, insisting that He was 
c,," O' zc,cll, and zoould corne to see me al 2:ghL I was forced to debate 
the Point with him, till at last, upon mentioning a Parallel Case of a 
Çommon Acquaintance with whom I was conversant every day, He 
yeilded and said, I" L a' will mus! be done. Il'ha! would.'ou bave 
»te do ? I desired him to loose not a minute in vain Complaints and 
Remonstrances, but to proceed directly to settle his papers, that were 
so A3tmcrous and Confzscd. He then askt Who he could lrltsl? I 
advised him to lI r Tanner of AI1 Souls, for whose Fidclity I could be 
responsible. His answer was, he/hough! so loo, and that/-/e wouM bt 
/h:s and «ll y « o/ber par/i«ul«rs fdlow »oE adz, ice, promising me im- 
mediately to set about his Wil], and prepare for ye Sacrament ye next 
day (he having otherwise resolved to receave on Christlnas da)'). I 
was extreme]y glad to find him in so good a Temper, and having dis- 
courst him about severa] Things, I told him I never expected to see 
him again, and therefore took my last farewe]], te]ling him that I should 
heare constantly by I r. Tanner. 
After I came home I repeted all that I had sayd in a long letter - 
to Him, being somewhat Jealous of Him, and sent it by M r. Tanner. 
He kept his word punctually, anti immediate]y sent to a very 
good Man, his Confident, to pray with him, appointing his Hours; 
receaved the Sacrament the next Morning very devout]y, ruade his 
Wil], went into his Studdy wth his two fieinds Mr. Bisse and Mr. 
Tanner, to sort that vast multitude of Papers, notes, lettersabout 
two bushel]s ful] he ordered for yO Fire, to be lighted as He was 
expiring, weh was according]y done, he expressing both his knowledge 
& approbation of what was done by throwing out his Hands. 
tIe was a very strong, lusty man, Aged 6 5 years *. He was  

a this panic-terror is rather character- 
istic of Wood and is found at various 
intervals in his life. It gives an air of 
confie exaggeratioa to several passages 
(cp. e. g. the statement in note 4 on p. 
487 of vol. ii, with the text on that page). 
Several ofhis letters show it in a nïarked 
mamaçr, l'robably Vood was afl]icted 

with melancholic dementia. 
 the text of this letter flloxvs. 
z what follows is hear-say evidence, 
Charlett going out of Oxford next 
moming. 
* an err¢»r for 63 years : the error is 
rclmated on ,Vood's monument. 



APPENDLV L 499 
hours a dying ' ; God Ahnighty spared him so lo,ng that IIe had lais 
senses entire, and full rime to settle all his Concerns to lais content, 
having writ yO most minute Particulars = under ttis hand about his 
funeral. 
He bas gave his books & Papers to ye University, to be placed next 
lais Freind S r W. Dugdale's MSS. weh are very valuable to any of his 
own Ternper. His more private Papers he bas ordered hot to be 
opened these seaven years, and bas placed them in 
Bisse and M r. Tanner, of whose Care I ana told he makes me Overseer. 
The Continuation of his ATHENAE OXON. in two Fol. w ch he had 
carried on to ye x9 th of October last (D r. lIerret and Dudly Loftus 
being the two last) he gave the day belote he dyed wh great Cerernony 
to M r. Tanner for his sole use, without any restrictions 
Ilis behaviour was very well during his Illnesse ; was very patient 
and Quiet, especia]ly towards the ]attcr end ; he askt Pardon of all 
that he had injured; and desired the Prayers of ail the Publick 
Congregations. 
The last night  he was very decently buried; ail the Particulars 
were prescribed by hirnselfe. He has given great charge to burne 
any loose reflecting notes. I beg your Grace's Pardon for this long 
hasty lctter and cravc leave to rernain 
May it please Your Grace, 
U.C. Your Grace's 
Dec. , 95. Most obedient & rnost 
Dutifull Servant, 
AR. CHARLETT. 

2. 5»/e » b..v Charle/l conccrnbg lVood's lasl illncss.. 
Mcmorandum that Mr. Antony à Wood told Mr. Martin several 
rimes before his sickness that he intended to receive the sacrament at 

t a note by Dr. Rawlinson gives the 
date of Wood's death (Friday, 9 Nov. 
1695 ) ' Out of the Register belongg to 
S t. John Bapt., Merton Coll.--" Nov e* 
29 Anthony à Wood Gent. died about 4 
a clock in the morning, and was buried 
.in the chappell, close to the wall next to 
the north door, the next day following."' 
 this refers only, I think, to the clause 
in his will about his funeral ; see ittfra, 
p. 503- 
 I have eommented on this statement 
in Clark's Wood's City of Oxford, i. 5, 
K 

note 4- 
* i.e. Sat. Nov. 3 o. Hearne says :-- 
he ' was buried in the east corner of the 
north side of St. John's church adjoyn- 
ing to Merton college: and in the wall 
is a small monument fixed with these 
words : 
H. S. E. 
ANTONIUS WOOD 
ANT1QUARIUS. 
Ob. 8. Nov. Anno 
1695. TAT. 64.' 
 written tu his copy of the Alhctae 

k 2 

Sec 
fronti& 
ptëce. 



53o I'OOD'S LIFE AND TIII[ES. 

his hands in the church of Witham the following Christmass ; that 
during his sickness he was ahnost constantly attended by :hIr. Martin, 
Mr. Bisse, etc., who can certifie that he always desired the church of 
England prayers, which he had constantly read to him twice a day for 
the last week of his sickness; that he desired the sacrament to be 
given to him by Mr. Martin; that he himself particularly ordered that 
it should be inserted in his will (which was ruade 3 or four days before 
his death)that he died in the communion of the church of England 
as by law established ; that there was no papist or reputed papist that 
visited hiln during his last sickness. 

3. Zellerl front 1)r. Charldl commendbtg znner lo Wood. 
Univ. Coll. 
Nov. z, 95. 
Deare St 
I do faithfully promise you to execute any trust you shall 
repose in me in the saine forme and manner you shall desire as far as 
the law of the land shall permit. I think you cannot choose a more 
judicious and proper person to intrust your :h/SS. with then St Tanner 
who will be both carefull, true, faithfull, and discreet in the disposition 
of them. God Almighty bless you and sanctify your present disternper 
to your future felicity. The last part of any man's lire bas been 
esteemed the naost difficult. We divines by the Litourgy  are com- 
rnandcd to admonish ail sick persons lh«t lhcy make l]wyr zvills to 
prevent quarrells and discord between the most neare relations. This 
consideration is therefore with great respect, tendernesse, and com- 
passion sent to you by 
St 

[Endorsed] 
To Mr. Antony A Wood 
agSt Merton College 
present. 

Your very old acquaintance 
and very loving friend 
AR. CHARLETT, 

Oxon. ' in a spare leaf at the beginning'; 
from Thomas Hearne's transcript in MS. 
Rawl. C 867, fol. 37 b. 
* from the original in MS. Tanner 24, 

fol. 82. 
 see the rnbric in the Order for the 
¥sitation of the Sick. 



4. Zctl«r a from znner concerning lVoods lasl illness. 
Hon d Master, 
Yesterday at dinner-time Mr Wood sent for me ; when I came, 
I found lXlr Nartin and lXlr Bisse of Wadh. wth him, who had (wth 
much ado) prevail'd upon him to set about looking over his Papers ; 
so to work we went, and continued tumbling and separating some of 
his lXlSS, till it was dark. We also work'd upon him so far as to sign 
and declare that sheet of Paper, W eh he had drawn up the day belote, 
and call'd it his Will; for fear he should hOt live till night. He 
had a very bad night of it last night, being much troubled w th vomir- 
ing. This morning we three were with him again, and lXIr lXlartin 
bringing a form of will, that had been drawn up by Judge Holloway, 
we writt his will over again as near as we could in form of Law. He 
has given to the University to be reposited in the 2][usccum AshmoL 
all his lXlSS, hOt only those of his own Collection, but also all others 
w el he bas in his possession, except some few of D r Langbain's 
lXliscellanea which he is willing should goe to the Publick Library. 
He has also given all his Printed Books & Pamphlets to the said 
Musœeum weh are hot there already. This benefaction will hOt 
perhaps be so' much valued by the University as it ought to be, be- 
cause it cornes from Antony Wood; but truly it is a most noble gift, 
his Collections of lXlSS, being invaluable, and t]is printed books most 
of them hOt to be round in Town. And that the University may hot 
be defrauded of his treasure by his Relations, he was willing this 
Article should be inserted. ' Item, I will and desire that all my Books, 
'Pamphlets, and Papers both Printed and lXlSS, be immediately 
' after my decease delivered by my Executrixes into the custody of 
' D r Arthur Charlett, lI r Bisse of Wadham Coll. and lI r Tanner of 
'All-Souls, or any two of them, to be dispos'd by them according to 
' this my last Will and Testament.' So that 1 could wish you were 
in Town, for fear any disturbance should be ruade by his Relations 
about them; but lI r Bisse and I will endeavour to secure them as 
well as we can. He has conjur'd us to look over all his MSS. before 
they are expos'd to the publie view, to see that there (are) no loose 
foolish papers in them, that may injure his melnory. Nerton College 
People are mighty officious, sending him notes and paying him visits, 
either in hopes to suppress any thing that he has writ (as they falsly 
imagine) to the scandal of their College, or else to prevail with hiin to 

t from the original in MS. Ballard 4- 



,5o2 IVOOD'S LIFIE .4ND TI3IIES. 
give something to their Library. IIe seems to be very sensible that 
his rime is short, tho' truly he spends his spirits more in setfing his 
Papers in Order, than in providing for another World. He is very 
charitable, forgiving every body and desiring ail to forgive him: he 
talkt a great while this evening w h his sister, w th whom he (had) 
been so lon at variance. 
M r Swall is in Town: he came last night with Mr Bas. Kennet. 
The meeting about Mr ingham is tomorrow morning at nine of 
the Clock. 
I ara, 
Rev'd Sir, 
Your most oblig'd 

Obedient servant, 
Ttlo»i. TANNER. 

All Soul's Coll. Oxon. 
Nov. 24, 1695. 

1I r Wood in his will professes himself a member of the Church of 
England 1, and intends to die in the communion of it. 
[Endorsed] 
These For the Honored 
I) r ARTttUR CHARLETT. 

APPENDIX II. 

WOOD'S WILL , tE REGISTRO CURIAE PRAEROGATIVAE CANT. EXTRACT.' 

IN the naine of God, Amen. I Anthony Wood, Master of Arts of 
the university of Oxford, being sick in body, but of sound and perfect 
rnemory, do, this twenty-fourth day of November, in the year of our 
Lord one thousand six hundred ninety-five, make and ordain this my 
last will and testament (revoking ail others by me formerly ruade)in 
manner and form following. 

 in a letter from Tanner, when bishop 
of S. Asaph, to Richard Rawlinson 
(Rawl. Letters 3I, fol. 17 b), Tanner 
says :--' My old friend Ant. Wood, how 
much soever some counted him a 
papist, had the prayers of out church 
read to him by me and another clergy- 
man twice a-day, and received the 
Sacrmncnt on his death bcd with 

seemingly great devotion." 
u printed by Hearne in 1727 af the 
end of his edition of Adami de Domeram 
I-Zist. de Glaston. A MS. copy of the 
will, perhaps that from which Hearne 
printed, is found inserted in one of bp. 
Tanner's copies of the .4tkcna¢ 
Top. Oxf. b. 9)- 



APPENDLV IL ,.503 
Imprimis, I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God, 
Mao first gave it, (professing myself to die in the Comnmnion of the 
Church of England) and my body to be buried in Ierton college 
church, deeper than ordinary, under, and as close to the wall (just as 
you enter in at the north on the left hand)as the place will permit, 
and I desire that there may be some little monument erected over my 
grave. 
Item, as touching the distribution of my worldly estate, I dispose of 
it as followeth. First, I give and bequeath to Anne and Frances 
Wood, the daughters of my late brother, Robert Wood, all the interest 
and share I have in the houses, gardens, and tennis court, situate, 
lying and being in the collegiate parish of St. John 13aptist de lIerton, 
to have and to hold to them and their heirs for ever ; and in case they, 
the abovementioned Anne and Frances Wood, should be willing to 
sell their share and proportion in the said houses, gardens, and tennis 
court, that then they shall be obliged to allow thcir brothers Thomas 
and Robert the first tender of it, provided that the said Thomas and 
Robert will give for the saine as much as any other person. Item, I 
give and bequeath the principle and interest of the two bonds (fifty 
pounds each) past betwixt me and my brother Robert Wood, to the 
abovementioned Anne and Frances Wood. Item, I give and bequeath 
unto the said Anne and Frances Wood, another bond of one hundred 
pounds, together with all interest from thence accruing, past betwixt 
me and my brother Christopher Wood (the interest of which was paid 
to the time of his death, after his death the interest was paid by his 
eldest son and heir Thonas Wood, and after the death of the said 
Thomas Wood 'twas paid by his brother Seymour Wood of London, 
oyleman, till he left off his trade). Item, I give and bequeath unto 
the abovementioned Anne and Frances Wood all other noney, plate, 
jewells, linnen, and cloaths, that I dye possessed of. Iteln, I give and 
bequeath unto lIary, the wife of William Hacket gent. ail the network, 
that I ana now possess'd of, and xvhich was formerly left me by my 
mother Nary Wood. 
Item, I give and bequeath unto the University of Oxford, to be 
deposited in the lIusaeum Ashmolaeanmn, ail gISS. of lny own 
collection and writing, excepting such as are otherwise disposed of by 
me to the ]3odleian Library. Also I give and bequeath to the 
g[usaeum before mentioned, all my other gISS. whatsoever, now in 
in)' possession. Item, I give to the said Ulfiversity ail in), printcd 
books, panaphlets and papers, to be depositcd in the 5Iusaeum, 
cxcepting such as are alrcadv in the 5Iusaculn. Itenl, I do will and 



,504 WOOD'S LIFE AND TIZIES. 
desire, that all my books, pamphlets and papers, both prlnted and 
lXISS, be imrnediately after rny decease delivered by rny executrixes, 
hereafter rnentioned, into the custody of D r Arthur Charlett, and lXlr 
James 13iss of \Vadharn college, and Mr Thomas Tanner of AI1 Souls 
college, or any two of thern, to be disposed of by them, according to 
this rny last will and testament. 
Item, I do hereby rnake, ordain, constitute and appoint rny said 
nieces, Anne and Frances Wood, joint executors of this rny last will 
and testament, to whom I give and bequeath all the rest of my goods 
and chattels whatsoever, hot herein mention'd. In witness whereof I 
bave hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above 
written. 
Agrl-IOlY WooI. 
Signed, sealed and declared 
Nich". 
Martin 
in the presence of J" 
The mark + ofJone Pinnack 
The mark + of Jone Crawford 
Probatum Londini fuit hujusrnodi Testarnentum vicesirno tertio die mensis 
Januarii, anno Dornini (stilo Angliae) millesirno sexcentesirno nonagesimo quinto, 
coram venerabili et egregio viro, Domino Richardo Raines, Milite, Legum Doctore, 
Curiœe Proerogativœe Cantuariensis Magistro, Custode sive Cornrnissario legitime 
constituto, juramentis Annœe et Franciscœe Wood executricurn in dicto Testamento 
norninatarum. Quibus connnissa fuit adrninistratio ornnium et singulorum 
bonorum, jurium et creditorurn dicti defuncti, de bene et fideliter administrando 
eadern, ad saneta Dei Evangelia (vigore Commissionis) juratis Ex. 
Henr. Farrant, Reglstrar. 
R.C. Dcputat. 

APPENDIX III. 

THOMAS HEARNE'S IIEIIORANDA RELATING TO WOOD. 

HEAIr;E, as was to be expected, makes frequent notes in his Diaries 
about the great Oxford antiquary who had died only a few weeks 
belote his own admission to the University. The chier of these bave 
been collected in a Bodleian MS. (IIS. 13odl. Add. A. 22o), and were 
printed at the end of Dr. 131iss' editions of Wood's lire. I ornit thern 1, 

 I omit also the Lire of Wood by 
Itearne, printed by Dr. Bliss from MS. 
Rawl. B. 246. It adds practically 
othing to what we learn from Wood's 
lï)iaries and published works. The 

following sentences ouly deserve to be 
reproduced here:--' I have been told 
that it was usttal with him for the most 
part to rise about 4 clock in the morning, 
and to eat hardly anything till night, 



,4PPENDIX IV. 

505 

because they are now being ruade accessible in Mr. Doble's monu- 
mental edition of Ilcarne', Colleclion, issued by the Oxford Historical 
Society x 

APPENDIX IV. 

lïICHARD lïAWLINSON'S IIEMORANDA RELATING TO WOOD. 

Rawlinson's notes about Wood are found in a small note book now inserted in 
MS. Rawl. J. fol. 6. They were printed by I)r. Bliss at the end ofhis 848 edition 
of Wood's life. I give  here only those which seem to require a place in this 
volume. 

Mr ROW¢EY gave him  the choice of 300/. or 30/. per annum for 
his lire, which last he chose and never received one payment *. 
M r. Rowney erected the monument in Merton colledge for Mr. A. 
Wood, for which D r. Wood  ruade an epitaph, which was short ; 
though his works will be his monument. 

vhen after supper he would go into 
some bye ale-house in town, or else to 
one in some village neare, and there by 
himself take his pipe and pot. tte was 
by the vulgar at least taken to be a 
lom. Cath., and the author of these 
matters, who bath a great respect for his 
inemory, in his inquiries concerning him, 
could never hear any other report.' 
 it may be noted that they are some- 
rimes apocryphal. E.g. Hearne (MS. 
Collections, cxi. 24) mentions a report 
that Wood' tho' he was but 64 years 
of age had the looks of one of four- 
score.' But this seems irreconcileable 
with the testimony of Charlett (su_pra, 
p. 498) that Wood, in the year of his 
dea{h, was ' a very strong, lusty man.' 
 one or two of those which I omit 
here are notes from doculnents already 
cited. One or two bave been already 
quoted in notes to their context. Three 
are apocryphal :--(t) 'When any 
nobleman or gentleman came to visit 
this university he vas always sent for, 
to give them a proper and clear account 
of things.'--This is plainly an exaggcra- 
tion of what Wood says about Elias 
Ashmole (il. 164) and Ralph Sheldon 
(ii. 228). The Diaries give no hint of 
any respect, such as lïawlinson suggests, 

being shown to Wood. (2) ' Mr. Wood 
was wont to say that in the times of K. 
Carles 2 and K. James 2 when popery 
was thought to be favour'd, that they 
would call him a presbyterian.' This 
is a distorted and misleading remini- 
scence of what Wood says in his Diary, 
il. 227. I)uring the vhole of the 
popular agitation against popery, Wood 
was constantly being persecuted as a/ga- 
2 ist. (3) ' In his sickness there are some 
remarkable passages of him ; viz. that 
he should say when among a company 
of his friends, that /are knew he was a 
dcad mon, and that he had but a few 
days to lire, notwithstanding whiclt, he 
was then able (striking his carie with 
vehemence on the ground) to cane any 
man who skouM date tcll him that he 
was so: ]3ut this is entirely at variance 
xvithwhat Dr. Charlett says (supra, pp. 
498, 499) as to Wood's ignorance of his 
own danger and resigned and charitable 
eonduct when ruade aware of it. 
n Wood had ruade over to Thomas 
Rowney his interest in the Fleur de lute 
lease. 
 this is an error ; see su_pra, p. 49 . 
 Thomas Wood, Anthony's nephew, 
born in S. John Baptist parish, Oxford, 
was adm. probation fellow of New 



506 

IVOOD'S LIFE AND TIJ1ES. 

At his death his coins, which were many and curious, were given to 
the publick library, to New college library, and part sold to 
Porter a goldsmith, to whom he had lately given i 12L for a yearly 
annuity of  2/. 
He loved an ascetick lire so much, that he had no partner at his 
meals for above 3 ° years togcther, but had them privately in his own 
chamber. 
He lived longer in the distemper which he at length died of, than 
could be reasonably expected, and all the i7 days 1 of his illness he 
daily took out books and papers which he burned as they occurred, in 
imitation of a Roman cmperour, amongst which I have heard there 
was a Diary of his own life, which it is said he obliged ]I r. Tanner hot 
to publish till seven years aftcr his death. 
1 Ils indefatigable industry was so high, that through earnestness he 
would lmrst out of bleeding suddcnly, insomuch that he had a bason 
frequently held under him that he lnight hot spoil his papers. 

APPENDIX V. 

A 

ALLADE  ON THE DUKE OF lXlomt:Tn's ENTERTAINIIENT T 
OXFORD BY TItE RT. WORSHIPFULL THE MAJOR (R. I'AULING) 
AND THE VORSHIPFULL THE ALDERMEN AND BARGblEN OF THE 
CITY OF OXFORD. 
To the tune of ackbtton'sound. 

YEE Townsmen and Scholars draw near, 
And listen with care to xvhat I shall say ; 
And tho' many follys you chance for to hear, 
YCt more naany more xvcrc comittcd cach day. 

Coll. 2  Aug. x679 , and full fellow 24 
Aug. 1681; res. in 17o5, having been 
presented by the College to the rectory 
of IIardwicke, Bucks, on 23 Oct. Iîo 4. 
IIe procceded D.C.L. 23 Apr. îo3. IIe 
died at IIardwieke 2 July, Iî22, act. 
6L There is a portrait of him in the 
\Varden's Lodgings in Nev College, 
ti'om which it appears that he sttffered 
from the corpnlency characteristic of the 
\\'ood family (sec vol. i. p. 26, note 3)- 
 Dr. Rawlinson's characteristic in- 
accuracy is sccn hcrc. Wood dctro)cd 

no papers till Tanner's visit to him on 
23 Nov. (see supra, p. 5Ol), and he 
died on 29 Nov. The ' 7 days' cover 
the entire period of \Yood's illness, 
eleven of which had pzssed before 
Charlett saw him and sent Tanner to 
him (s«pra, p. 497)- 
 from MS. Douce 357, fol. 79" I have 
no doubt that this is the lampoon cited 
by Wood (vol. ii. p. 496) in connection 
with Monnlouth's visit, 6 and  î Sept. 
108o. Robert Pauling was mayor 1 
Nov. I67931 Oct. 68o. 



.'IPPENDIX V. 

507 

You here shall bee told 
IIoxv the young and thc old 
To the windows did run his grace to behold, 
And how by the Town hee was treated hcre dayly, 
lIow hee came in a D(uke) and went out* a ]3ayly. 
Oh Townsmen, you'd better your Charges have spar'd 
Then bave tum'd your bold ]3argmen to m(uste)r lire guard. 

But first I must tell you an unlucky mischancc 
Yhich lately did Happen to Alderlnan Wright , 
Who thinking the I)uke's good old Cause to Advance 
Had like to bave Ruin'd his pul-poses quite. 
In an Alehouse of late 
ttee zealously sate 
To prate of Succession and matters of State, 
To pull doxvn the Scholars and Set up the Town 
13ut alas! hec  as dasht at the Sight of a (OWll. 
Oh, etc. 
3- 
Ffor how,' quoth the Major,  shall the Scholars bec rul'd 
Since they neither vallue Religion nor Law ?' 
' Why,' quoth Wright, ' out bold Bargmen that will hot bec fool'd 
Shall deal with these Youngsters and keep thcm in awc.' 
When the fool's bolt was shot 
hec turn'd to his pot; 
But a Master of Arts coming in spoild his draught, 
And roughly demanded ' with whom they would deal,' 
'With nothing,' quoth Wright, ' but with selling of alc.' 
Oh, etc. 
And now out Town Champions at Severall posts 
Were Scattered Conveniently all up and down; 
The Maior and his Breethren ruade haste with their tosts, 
Then went to conduct the I)uke into Tovn. 
low along with his Grace 
In the very Saine place 
Was Rich 3 the discreet and the good Lord Lovelace, 
Men that ne're the truc Protestants" Cause yet forsooke, 
Of the best parts and fortunes except the Lord Duke. 
Oh, etc. 
5- 
The Worshipful Major first his Grace did Salute, 
And welcom'd his Higness most kindly to Toxxn, 
Then gave way to Squire Vf., Retir'd and was mute; 
Who, mounting lais rump, gently bow'd his Crowm 

a MS. has ' went in,' by a slip. 
" ' burgess for Oxford,' marginal note 
in MS. 
 ' Sir William,' marginal note. 
 1)el-haps Ilcnry White, second son 

of Sir Sampson Whitc, who seems to 
have been called 'squire White' to 
distinguish him from his father (stt'ra, 
p, 111 . IIcaslnayorin 1091--% 



508 

IIrOOD'S LIFE AND TIzlIES. 

Hee soon having done, 
Ffor another made Room, 
But first was resolv'd to make ail the Boys hum, 
Who Streyning their voices to the uppermost pitch 
Gave a Shoot as well worded as the 2klderman's speech. 
Oh, etc. 
6. 
1Vow facing about they rode back to the Town, 
Constllting what Inne they should Choose for his L,-race ; 
last the AIitre and Cross, never thought of the Crown, 
The Angell was too superstitious a place, 
The sooner, they swore, 
hee shold Lodge at the 17oar 
Then have ought for to doe with the raggs of the whore ; 
Soe, to the joy of the Godly and the Wicked oncs' Laughter, 
The Mayor hee wcnt first and the Duke hee came after. 
Oh, etc. 
7- 
1Vow leaving his Grace, to Town Hall they repair, 
Contriving to treat and to Welcome their Guest ; 
Vfhere, for want of a better, the Worshipfull Maior 
The fittest was thought to provide sueh a feast. 
To him they unite 
Mr. Aldcrman Wright 
As one that lov'd victualls vhen he could corne by't, 
Ffor while the Upper house sack and bisket devour 
Hee humbly desir'd Cakes and Aie for the Lower. 
Oh, etc. 
8. 
This wisely resolv'd, they retum to the Boar ; 
Where finding his Grace (where they left him) alone» 
]3eg'd pardon, and said they would doe soe noe more» 
And beg'd a good dinner might for it Attone. 
Soe out went his Grace 
(But in the first place, 
As I tould before, went the Mayor and his Mace) 
To a Sanctified lï)inner at Penruddock Hall, 
With a long winded Grace and a Cook of Walls. 
Oh etc. 
9- 
Knives and 1Vapkins were laid and other things Wanting 
('Tis well known the Townsmen had forks ail before); 
Then, under Sir-Loin, Sweaty Bargmen came panting; 
1Vext Capon, and Capon, and Capon, ail ore. 
There was Prat i of the Green 
P, ibbon Club to be Seen, 
And a Full Button Gown (you may know who I mean), 

* possibly John Pratt of Wadh. Coll., sec vol. il. pp. 43i, 497- 



APPEIVDLç Vo 

But poore Loxv was turn'd out. for by hic Evill face 
The Aldermen thought hec had groand ail his grace. 
Oh, etc. 
IO, 
When ]ï)inner was donc, as you know folks are wont, 
They drank a Grace Cup--but not to the King. 
Then prepare for the race, and their horse they mount, 
While the Boys lIonnlouth shout and the ]3ells Monmouth ring. 
With hoop and with hollow 
The Bargemen they follow 
And against Christ Church gates we Bishos they bellow, 
Ffor, 'Nor Gownsmen nor Townsmen nor ought need them' 
' Since Prat. drank zoe Bishois as well as the Mayor.' 
Oh, etc. 
II. 
And now wee are come to the Race in Portmead, 
Which Lovelace had hither from Woodstock remov'd ; 
The reason is plain, for 'ris Commonly said, 
Where least he is known hec is allways most lov'd. 
IIere another man won, 
Tho his Grace himselfe run, 
Ffor hec ended too slow and too fast hec beffun, 
Soe his horse overstrain'd turn'd Jade and fell down, 
As 'tis thought hee may doe in his Cause to the Crown. 
Oh, etc, 
Tho' things thus unhappily past in the mead, 
Yet an ale Inspir'd Bargman cry'd out that ' he reckon'd» 
If his Grace by ill Councellors vas hot misled, 
In a fortnight to see him King Jeamy the Second.' 
Now 'twas a sad thing 
Thus to kill our poor King 
When hee was as well as ever had been, 
But Mas you must pardon the heat of his Tale 
Thus doubly Inflam'd with Religion and Ale. 
Oh, etc. 
13. 
First, in order to th' Crown, Town ]3ayly they make him 
(That title must serve him since he mist Prince of Wales); 
And promise that if hee will never forsake 'em, 
His places at Court shall bee ruade out in vales. 
And now 'tis a plain Case 
his worshipful Grace 
iiay sit next to oates or Prance by his place. 
Alack and for pitty the Garter and Starr 
Shold ever bee cover'd with Tabby and furr. 
Oh, etc. 
14 • 
And now our Duke and his Bargmen must part, 
Some howers are spent in Noysy (arewells: 

5z9 

say ore 



.5 Io 

IVOOD'S LIFE AND TI3IES. 

As People are wont that are heavy af heart, 
The Townsmen make Bonfires and ring out the bells, 
Whilst the Duke doth command 
his Guard to disband 
And give them in pay two Guinnys in hand. 
Soe leaveing the mayor and his Brethren undone 
With three in his Guard hee departed for London. 
Oh, etc. 
Finis, 

APPENDIX VI. 

k I SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE RIOT THAT HAPPENED IN OXFORD ON 
WEDNESDA¥ NIGHT THE I ITH OF .APRII'. 683. 
w»: the hours of 8 and 9 of the clock, six young undergraduate 
servitor scholars came into the Magpy aie-bouse, in a lane  of that 
naine leading from St. Mary's to Merton College; and having got 
into a roome, 3 townsmen, that were in the next room of the same 
house over against them, immediately cry'd out, upon sight of them, 
a &mmouth I a ][onmoulh !, drinking healths severall times to him. 
Vhich being doue with much hallowing and shouting, the scholars 
apprehending it to be done in opposition to the government, and 
affront to them, began lhe duke OE krk's lalth. Which the townsmen 
then hearing, immediately c,T'd coustbn lo ]brk  Where upon the 
scholars asking them the reason of that rudenesse, one (Mr. Tayler) 
of the said townsmen, pulling of(f) his coat, cry'd God dammee, 1" 
box wiIh a OEyou. The scholars, to avoid all quarrell and disturb- 
ance, payd their reckoning (which was 4, and departed quietly to 
their respective colleges a quarter before 9 of the clock, having not 
been in the house above halfe an hour. 
Presently after, the aforesaid townsmen, coming out into the street, 
cry'd a 3Ionmoulh ! a 3Ionmouth !A Irke ! IIç'k fighl for 3Ion- 
mouth as loz as we can see, and # the lasl dro Cour bloud. Which 
being done with great hallowing and shouting, drew great numbers 
of the rabble to joyn with them. At which time (something belote 
nine), a scholar, as he was repairing to his college, happening to passe 
by, asked them zt,hal lhoE mnl by co,z)tg 'a sUonmoulh I a s[on- 

i from the original in MS. Tanner 338, 
fol. I0O (olim fol. zzi). It isendorsed 
• This is a true eopy of the narrative of 
the riot sent to the Privy Councell.-- 
Ar. Charlctt.' There is a transcript of 

this paper by Dr. Richard Rawlinson in 
MS. Rawl. C 739, fol. z. 
" now Grove Street: see Clark's 
Wood's City of Oxford, i. 623. 



APPENDLV VL 51 
mou/h ! A'o l"ork !' ? Without any other provocation, severall of 
them fell upon him, and with their clubs in their hands knocked him 
down severall rimes, giving him severall wounds in the head, some of 
them crying out _Aïll hi»z ! _ASll him ! Which in all probability they 
would bave effected, had hOt some, interposing, rescued him; by 
which means he ruade his escape out of their hands afid fled into 
cutler's shop adjoyning whither the aforesaid persons pursued him. 
At which rime Ir. Sparksl, one of the proctors, coming in to sup- 
presse the disorder, and enquiring what provocation the scholars gave 
them, none was marie out. He thereupon required them to depart 
peaceably to their respective homes. Which they refusing with much 
contempt and insolence, he seised one ]3ird, a watchmaker, one of the 
chief of the rioters. Which being no sooner done, the rioters encreas- 
ing, violently rescued him out of his hands. 
About which time (past io of the clock) the rioters still encreasing 
and continuing their clamours ail a long the I Iigh Street, Ir. proctor 
Charlett , being inform'd of it, came to them, they being then between 
two or 3 hundred in number; and having admonished and required 
them severall times in vaine to keepe the peace and disperse, he seised 
William Atkins, one of the most forward and busiest of the rioters, 
having received very reproachfull language from him and the rest 
before. While he was carrying to prison, the rabble, being animated 
to a rescue by severall persons anaongst them, pursue [1. Charlett, 
crying one and all lI,'le rescue Alkins ! IICle h«ve the proctor's bloud, 
throwing stones of a considerable weight after him aud those few which 
were his assistants. 
The proctor having recovered the wicket of the first gare of the 
Castle before the rioters overtooke him, a gentleman of London (a 
stranger), accidentally coming in and observing the manifest danger 
the proctor was in, defended the aforesaid wicket with his sword untill 
the proctor got in, with the prisoncr, into the Castle, the gentleman's 
lire having been in danger all that while from stones thrown at him by 
the nultitude. 
The rioters still continuing at the Castle, attempted to break open 
the prison gate, crying out, with manifold aud repeated oaths, 
'ouM h«ve the lrison,'r frlhw«Th, or else the proclor's and lhe z'icecha«- 
ccllor's bloud, Atkins the prisoner declaring severall times, both within 
and without the prison, in the hearing of severall pcrsons that he hoibcd 
 Thomas Spark, II.A. Ch. Ch. 8 Apr.  Arthur Charlett, II.A. Trin. z3 Nov. 
6î9, serving as pro-proctor of Roger 66, the Senior Proctor's çthcrdeputy. 
Altham çf Ch. Ch. the Senior l'rocttr. 



IVOOD'S LIFE AND TI3IE8. 

lo see, and that he did nol queslion u! lhat he shouM see, all the scholars 
and clergymet hanged, and that he would doe il ht)nselfe for tzvo ibence 
a-lbiece. The rioters still encresaing their fury and threatning the life 
of the proctor and, in order thereunto, threatned and did endeavour 
to force the prison gare and climbe over the wall. 
The proctor (Mr. Charlett) hereupon, being sensible of the danger 
he was in, dispatch'd a note with much difficulty by a backway to Mr. 
vicechancellor to desire his assistance. Upon the receipt of which, 
JXIr. vicechancellor, gathering such assistance as the rime would allow, 
came to the Castle. The rioters, upon notice of his approach, did 
disperse themselves, severall being by him, upon suspition of their 
having been in the riot, taken into custody,Jall xvhich, upon giving 
security to answer the law, were dismissed. Which, with the riot, 
ended that night between the hours of twelve and one of the clock. 
Since this we have been endeavouring to make what discovery we 
could of the riot and the persons concerned in it, and we have round 
out severall of the chief, hoping still to make further discovery. 

APPENDIX Vil. 

ALL SOULS ]IALLARD 1 
THE griffine, bustard, turky, and capon, 
Lett other hungry mortalls gape on 
And on theire bones with stomacks fall hard 
but lett Ail Souls men have the mallard. 
The Romans once admir'd a gander 
more then they did their best commander 
because hee saved, if some dont fooll us 
The place named from the scull of Tolus 

x see C. W. C. Omau's All Smtls in 
The Colleges of Oxford (M ethuen, 189 I), 
p. 222 : Professor ]3urrows' ll'orthies of 
All Souls, p. 429 . In L. M. Quiller 
Couch's Reminiscences of Oxford, pp. 
242-246 , will be round the earliest and 
latest extant accounts of this custom, 
Hannibal Baskerville's (? who died x665, 
see vol. i. p. 269) and Reginald Heber's 
(written in 18Ol). The copies of the 
song (for the music of which, see Couch, 
L c. p. 245 ) differ considerably both in 
readings and in the order in which the 
verses corne. The version given here is 

probably the earliest now obtainable. 
It is now in MS. Tanner 306, fol. 378, 
but belonged to Wood ; and has on it a 
note by him in his earlier hand (written 
eirc. 1662). The song itself is not in 
Wood's hand, but was probably supplied 
to him by an Ail Souls mancp, vol. i. 
P. 35 I. It is strange that the chorus is 
omitted :-- 
Hough the bloud of King Edward, by 
the bloud of King Edward 
It was a swapping swapping mallard. 
 Capitolium. 



MPPENDLY Vil. 

53 

The poets fam'd Jove Turn'd a swan 
But lett them prove it if they can 
So mak't appeare its notatt all hard 
Hee was a swapping swopping mallard. 
Some storys strange are told I trow 
J3y Baker, Holinghead, mad Stow 
Of Cocks and bulls and other queir things 
That happ'd in the reigne of theire kings. 
Hee was swapping all from bill fo eye 
He was swapping ail from wing fo thigh 
tIis swapping toole of genemtion 
Out swappèd all the winggèd nation. 
Then let us drink and dance a galliard 
In the remembrance of the mallard 
And as the mallard doth in poole 
Let's dabble dire and duck in bowle. 

r4 January I at night used formerly to be called Al]soules Co]lege 
mall«rd nt'ghl, that is, I suppose, no other then the ' Fresh night' 3. 
For that day those candidates, which had been chosen on Allsoules 
day going before, were admitted ; and that daye or soone after the 
probationers for the yeare before going were to be admitted fellowes . 
Those that were thus to be admitted fellowes were brought from their 
chambers in the middle of the nighte (having neither gowne or band 
on 4), somtimes on a coule-staffe , and so led in the hall and about 
the college. 13efore whome some of the junior fellows, somtimes dis- 
guised, would sing a song in praise of the mallard.--This following  
I take to be ruade much about the restauration of Charles II. 

1 this note is in Wood's hand. 
 in each College, on a fixed night, 
the freshmen of the past year were 
solemnly made 'seniors.' At Merton 
this night for the initiation of freshmen, 
called therefore 'the Fresh night,' was 
Shrove Tuesday ; see an account of the 
preliminaries in vol. i. pp. 133, 134, and 
of the night itself ibid. pp. 138-14o. 
In 1661 Wood regrets that 'fresh 
nights' are 'vanished,' vol. i. p. 423. 
' Fresh nights' at Brasenose, with their 
bantering speeches, are mentioned in 
vol. ii. p. 96. 
 in most Colleges a fellow was on 
election admitted to a year of probation ; 
after which he had to be approved by 
the society and again admitted before he 
became full fellow ç' socius perpetuus '). 

VOL. III. 

Admission was sometimes refused after 
the year of probation ; see an inst,-mce 
in vol. il. p. 511. 
* see vol. i. p. 138. 
 a' coule' was a large bucket car- 
ried on a pole (the 'coule-staff') be- 
tween two men ; see vol. i. p. 62. The 
position of being carried on a pole is now 
supposed to be an out-of-date punish- 
ment for scolds, or an accompaniment 
in America of 'tar and fcathcrs' (see the 
engraving in Mark Twain's lfuckleberry 
Finn at the end of chap. xxxiii) ; but in 
country places in Scotland and the 
north of England if is still common as 
a jocular punishment among lads and 
young men, and is called 'riding on 
the stang.' 
« i. e. the verses givcn sttra. 
L1 



54 WOOD'S ZIFE .,IND TIA[ES. 

APPENDIX VIII. 

HOSTILITY TO THE SURPLICE I AT THE RESTORATION. 
I HAVE now found the paper to which Wood refers in vol. i. p. 2380. 
It is the draft of a letter to XVilliam Sprigg (ex-fellow of Lincoln Col- 
lege) dated 7 Feb. 66ï, now in the Wood Letters. The passage in 
question is as follows :-- 
' I cannot but acquaint you with a speciall passage in Lync. Coll. 
of lXIr. Sub-re[c]tor... , who lately provided himselfe with a surplice, 
as the test of the fellowes did ; but before he wore it himselfe one of 
the gent. comm. (he being out of the way) put it on after supper, and 
came up to the common tire to make them sport and (if it were pos- 
sible) to fi'ight them (having his face besmeared with black) with such 
an unwonted habit and visage--and hot only soe, but with hall a dozen 
other schollers at his heeles went to other places in the College to doe 
the like, unseemly (as it seemed) for such a sacred robe. But after- 
wards Mr. subre[c]tor hearing how it was abused (as he thought) said 
that "it should never goe into God's bouse." Wherfore though he 
was perswaded to use some sanctified soap to purifie it againe, yet 
that would hot serve his turne; but sold it to Mr. Sherrard  for halfe 
the worth it cost him and bought him another.' 

APPENDIX IX. 

IXPULSlON AND tESTORATION OF THE tRESlDENT AND FELLOWS OF 
IAGDALEN COLLEGE, 1687, 688. 
{ood's narratives of these, the chief Oxford incidents of the latter hall of his 
later lire, are now round in MS. Tanner 456 b (or 456*) fol. 21-42. They exist in two 
separate droits derived from different informants. I have given both but arranged 
them chronologically. I had hoped to be able to omit them in the beliefthat they 
were adequately represented by the documents in Dr. Bloxam's 131adalen College 
and tVinJ«mes lI (Oxford, for the Oxford Historical Society, t886) ; but I find 

1 Wood's copy of the verses ' Lowe's 
lamentation,' describing the filthy trick 
at Christ Church, narrated in vol. i. p. 
358, 359, is fonnd in MS. Tanner 3o6, 
fol. 373- 
 Nathanicl Crew, Subrector of 

Lincoln College I66O-I66I. 
z Rovland Sherrard, B.A. Magd. Il. 
13 Feb. I65 , M.A. Linc. 17 June 1657 , 
el. fellow of Lincoln 4 Ang. 66o, 
vacated his fellowship (I conjectnre) in 
1662. 



APPEWDIX IX. 

55 

that these Wood papers have something of an independent authority, frequently 
I,resenting a different (and possibly a more natural) order in the sequence of ques- 
tion and answer in the interrogatories and of topics in the speechcs, besides many 
verbal differences and little, but pictorial, details.) 

( The Commissioncrs' ibroceedings on Friday mornhtg, Oclober 2I.) 
FglDA¥ 1, (Oct. 21, I687) , at 8 in the morning the commissioners 
sate in the hall . 
According to the citation, the president 3 and certain fellowes 
appeared and answered to their names as they were called, and then 
the Commission was read. The bishop of Chester entertained them 
with an English speech 4 for about half an hour, wherein he reproved 
them for their disobedience and exhorted them to a better behaviour. 
And then they went to io a-clock prayers. 

( The Commissioners' ibroceedings on Friday aflcrnoon, Oclobcr 21-- 
summary account.) 
Post meridiem , at two of the clock the eommissioners appeared 
againe in the same place ; against which, there were railes put up to 
keep off the crowd. 
The question was put to the president whether he would submit to 
the visitation. He answered he would so fart as it consistcd with the 
lawes of the land and statures of the college. 
Then the fellowes being calld, they all gave the saine answer. 
Then the demies, chaplains, clerks, choristers, and collcge servants, 
were all called; which was all as to them. 
Then the president and fellows were asked why lhcy did no/o3ey lhe 
kz)zg's mandal  for [he bishoib of Oxon. They answered, 'lwas e,xressly 
againsl lhcir slalules. Upon which the statutes were produced and 
that branch or chapter relating to elections r was read. 
Then debate followed about the obligation of those oathes and 
statutes and the king's power of dispensing with them. 
Then the register of acts and elections were called for to shew how 
many kings had sent mandates for presidents. But they denied it at 
1,resent, and promised it should be forthcoming the next day. 

1 from Wood's papers in MS. Tanner 
456 b, foi. 33- "Wood notes his infor- 
mant :--' These things from Hul.' This 
contraction I am unable to explain. 
 su_pra, p. 49- 
 Dr. John Hough. 
 I31oxam's 3[a£d. Coll. andJa2lws Il, 

p. 114. 
n from MS. Tanner 456 b, fol. 33- 
 Wood notes :-- quacre, the day 
when dated.' Dated 4 Aug., received 
in Magd. Coll. 7 Aug. ; Bloxam» L c. 
pp. 82-83. 
 printed in Bloxam, L c. pp. 5-I . 

Li2 



516 WOOD'S ZIFE AND TIIES. 
Then they adjourned, to (meet in) the common chamber at 8 of 
the clock the next day. 

( The Commissioners' proceedings on Friday aflernoon, Ocl. u xfull 
account.) 
An account I of the proceedings of Dr. Thomas Cartwright, bishop 
of Chester; (Sir Robert) Wright, Lord Cheif Justice; and Sir 
Thomas Jennor, one of the Barons of the Exchecquer, against Dr. 
John Hough, president of/V/agdalen College and the fellows of that 
Society, Friday 21 Oct. 1687, in Magd. Coll. hall 3. 
In the morning, their commission being read and bishop Cart- 
wright's speech a spoken, and the court adjourn'd till two in the after- 
noon. 
The proceedings then 4 were as follow  :-- 
l?. Cartwright. Dr. Hough, you submit to out visitation, don't you ? 
lr. Ifougk. I submit to it, my Lord, no further than it is consistent with the 
laxves of the land and statutes of out college (which I ara sxvome to observe). 
ow, my Lord, the commission that was read this day doth give you power to 
insert, abolish, or alter as you please any stature in any « society in either of the 
Universities. My Lord, in that body of our statures there is one (that I ara sxvorne 
to) positively saies there shall hOt the least alteration be me.de Dt any of them, and 
therefore I am obliged by my oath hot to surfer any of them to be altered. 
t?. Cartwright. Let us sec that statute. 
[Dr. Hough sends for the statutes from his lodgings, lookes 
out the statute, and reads it. Which when read being found to 
be ver)" strict and close to the purpose, the bishop sayes--] 
t?. CartwrigM. Dr. Hough, do you imagine that a privat stature can contra- 
dict out commission that extends in public to both Universities ? or do you think 
that it is not in out power to alter any of your statutes, because you say you are 
obliged by your oath hot to sec or surfer any such thing ? 
Z)r. Itotffl. My Lord, thus far I acknowledge your power reaches--you may 
alter statures in respect of persons that corne after, which, when altered or ruade, 
are proposed to them before they sxveare to the observance of them ; but hot in 
respect of us, who have sworen to keep them as they are already ruade without the 
l, ast alteration or diminution ; for, sure I am, no power under heaven can free me 
from the obligation of the oath I bave taken. 

a from Wood's papers in MS. Tanuer 
456 b (or 456"), fol. 2I sqq. Of this 
account pp. I6-5I 9, Wood notes ' all 
this from Mr. Richard Tayler's copie.' 
u Bloxam's lIag. ColL andJames II, 
pp. 2, 1t3; supra, p. 249. 
 see a version of it in Bloxam, L c. 

pp. I I4-I I7. 
 i.e. at 2 P.M. 
 there are considerable differences 
betxveen this version and that printed in 
Bloxam, L c. pp. I2o-Ia 3. 
 MS. bas ' either,' by a slip. 



tPPENDIX IX. 51 7 
BIg. Cartwright. ¥ou say you have sworen to the observance of the body of 
your statutcs. I pray you if thcre tan be no alteration ruade in your statutes, how 
cornes it to pass that you don't read mass every day  I ara sure your statutes say 
you should. 
lr. ttough. My Lord, that statute wa» not statute when I was admitted, for 
the lawes of the land bath freed us from the obligation of it. 
t. Cartwright. What law of the land  I know no such law.--What  
law of Queen Elizabeth  
lr. Iough. If, my Lord, the law of the land had hot abolished mass, I can't 
see how out liturgie came tobe anthorized. 
I'. Charnock (a fellow popishly affccted, speaks)--My Lord, I don't see any 
necessity why the statute  of the mass should not be in force still. 
Z)r. ttough and thefellezvs. My Lord, he will not see it--he is for the mass. 
17. Cartwright. Oh! I beg your pardon. I shan't ask him any questions, 
I shan't. 
Z)r. IZough. Besicles, my Lord, that statute had it hOt been abolished by any 
law of the land, 'twould never have obliged us, for, ,as long as in my conscience I 
knew the matter of itis unlawfull, the obligation ceases. 
. Cart2vriKht. Well, but if your statutes can be no way altered or dispenced 
with, how came it to pass that the late Dr. Clcrk was admitted president, being a 
physitian. I ara sure that your statures say that your president should be a man 
in orders, for he is obliged by them to read mass at such and such times in the 
yeare. Lawyers, I know, take orders; physitians very seldome. 
Z)r. ]Iugh. Dr. Clerk did take orders ; and out statures do hot oblige us to 
adroit no one of out presidents but who is actually in orders, for they allow him 
some time after his admission, and if in that time he goes into orders he is capable 
of the place according to stature ; and within that time lgr. Clerk took orders. 
t. Cartwright. Since you say there hath hot been, nor can be» any alteration 
of your statutes, how chance  you did hot proceede according to stature in the last 
election of your president ? 
Thefellmves. My Lord, wee did. 
t. Cartwright. Hov so? your statures say there should be so many dayes 
before you proceed to an election. 
2hefcllowes. Our statures say vee must elect a president within 5 dayes after 
the place is void, and 'twas the very last day wee could stay before wee elected 
this Dr. Hough. 
t. Cartwright. But how chance at the  5 m day you elected Dr. Hough, vhen 
the king's mandate nominated another. 
Z)r. Iouffh. That other çwhich vas Mr. Anthony Fariner) that the king gave 
a mandat to for the place vee knev to be tmcapable of the place, and vee bave 
sufficiently proved it. 
t. Carlwright. Granting that Mr. Farmer was incapable of it, how came it 
to pass that vhen you had received the king's mandat you sent vord to the earl of 
Sunderland  that the person the king had nominated was unfit for the place, and 
therefore you did humbly desire that his majesty vould recommend another that 
was fit for it and you vould thankfully receive him ; and yet notwithstanding when 
the earl of Sunderland's answer came with a mandat to you to elect the bishop of 
1 in the Magdalen College statures. « how chance that he" ; correct note 2 
z ' chance' here, and inja, is used on that page. 
for ' chanced it.' The true reading  Robert Spencer, 2nd earl, one of the 
therefore in vol. ii. p. 259 is no doubt principal Secretaries of State. 



518 

VOOD'S LIFE AND TI¢]IES. 

Oxon , you sent him word that the place was full--my question is how came you 
to fill the place contrary to the king's mandat and your owne proposal in that 
letter ? 
29r. !-o«ffk. Had the king sent another, and one fit, within statutable time, 
wee had thankfully received him. My Lord, within 15 dayes they * were bound 
by their oathes to elect a president ; and because the earl of Sunderland's answer 
came not in that time, therefore were they forced to make such an election as they 
bave. 
Lord Chief.[uslice I9"ighl. In the king's mandat is implyed an inhibition in 
respect of ail others, and by verrue of the king's prerogative there is supposed a 
reserve from what privat statutes require. 
Dr. 14rougk. That's post my mderstanding, my Lord ! Neither since the college 
bath been founded has there been an instance of that nature. 
t3#. CarlwrigAt. What time was the college founded ? 
Z)r. ttougk. In the time of King Henry VI. 
t#. Cartwrigkl. Well, xvhen a king suffers a college to be founded, alwaies 
supposes sach a reserve for his owne power. 
Dr. tZough. When a king suffers a eollege to be founded in his dominions, and 
approves of the statutes that are mode for it, and nothing therein is exprest imply- 
ing such a reserve, wee, to whome those statutes are delivered and who positively 
sweare to an absolute performance of them, cannot mappose any such reserve 
implyed in them. 
13#. Cartwright. And you never knew an instance of this nature ? 
Dr. I-Iougl. No, my Lord. Since the eollege bath been founded wee bave had 
2o presidents and never but 4 mandats, and these ail within the rime. 
13#. CartwrigM. To my knowledge (as I bave been informed) there was one 
Oliver  who had so, besides these 4; for he earried his mandat from fellow to 
fellow and shewd it them, and they went into the çhaææell immediatly and 
elected him. 
D: I-Zougfi. He was freely elected, neither was his mandat read in the chappell, 
neither do wee know of any such thing. 
13#. Cartwright. How do you know he had no mandat ? 
i)r. I-ougk. There is no such thing in our registers. 
132#. Cartvrigkt. Where are your registers ? Let us see your registers. 
/r./ouh. They were taken away in the late rebellion * ; but we know it by 
good information. 

I Samuel Parker, consecrated bishop 
of Oxford, 17 Oct. I686. 
* the fellows of the college. 
z John Oliver, president, 24 May 
644. 
* Wood notes, in the margin, that 
this statement is ' false.' In the version 
in Bloxam, L c. p. 2, it is implied that 
the statenlent was ruade only of the 
P.egister for the years 64o-66o. The 
question as to the truth or falsity of the 
statement would seem to depend on 
what volumes are meant by the ' Re- 
gisters.' In Magdalen College every 
document which was passed under the 

College seal was engrossed in one of 
a series of volumes, called noxv ' the 
Ledgers,' but sometimes formerly «the 
P.egisters ' ; and the series of these is 
perfect, containing copies of the acts of 
election of Presidents, which were pre- 
sented to the Visitor, the bishop of 
Winchester, when the new President 
presented himself for admission. But 
there were also Vice-president's -.e- 
gisters,' containing notes of events, elec- 
tions, etc., of which the earliest extant 
volume is for 166o ; alld these therefore 
ma), be here meant. 



APPENDLV IA'. 5 ! 9 
p. Cartwright. Is this yonr way of dealing with us. 9 First, you qnote your 
registers ; and then, tell us they are taken away. If yon bave any registers, deal 
above board with us, and wee will with you, and let us sec them. 
Z)r. 1Zouffh. Wee have one of the time since the king came in. 
t. Cartwright. Where is it ? Send for it. 
Dr. Ilough. Wee eannot eome at it, for there are severall keys to the dore, 
and Dr. Aldsworth, out vice-president, bas one» and he is out of town. 
t2h. Cartwright. He is not farr, if he be. Let's senti for him. But I know 
Dr. Aldsworth is so much a gent. and so submissive to authority that he would 
not keep a key since he has been pronounced I not vice-president. Deal inge- 
niously; if he hath hot the key, say so. Dr. Hough» have you any registers in 
your owne keeping? 
Dr. I¢ough. Ves, my Lord, I bave one. But I eonceive I ara obliged by 
statute to keep it ; and therefore I desire rime to consider of it, my Lord. 
B. Cartwright. No rime : but let's sec it. 
Sir ThomasJener. Vou question our authority, you question our authority, 
I thinl. Did not our commission say wee were to call for and sec ail papers, etc. 
B2b. Cartwright. Wcll, gentlemen, first of ail, I demand ail your registers ; 
2, I demand that you exhibit the state of your revenews of your college, with an 
account of your benefactors what every one gave, to what uses the money was 
designed, and how farr itis imployed in those uses and how farr itis converted to 
others--or, in plaine English, how farr it was designed for hospitality and how 
farr converted to your owne (use) ; and, 3dly, I demand to produce a copie of ail 
your leases you have let out for these two yeares last past, to whome you have 
let them out and what fines you have received upon them. Mr. steward » do you 
heare ? Pray look out those leases. 
Z)r. lrtougk. This requires time, and I hope you will grant it, my Lord. 
Bp. Cartwright. Till next Tuesday. 
[Then Charles Holloway (called lqecessity Holloway ) pre- 
sented a petition in behalf of Dr. Rogers *, viz. that the other 
organist  might be turned out and he againe restored to his 
place.] 
Then the commissioners adjourned till Saturday morning, to the 
Common Room. 

( The Commissioncrs" proceedings on Salurday morm'ng, 2z Ocl.) 
Saturday  morning (22 Oct.) at 8 o'clock in the common cham- 
ber . 
The first thing, they sent for the president and asked him whether 

1 on 2 June 1687; see supra, pp. 
z47, 48. 
 here the bishop addresses the Col- 
lege lawyer, James Almont. 
 vol. ii. p.  6. 
* Benjamin Rogers,Mus.D.,appointed 
organist of Magd. Coll. z July 664; 
dismissed 18 Jan. 168, for the reason 

given i'a, p. 527, and more fully in 
]31oxam's Reg. Coll. Magd. ii. 198 , 
199. 
 Francis Pigott, appointed organist 
29 Jan. I68, resigned (?) 1687 (?). 
6 from MS. Tanner 456 b, fol. 34- 
 su2hra, P. z49 ; ]31oxam, p. 127. 



IVOOD'S LIFE AND TI3IES. 

he would resigne the keys of the college to them. He asked whether 
they meant the keys of the president's lodgings, meaning, to resigne 
lais presidentship. They said, Yea. Then they admonished him, 
i ma vice, 2 a, 3 a, so to doe: but continuing obstinat, they sent for the 
buttery book and struck his naine out. Then they went to prayers. 
(Note that) tho' they retired to the common chamber for privacy, 
yet many hOt of the college crowded in. 

( The Commssioners' proceedings on Salurday afh, rnoon, 22 OcL) 
(Saturday 1, z2 Oct.) in the afternoon at 2 of the clock they met 
there = againe, and sent for the fellowes. To whome they read the 
king's mandat for the bishop of Oxon to be president, and required 
their submission to it. Which ail denied, except Dr. Thomas Smith 
and lIr. Robert Charnock. 
While these things were in debate Dr. Hough the president carne in 
and interrupted them (with) words to this effeet :--' Iprotest against 
.yourproceedings,' ail that they had done and should doe, 'as to lhe 
college' ; and appealed to the king's courts of justice ; and that their s 
' whole proceedings were aritrary, u»just, and null' ; and desired that 
those words lnight be registred. Whereupon they caused them to be 
registred, and read them over to him three rimes to let him deliberat 
them and stand to them. 
At the end of Dr. Hough's protestation the scholars who were at 
the other end of the roome ruade a hum, whereupon the Visitors took 
it in indignation, stood up, and threatned to send them to prison. 
Wherupon they ran out of the roome. Dr. Hough, being forbid the 
day before to surfer none but the college members to corne in, was 
severely checkd and bound to his good behaviour, to appeare at the 
King's bench the next terme for a tumult ; and then gave in his suer- 
ties, lr. Henry Holding, fellow, and l'Ir. (Richard) Clarke, A.I. 
They prorogued till Tuesday (z 5 Oct.): at what rime  they sent 
an accompt of their proceedings to London. 

( 3Ionday, 24 Ocloaer.) 
lunday » morning, z4 Oct., in a congregation bp. Cartwright's son  
was admitted ad eundem M.A., after a scrutiny had passed. 

 from IçS. Tanner 456 b, fol. 34. 
 i.e. in the Common Room. 
 MS. has ' they,' by a slip. 

i.e. on 25 Oct.; see ioEra, p. 522. 
from 1S. Tanner 456 b, fol. 35- 
John Cartwright, su2Sra, p. 24i. 



APPENDIX IX. 5 OE I 

(Thc Commissioners' procccdings on Tuesday morning, z 50cl.) 
Tuesday '-, z5 Oct. at 8 in the morning in the common chamber. 
They asked them  in order whether they would install s the bishop 
of Oxon in the presidentship of Magd. Coll. They all gave an 
answer that they could not. Whereupon the commissioners and their 
officers went into the chapel and there gave lIr. (William) Wickins, 
the bishop's ehaplain (who was his proxie), the founder's oath, the 
oathes of supreamacy and allegiance. Which done they sent for the 
keys of the president's lodgings. But being 4 they could not be round, 
(,for Dr. Hough had left the lodgings the last Saturday ), they sent for 
the smith and brake open the dore and dores, and entred, and gave 
the proxie possession. 
Afterwards they retired to the common chamber for a time, and so 
home. 

( The Commissioncrs' proceedings on Tuesd, aflernoon, 25 Ocl.) 
(Tuesday 6 25 Oct.) in the afternoone they met in the common 
chamber againe, and called all the fellowes, and asked 7 them one by 
one whether they would submit and be governed by the bishop of 
Oxon as their president. Dr. Henry Fairfax being the senior, he 
answered that he could, nor zoould, noL The rest answered that lhcy 
voould, in omnibus licih's el honeslis. 
Then they asked the chaplaines, demies, clerks, choristers, and ser- 
vants: who gave in the same answer, except (Robert) Gardiner the 
(under-)porter (who had been put in by Dr. Henry Clerk), who 
answered he could, and wouhl, nol. 
Afterwards they sent for the buttry book and erossed or dashed out 

1 from MS. Tanner 456 b, fol. 35- 
u the fellows of Magd. Coll. 
3 , install ' substituted for ' admit.' 
4 'being' is clearly used here in a 
peculiar idiom, equivalent to ' it being 
the case that.' It onght to stand in 
one or tvo other places in the diaries, 
where I have suggested the substitution 
of ' seeing' for it. 
 supra, p. 49- 
ç from MS. Tanner 456 b, fol. 3 b. 
u in MS. Tauner 456 b, fol. 3 u, Wood 
has a paper of which he notes 'This 
paper is added to the former by Mr. 
Richard Taylor.' It runs : 

' Tuesday, 25 Oct., in the aftemoon 
this question was proposed by the com- 
missioners : 
' Question. «' Whether you will obey 
the bishop of Oxon, installd "--for he 
xvas installd in the morning--" by his 
majcstie's authority» in licitis et ho- 
nestis ? " 
Answer. "Since his majesty bath 
been pleased by his authority to cause 
the bishop of Oxon to be installed pre- 
sident, wee submit to him as farr as it 
is lawfull and agreable to the statures 
of the college." ' 



5OEOE bVOOD'S LIFE AND TIilIES. 
Dr. Fairtax his naine, and commanded him to depart and take away 
his goods in such a tilne. Whereupon he said lhcy proceed«d unjttstly, 
and appealed from their court to the king's court of equity. After 
that they struck out the (under-)porter's naine. 
Then they had Dr. (Benjamin) Rogers his case, or questfon about 
his being turned out of his organist's place. But they i satisfied the 
Visitors so well about his scandalous and fantasticall actions that they 
rested satisfied. 
Tuesday  night, z5 Oct., they s sent a messenger to London to 
make a report of their proceedings and (to ask) how to proceed 
further. 

( Tl,'e Commissioners' ibroceedi»gs on llédn., 26 Ocl. ) 
Wednesday4, 26 Oct., they met in the morning in the common 
chamber, and took into their debate the marrer about stinting their 
diet, and why the basket was hot kept up. Their answer was they 
gave it away in money at Xtmas and other times, to pote house- 
keepers «. They rested satisfied. 
Then why they converted their old chappell 7 which had been 
disused time out of mind, into lodging rooms. They answered, they 
did it with consent of the vicar 8. 
Another thing 9, quaere. 
Wednesday, 26 Oct., in the afternoon they sate hOt 10. 

( Te Commissioners' 7roceedz)2Ks on TAursday, 2  Ocl.) 
Thursday n, 27 Oct., they sate but little in the morning and took 
into there debate the buiness of one Tey *, somtimes  clerk or 

 i.e. the fellows. 
- from MS. Tanner 456 b, fol. 37- 
 i.e. the commissioners. 
 from two drafts in MS. Tanner 
456 b, fol. 36 b, fol. 37. See Bloxam, 
l. c. p. 16o. 
 Wood notes :--' It was put downe 
in 16672 See vol. ii. p. 124. 
« one draft says :' in money to poore 
housekeepers at Xtmas.' 
v i.e. that of S. John Baptist Hospital, 
which was suppressed to round the Col- 
lege : see Cark's W'ood's City of 
lord, ii. p. 526. 
 ' vicar' is, I think, a slip for ' Visi- 
tor ' ; cp. Bloxam,/. c. p. 62. 

 i.e. Wood thought another act ofthe 
College was called in question by the 
COlnmissioners. I do hot find that any 
other marrer was touched on at this 
meeting. 
xo in one draft Wood added here : 
' They sent a messenger to London for 
new orders.' But he scored it out, this 
being done on Tuesday night: see 
sr. 
u from MS. Tanner 456 b, fol. 3ï b. 
The draft on fol. 36 b says :---' 27 Oct., 
Thursday, they sate hot : quaere.' 
1 William Tey, chorister,  6'6-168 ; 
Bloxam's Reg. Coll. Magd. i. oî. 



APPEWDIX IX. 

chorister, who left the college and was afterwards a trooper: he dc- 
sired allowance for his place. 
Thursday afternoone (they) sate little (at 5 at night). 
That night expresses came 1. 

( The Commissioners' proceedi»gs on Friday, 28 Oct.) 
Friday 2 morne at 8 of the clock. The fellowes ail called, except 
I)r. Thomas Smith and I)r. Alexander Pudsey, to know whether thcy 
would submit to the bishop of Oxon. Who ail denied. 
Adjourned till 16 Nov. 
Friday 3, 28 Oct., in the morning Mr. Fulham was suspended: the 
forme thus-- 
' Wheras you, Mr. Georg Fnlham, in opprobrious words have pass'd a eontempt 
upon the court, their Lordships have thought fit to suspend you from the profits 
of your fellowship during his majestie's pleasure, and hereby you are deelared 
suspended : and you the fellowes and the rest of the eollege are to take notice of 
it, and acquint the butler with it.' 

( The Commissioners' proceedings on Tues@, 15 NOV,) 
Nov. 15, Tuesday, the 3 commissioners (before mentioned in 
October) were conducted into Oxon by 3 troops of horse, who went 
out of Oxon to meet them. 
They put into the Magd. Coll., where all the great gates were set 
open ; and were received by the new president (the bishop of Oxon, 
who took possession of the president's lodgings 2 Nov., Wedn.) into 
the president's lodgings, where they continued during their stay in 
Oxford. 

(The Commissioners' roceedt)tgs on Wednesday, 16 Novem3er-- 
summary account.) 

Nov. 16, Wednesday 4, in the morn. in the common chamber. 
They first admitted Mr. William Joyner in the place of Dr. Henry 
Fairfax; next Mr. Job Allibond brother to judge (Sir Richard) 
Allibond (both, the nephews of Dr. John Allibond ), in the place of 
Thomas Ludford, a fellow lately deceased of the small pox. ]3oth 

1 in the other draft :--' The mes- 
senger retumed and brought word that 
that answer,' suibra, p. 521, " in omni- 
bus li«itis et honestis, was not suffieient.' 
,'5_'ee Bloxam's 2lraffd. Coll. and Jaunes 
II, p. I69. 
 from MS. Tanner 456 b, fol. 37 b. 

* from MS. Tanner 456 b, fol. 32. 
See sra, p. 249. 
 from MS. Tanner 456 b, fol. 38. 
 toaster of Magd. Coll. school, 1625 
-632 ; vol. il. pp. 4 I, I42 ; Bloxam's 
Reg. Coll. Magd. iii. p.  56. 



54 I.VOOD'S LIFE .AND TIiIES. 
which took the oath only belonging to the admission of a feIlow, and 
were exeused from ail other oathes ; but blundered mueh at that 
oath. 
Then the bishop of Chester made a long and elaborate speeeh 
against the fellows' disobedienee, and ript up all for the worse of their 
actions sinee the king's restauration. 
Then they ealled all their names, and tendered a paper to each to 
be subseribed by them, by which they were to aeknowledge their 
errour and subseribe a submission for what they had done. And 
being offered one by one (exeept to Dr. Thomas Smith 1, for to him 
it was hot offerd), they were all (in number 2S) pronouneed non-sociL 
(Jasper) Thomson, a fellow who is . . . to the king, he told 
them he had su3milled fo the king, and did su3miL Robert Charnock 
also did submit. 
So that besides these three, all, to the number of 25, were pro- 
nounced non-socii; and in the afternoon were stuck up on the college 
gate, and so was Dr. Henry Fairfax. 
The forme of the paper of expulsion runs thus s :__ 
[Where as in out visitation of Magdelen College it appears unto us that 

Dr. Charles Aildworth 
Dr. Alexander Pudsey 
Dr. John Smith 
Dr. Thomas Bayly 
Dr. Thomas Stafford 
lir. Robert Ailmoth 
liainkering Hammond 
John Rogers 
Iichard Strickland 
Henry Dobson 
James Bayly 
John Davis 
Frances Bagshaw 

James Fayrer 
Joseph Hawworth 
Thomas ]3ateman 
George Hunt 
"William Cradock 
John Guilman 
George Fulhan 
Charles Penniston 
Robert Hyde 
Edward Yerbury 
Henry Holden 
Stephen Weelks, 

ellows of the said college, hath been gnilty of disobedience to his majestie's com- 
rnand, and obstinately contemned his royall authority, and doth still perversely go 
on in the saine, we have thought fit upon mature considerations thereof to declare 
pronounce and decree that the fellows of the aforesaid Colledge be expelled and 
deprived of there fcllowship and according we deprive and expell them from the 
same. 
Given under our seale the 5 day  of Nov. 68.] 

 Wood notes :' Dr. Thomas Smith 
reported in the French Gazet to be a 
papist, because he kept in.' 
* a word here of six letters, which 
 cannot make out : the sense seems to 
be ' submissive.' 

s the copy which follows (MS. Tan- 
ner 46 b, fol. 4 o) is not in Wood's 
hand, being a copy sent him by some 
one. 
 sic, in error for 6 Nov. 



APPENDIX IX. 

55 

After this 2 of the dernies were entred fellows :--viz. (Sarnuel) 
Junipher 1, who was with (Anthony) Fariner at Abendon vhen the 
mandamus carne for his presidentship, and (Thornas) Itiggons, son of 
Sir Thornas Itiggons. 
Two others in the demies' places. 
The cornrnissioners left Oxon, Wednesday, 16 Nov. i687, about 
2 in the afternoone. The king allowed them and their retinue zoli. 
per diern. 

( The Commissioners' proceedings on llédn«sday, I6 2Vovemaer--full 
account.) 

Wednesday , I6 Nov. (i687) at nine in the morning. The corn- 
missioners appointed to visit Magd. Coll. in Oxon being then sate in 
the common ehamber of that college, the first thing that they did, they 
sent for the buttery book. Then called for Mr. Williarn Joyner and 
Mr. (Job) Allibond (the former being of that society 43 yeares agoe 
and then expelled 3 for being a papist, the other is brother  to judge 
(Sir Richard) Allibond, a papist also). These tvo being eome the 
king's mandate  for them was read, viz. that they should be adrnitted 
fellows of the said eollege, the former in the roome of Dr. Itenry 
Fairfax (whom the eornmissioners had before  expelled), the latter in 
the room of Mr. (Thomas) Ludford lately  deeeased. And aecord- 
ingly the cornmissioners did adrnit thern fellowes of that society and 
entred their narnes into the buttery book as actual fellowes the first 
day, all oathes being dispensed with but that of a fellow. This done, 
the fellowes being called, and reasons given in for those who were 
absent, Thornas (Cartwright) lord bishop of Chester spoke a speech 
to this effeet, viz. 

Gentlemen, your many contempts and willfull disobedience hath caused this 
visitation, which will end at last in your ruine. This society of your has been 
long exercised in the methods of quarrelling s, bas ahvaies been troubled with 
factious spirits and testie mutineers ever since the restauration of the late king. 
Vou have encouraged quarrells among yourselves, quarrcls between yourselves and 
your president, quarrels at length between yourselves and Visitour: for your late 

 Samuel J'enefar. 
 from XVood's papers in MS. Tanner 
456 b, fol. 25. See supra, p. 249. 
s Wood notes in the margin :' He 
resign'd, to prevent expulsion, 16447 
 see the pedigree in vol. il. p. x42. 
 see the text of it in I31oxam, L c. 
p. x84. 

 on 22 J'une 687; see supra, pp. 
247, 248. 
7 on 1 Sept. 687. 
s see e.g. in Apr. 663 (vol. i. pp. 
473, 5°7); and Sept. 663 lvol. i. pp. 
487-489, 49); and what Wood says 
of Thomas Pierce, the president, in vol. 
i. 42% 46o. 



526 

I'OOD'S LIFE M'l) TIIIES. 

Visitour 1 I have often heard complayne that this societie was overstock'd with an 
unquiet and turbulent generation. By these steps, from quarrclling with your 
president and visitour, you bave at last advanced to the highest pitch of insolencie, 
to quarrell with your prince and affront his sacred majestie- 
I endeavoured before at the opening of our commission to make you sensible of 
the scandalls that your disobedience would bring upon your religion, how much 
it would staine and dishonour your liberal and ingenious education in this societie. 
You cannot but know that his majestie is your supreame ordinary. ¥ou cannot 
but have read in Bracton (who was 2o yeares Lord Chief Justice under King 
IIenry III) Aëmo resu»zal de factis ejus disuirere, nedum contra factura ejus 
venire. Ail disobedience implies pride; for no man can disobey his governour, 
but he who thinks himself wiser. The reputation and honour of a prince at home 
and his respect abroad are cheif standards of government, but these pillars, as 
much as in you lye, you bave endeavonred to shake; and unless his majestie's 
right and honour are vindicated by us he can neither be served at home nor ob- 
served abroad. Your impunity cannot consist with his majestie's honour, but your 
punishment must be as public as your crime. It cannot be conceived how his 
majestie, in justice, in honour, in clemency and in his royal tenderness, could bave 
proceeded otherwise than he has done. 
On the ...  of April (I6S7) it was published that Dr. Clerk your president 
was dead. On the (sth ) of the said month a mandate was directed to you for 
choosing Mr. Anthony Fariner. Ou the (9th of April «) you presented a petition 
to the Lord t'resident , wherein you laid yourselves prostmte at his  majestie's 
feet, representing to him the incapacitie of lIr. Fariner, desiring the benefit of his 
gratious declaration for the preserving your rights and properties and beseeching 
him to nominate another peon qualified according to your statutes, in the election 
ofwhome you would shew a readie obedience L So said and so done, gentlemen, had 
been verre well : but immediatly after the delivery of this petition, you--not waiting 
for his majestie's answer--proceeded on Apr. I 5 to the election of Dr. Hough. So 
that by this accourir, which was plainly eontrary to his majestie's authority whose 
mandate did certainly implie an inhibition, you directly confronted your former 
promises of ready obedience and were resolved to give the king nothing but good 
words. When you had done this (as men of ill designs are alwaies in hast), for 
a confirmation of it you immediatly 8 went and surprized the Visitour ", and by 
that meanes perswaded him to confirme Dr. Hough, being the very day 0 he re- 

a Wood notes in the margin 'Dr. 
George Morley» bishop of Winton; 
66-684. 
"-' blank in MS. The official notifi- 
cation of Henry Clerk's death (which 
took place on Th., 4 Match, sztpra 
p. 6 came to Magd. Coll. on Tuesd. 
9 lIarch (lloxam, L c. pp. , 4) ; but 
it seems to have been known in Oxford 
on Sat. 6 lIarch (ibid., p. 3- 
 the mandate vas dated Tuesd., 5 
April (Bloxam, L c. p. 4) ; delivered in 
Oxford, Sat., April 9- 
* 131oxam, l. c. pp. x, 6. 
 Wood notes in the margin :--' Lord 
Jeffries, president or chairman of the 

Ecclesiastical Commissioners.' ]3ut this 
is in error: the petition was addressed 
to the king, and lodged with the earl of 
Sunderland, Secretary of State (]31oxam, 
L c. pp. 6, 7, 9), who was also Lord 
President of the Cotmcil. 
« IIS. bas ' your' by a slip. 
 the bishop here reads a great deal 
into the very guarded language of the 
pctition : see 131oxam, L c. p. 6. 
 131oxam, L c. pp. 7, 3% 34- 
 19eter Mew, bishop of Winchester, 
Nov. 684- 7o6. 
o on Sat. Apr. 6, Sat., Hough and 
the fellow presenting him arrived at 
Farnham Castle at  a.m. (Bloxam, 



APPENDIX IX. 

ceived an order from the Lord President to the contrary. Upon which news the 
king was very much amased and required an account of your proceedings 1. 
Wherfore upon the (28th of May 2, Sat.) the Lords Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners issued out a citation a, and after the hearing your plea, upon mature con- 
sultation of the learned in the lawes, they judged the pretended election of Dr. 
Hough to be void and null, and him to be amoved, by an instrument dated 
(Wedn. 22 June 4) which was affixed  on your college gates. 
After this, on (14 Aug. 6 Stmday), another mandat was sent to you to elect the 
bishop of Oxon, upon which termes his majestie was graciously pleased to dispence 
with your disobedience thitherto. But this being disobeyed, his majestie in person 
on the 4 Sept. sent  for you to Ch. Ch. and required  you immediatly to adroit 
the bishop of Oxon president. You went thereupon to the chappcll  (a place one 
would think should have inspired more devotion and awe of his sacred majestie 
into you) and there contemptuously subscrib'd and signed a paper '» directly thvart- 
ing his majestie's command. The ground of your disobedience you pretended to 
be that you could hot elect n him : whereas you could not but know, by a written 
mandat 12 that layd by yotb that admission would have satisfied his majestie. 
Conscience, the stale topick of rebellion, was hcre brought to vindicat your 
petulant and contumacious behaviour. You pretended that you were obliged by 
oathcs , and I ara sorry that at the saine time you forçat that of allegiance : and 
indeed there is nothing a greater signe of hypochrisie than partial obedience. Had 
you any respect to the father of your country, and your mother the church, you 
would have sacrificed your pretended scruples as a peace-offering to the king. 
The best of us, I ara sure, bave reason to beg God and the king's pardon; but 
you, as though his majestie resign'd 14 by curtesie would have the king under you, 
but none over you. 
You urged the observance of your statutes, of which, it bas appeared, you have 
hot been such constant observcrs. When your owne humour prompts you to a 
dispensation, then you can readily imbraee it, wimess but that of your being serv'd 
er masculos; by which great scandais have come to this societie by reason of 
bastards . But whcn the king interposeth (in whose power alone it is to dispence 
with them), then you presently act according to such methods as these. 1None of 
these pretences will excuse you vith wise and sober men. 

p. 3o); lord Sunderland's letter to the 
Visitor directing him not to adroit Hough 
is dated from Whitehall, Apr. 16 
(Bloxam, p. 34), and was received by 
the Visitor, Sunday Apr. 17 (Bloxam, 
p. »). 
1 in a letter from lord Sunderland 
dated from Whitehall, Thursd.   April 
(Bloxam, p. 37)- 
 Bloxaln, pp. 49, 5 °. 
z received in Oxford on Mon& 3 ° 
May ; supra, p. 246. 
« supra, pp. 247, 248; Bloxam, pp. 
67, 68. 
 on Tuesd. 2 Aug. ; supra, p. 48; 
]31oxam, p. 78. 
 supra, pp. 224, 248; Bloxam, p. 
82. It was received in Magdalen Col- 

lege on Sat. 27 Aug. ; Bloxam, p. 83. 
 Bloxam, p. 84. 
 supra, p. 233. 
 Bloxam, pp. 88, 89. 
0 Bloxam, p. 88; supra, pp. 2.34, 
24.% 
il Bloxam, p. 9 o. 
t2 the king's nmndate of 14 Aug. runs 
' we... require you.., to adroit... 
bishop of Oxford... president,' 131oxam, 
p. 82. 
lS Bloxam, p. 9 o. 
t4 a slip for 'reign'd.' 
» Wood notes in the margin :--' Dr. 
Benjamin Rogers the organist had a 
daughter got with child in the organist's 
lodgings by the porter.' See supra, 
p. 59. 



528 

IUOOD'S LIFE 4ND TIilIES. 

This was the onlie opposition which his majestie met with in hls progress . 
Where ever his sacred person came, he worked  miraculous conversion, except it 
xvs in Oxford ; and so farr stisfied every one with the equity of his proceedings, 
tht noue went wy discontcnted from his presence, unless it ws for this reason 
that they could enjoy it no longer. 
On Thursdy zo Oct. wee cme downe to Oxon  ; and, upon opening our com- 
mission (on Frid. Oct. e z), I took care to represent to you the heinousness of your 
offence and to perswde you to a serious repentance, bat ail in win : for on Satur- 
day morning (22 Oct.) wee required you to admit md instdl the bishop of Oxon, 
which all, except three s, refuse& In the aftemoon Dr. Hough having been 
deprived, and by us commanded to depart the college, cme in to us» without 
sking leave but hot without great attendance (circumstances, I think, much unbe- 
fitting a mn pronounced expclled), and then entred  protestation gainst 11 wee 
hd don, or herefter should do, s illegall, unjust, nd null, which he delivered 
hot in writing but by word of mouth, a thing repugnant to the nature of 11 
appeales, and (which was worse) without thc usual salvo to his mjestie's supreme 
power. When he had spoken it there followed such a tumultuous, seditious and 
insolent humme, which, if you yourselves hd hot pplauded, t least consented to, 
it was impossible but that you would hve discovered some of those turbulent 
mutineers. However since his crriage and languge gave occasion to it, it was 
thought fit tht he only should be obnoxious» and accordingly he ws bound 
oveI. 
On Tuesdy (Oct. 25) wee ourselves cused the bishop of Oxon to be installed 
by his proxy. After which, wee propooed to you whether being now installed you 
would submit to him in licitis et honestis; to which you gave n answer under 
your hands in the affirmative. You then lso desied of us that you  would 
represent your cse favournbly to his majesty, giving all assurance of your loyaltie 
and obedience. But this ppearance of submission lasted not long ; for on Thurs- 
day (2î Oct.) being required of us to subscribe such a submission to his majestie 
s wee thought agreable to your duty, you required rime to consult of it, and after 
delibertion signed such  pper  as seemed rather to be a potestation against 
your former submission than an acknowledgment of your crime. 
Upon this wee might have justly proceeded then to an expulsion, but wee 
thought fit in compassion to you to tke a journey to London and cqu,int hls 
grcious majestie with your disobedient and ungrateful behaviour. His majestie 
w extreamlie nmzecl that his clemency should be dispised ; but )'et, to your 
comfort be it spoken, his patience and goodness extend s fart as your provocations 
can : but if you still persist in this your obstincy, those that are too tall to stand 
and too stubborne to bend, deserve to be broken. 
And now I think I bave said enough to let you know that the figleaves, tht you 
have so rtificially stitched togeather, re hot sufficient to cover your nakedness. 
I wish to God that you had the sme tenderness for your own concernes as his 
majestie's commissioners hve for you: but if you still persist to oppose the 
royall pove of the king, wee who are corne to vindicate the right and honour 
of his majestie, re resolved to discharge our consciences nd duty to God and the 
king without any respect to populrity, the pradise of fooles and the scorn of wise 
1 
sec s2t2#ra , p. 239. two only are represented as consenting 
 supra, p. 249. to this. 
s Wood notes in the margin :' Dr.  ' you' is a slip for ' we." 
Thomas Smith, (Robert) Chmnock,  Bloxam» Le. pp. 69, 7 o. 
(Jasper) Thompsou.' On p. 520, Sttlra , 



A PPENDL" IA'. 5 2 9 
men ; and therefore, as for us, wee have no more regard to people's dislikes than 
to what they dreame. 
By reason therefore of your late hypocritical submission, the court hath thought 
fit upon mature consideration, to draw np an instrument which shall be read to 
you, which if you shall imlnediatly subscribe before you leave the roome, vee 
shall leave you to his majestie's pardon : and this wee expect of you ail, exeept 
Dr. Thomas Smith and IXlr. (Robert) Charnocke, with whose behaviour the king 
is so well satisfied that he expects nothing more from them. 
The end (of bishop Cartwright's speech). 
Then ail but the fellowes being ordered to withdraw, the paper was 
read to them, the substance of which was as followes :-- 
, a fnll declaration of your great disobedience towards his majestie ; 
3, a totall deniall of Dr. Hough's being your president ; 
3, an acknowledgment of the legality of their installation of the bishop of 
Oxon ; and 
lastly, an aeknowledgment of your submission to hiln as your lawfull pre- 
sident. 
To this paper ail but Dr. Thomas Smith, lIr. (Jasper) Thomson, 
and Mr. (Robert) Charnock, refused to subscribe. 
Then the fellowes put in this protestation :-- 
' May it please your Lordships, 
Wee profess all dnty and obedience to his majestie and respect to your 
Lordships, but beg leave to declare ourselves injured by your Lordships' proceed- 
ings ; and therefore do protest against them, and will use all just and legall waies 
of being releived.' 
Then they were ail ordered to withdraw, and the clerk of the court 
drew up their sentence. Then they were againe called in to heare it, 
which was to this effect. 
,13y his majestie's commissioners for ecclesiastieal causes and for the visitation 
of the Universitys and all cathedrals and collegiat churches etc., and particularly 
impowred to visit S. Marie 1Magd. Coll. in the Universitie of Oxon. 
Whereas in the visitation of S. Mary. Magd. Coll. in the Univ. of Oxon, it 

appeareth unto us that 
Dr. Charles Aldxvorth, LL.D. Mr. James Fairer 
Dr. Alexander Pudsey, Th.D. Mr. John Harwar 
Dr. John Smith, M.D. Mr. Thomas ]3ateman 
Dr. Thomas Baylie, Th.D. Mr. George Hnnt 
Dr. Thomas Staflord, LL.D. Mr. William Cradock 
Mr. Robert Almont lXlr. Jhn Gilman 
Mr. Manxvaring Hammond Mr. Georg Fulham 
Mr. John Rogers Mr. Charles Pen3 stou 
/lr. Richard Strickland Mr. Robert Hyde 
Mr. Henry Dobson /lr. Edward Yerbury 
Mr. James/3aylie Mr. Henry Holden 
blr. John Davies Mr. Stephen Weelks, 
lIr. Francis Bagshaw 
fellowes of the said college, have been severally guiltv of disobedience to his 
VOL. III. 



530 WOOD'S LIFE AND TIIIES. 
majestie's commands and obstinatly contemn'd his royall authority, and do still 
persist in the smne; wee bave thought fit, npon matare consideration thereof, to 
declare prononnce and decree that the raid Dr. Charles Aldworth etc. and every 
one of them be deprived and expelled from their respective fellowships : and wee 
do, by this sentence and decree, deprive and expell them from their said respective 
fellowships.' 
A copie of this was fixed to the outward gate of Magd. Coll. post 
meridiem Novemb. 6 ; and the commissioners went away about 2 in 
the afternoone, for they only sate one morning to do this worke. 

( Friday,  8 2Vovem&r. ) 
Nov. 8, Fridaya Dr. Thomas Smith went to London (against the 
president's will), being ashamed (saith some of Magd. Coll.)to stay 
behind, and (as others say) to excuse himself to his freinds at 
(? Whitehall ') and that he is no papist  

(Deccm3er  68 7. ) 
Noe tenants  of Magd. Coll. will now renew, for feare of a false 
title . The commoners, who are to pay chamber rent at audit-time in 
Nov. and Dec., are gone  and pay nothing. 
Eight noblemen have taken 8  to be their chaplaynes, and Dr. 
(John) Smith s a physitian they allow among them 5oli. per armure.-- 
So Dr. (Ralph) Bathurst. 

( znuat2y ,  68-.) 
Jan. 9, lXIunday ", (68-), six new fellowes admitted, viz.: 
[Richard x0 Compton, Thomas Fairfax, Philip Lewis, Alexander Cotton, 
Thomas Gifford (or Guildford), Augustus Belson.] 
Jan. , Wedn., rive [recOins four ] more: [viz. John Dryden, 
William Plowden, Laurence Wood, John Ross]. 

' from MS. Tanner 456 b, fol. 39- 
 word dropt in MS.; see sutm, 
p. 250. 
"* suîra, note , p. 524. 
* from MS. Tanner 456 b, fol. 39 b. 
The leaf is an enve]ope addressed ' To 
Mr. Anthony Wood at his Lodgings 
over against Merton College in Oxford 
these'; the impression of the sea] is 
perfect and shews these arms ' I,... a 
lion rampant, on a canton...3...; 
2, ... a fesse daneettée ... between 
six esca]lops, 3 and 3,---; 3, .-- a 
cross bottonée ... ; 4 .... a sun in 

splendonr ; 5, - - • 3 covered caps... ; 
6,... a fesse, between six annn]ets, 3 
and 3 .... ' 
 see supra, p. 258. 
 see sut*fa , p. 257. 
 of the ejected fellows. 
s s¢ra, p. 249 ; but he seems to be 
D.D. 
 from MS. Tanner 456 b. 
0 Bloxam,/. c. p. 232 : supra, p. 253. 
u supra, p. 232 ; the error probably 
arose from the admission on the saine 
day of four fellows and one demy 
(Robert Hills), Bloxam, L c. p. 232. 



Mt'PE.VDLV I.t\ 53 I 
« Quandoquidem 1 Mr. (Thomas) IIolt, Mr. (Ricardus) Adams, Mr. (Ricardus) 
Vesy, Mr. (Joannes) Brabourne, ..trHum laffistri, l)r. (Laurentius) IIyde, Ds. 
(Georgius) Woodward, Ds. (Gulielmus) Fulham, I)s. (Ricardus) Watkyns, 
(Daniel) Stacy, Ds. (Gnlielmus) Sherwyn, Ds. (Joannes) Kenton, Artiun, 
taccalaurd, (Maximilianus) Bush, (Joannes) Cross, et (Theodoms) Wells, 
sckolares,Coll. Magd. Unir. Oxon vulgo dicti Z)e»des,contra statuta et ordina- 
tiones hujus collegii jam dudum rebelles et inobedientes extiterint, et usque modo 
in rebellione et in obedientia perdurent, et eonspirationes contra quietnm regimen 
hujus collegii aut fecerint aut facientibus favorem aut consilium praestiterint, et ea 
facta perpetraverint quibus grave damnum praejudicium et scandalum dicto collegio 
generatur, de quibus per evidentimn facti convicti sunt, id circo praeses, vice-praeses, 
et decani dicti collegii a dicto collegio, authoritate nostra, scholares praedictos 
amovemus et privamus et eos ex nunc amotos et privatos esse declaramus. 
Datum in Coll. Magd. 6 Jan. 1687 (i. e. {.) 
Sain. Oxon, praeses 
Rob. Charnoc, vice-praeses 
Phil. Lewis , Theol. Dcc. 
Tho. Fairfax s, Artium Decalms." 
Jan. 31, Tuesday, (68-), in the evening were three demies * ex- 
pelled by the president, vicepresident, and some of the fcllowes, for 
inviting the 14 demies lately expelled in thc common hall, where they 
sate in contempt of the societie. 

( Proceedings of the l'isih,r Dt reslorz)tg lhe fi'llows of z]Iagd. Coll. Ocl. 
1688.) 
Upon » a report of a Dutch invasion, the king's mind was turned" 
endeavored to please his people, for union sake, that they might hot 
desert him. 
Oct. 16, Tuesd., 1688, some of the old fellows of Magd. Coll., 
ejected the yeare before, sent word to the vice-president and some of 
the popish fellowes that they would wait upon them about 2 or 3 in 
the afternoon. They came with an order from above that they should 
survey and receive the plate and other choice goods that they left 
behind them, and that they see the accompts truly audited. They 
came and surveyed in the presence of the vice-president (William 
Plowden), (and) Mr. (William) Joyner and Mr. (John) Ward, 
bursars. 
At the saine rime, or in the morning, they stuck a citation on the 

1 from MS. Tanner 456 b. This form 
of expulsion was stuck up in the Hall 
on Tuesd. 7 Jan., Bloxam, l. c. p. 234. 
See su2ra, p. 254. 
 Wood notes in margin:'secular 
priest." 
 Wood notes in margin :' Jesuit, 

quaere.' 
 Samuel Cripps, George Stonehouse, 
Charles Livesay; suivra, p. 256; Bloxam, 
Lc. p. 236. 
» from Wood's papers in MS. Tanner 
456 b, fol. 4m See supra, p. 278. 

MIl12 



532 IffOOD'S LIFE AND TI3IE..ç. 
common gate to warne all the fellowes home and to be present in the 
chappell on Friday  Nov. next, and there to be ready to receive 
Peter (Mew) bishop of Winton their Visitor. 
Wedn. Oct. I 7, and so de die in diem, some of the old fellows and 
president and bursars did make up the accompts.--the popish fellows 
are to pack up and be begone against the  Nov. 
o Oct., Sat., bishop of Winton dined at Sanford with Mr. Davis. 
At 3 in the afternoon he came into Oxford 1, (? preceded by) as many 
horse, 3 and 4 in ranke, that reached from Allhalloves to Eastgate, 
(in number) about 3oo, some say 4oo at least, he in his coach of 6, 
and six coaches after him. He went over Carfax, and so to St. John's 
College, where he was received into the president's lodgings but no 
speech. 
At nine at night came an express from his majesty that he repaire 
forthwith to Whitehall . Whereupon at 5 the next morn (Sunday) he 
was to London--multa cadunt--so that whereas he came in with 3 or 4 
hundred, he went out with less than 6 horsmen besides the coach. 
Oct. z4, Wednesday, Peter Mew, bishop of Winchester, came in 
coach with 6, from London circa horam 3 post meridiem, with about 
io or 12 horsmen before his coach, some of Magd. Coll., some of St. 
John's. He alighted at Magd. Coll. gare, where severall of the fellows 
to be admitted received him; and going with them into the outer 
chapel and no farther, he only told them that he would be with them 
next morning between 9 and io; and so went to St. John's thro 
Halywell and Canditch. 
Oct. zS, Thursday, about xo in the morn he went to Magd. Coll., 
where a most wonderfull concourse of people was about the gate and 
in the chappell. The fellowes to be admitted were at the gate and 
conducted him into the chappell. Where taking his place in the 
president's seat, Dr. (Thomas) ]3ayly D.D. stood between that seat 
and the vice-president's seat and spake before him a Latin oration. 
Which being done, morning prayers began. 
.A_fterwards, he and ail the fellowes went into the common refectory. 
Where being seated at the high table, spake a Latin speech, and then 
he sent for the buttery book, and commanded his secretary to enter 
the naine of the president, fellows, demies, chaplaynes, and ail that 

1 ,.çflj}'a, p. 279. 
 Wood notes in the rnargin :--' This 
was upon some newes of bad success of 
the prince of Orange.' The report at 
the rime said that, learning that the 

prince of Orange's fleet had been driven 
back by a storm, the king sent to bp. 
Mew recalling his order to restore the 
fellows : ]31oxam, L c. p. 255. 



At'Pt?'DI.¥ lA'. 533 
were expelled an yeare since. Capt. Ch. 13agshaw i and Mr. 
(Thomas) Bateman had been married in the time of expulsion. The 
name of Robert Charnock, a popish fellow was then expunged (he 
being then in France), (Samuel) Junipher and (Thomas) Higgons, 
lXIaster and Bachelor of Arts, were, from being fellowes, put anaong 
the demies: they were put in fellowes the yeare before by the com- 
missioners. 
Afterwards the bishop was conducted to the president's lodgings, 
where, in the founder's roome, was a ver), gallant dinner provided, at 
which were some 2 of the heads of bouses, canons of Ch. Ch., and 
certaine other Drs. The fellows, demies, and others had gaudies in 
their commonhall. 
At night was a larg bonfier in the quadrangle, and a great deal of 
drink (severall barrells, 9 in number, quaere) given to the mobile. At 
lXIagd. Hall a bonfier ; and on(e) or more without East gate ; and 
about 12 in St. Peter's parish, ruade mostly by their tenants ; one at 
Dye's. A great flambo on Combs his bouse at the end of St. John's 
Street, which was seen as far as Newnham. Severall bonfiers in St. 
Iarie's parish; (and) Allhallows (parish); one at Ch. Ch. great 
gate ; one near Trin. Coll. gate ; one neare Merton Coll. by R(obert) 
Wood. ]3ells ringing every where. 
Oct. 26, Friday, the bishop of Winton eat no dinner, or ever does s ; 
supped at night at C. C. C., of which he is Visitor. 
Oct. 27, Saturday, dined at New Coll. of which he is Visitor; 
(supped) at night at Trin. Coll., of which he is Visitor. 
Oct. 28, Su., Simon and Jude, (dined) at St. John's College, in the 
president's lodgings, of which he is Visitor. 

x this must be a slip for ' Francis 
13aghaw.' The title 'captain' cornes 
from his serving in the volunteer regi- 
ment raised against Monmouth ; suira , 
p. 147. 
' 'some of' snbstituted for «ail.' 

 sbstituted for ' dined at New Coll. 
of vhich he is Visitor.'--"Days of 
fasting, or abstinence... Ail the Fri- 
days in the year, except Christmas- 
Day "--book of Common Prayer. 



INDEX. 

ABERDEEN, 9, 225, 355. 
Abingdon, 59, 84, 145, 151) I94, 195, 
3o7, 36I, 4o% 412, 48o. 
Abingdon, James Bcrtie, earl of, 31, 32, 
33, 47, 48, 54, 57, 65, 86, 89, 96, ii 2- 
114, 127, 135, 145-I52» 156, 
219 , 225, 277, 281--283, 286, 287, 
325, 434, 462 : sec Norreys, lord. 
accidents, fatal, lO9, 154 , 245 , 246 , 
336 . 
Act, the, 24, 6o, lO5, i5t , 222, 3o4, 
39, 427 . 
Adams, Fitzherbert, 142 , I5o , 249, 305, 
389, 49% 494; Rich. (Alls.), 2o8, 
444, 446; I¢ich. (Magd. C.)» 15o 
Sam., 256, 496 ; \\ill., lfiO. 
Addison, Anth., 386, 455, 486 ; Laur., 
45- 
Adolphus, prince, 57- 
Agapius of Cephallonia, 156. 
agues, 91 . 
S. Alban Hall, 15, 16, 
Albemarle, Chr., dukc of, 136 , 144, 
279, 376, 4o2. 
Aldrich, Henry, 4-6, 19, 39, 52, 76-78, 
106, 133 , 2OI, 207, 220, 3OI, 304, 
315, 404, 407, 427, 432 , 438, 442 , 
444, 446 , 449, 45 ° , 469, 475, 478 , 
487, 49 ° . 
Aldworth, Chas., 4 I, 246, 247, 249. 
262, 3î5, 382 , 519,524, 529 ; Henry, 
427 ; John, 41 , 83, 87, 130. 
Alt?ed, king, 35- 
Allam (Allure), Andrev, I, 4, 7, 9, lO, 
12, 25, 35, 39, 67, 95, 112, 115, 118, 
12o, 122, 125 , 138, 144, 167 , 200. 
Allestree, Jalnes (Jacob, 24, 52, 198; 
Rich., 234. 
Allibond, Job, 523, 525; ]ohn, 523; 
Sir Rich., 260, 268, 274, 523, 5z5. 
Ail Souls Coll., 17, 21, »9, 31, 49, 129, 
136 , 146 , 147 , 151 , 2o8, 232. 2.t3, 
255, 263, 27I, 274, 365, 375. 393. 
4o4, 405, 447- 459, 4qî, 494, 49". 
512. 

altar, contrary to canon, 53- 
Altham, Roger (sen.), 13, 18, 4 O, 43, 
375, 458; Roger (jun.), 319, 4o4, 
421,438, 45o. 
Alvey, Thos., 9, 187- 
Amazon, an, 347- 
ambigue, 236, 495- 
Anabaptists, 191. 
anatomy, 56, 387. 
Angcl inn, 17. 
Annand, Will., IO. 
Arme, princess, 46-57, 67, 129, 132, 
i33  141 , 173 , 185, 244 , 268, 305, 
306, 358, 38I. 
Anneslcy, Rich., 12, 2o4, 368, 459, 471- 
architypographer, 351. 
Ardcrne, Jas., 15. 25, 291. 
army, standing, 13% 45, 154, 157, I7°, 
182, 190. 
Arran, Chas., earl of, 44 i, 444 ; Rich., 
earl of, 178, 179. 
Ashmole, Elias, 39, 55, 57, lO9, 15, 
171, 189, 334, 335- 
Ashmole, pedigree of, 334- 
Ashlnolean, the, 39, 52, 54-56, 75-78, 
IO9, I8O, I9O , 333, 334, 5 ol, 503- 
Ashton, John, 35 o, 353, 35ï, 359, 388. 
Astrop w..clls, , o8, 460. 
Ath«nae O«onicnses, 34, 82, 123, I î4 , 
2o4, 251, 294, 316, 319, 342, 344, 
345, 349, 353, 357, 364, 365, 368 , 
369, 375, 3î9, 395, 396, 398, 429, 
43 ° , 438 , 439, 45% 469, 487, 489, 
49 ° , 499- 
Athrop, John, 122. 
Atkins, \\ ill., 42, 5II. 
Aubrey, John, 14, 91 , IIS, I74, 175, 
205, 206, 252 , 269, 295 , 350, 351 , 
42o, 44 o, 4ï6,483 • 
Ayhvorth, ilciiry (,sen.), I27, I46; 
llcnry tjun., ' Ahlworth'), 427. 

bachclors, tax on, 49 o. 
Baden. Lewis, 1,rince (, 438, ,141` 
Bglcy oo, 2î3. 



536 

IVO01)'S LIFE AND TI3IES. 

Bagshaw, Francis, *47, 149, 152, 250, 
524, 529, 533. 
Baker, Augustine, 290, 32o ; Thos., 83 ; 
Thos. (town-clerk), 112, 113, 128, 
14 o, I49 , 228, 244 , 28o. 
Ballard, John, 1I, 77, 78. 
Balliol Coll., 53, 1,7, 12o, 15o, 368. 
Barksdale, CIement, I35 , 484 . 
Barlow, Thos., 35, 69, ,2I, 174, 252 , 
26,, 324, 374, 4°5, 426. 
Bames, Robert, 37 o. 
Barret, John, I19, 144 , i65, 336, 487- 
Barrow, Isaac, 38. 
Barry, Vincent, 37- 
Bartholomew fair, I56 , 275 , 276. 
Bartholomew, Robert, I 17, 13 I, 199- 
Bartlet, Roger, 11, 13. 
BaskerviIle, Hannibal, $12 ; Thos., 492. 
Basset, Joshua, 2  4, 22 I. 
Bate, George, 167. 
Bateman, John, 15, 93, 433; Thos. 
(Magd. C.), 25o, 524, 529, 533; 
Thos. (Unir.), 336. 
Bathurst, Ralph, 76-78, i35 , 136, 295, 
3o5, 326, 329, 331, 333, 349, 35î, 
36°, 364, 365, 368, 449, 45 °, 53 °- 
Baxter, Rich., 63, 65, 355, 378. 
Baylie, Dr. Rich., 23; Thos. (Magd. 
C.), 249, 455, 524, 529, 532 ; Thos. 
(N. I. H.), IO7, 305, 380. 
Bayworth, 372, 492. 
bear-baiting, 325. 
Beard, Thos., 136, 145. 
Bear inn, 358. 
Beauchamp (Beacham), John, 338, 492. 
bedell of beggars, 63. 
Beeston, Henry, 5, 74, 76-78, 249, 26o, 
329 • 
Bennet, Henry, 155 ; Thos. (Lond.), 
345, 35 o, 365, 369, 385, 386, 396; 
Thos. (Univ.), 217, 23I , 234 , 235 , 
355, 39 °. 
Bernard, Edward, 77, 78,429 ; Francis, 
396 ; John, 67 ; John Aug., 3o, 183, 
184, 86, 207, 23-215, 217, 219, 
245, 287, 296 , 34 ° ; Vill., 89, 93, 
142, I.2, 187. 
Bertie, Albemarle, 21o, 494; Henry, 
131) I3, 14.5, 171, 277, 283, 284, 
286, 296 , 325 ; Philip, 52, 149. 
Bessills-Leigh, 471. 
Bingham, Joseph, 474, 492, 5 °2. 
Binsey, 491. 
Birch, John, 36i, 4.54; Peter, 116, 145 , 
272, 3 IO, 313 , 395, 397, 405, 443, 
473, 476 , 477, 481- 
Bishop, Will., 14I , 197 , 308, 369, 377- 
Bisse, James, 381, 385, 395, 396, 399, 
445, 498 , 499, 50% 5o I , 5o4. 
Blackbume, John, 53. 
' black' night, a, 172. 

Blackwell, Sain., 136. 
Blagrave, Jonathan, 3  7, 389- 
Blechingdon, Rich., 169, 415. 
Bliss, Dr. Philip, 504, 505. 
Blount, Thomas, 176. 
Bocardo, 43, 226, 312, 492. 
]3odleian (' Public ' Library), 18, 29, 
51, IO6, 195 , 234, 235, 240, 282, 
319, 342, 404, 405, 423, 426, 43 o, 
472, 485, 487, 496 , 5 ol , 503 • 
Bodley, Sir Thos., 29, 199 , 319. 
Bold, Michael, 96. 
Boles, Henry, 24, 25. 
bonfires, 16, 48, 72, 129, 141 , 148. 149 , 
151 , 166, 169, 179 , 196, 198 , 209 , 
232 , 255 , 268, 281, 3o6, 3î7, 4 °6, 
533- 
Bonwick, Ambr., 51, II6 ; Ben., 4 o. 
Bostonus Buriensis, 35- 
Bouchier, Thos., 15, 16, 2o8, 428, 488. 
bounds, beating of, 15, 2o, 21, 45. 
Bowell, John, 242. 
Bowes, Sabina, 8î, 254. 
bowls, 154. 
Bowman, Thos., 213. 
Boyle, Robert, 38o. 
Boys, Nathaniel, 75, 7, 152, 155, 156, 
165 , 176, 183, 184, 213, 214 , 297, 98. 
brandy, 137, 188. 
Brasenose Coll., I2, 53, 57, 1°9, 513 • 
Breach, Will., 142 , i83. 
bridges, 97, 169, 287, 3o6, 3o8, 484 . 
Bristol, 174 , 175 , 476. 
Broadgates Hall, 467. 
Broken-hayes, 147 , I84, 24. 
Brown (Bïowne), Ben., 386, 4o7 ; Fran- 
cis, i41 , 143 ; Sir Hem, 26o, 281; 
Sir Thos., 9, 28, 29 ; Tom, 346, 35o, 
385, 421 , 430. 
Buchanan, George, 63. 
Buckingham, duke of, 155 , 218. 
Buckley, Thos., vii. 
Buda, 196. 
burglaries, 241 , 243 , 244 , 312, 332, 384, 
385, 387, 393, 465- 
Burnet, Gilbert, 5, 6o, 67, 118, 293 , 
294, 297, 3Ol, 313, 339, 366, 371 , 
38o, 388, 4oo, 414, 417, 419, 443, 
473, 483- 
Burt, Will., 74- 
Bury, Arthur, 53, 68, 325, 329, 33o, 
334, 337-34 I, 345, 364, 425, 44 o, 
452 , 474, 479- 
Busby, Dr. Rich., IO, I4, 2I, 22, 43, 
181,483 . 
Bysshe, Sir Edward, 2o7, 242. 
Cambridge, It, 26, 35, 42, 97, 136, 
I37 , 167, 200, 214, 22I, 222, 3o2, 
312, 332, 363, 381,383, 424, 43 o. 
Camden, Will., 365. 



537 

Campbell, Arch., 442. 
canary wine, I99. 
Canon laxv, 215- 
Care, Henry, 86, 274. 
Carfax conduit, 48, 202, 23o. 
Carleton, Guy, 52, 86, 9 I, I.I, i53. 
Carter, Rich., 26I, 277 , 280, 281. 
Carterius, Moses, i89. 
Cartwright, John, 24 I, 249 , 274 , 520; 
Thos., 66, I93-i95 , i98 , 29, 24i , 
244, 248 , 249 , 266, 274 , 302, 314, 
349, 359, 515-520 , 525- 
Caswell, John, 77, 78. 
Cave, John, 342, 49o; Will., 1 I6. 
Charles I, OEo, 5% 63, 64, 7% 84, 
îT- 
Charles II, 5, 7, 20, 31 , 5% 56 , 58 , 
64, 65, 67, 72, 75, 93, 97, Io6, II4, 
I2I-I27, I29, 13o, 133, 134, I55, 
I57, 238, 243, 26I, 3Ii, 376. 
Charlett, Arthur, 4o-42, 44, 55, 57, 6o, 
86, 9 ° , II8, I36 , I95 , 209, 245 , 253 , 
254, 29I, 3oi, 302, 307, 309, 3 I1 , 
34-M6, 319, 321, 322, 330, 336- 
339, 342, 347, 348, 352, 353, 355, 
357, 36I, 364, 365, 369, 372, 3ï8, 
393, 395, 398 , 399, 4 °8 , 426 • 44 ° , 
453, 469, 474, 482 , 487, 49 ° , 497- 
502, 504, 51o-512. 
Charlton, Francis, 65. 
Charnock, Robert, 214, 233 , 250 , 253- 
256, 262, 265, 337, 517, 520, 524, 
528 , 529, 531 , 533- 
chemistry, riS, ri6, îfi, 77, 314, 333- 
Chinese, 236. 
Christ Church, vii, II, I6, I8, 22, 24, 
29, 48, 49, ri1, 54, ri6, fiT, 59, 8I, 94, 
lO9, II7, II9, 148, I49, I5I, 152, 

I62, 166, I92 , 
215, 225, 226, 
244, 246, 252 , 
264, 268, 285, 
363, 365, 375, 
495, 514, 533- 

I97 , 198, 201, 202, 
228, 230-232 , 241 , 
255, 257 , 26o, 263, 
3o4, 3o5, 314, 319, 
393, 434, 443, 46°, 

Christmas box, 12L 
Christmas, Will., 266, 287, 296; 
Churches, Oxford :-- 
S. Aldate's, 3oo. 
Ail Saints, 394- 
S. Giles', 329 . 
S. Martin's, 149, ISI , 280, 479. 
S. Mary's, 4, 48, 67, 85, I28, I34, 
I4 o, I67, 2-6, 234, 256, 377, 4 °6, 
429, 433, 434, 472 , 478 , 489, 494, 
496. 
S. Michaels, vii, 21, 6o, 8% I44, 
22I, 478 , 479- 
S. Peter's in the East, 79, 2oo, 268. 
Churchill, John, lord (earl of Marl- 
borough), 32, 46, 5o, 54, I16, I2o, 
2g5, 347, 3 8I, 3 aS" 3g9, 482. 

Clancarty, earl of, 4 S, 122. 
Clarendon, earl of, see IIyde. 
claret, 48, I99 , 2IO, 2.8, 23o. 
Clarges, Sir Thos., 287, 296, 31I, 31î, 
322, 323, 325, 49 o. 
Clarke (Clerk), Geo., I68, I7I , 232 , 
487; Henry, 3 o, 89 , 216, 223, 26I, 
517, 52I, 526; Philip, 92 , I3î , 7I ; 
Sain., 57, 2o2, 2o3, 356. 
Clayton, Jas., I7% 245, 439, 441 ; Sir 
Thos., 95, I49, 24I, 245, 2fil, 26, 
432 - 
Cleveland, duchess of, 87, 3I . 
Clotterbnck, John, 3I, I46, 2oo. 
Codrington, Chr., 385, 487, 495- 
Cole, Thos., 266. 
Coleby, Will., 34, II7, I97- 
College, Stephen, I33, 294- 
Collier, Jeremy, 3oo. 
Collins, Thos., 246 , 253 , 324, 477- 
Colmer, Jas., 325, 328, 334, 36o. 
cornet, 25. 
Compton, Henry, I3, i2I, I3 I, I72 , 
i73 , 184, I86, 19o , 195 , 298 , 3Ol, 
307 , 309, 312, 315, 341 , 363, 37 ° , 
387, 388, 395. 
Conant, John (sen.), 447 ; John (junA, 
i5, 2i, 34, 49, 89, 9 ° , 93, 95, 96 , 
I41, I49, I54, I72, I81, 2I 5 , 225, 
247, 433 ; Sam., 477. 
Congreve, Will., 479- 
Conway, E&vard, lord, 66. 
Cooper, Ben., 32, I52. 
Cope, Sir John, 296. 
Corker, Jas., 34, Io5. 
Comish, Henry (Ch. Ch.), Io9, 299 ; 
Henry (Linc.), 68, 69, IO9, 131; 
Henry (Lond.), 166, 276. 
corn-riots, 42I, 422,423, 425. 
Corpus Christi Coll., lo, 2o, 49, 60, 64, 
Io8, II6, 172 , 216, 258 , 393, 443, 
451 , 533- 
Cotterell, Sir Chas., 57, 245. 
CoRon, Charles, 25I. 
' coursing,' 37- 
Coward, Will., 432. 
Cox, Nich., 9, 119, 280. 
Creech, Thos., 52, 88, I75, 200, 216, 
243, 263, 27I, 31I, 305, 369, 382, 
478 , 49 ° - 
Crew, Nathaniel, 97, I2I, 39, I43, 
I73, I93, 217, 219, 244, 25, 298, 
30I, 33 I, 379, 448, 514 • 
Croke, Chas., 4 o, 85 ; Sir Rich., 4 o, 73 ; 
Unton, 4 o, 246 ; Wright, 4 o, Io8. 
Cromwell, Rich., 4Io. 
Cross, John, IO8, 203,334, 460 ; Matt., 
202, 203 . 
Crosthwait, Thos., 9o, 94, I  5, I t 6, 
I85, 3o7, 336, 37. 
Crouch, Nich., 336. 



538 

IVOOD'S .LIFE AWD TIMES. 

«ruttenden, IIênry, 26, 86, 398, 470. 
Cudworth, John, i82,303 . 
Cullen, viscount, z9z. 
Cutts, John, 200, 420. 

|)'ada, Ferdinand, I72, 2I 9, 222, 266, 
323 • 
Dangerfield, Thos., I53. 
1 anvers, Alicia, 356. 
Davis (Davies), John (of Kidwelly), 
6î; Rich. (of Sandford), 4o8, 41, 
532; Rich. (booksêller), 157, I58, 
302. 
Deane, Thos., 176, 177, 183, 184, 213, 
214, 240, 256, 285, 297, 298, 378 • 
dearth, 415,421, 422,437, 446. 
I)elamere, Henry, lord, 177 , 284, 285, 
289, 294, 387. 
Delaune, Will., 51. 
denying a grace, 19, 315,447 ; denying 
a dispensation, 389 . 
Derham, Sain., 237- 
determining bachelors, 37, 179, 257, 
458 • 
Digby, Dr. Kenehn, 42, 28I. 
Divinity School, 5 I, 161,238. 
Docura, Will., 31, 33, 3 lo- 
Dodwell, Hen., 1, 2o4, 263, 26î, 3o8, 
3o9, 345, 3î5, 396, 399, 448, 463 . 
Dolben, John, 3, 59, 61, 64, 66, 9î, 
I1, 126, 163, 183, 184, 207, 238. 
Dolgerno, Geo., 225. 
Drake, WilL, 49- 
Drope, Edvard (sen.), 38, 43; Edw. 
(jun.), 2îo ; Thos. (sen.), 28 ; Thos. 
(jun.), 329 . 
Dryden, John, 191,355- 
l ublin, 77, 78, o î, 255. 
duels, fatal, 186, 220, 264. 
Dugdale, John, 95, Io7,  5, I74, 25 ; 
Steph., 39; ir Will., 2, 12, 18o, 
19o, 335, 499- 
Dunch, Major, I86, 465. 
I)uucombe, Will., 60. 

carthqlmkes, 73, 4ol. 
Easter day, 188. 
Easton, Thos., IO5, lO6. 
Eaton, ]3yrom, 22o, 24 , 249 » 33 o, 39 o. 
Eccarsal, Jas., 42o, 48I. 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners, of Chas. 
II, 45 ; of Jas. II, I93 , 22i, 223, 225, 
240, 24, 246, 249, 279, 515-53 ° ; 
of Will. III, 483 . 
Edisbury, John, 96, 4o3 . 
S. Edmund Hall, I1, 12, 67, 8I, 9 o, 94, 
15, 116, 126, 142 , 144, 185, i94. 
Edxards, John, 5, 34. 89, 152, 168, 
181. 197 ; Jonathan, I99, 305, 311, 

326, 341 , 342 , 346 , 364, 365, 372, 
373, 375, 404, 427, 435, 436 , 469; 
Thos., 83, 87 ; Vineent, 68. 
election dinner, ,-m, 492. 
Eliot, Peter, 8, 197. 
Ellis, l'hilip, 181, 266, 279, 331 ; Wel- 
bore, 331. 
Ehvood, Phineas, 168, 277. 
Elys, Edmund, 417. 
Entwistle, Edmund, 53, 78, 313, 4-'7- 
Essex. Arthur, earl of, 60, 294. 
Eton, 35- 
executions, 263, 383, 393- 
Exeter Coll. 6, 37, 52, 139, I42, 305, 
325, 328 , 332, 334, 345, 352 , 355, 
36% 364, 425, 435, 474, 477, 479, 
488. 
Exton, Edward, 76. 
Eyre, Sam., 209, 47 I. 

Fairclough, Rich., 24. 
Fairfax, Henry, 245-248 , 31o, 316, 
fi21-525 ; Thos., 252 , 264, 265, 26î, 
53 ° , 531 - 
Falkland, Anthony, lord, 13 I, 136 , 2î5 , 
33 I, 348, 349, 353, 444, 446 , 453, 
454. 
Fariner, Anthony, 217, 223, 246-248, 
517, 525, 526. 
Fell, John, vil, 4, II, 12, 37, 4î, 48 , 
55, 57, 66, 86, 94, lO6, 121, 122, 
133, 134, 165, 188, 19o-i92 , 198, 
2o2, 2o3, 2oî, 224, 234, 239, 24o, 
253, 25î, 395, 399, 46o; t'hilip, 3î, 
192 ; Sain., 81, 82. 
Ferguson, Robert, 32-34, î4, 11î, 297, 
3oo, 332, 389, 39, 392, 398. 
Ferrar, Edward, 3o5, 354, 355. 
Feteplace, Edward, 223; Sir John, 
242. 
fevers, 26, lO8, 124, 173 , I8O, 83, I9O , 
267, 2îo, 3îo, 3î4, 434, 448, 4 I- 
Feversham, 28ï, 288. 
Fez, see Morocco. 
Finch, Heneage, 46, 54, 76, 28î, 296 , 
31î, 325, 429, 491 ; Leopold Will., 
49, 86, 146 , 149 , i51 , 2o8, 217, 227, 
23o , 243 , 262, 263, 4o4, 459, 495. 
rires, in Oxford, 28, 219, 252 , 344. 
Fisher, Payne, 16o. 
Flcxney, Will., 406. 
floods, at Oxford, 7, 13, 34, 45, 56,  ï2, 
176, 242, 244, 3Ol, 32o, 39 , 421, 
480, 484 . 
Forrest, Will., 343. 
Forster (Foster), Francis, 144 , 52, 183. 
foundling, a, 7- 
Foxcombe, 4 I. 
Frampton, Rob., I2I, 308, 33o, 336. 
359, 366. 



IA'DEX. 

539 

Francis, Alban, 22, 356, 378 ; Robert, 
153. 
Frazer, Jas., 350, 398. 
' fresh ' nights, 513. 
Friend, Nath., 174 , 175 , zo6, 217, 252. 
frosts, 3, 86, 88, lO5, 291 , 381, 417, 478, 
481. 
Fulham, Geo., 2o8, 249 , 250 , 523,524, 
529. 
Fulman, Will., 32, 44, 139, 168, 204, 
27o, 367, 4o8. 
funeral, ceremonial, 66, 98, 161. 
Fyfield, Thos., 94, lO8, i4o , I77 , 99, 
256 , 261, 33 o. 

Gale, Thos., 35, lI5. 
Gandy, Henry, 44, 55, 9, 143, 352, 
384, 385, 49 ° • 
Gardiner, Geo., 146 , 428, 484, 4,q5, 
488. 
qaudies, 69, 179, 27, 533- 
gentlemen-eommoners, 181. 
George, mothr, 36î. 
;eorge, prince, of Denmark, 57, 67, 
133, 285, 331. 
Gibbon (Gibbons), John, 23; Will., 
76- 78, 245. 
Gibson, Emund, 4S8. 
Gifford, ]3onaventure, 2Ol, 263, 264, 
267, 269, 271-274, 299, 333, 346. 
Gilbert, Thos., 6o, 74, 224, 358, 379, 
443- 
Glastonbury, 342. 
globes, the, 235. 
Glocester Hall, 1, 241, 32, 34 z, 39 o, 
399, 426 , 44 °. 
Gloucester, duke of, 3o5, 3o6. 
gloves, 47- 
Godstow, 448, 49 - 
Gorges, Rob., 312,487. 
Gould, 15, 77, 218,253, 431- 
Graham, Vfill., 48, 18 3. 
grand-compounder, 36, 346. 
Greek a, 143, 156. 
Greek College, the, 399, 426. 
green rihbon club, the, 42. 
Greenville, Dennis. 119, 12o, 371, 3S8. 
Gregory, David, 382 ; Edmund,  23. 
Grey of Werk, For& lord, 3o, 32, 30, 
17, 145,484 • 
groaning elm-board, the, 29. 
Guidot, Thos., 349, 431,439. 
Guise, Will., 68. 
Gunning, Pe,er, 38, lO5- 

Hacket, Will. (and Ma, y), 14, 38, 9 o, 
tîo, 219, 483, 503. 
Ilales, Sir Edward, 9 o, 22, 233 , 238 , 
287-289, 313, 323, 324, 33 i, 493; 
Edward, ,to, -'3, 233, 23'q. 

Hall, Anth., 373, 379; John, 61, 64, 
75, 137, 14o, 141, 273, .6o, 363, 
371, 379, 4 o6, 443, 474; Tire., 273 , 
278, 279, 3o3, 322, 329; Will. 
(pries,), 232 , 237 ; Will. (printer), 
328, 386. 
Halton, Tire., 2, 21, 72 , 86, 96 , 116, 
126, 127, 132 , 165, 179, 185, 269, 
3o5, 424, 457, 478. 
Hammond, Itenry, 378; John, 9, 12, 
lo6, 196 ; Manwaring, 249 , 444, 446, 
524, 529 • 
Hannes, Edward, 3o, 314, 35, 38, 
327,333, 334, 346 , 363. 
Harcourt, Sir Phlip, 24, 7 o, 264. 
Harding, Fraucis, 45; Michael, 368, 
369 ; Thos., ,19 o. 
Harrington, Jas., 32o-324, 327, 34 o, 
342, 36o, 368, 369, 4o9, 431, 436, 
437- 
tlarris, Chas., 12, 75, î7 ; Taverner, 3, 
54, 183- 
Harrison, Rob., 13; Sir Rob., 28o, 
3Ol. 
Hart Hall, 443, 479- 
Ha,cher, Thos., 35- 
Ha,ton, Çhr., lord, 54, 239- 
IIawkins, Rich., 9 , 3$2,485. 
Hawles, Chas.. 24 , 274 , 437- 
Healey (Hayley), Will., 432, 493- 
Hearne, Thos., 5o4- 
llele, Nich., 8, 97- 
lteralds' Office, 98, lO3, 15, 163, 273. 
Herne, Edward, 245 , 284; Jas., 143. 
lIeylyn, Peter, îl, 358; Thos., 13, 
72 . 
Hickes, Geo., 19, 66, i, 76, 142 , 164, 
204, 252,349; John, 16o, 164 . 
Higgons, Ïhos., 250, 525, 533- 
High Sheriff, 38, 480. 
Hill, Henry, 60, 63. 
Hobbes, Thos., 14, 63, 395- 
Hockley-in-the-hole, 122. 
Hodges, Anth., 177 , 368. 
Hody, Humphrey, 174 , 252 , 369, 4Ol, 
43, 445, 476. 
Holloway, Charles (' Necessity'), 85, 
418, 438, 485, 519; John, 12o; Sir 
Ricll., 85, 12o, 122, 134 , 171 , 179 , 
19o , 260, 268, 272 , 331, 5ol. 
Hooper, Geo., 368. 
Hopkins, Edward, 142 , 183, 307 . 
Ho,d, Thos., 136 , 145 , 26o, 296 , 325. 
Ho,e, ]3ern., 2o2. 
Hough (Httff), John, I78 , 218, 221, 
24î, 248, 279, 33 o, 368, 444, 449, 
462, 496, 515-52. 526-528. 
Houghton, John, 1 I9, 120. 
IIow, Josias, 53- 
lloward, cardinal, 17I, 459, 460. 
I[ugucnots, collcction for, . 



540 

[VOOD'S LIFE 

' humming,' 52, 520, 528. 
Humphreys, IIumphrey, 24, 384, 4 °2. 
lIunt, Stephen, 75, 77, 182, 213, 215, 
21î, 29I, 3o3. 
Huntingdon, Dennis, i6o, î8 ; Rob., 
24, 37, 38 , 42 , 56, 64, 66, 75, 7î, 
385, 433- 
hurricane, 17- 
IIurst, Henry, 2o4, 2o5. 
Hutten, Leonard, I 19. 
IIutton, Matt., I2O. 
Hyde, Edward (Ist earl of Clarendon), 
125, 240, 377, 443 ; Henry (2nd earl 
of Clarendon, 5 I, 73, 179, 207,323, 
333, 35 ° , 351 , 375, 407, 420 , 428 , 
44 o, 450, 490 ; Dr. Jas., 65, 79, 147 ; 
Laur. (earl of Rochester), 32, lO7, 
118, 93, 206, 275 , 333, 383, 451; 
13r. Thos., II, 18, 51, 200, 213, 214, 
235, 236, 357, 379- 

Independents, 91, 224, 393. 
Irish, John, 208, 31 I, 336. 
Ironside, Gilbert, 152, 224, 227, 244, 
249, 255, 256, 265, 272, 277, 305, 
309, 312 , 358, 360, 366, 371 , 45+ 
Isaac, Rich., 175. 
Islip, 51, 285. 
Italian, 5o, 387. 

Jackson, Henry, 343- 
Jacobites in Oxford, 41 I, 476, 491 . 
James II, 8o, 97, I25-133, 14°, 141, 
157 , 165, 17o-173 , I77 , i8I, I84- 
186, 188, 193 , 19î , 200, 2Ol, 2o9, 
21I, 217, 225-239 (his visit to Ox- 
ford), 248, 28o, 283-29 t, 297, 298, 
3oo, 3Ol, 3o 9, 31o, 32o-322, 333, 
353, 356 , 371 , 380, 387-390, 406, 
411, 414, 423, 44 , 459, 462, 469, 
491, 526--528 : see York, duke of. 
James (Jeams), Gilbert Vfill., 2o7, 
223, 3o6, 371; John, 57, 96, 169; 
Thos. (New C.), 483 ; Thos. (Ails.), 
127, 207 • 
Jane, Will., 36, 61-63, 132, 133, 14I, 
164, 244, 314, 326, 355, 469 • 
Jeffreys, Sir Geo., lord, 19, 29, 31, 45, 
93, 123, 124, 133, 143, 165, 17°, 
193, 247, 273, 2î7, 294, 298, 299, 
302,317, 331, 403, 526; James, 29, 
64, 184, 193. 
Jencfar, see Junipher. 
Jenkins, Sir Leoline, 27, 43, 53, 58, 59, 
64, 75, 133, 135, 155, 157-59, 16I, 
162, 166, 168, 17I , 183, 190 , 413 . 
Jenkinson, Sir Rob., 296 , 493. 
Jenner, Sir Thos., 76, 179 , 248 , 323, 
331 , 516, 519. 
Jennings, Rob., 48o. 

AND TLIIES. 

Jesus Coll., 43, 53, 148, 158, I59, I61- 
263, I66, 200, 212, 268, 307, 344- 
S. John Bapt. Hospital, 522. 
S. John's Coll., 3, 17, 51, 116, I5O, 152, 
196, 236, 45, 447, 532, 533- 
Johnson, Sain. (' Julian'), I8, 19, 64, 
178, 187, 199, 292, 41o. 
Johnston, Nath., 25z, 277, 448. 
Jones, Edward, II7; tlenry, 81, 82, 
203 ; Walter, 81, 82. 
Joyner, Edward, 413, 426, 477 ; Will., 
121, 173, 274, 205, 250, 258, 259, 
285, 429, 481 , 486, 491 , 523, 525, 
53I. 
Joyner, pedigree of, 259. 
Julian the Apostate, I8, 19, 70, 71. 
Junipher, Sain., 262, 269, 525, 533. 
Junius, Francis, 24o. 
Juxon, Sir Will., 464. 
Katherine, queen of Henry VIII, 343; 
Katherine, queen of Chas. II, 31, 5 o, 
IOI, 133 , 189, 255, 266, 279, 289. 
Keeling, Josiah, 58. 
Ken, Thos., 121, 124, 215, 267, 3o8, 
33 o, 336, 359, 362, 366, 37 I, 389, 
462. 
Kennet, White, 7, 39, 118, 124, 327, 
386, 398 , 407, 420 , 447, 464, 479, 
483. 
Ketch, Jack, 177. 
Kettlewell, John, 178. 
Kidlington, 225. 
Kidney hall, 219, 274. 
King, Thos., 93, 155, 168. 
king's birthday, observance of, 166, 
198, 406, 434, 493- 
king's evil, 232. 
King's Sutton, 461. 
Knight, Gowen, 374; Rich., 15, 46, 194, 
195. 
Knightley, Rich., 49 o. 
Knox, John, 64. 
Lake, John, 15, 33, 95, 97, l°7, I2I, 
122, 156 , 169, 267 , 308, 3o9, 359- 
Lamphire, John, 25, 45,121, 260, 262. 
Lamplugh, Thos., 121, 205, 252 , 283, 
361. 
Lancaster, Will. 16, 255 , 301, 397, 
447, 472 , 474" 
Lane, Thos., 95, 175, 247, 253, 337- 
Langbaine, Dr.Gerard, 2o 3, 5 o I ; Gerard, 
119, 338, 351, 391. 
Latin, neglect of speaking, 44- 
latitudinarians, 474- 
Latton, Will., 66, 15o. 
Laud, Will., 22, 23,237 , 367, 44'-. 
Lauderdale, duke of, 26. 
Law, John, 448. 
Lee, Nath., 112, 4 i 2. 



INDEA'. 54 l 

Legg, Geo., lord Dartmouth, 32, 33, 
125, 229, 374- 
L'estrange, Roger, 26, 83, 331. 
Levet,\\ill., 78, lO6, 127, lî2, 204, 
407, 420 , 443, 444, 457- 
Levinz, Baptist, 7, 12, 65, 96, 111, 135 , 
268, 303, 415, 416; Sir Cresswell, 9, 
14, 96, 179,416 ; \Viii., 44, 13I, 135, 
165, 357, 416- 
Levinz, pedigree of, 416. 
Lewis, Philip, 270 , 53 o, 531. 
Ley, Anthony, 192. 
Leyburne, John, 17 I, 172, I îT' 193, 244, 
333,346; --, 190- 
Lichfield, Leonard (secundus ?), I8O ; 
Leonard (tertius ?), 198 , 209, 329, 435- 
lilliburlero, 292. 
Lincoln Coll., 21, 53, 69, 7 °, 142, 149, 
221,514 • 
Lindsey, Thos., 445- 
Lisle. Alicia, 16o. 
Lister, Martin, 56, 9 o- 
Llanerch, 345, 383, 439- 
Lloyd, John, 27, 41, 42, 47, 55, 62, 75, 
9 ° , 94, lO6, lO8, 116, 125, 132, 152, 
161-165, 168, 181, 198 , 200, 212, 
427 ; Sir Rich., 16I, 19o, 91 ; Will. 
(M.A. Jes. C.), 24, 53, 92 ; Will. (epise. 
Norv., Petrob.), 121, 144, 168, 3o8, 
336, 359; Will. (episo. Asaph., Lichf.), 
St, 121, 152, 205, 251,267, 312,327, 
349, 363, 366, 387, 392, 39î, 404, 4x4, 
449- 
Locke, John, 117, 316, 319, 327, 367, 
476 • 
Loggan, David, 54, 394. 
London, 57, îo ; the Monument, 31o. 
Longford, John, 119. 
Lort, Geo., 26. 
Loveday, Matt., 6. î. 11. 
Lovelace, John, lord, 282, 286, 28ï, 
300. 303, 43, 434, 5°î, 509 • 
Low, Edward, 4. 24, 54 • 
Lower, Rich., 351. 
Low-Sunday, see repeaters. 
Ludwell, John, 124, 173, 26I. 
Luffe, John, 38, 17o- 
Lydall, Rich., 39, 133, IîO, 433, 435, 
436, 438- 
Lyster, see Lister. 

Mackenzie, Sir Geo., 96, 311, 333, 355, 
361. 
Magdalen Bridge (East Bridge), 97, 287, 
308, 484 . 
Magdalen Coll., 7, 17, 26, 27, 5o, 89, 
147 , Iî2, 216-218, 222-224, 233, 
46-25o, 253-258, 262-272, 274- 
2î6, 278-28% 3Ol, 303, 3 o6, 321, 344, 
435, 444, 446 , 455-458, 462, 475, 
49 ° , 495, 514-533 • 

Magdalen College School, 253. 
Magdalen Hall, 37, 79, 189, 443-446, 
456-458,465, 533. 
Magpie, the, 20, 42, 5IO. 
Maid of Honour, the, see Sheldon, 
Frances. 
Maimbourg, Theodore, 185. 
Major, Edmund, 124. 
mallard, Ail Souls, 512. 
mandamus, 93, 207, 208, 215, 217» 218, 
246, 274, 58, 
Mander, Roger, 241 , 369 . 
Manningham, Thos., 1 I8, 411, 425. 
Mansell, Francis, 162. 
Marlborough, earl of, see Çhurchill. 
Marsh, Narcissus, 42, 77,295,347,359, 
435, 449- 
Marshall, Thos., 36, 53, 72, 138, 326, 
359- 
Martin, Edmund, 197 ; iNich., 32,379, 
442 , 443, 483, 486 , 499, 50% 5 O1, 
504. 
S. Mary ttall, 60, 328, 352. 
Mary Tudor, queen, 343 ; Mary Beatrice, 
queen of Jas. II, 129, 132 , 133, 14, 
17o , 18I, 185, 255 , 268, 271 , 280, 288, 
33, 353, 387, 391 , 4 o, 452, 469 _ 
see York, duchess of ; Mary, queen of 
\Vill. III, 299 , 3Ol, 302, 305, 317, 
358, 361, 363, 372, 373, 469, 475- 
480. 
Mason, John, 453- 
mass, 132 , 182,194 , 196 , -'5, 254, 262, 
264, 274, 517. 
Massey, John, 9, 75, îî, 7'q, 89, 92-94, 
lO6, 132, 141, 152 (Meysey , î3 
177, 181,189, 19o, 19î, 198, 2oo-2o2, 
213-215 , 219 , 223,230, 231 , 239,241, 
244 , 250 , 260, 64, 283, 285 , 28î, 
300, 304, 334- 
Masters, Edward, 328, 36o, 4o3. 
Mather, Increase, 349, 369- 
matriculation, 7, 37, 83, 137 ; Matricu- 
lation Register, 2o2. 
S. Matthias' day, 9 o. 
Maurice, Dr. Henry, 6o, 64, 368, 374, 
375, 377, 4°4; Henry, 453- 
May-morning at Magd. C., 266. 
Mayot. Rob., 38. 
maypoles, 421. 
Meare, John, 106, o9, 223, 305, 33 o, 
334- 
measles, 426. 
' Mercury,' at Ch. Ch., 494. 
Meriton, Sabina, 87, 254. 
Mermaid, the, 83, 269. 
Merton Coll., 15, 20, 21, 26, 27, 37, 
47, 49, 75, 8I, 93, 95, I29, 137, 141, 
142, 149, I5I, 155, 165, 172, 178, 
I8I, 215, 246, 268,271 , 272,368, 392, 
393, 424, 432-436,499, 5oi, 5o5,513 • 



54oE II,OOD'S LIFE AVD TLIES. 

metheglin, 48I. 
Mews, Petcr, IX6, I2I, 177, 215, 279, 
449, 464, 526 , 532, 533- 
militia, county (i.e. the train-banals), 
13o, 145, 152; University (i. e. volun- 
teers), 145-I 51. 
Mill, John, 12, I8, 24, 5 o, 137, I42,263, 
399- 
Milton, John, 64, 7o, 96, 167- 
Mitre inn, 29, 57, 62, 66, 83, 286, 354, 
4o7 • 
Monmouth, duke of, 4, 19, 27, 42, 58, 
64, iiS, I42,144, 145, 154, IfiT, Ifig, 
I68, 183 , 184, 200, 281, 294, 438, 
506, 51o. 
monsters, 6o, 273. 
' monteigh,' a, 84. 
Moore, John, 36o, 366, 435, 489; Sir 
Jons, 24, 167. 
Mordaunt, J, 17, 223; Henry, 148. 
More, Dr. Henry, 225, 3o7. 
Morgan, Matt., 4 o, 41, 56, 83, 368, 38o- 
Morison, Rob., * 7, 49, 79- 
Morley, Geo., 115, 526. 
Morocco, ambassador from Fez and, 2, 
5, II, 16-18. 
Morris, Dr. John, 28, 169, 365, 375- 
Morton, John, 139, 386. 
mountebank, 59- 
Mountfort, \\ill., 41 I, 447- 
mourning gowns, 92, 257, 300, 424 . 
Musgrave, Will., 5 o, 77, 78, 1 I9. 
Music lecture, the, vii, 24, 59, 60, lO 5. 

Namur, 487, 488, 491. 
Napier, Edmund, 124; Will., I22. 
Natural History School, 55- 
Newbottle, 461. 
New Coll., 3, 5, 12, 17, 24, 38, 5% 80, 
142, 147, 148, I5I, 373, 398' 488' 
506, 533- 
New Coll. butts, 226, 228. 
New ColL School, 492. 
ewey, Thos., 169, 193, 3Ol, 317, 319. 
ew Inn Hall, lO7, 145. 
Newlin, Rob., 72, 231, 258, 4îS- 
ewman, John, 269, 417. 
night-watch, the, 89, 244, 322. 
nonjurors, the, 302, 303, 307-309, 324, 
33 ° , 337, 359, 360 , 363, 371 , 373- 
375, 377, 382 , 384, 388 , 396 , 397, 
402, 43 ° , 49 °. 
Non-ultra walk, 297. 
orreys, James, lord, 16, 22, 26, 31-33 ' 
sec Abingdon, earl of; Montague, 
lord, 59, 148, 149, 277, 3-7, 493- 
Norris, Sir F.dward, 283, 296 , 325, 492. 
North, Francis, lord, 346. 
Northumberland, carl of, 38, 431 ; duke 
of, 64 . 

Norwich, 9- 
nuntio, Papal, 1ï*, I72,719, 266, 279. 

Oates, Titus, 36, 143, 157, 274, 356, 
41o, 430. 
Old, Rich., 169, 412. 
Oldham, John, 82, 83. 
Oldys, Vill., 171, 432. 
Olive, Ralph, 4 o, 83, 85, 87. 
Oliver, John, 518 ; Rich., 31o. 
Orange, prince of, 129, 187, 91, 2.qi- 
292, 296, 297, 532 : sec William III. 
ordination, 2oo, 268, 3o3. 
organ, 17, 5 o, 51, 162. 
Oriel Coll. 2o, 28, 49, 189, 352, 434. 
Orleton, Adam de, I59. 
Ormond, James, first duke of, 32, 62, 64, 
65, 93, lO6, lO8, 178, 179, 214, 
272 , 2î8; James, second duke of, 
272, 275, 278, 285,323, 387, 4o7,444, 
456, 478 , 494-496 • 
Osbaldeston, Sir Lacy, 379, 458. 
Osney bridge, 3o6. 
Ossory, Thomas, earl of, lO6, 178; 
James, eafl of, 1, 46, 54, 194--see 
Ormond, second duke of. 
Ossulston, John, lord, 479- 
Oundle, 331,420. 
Overkirk, Herr, 4  î. 
Owen, Dr. John, 63, 66, 67, 47 ° ; John, 
162. 
Oxford, ix; Oxford castle, 42, 43, I45, 
146 , 169, 492, 511 ; Oxford fair, 89, 
184 ; Oxford city feast, 26, 74 ; Oxford 
city and county conjoined feast, IO9, 
199, OE25, 279, 344, 374, 4 °6, 433, 
471 ; Oxford horse-race, 5o9 ; Oxford 
inns, 508; Oxford lampoons, vii; 
Oxford market, 493 :--see churches, 
press. 

Painter, Will., 15, 139, 14-', 168. 174, 
338, 349, 477- 
Parker, Sam., 195, 98-2oo, 22o, 224, 
233, 245, 248, 2, 256 , 260, 261, 
515, 520, 521, 523, 527- 
Parkinson, Jas., 60, 63, 66, 68-72 34 o, 
346 - 
Patrick, Simon, 59, I71,305, 309, 312, 
313, 354, 360 , 363, 364, 371 , 483. 
Patten's pleasure, 3o6, 399- 
Pauling, Rob. (attomey), 3o; Rob. 
(mercer), 72,145, 155 , 256 , 261, 5o6. 
Paynton, John, 28o. 
learson, John, 121, 84, 193. 
pedigrees, Wood's and Sheldon's col- 
lections of, Io2, lO3; pedigrees of 
Ashmole, 334; Levinz, 416; Lyde 
alias Joyner, 259 ; Sheldon, 99-iOl 
Thomas, 466 ; Wood, 94- 



INDEX. 543 

Pelham, Nath., 370. 
l'embroke Coll., 4, 54, 379, 443, 467- 
Penn, William, 233 , 346, 354, 359, 36o, 
421, 46I, 463 . 
Penniless Bench, 149 , 151, 228., 23o. 
penny post, the, 31, 31o. 
Penton, Stephen (sen.), 24, 9 o, 129; 
Stephen un.), 129, 375- 
Perrot, Chas. (S. John's), 127, 135, 
188 ; Chas. (,Oriel), 132 ; Èdward, 
132. 
Pett, Sir Peter, 349, 439, 451- 
Petty, Sir Will., lO 7. 
Philosophical Society of Oxford, 78. 
t'hysic Garden, 17, 49, l°5, 4î l- 
Pierce, Thos., 122, 357; WilL, 12. 
Piers, Rich., 44, 215, 221, 227, 272 , 
Pigott, }rancis, 519; Thos., I, 73, î7, 
194. 
pilloÆy, the, 33, 177, 178- 
Pit, Moses, 2, 27, 138; Rob., 76-78. 
plays, 39, lO5, 119, I92. 
l'lot, Rob., 39, 52, 54, 55, î5-78, IOS, 
I I9, I81, I90 , 204, 208, 225, 232 , 
25I, 269, 295, 3 II, 314, 333, 334. 
Plowden, X¥ill., 53% 53 L 
Pocock, Edward, 7, 157, 199, 231, 234, 
371 , 373, 375,379, 386 , 404 • 
poll-tax, 4 I, 319, 386, 467 . 
Pont's tavern, 24o, 243, 253. 
Pope, lady Eliz., 364 . 
Porter, Dan. (sen.), 258 , 472; Dan. 
(jun.), 473, 476, 483, 492, 5 °6. 
Portmeadow, 45, 56, 5o9 . 
Portsmouth, duchess of, 8, 126, 358. 
Poynter, John, 85. 
Prance, Miles, 185, 189. 
Prerogative Office, 163. 
Presbyterians, 191, 223, 299. 
press, the Oxford, 1,, 36, 86, 95, l°5, 
112, 189, 198 , 201, 202, 209, 218, 
234 , 276 , 282, 344, 381 , 382 , 464 • 
press-gang, the, 321,388. 
l'rince, --, 244, 28o, 449 ; John, 467 ; 
Thos., 94, 144, 384 • 
Proast, Jonas, 263, 382, 4o3, 467 • 
proverb, 186, 188. 
t'udsey, Alex., 233, 249, 364, 523, 524, 
529; Sir Geo., 73, 85, 114, 135, 221, 
228, 229 , 298 . 
Pullen, Josias, 77, 79, 2o4, 3 °°, 42°" 

Quakers, 233, 279, 3o8, 309, 44 o. 
Queen's Coll., 12, 17, 50, 116, 126, 255, 
274, 319, 371 , 457- 
Quo warranto, 25, 269, 3I I, 459- 

Radcliffe, Anth., 252, 494; John, I42 , 
44 I, 494- 

Rainbow, Edward, 27, 6o, 91. 
Rainsborough, 46I. 
Rawlinson, Rich., 499, 5 °2, 505, 5 °6, 
510. 
Rawson, Ralph, 216. 
recantation of sermons, I52, 156 , 244. 
Reeves, Rich., 253, 254, 266, 295 , 32o, 
350. 
repeaters, on Low Sunday, of the four 
Ester serinons, I3, 43, 92, I42, I83, 
3 °I, 33% 45 °- 
Reynell, Geo., 6o, lO6, I99 , 222. 
Richards, \\ïll., 353, 369, 4o3. 
Riehmond, Charles Lennox, duke of, 8, 
383, 413, 486. 
riots, 42, 12o, 178 , 245 , 489, 51o; corn- 
flots, 421,422, 423, 425 . 
Robinson, John, 462, 469 . 
Roderick, Chas., 35. 
Rogers, Ben., 50, 519, 522, 527; Ed- 
ward, 92 ; XVill., 2o5, 212, 225, 234, 
236, 238, 251,252. 
Rowell, Johu, 115, 189. 
Rowney,ïhos. (sen.), 459 ; Thos.(jun.), 
459, 489, 491, 492, 5°5 • 
Royse, Geo., 19, 178 , 232, 332, 37î, 
444- 
,udston, John, 150, 3îo. 
Rump hall, 41, 245 , 426. 
lupert, prince, 32, 320. 
Russell, Will., lord, 18, 118. 
Rustat, Toby, 447- 
Rutherford, Samuel, 63. 
Rye-house plot, 58, 59, 118. 

sack, I99, 210. 
Salisbury Cathedral, 207. 
Sall, Andrew, 27. 
Sancroft, Will., 66, 79, 9 o, 93, 121,159 , 
193, 267, 3 °8, 3o9, 336, 359, 362, 
363, 365, 396 , 434, 439, 481- 
Sanderson, Rob.. 159- 
Sandford, coin. Oxon., 47, 343- 
Savage, Henry, 314 . 
Say, Rob., 39, 49, 86, 241 , 376. 
Schmidt, Bernhard, vii. 
S. Scholastica's day, 4, 256- 
Schomberg, Chas., duke of, 432 ; Fred., 
duke of, 312, 432 ; Meinh., 486, 487 . 
Schools, the, 44, 5 I, 429, 434, 487- 
Sclater (Slaughter, Slatter), Edward, 
8î, 149, 155, 174, 184, 215. 
Scolar, Johann, 344. 
Scot, Rob., 239 , 24o. 
Scotland and Scots, 9, io, 5o, 96, 156 , 
213, 225, 303, 33 o, 33 I, 336, 347, 
348, 355, 356 , 361 , 364, 373, 376 , 
391 , 403, 404, 442. 
' scourers,' the, 120. 
Sedley, Sir Chas., 348. 



,544 WOOD'S LIFE 4,VD TIAIES. 

sermons, University» at the Act, 18, 24, 
60, IO5,427 ; on Ascension day, 331 ; 
at the Assizes, 9, 260, 48o ; on King 
Charles I day, 35, 178, 324, 353, 415 ; 
on King Charles II day, 16, 362,454 ; 
Latin, 24, 42ï ; on public Fasts, 327, 
362, 486; on Gunpowder plot day, 
28, 116, 169, 281, 473; on public 
Thanksgiving days, 489 :--see recan- 
ration, repeaters. 
Sertie, Elkanah, 44, 82, 141. 
Sewster, Rob., 147. 
Shadwell, Thos., 409, 42I. 
Shaftesbury, earl of, 32-35, 7 o. 
Sharpe, John, 9, 186, 361,366. 
Sheldon, Gilbert, I62, 163, 207, 261. 
Sheldon, Ralph (of Beoly), 26, 28, 29, 
34, 62, 66, 82,96-1o5, 1o8, 115, 118, 
II 9 , 121, 285» 308, 342; Ralph (of 
Barton), 97,98 , 1oo, Io3, ilS, I23, 
1"4, 221, 269, 29I , 316, 320, 327; 
Ralph (of Stratton), 1Ol, 288, 289, 
290 ; Frances (Maid of I[onour), 29, 
34, 1oI, Jo3, lo6, 206 ; Dominic, loi, 
302. 
Sheldon, pedigree of, 99-1Ol. 
Sheldonian, the, see Theatre. 
Sheppard, Fleetwood, 45 I. 
Sherburne, Edward, 35, 115, 174, 251, 
276, 4ï6. 
Sherlock, Will., 94, 341, 346, 4 ! 3, 492. 
Sherrard, Rowland, 514 . 
Sherwin, Will. (sen.), 314, 322, 408, 
475, 495 ; Will. (jun.), 491. 
Shotover, 16, 17, 318. 
Sidney, Algernon, 82. 
,Slade, Matt., 318, 32o. 
Slatford, --, 45 o, 462, 478, 4î9, 489 • 
Slatter, see Sclater. 
small-pox, 67, îg, 80, 81, 83, 123, 189, 
i9o , 200, 209, 216, 337, 372, 374, 
471 , 473, 488. 
Smalridge, Geo., 302» 314, 315, 349, 
4î z. 
Smith, Francis (Magd. C.), 332 ; Henry 
(Ch. Ch.), I27; John (Magd. C.), 
249, 251, 332, 524, 529, 530; Sebas- 
tian, 33, 85; Thos. (Ch. Ch.). vii; 
Thos. (Queen's), 9 I, 97, i2i ; Thos. 
(Magd. C.), 76, 77, 19o, 206, 25o , 
257, 273, 307, 350, 397, 520 , 523, 
524, 529, 53o ; XVill. (Unir.), 75, 77, 
378 • 
SHOW, 88, 478, 481. 
Socinianism, 338, 428, 44 o, 452, 4îS- 
South, Rob., 195 , 231 , 238 , 2î9 , 492 , 
497- 
Southby, Strange, 19, 164. 
Spark, Thos., 9, 42, 169, 319, 511. 
Spenser, Sir Thos., 73, I2, 135 , 223, 
452 • 

Spratt, Thos., 65, 74, lO6, I6, 118, 
121, 173 , J84, 193 , 312, 39 o. 
Stafford, Thos., 169, 249 , 456, 524, 529 • 
Stane, Will., 84. 
St. George, Sir Henry, I15, 276, 32o; 
Sir Thos., II 5. 
Stillingfleet, Edward, 23, 2oi, 3Ol, 31o, 
312, 366, 473, 483 . 
Stone, Will., lO7, 1o8, I44. 
Strachan, Will., 361, 386, 398. 
Stubbes, Philip, 359. 
suicides, 4, 276, 399, 45 °- 
Sunderlmd, earl of, 36, 122, I93, 2o6, 
218, 234 , 248 , 2îo, 331 , 387, 4î6, 
517, 518, 526. 
surplice, 514. 
Sykes, Thos., 251 , 362, 368, 3î5, 3î9. 
382 , 395, 449- 

Talmash, Thos., 38I, 455, 459- 
Tangier, 15, 45, 79, 207- 
Tanner, Thos., 453, 474, 477, 482, 483, 
487, 491 , 497-5 °2 , 504 • 
Tate, Nahum, 409, 413. 
Taunton, 164, 173. 
taxes, 319, 348 , 445- 
Taylor, Jos., 60; Rich., 516, 521. 
Tenison, Thos., 354, 38°, 395, 39î, 474, 
475, 477, 481 , 483, 484, 497- 
ïerraefllii, vii, 18, 24, 25, 60, lO5, o6, 
lO8, 198 , 222, 312, 427, 439. 
Thacker, Rob., 206, 207. 
Thame, 57, 74, 4o% 45 o, 486. 
Theatre (Sheldonian), 17, 18, 23, 51, 5î, 
59, 60, 141 , 207, 234 , 239 , 42î, 487, 
494, 495- 
' Thirteen,' the, 91, 135 , 228, 242. 
Thompson, Jasper, 274 , 524, 528, 529 ; 
Sir John, 223, 255. 
Thornton, Will., 245 , 262. 
Thurston, Edmund, 194 ; Sain., 462, 
478 . 
Thynn, Thos., 4, 9- 
Tillotson, John, 23, 45, 118, 138, 304, 
310, 360, 362-364 , 366, 37 ° , 388, 
404, 415, 435, 436 , 444, 462 , 466 , 
473- 
Tipping, Thos., 136 , i42. 
Toleration, 19o , 191 , 439- 
Tom, Great, 95, 151, 240- 
Townsend, John, 42, 47, 14o; Rowl., 
127, 154. 
Tradescant's Museum, 39, 57- 
Trapham, Thos., 83. 
Trelawney, Jonathan, 66, 144 , 15 6, I69, 
267, 328, 334, 346 , 425,474, 479. 
Treuchard, John, 66, 305. 
Trinity Coll., 52, 53, 80, 138 , 49, 15o, 
291» 303, 346, 347, 357, 364, 449, 
533- 
tril,lets , Queen's bounty to, 469 . 



INDEX. 

545 

Troughear, John, 116, 137. 
Trumball, Sir Will., t18, 376, 378, 379, 
451, 491 • 
Tnlly, Geo., 38, 186 ; Thos., 66, 91. 
Turner, Francis, 62, 65, 79, 8o, 83, lO6, 
121, 139, 184, 244, 267, 3o8, 3o9, 
33o, 336, 345, 351-354, 359, 36°, 
373, 378; Rob., 427, 439; Thos., 
139, 258, 265 317, 345, 49o; Will., 
6o, 139 , 143. 
Twyne, Brian, 35- 
Tyndall, Matt., 2o8, 255 , 264. 

Umberston, Edward, 213, 240, 264. 
University Coll., 17, 35, 49, 83, 129, 
I41, 177, 194, 197, 209, 218, 23I , 
233, 24o, 245, 271, 282, 297 , 298 , 
555, 303- 
Upton, Nich. de, 467. 
Usher, James, 35, 359- 

Varrio, 239. 
' varying,' 1.5, 306, 336. 
Yaughan, Henry, 162. 
Venn, John, 53, 197, 214, 24 o. 
Verman, Geo., 334, 387, 44 o. 
Yernon, Edward, lO6. 
¥ineent, Augustine, lO2; John, lO2, 
lO 3 ; Nath., lî9. 
volunteers, University, 145 ' 154. 

Wadham Coll., 17, 44, 5 o, 149, 15o, 
240, 321,399, 479. 488. 
Wake, Will., 3o4, 368, 380, 395, 397. 
Wales, James Francis Edward, prince 
of, 55, 268, 271,272, 279, 280, 288, 
294, 297, 299, 315, 328,341,342,357, 
363, 36, 486. 
XYalker, Geo., 3o9, 3IO, 326; Obadiah, 
136 , 138, i64, 165 , IîI, iî6, 182- 
184, 186, 187, 189, 192-198, 2oo-2o2, 
2o 4, 2o8- 2 lO, 213, 2J 4, 218, 219, 221, 
223, 224, 233, 237, 239, 24o, 245, 246, 
25o , 255, 264, 273 , 274, 276 , 278, 282, 
285, 287, 288, 291,297-298, 313, 32o, 
323, 3-'4, 331, 362; Will. (Cambr.), 
I22; Sir X\-ill., 62,127, I31, I4o, 184, 
256 , 477- 
Wall, John, vil. 
Wallis, John, 3, 63, 76-78, 84, 133, 177, 
215, 216, 269, 307, 3o8, 322, 326, 
34 °, 395, 396, 398, 4 °2, 487, 495- 
Valsh, Peter, 26o. 
Walton, Izaak, 83, 87. 
Ward, bp. Seth, 121,205; Mr. Seth, 
205. 
Warvick, 467 . 
Wase, Chr. (sert.), 27, 18o, 203, 229, 
339, 351 ; Chr. (jun.), 381,386. 
Washboume, Fdch. 119. 

Water-Stratford, 453- 
Watson, Thos., 244 , 266, 331, 39 o, 462, 
465, 466. 
Weber, Antonius, 167. 
White, Chr., 55, 199, 227 ; Franeis, 35, 
III ; Gilbert, Ill ; Henry (' sqtfire'), 
III, 377, 492 ; John, 111 ; Rob., 387, 
393; Sir Sampson, 35, 1Io, 162, 5o7 
Thos. (epise. letrob.), 56, i55, 156 , 
167, 169, 267, 3o8, 33 o, 336 , 352, 
359, 362. 
Whitehall, 2Ol, 358. 
Whitehall, John, I78 ; Rob., 141 , 153. 
Whiting, Chas., 265, 480. 
Whonvood, Brome, 91, 93, 94, 97, 217, 
4o3 . 
Wight, Nath., 16, 24, 142. 
Wilkins, John, 224. 
William III, 299, 3Ol-3o5, 3o7, 314, 
31, 31î, 319, 323, 327, 333, 334, 
339, 344, 347, 355, 359, 373, 38°, 
4 o2, 4°5, 4J3, 44, 432, 433, 44 o, 
472 , 475, 4î7-479, 491 , 493: see 
Orange, prince of. 
V'illiamson, Sir Jos., 8, 159 , 6o, I63. 
"Willis, John, 4o6. 
"Willoughby, Chas., 
Winchester, 2, 73, 74, 75, 134, 331, 468. 
"Witney, 239. 
Witt, Rieh., 164. 
Wood, Anth., xxvi ; Ben. (nephew, 
4o7, 4 °8, 439, 468 ; Chas. (nephev), 
 IO, 372, 423 ; Chr. (' Kit,' brother), 
I, 11, 27, 45, îS, 8î, 92 , Io9, IiO, 
468, 5o3 ; Edward (nephew), 21, 446 ; 
Mary(mother), 1 Io, 5o3 ; Maryniece, 
see Hacket, Mary), 14 ; Peter (nephev), 
IiO, 424, 426; Rob. ç'monsieur,' 
brother), 14, 2o, 21, 38, 43, 56, 95, 
96 , 136, 44, IïO, 175 , 179 , 5o3; 
Rob. (nephew', I96, 4o7, 5o3, 533; 
Seymour (nephew), Iio, 2o6, 32o, 
341 , 348 , 362, 417, 431, 44 o, 469, 
5o3 ; Thomas (nephew, son of Chr.), 
Iio, I4, 136, 138, 192, 194, 5o3; 
Thomas (nephew, son of Rob.), 4o, 
4I, 413, 4Iî, 428, 44 o, 456, 458, 
468, 485, 5o3, 5o5. 
Wood, Basil, 94- 
Wood, Thos. (epise. Lichf.), 24, 12I, 
363, 387, 388, 4Io. 
Woodhead, Abr., 165, I77 , 2o9, 218, 
220, 22I, 3O. 
Woodroff, Ben., 142, 199 , 231,234 , 3o, 
378 , 398 , 399, 426 , 44 °. 
XVoodstock, 85, 154, 227, 391, 426, 494, 
509. 
Wright, Sir Rob., 248, 3o3, 516, 518 ; 
"Will. (sen., 'alderman'), 4, 59, 62, 
80, 85 , 93, III, I56, 185 , 221, 256, 
84, 433, 479, 507, 5 OS ; Will. (jun., 

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54 6 II,OOD'S ZIFE AND TI3IrES. 

"counsellor'), 85, 85, I, 280, 325, 
489, 492 • 
Wroughton, Chas., 76. 
Vfyatt, Will.» 6, 17, 9, 48, I4I, I6I, 
180, 234 , 291 , 317, 3Z2, 330, 442. 
Wyan, Hugh, I27, 374. 

Xenophon, 475. 

Yate, Thos., 2. 
Yerbur) r, Henry, I6, I7, I82. 

York, James, dtke of, 2, 7, I4, 3 I, 33, 
45-55 (visit to Oxford), 58, 64, 65, 
67 , 72 , 8o, I2o, I25, I27-I3o, I55, 
234, 26I, 314, 324, 358, 5IO: sec 
James Il. 
York, Mary ]3eatrice, duchess of, 3I, 
46-55 : see Mary Beatrice, queen: 
Younger, John, 5o, 275, 382. 

Zoach, Rich., 39, 242- 

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